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Parker cyclists stop for doughnuts on bike-to-work day

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School district will put MLO/bond question on fall ballot Effort to gather more community feedback fails

BY MCKENNA HARFORD MHARFORD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

A bike-to-work breakfast station in Parker garnered about 100 cyclists June 22.

BY ELLIOTT WENZLER EWENZLER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

About 100 cyclists participating in bike-to-work day in Parker paused for doughnuts on their

commute June 22.

A breakfast station, hosted for the first time by the E-470 Public Highway Authority, was located on the E-470 trail at Chambers Road.

when we all spend a lot of money having houses ourselves.”

Teal’s comments came after a 90-minute meeting where many residents said they thought a shelter would exacerbate homelessness in the county. While two of the three commissioners had approved the “pallet” structures — modeled after a program in Aurora — a location

Douglas County School District’s Board of Education voted 6-0 to notify the Douglas and Elbert county clerks that they plan to put one or two questions on the November ballot regarding school funding.

On June 21, six board directors approved a resolution to select an election official and notify the appropriate county clerks of the potential ballot questions. Director Elizabeth Hanson was absent during the vote.

No specific ballot language has been identified yet, with the board scheduled to vote on the exact questions at the Aug. 23 meeting.

There is no cost to inform the county clerks of the intent to put questions on the ballot, but there will be a cost to actually place the questions on the ballot.

The resolution also names DCSD Secretary Ronnae Brockman the designated election official.

DCSD is looking to a bond/MLO to help cover competitive staff salaries and upcoming needed

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The highway authority hosted the event in hopes of teaching bikers about their agency and the regional trail system.

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Commissioners pivot on homelessness approach Teal says he no longer wants shelters

BY ELLIOTT WENZLER EWENZLER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

After a June 22 town hall where residents expressed frustration with homeless shelters planned in the community, Douglas County

commissioners indicated they will change their approach.

Commissioner George Teal, who previously voted to approve a plan to buy temporary, moveable structures, said he was no longer interested in the purchase but was willing to pursue other options.

“I do think that there is a solution there that we should push for,” Teal said. “We shouldn’t have to live with unhoused people in our community

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Register for the Parker Civic Academy Learn more about the local government and town operations by participating in the Parker Civic Academy.

Civic Academy participants will gain information about Town departments and services through a series of presentations, tours, hands-on demonstrations and other activities. Opportunities for further engagement will also be

explored. Anyone interested in public service or who just wants to know more about the services their local government provides are welcome to participate.

This 12-week academy will be held Wednesday nights, Aug. 31 through Nov. 21, from 6 to 8 p.m. at various Town facilities. The online application process will open to the public on July 1.

To register, visit ParkerOnline. org/CivicAcademy.

Playground replacement project Citizens may have noticed the construction at O’Brien Park recently. The play structure has been completely removed in preparation for the exciting new universally accessible playground equipment! This update has been in the process since 2019 but was put on hold due to COVID. For residents with questions, the Town of Parker is hoping to provide answers. The main

one being, “why do this in the summer?” Seems like bad timing, right? Though it was a difficult decision, it was the best timing in order to install the temperature-sensitive poured-in-place rubber surfacing. With the wide fluctuations in Colorado weather, it was determined the best time to do this is from September to early October, which means building the playground throughout the summer as the poured-in-place is the last step in the playground installation process.

The town has numerous public parks around Parker and encourage you to explore some of them during this closure. Check out something new at www.ParkerRec.com/ PublicParks.

Review our our FAQ’s about the O’Brien park renovation and learn more at www.ParkerRec.com/CapitalProjects.

Offices closed for 4th of July In observance of the Independence Day holiday, all Douglas County Government

offices will be closed next Monday, July 4. Offices will reopen on Tuesday, July 5.

Many County services are available 24/7. Visit DoItOnlineDouglas.com. License plate renewal is available online or at kiosks located throughout the County and state. Visit DouglasDrives.com for details.

For information on current fire restrictions, visit the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office website: dcsheriff.net/ sheriffs-office/divisions/ emergency-management/firerestrictions.

Upcoming traffic operation on July 20 Law Enforcement throughout Douglas County is on the lookout for expired vehicle registration tags and outdated temporary plates.

On Wednesday, July 20, the

Douglas County Sheriff’s Office will be joining the City of Lone Tree Government Police Department, Parker Police Department , and Colorado State Patrol in a joint enforcement effort.

Be proactive and put by renewing your registration as soon as possible. In Douglas County, registration renewal can be as easy as heading to your local King Soopers and using a Colorado MVExpress self-service kiosk. Find the kiosk nearest to you here: www. douglas.co.us/motorvehicle/ motor-vehicle-kiosks/.

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CopsNBobbers event coming up Calling all anglers, ages 6-14. Join Douglas County Sheriff’s Office deputies and the local Highlands Ranch Metro District Park Rangers for the annual CopsNBobbers event. Colorado Parks and Wildlife will be on hand with a fishing rod for each “fisherperson.” Advanced registration is required at www.highlandsranch.org/nature.

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Theater teacher wins coveted honor Bobby G Award goes to Elizabeth High School’s Jennifer Barclay

BY CHANCY J. GATLIN-ANDERSON SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA

Jennifer Barclay, theater teacher at Elizabeth High School, won the coveted Bobby G Award for Outstanding Achievement in Costume Design for her work on the “Beauty and The Beast” 2022 spring musical.

The Bobby G Awards is a Colorado statewide high school musical theater awards ceremony.

In association with the Denver Center for the Performing Arts’ education program, it celebrates educators and students from all over Colorado. The event took place at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House in downtown Denver on May 26.

Barclay has been with Elizabeth High School for seven years, and had a long theater history before arriving at the high school in the hills. When Barclay was a child and adolescent, her aunt served as her theater teacher, making the art of theater an ongoing family affair.

During her college years at Arizona Christian University, Barclay participated in theater, honing her craft, which she used as she worked for her friend’s theater company.

“I’ve been doing theater my whole life,” said Barclay. “I worked for my

Costumes for the enchanted objects in the Elizabeth High School production of “Beauty and the Beast” were designed by theater instructor Jennifer Barclay. PHOTOS COURTESY OF JENNIFER BARCLAY

Costumes for castle servants were designed by theater instructor Jennifer Barclay for the Elizabeth High School 2022 spring musical, “Beauty and the Beast.”

friend’s theater company for six or seven years while I was getting my degree (elementary education).

I didn’t anticipate actually teaching theater at the time.” Barclay’s first public school teaching job was at Grand Junction Central High School.

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When asked what her plans were for the Elizabeth High School shows for the 2022-2023 school year, Barclay said the shows would be much smaller due to a drastic reduction in cast size.

“We’re going to do two smaller shows next year. I only have three seniors next year,” Barclay said.

“We had 23 seniors graduate last year. That’s a huge amount of people. So next year we’re doing the female version of `The Odd Couple’ in the fall and our spring musical will be `Once Upon a Mattress.’”

Teacher is key player Barclay is the backbone of the theater department at Elizabeth High School. From picking the shows, to working with the music department, to making the costumes, she has a hand in it all.

“I can choose whatever plays I like. But for the musical, I need the choir and music teacher on board.

Their voices are just as important,” Barclay explained. “And for the students, I look at each of them and see what part will work best for them.”

When asked about how she obtains funding for the plays and musicals, Barclay explained: “The shows generate their own income.

Whatever money the ticket sales bring in, that’s the money we have.

It’s a circular budget. Using funding from the previous musical. We don’t get funding from anything else.”

Barclay further explained how the budget is broken down for each show. “I really try to stretch the money we have, especially for the set design. The theater teacher before me left us so much great stuff, so we rarely have to fully make new pieces,” she said. “Most of our money goes to royalties and costumes. Because it was a Disney property, it was $4,000 to do `Beauty and the Beast.’ Most other musicals run between $2,500 to $3,000. A play typically runs around $450.”

Costuming is by far Barclay’s biggest passion within the realm

of theater. She hand-makes almost all the costumes that her student actors wear and works diligently to make sure they fit properly and make the students feel comfortable.

“I never want a kid to go onstage worrying about their costume. I want them to go on stage worrying about their acting,” said Barclay.

“It’s important that students feel good and comfortable in what they’re wearing.”

Barclay said that as a young thespian, she felt uncomfortable in some of her costumes. As a plussize person, she wanted to make sure none of her students had that feeling of discomfort in costume on stage.

“I’m not a thin person. I’ve never been thin. A lot of my costumes in college didn’t fit me,” expressed Barclay. “Over time I’ve generally learned which clothes look good on which bodies and how to make people with all body types feel good in their costumes.”

“Mrs. Barclay is absolutely amazing. She hand-makes almost every single outfit,” said Grace Vrban, Elizabeth High School student actress. “She literally sewed my dress for Cinderella over fall break, and it fits like a glove!”

Changes in schedule Barclay is a fast-paced, busy woman who constantly works toward producing shows for the Elizabeth community and contributing to the lives of hundreds of children each year. With a role full of responsibility and people looking to her for guidance, Barclay has made some changes to her busy schedule to help give her a smoother work-life balance.

“I try to get started on costumes immediately as soon as I know who the kids are. I used to go to school where I’d work from 6 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. at night. It became too much.

I work thousands of hours. Belle’s ball gown took five full days to make,” said Barclay. “There needs to a point where I level things out.

I’ve recently hired someone to do the directing. So now, during rehearsal, I’m sewing instead of directing.”

Barclay has no plans to retire from Elizabeth High School any time soon, meaning the community should have delightful plays and gorgeous musicals for years to come. Barclay did indicate, though, that if she had not worked as a theater director, she would have further explored her passion for costuming.

“It’s too late in the game for me to do Broadway. I didn’t know when I started out in theater that there were 9-t0-5 jobs on Broadway for sewing. If I’d known that back then, I might have gone that route,” said Barclay, “I really love working at Elizabeth High School now. I have a fantastic administration team and they’d have to drag me out. I have no intention of ever leaving.”

For information on Elizabeth High School Performing Arts, visit elizabethschooldistrict.org/ Page/1015 To follow Elizabeth High School Theater on Instagram, visit instagram.com/ehstheatre

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Denver mayor has ‘no interest’ in Douglas County taking over Daniels Park Hancock says matter isn’t up for discussion

BY ELLIOTT WENZLER EWENZLER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

In a letter to Douglas County on Wednesday, Denver’s mayor said he has “no interest” in talking about transferring ownership of one of Denver’s parks to the county.

Daniels Park, a Denver Mountain Park located inside Douglas County, is a 1,000-acre piece of land between Highlands Ranch and Castle Pines.

Douglas County Commissioners George Teal and Abe Laydon recently directed the county’s legal staff to pursue ways to “bring Daniels Park into Douglas County ownership.”

Commissioner Lora Thomas voted against the direction to legal staff.

Denver Mayor Michael Hancock addressed his letter to Teal, saying the park is a treasured part of the city’s system and that the matter is not up for discussion.

“Nor do I have any interest in perpetuating a flawed notion that there is any merit to the idea that Douglas County can exercise eminent domain authority to acquire a park owned by the people of Denver and protected by our charter because you disagree with an ordinance passed by the Denver City Council

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Teal has not responded to calls and texts from Colorado Community Media about the issue.

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Pirates Cove cuts summer swim hours Staffing shortages addressed in state grant program

According to the news release, “local governments are encouraged to utilize federal stimulus funds to match this grant opportunity.”

Funds can be used for expenses related to recruiting, attracting and retaining public swimming pool employees, such as offering pay increases or signing bonuses.

Applications were being accepted until June 28, and awards will be made July 1. The grant program is expected to end Sept.

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Pirates Cove Family Aquatic Center in Englewood, announced June 23 that it will be closed every Monday for the rest of the 2022 season due to staffing shortages.

Swimming lessons at the Englewood Recreation Center have also been canceled because of staffing shortages, the City of Englewood announced on its website.

Englewood is not alone. According to the Colorado Sun, there have also been reports of lifeguard shortages and pool opening delays in Longmont, Fort Collins, Brighton, Wheat Ridge, Boulder and Aurora.

Amid reports of staffing shortages at swimming pools throughout Colorado, Gov. Jared Polis announced new efforts to help fix the problem, including a new grant program to help offer higher pay, a waiver allowing 16- and 17-yearold lifeguards to work more overtime and a grant that will offer $1,000 to those who successfully complete training and begin employment as a lifeguard, according to a June 21 news release from Polis’ office.

“Spending time at a local public pool is a fun and healthy way to enjoy our beautiful Colorado summers. But across the state we need to fix the shortage of lifeguards and pool workers to open closed pools and expand operating hours as we head into July 4th weekend and the heat of summer,” Polis said.

The Pools Special Initiative 2022 To stop staffing shortages and pool limitations and closures, one of the efforts Polis announced on June 21 is a new grant program: Pools Special Initiative 2022.

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The maximum amount a grant applicant can receive is $25,000.

Incentives for lifeguards In addition to funding being offered to local governments, there are also opportunities for incoming lifeguards to earn $1,000, the news release stated.

The Colorado Department of Labor and Employment announced that, in collaboration with local workforce centers, it will provide workforce training and support recruitment efforts through the Reskilling, Upskilling and Nextskilling grant.

Through the grant program, individuals will be paid up to $1,000 if they complete the required training to become a certified lifeguard and begin employment as a lifeguard. Those interested in more information can visit: cdle.colorado.gov/news-article/ lifeguards-needed-June2022.

