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Douglas County car thefts keep law enforcement busy Castle Rock is outlier in state trends

BY MCKENNA HARFORD MHARFORD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Stolen cars have recently become one of Douglas County law enforcement’s top priorities as thefts increase across the entire metro area with Castle Rock serving as the

single exception.

Data from the Colorado Auto Theft Prevention Authority Metropolitan Auto Theft Task Force (C-MATT) shows car thefts up 20% in Douglas County between 2021 and 2020, while the metro area saw a 39% increase as a whole.

Though Douglas County represents only 623 stolen cars out of the 27,409 metro area thefts, local law enforcement is reporting car theft is the top crime officers investigate.

Of the 29 reporting agencies in CMATT’s annual report, Castle Rock was the only municipality or county to see a decrease in the number of thefts in 2021 compared to 2020 at a rate of 25%.

Cmdr. Jason Lyons, of the Castle Rock Police Department, credited the difference to three main tactics, including installing a new license plate reading system, called FLOCK, at various places throughout the town.

Student receives Daniels Scholarship Jade Gromer is senior at Chaparral High School

BY ELLIOTT WENZLER EWENZLER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Jade Gromer was at work as a manager at Dutch Bros Coffee when she got the news she had been waiting for.

Surrounded by customers and other workers, the Chaparral High School senior opened up the online portal and there it was: She had been selected as a Daniels Scholar.

“We were screaming and jumping up and down,” she said, adding the coffee customers joined in the excitement as well. “It was really, really cool.”

The scholarship — which provides up to $25,000 per year to those selected — not only means she was selected from 2,000 other students for the prestigious award, but it also means she could attend her dream college without taking out any loans.

“For me and my family, that SEE SCHOLARSHIP, P9

Like license plate readers installed on police cars, the FLOCK system scans license plates that pass the stationary reader, compares it to a national database and alerts officers when a plate is reported stolen or connected to a crime, warrant or missing person.

Lyons estimated officers receive several alerts on a daily basis they follow up on.

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Douglas County joins GOALS facility to serve homeless families Congressman secures federal funding

BY ELLIOTT WENZLER EWENZLER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Jade Gromer, a student at Chaparral High School, is hoping to be a cheerleader at COURTESY OF VANESSARAE_PHOTOGRAPHY Grand Canyon University this fall.

SPECIAL AWARDS

Victim advocates are honored

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Some Douglas County families experiencing homelessness will soon have access to a new resource after the county received $1 million in federal funding to participate in the GOALS facility in nearby Arapahoe County.

Douglas County commissioners participated in a roundtable with Congressman Jason Crow April 21 at the facility to discuss the funding for the residential program, which SEE GOALS, P8

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Prosecutor’s office honors victim advocates 18th Judicial District hosts ceremony

BY THELMA GRIMES TGRIMES@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

In Parker on April 19, prosecutors, law enforcement and politicians were all in agreement. That rare feat was accomplished because of what they were all there to do — honor the people who work every day to protect the rights of victims of crime.

As part of National Crime Victims’ Rights Week, the 18th Judicial District Attorney’s Office hosted a special awards ceremony to honor those who have gone above and beyond to help victims of crime in Arapahoe, Douglas, Elbert and Lincoln counties.

Along with the honorees for the evening, council members and commissioners from Centennial, Parker and Douglas and Arapahoe counties were in attendance.

In his opening statements, District Attorney John Kellner said he is proud of the way treating victims has evolved over the years. When a victim of a crime is dealing with their worst day, Kellner said, dedicated professionals in the 18th Judicial District are there to see them through it.

“When I think about the importance of this week, and what it means to me as a prosecutor, I think it is a time to reflect on the people behind the numbers. It is a time to think about the communities that we serve as prosecutors and law enforcement.

It makes me think about how far we have come.”

Early in his career as a prosecutor in the Marine Corps, Kellner said there was not a lot of thought about how victims were treated, saying at one time they were more of an “afterthought.” While that brings a sense of shame in thinking about it, Kellner said, the hard work of many has brought about “tremendous change.”

Kellner said there is more advocating at the state level to change laws, there are more community groups with the sole purpose of helping victims, and there are lots of changes in how communities go about policing and helping people experiencing the “worst days of their lives.”

Kellner said the theme in honoring Victims’ Rights Week this year

District Attorney John Kellner keeps the service dogs in check while their handler thanks the audience for support.

Amanda Hollander accepts the award for Outstanding Law Enforcement Advocate from Parker Detective Shannon Brukbacher at an April 19 ceremony.

Senior Chief Deputy Attorney Chris Wilcox proudly presents the Career District Attorney Support Staff award to Lorna Leader, who accepted the honor by phone.

All of the night’s honorees come together to celebrate their work in helping victims of PHOTOS BY THELMA GRIMES crime at a ceremony marking National Crime Victims’ Rights Week.

is “Rights, Access, Equity for all Victims.”

In the 18th Judicial District over the last year, Kellner said, they recovered more than $43,000 in restitution for victims. In 2021, the 18th Judicial District sent out 11,000 communications to victims to let them know they were available to help them. In 2021, the Victims’ Compensation Program col-

lected more than $1 million, Kellner said.

As presenters entered the stage to give awards, many of the stories shared throughout the evening were heartbreaking but had the happiest ending possible — the guilty behind bars.

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Parker man accused of selling fake vaccination cards Faces federal charges

BY OLIVIA PRENTZEL THE COLORADO SUN

A Parker man produced and sold hundreds of fake COVID-19 vaccination cards to people in more than a dozen states, with help from a co-conspirator who worked in the defense industry and had a Top Secret security clearance, according to a federal complaint.

Robert Van Camp faces federal charges of conspiracy and trafficking counterfeit goods in an alleged business scheme he ran for about a year, according to the complaint

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In presenting the Career Investigator Award, 18th Judicial District Chief Investigator Mike Dickson said the honoree, Scott Stephens, has gone above and beyond for victims, especially children. In reviving one case, Dickson said, Stephens conducted a new round of interviews, found more victims and was able to secure a conviction in a case involving children.

In announcing the winner for the Outstanding Law Enforcement Advocate Award, Parker Detective Shan-

filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Denver. He made thousands of dollars selling the cards that were allegedly “visually indistinguishable” from legitimate vaccination record cards designed and distributed by the CDC. Van Camp and his co-conspirator, who is not named in the federal complaint, used an electronic copy of a blank COVID-19 vaccination record card that looked identical to official vaccination cards, the complaint said. Van Camp included the official government logos of both the U.S. Department of Human Health Services and the CDC and used false information about vaccination dates, vaccination providers,

vaccination sites and vaccination lot numbers.

Federal agents searched the trash at his and his co-conspirator’s Parker home in October and found crumpled handwritten documents, including one titled “Card List” that included the names of individuals and the quantity of cards ordered. He also sold cards to four federal undercover agents, the complaint said.

Van Camp, a resident of both Parker and Bulverde, Texas, published magazines which contained ads and promotions from various businesses. He headed two business networking associations called Parker Best Leads Group and Castle

Rock Best Leads Group, according to the complaint.

At least one witness, who attended a networking meeting led by Van Camp, heard Van Camp say he had “inside knowledge” about COVID-19 vaccination cards because of his co-conspirator’s security clearance, the complaint said. That person saw Van Camp with a two-inch stack of fraudulent cards, offering to sell them for $17 to $20 each.

Another witness, who also attended one of the meetings, confronted Van Camp after seeing him with a pile of fake cards and said that he should not be selling them,

non Brukbacher said she could not think of anyone more deserving than Amanda Hollander, who works with the Parker Police Department.

While her contributions in advocating for victims are endless, Brukbacher focused on Hollander’s work in a stalker case where a man was relentless in pursuing his female victim.

Brukbacher said Hollander worked to keep the victim updated and educated on her rights.

Brukbacher said even after the man was let out of prison, he returned to keep stalking his victim. However, because of all the prep work to prepare the victim on what to do in case he reappeared, the victim was ready, and

the suspect has again been arrested.

Hollander, who has been with the department for four years, has worked to improve response and services to victims of crime, Brukbacher said.

“Amanda embodies everything you think a victim advocate should have,” Brukbacher said. “She is an excellent communicator, is 100% trustworthy and she understands the types of trauma and works tirelessly to build trust with victims and help them regain control of their lives.”

Others honored during the special banquet include: • Outstanding Non-Profit – Arc of Aurora

• Outstanding Victim Service – Lorna Leader a forensic nurse program manager in Parker, Porter and Littleton Adventist Hospitals • Outstanding Law Enforcement Officer – Kathy Lynn of the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office • Career District Attorney Support Staff – Arleen Sandberg • Career Prosecutor – Danielle Jaramillo • Career District Attorney Victim Specialist – Lynne Gallion of the Douglas County DA’s office • Recognition of Service Award – Pella, a retired K-9 that has helped in calming victims. She was escorted by handler, Amber Urban.

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according to the complaint. Van Camp allegedly responded that he did not care what the witness thought.

Van Camp also made sales in numerous states through email, text and phone, according to the complaint, including to federal employees who were required to be vaccinated against COVID-19 under the federal employee vaccination requirement.

In September 2021, Van Camp sold five fraudulent cards — charging $120 per card — to an undercover federal agent in or near Castle Rock, the federal complaint said.

“I kinda have a hookup on the real, real ‘V’ card, you know what I’m saying?” Van Camp reportedly told the agent. “Like I can hook you and all of your employees up so if anybody asks you can show them the card. I have done it for about 700 of my customers.”

He told the agent he had sold the fake vaccination cards to people who were traveling to Federal agents searched the trash at Robert Van Camp’s and his purported co-conspirator’s Parker home in October and allegedly the Tokyo Olympics, includfound crumpled handwritten documents, including one titled “Card List” that included the names of individuals and the quantity ing three Olympians and their SCREENSHOT FROM FEDERAL COMPLAINT of cards ordered. coach and people traveling He told another federal agent thousand lives,” he said, accord- wrong? I’m just kinda fixing internationally. that he was making between 30 this wrong is all I’m doing. It’s “So until I get caught and go to ing to the complaint. “And what to 40 cards a night and that makjail, (expletive) it, I’m taking the they’re doing is wrong, we know not like I’m making hundreding the cards was a full-time job. dollar bills.” this, so how is what I’m doing money! I don’t care. I’ve saved a

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‘We are increasing our patrols in those lots so we’re able to find the vehicles when the person is in them or in the store and we can get them when they come out.’

