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VOLUME 77 | ISSUE 33

New city manager looks to the work ahead Jim Becklenberg answers questions

BY ROBERT TANN RTANN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Littleton Public Schools Director of Nutrition Services Jessica Gould, left, and nutrition supervisor Sarah Kinney hold bags of food at a distribution site on Feb. 12, 2021.

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What the end of universal free meals means for schools

Districts to go from feeding thousands to hundreds

BY ROBERT TANN RTANN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Under a hot June sun, Kristy Bisbal arrives at a small stand to collect 10 brown paper bags full of

sandwiches, fruit and milk. She’s been coming to the stand — run by volunteers for the City of Englewood and staff from the Englewood School District outside the city’s Civic Center — three to four times for the past week.

“It helps a lot,” Bisbal said. “You don’t have to worry about how you’re going to feed your kids.”

Bisbal is one of hundreds of

parents who’ve participated in the district’s free summer meals program that provides food to any child younger than 18, even if they don’t attend Englewood schools.

Along with food for her two children, Bisbal picks up bags of food for a friend and mother of eight who stays home with her newborn.

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The Independent to host public forum Town hall set for evening of June 30

BY THELMA GRIMES TGRIMES@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

The Littleton Independent will host a town hall on June 30, part of a grant-funded project to hear from readers and the community regard-

ing priorities and interests.

The event will be open to the public and will be held from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at Shift Workspaces, located at 2679 W. Main St. in Littleton.

The town hall is the final piece of the multi-faceted project. Over the last year, the Independent, which is part of the Colorado Community Media network, has hosted multiple focus groups and an online survey to discuss community issues.

Housing density and affordability were among the chief concerns residents have expressed.

During the town hall, representatives from the Independent will ask about what concerns residents, what they like in the community and how they feel about the media and the local coverage the newspaper provides.

To read more about the project, visit bit.ly/3n4NjFe.

A nearly four-month-long search for Littleton’s next city manager officially ended June 14 after city council members voted to approve a contract for Jim Becklenberg, who will take up the role July 6.

Becklenberg succeeds Mark Relph, who retired June 1 after a near-seven-year tenure with the city, serving as public works director in 2015, acting city manager in 2016 and city manager since 2017. Littleton Police Chief Doug Stephens is the current acting city manager until Becklenberg takes over.

Becklenberg currently serves as the city manager for Evans, a city of about 22,000 people near Greeley. A veteran of public service, Becklenberg brings 25 years of experience from past government roles, including deputy city manager for the city of Pacific Grove, California, and assistant city and county manager for the City and County of Broomfield.

The Littleton Independent spoke with Becklenberg about why he wanted the job, what experiences he brings to the role and what challenges, and opportunities, he sees in Littleton’s future. Answers have been edited for clarity.

Littleton Independent: What drew you to wanting to work for Littleton?

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June 23, 2022

Briefly In Littleton Do not touch or feed museum animals The Littleton Museum is asking residents to be wary of touching or trying to feed animals located at living history farms. The June 16 post, shared the by the city said at petting zoos, the animals are selected because they are relaxed and easy with people.

However, the farms at Littleton’s living farms have animals that are select breeds that are authentic to the working prairie farms in the 1860s and 1890s. The animals are generally fully grown and weight hundreds of pounds. The post said, “These

animals get overstimulated and cranky.”

To help keep both people and the livestock safe, the museum is asking all residents to resist touching and feeding them.

Arapahoe County appoints transitional board of health The Arapahoe County Board of Commissioners appointed five individuals to the Foundational Board of Health on June 14.

The board will ensure that Arapahoe County Public Health is operational by January 1, 2023. A general plan for the transition to a single-county health department has already been developed and approved by the BOCC. Among its primary tasks are selecting a public health director, recommending a 2023 budget; and securing employees, property, contracts

and leases as needed.

The commissioners appointed five individuals with staggered terms, consistent with state statute, following an outreach process that considered 16 qualified candidates from across the County: • Arapahoe County Commissioners Nancy Jackson and Nancy Sharpe (terms to expire December 31, 2023) • Bebe Kleinman (term to expire on Dec. 31, 2025) • Dr. Heather Signorelli (term to expire on Dec. 31, 2025) • Shawn Davis (term to expire on Dec. 31, 2027)

Littleton mayor welcomes international peers According to the Littleton Online Report, Littleton Mayor Kyle Schlachter recently joined several Colorado mayors to welcome a delegation of international mayors in June.

In partnership with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), international mayors and municipal leaders traveled to the United States to develop action plans to strengthen democracy in their home communities with U.S.-based experts, ranging from Ameri-

can local government officials to technical specialists to civil society leaders and organizations.

“It was a pleasure to meet this diverse group of mayors,” Schlachter said in the online report. “We had interesting conversations comparing the opportunities and challenges we each face as elected leaders.

There were many similarities, but there were also unique differences. Most importantly, it was great to see their enthusiasm in coming to the United States and to build relationships with new people.”

4th of July celebration moving forward without fireworks Citing the possibility of drought conditions and above-average temperatures, event organizers canceled the 2022 Family Festival and Fireworks Show at Cornerstone and Belleview Parks.

The cities of Englewood, Littleton and Sheridan, along with Arapahoe County and South Suburban Parks and Recreation, are moving forward with an enhanced 4th of July celebration with fun for the entire family. The event will be held at Cornerstone and Belleview Parks on July 4 from 1 to 6 p.m. It will feature food trucks, vendors, face painting, music and more. No personal fireworks will be allowed at the event.

“A lot of thought went into this decision by all of our event partners,” said Christina Underhill, Englewood’s director of parks and recreation. “With the current drought conditions and long-term forecast, we proactively moved forward planning an event that includes more activities and fun, rather than fireworks. This year will have more of a festival feel.”

Little Jam concert series continues Come down to Sterne Park from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. on Saturday, June 25 for the first of four free Little Jam concerts.

Mr. Majestyk’s 8-Track Revival, a 1970s tribute band, will perform. Bring family and friends and a blanket or lawn chairs and dance along with live music.

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June 23, 2022

Police arrest 14-year-old suspected in park shooting, robbery

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Littleton police made an arrest June 14 of a 14-year-old boy accused of shooting and robbing a woman in Progress Park in Littleton the evening of June 13.

The arrest was made after officers conducted a search warrant in the 1300 block of South Lowell Boulevard in Denver, police said. The suspect was taken into custody without incident and is charged with first-degree assault and aggravated robbery.

According to Littleton Police Department spokesperson Sheera Poelman, two suspects approached two women who were walking along Big Dry Creek Trail in Progress Park Sunday evening.

The suspect who was arrested, a 14-year-old who was described as a Hispanic male, asked one of the women for her purse. When she said no, he shot her in the leg and stole her purse. Officers responded to a call at 8:43 p.m. following the incident.

Police are still looking for a second person of interest who may have accompanied the 14-year-old boy. She is described as a teenage girl, according to police.

Ella Babeon, the daughter of

the woman who was shot, said her mother is coming home June 14 after being treated for non-lifethreatening injuries at a local hospital.

“She’s super excited to get discharged,” Babeon said in an email, adding that her doctors say “she’s doing well and her mobility is excellent.”

Babeon said her mother’s shooter is “just a child” who “threw his whole life away.”

“It’s heartbreaking but his actions have consequences,” Babeon said. “We don’t know what drove him to do this but hopefully he will be able to turn his life around by the time he’s out of jail. We can only hope this is a second chance for him in the long run.”

Poelman said an “incident like this in Littleton is more rare than it is common,” though she said northeast Littleton, where Progress Park is located, does tend to see higher crime reports.

Police have increased patrols in the area, Poelman said, with more police activity in Progress Park “probably for the next few days because of this incident.”

“We don’t want people to be afraid but vigilant and alert,” Poelman said, adding that if someone is ever approached by a person with a weapon it is best to give them what they ask.

“I would argue that your life is not worth a belonging,” she said.

Poelman said the department would not release the police report yet citing a still-active investigation.

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South Suburban looks for input on outdoor amenities, events

BY ROBERT TANN RTANN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

South Suburban Parks and Recreation — which operates parks, open space and recreational facilities throughout Arapahoe, Douglas and Jefferson counties — is looking for feedback as it eyes future updates to outdoor amenities and services.

The parks service operates 168 parks, open spaces and facilities as well as 12 major trails that serve more than 150,000 residents.

Community members have until Sept. 1 to fill out a brief, 15-minute survey to share ideas for where the parks service should invest in future programs over the next five years.

Questions include how often community members use amenities, what amenities they believe need improvements and what amenities and programs they would like to see more of.

“We’re hoping to hear from our community for what they see as the vision,” said Melissa ReeseThacker, South Suburban’s planning manager.

The updates come following

South Suburban’s 2017 master plan, which saw investments in a slew of projects including 26 playgrounds and 41 trail improvements.

“We’re anticipating that we’re going to hear from the public that they want more park and recreation programming and amenities,” Reese-Thacker said.

Such programs could include more outdoor concerts and events, said Withee. Outdoor spaces overall have seen a spike in use since the COVID-19 pandemic.

For example, the Mary Carter Greenway trail, a popular 8-mile paved pathway alongside the South Platte River, saw record use during the early months of the pandemic.

“We have seen those numbers drop off a bit since things have reopened, but the numbers are still trending high,” Reese-Thacker said.

South Suburban plans to pay for future projects through property taxes and funds brought in from fees collected from events and facilities.

You can fill out the survey by going to tinyurl.com/southsuburbansurvey.

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June 23, 2022

Ciara and Russell Wilson to open retail shop in Park Meadows The House of LR&C will be first Colorado location

BY TAYLER SHAW TSHAW@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

The House of LR&C, a retail company owned by Grammy Award-winning singer Ciara and Denver Broncos quarterback Russell Wilson, will be opening its first Colorado store location in Lone Tree’s Park Meadows mall this summer.

The store will open July 15, said Rachel Wille, the public relations and social media manager at Brookfield Properties, in an email. Brookfield Properties is the real estate company that owns Park Meadows.

The House of LR&C store will be located on the lower level of Park Meadows near the center court area of the shopping mall and will occupy 1,900 square feet. The deal has been in the works for the past few months, Wille said.

“We are thrilled to welcome The House of LR&C to Park Meadows,” said Pam Schneck-Kelly, the senior general manager of Park Meadows, in the emailed statement. “Ciara, Russell Wilson and their team have been fantastic partners throughout the opening of this location and we are confident that our shopping center community will share in our excitement surrounding this new retailer come July.”

Ciara and Wilson partnered with Christine Day, the former CEO of

Park Meadows Mall is located in Lone Tree.

the apparel company Lululemon Athletica, to open The House of LR&C in December 2020. According to a news release announcing the launch, “The new branded fashion house was created on the basis of ‘democratizing fashion,’ by breaking down barriers in what has traditionally been an exclusive industry.”

The company’s core values are love, respect and care. According to its website, 3% of the company’s net revenue goes to the Why Not You Foundation, a nonprofit established

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Shoppers of The House of LR&C will find the brands Human Nation, a brand created by the company; Good Man Brand, which was cofounded by Wilson; and LITA by Ciara, which launched in August 2021.

Events to commemorate the store’s opening in Park Meadows are currently being planned, Wille said, and details will be announced in the near future.

The City of Lone Tree is excited about the store’s opening, said Nate Jones, the city’s communication director, in an email.

“We’re thrilled Ciara and Russell Wilson have chosen to do business here in Lone Tree,” Jones said. “The Park Meadows retail resort always does an amazing job of bringing first to market retail opportunities to residents and shoppers in Colorado, and the House of LR&C is a fine addition to their team. To our new neighbors, Mr. and Mrs. Wilson, welcome, and let’s ride!”

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June 23, 2022

Restaurateur carries on the family tradition ‘You rely on so many people’ in fourth-generation eatery in Centennial

BY RACHEL LORENZ SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA

The Galassos have been serving marinara-topped pasta, Italianinfluenced sandwiches and handstretched pizza in Centennial for a decade now, but the family’s culinary roots in Colorado actually reach back half a century.

“The very first GeJo’s was opened by my great-grandmother, back in the mid-’60s, down south in Trinidad, Colorado,” Tony Galasso told Colorado Community Media. His father, uncle and grandparents opened more locations in the Denver metro area in the ’70s.

Galasso, 44, grew up in the business and remembers standing on a milk crate to make pizzas and wash dishes. Although he worked at GeJo’s II in Aurora as a high school student, his family stepped away from the restaurant industry in the late ’90s. Galasso, who began a career in the mortgage industry in the early 2000s, assumed he’d find a way back to the world of food someday.

“I had always wanted to get in the industry and carry on the family tradition,” Galasso said.

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house GeJo’s IV in the ’80s and ’90s became available, Galasso knew it was time to fulfill a dream he had nearly given up on and become a restaurant owner. After an extensive 20-month-long remodel, GeJo’s Original Italian Restaurant & Lounge opened in February 2012 near the intersection of Quebec Street and Dry Creek Road.

The eatery pays tribute to his father, uncle and grandparents as well as revives his great-grandmother’s family recipes. Galasso’s favorite entree is Geno’s Spaghetti Special which is topped with seasoned ground beef, a smooth marinara sauce and a homemade hot pepper blend for “a little kick.”

To this day, GeJo’s continues to be a family affair. Galasso said there’s no way he could run the business on his own.

“You rely on so many people and pieces to help you be successful,” he said, remarking on the assistance of his wife, his immediate family and his employees. His father is particularly dedicated and still “lives and breathes and bleeds the restaurant

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But just as important is the community that backs GeJo’s. When restaurants were closed to in-person dining early in the pandemic, neighborhood folks were getting GeJo’s takeout regularly — sometimes three or four times a week, Galasso said.

“I know they put on a couple extra pounds because they were going above and beyond to support us,” he said.

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Having access to free meals has been huge, said Bisbal, whose dollars are stretched thin as inflation continues to worsen. But with a recent decrease in federal funds for free meal programs, school districts in Englewood and Littleton are likely to go from serving thousands this summer to just hundreds.

For the past two years, Congress has boosted school meal funding, which has allowed districts across the country to offer free food — breakfast and lunch — to children universally throughout the school year. Nationwide, an estimated 10 million more children received free meals under the program, which had previously been limited to income-eligible students.

But for many districts, universal free meals have now ended after Congress failed to include billions in funding for the program in its $1.5 trillion 2022 budget. Free summer meals, another program that was able to greatly expand with Congress’ support, will be forced to shrink its outreach to just low-income areas following the funding cutoff.

For districts like Englewood and Littleton Public Schools, it means having to contend with feeding fewer students as the rules around who can receive free and reduced food tightens.

Nicole Withee, who coordinates Englewood’s free and reduced school meal program, said it comes at a time when more and more families feel financial stress.

“The cost of living is skyrocketing, people have lost jobs during the pan-

demic and families are just in a real sensitive spot,” Withee said. “Those free meals were essential to kids’ success in schools.”

Less federal funding may increase food insecurity The news that funding for universal meals was ending came as a shock to Withee.

While attending a conference in midMarch in Washington, D.C., Withee and her colleagues were told that Congress had failed to reach an agreement to include billions in COVID-related aid in its latest spending bill. Free meals were now off the table.

Jessica Gould, director of nutrition services for Littleton schools, was at that same conference and — when the news broke — she, Withee and other colleagues kicked their advocacy into high gear, meeting with lawmakers on Capitol Hill to see if the outcome could be changed.

The vote came down mainly along party lines, with most Republican lawmakers voting against including COVID aid in the spending bill.

Though Gould said the program “had support in Colorado” among Republicans and Democrats, it wasn’t enough to reverse Congress’ decision.

“Food is a basic need, and our kids shouldn’t be caught in this political battle that is happening,” Gould said.

Before the pandemic, families who wanted to enroll their children in the free and reduced program had to meet a certain income threshold and fill out an application to get approved, a process that Withee said is “cumbersome on the families and cumbersome on the district.”

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According to Withee, Englewood schools — a district of about 3,000 students — was able to serve around 20,000 more meals, a 15% increase, this past school year compared to the school year before the pandemic began. Without the universal free meals, the district will likely see a more than 15% drop in the meals it serves this coming school year, according to Withee.

Districts were also able to feed thousands more through their summer meal program, which was allowed to expand under pandemic-era federal guidelines. Before COVID, schools were limited to just providing summer meals in low-income areas. But for the past two years, districts have received enough federal funding to distribute food beyond just those areas.

Gould said Littleton schools went from serving meals at just two sites to 25, with an increase of 400 average meals per day before COVID to 3,000 over the past two summers.

This summer, the district is forced to return to just two sites for food distribution, meaning it will likely go from delivering 3,000 to 400 meals per day.

With universal meals, Gould said the Littleton district — made up of about 15,000 students — saw about 3,000 more students receive a breakfast or lunch this school year compared to the years before the pandemic.

“It breaks my heart to know that we just can’t operate the way that we were, and there are, guaranteed, families that are impacted by that,” Gould said.

Taken together, the end of universal meals and tightening of summer food distribution could result in a rise in food insecurity not just in Englewood and Littleton but nationwide.

“We’re going to feel the impacts of it now,” said Joel McClurg, policy and communication manager for Hunger Free Colorado, a food advocacy group.

“In every community conversation I am having, I feel so much anxiety from community members.”

In Arapahoe County, where the two districts serve a combined 18,000 students, food insecurity is on the rise.

According to county spokesperson Luc Hatlestad, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program — or SNAP — users in the county have increased from 25,032 in March 2021 to 27,218 this March. SNAP was formerly known as food stamps.

Food bank organizers have also cited an increase in people coming to them for food.

Todd McPherson, director of development for Integrated Family Community Services — one of the largest food banks in the Denver metro area and located near Englewood — said between January and May, the food bank is expected to have served more than 27,000 people. That’s a 111% increase from the same time last year when the food bank served about 24,300 people, according to McPherson.

Universal meals improve students’ wellbeing, avoid stigma For Englewood and Littleton students, the effects of having universal meals have been noticeable.

“They would come in excited in the morning; they would go to class happier,” Withee said.

Along with better academic performance, Gould said studies have shown major social and emotional benefits for students who have been fed at school over the past two years.

She’s constantly reminded of something a district social worker told her

about a student who, while eating one of his first free breakfasts, said, “this is the first time in a long time when I have felt full going to school.”

For students living in food-insecure households, school can be where they get most of their daily food and nutrition. Ending the need for applications and providing free food universally also helps reduce the stigma of food insecurity, Gould said.

