CU Denver grads create phishing safety software
Ashlynn and Deveyn Hainey are twins, business partners
BY ELISABETH SLAY ESLAY@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
In May, twin sisters Ashlynn and Deveyn Hainey graduated from the University of Colorado Denver with degrees in computer science. And along with their diplomas, the sisters walked away with an innovative solution to one of today’s most popular digital threats: phishing emails.
For their senior capstone project, the sisters created PhishSense, which is an AI-powered Gmail add-on that not only detects phishing attempts, but also teaches users how to recognize them.
“What makes it unique is the focus on both detection and user education,” Ashlynn Hainey said. “Instead of just agging emails, it provides clear, bullet-pointed reasons, which are generated by a large language model and explains why an email might be phishing. is empowers users to recognize red ags themselves, increasing long-term security awareness.”
CU Denver Director of Public Relations Jennifer Woodru said that in 2024, phishing scams a ected 94% of organizations and cost Americans over $16 million.
While large companies often have cybersecurity teams in place, the average person is frequently left without the tools or knowledge to spot these threats. at’s exactly the gap the Hainey sisters aim to ll.
Mayor names Brad Buchanan to serve as interim planning director
BY ERIC HEINZ ERIC@COTLN.ORG
To quickly but temporarily ll the role that leads Denver’s Department of Community Planning and Development, Mayor Mike Johnston has named Brad Buchanan, the CEO of the National Western Center Authority, as the interim director.
“We are thrilled Brad is willing to return to lead CPD in an interim capacity,” Johnston said in a press release. “Having served as executive director from 2014 to 2018, Brad knows the agency and the team extremely well. His deep expertise in Denver’s permitting and development processes gives me full con dence in his ability to guide CPD forward as we continue overhauling our permitting processes and delivering services to our community.”
Buchanan will begin his dual roles on June 10. e National Western Center Authority is a nonpro t that programs, operates and maintains the National Western Complex. e authority has a 13-person board of directors.
“Most tools rely on a security team to review suspicious emails,” Ashlynn Hainey said. “ e goal was to create something that not only detects threats, but also teaches users how to identify them, making email security more transparent and accessible.”
Deveyn Hainey added that she and sister wanted to address the growing issue of email phishing, especially as AI-generated scams become more sophisticated. “ e idea stemmed from combining our interest in cybersecurity and learning to create something more user-friendly and educational,” Deveyn Hainey said. PhishSense is currently a prototype, but the twins are working to nalize its features and hope to explore a full launch soon.
e authority was approved by the Denver City Council on a 9-4 vote to receive up to $812 million to further develop the National Western Center, which will include a new equestrian center, hotel, community center and other projects in an e ort to enhance the experience of the site that hosts the annual National Western Stock Show.
e city council approved spending $23.3 million through bond funding over the next 35 years with an assumed interest rate of 4.92%.
“I’ve got a fantastic team in both places,” Buchanan said. “I know the teams at the National Western Center and Community Planning and Development. I’m working with some amazing individuals, and I’ve had some conversations with the board and my team about this possibility, and everyone was very supportive. Every manager manages scope and
Deveyn and Ashlynn Hainey at their graduation from the University of Colorado Denver in May 2025.
COURTESY OF PAUL WEDLAKE
NFL legend Champ Bailey honors
‘most positive’ Colorado student athletes
Positive Athlete awards scholarships to high character high school athletes
BY JOHN RENFROW JOHN@COTLN.ORG
High school athletes, two coaches and an athletic director were honored for being the “most positive” in Colorado at the Douglas County School District Legacy Campus in Lone Tree June 2. Pro Football Hall of Famer and Broncos legend Champ Bailey is the Positive Athlete organization’s lead athlete. Bailey helped to recognize the top seven male and female athletes in high school sports who displayed the highest character and generated overall positivity on and o the eld. e full list of recipients includes students from schools across Colorado, from Colorado Spring to Fort Collins and Breckenridge to La Junta.
ose honored are: Alex Beasley - Lewis-Palmer (Monument); Avery Leman - Poudre (Fort Collins); Jaden Francis - Elizabeth (Elizabeth); Jay Peltier (coach)Summit (Breckenridge); Katherine Lorck - Cheyenne Mountain (Colorado Springs); Kevin Prosser III - Rangeview (Aurora); Kinsley Mayo - La Junta Jr/Sr (La Junta); Liam Graham - Standley Lake (Westminster); Megan WatersLakewood (Lakewood); Peighton Marrero - Strasburg (Strasburg); Ray Lopez (coach); - Abraham Lincoln (Denver); Rhett McDonald - Wiley (Wiley); Roxann Serna (athletic director); - Centennial (San Luis); Ryan Cornell - Longmont (Longmont); Sage Adkins - Rock Canyon (Highlands Ranch); Simon Lunsford - Green Mountain (Lakewood);and Staia Yohe-Savage - George Washington (Denver).
“I’d seen their Positive Athlete nominations and bios, but meeting and celebrating the winners in person exceeded all expectations,” Bailey said. “It’s easy to see why they are the future leaders in their communities and the workforce. I’m excited to follow them as they lean in to take advantage of the ever-growing resources o ered by Positive Ath-
From Englewood to innovation
lete—not just to winners but to all nominees.”
More than 440 nominations from coaches, principals, athletic directors, teachers and parents were submitted for the Positive Athlete program state-wide, representing 197 di erent public and private high schools (equivalent to 53% of all Colorado high schools with formalized athletics programs).
Nominations covered all 27 state-sanctioned sports as well as e-sports, archery, equestrian, martial arts, motocross, ultimate, Uni ed Sports and more.
Considerations for awards included if students displayed how positive athletes “O.P.E.R.A.T.E.” (Optimistic, Put team rst, Encouraging, Respectful, Admits imperfections, True heart for others and Embraces service).
Five scholarships were awarded, totaling $8,000.
Standley Lake High School’s Graham won the male O.P.E.R.A.T.E. Award, while Leman from Poudre won the female O.P.E.R.A.T.E. Award. Each received $2,500 toward their chosen academic institution or trade school. Additionally, Mayo, McDonald and Yohe-Savage received Positivity Champ Awards, including a $1,000 scholarship.
“I think that being recognized as a Positive Athlete really gave me more con dence not only in my athletics but also in my everyday life, like I was being seen for the work I was putting into my everyday life and my positivity through times of di culty and struggle,” said Waters from Lakewood. “I loved being able to meet the other kids and parents being awarded, because you can really tell that it’s a good group of kids and they were all raised by incredible people. ey are all so kind.”
Nominations will reopen in the Fall for the next school year. However, Positive Athlete is currently taking pre-nominations at www.PositiveAthlete. org, which will trigger an automatic reminder when nominations reopen.
e Haineys credit CU Denver with giving them the skills and con dence to take on big challenges.
“CU Denver is unlike most universities. No ivory tower here,” Ashlynn Hainey said. “Our focus was always on practical experience and job market readiness.”
Both sisters have secured jobs in the tech eld. Ashlynn Hainey will be starting as an associate security engineer at Ibotta, while Deveyn Hainey is set to join Quizlet as a machine-learning engineer
in July.
Passion for tech, people and progress
Beyond their technical acumen, both sisters share a passion for problem-solving and helping others stay safe in an increasingly digital world.
“Cybersecurity is always changing, which means there’s always something new to learn,” Ashlynn Hainey said. “It’s rewarding to build tools that can make a real di erence in people’s digital safety.”
Deveyn Hainey echoed the sentiment.
“I love that cybersecurity and tech are constantly-evolving elds that challenge us to stay curious and creative,” she said. “Solving real problems and building tools that make a di erence is incredibly
rewarding.”
As they prepare to turn the page to the next chapter, the sisters re ect with both pride and excitement.
“Graduating feels both exciting and surreal,” Ashlynn Hainey said. “It’s a moment of accomplishment after years of hard work, but also a turning point. ere’s a lot of pride in what’s been accomplished — especially with regards to our degree and involvement.”
Deveyn Hainey added that the sisters’ graduation marks an end of this chapter in their lives, but also the start of new opportunities for which they can apply everything they’ve learned to real-world challenges.
Looking ahead
With their futures mapped out and PhishSense on the verge of its next phase, the Haineys are optimistic about what’s to come.