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“Our officers will respond to the general area (of the specific license plate camera) and be on the lookout for that vehicle,” he explained. “We’re getting suspects arrested and vehicles recovered because we’re able to respond to an area in real time after being notified of a stolen car.”

With the real-time data, Lyons said officers are having more success arresting a person in connection with the theft as opposed to only recovering the stolen car.

C-MATT data shows Castle Rock police recovered 79% of stolen cars within 30 days, which aligns with other Douglas County law enforcement recovery rates.

The C-MATT report doesn’t break down arrests by jurisdiction, but reports a total of 246 arrests in 2021 from the 29 agencies included in the report.

“Many of those bad guys, we’re catching - we’ve recovered 1,000 grams of drugs, eight weapons, we’ve arrested people on 85 warrants, so it’s hugely successful,” Lyons said. “If someone is not actively apprehended while in possession of that motor vehicle and it gets dumped and then recovered later, it’s really hard to tie a person to that vehicle.”

Currently, Castle Rock is the only department in Douglas County to be using the FLOCK system, which was first installed in May 2021. Lyons said he expects the

Josh Hans, public information officer for the Parker Police Department

Investigating car thefts is a big job for local law enforcement.

department will formally review the success of FLOCK after the one-year mark.

“It’s certainly not the only piece of the puzzle, but it is timely the fact that we deployed this technology and are seeing double-digit reductions in crime,” he said.

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Office, Lone Tree Police Department and Parker Police Department all use license plate readers in patrol cars, though each department said it was evaluating whether to invest in the FLOCK system.

Lone Tree currently has two patrol cars equipped with license plate readers, while Parker police just doubled their equipped patrol cars from two to four because of the uptick in thefts, said Josh Hans, the public information officer for the Parker Police Department.

“We wanted to be able to increase the coverage and be able to have one out on the road at all times,” Hans said.

With the added help of the license plate reading technology, every department noted that sharing information and partnering with other agencies is another crucial piece to successfully investigating car thefts.

Douglas County Sheriff Tony Spurlock said a majority of stolen cars are used to commit other crimes, oftentimes in other communities. Hans said cars recovered in Parker frequently have illegal drugs in them.

The sheriff’s office estimates about half of the recovered cars are stolen from outside their jurisdiction and cars taken from Douglas County are equally likely to be found elsewhere.

“What we see is people steal cars from the Denver metro area and bring them down here to use the car in a crime and then steal a car from here to go back up to the Denevr area,” he said.

Castle Rock, Lone Tree and Parker likewise see thefts as a regional problem.

Sharing stolen car information among agencies not only increases the number of eyes on the lookout, Spurlock said, but also helps police identify and saturate areas of concern.

In Parker, Hans said those areas

tend to be in large retail parking lots and fitness centers.

“We are increasing our patrols in those lots so we’re able to find the vehicles when the person is in them or in the store and we can get them when they come out,” he said.

The last key law enforcement cited in solving thefts is community help. As Castle Rock has seen by the implementation of FLOCK , the sooner officers are made aware of a car being stolen or a suspicious incident, the more likely they are to recover the car or make an arrest.

“The community acts as a force multiplier, our eyes and ears when we aren’t there,” Lyons, said.

Spurlock encouraged people to report stolen cars right away with the license plate number so information can be spread to police.

Similarly, Lone Tree Police Department Cmr. David Brown said reports of abandoned vehicles and people checking car doors have helped his department’s investigations.

“To be successful at solving any crime, you have to have strong partnerships with your community members and business partners,” Brown said.

A large majority of stolen cars are crimes of opportunity, Spurlock explained, citing unlocked doors, people leaving keys in the car and leaving the car running as common factors in thefts.

“We’ve seen people walk right past a car that they try to open up and it’s locked, they move on to the next one,” he said.

Spurlock, Brown and Lyons pointed to lower accountability for property crimes, which allows for repeat offenders, as one factor that may be contributing to the recent rise in car thefts.

Parker’s Hans also noted the pandemic and concurrent economic downturn seemed to also be a factor, though Spurlock disagreed.

“Our legislature has put Colorado in harm’s way and they have reduced the accountability and responsibility for criminals,” he said.

Regardless of the causes though, all of the law enforcement agencies encouraged people to remember to lock their cars and protect their valuables.

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Sheridan forum shares struggles, solutions of homelessness Network of schools, police, nonprofits discuss challenges

BY ROBERT TANN RTANN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Alida Romero didn’t know what benefits exist for those experiencing homelessness when she fled her home country of Venezuela and came to the U.S. as a refugee.

Romero, who had taught at a university in her home country, was struggling to find housing and only qualified for low-paying cleaning jobs.

“To come with the trauma of persecution, I felt terrorized,” she said. “The door was shut on me.”

Romero spoke about her lived experience with homelessness during an April 20 forum at the Sheridan Municipal Center, which featured a line-up of speakers who shared the struggles, and solutions, to the unhoused crisis in the area.

The event was sponsored by a network of nonprofits, including Change the Trend and the South Metro Community Foundation, which put on similar forums in Englewood and Littleton last year.

Mike Sandgren, who leads Change the Trend and has been active with the Tri-Cities Homelessness Policy Group, made up of leaders in the cities of Englewood, Littleton and Sheridan, said rising homelessness in the region is no longer debatable.

“The question has really evolved into ‘what are we doing about this?’” Sandgren said.

Speakers used the question to explore their own role in addressing homelessness, which can be people living on a street corner or families doubled up with friends.

Jorge Sholz, who works for the Sheridan Schools District on behalf of the federal McKinneyVento anti-homelessness program, said there are about 300 families who are homeless within the district.

“Our families have to make a choice, and their choice is ‘we either have to eat, or we pay rent,’” Sholz said.

Sholz said many of these families couch surf, staying with other family or friends for temporary periods of time before moving onto the next accommodation. Some, he said, don’t even consider themselves homeless.

“A family of four living in one bedroom, sometimes they may not see it as a big deal,” Sholz said.

Between January and March, Sholz said the McKinney-Vento program has been able to provide rent assistance to 15 families and 32 children, helping them escape housing insecurity.

Sholz said the results for some children have been higher school attendance and improved grades.

Speakers listen to Jorge Sholz discuss family homelessness in the Sheridan School District.

But much remains to be done.

“It is a big task,” Sholz said.

“And hopefully our numbers will be a lot better next quarter and on and on and on.”

Sandra Blythe-Perry, who runs the nonprofit Integrated Family Community Services, said before the COVID-19 pandemic, her team was helping about 600 people per month. Now it’s about 6,000, with the nonprofit aiding in food insecurity through its food bank as well as with rental assistance.

But with demand so high and federal assistance dollars beginning to dry up, “agencies just like us run out of money so quickly,” Blythe-Perry said.

Sometimes the task for helping the unhoused falls to a community center, such as at Sheridan’s Recreation Center, which provides vouchers for showers, among other resources.

“We will not turn anybody away,” said Eddie Kanoza, the recreation center’s director, who urged community members to show empathy for those who are homeless. “You need to step back … everybody’s a person.”

Empathy has become a guiding principle for the co-responder program between the Sheridan Police Department and AllHealth Network, a nonprofit mental health resource offering counseling and crisis services.

When responding to possible mental health-related situations, which often can involve someone who is homeless, Sheridan police are accompanied by a licensed AllHealth clinician.

The partnership has made a “huge difference” said Police Chief Jeffrey Martinez.

“We get training as law enforcement officers on how to deal with these issues, but by no means are we the experts,” Martinez said.

Andrea Martin is one of those

clinicians who will join Martinez’s officers when needed to help deescalate situations and better respond to someone in crisis.

“I’m able to build a rapport with people in a way that’s maybe not as threatening as having a gun on my belt,” Martin said, adding the relationship between mental health and homelessness can be complex, with one issue sometimes excavating the other.

But tension is still felt when crimes are committed by someone experiencing homelessness, especially in the business community. Nick Ventrella, who helps maintain stock for the Target in Sheridan, said shoplifting is not always black and white and that incidents need to be handled on a case-by-case basis.

He said since being in his line of work long enough, he’s tried to avoid involving police, especially when someone may be stealing equipment to sleep in or food.

“It doesn’t feel good to put a person in that situation,” Ventrella said.

The Sheridan store now has a policy to buy food and drink for someone who may be homeless and Ventrella said it is also working with Change the Trend to provide Target gift cards for newly-housed people to buy furniture and essentials for their home.

As these smaller solutions were presented, Sheridan City Manager Devin Granbery, who was not a speaker but listening in on the conversation, spoke up.

“What homelessness boils down to is housing,” Granbery said.

“We’ve got to house people better than we do.”

He said many who are homeless can’t take full advantage of the resources and services that exist until they are housed. He said

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‘I want to be part of the solution, not part of the problem. I think we’re all one, and we need to help each other.’

Alida Romero

in neighboring cities like Englewood and Littleton, housing can be a “touchy political subject.”

“And we’ve got to get over it,” Granbery said.

Granbery’s comments echoed earlier sentiments from Martin, who said while mental health can be a factor for why someone falls into homelessness, the economic crush many feel can’t be understated.

“And I don’t think we talk about that enough,” she said.

Data shows that, at least for the tri-cities area, this is true.

A University of Denver study conducted in 2019 and into 2020 found that the top five reasons why individuals reported being homeless were all economic.

Loss of a job, inability to pay rent and housing price increases were among some of the leading causes.

For Romero, who is now housed in an apartment, homelessness won’t be solved unless all aspects of a community are willing to put in the work.

