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Littleton will assess yard sign policy after election confusion

BY NINA JOSS NJOSS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Littleton’s Uni ed Land Use Code, adopted by the city in 2021, describes rules for various types of signs. Among regulations regarding accessway signs, ags, awning signs, marquee signs, pole signs, window signs and more, there is no speci c section related to yard signs.

As a result, signs that share pride for student athletes, announce open houses and promote political campaign messages have unclear regulations. is spring, Littleton City Council and sta will begin to discuss and clarify regulations for yard signs, spurred by inconsistencies they found in the code during the March 7 special election season.

Social Bar & Lounge opens second location in Littleton

Brings neighborhood feel

BY RACHEL LORENZ SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA

Soon after opening the rst one, he knew he wanted a second, said Steve Cominsky, founder of Social Bar & Lounge.  e business marked the launch

of its Littleton Village location with a celebration attended by one mayor, three city council members and scores of Littleton Business Chamber members and guests in February. e after-work crowd milled around the establishment’s U-shaped bar and admired its plush couches and colorful armchairs.

“It looks just like Littleton Village’s living room in there,” Littleton

Mayor Kyle Schlachter said to the crowd moments before Cominsky cut a red ribbon strung across the stairs leading to the bar’s double glass doors.

e new Social Bar & Lounge is housed on the rst oor of a three-story apartment building in Littleton Village. e development,

On March 7, citizens overwhelmingly rejected ballot question 300, which proposed changes to the city charter sections about initiatives and referendums.

Right-of-way violations

In the days before the election, some proponents of ballot question 300 voiced concerns that city ofcials were removing their “Yes on 300” yard signs. ese proponents said they felt the city was selectively

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Steve and Dawn Cominsky of Social Bar & Lounge pause for a photo during the business’s ribbon-cutting celebration Feb. 1.

PHOTO BY CALVIN LUDWIG

enforcing its sign policies, specically targeting signs in support of the ballot item.

Some proponents have since pointed to the city’s removal of their signs as a reason for the election’s results, which showed 71% of voters against the measure.

Signs the city removed or relocated in the weeks leading up to the election were illegally placed in the rightof-way, said Jennifer Henninger, Littleton’s community development director who oversees the code compliance division. Because her team is short-sta ed, she participates in enforcing code compliance.

A right-of-way is an area of land through which someone other than the property owner is granted access to pass, such as a public street, median, space between curb and sidewalk or other space that could be used for a public utility.

e ULUC prohibits any signs other than those required by a governmental authority from being in the right-of-way.

“When (signs) start to be in the public right-of-way, they’re going to interfere with line of sight,” Henninger said. “If you’re at an intersection and somebody’s put a temporary sign there and it’s in my line of sight to (look) to see if a car is coming, there’s a public safety issue there.”

Generally, signs should be placed behind sidewalks, at least ten feet from the edge of the pavement if there is no sidewalk and at least two

feet behind power poles to stay out of the right-of-way, Henninger said. A map at https://gis.arapahoegov. com/ArapaMAP/ shows very general right-of-way lines but is not completely accurate, she added.

Community members can report signs in the right-of-way at https:// www.littletonco.gov/Government/ City-Services/SeeClickFix-Littleton and the code compliance team will address them.

Code complaints regarding signs normally increase during election seasons, Henninger said, adding that the city received 34 temporary sign complaints in the week before the election.

Henninger said her sta removed all signs that were in the right-ofway, which included “Yes on 300” signs, “No on 300” signs and other signs that were unrelated to the elec-

tion.

When her team removes campaign signs, they call the point of contact listed on the campaign so they can retrieve their signs, she said. When the city’s removal of “Yes on 300” signs sparked frustration from some of its proponents, her team started to give property owners notices about sign code violations, she said.

e ULUC gives city o cials the right to remove signs in public rightsof-way without notice to the owner.

What is a yard sign?

John Marchetti, the point of contact for the “Yes on 300” signs, asked city sta to clarify their rules after they removed some of his campaign’s signs. In response, they e-mailed him a document outlining three rules.

Along with prohibiting signs in rights-of-way, it limited political signs to six square feet per side and stated they must be removed within ten calendar days of the election.

While the city was removing signs in the right-of-way, Marchetti was confused why o cials were not enforcing the size limitations outlined on the document. He said he saw some “No on 300” signs that exceeded the maximum size allowed.

Henninger said the document included out-of-date information and the city should have been more careful before sending it out. It was written before the ULUC, so its rules were based on the old code, she said.

“We pulled something that we’ve had and just kind of rebranded it,” she said. “We needed to have slowed down and done some cross-checking. I will completely admit that.”

is mistake brought to light the fact that yard signs do not perfectly t any of the sign categories in the ULUC, she said. e closest section is that on “temporary signs,” which includes size and duration limitations for various types of signs that are not permanantly a xed to the ground.

Temporary signs, however, require a permit, according to the code. In the eyes of city o cials, it didn’t make sense to make people pay for permits for their campaign signs.

“When we look carefully at our code, it suggests that all temporary signs, whether they’re athlete support signs, real estate signs, political signs, banners… they all require permits and permit fees,” City Manager Jim Becklenberg said. “I agreed with sta that that is certainly not the intent, in our eyes, of the code to require every family with an athlete support sign or anyone having an open house with a yard sign to come

This spring, Littleton City Council and sta will begin to discuss and clarify regulations for yard signs, spurred by inconsistencies they found in the code during the March 7 special election season.

in and apply for a permit and pay for an application fee.”

To be consistent in their application of the code, city o cials said they chose to not enforce speci c temporary sign rules on yard signs during the recent election season — meaning they did not charge for permits nor enforce size limitations.

“Instead of starting a permit program in the middle of the election… we said, “ at doesn’t make sense,’” Becklenberg said. “We’ll come back to that and clarify that in the next code update, which is scheduled to happen this summer.”

Right-of-way rules, however, apply to all signs and are a matter of public safety, so this enforcement remained.

“ at was consistent and more straightforward to enforce,” Becklenberg said.

With the city planning to reassess yard sign rules, Marchetti said he maintains his belief that o cials enforced the code selectively in order to negatively a ect “Yes on 300” campaigners during the special election season. He said the city reassessing the rules after the election seems like backpedaling.

Next steps e ULUC was intended to be a “living document” with modi cations and adjustments made over the years, Henninger said.

Temporary signs will be included as a topic in council’s upcoming discussions on code updates,. “I think we’ll be talking about whether we need a category of sign for temporary yard signs,” Becklenberg said.

He noted that U.S. Supreme Court decisions prohibit municipalities from regulating signs based on their content, so all yard signs will need to be treated in one category. ere will be public meetings and public comment at both the planning commission level and the city council level about all potential changes to the code, including any proposed sign regulations, Becklenberg said.

Henninger said she is grateful the community helped the city notice problems in the ULUC that need to be addressed.

“I’d like to thank the community for bringing to our attention some inconsistencies in our code,” she said.

“We welcome the feedback and the input of ‘How do we make it better?’” e city hopes to clarify the rules this summer, in advance of any campaign activity next fall, Becklenberg said.

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located on the east side of Broadway at Dry Creek Road, was proposed in 2014 as a walkable community with shops, restaurants and residences but, for the most part, the metro district still lacks commercial enhancement.

“I think it’s great for the entire community, speci cally for Littleton Village,” Schlachter told Colorado Community Media. “I know that the commercial development in this area has been kind of lagging and slow. It’s great that there’s a place for people that live here to walk to, hang out and socialize.”

Larger than the original, the 3,500-square-foot space opened Dec. 15. Like its predecessor, the new spot bills itself as an upscale establishment in a comfortable, conversation-friendly setting for the 21 and older crowd. It o ers a creative cocktail menu, beer and wine on tap, and a smattering of small plates from its cold prep kitchen.

Dawn Cominsky, Steve Cominsky’s wife, was responsible for decorating the lounge, selecting every end table, ottoman and throw pillow. Pointing to the clean lines of a pair of red leather chairs near the entrance, she said looked in local stores for fun pieces with a midcentury modern feel.

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Social Bar & Lounge’s newly-opened second location is at 240 Village Park Drive in Littleton. Check it out on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays starting at 4 p.m. and on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays beginning at 3 p.m.

“We were trying to go for the same thing (as the rst location),” Steve Cominsky said. “ e same leathers, the same colors, the same energy. e same, quite honestly, the same clientele. Because our rst one has been fantastic for the past four years.”

In May 2019, Cominsky opened the rst Social Bar & Lounge on West Bowles Avenue, not far from his own home, with the intention of making it the kind of place he and his wife felt was missing in the suburbs.

“We couldn’t nd that little quiet bar, cocktail lounge, to go have a drink on a Saturday night,” Cominsky said. “And funny enough, after joking about it for 10 years, I said to Dawn one day, ‘Let’s open that bar.’”

Based on feedback from customers, Cominsky thinks there’s a lot of neighborhoods that would welcome what Social Bar & Lounge o ers. In fact, he started looking for a third location before construction even began in the Littleton Village spot, he said. He hopes to have a lease signed on number three before the end of the year.

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House mules are part of Social Bar & Lounge’s happy hour menu which is available until 5 p.m.

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Bennet raises concerns about what chatbots say to kids

Senator from Colorado points to examples

BY KAITLIN KIM COLORADO PUBLIC RADIO

Generative Arti cial Intelligence, like Chat GPT, may be able to write an episode of South Park or ace the LSAT, but Colorado U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet is concerned about what these chatbots might be saying to kids.

is comes after journalists and others, posing as kids and young teens, reported that generative AI programs helped provide information to questions that should have raised red ags.

e examples listed in Bennet’s letter include AI giving tips on how to protect access to social media apps parents wanted kids to delete, how to cover up bruises before a visit from Child Protective Services and advice on setting the mood with “candles or music” for someone who posed as a 13-year-old girl preparing to meet a 31-year-old man.

