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Inflation, high demand challenge local food bank

Community support needed

BY NINA JOSS NJOSS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

When S.T. became a single mother in March 2022, she found herself in a place of need.

anks to an Englewood-based nonpro t organization called Integrated Family Community Services (IFCS), she was able to nd assistance to help her pay one month of rent and feed her 5-year-old son as she worked to get back on her feet.

But as the country’s economic condition worsens, IFCS is facing potential limitations in the services it provides. With a higher demand than ever, the e ects of in ation and the discontinuation of grants that supported their work during the pandemic, IFCS is turning to the community for support.

“We’re all about really stepping out in faith, in trust, and hoping that the community kind of back lls or stands in the gap with us,” Director of Development Todd McPherson said.

Challenges

e organization o ers nancial assistance, school supplies, holiday grocery boxes and recreation center vouchers for families and individuals in need. But of all its services, IFCS is

Colorado lawmakers address Centennial Airport concerns

FAA pushed to attend meetings

BY TAYLER SHAW TSHAW@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

U.S. Rep. Jason Crow and U.S. Senators Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper have asked the Fed-

eral Aviation Administration (FAA) to address concerns pertaining to Centennial Airport.

On Dec. 14, the three lawmakers signed a letter to FAA’s Acting Administrator Billy Nolen, requesting the administration engage with the community more and in a “good faith discussion on revisiting changes made by the FAA to the air tra c pattern,” the letter states.

Centennial Airport, located at 7565 S. Peoria St., is a general aviation airport. According to the FAA, it is one of the 25 busiest airports in the U.S. and averages 1,000 takeo s and landings per day.

Some residents have been demanding action be taken at the airport to address safety concerns

High Line Canal Conservancy receives grant for invasive species removal

Group aims to enhance education, stewardship

BY NINA JOSS NJOSS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

At some sections of the High Line Canal corridor, which spans 71 miles across 11 jurisdictions in Colorado, an enemy has taken root.

Russian olive is an invasive species that spreads aggressively and deprives native species of important resources like water, according to Julia Clover Clark, natural resources manager at the High Line Canal Conservancy.

“We don’t want the canal to become a vector for Russian olive to spread throughout open spaces,” she said.

With a recent $41,100 grant from Great Outdoors Colorado, the High Line Canal Conservancy will continue efforts to rid the canal of the invasive species. Working with the Mile High Youth Corps, they will spend four weeks eliminating Russian olive along the corridor in Greenwood Village and Cherry Hills Village.

“It’s just such an exciting opportunity because not only (does) it allow us to get out there and do this important work of mitigating Russian olive along the corridor, but it really aligns with our values to be able to have a partnership with (the youth corps),” Clark said.

Volunteer Brooke Cowan said she started working with IFCS because it’s important to her that people are not hungry.

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Council approves DDA board members

Group talks priorities

After reviewing applications and conducting over a dozen interviews, the Littleton City Council officially decided who will fill 10 seats of the Littleton Downtown Development Authority.

The council unanimously approved the appointments at a special meeting on Dec. 13, after delaying the decision to clarify an appointee’s residency at a prior meeting.

One stipulation of the downtown development authority ordinance stated that a city councilmember would serve on the board in a non-voting role, except for in the case of a tie. The board appointed District 1 Councilmember Patrick Driscoll to the seat.

“I’m just really excited that we have a great board that is very diverse that will come to the table with some great ideas, and it’ll be a lot of fun just to watch this progress,” he said.

Driscoll said he was chosen partially because the downtown development authority boundaries are inside of his district.

Goals and priorities

One of the business owners appointed to the board, Greg Reinke, said he has been working to create more events and a livelier down-

town since he moved to Littleton in 1999. Specifically, he has been working towards the creation of a

downtown development authority in Littleton for five years.

“We — the property owners, the residents, the tenants — we’re the people that work, play and eat down here. And so we’ll know what our needs are,” he said.

As the president of the Historic Downtown Littleton Merchants, he has organized community events such as rooftop concerts downtown. He said he hopes the development authority will create a structure for events like this to last long into the future.

Board member and local art gallery owner Krista Falkenstine mentioned several other goals for the board, including safety, parking, appearance, attracting vendors, attracting pedestrian traffic, easing the traffic flow through the downtown area and keeping the character of downtown while growing.

“(I’m most excited) that I’m gonna be working with a lot of like-minded people who have the same goals,” she said. “And I think it’s a pretty dynamic group from what I’ve seen, and I think we can get a lot done because there’s a lot of synergism there.”

Brett Murphy, a board member who owns real estate on Main Street, said he is excited to work with the other members.

“Littleton is a very important city and the downtown area has a lot of untapped potential and problems that haven’t been solved,” he said.

“And I think we have a good team of people to come together and kind of button up the loose ends and make that area really special.”

Pablo Undurraga, Architect

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Collaboration Board member and Littleton

The Littleton Downtown Development Authority will aim to support downtown economic vitality and improvements.

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‘There’s no silver bullet for shaping a great downtown. There’s so many di erent factors… you have to look at all of them together.’

Person of interest in murder case arrested

Alexander Morgan in custody

BY TAYLER SHAW TSHAW@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

e Arapahoe County Sheri ’s O ce announced Dec. 14 the man it was looking for regarding a suspected murder case, Alexander James Morgan, has been located and taken into custody on a warrant for homicide.

e sheri ’s o ce previously asked for help locating Morgan, 28, as he was a person of interest in a suspicious death in Centennial.

According to a Dec. 7 news release, deputies responded to a medical call on Dec. 2 in the 9600 block of East Easter Avenue.

At the address, the deputies reportedly found a deceased female who “appeared to have been murdered,” the sheri ’s o ce said in the

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resident Cheryl Calhoun is hoping to create collaboration even beyond the 10 seats of the board. As the provost and vice president of Arapahoe Community College, she said she wants to help create a relationship between the college and the community.

Architect Pablo Undurraga also mentioned strengthening the city’s relationship with the college. In addition, he said the city could improve transportation, safety and better connection with the light rail.

In his eyes, these factors are interconnected and need to be addressed together.

“There’s no silver bullet for shaping a great downtown,” he said, referencing his urban design work in other cities. “There’s so many

release.

e release said the female “was last seen by the hotel sta ” on Nov. 29, but it did not give a hotel name.

e Extended Stay America Denver Tech Center South hotel is in the 9600 block of East Easter Avenue.

On Dec. 12, members of the U.S. Marshals Service Florida Regional Fugitive Task Force and the Alachua County Sheri ’s O ce tracked Morgan to a residence in the Gainesville, Florida, area, the sheri ’s o ce said in a Dec. 14 news release.

Morgan was taken into custody by the U.S. Marshals Service and Alachua County Sheri ’s O ce on a warrant for the homicide in Centennial, according to the release.

As of Dec. 14, Morgan was in custody at the Alachua County Sheri ’s O ce in Florida and awaiting extradition to Colorado, per the release.

Arapahoe County Sheri ’s O ce investigators were also in Florida following up on leads, the sheri ’s o ce said in the release.

different factors… you have to look at all of them together.”

He said he is looking forward to applying his background in urban design to more tangible conversations about how to implement and manage strategies in a city he cares about.

“I’m always like a foreigner to the towns where we go in and propose these plans,” he said. “This is very close to my heart.”

John Matthews, who has been an architect in Littleton for more than 15 years, said he was excited to “collaborate with the city and the community to continue to enhance downtown Littleton and make it a more attractive place to live, shop and work.”

Resident Rob Stieg, business and social enterprise owner Catharina Hughey and business owner Ruth Graham will also serve on the downtown development authority board, which will meet before the end of the year to draft a budget.

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Workforce housing program looks to expand

Requests $1M in funding

BY NINA JOSS NJOSS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

With potential incoming funds from the Colorado Division of Housing, a workforce and housing program could be helping people transition out of homelessness at a forthcoming location in Englewood. This could be a reality by November 2023.

The program, Ready to Work, is an employment-first model of helping people find stability. It’s run by Bridge House, an organization that implements the program in Boulder and Aurora.

After gathering funding from several sources including Littleton, Englewood, Sheridan, Arapahoe County and some donor foundations, Ready to Work is requesting $1 million from the Colorado Division of Housing. This money will help renovate a building on South Windermere Street for the program, according to director of community relations Scott Medina.

The Colorado Division of Housing partners with local communities to create housing opportunities for Coloradans who face the greatest challenges to accessing affordable, safe and secure homes, according to its website. It supports projects ranging from homelessness prevention to homeownership, including

“creating and supporting collaborative approaches to end homelessness.”

Renovations

“That money is purely for renovations, to help with all of our capital expenses,” Medina said about the potential funding. “If we get that money, then that will free us up… to have our other resources go toward other capital costs, like vans and other things that we need.”

The future program building was previously owned by a roofing company, according to Medina. With money from the American Rescue Plan Act, Bridge House was able to purchase the building.

Medina said renovations will keep the building’s structure but some changes will be made to meet program needs. This includes 48 beds, meeting areas, showers and more.

“It’s really just making it a building that is safe for everybody, for participants and staff alike, and effective,” he said.

“These folks are living with us for a year so we want to make it… efficient and conducive to them succeeding in the program.”

Program and navigation center Ready to Work participants live in the program’s housing for one year, during which they work and

Bridge House Ready to Work has two locations, in Aurora (pictured above) and in Boulder. A new location is underway in Englewood. COURTESY READY TO WORK

and reduce air tra c and noise, even forming a group, “Quiet Skies Over Arapahoe County.” e group has a website, bit.ly/quietskies.

In an interview with Colorado Community Media on ursday, Crow said there were a number of residents who contacted his ofce, expressing concerns about the airport.

“A letter is one of the mechanisms that members of Congress have to engage with an administration, so when there are concerns, we can combine our e orts — and in this case, it’s Senator Bennet and Senator Hickenlooper and I – to write a letter to the administration and to the relevant agency expressing concerns and asking for action,” Crow said.

Crow wants to make sure people can enjoy their homes, he said, and it’s important to address anything that would change what people are accustomed to.

“We want to make sure that if they’re changing the pattern over Centennial Airport … the community is engaged, that they have all the information that they need to understand the impact of any of these changes on their homes,” Crow said. “And that the government is fully engaging and being transparent about it.”

In the letter from Crow, Bennet and Hickenlooper, it states that following a 2021 mid-air collision of two planes over the Cherry Creek State Park area, the FAA “shifted the air tra c pattern for the area

without consulting the airport or the community, resulting in increased tra c over residential areas.”

Residents have raised concerns related to the tra c pattern change, including noise pollution and lead pollution “due to leaded fuel used by single-engine planes,” per the letter.

Additional concerns include an increase in ight school ights, touchand-go operations and anticipated growth in ights out of the airport, according to the letter.

e request sent by Crow, Bennett and Hickenlooper also referenced an o cial letter sent to the FAA by airport leadership in recent months that, as of Dec. 14, had not gotten an o cial response.

During the Centennial Airport Community Noise Roundtable meeting on Dec. 7, Mike Fronapfel, executive director and CEO at Centennial Airport, said he sent a letter on Oct. 19 to Je Lawton, an air tra c manager for the Centennial control tower, with recommendations for the FAA to implement to help address some of the issues the community raised.

At the meeting, Fronapfel asked if he can expect to see a response to the letter, to which one of the FAA representatives explained it is being processed.

In Crow, Bennet and Hickenlooper’s letter, they say they appreciate the FAA’s Denver District General Manager’s recent virtual attendance to the Dec. 7 meeting.

