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Council passes affordable housing mandate A first in south metro BY ROBERT TANN RTANN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Following a marathon night of legislative negotiating, the Littleton City Council voted unanimously Nov.

1 to approve a new policy that both mandates and incentivizes affordable housing for new developments. The Inclusionary Housing Ordinance, or IHO, represents a major policy breakthrough for a council that has spent years studying and debating remedies to the soaring cost of housing. According to a 2017 housing

study, the city is estimated to need more than 1,000 more units at rents below $635 per month to keep up with demand and has an overall deficit of 6,5000 homes. Though Littleton joins a list of five other metro area cities with similar laws, for Littleton’s neighbors in the south metro region — including

Englewood and Centennial — it is a first. “We’re making history in Littleton,” said District 4 Councilmember Kelly Milliman. “Hopefully, we’re setting the stage for other communities to follow our footsteps.” SEE HOUSING, P4

Rogers Behavioral Health opens in Arapahoe County Treatment for OCD, anxiety, depression BY TAYLER SHAW TSHAW@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

you think of all of the people who have been part of this club over the years, all of the time that has passed and activities that we have been involved in and here we are, still going strong.” Beginning with just 16 residents in 1922, the club has grown to 90 today. Its members included fixtures

Colorado residents looking for mental health treatments focused on anxiety, depression and/or obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) have a new option — Rogers Behavioral Health. The national not-for-profit mental health treatment provider launched its first Colorado location in Arapahoe County, opening a clinic located at 10333 East Dry Creek Road. “We are just so excited to bring Rogers to Denver and to meet the growing need for specialized, evidence-based treatment,” said Clinical Director Julia Carbonella during the clinic’s open house on Nov. 3. According to the Colorado Behavioral Health Administration, an estimated three in 10 Coloradans, or 1.5 million people, are in need

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Cindy Rold, the Rotary Club’s past president, speaks to the organization’s many missions, which include ending polio worldwide. PHOTO BY ROBERT TANN

Rotary Club of Littleton celebrates 100 years of service Event highlights past and present efforts BY ROBERT TANN RTANN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

For more than 100 years, the Rotary Club of Littleton has raised and spent hundreds of thousands

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for philanthropy efforts across the metro region. On Nov. 4, huddled in the Columbine Country Club, a crowd consisting of members, past and present city officials and other community leaders celebrated that legacy. “What an accomplishment for an organization to last 100 years,” said Cindy Rold, Rotary’s past president and the event’s chair. “When

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of Littleton life including Edwin Bemis — a former editor of the Littleton Independent — past city managers, Littleton Public Schools superintendents and presidents of Arapahoe Community College. The nonprofit belongs to the larger international Rotary network, which consists of 1.4 million members whose humanitarian goals include ending Polio worldwide, a cornerstone mission of the nonprofit. In Littleton, the 90-member club has been integral in forming major community hallmarks, including the Shots for Tots program through the Tri-County Health Department — which helps provide vaccines for children — and the development of Littleton’s Hudson Gardens and Event Center. The club usually donates about $75,000 yearly to local nonprofits that target food insecurity, homelessness and more — though its fundraising efforts have exceeded that amount in years past. In 2005, Littleton Rotary raised $1 million to help Project CURE, an international supplier of donated medical supplies, build a headquarters in Centennial. In 2020, it raised over $90,000 for Nourish Meals on Wheels, a mobile food bank that lost its original Littleton location and was forced to move. Other donations include $30,000 for the victims and families of the Columbine High School shooting and an annual $25,000 grant for

The Rotary Club of Littleton celebrated its 100-year anniversary during an event in Littleton Nov. 4.

organizations most impacted by the pandemic. The club also sponsors a yearly clean-up of senior residents’ homes, an event called Hands Across Littleton, and hosts international exchange students. Attendees during the night’s event said they were drawn to Rotary for its various missions and, above all else, its sense of community. “It’s really given me a deep seeded sense of commitment to where I live,” said Darlee Whiting, who has been a member of Littleton Rotary since 1995. “The camaraderie, the friendship and purpose. It’s just such a wonderful sense of community.” Whiting said one of her favor-

ite events has been Hands Across Littleton, which she said makes her and her fellow members feel like “a swarm of bees” when they descend of area residents’ homes to weed, rake, cut and clean. Sally Parsons, who was Littleton’s first woman mayor in the late 1970s and first woman member of Littleton Rotary, said she has been “very pleased with there openness, the number of women who have been brought in.” Parsons became a member in 1987, the first year Rotary International allowed women to join after a ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court. Parsons said back then “there were of course people who did not feel

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women should be in certain positions” but knew someone “had to break the ice.” As the club celebrated its 100-year legacy, it also looked to its future. Anne Rice, the club’s current president, said she is always asking community members why they want to be a part of Rotary. She said she was reminded by something her husband told her: “My favorite quote is ‘What we do in life echoes in eternity.’” “And that struck me because what Rotary does echoes in eternity,” Rice said. “We live in a very metric-driven society, we cannot measure the impacts of the lives we touch. Not just in this generation but in future generations.”

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Local duplex becomes state’s first multifamily certified Passive House BY KYLE COOKE, JEREMY MOORE ROCKY MOUNTAIN PBS

After Seth Riseman’s Louisville home burned down in the Marshall Fire, he struggled to make a decision on what to do going forward — sell the lot and move on, or stay put and rebuild in a neighborhood he loves? The second option won out in the end, and like many of the victims of the Marshall Fire, which destroyed over 1,000 structures in Boulder County last year, Riseman is hoping to rebuild his home in a way that makes it more energy-efficient and fire-resistant. Riseman recently attended a private tour of a unique home in Englewood — it’s the first multifamily, certified Passive House in Colorado. Building to Passive House standards is considered building to the gold-standard of energy-efficient buildings. A home must meet strict criteria in order to be certified as a Passive House. “I’d like to do the passive home, but it depends on getting a builder who can build it,” Riseman said. The multi-family home on South Ogden Street in Englewood is a duplex; each unit has four bedrooms and five baths. The homes are each 2,854 square feet. They’re listed for $1,475,000. “Comfort, durability and efficiency are achieved through an air-tight building envelope, super insulation, and continuously ventilated indoor air,” the listing reads. Though expensive — the median list price in September in Englewood was $569,000 — the future owners of these duplex units will save some money on the back end, as Passive House buildings allow for heating and cooling related energy savings of up to 90% compared with typical building stock and over 75% compared with average new builds. There are some more affordable options to reach Passive House stan-

dards. Andrew Michler, the owner of the first certified Passive House in Colorado, recently teamed up with architect Rob Harrison to create the “Restore Passive House.” The duo designed the home especially for Marshall Fire victims and say it can be built for $550,000 (that price includes incentives from the Colorado Energy Office and/or Xcel Energy). “Building the principles of Passive Houses into every single building that’s built today should be a thing,” said Peter Stuart, a certified Passive House builder and realtor who listed the Englewood duplex. Stuart said we’re at a potential turning point when it comes to building energy-efficient homes. “Every car has seat belts, and at one point in time people argued whether or not seat belts were necessary — we’re at that point in the construction world,” he said. However, high construction prices combined with underinsured Marshall Fire victims has resulted in a slow, frustrating rebuilding process in Boulder County. To date, only about 10% of victims have received a permit to start rebuilding. Still, a record number of those people — more than 40%, according to Boulder County officials — are building to standards that qualify them for energy rebates and incentives. If customer demand makes it so that more builders and contractors are interested in building to Passive House standards, then Riseman is hopeful that these energy-efficient homes will become more accessible. As for Stuart, meeting those standards is a “no-brainer.” This story is from Rocky Mountain PBS, a nonprofit public broadcaster providing community stories across Colorado over the air and online. Used by permission. For more, and to support Rocky Mountain PBS, visit rmpbs.org.

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Under the IHO, set to go into effect next week, all new residential developments in the city with five or more units will be required to make at least 5% of those units affordable based on area median income (AMI) data. For rental units, that is set at 60% AMI while for-sale units are 80%. For an individual, 60% AMI represents a yearly income of about $42,000, while for a family of four it represents $70,000, according to Kathleen Osher, the city’s director of community development. An AMI of 80% for an individual represents an income of $62,000 and $89,000 for a family of four, Osher said. If developers do not include affordable units, the IHO will levy hundreds of thousands of fees against them to be paid to the city that can then be used on other affordable housing-related projects. The fees are based on the total cost of development and can reach as high as 75% of that cost, though some fees were dramatically reduced for certain developments already in the city’s review pipeline through a late amendment to the policy. Another key prong of the law is pushing developers to go beyond the 5% mandate to build even more affordable units in exchange for a host of incentives. Depending on the size of the project and amount that is affordable, developers could see a 25% to 35% reduction in park-

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ing requirements, 50% reduction in open space requirements on the site, 15% increase in units that can be built per acre, reduction of neighborhood meetings from two to one and an expedited review process from about 12 weeks to 10. Concerns and praise from developers, residents Despite these offers, some developers and home builders voiced concern over the timing of the policy, suggesting to council members they were not aware of the law’s specifics and how soon it would be in effect. “This dramatic change to the requirement for residential devel-

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opments is being implemented extremely quickly with little time for the market to adapt or respond,” said Tarah Bailey, who represents developers Evergreen and Toll Brothers. She added the city needs an abundance of all types of housing “not just affordable housing.” Tyler Carlson, a manager for Evergreen, said the IHO would force renters to pay higher costs to “subsidize their neighbors” who live in more affordable units and urged council members to put a pause on the policy debate. Morgan Cullen, director of government affairs for the Home Builders Association of Metro Denver, said the IHO could stymy new

developments with its rules and regulations, adding that any “additional affordable units required by this ordinance will not be built if developers and builders decide that Littleton is not a suitable place to invest in the future.” Littleton resident Lynn Christensen also opposed the IHO but for different reasons. “In theory I support an inclusionary housing ordinance that would provide affordable and attainable housing options,” she said, “but what I don’t agree with is the way that it would be done.” Christensen, a frequent critic of SEE HOUSING, P5

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large-scale housing developments in the city who has made several attempts to undo the housing plan approved for the Aspen Grove shopping center, said the myriad of incentives under the IHO threaten the environment, traffic and community character of the city. District 1 Councilmember Patrick Driscoll echoed developers’ concerns, and said, “when these builders are spending thousands upon thousands, maybe upwards of millions of dollars, to get these projects off the ground and we throw something like this at them it really affects their bottom line.” Still, several Littleton residents endorsed the IHO and urged council to move forward on the policy. Ken Ayars, who also served with the League of Women Voters for Arapahoe and Douglas counties, said “creating more affordable housing is a critical need” in the city. Eric Veith, a development associate at Gables Residential who also sits on the city’s housing task force, said the IHO is meant to “strike a balance between serving the needs of our community’s lower-income residents and the needs of our city as a whole to continue to support housing production.” He urged council’s support for a policy that, even imperfect, would spur needed development for both affordable and market-rate homes. Corey Reitz, executive director

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bate until February, citing a need to give developers more time to digest the policy, but a majority of council members succeeded in continuing conversations. A key concern for Driscoll is the impacts the IHO would have on developers whose plans were already approved or submitted to the city for review. Multiple efforts to amend the policy, some of which were defeated and some which succeeded with a council majority, led to a grandfathering of several projects currently in or preparing for city review — including Aspen Grove and Riverpark in southwest Littleton and Columbine Square in northwest Littleton. Taken together, more than 2,500 proposed housing units will now be subject to the IHO, presenting the potential to secure at least 125

for Littleton’s housing authority — South Metro Housing Options, said, “while there is a need for all types of housing, the need for affordable housing is especially high.” Compromises lead to vote The comments led to more than an hour of debate between council members who grappled with what some described as a “tough” vote. At certain points, it appeared some council members were on the verge of pulling their support, with District 2 Councilmember Jerry Valdes saying “there’s just too many holes” in the IHO as originally written and At-Large Councilmember Pam Grove voicing concern with the swath of incentives for developers. Driscoll attempted to halt the vote by postponing further de-

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affordable units under the law. But amendments also allow for a 75% reduction in the fees developers of those projects would pay should they refuse to build any affordable housing, a compromise struck between council members who sought to maximize the IHO’s potential while easing the burden on developers already eyeing the city. Mayor Pro Tem Gretchen Rydin said she understood other council members’ umbridge with the extent of some of the incentives, but added: “These are people and families that are in those structures, and that for me is worth a sacrifice.” District 3 Councilmember Steve Barr said he is “not under any impression that the IHO is going to solve housing affordability in Littleton or south metro Denver,” but that it provides a critical tool for addressing the crisis. Littleton’s council prior to the IHO approved $1 million in federal COVID-relief funds for housing and officials said the city has applied to receive up to $3 million for affordable projects under a state grant created last year. That is in addition to the potential creation of an annual $300 million state fund for affordable housing should voters approve it this election. Littleton council members last month unanimously endorsed the proposal, known as Proposition 123. “This is going to be a long and slow and painstaking process,” Barr said. “This is a good starting point, but I think the work of us as a council is not going to be done.”

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Littleton residents return from weeks abroad in Australian sister city Longtime tradition resumes BY ROBERT TANN RTANN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Littleton City Councilmember At-Large Pam Grove, third from left, stands with a delegation of Littleton COURTESY PHOTO residents in Bega, Australia — Littleton’s sister city.

After returning from a more than two week stint across the world, Heritage High School senior Nettie Wismere wants to “go back and do it all over again.” Wismere is one of a handful of Littleton residents who recently returned from a trip to Bega, Australia, Littleton’s sister city more than 8,400 miles away. The trip is part of a decadeslong tradition between the two municipalities, a close relationship that started in the 1950s. “This was even before the international sister cities that were put into play by President Eisenhower,” said Marry Recht, president of the Bega-Littleton Sister City Exchange. When Australian newspaper editor Walter Bruce (Curly) Annabel saw the 1951 film “Small Town Editor” — produced by the U.S. State Department and U.S. Information Agency to encourage rural independent journalism — he reached out to Littleton Independent

editor Houston Waring, who was featured in the film. It led to the first exchange in 1961, when Waring visited Bega in February. In August that year, a group of Bega high school students traveled to Littleton, according to Recht. “(Waring) saw so many similarities in the 1950s between the two,” Recht said. “Of course, Littleton was very rural and has grown to become part of the Denver metro area but still has a small-town feel. Bega stayed rural and I just find the differences to be even more of a treat than how they are similar.” The recent trip marked Waring’s fourth visit to Bega, which was originally scheduled for 2021 but was upended by the COVID-19 pandemic. The two delegations, which can be between 20 and 30 people large, usually make the exchange trip once every five years, according to Recht. They have also sent one another numerous gifts over the decades including a didgeridoo, quilts and even a 4-feet iron kangaroo sculpture. The Littleton delegation’s trip, which took place between Oct. 10 and Oct. 26,

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saw residents live with host families while they toured Bega and other surrounding landscapes and cities situated along Australia’s southeast coast. “I knew we would receive some sort of welcome … they welcomed us as if we were family,” said Pam Grove, a Littleton resident, delegation member and the city’s at-large councilmember. Grove said the festivities and hospitality began as soon as the group landed when they were “whisked away to a dinner party” overlooking to ocean. What followed were days of events that included whale watching, historic tours, lunches and dinners — including a civic dinner which Grove said included two members of Australia’s parliament and an emissary for the country’s prime minister, Anthony Albanese, who also sent the delegation a message. “Every day it felt so special and we had never met these people but we felt like we were friends because of this program,” Grove said. While some differences between the two cities were obvious, from “kangaroos on the road, wallabies in the yard” to a sweeping ocean in lieu of snow-capped mountains, Grove said others were more subtle. “I felt like people in a smaller community interact in a different way than we do. When I stayed with my first host we would walk to coffee and she knew everybody on the street,” she said.

Pam Grove, third from left, with her host family in Bega, Australia.

But delegates said Bega also deals with many of the same issues as Littleton such as affordable housing, infrastructure maintenance and devasting wildfires. While Bega has remained a smaller city, Littleton delegates said they saw the same sense of community and historic charm they love about their home city. A strong embodiment of this lies in both cities’ downtowns, where emblems in the form of trees and parks pay homage to the sister exchange. In Bega, there’s Littleton Gardens and in Littleton, there’s Bega Park. Delegates this trip even

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took part in a tree-planting ceremony to continue to honor their relationship. “I believe it is incredibly important to keep a good relationship with foreign countries … it leads to much broader perspectives on life in general,” said Wismere, the Heritage High School student. The trip was especially important for Wismere whose grandfather passed away in 2020 and had a bench and tree dedicated to him in Littleton’s Bega Park. With the exchange back on schedule after the pandemic, Littleton’s delegation said it is looking for-

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Graduation under the golden arches McDonald’s manager becomes high school graduate BY NINA JOSS NJOSS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Kile Studer tosses his cap underneath the golden arches at the McDonald’s restaurant on W. Progress Avenue in Littleton, where he has worked for nine years. PHOTO COURTESY OF JENNY STEVENSON

When Kile Studer dropped out of high school in 2013, he didn’t know if he would ever wear a cap and gown. But thanks to a high school diploma program through his employer, McDonald’s, Studer tossed his cap under the golden arches at his graduation celebration on Sept. 20. “Taking that opportunity and really pushing for a diploma was a huge thing,” Studer said. “And it was a big thing for myself, to kind of prove to myself that I can do it and that I should do it.” Archways to Opportunity offers several educational programs to McDonald’s employees, including educational/ career advising, English language education, tuition assistance and a high school diploma program through Career Online High School, according to its website. Since its launch in 2014, nearly 75,000 employees have participated in Archways to Opportunity, according to the website. About 1,500 of them

graduated from Career Online High School like Studer. According to Jenny Stevenson, director of operations for the seven restaurants owned by franchisee Mike Sandoval in the Denver metro area, Archways to Opportunity is available to all employees in good standing after they work an average of 15 hours per week for 90 days. Studer has continuously moved up the “career ladder” for the nine years he has worked at McDonald’s, Stevenson said. He currently has two roles: department manager in training and operations technology person 2, which means he supports operations through installing new equipment and software. Studer said he had known about Archways to Opportunity since he first started working at McDonald’s as a crew member. In November 2020, he enrolled in the high school diploma program. Whereas some people take a General Education Development (GED) test to demonstrate a high school level of knowledge, the Career Online High School differs in that students take classes and earn a legitimate diploma. Studer completed classes in English, social studies, math, science, physical education and elective courses that earned him a certificate in commercial driving. The classes were all

self-paced, which Studer said worked well with his learning style. “It was never a good fit, being taught in a classroom,” he said. “Having that free range that (this program) offered me was a huge, huge help.” Although the program was mostly independent, Studer said he had an academic counselor who supported him, particularly when he was struggling in a class. She gave Studer her contact information and sent additional academic materials with highlighted notes to help him study, he said. “It was tremendous having someone by my side,” he said. In addition to academic support, McDonald’s offers its employees financial support by covering the Career Online High School tuition. Stevenson said employees can earn up to $2,500 per year in tuition assistance as a crew person and up to $3000 per year as a manager, which they can put towards college. For Stevenson, the opportunity to support employees in their education is rewarding. “We are all about making people better at life, not just here in our four walls. Our goal is to make them better humans, right?,” she said. “So if we can be a partner in that and help them be what they want to be, we all win.”

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Ben Mann doesn’t fit the typical mold of a Protestant pastor. Mann, who is non-binary and uses they/them pronouns, wears highheeled shoes and makeup. Their altar sits beneath a transgender Pride flag and they’re surrounded by rainbows. For many, being both non-binary and a pastor could conflict. But for Mann, the two identities complete each other. “As queer people, I think we have a unique view of the world and the ability to question and wonder and hold strength within ourselves when we offer that power to one another,” Mann said. “I think that makes us an interesting element to society.” Mann is the associate pastor at Mayflower Congregational Church in Englewood and a chaplain at UCHealth on the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. Their role at the church is typical for a pastor — deliver sermons from the Bible with context for modern life. At the hospital, Mann works

with patients of various faiths to bring comfort to them during what are often traumatic circumstances. “People come to the hospital and are instantly vulnerable,” Mann said. “We strip them down, we tell them where to lay and what to do. We instantly start poking and prodding them and that can be a really inhumane experience.” “I find, as a chaplain, I get to inject a lot of humanity into a person and a family’s experience,” Mann added. Mann grew up in a conservative, religious household in Oklahoma. Though they often struggled to see their place as a queer person in the Christian church, Mann never lost their faith. Lessons from Jesus Christ’s teachings are still a core part of their belief system, but Mann no longer identifies with the word “Christian,” as they do not like the rise of alt-right Christianity in recent years and the way the religion has been weaponized. i “I find the term ‘Christian,’ to be t highly problematic, only because E of the brand in my country that it’s p taken on,” Mann explained. “I think t SEE CHAPLAIN, P13

Littleton to host annual Candlelight Walk Nov. 25 BY ROBERT TANN RTANN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Littleton’s annual holiday season kick off event returns Nov. 25, the day after Thanksgiving. This year’s Candlelight Walk will continue many of the same traditions community members have come to know including free hot cider, holiday entertainment and a visit from Santa Claus. Live entertainment will begin on Main Street at 5:30 p.m. with a

parade beginning at 6:30. The street t will be closed to traffic at 4 p.m and a i parking is available at Arapahoe Community College, the Littleton s Center and the Arapahoe County building. The downtown Littleton L r light rail center is also nearby. Donations of non-perishable food R for Inter-Faith Community Services f L and toys for the Arapahoe Santa Claus Shop will be accepted during f the evening. Main Street businesses b will also be open late for those who o want to start their holiday shopping.

November 10, 2022

Medicare fines for high hospital readmissions drop Nearly 2,300 facilities penalized BY JORDAN RAU KAISER HEALTH NEWS

The federal government has eased its annual punishments for hospitals with higher-than-expected readmission rates in an acknowledgment of the upheaval the COVID-19 pandemic has caused, resulting in the lightest penalties since 2014. The Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program has been a mainstay of Medicare’s hospital payment system since it began in 2012. Created by the Affordable Care Act, the program evaluates the frequency with which Medicare patients at most hospitals return within 30 days and lowers future payments to hospitals that had a greater-thanexpected rate of return. Hospitals can lose up to 3% of each Medicare payment for a year. The pandemic threw hospitals into turmoil, inundating them with COVID patients while forcing many to postpone elective surgeries for months. When the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services evaluated hospitals’ previous three years of readmissions, as it does annually, the government decided to exclude the first half of 2020 because of the chaos caused by the pandemic. CMS also excluded from its calculations Medicare patients who were readmitted with pneumonia across all three years because of the difficulty in distinguishing them from patients with COVID. Akin Demehin, senior director of quality and patient safety policy at the American Hospital Association, said the changes were warranted.

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it’s almost an understatement to say that we see the repercussions of an Evangelical Christianity that are so pervasive, and I think that speaks to the underlying tensions where we see Christianity being used as a weapon to hurt people.” In its purest form, Mann believes Christianity can serve the most marginalized people and bring communities together, but the faith has lost sight of its roots, they said. “The loudest voices get to claim what they believe that term to mean,” Mann said of the word ‘Christian.’ “I think there’s a correction of the narrative. Being smart and savvy with our narrative, breaking out of traditions that no longer serve people.” Little data exists on how many LGBTQ+ community members are represented in the clergy, but a Pew Research Center study from 2014 found more churches are accepting LGBTQ+ people and moving away from teachings about homosexuality being a sin that were once a staple of many Christian sects. . As progressive churches continue

“The COVID pandemic did a lot of really unprecedented things to care patterns of hospitals,” he said. After making those changes, CMS evaluated 2½ years of readmission cases for Medicare patients who’d had heart failure, heart attacks, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, coronary artery bypass grafts, and knee and hip replacements. As a result of its analysis, CMS penalized 2,273 hospitals, the fewest since the fiscal year that ended in September 2014, a KHN analysis found. The average payment reduction was 0.43%, also the lowest since 2014. The reductions will be applied to each Medicare payment to the affected hospitals from Oct. 1 through next September and cost them $320 million over that 12-month period. Some hospitals will see their penalties greatly reduced from last year. The penalty on St. Mary’s Hospital in Athens, Georgia, is dropping from 2.54% to 0.06%. Saint Joseph East in Lexington, Kentucky, received the maximum penalty, 3%, last year; it will lose 0.78% as of Oct. 1. In Flemington, New Jersey, the penalty for Hunterdon Medical Center is dropping from 2.29% to 0.12%. To limit penalties, many hospitals in recent years have instituted new strategies to keep former patients from needing a return visit. Dr. Robert Coates, interim chief medical officer at Hunterdon Health, which owns Hunterdon Medical Center, said in a statement that the hospital set up a system to identify patients who visited the emergency room within 30 days of a hospital stay. Instead of readmitting them, Hunterdon helps them set up nextday appointments at a doctor’s office or home monitoring of their health. SEE MEDICARE, P47

to put themselves on the map, Mann hopes LGBTQ+ people who were once harmed by Christianity can find a place for the good parts of religion in their hearts. “There’s a deep hunger in our culture to understand spirit and to understand self,” Mann said. “There are answers, there are opportunities to grow, and I hope the trauma from their past won’t prevent them from growing.” Mann also believes LGBTQ+ people have a unique outlook of the world due to the difficulties they often face. “I think queer people have a wonderful opportunity to be leaders in so many different facets of culture, including inside and outside of faith communities and other places,” Mann said. “I think we have a unique view of the world and the ability to question and wonder and hold strength within ourselves when we offer that power to one another.” This story is from Rocky Mountain PBS, a nonprofit public broadcaster providing community stories across Colorado over the air and online. Used by permission. For more, and to support Rocky Mountain PBS, visit rmpbs.org.