“ e future holds a lot of unknowns, but that’s part of what makes it so exciting,” said Deveyn Hainey. “I’m excited to keep learning, building meaningful tech and contributing to a better world.”
Ashlynn Hainey said she is looking forward to diving deeper into the cybersecurity eld and making an impact on the industry.
“ e future holds endless opportunities to keep learning, stay challenged and help others navigate an increasingly digital world safely,” Ashlynn Hainey said.
Lakewood High School’s Megan Waters poses with Pro Football Hall of Famer Champ Bailey at the Douglas County School District Legacy Campus on June 2. Waters was recognized as one of the most positive female student athletes in Colorado. COURTESY PHOTOS
Standley Lake High School’s Liam Graham was awarded a $2,500 scholarship for being the most positive male student athlete in 2025. Here, he is pictured with NFL legend Champ Bailey, who is the lead athlete for the Positive Athlete organization.
What I’ve Learned About Why Condominiums Are Getting Harder to Finance
Four years ago on June 24, 2021, part of a 12-story condominium building in Surfside, Florida, collapsed at 1:14 a.m. killing 98 residents and injuring 11 others.
But that’s only one event that has contributed to the increasing difficulty of selling and financing the purchase of condos across America.
Primarily because of severe weather, especially hail storms in Colorado, master insurance policies have gotten more expensive and their deductibles increased dramatically. When the deductible in a master insurance policy exceeds 5% of the insured value, units within a condo association become “non-warrantable” according to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac guidelines — and over 90% of all loans are sold to those federal agencies after closing and must therefore meet those guidelines.
home for first-time homebuyers who are less likely to have that much cash. They could also go to a “portfolio” or “non-QM” lender, but those lenders don’t typically offer the low down payments of conventional or FHA lenders.
by a single entity
Fewer than 35% of the units are the primary or second home of the unit owner (FHA only)
The HOA has inadequate reserves
Every lender has its own condo questionnaire that must be completed by the association property manager. The questionnaire addresses the numerous concern areas of the lender. The loan could be rejected if:
Master insurance deductible is over 5%
Commercial space exceeds 35%
More than 15% the unit owners are 60 or more days delinquent on HOA dues
A construction defect lawsuit is pending Less than 10% of the HOA budget is allocated to reserves
There’s a lot of deferred maintenance
FHA does a lot of this analysis for lenders and will provide a 3-year certification which lenders can rely on, but the application process is tedious and many condo associations fail to apply for or renew their certification.
That FHA lookup website is https:// entp.hud.gov/idapp/html/condlook.cfm
Here’s what the screen looked like when I searched for the Centennial condo featured with a price reduction in last week’s ad:
Sometimes it’s hard to know whether a unit is a condo or a townhome. The simple distinction is that a townhome owns the land under it, but even a standalone home could legally be a condo.
Buyers can pay cash, of course, but condos have long been considered the entry-level
More than 20-25% of the units are owned
NAR Dilutes Its Rule Against Hate Speech by Realtors
In the aftermath of George Floyd’s murder by a Minneapolis cop in May 2020, and the heated rhetoric, much of it racist, which followed, the National Association of Realtors enacted a “standard of practice” to go along with Article 10 of the NAR Code of Ethics, which bars Realtors from denying professional services based on “race, color, religion, sex, disability, familial status, national origin, sexual orientation, or gender identity.”
Inspired by demand for social change and an unprecedented number of complaints received by NAR relating to discriminatory conduct and language by Realtors, the Board approved Standard of Practice 10-5 with language that expanded Article 10 to include the prohibition against harassment and hate language generally and not just limited to a Realtor’s professional life.
SOP 10-5 was implemented by the NAR Board of Directors on Nov. 13, 2020, and read as follows: “Realtors must not use harassing speech, hate speech, epithets, or slurs
based on race, color, religion, sex, disability, familial status, national origin, sexual orientation, or gender identity.”
Here’s the new language, which no longer enforces that rule on Realtors’ communications or actions outside their business life:
“Realtors, in their capacity as real estate professionals, in association with their real estate businesses, or in their real estaterelated activities, shall not harass any person or persons based on race, color, religion, sex, disability, familial status, national origin, sexual orientation, or gender identity.” (Emphasis added.)
SOP 10-4 continues as follows:
“As used in this Code of Ethics, harassment is unwelcome behavior directed at an individual or group based on one or more of the above protected characteristics where the purpose or effect of the behavior is to create a hostile, abusive, or intimidating environment which adversely affects their ability to access equal professional services or employment opportunity.”
The search showed that this condo is approved by FHA for the 3-year period beginning July 24, 2023.
Although regulators have determined that the buyer’s agent, not the listing agent, is obligated to check whether a condo is FHAapproved, a responsible listing agent should, in my opinion, do the simple search described above and not list “FHA” as acceptable financing if the community is described as “rejected” or “expired” on that website.
Even if the website shows the association as approved, the lender will still require the long-form questionnaire from the association and study the budget, declarations, bylaws and more before approving a loan, so the lender should request those documents as soon as possible after the buyer goes under contract — certainly within a week.
The legal description can sometimes mislead a lender, broker or buyer as to whether they’re dealing with a condo or a townhome. Typically, the legal description should refer to a “condo declaration” and not have a “block and lot” description that is more appropriate to a parcel that includes land. Some legal descriptions which include the word “condo” are in fact townhomes, and vice versa. The title company can quickly research the full legal description and answer that question, which becomes critical to obtaining loan approval. Another clue would be if the association is on the FHA condo lookup database.
Back to the subject of insurance coverage and deductibles, a buyer who purchases a condo as a primary resident or second home should get an HO-6 “walls-in” condo insurance policy which includes a “loss assessment” endorsement, which would pay for the deductible which is assessed to each unit owner as the result of a hail or other claim. The annual cost of such a policy is far less than the insurance policy for a single-family home and can save you up to a 5-figure special assessment from the condo association.
If the master policy does not include roof, exterior, etc., the unit owner should purchase a more expensive HO-3 policy instead of the HO-6 policy.
FHA is favored because of its low downpayment requirement — as little as 3.5% — but with a higher down payment it’s possible the lender will only require a “streamline” review, which is quicker and less expensive. That requires a minimum 10% down payment for a primary residence and 25% for a second home.
It’s important for a buyer to hire an agent experienced in condo purchases and who can refer you to the best lender.
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This updated, 4-bedroom/2-bath, 1,586-squarefoot tri-level home at 6337 W. 68th Place is in a quiet, established neighborhood. Each level has been thoughtfully renovated. The vaulted main level has new luxury vinyl plank floors, and there’s new paint throughout. The galley kitchen has new cabinets, complemented by white appliances. The upper level has 3 bedrooms with new carpet and an updated full bathroom. The lower level has a spacious family room with a brick fireplace and above-grade windows. There is a 4th bedroom, laundry, and updated 3/4 bathroom on that level. The windows and siding were replaced in 2018, and a new roof was installed last month. A narrated video tour is posted at www. GRElistings.com. Call Kathy at 303-990-7428 to request a private showing.
Colorado experts say vaccination is strongest defense against measles
“When you’re trying to evaluate whether to get vaccinated against measles or not … you’re not only protecting yourself, you’re protecting other people and potentially other people that you love.”
Daniel Pastula, chief of neuro-infectious diseases and global neurology at UCHealth
vaccinated within 72 hours.
coughs or sneezes onto someone else, or touches a surface in which another person touches the same surface. Additionally, if a person breathes in air in the room up to two hours after a person with measles spent time in, the person can contract
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runny nose, cough, red or watery eyes and a fever up to 104 degrees.
White spots in the mouth can appear about 2-3 days after the rst signs appear, and raised bumps atop red spots occur a few days after that.
global neurology at UCHealth, added that it has the ability to hide in the brain and cause dementia.
e disease also increases a person’s risk of contracting other illnesses and having other infections.
“Measles likes to infect some of your memory immune cells,” said Pastula. “It can wipe out protection against other infections that you may have had before.”
However, pregnant women, immunocomprised individuals and infants under the age of 1 are unable to get the measles vaccine.
along an All-American Road with canyon overlooks, scenic valley vistas and a 502-foot dam.
While there is no speci c treatment for measles, experts are warning people about taking vitamin A in an attempt to prevent the disease because high levels of the vitamin can be toxic to the liver.
Report an illness at tinyurl.com/dougco-health-report.