“We encourage in-person attendance, to the greatest extent possible, by an FAA representative at each of the monthly meetings to engage with community members on their concerns and to hear from

where there is a need for greater coordination and support,” the letter states. “We also encourage the FAA to commit to a written response to the community’s concerns.”

Crow said the rst step he’d like to see the FAA take is to attend in person at the community meetings.

“I think it’s important for FAA representatives to attend these meetings in person and to engage fully, and to hear the concerns of residents and provide good information — so that’s the necessary next step,” Crow said. “We want to make sure that as

the airport grows, that the community that lives next to it is involved in that process and fully engaged.”

During the Dec. 7 meeting, three FAA representatives were present and said they heard resident concerns and look forward to working together.

“We are not going to sit on our hands and not do anything,” said Michael Valencia, general manager of the FAA Denver District, at the meeting. “We’re going to build some trust, and you’re going to get to know me.”

Noise and a busy airport have created controversy for the Centennial Airport, which has oversight from representatives in Arapahoe and Douglas counties. COURTESY PHOTO

best known for its food market, which aims to combat food insecurity across the metro area.

“Our focus is fresh food, which a lot of food markets, food banks are not able to provide,” McPherson said. “Dairy, whole grains, produce, protein, protein alternatives depending on people’s diets… We’re more than just the cans and the boxes of food.”

According to Hunger Free Colorado, about 1 in 3 Coloradans lack reliable access to nutritious foods.

If IFCS is not able to secure enough funding before the new year, it will be required to limit market visits to once a month for families and individuals who use its services, according to a press release from IFCS.

“If we’ve got to pare back — and our focus is getting people the best food, not just stu — we will have to limit people,” McPherson said.

According to McPherson, roughly one-third of the program’s patrons visit the market more than once a month. If IFCS has to limit their services, McPherson said they will connect people to other assistance programs when possible.

e organization, which usually has a budget of about $30,000 for food each month, serves over 6,000 people through the food market, according to the organization.

During the pandemic, community needs increased.

“During COVID, we grew over 900% and we opened ourselves up to… the entire metro area – so Denver, Aurora, Je erson County, all of the areas in

which people were willing to drive in to get assistance,” McPherson said.

But when governmental funding for pandemic support stopped, the community needs didn’t. As in ation worsens and the economy struggles nationwide, IFCS has seen its highest ever numbers of visitors requesting support, according to the press release.

“Especially this past year, with food costs rising so dramatically, a lot of people are coming in just because they need food,” volunteer Brooke Cowan said. “ ey can’t a ord to buy what they need for their family.”

Meanwhile, the nonpro t itself faces low sta ng and higher costs of food as economic challenges spread across the nation.

“Now we’re bracing up against just continued nancial challenges in which the services like ours are really paramount, maybe more important than ever,” McPherson said.

Helping with dignity

But even at this crossroads, the nonpro t is maintaining its dedication to helping with dignity. For IFCS, alleviating hunger is about more than just providing cheap and easy food to people – instead, it has to do with truly nourishing them.

“ ere’s a certain dignity that comes with getting things that are going to give them a hand up, and not a hand down, things that are gonna catapult them forward,” McPherson said. “When someone knows that they just have inferior food resources, that a ects your pride, your energy, your hope.”

For S.T., the quality of the food at IFCS has been important for supporting her son.

“ ey have healthy, fresh vegetables like cucumbers, zucchinis, tomatoes and apples,” she said. “ ey had all those healthy things that me and my son like to eat. He is a picky eater, but he likes fruits.”

She said she is grateful to the sta and volunteers at IFCS, as well as those who donate food and money to help people like her and her son. She said nobody ever knows what might change to put them in a situation of needing help.

“My son and I, we are so grateful that they have been able to help us

in di cult times,” she said. “I will pay it forward in one way or another someday.”

McPherson said people can best support IFCS by donating a nancial gift at https://ifcs.org/donate/ or by texting BETTERTOGETHER to 801801. is money will help IFCS to purchase nutritional, high quality and culturally conscious food ingredients.

People, groups and businesses can also email McPherson at ToddM@ IFCS.org with questions about how to best support IFCS.

Volunteers Jim Kincaid, John Nordin and Ronda Anderson at the IFCS food market.

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receive support for nding permanent employment and housing.

“ e whole goal is to be helping them with every step along the way that’s needed to get them back on their feet in the right headspace and health space and economic space, that now they can support themselves and be self-sustaining,” Medina said.

Employment opportunities through Ready to Work could include landscaping, trail maintenance or, in Boulder, even working in a commercial kitchen.

Medina said a potential navigation site may also be set up in the building, which could hold up to 30 beds.

As previously reported by Colorado Community Media, the navigation center could house services for healthcare, job training, food assistance, addiction recovery and temporary shelter, showers and laundry.

Next steps

If the requested funding is received, Ready to Work will send out requests for proposals to nd contractors for the renovations. e organization will nd out if they are approved for the funding in January. If it moves forward, work could begin in February or March.

Mike Sandgren, homelessness services coordinator for the tricities (Englewood, Littleton and Sheridan), said his team is grateful for its partnership with Ready to

Work.

Ready to Work spokesperson

“Tri-Cities values initiatives that create sustainable solutions to homelessness, and Ready to Work is a strong partner in these e orts,” he wrote in an email statement.

“We are excited to partner with Ready to Work to provide solutions to community members experiencing homelessness, and, in so doing, take steps to lessen the burden of homelessness throughout the community.”

With a 75% graduation rate and about 85% of graduates retaining their job and housing for a year after graduation, Ready to Work is a program that Medina is excited to see begin in Englewood.

“It’s really to get more people permanently o the street and living a ful lling life,” he said. “ at’s what drives us every day to work at this.”

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EDITOR’S COLUMN

So much stu

The true holiday season is here. I say that because one might be confused, since we start seeing stores with holiday decorations everywhere in September these days. It’s one of my pet peeves that I thought I would unload on you all.

Anyway, back to the point. Because the holiday season is pushed on us so early, planning starts sooner. Buying stu starts sooner. We start working to make sure our children and family feel loved through the number of wrapped gifts under the tree.

Like many, I have fallen into the scenario a little too much. In an interview I did with the mental health director at Children’s Hospital Colorado in 2022, she talked about how social media has created this “keeping up with the Joneses” mentality. Our families must look like they are doing the best, getting the best and having the most.

She is not wrong. If you look at my posts, you will think I do nothing but spend quality time with the children, am always happy and never face adversity. So, we buy stu — a lot of stu to pack under the Christmas tree. However, I keep going back to a study I read a few years ago about how some families are spending less on Christmas and more on quality time. at quality time can come in the form of a trip together to a place you’ve never been. is year, I did that. I spent money on several trips with my children. We had a wonderful experience in Oregon. We explored the coast, enjoyed the scenery, and went crabbing, which my son absolutely had a blast doing.

We are several months past the trip, and you still hear the kids on occasion talking about the fun memories. at alone proved to me the study was correct.

Today, you look in their room at some of the barely used Christmas gifts from last year and they are just shoved in the closet. Not talked about, not really played with.

I tried to really set a spending limit this year, focusing on a few gifts they would love, use and keep. I actively work to get rid of the idea that I am somehow a better mother because they have 100 gifts under the tree.

My mom often tells a story about how poor her family was. Her widowed mom worked to take care of seven children, which meant not a lot of extra money. My mom and her brothers and sisters got one gift a year. ey were proud of that gift. ey knew their mom had to work extra and stretch every penny to make it happen.

Today, my own kids do not really have that level of appreciation for the things they have. It’s tough to teach it sometimes, too, when I get wrapped up in how much they should get.

It is going to take time to truly meet my goals of not going overboard to make sure my children get gifts in quantity rather than quality, but it is a priority as I move forward.

e stu under the tree is treated that way for the majority of the year. It just becomes stu that does not create memories or appreciation and eventually heads to Goodwill.

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Last week I happened to catch an article about our Generation Z population regarding Santa Claus. e Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary de nes Generation Z as “ e generation of people born in the late 1990s and early 2000s.” e message was based on interviews with a few people from that generation and their belief in Christmas, or primarily their belief or disbelief in Santa

e few people that were interviewed expressed their opinion that they would not raise their children to believe in some chubby Christmas elf called Santa Claus. ey were not willing to lie to their children about some mystery man who went to each home delivering presents, and they were certainly not going to sign the label on the gift “From: Santa Claus.” e questions that popped into my head were about how they may have been raised. Did they enjoy the mystery of Santa Claus? Were their gifts signed, “From: Santa Claus?” And if so, where, and how did they become disillusioned?

is isn’t the rst time someone, or a group, has tried to cancel Santa Claus. For some reason they just feel like sharing the mystery of

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Santa Claus is a lie that shouldn’t be perpetuated. So now I feel it’s time to help defend jolly old Saint Nick, Kris Kringle, Santa Claus against those who wish to see his name and the tradition disappear.

e origin of Santa Claus stems from a monk who was from what is now modern-day Turkey known as Saint Nicholas in A.D. 280. Saint Nicholas was known as the saint who watched over children. It is also said that he gave away his wealth and helped the poor and sick. So indeed, there was a real Saint Nicholas. And over all these hundreds of years, the spirit of Saint Nicholas has continued to grow the tradition of giving, helping, and giving hope to one another. e season between anksgiving and Christmas is the greatest time for giving, during this time we see the spirit of abundance everywhere.

I have such great admiration for all those volunteers who represent the Salvation Army, ringing their bell as they help drive donations to an amazing organization. Do we want to cancel those volunteer Santa Clauses too? at would be an absolute shame. And a huge shout out to all of you who take your shifts being Santa and ringing in the Christmas spirit of giving, and doing it regardless of the weather, you are all awesome.

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My guess is no one wants to intentionally lie to their children about a mysterious and magical Santa Claus. As I think back to how I raised my own children, we emphasized Santa Claus, we had them meet Santa Claus and get their pictures taken, they wrote letters to Santa, and yes, we even left cookies

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Conservation Service Corps Grant Program

Great Outdoors Colorado invests Colorado Lottery proceeds to help preserve and enhance the state’s parks, trails, wildlife, rivers, and open spaces, according to its website.

Its Conservation Service Corps grant program provides funding for Colorado municipalities, counties and non-pro t land conservation organizations to hire conservation service corps for outdoor recreation and natural resource stewardship projects, according to its website.

“What attracts people to the state is having world-class recreation opportunities,” said director of programs Chris Yuan-Farrell. “But without the proper stewardship… a lot of these places could fall into disrepair, and they wouldn’t be attractive for recre-

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and eggnog for jolly old Saint Nick. But we also spoke to the spirit of the season and what we could do for others. Maybe it was paying some utility bills for someone, donating money or time to the rescue mission, helping a neighbor who was in a di cult spot and couldn’t a ord gifts that year.

e real reason for the season is obviously the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ. May we never forget this, no matter the numerous attempts that try and commercial-

ation any longer.”

e grant program is implemented in partnership with the Colorado Youth Corps Association, a coalition of eight accredited conservation service corps that employ and train people aged 14-25 in the natural resource sector.

“( e association) is really impacting two main, very important areas — which is preserving and stewarding our public lands across Colorado, and also helping train and build the next generation of environmentalists and stewards,” said Brandon Watkins, associate director at the association.

Watkins said his team received 43 grant applications for the Conservation Service Corps program this year and funded 23.

Past and future of the canal

Last year, the High Line Canal Conservancy also received the grant, which it used to started Russian olive mitigation along 20 miles of the canal

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ize the season or the day. And going back to our original Saint Nicholas in A.D. 280, may we remember where the spirit of Santa Claus began, and may we do what we can to ensure that the spirit of Saint Nick lives on and in us all.

