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Parent says video goal was to shut down vaccine clinic Videos created backlash that led superintendent to end school’s hosting

BY ROBERT TANN RTANN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

A Littleton father admitted his goal was to get a COVID vaccination clinic shut down when he sent his son in to mislead health staff

with a fake parental consent form to see if they would agree to give him a shot.

The clinic was hosted by the Littleton Public Schools district.

Gregg McGough, the father of 15-year-old Owen

McGough, sent a video to a right-wing Twitter account, “Libs of Tik Tok.” The video shows the younger McGough, who in the video used a fake name, handing staff a fake parental consent form at a vaccine clinic at Heritage High School on Jan. 21.

The video joins another that was filmed by homeschooled 16-year-old Alex-

ander Tallentire, who lied about his age in order to request a vaccine without parental consent.

The video shows neither McGough nor Tallentire actually getting vaccinated, but their ability to use dishonesty to bypass standards preventing minors from getting vaccinated without proper consent caused backlash for the school district,

whose superintendent said it will stop hosting COVID-19 vaccine clinics.

“Schools are where education is supposed to be happening,” said the elder McGough. “Schools are not about public health environments, which is what they’ve become.”

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As homeless numbers rise, south Council reignites suburbs push toward solutions debate on funding immigrant resources center

Englewood, Littleton, Sheridan look to create ‘action plan’

New councilmembers push to restore budget; compromise points to partial funding

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

As alarming numbers paint a picture of increasing homelessness in the Denver metro area — a trend that predates the pandemic but was likely worsened by it — advocates hope to build on promising efforts in the fight to get people off the street.

Pedestrians wrapped in large blankets, lying on walkways and begging for help along major roads are a common sight in Englewood and around metro Denver. And while the City of Denver continues to see the most visible homelessness in the region, some organizations that serve the unhoused have seen what appears to be rising homelessness to the south.

“I think we’re feeling it to an increased degree in the Englewood area,” said Mike Sandgren, the SEE HOMELESS, P8

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With a surplus of funding on hand, Littleton City Council members reopened a debate on the future of the only affordable resource center for immigrants seeking citizenship.

The debate comes after the previous council voted 5-2 to defunded the center in September. The council settled on a compromise to return the center to a partial funding level that could ultimately lead to full funding.

During a Jan. 25 meeting, councilmembers were told of an additional $2.4 million in unexpected funds last year, leading city staff to ask for a list of old and new positions and programs to be funded partially with this amount. Council members led by SEE COUNCIL, P6

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Increases in Littleton’s tax revenues signal city’s economic recovery Uncertainty remains as sales tax revenues up

BY ROBERT TANN RTANN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Tax revenues are up in Littleton from the past year, a sign that the city is continuing to recover economically from COVID-19.

According to a recent report, sales and use tax revenues, which include taxes on retail, food and motor vehicle registrations, were 20% higher this December than in December 2020, when many city businesses were forced to shut or reduce hours.

“Almost everybody’s business was up in 2021 over 2020,” said Pat Dunahay, co-president of the Littleton Business Chamber.

City Manager Mark Relph said the increase was not a complete surprise, though December’s numbers were slightly higher than city staff had expected.

“Incrementally, there was a little bit more there than was anticipated,” Relph said. “Obviously, it’s a blessing.”

As the main source for the city’s general fund, sales and use tax revenues are the key to paying for vital daily operations such as the police force, public works and staffing for the Bemis Library and Littleton Museum.

The 20% increase in December helped boost the city’s surplus of unexpected revenue to $2.4 million this past year on top of the $39.15 million that also came in. Some of the extra money has led to more breathing room for staff, who proposed several amendments before council to the 2022 budget during a Jan. 25 meeting.

That includes hiring a public information officer for the city’s police department, a long-sought position among staff. Other proposals include restoring the library and museum to pre-pandemic level staffing, modernizing and reclassifying the public works department and hiring a cybersecurity analyst and regional transportation planner.

That will add a total of $755,979 to the city’s 2022 budget, which will have to be voted on and approved by council.

But even with more money on hand, Relph urged caution in spending as the city, and the rest of the country, continues to weather economic uncertainty.

“If there’s anything I would tell our community … we have to be very careful, very pragmatic when we approach budgeting,” he said.

“While we have very good news now, we have to be very careful about what this means for the next several months … because we don’t know where the economy is going.”

The arrival of the highly-contagious Omicron variant in the U.S. in late November upended the course of the pandemic and proved to be yet another warning sign for how uncertain the future will be.

“We were concerned, certainly in December, when Omicron was peaking, as to what the impact was going to be on our restaurants and small businesses,” Relph said.

But with December’s strong revenue numbers, the variant’s effects on economic activity in Littleton appeared to have been much less severe than previous waves of COVID. Dunahay said the city has been able to profit both from people going out and those still staying home.

More people are shopping and dining out, Dunahay said, and for those who aren’t they’re ordering in and shopping online, which is also generating tax revenue.

But inflation, which Relph said is already being felt throughout Littleton, remains another wild card in the city’s recovery and future planning.

Dunuhay said his business, PDA Roadgear, a car audio and accessory shop, has had to rise prices as manufacturing costs increase and nearby supply dwindles, leading him to fly in products as needed.

“The increase in prices has been passed on to the consumer,” he said, adding that he hopes it will subside.

Another major area where inflation could be felt is in the city’s gen-

eral use tax, which collects revenues on materials businesses purchase for construction and renovation projects. With the cost of such materials rising, it could affect how often businesses purchase and in turn lead to dwindling tax revenues.

This had already been a problem even prior to inflation, with the city’s general use tax revenues down 2% this year and 32% in 2020. It led to the possibility of the city facing a financial crisis as the revenue supports the city’s General Projects Fund, which pays for infrastructure projects.

The funds’ account was projected to hit $0 by 2025 leading the city to ask voters for a 0.75% raise in its sales tax which they approved in the November election. Now, for the first time, General Projects Fund revenues will come from sales tax as well as general use tax.

And the “great resignation,” as it has become colloquially known, has forced the city to invest in more competitive wages and hiring practices, such as signing bonuses, in order to retain and attract staff.

With employees across the country exhausted from the pandemic and wages that don’t meet the cost of living, more are leaving their jobs and fewer are applying for new ones.

It’s a situation the city has never faced before.

“If we advertised for a public works position (before COVID), we had all sorts of applications and we could have our pick of whoever we wanted,” Relph said. “We can’t do that now, we don’t have the applications.”

As signs continue to point to a steady recovery, Relph said it is important that the city use caution as it moves forward with budget adjustments.

“We have to be very careful about overextending ourselves,” he said.

But Dunuhay said he remains optimistic that as metro areas around Littleton grow, the city will continue to thrive as it emerges from COVID. “I just don’t see where the city is going to not prosper, I really think it’s a nice place to do business,” he said.

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Community survey seeks resident input Littleton Independent celebrates 134 years in community

BY THELMA GRIMES TGRIMES@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

In an effort to continue serving local communities better, the Colorado News Conservancy, which owns Colorado Community Media, will be gathering information through a local community survey in Littleton.

In 2022, the Littleton Independent is celebrating 134 years of producing the local publication. The Littleton Independent has grown right along with the community.

“In 1888, Littleton was a town of some 245 settlers, and now, 48,140 people of all backgrounds live in our vibrant and changing city,” said Linda Shapley, publisher of the Independent. “It’s important that we’re constantly listening to the needs of our city because it makes

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In staying committed to understanding what is important to local residents and readers of the Independent, the Colorado News Conservancy will be collecting data through a special community survey.

The survey, now available online at https://bit.ly/LittletonSurvey, asks residents: What is important to you? What would you like to see in your newspaper? How can the local newspaper best serve the local community?

The 2022 community survey will be conducted with the support of the Telluray Foundation, which will help us know how we can best serve you.

Shapley said that in addition to getting the answers to survey questions, story ideas are always welcomed by the staff at the Littleton Independent.

“We’re grateful to have the support of readers like you. Thank you for your time and your dedication to keeping Littleton — and the Independent — strong,” Shapley said.

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Tri-County Health may end school, indoor mask mandates Health agency cites decline in cases as reason for change

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Pointing to a decline in the rate of new coronavirus cases, TriCounty Health Department announced it will consider ending its mask mandates for schools and public indoor places in general in Arapahoe and Adams counties.

Tri-County’s board of health — the agency’s policy-making body — will hold a special meeting at 4:30 p.m. Jan. 31 to discuss ending the public health orders. Information about the meeting, which will be held virtually, can be found here.

While cases of the omicron variant of COVID-19 rose rapidly over the past month, the more recent decline in cases among all age groups has been “just as dramatic,” Tri-County Health said in a Jan. 28 news release.

“Recently released estimates from the state’s (data) modeling team indicate that over 40% of Colorado residents have been infected by omicron and that 80% of the state’s population will be immune to omicron by mid-February, with cases and hospitalizations predicted to continue to decline,” Tri-County said in the release.

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around the state, according to a Jan. 18 news release from Gov. Jared Polis’ office. In light of the surge of the omicron variant, the state recommends people upgrade from cloth masks to medical-grade masks such as KN95 or surgical masks, the governor’s office news release said.

Tri-County Health is “looking at light at the end of the tunnel” regarding the pandemic, the health agency’s news release said.

“While COVID-19 is likely to be with us for years to come and challenging new variants are likely to emerge, we are increasingly confident that we have sufficient tools at the present time — high levels of immunity through vaccination and recent infection, an increasing array of better treatments, and solid prevention measures through masking, testing and improved ventilation — to allow schools, businesses and other members of the community to implement the protections they feel are most appropriate for their situation,” Dr. John Douglas, executive director of Tri-County Health, said in the news release.

The health agency’s release also said that “such a step would not mean that our schools and communities should stop practicing effective COVID-19 prevention measures including masking.”

Douglas told Colorado Community Media that it’s unclear whether

prior COVID infection will guarantee immunity to future variants.

“We can’t be certain that prior infection with any particular variant will protect against future ones, which is why we think that up-to-date vaccination — which is more likely to have broader protection — is so important,” Douglas said. “However, we do think that widespread immunity to omicron is likely to help our rates continue to fall over the next several months when warmer weather will likely lead to continued reduction of transmission.”

Mask mandates have continued for months Tri-County Health was to extend its public health order requiring masks in schools and child-care facilities through Feb. 4 to give its board of health time to consider when to end the mask requirements for schools, child-care facilities and for public indoor spaces in general in Adams and Arapahoe counties.

Tri-County’s current school mask mandate, an order requiring masks for all people age 2 and older in schools and child-care settings in Adams and Arapahoe, took effect on Sept. 1 and was initially set to remain in effect until Dec. 31 unless extended. The school mask policy was previously extended until Jan. 31.

Tri-County’s broader mask mandate applies in public indoor places, such as event spaces, businesses, restaurants, gyms, government buildings and facilities, offices, and other spaces that are not considered an individual’s resi-

dence. The mask mandate applies to all people age 2 and older in all public indoor spaces in Adams and Arapahoe counties. It took effect in late November.

Aside from in Adams and Arapahoe, Tri-County also provides certain public health services in Douglas County but no longer has authority over countywide public health orders, such as mask mandates, in that county. The newly formed Douglas County Health Department has not issued a mask mandate.

“The COVID-19 pandemic emerged in Colorado almost two years ago, and from the beginning, TCHD and its board of health have tried to use the evolving science and data to inform our decisions as to how best to protect our communities,” Douglas, the health director, said in the news release.

“We intend to continue monitoring emerging data, making relevant prevention recommendations and working with our communities to help carry out our collaborative prevention efforts most effectively.

“We don’t know how long the tunnel will be, but we are increasingly seeing light as to how we can all live with COVID-19 in the months and years to come as normally and safely as possible,” Douglas continued.

Health agency highlights vaccine info While vaccine protection is not 100% effective in preventing infection, it is still highly effective in preventing severe illness, hospitalization and death, particularly if a person keeps up to date with

recommended boosters, according to Tri-County.

“Vaccinations are still the best protection against COVID-19, so it is important to stay up to date on your vaccines,” Tri-County said in the release. “The Pfizer vaccine is available for children 5 to 17, and all persons 12 and up should receive a Pfizer booster five months after completing their primary (vaccine) series. Adults 18 and older can chose from Pfizer, Moderna and (Johnson & Johnson) vaccines.”

Parents of vaccine-eligible children are encouraged to contact their health-care providers or visit the Tri-County Health website if they have questions about the COVID-19 vaccine and where to get it, Tri-County said in the release.

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Doctors speculate on what flu season will look like

BY THELMA GRIMES TGRIMES@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

With talk of COVID around the clock, winter is still a time for other illness and viruses, including influenza, which has reemerged this year after being nearly non-existent in 2020-2021.

Doctors across the Front Range said hospitals and clinics started seeing the flu pop up in October and November. Flu season generally lasts through mid-April, leaving doctors along the Denver metro area to say they are not quite sure what to expect as flu season moves into full swing.

At Children’s Hospital Colorado, Dr. Suchitra Rao, a pediatric infectious disease specialist, said they started treating young patients with the flu dating back to October. Rao said the number of cases doctors are seeing at various Children’s Hospital clinics in Douglas, Jefferson and Arapahoe counties are on par with what the levels used to be pre-pandemic.

As of Jan. 27, Rao said Children’s Hospital has had 400 confirmed influenza cases, with 100 of them needing hospitalization.

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According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, while states like Texas and New Mexico have “very high” numbers of flu cases, Colorado is still in the “minimal” stage, meaning not many cases are currently being recorded.

Rao said flu cases started dropping again when the omicron variant of COVID-19 sparked up. As cases of omicron increased, for some reason, flu cases again decreased, she said.

When asked what would cause the change, Rao said doctors are looking at a variety of reasons.

“The reasons why are not clear,” Rao said. “Could be people started wearing more masks with more restrictive policies in place. There are some other theories too.”

Rao said one theory that cannot yet be confirmed is that omicron ran “viral interference” to influenza.

“The theory is that one respiratory virus takes over and others go away,” she said.

Dr. Eric Hill, a HealthOne emergency room physician at the Medical Center of Aurora, said the HealthOne network saw cases drop off as omicron came into view. However, Hill said some of that might be because

hospitals are stressed and testing for COVID is a priority, which means labs were testing less for the influenza.

“The need of resource to battle omicron skyrocketed, putting a massive drain on the testing labs,” he said.

“Unless it was a must-have, the flu tests were not done. COVID really has drained the system.”

Dr. Ben Usatch, an emergency medicine physician and medical director for UCHealth Hospital Highlands Ranch, said he would argue without proof that omicron was just so much more contagious that it spread throughout the region much faster and with more force than influenza can.

Like Children’s Hospital, Hill said that before omicron, adult flu cases were comparative to the days before the COVID pandemic. However, now, doctors are not sure what to expect for the remainder of the flu season, Hill said.

“With the expectation that omicron cases are going to start to drop, whether that means influenza has a chance to grab hold again — we don’t know,” Hill said.

Usatch said after a nonexistent

flu season last year, it’s hard to even consider what to expect in the coming months.

To truly protect the community, Usatch said, getting the flu vaccine and COVID vaccine should be a priority.

“Getting these shots not only protects you, but it provides protection to your family and the community,” he said. “A virus is a virus. Some flus are more concerning than others because of the pneumonia factor. The flu season is still young and getting protected is important.”

Rao and Hill said it is not too late to get the flu shot this season, adding that it is better late than never.

Doctors say flu and COVID symptoms are similar. Anyone with symptoms, Rao said, should first be tested for COVID. After that, other diagnosis options can be explored.

Hill said a big difference between COVID and the flu is the high fever.

COVID presents with a lower-level fever, while the flu causes much higher temperatures, he said.

While the flu can primarily be treated with fluid and over-the-counter medications, Usatch said anyone struggling to breathe should get to a doctor immediately.

that list.

“I’ve thought this was a great program for years,” said Schlachter, who was elected mayor in November.

“It is a priority for the community … knocking on doors, talking to people, this was probably one of the biggest issues that I heard during the cam-

paign.”

Just one councilmember, Kelly Millman, remains on the council who voted for the center’s funding in Setpember. Milliman, representative for Littleton’s District 4, joined former Mayor Pro Tem Scott Melin in voting in favor of funding.

“I was devastated back in the fall when it was decided not to continue funding,” Milliman said.

But some current councilmembers who had voted to defund the center doubled down on their decision.

“I’m kind of shocked that this continues to raise its head. I thought after the last council voted it down this was pretty much an end of discussion topic,” said Councilmember Patrick Driscoll, of District 1. “This thing has been beat to death.”

‘A different time’ for revenue The LIRC, which offers low-cost services such as English and civics lessons as well as legal aid to documented immigrants, has for years faced funding uncertainty. While the center, housed in the basement of Bemis Library, maintained a stable budget after securing a $250,000 biannual federal grant in 2012, it lost the money in 2018 after falling short of attendance goals for follow-up tests after citizenship classes. Littleton’s council then agreed to fully fund the LIRC for $300,000 through 2020 with the hope that the center could secure new grants.

