Parker Chronicle 081723

County, Parker enter IGA for $20M road extension

BY HALEY LENA HLENA@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

e Parker Town Council approved an Intergovernmental Agreement, or IGA, with Douglas County to share construction costs related to the ongoing Dransfeldt Road Extension Project.

While still needing nal approval from the Douglas County Commission, the IGA calls for the county to contribute $8 million to the estimated $20 million project.

e extension involves Dransfeldt Road south of Twenty Mile Road, over Cherry Creek, connecting to Motsenbocker Road. Part of the expansion is located in unincorporated Douglas County, requiring the coordinated e ort.

e original agreement for the design was amended in 2019, again in 2021 and 2022 for funding to complete the project design.

e extension includes improvements to Motsenbocker Road from the Todd Drive intersection to the proposed new Dransfeldt and Motsenbocker intersection as well as improvements from the new Dransfeldt and Motsenbocker intersection to the Longland Parkway intersection.

Douglas County requested a new IGA for construction funding rather than continuously re-amending the existing agreement.

“Both the town, sta and county sta thought that it was better if we just started a new IGA to fund the construction e ort of this project,” said Director of Public Works and Engineering Tom Williams.

According to a document provided to the town, this construction IGA acknowledges the town’s other agreement with the Mile High Flood District and the Cherry

Creek Basin Water Quality Authority for the oodway improvements.

As part of the expansion, crews plan to build the bridge as a three lane section.

“We have designed and will construct the superstructure — which

is the foundation of the bridge,” said Williams. “If it ever does need to be widened in the future, we can accommodate that for future expansion.”

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Vicinity map of the Dransfeldt Road Extension to Motsenbocker Road. The map shows the proposed Motsenbocker Road alignment and the proposed Dransfeldt Road crossing of Cherry Creek. COURTESY OF THE TOWN OF PARKER ENGINEERING AND PUBLIC WORKS

School district seeks $66M mill levy override, $484M bond

Voters decide Nov. 7

BY MCKENNA HARFORD MHARFORD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Voters in Douglas County and northwestern Elbert County will be asked in November to approve a $66 million mill levy override and $484 million bond for the school district to invest in increasing sta pay and building three new schools.

During the Aug. 8 meeting, the school board voted unanimously to approve ballot language for the bond and mill levy override, as well as a bond plan and salary schedule, which outlines how all of the money will be spent.

Superintendent Erin Kane said the district needs the funding to offer competitive pay and address the need for new schools and building maintenance. Since the bond and mill levy questions failed last November, Kane said the district’s situation has gotten more dire.

“In 2022, it was urgent and we have de nitely reached critical,” she said, pointing to the district’s move to rolling cancellations for bus routes and numerous vacant positions, including 52 teachers, 155 educational assistants and 104 bus drivers.

e $66 million mill levy override would be used exclusively for sta pay and bene ts and school security sta , while the $484 million bond would go to the district’s capital needs.

If the mill levy override were to pass, teachers would get an average 9% raise, classi ed sta would see a 9% raise and other sta would receive a 7% raise. e increase would make Douglas County’s starting pay $50,182, which is more comparable to surrounding districts. e current starting pay is $45,209.

e mill levy override ask includes $6 million to fund additional school resource o cers and school security specialists.

A majority of the bond, $226 million, would be dedicated to building elementary schools in Sterling Ranch, the Canyons and Crystal Valley. e bond would also fund security updates, building maintenance, career and technical education, special education and athlet-

ics and activities.

If both the bond and mill levy override pass, taxpayers would see a $20 increase per $100,000 of their residential property value. For example, a $1 million home would pay $200 per year.

School board members were united in their support for the funding measures.

“When I look at the consequences of not putting these measures on the ballot, I simply cannot look the other direction,” said Vice President Christy Williams . “Our teachers are doing more for less, but that is only realistic for so long.”

Several community members, students and district sta also urged the board to support the bond and mill levy override.

Olivia Abeyta, Kennedy Lay eld and Kaitlin Anderson, seniors at Chaparral High School, said they’ve experienced how a lack of funding impacts their school, including seeing teachers leave, learning in leaky classrooms and using old technology.

“Funding is truly the most important thing to ensure that future students experience what we did growing up,” Lay eld said. “With all of the wonderful opportunities DCSD has given students, why stop now?”

A few speakers questioned the timing of asking for more funding during a year where property taxes will increase. e Douglas County GOP issued a statement opposing the bond and mill levy override because of the tax increase.

However, none of the speakers denied Douglas County’s funding needs.

Christa Gilstrap, campaign manager for Invest in DCSD, the political issue committee supporting the funding questions, said she’s feeling optimistic as more people than last year are already donating and volunteering.

“I’m happy to report that this year not only did we not lose momentum, but we have gained it,” Gilstrap said. “We’re seeing the community come together to support our schools. We’ve already raised almost as much as money this year as we did the entire campaign last year.”

Invest in DCSD is hosting a campaign launch party from 2-5 p.m. Aug. 13 at Rhyolite Park in Crystal Valley.

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Turning the page to our next chapter

NOTE FROM THE PUBLISHER

Dear readers and supporters: Today begins a new chapter for this newspaper and Colorado Community Media, and we’re excited to share updates on our move to a new printing facility, why that matters and news of the upcoming launch of a revamped website.

We conducted a comprehensive analysis of options, aiming to keep costs down and changes as minimal as possible while understanding that Colorado’s Front Range has limited printing facilities available.

We’re pleased to share that we identi ed a nearby printer that is capable of taking on our products and began printing there this week. While the move won’t cause signi cant changes to our newspapers, you’ll likely notice a few di erences.

We also had to make tweaks to some delivery times, as well as more closely aligning some of our publications geographically. As a subscriber, you may not even notice these changes; the goal was to streamline our work behind the scenes to keep production and delivery as consistent as possible.

dedicate an upcoming column to these improvements, but will share a few speci cs here, too:

— Our publications will soon be under one umbrella, meaning you can easily shift from one local news source to another to learn more about communities across the region.

— With more multimedia elements, including audio and videos, we’re making our stories more inclusive.

Linda Shapley

In June, we learned that the facility that prints our portfolio of two dozen weekly newspapers and magazines would be closing this month. At the time, we pledged to nd a solution that would ensure little to no disruption to our printing and distribution schedule.

e most notable change is the size of our newspapers. Moving to a di erent press, regardless of which option we landed on, necessitated altering the page size. at means a slightly smaller page. Despite the change, you can still expect the same volume of local news stories, advertisements and other features we’re committed to providing to you.

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— e website will be easier to navigate and update as news happens. ere’s much more to come on that front, and I look forward to sharing additional details soon. In the meantime, thank you for your support of local journalism –– we couldn’t do this without our members, advertisers and readers.

Linda Shapley is the publisher of Colorado Community Media.

REVERSE MORTGAGES MADE EASY

Douglas County School District started the school year on Aug. 8 missing hundreds of sta , from teachers to bus drivers. District administrators, teachers and principals rang alarm bells at the Aug. 8 school board meeting.

Douglas County School District grapples with sta shortages

BY MCKENNA HARFORD MHARFORD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Douglas County School District is starting the school year down hundreds of sta , from teachers to bus drivers, because of a lack of competitive pay.

Compared to surrounding districts of similar size, Douglas County o ers some of the lowest salaries and hourly wages for teachers, education assistants and bus drivers, though not for a lack of appreciation.

School districts received an 8% funding increase from the state for the 2023-24 school year, but Douglas County lags behind in o ering competitive salaries and wages because of di erences in locally provided funding, Superintendent Erin Kane said.

“Over time, as our neighbors have passed mill levy override after mill levy override, their funding per student continues to increase,” Kane said.

Douglas County receives $1,167 per student through mill levy overrides, which is less than Denver Public Schools ($3,308 per student), Littleton Public Schools ($3,240 per student), Cherry Creek School District ($3,239 per student) and Je erCo School District ($1,910 per student).

is year, by drawing down district reserves, Douglas County was able to raise starting teacher salaries from $43,680 to $45,209. However, other districts also raised their starting salaries.

Cherry Creek School District starts teachers at $57,000; Denver Public Schools starts at $54,141; Je Co School District o ers $50,000; and Littleton Public Schools’ teachers start at $51,274.

One Legend High School teacher left the district on the rst day of

school for a job in Cherry Creek, his colleague told the school board at the Aug. 8 meeting.

Several district sta voiced concern about the impacts of the sta shortages that night. Julie Crawford, a principal at Eldorado Elementary, said hiring over the summer was a struggle for schools.

“ e decrease in the applicant pool and the scarcity of qualied candidates have been deeply concerning,” she said. “Simply put, it is not that we have unquali ed applicants, it’s that we have zero applicants.”

Douglas County has 52 teacher openings currently, which is similar to the number of openings last year, 59, but has had fewer applicants for the openings compared to last year, Kane said. Kane added that more candidates are declining job o ers than last year.

Other positions have seen a more signi cant increase in openings. Last year, the district started with 75 open bus driver positions and 98 open education assistant roles. is year, the district is short 104 bus drivers and 155 education assistants.

Kane said the shortages mean the district has had to rely more on substitute teachers, contracting with third-parties for transportation for special education students and instituting rolling cancellations of bus routes.

“It means an increased work load for our employees because when you’re down a teacher, all the other teachers are trying to pick up the slack left behind,” she said.

In an e ort to address hiring and sta retention, the school board approved ballot language for a $66 million mill levy override at the Aug. 8 meeting. e money would go to increasing pay and bene ts, as well as adding security sta .

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What’s happening with your County government?

Our commitment to open and transparent government includes online posting of information about public meetings at which the business of government is conducted. To view public meeting agendas, participate in-person or remotely, or watch select meetings, visit douglas.co.us and search for Business Meetings.

Older Adults: Tell us what you need

If you are approaching retirement age, living in retirement or know and care about an aging adult in Douglas County, we want to hear from you. Join your Board of Douglas County Commissioners at several listening sessions in July and August to help inform services and policies for older adults in Douglas County. For dates, times and locations, visit douglas.co.us and search “Older Adult Initiative”

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Laydon criticizes Thomas during public meeting regarding newsletter

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

One of Douglas County’s elected leaders criticized his colleague for writing about a funding advisory board in a way he compared to “doxing” after a disagreement about how arts and culture money should be spent.

“We had our SCFD (Scienti c and Culture Facilities District) board show up with their hair on re because you had released information about them, attacked them in a newsletter apparently and said things that really made them not want to work with us,”

Commissioner Abe Laydon said to Commissioner Lora omas during an Aug. 8 meeting of county o cials.

e Scienti c and Cultural Facilities District is a government body that includes seven counties in the Denver metro area. One penny on every $10 in sales and use tax collected goes to the district to fund organizations that provide arts or science programs, the district’s website says.

e metro area’s largest cultural organizations — such as the Denver Museum of Nature and Science and the Denver Zoo — receive speci c amounts of funding.

But counties also make decisions about how the tax revenue is spent. Each county receives a share of the tax collected, and then county

cultural councils review applications from organizations and make recommendations on their county’s funding priorities, the district’s website says.

ose recommendations are then reviewed and approved by the county commissioners or a city council and the SCFD board of directors.

omas’ email newsletter took issue with the actions of the Douglas County Cultural Council.

“ is year there was more funding available for distribution than there were requests, but (Douglas County) commissioners did not learn about this windfall until after the council had made recommendations,” omas wrote in an Aug. 6 newsletter.

Organizations outside of Douglas County that can prove that they provide services to county residents are eligible for funding, according to omas’ newsletter. For example, Dinosaur Ridge in Je erson County has received funding from Douglas County in the past because it can show Douglas County residents visit that venue, she wrote.