How about you and your family? Is it all about the gifts and only the gifts? Or does the spirit of Santa Claus help you to embrace the season and the day with abundance, giving, helping, and providing hope to our family, friends, and those

corridor. is pilot project covered parts of the corridor in Denver, unincorporated Arapahoe County, Centennial and Greenwood Village during the summer of 2022. At the end of that project, a 5.5 mile gap between the project areas remained. is year, their work will address the gap.

“After (the corps’) work is completed, there will be 27 continuous miles (with no Russian olive),” Clark said. Claire Morrissy, the Denver regional manager of land conservation at Mile High Youth Corps, said trained chainsaw crews will cut down the trees, apply pesticide to the stumps to prevent regrowth, remove tree debris and update the conservancy’s GIS tracking systems.

who need a hand up? I would love to hear your Santa Claus story at gotonorton@gmail.com, and when we can stop trying to cancel the spirit of Santa Claus, it really will be a better than good life.

Michael Norton is an author, a personal and professional coach, consultant, trainer, encourager and motivator of individuals and businesses, working with organizations and associations across multiple industries.

e grant money will go towards the crew members’ wages, tools, trainings and other program expenses, Morrissy said.

As the conservancy works towards a new life for the canal as a recreational resource, Morissy is excited for her corps members to be a part of it.

“I think this transformation that the canal is going to undergo is going to be felt across so many communities in metro Denver,” she said. “And so for our corps members to be able to make a mark on what I think is going to be this really signi cant, recreational and environmental improvement project — I hope they nd a lot of meaning in it because I think that’s really exciting.”

BY ROBERT TANN COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA

Amid turmoil, a single mother strives to nd community in the Denver metro area after leaving hers behind

In late 2018, a woman now raising her daughter near Denver made a life changing decision. She would leave her home country of Venezuela, a choice she did everything she could not to make.

e woman, a single mother in her mid40s, had been enjoying an ambitious life of public service with a career that began in the government’s transportation department when she was barely 19. She went on to become a nurse, a lawyer, a radio host and eventually to teach at the college level.

A threat on her life changed everything.

“I didn’t choose to leave until I had a gun pointed to my forehead,” she said, recounting the day military o cers broke into her home and threatened her life. “I fought hard not to try to move to Colorado. It was really, really hard.”

Having seen “so many injustices, so many inequalities” in her country, the woman charted a path of helping others. But the rise of Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela’s president since 2013, altered her trajectory. She viewed Maduro’s government as a brutal regime and spoke out against it, attending protests and using her platform as an educator to call attention to human rights abuses that have beendocumented by United Nations investigators.

at is how she became an asylum-seeker in Denver – one of thousands of immigrants in the area who’ve ed their home country, fearing for their safety.According to TRAC Immigration, a database of federal immigration data compiled and published by Syracuse University, Denver’s immigration court reviewed 2,875 applications for asylum between scal years 2018 and 2022.

As she currently awaits a court’s verdict on her asylum, which will determine her legal status in the United States, the single mom has found some security. In 2020, she and her daughter, who is middle school-aged, received temporary protected status — a form of legal protection which allows some immigrants to live and work legally in the U.S. but which must be renewed every two years. Venezuela isone of 15 countries designated for this protection by the federal government.

According to Violeta Chapin, clinical professor of law at the University of Colorado Law School, the protection is meant for those living in the U.S. facing situations that make it “impossible for individuals of that country to return back.” ose with this protection “have no immigration status, they’re just protected from removal for a temporary period of time,” Chapin said.

It means until a decision is made on her asylum case, the woman remains in a legal limbo, according to Chapin. If she is granted asylum, it a ords her more access to the social safety net along with greater work opportunities. If she is denied, she can still hold on to her temporary status and seek to renew it over the coming years, but she will not be recognized as an immigrant and could face deportation if her status is not renewed.

“ e United States immigration system is extraordinarily restrictive,” Chapin said. “It’s set up to make it very di cult to lawfully enter and live in the United States.”

‘Who was going to trust me?’

e days leading up to the woman’s departure from her home country were a desperate blur. As threats on her safety escalated, a colleague living in Denver reached out to help. Her son, in his mid-20s, ed to Peru on foot, where he lives today.

Before leaving, the woman sold everything she owned, including her car, for about $1,300. With enough money in hand to ee, she ew to Denver with her daughter and another resident who was living in their former apartment complex.

Of the few possessions she brought with her was a binder full of her credentials. Degrees. Licences. Awards and honors.

With her career experiences, she had hoped to buoy her survival in America and secure a good-paying job to support her family. But within days, doubt began to set in.

“Who was going to trust me,” she said. “I felt seen as an intruder, but I had so much to o er.” e colleague who o ered help found them an apartment to rent in the Denver suburbs. He put his name on the lease because she lacked the paperwork to get one on her own and charged her $900 for a deposit.

But after 10 days, they were all kicked out. Her colleague had become emotionally and mentally unstable, she said. e neighbor who had own to the U.S. with her decided it was time to part ways and has not been seen since, the single mom said.

It was December and the days were becoming shorter, darker, colder.

“It was the middle of the winter with a little kid, I didn’t know what to do,” the woman said. “I’m running out of money, but I cannot go back to Venezuela.”

Solace came when she turned to her daughter’s school district, where she had enrolled her daughter in a middle school while they were housed. A parent of one of her daughter’s friends o ered them temporary stay at their home while she looked for a new apartment.

Public schools have been a crucial pillar of support for undocumented residents, according to Chapin.

at’s thanks to a 1982 Supreme Court ruling, Plyer v. Dow, which prohibits public school districts from denying enrollment to the children of undocumented immigrants.

With a temporary roof and place to sleep, the single mom knocked on door after door wherever she saw an apartment available, worried that she was overstaying her welcome.

But deposits for every apartment she found were

$1,000 or more, nearly eclipsing what money she had saved. And “everyone asked for papers,” she said, of which she only had a passport.

“What really surprised me, now looking back, is the lack of solidarity, the lack of empathy for people,” she said. “I was not here because I wanted to. I had to run away.”

Some relief came when a friend living in Miami sent the woman cash for a deposit. With it, she found a studio apartment outside Denver that a landlord allowed her to lease. ough rent was about $1,000 per month, she cut a deal with the landlord for $200 o in exchange for her cleaning the outside of the building. Her deposit was $1,300. She said she couldn’t have been more grateful.

“All I had was my word, and he took it,” she said.  e woman had no access to safety net programs like SNAP, formerly known as food stamps, so she turned to a nearby church for nourishment. Whatever money she had left from the month would sometimes go to a toy for her young daughter. e woman said she was determined to provide whatever momentary escape she could for her.

But the fear of losing everything, of coming up a few dollars short for her rent, always loomed large for her. It still does.

‘Thousands, millions’ living in uncertainty

When the single mother applied for asylum in 2019, she could not a ord a lawyer to help with her case, though she has since found voluntary legal aid.

Chapin said U.S. immigration courts do not provide free public defenders for asylum-seekers. And whether an applicant has a lawyer or not can make a huge di erence in the outcome of their case, Chapin said, with most asylum cases being denied.

According to the Syracuse University database, of the more than 5,000 immigrants who applied for asylum through Denver’s immigration court between 2001 and 2022, more than 2,900 were denied. e

An asylum-seeker charts her path in the Denver suburbs

single mom does not know when her case will be decided.

“ ere are a lot of people applying for immigration and asylum bene ts, there’s a lot of stress on the system right now,” Chapin said.

e single mom found some comfort when, in 2020, she and her daughter were granted their protected status. Since then, she has worked “everything, anywhere,” her heavy binder of credentials going unnoticed as she took jobs cleaning hotel rooms and serving food in restaurants.

Even with multiple jobs, the woman said she faced nancial uncertainty as she struggled to pay for housing, food and everything in between.

“You have to take on so many hours to work,” she said. “In this county to survive you need at least two jobs.”

In 2020, she moved to a new apartment, allowing her daughter to be closer to her school. But during the COVID-19 pandemic, her landlord raised rent from $1,050 to $1,350. Again, she moved.

Shortly before 2021, she found a onebedroom apartment in a Denver suburb where she lives today. It is dotted with reminders of home, including her country’s ag hanging in the living room and photos of her son on the wall. She pays $1,200. Her deposit was $500. “I have no ability to save,” she said. “Deposits were a big burden.”

Recently, her income has steadied. She now works at an embroidery shop where she brings in about $2,000 each month. e rest she makes up driving for food delivery services, a job that at least a ords her the opportunity to spend more time with her daughter. ey listen to music on those drives or just talk.

rough all the discord, she said she’s worried most for her daughter’s well-being. When she can she’ll make a homemade meal, something healthy, usually Venezuelan.

For herself, she has gone through some therapy programs after becoming depressive and anxious. She does not want her daughter to feel the burden of her mental health, she said. What she wants more than anything now is to make a home where she can, for herself and her child.  Chapin said the woman’s story of survival is the same as “thousands, millions of immigrants, who live this existence every day.”

To build something beautiful e asylum-seeker said she is still waiting for the hard work to pay o , to see the “end of the tunnel.” But beyond just surviving, she wants to thrive.

“ e time that I’m supposed to be here in the United States is to build something beautiful, is to give something back,” she said. “A home is love, work, dedication, solidarity.”

She is currently taking online classes through Metropolitan State University of Denver in social communications, hoping to use the education to land a job in social work and reignite her passion for building community.

ough she has seen growth in her English skills over the past four years, she wants to take college classes to improve her prospects of a career. e most inexpensive course she found was about $6,000 per semester at the Community College of Denver — too much for her to spend currently. at money instead goes to rent.

While the change in her living situation has “been night and day,” she said it’s precarious. It would only take a rent increase of about $200 for her to no longer be able to a ord her apartment, she said.

“I’m living in the present right now and that’s all I can a ord to think about,” she said. “Yes, I can only pay so much and yes, we are in a very tight budget. But, I get to spend quality time with my daughter … we only have each other.”

According to Chapin, there are numerous reforms to U.S. immigration policy that could bene t residents living in uncertainty. About 11 million immigrants are undocumented in the U.S., Chapin said, and sta ng issues have left immigration courts across the country backlogged. For many immigrants, it can mean years waiting for a decision on their future.

Even with temporary protected status, many still face low-wage jobs as their only choice for employment. It is di cult for immigrants to translate credentials they earned in their home country to work in the U.S., Chapin said, and doing so comes at a large nancial cost.

Allowing immigrants to use their qualications to work more skilled jobs and authorizing citizenship for most of the 11 million already here “would bene t the economy tremendously,” Chapin said, given the U.S. is “desperate for labor.”

is need has been a major driver behind the immigration reform championed by U.S. Rep. Jason Crow, who represents Colorado’s 6th congressional

district.

“We have a lot of people in Colorado who’ve immigrated from all over the world who have some substantial skills,” Crow said, “and it takes a long time to translate those licenses and certi cations.” is fall, Crow helped introduce the bipartisanBridging the Gap for New Americans Act, which passed in both chambers of Congress before President Joe Biden signed it into law Oct. 17.

Over the next year, the legislation will direct the U.S. Department of Commerce to study how it can expedite translating out-of-country credentials. Crow said the ndings will likely spur more legislation to overhaul the process and allow immigrants more access to higher-wage professions.

“ ey can buy homes, they can enter our economy more fully, they can send their kids to college,” said Crow, who added this would be crucial to “addressing the sustainable workforce shortage in our country.”

But beyond the potential economic impacts, Crow said immigration reform is a “moral issue.”

