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South Pearl art walks are back for 2021 Shopping, socializing events feature merchants, artists, dining and entertainment

BY CHRISTY STEADMAN CSTEADMAN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

of creating something.”

Luster grew up in the gardening industry. Her father owned Groundcovers, which operated for about 40 years in the north University Hills neighborhood.

Luster started going to work with her father when she was 12. In 2019, the city of Denver purchased the Groundcovers property and will eventually turn it into a public neighborhood park, Luster said.

Gardening can provide you with

South Pearl Street in Denver’s Platt Park neighborhood is lined with one-of-a-kind small businesses that offer unique shopping and services, interesting art galleries and a variety of dining options.

Add some live entertainment and you get “not just an amazingly uplifting experience,” said Katherine Spahr, owner of Gallery 1505, which is located at 1505 S. Pearl St., but a “destination experience.”

The 2021 First Friday Art and Shop Walk on South Pearl Street began April 2 and will continue to Oct. 1. It takes place between the 1200 and 1800 blocks of South Pearl Street.

During First Fridays, merchants stay open late and most offer something additional in their shops for First Friday attendees, such as special sales or discounted merchandise. Others host live music, have family-friendly activities, offer free refreshments and/or have artist meet-and-greets.

Entertainment along the street

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Matt Niemann discusses the uniqueness of the flowers that bloom on the fuchsia plant. Niemann oversees the operations of all five Plum Creek Garden Markets, and the pictured fuchsia is just one of many plants available at this year’s seasonal pop-up PHOTO BY CHRISTY STEADMAN markets.

Gardening always yields something to be proud of Plum Creek Garden Markets offer flowers, vegetables and herbs for the home grower

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Gardening is a challenge, yet it is such a satisfying pastime.

“Gardening is one giant

experiment. But that’s part of the fun of it,” said Keri Luster, manager of Plum Creek Garden Market’s Denver location. “There will be failures and OK, because you’ll learn from those. The key is just to have fun.”

During Plum Creek’s off-season, Luster serves as a gardening consultant.

“I really like helping people make the world a beautiful place,” Luster said. But not only that, Luster added, “gardening can help you grow as a person. It’s the pride

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Renovated Marjorie Park to open near Fiddler’s Green Free, family-friendly event will be held June 12

BY SONYA ELLINGBOE SELLINGBOE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Saturday, June 12 will be the opening date for a renovated Marjorie Park — on the north side of Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre, 6331 S. Fiddlers Green Circle in Greenwood Village, and the beginning of a new story for the small green space.

It is owned by the Museum of Outdoor Arts, which was co-founded in 1981 by Marjorie P. Madden, her husband, developer John W. Madden Jr., and their daughter, Cynthia Madden Leitner, who is MOA’s president. The timing coincides with MOA’s 40th anniversary.

Readers will be familiar with the busy MOA indoor galleries and studio at 1000 Englewood Parkway — with ongoing exhibits and classes in normal times — but may not have made the connection with this sweet spot, and with Fiddler’s Green.

MOA’s mission is “to make art a part of everyday life” and the free, family-friendly event on June 12 will run from noon to 4 p.m., with artwork walking tours, stadium grass seating, a lion’s den sculpture walk, a delightful life-sized bronze series of “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” by Harry Marinsky

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and other permanent artworks.

These large “Alice” sculptures are inspired by John Tenniel’s original illustrations for Lewis Carroll’s classic and include a charming Mad Hatter’s Tea Party — a particular favorite with this art lover.

Drinks and food will be available for purchase from Simply Pizza Food Truck and Em’s Ice Cream.

Entertainment by DJ Walt White.

A new feature will be a labyrinthlike hardscape, designed after the seven petal vesica, in the center of the 2.1 acre park, which contains more than 40 art installations, including a lion’s den sculpture walk and a kinetic sculpture. (A vesica is a pointed oval shape.)

MOA will operate Marjorie Park with a variety of programs, including a summer concert series;

a “Lunch and Learn” series, focused on artwork demonstrations and lectures; UnWine Wednesdays, a weekly fitness series; ongoing yoga classes and more.

Included: Lunch and Learn, with local sculptor Reven Swanson on June 14; YogaRita on June 15 and 29; a family-friendly concert series kickoff event with Stone Beat Invasion, featuring music by the Beatles and Rolling Stones on June 17; and live music by the String Bean Duo on June 23.

Throughout the month of June, programming will be free and open to the public.

Coming soon, MOA will offer regular hours and a park membership program for individuals, families, corporations, photographers and dogs, which will include free or discounted access to ongoing programs and events.

This membership will provide funding for ongoing park maintenance, art conservation and programming.

In addition, MOA will continue with its indoor galleries, art studio work, and outstanding education program, and “Design and Build,” which allows young artists to work with professionals on collaborative art projects.

MOA has a collection of more than 150 artworks, 85 of them exhibited outdoors.

(Event registration is required to maintain a safe environment: moaonline.org/events/.)

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The university, known for its culinary programs, is closing the Denver campus this summer. School officials said the Denver location was unable to increase enrollment and become self-sustaining.

The purchased buildings — the Wildcat Center, Academic Center, Aspen Hall and Whatley Chapel — will become part of the Denver School of the Arts, a public magnet school for middle and high schoolers. An outline from the Denver school board says the new buildings in South Park Hill will allow them to expand enrollment at DSA, particularly among students of color.

“This is an opportunity for our community to not only really think about being able to acquire some property, and not just the expansion of potential seats for DSA, but hopefully push us to have conversations across the district about including arts comprehensively in our schools,” school board vice president Jennifer

Johnson and Wales University, South Park Hill.

Bacon said at a board meeting last week.

The art school’s current enrollment is 1,110, which is above their “designed capacity of 900.”

With the new buildings, DSA will be able to expand its middle school and high school by about 600 students total.

In addition to the initial purchasing price, DPS estimates it will spend an additional $5 million to $10 million in renovations. They hope to fundraise a portion of the

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costs and use bonds to fund the remaining balance.

Johnson & Wales acquired the property of their Denver campus in 1999. The land once housed several universities, including the University of Denver Law School and the now-defunct Colorado Women’s College.

This story is from Denverite, a nonprofit Denver news source affiliated with CPR News. Used by permission. For more, and to support Denverite, visit denverite.com.

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includes live music and other performance acts, and live art demonstrations.

“If last month was any indication, everyone is ready to socialize again,” said John Cunningham, owner of J.J.Cunningham’s Gallery, 1523 S. Pearl St. “With the musical groups and pop-up artists on the street, along with the warm nights, I expect we’ll see people coming out specifically for First Friday, and many people staying (on South Pearl Street) after dining out.”