But “I felt strongly that after all of the requests for funding had been ful lled, that the Cultural Council should disperse the additional $500,000 only to organizations located in Douglas County, such as the Highlands Ranch Cultural A airs, the Lone Tree Symphony Orchestra, the Performing Arts Academy and the

Cherokee Ranch and Castle,” omas wrote.

“Laydon agreed with me, and the commissioners sent an email to the cultural council requesting that it meet to reconsider its recommendations and only provide the windfall funds to Douglas County-based organizations,” she continued.

e county Cultural Council recently met, and the request to keep the dollars in Douglas County failed on a 5-2 vote, according to omas’ newsletter.

omas’ newsletter criticized the decision and said: “I would like to give credit and applaud the courage of Cultural Council members Ann Speer and Sid Simonson who voted in the minority to respect Douglas County taxpayers and organizations.”

e newsletter then included a link that read: “Click here for a roster of the cultural council members.” It led to a page on the county’s website that describes the cultural council and lists its members.

“I call it doxing,” Laydon said at the Aug. 8 meeting of commissioners and other county o cials.

e Merriam-Webster website denes “doxing” as “to publicly identify or publish private information about (someone) especially as a form of punishment or revenge.”

But whatever a person calls it, “I don’t think that’s productive, and I

don’t think that’s respectful,” Laydon said.

omas responded that she shared the names of two individuals who voted on the cultural council for the distributions to be “done the way you and I had requested.” She added that the link to all the board members’ names is public information on the county’s website.

Said Laydon: “ e way in which you characterize our volunteers can be negative even when it is true ... e credibility of what we do as a county is undermined when we’re attacking volunteers.”

omas said the volunteers agreed to serve on a board that distributes large amounts of money.

“I know from working with you, Lora, that you are deeply committed to the service of our citizens. You’re punctual, organized and you want to do what’s right. And you’re committed to the truth, and I get that, and I respect that, and I respect your service,” Laydon said. “But I think the way you go about approaching it is often very detrimental to your interests and the county’s.”

omas’ newsletter said a recommendation is due to SCFD for funding by Aug. 11. at is after Colorado Community Media’s deadline for this story.

For updated informaiton, visit douglascountynewspress.net.

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Customer service doesn’t stop with your customers. Whether you are in the restaurant business, a retail outlet or a local service provider, your actions can serve to protect our waterways. Being conscious of good housekeeping practices, such as washing mats indoors, keeping lids closed on garbage cans and disposing of oils, detergents and grease properly, helps keep harmful contaminants out of our waterways.

Local stormwater agencies are teaming together to bring you this message. We take this so seriously that we posted this ad rather than send you more garbage in the mail. One thing is clear: our creeks, rivers and lakes depend on you.

Highlands Ranch resident Yvette Gunther celebrates 101st birthday

on an international trip, going all around the globe to places like Japan to see Mount Fujiyama as well Gunther said the only places she hasn’t gone are Russia, India and

With beautiful clear blue water, Gunther said the South Paci c was her favorite destination. She and her husband went there on their

While in China, she fell in love with the art of traditional Chinese “ at’s where I saw this Chinese dancing,” said Gunther. “I saw those fans and those beautiful ribbons.” Gunther knew she had to learn

She performed the style of dance for the talent portion of beauty pageants - where she tied for for Ms. Senior Colorado one year- and performed at her 100th birthday party. Gunther’s life so far has been lled with loving people and amazing memories from around the world and she does not want to stop.

No matter what it is, Gunther encourages others to never stop

“I o er everybody the choice to do something all the time,” said Gunther. “Don’t just sit around, look at

Highlands Ranch resident Yvette Gunther celebrates her 101st birthday with friends and family at Northridge Park. Always full of energy, Gunther wears her purple happy birthday tiara as she enjoys the potluck.

PHOTO BY HALEY LENA

Highlands Ranch fireworks rescheduled to December

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

After concerns over weather led o cials to cancel a Fourth of July reworks show in Highlands Ranch, the display is now rescheduled for Dec. 16, according to Douglas County.

Fireworks are planned to launch at Highland Heritage Regional Park, but o cials are asking the public to watch the show at other locations.

“ ese are going to be so high and so bright that you’re going to be able to see them from your house in Highlands Ranch,” said Wendy Holmes, spokesperson for Douglas County.

Fireworks shows also took place in Douglas County in mid-December in 2021, when the reworks sites at Rueter-Hess Reservoir and Griggs Road in the Highlands Ranch area both resulted in brush res, according to a post on Twitter from South Metro Fire Rescue at the time.

“(South Metro Fire) was on site … when they occurred and additional resources were called to help,” the post says. “No injuries occurred and no structures were threatened.”

O cials put on reworks shows in December 2021 because of delays in the preceding months due to concerns about dryness, Holmes said. Asked about reworks and re risk, the county pointed to its approval process for professional rework displays in unincorporated Douglas County.

Unincorporated areas, like Highlands Ranch, are parts of the county that sit outside of corporated cities and towns.

“ e following, sequential process is shared to ensure you are aware of all that must occur to ensure the highest level of safety by anyone producing a professional reworks display in Douglas County,” the county’s website says.

Among other steps, that process includes:

• A professional “condition analysis” and a meeting a week before the display to determine whether it’s safe to proceed as planned. County commissioners will have a discussion with re protection agencies and law enforcement to gather input on current launch conditions. Based on this meeting, a decision will be made to proceed or cancel.

• A “site inspection” prior to the

day of the event, along with approval from the re protection agency. e process can involve “site improvements” to mitigate risk based on recommendations and conditions — that can include mowing and trenching.

• A re protection personnel inspection on the day of the event.

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e process takes into account re restrictions and a “site security” review.

• And a nal decision, a “go / no go” for the event.

Information about current re restrictions in Douglas County, as determined by the sheri ’s o ce, is available at the county O ce of

Emergency Management’s webpage at tinyurl.com/DouglasFireRestriction.

In the interest of public safety, Douglas County law enforcement asks the public to plan ahead and honor road closures as well as the “No Parking” signs near the launch site, the county’s website says.

Yoga in the Park

Join RidgeGate and South Suburban Parks and Recreation for free community yoga classes on the grass at the south end of Belvedere Park, at the corner of RidgeGate Circle and Belvedere Lane. Please bring your own mat, water bottle and towel to all classes. In case of heavy rain or lightning, class will be cancelled.

Tuesday, August 29th, 6:30-7:30pm

Guided Nature Hikes

Each year, RidgeGate teams up with the South Suburban Parks and Recreation District to provide free, guided nature hikes. These hikes are led by professional naturalists from the district, and offer insight and education into the natural ecosystems within the open space at RidgeGate. Registration is required and available at RidgeGate.com

Thursday, August 24th, 6-7:30pm – Leave No Trace

Wednesday, August 30th, 7-8:30pm – Blue Moon

Saturday, September 2nd, 7:30-9pm – Snacks Under the Stars

Friday, September 8th, 5:30-7pm – Reptiles in the Region

Friday, September 29th, 6:30-8pm – Harvest Moon

Sunday, October 8th, 4-5:30pm – Amazing Corvids

Friday, October 20th - 5-6:30pm – Stories from the Heart

Saturday, October 28th, 5:30-7pm – Hunter’s Moon

Experience Historic Schweiger Ranch

The restoration of the 38-acre historic Schweiger Ranch, led by the Schweiger Ranch Foundation, gives us a glimpse into settlers’ lives. Today, the ranch is open to the public for self-guided visits and a variety of events throughout the year. Register for or learn more about these events online at SchweigerRanch.org

Saturday, August 19th, 10-11am – Guided Public Tour

Saturday, August 19th, 6-7:30pm – Campfire Storytelling Series (Ranger Trey)

Wednesday, August 30th, 7-8:30pm – Natural Heritage Walking Tours with SSPRD (Blue Moon & Bats)

Saturday, September 9th, 10-11am – Guided Public Tour)

Saturday, September 23rd, 6-7:30pm – Natural Heritage Walking Tours with SSPRD (Urban Coyotes)

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Town to ask residents to change charter in November election

BY HALEY LENA HLENA@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Although there are no new candidates or town council members up for reelection this fall, Parker citizens will be asked to weigh in on multiple ballot questions in coordination with the Douglas County election.

On May 1, the town council passed a resolution in order to participate in the Nov. 7 election. Under the Uniform Election Code, the town and county must enter into an intergovernmental agreement, or IGA, to conduct the election.

e town has appropriated $45,000 for the 2023 special election in the budget.

It is estimated the coordinated election will cost $75,000 due to the length of the town’s ballot questions.

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item on the ballot will also increase, said Town Clerk Chris Vanderpool.

“To be more transparent, we need more text length,” said Vanderpool. “To show that transparency and to educate the public on what they’re voting for.”

According to Councilmember Joshua Rivero, the town publishes the stricken law as well as the new law,

see what they are speci cally voting for.

e upcoming election will include four ballot questions, which will involve charter changes, said Vanderpool.

e charter, also known as the Home Rule Charter, is the legal framework of how the town’s government operates, essentially working like a constitution. Changes to the charter can only be approved

by voters, said Andy Anderson, a spokesperson for the

e four ballot questions are posted on the Town of Parker website. Anderson said the town’s attorneys are currently working to create summaries for the public in the next few weeks.

e Town Council Request Forms for each of the ballot questions can be found on the June 20 Town Council Meeting agenda.

Rivero said it’s important for the public to understand a $30,000 increase in the town’s ballot questions as it is part of the town’s constitution.

“I think that $30,000 is a small price to pay to give the public a chance to make a more educated decision in the voting process,” said Rivero.

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As the Cherry Creek trail will be going underneath the bridge, the underside of the bridge will provide lights in addition to the trail connections and roadways.

Douglas County will commit $8 million toward the project, with Parker agreeing to maintain the roadway in the future.

Councilmember John Diak thanked Douglas County for their support in the project.

Funding has also been appropriated in the town’s Streets Capital Projects Fund.

e construction is estimated to exceed $20 million, said Williams.

Construction of the roadway improvements is anticipated to start in the fourth quarter of 2023 or the rst quarter of 2024 following the oodway improvements.

e roadway IGA has a exible construction award

date of July 31, 2024 and a substantial completion date set for May 1, 2026.  With Parker’s approval, the agreement will still need nal approval from Douglas County Commissioners. Commissioners are slated to discuss the agreement at a later date.

In other business

e council approved two contracts, the rst being the Bradbury Ranch Drive Emergency Repair contract modi cation for a total of $600,000.

Following the collapse of a corrugated metal culvert pipe under Bradbury Ranch Drive in June, town council rati ed an emergency repair contract for $300,000 with Naranjo Civil Constructors.  Bradbury Ranch Drive was reopened to the public on July 21.

e town’s design consultant recommended the addition of an energy dissipation structure at the downstream end of the proposed culvert plus adjustment of the culvert grades and an extension of the cul-

vert to reduce the potential of downstream erosion.

Williams said they decided to replace the entire pipe all at once so they did not have to inconvenience the public again at a later date.

Funding for this emergency repair will be paid for by the Stormwater Utility Fund and the Roadway Capital Fund.

e council also approved a contract in the amount of $651,547 with Anderson Mason Dale Architects for the Town Hall Expansion Project.

Bob Exstrom with the engineering and public works department said the total four amendments for this project were planned when they executed the contract.

e next round of design services includes advancing the preliminary design, preparing the required Site Plan Amendment Submittal and conducting workshops with directors and deputies to review the proposed design development progress, among other things.

Services covered in this

contract amendment are anticipated to take about ve months to complete.

e renovations for the project will include relocating sta from Old Town Hall to the expansion space as the condition of Old Town Hall is deteriorating, requiring continuous repairs.  e demolition date of Old Town Hall - a separate project - is yet to be determined, said Exstrom.