“When the current laws and systems don’t treat people with basic dignity and respect, that alone is the reason to reform and change this,” he said, adding he is “optimistic” of bolder immigration legislation still to come.

For immigrants like the single mom in Denver’s suburbs, she is determined to build on her new life as she strives to nd what she loved most about her home: a sense of belonging. Often her mind wanders to her home country, to what she’s left behind. She talks every day on the phone with her son in Peru, who’s made a family of his own with his partner and their child.

Clasped safely in the folds of her heavy binder, amid her many certi cations and credentials, is a letter from him.

It reads: “ ank you so much for everything you’ve given me and taught me throughout life. It hasn’t been an easy road for both of us, I know, but it’s been worth it. I will try to prove myself to you for the rest of my life, you’ve done a good job.”

Editor’s note: As an immigrant with temporary protected status seeking asylum through the U.S. court system, Colorado Community Media withheld the source’s name and other identifying factors to protect her identity. Her interviews were conducted through an English-Spanish interpreter. All quotes from her have been interpreted from Spanish to English.

IMMIGRATION DESIGNATIONS

The United States has numerous designations for a person’s immigration status, each with its own caveats that dictate the legality of what a person can and cannot do. Here are what some of these statuses mean according to immigration lawyer and law professor Violeta Chapin:

Refugee: Refugee status is granted to immigrants before they leave their home country. Refugees are authorised to live and work legally in the U.S. and are eligible for safety net programs but cannot vote. Most recently, a large amount of refugees in the U.S. have been from Afghanistan and Ukraine.

Asylum: This is similar to refugee status but is granted to someone after they come to the U.S. Because asylum can take months or years to be processed, some immigrants have the option of pursuing a temporary status in the meantime to a ord them some legal protections and work authorization.

Temporary protected status: This status is only for people fleeing turmoil from certain countries. Currently, the U.S. has designated 15 countries for temporary protected status. Once granted, it must be renewed every two years and does not allow recipients to be eligible for federal programs, though they can be eligible for some state benefits depending on state law.

Green card: This status, officially called a lawful permanent resident but more commonly known as a green card, a ords immigrants nearly all the benefits and rights as a U.S. citizen with the exception of voting. For asylees, those granted asylum, they must wait one year after receiving asylum to apply for a green card. Green cards typically need to be renewed every 10 years.

Naturalization: The final stage of immigration. With naturalization, immigrants are considered fully legal U.S. citizens and can vote in any and all U.S. elections. This status does not need to be renewed. Asylees can apply for it five years after receiving asylum and will need to pass a civics test to receive this status.

Holiday thoughts of gardening ... and more

Local gardener and Littleton Garden Club member America Sherwood sent out a photo of a natural holiday photo arrangement to members ... e longtime Littleton club meets on the rst Wednesday of the month, October through May, at the Littleton School District’s building at West Littleton Blvd. and South Crocker Street. (Enter on the south side, where there is parking.) New members are welcome. ere is a social time at 6:30 p.m., followed by a program with speaker. Garden catalogs are appearing and members are thinking about spring! Plant trading is an advantage for members!

Englewood Arts

SONYA’S SAMPLER

Englewood Arts announces the next Chamber Music of the Masters concert at Hampden Hall, Jan. 18, at 2 p.m.: Haydn, Brahms, Janacek: String Quartets performed by the Altius Quartet. Musicians: Joshua Ulrich and Andrew Giordano, violins. Andrew Krimm, viola. Erin Patterson, cello. Tickets $25/$20/ free under 18. Hampden Hall in the Englewood Civic Center, 1000 Englewood Parkway. See englewoodarts.org.

Town Hall

Next at Littleton Town Hall Arts Center: “Master Class” Jan. 12-15. Box o ce: 303-794-2787, ext. 5; townhallartscenter.org. And after that: “In the Trenches: A New Parenting Musical,” in a regional premiere.

Littleton Garden Club member America Sherwood shared a photo of a winter arrangement with her fellow club members.

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Each week as part of SunLit — e Colorado Sun’s literature section — sta recommendations from book stores across Colorado are provided. is week, sta from BookBar in Denver recommend “ e Last Chairlift,” “Home Is Where the Eggs Are,” “Dad’s Girlfriend and Other Anxieties” and “ e Complete Brambly Hedge.”

The Last Chairlift

By John Irving Simon and Schuster

$38

From the publisher: In Aspen, Colorado, in 1941, Rachel Brewster is a slalom skier at the National Downhill and Slalom Championships. Little Ray, as she is called, nishes nowhere near the podium, but she manages to get pregnant. Back home, in New England, Little Ray becomes a ski instructor. Her son, Adam, grows up in a family that de es conventions and evades questions concerning the eventful past. Years later, looking for answers, Adam will go to Aspen. In the Hotel Jerome, where he was conceived, Adam will meet some ghosts. ey aren’t the rst or the last ghosts he sees.

Marilyn Robbins, Children’s Program Coordinator: ere is nothing as satisfying as reading a long novel that you can really delve into and feel as though you’ve become part of the story.

“ e Last Chairlift” is just such a story and is truly another Irving masterpiece. It’s lled with unconventional characters that might challenge you until you come to accept the life choices each character makes. It is a story of family, of love, of acceptance. e setting of Aspen, Colorado is an added bonus.

Home Is Where the Eggs Are

By Molly Yeh HarperCollins

$32.50

From the publisher: is is a beautiful, intimate book full of food that’s best enjoyed in the comfort of sweatpants and third-day hair, by a beloved Food Network host and new mom living on a sugar beet farm in East Grand Forks, Minnesota. Molly Yeh’s cooking is built to t into life with her baby and the nap times, diaper changes, and wiggle time that come with having a young child, making them a breeze to t into any sort of schedule, no matter how busy. ey’re low-maintenance dishes that are satisfying to make for weeknight meals to celebrate empty to-do lists after long work days, cozy Sunday soups to simmer during the

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rst (or seventh!) snowfall of the year, and desserts that will keep happily under the cake dome for long enough that you will never feel pressure to share.

From Becky LeJeune, Event Buyer/O ce Manager: I adore Molly Yeh! Her optimism and overall happy demeanor carry over into her dishes and are something I aspire to in my everyday life. And I think if I cook out of this book constantly, I might be able to make that happen! Cozy and comforting is rule of thumb in this book. And ease as well. Whether you’re making a hot dish or a halva- or tahini-tinged baked item or pasta, everything I’ve tried so far is amazing. is is de nitely another favorite and one that’ll be getting heavy use in my house!

friend and Other Anxieties” is the gem you’ve been looking for, perfect for the middle grade reader in your life (or you … it’s that good). You’ll laugh, you’ll cringe, you’ll cheer, and you will de nitely fall in love with Ava as she navigates her trip to Colorado to meet Dad’s new girlfriend. is book is delightful and full of heart.

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By Jill Barklem HarperCollins Publishers $24.99

Dad’s Girlfriend and Other Anxieties

By Kellye Crocker Albert Whitman & Company $17.99

From the publisher: Anxiety has always made Ava avoid the slightest risk, but plunging head rst into danger might be just what she needs. Dad hasn’t even been dating his new girlfriend that long, so Ava is sure that nothing has to change in her life. at is, until the day after sixth grade ends, when Dad whisks her away on vacation to meet e Girlfriend and her daughter in terrifying Colorado, where even the squirrels can kill you! Managing her anxiety, avoiding altitude sickness, and surviving the mountains might take all of Ava’s strength, but at least this trip will only last two weeks. Right?

From Marilyn Robbins, Children’s Program Coordinator: I waited all year for my favorite middle grade novel, and this is it! “Dad’s Girl-

From the publisher: e mice of Brambly Hedge made their rst appearance in 1980 when the four seasonal stories were published. Ever since, readers have loved exploring the miniature world of the hedgerow and meeting the families that live there. In this collection the mice have many adventures, but they always have time for fun and relaxation, too. Whatever the season, and whether they are by the sea, in the High Hills, or simply at home by the re, there is always someone ready to lend a helping hand.

From Moira Brownwolfe, Backlist Bookbuyer: e classic British children’s series is complete in this one volume. If you grew up with Redwall but your kids aren’t quite old enough for it, try this adorable slice of life about mice living in fully furnished tree homes. Packed with lovely illustrations, this collection is the perfect gift for a cozy holiday season. And if you like the books, also check out the delightful stopmotion television adaptations from 1996.

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

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Take a trip to the 1980s

‘Rock of Ages’ sparks fond musical memories

BY SONYA ELLINGBOE SELLINGBOE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Front Range eatre Company is reorganized and ready to entertain audiences in Douglas County and nearby areas. “Rock of Ages” is in rehearsal and will play Jan. 19, 20, 21 at 7 p.m. and Jan. 21 at 2 p.m. at Parker Performing Arts School.

One can happily imagine what fun writer Chris D’ Arienzo had in choosing more than 25 favorites by great rock bands, such as Styx, Bon Jovi, Pat Benatar, Twisted Sister and more — and weaving them into a storyline that allows actors space for solos as it carries along a tale of attempts to close down the bar and redevelop the well-known strip.

(And what a headache it must have been for someone — or several

someones — to get legal permission to use them all!)

e attempts to redevelop favorite spots across the country have given material to numerous play and screenwriters, who can tell tales of sweet young performers, in this case, Sherrie, played by Beth Noone, who have arrived to seek a fortune in Hollywood or NYC or ???

Sherrie is helped by bar back Drew Boley (Nick Rogers) after her purse is stolen. She has stopped at the Bourbon Club, seeking a job. Dennis Dupree (Ethan Pierce), the discouraged bar owner/manager, is resistant to hiring young rockers, but relents. Lonny (Sam Evans), Dennis’ assistant, is narrator for this lively show.

And ... the men these girls meet and fall in love with — in Sherrie’s case, Drew. And various characters who inhabit their world: from jaded rock stars to politicians to band members and club owners and bus boys ... lots of material there for all sorts of interactions, songs and stories.

is story calls for 20 cast members, including ensemble numbers, and is going to be a bit tricky for the audience to follow, I fear.

Complicated interactions all along! But, lots happens, music is great, so attention must be paid!

e setting is a run-down bar on an aging Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood in the late 1980s.

We have protesters and a rock star named Stacee Jaxx, who will perform to bring up attendance at the Burbon Room.

e girl reporter, Constance Sack (Gabby Knopp), who is following the story about the bad developers, Hertz and his son Franz, raises concern and the mayor (Amon Swo ord) suspects that rock music is a bad in uence on the folks in his city ...

Sherrie later works as a stripper at a nearby club and the mayor’s assistant, Regina Koontz (Kiera Sweeney), supports saving the bar and other spots on the strip ...

Each character has a back story and

IF YOU GO

“Rock of Ages,” presented by Front Range Theatre Company, directed by Barb Dignan, who taught theater at Highlands Ranch High School for many years, plays at Parker Performing Arts School, 15035 Compark Blvd., Parker. Tickets: $20. Information: frontrangetheatre.org. Wonderful to have another arts group return. Readers: Please support them. They are working really hard to put together a lively, entertaining show for you ...

the piece ends with narrator Lonny spelling out what has happened to everyone in the cast. ank goodness! Additional cast members include: Alexandra Alonzo, Julie Sweeney, Noah Korey, Kiera Sweeney, Noah Korey, Ammon Swo ord, Ty Eatherton, Jeremy Moskowitz, Chris Scarciotta, Willie Schandel, Gabby Knopp, Greg Bell, Delaney Sweeney, Danielle Tate, Chris Malcolm, Sydney Sirkin and Laura Bebernes.