Jody Fidler, who opened her boutique gift shop called Wheelhouse Gifts, 1525 South Pearl St., on July 1 last year, agrees.

“The merchants of South Pearl Street are working hard to make First Fridays special,” Fidler said.

“As someone who lived in the neighborhood prior to opening Wheelhouse Gifts, I always looked forward to the independent artists demonstrating and selling their crafts along the sidewalks of South Pearl, as well as the ability to shop the galleries and boutiques either before or after dining at one of the fabulous restaurants.”

Like Fidler, Laura Cruz has been attending the First Fridays for a number of years, and they were often the place she and her husband would choose for a date night. Today, Cruz — a local musician who has been performing and songwriting for

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LEARN MORE The First Fridays Art and Shop Walk on South Pearl Street take place from 4-9 p.m. until Oct. 1 in the 1200 to 1800 blocks of South Pearl Street in Denver’s Platt Park neighborhood. Learn more about South Pearl Street by visiting www.southpearlstreet.com.

Laura Cruz, a local guitarist and songwriter, is one of the many entertainment acts performing during this year’s South Pearl Street First Fridays COURTESY OF EVELINE VERNIERS Art and Shop Walk.

about 15 years — is one of the live entertainers at some of the First Fridays.

“It’s nice to get to play and sing, and meet new people,” Cruz said.

First Fridays are “a great time to get out and enjoy the local shops, and a fun way to experience South Pearl Street.”

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A few people check out the art in a gallery during a past year’s First Fridays Art and COURTESY OF KATHERINE SPAHR Shop Walk on South Pearl Street.

S. Pearl St. — now called RPO Framing and Gallery — in September last year, husbandand-wife team Bob Platz and Julie Lizak are “so excited to be a part of First Friday on South Pearl Street along with the other participating businesses,” they said.

The two started featuring some sort of special event — artist meet and greets and socially-distanced gallery opening receptions, for example — at their shop on the first Friday of each month since the beginning of the year.

“We have had our door open and featured live music outside of the shop to help entertain the bustling foot traffic,” Platz said. “It’s been wonderful to feature local artists to show at the gallery on a monthly basis, and the shows have been successfully vibrant with a lot of new and positive energy.”

Platz has about 30 years of custom framing experience, and is a Formula 1-inspired abstract artist, meaning he specializes in capturing the abstract characteristics of the motor racing circuits with special attention on the Formula 1. Lizak is a natureinspired abstract photographer.

Their artwork, and the work of other local artists, is regularly represented in the gallery, and RPO’s next First Friday event is a gallery opening for Platz’ original work called Monaco: Full Circuit.

“In just a few short months, we have felt part of this incredibly special and unique community,” Lizak said, “and look forward to the many more First Fridays ahead.”

South Pearl Street’s First Fridays got its start about 20 years ago as an art walk with only five destinations. Susan Bell, who formerly owned a studio gallery on South Pearl Street that operated for about 15 years before closing, is credited for starting the art walk.

Today, Bell has a studio in Sedalia and sells her work through her www.susanbellfineart.com website, galleries and national shows.

“I was a little shocked at first of how intimidated people seemed to be about art and art galleries,” Bell said. But “I was determined to make my business thrive and

thought that an art walk would be more inviting to the people frequenting Pearl Street.”

Eventually, additional art galleries started participating and the boutique shops started sponsoring local artists to host at their store. Restaurants started supplying appetizers to art walk attendees, and even the non-retail local businesses — namely, a dental practice and a mortgage broker — on South Pearl Street wanted to get involved, so they converted their spaces into an art gallery for the evening, Bell said.

“We started to draw regular crowds,” Bell said. And “we were then also featured as part of Denver’s arts districts.”

After Bell closed her business on South Pearl Street, she handed the reins for First Fridays to Spahr, who has taken the lead in organizing the event for roughly the past seven years.

“I felt honored, terrified and a sense of duty flood through my veins,” Spahr said of the time when Bell asked her to take over organizing First Fridays. “I had to think about how to carry on, and honor, Susan Bell’s work and yet navigate through the changes ahead to engage this newer generation of art appreciators.”

But, Spahr was not completely alone — more people and businesses wanted to carry on what Bell started and they began to contribute to the success of the First Fridays.

“At our greatest capacity, we had over 35 artists on the street doing live art demonstrations for the community,” Spahr said. “Being able to sell their artwork and keep all the profits of their labors of love was definitely a big win for them.”

Through the years, First Fridays began to progress “at an alarming rate,” Spahr said.

“We are excited to be expanding the art walk into an art-andshop walk, which enhances the experience by involving more businesses on the street,” Spahr said. “Bringing together more people to help create a vibrant experience will hopefully keep people wanting to come back each month for more.”

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Tips for older adults emerging from pandemic year It can take time to return to former levels of activity

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Alice Herb, 88, an intrepid New Yorker, is used to walking miles around Manhattan. But after this year of being shut inside, trying to avoid COVID-19, she’s noticed a big difference in how she feels.

“Physically, I’m out of shape,” she said. “The other day I took the subway for the first time, and I was out of breath climbing two flights of stairs to the street. That’s just not me.”

Emotionally, Herb, a retired lawyer and journalist, is unusually hesitant about resuming activities even though she’s fully vaccinated.

“You wonder: What if something happens? Maybe I shouldn’t be doing that. Maybe that’s dangerous,” she said.

Millions of older Americans are similarly struggling with physical, emotional and cognitive challenges following a year of being cooped up inside, stopping usual activities and seeing few, if any, people.

If they don’t address issues that have arisen during the pandemic — muscle weakness, poor nutrition, disrupted sleep, anxiety, social isolation and more — these older adults face the prospect of poorer health and increased frailty,

experts warn.

What should people do to address challenges of this kind? Several experts shared advice: Reconnect with your physician.

Large numbers of older adults have delayed medical care for fear of COVID. Now that most seniors have been vaccinated, they should schedule visits with primary care physicians and preventive care screenings, such as mammograms, dental cleanings, eye exams and hearing checks, said Dr. Robert MacArthur, chief medical officer of the Commonwealth Care Alliance in Massachusetts.

Have your functioning assessed.

Primary care visits should include a basic assessment of how older patients are functioning physically, according to Dr. Jonathan Bean, an expert in geriatric rehabilitation and director of the New England Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center at the Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System.

At a minimum, doctors should ask, “Are you having difficulty walking a quarter-mile or climbing a flight of stairs? Have you changed the way you perform ordinary tasks such as getting dressed?” Bean suggested.

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I think a skilled evaluation would be helpful,” said James Nussbaum, clinical and research director at ProHealth & Fitness in New York City, a therapy provider.