Construction is anticipated to start in the second quarter of 2024 and is tentatively scheduled to be completed in 2025.

Funding has been appropriated for this second amendment in the 2023 Town Hall Expansion fund.

Councilmembers Joshua Rivero and Laura Hefta said this project is not growth in government.

Rivero said by consolidating everyone into one building, the expansion will allow a more e cient use of government.

“ is is allowing our government to do its job into the future, in a safe environment,” said Hefta.

Town of Parker councilmembers Joshua Rivero on the left and Anne Barrington on the right, listening to a presentation.

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Programs have need for adult volunteers

BY COURTNEY FAY SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA

e numerous bene ts of youth sports have been heavily researched and well-documented. Children who participate in youth sport programs are more likely to build lasting friendships, develop traits such as respect and kindness and are better able to focus academically. By participating in youth sport programs, children also develop important skills not only related to their speci c sport, but also how to work as a team, discipline, problemsolving and e ective communication.

With the school year in full swing and cooler months around the corner, now is a great time to check out upcoming youth sport programs your kids may enjoy. Registration for the Elizabeth Park & Recreation District’s winter basketball programs open Sept. 1.

e Youth Basketball program is a co-ed league and open to children between the ages of six and 12. Teams will have one practice and one game each week beginning in January. According to elizabethpr. com, the fee for this program is still being established.

Another option for boys ages 12-14 is the Boys Travel Basketball league. is league will have one practice during the week in Elizabeth and play weekend games at the Parker Fieldhouse on Saturday afternoons. e fee for this program is listed at $96. Typical start times for practices will be between 5:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., utilizing the school’s gymnasiums after regular school hours.

If your child’s interests go beyond basketball, you can nd some other options in either Parker or Castle Rock. In addition to basketball (ages 6-12), the Town of Parker o ers lacrosse (ages 6-14) or soccer (ages 6-18). You can view these options and register by visiting parkerrec. com/youthsports. e Town of Castle Rock o ers basketball (K-8), youth fencing (ages 8 and up), inline hockey (second grade-high school), or competitive softball (8U-14U). For younger children, monthly clinics are also o ered for baseball (Blastball ages 3-5), basketball (Little Dribblers ages 3-5) and volleyball (Little Spikes ages 6-8).

More information and registration details for these programs can be found at www.recreation.crgov.com.

Soccer Buddies o ers soccer programs for kids ranging in age from 15 months up to 12 years. With locations in Colorado Springs, Monument, Castle Rock, Lone Tree, Centennial and Highlands Ranch, there are a wide variety of programs and schedules from which to choose. All this information is detailed at www. coloradosoccerbuddies.com.

Don’t forget that with each youth sport league, there is a need for parent volunteers and/or coaches. is is a great opportunity for parents to get involved and foster positive experiences for their child(ren) and

the community. Parent volunteers not only get to spend additional quality time with their kids, in most cases, their child is able to participate in the program for no cost.

Whether you are new to volunteering for youth programs or a seasoned veteran, ample resources are available to you so you’re wellprepared for a great season. If you are looking to earn a little extra cash, Elizabeth Park & Recreation District is in need of basketball o cials for the upcoming season. Starting pay is $20 an hour and o cial training will be provided. More information and registering for the o cial training are available at elizabethpr.com.

The Elizabeth Park & Recreation logo. IMAGE FROM ELIZABETH PARK & RECREATION WEBSITE

Two Soccer Buddies participants pose with their coach during practice at the Miller PHOTOS BY COURTNEY FAY

Castle Rock youth basketball teams play game on court one of the Castle Rock Recreation Center gymnasium.

Residents say aircraft noise from Centennial Airport has ‘gotten worse’

BY TAYLER SHAW TSHAW@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Despite months of raising concerns about aircraft ying over residential areas surrounding Centennial Airport, residents say the issue of frequent tra c and noise persist.

“I’ve been attending these meetings for the last, feels like close to a year. And I have to say, it hasn’t gotten better. It’s gotten worse,” said Amy Friedman, who lives in unincorporated Arapahoe County.

She was among 11 residents who spoke during the Aug. 2 Centennial Airport Community Noise Roundtable meeting.

e roundtable — made up of local elected o cials from Arapahoe and Douglas counties, appointed community representatives, airport sta , and others — is meant to work with the airport to nd ways

to reduce and mitigate the impact of aircraft noise, according to its website.

Although residents expressed frustration, members of the roundtable said progress has been made.

e Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) recently joined a subgroup that involves Centennial Airport leaders and ight schools to address community concerns.

“ at’s really positive progress,” said Centennial Airport Executive Director and CEO Mike Fronapfel.

“We’re one of only a handful of airports in the country where the … FAA has come around and gone down this path, with setting up a technical committee to address some of the noise concerns.”

Fronapfel encouraged community members to o er comments on the FAA’s noise policy review, given that the FAA extended the deadline for

public comment to Sept. 29. ose interested in learning more can visit faa.gov/noisepolicyreview.

Residents voice concerns, frustration

Centennial Airport, located in Arapahoe County near Dove Valley Regional Park, is one of the 25 busiest airports in the nation, according to the FAA.

For months, residents have been attending meetings to raise concerns about increased air tra c, noise and lead pollution impacting the community, speci cally those living north of Arapahoe Road.

One of the main sources of noise complaints is training aircraft, as residents have described training planes ying loops over their homes.

In the pursuit of relief, two resident groups have formed — Quiet Skies Over Arapahoe County, which advocates for changes, and Safe Skies Colorado, which is pursuing legal action.

At the Aug. 2 meeting, Lisa Mauvais, of Arapahoe County, shared examples of when aircraft have traveled north of Arapahoe Road, showing visuals of how frequently planes y loops over residential areas.

Mindy Davine, who lives in Greenwood Village, said she is tired of getting woken up by aircraft noise at 5 a.m. and hearing aircraft again at 10 p.m.

“We keep repeating the same thing over and over and over again,” Davine said to the roundtable. “It’s been almost a year, and nothing has changed. It’s gotten worse.”

Mike Koscielniak, from Castle Rock, said he is a pilot and part of the Colorado Pilots Association. He said he has attended the last few meetings and has been writing to the board of directors about them.

“We’re aware of what’s going on. And I feel your pain,” he told attendees.

He said he would like to see more pilots and ight school representation at the meetings.

“ ere should be more engagement of the pilot community with the residents,” he said. “I know we’re trying to get the board to do stu , but they can’t do it unless they get the cooperation from the pilots.”

Residents continued to raise concerns about lead pollution, given that aviation gasoline is the fuel most commonly used in piston-engine aircraft and is the only transportation fuel in the U.S. to contain

lead, according to the FAA.

In October 2022, the Environmental Protection Agency proposed an endangerment nding for lead emissions from aircraft engines that operate on leaded fuel.

“When it comes to our children the science is clear, exposure to lead can cause irreversible and life-long health e ects,” said EPA Administrator Michael Regan in a news release. “Aircraft that use leaded fuel are the dominant source of lead emissions to air in the country.”

According to the news release, the EPA’s consideration of endangerment is “a rst step toward application of EPA’s authority to address lead pollution.”

Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser signed a letter July 18 urging the EPA to adopt the proposed nding.

“ e proposed nding is one important and necessary step towards addressing this problem and protecting adults and children most at risk from lead exposure due to avgas (aviation gasoline),” he wrote.

Earlier this year, Centennial Airport became the rst in Colorado to o er unleaded aviation gasoline.

For the month of May, unleaded fuel made up 15% of the airport’s overall aviation gasoline sales, said Centennial Airport Executive Director and CEO Mike Fronapfel. In the month of June, it made up 20% of overall sales, he said.

“We’re hoping that we continue to see that progress,” he said.

FAA joins group with Centennial Airport users, leaders

Months after requesting the FAA get involved in a sub-roundtable technical working group to work with airport leaders on addressing community concerns, o cials said the FAA is now participating.

Fronapfel said he is really excited that the FAA is nally at the table.

In March, Fronapfel asked the noise roundtable to form a subroundtable technical working group to explore and recommend solutions to the issues caused by the extended training pattern tra c.

Fronapfel said he and Brad Pierce, the chair of the noise roundtable, sent an email Feb. 14 requesting the FAA participate in the working group.

During that March meeting,

First-time author Michael Lee releases children’s book

BY HALEY LENA HLENA@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Blending his passion for technology and art into adventure, rsttime author Michael Lee published “Drone Away From Home” to help encourage younger audiences to read and inspire readers to explore.

Lee, a military veteran, was rst inspired to tell a story of adventure after moving to Colorado in 2010 and seeing the beauty of the state. When his three children were young, he used to take them to the park where they would y kites.

Lee wrote a story called “ e Kite in the Cloud,” but was not completely satis ed with it, leaving the story to sit in his computer.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Highlands Ranch resident Lee was looking for a creative outlet and decided to come back to the story.

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members of the noise roundtable approved a motion to form the technical working group as a subcommittee of the noise roundtable.

In May, airport leaders announced they would hire a lobbying and advocacy rm, e Normandy Group. Louis Dupart, founding partner of

e Normandy Group, spoke at the June noise roundtable meeting and said he was working to get the FAA to join the technical working group.

Pierce said during the Aug. 2 meeting that the FAA has joined the group, which has been renamed and is now called the Centennial Airport Community Noise Roundtable Study Group Committee.

e study group committee is made up of some members of the noise roundtable, Arapahoe County Commissioner Jessica CampbellSwanson, the ight schools and the FAA, Pierce said.

“We have, I think, everybody there that has the authority and the determination and dedication to solving, or at least looking at solving, the problem,” he said.

e group already had its rst meeting, which Pierce said focused more on getting to know one

“You don’t see too many people ying a kite nowadays,” said Lee. “I swapped out the kite for drones and made it much more interesting.”

“Drone Away From Home” is a story that involves friendship, overcoming obstacles and going on a worldwide adventure.

Lee’s story is about a young boy named Darius and his drone friend, Finton. One day, Finton gets lost in a storm and meets a cloud named Sophia who helps him nd his way back to Darius.

e book is available at Book Baby Bookshop, Amazon, Walmart, Barnes & Noble and Wheelers Books for $17.99.

“I look forward to releasing more creative children’s books that use technology and friendship and overcoming challenges,” said Lee. “And just helping inspire more and more readers.”

another and did not involve talking about potential solutions yet.

“ e takeaway, for me, is the FAA was actually there,” Pierce said, adding that there were four FAA representatives who attended the meeting in person.

Pierce said a lot of people had their hand in getting the FAA to participate. Arapahoe County Commissioner Leslie Summey, who is on the noise roundtable, said she and Commissioner Bill Holen spoke with the FAA while they were in Washington D.C.

“I took your concerns to Washington D.C.,” she said. “I have been very excited to know that I got to be a part of that, that helped to get those four people in the room from the FAA.”

Summey said that in her viewpoint as a commissioner, the progress is slower than everybody wants it to be.

“However, it is now moving in a way that I don’t think it was. And that’s exciting,” she said.

Alison Biggs, a Douglas County representative on the noise roundtable, said the study group committee is a good example of what the noise roundtable is doing and also how much the community’s involvement has helped.

“We’ve got a lot to do yet, but at least we’ve got a toe hold going,” she said. “We’ve got to keep all working together for this.”

Elections that matter

While national politics tend to get more of our attention — just read last week’s column — I have to say as a journalist, I have always loved covering the local elections. Decades ago as a young journalist, I started covering school boards, town councils and county commissions.

e education was invaluable because it did not take a lot of time for me to realize that while national political topics are talked about, griped about and get the mainstream media’s main attention — It’s the local races that mean more to our daily lives.

What does that mean?