“There are students that have a need for food … and that can be very uncomfortable when all of your peers don’t have that need,” Gould said.

“Those kids who may not have wanted to grab a lunch because they didn’t want their peers to know they needed it, they came, and they ate and they nourished themselves.”

A return to applications could also shut the door on many families in need, according to McClurg. Families with sensitive immigrant or documentation statuses may be dismayed from filling out an application, he said. And families who do aren’t guaranteed they’ll be approved.

McClurg said the “means-based” approach of the applications, which requires families to meet a certain income threshold, means that families making even a dollar more than what is required would be ineligible for any free and reduced food.

“By making that extra dollar, you’re missing out on hundreds of meals per year, maybe even thousands,” McClurg said. “How devastating for a family.”

According to Withee, a family of four has to make less than $49,025 to qualify for reduced-price meal benefits and even less to qualify for free benefits.

Another concern for nutrition advocates as the 2022-23 school year approaches is families incurring meal debt.

“Not all of our families know that we will go back to charging based on status,” Gould said, adding that Littleton schools will still serve students food but a family that can’t pay upfront may go in debt to the district to cover that cost.

And as inflation continues, Gould said the district is taking on more costs — from raising staff pay to meeting the increased price of food — that may force schools to charge more for breakfasts and lunches.

“We don’t know what we’re looking at when we go into next year,” Gould said.

Lacking a federal solution, Colorado may try to bring back universal free meals to schools statewide this November when voters will be asked to fund a $100 million program. HB22-1414 will ask voters to limit tax deductions for Coloradoans earning $300,000 per year or more to raise funds for universal free school meals.

Still, the language of the bill is complex and implementing the program could be a challenge for districts, said Gould, who believes the proposal is “not a one-stop-shop” but is “creating the right conversation” around how to get free food to children.

Ultimately, Gould and Withee said it will take renewed federal support for districts to deliver for their students.

“It should be free meals for all forever; it shouldn’t just be a waiver,” Withee said.

“Until the government realizes that our kids matter and their educational success matters and part of that is having access to these meals,” Gould said. “We just have to get food to kids.”

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time. Our kids are both now out of the house and kind of making their own way … as we started to think about what may be next, we thought about Littleton as one of the places we might be. We’re pleased to be planning to move to Littleton and get fully engaged in the community there.

What are some of the challenges you’ve faced in current and past government roles that you think prepare you for the work ahead?

(Working in) larger communities, I was able to learn from great mentors … and in some of the smaller communities, I’ve learned the importance of direct one-on-one communication with citizens as well as the council and the staff. The importance of communicating with the community cannot be understated.

One of the things I’m most proud of (working in Evans) is having a lead role in the community dialogue about the need for a new tax for infrastructure. Evans had been far behind on deferred maintenance … it took a long time and a lot of communication with different commu-

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Along with infrastructure, the city is also facing a major challenge in housing. Growing demand, low supply and unaffordable prices have made housing a key focus of the city council, which is currently considering implementing a mandate for affordable housing in the city. How do you view the current situation?

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Housing can be a contentious issue for some community members who voice concern about what large developments mean for the city’s character.

It’s led to pushback on major housing proposals, such as a plan to build up to 2,000 new housing units at the Aspen Grove shopping mall, which is now headed for a referendum. As city manager, how will you address these tensions?

There’s a lot of negative energy that can come with the various terms for affordable housing, but when people start sitting down and thinking about what the development concepts could be, there’s more room for compromise and understanding. Housing is one of those areas where you can’t just talk in high policy level terms … you have to meet those people where they are.

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That initiative is similar to Littleton’s own sales tax increase, which voters raised by 0.75% in November to pay for vital infrastructure needs. Overseeing those funds will be a key task as you step into the role. How do you plan to do that?

From what I can tell, there’s plenty of deferred maintenance in Littleton … I think the process of surfacing and documenting what those deferred maintenance needs are is an important first step to demonstrating action. Citizens know there’s a lot of need and the city has to be responsive and use those resources for the highest priority projects. But in addition to doing that work, we need constant communication and messaging about what that work is and how it relates to the sales tax.

bility to look out for the entire community economy … I think we have to be mindful that we need workers for all jobs in the community in order to make Littleton work, and so we have to find a way to have housing that is attainable and affordable for all the different income levels in the community.

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development concepts and expectations for those who want to invest in Littleton. It starts with listening, and I think I really have a lot of learning to do … and that can start to build some relationships with those groups. You’re never going to have an agreement with everybody but you can start to break down some of the barriers and animosity that can be there. A question I would ask individuals is “how do we change, how do we grow?” Because we have to grow and change within the market for the development and growth that is there.

A lot of that conversation begins with trust, and trust begins with transparency. How will you employ transparency in your new role?

Transparency needs to be a high priority value for the organization and from what I’ve seen it is.

I think as city manager, it’s my role to ensure that that value is part of the culture and that all of the processes that we engage in, all of the projects that affect the public directly, have strong opportunities for public input and participation.

The city has seen the need to partner on large issues, such as its work with the neighboring cities of Englewood and Sheridan on homelessness. How important do you think regional collaboration is for Littleton?

The problems are larger than any one community so it would be probably impossible to solve a problem like homelessness without understanding the challenges and the pressures that Englewood and Sheridan are sharing as well as the broader metro area. When everyone is generating ideas for solutions and has some resources to contribute you can often come up with solutions that work for more people and are often more financially feasible.

We’ve talked about the city’s challenges, but what are some of the areas you’re excited for?

Littleton already has so many great amenities and attractions and things that make it distinctive … and I know many of those attractions, like the downtown, are facing new opportunities.

I also look forward to working with South Suburban Parks and Recreation to make the trails and the parks system even greater than they already are. I’m looking forward to making a dent in that deferred maintenance and spending that money in a way that is most meaningful for residents … if I can do those things it’s going to be a really exciting job.

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Ashley Cappel is Arapahoe sheriff’s first female Type 1 wildland firefighter Mother of three also works as deputy emergency manager

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The silence of the burned environment was eerie, as Ashley Cappel and fellow firefighters lay in the ruins of the Cameron Peak Fire to rest for the night.

Cappel, a deputy emergency manager and wildland firefighter for Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office, had been sent on a 72-hour deployment for the 2020 wildfire, which ultimately spanned more than 208,000 acres and became the largest wildfire in Colorado history.

“Our fire camp was in an area that had completely burned over weeks prior,” Cappel said, explaining that the camp was a safe area to try to rest because there was nothing left.

It was there, surrounded by char, that the devastation of the fire sunk in.

“You can just hear your heartbeat, because there’s nothing else to hear,” she said. “There’s no animals left in the areas. There’s not even birds chirping. It’s just kind of this deafening quiet of — everything around is just gone.”

That experience stuck with Cappel, showing her both what happened and what she and the other firefighters were working to pre-

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vent from happening elsewhere. It also helped motivate her to take the next step in her firefighter career and become the first female Type 1 wildland firefighter in the history of Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office.

A Type 1 firefighter, otherwise known as a “squad boss,” helps lead a small group of firefighters, according to the National Wildfire Coordinating Group. There is a lot of independent tasking when it

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Although firefighters are given a broad objective when addressing fires, it is often up to individual trucks and teams to develop a strategy to meet that objective.

To get the Type 1 certification, a firefighter has to complete a task book, which Cappel said is essentially a checklist of tasks, such as being able to document weather out in the field with the proper tools and becoming a driver operator of brush trucks, a type of fire truck.

“Once I went on the Cameron Peak Fire, that kind of spurred, ‘Hey, I’m already doing all these things and there’s a leadership opportunity here, and growth for me to better understand versus just kind of being told, ‘Here’s what we’re going to do,’” Cappel said about why she wanted to become a Type 1 firefighter.

From August 2020 through April 2022, Cappel filled out her task book, and this April, she earned certification from the National Wildfire Coordinating Group and became the first female Type 1 wildland firefighter in Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office history.

“There’s a commitment and a dedication that is beyond typical, and sacrifices, frankly, that have to be made in order to move up,” said Nathan Fogg, the emergency

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“Her desire to prove her dedication, demonstrate it and kind of set these standards and break trail for other folks, in what was historically a male-dominated profession, it shows a lot of drive [and] a lot of dedication,” Fogg said.

Joining the Wildland Fire Team Cappel, a 35-year-old mother of three who lives in Castle Rock, has worked for the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office for about 10 years, long before she considered becoming a firefighter.

In her role as a deputy emergency manager for the Office of Emergency Management, her primary day-to-day job, Cappel helps the county prepare for, prevent, mitigate, respond to and recover from human-caused or natural disasters. For example, when situations require it, Cappel will work in the emergency operation center.

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ancillary duty, meaning they have a different primary job in addition to being a wildland firefighter.

The Wildland Fire Team responds to fires in areas of unincorporated Arapahoe County, where there is not a designated fire jurisdiction, and the team also assists other local firefighting agencies. There are typically six to 10 local fires a year that the team responds to, in addition to occasional state deployments to fires like the Cameron Peak Fire and Marshall Fire, Cappel said.

Cappel first considered becoming a firefighter after the July 2018 Tom Bay Fire east of Denver near Bennett, saying, “It was actually one of our fires … And it was considered a wildland interface fire, so we were approaching homes and we had evacuations.”

It was a chaotic experience for her in the emergency operation center, she said, because she didn’t understand the terminology the firefighters communicated on the radio channels.

“It was so hard to visualize because I hadn’t been in those shoes before,” she said.

She wanted to understand the terminology firefighters used so she could better visualize these types of situations and determine the best ways to support their needs and think ahead for cascading incidents, she said. Wanting to learn in a hands-on way, she began attending some classes and training with firefighters on the Wildland Fire Team.

Cappel officially joined the team as a trainee firefighter, classified as a Type 2 firefighter, in about April 2019, she said, after completing training and the “pack test” in which she had to complete a 3-mile journey in less than 45 minutes while carrying a 45-pound pack.

She continued training and completing exercises, learning from experienced firefighters on the wildland team. The first fire she responded to was a fire in Deer Trail in August 2020, marking the start of her being able to complete the task book to become a Type 1 firefighter.

Given her roles as both a deputy emergency manager and firefighter, it can be a “game day decision” whether Cappel will be in the emergency operation center or on the fire line, she said.

Fogg, the county’s emergency manager, said Cappel’s decisionmaking style shows her to be a person who listens first and an unabashed decision maker who is comfortable with altering course as new information comes.

“She’s flexible, she’s [a] solid listener and she’s decisive — all fantastic qualities that we’re looking for in emergency management and wildland firefighter,” Fogg said.

Less than 10% of firefighters are women Firefighting has traditionally been a male-dominated field. In 2019, women made up 8% of the firefighter population, according to the National Fire Protection Association. In the Wildland Fire Team, composed of 21 firefighters, there are typically two to three women,

said Fogg. Currently, there are two.

Cappel said she wonders if stereotypes about being a firefighter are part of the reason it’s a male-dominated field, saying the physical component of the job can be seen as a barrier.

Overall, Cappel said, she has a great, supportive team, adding that if she has a question or needs additional support, her teammates will jump in and won’t think of it as a weakness.

“I didn’t face too many hurdles,” she said, adding that many firefighters became like family during deployments, as they helped support and look out for one another.

“It is just a little different. You stand around a briefing and you recognize that you are the only female.”

One of the challenges Cappel did initially face was getting wildland firefighter personal protective equipment that fit her properly and comfortably. It’s important to have clothes that fit, Fogg said, because otherwise, the clothes can make it harder to work and affect one’s performance.

“It didn’t exist,” Cappel said about firefighter gear fitted for women. She said she would have to order pants intended for men that would often come up to her rib cage. When she finally found a manufacturer that made women’s cut pants, it was located in Oregon and would take eight to 10 weeks for the pants to get sewn.

“It’s much better now because manufacturers are actually creating women’s sizing and women’s cuts,” she said, saying she now has properly fitted gear that is manufactured in Colorado.

Similar to how the firefighting field is male-dominated, Cappel said there also are not many women in emergency management.

“It’s not a widely diverse group,” she said. “It’s getting better with women in emergency management, but seeing that same thing on the fireline, kind of, both of them run parallel for me to want to encourage and mentor.”

To help mentor others, she recently joined a newer group called Women in the Field of Emergency Management, WTFem.org for short.

It’s an organization that helps mentor women interested in fields such as emergency management, waste management and public works.

Cappel’s advice to other women and girls interested in firefighting is to talk to professionals in the field and learn more about what it’s like, whether it be during an open house session, a presentation or by directly reaching out to someone.

“Dig your heels in and go for it,” she said.

Looking ahead, she wants to continue to grow her mentorship of women and girls interested in the fields of emergency management and firefighting. She also aims to become more experienced in her Type 1 firefighter role, gaining skills that can apply to both her roles as a firefighter and a deputy emergency manager.

With each step forward, it’s memories of fires like the Cameron Peak Fire that stay with her, driving her to learn more so that she can help better protect others.

“Those were, kind of, experiences that will live with me for the rest of my career, and even beyond.”

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t’s that time of year where we start reviewing the ballot and working to decide who might be best to serve us on the local, state and federal levels. For me, it’s become the time where I dread filling in the bubbles.

FROM THE I still believe in voting. I EDITOR truly believe it’s important to vote and get my opinions out there. However, given the current state of our political climate, I dread it. I dread it because it’s becoming harder to even see which candidates are looking for the job to actually do good work, or if they are just spreading a Thelma Grimes party message, being vindictive and acting like children.

I, like many, am tired of the self-serving politicians who, as soon as they are elected, forget about the job they are there to do and immediately stand on a side and fight.

To the politicians in office — you are not elected to just represent a side. You see, once in office, you are there to represent all your constituents — even the ones who did not vote for you.

To the voters — If you are filling in a bubble based solely on a party line — What good does that do?

In an interesting discussion with a friend recently, I said I was tired of the same people constantly getting reelected. I would like to see the career politicians go. That means Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer, Mitch McConnell, Ted Cruz. In all honesty, I would also like to see some of the newer ones go — the AOCs, and Lauren Boeberts for instance. I would like all of them out.

I was saying I do not understand how they continue to get reelected when clearly they are not doing good work. My friend brought up a valid, yet interesting point, saying, “It’s better to vote for the devil you know.”

Honestly, there is a lot of truth to his statement. Incumbents continue to be returned to office because of fear for voting for change. In Pelosi’s case, she continues to get reelected because she’s the one they know on the side that California district trusts more. While there may not be a lot of trust or approval, for many, it’s better than the untested challenger on the other side of the aisle.

That has led us to the current issues. Every two years a new party takes over with the main leaders being reelected and kept in place. While the tide might change from red to blue every few years, nothing really changes.

If we could get a good, unaffiliated candidate — I would give it serious thought.

Am I always right in the vote I cast? Absolutely not. I do find myself disappointed more often than I used to be. However, I am always positive I did my best to research, understand and pick the candidate who I believe will represent the people – all people.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR LPS interpreters deserve better After Littleton Public Schools board members voted to deny collective bargaining rights to interpreters for deaf/hard-of-hearing students on June 9, I was reminded of a Rev. Jesse Jackson quote: “The problem is not that the students do not hear.

The problem is that the hearing world does not listen.”

The LPS turnover rate for interpreters is hard on deaf/hard-of-hearing students. Without a meaningful say in our working conditions, we’re faced

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with inconsistent coverage and an ever-changing cast of interpreters that results in a lack of trust and impaired learning for the Littleton students we work with. In my five years with the district, at least 10 interpreters have come and gone, many not even lasting a full semester. We constantly look for new hires and when we can’t fill a position, the district is forced to pay higher rates for freelance agency coverage.

he origin of “burning bridges” has its roots in ancient Rome.

And we see where they were not only burning the bridges, but also burning the boats. In some cases, they burned the bridges and the boats so the enemy could not pursue them. And in other cases, they burned both bridge and boat so they enemy could not flee.

Throughout our journey in this life, we have all heard the expression or received guidance around burning bridges. It’s interesting because sometimes we are encouraged not to burn the bridges, and other times people may suggest that we burn the bridges behind us. In a recent conversation this topic came up and it was fun, but also a bit polarizing for the group as there were very strong

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In doing a little research on the topic I stumbled onto a page with some audacious quotes about burning bridges. The list of quotes started out with some very strong feelings about why we should burn the bridges behind us. “Sometimes burning bridges isn’t a bad thing. It prevents you from going back to a place you should never have been to begin with.”

— Anonymous While others support not burning bridges such as the person who anonymously made this statement, “The bridge you burn today may be the one you have to cross tomorrow.”

For me, if at all possible, I prefer not

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The skinny mom

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

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

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

I never had a “skinny” body. I always had a healthy layer of chub growing up, which only increased in my college years. I have many

memories of kids in elementary and middle school calling me “fat” or “the Pillsbury dough girl.” Since then, I’ve attached being liked and having friends to my weight.

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

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

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

And it paid off!

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

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

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

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

Here’s another thing, I didn’t feel any different. My body still looked the same in the mirror to me, just smaller. I still nitpicked at myself

every time I looked at it. Instead of enjoying it, like I promised myself I would do for so many years if I lost the weight, I just looked for the next thing that needed to change … there was always something.

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

There are trade-offs. And just because you choose something else besides having chiseled arms, it

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you have visited Disney, you have probably taken a ride through the attraction named after the song, and you probably couldn’t get the song out of your head for the rest of the day. There was no internet in 1963, nor was there any social media. Access to information was limited to what we saw in the newspaper, watched on television, or listened to on the radio. Today, we have instant access to information and can reach people in a matter of a few clicks, creating a very small world.

This is important when it comes to burning bridges because when we burn a bridge, the boat, and leave scorched earth behind us because of one person, group of people, or company, we could also be burning bridges with everyone that is associated or connected to someone else that we may want to get to know, or a place where we are hoping to work, or even a referral where we are trying to make a sale.

I am not suggesting that anyone compromise their integrity or their position just to appease others. What I am suggesting is that perhaps we can try an alternate approach because we, or someone we know, may really need that bridge again one day.

Romans 12:8 — “Do all that you can to live at peace with everyone.”

How about you? Do you prefer to burn the bridges or build the bridges? I would love to hear your story at mnorton@xinnix.com, and when we realize that when we leave roads, bridges, and doors open for the future, it really will be

a better than good year.

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to burn the bridges behind me. I do agree where there are times when moving ahead and never looking back makes sense. But before I do that, I would really rather preserve the opportunity to save a relationship, resolve a conflict, or just maintain the potential for a better outcome in the future. Just because we disagree today, doesn’t mean we will disagree tomorrow.