Following the economic downturn of the COVID-19 pandemic, the center’s budget was slashed to just under $150,000 for 2021. With no apparent prospect for new grants, the council voted to pull all funding, currently at $115,000, by the end of 2022. But with a rebounding economy, some council members said the time is right to restore the LIRC to pre-COVID level funding.

“It’s a different time, I think there are things that have changed dramatically with revenues,” said Rydin, who had campaigned on restoring the center’s funding prior to her council election in November.”

At $49.7 million, the city’s 2022 general fund budget is a slight increase from the previous year, which was $45.6 million. With the unaccounted for $2.4 million in revenue, city staff seemed prepared to accommodate either a partial return of LIRC services, which would cost an additional $105,000, or a full return of services, which would cost an additional $196,000.

But for Rydin, funding the center is not just a fiscal debate but a moral one too.

“I think this is a values question,” she said. “What kind of community do we want to be? Don’t we want to be welcoming and inclusive, isn’t that in our Comprehensive Plan as a value?”

She argued that by supporting the center, those seeking to work could do so through the LIRC’s resources, which would enhance the city’s economy as well.

That same point was posed to council in September when a letter to council signed by 12 former Littleton mayors and councilmembers praised the center for its efforts towards diversity and inclusivity.

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

The move to defund the center sparked backlash from community members who urged council to reconsider its decision through letters and public comment hearings. Rydin said when she was campaigning she heard firsthand from residents about how important the LIRC was for the community.

“I heard a lot about this when I was knocking on people’s doors,” she said.

Some councilmembers stand by vote to defund The debate spurred defense from Driscoll and Councilmember Jerry Valdes, of District 2.

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leader of Change the Trend, a network of nonprofits and area churches working to address homelessness.

The uptick in homelessness seems apparent “whether folks are just kind of moving to a new location or whether folks are finding themselves on the streets in their hometown for the first time,” Sandgren said. “I think it’s probably fair to say it’s a little bit of both of those dynamics.”

Nearly 250 people were experiencing homelessness on one day in Arapahoe County in 2020, according to the “Point-in-Time” annual survey of the metro Denver homeless population. The count takes place over the span of about a day, typically in January.

But that’s just a snapshot: Between July 1, 2020, and June 30, 2021, more than 32,000 people accessed services or housing support related to homelessness in the metro region, according to the most recent annual report by the Metro Denver Homeless Initiative.

Year over year, the metro region saw a 99% increase in the number of people new to experiencing homelessness, according to the report. That’s an increase the report calls “a direct result of the pandemic,” though the Denver area’s housing affordability crisis has long contributed to financial instability that can lead to homelessness for families and individu-

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In 2019, Mike Sandgren — leader of the Change the Trend coalition that works to lessen homelessness in Englewood, Littleton and Sheridan — was gathering with around 12 to 15 people at the group’s meetings.

After the COVID-19 pandemic reached Colorado, the group switched to virtual meetings, and on average, it saw about 42 people on the calls on a weekly basis in 2021, Sandgren said.

The group, including member organizations such as nonprofits, area churches and local government entities, has grown to 25 formal members since Change the Trend formed in 2017, according to its website.

An organization called Bridge House may come to the Littleton-Englewood-Sheridan

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Amid the challenges last year, leaders in Englewood, Littleton and Sheridan approved a TriCities Homeless Action Plan, designed to be carried out over the next three years.

Meanwhile, Change the Trend, which will play a role in supporting the plan, hopes to build on the partnerships the network has assembled over the past several years.

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area, according to Sandgren.

The organization offers a one-year transitional housing program and focuses on “vocational empowerment,” or providing job experience, Sandgren said.

Sandgren also serves as the director of the compassion ministry at Englewood’s Wellspring Church along South Broadway, where another ally for those in need has set up shop.

While not specifically a homeless-service provider, an organization called Cross Purpose recently launched its south metro location on Wellspring’s campus, Sandgren said.

“They do a six-month program that builds a marketable skill in people’s lives,” Sandgren said.

He added: “A participant will not graduate Cross Purpose’s program until they’re placed in a job. Cross Purpose kind of

makes that commitment.”

Cross Purpose launched its first class last fall, said Sandgren, pointing to one success story he heard about a man who “would fit multiple definitions of homelessness.”

“Through Cross Purpose’s program, he was able to get certified as a commercialdriver-license driver and, just a few weeks ago, was hired at his first job there and on his way to financial security,” Sandgren said.

As partnerships in the area continue to grow, Change the Trend expects to play a role in supporting the unfolding plan to address homelessness in Englewood, Littleton and Sheridan.

“We’re excited about the next several years,” Sandgren said.

For information about the group’s members, see changethetrend.com.

“We’ve taken a very informed approach in shaping this action plan,” said Samma Fox, the assistant to the city manager in Littleton. “We’re very excited to move forward.”

‘Expected growth’ Sandgren, the Change the Trend leader, says there seems to be more homelessness in the Englewood area now compared to 2019, before the pandemic put even more economic stress on metro Denver. His organization works to address homelessness in Englewood, Littleton and Sheridan.

At the Giving Heart homelessservices center on South Broadway — a place where people gather each week to eat a hot meal and access services such as a small computer lab — staff saw roughly 3,800 visits in 2020, with about 400 of those visits from new guests, according to Donna Zimmerman, the center’s executive director.

In 2021, the center saw about 4,000 visits, with 244 from new guests, Zimmerman said. And while she didn’t know how

many of the total visits are from people who come to Giving Heart multiple times in a year, trends in homelessness don’t seem to have changed, Zimmerman said.

The numbers at Giving Heart are “right on track with the expected growth in homelessness that we have seen over the past few years,” Zimmerman said.

While people sometimes think of individuals experiencing homelessness as drifting in from elsewhere — they’re often referred to as “transient” — it’s common for them to have ties to the area where they struggle with homelessness, advocates have told Colorado Community Media in recent years.

The 2017 Point-in-Time report from the Metro Denver Homeless Initiative found that of the 396 people who spent the night in Arapahoe County amid the survey and chose to answer a question about where they come from, 214 said their last permanent residence was in Arapahoe.

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swered the question and spent the night in Denver, 1,172 said Denver was their county of last permanent residence.

“Many of (the homeless) grew up, went to school and worked in the community where they are now experiencing homelessness,” Lynn Ann Huizingh, executive director of the nonprofit Severe Weather Shelter Network, said in 2019. The organization works to shelter homeless individuals in cold conditions at churches in Jefferson County and the LittletonEnglewood area.

At Cafe 180, a restaurant in Englewood that provides meals in exchange for volunteer service for those who can’t pay, many of those who volunteer for food are experiencing homelessness, and some spend time in the Englewood area.

The volunteer clients are a mix of “those in the general radius” who staff know by name and “literally people we’ll just see once,” said Tracey Brummett, director of community outreach for the cafe.

Zimmerman believes some of the visitors to Giving Heart sleep in certain shelter locations, local motels, cars and by the South Platte River, a waterway that links Englewood, Littleton and Sheridan. In general, many homeless families live “doubled up” in other people’s homes.

Despite the challenges, Sand-

gren says the three-city region is in a better position to address the problem than it was in 2018 and 2019 in light of the homeless action plan’s emergence.

“We’re seeing a proportionate level of increase in the response, hopefully, to (match) the increase in the issue,” Sandgren said.

‘A dedicated space’ Englewood, Sheridan and Littleton founded the Tri-Cities Homelessness Policy Group in 2018, partnering with nonprofits dedicated to addressing homelessness in the area.

The group’s homeless action plan recommends focusing on “strengthening local governance of homeless programs, data collection, cross-jurisdictional partnerships, and community engagement.”

Among the most tangible recommendations in the plan: creating a “a central navigation center.”

“A dedicated space for walk-ins and client referrals is needed to help transient populations build trust, learn about services, and receive navigation support to apply for benefits and programs,” such as available housing services, the plan says.

That could take the form of a “stand-alone location that has capacity to support the co-location of additional county and nonprofit services, and provision of client basic needs such as day-storage, showers, mailboxes, laundry, and pop-up shelter for inclement

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weather or other emergencies,” the plan says.

Brummett, of Cafe 180, feels a major issue is trying to connect services with people who may not have technology. Transportation can also be a hurdle for the homeless for getting to different resources.

“One place is open MondayWednesday, another place is open Tuesday-Thursday, and how do you keep track of it?” Brummett said.

“It becomes discouraging and confusing when you don’t have a consistent space and place for people to access (resources).”

Asked whether there are concerns that building a navigation center in the Littleton-Englewood area would attract camping outside the center, Fox, the assistant to the city manager in Littleton, said: “That’s a question we hear often.”

“The reality is we have this population in the tri-cities (area) already,” Fox said. “It’s not likely to be a `you build it, they will come’ situation.”

Ultimately, the Tri-Cities group’s push to collaborate may reach outside the three cities’ immediate area.

“The hope is what we’re building is not an island (and that) we’re able to pair well with resources around the region, whether they’re in the tri-cities or not,” Fox said.

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Each year, typically in January, volunteers and staff from sources such as nonprofits team up in communities across the Denver metro area, and areas around the nation, to conduct the Pointin-Time, or PIT, count of their region’s homeless population.

In metro Denver, the teams interview adults, youth and families experiencing homelessness using a standardized survey over the span of one day, according to the Metro Denver Homeless Initiative, the organization that oversees the count.

The annual survey takes place in Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas and Jefferson counties.

The initiative’s recent annual reports show: • On one night in January 2021, 5,530 people were counted as homeless across the seven-county region. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2021 PIT count only included those in shelters.

Anyone who fit the definition of “unsheltered” could not be counted.

• In 2020, the last time a full PIT count was conducted, it identified 6,104 people experiencing homelessness on a single night. That number was 5,755 in 2019 and 5,317 in 2018.

• In Arapahoe County, 245 people were counted in 2020.

The number was 4,171 in Denver County that year.

• Between July 1, 2020, and June 30, 2021, more than 32,200 unique individuals accessed services or housing support related to homelessness.

• Between July 1, 2019, and June 30, 2020, about 31,200 unique individuals accessed services or housing support related to homelessness.

• “Year over year, the region saw a 40% increase in the number of people accessing emergency shelter as well as a 99% increase in the number of people newly experiencing homelessness,” the 2021-22 report says.

• There is an overrepresentation of Black, Indigenous and other people of color among those experiencing homelessness as compared to the overall census data for the region, the 2021-22 report says.

For more detail and other demographic information, including about youth homelessness and other categories, see tinyurl. com/NewPITreport.

For data by county, visit mdhi. org/pit.

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FROM THE CCM came under new ownership last year, bringing on plenty EDITOR of changes. One of those changes includes me taking on the new role as the South Metro editor, which means managing newspapers in Douglas, Elbert and Arapahoe counties. Overseeing the entire editorial department for CCM is Lisa Schlichtman, who arrives with decades of expertise and knowledge from Steamboat Springs.

Thelma Grimes For my part, I bring to you a lengthy career specifically in community news. They always say all roads lead to home. For me, that is community journalism. I came back to Colorado six years ago after a nearly 15-year career in Arizona where I was a senior journalist and editor.

After taking somewhat of a career detour for a few years, the road home brought me back to community news with CCM. Many years ago, cowboy poet Baxter Black said local, community news when compared to mainstream media is the difference between homemade bread and Pop-Tarts. I believe that’s not just true in community news but also in our towns and schools.

At the end of the day, it is members of your local town councils and school boards who make decisions that truly impact your day-to-day life. They decide local taxes, laws, public safety and building regulations. While we hear and talk so much about what’s happening in Washington, D.C., it is the elected officials living in your towns that make major decisions.

That is where your local journalists matter most.

It is up to the professionals who make up the CCM staff to tell you what your local council members are saying and how they are voting. It is up to us to tell you what is happening inside the board rooms at the local school district. It is up to us to look at a national issue, call local hospitals and ask – “What is happening here?”

Besides telling you about important news that will impact your life, we also want to highlight the good things that make each of our communities special.

In 2022 we want to bring you more from your local community. After two years of COVID dominating the news, taking over the world and causing distress everywhere we look, it feels a bit like the world forgot to celebrate the good news. At CCM, we want to hear the good stories. I encourage you all to share story tips about random acts of kindness, a new business, an elementary school student putting together a community project or just a person or resident who deserves to have their story told.

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or every minute of anger, you give up 60 seconds of peace of mind.”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

The title of this column comes from an old proverb.

And it seemed such an appropriate reminder for the current state of the world we are living in today, that I wanted to share it with you. I also wanted to share something else with you.

I believe in the awesome power of hope. I believe that there is more goodness in the world than bad. And I believe there Michael Norton are more people doing good things than bad people doing bad things. And I believe that there are far more kind and gentle people in the world than there are angry people.

Yet what seems to make the news and find its way to our social media feed and stories are the angry, violent, and hateful events that are taking place. So, it could easily make us all wonder if what I said I believe in, in the paragraph above, is true.

I was fascinated by an article I read last week about a young woman who decided to go back to a phone that can only make and receive calls and send and receive text messages. Her reasons resonated with me and mirrored some of what I wrote about in a previous column last month. The need to stop scrolling and being so preoccupied with what’s happening on our phones and being more involved with the people right in front of us.

Although I agree with her reasons about being more present in the moment and involved

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in life, I also think that we are being fed so much negative information that we can’t help but fall into the trap of becoming angry, lashing out at others and saying things we normally wouldn’t say. Or we spend hours being angry and depriving ourselves of hours of finding peace of mind.

I started using this made-up word to describe what I see as the problem, attackusation. When I do watch the news or read online stories it is no longer about someone just attacking someone else physically or verbally, they feel compelled to attack their opinion, decision, or action and then go after them on a personal level making accusations that are most often false. And they aren’t satisfied with attacking or accusing just that person, they attack and accuse their family and friends.

Is this really what has become of our society? Let’s go back to what I said earlier that there is more goodness in the world than bad.

Andrew Carnegie said, “You expect to move tons of dirt to find an ounce of gold, but you don’t go into the mine looking for the dirt, you go in looking for the gold.” If we want to find the bad, we can find it for sure. The question is do we want to? And if we do, why? I mean some people go around looking for the bad like there is some kind of prize or reward for finding the bad.

None of us has all the answers, but I do know that I can pass along a few simple suggestions.

First, turn off the sources where we are being fed the negative fuel that drives our anger. Second, focus on the good, the goodness, and the good people that are all around us. And lastly, change our vocabulary to avoid words of anger

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Blue Island Oyster Bar expands to Lone Tree Restaurant serves up freshly-shucked oysters and seafood

BY JESSICA GIBBS JGIBBS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Attention seafood fans— a new dining locale has arrived in Lone Tree to serve up a wide array of coastal grub — and its prize offering is fresh oysters shucked on site by the thousands.

Blue Island Oyster Bar and Seafood is co-owned by Chris Quartuccio, who owns Blue Island Oyster Company in New York, and Denverresident Sean Huggard. Quartuccio is a shellfish diver and farmer while Huggard is a professional shucker and oyster buyer.

The business has expanded from its Cherry Creek location into Lone Tree, with an eye on the new spot’s ample parking space and saving customers in the southern suburbs a drive to Denver.

The restaurant, located at 10008 Commons St., will staff about 70 people and can seat up to 200 diners inside, plus another 50 on the patio.

Its grand opening was scheduled for Jan. 17.

The Lone Tree location strives to immerse people in a modern New England atmosphere filled with vintage inspiration. Décor includes nautical maps that pinpoint the location of the company’s east coast

operations.

Much of the oyster served up to diners are sourced from the company’s oyster farm and hatchery in Long Island, although the seafood comes from both coasts and across the globe.

“When I designed the space, I really wanted for it to be like a choose your own adventure,” Huggard said.

There’s a cocktail bar, a patio, a casual dining space near the bar, intimate booths near the back and a more formal dining area, all aimed at catering to whatever a customer’s mood of the day is.

“Front and center, a beautiful oyster bar,” Huggard said, standing in front of the restaurant’s main entrance. “They are shucked right in front of you.”

Between 30,000 and 50,000 oysters will be shucked at the Lone Tree location each week.

Huggard can passionately talk through the five oyster varieties, where the varieties originate, where they’ve been relocated and grown, the intricacies in each variety’s shell and how it all comes together to deliver different flavors.

Huggard said the restaurant isn’t just for people who love seafood.

The menu includes everything from burgers to salad to steak, although his personal favorite is still on brand: the fried clams and clam chowder.

“We don’t just serve oysters,” he said. “We’re a full-service restaurant.”

Sean Huggard stands in front of the oyster bar at the new Blue Island Oyster Bar and PHOTOS BY JESSICA GIBBS Seafood location in Lone Tree.

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April 16, 1941 - January 13, 2022

Paul was born on April 16, 1941, in Englewood, Colorado.

He spent the majority of his life as a machinist. For 40 years, Paul owned a business machining parts for various customers. He lived and worked in the Littleton/Englewood area for over 70 years before moving to Elizabeth in 2014.

Among all of his hobbies, Paul especially loved to listen to and play classic country music and camp at the lake each summer.

He always had a joke for every occasion. Paul enjoyed every second he got to spend with family.