For starters, once we became homeowners, my husband and I got a crash course in where property taxes go. Why our assessed value means anything — especially this year in Colorado.

When we started having children and growing our family — we quickly learned why the quality in a local school district matters and why we should be concerned about what teachers are paid.

At the city council level — it’s not just about taxes. ese elected boards have a hand in our everyday lives. What speed limit should you be traveling on that street? Well — it’s your local elected leaders who get to decide.

Which roadways are in shambles and should be repaired? Well — it’s that local elected board who hears from sta and decides whether or not to pay millions toward xing it.

Should that massive mulitiuse development be built on neighboring land? Again, it is the local elected board that decides to give it a thumbs up or a thumbs down. Although, personal interjection here, from Arizona to Colorado I have always been a bit surprised on how easily most of these projects get a thumbs up even

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when there is not enough water to support such a plan, but that’s a column for another day.

Our school boards are becoming more and more political with each election cycle. ese are the elected boards where I am the most concerned. As politics seeps into our classrooms and we start wondering why. Again, it’s that local elected board setting the tone and establishing policy.

Most of the school districts have candidates running in the November election in Douglas and Arapahoe counties. Even if you do not have children — you should be paying attention to who is running and who are the most reasonable candidates.

e o -year elections are the ones where we are not deciding who gets to be president, we are deciding who gets to set tone, pace and cost of our everyday lives. Voter turnout for elections such as the one coming up on Nov. 7 should get way more turnout than they tend to get.

Besides electing who will represent us — we often are asked to consider tax increases. Douglas County School District has approved asking again this November for more money. More may do so.

In Parker — residents will be asked to make changes to the town charter. While that may seem vague — these are governing policies that residents have an o cial say in. A resident’s vote does matter.

ese are the elections that matter and need our attention — I would say now more than ever.

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

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Not so sure about override

e mill levy override proposed by Dougco Schools Superintendent Erin Kane is not about teacher salaries but to mask the real reason why Dougco teachers are reportedly leaving in droves. e Dougco political climate has not been teacher-friendly for years. is feud came to a head during the 2020 COVID pandemic with teachers and medical professionals being portrayed as the bad guys over masking, vaccinating students and many other community health concerns. One prominent Republican politician from Parker went as far as doxxing the names and addresses of employees of Tri-County Health which may have contributed to the ring of Tri-County by Dougco commissioners.

I have paid Dougco property taxes for 47 years without having a student in the district and have always supported our schools. With a 50% property tax increase in 2024, and the “double whammy” mill levy override proposed by Superintendent Kane, I may be forced to vote against the override which would be a rst for me. e mill levy override and my $1,669.85 property tax contribution to Dougco schools would be better spent on a recall petition of the entire Dougco school board.

Roy Legg Highlands Ranch

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at charter facts

e article by the superintendent of Douglas County Schools revealed the problems of funding our schools and how Douglas County falls short of other districts. One factor that was omitted from her point of view was how our local money is funding out-of-district students in our schools, especially charter schools. Charters enroll over 70% of out-of-district students who receive our local funds and at times trump our students from enrolling into a charter. What is the total costs that Douglas County taxpayers are giving these out-of-district students? If these students are coming from districts that have more MLO money, maybe one solution is to have them bring their MLO funds with them, freeing up our local money to improve our local schools. Maybe another solution is to prioritize our students rst in enrolling into a charter school and not let a sibling of a current enrolled out-ofdistrict student trump our student. I believe School of Choice Laws state if room is available and not for outof-district students over in-district students. How many Douglas County parents attempted to enroll their child into a charter and were denied due to lack of room?

Dave Usechek

Parker

Thelma Grimes

The real us vs. the online us

Wouldn’t it be fantastic if we could live our social media life all the time?

I mean we post beautiful and happy pictures of ourselves, our family and our friends. We post our smiles and celebrations. We post pictures of oceans, mountains, sunrises, sunsets, boats and our favorite vacation spots. We post pictures of our delicious meals at home or in restaurants and sometimes include our frosty beverage or share the bottle of wine we just ordered. We love to post pictures of our children and grandchildren, our dogs, our cats, horses, turtles and any other pet we own. I don’t know about you, but I want to live in that world of love, happiness and beauty all of the time.

ere are some folks out there who prefer to post negative thoughts. ey go on toxic rants and, well, just post some not-sonice things. e good news is that we can choose to unfriend them or mute them for a while. ere is just too much goodness in the world that we don’t need to get mired in the yuck and muck of life.

What would it look like for us to be more consistent, the same yesterday, today and tomorrow? What would it look like for us to be so consistent in our actions, thoughts, words and posts? What would it look like and feel like if we were the same happy, cheerful, thoughtful, fun and loving person that people see on social media?

I guess the hard question we must ask ourselves is this, “Why am I not the same person that I want others to see in me?” What is driving my inconsistency? Am I faking it? Am I faking it just so others don’t see the real me or the other side of me? Or that they won’t see the di culties in my life or my moments of being fragile?

ere is that joke about a police o cer pulling over a car. ere was a woman showing animated signs of being angry and upset, waving her arms around, screaming and demonstrating all kinds of road rage. When the o cer pulled her over, she asked why she was being pulled over. e o cer replied that he thought the car may have been stolen. Confused, the woman asked why. e o cer said because he saw the Jesus bumper sticker and

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the sh emblem on the back of the car and then saw the anger and road rage going on so he simply assumed that the car must have been stolen.

How many times have we argued with our spouse or children and then when a friend shows up, we put on our best smile, happy face, and kindest appearance? We have all done it and have done it more times than we care to remember. We have all done it, and all the while knowing we were faking it or being disingenuous.

What if our good, kind, cheerful, thoughtful, fun and loving social media self became our everyday self? It would be wonderful, wouldn’t it? However, we know that life happens, and yes there is the muck and yuck of life that happens. We have seasons that are more difcult than others and most of the time, that is when we look for quiet solitude and when we allow our emotions to be expressed. It’s OK to feel hurt, angry and upset when necessary, its natural. I am talking more about the everyday attitude we walk around with most of the time.

We have been so blessed, there is no reason to walk around looking like the picture on our driver’s license. Or like we have been weaned on a pickle. In our most di cult days, we have to channel our better self, showing up with grace regardless of the circumstance.

Do you share the bright, happy, cheerful, and loving moments of your life on social media? Would it be fantastic if most of our days we showed up to life like that? I would love to hear your story at gotonorton@gmail.com, and when we can work toward consistency whether we are on social media or not, it really will be a better than good life.

Michael Norton is an author, a personal and professional coach, consultant, trainer, encourager and motivator of individuals and businesses, working with organizations and associations across multiple industries.

ZAHORIK

Katherine B. Zahorik

November 25, 1935 - August, 1,

Kathie Zahorik, a beacon of love, wisdom, and strength, peacefully passed on August 1, 2023, at the age of 87. She leaves behind a profound legacy of family, community service, and professional accomplishments that will be etched in the hearts of those who knew her. Born on November 25, 1935, to Casimir and Clara Blonski, Kathie radiated warmth and kindness. Growing up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, her compassionate nature and dedication to family would be the hallmarks of her life.

While studying physical therapy, she met the love of her life, Donald Zahorik, at Marquette University. eir rst date was a movie, “Around the World in 80 Days” which would introduce their shared passion for travel. ey shared a deep connection and, on September 27, 1958, they exchanged vows and embarked on a journey of devotion and mutual support.

rough the many moves required by Donald’s work, she never forgot her Wisconsin roots and family, but cherished the relationships created and fostered during her 50+ years in Colorado.

As a mother, Kathie was a pillar of strength and unwavering commitment to her six children Pamela (Elton), Steve (Lynn), Scott (Paige), Mike (Jiawen), Mark (Kimberly), and Matthew (Amy). Kathie’s love extended beyond her immediate children to include her sixteen grandchildren Kadyn, Abigail, Zachary, Lucas, Claire, Kathryn, Madison, Joseph, Gri n, Casey, Jacob, Victoria, Colton, Parker, Nicole, Sydney, and great-

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grandchild, Tate (ALL of whom she proudly claimed and actively advocated as “pure geniuses”). She embraced each with open arms and reveled in the joy of being surrounded by family (all while feeding us with endless Qdoba!) Kathie’s passion for education led her to serve as President of the Douglas County School Board. In this role, she worked tirelessly to improve the educational landscape and enrich the lives of countless students and educators. As a Realtor, her dedication to excellence brought her national acclaim as she was routinely recognized as a top-tier performer in the industry. Beyond her professional accomplishments, Kathie was known for her commitment to her Catholic faith and dedication to its services.

Kathie’s legacy of love, compassion, and leadership will live on through her family, friends, and all those she has in uenced. Her memory will serve as a guiding light for those who knew her and loved her.

Kathie was preceded in death by Donald on May 14, 2004.

In lieu of owers, you may make a donation in honor of Kathie Zahorik to St Francis of Assisi church, Castle Rock Colorado https:// www.stfranciscr.org/donate-now or e Bird Conservancy of the Rockies, https://www. birdconservancy.org/

Kathie’s Celebration of Life will be held at 10am on December 27th at St. Francis of Assisi Church in Castle Rock.

earning about history is more fun when you experience it.

at’s why the metro area has a wide range of places to experience Colorado’s history rsthand. Museums, tourist attractions and more provide venues for adults and children to get hands-on learning about Colorado history from the Jurrasic age to the 1900s.

From dinosaurs to mining and railroad history to early home and school life — the metro area has plenty of locations where families can have fun and learn a bit in the process.

Living history museums enable visitors to experience the everyday home life of ordinary people who toiled on Colorado’s farms, ranches, factories, mines, smelters and more, according to Kevin Rucker, a senior lecturer in MSU Denver’s history department.

For example, “visitors are able to visualize and empathize with what it took for women to take care of a household and raise families,” he said.

Rucker pointed to the Four-Mile House, Golden Prospect Park, Littleton Heritage Museum, Black Western History Museum, Molly Brown House as a starting point for all of the living history locations in the area. Colorado Community Media takes a look at some of the places in the metro area that provide hands-on history.

Who doesn’t love dinosaurs?

Morrison is home to two spots where families can learn about dinosaurs — Dinosaur Ridge and the Morrison Natural History Museum.

logic and paleontological features. Visitors can check out the area themselves or with volunteers and geologists to learn about the dinosaurs that roamed the area. ere’s a museum and gift shop at C-470 and Alameda Parkway, and Dinosaur Ridge has Dinosaur Days throughout the year.

Close by is the Morrison Natural History Museum on Highway 8 just south of downtown Morrison, where families can learn more about dinosaurs. e museum is also a research center, so in addition to visiting the museum, people can take archeological trips.

Stegosaurus Day is always fun for kids as they try their hands at peeling away rocks to nd fossils.

Gold rush

Clear Creek County has several locations to learn more about Colorado’s mining history. At the Phoenix Gold Mine southwest of Idaho Springs, history comes alive as visitors go underground in a gold mine, pan for gold to try to strike it rich themselves and more.

Mine owner Dave Mosch, whose family has lived in Colorado since the 1860s,

called the Phoenix Gold Mine fascinating for those who haven’t seen up close what mining was like, especially in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He noted that the mining-support industry also brought people to Colorado — building houses, operating shops and providing personal aspects of life to miners.

“Colorado is a beautiful place, but what originally brought people here was the gold,” Mosch said. “ e more you understand mining, the more you understand the growth of our state.”

He and all of Clear Creek County are proud that the Colorado gold rush began in 1859 in the county.

Trains and more trains

e founder of the Colorado Railroad Museum understood how big the railroads were to settling Colorado.