The intensity of opinions has created a heightened state of awareness when it comes to burning or not burning bridges. And unfortunately, sadly, it has escalated into not just burning bridges and burning the boats but leaving nothing but scorched earth behind when conflict or disagreements arise. I always wonder why there is a need to take this route. I understand that people have very strong feelings and opinions, and those feelings and opinions may not line up with our own. However, if there is no room to find middle ground on a given topic, there could be an opportunity to work together or to help one another in the future.

The song, “It’s a Small World (After All)” was written in 1963. If

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One key way to improve the education and quality of services for our students would be for the LPS board to grant union recognition to interpreters. As credentialed professionals with associate or bachelor’s degrees, national performance/skills exams and 60-plus hours of continuing education credits, we should be given a real seat at the table and categorized with other licensed staffers who do have union rights.

Recognizing us — either as our own union or as a part of the already-established Littleton Education Association — will allow interpreters to exert greater autonomy over our profession, building consistency and higher quality

learning environments for Littleton students.

Research shows that the key to academic success for deaf/hard-ofhearing students is the educational interpreter who communicates the material being taught, not the quality of teaching. The same study found that educational interpreters are “shortchanged by the education system,” leading to these professionals cycling out of districts at an alarming rate and ultimately our students losing out.

But we need your help to change the system. If you agree our students deserve better, please ask the LPS board to approve an interpreter union. And if you feel inspired, please join us in August at the next board meeting to share your thoughts during personal comment.

Summer Lapp Aurora

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

OBITUARIES CURRIER

Patrick James “PJ” Currier June 15, 1984 - June 10, 2022

Proudly and famously born in Detroit, Michigan (unlike his siblings, he would be quick to point out), Patrick James Currier, namesake of his great grandfather, who once played craps with Jimmy Hoffa, was born June 15th, 1984, very premature. Though he was small, he was mighty.

Known to his family from a young age as PJ, by his friends as Patrick, Pat, and Rabbi, passed away from pneumonia in the early hours of June 10th, 5 days shy of his birthday.

Patrick was a kindhearted, if troubled soul who gave his everything, at any time, every single time for those he loved; often at great personal sacrifice to himself. He was a man with a code.

He loved Detroit, Colorado, the Red Wings, Miguel Cabrera, Marvel, a good conversation over a drink and a smoke, his friends, and his dogs. He hated the state of Florida, bad drivers, and idiots.

He is survived by his mother, Susan Currier of FL, his father Dennis Currier of TX, his brother Thomas Currier of TX, his sister Kaylin Weihs of CA, his sister Jean Williams of CO, his sister Casey Currier of NY, his beloved dog Odin, and countless friends and family across the country.

Memorial contributions can be to his favorite charity, St. Baldrick’s.

Future memorial services to be held in Michigan and Florida.

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BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

E

ver wanted to take a road trip across the state without slogging through an hours-long drive on highways?

Residents can let public transportation take the wheel on trips to places near and far, including a new long-distance shuttle line that runs from the Denver area to places such as Idaho Springs, Frisco and Vail.

Other bus routes can take you to Fort Collins, Longmont, Colorado Springs and even Grand Junction.

And public transportation can also take you to some destinations in the suburbs you may not be familiar with.

Here’s a look at the public transportation routes that run through these places and more — with a rundown of some attractions along the way.

RTD in the suburbs You might not think twice when you watch a Regional Transportation District, or RTD, bus roll past, but the bus and rail systems can drop riders close to many scenic areas around town.

Olde Town Arvada, for example, sits along the RTD G Line, a commuter rail line that runs between Union Station in the downtown Denver area and Wheat Ridge. As opposed to RTD’s light rail lines, the commuter rail lines travel at faster speeds.

The historical atmosphere and “social hub” feeling in Olde Town Arvada — near Ralston Road and Wadsworth Boulevard — make it a great place to visit, said Austin Nettleton, a RTD spokesperson.

“That’s pretty much one of my favorite spots to go to — there’s so many cool food and drink places,” said Nettleton, who used to live near that area, in Broomfield, and would go down to the RTD Olde Town Arvada station.

Meanwhile, the N Line can take you from Denver through the north and east suburbs of Commerce City, Thornton and North-

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glenn.

The N rail line largely weaves through residential areas, but the Northglenn-112th Station — near York Street and 112th Avenue — sits within walking distance of Carpenter Park, a place that offers a laundry list of activities.

“They’ve got a pretty cool skate park there (and) a huge outdoor park. A boathouse, you can rent those little paddle boats. And they’ve got a huge rec center there too,” Nettleton said.

(Paddle boats have been unavailable due to a staffing shortage, the City of Thornton’s website said as of June 12.)

Other Carpenter Park amenities include a carousel, horseshoe pits, sand volleyball courts and a “sprayground” with a spray pad for enjoying in warm weather, according to Thornton’s website.

Near Denver’s southeast edge sits RTD’s Dayton Station along Interstate 225, where riders can exit at a trail connection that leads to Cherry Creek State Park.

“There’s even a bridge that goes across 225 to take you to the mountain bike trails,” Nettleton said, referring to a mountain bike skills area along the paths.

Another destination in the suburbs is Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre, a large outdoor concert venue a short walk from RTD’s Arapahoe at Village Center light rail station.

The venue in Greenwood Village hosts well-known music artists and sits close to Arapahoe Road and Interstate 25.

Those who don’t live close to a rail station can bike, take a ride-sharing service such as Lyft or catch an RTD bus to get to a station.

Getting farther north If you’ve been to Boulder, you may have seen the FLEX bus, a non-RTD transit line that serves several places in Colorado’s northern Front Range corridor.

The FLEX route includes stops between Fort Collins, Loveland, Berthoud, Longmont and Boulder. It’s operated by Transfort, a part of the City of Fort Collins government.

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In light of changing federal mask policy for transportation, masks might not be required in your area on public transit.

Austin Nettleton, a spokesperson for RTD in Denver and surrounding areas, said masks are not required for all passengers and drivers on RTD transportation.

“We encourage and recommend facial coverings, but they are not required or enforced for employees and customers,” Nettleton said.

Anna Russo, a spokesperson

for the Transfort transit system in Fort Collins that extends to Boulder, also said masks are not required for all passengers and drivers.

“We do encourage people to wear masks, but it’s not a requirement,” Russo said.

“We ask that you don’t ride Transfort if you have COVID symptoms,” she added.

Bob Wilson, a Colorado Department of Transportation spokesperson, said passengers are not required to wear masks but drivers are on Bustang routes.

The FLEX bus route that runs between Fort Collins, Loveland, Berthoud, Longmont and Boulder is currently “fare free.”

“So someone could board the FLEX in Boulder and get all the way up to Fort Collins for free,” said Anna Russo, a spokesperson for Transfort, the part of the City of Fort Collins government that operates FLEX. All the routes that are operated

by Transfort, which includes FLEX and MAX and the numbered routes in Fort Collins, are currently free, according to Russo.

Transfort started providing service for free around spring 2020 when the COVID-19 pandemic reached Colorado, Russo said.

It was an effort to “help with the pandemic and just support people who might need some financial assistance getting around town,” Russo said. “But then we’ve just continued it through up until now. We might go back to charging fares in the future, but at this time, we don’t have a date for that.”

Officials are conducting a study of Transfort’s revenue sources and costs, and they are looking at the feasibility of continuing to operate fare free permanently, but it’s still unclear, Russo said.

To track a bus or find out when a bus will arrive, see ridetransfort.com/rider-tools/rider-tools.

For tips on how to ride the bus, visit ridetransfort.com/ridertools/how-to-ride-transfort or call 970-221-6620.

Those using RTD in Denver and surrounding areas can see the bus or rail lines that can get them to their destination — and how long it will take — at rtddenver.com/app/plan. For a look at how to ride RTD, see rtd-denver.com/rider-info/how-to-ride or call 303-299-6000.

See mobile apps that can help with riding RTD at rtd-denver. com/business-center/openspatial-data/mobile-apps. The RTD Mobile Ticketing app, for example, lets riders buy and use Day Passes instantly on their phones.

Asked about the most costeffective way to ride, Austin Nettleton, a spokesperson for RTD, “highly recommends” getting the regional/ airport day pass.

It’s $10.50 for adults and allows people to ride any bus or rail line and make as many transfers as they want for the entire service day, Nettleton said.

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A shuttle for the Colorado Department of Transportation’s new Pegasus program that serves stops in Denver, Lakewood, Idaho Springs, Frisco, Vail and Avon.

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“Downtown Fort Collins is full of history, and the sugar beet industry was big in town,” said Anna Russo, a spokesperson for Transfort.

Downtown Fort Collins is also known as one of the places that inspired Disneyland’s Main Street USA, according to Russo.

Visitors can take a self-guided walking tour of downtown’s history, learning about the “architecture, wild characters and iconic historic sites,” according to the tourism website VisitFtCollins.com.

If you’re seeking some color, you can swing by Colorado State University’s Annual Flower Trial Garden.

The purpose of the trial garden program is to evaluate the performance of different annual plant cultivars under the unique Rocky Mountain environmental conditions, according to CSU’s website.

“They plant different varieties and different colors of annual flowers, and it’s open to the public. You can walk through them and look,” Russo said.

Nearby in Loveland, visitors can check out the Loveland Museum of Art and History, the Benson Sculpture Garden and the Swim Beach area at Lake Loveland.

“And they can get to those destinations by transferring to City of Loveland transportation from the FLEX,” Russo said.

In the Boulder area, the FLEX line ends at the University of Colorado Boulder campus.

“So that’s a nice area to walk around, and there’s also a museum of natural history on their campus,” Russo said.

Another type of long-distance transit, Bustang, managed by the

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65 and older, individuals with disabilities and Medicare recipi-

Colorado Department of Transportation, also connects to the FLEX. Bustang buses “do pick up at our downtown Fort Collins transit center and the Harmony transfer center at Harmony (Road) and I-25,” Russo said.

That’s another way people coming from the south could connect to transportation in Fort Collins, she said.

Ways to traverse the state CDOT’s Bustang routes make up a network of paths that run through northern, western, southern and part of eastern Colorado.

Bustang routes go between Fort Collins and Denver, Grand Junction and Denver and Colorado Springs and Denver, according to the service’s website.

Additionally, the “Bustang Outrider” routes go between Lamar, Pueblo and Colorado Springs; Alamosa and Pueblo; Durango and Grand Junction; Crested Butte and Denver; Craig and Denver; and Telluride and Grand Junction, according to the website.

Just last month, the state launched another option for travel along the Interstate 70 mountain corridor with the introduction of Pegasus, CDOT’s new express shuttle that began providing passenger service May 27.

Pegasus was to depart year-round from Union Station in Denver, stopping at the Denver Federal Center in Lakewood along with stops in Idaho Springs, Frisco, Vail and Avon, according to a CDOT news release.

A Pegasus shuttle seats up to 11 people, is wheelchair accessible and is equipped with USB ports, power outlets and Wi-Fi. Each vehicle also has luggage storage, bike racks and ski or snowboard containers, according to the news release.

Each Bustang bus is equipped

with a restroom, bike racks, free Wi-Fi, power outlets and USB ports, and there are also a wheelchair lift and two wheelchair securement areas on each bus, according to the Bustang website.

Pegasus service runs on weekends, but CDOT plans to expand it to daily service although there isn’t a set date for that yet, said Bob Wilson, a CDOT spokesperson.

The many CDOT routes offer opportunities to explore Colorado’s mountain towns, Wilson said, along with chances to take care of more practical matters.

“It provides people an opportunity if you’re living in Craig, for instance, if you need to see a doctor, you’re able to do that in Denver,” Wilson said.

During the Denver Broncos football season, riders can catch a “Bustang to Broncos” bus, Wilson said. It provides round-trip transportation from both Colorado Springs and Fort Collins to Empower Field at Mile High stadium in Denver.

“So people can not worry about

ents, according to RTD’s website.

The RTD Transit Watch app allows riders to report “unusual and suspicious” activities directly to transit police without having to make a phone call. Riders can also opt in to receive updates,

alerts and safety information, according to RTD’s website. RTD encourages riders to also dial 911 if there is an emergency, Nettleton said.

For information on the Bustang and Pegasus routes offered by

drinking and driving,” Wilson said.

The first Bustang route became operational in July 2015, Wilson said.

It started off only running between Fort Collins and Denver, Colorado Springs and Denver, and Glenwood Springs and Denver, but over the last seven years, the service has expanded to more routes, Wilson said.

“And expansion is expected to continue” as resources and funding allow, he added.

Hearing demand from Front Range and rural areas of Colorado drove the creation of the Bustang service, Wilson said.

“We had heard from a lot of people (that there was no) option to get from locations throughout the state to Denver” unless you had a car, Wilson said.

Randy Wheelock, a Clear Creek County commissioner, welcomed the recent addition of the Bustang Pegasus route.

“Whether addressing local air quality or climate change, or addressing both local and state mobility needs, we must transform how we use our roads,” Wheelock said in the news release. “Pegasus has the potential to be that transformational catalyst, helping us want to change how we travel and building ridership for a more thoughtful transportation future.”

The state also offers the Snowstang service during the ski season, providing round-trip service on weekends and holidays from Denver to four resorts: Loveland Ski Area, Copper Mountain, Arapahoe Basin and Steamboat Resort and Howelsen Hill in Steamboat Springs, according to the Bustang website.

the Colorado Department of Transportation, see ridebustang. com or call 800-900-3011. To plan a trip, visit ridebustang.com/planmy-trip. For the Bustang mobile app, see ridebustang.com/farestickets.

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Theater announces upcoming season

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own Hall Arts Center, 2450 W. Main St. in Littleton, has announced a new season, with tickets on sale for individual shows and the season. “The Wedding Singer,” the finale for the current season, plays through June 26. 303-794-2787, ext. 5; townhallartscenter.org.

Lone Tree Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St., has announced its new season, including both local and touring acts in great variety.

Tickets are on sale at the box office, 720-509-1000, lonetreeartscenter.org.

History Highlands Ranch Historical Society has announced a number of tours, including Melvin Schoolhouse and Melvin-Lewis Cemetery, Fairmount Cemetery, and Cherokee Castle. Visit the HRHS website for information on membership and activities of this strong group: thehrhs.org.

Stories on Stage Stories on Stage, an organization that offers stories read by theatre professionals on Sunday afternoons at the lovely Su Teatro Theatre on Santa Fe Drive in Denver, has announced a 2022-2023 season

starting with “Banned Books in Boston” on Sept.

11. See storiesonstage.org.

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Affordable Arts Festival The annual Affordable Arts Festival will return to Arapahoe Sonya Ellingboe Community College’s West Lawn on Aug. 28, with nothing priced over $100, although we are told that many items were previously much higher. Admission is $12 and benefits ACC’s student scholarships. ACC is at 5900 S. Santa Fe Drive in Littleton.

Mosaics coming Nationally and internationally known mosaic artists will exhibit work at “Mosaics 2022: As Seen Through New Eyes” July 30-Oct. 2 at the Foothills Art Center in Golden. Artist Marlea Taylor, of Englewood, is involved in organizing the exhixbit to be juried by Yulia Hanansen, internationally known artist and printmaker, and Foothills Curator Eriq Hochuli.

More on this later — mark your calendar.

The musical trio from “The Wedding Singer” and the rest of the cast are performing at Town COURTESY PHOTO Hall Arts Center in Littleton through June 26.

Sweet sounds on summer nights Grab a folding chair or blanket and enjoy concerts in warm weather

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Grab a quick picnic and a blanket or folding chairs (perhaps a summer music “kit” will have a place in the car rather than schlepping every time). Summer concerts outside are a special treat on Colorado’s lovely summer evenings.

Perhaps readers have a neighbor who performs or a favorite nearby park location, but you may find that a favorite performer is playing across town and be drawn to visit.

Most are free concerts and some require tickets in our communities from Castle Rock up to Lakewood.

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• Castle Rock Band: 2:30 p.m. July 4 in Festival Park, Castle Rock.

• Highlands Ranch Concert Band and its smaller group, Swing Shift: no schedule posted yet — check online. They performed in May, and we’ve enjoyed listening at the park in past years. New members are welcome here if you’ve moved to Highlands Ranch recently and have

a horn in the closet! See hrconcertband.org.

• Not band music, but enjoy the performances June 23-26 of “Jesus Christ Superstar” at Littleton United Methodist Church. See littletonumc.church.

• Lone Tree Arts Center has Tunes on the Terrace. See lonetreeartscenter.org.

• Englewood Arts Presents: (Ticketed at 2 in the afternoon in Hampden Hall): July 9, Midsummer Matinee, Susan Paik and Teddy Niedermeyer; July 28, Krueger SEE SUMMER, P20

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Oh, those summer nights at the Arvada Center

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olorado is home to plenty of well-known — even world famous — concert venues, but some of the best shows I’ve seen have been at the numerous venue gems sprinkled all over the metro area. Take the Arvada Center’s Outdoor Amphitheater, which provides some lovely summer night skylines without the massive queues and uphill climbs.

The 2022 Summer Concert Series at the Arvada Center, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., is one of the strongest yet, with local favorites that are part of the fabric of summer — like the Colorado Symphony — and national touring acts like Dawes, Madeleine Peyroux and Melissa Etheridge.

We spoke to Marcus E. Turner, director of communications and audience services at the center, about the season and what audiences can expect.

Interview edited for brevity and clarity.

What was it like to be planning a full series again?

We have expanded this series to include more concerts than we’ve had in previous years. Concerts are not just an important aspect of the Arvada Center’s slate of programming but are a key component in the Denver metro cultural scene. It is exciting for us to play our part in adding a variety of different acts for concert lovers to experience the summer.

Tell me about this year’s line-up.

The concert lineup at the Arvada Center truly has something for everyone. By having national and in-

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Brothers; Aug. 13, Bravo Cellos. Outdoors in the City Center Amphitheatre’s SunSET concerts: July 7, Hazel Miller and the Collective; July 14, County Line; July 21, Mile High Big Band; July 28, 17th Avenue Allstars. See englewoodarts.org.

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ternational touring acts alongside some of our favorite local institutions, we create a unique season that crosses lots of genres. The rollercoaster of styles that come with this lineup create an exciting energy for fans and staff alike.

of the venue and the incredible artistry of our performers come together to create what we believe is a perfect summer evening. If you’d like a relaxed evening hearing Mozart or if you’d prefer to dance to Elle King’s hits, the experience at the Arvada Center is altogether unforgettable.