Paul is survived by his wife of 46 years,

Wyatt Johnson, an oyster shucker and a pre-med student from New York, shucks oysters at the Denver location of Blue Island Oyster Bar and Seafood. Shucking is the act of opening an oyster, and attendees at either of Blue Island’s oyster shucking events at last year’s Cherry Creek North Food & Wine got to try their hand at the skill.

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and hate to words of love, gentleness, kindness, compassion, and forgiveness. Will these three little suggestions work? They will work if you apply them.

How about you? Is it time to change your input so you can change your output? Are you searching for the bad or are you looking for the good?

And is it time to change your vocabulary and focus on words of hope and encouragement? I would love to hear your story at mnorton@tramazing. com, and when we can turn away the wrath and anger for the good and kind, 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.

Carol, and sister Marjorie Curry. He leaves behind his daughters Krista Williams (Jeremy), Jenifer Chappel (Jimmy), Debra Collins (Kevin), and five grandchildren, Jacob, Ryan, Alice, Keeley, and Logan. He will be missed by his family and many friends that he had the pleasure to cross paths with.

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Pandemic, popular Netflix series stir interest, ire

BY DEBORAH GRIGSBY DGRIGSBY@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

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hile waiting out the coronavirus, it appears the world got ‘board.’

Who knew all it would take to reignite global interest in chess was a raging pandemic and unsupervised access to the internet?

No, seriously.

As public health orders canceled concerts and closed theaters and restaurants, we looked inward—and online—for ways to occupy time and connect with others.

We made masks.

We howled at the moon.

We binge-watched.

And “The Queen’s Gambit” was one of our favorites.

The Netflix miniseries, set in the 1950s and ‘60s, is a coming-ofage story of a fictional teenage chess prodigy based on the 1983 Walter Tevis novel of the same name.

It follows the life of orphan Elizabeth Harmon and her substance abuse struggle as she rises through the ranks to become a world chess champion.

It was a story we liked—a lot.

Within the first three weeks of its October 2020 debut, the sevenepisode drama had toy stores scrambling to keep chess sets on the shelves and online buyers coming up with empty carts and backorders.

Market research firm NPD Group reported unit sales of chess sets jumped 87% in the U.S., and chess book sales rose by an astronomical 603%.

“The idea that a streaming television series can have an impact on product sales is not a new one, but we are finally able to view it through the data,” said NPD toy industry advisor Juli Lennett in a November 2020 statement. “The sales of chess books and chess sets, which had previously been flat or declining for years, turned sharply up-

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ward as the popular new series gained viewers.”

Online gaming platforms also saw dramatic increases in memberships and active users.

Chess.com Director of Technology at Saad Abdali said traffic to the online chess site tripled after the pandemic hit.

He published a July 20, 2021 tech blog discussing how the site handled the dramatic user surge and said that in March 2020 alone, the number of daily active users rose from 280,000 to more than 1 million.

The Queen’s Gambit accepted Tucked away in a south Denver hotel ballroom, the Denver Chess Club MLK Memorial Chess Tournament gets underway.

The room’s atmosphere is ripe with heavy sighs and a constant hum from the ventilation system.

The two-day, five-round Swiss tournament held Jan. 15-16

attracted more than 90 local players.

While 23-year-old tournament director Andrew Starr admits he is ”a little on the young side for a tournament director,” he says the turnout for the in-person event was exceptional.

Starr circles the room, observing the players—and spectators that gather to view the more exciting games.

He admits a great deal of the director’s job is reminding folks of the tournament’s strict silence policy. ”It’s expected (that spectators are) to be silent at all times,” he said. “As a tournament director, that’s my big sticking point.”

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represents the chess world without making it inaccessible to general audiences,” Starr said.

And that’s important.

As Starr points out, there are many elements of chess culture that the public tends to get wrong. ”I think one of the biggest misconceptions about chess players is that they’re these bizarre, quiet recluses,” he said. “I think it’s because Bobby Fischer is the most famous American chess player, and that’s how he was.”

Lauded for his stunning 1972 World Championship win against Soviet defending champion Boris Spassky, Grand Master Robert James Fischer was also known for his eccentric and often exaggerated paranoid behavior.

Fischer made numerous anti-Semitic outbursts throughout his career, and in 1992 was indicted for ignoring an executive order from President George H.W. Bush.

The order, which imposed restrictions on relations with Yugoslavia, made Fischer’s famous rematch with is Spassky illegal, based on its location in Belgrade.

In front of the world press, Fischer spat on the presidential order and said, “This is my reply.”

Colorado Chess Hall of Famer Richard “Buck” Buchanan has been a staple in the Colorado chess community for more than 40 years. He’s organized and directed countless chess tournaments and says everybody’s a little different when it comes to chess culture. ”Basically, chess players have varied personalities as would any other group that you want to meet,” Buchanan explained. “I don’t want to generalize about the culture because that’s one of the rich things about chess. It’s part of the human experience. It’s an art form. It’s a competition. It’s fun, and it’s got room in it for all kinds of creativity, discovery and excitement.”

No longer just ‘old white guys’ In the U.S., the 1950s and ‘60s were periods of drastic contrast, so say many historians— the ‘50s being the post-World War II decade of prosperity and conformity. In comparison, the ‘60s brought about change and rebellion.

The ongoing Cold War between the U.S. and the Soviet Union played heavily into the miniseries storyline.

It was a period when men dominated the chess scene, and only a handful of female players got the opportunity to compete professionally.

“The show framed the main character as one young girl against a bunch of old Russian men,” said Starr. ”And that’s just how it was in Fischer’s day. But now, things are a little different.”

Chess is no longer just about “old white guys,” he said, adding that the game and the

players are more diverse, vibrant and respectful now.

In his opinion, the game is also becoming much younger.

And he might be right.

Last year, Tanitoluwa “Tani” Adewumi, a 10-year-old Nigerian refugee living in New York, became America’s newest chess master at the tender age of 10, according to the U.S. Chess Federation, making him the 28th youngest person to achieve the status.

And at just 15, Cherry Creek High School students Neil Bhavikatti and Vedanth Sampath are among the highest-ranked players in Colorado.

“No discussion of chess culture would be complete without talking about women in chess,” Starr said. “I think that both evolving social norms and the impetus of ‘The Queen’s Gambit’ have propelled more girls into playing, which personally, I think is excellent, but there are some contentious issues regarding female chess players that may be worth talking about.”

One of those is the concept of women-only tournaments.

Starr supports the idea.

He says all-female tournaments may help break the ice and encourage more girls and women to give the game a try.

Another point of contention, Starr says, is the concept of separate titles for men and women.

“I know that as a man, I can’t speak for the opinions of all women, but I do join a sizable number of female chess players in saying that women’s titles are a little demeaning. Among other requirements, a grandmaster (GM) title requires a rating of 2500, whereas a woman grandmaster (WGM) only needs to obtain a rating of 2300. which, to me, carries the implication of women being weaker chess players,” he said. “While men have obviously had far more success in the chess world than women, I chalk this up to young boys being steered into chess and young girls being steered elsewhere.”

It’s complicated, Starr said, but the trend is women are starting to see more mainstream success in chess.

The Queen’s Gambit declined Born in the Soviet Union in 1941, Nona Gaprindashvili would become the first woman to be awarded the grandmaster title by the World Chess Federation.

During her career and reign as Women’s World Chess Champion, which spanned 19621978, she successfully competed against some of the strongest male players in the world.

Many of them are Russian.

Mentioned by name in “The Queen’s Gambit,” Gaprindashvili was not pleased with the series or how it portraited her.

In fact, she was pretty hot.

In September 2021, she filed a $5 million lawsuit against Netflix, citing false light invasion of privacy and defamation per se.

The 80-year-old, now living in Tbilisi, Georgia, is seeking a trial by jury.

Her suit, filed in the U.S. District Court, Central District of California, centers around allegations that “Netflix brazenly and deliberately lied about Gaprindashvili’s achievements for the cheap and cynical purpose of ‘heightening the drama’ by making it appear that its fictional hero had managed to do what no other woman, including Gaprindashvili, had done.”

And that was face men at the highest levels of chess competition.

The internet as a game-changer The game of chess dates back more than 1,500 years.

Often referred to as the game of kings, chess sets have taken many forms, from rudimentary carvings to elegant and ornate masterpieces crafted from gold and silver.

Now, chess, like most everything else, can be found online.

For some players, the number of resources available makes online chess attractive.

But not to everyone.

Vedanth Sampath, who participated in the Denver Chess Club’s recent in-person tournament, said he’s not a fan of online chess, primarily because of cheating or what some players call “computer doping.”

Doping is essentially using a computer program or an application to obtain an unfair advantage during play.

Not just limited to lower-rated players, grandmasters have also been snared.

Some players have even mastered monetizing chess by live-streaming their games on platforms like Twitch.

A February 2020 article by CNBC News reports 25-year old chess master Alexandra Botez “brings in over $100,000 a year as a professional chess streamer.”

Neil Bhavikatti says popular streamers help bring new players to the board, and Twitch has positively affected the game.

“The game going online brings in such an enormous amount of people to the game,” Starr said. ”It makes it a lot easier to get good very quickly.”

So will chess over-the-board become a relic of bygone days?

It’s hard to say.

When asked what chess needs to stay relevant in the future, Buchanan said, “It just needs to be played—and it seems to be doing a pretty good job.”

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The gallery is open Sonya Ellingboe from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays and during performances. Admission free, townhallartscenter.org.

Rescheduled concert Arapahoe Philharmonic announced that its program for children, “Music Around the World,” at Denver First Church, 3800 E. Hampden Blvd., is rescheduled to April 1 at 11 a.m.

Tickets: adults $15, child $5, arapahoe-phil.org. (Two notorious pirates arrive at the show, competing to find buried treasure on their maps. Tales of their adventures and musical selections will reveal clues about where treasures can be found.)

Vienna exhibit The bright yellow tiled Kirkland

Museum, 12th Avenue and Bannock Street in downtown Denver, has a new exhibit, “Josef Hoffman’s Vienna,” with decorative arts from the 1900s, when Vienna was a center for new design.

Included with museum ticket.

The museum will include recent acquisitions with works already owned from this important design period, which still influences production design today. Admission to 13 and older only. (Fragile pieces are displayed and furniture is arranged in room-type placement.) Tickets purchased will be good for the year. $10, $8. 303-8328576, kirklandmuseum.org.

Englewood show The 16th annual Englewood Art Exhibit will be held at the Malley Recreation Center, 3380 S. Lincoln St., from Feb. 2 to 18. A reception will be from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Feb. 2. Open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. MondayFriday; 9 a.m. to noon Saturday.

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Arvada Center “The Liar,” will be presented in Arvada Center’s Black Box Theatre in the repertory season, starting Feb. 6, directed by Geoffrey Kent. Other plays in the season for the 11-member rep company: “Animal Farm,” (Feb. 25-May 21) and “Stick Fly,’’ (March 18-May 19). 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada. 720-898-7200, arvadacenter.org.

“Forecast of Rain,” a soft pastel by Littleton Fine Arts Guild member Stacey Roberts, won Best of Show in the “Contrast” exhibition running at Town Hall Arts Center COURTESY PHOTO through March 6.

Genealogists Columbine Genealogical and Historical Society will host a hybrid in-person/Zoom program at 1 p.m. on Feb. 8. In-person: Good Shepherd Episcopal Church, 8545 E. Dry Creek Road, Centennial.

“Skeletons in My Closet” by Sean McGuire. Feb. 15, via ZOOM: “Extending Your Family Tree: Creative Ways to connect with DNA matches.” New members welcome. ColumbineGenealogy@ gmail.com.

Stories on Stage “Living Outside the Box” will be an in-person performance at Su Teatro, 721 Santa Fe Drive, Denver. Tickets: $22, 303-494-0523, storiesonstage.org.

Anne Penner, Matthew Schneck and Kevin Pettit will perform.

THAC theater “Little Shop of Horrors” runs through March 5 at Town Hall Arts Center, 2450 W. Main St., Littleton. 303-794-2787, ext 5, townhallartscenter.org.

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‘Art of the State’ fills Arvada Center’s galleries Show that returns every three years offers intriguing array

BY SONYA ELLINGBOE SELLINGBOE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Art lovers will want to plan a trip to the handsome Arvada Center for the Arts at 6901 Wadsworth Blvd. — or possibly more than one trip — to visit the really strong “Art of the State” exhibit, which happens only every three years and attracts a wonderful variety of creative works that illustrate so many modes of expression. There are 149 works by 142 Colorado artists exhibited in two large galleries and the exhibit runs through March 27. Admission is free, but a reservation is required due to COVID limitations on how many visitors can be in the space at a given time.

Visitors are led into the exhibit

by Jodie Roth Cooper’s “Mountain Flower,” a pair of Corten steel forms 8 1/2 feet tall, placed inside the main entrance at the base of the stairs leading to theaters. They seem to greet one and invite further looking. The spacious main floor gallery is just to the left and Deborah Jang’s mixed media assemblage sculpture, “We’re not in Kansas anymore,” stands tall to the left, past a mix of wall-hung pieces and three-dimensional works — free-standing and on shelves and pedestals. It seems to beckon one in ...

Materials range from predictable wood, clay, paint, canvas, paper, metal and more, to interesting combinations and surfaces.

Sizes and textures vary greatly and then there’s the riot of color.

Satisfies the senses!

These pieces were selected by three jurors from 2,067 submissions by 734 artists from throughout the state — a mind-blowing prospect, one would think!

Jurors were: Louise Martorano,

executive director of Red Line Contemporary Art Center; Ellamaria Ray, artist/anthropologist, professor of African Studies, Metropolitan State University of Denver; and Collin Parson, director of galleries and curator, Arvada Center.

Each brought a wide range of experience and skill to the project and spent a great deal of time looking at online images of entries — created in multiple ways and with many materials, by established artists and some new to the competition.

The Best of Show award went to wood artist Chris DeKnikker’s “Reunion,” an appealing assemblage of thin slices of various woods (cherry, holly, maple, peach, poplar, walnut), mounted on a light-colored panel, with connecting black painted lines/ shapes. Deep stain highlights the age rings in the larger pieces of wood and many of the tiny ones.

Which ones are which variety of wood? A viewer speculates about trees of origin. What forms do they take? (One really wants to run a finger across them, but refrains!)

Fine crafts are widely represented as well in “Art of the State.” The line between has pretty much disappeared these days, although I suppose there are still some naysayers who will object to combining paintings and sculptures and prints with works in clay and metal.

Photography is also included — combined with calligraphy in Kyoko Ono and Judy Anderson’s “Pareidolia 1.” Meredith Nemirov’s “Rivers Feed The Trees #463” combines acrylic paint and gouache on a historic topographic map.

Tom Mazzullo’s subtle “Twopart Invention No. 18” is drawn with silverpoint on prepared paper, while Elizabeth Morisette’s bright and busy “Viral” is created with sewn zippers-and appears ready to run off around the gallery.

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Print techniques are overlayered in Tony Ortega’s richlyhued print “La Troca Roja,” and Sangeeta Reddy exhibits “The Quiet Burn of Autumn,” a golden acrylic collage with paper, silk and repurposed rubber on canvas.

Variety is endless and each work deserves more than one look! The exhibit is beautifully arranged, with related pieces together.

IF YOU GO The Arvada Center is located at 6901 Wadsworth Blvd. Before going, check gallery hours and attendance requirements. Masks are required to visit the exhibit, and proof of vaccination or a negative COVID test is required for any indoor seated gathering. Admission is free but reservations are required due to COVID attendance limitations. 720-8987200, arvadacenter.org.

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of Public Health and Environment, or CDPHE, in a previous statement, said it believed the videos were designed to bring down vaccination efforts at schools, which they said were “an important way the state ensures access to COVID-19 vaccines in places that are convenient. “ The Jan. 21 clinic was run by Tri-County Health and staffed by employees from Jogan Health, a contractor with CDPHE. Becky O’Guin, spokesperson for Tri-County Health, defended the vaccine staff and said the videos pose a threat to vaccine accessibility for those who want it.

“Our judgment is that state protocols appear to have been followed in assessing appropriateness of offering vaccination,” she said in an email, adding the videos are “hurting those in our community who want and need easier access to the vaccine for themselves and their children and will now have to find another vaccine location.”

The elder McGough said there are “plenty of places where people can get a vaccine” beside a school.

While he would not weigh in with his own personal thoughts on the vaccine, he said he felt the vaccine is a political issue that had no place on school property. He added that he felt having clinics at schools would put pressure on students to be vaccinated.

In a statement, Littleton Schools

Superintendent Brian Ewert said the district did not share information about the clinic directly with students but that since the clinic was held at Heritage, its students may have known about it. The district did send information about the clinic in a parent and community newsletter on Jan. 20 and posted information on the district website, Ewert said.

Neither the younger McGough nor Tallentine is a Heritage student.

In both videos, when McGough and Tallentire say they have changed their minds about getting a vaccine, the nurse is heard saying their feelings are “completely valid” and that it is “fine” for them to leave.

Still, the elder McGough said he feels the videos prove that the district and health agencies have overstepped boundaries, even with the misleading information students gave to the clinic’s health staff.