“Bob Richardson (the founder of the museum) realized that people needed to know how it all got started, how people traveled to Colorado and how hard it was,” Roni Kramer, director of education for the Colorado Railroad Museum in Golden, explained. “It is important to see every aspect of people’s beginnings and how they got here on the train. Honestly, it’s such an interesting story.”

While adults may be more interested in historical tidbits, children have the opportunity to check out all areas of di erent train cars. ey ring bells, move through

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Dinosaur Ridge has interpretive signs along two miles of trails that explain the local geology, fossils, and many other geo- Halloween fun

at the Colorado Railroad Museum includes a zombie train ride. COURTESY PHOTO

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kitchen and bunk cars to see how people traveling by train ate and slept, and more. And who wouldn’t love to have a birthday party in a caboose?

e railroad museum continues to get more interactive, Kramer said, with train rides, turntable demonstrations, art activities, a locomotive simulator and more — everything to please train lovers and train novices alike.

A farming life

Daily life on the plains in Colorado evolved between the 1860s and the 1890s, and the Littleton Museum has two working historical farms for visitors to learn about what life was like then. Historic interpreters in period clothing are happy to explain trades and skills of the time, plus they maintain the gardens, pumpkin elds and livestock.

According to the Littleton Museum, great care has been taken to ensure that plants and animals are historically accurate for the time period they represent.

e 1860s farm is a pioneer homestead during Littleton’s settlement period, a time before train travel, when oxen-drawn wagons were the main source of transportation. e schoolhouse at the farm, the rst in Littleton, showed how residents were moving forward to establish a formal township. e 1860s farm also has an ice house, sheep shed and barn.

e 1890s farm, which has a barn, tool shed, and privy, also has a working blacksmith shop, which was important to farm communities.

e shop depicts blacksmithing in 1903, when electricity reached Littleton.

The importance of history

“History is important,” Kramer said, explaining that people need to learn to appreciate how difcult it was to settle Colorado.

Rucker added that farmers in the early settlement days of Colorado worked from dawn to dusk just to survive. In addition to farming and raising animals, families tended gardens, and women taught school, did laundry, took in boarders, and sewed and mended clothes to make extra money to buy necessities. It was a di cult way of life, something people should understand and appreciate.

“It was just the reality of the time,” Rucker said.

WANT TO LEARN MORE?

Dinosaur Ridge

Open 9 a.m.-5 p.m. daily 16831 W. Alameda Parkway, Morrison dinoridge.org

Morrison Natural History Museum

Opens at 10 a.m. daily

501 Highway 8, Morrison morrisonco.us/335/Morrison-NaturalHistory-Museum

Colorado Railroad Museum

17155 W 44th Ave, Golden Open 9 a.m.-5 p.m. daily coloradorailroadmuseum.org

Phoenix Gold Mine

Open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. daily

800 Trail Creek Road, Idaho Springs phoenixgoldmine.com

Littleton Museum

10 am and 4 pm Tuesday through Sunday 6028 S. Gallup St., Littleton museum.littletonco.gov

Visitors wait to take a tour at the Phoenix Gold Mine near Idaho Springs. The mine is one of several spots in the county to experience what mining was like after the gold rush started in Colorado in 1859. Clear Creek County was the location of the start of the state’s gold rush.

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Denver writer’s new book has unusual approach

BY SONYA ELLINGBOE SELLINGBOE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Blend historic ction and culinary tidbits and enjoy “A Bakery in Paris,” a new book by a Denver writer, Aimie K. Runyan, which strikes me as a spot-on choice for laid-back summer reading ...

Opening up in 1870, this story follows members of a family — two women in particular — and the family bakery in Montmarte until the 20th century, though it is no longer open now ...

Included in the latter part of this book are a number of recipes, including Madelines Au Citron, Brioche and more, with bits of lore on preparation and garnishing ... One can almost smell the oven’s current product on a given day!

e bakery was located on the Place Royale and the family who operated it — and lived above it — await invasion by the Prussians as the story begins in September 1870, with older sister Lisette ... It continues to alternate a storyline between Lisette in 1870 and her descendent Micheline in 1946, through several generations of the family of owners and the history that accompanies them through the

years, with small details about clothing and bakery products, ongoing accounts of the looks and aromas of bakery products — plus local history and stories about Paris through the years, including various invasions by Germans ... And then, there are those recipes ...

Interesting structure for this novel ... It relates to other titles I have read over the years that deal with the same history ... familiar names and places ...

It is February 1946 and Papa had died during the war. Maman had more recently just walked away and never returned, leaving her daughters to run the bakery and care for each other.

But the book starts with Sept 7, 1870 ... Lisette rushes into the kitchen with items from the market. A guest was expected for dinner and the father of the house is insistent about prompt dinner service ... Tarts are still needed for dessert and Lisette quickly gets to work on them.

Gadspard d’ Amboise, a prospective suitor for Lisette, is expected and she rushes to get dressed up, with help from the maid, Marie. By the end of the evening, Papa has o ered her hand in marriage to the young

man, who accepted ... and the parents discuss wedding plans without including their daughter ...

By December 1870, there was a food shortage and it was dicult to nd our for the bakery’s use. People, such as the neighbor Monsieur DuQuay, were slowly starving.

Micheline was able to attend a baking school, due to another neighbor’s generosity and her love, Laurent, also attended, where they learned skills that really helped with operating the bakery.

As one reaches later chapters, there are recipes and instructions for items such as pu pastry and a reader thinks she might actually be capable of creating such a delight. ose later chapters are interspersed with instructions for baking fancy recipes: Mille-Feulle A L’ Ancienne (pu pastry), for example. (Colorado bakers would have to calculate altitude adjustments ...)

But, as a longtime recipe reader, I found pleasure in just learning how it is done, with no inclination to really try!

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“A Bakery in Paris” by Aimie K. Runyan is available in paperback from Morrow — $18.99.

“A Bakery in Paris” is a new book by Denver writer Aimie K. Runyan. COURTESY PHOTO

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National Dog Day @ 3pm / Free

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The Village Club, 4601 E Belleview Ave, Cherry Hills Village Juice @ 7pm Gothic Theatre, 3263 S Broadway, Engle‐wood

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Parade of Homes runs through late August

The annual Denver Parade of Homes is open through Aug. 27, with 55 new models of custom homes across metro Denver. Ninety- ve new models are open. See paradeofhomesdenver.

Movie at Hudson Gardens

e “Super Mario Brothers” movie shows on Aug. 30 at Hudson Gardens & Event Center, presented by South Suburban Parks and Recreation District. Tickets cost $10, which covers up to 6 family members. Concessions available. No outside alcohol allowed. Opens at 5:30 p.m. Movie at 7 p.m. See ssprd. org and hudsongardens.org.

Miners Alley

“Avenue Q” is performed from Aug. 11 through Sept. 17 at Miners

Alley Playhouse, 1224 Washington Ave., Golden. Tickets: $44 to$56. See minersalley.com or call 303-935-3044.

Little Golden Books

“Golden Legacy: Original Art from the Little Golden Books Series” is featured at Denver Botanic Gardens, 1007 York St., from Oct. 15 through Feb. 18, 2024. Included with gardens’ general admission. See botanicgardens.org.

Children’s books

A “Booker’s Dozen” titles of new

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children’s books are announced, from which the 2023 Booker Prize will be selected by this year’s judges. See thebookerprizes.com.

Colorado author

Colorado author Mary Taylor Young will appear at 6:30 p.m. on Sept. 15 at the new Castle Rock Library, 100 S. Wilcox St., to talk about her new book, “Bluebird Seasons,” based on her chronicling seasonal cycles of nature and habitats in Colorado. Register at dcl.org/featured-events.

New book on Amazon

New listing on Amazon: “ e Blue McKellogg” by Craig Marshall Smith. (Story of a sad blue-haired lesbian soccer player, who misses a penalty kick, succumbs to a vegemite sandwich addiction and doubles in size — or something like that.)

History group

Reminder: Highlands Ranch Historical Society presents “Life Upon the Wicked Stage” by Veda Rodgers at 7:30 p.m. Aug. 21 at Southridge Auditorium, 4800 McArthur Ranch Road. See thehrhs.org.

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Curtis Center

Through Aug. 26: The Annual All Colorado Art Show at Curtis Center for the Arts, 2349 E. Orchard Road, Greenwood Village, Monday to Friday: 8:30-4:30; 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays. 303-7971779.

Arvada Center

Arvada Center, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., presents: “Carole King: Beautiful” Sept. 8 through Oct. 15. Tickets start at $56. See arvadacenter.org or call 720-898-7200. ASL accessible performance: Sept. 21 and 24.

Depot Art Gallery

“Best of Colorado” art exhibit is at the Depot Gallery, 2069 W. Powers Ave. through Sept. 10. See depotartgallery.org.

Curious Theatre

Curious Theatre Company presents “The Minutes” by Tracy Letts, with an 11-member company cast, directed by Christy MontourLarson, on Sept. 7-Oct. 14. Tickets 303-623-0524, curioustheatre.org.

Lakewood shows

Lakewood Cultural Center and Performance Now present: “Seussical,” “Newsies,” “The Music Man” and “Pirates of Penzance” this season. See lakewood.org.

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Lawsuit aims to persuade voters to not mess with TABOR

BY JESSE PAUL THE COLORADO SUN

A law passed by Democrats in 2021 that’s intended to make it harder to persuade Colorado voters to cut their taxes is the target of a federal lawsuit led Aug. 7 by a conservative group that’s perpetually trying to reduce the state’s sales, income and property tax rates through ballot questions.

“ e initiative process exists in Colorado to ensure that citizens have a voice when it comes to enacting policy reforms in areas where the legislature has failed to act,” Michael Fields, who leads Advance Colorado, said in a written statement. “Politicians at the Capitol have unconstitutionally stacked the deck against citizen-driven ballot initiatives that reduce taxes, and Advance Colorado is suing to ensure that ballot initia-

tives generated by citizens are described accurately on the ballot and not subject to compelled speech or government-enforced lies.”

Advance Colorado is what e Colorado Sun refers to as a dark-money group because it doesn’t reveal its donors. e nonpro t has taken up the Republican policy and legal mantle in Colorado in recent years since the GOP is in a historic minority at the state Capitol. e 2026 election will be the party’s next real shot at winning back a majority.

Advance Colorado also recently sued Democrats in the Colorado Senate over their use of a secret voting system to prioritize state spending.  e 2021 legislation, House Bill 1321, was passed by Democrats and signed into law by Gov. Jared Polis. It requires that voters be informed of three programs and services that

would be most a ected by ballot questions decreasing taxes. (For state tax reductions, that’s likely to always be K-12 education, higher education, and health care policy and nancing, namely Medicaid.)

e measure mandates that ballot initiatives cutting statewide taxes appear in the following format: “Shall there be a reduction to the (description of tax) by (the percentage by which the tax is reduced in the rst full scal year that the measure reduces revenue) thereby reducing state revenue, which will reduce funding for state expenditures that include but are not limited to (the three largest areas of program expenditure)?”

e bill was a clever imitation of the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights, the 1992 constitutional amendment and Republican heartthrob that requires all tax increases that go before voters to scream the question in this all-caps format: “SHALL STATE TAXES BE INCREASED $(AMOUNT) ANNUALLY?”

But Advance Colorado argues in its lawsuit that House Bill 1321 violates the U.S. Constitution because it requires tax-cutting ballot measures to mislead voters with “poison-pill language” in some instances.

Not all state tax cuts immediately reduce the amount of money that can be spent on state programs and services in Colorado. at’s because TABOR also caps the amount of government growth and spending each year to the annual increase in in ation and population. It requires that any tax revenue collected above that cap be refunded to taxpayers, thus making it unavailable for state programs and services.

