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County jail sees high need for mental health care Steps being taken to address it BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Roughly 3 in 5 inmates at the Arapahoe County jail have a mental health
condition, according to recent data — and that number may be even higher when taking into account substance use problems, according to Arapahoe County Sheriff Tyler Brown. It’s an issue that Carl Anderson, a registered nurse who oversees medical and mental health at the Arapa-
hoe County jail, knows well. During one week alone in April, staff used medicine to reverse two overdoses at the jail, Anderson said. In March, 59% of the jail population was treated with some kind of psychotropic medication, according to Anderson. That can include anti-anxiety, anti-depressive
or anti-psychotic medications, or mood stabilizers. The jail also sees large numbers of people struggling with drug use. In March, 4% of the jail’s population was on medication-assisted treatment — and 21% were on other substance use disorder protocols, Anderson said. That number
includes opioid use disorder and alcohol use disorder, Anderson said, calling it an “all encompassing” statistic. The inmates who are treated with mental health medications are not necessarily the same ones who experience substance use disorders. But there is SEE HEALTH, P7
Council eyes spending priorities, committee for sales tax funds Passage of 3A to bring in millions for infrastructure spending BY ROBERT TANN RTANN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
pressure to succeed in America has mounted. Whether it is the need to live the clichéd American Dream or the requirements set by parents that children will succeed and follow the path laid out for them, kids are taught early on that they have to not only get a high school diploma but, to be
Littleton City Council, during a May 24 study session, discussed with city staff priorities for spending millions being brought in from the city’s new sales tax, the first in nearly 50 years. Voters approved the 0.75% tax hike, known as Ballot Issue 3A, which equates to an additional 75 cents on every $100 spent at stores and restaurants, during the November election. It passed with nearly 59% of the vote, signaling to council and staff voters’ trust in the city’s ability to make good on spending promises.
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From school work, planning for college and all other activities, students feel more pressure today than ever before.
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Pressure to succeed is costing kids their childhoods Expectations have shifted over the course of generations BY THELMA GRIMES TGRIMES@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
As we forge forward through the 2020s, the pressure for youth to succeed is starting to impact
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kids as early as preschool and could be robbing of them of their childhood as societal demands create more pressure and anxiety than ever before. Over the last 100 years, the
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Briefly In Littleton
Littleton Museum releases sensory video, accommodations The Littleton Museum debuted its new visitor orientation video in its reopened orientation room, which now also doubles as a calm, quiet environment for visitors who benefit from low-sensory accommodations. The new orientation video walks visitors through what to expect at the museum, including an overview of the indoor galleries and living history farms. The video can also be played with Spanish subtitles. The museum now also offers accessibility aids for guests who benefit from low-sensory accommodations.
Guests can check out sensory backpacks containing the following items: • Weighted lap pads for overstimulation • Noise-canceling headphones for auditory overstimulation • Sunglasses for visual overstimulation • Fidget toys, which help with focusing attention • Communication cards for sharing feelings Other new accessibility items include EnChroma glasses that reduce symptoms of colorblindness, and a new lighter-weight and larger-capacity wheelchair, both available for checkout at the front desk.
Western Welcome Week names parade grand marshal With the 2022 Western Welcome Week celebrations coming this summer, Chris Ibsen, store manager for the O’Toole’s Garden Centers in Littleton, has been named the annual parade grand marshal. Ibsen was nominated by several Littleton residents. Ibsen, a supporter of Western Welcome Week, has been with O’Toole’s for 31 years. The annual parade will be held on Aug. 20.
Arapahoe County Business Boost program For micro businesses: Get a business boost! Attend a virtual summer series of trainings beginning June 14 to help build a basic foundation for entry and success into the world of entrepreneurism. Learn about digital business tools and processes to increase operational efficiencies. This program is designed to enhance the operations and scalability of small/micro-businesses to thrive in a digital world. For more information, visit the website at www.adworks.org.
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Briefly In Littleton Littleton Police warn residents On May 23, the Littleton Police Department put out a warning about crime involving storage units increasing in the city. In a map, the police pointed out dozens of thefts that have occurred in recent months. To avoid becoming a victim, the department is providing a list of tips on the website at http://ow.ly/ YSEZ50JfRbZ.
Enter the Arapahoe County Fair Be part of a community tradition and display your talents for 30,000+ fairgoers to enjoy. Enter your creations starting June 1 in Public Competitions (formerly known as Open Class) at the Arapahoe County Fair. Entry categories in 2022: Culinary, Visual Arts, Fiber Arts, and Skilled Arts. Participants take home ribbons, bragging rights, and judges’ feedback on their work. For entry information, rules and guidelines, visit www.arapahoecountyfair. com/publiccompetitions.
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Play Date at Dove Valley Join us on Friday, June 10 from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. for free family fun! Located at 7900 S. Potomac, families can touch a truck, build a city, fill a pothole and more! Visit arapahoegov.com/publicworks for details.
Explore the High Line Canal with a digital guide Explore more this season and feel confident on the trail with the High Line Canal digital canal guide: https://visit.highlinecanal. org/ Not sure about detours? Check the trail updates page: https:// highlinecanal.org/trail-updates/
Join our team! Arapahoe County is always hiring! A full listing of open positions are available on arapahoegov.com/jobs or scan the QR code with your smartphone.
Bemis Library to host summer reading program The summer reading program at Bemis Library has already started. Dive into reading challenges and fun summer programs for all ages. Swing by the library or check out our website for more information. https://bemis.libguides. com/srp/launch
Learn to spin wool into sweaters Discover how animal wool is spun into the sweaters we wear at the next 17 Mile House open house. Featured activity: try wool carding by hand and dye your own sheep’s wool. Saturday, June 11, 9 a.m.–noon at 17 Mile House Farm Park, located at 8181 S Parker Road, Centennial Register at www.arapahoegov.com/17milehouse Events are free but require registration due to capacity limits.
Public Competitions at the Fair! Enter your best work at the 2022 Arapahoe County Fair Registration begins June 1
Get details at arapahoecountyfair.com or call 303-730-1920
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Reports of monkeypox, hepatitis not a cause for panic Experts say awareness of diseases is better BY THELMA GRIMES TGRIMES@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
There is no need to panic or stress according to local medical experts who recently discussed the national news stories coming out about the spread of monkeypox and the mystery surrounding kids being diagnosed with hepatitis. While there are several pediatric hepatitis cases already reported in Colorado, the first monkeypox case was confirmed by state health officials on May 26. Dr. Jim Neid, an infectious disease specialist with the Medical Center of Aurora, said he had tried to avoid the continued news reports about monkeypox and the fear the reports are creating. After more than two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, talk of another virus spreading across the nation may have Americans concerned and rightfully so. However, recent medical issues making national headlines are not to the level of COVID, Neid said. Monkeypox According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or CDC, monkeypox is a viral disease that occurs mostly in central and western Africa. It is called monkeypox because it was first identified
in laboratory monkeys in 1958. The first human case of monkeypox was confirmed in 1970. Neid said traditionally, monkeypox cases is associated with people linked to international travel. In May, the CDC announced that it is working with the Massachusetts Department of Public Health to investigate a case where a U.S. resident tested positive for monkeypox on May 18. The person tested positive after a trip to Canada. On May 26, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment Public Health confirmed Colorado may have its first case of monkeypox. A man who recently traveled to Canada is currently cooperating with health officials. In a news release, CDPHE said, “The presumptive case is a young adult male who sought care in the Denver area, and is a man who has sex with men. He is now isolating at home with his condition improving.” The CDC is also tracking the spread of the virus that has been reported since early May in countries where monkeypox is not normal, including Europe and other parts of North America. Neid said as the CDC has announced it is watching the cases and tracking the spread of the rare virus, he does not feel there is a lot to be concerned about in Colorado or the rest of the nation. Nonetheless, Neid said, if cases are being confirmed, it is important to note that it is a viral infection
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similar to a rash and does not require a lot of treatment or intervention. Unlike a respiratory virus like COVID, Neid said monkeypox does not spread as easily. It requires a lot more up-close contact with an infected person to catch it. “You might have some clusters, but nothing major,” he said. “Should there be an outbreak, it’s really containable.” Symptoms of monkeypox include: • Fever • Headache • Muscle aches • Backache • Swollen lymph nodes • Chills • Exhaustion Within one to three days, the CDC says, a patient might develop a rash, which often begins on the face and spreads to other parts of the body. Monkeypox can take up to four weeks to fully clear up. “We want to reassure Coloradans that the risk to the public is low, but we also want them to know of the symptoms so that we can catch other cases as soon as possible,” said Dr. Rachel Herlihy, state epidemiologist. “We are grateful for the collaborative efforts of the CDC, local public health agencies, and health care providers in learning about, treating, and investigating this case.” Hepatitis Parents may be on high alert recently amid national reports of mystery hepatitis cases impacting kids. According to the CDC, as of May 26, the U.S. has confirmed that 180 pediatric cases of hepatitis are under investigation. Investigations into the cause of the mystery cases have been ongoing over the last seven months, the CDC reported. According to the CDC, hepatitis means inflammation of the liver. The liver is a vital organ that processes nutrients, filters blood, and fights infections. When the liver is
inflamed or damaged, its function can be affected. In the U. S., the most common types of viral hepatitis are hepatitis A, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C. Dr. Amy Feldman, the Children’s Hospital Colorado pediatric liver transplant medical director, said while the increased numbers may be alarming, especially as more news is coming out, it is important to stress that none of the pediatric cases have been serious enough to require a liver transplant or worse. Feldman said Colorado with a handful of cases in Colorado, the numbers may increase because the Colorado Department of Human Services has asked health agencies to go back over possible cases dating to October 2021 to help research what is happening. Feldman said hepatitis in children is not that uncommon, noting that while there are several types, it boils down to being an inflammation of the liver. Since January, the state’s health department has reported 10 total hepatitis cases. “There are a variety of reasons kids can get hepatitis,” Feldman said. “There have been some increased clusters, but I think what we are seeing right now is more about increased awareness. Parents should not be on heightened alert or having any sense of fear.” Feldman said even if a child has a case of hepatitis, it is treatable and rarely turns into anything serious. Hepatitis is confirmed through blood tests, Feldman said, noting there are symptoms parents can watch for if they think a child may have the condition. Those symptoms include: • Fever • Fatigue • Loss of appetite • Nausea • Vomiting • Abdominal pain • Dark urine • Light-colored stools
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Lakewood police agent honored for stopping deadly rampage Says heroism that ended shooting spree was just part of her job
Lakewood police officer Ashley Ferris, center, receives the Medal of Valor and the Purple Heart while bookended by Lakewood Police chief Daniel McCasky, left, and division chief Anita Koester on May 18 during the 2022 Belmar Awards Ceremony at the Lakewood Cultural Center.
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Lakewood Police Agent Ashley Ferris was honored May 18 for her role in stopping a Dec. 27, 2021 shooting rampage that left five people dead. In a press conference before the ceremony, Ferris said she didn’t feel like a hero, but rather, like someone who did her job — a job she said was her honor to perform. Ferris, having received hundreds of cards, letters and other gifts to cheer her on as she recovered from wounds sustained in the incident, is clearly thought of as a hero by her department and community. “I’ve had some people ask me if I’m going to come back to Patrol, and I think I’ve made it clear already that that’s where my heart is,” she said. “And I absolutely will be back because the community really showed up for me.” Ferris encountered gunman Lyndon McLeod, 47, after he had killed 28-year-old Sarah Steck — a desk clerk at the Hyatt House hotel in Belmar. “He made a quick movement with his right hand, and I tried to stop him, tried to stop his hand. I backed up and got distance and drew my
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gun,” Ferris said. “I told him, ‘don’t do this.’ And he said, ‘I’ll show you what I’ll do.’ And then we were engaged in a gunfight.” Ferris took a bullet in the exchange, being struck in the abdomen, but was able to return fire, killing McLeod and bringing the day’s string of tragedies to an end. “I knew that this guy had obviously intentions to kill, and I didn’t want him to hurt anyone else,” she said. During her press conference re-
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some overlap: Some inmates have co-occurring diagnoses, meaning a person has a substance use disorder along with another mental health disorder, Anderson said. When inmates are placed, or “booked,” into the jail, they take a medical history questionnaire. The booking nurse can access what’s called the Colorado Regional Health Information Organization, or CORHIO, and verify what the inmate says on the questionnaire, Anderson said. In terms of mental health crises, a person can self-report anything ranging from generalized anxiety disorder or major depressive disorder to schizophrenia, Anderson said. And if the jail’s health staff cannot verify a condition through the CORHIO database or other means, “then we lean on that subjective and objective data, and how does the patient present?” Anderson said, using a term for how inmates may appear to have certain conditions. During an April question-andanswer session on Facebook Live, Sheriff Brown said: “Self-reported (in the jail), we’re looking at approximately 50% to 60% are dealing with some sort of mental health crisis. If you add in substance use and unreported disorders, we’re probably (in the) 80% to 90% of people who are dealing with mental health (issues).” Because not all self-reported mental health crises at the jail may meet the criteria for a diagnosis, that higher percentage of jail inmates who are dealing with mental health problems includes people who are experiencing issues such as an isolated episode of depression without major depressive disorder, for example, or a panic attack without having panic disorder, according to Anderson. But that doesn’t mean those cases aren’t important, Anderson said. “Not each of those mental health crises requires an intervention with medicine or a diagnosis,” Anderson said. “Sometimes it just means we need to get our mental health team or our medical team to help them get through that crisis. I don’t want to downplay (those cases).” In some cases, mental health crises could be situational. For instance, an inmate may experience a mental health crisis due to being incarcerated, receiving a troublesome telephone call or having a negative experience at a court hearing, the sheriff’s office said in a statement. Improving care Before a few years ago, when a person would enter the jail, they would take a questionnaire and say whether they have a certain condition. Historically, sheriff’s office
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personnel would then review and send a fax of that information to the relevant medical entity, such as Kaiser Permanente or another medical system, Anderson said. Providing care to inmates became more efficient after the sheriff’s office entered into an agreement in 2019 with the State of Colorado and the Colorado Regional Health Information Organization. That database allows the sheriff’s office to verify current medications, current diagnoses, and past medical or mental health interventions more efficiently than with the old process. Amid concerns about addiction in the public discourse in recent years, the Arapahoe County jail began offering what it calls a full-service medication-assisted treatment program — which means medication and the counseling that goes along with it — for substance use disorders. The jail started to offer that full-service program in June 2018, Anderson said. Before 2018, “ethically, I would have a problem as an RN,” Anderson said. Someone might explain that they were at one point addicted to heroin but for the last five years they’ve been taking methadone, for example, Anderson said. Prior to the June 2018 change in policy, “unfortunately, I would be unable to continue their medication,” said Anderson, who has been a registered nurse for over 20 years. The full-service program allows the use of the three Food and Drug Administration-approved MAT medications: methadone, buprenorphine and naltrexone, or Vivitrol, according to Anderson. The program at the sheriff’s office is a partnership with three community-based opioid treatment programs: Behavioral Health Group, Addiction Research and Treatment Services (ARTS) and the Denver Recovery Group, the sheriff’s office said in a statement. Jail amid the opioid crisis Managing substance use disorders among inmates continues to be an issue, Anderson said. “Last week, we had inside of our detention facility — last week alone — we had two Narcan saves,” Anderson said in late April, referring to overdose reversals. For the sheriff’s office, carrying Narcan — a medicine that can treat a narcotic overdose in an emergency situation — started among detentions, or jail, personnel in 2015, according to Anderson, who serves as an administrative manager of the sheriff’s office and is assigned to the jail. “And then, ultimately, our vision was to make sure (the sheriff’s office) Patrol Division had access to it,” Anderson said. He added: “Beginning of 2016, our patrol team started carrying Narcan and still do to this day.”