Start slow and build steadily. Be realistic about your current abilities.

“From my experience, older adults are eager to get out of the house and do what they did a year ago. And guess what. After being inactive for more than a year, they can’t,” said Dr. John Batsis, associate professor of geriatrics at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.

“I’m a fan of start low, go slow,” Batsis continued. “Be honest with yourself as to what you feel capable of doing and what you are afraid of doing. Identify your limitations. It’s probably going to take some time and adjustments along the way.”

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Be physically active. Engaging regularly in physical activity of some kind — a walk in the park, chair exercises at home, video fitness programs — is the experts’ top recommendation. The Go4Life program, sponsored by the National Institute on Aging, is a valuable resource for those getting started and you can find videos of some sample exercise routines on YouTube. The YMCA has put exercise classes online, as have many senior centers. For veterans, the VA has Gerofit, a virtual group exercise program that’s worth checking out.

Bienvenido Manzano, 70, of Boston, who retired from the Coast Guard after 24 years and has significant lower back pain, attends Gerofit classes three times a week.

“This program, it strengthens your muscles and involves every part of your body, and it’s a big help,” he said.

Have realistic expectations. If you’re afraid of getting started, try a bit of activity and see how you feel.

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hoenix, 96, and plenty of sun. Miami, 85, and partly cloudy. Denver, 42, with periods of rain mixed with snow and snow QUIET mixed with rain.

Newcomers to DESPERATION Colorado want to know, “What’s going on?”

It’s springtime in the Rockies.

Since the first of the year, we’ve already had the Four Seasons.

It has been Craig Marshall 80-something, Smith setting a record.

People out in shorts soaking up the sun.

Days when Harry’s ears are lifted by the wind, making him look like a different breed.

Mowers revved, lawns aerated, flower beds flower bedded.

Looking out this morning there were rabbit tracks in the snow on my front lawn. It looked like two rabbits met, dated, and attempted to add to the population.

Harry went out and returned with a white daub on his nose.

Maybe you don’t appreciate it, but I do.

Two days from now, the high in Phoenix will be 102. And again the following day. A month from now 102 will be the low for the day.

Phoenix never has rain mixed with snow.

Has Phoenix ever had snow? Yes, trace amounts.

And on January 20, 1933, and January 21 and 22, 1937, Phoenix had one inch of snow.

With the Major League Baseball season in its second month, there was overnight snow in Denver.

One day, newcomers, it will be 95. I promise. If that’s what you want, we’ll have two months just for you.

July and August will be miserable for my roommate and me.

Right around the time my neighbors decide once again to blow things up it will be hot, insufferable, and summery.

The weather in metro Denver is as non-linear as my thinking.

Maybe that’s why I like it.

It’s illegal to milk someone else’s cow in Texas.

In 1977, I moved from Phoenix to Denver without an overcoat, boots, or snow shovel.

Because of a childhood in Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Ohio, I was familiar with winter weather.

Didn’t care for it back then. Do now.

What’s the difference? Maybe retirement, because I don’t have to get out in it.

Maybe because it slows me down, just a little. Being somewhere isn’t what it used to be. Being at home is better than ever.

When I had to drive downtown to teach, however unpleasant the rat race was, I was used to it.

Compared to other major cities at the time, Denver was still a little sleepy. Not anymore.

It’s rush hour at all hours.

Who is to blame? I am. And others like me who moved here from someplace else.

My neighbors are from California, New Mexico and Iowa.

Some of these oddly times snowfalls are heavy and overburden our trees, toppling branches.

That’s not good.

Drivers, underestimating the conditions, drive as if there aren’t any. That’s not good.

But wasn’t it beautiful to see?

Winter looking over its shoulder to say goodbye, like Jimmy Durante?

Durante always signed off on his radio and television programs with, “Good night, Mrs. Calabash, wherever you are.”

He didn’t explain the comment until 1966. It was a tribute to his first wife, Jean.

Mrs. Durante, he said, always loved the name of a small town they had stopped in on a crosscountry road trip Calabash, North Carolina.

The temperature in Calabash right now is 72. Cloudy with a fifty percent chance of schnozzolas.

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Court clears way for tax hikes, more school funding Ruling is win for supporters of reform in school finance

formal inquiry that the legislature sent to the high court. Legislators wanted to know if they could return local school district taxes to levels that voters had previously agreed to without holding a new

BY ERICA MELTZER election. Colorado’s Taxpayer’s CHALKBEAT COLORADO Bill of Rights typically requires a vote of the people to raise taxes, Legislators can raise school but in this case, tax rates had been district property taxes without reduced in error, supporters of the getting new voter approval, the change said.

Colorado Supreme Court ruled on The Supreme Court agreed.

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“The voters have previously apThe decision marks a major proved what the General Assembly victory for supporters of school is attempting to implement, and we finance reform who have watched have made clear that, in such cirColorado struggle to fund its cumstances, corrections like these schools, even as K-12 education are permissible without additional takes up a growing share of the voter approval,” Justice Richard state budget.

Gabriel wrote for the majority.

With news of the Supreme State Sen. Rachel Zenzinger, Court’s blessing, state senators chair of the Senate Education that same day approved a bill that Committee and a sponsor of the would gradually increase local bill, said she taxes in many was “overschool districts, joyed” at the generating ruling after more than spending many $91 million years workfor schools ing on school next year and finance. more than $288 “This is million a year very exciting when fully because it’s implemented. going to allow The extra us to insert money will some fairness come from local back into the taxpayers, not system,” she state coffers. said. “This is Republicans going to allow Sens. Kevin us to address Priola of BrighSen. Rachel Zenzinger, some longstandton, Bob Rankin of Carbondale, chair of the Senate ing inequities, it’s going and Don Coram Education Committee and to go a long of Montrose way toward joined Demorebalancing the crats in what state and local was otherwise a share.” party-line vote.

The legislation, which heads now The immediate impact will be a to the desk of Gov. Jared Polis, relatively modest 1.2% increase in proposes to return mill levies, or the $7.8 billion Colorado planned property tax rates, to the levels to spend on schools next year. But they were at in the 1990s. At that the new revenue is expected to time, most school districts got ramp up quickly. voter permission to keep revenue Supporters expect that with this from existing taxes. That should change, Colorado will get close have led to tax rates remaining to funding its schools as the state flat, but the Colorado Department constitution requires in the next of Education instead interpreted five years. Advocates hope the the 1994 School Finance Act to extra money makes it more politirequire property tax rates to go cally feasible to increase funding for students living in poverty, those down, until the Legislature froze mill levies in 2007. learning English, and those with Rates would go up by no more disabilities.

