Mark Taylor, principal at a land- e process began last year, design rm received feedback from 681 participants, public works director Keith Reester said.
e feedback showed that respondents wanted to preserve the natural character of the space, preserve views and protect native plants,
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Educators at Goddard Middle School during their walk-in on the Colorado Education Association’s Day of Action on March 3.
BY NINA JOSS NJOSS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
As students piled out of their parents’ cars and walked into Goddard Middle School on a recent Friday
morning, they were met by a sea of red shirts. Dozens of their teachers stood in front of the school, holding signs that said “PROTECT,” “RESPECT” and “#DayOfAction.” is gathering was part of the Colorado Education Association’s Day of Action on March 3, during which educators in Littleton Public Schools joined statewide e orts to raise awareness about education funding and put pressure on the legislature to put more dollars
towards public schools.
e Colorado Education Association is the largest union of educators in the state and works with local education union groups including the Littleton Education Association.
Amanda Crosby, president of the Littleton Education Association, said educators at 13 schools participated in the day of action. ey
When Littleton High School ninth grader Osso Siddall heard lockdown alarms begin during his lunch period, he did the safest thing he could think of — he ran.
“ e lockdown alert sounded, and then everybody was just screaming and confused,” he said. “And then I heard someone, I think it was like a sta member, said something about somebody was in the building… So I got out of there as fast as I could.” ree blocks and a couple hundred rapid heartbeats later, he arrived at his home. His mother, Mary Siddall, knew something was wrong right away when her son opened the door, out of breath.
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among other desires. Respondents also expressed concern about afterdark loitering, reworks, privacy concerns of neighboring houses and lack of accessibility to the space.
In an e ort to immediately address some of these issues, ocials changed the park hours. New signage labeled the park open to the public from sunrise until sunset, as opposed to having it open for a few hours after dark.
Reester said neighbors expressed that this change limited some afterhours activity.
Concept site plan elements
e new design plan implements several other factors to formalize the park even more, in hopes to dissuade inappropriate behavior.
“Really what we’re trying to do here is activate the site,” Taylor said. “And we want to do that in a way that is consistent with the way people want to see the site used…. e more we can have people using the site in an appropriate way, the less comfortable it is for people to use the site in an inappropriate way.”
e concept site plan includes two paved loop paths around the two sections of the park with soft-surface paths traversing across the loops.
e concrete path will be maintainable throughout the year and is intended to be more accessible than the current habit trails.
“We did hear from a few residents who have loved ones using mobility devices who have not been able to
use the site,” Taylor said. “We really do want to provide equity and universal access to this site.”
District 4 Councilmember Kelly Milliman said she was concerned about the paths not all being ADA accessible.
“What I still am struggling with is this soft-surface trail through the middle,” she said. “If somebody is on a scooter or a wheelchair or whatever, they’re not going to be able to use that to cut across… If its going to be accessible to everybody, I personally would like to see it all natural concrete.”
“I like the di erentiation between the two,” Mayor Kyle Schlachter responded, adding that the Mary Carter Greenway Trail has di erent areas that are paved and unpaved. e plan also proposes an area called a vista terrace where park visitors could see the mountains, as preserving views was a repeated desire of community members. is area would be shifted back from current informal park viewpoint areas in an e ort to reduce privacy concerns for nearby homes.
For families, the site plan includes a “nature play” area for kids. It would include “discovery paths” with boulders and logs for families to explore as well as a natural structure for kids to play on.
“Part of the goal of nature play is to get children back outside,” Reester said in an interview with Colorado Community Media. “But at the same time, do it in an environment which provides them the opportunity to be interactive in nature, but also have that play be more imaginationbased.”
Milliman said some community members were concerned about the placement of the nature play area, nothing that it’s close to Prince Street. Councilmember At-Large Pam Grove agreed.
“We don’t want children getting hurt, because that’s a busy street,” Grove said.
Taylor said the area is 50 to 60 feet from the road and the plan has it there because trees screen the view of that area from the neighborhood. But he said there is exibility in where it could be placed.
Community feedback was divided in desires for parking, with some community members expressing they desired a parking lot and others opposing the idea. e draft plan includes some designated parallel parking spaces along Sunset Drive as well as an Americans with Disabilities Act parking space on Dry Creek Court.
Other site amenities would include seating, native plant areas, signage and other potential artistic interpretive elements.
“I think this plan really represents really listening to the comments that we’ve received since that rst meeting and trying to balance an asset that the taxpayers paid for and listening to the concerns of those that could be most a ected by (it),” said SSPR executive director Rob Hanna at the meeting.
So far, the city has contributed $22,669 to the design project, with SSPR contributing the same, according to city documents. e city anticipates total project costs through construction to reach $1,000,000 to be shared between SSPR, Littleton open space funds and Arapahoe County open space grant funding.
Littleton’s anticipated share would be $125,000 in 2023 and $200,000 in 2024, according to the city.
City council will speak about the site plan at an upcoming regular meeting and will consider a resolution to support the plan, Reester said. Community members will be welcome to make public comment at this meeting.
Citizens can also review the site design plan and provide feedback at https://gameplan.ssprd.org/jackasshill-park-site-plan?tool=news_ feed#tool_tab. After the city council takes action on the plan, South Suburban Parks and Recreation will host another meeting with an opportunity for public comment.
Littleton neighbors on their daily walks look forward to passing the corner of South Pierce Street and West Walker Avenue on Wednesdays. In the house on this corner, a small friendly face smiles through a kitchen picture window and waves.
“Our mail lady comes and waves to him,” said Elizabeth Albright, who lives in the house. “ e snowplow driver this morning could see him in the window and they were waving back and forth to each other…
e school bus and the kids, I mean everybody waves — they all know that Andre’s in the window.”
Albright started babysitting 2-year-old Andre last August, when her neighbor posted on NextDoor asking for someone to watch her son on Wednesdays.
Six months later, Albright visited Andre’s preschool to read “Andre’s Window,” a children’s book she wrote about the child and his relationship with the world.
“I’ve kept journals my whole life, but I’ve never written about anybody else or anything else,” Albright said. “If you could see this little boy look out this window, you would know that it’s the cutest thing you’ve ever seen, so you just kind of want to share it with other people.”
e book focuses on the people and things Andre sees on the street, with an emphasis on colors.
“It got to be where I’d sit in my rocking chair and he’d look out the window and we’d talk about colors and bunnies and puppies being walked and the trucks and the school bus,” Albright said. “I just thought, ‘You know what, I’m going to write a book about this little boy looking
out this window and make it a book about colors for kids.’”
Each spread of the book focuses on a different color, represented in the objects and people passing by. ere is a yellow school bus, a green bicycle, a red truck and more. e book also includes cameos from Albright’s grandchildren and another child from the neighborhood.
Nikki DeLaTorre, Andre’s mother, said she was honored when Albright asked to write a book about her son.
“ at’s so amazing that somebody would want to write a book about your child,” she said. “I love the book… it’s like, very simple in its writing, but it’s bold with pictures, you know, so I think it would catch a child pretty well.”
Even more than the book, DeLaTorre said she’s grateful for Albright and her husband for letting Andre into their lives.
“(It’s) such an honor, such a blessing that this family who never even knew this kid just took him in like their own,” she said. “ ey take such good care of him -- we’re so blessed, like I have no idea how I got so blessed.”
“Andre’s Window” can be purchased on Amazon for $9.99. Albright hopes for the book to be in elementary schools and hospitals across the world, especially in infant intensive care units. She said all pro ts made from the book sales will go towards the purchase of books to be donated to hospitals, daycares and schools.
For Albright, Andre is the reason behind it all.
“I think I just want him to grow up and remember how special he is,” she said. “I really did it for him. He is just a special, special little boy. And I want him to know how incredible we think he is.”
BY TAYLER SHAW TSHAW@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
e Englewood Public Library is set to reopen March 13 after closing roughly two months ago due to methamphetamine contamination. Christina Underhill, the city’s director of parks, recreation, library and golf, announced the reopening in an email to the city’s library board members on March 3. ere will also be enhanced security coming to the civic center through the addition of more guards, she said.
Underhill and Deputy Director of Public Works Chris Edelstein presented di erent options for enhancing security at the civic center and library during the Englewood City Council’s Feb. 27 meeting.
e ideas included restricting access to certain entrances to the building, adding metal detectors and increasing security guard staing.
“Our goal is to increase security and safety for all who visit the civic center,” Underhill said.
e civic center and public library are part of the same building, located at 1000 Englewood Parkway. ere are three main entrances to the building, including a north and south entrance on the main level of the building and a south entrance on the second oor of the building.
Of the ve safety enhancement options that were presented to the city council, sta recommended the option that included making the second oor entrance an employeeonly entrance and placing metal detectors and guards at the rst oor entrances.
is option was evaluated heaviest from the city’s re marshal’s o ce and building o cials, and multiple city sta were involved, Underhill said.
“ e metal detectors would prohibit some items from coming into our facility. We see a lot of shopping carts, bikes, various items that do enter the civic center and the library itself. And so ultimately, that would help deter a lot of … those types of items from coming into the facility, which ultimately will make it safer,” Underhill said.
She said there have been some people who expressed they would not feel comfortable coming into the building if there were metal detectors, while others have said they would feel safer.
Several council members raised concerns about the addition of metal detectors to the building. Mayor Pro Tem Steven Ward asked whether the addition of the metal detectors would make Englewood Public Library the rst public library in Colorado to have metal detectors.
“I do not want to be the rst library in the state of Colorado that installs metal detectors. It’s important to me. I want to maintain a safe and orderly
environment. ere are more ways to do that than metal detectors,” Ward said.
“I have similar reservations about the welcoming feel of the library if we install metal detectors,” Councilmember Joe Anderson said.
In addition to having concerns about the metal detectors, Councilmember Rita Russell said she had a problem with the idea of restricting the second oor entrance.
“ is is where citizens come to do their business, not just to go to the library. And I think we need to have it open and inviting,” Russell said. Following some discussion of di erent ideas, a majority of the council agreed to keeping all of the entrances open and increasing the number of security guards in the civic center so that there will be a guard at each of the entrances as well as another guard oating throughout the building to respond
Steven Ward, Mayor Pro Temto any potential issues. No metal detectors will be added. is new plan will increase the city’s annual security cost by more than $300,000, according to the sta ’s presentation.
In her email to the library board, Underhill said the north civic center lobby will be open but the north doors to the library will remain closed.
“ e easiest way to access the library is through the south entrance on the parking garage side. Our library security sta will be positioned inside the south entry doors,” Underhill wrote.
She noted it is possible that the bathrooms will not be ready for the March 13 opening, and that the onsite restroom trailer will stay in place until all restrooms are reopened.
As part of its security enhance-
ment measures, the city is considering adding environmental sensors to the restrooms on the rst and second oors, according to the sta presentation.
e city has been in contact with two di erent manufacturers of environmental sensors, Edelstein said. ese sensors would not be able to distinguish meth, he noted. However, these sensors are meant to detect total volatile organic compounds, smoke, vape and noise.
“ ey can, number one, notify our camera system. So, that way it can kind of ag the camera outside — we don’t have cameras in the restroom facilities, let me be clear on that — they’d be outside the door,” he said. “So as the individual walks out, they can kind of get … a screenshot of that individual and the technology is there to kind of follow them through the cameras … inside the civic center.”
Edelstein said the reason for the environmental sensors is to try to prevent reoccurrence of issues such as smoking substances inside the restroom. e cost of implementing the environmental monitoring equipment is currently unknown.
Councilmember Chelsea Nunnenkamp asked if there was an estimate on when the city will know the costs of the monitoring services. Edelstein said the city is waiting on a demo unit and there is not currently a time estimate.
“It’s gonna tie into our camera system so I would assume it’s gonna be a one-time cost for the purchase of all of the items, and then after that, it rolls into our normal camera system — security camera system,” he said.
‘I do not want to be the first library in the state of Colorado that installs metal detectors. It’s important to me.’
“I’m like, ‘What’s going on?’” she said. “And he’s like, ‘Well there was a lockdown.’ And I was like, ‘Why are you here?’ And he said, ‘Well, because I left. Why would I be in the building if there is a shooter?’”
Littleton High School was one of more than a dozen Colorado schools that were targeted by hoax threat calls, known as “swatting” calls, on Feb. 22. e incident threw parents, students, school sta , law enforcement o cials and district o cials into immediate response mode as they tried to gure out what was happening and how to communicate during the incident.
Communication
Melissa Yongue found out about the lockdown when her ninth-grade daughter texted her from inside the school. Yongue was aware of the swatting calls happening at other schools. Her daughter said she heard no gun re in the building.
“I would say within probably 10, 20 minutes, I think… my husband and her and I all felt pretty condent that it was just part of the hoax calls coming in because she wasn’t hearing anything,” Yongue said. “So it was kind of a short-lived panic, but it was de nitely a panic. I mean, it’s not something that any parent wants to get from a text message from their child in 2023.”
While the lockdown was happening, Yongue said she continuously refreshed the Littleton Police Department Twitter page to see up-
dates on the situation. On the police department’s Tweets, comments from some parents expressed frustration that Littleton Public Schools was not communicating more during the lockdown.
One comment at 2:31 p.m. thanked the department for its updates, saying that the district had “communicated nothing” at that point. Another comment posted the next morning said, “And there was also no communication with the parents until 2 hours and it was over! Not cool.”
e lockdown started at 1:47 p.m., according to the district. e district sent a text message and email to parents about the lockdown at approximately 3:27 p.m., just a few minutes before the school’s regular dismissal time and about 17 minutes before the lockdown lifted. Later in the evening, the district sent messages from Littleton High School Principal Cathy Benton and Superintendent Brian Ewert.
Yongue recognized there could be many reasons the information didn’t come faster from the district, but said it was still frustrating that the information came out as late as it did.
“I understand it’s a sticky situation, but I think lack of information is what causes people to speculate,” she said. “And it takes one student or one person to misinterpret something or mishear something or mistake something and that information spreads like wild re… I would like to have more information coming from them but like I said, we had the information coming from (the police department) and that is what I think kept a lot of parents as calm as you can be in a situation like that.”
Police spokesperson Sheera Poelman said her goal with police communications is to get information out quickly when it relates to public safety. e district, she said, is a different entity with di erent communication processes.
“Both the school system and the police department realized that we need to get our communication teams together,” she said. “So that way, if something like this happens in the future, we’re ready.”
Littleton Public Schools spokesperson Diane Leiker said the district was working to get information out as fast as they could while also juggling many other concerns during the incident, especially because it happened near dismissal time. ey were coordinating with law enforcement, guring out delayed dismissals, adjusting bus plans and also managing situations at the district’s three other schools that were on secure perimeter at the same time as the lockdown, she said.
“It’s important to note that (the school district’s) rst priority anytime that there’s an incident is to ensure the safety of our students and sta ,” she said. “We always want to communicate with our parents and our sta and our community as quickly as possible. We’re not always in a position to do that, though, because the information isn’t available to us or it’s changing so rapidly.”
She said the district learned from the experience and has made changes for the future.
“We wish that we could have communicated in a much more timely manner,” she said. “Every incident we have, we learn, and we certainly learned from that one. And so it is
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Leiker said the district implemented an enhanced communication strategy on March 1 when more swatting incidents happened in Boulder, Brighton and Aspen. Although Littleton schools were not targeted, the district sent out texts and emails and posted on their website to keep families informed.
“I appreciated them acknowledging the situation quickly,” Yongue said about the March 1 communications. “It was very soon after news reports of the other calls being made again that we received the message from (the district).”
Other parents said they were pleased by how the district handled communications during the lockdown and did not see a need for change.
“It’s di cult because as a parent, I really would like to know what’s going on right away, right?” Siddall said. “But I have learned with all the issues we have been having at all di erent schools that it takes a lot of time to put the communication out… You have to trust our principal, you have to trust our resource o cer and the police — even when, yes, of course, we want to know what’s going on.”
When asked if he was afraid when the lockdown began, Osso said he was more confused than anything.
“For the most part, I was just confused about like, what’s happening?” he said. “I’ve lived my whole life in Littleton, and nothing really
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As of March 1, it’s wine-o-clock.
As Coloradans browse the aisles of their local grocery and convenience stores in March, looking for the right loaf of bread or reasonably priced eggs, they will soon have a new option for soothing their in ationsqueezed shopping experience: wine.
at’s because voters in November approved a ballot initiative allowing wine to be sold in grocery and convenience stores. Proposition 125 narrowly passed with 50.6% of voters in favor.
Both grocery and convenience stores with a license to sell beer can begin selling wine March 1. at’s approximately 1,900 licensees as of this month, according to the Department of Revenue. ey’ll also be able to o er beer and wine tastings.
e Colorado Licensed Beverage Association, which represents small liquor retailers, opposed the measure and warns that its members could be crushed by the change.
“While many liquor stores will adapt and outsell grocery stores because of their selection, we foresee approximately a third of the 1,600 independent liquor stores across the state are in danger of losing their business,” said Chris Fine, executive director of the organization.
e measure also didn’t change any other existing alcohol-sales rules, such as the prohibition of sales between midnight and 8 a.m.,
and no alcohol sales to anyone under 21.
Stores that plan to immediately add wine at all of their Colorado locations include Trader Joe’s, King Soopers and Safeway.
While Safeway con rmed they are preparing their shelves now, grocery
stores aren’t allowed to stock their stores with wine until March 1, a spokesperson said.
Two other alcohol-related ballot measures, Propositions 124 and 126, failed on the November ballot.