The MMR vaccination
Experts say the strongest defense against measles is being vaccinated with the MMR vaccine, which can prevent measles, mumps and rubella. ere is another vaccine called MMRV, which includes prevention from varicella.
Pastula said since 1989, the recommendation has been for children over the age of 1 to get two doses of the live measles vaccine and they will “be good for life.”
e Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that children get the rst dose of the MMR vaccine between 12 and 15 months old and the second dose between the ages of 4 and 6.
However, the vaccine doesn’t prevent an individual from getting measles. One dose of the vaccine is 93% e ective and two doses is 97% e ective. If a vaccinated individual gets measles, Pastula said they will most likely develop milder symptoms and be less likely to have severe side e ects
“Vaccines aren’t necessarily designed to prevent you from getting sick, they’re designed to keep you out of the hospital,” Pastula said.
e National Foundation for Infectious Diseases states that about one in ve unvaccinated people in the United States who contracts measles will be hospitalized.
Also, if an unvaccinated individual is exposed to measles, they can most likely get
Samuel Dominguez, professor of pediatric infectious diseases at Children’s Hospital Colorado said that while the vaccine is safe, infants under the age of 1 already received immunity from their mother’s antibodies. ese antibodies can interfere with the infant’s ability to respond to the vaccine.
“When you’re trying to evaluate whether to get vaccinated against measles or not… you’re not only protecting yourself, you’re protecting other people and potentially other people that you love,” Pastula said. If people are planning on traveling outside of the country, Dominguez said infants between 6 and 11 months should get a dose before they go. Once they return, they should still get the two recommended doses.
For more information about what to know when traveling, visit cdc.gov/measles/travel/index.html.
How did we get here?
Pastula called the highly contagious disease an “ancient virus.”
In 1912, measles became a national epidemic in the United States. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, an average of 6,000 measlesrelated deaths were reported each year within the rst decade.
Before a vaccine became available in 1963, it was estimated to infect 3 to 4 million people in the U.S. each year. However, an improved vaccine was developed in 1968, which is the vaccine that is available today.
By 1981, the number of reported cases was 80% less compared to the year before. en in 2000, the disease was declared eliminated from the U.S.
Pastula said despite measles cases occurring every year since then, most doctors have never seen an active case, including himself.
“But, unfortunately, we’re sliding back into the history books,” Pastula said.
Various locations across Douglas County provide measles vaccinations. PHOTO BY HALEY LENA
Denver home prices are unchanged as thousands of listings pile up
There are more homes on the market now than anytime since 2011
BY ANDREW KENNEY DENVERITE
ere were nearly 13,600 homes for sale in the 11-county metro area at the end of May. at’s the highest number since 2011, a sign that home buyers are hesitant to take what the market is o ering.
e mismatch between supply and demand means the Denver market looks very di erent than in recent years. More people are selling homes than buying them. Just about 4,000 sales were closed in May, even as nearly 7,300 new homes hit the market, according to the Denver Metro Association of Realtors.
It’s still possible to sell a home in Denver, especially for the right price and location. In fact, if a home does sell, it typically takes only a couple weeks
BUCHANAN
projects beyond their own capacity.
at’s what management is all about. I’m comfortable with managing a lot of spinning plates, and that’s what I’ll do here.”
In leading both the authority and the city department in charge of approving the developments his current organization is seeking, Buchanan said there will be times when he’ll have to step back to avoid con icts of interest.
“I’ve thought about that, I think that there’s really only one area of protectional con icts, and that’s if we’re applying for a building permit while I’m the executive director,” he said. “I’d been in this position for almost ve years previously,
But that statistic excludes the homes that aren’t selling. Many properties are going unsold for months. e average unsold home has been sitting on the market for 45 days. e number of people selling their
but the executive director is not involved the day-to-day of the review process, and I’ll keep my distance from that. I have a high bar for our integrity and our team’s integrity and I know what lines not to cross.”
A comprehensive search for the permanent executive director of the department will be conducted, Johnston’s ofce stated. Buchanan said he expects the search to last about six months.
Buchanan said he wants to continue to improve approval times for building permit applications — something Johnston has highlighted as a priority in his administration — as well as improve the “customer experience” of the process. He said he also plans to catch up with everything the department is handling at this time and help the mayor with selecting a new, permanent director.
Part of the council decision included the e orts of the Globeville, Elyria and Swansea Community Investment Fund, a program established by the authority, to direct money toward a revolving loan fund for the purchase of collectively owned land, homes and cooperative businesses in the GES neighborhoods.
e fund seeks $16 million from the allocated money to the authority in order to accomplish those goals.
“Last night’s vote just laid out the work that needs to be done with the (community investment fund),” Buchanan said. “We all heard loud and clear that there are signi cant needs in GES, and that’s what we have to do every day, to partner with them and increase that revenue stream and apply those funds to address neighborhood priorities and needs.”
Shannon Ho man, the project man-
homes isn’t abnormally high, appearing fairly consistent with recent years. But the number of buyers has dropped o signi cantly from the 2010s and pandemic years. Many are hesitant to pay high prices at high interest rates
Despite the lack of buyers, the median price for single-family homes rose by about $5,000 to $665,000. e prices of townhomes and condos also increased. ose who do buy are looking for the strongest o erings at the best prices. ey are increasingly likely to back out of a deal over inspection issues, according to DMAR — unlike a few years ago, when some buyers agreed to skip inspections altogether.
However, there is a sign of a little movement in the market. Until now, it looked like the spring sales season had peaked early, with the number of completed sales dropping instead of growing from March through May.
But the number of pending sales — those that are in progress but not yet completed — ticked up at the end of May. is story is from Denverite, a nonpro t Denver news source a liated with CPR News. Used by permission. For more, and to support Denverite, visit denverite.com.
ager for the community investment fund, said the organization is looking forward to working with Buchanan on the future phases of the National Western Center.
“We know he has a lot of knowledge from his previous experience in CPD,” Ho man said.
e Community Planning and Development executive director was Manish Kumar until May 31 when he announced his departure after 13 months at the position. Kumar’s last day was Friday, June 6. Johnston announced in April, by executive order, the creation of the new Denver Permitting O ce to “overhaul Denver’s permitting and development approval processes, making building in the city easier by streamlining permit review timelines and coordination across city departments,” according to the announcement.
A home for sale in Denver’s Whittier neighborhood. Dec. 4, 2024. PHOTO BY KEVIN J. BEATY/DENVERITE
Schools consider financial literacy curriculum
BY SUZIE GLASSMAN SUZIE@COTLN.ORG
Forget balancing a checkbook. Today’s teens need to know how to avoid identity theft, decode a credit score and gure out if that “buy now, pay later” plan is actually worth it. With a new state law requiring all Colorado high school students to complete a course innancial literacy beginning with students in the 9th grade on or after Sept. 1, 2026, educators now face a practical challenge: how do you design a course that prepares 21st-century teens to make smart nancial choices in a world of skyrocketing rents, digital wallets, student loans and TikTok stock tips?
e law, House Bill 25-1192, mandates a semester-long course in personal nancial literacy for every public school student, beginning with the class of 2028.
But it leaves the details up to local school districts, many of which are still guring out what today’s students need most: the basics of budgeting and saving, yes, but also how to navigate the gig economy, manage online spending and protect themselves from increasingly sophisticated nancial scams.
What the law requires, and what it doesn’t
While the law sets a content requirement, it allows schools to integrate the nancial literacy standards into an existing course rather than create a new standalone class.
But, students must understand and practice lling out the federal or state nancial aid form (FAFSA or CAFSA), unless they and their parents opt out.
Colorado has one of the lowest FAFSA completion rates in the country, according to the Colorado Department of Higher Education. is means Colorado students are missing out on signi cant amounts of federally available grant money.
e law doesn’t include a standardized curriculum or end-of-course exam. Instead, it points to existing high school standards, last updated in 2020, as the foundation. ose standards cover budgeting and saving, credit and debt management and understanding
taxes. But they also include topics like risk management and insurance, fraud prevention and identity protection and nancial decisionmaking and planning for college.
Each district will determine how to implement the course, whether as a graduation requirement embedded in current o erings or as a standalone class
What’s useful for teens in 2025
Anneliese Elrod, chief operating o cer of Westerra Credit Union, says the curriculum must go far beyond “checkbook math” to prepare students for real-life nancial challenges. at includes understanding how credit cards work, budgeting realistically and navigating everything from nancial aid to digital payment scams.