In other words, spending on programs and services is not reduced in years when the TABOR cap is exceeded — and the cap has been exceeded repeatedly in recent years and revenue is forecast to exceed the cap through at least the next several

scal years.

“ e state is violating the First Amendment by mandating untrue language on the ballot,” Fields said in his statement.

e lawsuit says the state’s Title Board, which determines the language of ballot measures, has even noted the discrepancy.

“ e Title Board has held that it has no discretion to edit or eliminate this language even under circumstances where the members of the Title Board do not believe that it accurately describes the measure at issue,” the suit says.

Advance Colorado is the lead plainti in the case, but it’s joined by former U.S. Sen. Hank Brown, Logan County Commissioner Jerry Sonnenberg, Mesa County Commissioner Cody Davis, El Paso County Commissioner Carrie Geitner and Englewood City Councilman Steven Ward.

Troy Eid, a former U.S. attorney in Colorado under President George W. Bush, is representing the plainti s. Eid’s wife is a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.

e defendants are Gov. Jared Polis and Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold, whose o ce is where the Title Board is housed.

Annie Orlo , a spokeswoman for Griswold, said the Secretary of State’s O ce is reviewing the lawsuit.

“Generally, it is important that Colorado voters have information to adequately consider the impact of tax cuts,” Orlo said.

e governor’s o ce declined to comment on pending litigation.

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Littleton’s Timothy White researches cognitive deficits he lives with

Although his roots are in Colorado, where he is pursuing a degree at the University of Colorado Denver, Timothy White spent the summer at the University of Cincinnati in Ohio researching chemotherapy-induced cognitive de cits.

In addition to his passion for neuroscience, he brings a unique personal experience to the lab: almost a decade ago at the age of 18, he was diagnosed with the type of cancer — acute lymphoblastic leukemia — he is researching, and he continues to live with cognitive de cits associated with several years of chemotherapy.

“Chemotherapy-induced cognitive impairment, or the mechanisms of cognitive de cits associated with any cancer, it’s very under researched,” White said.

White grew up in Littleton, having been homeschooled through high school before pursuing psychology at Arapahoe Community College. He personally struggles with two of the main de cits that he studies in mice: executive function and memory.

White has been a student of science for several years now, having earned an associate’s degree in psychology from ACC before starting at CU Denver, where he is now working toward a bachelor’s of psychology. It wasn’t until about a year ago when he decided “on a whim” to pursue neuroscience studies at a convention in San Diego.

the speaker, Dr. Teresa Reyes from the University of Cincinnati, to talk about her research.

After the conference, he knew he wanted to study chemotherapyinduced cognitive de cits in graduate school, and he started looking into applications. He stumbled upon a webpage for the University of Cincinnati’s Rise Up program for neuroscience, headed by Reyes. With only hours before the application window closed, White gathered last-minute letters of recommendation and applied.

Now, at the close of his summer research position, he feels the lab has made real progress, not only in their internal studies, but in the eld at large. By taking previous

research methods a step further and inducing both sexes of mice with leukemia before treating with chemotherapy, White said the lab in Cincinnati is providing a more accurate and practical look at chemotherapy-induced cognitive de cits.

“ ey’re already trying out new diets to try and create a preventative bu er,” White said. “ is isn’t just ‘yes, we want to understand what’s happening in the brain.’ ey are already using this model to try and nd preventative measures and create some kind of extra leg-up on preventing cognitive de cits follow-

White’s struggle with memory continues to be a barrier in his education, but he said that his research cohort has shown support.

“If I’m feeling stressed or anxious or I’m having trouble doing something, everyone in the lab has been more than happy to jump in and help me in whatever ways that I need, and I think that is the environment they would have even if I wasn’t there,” White said. “Everybody there wants to help each other and collaborate.

White has stumbled upon a few surprises — personal and professional — along the way, one of which was the discovery that he actually enjoys living in Ohio.

“I love it here in Cincinnati. I don’t like it when I go too far out of Cincinnati, but Cincinnati is great,” White said.

He also found that he was “freaking out for nothing” as he mentally prepared for the research position.

“I feel like every time you start a new job, you have to, like, mentally fortify yourself and get to a point where you feel like you belong,” he said.

“For me personally it’s like OK, I have this memory disorder, I’m an undergrad, I do have research experience but I haven’t worked with genes. ere are all of these things and then when I got here and started working, it was like ‘okay, this is doable.’”

In a research capacity, he unexpectedly found gender-speci c neurological di erences in the mice resulting from the chemotherapy. He said the lab is still unsure about what these ndings mean, but that it’s “really interesting and very strange.”

He now prepares to return to CU Denver for the start of classes, where he will continue working in a neuroscience lab studying alcohol and social bu ering. He looks forward to bringing some new gene-related research skills back to Denver.

As he prepares to nish his bachelor’s degree — hopefully this coming spring, he said — he is looking to grad school, and the University of Cincinnati is at the top of his list. He is also looking at some schools in his home state.

Less than a year after a spontaneous trip to San Diego for a neuroscience conference, White has found a place in a deeply personal eld of research, and is only at the beginning of his journey into cognitive science.

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Building ‘the world’s most beautiful ant farm’

Ant Life prompts human pondering in Denver

BY CHRISTY STEADMAN CSTEADMAN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

While Jacob Lemanski was circling the globe on his bicycle, the only thing he missed was his ant farm. It was one of the few possessions he’d kept before setting out on his adventure. He built it himself, using scrap sheets of plastic and he set a dim light behind it to illuminate the ant tunnels.

Lemanski’s cycling adventure entailed circling the world twice — a feat that took him 999 days, almost three years. Nearly all of his time was solitary, aside from the friendly waves and saying a casual hello to the thousands of people along his route, which consisted of traversing six continents.

During the long stretches of pedaling, Lemanski had a lot of time to re ect. He often thought about his ant farm. So, when he returned home, Lemanski, who has a background in mechanical and aerospace engineering, set out to build the “world’s most beautiful ant farm.”

Lemanski created a living habitat with a colorful backdrop of nebulae and stars that reacts to the colorchanging lights built within the frame.

Once built, Lemanski spent many hours looking at it — observing the ants as they tunneled and watching the roots of various plants as they grew in the soil.

Watching the ant farm became meditation for him.

“Every time I looked, it was di erent, and I was mesmerized,” Lemanski said. “Watching it become something is the fun of it.”

Lemanski then built a second ant farm, then a third. Eventually, it became a collection of eight. Lemanski got a patent on them, and in June last year, opened a space to publicly display them at 2150 Market St. in downtown Denver.

Today, he has 11 illuminated ant farms for everyone to enjoy. Filling a couple of the walls inside the larger Ant Life venue, Lemanski calls the display “the Ant Space.” Each of these framed ant farms is unique, and will be di erent with every visit.

It’s living wall art, Lemanski said.

“It only exists in the present because it’s constantly changing,” he added.

Additional original artwork displayed inside Ant Life is what Lemanski calls Space Screens.

ese are close-up images – some are photographs of plants and other objects that Lemanski took on his cycling adventure – on dyed velvet that are hung from a light bar to create a dynamic, psychedelic wall hanging. He o ers Ant Life guests a pair of 3D glasses to enhance the viewing experience.

“Whenever I am at Ant Life, I feel a sense of peace staring into the art as the lights pulsate colors and shift my perception of what I see,” said Kelsey Armeni, who visits Ant Life on a regular basis. “I know that in the midst of an event, I can take a break from socializing to go and stare and connect back to my breath and the simplicity of ants digging through the cosmos.”

Lemanski originally opened Ant Life as an art gallery — everything in it is available for purchase — but the space soon found its calling as an events venue.

Since its opening, Lemanski has hosted a variety of corporate and private events there — from birthdays and weddings to gaming and movie nights. e Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies even hosted one of its events at Ant Life when the association was in Denver in June for its Psychedelic Science conference. And about once a month, Ant Life hosts the popup market, Magic Makers Market.

“ is venue has been the biggest blessing to the event promoters here in Denver,” said Anthony Sabia, founder of Shroomski Magazine, who hosts events at Ant Life. “It’s designed with the intention to give you something fascinating to look at. e decorating has already been done, and any guest that comes in there is practically left speechless.”

Lemanski enjoys the variety of events that take place at Ant Life. And he happily schedules free, private tours of the space for anyone who wants to see it. He’ll carry on friendly conversations about the art and ask visitors what they see in it.

And “everyone sees something di erent,” Lemanski said.

Jacob Lemanski inside his space called Ant Life in downtown Denver.

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Colorado’s biggest buildings clash with air regulators

BY MICHAEL BOOTH THE COLORADO SUN

Dennis Supple has done the math on everything demanded by Colorado regulators writing greenhouse gas e ciency rules for big buildings, and he’s certain his LoDo o ce would be lost in the equation.

e nonpro t he manages facilities for lls much of a classy brick and plate glass ve-story building built in 1985 and recently renovated. But the proposed Air Quality Control Commission rule for cutting emissions in buildings over 50,000 square feet would hand over a long punch list of expensive mandates, Supple said.

“Every window in this building would have to be changed, the

exterior walls would have to be widened,” said Supple, speaking out against the rules from his role as president of the Denver chapter of the International Facilities Management Association. e draft rule has an e ciency target number in mind for his place, “and the amount of insulation between the walls and the drywall would have to increase almost two to threefold to hit that number. It’s not a simple number to hit.”

Total cost to comply?

“We gured it at about $6 million,” Supple said. “Yep. And that’s a $6 million outlay that no board of directors has in their budget, at this point in time, especially in downtown Denver, in a commercial building. You just don’t have an extra $6 million laying around.

e vacancy rate in downtown Denver on o ce space is almost 24%. And then to throw this in?”

e air quality commission’s hearing and vote next week on proposed Regulation 28 — continued from the spring after a furious urry of comments from owners thinking it went too far and green groups who said that wasn’t far enough — promises more heated rhetoric about climate vs. capitalism. e draft would impact more than 8,000 buildings across Colorado, seeking cuts of buildingrelated greenhouse gas emissions of 7% by 2026 and 20% by 2030.

e rule’s authors and advocates say heating, cooling and lighting big buildings is the next logical large target for greenhouse gas cuts, after Colorado has spent years going after coal- red power utilities, oil and gas production, fossil fuel cars and trucks, and other industries. Large buildings are responsible for up to 20% of greenhouse gas emissions, the state says, and that’s separate from the emissions created by the utilities serving the buildings.

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e proposed rules would lock in place the intent of legislation passed in 2021. Building owners have spent the time since then measuring and reporting their “benchmark” emissions that will set the starting line for their required cuts.

“ e legislature was clear that these are reductions over and above the greening of the grid,” said Clay Clarke, supervisor of the climate change unit at the Air Pollution Control Division, whose sta is writing the rules for the AQCC to vote on. “So you can’t just essentially ride the coattails of Xcel or whoever your electric provider is.”

Environmental coalitions largely support the proposed rules, if they can get new assurances before a nal vote. ey want language guaranteeing benchmarking of existing emissions will be accurate, and that the system will prevent double dipping by blocking building owners from acquiring renewable energy credits from utilities that invest in clean generation.

ey want savings in buildings to be over and above utility savings, as policymakers intended.

e Environmental Defense Fund led a prehearing statement saying it “supports adoption of a robust building performance standard to support the state’s GHG reduction goals via advancing building energy e ciency and electri cation. If well-designed, this type of policy can drive signi cant energy e ciency improvements and electri cation of space and water heating across Colorado, leading to emission reductions from business-as-usual levels.”

Colorado’s overall greenhouse gas reduction roadmap calls for emissions controls in all major sectors of the economy to reach the state’s targets of a 50% drop from the 2005 benchmark by 2030, and 90% by 2050, state regulators say. Big buildings must make a contribution, they said.

