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Littleton City Council considers lodging tax to pay for arts, tourism Issue may be on November ballot BY ROBERT TANN RTANN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Littleton’s City Council debated the prospect of
Jonas Harberger says hello to unofficial store mascot Pickles the cat, held by manager Chris Ibsen.
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O’Toole’s Garden Center was ‘lifeblood’ for many Plans to close decades-old business in Littleton send shockwaves for patrons, partners BY ROBERT TANN RTANN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
There is much that patrons and community members love about O’Toole’s Garden Center in Littleton beyond just the rows of eye-popping, verdant vegetation. There’s Pickles the cat, the store’s unofficial mascot, who can be seen lounging in plastic growing trays atop wooden, soildusted shelves. There’s the fact that it’s a family-owned business with more than 30 years of stories and legacy. But maybe most importantly, it’s a place where people gather, where you’re treated as a friend and where community thrives. It’s why when store owner Adele O’Toole announced March 22 that the business would be closing Aug. 31 after selling its
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property to a developer, shockwaves could be felt throughout the Littleton community and beyond. North Carolina-based developer Lennar Multifamily Communities, which bought the property from O’Toole, had been eyeing the neighboring site at Columbine Square for a new mixed-use development for years. O’Toole said the store had been on “borrowed time.” “That will leave a hole,” said Rick Townsend, who helped found the Columbine Memorial in Clement Park following the 1999 shootings at Columbine High School. “I believe those are the places that become kind of the lifeblood of the community,” Townsend said. “O’Toole’s has really been invaluable to us … we always knew they were there to help us when something came up.” A legacy of community Much of the store’s character is embodied by manager Chris Ibsen, who for years has SEE LIFEBLOOD, P6
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Small grass fire may have been related to fireworks Flames burned for just minutes on night of March 24 BY ROBERT TANN RTANN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
A small grass fire in Jackass Hill Park that began around 9:40 p.m. March 24 may have been caused by fireworks, said South Metro Fire Rescue spokesperson Eric Hurst. “Neighbors only heard fireworks, they didn’t see anyone shooting them off and there was no one in the area of the fire when our firefighters arrived,” Hurst said. Hurst said the fire was extinguished just after 10 p.m. with the last officer leaving the scene around 10:20 p.m. The fire posed
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creating a lodging tax for hotels that could provide money for the city’s arts, culture and tourism programs during a meeting March 22. The issue could appear on the November ballot for
no threat to residents or structures, Hurst said. Firefighters found a single, unexploded bottle rocket near the fire, Hurst said, but there was no other evidence as to what started it. “The official cause is undetermined but possibly related to fireworks,” Hurst said. Littleton resident David Sprunt, who lives on Sunset Drive just 50 yards from where the fire burned, said neighbors used a fire extinguisher and stamped on flames to put out the fire, which burned several hundred square feet. “We often hear illegal fireworks fired on the hill during the summer, especially around the Fourth of July, it’s a miracle we haven’t seen a fire before now,” Sprunt said.
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New bill would stiffen state’s penalties for fentanyl dealers But leave misdemeanor possession law in place BY SHANNON NAJMABADI AND JESSE PAUL THE COLORADO SUN
Possessing fentanyl with the intent to distribute the powerful opioid would become a more serious felony crime in Colorado under a bill set to be introduced by Democrats and Republicans in the legislature this week. But having less than 4 grams of the drug for personal use would remain a low-level, misdemeanor offense. The measure, which includes millions of dollars in spending, is state lawmakers’ response to skyrocketing overdose deaths from fentanyl in Colorado. Five people died from a suspected fentanyl overdose in Commerce City in February. Authorities believe the people thought they were ingesting cocaine. The bill would: • Make possessing 0-4 grams of a fentanyl compound or mixture with the intent to distribute it a Class 3 drug felony, punishable by two to six years in prison • Make possessing 4-50 grams of a fentanyl compound or mixture with the intent to distribute it a Class 2 drug felony, which carries a penalty of four to 16 years in prison • Make possessing more than 50 grams of a fentanyl compound or mixture with the intent to distribute it a Class 1 drug felony. That comes with a prison term of up to 32 years. • Make possessing a pill press used to mix fentanyl with other drugs a Class 1 drug felony Currently, possessing up to 14 grams of fentanyl with an intent to distribute is a Class 3 drug felony, while possessing between 14 grams and 225 grams of the drug with an intent to distribute is a Class 2 drug felony. Possessing more than 225 grams of fentanyl with an intent to distribute is a Class 1 drug felony. “Fentanyl is extremely deadly,” said Gov. Jared Polis, who supports the measure. “It deserves different legal treatment than other drugs. I think that increased criminal penalties are a key part of our response,
As fentanyl cases are going up in the state, lawmakers will consider revising a bill SHUTTERSTOCK passed in 2019 that made possession a misdemeanor.
as well as better detection and prevention.” The Democrat said the new fentanyl bill is part of his broader package of legislation to address rising crime across Colorado. Additionally, the new bill would make it a Class 1 drug felony to distribute fentanyl if it leads to someone’s death, though there is a carveout for people possessing less than 4 grams of the drug who try to assist someone who overdoses. The measure includes a $20 million allocation to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment to fund distribution of the opioid overdose reversal drug Narcan. Money would also be set aside for the purchase of fentanyl test strips. The bill, however, leaves in place a much-criticized 2019 law that made possession of up to 4 grams of almost all illicit drugs for personal use a misdemeanor. The 2019 measure, House Bill 1263, was meant to treat drug addiction as a public health issue instead of shunting the problem over to the criminal justice system. But critics say the 4 gram limit is dangerously out of step with the potency of fentanyl, a synthetic opioid fatal at about 2 or 3 milligrams. Four grams could amount to as many as 2,000 fatal doses of the drug, which is 50 times more potent than heroin and 80 to 100 times more potent than morphine. Republicans have seized on the 2019 law, which passed with bipartisan support, to attack Democrats heading into the November election. Prosecutors have called on the governor and legislature to alter the law and make possessing any amount of fentanyl a felony.
The bill attempts to balance requests from law enforcement for more tools to “get drug dealers off the street” while offering resources to help save lives, said House Speaker Alec Garnett, a Denver Democrat and prime sponsor of the new bill. Polis — who previously said the 2019 bill “got some things wrong” — said Wednesday that the new proposal was “closer to right.” He and Attorney General Phil Weiser, a fellow Democrat, have expressed support for increasing criminal penalties tied to fentanyl. “We’re very open to a wide range of additional criminal penalties,” Polis said Wednesday. The one tweak to the misdemeanor possession law under the new bill would be that offenders would have to go through mandatory substanceabuse assessment, and possibly treatment, if convicted of possessing fentanyl for personal use. Rep. Leslie Herod, a Denver Democrat who sponsored the 2019 legislation and is working on this year’s measure, too, said the new bill combines stiff penalties for high-level drug dealers with a “public-health approach.” “It’s a tough issue. People are dying from fentanyl overdoses,” Herod said. But “incarceration is not going to get us out of this.” Rep. Mike Lynch, a Wellington Republican who has been working on the fentanyl overdose issue, will be one of the prime sponsors of the new bill. Lynch said he has reservations about the bill’s price tag, which he said is $29 million, but that “it’s worth the experiment” given how lethal fentanyl is. If it were up to him, Lynch said he would repeal the 2019 misdemeanor
drug-possession law, but he recognizes that’s not “politically feasible.” More than 800 people died from fentanyl across Colorado in 2021, up from 540 the year before, according to state health department data. That includes 19 people in Boulder County who died of fentanyl or a combination of drugs including fentanyl since February 2021. Earlier this month, federal prosecutors announced they had filed charges against a woman accused of selling fentanyl pills to two Colorado Springs high school students. A friend of one of the students snorted a pill and died at her desk at school.While fatal fentanyl overdoses have skyrocketed, there have been only a few dealers charged with causing those deaths. Prosecutors say dealers who distribute fatal doses of fentanyl are difficult to prosecute given the way the drug is distributed. That’s because prosecutors must show a person knew they were dealing fentanyl and consciously disregarded the risk it could result in death — a high bar, said Mesa County District Attorney Dan Rubinstein, a Republican. He expects convictions would increase under the new bill. “This bill really gives us a much-needed tool to respond,” he said. Rubinstein said not all of the state’s district attorneys are OK with fentanyl possession of personal use of 4 grams or less remaining a misdemeanor. “It’s something that I think we could modify some,” he said. “There’s questions about how much changing that number is really going to benefit us.” But Rubinstein said the focus on treatment in the new bill is a good start. “We’ll see if that works,” he said. “And as this problem evolves, and as our responses evolve, we can obviously go through legislation next year, in future years to address that.” This story is from The Colorado Sun, a journalist-owned news outlet based in Denver and covering the state. For more, and to support The Colorado Sun, visit coloradosun.com. The Colorado Sun is a partner in the Colorado News Conservancy, owner of Colorado Community Media.
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ARAPAHOE COUNTY Promote your business through video The City of Littleton is launching a weeklong celebration of Littleton businesses as part of International Economic Development Week May 9-13. Business owners can submit a video highlighting their establishment and explain why they chose Littleton. The video should be no longer than a minute and emailed to tbarton@littletongov.org or to https://www.dropbox. com/request/SrL0LZZ6KydGRFYduNAq. National drug takeback event National Drug Take Back Day is Saturday, April 30. Bring all unwanted items to the Littleton Police Department front parking lot at 2255 West Berry Avenue from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. or visit DEATakeBack.com for other drop off locations. Ongoing vandalism at Trailmark The Littleton Police Department has been made aware of some vandalism happening overnight in the Trailmark area. Through social media, the department is asking resident to be sure to keep outdoor lighting on at night and doors locked. Further, the department recommends calling 911 to report any suspicious behavior.
Man found dead at Heritage High School Police say manner ‘non-suspicious’ BY ROBERT TANN RTANN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
A man was found dead at Heritage High School on March 22. Littleton police spokesperson Sheera Poelman said the man died from “non-suspicious” causes. The man was identified by the Arapahoe County Coroner according to Arapahoe Community College’s student newspaper, which first reported the incident. Poelman said the man was 58. The man is believed to have had no relationship with the high
school or Littleton Public Schools according to Poelman, who added that he was from outside the state. The student paper reported that he was a former Littleton resident but sold his home in 2019. According to the article, the man was hired as a STEM teacher in Gering, Nebraska in 2020. Poelman said the body was found in a shed outside near the school’s tennis courts and reported around 4:20 p.m. March 22. She added that the police department is grateful that students were on spring break and did not witness the incident. (Editor’s Note: Due to the nature of the man’s death, the Littleton Indepent chose not to print his name.)
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High Line Canal Conservancy announces new COO Veteran public planner Tracy Young to manage 71-mile waterway BY ROBERT TANN RTANN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
The High Line Canal Conservancy, a nonprofit working to protect and enhance the 71-mile waterway that runs through four metro counties, announced March 4 that it has named founding board member Tracy Young as its COO. Young has been with the conservancy since 2014, serving as its board secretary in 2020 and 2021. For the last 30 years, Young has worked as a landscaper and public planner for several urban areas and currently works as the planning, design and construction manager for Aurora Parks, Recreation and Open Space. “I’m excited for a change, I’ve been in the public sector for over 30 years and I’ve absolutely loved every single minute of it,” Young said. “But this new position, working for the conservancy, is basically a dream job for me.” Young said she has a long relationship with the High Line Canal, a 140-year-old humanmade waterway that now serves as a popular recreation trail. She
Tracy Young, a 30-year veteran of landscaping and public planning, will become COO for the High Line Canal Conservancy COURTESY OF TRACY YOUNG March 23.
first began working on the canal with the City of Denver in 1990 and has since been involved in projects in Aurora. “Tracy embodies everything anyone could ever ask for in a public servant and leader,” said Josh Tenneson, High Line Canal Conservancy board secretary, in a statement. “She has always remained committed to making
The High Line Canal diversion dam on the South Platte River above the mouth of FILE PHOTO Waterton Canyon. The canal is more than 140 years old.
the community that she lives and works in a better place.” As COO, Young will be tasked with helping implement the vision of the recently-formed High Line Canal Collaborative, a partnership of local governments, agencies and nonprofits working to provide $130 million in spending on the canal over the next 15 years. Of that, about 20% to 30% will come from private donors, according to Suzanna Fry Jones, senior director of programs and partnerships for the conservancy. This will include individual donors, regional and national foundations and some corporate groups. About 40% to 50% of the funding will come from local and regional governments, with some possible federal funding. The money will go towards a host of canal improvements and projects with an emphasis on accessibility and environmental stewardship. The collaborative is eyeing new bridges, underpasses and mile markers as well as removing dead trees in the forests surrounding the canal and planting thousands of more droughttolerant trees by 2030. These initiatives will build on current projects already underway such as enhancements to stormwater mitigation to filter out pollutants, such as sediment, salt, phosphates and oil that may be collected by rain or snow when it touches the ground and drains into the canal. Built with the “promise for a better future,” according to Young, the canal has historically served as an irrigation system for residences, governments and businesses. From the mouth of Waterton Canyon in southwest
Douglas County, the waterway winds through Douglas, Arapahoe, Adams and Denver counties, making it one of the longest continuous urban trails in the U.S. But as climate change continues to make the state dryer, drought has been an ever-present problem for waterways like High Line. “Water conservation is something that is on everyone’s mind in the West these days,” Young said. “We have been experiencing drought, more and more drought, and there are also pretty strong new development patterns happening in our region.” With this, Denver Water, the canal’s owner, has signaled a need to wean current users off the waterway in favor of more sustainable irrigation services with a focus on transitioning High Line to a purely recreational canal. Currently, there are about 35 entities in the metro area that still rely on the canal for irrigation, including schools, parks and residences, according to Tom Roode, chief operations and maintenance officer for Denver Water. “We have this great resource … and the challenge for us is it’s no longer a good asset for us to deliver irrigation water, but we don’t want to just let it fail,” Roode said in a previous article. Ultimately, Young said she sees her work, and the work of the collaborative, as a means of bringing more people together to enjoy the recreational space. “I see the canal as the way to enhance the connection between people, people from different backgrounds, people from different communities,” Young said.
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helped spearhead various community involvement efforts. Townsend lost his daughter, Lauren, more than 20 years ago in the attack on Columbine High School that ended with 15 dead. Ibsen’s daughter Tara, also a student at Columbine at the time, survived. “O’Toole’s has been very generous to us over the years,” Townsend said, recalling that Ibsen would donate flowers whenever the roses around the memorial were looking thin or when the annual remembrance ceremony was held, which called for columbine flowers. Todd McPherson, who helps run a longstanding food bank through the nonprofit Integrated Family Community Services(IFCS), said O’Toole’s and its manager Ibsen have been champions for the organization. “They’ve been just amazing, just greater than anyone could ever expect,” McPherson said. “We feel like we’re ingrained in the O’Toole family … our philosophy intertwines, so we’re overjoyed to partner with them.” McPherson said the store has “had their back day to day” and regularly helped with food drives, turning its space into a drop-off where community members can leave food to be taken to the nonprofit. Ibsen has led several fundraising initiatives for IFCS, such as the “buck a basket” campaign that gives IFCS a portion of sales made from gardening supplies as well as barbecues and other
A dahlia shares its rich colors at O’Toole’s Garden Center in Littleton in May 2017. PHOTO BY SCOTT GILBERT
community events. And the store itself has served as a canopy under which IFCS can connect with local residents who share a common goal of getting fresher, healthier food to those who are struggling. McPherson said the nonprofit will talk with O’Toole patrons who may be looking to donate an excess of home-grown fruits and vegetables or reserve a row of their plot for growing food just for IFCS. During the last two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, when hunger soared and IFCS fed 5,000 to 6,000 people per month, up from about 400 to 500 before COVID, McPherson said O’Toole’s stepped up even more.