“We’re excited to be a part of this multi-agency effort to get more public pools open for longer hours,” said Joe Barela, the executive director of the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment. “The Reskilling, Upskilling, and Next-skilling Workers (RUN) grant sweetens the deal by allowing teens to earn money while they complete the necessary training and secure the certifications needed to be a lifeguard at our pools. Interested teens and their parents should visit their local workforce center or cdle. colorado.gov/jobs-training to get support signing up.”

To help increase available staffing capacity, the department also announced that it is issuing an emergency waiver effective immediately through Sept. 5, 2022, that will allow 16- and 17-year-old lifeguards to work more overtime if they want to. Under this waiver, these lifeguards can work no more than 10 hours per day and 54 hours per week.

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for them has not yet been approved.

A county spokesperson said the final vote to approve the purchase of the pallets was removed from this week’s agenda.

There were tense moments throughout the town hall as audience members frequently shouted out, interrupting speakers and arguing with the panel members.

“We are going to destroy the essence of Douglas County. Douglas County is not Denver,” said resident Mike Campbell.

Commissioner Abe Laydon — who voted in favor of the pallets — has said he did so because a shelter is needed for law enforcement to enforce camping restrictions.

“My goal as one commissioner is to make sure there is not one single homeless individual or panhandler on any intersection or any median in this entire county,” Laydon said.

Laydon added that he doesn’t want a “tent city” in Douglas County.

Attendees challenged the idea that a shelter was needed, asking for specifics on what law required the move and encouraging the commissioners to try to change any law that does so.

Laydon and others have referenced People vs. Wiemold, a district court case out of Fort Collins where a judge ruled a man couldn’t be cited for violating a camping ban because there was no shelter available to him.

“It’s a legal trend, essentially you can’t criminalize homelessness,” said Amy Edwards, senior assistant county attorney. “It’s not a choice unless there is a bed

available and they choose not to go to the bed when they’re asked to move along.”

Some residents made comments that those experiencing homelessness are doing so by choice.

In response, Kevin Duffy, chief deputy of the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office said his office has seen a rise in women experiencing homelessness as they flee domestic violence.

“That’s not a choice, they’re not drug addicts, they’re not thieves, they’re escaping abuse” he said.

“And the only place they can stay where they’re safe is in a car.”

Earlier this year, the county formed its homeless initiative to explore ways to approach the growing local issue.

Since then, commissioners have funded a specific officer who can help residents leaving the jail get back to public transportation systems; a Homeless Engagement Assistance and Resource Team, or HEART, which pairs law enforcement officers with case managers to confront and offer services to unhoused people; and an Aurora GOALS program that will allow a few homeless families to find temporary shelter.

The commissioners have also said they are planning a signage and public information campaign telling residents about the HEART team and encouraging them not to give money to panhandlers or people who appear homeless.

Commissioner Lora Thomas, who voted against the plan to buy the pallets, reiterated her stance during the meeting, saying she wants to see how the existing programs impact the issue.

“Let’s see what we have in place, how it’s working and then work together from there,” she said.

Residents had the option to ask questions during the June 22 Douglas County town hall. Many times throughout the event, attendees shouted out or interrupted speakPHOTO BY ELLIOTT WENZLER ers.

Pallet shelters at Aurora Safe Outdoor Space help provide temporary housing and resources to homeless people. Douglas County had been considering a similar model but changed plans after a town hall.

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Music therapist visits Koelbel Library to raise awareness Technique helps veterans, stroke patients and others

BY TAYLER SHAW TSHAW@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

When Brittany Costa began playing the clarinet about 20 years ago, she had no idea it would lead her on a path to becoming a music therapist for veterans, children struggling with their mental health, people facing grief, premature babies and countless others.

“Music therapy is very much musically involved, but therapeutically involved as well,” said Costa, who works as a music therapist at Creative Remedies and Rocky Mountain Music Therapy. “It just provides a way to achieve that optimal wellness to make you feel better, whether it’s quality of life, or soothing qualities, or working on injuries, or mental health issues — whatever it may be.”

Despite the versatility of music therapy, there are still many people who don’t know about it, Costa said.

“Music therapy is not very acknowledged as a mental health practice,” she said, adding that most health insurance policies do not cover music therapy services. “People don’t even know what it is, and they don’t respect it. Our governor just vetoed a bill that is title protection for music therapists in the state of Colorado.”

On May 27, Governor Jared Polis vetoed the Music Therapist Title Protec-

Music therapist Brittany Costa visited Koelbel Library on June 14 to help raise awareCOURTESY PHOTO ness about the therapy service and how it can help others.

tion bill, HB 22-1399, that would have made it a deceptive trade practice, and class 2 misdemeanor, for someone to claim they are a music therapist unless they hold an active music therapist board-certified credential.

To help raise awareness about music therapy and advocate for it, Costa has been offering informational sessions about music therapy, and on June 14, she visited Koelbel Library, a part of Arapahoe Libraries located at 5955 S. Holly St. in Centennial, and she presented to a group of about 13 people about music therapy and its

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The evolution of music therapy Costa began her presentation with an introduction to music therapy, which she said started in the 1940s during World War II. Musicians, she said, would play music as injured soldiers were tended to.

“That was how music therapy started — was just to provide [a] better quality of life,” she said, explaining the musicians would play soothing and familiar sounds of home to the soldiers to help them feel better. “And then it developed into something else.”

Music therapy evolved to incorporate psychology and became something that could help people in a variety of ways, she said. This form of therapy is a reflexive process that is evidence-based, and it involves setting personalized goals with clients, using musical and therapeutic interventions to meet those goals and measuring progress along the way.

The client, she said, could be a child with autism looking to practice social skills, a stroke patient working on speech and mobility skills, a premature baby that needs help relaxing to help improve their breathing, military veterans facing grief and trauma, and so on.

“Music therapy is really helpful for anyone in any point of their life,” Costa said. “Even if you think, like, you’re the healthiest person in the world, I could probably find a way to get music therapy to benefit you in some nature.”

One of Costa’s clients, a preteen girl, is working on self love, confidence, self identity and emotional expression and identification, she said. The young girl came to her at the end of last summer, after she was hospitalized due to attempting suicide, Costa said.

“She had a lot of stress, anxiety, depression that she was harboring. A lot of it was peer pressure,” Costa said.

During the client’s stay in the hospital, she experienced music therapy and said it was one of the coolest things she had ever done, so once she was discharged, her mom reached out to Costa to begin sessions, Costa said.

“To watch her grow has been such an amazing experience,” Costa said, explaining that she could relate to her client feeling peer pressure and

burying her emotions. “I’m gay and where I grew up was not very accepting, so I had to keep that closeted for a very, very long time.”

Costa self-disclosed to her client that when she was younger, she also dealt with feeling negative emotions.

“She opened up a lot because we related to each other so much,” Costa said. “Seeing her grow and become more confident, and love the things that make her so unique and different from her friends, has been one of the best rewards.”

There are different ways music can be used in a therapeutic session, Costa said. The music therapist can simply play music for the client to listen to, or the music therapist and client can create music together, either assembling original music or recreating other songs. Another method is for the music therapist and client to improvise together and make up new music as the session goes, something Costa enjoys doing.

Clients do not need any prior experience playing music, Costa said. As a formally trained musician, she has all the musical training needed for the session.

Becoming a music therapist is a ‘lot of work’ To become a certified music therapist, one must attend an approved music therapy program, like a college program, Costa said, as well as complete a 1,200-hour clinical internship.

Music therapists also must be able to play guitar, piano and percussion instruments, as well as be trained in voice performance.

“It’s a lot of work to become a music therapist,” she said. A few states also require licensure, she said, though Colorado does not. All music therapists in the U.S., however, have to pass a certification board exam.

A current issue facing the industry is that people who claim to be a music therapist do not have to prove their certifications, Costa said, allowing for people who are not formal music therapists to claim they are one.

This is an issue because although a musician volunteering to play at a hospital, for example, may be able to provide therapeutic music to people, the musician does not have the proper training in psychology and therapy treatments to be able to de-escalate a situation in which a person becomes triggered or lashes out during a session, Costa said.

“The title protection is just to separate the actual music therapists from other musicians who consider themselves music therapists,” Costa said about the bill that Polis recently vetoed.

From clarinet to Army to musical therapy The journey to becoming a music therapist was unexpected. In 2006, when Costa was 17, she wanted to continue her musical education with the clarinet, but she had no way to pay for college.

Because of the promise of a fully paid undergraduate education, Costa decided to enroll in the U.S. Army. She studied clarinet performance and became classically trained. She was on active duty for a total of six to seven years, she said, and she is currently in SEE THERAPY, P9

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capital projects and construction.

The 2021-22 Master Capital Plan identifies between $765 million and $847 million in capital projects, including $423 million for new construction.

While the resolution to move forward with bond/MLO questions was originally on the board’s consent agenda, Director Susan Meek asked to make it a discussion item because she hoped to get more information regarding the community’s thoughts on a proposed mill levy override and/or a bond.

“I’m 100% on board that we need this and I want a viable plan for how we’re going to be successful getting this to pass,” Meek said.

A recent survey presented by the Mill Bond Exploratory Committee at the June 7 board meeting showed 39% of voters would approve a bond/MLO in Novembe and 18% were undecided.

Meek made a motion to direct Superintendent Erin Kane to work with staff to create a Google form survey that could be distributed within the school district to gather more specifics about what the board can do to earn voter support. She stipulated that the survey would run

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the Army National Guard in Colorado and she plays part-time with the 101st Army Band.

Costa discovered music therapy in about 2017 or 2018, she said, when she got a job as the department coordinator and project manager for a music therapy department at Berklee College of Music in Boston. Not knowing what music therapy was, she began learning about it and soon became interested.

She decided to pursue the Equivalency Plus Master of Music Therapy at Augsburg University in Minneapolis. She will graduate from the program after completing her thesis and final course this summer, she said.

This year, she also completed her 1,200-hour clinical internship and became a certified music therapist. She looks forward to continuing to help serve a variety of clients, especially veterans, while also raising awareness about music therapy overall.

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from July 11 to Aug. 12.

“The next reason (voters didn’t support a funding initiative) was a lack of trust in the district and how it spends its money,” Meek said.

“That’s really the top item I think we can use feedback to develop a game plan to be successful in November.”

The motion failed on a 3-3 vote, with directors Mike Peterson, Kaylee Winegar and Christy Williams dissenting.

Peterson said he was supportive of the idea to get more community feedback, but felt it was too early on in the process to survey voters since the board doesn’t have the specific ballot question identified.

Winegar and Williams also said they agreed with getting more community feedback, but added they wanted more time to discuss what that would look like.

“I’m concerned about the timeline we’re putting around it, the dates and the extra work we’re putting on staff without having more clarity around what’s needed,” Williams said.

Meek also motioned to make the community survey results that were presented at the June 9 meeting available to the public on the district’s website. Directors agreed that was a good idea and voted to place the results on the Mill Bond Exploratory Committee page on the district website.

“One of my goals as a music therapist is to bring more awareness of it and to provide awareness — to bring education to people, like this. This was awesome,” Costa said about the June 14 event.

Becoming a music therapist was a consideration of Jennifer Noguera, a program manager for Opportunity and Living, which is a day program for adults with special needs. She hasn’t pursued it yet because of how much time it would take, she said, but when she learned about the music therapy event happening at Koelbel Library, she came along with about eight clients at the day program.

Noguera enjoyed that towards the end of the presentation, Costa offered a music-assisted relaxation session for people who attended. Her biggest takeaway from the event was the therapeutic benefits music therapy can provide.

“It’s just great, overall. Something, like she said, that people don’t know about, but even if you’re quoteunquote healthy, it’s still very beneficial,” Noguera said. “People should look into it.”

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More than 200 visit Centennial Bike to Work Day station Breakfast, maintenance provided

BY TAYLER SHAW TSHAW@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

For many participants in this year’s Bike To Work Day on June 22, they weren’t just headed to work — they were headed to one of the 186 stations offering snacks, refreshments and resources as part of the annual event.

Between 6:30 a.m. and 10 a.m., more than 200 people visited the Bike to Work Day station at Arapahoe Road Trailhead, located at 15200 E. Arapahoe Road in Centennial, said Raymond Winn, an open spaces planner and bicycle and pedestrian planner for Arapahoe County. The station was hosted by Arapahoe County Open Spaces in collaboration with the City of Centennial and Denver South Transportation Management Association.

“A lot of people are just grateful that we’re here — grateful that we’re supporting the event,” Winn said. “We had a really good turnout today.”

Bikers hungry for breakfast were in luck, as the station offered free breakfast burritos fromLittle Anita’s as well as pastries and coffee from the Mr. Kolache food truck.

The station also featured bike mechanics from the Giant of Centennial bike shop, who were there to help answer questions and fix problems.

Sam Dale, the service manager of the bike shop, said the they worked on 20 to 30 bicycles throughout the morning, offering a beneficial service to participants.

“A lot of the support usually involves getting out to a bike shop and paying some money,” Dale said. “That can be a turn off for a lot of people, so just to have that here, to have friendly faces in these booths, too, and a lot of free swag — it’s great.”

Bikers on Cherry Creek Regional Trail near the Arapahoe Road Trailhead in Centennial on June 22, 2022.

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From left to right: Sam Dale of the Giant of Centennial bike shop, Raymond Winn of Arapahoe County Open Spaces and Ian Latta of Giant of Centennial pose at the Bike to Work Day station at Arapahoe Road Trailhead in Centennial on June 22.