“This is a major win for Colorado than one mill a year until they get back to the previous level. One mill kids,” said Leslie Colwell of the is the equivalent of $1 for every Colorado Children’s Campaign, which has called for school finance $1,000 of taxable home value.

Taxpayers in school districts that reform for years. “For decades the already collect the maximum 27 educational opportunities that mills would not see any change. hhave been available to students Nor would those whose local taxes have been largely determined already cover the full cost for by zip codes and local property . schools. wealth. The Supreme Court deciChief Justice Brian Boatright sion affirms that the Legislature dissented. He argued that just can begin to solve this problem because voters agreed to let their and moves us closer to serving all school districts keep revenue from kids.”

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‘Each/Other’ collaboration on display until August Denver Art Museum exhibit features works of two Indigenous artists

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“Each/Other” is the first exhibition to feature the works of contemporary Indigenous artists Marie Watt (Seneca, Scottish, German) and Cannupa Hanska Luger (Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara, Lakota, European) together and the Denver Art Museum will run it through Aug. 22 — a perfect show for viewers of any age and from Colorado or anywhere else in the world.

The exhibit is contained in size — 26 mixed-media sculptures, wall hangings and large-scale installation works, along with a large artist-guided community artwork, also named “Each/Other.” Discover new works now — part of a whole new genre and perhaps later in the fall, plan to visit the familiar Native American collection when it reopens to consider possible connections ...

Both artists focus on collaborative art making in their practices, but this exhibit is the first time they have worked together.

Denver Art Museum’s Andrew W. Mellon Curator of Native Arts John Lukavic writes in his catalogue introduction of a “seed” planted in his mind at a late-night Manhattan arts event where both artists were present and met for a first time.

“Each/Other” is a large-scale she-wolf sculpture in the exhibit of the same name at COURTESY PHOTO Denver Art Museum.

“Family is a deep bond ... an essential part of both Watt’s and Luger’s practices and is what helped them develop deep bonds with one another, and with me,” he writes.

“They create and amplify platforms for shared experiences ... When we see collaboration in these broad terms, our eyes are open to the land, animals and processes with which we sometimes unknowingly collaborate — or even harm.”

Watt, who lives in Montana, had been an artist in residence at DAM in 2013, leading quilting circles and exploring textile art from her unique perspective on collaboration ...

Luger, a New Mexico resident, had a history of collaborative works as well, including a floor to ceiling piece, “Every One” (2018), created

with large clay beads, each individually created to represent one of the many missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and transgendered people in Canada.

Lukavic began to think about a collaborative show as he enjoyed the lively crowd and we are fortunate to experience the result!

Catalogue author Jami Powell writes about her initial difficulty of placing these artists within any predetermined categories of Indigenous art.

“By grounding their work within Indigenous understandings of place, relationality and materiality, Watt and Luger refuse Western art historical categorization and argue for a consideration of art as inseparable from our humanity,” she writes.

“While we tend to think in terms of

reservations, nearly 80% of us do not live on one,” Powell said, as she talks of a new space they and other contemporary BIPOC artists are creating.

The centerpiece of this exhibit is a participatory sculpture, also called “Each/Other,” a large-scale she-wolf, with a pelt stitched from hundreds of bandannas, contributed by more than 700 people who answered their call.

According to the catalogue, “Contributors were instructed to take a bandanna-sized piece of fabric, fold it in a triangle and embroider a word, message or visual sentiment that is meaningful to them during this time of the COVID-19 Pandemic, and mail their creation to the artists. They were stitched into a giant animal pelt at Portland Garment factory, a woman-owned and environmentally-conscious fabrication studio. It was then draped over an armature created by Neal Fagan from the artist’s design.” Onsite, Watt and Luger “welded the head, handstitched the bandanna submissions onto the she-wolf’s body and embedded ceramic eyes, bringing this monumental canine figure to life.”

It is described as “Steel, wool, bandannas and embroidery thread 12x20x9 ft. (approximately).”

Plan to pay this she-wolf a visit this summer: Denver Art Museum, 100 West 14th Ave. Parkway (just west of Broadway). Parking garage, on 12th as well as neighborhood spots. Open daily. Ticketed.

Annual water garden sale coming June 6

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he Colorado Water Garden Society will host its annual sale on June 6, 2021 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Hudson Gardens, 6115 S. SONYA’S Santa Fe Drive, Littleton. AdmisSAMPLER sion is free and visitors may want to stroll through the gardens while there. Selection of tropical water lilies, hardy water lilies, lotus, marginal tropical plants.

Fertilizer tabs on Sonya Ellingboe sale. Knowledgeable staff on hand for information and advice. (Business office/residence area.)

Jazz orchestra The Colorado Jazz Repertory Orchestra will perform at 2 p.m. on June 6 at Lakewood Cultural Center, 470 S. Allison Parkway, Lakewood.

Tickets, Lakewood.org/tickets or 303-987-7845.

20th Annual Indian Market The Fort Restaurant at 19192 Highway 8, Morrison (near Red Rocks), will host the 20th Annual Indian

Library. She starts June 4. Leigh Chandler will serve as the first artistic director of the Lone Tree Arts Center.

Market and Ceremonial Dance from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on June 5 and 6.

Tickets: $10. Children 12 and under free. Parking is free. Shopping, drum and dance exhibitions. Food.

303-839-1671, tesoroculturalcenter. org. Nice for kids.

Buntport Theater A new original show from the inventive folks at Buntport Theater, 717 Lipan St, Denver. “Space People in Space” runs through June 13, Wednesdays to Sundays in Buntport’s parking lot. (@ 60 minutes.) Tickets: Name your own price, available for parties of one to six. buntport.com, 720-946-1388. These tend to sell out, so obtain tickets in advance.

Cherry Creek Arts Fest Cherry Arts has postponed the Cherry Creek Arts Festival, originally scheduled July 2, 3, 4, until Sept. 4, 5, 6 in the outdoor area of cherry Creek Shopping Center. The artists will be those juried into the 2020 celebration, which was canceled.

Douglas Land Conservancy The annual Douglas Land Conservancy’s “Capturing the Beauty

Water plants will be for sale June 6 at COURTESY PHOTO Hudson Gardens in Littleton.

of Open Land” plein air painting show and sale will be June 26-27 at the White Pavilion, 414 Perry St. in downtown Castle Rock. (10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Sunday.) Participating artists will paint on private properties during the week of June 21-25. Free to attend.