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The staff’s commitment spoke volumes to McPherson, especially given that the store was facing economic hardship due to shutdowns and social distancing requirements. “They just weathered that and said ‘it doesn’t make a difference, you guys need us,’” McPherson said. “It’s less usual in this environment to have businesses like O’Toole’s that made people feel like family.” Littleton resident Betty Harris, who founded and leads the Littleton Garden Gang, said Ibsen and O’Toole’s were bastions of knowledge. Whenever Harris had a gardening question she couldn’t answer, the next person to ask was Ibsen. “O’Toole’s was kind of like an anchor there for us,” she said. “It’s just been such a big part of our life.” The garden center was also one of Harris’ first introductions to gardening in Colorado after she moved from Virginia in 1993. It was at the store where she bought her first plant in the state, a Christmas cactus. For Ibsen, it was these relationships that made his work at O’Toole’s more than just a job. “If you don’t have the community spirit, you don’t have a store, I don’t care how much stuff you have in the store,” Ibsen said. “This place gave people a sense that they were part of the community, and I think that’s important to people.” The garden center is also where Ibsen, who has served as its first and only store manager, met his wife and credits it with helping him start his family. “O’Toole’s has impacted a lot of lives,” he said, adding that the work he does for others is a reflection of the strength of those communities. “It’s not me, it’s everybody else around me.” Future plans uncertain The store has finally met the inevitable, said its owner, Adele O’Toole, the widow of founder Jim O’Toole. Plans from Lennar, the developer, to build 359 apartments and new commercial spaces in the Columbine Square area would have eaten up the vast majority of the parking area that the garden center relied on, since much of the parking was not on O’Toole’s property. With just 30 parking spaces owned by her company, O’Toole said the plans would have made business nonviable. “I did not go looking to sell,” O’Toole said. “It was out of my hands.”
O’Toole’s Garden Center general manager Chris Ibsen in May 2020. The center had just reopened following the first wave of COVID-19 and subsequent FILE PHOTO BY DAVID GILBERT lockdowns.
According to Mike Sutherland, community development deputy director for the City of Littleton, the area that includes O’Toole’s property is currently zoned for commercial use. But under a new land-use code approved by city council in October, developers are able to apply for zoning changes to certain commercial sites to allow for new housing, as is the case with the Columbine Square area. Sutherland said the city has yet to receive a formal application for the plans, although it recently met with Lennar on Jan. 13 for a pre-application study. The current plans from Lennar do not include the O’Toole’s property and Sutherland said he is not aware of how that site will factor into the proposal. “It’s always concerning to see a good corporate citizen like O’Toole’s close their doors,” Sutherland said. “But it does open up some possibilities for the future of both those sites.” As of press time, Lennar senior development manager Pete Dikeou and development associate Peyton Oldenburg have not responded to requests for comment about the plans. The news led to dozens of comments on social media from patrons who called Littleton’s O’Toole’s their “go-to nursery” and who asked, “where would people go to get their garden materials?” But O’Toole said she is hopeful the store will be able to reopen at some point in the future, though it may not be in Littleton. O’Toole’s two other stores, located in Westminster and Lakewood, will remain fully up and running, O’Toole said. Some of the Littleton store’s roughly 25 full-time employees could transfer to either of the two other locations, O’Toole said, who added that all will be compensated with a severance bonus when the store closes. But for some longtime partners, hope remains. “It’s sad to know that there’s a chapter that ends,” McPherson said. “But there’s maybe a new chapter that opens up.” And Ibsen knows the sun will always rise. “This world that we’re in, there’s a lot of good, and a lot of dark,” he said. “This is a place where everybody could come in and get a little bit of sunshine.”
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Denver transfers 33 bison to tribal nations in an effort to bolster and conserve herds Herds are from Douglas and Jefferson counties BY KYLE COOKE, BRIAN WILLIE ROCKY MOUNTAIN PBS
On a snowy, blustery March morning, Denver Parks and Recreation (DPR) donated 17 bison yearlings to the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes in Oklahoma. The bison had been staying at two of the Denver Mountain Parks: Genesee Park in Golden and Daniels Park in Douglas County. “This is what we should’ve been doing for decades as owners and as stewards of these wonderful animals: returning them, as we have nurtured them and raised them, but returning them back to our Indigenous leaders of this land, the caretakers of this land,” said Denver Mayor Michael Hancock, who spoke at the March 21 event at Genesee Park. According to DPR, this year is the first time in “recent history” that Denver is not holding a bison auction; that tradition ended last year when the department said it would instead “select tribes across the country that will accept the bison to build and enhance conservation herds on tribal lands.” In total, Denver is transferring 33
A bison at Genesee Park in Golden.
bison this year: 15 to the Northern Arapaho Tribe in Wyoming; 17 to the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes in Oklahoma (which happened Monday); and one to the Tall Bull Memorial Council in Colorado. Jordan Dresser is a member of the Northern Arapaho Tribe in Wyoming. He was at Monday’s event at Genesee Park. “Being able to reclaim the bison is a big moment for us because it’s taking back what was taken from us,” Dresser said. American Bison used to roam North American grasslands in massive herds but were nearly extinct in the 19th century due to commercial
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hunting and diseases. By 1900, there were fewer than 1,000 bison in existence, according to DPR. On March 22, there are about 31,000 free-range wild bison in North America. DPR operates two bison herds in the name of conservation: one at Genesee Park and another at Daniels Park. The herd was first established at City Park by the Denver Zoo, but moved to Genesee Park in 1914 and expanded to Daniels Park in 1938. DPR’s executive director Happy Haynes said she hoped the bison transfer shows “a commitment to working to dismantle the ongoing legacies of oppression and inequities and recognize the current and
future contributions of Indigenous communities in Denver and Colorado.” “Oppression and inequity is built over hundreds of years, and it can be dismantled piece by piece,” added City Councilwoman Jamie Torres, who represents District 3 in Denver. Various Colorado officials have made recent efforts to preserve the country’s bison population. In addition to DPR’s bison transfer last year, Governor Jared Polis and U.S. Rep. Joe Neguse (D-Boulder) recently asked the U.S. Department of the Interior to put a stop to the National Park Service’s plan to kill a dozen bison in Grand Canyon National Park. Polis and Neguse were unsuccessful. Dresser hopes people can learn lessons from Indigenous peoples’ treatment of bison. “The bison was important to us not only for our cultural ways but also for everyday use. We used the bison for meat, also for household items. We utilized every single part of the body. So that’s important for today’s world because we live in a society that’s so wasteful.” This story is from Rocky Mountain PBS, a nonprofit public broadcaster providing community stories across Colorado over the air and online. Used by permission. For more, and to support Rocky Mountain PBS, visit rmpbs.org.
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Community members discover journey of milk during Littleton event Attendees see demonstrations of cheesemaking, milk production in 19th-century life BY ROBERT TANN RTANN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Community members came out during a warm and bright early spring day to learn about the the journey of milk in 19th-century Littleton. The free event was put on by the Littleton Musuem, where attendees weaved their way through 1800sstyle homesteads to show a way of life preserved in time. During the day, community members were shown demonstrations of cheesemaking, milk production, butter churning, milk painting and more as museum staff immersed them in practices from many years ago.
The denser part of the raw milk gets pushed to the outside of a cream separator, creating skim milk, while the lighter part creates cream. The different consistencies are separated into buckets.
Attendees at the Littleton Museum were given a history lesson on the various journeys of milk in the 19th century during a March 26 event. Back then, Littleton and the surrounding area was a jewel of the dairy industry, with more than 40 dairies, creameries and cheeseries along the South Platte River.
7-year-old Ava Jenkins works a cream separator used by Colorado’s pioneers.
Barnes pours a bucket of raw, unpasteurized cow milk into an 1890s cream separator. PHOTOS BY ROBERT TANN
Merlin Barnes, left, teaches 7-year-olds Allison and Ava Jenkins how to separate skim milk from cream.
Andrea Wilhelm explains how vinegar and citrus fruits are used to create cheese out of curdled milk.
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the 2022 general election, along with a slate of other measures, should council decide to support it. Under the proposal, presented by the city’s Arts and Culture Commission, a tax on Littleton’s five hotels and two motels could range from 3.5% to 5% and could generate between about $730,000 and more than $1 million in funds. This is still subject to change, according to city spokesperson Kelli Narde, as it is unclear whether the motels or other short-term rentals in the city will ultimately be included. The plan comes amid two years of hardship for arts and culture organizations that have weathered dwindling funds and public engagement due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s all the more reason why investing in such areas should be reprioritized, said leaders of the Littleton commission. “COVID-19 has allowed us to recognize how invested the citizens and the city are invested in arts organizations,” said JD McCrumb, the commission’s interim vice chair. Under the commission’s proposal, 50% of these funds would go towards upkeep of the Littleton Museum, Bemis Library, the Town Hall Arts Center and the Hudson Gardens and Events Center, which the city does not own but regularly partners with. Money would also go towards grants, about 30%, which would serve eligible Littleton-based arts and culture groups who could see anywhere from $5,000 to $10,000. Finally, 20% of the funds would go towards bolstering Littleton’s marketing campaign in an attempt to draw in more tourism, such as through the
creation of a new website to highlight the city’s downtown area and cultural amenities. These percentages may change, however, if council does decide to move forward with a lodging tax, with Mayor Kyle Schlachter in particular calling for more funding to go towards the city’s marketing. And concerns arose around the prospect of the city putting up new funds for Hudson Gardens, which at-large council member Pam Grove said was not safe from being sold to developers given that it is privately owned. “The amount of money this would generate … on an annual basis is not enough to save it from development, that’s for sure,” Narde said. This was the case for the beloved and longstanding familyowned O’Toole’s Garden Center in northwest Littleton which announced this week it would be closing at the end of summer. The store’s owner, Adele O’Toole, told Colorado Community Media that the decision was “out of my hands” as a developer’s plans were poised to choke the business by encroaching on much of the surrounding parking area that O’Toole’s uses but does not own. And there is still the question of whether council will have majority support to move forward with putting the tax on this year’s November ballot. Jerry Valdes, councilmember for Littleton’s District 2, was tentative to endorse the proposal and said it may be wiser for the city to invest money from such a tax back into its general fund, which pays for a swath of vital services. “And then when another COVID of some sort hits, we have to realign things instead of that revenue going to an entity that is not going to be needed at that time,” he said. Other councilmembers voiced
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support for earmarking the funds specifically for the city’s Arts and Culture Commission, which they said could gain more voter approval if the issue went to a vote. “We don’t have any (money) set aside for arts and culture,” said District 1 Councilmember Patrick Driscoll. “It’s a good way for the citizens to say, ‘yeah I support arts and culture’ and this is a great way to do it.” Driscoll and others argued that if citizens knew more specifically where tax money would be allocated, such as the case with Ballot Issue 3A, which raised the city’s sales tax to pay for infrastructure projects, those initiatives would pass. Telling voters that money is going towards the general fund, however, makes things more vague, councilmembers said. Valdes continued to question how much support a revenue stream for arts and culture would have from voters. He said part of 3A’s success hinged on the fact that the money was for tangible amenities, such as streets and sidewalks. “People understand streets, we’re talking arts and culture here,” Valdes said. But a city-run survey of just over 700 residents in 2020 found that 71% supported passing a lodging tax to go toward arts and culture. District 4 Councilmember Kelly Milliman said voters would see it as an “investment
‘We need to get our arts up and running again because it’s been a horrific two years.’ Stephen Barr, Councilmember for Littleton’s District 3
into the community” and called the lodging tax a “win-win.” Stephen Barr, councilmember for Littleton’s District 3, also pondered the best way to sell the lodging tax to voters but said ultimately “we need to get our arts up and running again because it’s been a horrific two years.” Mayor Pro Tem Gretchen Rydin said the timing was right for new investments into the city’s cultural scene. “History repeats itself,” Rydin said. “With the 1918 flu we had the roaring ‘20s which was all art and culture, and so we’re probably entering something similar and so this is a great time to invest in that.” An updated plan will be proposed again to council in July, with the possibility of a first reading in August.
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Englewood schools to focus on mental health promotion Kaiser Permanente awards $24,000 in grant funding BY ROBERT TANN RTANN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
The Englewood School District will invest $24,000 in grant funding that will go towards mental health initiatives as part of Kaiser Permanente’s Thriving Schools program. “We’re very grateful to be receiving this grant, I think that mental health and emotional wellbeing is something that we all as school leaders are extremely concerned about and are committed to ensuring that our students and our staff and our communities get as much support as possible,” said Englewood Schools Superintendent Wendy Rubin. The money is part of $300,000 in grants from the health provider gave to several Front Range districts as schools continue to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. “Our school districts are the heartbeat of our communities and now, more than ever, are in great need of additional resources to help their students, staff, and teachers thrive,” Mike Ramseier, president of Kaiser Permanente in Colorado, said in a statement.
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“We’re resetting our new normal, our students, and our teachers, are coming back with different challenges,” said LeBlanc, who previously headed the district’s mental health programs. Trauma-informed training, LeBlanc said, will help staff identify ways to adapt their classroom space, such as the lighting and volume levels, to ensure children are learning well in their environment. A lot of the training, she said, also centers around the ways in which PRESENTS: staff talk to students in a way � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � �that � builds � � �relationships. � � � � “It’s about meeting students where they’re at,” LeBlanc said. “It’s not ‘what’s wrong with you’ Thursday, April 21, 2022 it’s ‘what’s going on with you 6:30p.m.– 10:30p.m. today?” Some staff will be attending a Location: conference in Chicago from July Cielo at Castle Pines, 7 to July 9 hosted by the National A NIGHT IN 485 W. Happy Canyon Rd, Association of Community and Castle Rock, Co. 80108 Restorative Justice. That too will help staff learn how to comAttire: municate with students who are Black Tie Optional facing tough circumstances in a non-judgmental way. For more Information visit: And calming spaces, which www.arapahoe.edu/ LeBlanc said are in classrooms foundationevents throughout the district’s schools, are areas that allow students to take a break from class for a few minutes when they’re feeling All funds raised will be used overwhelmed. for student scholarships, By reading a book or playstudent emergency funding ing with a fidget toy in a plush, and the mission of the comforting area, LeBlanc said ACC Foundation. students are able to get the time they need to feel calm. “It’s helping them to regulate � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � �themselves, � � � � giving � � them � � a strategy of knowing when to need a break, knowing when to take that break and knowing when to come back to class,” she said. While some students used the spaces pre-pandemic, the areas have become much more popular WOODS � SON PIANO COMPANY since COVID-era learning, Rubin said. With many students returning to full in-person learning earlier this year for the first time in Marie LeBlanc, who coordinates grants for Englewood schools, said the money will help support the district’s investments in trauma-informed training practices for staff as well as supply and maintain calming areas in classrooms and send staff to a national conference on restorative justice.