For the full lineup and tickets, visit https://arvadacenter.org/music-anddance/summer-concerts.

Tell me about blending local performance groups and national acts like Dawes.

The unique thing about our concert series is that a dedicated fan can see so many different concerts at a single venue. The intimacy and layout of our Outdoor Amphitheatre provides audiences with an up close and personal look at some of the best artists in our region and in the country.

The one with the Cherry Creek Mall You know the episode of “Friends,” where they set up shop at the Cherry Creek Mall for a summer and invited folks in to take photos and poke around? No? Well, you have now.

The Friends Experience, a traveling exhibit that recreates 12 rooms of set recreations, including Joey and Chandler’s apartment, Monica and Rachel’s kitchen and Central Perk, will be open at the Cherry Creek Mall, 2500 E. First Ave. in Denver, through Sept. 5. In addition to wandering through the sets, visitors can also check out props and costumes from the show, purchase gifts and more.

Tickets and information can be found at https://denver.friendstheexperience.com/.

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What do people need to know about attending this year’s series?

We are looking forward to having fans come back to the Arvada Center Outdoor Amphitheatre this summer. There are covered seats that are reserved so audience members can choose the seat they want or there are casual general admission spots on our lawn. Outside food and beverages are not permitted in our amphitheatre but we work with amazing local caterers to provide a variety of options for audiences.

What is the Center most excited about with the series returning?

The Outdoor Amphitheatre is a magical place on concert nights. The enthusiasm of the fans, the intimacy

Wander through an Unreal Garden A well created garden can be a truly awe-inspiring thing. Enlku, a mixed reality company that has worked with brands like Meow Wolf and Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival, has taken that to another level with its The Unreal Garden immersive augmented reality (AR) experience.

Visitors will get to discover animal characters in an interactive holographic story, “spanning the sky to the ocean, and the earth to outer space,” according to provided information. Located at 500 16th St. Mall, on the second floor of the Denver Pavilions, the virtual gardens are open from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Sunday and Monday, and noon to 10 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday.

A family-friendly experience, The Unreal Garden is described as a “story-living experience” that is unique to each visitor. Get details and tickets at www.theunrealgarden. com.

Clarke’s Concert of the Week — Fleet Foxes at Mission Ballroom There’s a kind of magic to the music Fleet Foxes make. The way Robin Pecknold and company layer their lilting vocals and intricate instrumentation can carry the listener away to some other world — a place full of trees and valleys, where all the seasons get their fullest expression.

While we unfortunately don’t currently reside in that world, you can get there in a way by catching Fleet Foxes at 7:30 p.m. on June 28 at the Mission Ballroom, 4242 Wynkoop St. in Denver. Last year the band released one of the best live albums of the year in “A Very Lonely Solstice,” and I’m sure they’ll unveil another absolutely superb show on this tour.

Get tickets for the performance at www.missionballroom.com.

Clarke Reader’s column on culture appears on a weekly basis. He can be reached at Clarke.Reader@hotmail. com.

Fresco, select Mondays and Wednesdays — local musicians and small ensembles will perform throughout the Gardens. See botanicgardens.org.

• Lakewood Concert series on Wednesday nights, ticketed, at Lakewood Heritage Park. See lakewood.org, click on “community” and then on “arts and culture.”

• City Park Jazz on Sunday nights at Denver’s City Park.

See cityparkjazz.org/2022concert-calendar.

The Castle Rock Band will perform on Independence Day in the town’s Festival Park.

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Denver Water, Colorado’s largest water utility, concluded that corrosion led to a June 14 water main break in Centennial on a residential street near Arapahoe High School.

“Corrosive soils were responsible for the break,” said Todd Hartman, a Denver Water spokesperson, in an email June 17.

The June 14 break happened sometime before 6:30 a.m. in the 7600 block of South Detroit Street between East Irwin Place and East Jamison Avenue, Hartman said.

Large amounts of water flowed down South Detroit Street towards East Dry Creek Road, and much of the water gathered at the southwest corner of the intersection where there are drains.

Denver Water was able to isolate the break and turn off water for that area by 7:10 a.m., Hartman said. Water was turned off for 23 homes in the area while Denver Water addressed the issue. Denver Water was able to replace the pipe and temporarily fix the damage on South Detroit Street by about 4 or 5 p.m. on June 14, he said, and water was turned back on for residents at about 4 p.m.

Damage from the water main break was still visible on South Detroit Street, at the intersection with East Jamison Place, on June 17.

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Environmental groups blast handling of clean energy plans Just because none step up to claim greenhouse gases doesn’t mean coal-fired power plants aren’t polluting

BY MICHAEL BOOTH THE COLORADO SUN

Nearly 200,000 tons of orphaned greenhouse gas emissions seemed to go off the books of a coal plant when a utility sold its partial share of the power.

Another utility made a vague promise to replace 80% of its transmission through clean resources, without revealing how that magic total will be reached.

Maybe these Colorado utilities are trying hard to write their clean energy cookbooks, environmental advocates say. But, they add, the utilities are not writing down their full recipes, either. And they add that state regulators shouldn’t let the utilities get away with leaving so much out of the clean energy plans that are a key to Colorado’s climate change menu.

“Unfortunately, the Colorado Air Pollution Control Division is basically rubber stamping these utility Clean Energy Plans without conducting a meaningful review of the pollution, which is required by law,” said Anna McDevitt, senior campaign representative at Sierra Club.

The plans drafted so far by Holy Cross Energy, Colorado Springs Utilities and Platte River Power Authority are voluntary, but now must be verified by state health officials in consultation with the Public Utilities Commission. They will be followed by clean energy plans from the largest utilities, including Xcel Energy and Tri-State Generation and Transmission.

Glenwood Springs-based Holy Cross Energy, for example, should not “abandon responsibility” for more than 188,000 annual tons of carbon emissions from its small ownership share in the Comanche 3 coal unit in Pueblo, McDevitt said.

“We have to get these Clean Energy Plans right in order to meet the state’s climate goals.”

Nobody’s ‘moving the cheese’ Holy Cross officials are adamant they are committed to generating power with 100% renewable energy by 2030 — beyond the state’s goal of 80% for that year — and in fact broadcast that pledge on their main web page. Holy Cross goes beyond

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“I think our environmental intent is fairly clear. And I sort of bristle a little bit at the notion that we are trying to move the cheese here,” Holy Cross CEO Brian Hannegan said. Holy Cross sold its share of Comanche 3 generation to Guzman Energy, a wholesale power provider, to get coal out of its power portfolio and free up resources to “bring more clean energy to Colorado,” Hannegan said. The emissions went with the sale, he added.

Xcel, the majority owner, currently plans to operate Comanche 3 through 2030, and Holy Cross’s ownership share constitutes more than 188,000 tons of carbon dioxide output a year, the environmental groups argue. Coal-fired utilities in Colorado are by far the largest single points of greenhouse gas emissions.

Guzman Energy is not required to file a clean energy plan with the state because it doesn’t serve 50,000 retail customers, said Stacy Tellinghuisen, climate policy manager at the nonprofit environmental group Western Resource Advocates. The Natural Resources Defense Council has also joined the objections.

Holy Cross selling the Comanche 3 power to another party doesn’t reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the advocates argue, it just gets the carbon off the Holy Cross ledger.

And the state doesn’t appear to be requiring anyone else to take responsibility for the pollution, they add.

“Under the submitted plans, the (Air Pollution Control Division) appears to ignore that these emissions exist at all,” according to the environmental groups’ objections to the PUC. “A robust review of these clean energy plans is critical — once the utilities’ plans are approved, the state essentially guarantees that it won’t regulate their climate pollution for the next eight years,” Tellinghuisen said. “This is why it’s so important that the verification is real, and that we’re confident the utilities are going to meet their emission reduction targets.”

Guzman Energy did not respond to questions by late June 14. Holy Cross responded by listing the clean energy projects it plans to add to its generating portfolio in coming years as proof of its commitment to clearing the air. Whether power brokers that buy generating capacity in Colorado should file their own clean energy plans is not an issue for Holy Cross to decide, Hannegan said.

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“We are simply following the law that the legislature laid down that says, hey, we want you to report on where you’re getting all your power,” Hannegan said. “We are faithfully reporting that we’re selling some of the power that we get to another party. And how the Air Quality Control Commission chooses to account for that, that’s their methodology to decide.”

Holy Cross, which serves about 45,000 people, has three large solar generation projects scheduled for the next year, including one at Colorado Mountain College in Spring Valley, another near Parachute, and a third near Rifle, Hannegan said.

They will add 45 megawatts of power and 60 megawatt hours of battery storage to the system. In Colorado, a megawatt of solar can power just under 200 homes, according to the Solar Energy Industry Association.

Holy Cross said it also has a hydroelectric expansion booked.

Hitting a magic mark in Colorado Springs The environmental groups objecting to the recent clean energy plans also question why the municipal Colorado Springs Utilities promises it will get to the 80% clean energy mark by 2030, without specifying what clean sources will replace coal-fired power. Colorado Springs still uses the Ray D. Nixon Power Plant, which burns coal, as well as natural gas generation to supply electricity.

The advocates’ objections say the state is proposing to verify a clean energy plan for Colorado Springs listed literally as “TBD.” “This unspecified, zero-emissions resource appears to come online in 2030 and meet over 27% of CSU’s projected load in 2030,” the objection states.

“Furthermore, the evaluation process has really been rushed,” said WRA’s Tellinghuisen, with comments and objections being required soon after the plans became public.

For some of the Colorado Springs plan, utility spokesman Steve Barry said, “we don’t have specifics yet,

we just know we’re going to get there.” Colorado Springs Utilities has already committed to the 80% reduction by 2030 as part of its required integrated energy plan, he said. The Drake plant stopped burning coal in 2021, and the Nixon plant will stop burning coal by 2030.

The utility’s big Pike solar project has been delayed by the debate over solar panel import tariffs, and other supply chain issues. The Pike project will expand CSU’s share of renewable energy by 30%, he said, and it will include battery storage backup for the power generated, to smooth out demand cycles.

The utility is in constant communication with local officials about changing over to clean energy, Barry said.

“We are confident we will exceed what’s in the clean energy plan,” he said.

A spokeswoman for the Public Utilities Commission said it’s the Air Pollution Control Division that has approval power over the clean energy plans, but the PUC consults with the air regulators on verifying proposed emission reductions. The PUC has taken comments over the plans, but “has not yet determined next steps, if any,” commission spokeswoman Gail Conners said.

“We are continuing to work with the utilities to ensure that the submissions describe how they will achieve the statutory requirements,” said Leah Schleifer, spokeswoman for the air pollution division of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment.

The state said it expects that the clean energy plans pending from all utilities in the state “will achieve a greater than 80% combined reduction in our state’s electric utility emissions by 2030.”

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Feds ignore Polis’ plea to stop wild horse roundups Roundup planned on the Western Slope

BY JENNIFER BROWN THE COLORADO SUN

Federal officials will begin capturing hundreds of mustangs roaming in far northwestern Colorado this week, dismissing a request from Gov. Jared Polis to halt roundups while the state and U.S. Bureau of Land Management find a “more humane” option for managing wild horses.

The federal agency’s announcement of its next roundup — in the PiceanceEast Douglas rangeland outside Meeker — came after 145 wild horses died in an equine flu outbreak at a Cañon City holding facility.

The public land where the East Douglas herd lives is suited for no more than 235 horses, according to the BLM, yet there are 1,385 mustangs on the range. The roundup was scheduled to begin June 16 with a bait-and-trap operation, in which horses are lured into a corral with fresh water and food. Federal officials plan to bring in a helicopter and horseback riders in mid-July to round up more mustangs.

The roundup was originally scheduled for September, but the BLM moved it up because the horses are so malnourished coming out of winter, officials said.

“We saw some horses really suffering in March and April,” Elijah Waters, the BLM’s northwest district manager, said in an email.

“We were getting quite a bit of feedback from the public to do something, and we felt like the best option was to gather as soon as we could for the horses in poor condition and for the horses

Wild horses graze on public lands Sept. 1, 2021, near the Sand Wash Basin outside Craig.

that will remain and need forage before going into next winter.”

The animals will go to a holding facility in Utah — not the pens on state prison grounds in Cañon City that were the site of the deadliest mustang flu outbreak on record.

The horse deaths, which began April 23 and stopped May 26, incited outcry from mustang advocates around the country and Colorado’s governor and first gentleman, Marlon Reis, an animal rights advocate. Polis already had urged federal officials last summer to pause wild horse roundups and work with Colorado on a gentler solution to the abundance of horses on public lands. That plea came ahead of a helicopter roundup last summer of 684 horses in the Sand Wash Basin in northern Colorado along the Wyoming border.

After the Cañon City outbreak, Polis again wrote to the BLM asking them to call off scheduled roundups.

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The federal agency’s Stephanie Connolly, acting state director for the BLM, rebuffed the governor’s request in a June 2 letter, which was released to The Sun on June 14. She said that while the BLM appreciates the governor’s “engagement in managing wild horses,” the East Douglas herd is more than six times the size that the land can support. A few hundred of the horses have left the public rangeland, Connolly said, “in search of food and water on nearby private property.”

The herd has grown by about 20% each year, she said. And BLM research found that 80% of the shrubs and grasses consumed on the rangeland last year were eaten by wild horses, which is out of balance for other animals that use the land, she said.

Public land managed by the federal agency is leased to cattle and sheep ranchers, as well as used by elk, deer and other wildlife.

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“The situation will only grow more dire for these horses, wildlife and the environment,” Connolly wrote.

The governor’s office told The Sun that it was disappointed by the BLM’s decision to move ahead with a “costly and wasteful roundup of our wild horses.” The governor offered “numerous cost-effective and humane alternative methods of management,” including birth control, but those were ignored.

“It is apparent not only that they will not seriously consider better alternatives, allowing only a few weeks for bait-and-trap methods, but that the agency truly doesn’t care to first listen to stakeholders before moving forward,” Polis’ spokesman Conor Cahill said. The governor was particularly disappointed that the BLM announced its plans for the roundup at the same time it announced a listening session to gather public input.

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of his wishes granted by federal officials: no additional horses are headed to the holding pens in Cañon City.

All of the horses that died in this spring’s outbreak were from the West Douglas rangeland, along the Colorado-Utah border. The craggy, mostly inaccessible land was deemed “unsuitable” for wild horses by the BLM, and last summer, the agency announced an emergency roundup of horses and burros.

The outbreak was caused by a fairly common equine flu virus and was further complicated by a streptococcus bacteria. Most of the horses had not received a flu vaccine despite being hauled to the holding facility seven months earlier, and the BLM has said it is investigating the reasons for the delay and will release details later.

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Democrats fund ads boosting controversial GOP primary candidates Effort seems aimed at giving Democrats a leg up in general election

BY SANDRA FISH AND JESSE PAUL THE COLORADO SUN

Groups linked to Democrats appear to be trying to use pricey television ads and mailers to boost the profiles of three conservative — and controversial — candidates in Colorado running in important Republican primaries this year.

The effort seems to be aimed at giving Democrats a leg up in the general election. It’s not the first time Democrats have deployed such tactics in Colorado, and in the past they’ve been successful.

The ad spending in the gubernatorial and U.S. Senate contests alone is at least $1.5 million, according to contracts filed with the Federal Communications Commission through Tuesday that were analyzed by The Colorado Sun. The ads, which are running statewide, began airing Tuesday and some are scheduled to last through June 28, Election Day. It’s likely the spending is even higher, as many TV stations don’t file contracts immediately.

The ads are positioned to support Republican gubernatorial candidate Greg Lopez, a former mayor of Parker. Hehas made controversial statements on the campaign trail and in 2020 settled a lawsuit filed

Republican gubernatorial candidates Heidi Ganahl, left, and Greg Lopez.

by federal prosecutors alleging that after he left the Small Business Administration, where he was the Colorado district director from 2008 to 2014, he violated federal law by attempting to improperly influence the agency.

They also seem geared toward supporting state Rep. Ron Hanks, a Fremont County Republican running for U.S. Senate who attended

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Hanks says Republicans should be unapologetically conservative in order to beat incumbent Democratic U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet in November.

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While it isn’t clear who sent the mailers — they didn’t include a disclosure, possibly in violation of federal election law — the postal permit used on them has been used in the past by the firm Plumb Marketing to distribute mailings by Democratic interests.

The ads arrive during an election cycle that has seen relatively little TV advertising compared with past years. That’s in part because Republican candidates in competitive primaries are raising so little money, and Democratic incumbents are saving their cash for the general election.

Big spending in Colorado Senate, governors primaries Democratic Colorado, a recently formed federal super PAC, is airing at least $780,000 worth of TV ads statewide in the next week that purport tooppose Hanksin the U.S. Senate contest. But they also highlight his conservative positions on issues including abortion and the outcome of the 2020 presidential election.

Hanks faces construction company owner Joe O’Dea in the June 28 GOP primary. O’Dea, a wealthy self-funding candidate, has more moderate views on issues including abortion, and he also has far more money to spend than Hanks, who has yet to air TV or radio ads.

O’Dea plans to spend more than $300,000 in the coming weeks on TV ads in a race where polling shows voters don’t really know either candidate. Additionally, American Policy Fund, a super PAC funded in part by contractors with ties to O’Dea, has reported spending $600,000 on digital, radio and TV ads supporting O’Dea. Hanks praised the publicity about his conservative views.

“Unaffiliated voters and Democrats fully recognize this economy is in shambles, and (President) Joe Biden caused it,” Hanks told The Sun. “I welcome their support, and I am pleased they recognize my straightforward policies and professional experience make me the only choice on the Republican side.”

O’Dea’s campaign slammed the attempt to “hijack the Republican primary.”

And the NRSC, which supports

GOP Senate candidates, issued a news release calling the ads a sign of Democratic “panic.”

“In supposedly ‘blue’ Colorado, Democrats are reportedly dumping 7-figures into the REPUBLICAN Senate primary to try and stir up drama,” the release said. “Just goes to show you how vulnerable Michael Bennet is in a state that Joe Biden won by more than 13 points.”

Democrats have been signaling for months that they would prefer Bennet face Hanks than O’Dea, including by calling Hanks the GOP primary frontrunner despite there has been very little public polling in the race. Nevertheless, a spokeswoman for Democratic Colorado maintained that the ads are aimed at opposing Hanks, even though it’s not clear he will win the primary.