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ach year we celebrate Veterans Day on Nov. 11, but the appreciation we should be showing service men and women goes so far beyond one day. These men and women did not just serve our country in a military compacity. Many of these men and women also work hard to make communities nationwide FROM THE better. These men and women can often be EDITOR found participating in volunteer opportunities and clubs to donate time and skills and to raise funds for a variety of community improvements such as scholarships and betterment. Every year, as I meet more veterans in my personal and professional life, I am always proud of the dedication these men and women show to the towns they and the country they love. Thelma Grimes live Veterans are some of the country’s most dedicated citizens. They carry a heavy burden, especially those who have been in war, and they oftentimes still want to help others. One of the veterans I often pay tribute to this time of year is my own dad. I have written in this space before that while I am in my 40s and he is in his 70s, it is only recently that I have gotten to know and understand him a lot better. He served in Vietnam, serving aboard a helicopter with the sole purpose of landing and picking up wounded American soldiers. Serving as a gunner on that aircraft could not have been easy. The things he must have seen. One can only imagine. It was only last year that he told me that is what he did in the war. In a more recent conversation, I asked him what it was like coming home. He talked about the anger of a nation toward a controversial war and the soldiers who had fought in it. He talked about the stress of not always being supported for one of the toughest things he would ever do in his life. When I asked how he dealt with it emotionally, he looked me straight in the eyes and said, “You didn’t. You just learned to bury it inside and move on with life.” The sadness I felt in the moment was strong — knowing that when my dad was a young adult, he saw things no one should have to see, and then was told by society to bury it and forget about it. I respect that my dad buried it. He and my mom raised me and my brothers. He worked hard. My work ethic definitely comes from him. But what might have happened if he talked about the experience, got it out in the open and dealt with it? Would he have been different as we grew up? Did we take something from him and other soldiers by not helping them focus and address it? As a journalist, I have sat down with many veterans and active military over the years. I have interviewed a general, young soldiers and older. I am always honored when they are willing to open up to me about what they gained and lost in service. During the Iraq War, I will never forget a young soldier in his 20s telling me that he lost more friends in his young adult life than he had fingers. I told his story and to this day think about the strength it took for him to sit and talk to me that hour that day. Our veterans are honored members of our community and I hope we can thank them more than just one day a year. Thelma Grimes is the south metro editor for Colorado Community Media.

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loudly that the goodness in our hearts triumphed over the pervasive evil that seems to be growing in our communities? An evil that doesn’t have to exist. An evil driven by polarization of belief systems whether they be social, political or theological. We are facing crisis and words coming at us from Michael Norton every angle. Yet instead of finding the solution by coming together, we become further separated because we would rather fight and fight dirty than listen and try to understand, working toward a solution. We have a border crisis, fentanyl crisis, inflation crisis, violent crime crisis, education crisis, police crisis, teacher crisis, nursing crisis, physician crisis, first responder crisis, recession crisis, energy crisis, society crisis, divisive crisis, faith crisis, employment crisis, and yet instead of us all stepping up to try and take action to bring us closer, the words we choose and socialize with only drive us further apart. So, which is speaking louder today, our actions or our words? Those words we hide behind via texts, posts and emails? Those words we hide behind that deface public property? Or is it our action or inaction to do what is right, even in the face of conflict and adversity? Look, I have family and friends who are

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Special election could cost Littleton $165,000 Citizens seek election rule change BY ROBERT TANN RTANN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

A special election in Littleton likely slated for spring of next year could cost the city as much as $165,000, according to City Clerk Colleen Norton. The estimated cost is a $100,000 increase from the last time the city held a special election in 2015. Inflation and supply shortages — such as the cost and supply of paper — have dramatically increased potential operating costs, Norton said, adding that the final amount won’t be known until after the election is held. In comparing costs to the city for the 2022 election to the 2021 election, Norton said there has been a 300% increase. “Until the city has chosen vendors and entered into contracts for everything from ballot printing and mailing, to hiring of election judges and rental of tabulation equipment, as well as any other vendors necessary for the conduct

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on all sides of the spectrum around these problems. Some are on very extreme sides and others are centrists. And for me, I may even be accused of having my words speaking louder than my actions as I write this column each week. Yet, my action is actually writing this column with the intent of urging us all to find common ground and a middle that makes us better together. There will be no victory where one side completely convinces the other side that their way is right, this will never happen. However, we can get closer and simply agree to disagree more often. What can happen is that our actions of love, kindness, justice, mercy, gentleness, generosity, understanding, coopera-

of the election, we will be operating under the estimated cost,” Norton said. The question that will be posed to voters could result in a reduction in the city’s requirements for petition signatures as well as a tightening of the timeline the city has to host certain elections. While residents had initially hoped to land the question on the Nov. 8 ballot, they failed to meet the signature requirements by that time frame. However, according to Norton, they did succeed in delivering more than the 3,628 required signatures required by Oct. 5 to trigger a special election next year. The effort was born over backlash to the fallout of a previous citizen-led petition against the rezoning of Aspen Grove earlier this year. While residents succeeded in gaining the number of signatures needed to trigger a referendum on that issue, which was 10% of the registered voters in the last municipal election, some were frustrated with city council’s decision to hold the vote during the 2022 General Election this November. Residents who campaigned for the petition said the city should

to by our representatives have a way of addressing that.” Littleton resident Matt Duff, who is part of another advocacy group known as Vibrant Littleton — which supports housing projects in the city such as Aspen Grove, told Colorado Community Media during the petitioning that it “seems like a way for the vocal minority to block projects that they don’t want” and that “by lowering the standards of how many people need to be heard … it’s being used as a way to get around who is elected.” Marchetti said the estimated cost of the special election posed by Norton “is in question” and said he wants “to know something other than a rough estimate.” Even if the election were to cost the city as much as $165,000, Marchetti said, “either way the people have spoken and we can’t go back just because it’s going to cost this much.” City council is expected to hold a vote on when to schedule the special election during a meeting Nov. 15. The proposed date, according to Norton, is March 7 meaning ballots could be sent out beginning Feb. 13.

tion, unity and togetherness prove that we are still the United States of America, and that we stand better together than we do when we stand apart. How about you? Are your words or actions speaking louder these days? Knowing that this column will absolutely rub some the wrong way, at least initially, my hope is that my intended actions and my words lead us all to a better place. I would love to hear your story at gotonorton@ gmail.com, and when our actions and words speak so loudly that they call us all together, it really will be a better than good life. Michael Norton is an author, a personal and professional coach, consultant, trainer, encourager and motivator of individuals and businesses, working with organizations and associations across multiple industries.

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have followed state law which requires referendum elections to be held 60 to 150 days after the petition is certified. Littleton’s city code and charter, however, exempt it from those requirements and — citing the higher cost and lower turnout associated with off-cycle special elections — city council members opted to add the question to the Nov. 8 ballot. Many of the same residents who petitioned for the Aspen Grove referendum, part of an advocacy group called REvision Littleton, began collecting signatures for a new petition this summer that would force a vote on aligning Littleton’s code and charter with state election law. In essence, it means voters could decide to hold the city to the 60 to 150-day timeframe for hosting elections and reduce the needed signatures to trigger those elections from 10% of the registered voters in the last municipal election to 5%. John Marchetti, a Littleton resident and member of REvision Littleton, said the goal of that change would be to ensure residents who “are not being listened

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Celebrating Native American Indian Heritage Month in November is a pathway to honoring Indigenous people year-round BY ELICIA HESSELGRAVE SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA

he Denver area today is a hub for Native Americans. It was approximately between 1945 and 1965 when Native Americans found Denver to be a desirable place to find work, said Cheryl Crazy Bull, president of the Denver-based American Indian College Fund. This time period is known as the Relocation and Termination period, when Native Americans were removed from reservations and relocated to urban areas, Crazy Bull said. Awareness of the plight of Native American communities rose in the 1960s and `70s, and this included concern for the lack of representation and visibility of tribal members in every corner of American life, Crazy Bull said. “We saw a desire in Native American communities to create pathways for more people in public to see us,” Crazy Bull said. “Native American Heritage Month and Indigenous Peoples’ Day emerged out of a desire for that kind of visibility.” In 1990, President George H. W. Bush established Native American Indian Heritage Month, which is celebrated every November. “Native American Indian Heritage Month is a focused educational time,” Crazy Bull said. ‘Our own way of knowing the world’ Crazy Bull grew up in South Dakota and takes pride in being a citizen of the Sicangu Lakota nation, part of the Seven Council Fires. Each of the Council Fires is made up of individual tribal bands, based on kinship, dialect and geographic proximity. “Indigenous people have our own way of knowing the world and our own knowledge system focusing on kinship and relationships,” Crazy Bull said. “We believe in generosity and industriousness, and being responsible in our actions and the gifts that people bring to us in their talent.” How to celebrate Native American Heritage Month The American Indian College Fund offers a number of ways to celebrate Native American Heritage Month. It begins with Indige-Bration, an exclusive virtual concert. The celebration continues with a month-long Facebook challenge that includes a Walk and Learn event, an instructional SEE HERE, P17

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social dance video, book clubs, watch parties and panels. Crazy Bull will cap the celebration month with a live discussion. Recognizing Native Americans during Thanksgiving “A lot of people have come to learn that the history behind Thanksgiving dinner (and) the stories we learned in school, are not exactly correct,” said NancyJo Houk, chief marketing and development officer for the American Indian College Fund. “I think it’s wonderful that people are starting to hear and understand that the truth behind the story of Thanksgiving isn’t what we all thought that it was.” Houk said there are ways to celebrate the holiday while also honoring Native Americans. She suggests reciting a land recognition or incorporating a traditional native dish to the meal. The college fund also provides resources of accurate history to share and discuss during the meal. Beyond Native American Heritage Month The idea is that Indigenous people will be honored beyond the month of November. That starts with research and self-education, Crazy Bull said. Her suggestions include taking advantage of opportunities to meet people of different cultures at social gatherings, work or club meetings. She said to also pay close attention to how Native American people are represented in schools, and take note of historical references in coursework to ensure there is representation of Indigenous peoples, Crazy Bull said. Additionally, the Front Range boasts many nonprofits that serve Indigenous communities across the U.S. that people can learn more about. For example, the American Indian Science and Engineering Society on the University of Colorado-Denver campus and the American Indian Academy of Denver. And, there’s the Native American Rights Fund based in Boulder and Longmont’s

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First Nations Development Institute. There’s also the American Indian Academy of Denver, a free charter school focused on student-driven STEAM curriculum that was established to support Native American and Latinx students. It provides a “learning in an environment where children get a lot of opportunity to honor their Indigenious community,” Crazy Bull said. Also in Denver, the city and county’s Commission of Indian Affairs “strives to support visibility of Native people in Denver, and also legislation,” Crazy Bull said, adding that “Colorado itself has passed some laws that were really important, like banning mascots, (and) legislation supporting tuition support of mem-

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bers of tribes.” For the arts, Crazy Bull points to the North American Indian Cultures exhibition hall at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science and the Denver Art Museum’s Indigenous Arts of North America gallery. Both offer opportunities to experience Native American culture any time of the year. Another resource is the NativeLands app, which helps people discover what lands were the traditional homes of specific Indengous peoples. Other suggestions to celebrate and honor Native Americans include learning how to cook traditional native foods and supporting Native American-owned businesses, such as Denver’s own Tocabe, an American Indian eatery. There are also volunteer

opportunities with organizations such as the Denver Indian Resource Center, the Denver Indian Center or Spirit of the Sun. “In the U.S., there’s this practice of trying to celebrate diversity in framed ways, so Native American Heritage Month is an example of that social practice of drawing attention to groups of people by setting aside time for them to be recognized,” Crazy Bull said. “But we are here everyday. And we view Native American Heritage Month as just an opportunity to showcase the different accomplishments and different challenges Native Americans face.”

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November 10, 2022

It’s ‘The Nutcracker’ season again

olorado Ballet has opened sales for its annual performances of “The Nutcracker,” which tend to sell out, so here’s the first SONYA’S reminder ... Last year, the compaSAMPLER ny received new costumes and sets for this annual festivity — which is worth attending just to see the joyous little girls dancing their way through interSonya Ellingboe mission and out the doors afterwards! Performances: Nov. 26 to Dec. 24. Tickets: $40 to $175. The balance of the season includes: “Lady of the Camelias,” Feb.

3-12, 2023; “Cinderella,” March 10-19; “Ballet Masterworks,” April 14-23. coloradoballet.org, 303-837-8888. Own an Original Now open at the Littleton Museum: the annual “Own an Original” exhibit, which runs through December. TuesdaySaturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. (We always advocate original art for holiday gifting! Although a photo would have to bridge the gap between the holidays and exhibit closing!) The Littleton Museum is located at 6028 S. Gallup St., Littleton. Admission and parking free. 303795-3950. SEE SAMPLER, P20

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Haunted house is subject of talk Woman shares tales of ghosts in presentation at Vita community BY SONYA ELLINGBOE SELLINGBOE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

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Carol Roberts shared a perfect Halloween tale on Oct. 28 with residents at the age-restricted apartment community Vita in Littleton — an account of her time spent in an old white house in Chanute, a town in southwest Kansas, where she had several ghosts as housemates when she moved there in 2010. Built in 1904-06, the house was named Sally Ann. Roberts said it contained 6,778 square feet on three floors — plus a basement with a bowling alley and an outside swimming pool. Roberts’ parents were in a nursing home and she thought she’d buy an older house in the town and restore it while living in it. “There were five ghosts: a man and a boy had been killed in the back yard when a tree fell on them. A girl who had worked for a previous owner remained as a ghost upstairs and a little girl had drowned in the swimming pool.” (I think a fifth spirit hung out on the third floor, but we didn’t have a story.) Roberts said she consulted a spiritualist after she moved to Littleton and was told that a 100-year-old woman named Katherine (“just don’t call me Kate”) lived in the Kansas house now, but was also with her here often, very protective of Roberts. (In fact, Roberts felt certain Kather-

ine was in the room at Vita for this meeting.) Previously, Roberts had moved to a house where a woman had died, but didn’t pass over ... “I hired a ghost seeker,” Roberts said. Roberts said she had lots of visitors at the old white house before she moved away in 2014. In the Chanute house, there were wedding showers, birthday parties, class reunions, fundraisers of every kind. She enlarged the kitchen to where it eventually had five ovens ... She hosted a special Halloween party, where “streets were closed off and everyone helped to decorate the house. A friend gave away Cokes, guests brought candy and makings for a potluck dinner ...” The surrounding porch was large enough to seat many guests at one time. Her friends were sad when she sold that house. “I had lots of visitors, didn’t lock the doors ...” A photographer wanted to return after she’d moved out ... The next-door neighbor was the editor of the local newspaper and interested in what transpired at her house ... “I walked out of a movie one night and heard a voice saying: `This is not the town you should live in ...’” She continued that feeling. Upset, she started looking at places to live after 65 and moved to Asheville, North Carolina, thinking “this is where I want to die ...” Two years ago, Roberts moved to Vita in Littleton to be near family in the area, bringing her interests with her.

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as part of space travel.” Visitors can also get a taste of what it’s like to prepare for time spent on a new planet with activities like driving a 4-D Surface Exploration Vehicle, flying a virtual drone and experiencing the GClarke Reader Force in a spinning capsule. And once the travelers arrive on the planet, they need to tackle the all-important tasks of finding water and oxygen and growing food. “Some exhibits are very hands-on, some are more cerebral and this one hits people on all different levels. It’s a really well-designed exhibit,” Bailey said. “It’s particularly timely with all the renewed interest in space exploration.” The exhibit’s arrival at Wings Over the Rockies couldn’t be more perfectly timed and will be a great way to spend a day during the holidays. And while it will undoubtedly entertain all visitors, the hope is it also inspires the next generation of travelers. “We want people to understand that space exploration is open to everybody and that everyone has something to contribute to the future of space flight,” Bailey said. “It’s exciting, because the generation coming through the exhibit today are the ones who may be going

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he idea of traveling to another planet seems closer than ever in recent years — no longer is it an idea solely left to the science fiction writers among us. And the Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum is embracing this fact with the unveiling of the new Planet Pioneers Exhibition. “We’re always trying to bring in something new. Sometimes we do it ourselves and sometimes we get traveling exhibits like this one,” said Stewart Bailey, collections manager at the museum. “This exhibit focuses on space flight and what it’s like to travel to another planet and set up a colony there.” Created by Scitech in Perth, Australia, and produced by Imagine Exhibitions, Planet Pioneers runs at Wings Over the Rockies Lowry, 7711 East Academy Blvd. in Denver, through Sunday, Jan. 8. The museum is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday and noon to 5 p.m. on Sunday. According to provided information, the exhibit is made up of 17 interactive, immersive exhibits that offer potential explorers of all ages the chance to prepare for the journey to and then explore a distant planet. “Some of the beginning exhibits allow visitors to establish who the crew members will be, what equipment to take and things like that,” Bailey said. “You have to make the proper choices when considering things like what to take with you

to places like Mars.” Tickets and more information are available at wingsmuseum.org. Peace at all costs in Wheat Ridge’s ‘Lysistrata’ Do you ever just stop and think how astounding it is that many of the works we have from ancient Greek times still hold meaning millennia after they were originally written? Those universal truths are just what will be explored in Mellisa Taylor’s production of Aristophanes’ “Lysistrata.” The classic play runs at the Wheat Ridge Theatre Company Playhouse, 5455 W. 38th. Ave., through Sunday, Nov. 20. Performances are at 7:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday and 2:30 p.m. on Sunday. For those unfamiliar, the show focuses on the Greek women’s efforts to stop their husbands constantly going off to fight in some war by refusing to sleep with them until peace talks are held. Visit https://wheatridgetheatre. com/ for information and tickets. A new perspective on creative map-making PlatteForum — an arts, youth development, and artist-in-residence program — is hosting a new fall exhibit by Jennifer Maravillas-Bell, who has been in residence at the gallery’s ArtLab since early September. Collected Perspectives: Cartography, Belonging, Place and Identity will be on display at the PlatteForum Annex Gallery, 3575

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Ringsby Court, Unit 103 in Denver, through Saturday, Nov. 26. According to provided information, Collected Perspectives explores map-making through a social justice lens. Maravillas-Bell is from Brooklyn, New York, but is now based in Denver and as part of the work’s creative process has been walking the streets in the area, collecting debris and putting it into concrete shapes that match each block. Information on the exhibit and gallery can be found at https://platteforum.org/. Clarke’s Concert of the Week — Son Little at the Bluebird Theater One of the many great things about R&B music is how eclectic the genre is — there’s an approach to soul music that will appeal to practically any listener. Take the music made by Philadelphia’s Son Little, who since 2014 has been releasing music that owes as much to classic Motown sounds as it does to electronica. It’s easy to see why he has recorded with artists ranging from Mavis Staples and RJD2. In support of his latest album, this year’s “Like Neptune,” Son Little will be performing at the Bluebird Theater, 3317 E. Colfax Ave. in Denver, at 9 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 12. He’ll be joined by openers Moorea Masa & The Mood. Get tickets at www.axs.com. Clarke Reader’s column on culture appears on a weekly basis. He can be reached at Clarke.Reader@hotmail.com.

Acoma St. Denver. Free parking, tickets: curioustheatre.org, 303623-0524. Plays through Dec. 10. Modern, comic take on the American Revolution. Suh’s play “The Chinese Lady” just appeared at Denver Center Theatre Company. Englewood Arts Presents Brahms Piano Quartet in G Minor will be performed at Englewood Arts Presents: Nov. 12 afternoon concert at Hampden Hall in Englewood Civic Center, 1000 Englewood Parkway, with Yi Xhao, violin, Sofia Basile, viola; Seoyoen Min, cello; and Madoka Asari, piano. Tickets: $30/$25, englewoodarts.org. DMNS “Apollo: When We Went to the Moon” is open at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science, 2001 Colorado Blvd., Denver, coproduced by the U.S. Space and Rocket Center and Flying Fish. dmns.org, 303-370-6000. Ticketed. Parking. Miners Alley Miners Alley Theater, 1224 Washington Ave. in Golden, announces its 2023 season: “The Great American Trailer Park Musical” Jan. 27-March 5; “I Hate Hamlet” March 31-April 25; “The Oldest Boy: A Play in Three Ceremonies” May 19 to June 11; “Avenue Q, the Musical” Aug. 11-Sept. 17; “The Cherry Orchard” Aug. 13-Nov. 5; “A Christmas Story,” Nov. 24-Dec. 31. 303-935-3044. Good news! See minersalley.com.

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Coloradan organizing national Christmas ornament drive for Marshall Fire victims BY RYLEE DUNN RDUNN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Two years ago, Carolyn Nicolaysen rallied friends and family members to collect and donate homemade Christmas ornaments to families impacted by wildfires in Oregon, where her daughter lives. Since then, Nicolaysen founded the Facebook group Operation Christmas Ornaments From Near and Far, and this year is collecting ornaments from folks across the country to donate to victims of the Marshall Fire. The group accepts handmade ornaments from across the country and beyond — they received one donation from Japan this year — and organizes them into dozen-each sets before working with local organizations to distribute the ornaments to affected families. Carol Burton, a Colorado resident, is heading up the local charge to get ornaments to Marshall Fire victims this year,

and said that she and Nicolaysen found that the sentimental value of Christmas ornaments makes losing them in a natural disaster especially painful. “From with talking to people, one of the things people really missed after a disaster were their Christmas ornaments and all of the memories tied up in those,” Burton said. The group – which now contains over 700 members — had a goal to collect 6,000 ornaments for 500 families impacted by the Marshall Fires. On Oct. 27, Nicolaysen posted to say that reached their goal for the year, but are still accepting donations of ornaments for Marshall Fire victims and victims of other tragedies, including the tornadoes that damaged parts of Kentucky last year. Folks interested in donating or receiving Christmas ornaments can join the group by searching ‘Operation Christmas Ornaments from Near and Far’ on Facebook.

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of mental health or substance use disorder care. The new Rogers clinic offers what’s called “partial hospitalization,” meaning clients spend about six hours a day, five days a week at the clinic working on their treatment program, said Blair Famarin, an outreach manager at Rogers Behavioral Health. “It’s a full day, almost like a workday or a school day,” Famarin said. Within the partial hospitalization model, the clinic offers four programs — a depression recovery program for adults or for adolescents, and an OCD and anxiety program for adults or for children and adolescents. The clinic provides different types of therapies, such as cognitive behavioral therapy, which Mayo Clinic defines as a type of psychotherapy to help clients become aware of negative thinking so they can view challenging situations more clearly and respond effectively. To address OCD and anxiety conditions, the clinic offers exposure and response prevention, a type of cognitive behavioral therapy. It involves confronting things that trigger a client’s obsessions and making the choice to not perform a compulsive behavior, according to the International OCD Foundation. In addition to the therapy treatments, the clinic has an advanced practice nurse practitioner, Ghea Mae Degillo, whom clients visit at least twice a week.

Julia Carbonella, the clinical director of the new Rogers Behavioral Health location, speaking during the Nov. 3 open house.

“Primarily, I’m in charge of medication management and treatment planning,” Degillo said. “I like that Rogers is able to incorporate both the psychotherapy and psychopharmacology, so that we’re (where) medication and therapy kind of meet.” Degillo said the clinic offers evidence-based treatment that is individualized to client needs. Clients also do a weekly assessment score in order to keep track of progress and assess if changes are needed, she said. Continues to expand Rogers Behavioral Health was founded in 1907 in Wisconsin, according to its website, and it now has

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locations in 10 states. The decision to open a location in Colorado was due to a generous donation made by a local family who wished to remain anonymous, said Bradley Riemann, president of philanthropy, research and clinical care for Rogers Behavioral Health. “It’s incredible when families have the confidence in us, the trust in us to really allow us to come into a community like this,” Riemann said. While the Colorado clinic is currently focused on offering the partial hospitalization level of care, it plans to offer an “intensive outpatient care” model which consists of clients visiting about three hours a day, five days a week, Famarin said. Carbonella described the clinic as offering a mid-level range of care that can help serve people who may not need a residential or inpatient level of care, but who need more specialized treatment than weekly outpatient individual therapy. “Most of our primary therapists maintain a minimal caseload of four, so there’s lots of eyes and we have a multidisciplinary team that is able to pay a lot of individualized attention to every patient,” Carbonella said. The clinic can accommodate up to 32 clients at a time, Famarin said. The clinic currently has five clients since its opening in late October. Anna Korbel is a family therapist at the clinic who works on the child and adolescent unit, often meeting one-on-one with clients, with families and occasionally running group sessions. She said the partial hospitalization programs can last up to eight weeks, though the time may vary depending on the child. “Most of our kids will step out of school to do this program,” Korbel said, since it occurs from the morning to afternoon. Famarin said the clinic has a school education liaison who calls

the student’s school and gets work sent over. The child has one hour every day to complete the work, which is then sent back to the school for grading. “When they’re returning back to school, we have a back-to-school meeting with the school staff, and then we talk to them about how we can get the kid back to school to where they’re not overwhelmed with so much work,” Famarin said. For working adults, Famarin said they typically take a leave of absence from work through the Family and Medical Leave Act. “And then we help them decide what they’re going to tell people when they go back,” Famarin said, explaining it’s up to the clients how much they want to share with others. Getting treatment To get a free, confidential screening, residents can call (888) 927-2203. The phone screening will take up to an hour, Famarin said. “And once they do that, it gets sent to our doctor who determines what level of care is best, which program is best,” Famarin said. “Then, we call them back (and) let them know when they can start.” Therapy is for everyone, Korbel said, whether or not a person has a mental health diagnosis. She noted there have been some patients at Rogers who had OCD and didn’t even realize it. “Our outcomes show that patients, their symptoms really do decrease and we really increase their quality of life,” Carbonella said. “That’s our ultimate goal to bring to the Denver community and to really provide this life-changing treatment close to home.” Those interested in learning more about Rogers Behavioral Health can visit rogersbh.org/locations/denverco.

