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County government experiencing ‘staffing crisis’ amid low pay Managers, human resources director asking for raises BY ELLIOTT WENZLER EWENZLER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
The Douglas County government is struggling to find employees and seeing “historically high” turnover rates as the board of commissioners has delayed approving raises.
In April, human resources director Laura Leary asked commissioners to approve a 3% across-the-board raise for the county’s 1,350 employees. “Some directors would say, they would describe it as a staffing crisis right now,” Leary said. Leary recommended that a raise be enacted for June 30 paychecks, saying the latest the board could vote to meet that timeline was in May.
Commissioner Lora Thomas supported the raise increase while commissioners Abe Laydon and George Teal were not ready to move forward. While the board agreed to revisit the subject in May, no meeting was ever scheduled. A spokesperson said it will be discussed sometime in June. Last year’s turnover rate at the county was about 18% and this year is on par to be about the same. As of
Bakery is sweet addition to Parker Poulette Bakeshop owners bring international touch to Colorado customers BY RACHEL LORENZ SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA
When its doors open at 8 a.m., nearly two dozen varieties of beautiful, made-from-scratch pastries, desserts and bread fill the glass case at Poulette Bakeshop. “We know how to do a lot with a little,” chef Carolyn Nugent said. Nugent owns the 1,300-square-foot bakery with her husband, chef Alen Ramos. The shop, which opened seven months ago in south Parker, only has two ovens, one mixer, a walk-in cooler and a machine for folding and rolling dough. Poulette Bakeshop’s early success arises not from the bells and whistles in its kitchen but from the hard work and worldclass experience of its owners. “The training that we’ve had makes us able to do more with less,” Nugent said.
June 3, there were 139 vacancies in the organization. “In jobs we used to get say 20 to 30 applicants pretty regularly, we are seeing things like two applicants, three applicants,” Leary said. County Clerk and Recorder Merlin Klotz has also been asking commissioners to pay his staff higher wages in several emails obtained by Colorado Community Media SEE CRISIS, P9
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Boxes of extra large macarons can be preordered on Poulette Bakeshop’s website.
Douglas County’s Homelessness Initiative will be discussing a potential short-term housing solution in the form of a Pallet center at its June 9 meeting. The goal is to provide more local resources to unsheltered people. The committee will be evaluating possible locations for a Pallet center, which would include shelter space, bathrooms and an office for reintegration and human services. Douglas County Commissioner Abe
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Primary ballots hitting mailboxes
Parker Days comes back this weekend
BY MEGAN VERLEE COLORADO PUBLIC RADIO
Colorado voters — it’s time to start thinking about politics again. Clerks mailed primary ballots to voters in the state starting last week, and for many, that process will also come with a flurry of text messages. Colorado uses a service called BallotTrax that allows voters to sign up for text alerts at each stage of the voting process — from when it’s mailed out, to when the completed ballot is received back at the clerk’s office and their signature is verified. The Secretary of State’s office said nearly 2 million Coloradans are already signed up for BallotTrax, out of 3.8 million active voters statewide. “Initiatives like BallotTrax increase transparency and confidence in our elections by allowing Colorado voters to track their ballot from when they are sent, received, and counted,” said Secretary of State Jena Griswold in a statement. Primaries in the state are semiopen. Registered Democrats and Republicans only get their own party’s ballot, while unaffiliated voters receive both, but can only return one in order for it to be counted. At the top of the ticket, only Republicans have contested prima-
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ries this year. They have multiple candidates in the races for governor, U.S. Senate, and Secretary of State, as well as in three high profile congressional races — in districts three, seven and eight. Democrats, who have more incumbents up for reelection, have fewer high-level contested primaries, although multiple candidates are vying in congressional districts one and three. Primary Day is June 28. All ballots must be returned by 7 p.m. that evening. This story is from Colorado Public Radio, a nonprofit news source. Used by permission. For more, and to support CPR News, visit cpr.org.
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Carnival Hill will soon have a carnival once again. The rides are going up and the fences are coming out, which can only mean one thing: Parker Days is upon us once again. The town’s annual summer festival is returning this weekend, complete with rides, vendors, silent discos and music performances. The event last took place in 2019 but then was canceled two years in a row due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This year’s event will be a day shorter, have one fewer stage than previous years and won’t feature a parade or car show. The host of the event, the Parker Chamber of Commerce, has focused on making the event more local and “less of a regional madhouse,” said TJ Sullivan, CEO of the chamber. More than 38 rides are being set up throughout the week leading up to the event. Carnival Hill, the space north of H2O’Brien Pool between the Parker Senior Center and Grace Baptist Church, will have games, kid rides and large rides. Over on the side of Mainstreet near Pine Drive, the festival will feature ax throwing, bungee jumping, a mechanical bill and human hamster balls.
The main stage, which will be in O’Brien Park, is scheduled to go up Thursday morning. That evening, the O’Brien Park parking lot is set to be closed for more setup, including tent and generator installation. Eventually, more than 200 vendors will be available throughout the area. On Friday at 5 a.m. Mainstreet will close and “full madness erupts as the festival takes shape,” Sullivan said. Throughout the week leading up to the event, organizers also planned to put up about 2.8 miles of fencing. “Word around the state is that attendance at events is breaking records, so we might see as many as a half-million people over the course of the three-day event,” Sullivan said. Sullivan said he’s most excited about the Colorado Avalanche ice rink, the culinary demonstrations and the silent discos on Friday and Saturday nights. “We are so excited to bring this amazing event back to the people of Parker and the surrounding communities,” Sullivan said. “Come and make some memories with us.” The event is in need of volunteers who can help at beverage stations, particularly on Saturday. Those interested can contact Peg Menos at peg@eventsbyemg.com or 303-5017868. The festival will begin Friday at 4 p.m. and will last until Sunday evening. Full hours: Friday: 4 to 10 p.m. Saturday 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
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WEEK 3- NEED TO SUCCEED In the third week of the ongoing series, Need to Succeed, South Metro Editor Thelma Grimes breaks
down how the rising cost of college is impacting students health and well being before and during college. Intern
Bell Terhark, a recently-graduated senior at Castle View High School, breaks down how social media takes its toll
on students. Read the entire Need to Succeed series at www.douglascountynews.net.
The cost of college is driving students down Tuition has increased 169% between 1980-2019
curricular activities and working hard to get the best grades was all in the hope of getting scholarships to pay for school. Terhark looked at local schools but wanted to be more adventurous and go to school out of state. After graduating, Terhark said she will be attending a college in Wyoming and majoring in journalism. The stress felt by students is a concern, said Arapahoe Community College Dean of Students Javon Brame. The mental health crisis teenagers and young adults are facing is like another pandemic, Brame said. The cost to get an education is a large part of that stress, Brame said. The 10-year dean said that on campus, it is not unusual to have struggling students transported to a mental health facility for help. “The cost of college is higher than ever,” Brame said. “And the financial assistance available to students and work is not enough to cover it all anymore. Society has to figure out this burden we are putting on students and its not the college, it’s society.”
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For many students attending college or preparing to start that educational journey, the cost weighs heavy. Teenagers and young adults suffer from anxiety and struggle with mental health more than ever before and a lot of it has to do with how they can meet expectations set by society to go to college, graduate and become successful adults. The problem, however, is that the cost of college continues to increase. When comparing today’s costs to generations before, the amount of debt students take on to complete a degree is impacting their lives for decades. Throughout her internship with Colorado Community Media, Bella Terhark, a recently graduated senior at Castle View High School, regularly stressed about the cost of college. She said doing extra-
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Brame described a society where students are struggling to have fair access to higher education, calling it “academic capitalism.” “You enter the system, and it decides how you are sorted out in society,” he said. “Class is the sorting ground.” In the 1970s, Audrey Brooks — a member of the Baby Boom generation — paid for her first few years of college with grants and working. By her senior year, she said, she needed a loan to finish, which she estimated at about $2,000. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, a fulltime student at a public, four-year institution is looking at paying more than $22,000 per year in Colorado. The statistics, drawn from the 2019-2020 school year, show the breakdown for tuition, required fees, room and board. Colorado is average compared to other states. While most college degrees cost about $20,000, in New Jersey and Vermont students are paying closer to $30,000. On the lower end, a four-year degree in Florida is around $15,000. In Wyoming where Terhark will begin college this fall, NCES out-of-state tuition estimates are lower than the national average at around $14,800. According to a report from the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce,
‘The cost of college is higher than ever. And the financial assistance available to students and work is not enough to cover it all anymore. Society has to figure out this burden we are putting on students and its not the college, it’s society.’ Javon Brame, Arapahoe Community College dean of students
between 1980 and 2019, the average price for college increased 169%. Author Sandy Baum, a national expert on college tuition, financial aid and college affordability, said the price of a degree has gone up dramatically over the last three decades while income levels have been more stagnant. With more and more people being told by society to go to college, enrollment rates are going up along with tuition rates, Baum said. Besides parents and societal pressures to get a degree, moving up in class is also part of the equation. “It is hard to get a good, middleclass job without an education,” Baum said. “Now, it’s getting harder to afford it. College is must more expensive, and states need to put more into fixing the issues.” According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, education does
pay. According to a 2020 report, U.S. workers with bachelor’s degrees had a median weekly income of $1,305. A worker with a high school diploma has a median income of $781. According to the Georgetown University report, Recovery, in 2020 65% of all U.S. jobs required postsecondary education and training beyond high school. Besides the cost of paying for a
degree, Baum said it’s becoming harder to students to live. With rent increases, inflation rates hitting grocery bills and gasoline costs at a record high, students are struggling to support themselves. Blame said besides investing more in counseling services to address mental health concerns in students, colleges are also opening more food pantries to make sure they are eating. Children’s Hospital Colorado Mental Health-in-Chief Dr. Ron-Li Liaw said besides students working excessively to look good on paper, a lot of their mental-health issues are directly related to paying for college. “Really, you have to ask how can anyone afford it. The price tag for college is really unattainable. You cannot budget for it like an electricity bill or rent or mortgage.” With the current younger generations, Liaw said they are way ahead more than any other in terms of education, and yet due to costs and mental health, “they are still so far behind.”