“Budgeting by available balance is one of the most common mistakes we see young people make,” Elrod said. “ ey don’t understand the di erence between their current balance and what’s pending. It can lead to overdrafts or worse.”
She said teens should learn how to read a pay stub, build a credit score and avoid scams on payment apps like Venmo and CashApp. Lessons should also guide them through how to evaluate nancial decisions, such as whether to rent an expensive apartment or sign up for a “buy now, pay later” plan.
“Even understanding basic investing, like what a Roth IRA is or how to open an interestgenerating savings account can give them a huge head start,” Elrod said.
Elrod said she was especially glad to see FAFSA covered in the new requirement.
“ at knowledge is something you just don’t intuitively understand, and it’s a very convoluted maze,” she said. “If we are doing it for that reason — bravo.”
Additionally, she emphasized that understanding FAFSA and student loans is crucial, as many students miss out on nancial aid by skipping the application process, which can leave them paying o debt well into the future.
While today’s teens may be more aware of traditional scams than older generations, Elrod said, they’re often more vulnerable to sav-
vy marketing and high-pressure sales tactics.
“Marketers are very good at making it feel good and immediate,” she said. “And kids are all about that.”
Keeping teens engaged in a dry subject
Teenagers may not be thrilled about taking a required money class, but educators can keep them engaged with real-world scenarios, Elrod said. at starts with relevance.
“ ey’re not going to understand purchasing a house. ey are going to understand going out to dinner with friends or buying new clothes,” she said. “Making the examples relevant helps students connect the dots.”
Elrod’s team at Westerra Credit Union offers a classroom simulation that gives students a job, a salary and bills to manage and then throws high-pressure sales pitches their way.
“It’s one thing to talk about budgeting,” she said. “It’s another to experience the consequences of blowing your budget on an apartment with killer mountain views and realizing you can’t a ord to eat.”
When students walk through those decisions, Elrod said, the lessons tend to stick. “You can tell them they need to budget, but letting them feel what it’s like to make the wrong choice is much more e ective.”
What parents can do at home
Financial education doesn’t have to stop at school. Elrod encourages parents to involve teens in family budgeting, talk openly about money and consider opening joint accounts or debit cards when they’re ready.
“Every student is di erent. Some are ready at 10, others not until 16,” she said. “ e key is creating habits early and making the conversation feel relevant.”
Elrod recommends apps that help families gamify chores, savings and spending. Some allow parents to set savings rules, such as automatically diverting one-third of every allowance into savings and help kids track their spending in real-time.
“ e goal isn’t to lecture,” she said. “It’s to build con dence. When teens feel in control of their money, they make better choices.”
Jared Polis signs bill aimed at reducing Colorado’s rape kit backlog
Gov. Jared Polis signed a bill into law June 3 launching new e orts to cut down on the state’s delays in processing sexual assault evidence kits, including by increasing oversight over the Colorado Bureau of Investigation.
Currently, it takes 554 days for the CBI to process DNA evidence kits from sexual assaults, which has left 1,369 cases in limbo as victims and investigators wait for results, according to the agency’s latest available data.
One of those victims is Democratic state Rep. Jenny Willford of Northglenn, the leading lawmaker behind the new bill.
Willford says she was sexually assaulted over a year ago and led a police report. But her case was one of the many swallowed up by the backlog.
“Living this reality is really heavy,” said Willford at the bill signing ceremony Tuesday. “It’s
disorienting and it’s dehumanizing. It’s like being frozen in time while the rest of the world moves on without you. And no survivor should ever be made to feel this way ever, because that’s not justice.”
Law enforcement nally issued an arrest warrant for Willford’s alleged attacker last month, more than a year after the incident, after they received the test results from her evidence.
e new law is named the “Miranda Gordon Justice for Survivors Act of 2025.” Gordon is a vocal advocate for sexual assault victims who helped call attention to the backlog, after waiting more than a year for the results of her own sexual assault evidence kit.
e measure, Senate Bill 304, directs the attorney general’s ofce to create the Colorado Sexual Assault Forensic Medical Review Board to oversee kit processing and make recommendations for how the state can better address sexual crimes.
e group will convene by Aug. 1 and will be made up of sexual assault victim advocates, medical forensic experts and members of law enforcement.
e law also creates a 60-day turnaround goal per DNA evidence kit, three times faster than the state’s current 180-day guidance.
Polis said he would like to see even faster turnaround times.
“We always appreciate some room in statute to achieve as much as we can, but my goal would be to turn the tests around in even quicker than 60 days,” Polis said.
Sexual assault victims will also be entitled to updates on their pending evidence kits every 90 days under the new law.
Speaking at Tuesday’s signing ceremony, Democratic Sen. Mike Weissman of Aurora, the measure’s lead sponsor in the Senate, said the bill is about getting sexual assault perpetrators o the street as well as justice for victims.
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Weissman said he and Willford plan to continue to work on speeding up the backlog reduction during the legislative interim and bring further ideas to the 2026 legislative session. He also suggested the General Assembly could take up the issue during a special legislative session should one be convened in the coming months.
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Winning from failing and succeeding
We all want to win. It feels good to succeed, hit the target, cross the nish line, or land the deal. But if we’re honest, most of us fail far more often than we win, and many of those failures are quietly swept under the rug. at’s human nature. We hide the stumbles and spotlight the wins. But here’s the truth: both wins and losses hold valuable lessons. e people who truly multiply their success are the ones who learn from both.
Some people are wired to extract deep insight from failure. When something goes wrong, they pause, re ect, and analyze. ey don’t just brush past the loss; they dissect it. What went wrong? What could I have done di erently? What will I change next time? ey turn the pain of failure into fuel for growth. It’s not always easy, but it’s powerful.
ert challenges us to see failure as a necessary and even valuable part of the journey to success.
David Sandler, founder of the Sandler Selling System, emphasized this same truth in his foundational book, “ e Sandler Rules: 49 Timeless Selling Principles and How to Apply em.” Rule #1? “You have to learn to fail, to win.” Not rule #37. Not rule #49. Rule number one. Failure isn’t optional on the path to success. It’s the tuition we pay.
And let’s not forget Zig Ziglar’s wisdom:
mortem” when things go wrong. Leaders gather the team, do a retrospective, and ask, “Why did we miss the mark?” at’s valuable. But how often do we pause and re ect after a big win and ask, “Why did we succeed?”
When we nish a 10K faster than ever, hit a new sales target, or deliver a project under budget, we should celebrate, but we should also re ect. Did we prepare di erently this time? Did we collaborate more closely with the team? Were we more strategic in how we communicated? Were we more consistent in execution? Did we build stronger relationships? Did we make fewer assumptions and ask better questions?
and shrug it o with “We’ll get ‘em next time.” Or when we win and move on with a quick high- ve and no deeper insight. Success is not just about doing more, it’s about learning more from the setbacks and the triumphs. Multiply your wins by making time to understand them. Let your failures instruct you, but don’t let your victories go unanalyzed. In both, there’s wisdom waiting.
And wisdom compounds.
Others, however, respond to failure with anger, blame, or retreat. ey shut down. If you’re in that camp or know someone who is, let me recommend Josh Seibert’s book, “Winning From Failing.” It’s a gamechanger for those who get stuck in frustration when things don’t go their way. Seib-
“Failure is an event, not a person. Yesterday really did end last night.” at one quote alone can shift your entire perspective. It reminds us not to let a setback today de ne who we are tomorrow.
But let’s ip the script. We’ve talked enough about failure. What about success? Are we learning from that just as intentionally?
Too often, we only conduct a “post-
As salespeople, for example, maybe our pre-call planning was sharper. Maybe we looped in colleagues who brought added expertise. Maybe we stopped winging it and started acting like professionals. Success leaves clues, but only if we take the time to look for them.
e truth is, for some people, it’s the lessons from failure that stick. For others, it’s the clarity that comes from understanding why they won. Both are essential. e tragedy is when we do neither. When we lose
Parenting in summer: Surviving chaos, making memories
Ah, summer. at magical time of year when the world collectively agrees we should be making core memories daily — even while we’re still working, parenting, bug-spraying, sunblocking, and wondering how in the actual world camp only lasts three hours.