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happy and successful, they must go to college as well. A comic, created by Cartoonist Hilary Price, shows a mom lying on a table watching the sonogram of her baby. As the doctor checks things out, they start discussing the fact that it is never too early to start signing them up for sports and activities. Child psychologists agree that at some point over the last few decades, parents started wanting their children to succeed so badly that it became a “keeping up with the Joneses” mentality. The need to do the activities, have a flourishing child in academics and athletics and keep them busy is an obsession. What is lost in this pressure being put on children today is childhood. As Children’s Hospital Colorado Mental Health-in-Chief Dr. Ron-Li Liaw said, “Childhood is a gift, and we are spoiling it with expectations.” Liaw, whose own Liaw family migrated to the U.S. and put similar pressures and her and her brother, said children of all ages and young adults entering college today are under more pressure to succeed than ever before. Unfortunately, Liaw said, this results in higher anxiety, stress, fear of failure and poor mental health.
Changes by generation During the Silent Generation, which includes those born between 1925 and 1945, students were barely pushed to get high school diplomas. Getting a job out of high school did not necessarily require a college degree, and families could still manage. For women, getting an education was even less of a priority during the World War II era. Golden resident Audrey Pappenbrook, 83, said her dad told her she was expected to have children and raise a family. She was not even expected to finish high school and going to college was almost unheard of for women. Fast forward to the Baby Boomer generation, those born between 1946 and 1964, Pappenbrook said her own daughter Audrey Brooks, 62, was told grades are important and a high school diploma was a necessity. Pappenbrook said she gave her daughter the option to use savings for a wedding or go to college. Brooks chose college and was the only female student sitting in engineering classes at a college in Illinois. Jumping ahead to when psychologists agree that a major shift in expectations started is with the Millennials, or those born between 1981 and 1996. Aurora resident Leah Neu described a world filled with anxiety, where coming home with a math test score of 91% meant her father wanting to know why. In her sophomore year in college, when Neu failed a math class, her father wanted to go have a talk with the professor. Now, high schoolers and young adults, known as Generation Z, are
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feeling the effects of an ever-evolving wheel of higher expectations to finish college, look good on paper and succeed. The problem is for a lot of them, they are not the ones in control. The parental impact Clinical psychologist Jenna Glover, of Children’s Hospital Colorado, said a parent’s impact on the direction in a child’s life has become more of a “culture thing.” “We are in a competitive world where Glover parents want to put kids in the best possible position to succeed,” Glover said. “(Parents) keep making them do more and more. Parents do not take a step back and kids don’t either.” Liaw said instead of sending their children the message that it is “OK to just be yourself,” parents have placed a higher priority on stressing the need for the best grades, the best in athletics, the need to be involved in music, foreign languages and clubs. Liaw said social media has only exacerbated the issues. At one time, she said, parents would compete in their circles. Once social media became common, parents started seeing what everyone everywhere is doing. That meant even stiffer competition to have perfect children, Liaw said. “As parents, it is important to not get in the way of who (our children) were meant to be,” Liaw said. “It is not easy to navigate as a parent today.” Glover said for kids, it means wanting to please parents by joining more, working harder and doing better. “This has led to kids having stress, anxiety and suffering from exhaustion,” Glover said. “They are so busy in their daily lives that they are starting homework at 9 p.m. and only sleeping for a few hours. In reality, it is a really narrow route we put kids on from preschool and up. Really, we are lacking in flexibility. This leads to some kids getting in a situation where they fail. But they have not necessarily learned to pick yourself up and find the new avenue.” Arapahoe Community College Dean of Students Javon Brame said policies have had to be put in place at the college level to prevent “helicopter parents” from managing their children’s lives even after they are considered adults. A helicopter parent is a parent who takes an overprotective or excessive interest in the life of their children. Some of the signs of a helicopter parent include excessive anxiety about their children failing, hovering rather than encouraging and being overly involved in academics, recreational activities and friendships. Brame said the local community college has had instances where parents have tried to change their child’s class schedules without their knowledge. The college has also had meeting with parents where administrators have to stress the student is in charge and can make their own choices regarding their education. “We want students to have a support system and find their own way,” Brame said. “We need them to do this without their helicopter
parents.” Neu said her father comes from a medical background and expected her to follow suit. The Colorado Community Media graphic designer said she eventually had to stand up to him and make her own career choice. Neu said her relationship with her father now is good and she does not regret standing up to him, but noted it was really tense to go into the arts rather than medicine based on the expectations he placed on her starting at a young age. Working at Arapahoe Community College for more than a decade, Brame said problems were starting to emerge several generations ago, but parents of Millennials have elevated the issues. Glover said there are solutions to improving the current, fragile state of youth development today. “I encourage parents to take a step back and reflect on what it really means to have a successful child,” she said. Some principals to follow, Glover said, are for parents to be able to: • Be flexible • Be respectful • Be adaptable
Failing to succeed The danger in the paths parents and society have established for children and young adults is the threat of failure. Brame said students are already coming into college with the pressures and anxiety developed in high school where they had to have the right friends, make the best grades, achieve the right status through clubs and extracurricular activities. Once in college, students start getting a taste of the real world through carrying a full class load, and working and trying to keep up with the cost of inflation to eat and pay rent. Brame said it is not unusual for colleges to transport students to local health institution to get mental health evaluations because they cannot handle meeting the expectations parents and society have put on them. “For mental health and education, it’s like a third pandemic,” Brame said. “They are carrying a full workload and so much weight and anxiety on their shoulders that something as simple as a flat tire pushes them past the breaking point.” Brame said having counseling and mental health services available to students on campus is more important now that ever before. While Arapahoe Community College is working to keep up with demand, Brame said on a national level, many institutions are behind in implementing the level of mental health care students need. Dr. Sophia Meharena, a pediatrician serving patients in Aurora, said failure is hidden from children and youth today. Because failure is not an option, as adolescents grow, they do not know what it looks like, which means at the college level and beyond when young adults experience failure, they are not able to react. Meharena, a Centennial resident, said parents have their own failures but tend to hide them from children, when they should be doing the opposite. Seeing a parent fail and move SEE PRESSURE, P9
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State needs hundreds of thousands of EV chargers Here’s where facilities for electric vehicles are going in Colorado BY MICHAEL BOOTH THE COLORADO SUN
Sitting in an electric vehicle with only 25 miles of range left in the battery, far from home in the cellphone waiting lot at Denver International Airport, a half hour of time to kill and a Dunkin’ donut shop beckoning with sustenance … what better place for a fast charger station, right? Not yet, as frustrated EV drivers have discovered and struggled to fathom. But there could be soon, responds the Colorado Energy Office, the agency charged with overseeing buildout of the hundreds of thousands of public and private charging stations needed to fuel the state’s goal of nearly 1 million EVs on the road within eight years. There are slower chargers in the DIA parking garages. Fast charging stations built by private companies around DIA’s edges, like the neongreen glowing Electrify America juicer at East 57th Avenue and Tower Road. And yes, airport and state energy office officials say, the popular cellphone lot, gas station and food court next to DIA is a logical spot for a gleaming bank of rapidcharge stations that probably should have happened already. Electrify America, with a simple consumer interface and plugs that can put 50 miles of range into a car within a few minutes, is “the recipient of an award from CEO to build stations at the SEE CHARGERS, P12
EV drivers suffering range anxiety in and around Denver International Airport now have a glowing Electrify America fast charge option nearby at 57th Avenue and Tower Road, though charge station builders have not yet completed all the consumer-friendly touches like obvious signage or uniform payment interfaces. PHOTO BY MICHAEL BOOTH/THE COLORADO SUN
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forward is important for children to see, she said. Brame said without experiencing failure in their young lives, a young adult does not have the mental capability to pick themselves up and move on, learning from failure rather than just giving up. What are the answers? Psychologists, school counselors and administrators agree that the struggles high schoolers and college students are experiencing are concerning and does not seem to be getting better as expectations grow with each new generation. The answers, Liaw said, start at home with what parents should want for their children. Instead of sending the constant message to a child that “you are not enough,” Liaw said society has to find a way to be happy when a child does their best. During the pandemic, Liaw said parents were forced to take a step back and stop attending the local soccer leagues, cancel tutoring and music lessons and enforce a certain amount of time be spent on homework and learning. Liaw said children really just need the basics: • Warmth • Shelter • Love • Care • Comfort “For some families, the pandemic did force a reset,” Liaw said. “Some parents started asking what it means to be a good parent. For parents, it is hard to feel like you are not doing enough. It’s important for everybody to just start cutting themselves some slack.”
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“I think we need it and owe it to the public to start getting this work done,” said District 1 Councilmember Patrick Driscoll. The tax increase had already brought in about $2.2 million in additional funds between January and March. It is projected to bring in a total of $8.7 million by the end of 2022, with city staff estimating it will raise more than $11 million annually for the city’s budget, far more than was initially expected. Littleton’s leaders had been staring down a worst-case scenario earlier last year had the tax increase failed to pass. Without the added revenue, the city’s capital projects fund, which pays for infrastructure needs, was slated to run dry by 2025. Thanks to the new revenue, staff said more than 70 backlogged projects will be addressed including road maintenance and updates to the city’s fleet, which include snow removal and police vehicles. Total spending on projects is set to increase year after year, with more than $14 million that could be spent in 2030, according to staff estimates. Some projects will be more immediate, such as long-awaited relief for the Santa Fe Drive and West Mineral Avenue intersection, one of the city’s busiest areas. Staff have proposed building a new road there to help build a road to divert traffic, a project that could cost about $1.9 million, according
Rush hour traffic backs up on the westbound lanes of Mineral Avenue and Santa Fe Drive. With new revenue from the city’s sales FILE PHOTO tax, Littleton leaders are hoping to invest nearly $2 million into a new road to alleviate traffic.
to city documents, though grant matches would also help cover costs. Other projects, such as reconstructing aging city-owned facilities, could take years to finish and cost millions. One proposal from city staff breaks up $900,000 in spending over the next eight years, but that could be accelerated if the city pursued local bond options to spend more money in less time and then pay off any acquired debt. City staff and council members had also made public transparency a major component of the spending process, promising voters they would form a citizens committee to oversee expenditures should the
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tax proposal go through. Under staff’s proposal, the committee would meet once in April and May of each year to review how funds are being spent and deliver a memo June 1 to council. But council members differed when it came to what that committee should look like. Staff had proposed selecting members already sitting on other city committees and boards, but Councilmember At-Large Pam Grove said any 3A committee should include citizens not currently serving the city. “I would almost advocate for some of the members of this committee to not be on a board or commission,” Grove said, adding it
could lead to better representation and diverse viewpoints. District 1 Councilmember Jerry Valdes said he felt unsure about creating an entirely new committee, which he said “rarely challenges staff that much.” “I can see that as almost being a rubber stamp,” Valdes said, adding he was more in support of assigning an existing committee, such as transportation, to provide oversight. City staff agreed to further review their committee proposal, taking direction from council that a committee should have a diverse make-up of both sitting and not sitting board and committee members.