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Castle View student reflects on effect of social media 90% of teens between 13-17 are online, says group monitoring mental health BY BELLA TERHARK SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA
An increasing trend over the last 20 years is the number of youth and students using social media. However, the drawback for many young people is that it has become a burden in creating higher levels of selfdoubt, anxiety and stress. According to the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, social media plays a big role in teen culture, with an estimated 90% of teens between the ages of 13 and 17 using social media. More than two-thirds of teens have their own mobile devices with internet capabilities. According to Macy Key, who just finished her junior year at Castle View High School in Castle Rock, one of her main reasons for anxiety and changes in her decisions comes from the impact social media has on her and her peers. “I think all of my social anxiety has actually come from social media,” she said. “I’ve always been thinking about trying something new like track or basketball but it always ended with me being convinced I’d be made fun of. Everyone is always recording. Everyone is always taking unflattering photos. It’s easier to avoid it entirely than risk it.”
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college but my GPA right now is not going to help my chances,” she said. “Whenever I think about it I get really nervous and stressed because I feel like I need to be perfect for the next year so I at least have a fighting chance.” For Key, social media has played into both the thoughts of failure and the need to do more. “It has gone both ways for me,” she said. “I feel like I’m more encouraged to do well when I see that I’m ahead of other people. When I’m seeing my friends looking at MIT or Brown, it gets really hard to stay motivated because I know I don’t have those opportunities.” Key’s feelings are not uncommon for teenagers and young adults. Dr. Ron-Li Liaw, the mental health-in-chief for Children’s Hospital Colorado, said the competition factor plays a big role in how unhealthy social media use has become for teens and society. “We are social beings and we learn by watching each other,” Liaw said. Key, like other students, said she sometimes avoids saying anything online altogether because she might not look as good as other students her age. “I feel like I always need to have something to brag about, which is really hard,” she said. “Academically, I’m not anything to brag about. Athletically, I’m certainly not anything to brag about. So online, I try to stay away from D1 athlete commits and Ivy League scholarships because I know those things aren’t in the cards for me.” Thelma Grimes contributed to this story.
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Laydon said it was a “housing plus approach,” where case management services are provided to help residents move to permanent housing. “Instead of a traditional shelter, Douglas County is exploring an initiative center, which are clean, aesthetic, camouflaged, case managed and they are not a forever home,” he said. “There would be sobriety and wellness checks and job-seeking requirements in order to remain in the program.” Currently, there is not a homeless shelter in Douglas County. Laydon said the committee is planning to use the American Rescue Plan Act funds from the federal government to address the need for emergency housing. Recently, the county received funds to participate in a homelessness initiative in Arapahoe County called the GOALS facility, but that facility is exclusive to families. “We’re looking at other locations in Douglas County for individuals that don’t qualify for GOALS,” Laydon said. Additionally, the homelessness initiative has approved three Homeless Assistance and Resource Teams, which partners a social worker with a law enforcement officer to respond to people experiencing homelessness. Laydon said the teams could roll
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out later this year, but are being held up by a lack of temporary housing. A Colorado court ruled last year that a camping ban in Fort Collins couldn’t be enforced against a homeless man who was sleeping in his car because he had no shelter options for an overnight stay. “Providing emergency shelter within a community is legally necessary to maintain public safety and enforce relevant codes,” Laydon said. Douglas County’s proposal is modeled after a similar Pallet center in Aurora, which Laydon and others toured recently. Laydon said the Aurora location shows the housing option challenges many of the stereotypes of a traditional homeless shelter. “We realized that this model
is readily available in terms of supply chain … and it made us aware that they can be clean, safe, beautifully organized and really secure,” Laydon said. A potential location that Laydon said will be discussed on June 9 is next to the county Justice Center, where it could possibly work in tandem with reintegration efforts happening at the county and the Justice Center. Laydon said the county recently approved a full-time reintegration position at the Justice Center to help provide transportation and connections to resources. However, the proposal has already received pushback from Castle Rock councilmembers who oppose a shelter in the area. At the May 17 Castle Rock council meeting, Mayor Jason Gray
and a majority of the council were vehemently against the idea and directed staff to draft a letter expressing the town’s opposition to send to the county. “We need to have a caring, empathetic and sympathetic voice for our homeless and at the same time, I don’t think there’s a place in Castle Rock to have a shelter, I think that there are other places in Douglas County that lend itself to a shelter better than us,” Gray said. Only Castle Rock Councilman Tim Dietz, who sits on the county homelessness initiative committee, spoke up in favor of the idea because it would support the code enforcement efforts. “It would be in unincorporated Douglas County in a well-secured, monitored place with temporary housing … where people can come and transition out of town,” Dietz said. “By having these temporary beds, we could eventually have a no camping ban in Castle Rock.” On top of the conversations about HART and a Pallet center, the homelessness initiative committee continues to work on signage with contact information for HART, information on donating to the Douglas County Community Foundation and a safety reminder not to hand money out of car windows. Laydon said the signs will be placed around the county, such as at busy intersections, to direct residents, both housed and not, to existing resources and promote public safety.
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Teacher evaluations to change Standardized test scores will have smaller role BY ERICA MELTZE CHALKBEAT
Teacher evaluation is getting an update in Colorado, more than a decade after the state last overhauled its system. Starting with the 2023-24 school year, students’ standardized test scores will play a smaller role in teachers’ ratings, rubrics will be more specialized to reflect different jobs, and teachers with consistently high scores will face less scrutiny. If it works as supporters hope, the system will focus more on helping teachers grow and improve. That contrasts with the current system, which many educators perceive as punitive, and which hasn’t improved student achievement much — at least as measured by test scores. With the updated evaluation system in Senate Bill 70, signed
last week, Colorado joins a growing list of states moving away from practices the Obama administration hoped would improve schools. The previous law, known as Senate Bill 191, called for teachers’ job performance to be measured half by student academic growth and half by classroom observation of professional practices such as showing a strong understanding of the content and delivering effective instruction. Districts could use various academic data to show student growth, but at least 1% of every teacher’s evaluation had to be linked to standardized test scores. Often it was much higher than that. Teachers particularly resented the use of collective measures, in which an art teacher might be rated based on how students at her school or in her district did on reading and math tests. This story was originally published by Chalkbeat Colorado. More at chalkbeat.org.