The fake note that McGough’s son Owen handed Jogan Health staff was from a city document relating to COVID-19 policies for Oklahoma City. McGough said the fact that the staff went forward with preparations to vaccinate based on the faked document showed they were not following their own guidelines for who could get vaccinated and compared it to a minor being able to buy alcohol with a consent form.

McGough said Colorado’s health department created a “loophole” when it issued guidelines preventing vaccine providers from asking

for identfification in a bid to make the vaccine more accessible. While staff at the clinic had to take the other student’s word when he lied about his age, since they could not ask for proof, McGough said the ID waiver should not be in place. “(CDPHE) took away the ability for us to determine how old somebody is that opened up a giant loophole to put children in harm’s way,” McGough said.

According to Karen Tallentire, the parent of Alexander Tallentire, a third person allegedly also tried to get approved for a vaccine at the clinic without parental consent but was denied after saying they were under the age of 18.

In a Jan. 20 email, McGough had been told by Ewert that students had to be accompanied by a parent to get a vaccine, even if they had consent. But on the morning of Jan. 25, Ewert, in his statement to parents, said Tri-County Health told the district the state does not require those under 18 to be ac-

companied by a parent or guardian when receiving a COVID vaccine, as long as consent has been shared with staff prior to the appointment.

“Please know that LPS does not condone the administration of COVID vaccines or any other vaccines to minors without a parent present to provide consent,” Ewert said in his statement, and laid blame on the clinic staff who he claimed did not follow proper protocol, “potentially putting children at risk.”

The videos have risen to national attention, with Gregg and Owen McGough appearing on a “Fox and Friends” segment of Fox News on Jan. 27.

The two also spoke during a public comment period before the LPS district’s school board meeting on Jan. 27, during which Owen McGough said he had planned the videos with the other student.

“I am proud to have done my part to get the vaccine clinics out of schools,” he said.

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SPORTS Run by Creek seals win over Arapahoe

55-51 Bruins victory puts Warriors further into deficit for season

BY JIM BENTON JBENTON@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Cherry Creek’s Trevon Chambers was having an off game shooting the basketball but that didn’t stop him from taking a big shot late in the Bruins’ Centennial League boys basketball game against Arapahoe on Jan.29.

Chambers, a 6-foot-3 junior, hit a key three-point shot with 65 seconds left in the game as part of a 6-0 Creek run that secured a 55-51 win over the Warriors in a game played in the Cherry Creek gym.

“We trust Trevon,” said Cherry Creek coach Kent Dertinger.

“That was a good shot. I think he was one for seven behind the arc.

When it comes down the stretch we’re confident with him shooting the basketball.”

Chambers sparked a six-point Creek run that snapped a 49-all tie and gave the Bruins a 55-49 lead, which the Bruins held for the final 41 seconds of the game.

Chambers added a free throw to his three-point basket and had four of the six Bruins points during the decisive run that decided the game. Junior Blake Purchase had the basket that broke the tie and ignited the Creek winning run.

“I wasn’t hitting all game but I still had confidence,” said Chambers. “We needed that three to win the game so I took the shot. It was rough not hitting for a while but I

Cherry Creek’s Trevon Chambers, 11, attempts to drive past Arapahoe’s Charlie Eckhardt, 14, and Chase D’Agostino, 20, during the PHOTO BY JIM BENTON Centennial League basketball game on Jan. 29. Creek pulled out a 55-51 victory.

still had the confidence to hit that shot and I took it.”

Chambers had 14 points to headline the Creek scorers.

“We still have some things to clean up but all but two of the second-round league games are here, so we feel like we can have a little bit of a run,” said Dertinger, whose team is now 7-8 overall and 5-3 in the league. “Arapahoe tied it up and we didn’t wilt, we stuck

with it, and that didn’t work out for us before but we learned from it and we were able to handle that a little better.”

Senior Kyle Sweeney, who fueled a third-quarter Arapahoe comeback with 11 points, finished with 16 points in the game.

Arapahoe saw its overall record fall to 7-10 and 3-5 in the league.

“We did not have the defensive start we needed,” said Warriors’

coach Troy Pachner. “I appreciate the resiliency but that doesn’t adjust for the slow start.

“That game could have gone either way but the truth is we didn’t put ourself in a first-quarter position to win the game.

“Our team is definitely a challenge for other people. We’re going to need three or four more wins out of our remaining six to make the playoffs.”

Douglas County falls short to Rock Canyon 50-49 Tight game lives up to pre-game hype

BY JIM BENTON JBENTON@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Rock Canyon, the fourthrated basketball team in the CSHAANow.com Class 5A state poll, played sixth-ranked Douglas County in a Continental League Top Ten showdown on Jan. 26 in the Rock Canyon Jaguars’ gym.

The game lived up to the advance billing as Gavin Hershberger sank the first of two free throws with 1.3 seconds remaining in the game to give Rock Canyon a 50-49 victory.

“That’s what the Continental League is all about, games like that,” said Douglas County coach Clay Comstock. “It was a great high school environment and SEE CANYON, P31

Douglas County’s Jaeton Hackley, 2, attempts to drive through a bunch of Rock Canyon players during the Jan. 26 game which the PHOTO BY JIM BENTON Jaguars won, 50-49.

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DA John Kellner running to unseat state attorney general 18th District prosecutor is the first Republican candidate to enter the race

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John Kellner, the 18th Judicial District attorney, on Jan. 27 became the first Republican to declare their candidacy to challenge Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser, a Democrat, in November.

Kellner announced his bid in a Colorado Politics opinion piece focusing heavily on crime, an issue GOP candidates across the state are attacking Democrats over.

“Right now Colorado faces its highest rate Kellner of violent crime in 25 years,” Kellner wrote. “To get out from this historic crime tsunami, we need bold leadership to turn the tide.”

Colorado’s attorney general, who serves as the top attorney for the state, has limited jurisdiction in criminal cases. The attorney general’s office mostly investigates civil

matters, like fraud.

Kellner is still fairly new to his current job as top prosecutor for the most populous judicial district in the state, which comprises Arapahoe, Douglas, Elbert and Lincoln counties. Kellner narrowly defeated Democrat Amy Padden in 2020.

The prosecutor earned his law degree from the University of Colorado and then served in the U.S. Marine Corps for five years.

Kellner was a prosecutor in the Boulder County District Attorney’s Office before joining the 18th Judicial District in 2012 to lead the office’s Cold Case Unit.

Weiser was elected to his first term in 2018, beating Kellner’s predecessor, former 18th Judicial District Attorney George Brauchler, a Republican, by 7 percentage points.

Weiser began the year with $2.3 million in his campaign account.

That’s almost as much as the nearly $2.9 million he spent to beat Brauchler four years ago.

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it’s a great program, but the citizens of Littleton have never agreed to spending their taxpayer dollars on this program,” Driscoll said.

“Frankly, I don’t even think that 85% of the city knows this program even exists.”

Valdes, who was mayor when the September vote to defund the LIRC was held, had routinely said it was not the job of the council to fund nonprofits, referring to the LIRC’s mostly volunteer staff, with the exception of Glaucia Rabello, the center’s director.

During the Jan. 25 meeting, Valdes said the center remains “very low” on the priority list for city funding.

“My concern now is that we have a new council who hasn’t had the opportunity to study the budgets the way they should,” he said “And we’re already looking to bring something back that’s been cut.”

Valdes said only 10% to 15% of the center’s clients are Littleton residents and said the city should not have to take on responsibility for

February 3, 2022 services that already exist in other parts of the metro area.

“We have far more important things to do. This service is available elsewhere,” he said.

Valdes also implied that the city has had to delay other projects, such as road maintenance, due to budget siphons from other programs like the LIRC, which he called a “feelgood program.”

The councilmember’s remarks sparked rebuttal from Milliman, who said the argument that the LIRC does not support all residents could be applied to various other city services that still receive funding.

“I’d love to know how many people outside the City of Littleton use the library and the museum. Are we going to start preventing them from coming into our city and using these free services?”

Milliman said. “(The LIRC) is woven into the fabric of this community. It’s a very small amount of money given the overall budget. And if you think of the benefits not only locally but regionally, what this program provides … helping others who are coming to this country with nothing.”

Council lands on compromise, with at least one changed mind As debate continued, Mayor Schlachter ultimately sought to find consensus among the seven councilmembers on whether they would direct city staff to amend this year’s budget to provide partial or full funding to the LIRC. Schlachter, Rydin and Milliman voiced support for a full return of funding and programs, which would allow the center to support far more clients than the roughly 50 it currently has. At its height, the center could service around 100 people.

Driscoll and Valdes stuck to their previous vote to sunset the funding at the end of this year with no plans to bring it back.

Newly-elected Councilmember Stephen Barr, of District 3, settled on a compromise option to renew partial funding, about $105,000, to bolster some services while the city looks for regional support for the long term. Councilmember At-Large Pam Grove, who had voted to defund the center this past fall, sided with Barr in a renewed commitment to see the LIRC continue.

“If we are going to make the promise to restore this program to its full service and capacity, I would like to map out what that roadmap would be, because I do support having these regional programs,” Barr said.

Grove still cautioned council to avoid hastily approving funding and said the city should study the issue more to see if the center’s clients have been able to get services elsewhere.

“I’m in favor of looking at it again,” she said.

In January last year, Atim Otii, director of the City of Denver’s city-run immigrant resource center, said there are “only nine centers that offer affordable legal services in the Denver area,” with 350,000 immigrants and refugees.

“Demand is high, and immigration is a very complex process,” Otti said, highlighting the LIRC’s ability to help fill a gap in services for the metro area.

Rydin voiced concern that if council only threw the center a lifeline with partial funding while it waited for regional players to get involved, it could lead to a situation similar to the one it is cur-

rently in.

“I do get really nervous about trying to put timestamps on a regional approach,” she said.

Barr, in response, said he would ultimately support fully funding the center if a regional partnership fails to happen.

With the majority of councilmembers supportive of at least some partial funding for the LIRC, city staff said they would bring the proposal before council as a budget amendment on Feb. 1, followed by another reading and public comment regarding the amendment on March 1.

While Schlachter and Rydin ultimately conceded to work toward partial funding for the time being, both said they would commit to seeing the center returned to its prepandemic level of service.

“For so long Littleton was an island by itself,” Schlachter said. “If you think about us as part of a broader community and not just its municipal boundaries, I think this is a valuable program … I think it’s important for Littleton to keep it going and not try to build it back up from nothing.”

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Public Notices call Sheree 303.566.4088 Legals Public Trustees COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0086-2021 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On October 29, 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) Kathleen D. Nelson and Nickolas B. Nelson Original Beneficiary(ies) Washington Mutual Bank Current Holder of Evidence of Debt Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee, in trust for registered Holders of Long Beach Mortgage Loan Trust 2006-11 AssetBacked Certificates, Series 2006-11 Date of Deed of Trust October 13, 2006 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust October 19, 2006 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) B6149868 Original Principal Amount $212,500.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $190,554.84 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.

CRS §38-38-109(2)(b)(II) FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0352-2019 Republished to restart foreclosure stayed by bankruptcy and reset sale date.

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On November 2, 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) Demargo Lynette Krupa and Spenser Nicholas Wallace Ladd and John Patrick Dolan Original Beneficiary(ies) Mortgage Elecnonic Registration Systems, Inc. acting solely as nominee for Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation Current Holder of Evidence of Debt Roundpoint Mortgage Servicing Corporation Date of Deed of Trust December 21, 2018 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust December 26, 2018 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) D8125357 Original Principal Amount $412,087.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $412,087.00 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. LOT 16, BLOCK 1, RIDGEVIEW HILLS NORTH, SECOND FILING, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

Also known by street and number as: 4344 E Peakview Cir., Centennial, CO 80121.

LOT 2, BLOCK 38, BROADWAY ESTATES FILING NO. 2, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.

Also known by street and number as: 6332 South Lafayette Street, Centennial, CO 80121.

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, 03/02/2022, 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: 1/6/2022 Last Publication: 2/3/2022 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: 10/29/2021 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: Amanda Ferguson #44893 Heather Deere #28597 Toni M. Owan #30580 Halliday, Watkins & Mann, PC 355 Union Blvd., Ste. 250, Lakewood, CO 80228 (303) 274-0155 Attorney File # CO11096 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. 0086-2021 First Publication: 1/6/2022 Last Publication: 2/3/2022 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent COMBINED NOTICE - RESTART - PUBLICATION

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, 03/02/2022, 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: 1/6/2022 Last Publication: 2/3/2022 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: 11/02/2021 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: Amanda Ferguson #44893 Heather Deere #28597 Toni M. Owan #30580 Halliday, Watkins & Mann, PC 355 Union Blvd., Ste. 250, Lakewood, CO 80228 (303) 274-0155 Attorney File # CO10673 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. 0352-2019 First Publication: 1/6/2022 Last Publication: 2/3/2022 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0089-2021

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below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

Original Grantor(s) Michael Stephen Landry and Stacy Davis Landry Original Beneficiary(ies) First Technology Federal Credit Union Current Holder of Evidence of Debt First Technology Federal Credit Union Date of Deed of Trust July 24, 2015 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust August 31, 2015 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) D5098828 Original Principal Amount $200,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $200,000.00 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. Lot 2, Block 10, a Resubdivision of Block 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12, Cherry Creek Village, Third Filing, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado.

Also known by street and number as: 4970 S Elmira Street, Greenwood Village, CO 80111.

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, 03/09/2022, 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: 1/13/2022 Last Publication: 2/10/2022 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: 11/05/2021 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: David W Drake #43315 Scott D. Toebben #19011 Randall S. Miller & Associates PC 216 16th Street, Suite 1210, Denver, CO 80202 (720) 259-6710 Attorney File # 21CO00130-1 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. 0089-2021 First Publication: 1/13/2022 Last Publication: 2/10/2022 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent

City and County Public Notice LITTLETON NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Pursuant to the liquor laws of the State of Colorado, BENDED PAGE FOOD & BEVERAGE LLC. d/b/a Tattered Cover, 7301 S. Santa Fe Dr. Unit 240, Littleton, CO, has requested the licensing officials of the City of Littleton, Colorado, to grant a Lodging & Entertainment liquor license.

Applicant(s):

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:

David Back Kwame Spearman Denver, CO Denver, CO

On November 5, 2021, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described

The public hearing on the application will be held on Wednesday, February 9, 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. Deadline for support or opposition is February 3, 2022. *The neighborhood is defined by the city boundaries of Littleton. You must reside within the city limits of Littleton, Colorado to participate.

By order of the Licensing Authority of the City of Littleton, Colorado. /s/ Wendy J. Shea-Tamag Deputy City Clerk Legal Notice No.529947 First Publication: January 20, 2022 Last Publication: February 3, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice ARAPAHOE COUNTY NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING CASE NO UASI21, TENDERFOOT PIPELINE / 1041 WITH USE BY SPECIAL REVIEW PROPOSAL: Tenderfoot Pipeline Company, LLC on behalf of the property owner, Colorado State Land Board, is proposing to install six miles of 12-inch diameter natural gas gathering pipeline from the existing True Oil Well Pad in T5S R64W in Arapahoe County and terminating at a currently under construction well pad in Elbert County. The project area is located north of the intersection of County Road 29 and East County Line Road.

Approximately 4.6 miles of gathering pipeline is proposed within unincorporated Arapahoe County, entirely within property owned by the Colorado State Land Board. The 50-foot-wide, permanent, pipeline easement is intended to allow for installation of an oil line, produced water line, and above ground fresh water lines in the future. The project is expected to impact approximately 45 acres.

Following the completion, no operation impacts on land use, except the occasional mowing of the pipeline right-of-way. This proposal does not change the existing Agricultural zoning.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on March 8, 2022, at 9:30 A.M., or as soon thereafter as the calendar of the Arapahoe County Board of County Commission permits, a public hearing will be held; at which, all interested persons will be given an opportunity to be heard concerning the above-described UASI21-002, 1041 with Use

by Special Review. The public hearing will be held at 5334 S Prince St., East Hearing Room, Littleton CO 80120, with the option to participate remotely. The agenda will typically be posted by the Friday afternoon preceding the hearing and can be viewed on our website at https://arapahoe. legistar.com/Calendar. You can also listen to, or speak at, the meeting by calling 1-855-436-3656.

To join the speaking queue, press *3 on the telephone keypad.

More information about this proposal is available at the offices of the Arapahoe County Public Works and Development Department, Planning Division, 6924 S Lima St., Centennial CO 80112 (please call ahead to schedule an appointment), by calling 720-874-6650, or by emailing planning@ arapahoegov.com during regular business hours (8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday).

Joan Lopez, Clerk to the Board Legal Notice No. Arap1026 First Publication: February 3, 2022 Last Publication: February 3, 2022 Publisher: Englewood Herald Littleton Independent and the Centennial Citizen Public Notice NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ARAPAHOE COUNTY COLORADO HOTEL & RESTAURANT NEW LIQUOR LICENSE In accordance with Colorado Revised Statutes, K Plus LLC d/b/a K+ Hot Pot has requested the Arapahoe County Liquor Authority to grant a new Hotel & Restaurant Liquor License at 21699 E. Quincy Avenue, Units A & B, Aurora, CO 80013.