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COMING ATTRACTIONS

Despite all the oceanic exploration humans have done over the years, it remains a largely unknown and mysterious place. But visitors to the Denver Museum of Nature & Science’s new exhibit, “Unseen Oceans,” will get to glimpse a world that most of us can’t begin to imagine.

some of the tiniest life forms (the plankton) that make up the majority of species living in the shallowest zone of the ocean, to the most bizarre creatures living in the deepest depths,” Cushing wrote. “Visitors will also get to interact with shadows of sh `swimming’ on the exhibit oor and will even get to experience driving a submersible and sampling life on the ocean oor.”

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“Over 70 percent of the Earth’s surface consists of oceans. is exhibit highlights the life that lives at every level of the Earth’s oceans,” wrote Dr. Paula E. Cushing, Senior Curator of Invertebrate Zoology at the museum, in an email interview. “It also highlights the amazing technological innovations that have allowed humans to explore deeper and deeper and to continually discover new species living under the waves.”

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“Unseen Oceans” runs at the museum, 2001 Colorado Blvd. in Denver, through Sunday, April 9. e exhibit is organized by the American Museum of Natural History, New York.

According to provided information, visitors will get to explore a series of galleries that showcase the vast variety of marine environments and introduce some of the scientists who are using the latest tech innovations to do their work.

“Visitors will be introduced to

Other highlights include a “ sh tornado” that shows the various color and bioluminescent adaptations that di erent sh have evolved to live in the low light conditions of the deeper layers of the oceans and an example of specimens from the museum’s own collections.

At a time when the planet is losing much of its biodiversity, understanding and protecting life in the ocean is more important than ever. So, while the exhibit provides an opportunity to explore and entertain, enlightenment certainly isn’t o the table.

“Visitors will exit the exhibit with a greater appreciation of the evolutionary adaptations species have evolved allowing them to live in the extreme conditions of darkness, cold, and pressure found in the deeper layers of the oceans,” according to Cushing. “ e exhibit also touches on the challenges facing the Earth’s oceans through climate change but it does not emphasize these challenges, which I nd refreshing, in these days when we seem to be bombarded with `doom and gloom’ messages.”

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For my money, you can’t say you celebrated Christmas without at least one listen to Vince Guaraldi’s immortal soundtrack, “A Charlie Brown Christmas.” For those looking to experience the wonderful music with the perfect ambience, you’ll want to head to Dazzle Jazz, 1512 Curtis St. in Denver, for pianist Annie Booth’s “A Charlie Brown Christmas” concerts

Performances are at 5:30 and 8 p.m. on ursday, Dec. 22, 11 a.m., 5:30 and 8 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 23 and 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 24. Booth will be joined by longtime bandmates bassist Patrick McDevitt and drummer Alejandro Castaño and other guests.

I can’t think of a better way to mark the last few days before Christmas, so get tickets at https://dazzledenver. com/upcoming-events/.

Take a worldwide ride at Union Station

For New Year’s Eve, Union Station is tapping into the luxurious legacy of the Orient Express with an evening full of activities to ring in the new year.

Union Station’s, 1701 Wynkoop in Denver, Orient Express event begins at 8 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 31 by “departing” to Vienna and arriving in “Prague” right before midnight.

ere are di erent cabin levels available to attendees: e Main

Tickets are limited and advanced reservations are required. All guests must be at least 21 years old. A percentage of ticket sales will be donated to Children’s Hospital Colorado.

For information and tickets, visit www.denverunionstation.com/ events/orient-express-new-yearseve-party/.

Clarke’s Concert of the Week — The Roots at Mission Ballroom

Philadelphia’s e Roots have been mainstays of the rap scene since 1987, producing fantastic albums and adding musical wit to late night TV for more than a decade. is year, vocalist Black ought reminded listeners that he’s still one of the best rappers in the game with his Danger Mouse collaborative album, “Cheat Codes.”

Just two short days after Christmas, e Roots will be joined by southern rap icon Big K.R.I.T. in a tour stop at Mission Ballroom, 4242 Wynkoop St. in Denver, at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 27. Get tickets at www.ticketmaster.com.

Clarke Reader’s column on culture appears on a weekly basis. He can be reached at Clarke.Reader@hotmail. com.

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Heritage Fine Arts Guild offers a printmaking workshop with Jennifer Ghormley from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Jan. 21, 2023 at First Presbyterian Church of Littleton, 1609 W. Littleton Blvd., Littleton. Attendees will carve a linoleum block, ink it and make prints on paper, then learn to modify them with mixed media elements. Cost is $35 for HFAG members and $50 for non-members. heritage-guild. com. Select Current Workshops. Space for 20 only. (Membership costs $40 for a year.)

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Note to actors: The Colorado Theatre Guild will host Unified Auditions on April 23 and 24 at Curious Theatre in Denver. Musical and non-musical auditions, hosted in conjunction with Curious Theatre Company. Actors can submit resumes and credentials via a website portal in 2023. More later on this ... Submissions will be reviewed by a committee and a percentage of spots will be reserved for BIPOC, disabled and/or recent theater graduates.

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Public Trustees

COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION

CRS §38-38-103

FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0533-2022

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

On October 14, 2022, 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)

CAROL A. RIGDON

Original Beneficiary(ies)

MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS BENEFICIARY, AS NOMINEE FOR LIVE WELL FINANCIAL, INC., ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt

REVERSE MORTGAGE FUNDING LLC

Date of Deed of Trust February 23, 2017

County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust March 02, 2017

Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) D7024666

Original Principal Amount $381,000.00

Outstanding Principal Balance $135,149.13

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 12, BLOCK 2, UHLMAN SUBDIVISION SECOND FILING, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO.

Also known by street and number as: 3296 S FOX ST, ENGLEWOOD, CO 80110.

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, 02/15/2023, 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: 12/22/2022

Last Publication: 1/19/2023

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: 10/14/2022

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 # CO11046

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. 0533-2022

First Publication: 12/22/2022

Last Publication: 1/19/2023

Name of Publication: Littleton Independent

COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0523-2022

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

On October 7, 2022, 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) STANLEY JAMES O'HALLORAN

Original Beneficiary(ies)

MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR VECTRA BANK COLORADO, NA

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC

Date of Deed of Trust December 12, 2008

County of Recording

Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust December 19, 2008

Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) B8137580

Original Principal Amount $170,482.00

Outstanding Principal Balance $129,237.38

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 8, BLOCK 1, SOUTH PARK, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO.

Also known by street and number as: 6492 SOUTH CEDAR STREET, LITTLETON, CO 80120.

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, 02/08/2023, 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: 12/15/2022

Last Publication: 1/12/2023

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: 10/07/2022

Susan Sandstrom, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado

By: Susan Sandstrom, Public Trustee

The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

Anna Johnston #51978

Ryan Bourgeois #51088

Joseph D. DeGiorgio #45557

Randall Chin #31149

Barrett, Frappier & Weisserman, LLP 1391 Speer Boulevard, Suite 700, Denver, CO 80204 (303) 350-3711

Attorney File # 00000009622739

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. 0523-2022

First Publication: 12/15/2022

Last Publication: 1/12/2023

Name of Publication: Littleton Independent

City and County

Public Notice

CITY OF SHERIDAN

NOTICE OF ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE

On the 12th day of December, 2022, the City Council of the City of Sheridan, Colorado, approved on final reading the following Ordinance: ORDINANCE NO. 14 SERIES OF 2022

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SHERIDAN, COLORADO ESTABLISHING THE SALARY FOR THE MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGE

Copies of aforesaid Ordinance are available for public inspection in the office of the City Clerk, City of Sheridan, 4101 South Federal Blvd., Sheridan, Colorado.

Legal Notice No. 301710

First Publication: December 22, 2022

Last Publication: December 22, 2022 Publisher: Englewood Herald

Summons and Sheriff Sale

Public Notice

DISTRICT COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO 7325 SOUTH POTOMAC STREET, CENTENNIAL, CO 80112 Case No: 2020CV030045

COMBINED NOTICE SHERIFF SALE NO: ACCIV2206839

Plaintiff: NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE, LLC D/B/A MR. COOPER v. Defendants: GABRIEL TAPIA, SU RYDEN, in her role as Public Trustee for Arapahoe County, and BEN CARSON, in his role as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development

Under a Default Judgment, Judgment and Decree and Decree of Foreclosure entered March 17, 2022 in the above referenced action, I am ordered to sell certain property, as follows:

Original Grantor: GABRIEL TAPIA

Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR CALIBER HOME LOANS, INC., ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC D/B/A MR. COOPER

Date of Deed of Trust: April 19, 2017

Date Deed of Trust Recorded: April 20, 2017

County of Recording: ARAPAHOE

Recording Reception Number: Reception Number D7044900

Original Principal Debt: $319,113.00

Judgment Amount: $367,124.90

Description of the property to be foreclosed: LOT 28, BLOCK 2, MISSION VIEJO, FILING NO. 1, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO

which has the property address of 15358 E Lehigh Ave, Aurora, CO 80013.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

The covenants of said Deed of Trust have been violated as follows: Borrower’s failure to make timely payments as required under the Evidence of Debt and Deed of Trust.

NOTICE OF SALE

THEREFORE, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT I WILL, at 10:00 AM, on February 16, 2023, at the ARAPAHOE County Sheriff’s Office, located at 13101 E. BRONCOS PARKWAY, CENTENNIAL, CO 80112. 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.

The name, address and phone number of the attorney representing the Holder: Janeway Law Firm, P.C., 9800 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 400, Englewood, CO 80112, Phone: (855) 263-9295 Fax: (303) 706-9994 JLF No.: 20-025049.

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

Date: November 15, 2022 Tyler S. Brown, Sheriff County of Arapahoe State of Colorado

By: Sgt. Trent Steffa, Deputy Sheriff Legal Notice No. 530809 First Publication: December 22, 2022 Last Publication: January 19, 2023 Published in: Littleton Independent 750 W. Hampden Ave., Suite 225 Englewood, Colorado, 80

Public Notice

DISTRICT COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO Case No.: 18CV30465 Division:21

COMBINED NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE

Plaintiff: THE EASTWOOD TOWNHOMES ASSOCIATION, a Colorado non-profit corporation

vs. Defendants: KEONA CORTEZ; GUILD MORTGAGE COMPANY; THE SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; and SU RYDEN as the ARAPHOE COUNTY PUBLIC TRUSTEE

This is to advise you that a Sheriff’s sale proceeding has been commenced through the office of the undersigned Sheriff pursuant to Order for Decree of Foreclosure dated February 19, 2021 and Amended Order for Decree of Foreclosure dated June 1, 2021, and C.R.S. § 38-38-101 et seq. by The Eastwood Townhomes Association, a Colorado non-profit corporation, the holder and current owner of a statutory and contractual lien. The judicial foreclosure is based on a default under the Declaration of Covenants and Restrictions for The Eastwood Townhomes, recorded on February 6, 1981 at Reception No. 2042042 in the records of the Clerk and Recorder of the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado (the “Declaration”). The Declaration, as recorded, establishes a lien for the benefit of The Eastwood Townhomes Association against real property legally described as follows:

LOT 6, BLOCK 2, EASTWOOD TOWNHOMES SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 1, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO.

Also known by street number as: 15382 East Louisiana Avenue, Aurora, CO 80017

The Sheriff’s sale has been scheduled to occur at 10 o’clock a.m. on the 19th day of January, 2023, at the Sheriff’s Office Headquarters Building, 13101 East Broncos Parkway, Centennial, CO 80112, 720-874-3845. At the sale, the Sheriff will sell the real property described above, and the improvements thereon, to the highest bidder. Plaintiff makes no warranty relating to title, possession, or quiet enjoyment in and to said real property in connection with this sale.