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$4M grant approved
BY TAYLER SHAW TSHAW@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
e Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is awarding $4 million to Centennial Airport to design a new airport tra c control tower, the administration announced.
e 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.
e tower is the building that the air tra c controllers sit in to direct tra c in, out and around the airport’s airspace, said Chris ompson, Centennial Airport’s manager of communications, via email. It is controlled by the FAA but the airport assists in general maintenance and upkeep, he said.
Centennial Airport owns the current tower, which opened in 1985, and the FAA leases it from the airport, ompson said. e new tower will replace the current tower and will increase operational capacity and enhance air eld safety, the FAA said in the release.
“ e current tower is approaching 40 years old and there are some aspects of the building that need updating to continue safe and proper operation in the future and, much like a vehicle or other item, sometimes it is more cost-e ective to replace than update,” ompson wrote. “ ere are also some other operational advantages to a new tower depending on what site is selected.”
e $4 million will be set aside for site selection and the engineering and design of a new tower, ompson said. It will be a multi-year project and the actual construction
timeline will be determined at a later date once the design work is done, he explained.
“It’s exciting and attering to receive the grant,” ompson wrote. “Centennial Airport has played a big role in the economic growth of both Arapahoe and Douglas counties and it is a good feeling to know that the FAA nationally recognizes our importance and is willing to give us a share of the pie so to say.”
e $4 million funding comes from the Airport Terminals Program, which is one of three aviation programs created by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, according to the release. is law provides $1 billion annually for ve years for airport terminal grants.
“Today’s funding doesn’t just improve Centennial Airport’s terminal. It creates opportunities in the community for good-paying jobs and a chance to be part of our country’s thriving aviation sector,” FAA Deputy Administrator A. Bradley Mims said in the release.
Centennial Airport is one of three airports in Colorado that received funding. Denver International Airport was awarded $22 million to fund a portion of the baggage handling system replacement that the airport is planning. e Colorado Springs Airport received $6 million to help fund the remodel of its terminal concourse.
“Americans deserve the best airports in the world, and with demand for air travel surging back, this funding to improve the passenger experience couldn’t come at a more urgent time,” U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said in the release. “ ese grants will make it faster and easier to check your bags, get through security, and nd your gate, all while creating jobs and supporting local economies.”
Arapahoe County Libraries
Locations: Multiple locations in Arapahoe County
Website: arapahoelibraries.org
Details: Each year, Arapahoe libraries hosts a variety of reading events and gatherings to help fill the summer hours.
Jefferson County Library
Locations: Events in Lakewood, Arvada, Golden, Evergreen, Edgewater, Wheat Ridge and more
Website: https://jeffcolibrary.org/
Details: With summer coming, the Jefferson County Library system is already holding information sessions and planning events, such as the Cosmic Conversations: Telescope Highlights of the Midnight Sky in June.
Douglas County Libraries
Locations: See website
Website: www.dcl.org/camp-dcl/
Details: Choose from weeklong half-day camps at six DCL locations or full-day camps at select locations from June 5 through Aug. 4. Camps are facilitated by subject matter experts and supported by trained staff and volunteers. Camp themes include science, robotics, creative arts, LEGOs, cooking and baking, with each camp geared to a specific age range.
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Summer Camp
Locations: See website
Website: https://bit.ly/3YRWCcC
Details: The program is a fully licensed day care by the State of Colorado, Department of Human Services for children 5 years old (and completed kindergarten) through 14 years old. There is a registration fee of $10 per child.
City of Golden
Locations: See website
Website: https://bit.ly/3Sm6Y1X
Details: Summer camp registration opens Feb. 28 for residents and March 2 for nonresidents. Golden addresses are not all within city limits; some are actually part of unincorporated Jefferson County. Check if your Golden address is within city limits at addresslookup.jeffco.us.
Evergreen Park & Recreation District
Locations: Variety of locations
Website: www.evergreenrecreation. com/201/Camps
Details: The annual programs provide options for kids starting at 3 years old.
City of Thornton – 2023 summer camps
Locations: Varies by camp
Website: www.thorntonco.gov/recreation/ Pages/registration-information.aspx
Details: The annual summer program is already underway with registration for residents beginning on Feb. 1. Nonresidents joined on Feb. 2. From physical activities and sports camps to arts and more — the annual program will continue to register participants.
City of Northglenn summer programs
Locations: See website
Website: www.northglenn.org/rec_and_ events/childrens_programs.php
Details: Participants will enjoy their time at the Northglenn Recreation Center swimming two times a week, playing games/ activities in the beautiful gym, going on fi eld trips, having in-house experiences, riding pedal boats at Webster Lake, playing daily at E.B Rains Jr. Memorial Park, plus much more.
Wheat Ridge Parks & Recreation
Location: 4355 Field St., Wheat Ridge
Website: www.rootedinfun.com/191
/Sun-Camp
Details: Wheat Ridge Sun Camp is a state-licensed day camp for children ages 6 to 13; offered during Jefferson County Public Schools’ spring, summer and winter breaks.
Arvada summer camps program
Location: 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada
Website: https://arvadacenter.org/education/summer-camps
Details: This summer, the Arvada center is offering a variety of half day camps and full-day camps — including prescheduled Awesome Art Packs. Awesome Art Packs are combinations of our most popular summer camps that provide full day activities for students. These camp packages are a creative and convenient way to give your child a multi-disciplinary arts experience this summer.
Highlands Ranch Community Association
Locations: Recreation centers throughout the community Website: https://hrcaonline.org/classescamps-activities/camps
Details: Every year, the Highlands Ranch Community Association works to provide something for everyone in its summer camp program. For children into sports, there are plenty of athletic camps available. For those looking to improve in art, arts and education programs are plentiful.
Town of Castle Rock Summer Camp Program
Locations: Vary based on camp Website: https://www.crgov.com/3270/
Summer-Camps
Details: From sports camps to jedi training and science and arts — the Town of Castle Rock prevents a full slate of summer camp programs in 2023. Visit the town’s website to learn more about ages, prices and details.
Commerce City Parks & Recreation
Locations: Eagle Pointe Recreation Center, 6060 E. Parkway Drive, Commerce City
Website: https://recreation.c3gov.com/ classes-programs/camps
Details: Youth Camp Venture is a traditional camp for children ages 6 to 10 and offers arts and crafts, STEM, active play, swimming and field trips. Camp takes place primarily outside at Eagle Pointe Rec Center. Adventure Trek is an outdoor adventure program that provides a new experience every day. Those ages 11 to 15 travel offsite for hiking, survival skills training, water activities and nature-based programming.
Town of Parker/Parker Fieldhouse
Location: 18700 Plaza Drive, Parker Website: https://parkerrec.com/2029/ Summer-Day-Camp
Details: Ages 5 to 13 can join this camp for themed games, activities, crafts and a ton of fun at the Parker Fieldhouse. Campers will be separated into age groups 5 to 6 years, 7 to 9 years, and 10 to 13 years. Expect swimming days and field trips too.
Foothills Parks & Recreation District
Location: 6612 S. Ward St., Littleton Website: www.ifoothills.org/school-carecamps/#camps
Details: Details will be posted online for the 2023 summer program in March.
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The Giggling Life Care Farm
Location: 14583 Cherry St., Thornton
Website: www.thegigglinglife.com/summer-farm-fun
Details: If your kids love animals you need to check out The Giggling Life Care Farm in Thornton for summer activities. The Giggling Life Care Farm is special for a lot of reasons, but the most important one is Kristi — the owner. She has a BS in psychology and a master’s in education, has studied life coaching for the last eight years, and is certified in Equine Assisted Coaching and Pet Therapy.
Highlands Ranch — Camp Backcountry
Location: 6005 Ron King Trail, Littleton
Website: hrcaonline.org/classes-campsactivities/camps/camp-backcountry
Details: Nestled into 8,200 acres of wildlife conservation property just south of C-470 on Santa Fe Drive, Camp Backcountry is the spot for a build-a-fort, hikejust-to-explore, and don’t-forget-yourbinoculars kind of summer for your kids. The Backcountry believes that children learn, grow, and thrive best when outdoors and immersed in nature. Our week-long, full-day outdoor camps support the needs of children by using a whole-child, experiential learning approach. From minicamps to leaders-in-training programs,
the camps are for ages 5-17.
Great Outdoors Summer Camp
Location: Miller Activity Complex — 1375 W. Plum Creek Pkwy, Castle Rock
Website: www.crgov.com/3270/SummerCamps
Details: This regional park includes the Miller Activity Complex (MAC), Millhouse, Amphitheater, Challenge Hill, ziplines, Adventure Tower, Sky Trek, and adventure playground area as well as over ten miles of hiking and biking trails. For ages 10-15.
Chatfield Stables Horse Camps
Location: 11500 N. Roxborough Park Road, Littleton
Website: www.chatfieldstables.com/ horse-camps.html
Details: Chatfield Stables is the longestrunning horse camp in the area. Every child has their own horse for the entire week. Kids get to lead, feed, water and work with their horses every day. Campers learn horse care, including grooming and bridling. They water and feed their horses, learn to groom them, and take care of them at the end of the day. We ride daily, whether in the arena or on the trail.
Community Sailing of Colorado
Locations: 4800 S. Dayton St., Greenwood
Village
Website: www.communitysailing.org
Details: Community Sailing of Colorado provides premier sailing programs (summer camps, adult classes, adaptive sailing,
and community partnership events) at Cherry Creek and Boulder reservoirs. The weeklong summer camps range from beginner through advanced sailing for youth ages 5-17. It’s a perfect fit for any adventurous spirit who loves the outdoors.
At the YMCA of Metro Denver, our youth development philosophy is grounded in 150 years of lifting up kids and helping them reach their full potential. It’s a philosophy centered on two critical factors: creating a unique sense of belonging and always incorporating the pure fun and joy of childhood.
Camps include adventure camps, sports programs, art that focuses on ceramics, painting, drawing, digital media and more. To find camps in local communities, visit the website at https://bit.ly/3Kg6GYM. Summer camp programs are available in the following Denver metro cities:
• Arvada
• Aurora
• Broomfield
• Centennial
• Commerce City
• Denver
• Golden
• Lakewood
• Littleton
• Thornton
• Wheat Ridge
MAD SCIENTISTS
Kookalooz Space Playground: STEM
Summer Camp
Locations: 6805 W. 88th Ave., Westminster
Website: www.kookalooz.com/westminster-co/summer-camps/
Details: 5 different camps from the basics of space to engineering. Each camp is one week long. For ages 5-10.
Colorado Adventure Point
Location: 10455 W. 6th Ave., Suite 150, Lakewood
Website: https://coloradoadventurepoint. org/
Details: CAP’s STEM Camp isn’t your typical science camp. Our campers get to experiment with chemistry, physics and engineering through a variety of materials, experiments and challenges to meet their curiosities and skill level in our challenge by choice model. In addition to building engineering models and friendships, the campers get to enjoy our climbing wall, archery range and more — and learn the science behind these fun activities. Camps are available for ages 6-12.
Butterfly Pavilion
Location: 6252 W. 104th Ave., Westminster
Website: https://butterflies.org/
Details: Starting June 5 and running through Aug. 11, the Butterfly Pavilion hosts all the creepy crawlies and your children at camp. There are five themes, which repeat once and include spider week, junior zookeeper and survival stories, where kids can learn about how insects adapt to survive.
Mad Science
Locations: Multiple locations in the Denver metro area, including the Littleton area, Denver and Broomfield
Website: https://colorado.madscience.org/
Details: These camps are designed for ages 6 to 12, though sessions such as Red-Hot Robots and Advanced Robotics camps are more appropriate for ages 8 to 12. Instructors are mostly college students pursuing degrees in education or science and teachers off for the summer. Themes include chemistry, space science, forensics, engineering and more. Each camp is weeklong, though times can vary.
Air & Space Camp
Location: Wings Over the Rockies at 7711 E. Academy Blvd., Denver
Website: wingsmuseum.org/education/ camp/
Details: Ready for an aerospace adventure? At Wings Over the Rockies that’s exactly what kids ages 8 to 14 can expect in these week-long camps. The fun starts June 5 and goes on until Aug. 11, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily.
Center for the Arts: Summer in Color
Location: 31880 Rocky Village Dr., Evergreen
Website: https://evergreenarts.org/summercamp/
Details: Camps explore various media, from clay sculpting and wheel throwing, to pop art and mural painting, to the art of different cultures and the art of the masters. Several of our camps also incorporate outdoor components, including hikes, yoga, and opportunities for photography and eco-art projects. Let kids explore their creative side with imaginative and inspiring camps at CAE this summer. For ages 5-17.
Denver Art Museum
Location: 100 W. 14th Ave. Pkwy., Denver
Website: www.denverartmuseum.org/en/ summer-camps
Details: The camps at the Denver Art Museum get broken into three age groups: 5 to 6, 7 to 8, and 9 to 11. Overall, the themes remain the same — there are camps about art in nature, how to draw, learning about color and sculpture. Each camp runs from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. and includes plenty of time in the museum to garner inspiration.
Craftsman & Apprentice
Location: 1335 E 22nd Ave., Denver
Website: craftsmanandapprentice.com/ pages/summer-2023
Details: Ages 5 to 11 can spend the summer creating worlds out of cardboard, paint, hot glue, ribbons, corks, buttons and more at this Denver kids’ crafting studio. Themes include toys, crafty critters, fiber arts and more.
The Apollo Center Summer Camps
Location: 2655 Industrial Lane, Broomfield
Website: www.theapollocenter.com/ campdescriptions
Details: The Apollo Center offers a variety of skill-based camps for kids and adults alike. Aerial Performance Camps for kids
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ages 5-17 years focus on learning aerial technique and choreography throughout the week which will culminate with a camp performance based on the camp theme.
Front Range Theatre Company Triple Threat Summer Camp
Locations: 15035 Performing Arts School, Parker
Website: www.frontrangetheatre.org/triplethreat-summer-camp.html
Details: Working with professional instructors with years of experience, your child will learn the three major elements of any stage performer: Voice, Dance and Acting. The camps are designed to challenge performers in the entire range of life in the theatre, including a live performance in a mainstage venue!
Audience of One Youth Theatre Camp
Location: Highlands Ranch
Website: www.AO1Theater.org
Details: Whether a student is looking to try out theater for the first time, polish skills or have fun with friends, the AO1 has one-totwo-week camps can work in the summer schedule. AO1’s summer programming includes kids’ productions for ages 5-12, workshops for ages 8-18, and a two-week intensive program for teenagers.
The Arvada Center
Location: 6901 Wadsworth Blvd. Arvada
Website: https://arvadacenter.org/
Details: If your kid is 5 to 12 and loves a bit of drama and/or art, the Arvada Center has a slew of full- and half-day camps available. The best and most economic way to sign up for camp is to do it in three- or four-week blocks, and the venue offers combinations of visual art, musical theater, drama and music.
Kent Denver Performing Arts Camps
Location: 4000 E. Quincy Ave., Englewood
Website: www.KentDenver.org
Details: Summer at Kent Denver School offers all children ages 4–18 the opportunity to experience innovative, creative, handson learning in the arts, athletics, our Tiny Farm Day Camp, academics, innovation and technology.
St. Lukes Performing Arts Camps
Location: 8817 S. Broadway, Highlands Ranch
Website: www.StLukesPAA.org
Details: From preschool age to high school students there are a large variety of summer camp shows planned in Highlands Ranch and Castle Rock areas. Registration is now open.
Castle Rock Dance Academy
Locations: 140 S. Wilcox St. Suite A, Castle Rock
Website: http://www.castlerockdanceacademy.com/
Details: At Castle Rock Dance Academy (CRDA), best friends are made, etiquette and self-discipline are taught, and students learn skills they can carry with them through life. The program offers weekly dance classes in
Bowlero
Locations: Multiple locations in Cherry Creek, Littleton and Lone Tree
Website: www.bowlero.com
Details: Fun for all skill levels, Bowlero’s modern spin on bowling is the perfect way to spend quality time with the kids. Celebrate every strike, spare and yes, even gutter balls, with the most famous lanes in the game and a delicious menu of classic American eats.
Golden Goal Sports Complex
Location: 2650 Alkire St., Golden
Website: www.goldengoalsc.com/summersoccer-camps
Details: Golden Goal offers spring break camps and summer camps for all ages from under 5 to high school.
Camp Urbie at Urban Air Adventure Park
Location: 15400 E. Briarwood Circle, Aurora
Website: https://bit.ly/3IuCQOO
Details: Let ‘em Fly for a whole week of play, in-park activities, snacks and more. Camp Urbie’s Adventure Camp is the best way to beat the summer heat and play in the best indoor playground in town. The weeklong camp is open to kids 7 years and up.
Gold Medal Athletic Camp
Location: Castle Rock Recreation Center
Website: https://www.crgov.com
Details: Athletes will participate in small- and large-group instruction, drills and games or scrimmages. We welcome beginner athletes to learn how to use proper mechanics and fundamentals of the sport and intermediate or advanced athletes who want to continue to grow their motor skills and skill in the sport. For ages 7-12.
Tigar Gymnastics Camps
Location: 4860 Van Gordon St. Unit B, Wheat Ridge
Website: www.TigarGymnastics.com
Details: A variety of programs at a variety of ages is available at the gymnastics center, including ninja classes and programs for older ages.
RMF Soccer Camp
Location: Aurora Sports Park at 19300 E. Colfax Ave., Aurora
Website: https://rmfsoccercampsusa. com/soccer-camp-denver/
Details: From July 17 to July 21, this prorun soccer camp will come to Colorado. It’s run by experienced Spanish UEFA coaches, and goes from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day. Kids from 6 to 16 can sign up.
Aerial Cirque Over Denver
Location: 4605 Quebec St., Denver.