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nearly two years, schools across the state have reported more instances of outbursts from children in the classroom. It’s true for Englewood, where Rubin said children are dealing not just with the readjustment to in-person class, but the continued fear, anxiety and divisiveness of pandemic politics. For some students, they’re having to learn for the first-time social communication that was made difficult for them during remote learning. All of it is reasons why the calming spaces have been such a needed resource. “We have kids who have spent half their lives wearing masks,” Rubin said. “When people are really anxious and stressed, sometimes they just need to calm down for a few minutes, and we feel that as adults.” With Colorado far behind many other states when it comes to funding its public schools, grants provide an essential tool for meeting district needs, said Englewood school board president Duane Tucker. “Grants, in general, are important to us,” he said. “It allows us to do things we otherwise wouldn’t have funding to do.” And the focus on mental health in schools has gained greater attention since the pandemic, LeBlanc said. When Englewood schools brought its students back to in-person learning, most of their discussions had to do around students’ mental wellbeing. LeBlanc said she is optimistic that more financial support for mental health programs, whether it be through private grants or government funding, will be possible in the future. “I think people are willing to invest, I think people want more money for our mental health,” she said. “I do recognize that we have a ways to go, we do need more funding for mental health.”
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ince the start of the pandemic, there appears to be a lot more emphasis on doing something about the mental health crisis in this country. The problem is the help is coming at a pretty late date. In talking to a clinician at the UCHealth hospital in Highlands Ranch, she was adamant that this crisis did not grow from the pandemic. Instead, she compared the situation to a pot, filled to the rim, and FROM THE once the COVID-19 crisis hit the world, EDITOR the pot boiled over out of control. If we could point at something good coming from that pot boiling over — it is that we as a society can no longer just ignore or place small Band-Aids on a catastrophic problem. The state, cities, counties and hospitals and doctors are now turning their focus to the crisis and doing a lot more to address it. Recently, through a Kaiser Permanente grant, Englewood Public Schools Thelma Grimes put $300,000 towards addressing mental health needs for students. This is a great start here. It is great that Kaiser made the project possible. In Douglas County they are ahead of the curve. Good thinking many years ago has led to a great program there aimed at helping adults and children struggling with mental health. They continue to focus on getting people help rather than throwing them in jail cells. They focus on going directly into homes and showing that someone cares through the Community Response Teams. The county initiative is also inside the schools, making sure students who need help are getting it. At the college level, a recent discussion with a school official said young adults are taking on more today than ever before. They are trying to pass full class loads while working 40 hours a week just to be able to pay rent and get by. As this official said, all of these students are one flat tire away from having full-blown meltdowns. To some, a flat tire should be seen as no big deal, but to the student juggling everything and barely holding it together, the flat tire is the last straw. The pandemic has shown that while we often say our young children are resilient and will be fine — evidence shows the opposite. We should be applauding what Children’s Hospital Colorado had the foresight to do in 2021. That foresight was essentially speaking out. CHC said hospital beds are not being filled with physically sick children. Instead, they are being filled with children and teens causing self-harm. CHC called out the state government for not doing enough to address the issue. That has led to more discussions, more effort to help our children. The problem, however, is the pot is boiling over and the concern now is did we wait too long to really start taking the crisis seriously? Can we stabilize an out-ofcontrol situation? I know there are a lot of local programs and community leaders who are taking on the crisis head on. As citizens, hopefully we too can jump in and help where we can. Thelma Grimes is the south metro editor for Colorado Community Media
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ears ago, I had the opportunity to caddie several times for a good friend of mine Chris. He was an awesome amateur golfer playing in the state’s mid-amateur tournaments. I refer to this as an opportunity to volunteer to serve Chris as his caddie because it gave me the opportunity to spend a few days watching and learning from the other great amateur golfers like Chris. As I watched, I became more familiar with the rules of the game. I observed the way that fantastic golfers approach different shots and how they managed the course. I was happy to carry Chris’ bag for free because he and the other golfers were helping me to learn the game and improve my own score. During one of those seasons, I was carrying his bag for the weekend, and he won the state mid-am championship. That meant that we were paired up with some really terrific golfers, so I had the best of the best amateurs to learn from along that journey. In my earlier career I was also given the opportunity to be an observer in board of directors meetings. This meant giving up evenings and sometimes weekends, but the knowledge and experience I gained was worth every hour that I invested in being amongst some brilliant minds for a few hours every month and for a longer meeting each quarter. During those meetings I managed to make myself useful by serving coffee,
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making sure there was water in the room, and most importantly taking notes. I also took notice of the way these leaders asked questions, including their line of questioning, it was truly impressive. I paid attention to what they wrote down as important, and how they navigated difficult decisions to come Michael Norton to an agreement amongst nine members of the board. I was truly learning by serving. A young man that I coach and mentor, and who lives and works with a servant’s heart, aspires to be a keynote speaker himself one day. I had an opportunity where I was delivering a keynote speech in Chicago, so I invited him to join me. I covered his travel costs, but he invested two days of his time to come and experience how corporate events like this work. He also made himself useful by handing out books and materials and collecting business cards from people he thought that I might want to meet one day. When the event was over he shared how much he had learned, and that he was grateful for the opportunity. Two of my favorite places to serve are
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New options in end-of-life care
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olorado now has more options available for care at end of life than ever before. The vast array of options allow for more personal choice during the final days of life, as well as for funeral and body disposition. Every option available may not be right for you personally, but knowing and understanding your options will help you make the best choices for you and your loved ones.
The need for end-of-life doulas Many people are familiar with hospice care for the terminally ill. Although hospice services are immensely helpful, there is a gap between what hospice can provide and what the dying person needs to successfully navigate the end of life. This is where end-oflife doulas, or death doulas, come in. End-of-life doulas are nonmedical support for the dying. They are not a replacement for hospice, but are in addition to hospice to help fill the gap. One of the major gaps in hospice care today is the limited time hospice workers are allowed to spend with patients. End-of-life doulas are able to provide the time for additional care, such as offering emotional and spiritual support and companionship, serving as a liaison for the care team, completing a life review, creating leg-
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through my church and in my community. We are a part of a small church in our town. My wife and I both have volunteer positions within the church. Again, giving up a few hours each month is absolutely worth the investment of time as we work with others in our church, engaging and learning as they manage each of their different ministries. In the small town that we live in, there are plenty of opportunities to learn and serve. I have coached a few young people for free, putting in the time and energy to help them improve their skills, make a hard decision, or find the right career path. Again, what I get out of the opportunity is incredible and gives me insights into how the
acy projects, developing a vigil plan, providing respite care and sitting vigil, just to name a few. Some doulas also serve as home funeral guides to help families and communities who wish to care for their own deCindy J. Kaufman ceased at home, as was both custom and tradition years ago. Each end-of-life doula brings their own unique skills, experience, and talents to their work. Thus, no two doulas are alike. In searching for an end-of-life doula, it is recommended that one interviews several doulas to find the one that best fits.
LIVING & AGING WELL
Additional autonomy options at end of life Choice in care is one way to exercise autonomy at end of life. Another is in making personal decisions about when and how one’s suffering will end. Colorado’s End of Life Options Act went into effect in early 2017, allowing the terminally ill access to medication to end their suffering peacefully and on their own terms. Since then, hundreds of terminally ill patients have been prescribed the aid-in-dying medication, even though barri-
younger generations are thinking these days. By giving of my time and serving, in return I was receiving tremendously valuable information that would help in understanding the different age groups and how they learn, what motivates them, and how they see the future. There are so many great benefits when it comes to volunteering our time and serving other. How about you? Is there something that gets you excited about serving others? Do you live and work with a servant’s heart? I would love to hear your story at mnorton@xinnix.com, and when we realize that we can learn while we serve, it really will be a better than good year. Michael Norton is the grateful president of XINNIX, a personal and professional coach, and a consultant, trainer, encourager and motivator to businesses of all sizes.
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ers to access remain problematic for many people across Colorado. The need for education still exists around this option to help those who want access. Another available option is called Voluntary Stopping Eating and Drinking, or VSED. This process falls under the terminally ill person’s legal right to refuse medical care, which includes nutrition and hydration. For both the Medical Aid in Dying and VSED options, it is best if one has an experienced support system of hospice workers and/or end-of-life doulas to safely carry them out. Choices for body disposition Colorado is at the forefront in terms of options available for body disposition. No longer are embalming with interment or fire cremation the only two options. The desire for more environmentally friendly ways of final disposition have given way to more sustainable methods. Colorado now has alkaline hydrolysis (aka water crema-
tion or aqua-cremation), natural organic reduction (aka human composting), and a dedicated green burial preserve. The most important thing to realize is that you have choices available and knowing your options will help you make the decisions that honor your own personal wants, needs and desires at end of life, as well as knowing you can make your last act on earth a kind one. Cindy J. Kaufman, MEd, EdS is president and co-founder of Colorado End-of-Life Collaborative. To learn more contact 720-989-1929, cindy@coeolcollaborative.org or visit coeolcollaborative.org. This column is hosted by the Seniors’ Council of Douglas County. Please join us for our next virtual online presentation May 5 at 10 a.m. Cindy J. Kaufman will be our presenter and provide an overview on end-of-life care. For more information, please visit www.MyDougCoSeniorLife.com, email DCSeniorLife@douglas. co.us or call 303-663-7681.
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Dorothy “Davie” Harding May 6, 1921 - March 14, 2022
Dorothy Ann “Davie” Mack Johnson Harding passed away at the age of 100 at Wind Crest’s Mill Vista Lodge in Highlands Ranch on March 14. Born May 6, 1921, in Portland, Oregon, she lived most of her life in the Rocky Mountain West. She and her first husband — L. L. “Larry”
Johnson — moved to Littleton with their six daughters in 1963. Widowed at age 60, Davie married good friend Richard “Dick“ Harding 20 years later. Dick died in 2018. A full obituary can be found at obituaries. crematesimply.com/listings.
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Some Front Range mental health workers are using nature as a ‘co-therapist’ BY ELLIOTT WENZLER EWENZLER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
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ots of Coloradans spend their free time hiking through the forest, climbing mountains and backpacking through the wilderness, but some of these adventurers are simultaneously working on improving their mental health. That’s because of a variety of outdoor mental health programs along the Front Range that are using nature as a “cotherapist.” Whether it’s the guided meditations
Climbers working with Aleya Littleton in adventure therapy make their way up the rocks. COURTESY PHOTO
A group of climbers that work with Aleya Littleton in adventure therapy show off their COURTESY PHOTO muscles at the crag.
of forest bathing, the extended alone time of wilderness therapy or the activitybased programs of adventure therapy, there are multiple options for people who want to improve their mental health but aren’t interested in sitting in an office or a clinical setting. Adventure therapy Aleya Littleton, an adventure therapist based in Golden, uses a variety of experiences in nature as the backdrop for her therapy work. “It’s using nature as your office and your co-therapist,” she said. “Nature herself creates a neutral and regulating space for us to be in while we’re feeling and talking about difficult things.” Littleton’s work includes hikes at North Table Mountain, climbing at a nearby crag or even camping and backpacking. While her clients are pulling on their climbing harnesses or stopping to take in mountain views, they’re also talking about and addressing specific mental health concerns. Littleton, who is a trained rock climbing guide, also takes out new and experienced climbers to work on things like fear and body autonomy. “What happens when you climb is you have to refine and renegotiate your relationship with your body, with the rock and with other people,” she said. “You get to learn about yourself with a constant, neutral backdrop.” One of her priorities during these excursions is to allow the climbers to make their own decisions about whether they want to push forward or come down. “We celebrate choice and people who are learning to listen to their body,” she said. “It’s not about the actual climbing, it’s about you being good to you and making wise decisions for you.” Littleton points out that from the research she’s seen, adventure therapy is equally as effective as traditional forms of therapy, such as cognitive behavioral therapy, but for some people it’s just a better fit. “What makes the difference is that relationship with the therapist,” she said. “And your belief that it’s going to work.” Forest bathing When Sandy Troyano tells new clients about her work in forest bathing, they often picture something involving a swimsuit. The reality of the practice is far from that, however.
Instead of diving into a body of water, when Troyano, an Evergreen resident, meets with a client or group of clients, she walks them through a series of sensory-opening exercises followed by a long, slow walk through the forest. “There’s a saying that the guide opens the door, but the forest actually does the work,” Troyano said. The practice comes from a Japanese concept called shinrin-yoku, which literally translates to “forest bathing.” The sessions have an approach that’s similar to meditation, with exercises intended on opening up clients’ senses through slow, deliberate walks in nature and a focus on the present moment. Troyano begins her sessions — which can be one-on-one, groups or couples — with a type of sensory-focused, guided meditation that includes feeling the textures of the earth, noticing smells in the air and deeply listening to sounds both near and far away. “The next step is take a small walk, a slow walk and notice everything that’s moving around you,” she said. Then, she invites the forest bathers to find places to sit still for about 15 minutes each, observing the world around them. The process takes about two and a half hours. “It’s really about putting yourself into the present moment,” she said. Troyano has worked with clients who are grieving or dealing with mental health concerns such as depression and anxiety. But she believes everyone can benefit from the practice, she said. Troyano, who is a certified nature and forest therapy guide, said the mindfulness practice also helps clients become more in tune to the nature around them even when they’re not in the forest. “Once you open your SEE NATURE, P15
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galleries already have exhibits of prints, and we expect there will be more, but have not been notified. (Blame COVID!) Hours: open Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; Saturday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. 303797-1779.
ranklin, Jefferson, Adams, Washington ... The Performance Now Theater company, which started out in Highlands Ranch some years ago, is performing “1776” at LakeSONYA’S wood Cultural SAMPLER Center, 470 Allison Parkway, Lakewood, through April 3. Box office: 303-987-7845, lakewood.org/ Government/ Departments/Community-Resources/ Arts-and-Culture/ Sonya Ellingboe Lakewood-Cultural-Center/Ticketing-and-Box-Office.
Colorado Gallery of the Arts Arapahoe Community College’s Colorado Gallery of the Arts is holding an online exhibit for Littleton Student work through April 8. My understanding is that exhibits this year are online only. See arapahoe. edu/littleton-public-school-districtart-show-2022. Reminder to artists Entries are invited to the All Colorado Show at the Depot Art Gallery, via CaFE, callforentry.org. Limited to the first 150 submissions of one to three works. Entry fee: $30-All Colorado at the Depot. Juror is Doug Dawson. Deadline is May 15 or the first 150 submissions, whichever
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senses, you start noticing more,” she said. “More comes into you.” Wilderness therapy When Anthony Riske was first introduced to wilderness therapy, the programs were typically nomadic backpacking trips accompanied by clinical support. The clients were often teens or young adults with substance abuse problems or lifestyle issues. Now, his work includes more consultations for those interested in trying out “solos,” where they spend extended time alone in the outdoors as a way
Genealogy group Columbine Genealogical and Historical Society meets at 1 p.m. in-person and on Zoom. Meeting April 12 at Good Shepherd Episcopal Church, 8545 E. Dry Creek Road, Centennial. Presenter: Jonathan Fairchild, historian for the National Park Service, at 1 p.m. speaking about Homestead Laws (Homestead Act of 1862) and techniques for researching homestead records and the effect the act had on the United States. On April 19 at 1 p.m., via Zoom, Susie Wickman will present “Mapping Your Family History.” columbinegenealogy.com. The musical “1776” is on stage at Lakewood Cultural Center through April 3. COURTESY OF RDG PHOTOGRAPHY
Curtis Center Small prints by members of the Boston Printmakers will be exhib-
ited at the Curtis Center for the Arts, 2349 E Orchard Road, Greenwood Village — one of many area exhibits that are part of the Month of Print (MoPrint). Reception April 2, 6-8 p.m. Free admission. This traveling show includes 130 small prints from across the country. All are no larger than eight by 10 inches and are about the theme of communication. Some area
to treat mental health concerns. “We spend so much time with machines that we think that we are machines now,” he said. “But really, we are a part of nature.” Riske, who is a therapist originally based in Arvada but currently living in Costa Rica, meets virtually with clients to help them set up their own wilderness therapy experience. Often, his clients will search for an isolated area and camp there for up to 72 hours. He recommends journaling prompts, symbolic ceremonies and books for them to engage with during their time alone. “If you get bored, look closer,” he said he advises people. “Find the trail of ants, the different kinds of soil.” Riske usually advises clients to
slowly work their way up to spending more time alone outside and ensures that the client is comfortable with safety precautions. Often, clients will report that during the first 24 hours alone, they remained busy with their assigned activities along with setting up camp and eating. After 48 hours, some say they feel good but somewhat exhausted from their thoughts, he said. Many of those who remain for 72 hours, though, say they reach a blissful, relaxing state. In the past, he’s also led group backpacking trips with therapy intertwined and solo therapy meetings in the outdoors. “People are certainly more interested in that kind of experience,” he said. “And in Colorado, you just head straight up into the foothills.”