From left to right: Bill Palmer, a resident of unincorporated Arapahoe County, poses with Sam Dale of Giant of Centennial, Raymond Winn of Arapahoe County Open Spaces and Ian Latta of Giant of Centennial. Palmer stopped by the Bike to Work Day station at Arapahoe Road Trailhead in Centennial on June 22.

Bicyclist Bill Palmer stopped at the station while heading down

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the Cherry Creek Regional Trail, a 40-mile route that spans from Douglas County to Denver. A resident in unincorporated Arapahoe County, he was on his way to Parker.

When asked how he knew about the Bike to Work Day station, he said, “I do it every year.”

In addition to seasoned bikers like Palmer, Winn was also eager to see new and occasional bikers at the event.

“It’s important because it gives people a taste of bike commuting,” Winn said, adding that biking can seem daunting and overwhelming to some. “It gives them that opportunity to try out commuting, and that’s the whole basis of it — to get people to do it outside of Bike to Work Day.” Commuting by bike is beneficial for many reasons, including mental and physical health, reducing congestion on the roadways and to save money, Winn said.

“It’s a lot cheaper to own and operate a bicycle than it is to own

and operate a car,” he said.

A target audience for Arapahoe County Open Spaces is people who are interested in biking but concerned about safety, Winn said, adding he wants to get those people feeling more comfortable and safe with biking.

One tool Arapahoe County Open Spaces offers is its Explore Arapahoe County Bike and Trail Map, which helps people plan ahead and prepare for bike commutes.

“Everything is organized by the bicycle facility type,” Winn said, explaining that routes on the map have labels for routes. “It’s all color coded on the map so they can figure out their level of comfort and then a route that coincides with their level of comfort.”

The free map was updated last year, he said, so about 10% more trail was added. In Arapahoe County, there are more than 70 miles of interconnected trails, said Lizzie Mayer, the communications business partner for Arapahoe County Open Spaces.

The trail system is possible because of the funding through the Arapahoe County Open Space Sales and Use Tax, she said, which was permanently reauthorized by voters last year.

In addition to highlighting the county’s trail system, the event also offered a great opportunity for showcasing the Arapahoe Road Trailhead, Winn said.

“Not a lot of people know about this trailhead,” Winn said, adding that people can park at the Arapahoe Road Trailhead and ride their bike along the Cherry Creek Regional Trail. “This was actually a collaboration with the City of Centennial, so it’s really to serve the City of Centennial’s residents.”

Overall, the event brought together people of all ages and abilities, Winn said.

“It’s so wonderful to see people out and enjoying our trail system,” Mayer said. “And I’m really proud that people look forward to coming to this specific Arapahoe County Open Spaces station.”

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June 30, 2022

Polis announces grants to help pools hire more workers Fund would also increase pay

BY PAOLO ZIALCITA COLORADO PUBLIC RADIO

In response to community pool closures caused by staff shortages, Colorado is offering grant money to help local governments hire pool employees for the summer.

Several community pools across the state, particularly in the Denver metro area, have either had to stay closed or drastically reduce hours in response to a lifeguard shortage.

Governor Jared Polis announced the grant June 21 at a public swimming pool in Aurora.

“Spending time at a local public pool is a fun and healthy way to enjoy our beautiful Colorado summers. But across the state we need to fix the shortage of lifeguards and pool workers to open closed pools and expand operating hours as we head into July 4th weekend and the heat of summer,” Polis said in a statement.

The state has made $350,000 available to eligible applicants, provided by the Colorado Department of Local Affairs and the Office of Economic Development and International Trade’s Out-

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currently coach a volleyball team.

When meeting with one of the parents, I mentioned that I had four kids. She promptly looked me up and down and said, “Wow. I thought women with that many kids were supposed to let themselves go!”

I’m guessing she was implying that I looked slimmer than she expected for giving birth four times.

And despite my understanding of what she was trying to do, I was frustrated.

I never had a “skinny” body. I always had a healthy layer of chub growing up, which only increased in my college years. I have many memories of kids in elementary and middle school calling me “fat” or “the Pillsbury dough girl.” Since then, I’ve attached being liked and having friends to my weight.

I started having children in my early 20s. Obviously, my weight fluctuated a lot in the nine years of bearing and nursing four babies. To no one’s surprise, my body always got more compliments or attention when I was thinner than when I was heavier.

Currently, I am at the lowest weight I’ve been since middle school. I’ve been at this weight since 2018. But there’s a reason for this: genetics, time and money. I spent that year carefully planning my workouts to be a balance of weights and cardio. I went to the gym for two hours daily. The gym had a daycare for my four kids. I hired a health coach. I bought meal plans and apps.

And I had the money and availability to do all of these things at the

door Recreation Industry Office.

Eligible parties include county governments, municipalities and special districts that are experiencing difficulties operating outdoor or indoor public swimming pools. Each applicant can request up to $25,000 dollars.

The money can be used for any expense related to attracting and retaining pool employees. That means workers could receive pay raises, overtime benefits or signing bonuses.

In addition, the state is granting an emergency waiver allowing minors to work overtime at pools, if they choose to do so.

Polis and other leaders said the grant provides a great opportunity for teenagers to get work experience.

“Spending the summer as a lifeguard is a great opportunity for teens to gain skills that will launch their journey into the workforce,” said Joe Barela, Executive Director of Colorado Department of Labor and Employment.

Grant applications are open until June 28. The state said the funding program is a one-time window.

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The skinny mom same time.

And it paid off!

I had chiseled arms and low enough body fat to get lots of attention. The first thing out of people’s mouths were, “wow, you look so good!”, “Your face!

It’s all gone!”

Stacey Carruth You look good You look good You look good But it didn’t make me feel good.

This may sound weird, but that attention and those compliments REALLY bothered me.

To be honest, I thought I looked good before. So now I wondered, what was everyone thinking before I lost weight?

Here’s another thing, I didn’t feel any different. My body still looked the same in the mirror to me, just smaller. I still nitpicked at myself every time I looked at it. Instead of enjoying it, like I promised myself I would do for so many years if I lost the weight, I just looked for the next thing that needed to change … there was always something.

The only thing that my appearance demonstrated was where I spent my time. When I was working on my body, I was not working on my writing, I did not have a career, I wasn’t reading, I wasn’t going to school, I wasn’t starting a new business, I wasn’t taking care of an elderly parent, I wasn’t dealing with a mental illness, I wasn’t

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unemployed, I wasn’t training ill-behaved dogs, I wasn’t volunteering with refugees and I wasn’t traveling.

There are trade-offs. And just because you choose something else besides having chiseled arms, it doesn’t make you unhealthy or less worthy of attention.

You can be healthy AND chubby.

To reach the look of magazines and certain celebrities, it takes a huge amount of time and energy and an undeviating nutrition plan for most people. Are people who

don’t have the time to do what I did less worthy of attention? Are people who don’t have the money to do what I did less health-conscious? Are people who don’t have my body type less beautiful?

No. That’s the correct answer.

Though what we choose to compliment and to whom we choose to give our attention will be the ultimate deciding factor.

Stacey Carruth is a mother of four living in Arapahoe County

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June 30, 2022

Dry conditions impact water supplies Centennial Water asks residents in service area to conserve

BY THELMA GRIMES TGRIMES@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Centennial Water is warning Highlands Ranch residents to cut down on water use as dry conditions continue and storage levels dip nearly 30% below the June average.

In a recent press release, Centennial Water officials said the communities of Highlands Ranch, Solstice and northern Douglas County have already been under a drought watch since April 25.

In the statement, Centennial Water said with the exception of the late May snowstorm and a few days of rain, drought conditions have continued to be warm and dry.

According to the water company, which supplies water and wastewater services to about 100,000 customers, Centennial Water’s storage reservoirs have continued to drop. As of June 21, they were at 37% capacity, which is 30% less water in storage than the average for June over the past 10 years.

If conditions continue to stay warm and dry, and reservoir levels continue to drop, the district says it may need to enact Stage 1 drought restrictions.

Last year in May, data provided by the water district had Centennial Water’s reservoir storage at 6,782 acre-feet, or 39% of the 17,200 acre-feet capacity. The median storage level for May over the last 10 years has been 9,495 acre-feet.

Water districts measure water levels through acre-feet, which is about 326,000 gallons, equaling the size of a football field covered with water one foot deep.

“Water is a precious resource and ongoing drought conditions force us to consider making hard choices,” said General Manager Sam Calkins. “While we know Stage 1 restrictions would pres-

A municipal well in Highlands Ranch, utilized by Centennial Water and Sanitation District, pulls water to the surface from the DenPHOTOS BY ELLIOTT WENZLER ver Aquifer.

ent challenges for the community, we have to balance those challenges with our mission of ensuring a safe and secure water supply today and in the future.

Our hope is that making small sacrifices today, when needed, will provide a more secure future.”

As part of the solution, Centennial Water asks customers to always be water wise to help conserve water both inside and outside their home, especially this summer.

According to the statement, if the community can come together to cut back their water use by 10%, water supplies will benefit in the long run.

Centennial Water is recommending residents do simple things such as installing waterefficient spray heads, adjusting lawn mowers to a higher setting, installing a rain sensor or

signing up for a free Slow the Flow irrigation inspection from Resource Central.

Customers can learn more about these programs at centennialwater.org/rebates.

Centennial Water has a Drought Response Plan designed to maximize available water supplies and reduce water use during times of water shortage caused by drought. The drought plan has many tools Centennial Water can employ to improve water supply, partner with large irrigators and reduce overall consumption. The plan also identifies indicators for different stages of drought.

Stage 1 restrictions include limiting outdoor irrigation for residential and commercial customers to one or two days per week. In addition, Stage 1 drought rates would go into effect. Drought rates impact cus-

tomers who use more water than what is allocated in their individual water budget. Customers who stay within their water budget would not see an increase in water rates.

Drought rates were approved by the Board of Directors in December.

While there are Stage 1 and Stage 2 levels in place, in 2021 Centennial Water never implemented the options, staying in a Drought Watch stage all summer.

During the June 27 board meeting, Kari Larese, the Centennial Water community relations manager, said staff recomended moving from the Drought Watch designation to Stage 1. However, with not enough board members present, no action was taken.

Larese said the board will likely take the issue up again at another board meeting, which has not yet been scheduled.

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s a child, I grew to hate road trips. My parents did not like flying anywhere, which meant any family trip was by car. I hated it.

I’m talking about trips that would make the original “National Lampoon’s Family Vacation” look functional. Three older brothers, parents and long trips to go visit our version of Cousin Eddie.

That led to me hating the thought of FROM THE road trips as an adult. If I can fly, I will be willing to go. Someone says drive — EDITOR and I’m out.

Then, we get to this summer. With the economy being what it is and being short of time because, let’s face it, parenting seems to revolve around running a kids’ taxi service, I have had to reconsider my hatred of long car rides.

Most summers we will visit an aunt in Orlando and brother in PennsylvaThelma Grimes nia and my daughter’s biological sister in Oregon. This year, flight costs being what they are, that’s just not feasible.

That led to me looking at what else we could do. My parents said they liked the idea of taking a trip with my children and me to South Dakota.

After looking at calendars and trying to figure it out, we went on a spur-of-the-moment-type trip to the Black Hills. Getting up early to pack in a family of eight — my children, my parents and a nephew and niece.

At 5:30 a.m. with everyone inside the Expedition, I fixed the rearview mirror, seeing all the faces staring up front. The memories of childhood car trips came flooding back. I dreaded putting that car in reverse and starting the trek.

Fast forward six hours of actual quiet driving and we made it to the city where the famous Mount Rushmore sits.

The trip was fantastic. My kids love farms. We went to the little farm in nearby Keystone three times, letting my kids hold baby goats, feed orphaned calves and run from the older goats wanting food.

We saw the mountain. I will tell you my 5-year-old was not overly impressed. The farm was his thing.

We saw all the sights and had a blast.

Driving home, again in a quiet car, I realized a few things. Today’s kids have tablets and phones and keep their heads down most of the trip. Separating the kids who fight the most was also good planning on my part.

The family time I got with my mom, dad, kids and brother’s children was worth every minute. In our busy lives, we tend to forget the value of taking some time to relax at something as simple as what I would call a very large petting zoo.

We forget the value of walking with your kids down a tourist town’s main street to look at a variety of items, joke, eat ice cream and have quality time together without talking about schedules, chores and all that day-today home stuff.

Will I go on another road trip? I won’t say I loved the gas and food prices on the trip (although still lower than plane tickets).

However, I will say six hours in a car with family is no longer going to be a phobia. I can see me doing it again, and instead of dread as I hit reverse, there will likely be a lot more optimism.

Thelma Grimes is the south metro editor for Colorado Community Media.

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We are not finished yet

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he five most sought-after words in amateur golf are, “That’s good, pick it up.” We say that to our playing partner when the putt that is left is considered short enough to call it “good.”

Sometimes the length of the putt left to make comes into question, especially when someone is not playing so well that day and their friends show a little mercy on them.

Luckily, I have been the one receiving that mercy lately.

There are times when the player actually needing to make the putt decides that they have had enough already and do one of two things: They either pick it up themselves or they take a casual approach and putt it toward the hole, indicating that he or she felt that it was good and the last attempt at the putt was close enough for the gimme.

There may be gimmes in amateur golf or even in the PGA during match play, but when it comes to life, most times we aren’t finished yet. We still have work to do, projects to finish, contributions to make, our family and friends to love. No, we are still a long way from being finished yet. No matter where we started, the detours we have taken, the long roads we have journeyed, and even the many mistakes we have made, there is still time to get it right and finish what was once started by us, in us, or for us.