Don’t get me wrong, we love our kids. We love that it’s warm and we can eat popsicles outside and grow vegetables (at least one total salad’s worth). We love the slightly slower mornings. But summer as a working parent? It’s ... a lot.
The schedule shu e
During the school year, there’s a beautiful stretch of consistency — a seven-hour window where you know where your kids are and what they’re doing. But once June hits, you’re navigating halfday camps that require multiple daily drop-o s, coordinating play dates, and trying to remember which themed day requires crazy socks or a costume from 2013’s Halloween.
All in the name of summer fun!
The pressure to `make it magical’ ere’s a subtle but very real pressure to make summer unforgettable. Between Instagram and the neighbor who built a backyard ninja course, it’s easy to feel like you’re somehow behind if your summer doesn’t include screenfree crafts, homemade popsicles, a multi-state road trip in a camper van, and weekly STEM activities. Meanwhile, I’m over here congratulating myself for remember-
Which way do you prefer to increase your odds of winning in the future? Is it the setbacks that we learn what not to do? Or is it found in the success and what we want to replicate? Either way, I would love to hear your story at gotonorton@gmail. com, and when we understand that our future successes are born by both our failures and our successes, 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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‘ASK’ to keep kids safe from guns
Megan Trask and Cody Galloway
ing to bring sunscreen and only forgetting one water bottle. But the reality? Your kids are thrilled with a trip to the local pool and a drivethru milkshake. eir bar is much lower than Pinterest would have you believe.
How to make the most of it (without losing it)
If you’re feeling stretched thin, you’re not alone. Here’s how to make summer count — for your family and your sanity.
1. Rede ne “memorable”
Magic doesn’t have to be expensive, extravagant, or even planned. Let your kids stay up late to spot stars. Say yes to ice cream before dinner. Let them wear pajamas all day. ese little “yes” moments are the moments they’ll remember — and they don’t require extra planning.
2. Pick one weekly “thing”
Choose one thing each week — a hike, a new park, a simple picnic — and let it anchor the week. Give yourself a rhythm, not a schedule. One weekly adventure: a hike, the pool, or even just a walk to the corner store for slushies. If you do one thing each week, it stacks up into a summer full of magic without the overwhelm. e consistency creates rhythm without overwhelming your calendar.
3. Outsource when you can is is where we gently remind you: you don’t have to do it all. Have someone else prep meals for the week. Hire a neighborhood teen to help entertain your kids for an hour or two. Use a service like TULA (hi!) to run your errands, return those Amazon impulse buys, or pick up the sunscreen you forgot for the third time.
4. Let some things go
Maybe the dishes aren’t done. Maybe your child is living in swimwear. Maybe dinner is three types of fruit and half a granola bar. It’s ne. is is a season, not a standard. Let go of perfection and lean into connection.
Remember what matters
At the end of the day, your kids don’t need a perfectly orchestrated summer. ey need to laugh with you. Ride bikes. Get a little bored and then wildly creative. ey need memories that feel easy and warm.
So take a breath. You’re doing great. You’re making magic in the midst of chaos — and they’ll remember that far more than the missed camp costume day.
And if you ever need a hand carrying the mental (and literal) load? TULA’s here for that. We’ve got your back — so you can get back to your summer.
is guest column was written by Megan Trask and Cody Galloway, Denver residents and cofounders of TULA Life Balanced. Learn more about their business at tulabalanced.com.
Every day across America, eight children and teens are unintentionally injured or killed due to an unlocked or unsupervised gun. ese tragedies increase as more children are on summer vacation and spending more time at home or the homes of others. According to an analysis by Brady, the nation’s oldest gun violence prevention organization, half of the weeks in the year with the most unintentional shootings by children occurred during the summer. With June marking the beginning of summer, now is the time when Americans must take action to protect our kids.
Brady reminds Americans that June 21 is “Asking Saves Kids Day (ASK Day).” By commemorating ASK Day, we prioritize our children’s lives and safety by urging all parents and caretakers to ask if there are unlocked guns where children play or hang out. Parents ask all sorts of questions before their children visit other homes, including about pets and allergies. ASK Day encourages parents to add one more question: “Is there an unlocked gun in your home?”
All of us — gun owners and non-gun owners alike — have a role in preventing family re. Family re refers to a shooting that results from someone misusing an unsecured rearm from the home. Unintentional shootings, rearm suicide, and many intentional shootings are all forms of family re. Family re is preventable by storing your guns safely. If safe storage practices are deployed in just 20% more households with children, we could reduce rearm suicide and unintentional rearm fatalities among youth by up to 32%. For some ASKing could be the rst step that encourages life-saving change.
Here in Denver we can all take the simple step of ASKing. Together, we’ll make ASKing part of our routine before sending our kids o to be with friends. Raising awareness about the risks of unsecured rearms in our community will help us reshape our culture and bring ourselves closer to a future free from gun violence.
Blair Knicely, Denver
A moment of kindness
During my 9-year-old grandson’s baseball game, I asked my wife if I should o er my portable fold-up chair to a young mother standing and holding her baby. My wife replied, “Do whatever you feel led.” My 72-year-old heart o ered my chair. She kindly answered, “No, thank you.” After the game, this mother gracefully came over with her sunglasses o and shared that I reminded her of her late pastor-father, who had died a year ago. Quickly, her brown eyes and my blue eyes were lled with tears. My walk-o question was, “What do you miss the most from your dad?” “His hugs,” she responded. Immediately, “Walk-o hugs.” Mike Sawyer, M.Div., Denver
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In a softly lit room in Centennial, Lilly Cadillac Unger shu es her tarot cards with practiced hands. e space, lled with gentle natural light, is the heart of her business, Altered Arcana. On the table, a classic three-card spread — past, present and future — unfolds a story. Among the cards drawn: Death, the Six of Cups and the Nine of Wands.
“I see here that there was some kind of huge transition,” Unger said, pointing to the Death card.
e card’s reputation, she said, is the most feared and is more Hollywood than reality — its real message is transformation and rebirth.
Unger’s journey with tarot began at age 12, sparked by curiosity and the little guidebook included with her rst Rider–Waite deck — the most popular tarot deck, she notes, and one she’s mis-
placed more times than she can count.
For Unger, tarot isn’t about predicting the future.
“Tarot really should tell you about your present,” she said.
e Rider-Waite tarot card deck, rst published in 1909, was created by artist Pamela Colman Smith under the direction of occultist A.E. Waite. e deck consists of 78 cards — 22 Major Arcana and 56 Minor Arcana — with each card featuring symbolic illustrations designed to evoke intuitive and emotional responses.
Distinctive for its fully illustrated Minor Arcana, the Rider-Waite deck’s imagery draws from esoteric traditions that embrace practices that involve secret or hidden knowledge, Christian mysticism and the teachings of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, a secret society that studied occultism and metaphysics, according to the University of St. omas.
Kate Kettelkamp, who reads tarot cards from her Denver o ce, also starts
with the three card spread that displays the past, present and future. After she shu es, she has the person receiving the reading pull three cards.
“I like people to choose their own cards,” Kettlekamp said. “Di erent tarot readers have di erent rules. I like people to select the cards because I feel like you bring your own energy to it.”
When the cards are pulled and laid out as reversals — meaning the card’s art is upside down — Kettlekamp said that can signify an energy blockage.
Looking towards the card that represents the past, Kettlekamp observed the Nine of Cups, reversed.
“Cups are water, so it has this emotional, imaginative quality to it,” she said. “With it reversed, it can (signify) wanting to move something forward but having some obstacle.”
When Kettlekamp moved from California to Denver almost 10 years ago, she said everyone she met in the new city knew their astrology signs and
owned a tarot deck, inspiring her to dive into the metaphysical world. She currently studies consciousness in a graduate program at the California Institute of Integral Studies.
In the program, Kettlekamp studies culture, the human journey, the soul and the environment, which she said sets her up for inquisitive knowledge for reading tarot.
“I like to approach (tarot) from a place of inquiry. Some people ask, ‘should I break up with my partner?’ But I nd that the tarot doesn’t answer deterministically,” she said. “ en they’ll pull the Death card and I’ll say, ‘well, possibly, what do you think? It’s up to you.’ at could just be their current energy that is creating a trajectory towards breaking up.”