“I want to be part of the solution, not part of the problem,” she said. “I think we’re all one, and we need to help each other.”

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seeks to help unhoused families become financially independent.

Crow secured the $1 million in funding as part of his Community Funding Projects.

“What we’re seeing with unhoused families is this is a regional issue, boundaries and jurisdictions don’t determine people’s needs,” Crow said. “The resulting trend is you’re seeing counties and cities starting to work with each other.”

The Generational Opportunities and Achievement long-term success program, or GOALS, is a four-tonine-month residential program for unhoused families. The program seeks to serve two generations within these families by teaching skills and resources to children and adults to help them become self-reliant.

This funding will allow the facility, located east of Cherry Creek State Park in Aurora, to renovate one of their buildings so it can house up to five families from Douglas County. Renovations are expected to begin in a few months with a goal of accepting families in 2023.

The new program is just one element of Douglas County’s plan to address homelessness in the community, said Commissioner Abe Laydon.

“The approach that Douglas County has is a little bit unique in that we have those 4c’s,” Laydon said. “It’s compassion, code enforcement, community services and communications.”

Douglas County law enforcement agencies, nonprofits and governments have said they’re starting to see an increase in homelessness throughout the region. This year, the county formed a Homeless Initiative to research the issue and to create a plan to address it.

Now, the county is in the process of creating an outreach team to respond in instances where people experiencing homelessness appear to be in crisis, Laydon said.

The county is also looking at new enforcement policies for things like camping and panhandling in medians.

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until the county finds a facility to shelter unhoused people, another step the county is looking into, he said.

The new initiatives will also likely be paired with new signage as part of a public education campaign and added transportation capabilities specifically for the unhoused.

The GOALS facility, which hopes to eventually house a total of about 24 families, includes a shared kitchen, laundry and living room to create a community.

“We work very closely with the families to develop those plans,” said Scott Shields, Chief Executive Officer of Family Tree.

They offer programs such as early childhood education, adult education, employment training, classes in finance and parenting, substance abuse peer groups and others.

DougCo’s human resources manager Dan Makelky first toured the facility during the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, he said.

“I was so impressed by the programming here,” he said. “Knowing that we didn’t have any of these types of services within Douglas County and as we start to build our response to families and individuals who are homeless in Douglas County we thought providing a resource for families would be really important.”

Then, he brought Laydon.

“The epiphany was that it wasn’t just a housing-only model, it was whole-person care,” Laydon said.

Jamie Rife, executive director for the Metro Denver Homeless Coalition, said during the roundtable that this facility is the perfect example of multiple communities working together.

“We are dealing with an incredibly complex problem called homelessness. And the reality is for a long time we tried to do a lot of that in isolation and the truth is none of us can solve homelessness alone,” she said.

While the number of families the program can help is limited, Crowe said he believes every little bit of help makes an impact.

“You talk to one of these families, you meet the children and it matters to them,” he said. “Every person matters and you have to do everything you can to help every person.”

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Scott Shields guides a tour in the GOALS facility April 20.

The GOALS building that will soon undergo renovations to house up to five unhoused Douglas County families.

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SCHOLARSHIP FROM PAGE 1

seems unreal to have such a cool college experience and not have to worry about the financial piece of it,” Gromer said.

The Parker resident is still waiting to find out where she will enroll this fall but she hopes to be on the cheer squad for Grand Canyon University in Arizona. If not, she will attend Auburn University in Alabama.

Throughout her time at Chaparral High School, 18-year-old Gromer has filled her days with extracurriculars including cheerleading, serving as an executive of the National Honor Society and is a member of student government. Last year, she served as the junior class president. This year she is the president for the whole student body.

Since her freshman year, Gromer has participated in organizing Wish Week, which is in coordination with the MakeA-Wish Foundation. Wish Week is about local students working to raise money to grant wishes made by children with critical illness.

This year, Gromer served on the 6-student team that organized all the events, rasing enough to grant 17 wishes.

“Those are the happiest weeks of my high school experience,” Gromer said.

“It’s one week of the year where nobody is thinking about themselves, they’re just enjoying supporting someone who went through or is going through a really hard experience.”

Outside of school, Gromer has her job as a manager at Dutch Bros Coffee and her volunteer position at the neonatal intensive care unit at Sky Ridge Hospital.

Romer has clocked in about 300 hours at the hospital, checking patients in and assisting families in the Ronald McDonald Family Room.

“What gets me out of bed in the morning is waking up and thinking that this day could be absolutely extraordinary,” she said. “I’m just wanting to grow and learn and continue to be a better person.”

Every year, Daniels Scholars are selected from Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming. The program aims to seek out scholars who demonstrate strength of character, leadership potential, commitment to serving their communities, academic performance or promise, wellrounded personality and emotional maturity and stability.

Once chosen, scholars have several requirements including graduating in four years, maintaining a 2.0 GPA and remaining in communication with the Daniels Fund.

She will also have to declare a major by the end of freshman year, Gromer said.

But after years of working with MakeA-Wish, Gromer is planning to major in public relations with a minor in nonprofit and philanthropy.

She is also working on plans to intern with Make-A-Wish in the summer of 2023.

Gromer learned about the scholarship, which is focused on middle and low-earning families, from her school counselor in September, submitting her application October. That included four essays, a survey

and two teacher recommendations.

A few months later, she interviewed in front of a panel for about 15 minutes as the next phase in the selection process.

“It was definitely a little bit nerve wracking but I was overall just very excited to be there,” she said.

In March, she found out she had been chosen.

The experience caps off a high school experience that was anything but typical.

Gromer was in the midst of her sophomore year when the COVID-19 pandemic hit and she and her classmates had to move to virtual school.

“I’m such a social person and just having that screentime alone was really really difficult for me,” she said. “There was a lot of connection missing between staff and students and students with students.”

However, Gromer ended up using the time to add new skills to her arsenal. She focused on learning about finances and began investing.

“I think in the end it really motivated me to come back stronger and to use that time to learn about new concepts and find new ways to grow,” she said.

This summer, Gromer will attend a conference with other Daniels Scholars at Denver University.

“I’m absolutely honored to be part of the 2022 program,” she said.

The three other Douglas County School District students who received the award include Hanna Becker from Highlands Ranch High School, Tabitha Reading from Mountain Vista High School and Samantha Wendell from Castle View High School.

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Man gets life in prison for 2020 fatal shooting in Centennial Samuel Birch was convicted of killing Mauricio Omar Perez

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADODCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

A man convicted of fatally shooting a convenience-store clerk after the clerk complied with his demands for cigarettes and money during a Centennial robbery was sentenced to life in prison without parole.

During the 2020 incident, the clerk placed the items in a bag and handed it to the man, who said “thank you” right before shooting the clerk in the abdomen.

An Arapahoe County jury decided the shooter was Samuel Birch, finding him guilty on March 10 of several charges related to the murder and another robbery committed the same day at another convenience store. The suspect’s statements to the clerk were recorded on surveillance footage.

Birch was accused of the shooting and robbery at the Circle K convenience store at Quebec Street and County Line Road, just north of Highlands Ranch, on the night of Nov. 26, 2020.

In a four-day trial in March, the jury in Arapahoe County District Court found Birch guilty of firstdegree murder, first-degree felony murder, two counts of aggravated robbery and tampering with physical evidence.

The clerk, Mauricio Omar Perez, 24, died of the gunshot wound.

Birch was sentenced amid an emotional crowd on April 22 in the courtroom, where about a dozen of Perez’s loved ones gathered.

Words of Birch, ex-girlfriend played role in trial Because the suspect’s face was covered on the security-camera footage, much of the trial focused on whether jurors could be sure Birch was the man in the videos.

The prosecution pointed to

Samuel Birch was found guilty on March 10 of first-degree murder, first-degree felony murder, two counts of aggravated robbery SHUTTERSTOCK and tampering with evidence.

DNA from yellow gloves found in Birch’s Ford Fiesta car that matched Birch’s DNA, arguing the gloves appear to be the same ones the suspect wore while committing robbery.

The prosecution attorneys also argued that Birch spoke as though he knew he were guilty of a serious crime on separate footage from the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office.

Birch was arrested for a separate incident on Dec. 7, 2020, after Douglas County sheriff’s deputies pursued him in a hit-and-run crash, according to court testimony. In body-worn camera footage from the Douglas County scene, Birch repeatedly asks deputies for a cigarette.

“Would you light one of those for me, though? I’m about to go to jail for a very long time,” Birch says to a deputy, adding, “I’m about to be in there for years, FROM

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When Douglas County sheriff’s personnel ask what his name is, according to the prosecution, Birch says: “You know (what) it is; you’ll find out eventually.”

Birch thought deputies were going to connect him to the Centennial robbery and shooting, argued Lisa Gramer, one of the prosecuting attorneys.

One of Birch’s gloves tested positive for gunshot residue, Gramer said during trial.

The trial, in part, centered around the statements of Birch’s ex-girlfriend, who came forth and identified Birch as the shooter in the weeks after the incident.

Birch is in his early 30s and, at the time of the shooting, was living in an apartment with his ex-girlfriend, Jennifer Olson, in west Centennial.

Olson, 28, testified at the trial that she was lying in bed when Birch told her about the robbery and that he showed her the cash.

Drug motivation for robberies alleged Birch was also accused of robbing another gas station on the same day as the other robbery, at Arapahoe Road near Havana Street in central Centennial at about 4:30 p.m.

The suspect in that robbery entered the Conoco gas station and pointed a handgun at the clerk, according to information previously released by the Arapahoe sheriff’s office. The clerk gave the suspect the cash drawer, and then the suspect fired a single round into the ceiling. (That clerk was not injured.)

The prosecution also argued that Birch’s “desperate” need for drugs fueled the robberies.

Text messages from Birch show that he was looking for some type of pills, the prosecution argued.

‘And we know that in the Conoco robbery, he’s much more agitated.’

Lisa Gramer, prosecuting attorney

“And we know that in the Conoco robbery, he’s much more agitated,” Gramer said during the trial.