A public hearing will be held through remote participation at the County Administration Building, 5334 S. Prince St., Littleton, CO 80120-1136, via telephone. Members of the public may participate telephonically by calling (719) 569-5048, and when prompted enter Phone Conference ID: 117 701 171# on Wednesday, February 16, 2022, at 2:00 P.M. or as soon thereafter as the calendar of the Liquor Authority permits.

OFFICERS: HIEU THANH NGUYN, MEMBER, 18554 E. BETHANY PL., AURORA, CO 80013; LAN KIM THI DOAN, MEMBER, 5756 S. TRUCKEE CT., AURORA, CO 80015.

The application and additional information are available in the County Attorney’s Office, County Administration Building, 5334 S. Prince St., Littleton, Colorado 80120-1136. Due to Covid-19 Restrictions, our office is closed to the public without an appointment. Please direct all inquiries by telephone to the Arapahoe County Liquor Licensing Authority at 303-795-4539. Petitions or Remonstrances may be filed at the County Attorney’s Office on or before the date of the hearing.

BY ORDER OF THE ARAPAHOE COUNTY LIQUOR AUTHORITY

Tiffeni Contiguglia, Clerk DATE OF APPLICATION: December 6, 2021 Legal Notice No. Arap 1018 First Publication: February 3, 2022 Last Publication: February 3, 2022 Publisher: Englewood Herald Littleton Independent and the Centennial Citizen Public Notice NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ARAPAHOE COUNTY COLORADO LODGING & ENTERTAINMENT NEW LIQUOR LICENSE (CHANGE OF CLASS) In accordance with Colorado Revised Statutes, Silverwest-I Inverness HW LLC d/b/a Homewood Suites Denver Tech Center has requested the Arapahoe County Liquor Authority to grant a new Lodging & Entertainment Liquor License (Change of Class) at 199 Inverness Drive West, Englewood, CO 80112. A public hearing will be held through remote participation at the County Administration Building, 5334 S. Prince St., Littleton, CO 80120-1136, via telephone. Members of the public may participate telephonically by calling (719) 569-5048, and when prompted enter Phone Conference ID: 117 701 171# on Wednesday, February 16, 2022, at 2:00 P.M. or as soon thereafter as the calendar of the Liquor Authority permits.

OFFICERS: SILVERWEST-I INVERNESS HW HOLDINGS, MEMBER, 1511 BALTIMORE AVE., #300, KANSAS CITY, MO 64108; SILVERWEST HOTEL FUND I LLC, MEMBER 1511 BALTIMORE AVE., #300, KANSAS CITY, MO 64108; LTIC HOTEL LLC, MEMBER, 111 JIM MORAN BLVD., DEERFIELD BEACH, FL 33442; CHARLES S. PECK, PRESIDENT & COO, 5820 S. GILPIN CT., GREEWOOD VILLAGE, CO 80121; EDWARD E. MACE, PRESIDENT & CEO, 350 ARROWHEAD DR., EDWARDS, CO 81632.

The application and additional information are available in the County Attorney’s Office, County Administration Building, 5334 S. Prince St., Littleton, Colorado 80120-1136. Due to Covid-19 Restrictions, our office is closed to the public without an appointment. Please direct all inquiries by telephone to the Arapahoe County Liquor Licensing Authority at 303-795-4539. Petitions or Remonstrances may be filed at the County Attorney’s Office on or before the date of the hearing.

BY ORDER OF THE ARAPAHOE COUNTY LIQUOR AUTHORITY Tiffeni Contiguglia, Clerk DATE OF APPLICATION: November 8, 2021 Legal Notice No. Arap 1019 First Publication: February 3, 2022 Last Publication: February 3, 2022 Publisher: Englewood Herald Littleton Independent and the Centennial Citizen Public Notice LITTLETON NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Pursuant to the liquor laws of the State of Colorado, GDLP RESTAURANT GROUP LLC. d/b/a Wingstop, 2729 W. Belleview Ave., Littleton, CO, has requested the licensing officials of the City of Littleton, Colorado, to grant a Beer & Wine liquor license. Applicant(s): Daniel Sonenshine, Costa Mesa, CA Kerri Sonenshine, Costa Mesa, CA Jorge Garcia Ortiz, Costa Mesa, CA The public hearing on the application will be held on Wednesday, February 9, 2022, 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. Deadline for support or opposition is February 3, 2022. *The neighborhood is defined by the city boundaries of Littleton. You must reside within the city limits of Littleton, Colorado to participate.

By order of the Licensing Authority of the City of Littleton, Colorado. /s/ Wendy J. Shea-Tamag Deputy City Clerk Legal Notice No. 529980 First Publication: January 27, 2022 Last Publication: February 3, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE LITTLETON NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Pursuant to the liquor laws of the State of Colorado, GDLP RESTAURANT GROUP LLC. d/b/a Wingstop, 101 W. Mineral Ave. Ste. 150, Littleton, CO, has requested the licensing officials of the City of Littleton, Colorado, to grant a Beer & Wine liquor license. Applicant(s):

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Public Notices Daniel Sonenshine, Costa Mesa Kerri Sonenshine, Costa Mesa Jorge Garcia Ortiz, Costa Mesa The public hearing on the application will be held on Wednesday, February 09, 2022, 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. Deadline for support or opposition is February 3, 2022. *The neighborhood is defined by the city boundaries of Littleton. You must reside within the city limits of Littleton, Colorado to participate.

By order of the Licensing Authority of the City of Littleton, Colorado. /s/ Wendy J. Shea-Tamag Deputy City Clerk Legal Notice No. 529972 First Publication: January 27, 2022 Last Publication: February 3, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice ARAPAHOE COUNTY NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING PF21-006, COMANCHE CROSSING #03 FINAL PLAT PROPOSAL: Owner, L&E Property Management LLC proposes a final plat that subdivides 53.4 acres located south of the N. Arrowhead Street / Interstate 70 interchange into 19 lots and tracts to accommodate single family residential home sites as allowed by the underlying Rural Residential-B (RR-B) zoning.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on February 22, 2022, at 9:30 A.M., or as soon thereafter as the calendar of the Arapahoe County Board of County Commission permits, a public hearing will be held; at which, all interested persons will be given an opportunity to be heard concerning the above-described PF21-006, final plat The public hearing will be held in the East Hearing Room, 5334 S Prince St., Littleton CO with the option to participate remotely. The agenda will typically be posted by the Friday afternoon preceding the hearing and can be viewed on our website at https://arapahoe.legistar.com/Calendar. You can also listen to, or speak at, the meeting by calling 1-855-436-3656. To join the speaking queue, press *3 on the telephone keypad.

More information about this proposal is available at the offices of the Arapahoe County Public Works and Development Department, Planning Division, 6924 S Lima St., Centennial CO 80112 (please call ahead to schedule an appointment), by calling 720-874-6650, or by emailing planning@ arapahoegov.com during regular business hours (8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday).

Joan Lopez, Clerk to the Board Legal Notice No. Arap1027 First Publication: February 3, 2022 Last Publication: February 3, 2022 Publisher: Englewood Herald Littleton Independent and the Centennial Citizen

Metropolitan Districts Public Notice CALL FOR NOMINATIONS §§ 1-13.5-303; 1-13.5-305; 1-13.5-501; 1-13.51002; 32-1-905(2), C.R.S. TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, and particularly, to the electors of Orchard Valley Metropolitan District, of Arapahoe County, Colorado.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an election will be held on the 3rd day of May 2022, between the hours of 7:00 A.M. and 7:00 P.M. At that time three (3) directors will be elected to serve a 3-year term.

Eligible electors of the Orchard Valley Metropolitan District interested in serving on the board of directors may obtain a Self-Nomination and Acceptance Form from Megan Liesmaki, the Designated Election Official of the Orchard Valley Metropolitan District, c/o Icenogle Seaver Pogue, P.C., 4725 S. Monaco Street, Suite 360, Denver, CO 80237, (303) 292-9100. The office of the Designated Election Official is open Monday through Friday (with the exception of holidays) from 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. The deadline to submit Self-Nomination and Acceptance Forms to the Designated Election Official is not later than the normal close of business on the 67th day prior to the election, which date is Friday, February 25, 2022. If the Designated Election Official determines that a Self-Nomination and Acceptance Form is not sufficient, the eligible elector who submitted the form may submit an amended Self-Nomination and Acceptance Form to the Designated Election Official before the normal close of business on the 67th day prior to the election, which date is Friday, February 25, 2022. Affidavit of Intent To Be A Write-InCandidate Forms must be submitted to the office of the Designated Election Official by the close of business on the 64th day before the election, which date is Monday, February 28, 2022.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that applications for absentee voters’ ballots are available in the office of the Designated Election Official, Icenogle Seaver Pogue, P.C., 4725 S. Monaco Street, Suite 360, Denver, CO 80237, (303) 292-9100.

An application for an absentee voter’s ballot shall be filed with the Designated Election Official no later than the close of business on the Tuesday immediately preceding the election, which date is Tuesday, April 26, 2022.

ORCHARD VALLEY METROPOLITAN DISTRICT By: /s/ Megan Liesmaki,

Designated Election Official Legal Notice No. 530010 First Publication: February 3, 2022 Last Publication: February 3, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice CALL FOR NOMINATIONS FOR LITTLETON VILLAGE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 2 §1-13.5-501, 1-13.5-1102(3), 32-1-905(2), C.R.S. TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, and, particularly, to the electors of the Littleton Village Metropolitan District No. 2 of Arapahoe County, Colorado.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an election will be held on Tuesday, the 3rd day of May, 2022, between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m.

At that time, three (3) directors will be elected to serve 3-year terms and one (1) director will be elected to serve a 1-year term.

Eligible electors of the Littleton Village Metropolitan District No. 2 interested in serving on the board of directors may obtain a Self-Nomination and Acceptance Form from the District Designated Election Official (DEO): Mandi Kirk 3900 E. Mexico Ave., Suite 300 Denver, CO 80210 (720) 833-4224 mandi@fritschelaw.com The Office of the DEO is open on the following days: Monday – Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

The deadline to submit a Self-Nomination and Acceptance Form is 4:00 p.m. on February 25, 2022 (not less than 67 days before the election).

Affidavit of Intent To Be A Write-In-Candidate forms must be submitted to the office of the Designated Election Official by 4:00 p.m. on Monday, February 28, 2022 (the sixty-fourth day before the election).

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN, that an application for an absentee ballot shall be filed with the Designated Election Official no later than 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday preceding the election, April 26, 2022.

LITTLETON VILLAGE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 2 By: /s/ Mandi Kirk Designated Election Official Legal Notice No. 530016 First Publication: February 3, 2022 Last Publication: February 3, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice CALL FOR NOMINATIONS FOR SOUTHERN METROPOLITAN DISTRICT TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, and particularly to the electors of the Southern Metropolitan District of Arapahoe County, Colorado.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a regular election will be held on Tuesday, May 3, 2022, between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. At that time, two (2) directors will be elected to serve a three-year term.

Self-Nomination and Acceptance forms are available from Micki L. Mills, the Designated Election Official for the District, at email: mmills@cegrlaw. com. Self-Nomination and Acceptance forms must be filed with the Designated Election Official for the District at the above email address not less than 67 days prior to the election (Friday, February 25, 2022 at 5:00 p.m.).

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that applications for absentee ballots may be filed with the Designated Election Official of the District at the above email address during normal business hours, until the close of business on the Tuesday immediately preceding the election (Tuesday, April 26, 2022). All absentee ballots must be returned to the Designated Election Official by 7:00 p.m. on election day.

SOUTHERN METROPOLITAN DISTRICT By: /s/ Micki L. Mills Designated Election Official Legal Notice No. 530007 First Publication: February 3, 2022 Last Publication: February 3, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice CALL FOR NOMINATIONS FOR NORMANDY ESTATES METROPOLITAN RECREATION DISTRICT TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, and particularly to the electors of the Normandy Estates Metropolitan Recreation District of Jefferson and Arapahoe Counties, Colorado.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a regular election will be held on Tuesday, May 3, 2022, between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. At that time, two (2) directors will be elected to serve a threeyear term and one (1) director will be elected to serve a one-year term.

Self-Nomination and Acceptance forms are available from Micki L. Mills, the Designated Election Official for the District, at email: mmills@cegrlaw. com. Self-Nomination and Acceptance forms must be filed with the Designated Election Official for the District at the above email address not less than 67 days prior to the election (Friday, February 25, 2022 at 5:00 p.m.).

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that applications for absentee ballots may be filed with the Designated Election Official of the District at the above email address during normal business hours, until the close of business on the Tuesday immediately preceding the election (Tuesday, April 26, 2022). All absentee ballots must be returned to the Designated Election Official by 7:00 p.m. on election day.

NORMANDY ESTATES METROPOLITAN RECREATION DISTRICT By: /s/ Micki L. Mills Designated Election Official Legal Notice No.530005 First Publication: February 3, 2022 Last Publication: February 3, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice CALL FOR NOMINATIONS

conduct an election that will be held on the 3rd day of May, 2022, between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. At that time, two (2) directors will be elected to serve 3-year terms on each Board and three (3) directors will be elected to serve a 1-year term on each Board. Eligible electors of the Littleton Village Metropolitan District Nos. 1 & 3 interested in serving on the boards of directors may obtain a Self-Nomination and Acceptance Form from the Districts’ Designated Election Official (“DEO”): Stacie L. Pacheco, Designated Election Official c / o I c e n o g l e S e a v e r P o g u e , P. C .

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, and particularly to the electors of the RiverPark Metropolitan District of Arapahoe County, Colorado.

4725 South Monaco Street, Suite 360 Denver, Colorado 80237 spacheco@isp-law.com or (303) 867-3000

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 1-13.5-501, C.R.S., that an election will be held on Tuesday, May 3, 2022, between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. At that time three (3) Directors will be elected to serve 3-year terms to May 6, 2025.

The Office of the DEO is open on the following days: Monday through Friday (with the exception of holidays), from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Self-Nomination and Acceptance Forms are available and can be obtained from Jennifer Pino, the Designated Election Official for the RiverPark Metropolitan District, c/o McGeady Becher P.C., 450 E. 17th Avenue, Suite 400, Denver, Colorado 80203, P hone: 303-592-4380, email: jpino@specialdistrictlaw.com.

The Self-Nomination and Acceptance Form or letter is to be submitted to the Designated Election Official no later than the close of business (5:00 p.m. MST) on February 25, 2022, sixty-seven (67) days prior to the regular election. Affidavits of Intent to be a Write-In Candidate must be submitted to the Designated Election Official by the close of business (5:00 p.m. MST) on February 28, 2022, sixty-four (64) days prior to the regular election.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN, pursuant to Section 1-13.5-1002, C.R.S., that applications for and return of absentee voters’ ballots may be obtained from / filed with Jennifer Pino, the Designated Election Official of the District (at the address/ phone/email address noted above), between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. until the close of business on the Tuesday immediately preceding the election (Tuesday, April 26, 2022).

RIVERPARK METROPOLITAN DISTRICT By:/s/ Jennifer Pino Designated Election Official Legal Notice No. 530029 First Publication: February 3, 2022 Last Publication: February 3, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice CALL FOR NOMINATIONS §§ 1-13.5-303; 1-13.5-305; 1-13.5-501; 1-13.51002; 32-1-905(2), C.R.S. TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, and particularly, to the electors of Columbine Water and Sanitation District, of Arapahoe County, Colorado.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an election will be held on the 3rd day of May 2022, between the hours of 7:00 A.M. and 7:00 P.M. At that time two (2) directors will be elected to serve a 3-year term.

Eligible electors of the Columbine Water and Sanitation District interested in serving on the board of directors may obtain a Self-Nomination and Acceptance Form from Megan Liesmaki, the Designated Election Official of the Columbine Water and Sanitation District, c/o Icenogle Seaver Pogue, P.C., 4725 S. Monaco Street, Suite 360, Denver, CO 80237, (303) 292-9100. The office of the Designated Election Official is open Monday through Friday (with the exception of holidays) from 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. The deadline to submit Self-Nomination and Acceptance Forms to the Designated Election Official is not later than the normal close of business on the 67th day prior to the election, which date is Friday, February 25, 2022. If the Designated Election Official determines that a Self-Nomination and Acceptance Form is not sufficient, the eligible elector who submitted the form may submit an amended Self-Nomination and Acceptance Form to the Designated Election Official before the normal close of business on the 67th day prior to the election, which date is Friday, February 25, 2022. Affidavit of Intent To Be A Write-InCandidate Forms must be submitted to the office of the Designated Election Official by the close of business on the 64th day before the election, which date is Monday, February 28, 2022.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that applications for absentee voters’ ballots are available in the office of the Designated Election Official, Icenogle Seaver Pogue, P.C., 4725 S. Monaco Street, Suite 360, Denver, CO 80237, (303) 292-9100.

An application for an absentee voter’s ballot shall be filed with the Designated Election Official no later than the close of business on the Tuesday immediately preceding the election, which date is Tuesday, April 26, 2022.