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David Anderson, left, is accused of sexually assaulting and murdering then 34-yearold Sylvia Quayle, right, in 1981. COURTESY OF CHERRY HILLS VILLAGE POLICE DEPARTMENT
Trial nears for man accused of 1981 murder of Cherry Hills resident David Anderson faces second trial BY ROBERT TANN RTANN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Four decades after a 34-year-old woman was murdered in her Cherry Hills Village home, a suspect will face a second trial for the crime. David Anderson, a 63-year-old Nebraska man arrested in February 2021, will stand trial June 26 in Arapahoe County court after a jury failed to reach a verdict during his first trial in early March. Anderson is accused of raping and murdering Sylvia Quayle in 1981 sometime overnight between Aug. 3 and Aug. 4, according to the Cherry Hills Village Police Department. According to a district court affidavit, Quayle’s body was found by her father, William Quayle, in her home at 3800 S. Ogden St in Cherry Hills Village. Police responded to his call of a “woman down” just before 8 a.m. Aug. 4, 1981, and soon found her dead at the scene. Her father told officers he found Quayle’s body “lying on the living room floor, nude with her arms above her head” and a white towel covering her face, according to the affidavit. Police noted that Quayle’s hands were covered in blood and she had red marks on her neck, according to the affidavit. An investigation revealed she had been shot with a .22 caliber bullet on top of her head, stabbed three times in her upper back and evidence showed strangulation, the affidavit said. The affidavit also notes that Quayle’s telephone line appeared to have been ripped out from where it was mounted to the exterior of the house. The exterior bathroom wall also had a screen removed and a small, circular hole was discovered in the lower corner in the window
screen of Quayle’s bedroom. The case had been without a suspect for more than 25 years after DNA evidence in 1993 disproved another man’s false confession to the crime. Ottis Toole, an infamous serial killer who had falsely confessed to hundreds of murders across the U.S., was charged with Quayle’s assault and murder after he confessed to the crime two years after it occurred, but never faced trial for it. Toole faced two death sentences in the 1980s for other unrelated murders, though he won appeals that changed his sentence to life imprisonment. Toole received four more life sentences for several more murders and died in a state prison in Florida in 1996. In 2000, a DNA sample of the suspect was submitted to the Colorado Bureau of Investigation but was left unidentified for two more decades. In 2020, Cherry Hills Village police began working with Mitch Morrisey, whose company United Data Connect provided the department with genetic genealogy testing, a relatively new technology. The company began developing leads for the unidentified DNA sample, which encompassed a pool of more than 3,300 people according to Morrisey. Through extensive research and investigation, Morrisey said his team was able to hone in on one suspect. On Jan. 17, 2021, a company investigator traveled to Cozad, Nebraska to secretly collect DNA from Anderson. What he recovered were two separate trash bags found in the dumpster for the apartment complex where Anderson lived. About 15 items were tested, with DNA from a Vanilla Coke can matching the sample from the crime scene. A warrant for Anderson’s arrest was soon issued and he was arrested in Nebraska on Feb. 10, 2021. SEE COLD CASE, P12
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Michelle Tovrea, who served as Cherry Hills Village’s police chief during the investigation and arrest of Anderson, paid respects to Quayle during a Feb. 25, 2021 press conference announcing Anderson’s arrest. “Sylvia’s sister and family had the quote ‘beauty seen is never lost’ etched onto her grave marker, a very fitting reminder of the beautiful person she was,” said Tovrea, who retired March 4. Quayle is remembered by those she knew as being “ambitious, vibrant, friendly,” Tovrea said, adding that she was someone who “would have given her last dollar” to friends who needed it. A graduate of Englewood High School, Quayle had a colorful palette of jobs and hobbies. She worked as a secretary at an architect firm and enjoyed researching the work of her architect uncle, Wesley Quayle, according to Tovrea. She also opened a small bakery known as the Buttery that specialized in wedding cakes. And she had talent as an artist, creating various pottery pieces of flower vases and bowls, many of which reside today in the home of her sister. Tovrea said Quayle was known to have had a close and loving relationship with her sister, mother and father, who are both deceased. Anderson faces two counts of first-degree murder and will be prosecuted under laws in place when the crime occurred in 1981, according to District Attorney John Kellner, of the 18th Judicial District. It means that, if convicted, Anderson would still have the chance for parole 20 years into his sentence, something current laws do not allow.
cellphone lot, I’m guessing within the calendar year,” said Christian Williss, who directs transportation fuels and technology for the energy office. Analysts say that kind of government-assisted growth is helping Colorado keep pace with EV sales that rank among the top states in the nation. Publicly financed chargers in high-traffic locations have been a success, they say, with the state’s interstatefocused network regularly adding completed stations. Now the challenge is to make the charging system equitable by getting more everyday home chargers installed at relatively stubborn locations like thousands of small apartment complexes, work sites where cars are parked all day, and in rural towns with long distances between chargers. EV chargers Walsenburg Colorado Springs EV Club Curtis Claar “We need to prioritize charging in multifamily housing, as well as workplace charging, given the importance of charging at these locations,” Williss said. Drive Clean Colorado, a nonprofit promoting equitable clean energy transition, agrees that while most visible en route charging needs that address range anxiety are getting built, the true need is expansion of locations where everyday commuters will actually charge up: Overnight at home, and at the workplace. “Keep in mind that most people drive less than 40 miles a day, and most cars are parked for hours at a time,” said Drive Clean Colorado Executive Director Bonnie Trowbridge. “So I’d love to see us focus more on EV charging wherever we see parked cars, whether that is in your own garage or driveway, the grocery store parking lot, or long-term parking at the airport.” Colorado is doing well to keep up so far, and is even a bit ahead in the charging game, according to analyst Jesse Toprak with the EV subscription company Autonomy. (Autonomy’s subscription operates
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like a lease, but allows people to try EVs without a long-term commitment.) EVs can be plugged in on 120-volt home circuit, or Level 1, charging at about 3 to 5 miles of range an hour. Level 2 chargers can be bought for the home and are the most common in public spaces, and can charge anywhere from 12 to 80 miles an hour. Level 3 or DC chargers are being added at important highway stops and as neighborhood filling stations, at up to 20 miles of range per minute. With about 54,000 EVs currently on the road in Colorado, there are 4,150 fast charging ports at Level 2 or 3, Toprak said. That’s about 90 combined Level 2 and DC fast charging ports for every 1,000 vehicles, better than the U.S. Department of Energy recommendation of about 43 ports for every 1,000 EVs, Toprak said. “However, we expect an exponential increase in the number of EVs in Colorado, particularly in Denver, in the coming months and years,” Toprak said. “Therefore, there is clearly a need for the charging infrastructure to keep up with this jump in demand.” Colorado has made $20 million in charging station grants in eight years of the state-run Charge Ahead Colorado program, Williss said. About 1,700 stations have been completed around the state, with applications for state help open to private companies, nonprofits, community groups or towns, and building owners. For a Level 2 charging station, Colorado gathers federal, state and Volkswagen lawsuit settlement funds and can cover up to 80% of the cost, up to $9,000, Williss said. For the extra-fast DC chargers, the 80% grants can be $35,000 or $50,000, depending on speed. The grants continue to be popular, with three or four applications for every grant slot. That’s why the addition of millions in federal stimulus funding for every state’s electrification efforts will be welcome, he said. “We’re pleased with additional funding that is coming down the pike,” Williss said. “I think that will help to address some of that demand, although SEE CHARGERS, P30
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ver the last few months I had the pleasure of working with some graduating seniors at Castle View High School. In working with interns, I have never believed in the concept that they will learn by watching me work. FROM THE Instead, I pushed forth an idea I had but EDITOR never brought to fruition as a journalist. That idea being how much pressure is put on high school and college students today. The answer is a lot. I worked with these young ladies to produce the “Need to Succeed” series. They wrote personal essays about their own battles and I am going to use this space this week for me. They are classified as Generation Z. I Thelma Grimes am Generation X with Millennials sitting between us. That group of Millennials between us is a huge change. When I was in high school, my parents were adamant that I would get a diploma. They did not necessarily push the need to go to college. In fact, they were supportive but not overly excited. My high school days were stressful in that I wanted to get good grades, be active in my school and work for the local newspaper to write sports. I can’t say I was overwhelmed. I had a blast in high school. To this day, I still treasure my time at my smalltown high school. I formed lifelong friendships with teachers, my friends and the community. Fast forward to the present, with me being a parent of a teenager and two young boys while doing this project on the stress placed on kids to succeed today. What I learned is that I do need to change. Interviewing therapists and experts in child behavior, I realized I rarely show my children that I make mistakes and have failed in life. In put strict guidelines on behavior and grades. I even want them to be successful at everything they try. In the end, what I learned in doing this project with these interns is that my children need to be happy and well adjusted. They need to gravitate towards their passions and if it is not necessarily what I had in mind for them — that is OK. I do not want to have my children crying in dark corners, hosting a slew of anxiety that they cannot get rid of. Do I want them to go to college? Well, society says I have to be that parent. After all, how can my children be successful adults if they do not go to college? Well, the bottom line is if they join the military — I will support it. If they choose to try out a trade school — I will support it. If they go to community college — I will clap and say “so did I.” I have to thank Dr. Ron-Li Liaw of Children’s Hospital Colorado for the frank way in which she explained how parents and society are hurting our children’s mental health. Her exact quote that got my attention was, “Childhood is a gift, and we are spoiling it with expectations.” Over the last few months, because of her and the students I worked with, I have started changing some of my parenting styles. While I still have standards, I truly work now to make sure my children enjoy their childhood. Thelma Grimes is the south metro editor for Colorado Community Media
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n an instant, the world changed again. As he left a successful sales call in New York City, he saw an alert for “Breaking News” pop up on his cell phone. When he read the headline, it said that 19 chilWINNING dren and two teachers had died in a shooting at an elWORDS ementary school in Uvalde, Texas. His heart became heavy, his legs buckled, and he felt sick to his stomach thinking of his own grandchildren. His customer and the products and services that he sold were no longer important at all. As she sat at her desk Michael Norton as a chief financial officer poring over spreadsheets and financial data, she also kept one extra monitor with a news feed so she could watch the stock market as she was doing her work. She saw the headline come up on her monitor with the same message as she received on her phone, “Breaking News,” 19 children and two teachers had died in a shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas. With three children of her own, the finances of the company became less of a priority as she raced home to be with her family. In a prayer group on Facebook, the 1,000plus members poured out their prayers for the families and the community who were impacted and for the world. They poured out their broken hearts for what happened that day as they prayed together. They prayed for what is happening every day in our country when it comes to senseless and random acts of violence. For the past week, online prayer groups, small church groups, and Bible study groups have been trying to wrap their heads and hearts around such tragic events, while leaning into their faith and standing on the promises of God.
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Where do we go from here? What do we say when the words get caught in our throats and we cannot speak, or we just don’t know what to say? Sometimes there are no words. Sometimes the only thing we can do is to be present, available, empathetic, compassionate, and open to sharing how we feel as we try to understand and make sense of any of it. Yes, we are allowed to feel hurt and angry, but let’s not allow that hurt and anger to lead us down the wrong path. Instead, let it fuel our desire to pursue real change. Where else can we go from here? For the past week we have seen politicians, entertainers, actors, professional athletes, and CEOs of large organizations share how they feel, also giving passionate pleas for the necessary change that needs to happen before we have yet another Sandy Hook, Parkland, Columbine, Robb Elementary (and so many other tragic events) take place. And where shouldn’t we go? We shouldn’t give in to the blame game, pointing fingers across the aisle. We should never politicize any tragedy such as this. The victims and their families deserve better than that. The best way we can honor all the victims and families who have gone through this kind of senseless violence is to come together to find the solution instead of trying to determine who is to blame. At the end of the day violent video games, violent movies and television shows, access to guns, the far left, the far right, and social media will all be blamed. But this, my friends, is not the answer. Do I know what the answer is? No, I don’t. But I do know that human lives, at any age, young or old, are precious. And I know that I want to be a part of the solution in any way that I can. Knowing in some small way, we can all contribute, doing our part to live in the spirit of love.
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Opinion: I’ve lived in a country with gun control. It works.
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en days after the racist mass shooting in Buffalo, New York, Americans are reeling from yet another preventable tragedy. GUEST The lives of 19 children and COLUMN two teachers at a Texas elementary school did not have to end in such hateful bloodshed. As devastated as this country is, we cannot allow our grief to stall our Robert Tann action. There is an answer to ending this cycle of brutality. I’ve lived in a country with gun control. I know it works. The United Kingdom, which encompasses England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, has some of the strictest gun laws of any developed country. During my time living there, the thought of being in a mass shooting event never crossed my mind. Because it didn’t happen. From 2012 to 2016, when I lived in a suburb outside London, there were zero mass shootings in the U.K. Data from the Gun Violence Archive, which began in 2013, shows there were 990 mass shootings in the U.S. between 2013 and 2016. GVA defines a mass shooting as an incident in which four or more people are shot and/or killed in a single event at the same general time and location, not including the shooter. Those numbers don’t include the infamous Aurora theater shooting and the Sandy Hook Elementary
shooting in 2012, events I heard about while living near London. As I saw the news of those tragedies, I felt so incredibly grateful that I was living in a country where gun restrictions were keeping me safe. As a teenager at the time, I didn’t worry about being killed while sitting inside my classroom or when going to a movie theater with friends. I wasn’t planning my escape every time I entered a public space, fervently scanning for the closest door or window. But now, living in the U.S, I always am. It’s a fear that is palpable across our country, felt every time a parent drops their child off for school or when a person just needs to run to the grocery store before dinner. In the U.K., it took just one mass shooting to prompt a major gun control law. After a shooter killed 16 people in a rural town 60 miles outside London in 1987, the government outlawed semi-automatic weapons the following year. Other U.K. laws have created extensive universal background checks, require private gun licenses to be renewed every five years and allow for that license to be revoked should a gun owner be deemed a public safety threat. In the U.S., we have none of that, at least not federally. I’m not naive to think these laws will eradicate gun violence and mass shootings entirely. The U.K. has seen four mass shootings since the government’s 1988 act banning assault weapons, with the most recent happening in Plymouth, England, in 2021. A collective 51 people died from those attacks. But compare that to the thousands
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR Diversity of housing needed In the recent article “Littleton council shows appetite for adopting inclusionary housing ordinance,” the issue of community character arose several times in the city council’s discussion. It seems that some in Littleton define our community’s character by the size and occupancy of its buildings. When did character become about intangibles such as this? Defining the character of a community by the size of its buildings is like defining a person by the size of their pocketbook. Rich or poor, you’re likely to come up with an answer that is one-dimensional. I want to live in a community whose character is defined by a diversity of race, means and backgrounds, which requires a housing stock that is diverse as well. Littleton is predominantly single-family homes and it’s illegal in most areas to build anything else (this is a
problem not just in Littleton but nationwide, where 80% of residential is zoned for single-family homes). Colorado is growing and it’s important that we remain adaptable to that growth or else we risk losing tax revenue and becoming a city that once was. Littleton’s growth rate is behind that of our neighbors to the south, but as a centrally located suburb, we have the best opportunity to absorb this growth in a way that reduces environmental impact, improves mobility and limits traffic. If we want to remain sustainable as a city we must support a diversity of people in Littleton and we must have a diversity of housing options including apartments, townhomes, duplexes and ADUs. Thank you to the city council members who support this diversity in housing stock so we may support a diversity of people and sustain what’s great about Littleton as it grows. Nick Stevens
of shootings and deaths the U.S. has seen in that same span of time, the answer to the problem becomes clear: it’s the guns. As of 2017, the rate of firearm ownership per 100 people was 4.9 in the U.K. For the U.S., it was 120.5, and there is a correlation between gun ownership and gun violence. The U.S. is nearly off the chart when its gun violence rate is compared to other developed countries with much lower gun ownership rates. Data for 2022 shows there are 12 gun-related deaths per 100,000 people in the U.S. Many other developed nations, such as Canada, France, Germany and South Korea, have rates between 0 and 3 per 100,000. There are simply too many guns in this country, many of which are semi-automatic assault weapons that are commercially illegal in other western countries. We’ve heard other arguments for the culprit of the U.S.’s gun violence epidemic with some laying the blame on mental health or a gunloving culture that simply can not be changed. It’s true that we’re a country in mental distress. It’s true we have
a long history, dating back to the nation’s inception, of gun violence. These are certainly root causes of much of our collective suffering and will take years, generations even, to address and heal from. But to focus so heavily on these socio-cultural factors is to distract from the immediate solutions in front of us. We’ve seen the results of countries willing to implement bold gun restrictions from the U.K. to Canada to Australia to New Zealand. In countries like these shootings are rarer and overall suffering from gun violence is lower. What do we have to show in the U.S. for decades of inaction? A year where we’ve had more mass shootings than days on the calendar. Enough. We know what we need to do as a country, we have the solutions in front of us. It rests solely on the shoulders of our elected officials to act.