At 5:07 p.m. that day, Birch says he has money and wants to buy the substance via a text message, the prosecution said. Shortly after, in response, he’s told to “come over,” Gramer said during the trial.

“And then the robbery at the Circle K takes place at (around 6:30),” Gramer said. “And you can see he’s much more relaxed in this robbery.”

Birch also later sent Olson a text that said, “I spent that money from last night on drugs,” according to a text message shown in court during the trial.

A key piece of evidence was a sweatshirt covered in paint, which prosecutors argued was the same sweatshirt that surveillance footage caught the shooter wearing that read, “No pain, no Jane.”

Olson said during the trial that Birch asked her to paint over the sweatshirt and that it bore that phrase.

Previously, Birch has pleaded guilty to burglary of a building in 2013, to assault in 2013 and to criminal mischief in 2015, according to online court records.

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VOICES

A bit spoiled

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n April 20, the afternoon became rough as reality set in on just how much we are tied to our phones. The reality hit on a particular day where it was not convenient either.

Around 1:30 p.m., I picked up the phone and tried to call my husband while driving to an eye doctor appointment. I wanted to talk about dinner and see what the doctor said about our son.

FROM THE I tried dialing only to get a EDITOR strange message about the call failing. I thought it was just a glitch and tried again. I soon got a text telling me my husband could see that I was calling but could not answer it.

Then, we did the usual — restart the phone, reset network settings and, strangely, turn it to airplane mode and back off again. None of those tricks worked.

Thelma Grimes Most afternoons the inability to make an actual phone call would be fine. But it was on this afternoon on April 20 that I started to question how reliant we as a society are on these traveling companions.

While I was at the eye doctor, my husband wrote to say the place where our son’s antibiotic was called into did not have any supplies. They said they were too understaffed to call another Walgreens for us.

Well, that led to a back-and-forth about calling the doctor — oh, wait, we can’t. Then, the quick advice to just call another Walgreens — oh, wait, we can’t.

With the husband doing work meetings, I was sitting at the eye doctor thinking they need to hurry so I can drive to either the doctor’s office to get a written script or drive to another Walgreens to see if they had supplies.

I soon realized I too had a work call coming up.

Had to quickly send out an email to say it couldn’t happen.

Driving to Walgreens, I realized that once mobile devices are down, at least in my home, there is no alternative. We let the landline at our house go a long time ago. None of our devices were working to call out.

I made it to the Walgreens and had them look up my son’s information. She soon said she will give me a call when it is complete. I had to say no. I can’t get calls right now. I asked for a text or email.

This may have been a few hours in one afternoon that just had a few out-of-the-ordinary obstacles, but still, I have to say I was taken back with how much it bothered me that I could not call out. That I could not take any calls.

In the end, all worked out, I just had to do a little more work to get things done. Maybe, that is a good thing that I did not have the luxury of the phone to take care of everything.

I can say this – it is a pain to do without the phone. Maybe it is a wake-up call on how spoiled we are. How good we have it sometimes and how we take some many our luxuries for granted because most days they are just there.

Change the action and change the outcome

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Thelma Grimes is the south metro editor for Colorado Community Media

ust like many of you, sometimes I get so overloaded with work that I fall behind a little and need to play catch up. This happened to me earlier this week. With a big writing project due, as well as several other initiatives, I was starting to feel a little stressed out. And as I thought about all the writing I had to do, it was overwhelming and probably the last thing that I wanted to begin doing.

Although I didn’t feel like doing it in that moment, I grabbed my second cup of coffee and headed to my desk surrounded by research material and started writing.

Did I feel like writing at first? No, I didn’t.

But once I took the action to get started, my attitude improved, so my thinking improved, and within two days I completed the project.

In last week’s column I shared how changing our thoughts could change our outcomes. Staying with that same theme, I wanted to share how changing our actions will also change our outcomes. There are always times where we don’t feel like doing something, especially something hard, or taking on a task that sucks the energy from us. When that happens it’s easy to give in and walk away. But if we start doing the work or the task, we usually wind up working ourselves into a better mood.

There has always been a healthy debate about this topic. Does attitude drive the behavior, or does the behavior drive the attitude? There are people who believe that applying a positive mindset can help them overcome the barriers and they can start doing the work. They change their action by first changing their attitude.

This works well for those people who

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have this capability, but it doesn’t work for everyone.

There are others who believe that by jumping in and starting the work regardless of how they feel, they will tell you that after taking step one and starting, steps two, three, four and more propel them into doing the task with a much better attitude. These are Michael Norton also the people who will usually look for the hardest or biggest project or task that needs to get done and do that one first. If there is a difficult or challenging conversation that needs to take place, it’s going to be their first call.

For those of us who work out there are those mornings or days where we just don’t feel like it. Some give in and crawl back under the covers. And some know that all they must do is get up, get to the gym, begin a run, or jump on a bike and within just a few minutes of acting, they are happy and motivated as they work towards their health goals.

When it comes to prospecting most salespeople will own up to the fact that they dislike cold calling or making phone calls to find their prospects. It’s really their least favorite thing to do.

But again, once they take that first step, take the action of making that first call, they will generally get fired up as they set appointments and make some sales.

They change their attitude by changing

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The perfect parents

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hen Ryan and I were thinking of starting our family, we were determined to be the “perfect parents.” It was so hard to watch other parents struggle with their children, knowing that if they just knew what we knew, their kids wouldn’t behave like such terrors.

At the church we attended at the time, there was a family that let their daughter run up and down the pews during the entire service.

They would even allow her to walk around on the stand.

Only when she started tugging on the clothes of the person speaking did the parents finally go up to get her. One Sunday, I got so fed up, I gently scooped her in my arms as she passed by my seat and took her out in the hall. If anyone asked, my cover story was that I assumed the mom needed a break so I was watching her child so she could enjoy the service.

But who was I kidding? Annoyed at the brazen irresponsibility of the parents, I was trying to do the rest of the congregation a favor. And my body language showed it.

The continued incompetency of

parents astounded us everywhere we went. If parents would just take their kids to the car every time they threw a fit at the store, they’d eventually learn to behave.

If you treat your kids with respect, they’ll treat you with respect. Give Stacy Carruth them a candy bar when they tell the truth, and they’ll always tell the truth. Kids yell and hit because their parents yell and hit. It’s simple logic, people.

Our children would sit quietly in church and listen attentively.

They would be honest, kind and respectful. They would never hit.

We wouldn’t allow them in the store unless they were well behaved. We would make sure of it.

Fast forward 5 years and I was a mom of 3 kids: Diana (4), Steve (2) and Peter (2 months). We were standing in the grocery line.

Steve was crying because he dropped his special bear somewhere else in the store and yelling at and

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hitting me to go get it.

Diana was whining for a treat over and over and Peter was screaming because he was desperately hungry. I was exhausted from feeding him during the night. We had just enough formula to make it until the morning (because my milk didn’t last past a month) and I couldn’t buy more before then because we were waiting for our next paycheck to be able to pay for it. I couldn’t leave the grocery store because he was hungry and the only thing that would calm him down was to wait in that darn line, with screaming kids behind a man who decided that that day was a great day to pay with a check.

Yes, I was that mom. In that moment, I was the exact replica of all the parents I had harshly judged for so many years.

And that was the day (on top of so many others) that I gave up being a perfect mom. That was the day that I decided to give myself, and everyone around me, a break.

Now, I just focus on dealing with the hand I was dealt, no matter how unfair or impossible it may be.

And that is exactly what makes

LETTER TO THE EDITOR Kluth is standout candidate In researching the Douglas County sheriff’s candidates, I was surprised at the great depth and breadth of Holly Kluth’s experience, training, and leadership from within our Douglas County Sheriff’s Office. On top of her strong credentials of law enforcement and proven leadership, I think some of her special strengths need to be shared.

Holly Kluth created and actively supported officer training programs and initiatives that assisted local, state and federal programs, starting in her early career, helping women be more successful when not many women were entering this field, to spending years on a nonprofit providing facilities and programs for officers across the state. She continued her own training with coursework and degrees throughout the years as well. Her focus on training will be a key factor attracting and retaining our great sheriff’s deputies.

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bandied about with respect to understanding and preventing crime.

Holly Kluth took that a step further and added a degree in psychology ... what better to have a science-based and objective way to understand the issues, and work toward true solutions regarding mental health in all aspects of law enforcement.

And that includes understanding of and compassion for victims too.

Holly Kluth was appointed to the Douglas County Physical School Safety Committee after the STEM tragedy, where she worked with numerous experts and professionals to identify cost-efficient, viable and effective school safety measures.

Holly Kluth coordinated the development of a multi-jurisdictional DNA Crime Lab, something that helps us not only here in Douglas County, but also across multiple jurisdictions.

Looking at her credentials, Holly Kluth is a standout candidate for Douglas County sheriff.

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the action, and by doing both they create a solid sales funnel and enjoy the commissions that they earn.

It doesn’t have to be an “either or” situation. I prefer the word “And” over “Or” any day. When I can combine a healthy positive attitude while also taking the actions necessary to achieve my goals, I find that approach always works better for me personally.

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me the best mom for my kids- by showing up every morning in the mess. I deal with my own trauma, baggage, insecurities, marriage issues and budget constraints while also trying desperately hard to keep these (now) four humans alive and not screw them up (but just in case, we do have a trust fund set aside for therapy in the future).

I stopped labeling myself as a good or bad mom. In every situation of parenting, I am simply doing the best with what I have: the energy I have, the knowledge I have, the patience I have and the support I have.

Yes, educate yourself, go to therapy, self-reflect but at the end of the day, you can only be a little bit better than you were the day before. You simply cannot start from anywhere else than where you are- Today.

And I’m still telling myself this as my 5-year-old loudly broadcasts to the entire house, “Yo the wuhst stinky butt Mommy in the hoe wide uh-ff!” (because he can’t say “world”).

Stacey Carruth is a parent with four children in Arapahoe County.