“Although generative AI has enormous potential, the race to integrate it into everyday applications cannot come at the expense of younger users’ safety and well being,” Bennet writes to the heads of Open AI, Snap, Alphabet, Microsoft and Meta. “Although AI-powered chatbots come with risks for anyone – for example, by providing false information, perpetuating bias, or manipulating users – children and adolescents are especially vulnerable. Younger users are at an earlier stage of cognitive, emotional, and intellectual development, making them more impressionable, impulsive, and less equipped to distinguish fact from ction.”

Bennet had several questions for the tech leaders as they move to integrate generative AI into their apps, including what existing or planned safety features they will implement for younger users, whether they have assessed or planned to assess potential harms to younger audiences,

and what kind of auditing processes they have for the AI models behind chatbots that talk to the public. is push comes as more lawmakers have expressed concerns about how social media is a ecting teens’ mental health and how social media companies use the data they are collecting. Answers to Bennet’s questions could help shape any congressional response, either legislation or future hearings, to these concerns.

Bennet is one of several lawmakers from both sides of the aisle who have expressed concerns about the popular social media app TikTok, in particular. e CEO of TikTok will testify in front of the house Energy and Commerce committee later this week.

In the last Congress, Bennet also introduced a bill to set up a federal commission to provide oversight of digital platforms “to protect consumers, promote competition, and defend the public interest.”

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Littleton City Council endorses new site plan for Jackass Hill Park

BY NINA JOSS NJOSS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Littleton City Council endorsed South Suburban Parks and Recreation District’s concept design plan for Jackass Hill Park, directing city sta to continue working with the district on further design details.

e resolution to support the plan passed on March 21 in a 5-1 vote, with Mayor Pro Tem Gretchen Rydin dissenting.

South Suburban teamed with a landscape design rm last year to create a new site plan after neighbors expressed concerns regarding after-hours park usage, noise levels and reworks. A grass re at the park in March 2022 brought more neighbor concerns to the city and district’s attention.

e new design plan, developed through a process that involved community engagement, aims to discourage misuse of the park and enhance its accessibility.

At the meeting, several public commentors expressed concern with the new plan, related to both design and management.

Desire for more park management

Sergio Gutierrez, who lives near the entrance of the park, said the new plan should involve management, not just a new design.

“I think if you invest that much money into upgrading the park without an enforcement mechanism, you’re really going to invite some of the prior activity that was

happening,” he said. “It’s just going to be a nicer place for people who want to do bad things to do those things.”

He noted that the reduction in park hours last year, which made it open from sunrise to sunset, helped reduce problematic activity. He asked city council to consider keeping those hours in place.

“Without the hours, you don’t have the enforcement mechanism to tell people to leave the park,” he said.

Paul Marshall, another community member, asked for a management plan that encompasses public safety concerns as well as resident’s desires. He shared a story about being told to leave the park after sunset on the Fourth of July last year when he was hoping to watch reworks with his family.

“It seems like with being a block away from the park, we should be able to once a year enjoy some reworks after sunset,” he said. “My ask is to partner together and ask for that management plan with reasonable enforcement.”

Jena Dickey, whose home backs up to Jackass Hill, presented a letter signed by 67 of her neighbors. e letter requested a meeting with South Suburban leadership and city council representatives to speak about permanent park hours, ranger patrols and an exclusion to the park hours for July 4.

Design element concerns

Aerial view of Jackass Hill Park in Littleton.

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Other public commenters expressed speci c concerns about aspects of the concept site design, including distaste for the concrete paths, native plants, and concern about the placement of the nature play area near South Prince Street.

Chris Hancock, who said she has had to call the police on people driving in the park, said she hoped the nature play area would not be included.

“Where it’s located right along Prince Street, I think that’s a dangerous spot,” she said. “And I don’t think play area was a high priority item from the surveys that were done.”

She also expressed concern that additional native plants would not be maintained well if they were added to the park.

Her husband, Andy Hancock, said the plan seems to have gotten bigger than it needed to be, when citizens only wanted to address public safety, the setback on the west side of the park and drainage.

“ ose were the three main issues that we asked to be addressed and it kind of morphed into this big plan,” he said.  “I just wanted you to be aware that, in my opinion, most of the public comment was to leave it essentially as it is.”

Equity of park investments

Iftin Abshir, the nal public commenter of the evening, asked council to consider whether investing in Jackass Hill Park was an equitable

decision.

“I want to request that you to take a moment to pause and consider why some neighborhoods’ parks in Littleton are more deserving of this equitable access to nature than others,” she said. “Is it money? Voter turnout? Education levels? I’m not going to speculate, but the di erence in response is glaring.”

Before council voted, Rydin expressed a similar concern. She said she was not comfortable supporting the resolution without an equity strategy that outlines how the city chooses where to put their park investments.

“We really do need to be talking about equity across the board in our resource allocation, and that includes our park strategy,” she said.

“Until I see that strategy and we have that discussion, I’m not comfortable rubber stamping this.”

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The Jackass Hill site concept plan presented at the Feb. 28 city council study session.

Barr said the proposed plan includes the elements that he wants to see in increasing equitable park access throughout the city’s portfolio of open space. at said, he agreed that thinking about investment equity should be “front and center” in council’s core mission.

Public Works Director Keith Reester said the city is actively working towards involving equity in more

decisions regarding open spaces. He added that he does not think investing in Jackass Hill Park would take funds away from supporting other Littleton parks.

Mayor Kyle Schlachter added that the city has invested in several other parks in recent years, including Ida Park, Promise Park and Berry Park.

To the more speci c design concerns, Reester said city sta will work with SSPRD and the consulting rm to incorporate community suggestions.

“As we get into that construction design phase, that’s when a lot of these suggestions will be vetted out in how they t into the plan,” he said.

Community members can submit additional comments at https:// gameplan.ssprd.org/jackasshill-park-site-plan?tool=news_ feed#tool_tab. SSPRD will have public comment at an upcoming board meeting on the topic and will make the nal decision in adoption of the site plan.

If South Suburban adopts the plan, they will begin to develop construction drawings to be completed in 2023.

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Unified Basketball program promotes social inclusion

Program continues to spread

BY NINA JOSS NJOSS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

On Friday mornings this winter at Arapahoe High School, the gym was full of students coaching and playing basketball with their peers with intellectual or developmental disabilities.

e program, Uni ed Basketball, exists at all three Littleton public high schools to bring students with special needs together with other students to play sports and develop friendships.

is school year, all four district middle schools also started Uni ed teams.

The impact of Unified

As an athlete, Arapahoe senior Milana Rosazza values sports and believes everyone deserves the opportunity to play. When she got in-

jured and could not play soccer last year, she joined Uni ed Basketball.

As a coach for the team, she runs drills and coaches games for students who receive special needs support. Aside from coaching, some students participate in the Uni ed team as “peers” who join the athletes on-court.

In her role, Rosazza sees what a di erence the program makes for the athletes and for students like herself.

“I’ve participated in a lot of things at school… but none of those compare to how Uni ed sports has a ected me,” she said.

Allison Rooney, a special education teacher and one of the Uni ed program sta sponsors at Arapahoe, said the program is incredibly valuable to the students who practice with and coach Uni ed athletes.

“It’s such a great opportunity for our typical peers to have exposure to kids that are di erent and… to

In an e ort to connect the middle school teams with Arapahoe athletes, J.U.M.P. will be hosting a tournament for five Unified Basketball teams on April 15.

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Governing with emotion

As I read through the bills making their way through the state legislature, I am concerned. A meeting I had with a state o cial helped me put into words how I feel about the legislative process lately.

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is o cial said too many lawmakers are governing with “emotion.”

at resonated with me. It means lawmakers set aside data and debate in the name of looking popular, especially on social issues. ey’re going with what makes them seem caring and supportive in an economy that’s simpli ed to haves doing well and have nots forever struggling to get a leg up.

In this equation, the haves and the haves nots get a lot of attention as the shrinking middle class gets ignored.

Let’s be honest, a lot of the bills we have owing through our state and federal governments are feel good. ey sound like the right thing to do but they are not going to make a di erence the daily lives of many average constituents.

Some of my favorite books about how franchises and businesses have thrived in this country can be used as examples on why we are failing. In “Good to Great” and “Built to Last,” the most successful businesses over the years succeeded because of their willingness to evolve and run a business as a business, meaning emotions do not play a part.

With so many newer lawmakers at the Capitol, I am becoming increasingly concerned with the lack of e ort to make the lives of average workers better.

While rent control bills are important, I have seen little discussion on what is going to happen when middleincome homeowners are hit with what are expected to be extremely high property taxes this year. I have also seen little in the way of help for young couples and families looking to buy their rst home. I don’t blame those who simply give up.

I see very little in terms of how my children, who go to a great school district, are going to get better educations in math and reading as Colorado falls behind. ere are a lot of distraction bills about our education system. Very few mean my kids will get better learning tools.

When I go to the grocery store and ll three or four of my paid-for bags for my household of seven, I wonder what is being done by our lawmakers to help families like us.

We have joked that this Easter we will color potatoes instead of eggs because the cost is so outrageous.

I am hearing from some sources in the retail industry that butter is about to be as expensive as eggs, if not already.

I bought 13 items, recently, and spent nearly $100. Don’t get me started on the big shopping trips where meat, lunch supplies and necessities push the nal bill to shocking amounts.

I feel like I am part of the ignored population this year. My husband and I work hard. We live in a good school district. We do what we can to help the economy. at must mean lawmakers think I do not need help. ey must think that my struggles are not as important as the feel good social bills we hear about nonstop.