There’s a great song by Brandon Heath called “Wait and See.” And in this song, he sings the lyrics, “He’s not finished with me yet,” as he refers to God’s plan and purpose for his life. And if we listen to the song or even just find the lyrics, I encourage us to reflect on what those lyrics could mean in our own life. I remember speaking with my great aunt

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over the past few years as she was approaching 90, and she would say that she wished somedays that the Lord would just take her. And I would remind her that, “He’s not finished with you yet.”

My great aunt was living in an assisted living facility, and really didn’t have a lot of mobility left in her tired legs. As residents came and Michael Norton went, she became saddened by their departure. It was during one of those calls where she just wanted to go to heaven and be with my great uncle. So, I said it to her again, “He’s not finished with you yet.”

During our call the following week, my great aunt’s tonality was one of optimism and happiness. A new resident had moved in, and she didn’t have any family left to visit her. My great aunt befriended her and even though struggled with her own mobility, she made it a point to spend time and listen to her new friend’s life story and journey. They went to the dining hall together, and each time I would call her, she would tell me more about her new friend and the life she led.

My great aunt and uncle lived with awesome faith and purpose. He served our country for 20 years in the Air Force and had been stationed around the world at different times. Most times she moved with him and supported him. She felt serving God and her husband was her greatest purpose. And now, nearing 90, she found a new purpose.

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olorado is no stranger to disasters, both natural and man-made. The state has a long history of natural disasters including flooding, wildfires, tornadoes and drought. The recent Marshall Fire in Boulder County is an example of this problem. It is more important now for residents and small businesses to remember that the best course of action to limit damage from natural disasters is preparing before the disaster hits.

The Biden administration and SBA Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman have been at the forefront of ensuring that small businesses and nonprofits, as well as individual homeowners and renters, impacted by natural disasters around the nation have the support and recovery relief that they need, and the tools to build resilience.

Natural disasters are not just more devastating; they are also coming faster, more frequently, and are often rapidly changing in their complexity and scope.

In 2020, the United States suf-

fered 22 separate billion-dollar disasters — the most in our history — but experts in the space expect that number to continue to climb.

As the anchors of our communities, small businesses rely on resilient Aikta Marcoulier neighborhoods for their customers and their employees, and the SBA’s disaster relief loan programs help communities recover swiftly.

• SBA’s disaster loan program is the only federal assistance program that provides private property owners an affordable way to mitigate disaster impacts and protect their homes, families, businesses, employees, and livelihoods against the next disaster.

• SBA disaster loan funds can be used to cover insurance deductibles, refinance an existing mortgage, pay for mitigation and protective upgrades, relocate to a safer and lower-risk area, and

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It might seem like a small purpose compared to what is happening in the world, but at nearly 90 years of age, “He wasn’t finished with her yet.”

That’s where we come in. “That’s good, pick it up,” may work in golf, but we are not finished yet. And whether big or small, we all have

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more. These loans have fixed interest rates amortized over 30 years for low monthly payments and offer an affordable way for property owners to fully repair/ replace their disaster losses not covered by other resources.

• Borrowers using SBA’s physical disaster loan programs are also eligible for up to 20% of their total physical losses, as verified

by SBA, to incorporate additional protective measures to mitigate future damage and losses against the next disaster.

• SBA offers non-pandemic-related economic injury disaster loans to help small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, and most private nonprofit organizations located in a declared disaster area rebuild after suffering a substantial loss.

• The SBA has several local resource partners to assist business owners develop a disaster continuity plan — whether your business is in the relief, recovery, or continuity phase. In Colorado, we have multiple resource partners statewide including Small

Business Development Centers, SCORE, a Veteran Business Outreach Center, and a Women’s Business Center to assist you with your disaster planning.

The best way to mitigate the effects of a disaster is to create a disaster continuity plan. This plan should discuss how you will contact family, friends, employees and first responders following a disaster. You should also review your insurance coverage to make sure it is current and covers all necessary costs. Most importantly, practice and evaluate your plan with family members, managers, and staff to make sure it works.

For more information on SBA’s disaster programs please visit www.sba.gov/disaster, and remember to follow us on Twitter @ SBArockymtn.

Aikta Marcoulier is the Small Business Administration’s regional administrator based in Denver. She oversees the agency’s programs and services in Colorado, Montana, Utah, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming.

Michael Norton is the grateful president of XINNIX, a personal and professional coach, and a consultant, trainer, encourager and motivator to businesses of all sizes.

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Thrive Ballet’s team at a recent Pride-themed performance.

A workout group poses for a photo at MetamorCOURTESY OF METAMORPHOSIS FITNESS phosis Fitness.

The storefront of Above Ground’s LoDo salon.

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Van Cliburn medalist to play in Lakewood DAM “The Age of Armor” is on exhibit through Sept. 15 at the Denver Art Museum, on loan from the Higgins Collection at the Worcester Art Museum. Over 100 objects highlighting the artistry, and comSonya Ellingboe function mon ideas armor shaped from the Middle Ages into the modern era.

Ticketed. Also at the DAM: “Georgia O’Keeffe, Photographer” from July 3 to Nov. 6. See denverartmuseum.org.

he 2022-2023 season was announced for the busy Lakewood Cultural Center and it will begin with the bronze medalist from the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition on Sept. 29. (Name not included from the June 2022 competition.) Next will be the Kings a cappella Quartet in October; Salt Contemporary Dance; Duplessy and the Violins of the World; Timothy P. and the Rocky Mountain Stocking Stuffers; The Acting Company; and on March 4, the popular Takacs Quartet; “Carousel” will be presented

by Performance Now Theatre Company in mid-March; and finally in April: Diego Figueiredo Brazilian music and Blind Visionaries. See lakewood.org/LCCPresents or 303987-7845.

Littleton concert The Littleton Museum lawn concert on July 13 will be The Journey Girls, an all-female Journey cover rock band. Free. Bring chairs or a blanket for seating. (No concert the week of July 4.)

Stars and Stripes The Arapahoe Philharmonic will perform a concert on July 3 at Breckenridge Brewery that will include patriotic music, light classics and film and TV favorites (think “Pirates of the Caribbean”).

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Firehouse “Pride and Prejudice” by Kate Hamill will be performed by the Firehouse Theater Company opening July 9 at the John Hand Theatre, 7653 E. 1st Place, Denver.

See firehousetheatercompany. com.

Loan Program has new exhibits at Goodson Recreation Center.

Winners: “Mirror Rock” by Evan Beloni; “Majesty” by Sandy Friedman; and “Jack Knife” by Stephen Schachtman. They will be exhibited at Goodson, 6315 S. University Blvd., Centennial, through the next year.

Depot Art Gallery The 38th Annual All-Colorado Show will open at the Depot Art Gallery, 2069 W. Powers Ave., Littleton, on July 9, running to Aug. 27. Littleton Fine Arts Guild members are also planning a oneday show at Bega Park soon. Will have date next week. Watch for it.

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by Akashic Books, which has made a specialty of regional noir tales, it contains 14 new stories by Denver authors, many of whom we’ve met and enjoyed before.

Style, types of characters, locations around our city and flavor in general may vary, but each tale is a separate unit, designed to distract the reader for a short spell ... or one can consume several in a row and feel like one has been on a little expedition.

Different characters, different site, different mood.

Swanson mentions the uniqueness of Denver’s Colfax Avenue, which stretches 26 miles from Aurora to Golden and appears in several stories, starting with David Heska Wanbli Weiden’s

The cover of “Denver Noir,” a collection of COURTESY PHOTO 14 stories by local authors.

“Colfax and Havana.”

I’m still feeling spooked by Swanson’s “Pieces of Everyone, Everywhere.”

The land in Cheesman Park was originally City Cemetery

and when Mayor Robert Speer decided to turn it into a park for a premium surrounding housing area, most bodies were moved to Riverside Cemetery, in new, smallish caskets made for the occasion. People answered an ad that promised 25 cents for each body you dug up ... Swanson describes the scene as she imagines it.

Graphic novelist and teacher R. Alan Brooks contributed “A Baker’s Duckling” while Denver novelist Peter Heller, who lives

by Sloan’s Lake, contributed the rather creepy “The Lake.”

Mark Stevens’ “Junk Feed” has more the sound and feel of a contemporary cop story on TV. Chop! Chop!

Mario Acevedo’s “El Armero” starts around the Mousetrap and Elyria-Swansea and walks us north, meeting several disturbed veterans and other characters — not a happy scene at all, but one can indeed picture his scenes through the details--in dismantling a gun, for instance--or repairing one...

This collection offers a nice variety of style, word choice, conversations, city scenes and of course, story outcomes.

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Wind Crest Pride honors memories, celebrates love 3rd annual parade is a success

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Highlands Ranch resident Jim Genasci started going to Pride events with his wife Jean in 1983, when their son Gary came out.

For years, the Genascis traveled across all 50 states and Canada attending Pride parades and rallies.

At all of them, Jean collected dozens of buttons. She wore her collection on a sash, and then, when the sash got full, on a cowboy hat.

When Jean died about two years ago, Jim asked their longtime friend SJ Light to carry on the tradition of wearing the buttoncovered sash and cowboy hat to celebrate Pride.

On June 23, Jim celebrated his 39th straight year of Pride with Light and over 100 more friends, families and neighbors at Wind Crest’s 3rd annual parade.

“I haven’t missed one yet,” Jim said.

Light sported the sash and cowboy hat for the parade through the Wind Crest neighborhood and during the afternoon rootbeer float social in honor of her friend.

“I feel that I’m representing Jean in the parade so that even though she’s passed on, she still gets to be in a Pride parade every year, which I know would mean a lot to her,” Light said. “I plan to keep doing it as long as I can.”

Wind Crest’s Pride parade was started by residents and staff on the Diversity Inclusion and Belonging Committees and the Resident Advisory Council. In its third year, the event is popular at Wind Crest, drawing multiple generations to celebrate love and acceptance.

Wind Crest Associate Executive Director Kathy Dilger said part of the living facility’s mission is to promote acceptance and applaud diversity.

“Having a seat at the table, hav-

Jim Genasci, on right, celebrates Pride on June 23 at Wind Crest with Ray Vanoski, center, and SJ Light, who wears a sash and PHOTOS BY MCKENNA HARFORD cowboy hat featuring buttons collected at various Pride events since 1983 by Genasci’s late wife, Jean.

A group of residents, families and staff of Wind Crest pose together on June 23 after the Pride parade through the neighborhood.

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In heated real estate market, is it better to be a renter?

Owning a home now costs $987 more per month

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Feel like there’s no chance you can buy a house? You may be better off renting anyway. With national average mortgage payments of $2,576.39, that’s above average rent of $1,589 in Colorado, according to ApartmentList. Owning a home now costs $987 more per month than renting.

And while it’s overall better to rent right now with rising mortgage rates, some cities’ average rental prices are way above the rest. Superior, Highlands Ranch and Castle Rock are among the most expensive cities to live in for renters, with the average rent in Superior through May at $2,399, perhaps because many homes were burned or damaged by smoke in the Marshall fire. That’s $810 above Colorado’s average and $1,056 above the national average.

In contrast, Greeley, Englewood and Colorado Springs are among the cities with the lowest rent prices.

If you’re a renter in Denver, you might want to stay that way. Despite being one of the state’s hottest real estate markets, Denver is one of the least expensive cities in Colo-

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rado in terms of rent pricing. The city has an average monthly rent of $1,572, below Colorado’s average.

In comparison, Denver’s median housing listing price is $695,000 and the average monthly mortgage payment is $2,540 as of January.

Being a homeowner costs $968 more monthly than living as a renter in

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As we approach a year since the eviction moratorium expired, eviction filings — for the most part — have stayed below pre-pandemic numbers. Although we’ve seen a gradual climb in evictions since

early 2021, eviction numbers have stayed below the 2019 numbers, prepandemic numbers and the 20-year average.

March was the sole month, which saw a jump in eviction filings, with 3,667, in a return to pre-pandemic numbers.

While evictions have been steadily increasing since the moratorium expired July 31, evictions declined in April and May, both in the Denver area and Colorado as a whole.

Henry Eisler from the Colorado Apartment Association expressed confidence in the strength of the housing market, noting Coloradans have been able to make rent at high rates.

“The uptick in March didn’t reflect a dramatic increase — just a return to the pre-pandemic, statewide average, as Colorado’s rental market recovered from the pandemic and 14-month moratorium,” Eisler said. “The subsequent decline in eviction filings during April and May is a strong positive indicator for the health of Colorado’s multifamily housing market.”

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State high court upholds expanded paid-leave program Voters approved measure setting work policy in 2020

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The Colorado Supreme Court has upheld Proposition 118 which requires most employers give workers 12 weeks of paid family and medical leave starting in 2024.

The ballot initiative was approved by voters in 2020 passing by nearly 60 percent.

Chronos Builders LLC challenged Proposition 118, titled the Colorado Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance (FAMI) Act..

The Grand Junction-based home builder claimed the Act violated the Section (8)(a) of the Taxpayer Bill of Rights (TABOR) which requires a flat tax rate for incomes.

It also claimed the premiums are an unconstitutional added tax charge.

In an email to CPR, Advance Colorado, the conservative advocacy group that petitioned for Chronos Builders said it’s reviewing the decision.

Justice Monica M. Marquez wrote in her opinion that FAMI does not violate TABOR because it is not an income tax law or change in any such law. The premiums collected are fees held in the Family and Medical Leave Insurance Fund.

The Colorado Supreme Court is located in Denver’s downtown near the state capitol.