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Despite fussy reputation, orchids are far from delicate

BY DEBORAH GRIGSBY DGRIGSBY@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

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rchids have been around for millions of years and thrive on every continent except Antarctica.

But with such a hearty ancestry, how do you keep from killing them once you bring them home from the grocery store?

Whether you’ve purchased one for yourself or received one as a gift, you may be among those who find orchids intimidating. Although growing in popularity, expert growers say these exotic beauties are, perhaps, among the most misunderstood of all houseplants.

A brief history of orchids Opinions on when and where orchids first appeared on earth are as varied as the plant itself. However, research points to sometime between 60 and 190 million years ago.

The Chinese philosopher and statesman Confusious often wrote about orchids, immortalizing their beauty and fragrance in his poetry.

Other formalized references to orchids appear in print between 350 B.C. and 287 B.C. in Theophrastus’s “Enquiry Into Plants,” an early manual that described and classified plants.

In early Greece, orchids were revered as symbols of fertility, as the Greek word óchis translates as testicle, inspired by the shape of its root. In some stories, women would ingest large amounts of orchis roots if they wanted to have a son and less if they wanted a girl.

Orchids eventually made their way to the wealthy in England through financed collecting expeditions. Many publications cite instances of “orchidelirium” or orchid madness during Victorian times.

Voracious appetites for cultivating, selling, and trading the unusual flowers among the upper class gave rise to organized groups of collectors and early orchid publications and societies.

Many rare species died en route from their native habitat or at the hands of inexperienced handlers, driving up the price exponentially.

Some orchids were so soughtafter by anxious collectors that entire species were destroyed.

A recent article by The Guardian’s reporter Patrick Greenfield tells of modern-day orchid smugglers in England have warranted increased security around the Kew Royal Botanic Gardens to prevent theft of rare and unusual spe cies.

About that grocery store orchid Today, orchids can be found almost anywhere, including your local supermarket florist and the garden section at hardware stores.

According to Althea McKinney, an orchid expert and greenhouse

Orchids often bloom in the winter, which can be very gratifying, while other outdoor plants are dormant. The 10,000-square-foot Fantasy Orchids greenhouse in Louisville, Colorado, is home to 30,000 to 50,000 orchids at any given time.

Orchids are the largest group of flowering plants on earth. Unfortunately, they are also among the most misunderstood.

Their exotic blooms and aerial roots often give the impression of being demanding and challenging when it comes to care.

However, orchid experts say they are one of the most resilient and longest blooming houseplants available to plant lovers of all skill levels.

Aerial roots from orchids are not uncommon.

They help the plant absorb moisture and micronutrients from the air.

Excessive aerial roots may indicate the orchid needs repotting.

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attendant at Fantasy Orchids in Louisville, Colorado, home to the

most extensive collection of orchids in the Rocky Mountain region, most

grocery store orchids are of the Phalaenopsis variety, more commonly known as moth orchids. They are monopodial, meaning they typically grow from a single stem.

But buying an orchid is the easy part, right?

Well, yes.

But McKinney says caring for your orchid can also be easy.

She said that what gets most newly-minted orchid lovers in trouble is the care tag that comes with the orchid.

McKinney said some tags instruct the owner to toss the plant in the garbage after it blooms.

Other tags will say water the plant with ice cubes.

“It’s really just a marketing thing,” she said. “They want to provide a cheap plant and then get you to buy another. I can tell you that watering an orchid with ice cubes will damage the root structure over time.”

So what’s the secret to not killing them?

McKinney says it’s simple.

Orchids, by design, thrive on benign neglect.

They need only water, fertilizer and sunlight.

No classical music is required.

To be fair, orchids are a little different than other household plants.

“They grow in the same jungle as your typical snake plants, spider plants and monsteras, but those plants all grow on the jungle floor. Orchids grow up in the trees,” McKinney said.

And that means watering them beckons a whole new school of thought.

“If you think about it, the orchid’s roots are pretty exposed in their natural environment, so water rushes over them,” she said. “And then they dry out pretty quickly, compared to a typical houseplant that grows in soil.”

But the main thing to remember is that orchids never sit in water for prolonged periods.

McKinney recommends watering your new orchid by plunging it, still in its slotted plastic container, into lukewarm water. The idea is to quickly saturate everything in the pot and then let it dry out between waterings.

Overwatering is among the most frequent causes of orchid deaths.

“I usually suggest soaking your orchid for no more than five minutes, or just or just running water through the pot for 30 seconds,” she said. “That’s all there is to it.”

And while you’re watering, think about light and fertilizer.

“We fertilize every single time we water,” McKinney said. “A lot of people will come in with a plant, and I can tell that has been 10 feet away from a window, they have not fertilized it the entire they’ve had it—and get frustrated because they can’t get SEE ORCHIDS, P15

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Greenhouse attendant Althea McKinney stands among thousands of orchids at Fantasy Orchids in Louisville, one of the largest retail and wholesale orchids suppliers to the state. She said growing orchids in Colorado is not as difficult as many believe—there are approximately 20 species of orchids that are native to the Centennial State.

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it to rebloom. Light, nutrients and proper watering is the key.”

She said just follow the instructions that come with the bag of fertilizer, but don’t go crazy.

Over-fertilizing can burn your orchid’s root system.

Yes, but can they survive in Colorado?

Orchids belong to the most prominent plant families in the world and come in many forms, shapes, sizes and colors.

They have learned to thrive in various locations, including marshy bogs and mountain tops.

McKinney said there are close to 20 species of orchids native to Colorado.

Experts at the Denver Botanic Gardens say that number is closer to 25, albeit orchids native to Colorado are dormant most of the year and are far more diminutive than their glamorous tropical cousins.

These orchids are found in moist

Like fine dust, orchid seeds float away from a seed pod. They are among the smallest seeds in the world. While it is possible to grow orchids directly from seed, it can take more than two years before any leaf growth is visible.

shaded ravines and at altitudes between 8,000 and 11,000 feet.

Peak bloom times range between late May and early September.

Unfortunately, McKinney says Colorado’s cool, dry climate is not the biggest challenge to growing healthy orchids in the Centennial State.

The biggest threat is the internet.

“There’s a lot of misinformation floating around on the internet;

much of it comes from YouTubers who don’t grow orchids in an environment like ours,” she said.

“People try to mimic what people are doing on the other side of the world, which is a death sentence for these plants, which are very easy to care for.”

Plants grown at Fantasy Orchids are already climatized to Colorado’s low-humidity environment.

To learn more, visit Fantasy Or-

‘If you think about it, the orchid’s roots are pretty exposed in their natural environment, so water rushes over them. And then they dry out pretty quickly, compared to a typical houseplant that grows in soil.’

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Pop-up gallery Aspen Grove Shopping Center, at 7301 S. Santa Fe Drive in Littleton, presents a pop-up gallery in Suite 222 featuring the Arapahoe Community College Art and Design Student exhibition through May 10, noon to 7 p.m. daily.

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Miners Alley “Blue Ridge” by Abby Rosenbrock plays through June Sonya Ellingboe 5 at Miners Alley Playhouse in Golden. Thursday, Friday, Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. minersalley.com, 303-935-3044.

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Littleton Symphony Saint Saens’ Piano Concerto, with guest conductor Catherine Sailer and pianist David Korevaar, will be performed May 18 and 20 at Littleton United Methodist Church, 5894 S. Datura St., Littleton. 303-933-6824, littletonsymphony.org.

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Paint Box Guild keeps art scene busy Multiple exhibits share works with community

BY SONYA ELLINGBOE SELLINGBOE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

In Littleton, the Bemis Library exhibit juried by Chris Stevens from Curtis Center for the Arts ends April 29, so readers will have to hurry to see it, but next will be a new exhibit by Paint Box Guild of Littleton at Denver Community Credit Union, 101 W. Mineral Ave. (at Broadway), May 6 through July and an exhibit at Centennial’s Koelbel Library, to be hung on Sept. 12, running through October, as well as an exhibit at Littleton’s Buck Center in October, according to a current newsletter sent to the Guild’s 40 members. (Each notice says how many pieces can fit in the allotted space.)

An exhibit is also at Elsewear Collectives in downtown Littleton, to come down in May. “Steer’s Lookin’ at You” won Best of Show in the Bemis exhibit and the artist, Sue Williams, also took first place for her angular “Attic Lights.” Second place was awarded to Richard Simpson for “Parry’s Primrose” while third place went to active member Merrie Wicks for “Moonlight Express.”

Membership in this busy organization, established in 1973 by Lucille Grisham, includes monthly meetings during the school year at Littleton First Presbyterian Church, 1609 W. Littleton Blvd. Annual dues are $35.

An instructor appears once a month September through May to teach new techniques ($10 fee) and, of course, members continually learn from each other through the years. On April 20, Richard

Simmons instructed artists about acrylic painting methods.

Guild members paint together each Wednesday at the church from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and for the three summer months, they move outside for plein air sessions, individually or with others as arranged. This activity level leads to lots of artwork that can be enjoyed by the community around Littleton. (Here’s a spot to remind readers that original art is a wonderful, truly special gift for a newlywed pair, a person in a first apartment away from home, a recent graduate or perhaps a friend with a birthday.)

There is an annual PBG Fall painting trip as well — last September it involved three nights in Trinidad, where the new Fisher’s Peak State Park opened last year (the Bemis exhibit included a handsome watercolor of the peak by Shirley Conrad).

The summer trip included nocturnal painting in Trinidad, according to member Shainne De Tamble, who generously spent some time with me last week for an update. The Paint Box Guild has 40 active members at present.

For information, see paintboxguildlittleton.org. This website includes examples of member work and a schedule for the next year, which is still a work in progress.

Other active art groups in the south area include Littleton Fine Arts Guild and Heritage Fine Arts Guild. Instruction is available through these groups as well as at Arapahoe Community College, Curtis Center for the Arts and with some individual instructors in the area. It’s a really nice way to add a new dimension to one’s life …

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You will find connection at the Benchmark Theatre

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f we’ve learned anything from the last two years, it’s that all of us, at one point or another, will get sick. It’s not an enjoyable truth to ruminate on, but one that was repeatedly proven in the midst of a global pandemic.