COLUMBINE WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT By: /s/ Megan Liesmaki, Designated Election Official Legal Notice No. 530008 First Publication: February 3, 2022 Last Publication: February 3, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice CALL FOR NOMINATIONS §§ 1-13.5-303; 1-13.5-305; 1-13.5-501; 1-13.5-1002; 32-1-905(2), C.R.S. LITTLETON VILLAGE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOS. 1 & 3 TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, and, particularly, to the electors of the Littleton Village Metropolitan District Nos. 1 & 3 (the “Districts”) of Arapahoe County, Colorado.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Districts will

The deadline to submit Self-Nomination and Acceptance Forms to the Designated Election Official is not later than the normal close of business on the 67th day prior to the election, which date is Friday, February 25, 2022. If the Designated Election Official determines that a Self-Nomination and Acceptance Form is not sufficient, the eligible elector who submitted the form may amend the form, at any time, prior to 3:00 P.M. on Friday, February 25, 2022. Affidavit of Intent To Be A Write-In-Candidate forms must be submitted to the office of the Designated Election Official by the close of business on the 64th day before the election, which date is Monday, February 28, 2022.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that applications for absentee voters’ ballots are available in the office of the Designated Election Official, Icenogle Seaver Pogue, P.C., 4725 South Monaco Street, Suite 360, Denver, Colorado 80237, (303) 8673000. An application for an absentee voter’s ballot shall be filed with the Designated Election Official no later than the close of business on the Tuesday immediately preceding the election, which date is April 26, 2022.

LITTLETON VILLAGE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOS. 1 & 3 By /s/ Stacie L. Pacheco, Designated Election Official Legal Notice No. 530024 First Publication: February 3, 2022 Last Publication: February 3, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Bids and Settlements Public Notice INVITATION FOR BIDS Notice is hereby given that the City of Greenwood Village, Colorado (the "City") will receive sealed bids at the Greenwood Village Maintenance Facility, 10001 East Costilla Avenue, Greenwood Village, Colorado 80112-3730, until 1:00 pm on Friday, February 4, 2022.

The City of Greenwood Village is seeking bids from qualified equipment dealers, hereinafter referred to as the “Contractor”, to supply (4) bluegrass mower tractors with 42” decks.

These mowers are used by our Parks crews to maintain our developed parks, including mowing operations, leaf pick-up, spring and fall clean-ups, and debris mulching.

The Invitation for Bids for (4) bluegrass mower tractors with 42” decks is available electronically via Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing and may be accessed on the Greenwood Village website (www. greenwoodvillage.com) under Bids & Proposals.

The City reserves the right to reject any and all bids, and to make final determination in the event of duplications. Any bid received as a result of this request is prepared at the Contractor's expense and becomes City property and therefore, public record.

No bid may be withdrawn for a period of sixty (60) days after the date set for opening thereof.

Preference is hereby given to materials, supplies, and provisions produced, manufactured, or grown in Colorado, quality being equal to articles offered by competitors outside of the State. Colorado labor shall be employed to perform the work for which Bids are requested herein to the extent of not less than eighty percent (80%) of each type or class of labor in the several classifications of skilled and common labor employed on such work, pursuant to C.R.S. § 8-17-101.

Any questions regarding the bid should be directed to Dustin Huff at (303)708-6155 or email at dhuff@ greenwoodvillage.com.

Preference is hereby given to materials, supplies, and provisions produced, manufactured, or grown in Colorado, quality being equal to articles offered by competitors outside of the State. Colorado labor shall be employed to perform the work for which bids are requested herein to the extent of not less than eighty percent (80%) of each type or class of labor in the several classifications of skilled and common labor employed on such work, pursuant to C.R.S. § 8-17-101.

The City requires a certified or cashier's check, or a corporate surety bond in the amount of five percent (5%) of the total bid amount before the City can accept or consider any bid for any bids greater than Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00).

The bid and the deposit shall be filed with the Public Works Department, securely sealed, and endorsed on the outside with a brief statement as to the nature of the item or work for which the bid is provided. Upon a bid award, such bond shall be returned to the unsuccessful bidder(s). In the case of the successful bidder, the bid bond will be returned upon receipt of the required payment and performance bonds, each in the full amount of the contract price. Such bonds will be retained by the City until the two-year (2) warranty period has expired. Pricing information will be shared with interested parties and will also be available through the Rocky Mountain Purchasing System.

An electronic bid opening will occur at 2:01 p.m., February 17, 2022. Pricing information will be shared with interested parties and will also be available through the Rocky Mountain Purchasing System.

Any questions regarding the project should be directed to Jessica Stemley, Project Manager, at (303) 708-6111 or geveleth@greenwoodvillage.com. /s/ Jeremy Hanak Director of Public Works Legal Notice No. 530030 FIRST PUBLICATION: February 3, 2022 SECOND PUBLICATION: February 10, 2022 PUBLISHED IN: Littleton Independent Public Notice BID INFORMATION ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS Notice is hereby given that the City of Greenwood Village, Colorado (the "City") will receive sealed bids at the Parks, Trails and Recreation front desk at the Greenwood Village Maintenance Facility (10001 East Costilla Avenue, Greenwood Village, Colorado 80112) until 10:00 am on February 11, 2022, for the Goldsmith Gulch final phase improvements in the Huntington-Caley Open Space. The scope and deliverables for the project include extensive earthwork and fine grading, an asphalt parking area, a playground, two steel shelters with swings, a structural retaining wall, concrete stepping stones and seat walls, concrete trail flatwork, irrigation and landscaping, and site drainage improvements.

An on-site pre-bid meeting will take place on February 4, 2022, at 1 pm. The park is located at the southeast corner of E. Fair Avenue and S. Yosemite Street (just south of 9200 E. Fair Avenue). The plans and specifications are available electronically via Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing (www.bidnetdirect.com), which can also be accessed through the Greenwood Village website (www.greenwoodvillage.com/bids). The City reserves the right to reject any and all bids, and to make final determination in the event of duplications. No bid may be withdrawn for a period of sixty (60) days after the date set for opening thereof.

The City requires a certified or cashier's check, or a corporate surety bond in the amount of five percent (5%) of the total bid amount before the City can accept or consider any bid. The bid and the deposit shall be filed with the City’s Office, securely sealed and endorsed on the outside with a brief statement as to the nature of the item or work for which the bid is provided. Upon a bid award, such bond shall be returned to the unsuccessful bidder(s). In the case of the successful bidder, the bid bond will be returned upon receipt of the required payment and performance bonds, each in the full amount of the contract price. Bids will be opened publicly at 10:01 am on February 11, 2022, at the Greenwood Village Maintenance Facility and shall be tabulated by the City.

Any questions regarding the project should be directed to Josh Morin at (303) 708-6113. /s/ Josh Morin, Parks Project Manager Legal Notice No. 529991 FIRST PUBLICATION: January 27, 2022 SECOND PUBLICATION: February 3, 2022 PUBLISHED IN: Littleton Independent Public Notice

/s/ Suzanne Moore Director of Parks, Trails & Recreation

BID INFORMATION ADVERTISEMENT FOR BID

Legals Notice NO. 529995 FIRST PUBLICATION: 1/27/2022 SECOND PUBLICATION: 2/3/2022 PUBLISHED IN: Littleton Independent

Notice is hereby given that the City of Greenwood Village, Colorado (the "City") will receive bids by electronic submission through the Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing System on the City of Greenwood Village website, www.greenwoodvillage.com/ bids, for the Cherry Creek Campus Signal Timing Project.

Public Notice BID INFORMATION ADVERTISEMENT FOR BID Notice is hereby given that the City of Greenwood Village, Colorado (the "City") will receive bids by electronic submission through the Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing System on the City of Greenwood Village website, www.greenwoodvillage.com/bids, for the Arapahoe Road Traffic Signals Project.

Bids must be submitted by 2:00 p.m., February 17, 2022.

The plans and specifications for the Arapahoe Road Traffic Signals Project are available electronically via the Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing System on the City of Greenwood Village website, www.greenwoodvillage.com/bids.

The City reserves the right to reject any and all proposals, and to make final determination in the event of duplications. No bid may be withdrawn for a period of sixty (60) days after the date set for opening thereof.

Bids must be submitted by 2:00 p.m., February 18, 2022.

The request for proposals for the Cherry Creek Campus Signal Timing Project are available electronically via the Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing System on the City of Greenwood Village website, www.greenwoodvillage.com/bids.

The City reserves the right to reject any and all proposals, and to make final determination in the event of duplications. No bid may be withdrawn for a period of sixty (60) days after the date set for opening thereof. Any proposal received as a result of this request is prepared at the Consultant’s expense and becomes City property and therefore, public record.

Any questions regarding the project should be directed to George Eveleth, Senior Engineering Technician, at (303) 708-6111 or geveleth@greenwoodvillage.com.

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Public Notices /s/ Jeremy Hanak Director of Public Works Legal Notice No. 529992 FIRST PUBLICATION: January 27, 2022 SECOND PUBLICATION: February 3, 2022 PUBLISHED IN: Littleton Independent Public Notice INVITATION FOR BIDS Notice is hereby given that the City of Greenwood Village, Colorado (the "City") will receive sealed bids at the Greenwood Village Maintenance Facility, 10001 East Costilla Avenue, Greenwood Village, Colorado 80112-3730, until 1:00 pm on Friday, February 4, 2022.

The City of Greenwood Village is seeking bids from qualified equipment dealers, hereinafter referred to as the “Contractor”, to supply (1) Large area self-propelled ride-on mower with 16’ deck. This mower is used by our Parks crews to maintain our developed parks, including mowing operations, leaf pick-up, spring and fall clean-ups, and debris mulching.

The Invitation for Bids for (1) Large area selfpropelled ride-on mower with 16’ deck is available electronically via Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing and may be accessed on the Greenwood Village website (www.greenwoodvillage.com) under Bids & Proposals.

The City reserves the right to reject any and all bids, and to make final determination in the event of duplications. Any bid received as a result of this request is prepared at the Contractor's expense and becomes City property and therefore, public record.

No bid may be withdrawn for a period of sixty (60) days after the date set for opening thereof.

Preference is hereby given to materials, supplies, and provisions produced, manufactured, or grown in Colorado, quality being equal to articles offered by competitors outside of the State. Colorado labor shall be employed to perform the work for which Bids are requested herein to the extent of not less than eighty percent (80%) of each type or class of labor in the several classifications of skilled and common labor employed on such work, pursuant to C.R.S. § 8-17-101.

Any questions regarding the bid should be directed to Dustin Huff at (303)708-6155 or email at dhuff@ greenwoodvillage.com. /s/ Suzanne Moore Director of Parks, Trails & Recreation Legal Notice NO. 529993 1/27/2022 FIRST PUBLICATION: SECOND PUBLICATION: 2/3/2022 PUBLISHED IN: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS Notice is hereby given that the City of Greenwood Village, Colorado (the "City") will receive proposals by electronic submission through the Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing System on the City of Greenwood Village website, www.greenwoodvillage.com/bids , for the Orchard Road & DTC Boulevard-Yosemite Street Left Turn Lane Extensions project.

Proposals must be submitted by 2:00 p.m., February 18, 2022.

The request for proposals for the Orchard Road & DTC Boulevard-Yosemite Street Left Turn Lane Extensions is available electronically via the Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing System on the City website, www. greenwoodvillage.com/bids.

The City reserves the right to reject any and all proposals, and to make final determination in the event of duplications.

No proposal may be withdrawn for a period of sixty (60) days after the date set for opening thereof.

Any proposal received as a result of this request is prepared at the consultant’s expense and becomes City property and therefore, public record.

Any questions regarding the project should be submitted electronically via the Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing System on the City of Greenwood Village website, www.greenwoodvillage.com/bids. /s/ Jeremy Hanak, Director of Public Works LEGAL NOTICE NO. 529994 FIRST PUBLICATION: January 27, 2022 SECOND PUBLICATION: February 3, 2022 PUBLISHED IN: Littleton Independent Public Notice ARAPAHOE COUNTY REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL RFP-22-10 BODY REMOVAL SERVICES Notice is hereby given that the Arapahoe County Purchasing Division will be accepting proposals from qualified firms to provide Body Removal Services, for the County Coroner’s Office. The awarded contractor will be responsible for the care, removal, and transport of decedents.

All Arapahoe County solicitations can be obtained from the County’s website. The Request For Proposal (RFP-22-10) document can be obtained by going to the Arapahoe County website www.arapahoegov.com, then go to the Finance Department, and under the Finance Department select Purchasing then go to the Quick Link for the Rocky Mountain ePurchasing website. Electronic submissions will be accepted online via Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing Systems (RMEPS), www.bidnetdirect.com/colorado.

Submittals must be received, electronically, no later than 2:00 p.m. local time on March 03, 2022.

The County reserves the right to waive any or all informalities or irregularities and to reject any or all submittals.

Joan Lopez, Clerk to the Board

Legal Notice No. Arap 1028 First Publication: February 3, 2022 Last Publication: February 3, 2022 Publisher: Englewood Herald Littleton Independent and the Centennial Citizen Public Notice NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT BID PACKAGES #01 (Newton Middle School) and #02 (Dr. Justina Ford Elementary School) GC Services Notice is hereby given that Littleton Public Schools in the county of Arapahoe will on or about February 15, 2022 pay retainage and make final settlement with Commercial Key Security, Inc. for BID PACKAGES #01 (Newton Middle School) & #02 (Dr. Justina Ford Elementary School) GC Services. 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 February 15, 2022. 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 February 15, 2022. 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: January 13, 2022.

Legal Notice No. 529940 First Publication: January 13, 2022 Last Publication: February 3, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent Not consecutive publications Public Notice NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT 2021 Infill Sidewalk Program Project No. 21-03-01 Notice is hereby given, pursuant to Section 38-26107, C.R.S., that the City of Centennial, Colorado (the “City”) will make final payment at the hour of 10:00 a.m. on February 24, 2022 (the “Final Settlement Date”) to the following contractor: Stone and Concrete Inc. 5500 E. 56th Ave Commerce City, CO 80022 (hereinafter, the “Contractor”) for and on account of all work completed by the Contractor on City Project No. 21-03-01, including for purposes of this Notice of Final Settlement on (the “Project”).

1. Any person, co-partnership, association of persons, company or corporation that has an unpaid claim against the Project for and on account of the furnishing of labor, materials, or other supplies used or consumed by the Contractor or any subcontractor in or about the performance of said work, may at any time up to and including the Final Settlement Date, file a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid on account of such claim.

2. Any such claim(s) shall be filed with the City Clerk at 13133 East Arapahoe Road, Centennial, CO 80112 prior to the Final Settlement Date.

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

Legal Notice No. 530025-60125 First Publication: February 3, 2022 Last Publication: February 3, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent and the Centennial Citizen Public Notice Notice of Request for Proposal Notice is hereby given that the City of Greenwood Village, Colorado is soliciting proposals from qualified respondents for investment advisory services.

Proposals must be received by the Finance Director, Shawn Cordsen, by 4:00 p.m. on March 11, 2022, in the Finance Department at City Hall, 6060 South Quebec Street, Greenwood Village, CO 80111.

Request for proposals can be obtained from the Rocky Mountain e-Purchasing System accessible via: www.greenwoodvillage.com/bids.

After the City has selected the preferred respondent, contract negotiations shall commence with the prime candidate. If negotiations prove unsuccessful, the respondent shall be notified that the negotiations are terminated. Negotiations shall then commence with the next preference and the negotiation process shall be continued until mutually satisfactory arrangements are attained.

The City reserves the right to reject any and all proposals and waive informalities or irregularities therein.

Any proposal received as a result of this request is prepared at the firm’s expense and becomes City property and therefore, public record.

Legal Notice No. 530028 First Publication: February 3, 2022 Second Publication: February 10, 2022 Published In: Littleton Independent

Summons and Sheriff Sale Public Notice

DISTRICT COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, STATE OF COLORADO Court Address: 7325 South Potomac Street Centennial, CO 80112 Court Phone: 303-649-6355 PLAINTIFF: STERLING HILLS WEST (STERLING HILLS FILING 9 AND 10) HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC. v.

DEFENDANTS: VICKIE L FARNSWORTH Attorney: Kate M. Leason, Reg No. 41025 Jeffrey B. Smith, Reg No. 40490 Firm: Altitude Community Law P.C. Address: 555 Zang Street, Suite 100 Lakewood, Colorado 80228-1011 Phone Number: 303.432.9999 E-mails: kleason@altitude.law jsmith@altitude.law Our File No.: 8450.0519 Case No.: 2021CV031851 Div: 204 SUMMONS TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to file with the Clerk of this Court an answer or other response to the attached Complaint. If service of the Summons and Complaint was made upon you within the State of Colorado, you are required to file your Answer or other response within twentyone (21) days after service upon you. If service of the Summons and Complaint was made upon you, outside of the State of Colorado, you are required to file your Answer or other response within thirtyfive (35) days after service upon you or if served by publication pursuant to C.R.C.P. 4(g). If served by publication, service shall be complete on the day of the last publication. Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2410(b), the time for filing an Answer or other response is extended to sixty (60) days for the United States. Your answer or counterclaim must be accompanied with the applicable filing fee. 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 the applicable time period, the Court may enter judgment by default against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint without further notice.