Website: https://aerialcirqueoverdenver.com/
Details: If your child is thinking of joining the circus, or just wants to bend, twist and soar through the air, this is the camp for them. Dates run from May 29 through August 14, and include morning and afternoon camps (9:30 a.m. to noon and 12:30 to 3 p.m.) for ages 6 to 16.
Maestro Music Institute
Location: 6478 Ward Road, Arvada
Website: maestromusicinstitute. com/2023-instrumental-summer-camp
Details: Instrumental Summer Camp is back this year covering a myriad of ensemble opportunities. We will be offering Rock Band, Orchestra, Choir/Theater, Piano ensemble and composition. Summer campers will have the opportunity to learn new instruments in addition to honing their skills on their primary instrument. Students will work in large and small ensemble groups and perform a variety of music at the end of the week.
Kidzrock Rock Band Camp
Location: 2842 S. Broadway, Englewood
Website: www.musicallifedenver.com/ summercamp
Cost: $319
Details: Rock Band Summer Camp teaches children ages 4 to 7 how to play in a rock band. Campers learn to play drums, electric guitar, keyboard and sing. On the final day, campers perform a short (adorable) concert for parents and family. In addition to rock band time, students get to make music-related arts and crafts, create a fantasy band identity, and play outdoor games at the park next to the school. No prior musical experience is required. No investment in gear is required.
Avid 4 Adventure
Locations: Various spots
Website: https://avid4.com/summercamps
Details: For two weeks kids get to bask in nature, away from their parent, at either Camp Windy Peak near Bailey, or Camp Blue Sky near Evergreen. The kids sleep in cabins and build their skill sets in nature and with outdoor sport activities.
Cheley Colorado Camps
Location: Cheley Colorado Camps at 3960 Fish Creek Road, Estes Park.
Website: https://www.cheley.com/
Details: If your kid is 9 to 17, send them off to a 27-day overnight camp in Estes Park. Full term is June 13 to August 6, or chose a half term from June 13 to July 9, or July 11 to Aug. 6. Activities include horseback riding, water sports, art and plenty of outdoor adventure.
Camp Granite Lake
Locations: 11902 Camp Eden Road, Golden
Website: https://www.campgranitelake.com/
Details: Located in the mountains about an hour from Denver, the camp covers 135 acres including a private lake. It’s a co-ed camp for grades second to ninth. Choose from two sessions, either June 19 through July 8, or July 10 through July 29. There are also minicamp options for grades 1st through 4th, covering the week of July 31 or Aug. 7.
With 70 artists and merchants under her roof and room for 50 — maybe even 75 — more, Kristin Davis is hoping to see a lot of growth in 2023 at Heart and Home Local Artisan Market in Centennial.
“We’re expanding,” Davis told Colorado Community Media. “ is week alone, I have 11 new artists that I’m interviewing.”
Davis owns Heart and Home, a retail store that houses local artists, crafters, designers and vendors that sell a variety of decor, apparel, jewelry and gifts. e store rents booths, giving artisans and entrepreneurs an opportunity to have a brick-andmortar location without having to buy or lease their own commercial
“It’s many stores within a store,” Davis said.
Heart and Home’s new location, which opened in October, is three times larger than its previous spot a mile down the road. Clocking in at 12,000 square feet, the store has room for additional enterprising
Heart and Home Local Artisan Market is at 8239 S. Holly St. in Centennial. It’s open Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. until 7 p.m., Saturday from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Last month we celebrated Black History Month and as the rst African American commissioner in Arapahoe County, it is important to me to take stock of not only the achievements and progress we’ve made in becoming a more inclusive and diverse community, but also the myriad of work that lies ahead.
e same goes for the work of my fellow county commissioners and me. Our goal is for Arapahoe County to be the best place in Colorado to live, work and raise a family. And while it’s valuable to re ect on our accomplishments in achieving this goal, it’s imperative that we also identify the challenges and barriers we face in reaching this goal. But make no mistake, it is achievable.
First, let’s focus on why Arapahoe County is so special and the successes we’ve had. We can con dently boast a unique diversity of landscapes, industries, recreation and business opportunities, exceptional schools, strong economic growth and thriving communities. More than 655,000 residents call Arapahoe County home, making it the third largest County in Colorado. By 2030, the County will be home to 800,000 residents, surpassing the population of Denver and El Paso.
As my fellow commissioners and I noted on our Telephone Town Hall in January, our County has done an extraordinary job of managing our funds and using them wisely and e ciently. However, despite a long
artists.
“We’re trying to really back people that want to grow their business,” said Davis, who di erentiates between hobbyists and businessminded craftspeople.
A long-time resident of Colorado, Davis moved to the state with her family when she was in rst grade. She attended Littleton Public School District schools, started her own family in Centennial and now lives in Highlands Ranch. Local is her “jam,” and she prides herself on helping area artisans thrive.
With 20 years of experience in marketing and advertising for the telephone industry in addition to her time in retail, Davis has knowledge as well as oor space to o er. For the people that rent from her, she holds workshops on pricing, marketing, taxes and other topics foundational for small business owners.
“If they’re successful, I’m successful,” she explained.
To help her sell items and run the store, Davis employs one full-time store manager and nine part-time workers including a young woman
record of responsible budget management and good scal stewardship, current revenues coupled with this anticipated growth will make it challenging for the County to continue meeting the needs of our residents. Essential services that the County provides – public safety, human services, mental health programs and road maintenance –are at risk. ese are complex issues that we’ve collectively identi ed as priorities and that we are committed to addressing, in partnership with County sta and residents.
We all are very aware that families across Colorado and the U.S. are currently faced with rising in ation and an uncertain economy, and we are forced to make the most of every dollar. County government is no di erent. We pursue e ciencies, innovations and cost-savings with our available resources. But the reality is that we will be unable to meet the needs of our growing community without making a concerted e ort to stabilize our funding sources and modernize our nances.
Again, make no mistake, it is achievable…together.
In the coming weeks and months, your elected leaders look forward to connecting with you as we take a thoughtful approach to this journey ahead. Look for future telephone town hall events at www.arapahoegov.com/townhall, follow us on social media, or subscribe to e County Line newsletter to stay informed and get involved.
Leslie Summey is on the Arapahoe County Board of County Commissioners representing District 4, which includes the unincorporated area in north Arapahoe County and portions of the City of Aurora.
who just turned 16 years old.
“She’s learning how to sell. She’s learning the aspects of customer interaction,” Davis said. “ at comes easy for me, so I like being able to take what I know and teach and educate other people.” is year, Heart and Home is hosting regular craft nights for free at the store and all are welcome. Whether folks work with metal, paper, paint or fabric, Davis encourages them to pack up their projects and meet other hands-on, creative types.
“Bring in some yarn and knitting needles and talk to the person across the table from you that may be stamping cards that they made,” Davis said. “You know, it’s just a way to meet and greet and be part of a community.”
Davis and the team at Heart and Home also make an e ort to partner with local nonpro ts. In the fall, the store was a collection point for Coats for Colorado donations. Next, they’ll partner with HopeCycle, an Englewood-based group that provides bicycles to people in underserved communities.
“I just think it’s really important to bring people into our store that are community minded and community focused,” Davis said. “Because that’s how we are.”
It seems that over the last two years, maybe more, the words “a ordability” and “equity” are trigger words for some.
It seems like when anyone says a ordable housing is being planned for an area of the Denver metro area – It must mean ghetto because residents speak out against it and ght to stop it. When I hear about an a ordable housing or apartment project, I am usually in favor of it, especially in areas of Arapahoe and Douglas counties. I do not think this housing is going to attract criminals and bad people. Let’s face it, the idea of “a ordable” right now doesn’t mean the neighborhood is going to become trash.
For many of those calling these plan a recipe for turning neighborhoods into the ghetto, another term I can’t say I am fond of, they should look at the price tag.
In all reality, the word “a ordable” likely means starter housing for young couples growing their income status year by year. It is likely meant for teachers how are struggling to live and work in the same communities. ese are not bad people. ese are people I would happily be neighbors with.
Unfortunately, somewhere along the way, the word “a ordable” gained an unfair stigma that will continue to prevent progress.
As homes stay out of reach for the common, hardworking families — the Denver metro area will su er. It will su er because those hard-working, fundamental families that make an economy and community run — will leave.
ey will go somewhere a ordable, turn that community into a thriving area and we will lose here in our hometown.
To those who cringe when they hear about a project that is aimed at “a ordable housing” — I say do not get hung up on the word. Instead, read the plans, go with an open mind and look at what rent and sale prices will be and ask yourself if it will attract the bad neighbors that some seem to be afraid of.
Now, on to the second word that has gained a lot of attention in recent years — “equity.” Now, I get it. e media has certainly made that a true talking point and whatever side of the debate you are on — the word “equity” is coming up a lot.
e bottom line is, equity policies in schools, government and business are nothing new. ey have been around for as long as I have been alive. ey do have value in our society.
I just hate that any time an organization is looking at equity policies, we are starting to see the word as something bad, something that will change our way of lives.
Just like an a ordable housing, I encourage all to not stop at the word, but consider the policy or discussion being had. Don’t listen to the noise and nonsense generated on social media. Read them, form an opinion and have a true, useful debate and discussion.
After reading, it may very well be the language is too much and you want to have more discussion to tone it down. at is OK.
However, after looking past the word “equity” and giving a true, fair read to any proposal — try to nd common ground.
elma Grimes is the south metro editor for Colorado Community Media.
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I commend you on your in-depth look at the housing crisis with your series, “ e Long Way Home.” Your reporting shined a big light on the complexity of the situation: local government land use policies; citizen opposition; inequities of all kinds; economics and more. As a board member of Littleton’s public housing authority, South Metro Housing Options, I know rsthand the challenges providing housing for people of all incomes, ages
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Patricia Cronenberger LittletonThere is an old saying, “If you don’t ask, you don’t get” or, “If you don’t ask, the answer will always be no.” Many times these are associated with salespeople who stopped short of asking their prospect for the order or fail to ask for critical information or an immediate next step. However, these sayings hold true for all of us. For some, asking comes very naturally. We understand the consequences of not asking so we are always bold enough to speak up, knowing that fortune favors the bold. en there are others of us who have a deeply rooted fear of rejection so asking for something, anything requires us to summon our courage before breaking out into a cold sweat while meekly and nervously uttering out our question. ere is also something else at play here when it comes to hearing the word “no,” or being refused a request. Some people are so tired and burnt out that the word “no” has become their rst response to everything.
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Even the simplest of asks or tasks is met with resistance. e smallest requests are seen as monumental hills to climb. e thinking is that the person making such a request clearly has no idea just how much work this is going to require or how di cult it will be. Saying “no” for some folks has become an art form, they can say “no” and still have the person who asked walk away feeling good. Others may subscribe to the philosophy of saying “no” to everything as fast as possible so others will stop asking them for anything. e rst word out of their mouth is literally always “no.”
Here’s the thing, sometimes we get so conditioned to saying “no” that it really has become our rst response instead of rst taking the time to learn more, so we know what it is that we are really saying “no” to or refusing to do. I do believe in saying “no” to more of the things we shouldn’t be doing so that we can say “yes” to more of the things we should or could be doing. However, not at the expense of missing an opportunity to get done what needs to get done.
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wore red and many did “walk-ins,” gathering outside together before school, to show support.
“(We’re) trying to keep the action outside of the student day but still bring awareness to the fact that education funding in Colorado is terrible,” Crosby said about the walkins. e color teachers wore represented “red for ed,” short for education.
“We’re all wearing red because we want our government to take a priority in education,” said Andrea Scott, an educator and Littleton Education Association representative at Euclid Middle School.
Scott said salaries for young
If you are leading a team, you probably wouldn’t want them to stop coming to you with questions.
If you are a part of a team, you also wouldn’t want to be left out of opportunities to collaborate and problem solve. And any parent certainly wouldn’t want their child to stop coming to them with questions or requests, instead, just taking actions into their own hands and dealing with the consequences later. When the “no” monster inside of us is unleashed, we invite contempt and disharmony in any relationship.
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teachers are so low that many of them can’t even a ord to live in the Littleton area where they teach. She hopes more funding would help raise salaries.
“No one’s going into this profession anymore because when you can’t support yourself, you can’t support a family, you know, it’s impossible to do,” she said. “We love kids. And we want to stay here. We just want to be paid for it.”
Goddard seventh grade language arts teacher Colleen Barrows said she wants more funding to go towards school safety as well as salaries. She said the budget stabilization factor, also sometimes referred to as the negative factor, needs to change.
e budget stabilization factor is a mechanism implemented by Colorado state legislature in 2009 that
Years ago, I had a coworker named Frank. Frank would say “no” to everything at rst. But not for the reasons mentioned above or that you might be thinking. He taught me one of the greatest lessons of my life when it came to decision-making relative to both the person asking for something and the person being asked. He would say “no” if the request wasn’t supported with the “why.” Or Frank would say “no” if the person asking didn’t really understand everything involved in what they were asking for.
What Frank taught me and I hope to pass along to you is this: Before saying “no,” take the time to ask more questions and get as much detail as possible before making your
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reduces funds to K-12 public education and puts that money towards other areas.
“ is issue, the budget stabilization factor, this has been a problem for years and years and years and years,” Barrows said. “And we were having the same discussion in 2020. And here we are still having the same discussion. So it’s time, it’s time to make a change.”
Lawmakers held back $321 million through the budget stabilization factor in 2022, as reported by Chalkbeat Colorado.
Luke Kunzie, a sixth grade math teacher and the Littleton Education Association representative at Euclid Middle School, said he hopes every year for more state funding.
“It always seems like the budget is taken to the last edge every year,” he said. “And just always seems like
decision. And before you ask for anything, know the “why” behind your request, and what it is you are really asking the other person or team to do for you.
Are you saying “no” simply out of habit? Is the “no” monster hurting your relationships at home or at work? Do you understand the concept of including your “why” behind your request? I would love to hear your story at gotonorton@
there’s always a push that ‘We’re gonna give more, we’re gonna give more!’ and it just never ever seems to come.”
He said more state dollars would help educators develop lifelong learners, not only through academic resources, but also from a mental health standpoint.
Euclid counselor Tara Kolker agreed that schools are in need of more mental health resources, noting that there are large ratios of students to teachers and counselors.
“We owe it to our kids to make sure that they’re getting the best that we can possibly give them,” she said. “ at means more money for our schools so that they can have access to teachers that have quality pay and mental health professionals that are there for them.”
gmail.com, and when we can take the time to know before we say “no,” 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.
2023 has already been a big year for Make-A-Wish.
Wish Week fundraisers have been in full swing at local schools this winter, and basketball legend Michael Jordan donated $10 million — the largest individual donation ever — to the national organization last month. And spring 2023 could be even bigger.
Make-A-Wish Colorado celebrates its 40th anniversary this year and is hosting an anniversary celebration and fundraiser in April in Denver. Since it started, Make-A-Wish Colorado has granted more than 6,000 wishes for children with critical illnesses as a way of giving them hope and something to look forward to during their treatment.
Golden’s Ben Bontrager, 10, went to Hawaii for his wish last spring. He was diagnosed in early 2020 with Burkitt’s lymphoma and was sick for almost a year, with his mom Sarah saying, “We almost lost him a couple times.”
Ben, who’s now in remission, said going to Hawaii was “the rst thing idea that popped in my head,” because he wanted to get out and do something fun.
“I was sick of being home,” he continued.
Now, Ben and his family are becoming Make-A-Wish ambassadors so that they can help other families through the same process.
Dad Je Bontrager said Ben’s wish was a “bright spot” to think about during those long days at the hospital, adding, “ e thought that (MakeA-Wish) has done it over and over for people, it’s really pretty amazing.”
For Jennifer
Joan Mazak has been the proverbial fairy godmother for thousands of Colorado children after she founded the organization in 1983. She started it in honor of her daughter, Jennifer, who died at 7 years old of a liver disease.
Mazak recalled how, about a week before Jennifer’s death, she was granted an uno cial wish to meet local radio mascot KIMN Chicken. He stopped by the family’s house, walking around the entire property hand-in-hand with Jennifer. Many of the neighborhood children stopped by to see KIMN Chicken, but he was focused on making Jennifer feel special.
“It was great for her to be able to have that,” Mazak said.
After Jennifer’s death, Mazak used funds that people had raised for a liver donation to start Make-A-Wish
Colorado. ere were only three other chapters in the country and no national organization yet, she said. e local chapter was all volunteers working out of their homes, helping to create memories for children who needed them. Mazak said the very rst wish was to catch a sh, so they set up a shing trip at Dillon Reservoir.
Longtime volunteer Gary Aboussie recalled wishes to meet the pope and the Broncos. One of his favorite stories was sending a guitar to Bruce Springsteen to sign, him keeping that one, and sending back his own guitar instead with a special message. Mazak said of wishes: “ ey come in all shapes and sizes. ere are so many logistics to putting together a single wish. It’s di erent for every single family.”
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About 20 years ago, Make-A-Wish Colorado started partnering with local schools for Wish Week fundraisers. Mazak said it’s been a winwin situation, as it helps instill philanthropy in the students and raises money for their sick peers. Plus, she always loves seeing schools’ creative fundraising methods, like shaving teachers’ heads or taping their principals to the wall.
While nancial contributions are needed, so are volunteers.
Aboussie described how meeting Make-A-Wish children and their families “touches your mind and heart.” So, he works to help however he can — whether that’s serving on the board of directors or speaking at events.
“(Volunteering) shows you how much more there is to do,” he said. “… We can’t stop the problems, but we can ease the e orts and give the
child something to dream about when they’re going through the possibly the most di cult time of their life.”