Robert Tann is a reporter for Colorado Community Media. He was born in the United Kingdom and lived there from 1999 to 2004 and from 2012 to 2016.
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2 young pastry chefs create out-of-this-world culinary experience BY RYAN ERNSTES SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA
Space dinosaurs. Project 626. Murder by the Campfire. This is not a list of the internet’s latest conspiracy theories,
but rather the creations of Black Box Bakery, a spacethemed wholesale and online retail bakery located in the RiNo district of Denver. And the baked goods look just as outlandish as they sound. Scroll through the bakery’s Instagram feed, and you will find rainbow pastries, croissants that are apparently stranded on Mars, and alien-decorated cookies reading “You’re Out of this World” — all of which are as drool worthy as
they are bizarre. And the Earthly masterminds behind these edible creations? Twenty-seven-year-old Arielle Israel and 24-year-old Megan Read. Israel stands at 5’3” but carries herself with a certain defiant confidence and clarity of vision. Her reputation for croissants has earned her the nickname “The Laminator.” She sometimes spends up to 12 hours a day on the laborious
work of folding butter sheets into dough, folding it, running it through the sheeter to flatten it and repeating. Working with dough lets Israel be aggressive, whereas Read handles the more precise aspects of production. Read’s perfection of cakes and pastries gives her the moniker “Cake Queen.” Her energetic, can-do attitude matches the bright auburn of SEE DOUGH, P17
From top: A space-themed, culinary creative force, Black Box Bakery features culinary delights that are “out of this world.” Murder by the Campfire: double red croissant, toasted marshmallow, dark chocolate ganache, graham cracker.
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‘I can see this getting, not out of hand, but... out of hand.’ Megan Read
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her hair. Together, Israel and Read’s days go something like this: 2:30 p.m. to 12 a.m., pastry and croissant production; 12 - 1 a.m., packing; 1 to 3 a.m., deliveries; 3 to 11 a.m., sleep; and 11 a.m., wake up and start thinking about creating all over again. Business takes off Israel and Read’s creations come to life in the windowless basement of the Renaissance Hotel in downtown Denver, itself a story with intriguing origins. Just a few months after starting Black Box, Israel and Read received an email on behalf of the CEO of a large hotel conglomerate, asking them to meet in a specified location to “discuss certain opportunities.” The exchange had all the veiled secrecy of an interaction with the mafia, Read said. But low and behold, the mystery executive was a huge fan of their croissants and wanted to help launch the business to even higher places. The exchange eventually helped Israel and Read land their current workspace in the unused banquet kitchen of the hotel. Israel and Read’s kitchen now gives them enough space to work alongside four other employees, including Israel’s husband and partner in Black Box, Ty Webb. The team goes to work aerating butter, cutting dough into circles and bathing their pastries in egg washes, which gives the final product that delectable golden-brown hue. Sometimes the crew listens to podcasts to stay entertained. Some of their favorites include “Serial,” “Stuff You Should Know” and “Behind the Bastards.” On occasion, Israel might share her other hobby with Read — watching surgeries online. As it turns out, you can witness surgeons remove a blockage of the heart on Instagram and learn to spot the difference between a ruptured spleen and an intact one. Macabre? Maybe a little. But Israel thinks the interest stems from a desire to understand how things work. In baking, for instance, Israel must understand how each ingredient will change her final product. It was in culinary school that she first realized “the egg has this function; the sugar does this,” and so forth. Read does not share the same affinity for watching medical operations, but the two clearly
Arielle Israel, left, and Megan Read share a passion for top-notch baked goods and are the masterminds behind out-of-this world Black Box Bakery. PHOTO RYAN ERNSTES
have a long history of knowing each other’s quirks. Dynamic duo The pair go back to 2015, when they began their associate’s degrees at the Culinary Institute of America in New York. Israel was 20, having just completed her mandatory two years in the Israeli army, and Read was only 18. The two partnered up for a class and it immediately became clear they made a great team. “She does all the things that I’m not good at or don’t like, and I’m the same for her,” Read said. For the next few years, Israel and Read worked together in classes and at restaurants on the weekends. Their connection became almost telepathic, each knowing what the other would work on without having to communicate it. After graduating from culinary school, Israel took a job as a pastry chef in Denver. Meanwhile, Read had just completed her manager’s training at a restaurant in New York. But Israel saw the opportunities on the horizon and knew, “I need my partner.” She sent a formal job offer over to Read, and within a month, the dynamic duo was reunited. Soon after, Israel and Read decided it was time to branch out on their own. A colleague in the industry introduced them to the concept of wholesale production: making baked goods to be bought by other cafes and restaurants. It was just what Israel and Read needed — a way to get their foot in the door without the high startup costs of running their own storefront. Thus, Black Box Bakery was born. Their specialty? Laminated pastries: anything made through rolling and folding layers of dough and butter. If it sounds decadent and delicious, that’s because it is.
Exploring the creative possibilities But Israel and Read had no desire to create “just another bakery.” Instead, they wanted to explore the unknown and embark on a journey of discovering what’s possible in the culinary sphere. “It allows us to say, ‘you know, we’ve never seen a blue croissant before. We’re gonna do that,’” Israel said. And indeed, the bakery abounds with creativity and variety. Croissant varieties include strawberry, almond, Oreo, pistachio and cruffin — a cross between a cinnamon roll and a croissant. As for the bakery’s out-ofthis-world theme, Israel loves all things alien and conspiracy theory. She sees a metaphorical connection between her croissants and space, both whimsical, mysterious entities in her mind. “People at home don’t know how croissants are made,” Israel said. And that same principle could apply to much of space, too. Once, after a long night of deliveries for the bakery, Read even had a firsthand experience with a UFO. In the dark, early hours of the morning, Read was driving home and spotted something in the sky that looked like a planet but was crazy bright. She immediately called Israel to describe what she was seeing. “All of a sudden it zoomed across the sky,” said Read emphatically, using her hands to mimic the quick trajectory of the unidentified object. She told Israel, “Bro, I think I just saw a UFO.” Paranormal or not, Israel and Read seem to draw inspiration from particular formative memories. Like the first time Read tried a croissant in France. She entered a random bakery, stopped to pick up a croissant, and was walking to the subway when
she took her first bite. It literally stopped her in her tracks. The sweet, grassy taste of the butter was like nothing she had ever tried before. Read wants this to be the visceral experience all people have when they taste Black Box’s goods. Much of Israel’s inspiration is rooted in personal experiences too. Growing up, she would spend summers with her grandparents in France. Each day, Israel would stand in line for fresh baguettes and croissants — even if they still had leftover baked goods at home from the day before. And at her childhood home in Israel, Friday nights were dedicated to food too. Israel would make challah bread, always met with constructive criticism driving her to be better. “Too dense, could be better,” her family members would coach her. Those memories stick with her. And now, Israel and Read long to produce baked goods that transport people to cherished memories of their own. Storefront on the horizon Back in the kitchen, the clock has struck 2:30 p.m., which means production has begun. Occasionally, Israel and Read chatter with the team as they work. Other times they seem overcome by a quiet, determined focus, despite performing the same repetitive tasks they do day in day out. It is clear the two take great pride in their work. “They have a standard and will have that standard met no matter what. And if it isn’t met it doesn’t go on the plate,” said Blake Ritenour, close friend and former employee. That standard is producing results. Due to their success, Israel and Read look forward to opening their first storefront bakery in late summer or fall of this year. It’s a space in the Edgewater Public Market, a hip food hall in west-central Denver. “It’s a dream,” Israel said. “Everyone wants to see their products and get that feedback” from their customers. Despite their impressive accomplishments at a young age, Israel and Read are not pumping the brakes anytime soon. They are already dreaming about owning a restaurant, a hospitality group, a desert bar and a diner. They excitedly blurt out ideas, feeding off one another’s infectious enthusiasm. On reflection, “I can see this getting, not out of hand, but... out of hand,” Read said, laughing.
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Place, with the hope that prospective members will stop by. (Off Windermere, south of Ridge Road.) Monthly meetings are on the first Wednesday of each month during the school year at the Littleton Public Schools AdministraBuilding, 5776 S. Sonya Ellingboe tion Crocker St., usually with a speaker on some aspect of gardening, and a social period. At times, plants and seeds are traded and conversation is focused on “how to.” The club also sponsors a Foraging Walk at 11 on June 11, led by Kate Armstrong, who will also sell her herbal botanicals. If interested, contact: CindyAmack@ comcast.net.
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org. (The organization is based in Greenwood Village and hosts this competition each year.) Winners will be announced soon. Littleton Garden Club Annual LGC Garden tours will start on June 11 at 11 a.m. at 1579 W. Costilla
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Despite living in a high desert location, a number of south metro area gardeners maintain a pond in their yard, with a collection of water lilies, cannas and more — plus perhaps a few brilliantlyhued fish. So, when the Colorado Water Garden Society holds a sale, those gardeners appear to find a new flowering plant, or one with specially-shaped or colored leaves. The CWGS will do exactly that on Sunday, June 5 at Hudson Gardens (in the area near the business office), open to the public from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. (While
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the lot and head north to the sale area. Admission is free and the gardens are open until late afternoon. There will be an assortment of aquatic plants, including tropical water lilies, hardy water lilies, lotus, cannas, taro, water iris and many other marginals according to CWGS publicist Jim Arneill, a retired local teacher, who is among the well-informed staff and will be available to talk about various plants and how to care for them. There will also be fertilizer tablets for sale, he says. The Colorado Water Garden Society welcomes new members. It started with a class offered at Denver Botanic Gardens in 1983, after a few organizational issues were resolved. The first plant sale was held in 1985 and programs offered by members began at area garden centers. In 1987, the CWGS began an endowment fund at the
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‘Eye to Eye’ photography exhibit centers the voices of older LGBTQ+ women
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For many, coming out is arguably one of the scariest moments in a person’s life. And for some, the difficulties worsen with age — 66% of older LGBTQ+ adults fear experiencing insufficient support, and 75% of the 2.4 million LGBTQ+ adults 65 years or older in the United States will go back into the closet when they enter assisted living or senior living communities. Carey Candrian, an associate professor of Internal Medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, wants to humanize these statistics and bring faces to the issue. Her exhibition, “Eye to Eye: Portraits of Pride, Strength,
Beauty” at the Anschutz Medical Campus, aims to destigmatize the LGBTQ community through photographs. “The goal of this project is to actually see these women, see their faces and realize they’re not that scary and in hopes of really helping people; just connect human to human, person to person,” Candrian told Rocky Mountain PBS. In 2020, Candrian, who is part of the LGBTQ+ community, began interviewing and photographing LGBTQ women ages 59-85 to better understand their health disparities in palliative care, hospice, OB/GYN care and assisted living. This project is part of her ongoing professional research, which is published in places like
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The Journal of Women and Aging, The Gerontologist and The Journal of Palliative Medicine. “Personally, this is a community that I am part of and I have experienced some of those effects … I want to do something about it,” she explained. “And I think from a professional reason, this is also my career.” The result of her project is a series of portrait photographs, all taken by Candrian, accompanied by quotes from almost three dozen women sharing their fears, experiences and reflections. Underneath a photograph of Jude, an 80-year-old geologist, said, “I denied myself for 40 years. Next 40 I became who I am. Now I have a life to live.” Another reads: “We have been totally open. If we act like we’re half-way ashamed of it, then people are not going to accept it wholeheartedly,” Gillian, 78. “They haven’t wanted to remain silent but these photos, I think, are a way of giving them voice and even louder voice,” explained Candrian. “I think the voices that these pictures give them is that ‘we have a life worth living.’ According to her, these women took a risk to break their silence and show up as their true selves. “The photos have helped me take it to another level to really be able to make sense of this,” said Candrian. “And I think that’s been the biggest thing is that research is so important, the science is so important in it, but we lose the individual behind it.” Candrian believes that while conditions have improved overall, hurtful stigmas and assumptions about the LGBTQ community hinders older LGBTQ people from
getting proper care and humanity as they age — a practice that is not only unfair, but extremely damaging. And often, it’s easy to forget the person behind the statistics. “We know that there are actually concrete health effects on older LGBT communities like heart disease, certain cancers, anxiety, even suicide,” Candrian explained. “So we know these things exist and they’re not getting much better … We have good research to show that these disparities exist. But we aren’t doing a lot to actually do something about it.” And Candrian hopes her photographs will leave a positive, lasting impact on the people who see them, and change the conversations about the aging LGBTQ community. “These are very good people who want the same things as you want, as other people want. They want to love. They want to be loved,” Candrian said. “ And why I think we continue to make it so difficult for people to be able to be who they are is not right. And I think my hope is that when they see these pictures, they realize it’s their friends, it’s their family members, it’s their colleagues, it’s their neighbors.” “Eye to Eye” is open Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. 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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Our new American pastime — what are we doing and why?