Lone Tree Nicolle Davis is the new executive director of the Lone Tree Arts Center at 10075 Commons St., Lone Tree. The Highlands Ranch resident has been executive director of library systems, including Arapahoe County, and is currently assistant commissioner of the Colorado State

Denver Botanic Gardens Cast bronze works, “Of Sky and Ground: Yoshitomo Saito” will be exhibited in the Denver Botanic Gardens’ Freyer-Newman Center Kemper Family Gallery July 24 through Nov. 28. It will feature large works and a multi-object “Millionyearseeds” that features more than 1,000 bronze castings of natural objects such as pine cones and banana peels. Included with general admission.

Maze “Numbers in Nature: a Mirror Maze” opens on June 4 at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, 2001 Colorado Blvd., Denver. Guests can lose themselves in a seemingly infinite repeating pattern of mirrors. Guests will learn snout patterns by exploring fractal branching, spirals, Voronoi patterns, as if you’d stepped into a giant kaleidoscope. Open daily 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and until 9 p.m. on Fridays through the summer. Special timed ticket required. dmns.org.

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Coupar Lester, right, shops at the Denver Plum Creek Garden Market last year with a friend, Grace Hu Markley.

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something to be proud of, Luster said.

“It’s hard work, but at the end of the day, you will be satisfied with what you did,” she added.

All five of Plum Creek Garden Market’s seasonal pop-up markets opened on April 30 and are open seven days a week through June.

Plum Creek Denver is located at 2150 S. Monaco Pkwy., which is in north Goldsmith.

The markets boast more than 700 varieties of plants including perennials, annuals, vegetables, some fruits, herbs and some shrubs; as well as plants in hanging baskets; some accessories such as pots; and bagged goods such as soils, compost and fertilizers.

“There were a lot of new gardeners starting to get into it last year because everyone was stuck at home,” said Matt Niemann, who oversees the operations of all five Plum Creek Garden Markets.

“People wanted to make their home as beautiful as possible.”

An industry goal this year, Niemann added, is to keep all those new gardeners interested in their newfound passion.

“And one way to do that is to them be successful,” Niemann said.

There’s always something new to learn — whether beginner or expert — and the more time a person spends around plants, the more knowledge that person will absorb, Niemann said.

“The enjoyment of gardening is in our human nature,” Niemann said.

“There is enjoyment in planting something, caring for it and watching it grow.”

People love color, so flowers tend to be popular for gardeners, and others enjoy plants that yield something they can eat, such as herbs or vegetables, Niemann said.

Every situation is different, he added, but there is always a solution to any problem someone might be having in their gardening endeavor.

It’s helpful for many people to visit a gardening center and talk with the experts who can provide all sorts of advice and knowledge, Niemann said.

Coupar Lester of Denver’s CoryMerrill neighborhood has been gardening as a homeowner for about 20 years but starting helping his grandmother with her garden when he was a teenager.

Lester finds gardening therapeutic and relaxing, and enjoys flowers because of the color they add to

Keri Luster, right, manager of Plum Creek Garden Market’s Denver location, and fellow manager Mary Jane Romero get plants ready for customers to purchase. Luster and Romero have been working together for years ‚Äî Romero serving as the greenhouse manager for the former Groundcovers gardening market which was opened by Luster’s father and served the community for about 40 years.

COURTESY PHOTO Luster now has a gardening consulting business with the Groundcovers name.

ABOUT PLUM CREEK GARDENING MARKET Plum Creek Garden Market got its start in Castle Rock in 2013. Today, the garden market’s pop up locations serve five Front Range communities: Castle Rock, Littleton, Erie, Golden and south Denver.

Plum Creek Denver is located at 2150 S. Monaco Pkwy.

To learn more about Plum Creek Garden Markets, visit https:// plumcreekgardenmarket.com

GROUNDCOVERS GARDENING CONSULTING Keri Luster’s Groundcovers Gardening Consulting can help people with their gardening in a variety of ways, including providing any type of plant advice, lessons on fertilizer, have discussions on different types of soils and can even repair garden features such as a concrete fountain.

Groundcovers Gardening Consulting serves the metro-area and can be reached at groundcovers@outlook.com or 720-550-1272. his yard. But he and his wife enjoy cooking, and especially so with fresh ingredients, so Lester’s garden includes a variety of vegetables ranging from tomatoes and cucumbers to squash and peppers, as well as an assortment of herbs such as rosemary, basil, thyme and cilantro.

The Lesters even have a peach tree they can harvest.

“Gardening will give you a creative outlet to do something outdoors,” Lester said. After all, he added, “Colorado has a lot of wonderful days to be spent outside.”

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report sleeping worse than they did before the pandemic.

Reconnect socially. Mental health problems have also worsened for a FROM PAGE 6 segment of older adults, according to the University of Michigan poll: “Understand that this has been 19% reported experiencing more a time of psychological trauma for sadness or depression while 28% many people and it’s impacted the reported being more anxious or way we behave,” said Dr. Thomas worried.

Cudjoe, a geriatrician and assistant Social isolation and loneliness professor at Johns Hopkins may be contributing and it’s a good Medicine in Baltimore. “We’re not idea to start “shoring up social going to go back to pre-pandemic support” and seeing other people activity and engagement like in person if seniors are vaccinated, turning on a light switch. We need Gerlach said. to respect what Families have people’s limits an important are.” role to play in reGood eating is key engaging loved Eat well. Make ones with the sure you’re world around eating a wellthem, Batsis balanced diet suggested. that includes “You’ve had 15 a good amount months or so of protein. of only a few Adequate face-to-face protein interactions: consumption Make it up now is even more by visiting more important for often. Make the older adults effort.”

Dr. Thomas Cudjoe, during times Laura Collins, of stress or geriatrician and assistant professor 58, has been when they’re spending a lot at Johns Hopkins Medicine of time over sedentary and not getting the past month much activity, with her mother, noted a recent study on health aging Jane Collins, 92, since restrictions during COVID-19. on visitation at Jane’s nursing Reestablish routines. “Having a home in Black Mountain, North structure to the day that involves Carolina, eased and both women social interactions, whether virtual were vaccinated. Over the past year, or in person, and various activities, Jane’s dementia progressed rapidly including some time outside when and she became depressed, sobbing the weather is good, is important to often to Laura on the phone. older adults,” said Dr. Lauren Beth “She loves getting outside and that Gerlach, a geriatric psychiatrist and has been wonderful,” Laura said. assistant professor of psychiatry at “Her mood immediately shifts when the University of Michigan. she gets out of the building: She’s Routines are especially true just happy, almost childlike, like a for older adults with cognitive kid going out for ice cream. And, in impairment, who tend to do best fact, that’s what we do — go out for when their days have a dependable ice cream.” structure and they know what to expect, she noted.