Kate Kettelekamp reads tarot cards at Kronos Astrology in Denver. COURTESY
Florentino re ected on the readings she’s done that the cards portray a potentially negative message, and how she communicated it to her client.
Kettlekamp said the cards do not tell the future but can give insight into what struggles someone may be currently facing. She said it’s important for readers to uphold ethics when doing a reading.
“I’ve had people come into my o ce who have been disturbed from prior readings because they’ve been told things that make them anxious. So I do think that there’s some responsibility on the reader’s part to not induce anxiety by giving a deterministic prediction about someone’s life,” she said.
When the cards convey a negative message, Rachel Florentino from Bridge the Gap Tarot in Westminster said she views the cards as morphable.
“It’s not set in stone. ( e cards) are something we can bring to the present and change if we want to,” she said.
“ ere was a client that desperately wanted a baby … When I looked at her present, the problem was, she worked 80 hours a week and she wasn’t listening to her doctors telling her, ‘no, you cannot sustain that type of lifestyle while you’re pregnant,’” she said. “It hurt me because she wasn’t going to do that. I had to tell her she has to listen to people.”
Something Florentino did not always do at the beginning of her reading journey — even when she met the woman who wanted a baby — was shielding. In an e ort to protect herself from her clients’ energies, sometimes Florentino will imagine herself wearing a cloak that acts like a shield.
During another reading, Florentino pulled the Tower card in a past, present and future spread — with the Tower card in the future pile, she said it’s the harshest card of the deck.
“It’s because there’s things that you should be doing that you’re not doing and so the universe is going to make it happen. It can be harsh because it can no longer be in your control,” she said.
According to Florentino, the Tower card can show up when someone may be losing a job if they continue down their current trajectory.
“It’s de nitely a warning of: what do we know we need to be doing but we haven’t done yet?” she said.
Regarding the seemingly worrisome card — the Death card — Florentino said the image of the card, which typically displays a grim reaper-esque skeleton with a sword, scares people, largely due to Western society’s perspective of death.
“I think Hollywood has done a great job in scaring us with (death). In the United States, we’re not open about death and don’t view it as a rebirth but as the end of something. In a lot of other cultures, death is looked at as a deathrebirth process,” she said.
Regarding the online popularity of tarot card readings — from mass-collective tarot readings on YouTube to online psychic chats — Kettlekamp and Unger suggest looking at reviews to avoid being scammed.
“I would recommend for people to nd someone that has reviews because there are people who will take your money,” Kettlekamp said. “Anybody that has a physical location, not that that’s necessary, but it can indicate how much time they spend practicing.”
For Unger, reviews and having a connection with a reader are two ways to prevent scams.
“You just have to be honest with yourself about if it resonates, and I think you should be careful who you go to,” she said. “I think at the end of the day, getting reviews, and maybe just really asking yourself: ‘who am I being led to and why? Am I being led to this person because I saw something online that said: he’s thinking about you? And is that what I’m seeking?”’
LEFT: In the two photos, Lilly Cadillac Unger reads tarot cards in Centennial at Altered Arcana. PHOTO BY ISABEL GUZMAN
RIGHT: Kate Kettlekamp moved from California to Denver and was inspired to learn tarot card reading after meeting others who owned tarot card decks. COURTESY OF KATE KETTLEKAMP
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SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO: TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANT(S):
You are hereby summoned and required to appear and defend against the claims of the complaint Case No.2025CV30122 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 last publication. A copy of the complaint in Case No.2025CV30122 may be obtained from the clerk of the court.
If you fail to file your answer or other response to the complaint in Case no.2025CV30122 in writing within 35 days after date of the last publication, judgment by default may be rendered against you by the court for the relief demanded in the complaint in Case no.2025CV30122 without further notice.
This is an action for initiating foreclosure action against the above-named Defendant. Plaintiff is seeking a decree of foreclosure and judgment against the Defendant for amounts due & owing.
Dated: 05/27/2025
/s/ Springman, Braden, Wilson & Pontius, P.C.
Legal Notice No. Den 3636
First Publication: June 5th, 2025
Last Publication July 3rd, 2025
Published on the Denver Herald Dispatch
Misc. Private Legals
Public Notice
BEFORE THE ENERGY AND CARBON MANAGEMENT COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF COLORADO
IN THE MATTER OF THE PAYMENT OF PROCEEDS FROM THE PRODUCTION OF OIL AND GAS AS ESTABLISHED BY SECTION 34-60-118.5, C.R.S., NIOBRARA, FORT HAYS, CODELL, AND CARLILE FORMATIONS, WATTENBERG FIELD, ADAMS COUNTY, COLORADO
CAUSE NO. 1
DOCKET NO. 250500084
TYPE: PAYMENT OF PROCEEDS
NOTICE OF HEARING
Blackwell Energy, LLC (“Payee”) filed a Form 38, Payment of Proceeds Hearing Request (Form 38) pursuant to Rule 503.g.(5) and C.R.S. § 34-60-118.5, for an order awarding payment of proceeds and interest due to Payees for production attributable to the below-described Wells, which are operated by PDC Energy, Inc. (Operator No. 69175) (“Payor”) and located in Adams County, Colorado. This Notice was sent to you because the Applicant believes you may own oil or gas (“mineral”) interests in the Wells identified below and or are responsible for making payments to the owners of mineral interests.
WELLS
Gus LD #34-363 HC (API No. 05-001-10513)
Gus LD #34-366 HC (API No. 05-001-10506)
DATE, TIME, AND LOCATION OF HEARING
(Subject to change)
The assigned Hearing Officer will hold a hearing only on the above-referenced docket number at the following date, time, and location:
Date:July 30, 2025
Time:9:00 a.m.
Location: Virtual Hearing with Remote Access via Zoom
To participate virtually navigate to https://
ecmc.state.co.us/#/home and locate the Zoom meeting link on the left side of the webpage.
Energy and Carbon Management Commission The Chancery Building 1120 Lincoln Street, Suite 801 Denver, CO 80203
PETITIONS
DEADLINE FOR PETITIONS BY AFFECTED PERSONS: June 30, 2025
Any interested party who wishes to participate formally must file a written petition with the Commission no later than the deadline provided above. Please see Commission Rule 507 at https://ecmc. state.co.us/#/home, under “Regulation,” then select “Rules.” Please note that, under Commission Rule 510.l, the deadline for petitions may only be continued for good cause, even if the hearing is continued beyond the date that is stated above. Pursuant to Commission Rule 507, if you do not file a proper petition, the Hearing Officer will not know that you wish to formally participate in this matter and the date and time of the hearing may change without additional notice to you. Parties wishing to file a petition must register online at https://oitco.hylandcloud.com/DNRCOGExternalAccess/Account/Login. aspx and select “Request Access to Site.” Please refer to our “eFiling Users Guidebook” at https://ecmc.state.co.us/ documents/reg/Hearings/External_EfilingSystemGuidebook_2023_FINAL.pdf for more information. Under Commission Rule 508, if no petition is filed, the Application may be approved administratively without a formal hearing.
Any Affected Person who files a petition must be able to participate in a virtual prehearing conference during the week of June 30, 2025, if a virtual prehearing conference is requested by the Applicant or by any person who has filed a petition.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
For more information, you may review the Application, which was sent to you with this Notice. You may also contact the Applicant at the phone number or email address listed below.
In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if any party requires special accommodations as a result of a disability for this hearing, please contact Margaret Humecki at Dnr_ECMC_Hearings_Unit@state.co.us, prior to the hearing and arrangements will be made.