Linda Newell
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started to write about the great celebrations in the month of June. There’s Father’s Day (which can sometimes be complicated, of course) but also fun. There are all kinds of graduations and early summer trips in the sun. There are Pride events for our LGBTQ+ friends to be able to freely, authentically be themselves in public. And then, there’s Juneteenth, the commemoration of the final emancipation of African Americans from slavery in the United States. Now a federal holiday, Juneteenth came about when the holdout state of Texas was forced to free all people from slavery, and thus, the formerly enslaved took to celebrating in the streets. Unfortunately, as I write this on May 24, there’s no rejoicing on any street in Texas where 19 children and two teachers were killed in a shooting at their elementary school. And this happened while in Buffalo, New York, there are continuing funerals for the 10 people killed in the racially-motivated shooting at a grocery there last week. So, I just can’t write about celebrations right now. Those of us who remember hearing the sirens blow down Bowles Avenue during the Columbine shooting and our kids in lockdown, injured, or killed know this scene all too well. Others tragically remember Arapahoe or STEM high schools or the Aurora movie theatre shootings. Even those who weren’t here then know
the mass shooting scene too well. It turns out that we Americans have a rising pastime of shooting people and sending tweets of thoughts and prayers. So, what are we doing? Federally, obviously, not enough. In Colorado, we’ve accomplished some legislative tools over the last decade to move the needle; but also not enough. But gun violence is not just about access to firearms, and even if it were, we’ll never be able to have a gun-free society in this country. Perhaps we need to ask who’s doing the shooting and why? Some claim that it’s about mental illness but the statistics show that’s not so clear cut. However, two other predictors are very often present — suicidality and childhood trauma. It turns out the data show that many of the mass shooters of this growing phenomenon have had severe childhood trauma and most are experiencing suicidal thoughts just before or during the shooting due to recent crises in their lives. So, is anyone looking for or supporting them through these crises? Although not true of the Uvalde shooting, the highest demographic of these mass shooters are young, mostly white, men. Many of them have been radicalized online that has created a contagion of anxiety and anger of copycat scenarios. As we saw in Buffalo, it was the fear of “being replaced,” or actually, losing his societal stature as a white man.
Who or what is shaping this increasingly dangerous mindset? So, the question now appears for all of us: what are we doing now that we know who’s doing the shooting and why? How are we breeding young men who want to kill people? We can’t legislate our way out of this one. It’s going to take more than a few public servants to vote on the right legislation. But it will take more than thoughts and prayers. It’s not only lawmakers, law enforcement, or metal detectors that are the solution. The bigger need is further upstream than legislation. It’s incumbent on all of us in our village to raise our children with human connection, loving support, and coping mechanisms to survive these trying times we’re living in now. We all need to be asking ourselves what we individually and collectively are doing to contribute to the escalating problem of young men wanting to kill themselves or others. And why are we OK with accepting just pacifying tweets? What are we doing to prevent, not just address, violence in our homes and community? Can we replace this American pastime already? I’m praying … and acting.
Former Colorado state senator Linda Newell is a writer, instructor, facilitator and conflict and DEI coach. Senlindanewell@gmail.com, www.lindanewell.org, www.senlindanewell.com, @sennewell on Twitter, Senator Linda Newell on Facebook.
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Is slamming Denver a winning message for GOP in 2022? Colorado Republicans rip capital city as they eye November elections BY JESSE PAUL THE COLORADO SUN
“A toilet bowl.” “A city that no one wants to come to.” “There’s nobody out there that says Denver’s great anymore.” Those were three takes on the Mile High City last month from three different Republican state representatives. The remarks were made during a news conference recapping the 2022 legislative session and they raised eyebrows given the upcoming election. The Colorado GOP this year, after four years without a majority in either the Colorado House or Senate, is trying to win back some power in November. They will need the support of voters in Denver, a Democratic stronghold, and its surrounding counties, which make up the state’s population center, to do it. Nineteen of Colorado’s 35 state Senate districts are in or touch Arapahoe, Adams, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas and Jefferson counties. When it comes to state House districts, 35 of the 65 districts are either in or include one or more of those metro Denver counties. In other words: the road to power in the legislature runs through Denver, which, according to several House Republicans, isn’t such a great place. “They have basically let the downtown area become a toilet bowl,” said Rep. Matt Soper, a Delta Republican. “You feel safe in our part of Colorado.” House Minority Leader Hugh McKean, R-Loveland, said Denver is a “city out of control,” referencing crime. “I would challenge anybody that’s saying that Denver is not on a downward spiral,” said Rep. Colin Larson, a Ken Caryl Republican and one of the only GOP law-
Lawmakers and lobbyists are seen at the Capitol on Jan. 12 in Denver at the start of Colorado’s General Assembly’s 2022 session. PHOTO BY OLIVIA SUN/THE COLORADO SUN
makers in the Denver suburbs. “I would just have to say that doesn’t pass the smell test.” Douglas County, a conservative stronghold, is really the only metro Denver county where Republicans have consistently won in recent election cycles. The irony is that Republicans often complain when Democrats criticize rural Colorado. Take, for instance, the condemnation leveled at Marlon Reis, Gov. Jared Polis’ husband, in April after a 2021 Facebook comment he posted surfaced. In the comment, reported on by The Fence Post in a story about controversy surrounding a prairie dog relocation plan, Reis complained about rural Coloradans whining when state and federal money is sent their way. “You’d best learn not to bite the hand that feeds you,” Reis wrote. “Colorado is more than ranchers, and it’s time to adapt rather than complain.” Kristi Burton Brown, chair-
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woman of the Colorado GOP, said Reis’ words were “pathetic” and “disgusting.” Sen. Kerry Donovan, a Vail Democrat who represents rural parts of western Colorado, said Republicans are talking about Denver in the same vein that Democrats have talked about rural areas. Donovan said the GOP, which often complains about the urbanrural divide, should know better. “It’s a very dangerous political strategy to create division to try to win elections,” she said. But McKean said it’s not fair to compare Reis’ remarks to those from him and his caucus. He said he wasn’t castigating any group or person, and that what’s happened in Denver, in his opinion, is the result of Democratic policies. That’s where the politics behind criticizing Denver come in. “What politics truly is, I think, and especially this year, is a study of contrasts,” he said. “You take a look at what Denver was just a few years ago and the cycle that it’s gone through and in the midst of large policy changes.” McKean spoke broadly about policies on crime and homelessness. Those are two issues the GOP is promising to tackle if they win in November, along with rising consumer costs. McKean said the remarks about Denver aren’t part of an election strategy, however. “I think it’s more just a commentary,” he said. But not every Republican seems to think blasting Denver, whose home prices are soaring as people try to buy into a city with a limited housing supply, is such a good idea. Sen. Paul Lundeen, a Monument Republican leading efforts to secure a GOP majority in the Senate, said Thursday night during a Colorado Sun event that he thinks Denver “could do better,” but he’s not sure attacking the capital city is a winning strategy. “It’s not as safe as it was when I
first showed up at the legislature eight years ago,” he said. “Do you build a campaign on that? No. You build a campaign on helping the people of Colorado.” Even Cole Wist, a former Republican state representative who used to be in the same caucus as McKean, appeared to push back on Twitter. “Like many metro areas, Denver has some things to work on,” he posted, “but it is definitely a great city.” Sen. Chris Hansen, a Denver Democrat weighing a mayoral bid next year, rejected the criticism wholecloth. He thinks the remarks will hurt Republicans in November. “Denver definitely has issues like every other city, but this is a wonderful city,” he said. “That is not going to be a winning strategy, I can say with clarity.” Polis said he doesn’t think the attacks on Denver are ”good politics.” “I don’t think it ever works to attack part of the state that you want to represent,” he said. “Denver is the cultural capital of our state. You go to Rockies and Broncos and Nuggets games. No area of the state is perfect, but we all value every part of the state. I love Grand Junction. I love Colorado Springs. I love Denver. I love Boulder. They’re all great. I don’t think you hear very many — you certainly don’t hear me — attacking parts of the state that are conservative.” Democrats hold a 20-15 majority in the Colorado Senate and a 41-24 majority in the House. 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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Over the last few summers, Colorado residents have grown accustomed to hearing the same set of recommendations when wildfire smoke blankets their community: Avoid outdoor exercise. Head inside. Shut the windows. But experts say those immediate actions only go so far. Alex Huffman, an associate professor studying air contaminants at the University of Denver, notes smoke can invade a home through cracks and ventilation systems, so preventative measures are necessary to guard indoor air quality and protect people’s health. “You can’t completely stop it, but there are things you can do to help the amount you breathe in,” Huffman said. It’s now clear that in the West, and even in many further afield parts of the country, wildfire smoke will be a chronic side-effect of climate change and decades of poor forest management. As wildfires grow larger and more frequent, a CPR News analysis found Colorado residents now experience between two to four additional smoky weeks every year compared to a decade ago. The trend worries public health experts because smoke contains tiny particles capable of burrowing themselves deep into the human body. Breathing that material
can trigger shortness of breath, asthma attacks and heart attacks. Long-term risks include weakened immune systems and premature births. There are proven ways to limit exposure even as particulates sneak indoors. Here’s what Colorado scientists have done in their own homes — and what they’d recommend for yours. Monitor indoor and outdoor air quality At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Huffman brought home a professional air monitor to assist with his work on germ-carrying droplets. When wildfire season kicked up, it gave him a surprising view into the effect of outdoor smoke plumes. Even deep in his basement, the instrument showed unsafe levels of particles in the air. The EPA moves to declare the Front Range a ‘severe’ air quality violator. Here’s why that matters. Huffman now recommends households explore far cheaper methods to monitor outdoor and indoor air quality. To help manage his asthma, he keeps a careful eye on the EPA’s fire and smoke map, which tracks nationwide smoke plumes and air quality readings. To monitor indoor air quality, he purchased an egg-shaped monitor from PurpleAir, which now sits on a table inside the front door of his home in Centennial. It glows green, yellow or red depending on the severity of suspended particulates. Basic senses are an even cheaper alternative. Colorado air forecasters recommend assuming air quality
is unsafe if you can’t clearly see something less than five miles away. Smells can also serve as evidence of wildfire smoke, but shouldn’t always be trusted. Christine Wiedinmyer, an air quality scientist at the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences at the University of Colorado Boulder, said smoke from far-off fires doesn’t carry an odor but can be dangerous nonetheless. Buy or make a high-quality indoor air filter Huffman has a portable air purifier in his living room to help remove wildfire smoke. He demonstrated its efficiency by turning on a popcorn popper with a filthy heating element. Smoke filled the room as his indoor air monitor turned an alarming red. The purifier then pulled the smoke closer with a gentle hum, bringing particulates back to safe levels in about 30 seconds. When shopping for an air purifier, Huffman said it should have HEPA filtration to remove particles. He recommends against anything with “plasma” or “ionization,” which doesn’t do much about wildfire smoke and can add other pollutants to the air. If a $200 machine is out of the question, another option can be fashioned from a box fan taped to one or several furnace filters of a MERV13 grade or higher. The device, called a Corsi-Rosenthal Box, was born after a mechanical engineer tossed out the idea on Twitter. Huffman installed a number of these contraptions around his house
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Colorado climate conference warns of ‘small window’ to act There is 49% more heat currently trapped by human-emitted greenhouse gases BY JOHN INGOLD THE COLORADO SUN
Some of the nation’s leading climate scientists May 23 sounded an alarm about the urgency of addressing climate change over the next decade, as a key index used to measure humans’ impact on the warming planet ticked higher. “Unfortunately,” said Ko Barrett, a senior climate advisor to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and a vice chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, “what we see is dire.” Barrett was giving a keynote address to NOAA’s 50th Global Monio toring Annual Conference. The conference is hosted by NOAA’s Global Monitoring Laboratory, which is based in Boulder, though the conference is virtual this year. As the name suggests, the conference brings together scientists with an expertise in climate monitoring — one presentation Monday, for instance, involved the possible use of instruments mounted in commercial airliners to measure atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide and other
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gases. The work of those scientists undergirds projections of how much the world will warm in coming decades as a result of human-caused greenhouse gas pollution. Among the conference’s highlights is the unveiling of the latest entry in NOAA’s Annual Greenhouse Gas Index, which is a way to show how much extra heat humans’ greenhouse gas pollution traps, committing the planet to a hotter world. This year’s index rose to 1.49 — 49% higher than in 1990. Put another way, the index shows that there is 49% more heat currently trapped by human-emitted
greenhouse gases than there was in 1990, said Ariel Stein, the acting director of the Global Monitoring Laboratory. Last year, the index sat at 1.47 — 47% higher than in 1990. The increase in the index is in line with increases over the past four years. Carbon dioxide emissions are the biggest contributor to the increase in the index — 80% of the increase since 1990 is due to carbon dioxide. Three gases — carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide — account for 90% of the increased heat trapped in the atmosphere due to human activity since the mid-1700s, Stein said.
“The scientific conclusion that humans are responsible for their increase is irrefutable,” Stein said. Methane emissions, which can come from oil and gas production and from livestock agriculture but also from thawing permafrost in the Arctic, are also rising quickly. Stein said the 17 parts per billion increase in observed atmospheric methane levels last year was the largest annual increase on record. To Barrett, the NOAA climate adviser, these numbers paint a stark picture: The world is on course to miss its goals for limiting temperature increase. But, she said, it’s also important to focus on the reasons for optimism. Electric cars are gaining in popularity. Cities, through greener building practices and electrified transportation, are beginning to seize their opportunities to reduce emissions. Governments are taking serious steps to battle climate change. “The next decade is a critical time to address the climate crisis,” Barrett said. “We have a small window to shift to a carbon-neutral economy and hold climate impacts in check.”