New Colorado teachers eligible for loan forgiveness BY ERICA MELTZER CHALKBEAT
Colorado student teachers will have access to up to $22,000 in stipends, and teachers who started their careers during the pandemic and have stuck with it can qualify for up to $5,000 in loan forgiveness, under a bill signed into law this week. Removing Barriers to Educator Preparation dedicates $52 million from federal relief money to getting new teachers into the classroom and keeping them there during a time when schools across the state are grappling with shortages. Fewer teachers were entering the profession before the pandemic, and shortages have only worsened. “A lot of teachers, people who want to be teachers, actually drop out of educator prep programs because they can’t afford it,” said state Rep. Cathy Kipp, a Fort Collins Democrat. “They can’t afford
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through a public records request. “Failure to create a system that addresses this issue in real time will simply create chaos, retention/ retrain costs and a larger monster to address as we kick the problem down the road,” Klotz wrote in a Jan. 12 email. In other emails, Klotz said in 2021, his office brought in nearly 20% more revenue compared to the previous year. In April, he said his office’s turnover rate was 10%.
to work for free and pay tuition and not be able to hold down a second or third job.” Kipp sponsored the bill with fellow Democrats state Rep. Barbara McLachlan of Durango and state Sen. Rachel Zenzinger of Arvada, as well as Republican state Sen. Don Coram of Montrose. The new law also covers the costs of test fees for eligible educators and creates alternative ways of getting a license for teacher candidates who struggle to pass Praxis exams. Gov. Jared Polis signed the bill to applause at a ceremony Thursday in which he also signed a slew of other education bills, including a major funding increase that lawmakers hope will lead to higher teacher pay and make staying in the classroom more attractive. This story was originally published by Chalkbeat Colorado. More at chalkbeat.org. “My fear is that at some point the current unacceptable attrition rate will become a mad rush to the door,” he wrote April 12. Commissioners have met with Klotz, Coroner Jill Romann, Treasurer Dave Gill and Assessor Lisa Frizell regarding compensation complaints, Commissioner Abe Laydon said. In May, the commissioners received an anonymous letter on the topic from someone who identified themself a Douglas County employee. The author, who declined to speak with Colorado Community SEE CRISIS, P22
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She and her husband learned to make confections and bread from “best chefs in the world.” The pair worked at half a dozen three-starMichelin restaurants from San Francisco to Bray, England and Roses, Spain. Then, after being furloughed from their jobs in Chicago at the start of the pandemic, they moved with their young son to Colorado and eventually settled in Parker. “It’s funny how life leads you on these different paths and you never quite expect to be where you are,” Nugent said. “But it’s been amazing here in Parker.” Although Poulette Bakshop is humming with activity 15 hours a day, six days a week, the shop is just open to the public Wednesdays through Saturdays in the morning. “It’s basically a European-style boulangerie patisserie,” Nugent said. “First come first serve.” Poulette closes at noon or earlier if they sell out. And everything — from the pastry cream in their Black Forest choux puffs to the jam in the pistachio-berry macarons — is made in-house. Seeing a less-than-full display case as midday approaches can be frustrating for guests, but leftover items go to waste and that’s not good for a small business, Nugent said. She encourages people that want something specific to come
Freshly baked trays of chocolate Ducasse cakes await customers at Poulette Bakeshop in Parker. PHOTOS COURTESY OF POULETTE BAKESHOP
Carolyn Nugent and Alen Ramos stand in front of Quince, one of several Michelinstarred restaurants that the couple worked at before moving to Colorado.
early. In addition, folks that like to plan ahead can preorder a limited selection of desserts and pastry packs through the store’s website, although these, too, often sell out. When Poulette first opened, 100% of its sales were from preorders but the bakery quickly began to carry more and more items for instore selection, Nugent said. Now walk-up purchases make up about 80% of their sales. The bakers note what sells well and then increase production in response. In that way, the community has told Poulette what items to make and how much, Nugent said.
Being a positive part of the community is actually one of the ways Nugent’s defines business success. After years honing their craft around the globe, the chef said she, Ramos and their son are looking to put down roots and build “a solid and happy life.” While it’s only been several months, Nugent’s pleased to be greeting customers by name and learning about their families’ culinary preferences and milestone moments. “We enjoy being able to know our clientele,” Nugent said, “you know, just like it would be in an old European village.”
Poulette Bakeshop’s pistachio-lemon choux puffs are filled with pistachio pastry cream, lemon curd and a pistachio puree.
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s kids get out of school and the region prepares for the summer heat, local communities are gearing up for something positive to focus on. Something I love about our suburban communities across Arapahoe and Douglas counties is the effort our local towns put into presenting FROM THE summer activities and fun. Castle Rock, minus the pandemic EDITOR years, has really built an events program to be proud of with weekly farmers markets, community concerts and community gatherings. It’s like the feeling of Friday night lights, when you can celebrate your community by coming together, enjoying food, celebrating local vendors and loving the fact that your Thelma Grimes town officials care enough to bring events catered to all ages. Centennial has a slew of activities coming up this summer, and recently celebrated the park’s 10th anniversary with a special celebration. I have grown quite fond of Englewood as a community. The community’s small-town feel comes alive with weekend neighborhood parties and gatherings. Besides being home to the Pirates Cover Water Park, Englewood also gets hyper-local through the Neighborhood Nights programs. On June 23, the celebration will be held at Bates-Logan Park. Lone Tree is also getting in on the action with sunset swims at Cool Creek Park. At Sweetwater Park, the Backyard Beats series is already underway and going to be a blast for the community to enjoy. In Littleton, the Littleton Fine Arts Guild is presenting its 60th anniversary show in June. Saturdays in town are going to be filled with plenty of options, including the Littleton Jam free concert on June 25. Then, we have Highlands Ranch. On any given week, logging on to the community association’s Facebook page is an adventure of what’s coming next. Festivals, adult pool parties and so much more In Parker, I am becoming increasingly impressed with how much effort is going into building the events programs. There have been quite a few concerts over the last few months with popular country bands and more. Parker will also have its annual festival, and let’s not forget the H2O’Brien Water Park that has opened. While the Denver metro area is huge, I love that each community has its own identity and true commitment to providing residents and visitors a wide assortment of summer fun that feels like we live in a small town where everybody enjoys the day out together. On a separate note, I am also impressed with how much our communities and school districts do each summer to provide entertainment, care and camps for our younger generations.
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nterest rates going up, inflation on the rise, and empty shelves where baby formula used to sit. Wars raging in Ukraine and other parts of the world. A resurgence of COVID, although mostly mild symptoms, is still making its rounds, with some becoming severely ill. Gasoline prices out of control. Employees hard to find. Midterm elections, a leaked opinion about a possible overturning of Roe v. Wade, battles over school curriculums, make this is the perfect time to choose fear and scarcity over hope and abundance. Or does it? You see, it’s not only asking if the glass is half full or half empty, but also more like asking if the ocean is half full or half empty. Any one of the events mentioned above is enough to push us over the edge. Imagine trying to understand and cope with all of them at the same time, while also dealing with all of life’s other challenges and difficult seasons of life, sickness, divorce, losing a loved one, loss of a job, and other things that happen to us that are mostly out of our control. If ever we were going to buy into fear and scarcity, the time is now. Or is it? I was told a long time ago that hope and fear are the same thing, either word is a belief that something will happen in the future. Some will choose to pick fear, stressing and worrying about that bad thing that is coming next. Others will choose hope, believing that whatever is headed our way will be a good thing, maybe even a great thing. Those who choose fear will think with a scarcity mindset, but those of us with hope will still see the opportunity for abundance. And when I speak of abundance I am not speaking of money, profits or things. No, I am speaking of an abundance
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of faith, hope and love. I am speaking about an abundance of people being kind, WINNING good, gentle and compassionate. WORDS When we live with the fear and scarcity mindset it is easy to let go of the goodness and kindness, and the other traits mentioned above that we can still find in abundance if we look for them. And when we live with in fear and scarcity it starts us down a slope that leads to selfishness, resentment, anger, isolation, Michael Norton envy and dread. The reality is that there are some very serious and frightening things happening in our world. If you are like me and have children and grandchildren, you may be thinking about this through the lens of a parent or grandparent with your thoughts centered on their future, and what happens if we can’t solve some of these things now or in the relatively near future. For every situation, conflict, or problem mentioned above, there are thought leaders working on resolutions. We may not appreciate what they are doing, or who is leading the charge, or which side of the aisle they may be on, but I firmly believe there are enough good people with great intentions trying to do their very best to restore things to order so that solutions and agreements can be made and that there will be a better tomorrow for everyone, regardless of which side we are on. How can we move from fear and scarcity to hope and abundance? I think that will be different