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

All telephone inquiries for information should be directed to the Civil Unit of the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office, (720) 874-3845. The name, address and telephone number of the attorney representing the legal owner of the above described lien is Alyssa E. Chirlin, Esq., Reg No. 53311, Smith Jadin Johnson, PLLC, 1775 Sherman St, Ste 2750, Denver, CO 80203, 720-550-7280.

DATED at Centennial, Colorado this 18th day of October, 2022.

Tyler S. Brown, Sheriff Arapahoe County, Colorado

By: Sgt. Trent Steffa Deputy Sheriff

Legal Notice No. 530721

First publication: December 1, 2022

Last publication: December 29, 2022 Published in: Littleton Independent, 750 W. Hampden, Suite 225, Englewood, CO 80110

Public Notice

DISTRICT COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO Case No.: 2021CV31620 Division: 21 SALE NO. ACCIV2206766

Plaintiffs: PINEY CREEK HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC. and PINEY CREEK MAINTENANCE ASSOCIATION, INC. vs. Defendants: ROSS P. GOLDSMITH; BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.; THE CAMBRIDGE GROUP LTD; and PUBLIC TRUSTEE FOR ARAPAHOE COUNTY

SHERIFF’S COMBINED NOTICE OF SALE

Under an Order for Judgment and Decree of Foreclosure entered on April 4, 2022, in the abovecaptioned civil action, I am ordered to sell certain real property as described below.

All inquiries for information related to this sale must be directed to the office of the undersigned Sheriff in the Civil Unit, 13101 E. Broncos Pkwy., Centennial, CO 80112, or by calling 720-874-3845.

Legal description of the real property to be sold at public auction: Lot 5, Block 13, Replat 4, Piney Creek Filing No. 7, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado.

It is also know by street and number as 16493 E. Hialeah Drive, Aurora, CO 80015.

Record owner(s) of real property: ROSS P. GOLDSMITH

Association/Foreclosing Entity/Holder of Debt Foreclosed: PINEY CREEK HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC. and PINEY CREEK MAINTENANCE ASSOCIATION, INC.

Interest foreclosed by Piney Creek Homeowners Association, Inc.: Statutory lien for unpaid assessments per C.R.S. § 38-33.3-316, as perfected by the Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions for Piney Creek Village, recorded on October 17, 1989, at Reception No. 3129714 (Book 5784, Page 141) in the Clerk & Recorder’s Office for the County of Arapahoe, Colorado.

More accurately defined in the Order for Judgment and Decree of Foreclosure, issued by the Court on April 04, 2022, a certified copy of which was recorded on April 22, 2022, at Reception No.

E2045330 in the Clerk & Recorder’s Office for the County of Arapahoe, Colorado.

Interest foreclosed by Piney Creek Maintenance Association, Inc.: Statutory lien for unpaid assessments per C.R.S. § 38-33.3-316, as perfected by the Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions of Piney Creek Maintenance Association, Inc., recorded on November 2, 1983, at Reception No. 2341876 (Book 4007, Page 423) with the Clerk and Recorder for the County of Arapahoe, Colorado, as amended and restated in the Amended and Restated Declaration for Piney Creek Maintenance Association, Inc., recorded with the County of Arapahoe Clerk and Recorder on July 16, 2012, at Reception No. D2076756. More accurately defined in the Order for Judgment and Decree of Foreclosure, issued by the Court on April 4, 2022, a certified copy of which was recorded on April 22, 2022, at Reception No. E2045330 in the Clerk & Recorder’s Office for the County of Arapahoe, Colorado.

Combined judgment amount of liens: $15,929.57. The amounts of the foreclosed liens are not stagnant. The combined amount of foreclosed liens as of May 10, 2022, is $20,771.73.

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

THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED IS NOT A FIRST LIEN.

The covenants of said Declaration have been violated as follows: failure to pay assessments that have come due, more accurately described in the Order for Judgment and Decree of Foreclosure.

NOTICE OF SALE

THEREFORE, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Civil Unit of the Sheriff’s Office for the County of Arapahoe, Colorado, will sell the real property described above and the improvements thereon at 10:00 AM, on the 16th day of February, 2023, at the Sheriff’s Office Headquarters Building, 13101 East Broncos Parkway, Centennial, Colorado 80112, to the highest and best bidder. The Association and its attorney do not make any 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.

Attorneys for Association: Moeller Graf, P.C.; Associate Attorney Gail R. Gudder, Reg. No. 17820; ggudder@moellergraf.com; 385 Inverness Pkwy., Ste. 200, Englewood, CO 80112; Phone: (877) 279-4499.

Date signed: November 15, 2022.

Tyler S. Brown, Sheriff County of Arapahoe, Colorado

By: Sgt. Trent Steffa, Deputy Sheriff

Legal Notice NO. 530828

First Publication Date: December 22, 2022

Last Publication Date: January 19, 2023

Published in the: Littleton Independent 750 W. Hampden Ave., Suite 225 Englewood, Colorado, 80110

Public Notice

DISTRICT COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO Court Address: 7325 S. Potomac St., Centennial, CO 80112 Case No.: 2022CV30161 Division: 204

SHERIFF’S COMBINED NOTICE OF SALE

This is to advise you that a Sheriff sale proceeding has been commenced through the office of the undersigned Sheriff pursuant to an Order for Judgment and Decree of Foreclosure dated April 25, 2022, and C.R.S. 38-38-101 et seq. by AURORA AT CROSS CREEK CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, INC., a Colorado nonprofit corporation, the holder and current owner of a lien recorded on JUNE 17, 2005 at reception no. b5089613, in the records of the office of the clerk and recorder of Arapahoe County, Colorado.

UNIT 102, BUILDING 3, AURORA AT CROSS CREEK CONDOMINIUMS, ACCORDING TO THE CONDOMINIUM MAP THEREOF, RECORDED ON JUNE 17, 2005 AT RECEPTION NO. B5089613, IN THE RECORDS OF THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK AND RECORDER OF ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO, AND AS DEFINED AND DESCRIBED IN THE DECLARATION OF COVENANTS, CONDITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS OF AURORA AT CROSS CREEK CONDOMINIUMS, RECORDED ON JUNE 17, 2005 AT RECEPTION NO. B5089614, IN SAID RECORDS, TOGETHER WITH THE EXCLUSIVE RIGHT TO USE THE LIMITED COMMON ELEMENT GARAGE BAY 19, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO.

It is also known by street and number as 23451 E. 5th Drive, Unit 102,

Public Notices

Exchange. 35.5 cfs, conditional. 3.2.3. Initiation of Appropriation. 3.2.3.1. The foregoing appropriations were initiated by: 1) decision by Aurora to appropriate the exchange; 2) the filing of this Application; and 3) field surveys and the posting of signs at the Exchange-From and Exchange-To Points. 3.2.4. Date of Appropriation. The date of filing this Application with the Water Court. 3.2.4.1. Date when water was placed to beneficial use: Not applicable. 3.2.5. Sources of Substitute Supply. The water rights to be changed under this Application. 3.2.6. Proposed Uses. All uses for which the water given as substitute supply is decreed, and which can be made by Aurora, which will include the following: Municipal, domestic, agricultural, energy production, manufacturing, mechanical and industrial purposes, such purposes include, but are not limited to, fire protection, irrigation, commercial, recreation, fish and wildlife propagation, on-site recharge, reservoir evaporation replacement, creation and maintenance of wetlands, maintenance of storage reserves, stock watering, reclamation, revegetation, dust suppression, water treatment and supply, wastewater treatment, storage for such uses, and use as a supply or substitute supply for augmentation, return flow replacement, replacement, exchanges decreed or to be decreed, and substitute supply plans. All uses include reuse and successive reuse to extinction and storage after initial and subsequent uses for the above purposes, or disposition of effluent for the above purposes. 3.2.7. Place of Use. The water right that is the subject of the appropriative right of exchange is intended for use in or for the benefit of Aurora's current and future service areas served by its municipal water supply and water reuse systems and any areas within the South Platte River Basin capable of being served by the Aurora municipal water supply system, including areas served by its connections with other systems, for any water supply contracts or obligations of Aurora. Currently, Aurora is located in Township 3 South, Ranges 64, 65, 66 and 67 West, 6th P.M. in Adams County; Township 4 South, Ranges 64, 65, 66 and 67 West and Township 5 South, Ranges 65, 66 and 67 West, 6th P.M. in Arapahoe County; and Township 6 South, Ranges 65 and 66 West, 6th P.M. in Douglas County. Aurora's service area has changed from time to time and will continue to do so. Aurora may also use the water to meet its replacement or delivery obligations in Water Division 1. 4. Names and addresses of owners or reputed owners of the land upon which any new diversion or storage structure or modification to any existing diversion or storage structure or existing storage pool is or will be constructed or upon which water is or will be stored. 4.1. Aurora is the owner of each of the storage structures identified in paragraph 2.2.3., except those identified below. On information and belief, additional owners of the lands on which storage structures are located or will be constructed are those set forth below. 4.2. Strontia Springs Dam and Reservoir Complex. The Strontia Springs Dam and Reservoir Complex is owned by the City and County of Denver, acting by and through its Board of Water Commissioners, 1600 West 12th Avenue, Denver, CO 80204-3412. Aurora has contract rights to use the complex. 4.3. Walker North Reservoir. Carl F. Eiberger, 303 S. Broadway Ste 200, Denver, CO 80209, and Holcim - WCR, Inc., 1687 Cole Blvd, Suite 300, Golden, CO 80401. 4.4. Walker South Reservoir. HIBE, LLC, 32706 Stagecoach Rd., Windsor, CO 80550. 4.5. Tucson South and ARR-B site. Holcim - WCR, Inc., 1687 Cole Blvd, Suite 300, Golden, CO 80401. 4.6. Bennett Gravel Pit Reservoir. Pioneer Land Company LLC, 4409 Coriolis Way, Frederick, CO 80504. 4.7. Everist St. Vrain Gravel Pit Reservoir. L.G. Everist Inc., 7321 E. 88th Avenue, Suite 200, Henderson, CO 80640 and Owens Brothers Concrete, 32186 Castle Court #220, Suite 201, Evergreen, CO 80439. (Total of 19 pages, including exhibits)

THE WATER RIGHTS CLAIMED BY THESE APPLICATIONS MAY AFFECT IN PRIORITY ANY WATER RIGHTS CLAIMED OR HERETOFORE ADJUDICATED WITHIN THIS DIVISION AND OWNERS OF AFFECTED RIGHTS MUST APPEAR TO OBJECT WITHIN THE TIME PROVIDED BY STATUTE OR BE FOREVER BARRED.

YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that any party who wishes to oppose an application, or an amended application, may file with the Water Clerk, P. O. Box 2038, Greeley, CO 80632, a verified Statement of Opposition, setting forth facts as to why the application should not be granted, or why it should be granted only in part or on certain conditions. Such Statement of Opposition must be filed by the last day of JANUARY 2023 (forms available on www.courts.state.co.us or in the Clerk’s office), and must be filed as an Original and include $192.00 filing fee. A copy of each Statement of Opposition must also be served upon the Applicant or Applicant’s Attorney and an affidavit or certificate of such service of mailing shall be filed with the Water Clerk.