“We are an organization committed to ensuring that Colorado does not elect a Republican to the U.S. Senate and giving voters the facts about who’s running to represent them,” the spokeswoman, Democratic operative Alvina Vasquez, wrote in an email. “Ron Hanks is simply too conservative for Colorado and voters deserve to know the truth about him: At every opportunity, Hanks has consistently put conservative values ahead of our interests — from denying the results of the 2020 election to fighting to ban all abortions and increase access to guns.”

In the governor’s race, the Colorado Information Network, a state-level super PAC, is spending at least $688,000 on TV ads about Lopez that similarly highlight his conservative bona fides on abortion, gay marriage and former President Donald Trump though they end by criticizing the candidate for being too far right. Those ads are scheduled through the end of the month.

Colorado Information Network spent more than $300,000 supporting Democratic candidates in the 2018 general election.

Lopez faces University of Colorado Regent Heidi Ganahl in the GOP primary. Ganahl is far and away the fundraising leader in the race, which will decide who faces Democratic Gov. Jared Polis in November.

Ganahl spokeswoman Lexi Swearingen criticized the ads.

“Democrats outside Colorado are dumping millions of dollars into this race in an attempt to pick the candidate, a former Democrat himself, that they feel they can

easily beat in November,” Swearingen said in a statement to The Sun. “Democrats know that Heidi Ganahl is a formidable opponent with a message that resonates with not only Republicans but also the 45% of unaffiliated voters in our state.”

But Lopez sees the ad differently.

He denied that the ad is meant to boost his campaign calling it an attack that’s proof he’s a “real threat to Polis.”

Ganahl’s campaign booked about $32,000 in cable TV ads in recent days, based on contracts filed with the FCC. But Lopez has yet to go on the air and had only about $17,000 in his campaign bank account as of May 25.

Mystery mailers in 8th Congressional District In the 8th Congressional District, an unidentified group sent three mailers contrasting the views of Saine with those of state Rep. Yadira Caraveo, the Democratic nominee in the district.

The mailers don’t suggest people should vote for or against either candidate — and they don’t include a disclosure of who sent them. FEC rules require reporting of electioneering spending within 30 days of a primary election, and two of the mailers fall within that window.

“The question Republican voters need to ask themselves before they vote is why is there a secret Democratic group sending out illegal mailers to try and help Lori Saine win the nomination,” said Alan Philp, a spokesman for state Sen. Barbara Kirkmeyer, one of the other 8th District Republican candidates.

Saine argued that the mailers actually support Caraveo.

“By not listing Yadira Caraveo’s support for abortion up to the day (of) birth, that she opposes voter photo ID and wants to take away ALL your guns, these ads are boosting Caraveo, covering up her outrageous extremism and support for the failed Biden agenda,” Saine told The Sun. The Sun asked Plumb Marketing about who is responsible for the mailers, but didn’t hear back.

Kelly Maher, a Republican political consultant and 8th District resident, said she may file a complaint with the FEC about the mailers.

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was alarmed by the federal plan to accelerate the roundup, calling it inhumane to send more mustangs into holding facilities that have been plagued with disease. Holding pens across the country are already crowded, said the campaign’s executive director Suzanne Roy. “The BLM already has a capacity crisis on its hands,” she said in an email.

“The agency must not use a limited emergency as an excuse to accelerate a wholesale helicopter roundup of hundreds of wild horses and send them to a broken holding system where they are at a heightened risk of disease and death.”

cern that.”

Three of the four candidates in the 8th District GOP primary are spending on TV ads, but none have booked more than $100,000.

The big spending will come in the fall, when Democratic and Republican groups are poised to spend big trying to win the toss-up seat that may determine which party controls Congress.

The House Majority PAC, which supports Democrats, has booked more than $4.4 million in fall ads focused at least in part on the 8th District, while the Congressional Leadership Fund, which supports Republicans, has booked $4.1 million worth of TV time aimed at least in part at winning the same district.

Democratic involvement in GOP primary is not unusual Democratic involvement in Republican primaries in Colorado isn’t new.

In 2010, for instance, a group called Colorado Freedom Fund spent more than $500,000 airing ads attacking former U.S. Rep. Scott McInnis in his GOP gubernatorial primary contest against political newcomer Dan Maes. The ads aired in the days before the primary, after the last campaign finance filing deadline for outside spenders, so it wasn’t until after the contest, which Maes won by 5,150 votes, that Coloradans learned the Democratic Governors Association and unions were behind the Colorado Freedom Fund.

In 2014, Protect Colorado Values aired ads attacking former U.S. Rep. Bob Beauprez and praising former U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo in the Republican gubernatorial primary. That group spent $567,000 on TV, radio and digital ads, but Beauprez still won the nomination.

Protect Colorado Values’ money also came from the Democratic Governors Association and other groups traditionally aligned with Democrats.

Both Beauprez and Maes went on to lose to former Gov. John Hickenlooper, a Democrat.

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.

Nationwide, the bureau has more than 56,000 wild horses and burros in holding pens or pastures, some awaiting adoption. That includes more than 2,000 horses in Cañon City, where prison inmates care for the animals.

The agency estimates there are about 82,000 wild horses and burros roaming rangeland in 10 Western states, but says the land is appropriate for only about 26,000 of them. In Colorado, about 1,800 mustangs remain on range, but the federal goal is 827.

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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Playing golf and learning life lessons First Tee celebrates opening the Overland Park Junior Course

BY CHRISTY STEADMAN CSTEADMAN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

It was barely a year ago when 16-year-old Layla Duong first put her hands on a golf club.

Back then, she knew nothing of the sport.

“Golf is for the rich,” she thought. “Golf is boring.”

But in April 2021, through a friend’s encouragement, Duong applied for, and obtained, a job with First TeeColorado Rocky Mountains.

Today, Duong serves as a First Tee junior coach and works directly with about 40 youth as their mentor.

She plays golf on South High School’s varsity golf team and, being the first in her family to play golf, she is teaching them how to play the sport so it becomes something they can do together.

“I have a deep passion for the sport now,” Duong said.

“I will continue (playing) golf my whole life.”

Though Duong has fallen in love with golf, it’s not just the sport that she enjoys so much — it’s being involved with First Tee. “I learned not only golf, but I learned how to be mentally strong, and how to stay true to myself,” Duong said.

“As a minority, I thought I’d be looked at differently.

I thought I would have to change myself in order to fit in. But everyone was very open and non-judgmental.”

First Tee is a national foryouth nonprofit organization that was established 25 years ago. Youth get to play golf, but moreover, the organization creates learning experiences that build inner strength, self-confidence and resilience.

“What First Tee does is use golf as a tool to educate youth, socially, academically and physically,” said Paula Purifoy, CEO of First TeeColorado Rocky Mountains.

“We do a lot of mentoring — it’s so much more than golf.”

The organization does this by instilling nine core values related to golf, which can be carried through a youth’s development.

The core values are: Honesty - This encourages youth to honestly self report scores and penalties.

Integrity - This pushes youth to be responsible for their own actions on the golf course, even when no

To learn more about First Tee-Colorado Rocky Mountains, visit firstteecoloradorockymountains.org.

The organization hosts open houses for members of the community. There are a number of them scheduled through June and July. To register or to find an open house in a nearby Denver neighborhood, visit the website above and select `get involved.’ Then scroll to `open houses’ and click on it to open the link. one is looking.

Sportsmanship - A value that teaches youth to observe the rules of play, and win or lose with grace.

Respect - To show respect for oneself, playing partners, competitors, the golf course and traditions of the game.

Confidence - Through being positive, this core value focuses on youth being more confident.

Responsibility - The lesson is to allow youth to learn and take responsiblity for their own actions.

Perseverance - Pushing youth to succeed in golf where players must continue through bad breaks and their own mistakes.

Courtesy - Starting and ending a game of golf with a handshake among competitors.

Judgment - Deciding strategy, and when to play safe and when to take a chance.

Daniel Reeves has been with First Tee for 20 years, starting when he was 19.

Today, he serves as the executive director of the local chapter.

“We focus on making it fun and the relationships,” Reeves said, adding he enjoys seeing the youth grow up, become successful and, “creating as big of an opportunity as possible for others to help others.”

First Tee-Colorado Rocky Mountains offers two primary programs — on course and in school/after school.

The on course program runs for six weeks. It is a feebased program, but scholarships are available.

The on course First Tee program is offered at 28 facilities across the state, with eight of them being in Denver, Purifoy said.

The in school/after school program is free to families.

Part of this program entails working with physical education teachers to provide the training, equipment and lesson plans for their students.

First Tee’s school program is probably best known for

Judson Price, 10, of Parker plays on the new First Tee – Colorado Rocky Mountains’ junior course at the PHOTOS BY CHRISTY STEADMAN Overland Park Golf Course in Denver during the grand opening event on May 12.

Happy Haynes, executive director of Denver Parks & Recreation, holding the giant scissors, and Layla Duong, 16, a First Tee junior coach, cut the ribbon during the May 12 grand opening event of the First Tee –Colorado Rocky Mountains’ junior course at the Overland Park Golf Course in Denver.

its Read `N’ Swing. Aiming at continued education, a student reads with a First Tee staffer or volunteer, then after quality reading time, students participate in a golf activity.

Read `N’ Swing got its start at Columbine Elementary School, a Denver Public School located at 29th Avenue and Columbine Street, when the school was rated one of the lowest in the entire country for reading, Purifoy said.

The program saw so much success that it has now been expanded to 55 schools in the Denver-metro area, Purifoy said.

Headquartered at the City Park Golf Course in Denver, First Tee-Colorado Rocky Mountains is one of about 150 chapters located across

the U.S. There are also some chapters abroad.

First Tee-Colorado Rocky Mountains is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year.

“In the beginning, (First Tee) served about 200 kids at City Park,” Purifoy said.

The program has grown since 2002. Citing 2019, Purifoy said, about 10,000 youth across the state are involved with First Tee annually.

On May 12, First Tee celebrated the grand opening of the Overland Park Junior Course — an event that was postponed for two years because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Prices, of Parker, attended the celebration.

Their son, Judson, 10, has had golf lessons in the past, but it was not a favorable experience, Sandra Price said.

The family is now thinking about getting Judson involved with First Tee. “I like the fact that everyone is so engaged,” Sandra Price said. “And I like the community involvement.”

The Overland Golf Course in Denver was established in 1895. For adult and more experienced golfers, the course boasts challenges to players of any skill level.

Now with the junior course, Overland will be able to serve at least 500 youth, said Happy Haynes, executive director of Denver Parks & Recreation, at the May 12 event.

“We’re creating new leaders in this community,” Haynes said. “Through the game of golf, kids are growing in every way you can think of.”

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Initially, Denver Water did not know the cause of the break. A lot of factors can lead to a break, Hartman said, such as the age of the pipe, the materials the pipe is made of, changes in water pressure, temperature changes and soil corrosion.

In this case, the pipe that broke was a 12-inch cast-iron pipe dating to 1974. Hartman said the size and material are fairly common in Denver Water’s system, and that cast-iron pipes have performed “reasonably well,” indicating the pipe materials were not responsible for the break.

“We don’t typically know right away what causes these,” Hartman said about water main breaks during a June 16 phone interview. “We do try to take a look afterwards and get a better sense of why they happen, but that tends to take some time.”

During the June 16 interview, Hartman said the cause of the water main break was unknown.

The following day, he said Denver Water concluded its investigation into the break and determined that corrosive soils were responsible.

“This is a cause of many breaks,” Hartman said in the June 17 email.

According to a 2018 article published by Denver Water, corrosion is a “chemical reaction that causes metals to decay when they are in contact with the humidity, soil and water in the surrounding environment.” The corrosion in the soil will deteriorate the pipes to the point that they eventually break.

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Denver Water has received reports of some landscape damage that the Centennial water main break caused, Hartman said. He did not say how many reports have been received so far.

“There is visible damages to yard fronts along the back of [the] sidewalk where the water resurfaced,” said Allison Wittern, the communications director of the City of Centennial, in an email June 17.

For those whose property was impacted by the water main break, Denver Water has a program called the “no-fault main break assistance program” that can help residents pay for damage. Insured losses are not eligible for payment, according to Denver Water’s website. Those interested in learning more can visit the program’s webpage: denverwater. org/main-break-help.

In addition to the landscape damage, the water main break also caused damage to the roads, which Denver Water is responsible for repairing and fixing.

“There is severe undermining along the asphalt roadway and some areas of sidewalk curb and gutter that warrant repairs,” Wittern said, adding that the city is not responsible for the damages.

Wittern said the South Detroit Street area was evaluated June 16 and it was determined that the span of repairs will include repairing the asphalt as well as some parts of the street’s sidewalk, curb and gutter. The city will meet with Denver Water to get this scheduled, Wittern said.

For those interested in contacting Denver Water, the customer care phone number is: 303-8932444.

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Visa U.S.A. Inc. Visa U.S.A. Inc., a Visa Inc. company, currently has openings in our Highlands Ranch, CO location for: Directors (REF49053I) Engage stakeholders regarding IT project initiatives, implementation, and support. Provide feedback to Global Visa Direct Product team to drive implementation of IT projects. Position reports to the Visa Highlands Ranch, CO office and may allow for partial telecommuting.

To apply, please reference Job#s above when mailing resume to: LJ, Visa, Inc., MS: M1-12 SW, 900 Metro Center Blvd., Foster City, CA 94404.

EOE

Special Education Teacher For a significant needs program located at the Strasburg Elementary School - Current Colorado Special Education Teacher license required.

BA salary range $34,650-$40,950 & MA salary range $39,900-$46,200, based on experience. Excellent benefits. including full health benefits & Signing Bonus! Collaborative work environment with lots of free continuing education opportunities available. May be eligible for Student Loan Forgiveness.

Questions contact Tracy at (719) 775-2342, ext. 101 or tracyg@ecboces.org. To apply for this position, please visit our website ecboces.org and click on the “Jobs” page, click on the job you are interested in & then click on the grey button “Apply Online” at the bottom of the job listing. EOE

Enterprise Architect Positions offered by Arrow Electronics Inc. (Centennial, CO).

Define the solution architecture for Oracle EBS based sftwre dev to address complex business processes. Employee reports to office in Centennial, Colorado.

Position may wrk frm hme but must live within commuting distance of stated office. Arrow Electronics Inc. has a vaccine policy. For more info & to apply online, pls visit https://bit. ly/3LTQolo.

Visa Technology & Operations LLC

Visa Technology & Operations LLC, a Visa Inc. company, currently has openings in our Highlands Ranch, CO location for: Sr. SW Engineers (REF48898L) Architects, designs, builds, develops, tests, and/or implements software applications.

Conduct business and technical analysis, code reviews, and unit testing. Implement, and produce technical documentation of solutions for new development, system enhancements, and production support. Position reports to the Visa Technology and Operations LLC Highlands Ranch, CO office and may allow for partial telecommuting. Sr. SW Test Engineers (REF48895O) Test Gateway Services applications (Visa Message Gateway, Extended Access, Visa File Gateway) or Vital Signs Monitoring Tool which are critical applications that control and monitor transaction flow between endpoints and VisaNet Integrated Payment (V.I.P.) system. Develop testing strategy for the project and determine the appropriate balance of manual and automated tests. Position reports to the Visa Technology and Operations LLC, Highlands Ranch, CO office and may allow for partial telecommuting.

To apply, please reference Job#s above when mailing resume to: LJ, Visa Inc., MS: M1-12 SW, 900 Metro Center Blvd., Foster City, CA 94404.

EOE

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ESIGNS, INC

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“Specializing in Composite Redwood and Cedar Construction for Over 30 Years”

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Public Notices call Sheree 303.566.4088 of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

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THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

Public Trustees

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.

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.

Also known by street and number as: 4311 S Delaware Street, Englewood, CO 80110.

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

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.

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

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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. 0166-2022 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On April 8, 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.

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.

Original Grantor(s) Jacquelyn L. Jaeger Original Beneficiary(ies) Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for Reverse Mortgage Solutions, Inc., Its Successors and Assigns Current Holder of Evidence of Debt Mortgage Assets Management, LLC, formerly known as Reverse Mortgage Solutions, Inc. Date of Deed of Trust November 24, 2015 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust December 02, 2015 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) D5137720 Original Principal Amount $465,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $286,451.97

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 08/10/2022, 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: 6/16/2022 Last Publication: 7/14/2022 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED;

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.

DATE: 04/08/2022 Susan Sandstrom, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Susan Sandstrom, Public Trustee

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

Legal Description Attached As File

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-22-912922-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.