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On a baked patch of clay next to a growing hospital, a group of investors plans to ease the Western Slope’s housing crisis with a $45 million automated factory that could turn out 100 readyto-assemble apartment units a month. “No one has ever built something like this in the U.S.” said Ted Steers, who is part of a Front Range investment group planning a European-inspired factory in Grand Junction. “This is a key part to solving the workforce housing crisis. We need to build housing faster, better and more inexpensively.” This story first appeared in The Outsider, the premium outdoor newsletter by Jason Blevins. The investors have acquired 177 acres in Grand Junction south of Community Hospital for a development they’re calling Centennial Park. The site is zoned for 2,000 units and the group has already sold lots to apartment builders planning 700 units. Soon, the group plans to break ground on a 237,000-square-foot facility developed by Mosaic Housing, a new modular housing company that proposes using computers and robots to build apartment buildings. The plan mirrors Scandinavia’s modular home factory — the largest in Europe — that deploys robots to build 25,000 square
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structing a new 130,000-squarefoot cancer center. The 177-acre site where Mosaic plans its housing factory has been vacant for decades as the original owners — who grazed sheep on the parcel — mulled development. Diane Schwenke, the head of the Grand Junction Chamber of Commerce, said the housing factory project is well timed. A 2021 Grand Valley housing needs assessment showed the number of building permits for multifamily units peaked in 1981 and has not rebounded to previous highs set before the last recession in 2007. That study showed Mesa County needing 3,572 more rental homes by 2030. “And this is just today. As the community grows, we will need even more housing stock,” Schwenke said. “The housing need is immediate in our area and the fact that this project can manufacture multifamily units and products other than single family homes in a timely manner is not only appealing but necessary if we are to begin closing the housing gap.” 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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In the time since a gunman killed 10 people inside a grocery store in Buffalo, New York, it’s becoming clear that the suspect left warning signs about his attack, which is being investigated as a hate crime due to his racist online writings. His actions and words raised red flags in school and in online communities, but no one intervened to help prevent the attack. Colorado is a hotbed for research and developing strategies to help prevent bias-motivated crimes, and experts here have ideas about what people can do in their daily lives to help stop attacks like the one in Buffalo, or a similar one in an El Paso Walmart in 2019, which targeted Latinos. It’s not just mass murder making this prevention work urgent right now: The Anti-Defamation League has noted 204 instances of white supremacist propaganda and incidents in Colorado in 2021 and 2022. Psychologist Rachel Nielsen spoke with Colorado Matters about strategies for prevention. She is working on a project to fight targeted violence, which will roll out training for K-12 schools and colleges and universities starting in July. The project is in partnership with two groups born out of the Columbine massacre — the Frank DeAngelis Center and Nicoletti-Flater Associates — and it’s funded by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. This is an edited transcript of our conversation. How can we stop hateful ideologies from taking root? The educational culture and the values of a school have a lot to do with mitigating these things early on in life, because freedom of speech goes so far in the U.S. A lot of hate speech falls under freedom of speech. So it comes down to our communities, our schools, and our faith organizations to draw the line
about what we find culturally and socially acceptable way before it’s something criminal. In mission statements and value statements of school, for example, is it written in school policy that it’s unacceptable and there are consequences for saying something racist to a peer? It really does come down to everyone taking up the charge and pushing for a positive, diverse, inclusive environment at schools. How can an inclusive message be taught when prominent figures, including Congresswoman Lauren Boebert in Colorado, promote racist ideas like “replacement theory”? I don’t think it’s ever too late, but these things do ebb and flow in our country. In recent years, we definitely have seen more racist attacks in the name of white supremacy or alt-right rhetoric. It is becoming mainstream. That’s part of the problem for young people, because their critical thinking is still developing. They’re not sure where to get correct information. When they hear disinformation or misinformation come from people in power, like politicians, a vulnerable young person might be more likely to believe that this is the case, and then that becomes fuel on the fire for someone who’s already angry, has a sense of personal grievance, and then latches onto a hate ideology. Many people will espouse hate beliefs and not violently attack another individual. But when that voice becomes more of a mainstream opinion, then you can have people who are vulnerable to this pathway to violence who are more emboldened, because it is more familiar and common. What should I look out for in terms of red flags before someone potentially becomes violent? Usually, we notice that our loved ones are changing in some way. What we found in bystander research is that friends and family have the greatest influence and the greatest opportunity to catch it early, well before it would come onto the radar of a professional, like a mental health counselor or an eduFROM
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Are there times when intervention has really worked? This is really where Colorado excels. Ever since the Columbine massacre in 1999, with the creation of things like Safe2Tell, along with collaboration between mental health and law enforcement for people in crisis, we are very quick at thwarting attacks when there’s evidence of a plan, a target, weapons – but those are all right on that edge of attack, and sometimes that’s just within days or hours of something happening. We have thousands of calls that go through Safe2Tell in a given year, and you don’t hear about all of the suicides and guns on campus and attacks that were thwarted because it’s their private business. Editor’s note: This was written and published shortly before a gunman opened fire on May 24 at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, killing 19 children and two adults. This story is from Colorado Public Radio, a nonprofit news source. Used by permission. For more, and to support CPR News, visit cpr.org.
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Golden High School grapples with mental health crisis State attorney general meets with students BY PAOLO ZIALCITA COLORADO PUBLIC RADIO
Colorado attorney general Phil Weiser met with students recently at Golden High School to address the mental health crisis. “The [U.S.] surgeon general recently called teen mental health concerns a national crisis,” Weiser said to a room of students, parents, and teachers. “That was not done lightly. He looked at the levels of emergency room visits, overdose deaths, and other warning signs of what young people are facing.” Experts say the crisis is present among Colorado children, thanks in part to climate anxiety, worldwide violence, and other traumas, like ongoing grief caused by the pandemic. The top report submitted to Safe2Tell, the statewide anonymous tip line for students, is a suicide threat. And suicides remain the top cause of death of Coloradans ages 12-24. During Golden High’s
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2015 school year, three students committed suicide. “We were simply tired of going to student funerals,” Golden High principal Brian Conroy said. The tragedy led the school to work with Sources of Strength, a nonprofit that builds programs to reduce youth suicide. The
program aims to increase student engagement by encouraging one-on-one conversations and changing stigmas about youth mental health. Soli Ficco, an incoming senior at Golden High, has done Sources of Strength since she was in middle school. She said it’s helped
her connect with peers and change her own habits. “We’re all struggling through something,” Ficco said. “It’s never just a onesided thing that everyone doesn’t notice, everyone’s going through something and everyone’s there to help.” Weiser spoke with stu-
dents like Ficco and high school faculty who advise the program. The Colorado Department of Law has helped fund programs like Sources of Strength, with $5 million allocated to various programs across the state. The attorney general praised the work Golden High has been doing, but acknowledged Colorado needs to make more funding and resources available to extend mental health programs to every school in the state. “You have proven the benefits and it’s on us. People like your state senator, your county commissioner, your mayor, myself, to do that work,” Weiser said. If you are in crisis or are looking for mental health services for you or someone you know, call the Colorado Crisis Services hotline. Call 1-844-493-8255 or text “TALK” to 38255 to speak with a trained counselor or professional. Counselors are also available at walk-in locations or online to chat between 4 p.m. and 12 a.m. This story is from Colorado Public Radio, a nonprofit news source. Used by permission. For more, and to support CPR News, visit cpr.org.
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I suspect it will continue to be oversubscribed.” State and federal officials are also counting on privately led efforts to further develop the charging network. Electric truck and SUV maker Rivian, now delivering dozens of back-ordered vehicles to Colorado customers, is creating a Rivian Adventure Network of fast chargers. The first Colorado adventure station will open in Salida in June, with DC fast chargers proprietary to Rivian vehicles that can add up to 140 miles of range in 20 minutes, and open network Level 2 chargers for non-Rivian EVs. Rivian is already opening up public charging stations with its brand name at every state park. Those stations charge all EVs, not just Rivian, and first opened at Cheyenne Mountain State Park in Colorado Springs. Rivian is absorbing all the cost of installing the state parks network. Entrepreneurs at Eagle County Airport are using state charging station grants to fulfill goals of greening up the airfield, which services both private jets and public airline tourism flights. The Hertz rental business there now has more than 40 EVs in the fleet, Teslas and Polestars. Cooley Mesa Detailing, which cleans and turns around returned rentals, worked with the state to install Level 2 chargers for the EV fleet that can juice up at about 40 miles of range in an hour. Eventually, Eagle County airport officials want to charge EVs from a solar array that will cover a parking lot. State officials say they are trying to steer new rounds of charging station money toward the disproportionately impacted communities mentioned in both the federal infrastructure stimulus spending, and in the state transportation funding bill passed in 2021. Though the state energy office awaits final guidance on the federal money,
at least “40% of the benefits” are meant for impacted communities, Williss said. “We fully recognize that it’s vital that we make investments in locations where we provide access to all drivers, whether they’re in metro Denver, whether they’re in the rural parts of cities, whether they’re in disproportionately impacted communities,” Williss said. “We’re looking at how we can modify our programs to ensure that those that may not know about them currently, or may not necessarily have the same level of match, can still participate.” Autonomy’s Toprak said that while Colorado’s pace of building chargers appears adequate, everyone involved in the grid across the nation needs to do more to standardize plug-in instructions, payment methods and the software that communicates with credit card companies and the vehicles themselves. Quirky or unreliable stations and payment methods are “a significant headache” for consumers, he said. That may require faster communication between government agencies as well. Denver airport officials, who have put Level 2 chargers in public parking garages, agreed with state officials that a grant for a fast charger at the cellphone lot was critical. But, airport officials said Tuesday, that plan is now on hold while the airport entertains proposals for redeveloping its entire western approach. Work on fast chargers for the commercial vehicle holding lot, where taxis and Uber drivers wait, are still moving forward, airport spokeswoman Stephanie Figueroa said. “But the cellphone waiting area project is pending conversations.” 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 call Sheree 303.566.4088 Legals Public Trustees COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0085-2022 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On March 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) JANETTE GONZALES Original Beneficiary(ies) MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR THE FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS Current Holder of Evidence of Debt FINANCE OF AMERICA REVERSE LLC Date of Deed of Trust July 13, 2016 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust July 20, 2016 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) D6077805 Original Principal Amount $465,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $211,730.51 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. SEE ATTACHED LEGAL DESCRIPTION Also known by street and number as: 1920 E PHILLIPS DRIVE, CENTENNIAL, CO 80122. 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, 07/13/2022, 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: 5/19/2022 Last Publication: 6/16/2022 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: 03/11/2022 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: Alison L Berry #34531 Nicholas H. Santarelli #46592 David R. Doughty #40042 Lynn M. Janeway #15592 Janeway Law Firm, P.C. 9800 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 400, Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 706-9990 Attorney File # 21-026182 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 DESCRIPTION 0085-2022 The land described herein is situated in the State of Colorado, County of Arapahoe, described as follows: CONDOMINIUM UNIT 'A' IN CONDOMINIUM BUILDING 11, THE POINTE (A CONDOMINIUM), ACCORDING TO THE CONDOMINIUM MAP THEREOF, RECORDED FEBRUARY 29,1984 IN MAP BOOK 72 AT PAGE 68, IN THE RE-
CORDS OF THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK AND RECORDER OF THE COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, COLORADO, AND AS DESCRIBED IN THE CONDOMINIUM DECLARATION FOR THE POINTE (A CONDOMINIUM), RECORDED FEBRUARY 29,1984 IN BOOK 4099 AT PAGE 209 IN SAID RECORDS, AND ANY AND ALL AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTS THERETO, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. A.P.N.: 2077-35-4-25-010 Legal Notice NO. 0085-2022 First Publication: 5/19/2022 Last Publication: 6/16/2022 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0066-2022 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On March 4, 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) ALEYAMMA SHEALEY Original Beneficiary(ies) BELLCO CREDIT UNION Current Holder of Evidence of Debt BELLCO CREDIT UNION Date of Deed of Trust November 30, 2016 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust December 05, 2016 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) D6140082 Original Principal Amount $168,450.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $168,450.00 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. LOT 21, BLOCK 4, LITTLETON VILLAGE REPLAT NO. 1, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 7478 SOUTH PENNSYLVANIA STREET, LITTLETON, CO 80122.
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Name of Publication: Littleton Independent COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0080-2022 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On March 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) Ibtissem Trabelsi and Todd Searles Original Beneficiary(ies) Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Nationstar Mortgage LLC D/B/A Mr. Cooper, Its Successors and Assigns Current Holder of Evidence of Debt NewRez LLC, F/K/A New Penn Financial, LLC, D/B/A Shellpoint Mortgage Servicing Date of Deed of Trust November 19, 2020 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust November 30, 2020 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) E0165451 Original Principal Amount $488,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $482,869.85 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. THE LAND HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO IS SITUATED IN THE CITY OF CENTENNIAL, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF CO, AND IS DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: LOT 64, HOMESTEAD IN THE WILLOWS FILING NO. 8, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 7128 S Poplar Ln, Centennial, CO 80112. THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. NOTICE OF SALE
THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.
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.
NOTICE OF SALE
THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 07/13/2022, 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.
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, 07/06/2022, 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: 5/12/2022 Last Publication: 6/9/2022 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: 03/04/2022 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: Alison L Berry #34531 Nicholas H. Santarelli #46592 David R. Doughty #40042 Lynn M. Janeway #15592 Janeway Law Firm, P.C. 9800 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 400, Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 706-9990 Attorney File # 21-026136 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. 0066-2022 First Publication: 5/12/2022 Last Publication: 6/9/2022
regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On February 25, 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) MARY E. SKINNER Original Beneficiary(ies) MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR AMERICAN ADVISORS GROUP, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS Current Holder of Evidence of Debt REVERSE MORTGAGE FUNDING LLC Date of Deed of Trust July 10, 2017 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust July 20, 2017 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) D7081961 Original Principal Amount $489,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $177,051.77 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. LOT 85, BLOCK 14, BRISTOL COVE SUBDIVISION, FILING NO. 6, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 7709 S COVE CIRCLE, CENTENNIAL, CO 80122. 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, 06/29/2022, 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: 5/5/2022 Last Publication: 6/2/2022 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;
First Publication: 5/19/2022 Last Publication: 6/16/2022 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent
DATE: 02/25/2022 Susan Sandstrom, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Susan Sandstrom, Public Trustee
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;
The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:
DATE: 03/11/2022 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-22-900124-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. 0080-2022 First Publication: 5/19/2022 Last Publication: 6/16/2022 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0054-2022 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with
Alison L Berry #34531 Nicholas H. Santarelli #46592 David R. Doughty #40042 Lynn M. Janeway #15592 Janeway Law Firm, P.C. 9800 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 400, Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 706-9990 Attorney File # 22-026314 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.
MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR MID AMERICA MORTGAGE INC., ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS Current Holder of Evidence of Debt THE MONEY SOURCE INC. Date of Deed of Trust January 15, 2013 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust January 24, 2013 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) D3009952 Original Principal Amount $165,857.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $140,270.53 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. LOT 15, BLOCK 2, BOBAY HEIGHTS, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO Also known by street and number as: 4821 SOUTH JASON STREET, ENGLEWOOD, CO 80110. 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, 06/29/2022, 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: 5/5/2022 Last Publication: 6/2/2022 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: 03/01/2022 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: Alison L Berry #34531 Nicholas H. Santarelli #46592 David R. Doughty #40042 Lynn M. Janeway #15592 Janeway Law Firm, P.C. 9800 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 400, Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 706-9990 Attorney File # 22-026345 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. 0064-2022 First Publication: 5/5/2022 Last Publication: 6/2/2022 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0088-2022
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To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:
Legal Notice NO. 0054-2022 First Publication: 5/5/2022 Last Publication: 6/2/2022 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent
On March 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.
COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0064-2022 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On March 1, 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) CHRISTOPHER D COOK Original Beneficiary(ies)
Original Grantor(s) SUNIL STEPHEN AND KRISHNAPRIYA DARSHINI SUNIL Original Beneficiary(ies) PUBLIC SERVICE CREDIT UNION Current Holder of Evidence of Debt CANVAS CREDIT UNION Date of Deed of Trust May 22, 2014 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust September 15, 2014 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.)
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Public Notices D4085492 Original Principal Amount $30,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $17,266.16 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. LOT 10, BLOCK 1, WILLOW CREEK FILING NO.5, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 7855 SOUTH TRENTON STREET, CENTENNIAL, CO 80112. THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. If applicable, a description of any changes to the deed of trust described in the notice of election and demand pursuant to affidavit as allowed by statutes: C.R.S.§ 38-35-109(5) CO-GRANTOR'S LEGAL NAME HAS BEEN CORRECTED BY SCRIVENER'S AFFIDAVIT RECORDED 03/09/2022 AT RECEPTION NO. E2027163 IN THE RECORDS OF ARAPAHOE COUNTY. 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, 07/13/2022, 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: 5/19/2022 Last Publication: 6/16/2022 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: 03/11/2022 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: Alison L Berry #34531 Nicholas H. Santarelli #46592 David R. Doughty #40042 Lynn M. Janeway #15592 Janeway Law Firm, P.C. 9800 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 400, Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 706-9990 Attorney File # 21-025829 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. 0088-2022 First Publication: 5/19/2022 Last Publication: 6/16/2022 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0129-2022 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On March 29, 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) Terry A. Hixon and Patricia Flad Original Beneficiary(ies) Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for Cherry Creek Mortgage Co., Inc., Its Successors and Assigns Current Holder of Evidence of Debt PHH Mortgage Corporation Date of Deed of Trust October 05, 2018
County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust October 11, 2018 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) D8100907 Original Principal Amount $510,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $107,187.98 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. THE PART OF BLOCK 5, WOLLENWEBER'S BROADWAY HEIGHTS, SECOND ADDITION, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING 1354 FEET WEST AND 1140 FEET NORTH OF THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE NORTH 1/2 OF THE NORTHWEST 1/4 OF SECTION 10, TOWNSHIP 5 SOUTH, RANGE 68 WEST; THENCE WEST 125 FEET; THENCE NORTH 50 FEET; THENCE EAST 125 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 50 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 4311 S Delaware Street, Englewood, CO 80110. 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, 07/27/2022, 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: 6/2/2022 Last Publication: 6/30/2022 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: 03/29/2022 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-22-899994-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. 0129-2022 First Publication: 6/2/2022 Last Publication: 6/30/2022 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0095-2022 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On March 18, 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) SCOTT A. DRESSEN Original Beneficiary(ies) LEVEL 1 MORTGAGE LLC Current Holder of Evidence of Debt U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS OWNER TRUSTEE FOR RCF 2 ACQUISITION TRUST C/O U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Date of Deed of Trust July 11, 2007 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust July 13, 2017 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) B7089911 Original Principal Amount $154,050.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $146,616.78 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. LOT 31 AND 32, BLOCK 19, SPEER'S BROADWAY ADDITION, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OFCOLORADO Also known by street and number as: 2965 S BANNOCK ST, ENGLEWOOD, CO 80110. 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, 07/20/2022, 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: 5/26/2022 Last Publication: 6/23/2022 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: 03/18/2022 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: Anna Johnston #51978 Ryan Bourgeois #51088 Joseph D. DeGiorgio #45557 Randall Chin #31149 Barrett, Frappier & Weisserman, LLP 1391 Speer Boulevard, Suite 700, Denver, CO 80204 (303) 350-3711 Attorney File # 00000009401878 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. 0095-2022 First Publication 5/26/2022 Last Publication 6/23/2022 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0053-2022 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On February 25, 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) MICHAEL J OCCHIONERO AND GRETCHEN D OCCHIONERO Original Beneficiary(ies) WELLS FARGO HOME MORTGAGE, INC. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.
Date of Deed of Trust March 14, 2003 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust March 18, 2003 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) B3058437 Original Principal Amount $260,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $156,728.20 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. LOT 4, BLOCK 9, ABERDEEN VILLAGE, ACCORDING TO THE RECORDED PLAT THEREOF, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 6037 SOUTH LAKEVIEW STREET, LITTLETON, CO 80120. 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, 06/29/2022, 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: 5/5/2022 Last Publication: 6/2/2022 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: 02/25/2022 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: Alison L Berry #34531 Nicholas H. Santarelli #46592 David R. Doughty #40042 Lynn M. Janeway #15592 Janeway Law Firm, P.C. 9800 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 400, Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 706-9990 Attorney File # 22-026330 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. 0053-2022 First Publication: 5/5/2022 Last Publication: 6/2/2022 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0057-2022 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On February 25, 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) Anita B. Matthews and Neil Thomas Matthews Original Beneficiary(ies) Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Mortgageit, Inc., Its Successors and Assigns Current Holder of Evidence of Debt Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Date of Deed of Trust September 18, 2006
County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust September 26, 2006 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) B6137999 Original Principal Amount $213,750.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $195,350.03 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. LOT 1, BLOCK 32, NOB HILL FILING NO. 3, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO Also known by street and number as: 7302 South Albion Street, Centennial, CO 80122. 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, 06/29/2022, 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: 5/5/2022 Last Publication: 6/2/2022 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: 02/25/2022 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-22-899435-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. 0057-2022 First Publication: 5/5/2022 Last Publication: 6/2/2022 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0090-2022 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On March 15, 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) MITCH MIEDEMA AND LAURA OVITZ Original Beneficiary(ies) MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR LAKEVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt LAKEVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC Date of Deed of Trust June 02, 2021 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust
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Public Notices June 15, 2021 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) E1095345 Original Principal Amount $328,276.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $327,711.69 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. LOTS 39 AND 40, BLOCK 3, WYNETKA HEIGHTS, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 3737 S GRANT STREET, ENGLEWOOD, CO 80113. 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, 07/13/2022, 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: 5/19/2022 Last Publication: 6/16/2022 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: 03/15/2022 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: Anna Johnston #51978 Ryan Bourgeois #51088 Joseph D. DeGiorgio #45557 Randall Chin #31149 Barrett, Frappier & Weisserman, LLP 1391 Speer Boulevard, Suite 700, Denver, CO 80204 (303) 350-3711 Attorney File # 00000009422460 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. 0090-2022 First Publication: 5/19/2022 Last Publication: 6/16/2022 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent
City and County Public Notice CITY OF CENTENNIAL NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE CITY OF CENTENNIAL WILL CONSIDER ORDINANCE NO. 2022-O-18: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CENTENNIAL, COLORADO AMENDING CHAPTER 12 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE (LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE) CONCERNING PROTECTIVE CARE USES. The City Council will consider the amendments at a public hearing on June 20, 2022 at 7:00 p.m. All interested persons will be given an opportunity to be heard. The hearing will be held in City Council Chambers, Centennial Civic Center, 13133 E. Arapahoe Road Centennial, CO 80112 at the above noted dates and times. Copies of the draft regulations and other materials relating to the LDC Amendments to be considered by City Council are available by e-mailing centennialplanning@centennialco.gov, calling the City of Centennial Community Development Department at 303-754-3308, or by visiting the Centennial Civic Center, located at 13133 East Arapahoe Road, Centennial, Colorado for public inspection prior to the Public Hearing. Legal Notice No. 530332-60332 First Publication: June 2, 2022 Last Publication: June 2, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent and the Centennial Citizen Public Notice CITY OF CENTENNIAL NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS AMENDED FUTURE LAND USE MAP ADOPTION
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE CITY OF CENTENNIAL PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION WILL CONSIDER A RESOLUTION ADOPTING AN AMENDED FUTURE LAND USE MAP
telephone conferencing commencing on or after July 1, 2022 and concluded by the close of business on July 29, 2022. All decisions of the County Board of Equalization will be rendered by August 5, 2022.
Colorado 80228-1011, 303.432.9999.
connection with this sale.
DATE: March 29, 2022
BIDDERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE CASH OR CERTIFIED FUNDS SUFFICIENT TO COVER THE MINIMUM BID AT THE TIME OF SALE.
The Planning and Zoning Commission (the “Commission”) will consider the Resolution at a public hearing on June 22, 2022 at 6:00 p.m. regarding proposed changes to the Future Land Use Map within Centennial NEXT. The proposed changes are limited in scope and City Staff will provide additional details regarding the changes to the Future Land Use Map at the public hearing before the Commission. All interested persons will be given an opportunity to be heard.
BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO
By: Sgt Trent Steffa, Deputy Sheriff
The hearing will be held in City Council Chambers, Centennial Civic Center, 13133 E. Arapahoe Road Centennial, CO 80112 at the above noted time and date. 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 either 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. Further information concerning the proposed changes to the Future Land Use Map may be obtained by emailing dking@centennialco.gov or calling the City of Centennial Community Development Department at 303-754-3308. Legal Notice No. 530331-60331 First Publication: June 2, 2022 Last Publication: June 2, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent and the Centennial Citizen Public Notice ARAPAHOE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT NUMBER SIX Littleton, Colorado NOTICE OF PROPOSED SCHOOL BUDGET Notice is hereby given that a proposed budget has been submitted to the Board of Education of Arapahoe County School District Number Six, Littleton, Colorado, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2022, and ending June 30, 2023, and has been filed in the Office of the Superintendent of Schools where it is available for public inspection. Such proposed budget will be considered for adoption at the regular meeting of the Board of Education of said District at the Educational Services Center, 5776 South Crocker St., Littleton, Colorado on June 9, 2022, at 6:30 p.m. Any person paying school taxes in said school district may at any time prior to the final adoption of the budget file or register their objections thereto. Dated May 26, 2022 Board of Education Arapahoe County School District Number Six Andrew Graham, Secretary Legal Notice No. 530328 First Publication: May 26, 2022 Last Publication: June 2, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice CITY OF CENTENNIAL NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE CITY OF CENTENNIAL WILL CONSIDER ORDINANCE NO. 2022-O-17: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CENTENNIAL, COLORADO AMENDING ARTICLE 16 OF CHAPTER 12 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE (LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE) CONCERNING DEFINITIONS RELATED TO SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESSES. The City Council will consider the amendments at a public hearing on June 20, 2022 at 7:00 p.m. All interested persons will be given an opportunity to be heard. The hearing will be held in City Council Chambers, Centennial Civic Center, 13133 E. Arapahoe Road Centennial, CO 80112 at the above noted dates and times. Copies of the draft regulations and other materials relating to the LDC Amendments to be considered by City Council are available by e-mailing centennialplanning@centennialco.gov, calling the City of Centennial Community Development Department at 303-754-3308, or by visiting the Centennial Civic Center, located at 13133 East Arapahoe Road, Centennial, Colorado for public inspection prior to the Public Hearing. Legal Notice No. 530333-60333 First Publication: June 2, 2022 Last Publication: June 2, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent and the Centennial Citizen Public Notice ARAPAHOE COUNTY NOTICE OF HEARINGS COUNTY BOARD OF EQUALIZATION PURSUANT TO COLORADO REVISED STATUTES § 39-8-104, Notice is hereby given that the Board of County Commissioners of Arapahoe County, Colorado and/or its designated referees, will sit as the County Board of Equalization (“CBOE”) to review the assessment roll of all taxable property located in Arapahoe County, as prepared by the County Assessor, and to hear appeals from determinations of the Assessor. Said hearings will be held via video and/or
Joan Lopez, Clerk to the Board By: Karen Thompsen, Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No. Arap 1072 First Publication: June 2, 2022 Last Publication: June 2, 2022 Publisher; Englewood Herald Littleton Independent and the Centennial Citizen
Tyler S. Brown, Arapahoe County Sheriff
Legal Notice No. 530153 First Publication: May 5th, 2022 Last Publication: June 2nd, 2022 Published in: Littleton Independent 750 W Hampden Ave, Suite 225 Englewood, CO 80110 Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, ARPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO Case No. 2019CV030609, Div. 21
Bids and Settlements
COMBINED NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL PROPERTY
Public Notice
Plaintiff(s): HERMITAGE AT GREENWOOD VILLAGE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, INC, a Colorado non-profit corporation
NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT BID PACKAGE #33 TRACK RESURFACING AND RESTRIPING Notice is hereby given that Littleton Public Schools in the county of Arapahoe will on July 5, 2022 pay retainage and make final settlement with Renner Sports Surfaces for BID PACKAGE #33 Track Resurfacing and Restriping at Arapahoe and Heritage High Schools. Any person, co-partnership, 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 July 5, 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 July 5, 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: June 2, 2022. Legal Notice No. 530324 First Publication: June 2, 2022 Last Publication: June 23, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent Not consecutive publications
Summons and Sheriff Sale Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, STATE OF COLORADO Case No.: 2021CV031742 Div: 204 COMBINED NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL PROPERTY PLAINTIFF: GEORGETOWN VILLAGE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC. v. DEFENDANTS:, ALICE I. AVERY; OCWEN LOAN SERVICING, LLC D/B/A PHH MORTGAGE CORPORATION; and ARAPAHOE COUNTY PUBLIC TRUSTEE 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 30th day of June 2022, 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 $16,399.35 This is to advise you that a Sheriff’s sale proceeding has been commenced through the office of the undersigned Sheriff pursuant to Court Order for Default Judgment and Order and Decree for Judicial Foreclosure dated February 22, 2022 and C.R.S. 38-38-101 et seq. by Georgetown Village Homeowners Association, Inc. the holder and current owner of a lien recorded on November 8, 2019 at Reception No. D9122033 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 Amended and Restated Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions for Georgetown Village recorded on 08/28/2009 at B9094564 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 Georgetown Village Homeowners Association, Inc. against real property legal described as follows: Lot 28, Georgetown Village, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado.; Also known as: 6363 S. Grape Court, Centennial, CO 80121. 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,
Defendant(s): STEPHANIE BRABEC; GUARANTEED RATE, INC.; SU RYDEN in her capacity as PUBLIC TRUSTEE OF ARAPAHOE COUNTY; and current occupants. 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 14th day of July 2022, 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 $18,032.50. This is to advise you that a Sheriff’s sale proceeding has been commenced through the office of the undersigned Sheriff pursuant to Order Granting Motion for Default Judgment and Decree of Foreclosure dated August 7, 2019 and C.R.S. 38-38-101 et seq. by Hermitage at Greenwood Village Condominiums the holder of a statutory lien. The foreclosure is based on a default under the Condominium Declaration for Hermitage at Greenwood Village recorded on 09/22/2000 at Reception #B0121191 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 Hermitage at Greenwood Village Condominiums against real property legal described as follows: BUILDING A, UNIT 206, HERMITAGE AT GREENWOOD VILLAGE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND SUBJECT TO THE CONDOMINIUM DECLARATION FOR HERMITAGE AT GREENWOOD VILLAGE RECORDED ON SEPTEMBER 22, 2000 AT RECEPTION NO. B0121191 AND THE CONDOMINIUM MAP RECORDED ON SEPTEMBER 22, 2000 AT RECEPTION NO. B0121192, IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK AND RECORDER OF THE COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known as: 6001 S. Yosemite St., Unit #A206, Greenwood Village, CO 80111-5161 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. DATED: April 14, 2022 Tyler S. Brown Arapahoe County Sheriff By: Sgt Trent Steffa, Deputy Sheriff Legal Notice No. 530210 First Publication: May 19th, 2022 Last Publication: June 16th, 2022 Published in: Littleton Independent 750 W Hampden Ave, Suite 225 Englewood, CO 80110 Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, STATE OF COLORADO Case No.: 2021CV031997 Div: 202 COMBINED NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL PROPERTY PLAINTIFF: SOUTHSHORE MASTER ASSOCIATION, INC. v. DEFENDANTS: WENDELL BETTS; STEFANIE THISSEN-BETTS; LAKEVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC; TESLA, INC.; and ARAPAHOE COUNTY PUBLIC TRUSTEE
PLEASE NOTE THAT THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. Judgment is in the amount of $8,422.37. 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 March 10, 2022 and C.R.S. 38-38-101 et seq. by Southshore Master Association, Inc. the holder and current owner of a lien recorded on September 28, 2020 at Reception No. E0129575 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 Declaration of Covenants, Conditions, and Restrictions of Southshore Master Association, Inc. recorded on 10/04/2006 at Reception #B6142519 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 Southshore Master Association, Inc. against real property legal described as follows: Lot 28, Block 1, Southshore at Aurora Subdivision Filing No. 6, Amendment No. 1, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado.; Also known as: 26512 E. Calhoun Pl., Aurora, CO 80016-2482. 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 802281011, 303.432.9999 Dated: April 12, 2022 Tyler S. Brown, Sheriff Arapahoe County, Colorado By: Sgt. Trent Steffa, Deputy Sheriff Legal Notice No. 530209 First Publication: May 19, 2022 Last Publication: June 16, 2022 Published In: Littleton Independent 750 W. Hampden Ave., Suite 225 Englewood, Colorado, 80110 Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO Case No.: 2021CV32133 COMBINED NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE Plaintiff: TRAIL RIDGE ASSOCIATION, INC. Defendant: ADELA I. STEWART; ADELA I. STEWART AS TRUSTEE OF THE ADELA I. STEWART LIVING TRUST DATED MARCH 3, 2014; SUE SANDSTROM, TREASURER TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: RE: Sheriff’s Sale of Real Property pursuant to Order on Verified Motion for Default Judgment and Decree of Foreclosure and §38-38-101 et seq., C.R.S. This is to advise you that a Sheriff’s sale proceeding has been commenced through the office of the undersigned Sheriff pursuant to the Order on Verified Motion for Default Judgment and Decree of Foreclosure issued by the Arapahoe County District Court case number 2021CV32133 captioned TRAIL RIDGE ASSOCIATION, INC. v. ADELA I. STEWART; ADELA I. STEWART AS TRUSTEE OF THE ADELA I. STEWART LIVING TRUST DATED MARCH 3, 2014; SUE SANDSTROM, TREASURER, dated February 16, 2022, and §38-38-101 et seq., C.R.S., by the TRAIL RIDGE ASSOCIATION, INC., the current holder and owner of a statutory lien against the real property located in the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado. The foreclosure is based on the Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions recorded on April 19, 1985 at Reception #2523061 which establishes a lien for the benefit of Trail Ridge Association, Inc. (“Declaration”) WHICH LIEN BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AND IMPROVEMENTS legally described as follows, to wit: Lot 14, Block 2, Trail Ridge Subdivision Filing No. 1, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado also known as 5801 S. Quatar Cir, Centennial, CO 80015. The Sheriff’s sale has been scheduled to occur at 10:00 a.m. on June 30, 2022 at 13101 E. Broncos Pkwy., Centennial, CO 80112. **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: Tammy M. Alcock, Esq. Alcock Law Group, PC 19751 E Mainstreet, Suite 225 Parker, CO 80138 Dated: March 29, 2022
TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS, Please take notice:
Tyler Brown, Sheriff Arapahoe County, Colorado
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 Arapahoe County, Colorado at 10:00 O’clock A.M., on the 14th day of July 2022, 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
By: Deputy Sam Sala Deputy Sheriff Legal Notice No. 530152 First Publication: May 5, 2022 Last Publication: June 2, 2022 Published In: Littleton Independent 750 W. Hampden Ave., Suite 225 Englewood, Colorado 80110
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Public Notices Notice to Creditors PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of RANDY CURTIS BRYANT, aka RANDY C. BRYANT, aka RANDY BRYANT, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30546 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 September 26, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred. Matthew C. Bryant Personal Representative 1733 Oakland Street Aurora, CO 80010 Legal Notice No: 530314 First Publication: May 19, 2022 Last Publication: June 2, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of LAWRENCE D. GRAUBERGER, a/k/a Lawrence Dean Grauberger, and Larry Grauberger, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30415 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 September 19, 2022 , or the claims may be forever barred. Greg Lawrence Grauberger, Personal Representative c/o Charles Miller Miller & Urtz, LLC 1660 Lincoln Street, Suite 1420 Denver, CO 80264 Legal Notice No. 530333 First Publication: May 19, 2022 Last Publication: June 2, 2022 Publisher: Golden Transcript PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of LOUISE BERNADETTE MARY HOFFMAN a/k/a LOUISE B.M. HOFFMAN a/k/a LOUISE B. HOFFMAN and LOUISE HOFFMAN, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30118 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Co-Personal Representatives or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before September 19, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred. Kayla Hoffman Co-Personal Representative 4 Windover Rd. Greenwood Village, CO 80121 Kelly Perfater Co-Personal Respresentative 233 Redfox Rd. Lolo, MT 59847 Legal Notice No: 530313 First Publication: May 19, 2022 Last Publication: June 2, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of JOAN H. PARPAL, a/k/a JOAN HUXTABLE PARPAL, a/k/a JOAN GERALDINE PARPAL, a/k/a JOAN G. PARPAL, a/k/a JOAN PARPAL, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30566 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 September 26, 2022 or the claims may be forever barred. Leslie P. Kramer, Personal Representative 3206 Greensborough Drive Highlands Ranch, CO 80129 Legal Notice No. 530322 First Publication: May 26, 2022 Last Publication: June 9, 2022
Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of John Erik Garnham, aka John E. Garnham, aka Erik Garnham, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30442 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 September 19, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred. Janine Garnham, Personal Representative P.O. Box 567 Green Mountain Falls, Colorado 80819 Legal Notice No. 530330 First Publication: May 19, 2022 Last Publication: June 2, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent
Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Lucile Passmore Fenton, aka Lucile P. Fenton, aka Lucile Fenton, Deceased Case Number: 2022 PR 30512 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 September 19, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred. Boyd Fenton, Jr., Personal Representative 8297 S. Forest Court Centennial, CO 80122 Legal Notice No. 530331 First Publication: May 19, 2022 Last Publication: June 2, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Sean Patrick Kelly, A/K/A Sean P. Kelly, A/K/A Sean Kelly, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30552 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 September 19, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred. Christopher A. Kelly Personal Representative 12913 Fitzhugh Drive Newport News, VA 23602 Legal Notice No: 530311 First Publication: May 19, 2022 Last Publication: June 2, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Virginia L. King, a/k/a Virginia Louise King, a/k/a Virginia Carlson King, a/k/a Virginia C. King, a/k/a Virginia King, a/k/a Virginia Louise Oldendorf, a/k/a Virginia L. Oldendorf, a/k/a Virginia Oldendorf, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30593 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 September 26, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred. Margaret Lynn Oldendorf Personal Representative 1080 Rocton Drive Pasadena, CA 91107 Legal Notice No. 530329 First Publication: May 26, 2022 Last Publication: June 9, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Sylvia Opsahl, a/k/a Sylvia L. Opsahl a/k/a Sylvia Lousia Opsahl, Deceased Case Number: 22PR253
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 October 3, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred. David A Opsahl, Personal Representative 6442 S Dover Street Littleton CO, 80123 Legal Notice No. 530339 First Publication: May 26, 2022 Last Publication: June 9, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of MARGOT HOWERTON, Deceased Case Number: 2022-PR-30457 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 September 20, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred. Michael W. Reagor, Attorney for Personal Representative Dymond ♦ Reagor, PLLC 8400 E. Prentice Ave., Suite 1040 Greenwood Village, CO 80111 Legal Notice No: 530312 First Publication: May 19, 2022 Last Publication: June 2, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Cynthia Denise Carmody, aka Cynthia D. Carmody, Deceased Case Number: 22PR240 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 September 26, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred. Jevon L. Wates, Personal Representative 791 Idalia Street Aurora, Colorado 80011 Legal Notice No. 530321 First Publication: May 26, 2022 Last Publication: June 9, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Evelyn Nelson, Deceased Case Number: 2022 PR 30419 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 September 19, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred. Karen Nelson, Personal Representative c/o Poskus, Caton & Klein, P.C. 303 East 17th Avenue, Suite 900 Denver, Colorado 80203 Legal Notice No. 530303 First Publication: May19, 2022 Last Publication: June 2, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Joan L. Shields, also known as Joan Shields, and Joan Lorr Shields, Deceased Case Number: 22PR30526 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 October 2, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred. NADYA VECCHIET-LAMBERT, ESQ On behalf of Cherice Fraine, Personal Representative 6855 S. Havana St. #370 Centennial, CO 80112 Legal Notice No. 530338 First Publication: June 2, 2022 Last Publication: June 16, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Philip Lawrence Edgar Cleaves,
Deceased Case Number: 22PR228 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 September 19, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred. Damien Cleaves, Personal Representative 2917 E. 22nd Street Farmington, NM 87402 Legal Notice No. 530304 First Publication: May 19, 2022 Last Publication: June 2, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of JOAN LYNNE VILLERS, aka JOAN L. VILLERS, aka JOAN VILLERS, aka J LYNNE VILLERS, aka LYNNE VILLERS, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30538 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 September 26, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred. Glenna Pearl Bergquist aka Glenna Pearl Villers Personal Representative 2174 E. 12th Street Carthager, MO 64836 Legal Notice No. 530320 First Publication: May 26, 2022 Last Publication: June 9, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent
Name Changes PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on May 2, 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 Can Selami Tekin be changed to Selami Tekin Case No.: 22C100104
Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on April 14, 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 Joel Manuel Robles Jr be changed to Joel Manuel Robles Case No.: 22 C 100197 By: Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No. 530332 First Publication: May 19, 2022 Last Publication: June 2, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on May 12, 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 Stefanie Eikermann be changed to Stefanie Mayorga Case No.: 22 C 100288 By: Kim Boswell Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No. 530326 First Publication: May 26, 2022 Last Publication: June 9, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on May 3, 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 Kenneth Michael Hembree be changed to Kenneth Michael Wilson Case No.: 22 C 100261 By: Benjamin S. Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No. 530335 First Publication: May 19, 2022 Last Publication: June 2, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent
K. Boswell By: Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No: 530310 First Publication: May 19, 2022 Last Publication: June 2, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on May 3, 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 Devin Dior Black be changed to Devin Dior Anderson Case No.: 22C100263 By: Clerk of Court/Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No: 530318 First Publication: May 19, 2022 Last Publication: June 2, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent
PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on April 29, 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 Stephanie Amanda Ozimek be changed to Stephanie Amanda Ozimek-Wilson Case No.: 22 C 100260 By: Kim Boswell Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No. 530334 First Publication: May 19, 2022 Last Publication: June 2, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent
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Public notice is given on May 12, 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 Magango Sekimonyo be changed to Christopher Porcher Case No.: 22 C 100284 By: Kim Boswell Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No. 530327 First Publication: May 26, 2022 Last Publication: June 9, 2022
The petition requests that the name of Brenda Joy Goodman changed to Brenda Joy Ramay Goodman Case No.: 22 C 100271 By: Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No. 530341 First Publication: June 2, 2022 Last Publication: June 16, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent
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