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Colorado to follow Q3 national growth The politics of inflation BY TAMARA CHUANG THE COLORADO SUN

Feeling more productive lately? You aren’t alone. The nation had an increase in production of goods and services over the summer that offset declines from earlier in the year. It swung into positive economic territory, according to the federal agency that measures the nation’s economic growth. Gross domestic product grew 0.6% in the third quarter or an annualized 2.6%, according to the estimate from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. That’s thanks to the U.S. upping trade by increasing oil exports while consumers spent more on health care and other services though at a slower pace than before. The federal government raised defense spending. Wages were up. But you may not have even noticed that growth, which was adjusted for inflation. Economic sentiment was mixed because not everything grew. Residential investment fell 26.4%, with investment in nonresidential buildings declining 15.3%. The Associated Builders and Contractors calls it “the calm before the storm.” While there is still plenty of uncertainty, Colorado is likely to see a similar growth in GDP, said Brian Lewandowski, executive director of the Business Research Division at the Leeds School of Business, University of Colorado. They’ve been tracking Colorado’s GDP since 2005, and Colorado’s economic change has been very similar to the nation’s. “Colorado directionally moved with the U.S. 86% of the quarters (up or down),” Lewandowski said in an email. “I do expect Colorado’s GDP to be up in Q3, and I expected the growth to exceed the nation.” He also charted 17 years of GDP data for The Colorado Sun, comparing quarterly changes by the state and U.S.: “Our job growth and income growth has been outperforming,” he added. As What’s Working readers may recall from last week’s report, Colorado continues to add jobs, even if it’s at a slower rate than earlier in the year. Historically, the state’s labor force is one of the largest it has ever been. Income continues to rise, according to monthly estimates from the U.S. Census Business Establishment Survey and state labor

department. Colorado’s average hourly pay has increased 10.9% since January 2021 to $34.43 in September. In the same period, U.S. wages have grown 8.4% to $32.46. Area economists however have already said job growth will continue to slow in Colorado. “The annual employment totals for 2022 will be deceptively stellar,” said Gary Horvath, a Denverbased economist at Cbre.co in his monthly economic update. “During Q1, Colorado employment was strong and broad-based. By Q4, minimal growth or job losses will be more common as the country moves into a recession. The slowdown will carry into 2023.” Colorado is not without job losses In the past two months, three companies have filed notices with the state warning that layoffs are on the way, as part of the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification. Starry Inc., an internet provider, began laying off 41 workers on Oct. 21 due to “changes in its business,” according to the notice sent to Colorado Department of Labor and Employment. The company said the cuts are at its Centennial office on Arapahoe Street. Starry earlier told shareholders it would cut half of its workforce “to conserve capital,” or 508 jobs, reported FierceWireless. • Chord Energy, the result of Denver’s Whiting Petroleum Corp and Houston’s Oasis Petroleum merger in July, will lay off 104 workers in December due to its decision to close the office at 1700 Lincoln St. in Denver. • Planterra, a plant-protein food maker owned by JBS, is closing its corporate office in Lafayette and manufacturing plant it opened in Denver less than a year ago, The Denver Business Journal reported. Approximately 121 employees will lose their jobs after meatpacker JBS decided to end its foray into plant protein. The layoffs are expected to be completed in December, according to its WARN letter. Colorado inflation gets political Inflation has become a political issue, which I tackled in a story earlier this week. It investigated the data behind one candidate’s claim that Colorado has the nation’s highest inflation rate, at 16%. The number came from a Republican committee report that looked at the 21 months since President Joe Biden took office. It also put Colorado in an eight-way tie with Arizona, Idaho, Montana,

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Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming for the highest inflation over that period. But the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, which tracks inflation via the consumer price index, does not track the rate by each state. It doesn’t have the budget to be that detailed, apparently. Instead, BLS tracks inflation by subregion — and that includes splitting up the U.S. into nine census divisions or by 23 metro areas. The Republican report used the nine census divisions. In checking with area economists on how they calculate the Colorado rate, they lean toward the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood rate, which is one of the 23 metro areas where more detail is provided. “In Colorado we can rely on the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood CPI, but for states like Utah and Wyoming they may have to defer to regional or census division CPI,” said Ryan Gedney, senior economist with the state Department of Labor and Employment. “To the best of my knowledge, there are no real substitutes for state-level measures of inflation.” By using the Denver inflation rates since January 2021 and calculating the index change through September 2022, area inflation came in at 13.25%. That put the region near the middle of the pack of 23. It was also slightly higher than the U.S. inflation rate of 13.18%. Ultimately, though, prices are higher now than a year

ago. The BLS calculated that the Denver area’s inflation rate had slowed to 7.7% in September, which is still up from a year ago. Nabbing that statewide rate will always prove to be tricky. Lewandowski, with CU’s Leeds Business School, said he, too, uses the Denver rate for projections. However, he added, “What is difficult, though, is (that) many of our mountain resort communities are likely experiencing higher prices and price changes, but they aren’t reflected in the Denver estimates.”

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Veteran talks military service, medical experience Now at Centennial ER BY TAYLER SHAW TSHAW@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

When Alex Sutherland was growing up in Philadelphia, he only had movies and the media to shape his perception of the military — that is, until he joined the U.S. Army as part of his journey to become a doctor. Now a Centennial resident and emergency room physician at Centennial Hospital, Veterans Day, observed on Nov. 11, holds a special meaning. “For me, it’s a reminder and a time to reach out to friends,” Sutherland said. “I don’t think I realized what, really, what people went through in the military until getting into it, and then what — how important it actually is.” Combining medicine and the military Sutherland started out wanting to do sports medicine, specifically working as a physical therapist, because he was an athlete and thought it would be a good option. However, during his undergraduate studies at the University of Pittsburgh, he did some rotations in physical therapy and discovered he didn’t enjoy it as much as he thought he would. “So, I just decided to go into medicine, because I love science, I like working with people, and that was that,” he said. Due to how expensive medical

school is, Sutherland went through a program called the Health Professions Scholarship Program, which he said is like ROTC for medical school. As part of the program, he joined the U.S. Army to pay for schooling. “I loved doing military-like things as a kid, you know, making forts and going on expeditions out in the woods,” he said. “So, it seemed like a perfect opportunity to save a lot of money and do something I would enjoy.” Coming from a non-military family, Sutherland said his family didn’t know what to expect. “I think they were a little concerned about preconceived notions of the military and such, but they were supportive and happy for me,” he said. He officially joined the U.S. Army in 1999 and was brought in as a reservist. While he was doing the traditional medical school training at the University of Pittsburgh, he also had military training and courses. “When I first went to officer basic, which was in 1999, I met people that were just like me,” he said. “People I’m still friends with today. They’re some of the best people and best friends that I’ve had.” Sutherland liked the action of the emergency room, he said, as well as being able to help people who were in distress. Once he finished medical school, he started residency near Seattle in 2002 and went on to active duty. Sutherland remained there until

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2005. He was stationed at Fort Carson in Colorado where he worked in a family ER, serving mostly military families. Deployment to Iraq After working at Fort Carson for just over a year, Sutherland was deployed to Iraq for 16 months in 2007. “I knew that we would be deployed. It was in the middle of the second Iraq War, and so it wasn’t a question of if, it was a question of when and where and how long,” Sutherland said. Sutherland said he was scared, fearing he wouldn’t be able to do the job he needed to. “I didn’t even really know what I needed to do, honestly,” he said. “But I quickly realized that my training was sufficient and that I knew what to do, and that the people around me were in the same boat. We were all learning together and functioning as a single unit.” One of the hardest parts was leaving his son, who was two months old at the time. “That was probably the worst part, missing the family,” he said. “Otherwise, it’s almost easier. Life’s almost easier being deployed, because there’s only — you only have to worry about yourself and your job and your unit.” Sutherland said there wasn’t much to do except work, workout, eat, sleep and spend time with others. He thinks it can be harder for families, as they’re left with one less person and with worries. “They’re worried about you there, getting killed or injured or not being able to communicate directly,” he said. “We might be in more direct danger, but it doesn’t feel that way necessarily. Well, at least it didn’t for me as a doctor.” Sutherland, an Army Major, spent the vast majority of the time at the 31st Combat Support Hospital stationed in Baghdad at a base called Camp Cropper, serving as an ER director. Sutherland and another military doctor had to go to an Iraqi hospital to do lectures for the Iraqi doctors on how to treat injuries commonly seen in the military setting, he said. The experience was eye-opening,

Sutherland said. It made him look at the local depth of what the military was doing and imagine what it would be like if that combat was happening in a community in the U.S. “I don’t think most people can imagine what it would be like to have to worry about their children being blown up in the real, actual real-world setting. And then having the invaders come and teaching your doctors how to deal with it,” he said. “It was a strange experience.” Sutherland said his time in Iraq had different compartments to it. “It was great times when I just got to hang out with friends, and there was other times when I got to see really horrible things and really felt guilty being there to some degree, F but also glad that I had the opportunity to be part of it to help,” he said. p Through his experience, he said d he realized how hard it is to make c such a huge organization operate, as t well as “how much sacrifice that all these people that w are volunteers go through and have l to deal with in order to defend the w t country.” “Overall, I think it just gave me a better perspective on the opportuni- t s ties and the lifestyle that we have in this country,” he said. “It really t g helped me get in better physical shape and better — just became a better, independent, confident doc- g tor, and hopefully a better person.” h

w Continuing to serve others m When Sutherland finished his active duty time and returned home s in 2008, he said it felt a little weird, s especially seeing how much his son c had grown over 16 months. “It was hard, a little, to transition back to all these things that we worry about from day-to-day — bills, job, money, school,” he said. “A lot of these things that we worry about on a day-to-day basis are not that important.” Sutherland took a few months off before returning to his work as an emergency room doctor, working at a civilian ER at Parkview Medical Center in Pueblo. He said he didn’t have a lot of SEE SUTHERLAND, P25

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Colorado wants to be the best in outdoor recreation Outdoor trade show opens in Colorado BY JASON BLEVINS THE COLORADO SUN

When the Outdoor Retailer trade show pulled out of Denver this year to return to its longtime home in Utah, Colorado’s outdoor industry leaders promised the departure would be a good thing. The loss of the twice-a-year trade shows — which irked brands that have been battling with Utah politicians over the state’s opposition to expansions of the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments — was an opportunity to create a new type of event for the outdoor industry. Conor Hall, the director of Colorado’s outdoor recreation office, suggested maybe the state could host a business trade show that also worked as a consumer-friendly festival; a “South by Southwest” for the outdoor industry and its passionate fans. The seed of that new event was planted this week as the nascent Big Gear Show announced plans to move from Park City, Utah, to downtown Denver alongside the first-ever (e)revolution e-bike trade show. The June 8-11 event at the Colorado Convention Center next year will host not just brands, manufacturers and retailers with two days of businessto-business wheeling and dealing, but will open to consumers for the

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problems processing what he saw during his time in the military because a lot of ER training is, itself, traumatic. “Being in that environment, it wasn’t a significant change. And luckily, I didn’t have any friends that were killed or see people that I knew that were killed,” he said. For veterans who have gone through that experience, Sutherland said he thinks it’s very hard for them to relate to others when they get back. “There’s (an) extreme amount of guilt involved in people who live,” he said. Sutherland believes if all citizens were required to do time in the military, they would better understand and it would make the country stronger, he said. “Throughout my experience, as a civilian, people that I met that were

final two days of the event. The plan includes an entry fee, outdoor trails for e-bikes and climbing walls for testing equipment and, in a unique partnership with local gear shops, the ability to buy gear on the show floor. Plans are underway for ancillary events around the convention center to help feed the festival-like vibe. It’s the first “business-to-businessto-consumer” event for the outdoor industry. “This is bigger than just the concept of trying to replace the Outdoor Retailer show,” Hall said. “This is our push, with Gov. Polis, to make sure that Colorado is the gathering place for this diverse industry.” Hall called the co-mingling of the Big Gear Show and the e-bike trade show along with public access “an important step in our broader push to create that South by Southwest feeling for the industry.” This may not be the event that becomes the international festival that cements Colorado as the epicenter of the outdoor recreation world, Hall said, “but it’s going to be a really exciting piece of our larger vision.” The Big Gear Show and the (e) revolution e-bike trade show are owned by the same company, Lost Paddle Events, which is a collection of longtime outdoor industry executives and small-shop retailers. Kenji Haroutunian, who launched the hardgoods-focused Big Gear Show in 2021, always envisioned an urban trade show but settled into

ex-military as well are still, I believe, some of the most reliable and efficient doctors,” he said, explaining his military experience gave him more confidence and competence as a doctor. In May, after working in Pueblo for 14 years, Sutherland came to work in the ER at Centennial Hospital. In light of Veterans Day, Sutherland said, “What I would like is for people to take a moment and try to envision themselves in the situations that the military is put into, different soldiers, and imagine what that would be like for them.” “Try to reach out to organizations that help veterans and understand that a lot of these people really sacrificed not just their lives, but sometimes the ones that are still alive are the ones that are in much worse shape,” he said. Sutherland said he sometimes thinks “thank you” to those who served and died before him. “This is a country that’s based on freedom and democracy,” he said. “We’re all part of the same team.”

a slopeside, outdoor venue in Park City for 2021 and 2022 to accommodate the angst of the pandemic. “This is really the original vision,” said Haroutunian, a 35-year outdoor industry veteran who spent 15 years guiding the Outdoor Retailer trade show for four different owners. In August he hosted about 1,800 manufacturers, brands, retailers and journalists in Park City, as he adjusted the Big Gear Show’s focus toward hardgoods, like bikes, paddle boards, kayaks, climbing gear and camping stuff. The Big Gear Show mission has been a lower cost of entry for businesses, so the display booths are modest by comparison to the sprawling minimansions that populate the Outdoor Retailer show floor. That will remain for Denver, with many exhibitors using Sprinter vans or customized camping trailers to display wares on the show floor. Haroutunian is making even bigger adjustments for year three: moving indoors to the big city, shifting the dates from August to June, joining another trade show and welcoming consumers. The biggest change will be welcoming the public. The final two days of the four-day trade show will be open to consumers. Folks will have to pay, but it will be “very affordable,” Haroutunian said. “We want this to be accessible. Being in the center of the city location is about access. One of the most im-

portant things this industry needs is going to where the people are and bringing them into the industry,” he said. “We need to introduce the outdoors to new people and more diverse communities closer to their own communities. That is mission critical.” Haroutunian is working out the technical challenges for gear-makers and brands converting booths from highlighting next year’s gear for order-writing retailers into booths showcasing this year’s gear for shoppers. An added twist: places to test the gear outside like a climbing wall and e-bike track plus a way for consumers to buy stuff on the show floor. Especially challenging: How does a brand sell something directly to a consumer without hurting the specialty retailers who would typically handle that transaction? “We want to protect and actually promote the specialty shops, so we will provide a way for specialty shops to have a role in transactions on the show floor,” Haroutunian said. “We will be pushing that any sales in the convention center will be funneled through local shops so they get the benefit.”

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Colorado Gov. Jared Polis unveiled his fiscal year 2023-24 budget proposal on Nov. 2 as constitutionally required, warning that the legislature will have little money available for new spending when it reconvenes in January and that the state needs to beef up its reserves given the strong possibility of a national economic downturn. “There’s very little room in this budget for new programs,” Polis told reporters during a news conference at the governor’s mansion in downtown Denver. “We need to maintain strong reserves, more than ever before, in the face of global economic uncertainty. Otherwise, the legislature will be in a position to make major slashes to the budget should a recession occur.” The proposal — which focused on public safety and affordable housing but doesn’t continue all of the government fee relief adopted by lawmakers this year — comes a week before the Democrat hopes to win reelection to another four-year term. Polling indicates he’s headed toward victory. The $40 billion-plus budget plan for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, will be presented to the legislature in the coming weeks, which will decide how much — or how little — of the governor’s wishes to pursue. If Republicans win back power in the Colorado General Assembly — it’s possible they secure a majority in the Senate — the likelihood of state lawmakers going along with Polis’ proposal will be greatly diminished. Here are six big takeaways from Polis’ plan: A $2.2 billion rainy day fund The governor’s proposal calls for setting aside 15% of the state’s budget, or $2.17 billion, as a reserve that can be used as a rainy day fund. “We don’t recommend record reserves for fun,” Polis said. “We recommend record reserves because of great global (economic) uncertainty. There’s a risk of greater uncertainty and we need to prepare for that. Not always a fun thing to do, but it’s a fiscally prudent and a sound thing to do.” The legislature’s Joint Budget Committee, a bipartisan panel that drafts the state budget, was told in September by nonpartisan legislative staff and the governor’s office that the risk of a recession is high. The JBC was also informed that it’s facing an inflationary budget crunch and that it may have less than $100 million to allocate to new programs next year not because of limited cash flow but because of the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights cap on government growth and spending. TABOR, the 1992 constitutional amendment passed by Colorado voters, limits increases in govern-

‘I would really recommend that if legislators have ideas for new programs, they offset them by eliminating or reducing (existing) programs.’ Jared Polis, Colorado governor

ment growth and spending each year to the rates of inflation and population growth. But the inflation rate used to determine the cap comes from the previous calendar year, or six months before the start of each fiscal year. The TABOR cap for the 2022-23 fiscal year, which began July 1, was set using a 3.5% inflation rate when the inflation rate in the 2021 calendar year in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood area is more like 8%. While the 2023-24 fiscal year TABOR cap will reflect that higher rate, it only builds off the TABOR cap set using the 3.5% rate. Given high inflation rates, some JBC members have complained that the TABOR cap is lagging and thus constraining the budget, a problem that compounds over time as inflation keeps rising. There is interest among lawmakers in decoupling inflation from the TABOR cap formula, but Polis said Tuesday he wasn’t aware of such a push and thus couldn’t comment on it. “I would really recommend that if legislators have ideas for new programs, they offset them by eliminating or reducing (existing) programs,” Polis said Tuesday. “If legislators from both sides of the aisle have ideas we can work with them to find potential offsets if they can show that their ideas will drive success more for the state of Colorado.” The legislature this year spent $45 million to delay implementation of a new, 2-cent-per-gallon fee on gasoline purchases enacted through a measure championed by Polis and Democrats at the Capitol in 2021. The bill raised more than $5 billion over 11 years for transportation projects. The governor and Democrats used the $45 million to pause the fee until April. Polis’ budget proposal unveiled Tuesday didn’t include money to keep it going beyond then. (The fee is set to go up to 3 cents per gallon in July.) Polis said Tuesday that he’s “very open” to extending the gas SEE POLIS, P27

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fee delay. “I think what we, as well as the legislature, will want to see is where are gas prices,” he said. “We’re very open to any and all the relief that the legislature is willing to consider. And we have some time before the legislative session to look into that.” Colorado businesses are required to begin charging a 10-cent fee on plastic and paper bags starting in January. The governor’s proposal didn’t include any relief for that new charge. Polis’ plan does call for setting aside $8 million to continue making it nearly free for people to start businesses in Colorado, as well as to reduce background check fees for people becoming licensed child care providers or trying to expand a child care business. More K-12 dollars, but college tuition would go up The governor’s budget proposal calls for a $705 million increase in K-12 education funding, which would represent a 3% reduction in the budget-stabilization factor, the Great Recession-era deficit owed to Colorado schools. The spending would represent an increase in the state’s average per-pupil funding by $861. “We need future (tax revenue) forecasts and to see what the money is,” he said, “but we would be hopeful that with this budget

we would be able to do an additional buy down (of the deficit) the following fiscal year.” When it comes to higher education, Polis is recommending the legislature spend $86 million. That would lead to a tuition increase at state-run institutions of about 4%. The governor also wants the legislature to spend $6 million to extend an initiative offering children free sessions with a mental health care provider, known as the “I Matter” program. State employees The governor’s budget proposal calls for a 5% raise for all state employees, with targeted base pay increases for workers at agencies that are struggling to recruit workers. “Department of Corrections, our 24/7 facilities, State Patrol, we have significant increases in the 10% to 15% range,” the governor said. The budget specifically calls for $7.3 million to boost state trooper pay. Affordable housing and public safety The governor wants the legislature to spend $42.1 on public safety, specifically aimed at combating car theft and recruiting and retaining officers. The proposal calls for spending $12.6 million over two years to boost car theft-prevention technology and support task forces and prosecutors in areas of the state where car theft has been particularly bad. More than $5 million would go under the governor’s plan to bolster the state’s investi-

gative capacity, including through the creation of two new Colorado Bureau of Investigations units that would have an emphasis on fentanyl investigations and for an expansion of the state’s toxicology lab. The governor also wants to spend $38.3 million on wildfire prevention and response, including $13.8 million on bolstering seasonal aerial resources and to purchase a second firefighting helicopter for the state, as well as $3.2 million to boost the state’s fire investigations capability. Polis wants the legislature to spend $15 million on public-private affordable housing projects, including a plan to build 80 affordable housing units on state-owned land near Vail. TABOR refunds In this Nov. 3, 2015, file photo, the gold-covered dome on the state Capitol shines in the late afternoon sun in downtown Denver. (David Zalubowski, AP Photo, File) It’s possible that the legislature will have a lot of money in excess of the TABOR cap to refund to taxpayers again this year. That’s where the money came from for those $750 or $1,500 checks you received in the mail in recent weeks. Legislative Council Staff expects revenue above the TABOR cap to be $3.63 billion in the current 2022-23 fiscal year, while the governor’s Office of State Planning and Budgeting expects the cap to be exceeded by $1.9 billion in the current fiscal year. The governor’s budget proposal Tuesday did not include plans for how to refund that money.

If the legislature doesn’t act, the money would first be refunded by reimbursing local governments for property tax exemptions for seniors and disabled veterans. Then, if there’s still TABOR surplus, the state income tax rate would be temporarily slashed. Finally, if there’s still money to be refunded, it would be distributed through checks to taxpayers based on six income tiers, with higher earners getting a larger refund and lower earners getting a smaller refund. The legislature and Polis last year changed the final refund mechanism to make the checks flat — $750 for single filers and $1,500 for joint filers. Polis didn’t commit to trying to pass that change again should there be enough TABOR surplus this fiscal year or next for checks to be sent out. “My priority would be to reduce the income tax rate,” he said Nov. 2. The governor now has to present his budget to the JBC on Nov. 15. Amendments to his proposal are due to the committee Jan. 2. The next economic and tax revenue forecasts will be presented to the JBC by the governor’s office and nonpartisan staff Dec. 20. 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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Kids’ health is impacted most by life outside a doctor’s office Children’s Hospital treats social-economic wellness BY JENNIFER BROWN THE COLORADO SUN

The garden at Children’s Hospital Colorado was overflowing with chard, which is how Brenda Flores ended up taking some of the darkgreen leaves home and sauteing them for her two kids for the first time. “It was like a weird vegetable,” Flores said, taking a minute to recall the word chard, or acelgas in Spanish. But they liked it. Flores first found out there was a food pantry full of fresh produce, chicken and fish, lentils and potatoes at Children’s Hospital after bringing her 3-year-old son to an appointment for his auditory and sensory issues. When the health specialist heard the family was struggling to buy enough to eat, Flores was directed to another floor in the hospital’s child health pavilion — to a program called Resource Connect. The program that began in 2019 has become a model for the country, hosting about 50 health officials from other hospitals last week. Every time a child has a checkup or sees the dentist or eye doctor at the Aurora hospital’s pavilion, their parent fills out a screening form that includes questions about food insecurity, housing and mental health. “In the last 12 months, did you ever feel stressed about making ends meet?” it asks, telling parents to circle anything that applies — rent, mortgage, formula, diapers. “Did you ever worry that your food would run out before you had money to buy more?” When parents answer yes to any question, the doctor sends in a navigator from Resource Connect. And from there, families can pick up fresh food, talk to a benefits expert to sign up for Medicaid or food stamps, or get introduced to a nonprofit that provides diapers and wipes and backpacks filled with school supplies. Many hospitals, if they have any program at all, just hand struggling families boxes of food. The point is to address the factors outside the doctor’s office that affect children’s health, which is impacted about 80% by their ZIP code, home environment and social and economic situation. Doctor visits represent only about 20%, according to research from the American Journal of Public Health and the

Children’s Hospital Colorado continues to look at program to not just treat the children, but also help the family.