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‘Blue Ridge’ Miner’s Alley Playhouse, 1224 Washington Ave., Golden, opens a regional premiere of “Blue Ridge” by Abby Rosebrock, playing April 15 to June 5. 303-935-3044, minersalley.com.
ACC Foundation The Arapahoe Community College Foundation presents “A Night in Monte Carlo,” its annual fundraiser to bring in money for student scholarships, on April 21 at Cielo at Castle Pines. Office phone for information: 303-797-5602.
Aleya Littleton, who has a master’s degree in adventure therapy, takes clients on hikes and climbs for their COURTESY PHOTO therapy sessions.
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A brisk wind was challenging several guests who visited Littleton’s Depot Art Gallery on March 22. Appropriate introduction to the new exhibit, “Weathered,” which runs through April! The wind pushed us in through that front door. Well-known Denver painter and collage artist Sandra Kaplan was the juror for this new collection, which covers the subject in many ways — from an approaching storm to a composition of weathered wood scraps to a wrinkled old man’s face. (“Rugged Years,” watercolor by Sharon Wink.) It’s always fun to see what imaginative artists do with a stated theme. “Reclaimed Fences,” by Tippy McIntosh, was named Best of Theme and features pieces of an old, weathered barn, mounted on a slab of Camphor veneer. This artist’s husband is a homebuilder and she likes to incorporate building materials like this veneer in her artwork. Paintings range from Richard Simpson’s “Parry and Eva,” a detailed small landscape/mountain painting named second place by Kaplan, to Lorraine Herrera-Bonilla’s strong statement, “Stalwart” (third place), and Mary Clarke’s glowing, circling gold and orange feline trio, “Keeping Warm on a Winter’s Night,” one of several honorable mention award-winners. Others named by Kaplan for honorable mention were photographer Peggy Dietz’s “International,” an aerial view, Talia Johns’ “Keeper of the Souls” and Bobbi Shupe’s small, detailed painting, “History.” Merrie Wicks’ entry is a strong watercolor of one of those sad, sagging old homes one sees in Colorado’s ghost towns. It’s called “Deer Creek Derelict” and longtime member Paul Nutting has a small, subtlyhued oil painting called “Prairie Dawn,” with mist and clouds. Active member Pam Roth O’Mara’s work is an acrylic painting named “Winter at the Sod Home,” inspired by the sod home at the fascinating Plains Conservation Center on East Hampden Avenue in Aurora, where she volunteers time. (Readers will want to add this spot to their “to be explored” lists for summer.) Kathy Triplett exhibits a mosaic made from broken teacup plates and beaded cabochons on a fiddle-shaped form and another called “Ready for My Cameo.” Near the entry door, a visitor finds a trio of handsome glass vases, with painted decoration by Chris Schranck, and member Gold Orman exhibits sculptural works in fused glass nearby.
“Reclaimed Fences” by Tippy McIntosh was named Best of Theme in the “Weathered” COURTESY PHOTO exhibit at Littleton’s Depot Art Gallery.
IF YOU GO Housed in an original Santa Fe Railway depot used by early Littleton travelers and commuters, the Depot Art Gallery, at 2069 W. Powers Ave., downtown Littleton, is open from 11
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Colorado lawmakers seek to fix rejected conservation easements Bill to spend millions compensating canceled easement holders is back BY MICHAEL BOOTH THE COLORADO SUN
Persistent state legislators are once again hoping to compensate Colorado landowners whose conservation easement tax credits were rejected and clawed back years ago, this time with a bill whose price tag to the treasury would be about $155 million. The effort by Sens. Faith Winter, a Westminster Democrat, and Cleave Simpson, an Alamosa Republican, revives a years-long effort to repay family ranchers and farmers who say they signed conservation easements in good faith only to have them rejected by state revenue officials who determined they were overvalued. The sponsors say they have put in more conditions since last year’s failed $149 million payback bill, including new limits on the easements’ value and who can still claim them. “We’ve been down that road,” Simpson said. “So let’s try to focus this in a little different direction.” Last year, when a similar bill flew through the Senate and died in a House committee, Winter said, “members still had concerns around these guardrails and making sure that we’re really addressing the family farms and ranches and not the speculators.” And this year, Winter said, the legislature has more revenue to work with. “So I think we’ll be more successful,” she said. The new bill, Senate Bill 119, will first appear at the Senate Finance Committee on March 16. Mark Weston, a prominent critic of the past payback attempts said this year’s bill does appear to have meaningful changes “preventing some of the worst abusers from qualifying” for repayment of credits. Changes include a requirement that families need to have owned the
Conservation easements, such as those that protect the Trinchera Blanca Ranch in southern Colorado, are intended to protect open space valuable for wildlife habitat or scenery. A conservation easement of 81,400 acres on the ranch protects the western slope of the Sangre de Cristo range between La Veta and Fort Garland, including PHOTO BY JOHN MCEVOY/SPECIAL TO THE COLORADO SUN Mount Lindsey and Mount Blanca.
land for three years before applying for the initial tax credits, and capping tax credits at 250% of the purchase price of the land. That will cut out some speculators who tried to manipulate the system to get lucrative tax credits, without any real interest in the land or its conservation value, said Weston, an appraiser who opposes repayment and who reviewed many of the denied claims as the first director of the state Division of Conservation. It’s important for legislators and taxpayers to understand, Weston said, that “these credits were not disallowed arbitrarily by the Department of Revenue, but were scrutinized by a governor-appointed expert commission, qualified appraisal staff within the Division of Real Estate, along with the number crunchers in the Department of Revenue.” Fixing past mistakes The 2022 bill is the latest attempt to restore controversial easement tax credits issued from 2000 to 2013, some of which investigators called spurious and the Colorado Department of Revenue denied after reviews by teams of appraisers.
The conservation easements were originally intended to protect natural spaces while compensating family farmers and other longtime landowners for giving up their rights to develop the property. An appraiser estimated the value of the land and development rights, and the state issued tax credits that allowed the landowner to offset other taxes or get paid cash by investors who bought the credits. But the revenue department and many in the appraiser community said that in some cases unscrupulous investment advisers created partnerships or family groups to claim lucrative, overvalued credits for development that never would have happened. In one disputed case, a piece of land near Lamar that sold for $776,000 appeared to qualify for easement credits of $8 million. Some farming and ranching families have for more than a decade protested that they signed up for the earliest iterations of conservation easements in good faith to help save their family business and pay tax bills. They emphasize that the federal Internal Revenue Service allowed the tax credits even when
state officials denied them and demanded repayment. The disputes eventually involved more than 800 cases and hundreds of millions of dollars in contested credits. Some families say paying back the credits or being confronted by investors who bought the rejected credits has ruined their lives. The fiscal note for the new bill says the total of disallowed credits from 2000 to 2013 is now about $177.7 million. Some cases have been resolved or settled. This year’s bill calls for a newly created ombudsman in the state Division of Conservation to resolve disputes between parties who may be claiming the same credits. The bill would spend $5.8 million in the first year to hire about 17 full time positions to administer the credit disputes. Based on the percentage of credit holders expected to apply, restoring the credits would cost the general fund another $66.6 million the first year, and up to $88.8 million in the second year. The Colorado system for conservation easement tax has been tweaked multiple times since the period when officials say it was abused and families said they were unfairly denied. Last year, the legislature passed a bill sought by conservation groups that increased the amount of tax credit on new easements to 90% of the donated value, and added water conservation groups and others among those who could apply for credits. That bill was initially hailed as a companion to last year’s attempt at restoring credits to past denied credit holders. But the credit-restoration bill died in its second House committee vote on party lines dominated by Democrats, in what rural supporters called “pulling the football” after months of negotiations. This story is from The Colorado Sun, a journalist-owned news outlet based in Denver and covering the state. For more, and to support The Colorado Sun, visit coloradosun.com. The Colorado Sun is a partner in the Colorado News Conservancy, owner of Colorado Community Media.
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at the Capitol. But because House Bill 1279 changes only state law, Republicans would still be able to introduce bills and ballot measures seeking to limit abortion access. Only a constitutional amendment, which would require approval by 55% of voters, could more permanently settle the question. Colorado voters have consistently rejected ballot measures seeking to restrict abortion access. Abortion rights groups are considering whether to pursue a ballot measure in 2024 enshrining abortion access in Colorado’s constitution.
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Democrats in the state legislature on March 23 sent Gov. Jared Polis a bill affirming access to abortion and contraception in Colorado. After the vote, Polis said he will sign the measure, House Bill 1279, into law. The legislation passed the Senate on a 20-15, party-line vote after it was debated on the floor for about 13 hours on March 22 and then more than two hours on March 23 as Republicans fought the measure’s passage. The bill was debated in the House earlier this month for 24 consecutive hours in what was one of the longest debates in the legislature’s history. Democrats introduced the legislation in response to questions about the future of Roe v. Wade, the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision protecting the right to an abortion without excessive government restriction. The court could overturn the precedent in the coming months in a ruling in a case out of Mississippi, potentially opening the door for abortion restrictions in Colorado at the county or municipal level. Colorado, which in 1967 became the first state to loosen its abortion
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Gov. Jared Polis delivered the annual State of the State address on Jan. 13. PHOTO FROM FACEBOOK
laws, is among the states with the fewest abortion restrictions in the nation. Abortion access wouldn’t be immediately affected in Colorado if Roe v. Wade is overturned, but abortion rights advocates warn there could still be threats. The concern among abortion rights groups is that conservative Colorado counties or municipalities could try to pass local measures banning or significantly limiting abortion access. Without the protections in Roe v. Wade, those local measures may not be challengeable
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Chap baseball team downs Fort Collins 13-5 March 26 victory moved Wolverines into positive territory for season BY JIM BENTON JBENTON@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
It was a tough question but Chaparral senior James Harbison answered quickly. He was asked which he liked better, playing the in the outfield or closing as a relief pitcher. Harbison did both on March 26 as Chap downed Fort Collins, 13-5, in a baseball game played at the Wolverines’ Eaton field. He got an unexpected start in left field and made the most of it as Chap improved its season record to 4-3. Harbison doubled and scored in the Wolverines’ five-run second-inning outburst and was summoned to pitch in the sixth inning. He pitched 1.1 innings, faced five batters, didn’t allow a hit and struck out the side in the top of the seventh inning. “I like outfield more but it is always fun to come in and close too,” said the left-handed Harbison. “I felt really good. My off speed was working and had a good defense behind me. I felt good at the plate too.” Chap head coach Alan DiGiosio did not hesitate to point out Harbison’s contribution. “James Harbison was not scheduled to start in left field but he got the last start and then came in and closed the game for us,” said DiGiosio. “He had a pretty good showing today.” Chap had 11 hits against four Fort Collins pitchers. Andrew Isdale and Ryan Loomer each had two hits and combined for three runs batted in. Isdale, a senior, was the starting pitcher for the Wolverines against the Lambkins and allowed just one hit in four innings of work before being relieved by freshman Ethan Adams and Harbison. Chap compiled a 2-3 record on an early-season trip to Arizona but came home to face Pueblo South on
Senior Andrew Isdale (19) was the starting pitcher for Chaparral on March 26 against Fort Collins. He allowed one hit in four innings and the Wolverines went on to get a 13-5 victory to improve their PHOTO BY JIM BENTON season record to 4-3.
March 25 and Fort Collins on March 26. “We played really well down in Arizona for five games,” added DiGiosio. “Two games we had the lead in and realistically we could have come out of there 5-0. Both the last two wins were nice but in this one (Fort Collins) we did a lot more things right.” Chap held a 5-1 lead against Pueblo South but held on for a 5-4 win on March 25. Isdale and Tanner Donner each had two hits for the Wolverines. Senior Nathan Pitts was the starting pitcher in the Pueblo South
Chaparral shortstop Cole Jenkins (7) relays a throw to first base to complete a double play in the top of the second inning of the March 26 game against Fort Collins. The Wolverines won, 13-5. PHOTO BY JIM BENTON
game and surrendered three hits in 5.1 innings before Nick Miszuk came in to get the save. “We’re in a stretch of our schedule right now leading up to league where we’ve got to keep building and getting better because you know what our league (Continental) is like. “We’ve got some young pieces and some guys that are in their second time with us. “We’ve got a lot of arms and a lot of talent. We are just
hoping we can put them in the right places and play up to our potential.” Harbison agrees. “We’re getting a lot better as we go along,” he said. “Those first couple games we lost, it was our first games in a while. Now that we are getting back in the groove, we’ll be pretty good the rest of the season. We got all of it and good energy on the bench. Everybody knows their role and plays it well.”
Regis upsets Douglas County in volleyball matchup BY JIM BENTON JBENTON@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Douglas County won the first boys state volleyball championship sanctioned by the Colorado High School Activities Association last year. The Huskies went 18-0 in the historic season but on March 23, Douglas County suffered its first sanctioned loss. Regis Jesuit pulled out a 3-2 win over the top-ranked Huskies in a match played in the Douglas County gym and the 10th-ranked Raiders snapped a 19-match winning streak for County, which opened this season with a win SEE UPSET, P21
Douglas County’s Dillen Coney (15) helps lead a cheer after the Huskies won a point in the March 25 match against Regis Jesuit. PHOTO BY JIM BENTON The Raiders won, 3-2.
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Douglas County junior Landon Keathley attempts a kill shot over blockers from Regis PHOTO BY JIM BENTON Jesuit during the March 25 match which Regis won, 3-2.
over Littleton. “We are much younger this year,” said Douglas County Coach Jason Fitzgerald. “We know we are going to get everyone’s very best and we are looking forward to the challenge. The game against Regis was another opportunity to grow into who this year’s team will be. Chapter Two.” Douglas County, led by the play of Landon Keathley, Dillen Coney and Jensen Pascua, won the first set 25-20 but lost the next two sets.