Also known by street and number as: 7575 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

City of Littleton Warrants Public Notice

IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CITY OF LITTLETON CHARTER, SECTION 83(J), THE FOLLOWING IS A LISTING OF DISBURSEMENTS OVER $500.00 FOR THE MONTH APRIL 2022 VENDOR NAME

AMOUNT DESCRIPTION

1-800 RADIATOR 2,400.00 3 D SPECIALTIES, INC 4,894.37 4IMPRINT, INC 1,627.08 A J VENTURES, INC 4,635.00 ACE EQUIPMENT AND SU 3,894.00 AGGREGATE INDUSTRIES WCR INC 3,094.52 AGRI DRAIN CORP. 1,344.35 ALARMSPECIALISTS INC 1,528.00 ALFRED BENESCH & COMPANY 52,320.65 ALSCO 618.04 AM SIGNAL, LLC 4,170.95 AMAZON.COM 6,266.07 AMERICAN AIRLINES 547.20 AMERICAN ASSOC OF MUSEUMS 1,000.00 AMERICAN CIVIL CONSTRUCTORS LLC 110,060.40 AMERICAN TRAILER RENTAL GROUP 10,425.00 AMICH AND JENKS 1,040.00 ANDERSON, TEDDI 1,194.20 ARAPAHOE COUNTY FINANCE DEPARTMENT 6,320.57 ARVADA RENT-ALLS 677.36 BACKUPIFY 1,275.00 BEARCOM 743.00 BISHARD, LUKE 1,200.00 BLACKBAUD, INC 22,172.36 BOBCAT OF THE ROCKIES 1,125.28 BRANNAN SAND & GRAVEL COMPANY 10,062.58 BRINKS INC 1,274.92 BUDGET BLINDS 4,182.86 BULLSEYE TELECOM INC 2,643.11 C & L WATER SOLUTIONS, INC 7,200.00 CANNON COCHRAN MANAGEMENT SERVICES 1,476.00 CAREHERE LLC 11,250.82 CAROUSEL SIGNAGE 7,500.00 CARROT FERTILITY,INC 650.00 CDW GOVERNMENT 4,893.06 MAINTENANCE CENTER POINT LARGE PRINT 595.52 CENTURYLINK 1,322.28 CHIEF 5,800.00 CHOATE, PARKER 1,200.00 CIGNA HEALTH AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY 384,261.80 CIRSA 130,381.10 CITY OF ENGLEWOOD 1,514,662.00 COLONIAL LIFE & ACCIDENT INSURANCE COMPANY 2,420.61 COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY 1,100.00 COMCAST 11,503.56 CONSERVE-A-WATT LIGHTING 10,493.84 CONSOR ENGINEERS, LLC 57,129.65 CPS DISTRIBUTORS 644.96 CRONEN PLUMBING & HEATING, INC 1,170.75 DAVID EVANS AND ASSOCIATES, INC 3,225.00 DELL 3,323.41 DELTA DENTAL PLAN OF COLORADO 25,241.12 DENVER INDUSTRIAL SALES & SERVICE 672.75 DENVER REGIONAL COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS 900.00 DENVER WATER 4,418.40 DENVER WESTWORD 2,000.00 DIAZ CONSTRUCTION GROUP, LLC 11,922.30 DIMITRIC, JENNIFER 1,373.95 DJCA LLC 3,500.00 DUKE’S ROOT CONTROL INC 1,925.00 DUNAV ELECTRIC CORP. 2,005.00 EMPLOYMENT MATTERS LLC 1,665.00

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ENVIROTECH SERVICES INC 28,058.12 ERGOFLEX SYSTEMS INC. 4,658.50 FASICK CONCRETE, INC. 350,678.30 FASTSIGNS 2,995.04 FBI LEEDA INC 695.00 FILEONQ 678.00 FINANCIAL CONSULTING SOLUTIONS GROUP, INC. 2,700.00 GALLS 772.10 GARRIDO, SARA 900.00 GAYLORD PALMS RESORT 1,574.41 GENERAL AIR SERVICE & SUPPLY 2,215.65 GLENWOOD HOT SPRINGS LODGE 888.40 GLOBAL INDUSTRIAL 16,075.68 GOLDSTAR EXCAVATION AND SEWER LLC 16,375.00 GOODYEAR COMMERCIAL TIRE AND SERVICE CENTER 3,722.66 GOVERNMENT JOBS.COM 19,498.20 GRACIE GLOBAL LLC 2,985.00 GRAINGER 1,513.76 GREENCO LLC 4,940.00 GREENLEY ENTERPRISES CORP. 2,164.32 HDR ENGINEERING INC 68,412.08 HENNINGER, JENNIFER 663.22 HENSLEY BATTERY 1,192.62 HILL PETROLEUM 19,782.82 HOTELS.COM 516.49 HOUCHEN BINDERY LTD 1,049.25 HR CERTIFICATION INSTITUTE 2,409.00 HUFFINE, LORETTA 3,341.80 HYATT PLACE COLORADO 984.00 INGRAM LIBRARY SERVICES 8,545.15 INSIGHT PUBLIC SECTOR 3,410.85 INTERGROUP ARCHITECT 14,087.78 INTERMOUNTAIN SWEEPER 773.61 INT’L CODE COUNCIL 2,246.28 IRONSTRIDE SOLUTIONS, PC 4,854.17 J. BROWER PSYCHOLOGICAL 675.00 JAY DEE CLEANING & RESTORATION INC 4,300.00 JOANN STORES 544.97 JOHN ELWAY CHEVROLET 2,475.64 KENZ & LESLIE DISTRIBUTING 1,045.35 LANDMARK LINCOLN 1,700.78 LASER TECHNOLOGY INC 850.00 LAW OFFICE OF KHALID JBILI, LLC 3,700.00 LEXISNEXIS 1,765.48 LIBERTY SAFE 2,344.59 LUMIN8 TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 4,528.00 MACKENZIE EASON & ASSOCIATES LLC 19,995.80 MARKERTEK VIDEO SUPPLY 1,095.00 MARMOT LIBRARY NETWORK 2,536.23 MCR WORKS, LLC 1,836.25 MEDIA SALAD, INC. 1,250.00 MELTWATER NEWS 750.00 MICHAEL BAKER INTERNATIONAL, INC 10,548.57 MICHOW COX & MCASKIN LLP 2,970.00 MIDWEST TAPE 2,591.97 MINES & ASSOCIATES PC 1,456.56 MINUTEMAN PRESS 3,371.62 MMGY GLOBAL LLC 4,000.00 MORRIS INTERACTIVE, LLC 6,192.00 MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC 1,847.22 MURDOCH’S RANCH & HOME SUPPLY 1,132.17 NARVA ENTERPRISES, LLC 2,385.00 NASRO 2,670.00 NATIONAL BUSINESS FURNITURE LLC 5,304.04 NATOA 2,490.00 NET2PHONE PBX 6,165.08 NETWORK FLEET. INC. 777.12

PARTS & SUPPLIES CAPITAL PROJECTS CAPITAL PROJECTS PROFSSIONAL SERVICES LEARNING & EDUCATION SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES UNIFORMS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES LEARNING & EDUCATION TOOLS & PROPANE LEARNING & EDUCATION FURNITURE & FIXTURES SANITARY SEWER PROJECTS TIRES SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE LEARNING & EDUCATION PARTS & SUPPLIES PROFESSIONAL SERVICES REPAIRS & MAINTENANCE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES LEARNING & EDUCATION PARTS & SUPPLIES UNLEADED GAS LEARNING & EDUCATION PROFESSIONAL SERVICES LEARNING & EDUCATION PROFESSIONAL SERVICES LEARNING & EDUCATION LIBRARY COLLECTION MATERIALS SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES PARTS & SUPPLIES SUBSCRIPTIONS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES PROFESSIONAL SERVICES PROFESSIONAL SERVICES SUPPLIES PARTS & SUPPLIES PARTS & SUPPLIES PARTS & SUPPLIES PROFESSIONAL SERVICES PROFESSIONAL SERVICES SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE FURNITURE & FIXTURES REPAIRS & MAINTENANCE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES VIDEO EQUIPMENT LIBRARY COLLECTION MATERIALS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES PROFESSIONAL SERVICES SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE CAPITAL PROJECTS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES LIBRARY COLLECTION MATERIALS EMPLOYEE BENEFITS SUPPLIES ADVERTISING LEARNING & EDUCATION EQUIPMENT SUPPLIES PROFESSIONAL SERVICES LEARNING & EDUCATION FURNITURE & FIXTURES DUES & MEMBERSHIPS TELECOMMUNICATIONS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

NICHE ACADEMY 2,100.00 O J WATSON CO INC 2,231.00 OCLC 3,929.46 O’DONNELL, BRUCE C 2,000.00 OFFICE DEPOT 1,501.43 ONSITE CARE, INC 27,506.50 PAPER ROLL PRODUCTS, LLC 742.50 PARTY LIFE RENTS 2,343.09 POELMAN, SHEERA 716.40 POWER SYSTEMS WEST 1,640.33 PROSEC INTEGRATION, LLC 7,161.70 QDOBA 918.75 RENOVAR INC 9,285.00 RESILITE SPORTS PRODUCTS 530.83 RG AND ASSOCIATES, LLC. 10,903.00 RMHN.NET 535.00 ROLL-RITE LLC 2,005.47 RONIN TRAINING 1,000.00 ROOT POLICY RESEARCH, INC 1,181.25 RULE4, INC. 1,692.00 RYDERS PUBLIC SAFETY 2,004.02 SAM’S AUTOMOTIVE 615.00 SENCOMMUNICATIONS, INC 1,452.00 SHOWCASES 1,412.64 SKYLINE LIGHTING & ELECTRIC LLC 12,230.22 SMARTSHEET INC. 5,544.00 SNAP-ON TOOLS 990.20 SOUTH DENVER WINDUSTRIAL 1,251.04 SOUTH SUBURBAN PARKS & RECREATION 2,589,927.00 SOUTHWEST AIRLINES 1,675.88 STANDBY POWER SERVICE CO 806.00 STATE CHEMICAL SOLUTIONS 1,567.37 STEWART OXYGEN SERVICE, INC 995.00 SYMMETRY ENERGY SOLUTIONS LLC 11,952.24 THE EASTWOOD COMPANY 1,049.25 THE FRUIT GUYS 3,013.05 THE HOME DEPOT 4,767.07 THE TRANE COMPANY 3,368.72 THOMSON WEST 1,366.92 THYSSENKRUPP 2,734.09 TRAFFIC SIGNAL CONTROLS INC 1,260.00 TRITECH FORENSICS 689.00 TT FASTER LLC 2,100.00 TW CABLE LLC 1,197.00 TWO WAY DIRECT, INC 1,164.36 U S POSTAL SERVICE 5,000.00 UNDERWATER RECOVERY SPECIALISTS INC 6,485.00 UNITED AIRLINES 2,676.00 UNIVERSAL PROTECTION SERVICE, LP 9,133.83 US BANK 804.64 UTILITY NOTIFICATION CENTER OF COLORADO 627.90 VANTAGE POINT SOLUTIONS, INC 625.00 VIA MOBILITY SERVICES 11,378.40 VISION SERVICE PLAN 4,288.82 VORTEX COLORADO INC 1,135.00 WASTE MANAGEMENT 5,713.62 WATERLOGIC USA 678.42 WAXIE SANITARY SUPPLY 1,080.57 WESTERN INTERIOR 10,415.68 WOLTERS KLUWER 665.46 WRIKE INC 1,934.40 XCEL ENERGY 109,529.20 YU, ALEX 807.43

LIBRARY COLLECTION MATERIALS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES SUBSCRIPTIONS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES SUPPLIES EMPLOYEE BENEFITS SUPPLIES RENTALS LEARNING & EDUCATION PARTS & SUPPLIES CAPITAL PROJECTS CATERING PROFESSIONAL SERVICES SUPPLIES PROFESSIONAL SERVICES LEARNING & EDUCATION PARTS & SUPPLIES LEARNING & EDUCATION PROFESSIONAL SERVICES PROFESSIONAL SERVCES UNIFORMS REPAIRS & MAINTENANCE EQUIPMENT SUPPLIES REPAIRS & MAINTENANCE SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE TOOLS PARTS & SUPPLIES PARK OPERATIONS LEARNING & EDUCATION SEWER REPAIRS & MAINTENANCE PARTS & SUPPLIES PROFESSIONAL SERVICES UTILITIES PARTS & SUPPLIES EMPLOYEE BENEFITS TOOLS, PARTS & SUPPLIES REPAIRS & MAINTENANCE SUBSCRIPTIONS REPAIRS & MAINTENANCE TRAFFIC SIGNAL MAINTENANCE LEARNING & EDUCATION SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE TRAFFIC SIGNAL MAINTENANCE PARTS & SUPPLIES POSTAGE & FREIGHT PROFESSIONAL SERVICES LEARNING & EDUCATION PROFESSIONAL SERVICES COPIER RENTAL PROFESSIONAL SERVICES PROFESSIONAL SERVICES PROFESSIONAL SERVICES EMPLOYEE BENEFITS REPAIRS & MAINTENANCE UTILITIES RENTALS SUPPLIES PARTS & SUPPLIES LIBRARY COLLECTION MATERIALS SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE UTILITIES LEARNING & EDUCATION

Legal Notice No.: 530385 First Publication: June 23, 2022 * Last Publication: June 23, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Littleton Legals 6.23.22 * 1

36 The Independent

June 23, 2022

Public Notices ©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015 LEGAL DESCRIPTION-EXHIBIT A 0166-2022 LOT 35, BLOCK 7, BRISTOL COVE SUBDIVISION FILING NO.6, TOGETHER WITH A PORTION OF TRACT C, BRISTOL COVE SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 6, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF' COLORADO, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT THE NORTHWESTERLY CORNER OF LOT 35, BLOCK 7, SAID BRISTOL COVE SUBDIVISION FILING NO.6; THENCE SOUTH 53 DEGREES 57 MINUTES 32 SECONDS EAST, ALONG THE NORTHEASTERLY LINE OF SAID LOT 35, A DISTANCE OF 22.00 FEET; THENCE NORTH 36 DEGREES 02 MINUTES 28 SECONDS EAST, A DISTANCE OF 1.00 FOOT; THENCE NORTH 53 DEGREES 57 MINUTES 32 SECONDS WEST, PARALLEL TO SAID NORTHEASTERLY ·LINE, A DISTANCE OF 22.00 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 36 DEGREES 02 MINUTES 28 SECONDS WEST, A DI STANCE OF 1.00 FOOT TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO Legal Notice NO. 0166-2022 First Publication: 6/16/2022 Last Publication: 7/14/2022 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0201-2022 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On April 19, 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) AARON SEAN COPP AND LESLI COPP Original Beneficiary(ies) MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR CARDINAL FINANCIAL COMPANY, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS Current Holder of Evidence of Debt JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Date of Deed of Trust September 19, 2017 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust September 19, 2017 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) D7106769 Original Principal Amount $700,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $671,059.98 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. LOT 20, THE HILLS AT CHERRY CREEK FILING NO. 6, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. A.P.N.: 031766834 Also known by street and number as: 5195 S KENTON WAY, ENGLEWOOD, CO 80111.

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, 08/17/2022, 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: 6/23/2022 Last Publication: 7/21/2022 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: 04/19/2022 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 N. April Norton #34861 David R. Doughty #40042 Nicholas H. Santarelli #46592 Lynn M. Janeway #15592 Janeway Law Firm, P.C. 9800 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 400, Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 706-9990 Attorney File # 22-026277 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. 0201-2022 First Publication: 6/23/2022 Last Publication: 7/21/2022 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0168-2022 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On April 8, 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) Miguel Casillas Guevara Original Beneficiary(ies) MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR CITYWIDE HOME LOANS, LLC, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS Current Holder of Evidence of Debt COLORADO HOUSING AND FINANCE AUTHORITY Date of Deed of Trust July 16, 2020 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust July 23, 2020 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) E0091408 Original Principal Amount $386,863.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $384,416.96 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 12 AND 13, BLOCK 15, TOWN OF SHERIDAN, TOGETHER WITH THAT PORTION OF VACATED PARK PLACE, AS A RESULT OF VACATION, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 3332 S Clay Street, Englewood, CO 80110.

InBank Date of Deed of Trust November 08, 2019 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust November 14, 2019 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) D9124195 Original Principal Amount $4,300,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $4,385,170.00

Also known by street and number as: 7771 S Kalispell Court, Englewood, CO 80112.

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.

LOT 14 CHERRY HILLS MEADOW, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 08/17/2022, 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.

Also known by street and number as: 5 MOCKINGBIRD LN., ENGLEWOOD, CO 80113.

First Publication: 6/23/2022 Last Publication: 7/21/2022 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.

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 LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

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, 08/17/2022, 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 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.

DATE: 04/15/2022 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: Alison L Berry #34531 N. April Norton #34861 David R. Doughty #40042 Nicholas H. Santarelli #46592 Lynn M. Janeway #15592 Janeway Law Firm, P.C. 9800 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 400, Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 706-9990 Attorney File # 22-027120

First Publication: 6/23/2022 Last Publication: 7/21/2022 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent

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

NOTICE OF SALE

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 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.

DATE: 04/15/2022 Susan Sandstrom, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Susan Sandstrom, Public Trustee

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 08/10/2022, 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 name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

First Publication: 6/16/2022 Last Publication: 7/14/2022 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent

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THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.

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: 04/08/2022 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 N. April Norton #34861 David R. Doughty #40042 Nicholas H. Santarelli #46592 Lynn M. Janeway #15592 Janeway Law Firm, P.C. 9800 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 400, Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 706-9990 Attorney File # 22-026877 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. 0168-2022 First Publication: 6/16/2022 Last Publication: 7/14/2022 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0188-2022 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On April 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) Preston T. Parsons and Marsee L. Parsons, not personally but as Trustees on behalf of SLK Trust Original Beneficiary(ies) InBank Current Holder of Evidence of Debt

Steven McConnell #21963 McConnell Law Office, LLC P.O. Box 1148, 300 Cook Avenue, Raton, NM 87740 (575) 445-5575 Attorney File # 5 MOCKINGBIRD LN 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.

Legal Notice NO. 0188-2022 First Publication: 6/23/2022 Last Publication: 7/21/2022 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0186-2022 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On April 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) Paul Prosise AND Sarah Prosise Original Beneficiary(ies) MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR CATALYST LENDING, INC., ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS Current Holder of Evidence of Debt COLORADO HOUSING AND FINANCE AUTHORITY Date of Deed of Trust June 16, 2015 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust June 17, 2015 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) D5063897 Original Principal Amount $220,924.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $201,693.21 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 43, BLOCK 2, SOUTHCREEK SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 1, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. APN #: 207332203037

Legal Notice NO. 0186-2022 First Publication: 6/23/2022 Last Publication: 7/21/2022 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0199-2022 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On April 19, 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) Alice I. Avery Original Beneficiary(ies) MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR TAYLOR, BEAN & WHITAKER MORTGAGE CORP., ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS Current Holder of Evidence of Debt THE BANK OF NEW YORK, IN TRUST FOR THE TBW MORTGAGE-BACKED TRUST 2007-1 FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE HOLDERS OF THE MORTGAGE PASS THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-1 Date of Deed of Trust January 16, 2007 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust January 23, 2007 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) B7010137 Original Principal Amount $203,200.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $174,691.98 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. LOT 28, GEORGETOWN VILLAGE, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 6363 SOUTH GRAPE COURT, CENTENNIAL, CO 80121.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.

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: 6/23/2022 Last Publication: 7/21/2022 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: 04/19/2022 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 N. April Norton #34861 David R. Doughty #40042 Nicholas H. Santarelli #46592 Lynn M. Janeway #15592 Janeway Law Firm, P.C. 9800 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 400, Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 706-9990 Attorney File # 21-026132 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. 0199-2022 First Publication: 6/23/2022 Last Publication: 7/21/2022 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0194-2022 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On April 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) BRANDON BAIRD Original Beneficiary(ies) BELLCO CREDIT UNION Current Holder of Evidence of Debt BELLCO CREDIT UNION Date of Deed of Trust November 17, 2016 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust December 02, 2016 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) D6139112 Original Principal Amount $100,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $93,281.24 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 27, CENTENNIAL ACRES FOURTH FILING, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 2997 WEST TANFORAN DRIVE, 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, 08/17/2022, 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: 6/23/2022 Last Publication: 7/21/2022 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent

NOTICE OF SALE

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 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.