University of Wisconsin. “It’s all about what’s going on in their families, their schools and their neighborhoods,” said Dr. Lisa DeCamp, a primary care physician in the hospital’s child health clinic. “There’s little that I can do to impact their health trajectory. They can get their vaccines. I can make sure they get their antibiotics for an ear infection. The more we can do to support and help families access the resources that are available in the community, that is what’s really contributing to the health of the child.” In the three years since it opened, Resource Connect has helped 4,235 patients get social services. The most-used resource is the in-house Healthy Roots Food Clinic, where bananas and squash fill the shelves, and refrigerators are neatly organized with packages of meat, milk and eggs. Hundreds of families have gotten help paying their electric or water bills, been linked with housing assistance, signed up for food stamps and registered for preschool programs. The operation takes holistic medicine to a new level. There’s a strong correlation between childhood obesity and food insecurity, for example, but doctors don’t have time to give families much coaching on healthy eating. The food clinic, though, gives recipes, advice on shopping and tips on how to get kids to eat vegetables. Families can take food home six times each year, but they also get information on other food pantries to visit in the

area, including partner pantries at nearby Aurora Central High School and Crawford Elementary. “It’s a whole different world to have personalized education in a non-hurried environment,” DeCamp said. Normalizing questions about food, housing It helps to know if a child who is in the clinic for an asthma flare-up is living in a house with mold. But it’s another level of care to direct the family to a social needs navigator who can help them get rent assistance so they can move or offer advice on talking to a landlord. Sometimes the hard part is getting families to talk about economic or social needs at the doctor’s office because “they may not realize they can have these conversations with their medical provider,” said Sandimar Timberman, supervisor of community health navigation for the program. The clinic staff wants questions about housing and food to feel as normal as “How long have you had a cold?” or “What are your concerns about your child’s speech?” “They may get a little shy,” Timberman said. “For some families, asking these questions is very private. They might be used to keeping things within their community, but I feel as we’ve built that trust with a lot of our families, they sort of accepted us as part of that community.” Many of the clinic’s patients are immigrants, working to navigate life and health care in an unfamil-

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Just over 1,000 pounds of toothbrushes, toilet paper, diapers, soap and other hygiene products will help local nonprofit Integrated Family Community Services help thousands of monthly visitors thanks to the latest efforts of the Denver Metro South Rotary Club. The relatively new Rotary club partnered with Integrated Family Community Services (IFCS) to host a donation drive for hygiene products in October, collecting donation bags that were dropped off at about 300 homes in Highlands Ranch golf club neighborhood. Mindy Waite, a founding member of the Denver Metro South Rotary chapter, said the group focused on hygiene items because it’s one of Integrated Family Community Services’ top needs. “It’s not as hard for (IFCS) to get food, so we decided to do hygiene products this round,” Waite said. Families and individuals using Colorado’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or food stamps, can’t use that money for non-edible items, which can lead to high demand for hygiene products, explained Todd McPherson, director of development for Integrated Fam-

ily Community Services. “A lot of times hygiene products, basic cleaning supplies, those sort of things go to the wayside,” McPherson said. “We’ve tried to be more deliberate in letting people know that (donating hygiene items) is an option.” McPherson said IFCS serves more than 6,000 people each month from all across the state and roughly 1,000 people each month are unhoused and don’t have access to stable food and hygiene supplies. With inflation on the rise, a broader group of people are seeking food, hygiene items and other essentials at IFCS, he said. According to the Consumer Price Index, the cost of food in the Denver area in September was up around 12% more than the same time last year. “The big change we’re seeing (at IFCS) is brand new people,” McPherson said. “The demand and number of people we serve is pretty consistent, but we’re always surprised everyday to see the numbers of people who are coming to us for the very first time.” Currently, IFCS is providing visitors prepackaged boxes of essential goods in a drive-thru style service, but McPherson said the nonprofit is planning to return to a market style service, where people can shop for their own items. When that transition happens, he imagines demand will increase as people have more access to the available options, he said.

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McPherson said the efforts of the Rotary club are crucial to the organization, especially since its not immune to the impacts of inflation either. On average, IFCS spends $30,000 per month on groceries. “When people go out of their way to volunteer, coordinate and transfer all the goods, it means a lot to us,” he said. “Volunteers are just incredibly important to what we do.” The hygiene drive is the latest successful partnership between the two organizations. Last October, Waite said the Denver Metro South group

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Heritage turns back Horizon, heads to state tournament Horizon’s Emersen Strain sets one at the net in the Hawks’ regional tournament match at Heritage High School Nov. 4. Among the Eagles’ defenders is Sophia Steigerwald (3).

BY HESTON MOSHER SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA

Heritage High School advanced to the state 5A volleyball tournament Nov. 4 by beating Horizon High School 25-20, 25-9, 25-18 in the Eagles’ gym. The Eagles also beat Columbine 25-20, 25-19, 25-16 in the tournament. HHS has a record of 17-6. The Hawks, who also beat Columbine in straight sets (25-12, 25-21, 25-20) ended their season with a record of 20-5. Brackets for the state tournament (it begins Thursday, Nov. 10, at the Denver Coliseum) are due out Monday, Nov. 7. No stats were avaialble for any of the tournament matches.

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Horizon’s Emersen Strain goes up against the defense of Heritage’s Riley Michael during a class 5A regional tournament match in Littleton Nov. 4.

Heritage team captain Sophie Steigerwald begins this point against Horizon High School during a class 5A regional volleyball tournament Nov. 4 in Littleton.

Heritage’s senior setter, Annika Sokol, pushes the ball toward a teammate during her team’s three-set win over Horizon High School Nov. 4. The win sent the Eagles into the state 5A tournament.

Creek girls to defend state volleyball title Bruins qualify for 5A tournament BY JIM BENTON JBENTON@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Defending 5A state champion Cherry Creek is one of six south metro girls volleyball teams to qualify for the 5A state tournament. The Bruins defeated Erie 3-1 and blanked Castle View 3-0 on Nov. 5 to win the Region 8 state qualifying tournament and earn a repeat ticket into the state tournament. Cherry Creek will take an 18-7 record into the Denver Coliseum for the 5A state meet, which is scheduled for Nov. 10-12. “It’s always a good feeling to win but it’s more exciting this season because we didn’t know how we were going to be, since we lost a lot of our seniors,” said Creek senior Anna Van Wyk. “So I would say it’s

more exciting this season because we didn’t know if we were going to get this far.” The other south metro teams that won regional tournaments and advanced into the 12-team state bracket were Valor Christian (25-0), Mountain Vista (21-4), Rock Canyon (21-4), Chaparral (19-6) and Heritage (17-6). “I’m excited,” said Creek coach Steve Huntingdale. “We are playing our best ball of the season, the last two weekends. Valor is definitely the top seed but after that it is kind of anybody’s game.” Unbeaten Valor Christian was awarded the top 5A seed for the state tourney and drew a firstround bye. Mountain Vista was the second seed, Rock Canyon third and Rampart fourth and all three teams got first-round byes. Cherry Creek will play Cherokee Trail at 12:30 p.m. on Nov. 10 in a first-round match while Chaparral will face Heritage at 11 a.m. Lutheran (20-5) won the 4A Re-

gion 4 championship and will also be playing at the state tourney. The Lions were seeded fourth and have a first-round bye. Van Wyk was one of the leaders for Creek in the regional tourney. In the combined seven sets in the regionals, the 5-foot-8 setter had 11 kills, 18 digs and 32 assists in unofficial statistics. “Obvously, the first match, we weren’t expecting Erie to come out as strong as they did,” admitted Van Wyk. “That was a tougher match than we were expecting but it prepared us for Castle View and we really came together and played well. “At state it’s anybody’s game at this point. You’ve seen a lot of upsets this season so far, so if we go in and take care of all of our preparations, work really hard in practice, we can do really well.” Other Creek players who did well in the regional included London Muhle, Gracie Fleming, Mae Manthe and Jaida Johnson.

Mae Manthe (3) of Cherry Creek receives a serve during the Bruins’ match against PHOTO BY JIM BENTON Castle View on Nov. 5.

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Freshman QB comes through for ThunderRidge Grizzlies take 38-10 win over Doherty BY JIM BENTON JBENTON@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

ThunderRidge football coach Doug Nisenson was looking for a boost heading into the 5A state playoffs. Freshman quarterback DJ Bordeaux gave the coach just what he was seeking and led the Grizzlies to a 38-10 first-round playoff victory over Doherty on Nov. 4 at Halftime Help Stadium. Bordeaux replaced senior Cooper Kier as the starting quarterback and completed 19 of 30 passes for 326 yards and three TDs as ThunderRidge broke away from a 10-10 second-quarter tie with 28 unanswered points. “I just thought we needed a change, needed a spark and a boost,” explained Nisenson. “We are really proud of DJ, not only how he played but how he prepared. His poise is really impressive.” Kier passed for 1,398 yards and 14 touchdowns during his stint as the starter. “Our senior quarterback has been such a good guy,” added Nisenson. “He led us in so many big moments. He’s the reason we’re in the position were in. I know he’ll be staying ready. I just thought it was time. DJ has a great arm and really good football sense.” After the teams battled to the 1010 tie with 4:33 still to play in the second quarter, Bordeaux led the Grizzlies offense, which put away the game. Gavin Olshan caught 10 passes for 173 yards and two scores, including a 53-yarder for a TD. CJ Reese gathered in the other TD pass from Bordeaux. After the slow start, ThunderRidge’s defense was stiff. Max Hughes (11 total tackles), Kyler Pilgrim (10) and Will Fisher (nine) led the defensive effort. ThunderRidge (10-1) will face Arapahoe (6-4) in a second-round contest. “They are a really good team and they kind of had a slow start to the season,” said Nisenson. “We

ThunderRidge freshman quarterback Dj Bordeaux (19) passed for 326 yards and three TDs to help the Grizzlies defeat Doherty, PHOTOS BY JIM BENTON 38-10, in a first round Class 5A state playoff game on Nov. 4.

played them twice last year and came up short both times. It’s a huge opportunity for us. We have a chance again and we’re excited about it. “They’ve had a week to rest (because of a first-round bye). It’s great that we get to go play another week.” In other second-round games scheduled to be played Nov. 12, top-seeded Cherry Creek (8-2) is hosting Fountain Fort Carson (83), which upended Eaglecrest 42-14 in the opening round. Legend (7-4) will be at secondseeded Valor Christian (8-2) while Rock Canyon (8-3) will face Columbine (9-1) in the games involving south metro teams. Alex Martinez ran for 170 yards and three TDs in Legend’s 22-15 win over Poudre in the first round. Rock Canyon grabbed a 23-7 lead heading into the fourth quarter and held on for a 23-20 first-round win over Cherokee Trail. Aidan Duda ran for three Rock Canyon TDs. Mountain Vista (7-4) had four turnovers on a snowy Nov. 3 night and dropped a 20-13 decision to Rocky Mountain.

ThunderRidge’s Richard Okuno (1) breaks loose on a 42-yard kickoff return during the Nov. 4 Class 5A state playoff game against Doherty. ThunderRidge won, 38-10.

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Online enrollment grows in Colorado BY YESENIA ROBLES AND KAE PETRIN CHALKBEAT COLORADO

When the pandemic first sent Colorado students home from school, Rachael Sheetz worried about the chaos of remote learning, but as the caretaker for her elderly grandmother, she also worried about COVID. In her search for options for her two teenagers, she landed on Colorado Connections Academy, an online school. She figured they’d been doing online learning for a while and would be better prepared than traditional schools had been. Today, 2 1/2 years later, her son has returned to brick-and-mortar schooling at a popular local charter with high vaccination rates. But her daughter has stayed online, where she’s getting lots of teacher support and doing work that to Sheetz seems several grade levels ahead. “I found that kids excel better when they can achieve academics at a pace that is comfortable for them,” Sheetz said. “My daughter has always been a decent student, but giving her more flexibility has helped her excel even more.” Enrollment in online schools in Colorado grew steadily before the pandemic, then surged as schools shut down in spring 2020, despite overall enrollment in public schools dropping. In fall 2021, the most recent complete data available, Colorado enrolled 30,803 students in online schools, 50% more than the 20,603 enrolled in fall 2018. Online students now represent about 3.5% of public school enrollment. Although online enrollment declined slightly from 2020-21 to 2021-22, officials expect more steady growth over time. School districts, aware of families’ interest, are opening their own new online schools to meet the demand. Yet much remains unknown about how online schools perform and how they’re managed. One small district, Byers 32J, has increased its enrollment tenfold in the last decade by opening online charters. It now runs eight of them. That has increased its budget because the district keeps a portion of the state’s per student funds. Some

of Byers’ schools posted the state’s biggest surges in enrollment and are the least transparent in data. Statewide, seven in 10 online schools did not have enough data for the state to issue them a 2022 performance rating. “It absolutely should be a concern,” said Van Schoales, senior policy director for the Keystone Policy Center. “The unfortunate irony is that online schools claim to be more connected to folks and yet a measure of connectedness is test participation and so it would suggest and reinforce a lot of the national research that online schools aren’t living up to advertising around personalizing instruction for kids.”

Schools meeting the demand This fall, online school leaders say preliminary enrollment figures seem to show a slight dip again, but numbers still will be well above prepandemic levels. Jeffco set up an online program last school year for families who weren’t ready to return to in-person classrooms, creating flexibility so that students could switch back and forth between remote learning during the year. This year, that program has converted into its own online school, here to stay. Unlike the district’s Jeffco Virtual Academy, which has long existed, the new Jeffco Remote Learning Program school serves elementary age students too, and requires students to log in to receive live, real-time instruction from about 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. At its peak last school year, the remote school had more than 1,300 students. This year, Principal Kala Munguia expects to have around 700 students. She said last year approximately 60% of students were enrolled because of pandemic health concerns, but this year students are more likely to prefer the learning model. Students who choose her school still want the live interactions every day. This story is from Chalkbeat Colorado, a nonprofit news site covering educational change in public schools. Used by permission. For more, and to support Chalkbeat, visit co.chalkbeat. org.

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Public Notices

2022 TAX LIEN SALE DELINQUENT GENERAL MANUFACTURED HOUSING TAXES

Legal Notice No.: 530760-60760 First Publication: November 10, 2022 * Second Publication: November 17, 2022 * Last Publication: November 24, 2022 Publisher: The Englewood Herald, The Littleton Independent and the Centennial Citizen

Ofﬁce of the County Treasurer County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado Arapahoe County Administration Building Littleton, Colorado

ARAPAHOE COUNTY TREASURER’S TAX LIEN SALE PROCEDURES REDEMPTION INTEREST

This publication is for informational purposes only. The following described manufactured housing situated in said County of Arapahoe and State of Colorado, on which taxes for the year 2021 or any previous years have not been paid by 4:00 PM on December 7, 2022, shall have a County-held lien placed on it for the unpaid taxes, interest, and fees. SUE SANDSTROM Arapahoe County Treasurer

TAX OWNER NAME YEAR & SITUS ADDRESS

MESSAGES/ LEGAL DESCRIPTION

032263598 2021 HOUGHTON WILLIAM VIN# 7202 A & B MAKE:KIT 8201 S SANTA FE DR Unit 243 BRIARCREST YEAR 1973 SIZE LITTLETON CO 80120-5514 24X70

ASSESSED TOTAL VALUE DUE 6807

VIN# 86925016298 MAKE:MELODY HOME YEAR 1970 SIZE 12X50

472

44.02

032265400 2021 NATHAN CHERYL M 8201 S SANTA FE DR Unit 121 LITTLETON CO 80120-4312

VIN# 4V045074S0937 MAKE:BARRINGTON YEAR 1974 SIZE 24X52

4261

236.37

032266112 2021 ARMAS-GUZMAN JUAN 14470 E 13TH AVE Unit F34 AURORA CO 80011-3726

VIN# 842601244 MAKE:AZALEA YEAR 1968 SIZE 12X60

17.83

032266121 2021 BOWEN ROBERT 8201 S SANTA FE DR Unit 140 LITTLETON CO 80120-4311

VIN# 14101004 MAKE:WALDEN YEAR 1976 SIZE 24X56

5527

597.45

032266571 2021 GONZALEZ DANIELA GUTIERREZ 14470 E 13TH AVE Unit AE2 AURORA CO 80011-3727

VIN# K12265FB81231 MAKE:MARLETTE YEAR 1969 SIZE 12X62

379

032266791 2021 MARRUFO-CHAFINO BARBARITA 14470 E 13TH AVE Unit D32 AURORA CO 80011-3739

VIN# 1652240852 MAKE:STEWART YEAR 1966 SIZE 24X55

2188

248.08

032266996 2021 COTE ANDREW 14470 E 13TH AVE Unit D30 AURORA CO 80011-3720

VIN# A71100038 MAKE:VINDALE YEAR 1967 SIZE 12X62

17.83

032267062 2021 PATLAN VIKKI 293 2ND AVE Unit DEER TRAIL CO 80103

Prior Lien(s) Due VIN# 10517378 MAKE:FRONTIER YEAR 1964 SIZE 10X50

1208

109.29

032267097 2021 TATUM COLLEEN R VIN# 260TEFDR7793 3650 S FEDERAL BLVD MAKE:VINDALE YEAR 1969 Unit 065 SIZE 12X60 ENGLEWOOD CO 80110-3276

1995

205.38

032267208 2021 ST BLACQUE SHANNON 3650 S FEDERAL BLVD Unit 112 ENGLEWOOD CO 80110-3254

1938

Prior Lien(s) Due VIN# 260JEFBR9590 MAKE:VINDALE YEAR 1970 SIZE 12X60

032267615 2021 MEADE KAREN 15500 E COLFAX AVE Unit 09 AURORA CO 80011-5821

VIN# FF217096 MAKE:NEW MOON YEAR 1966 SIZE 12X60

032268191 2021 MARTINEZ GERARDO 14470 E 13TH AVE Unit C07 AURORA CO 80011-3716

VIN# 5652523895 MAKE:MELODY YEAR 1965 SIZE 57X12

032268930 2021 ACEVEDO ALBERTO 14470 E 13TH AVE Unit B06 AURORA CO 80011-3714

VIN# GN578 MAKE:GREAT NORTHERN YEAR 1967 SIZE 12X60

958

The Federal Reserve discount rate as of September 1, 2022 was two and a half percent (2.5%); therefore, Certiﬁcates of Purchase from the 2022 Tax Lien Sale will carry the rate of twelve percent (12%) in accordance with Section 39-12-103, C.R.S.

Additional information about the delinquent taxes published in the following list can be obtained from the Treasurer’s website at www.arapahoegov.com/treasurer, or by calling the Treasurer’s ofﬁce at 303-795-4550. Other valuable information about individual parcels can be found on the Assessor’s website at www.arapahoegov.com/assessor.

REDEMPTION BY PROPERTY OWNER Manufactured housing owners should call the Arapahoe County Treasurer’s ofﬁce for information and amount due. The redemption period for manufactured housing is one year, unless the manufactured housing owner also owns the land that it sits on, in which case the redemption period is three years.

TAX OWNER NAME YEAR & SITUS ADDRESS

733.50 032269316 2021 KETTERLING JAMES 3986 S COUNTY ROAD 137 Unit BENNETT CO 80102-8507

032264861 2021 LEMUS JOSE F 3150 S PLATTE RIVER DR Unit 20 ENGLEWOOD CO 80110-2125

GENERAL INFORMATION

032270896 2021 MARTINEZ RALPH Jr 3500 S KING ST Unit 015 DENVER CO 80236-6194

MESSAGES/ LEGAL DESCRIPTION Prior Year(s) Due VIN# GAAGBACM10279 MAKE:CENTURY YEAR 1971 SIZE 14X68

ASSESSED TOTAL VALUE DUE 2281

VIN# N1233S3438UG & A1233S3 2595 MAKE:WHITTIER YEAR 1973 SIZE 24X52

032270926 2021 MOSER RYAN VIN# U10542780 3141 S SANTA FE DR Unit 44 MAKE:COLUMBINE YEAR 1961 ENGLEWOOD CO 80110-2147 SIZE 10X55

PIN PIN

TAX TAX OWNER NAME YEAR YEAR & SITUS ADDRESS

16.23

263.31 032281308 2021 HARRIS SAMUEL 14470 E 13TH AVE Unit D07 AURORA CO 80011-3719

VIN# CI-535 MAKE:CENTRAL HOME YEAR 1967 SIZE 12X62

307

43.43

15.17 032281685 2021 FAISOL REIHAN 14470 E 13TH AVE Unit G20 AURORA CO 80011-3728

VIN# F1080288 MAKE:AMERICAN YEAR 1969 SIZE 12X56

13.33

Prior Year(s) Due Prior Lien(s) Due VIN# K02072 MAKE:LIBERTY YEAR 1972 SIZE 12X65

1859

145.76

VIN# 026812A MAKE:AUBURN YEAR 1972 SIZE 14X70

679

65.78

2746

235.67

145.16

032271426 2021 KING PATRICIA VIN# 130 MAKE:PARKETTE 8201 S SANTA FE DR Unit 158 YEAR 1973 SIZE 24X51 LITTLETON CO 80120-4366

521.44 032282291 2021 BOYD DAMON W 405 S OWENS ST 07 BYERS CO 80103

032271523 2021 BUSTILLOS M 14470 E 13TH AVE Unit D33 AURORA CO 80011-3739 30.43

ASSESSED TOTAL VALUE DUE

158.25 032280158 2021 HANLON KEITH DECD VIN# 3HH4512E2N21535 3575 S COUNTY ROAD MAKE:GUERDON/HACIENDA 149 Unit YEAR 1968 SIZE 12X45 STRASBURG CO 80136-9523

032271132 2021 BROWN GARY LEE VIN# BT50647 1380 MAKE:BRIARWOOD YEAR 1971 3650 S FEDERAL BLVD Unit 040 SIZE 14X50 ENGLEWOOD CO 80110-3276 4812

MESSAGES/ LEGAL DESCRIPTION

032282282 2021 EASTWOOD DAVID 78615 E HIGHWAY 40 Unit DEER TRAIL CO 80105-8121

VIN# FGHEHDMN3963 MAKE:MAGNOLIA YEAR 1967 SIZE 17X58

751

91.72 032283203 2021 SOURAKA MIKE 297 7TH AVE Unit DEER TRAIL CO 80105-8042

Prior Year(s) Due VIN# MK1041C MAKE:HOMETTE YEAR 1969 SIZE 12X64

032272112 2021 CLARIDA BRENDA 3500 S KING ST Unit 068 DENVER CO 80236-6194

VIN# A5271S3046 MAKE:WHITTIER YEAR 1971 SIZE 12X52

1559

86.14 032283211 2021 ROBERTS HARRIET 955 2ND AVE Unit DEER TRAIL CO 80105-8040

VIN# 787 MAKE:STATLER YEAR 1973 SIZE 12X50

579

57.57

032272139 2021 OSTROWSKI GARY J 8201 S SANTA FE DR Unit 104 LITTLETON CO 80120-4312

VIN# 1027 MAKE:ATLAS YEAR 1973 SIZE 14X67

3983

221.73 032283912 2021 BIEBER JACOB 405 S OWENS ST Unit 20 BYERS CO 80103-9766

VIN# 978464S8982A/B MAKE:NUWAY YEAR 1978 SIZE 26X64

3546

256.41

032272538 2021 ANDERSON SHAWNE VIN# 4C045154S0976 8201 S SANTA FE DR Unit 278 MAKE:BARRINGTON LITTLETON CO 80120-4313 YEAR 1974 SIZE 20X60

5792

625.59

032284366 2021 MEDINA JAIME VIN# 4578 MAKE:GEER YEAR 3297 S SANTA FE DR Unit 06 1966 SIZE 12X60 ENGLEWOOD CO 80110-2136

1008

82.68

3103

339.80

VIN# 2290164614UX MAKE:TITAN YEAR 1978 SIZE 24X44

176.40

Prior Lien(s) Due VIN# FB1474W2638 MAKE:SOLITAIRE YEAR 1973 SIZE 14X74

032284391 2021 PRIEST BRADLEY M 26900 E COLFAX AVE Unit 055 AURORA CO 80018-2300

1301

032272589 2021 EXPINOZA ARNOLD JSOEPH Jr 8201 S SANTA FE DR Unit 098 LITTLETON CO 80120-5519

14.99

VIN# P120983 MAKE:SCHULT YEAR 1973 SIZE 14X70

032273593 2021 HERNANDEZ OMAR VIN# K255CDE41325 3297 S SANTA FE DR Unit 11 MAKE:MARLETTE YEAR 1965 ENGLEWOOD CO 80110-2124 SIZE 10X50

032284498 2021 JULIN EARL 61 ROYAL M H PARK Unit BYERS CO 15.17

14.99

593

VIN# GB081008 MAKE:AMERICAN/HOMEDALE YEAR 1972 SIZE 12X60

032275006 2021 CANNADAY JIMMIE VIN# 6015870 MAKE:HOLLY 3050 S LIPAN ST Unit 04 PARK YEAR 1972 SIZE 12X65 ENGLEWOOD CO 80110-3084

032284951 2021 MAESTAS JUDY 24 ROYAL M H PARK Unit BYERS CO 55.16

Prior Lien(s) Due VIN# P106511 MAKE:SCHULT YEAR 1971 SIZE 12X65

164

23.47

032285737 2021 MAIER ROGER L Prior Year(s) Due 26900 E COLFAX AVE Unit 201 VIN# 8915A&B MAKE:KIT AURORA CO 80018-2344 YEAR 1979 SIZE 24X60