ENERGY AND CARBON MANAGEMENT COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF COLORADO
By: Elias Thomas, Commission Secretary
Dated: May 13, 2025
Blackwell Energy, LLC c/o Sandra J. Carter S2P2 Law, LLC
sandra@s2p2law.com
6105 S. Main Street, Suite 200 Aurora, CO 80016 (720) 593-0963
Legal Notice No. DHD 3605
First Publication: May 22, 2025
Last Publication: June19, 2025
Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch
Notice to Creditors
Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of JOLENE M. PORRECO, also known as JOLENE MARIE PORRECO, and as JOLENE PORRECO, Deceased Case No. 25PR30655
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 6, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Mary Ward, Personal Representative 705 S. Alton Way, #5A Denver, CO 80247
Legal Notice No. Den 3629
First Publication: June 5, 2025
Last Publication: June 19, 2025
Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch
Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of HERBERT G. ALLEN, a/k/a HERB ALLEN, a/k/a H.G. ALLEN, a/k/a HERBERT GRAHAM ALLEN, Deceased Case Number: 2025PR30601
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 Monday, October 6, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
PUBLIC NOTICES
Judith J. Allen, Personal Representative 1777 Larimer Street, #1310 Denver, CO 80202
Legal Notice No. Den 3628
First Publication: June 5, 2025
Last Publication: June 19, 2025
Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch
Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of KURT FORREST THOMPSON, a/k/a Kurt F. Thompson, a/k/a Kurt Thompson, Deceased Case Number 2025PR030482
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 5, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Kristin Thompson Personal Representative 4220 Owens Street Wheat Ridge, CO 80033
Legal Notice No. Den 3637
First Publication: June 5, 2025
Last Publication: June 19, 2025
Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch
Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of Evelyn P. Hart, a/k/a Evelyn Hart, a/k/a Evelyn Pearle Hart Deceased Case Number: 2025PR30062
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 29, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Lawrence Hart, Personal Representative c/o Long Reimer Winegar LLP 1800 Glenarm Place, Suite 1202 Denver, CO 80202
Legal Notice No. DHD 3612
First Publication: May 29, 2025
Last Publication: June 12, 2025
Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch
Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of Nancy Hall Beattie, also known as Nancy H. Beattie, and Nancy Beattie, Deceased Case Number: 2025PR030593
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 29, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Jackson D. Beattie,
Personal Representative
250 S. Cherry St. Denver, CO 80246
Legal Notice No. DHD 3616
First Publication: May 29, 2025
Last Publication: June 12, 2025
Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch
Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of Joseph Gene Mendez, a/k/a Joseph G. Mendez, a/k/a Joseph Mendez, /a/k/a Gene Mendez, Deceased Case Number: 2025PR30494
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 29, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Joyce A. Mendez, Personal Representative
Paul R. Danborn (24528)
DANBORN, THIESSEN & DUNHAM P.C. 7400 Wadsworth Blvd, Ste. 201 Arvada, CO 80003
Phone Number: 303-420-1234
Attorney for Joyce A. Mendez
Personal Representative
Legal Notice No. DHD 3611
First Publication: May 29, 2025
Last Publication: June 12, 2025
Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch
PUBLIC NOTICE
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of Shirley Ann Gordon, aka Shirley A. Gordon, aka Shirley Gordon, and Shirley Kerns Gordon, Deceased Case Number: 2025PR30368
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 29, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Stephen Dudley Gordon
Personal Representative PO Box 2353
Wlnter Park,C0 80482
Legal Notice No. DHD 3610
First Publication: May 29, 2025
Last Publication: June 12, 2025
Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch
Public Notice
Denver Probate Court Denver County, Colorado 1437 Bannock St #230 Denver, CO 80202
In the Matter of the Determination of Heirs or Devisees or Both and of Interests in Property of: KENNETH SHIRANE, Deceased
Attorney for the Applicant:
Alexandra G. Greene, Reg. No. 58722
Brandon J. Campbell, Reg. No. 42473
Christopher P. Wilcox, Reg. No. 44805
OPFER | CAMPBELL | BECK P.C. 19751 East Mainstreet, Suite 215 Parker, Colorado 80138
Telephone Number: (303) 791-0995
Email: alex@ocblawgroup.com
Email: brandon@ocblawgroup.com
Email: wilcox@ocblawgroup.com
Case Number: 2024PR031497
Division 3
NOTICE OF HEARING BY PUBLICATION TO INTERESTED PERSONS AND OWNERS BY DESCENT OR SUCCESSION PURSUANT TO § 15-12-1303, C.R.S
To all interested persons and owners by descent or succession
(List all names of interested persons and owners by descent or succession):
Raymond Hicks
All known or unknown heirs of Kenneth Shirane
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: Lot 4 Block 2 Lynwood No 1 Denver
Property 2: Nissan Xterra
Property 3: Mazda 3
Property 4: Bank Accounts
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:July 11, 2025
Time: 8:00 am Division: 3
Address:1437 Bannock St #230 Denver CO 80202
The hearing will take approximately 1 hour
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. DHD 3635
First Publication: June 5, 2025
Last Publication: June 19, 2025
Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch
Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of Joseph Stanley Kulpa, Jr., a/k/a Joseph S. Kulpa, Jr , a/k/a Joseph Stanislaus Kulpa, Jr., Deceased Case Number 2025PR30638
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 Monday, October 6, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Rebecca Fernandez, Personal Representative c/o Arlene S. Barringer, Esq. GLA TSTEIN & OBRIEN, LLP 2696 S. Colorado Blvd., Suite 350 Denver, Colorado 80222
Legal Notice No. Den 3632
First Publication: June 5, 2025
Last Publication: June 19, 2025 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch
Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
In the Matter of the Estate of: MARY H. VIGIL MONTOYA, aka Mary Vigil, aka Mary Montoya, Deceased Case Number: 2025-PR-30498
All persons having claims against the Above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Denver County, Colorado on or before September 29, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Dated this 29th day of May 2025.
ANGELITA JARAMILLO
Personal Representative to the Estate 2213 S. Meade Street Denver, Colorado 80219 (303) 419-6824
Legal Notice No. DHD 3617
First Publication: May 29, 2025 Last Publication: June 12, 2025 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch
Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of Robert Leroy Outland, aka Robert l. Outland, Robert Outland, and Bob Outland, Deceased Case Number: 2025PR030550
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 29, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Chong W. Outland
Personal Representative 405 Milwaukee Street Denver, Colorado 80206
Legal Notice No. DHD 3621
First Publication: May 29, 2025
PUBLIC NOTICES
Last Publication: June 12, 2025
Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch
Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of Robert J. Mitchem, also known as Robert James Mitchem, and Robert Mitchem, Deceased Case Number: 2025PR30611
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 29, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Nilda Lewis
Co-Personal Representative
18483 E. Colgate Circle Aurora, Colorado, 80013
Melanie Mitchem
Co-Personal Representative
35 East 50th Street, Apt. 9E New York, New York, 10022
Legal Notice No. DHD 3620
First Publication: May 29, 2025
Last Publication: June 12, 2025
Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch
Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of Douglas H. Beekman, Jr., a/k/a Douglas H. Beekman, Deceased Case Number: 2025PR30408
All persons having a claim against the above-named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the Denver Probate Court of the City & County of Denver, Colorado or on or before September 29, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Jeffrey Beekman
Personal Representative
4481 S. Braun Court Morrison, CO 80465
Legal Notice No. DHD 3618
First Publication: May 29, 2025
Last Publication: June 12, 2025
Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch
Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of Evelyn Regina Martinez, a/k/a Evelyn R. Martinez, a/k/a Evelyn Martinez, Deceased Case Number: 25PR30450
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 5, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Daniel D. Martinez, Jr.