DATE: 04/15/2022 Susan Sandstrom, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Susan Sandstrom, Public Trustee

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 08/17/2022, 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

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 N. April Norton #34861 David R. Doughty #40042 Nicholas H. Santarelli #46592 Lynn M. Janeway #15592

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Public Notices Janeway Law Firm, P.C. 9800 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 400, Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 706-9990 Attorney File # 21-026179 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. 0194-2022 First Publication 6/23/2022 Last Publication 7/21/2022 Name of PublicationLittleton Independent COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0189-2022 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On April 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) Judy A. Huskey Original Beneficiary(ies) Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. ("MERS") as nominee for Quicken Loans Inc., MML 5357, 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 January 30, 2013 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust February 05, 2013 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) D3014864 Original Principal Amount $153,850.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $128,048.87 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. LOT FOUR (4), BLOCK TEN (10), SHERIDAN HILLS SECOND ADDITION, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 3729 S Hazel Ct, 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, 08/17/2022, 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: 6/23/2022 Last Publication: 7/21/2022 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: 04/15/2022 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: 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-22-913827-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. 0189-2022 First Publication: 6/23/2022 Last Publication: 7/21/2022 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.

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 EASTERLY 25 FEET OF LOT 2, ALL OF LOT 3 AND THE WESTERLY 5 FEET OF LOT 4, BLOCK 2, MADISON PARK, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 6975 East Caley Avenue, Centennial, CO 80111.

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, 08/03/2022, 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: 6/9/2022 Last Publication: 7/7/2022 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: 04/01/2022 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: Alexis R. Abercrombie #56722 David W Drake #43315 Scott D. Toebben #19011 Randall S. Miller & Associates PC 216 16th Street, Suite 1210, Denver, CO 80202 (720) 259-6710 Attorney File # 22CO00083-1

First Publication: 5/26/2022 Last Publication: 6/23/2022 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent

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.

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;

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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. 0140-2022 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On April 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) Rex Ashton, Jr. Original Beneficiary(ies) Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as beneficiary, as nominee for PHM Financial Incorporated, dba Professional Home Mortgage Current Holder of Evidence of Debt Arvest Central Mortgage Company Date of Deed of Trust July 20, 2005 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust July 29, 2005 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) B5112214 Book: N/A Page: Original Principal Amount $296,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $226,313.26 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

Legal Notice NO. 0140-2022 First Publication: 6/9/2022 Last Publication: 7/7/2022 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent

City and County PUBLIC NOTICE CITY OF CENTENNIAL NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Monday, June 20, 2022, the Centennial City Council approved the following ordinance on second and final reading: 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 full text of the ordinance is available for public inspection in the office of the City Clerk and is also available on the City’s web site, www.centennialcolorado.com. The ordinance may be obtained by contacting the City Clerk, 303-754-3324.

2022-O-17- 7 in favor, 0 opposed.

(First published June 9, 2022) By:Barbara Setterlind, MMC, City Clerk Legal Notice No. 530396-60396 First Publication: June 23, 2022 Last Publication: June 23, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent and the Centennial Citizen Public Notice DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY Proposed Flood Hazard Determinations for the City of Littleton, Unincorporated Areas of Arapahoe and Jefferson Counties, Colorado, Case No. 21-08-0952P. The Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) solicits technical information or comments on proposed flood hazard determinations for the Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM), and where applicable, the Flood Insurance Study (FIS) report for your community. These flood hazard determinations may include the addition or modification of Base Flood Elevations, base flood depths, Special Flood Hazard Area boundaries or zone designations, or the regulatory floodway.

The FIRM and, if applicable, the FIS report have been revised to reflect these flood hazard determinations through issuance of a Letter of Map Revision (LOMR), in accordance with Title 44, Part 65 of the Code of Federal Regulations. These

determinations are the basis for the floodplain management measures that your community is required to adopt or show evidence of having in effect to qualify or remain qualified for participation in the National Flood Insurance Program. For more information on the proposed flood hazard determinations and information on the statutory 90-day period provided for appeals, please visit FEMA’s website at https://www.floodmaps.fema.gov/fhm/BFE_Status/bfe_main.asp or call the FEMA Mapping and Insurance eXchange (FMIX) toll free at 1-877FEMA MAP (1-877-336-2627).

Legal Notice No. 530369 First Publication: June 16, 2022 Last Publication: June 23, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE IS HERBY GIVEN that the Arapahoe County Cultural Council (ACCC) of Arapahoe County, Colorado will hold a Public Hearing on July 12, 2022 at 9:30 A.M. or as soon thereafter as the calendar permits, in order to obtain the opinions of citizens, public agencies and other interested parties regarding the ACCC funding recommendations for 2022-2023 SCFD Tier III funds benefiting local art, cultural, scientific, and historical organizations in the amount of $2,565,581.25. These funds are derived by the 1/10th of 1% of sales tax collected by SCFD from Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas, and Jefferson Counties. The public is welcome to attend Business Meetings held in the East Hearing Room at the Arapahoe County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, CO 80120. General public can also participate via phone by calling 1-855-436-3656 and, when prompted to, by pressing *3 on the telephone keypad to be entered in the speaking queue. The meeting can also be viewed online at: https://www.arapahoegov.com/1617/MeetingVideos-and-Live-Broadcast.

Legal Notice No. Arap 1079 First Publication: June 23, 2022 Last Publication: June 23, 2022 Publisher: Englewood Herald Littleton Independent and the Centennial Citizen Public Notice CITY OF CENTENNIAL NOTICE OF TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS CITY INITIATED INITIAL ZONING (CZONE-22-00005, CZONE-22-00006, CZONE-22-00007) AND REZONING (CZONE-22-00008) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE CITY OF CENTENNIAL WILL CONDUCT SEPARATE PUBLIC HEARINGS AND CONSIDER TWO ORDINANCES FOR THE FOLLOWING TWO PROPERTIES/ PROJECTS: (1) TO DESIGNATE THE INITIAL ZONING OF 4 PARCELS COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE “DOVE VALLEY LAND LLC PROPERTY” AS DESCRIBED IN THIS NOTICE FROM MU-PUD UNDER ARAPAHOE COUNTY TO PUBLIC OPEN SPACE AND RECREATION (OSR), BUSINESS PARK 50 (BP50), AND URBAN RESIDENTIAL (RU); AND (2) TO REZONE 1 PARCEL OF LAND AND CONSIDER A REZONING PLAN FOR PROPERTY COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE “POTOMAC PARK PROPERTY” AS DESCRIBED IN THIS NOTICE FROM THE PUBLIC OPEN SPACE AND RECREATION (OSR) ZONE DISTRICT TO THE URBAN RESIDENTIAL (RU) ZONE DISTRICT, PUBLIC OPEN SPACE AND RECREATION (OSR), AND BUSINESS PARK 50 (BP50).

Descriptions for the Dove Valley Land, LLC Property and Potomac Park Property are included in this notice.

The Planning and Zoning Commission (the “Commission”) will make a recommendation on the zoning of each of the two properties/projects at two public hearings to be held on July 13, 2022 at 6:00 p.m. All interested persons will be given an opportunity to be heard.

The City Council will consider the zoning for each of the two properties/projects at two public hearings to be held on August 1, 2022 at 7:00 p.m.

All interested persons will be given an opportunity to be heard.

All hearings will be held in the City Council Chambers, Centennial Civic Center, 13133 E. Arapahoe Road Centennial, CO 80112 at the above noted date and time.

A live broadcast of the meeting may be found at: https://www.centennialco.gov/Government/ Mayor-Council/City-Council-Meetings/AgendasMinutes Further information concerning the proposed Initial Zoning and Rezoning may be obtained by e-mailing dking@centennialco.gov or calling the City of Centennial Community Development Department at 303-754-3308.

Description of Dove Valley Land, LLC Property Property located immediately northwest of the intersection of South Jordan Road and East Broncos Parkway which is more specifically described as: All those Parcels of Land Lying in Sections 31 & 32, Township 5 South, Range 66 West of the 6th Principal Meridian, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado, described as follows: THOSE PARCELS DESCRIBED AS “PARCEL A”, “PARCEL B”, AND “PARCEL D” IN BARGAIN AND SALE DEED RECORDED 1/10/2001 AT RECEPTION NO. B1004672 IN THE ARAPAHOE COUNTY CLERK AND RECORDER’S OFFICE, LESS AND EXCEPT THOSE PORTIONS LYING WITHIN LOT 1, BLOCK 1, DOVE VALLEY III SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 1, RECORDED 12/13/1999 AT RECEPTION NO. A9194182 IN SAID OFFICE, ALSO LESS AND EXCEPT THAT PORTION OF S. JORDAN ROAD DESCRIBED IN WARRANTY DEED RECORDED 9/3/2002 AT RECEPTION NO. B2162846 IN SAID OFFICE

Description of Potomac Park Property Approximately 44 acres bounded by South Potomac Street on the west, East Fremont Avenue on the north, and South Blackhawk Street on the east.

Legal Notice No. 530399-60399 First Publication: June 23, 2022 Last Publication: June 23, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent and the Centennial Citizen PUBLIC NOTICE CITY OF CENTENNIAL NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Monday, June 20, 2022, the Centennial City Council approved the following ordinance on second and final reading: ORDINANCE NO. 2022-O-17 AN ORDINANCE OF 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 full text of the ordinance is available for public inspection in the office of the City Clerk and is also available on the City’s web site, www.centennialcolorado.com. The ordinance may be obtained by contacting the City Clerk, 303-754-3324.

2022-O-17- 7 in favor, 0 opposed.

(First published June 9, 2022) By:Barbara Setterlind, MMC, City Clerk Legal Notice No. 530395-60395 First Publication: June 23, 2022 Last Publication: June 23, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent and the Centennial Citizen Public Notice ARAPAHOE COUNTY NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING CASE NO UASI21-003, BRONCOS PIPELINE COMPANY GATHERING SYSTEMS PH 1 & 2 / 1041 WITH USE

BY SPECIAL REVIEW PROPOSAL: Crestone Peak Resources Midstream, LLC is proposing an amendment to Broncos Pipeline Company Gathering System – Phase I and II Use by Special Review Plan narratives, case numbers U13-001 and U14-001.

The proposed amendment would allow for the inclusion of freshwater pipelines within the pipeline easements, freshwater and/or produced water pipelines greater than 14 inches in diameter, and clarify the types and total number of utilities proposed within the easements. The amendment also proposes an increase of the maximum allowable width of easements obtained from landowners, from 75 feet to 100 feet. The routes for the gathering system generally go in a north-south direction and follow alignments situated approximately two miles apart beginning approximately one to two miles east of Watkins Road, then Manilla Road, Airport Road, and Brick Center Road respectively.

The pipeline easements are located in portions of the following Sections 1,3-5, 7-8, 10, 12, 15, 1819, 22, 26-30, 33 and 35-36 of Township 4 South, Range 64 West and Sections 7,18,19, and 30 of Township 4 South, Range 63 West and Sections 1-4,11-12,14, and 23 of Township 5 South, Range 64 West, in unincorporated Arapahoe County.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on July 12, 2022 at 9:30 A.M., or as soon thereafter as the calendar of the Arapahoe County Board of County Commission permits, a public hearing will be held; at which, all interested persons will be given an opportunity to be heard concerning the above-described UASI21-003, Broncos Pipeline Company Gathering System Ph. 1 & 2 / Use By Special Review with 1041 Components. The public hearing will be held at 5334 S Prince St., East Hearing Room, Littleton CO 80120, with the option to participate remotely. The agenda will typically be posted by the Friday afternoon preceding the hearing and can be viewed on our website at https://arapahoe.legistar.com/Calendar. You can also listen to, or speak at, the meeting by calling 1-855-436-3656. To join the speaking queue, press *3 on the telephone keypad.

Joan Lopez, Clerk to the Board Legal Notice No. Arap 1078 First Publication: June 23, 2022 Last Publication: June 23, 2022 Publisher: Englewood Herald Littleton Independent and the Centennial Citizen

Metro Districts Budget Hearings Public Notice SECTION 14 METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOTICE CONCERNING 2021 BUDGET AMENDMENT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to all interested parties that the necessity has arisen to amend the Section 14 Metropolitan District 2021 Budget and that it has been submitted to the Board of Directors of the Section 14 Metropolitan District; and that a copy of the proposed Amended 2021 Budget has been filed at the District's office, 141 Union Boulevard, Suite 150, Lakewood, Colorado, where the same is open for public inspection; and that adoption of Resolution Amending the 2021 Budget will be considered at a public meeting of the Board of Directors of the District to be held at Jordon Perlmutter & Co., 1601 Blake Street, Suite 600, Denver, Colorado on Monday, June 27, 2022, at 9:30 a.m. Any elector within the District may, at any time prior to the final adoption of the Resolution to Amend the 2021 Budget, inspect and file or register any objections thereto.

SECTION 14 METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

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Public Notices By /s/ Ann E. Finn, Secretary Legal Notice No. 530398 First Publication: June 23, 2022 Last Publication: June 23, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Bids and Settlements Public Notice ARAPAHOE COUNTY NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT To whom it may concern: This notice is given with regard to items in the custody of the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office that have been released for public auction. The Sheriff’s Office will release numerous items including but not limited to, bicycles, jewelry, audio/ visual equipment, automotive parts, tools, sports equipment (such as camping, rafting, skiing gear, etc.), household goods and other items of personal property to a private auction company identified as Propertyroom.com and/ or Roller Auction. These items will be released for on-line bidding on the last Tuesday of each month for Roller Auction and the last day of the month for Propertyroom.com. Both auctions are open to the public.

If any citizen believes they have property in the possession of the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office that can be identified, and for which they can show proof of ownership associated with a written report that has been filed with the Sheriff’s Office prior to this announcement, can contact the evidence section of the Sheriff’s Office.

Joan Lopez, Clerk to the Board Legal Notice No. Arap1080 First Publication: June 23, 2022 Last Publication: June 23, 2022 Publisher: Englewood Herald Littleton Independent and the Centennial Citizen Public Notice 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 Public Notice NOTICE TO BIDDERS Sealed bids in an envelope marked: VSD – W. OXFORD AVENUE SANITARY SEWER RELOCATION PROJECT will be received and opened by Valley Sanitation District Offices at 8739 W. Coal Mine Avenue, Littleton, CO 80123, until 10:00a.m. on Friday, July 29, 2022.

The VSD-W. OXFORD AVENUE SANITARY SEWER RELOCATION PROJECT includes the installation of 330 LF of 8” PVC sanitary line between an existing manhole and new manhole for the relocation. The new manhole is to be constructed over an existing 21” VCP sanitary main. There is an existing manhole connection and bench rework for rerouting the flow and manhole and main abandonment. The work is off W. Oxford Avenue within the ROW, along the side of W. Oxford Avenue. There is concrete curb cut replacement and asphalt patching of the entrance to an industrial recycling center. The project is situated in the Valley Sanitation District, in Sheridan, Colorado.

The schedule is as follows: • July 8, 2022, at 4:00 p.m. - Drawings, Specifications and Bid Forms may be obtained online at rgengineers.com under “Project Bidding”.

• July 29, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. - Bids will be received and opened at 8739 W. Coal Mine Avenue, Littleton, CO 80123.

• October 31, 2022 – Project completion date is flexible, but everything must be completed by October 31st, 2022. The work has to be continuous within 33 days.

Bids may not be withdrawn for a period of fortyfive (45) days after the time fixed for bid closing.

The Owner reserves the right to waive irregularities or technical defects, so the best interests of the District may be served, and may reject any and all bids, and shall award the contract to the lowest responsible bidder as determined by the District.

Legal Notice No. 530392 First Publication: June 23, 2022

Last Publication: July 7, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Summons and Sheriff Sale Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, COLORADO Case No.: 2021CV32025: Division: 21 SALE NO. ACCIV2202428 Plaintiff: MEADOW HILLS I CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, INC., a Colorado nonprofit corporation v.

Defendants: EVAN ISAMI JONES; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC.; CITYWIDE HOME LOANS; COLORADO HOUSING AND FINANCE AUTHORITY; and PUBLIC TRUSTEE FOR ARAPAHOE COUNTY SHERIFF’S COMBINED NOTICE OF SALE Under an Order for Judgment and Decree of Foreclosure entered on February 23, 2022, in the above-captioned civil action, I am ordered to sell certain real property as described below.

All inquiries for information related to this sale must be directed to the office of the undersigned Sheriff at 13101 E. Broncos Pkwy., Centennial, CO 80112 or by calling (720) 874-3845.

Legal description of the real property to be sold: Condominium Unit 13744-A, in Condominium Building 26, MEADOW HILLS I CONDOMINIUMS, according to the Condominium Map thereof recorded on October 30, 1985 in Book 86 at Page 20 in the records of the office of the Clerk and Recorder of County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado, and as defined and described in the Condominium Declaration for Meadow Hills I Condominiums recorded on May 17, 1983 in Book 3865 at Page 136 in said records, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado.

Also known by street and number as 13744 East Lehigh Avenue, Unit A, Aurora, Colorado 80014.

THE PROPERTY TO BE SOLD AND DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN DESCRIBED ABOVE. THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The covenants of said Declaration have been violated as follows: failure to pay assessments that have come due, more accurately described in the Order for Judgment and Decree of Foreclosure.

THEREFORE, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Civil Unit of the Sheriff’s Office for the County of Arapahoe, Colorado, will sell the real property described above and the improvements thereon at 10:00 AM, on the 11th day of August, 2022, at the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office, 13101 East Broncos Pkwy., Centennial, CO 80112, to the highest and best bidder. The Association and its attorney do not make any 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. Attorneys for Association: Moeller Graf, P.C.; Associate Attorney Joshua Myers, Reg. No. 53309; jmyers@moellergraf.com; 385 Inverness Pkwy., Ste. 200, Englewood, CO 80112; Phone: (877) 279-4499.

Date Signed: May 10, 2022.

Tyler S. Brown, Sheriff County of Arapahoe, Colorado By: Sgt. Trent Steffa Deputy Sheriff Legal Notice No. 530308 First Publication Date: June 16, 2022 Last Publication Date: July 14, 2022 Published in the: Littleton Independent 750 W. Hampden Ave., Suite 225 Englewood, Colorado, 80110 Public Notice DISTRICT COURT OF ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO Case No.: 21CV32127 Division: 15 Plaintiff: SMOKY HILL HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC., a Colorado non-profit corporation vs.