And while playwright Noah Diaz wrote “You Will Get Sick” before COVID-19, the show’s themes have rarely been as pertinent as they are in modern times.

“There’s just something about the humanity of the play,” said Christy Montour-Larson, resident guest director at Lakewood’s Benchmark Theatre. “The show has a great sense Theatre of humor and also asks the right questions about your rights when you get sick, how you get through difficult times and how social/economic status makes things difficult.”

The world premiere workshop production of “You Will Get Sick” runs at The Bench at 40West, 1560 Teller St. in Lakewood, through Saturday, May 14. Performances are at 8 p.m. on Thursday through Saturday and 2 p.m. on Sunday. The cast features Peter Trinh, Edith Weiss, Sonsharae Tull, Brian Kusic and Josue Miranda.

A part of Benchmark’s “Aftermath”themed 2021/2022 season, the show is told in the second person and explores how someone learns to live with a body that is consumed by sickness. As Montour-Larson explains, the show follows a man who receives a heartbreaking diagnosis but can’t bring himself to admit it out loud. Instead, he hires

a woman to tell the people in his life that he’s sick.

“The play is funny at times, heartwarming at other times and very thoughtprovoking,” she said.

“It’s always exciting to work on new plays, because playwrights are the backbone of Clarke Reader the American theater and we need to support new and exciting talents.”

Diaz contributed to bringing the production to life and the theater made some bold storytelling choices, like staging it in the round. And the hope is audiences – the final but most important ingredient of powerful storytelling – will be moved by the story.

“It’s quite an honor to share this work for the first time with the Colorado community, especially because when you go see a brand-new play, you get to be part of shaping its future,” MontourLarson said. “I hope it stirs people’s emotions and leaves them thinking a few days later. I think we’ve all developed a kind of community hunger for that energy when a group of people are all in a room together.”

Information and tickets can be found at www.benchmarktheatre.com.

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And if you want to hear the proof, the Denver Center for the Performing Arts (DCPA) is bringing back its Shakespeare in the Parking Lot education program.

And it’ll be stopping by the Thornton Arts & Culture Center, 9209 Dorothy Blvd., at noon on Saturday, April 30. The performance will feature an abridged production of Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” centered around a pickup truck set in the parking lot. According to provided information, the cast members are local actors and DCPA teaching artists, including Shannon Altner, Ryan Omar Stack Grant Bowman and Chloe McLeod.

For tickets and other stops along the tour, visit denvercenter.org.

‘Foreigners’ take audiences to Argentina There are numerous ways for a theatrical experience to be more than something that is simply observed. In Maru Garcia’s production of “Foreigners,” she uses appointed “tour guides” to take audiences through a period of turmoil in 1970s Argentina.

Running at Colorado Free University, 7653 E. 1st Place in Denver, through Sunday, June 12 at 6 p.m. on Sundays, Wheat Ridge Theatre Company’s “Foreigners” (written by Griselda Gambaro and translated by Marguerite Feitlowitz) lets people bear witness to a time when authority spun

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Clarke’s Concert of the Week — Freddie Gibbs at the Fox Theatre and Cervantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom If you’re going to talk about the best rapper alive (I know what you’re like), then Freddie Gibbs has to be in the conversation. The Gary, Indiana, MC has been releasing top notch records for nearly 20 years, but he didn’t really hit his stride until the mid-2010s, when he collaborated with Madlib on the album, “Pinata.”

While Gibbs astounds every time he’s on the mic, he still doesn’t have the wide acclaim he deserves. But the positive aspect of this is you can still see him a great, intimate venues.

And you’ll have two options this time around: you can see him at the Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St. in Boulder at 9 p.m. on Friday, April 29 and Cervantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom, 2637 Welton St. in Denver, at 8 p.m. on Saturday, April 30.

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Unauthorized camping occurs in spots across Centennial Policies vary throughout south metro area

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

In Centennial, cases of unauthorized camping — a visible sign of regional homelessness — have occurred along the High Line Canal Trail in the city’s west end.

They’ve also popped up along the Arapahoe Road corridor, off Interstate 25, and in or near park areas.

The Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office has made about 245 contacts with people based on Centennial’s camping ban since June 2020, according to the sheriff’s office.

Those contacts have stretched across the city, reaching out east to Smoky Hill Road even though Centennial sits far away from most major resources for unhoused people in the Denver metro area.

“I think it is safe to say that the majority of the contacts are telling people to move on,” said Deputy John Bartmann, a spokesperson for the sheriff’s office.

The vast majority of contacts law enforcement officers make at encampments in Centennial don’t result in tickets, according to data provided by Bartmann, which runs through March 11 of this year.

“There have been two tickets and one warning issued,” Bartmann said. “This information comes from our records from when Centennial enacted the camping ban.”

Centennial City Council approved the city’s urban camping ban unanimously in 2019.

Numbers in the most recent annual report by the Metro Denver Homeless Initiative have painted a picture of increasing homelessness in the Denver metro area — a trend that predates the coronavirus pandemic but was likely worsened by it.

Asked whether Centennial has seen an increase in homeless encampments since July 2019, Bartmann said: “Yes, we have seen an increase in homelessness.”

The laws and policies that prohibit camping vary across different cities in the metro area — and they’re also different within Centennial’s own boundaries depending on where a person is.

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by Arapahoe County Open Spaces.

The city owns Centennial Center Park and a small number of other spaces.

South Suburban Parks and Recreation’s rules and regulations prohibit camping in all park, trail and open space areas, except when it is approved through a permitting process, according to spokesperson Becky Grubb.

South Suburban also enforces a park curfew from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m., Grubb said. And waterways on South Suburban property, specifically in Centennial, are managed

by SEMSWA, according to Grubb.

Park hours are from 5 a.m. to 10 p.m. in the Arapahoe Park and Recreation District, whose waterways are also overseen by SEMSWA. Other than the rule about hours, “APRD does not have rules against sleeping in the park during the day (or) evening, whether with a tent (or) cover or not,” said Delos Searle, the park district’s interim executive director.

Searle added: “I would like to note that APRD has not had an

issue with the camping (or) sleeping issue in our parks except for a rare occasion. When an issue does arise, it has been quickly resolved with a courteous conversation.”

Despite its name, the Arapahoe Park and Recreation District is not a part of the Arapahoe County government.

For open spaces managed by Arapahoe County, a resolution approved in 1996 by the county commissioners says it is unlawful to camp or park a trailer or camper for camping purposes in areas that are not specifically designated for camping.

The circumstances back then were different — the measure wasn’t put forth as an explicit camping ban targeted at people experiencing homelessness, said Luc Hatlestad, a county spokesperson.

“People who aren’t experiencing homelessness also go camping, and I want to stress that this is but … a single line in a long and comprehensive resolution designed to clarify everything that was permitted and prohibited in our then-nascent open space areas,” Hatlestad added.

Data shows pockets of camping Spots along Panama Drive, which winds along the High Line Canal east of Broadway, account for 11 instances of the sheriff’s office checking on camping activity, according to the data. Most of those locations sit within several blocks of Broadway, near the west edge of Centennial.

Several other data entries list the High Line Canal Trail as the spot of a camping check. And eight other camping-check entries mark one address on Broadway right next to the High Line Canal.

About 20 entries list locations along Arapahoe Road — including some for the Arapahoe Road Trailhead at Cherry Creek, not far from Parker Road.

In the southwest part of Centennial, 13 entries sit near Otero Avenue and Newport Court, near what the county’s online map labels as an open space area.

About 30 entries are close to the Dry Creek Road and I-25 interchange.

Asked whether deputies always recommend resources to homeless individuals when making contact under Centennial’s camping ban, Bartmann said the sheriff’s office doesn’t track that in its data.

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Lawmakers pledge $100M for child care The money would go toward several existing grant programs

BY ANN SCHIMKE AND ERICA MELTZER CHALKBEAT

With just over a year until Colorado begins providing free preschool to 4-year-olds statewide, state lawmakers want to inject $100 million into efforts to beef up the early childhood workforce and create more slots for young children.

During a news conference on April 20, a group of lawmakers announced the legislation, which would be funded with federal COVID relief dollars.

The money would go toward several existing grant programs, including one to help child care providers with operational costs and another to help new providers open and existing providers expand. It would also create a new program to support and train people who care for young children but are not licensed by the state.

“This bill is a massive investment in ensuring we as a state rise to the occasion of helping families out, by allowing parents to work, by allowing single par-

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ents to return to the workforce,” said state Rep. Alex Valdez, a Denver Democrat who sponsored the bill. “COVID-19 gutted our child care workforce and we need to rebuild it.”

The just-introduced bill comes at both a tenuous and momen-

tous time for Colorado’s early childhood industry. Many child care providers are still reeling financially from the pandemic and struggling to find employees willing to work long hours for low wages. At the same time, there’s a sense of excitement as Colorado

plans a massive expansion of state-funded preschool with funding from proceeds of a nicotine tax approved by voters in 2020.

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Katie Beaudry (18) of Rock Canyon heads the ball in front of Angela Dietrich (21) of ThunderRidge durPHOTOS BY JIM BENTON ing the April 21 match that the Jaguars won, 2-0.

Grace Rossner (7) of Rock Canyon attempts to kick the ball around Reese Clem (8) of ThunderRidge.

Rock Canyon takes down ThunderRidge Rossner scores important goal, injures ankle

BY JIM BENTON JBENTON@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

It was not a spectacular highlight reel tally but Grace Rossner’s goal on a sunny, windy April 21 afternoon at Halftime Help Stadium was important.

Rossner scored in the 29th

minute of the first half as Rock Canyon went on the get a 2-0 girls soccer victory over ThunderRidge in a match between Continental League leaders.

Her goal was an insurance tally and then the Jaguars’ defense held on in the second half for the key victory.