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Widening your world: low vision resources
hanges in vision are more common as we age, and many people feel like their world gets smaller. This shrinking feeling can be joined by anxiety, frustration, worry and even embarrassment. Instead of leaning on family and friends, many pull away and withdraw — which adds to the sensation of a shrinking world. This can lead to loneliness, isolation, even a loss of agency. But, vision loss is not the end. It’s a transition. With support and training the world can grow again — even if the underlying cause of the vision issue cannot be reversed. The idea of “treatment” might sound so formal — maybe even disconnected and clinical. But support can offer chances to connect with another human who is living the same experiences. It can offer chances to talk to an expert who can help offer ways to keep doing the things that make life exciting. Support can come from a service that reconnects people with the world around them, with a
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licensed professional, or with a group that gets together to talk about common concerns and frustrations. Knowing you are not alone can be the key to moving forward. There are many organizations offering help:
Audio Information Network of Colorado (aincolorado.org) AINC offers on-demand podcasts and broadcasts for the blind. That is, AINC offers a 24/7 streaming service that can be listened to, plus shows that can be listened to on demand. Content includes local newspapers, podcasts about life with vision loss, Reader’s Digest, and many, many others. AINC services empower individuals to be self-sufficient, connected to community, and continuously learning. Content also includes podcasts
that amplify the voices of people with print barriers. Ensight Skills Center (ensightskills.org) Ensight Skills Center and Curtis Strong Center are low vision specialists providing accredited, professional low-vision services to enhance the lives of people struggling with vision loss. They provide what is needed to live independently with low vision. Ensight offers: • Assessment of remaining vision • Occupational therapy and skills training • Education and support • Orientation and mobility instruction Beyond Sight Inc. (beyondsite.com) Beyond Sight is a technology-oriented retail store providing individual low vision consultations. For Beyond Sight, the goal is to provide tools and techniques to allow individuals living with macular degeneration, glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy,
and other eye conditions to continue to stay independent. From simple handheld magnifiers to text-to-speech video magnifiers, and everything in between, Beyond Sight has the experience to match the tool to each individual’s goals and abilities. 303795-6455, scott@beyondsight.com Kim Wardlow is the executive director at Audio Information Network of Colorado. To learn more, contact 303786-7777 or visit ainc@aincolorado.org. This column is hosted by the Seniors’ Council of Douglas County. Please join us for our next presentation July 7 at 10 a.m. at Oakwood Senior Apartments, Community Room, 559 Oakwood Drive, Castle Rock. Our presenters will be Penn Street with Audio Information Network of Colorado and Lorrie Spoering with Colorado Talking Book Library. For more information, please visit www. MyDougCoSeniorLife.com, email DCSeniorLife@douglas.co.us or call 303-663-7681.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Sheriff explains Weekly support Primary ballots are in the mail, and I’ve received over a hundred texts, emails, and phone calls from people asking me “who should I vote for in the primary for sheriff.” My answer is resoundingly vote for DCSO Capt. Darren Weekly. Captain Weekly’s 28 years of outstanding service with DCSO is just the start of why he is the best candidate for sheriff. One of the many reasons people live in Douglas County is because it is a safe, beautiful, conservative county to raise kids; also, it’s a thriving county for business prosperity. As your sheriff, it isn’t just my personal or professional opinion that Douglas County citizens prioritize public safety, the Board of County Commissioners’ annual survey results prove it. For the past 16-plus years, Douglas County citizens have consistently rated Douglas County Sheriff’s Office at a 95% or greater approval rating. Douglas County residents and businesses have developed respect and trust for law enforcement based on quality-driven, positive experiences. These factors are exceptionally important when you vote for your next sheriff, and the reason voters should elect Darren Weekly. Captain Weekly’s three opponents in the sheriff’s race include: two candidates that previously, but unsuccessfully, attempted to become sheriff, John Anderson and Lora Thomas. Ms. Thomas has not been employed in law enforcement for almost 20 years. Mr. Anderson has not been employed in law enforcement in approximately seven years. These are significant issues for voters to consider. The third candidate Holly Nicholson-Kluth was terminated for cause from DCSO. As a result of her behavior a credibility disclosure notification was sent by the Eighteenth Judicial District Attorney and a Notification of Findings of Untruthfulness was sent to the Colorado Department of Law — Police Officer Standards and Training (POST). Douglas County deserves a sheriff like Darren Weekly that has 28 years of uninterrupted and unquestioned ethics in law enforcement. As your Douglas County sheriff, and with 42 years of law enforcement experience, I wholeheartedly encourage you to vote for Darren Weekly as the
only candidate that is qualified, serves with impeccable honor, and has earned the endorsement from five sheriffs in Colorado and our local Fraternal Order of Police. God bless Douglas County. If you would like additional information regarding my endorsement for WeeklyforSheriff, you may email me at SheriffTSpurlock33@gmail.com Tony Spurlock Douglas County sheriff Lone Tree (Editor’s Note: Sheriff Tony Spurlock is not up for re-election this year. He has termed out of office when his current term expires.) Enough is enough I am a great-grandfather and I don’t want to be standing out in front of a school shooting hoping that my greatgrandchildren are safe inside from the gunfire I hear. Let the teachers and professors have a gun stored in a welded down to the floor gun lock box, if they want one to protect their students. Let them bring it to school and lock it up, later take it out when they go home. Posted outside the school should be a sign stating that “Beware, our educators are armed and loaded!” We need all elected officials in office to do something with the gun laws to help stop these mass killings. Remember, you were elected by the people for the people (not by the NRA for the NRA) and we want new gun control laws now. I am an unaffiliated voter and according to the Colorado Secretary of State website, there are 1,068,827 Democrats, 856,904 Republicans and 1,699,405 unaffiliated voters in Colorado as of June 1. Don’t bother with one of those empty election statements like “And when I’m elected, I will ...” You are already elected, so get the bills passed and signed before the next election. If you don’t, then I would like all of the unaffiliated voters to not vote for the deadbeat officials and get them out of office. Everyone reading this could be standing outside a school next time saying how could this happen again and why. Everyday citizens do not need an assault weapon. It only takes one bullet to kill a deer and not a burst of 20 rounds. Ronald Nigh, Highlands Ranch
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Wildfire art creates beauty out of tragedy BY LUKE ZARZECKI LZARZECKI@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Robert Nesladek carves wood. He works in a sawdustfilled studio behind his house in Arvada, which he has owned for 47 years. He uses two wood lathes to carve out bowls, vases and other works of art from wood charred by wildfires. One of those lathes was handed down from his grandfather to his dad, then to his uncle and now to him. He started working with wood after he quit drinking. “I had to find something to keep my hands busy,” he said. Out of a devastating event, wildfire art aims to create something beautiful — a vase, a painting or a poem. Nesladek transforms the wood burned by wildfires into beautiful shapes. He said burned wood takes on different characteristics because of the intense heat that dries out the log. “It puts a lot of that charcoal gray color into the wood, and it just kind of runs through it,” he said. “It just is really nice to work with.” Starting out, the wood is filthy. “As soon as you touch it, you think ‘I’m not going to even mess with that stuff. It’s just nasty,’” he said. “But as soon as you get the bark off, it’s clean inside, and it’s dry.” Nesladek turns the wood on the lathe quickly and shapes it with different chisels and blades. Once the burned charcoal coating the wood is removed, he starts to mold the center of the wood that endured intense heat but wasn’t
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directly touched the fire. After he reaches the shape he wants, he applies a clear stain. “It amazes me how something so nasty, so devastating, can turn into something so beautiful,” Nesladak said. Painting from within Creating art from wildfires can also help begin the healing process after such a tragedy. For Alissa Davies, of Boulder, that involves intuitively painting emotions onto canvas. After the Marshall Fire, Davies said she and her community felt an extreme sense of loss and fear. “We’ve had these wildfires in our community, and every time the wind blows, we all feel this kind of collective trauma,” she said. “What’s going to happen to this place?” Davies describes herself as an intuitive artist — stepping up to a canvas with no idea of what the end result will be. She looks inward to get in touch with her feelings and then paints. After the Marshall Fire, she returned to her studio to begin addressing her emotions and out came Firescape 1, 2 and 3. “We all are very affected by external events that happen around us,” she said. “(Painting) is just a highly therapeutic process for me.” She said fires come with an immense, intense energy that she channeled into the paintings. She said she experienced those feelings even though she didn’t lose a house to the fire, but instead, she channeled the hardships of those who did. She champions art therapy programs in Boulder and surrounding communities where people can learn to get in SEE FIRE, P15
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Robert Nesladek with three vases he created out of the leftover wood from a PHOTO BY LUKE ZARZECKI wildfire.
Alissa Davies posing in front of her series “Firescape.”
A closeup of a vase made of wood PHOTO BY LUKE ZARZECKI torched by a wildfire.
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Call for spring. Conjure winter’s end. Bandage Firescape 1, 2 and 3 by Alissa Davies.