Both Aboussie and Mazak stressed how much these children and their families need “a sense that there will be a better tomorrow,” as Aboussie described it. ey said these children also need to feel normal after feeling di erent during their formative years.
Hope and normalcy
Castle Rock’s Jack Rodell, 8, might be a little shy, except when it comes to talking about the best day of his life.
On Nov. 14, Jack was the guest of honor at a Colorado Avalanche game. He described the entire day in detail, saying he met the players, got his own jersey and more.
Jack, who wants to be a professional hockey player when he grows up, was diagnosed with leukemia but has been in remission for two years. His wish was delayed because of COVID-19.
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Over the past few years, he’s represented Make-A-Wish Colorado at fundraising events, and he and his family are now becoming wish ambassadors, like the Bontragers.
“When your kid is diagnosed with cancer, and you just live appointment to appointment, it’s very lonely,” his mom Krystalyn said. “… In his head, he just feels di erent. … It’s nice to see other people celebrate him, and it’s something he’ll remember for the rest of his life.”
at’s something Denver’s Austen Swinton can con rm.
Swinton, who’s graduating from the University of Colorado-Boulder this spring, was diagnosed with end-stage renal failure as a child and eventually received a kidney transplant. For her wish, she met singer and actress Demi Lovato at a July 2009 concert.
After the two met backstage, Lovato pulled Swinton on stage and asked her to sing “ is Is Me” for the crowd. Swinton said she didn’t have stage fright at all, and Lovato sang with her.
e two reunited last year when Swinton spoke at World Wish Day in California where Lovato was being honored for helping Make-AWish.
Swinton, now 23, said her experiences with Make-A-Wish helped brighten her life when she needed it most.
“Looking back at how much I was going through at that age — I was only 10 or 11 when I was on dialysis — I was missing out on some of those peak childhood moments,” she continued. “ … Everyone says how much a wish impacts a child. You don’t truly know until you’re living that experience.”
Having a wish granted is the best day in a child’s life, Jack described, and now he’s hoping he can help other children as an ambassador, paying forward all the kindness he received.
BY SONYA ELLINGBOE SELLINGBOE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
A beautiful concert, “Shakespeare in Love,” conducted by Rene Knetsch, presented by the Parker Symphony Orchestra at the PACE Center on Feb. 24, led me to thinking about how rich we are with music in this south Denver suburban area ... Parker has events scheduled on many weekends, including Jimmy Bu ett’s “Escape to Margaritaville” June 23 to July 16.
As a longtime Littleton resident, I can remember a smaller start-up by cellist Jurgen de Lemos of the Littleton Symphony Orchestra which once tted onto Town Hall Arts Center’s modest stage and soon needed more space ... It now performs at the welldesigned Littleton United Methodist Church, 5894 S. Datura St., and has a concert called “Out Like A Lion” scheduled at 7:30 p.m. March 22, featuring Dvorak Symphony #8 in G major, op 88. Also on the program: Hansen Jazz Violin Concerto, performed by Claude Sim, associate concertmaster of the Colorado Symphony. e Littleton orchestra’s new conductor, Catherine Sailer, will lead into the 39th season.
“Appalachian Spring” will follow on May 19 ...
A few years after the launch of
Englewood and Littleton over the years and had a somewhat rocky time recently, but has managed some special programming for children as well as general public and holiday concerts. “Tamiko and the Magic Violin” is scheduled at 11 a.m. April 14 at Hope United Methodist Church, 5101 S. Dayton St. And, looking forward: on July 3, “Stars and Stripes Forever” at 8 p.m. at Breckenridge Brewery — with reworks! I think this one involves picnics on the green. Watch for more information as the weather warms up. Sounds particularly nice with the present
We will inquire soon. South Suburban Parks and Recreation District will oversee Hudson Gardens’ operations following the retirement of the director there.
Organizations around the metro area are showing more signs of life after the di cult stretch for all involved with events that involve gatherings ... My computer reports new bits of info here and there — now and then ... I was alarmed to see information about another possible epidemic hovering ... Parker, Lone Tree and Castle Rock will probably all host Independence
Day events as well. We’ll watch for world coming back to life after a long
(I see that some organizations are requiring masks and it will probably be a good idea to carry one with you, I’d imagine — or at least several in the car.)
Also ahead at PACE on March 18: “John Tesh: Big Band Live!” and March 24 “Friday Night Jazz with the CJRO: Ladies of Jazz.” Colorado Brass and Colorado Wind Ensemble will team up for a concert and the McTeggart Irish Step Dancers will perform at Bemis Library in Littleton at 2:45 on March 19.
Enjoy!
Thu 3/16
Teague Starbuck @ 5pm
The Pint Room, 2620 W Belleview Ave, Lit‐tleton
Mon 3/20
Crestone Peak Ages 13-14 - 2023
League Session #2 @ 3:30pm / $300
Mar 20th - Apr 29th
Elevation Volleyball Club, 12987 E Adam Aircraft Drive, Englewood. 720-524-4136
Torreys Peak Ages 8-11 - 2023
League Session #2 @ 3:30pm / $300
Mar 20th - Apr 29th
Elevation Volleyball Club, 12987 E Adam Aircraft Drive, Englewood. 720-524-4136
Modern Swing Mondays @ 5pm / $10
Stampede, 2430 South Havana, Aurora
The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band @ 7pm Swallow Hill, 71 E Yale Ave, Den‐ver
Fri 3/17
Vagabon @ 7pm Gothic Theatre, 3263 S Broadway, Englewood
Vamonos Pest/Mobro: Mobro at Brewability Lab @ 5pm Brewability Lab, 3445 S Broadway, Englewood
Tue 3/21
Zoology Comparative Anatomy Dissections @ 7am / $75
Mar 21st - Mar 23rd
Valor Christian High School - Academic Building, 3775 Grace Blvd., Highlands Ranch. 303-471-3000
The Greatest Game Ever Played (AM Session) @ 8am / Free
Mar 21st - Mar 22nd
Valor Athletic Building, 3775 Grace Blvd, Highlands Ranch. 303-471-3000
Black Market Translation @ 6pm D3 Arts, 3614 Morrison Rd, Denver
Weyes Blood @ 7pm Gothic Theatre, 3263 S Broadway, Englewood
Sat 3/18
Justin Willman: Pace Center @ 3pm Pace Center, Pikes Peak Avenue, Parker
Dear Marsha,: St Paddy's with DM and her Freaky Band @ 7pm Toley’s on the Creek, 16728 E Smoky Hill Rd Suite 11C, Centen‐nial
5th Annual ShamROCK
Stampede for PTSD @ 9am / Free-$35 500 Fairgrounds Road, Castle Rock
6 Million Dollar Band @ 6pm Pindustry, 7939 E Arapahoe Rd, Centen‐nial
Jay_Martin @ 6:30pm Rocker Spirits, 5587 S Hill St, Littleton
Jill Tasei: Comedy Show @ 5:30pm BS Comedy Club, 207 E Wolfens‐berger Rd, Castle Rock
Tei Shi @ 7pm
Gothic Theatre, 3263 S Broadway, Engle‐wood
EL FANTASMA - GERARDO DIAZ @ 7:30pm / $70
Stampede, 2430 South Havana, Aurora
Sun 3/19
The Church @ 7pm
Gothic Theatre, 3263 S Broadway, Englewood
Wed 3/22
Ladies Night @ 5pm / $10
Stampede, 2430 South Havana, Aurora
Rayland Baxter @ 6pm Gothic Theatre, 3263 S Broadway, Engle‐wood
DJ Rockstar Aaron: Forbidden Bingo at 'Bout Time Pub & Grub @ 7pm Bout Time Pub & Grub, 3580 S Platte River Dr A, Sheridan
Charles Ellsworth @ Englewood Tavern @ 6pm
The Englewood Tavern, 4386 S Broadway, Englewood
Thu 3/23
Pinback @ 7pm Gothic Theatre, 3263 S Broadway, Engle‐wood
he Newman Center at the University of Denver o ers a season of innovative arts performances including a visit by the Paul Taylor Dance Company on at 7:30 p.m. on March 27. e New York-based Taylor company is headed by Michael Novak, Taylor’s chosen successor, since Taylor’s death in 1984. e company was originally formed in 1954. Dancers associated: Merce Cunningham, Martha Graham, George Balanchine. e audience will see Taylor’s signature work, “Esplanade,” as well as Larry Keigwin’s “Rush Hour.” Tickets at the Newnan Center Box O ce: 303-871-7720 or newmancenterpresents.com.
Voices West
“Starry, Starry Night” is the title for the upcoming Voices West concerts in Littleton at 7:30 p.m. on March 18 at Littleton United Methodist Church, 5894 S. Datura St., Littleton, and 2 p.m. on March 19 at St. Timothy Episcopal Church, 1401 E. Dry Creek Road, Centennial. Tickets at the door. is is the 45th season for the choral group that started as e Littleton Chorale, with a group from Littleton’s Friends of the Library/ Museum.
PACE Center
“Friday Night Jazz with the CJRO: Ladies of Jazz” at 7:30 on March 24 at the PACE Center, 20000 Pikes Peak Ave., Parker. 303-805-6800, parkerarts.org.
Colorado history
Columbine Genealogical and Historical Society will meet at 1 p.m. on March 14 to hear Colorado author Randi Samuelson-Brown talk about “ e Bad Old Days of Colorado.” e program will be at e Good Shepherd Episcopal Church, 8545 E. Dry Creek Road, Centennial. Guests and new members welcomed. Also available on Zoom. e talk will be on the establishment of Denver, discovery of gold, Colorado during the Civil War, the Confederate Gold eld Plot and other dubious happenings. Presenter is Dina Carson, author and lecturer. All are welcome. Free.
Jazz and art
“Blind Visionaries” showcases a
musical performance with original jazz by the Daniel Kelly Trio and New York’s Seeing With Photography Collective, a group of visually impaired and sighted photographers, who create colorful, thoughtprovoking visual art through “Light Painting.” It will be held at 7:30 p.m. on April 21 at Lakewood Cultural Center, 470 S. Allison Parkway, Lakewood. Tickets start at $25 and are available online: Lakewood.org/ Exhibitions.
Lone Tree
Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St., Lone Tree, has “Tunes on the Terrace” tickets available for four performances. Tickets cost $45 for reserved seating, $40 for lawn seating and $80 for Pink Martini Premium Seats; $70 for Standard seating Front Row seating is $50. See lonetreeartscenter.org.
Art in Littleton
“Romance is in the Air” is the current Littleton Fine Arts Guild exhibit at Town Hall Arts Center, 2450 W. Main St., Littleton. Winners are: Allen Voss, Judith Bennett, Peggy Dietz, Bob Ellert, Carl Paulson and Karen Shaw. See townhallartscenter. org.
On stage
Town Hall Arts Center: “La Cage Aux Folles” plays April 7-30 at Town Hall Arts Center, 2450 W. Main St., Littleton. See townhallartscenter. org.
Garden club
e next Littleton Garden Club meeting will be the rst Wednesday in April, April 5, at 6 p.m. at the Littleton Public Schools Education Services Center, 5776 S. Crocker St., Littleton. New members and guests are welcome. ere will probably be a speaker. Leo Ortiz is the new president. Members learned of the death of longtime member Barbara Boardman. Donations in her name can be made to the Barbara Hyde Boardman Endowment for the Master Gardener Program at Colorado State University Cooperative Extension Service.
Ballet Ariel
Ballet Ariel will perform “Firebird” at 2 and 7:30 p.m. on April 8 at Elaine Wolf eatre at the JCC, 350 S. Dahlia St.; and 7:30 p.m. April 29 and 2 p.m. April 3 at Lakewood Cultural Center, 470 S. Allison Parkway, Lakewood. Tickets: $20-$30. 303-2829828, balletariel.org.
Th ere’s nothing wrong with taking a new approach to a beloved event — that’s how new perspectives and stories get added to familiar ones. In his second year as general manager of the JCC Mizel Arts and Culture Center, Rich Cowden decided to do just that in preparation for annual Denver Jewish Film Festival .
“I used the first year as a listening tour and one of the things that came up during the process was that we could add some new elements to the festival without throwing away the things that worked so well,” he explained. “We wanted some space for more diversity in the line-up and started looking at how we select films every year.”
To inject new viewpoints into the festival, Cowden changed how films were selected, bringing in younger people to share the stories that connected with them and made it easier for members of the pre-screening and film selection committees to work through the more than 300 submissions the festival receives every year.
“We also opened a second space at the center for film screenings, so we can show more films,” he said. “What people will find this year is we’re making inroads into a more diverse portfolio of films.”
This year’s festival, which is presented by The Chotin Foundation and runs from March 11 through March 19 at the JCC Mizel Arts and Culture Center , 350 S. Dahlia St. in Denver, reflects those efforts to expand the frame - there are 39 Israeli and Jewish films, including nine shorts and one television mini-series, hailing from 14 countries. For those who can’t attend in person, films will be streaming on-demand from March 20 through March 29.
With so many entries, there are truly options for all to enjoy, but one that Cowden particularly cited is the closing night feature, “The Man in the Basement,” a psychological thriller based on a true story, about a French couple whose cellar is rented out to an anti-Semitic conspiracy theorist.
As an organization that never shies away from fostering conversation, the festival will also screen “Blue Box,” a documentary about efforts to secure land in Palestine. It is just one of the films that will have an audience discussion afterwards, so viewers can share their thoughts and get more information on the topics the film delves into.
“I want people who may think a festival like this is not for them to take a chance and have conversations around the films, the themes and ideas they present, and build a conversation around Jewish culture that is healthy, tolerant and
filled with compassion,” Cowden said. “I really believe in the power of art to build bridges where everyone is trying to build walls. These films then become a conduit for connection between people, and that’s ultimately why we do this.”
To learn more about the films and purchase tickets, visit https:// djff.eventive.org/welcome.
Spring into a new season with the LSO
The Lakewood Symphony Orchestra is welcoming spring with the latest entry in its Season of Favorites with a performance of some beautiful music. The performance will be at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 9 at the Lakewood Cultural Center, 470 S. Allison Parkway.
Some of the music the symphony will be performing include Camille Saint-Saëns’ “Coronation March,” followed by music from the ballet “Coppélia,” a story that predates Pinnochio by 13 years but follows a similar storyline. The show will also feature Brahms’ “Symphony No. 2 in D major.”
For more information and tickets, visit www.lakewoodsymphony. org.
Pictures worth more than a thousand words at MOP Denver
The Month of Photography
Denver , which runs through Friday, March 31, allows the work of photographers of all skill levels and interests the opportunity to showcase their talents. The biennial event is celebrated by galleries and arts organizations all over the state
One of the most inspiring events in this year’s lineup is the free Night Lights Denver, which will be held at the Daniels & Fisher Clocktower, 1601 Arapahoe St. in Denver. The Colorado Photographic Arts Center (CPAC) will be digitally projecting images on the building to celebrate the month. For a full list of events and participating locations, visit https://denvermop. org/.
Sometimes you just need something smooth to get you through the day. The music multi-instrumentalist brothers Ryan and Joey Selan make as The Lagoons fulfill the brief beautifully. Over their three EPs and two albums (including last year’s “Daybreak”), the duo has fine-tuned a vibey electronic take on yacht and surf rock that can just carry you away to somewhere warmer if you let it.
In support of the record, The Lagoons will be stopping by the Bluebird Theater , 3317 E. Colfax Ave. in Denver, at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, March 15. They’ll be joined by opener Jelly Ellington. Get tickets at www.bluebirdtheater.net.
Clarke Reader’s column on culture appears on a weekly basis. He can be reached at Clarke.Reader@ hotmail.com.
Broom eld.
BY MONTE WHALEY THE COLORADO SUNColorado nonpro ts took a beating during the COVID-19 pandemic, bleeding volunteers and employees who were either forced to stay home or were terri ed of leaving their homes for fear they would get infected by the virus.
“We had older and retired volunteers who had to stay home because they were the most vulnerable to the virus,” said Dayna Scott, executive director of Broom eld FISH, a nonpro t providing help with food and housing. “ ere were real fears about death. No one knew what was going to happen day to day.”
Local food banks that help feed and clothe low-income and homeless people were hit especially hard. Grocery store shelves emptied almost overnight and businesses and food banks, including FISH, shuttered for more than a year. Nonpro ts had to pivot, sometimes in 24 hours, to hand out groceries and other donated staples to clients driving through their parking lots.
e rapid turnaround needed to keep things running at FISH burned out many sta members, Scott said. “For some people it was the breaking point. e turnover was brutal.”
Scott said she and her remaining sta stayed clear-eyed about FISH’s mission. ey continued to help residents with rental and other nancial assistance and distributed food to families. In 2022, 12,553 people were served, up from 12,190 in 2021 and about 12,000 in 2020 a big jump from the 7,057 helped in 2018.
“We knew what we had to do,” said Scott, who shares her narrow o ce with a sleepy dog named Sami.
Scott manages a $6.6 million budget, seven paid sta ers and 30 community partnerships while bringing in corporate donors and steering clients to legal and housing help. Feeding families is a top priority for Scott and her sta , and in 2021, FISH distributed 1.5 million pounds of food to hungry people in
She brushes o the notion that she could earn a heftier paycheck if she used her skills for a big business. “I was never a corporate person,” Scott said. “I like to think I do more good by keeping 100 people from starving to death at the end of the day.”
State and local nonpro t o cials say they don’t know exactly how many sta members and volunteers they lost during the worst of the COVID pandemic. Marc Cowell, executive director of Outreach United Resource Center in Longmont, said although few of his peers left during COVID, there is little doubt COVID bludgeoned the nonpro t.