3904

509.39

032286270 2021 PEREZ ELVA IBARRA 26900 E COLFAX AVE Unit 152 AURORA CO 80018-2339

Prior Year(s) Due VIN# 2413 MAKE:EMBASSY YEAR 1978 SIZE 14X64

1008

138.96

032287012 2021 MORELOCK KENNETH W 351 5TH AVE Unit 09 DEER TRAIL CO 80105-8054

Prior Year(s) Due VIN# MK728B MAKE:HOMETTE YEAR 1968 SIZE 12X64

858

80.52

199.79

032275570 2021 MCPHAIL CASEY VIN# K138 MAKE:PONDEROSA 114.24 8201 S SANTA FE DR Unit 228 YEAR 1973 SIZE 14X64 LITTLETON CO 80120-4314

4562

494.88

032275723 2021 SISNEROS GWEN C 3050 S LIPAN ST Unit 17 17.83 ENGLEWOOD CO 80110-1456

Prior Year(s) Due 2567 VIN# CS9175 MAKE:CENTENNIAL YEAR 1977 SIZE 14X75

205.52

032279729 2021 RATHBURN MABEL L 14470 E 13TH AVE Unit F35 17.83 AURORA CO 80011-3726

VIN# FI080743 MAKE:AMERICAN YEAR 1969 SIZE 12X47

17.83

032285699 2021 NEELY CLAY 351 5TH AVE Unit 03 DEER TRAIL CO 80105-8054

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TAX OWNER NAME YEAR & SITUS ADDRESS

MESSAGES/ LEGAL DESCRIPTION

ASSESSED TOTAL VALUE DUE

032287209 2021 DEL CARMEN MORALES MARIA 26900 E COLFAX AVE Unit 372 AURORA CO 80018-2361

VIN# 05L13199 MAKE:LIBERTY/ WEXFORD YEAR 1979 SIZE 14X64

501

40.31

032287632 2021 BELL A L 26900 E COLFAX AVE Unit 228 AURORA CO 80018-2346

VIN# 026372FAB MAKE:FRONTIER YEAR 1 972 SIZE 24X52

829

116.07

250

28.04

032288183 2021 FRICK MATTHEW J VIN# VM1070838 MAKE:VIKING/ 2074 1200 S COUNTY ROAD 157 FASHION MANOR YEAR 1980 Unit 22 SIZE 14X68 STRASBURG CO 80136-9501

200.89

032287713 2021 LOPEZ ANA MARIA VIN# MK1131C MAKE:HOMETTE 3141 S SANTA FE DR YEAR 1969 SIZE 12X50 Unit 08 ENGLEWOOD CO 80110-2144

033211111

TAX OWNER OWNER NAME NAME YEAR & & SITUS SITUSADDRESS ADDRESS

MESSAGES/ MESSAGES LEGAL MESSAGES/ DESCRIPTION LEGAL

ASASSESSED SESSED TOTAL VALUE VALUE DUE

2021 COUNTRY GARDENS MHP VIN# PL162883 MAKE:SCHULT 1200 S COUNTY ROAD 157 YEAR 1979 Unit 25 STRASBURG CO 80136-9501

3618

342.99

OWNER NAME & SITUS ADDRESS

MESSAGES/ LEGAL DESCRIPTION

ASSESSED TOTAL VALUE DUE 1723

230.40 0

033778707 2021 WATSON RANDY 26900 E COLFAX AVE Unit 421 AURORA CO 80018-2366

VIN# 18L00002 MAKE:BADGER YEAR 1996 SIZE 16X80

2238

296.26 0

033797191 2021 COLE KENNETH J 3650 S FEDERAL BLVD Unit 021 ENGLEWOOD CO 80110-3276

VIN# CAVAZLP977005X & U MAKE:CAVCO/CEDAR COURT YEAR 1998

4033

207.54 0

033797477 2021 MARTINEZ JANETH HARO 26900 E COLFAX AVE Unit 041 AURORA CO 80018-2300

VIN# 47965906317 MAKE:ATLANTIC/WESTWIND YEAR 1996 SIZE 16X70

1587

202.97

VIN# 47988669123AB MAKE:ATLANTIC/MID YEAR 1998 SIZE 28X60

4111

327.30

033797515 2021 PELICAN FINANCE LLC 26900 E COLFAX AVE Unit 188 AURORA CO 80018-2342

VIN# 18L00022XU MAKE:BADGER YEAR 1996 SIZE 28X60

3461

177.26

033797523 2021 GRANDILLO LUIS F 26900 E COLFAX AVE Unit 254 AURORA CO 80018-2349

033242050 2021 FIGUEROA LUIS 26900 E COLFAX AVE Unit 362 AURORA CO 80018-2360

VIN# 675480S26665 MAKE:MELODY YEAR 1975 SIZE 14X76

1244

169.11

033246497 2021 PRINGLE JULIE GAYLE 15814 E COLFAX AVE Unit 52 AURORA CO 80011-5846

VIN# ZWK75144636 MAKE:WINDSOR YEAR 1979 SIZE 14X71

887

106.52

033291859 2021 BARRAGAN RAMOS CLAUDIA B 14470 E 13TH AVE Unit B23 AURORA CO 80011-3715

VIN# 272044 MAKE:BONNAVILLA YEAR 1972 SIZE 12X56

17.83

033294157 2021 LEYVA FABIAN RUDY 15814 E COLFAX AVE Unit 16 AURORA CO 80011-5845

VIN# 2290664909 MAKE:CHAMPION/TITAN YEAR 1979 SIZE 14X60

033298977 2021 CARRUBA TARESSA 351 5TH AVE Unit 06 DEER TRAIL CO 80105-8054

Prior Lien(s) Due VIN# 01590361K MAKE:SKYLINE YEAR 1977

3861

033313534 2021 SCHWAB JOSEPH W 14470 E 13TH AVE Unit E46 AURORA CO 80011-3742

VIN# 2F520372D MAKE:SKYLINE YEAR 1990

1537

033313615 2021 CERVANTES NATALY LUEVANO 14470 E 13TH AVE Unit B19 AURORA CO 80011-3733

VIN# 2F520368D MAKE:SKYLINE YEAR 1991

1788

033316851 2021 SMITH JAMES L 351 5TH AVE Unit 11 DEER TRAIL CO 80105-8055

Prior Lien(s) Due VIN# 2240222460 MAKE:CHAMPION YEAR 1974

1037

95.23

033317700 2021 LUNA NORMA 3150 S PLATTE RIVER DR Unit 16 ENGLEWOOD CO 80110-2125

VIN# SK1460C MAKE:SKYLINE YEAR 1969

250

28.04

033359305 2021 HURLEY ELEONOOR V 14470 E 13TH AVE Unit A21 AURORA CO 80011-3713

VIN# 29A20236 3890 MAKE:BONNAVILLA YEAR 1991

17.83

032289180 2021 OROZCO GABRIEL G 3500 S KING ST Unit 021 DENVER CO 80236-6194

VIN# 14102562 MAKE:REDMAN/ 4304 EATON PARK YEAR 1981 SIZE 24X56

218.09

032289996 2021 HASTINGS AMBER 26900 E COLFAX AVE Unit 311 AURORA CO 80018-2355

VIN# GN12217 MAKE:GREAT NORTHERN YEAR 1981 SIZE 75X14

319.17

032292067 2021 KLEIN JOAN M 14470 E 13TH AVE Unit H22 AURORA CO 80011-3747

VIN# 28-A11779 1816 MAKE:BONNAVILLA YEAR 1982

207.61

032293977 2021 SHILALA BARBARA 3500 S KING ST Unit 123 DENVER CO 80236-6195

VIN# 02960545A/BR MAKE:SKYLINE/HILLCREST YEAR 1982

4304

238.09

032304570 2021 PATLAN VIKKI 293 2ND AVE Unit DEER TRAIL CO

Prior Year(s) Due Prior Lien(s) Due VIN# ZWK75143063 MAKE:WINDSOR YEAR 1978 SIZE 14X75

3203

032335181 2021 CLARK MARION A 3500 S KING ST Unit 110 DENVER CO 80236-6195

VIN# 70143150 MAKE:SCHULT YEAR 1982 SIZE 6614

2309

032363061 2021 MAESTAS JUDY 38 ROYAL M H PARK Unit BYERS CO

VIN# 02590120J MAKE:SKYLINE/HILLCREST YEAR 1976

14.99

033445872 2021 PLOUGHMAN HENRY Prior Year(s) Due 1200 S COUNTY ROAD 157 VIN# KSDH05E42C28272 A&B Unit 33 MAKE:REVERE YEAR 1983 STRASBURG CO 80136-9552

3446

327.18

032446200 2021 AVERY HURST CORP Prior Year(s) Due 851 S COUNTY ROAD 149 VIN# 120826 MAKE:SCHULT Unit YEAR 1973 SIZE 14X70 STRASBURG CO 80136-9500

13.32

033445899 2021 DORSEY KELLY D VIN# 29A20673 2960 3565 S COUNTY ROAD MAKE:BONNAVILLA YEAR 1992 149 Unit SIZE 16X80 STRASBURG CO 80136-9523

235.36

TAX YEAR

VIN# NEB79A00062 MAKE:BELLAVISTA YEAR 1997 SIZE 16X80

VIN# 213764 MAKE:NEW MOON YEAR 1964 SIZE 10X55

273.23

033754565 2021 FOXRIDGE MHP ASSOC LLLP 26900 E COLFAX AVE Unit 269 AURORA CO 80018-2350

032288434 2021 MUNOZ ROGELIO C 23900 E ALAMEDA AVE Unit AURORA CO 80018-1507

2417

19.20

204.56

033797850 2021 LOBATO JEFFREY C VIN# CAVAZLP973505 3650 S FEDERAL BLVD MAKE:CAVCO/CEDAR COURT Unit 134 YEAR 1998 SIZE 16X65 ENGLEWOOD CO 80110-3202 033797868 2021 TRIMM WAYNE 26900 E COLFAX AVE Unit 268 AURORA CO 80018-2350

5019

253.48

Prior Lien(s) Due 1995 VIN# NEB79A26598 MAKE:BONNAVILLA YEAR 1997 SIZE 16X80

137.68

272

28.89

033853571 2021 KNOBBE WILLIAM VIN# CAVAZLP977347X&U 3650 S FEDERAL BLVD MAKE:CAVCO/CEDAR COURT Unit 026 YEAR 1998 ENGLEWOOD CO 80110-3276

3689

371.28

266.44

033903188 2021 ESQUIVEL JUAN 26900 E COLFAX AVE Unit 034 AURORA CO 80018-2300

1737

232.20

282.36

433.28

033851617 2021 SUTTON DUSTY 55 ROYAL M H PARK Unit BYERS CO

Prior Lien(s) Due VIN# 2294383T1915 MAKE:TITAN YEAR 1994

0 VIN# NEB89B00974 MAKE:BELAIRE YEAR 1998 SIZE 16X76

033446631 2021 VARGAS CARRASCO LUISA E 14470 E 13TH AVE Unit A15 AURORA CO 80011-6826

VIN# 2F520658F MAKE:SKYLINE/WESTRIDGE YEAR 1993

2402

239.58

033950437 2021 DOMINGUEZ DIAZ BLANCA J VIN# TXFLW12A81547C013 2503 14470 E 13TH AVE Unit H20 MAKE:FLEETWOOD YEAR 1999 AURORA CO 80011-3730 SIZE 16X56

032449705 2021 WALL DENNIS 85106 E COUNTY ROAD 42 Unit DEER TRAIL CO 80105-8510

Prior Year(s) Due VIN# 760460 MAKE:BENDIX YEAR 1975 SIZE 14X65

12.64

033448464 2021 CHAPARRO TAPIA MARINA 26900 E COLFAX AVE Unit 458 AURORA CO 80018-2369

VIN# 2293166T1795 A&B MAKE:TITAN YEAR 1993 SIZE 28X40

2052

105.29

033984625 2021 EBEL STEVEN L VIN# 30119 MAKE:ASTRA 3141 S SANTA FE DR Unit 24 YEAR 1972 ENGLEWOOD CO 80110-2146

032478888 2021 TORRES H LEONARDO VIN# PK9863 MAKE:PONTIAC/ 3141 S SANTA FE DR Unit 27 CHIEF YEAR 1963 ENGLEWOOD CO 80110-2146

122

18.79

033485441 2021 ADAMS DARLENE C 3652 S FEDERAL BLVD Unit ENGLEWOOD CO 80110-3213

Prior Lien(s) Due VIN# NEB49A22535 MAKE:BELLAIRE YEAR 1994

2424

247.37

032575042 2021 GLENN WILLIAM T 42 ROYAL M H PARK Unit BYERS CO

279

29.40

033524446 2021 JACOBO EDDIE 14470 E 13TH AVE Unit D19 AURORA CO 80011-3738

VIN# 60X1823K MAKE:HOMETTE YEAR 1965 SIZE 12X56

17.83

250

28.04

033574451 2021 GUERRERO MARIA 26900 E COLFAX AVE Unit 459 AURORA CO 80018-2369

VIN# 2295711T2885A/B MAKE:TITAN YEAR 1995 SIZE 28X44

2574

339.28

14.99

033625030 2021 CONNER BERTRAND JR 26900 E COLFAX AVE Unit 051 AURORA CO 80018-2300

Prior Lien(s) Due VIN# ML01556 MAKE:MARLETTE YEAR 1972 SIZE 14X70

250

033626192 2021 BALDWIN KAILEY 405 S OWENS ST Unit 08 BYERS CO 80103-9766

VIN# NEB69A24521 MAKE:BONNAVILLA YEAR 1996

930

032629347 2021 MAESTAS JUDY 39 ROYAL M H PARK Unit BYERS CO

VIN# S14377 MAKE:FLEETWOOD YEAR 1972

032629444 2021 POTTER GEORGE 1215 7TH AVE Unit DEER TRAIL CO 80105-8021

Prior Lien(s) Due VIN# 375311055 MAKE:ROCKET YEAR 1953 SIZE 08X35

15.91

033024583 2021 COFFEY CHRIS A 3070 S LIPAN ST Unit 26 ENGLEWOOD CO 80110-1400

Prior Year(s) Due VIN# 3652603493 MAKE:MELODY YEAR 1965

629

57.92

VIN# KSDH05D11E43612 A&B 033074891 2021 HANLON KEITH W DECD MAKE:DETROITER YEAR 1984 3575 S COUNTY ROAD SIZE 28X48 149 Unit STRASBURG CO 80136-9523

4126

033093950 2021 RIOS SAENZ SILVIA 26900 E COLFAX AVE Unit 440 AURORA CO 80018-2367

VIN# 03590274PA/B MAKE:SKYLINE/HOMETTE YEAR 1981 SIZE 24X60

3218

033155742 2021 ALLEN JAMES 2990 S LIPAN ST Unit 50 ENGLEWOOD CO 80110-1485

Prior Year(s) Due VIN# 03590583L MAKE:SKYLINE/HOMETTE YEAR 1978

2224

14.99

367.45

371.84

15.17

034097384 2021 WILLIAMS LORI K 26900 E COLFAX AVE Unit 282 AURORA CO 80018-2352

Prior Lien(s) Due VIN# GDB01D40937399AB MAKE:GUERDEN/AMERICAN YEAR 1993 SIZE 26X41

2660

350.25

034097511 2021 BROWN DAVID G 26900 E COLFAX AVE Unit 429 AURORA CO 80018-2366

VIN# MP152270AB MAKE:WINDSOR/MASTER PRICE YEAR 1995 SIZE 28X56

4669

305.08

VIN# NEB99A27591 3711 MAKE:BONNAVILLA YEAR 1999 SIZE 30X60

484.71

42.00

034097562 2021 FOXRIDGE MHP ASSOCS LLLP 26900 E COLFAX AVE Unit 374 AURORA CO 80018-2361

271.96

74.60

034100890 2021 HANLON DONNA VIN# 14103609 3024 3575 S COUNTY ROAD MAKE:FLEETWOOD YEAR 1984 149 Unit SIZE 14X70 STRASBURG CO 80136-9523 034104241 2021 BLAKE TODD A 1434 IDALIA CT Unit 04 AURORA CO 80011-5800

6499

717.18

034104275 2021 REESE JAMIE C VIN# H0C015F04457 26900 E COLFAX AVE Unit 422 MAKE:OAKWOOD YEAR 1999 AURORA CO 80018-2366 SIZE 16X66

1516

203.92

034141332 2021 HONEGGER SHATASHA 14470 E 13TH AVE Unit H29 AURORA CO 80011-3731

VIN# 4701A2403158 MAKE:DISCOVERY/SHULTZ YEAR 2001 SIZE 16X70

2567

289.32

034173412 2021 GREEN JANICE 729 S BONNIE LN Unit WATKINS CO 80137-8909

VIN# 6031 MAKE:KROPF YEAR 1969 SIZE 14X62

901

69.50

034212841 2021 VALLES SANTIAGO TORRES VIN# 06L22942 MAKE:LIBERTY/ 1316 26900 E COLFAX AVE WEXFORD YEAR 1991 SIZE 14X66 Unit 258 AURORA CO 80018-2349

178.36

033716370 2021 HERRERA ISIDRO VAZQUEZ VIN# NEB69A25185 MAKE:BELLAIRE YEAR 1996 26900 E COLFAX AVE Unit 068 SIZE 16X70 AURORA CO 80018-2300

1030

033744543 2021 MOREHEAD SHAWN M 26900 E COLFAX AVE Unit 062 AURORA CO 80018-2300

VIN# SCHO1961156A&B MAKE:SIL YEAR 1996 SIZE 28X56

4612

033745299 2021 MCCOLLUM KAREN BRANTLEY 26900 E COLFAX AVE Unit 249 AURORA CO 80018-2348

VIN# NEB79A00123 MAKE:BELLAVISTA II YEAR 1997 SIZE 28X70

4698

610.98

1981

192.32

033748549 2021 KORB BRITTNIE JOANN VIN# TWIMSCS14713 1200 S COUNTY ROAD 157 MAKE:MANH YEAR 1984 Unit 05 STRASBURG CO 80136-9520

411.93

VIN# 7714645801 MAKE:WAYSIDE YEAR 1971

143.85 0

4118

032629339 2021 MAESTAS JUDY 26 ROYAL M H PARK Unit BYERS CO

1230

033848110 2021 FERNANDEZ TERESA DE VIN# P166289 MAKE:SCHULT JESUS YEAR 1978 SIZE 14X66 15814 E COLFAX AVE Unit 11 AURORA CO 80011-5845

Prior Year(s) Due VIN# 02960382ABR MAKE:SKYLINE/HILLCREST YEAR 1982

032586770 2021 HERNANDEZ SANCHEZ VIN# 50122AH1118C JAIRO MAKE:ACADEMY YEAR 1969 3141 S SANTA FE DR Unit 05 ENGLEWOOD CO 80110-2144

452.73

032449489 2021 POINDEXTER J R JR 3500 S KING ST Unit 124 DENVER CO 80236-6195

VIN# 01590496K MAKE:SKYLINE/HILLCREST YEAR 1977

535.86

141.76

599.96

VIN# NEB10B02679 MAKE:BELLAVISTA YEAR 2000 SIZE 28X80

179.39

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Littleton Englewood Legals November 10, 2022 * 2

November 10, 2022

Public Notices PIN PIN

TAX OWNERNAME NAME TAX OWNER YEAR SITUSADDRESS ADDRESS YEAR &&SITUS

0 034212922 2021 PELICAN FINANCE LLC 26900 E COLFAX AVE Unit 277 AURORA CO 80018-2351

MESSAGES/ MESSAGES LEGAL MESSAGES/ DESCRIPTION LEGAL

ASASSESSED TOTAL SESSED DUE PIN VALUE VALUE

VIN# 42511024F MAKE:SKYLINE/SABRE YEAR 1992 SIZE 14X52

250

42.00

VIN# 427713DF1665 6 034224998 2021 SHAKLEE KIM R 1191 N COUNTY ROAD 157 MAKE:CHAMPION YEAR 1977 Unit 12 SIZE 14X66 STRASBURG CO 80136-9404

2717

4 034324704 2021 ARC HOUSING LLC 14470 E 13TH AVE Unit G31 AURORA CO 80011-3729

VIN# CBH010295TX MAKE:SCHULT/CLAYTON YEAR 2001

034386041 2021 GANDARA ANTONIO VIN# 2280664287 MAKE:TITAN 3141 S SANTA FE DR Unit 19 YEAR 1978 ENGLEWOOD CO 80110-2146 7

034390618 2021 RIVERA SERGIO 14470 E 13TH AVE Unit D03 AURORA CO 80011-3719

ASSESSED TOTAL VALUE DUE

034650008 2021 GRAJEDA ALBERTO 14470 E 13TH AVE Unit C14 AURORA CO 80011-3735

VIN# 0506A5409112AB MAKE:ENS/REDMOND YEAR 2006

4547

504.76

034650181 2021 CAMACHO MARTINEZ JORGE E 14470 E 13TH AVE Unit B18 AURORA CO 80011-3733

Prior Year(s) Due VIN# 0506A5409111AB MAKE:ENS/REDMOND YEAR 2005

3732

416.09

187.52

2574

148.75

034679359 2021 ARC HOUSING LLC 14470 E 13TH AVE Unit E24 AURORA CO 80011-3722

VIN# FL51246003HP13A&B 2531 MAKE:FLEETWOOD YEAR 2006

285.40

123.40

034679383 2021 ARC HOUSING LLC 14470 E 13TH AVE Unit E34 AURORA CO 80011-3723

VIN# 05L30131 MAKE:LIBERTY YEAR 2003

227.10

1573

263.63

241.88

034772901 2021 BATES TERRY Prior Year(s) Due 15680 E COLFAX AVE Unit 11 VIN# UNKNOWN AURORA CO 80011-5837 MAKE:CRESTWOOD YEAR 1970

2331

2131

034772910 2021 CORPUS RITA VIN# 10808 MAKE:UNKNOWN 15700 E COLFAX AVE Unit 29 YEAR 1970 AURORA CO 80011-5849

1487

171.79

034872604 2021 CHACON NORMA 26900 E COLFAX AVE Unit 305 AURORA CO 80018-2354

VIN# CBH018951TX MAKE:CLAYTON/CHEYENNE YEAR 2008

2360

248.39

1995

20.11

034432191 2021 LEBARON MHP LLC VIN# V602 MAKE:VINTAGE 15680 E COLFAX AVE Unit 16 YEAR 1970 AURORA CO 80011-5840

3504

391.28

034432647 2021 ALBRECHT STEPHANIE K VIN# CAVAZD02-0332UX 3650 S FEDERAL BLVD MAKE:CAVCO/CEDAR COURT Unit 130 YEAR 2002 ENGLEWOOD CO 80110-3202

3153

318.80

034874780 2021 DOMINQUEZ MARIA 14470 E 13TH AVE Unit C23 AURORA CO 80011-3717

VIN# 05L31371 MAKE:LIBERTY YEAR 2009

3682

201.50

3468

387.37

VIN# 05L31370 MAKE:LIBERTY YEAR 2009

411.43

VIN# P352315 MAKE:SCHULT YEAR 2005 SIZE 16X76

034874887 2021 REYES RAMIREZ MAGDA LILIANA 14470 E 13TH AVE Unit E32 AURORA CO 80011-3741

3689

034436006 2021 ADAME FABIOLA GILES 14470 E 13TH AVE Unit A23 AURORA CO 80011-3713

5 034563083 2021 TALVERA BELEN R 14470 E 13TH AVE Unit A04 AURORA CO 80011-6841

VIN# PKS958360001AB MAKE:SCHULT/CLAYTON/CMH YEAR 2005

3032

339.92

034880054 2021 SAGARNAGA AVALOS JOSE ANGEL 26900 E COLFAX AVE Unit 245 AURORA CO 80018-2348

VIN# 1R510316XAB MAKE:SKYLINE/SPRINGVIEW YEAR 2009

5255

682.24

034563580 2021 FLORES WILLIAM A URBINA VIN# TXFL412A86327HP13 1737 14470 E 13TH AVE Unit B26 MAKE:FLEETWOOD YEAR 2005 AURORA CO 80011-3715

199.00

672

58.43

034574565 2021 VENTER HARRY 621 2ND AVE Unit DEER TRAIL CO 80105

124.54

2388

315.47

VIN# ZWK751412056 MAKE:WINDSOR YEAR 1984 SIZE 75X14

MESSAGES/ LEGAL DESCRIPTION

1573

034432175 2021 BURKE JAQUELYN K 1191 N COUNTY ROAD 157 02 STRASBURG CO 80136

VIN# 470258604136 MAKE:ULTIMATE II YEAR 2001

TAX OWNER NAME YEAR & SITUS ADDRESS

Prior Lien(s) Due VIN# 247A2K29350 MAKE:RICHARDSON YEAR 1967 SIZE 12X47

1394

034607153 2021 ROSAS TOMAS AVILA VIN# F1222665 MAKE:NEW 3150 S PLATTE RIVER DR MOON YEAR 1969 0 Unit 08 ENGLEWOOD CO 80110-2197