The Huskies won three of the last four points to capture the fourth set, 26-24. Fitzgerald’s team grabbed 5-1 and 6-3 leads in the decisive fifth set but couldn’t hold off the Raiders, losting 15-12. Keathely and Coney, both juniors, each had 11 kills to pace the Huskies.Coney was credited with four blocks. Zach Dubey finished with eight kills and Spencer Etchells had four blocks for the Huskies. Pascua, another junior, had 32 assists, 18 digs and two service aces. Senior CJ Mullins was solid with 18 digs. Mullins, Pascua and Coney were the foundation of last season’s title team.
Boats used to float through Denver on Cherry Creek They’re long gone now, but their legacy lives on BY DAVID GILBERT THE COLORADO SUN
One of the boats is a garden planter now. A couple more sit in a storage unit near Elitch Gardens. The remaining handful of punts — think gondolas like in Venice — were given away as gifts, their fate today unknown. It’s been 13 years since the last punt plied Denver’s Cherry Creek. But the legacy of Venice on the Creek, the eccentric tourist attraction that once sent visitors on rides through the only boat locks in Colorado, lives on in how Denver thinks of the neighborhood around one of its primary waterways — and launched at least one political career. “It captured people’s imaginations,” said Jolon Clark, a Denver city council member whose first job was a “punter” for Venice on the Creek in the 1990s, and said his experience led him down a path toward public service. “It was a magical thing that got people to dream about where Denver was going.” Venice on the Creek launched in 1996, when downtown Denver was still finding its identity, said Jeff Shoemaker, the head of the Greenway Foundation, a nonprofit focused on revitalizing Denver-area waterways. “It was one of the most delightful, challenging, goofy things we’ve ever done,” Shoemaker said. “Back then, the banks of Cherry Creek were asphalt and vacant lots. It was pretty forgotten. We wanted to prove it could be something beautiful.” Founded by Shoemaker’s father, Joe Shoemaker, in 1974, the Greenway Foundation has led efforts to build miles of trails and dozens of parks along Cherry Creek and the South Platte River and hosts environmentally focused summer camps for schoolchildren. In 1996, the Greenway Foundation built a series of five dams and locks that would allow boats to float less than a mile from Larimer Street to Confluence Park on the South Platte. The foundation spent $50,000 on five “punts” — 23-foot wooden boats that could carry a half-dozen pas-
sengers plus a “punter,” a pilot who guided the boats with a long wooden pole. The punts were built by British craftsman Cliff Ansel, who also made boats that floated down the River Cam in Cambridge, England. Funding came from $1.5 million in grants from the City of Denver, the Urban Drainage and Flood Control District, and the Gates Family and Boettcher foundations among others. The project required the blessing of the Army Corps of Engineers, FEMA and Denver Mayor Wellington Webb. The first season was slow, with just 3,000 passengers in three months of operation. But by 1997, the idea was starting to hold water. That’s the year Clark, then a student at South High School, came on board. “My high school sweetheart told me I should apply, and I was sure she meant Cherry Creek Reservoir — how could there be boats on Cherry Creek?” Clark said. “But it was the coolest, funkiest thing ever. I gave boat rides to honeymooners from Germany. A guy proposed to his girlfriend on my boat.” Clark was hooked and came back every summer through high school and college. When he graduated from Colorado State University in 2003 with a degree in natural resources, Shoemaker put Clark in charge of the foundation’s summer camp program. The work led to fundraising and planning projects, and before long Clark said he was being courted to run for office. He was elected to Denver City Council in 2014. “The vision I first saw from those boats was to build something positive for downtown,” he said. “It was inspiring.” Clark said the neighborhood around the creek has radically transformed since his first summer on a punt, with apartments and the upscale LoDo shopping and dining district looming over the channel. In some ways it’s a fulfillment of the Greenway Foundation’s goals, Clark said, though downtown is again hurting as pandemic shutdowns and a shift toward work from home have left shops and restaurants struggling. “You do see a lot of people living right in that downtown area, though, and I think that’s helped insulate downtown against some of
the impacts of the pandemic,” he said. “If it were still almost strictly commercial in downtown like you saw through a lot of the 1990s, we could be in worse shape. I think the Greenway Foundation and Venice on the Creek helped make living there seem more feasible.” “I was living somewhere with beauty and charm” Venice on the Creek wasn’t Denver’s first attempt at boating its shallow rivers, though. “Denver has always wanted to be a seaside city,” historian Phil Goodstein said. “But the reality of how small these rivers really are always catches up with people.”
John Brisben Walker, who developed Red Rocks Amphitheatre, was said to have attempted to start a steamship service between Denver and Brighton in the 1880s, soon scaling it back to a four-block stretch of the South Platte deepened by a dam, Goodstein said. In 1894, miners left unemployed by the Panic of 1893 built flatboats in an attempt to float east to join Coxey’s Army, a nationwide political protest movement demanding solutions to poverty and unemployment, though most of the boats are believed to have run aground. Steamboats once chugged SEE BOATS, P22
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Former Venice on the Creek punter Joe Wood points out features in an old boat lock along Cherry Creek.
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Public Notices call Sheree 303.566.4088 Legals Public Trustees COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0006-2022 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On January 11, 2022, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records. Original Grantor(s) Judith A Stewart Original Beneficiary(ies) Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., Its Successors and Assigns Current Holder of Evidence of Debt The Bank of New York Mellon fka the Bank of New York, as Trustee for the certificateholders of the CWABS Inc., asset-backed certificates, series 2006-21 Date of Deed of Trust September 06, 2006 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust September 21, 2006 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) B6136125 Original Principal Amount $204,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $210,890.87 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof. THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. ALL THAT CERTAIN PARCEL OF LAND SITUATE IN THE COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO, BEING KNOWN AND DESIGNATED AS LOT 25, BLOCK 5, BEL-VUE HEIGHTS, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 7526 S Elati St, Littleton, CO 80120-4109. THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust. THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 05/11/2022, at The East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. First Publication: 3/17/2022 Last Publication: 4/14/2022 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; DATE: 01/11/2022 Susan Sandstrom, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Susan Sandstrom, Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Erin Croke #46557 Steven Bellanti #48306 Holly Shilliday #24423 Ilene Dell'Acqua #31755 McCarthy & Holthus LLP 7700 E Arapahoe Road, Suite 230, Centennial, CO 80112 (877) 369-6122 Attorney File # CO-21-896807-LL The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015 Legal Notice NO. 0006-2022
First Publication: 3/17/2022 Last Publication: 4/14/2022 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent
City and County Public Notice CITY OF CENTENNIAL NOTICE OF A PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING THE ELIBIGILITY OF CERTAIN PROPERTY FOR ANNEXATION COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE DOVE VALLEY REGIONAL PARK/CHERRY CREEK INNOVATION CAMPUS ANNEXATION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to C.R.S. § 31-12-108(2), that the City Council of the City of Centennial will hold a public hearing on Monday, the 18th day of April 2022 at 7:00 PM (or as soon thereafter as the meeting agenda permits) to consider whether the property generally known as the “Dove Valley Regional Park/ Cherry Creek Innovation Campus Annexation,” and more particularly described in Resolution No. 2022-R-11, dated March 7, 2022 (the “Substantial Compliance Resolution”), which property consists of a total of approximately 274.025 acres as more particularly described in a petition for annexation (the “Subject Property”), meets the applicable requirements of Section 30 of Article II of the Colorado Constitution and C.R.S § 31-12-104 and C.R.S § 31-12-105, and is eligible for annexation to the City of Centennial. Copies of the Petitions for Annexation concerning the Subject Property and the corresponding annexation map are on file at the City of Centennial City Clerk’s office, 13313 E. Arapahoe Road, Centennial, CO 80112. All interested parties will be given an opportunity to be heard. The hearing will be held in the Centennial Civic Center, 13313 E. Arapahoe Road, Centennial, CO 80112 at the above time and date. Further information concerning this matter may be obtained by calling the City of Centennial Community Development Department at 303754-3403. A copy of the Substantial Compliance Resolution is published in full below. A live broadcast of the meeting may be found at: https://www.centennialco.gov/Government/ Mayor-Council/City-Council-Meetings/AgendasMinutes IMPORTANT NOTICE: Though not anticipated, in the event the public hearing is required to held by a virtual meeting service such as Zoom, the date and time of the meeting shall remain the same as stated above but the City’s website shall provide immediate notice of the change in meeting format and provide a means of accessing the virtual meeting via the internet as soon as practicable. In addition, you may call the City of Centennial Community Development Department at 303-754-3308 to obtain the internet link to the meeting if held by virtual format. /s/ Barbara Setterlind, MMC, City Clerk Legal Notice No. 530153-60153 First Publication: March 10, 2022 Second Notice: March 17, 2022 Third Notice: March 24, 2022 Fourth Notice: March 31, 2022 Last Publication: April 7, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent and the Centennial Citizen Public Notice ARAPAHOE COUNTY NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING CASE NO LE21-004, TRAIL RIDGE #03 / STANDFORD HILLS OPEN SPACE TRAIL PHASE II / LOCATION AND EXTENT PROPOSAL: Stream Landscape Architecture & Planning, on behalf of the property owner, Arapahoe Park & Recreation District, is requesting approval of a Location and Extent application to construct an Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) accessible concrete trail on an existing parcel southeast of Eaglecrest High School, near the intersection of S Picadilly St and S Riviera Way. The proposed improvements will make a connection to the larger trail system and provide a connection to Eaglecrest High School parking lot, which will replace the existing trail which is currently not ADA compliant. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on April 19, 2022 the Arapahoe County Planning Commission will hold a Public Hearing at 6:30 P.M., or as soon as possible thereafter at 6954 S Lima St., Arapahoe Room, Centennial, CO 80112; at which, all interested persons will be given an opportunity to be heard concerning the above-described LE21-004, Location and Extent. The agenda will typically be posted by the Friday afternoon preceding the hearing and can be viewed on our website at https://arapahoe.legistar.com/Calendar. You can also listen to, or speak at, the meeting by calling 1-855-436-3656. To join the speaking queue, press *3 on the telephone keypad. More information about this proposal is available at the offices of the Arapahoe County Public Works and Development Department, Planning Division, 6924 S Lima St., Centennial CO 80112 (please call ahead to schedule an appointment), by calling 720-874-6650, or by emailing planning@ arapahoegov.com during regular business hours (8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday). Joan Lopez, Clerk to the Board
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Legal Notice No. 1053 First Publication: March 31, 2022 Last Publication: March 31, 2022 Publisher: Englewood Herald Littleton Independent Centennial Citizen Public Notice ARAPAHOE COUNTY REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL RFP-22-19 ARMED SECURITY SERVICES FOR ARAPAHOE COUNTY FACILITIES Notice is hereby given that the Arapahoe County Purchasing Division will be accepting proposals from qualified companies to provide Armed Security Services at identified Arapahoe County Facilities as specified herein from a source that will give prompt and efficient service to the County. All Arapahoe County solicitations can be obtained from the County’s website. The Request For Proposal (RFP-22-19) document can be obtained by going to the Arapahoe County website www.arapahoegov.com, then go to the Finance Department, and under the Finance Department select Purchasing then go to the Quick Link for the Rocky Mountain ePurchasing website. Electronic submissions will be accepted online via Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing Systems (RMEPS), www.bidnetdirect.com/colorado. Submittals must be received, electronically, no later than 2:00 p.m. local time on April 28, 2022. The County reserves the right to waive any or all informalities or irregularities and to reject any or all submittals. Joan Lopez, Clerk to the Board Legal Notice No. Arap 1054 First Publication: March 31, 2022 Last Publication: March 31, 2022 Publisher: Englewood Herald Littleton Independent Centennial Citizen Public Notice CITY OF CENTENNIAL NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING AN APPLICATION FOR A HOTEL & RESTAURANT LICENSE APRIL 14, 2022 Notice is hereby given that the Centennial Liquor Licensing Authority will conduct a public hearing on Thursday, April 14, 2022 at 10:00 a.m., via Virtual Meeting, to consider an application for a new H&R License for Johar LLC, dba Bombay Bites, located at 6879 S. Vine St. Unit B7-712, Centennial, CO 80122 The applicant is an LLC: Johar LLC 6879 S. Vine St. Unit B7-712 Centennial, CO 80122 Public comment will be heard at the virtual hearing or written communications regarding the issuance of this license may be submitted to the Liquor License Administrator, via email at clovelace@ centennialco.gov by no later than April 14, 2022 at 8:00 a.m. By order of Barbara Setterlind, City Clerk March 31, 2022. Legal Notice No. 530224-60224 First Publication: March 31, 2022 Last Publication: March 31, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent and the Centennial Citizen
Metropolitan Districts Public Notice NOTICE OF POLLING PLACE ELECTION SOUTH SUBURBAN PARK AND RECREATION DISTRICT TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, and, particularly, to the electors of the South Suburban Park and Recreation District of Arapahoe, Douglas and Jefferson Counties, Colorado. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an election will be held on the 3rd day of May, 2022, between the hours of 7:00 A.M. and 7:00 P.M. The Board of Directors of the District has designated the following polling places: Goodson Recreation Center 6315 South University Boulevard Centennial, Colorado South Suburban Sports Complex 4810 E. County Line Road Littleton, CO 80126 At said election, the electors of the District shall vote for Three (3) Directors to serve a ThreeYear Term of office of the Board of Directors of the District: The names of persons nominated for a ThreeYear Term are as follows: John Priddy Pete Barrett Kate M. Arkin David Lawful Alexis Barrere Susan K. Pye Elizabeth Watson
Michael G. Kohut Kathleen Turley NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that applications for absentee ballots may be filed with Jennifer King, Designated Election Official of the South Suburban Park and Recreation District at: 4810 E. County Line Road, Littleton, CO 80126, Monday through Friday between the hours of 8:00 A.M. and 5:00 P.M., until the close of business (5:00 P.M.) on the Tuesday immediately preceding the regular election (April 26, 2022) Contact the DEO at (303) 483-7011 or Elections@ssprd.org for more information. Absentee ballots must be returned to the DEO by 7:00 p.m. on Election Day. SOUTH SUBURBAN PARK AND RECREATION DISTRICT /s/ Jennifer King, Designated Election Official Legal Notice No.530206-60206 First Publication: March 31, 2022 Last Publication: March 31, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent Centennial Citizen and Lone Tree Voice Public Notice NOTICE OF CANCELLATION and CERTIFIED STATEMENT OF RESULTS §1-13.5-513(6), 32-1-104,1-11-103(3) C.R.S. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the INVERNESS WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT, ARAPAHOE AND DOUGLAS COUNTIES, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election, there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 3, 2022 is hereby canceled pursuant to section 1-13.5-513(6) C.R.S. The following candidates are hereby declared elected: Mr. William Bruce Woodward: 3-Year Term until May, 2025 Mr. Thomas P. Morton: 3-Year Term until May, 2025 Mr. Joel Christensen: 3-Year Term until May, 2025 Laurie Tatlock Designated Election Official Contact Person for the District: Luis Tovar Telephone Number of the District: 303-649-9857 Address of the District 188 Inverness Drive West, #150 Englewood, CO 80112 District Email: luis@mulhernmre.com Legal Notice No. 530222 First Publication: March 31, 2022 Last Publication: March 31, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE OF CANCELLATION and CERTIFIED STATEMENT OF RESULTS §1-13.5-513(6), 32-1-104,1-11-103(3) C.R.S. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the SOUTHGATE AT CENTENNIAL METROPOLITAN DISTRICT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election, there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 3, 2022 is hereby canceled pursuant to section 1-13.5-513(6) C.R.S. The following candidates are hereby declared elected: Ms. Nancy H. Bell: 3-Year Term until May, 2025 Mr. Robert A. Koontz 3-Year Term until May, 2025 Mr. Patrick F. Mulhern 3-Year Term until May, 2025 Laurie Tatlock Designated Election Official Contact Person for the District: Laurie Tatlock Telephone Number of the District: 303-649-9857 Address of the District: 188 Inverness Drive West, #150 Englewood, CO 80112 District Email: laurie@mulhernmre.com Legal Notice No. 530223 First Publication: March 31, 2022 Last Publication: March 31, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE OF CANCELLATION and CERTIFIED STATEMENT OF RESULTS §1-13.5-513(6), 32-1-104,1-11-103(3) C.R.S. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the INVERNESS METROPOLITAN IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, ARAPAHOE AND DOUGLAS COUNTIES, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election, there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates
filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 3, 2022 is hereby canceled pursuant to section 1-13.5513(6) C.R.S. The following candidates are hereby declared elected: Mr. William Bruce Woodward: 3-Year Term until May, 2025 Mr. Thomas P. Morton: 3-Year Term until May, 2025 Mr. Joel Christensen 3-Year Term until May, 2025 Laurie Tatlock Designated Election Official Contact Person for the District: Luis Tovar Telephone Number of the District: 303-649-9857 Address of the District: 188 Inverness Drive West, #150 Englewood, CO 80112 District Email: luis@mulhernmre.com Legal Notice No. 530221 First Publication: March 31, 2022 Last Publication: March 31, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent
Bids and Settlements Public Notice NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT BID PACKAGE #01 Furniture CMGC Services for Newton Middle School Notice is hereby given that Littleton Public Schools in the county of Arapahoe will on or about May 3, 2022 pay retainage and make final settlement with Bottom Line Design LLC dba BC Interiors for BID PACKAGE #01 Furniture CMGC Services for Newton Middle School. Any person, copartnership, association of persons, company or corporation that has furnished labor, material, team hire, sustenance, provisions, provender or other supplies used or consumed by the contractor identified above or any subcontractor thereof in or about the performance of the work contracted to be done or that has supplied rental machinery, tools, or equipment to the extent used in the prosecution of the work whose claim therefore has not been paid, by the contractor or subcontractor, must file a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid on account of such claim, which statement must be filed on or before May 3, 2022. Claims must be submitted to the Board of Education to Littleton Public Schools at the school district’s Property Management Department, 5776 S. Crocker Street, Littleton, CO. 80120 on or before May 3, 2022. Final Settlement will be made and verified claims must be timely filed with Littleton Public Schools. Failure on the part of the claimant to file such statement prior to or on the established date will relieve the School District from any and all liability for such claim, Dated: March 31, 2022. Legal Notice No. 530209 First Publication: March 31, 2022 Last Publication: April 21, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent Not consecutive publications
Summons and Sheriff Sale Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, STATE OF COLORADO Case No. 2021CV31062 Plaintiff(s): SOUTHWIND AND EASTPOINTE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC Defendant(s): CECELIA KATHERINE BUCKLEY; RBC MORTGAGE COMPANY; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC; SUE SANDSTROM in her capacity as PUBLIC TRUSTEE OF ARAPAHOE COUNTY; and Current Occupants COMBINED NOTICE OF SALE YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED AS FOLLOWS: Under a REVISED ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR DEFAULT JUDGMENT AND DECREE OF FORECLOSURE in case No. 2021CV31062, I am ordered to sell certain real property, as follows: Judgment Debtors in Foreclosure: CECELIA KATHERINE BUCKLEY Judgment Creditor: Foreclosing Lienholder – SOUTHWIND AND EASTPOINTE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC The date of the Notice of Lien being foreclosed: recorded 02/24/2015 at Reception Number D5017569 in the Office of the Arapahoe County Clerk and Recorder. The amount of the original principal balance of the Lien: $3,619.00 The amount of the outstanding principal balance of the indebtedness as of 11/09/21, the date of entry of Judgment and Decree of Foreclosure: $13,267.94 Additional assessments, attorney fees, late fees, costs and interest continue to accrue pursuant to Plaintiff’s recorded Declaration and statute until title vests in a new owner. Legal description of the property to be foreclosed:
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Public Notices LOT 3, BLOCK 44, SANDPIPER SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 1, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO Parcel ID: 197336221090 Also known as: 2992 SOUTH SCRANTON STREET, AURORA, COLORADO 80014 All of the property encumbered by the Lien being foreclosed is described in the Lien and Lis Pendens. A REVISED ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR DEFAULT JUDGMENT AND DECREE OF FORECLOSURE has been entered in this action regarding a lien for unpaid assessments due Plaintiff, SOUTHWIND AND EASTPOINTE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC, pursuant to the Colorado Common Interest Ownership Act (CCIOA), C.R.S. 38-33.3-316 and the recorded Declaration of SOUTHWIND AND EASTPOINTE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC. You and each of you are hereby notified that a Sheriff's Sale of the referenced property is to be conducted at the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office at 10:00 A.M., on the 12th day of May 2022, at 13101 E. Broncos Pkwy, Centennial, CO 80112, phone number (720) 874-3845. At which sale, the above described real property and improvements thereon will be sold to the highest bidder. Plaintiff makes no warranty relating to title, possession, or quiet enjoyment in and to said real property in connection with this sale. **BIDDERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE CASH OR CERTIFIED FUNDS SUFFICIENT TO COVER THE MINIMUM BID AT TIME OF SALE. ** THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN Tyler S. Brown Arapahoe County Sheriff By: Sgt. Trent Steffa, Deputy Sheriff The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorneys representing the holder of the assessment lien are: Springman, Braden, Wilson & Pontius P.C., (contact Karen Kelly-Braem, #36282) 4175 Harlan St #200 Wheat Ridge, CO 80033, telephone number 303-685-4633, ext 117. Legal Notice No. 530042 First Publication : March 17, 2022 Last Publication : April 14, 2022 Published In : Littleton Independent 750 W Hampden Ave, Suite 224 Englewood, CO 80110 Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO Court Address: 7325 S Potomac Street, Centennial, CO 80112 Plaintiff: THE KNOLLS TOWNHOUSE ASSOCIATION, a Colorado non-profit corporation, Defendants: CASEY SNYDER; LAKEVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC; THE SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; SUE SANDSTROM AS PUBLIC TRUSTEE AND TREASURER FOR ARAPAHOE COUNTY; UNKNOWN TENANT(S) IN POSSESSION. Case Number: 2021CV030470 Plaintiff’s Attorney: Wendy E. Weigler, #28419 WINZENBURG, LEFF, PURVIS & PAYNE, LLP 8020 Shaffer Parkway, Suite 300 Littleton, CO 80127 Telephone: (303) 863-1870 Facsimile: (303) 863-1872 SHERIFF’S NOTICE OF SALE Under an Order Granting Plaintiff’s Motion for Default Judgment in Rem in Favor of Plaintiff and against Defendant Casey Snyder and for an Order and Decree for Judicial Foreclosure entered on November 2, 2021, in the above titled action, I am ordered to sell certain real property as follows: Original Lienee: Casey Snyder Original Lienor: The Knolls Townhouse Association Current Holder of the evidence of debt: The Knolls Townhouse Association Date of Lien being foreclosed: November 22, 2019 Date of Recording of Lien being foreclosed: November 22, 2019 County of Recording: Arapahoe Recording Information: D9128474 Original Principal Balance of the secured indebtedness: $1,864.24 Outstanding Principal Balance of the secured indebtedness as of the date hereof: $14,583.37 Amount of Judgment entered November 18, 2021: $12,914.59 Description of property to be foreclosed: Lots 180A and 180B, The Knolls West - Filing No. 1, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado. Also known as: 7100 S. Knolls Way, Centennial, CO 80122. THE PROPERTY TO BE FORECLOSED AS DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN. THE LIEN BEING CLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The covenants of Plaintiff have been violated as follows: failure to make payments on said indebtedness when the same were due and owing. THEREFORE, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that I will, at 10 o’clock A.M., on May 12, 2022, at the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office, located at 13101 East Broncos Parkway, Centennial, CO 80112, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property described above, and all interest of said Grantor and the heirs and assigns of said Grantor, for the purpose of paying the judgment amount entered herein, and will
deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. **BIDDERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE CASH OR CERTIFIED FUNDS SUFFICIENT TO COVER THE MINIMUM BID AT TIME OF SALE.** Inquiries regarding this Sheriff’s Sale must be directed to the Civil Unit of the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office, telephone 720-874-3845. DATED at Centennial, Colorado this 9th day of February, 2022. Tyler S. Brown, Sheriff Arapahoe County, Colorado By: Sgt. Trent Steffa, Deputy Sheriff Legal Notice No. 530073 First Publication: March 17, 2022 Last Publication: April 14, 2022 Published in: Littleton Independent, 750 W. Hampden, Suite 225, Englewood, CO 80110 Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO 7325 S. Potomac Street Centennial, Colorado 80112 Case Number: 2021CV031407 Plaintiff: COLONY AT CHERRY CREEK CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, INC, a Colorado non-profit corporation, Defendants: EARL J. ROTT, JR.; U.S. BANK N.A.; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC.; SUE SANDSTROM AS PUBLIC TRUSTEE AND TREASURER FOR ARAPAHOE COUNTY; UNKNOWN TENANT(S) IN POSSESSION. Plaintiff’s Attorney: Wendy E. Weigler, #28419 WINZENBURG, LEFF, PURVIS & PAYNE, LLP 8020 Shaffer Parkway, Suite 300 Littleton, CO 80127 Telephone: (303) 863-1870 Facsimile: (303) 863-1872 SHERIFF’S NOTICE OF SALE Under an Order Granting Plaintiff’s Motion for Default Judgment in Favor of Plaintiff and Against Defendant Earl J. Rott, Jr. and For an Order and Decree for Judicial Foreclosure entered on November 3, 2021, in the above titled action, I am ordered to sell certain real property as follows: Original Lienee: Earl J. Rott, Jr. Original Lienor: Colony at Cherry Creek Condominium Association, Inc. Current Holder of the evidence of debt: Colony at Cherry Creek Condominium Association, Inc. Date of Lien being foreclosed: March 6, 2019 Date of Recording of Lien being foreclosed: March 19, 2019 County of Recording: Arapahoe Recording Information: D9023016 Original Principal Balance of the secured indebtedness: $4,212.82 Outstanding Principal Balance of the secured indebtedness as of the date hereof: $20,685.60 Amount of Judgment entered November 3, 2021: $20,071.73 Description of property to be foreclosed: Unit 2, Building 10, Colony at Cherry Creek Condominiums, according to the Condominium Map for Colony at Cherry Creek Condominiums recorded on February 23, 2004, at Reception No. B4032042, in the records of the Office of the Clerk and Recorder of the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado, and as defined and described in the Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions of Colony at Cherry Creek Condominiums, recorded on November 18, 2003, at Reception No. B3247974 in said Records, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado. Also known as: 16332 E. Fremont Avenue, #2, Aurora, CO 80016. THE PROPERTY TO BE FORECLOSED AS DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN. THE LIEN BEING CLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The covenants of Plaintiff have been violated as follows: failure to make payments on said indebtedness when the same were due and owing. THEREFORE, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that I will, at 10 o'clock A.M., on May 5th, 2022, at the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office, located at 13101 East Broncos Parkway, Centennial, CO 80112, phone number 720-874-3845, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property described above, and all interest of said Grantor and the heirs and assigns of said Grantor, for the purpose of paying the judgment amount entered herein, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. **BIDDERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE CASH OR CERTIFIED FUNDS SUFFICIENT TO COVER THE MINIMUM BID AT TIME OF SALE.** Inquiries regarding this Sheriff’s Sale must be directed to the Civil Unit of the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office, telephone 720-874-3845. DATED at Centennial, Colorado this 1st day of February, 2022. Tyler S. Brown, Sheriff Arapahoe County, Colorado By: Sgt. Trent Steffa, Deputy Sheriff Legal Notice No. 530041 First Publication: March 10, 2022 Last Publication: April 7, 2022 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent 750 W Hampden Ave, Suite 225 Englewood, CO 80110 Public Notice
DISTRICT COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO Case Number: 2020CV32252 Div.: 202 Plaintiff: APPLE VALLEY EAST CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, INC., a Colorado non-profit corporation Defendants: AISHA N. PALMER; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC.; STEARNS LENDING, LLC; and PUBLIC TRUSTEE OF THE COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE COMBINED NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE This is to advise you that a Sheriff sale proceeding has been commenced through the office of the undersigned Sheriff pursuant to the Arapahoe County District Court’s Order: Order for Default Judgment and Decree of Foreclosure dated September 14, 2021, and C.R.S. § 38-38-101 et seq., by Apple Valley East Condominium Association, Inc., a Colorado non-profit corporation (“Association”), the current holder of a statutory and contractual lien. The judicial foreclosure is based on a default under the Condominium Declaration for Apple Valley East Condominiums, recorded with the Arapahoe County Clerk and Recorder on April 8, 1974, at reception number 1415965, book 2226, page 205 (“Declaration”). The Declaration, as recorded, establishes a lien for the benefit of Apple Valley East Condominium Association, Inc., WHICH LIEN BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AND IMPROVEMENTS legally described as follows: CONDOMINIUM UNIT D, BUILDING 89, APPLE VALLEY EAST CONDOMINIUMS, ACCORDING TO THE MAP RECORDED APRIL 8, 1974 IN MAP BOOK 26 AT PAGES 30 TO 33, INCLUSIVE AND SUPPLEMENTS THEREOF, AND AN AFFIDAVIT CORRECTING SAID MAP RECORDED SEPTEMBER 3, 1974, IN BOOK 2271 AT PAGE 256, AND THE CONDOMINIUM DECLARATION FOR APPLE VALLEY EAST CONDOMINIUMS RECORDED APRIL 8, 1974 IN BOOK 2226 AT PAGE 205, AND THE SUPPLEMENT THERETO RECORDED OCTOBER 7, 1974 IN BOOK 2280 AT PAGE 603 AND SECOND SUPPLEMENT RECORDED OCTOBER 31, 1974 IN BOOK 2286 AT PAGE 494 AND THIRD SUPPLEMENT RECORDED NOVEMBER 21, 1975 IN BOOK 2394 AT PAGE 650, AND FOURTH SUPPLEMENT RECORDED APRIL 21, 1976 IN BOOK 2439 AT PAGE 454, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. also known by street name and number as: 89 Nome Way #D, Aurora, CO 80012. The Sheriff’s sale has been scheduled to occur at 10:00 A.M., on the 28th day of April, 2022, at the Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office, located at 13101 E. Broncos Parkway, Centennial, Colorado 80112; telephone number 720-874-3845. At the sale, the Sheriff will sell the above-described real property and improvements thereon to the highest bidder. Plaintiff makes no warranty relating to title, possession, or quiet enjoyment in or to said real property in connection with this sale. BIDDERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE CASH OR CERTIFIED FUNDS SUFFICIENT TO COVER THE MINIMUM BID AT THE TIME OF SALE. The name, address, and telephone number of the attorney representing the Plaintiff is: Travis B. Keenan, #41354, Winzenburg, Leff, Purvis & Payne, LLP, 8020 Shaffer Parkway, Suite 300, Littleton, CO 80127; telephone: 303-863-1870. DATED at Arapahoe County, Colorado, this 25th day of January, 2022. Tyler S. Brown Sheriff of Arapahoe County, Colorado By: Sgt. Trent Steffa, Deputy Sheriff Legal Notice No. 530011 First Publication: March 3, 2022 Last Publication: March 31, 2022 Published in: Littleton Independent 750 W. Hampden Ave., Suite 225 Englewood, Colorado, 80110 Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO Case No.: 2021CV030381 Division/Ctrm.: 204 Plaintiff: LOUISIANA PURCHASE II HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION,a Colorado nonprofit corporation v. Defendants: LOUIS T. SCOTT; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC.; GATEWAY MORTGAGE GROUP D/B/A GATEWAY FIRST BANK; WAKEFIELD AND ASSOCIATES INC.; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; and PUBLIC TRUSTEE OF THE COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE COMBINED NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE This is to advise you that a Sheriff sale proceeding has been commenced through the office of the undersigned Sheriff pursuant to an Order for Judgment and Decree of Foreclosure dated November 15, 2021, and C.R.S. §§ 38-38-101 to 401, by the Louisiana Purchase II Homeowners Association, the current holder of a lien recorded with the County of Arapahoe Clerk and Recorder on September 11, 2019, at Reception No. D9094439. The judicial foreclosure is based on a default under the Amended and Restated Condominium Declaration for Louisiana Purchase II Condominiums recorded with the County of Arapahoe Clerk and Recorder on January 13, 2012 , in Reception No. D2005423 (“Declaration”). The Declaration and notices as recorded, establish a lien for the benefit of the Louisiana Purchase II Homeowners Association - THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AND IMPROVEMENTS – against the property legally described as follows: CONDOMINIUM UNIT 103, IN BUILDING 9, LOUISIANA PURCHASE II CONDOMINIUMS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND SUBJECT TO THE DECLARATION OF COVENANTS, CONDITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS FOR LOUISIANA PURCHASE II CONDOMINIUMS RECORDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1998 UNDER RECEPTION