“I can state that COVID-19 did take a very heavy toll on myself and most of my colleagues,” he said.
To ght burnout during and after the worst of the pandemic, the OUR Center stressed a work-life balance to allow sta ers plenty of time to get away and be with friends and family, Cowell said.
“ at goes a long way in helping retain not only executives but managers, and front-line personnel,” said Cowell, who heads OUR Center’s e orts to help people in the St. Vrain Valley get basic services like food and to help pay the rent.
Cowell typically logs more than 50 hours a week as executive director, but takes time in the spring to indulge in one of his passions: coaching baseball at Holy Family High School in Broom eld. Coaching helps restore his energy for his full-time job. “It’s nice to be able to take multiple days o at di erent times throughout the year to recharge my batteries.”
He said the state’s nonpro t sta ers took COVID’s best shot and stubbornly bounced back to deliver goods and services to friends and neighbors hit hard by the virus.
“At the end of the day it is about our mission and helping the community that keeps us coming back,” Cowell said.
Jobless for a year, Broom eld resident Dave Wallace pushes a shopping cart through the narrow aisles of FISH’s 12,500-square-foot marketplace for staples like bread, butter, fresh fruit and vegetables. Almost all the items are donated by local grocery stores and businesses. Wallace is looking for work in the restaurant industry, but until he
gets a steady paycheck he depends on weekly visits to FISH to keep his own kitchen stocked.
“I am glad FISH is here, thank God. What they do is incredible,” Wallace said in January. “ ey help people like me out but they don’t make me feel bad about it. I don’t know what this community would do without them.”
Now aid groups are preparing the loss of pandemic-related support e long and uncertain days and nights fueled by fears of the pandemic are mostly over for Scott and other nonpro t leaders. But now the state’s 20,000 nonpro ts face an even taller task of bridging the gap left by vanishing pandemic-era federal and state funds for shelter and food, said Paul Lhevine, president and CEO of the Colorado Nonpro t Association.
Colorado’s Emergency Rental Assistance Program, which distributed more than $300 million to 36,000 households, is ending this year, nonpro t directors say. Emergency allotments of Colorado Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, are also ending this month.
“ e work in the nonpro t sector is critical now more than ever,” Lhevine said. “ ere are gaps that remain to be lled.”
Broom eld FISH was started 60 years ago in a church basement by
six women who wanted to provide food and clothing to the city’s poor, Scott said.
Women volunteers have always been the prime drivers behind many nonpro ts, but the tendency to pay them less is a main reason why nonpro t executives aren’t compensated as well as their for-pro t business counterparts, Lhevine said. e overall trend toward paying men more in executive slots is also mirrored in the nonpro t world, he said.
For every dollar that a male executive director makes, a female executive director makes 82 cents, according to the Colorado Nonprofit Association’s 2021 salary survey. On average, female executives collect a yearly $111,152 salary while male executives pull in $132,227, according to the survey.
Scott makes about $100,000, only a fraction of what someone is paid for comparable work in a corporation, she said.
Lhevine said compensation for nonpro t leaders was a trend set decades ago.
“Most nonpro ts were created at a place and time on the backs of volunteers and driven by women,” Lhevine said. “ is is a major issue and we have to do a better job of nding a way to pay professionals a fair wage.”
Leaders stayed, money did not
e estimated total pay for an executive director for a business in Denver is $240,568, according to the employment website Glassdoor. e median pay for a CEO in Denver is $404,153.
e association’s survey states that many nonpro ts o er employees bonuses and ex time schedules and are generous with time o to compensate for long work hours. Some provided bonuses to employees to acknowledge their work during COVID-19, the survey reported. Most were 3% or less of the employee’s salary.
Nonpro ts greatly bene t from a workforce that will not back down from a challenge, including entering the post-COVID era, Lhevine said.
“Nonpro ts are mission-driven,” he said. “ e people who work there are not going to back down, even now. Nonpro ts are lled with people who have a passion for their work and they have a need to address the needs of their community.”
e Colorado Family Resource Center Association — which includes nonpro ts like FISH — only lost about 20% of its member executive directors, said Scott, who has been with FISH for nearly eight years and is not surprised at the lack of turnover among nonpro t leaders. is is low turnover considering the responsibilities of running a nonpro t during a major pandemic, she said.
But Scott is not surprised that so many local directors stuck around.
“We love the mission, and now it’s a new one,” she said. “We will have to scramble to get donations and other help for our organizations now that these other programs are waning.”
Alice Sueltenfuss said her job as executive director of Hope for Longmont, which provides shelter and other aid for people who are homeless, is devoted to the constant chase for funding.
“In the nonpro t world, it’s all about grants, corporate sponsors and the amounts given by donors,” Sueltenfuss said via email. “Fundraising helps, of course, but recurring donors help nonpro ts the most.”
Terrapin, a marijuana dispensary in Longmont, is one of Hope’s most reliable donors, giving $10,000 a year to the nonpro t. Terrapin spokesman Peter Marcus said via email that Hope is one of several nonprofits that fall into the company’s various corporate responsibility goals.
“Homelessness is one factor that can result from a cycle created through disproportionate cannabis prohibition and incarceration,”
Marcus said. “Hope ts nicely with our mission to end the war on drugs and make whole those who were harmed.”
Sueltenfuss retired after 32 years of being a school administrator and was drawn into the nonpro t world knowing she would not come close to making as much as before.
“Working to help homeless individuals become self-su cient has given me rewards that are not easily compared,” she said. “Yes, I don’t make the yearly income I did even 10 years ago, but I chose this profession with a nonpro t for reasons other than nancial. You don’t become an administrator of a nonpro t for the money; it’s the cause.”
e same notion motivated Mike Lutz, who left his job as a civil engineer with the city of Louisville in 2008 to work at Broom eld FISH. Lutz said he wanted to make some changes in his life and made the leap into the nonpro t world after seeing some men unloading a truck at the FISH headquarters.
“I asked them if they needed some help and I jumped right in,” Lutz said. “It just seemed the ideal place and time for me.”
He started as a volunteer and eventually became the organization’s food operations manager.
Lutz hustles around FISH’s marketplace to make sure shelves are stocked with food donated by community and corporate groups.
Lutz also coordinates daily with grocery stores in Broom eld and Westminster to collect donations, including fresh fruits and vegetables. e job is especially important to him since he grew up in Broom eld and sees how FISH helps his longtime friends and neighbors.
“I don’t know of another job where I can wake up and can’t wait to get to work,” Lutz said. “I know the money is not great. But here I feel like I am making a di erence.”
A school project by Sharin Oliver’s son led her to volunteer for FISH in 2009. She liked the neighborly atmosphere at FISH and stayed on to become operations manager.
Oliver had been a management consultant out of college and then a stay-at-home mom. FISH became her calling.
“FISH makes Broom eld a smaller place, and I like that,” Oliver said. “My son once told me ‘Mom, you want to feed the world.’”
“Yeah,” she said, “I guess I do.”
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.
As conversations about gun violence came to the forefront Friday in Colorado, Cherry Creek Schools Superintendent Christopher Smith sent an email saying gun locks are available for families to pick up at the schools. No questions asked.
Gun locks are devices that prevent a weapon from discharging. Smith said the Arapahoe County Sheri ’s O ce has provided gun locks for Cherry Creek Schools to hand out, free of charge, to families.
e gun locks are available in baskets in the entryways of schools, and there are also pamphlets that explain how to use the locks, he said.
“Every year, we lose students and sta in the Cherry Creek School District to gun violence, including suicide by rearm,” Smith wrote. “Suicides are on the rise across the country, according to CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) data.
“In CCSD, suicide threat assessments are also increasing. Firearms are now the leading cause of death for children in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,” he added.
According to the CDC, in 2020, suicide was the second leading cause of death for people ages 10-14 and 2534. Suicides account for about 54%
of all rearm deaths, and roughly 53% of all suicides involve a rearm, according to a 2022 article published by the Kaiser Family Foundation.
Smith noted in his letter that the state law “Safe Storage of Firearms,” passed in 2021, requires rearms be responsibly and securely stored when they are not in use in order to prevent access by unsupervised juveniles and other unauthorized users.
“Responsible and safe gun storage in the home can save lives,” Smith wrote. “Any single step we can take to prevent suicide and save a life is a step worth taking.”
He said community members can nd more information on how to safely store guns online at projectchildsafe.org and bit.ly/safetoolkits.
Cherry Creek Schools also has a mental health webpage with resources regarding youth suicide prevention, available at: bit.ly/ cchealth23.
Smith’s letter was sent the same day as hundreds of East High School students marched to the Colorado Capitol to demand that state lawmakers take action to prevent more gun violence, as reported by e Colorado Sun.
East High School student Luis Garcia, 16, died March 1 after spending weeks in the hospital following being
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Banning abortion. Restricting transgender athletes’ participation in school sports. Slashing state revenues by cutting the income tax rate.
A wave of bills Republicans are introducing in the Democrat-controlled Colorado legislature reads like a list of hot-button GOP talking points. And that’s not by mistake, even if they have no chance of becoming law.
House Minority Leader Mike Lynch, R-Wellington, said the measures — some of which are highly controversial — are “statement bills” that show Coloradans what Republicans’ priorities are and how they would lead the state if they were in charge.
“I think if we were suddenly to be in the majority, you’d see a whole bunch of really drastic right-wing legislation,” Lynch said. “But I think that’s largely a factor of the fact that we’ve been out of the majority for so long. We’re trying to x these things that have piled up over the last 10 years.”
e legislation may only be sponsored by a handful of Republicans, but they re ect on the entire caucus. Senate Minority Leader Paul Lundeen, R-Monument, urged people not to necessarily lump the entire GOP together.
“ e Republican caucus is an intellectually diverse caucus. It brings an array of perspectives,” he said. “One or two people have a strong conviction of this speci c nature and there may be other perspectives.”
Democrats are running into the same political conundrum, including when it comes to a bill that would let local governments enact rent control policies and another that would legalize safe-injection sites, where people could use illicit drugs under medical supervision.
e governor, whose signature is vital for any bill to become law, has signaled he’s skeptical about both. Democrats introduced them anyway.
Each legislator is permitted to in-
troduce ve bills, and each one must get a hearing. at’s di erent from in Congress, where leadership can shelve legislation they don’t like.
In other words: Democrats are e ectively powerless to stop controversial GOP measures from seeing the light of day.
e day of a committee hearing for several Republican abortion-related bills — including a total ban on the procedure — Democrats said statement bills aren’t new.
“It is important that we take them seriously and that they are heard,” said House Speaker Julie McCluskie, D-Dillon. “We will still honor this institution by making sure that every piece of legislation is heard in committee in a fair way and then our public has a moment to share their voices and perspectives.”
Here are 10 bills introduced by Republicans in the legislature this year that have been rejected by the Democratic majority — and were always likely to meet that fate.
Restricting school sports participation based on biological sex
House Bill 1098: is bill, sponsored by Reps. Lisa Frizell, Brandi Bradley and Sen. Byron Pelton, would have required that student athletes only participate in sports based on their biological sex at birth. It was rejected 8-3 along party lines by the House State, Civic, Military and Veterans A airs Committee on Feb. 13 after an hour and a half of testimony.
Reduction of state income tax rate
House Bill 1063: Introduced by Rep. Scott Bottoms of Colorado Springs, this bill would have reduced the state income tax to 3.5% from 4.4% beginning in the 2024 tax year — slashing the state’s general fund by billions of dollars. It was rejected 8-3 along party lines by the House State, Civic, Military and Veterans A airs Committee on Feb. 9 after more than an hour of testimony.
Dissuading enforcement of federal firearms laws
House Bill 1044: From Rep. Ken DeGraaf of Colorado Springs this bill would have created a civil penalty for enforcing federal laws that are
deemed to have infringed on the right to bear arms. It was rejected 8-2 along party lines after two hours of testimony Feb. 6 in the House State, Civic, Military and Veterans A airs Committee.
Abortion ban
House Bill 1119: is bill, also brought by Bottoms, would have abolished abortion in Colorado by including any fetus in the de nition of “person” as it relates to things like homicide and assault. e House Health and Insurance Committee heard three hours of testimony and then voted 8-3 along party lines to reject it on Feb. 17.
Voting systems wireless connections
House Bill 1055: is bill from Rep. Rod Bockenfeld of Watkins prohibits the use of voting systems that are capable of establishing a wireless connection beginning in 2024. It was rejected 8-3 along party lines by the House State, Civic, Military and Veterans A airs Committee on Feb. 13 after nearly two hours of testimony.
Carbon dioxide as a pollutant
House Bill 1163: Another bill from DeGraaf that would have prohibited state and local governments from classifying carbon dioxide as a pollutant or enforcing regulations on the chemical compound that deem it a pollutant. It was rejected 8-3 along party lines by the House Energy and Environment Committee on Feb. 23 after 45 minutes of testimony.
COVID-19 vaccine requirements for minors
House Bill 1029: A bill that would have prohibited requiring COVID-19 vaccinations for minors, administering vaccinations without guardian consent and discriminating against unvaccinated minors was introduced by Bradley and Sen. Mark Baisley. It was rejected 8-3 along
party lines by the House Health and Insurance Committee on Feb. 7 after two and a half hours of testimony.
Immunity for business owners using force
House Bill 1050: Introduced by Rep. Ty Winter of Trinidad, this bill would have expanded immunity of business owners, employees and customers from criminal prosecution and civil liability in a situation in which they use physical force to protect themselves or others against an intruder. It was rejected 8-2 along party lines by the House State, Civic, Military and Veterans A airs Committee on Feb. 6 after about two hours of testimony.
Eliminating caucus and assembly process for primaries
Senate Bill 101: is bill from Sen. Barbara Kirkmeyer, R-Brighton, and Rep. Mary Brad eld, R-Colorado Springs, would have eliminated the ability of candidates to qualify for primary ballots through the assembly process. It was rejected 4-1 by the Senate State, Veterans, and Military A airs Committee on Feb. 16 after about an hour of testimony.
State fees on retail deliveries
House Bill 1166: is bill would have repealed a 27 cent state fee on retail deliveries and was sponsored by House Assistant Minority Leader Rose Pugliese of Colorado Springs and Sen. Perry Will of New Castle. It was rejected 9-4 along party lines by the House Transportation, Housing and Local Government Committee on Feb. 21 after 10 minutes of testimony.
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A year after Colorado lawmakers denied employees of school districts and public universities the right to unionize and negotiate contracts, legislators are considering a bill that would provide some protections for them and other public sector employees.
Senate Bill 111 would extend rights for public employees who openly express views about the workplace, start the process of forming a union, or participate in organizing. Public workers would also be protected from retaliation, discrimination, and intimidation from employers. Private sector employees already have these rights under federal law.
The bill doesn’t require public employers to recognize unions or grant workers the ability to strike. But the legislation, which a Senate committee advanced Tuesday, could represent a notable step forward for K-12 and higher education workers who want stronger labor protections for what they say are crucial workplace rights.
Critics who united to exclude education staff from a law expanding collective bargaining rights last year say this year’s legislation is unnecessary, unfair to employers, and would hurt schools.
Jade Kelly, CWA Local 7799 president, said the bill extends some rights granted to private employees through the National Labor Relations Act, a 1935 law to ensure workers can advocate for better conditions and form labor unions without retaliation. Her union represents higher education workers, library workers, and public defenders, among others. She said public employees do have certain rights under federal statutes. But Kelly said that employers often violate those laws because a federal complaint must be filed by workers when there are issues. It’s a difficult process that creates hostile work environments where public employees feel they can’t speak out, she said.
Kelly said filing a complaint is expensive and takes up a lot of time and “employers know that.”
By extending the federal rights for private workers to public workers statewide, the bill would ensure the Colorado Department of Labor & Employment enforces these rights and step in when violations happen, mediate any issues, and take action.
Democrats in the state legislature have been pushing for more rights for public sector workers. The legislation lawmakers passed last year grants county employees the right to organize and bargain collectively over pay and working conditions. That law also prohibits strikes, work stoppages, and work slowdowns.
But facing stiff opposition from school district administrators, school boards, higher education officials, and Democratic Gov.
Jared Polis, education workers were excluded from last year’s bill.
Senate Bill 111 is sponsored by state Sen. Robert Rodriguez and state Rep. Steven Woodrow, both Denver Democrats. The bill passed the Senate Local Government and Housing Committee on Tuesday with a partisan 4-3 vote.
Many large Colorado school districts voluntarily recognize employee unions and have contracts that include collective bargaining rights, but there is no requirement that they do so. Union members say that leaves many teachers vulnerable.
Mountain Valley School District teacher Kevin Walek, a San Luis Valley teacher union vice president, said teachers worry if they speak out that school district leadership will punish them. Many teachers like him are within their first few years of teaching and on a probationary period.
The bill would help teachers feel like they can use their voice.
“A lot of teachers just keep their head down,” Walek said. “It’s a tough environment.”
In addition to K-12 and higher education workers, the bill would cover a large group of workers, such as county, city, fire, library and public health workers.
The Colorado Education Association and other advocacy groups say the bill grants rights and protections that were skipped over in last year’s collective bargaining bill for many public employees.
Multiple groups want to amend the bill, including the Colorado League of Charter Schools, the Colorado Association of School Executives, and the Colorado Charter School Institute. The committee approved amendments related to unintended consequences the groups identified, such as those related to State Board of Education powers and to ensure management positions wouldn’t be included.
Michelle Murphy, Colorado Rural Schools Alliance executive director, said the bill would substantially disrupt schools. The organization also wants to amend the bill.