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touch with their emotions and put them onto paper. Those programs give people space to freely create art. She touches on her semester in college at the Art Institute of Chicago where it wasn’t so free. Her painting classes created an intense environment with critiques and competition from professors and students. The art therapy classes were different, she said, in that they created a more encouraging environment. “There’s that level of acceptance,” Davies said. “Instead of thinking art is for the precious few, it gives people the view that we all really know what to do with paint. It might not be pretty, and it might not look like what’s in our head, but that’s OK, and it’s better that way.” For those affected by the Marshall Fire, art therapy can begin those conversations, both verbal and not. “It’s always important to talk it out, but I think those nonverbal ways of expressing are equally as powerful and helpful,” Davies said. Sometimes, it just takes a few breaths and a blank canvas. To get in touch with her emotions before she paints, Davies mediates. While painting, she turns off her mind and moves very quickly. “I’m constantly turning my canvas,” she said. “You can click over into that flow state, you know that feeling of when time kind of gets weird, it’s suspended. It’s bliss.” Burning wood Radha Marcum of Boulder started writing at age 7 on her mother’s typewriter. Fast forward to today, and she’s a poet creating poems rooted in ecological, social and personal
landscapes of the American West. “I grew up in the West, so wildfire has always really been in my awareness,” she said. In 2019, she began writing more about wildfires. The burning of the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris triggered her new topic. She visited the cathedral with her husband within weeks of the roof burning. Replacing the ceilings, made of oak beams from Europe’s ancient forests, remains almost impossible because those forests are long gone, she said. “At the same time that we were losing this magnificent human-made structure, we were also losing nature’s cathedral,” she said. “I think of the old growth forests in North America.” It reminded Marcum of visiting the Redwood forests in Northern California. “Thinking about the history of people who have been in these places, whether it’s a cathedral or a forest, there’s a sense of continuity, and so when you lose a forest or you lose a cathedral, you’re losing that sense of continuity with ancestors and which people would come before you,” she said. Hence, she started writing about wildfire, and the Marshall Fire made the topic even more personal for her. “When it happens in your backyard, and when you’re watching the effects in real time, that I think is profound,” she said. “I think in art, and in poetry, in our writing, we have the opportunity to meditate on what is happening right here, right in front of us.” For her, that can mean looking at specific changes in her surroundings. One example she points to is a poem about a plum tree in her backyard that she moved inside due to the drought. Another poem looks at smoke drifts and ashes falling in her backyard. Those ashes, she said, are forests, people’s homes or wildlife. Some float in from other places. “There’s a connection between different
bees, for pollen bodies. Pray the plum blossoms become oval ovums ripening— clusters green then red-green, then fruits covered in dusk. Do not doubt that doubt will ripen in you. Pull indigo lobes from limbs, bent. Gather fruit in your shirt. Snag windfalls in the grass, split gladly for sparrow and mouse. Observe how doubts shine before the knife. Sterilize jars. Boil the fruits for jam. Note the tiny toothmarks made by ones who recognize abundance when it is offered. By: Radha Marcum
parts of the country, between you and the landscape, between the ecology, the trees, the wildlife,” she said. “We’re all affected by these events, whether or not they’re burning our structures, or they’re burning the forest.” Marcum sees her poems as an invitation to readers to recognize the events happening around them. “(It’s about) connecting with what’s really going on, rather than being sort of numb and overwhelmed by the news or by statistics,” she said.
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Missouri’s, Keyon Harrold made one of the most stunning musical statements of the 2010s with his 2017 album, “The Mugician.” The album features contributions from extremely talented musicians like Gary Clark Jr., Robert Glasper and Bilal. Harrold will be performing as part of Dazzle’s 2022 Keeping It Cool summer concert series, which features two Grammy awardwinning artists, a Colorado Hall of Famer and more. He’ll go live at 7 p.m. June 10 at Dazzle Jazz, 1512 Curtis St. in Denver. Tickets and information can be found at www.dazzledenver.com.
he Denver metro area really shines during the summer months. There are all kinds of outdoor options for dining, live music and activities, while classic concert spots and cultural hubs are still doing their thing. With such a bevy of options, you really can’t go wrong. But just in case, I’ve collected five options to help start the season off proper. Let the night shine bright at Earth Illuminated As Ray Charles once sang “nighttime is the right time,” and the grand re-opening and debut of Dark Mode at Earth Illuminated celebrates this very important truth. Presented by the award-winning production team at Blazen Illuminations, the exhibit reopened at the Denver Pavilions, 500 16th Street Mall, Suite 280, with a new look and feel. According to provided information, Dark Mode wants guests to come away awed by the beauty of nature during nighttime. Each scene visitors explore makes use of theatrical lighting and immersive sound design, projection, special effects and more. There are more than 40 scenes spanning a 13,000 square foot space, with interactive props and more. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit EarthIlluminated.com.
Thor lands at Red Rocks Red Rocks Amphitheatre is back in the movie business with the full-time return of in-amphitheater film screenings as part of its Film on the Rocks series. Gates open at 6:30 Clarke Reader p.m. for every show, with musical guests taking the stage at 7 p.m., followed by the film presentation at 8:30 p.m. And the season is starting with a blast of Marvel fun in the stellar “Thor: Ragnarok.” The screening will be on June 13 at Red Rocks, 18300 W. Alameda Parkway in Morrison. For those who haven’t seen the film, it’s the third in the Thor trilogy and director Taika Waititi lets the story and cast cut loose, resulting in one of the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s best entries. Visit www.denverfilm.org/programs/film-on-the-rocks/ for the full schedule, information and tickets. The Mugician comes to Dazzle Jazz Jazz music is one of the few genres that maintains a passionate commitment to tackling current events going on both locally and on a grand scale. And Ferguson,
Clarke’s Concert of the Week — The Hold Steady at the Bluebird Theater We could all use a positive jam or two these days and that’s what Minneapolis’ The Hold Steady specialize in. Over the group’s eight albums and almost 20 years of touring they’ve built up a rabid fanbase thanks to Craig Finn’s incisive character sketches and the group’s bar-band soundscapes. Last year they released one of their most acclaimed albums in years in “Open Door Policy,” but they’re stopping in Denver as part of a tour that was supposed to be in support of 2019’s great “Thrashing Thru the Passion.” The group is fi-
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adoption and that led her to do what she knows how to do: write a book about it-- including a really unusual family formed by three couples and a single mother who adopted siblings born to a particular couple who would be together for a while, then drift apart — placing four resulting children for adoption over the course of the book. The families stay in touch with the birth mother and she visits with them at times. (Extensive sociological analysis about why these birth parents behave as they do is left for another book.) In Brown’s story, these adoptive parents hope to keep the children connected as they grow up, planning frequent contacts between them, which of course means frequent contact among the parental characters — and expected
difficult interactions at times. The three couples and the single mom bring a variety of personalities into the story and as the children begin to walk, talk and attend school, likenesses and differences among them appear. This book spells out a different way to manage adoptions than the traditional situations where there is no contact nor information for a child as he grows and begins to wonder. Brown is skilled at creating characters and expressing a wide range of reactions and feelings as her story progresses. And every so often there is a shaded page describing an unnamed character with a particular experience or idea who resembles one of these parents. Not a device I’d seen before, but it works in this book to fill out why and how the parental
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based on her own experience. It will be a good one to tuck in a suitcase if travel is scheduled “Four years ago, my OB/GYN called late at night. `I had a patient in for her annual exam,’ she said, `but it turns out she’s six months pregnant. She’s making a plan for adoption, and you were the first people I thought of. Do you want a baby?’” They did indeed, went for subsequent prenatal appointments and were present when he was born. It was an open adoption, where the birth family and the adoptive family stay in touch. Brown realized how little people know about open
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Before he’s left the food bank’s parking lot, Zachary Mullins sits in partial shade and eats a handful of fresh strawberries and a peanut butter and jelly sandwich from his brown cardboard box. He’s been getting food from Integrated Family Community Services, one of the largest food banks in the Denver metro area, once a week for the past two years. “I rely on this food bank,” said Mullins, who lost his job and home in the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Now he lives homeless in Englewood, near where IFCS is based. But the nonprofit is facing a difficult reality as it contends with 40-year-high inflation rates and a bottle-necked supply chain. It means paying more money for less food even as demand rises. A growing need According to Todd McPherson, IFCS’s director of development, the nonprofit distributed over 364,000 pounds of food between January and May of last year. This year, totals are estimated around 406,000 pounds between those same months. But McPherson said the center needs about 172,000 more pounds to meet current demand. And it is unlikely to get that soon. “What we saw in the past has drastically changed,” McPherson said. “I think there’s this perception on the outside that we’re back to normal and we’re not.” Food insecurity is once again on the rise in Arapahoe County and other parts of the metro area. Between January and May of this year, the food bank is expected to
“A typical food bank is always thought of as cans and boxes,” Todd McPherson said. Though it faces difficulty in acquiring the needed amount of fresher foods, IFCS continues to make it a priority for PHOTO BY ROBERT TANN its food boxes. Todd McPherson, director of development for IFCS, prepares food boxes for a morning PHOTO BY ROBERT TANN rush on June 2.