15.17

034922415 2021 MONTELONGO MARIA DE VIN# 230230 MAKE:KIRKWOOD/ LOS ANGELES REDMAN YEAR 1973 SIZE 3297 S SANTA FE DR Unit 12 12X47 ENGLEWOOD CO 80110-2124 034923039 2021 ROJAS PATRICIA L 26900 E COLFAX AVE Unit 246 AURORA CO 80018-2348

VIN# CBH019922TX MAKE:CLAYTON YEAR 2009

034937269 2021 CARRUBA TARRESA LEANN Prior Lien(s) Due 351 5TH AVE Unit 05 VIN# P162712 MAKE:SCHULTZ DEER TRAIL CO 80105-8054 YEAR 1979 SIZE 14X64

1695

149.32

TAX YEAR

OWNER NAME & SITUS ADDRESS

MESSAGES/ LEGAL DESCRIPTION

ASTOTAL SESSED DUE VALUE

034938591 2021 FOXRIDGE MHP ASSOCS LLLP 26900 E COLFAX AVE Unit 112 AURORA CO 80018-2335

VIN# P274752A&B MAKE:SCHULTZ YEAR 1977

3403

445.29

034955917 2021 PIKE STUART C 297 7TH AVE Unit DEER TRAIL CO 80105-8042

Prior Year(s) Due VIN# M604707 MAKE:HOLLY PARK YEAR 1978 SIZE 72X14 + TPO

3632

308.48

034959394 2021 REYES ORTIZ FATIMA 26900 E COLFAX AVE Unit 288 AURORA CO 80018-2352

VIN# TXFL512A470068A32 MAKE:FLEETWOOD/A2603P YEAR 2005

1573

211.21

034959866 2021 FOXRIDGE MHP ASSOCS LLLP 26900 E COLFAX AVE Unit 412 AURORA CO 80018-2365

VIN# CAVAZLP98879XU MAKE:LITCHFIELD/SUNVILLA/ CAVCO YEAR 1999

3575

467.34

034959904 2021 FOXRIDGE MOBILE HOME PARK ASSOCIATES LLLP 26900 E COLFAX AVE Unit 090 AURORA CO 80018-2300

VIN# 2T520580KAB MAKE:LEXINGTON YEAR 1998

2781

365.75

035012549 2021 BORDERS MICHAEL DUANE 69850 E COUNTY ROAD 10 Unit BYERS CO 80103-9600

Prior Year(s) Due VIN# PLA370463KS MAKE:CLAYTON YEAR 2007 SIZE 16X76

3747

270.35

035104702 2021 RUGGIERO JERAMY 14470 E 13TH AVE G29 AURORA CO 80011-6842

VIN# MC11730 MAKE:MON YEAR 1980 SIZE 28X60

4690

262.80

035105253 2021 GILLIAM PHILLIP B 3650 S FEDERAL BLVD 184 ENGLEWOOD CO 80110-3276

VIN# 157-OOP-H-A001165A MAKE:CHAMPION/SR1660 YEAR 2014 SIZE 16X60

4269

428.05

035205193 2021 JEFFREY LINDA L 945 2ND AVE LITTLETON CO 80120

VIN# H0C015F03301 MAKE: Oakwood SIZE 27X50

6757

565.32

035218309 2021 SIERRA BONITA ESTATES 15680 E COLFAX AVE Spc RV-E AURORA CO 80011-5837

VIN# 46NPB3520L6000606 MAKE: DESERT ROSE/CAVCO SIZE 12X33

1237

144.60

035219046 2021 CLARK RANDY L 15680 E COLFAX AVE RV-F AURORA CO 80011-5837

VIN# 1EH4L3727H0900346 MAKE: FLEETWOOD/DREAM PARK SIZE 12X33

593

74.52

035325954 2021 BOYD EVERETT 1060 1ST AVE DEER TRAIL CO 80105

Prior Lien(s) Due VIN# M60F0732 MAKE: FP/FP SIZE 16X72

3446

293.21

035434940 2021 OHLER RUSSELL 51696 E COUNTY ROAD 30 STRASBURG CO 80136

VIN# NME 009062NM A/B MAKE: CMHM/KARSTEN SIZE 76X27

18304

1694.68

The Treasurer’s Office welcomes you to visit our website at www.arapahoegov.com, click Departments, then click Treasurer’s Office. A variety of information is provided and we hope you will find it helpful and easy to use. Additional information regarding your property can be found on the Assessor’s website at www.arapahoegov.com, click Departments, then click Assessor’s Office. Please email any suggestions or comments you may have to treasurer@arapahoegov.com.

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Littleton Englewood Legals November 10, 2022 * 3

November 10, 2022

Public Notices Legals Public Trustees COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0458-2022 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On August 23, 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) Jennifer Hamilton Original Beneficiary(ies) Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as beneficiary, as nominee for Megastar Financial Corp Current Holder of Evidence of Debt AmeriHome Mortgage Company, LLC Date of Deed of Trust October 16, 2017 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust October 18, 2017 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) D7118247 Book: NA Page: Original Principal Amount $269,527.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $250,234.79 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 194, BLOCK 1, HIGHLAND VIEW II, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 8166 S Fillmore Circle, Centennial, CO 80122. THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust. THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 12/14/2022, 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: 10/20/2022 Last Publication: 11/17/2022 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: 08/23/2022 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 # 22CO00234-1 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. 0458-2022 First Publication: 10/20/2022 Last Publication: 11/17/2022 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0456-2022 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On August 23, 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) MAGDA VARKONY Original Beneficiary(ies) WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt Bear Stearns ARM Trust 2005-9, MortgageBacked Notes, Series 2005-9, U.S. Bank National Association, as Indenture Trustee

Date of Deed of Trust June 15, 2005 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust June 17, 2005 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) B5089631 July 07, 2005 Re-Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) B5099801 Re-Recording Date of Deed of Trust Original Principal Amount $531,300.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $349,892.97 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 of the terms thereof THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. LOT 5, BLOCK 3, ORCHARD HILLS FILING NO. FIVE, AMENDED, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 5560 SOUTH CHESTER COURT, GREENWOOD VILLAGE, 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, 12/14/2022, 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: 10/20/2022 Last Publication: 11/17/2022 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: 08/23/2022 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 # 00000009455296 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. 0456-2022 First Publication: 10/20/2022 Last Publication: 11/17/2022 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent COMBINED NOTICE - RESTART - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-109(2)(b)(II) FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0352-2019 Republished to restart foreclosure stayed by bankruptcy and reset sale date. To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On August 26, 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) Demargo Lynette Krupa and Spenser Nicholas Wallace Ladd and John Patrick Dolan Original Beneficiary(ies) Mortgage Elecnonic Registration Systems, Inc. acting solely as nominee for Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation Current Holder of Evidence of Debt Roundpoint Mortgage Servicing Corporation Date of Deed of Trust December 21, 2018 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust December 26, 2018 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) D8125357 Original Principal Amount $412,087.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $412,087.00 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay

principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof. THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. LOT 16, BLOCK 1, RIDGEVIEW HILLS NORTH, SECOND FILING, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 4344 E Peakview Cir., Centennial, CO 80121. 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, 12/14/2022, 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.

at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 12/14/2022, 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: 10/20/2022 Last Publication: 11/17/2022 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: 08/19/2022 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:

Copies of the aforesaid council bill are available for public inspection in the office of the City Clerk, City of Englewood, Civic Center, 1000 Englewood Parkway, Englewood, Colorado 80110 or it can be found at http://www.englewoodco.gov, Government, Legal/Public Notices. Legal Notice No. 301658 First Publication: November 10, 2022 Last Publication: November 10, 2022 Publisher: Englewood Herald PUBLIC NOTICE CITY OF CENTENNIAL NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Monday, November 7, 2022 the Centennial City Council passed on first reading: ORDINANCE NO. 2022-O-30 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CENTENNIAL, COLORADO, APPROVING AN ANNEXATION AND DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH DOVE VALLEY LAND, LLC FOR THE DOVE VALLEY LAND PROPERTY WITHIN THE DOVE VALLEY REGIONAL PARK/CHERRY CREEK INNOVATION CAMPUS ANNEXATION

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 # 00000009575341

The full text of the ordinance is available for public inspection in the office of the City Clerk. The ordinance may be obtained by contacting the City Clerk, 303-754-3324. The full text of the ordinance is also available on the City’s web site, www.centennialcolorado.com.

First Publication: 10/20/2022 Last Publication: 11/17/2022 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;

Legal Notice No. 530770-60770 First Publication: November 10, 2022 Last Publication: November 10, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent and the Centennial Citizen

DATE: 08/26/2022 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: Amanda Ferguson #44893 Heather Deere #28597 Toni M. Owan #30580 Halliday, Watkins & Mann, PC 355 Union Blvd., Ste. 250, Lakewood, CO 80228 (303) 274-0155 Attorney File # CO10673 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. 0352-2019 First Publication: 10/20/2022 Last Publication: 11/17/2022 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0450-2022 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On August 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) CHRISTOPHER M BOSS AND SHAWN A KELLER Original Beneficiary(ies) MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR ACADEMY MORTGAGE CORPORATION Current Holder of Evidence of Debt LAKEVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC Date of Deed of Trust June 17, 2016 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust June 17, 2016 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) D6064231 Original Principal Amount $292,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $282,341.01 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 of the terms thereof THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. LOT 2, MESHKO SUBDIVISION, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 4910 S. KALAMATH 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

Legal Notice NO. 0450-2022 First Publication: 10/20/2022 Last Publication: 11/17/2022 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent

City and County PUBLIC NOTICE CITY OF CENTENNIAL NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Monday, November 7, 2022 the Centennial City Council passed on first reading: ORDINANCE NO. 2022-O-31 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CENTENNIAL, COLORADO AMENDING CHAPTER 12 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE (LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE) CONCERNING THE URBAN CENTER ZONE DISTRICT AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY The full text of the ordinance is available for public inspection in the office of the City Clerk. The ordinance may be obtained by contacting the City Clerk, 303-754-3324. The full text of the ordinance is also available on the City’s web site, www.centennialcolorado.com. By:Barbara Setterlind, MMC City Clerk Legal Notice No. 530767-60767 First Publication: November 10, 2022 Last Publication: November 10, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent and the Centennial Citizen Public Notice CITY OF ENGLEWOOD NOTICE OF APPROVAL OF A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE On the 7th of November 2022, the City Council of the City of Englewood, Colorado, approved on first reading the following Council Bill: BY AUTHORITY COUNCIL BILL NO. 71 INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL MEMBER WARD A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF ENGLEWOOD AND AURORA-SOUTH METRO SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER TO PERFORM SMALL BUSINESS SEMINARS, ONE-ON-ONE CONSULTING, AND WORKSHOPS IN THE CITY OF ENGLEWOOD. Copies of the aforesaid council bill are available for public inspection in the office of the City Clerk, City of Englewood, Civic Center, 1000 Englewood Parkway, Englewood, Colorado 80110 or it can be found at http://www.englewoodco.gov, Government, Legal/Public Notices. Legal Notice No. 301655 First Publication: November 10, 2022 Last Publication: November 10, 2022 Publisher: Englewood Herald Public Notice CITY OF ENGLEWOOD NOTICE OF ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE On the 7th of November 2022, the City Council of the City of Englewood, Colorado, approved on final reading the following Ordinance: BY AUTHORITY ORDINANCE NO. 57 SERIES OF 2022 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 5, CHAPTER 15, SECTION 5-15-1 OF ENGLEWOOD MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING THE DEFINITION OF PAWNBROKER (Council Bill No. 62)

By:Barbara Setterlind, MMC, City Clerk

PUBLIC NOTICE CITY OF CENTENNIAL NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Monday, November 7, 2022 the Centennial City Council passed on first reading: ORDINANCE NO. 2022-O-27 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CENTENNIAL, COLORADO, APPROVING A FRANCHISE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF CENTENNIAL, COLORADO AND PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF COLORADO (“GRANTEE”) TO PROVIDE GAS AND ELECTRICAL SERVICES WITHIN THE CITY OF CENTENNIAL AND AMENDING ARTICLE 5 OF CHAPTER 5 OF THE CENTENNIAL MUNICIPAL CODE The full text of the ordinance is available for public inspection in the office of the City Clerk. The ordinance may be obtained by contacting the City Clerk, 303-754-3324. The full text of the ordinance is also available on the City’s web site, www.centennialcolorado.com. By:Barbara Setterlind, MMC City Clerk Legal Notice No. 530766-60766 First Publication: November 10, 2022 Last Publication: November 10, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent and the Centennial Citizen Public Notice CITY OF CENTENNIAL NOTICE OF FURTHER CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCEGRANTING A GAS AND ELECTRIC FRANCHISE TO PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF COLORADO NOTICE is hereby given that at the regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Centennial, State of Colorado, to be held on November 21, 2022, at the hour of 7:00 P.M. at City Council Chambers, Centennial Civic Center, 13133 E. Arapahoe Road Centennial, CO 80112, Public Service Company will request the City Council adopt a measure to approve an ordinance granting an/a electric/gas/electric and gas franchise to Public Service Company of Colorado, entitled: ORDINANCE NO. 2022-O-27, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CENTENNIAL, COLORADO, GRANTING A GAS AND ELECTRIC FRANCHISE TO PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF COLORADO, ITS AFFILIATES, SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, THE RIGHT TO USE THE STREETS WITHIN THE CITY TO FURNISH, SELL, TRANSMIT AND DISTRIBUTE GAS AND ELECTRICITY TO THE CITY AND TO ALL RESIDENTS OF THE CITY, GRANTING THE RIGHT TO ACQUIRE, CONSTRUCT, INSTALL, LOCATE, MAINTAIN, OPERATE AND EXTEND INTO, WITHIN AND THROUGH THE CITY ALL FACILITIES REASONABLY NECESSARY TO FURNISH, SELL, TRANSMIT AND DISTRIBUTE GAS AND ELECTRICITY WITHIN AND THROUGH THE CITY AND FIXING THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS THEREOF. The franchise to be applied for will be for a term of twenty (20) years. Public Service Company of Colorado shall collect a fee from a surcharge upon City residents who are customers of the Company. The City of Centennial Council will conduct a public hearing at its regular meeting on November 21, 2022 as to the ordinance’s adoption and passage. As provided by law, said Ordinance was introduced and read for the first time at a regular meeting of said Council held on November 7, 2022. The hearing will be open to the public and all interested persons will be given an opportunity to be heard. /s/Barbara Setterlind, MMC City Clerk Legal Notice No. 530769-60769 First Publication: November 10, 2022 Last Publication: November 17, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent and the Centennial Citizen

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Public Notices PUBLIC NOTICE CITY OF CENTENNIAL NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Monday, November 7, 2022, the Centennial City Council approved the following ordinance on second and final reading: ORDINANCE NO. 2022-O-28 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CENTENNIAL, COLORADO, AMENDING SECTION 4-8-20 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE ENTITLED “SPECIAL FUNDS” BY DELETING THE LAND USE FUND AND AMENDING THE LANGUAGE CONCERNING THE OPEN SPACE AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUNDS 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. by a vote of 7 in favor and 0 against (2 absent) (First published October 20, 2022) By:Barbara Setterlind, MMC City Clerk Legal Notice No. 530765-60765 First Publication: November 10, 2022 Last Publication: November 10, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent and the Centennial Citizen Public Notice

Last Publication: November 10, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent and the Centennial Citizen Public Notice CITY OF CENTENNIAL NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Centennial, Colorado will conduct a public hearing on Monday, December 5, 2022 at 7:00 p.m. regarding ORDINANCE NO. 2022-O-31 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CENTENNIAL, COLORADO AMENDING CHAPTER 12 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE (LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE) CONCERNING THE URBAN CENTER ZONE DISTRICT AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. The public hearing will be held at the Centennial Civic Center, 13133 E. Arapahoe Road, Council Chambers, Centennial, Colorado 80112. Copies of Ordinance No. 2022-O-31 are available for inspection by the public on the City’s website: www.centennialco.gov. Interested parties may file written comments with the City Clerk, at: councilcomments@centennialco.gov or by mailing them to City Clerk, 13133 E. Arapahoe Rd, Centennial, CO 80112 any time prior to December 5, 2022. Any written comments received will be provided to City Council prior to the Public Hearing and made part of the record. /s/Barbara Setterlind, MMC City Clerk Legal Notice No. 530771-60771 First Publication: November 10, 2022 Last Publication: November 10, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent and the Centennial Citizen

CITY OF ENGLEWOOD

Public Notice

NOTICE OF APPROVAL OF A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE

CITY OF ENGLEWOOD

On the 7th of November 2022, the City Council of the City of Englewood, Colorado, approved on first reading the following Council Bill: BY AUTHORITY COUNCIL BILL NO. 67 INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL MEMBER WARD A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 4, CHAPTER 7, SECTION 4-7-3 OF ENGLEWOOD MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING WASTE TRANSFER SURCHARGE. Copies of the aforesaid council bill are available for public inspection in the office of the City Clerk, City of Englewood, Civic Center, 1000 Englewood Parkway, Englewood, Colorado 80110 or it can be found at http://www.englewoodco.gov, Government, Legal/Public Notices. Legal Notice No. 301654 First Publication: November 10, 2022 Last Publication: November 10, 2022 Publisher: Englewood Herald PUBLIC NOTICE CITY OF CENTENNIAL NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Monday, November 7, 2022, the Centennial City Council approved the following ordinance on second and final reading: ORDINANCE NO. 2022-O-25 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CENTENNIAL, COLORADO, AMENDING ARTICLE 8 OF CHAPTER 11 OF THE CENTENNIAL MUNICIPAL CODE AND ADOPTING BY REFERENCE THE 2022 VERSION OF THE CITY OF CENTENNIAL ROADWAY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS MANUAL 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. by a vote of 7 in favor and 0 against (2 absent) (First published October 6, 2022) By:Barbara Setterlind, MMC City Clerk Legal Notice No. 530761-60761 First Publication: November 10, 2022 Last Publication: November 10, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent and the Centennial Citizen Public Notice CITY OF CENTENNIAL NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Centennial, Colorado will conduct a public hearing on Monday, November 27, 2022 at 7:00 p.m. regarding ORDINANCE NO. 2022-O-27 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CENTENNIAL, COLORADO, APPROVING A FRANCHISE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF CENTENNIAL, COLORADO AND PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF COLORADO (“GRANTEE”) TO PROVIDE GAS AND ELECTRICAL SERVICES WITHIN THE CITY OF CENTENNIAL AND AMENDING ARTICLE 5 OF CHAPTER 5 OF THE CENTENNIAL MUNICIPAL CODE. The public hearing will be held at the Centennial Civic Center, 13133 E. Arapahoe Road, Council Chambers, Centennial, Colorado 80112. Copies of Ordinance No. 2022-O-27 are available for inspection by the public on the City’s website: www.centennialco.gov. Interested parties may file written comments with the City Clerk, at: councilcomments@centennialco.gov or by mailing them to City Clerk, 13133 E. Arapahoe Rd, Centennial, CO 80112 any time prior to November 27, 2022. Any written comments received will be provided to City Council prior to the Public Hearing and made part of the record. /s/Barbara Setterlind, MMC City Clerk Legal Notice No. 530762-60762 First Publication: November 10, 2022

NOTICE OF ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE On the 7th of November 2022, the City Council of the City of Englewood, Colorado, approved on final reading the following Ordinance: BY AUTHORITY ORDINANCE NO. 58 SERIES OF 2022 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ENGLEWOOD MUNICIPAL CODE TITLE 11 CHAPTER 5 AND EMC § 15-1-2, REGARDING TREES TO ADOPT MODEL CODE TO ENSURE PROTECTION OF CITY TREES AND MOVE CORRECTION OF TREE VIOLATIONS TO NUISANCE ABATEMENT CODES. (Council Bill No. 65) Copies of the aforesaid council bill are available for public inspection in the office of the City Clerk, City of Englewood, Civic Center, 1000 Englewood Parkway, Englewood, Colorado 80110 or it can be found at http://www.englewoodco.gov, Government, Legal/Public Notices. Legal Notice No. 301653 First Publication: November 10, 2022 Last Publication: November 10, 2022 Publisher: Englewood Herald Public Notice CITY OF CENTENNIAL NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Centennial, Colorado will conduct a public hearing on Monday, December 5, 2022 at 7:00 p.m. regarding ORDINANCE NO. 2022-O-30 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CENTENNIAL, COLORADO, APPROVING AN ANNEXATION AND DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH DOVE VALLEY LAND, LLC FOR THE DOVE VALLEY LAND PROPERTY WITHIN THE DOVE VALLEY REGIONAL PARK/CHERRY CREEK INNOVATION CAMPUS ANNEXATION. The public hearing will be held at the Centennial Civic Center, 13133 E. Arapahoe Road, Council Chambers, Centennial, Colorado 80112. Copies of Ordinance No. 2022-O-30 are available for inspection by the public on the City’s website: www.centennialco. gov. Interested parties may file written comments with the City Clerk, at: councilcomments@centennialco.gov or by mailing them to City Clerk, 13133 E. Arapahoe Rd, Centennial, CO 80112 any time prior to December 5, 2022. Any written comments received will be provided to City Council prior to the Public Hearing and made part of the record. /s/Barbara Setterlind, MMC. City Clerk Legal Notice No. 530763-60763 First Publication: November 10, 2022 Last Publication: November 10, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent and the Centennial Citizen PUBLIC NOTICE CITY OF CENTENNIAL NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Monday, November 7, 2022 the Centennial City Council passed on first reading: ORDINANCE NO. 2022-O-26 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CENTENNIAL, COLORADO, ADDING A NEW ARTICLE 2 TO CHAPTER 4 OF THE CENTENNIAL MUNICIPAL CODE, CONDITIONED UPON VOTER APPROVAL, TO ADOPT PROVISIONS IMPOSING AND GOVERNING A LODGING TAX AND IMPOSING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS THEREOF The full text of the ordinance is available for public inspection in the office of the City Clerk. The ordinance may be obtained by contacting the City Clerk, 303-754-3324. The full text of the ordinance is also available on the City’s web site, www.centennialcolorado.com. By:Barbara Setterlind, MMC, City Clerk Legal Notice No. 530764-60764 First Publication: November 10, 2022 Last Publication: November 10, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent and the Centennial Citizen

“Trust Us!” CITY OF ENGLEWOOD

NOTICE OF APPROVAL OF A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE

On the 7th of November 2022, the City Council of the City of Englewood, Colorado, approved on first reading the following Council Bill:

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On the 7th of November 2022, the City Council of the City of Englewood, Colorado, approved on final reading the following Ordinance: BY AUTHORITY ORDINANCE NO. 59 SERIES OF 2022 AN ORDINANCE APPROVING AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT (IGA) BETWEEN THE DENVER REGIONAL COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS AND THE CITY OF ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO FOR MALLEY SENIOR CENTER SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS. (Council Bill No. 66) Copies of the aforesaid council bill are available for public inspection in the office of the City Clerk, City of Englewood, Civic Center, 1000 Englewood Parkway, Englewood, Colorado 80110 or it can be found at http://www.englewoodco.gov, Government, Legal/Public Notices. Legal Notice No. 301656 First Publication: November 10, 2022 Last Publication: November 10, 2022 Publisher: Englewood Herald

Metropolitan Districts

Public Notice

CITY OF CENTENNIAL NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

NOTICE OF HEARING PETITION FOR INCLUSION OF REAL PROPERTY PLATTE CANYON WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT ARAPAHOE AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES, COLORADO