Personal Representative
1068 Mulberry Lane Highlands Ranch, CO 80129
Legal Notice No. DHD 3613
First Publication: May 29, 2025
Last Publication: June 12, 2025
Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch
Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of FRANK L. DUNST, a/k/a FRANKLIN LOUIS DUNST, a/k/a FRANK DUNST, Deceased Case Number: 24PR629
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 Monday, October 6, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Debra K. Blesh, Personal Representative 6867 West Jewell Drive Lakewood CO 80227
Legal Notice No. Den 3634
First Publication: June 5, 2025
Last Publication: June 19, 2025
Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch
Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of Jeffrey J. Gilligan, a/k/a Jeffrey Joseph Gilligan, a/ka Jeff Gilligan, a/k/a J.J. Gilligan, a/k/a Jeffrey Gilligan, Deceased Case Number: 2025PR30365
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 7, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Kevin Gilligan, Personal Representative c/o Nancy R. Crow Hutchins & Associates LLC 1999 Broadway, Suite 1400 Denver, CO 80202
Legal Notice No. Den 3638
First Publication: June 5, 2025 Last Publication: June 19, 2025 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch
Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of Donna Lee Schmid, Deceased Case Number: 2025PR030422
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 Monday, October 6, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Carole Anderson
Personal Representative 2729 B Rd Grand Junction, Colorado 81503
Legal Notice No. Den 3626
First Publication: June 5, 2025
Last Publication: June 19, 2025
Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch
Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of JOSEPH R. ALBI, Jr., a/k/a JOSEPH R. ALBI, a/k/a JOSEPH ALBI, Deceased Case Number: 2025PR30652
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 Monday, October 6, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Carol M. Albi, Personal Representative PO Box 6218 Denver, Colorado 80206
Legal Notice No. Den 3627
First Publication: June 5, 2025
Last Publication: June 19, 2025
Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch
Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of JOAN SCHULTZ, AKA JOAN O SCHULTZ, Deceased Case Number: 2025PR30552
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 29, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Kimberly Raemdonck, Attorney for Personal Representative, MARIE T. KULICK 2485 W Main Street, Suite 200 Littleton, CO 80120
Legal Notice No. DHD 3619
First Publication: May 29, 2025
Last Publication: June 12, 2025 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch
Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of David C. Knowlton, aka David Cumings Knowlton, Deceased Case No.: 2025PR30609
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 Monday, October 6, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Margaret R. Knowlton, Personal Representative 2552 E. Alameda Avenue, #67 Denver, CO 80209
Legal Notice No. Den 3630
First Publication: June 5, 2025
Last Publication: June 19, 2025
Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch
Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of Carolyn Rebecca Buckman, a/k/a Carolyn R. Buckman, a/k/a Becky Buckman, a/k/a Becky Williams Deceased Case Number: 2025PR30623
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 Monday, October 6, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Timothy Buckman, Personal Representative c/o Arlene S. Barringer, Esq. GLA TSTEIN & OBRIEN, LLP 2696 S. Colorado Blvd., Suite 350 Denver, Colorado 80222
Legal Notice No. Den 3631
First Publication: June 5, 2025
Last Publication: June 19, 2025
Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch
Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of Clarissa C. Top, aka Clarissa Cayrene Top, aka Clarissa Top, aka Chris C. Top, Deceased Case Number: 2025PR30181
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 Monday, October 6, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Sheila D. Van Dyke Personal Representative 3390 S. Holly Place Denver, CO 80222
Legal Notice No. Den 3625
First Publication: June 5, 2025 Last Publication: June 19, 2025 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch
Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of Corbin Rodell Roberts, Deceased Case Number 2025PR030431
All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Denver County, Colorado on or before September 29, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Jennifer A. Roberts
Personal Representative c/o KITTO LAW, PC 2899 North Speer Blvd., Unit 103 Denver, CO 80211
Legal Notice No. DHD 3614
PUBLIC NOTICES
First Publication: May 29, 2025
Last Publication: June 12, 2025
Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch
Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of Judith Barbara Dukat, a/k/a Judith B. Dukat, a/k/a Judith Dukat, Deceased Case Number: 2025PR30433
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 Monday October 13, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Robert J. Flageolle, Personal Representative c/o 3i Law
2000 S. Colorado Blvd Tower 1, Suite 10000 Denver, CO 80222
Legal Notice No. Den 3640
First Publication: June 12, 2025
Last Publication: June 26, 2025
Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch
Public Notice
Broncos Towing, 303-722-3555 (office) will be applying for title to the following vehicles, abandoned.
1) 2009 Nissan Rogue Gray/silver VIN: JN8A558V39W181122
2) 2004 Buick Park Avenue White VIN: 1G4CU541444139687
3) 2004 BMW 330 silver VIN: WBAEW53484PN36088
4) 2012 VW JETTA STATION WAGON SILVER VIN: 3VWPP7AJ6CM666529
5) 2006 HYUNDAI ELANTRA WHITE VIN: KMHDN46D96IJ320581
Legal Notice No. Den 3650
First Publication: June 12. 2025
Last Publication: June 12. 2025
Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch 06/12/25
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of Alan Bruce MacClary, aka Alan B. MacClary, and Alan MacClary, Deceased Case Number: 2025PR30554
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 Monday, October 13, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Elizabeth A. Robinson
Personal Representative
367 S. Sherman Street Denver, Colorado 80209
Legal Notice No. Den 3642
First Publication: June 12, 2025
Last Publication: June 26, 2025
Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch 06/12/25, 06/19/25, 06/26/25
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of LUCILLE SCHAEFER, a/k/a LUCILLE ANN SCHAEFER, a/k/a LUCILLE A SCHAEFER, a/k/a LUCILLE KANNE, a/k/a LUCILLE A. KANNE, a/k/a LUCILLE ANN KANNE, Deceased Case Number: 2025PR30615
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 12, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred, or the claims may be forever barred.
Robert Schaefer
Personal Representative 14185 W Evans Circle Lakewood, CO 80228
Legal Notice No. Den 3648
First Publication: June 12, 2025
Last Publication: June 26, 2025
Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch 06/12/25, 06/19/25, 06/26/25
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of John Francis Manganaro, a/k/a John F. Manganaro, a/k/a John Manganaro, a/k/a Frank Manganaro, Deceased Case Number: 2025PR30675
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 July 8, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Linda S. Moorhead
Personal Representative
Patrick R. Thiessen (40185) DANBORN, THIESSEN & DUNHAM P.C. 7400 Wadsworth Blvd, Ste. 201 Arvada, CO 80003
Phone Number: 303-420-1234
Attorney for Linda S. Moorhead
Personal Representative
Legal Notice No. Den 3643
First Publication: June 12, 2025
Last Publication: June 26, 2025
Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch 06/12/25, 06/19/25, 06/26/25
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of Patricia Jesse Reoh, a/k/a Patricia J. Reoh, a/k/a Patricia Reoh, Deceased Case Number: 2025PR30573
All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the Denver Probate Court, Colorado on or before October 12, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Dennis Reoh,Personal Representative c/o Michael Eidelson, Esq. Evolved Legal, LLC 5610 Ward Road, #300 Arvada, CO 80002
Tel: (720) 445-6636
Email:michael@evolved-legal.com
Legal Notice No. Den 3645
First Publication: June 12, 2025
Last Publication: June 26, 2025
Publisher: Denver Herald Dispatch 06/12/25, 06/19/25, 06/26/25
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of Billy Lee Oldham, Deceased Case Number 25PR30401
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 12, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Steve William Perkins Personal Representat 9264 Highway N Mountain Grove, MO 65711
Legal Notice No. Den 3641
First Publication: June 12, 2025
Last Publication: June 26, 2025
Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch 06/12/25, 06/19/25, 06/26/25
NOTICE TO CREDITORS also known as Binh T. Nguyen, also known as Binh Nguyen, Deceased
Case Number: 2025PR30456
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 Monday, October 13, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Kenny Huan Hoang, Personal Representative c/o Illumine Legal LLC 8055 East Tufts Avenue, Suite 1350 Denver, Colorado 80237
Legal Notice No. Den 3646
First Publication: June 12, 2025
Last Publication: June 26, 2025
Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch 06/12/25, 06/19/25, 06/26/25
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of Zurlinden Lafayette Pearson, Jr.
a/k/a Z.L. Pearson, Jr., Deceased
Case Number: 2025PR30719
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 Monday, October 13, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Julie A. Pearson
a/k/a Julie A. Pearson Little-Thunder Personal Representative c/o Arlene S. Barringer, Esq. GLATSTEIN & OBRIEN, LLP 2696 S. Colorado Blvd., Suite 350 Denver, Colorado 80222
Legal Notice No. Den 3649
First Publication: June 12, 2025
Last Publication: June 26, 2025
Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch 06/12/25, 06/19/25, 06/26/25
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of Deborah Ann Montoya, a/k/a Deborah A. Montoya, a/k/a Deborah Montoya, Deceased Case Number: 2024PR463
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 for before July 25, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Attorney for Personal Representative, Kendra Montoya
DANBORN, THIESSEN & DUNHAM P.C. 7400 Wadsworth Blvd., Suite 201 Arvada, Colorado 80003
Legal Notice No. Den 3644
First Publication: June 12, 2025
Last Publication: June 26, 2025
Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch 06/12/25, 06/19/25, 06/26/25
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of Margaret Faye Miller, a/k/a Margaret F. Miller, and Margaret Miller , Deceased
Case Number 2025PR306 97
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 Monday, October 13, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Erik Miller, Personal Representative 995 Napa Drive, Helena Montana 59601
Legal Notice No. DEN-3661
First Publication: June 12, 2025
Last Publication: June 26, 2025
Publisher: Denver Herald