This is an action affecting the real property described in the Complaint and is a proceeding in rem as well as a proceeding in personam.

Dated: October 27, 2021 Respectfully submitted, ALTITUDE COMMUNITY LAW P.C. Original signature of Kate M. Leason is on file with the law offices of Altitude Community Law P.C. pursuant to C.R.C.P. 121, §1-26(7).

S/ Kate M. Leason Kate M. Leason, #41025 Jeffrey B. Smith, #40490 555 Zang Street, Suite 100 Lakewood, Colorado 80228-1011 303.432.9999 ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF Sterling Hills West Homeowners Association Address of Plaintiff: Sterling Hills West (Sterling Hills Filing 9 and 10) Homeowners Association, Inc. c/o Cherry Creek HOA Professionals 14901 E. Hampden Avenue #320 Aurora, CO 80014 Legal Notice No. 530013 First Publication: February 3, 2022 Last Publication: March 3, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO 7325 S. Potomac Street Centennial, CO 80112 303-649-6355 Plaintiff: CENTURY CITY CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, INC., a Colorado nonprofit corporation v.

Defendants: D'ALAN RAMEY; SERVICEMAC, LLC; THE OFFICE OF THE ARAPAHOE COUNTY PUBLIC TRUSTEE Attorneys for Plaintiff: ORTEN CAVANAGH HOLMES & HUNT, LLC Hal R. Kyles, #23891 1445 Market St., Suite 350 Denver, Colorado 80202 Phone Number: (720) 221-9780 Matter ID #2908.0002 SUMMONS [BY PUBLICATION] THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS: You are hereby summoned and required to appear and defend against the claims of the complaint filed with the court in this action, by filing with the clerk of this court an answer or other response.

You are required to file your answer or other response within 35 days after the service of this Summons upon you. Service of this summons shall be complete on the day of the last publication. A copy of the complaint may be obtained from the clerk of the court.

If you fail to file your answer or other response to the complaint in writing within 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 of foreclosure pursuant to Rule 105, C.R.C.P. to the real property situate in Aurora, Colorado more particularly described as UNIT 302, CONDOMINIUM BUILDING 1, CENTURY CITY CONDOMINIUMS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND SUBJECT TO THE CONDOMINIUM DECLARATION OF COVENANTS, CONDITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS OF CENTURY CITY CONDOMINIUMS RECORDED MARCH 28, 2007 AT RECEPTION NO. 87038766 AND THE CONDOMINIUM MAP RECORDED MARCH 28, 2007 AT RECEPTION NO. 87038765 AND RE-RECORDED APRIL 23,

2007 AT RECEPTION NO. 87051004 IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK AND RECORDER OF ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Dated: December 22, 2021.

ORTEN CAVANAGH HOLMES & HUNT, LLC By:/s/Hal R. Kyles Hal R. Kyles, #23891 This Summons is issued pursuant to Rule 4(g), Colorado Rules of Civil Procedure.

Legal Notice No. 529898 First Publication: January 6, 2022 Last Publication: February 3, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, COLORADO Case No. 2020CV31722 Plaintiff: KEN MCFARLAND PROPERTIES, INC., a Colorado Corporation, vs.

Defendants: TANISHA WARNER, an individual COMBINED NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE I am selling certain real property by virtue of a Writ of Execution regarding a Judgment dated the 14th day of January, 2016, Arapahoe County Case No. 15C -044751, in favor of the Plaintiff, Ken McFarland Properties, Inc., a Colorado Corporation, assignee of Bellco Credit Union against Defendants, Tanisha Warner, an individual (“Judgment-Debtor”), evidenced by a Transcript of Judgment for the amount of $9,9735.21, recorded January 26, 2016, at Reception No. D6008180 of the real estate records of Arapahoe County, State of Colorado.

Accordingly, I have levied upon the following real property owned by Judgment-Debtor, to wit: LOT 2, BLOCK 4, AURORA KNOLLS SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 1, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO, commonly known as 2710 S. Rifle St., Aurora, CO 80013.

THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. NOTICE OF SALE THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on March 31, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. at 13101 E. Broncos Pkwy., Centennial, CO 80112, phone number 720874-3845, I will sell at public auction to the highest bidder, the said real property and all interest of said Judgment-Debtor, Tanisha Warner, her heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the Judgment, as evidenced by the Transcript of Judgment, plus post-judgment interest, continuing costs of collection and attorneys’ fees, and other items allowed by law. **BIDDERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE CASH OR CERTIFIED FUNDS SUFFICIENT TO COVER THE MINIMUM BID AT TIME OF SALE. ** Dated: December 28, 2021 TYLER S. BROWN ARAPAHOE COUNTY SHERIFF BY: Sgt. Trent Steffa Deputy Sheriff Legal Notice No. 529921 First Publication: February 3 2022 Last Publication: March 3, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO Case Number: 2021CV30899 Div: 15 Ctrm.: SHERIFF’S COMBINED NOTICE OF SALE Plaintiff: AURORA HIGHLANDS SUBDIVISION HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC., a Colorado non-profit corporation d/b/a AURORA HIGHLANDS VISTA HOA; Defendants: KYLE T. MORGAN; DARCY A. MORGAN; PENNYMAC LOAN SERVICES, LLC; PROFESSIONAL FINANCE COMPANY, INC.; SOLAR MOSAIC, INC.; ARAPAHOE COUNTY TREASURER; UNKNOWN TENANT(S) IN POSSESSION. Original Lienee(s) - Kyle T. Morgan and Darcy A. Morgan Original Lienor - Aurora Highlands Subdivision Homeowners Association, Inc. Current Holder of the evidence of debt Aurora Highlands Subdivision Homeowners Association, Inc. Date of Lien being foreclosed - December 9, 2020 Date of Recording of Lien being foreclosed - December 9, 2020 County of Recording - Arapahoe Recording Information - E0172413 Original Principal Balance of the secured indebtedness - $957.15 Outstanding Principal Balance of the secured indebtedness as of the date hereof - $6,840.60 Amount of Default Judgment - $5,894.30 This is to advise you that a Sheriff sale proceeding has been commenced through the office of the undersigned Sheriff pursuant to an Order on Motion for Entry of Default Judgment of Foreclosure and Order and Decree of Foreclosure issued on November 8, 2021, and C.R.S. §§ 38-38-101 to 401, by AURORA HIGHLANDS SUBDIVISION HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC., a Colorado non-profit corporation d/b/a AURORA HIGHLANDS VISTA HOA;, the current holder of a lien recorded with the County of Arapahoe Clerk and Recorder on December 9, 2020, at Reception No. E0172413. The judicial foreclosure is based on a default under the Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions of Aurora Highlands Subdivision recorded with the County of Arapahoe Clerk and Recorded on August 12, 1992 in Book

6573 at Page 168 together with all amendments thereto. The Declaration and notices as recorded, establish a lien for the benefit of the AURORA HIGHLANDS SUBDIVISION HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC., a Colorado non-profit corporation d/b/a AURORA HIGHLANDS VISTA HOA; - THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AND IMPROVEMENTS – against the property legally described as follows: Description of property to be foreclosed: Lot 15, Block 1, Aurora Highlands Subdivision Filing No. 10, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado.

Also known as: 1546 S. Richfield Way, Aurora, CO 80017 THE PROPERTY TO BE FORECLOSED AND DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN. THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The covenants of Plaintiff have been violated as follows: failure to make payments on said indebtedness when the same were due and owing.

NOTICE OF SALE THEREFORE, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that I will, at 10 o'clock A.M., on March 10, 2022, at the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office, Civil Unit, located at 13101 East Broncos Parkway, Centennial, CO 80112, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property described above, and all interest of said Grantor and the heirs and assigns of said Grantor, for the purpose of paying the judgment amount entered herein, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. **BIDDERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE CASH OR CERTIFIED FUNDS SUFFICIENT TO COVER THE MINIMUM BID AT TIME OF SALE. ** Date: December 7, 2021.

Tyler S. Brown, Arapahoe County Sheriff Arapahoe County, Colorado By: Sgt. Trent Steffa, Deputy Sheriff Legal Notice No. 529859 First Publication: January 13, 2022 Last Publication: February 10, 2022 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent 750 W. Hampden Ave., Suite 225 Englewood, Colorado, 80110 Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, STATE OF COLORADO Case No.: 2021CV031210 DIVISION: 15 Ctrm: COMBINED NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL PROPERTY Plaintiff: DESIGN 45 HOME OWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC., a Colorado nonprofit corporation v.

Defendants: LINDA LEE CARD; LENDING 3, INC.; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC.; THE OFFICE OF THE ARAPAHOE COUNTY PUBLIC TRUSTEE Regarding: Unit No. A 15057 East Louisiana Drive, Colorado, Nevin Village Green Subdivision, Filing Number Five, Phase II, Part I, According To The Condominium Map Thereof Filed in Book41 At Page 12and According to and Subject To The Condominium Declaration Recorded In Book 2268 At Page 700; Amendment Thereto Recorded In Book 2600 At Page 750 And Supplement Thereto Recorded September 7, 1979, In Book 3070 At Page 450, County Of Arapahoe, State Of Colorado Also known and numbered as: 15057 E Louisiana Dr Unit A, Aurora CO 80012 TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS, Please take notice: You and each of you are hereby notified that a Sheriff's Sale of the referenced property is to be conducted by the Civil Unit of Sheriff's Office of Arapahoe County, Colorado at 10:00 A.M., on the 10th day of March, 2022, at 13101 E. Broncos Pkwy, Centennial, CO 80112; phone number (720) 874-3845. At which sale, the above described real property and improvements thereon will be sold to the highest bidder. Plaintiff makes no warranty relating to title, possession, or quiet enjoyment in and to said real property in connection with this sale. **BIDDERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE CASH OR CERTIFIED FUNDS SUFFICIENT TO COVER THE MINIMUM BID AT TIME OF SALE. ** Further, for the purpose of paying off, curing default or redemption, as provided by statute, intent must be directed to or conducted at the above address of the Civil Unit of the Sheriff’s Office of Arapahoe County, Colorado.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. DATED in Colorado this 7th day of December, 2021.

Tyler S. Brown Sheriff of Arapahoe County, Colorado By: Deputy Samuel Sala Deputy Sheriff ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF: ORTEN CAVANAGH HOLMES & HUNT, LLC 1445 Market Street, Suite 350 Denver, CO 80202 Legal Notice No. 529858 First Publication: January 13, 2022 Last Publication: February 10, 2022 Published In: Littleton Independent 750 W. Hampden Ave., Suite 225 Englewood, Colorado, 80110

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Public Notices Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO Case Number: 2021CV031223 COMBINED NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL PROPERTY Plaintiff: The Red Sky Homeowners Association v.

Defendants: Gustavo Morales Ramirez and Sue Sandstrom as Arapahoe County’s Public Trustee TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS, Please take notice: You and each of you are hereby notified that a Sheriff's Sale of the referenced property is to be conducted by the Sheriff's Office of the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado at 10 o’clock a.m. on the 24th day of March 2022, at 13101 East Broncos Parkway, Centennial, CO 80112, phone number 720-874-3845. At which sale, the above described real property and improvements thereon will be sold to the highest bidder. Plaintiff makes no warranty relating to title, possession, or quiet enjoyment in and to said real property in connection with this sale.

BIDDERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE CASH OR CERTIFIED FUNDS SUFFICIENT TO COVER THE MINIMUM BID AT THE TIME OF SALE. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. Judgment is in the amount of $8,184.50.

This is to advise you that a Sheriff’s sale proceeding has been commenced through the office of the undersigned Sheriff pursuant to ORDER AND DECREE FOR JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE and ENTRY OF CLERK’S DEFAULT dated September 29, 2021, and C.R.S. 38-38-101 et seq. by The Red Sky Homeowners Association, the holder and current owner of a lien recorded January 11, 1979 in Book 2918 at Page 601 in the records of the Clerk and Recorder of the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado. The Declaration and notices, as recorded, establish a lien for the benefit of The Red Sky Homeowners Association, WHICH LIEN BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN ON THE SUJECT PROPERTY AND IMPROVEMENTS, legally described as follows, to wit: Condominium Unit No. 303A, Alabama A, Red Sky Condominiums, according to the Condominium Map Filed of Record on January 11, 1979 in Plat Book 36 at Page 86, and Supplements Thereto, and as Defined in the Declaration of Condominium of Red Sky Recorded January 11, 1979 in Book 2918 at Page 601, Records of Arapahoe County, Colorado, Together With the Exclusive Right to Use Parking Space(S) and/or Carport No. A303 Together With the Exclusive Right to Use Storage Space Designated 303S in Building A, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado.

Also known as: 14500 E. 2nd Ave., Unit A-303, Aurora, CO 80011.

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 Gabriel Stefu, WesternLaw Group LLC, 9351 Grant Street #120, Thornton, CO 80229, 720-542-8724.

DATE: December 21, 2021 Tyler S. Brown, Arapahoe County Sheriff By: Sgt. Trent Steffa, Deputy Sheriff Legal Notice No. 529898 First Publication: January 27, 2022 Last Publication: February 24, 2022 Published in: Littleton Independent 750 W Hampden Ave, Suite 225 Englewood, CO 80110 Public Notice Arapahoe County Court (303) 798-4591 Cab South Park TRS, LLC v. David Butler, and Persons Unknown, et al. Case #: 2021C046491.

Attorney for Plaintiff: Bove Law Offices 4535 E Colfax, Denver, CO 80220.

Phone: (303) 756-0500 SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANT: You are hereby summoned and required to appear and defend, against the claims of the Complaint, filed with the court in this action. The Answer can be filed, by filing with the clerk of this court, an Answer or other response, within 35 days, after the service of this Summons, upon you. Service of this summons shall be complete, on the last day of publication, 02/17/2022. A copy of the Complaint may be obtained, from the clerk of the court.

If you fail to file an Answer or other response to the Complaint, in writing, within 35 days after the date of the last publication, judgment by default may be entered against you, for the relief demanded in the Complaint, without further notice. This is an action for title of a Manufactured home in the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado, known as 1979 MH, VIN/Serial Number: 97A8507.

Legal Notice No. 529956 First Publication: January 20, 2022 Last Publication: February 17, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, STATE OF COLORADO Case No.: 2021CV031453 Div: 15 COMBINED NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL PROPERTY

PLAINTIFF: SOUTHCREEK TOWNHOME SUBASSOCIATION, INC. v.

DEFENDANTS: AMANDA SUE KRANZ; COLORADO HOUSING AND FINANCE AUTHORITY; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC.; and PUBLIC TRUSTEE OF ARAPAHOE COUNTY TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS, Please take notice: You and each of you are hereby notified that a Sheriff's Sale of the referenced property is to be conducted by the Civil Unit of the Sheriff's Office of Arapahoe County, Colorado at 10:00 O’clock A.M., on the 24th day of March, 2022, 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 $8,170.18.

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 for Default Judgment and Order and Decree for Judicial Foreclosure dated November 9, 2021 and C.R.S. 38-38-101 et seq. by Southcreek Townhome Subassociation, Inc. the holder and current owner of a lien recorded on November 20, 2020 at Reception No. E0162117 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 Supplemental Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions of Southcreek Townhomes recorded on 08/16/2000 at B0101764 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 Southcreek Townhome Subassociation, Inc. against real property legal described as follows: Lot 51, Block 3, Southcreek Subdivision Filing No. 1, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado.; Also known as: 7863 S. Kittredge Cir., Englewood, CO 80112.

The attorney representing the legal owner of the above described lien is: Kate M. Leason, Reg No. 41025, Altitude Community Law P.C., 555 Zang Street, Suite 100, Lakewood, Colorado 802281011, 303.432.9999.

Date: December 21, 2021 Tyler S. Brown, Sheriff Arapahoe County, Colorado By: Sgt. Trent Steffa, Deputy Sheriff Legal Notice No. 529899 First Publication: January 27, 2022 Last Publication: February 24, 2022 Published In: Littleton Independent 750 W. Hampden Ave., Suite 225 Englewood, Colorado, 80110

Misc. Private Legals Public Notice NOTICE REGARDING PROPOSED AMENDED AND RESTATED CONDOMINIUM DECLARATION FOR ROCK RIDGE CONDOMINIUMS January 17, 2022 TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: The Board of Directors of the Association is seeking approval to adopt the Amended and Restated Condominium Declaration for Rock Ridge Condominiums.

In order for the Amended and Restated Declaration to be adopted, it must be approved by one hundred percent (100%) of owners and more than fifty-one percent (51%) of all First Mortgagees. To request a copy of this document please contact: • Via Email to: Tammy@alcocklawgroup.com; or • Via U.S. Mail to: Alcock Law Group, 19751 E. Mainstreet, Suite 225, Parker, Colorado 80132.