have served more than 27,000 people, with some living as far out as Douglas County and Bailey, according to McPherson. That’s a 111% increase from the same time last year when IFCS served about 24,300 people. Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program — or SNAP — users in Arapahoe County have also increased, according to Luc Hatlestad, county spokesperson, who said the county issued 27,218 SNAP benefits in March, up from 25,032 in 2021. SNAP was formerly known as food stamps. While a surge in federal aid during the first two years of the pandemic helped IFCS meet the needs of thousands coming to its doors, that money is now drying up. McPherson said the nonprofit is seeing smaller government grants that leave it with less buying power in the face of inflation. One of the biggest suppliers of IFCS’s food is wholesale restaurant distributors, such as Sysco, which can provide bulk amounts of a variety of products. The food bank also pays for food from Food Bank of the
Rockies, a Feeding America affiliate, as well as from regional farmers. Spending more for less Aditi Desai, vice president of marketing and communications for Food Bank of the Rockies, which works with hundreds of distribution partners in Colorado and Wyoming, said the organization spent $1.3 million each month in March and April for food, triple what it spent in 2019 before the pandemic began. But “just because price is up doesn’t mean we’re not going to purchase it,” Desai said, adding communities need the organization to “keep showing up” for them. The price hikes still trickle down to smaller partners, like IFCS. For example, the cost for a case of 15 dozen eggs, once $15, has more than tripled to $50, according to McPherson, who purchases the product through Food Bank of the Rockies. This, coupled with IFCS having to compete for food with other entities — including restaurants and schools
— when it orders products means it doesn’t always get what it needs. “We just play the lottery to see if we actually receive it,” McPherson said. “We’re learning we have to order well in advance.” It’s frustrating, McPherson said, since IFCS has built a regional reputation as a place to find high-quality, balanced food. “A typical food bank is always thought of as cans and boxes,” McPherson said, adding that while the nonprofit is in no shortage of shelf items, fresher foods like produce and meats are becoming more limited. “You’re maybe getting 25% less fresh food than you did in the past.” But even shelf items, such as pasta and sauces, are becoming more expensive, said Ashlie Cogburn, who works as a case manager at Arapahoe Community College — which has campuses in Littleton and Castle Rock — and helps oversee the college’s food pantry. While the college pantry’s supply comes mostly from donations, Cogburn said she was awarded a $4,200 SEE INFLATION, P21
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grant in early March to purchase more food and expand the pantry’s locations. Cogburn said she hoped to use the money on more than just one food order, but inflation had already raised prices between March and late May, when she ordered the food. “I did not anticipate that it was going to hit so close,” said Cogburn, who had no money left over after her first purchase. “It’s absolutely insane for some things. So our students are definitely feeling it.” Supply may hamper healthy eating Joel McClurg, policy and communication manager for Hunger Free Colorado, a food advocacy group, said nutrition security is a vital component of food banks’ work that is threatened when organizations have less food variety. “Just because somebody’s going to the food bank doesn’t mean they should be getting cheesecake and soda pop,” McClurg said. Mullins, who frequents IFCS once a week, said having fresher produce is “night and day” when it comes to his health and said “when I eat healthy, you can feel it.” Mullins receives federal food aid through SNAP. Under the Biden administration, average benefits were boosted by 25% to $157 per month for an individual, up from $121 before the pandemic. But as inflation continues to worsen, the extra dollars haven’t been enough to cover everything
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Mullins would usually buy at a grocery store, such as meat. Brenda Hallman, who lives in Denver and frequents IFCS every other week, said she has had to cut down on her grocery shopping as food and gas prices eat away at her limited income. “I don’t buy meat at the grocery store. I just get the essentials, bread, milk, eggs, stuff like that,” said Hallman, who, along with her husband, lives on a fixed income, bringing in about $24,000 between both of them. Solutions look large and small Cogburn, the ACC case manager, said the college is looking at boosting the maximum allotment for King Soopers gift cards it distributes to eligible students. Over the past two years, the college has pumped out more than $7,500 to students in gift cards, with the maximum on a card per
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Serving up smoked goodness in Lone Tree Stuboy’s BBQ celebrates a year BY RACHEL LORENZ SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA
Missy and Stu Robinson want to cultivate an appetite for their barbecue and for the homey, intimate place they serve it from. “Hopefully we are giving you that craveable experience where you want to come back time and time again,” Missy Robinson said. The couple opened Stuboy’s BBQ & Catering in Lone Tree last year after serving their smoked goodness at catered events for nearly a decade. With an abundance of great restaurants in the area, Robinson said it can be hard to stand out. Stuboy’s strives to provide a memorable experience by focusing on fabulous flavor in a fun space. “It always goes back to the food. Just offering a really great prod-
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uct on a very consistent basis. Stu, he’s been making sure everything tastes great,” Robinson said of her husband, the pit boss and manager of all things back-of-thehouse. In addition to beef brisket and pork shoulder that’s been smoked for 12 hours, Stuboy’s offers chicken, ribs, fried catfish, collard greens and more. A rather unique item on the menu is the smoked bologna sandwich, Robinson said. Not thin, not fried, not the sandwich your mother might have put in your lunchbox — this sandwich is made from a thick slice of the bologna logs that are smoked whole at Stuboy’s. Served on Texas toast, it can be ordered “Boss Style” which means adorned with cheese, slaw, jalapenos, pickles, onions and barbecue sauce. “It gets a lot of big eyes when people see it come out,” Robinson said. Stu Robinson grew up with Sunday fried chicken dinners and wanted to bring back that sense of a special, once-a-week family
meal, his wife said. So on Sundays and Sundays only, Stuboy’s serves fried chicken and red beans and rice. “We have gotten quite the following for those two items,” she said. Located near the intersection of C-470 and South Quebec, Stuboy’s shares space in a building with Madlom Real Estate. The restaurant’s small footprint and the conviviality of its “awesome” team leads to a warm, affable atmosphere, Robinson said. Regulars get to know the staff which includes a handful of student athletes and the Robinsons own teenage children. “Our loyal customers come in and they’ll ask, ‘How was the football game?’ or ‘How was your daughter’s volleyball game?” Robinson said. “They are kind of involved. We’ve gotten to know so many of them, where they just come in and we pick up like a friends’ conversation at their house. It’s kind of nice.” Cooking for friends and neighbors is something her husband
has always done, even back in his college days at Regis University, Robinson said. He’s been perfecting his recipes and flavor profile for years. In 2013, the couple’s neighbors asked if Stu would prepare the food for their wedding, and he’s catered parties and functions ever since. When the family was ready to make barbecue their full-time livelihood, they looked into getting a food truck but ultimately decided on a brick-and-mortar place because it would give them access to customers on a daily basis, Robinson said. “This was kind of the next step into having a constant flow of guests coming in the door and being able to enjoy some great barbecue.”
coming from the low wages. “We appreciate our new Douglas County open space. Unfortunately, we can’t afford to drive there or pay for food to enjoy on a picnic,” they wrote. Douglas County, one of the
wealthiest counties in the country, announced this year that its budget is balanced and is virtually debt-free. In the April 18 staff presentation, finance director Martha Marshall said raises would cost about $2.25 million this year. “All funds can handle that without a problem,” she said. In the meeting, Laydon said he was hesitant to enact the raise because he didn’t want “to be accused of pulling a stunt before the primary election.” Laydon is running for re-election this year and is uncontested in the June primary. In a June 3 interview, Laydon said the commissioners are “taking a very hard look” at raises this month and that he anticipates a significant cost of living adjustment. “I think as a commissioner our citizens rely on the board to be good fiscal stewards and not to be reactionary to momentary financial pressures,” he said. ”If there’s a significant market correction and we’ve made a significant commitment on a significant financial commitment that we can’t adjust
in the future, or it would be hard to adjust in the future, we’re putting the county in jeopardy.” Commissioner George Teal also didn’t support the measure in April, saying he wanted to wait to see how the ongoing war in Ukraine and interest rate changes will impact the economy. “Not everybody is getting it in the private sector,” he said.”They’re getting the inflation but they’re not getting the inflation to their paychecks.” Commissioner Lora Thomas said she would be in favor of the 3% raise. “They’re not going to get rich off this but it’s going to help them pay for their gas and put food on the table for their kids,” Thomas said. “So I would like to encourage us to help our employees who help our residents.” Thomas said she requested another meeting on the topic be scheduled for June 3 but it didn’t occur. She added she’s concerned that employees may feel the need to turn to collective bargaining if a raise is not provided.
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for all of us. I can only share what I believe to be true and where my family and friends draw their encouragement when it comes to living with hope and abundance. We use words of love, hope, and encouragement with one another. We text or call each day with a message of love. We go to church, we read our Bible, and we pray. Zig Ziglar used to say this, “Each day I
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“Flanders Field” was read along with a moving poem written by Pat Hannon, a Marine KIA and the first Littleton casualty of the Vietnam War and for whom our post is named. HR’s ceremony may have been more “slick.” But it seemed in poor taste to not make the war dead the sole guests of honor at the event like was done in Littleton. And instead had Buck come with his campaign manager to give the keynote address. His words regarding sacrifice felt quite hollow given the circumstances of his use of the ceremony as a campaign event for self-promotion. Robert C. Marshall Retired Marine Corps LtCol VFW (Lifetime Member - Post 4666) DAV (Lifetime Member) Highlands Ranch (Editor’s Note: Robert Marshall is running for office in the House District 43 race, which covers Highlands Ranch and parts of Douglas County.)