I work hard and I have a right to ask what is happening to help relieve the pressures we in the middle are feeling. Many middle-class families lost something during the pandemic and the high-in ation economy that followed it and persists today. Families are struggling, hoping not to drop to low-income status. Lawmakers don’t seem to feel much for them.

elma Grimes is the south metro editor for Colorado Community Media

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Robin was one of the newest and youngest members of the team attending the training session. As the facilitator shared ideas, strategies and tactics for dealing with the various situations that the team may encounter, she found herself really leaning in to try and absorb and retain as much as she possibly could. It was harder for her because other than a few part-time jobs and her education experiences, Robin could only image some of the scenarios as they were being explained.

Sean was in the same training session, and although new to the company, he had many years of experience in the industry. Since he had been in the industry for so many years, he had a lot of knowledge that others in the training class had lacked. Sean also brought with him so many relatable life and work experiences, making it easy to connect the concepts being taught to his job function.

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the newest person with the most experienced person to go through the exercises together during the training. at meant that Robin, the new college graduate, was partnered with Sean, the most tenured person in the training. Initially both Robin and Sean felt uncomfortable about the pairing. Sean believed he would learn nothing from someone so young and inexperienced and that he would have to do most of the work. Robin was intimidated at rst and just wished that she would have been paired with someone closer to her own age.

By the end of the training Robin and Sean were working and collaborating so well. At the end of the day the facilitator asked for lessons learned from the training. Robin shared that although Sean was much more experienced, that his willingness to share information and connect real-world stories to the exercises helped her to connect the dots better to the concepts being taught. And Sean shared that although he believed that his young counterpart could ever teach, “ is old dog any new tricks,” that Robin’s natural curiosity taught him that he certain-

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Skin care for spring and summer

Tips from a dermatologist FROM THE EDITOR

St udents and families in the Pikes Peak region are gearing up for spring break later this month. Whether it’s a sandy beach or the snowy slopes, there are several skin care tips to keep in mind.

e most important advice a dermatologist can give you is: no matter the season, protect your skin from solar radiation. ere is nothing that will bene t your skin as much, especially if you are thinking long term.

Whether you are going to enjoy the break on the mountains or at the beach, protect your skin from ultraviolet rays by using sun protective clothing, hats, and sunglasses, as well as applying sunscreen to the exposed areas.

For skiers, although most of the skin is covered by gear, it is very easy to forget the face. Don’t make that mistake. At high altitude, you are exposed to signi cantly more intense ultraviolet radiation than at sea level. Apply a generous amount of sunscreen on your entire face

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ly did not know it all and it reminded him of the need to be more curious himself.

I don’t know about you but I get to experience this very thing every day. Our own team is made up of some very young, incredibly bright, extremely driven, and curious team members. We are also blessed with, let’s just say, a little more gray than the rest of the team and lots of lessons learned over the years. And we have others on the team somewhere along their own career and life journey that bring so much to the team in the way of critical thinking, wonderful experience, and knowledge.

What makes our team meetings work so well is that those of us who have been around for a while appreciate the new thinking and insights that those just coming into the business are bringing to each situation or opportunity. And I watch in awe as the seasoned veterans share their wisdom through role plays and pressure testing ideas while the younger team members really pay attention. We are all learning from one another

and neck before you put on your scarf, face cover, helmet or goggles. Even though you think most of your skin is covered, it is common to have people with intense facial sunburn after a day in the mountains - the classic skier sunburn that only spares the areas around the eyes, which are covered by the goggles. A useful tip is carrying in your pocket a sunscreen in a stick, so you can apply to the face without even taking your gloves o , while waiting in lift lines. It is easy to lose track of time when we are having fun in the slopes, so make sure to reapply every few runs.

After a fun day in the mountains, most people like a hot shower or a hot tub. While this feels lovely, remember that, associated with the dry air of the mountains and of heated spaces, this will dry your skin. Apply thick moisturizing cream to your skin at the end of the day to prevent dry or itchy skin.

If you are going to be at a sunny destination to enjoy the ocean or the pool, more of your skin will be exposed to the sun. Clothes provide a physical barrier to protect your skin, and there are several brands that o er clothes with ultraviolet protection factor (UPF) number, which are made for outdoor activities. ey have cool breathable fabric, and some also can be used for swimming.

regardless of age or experience. When we do not know what we do not know, it’s a best practice to stop pretending to be a no-itall. And that’s something I will also brag on my team about, no one is afraid to ask for help. Our team culture is to be there for one another and help in any way that we can, respecting that everyone on the team brings relatable life experiences regardless of age. It’s about who they are and what they bring that matters most.

How about you and your team? Is everyone valued and respected for what they bring to the opportunities and meetings? Is everyone learning to be more curious and instead of telling, asking better questions? I would love to hear your story at gotonorton@gmail.com, and when we can openly talk about, share, and learn from one another’s life experiences, 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.

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Regarding the sunscreen for the beach, look for one that is water resistant (stays e ective for 40 minutes in the water) or very water resistant (stays e ective for 80 minutes in the water). Even if your skin remains dry while using a water-resistant sunscreen, you’ll need to reapply the sunscreen every 2 hours. Also, don’t forget your feet! If you’re wearing sandals, be sure to apply sunscreen to all exposed skin.

Remember that it does not mat-

ter if it’s a cloudy day on the mountain or at the beach. Ultra-violet A rays can go through clouds and cause skin damage.

Good skin care should happen all year round, but spring break is a great time to remind us of that, as we prepare to step out of the house and enjoy the beautiful outdoors.

Dr. Renata Prado is a board-certied dermatologist and board-certi ed Mohs Surgeon at Vanguard Skin Specialists

OBITUARIES

Robert Charles Kukura

December 4, 1948 - March 10, 2023

Robert Charles Kukura, age 74, has left us too soon arising to the heavens on March 10th, 2023. Rob was born on December 4, 1948, in Galesburg, IL to Charles and Jane Kukura. He is survived by his sisters Ann Waynik (Waterford, VA), and Madeleine Sulley (Las Vegas, NV), uncle to Eric Pettus (Austin, TX), and Victoria Flynn (Waterford, VA), Grand-uncle to Alicia Pettus, and Nathaniel Flynn (Waterford, VA).

• Graduated from Arapahoe High School in 1966; rst graduating class.

• Enlisted in the Army in September 1970; stationed as an X-Ray Technician at Texas, Georgia, and Maryland.

• Bachelor of Science in Mathematics in 1989 from Metro College; with a

concentration in computer science.

• Taught math and computer science at Auraria Campus and Metro College.

• Career in software engineering for 30 years.

Robert was a 3rd generation long-time ham radio operator, astronomy enthusiast, and genealogist partner to his mother and aunt. Robert’s hobbies included gol ng, bowling, ancient Roman, Greek and Chinese history, gardening, photography, and being a member of the Audubon and Sierra club.

Robert will be interned at Fort Logan National Cemetery on 6 April at 11am. In lieu of owers, please make a donation to American Cancer Society; focus on myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS).

Joseph John Peirce 1943-2023

Joseph John Peirce - beloved grandfather, father, brother, uncle, son and friend, -died March 2023 in Florida. He was 79 years old and retired.

Joe leaves behind his loving children, Heidi Peirce Gri th, Joe Peirce Jr. and grandchildren Peirce, Garrison, Houston, Hunter and Caleigh. Also survived by his

siblings, George (deceased), Jerry, Ginny and Patricia and former wife Becky Edwards McDowell. Private family ceremonies planned for summer.

In honor of Joe Peirce the family would love for you to donate to any cause or charity of your choice. We will be donating to the American Heart Association.

On Wednesday March 15, 2023, Roxanne “Gaga” Bisetti; loving wife, mother, and grandmother, passed away at the age of 74. Roxanne is survived and missed by her loving husband Jim Bisetti of 46 years; and children Jami and Janna (Ben). Forever cherished and remembered by her grandchildren; Rachel, Colin, Jack, and Charlotte. In the last few years Roxanne became a dog owner to Maddie, who could always put a smile on her face.

Roxanne was born on December 14, 1948 in Denver, Colorado to Roxie and Irene (Andrews) Canino. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Art History and French from the University of Colorado in Boulder, Colorado. Roxanne also spent a semester studying at the Sorbonne in Paris, France.

Roxanne met Jim while he was working in Denver at Disney Movie studios with her mother Irene. ey married on October 1, 1977 in Denver. After living in Denver for a short time they moved to California. As a Colorado native Roxanne and Jim moved

back to Denver 9 months after the birth of their rst daughter, Jami, and two and a half years later, Janna, their second daughter was born.

Roxanne loved working in middle schools as she spent over 25 years teaching French and most recently as the registrar at Goddard Middle School in Littleton, Colorado.

Twelve years ago she retired and started her career as a full time “Gaga”. Over the last twelve years she has cherished the many memories attending soccer, hockey, lacrosse, gymnastic, swim lessons, concerts, reading books, and playing games.

Family and friends are welcome to attend a celebration of life for Roxanne, which will be held on Friday March 24th, 2023 at 10:00am at Horan & McConaty located at 5303 East County Line Road in Centennial, Colorado. In lieu of owers memorial donations can be made to Ray of Hope Cancer Foundationin honor of Roxanne Bisetti https://secure. givelively.org/donate/ray-of-hope-cancerfoundation/rocky-mountain-cancer-center

KUKURA

PEIRCE

BISETTI

Roxanne “Gaga” Bisetti December 14, 1948 - March 15, 2023

Dr. Renata Prado

Area massage therapists laud the benefits of the practice on their clients’ ailments, stress

BY DEB HURLEY BROBST DBROBST@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Caring, compassionate hands — and sometimes feet — are used by massage therapists to help improve the lives of their clients. Massage is an ancient practice, and there are more than two dozen types throughout the world, therapists say.

Four massage therapists interviewed by Colorado Community Media say massage has become more accepted by the public, and more scienti c research is being done to document the health bene ts.