This story is from Kaiser Health End-of-day routines are also News, a nonprofit news service useful in addressing sleep covering health issues. It is an problems, which have become more editorially independent program common during the pandemic. of Kaiser Family Foundation, According to a University of which is not affiliated with Kaiser Michigan poll, administered in Permanente. Used by permission. For January, 19% of adults ages 50 to 80 more, khn.org.

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CNS-3473364# Legal Notice No. 81038 First Publication: June 3, 2021 Also: June 10, 2021; June 14, 2021 Last Publication: June 24, 2021 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice District Court, County of Denver, State of Colorado 1437 Bannock Street Denver, CO 80202 Case No. 2020CV34349 NewRez LLC d/b/a Shellpoint Mortgage Servicing, Plaintiff, vs.

Estate of Monica Lee Thomas; Felicia Nicole Thomas; Anchor Mortgage Services, Inc., successor by merger to Suburban Coastal Corp.; Bank of America National Association; and Paul Lopez in his Official Capacity as Public Trustee of the City and County of Denver, Colorado.

Defendants, SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION THE PEOPLE OF THE TATE OF COLORADO TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANT(S): YOU ARE HEREBY summoned and required to appear and defend against claims of the complaint filed with the court in this action, by filing with the clerk of this Court an answer or other response.

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If you fail to file an answer or other response to the complaint in writing within 35 days after the date of the last publication, judgment by default may be entered against you by the court for relief demanded in the complaint without further notice.

First Publication: June 3, 2021 Last Publication: June 3, 2021 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

This is a C.R.C.P. 105 action for determination of interest in real property and quiet title regarding the following real property:

Please take notice FreeUp Storage - Devonshire located at 8700 Devonshire Blvd., Denver, CO 80229 intends to hold a sale to sell the property stored at the Facility by the below list of Occupants whom are in default at a Auction.

The sale will occur as an online auction via www.storagetreasures.com on 6/15/2021 at 10:00AM. Oscar Molina units #116 & #P6; Jose Molina unit #210; Gregario Enriquez unit #P10.

This sale may be withdrawn at any time without notice. Certain terms and conditions apply. See manager for details.

LOT 10, BLOCK 2, FREDERICS BROTHERS FAIRVIEW ACRES, CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER, STATE OF COLORADO (the “Property”) commonly known and numbered as 1666 S Alcott Street, Denver, Colorado 80219.

Dated May 21, 2021.

Randall M. Chin, # 31149 Barrett Frappier & Weisserman 1391 Speer Blvd., Ste. 700 Denver, CO 80204 Phone: (303) 327-8764 Fax (303) 813-1107 Attorney for Plaintiff Legal Notice No. 81031 First Publication: June 3, 2021 Last Publication: July 1, 2021 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

Misc. Private Legals Public Notice SYNOPSIS OF ANNUAL STATEMENT FOR PUBLICATION Required pursuant to §10-3-109(1), C.R.S FOR YEAR 2020 FAILURE TO FILE THIS FORM BY MARCH 1 WILL RESULT IN PENALTIES PURSUANT TO §10-3-109(3), C.R.S.: If any annual report or statement from any entity regulated by the Division of Insurance is not filed by the date specified by law or by rules and regulations of the commissioner, the commissioner may assess a penalty of up to one hundred dollars per day for each day after the date an annual statement or report is due from any such entity.

Corporate Name: Old Surety Life Insurance Company NAIC Number: 67326 Address: 5201 North Lincoln Blvd.

Oklahoma City, OK 73105 Assets: $ 38,076,643 Liabilities: $ 18,622,466 Capital and Surplus/Policyholder Surplus: $19,454,177 DIVISION OF INSURANCE CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: THIS IS TO CERTIFY that the Old Surety Life Insurance Company, organized under the laws of Oklahoma, subject to its Articles of Incorporation or other fundamental organizational documents and in consideration of its compliance with the laws of Colorado, is hereby licensed to transact business as a Life and Accident and Health insurance company, as provided by the Insurance Laws of Colorado, as amended, so long as the insurer continues to conform to the authority granted by its Certificate and its corporate articles, or its Certificate is otherwise revoked, canceled or suspended.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the official seal of my office to be affixed at the City and County of Denver this first day of March 2021.

Michael Conway Commissioner of Insurance Legal Notice No. 81025 First Publication: May 27, 2021 Last Publication: June 17, 2021 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice June 3, 2021 NOTICE TO MORTGAGEES IN THE WRITER SQUARE CONDOMINIUMS COMMUNITY Notice is hereby given to all mortgagees within the Writer Square Condominiums community in the City and County of Denver, Colorado, that the Writer Square Condominium Association is seeking mortgagee approval of a proposed Amendment to the Condominium Declaration for Writer Square Condominiums (the “Proposed Amendment”). The Proposed Amendment can be obtained at the following address: Altitude Community Law P.C., 555 Zang St., Ste. 100, Lakewood, CO 80228. Failure of any mortgagee to deliver a negative response to the Writer Square Condominium Association, c/o Altitude Community Law P.C., 555 Zang St., Ste. 100, Lakewood, CO 80228, within 60 days shall be deemed consent on behalf of the mortgagee.

Legal Notice No. 81033

Storage Liens/Vehicle Titles Public Notice Notice of Self Storage Sale

Legal Notice No. 81021 First Publication: May 27, 2021 Last Publication: June 3, 2021 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

Notice to Creditors Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of CHARLOTTE MONTOYA, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR30199 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before September 27, 2021 (date)*, or the claims may be forever barred.

Charlene Montoya, Personal Representative c/o Pearman Law Firm 4195 Wadsworth Blvd Wheat Ridge, CO 80033 Legal Notice No. 81023 First Publication: May 27, 2021 Last Publication: June 10, 2021 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of David Eric Falls, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR00043 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before September 20, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Brian R. Reynolds, #29493 Patrick Gillette, #42848 REYNOLDS GILLETTE LLC 1735 N. Lafayette Street Denver, CO 80218 720-442-8100 ATTORNEYS FOR PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE Legal Notice No.81018 First Publication: May 20, 2021 Last Publication: June 3, 2021 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Estate of Thomas J. Stender, also known as Thomas Stender, also known as Tom Stender, also known as T.J. Stender, Deceased Case Number : 21PR30753 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before October 4, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

AMI MARIE STENDER LEE Personal Representative 924 Spalding Boulevard Davenport, Iowa 52804 Legal Notice No. 81043 First Publication: June 3, 2021 Last Publication: June 17, 2021 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Gerardo Chavez, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR30745 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before October 3, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Esmeralda Chavez, Personal Representative c/o 3i Law 2000 S. Colorado Blvd.