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Mustangs win back-to-back championships Ponderosa routs Cheyenne Mountain BYJIMBENTON JBENTON@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
It was a start that led to long discussions but the Ponderosa baseball team finished strong. The Mustangs defeated Cheyenne Mountain, 11-1, on June 4 at the Vibes stadium in Colorado Springs to capture their second consecutive Class 4A state baseball championship. Pondorosa, which will move up to Class 5A next season, was undefeated
in the double elimination format, finishing the season 23-7, battling back from a 1-3 start to the season. “We trusted our kids,” said Coach Bob Maloney. ‘We came out of Arizona 1-3 and we got beat up pretty good. The kids stepped up. They just got better each day and you could see it this week. We swung it, we threw it and played good defense. The kids were awesome.” Maloney said he was in awe when the team one state last year, giving credit to the athletes and their families in creating a winning atmosphere. Ponderosa’s starting pitcher Gabe Jacobs, who just finished his junior year, struggled at times to express his feelings for winning another state title
but he did recall the start of the season. “We sat in a room for three hours with our whole team just talking about what we needed to do mentally the rest of the year,” he said.“It obviously paid off. We went into this (title) game and wanted to dominate. We practiced hard all week.” Jacobs gave up two hits to the first two batters he faced then shut down the Red-tailed Hawks the rest of the game, which was reduced to five innings due to the mercy rule. Jacobs retired 14 of the next 16 batters he faced after the yielding the two opening singles and unearned run. The only runners that reached base came on a batter hit with a pitch and a walk.
Jacobs struck out three and walked one in raising his season record to 11-2 “Gabe Jacobs has been awesome,” Maloney said. “He gave us a chance to win in every game he played.” After Cheyenne came out scoring, Ponderosa broke a 1-1 tie with two runs in the third and then sealed the victory with a seven-run fourth inning where 13 batters came up to the plate, giving the Mustangs four hits to go along with five walks. Catcher Derek Lukes, who praised the performance of his best friend Jacobs on the mound, had two hits and drove in a run. In five state tournament SEE BASEBALL, P25
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Elle Higgins believed that Valor Christian could be a contender for the state title at the Class 5A girls state golf championships early in the season. Her thoughts turned out to be right as Valor won the state title on the final day of the two-day championships on June 1 at The Olde Course in Loveland. “I really thought we could win and I’m glad we did because we deserved it,” said Higgins of the Jefferson County League winners. “You just had to treat it like any other tournament, be relaxed and do what we did all season. It feels real good to be state champions. “We just had to do what we did all season and it just came together,” she said. “I’m proud of everyone for pulling their weight on the team.”
Valor Christian players and coaches show off the hardware after the Eagles won the Class 5A girls golf championship which was played May 31 and June 1 at The Olde Course in Loveland. Valor had 505 points to outdistance defending state champion Loveland. PHOTO BY JIM BENTON
Valor finished with a total day total of 469, which was eight shots fewer than runner-up and defending state champion Loveland. Teams from South Metro schools did well as Cherry Creek was third (499) in the final team standings, Rock Canyon (500) took fourth and
Mountain Vista placed fifth (515). Higgins was third in the medalist chase after leading after the first day. The junior, who missed two seasons of prep golf because of COVID and a knee injury, fired a final round 78 to go along with an even-par 72 on the opening day for a 150 total.
“I did not hit it as well as I did the first day and I didn’t make as many putts but I’m still happy the way I played in my first big tournament after the injury,” Higgins said. Loveland’s Katelyn Lehigh, the individual champ last season, carded a 3-under-par 69 in the last round for a total of 144 to capture a second straight crown. She had four birdies on six holes on the back nine and sank a two-foot putt on the 18th green to avoid a playoff with runner-up Lily Nelson of Prairie View. Other members on Valor’s title team were Brenna Higgins, Elle’s younger sister, Bella Eide and Carmen Carpinelli. Besides Elle Higgins, other South Metro golfers in the top ten were Mountain Vista’s Abby Aeschleman who finished with a even-par 72 for a fourth place total of 152. Caitlyn Chin of Cherry Creek was fifth (155), Brenna Higgins sixth (157), Ashleigh Wilson of Rock Canyon placed eighth (160), Rock Canyon’s Amira Badruddin ninth (161) and Valor’s Eide was tenth (162).
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games, Lukes had nine RBIs, with nine hits in 16 at bats. Parker Dennis also had two hits and three RBIs. Carson Conrad drove home three runners with a bases loaded double in the fourth inning. Next year, Maloney said it will be an adjustment for the team to move up to 5A play. However, already playing many of the 5A teams in the Continental League, Maloney is confident the team is ready for the challenge.
Class 5A play across the region In the Class 5A tournament held at All City Stadium in Denver, Chaparral’s rally fell short as Legacy notched a 4-3 victory on June 3 in a Final Four semi-final game. Chaparral hit the ball well in the first six innings but at least five of those drives were hit directly to outfielders and the Wolverines trailed 4-0 heading into the top of the seventh inning. James Harbison led off the seventh-inning rally with a double which was followed by doubles from Cole Jenkins and Brody Sprinkle whose two-bagger drove in two runs. Following an out, Tanner Donner
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Full-Time Early Childhood Special Education Teacher and Child Find Coordinator For East Central BOCES for the 2022-2023 school year -Duties include: Complete assessment & provide direct and indirect services with preschool children in rural school settings. Requires a Master’s Degree in Early Childhood Special Education Can be hired with a Bachelor’s Degree in a Related Field if willing to enter into a Master’s degree program in Early Childhood Special Education upon hire. Salary Range BA-$34,650 to $42,350 and MA $39,900-$47,600 dependent on experience. Excellent benefits, including full health benefits, and use of a car or mileage reimbursement & Sign On Bonus! Flexible scheduling with the opportunity to complete some work from home. May be eligible for loan forgiveness! Financial support may be available through grants if required to enroll in a Master’s degree program. Questions contact Tracy (719) 7752342 ext. 101 or tracyg@ecboces. org. To apply for this position, please visit our website ecboces.org and click on the “Jobs” page, click on the job you are interested in & then click on the grey button “Apply Online” at the bottom of the job listing. EOE
School Social Worker East Central BOCES is seeking a Full-Time and 2.5 Day a week School Social Worker to join our dynamic, multi-disciplinary team of professionals for the 2022-23 school year. Colorado licensed or eligible for a license. Grades Pre12 assessment, direct counseling & consultation services in our East and Central Areas. May be eligible for loan forgiveness, benefits include a signing bonus and full coverage insurance. Flexible scheduling with the opportunity to complete some work at home. Questions contact Tracy (719) 775-2342, ext. 101. To apply for this position, please visit our website at ecboces.org and click on the “Jobs” page, click on the job you are interested in & then click on the grey button “Apply Online” at the bottom of the job listing. EOE
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Educational Audiologist East Central BOCES is looking for a FT or PT Educational Audiologist for the 2022-23 school year CDE Special Services and Colorado Audiologist licensure required; CCC’s or AAA certificate; knowledge of current technologies in Audiology including HAT systems and cochlear implants preferred. Experience with children 0-21 preferred. Complete evaluations, provide direct services, and consultation services, manage hearing equipment and oversee hearing screening program. Benefits include: a signing bonus, mileage reimbursement. Flexible scheduling with some opportunity to work from home.May be eligible for a loan forgiveness program. Ph.D. Salary $51,450-$60,550. For Questions, please contact Tracy at tracyg@ ecboces.org or 719-775-2342 ext. 101. To apply for this position, please visit our website ecboces.org and click on the “Jobs” page, click on the job you are interested in & then click on the grey button “Apply Online”, located at the bottom of the job listing. EOE MECHANICS Aero Mag is Seeking mechanics to work on our fleet of De-Icing trucks, other service vehicles, machinery & equipment. The ideal candidate will have experience in hydraulics and familiarity reading electrical schematics. The candidate should be able to demonstrate necessary skills required in troubleshooting equipment problems and identify issues with hydraulic systems within larger machines disassemble and repair hydraulic pumps, motors, and related parts; troubleshoot and repair hydraulic and electrical systems. Familiar with Volvo chassis a plus. Please submit all Resumes & Credential for consideration to jobs@aeromag2000.com. Contact info: US HR Coordinator Cheri Falter - (908) 477-7167
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8258 Inspiration Place, Parker 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. June 17, 18, 19 Old Farm Items – Nice Farm Yard Art 27-Iron Wheels, Running Gear, Wood Cart Barnwood Wheelbarrow, Walking Plow, R.R. Freight Wagon, Disks, Barnwood, 11- Barnwood Plant Tables, Iron Pulleys, Hames, Single Trees, Deco Wood, Iron, Lumber, Builder Items, Wood Pallets Lots of Free or Cheap Furniture NO Clothes, NO Children’s Items CASH ONLY PLEASE HUGE COMMUNITY GARAGE SALE (up to 86 garages) at the St. Andrews at Plum Creek community, located in Castle Rock, CO. The sale will be held on Friday and Saturday 17 and 18 of June 2022, from 8:00 am to 2:00 pm each day. Follow your GPS to 3123 Newport Circle for the center of the community. The homes are located on Mount Royal Drive, Newport Circle and Compass Circle. From Exit 181 (Plum Creek Parkway) off of I-25 follow the signs to Mount Royal Drive. A full range of items will be on sale from appliances to baby clothes.