Massage can help with pain and injuries; decrease muscular tension; reduce blood pressure, swelling and in ammation; release endorphins; and much more, according to massage therapists.

“Even people who don’t have speci c problems can bene t from massage,” Destine Robertson with Alpine Medical Massage in Centennial and Conifer said. “Everybody has so much stress, and massage can help relieve that.”

People’s perceptions of massage have come a long way, the therapists said.

“A lot of people think of massage as pampering and relaxing,” Ti any Shocklee with Hearth re erapeutics in Golden said, “but it can help people who have many other issues, too.”

A blend of massage styles

Massage therapy is not an easy profession, requiring hours of training, a certi cation exam and licensing in Colorado.

“It’s become a more regulated eld,” said Mary Davis with Healing Traditions Bodywork in Evergreen, “which I think is best. I think it’s needed and necessary to protect people when they are potentially vulnerable going in for a personal treatment like massage.”

But education doesn’t stop at the 600 hours of initial training for most therapists. ey continue to learn di erent techniques to add to their repertoire.

“ e single most popular, most widely done type of massage in the

U.S. and maybe in the world is Swedish massage,” Davis said. “ at is part of your basic training. It is a bit lighter, more relaxing, with long strokes. en what I do and what a lot of therapists do is integrative massage. We have received additional training in areas that have spoken to us.”

Davis said most of the time she’s integrating di erent styles and techniques in one massage.

“I have a toolbox, and I pull different things out based on what I’m feeling that day in their tissues and what they need,” she explained.

Jenna Courage of Littleton erapeutic Massage Center said she has blended together many styles to create her own technique.

“I make each session specialized for each client,” Courage explained. “Some techniques I use on one client but not another. I feel like I am learning from my clients. ey come in with something new, and I gure out how to work with it, then take that knowledge and use it on someone with a similar issue.”

A satisfying career

Some massage therapists like Shocklee chose the practice as their rst career, while others nd massage therapy along their career paths. Davis and Shocklee have been massage therapists for 19 years, while Robertson has spent 22 years in the profession and Courage 31 years.

“Massage is important for me,” Shocklee said. “It’s what I’m meant to do. It helps me stay connected to myself. For me to go to work feels very focusing and a relief from other parts of my day that may be chaotic. It’s doing something that is single-minded by working with one person.”

Courage was working on a premedicine degree when she realized she had a strong interest in alternative health care. She visited a massage school and signed up the

CIRCLE PHOTO: Mary Davis with Healing Traditions Bodywork in Evergreen uses her forearm to massage areas of a client’s back.

Destine Robertson with Alpine Medical Massage in Centennial and Conifer massages a patient’s back.

Ti any Shocklee with Hearthfire Therapeutics in Golden massages a client’s shoulder. Shocklee also o ers ashiatsu massage during which she uses her feet. COURTESY PHOTOS

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next week.

Robertson, for example, worked in a bakery before moving to massage therapy, quipping that kneading bread dough helped pave the way to her next career. However, she said she should have known that massage therapy was her calling because as a young girl, she rubbed her grandmother’s shoulders. Her grandmother suggested massage therapy as a career.

Davis had a 20-year career in the nonpro t sector rst.

“I like doing things that help people, but I didn’t want to make the commute and sit in an o ce,” Davis said.

Helping others

e massage therapists agree that they continue to practice massage therapy for so many years because of the relationships they have with their clients and because of their ability to

help others with a multitude of issues.

“It’s a pretty amazing feeling to have somebody come in (for a massage) in pain or with an issue that is a big problem in their lives, and you’re able to gure out how to work with them to help either greatly improve or resolve that issue,” Courage said. “Just the feeling of seeing them feel better, to know that they are healthier, happier, more functional in their lives, and you helped create that.”

Shocklee added: “I feel like it’s very rewarding being able to increase people’s wellbeing. It de nitely can be therapeutic for me to help other people and make them feel better. For me personally, doing things like continuing education so I can keep learning new things and taking care of myself have helped me to be able to do it as long as I can. When I rst started, I didn’t think I’d be doing it that long.”

Davis says she usually see an immediate impact from the massages she provides.

“It really motivates me and makes me feel good,” Davis said. “It gives meaning to my work. I feel like I am having a positive impact on people’s lives.”

that are similar to yogic stretching. The therapist uses palms and fingers to apply firm pressure to the body, and you will be stretched and twisted into various positions. Myofascial release therapy: involves releasing sti ness in the fascia, the connective tissue system that contains each muscle in the body. The therapist uses massage and stretch to any areas that feel tense with light pressure.

John F. Barnes Myofascial Release: a treatment used to treat chronic pain from the following: back, neck, menstrual, jaw, headaches, and others.

Ashiatsu massage: a technique where massage therapists use their feet to apply deep pressure to your body. It’s often called barefoot massage. Methods allow the deep tissues, joints and muscles to be massaged while easing the nervous system.

Reiki: a Japanese technique for stress reduction and relaxation that also promotes healing. It is based on the idea that an unseen life-force energy flows through people and is what causes us to be alive. If one’s life-force energy is low, then we are more likely to get sick or feel stress, and if it is high, we are more capable of being happy and healthy.

‘Carousel’ wrapping up its run

Rodgers and Hart’s “Carousel” is presented by Performance Now eater Company through April 2 at Lakewood Cultural Center, 470 S. Allison Parkway. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. ink: “If I Loved You,” and “You’ll Never Walk Alone” ... 303987-7845, Lakewood.org/LCCPresents.

Englewood concert

Cellist Silver Ainomae will return to Hampden Hall in the Englewood Civic Center, 1000 Englewood Parkway, at 2 p.m. on April 8 for an Englewood Arts Presents concert in the “Chamber Music of the Masters” series. englewoodarts.org or ebertoluzzi@ hotmail.com.

Colorado Wind Ensemble

Colorado Wind Ensemble performs at 7:30 p.m. on May 5 at the King Center on the Auraria Campus, 855 Lawrence Way. With special guest trombonists Dr. Jonathan Whitaker from the University of Alabama and Dr. Peter Ellefson from Indiana University. e CWE has openings for bassoon and percussion. See website for audition information: coloradowindensemble.org.

Zikr Dance

e Zikr Dance Ensemble is touring with “Mysteries, Rites and Revelations” and the premiere of “Mobile.” Performances locally: April 2 — Lone Tree Arts Center; April 11 — Highlands Ranch Southridge Recreation Center; April 14-15 — Lakewood Cultural Center. See zikrdance.com.

College gallery

Colorado Gallery of the Arts at Arapahoe Community College, 5900 S. Santa Fe Drive, Littleton, is holding an Artist Invitational through May 5: Works by Andrea Gordon, Cindy Young, Amber Seegmiller, Jodee Sweets, Anthony Snyder, Sisel Lan, Mary Murphy, Nicole Hartman, Z.A. Handler, Amy Mower. Gallery hours: Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.;

SONYA’S SAMPLER

ursdays until 7 p.m.; Saturday, April 8, noon to 3 p.m.

Miners Alley

“I Hate Hamlet” by Paul Rudnick plays through April 23 at Miners Alley Playhouse, 1224 Washington Ave., Golden. Directed by Rory Pierce. Tickets: $44 to $56. Performances: 7:30 p.m. ursday, Friday, Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday. MinersAlley.com.

For the ladies

Mark your calendar: LOST (Ladies Only Sample Tour) in Littleton on May 18. More later. See ladiesonlysampletour.com.

Curious Theatre

“Amerikin” by Chisa Hutchinson plays at Curious eatre, 1080 Acoma St., Denver through April 15. Directed by Jada Suzanne Dixon. 303-623-0524, curioustheatre.org.

Creativity summit

Colorado Creative Industries Summit for 2023 will draw more than 300 Colorado creatives from more than 65 cities and towns to Crested Butte this summer for two days to be announced soon. Contact Colorado Creative Industries. Early bird pricing through March. Dates to be rmed up very soon. See oedit. colorado.gov/colorado-creative-industries-summit.

ACC benefit

Mark the calendar again! Arapahoe Community College will hold its “Wine, Art and Design” bene t in Littleton, at ACC Art and Design Center, 24oo W. Alamo Ave., from 6:30 to 9 p.m. See arapahoe.edu/ foundationevents.

Lone Tree

Tunes on the Terrace at Lone Tree Arts Center has

ticket packages available for June 23: Six One Five Collective; July 7: e Hot Lunch Band; July 21, 8 p.m.: Pink Martini, featuring China Forbes; August 4: Face Vocal Band. All performances will take place. If moved to the Main Stage, patrons will be noti ed via email on the day of the performance. All outdoor seats have a corresponding seat in the Main Stage theater in case of inclement weather. No cancellations within 72 hours of the performance. See lonetreeartscenter.org.

Curtis Center

Curtis Center for the Arts, 2349 E. Orchard Road in Greenwood Village, continues with Month of Photography through May 6. Works by Ben Cooper and Jaime Belkind-Gerson are exhibited. Open MondayFriday 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; Saturday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Arvada Center

“Damn Yankees” will play at the Arvada Center, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., from April 7 through May 7. Tickets start at $53. 720-898-7200, arvadacenter.org.