“ ey can do it through e ciency, they can do it through electri cation, they can do it through some combination of those along with the use of renewable energy,” Clarke said. “What I can’t emphasize enough is this really is a winwin-win, because we’re reducing greenhouse gas emissions, but at the same time, our initial economic impact analysis shows that there will be $3 in savings for every dollar spent.”

e division’s led “rebuttal” to all the pre-hearing statements and objections $3.61 in bene ts for every dollar spent on capital costs to cut greenhouse gas emissions. e rebuttal assesses $6.4 billion in overall bene ts to the buildings program through 2050, including about $5.2 billion in energy savings and $1.2 billion in “avoided social cost.” e state’s projection puts total costs of making the changes at $1.8 billion over that time.

Building owners and trade groups have so far refrained from expressing gratitude. ey have taken to lengthy pre-hearing statements and a public editorial campaign to decry the high upfront capital costs of making the changes, and the looming pain for nonpro t owners like hospitals, governments and associations.  Building owners as a group are interested in e ciency because

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of the bene ts and cost savings, so they have already made the easier changes that make economic sense, Supple said. e trade groups complain about what they call a “one size ts all” approach to the rulemaking by the state, that does not account for the vastly di erent ways building construction and building use play out across state industries.  ere are many Denver building owners, especially traditional o ce towers with high vacancy rates after the pandemic changed work habits, who will simply walk away if engineers tell them they can’t economically make the state’s cuts and will face heavy nes, Supple said.

“When you’re a board of directors of a company that’s 1,500 miles away in Boston, and you have a building in Denver that’s going to cost you millions of dollars in nes if you keep it open, or you can simply board up the building and close it because you’d owe nothing, what are you going to do? It doesn’t make sense,” he said.

It’s not at all clear, either, Supple added, who will be able to take advantage of economic incentives from federal or local sources to

retro t large buildings. Nonpro ts like hospitals, for example, can’t use some tax credits because they don’t report pro ts that can be taxed or refunded.

State regulators say they do not plan to emphasize the nes or other punitive measures in seeking compliance with the proposed regulations. ey say they’ve already worked extensively with building owners to get compliance on the existing benchmarking audits and requirements, and will continue emphasizing education and cooperation.

“ e initial posture here is really one of compliance assistance in working with these building owners to one become aware of the program, make them aware of all of the bene ts to utilizing the program, and the implementation of these e ciency measures and other measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions,” Clarke said. “And the real cost savings that they will likely be able to see very quickly if they do implement these measures.”

is story is from e Colorado Sun, a journalist-owned news outlet based in Denver and covering the state. For more, and to support e Colorado Sun, visit coloradosun.com. e Colorado Sun is a partner in the Colorado News Conservancy, owner of Colorado Community Media.

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PUBLIC NOTICE

Parker NOTICE OF SALE

Public Trustee Sale No. 2023-0100

To Whom It May Concern: On 5/30/2023 10:34:00

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: JEAN L HALE, AKA JEAN LOUISE HALE

Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR COLTEN MORTGAGE, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: COLORADO HOUSING AND FINANCE AUTHORITY

Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 4/30/2020

Recording Date of DOT: 5/7/2020

Reception No. of DOT: 2020037533

DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $255,290.00

Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $245,670.58

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:

Exhibit A, in its entirety, documents the legal description of the land referenced in the document. The legal description may extend to multiple pages. The land referred to in this document is situated in the State of Colorado, County of Douglas, and is described as follows: CONDOMINIUM RESIDENTIAL UNIT 29303, IRONSTONE CONDOMINIUMS AT STROH RANCH, ACCORDING TO THE CONDOMINIUM DECLARATION OF IRONSTONE CONDOMINIUMS AT STROH RANCH RECORDED MAY 6, 2004 AT RECEPTION NO. 2004046471 IN THE RECORDS OF THE CLERK AND RECORDER OF THE COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO AND AS FURTHER DEFINED AND DESCRIBED IN THE CONDOMINIUM PLAT FOR IRONSTONE CONDOMINIUMS AT STROH RANCH RECORDED APRIL 23, 2004

AT RECEPTION NO. 2004041009 AND AFFIDAVIT OF CORRECTION RECORDED MAY 6, 2004 AT RECEPTION NO. 2004046470, AS AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO.

Which has the address of:

12922 Ironstone Way Building 303, 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, September 20, 2023, 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: 7/27/2023

Last Publication: 8/24/2023

Publisher: Douglas County News Press

Dated: 5/30/2023

DAVID GILL

DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee

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

N. APRIL WINECKI

Colorado Registration #: 34861

9540 MAROON CIRCLE SUITE 320, ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO 80112

Phone #: (303) 706-9990

Fax #: (303) 706-9994

Attorney File #: 23-030082

*YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE

DATES on the Public Trustee website: https:// www.douglas.co.us/public-trustee/

Legal Notice No. 2023-0100

First Publication: 7/27/2023

Last Publication: 8/24/2023

Publisher: Douglas County News Press

PUBLIC NOTICE

RENOTICED AND REPUBLISHED PURSUANT TO CRS 38-38-109(2)(b)(II)

Parker NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2021-0027

To Whom It May Concern: On 6/9/2023 8:09:00

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: Kevin Tibbetts

Original Beneficiary: First Franklin a Division of Nat. City Bank of IN

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: Wilmington Trust, National Association, As Successor Trustee to Citibank, N.A., As Trustee for First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust, Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2005-FF12

Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 9/12/2005

Recording Date of DOT: 9/14/2005

Reception No. of DOT: 2005087572

DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $276,000.00

Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $310,153.88

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: failure to make timely payments as required under the Evidence of Debt and Deed of Trust. **This loan has been modified through a Home Affordable Modification Agreement effective December 1, 2015.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

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

Legal Description of Real Property:

LOT 8, BLOCK 1, STROH RANCH FILING NO

2C, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO

Which has the address of: 12688 South Creekside Ct, 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, September 27, 2023, 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: 8/3/2023

Last Publication: 8/31/2023

Publisher: Douglas County News Press

Dated: 6/9/2023

DAVID GILL

DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee

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

AMANDA FERGUSON

Colorado Registration #: 44893 355 UNION BLVD SUITE 250, LAKEWOOD, COLORADO 80228

Phone #: (303) 274-0155

Fax #: Attorney File #: CO10198

*YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: https:// www.douglas.co.us/public-trustee/

Legal Notice No. 2021-0027

First Publication: 8/3/2023

Last Publication: 8/31/2023

Publisher: Douglas County News Press

PUBLIC NOTICE

Parker NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2023-0095

To Whom It May Concern: On 5/24/2023 1:42:00

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: JOHN JOSEPH FRANKS

Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR NORTHPOINTE BANK, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: COLORADO HOUSING AND FINANCE AUTHORITY

Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 11/10/2021

Recording Date of DOT: 11/15/2021

Reception No. of DOT: 2021127389

DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $548,250.00

Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $547,348.82

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

Douglas County Warrants

of trust.

Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 76, STONEGATE SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 8A, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO.

Which has the address of:

15754 Greenstone Circle, 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, September 13, 2023, 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: 7/20/2023

Last Publication: 8/17/2023

Publisher: Douglas County News Press

Dated: 5/24/2023

DAVID GILL

DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee

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

DAVID R DOUGHTY Colorado Registration #: 40042 9540 MAROON CIRCLE SUITE 320, ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO 80112 Phone #: (303) 706-9990

Fax #: (303) 706-9994

Attorney File #: 23-030063

*YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: https:// www.douglas.co.us/public-trustee/

Legal Notice No. 2023-0095

First Publication: 7/20/2023

Last Publication: 8/17/2023

Publisher: Douglas County News Press

PUBLIC NOTICE

Parker NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2023-0113

To Whom It May Concern: On 6/12/2023 4:27:00

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: Marilyn S. Whitcomb

Original Beneficiary: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for PHH Mortgage Corporation dba Liberty Reverse Mortgage, Its Successors and Assigns

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: PHH Mortgage Corporation

Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 12/24/2020

Recording Date of DOT: 12/28/2020

Reception No. of DOT: 2020128952

DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $837,000.00

Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $387,244.37

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: death of all named mortgagors under said Deed of Trust and the Evidence of Debt secured thereby.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

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

Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 12, BLOCK 2, THE PINERY FILING NO. 4, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO.

Which has the address of: 8746 Sunridge Hollow Road, 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, October 4, 2023, 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: 8/10/2023

Last Publication: 9/7/2023

Publisher: Douglas County News Press

Dated: 6/13/2023

DAVID GILL

DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee

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

HOLLY SHILLIDAY

Colorado Registration #: 24423

7700 E. ARAPAHOE ROAD, SUITE 230 , CENTENNIAL, COLORADO 80112

Phone #: (877) 369-6122

Fax #:

Attorney File #: CO-23-956767-LL

*YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE

DATES on the Public Trustee website: https:// www.douglas.co.us/public-trustee/

Legal Notice No. 2023-0113

First Publication: 8/10/2023

Last Publication: 9/7/2023

Publisher: Douglas County News Press

PUBLIC NOTICE Parker NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2023-0110

To Whom It May Concern: On 6/2/2023 1:58:00

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: Kristen Martin

Original Beneficiary: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Beneficiary, as nominee for KBHS Home Loans, LLC, its successors and assigns

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt:

Guaranteed Rate, Inc.

Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 7/15/2022

Recording Date of DOT: 7/19/2022

Reception No. of DOT: 2022049878

DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $636,133.00

Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $634,312.79

Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: FAILURE TO MAKE TIMELY PAYMENTS AS REQUIRED UNDER THE EVIDENCE OF DEBT AND DEED OF TRUST.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

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

Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 13, BLOCK 3, OF TRAILS AT CROWFOOT FILING NO. 14, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO.

Which has the address of: 17574 Rose Heath Rd , 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, September 27, 2023, 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: 8/3/2023

Last Publication: 8/31/2023

Publisher: Douglas County News Press

Dated: 6/2/2023

DAVID GILL DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee

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

AMANDA FERGUSON

Colorado Registration #: 44893

355 UNION BLVD SUITE 250, LAKEWOOD, COLORADO 80228 Phone #: (303) 274-0155

Fax #:

Attorney File #: CO21835

*YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: https:// www.douglas.co.us/public-trustee/

Legal Notice No. 2023-0110

First Publication: 8/3/2023

Last Publication: 8/31/2023

Publisher: Douglas County News Press

PUBLIC NOTICE

Parker NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2023-0112

To Whom It May Concern:

Original Grantor: James Brett Walton and Jennifer Lee Walton

Original Beneficiary:

Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Beneficiary, as nominee for United Wholesale Mortgage, LLC, its successors and assigns

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: United Wholesale Mortgage, LLC

Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 4/22/2022

Recording Date of DOT: 4/22/2022

Reception No. of DOT: 2022029191

DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $1,450,400.00

Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $1,440,062.07

Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: FAILURE TO MAKE TIMELY PAYMENTS AS REQUIRED UNDER THE EVIDENCE OF DEBT AND DEED OF TRUST.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

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

Legal Description of Real Property:

LOT 11, THE PINERY, FILING NO. 23B, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO, ACCORDING TO THE FINAL PLAT FOR THE PINERY, FILING NO. 23B, AS RECORDED IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK AND RECORDER OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, COLORADO, ON JULY 28, 1999, AT RECEPTION NO. 99066248 AND RE-RECORDED AUGUST 31, 1999, AT RECEPTION NO. 99075454, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO.