(1 The WDID numbers are accurate to the best of Aurora’s knowledge and are included in this application for convenience only. If an inaccuracy occurs between a legal description provided herein and a WDID number, the legal description shall take precedence. )

Legal Notice No. 301712

First Publication: December 22, 2022

Last Publication: December 22, 2022

Publisher: Englewood Herald

Storage Liens/Vehicle Titles

Public Notice

Take notice that on Friday, January 13, 2023, at Noon, goods held on account of Marie Filiaga/ Marie Mageo will be sold by public auction at Centennial Moving and Storage Co., 7009 S. Jordan Road, Centennial, Colorado 80112 in satisfaction of unpaid charges incurred in connection with storage services. The goods to be sold include: personal household goods, and items used in a bathroom, bedroom, dining room, living room, kitchen, den, garage and office.

Legal Notice No. 530890-60890

First Publication: December 22, 2022

Last Publication: December 29, 2022

Publisher: Littleton Independent and the Centennial Citizen

Notice to Creditors

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Robert Arnold Craig, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR481

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 28, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Teresa Y. Wright, Personal Representative 13190 W. 16th Drive Golden, CO 80401

Legal Notice No. 530893

First Publication: December 22, 2022

Last Publication: January 5, 2023

Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of FRANK W. SCHREINER, a/k/a SONNY SCHREINER, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30837

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 8, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Mary Schreiner c/o Carl Glatstein, Esq. Glatstein & O’Brien, LLP 2696 S. Colorado Blvd., Suite 350 Denver, Colorado 80222

Legal Notice No. 530832

First Publication: December 8, 2022 Last Publication: December 22, 2022

Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Jeffrey Ronald Broen, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR31131

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 1, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Charles R Engel, Personal Representative 1776 S Jackson St, Ste 1010 Denver CO 80210

Legal Notice No. 530867

First Publication: December 15, 2022 Last Publication: December 29, 2022

Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice

Notice to Creditors

Estate of Tena M. Banks, also known as Tena Melissa Banks, also known as Tena Banks, Deceased Case Number: 22PR31241

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 15, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Michelle R. Smith

Attorney for Carolyn E. Keliiholokai, Personal Representative 4 W. Dry Creek Circle, Ste. 100 Littleton, Colorado 80120

Legal Notice No. 530870

First Publication: December 15, 2022

Last Publication: December 29, 2022

Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of CHERYL LEA WENDT

CHERYL L. WENDT

CHERYL WENDT

CHERYL

CHERYL MILACEK, Deceased Case Number: 2022 PR 31245

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 8, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Jason Charles Hevelone

Personal Representative c/o Michael P. Miller, Miller and Steiert, P.C. 1901 W. Littleton Bvd. Littleton, CO 80120

Legal Notice No.530833

First Publication: December 8, 2022

Last Publication: December 22, 2022

Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice

Notice to Creditors

Estate of James D. Blackstock, a/k/a James David Blackstock, a/k/a James Blackstock, a/k/a J.D. Blackstock, a/k/a Jim Blackstock, Deceased Case Number 2022PR30391

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 February 12, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Michelle R. Smith

Attorney for Carol M. Blackstock, Personal Representative 4 W. Dry Creek Circle, Ste. 100

Littleton, Colorado 80120

Legal Notice No. 530872

First Publication: December 15, 2022

Last Publication: December 29, 2022

Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Charles L. Mortensen, deceased Case Number: 2022PR31129

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 April 15, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Johnathan E. Kneff

Personal Representative

2 Inverness Drive East, Suite 102 Englewood, Colorado 80112

Legal Notice No.301705

First publication: December 15, 2022

Last publication: December 29, 2022

Publisher: Englewood Herald Public Notice

Notice to Creditors

Estate of Terrie Jo Merholtz, also known as Terrie Merholtz, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30482

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 1, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Michelle R. Smith

Attorney for Amy L. Geiger, Personal Representative 4 W. Dry Creek Circle, Ste. 100 Littleton, Colorado 80120

Legal Notice No. 530871

First Publication: December 15, 2022 Last Publication: December 29, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of William Neil De Weese, aka William N. De Weese, aka William De Weese, aka William Neil Deweese, aka William N. Deweese, aka William Deweese, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR31362

All persons having claims against the abovenamed Estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the Arapahoe County District Court on or before April 20, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Shanna De Weese Cambre Personal Representative 813 Highway 93 Cankton, LA 70584

Legal Notice No.530879

First Publication: December 15, 2022 Last Publication: December 29, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Stella Marker, a/k/a Stella M. Marker, and Stella Maree Marker, Deceased Case Number: 2022 PR 31374

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 April 22, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Karen Raum, Personal Representative c/o Warren, Carlson & Moore, LLP PO Box 610 Niwot, CO 80544-0610

Legal Notice No. 530896

First Publication: December 22, 2022 Last Publication: January 5, 2023 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Lyle Dean Peterson, a/k/a Lyle D. Peterson, a/k/a Lyle Peterson, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR31260

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 April 17, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Michael D. Peterson Personal Representative 15383 Woodruff Way Parker, CO 80134

Legal Notice No. 301708 First Publication: December 15, 2022 Last Publication: December 29, 2022 Publisher: Englewood Herald Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Donald W. Natale, Sr., aka Donald W. Natale, Donald William Natale, and Donald Natale, Sr., Deceased Case Number: 2022PR31331

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 April 15, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Donald W. Natale, Jr.

Co-Personal Representative 19955 Silver Horn Lane Monument, Colorado 80132

David W. Natale

Co-Personal Representative 1663 Rd 29 Harrisburg, Nebraska 63945

Legal Notice No. 530876

First Publication: December 15, 2022

Last Publication: December 29, 2022

Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Lee Eugene Maberry, AKA Lee E. Maberry, AKA Lee Maberry, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR031325

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 April 15, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Robbie Colleen Maberry Personal Representative c/o Little Law Office, 15530 E. Broncos Pkwy. Ste. 300 Centennial, CO 80112

Legal Notice No. 301706

First Publication: December 15, 2022 Last Publication: December 29, 2022

Publisher: Englewood Herald PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of John Duane Thomas a/k/a John D. Thomas, Deceased Case Number: 2022 PR 31290

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 10, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Ryan M. Thomas and Amber Thomas-Stapleton Personal Representatives c/o Keith L. Davis, JD Davis Schilken, PC 7887 E. Belleview Ave., Suite 820 Denver, CO 80111

Legal Notice No.530840

First Publication: December 8, 2022 Last Publication: December 22, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of ALBERT W. WEBSTER, JR., Deceased Case Number 2022 PR 31315

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, on or before April 17, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Robin C. Webster, Personal Representative 1039 Newtown Richboro Road Newtown, PA 18940

Legal Notice No. 301700

First Publication: December 15, 2022 Last Publication: December 29, 2022 Publisher: Englewood Herald Public Notice

Notice to Creditors

Estate of Katherine G. Novak, also known as Katherine Novak, Deceased Case Number 2022PR30336

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to: District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before January 16, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Michelle R. Smith

Attorney for John A. Burks, Personal Representative 4 W. Dry Creek Circle, Ste. 100 Littleton, Colorado 80120

Legal Notice No. 530873

First Publication: December 15, 2022

Last Publication: December 29, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of JEFFREY A. DYE a/k/a JEFFREY DYE , Deceased Case Number: 2022 PR 31256

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 10, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Denise A. Dye

Personal Representative

Patrick A. Schilken, P.C. 7936 E. Arapahoe Court #2800 Centennial, CO 80112

Legal Notice No. LI503849

First Publication: December 8, 2022

Last Publication: December 22, 2022

Publisher: Littleton Independent

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Marian Mae Newcomer a/k/a Marian M. Newcomer a/k/a Marian Newcomer, Deceased Case Number: 2022 PR 31303

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 29, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Paula M. Armato

Personal Representative

c/o Davis Schilken, PC 7887 E. Belleview Ave., Suite 820 Denver, CO 80111

Legal Notice No. 530865

First Publication: December 15, 2022

Last Publication: December 29, 2022

Publisher: Littleton Independent

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Mariana Sullivan, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR31048

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 17, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Mary Agnes Wisentaner Personal Representative 1112 Santa Barbara Drive SE Grand Rapids, Ml 49506

Legal Notice No. 530882 First Publication: December 15, 2022 Last Publication: December 29, 2022

Publisher: Littleton Independent

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of DARLENE GRASS AKA Patricia Darlene Grass, Deceased Case Number: 2022 PR 31318

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 10, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Lindsie Grass Personal Representative 742 Adams Avenue Akron, CO 80720

Legal Notice No. LI503848

First Publication: December 8, 2022 Last Publication: December 22, 2022

Publisher: Littleton Independent & Centennial Citizen

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of PROSPER AESCHBACHER aka PROSPER AESCHBACHER III, Deceased Case Number: 2022 PR 31279

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 10, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Elizabeth Kieckhefer Aeschbacher Personal Representative 5258 S. Kenton Way Englewood, Colorado 80111

Legal Notice No. LI503851 First Publication: December 8, 2022 Last Publication: December 22, 2022

Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of MARY MARGARET BRANSCOMB, a/k/a MARY M. BRANSCOMB, a/k/a MARGO BRANSCOMB Deceased Case Number: 2022-PR-31298

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 April 17, 2023 or the claims may be forever barred.

Michael W. Reagor, Attorney for Personal Representative 8400 E. Prentice Ave., Suite 1040 Greenwood Village, CO 80111

Legal Notice No. 530863

First Publication: December 8, 2022

Last Publication: December 22, 2022

Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Jason A. Hicks, also known as Jason Andrew Hicks, and as Jason Hicks, Deceased Case Number: 22PR31136

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 April 15, 2023 or the claims may be forever barred.

Amy Elizabeth Bittmann Hicks, Personal Representative 12 Brookside Dr. Greenwood Village, Colorado 80121

Legal Notice No. 530866

First Publication: December 15, 2022

Last Publication: December 29, 2022

Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Theodore J. Coet, a/k/a Theodore Jerome Coet, a/k/a Theo J. Coet, a/k/a Ted Coet, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR3133

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 April 8, 2023*, or the claims may be forever barred.

Persons Giving Notice: Cheri Lynn Schoolcraft P.O. Box 839 Denver, CO 80201-0839

Legal Notice No. 530860

First Publication: December 8, 2022

Last Publication: December 22, 2022

Publisher: Littleton Independent

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of SUZANNE HEINTZ LIPSEY a/k/a SUZANNE H. LIPSEY a/k/a SUZANNE LIPSEY, Deceased Case Number: 2022 PR 31270

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 10, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

William Douglas Lipsey

Personal Representative 2346 Jericho Road Maryville, TN 37803

Legal Notice No. LI503850

First Publication: December 8, 2022

Last Publication: December 22, 2022

Publisher: Littleton Independent

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of DALE F. IBURG, aka DALE IBURG Deceased Case Number: 2022PR31276

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 April 8, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Nawel Ayache – Personal Representative 9400 E. Iliff Ave., #371 Denver, CO 80231

Legal Notice No. 530830

First Publication: December 8, 2022

Last Publication: December 22, 2022

Publisher: Littleton Independent

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of LEBETIA GREGG

AKA NANCY LEBETIA GREGG, Deceased Case Number: 2022 PR 31322

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 8, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Kevin Leroy Gregg

Personal Representative

c/o Mollie B. Hawes, Miller and Steiert, P.C. 1901 W. Littleton Bvd. Littleton, CO 80120

Legal Notice No.530837

First Publication: December 8, 2022

Last Publication: December 22, 2022

Publisher: Littleton Independent

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of MARCIA R. CHAMBERLIN, a/k/a MARCIA CHAMBERLIN, and a/k/a MARCIA RIGGS CHAMBERLIN, Deceased Case Number: 2022 PR 31332

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 April 15, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Co-Personal Representatives: Mark R. Chamberlin, Nancy L. Wilkins, and Timothy L. Chamberlin c/o Kathleen M. Johnson, Esq. Sherman & Howard L.L.C. 675 Fifteenth Street, Ste. 2300 Denver, Colorado 80202

Legal Notice No. 530869

First Publication: December 15, 2022

Last Publication: December 29, 2022

Publisher: Littleton Independent

Notice

Public

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of HELEN GICAS, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR31336

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 April 24, 2023 or the claims may be forever barred.