The cast of “Carousel.” COURTESY OF RDGPHOTOGRAPHY

Thu 4/06

Cooking with Elle @ 3pm

Apr 6th - Apr 27th

Heather Gardens Clubhouse, 2888 S. Heather Gardens Way, Aurora

Tue 4/11

Casino - Bally's @ 12:45pm

Heather Gardens Clubhouse, 2888 S. Heather Gardens Way, Aurora

Colony House @ 6pm

Gothic Theatre, 3263 S Broadway, Englewood

Little Image @ 6pm

Gothic Theatre, 3263 S Broadway, Engle‐wood

Phat Daddy @ 7pm

Q's Pub and Grill, 10133 W Chat‐�eld Ave, Littleton

Wendy Clark Band: Wendy Clark at The Englewood @ 7pm

The Englewood Tavern, 4386 S Broadway, Englewood

A Flock of Seagulls & Strangelove-The DEPECHE

MODE Experience at Parker

Arts PACE Center @ 6:30pm

Parker Arts, Culture & Events Cen‐ter, 20000 Pikes Peak Avenue, Parker

Anavrin's Day: Tailgate Tavern Main Stage @ 7:30pm

Tailgate Tavern & Grill, 19552 Mainstreet, Parker

Tony Medina Music: The Open Mic at The Alley @ 5:30pm The Alley, 2420 W Main St, Little‐ton

Wed 4/12

Ladies Night @ 5pm / $10

Stampede, 2430 South Havana, Aurora

DJ Rockstar Aaron: Forbidden Bingo at 'Bout Time Pub & Grub @ 7pm Bout Time Pub & Grub, 3580 S Platte River Dr A, Sheridan

Thu 4/13

Teague Starbuck @ 5pm Modern Brew - Kitchen, Coffee, Bar, 8221 S Holly St, Centennial

WHL U.S. Development

Combine: Denver - GOALIE @ 11pm / $399

Apr 6th - Apr 9th

South Suburban Family Sports Center, 6901 South Peoria St, Centennial. 888-844-6611 ext.

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Diego Figueiredo

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Lakewood Cultural Center, 470 S Allison Pkwy, Lakewood

Flag Football:Adult FREE AGENTSThurs-Coed Female-Spring 23 @ 11:30pm

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Parker Fieldhouse, 18700 E Plaza Dr, Parker

Fri 4/07

Quilting- Beginner

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Heather Gardens Clubhouse, 2888 S. Heather Gardens Way, Aurora

Anavrin's Day: Tailgate Tavern

Main Stage @ 7:30pm

Tailgate Tavern & Grill, 19552 Mainstreet, Parker

Sat 4/08

Boogie T @ 10:30pm

Gothic Theatre, 3263 S Broadway, Englewood

Sun 4/09

Colorado Country Dance Social @ 6pm / $10

Stampede, 2430 South Havana, Aurora

Bunny Trails at Belmar @ 10am / Free

Belmar, 7337 West Alaska Drive, Lakewood. janet@see-janetwork.com, 303-815-3504

Science: The Ancient Norse (612yrs) @ 2:30pm

PACE Center, 20000 Pikes Peak Avenue, Parker

Love and Theft live w/ Woodland Park @ 6pm Wide Open Saloon, 5607 US-85, Sedalia

Dave Mensch - Tailgate Tavern - Parker, CO @ 11am

Tailgate Tavern & Grill, 19552 Mainstreet, Parker

Brad Williams @ 6:30pm

Comedy Works South, 5345 Land‐mark Pl, Greenwood Village Music City Hit-Makers; From Nashville with Strings @ 6:30pm Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St, Lone Tree

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CSO principal cellist plays in Englewood

Seoyoen Min accompanied by pianist Hsiao-Ling Lin

BY SONYA ELLINGBOE SELLINGBOE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Englewood Arts presented Colorado Symphony Principal Cellist Seoyoen

Min on March 18 in another of its excellent Saturday matinee series concerts at Hampden Hall. She was accompanied by pianist Hsiao-Ling Lin in three classical works spanning the past three centuries.

Included: Beethoven (1770-1827)

“Cello Sonata No. 4 in C, Op. 102” (1815); Ginastera “Pampeana No. 2 Rhapsody for Cello” (1950); and Grieg “Cello Sonata in A Minor, Op. 36 (1883).” e Ginastera work refers to the plains, pampas, in Argentina. ere is a connection to Colorado’s eastern plains in that work. He was an important 20th-century classical composer.

Min’s inaugural season with the CSO was 2019/2020. e native of South Korea has been an active soloist in the U.S. and South Korea. She was also featured with the Wyoming Symphony Orchestra, where she performed the Fredrich Gulda Cello Concerto with Christopher Dragon. She made her South Korean debut at the Youngsan Art Hall in 2016 and has performed in solo engagements with the Northwestern University Chamber Orchestra, Seoul National Symphony Orchestra, the Seoul Academy Ensemble, the Seoul Soloists Cello Ensemble and OZ Ensemble.

She is a founding member of the Edith

String Quartet and has participated in a number of chamber music collaborations throughout her career.

Included: a cello ensemble with Lynn Harrell and with Kyung Sun Lee in the Virtuosi Seoul Ensemble, as well as the St. Lawrence Quartet.

In her home community, she performs with Englewood Arts as a chamber musician and soloist and with the Front Range Chamber Players.

e contemporary music scene in South Korea has drawn her interest as well. In the summer, she performs as a guest artist with the Southeastern Young Artists in Georgia, with the Grand Teton Festival as principal cello and the “Going Home Project” Orchestra as assistant principal.

Seoyoen Min is a private teacher in her home community and has been a guest faculty member at area music institutions. Most recently, she has taught a master class at the University of Wyoming, where she also taught at the UW Cello Festival.

Her personal mentors include musical gures such as Lynn Harrell, Gary Ho man, Xenia Jankovic, Peter Bruns and Tilman Wick, she wrote.

She holds a master of music degree from Northwestern University’s Bienen School of Music, where she studied with Hans Jorgen Jensen and a bachelor of music degree from Seoul National University.

Watch for her name as summer music programming begins to appear in our paper and elsewhere in the area, as summer announcements begin to appear.

Seoyoen Min, principal cello with the Colorado Symphony, performed March 18 in Englewood’s Hampden Hall.

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EASTER Worship

SHADOW MATCHING GAME

Match the correct Easter chick with it’s shadow!

Player of Year selections named

Winter-sports athletes honored for their achievements

BY JIM BENTON SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA

Cherry Creek and Valor Christian won state championships for south metro teams during winter sports season and Ponderosa once again was a runner-up.

The Bruins girls swimming team won its third straight Class 5A state title and the boys of Valor’s hockey team were the state champs for the third time in the past four seasons.

However, for Ponderosa the frustration remained, as the Mustangs were the Class 5A runners-up for the third straight season.

Colorado Community Media has also made its Player of the Year selections for all the winter sports. Athletes from all Douglas County and Littleton Public schools were eligible plus players from Valor Christian, Cherry Creek, Lutheran and SkyView Academy high schools.

The Player of the Year selections were:

Girls swimming

Larson Ficken of Cherry Creek will be attending and swimming at Auburn next season but the senior nished her high school career by winning individual titles in the 50 and 100 freestyles at the state meet. She actually won four titles as she swam a leg on the 200 freestyle relay team, which set a state record of 1:30.81, and was also on the state championship 400 freestyle relay team.

Boys wrestling Ponderosa

junior Jacob Myers won his second straight title, this season at 132 pounds, with a pin in 35 seconds in the title match. He nished the season with a 37-5 record.

Hockey

Valor Christian

165-pound senior defenseman Aiden Owen was one of the state’s top blueliners. He had 10 goals and 21 assists for the state champion Eagles and led the team with 31 points and was the sixth leading scorer among all 5A players.

Owen was the quarterback on Valor’s power play and was a member of the penalty kill unit.

Girls basketball

Macey Huard of Valor Christian, a 6-foot-2 guard, averaged 22.1 points, two assists, 7.6 rebounds and 2.2 steals a game this season. e senior who will play for Montana next season had 32 points and 14 rebounds in her nal high school game, which was a semi nal state tournament loss.

Boys basketball

Caden Stevens and Radek Homer led Mountain Vista into the state tournament semi nals and Gavin Hershberger was the spark plug for Rock Canyon’s team, but Stevens gets the nod as Player of the Year. Stevens, a 6-9 senior who has a scholarship o er from Metro State, averaged 17.2 points a game this season, shot 64% from the eld, grabbed 7.7 rebounds and had 4.4 blocked shots a game.

Boys volleyball grows in popularity among local high schools

Legend leads the way

BY JIM BENTON SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA

Boys volleyball became a sanctioned sport in Colorado three years ago and has steadily been growing.

“ e level of volleyball is rising and rising,” said Legend boys volleyball coach Ryan Lindstrom. “It’s getting better and it’s getting bigger.”

When the Colorado High Schools Activities Association sanctioned boys volleyball before the start of the 2021 season, players and teams were reluctant to jump in.

“When it was rst sanctioned, Legend was the only school in Parker with a team,” Lindstrom said. “We had kids from Ponderosa and Chaparral try out for the team. is year, Douglas County made the amazing choice to go 100 percent. So all Douglas County schools have boys volleyball teams, which is fantastic.

“We’re lucky at Legend to have some really good players. We have 42 boys in the program. We didn’t cut anybody. We want them to keep playing volleyball.”

Legend’s Paxton Wright has been playing volleyball since he was youngster.

“I was super happy (when boys volleyball was sanctioned),” he said.

“I have a deep passion for the sport ever since I was young. I just love it and want it to become a bigger sport in the state.

“When I rst started playing it was a club level thing and then my freshman year at Legend we got second in the state, last year we got third and this year we are trying to make it rst,” he said.

Legend (6-1) is ranked third in the CHSSANow.com state poll, defeating underRidge, 3-0, in a Continental League match on March 23. e set scores were 25-10, 25-15

Cherry Creek’s girls swimming team won its third straight state championship and 29th overall on Feb. 10. Team member Larson Ficken is a Colorado Community Media Player of the Year.

PHOTO BY JIM BENTON

Cameron Mueller (6) and Trevor Tribute (10) of ThunderRidge attempt to block a kill by Legend’s Paxton Wright (7) during the March 23 Continental League match.