The Amended and Restated Declaration contains a number of changes throughout. Please review it carefully. The more significant revisions are: • Removal of developer “boilerplate” language that is no longer applicable to the community; • Removal of all references to sharing of recreational facilities with Sterling Hills to comply with the settlement agreement entered into between Rock Ridge and Sterling Hills; • Removal of references to Sterling Hills; • Removal of provisions that do not allow the Board to efficiently operate the community or deal with community concerns; • Removal of provisions that do not comply with current state law; • Changes to the Assessment provisions; • Changes to use restrictions; • Reduction of percentage for mortgagee approval of amendments; and • Addition of provisions that provide the proper tools for the Association to solve problems within the community.

If approved, the Amended and Restated Declaration will be recorded in the real property records for Arapahoe County, Colorado.

Very truly yours, Board of Directors Rock Ridge Condominium Association, Inc. Legal Notice No. 529967 First Publication: January 27, 2022 Last Publication: February 3, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Public Notice Minicucci Chiropractic, Total Health Concepts, will be destroying patient files from January 1, 2004 to December 2015. If you are interested in your file, please contact our office by April 3, 2022. Shipping and handling may apply. Contact # (303) 949-5106 Legal Notice No. 529990 First Publication: January 27, 2022 Last Publication: February 17, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Telecommunications Public Notice Notice of Initiation of the Section 106 Process: Public Participation T-Mobile proposes the upgrade of an existing rooftop telecommunications facility at 1402 W Caley Ave, Littleton, Arapahoe County, CO. Proposed project will include ground disturbance. Members of the public interested in submitting comments on the possible effects on historic properties included in or eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places may send their comments to Andrew Smith, RESCOM Environmental Corp., PO Box 361 Petoskey, MI 49770 or call 260-385-6999.

Legal Notice No. 530014 First Publication: February 3, 2022 Last Publication: February 3, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Notice to Creditors Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Barbara B. Elliott, a/k/a Barbara Buchart Elliott, a/k/a Barbara Elliott, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30076 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 June 3, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Graham Sanders, Personal Representative 800 Wintergreen Circle State College, PA 16801 Legal Notice No.530002 First Publication: February 3, 2022 Last Publication: February 17, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Richard C. Smith, Deceased Case Number 22PR30039 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 May 25, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Laura A. Smith, Personal Representative c/o 6060 Greenwood Plaza Blvd #200 Greenwood Village, CO 80111 Legal Notice No. 529958 First Publication: January 20, 2022 Last Publication: February 3, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Thomas Edward Van Dorn, also known as Thomas E. Van Dorn, aka Thomas Van Dorn and Tom Van Dorn, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR31472 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 May 20, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Richard Van Dorn, Personal Representative 8606 Forrest Way Highlands Ranch, CO 80126 Legal Notice No. 529957 First Publication: January 20, 2022 Last Publication: February 3, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of JEROME BERRYMAN WOODS, JR., a/k/a JEROME B. WOODS, JR., a/k/a JEROME B. WOODS, a/k/a JERRY WOODS, a/k/a JB WOODS, a/k/a JB WOODS, JR. Deceased Case Number: 2021PR31041 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 March 21, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Lisa G. Cox and Amy K. Smith Co-Personal Representatives 535 8th Street S Kirkland, WA 98033 Legal Notice No. 529985 First Publication: January 27, 2022 Last Publication: February 10, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Sharon Kaye Roberts, Deceased Case Number: 21PR506

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 June 03, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Jeffrey Lee Roberts Personal Representative 7781 Crystal Peak Littleton, Colorado 80127 Legal Notice No. 530012 First publication: February 03, 2022 Last publication: February 17, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of David Allen Coop, A/K/A David A. Coop, A/K/A David Coop, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30099 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 June 3, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Michael Roth, Personal Representative 405 West Prentice Ave. Littleton, CO 80120 Legal Notice No. 530020 First Publication: February 3, 2022 Last Publication: February 17, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Robert Lee Pearce, aka Robert L. Pearce, aka Robert Pearce, Deceased Case Number: 22PR30077 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 May 27, 2022 or the claims may be forever barred.

Vicki Knoll, Personal Representative 36259 Forest Trail Elizabeth, CO 80107 Legal Notice No. 529998 First Publication: January 27, 2022 Last Publication: February 10, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Charlotte Ann Andersen, aka Charlotte A. Andersen, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR31397 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 May 20, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Janet Miller, Personal Representative 7250 Lakota Drive Wellington, Colorado 80549 Legal Notice No. 529955 First Publication: January 20, 2022 Last Publication: February 3, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Angelia Dawn Meade, aka Angelia D. Meade, Deceased Case Number 22PR30104 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 June 3, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Patricia E. Meade, Personal Representative c/o 6060 Greenwood Plaza Blvd #200 Greenwood Village, CO 80111 Legal Notice No. 530021 First Publication: February 3, 2022 Last Publication: February 17, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Jung Kil Kim, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR030383 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 May 27, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Sung Hwan Kim, Personal Representative c/o The McKenzie Law Firm, 7955 E Arapahoe Ct #2525 Centennial, Colorado 80112 Legal Notice No. 529971 First Publication: January 27, 2022 Last Publication: February 10, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of BRUCE ALAN ENGLERT, a/k/a BRUCE A. ENGLERT, a/k/a BRUCE ENGLERT, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR31430 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 May 27, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Jerome Judd, Personal Representative 6801 Foxhill Lane Cincinnati, OH 45236

Legal Notice No. 529986 First Publication: January 27, 2022 Last Publication: February 10, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Jack H. Fredericks, also known as Jack Hudson Fredericks, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30029 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 June 3, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Jay Hudson Fredericks, Personal Representative 16746 Ides Circle Lakeville, Minnesota 55044 Legal Notice No. 530003 First Publication: February 3, 2022 Last Publication: February 17, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Ida Mae Andrews, a/k/a Ida M. Andrews, and Ida Andrews, Deceased Case Number: 2022 PR 30014 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 April 6, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Ronald Gale Andrews Personal Representative c/o Poskus, Caton & Klein, P.C. 303 East 17th Avenue, Suite 900 Denver, Colorado 80203 Legal Notice No. 529960 First Publication: January 20, 2022 Last Publication: February 3, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of SCOTT STORER EVANS, Deceased Case Number 22PR30079 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 June 3, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Michael P. Franzmann Breeze Trusts & Estates, LLC 10465 Park Meadows Drive, STE 108 Lone Tree, Colorado 80124 Legal Notice No. 530027 First Publication: February 3, 2022 Last Publication: February 17, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of DOROTHY WATSON MOORE, aka DOROTHY W. MOORE, aka DOROTHY JO MOORE, aka DOROTHY J. MOORE, aka DOROTHY MOORE, aka DOROTHY JO WATSON, aka DOROTHY J. WATSON, aka DOROTHY WATSON, aka DOROTHY JO WATSON MOORE, aka DOROTHY JO WATSON-MOORE, aka DOROTHY J. WATSON MOORE, aka DOROTHY J. WATSON-MOORE, aka DOROTHY WATSON MOORE, aka DOROTHY WATSON-MOORE aka DOROTHY JO TOLLETT, aka DOROTHY J. TOLLETT, aka DOROTHY WATSON TOLLETT, aka DOROTHY W. TOLLETT, aka DOROTHY TOLLETT, aka D.J. MOORE, aka D.J. WATSON, aka D.J. WATSON MOORE, aka D.J. WATSON-MOORE, aka D.J. TOLLETT, Deceased Case Number: 22PR30026 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 May 27, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Mark D. Moore, Personal Representative c/o 3801 E. Florida Ave., Ste. 906 Denver, CO 80210 Legal Notice No. 529965 First Publication: January 27, 2022 Last Publication: February 10, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Janet Mae Young, aka Janet M. Young, aka Janet Young, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30086 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, 7325 S. Potomac Street, No. 100 Centennial, Colorado 80112 on or before June 5, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Roger G. Young, Personal Representative 6874 Prescott Street Littleton, Colorado 80120 Legal Notice No. 530026 First Publication: February 3, 2022 Last Publication: February 17, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice

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CANYON FROM PAGE 20

Rock Canyon is a heck of a team.

It came down to the little things.

We came up a point short but we are looking forward to bouncing back.”

Seven points was the largest lead for either team in the game and there were eight ties, including the final one at 49-49 with 2:17 still to play.

After each team failed to cash in on free throws, Rock Canyon called timeout with the score tied and 20.2 seconds showing on the clock to work for a last shot.

“The only thing we were trying to do was take care of the ball and get the ball to our better free throw shooters,” said Rock Canyon coach Kent Grams. “We know there is pressure on every shot because they (Douglas County) put so much pressure on the ball.

It’s ridiculous the amount of ball pressure they do put on. They are

really good at it.”

Hershberger, a 5-foot-10 junior guard, drove towards to foul line and was fouled.

“I question whether or not I should have called that timeout,” added Grams. “He (Hershberger) goes out and misses it but we needed to set up a defense because we knew they were going to come out with something different.”

Hershberger missed the second free throw attempt and the Huskies called a timeout. With a second remaining, Douglas County threw a long pass down court but a desperation turnaround jumper was no good.

“We knew this game was going to be a grind,” said Grams. “They are a great team. They do a lot of things really well and they have two of the better guards in the state. They might be the best.

They are hard to guard.”

Hershberger, Chris Schlesinger and Braxton Jones combined to spark a 9-0 Jaguars’ run as Rock Canyon rallied from a 43-40 deficit

‘We knew this game was going to be a grind.’

Kent Grams, Rock Canyon coach

to grab a 49-43 lead with 3:12 left in the game. Hershberger and Jones each had four points and Schlesinger one during the spurt.

However, Douglas County forced turnovers and came back to tie with game at 49-all on a basket by AJ Jackson.

“We battled,” said Comstock. “It was a fun matchup. Being a basketball fans, it was fun to watch.

Rock Canyon made enough good plays down the stretch to win the game.”

Hershberger finished with 16 points, Jones had 11 points and eight rebounds while

Schlesinger, a 6-6 senior, scored six points and had five assists.

Senior guard Ty Nettles led the Huskies with 13 points and four steals while junior Xander Baldessari chipped in 10 points.

Jackson had eight rebounds and Jaeton Hackley had six assists and four steals.

Rock Canyon, which had another tough game on Jan. 28 against top-ranked ThunderRidge, improved to 12-4 overall after the win over the Huskies. The Jaguars were 3-1 in the league. Douglas County slipped to 13-3 overall and 2-2 in the league.

Public Notices NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Lou Blue Garnica, aka Lou Garnica, and Lou B. Garnica, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR031467 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 2/28/2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Nadya Vecchiet-Lambert, Attorney for Virginia L. Garnica, Personal Representative 6855 S. Havana St., Suite 370, Centennial, CO 80112 Legal Notice No. 529966 First Publication: January 20, 2022 Last Publication: February 3, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Barbara Ann Michael, A/K/A Barbara A. Michael, A/K/A Barbara Michael, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30066 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 May 27, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

David W. Anton, Personal Representative 373 Church Rd. Fombell, PA 16123 Legal Notice No. 529968 First Publication: January 27, 2022 Last Publication: February 10, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of LEWIS EMORY PUGH, also known as LEWIS E. PUGH, also known as LEWIS PUGH, Deceased Case Number 2022 PR 030012 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 May 3, 2022 or the claims may be forever barred.

Louise Bridges, Personal Representatives c/o Arlene S. Barringer, Esq. Glatstein & O’Brien. LLP 2696 S. Colorado Blvd., Suite 350 Denver, CO 80222 Legal Notice No. 530006 First Publication: February 3, 2022 Last Publication: February 17, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Thomas Lee Osieczanek, aka Thomas L. Osieczanek aka Thomas Osieczanek, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR31241 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before June 3, 2022 or the claims may be forever barred.

Date: 01/27/2022 Thomas J. Osieczanek, Personal Representative Attn: Christopher Crowley (#44222)

Cantafio Nagel & Song, PLLC Attorney for Personal Representative of the Estate of Thomas Lee Osieczanek 1875 Lawrence St., Suite 730 Denver, Colorado 80202 Legal Notice No. 530017 First Publication: February 3, 2022 Last Publication: February 17, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Robert K. Hooley, Deceased Case No.: 2021 PR 31375 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 May 27, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Name: Cindy J. Morrison Personal Representative c/o LAW OFFICES OF KIMBER Z. SMITH, P.C. Kimber Z. Smith, #8479 P. O. Box 1105 Arvada, CO 80001 Legal Notice No. 529989 First Publication: January 27, 2022 Last Publication: February 10, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Vincent L. Xavier, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30053 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 June 3, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Teresa Xavier-Hoopes Personal Representative C/O Jennifer R. Bailey, Esq ROBINSON BAILEY PC 7100 E. Belleview Avenue, Suite 101 Greenwood Village, CO 80111 Legal Notice No. 530022 First Publication: February 3, 2022 Last Publication: February 17, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Doris A. Thompson, a/k/a Doris Ann Thompson, a/k/a Doris Thompson, a/k/a Ann Thompson, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR31456 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 June 15, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Amy N. Thompson Co-Personal Representative 335 Dula Springs Rd. Weaverville, NC 28787 Julie E. Thompson Co-Personal Representative 948 55th St. Oakland, CA 94608 Legal Notice No. 530015 First Publication: February 3, 2022 Last Publication: February 17, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Bonnie Louise Blackford, AKA Bonnie Blackford, AKA Bonnie L. Blackford, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR31410 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 May 27, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred. c/o Erica Gajda, Robinson and Henry Attorney for the Personal Representative 11080 Circle Point Road, Suite 140 Westminster, CO 80231 Legal Notice No. 529966 First Publication: January 27, 2022 Last Publication: February 10, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Harold Joseph Childs, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30020 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the co-personal representatives or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before May 20, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Co-Personal Representative: Jennifer Ann Villanueva 15970 Hedgeway Drive Parker, Colorado 80134 Co-Personal Representative: Richard W. Childs 5955 S. Kearney Street Centennial, Colorado 80111 Legal Notice No. 529963 First Publication: January 20, 2022 Last Publication: February 3, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Name Changes PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on January 5, 2022, 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 Deidre Renee Smith be changed to Deidre Renee Knight Case No.: 22 C 100012 By: Kim Boswell Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No. 529961 First Publication: January 20, 2022 Last Publication: February 3, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public Notice is given on January 11, 2022 that a Petition for a Change of Name of a Adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

The Petition requests that the name of Kevin Truong be changed to Kevin Theus.

Case No.: 22C100025 By: Shana Kloek Clerk of the Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No. 529962 First publication: January 27, 2022

Last publication: February 10, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on January 7, 2021, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

The petition requests that the name of Ble Ibo Tanguy StephAn Kore be changed to StephAn Tanguy Kore Case No.: 22 C 100011 By: MRL Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No. 529978 First Publication: January 27, 2022 Last Publication: February 10, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on January 5, 2022, 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 Emma Grace King be changed to Emma Grace Knight Case No.: 22 C 100010

that a Petition for a Change of Name of a Adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

The Petition requests that the name of Denae Zamarron-Ross be changed to Denae Zamarron.

Case No.: 2021C100772 By: Kim B Clerk of the Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No. 529964 First publication: January 20, 2022 Last publication: February 03, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public Notice is given on January 11, 2022 that a Petition for a Change of Name of a Adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

The Petition requests that the name of Kenny Truong be changed to Kenny Truong Theus.

Case No.: 22C100027 By: Shana Kloek Clerk of the Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No. 529963 First publication: January 27, 2022 Last publication: February 10, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent

By: Kim Boswell Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No. 529962 First Publication: January 20, 2022 Last Publication: February 3, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Children Services (Adoption/Guardian/Other)

PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public Notice is given on January 11, 2022 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 Randy Truong be changed to Randy Drake Theus.

Case No.: 22C100029 By: Shana Kloek Clerk of the Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No. 529964 First publication: January 27, 2022 Last publication: February 10, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on December 27, 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 Kaitlyn Rae Nordick be changed to Kaitlyn Rae Brinkman-Hebert Case No.: 21 C 100777

Public Notice District Court, Arapahoe County, State of Colorado, Address: 7325 South Potomac St., #100, Centennial, CO 80112 Tel.: (303) 645-6600 In the matter of the Petition of James Travis Jackson and Crystal Leigh Jackson Case Number: 21JA81 NOTICE TO: Olivia Candeleria, PARENT You are hereby notified that the above-named Petitioners have filed with Arapahoe County District Court, a Petition seeking to adopt JULIETTE RENEE HAYES. The Petition alleges you have abandoned said child for a period of one year or more and/or have failed, without cause, to provide reasonable support for said child for one year or more.

You are further notified said Petition is set for hearing on April 21, 2022 at 1:30 PM in Division 22, Arapahoe County District Court, 7325 South Potomac St., #100, Centennial, CO 80112.

By: Benjamin S. Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk

You are further notified that if you fail to appear for said hearing, the Court may terminate your parental rights and grant the adoption as sought by the Petition.

Legal Notice No. 530001 First Publication: February 3, 2022 Last Publication: February 17, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Legal Notice No. 530000 First Publication: February 3, 2022 Last Publication: February 17, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent

PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public Notice is given on December 23, 2021

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