State Sen. Faith Winter (D-Westminster) wasn’t surprised by the ruling.

“Proposition 118 is extremely important to insure that no Coloradans have to make a decision between taking care of themselves and a loved one and a paycheck,” Winter said.

“Right now, only 80 percent of Coloradans have access to paid family leave. Once we implement [Proposition] 118, all Coloradans will have access to paid family and medical leave.”

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Xcel Energy wants customers to pay for plant shutdowns BYMARKJAFFE SPECIAL TO THE COLORADO SUN

The Colorado Public Utilities Commission on June 10 balked at approving a billion-dollar price tag to shut down Xcel Energy’s five remaining coal-fired generating units — to be paid by customers — and instead is seeking more detailed financial analysis.

The proposed closing costs were part of a settlement agreement between Xcel Energy, the state’s largest electricity provider, and a group of state agencies, local governments and labor and environmental groups.

The commission, however, wanted more scrutiny of the finances. “We’ve expressed concern over understanding these costs,” Commissioner Megan Gilman said. “We owe that to the ratepayers.”

At issue is the financial method Xcel Energy is proposing to recover the closure costs. The commission said it wants Xcel to analyze a range of options, particularly using securitized bonds, which are seen as a potential cheaper financing mechanism.

“It is incumbent upon the company to model securitization and other options,” Commissioner John Gavan said. “We will need to take this off to a separate proceeding.”

As part of its electric resource plan — which forecasts the utility’s electricity demand for the next four years and the generating resources to meet it — and its Clean Energy Plan, aimed at cutting the utility’s greenhouse gas emissions, Xcel Energy is moving to close all its coal-fired plants.

The plan is to close the utility’s five remaining units — in Craig, Hayden, Fort Morgan and Pueblo — between 2027 and 2031 at a cost of a little more than $1 billion.

The bulk of that figure — $732 million — is for shutting the 750-megawatt Comanche 3 unit, in Pueblo. The $1.3 billion plant only went into operation in 2010 and will be the last to close at the

end of 2030.

The plant has been beset with operating, equipment and financial problems, leading to more than 800 days of shutdowns. Initially, Xcel proposed running the plant until 2040 and then under pressure cut the closure date to 2035 and eventually 2031.

The commission also asked for more detailed data on project operation and maintenance costs for Comanche 3, while it is still in use. “We have seen escalating unexpected costs in terms of unit 3 maintenance,” Gavan said.

Xcel Energy is proposing using securitized bonds to finance the Comanche 3 closure which includes $690 million to pay for the unamortized part of the utility’s investment in the unit, $32 million in cleanup costs and $10 million in bond costs.

The securitized bonds are linked to a guaranteed revenue source from the utility and as a result can be offered lower interest rates, reducing overall costs.

For the three other units, however, Xcel Energy proposed, in the partial settlement of its resource plan submitted to the PUC, using other financing mechanisms, such as accelerated depreciation and a so-called regulatory asset.

A regulatory asset is a financial device in which all the costs associated with closing a coal-fired unit would be gathered in one place and paid off by customers over time — with Xcel Energy also getting an interest payment on the account.

The PUC move may be a concern for the settling parties, said Gwen Farnsworth, a managing senior policy advisor for environmental group Western Resources Advocates, which signed on to the agreement.

One of the goals of the settlement was to close the coal-fired plants as quickly as possible with Pawnee closing its coal-fired unit and switching to natural gas in 2025, followed by the Hayden 2 unit in 2027, and Hayden 1 and Craig closing in 2028.

Breaking the retirement costs off to a separate proceeding could delay the closure process and even lead to knockon-effects in delaying the acquisition on new, clean resources, Farnsworth said.

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June 30, 2022

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Tree Services

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Commissioner’s Proceedings May 2022 Vendor Name Total Description 18TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT JUVENILE $18,500.00 Professional Services 2801 HIGHWAY 85 CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION 3,691.17 Building/Land Lease/Rent 3M COMPANY 603.00 Sign Parts & Supplies 53 CORPORATION LLC 174,565.45 Iron Horse Bridge, Glendale Dog Park & Highlands Ranch Outfall Projects AAA METRIC SUPPLY LLC 130.78 Sign Parts & Supplies ABLE SHEPHERD 200.00 Security Deposit Refund-Fairground ABSOLUTE GRAPHICS INC 5,131.18 Clothing & Uniforms ACORN PETROLEUM INC 298,372.52 Fleet Tanks Fuel ADAMS COUNTY GOVERNMENT 101.00 Purchased Services ADAMS, ANN 2,500.00 Escrow Payable ADAMSON POLICE PRODUCTS 3,960.00 Firearm Supplies ADAPTIVE INTERVENTIONS 12,966.67 Mental Health Services ADVANCED PROPERTY MAINTENANCE INC 10,384.18 Repair & Maintenance Service ADVOCATES FOR CHILDREN CASA 15,601.52 Professional Services AECOM USA INC 14,537.64 Bayou Gulch Road & US 85 Projects AGING RESOURCES OF DOUGLAS COUNTY 67,982.75 Senior Services Grant ALCOHOL MONITORING SYSTEMS INC 3,038.20 Alcohol Monitoring Fees ALFRED BENESCH & COMPANY 120,254.73 Trumbull Bridge, Inverness Bridge & Waterton Road Phase 2 Projects ALL ANIMAL RECOVERY 2,550.00 Purchased Services ALLIED UNIVERSAL SECURITY SERVICE 40,756.81 Security Services AM SIGNAL LLC 7,869.96 Traffic Signal Parts AMAZING BALLOONS 4U LLC 500.00 Operating Supplies AMBIANCE SYSTEMS 46,169.25 Sound Panels Courtroom AMERICAN TOWER CORPORATION 2,815.00 Building/Land Lease/Rent AMPIO PHARMACEUTICALS LLC 13,392.21 Business Personal Property Tax Rebate ANDERSON, STEVEN M 2,000.00 Tuition Reimbursement APDC COLORADO LANGUAGE CONNECTION 869.30 Professional Services APONTE PUBLIC AFFAIRS INC 2,081.25 Professional Services APPLEGATE GROUP INC 855.00 Professional Services ARAPAHOE COUNTY 6,446.02 Software/Hardware Support/Maintenance ARAPAHOE COUNTY HUMAN SERVICES 90.90 Human Services Refunds ARAPAHOE/DOUGLAS WORKS WORKFORCE CENTER 15,141.52 Case Management ARCHITERRA GROUP INC 38,154.70 Parks & Recreation Improvement ARGIS SOLUTIONS INC 6,500.00 Consulting Fees ARMOR CORRECTIONAL HEALTH SERVICES 754,609.72 Medical, Dental & Vet Services ARMORED KNIGHTS INC 1,802.60 Armored Car Services ASA PROCESS SERVICE 665.00 Purchased Services ASSOCIATED BAG COMPANY 478.80 Operating Supplies ATKINS NORTH AMERICA 68,074.30 C-470 Trail Project ATTWOOD PUBLIC AFFAIRS 6,250.00 Lobbying Services AUT VENTURES LIMITED 25,000.00 Professional Services AUTOMATED BUILDING SOLUTIONS 1,410.00 Service Contracts AVALIS WAYFINDING SOLUTIONS 2,671.99 Operating Supplies AVERETT, ASHLEY 126.18 Travel Expense AVERY, DANIEL 1,002.56 Travel Expense AXE WOMEN LOGGERS OF MAINE 800.00 County Fair Service/Fair Event AXIOM HUMAN RESOURCE SOLUTIONS 168.20 Computer Supplies AZTEC CONSULTANTS INC 14,711.40 Hilltop Road & Waterton Road Phase 2 Projects AZTEC SURVEYING AND LOCATING 24,302.56 Traffic Signal Utilities BARRELLA, TOM 497.70 Travel Expense BASELINE ASSOCIATES INC 1,610.00 Recruitment Costs BEACON COMMUNICATIONS LLC 59,437.08 Audio and Video Room Upgrades BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CONSULTANTS INC 400.00 Mental Health Services BEYOND TECHNOLOGY INC 3,380.58 Computer Supplies BKD LLP 34,835.00 Accounting & Financial Services BLACK HILLS ENERGY 55,985.09 Utilities/Gas BLOSHENKO, DINA O 18.00 Travel Expense BNSF RAILWAY 24,200.30 Traffic Signals - Construction BOBCAT OF THE ROCKIES 10,106.48 Operating Supplies BOCK, JEREMY L 49.00 Conference, Seminar, Training Fees BODDIE, SHARON 726.61 Insurance Claims-Liability BOND, KEVIN 119.34 Travel Expense BORKOWSKI, ANGELA 140.60 Conference, Seminar, Training Fees BRAINCODE CENTERS 4,749.00 Mental Health Services BREILO, JOHN 830.00 Right-of-Way-Temporary BRIDGEVIEW IT INC 19,250.00 Professional Services BRINKWORTH, THOMAS 206.88 Travel Expense BRITE, CHRISTINE 458.20 Travel Expense BRITE, DANIEL L 434.50 Travel Expense BRODY CHEMICAL 685.75 Operating Supplies BROOKS, JAQUALE 208.49 Travel Expense BUCKEYE CLEANING CENTER OF DENVER 61.38 Janitorial Supplies BUFFALO BRAND SEED COMPANY 5,813.00 Grounds Keeping Supplies BURKE, SHANNON 200.00 Security Deposit Refund-Fairground BURNS FIGA & WILL PC 38,061.50 Legal Services BUTTERFIELD, MICHAEL 1,740.00 Tuition Reimbursement BUZO-SANCHEZ, THOMAS 150.00 Professional Membership & Licenses C & L WATER SOLUTIONS INC 138,166.98 Pipe Repair Highlands Ranch CARD, CYNTHIA 186.15 Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder CAREY, JILL 363.84 Travel Expense CARING COMMUNITIES OF COLORADO 54,604.00 Mental Health Services CARLOS, JESSICA 50.00 Conference, Seminar, Training Fees CARTEGRAPH SYSTEMS LLC 1,280.87 Software/Hardware Support/Maintenance CASTLE ROCK CHEVROLET BUICK GMC 14,292.49 Equipment & Motor Vehicle Parts CASTLE ROCK CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP 1,440.35 Equipment & Motor Vehicle Parts CASTLE ROCK CONSTRUCTION 221,724.49 Meridian Boulevard Reconstruction CASTLE ROCK FORD 8,344.17 Equipment & Motor Vehicle Parts CASTLE ROCK SENIOR CENTER 46,547.00 Transportation Services Grant CASTLETON CENTER WATER & SANITATION 124.00 Water & Sewer CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF CENTRAL COLORADO 96,039.92 Emergency Rent Assistance Funding CCAA-COLORADO COUNTY ATTORNEYS ASSOCIATION 2,475.00 Conference, Seminar, Training Fees CCMSI 8,579.97 Workers Compensation Claims CCS PRESENTATION SYSTEMS 225.00 Professional Services CEMEX MATERIALS INC 6,028.67 Aggregate Products CENTENNIAL CONCRETE & WATERPROOFING LLC 102,551.00 Justice Center and Miller Parking Garage Repairs CENTER COPY PRINTING 327.00 Printing/Copying/Reports CENTRAL SALT LLC 83,212.53 Salt & Other Ice Removal CENTURY LINK 34,426.69 Telephone/Communications CEPEDA, BLANCA 200.00 Security Deposit Refund-Fairground CERTIFIED BUSINESS SERVICES 1,046.41 Office Supplies CHAINALYSIS INC 25,000.00 Professional Services CHATO’S CONCRETE LLC 923,821.61 Sidewalk Repairs CHERRY, KATHRYN 140.60 Conference, Seminar, Training Fees CHINESE ASSOCIATION FOR SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY MIDWEST USA INC 75.00 Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder CHRYSO INC 3,065.04 Concrete Repairs CHURCH OF THE ROCK 10,402.46 Emergency Rent Assistance Funding & Community Support CINTAS CORPORATION 120.00 Operating Supplies CISNEY, CRAIG E. 450.00 Professional Services CITY OF AURORA 10,668.93 Unified Metro Forensic Crime Lab Expense

CITY OF AURORA CITY OF CASTLE PINES CITY OF CASTLE PINES CITY OF LITTLETON CITY OF LONE TREE CITY OF LONE TREE CL CLARKE INC CLASSIC PLASTICS CORPORATION CLEAR BALLOT GROUP INC

32,800.40 131,063.70 25,013.42 5,820.97 4,728.00 160,974.16 13,400.31 292.87 2,600.00

CLEAR-ARMOR LLC 87,500.00 CLOUSE, GLORIA 75.00 CML SECURITY LLC 141,950.00 COBB, CRISTY 117.30 CODE-4 COUNSELING 10,260.00 COLEMAN, AARON M 102.70 COLLINS ENGINEERS INC 2,380.00 COLORADO ASPHALT PAVEMENT 275.00 COLORADO ASSESSORS ASSOCIATION 970.00 COLORADO BARRICADE COMPANY 1,012.00 COLORADO BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION 13,716.00 COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA 7,378.57 COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 275.00 COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & ENVIRONMENT 456.00 COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES 3,040.00 COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE 3,429,905.22 COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE 26,019.54 COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF STATE 15,752.00 COLORADO DESIGNSCAPES INC 1,445.00 COLORADO DOORWAYS INC 7,429.59 COLORADO FAMILY SUPPORT COUNCIL - CFSC 300.00 COLORADO PAINT COMPANY 655.00 COLORADO PUMP SERVICE & SUPPLY COMPANY 4,337.50 COLORADO SAFETY SUPPLY COMPANY 6,166.00 COLORADO STATE TREASURER 17,032.00 COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY DOUGLAS COUNTY EXTENSION 5,000.00 COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY EXTENSION 136,328.40 COLUMBINE PAPER & MAINTENANCE 781.96 COMMERCIAL FENCE & IRON WORKS 1,692.00 COMPASSCOM SOFTWARE CORPORATION 306.00 COMPUTRONIX INC 2,200.00 CONSOR ENGINEERS LLC CONTACT WIRELESS CONTINUUM OF COLORADO CONVERGEONE INC CORE & MAIN LP CORE ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE CORNERSTONE ONDEMAND INC CPFF COLORADO PROFESSIONAL FIRE FIGHTERS HONOR GUARD ACADEMY CRAFCO INC CRISIS CENTER CRISTANDO HOUSE INC CROWN USA INC CRYSTAL VALLEY RANCH MASTER HOME OWNERS ASSOCIATION CSST SOFTWARE LLC