PHOTO BY JIM BENTON

SEE VOLLEYBALL, P21

Rock Canyon girls soccer o to rough start

BY JIM BENTON SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA

Rock Canyon’s girls soccer team is o to slow start with a rugged nonleague schedule.

e Jaguars, the third-ranked team in the CHSAANow.com state rankings has started the 2023 season with a 0-2-1 record.

Rock Canyon opened the season with a 1-1 double overtime tie against Arapahoe, a perennial playo team, which is also ranked in the top 10.

Eighth-ranked Fossil Ridge blanked the Jaguars, 2-0, in a March 21 game at Echo Park.

Rock Canyon then dropped a 2-1 overtime decision to fourth ranked Pine Creek on March 23.

“We have a really tough nonleague schedule,” said Rock Canyon coach Mat Henbest. “We de nitely think it will help us down the road. e schedule does prepare us.” e Jaguars have had trouble scoring in the early games this season.

“It is easier to defend than it is to create,” said Henbest. “It does make a di erence.”

Mid elder Addison Vali, a senior who has committed to play for SMU next season, had the lone Rock Canyon goal in the game against Arapahoe. Nicole Fraser scored for the Jaguars in the overtime setback at Pine Creek.

In early season games involving teams ranked in the top ten in the March 20 state rankings, it seems thatdefenses of the teams might be a

little ahead at least according to the numbers.

In games completed before March 22, the combined o ensive production was 2.368 goals per game while the top 10 ranked teams have allowed just 0.842 goals a game.

Rock Canyon gave up two second half goals in the loss to Fossil Ridge despite having a 10-4 advantage in shots on goal.

Nicola Frazer got the gamewinning goal for Pine Creek in the second overtime period to defeat the Jaguars in the March 23 contest.

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and 25-17.

“We think we’re pretty good,” said Lindstrom. “I think we’ll be in the top ve or six in the state for sure. We expect to be very competitive through the whole year.”

Wright is grati ed about Legend’s start this season.

“We’ve started o pretty strong,” he said. “We’ve got our chemistry going. Communications is the key to our success. We’re just swinging well, ghting well and passing well and playing at a good level.”

Wright, a 6-foot-4 junior, had a strong game against underRidge

(0-3) with 13 kills, three aces, two blocks and 10 digs.

Senior Reece Lindstrom had six aces and 12 assists while senior Tommy Gibas had ve kills and DavisRoach contributed nine assists.

Addison Vali (15) has scored one of the two goals for Rock Canyon this season in a slow start to the season for the Jaguars.

Clara Geurzaine (10) of Rock Canyon battles for a loose ball with Natalie Lin(9) of Rock Canyon during the March 21 game.

PHOTOS BY JIM BENTON Legend junior Paxton Wright (7) had 13 kills, three aces, and 10 digs in the Titans’ 3-0 sweep over ThunderRidge on March 23.

Legend’s Timothy Gibbs (11) blocks an attempted spike by ThunderRidge’s Westley Watson (11) during the match on March 23 at Legend.

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see the gifts that our students have to o er,” she said.

For the athletes, the program o ers a powerful opportunity for authentic friendships.

“A lot of our students have a hard time with the social skills and all the necessary things that occur with a friendship,” Rooney said. “I just think (Uni ed Basketball) lends to more natural friendships occurring with the kids, because our athletes can be their true self and our partners just accept them for who they are.”

Arapahoe High School is working to become a Uni ed Champion School through Special Olympics Colorado.

Unifying further

With the middle school teams beginning, Rosazza had an idea to build a relationship between the Arapahoe team and younger teams.

“We’re just trying to nd a way to bring them together with some mentor athletes at Arapahoe in order to kind of teach (the middle school teams) how it works,” she said.

Rosazza pitched the idea to her group for a capstone project class, which juniors and seniors at Arapahoe can take. Her partners were all on board for the project, which they titled Joint Uni ed Mission to Play, or J.U.M.P. for short.

During the recent basketball season, which ended in early March, Rosazza and her group partners coordinated a practice for Arapahoe Uni ed athletes to lead at Newton Middle School.

“ ey’re just really good mentors towards the younger kids,” she said.

“We didn’t even have to coach -- they just led the drills and it was awesome… It gave the Arapahoe kids a leadership opportunity, while also still helping the younger kids.”

Rosazza said another bene t of the partnership between schools is getting to watch the students build relationships with each other. She said one Arapahoe Uni ed athlete got to reunite with some of his friends when he visited Newton to mentor them, and it’s heartwarming to see more relationships like that being created.

“I think this relationship will also make the transition from middle school to high school a lot easier for a lot of the kids because they’ll have some familiar faces,” she said.

Carley Fagler, one of Rosazza’s partners on the J.U.M.P. project, said Uni ed helps students with intellectual or developmental disabilities feel included.

“For me, it’s allowing all kids to feel equal and equally supported,” Fagler said. “I want them to feel like they’re a part of the community and they’re embraced and loved… To help the middle school kids incorporate that into their lives now, it’s just exciting to watch.”

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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.

SEE ATTACHED LEGAL DESCRIPTION

Also known by street and number as: 5720 S Lowell Blvd, Littleton, CO 80123.

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

NOTICE OF SALE

The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 05/10/2023, 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.

BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED;

DATE: 01/10/2023

Michael Westerberg, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado

By: Michael Westerberg, 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 # 20-024184

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.

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CONDOMINIUM UNIT 3, BUILDING A, THE

LEFT BANK CONDOMINIUMS, ACCORDING TO THE CONDOMINIUM MAP OF THE LEFT BANK CONDOMINIUMS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK AND RECORDER OF ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO RECORDED JANUARY 24, 1972, UNDER RECEPTION NO.1269988 AND THE AMENDED AND RESTATED CONDOMINIUM DECLARATION FOR THE LEFT BANK CONDOMINIUMS RECORDED JUNE 19, 2017 UNDER RECEPTION NO. D7068337, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. APN #: 032072326

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Last Publication: 4/13/2023 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103

FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0030-2023

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

On January 24, 2023, 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) Cheryl L Humphrey and Monte E Humphrey

Electronic

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 23 AND 24, BLOCK 28, SOUTH BROADWAY HEIGHTS, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 4298 South Grant Street, Englewood, CO 80113.

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 DESCRIPTION HAS BEEN CORRECTED BY SCRIVENER'S AFFIDAVIT RECORDED 4/13/2012 AT RECEPTION NO. D2040501 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, 05/24/2023, 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: 3/30/2023

Last Publication: 4/27/2023

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: 01/24/2023

Michael Westerberg, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado

By: Michael Westerberg, Public Trustee

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

Alexis R. Abercrombie #56722

David W Drake #43315

Scott D. Toebben #19011

Randall S. Miller & Associates PC

216 16th Street, Suite 1210, Denver, CO 80202 (720) 259-6710

Attorney File # 17CO00183-5

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

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First Publication: 3/30/2023

Last Publication: 4/27/2023

Name of Publication: Littleton Independent

COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103

FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0007-2023

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

On January 6, 2023, 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)

Bradford I Dillman

Original Beneficiary(ies)

MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR PRIMELENDING, A PLAINSCAPITAL COMPANY, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt COLORADO HOUSING AND FINANCE AUTHORITY

Date of Deed of Trust September 14, 2020

County of Recording Arapahoe

Recording Date of Deed of Trust

September 21, 2020

Recording Information (Reception No. and/or

Book/Page No.)

E0125255

Original Principal Amount

$316,167.00

Outstanding Principal Balance

$304,484.01

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 1, BLOCK 5, CHERRY CREEK FARM SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 5, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO.

Also known by street and number as: 10205 E Peakview Ave, Englewood, CO 80111-6107.

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, 05/10/2023, 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: 3/16/2023

Last Publication: 4/13/2023

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: 01/06/2023

Michael Westerberg, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado

By: Michael Westerberg, 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

provided may be used for that purpose.

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Legal Notice NO. 0622-2022

First Publication: 3/9/2023

Last Publication: 4/6/2023

Name of Publication: Littleton Independent City and County

PUBLIC NOTICE

CITY OF CENTENNIAL

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Tuesday, March 21, 2023, the Centennial City Council approved the following ordinance on second and final 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 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 March 9, 2023)

By:Barbara Setterlind, MMC, City Clerk

Legal Notice No. 531303-60303

Ben Rule Sheila Gregory

Jack Stabenau

Chris Cooke

Eligible electors may apply for new or replacement mail ballots and return voted mail ballots to the office of the Designated Election Official which is also the ballot drop-off/walk-in voting location: at Spencer Fane LLP, 1700 Lincoln Street, Suite 2000, Denver, Colorado 80203. The office of the Designated Election Official is open Monday through Friday between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. from April 10, 2023, through May 1, 2023, and from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on May 2, 2023 (Election Day). Please contact the office of the Designated Election Official at (303) 839-3800 to coordinate walk in voting or drop off of ballots.

By: /s/ Katie Stahl

Designated Election Official

Legal Notice No. 531279

First Publication: March 30, 2023

Last Publication: March 30, 2023

Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE OF POLLING PLACE ELECTION FOR SOUTHWEST METROPOLITAN WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN and particularly to the electors of the Southwest Metropolitan Water and Sanitation District (“District”) of Arapahoe, Jefferson and Douglas Counties, Colorado.

OF REGULAR ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL FOR THE POLO RESERVE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Polo Reserve

Metropolitan District, Arapahoe County, Colorado, that at the close of business on February 28, 2023 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:

Sandor Jeffrey Weiss: Four-Year Term

William D. Steigers, Jr.: Four-Year Term

Michael R. McGinnis: Two-Year Term

POLO RESERVE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

By:/s/ Crystal Schott Designated Election Official

Legal Notice No. 531300

First Publication: March 30, 2023

Last Publication: March 30, 2023

Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL

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.