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Centennial, Colorado will conduct a public hearing on Monday, November 27, 2022 at 7:00 p.m. regarding ORDINANCE NO. 2022-O-26 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CENTENNIAL, COLORADO, ADDING A NEW ARTICLE 2 TO CHAPTER 4 OF THE CENTENNIAL MUNICIPAL CODE, CONDITIONED UPON VOTER APPROVAL, TO ADOPT PROVISIONS IMPOSING AND GOVERNING A LODGING TAX AND IMPOSING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS THEREOF. The public hearing will be held at the Centennial Civic Center, 13133 E. Arapahoe Road, Council Chambers, Centennial, Colorado 80112. Copies of Ordinance No. 2022-O-26 are available for inspection by the public on the City’s website: www.centennialco.gov. Interested parties may file written comments with the City Clerk, at: councilcomments@centennialco.gov or by mailing them to City Clerk, 13133 E. Arapahoe Rd, Centennial, CO 80112 any time prior to November 27, 2022. Any written comments received will be provided to City Council prior to the Public Hearing and made part of the record. /s/Barbara Setterlind, MMC City Clerk Legal Notice No. 5307678-60768 First Publication: November 10, 2022 Last Publication: November 10, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent and the Centennial Citizen Public Notice CITY OF ENGLEWOOD NOTICE OF APPROVAL OF A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE On the 7th of November 2022, the City Council of the City of Englewood, Colorado, approved on first reading the following Council Bill: BY AUTHORITY COUNCIL BILL NO. 68 INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL MEMBER WARD A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 7, CHAPTER 6 ARTICLE F, OF ENGLEWOOD MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING SHOPLIFTING AND PRICE SWITCHING. Copies of the aforesaid council bill are available for public inspection in the office of the City Clerk, City of Englewood, Civic Center, 1000 Englewood Parkway, Englewood, Colorado 80110 or it can be found at http://www.englewoodco.gov, Government, Legal/Public Notices. Legal Notice No. 301657 First Publication: November 10, 2022 Last Publication: November 10, 2022 Publisher: Englewood Herald Public Notice CITY OF ENGLEWOOD NOTICE OF APPROVAL OF A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE On the 7th of November 2022, the City Council of the City of Englewood, Colorado, approved on first reading the following Council Bill: BY AUTHORITY COUNCIL BILL NO. 69 INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL MEMBER WOODWARD A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ENGLEWOOD MUNICIPAL CODE TO ESTABLISH MUNICIPAL CONTRACTING PROCESSES. Copies of the aforesaid council bill are available for public inspection in the office of the City Clerk, City of Englewood, Civic Center, 1000 Englewood Parkway, Englewood, Colorado 80110 or it can be found at http://www.englewoodco.gov, Government, Legal/Public Notices. Legal Notice No. 301652 First Publication: November 10, 2022 Last Publication: November 10, 2022 Publisher: Englewood Herald Public Notice CITY OF ENGLEWOOD NOTICE OF ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Petition for Inclusion of Real Property has been filed with the Board of Directors of the Platte Canyon Water and Sanitation District (“District”). The Board of Directors will hear the Petition at an open public meeting to be held during a regular meeting of the District’s Board of Directors which will convene at the hour of 8:30 a.m. on Friday, November 18, 2022, at the District office located at 8739 West Coal Mine Avenue, Littleton, Colorado 80123. The Petitioner’s name and address is as follows: Petitioner’s Name Arcadia Creek LLC Petitioner’s Address 9 White Fir Court Littleton, CO 80127 The real property that is the subject of the Petition, is legally described as follows: LEGAL DESCRIPTION A Part of Unplatted Land, situated in the SW 1/4 of Section 19, Township 5 South, Range 68 West of the 6th Principal Meridian, City of Littleton, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado, more particularly described as follows: Beginning at the South 1/16 Corner of Section 24 and Section 19, Township 5 South, Range 68 and 69 West, of the 6th Principal Meridian; Said point also being on the East line of that certain parcel of land described in Quitclaim Deed Recorded on January 30, 2014 in the Office of the Jefferson County Clerk and Recorder under Reception Number 2014007740; Thence N00°08'30"E, along said East line and its extension and the West line of the NW 1/4 of the SW 1/4 of said Section 19, a distance of 682.94 Feet; Thence N89°52'54"E a distance of 120.00 Feet to the Northwest corner of the Final Plat of Fox Hollow recorded on July 25, 1994 in the Office of the Arapahoe County Clerk and Recorder under Reception Number 94106760; Thence contiguous with the exterior boundary of said Fox Hollow, the following two (2) courses: 1. Thence S00°16'39"E a distance of 682.65 Feet; 2. Thence S89°45'06"W a distance of 125.00 Feet to the Point of Beginning. Parcel Contains (83,641 Square Feet) 1.92013 Acres, more or less. All lineal distances are represented in U.S. Survey Feet. Bearings are based on the West Line of the S 1/16 of Section 24 and Section 19, Township 5 South, Range 68 and 69 West of the 6th Principal Meridian with an assumed bearing of N00°05 52 E and bounded by a found #6 rebar and 2-1/2 aluminum cap stamped with the appropriate symbology for said aliquot corner and PLS 11150, 2007 at the SW Corner of Section 19 and by a found #6 rebar, flush, with no cap at the S 1/16 Corner of said Sections 24 and 19. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN to all interested parties who may object to the inclusion of the above-described real property to appear at said time and place and show cause in writing, if any, why the Petition should not be granted. The failure of any municipality or county which may be able to provide service to the real property herein described or any person in the District to file a written objection to the Petition shall be taken as assent to inclusion of the real property. By Order of the Board of Directors of the Platte Canyon Water and Sanitation District. Dated this 31st day of October, 2022. PLATTE CANYON WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT By: /s/ William Buckner, Secretary Legal Notice No. 530769 First Publication: November 10, 2022 Last Publication: November 10, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Metro Districts Budget Hearings

AND NOTICE CONCERNING BUDGET 2022 AMENDMENT TRAILMARK METROPOLITAN DISTRICT November 2, 2022 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a proposed budget for the ensuing year of 2023 has been submitted to the Board of Directors of the Trailmark Metropolitan and that such proposed budget will be considered for adoption at a public hearing during a special meeting of the Board of Directors of the District to be held via Telephone and/or video Conference, at 6:30 p.m., November 15, 2022. The meeting information is as follows: Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/96062167164?pwd= VzZzSHh0WVdNMm4yWXg0MVdKRmJ4UT09 or join by telephone: +13462487799 Meeting ID: 960 6216 7164 NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that an amendment to the 2022 budget of the District, if necessary, may also be considered at a public hearing held during the above-referenced regular meeting of the Board of Directors. Copies of the proposed 2023 budget and, if necessary, the proposed amendment of the 2022 budget are on file in the office of the District located at Community Resource Services of Colorado, LLC, 7995 East Prentice Avenue, Suite 103E, Greenwood Village, Colorado and are available for public inspection. Any interested elector of the District may file or register any objections to the proposed 2023 budget and the proposed amendment of the 2022 budget at any time prior to the final adoption of said budget and proposed budget amendment by the governing body of the District. BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE TRAILMARK METROPOLITAN DISTRICT /s/ COMMUNITY RESOURCE SERVICES OF COLORADO, L.L.C. Legal Notice No. 530776 First Publication: November 10, 2022 Last Publication: November 10, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE OF HEARING ON PROPOSED 2023 BUDGET AND 2022 BUDGET AMENDMENT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the proposed budget for the ensuing year of 2023 has been submitted to the Inverness North Metropolitan District ("District"). Such proposed budget will be considered at a meeting and public hearing of the Board of Directors of the District to be held at 304 Inverness Way South, #490, Englewood, Colorado, at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, November 17, 2022. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that an amendment to the 2022 budget of the District may also be considered at the above-referenced meeting and public hearing of the Board of Directors of the District. A copy of the proposed 2023 budget and the amended 2022 budget, if required, are available for public inspection at the offices of Simmons & Wheeler, P.C. Please contact Kimberly Johanns by email at kimberly@simmonswheeler.com or by telephone at 303-689-0833 to make arrangements to inspect the budget(s) prior to visiting the foregoing office. Any interested elector within the District may, at any time prior to final adoption of the 2023 budget and the amended 2022 budget, if required, file or register any objections thereto. INVERNESS NORTH METROPOLITAN DISTRICT By: /s/ Gene Camp, President Legal Notice No. 530757 First Publication: November 10, 2022 Last Publication: November 10, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE OF 2023 BUDGET HEARING PLATTE CANYON WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT ARAPAHOE AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES, COLORADO NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that pursuant to §29-1-106, C.R.S., as amended, a proposed Budget has been submitted to the Board of Directors of the Platte Canyon Water and Sanitation District for calendar year 2023. A copy of said proposed Budget is on file at Platte Canyon Water and Sanitation District, 8739 W. Coal Mine Avenue, Littleton, CO 80123, where the same is available for inspection by the public Monday through Friday during normal business hours, (i.e., 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.). NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the Board of Directors of the Platte Canyon Water and Sanitation District will consider the adoption of the proposed 2023 Budget at a public hearing to be conducted during a regular meeting of the Board of Directors to be held on Friday, November 18, 2022, at 8:30 a.m. at Platte Canyon Water and Sanitation District, 8739 W. Coal Mine Avenue, Littleton, CO 80123. Any interested elector of the Platte Canyon Water and Sanitation District may inspect the proposed 2023 Budget and file or register any objections or comments thereto. Dated this 1st day of November 2022. PLATTE CANYON WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT By:/s/ Cynthia Lane General Manager Legal Notice No. 530766 First Publication: November 10, 2022 Last Publication: November 10, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice

Public Notice

ARAPAHOE COUNTY 911 AUTHORITY NOTICE OF 2023 BUDGET ADOPTION

NOTICE AS TO PROPOSED 2023 BUDGET

The Arapahoe County 911 Authority will consider

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November 10, 2022

Public Notices adoption of the 2023 budget during a public hearing on Thursday, November 17, 2022, at 2:00 p.m. at South Metro Fire Rescue – Administration Board Room, 9195 E. Mineral Ave., Centennial, CO. The proposed budget is available for inspection and copying between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday (except holidays), at the office of the Arapahoe County Finance Department, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado 80120 or is available on the Authority’s website at https://ace911.colorado.gov. Any interested person may file in writing any objection to, or comments regarding, the proposed Budget prior to the hearing date by sending such comments to Cathy Raley at the Arapahoe County Finance Department, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado 80120 or via email at craley@arapahoegov.com. Any interested person may also attend the scheduled hearing and address the Authority. Additional information is available at https://www.colorado.gov/ace911. Legal Notice No. Arap 1125 First Publication: November 10, 2022 Last Publication: November 10, 2022 Publisher: Englewood Herald Littleton Independent and the Centennial Citizen Public Notice NOTICE OF 2023 BUDGET HEARING SOUTHWEST METROPOLITAN WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT ARAPAHOE, DOUGLAS AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES, COLORADO NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that pursuant to §29-1-106, C.R.S., as amended, a proposed Budget has been submitted to the Board of Directors of the Southwest Metropolitan Water and Sanitation District for calendar year 2023. A copy of said proposed Budget is on file at Southwest Metropolitan Water and Sanitation District, 8739 W. Coal Mine Avenue, Littleton, CO 80123, where the same is available for inspection by the public Monday through Friday during normal business hours, (i.e., 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.). NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the Board of Directors of the Southwest Metropolitan Water and Sanitation District will consider the adoption of the proposed 2023 Budget at a public hearing to be conducted during a regular meeting of the Board of Directors to be held on Friday, November 18, 2022, at 8:30 a.m. at Southwest Metropolitan Water and Sanitation District, 8739 W. Coal Mine Avenue, Littleton, CO 80123. Any interested elector of the Southwest Metropolitan Water and Sanitation District may inspect the proposed 2023 Budget and file or register any objections or comments thereto. Dated this 1st day of November 2022. SOUTHWEST METROPOLITAN WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT By:/s/ Cynthia Lane, General Manager Legal Notice No. 530764 First Publication: November 10, 2022 Last Publication: November 10, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE AS TO AMENDED 2022 BUDGET AND HEARING SOUTHWEST METROPOLITAN WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT ARAPAHOE, DOUGLAS AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES, COLORADO NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an amended budget will be submitted to the Board of Directors of the SOUTHWEST METROPOLITAN WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT for the year 2022. A copy of such proposed budget is on file in the office of the District, 8739 West Coal Mine Avenue, Littleton, Colorado, 80123, where the same is open for public inspection. Such amended budget will be considered at a hearing at the meeting of the Southwest Metropolitan Water and Sanitation District to be held at 8:30 A.M. on Friday, November 18, 2022. Any interested elector within Southwest Metropolitan Water and Sanitation District may inspect the proposed amended budget and file or register any objections at any time prior to the final adoption of the amended 2022 budget. BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS: SOUTHWEST METROPOLITAN WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT By: /s/ BOARD OF DIRECTORS Legal Notice No. 530765 First Publication: November 10, 2022 Last Publication: November 10, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE OF HEARING ON PROPOSED 2023 BUDGET AND 2022 BUDGET AMENDMENT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the proposed budget for the ensuing year of 2023 has been submitted to the Cherry Creek Project Water Authority ("Authority"). Such proposed budget will be considered at a meeting and public hearing of the Board of Directors of the Authority to be held at 9:00 a.m. on November 16, 2022 via MS Teams. To attend and participate by telephone, dial 323488-2290 and enter passcode 629 133 059#. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that an amendment to the 2022 budget of the Authority may also be considered at the above-referenced meeting and public hearing of the Board of Directors of the Authority. A copy of the proposed 2023 budget and the amended 2022 budget, if required, are available for public inspection at the offices of Mulhern MRE, Inc.,188 Inverness Drive West, Suite 150, Englewood Colorado. Please contact Toby Austin by email at toby@mulhernmre.com or by telephone at 303-799-9595 to make arrangements to inspect the budget(s) prior to visiting the foregoing office. Any interested elector within the Authority may, at any time prior to final adoption of the 2023 budget and the amended 2022 budget, if required, file or register any objections thereto.

CHERRY CREEK PROJECT WATER AUTHORITY By: /s/ Luis Tovar, President

statement prior to the final settlement date and time will relieve the City of Englewood from all and any liability of such claim as provided by law.

Legal Notice No. LI107 First Publication: November 10, 2022 Last Publication: November 10, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Jackie Loh. Director of Finance City of Englewood, Colorado

Public Notice NOTICE AS TO PROPOSED AMENDED 2022 BUDGET AND HEARING ORCHARD VALLEY METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a proposed amended budget will be submitted to the ORCHARD VALLEY METROPOLITAN DISTRICT for the year of 2022. A copy of such proposed amended budget has been filed in the office of Koelbel and Company, 5291 East Yale Avenue, Denver, Colorado, where same is open for public inspection. Such proposed amended budget will be considered at a hearing at the regular meeting of the Orchard Valley Metropolitan District to be held at 10:00 A.M., on Tuesday, November 15, 2022. The meeting will be held via video conference at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82258 894655?pwd=0ViV1ZoQnVjYVl0TWRNRFpZM2 kvdz09 and via telephone conference at Dial-In: 1-346-248-7799, Meeting ID: 822 5889 4655, Passcode: 490120. Any interested elector within Orchard Valley Metropolitan District may inspect the proposed amended budget and file or register any objections at any time prior to the final adoption of the amended 2022 budget. BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS: ORCHARD VALLEY METROPOLITAN DISTRICT By: /s/ ICENOGLE | SEAVER | POGUE A Professional Corporation Legal Notice No. 530771 First Publication: November 10, 2022 Last Publication: November 10, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice REVISED NOTICE OF BUDGET HEARING SOUTH-EAST ENGLEWOOD WATER DISTRICT ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to §29-1106, C.R.S., as amended, that a proposed Budget has been submitted to the Board of Directors of the South-East Englewood Water District, Arapahoe County, Colorado (“District”), for calendar year 2023. A copy of said proposed Budget, which includes a summary of fund balances, revenues and expenditures of the District, is available for public inspection, by appointment only, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. at the office of the District’s legal counsel, Collins Cole Flynn Winn & Ulmer, PLLC, located at 165 S. Union Boulevard, Suite 785, Lakewood, Colorado 80228. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the Board of Directors of the South-East Englewood Water District will consider the adoption of its 2023 Budget after a public hearing on the proposed budget is conducted during a regular meeting of the District’s Board of Directors to be held via Teams at Meeting ID: 290 024 978 151, Passcode: skxei5, Call in number: 720-738-1576 on Wednesday, November 23, 2022 at 7:30 a.m. Any interested elector of the South-East Englewood Water District may inspect the proposed Budget for 2023 and file or register any objections or comments thereto at any time prior to the final adoption of said Budget. Dated this 31st day of October, 2022. SOUTH-EAST ENGLEWOOD WATER DISTRICT By:/s/ John Ballantine, Secretary Legal Notice No. 530762 First Publication: November 10, 2022 Last Publication: November 10, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Bids and Settlements Public Notice CITY OF ENGLEWOOD NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT 2022 ALLEY GRADING & STABILIZATION PROJECT On or about December 2, 2022 the City of Englewood will make a final settlement to: Summers Construction, Inc. 3490 Helena St Aurora, CO 80011 For the construction of: 2022 Alley Grading and Stabilization Project Notice is hereby given that after 5:00 p.m. local time on December 2, 2022, final settlement to Summers Construction, Inc. Contractor, will be made by the City of Englewood, Colorado for and on account of the contract for the construction of the above-referenced project. Any person, co-partnership, an association of persons, company, or corporation that has furnished labor, materials, 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 therefor has not been paid by the contractor or subcontractor, may in accord with section 38-26-107 (1) C.R.S., file with the Director of Finance, City of Englewood, Colorado, a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid on account of such claim, which statement must be filed on or before September 23, 2022. Claims must be submitted to Jackie Loh, Director of Finance, 1000 Englewood Parkway, Englewood, Colorado 80110-2373, (303) 762-2416. Failure on the part of a claimant to file such

Legal Notice No. 301659 First Publication: November 10, 2022 Last Publication: November 17, 2022 Publisher: Englewood Herald Public Notice NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT 2022 PAVEMENT PRESERVATION PROGRAM Project No. 22-04-02 Notice is hereby given, pursuant to Section 38-26-107, C.R.S., that the City of Centennial, Colorado (the “City”) will make final payment at the hour of 10:00 a.m. on December 2, 2022 (the “Final Settlement Date”) to the following contractor: A-1 Chipseal Company 2505 E. 74th Avenue Denver, CO 80229 (hereinafter, the “Contractor”) for and on account of all work completed by the Contractor on City Project No. 22-04-02, including for purposes of this Notice of Final Settlement on (the “Project”). 1. Any person, co-partnership, association of persons, company or corporation that has an unpaid claim against the Project for and on account of the furnishing of labor, materials, or other supplies used or consumed by the Contractor or any subcontractor in or about the performance of said work, may at any time up to and including the Final Settlement Date, file a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid on account of such claim. 2. Any such claim(s) shall be filed with the City Clerk at 13133 East Arapahoe Road, Centennial, CO 80112 prior to the Final Settlement Date. 3. Failure on the part of any claimant to file such verified statement or claim prior to the Final Settlement Date will relieve the City from any and all liability for such claim. Legal Notice No. 530776-60776 First Publication: November 10, 2022 Last Publication: November 17, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent and the Centennial Citizen ____________________________________ Public Notice NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT FIRST AMENDMENT TO CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT (CRACK SEAL 2022) Project No. 21-04-02 Notice is hereby given, pursuant to Section 38-26107, C.R.S., that the City of Centennial, Colorado (the “City”) will make final payment at the hour of 10:00 a.m. on December 2, 2022 (the “Final Settlement Date”) to the following contractor: Superior Asphalt LC 2040 S. 7500 W. Magna, Utah 84044 (hereinafter, the “Contractor”) for and on account of all work completed by the Contractor on City Project No. 21-04-02, including for purposes of this Notice of Final Settlement on (the “Project”). 1. Any person, co-partnership, association of persons, company or corporation that has an unpaid claim against the Project for and on account of the furnishing of labor, materials, or other supplies used or consumed by the Contractor or any subcontractor in or about the performance of said work, may at any time up to and including the Final Settlement Date, file a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid on account of such claim. 2. Any such claim(s) shall be filed with the City Clerk at 13133 East Arapahoe Road, Centennial, CO 80112 prior to the Final Settlement Date. 3. Failure on the part of any claimant to file such verified statement or claim prior to the Final Settlement Date will relieve the City from any and all liability for such claim. Legal Notice No. 530777-60777 First Publication: November 10, 2022 Last Publication: November 17, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent and the Centennial Citizen

Summons and Sheriff Sale Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, STATE OF COLORADO Case No.: 2022CV030824 Div: 202 COMBINED NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL PROPERTY PLAINTIFF: AMERICANA TOWNHOME ASSOCIATION, INC. v. DEFENDANTS: ALLYCE M. MANNINGS; AJAX MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2020-C, MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES, SERIES 2020-C, BY U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS INDENTURE TRUSTEE; AMERICANA MASTER ASSOCIATION; and ARAPAHOE COUNTY PUBLIC TRUSTEE. TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS, Please take notice: You and each of you are hereby notified that a Sheriff's Sale of the referenced property is to be conducted by the Civil Unit of the Sheriff's Office of

Arapahoe County, Colorado at 10:00 O’clock A.M., on the 29th day of December, 2022, at 13101 East Broncos Parkway, Centennial, CO 80112, phone number 720-874-3845. At which sale, the above described real property and improvements thereon will be sold to the highest bidder. Plaintiff makes no warranty relating to title, possession, or quiet enjoyment in and to said real property in connection with this sale. **BIDDERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE CASH OR CERTIFIED FUNDS SUFFICIENT TO COVER THE MINIMUM BID AT THE TIME OF SALE.** PLEASE NOTE THAT THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. Judgment is in the amount of $13,543.39. This is to advise you that a Sheriff’s sale proceeding has been commenced through the office of the undersigned Sheriff pursuant to Order for Default Judgment and Order and Decree for Judicial Foreclosure dated August 17, 2022 and C.R.S. 38-38-101 et seq. by Americana Townhome Association, Inc. the holder and current owner of a lien recorded on November 16, 2015 at Reception No. D5131367 in the records of the Clerk and Recorder of the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado. The foreclosure is based on a default under the Declaration of Covenants, Conditions, and Restrictions of Americana Townhomes recorded on 03/24/1983 at Reception Number: 2259795 in the records of the Clerk and Recorder of the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado. The Declaration establishes a lien for the benefit of Americana Townhome Association, Inc. against real property legal described as follows: Lot 38, Block 1, Americana Filing No. 1, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado.; Also known as: 478 S Memphis Way #A, Aurora, CO 80017. The attorney representing the legal owner of the above described lien is: Kate M. Leason, Reg No. 41025, Altitude Community Law P.C., 555 Zang Street, Suite 100, Lakewood, Colorado 802281011, 303.432.9999 DATED in Colorado this 21ST day of September, 2022. Tyler S. Brown Sheriff of Arapahoe County, Colorado By: Sgt. Trent Steffa, Deputy Sheriff Legal Notice No. 560669 First Publication: November 3, 2022 Last Publication: December 1, 2022 Published In: Littleton Independent 750 W. Hampden Ave., Suite 225 Englewood, Colorado, 80110 Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO 7325 S. Potomac St. Centennial, CO 80112 Plaintiff: HUNTER’S RUN CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, INC., a Colorado non-profit corporation vs. Defendants: MICHAEL ANGEL ANAYA CHAVEZ; ANGEL ANAYA DURAN; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., individually and solely as nominee for, THOMPSON KANE & COMPANY, LLC.; and SUE SANDSTROM as the ARAPAHOE COUNTY PUBLIC TRUSTEE Attorney for Plaintiff VIAL FOTHERINGHAM LLP Kathryn Willard, #50236, kathryn.willard@vf-law.com 12600 W. Colfax, Ste. C200 Lakewood, CO 80215 Phone: (720) 943-8811 File Number: CO14708-004 Case Number: 2022CV031414 Division: 204 SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION The People of the State of Colorado To the Defendants named above: You are hereby summoned and required to appear and defend against the claims of the complaint filed with the court in this action, by filing with the clerk of this court an answer or other response. You are required to file your answer or other response within 35 days after the service of this summons upon you. Service of this summons shall be complete on the day of the last publication. A copy of the Complaint may be obtained from the clerk of the court. Please take notice that the Complaint requests foreclosure of a statutory and contractual lien, as well as judgment for past-due assessments and late fees, together with attorney fees and costs, in the amount of $18,058.39 as of July 29, 2022, plus all amounts coming due after the filing of the Complaint. If you fail to file your answer or other response to the complaint in writing within 35 days after the date of the last publication, judgment by default may be rendered against you by the court for the relief demanded in the complaint without further notice. This is an action originally filed July 29, 2022, and published in the Littleton Independent beginning October 20, 2022, and ending November 17, 2022. Dated: October 6, 2022 VIAL FOTHERINGHAM LLP Kathryn Willard, #50236 Attorney for Plaintiff This summons is issued pursuant to Rule 4, C.R.C.P., as amended. 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. YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR CONTACTING THE COURT TO OBTAIN FURTHER INFORMATION. YOU MUST RESPOND AS EXPLAINED IN THIS SUMMONS.