Which has the address of: 8422 Gopher Court, 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, September 27, 2023, 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: 8/3/2023

Last Publication: 8/31/2023

Publisher: Douglas County News Press

Dated: 6/8/2023

DAVID GILL

DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee

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

HEATHER DEERE

Colorado Registration #: 28597 355 UNION BLVD SUITE 250, LAKEWOOD, COLORADO 80228 Phone #: (303) 274-0155

Fax #:

Attorney File #: CO21838

*YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: https:// www.douglas.co.us/public-trustee/

Legal Notice No. 2023-0112

First Publication: 8/3/2023

Last Publication: 8/31/2023

Publisher: Douglas County News Press

PUBLIC NOTICE

Parker NOTICE OF SALE

Public Trustee Sale No. 2023-0103

To Whom It May Concern: On 6/2/2023 8:48:00

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: JAMES A HERBERTSON

Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR FREMONT INVESTMENT & LOAN

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee for Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust, Series 2005-FM1

Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 2/2/2005

Recording Date of DOT: 2/14/2005

Reception No. of DOT: 2005013225

DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $263,500.00

Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $166,074.79

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 37, BLOCK 1, CLARKE FARMS SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 3, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO.

Which has the address of: 10703 Jordan Ct, 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, September 27, 2023, 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: 8/3/2023

Last Publication: 8/31/2023

Publisher: Douglas County News Press

Dated: 6/2/2023

DAVID GILL

DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee

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

RYAN BOURGEOIS

Colorado Registration #: 51088 1391 Speer Boulevard, Suite 700, DENVER, COLORADO 80204

Phone #: (303) 350-3711

Fax #:

Attorney File #: 00000009784455

*YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE

DATES on the Public Trustee website: https:// www.douglas.co.us/public-trustee/

Legal Notice No. 2023-0103

First Publication: 8/3/2023

Last Publication: 8/31/2023

Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Parker

Public Trustee Sale No. 2023-0105

To Whom It May Concern: On 6/2/2023 8:58:00

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: ASHLEY A. EDDY AND KENNETH W. EDDY

Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR CHANGE LENDING, LLC

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: CHANGE LENDING, LLC

DBA CHANGE HOME MORTGAGE

Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 8/26/2022

Recording Date of DOT: 8/31/2022

Reception No. of DOT: 2022058419

DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $1,123,502.00

Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $1,121,094.19

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 74, STONE CREEK RANCH FILING NO. 1, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED DECEMBER 4, 2017 UNDER RECEPTION NO. 2017081539,

Which has the address of: 5743 Cadara Way, 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, September 27, 2023, 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: 8/3/2023

Last Publication: 8/31/2023

Publisher: Douglas County News Press

Dated: 6/2/2023

DAVID GILL

DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee

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

RANDALL CHIN

Colorado Registration #: 31149 1391 Speer Boulevard, Suite 700 , DENVER, COLORADO 80204

Phone #: (303) 350-3711

Fax #:

Attorney File #: 00000009819236

*YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: https:// www.douglas.co.us/public-trustee/

Legal Notice No. 2023-0105

First Publication: 8/3/2023

Last Publication: 8/31/2023

Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE

Public Notices

Aurora NOTICE OF SALE

Public Trustee Sale No. 2023-0107

To Whom It May Concern: On 6/2/2023 1:59:00 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: ANDREW M. BREZOFF AND AMANDA BREZOFF

Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR LOANDEPOT.COM, LLC

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: loanDepot.com, LLC

Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 5/22/2020

Recording Date of DOT: 5/27/2020

Reception No. of DOT: 2020044400

DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $510,581.00

Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $385,578.65

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 10, BLOCK 2, ROCKINGHORSE SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 6, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO.

Which has the address of: 23910 E. Minnow Drive, Aurora, CO 80016

NOTICE OF SALE

The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein,

Metropolitan Districts

Public Notice

Call for Nominations for School Board Directors Douglas County School District RE-1 Douglas County, Colorado

The Douglas County School District RE-1 in the Counties of Douglas and Elbert, State of Colorado, calls for nomination of candidates for school board directors to be placed on the ballot for the regular biennial school election to be held on Tuesday, November 7, 2023.

At this election three (3) directors will be elected representing the following director districts: A, C and F for a term of office of four (4) years.

To be qualified, a candidate must have been a registered elector of the school district for at least 12 consecutive months before the election and a resident of the director district which will be rep-

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, September 27, 2023, 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: 8/3/2023

Last Publication: 8/31/2023

Publisher: Douglas County News Press

Dated: 6/2/2023

DAVID GILL

DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee

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

RYAN BOURGEOIS

Colorado Registration #: 51088 1391 Speer Boulevard, Suite 700, DENVER, COLORADO 80204

Phone #: (303) 350-3711

Fax #:

Attorney File #: 00000009822164

*YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: https:// www.douglas.co.us/public-trustee/

Legal Notice No. 2023-0107

First Publication: 8/3/2023

Last Publication: 8/31/2023

Publisher: Douglas County News Press

Bids and Settlements

Public Notice

REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS (RFQ) #038-23

COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES

The Department of Administration, Mental Health Initiative, of Douglas County Government, hereinafter referred to as the County, respectfully requests responses from responsible and highlyqualified individuals/companies for community mental health center case management services.

The RFQ documents may be reviewed and/or printed from the Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing System website at www.rockymountainbidsystem.com.

RFQ responses shall be submitted in a sealed envelope plainly marked “RFQ #038-23, Community Mental Health Center Case Management Services” prior to the due date and time. Electronic and/or faxed responses will not be accepted. RFQ responses will be received until 3:00 p.m., on Thursday, August 31, 2023 by the Douglas County Finance Department, Purchasing Division, 100 Third Street, Suite 130, Castle Rock, Colorado 80104. Responses will not be considered which are received after the time stated.

Douglas County Government reserves the right to reject any and all responses, to waive formalities, informalities, or irregularities contained in a said response and furthermore, to award a contract for items herein, either in whole or in part, if it is deemed to be in the best interest of the County to do so. Additionally, we reserve the right to negotiate optional items and/or services with the successful company.

Please direct any questions concerning this RFQ to Carolyn Riggs, Purchasing Supervisor at 303-660-7434 or criggs@douglas.co.us, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding holidays.

Legal Notice No. 945855

First Publication: August 17, 2023

Last Publication: August 17, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Misc. Private Legals

To Every Person in Actual Possession or Occupancy of the hereinafter Described Land, Lot or Premises, and to the Person in Whose Name the Same was Taxed or Specially Assessed, and to all Persons having an Interest or Title of Record in or to the said Premises and To Whom It May Concern, and more especially to:

OCCUPANT - HIGHLAND MEADOWS

PROPERTIES LLC - ALLEN H HEDRICK & WALTER A KOWALSKI - HIGHLAND

MEADOWS PROPERTIES LLC - HIGHLAND

MEADOW PROPERTIES LLC, WALTER A

KOWALSKI, KARREN E KOWALSKI - WALTER A KOWALSKI PRESIDENT HIGHLAND

MEADOW PROPERTIES LLC - TRUSTEE

NATIONAL COVENANT DISBURSEMENT

LLC C/O RICHARD A SMITH ESQ TRUSTEE

- FREEHOLD LICENSING INC A NEVADA

CORP - JOHN STACY - ROBERT P WILSON

- ALLEN HEDRICK AKA ALLEN H HEDRICK

AKA ALLEN HUGO HEDRICK - FREE-

HOLD CAPITAL PARTNERS - COVENANT

CLEARINGHOUSE LLC A NEVADA LIMITED

LIABILITY COMPANY - MARTIN LEVINE

AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY COVENANT

CLEARINGHOUSE LLC A NEVADA LIMITED

LIABILITY COMPANY - RIVER CANYON

REAL ESTATE INVESTMENTS LLC A COLO-

RADO LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY - K&G

PETROLEUM LLC A COLORADO LIMITED

LIABILITY COMPANY - PENINSULA LLC A

COLORADO LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY -

SUMMIT INVESTMENTS INC A COLORADO

CORPORATION - TS HOLDINGS LLC A

COLORADO LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY

- PINE HILL HOLDINGS LLC A COLORADO

LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY - LEGACY

PINES LLC A COLORADO LIMITED LIABILITY

COMPANY - 1161 ADBP LLC A COLORADO

LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY - 1175 ADBP

LLC A COLORADO LIMITED LIABILITY

COMPANY - 1189 ADBP LLC A COLORADO

LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY - COVENANT

Elbert County Legals

resented. A person is ineligible to run for school board director if he or she has been convicted of committing a sexual offense against a child.

A person who desires to be a candidate for school board director shall file a written notice of intention to be a candidate and a nomination petition signed by at least 50 eligible electors who are registered to vote in the regular biennial school election.

Nomination petitions may be obtained at Douglas County School District, Wilcox Building, 620 Wilcox Street, Castle Rock, CO 80104. Office hours are 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Completed petitions shall be submitted to Ronnae Brockman, Designated Election Official, Douglas County School District, Wilcox Building, 620 Wilcox Street, Castle Rock, CO 80104, no later than 4:00 p.m. on September 1, 2023.

Legal Notice No. 25030

First Publication: August 10, 2023

Last Publication: August 24, 2023

Publisher: Elbert County News

Notice to Creditors

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of James M. Elswick, Deceased Case Number: 23PR16

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Elbert County, Colorado on or before December 18, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Belinda Jenkins, Personal Representative

6987 S. Gun Club Court Aurora, Colorado 80016

Legal Notice No. 25036

First Publication: August 17, 2023

Last Publication: August 31, 2023

Publisher: Elbert County News

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Faustina V. Ortiz a/k/a Faustina Ortiz, Deceased Case Number: 23PR20

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Elbert County, Colorado, on or before December 22, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Kevin Ortiz, Personal Representative 37253 S. Big Buck Circle Elizabeth, CO 80107

Legal Notice No. 25037

First Publication: August 17, 2023

Last Publication: August 31, 2023

Publisher: Elbert County News

Public Notice

CLEARINGHOUSE LLC TRUSTEE - REGISTERED AGENT REGISTERED AGENTS INC COVENANT CLEARINGHOUSE LLC

- DAVID PESNELL AUTHORIZED AGENT OF COVENANT CLEARINGHOUSE LLC - SHERI L THOMPSON - BRAD L. AVERILLALBERT MULLER III - LINDA S VELASQUEZ AKA LINDA SUE VELASQUEZ - LINDA S VELASQUEZ

You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 20th day of October 2011 the then County Treasurer of the County of Douglas, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to BRAD L. AVERILL the following described real estate situate in the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, to wit:

LOT 12 BLK 28 MERIBEL VILLAGE 1 445-135

0.512 AM/L

and said County Treasurer issued a certificate of purchase therefore to BRAD L. AVERILL. That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent* taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2010. That said real estate was taxed or specially assessed in the name(s) of HIGHLAND MEADOWS PROPERTIES LLC for said year 2010

That said BRAD L. AVERILL on the 8th day of September 2022 the present holder of said certificate, has made request upon the Treasurer of said County for a deed to said real estate; That a Treasurer’s Deed will be issued for said real estate to the said at 1:00 o’clock P.M., on the 30th day of November 2023 unless the same has been redeemed. Said property may be redeemed from said sale at any time prior to the actual execution of said Treasurer’s Deed. Witness my hand this 17th day of August 2023

/s/ David Gill

County Treasurer of Douglas County

Legal Notice No. 945848

First Publication: August 17, 2023

Last Publication: August 31, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press ###

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of DebraLee Koblos, A/K/A Debra Lee Koblos, Deceased Case Number: 2023PR30045

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to District Court of Elbert County, Colorado on or before December 3, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Stephen David Koblos

Personal Representative

42269 Kingsmill Circle Elizabeth, CO 80107

Legal Notice No. 25028

First Publication: August 3, 2023

Last Publication: August 17, 2023

Publisher: Elbert County News

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