First Publication: March 30, 2023

Last Publication: March 30, 2023

Publisher: Littleton Independent and the Centennial Citizen

PUBLIC NOTICE

CITY OF CENTENNIAL

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Tuesday, March 21, 2023, the Centennial City Council approved the following ordinance on second and final reading:

ORDINANCE NO. 2023-O-03

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CENTENNIAL, COLORADO ESTABLISHING A TEMPORARY MORATORIUM ON THE ACCEPTANCE AND ON THE PROCESSING OF APPLICATIONS SEEKING THE APPROVAL OF A PERMIT OR LICENSE, INCLUDING APPLICATIONS FOR OR ISSUANCE OF BUILDING PERMITS AND BUSINESS LICENSES, FOR OUTDOOR PICKLEBALL COURTS LOCATED WITHIN 500 FEET OF RESIDENTIAL ZONED OR RESIDENTIALLY USED LAND AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a regular election of the District shall be held on Tuesday, May 2, 2023, during the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. The Board of Directors of the District has designated the following polling place(s):

Platte Canyon and Southwest Metropolitan Water and Sanitation District Office 8739 West Coal Mine Avenue Littleton, CO 80123

At such election, the electors of the District shall vote for Directors to serve the following terms of office on the Board of Directors of the District:

Two (2) Directors for Four-Year Terms

The names of persons nominated and terms of office for which nominated are as follows:

Donald Rosier for Four-Year Term

Chuck Hause for Four-Year Term

Samuel Rivas for Four-Year Term

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the RiverPark Metropolitan 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 1-13.5-513, C.R.S.

The following candidates are declared elected:

Susan Wikstrom: until the second regular election (May 4, 2027)

Amber Carlson: until the second regular election (May 4, 2027)

Dated: March 1, 2023.

/s/ Jennifer Pino

Designated Election Official for the RiverPark Metropolitan District c/o McGeady Becher P.C. 450 E. 17th Avenue, Suite 400 Denver, Colorado 80203-1254

Phone: 303-592-4380

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

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 March 16, 2023)

By: Barbara Setterlind, MMC, City Clerk

Legal Notice No. 531302-60302

First Publication: March 30, 2023

Last Publication: March 30, 2023

Publisher: Littleton Independent and the Centennial Citizen Public Notice

ABSTRACT OF VOTES CITY OF LITTLETON SPECIAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION MARCH 7, 2023

WE, THE UNDERSIGNED, do hereby certify that the following are the results of the City of Littleton special municipal election held on March 7, 2023.

BALLOT QUESTION 300:

YES: 2700 NO: 6746

By: Kyle Schlachter, Mayor Colleen L. Norton, Designated Election Official

Date Signed: 3.17.2023

Legal Notice No. 531296

First Publication: March 30, 2023

Last Publication: March 30, 2023

Publisher: Littleton Independent

Metropolitan Districts

Public Notice

NOTICE OF REGULAR ELECTION WILD PLUM METROPOLITAN DISTRICT MAY 2, 2023 1-13.5-1105(2)(d), 1-13.5-502 C.R.S.

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, and particularly to the eligible electors of the Wild Plum Metropolitan District of the Town of Columbine Valley, Arapahoe County, Colorado.

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a regular election is to be held on Tuesday, the 2nd day of May, 2023, and that said election shall be conducted by mail ballot. Accordingly, ballots will be distributed by U.S. Mail not earlier than April 10, 2023, and not later than April 17, 2023, to eligible electors of the District entitled to vote in the election. The purpose of the election is to submit to the eligible electors of the District referenced above, the election of members of the Board of Directors.

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

The names of the persons nominated for Director to serve a four-year term (2023-2027) are:

Chris Wiley

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that applications for absentee ballots may be filed with the Designated Election Official at bdbutterfield@plattecanyon.org between the hours of 7:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., until the close of business on the Tuesday immediately preceding the election (Tuesday, April 25, 2023). All absentee ballots must be returned to 8739 West Coal Mine Avenue, Littleton, CO 80123 by 7:00 p.m. on election day.

SOUTHWEST METROPOLITAN WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT

By /s/ Bridget Butterfield

Designated Election Official

Legal Notice No. 531284

First Publication: March 30, 2023

Last Publication: March 30, 2023

Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice

NOTICE OF POLLING PLACE ELECTION SOUTH SUBURBAN PARK AND RECREATION DISTRICT

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, and, particularly, to the electors of the South Suburban Park and Recreation District of Arapahoe, Douglas and Jefferson Counties, Colorado.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an election will be held on the 2nd day of May, 2023, between the hours of 7:00 A.M. and 7:00 P.M. The Board of Directors of the District has designated the following polling place:

Goodson Recreation Center 6315 S. University Boulevard Centennial, CO 80121

At said election, the electors of the District shall vote for two (2) Directors to serve a four-year term of office of the Board of Directors of the District:

The names of persons nominated for a FourYear Term are as follows:

Michael G. Edwards

John Priddy

Pam Eller

Ken Lucas

Elizabeth Watson

Alexis Barrere

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that applications for absentee ballots may be filed with Jennifer King, Designated Election Official of the South Suburban Park and Recreation District at: 4810 E. County Line Road, Littleton, CO 80126, Monday through Friday between the hours of 8:00 A.M. and 5:00 P.M., until the close of business (5:00 P.M.) on the Tuesday immediately preceding the regular election (April 25, 2023) Contact the DEO at (303) 483-7011 or Elections@ssprd.org for more information. Absentee ballots must be returned to the DEO by 7:00 p.m. on Election Day. SOUTH SUBURBAN PARK AND RECREATION

Legal Notice No. 531282

First Publication: March 30, 2023

Last Publication: March 30, 2023

Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL §§ 1-11-103(3), 1-13.5-513, C.R.S. LITTLETON VILLAGE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 3

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Littleton Village Metropolitan District No. 3, Arapahoe County, Colorado, that at or after the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election to be conducted on May 2, 2023, 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 was canceled pursuant to Section 1-13.5-513, C.R.S. The following candidates were declared elected by acclamation:

John Buchanan, (4) Year Term until May 2027

Vacant, (4) Year Term until May 2027

Vacant, (2) Year Term until May 2025

Vacant, (2) Year Term until May 2025

LITTLETON VILLAGE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 3

/s/ Stacie L. Pacheco

Stacie L. Pacheco, Designated Election Official Contact Person for the District:

Alan D. Pogue, Esq.

ICENOGLE SEAVER POGUE, P.C. 4725 South Monaco Street, Suite 360 Denver, Colorado 80237

Telephone: 303-292-9100

Email: APogue@ISP-Law.com

Legal Notice No. 531305

First Publication: March 30, 2023

Last Publication: March 30, 2023

Publisher: Littleton Independent

Public Notice

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL §§ 1-11-103(3), 1-13.5-513, C.R.S. LITTLETON VILLAGE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 1

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Littleton Village Metropolitan District No. 1, Arapahoe County, Colorado, that at or after the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election to be conducted on May 2, 2023, 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 was canceled pursuant to Section 1-13.5-513, C.R.S.

The following candidates were declared elected by acclamation:

John Buchanan, (4) Year Term until May 2027

Sherry Buchanan, (4) Year Term until May 2027

Vacant, (2) Year Term until May 2025

Vacant, (2) Year Term until May 2025

Vacant, (2) Year Term until May 2025

Littleton / Englewood Legals March 30, 2023

LITTLETON VILLAGE METROPOLITAN

DISTRICT NO. 1

/s/ Stacie L. Pacheco

Stacie L. Pacheco, Designated Election Official

Contact Person for the District: Alan D. Pogue, Esq.

ICENOGLE SEAVER POGUE, P.C.

4725 South Monaco Street, Suite 360 Denver, Colorado 80237

Telephone: 303-292-9100

Email: APogue@ISP-Law.com

Legal Notice No. 531304

First Publication: March 30, 2023

Last Publication: March 30, 2023

Publisher: Littleton Independent

Public Notice

NOTICE OF MAIL BALLOT ELECTION FOR SOUTH METRO FIRE RESCUE

FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN and particularly to the electors of the South Metro Fire Rescue Fire Protection District (“District”) of Arapahoe, Douglas and Jefferson Counties, Colorado.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a regular election of the District shall be held on Tuesday, May 2, 2023, during the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. The election is being conducted as a mail ballot election. The ballots will be mailed to the eligible electors of the District no earlier than 22 days prior to the election (April 10, 2022) and no later than 15 days prior to the election (April 17, 2022). The drop off location for the delivery of mail ballots and receipt of replacement ballots shall be located at Community Resource Services of Colorado, LLC, 7995 E. Prentice Avenue, Greenwood Village, Colorado, and shall be open Monday through Friday between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. beginning at least 22 days prior to the election day and from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on election day.

Additional Dropbox locations:

Arapahoe County Administration Building, 5334 S. Prince Street, Littleton Arapahoe Community College,

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:

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

Joan Lopez, Clerk to the Board

Legal Notice No. Arap 1174

First Publication: March 30, 2023

Last Publication: March 30, 2023

Publisher: Englewood Herald Littleton Independent and the Centennial Citizen

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.