Tower 1, Suite 10000 Denver, CO 80222

Legal Notice No. 81045 First Publication: June 3, 2021 Last Publication: June 17, 2021 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado, on or before October 4, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Gerard Francis Encinas, also known as Gerard F. Encinas, also known as Gerard Encinas, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR30625 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before September 20, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Nigel Wolfgang Shinn Encinas Personal Representative 745 S Bryant Street Denver, Colorado 80219

Public Notice

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before September 20, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Linda E. Rupp, Personal Representative 867 S. University Blvd.

Denver, CO 80209 Legal Notice No. 81016 First Publication: May 20, 2021 Last Publication: June 3, 2021 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of WILLIAM LESTER CRAVEN, aka WILLIAM L. CRAVEN, aka BILL CRAVEN, Deceased Case Number: 2021 PR 143

Legal Notice No. 81032 First Publication: June 3, 2021 Last Publication: June 17, 2021 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Louise P. Kountze, aka Louise Priscilla Kountze, and Louise Kountze, Deceased Case Number: 2021 PR 30520 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative, or to the Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before September 20, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of RONNIE L BYRD, (a.k.a. RONNIE BYRD), Deceased Case Number: 2021PR30648 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver Colorado on or before October 3, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Rick Anthony Sandoval Personal Representative 2080 Lake Circle Drive Thornton, CO 80241

Victor von Schlegell, III Personal Representative c/o Poskus, Caton & Klein, P.C. 303 East 17th Avenue, Suite 900 Denver, Colorado 80203 Legal Notice No. 81012 First Publication: May 20, 2021 Last Publication: June 3, 2021 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Ralph Walter Fisher, Deceased Case Number: 21PR150

Legal Notice No. 81037 First Publication: June 3, 2021 Last Publication: June 17, 2021 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of ALEXIS GAIL KING, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR30610 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before September 27, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Precious Davis, Personal Representataive 1754 S. Pitkin Circle, Unit B Aurora, CO 80017 Legal Notice No. 81022 First Publication: May 27, 2021 Last Publication: June 10, 2021 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before September 20, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Ruta Bormanis Fisher, Personal Representative 1692 S. Sheridan Blvd.

Denver, Colorado 80232 Legal Notice No. 81009 First Publication: May 20, 2021 Last Publication: June 3, 2021 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Lucille Sanchez, Deceased Case Number: 2021 PR 30263 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before June 24, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of David Brian Causey, also known as David B. Causey, a/k/a David Causey, Deceased.

Case Number: 2021-PR-30604 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado, on or before September 20, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Person Giving Notice: Michael C. Graef, Personal Representative 934 South Euclid Way Denver, CO 80209

Public Notice

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Vera M. Craven, Personal Representative 2991 South Oneida Street Denver, Colorado 80224

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Daniel H. Rupp, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR30010

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of DEBORAH MAY, Deceased Case Number 2021 PR 30653

Legal Notice No. 81044 First Publication: June 3, 2021 Last Publication: June 17, 2021 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before October 3, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Legal Notice No. 81014 First Publication: May 20, 2021 Last Publication: June 3, 2021 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

Legal Notice No. 81011 First Publication: May 20, 2021 Last Publication: June 3, 2021 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

Andrew May, Personal Representative 1835 Pine Street Erie, CO 80516

Stephanie F. Dahl Attorney to the Personal Representative 2000 S. Colorado Blvd., Suite 2-430 Denver, Colorado 80222 Legal Notice No. 81020 First Publication: May 27, 2021 Last Publication: June 10, 2021 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Allison Louise Richards, aka Allison L. Richards, aka Allison Richards, Deceased Case Number: 21PR30684 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before October 4, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Jacob Ciminelli, Personal Representative 1885 S. Quebec Way, Apt. A23 Denver, CO 80231

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existing taxes several decades ago, that doesn’t mean they intended to lock in those tax rates indefinitely.

“Put simply, due to the mill levy increase, property owners will pay more taxes from one year to the next,” he wrote.

“That is the very definition of a tax increase under our constitution.”

The impact for taxpayers will depend on how home values change.

The owner of a $400,000 home in Englewood, for example, currently pays about $626 a year to support the school district. Next year, with the levy one mill higher, that same homeowner would pay closer to $655, a 4.6% increase, or more if their home value increased as well. Once Englewood reached the maximum of 27 mills, school district taxes on a $400,000 home would be $772 a year.

Conservative group Colorado Rising State Action is working

to place a measure on the ballot that would reduce assessment rates, which would reduce how much property value is taxable.

If successful, that could reduce the revenue from the mill levy increases. Executive Director Michael Fields predicted the court decision would only help his cause.

The impact of the court ruling on school districts depends on many factors. Denver, for example, will get an extra $9.5 million overall but lose state funding, according to a legislative analysis. The suburban Adams 12 district will get an extra $4.2 million, all of it from the state, because its taxpayers already pay the maximum.

Advocates hope that over time, the mill levy change will reduce the amount the state holds back and restore balance by shifting some costs back to school districts. They also believe it’s fairer for school districts to pay similar tax rates.

“The decision handed down today will help us start to make up for years of deeply inequitable funding processes that have hamstrung certain districts

like mine in Pueblo and held our schools back,” state Rep. Daneya Esgar, one of the bill’s Democratic sponsors, said in a statement. “It’s long past time to make fair and robust investments in our children and the future of Colorado.”

Most Republicans opposed the effort. Along with conservative advocacy groups, they argued that the proposal would undermine TABOR and open the door to other tax increase maneuvers.

The court majority rejected that argument, but the justices also emphasized that their decision applied only to the specific circumstances of the case. They said it should not be taken as a rejection of TABOR. “Allowing the mill levy corrections before us will not open the door to `trickery’ by the General Assembly,” they wrote.

“Nor may the General Assembly simply label any past mill levy as `incorrect’ as a cover for raising taxes without prior voter approval.”

“Rather, we simply conclude, in the unique circumstances presented, that the General

Assembly may act to effectuate mill levies that voters have previously approved but that, due to an error, were not given full effect.”

Colwell said she hopes the new money allows for progress on changing Colorado’s school funding formula.

Because districts get credit for factors like cost of living, the current formula sometimes sends more state money to well-off districts than to ones serving lots of students in poverty, but changing that has been challenging because no district wants to get less than it currently receives.

But now the school funding pie will be larger.

“I’m hopeful that the next phase of this conversation will be about how we can spend new revenue differently,” Colwell said.

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.