NO. A8155656, AND ANNEXATION RECORDED APRIL 14, 1999 UNDER RECEPTION NO. A9060970 AND AS FURTHER DEFINED AND DESCRIBED ON THE CONDOMINIUM MAP OF THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE II CONDOMINIUM, PHASE VII, RECORDED APRIL 14, 1999 IN PLAT BOOK 160 AT PAGE 71,72,73, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as 1326 South Danube Way #103, Aurora, CO 80017-6312. The Sheriff’s sale has been scheduled to occur at 10:00 A.M. on April 28, 2022, at 13101 E. Broncos Parkway, Centennial, CO 80112, telephone 720874-3845. At the sale, the Sheriff will sell the real property described above, and the improvements thereon, to the highest bidder. Plaintiff makes no warranty relating to title, possession, or quiet enjoyment in and to said real property in connection with this sale. BIDDERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE CASH OR CERTIFIED FUNDS SUFFICIENT TO COVER THE MINIMUM BID AT TIME OF SALE. All telephone inquiries for information should be directed to the office of the undersigned Sheriff at 720-874-3845. The name, address and telephone number of the attorney representing the legal owner of the above-described lien is: Gail R. Gudder, #17820, Moeller Graf, P.C., 385 Inverness Parkway, Englewood, CO 80112, telephone (720) 279-2568. Dated: January 25, 2022 Tyler S. Brown, Sheriff Arapahoe County, Colorado
DATED at Centennial, Colorado this 15th day of February, 2022. Tyler S. Brown, Sheriff Arapahoe County, Colorado By: Sgt. Trent Steffa, Deputy Sheriff Legal Notice No. 530092 First Publication: March 24, 2022 Last Publication: April 21, 2022 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent 750 W. Hampden Ave., Suite 225 Englewood, Colorado, 80110 Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO Court Address: 7325 S. Potomac St., Centennial, CO 80112 Case No.: 2021CV32155 Division: 202 Plaintiff: THE WILLOW CREEK HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION NO. 3, a Colorado nonprofit corporation v. Defendant: ABIGAIL E. HILLENBRAND Attorneys for Plaintiff MOELLER GRAF, P.C. Joshua Myers, #53309 jmyers@moellergraf.com Bujar Ahmeti, #42373 K. Christian Webert, #43739 385 Inverness Parkway, Suite 200 Englewood, Colorado 80112 Office: (720) 279-2568 FAX: (720) 279-2569
By: Sgt. Trent Steffa, Deputy Sheriff
SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION
Legal Notice NO. 530018 First Publication: March 3, 2022 Last Publication: March 31, 2022 Published In: Littleton Independent 750 W. Hampden Ave., Suite 225, Englewood, Colorado 80110
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANT:
Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO Court Address: 7325 S Potomac Street, Centennial, CO 80112 Case Number: 2021CV030480 Plaintiff: APPLETREE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, a Colorado non-profit corporation, Defendants: SIGNE K. OSTRENG; JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.; RECOVERY ACE, INC.; SUE SANDSTROM AS PUBLIC TRUSTEE AND TREASURER FOR ARAPAHOE COUNTY; UNKNOWN TENANT(S) IN POSSESSION. Plaintiff’s Attorney: Wendy E. Weigler, #28419 WINZENBURG, LEFF, PURVIS & PAYNE, LLP 8020 Shaffer Parkway, Suite 300 Littleton, CO 80127 Telephone: (303) 863-1870 Facsimile: (303) 863-1872 SHERIFF’S NOTICE OF SALE Under an Order Granting Plaintiff’s Motion for Default Judgment in Rem in Favor of Plaintiff and Against Defendants Signe K. Ostreng and Recovery Ace, Inc. and for an Order and Decree for Judicial Foreclosure entered on November 18, 2021, in the above titled action, I am ordered to sell certain real property as follows: Original Lienee: Signe K. Ostreng Original Lienor: Appletree Condominium Association Current Holder of the evidence of debt: Appletree Condominium Association Date of Lien being foreclosed: September 24, 2019 Date of Recording of Lien being foreclosed: September 25, 2019 County of Recording: Arapahoe Recording Information: D9100739 Original Principal Balance of the secured indebtedness: $1,315.40 Outstanding Principal Balance of the secured indebtedness as of the date hereof: $16,372.64 Amount of Judgment entered November 18, 2021: $14,841.19 Description of property to be foreclosed: Condominium Unit 12 in Condominium Building F, The Appletree Condominiums, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado. Also known as: 9887 E. Peakview Avenue, #F12, Englewood, CO 80111. THE PROPERTY TO BE FORECLOSED AS DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN. THE LIEN BEING CLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The covenants of Plaintiff have been violated as follows: failure to make payments on said indebtedness when the same were due and owing. THEREFORE, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that I will, at 10 o’clock A.M., on May19, 2022, at the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office, located at 13101 East Broncos Parkway, Centennial, CO 80112, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property described above, and all interest of said Grantor and the heirs and assigns of said Grantor, for the purpose of paying the judgment amount entered herein, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. **BIDDERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE CASH OR CERTIFIED FUNDS SUFFICIENT TO COVER THE MINIMUM BID AT TIME OF SALE. ** Inquiries regarding this Sheriff’s Sale must be directed to the Civil Unit of the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office, telephone 720-874-3845.
You are hereby summoned and required to appear and defend against the claims of the complaint filed with the court in this action, by filing with the clerk of the court an answer or other response, in writing. You are required to file your answer or other response within thirty-five (35) days after the service of this summons upon you is complete. Service of this summons shall be complete on the day of the last publication, as provided below. A copy of the complaint may be obtained from the clerk of the court. If you fail to file your written answer or other response to the complaint within thirty-five (35) days after the date of the last publication, as provided below, then judgment by default may be rendered against you by the court for the relief demanded in the complaint without providing you further notice. This is an action for judicial foreclosure under C.R.C.P. Rule 105 and damages, and for injunctive relief. Plaintiff seeks to foreclose a lien on the following property: LOT 46, BLOCK 1, WILLOW CREEK TOWNHOUSES, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO; also known by street and number as 7986 East Phillips Circle, Centennial, Colorado 80112. Date signed and issued: March 8, 2022 MOELLER GRAF, P.C. Attorneys for Plaintiff /s/ Joshua Myers Joshua Myers, #53309 Associate Attorney Legal Notice No. 530171 First Publication: March 17, 2022 Last Publication: April 14, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, STATE OF COLORADO CASE NO.: 2021CV031618 Div: 204 COMBINED NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL PROPERTY PLAINTIFF: SABLE LANDING CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, v. DEFENDANTS: WAI YEE TSUI; and ROBINWOOD CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION INC. TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS, Please take notice: You and each of you are hereby notified that a Sheriff's Sale of the referenced property is to be conducted by the Sheriff's Office of the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado at 10 O’clock .A.M., on the 26th day of May 2021, at 13101 East Broncos Parkway, Centennial, CO 80112, phone number 720-874-3845. At which sale, the above described real property and improvements thereon will be sold to the highest bidder. Plaintiff makes no warranty relating to title, possession, or quiet enjoyment in and to said real property in connection with this sale. BIDDERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE CASH OR CERTIFIED FUNDS SUFFICIENT TO COVER THE MINIMUM BID AT THE TIME OF SALE. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. Judgment is in the amount of $8,694.86. This is to advise you that a Sheriff’s sale proceeding has been commenced through the office of the undersigned Sheriff pursuant to ORDER FOR DEFAULT JUDGMENT AND ORDER AND DECREE FOR JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE dated January 11, 2022 and C.R.S. §38-38-101 et seq. by SABLE LANDING CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, the holder and current owner of a lien recorded on September 20, 2021 at E1146209 in the records of the Clerk and Recorder of the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado. The foreclosure is based on a default under the Condominium Declaration for Sable Landing recorded on October 18, 1978 at 1903900, Book 3100 Page 471 in the records of the Clerk and Recorder of the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado. The Declaration establishes a lien for the benefit of Sable Landing Condominium
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Public Notices Association against real property legally described as follows: Condominium Unit 1037, in Condominium Building 10, Sable Landing, according to the Commencing Map for Sable Landing Subdivision Filing No. 1, Phase 6, recorded in Plat Book 48 at Page 39, and as defined in the Condominium Declaration recorded October 18, 1979 in Book 3100 at Page 471; and Amendments thereto recorded in Book 3206 at Page 106; Book 3199 at Page 400; Book 3240 at Page 166; Book 3296 at Page 196; Book 3258 at Page 681, Book 3287 at Page 781; Book 3359 at Page 739; and in Book 3363 at Page 373, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado.; Also known as: 14892 E. Kentucky Dr., #1037, Aurora, CO 80012. All telephone inquiries for information should be directed to the office of the undersigned Sheriff at 720-874-3845. The attorney representing the legal owner of the above described lien is: Kate M. Leason, Reg. No. 41025, Altitude Community Law P.C., 555 Zang Street, Suite 100, Lakewood, Colorado 80228-1011, 303.432.9999. DATE: February 15, 2022 Tyler S. Brown Arapahoe County Sheriff By: Sgt Trent Steffa, Deputy Sheriff Legal Notice No. 530097 First Publication: March 31, 2022 Last Publication: April 28, 2022 Published in: Littleton Independent 750 W Hampden Ave, Suite 225 Englewood, CO 80110 Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO Court Address: 7325 S. Potomac Street, Centennial, CO 80112 Case No.: 2022CV030200 Division/Ctrm.: 202 Plaintiff: Traditions Filings 1-7 Master Association, Inc., a Colorado nonprofit corporation v. Defendants: Ian Patrick Holtz; Damiana Sotelo; Occupant; Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.; United States of America Department of Revenue; and Public Trustee of the County of Arapahoe Attorneys for Plaintiff MOELLER GRAF, P.C. Bujar Ahmeti, #42373 K. Christian Webert, #43739 Gail R. Gudder- ggudder@moellergraf.com 385 Inverness Parkway, Suite 200 Englewood, Colorado 80112 Office: (720) 279-2568 FAX: (720) 279-2569
regarding a lien for unpaid assessments due Plaintiff, TORREY PINES AT HEATHER RIDGE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION INC, pursuant to the Colorado Common Interest Ownership Act (CCIOA), C.R.S. 38-33.3-316 and the recorded Declaration of TORREY PINES AT HEATHER RIDGE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION INC. THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN - I am ordered to sell certain real property legally described, as follows: CONDOMINIUM UNIT 315, BUILDING B, TORREY PINES, AT HEATHER RIDGE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDOMINIUM DECLARATION RECORDED MAY 23, 1979, IN BOOK 2997 AT PAGE 327, AND AS SHOWN ON THE CONDOMINIUM MAP RECORDED MAY 23, 1979, IN BOOK 39 AT PAGE 5, TOGETHER WITH THE EXLUSIVE RIGHT TO USE THE FOLLOWING COMMON ELEMENTS: STORAGE SPACE 315-B, AND PARKING SPACE 315-B, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO Parcel ID: 197325-1-18-118 Also known as: 2231 South Vaughn Way Unit 315B, Aurora, CO 80014-1347 You and each of you are hereby notified that a Sheriff's Sale of the referenced property is to be conducted by the Civil Unit of the Sheriff's Office of County of Arapahoe, Colorado on May 5, 2022 at 10:00 am, at 13101 E. Broncos Parkway, Centennial, CO 80112, phone number 720-874-3845. At which sale, the above-described real property and improvements thereon will be sold to the highest bidder. Plaintiff makes no warranty relating to title, possession, or quiet enjoyment in and to said real property in connection with this sale. BIDDERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE CASH OR CERTIFIED FUNDS SUFFICIENT TO COVER THE MINIMUM BID AT THE TIME OF SALE. The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorneys representing the holder of the assessment lien are: Springman, Braden, Wilson & Pontius P.C., (contact Karen Kelly-Braem, #36282) 4175 Harlan St #200 Wheat Ridge, CO 80033, telephone number 303-685-4633, ext 117. Date: February 1, 2022. Tyler S. Brown, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Sgt. Trent Steffa, Deputy Sheriff Legal Notice No. 530043 First Publication: March 10,2022 Last Publication: April 7, 2022 Published In: Littleton Independent 750 W. Hampden Ave., Suite 225 Englewood, Colorado, 80110
Notice to Creditors
SUMMONS [BY PUBLICATION]
Public Notice
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANT(S):
Estate of Philip W. Frieze, also known as Philip Frieze, also known as Philip Wayne Frieze, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30173
You are hereby summoned and required to appear and defend against the claims of the complaint filed with the court in this action, by filing with the clerk of this court an answer or other response. You are required to file your answer or other response within thirty-five (35) days after the service of this summons upon you. Service of this summons shall be complete on the day of the last publication. A copy of the complaint may be obtained from the clerk of the court. If you fail to file your answer or other response to the complaint in writing within thirty-five (35) days after the date of the last publication, judgment by default may be rendered against you by the court for the relief demanded in the complaint without further notice. This is an action for judicial foreclosure under C.R.C.P. Rule 105 and damages seeking to foreclose a statutory lien on the following property: LOT 3, BLOCK 14, TRADITIONS SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 1, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Dated: February 24, 2022 /s/ Gail R. Gudder, #17820 Legal Notice No. 530131 First Publication: March 10, 2022 Last Publication: April 7, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, STATE OF COLORADO Address: 7325 S. Potomac St., Centennial, CO Case Number: 2021CV030550 Division: 202 COMBINED NOTICE OF SALE Plaintiff: TORREY PINES AT HEATHER RIDGE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION INC Defendant: GERALD CUNNINGHAM; LAKEVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC AS NOMINEE FOR AMERICAN LIBERTY MORTGAGE INC, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSINGS; FLAGSTAR BANK, FSB; SUE SANDSTROM in her capacity as PUBLIC TRUSTEE OF ARAPAHOE COUNTY; and Current Occupants This is to advise you that a Sheriff sale proceeding has been commenced through the office of the undersigned Sheriff pursuant to an ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR DEFAULT JUDGMENT AND DECREE OF FORECLOSURE entered October 13, 2021 in case No. 2021CV030550. The date of the Notice of Lien being foreclosed: recorded 09/12/2018 at Reception Number D8090988 in the Office of the Arapahoe County Clerk and Recorder. An ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR DEFAULT JUDGMENT AND DECREE OF FORECLOSURE has entered in this action
All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to: District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before July 31, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred. Michelle R. Smith Attorney for Mary E. Kemmeter, Personal Representative 4 W. Dry Creek Circle, Ste. 100 Littleton, Colorado 80120 Legal Notice No. 530210 First Publication: March 31, 2022 Last Publication: April 14, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent
Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of John Lawrence McCaffery, Jr., a/k/a John L. McCaffery, Jr., a/k/a John McCaffery, Jr., a/k/a Jack McCaffery, a/k/a John McCaffery, a/k/a John L. McCaffrey, Jr., Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30128 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before July 25, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred. Mary Jane McCaffery Porter Personal Representative 1 Cottonwood Way Englewood, Colorado 80110 Legal Notice No. 530193 First Publication: March 24, 2022 Last Publication: April 7, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of John L. Larsen, Deceased Case Number 22PR30258 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado or on or before July 31, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred. Person giving notice: Errol D. Jackson, Personal Representative 920 West Arapahoe Road, Littleton, CO 80120 Legal Notice No. 530187 First Publication: March 24, 2022 Last Publication: April 7, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of CHARLOTTE D. WESTON, aka CHARLOTTE WESTON, Deceased Case Number: 22PR30304 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before July 31, 2022 , or the claims may be forever barred. Jay Weston, Personal Representative c/o Meurer Law Offices, P.C. 3801 E. Florida Ave., Ste. 906 Denver, CO 80210 Legal Notice No. 530213 First Publication: March 31, 2022 Last Publication: April 14, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Nathan Anthony Ekberg, aka Nathan A. Ekberg, aka Nathan Ekberg, aka Nate A. Ekberg, aka Nate Ekberg, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR030180 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before July 25, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred. Timothy L. Ekberg Personal Representative c/o The McKenzie Law Firm 7955 E Arapahoe Ct #2525 Centennial, Colorado 80112 Legal Notice No. 530196 First Publication: March 24, 2022 Last Publication: April 7, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of HEDWIG M. BENSON, a/k/a Hedwig Marie Benson, a/k/a Hedwig Benson, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30031 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County District Court, County, Colorado on or before July 17, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred. Baysore & Christian Fiduciary Services, LLC – Personal Representative By: Molly Elder, Designated Representative 7000 E. Belleview Ave, Ste 150 Greenwood Village, CO 80111 Legal Notice No. 530162 First Publication: March 17, 2022 Last Publication: March 31, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of MICHAEL JOHN BOCK, also known as MICHAEL J. BOCK and MICHAEL BOCK, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30227 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before July 25, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred. Eric P. Apjoke, Person Giving Notice c/o Pearman Law Firm 4195 Wadsworth Blvd. Wheat Ridge, CO 80033 Legal Notice No. 530203 First Publication: March 24, 2022 Last Publication: April 7, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of DONALD W. WAREMBOURG, aka DONALD WAYNE WAREMBOURG, Deceased. Case Number: 2022PR30290 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before July 25, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred. ARLIE J. WAREMBOURG Personal Representative 8193 S Quemoy Circle Aurora CO 80016 Legal Notice No. 530188 First Publication: March 24, 2022 Last Publication: April 7, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of ALMA L. ROSE, a/k/a ALMA LOUISE ROSE, a/k/a ALMA ROSE, a/k/a ALMA L. ROVE, a/k/a ALMA LOUISE ROVE, and a/k/a ALMA ROVE, Deceased Case Number: 2022 PR 30341 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative, or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before August 1, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred. Personal Representative: Tysca Black c/o Christopher Cole Sherman & Howard L.L.C. 675 Fifteenth Street, Ste. 2300 Denver, Colorado 80202 Legal Notice No. 530212 First Publication: March 31, 2022
Last Publication: April 14, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Lynn Ellen Roberts, aka Lynn E. Roberts; aka Lynn E. Shore-Roberts; aka Lynn Shore-Roberts; aka L. Shore-Roberts; aka Lynn Roberts, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR516
Denver, CO 80218 Legal Notice No. 530180 First Publication: March 17, 2022 Last Publication: March 31, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of John Lawrence Fischer, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30170
All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before July 11, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.
All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before July 18, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.
Gayle Nedra Lear, Personal Representative 2926 SW Fairmount Blvd. Portland, OR 97239
Marie Schneider, Personal Representative 6103 S. Filbert Court Littleton, Colorado 80121
Legal Notice No. 530165 First Publication: March 17, 2022 Last Publication: March 31, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent
Legal Notice No. 530166 First Publication: March 17, 2022 Last Publication: March 31, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of EVA HECHT, Deceased Case Number: 2022 PR 30307
NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Susan M. Liebgott, aka Susan Liebgott, and Sue Liebgott, Deceased Case Number 2022PR30214
All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative, or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before July 25, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred. Personal Representative: Gilbert Dumontet c/o Kathleen M. Johnson Sherman & Howard L.L.C. 675 Fifteenth Street, Suite 2300 Denver, Colorado 80202 Legal Notice No. 530195 First Publication: March 24, 2022 Last Publication: April 7, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent
All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before July 18, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred. Edward Dixon Peters Personal Representative 405 Northrup Drive Utica, New York 13502 Legal Notice No. 530168 First Publication: March 17, 2022 Last Publication: March 31, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of GARY L. GREER, a/k/a GARY LAVERNE GREER, and a/k/a GARY GREER, Deceased Case Number: 2022 PR 30193
NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Marilyn L. Seymour, aka Marilyn Lou Seymour, Deceased Case Number: 22PR30236
All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative, or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before July 18, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred. Personal Representative: Jane Margot Greer c/o Christopher Cole Sherman & Howard L.L.C. 675 Fifteenth Street, Ste. 2300 Denver, Colorado 80202 Legal Notice No. 530178 First Publication: March 17, 2022 Last Publication: March 31, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of LAUREL JOANE MORRIS, a/k/a LAUREL J. MORRIS, a/k/a LAUREL MORRIS, Deceased Case Number: 2022 PR 30187 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before July 18, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred. Heather Schulte, Personal Representative c/o M. Carl Glatstein, Esq. Glatstein & O’Brien. LLP 2696 S. Colorado Blvd., Suite 350 Denver, CO 80222 Legal Notice No. 530170 First Publication: March 17, 2022 Last Publication: March 31, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice
All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before July 18, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred. Dana D. Seymour Personal Representative c/o Patrick A. Schilken, P.C. 7936 E. Arapahoe Court, No. 2800 Centennial, Colorado 80112 Legal Notice No. 530179 First Publication: March 17, 2022 Last Publication: March 31, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Ernest Joseph Jablonski, aka Ernest J. Jablonski, aka Ernest Jablonski, aka Ernie Joseph Jablonski, aka Ernie J. Jablonski, aka Ernie Jablonski, Deceased Case Number: 22PR30276 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before July 25, 2022 or the claims may be forever barred. Alice A. Jablonski, Personal Representative 7193 S. Valentia Way Centennial, CO 80112 Legal Notice No. 530207 First Publication: March 24, 2022 Last Publication: April 7, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE
NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Gail Vittitoe, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30242
NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Thomas Orvell Herberg, deceased Case Number: 22PR120
All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before July 18, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.
All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before July 31, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.
Jorge Alberto Romero Co-Personal Representative 8270 E. Briarwood Avenue Centennial, CO 80112
Thomas Martin Herberg Personal Representative 10061 Coyote Song Terrace Colorado Springs, Colorado 80924
Alexis Nicole Vittitoe Romero Co-Personal Representative 8309 E. Briarwood Avenue Centennial, CO 80112
Legal Notice No. 530211 First publication: March 31, 2022 Last publication: April 14, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent
Legal Notice No. 530183 First Publication: March 17, 2022 Last Publication: March 31, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of H. Colleen Cavanaugh, also known as Helen Colleen Cavanaugh, Deceased Case No.: 2022PR30256 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before July 18, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred. Steven R. Warden Personal Representative 1546 N. Williams St., Ste. 101
Name Changes PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on March 9, 2022, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court. The petition requests that the name of Bailey Grey Bish be changed to Raiden Grey Evermore Case No.: 22C100139 By: Benjamin S. Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No. 530208 First Publication: March 24, 2022
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Dangerous materials used in firefighting foam are showing up in drinking water, soil Lawmakers to address ‘forever chemicals’ BY MICHAEL BOOTH THE COLORADO SUN
The sale of many products containing the dangerous “forever chemicals” known as PFAS would be banned in Colorado as early as 2024, under legislation recently introduced and backed by a host of consumer and environmental groups. Toxic PFAS chemicals, used as lubricants and repellants in products ranging from firefighting foam to clothing and cooking utensils, leak into groundwater and have been found in drinking water supplies in Colorado and across the country. Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser recently joined multiple states in suing the chemical manufacturers for decades of contamination that is proving exorbitantly expensive for state health departments and local water agencies to clean up. “We know these things are dangerous for our health. We know they are forever chemicals that are poisoning our water supply,” said Danny Katz, executive director of the nonprofit consumer group CoPIRG, in welcoming the bipartisan bill. “We need to act now to phase out as many of them as possible to protect our health and protect Colorado’s water.” The first sale ban would begin Jan. 1, 2024, for products with PFAS intentionally added in these categories:
In this June 6, 2018, file photo, PFAS foam washes up on the shoreline of Van Etten Lake in Oscoda Township, Mich., near Wurtsmith Air Force Base. Twenty state agencies, along with the University of Wisconsin, worked on an action plan released Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020, by Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers’ administration after more than a year of study of forever chemicals known as PFAS. PHOTO BY JAKE MAY/THE FLINT JOURNAL VIA AP
Carpets or rugs; cookware; cosmetics; fabric treatments; food packaging; juvenile products, oil and gas products; and textile furnishings. Through 2030, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment would be charged with identifying more categories of goods, and those would be added to the banned list. “I’d rather do the right thing, as quickly as possible,” said Rep. Lisa Cutter, a Littleton Democrat who is one of the bill’s prime sponsors. “But because there are manufacturers and companies that have been using these products, we’re trying to allow a reasonable offramp.” The earliest categories are in businesses where alternatives to PFAS are already being developed, sponsors said. Colorado may have the largest number of sites in the nation that have handled PFAS chemicals, due to firefighting drills and operations at military installations, mountain
wildland firefighting, and from PFAS chemicals in firefighting and other industrial materials at oil and gas exploration sites. About 21,000 industrial sites in Colorado appear on the previously undisclosed EPA database of locations that “may be handling” PFAS, with more than 85% of those places related to oil and gas, and heavy concentrations of possible locations at the industry’s core in Weld County, according to Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, which forced EPA to release the data. The same properties that make PFAS a lubricant or seal cookware also make them resistant to long-term impacts of heat or water, conferring the moniker “forever chemicals.” CoPIRG and others say the chemicals have entered Colorado waterways and “polluted communities like Fountain, Frisco, parts of Denver, South Evergreen and Golden,” threatening serious health impacts.
State health officials have launched a buyback program taking firefighting foam containing PFAS off the hands of local fire departments and replacing them with alternatives. Consumer and environmental protection groups want the federal EPA to move faster to set absolute drinking water standards to force PFAS cleanups. Colorado’s Department of Public Health and Environment moved deeper into PFAS regulation when it demanded more monitoring of the chemicals coming off the Suncor Energy refinery in Commerce City. Colorado will, for the first time, monitor and limait runoff of PFAS at Suncor as part of the draft of the company’s water quality permit unveiled in November. Regulators and consumers are finding out how ubiquitous PFAS chemicals are throughout industry and consumer goods, Katz said. “We’ve targeted mostly firefighting foam in the past, but this bill will also get at a number of consumer products including things like carpets and rugs, furniture, cosmetics, food packaging, and even things like dental floss,” he said. “We want to phase those out.” This story is from The Colorado Sun, a journalist-owned news outlet based in Denver and covering the state. For more, and to support The Colorado Sun, visit coloradosun.com. The Colorado Sun is a partner in the Colorado News Conservancy, owner of Colorado Community Media.
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Public Notices Last Publication: April 7, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice County Court Arapahoe County, Colorado 1790 W. Littleton Blvd. Littleton, Colorado 80120 In the Matter of the Petition of: Petitioner: Alexander James Ramirez For a Change of Name to: Alexander James Salazar Case Number: 22C100132 NOTICE OF NAME CHANGE HEARING Notice to: THE PUBLIC Notice is given that a hearing is scheduled as follows: Date: May 10, 2022 Time: 10:30 A.M. Location: 1790 W. Littleton Blvd. Littleton, Colorado 80120 For the purpose of requesting a change of name for ALEXANDER JAMES RAMIREZ TO: ALEXANDER JAMES SALAZAR At this hearing the Court may enter an order changing the name of the minor child.
You may attend the hearing and participate or voice objection to the proposed change of name. Legal Notice No.: 530206 First Publication: March 24, 2022 Last Publication: April 7, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on March 15, 2022, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court. The petition requests that the name of Christopher Lenard Rucker be changed to Christopher Lenard Brown-Mays Case No.: 22 C 100137 By: Benjamin S. Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No. 530215 First Publication: March 31, 2022 Last Publication: April 14, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on March 15, 2022, that
a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court. The petition requests that the name of John Christopher Reinhardt be changed to John Francis Reinhardt Case No.: 22 C 100133
Last Publication: April 7, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name
By: Benjamin S. Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk
Public notice is given on March 4, 2022, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.
Legal Notice No. 530218 First Publication: March 31, 2022 Last Publication: April 14, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent
The petition requests that the name of Steven Pelham Flood, Jr. be changed to Pelham Steven Stormflood Case No.: 22 C 100130
PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on March 4, 2022, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court. The petition requests that the name of Daniel Ripley Storm be changed to Daniel Ripley Stormflood Case No.: 22 C 100128 By: Kim Boswell Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No. 530191 First Publication: March 24, 2022
By: Kim Boswell Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No. 530192 First Publication: March 24, 2022 Last Publication: April 7, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on March 8, 2022, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court. The petition requests that the name of Thien Thanh Thi Nguyen be changed to Zooey Sage Montgomery
Case No.: 21C100606 By: Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No. 530204 First Publication: March 24, 2022 Last Publication: April 7, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on March 9, 2022, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court. The petition requests that the name of Virginia Ofori Okuchaba be changed to Virginia Ofori Anih Case No.: 22 C 100140 By: Kim Boswell Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No. 530220 First Publication: March 31, 2022 Last Publication: April 14, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent
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