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Public Notices call Sheree 303.566.4088 Legals Public Trustees PUBLIC NOTICE Parker NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2022-0037 To Whom It May Concern: On 3/29/2022 10:06:00 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: CHRIS JON HAMMERBERG Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR FAIRWAY INDEPENDENT MORTGAGE CORPORATION, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: COLORADO HOUSING AND FINANCE AUTHORITY Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 6/1/2018 Recording Date of DOT: 6/5/2018 Reception No. of DOT: 2018033623 DOT Recorded in Douglas County. Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $314,204.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $298,172.49 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 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 100, COTTONWOOD SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 1, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 17605 Ponderosa Ave, 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, July 20, 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: 5/26/2022 Last Publication: 6/23/2022 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 3/29/2022 DAVID GILL DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: ALISON L. BERRY Colorado Registration #: 34531 9800 S. MERIDIAN BLVD. SUITE 400, ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO 80112 Phone #: (303) 706-9990 Fax #: (303) 706-9994 Attorney File #: 20-024128 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www. douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No. 2022-0037 First Publication: 5/26/2022 Last Publication: 6/23/2022 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Parker NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2022-0039 To Whom It May Concern: On 3/29/2022 10:46:00 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: IAN EVANS AND KRISTIN SMITH Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION
SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR HOME MORTGAGE ALLIANCE, LLC, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: COLORADO HOUSING AND FINANCE AUTHORITY Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 6/13/2017 Recording Date of DOT: 6/14/2017 Reception No. of DOT: 2017039963 DOT Recorded in Douglas County. Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $347,096.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $240,156.75 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 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 8, BLOCK 5, ANTELOPE HEIGHTS FILING II, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO Which has the address of: 16429 E Hollow Horn Ave, 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, July 20, 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: 5/26/2022 Last Publication: 6/23/2022 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 3/29/2022 DAVID GILL DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: ALISON L. BERRY Colorado Registration #: 34531 9800 S. MERIDIAN BLVD. SUITE 400, ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO 80112 Phone #: (303) 706-9990 Fax #: (303) 706-9994 Attorney File #: 22-026890 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www. douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No. 2022-0039 First Publication: 5/26/2022 Last Publication: 6/23/2022 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Parker NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2022-0033 To Whom It May Concern: On 3/22/2022 9:28:00 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: AMY L GILPIN Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR BNC MORTGAGE, INC., ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee for BNC Mortgage Loan Trust 2007-1 Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2007-1 Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 12/13/2006 Recording Date of DOT: 12/18/2006 Reception No. of DOT: 2006108070 DOT Recorded in Douglas County. Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $429,267.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $280,014.89 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 LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.
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The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust.
/s/ David Gill County Treasurer of Douglas County
Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 9, BLOCK 1, REATA NORTH FILING NO. 3, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO.
Legal Notice No. 942159 First Publication: May 26, 2022 Last Publication: June 9, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press
Which has the address of: 12164 S Hidden Trail Ct, Parker, CO 80138
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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, July 13, 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: 5/19/2022 Last Publication: 6/16/2022 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 3/22/2022 DAVID GILL DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: LYNN M. JANEWAY Colorado Registration #: 15592 9800 S. MERIDIAN BLVD. SUITE 400, ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO 80112 Phone #: (303) 706-9990 Fax #: (303) 706-9994 Attorney File #: 19-023454 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www. douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Public Notice No. 2022-0033 First Publication: 5/19/2022 Last Publication: 6/16/2022 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: MERRION FAMILY PARTNERSHIP AKA MERRION FAMILY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP - MCCULLISS OIL & GAS INC - FIG CO19 LLC - OCCUPANT - MERRION FAMILY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP AKA MERRION FAMILY PARTNERSHIP - 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 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 MCCULLISS OIL & GAS INC the following described real estate situate in the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, to wit: TR IN NE1/4 14 & IN SE1/4 11-7-66 2.87 AM/L and said County Treasurer issued a certificate of purchase therefore to MCCULLISS OIL & GAS INC. 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 LIMITED PARTNERSHIP for said year 2017 That said MCCULLISS OIL & GAS INC on the 26th day of December 2022 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 8th day of September 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 26th day of May 2022
PUBLIC INVITATION TO BID Separate sealed bids for TITAN/ US 85 NB ON-RAMP, DOUGLAS COUNTY PROJECT NUMBER CI 2021-044, will be received by the Owner, Douglas County Government, Department of Public Works Engineering, Philip S. Miller Building, 100 Third Street, Suite 220, Castle Rock, CO 80104, until Wednesday, July 6, 2022, at 2:00 p.m. This project entails restriping of Titan Parkway over US-85 to create two left turn lanes onto the northbound on ramp. Accordingly, the northbound on ramp is being widened to include another lane to accept the left turn movements. As part of the widening, there will be guardrail, concrete ditch paving, and soil retention mat. The Contract Documents will be available after 10:00 a.m. on Monday June 13, 2022, through Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing System Website (www.rockymountainbidsystem.com) or they may be obtained at the above address. Electronic versions of the Plans obtained by any other means than as described above may not be complete or accurate, and it is the Bidder’s responsibility to obtain a complete set of the Project Plans and Specifications. Douglas County will not be held responsible for misinformation received from private plan rooms. A PRE-BID CONFERENCE will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, June 22, 2022, at the Department of Public Works Engineering, Philip S. Miller Building, 100 Third Street, Suite 220, Castle Rock, CO 80104. All questions are due to Brolin Bundy, Project Manager by 12:00 p.m. on Tuesday, June 28, 2022. The Bid Opening will be conducted at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, July 6, 2022, at the same address. The Project includes the following major items and approximate quantities: • • • • •
811 cubic yards of aggregate base course (Class 6) 302 square yards of hot mix asphalt (patching) (asphalt) 402 tons of hot mix asphalt (grading S) (75 (PG 76-28) 134 tons of hot mix asphalt (grading SX) (75) (PG76-28) 200 cubic yards of concrete slope and ditch paving
real estate situate in the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, to wit: 1/2 MIN INT IN S1/2S1/2 17-6-66 TOTAL = 160 AM/L MIN INT = 80 AM/L and said County Treasurer issued a certificate of purchase therefore to MCCULLISS OIL & GAS INC. 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 BRUCE T KAJI, SETSUO ITO, STAN ROLLINS, STANFORD ROLLINS & MARGUERITE KYLE for said year 2017 That said MCCULLISS OIL & GAS INC on the 26th day of December 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 8th day of September 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 26th day of May 2022 /s/ David Gill County Treasurer of Douglas County Legal Notice No. 942160 First Publication: May 26, 2022 Last Publication: June 9, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press
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Prior to submitting a Bid Proposal, Bidders shall have received prequalification status (active status) with the Colorado Department of Transportation to bid on individual projects of the size and kind of work as set forth herein. Any questions on the bidding process shall be directed to Brolin Bundy, Project Manager at 303.660.7490. Plan holder information can be found on the Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing System Website. Legal Notice No. 942227 First Publication: June 9, 2022 Second Publication: June 9, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Account Number: 2734
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: BRUCE T KAJI, SETSUO ITO, STAN ROLLINS, STANFORD ROLLINS & MARGUERITE KYLE - OCCUPANT - MCCULLISS OIL & GAS INC COTA RESOURCES INC - BRUCE T KAJI AKA BRUCE T KAJI SETSUO - SETSUO ITO AKA SETSUO D ITO AKA SETSUO N ITO AKA SETSUO T ITO AKA ITO SETSUO - STAN ROLLINS AKA STANFORD ROLLINS - MARGUERITE KYLE - JOHN E CAVEY JR AKA JOHN EDWARD CAVEY AKA JOHN EDWARD CAVEY JR 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 MCCULLISS OIL & GAS INC the following described
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