Defendants: BECKY B. WILSON; DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE FOR HOME EQUITY MORTGAGE LOAN ASSET-BACKED TRUST SERIES INABS 2006-E, HOME EQUITY MORTGAGE LOAN ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES SERIES INABS 2006-E; CAPITAL ONE BANK USA NA; DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY – INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE; STATE OF COLORADO, DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE; and SUE SANDSTROM, the ARAPAHOE COUNTY PUBLIC TRUSTEE COMBINED NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE This is to advise you that a Sheriff sale proceeding has been commenced through the office of the undersigned Sheriff pursuant to the Arapahoe County District Court’s Order for Default Judgment and Decree of Foreclosure dated March 24, 2022, and C.R.S. § 38-38-101 et seq., by Smoky Hill Homeowners Association, Inc. (“Association”), the current holder of a statutory and contractual lien.

The judicial foreclosure is based on a default under the Revised Protective Covenants for Smoky Hill 400 Community, recorded with the Arapahoe County Clerk and Recorder on January 31, 2003, at Reception No. B3022630 (“Declaration”). The Declaration, as recorded, establishes a lien for the benefit of Smoky Hill Homeowners Association, Inc., WHICH LIEN BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN ON THE SUBJECT

PROPERTY AND IMPROVEMENTS legally described as follows: LOT 10, BLOCK 5, SMOKY HILL 400 FILING NO. 1, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO Also known by street and number as: 5214 S. Richfield St., Aurora, Colorado 80015.

The Sheriff’s sale has been scheduled to occur at 10:00 A.M., on the 11th day of August, 2022, at the Sheriff's Office, located at 13101 East Broncos Parkway in Centennial, CO 80112, telephone number 720-874-3845. At the sale, the Sheriff will sell the above described real property and improvements thereon to the highest bidder. Plaintiff makes no warranty relating to title, possession, or quiet enjoyment in or to said real property in connection with this sale.

BIDDERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE CASH OR CERTIFIED FUNDS SUFFICIENT TO COVER THE MINIMUM BID AT THE TIME OF SALE. The name, address, and telephone number of the attorney representing the Plaintiff is: Lisa Cancanon., #42043, Vial Fotheringham, LLP, 12600 W. Colfax Ave., C200, Lakewood, CO 80215; telephone: 720-943-8811.

DATED at Arapahoe County, Colorado, this 10th day of May, 2022.

Tyler S. Brown Sheriff of Arapahoe County, Colorado By: Sgt. Trent Steffa Deputy Sheriff Legal Notice No. 530309 First Publication: June 16, 2022 Last Publication: July 14, 2022 Published in: Littleton Independent 750 W. Hampden Ave., Suite 225 Englewood, Colorado, 80110 Public Notice ARAPAHOE COUNTY DISTRICT COURT STATE OF COLORADO 7325 S. Potomac Street Centennial, CO 80112 (303) 645-6600 Plaintiff(s): KRISTY A. SCHLOSS v.

Defendant(s): ESTATE OF CHARLES M. SCHLOSS; ESTATE OF JO ANN B. SCHLOSS; U.S. BANK, N.A., SUE SANDSTROM, solely in her capacity as Trustee for Arapahoe County, Colorado and ALL UNKNOWN PERSONS WHO MAY CLAIM AN INTEREST IN THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS ACTION Attorneys for Plaintiff Kimberly Bruetsch, #32838 Robinson Waters & O’Dorisio, P.C. 1099 18th Street, Suite 2600 Denver, CO 80202 (303) 297-2600 kbruetsch@rwolaw.com Case No: 22CV31022 DISTRICT COURT CIVIL SUMMONS TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANT: All Unknown Persons Who May Claim An Interest in the Subject Matter of This Action YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to file with the Clerk of this Court an answer or other response to the attached Complaint. If service of the Summons and Complaint was made upon you within the State of Colorado, you are required to file your answer or other response within 21 days after such service upon you. If service of the Summons and Complaint was made upon you outside of the State of Colorado, you are required to file your answer or other response within 35 days after such service upon you. Your answer or counterclaim must be accompanied with the applicable filing fee.

If you fail to file your answer or other response to the Complaint in writing within the applicable time period, the Court may enter judgment by default against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint without further notice.

THIS ACTION CONCERNS the rights and interest in and to certain real property located at 801 E. Radcliffe Avenue, Englewood, Colorado, 80113, and further described as THE SOUTH 205 FEET OF THE WEST 165 FEET OF BLOCK 8, CHERRY’S BROADWAY GARDENS, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO Dated: June 13, 2022 ROBINSON, WATERS & O’DORISIO, P.C. s/ Kimberly A. Bruetsch Kimberly A. Bruetsch, #32838 Attorneys for Plaintiff This Summons is issued pursuant to Rule 4, C.R.C.P., as amended. A copy of the Complaint must be served with this Summons. This form should not be used where service by publication is desired.

WARNING: A valid summons may be issued by a lawyer and it need not contain a court case number, the signature of a court officer, or a court seal. The plaintiff has 14 days from the date this summons was served on you to file the case with the court. You are responsible for contacting the court to find out whether the case has been filed and obtain the case number. If the plaintiff files the case within this time, then you must respond as explained in this summons. If the plaintiff files more than 14 days after the date the summons was served on you, the case may be dismissed upon motion and you may be entitled to seek attorney’s fees from the plaintiff.

TO THE CLERK: If the summons is issued by the clerk of the court, the signature block for the clerk or deputy should be provided by stamp, or typewriter, in the space to the left of the attorney’s name.

Legal Notice No. 530386 First Publication: June 23, 2022 Last Publication: July 21, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, COLORADO Court Address: 7325 S. Potomac Street, Centennial, CO 80112 Plaintiff: U.S. Bank National Association, its successors and assigns v.

Defendants: Jennie Jacobson; Beckie Lee Martinez a/k/a Beckie Martinez; Joan Lopez, as Clerk and Recorder for Arapahoe County; Mark Ferrandino, as Executive Director of the Colorado Department of Revenue Attorneys for Petitioner: Amanda Ferguson, #44893 Toni M. Owan, #30580 Heather Deere, #28597 Halliday, Watkins & Mann, P.C. 355 Union Blvd., Suite 250 Lakewood, CO 80228 Ph: 303-274-0155 Fx: 303-274-0159 E-mail: infoco@hwmlawfirm.com File No: CO11139 Case Number: 2022CV30228 Division: 202 SUMMONS To the Defendant named above: Beckie Lee Martinez a/k/a Beckie Martinez

Legal Notice No. 530353 First Publication: June 9, 2022 Last Publication: June 23, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Norma Jean Sumption, deceased Case Number: 2022-PR-30613 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 October 16, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Chad Eugene Sumption Personal Representative 5300 S Windermere St Littleton, CO 80120 Legal Notice No. 530368 First publication: June 16, 2022 Last publication: June 30, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Ruby V. Schumacher, also known as Ruby Violet Schumacher, and Ruby Schumacher, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30629

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to file with the Clerk of this Court an answer or other response to the Complaint filed in this action. You are required to file your answer or other response within 35 days after such service upon you. Your answer or counterclaim must be accompanied with the applicable filing fee. Service of this Summons shall be complete on the day of the last publication.

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 October 17, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

If you fail to file your answer or other response to the complaint in writing within the applicable time period, judgment by default may be entered against you by the court for the relief demanded in the Complaint, without any further notice to you.

Legal Notice No. 530365 First Publication: June 16, 2022 Last Publication: June 30, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent

A copy of the Complaint may be obtained from the clerk of the court. This is a declaratory judgment action to obtain title to the property more particularly described in the Complaint. This Summons is issued pursuant to Rule 4 of the Colorado Rules of Civil Procedure.

Dated: April 7, 2022 By: Amanda Ferguson, #44893 Legal Notice No. 530348 First Publication: June 9, 2022 Last Publication: July 7, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Misc. Private Legals Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO 7325 S. Potomac Street Centennial, CO 80112 In the Interest of: Deanna Garcia, Respondent Attorneys for Petitioner: Aaron L. Evans, #27270 Timothy D. Bounds, #44180 Andrew Rogers, #52188 Evans Case, LLP 1660 South Albion Street, Suite 1100 Denver, Colorado 80222 Phone Number: (303) 757-8300 E-mail: Evans@evanscase.com; Bounds@evanscase.com Rogers@evanscase.com Case Number: 2022PR030637 NOTICE OF HEARING BY PUBLICATION PURSUANT TO §15-10-401, C.R.S. To: Guillermo Garcia Last Known Address: Unknown A hearing on the Petition for Approval of Settlement of Claims Pursuant to Rule 62 of the Colorado Rules of Probate Procedure for the above respondent. The Petition filed request Court approval of the settlement and the net settlement funds will be deposited to a restricted account for the benefit of the respondent.

A hearing will be held at the following time and location or at a later date to which the hearing may be continued: Date: July 27, 2022 Time:11:00 am Division: 12 Via Webex: https://judicial.webex.com/meet/amanda.bradley Legal Notice No.530400 First Publication: June 23, 2022 Last Publication: July 7, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Notice to Creditors Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Rosalie Ruth Dunne, a/k/a Rosalie R. Dunne, aka Rosalie Dunne, and Rose Dunne, Deceased Case Number: 2022 PR 30531

Barbara J. Herman, Personal Representative 45 Spyglass Drive Littleton, CO 80123

Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Heather Fae Blaker, a/k/a Heather F. Blaker, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR030620 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 17, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Deborah Rupprecht Personal Representative 6236 South Marion Way Centennial, Colorado 80121 Legal Notice No. 530062 First Publication: June 16, 2022 Last Publication: June 30, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of ESTUS LINWOOD COOK, also known as ESTUS L. COOK, aka ESTUS LYNWOOD COOK, aka LINWOOD COOK, LIN COOK, and ESTES L. COOK, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30664 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 17, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Vivian A. Curl, Personal Representative 3147 E. Delany Drive St. George, UT 84790 Legal Notice No. 530370 First Publication: June 16, 2022 Last Publication: June 30, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of BETTY RUTH NEY, a/k/a BETTY R. NEY, a/k/a BETTY NEY, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30675 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 23, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Richard A. Ney, Personal Representative 1098 Shadow Lane Victor, ID 83455 Legal Notice No. 530388 First Publication: June 23, 2022 Last Publication: July 7, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of BETTY LEE STEPHENS, aka BETTY L. STEPHENS, aka BETTY STEPHENS, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30663 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado or on or before October 16, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative, or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado, on or before October 10, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Steve Burns, Personal Representative c/o 3i Law LLC 2000 S. Colorado Blvd.

Tower 1, Suite 10000 Denver, CO 80222

Cathleen S. Dunne, Personal Representative c/o Poskus, Caton & Klein, P.C. 303 East 17th Avenue, Suite 900 Denver, Colorado 80203

Legal Notice No. 530372 First Publication: June 16, 2022 Last Publication: June 30, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice

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Public Notices NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of ANDRZEJ ARTUR BANAS, a/k/a ANDRZEJ A. BANAS, a/k/a ANDRZEJ BANAS, Deceased Case Number: 22PR30374

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of John D. Grigg, II, a/k/a John D. Grigg, a/k/a John Grigg, II, a/k/a John Grigg, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30626

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 16, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before October 16, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Katarzyna Hanusiewicz Personal Representative 6932 S. High St., Centennial CO 80122

Mary Theresa Grigg Personal Representative 21377 E. 55th Place Denver, CO 80249

Legal Notice No. 530364 First Publication: June 16, 2022 Last Publication: June 30, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of John Allen Andrey, aka John A. Andrey, aka John Andrey, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR030683 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 23, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Catherine D. Andrey Personal Representative c/o Mollie B. Hawes, Miller and Steiert, P.C. 1901 W. Littleton Bvd. Littleton, CO 80120 Legal Notice No. 530384 First Publication: June 23, 2022 Last Publication: July 7, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Last Publication: June 30, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on June 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 Max Akuginow Haines-Stiles be changed to Max Akuginow Stiles Case No.: 2022 C 100340 By: Kim Boswell Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk

Legal Notice No. 530373 First Publication: June 16, 2022 Last Publication: June 30, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Legal Notice No. 530382 First Publication: June 16, 2022 Last Publication: June 30, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of KEVIN GLENN ROBINETTE, a/k/a KEVIN G. ROBINETTE, a/k/a KEVIN ROBINETTE, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30573 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 9, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on May 31, 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 Stacy Lyn Denmark be changed to Staci Lynn Denmark Case No.: 22 C 100308 By: Kim Boswell Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk

Lynn Wendell Robinette Personal Representative 8130 Valdosta Avenue San Diego, CA 92126

Legal Notice No. 530366 First Publication: June 16, 2022 Last Publication: June 30, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Legal Notice No. 530347 First Publication: June 9, 2022 Last Publication: June 23, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent

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Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of DAVID NEAL OLIVER, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30528

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Carol Hewitt, aka Carol J. Hewitt, aka Carol Jean Hewitt, aka Carol Jean Burn, Deceased Case Number: 22PR274

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.

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 30, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

John J. Vierthaler Attorney to the Personal Representative 8441 W. Bowles Ave. Ste. 210 Littleton, CO 80123 Legal Notice No. 530380 First Publication: June 16, 2022 Last Publication: June 30, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of GLORIA E. ZAKUS, a/k/a GLORIA ZAKUS, a/k/a GLORIA ELAINE ZAKUS, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR-000146 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 10, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

C. Crispin Sargent Personal Representative 7500 E. Arapahoe Road Suite 101 Centennial CO 80112 Legal Notice No. 530351 First Publication: June 9, 2022 Last Publication: June 23, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Rosalie Beth Richter, a/k/a Rosalie B. Richter, a/k/a Rosalie Paikin,, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30520 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 16, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Scott Richter, Personal Representative 10011 Lowell Way Westminster, CO 80031 Legal Notice No. 530374 First Publication: June 16, 2022 Last Publication: June 30, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before October 10, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Traci Bilek, Personal Representative 9415 Sand Hill Place Highlands Ranch, CO 80126

Legal Notice No. 530397 First Publication: June 23, 2022 Last Publication: July 7, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on May 20, 2022, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe-Littleton County Court.

Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Blanche C. Brandt, a/k/a Blanche Catherine Brandt, a/k/a Blanche Brandt, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30623 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 21, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Eric J. Brandt, Personal Representative 2890 Thunder Mountain Rd. Sedona, AZ 86336

The petition requests that the name of Emily Chana Markenson be changed to Emily Chana Lippner Case No.: 22C100291 By: Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No. 530352 First Publication: June 9, 2022 Last Publication: June 23, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on May 26, 2022, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

Legal Notice No. 530345 First Publication: June 9, 2022 Last Publication: June 23, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent

The petition requests that the name of Kenton Eugene Pratt be changed to Robert Brown Case No.: 22 C 100322

Name Changes

By: Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk

PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on May 31, 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 Alorahlani Garcia be changed to Jiana Alorah Garcia Case No.: 22C100314

Legal Notice No. 530377 First Publication: June 16, 2022

By: Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk

PUBLIC NOTICE

Legal Notice No. 530350 First Publication: June 9, 2022 Last Publication: June 23, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent

By: Kim Boswell Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk

The petition requests that the name of Shelby Lynn McAndrew be changed to Shelby Lynn Nicholson Case No.: 22 C 100299

Legal Notice No. 530346 First Publication: June 9, 2022 Last Publication: June 23, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on May 23, 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 Ansari Mohamed Warfa be changed to Muktar Hashi Warfa Case No.: 22 C 100321

By: Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No. 530394 First Publication: June 23, 2022 Last Publication: July 7, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on May 20, 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 Taylor Rankin Rivera be changed to Taylor Lee McReynolds Case No.: 22 C 100309 By: Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No. 530349 First Publication: June 9, 2022 Last Publication: June 23, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on May 20, 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 Angeline Lenore DeFrancis-Crow be changed to Angelina Lenora DeFrancis-Crow Case No.: 22C100273 By: Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No. 530344 First Publication: June 9, 2022 Last Publication: June 23, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on May 31, 2022, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County-Littleton Court.

The petition requests that the name of Roger Nathan Seflinger be changed to Roger Fernandez Seflinger Case No.: 22 C 100323 By: Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No. 530381 First Publication: June 16, 2022 Last Publication: June 30, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on May 27, 2022, that a Petition for a Change of Name of a minor child has been filed with the Arapahoe CountyLittleton Court.

The petition requests that the name of Lizbeth Perez be changed to Lizbeth Ortiz Perez Case No.: 22 C 100327 By: Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No. 530367 First Publication: June 16, 2022 Last Publication: June 30, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on June 3, 2022, that a Petition for a Change of Name of a minor child has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

The petition requests that the name of Roman Allen Abshier be changed to Roman Allen Falter Case No.: 22 C 100224 By: Kim Boswell Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No. 530363 First Publication: June 16, 2022 Last Publication: June 30, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on May 20, 2022, that a Petition for a Change of Name has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

The petition requests that the name of Hector Hernandez Flores be changed to Hector Hernandez Flores Case No.: 22 C 100276 By: Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No. 530379 First Publication: June 16, 2022 Last Publication: June 30, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on June 1, 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 Dorothy Grace Britton be changed to Grace Taylor Britton Case No.: 22 C 100334 Kim Boswell By: Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No. 530376 First Publication: June 16, 2022 Last Publication: June 30, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on June 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 Aspen Renee Lindrud be changed to Aspen Renee Rothe Case No.: 22 C 100342 By: Kim Boswell Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No. 530393 First Publication: June 23, 2022 Last Publication: July 7, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on May 31, 2022, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County-Littleton Court.

The petition requests that the name of Jamie Lee Rivera be changed to Jamie Lee McReynolds Case No.: 22 C 100307 By: Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No. 530375 First Publication: June 16, 2022 Last Publication: June 30, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on May 20, 2022, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe-Littleton County Court.

The petition requests that the name of Zachary Scott Snavely be changed to Zachary Scott Case No.: 22 C 100275 By: Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No. 530356 First Publication: June 9, 2022 Last Publication: June 23, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on June 8, 2022, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

The petition requests that the name of Laurie Elizabeth Margheim be changed to Laurie Elizabeth Arnold Case No.: 22 C 37425 By: Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No. 530378 First Publication: June 16, 2022 Last Publication: June 30, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent

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