Legal Notice No. 530689 First Publication: October 20, 2022 Last Publication: November 17, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO 7325 S. Potomac Street, #100 Centennial, CO 80112 Plaintiff: SUNBURST HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC., a Colorado non-profit corporation; Defendants: SABRINA GESSELL; NEWREZ LLC d/b/a SHELLPOINT MORTGAGE SERVICING; ARAPAHOE COUNTY TREASURER; UNKNOWN TENANT(S) IN POSSESSION. Attorneys for Plaintiff: THE DUPONT LAW FIRM, LLC Stephane R. Dupont, #39425 Address: PO Box 1073, Castle Rock, CO 80104 Phone Number: (720) 644-6115 Email: sdupont@dupontlawco.com Case Number: 2022CV031485 SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANT(S): Sabrina Gessell You are hereby summoned and required to appear and defend against the claims of the Complaint filed with the court in this action, by filing with the clerk of this court an Answer or other response. You are required to file your Answer within 35 days after the service of this Summons upon you. Service of the Summons shall be complete on the day of the last publication. A copy of the Complaint may be obtained from the clerk of the court. If you fail to file your answer or other response to the Complaint in writing within 35 days after the date of the last publication, judgment by default may be rendered against you by the court for the relief demanded in the Complaint without further notice. This is an action for judicial foreclosure of an association assessment lien pursuant to C.R.S. 38-33.3-316, in and to real property situated in Arapahoe County, Colorado, more particularly described on Exhibit A, attached hereto and by this reference made a part hereof. Dated: October 3, 2022 THE DUPONT LAW FIRM, LLC By: *s/ Stephane R. Dupont Stephane R. Dupont This Summons is issued pursuant to Rule 4(h), Colorado Rules of Civil Procedure Exhibit A Lot 48, Block 2, Sunburst Subdivision, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado. Also known as: 16405 East Radcliff Place, #B Aurora, CO 80015 Legal Notice No. 530714 First Publication: October 20, 2022 Last Publication: November 17, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Misc. Private Legals Public Notice In conjunction with the rebranding of Isle Casino Hotel Black Hawk, notice is hereby given that all casino chips and tokens branded as Isle Casino Hotel Black Hawk will expire at midnight on November 27, 2022. To redeem any value chips or tokens please present them at the Horseshoe Black Hawk Guest Services Desk (401 Main St. Black Hawk, CO 80422) prior to the expiration date. No chips or tokens will be honored following the expiration date and no exceptions will be made. Legal Notice No. 530552 First Publication: November 10, 2022 Last Publication: November 17 , 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF ARIZONA IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF PINAL JAIME R VALENZUELA, Plaintiff v. JUANITA S DAWDY and HEIRS, MICHAEL P McCORD, PINAL COUNTY TREASURER JOHN AND JANE DOES I-V and UNKNOWN HEIRS, LEGATEES OR SUCCESSORS OF INTEREST, Defendants Case No. CV202200437 Judge: CHRISTOPHER O'NEIL AMENDED SUMMONS Plaintiff allege as follows: TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANT(s) JUANITA S DAWDY and HEIR PHILIP DAWDY W TRUST YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to appear and defend, in the above entitled action within TWENTY (20) days, after the service of the summons and complaints upon you, exclusive of the day of served. if served outside the State of Arizona, you shall appear and defend within THIRTY (30) days, exclusive the day of service. In order to appear and defend, you must file a proper response or answer in writing with the Clerk of the Court accompanied by the required filing fee. Failure to so appear and defend will result in a judgment by default being rendered against you for the relief requested in the complaint a copy of the Complaint. A copy of the complaint may be obtained from the Pinal County Clerk of the Superior court 971 Jason Lopez Circle, Building A, PO Box 2730, Florence, Arizona 85132.

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November 10, 2022

Public Notices Requests for reasonable accommodations for persons with disability must be made to the division assigned to the case by parties at least three (3) judicial days in advance of our scheduled court processing.

NOTICE OF HEARING BY PUBLICATION TO INTERESTED PERSONS AND OWNERS BY DESCENT OR SUCCESSION PURSUANT TO § 15-12-1303, C.R.S.

You are required by law to serve a copy of your respond or answer upon the plaintiff(s) addresses as follows:

To all interested persons and owners by descent or succession (List all names of interested persons and owners by descent or succession):

JAIME R VALENZUELA 2329 E ALIDA TRL CASA GRANDE ARIZONA 85194 GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND SEAL OF THE COURT; 03/23/2022

Robyn Lynne Balland, aka Robyn Lynne Balland-Roldan, Brook Devon Maese, William Floyd Maese, Michael George Hawkins, John William Hawkins and William Spires.

Rebecca Padilla, Clerk of Superior Court Legal Notice No. 530774 First Publication: November 10, 2022 Last Publication: December 1, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Notice to Creditors PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Earl D Eno Jr., Deceased Case Number: 22PR453 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 February 27, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred. Gerald L Eno Sr Personal Representative 2380 S Emerson Street Denver, CO 80210 Legal Notice No.301640 First Publication: October 27, 2022 Last Publication: November 10,2022 Publisher: Englewood Herald Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Georgia Ann Livengood, a/k/a Georgia A. Livengood, Deceased Case Number 2022-PR-30574 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 March 10, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred. Christopher P. Seerveld, Attorney for Co-Personal Rep 8400 E. Prentice Ave., Suite 1040 Greenwood Village, CO 80111 Legal Notice No. 301650 First Publication: November 10, 2022 Last Publication: November 24, 2022 Publisher: Englewood Herald Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Elliot Edward Donaldson, a/k/a Elliot E. Donaldson, a/k/a Elliot Donaldson, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR31090 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 February 27, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred. Patricia Kaye Korb, a/k/a Patricia Kay Korb 3630 Woodridge Road Fort Collins, Co 80524 Legal Notice No. 301639 First Publication: October 27, 2022 Last Publication: November 10, 2022 Publisher: Englewood Herald Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Glenn L. Shirk, aka Glenn Lamar Shirk, and Glenn Shirk, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR31176 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 March 3, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred. Glenda R. Kauffman Co-Personal Representative 5187 S. Olathe Circle Centennial, CO 80015 Leslea D. Wahl Co-Personal Representative 5400 Preserve Parkway South Greenwood Village, CO 80121 Legal Notice No. 530755 First Publication: November 3, 2022 Last Publication: November 17, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice District Court Arapahoe County, Colorado 7325 S. Potomac Street, Centennial, CO 80112 Telephone: (303) 645-6600 In the Matter of the Determination of Heirs or Devisees or Both and of Interests in Property of: JOHN ROBERT HOLCOMB, aka J.R. HOLCOMB, Deceased Attorney: Neal K. Dunning, Reg. No. 10181 BROWN DUNNING WALKER FEIN PC 2000 S. Colorado Blvd., Tower Two, Suite 700 Denver, CO 80222 Telephone: (303) 329-3363 Facsimile: (303) 393-8438 E-Mail: ndunning@bdwf-firm.com Case Number: 2022PR31177 Division 12

A petition has been filed alleging that the above decedent(s) died leaving the following property (including legal description if real property): Description of Property Location of Property Property 1 Oil & gas royalty payments from oil & gas wells located in Colorado, primarily Weld County, Colorado, including but not limited, to the following companies: Crowheart, Maverick, Devon Energy / Staghorn, Westport Oil and Gas Company L.P., Mac E&P, Citation, NorthWestern Energy, Presidio Oil Company Colorado, primarily Weld County, Colorado The hearing on the petition will be held at the following time and location or at a later date to which the hearing may be continued: Date: December 22, 2022 Time: 8:00 AM Division: 12 Address: 7325 S. Potomac Street Centennial, CO 80112 The hearing will take approximately 30 minutes. Note: • You must answer the petition on or before the hearing date and time specified above. • Within the time required for answering the petition, all objections to the petition must be in writing, filed with the court and served on the petitioner and any required filing fee must be paid. • The hearing shall be limited to the petition, the objections timely filed and the parties answering the petition in a timely manner. If the petition is not answered and no objections are filed, the court may enter a decree without a hearing Legal Notice No. 530750 First Publication: November 3, 2022 Last Publication: November 17, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of HELEN LEE IMBER, aka HELEN L. IMBER, aka HELEN IMBER, aka HELEN S. IMBER, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR031147 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the Arapahoe County District Court on or before March 13, 2023 or the claims may be forever barred. Richard Imber, MD, Personal Representative 17 Covington Drive Englewood, CO 80113 Legal Notice No. 530746 First Publication: November 3, 2022 Last Publication: November 17, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of John W Stoddart Jr., a/k/a John W Stoddart , a/k/a John William Stoddart, a/k/a John Stoddart , a/k/a Jack W Stoddart , a/k/a Jack Stoddart, Deceased Case Number: 2022 PR 31174 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 March 1, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred. Vicky Stoddart, Personal Representative 2204 Marvonne Road Lawrence KS 66047 Legal Notice No. 530725 First Publication: October 27, 2022 Last Publication: November 10, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice District Court Arapahoe County, Colorado Court Address: 7325 S. Potomac Street Centennial, CO 80112 In the Matter of the Determination of Heirs or Devisees or Both and of Interests in Property of: Ruth Rosendale, Deceased David Rosendale, Deceased Herman J. Rosendale, Deceased Elizabeth Bess Rosendale, Deceased Richard E. Rosendale, Deceased Dorothy Ann Rosendale aka Dorothy Dyer, Deceased Marshall L. Dyer, Deceased Attorneys for Helen Melba Dryden and Lance Dryden, Petitioners Molly Zwerdlinger, Atty. Reg. # 46224 Walter M. Kelly II, Atty. Reg. # 6061 Gary Clexton, Atty. Reg # 17419 MILLER & STEIERT, P. C. 1901 W. Littleton Blvd., Suite 100 Littleton, CO 80120 Phone Number: (303) 798-2525; FAX Number: (303) 798-2526 E-mail: wkelly@m-s-lawyers.com; mzwerdlinger@m-s-lawyers.com gclexton@m-s-lawyers.com Phone Number: 303-798-2525 FAX Number: 303-798-2526 Case Number: 2022PR31238 Division: 12 NOTICE OF HEARING WITHOUT APPEARANCE BY PUBLICATION TO

INTERESTED PERSONS AND OWNERS BY DESCENT OR SUCCESSION PURSUANT TO § 15-12-1303, C.R.S.

12155 Bannock St., Unit A Westminster, CO 80234

To all interested persons and owners by descent or succession (List all names of interested persons and owners by descent or succession):

Gregory R. McKenna, Co-Personal Representative 4247 S. Granby Ct., Unit F Aurora, CO 80014

Helen Melba Dryden and Lance Dryden Joanne Rosendale James Dyer John Dyer

Legal Notice No. 301644 First Publication: November 3, 2022 Last Publication: November 17, 2022 Publisher: Englewood Herald

A petition has been filed alleging that the above decedent(s) died leaving an interest in the following property (including legal description if real property): Description of Property / Location of Property Property 1 Lots 1-5 & N 7 ft Lot 6 Ex rear 8ft, Block 15, Aurora, (aka 10660 Colfax Ave, Aurora, CO) Arapahoe County, Colorado Property 2 Lots 7 and 8 except the rear 8 feet of Block 15 Aurora; (aka 1462 Iola Street, Aurora, CO) Arapahoe County, Colorado The hearing without appearance on the petition is scheduled for the following time and location or at a later date to which the hearing may be continued: Date: December 30, 2022 Time: 8:00 Courtroom or Division: 12 Address: 7325 S. Potomac Street, Centennial, CO 80112 The hearing will take approximately -- N/A Note: • You must answer the petition on or before the hearing date and time specified above. • Within the time required for answering the petition, all objections to the petition must be in writing, filed with the court and served on the petitioner and any required filing fee must be paid. • The hearing shall be limited to the petition, the objections timely filed and the parties answering the petition in a timely manner. If the petition is not answered and no objections are filed, the court may enter a decree without a hearing. Legal Notice No. 530768 First Publication: November 10, 2022 Last Publication: November 24, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Catherine Mary Achatz, a/k/a Kay Achatz, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR030981 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 February 27, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred. Attorney for Personal Representatives The Hickey Law Firm, LLC 1075 South Yukon Street, Suite 260 Lakewood, Colorado 80226 Legal Notice No. 530723 First Publication: October 27, 2022 Last Publication: November 10, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Thomas Scott Valaski, aka Tom Scott Valaski, aka Thomas S. Valaski, aka Tom S. Valaski, aka Thomas Valaski, aka Tom Valaski, Deceased Case Number: 2022 PR 31069 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 March 10, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred. Zachary Jaden Valaski Personal Representative 12233 West Cross Drive, Unit 302 Littleton, CO 80127 Legal Notice No. LI110 First Publication: November 10, 2022 Last Publication: November 24, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Shirley Irene Snyder, a/k/a Shirley I. Snyder, a/k/a Shirley Snyder, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR031166 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 February 27, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred. Wayne Snyder, Personal Representative 5055 W. Hinsdale Circle Littleton, CO 80128 Legal Notice No. 530729 First Publication: October 27, 2022 Last Publication: November 10, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of WILLIAM J. McKENNA, aka WILLIAM JAMES McKENNA, aka WILLIAM McKENNA, aka BILL McKENNA, Deceased Case No.: 2022PR31186 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 March 5, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred. Edward J. McKenna, Co-Personal Representative

Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Kent Joseph Nicholas, aka Kent J. Nicholas, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR031000 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 March 3, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred. Sondra Sidman, Personal Representative 2601 S. Elm Place #121 Broken Arrow, OK 74012 Legal Notice No. 530738 First Publication: November 3, 2022 Last Publication: November 17, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of RICHARD DUANE MEYER, SR., a/k/a RICHARD D. MEYER, SR., a/k/a RICHARD MEYER, SR., a/k/a RICHARD DUANE MEYER, a/k/a RICHARD D. MEYER, a/k/a RICHARD MEYER, a/k/a RICK DUANE MEYER, SR., a/k/a RICK D. MEYER, SR., a/k/a RICK MEYER, SR., a/k/a RICK DUANE MEYER, a/k/a RICK D. MEYER, a/k/a and RICK MEYER, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30978 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 March 10, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred. Richard Duane Meyer, Jr., Personal Representative c/o Brian Hedberg, Esq., 7350 E. Progress Place, Suite 100 Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111 Legal Notice No. 530763 First Publication: November 10, 2022 Last Publication: November 24, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Marvin C. Hein, Deceased Case Number: 22PR31175 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 March 10, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred. Persons Giving Notice: Bradford Teal Hein Co-Personal Representative 5290 E. Yale Circle, Suite 103 Denver, CO 80112 Amanda Hein Wakimoto Co-Personal Representative 5290 E. Yale Circle, Suite 103 Denver, CO 80112 Legal Notice No. 530775 First Publication: November 10, 2022 Last Publication: November 24, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of LYNNE B. PRED, a/k/a Lynne Pred, a/k/a Lynne Brenner Pred, and Lynne Dauriz, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR31077 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 March 3, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred. Rory L. Pred, Personal Representative c/o Charles Miller Miller & Urtz, LLC 4500 E. Cherry Creek South Dr. Suite 1080 Denver, CO 80246 Legal Notice No. 530742 First Publication: November 3, 2022 Last Publication: November 17, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of George Taylor Munroe, a/k/a Taylor Munroe, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR031180 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 March 3, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred. Brandon C. Taylor, Personal Representative c/o Douglas A. Turner, P.C. 602 Park Point Drive, Suite 240 Golden, CO 80401 Legal Notice No. 530753 First Publication: November 3, 2022 Last Publication: November 17, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of PAMELA JOAN HARRISON, A/K/A PAMELA J. HARRISON, AND PAMELA HARRISON, Deceased Case Number: 22PR31064 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 March 7, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred. Justin Blauvelt, Personal Representative 27134 Tag Along Road Lacombe, LA 70445 Legal Notice No. 301643 First Publication: November 3, 2022 Last Publication: November 17, 2022 Publisher: Englewood Herald Public Notice In the Matter of the Robert J. Piccinelli Insurance Trust dated November 19, 1999 and of the Piccinelli Survivor Life Trust dated November 19, 1999, Case Number: 2022PR030769

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NOTICE BY PUBLICATION PURSUANT TO § C.R.C.P. 4(g)(2) Jeffrey S. Piccinelli, Trustee of the Robert J. Piccinelli Insurance Trust dated November 19, 1999 and of the Piccinelli Survivor Life Trust dated November 19, 1999, filed a Petition for Approval of Trust Modifications pursuant to C.R.S. § 15-5-412 with the Arapahoe County District Court on June 28, 2022. The Petition requests to modify the dispositive provisions of each trust affecting beneficiary, Paula M. Barker, a/k/a Paula Madison, a/k/a Paula Piccinelli. Paula M. Barker, a/k/a Paula Madison, a/k/a Paula PiccinellI is instructed to contact Trustee, Jeffrey S. Piccinelli before December 1, 2022. Person Giving Notice Jeffrey S. Piccinelli, Trustee, c/o Guillen DeGeorge, LLP 9222 Teddy Lane, Lone Tree, CO 80124 Legal Notice No. 301645 First Publication: November 3, 2022 Last Publication: December 1, 2022 Publisher: Englewood Herald Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of RODYNE RAE ROCHE, aka RODYNE R. ROCHE, aka RODYNE ROCHE, fka RODYNE RAE ROTH, fka RODYNE R. ROTH, fka RODYNE ROTH, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR31070 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 March 3, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred. Craig D. Johnson, Atty. Reg. #: 11902 Attorney to the Personal Representative CRAIG D. JOHNSON & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 8 Garden Center, Unit 2, Broomfield, CO 80020 Phone Number: 303-466-2335 FAX Number: 303-466-6342 E-mail: cjohnson@cdjlaw.com Legal Notice No. 530734 First Publication: November 3, 2022 Last Publication: November 17, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Doris Froehlich Wisson, aka: Doris F. Wisson, aka: Doris Wisson, deceased Case Number: 2022PR031142 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 3/10/2023, or the claims may be forever barred. Jacqueline Rowley, Esq. Nadya Vecchiet-Lambert, Attorney-at-law, LLC Attorney for Personal Representative Jonathan Wisson 6855 S. Havana St., Ste 370 Centennial, CO 80112 Legal Notice No. 530758 First Publication: November 10, 2022 Last Publication: November 24, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of LINDA LOUISE PERRY, a.k.a. LINDA L. PERRY, a.k.a. LINDA PERRY, Deceased Case Number 2022PR30974, Division 12 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the Arapahoe County District Court, Centennial, Colorado, on or before March 17, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred. COURTNEY CLARK Personal Representative 11926 Norfolk Court Commerce City, Colorado 80022 Telephone: 303-330-1342 Legal Notice No. 530761 First Publication: November 10, 2022 Last Publication: November 24, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of FRANKLIN DELANO JOHNSON

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Hunterdon also calls all discharged patients to ensure they have filled their prescriptions and had a follow-up visit with a clinician within a week of leaving the hospital. Dr. Jessica Satterfield, director of quality and clinical excellence at St. Mary’s Health Care System, which operates St. Mary’s Hospital, said in a statement that the hospital identified patients at risk of readmission when they were first admitted and focused on making sure that their medications were correct and that they had follow-up visits. “We are proud that our efforts are bearing fruit in the form of greatly reduced

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where many patients live. Health navigators often learn more about a family’s situation in one conversation than doctors know after seeing them for seven years, Timberman said. “It’s like, now I see why they weren’t following through with picking up their asthma medicine or bringing in healthy fruits and vegetables.” Some needs are easier to solve, such as when families say they can’t afford warm clothes for the winter or the school supplies requested by their child’s teacher. Others are trickier — like helping immigrant parents who aren’t eligible for Medicaid navigate the system to enroll their Coloradoborn children, for example. The hospital partners with Denver Human Services, which provides a benefits technician to help families apply for insurance and food assistance. The program also

penalties but, more importantly, as a reflection of the exceptional care our staff and medical staff provide to our patients,” Satterfield said. Saint Joseph East did not respond to emails seeking comment. Despite the changes, 43% of the nation’s 5,236 hospitals were penalized. Of the unpenalized, all but 770 were automatically exempted. The 2,193 exempted hospitals include those that specialize in children, psychiatric patients, or veterans. Rehabilitation and long-term care hospitals are also excluded from the program, as are critical access hospitals, which Medicare pays differently to help them stay open in areas with no other hospitals. The government also exempted Maryland hospitals because that state has a special payment arrangement

with Medicare. Of the hospitals that Medicare assessed, 75% were penalized. For the fiscal year that started this month, Medicare also cited the pandemic in giving hospitals a reprieve from its other major quality-focused effort that assesses penalties: the Hospital-Acquired Condition Reduction Program. It slashes Medicare payments by 1% to the quarter of general hospitals with the highest rates of infections and other potentially preventable patient injuries. For the previous fiscal year, CMS punished 764 hospitals under that program. Those penalties — which would have cost hospitals an estimated $350 million this year — will resume next fiscal year, with adjustments that better take covid patients into account.

CMS will also refine the readmissions penalty program to distinguish pneumonia patients from covid patients. “COVID has been a tremendously disruptive force for all aspects of health care, most certainly CMS’ quality measurement programs,” Demehin said. “It’s probably going to be a couple of volatile years for readmission penalties.”

offers job referrals and resume assistance from Adams County Workforce & Business Center, and legal assistance for matters that affect child health from the Medical Legal Partnership. If a screening form indicates a parent is depressed, anxious, suicidal or using drugs or alcohol, staff refers them to the hospital’s mental health and social work team. Health insurance doesn’t count food as medicine Medical clinics have been working for years to integrate mental health care into their practices. Resource Connect takes that further by incorporating something broader: social wellness. The hospital is making plans to expand the program, teaching its network of pediatric clinics around the state to use health navigators. One barrier, though, is funding. While the hospital can bill Medicaid for doctor’s visits, it cannot get reimbursed for providing food or talking to a patient about how to get mortgage assistance. “You

cannot currently bill Medicaid for anything we do in this space,” said Susan Goldenstein, the hospital’s interim director of community health. Resource Network began as a pilot project funded by a couple of grants. Now, it’s paid for through a patchwork of funding that includes operational funds from the hospital and philanthropy. The hospital’s government affairs team is hoping to persuade state officials within the next few years to allow health providers to bill for social needs navigation. “And then the pie in the sky would be billing for our ‘food is medicine’ work,” Goldenstein said. “That’s much further away.” The goal is that someday all pediatric offices would connect children to other resources that impact their overall health. While it’s unrealistic for every clinic to have a team of navigators and a pantry, small clinics could team up to share one resource center, Goldenstein said. Flores, who works for a cleaning

company and lives in Commerce City with her two children and her mom, said the help she’s received from Resource Connect is closely linked to her son’s medical care. The preschooler, who was born with hearing loss, has sensory issues and won’t eat foods with certain textures. He won’t eat meat, so the food clinic’s outreach coordinator, Jessica Rivera, is helping Flores use vegetables to help him tolerate different types of textures. Also, they’re all eating healthier, including her 11-year-old daughter. “My family has changed our diet,” Flores said. “My son loves vegetables. My daughter is kinda picky, but I try to make her eat it.”

(Kaiser Health News) is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues. Together with Policy Analysis and Polling, KHN is one of the three major operating programs at KFF (Kaiser Family Foundation). KFF is an endowed nonprofit organization providing information on health issues to the nation.

Public Notices AKA FRANKLIN D JOHNSON AKA FRANKLIN JOHNSON AKA FRANK DELANO JOHNSON AKA FRANK D JOHNSON AKA FRANK JOHNSON Deceased Case Number: 22PR507

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 March 3, 2023, 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 February 27, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Attorneys Mr. Tshering and Mr. Wang of the Law Firm of Britt, Tshering & Wang Attorneys to the Personal Representative 1600 Broadway, Suite 1600 Denver, Colorado 80202

ADELE SCHAMBER Personal Representative 1144 S RIFLE STREET AURORA CO 80017-4222

Legal Notice No. 530752 First Publication: November 3, 2022 Last Publication: November 17,2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Legal Notice No. 530719 First Publication: October 27, 2022 Last Publication: November 10,2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Janet Elaine Schulcz, aka Janet E. Schulcz, aka Janet Schulcz, Deceased Case Number: 2022 PR 30690 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 January 30, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred. Robert J. Dillon Personal Representative 3450 N. Winslow Dr. Tucson, AZ 85750 Legal Notice No. LI102 First Publication: November 10, 2022 Last Publication: November 24, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Ms. Baohua Li, Deceased Case Number: 2022-PR-30553

Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Issa G Saba, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR541 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 March 10, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred. Guillermo G Saba Personal Representative 14665 Mission Walk Loop Parker CO 80134 Legal Notice No. 530767 First Publication: November 10, 2022 Last Publication: November 24, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Name Changes PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public Notice is given on October 24, 2022, that a Petition for a Change of Name of a Adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

The Petition requests that the name of Noah Michael Williams be changed to Noah Michael DeMarsico Case No.: 22C100722 By: Arapahoe County Clerk of the Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No. 530770 First publication: November 10, 2022 Last publication: November 24, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on October 13, 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 Jamus Lee Pritchard be changed to Jamus Lee Simpson Case No.: 22 C 100674 By: Kim Boswell Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No. 530741 First Publication: November 3, 2022 Last Publication: November 17, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on September 28, 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 Abrar Mishaal Kadhim be changed to Abrar Mishaal Alqatesh Case No.: 22 C 100655 By: Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No. 530733 First Publication: November 3, 2022 Last Publication: November 17, 2022

Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on October 28, 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 Bichnhi Lana Nguyen be changed to Lana Bichnhi Oung Case No.: 22 C 100740 By: Kim Boswell Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No. 530779 First Publication: November 10, 2022 Last Publication: November 24, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on October 13, 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 Nicole Marie Pritchard be changed to Nicole Marie Simpson Case No.: 22 C 100672 By: Kim Boswell Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No. 530740 First Publication: November 3, 2022 Last Publication: November 17, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on October 13, 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 Kurt Dean Pritchard be changed to Kurt Dean Simpson Case No.: 22 C 100670 By: Kim Boswell Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No. 530739 First Publication: November 3, 2022 Last Publication: November 17, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice Public Notice of Change of Name 2021 Colorado Code §§ 13-15-101, 13-15-102 and 11-50-121 Public notice is given that by order of the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on September 8, 2022, In Civil Action 2022CV190, the name of JAMES WILLIAM ALEKS was changed from JAMES WILLIAM ALEKS to James William Aleks. As of the date of this public notice all disabilities of minority have been removed and no longer attach upon the person or property of James William Aleks. Those that have a claim against the estate of James William Aleks step forward and make your claim known in the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado within 30 days of this publication or November 10, 2022, whichever comes first. Dated this September 8, 2022. Affirmed by: /s/James William Aleks, LS affiant Sworn to and subscribed before this 8th day of September, 2022 Notarized by: /s/William LeCorgne, LS notary public Legal Notice No. 530659 First Publication: October 6, 2022 Last Publication: November 10, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent

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