“This bill expands employee rights while dialing back and restricting employer rights,” she said.
Opponents include many county and city organizations and governments. Kevin Bommer, Colorado Municipal League executive director, said employers are already required to give employees substantial protections under federal law.
Others also argued there aren’t widespread complaints about improper employer practices. And any such issues can be handled by federal law, they said.
But Kelly said the public ultimately gets hurt when unhappy workers can’t resolve issues quickly with their employers.
“Workers end up leaving or they get to the point where they hate their jobs,” Kelly said. “That creates an adverse effect on anyone who uses public services.”
e Denver metro governments that received checks — for hundreds of dollars or millions — after paying into a tax fund to help build Mile High Stadium are formalizing plans to spend the money on youth activities within their communities.
e city of Aurora’s housing and community services department announced last week the “Dream Big for Aurora Youth Campaign,” which encourages youths, people who work with kids and caregivers, including parents or guardians, to suggest how the city should spend its one-time $3.8 million award on youth-related activities and programs. e campaign webpage, which includes an idea board and short survey, will be open until March 31.
“We are looking to generate ideas around meaningful youth activities in Aurora,” said Jessica Prosser, director of the city’s housing and community services department. “We really want to make sure the youth voice is heard through this process.”
Funding for the e ort comes from the $4.65 billion sale of the Denver Broncos to the Walton-Penner Group in 2022, which resulted in a $41 million refund to the seven counties and 40 municipalities in the Metro Stadium District that helped fund the stadium for more than a decade. e checks range from $12.5 million for Denver to $112 for Castle Pines.
e money comes from a provision of a 1998 lease and management agreement between the district, PDB Sports and Stadium Management Company that required 2% of the net proceeds of the sale of the team to be paid to the district to be used for youth activity programs.
Communities can interpret how they want to use the money for young people. Matt Sugar, director of Stadium A airs for the Metropolitan Football Stadium District, has said he hopes community leaders will invest in after-school programs, mentoring, music and art programs, sports, and mental health resources. ough Sugar said there is not a timeline for when the money should be spent, when community leaders received their checks, they also got a letter advising them that he would ask for an accounting of how the funds were spent. He plans to ask community leaders for those accounting statements in September, a year after checks were cut.
e rebate checks were a pleasant surprise for community leaders, especially those that received the largest sums of money.
e district cut checks proportional to the amount each county and municipality collected in the one-tenth of 1 percent sales tax that helped fund the stadium, which is owned by the district and now called Empower Field at Mile High. Taxpayers funded 75% of stadium construction through the tax, in e ect from 2001 to 2011.
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by the investor group led by Walmart heir Rob Walton, his daughter, Carrie Walton Penner, and her husband, Greg Penner, was approved by the NFL team owners group in August.
With the new funds in hand, the city of Aurora’s community engagement division will be conducting outreach by partnering with school districts and youth-serving organizations, hosting focus groups and offering tabling events on local streets to encourage community members to give their opinions on how the funds should be spent.
e online survey will be the main way Aurora people can engage. Printed surveys in di erent languages will also be available at city libraries starting March 1.
People who take the survey are asked if the money should be spent on art, mentorship, STEM, reading or youth violence programs — or on facilities such as skate park, courts and inclusive parks, library improvements or sports programming.
Rachel Whipple, a community engagement coordinator who will be encouraging involvement from Aurora people at events this week, said once her team collects input from residents, the decision on what youth programs to fund sits with the city council.
“I de nitely think it’s a great opportunity for our youth,” she said. “Our youth are de nitely a very important part of our community, so it’s a very exciting opportunity, one way or the other, to be able to have some funding for them.”
She started looking at survey results as they came in Wednesday morning, less than a day after the platform launched.
“We’re hoping to get quite a bit of community feedback,” she said. “We think that there’s going to be some creative ideas, or ideas we’ve never thought of before as a city, and so we’re excited to get out there and meet people and just hear what they have to say.”
Douglas County leaders said they’re also asking their constituents to decide how to spend the more than $939,000 it received for youth programs, said Wendy Holmes, the county’s director of communications and public a airs.
e county intends to host a live communitywide town hall early in the second quarter of this year to engage stakeholders to discuss ideas. e event will include a live polling portion to help tally opinions, and will be accessible in-person, by phone and online, she said.
“We’ve been talking about it now for the last couple of months,” Holmes said. “It will probably be in April but there is no date yet set. We will market it heavily, and welcome all, and all ideas.”
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Being one of the top seeds in the Great 8 doesn’t necessarily assure a passage into the Final Four.
Take the Valor Christian girls team and the boys squad from Rock Canyon for example.
Arapahoe, remembering an early season loss to Valor, upset the top-seeded Eagles, 64-52, during a day-long Great 8 Class 6A session at the Denver Coliseum on March 4.
Rock Canyon, seeded second in the Class 6A boys bracket, was ousted by Regis Jesuit, 47-46, as the Raiders’ Tarea Fulcher completed a 3-point play with 3.2 seconds remaining in the game.
Mountain Vista, the top-seeded boys team, was sparked by the play of Radek Homer and toppled Valor
In girls Final Four games on March 10 at the Coliseum, Cherry Creek (22-4) will play Grandview (17-9) at 11 a.m. and Arapahoe (20-6) will face Monarch (25-1) at 2:15 p.m.
Grandview’s 6-3 sophomore Sienna Betts was hard to stop with 23 points and 15 rebounds as the Wolves defeated Highlands Ranch, 57-53. Monarch avenged an earlier loss to Regis Jesuit with a 62-44 win over the Raiders.
e boys 6A Final Four schedule on March 10 has Mountain Vista (24-2) going against Denver East (24-2) at 4 p.m. and Regis (20-6) meeting Fossil Ridge (24-2) in a 12:45 p.m. contest.
Arapahoe’s girls made eight of 10 free throws in the nal 68 seconds to get revenge from a 57-44 loss to Valor on Dec. 9. e Eagles also defeated the Warriors in last season’s Final Four.
“Getting beat earlier made us want this game more,” said Warriors sophomore Gianna Smith, who had 24 points and sank four straight free throws in the closing
and Emerson Stark nished with 10 markers.
Valor’s senior Macey Huard had 32 points and scored all the Eagles’ 13 fourth-quarter points.
Homer, Mountain Vista’s 6-foot-2 senior guard, broke his nose in the second quarter and missed the nal four minutes of the quarter.
He changed jerseys to No. 20 and played in the second half. He wound up with 23 points including 14 in the fourth quarter.
“We bumped heads and he didn’t mean to do it,” Homer said of the collision which sent him to the sidelines. “My nose is broken. It was painful when it rst happened. It feels amazing to win. It was great to be a part of it. We played really hard.”
Sophomore Braelynn Barnett had a double double in Cherry Creek’s win with 16 points and 11 rebounds while A’Neya Chambers added 13 points for the Bruins, who will now meet Centennial League foe Grandview for the third time this season. e teams split
Rock Canyon’s Gavin Hershberger took game scoring honors in the game against
e
Association held multiple tournaments over the weekend as the youth hockey season winded down.
Playing in the Colorado Cup competition were the Arapahoe Warriors Yellow in the 10-and-under division. e Warriors, after placing second in three consecutive tournament championships, turned things around on March 5, beating Arvada 5-1 to take over the trophy.
After the game, leading scorer Dennis Lusinov, who scored 109 points and 98 goals over 40 games, said he was glad to nally take home the rst-place title.
Lusinov said he is proud of how hard the Warriors worked to nish strong in the nal tournament of the season.
ere is a new hat-trick king in town and it’s not any players from the Colorado Avalanche. Instead, it’s Dennis Lisunov from the Arapahoe Warriors 10-and-under hockey program.
As the six-month-long season came to a close in early March with the Colorado Cup Championships Tournament, Lisunov nished with 109 points and 98 goals in the 40-game season.
It is nothing for Lisunov to turn in multiple hat track performances. By the end of the 2023 season, the 10-yearold had 23.
Lisunov said about three years ago his father took him to see a Colorado Avalanche game. Lisunov recalled the Avalanche winning 7-3, noting he became hooked on the game.
“Before that, I was only on roller skates, but I knew I wanted to get into hockey,” Lisunov said. “On the ice you just go faster and smoother.”
e 2022-23 season is Lisunov’s rst year playing competitive hockey, joining the Arapahoe Warriors Yellow team.
In the start of the season,
Arvada, seeded second in the tournament, kept pace with the high-scoring Warriors through the second period when the game remained tied 1-1.
“I think both teams were pretty evenly matched,” Lusinov said. “I wanted to get to 100 goals in this game but it was good.”
e Warriors broke things open late in the second when Austin Castelli
players are paired with those with similar talent and skill levels.
For spectators, teammates and coaches, it was clear early in the season that Lisunov had natural talent and a drive to succeed.
Besides practicing with the Arapahoe Warriors team, which consists of players from Douglas, Arapahoe and Je erson counties, Lisunov started doing early-morning private lessons multiple days a week.
His progress, along with the Warriors coming together as a team on defense, paid o quickly. Lisunov led his team to the Colorado Cup Championship on March 5 where they defeated Arvada 5-1 in the nal round.
While teammates say Lisunov is a vocal leader on the ice, pushing everyone to perform better and telling them when he’s being covered a lot to shoot more and keep going, he’s quiet o the ice.
“I just want us all to play together well,” Lisunov said. “Whenever another team scores, I always tell our team we can keep going and to always play hard. Even in the early season when we did not do as well, I just told (teammates) to keep their heads up and we can do it.”
When asked about early season goals and how the
sneaked a quick pass past the goalie to give the team a 2-1 lead.
After that, it was all Warriors as the team went on to win 5-1.
e team’s second top scorer, Lewis Chan, said he was excited to nish strong. Chan nished the season with 34 goals, 15 assists and 49 points overall.
“It is an amazing way to nish,” Chan said. “We played a great game and our defense was amazing.”
As the season progressed, Chan worked on defense as much as o ense, earning a
season turned out, Lisunov had a simple answer, “I just wanted to learn and keep scoring as much as I could.”
As Lisunov started turning in more big games and accumulating hat tricks, he said he understood that other teams were looking at him. Most games had swarms of defenders getting on him. However, private lessons were proving to be successful, as the young player learned to circle behind the Warriors’ net and weave up the ice to rack up more unassisted goals.
Lisunov said one of the scariest moments in the season came in February during the Mile High Meltdown tournament. In the championship round, the Warriors faced Hyland Hills Black. Early in the game, with a tie score, Lisunov was leveled on a blindside check that sent him ying backwards. With a neck injury, Lisunov was taken to the locker room to be checked by trainers, and later the doctor. While the player guilty of the hit was not ejected, he was given a 10-minute major penalty.
Lisunov said he wanted to return for his team, knowing his importance to the team. However, after an attempt to play in the game, he knew his injury was too much. e following week he
defensive player of the game award at one point.
Lusinov and Chan were quick to not only credit the hard work and improvement of the team’s defense, but also to point to the excellent play of goalie Emma Preston.
Early in the season, 9-year-old Preston said her goal was the lead a championship team. She got her wish in the rst season, as the Warriors got the rstplace title in the fourth championship game of the season.
Preston nished the
worked to recover to get back into the competition during the nal Colorado Cup tournament. He said he felt more comfortable and adjusted in the rst round when the Warriors breezed to the second round in a 7-0 victory, which was another hat trick for Lisunov.
Lisunov credited season success to his dad for always taking him to practices and lessons and pushing him to work hard.
season with an 80% save percentage. Joining Preston on a strong defensive performance was Ryan Billman, Connor McDonald and Connor Morrison.
“ is win feels very good,” Preston said. “As a team we really worked hard for this. After losing three (title) games in a row, this one feels good. We got over early struggles and fought hard to win this game.”
Coach Chris Catelli told his team after the victory that it felt like a weight was lifted, given the team’s struggles in title games. In-
While Lisunov was born in the U.S., his parents moved to America nearly 15 years ago from Romania. Lisunov said his mom, with her strong accent, can be heard in the stands yelling and cheering him on. He said his mom has been one of his biggest supporters throughout the season.
Looking to the future, Lisunov said he loves hockey and wants to eventually become a pro player.
stead of placing second after three tournaments, he said, the team played hard to win the Colorado Cup title.
Besides the Warriors 10U team, Arapahoe’s youth hockey league also had several other champions over the weekend.
e Arapahoe 14U Navy team defeated Littleton for the title.
e Arapahoe 10UB Maize team won the 2023 CAHA State Championship.
e Arapahoe 12U Aa team won the CCYHL Championship, defeating Hyland Hills.
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Laura Mehew, a Littleton High School mother, said she is concerned about the impact of swatting on students, especially considering how many are being victimized by these incidents.
“ ese kids have been exposed to so much, they’re almost becoming desensitized to it a little bit, which is, in my opinion, a defense mechanism,” she said. “It’s in the hundreds, I would say the thousands of students who are being impacted by (swatting)… It causes trauma.”
Littleton High School alone has approximately 1,300 students, so thousands of Colorado students have been victims of swatting in recent weeks.
Mehew is particularly concerned because her family was involved in an active shooter situation a few years ago. e suspect in that situation ended up being unarmed, making her familiar with the trauma that threat situations can cause, even if they do not end up causing physical harm.
Yongue said swatting is “frustrating” and “disgusting.”
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“(Kids) have this true threat that they deal with, and we as parents deal with every day that we send our kids to school,” she said. “To have somebody exploit that is — I don’t understand how you get to a state of mind where you think, ‘ is is what I’m going to do today.’ And it’s even more frustrating to know that they will most likely never be caught.”
According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, those who post or send false threats can receive up to ve years in federal prison, or they can face state or local charges. In Colorado, false reporting of an emergency is a class 1 misdemeanor, but can be raised to a felony if injury occurs.
e Littleton Police Department said they are working with local partners and the FBI as investigations into the incident move forward.
Mehew said she is grateful for those who work to keep students safe when situations like this occur.
“Our school people are put on the frontlines of so many issues that kids are facing right now,” she said. “Education and trying to educate them is just one part of it. ey’re having to help these kids through so much more. So I’m very appreciative of the school and of the Littleton Police Department.”
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East High students, many wearing red, were joined by members of Moms Demand Action in asking for legislative action. After holding a rally on the west steps of the Capitol, the students gathered in the Senate gallery and watched as legislators addressed them, according to e Colorado Sun.
‘These kids have been exposed to so much, they’re almost becoming desensitized to it a little bit, which is, in my opinion, a defense mechanism.’
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Public Trustees
COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION
CRS §38-38-103
FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0612-2022
To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:
On December 16, 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)
Sunil Stephen AND KRISHNAPRIYA DARSHINI SUNIL
Original Beneficiary(ies)
PUBLIC SERVICE CREDIT UNION
Current Holder of Evidence of Debt
CANVAS CREDIT UNION
Date of Deed of Trust
May 22, 2014
County of Recording
Arapahoe
Recording Date of Deed of Trust
September 15, 2014
Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.)
D4085492
Original Principal Amount
$30,000.00
Outstanding Principal Balance
$15,794.23
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 10, BLOCK 1, WILLOW CREEK FILING NO. 5, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO.
Also known by street and number as: 7855 South Trenton Street, Centennial, CO 80112.
THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.
If applicable, a description of any changes to the deed of trust described in the notice of election and demand pursuant to affidavit as allowed by statutes: C.R.S.§ 38-35-109(5) LEGAL CO-GRANTOR'S NAME HAS BEEN CORRECTED BY SCRIVENER'S AFFIDAVIT RECORDED 03/09/2022 AT RECEPTION NO. E2027163 IN THE RECORDS OF ARAPAHOE COUNTY.
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, 04/19/2023, 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: 2/23/2023
Last Publication: 3/23/2023
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: 12/16/2022
Susan Sandstrom, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado
By: Susan Sandstrom, Public TrusteeThe name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:
Alison L Berry #34531
N. April Winecki #34861
David R. Doughty #40042
Nicholas H. Santarelli #46592
Lynn M. Janeway #15592 Janeway Law Firm, P.C. 9800 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 400, Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 706-9990
Attorney File # 21-025829
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.
It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:
December 16, 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.
Trustee for New Residential Mortgage Loan Trust 2018-5
27, 2005
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.
ATTACHED EXHIBIT "A"
Also known by street and number as: 4585 South Elati Street, 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, 04/19/2023, 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: 2/23/2023
Last Publication: 3/23/2023
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: 12/16/2022
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 # CO21123
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
82.48 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning; and that part of Block 2, Wollenweber`s Broadway Gardens, adjoining the above described property, described as follows: Beginning at a point 135.3 feet North of the Southeast corner of Lot 5, Block 1, Jernberg Subdivision, which point of beginning is 369.3 feet, more or less, West and 135.3 feet North of the Southeast corner of Block 2, Wollenweber`s Broadway Gardens, the true point of beginning; Thence North 60 feet along the East line of Lot 5, Block 1, Jernberg Subdivision; Thence East 44.43 feet; Thence South 60 feet; Thence West 44.43 feet to the point of beginning, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado.
Legal Notice NO. 0614-2022
First Publication: 2/23/2023
Last Publication: 3/23/2023
Name of Publication: Littleton Independent
COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION
CRS §38-38-103
FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0622-2022
To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On December 30, 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)
MARIA WALTER
Original Beneficiary(ies)
MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION
SYSTEMS, INC. ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR EVERETT FINANCIAL, INC. D/B/A
SUPREME LENDING
Current Holder of Evidence of Debt ONSLOW BAY FINANCIAL LLC
Date of Deed of Trust
August 26, 2016 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust
August 29, 2016 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) D6096088
Original Principal Amount $394,250.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $234,576.60
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 of the terms thereof
THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.