5675 East Prentice Lane Centennial, Colorado 80015

Legal Notice No. 531275 First Publication: March 23, 2023

Last Publication: April 6, 2023

Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Daniel Harrold Christian, also known as Dan Christian, Deceased Case Number: 2023PR30167

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 or on or before July 31, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Todd M. Elenz, Esq. Attorney for the Personal Representative P.O. Box 880233 Steamboat Springs, CO 80488

At such election, the electors of the District shall vote for Directors to serve the following terms of office on the Board of Directors of the District: One Director from Director District No. 1 for Four-Year Term One Director from Director District No. 3 for Four-Year Term One Director from Director District No. 4 for Four-Year Term One Director from Director District No. 5 for Four-Year Term

The names of persons nominated and terms of office for which nominated are as follows: Director District No. 1

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Orchard Valley Metropolitan District, Arapahoe County, Colorado, that at or after the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election to be conducted on May 2, 2023, 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 was canceled pursuant to Section 1-13.5-513, C.R.S., and the following candidates were declared elected by acclamation:

Jeffrey G. Sheets: Four (4) year term

VACANT: Four (4) year term

By:/s/ Kayla M. Enriquez

Designated Election Official Orchard Valley Metropolitan District

Legal Notice No. 531290

First Publication: March 30, 2023

Last Publication: March 30, 2023

Publisher: Littleton Independent Bids and Settlements

Public Notice

ARAPAHOE COUNTY

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

CASE NO. PF22-006, BROCKMANN SUBDIVISION #03 / FINAL PLAT

PROPOSAL: The applicants and property owners, Eleutherious (Terry) and Anthea Stefanoudakis, are requesting approval of a Final Plat to create one additional lot for single-family development. There is currently one existing single-family residence on the 2.42-acre lot. The existing residence is proposed to remain on a 1.8 acres lot, and a new custom single-family residence is proposed on the new lot.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on April 25, 2023 at 9:30 A.M., or as soon thereafter as the calendar of the Arapahoe County Board of County Commission permits, a public hearing will be held; at which, all interested persons will be given an opportunity to be heard concerning the above-described PF22-006, Brockmann Subdivision #03 / Final Plat. The public hearing will be held at 5334 S Prince St, East Hearing Room, Littleton CO 80120, with the option to participate remotely. The agenda will typically be posted by the Friday afternoon preceding the hearing and can be viewed on our website at https://arapahoe. legistar.com/Calendar. You can also listen to, or speak at, the meeting by calling 1-855-436-3656. To join the speaking queue, press *3 on the telephone keypad.

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

Joan Lopez, Clerk to the Board

Legal Notice No. Arap 1173

First Publication: March 30, 2023

Last Publication: March 30, 2023

Publisher: Englewood Herald Littleton Independent and the Centennial Citizen Public Notice

ARAPAHOE COUNTY NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING CASE NO SD22-001, SOUTHEAST PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT METROPOLITAN DISTRICT / SERVICE PLAN AMENDMENT

PROPOSAL: The applicant proposes to amend the existing Southeast Public Improvement Metropolitan District Service Plan to broaden their funding to include park and recreational improvements. This amendment does not propose a tax increase.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on April 18, 2023, the Arapahoe County Planning Commission will hold a Public Hearing at 6:30 P.M., or as soon as possible thereafter at 6954 S Lima St, Arapahoe Room, Centennial CO 80112; at which, all interested persons will be given an opportunity to be heard concerning the above-described Case No. SD22-001, Southeast Public Improvement Metropolitan District / Service Plan Amendment. The agenda will typically be posted by the Friday afternoon preceding the hearing and can be viewed on our website at https://arapahoe.legistar.com/Calendar. You can also listen to, or speak at, the meeting by calling 1-855-436-3656. To join the speaking queue, press *3 on the telephone keypad. More information about this proposal is available

Notice is hereby given that Littleton Public Schools in the county of Arapahoe will on May 2, 2023 pay retainage and make final settlement with Legacy Mechanical, Inc. for BID PACKAGE #04 GC Services at Highland Elementary School. Any person, co-partnership, association of persons, company or corporation that has furnished labor, material, team hire, sustenance, provisions, provender or other supplies used or consumed by the contractor identified above or any subcontractor thereof in or about the performance of the work contracted to be done or that has supplied rental machinery, tools, or equipment to the extent used in the prosecution of the work whose claim therefore has not been paid, by the contractor or subcontractor, must file a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid on account of such claim, which statement must be filed on or before April 24, 2023. Claims must be submitted to Board of Education to Littleton Public Schools at the school district’s Property Management Department, 5776 S. Crocker Street, Littleton, CO. 80120 on or before April 24, 2023. Final Settlement will be made and verified claims must be timely filed with Littleton Public Schools. Failure on the part of the claimant to file such statement prior to or on the established date will relieve the School District from any and all liability for such claim, Dated: March 30, 2023.

Legal Notice No. 531250

First Publication: March 30, 2023

Last Publication: April 20, 2023

Publisher: Littleton

CITY OF SHERIDAN

REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP)

The City of Sheridan is seeking a qualified consultant or consultants to prepare a plan for the future of the 1.5-mile Federal Boulevard corridor (CO88) segment located between W. Floyd Ave. and S. Clay Street within the City.

The selected consultant(s) will be responsible for conducting public outreach, interfacing with other agencies (including CDOT), preparing reports, memos, graphics, final plan documents, giving presentations, and all management of subconsultants required to complete this project. This project is funded with a FHWA subaward through the 2022-2023 Community Mobility Planning and Implementation Set-Aside awarded by the Denver Regional Council of Governments (DRCOG) and administered by CDOT and must comply with all requirements of the granting authority.

Interested parties are encouraged to submit proposals by April 7th, 2023 at 4:30 pm to the following:

City of Sheridan – Federal Blvd. Study

Attn: Andrew Rogge 4101 S. Federal Blvd. Sheridan, CO. 80110-4316

Proposals should include three (3) hard copies, one (1) digital copy (may be emailed to arogge@ ci.sheridan.co.us), and the cost to complete services in a separate, sealed envelope. Alternatively, digital submissions of proposals will be accepted to the above email but the cost to complete services must be received in a separate mailed envelope to the above address.

Any questions regarding this RFP may be emailed to arogge@ci.sheridan.co.us no later than March 30th and questions and answers will be posted at: http://ci.sheridan.co.us/493/Federal-BoulevardProjects no later than April 3rd.

The selected consultant will enter into a services agreement with the City of Sheridan and must follow all FHWA and State requirements. The City of Sheridan anticipates selecting a consultant by April 14th and presenting a contract to City Council for final approval on April 24th. A Notice to Proceed is expected to be issued by April 28th.

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 Notice to Creditors

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of MICHAEL D. NAUGHTON SR., a/k/a MICHAEL DENNIS NAUGHTON SR., and a/k/a MICHAEL NAUGHTON SR.,

Deceased Case Number: 2023 PR 30226

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 16, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Personal Representative: Cynthia A. Naughton c/o Kathleen M. Johnson, Esq. Sherman & Howard L.L.C. 675 Fifteenth Street, Ste. 2300 Denver, Colorado 80202

Legal Notice No. 531243

First Publication: March 16, 2023

Last Publication: March 30, 2023

Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of GEORGE ALBERT AGEE, AKA GEORGE A. AGEE, AKA GEORGE AGEE, Deceased Case Number: 2023 PR 30242

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

Floyd E. Agee, Jr. Personal Representative 13275 Halleluiah Trail Elbert CO 80106

Legal Notice No. 531258

First Publication: March 23, 2023

Last Publication: April 6, 2023

Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of George John Hansen, a/k/a George J. Hansen, a/k/a George Hansen, a/k/a Joe Pete Hansen and Joe Hansen, Deceased Case Number: 2023PR30300

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to:

District Court, Arapahoe County, Colorado Arapahoe County Justice Center 7325 S. Potomac St., #100 Centennial, CO 80112 on or before July 31, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Jennifer Paige Willingham-Lents

Personal Representative c/o Law Office of Byron K. Hammond, LLC 4500 Cherry Creek Drive South, Suite 960 Denver, CO 80246

Legal Notice No. 301815 First Publication: March 30, 2023 Last Publication: April 13, 2023 Publisher: Englewood Herald Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Lucille M. Cassell, Deceased Case Number: 2023PR30108

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 or on or before July 23, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Stephens, Personal Representative

Legal Notice No. 531132

First Publication: March 16, 2023

Last Publication: March 30, 2023

Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of William Worth Eikleberry Jr., aka William W. Eikleberry Jr., aka William Eikleberry Jr., aka William Worth Eikleberry, aka William W. Eikleberry, and William Eikleberry, Deceased Case Number: 2023PR30270

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

Stephanie Lyn Eikleberry

Personal Representative 280 S. Main St., P.O. Box 6 Byers, CO 80103 303-886-1237 eikleberry@comcast.net

Legal Notice No. 531263

First Publication: March 23, 2023

Last Publication: April 6, 2023

Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice Arapahoe County District Court Arapahoe County, Colorado Court Address: 7325 S. Potomac Street Centennial, CO 80112

To: Carol Caruso-Ward Last Known Address, if any: 2725 Alvardo Terrace South, Salem, OR 97302

A hearing without appearance on Personal Representative’s Petition to Vacate Order of Intestacy, Personal Representative’s Petition for Order of Testacy and Formal Probate of Will, and proposed Orders, in the Estate of Gary P. Galletta will be held at the following location or at a later date to which the hearing may be continued:

Date: April 16, 2023 Courtroom or Division: 12

Address: 7325 S. Potomac Street, Centennial, CO 80112

Legal Notice No. 301795

First Publication: March 16, 2023

Last Publication: March 30, 2023

Publisher: Englewood Herald

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of LUELLA S. EASON, a/k/a LUELLA SPARGO EASON, Deceased

Case Number: 2022PR30240

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 23, 2023 or the claims may be forever barred.

Richard L. Eason, Personal Representative 2261 E. Dartmouth Place Englewood, CO 80113

Bette Heller, Esq.

Attorney to the Personal Representative 19671 E. Euclid Dr., Centennial, CO 80016

Phone Number: 303-690-7092

E-mail: bhelleresq@comcast.net

Atty. Reg. #: 10521

Legal Notice No. 301799

First Publication: March 23, 2023

Last Publication: April 6, 2023

Publisher: Englewood Herald Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS In the Matter of the Estate of: CARRIE LOUISE FEIDLER, aka LOUISE C. FEIDLER, aka LOUISE FEIDLER, Deceased Case Number: 2022-PR-31239

/ Englewood Legals March 30, 2023