Public Notices Legal Notice No. 81040 First Publication: June 3, 2021 Last Publication: June 17, 2021 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Steven Arthur Cramm, a/k/a Steve Cramm, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR30621 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before September 20, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Steven W. Jack, Esq., Attorney to the Personal Representative 2616 W. Alamo Avenue Littleton, CO 80120 Legal Notice No. 81015 First Publication: May 20, 2021 Last Publication: June 3, 2021 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of James Douglas Hoff, a/k/a James D. Hoff, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR30720 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before October 4, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Lynn Susan Hoff, Personal Representative 4094 S. Valentia Street Denver, CO 80237 Legal Notice No. 81041 First Publication: June 3, 2021 Last Publication: June 17, 2021 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Judy M. Steffen, a/k/a Judy Mae Steffen, a/k/a Judy Steffen, Deceased Case Numbe: 2021 PR 030508 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before June 3, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Marilyn L. Raymond, Personal Representative 1818 South Quebec Way - #10-3 Denver, Colorado 80231 Legal Notice No. 81036 First Publication: June 3, 2021 Last Publication: June 17, 2021 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of GLEN FRANCIS CRUM, Deceased

Case Number: 2021PR30492 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Co-Personal Representatives (John Benjamin Crum and James Robert Crum) or to the Denver Probate Court on or before September 30, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

John Benjamin Crum Co-Personal Representative 2990 Woodbriar Drive Highlands Ranch, CO 80126 James Robert Crum Co-Personal Representative 16595 Freemanville Road Milton, GA 30004 Legal Notice No. 81029 First Publication: May 27, 2021 Last Publication: June 10, 2021 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice Probate Court, Denver County, Colorado 1437 Bannock St, Room 230 Denver, CO 80202 In the Matter of the Estate of: Morris Freed, Deceased Tony C. Rossi #45051 Rossi Law, LLC 6215 Corporate Dr, Ste 101 Colorado Springs, CO 80919 Phone: (303) 859-4173 Email: Tony@RossiLawLLC.com Case Number: 2021PR30370 NOTICE OF NON-APPEARANCE HEARING

BY PUBLICATION A hearing on the PETITION FOR FORMAL PROBATE OF WILL AND FORMAL APPOINTMENT OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE will be held at the following time and location or at a later date to which the hearing may be continued: Proof of publication will be filed upon completion as well as an affidavit under CRS 15-10-401(3).

Date: June 15, 2021 Time: 8:00 a.m.

Address: 1437 Bannock St, Room 230 Denver, CO 80202 Legal Notice No. 81008 First Publication: May 20, 2021 Last Publication: June 3, 2021 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of DAVID S. DAVES, a/k/a DAVID DAVES, a/k/a DAVE DAVES, and DAVE S. DAVES, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR30518 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before September 20, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Jacqueline Coppola, Personal Representative

7035 E 7th Ave. Denver, CO 80220 Legal Notice No. 81013 First Publication: May 20, 2021 Last Publication: June 3, 2021 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Karen D. Herndon, Aka Karen Herndon, Aka Karen Decker Herndon, Deceased Case Number: 2021 PR 30375 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before September 27, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

David R. DiGiacomo Attorney for Personal Representatives 5400 Ward Road, Building 3, #200, Arvada, CO 80002 Phone: 303-931-2554 Legal Notice No.81019 First Publication: May 27, 2021 Last Publication: June 10, 2021 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Marilyn P. Perreten, aka Marilyn Ann Peterson Perreten, and Marilyn Ann Perreten, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR30726 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before September 21, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Michael P. Perreten Personal Representative 60 S. Birch Street Denver, CO 80222 Legal Notice No. 81028 First Publication: May 27, 2021 Last Publication: June 10, 2021 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of August John Kochle, (a.k.a. August J. Kochle), Deceased Case Number: 2021 PR 030465 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative (Pierre Dagher) or to the Denver Probate Court on or before September 30, 2021 or the claims may be forever barred.

Pierre Dagher, Personal Representative 9237 Aspen Creek Court Highlands Ranch, CO 80129 Legal Notice No. 81027 First Publication: May 27, 2021 Last Publication: June 10, 2021 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

Denver Probate Court Denver County, Colorado 1437 Bannock Street, No. 230 Denver, Colorado 80202

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Kathyren Barbara Bacheller, aka Kathyren B. Bacheller, and Kathyren Bacheller, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR 030672

In the Interests of: Sevynn Roberts

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before October 10, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

A hearing on 6.21.21 at 2:30 p.m., Courtroom 224 for guardianship will be held at the following time and location or at a later date to which the hearing may be continued:

Legal Notice No. 81042 First Publication: June 3, 2021 Last Publication: June 17, 2021 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

Date: June 21, 2021 Time: 2:30 p.m.

Courtroom: 224 Address: 1437 Bannock Street Denver, Colorado 80202

Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of BETTY ANN BOSMAN, a/k/a BETTY A. BOSMAN, a/k/a BETTY BOSMAN, Deceased Case Number: 21 PR 30592

The hearing will take approximately 1 hour.

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before September 27, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

James A. Bosman, Personal Representative 9601 E. Iliff Ave., Apt. 1418 Denver, CO 80231 Legal Notice No. 81024 First Publication: May 27, 2021 Last Publication: June 10, 2021 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

Name Changes PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on May 18, 2021, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult was filed with the Denver County Court

By: K. Leer, Clerk of Court Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No. 81030 First Publication: May 27, 2021 Last Publication: June 3, 2021 Publisher: Denver Herald Dispatch

Adoption / Guardianship PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE OF HEARING BY PUBLICATION PURSUANT TO § 15-10-401, C.R.S. To: Cubanique Lashay Lawrence, Last Known Address, if any: 3888 Adams Denver, Colorado 80216

Rita Niblack, Personal Representative 10215 E. Gill Avenue Denver, Colorado 80247

The Petition requests that the name of Alize Nichol Ibarra be changed to Alize Nichol Garcia Case No.: 21 C 00278

Party Without Attorney: Michelle Lawrence 2635 Steele Street Denver, Colorado 80205 Phone Number: 720-939-2134 Case Number: 21PR207

“Trust Us!”

Legal Notice No. 81039 First Publication: June 3, 2021 Last Publication: June 17, 2021 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

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*0% APR for 18 months available to well qualified buyers on approved credit only. Financing not valid with other offers or prior purchases. Finance charges will be waived if promo balance is paid in full in 18 months. Down payment may be required, OAC. Valid with the purchase of a complete Dreamstyle Shower Systems. Due to COVID, some restrictions may apply. Dreamstyle Remodeling, Inc. (fn) ROC260542 B-3. ©Dreamstyle Remodeling Inc. all rights reserved.

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