Rock Canyon, the seventh ranked team in Colorado, improved its record to 9-1 overall and 6-1 in the league.

ThunderRidge slipped to 6-2-2 overall and 4-2-1 in the Continental League.

An apparent goal by ThunderRidge’s Kera Nguyen appeared to stake the Grizzlies a 1-0 lead but the score didn’t count because of an offsides call.

Sophomore Clara Geuzaine of Rock Canyon came back less that four minutes after the non-goal and pushed the Jaguars ahead 1-0.

That’s when Rossner, a sophomore, became the big player in front of the net as Rock Canyon grabbed a twogoal advantage.

“The ball bounced off the goalie and I just happened to be there,” said Rossner. “It was just a follow up. It was a pretty easy tap in.”

Rossner aggravated an ankle injury in the second half. She limped off the field but had her ankle taped and returned to the game.

“I sprained it two weeks ago in a game,” she explained. “I went up for a header, got pushed down and kindof rolled it again. It feels pretty good now and hopefully it will heal fast.”

Rossner also had an assist on the first Rock Canyon goal and wound up with three points. Cate Sheahan, the overall points leader in the league, had an assist during the game.

“I’m really blessed to have a team full of talent,” said Jaguars’ Coach Mat Henbest.

“Grace is good and makes it look easier than it is at times. But there are a lot of good players on the team.

“We were able to create SEE SOCCER, P23

Urbani pitches 4-hit shutout in victory Mountain Vista improves to 14-1

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Mountain Vista senior pitcher Anthony Urbani defeated Douglas PHOTO BY JIM BENTON County on April 20 with a four-hit shutout.

Mountain Vista senior righthander Anthony Urbani was in command the entire game and didn’t let a few base runners bother him.

Urbani pitched a four-hit shutout as Vista defeated Douglas County, 4-0, in a Continental League baseball game on April 20 at Douglas County.

“I had a good outing,” said Urbani. “I had really good defense behind me and the

best catcher in the state (Tucker Moore). That really helped me out.”

Urbani pitched all seven innings and limited the Huskies to two hits until the seventh when they got two more and left the bases loaded. Urbani stuck out nine batters and walked two.

Douglas County had runners on second and third in the second inning but Urbani fanned two hitters to silence the threat. In the seventh, the Huskies collected two singles and a walk to load the bases with two outs but Urbani ended the game and preserved the shutout by inducing a ground ball out.

“I just tried to make some good pitches and let them put it in play and it ended

up working out for me,” said Urbani. “Fast balls away and my curve ball were on. I was getting a little tired in the seventh.

“We’re a great team and we play as a team. Hopefully we can go far this year.

We’ve had three big games in a row against Valor, Heritage and Douglas County.

We’ll move on to the next and hopefully come out on top.”

Vista coach Ron Quintana praised Urbani.

“He was on fire,” he said.

“He had all three pitches working and worked out of a couple jams as well. We were in the huddle and never got too excited or down. Everybody did their jobs.”

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Mountain Vista’s Tyler Mejia slides into second with a stolen base as Douglas County’s PHOTO BY JIM BENTON Colin Adams (29) tags him during the April 20 game. Vista won, 4-0.

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Tyler Mejia and Blake Young each went 2-for-3 for Vista. Zeke Borel and Noah Baker had runs batted in.

Vistahad six stolen bases with Mejia and David Helfant each getting two.

Vista, ranked third in the state in the Class 5A CHSAANow.com poll, improved to 14-1 overall with the win over the Huskies and are 1-0 in the league.

Fourth-ranked Douglas County fell to 10-2 overall and 0-1 in the league.

The Huskies threw two wild pitches, walked eight batters and committed three errors which helped Vista.

Douglas County pitchers Max Stanley and Hunter Gotschall combined

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some chances in the second half but it is not easy to control the ball when you have that wind at your back. We keep getting a little better each week.

We had a lot of opportunities and we could have finished a little bit more.

We’ll finish those by the end of the season.”

It was Rock Canyon’s fourth straight victory over ThunderRidge and the Jaguars now hold a 7-5-1 advantage in the series between the schools.

“It’s a rivalry,” said Henbest. “They

always play us really tough and they are a quality opponent. When you get the win, that’s doubly good.”

ThunderRidge Coach Mike Parsons felt it took until the second half for his youthful team with 14 underclass players to get comfortable.

“It was tough not getting that first goal and grabbing an early lead,” Parsons said. “I do think my player was offside but only by a bit.

“Rock Canyon is always a very solid opponent. The youth of my team showed in the first half as we were unable to match their physical play. We turned things around in the second half because we changed formations and came out with a better sense of urgency.”

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to strike out 16 batters.

“Mountain Vista is too good of a team to make mistakes,” said Huskies coach Craig Gienger. “We struck out 16 of their guys. If you had told me that we struck out 16 of their guys and lost, I would have said no way.

“They did a good job of running the bases and did a good job of taking advantage of mistakes. That was the difference. I was a little disappointed with our at-bats especially throughout the middle innings and late in the game. Credit to them and the guy on the mound. We had a chance in the seventh with the bases loaded but credit goes to them. They played a great game.”

Gotschall, Eli Athanas, Tyler Stonebraker and Hayden Osborn had the Douglas County hits.

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Parker Chronicle 27

April 28, 2022

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Parker Chronicle 29

April 28, 2022

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Public Notices call Sheree 303.566.4088 Legals Public Trustees PUBLIC NOTICE Parker NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2022-0006 To Whom It May Concern: On 2/4/2022 11:25:00 AM the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County.

Original Grantor: Adrian Rocha Original Beneficiary: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as beneficiary, as nominee for Summit Funding, Inc., its successors and assigns Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: U.S. Bank National Association Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 7/13/2020 Recording Date of DOT: 7/17/2020 Reception No. of DOT: 2020063613 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $398,646.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $391,724.11 Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to make timely payments as required under the Evidence of Debt and Deed of Trust.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust.

Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 2, BLOCK 5, MEAD'S CROSSING AMENDMENT NO. 1, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 19915 Latigo Ln, Parker, CO 80138 NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, May 25, 2022, at the Public Trustee’s office, Philip S Miller Building Hearing Room, 100 Third Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of 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 deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. 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.

First Publication: 3/31/2022 Last Publication: 4/28/2022 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 2/8/2022 DAVID GILL DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: AMANDA FERGUSON Colorado Registration #: 44893 355 UNION BLVD SUITE 250, LAKEWOOD, COLORADO 80228 Phone #: (303) 274-0155 Fax #: Attorney File #: CO11277 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www. douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No. 2022-0006 First Publication: 3/31/2022 Last Publication: 4/28/2022 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Parker NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2022-0024 To Whom It May Concern: On 2/25/2022 10:39:00 AM the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County.

Original Grantor: Caroline E. Herzl AND Lyle M. Tate Original Beneficiary: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as beneficiary, as nominee for Megastar Financial Corp., a Colorado Corporation,

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its successors and assigns Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: Freedom Mortgage Corporation Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 2/25/2015 Recording Date of DOT: 2/26/2015 Reception No. of DOT: 2015011565 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $395,700.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $342,109.40

SOUTH 1/2, SOUTHWEST 1/4, NORTHEAST 1/4, SOUTHWEST 1/4 OF SECTION 32, TOWNSHIP 6 SOUTH, RANGE 65 WEST OF THE 6TH P.M., COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO.

Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Borrower’s failure to make timely payments as required under the Evidence of Debt and Deed of Trust.

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

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust.

Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 11, BLOCK 3, JORDAN CROSSING FILING NO. 1, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 17021 White Alba Lane, Parker, CO 80134 NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, June 15, 2022, at the Public Trustee’s office, Philip S Miller Building Hearing Room, 100 Third Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of 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 deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. 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.

First Publication: 4/21/2022 Last Publication: 5/19/2022 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 2/25/2022 DAVID GILL DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: AMANDA FERGUSON Colorado Registration #: 44893 355 UNION BLVD SUITE 250, LAKEWOOD, COLORADO 80228 Phone #: (303) 274-0155 Fax #: Attorney File #: CO11367 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www. douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Lega l Notice No. 2022-0024 First Publication: 4/21/2022 Last Publication: 5/19/2022 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Parker NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2022-0020 To Whom It May Concern: On 2/22/2022 9:13:00 AM the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County.

Original Grantor: Sandra A Pocock AND Douglas D Pocock Original Beneficiary: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for America's Wholesale Lender, Its Successors and Assigns Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: Citizens Bank, National Association Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 5/24/2005 Recording Date of DOT: 5/27/2005 Reception No. of DOT: 2005047483 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $46,350.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $16,608.71 Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: the failure to make timely payments required under said Deed of Trust and the Evidence of Debt secured thereby.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust.

Legal Description of Real Property:

Which has the address of: 8269 North Silo Road, Parker, CO 80138-6729 NOTICE OF SALE

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, June 15, 2022, at the Public Trustee’s office, Philip S Miller Building Hearing Room, 100 Third Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of 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 deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. 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.

First Publication: 4/21/2022 Last Publication: 5/19/2022 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 2/22/2022 DAVID GILL DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: ILENE DELL'ACQUA Colorado Registration #: 31755 7700 E. ARAPAHOE ROAD, SUITE 230, CENTENNIAL, COLORADO 80112 Phone #: (877) 369-6122 Fax #: Attorney File #: CO-21-895063-LL *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www. douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No. 2022-0020 First Publication: 4/21/2022 Last Publication: 5/19/2022 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Parker NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2022-0016 To Whom It May Concern: On 2/16/2022 12:33:00 PM the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County.

Original Grantor: Nicolas S. White AND Tina M. Miller Original Beneficiary: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for American Mortgage Network, Inc., a Delaware Corporation, Its Successors and Assigns Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: The Bank Of New York Mellon FKA The Bank Of New York, As Trustee For The Certificateholders Of CWALT, Inc., Alternative Loan Trust 2006-OC9, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-OC9 Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 8/11/2006 Recording Date of DOT: 8/17/2006 Reception No. of DOT: 2006070658 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $167,200.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $133,901.97 Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: the failure to make timely payments required under said Deed of Trust and the Evidence of Debt secured thereby.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust.

Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 82, COTTONWOOD SUBDIVISION NO. 11, AMENDMENT NO. 1, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 8749 Starwood Lane, Parker, CO 80134 NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, June 8, 2022, at the Public Trustee’s office, Philip S Miller Building Hearing Room, 100 Third Street, Castle Rock,

Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of 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 deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. 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.

First Publication: 4/14/2022 Last Publication: 5/12/2022 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 2/16/2022 DAVID GILL DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: ILENE DELL'ACQUA Colorado Registration #: 31755 7700 E. ARAPAHOE ROAD, SUITE 230 , CENTENNIAL, COLORADO 80112 Phone #: (877) 369-6122 Fax #: Attorney File #: CO-22-899163-LL *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www. douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No. 2022-0016 First Publication: 4/14/2022 Last Publication: 5/12/2022 Publisher: Douglas County News Press

Misc. Private Legals Public Notice NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE AT TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED To Every Person in Actual Possession or Occupancy of the hereinafter Described Land, Lot or Premises, and to the Person in Whose Name the Same was Taxed or Specially Assessed, and to all Persons having an Interest or Title of Record in or to the said Premises and To Whom It May Concern, and more especially to: HEATH INVESTMENTS LP AKA HEATH INVESTMENTS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP - OCCUPANT - BUFFALO PLAINS 22 LLC - HEATH INVESTMENTS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP A WISCONSIN DOMESTIC LIMITED PARTNERSHIP CHARLES V HEATH - REGISTERED AGENT AJ GRIFFIN III HEATH INVESTMENTS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP - HEATH INVESTMENTS LP C/O KARLI M HEATH -RUSSELL L HAMAN & SHELLEY B HAMAN AKA RUSSELL LANCE HAMAN & SHELLEY BLYTHE HAMAN - FOUNDERS VILLAGE MASTER ASSOCIATION INC - FOUNDERS VILLAGE MASTER ASSOCIATION INC C/O PROFESSIONAL COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT SERVICES - BOYD A ROLFSON ATTORNEY IN FACT FOR FOUNDERS VILLAGE MASTER ASSOCIATION INC HINDMANSANCHEZ PC - REGISTERED AGENT MARK L EAMES FOUNDERS VILLAGE MASTER ASSOCIATION INC You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 2nd day of November 2017 the then County Treasurer of the County of Douglas, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to FIG CAPITAL INVESTMENTS CO13, LLC the following described real estate situate in the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, to wit: LOT 32 BLK 2 FOUNDERS VILLAGE #12 0.107 AM/L and said County Treasurer issued a certificate of purchase therefore to FIG CAPITAL INVESTMENTS CO13, LLC. That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent* taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2016. That said real estate was taxed or specially assessed in the name(s) of HEATH INVESTMENTS LP for said year 2016 That on the 17th day of November 2021 said FIG CAPITAL INVESTMENTS CO13, LLC assigned said certificate of purchase to BUFFALO PLAINS 22 LLC. That said BUFFALO PLAINS 22 LLC on the 17th day of November 2021 the present holder of said certificate, has made request upon the Treasurer of said County for a deed to said real estate; That a Treasurer’s Deed will be issued for said real estate to the said at 1:00 o’clock P.M., on the 28th day of July 2022 unless the same has been redeemed. Said property may be redeemed from said sale at any time prior to the actual execution of said Treasurer’s Deed. Witness my hand this 14th day of April 2022 /s/ David Gill Douglas County Treasurer Legal Notice No. 941828 First Publication: April 14, 2022 Last Publication: April 28, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE AT TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED

To Every Person in Actual Possession or Occupancy of the hereinafter Described Land, Lot or Premises, and to the Person in Whose Name the Same was Taxed or Specially Assessed, and to all Persons having an Interest or Title of Record in or to the said Premises and To Whom It May Concern, and more especially to: MERRION FAMILY PARTNERSHIP AKA MERRION FAMILY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP BUFFALO PLAINS 22 LLC - REGISTERED AGENT J GREGORY MERRION MERRION FAMILY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP - GENERAL PARTNER MICHAEL K MERRION MERRION FAMILY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP - GENERAL PARTNER RITA V MERRION MERRION FAMILY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP - GENERAL PARTNER T GREGORY MERRION AKA THOMAS GREGORY MERRION MERRION FAMILY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP -OCCUPANT You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 1st day of November 2018 the then County Treasurer of the County of Douglas, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to FIG CAPITAL INVESTMENTS CO13, LLC the following described real estate situate in the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, to wit: TRACT B (OPEN SPACE) SEQUOIA RIDGE FIRST AMENDMENT. 1.91 AM/L and said County Treasurer issued a certificate of purchase therefore to FIG CAPITAL INVESTMENTS CO13, LLC. That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent* taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2017. That said real estate was taxed or specially assessed in the name(s) of MERRION FAMILY PARTNERSHIP for said year 2017 That on the 17th day of November 2021 said FIG CAPITAL INVESTMENTS CO13, LLC assigned said certificate of purchase to BUFFALO PLAINS 22 LLC. That said BUFFALO PLAINS 22 LLC on the 17th day of November 2021 the present holder of said certificate, has made request upon the Treasurer of said County for a deed to said real estate; That a Treasurer’s Deed will be issued for said real estate to the said at 1:00 o’clock P.M., on the 28th day of July 2022 unless the same has been redeemed. Said property may be redeemed from said sale at any time prior to the actual execution of said Treasurer’s Deed. Witness my hand this 14th day of April 2022 /s/ David Gill Douglas County Treasurer Legal Notice No. 941827 First Publication: April 14, 2022 Last Publication: April 28, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

### Public Notice Notice of Public Hearing A public hearing will be held on May 16th, 2022 at 6:00 p.m., before the Douglas County Planning Commission and on June 14th, 2022 at 2:30 p.m., before the Board of County Commissioners in the Commissioner’s Hearing Room, 100 Third Street, Castle Rock, CO, for a proposed amendment to the Douglas County Zoning Resolution.

The proposed amendments include modifying Section 1, Administrative Provisions and Procedures, Subsection 114, Penalties to be consistent with the Colorado Revised Statutes (C.R.S.).

For more information call Douglas County Planning, 303-660-7460.

File Number: DR2022-002.

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CAMPING FROM PAGE 20

individuals if they need help, and if they say yes,” then deputies will provide information about services, Bartmann said. “We have several brochures we give.”

Although Centennial City Council approved the city’s camping ban in 2019, the “Camp Check” encoding that officials use to specifically track the contacts law enforcement makes regarding camping was started in 2020, so the sheriff’s office has no way of finding information prior to that, Bartmann said. The data begins in June 2020.

Camping policies vary across cities Other cities in the south metro area enforce varying policies that may affect people experiencing homelessness outdoors.

An ordinance banning camping in the City of Sheridan was passed in 2012, according to Arlene Sagee, Sheridan city clerk.

The City of Englewood doesn’t have a camping ban for public property in general, but the city’s parks and open space rules say overnight camping is prohibited in all parks and areas that are designated for park usage. That includes parking vehicles, trailers or campers used for overnight parking. Parks are closed between

11 p.m. and 6 a.m.

“City council has not recently considered a specific camping ban ordinance, and there is not one currently under consideration,” said a statement from Christopher Harguth, Englewood spokesperson. “Whether city council will specifically consider a camping ban ordinance at some point in the future is unknown.”

Littleton has no specific “nocamping code,” but that city enforces certain codes — meaning laws or regulations — to the same effect on public property, city spokesperson Kelli Narde said in a statement.

According to the statement, that includes the following codes: • 6-9-1 (D) pertains to the city’s authority to regulate public property regarding “necessary sanitation, health and safety measures,” according to the statement.

• 7-1-11 (B) makes it unlawful for any person “to dump, place, dispose of or allow to accumulate any refuse or garbage on privately owned property, occupied or vacant, or on public property within the City without written permission of the City administration,” the statement said.

• 4-1-5 (I) says, in part, that “Temporary Housing” is prohibited. “Any vehicle, mobile, or other structure used for human shelter which is designed to be transportable and which is not attached to any utilities system … may not

be occupied or used for living purposes on public or private property within the city limits,” the statement said.

All Littleton parks close at night, Narde said.

“Almost all parks close at 11 p.m., with a few exceptions like Bega Park, which closes at 8 p.m.,” Narde added.

This year, the Aurora City Council recently passed a camping ban ordinance that was set to take effect April 28.

Aurora’s camping ban will apply to unauthorized camping on public property, but it doesn’t mean the city can remove any camp it wants at all times.

The ban also requires the city to have shelter available for people who are staying at camps that would be removed.

According to a city spokesperson, the new camping ordinance outlines that police can write tickets or arrest people if they’re camping on public property and the following criteria are met: • The city has a shelter option available for the person; • The person has been offered placement in the shelter space; • And the person has been given a verbal or written order to move and to take their property with them but they refuse to stop camping.

People who experience homelessness sometimes have concerns that lead them to avoid

shelters, including worries about safety or being separated from a companion.

Jennifer Stone, a communications manager for the Colorado Municipal League, said the municipal league does not have a list of municipalities that ban camping. But several local governments along the Front Range have such a policy.

Colorado Springs and Boulder also prohibit camping on public property, according to a Centennial city staff report. Parker approved a camping ban in June 2018. Overnight camping on public property is not allowed in the City of Lone Tree, according to the city’s website.

Critics of such policies say camping bans push the unhoused to other places or surrounding cities but don’t address underlying issues regarding homelessness.

Denver in 2012 banned staying in an outdoor place with a tent, sleeping bag or other shelter, a policy that advocates for the homeless have said may be pushing more homeless individuals into the suburbs. In a 2013 survey of 512 homeless people in central Denver by the advocacy group Denver Homeless Out Loud, 20% of respondents said that after the ban they more often sleep in outlying neighborhoods or surrounding cities, according to the survey document.

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