Constantina O'Neill, Personal Representative 1511 Cottonwood Lane Greenwood Village, Colorado 80121

Legal Notice No. 530892

First Publication: December 22, 2022

Last Publication: January 5, 2023

Publisher: Littleton Independent

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Gary Lee Wagoner, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR031259

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 April 15, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Steve Wayne Wagoner

Person Giving Notice 2388 Paris Street Aurora, CO, 80010

Legal Notice No.530868

First Publication: December 15, 2022

Last Publication: December 29, 2022

Publisher: Littleton Independent

Name Changes

PUBLIC NOTICE

Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

Public notice is given on November 28, 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 Kim Yok Ling Ng be changed to Kim Young Cirillo Case No.: 22 C 100803

By: Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk

Legal Notice No. 530874

First Publication: December 15, 2022

Last Publication: December 29, 2022

Publisher: Littleton Independent

PUBLIC NOTICE

Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

Public notice is given on November 29, 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 Joselyn Loya be changed to Joselyn Loya-Acosta Case No.: 22C100810

By: Kim Boswell Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk

Legal Notice No. 530891

First Publication: December 22, 2022

Last Publication: January 5, 2023

Publisher: Littleton Independent

PUBLIC NOTICE

Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

Public notice is given on November 29, 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 ANDREIJULIAN DECIERDO be changed to ANDREIJULIANDECIERDO OLVINA Case No.: 22 C 46814

By: Deputy Clerk

Legal Notice No. LI503841

First Publication: December 8, 2022

Last Publication: December 22, 2022

Publisher: Littleton Independent

PUBLIC NOTICE

Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

Public notice is given on November 22, 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 Do Ka be changed to Dorcas Jaseng Kareng Case No.: 22 C 100793

By: Deputy Clerk

Legal Notice No. LI503546

First Publication: December 8, 2022

Last Publication: December 22, 2022

Publisher: Littleton Independent

PUBLIC NOTICE

OF PETITION FOR CHANGE OF NAME

Public Notice is given on 12/13/2022 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 Jennifer (first) Sloan Bielak (last) be changed to Jennifer (first) Sloan (middle) Bielak (last) Case No: 2022C48117

By: Colleen E. Clark County Court Judge

Legal Notice No. 530897

First Publication: December 22, 2022

Last Publication: January 5, 2023

Publisher: Littleton Independent

PUBLIC NOTICE

Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

Public Notice is given on November 18 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 Erica Alayne Stephens be changed to Erica Alayne Stephens Franco. Case No.:2022C100781

By: Shana Kloek Clerk of the Court / Deputy Clerk

Legal Notice No.LI503854

First publication: December 08, 2022

Last publication: December 22, 2022

Publisher: Littleton Independent

PUBLIC NOTICE

Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

Public notice is given on November 29, 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 Zhulduz Nurlankizy Raimova be changed to ELIZABETH ALEXNDARA MAXCY Case No.: 22 C 100664

By: Deputy Clerk

Legal Notice No. LI503855

First Publication: December 8, 2022

Last Publication: December 22, 2022

Publisher: Littleton Independent

PUBLIC NOTICE

Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

Public notice is given on November 18, 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 Ann Johnston Morrison be changed to Ann Larkin Lawson Case No.: 22C100763

By: Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk

Legal Notice No. 530894

First Publication: December 22, 2022 Last Publication: January 5, 2023

Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE

Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

Public Notice is given on November 14, 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 Ivan David Catalan-Silvas be changed to Ivan Silvas.

Case No.:2022C-100771

By: Shana Kloek Clerk of the Court / Deputy Clerk

Legal Notice No.LI503856

First publication: December 08, 2022 Last publication: December 22, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE

Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on November 22, 2022, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adulthas been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

The petition requests that the name of Stacy Mackey-Valdez be changed to Stacy Marie Blum Case No.: 22 C 100788

By: Deputy Clerk

Legal Notice No. LI503845

First Publication: December 8, 2022 Last Publication: December 22, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice

County Court, Arapahoe County, Colorado 1790 W. Littleton Blvd. Littleton, Colorado 80120

In the Matter of the Petition of: Parent/ Petitioner: Alexandra Mitchem

For Minor Child: Charlotte Montoya To Change the Child’s Name to: Charlotte Gelinas Case Number: 2022 C 100787

NOTICE TO NON-CUSTODIAL PARENT BY PUBLICATION

Notice to: Brandon Montoya

Notice is given that a hearing is scheduled as follows: Date: January 17th, 2023 Time: 9:00 a.m. Location: Arapahoe County Court 1790 W. Littleton Blvd. Littleton, Colorado 80120

For the purpose of requesting a change of name for Charlotte Ray Montoya

At this hearing the Court may enter an order changing the name of the minor child.

To support or voice objection to the proposed name change, you must appear at the hearing.

Date: November 17, 2022

Legal Notice No.: 503857

First Publication: December 8, 2022 Last Publication: December 22, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE

Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

Public Notice is given on November 18 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 Bryan Aaron DeLoach be changed to Bryan Aaron DeLoach Franco.

Case No.:2022C100783

By: Shana Kloek Clerk of the Court / Deputy Clerk

Legal Notice No.LI503853

First publication: December 08, 2022

Last publication: December 22, 2022

Publisher: Littleton Independent Children

RELINQUISHMENT OF THE PARENT-CHILD LEGAL RELATIONSHIP

TO: KRISTON EMAMI, KENNETH HALL, AND NICHOLAS MONTOYA, RESPONDENTS

YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED, PURSUANT TO C.R.S. § 19-5-103.7, AS FOLLOWS:

1.You have been identified by Chelsey Bulthuis as an alleged birth father of her children, Maranatha Celeste Bulthuis and Ruth Catherine Bulthuis, who were born on October 28, 2022 in Colorado.

2. Ms. Bulthuis plans to relinquish her parental rights to the children on an expedited basis in the Arapahoe County District Court, State of Colorado, where the Child Placement Agency, Colorado Christian Services, has an office, pursuant to C.R.S. § 19-5-103.5 in order to make the children available for adoption.

Placing a child for adoption requires termination of the birth mother and alleged birth father(s) parentchild legal relationships. Termination of parental rights means that pursuant to a court order, all rights powers, privileges, immunities, duties and obligations existing between a parent and a child are permanently severed, except for inheritance rights, which will be severed at the time of the final decree of adoption. Upon termination of parental rights, a parent shall: (a) no longer have the right to custody of, or parenting time with the child; (b) no longer have the right to any information concerning the whereabouts, activities, health, or well-being of the child; and (c) have no say in any further decisions concerning said child.

3. A birth parent of a child has the right to contest the termination of parental rights.

4. Failure to declare intent to contest the termination of parental rights may likely result in a termination of parental rights to the children. In order to contest the termination of the parent-child legal relationship, YOU MUST:

Request and then return a “Reply Form to Notice of Anticipated Expedited Relinquishment” to Colorado Christian Services at the above address or to Grob & Eirich, LLC, 12596 W. Bayaud Ave., Suite 390 Lakewood, CO 80228 by Certified Mail, Return Receipt Requested, no later than twenty-one (21) days after the date of this notice or before the birth mother’s relinquishment petition is filed with the court, whichever occurs later. The date of notice shall be considered the date of the first day of publication in the newspaper.

OR

• Request and return a “Reply Form to Notice of Anticipated Expedited Relinquishment” in person to Colorado Christian Services, at the address indicated above, no later than twenty-one (21) days after the date of this notice or before the birth mother’s relinquishment petition is filed with the court, whichever occurs later. The date of notice shall be considered the date of the first day of publication in the newspaper. You should bring photo identification with you for in-person submission.

YOU MUST ALSO:

• File a claim of paternity pursuant to Article 4 of Title 19, Colorado Revised Statutes and notify Colorado Christian Services pursuant to C.R.S. § 19-4-105.5. This claim of paternity must be filed no later than twenty-one (21) days after the date of this notice or before the birth mother’s relinquishment petition is filed with the court, whichever occurs later. The date of notice shall be considered the date of the first day of publication in the newspaper.

5.You may also waive your right to contest the termination of parental rights and doing so will likely result in a termination of any parental rights you may have to the children. If you do not believe that you are the father of the children, please check the appropriate box on the reply form. YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED THAT IF YOU FAIL TO PROPERLY REPLY TO THIS NOTICE IN A MANNER DESCRIBED ABOVE, YOU ALSO WAIVE YOUR RIGHT TO ANY FURTHER NOTICE RELATED TO THE ANTICIPATED EXPEDITED

RELINQUISHMENT PROCEEDINGS AND YOUR PARENTAL RIGHTS, IF ANY, WILL LIKELY BE TERMINATED BY THE COURT. Thank you for your cooperation.

Sincerely, Kathryn A. Stafford, Esq. Grob & Eirich,

Courtroom or Division:11

Address: VIA WEBEX LINK: https: //judicial.webex.com/meet/018-ARAP-Div12

The hearing will take approximately 30 minutes. Legal Notice No. 530880

First Publication: December 15, 2022

Last Publication: December 29, 2022

Publisher: Littleton Independent

Public Notice

NOTICE OF ADOPTION

John Doe, whose last known address is unknown, and whose current place of residence and whereabouts are unknown and cannot with reasonable diligence be ascertained, will take notice that on January 26, 2022, John and Rita Belier filed their Petition for Adoption of T. B., Case No. 2022JA93, in the Juvenile Adoption Court, Arapahoe County, Colorado, praying that they be permitted by order of the Court, to adopt, as their own child, the child T. B., a minor born at Lakewood, Colorado, alleging among other things in said Petition that John Doe, the natural father, has failed without justifiable cause, to provide more than de minimis contact with the minor or to provide for the maintenance and support of the minor as required by law or judicial decree for a period of at least one (1) year preceding the filing of the Adoption Petition.

"A final decree of adoption, if granted will relieve you of all parental rights and responsibilities, including the right to contact the minor, and except with respect to a spouse of the adoption petitioner and relatives of that spouse, terminate all legal relationships between the minor and you and the minor’s other relatives, so that the minor thereafter is a stranger to you and the minor’s former relatives for all purposes. If you wish to contest the adoption, you must file a response to the petition within forty-two days of the first publication of this Notice or suffer a default. If you wish to contest the adoption, you must also appear in person before the Court." A final decree of adoption may be entered if you fail to file an objection to the adoption petition or appear at the hearing. You have a right to have counsel represent you at the hearing on your Objection to the Adoption Petition.

The Petition will be heard for determination by the Honorable Judge Don Jesse Toussaint in Division 22 of the Juvenile Adoption Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado, 7325 South Potomac Street, Centennial, Colorado 80112 on the 26th day of January 2023, at1:30 p.m.

Legal Notice No.530839

First Publication: December 8, 2022

Last Publication: January 5, 2023

Publisher: Littleton Independent

Colorado Christian Services 3959 E. Arapahoe Road, #200 Centennial, CO 80122 (303) 761-7236

Kathryn A. Stafford, Esq.

Attorney for Colorado Christian Services Grob & Eirich, LLC 12596 W. Bayaud Ave., Suite 390 Lakewood, CO 80228 (303) 679-8266