LOT 1, BLOCK 8, AMENDED PLAT OF CHERRY CREEK VISTA, FILING NO. 6, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO.
Also known by street and number as: 11107 EAST BERRY AVENUE, ENGLEWOOD, CO 80111.
THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.
NOTICE OF SALE
The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.
THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 05/03/2023, 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: 3/9/2023
Last Publication: 4/6/2023
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: 12/30/2022 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 M. Chin #31149 Barrett, Frappier & Weisserman, LLP 1391 Speer Boulevard, Suite 700, Denver, CO 80204 (303) 350-3711 Attorney File # 00000009667577
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. 0622-2022
First Publication: 3/9/2023
Last Publication: 4/6/2023
Name of Publication: Littleton Independent COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0618-2022
To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:
On December 20, 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)
Ronald J Southworth Original Beneficiary(ies)
MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION
SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR REVERSE
MORTGAGE FUNDING LLC, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS
Current Holder of Evidence of Debt REVERSE MORTGAGE FUNDING LLC
Date of Deed of Trust
November 17, 2017 County of Recording
Arapahoe
Recording Date of Deed of Trust
November 28, 2017
Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.)
D7134609
Original Principal Amount
$561,000.00
Outstanding Principal Balance
$240,280.38
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.
LOTS 7 AND 8, BLOCK 43, SOUTH BROADWAY HEIGHTS, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO.
Also known by street and number as: 4430 S Sherman Street, Englewood, CO 80113.
THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.
NOTICE OF SALE
The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.
THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 04/19/2023, 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: 2/23/2023
Last Publication: 3/23/2023
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 EN-
TITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED;
DATE: 12/20/2022
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:
Alison L Berry #34531
N. April Winecki #34861
David R. Doughty #40042
Nicholas H. Santarelli #46592
Lynn M. Janeway #15592
Janeway Law Firm, P.C. 9800 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 400, Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 706-9990
Attorney File # 22-028970
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
Name of Publication: Littleton Independent
Public Notice
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY
Proposed Flood Hazard Determinations for the City of Centennial, the Town of Parker, and Unincorporated Areas of Arapahoe and Douglas Counties, Colorado, Case No. 21-08-1158P.
The Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) solicits technical information or comments on proposed flood hazard determinations for the Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM), and where applicable, the Flood Insurance Study (FIS) report for your community. These flood hazard determinations may include the addition or modification of Base Flood Elevations, base flood depths, Special Flood Hazard Area boundaries or zone designations, or the regulatory floodway. The FIRM and, if applicable, the FIS report have been revised to reflect these flood hazard determinations through issuance of a Letter of Map Revision (LOMR), in accordance with Title 44, Part 65 of the Code of Federal Regulations. These determinations are the basis for the floodplain management measures that your community is required to adopt or show evidence of having in effect to qualify or remain qualified for participation in the National Flood Insurance Program. For more information on the proposed flood hazard determinations and information on the statutory 90-day period provided for appeals, please visit FEMA’s website at https://www.floodmaps.fema.gov/fhm/BFE_Status/bfe_main.asp, or call the FEMA Map Information eXchange (FMIX) toll free at 1-877-FEMA MAP (1-877-336-2627).
Legal Notice No. 531098
First Publication: March 2, 2023
Last Publication: March 9, 2023
Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE
CITY OF CENTENNIAL
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Tuesday, March 7, 2023, the Centennial City Council approved the following ordinance on second and final reading:
ORDINANCE NO. 2023-O-02
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CENTENNIAL, COLORADO AMENDING SECTIONS OF ARTICLE 3, TITLED MUNICIPAL COURT, OF CHAPTER 2 OF THE CENTENNIAL MUNICIPAL CODE
The full text of the ordinance is available for public inspection in the office of the City Clerk and is also available on the City’s web site, www.centennialcolorado.com. The ordinance may be obtained by contacting the City Clerk, 303-754-3324.
(First published February 16, 2023)
By:Barbara Setterlind, MMC, City Clerk
Legal Notice No. 531122
First Publication: March 9, 2023
Last Publication: March 9, 2023
Publisher: Littleton Independent and the Centennial Citizen Public Notice CITY OF SHERIDAN NOTICE OF ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE
On the 27th day of February, 2023, the City Council of the City of Sheridan, Colorado, approved on first reading the following Ordinance:
ORDINANCE NO. 2 | SERIES OF 2023
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SHERIDAN, COLORADO, AMENDING ARTICLE IX, WEAPONS, OF CHAPTER 50 OF THE SHERIDAN MUNICIPAL CODE TO PROHIBIT THE POSSESSION OF CONCEALED FIREARMS IN DESIGNATED CITY BUILDINGS AND OTHER SENSITIVE PLACES
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. 301784
First Publication: March 9, 2023
Last Publication: March 9, 2023
Englewood
PUBLIC MEETING. THE PROPOSED BUDGET IS ON FILE IN THE CITY CLERK’S OFFICE.
ANY INTERESTED CITIZEN MAY INSPECT THE PROPOSED BUDGET BY SCHEDULING AN APPOINTMENT WITH THE CITY CLERK DURING NORMAL OFFICE HOURS OF 8:00 A.M. TO 5:00 P.M., MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. ANY CITIZEN MAY PARTICIPATE AT THE PUBLIC MEETING AND WILL BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT ON SAID BUDGET IF THEY SO DESIRE. ANY CITIZEN MAY FILE ANY WRITTEN OBJECTIONS TO THE PROPOSED BUDGET AT ANY TIME PRIOR TO THE FINAL ADOPTION OF THE BUDGET.
BY: TIFFANY HOOTEN, FINANCEDIRECTOR
Legal Notice No. 531128
First Publication: March 9, 2023
Last Publication: March 9, 2023
Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice ARAPAHOE COUNTY NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON A PROPOSED TEMPORARY MORATORIUM ON USE BY SPECIAL REVIEW APPLICATIONS FOR OIL AND GAS FACILITIES
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on March 28, 2023, the Arapahoe County Board of County Commissioners will hold a Public Hearing at 9:30 a.m., or as soon as possible thereafter as the meeting agenda of the Board permits, on a proposed temporary moratorium on land use applications for any Use by Special Review for an Oil and Gas Facility as referenced in Section 5-3.6 of the Arapahoe County Land Development Code. Said proposed temporary moratorium is to allow the County to develop and update appropriate land use regulations for such applications.
Said Public Hearing will be held in the Arapahoe County Administration Building, East Hearing Room, 5334 S Prince St., Littleton CO 80120; at which, all interested persons will be given an opportunity to be heard concerning the proposed temporary moratorium.
More information about this proposal is available at the Arapahoe County Public Works and Development Department, Planning Division, 6924 S. Lima St., Centennial, CO 80112, 720-874-6650 or by emailing planning@arapahoegov.com.
Joan Lopez, Clerk to the Board
Legal Notice No. Arap 1164
First Publication: March 9, 2023
Last Publication: March 9, 2023
Publisher: Englewood Herald
Littleton Independent and the Centennial Citizen
PUBLIC NOTICE
CITY OF CENTENNIAL
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Tuesday, February 14, 2023, the Centennial City Council passed on first reading:
ORDINANCE NO. 2023-O-01
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CENTENNIAL, COLORADO
APPROVING THE 4th AMENDMENT TO THE PEAKVIEW PLACE MASTER DEVELOPMENT PLAN (PUD-22-00001)
The full text of the ordinance is available for public inspection in the office of the City Clerk. The ordinance may be obtained by contacting the City Clerk, 303-754-3324. The full text of the ordinance is also available on the City’s web site, www.centennialcolorado.com.
By: Barbara Setterlind, MMC, City Clerk
Legal Notice No. 531121
First Publication: March 9, 2023
Last Publication: March 9, 2023
Publisher: Littleton Independent and the Centennial Citizen
Public Notice CITY OF SHERIDAN
NOTICE OF ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE
On the 27th day of February, 2023, the City Council of the City of Sheridan, Colorado, approved on first reading the following Ordinance:
ORDINANCE NO. 1 | SERIES OF 2023
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SHERIDAN, COLORADO, AMENDING SECTIONS 42-1 AND 50-16 OF THE SHERIDAN MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING ISSUANCE OF PROTECTIVE ORDERS
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. 301783
First Publication: March 9, 2023
Last Publication: March 9, 2023
Publisher: Englewood Herald
Metropolitan Districts
Public Notice
NOTICE OF CANCELLATION AND CERTIFIED STATEMENT OF RESULTS
§1-13.5-513(6), 32-1-104, 1-11-103(3) C.R.S.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Willows Water District, Arapahoe County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election, there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 2, 2023 is hereby canceled pursuant to section 1-13.5513(6) C.R.S.
The following candidates are hereby declared elected:
William C Silkman: 1 (4 year term) until May, 2027
Douglas J Grogan" 1 (4 year term) until May, 2027
Rebecca L Garland Rebecca L Garland
Rebecca L GarlandRebecca Garland 303-770-8625 customerservice@willowswater.org
Legal Notice No. 531129
First Publication: March 9, 2023
Last Publication: March 9, 2023
Publisher: Littleton Independent and Englewood Herald Public Notice
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Panorama Metropolitan District, Arapahoe County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third (63rd) day before the election or thereafter there were not more candidates for Director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 2, 2023, is hereby cancelled.
The following candidates are declared elected:
Larry Lance: Four-year term to 2027
Vacancy: Four-year term to 2027
PANORAMA METROPOLITAN DISTRICT
By: /s/ Micki L. Mills
Designated Election Official
Legal Notice No. 531120
First Publication: March 9, 2023
Last Publication: March 9, 2023
Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL FOR THE SOUTHERN METROPOLITAN DISTRICT
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Southern Metropolitan District, Arapahoe County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third (63rd) day before the election or thereafter there were not more candidates for Director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 2, 2023, is hereby cancelled.
The following candidates are declared elected:
Kirk A. Bast: Four-year term to 2027
Robert D. Colwell: Four-year term to 2027 Leonard B. West, Jr.: Four-year term to 2027
SOUTHERN METROPOLITAN DISTRICT
By: /s/ Micki L. Mills
Designated Election Official
Legal Notice No. 531127
First Publication: March 9, 2023
Last Publication: March 9, 2023
Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL FOR THE NORMANDY ESTATES METROPOLITAN RECREATION DISTRICT
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Normandy Estates Metropolitan Recreation District, Arapahoe and Jefferson Counties, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third (63rd) day before the election or thereafter there were not more candidates for Director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 2, 2023, is hereby cancelled.
The following candidates are declared elected:
Vacancy: Four-year term to 2027
Vacancy: Four-year term to 2027
Vacancy: Four-year term to 2027
NORMANDY ESTATES METROPOLITAN RECREATION DISTRICT
By: /s/ Micki L. Mills
Designated Election Official
Legal Notice No. 531119
First Publication: March 9, 2023
Last Publication: March 9, 2023
Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice
The Arapahoe Libraries Board of Trustees (the “Board”) invites interested residents to apply for an open position.
The Board is a seven-member governing, policymaking board. The Board is responsible for a $43 million budget, nine facilities, and the policies for funding and operating these facilities.
Arapahoe Libraries serves all of Arapahoe County except the cities of Littleton, Englewood and Aurora. It also serves a small portion of Adams County that is within the Deer Trail School District. New Trustees are recommended by the Board and confirmed by the Arapahoe County Board of County Commissioners and the Deer Trail School District Board of Education, the two governmental entities that formed the District in 1966.
on a rotating basis at the various District libraries. In addition to the 2-4 hours of reading to prepare for each meeting, trustees must also commit to attending some library events, study sessions, and occasional workshops, conferences and related meetings. An iPad will be provided for Board reading material.
Besides your time and interest in the Library, the most important qualification is a sincere commitment to provide the best possible library service to the residents of the entire District. Experience interpreting financial statements is also encouraged. Applicants must live within the Arapahoe Library District service area to serve on the board.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals to perform the functions of the volunteer position.
Interested persons should complete the online application found at https://arapahoelibraries.org/ board-of-trustees/. Applications must be received by Sunday, March 26, 2023 at 4:00 pm. For further information please contact Oli Sanidas, Executive Director, at 303-792-8987.
Legal Notice No. 531118
First Publication: March 9, 2023
Last Publication: March 23, 2023
Publisher: Littleton Independent
Public Notice
NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Jones Metropolitan District Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, Arapahoe County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the elections there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the elections to be held on May 2, 2023, are hereby canceled pursuant to Section 1-13.5-513, C.R.S.
The following candidates are declared elected:
Jason Mitchell until the second regular election (May 4, 2027) James Priestley until the second regular election (May 4, 2027)
Whitney Skylar until the second regular election (May 4, 2027)
DATED: March 1, 2023
/s/ Catherine V. Will
Designated Election Official for the Jones Metropolitan District Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 c/o McGeady Becher P.C. 450 E. 17th Avenue, Suite 400 Denver, Colorado 80203-1254 Phone: 303-592-4380
Legal Notice No. 531124
First Publication: March 9, 2023
Last Publication: March 9, 2023
Publisher: Littleton Independent and Centennial Citizen
Metro Districts Budget Hearings
Public Notice
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
AS TO AMENDED 2022 BUDGET
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an amendment to the 2022 budget has been submitted to the ARAPAHOE LIBRARY DISTRICT for the fiscal year 2022. A copy of the amended budget has been filed in the office of the District Finance Director, located at 12855 E. Adam Aircraft Circle, Centennial, CO 80112, where same is open for public inspection during regular business hours. Such amended budget will be considered at a regular meeting of the Arapahoe Library District to be held at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 21, 2023, at the Eloise May Library, 1471 S. Parker Road, Denver, CO. Any interested elector within the Arapahoe Library District may inspect the amended budget and file or register any objections at any time prior to the final adoption of the amended 2022 budget.
BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES: ARAPAHOE LIBRARY DISTRICT
By: /s/ SETER & VANDER WALL, P.C.
Attorneys for the District Legal Notice No. 531114
replace approximately 33 Service Lines, 55 Saddle Replacements, and price per square foot for concrete and asphalt restoration. Any other assumptions, accommodations, or pricing schemes must be clearly stated.
The winning bidder must be able to perform and complete all tasks by June 30, 2023.
Willows Water District will provide the winning bidder with City of Centennial Pave schedule, District SLRP Schedule, and maps. Contractor is responsible for initiating locates.
The estimated device counts in our Service area are as follows:
ASSET SIZE COUNT
Saddle 6” 57-AC Saddle 8” 31-AC Service Lines¾” 33
Willows Water District reserves the right to reject any and/or all proposals and bids, and to accept any proposal which, in its opinion may be in the best interest of the District. Willows Water District also reserves the right to negotiate further with the submitter for changes in the overall work plan.
Contact Randy Mitchell, District Manager, at 303.770.8625 with any questions you may have regarding this proposal and bid submittal.
Legal
Herald and the Centennial Citizen
Summons and Sheriff Sale
Public Notice COUNTY COURT, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO 1790 W. Littleton Blvd. Littleton, CO 80120 (303)-645-6600
Plaintiff: DRY CREEK TOWNHOMES OWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC.
vs. Defendant: DAVID G. BALINT
Attorney for Plaintiff:
ORTEN CAVANAGH HOLMES & HUNT, LLC
Jonah G. Hunt, No. 34379
Joseph A. Bucceri, No. 41211
Address: 1445 Market Street, Suite 350 Denver, CO 80202
Phone Number: (720) 221-9780
Fax Number: (720) 221-9781
Email: jbucceri@ochhoalaw.com
Case No.: 2022C36846
SUMMONS [BY PUBLICATION]
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANT: DAVID BALINT:
You are hereby summoned and required to appear and defend against the claims of the Verified Complaint (“Complaint”) filed with the Court in this action, by filing with the clerk of this Court an Answer or other responsive pleading. You are required to file your Answer or other responsive pleading within 14 days after the service of this Summons upon you. Service of this Summons shall be complete on the day of the last publication. A copy of the Verified Complaint may be obtained from the clerk of the Court.
If you fail to file your Answer or other responsive pleading to the Complaint in writing within the applicable time period, judgment by default may be rendered against you by the Court for the relief demanded in the Complaint without further notice.
This is an action against real property situated in Arapahoe County, Colorado more particularly legally described as:
Lot 32, Block 9, Dry Creek Townhomes, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado.
Dated: February 14, 2023 ORTEN CAVANAGH HOLMES & HUNT, LLC
By: /s/ Joseph A. Bucceri Joseph A. Bucceri, No. 41211
This Summons is issued pursuant to Rule 304(f), Colorado Rules of Civil Procedure.
Legal Notice No. 531075
First Publication: February 23, 2023
Last Publication: March 23, 2023
Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice
DISTRICT COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, STATE OF COLORADO
Case No.: 2022CV031730
Division: 15
COMBINED NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL PROPERTY
Plaintiff: SADDLE ROCK METROPOLITAN DISTRICT, a Colorado nonprofit corporation
v. Defendants: HARP LLC; CITY OF AURORA
NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES DEPARTMENT;
Regarding: LOT 33, BLOCK 1, SADDLE ROCK NORTH SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 3, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also
Centennial, CO 80112; phone number 720-8743845. At which sale, the above- described real property and improvements thereon will be sold to the highest bidder. Plaintiff makes no warranty relating to title, possession, or quiet enjoyment in and to said real property in connection with this sale.
**BIDDERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE CASH OR CERTIFIED FUNDS SUFFICIENT TO COVER THE MINIMUM BID AT TIME OF SALE. **
PLEASE NOTE THAT THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
DATED in Colorado this 10th day of January, 2023. Tyler S. Brown Sheriff of Arapahoe County, Colorado
By: Sgt. Trent Steffa, Deputy Sheriff ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF: ORTEN CAVANAGH HOLMES & HUNT, LLC 1445 Market Street, Suite 350 Denver, CO 80202
Legal Notice No. 530971
First Publication: February 9, 2023
Last Publication: March 9, 2023 Published In: Littleton Independent 750 W. Hampden Ave., Suite 225 Englewood, Colorado, 80110 Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO 7325 S Potomac St., #100 Centennial, CO 80112 Phone: 303.645.6600
Plaintiffs: DAVID B. COX AND LORNA L. COX vs. Defendants: GREGORY L. MITCHELL, if living, AND CINDY L. MITCHELL, if living; any unknown heir thereof either named Defendant; and all unknown persons who claim any interest in the subject matter of this action
Attorney for Plaintiffs: Kyle England, Esq. #51343 SPAETH & DOYLE LLP 501 S Cherry Street, #700 Glendale, CO 80246 Kyle@spaethanddoyle.com 303.385.8058
Case No.: 2022CV32188 Div.: 21
SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO TO THE FOLLOWING DEFENDANT(S):
All Defendants listed above and any person(s) who claim any interest in the subject matter of this action.
You are summoned and required to appear and defend against the claims of the Complaint filed with the Court in this action, by filing with the clerk of the court an Answer or other response. You are required to file your answer or other response with thirty-five (35) days after the service of this Summons upon you. Service of this Summons shall be complete on the day of the last publication. A copy of the Complaint may be obtained from the Clerk of the Court.
If you fail to file your answer or other response to the Complaint in writing within thirty-five (35) days after the date of the last publication, judgment by default may be entered against you by the Court for the relief demanded in the Complaint, without any further notice to you.
Legal Notice No. 531014
First Publication: February 9, 2023
Last Publication: March 9, 2023
Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO 7325 SOUTH POTOMAC CENTENNIAL, CO 80112
Plaintiff: STEVE & CHERYL COATES
v. Defendant: JOHN ESPINOZA, as an Individual Benjamin Hartford Esq. #35005
The Law Office of Benjamin Hartford LLC 650 S. Cherry Street Ste 1225 Denver, CO 80246 PH: 303 991 5757 FX: 303 974 3802
EM: bhartford@gmail.com
Case Number: 2020CV32043
SUMMONS
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANT: John Espinoza, as an Individual
You are hereby summoned and required to file with the Clerk of this Court an Answer or other response to the attached Complaint. If service of the Summons and Complaint was made upon you within the State of Colorado, you are required to file your Answer or other response within twentyone (21) days after such service upon you. If service of the Summons and Complaint was made upon you outside the State of Colorado, you are required to file your Answer or other response within thirty (35) days after such service upon you.
If you fail to file your Answer or other response to the Complaint in writing within the applicable time period, judgment by default may be entered against you by the Court for the relief demanded in the Complaint without further notice.
The following documents are also served with this summons: Complaint and Demand for Trial by Jury.
DATED this 21st Day of October, 2020.
Respectfully submitted, Benjamin Hartford Esq. #35005
The Law Office of Benjamin Hartford LLC
650 S. Cherry Street Ste 1225 Denver, CO 80246
PH: 303 991 5757
FX: 303 974 3802
EM: bhartford@gmail.com
Legal Notice No. 531126
First Publication: March 9, 2023
Last Publication: April 6, 2023
Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice
COUNTY COURT, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO 1790 W. Littleton Blvd. Littleton, CO 80120 (303)-645-6600
Plaintiff: BOW MAR SOUTH, INC.
vs. Defendant: JOYCE AMEN MAYBERRY LIVING TRUST
Attorney for Plaintiff: ORTEN CAVANAGH HOLMES & HUNT, LLC
Jonah G. Hunt, No. 34379
Joseph A. Bucceri, No. 41211
Address: 1445 Market Street, Suite 350 Denver, CO 80202
Phone Number: (720) 221-9780
Fax Number: (720) 221-9781
Email: jbucceri@ochhoalaw.com
Case No.: 2022C43875 Division: A1
SUMMONS [BY PUBLICATION]
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO
TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANT:
JOYCE AMEN MAYBERRY LIVING TRUST:
You are hereby summoned and required to appear and defend against the claims of the Verified Complaint (“Complaint”) filed with the Court in this action, by filing with the clerk of this Court an Answer or other responsive pleading. You are required to file your Answer or other responsive pleading within 14 days after the service of this Summons upon you. Service of this Summons shall be complete on the day of the last publication. A copy of the Verified Complaint may be obtained from the clerk of the Court.
If you fail to file your Answer or other responsive pleading to the Complaint in writing within the applicable time period, judgment by default may be rendered against you by the Court for the relief demanded in the Complaint without further notice.
This is an action against real property situated in Arapahoe County, Colorado more particularly legally described as:
Lot 6, Block 3, Bow-Mar South, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado.
Dated: February 14, 2023
ORTEN CAVANAGH HOLMES & HUNT, LLC
By: /s/ Joseph A. Bucceri
Joseph A. Bucceri, No. 41211
This Summons is issued pursuant to Rule 304(f), Colorado Rules of Civil Procedure.
Legal Notice No. 531073
First Publication: February 23, 2023
Last Publication: March 23, 2023
Publisher: Littleton Independent
Public Notice
Notice of Dissolution and Notice to Creditors
On February 21, 2023, MHE, LLC, a Colorado limited liability company (“Company”), filed a Statement of Dissolution with the Colorado Secretary of State pursuant to CRS 7-80-802.
Therefore, pursuant to CRS 7-90-912, Company hereby provides notice to all persons with claims against Company (“Claimant”) that Claimant must contact Company’s counsel, Northvale Legal, at the address provided below, in writing, stating with specificity the nature of the claim and the relief sought. Unless sooner barred by another statute limiting actions, Claimant will be barred if an action to enforce the claim is not commenced within five years after the publication date of this notice or within four months after the claim arises, whichever is later.
Legal Notice No. 531117
First Publication: March 9, 2023
Last Publication: March 9, 2023
Publisher: Littleton Independent
Public Notice
DISTRICT COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLOARDO
Court Address: 7325 S. Potomac St., Centennial, CO 80112
Case No.: 2021CV32024 Division/Ctrm.: 15
Plaintiff: APPLE VALLEY EAST CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, INC, a Colorado nonprofit corporation
v.
April 8, 1974 in book 2226 at page 205, and the supplement thereto recorded October 7, 1974 in book 2280 at page 603 and second supplement recorded October 31, 1974 in book 2286 at page 494, in the records of the office of the clerk and recorder of Arapahoe County, Colorado.
CONDOMINIUM UNIT A, BUILDING 72, APPLE VALLEY EAST CONDOMINIUMS, ACCORDING TO THE MAP RECORDED APRIL 8, 1974 IN MAP BOOK 26 AT PAGES 30 TO 33, INCLUSIVE AND SUPPLEMENTS THEREOF AND AN AFFIDAVIT CORRECTING SAID MAP RECORDED SEPTEMBER 3, 1974 IN BOOK 2271 AT PAGE 256, AND THE CONDOMINIUM DECLARATION FOR APPLE VALLEY EAST CONDOMINIUMS, RECORDED APRIL 8, 1974 IN BOOK 2226 AT PAGE 205, AND THE SUPPLEMENT THERETO RECORDED OCTOBER 7, 1974 IN BOOK 2280 AT PAGE 603 AND SECOND SUPPLEMENT RECORDED OCTOBER 31, 1974 IN BOOK 2286 AT PAGE 494, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO
Also known by street and number as 72 Newark Street, Unit A, Aurora, Colorado 80012.
Record owner of real property: Yvonne Mckinnon Association/Foreclosing Entity/Holder of Debt
Foreclosed: APPLE VALLEY EAST CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, INC, a Colorado nonprofit corporation
Interest foreclosed: Statutory lien for unpaid assessments per C.R.S. § 38-33.3-316, as perfected by the Condominium Declaration for Apple Valley East Condominiums, recorded on April 8, 1974, at Reception No. 1415965, Book 2226, Page 205 in the Clerk & Recorder’s Office for the County of Arapahoe, Colorado (“Declaration”). More accurately defined in the Order for Judgment and Decree of Foreclosure, issued by the Court on October 28, 2022, a certified copy of which was recorded on November 14, 2022, at Reception No. E2111351 in the Clerk & Recorder’s Office for the County of Arapahoe, Colorado (“Order”).
Amount of judgment entered on October 28, 2022: $30,423.31 with post-judgment interest at 18% per annum. The amount of the foreclosed lien is not stagnant.
Amount of foreclosed lien as of December 7, 2022: $33,153.38
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.
THE PROPERTY TO BE SOLD AND DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN DESCRIBED ABOVE.
THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE 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.
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 6th day of April 2023 at 13101 E. Broncos Parkway, Centennial, CO 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.
Date: January 3, 2023
Tyler S. Brown, Sheriff County of Arapahoe, Colorado
By: Sgt. Trent Steffa Deputy Sheriff
Legal Notice No. 530937
First Publication Date: February 9, 2023
Last Publication Date: March 9, 2023 Published in the: Littleton Independent 750 W. Hampden Ave., Suite 225, Englewood, Colorado, 80110 Public Notice
TO: CARL FILLER: You are notified that you have 10 days after publication for this notice of levy to file your claim of exemption with the County Court of Arapahoe Court, 1790 W. Littleton Blvd., Littleton, CO 80120 in Case 2016C036917
entitled:
East Union Avenue, Suite 1100 Denver, CO 80237
Legal Notice No. 531105
First Publication: March 9, 2023
Last Publication: March 23, 2023
Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice District Court Arapahoe County, Colorado Court 7325 S. Potomac Street Centennial, CO 80112
In the Matter of the Estate of: Monica Janulewicz a/k/a Takeko Monica Janulewicz, Deceased Case Number: 2023PR30222 Division 12
Thomas N. Scheffel & Associates, P.C. William G. Dornan, Attorney at Law 3801 E. Florida Avenue, Ste. 600 Denver, CO 80210 303-759-5937 303-759-9726 fax wdornan@tnslaw.com
Atty. Reg. #: 35470
NOTICE OF HEARING WITHOUT APPEARANCE PURSUANT TO C.R.P.P. 24 BY PUBLICATION PURSUANT TO§ 15-10-401, C.R.S.
To: Reiko Shibuya, Yoshimi Unknown last Name, child of Aiko Wada, deceased - last known address unknown, Unknown children of Tokikazu Wada, deceased - last known address unknown, Unknown heirs of Monica Janulewicz a/k/a Takeko Monica Janulewicz last Known Address, if any: N/A
A hearing without appearance pursuant to C.R.P.P. 24 on Petition for Formal Probate of Will and Formal Appointment of Personal Representative and Proposed Order Admitting Will to Formal Probate and Formal Appointment of Personal Representative (title of pleading) for (brief description of relief requested) the formal appointment of Michael J. Peterson a/k/a Mike Peterson as Personal Representative of the Estate of Monica Janulewicz a/k/a Takeko Monica Janulewicz. for the court to formally admit the will of Monica Janulewicz a/k/a Takeko Monica Janulewicz dated February 25, 2019 to probate and for the court to determine the heirs of Monica Janulewicz a/k/a Takeko Monica Janulewicz, will be held at the following time and location or at a later date to which the hearing may be continued:
Date: April 7, 2023 Time: 8:00 a.m. Courtroom or Division: 12 District Court, Arapahoe County, Colorado, 7325 S. Potomac Street, Centennial, CO 80112
Legal Notice No. 531116
First Publication: March 9, 2023
Last Publication: March 23, 2023
Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of LOIS JEAN LEHRER, a/k/a LOIS J. LEHRER, a/k/a LOIS LEHRER Deceased Case Number: 2023PR30150
All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Co-Personal Representatives or to the Arapahoe County District Court on or before June 23, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.
Linda L. Moss, Co-Personal Representative 3987 Blue Pine Circle Highlands Ranch, Colorado 80126
Keith J. Lehrer, Co-Personal Representative 174 Players Club Dr. Castle Rock, Colorado 80104
Legal Notice No. 301777
First Publication: February 23, 2023
Last Publication: March 9, 2023
Publisher: Englewood Herald Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of DONALD H. KEARNS, also known as Donald Harvey Kearns, and Donald Kearns, Deceased Case Number: 2023PR030121
All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to either of the co-personal representatives or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before June 23, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of G. RANDALL ROBBINS, a/k/a RANDY ROBBINS, a/k/a GEORGE R. ROBBINS, a/k/a RANDALL ROBBINS, Deceased Case Number: 2023-PR-30158
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 July 10, 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. 531109
First Publication: March 9, 2023
Last Publication: March 23, 2023 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of Brian W. Avila, a/k/a Brian Wayne Avila, a/k/a Brian Avila, Deceased Case Number: 23PR30132
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 July 5, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.
Bruce A. Avila, Personal Representative 2754 S. Winona Ct. Denver, CO 80236
Legal Notice No. 531074
First Publication: February 23, 2023
Last Publication: March 9, 2023
Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of WILLIAM JOSEPH FRITZEL, a.k.a. WILLIAM J. FRITZEL, a.k.a. WILLIAM FRITZEL, Deceased Case Number: 2023 PR 30159
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 July 9, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.
JAMES LAWRENCE OWSLEY, III
Personal Representative
5443 E. Utah Place Denver, Colorado 80222
Telephone: 303-330-9899
Legal Notice No. 531107
First Publication: March 9, 2023
Last Publication: March 23, 2023
Publisher: Littleton Independent
PUBLIC NOTICE
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of Bobby Lee Fox, deceased Case Number: 2023PR030117
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 July 09, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.
Lee W. Mitchell, Personal Representative 32186 Castle Court, Suite 301 Evergreen, CO 80439
Legal Notice No. 301786
First publication: March 09, 2023
Last publication: March 23, 2023
Publisher: Englewood Herald
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of Katherine B. Nevin, a/k/a Katherine Bernadine Seil Nevin, a/k/a Katherine Bernadine Nevin, Deceased Case Number: 2023PR30135
All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before June 23, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.
Thomas Nevin, Personal Representative
c/o Keith L. Davis, Esq. Davis Schilken, PC 7887 E. Belleview Ave., Suite 820 Denver, CO 80111
Legal Notice No. 531085
First Publication: February 23, 2023
Last Publication: March 9, 2023
Publisher: Littleton Independent
PUBLIC NOTICE
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of Elsie E. Beazley, aka Elsie Beazley, and Elsie Elizabeth Beazley, deceased Case Number: 2023PR30116
Deceased Case Number: 2023PR030120
All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before June 23, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.
Sarah Lynn Hagan Personal Representative 11287 E. 162nd Place Brighton, CO 80602
Legal Notice No. 531068
First Publication: February 23, 2023
Last Publication: March 9, 2023 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of Robert Emil Kopf; aka Robert E. Kopf, Deceased Case Number: 2023PR30089
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 July 3, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.
Sally Kopf, Personal Representative 8201 S Santa Fe Drive , Apt 96 Littleton, CO 80120
Legal Notice No. 531093
First Publication: March 2, 2023
Last Publication: March 16, 2023
Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS Shelley R. Buckingham, aka Shelley Renee Buckingham, Shelley Buckingham Case Number: 2023PR30082
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 July 15, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.
Susan N. Mickus Skipton Law, LLC
Attorney for Personal Representative Gregory T. Buckingham 2 Inverness Drive East, Suite 102 Englewood, CO 80112
Legal Notice No. 301782
First Publication: March 9, 2023
Last Publication: March 23, 2023
Publisher: Englewood Herald Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of Marilyn Jean Van Horn, aka Jean M. Van Horn, Deceased Case Number: 23PR30169
All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before June 25, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.
Jane Van Horn Zeal Personal Representative c/o 6060 Greenwood Plaza Blvd #200 Greenwood Village, CO 80111
Legal Notice No. 531078
First Publication: February 23, 2023 Last Publication: March 9, 2023
Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE
NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Jason T. Spivey, Deceased Case Number: 2023 PR 30166
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 July 3, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred. Michelle Lee Spivey Personal Representative c/o The Law Office of Jennifer S. Gormley, PC 6060 Greenwood Plaza Blvd., Suite 300 Greenwood Village, CO 80111
Legal Notice No. 531088
First Publication: February 16, 2023
Last Publication: March 2, 2023
Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of D Kathleen Johnson, aka Kathleen Johnson, Deceased Case Number: 2023PR19
All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before June 23, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.
Defendants: EMMANUEL MCKINNON; YVONNE MCKINNON; BAYVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC; CITY OF AURORA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIVISION REHAB PROGRAM; and PUBLIC TRUSTEE FOR ARAPAHOE COUNTY
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 October 28, 2022 , and C.R.S. 38-38-101 et seq.
CONDOMINIUM ASSO-
David M. Kearns Co-Personal Representative 67 Monroe Street Middlebury, VT 05753
And Sean A. Kearns
Co-Personal Representative 458 Eudora Street Denver, CO 80220
All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before June 23, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.
John E. Beazley, Personal Representative 33280 Wyndham Circle Elizabeth, Colorado 80107 Legal Notice No.
Robert Johnson, Personal Representative 1773 Poppy Court Lafayette, Colorado 80026
Legal Notice No. 301776
First Publication: February 23, 2023
Last Publication: March 9, 2023
Publisher: Englewood Herald PUBLIC NOTICE
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of Caroline Goforth Butler, deceased
Case Number: 2023PR60
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 July 9, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.