2,834.50 5,088.38 21,490.00 65,546.65 34,575.72 137,070.71 165,109.57

Due to Aurora - MV License Fee Due to Castle Pines MV License Intergovernmental-Castle Pines Due to Littleton-MV License Due to Lone Tree-MV License Intergovernmental-Lone Tree Professional Services Operating Supplies Software/Hardware Support/Maintenance Security Enhancements Facilities Use Fees Security Mesh Upgrades Travel Expense Professional Services Travel Expense Insurance Claims-Property Conference, Seminar, Training Fees Conference, Seminar, Training Fees Sign Parts & Supplies Due to CBI - Concealed Handgun Newspaper Notices/Advertising Repair & Maintenance Service Due to State-PH Marriage License Due to State-HS Marriage License Due to State - MV Due to State -Drivers License Due to State - eRecording Contracted Snow Removal Repair & Maintenance Supplies Conference, Seminar, Training Fees Paint & Road Striping Professional Services Professional Services Unemployment Claims Purchased Services 1st Quarter 2022 Services Janitorial Supplies Fence Replacement Telephone/Communications Software/Hardware Support/Maintenance Traffic Signals - Engineering Software/Hardware Support/Maintenance Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Grant Cisco IP Phones & Fiber Switch Construction/Maintenance Materials Electric Software Renewal

250.00 Conference, Seminar, Training Fees 26,195.40 Asphalt & Asphalt Filler 11,709.68 Reimbursement for Community Services 1,876.00 Conference, Seminar, Training Fees 3,818.09 Paint & Road Striping

400.00 Facility Rental 17,442.00 Software/Hardware Support/Maintenance CWFC COLORADO WELFARE FRAUD COUNCIL 580.00 Conference, Seminar, Training Fees DAVID EVANS & ASSOCIATES INC 1,546.50 ITS Infrastructure Study DAWN B HOLMES INC 15,925.00 Medical, Dental & Vet Services DC GROUP INC 3,365.33 Service Contracts DEEDS, MARTHA 1,500.00 Facilities Use Fees DEMAYOLA, DAVID 16,824.00 Escrow Payable DENOVO VENTURES LLC 7,500.00 Software/Hardware Support/Maintenance DENVER REGIONAL COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS 900.00 Community Programs/Sponsorship DENVER WOMEN’S CHORUS 200.00 Security Deposit Refund-Fairground DESIGN CONCEPTS CLA INC 17,884.65 Professional Services DEVELOPMENTAL PATHWAYS INC 1,942,501.52 Mill Levy Distribution DIGITAL IMAGING BY DESIGN 25.00 Fair & Rodeo Design DILLIE AND KUHN INC 2,600.00 Repair & Maintenance Service DISTRICT ATTORNEY, 18TH DISTRICT 1,614,432.80 Legal Services DIX, BRIANNA 221.22 Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder DOUGLAS COUNTY DEPUTY SHERIFF’S ASSOCIATION 5,290.20 Security Services and Clothing & Uniforms DOUGLAS COUNTY FIRE CHIEFS ASSOCIATION 75.00 Professional Membership & Licenses DOUGLAS COUNTY INMATE WELFARE ACCOUNT 3,300.00 Professional Services/Booking Fees DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT 17,569.00 Travel Expense DRAUGHN, JEREMIAH JOSEPH 372.58 Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder DRC CONSTRUCTION SERVICES INC 7,952.56 Professional Services DREAM FINDERS 10,000.00 Escrow Payable DUGAN, TERRY 134.99 Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder DUMB FRIENDS LEAGUE 12,678.00 Purchased Services DUNNAWAY, KELLY 81.40 Travel Expense DYCK, DAINNA J 58.10 Metro Area Meeting Expense DYER-JONES, LARA 597.47 Travel Expense EAN SERVICES LLC 755.34 Instructor Travel EBY, JENNIFER 370.00 Travel Expense ECIVIS INC 141,540.00 Grant Management Software EDWARDS, AMY 140.60 Conference, Seminar, Training Fees ELITE SURFACE INFRASTRUCTURE 7,300.00 Purchased Services ELLSWORTH, LINDA & STEVEN 517.11 Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder EMBASSY SUITES HOTEL 14,920.00 Instructor Travel EMERGENCY SYSTEMS COMPLIANCE SERVICES 4,200.00 Service Contracts EMPLOYMENT LAW SOLUTIONS INC 2,000.00 Training Services EMPLOYMENT MATTERS LLC 1,850.00 Training Services EMR ENTERPRISES LLC 7,050.00 Professional Services ENVIRO-SERVE LLC 853.94 Paint & Road Striping ENVIROTECH SERVICES INC 360,306.25 Salt & Other Ice Removal ENVISION IT PARTNERS 4,540.48 Software/Hardware Support/Maintenance ERICKSON, CHARLES D 418.70 Travel Expense ERO RESOURCES CORPORATION 2,413.13 Professional Services ESKER SOFTWARE INC 1,435.52 Software/Hardware Support/Maintenance ESRI INC 265,000.00 Enterprise Software Renewal EVIDENT INC 165.00 Operating Supplies EWING IRRIGATION PRODUCTS INC 257.76 Operating Supplies EZ EATS 80.00 Vendor Surcharge EZ LINER INDUSTRIES 218.29 Equipment & Motor Vehicle Parts FALCONE REFRIGERATION INC 4,555.00 Repair & Maintenance Service FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER ASSOCIATION 225.00 Conference, Seminar, Training Fees FEDEX 29.50 Postage & Delivery Service FEIERSTEIN, HILLARY 418.70 Travel Expense FELSBURG, HOLT AND ULLEVIG 76,503.97 Road-Street Drainage-Engineering FERGUSON, KIRSTEN 17.65 Travel Expense FFA CLUB DOUGLAS COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL FFA 200.00 Security Deposit Refund-Fairground

FIEDLER, PATRICK FILEVINE INC

140.60 Conference, Seminar, Training Fees 6,616.80 Software/Hardware Support/Maintenance FIREFIGHTERS FIRST CREDIT UNION 25.00 Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder FIRST RESPONDER COMMUNICATIONS 19,306.50 Communication Equipment FISCHER, BECKY 102.40 Travel Expense FITHIAN, ABBY 31.09 Travel Expense FLOOD, MICHAEL 96.64 Travel Expense FLOORZ LLLP 42,148.00 Carpet Replacement Wilcox Building FOERSTER, ADAM & MELISSA 55.04 Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder FORENSIC TECHNOLOGY INC 25,462.00 Service Contracts FRANKTOWN ANIMAL CLINIC 1,287.98 Medical, Dental & Vet Services FREDERICKS, FRANK 332.60 Travel Expense FREEMAN, ALEXANDRA 23.11 Travel Expense FRENCH, JA’DAE 624.62 Travel Expense FRIEND, JORDAN 1,661.97 Travel Expense FRIENDS OF THE NRA 838.50 Facilities Use Fees FRONT RANGE CHRISTIAN CHURCH 352.50 Security Deposit Refund-Fairground FRONT RANGE DUCT CLEANING 1,150.00 Repair & Maintenance Service FRONTIER FERTILIZER & CHEMICAL COMPANY 5,705.50 Grounds Keeping Supplies FUNDAMENTAL BAPTIST CHURCH CASTLE ROCK 200.00 Security Deposit Refund-Fairground FUNK DEVELOPMENT & CONSTRUCTION 2,500.00 Escrow Payable FURNITUREWORKS MANUFACTURING COMPANY 5,763.12 Business Personal Property Tax Rebate GADZIALA, CAMILLE 680.64 Travel Expense GALLS LLC 23,719.49 Clothing & Uniforms GAPPA, CAITLIN 36.27 Travel Expense GATORLINE PRODUCTS 96.50 Consumable Tools GAUDIO, CRAIG 144.90 Travel Expense GAUGHAN, JENNIFER 227.57 Travel Expense GAUNTLET TRAINING INDUSTRIES 3,200.00 Professional Services GILMAN, GRETA 102.40 Travel Expense GIS PEACE LLC 8,800.00 Software/Hardware Support/Maintenance GMC CONSTRUCTION 2,500.00 Escrow Payable GOUDY, MALISA 50.76 Travel Expense GOVCONNECTION INC 104,511.15 Computers & Screens GRANITE SEED AND EROSION CONTROL 558.00 Operating Supplies GROUND ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS INC 92,842.00 Construction Inspection Services GUARDA, MARIA 200.00 Security Deposit Refund-Fairground HAMILTON, JEFFREY A 487.50 Purchased Services HAMPTON-MCCARTY, DEBORAH 208.49 Travel Expense HARM REDUCTION SOLUTIONS LLC 30,000.00 Jail Supplies HARPER, TRACY J 1,881.25 Professional Services HARRIS GOVERN 2,168.75 Software/Hardware Support/Maintenance HATHAWAY, ROBERT GLENN 90.90 Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder HBS 207.10 Waste Disposal Services HDR ENGINEERING INC 86,100.19 Havana/Meridian Road, Hilltop Road and US 85 Design HEALTH ADVOCATE SOLUTIONS INC 2,596.00 Accrued Advocacy Fees HEALTH, DAVID INSAN 1,483.13 Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder HEALTHCARE MEDICAL WASTE SERVICES 49.00 Biohazard Waste Removal HEARTLAND VIDEO SYSTEMS INC 28,906.15 Computer Equipment HELENA AGRI-ENTERPRISES, LLC 14,918.40 Operating Supplies HERTZBERG, MEIRA 140.60 Conference, Seminar, Training Fees HIGH PLAINS ACCESS CONTROLS LLC 4,925.00 Vehicle Repair HIGHLANDS RANCH METRO DISTRICTS 766.04 Water & Sewer HIRERIGHT LLC 2,014.15 Recruitment Costs HITS TRAINING AND CONSULTING 2,250.00 Conference, Seminar, Training Fees HOAGLUND, DREW 53.70 Travel Expense HOFFMAN, DARCY 650.00 Veteran Affairs Stipend HOKE, SARAH E 734.99 Travel Expense HOLCIM-WCR INC 79,801.29 Aggregate Products HOPSKIPDRIVE INC 13,486.65 Student Transportation HR GREEN INC 1,528.00 Professional Services HSS - HOSPITAL SHARED SERVICES 24,493.00 Security Enhancements HUDICK EXCAVATING INC 713,761.85 Waterton Road Phase 2 Project & Retainage Payable HUERTA, JENNIFER M 111.15 Travel Expense HUGHES & STUART MARKETING 750.00 Software/Hardware Support/Maintenance HUMANE SOCIETY OF PIKES PEAK 35,912.50 Animal Control Services HUTCHEON, IAN 418.70 Travel Expense ICMA MEMBERSHIP RENEWALS 975.00 Professional Membership & Licenses IDEAL FENCING CORPORATION LLC 6,725.00 Professional Services IMAGEFIRST 177.73 Professional Services INGALLS, LANCE 140.60 Travel Expense IRVINE, JANE MA LPC LLC 690.00 Legal Services J P MORGAN CHASE BANK 789,689.96 Pcard Purchases 04/05/22-05/04/22 JACOBS ENGINEERING GROUP INC 6,956.39 Professional Services JAKUBOWSKI, MATTHEW 370.00 Travel Expense JBS PIPELINE CONTRACTORS 161,051.76 Cornell Circle Outfall & Highlands Ranch Outfall Repairs JEFFERSON COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES 6,826.00 Foster Care Collaborative JOB STORE INC, THE 222.48 Contract Work/Temporary Agency JOGAN HEALTH LLC 430,000.00 Public Health Services JON P DICKEY LLC 14,460.00 Roofing Inspections KALIHER, MEGHAN 392.71 Travel Expense KAMMER, THOMAS 102.40 Travel Expense KANE, MICHELLE 89.51 Travel Expense KEITH, JIM 1,888.59 Professional Services KEN CARYL GLASS INC 34,194.00 Glass Partitions Motor Vehicle & Storefront Framing KENNEDY - COLORADO LLC 15,310.51 Building/Land Lease/Rent KENNEDY, JASON 418.70 Travel Expense KENNEDY, LORI 140.60 Conference, Seminar, Training Fees KIEWIT INFRASTRUCTURE COMPANY 4,789.14 Asphalt & Asphalt Filler KING SOOPERS/CITY MARKET 5,106.25 Human Services Client Gift Cards KNOTHEAD TREE AND LAWN CARE 18,287.50 Landscaping Service KURITZ, ANDREW 2,000.00 Tuition Reimbursement KUSTOM SIGNALS INC 2,883.00 Traffic Signal Parts KUTAK ROCK LLP 197.25 Professional Services LABORATORY CORPORATION OF AMERICA 288.00 Professional Services LAMB-STAR ENGINEERING LLC 23,131.40 Road Repair Broadway & Plaza LARSEN, MATTHEW & TAMMY 67.60 Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder LAUREL HEIGHTS HOSPITAL 3,200.00 Professional Services LEARY, LAURA 59.68 Metro Area Meeting Expense LEE, MICHAEL 1,142.47 Travel Expense LEMERE, SARA 510.93 Travel Expense LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS 5,860.00 Telephone/Communications LINDROTH, ALLISON 18.61 Travel Expense LOBELLO, NICK 50.00 Conference, Seminar, Training Fees LOCLYZ MEDIA SERVICES 29,155.00 Digital Media Services LOGAN, DEANNA B 344.41 Travel Expense LOGIKCULL.COM 18,000.00 Software/Hardware Support/Maintenance LONG, PAT 302.20 Travel Expense LONGACHER, MARK 102.40 Travel Expense LONGLEY, JORDAN 400.00 Professional Services LOUVIERS WATER & SANITATION 355.34 Water & Sewer LOVEGROVE, JESSE 55.68 Travel Expense Continued to Next Page 942297

Parker Legals 6.30.22 * 1

30 Parker Chronicle

June 30, 2022

Public Notices Legals Public Trustees PUBLIC NOTICE Parker NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2022-0052 To Whom It May Concern: On 4/15/2022 2:19:00 PM the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County.

Original Grantor: Mainstreet Pier, LLC, a Colorado limited liabilty company; Timothy Tait and Elizabeth Tait Original Beneficiary: Independent Bank, a Texas state-chartered banking corporation Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: Independent Bank, a Texas state-chartered banking corporation Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 7/26/2018 Recording Date of DOT: 7/27/2018 Reception No. of DOT: 2018045507 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $12,380,000.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $11,731,503.88 Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: the failure to make timely payments required under said Deed of Trust and the Debt secured thereby.

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

Legal Description of Real Property: PARCEL 1: LOT 31A-2, BLOCK 1, TWENTY MILE VILLAGE FILING NO. 2, 12TH AMENDMENT, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, ST ATE OF COLORADO. PARCEL 2: NON-EXCLUSIVE EASEMENTS FOR STORM SEWER AND/OR SURFACE DRAINAGE, DRAINAGE FACILITIES, ACCESS, INGRESS, EGRESS, PARKING, PEDESTRIAN PATHWAYS AND PARKING LOT IMPROVEMENT OR REPAIRS, AS CONTAINED IN THE DECLARATION OF PROTECTIVE COVENANTS, RESTRICTIONS, OPERATIONS AND EASEMENTS, “TWENTY MILE VILLAGE RETAIL II,” LOTS 17-42, TWENTY MILE PROPERTY FILING NO. 2, SECOND AMENDMENT, RECORDED JULY 25, 2000, IN BOOK 1872 AT PAGE 1465, AND RECORDED DECEMBER 27, 2016 AT RECEPTION NO. 2016095015, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 18595 Mainstreet, 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, August 10, 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.

532.72 3,754.26 102.40 113.14 65.52 650.00 46.33 155.25 16,774.40 102.40 6,793.00 194.86 259,383.99 15,718.37 3,055.58

MASTER’S TOUCH, THE MATRIX DESIGN GROUP INC MCCANDLESS TRUCK CENTER LLC MCCRAY, MATTHEW MCDOWELL, PHILLIP MCINTOSH, AYRAN MCINTOSH, MICHAEL MCLELAND, KATRINA MCMORRIS, KIRA MERIDIAN FIRE AND SECURITY LLC MILLER WENHOLD CAPITOL MORGENSTERN, BRUCE MD PC MORRIS, MICHAEL MORRISON, ERIC MORTENSEN MOUNTAIN LLC MOSS ADAMS LLP MOUNTAIN VIEW ELECTRIC INC MOUNTAIN VIEW TENT COMPANY MOURNINGBADGE.US MOYERS, ANN MTM RECOGNITION

1,312.00 19,488.64 15,403.12 789.60 525.00 347.69 418.70 51.20 277.52 10,230.50 9,166.66 8,850.00 102.70 118.00 300.00 11,900.00 1,728.29 453.00 2,280.14 342.23 11,322.36

MULLER ENGINEERING COMPANY INC MYERS & SONS CONSTRUCTION LLC MYHRE, ABIGAYLE NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CONSTRUCTION INC NATIONWIDE EXPOS NAVCO TESTING NENSEL, ANN & RICHARD NEW COVENANT FELLOWSHIP CHURCH NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH NILEX CIVIL ENVIRONMENTAL GROUP NMS LABS NORTHWOODS CONSULTING PARTNERS INC NYBERG, DONOVAN ARLISS NYSTROM, SCOTT OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH CENTERS OF THE SOUTHWEST OLDCASTLE INFRASTRUCTURE ORACLE AMERICA INC

84,789.12 349,020.62 48.56 3,321.00 1,000.00 65.00 179.47 24,634.24 10.00 6,763.00 6,916.00 118,866.00 353.35 59.94

Dated: 4/15/2022 DAVID GILL DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: PETER Q. MURPHY Colorado Registration #: 23328 1775 SHERMAN STREET, SUITE 1950, DENVER, COLORADO 80203 Phone #: (303) 866-0119 Fax #: Attorney File #: 10615.471 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www. douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No. 2022-0052 First Publication: 6/16/2022 Last Publication: 7/14/2022 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Parker NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2022-0059 To Whom It May Concern: On 5/2/2022 8:38:00 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: JASON KISER AND GRETA KISER Original Beneficiary: U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 1/10/2020 Recording Date of DOT: 1/16/2020

Reception No. of DOT: 2020003822 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $1,300,000.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $1,297,863.15

Travel Expense School Safety Travel Expense Travel Expense Travel Expense Veteran Affairs Stipend Travel Expense Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder Professional Services Travel Expense Professional Services Travel Expense Asphalt Overlay Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder Business Personal Property Tax Rebate Postage & Delivery Service Crowfoot Valley Project Repair & Maintenance Service Tuition Reimbursement Gas Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder Travel Expense Travel Expense Travel Expense Service Contracts Lobbying Services Workers Compensation Claims Travel Expense Travel Expense Waste Disposal Services Accounting & Financial Services Electric Equipment Rental Clothing & Uniforms Travel Expense Operating Supplies & Recognition Programs Perry Park, Quebec, University & Lincoln Projects Trumbull Bridge Project Travel Expense Electrical Installation/Repairs Security Deposit Refund-Fairground Purchased Services Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder Building/Land Lease/Rent Printing/Copying/Reports Construction/Maintenance Materials Forensic Testing Software Renewal Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder Travel Expense

9,424.00 Recruitment Costs 2,400.00 Construction/Maintenance Materials 5,959.38 Software/Hardware Support/Maintenance ORMSBEE, SONIA 76.66 Travel Expense OUTSYSTEMS 15,200.00 Professional Services PACIFIC OFFICE AUTOMATION INC 6,823.67 Operating Supplies & Copier Charges PAGE, SARAH R 1,920.00 Tuition Reimbursement PANORAMA WELLNESS AND SPORTS INSTITUTE 10,000.00 Professional Services PARK VISTA BUILDERS INC 2,500.00 Escrow Payable PARK, HEUNGSOO 71.25 Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder PARKER WATER & SANITATION DISTRICT 2,776.16 Water & Sewer PARKWOOD HOMES 7,500.00 Escrow Payable PARRISH JR, ANTHONY 413.01 Travel Expense PATTERSON, SUSAN (PETTY CASH) 114.19 Operating Supplies PAWNEE BUTTES SEED INC 2,218.37 Construction/Maintenance Materials PAWS 4 PRODUCTIVITY LLC 450.00 Purchased Services PENRY, KEITH 595.90 Travel Expense PEPPARD, LORA 141.65 Instructor Travel PERMABAND INC 1,709.00 Operating Supplies PHOENIX SUPPLY LLC 6,170.20 Prisoner Maintenance Supplies PINERY WATER DISTRICT 8,230.00 Water & Sewer PLATTE RIVER ACADEMY 2,976.00 School Safety PMAM CORPORATION 20,311.05 Alarm Administration Expenses POO CREW LLC, THE 1,050.00 Pet Waste Removal POTTER, SHAWNA 436.90 Travel Expense PRATT, CHRISTOPHER 140.60 Travel Expense PRO COM - PRO COMPLIANCE 6,025.00 Medical, Dental & Vet Services PRO POLICE RALLY COLORADO 200.00 Security Deposit Refund-Fairground PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACADEMY 3,290.00 Conference, Seminar, Training Fees PROFIT SYSTEMS INC 13,202.50 Software/Hardware Support/Maintenance PUBLIC TRUST ADVISORS LLC 5,833.33 Accounting & Financial Services PUEBLO COUNTY COMMISSIONERS 80.00 Legal Services

QDC RANCH SERVICES LLC QUADIENT INC RALPH, TIM RAMIREZ, NANCY REAL TIME NETWORKS INC REIGRUT, LEEANN REMY, MARTIN RESPEC CONSULTING & SERVICES RICHMOND AMERICAN HOMES RIGHT ON LEARNING RINGLER, TRACIA RK WATER LLC RMS RECOVERY MONITORING SOLUTIONS ROADSAFE TRAFFIC SYSTEMS ROBERTS, DANIEL ROCK PARTS COMPANY, THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN AIR SOLUTIONS ROCKY MOUNTAIN MAIL SERVICES ROCKY MOUNTAIN SUNSCREEN ROCKY MOUNTAIN SWAG LLC ROGGEN FARMERS ELEVATOR ROMARY, CRAIG & JANET ROXBOROUGH WATER & SANITATION DISTRICT RS & H INC RST SOLUTIONS RUNBECK ELECTION SERVICES INC RUTKOWITZ, CHRISTA RYCHLICK, JASON RYLIE’S ARK SAFE SOFTWARE INC SAFETY AND CONSTRUCTION SUPPLY SAFEWARE INC SALT LAKE WHOLESALE SPORTS SANDOVAL ELEVATOR COMPANY LLC SAVAGE, DAVID SCHWEIZER EMBLEM COMPANY SCOTT, HEATHER C SEDALIA WATER & SANITATION SEDAM, PENNY SEMPERA SENTINEL TECHNOLOGIES

891.25 350.00 418.70 100.00 5,950.00 140.60 560.70 20,281.30 40,000.00 9,000.00 200.00 2,490.00 2,192.00 278.87 58.33 10,224.67 42.38 975.15 426.56 5,742.00 950.60 81.31 1,809.30 2,413.50 62,640.00 82,568.32 87.55 109.26 200.00 25,000.00 190.23 235.90 12,474.00 2,614.50 418.70 3,963.35 370.00 9,192.14 12,277.75 88,760.00 4,100.00

SGR LLC SHADY TREE SERVICE LLC SHEA HOMES LP SHILOH HOUSE SHUMS CODA ASSOCIATES SIRIUS COMPUTER SOLUTIONS INC

2,497.50 3,635.00 296,618.40 61,821.62 6,225.00 180,359.56

SITE WISE CORPORATION SKOPENOW SKY CLIFF CENTER SKYVIEW ACADEMY SLATE COMMUNICATIONS SMH WEST LLC SMITH DO PHD, GREGORY D SOHOLT, DONALD SOURCE OFFICE PRODUCTS SOUTH METRO FIRE RESCUE AUTHORITY SOUTH METRO FIRE RESCUE AUTHORITY SOUTHLAND MEDICAL LLC SPIRIT OF HOPE LUTHERAN CHURCH SPRADLIN PRINTING INC SPURLOCK, ANTHONY G. SQUARE I TECHNOLOGIES STANCIK, PAUL STATE OF COLORADO STATEWIDE INTERNET PORTAL AUTHORITY

20,000.00 36,000.00 18,567.66 6,250.00 1,380.00 123,043.85 300.00 11,155.00 1,281.22 601.52 59,045.00 607.76 14,900.00 3,440.27 418.70 7,520.00 200.26 21,242.49 623.28

STERLING CUSTOM HOMES INC STERLING RANCH COMMUNITY AUTHORITY BOARD STERN, JANE & JOHN STONEGATE VILLAGE METRO STRONG CONTRACTORS INC SUMMIT COVE CONSULTANTS LLC SUMMIT PATHOLOGY SUNSTATE EQUIPMENT COMPANY LLC SURBECK, JON T4S PARTNERS INC TAILOR STUDIO TEAL, GEORGE TECHNO RESCUE LLC TELLIGEN THOMAS, AMY THOMAS, BRETT M. THOMAS, LORA L THOMPSON JR, JIMMIE & LINDA THOMSEN, MICHAEL W THOMSON REUTERS WEST

2,500.00 22,895.00 33.20 1,069.26 62.17 1,665.00 105.00 295.91 262.08 12,150.00 278.00 399.56 18,315.99 13,343.23 410.90 493.24 528.43 340.91 650.00 3,410.67

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.

Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust and other violations of the terms thereof.

First Publication: 6/30/2022 Last Publication: 7/28/2022 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 5/2/2022 DAVID GILL DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust.

ANNA JOHNSTON Colorado Registration #: 51978 1391 Speer Boulevard, Suite 700, DENVER, COLORADO 80204 Phone #: (303) 350-3711 Fax #: Attorney File #: 00000009438110

Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 10, CENTENNIAL RANCH, EXCEPT THAT PORTION DESCRIBED IN DEED RECORDED NOVEMBER 8, 2001 IN BOOK 2177 AT PAGE 237, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO.

*YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www. douglas.co.us/publictrustee/

Which has the address of: 11621 Warrington Ct, Parker, CO 80138 NOTICE OF SALE

Legal Notice No. 2022-0059 First Publication: 6/30/2022 Last Publication: 7/28/2022 Publisher: Douglas County News Press

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.

PUBLIC NOTICE Parker NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2022-0063

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, August 24, 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

Douglas County Warrants

Continued From Last Page: Page 2 of 2 LOVELESS, ASHLEY LUTHERAN HIGH SCHOOL LYCAS, GEOFF LYLES, CELESTENE (TENA) LYNCH, ZEKE MAES, CHRIS D MALDONADO, MICHAEL MALINOSKY, MATTHEW MANNA RESOURCE CENTER MANNING, JEREMY MAPLE STAR COLORADO INC MARQUEZ, RYAN J MARTIN MARIETTA MATERIALS INC MARTIN MARIETTA MATERIALS INC MASTER MAGNETICS INC

First Publication: 6/16/2022 Last Publication: 7/14/2022 Publisher: Douglas County News Press

Purchased Services Purchased Services Travel Expense Security Deposit Refund-Fairground Computer Equipment Conference, Seminar, Training Fees Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder Professional Services Escrow Payable Tutoring Services Security Deposit Refund-Fairground Service Contracts UA Testing Paint & Road Striping Travel Expense Equipment & Motor Vehicle Parts Operating Supplies Postage & Delivery Service Repair & Maintenance Supplies Fair - Uniforms Guest Services Propane Bulk Delivery Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder Water & Sewer C-470 Trail Bridge Design Contract Work/Temporary Agency Printing - Envelopes, Inserts Travel Expense Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder Security Deposit Refund-Fairground Software Renewal Clothing & Uniforms Repair & Maintenance Service Firearm Supplies Service Contracts Travel Expense Clothing & Uniforms Travel Expense Waste Disposal Services Professional Services Contract Work/Temporary Agency Software/Hardware Support/Maintenance Legal Services Landscaping Service Escrow Payable Child Welfare Services New Elevator Installations Computer Equipment Server Lifecycle Replacement Escrow Payable Software Renewal Developmental Disabilities Grant School Safety Professional Services Baldwin Dam Project Medical, Dental & Vet Services Right-of-Way Easement Office Supplies Building/Land Lease/Rent SWAT Services 2021 Operating Supplies Right-of-Way Easement Printing/Copying/Reports Travel Expense Professional Services Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder Postage & Delivery Service Software/Hardware Support/Maintenance Escrow Payable Escrow Payable Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder Water & Sewer Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder Professional Services Forensic Testing Operating Supplies Travel Expense Professional Services Clothing & Uniforms Travel Expense Waste Disposal Services Wellness Program Travel Expense Travel Expense Travel Expense Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder Veteran Affairs Stipend Software/Hardware Support/Maintenance

To Whom It May Concern: On 5/6/2022 3:11:00 PM the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County.

Original Grantor: KAITLIN HAMOR

THORNTON, LUKE 909.90 TIGER CORRECTIONAL SERVICES 58,389.20 TO THE RESCUE 7,600.00 TORO COMPANY 14,110.20 TOWN OF CASTLE ROCK 718,274.64 TOWN OF CASTLE ROCK 277,213.00 TOWN OF LARKSPUR 95.68 TOWN OF LARKSPUR 901.05 TOWN OF PARKER 430,056.29 TOWN OF PARKER 266,093.98 TPM STAFFING SERVICES 867.97 TRAEGER, JOSHUA 584.74 TRAFFIC SIGNAL CONTROLS INC 11,173.00 TRI-COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT 1,379,608.98 TRI-TECH FORENSICS 370.50 TST INFRASTRUCTURE LLC 677.50 TUCKER, TODD B 418.70 TW CABLE LLC 1,900.00 UMB BANK 1,067.22 UNCC-UTILITY NOTIFICATION CENTER OF COLORADO 1,635.40 UNITED REPROGRAPHIC SUPPLY INC 5.53 UNITED SITE SERVICES 160.00 UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE 45,265.00 UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL 1,258.99 URBAN LABORATORIES LLC 19.80 28.24 URBANSKI, LYNDA US BANK NA 6,401.00 UTRERA, OLIVIA 200.00 VAN WINKLE, CHERI A 304.20 VANCE BROTHERS INC 57,244.10 VERICOUR LLC 2,380.00 VERITRACE INC 1,722.00 VETERAN ENHANCED INC 11,200.00 VISITING ANGELS VOSS SIGNS LLC WAGNER EQUIPMENT COMPANY WAGNER, JEREMY WALK-N-ROLL INC WALTER, GARY WALZ, ELIZABETH WARN, BETTE E WARNER, CAITLIN WATER & EARTH TECHNOLOGIES INC WATERWAY CARWASH WAVESPARK TECHNOLOGY SERVICES WEAR PARTS & EQUIPMENT COMPANY INC WEBOLUTIONS INC

56,256.85 3,272.60 8,889.00 79.56 1,454.05 155.90 87.55 153.97 110.04 14,024.93 544.50 750.00 584.03 33,846.00

WEEKLY, DARREN WEIS, KEITH WEIS, KEITH WELLER, RONALD & DONNA CLARK WELLS ANDERSON & RACE LLC WELLS FARGO BANK NA

418.70 16,353.17 2,884.47 83.24 12,017.50 2,502.08

WELLSPRING COMMUNITY WESTERN PAPER DISTRIBUTORS WESTSIDE TOWING INC WILSON & COMPANY INC WINGATE, ROYCE WISE, MICHAEL J WIZ-QUIZ DRUG SCREENING SERVICE WORLD DATA PRODUCTS INC WPRA-WOMEN’S PROFESSIONAL RODEO ASSOCIATION WUBBEN, SAMANTHA XCEL ENERGY XILLIO US INC YANTIS, DONALD R YEGGY, RYAN YEGGY, RYAN ZAK DIRT INC ZAVADIL, DUANE ZAYO GROUP LLC ZEILER, CAITLIN

20,678.00 2,044.64 9,020.85 3,125.98 418.70 218.33 254.00 29,146.92

TOTAL AMOUNT OF DISBURSEMENTS FOR THE MONTH OF MAY 2022

20.00 27.85 43,470.18 11,780.00 412.80 118.00 705.00 537,122.06 4,750.00 48,250.00 370.00

Insurance Claims-Liability Inmate Meals Transportation Services Grant Professional Services Due to Castle Rock-MV License Intergovernmental-Castle Rock Due to Larkspur-MV License Intergovernmental-Larkspur Due to Parker - MV License Intergovernmental-Parker Contract Work/Temporary Agency Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder Traffic Signal Parts Public Health Services Operating Supplies Road-Street Drainage-Engineering Travel Expense Traffic Signal Parts Banking Service Fees Professional Services Operating Supplies Waste Disposal Services Postage & Delivery Service Professional Services Purchased Services Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder Bank Fees Security Deposit Refund-Fairground Travel Expense Asphalt & Asphalt Filler Contract Work/Temporary Agency Office Supplies Software/Hardware Support/Maintenance Senior Services Grant Operating Supplies Equipment & Motor Vehicle Parts Travel Expense Equipment & Motor Vehicle Parts Travel Expense Travel Expense Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder Travel Expense Flood Warning Maintenance Fleet Outside Repairs Purchased Services Operating Supplies Website Projects & Software/Hardware Support Travel Expense Professional Services Travel Expense Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder Legal Services Banking Service Fees & Operating Supplies Developmental Disabilities Grant Janitorial & Operating Supplies Vehicle Tow Services Road-Street Drainage-Engineering Travel Expense Meeting Expense Purchased Services Wireless Installation - Event Center Fair - Flag & Banner Fee Travel Expense Utilities/Electric & Gas Software Migration Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder Travel Expense Tuition Reimbursement C-470 Trail Project Insurance Claims-Liability Traffic Signal Parts Travel Expense

$22,937,967.68

THE ABOVE AND FOREGOING IS A CONDENSED STATEMENT OF THE BILLS APPROVED FOR PAYMENT DURING THE MONTH OF MAY 2022 BY THE DOUGLAS COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS UNDER WHOSE DIRECTION THIS NOTICE IS PUBLISHED. N. ANDREW COPLAND, CPA, DIRECTOR OF FINANCE Legal Notice No.: 942297 First Publication: June 30, 2022

Last Publication: June 30, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

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Summer baseball gets clubby Many players spend season with teams not connected to their high schools

BY JIM BENTON JBENTON@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Summer baseball in Colorado for players of high school age is still the same but in some ways very different.

That might sound contradictory, but it is not.

Development is still the main reason why young athletes spend their summers playing baseball.

However, many players are not playing with their high school teammates, but rather joining club teams or organizations that on many occasions travel to out-ofstate tournaments.

“Everybody played for their high schools back in the day but nobody hardly does now,” said Cherry Creek coach Marc Johnson. “We’re one of the few high school teams around the state in the summer.

Most kids play at the club level.

“The teams are better now. They are better than the high school teams because they get the better kids out of each high school.”

Most summer baseball divides the players into age groups from U9 to U18.

The Slammers team has two locations. The south facility is in

Slammers shortstop Thomas Stewart, a player at Mullen High School, puts a tag on Cherry Creek’s Eddie Esquivel (40) during a U17 game on June 21. Esquivel was safe with a stolen base and Cherry Creek rallied in the bottom of the ninth inning to pull out PHOTOS BY JIM BENTON a 17-16 victory.

Arapahoe County and the north is in Broomfield.

Development and instruction remains the main reason for playing summer baseball.

“Our facilities are for 8-year-olds to 14,” said Jeff Jenkins, the Slammers GM.“We’re just a training

facility. We also coach and train high school teams.

“Winning is a byproduct of development. But what changed the landscape is not facilities, travel and all that, it was the parents and the kids.

“Parents think their kids can

play in the MLB when they are five years old. Crazy stuff. Dad coaches don’t understand how difficult it is to get into college or the major leagues. Our philosophy here is just we want to make better ball players that can be varsity contributors at the high school.”

Summer baseball can be expensive, especially for teams that travel. Time magazine wrote an article a few years ago that said youth sports was a $15.3 billion industry with all the coaching, travel and apps included.

It could cost around $3,000 a season to play summer baseball depending on the organization and team.

“It’s expensive and they travel a lot too,” added Johnson. “In the old days, it took everything you could do to get guys to play.”

Jenkins added, “We preach academics, good citizenship and we also preach getting better at what you are paying money for, which is baseball.”

The Slammers are one of several baseball clubs in the south metro area. Some of the others are Gameday Baseball in Parker, USA Prime Baseball in Littleton, Lighting Baseball in Parker and Line Drive Baseball in Castle Rock.

“It is what it is,” said Johnson.

“It’s changed a lot. It’s more club baseball than it is school baseball.

The only thing the schools have any advantage now is we have the fields.”

Public Notices AND CHRISTOPHER EDWARDS Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR CARRINGTON MORTGAGE SERVICES, LLC, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: CARRINGTON MORTGAGE SERVICES, LLC Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 10/7/2020 Recording Date of DOT: 10/9/2020 Reception No. of DOT: 2020098428 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $515,465.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $504,925.60 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 3, BLOCK 3, CLARKE FARMS SUBDIVISION, FILING NO. 6B, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 10621 Clarke Farms Drive , 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, August 24, 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: 6/30/2022 Last Publication: 7/28/2022 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 5/9/2022 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 #: 22-027329 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www. douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No. 2022-0063 First Publication: June 30, 2022 Last Publication: July 28, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press PUBLIC NOTICE Parker NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2022-0062 To Whom It May Concern: On 5/6/2022 3:11:00 PM the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County.

Original Grantor: MELANIE S WARD AND LAURIE L WARD Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR AIR ACADEMY FEDERAL CREDIT UNION, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: PHH MORTGAGE CORPORATION Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 5/8/2009 Recording Date of DOT: 5/22/2009 Reception No. of DOT: 2009038729 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $292,800.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $263,081.27 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 6, BLOCK 7, JORDAN CROSSING FILING NO. 1, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO Which has the address of: 17084 Blue Indigo Lane , Parker, CO 80134 NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, August 24, 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: 6/30/2022 Last Publication: 7/28/2022 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 5/9/2022 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 #: 22-027470 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www. douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal notice No. 2022-0062 First Publication: June 30, 2022 Last Publication: July 28, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press PUBLIC NOTICE Parker NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2022-0060 To Whom It May Concern: On 5/3/2022 8:22:00 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: DAREN LANE MILLER II AND SHIRLEY JEAN MILLER Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR AMERICAN LIBERTY MORTGAGE, INC. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: FLAGSTAR BANK Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 2/19/2019 Recording Date of DOT: 2/21/2019 Reception No. of DOT: 2019008837 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $465,503.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $457,610.13 Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust and other violations of the terms thereof.

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

Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 32, VILLAGES OF PARKER FILING NO. 30, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO.

Which has the address of: 23155 Milford Ln, Parker, CO 80138 NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, August 24, 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: 6/30/2022 Last Publication: 7/28/2022 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 5/3/2022 DAVID GILL DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: ANNA JOHNSTON Colorado Registration #: 51978 1391 Speer Boulevard, Suite 700, DENVER, COLORADO 80204 Phone #: (303) 350-3711 Fax #: Attorney File #: 00000009497348 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www. douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No. 2022-0060 First Publication: 6/30/2022 Last Publication: 7/28/2022 Publisher: Douglas County News Press

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