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home,” Sims said. The situation is heartbreaking to groups who provide services to people with nowhere else to go. “We’re grieving that we can’t open,” said LynnAnn Huizingh, the executive director of the Severe Weather Shelter Network. The group partners with churches in the Denver suburbs to shelter unhoused people on cold nights, providing a hot meal, companionship, and a warm, dry place to sleep. But many of the group’s volunteers are over 50 and at greater risk from the virus, and partner churches are closed. When a late-winter squall blew in during the first week of widespread closures, the network was unable to open shelters to the multitudes it normally serves.

Nearly a month into the spread of COVID-19 through Colorado, testing for the illness is prioritized for healthcare workers, hospitalized patients, and a long list of other vulnerable groups. At the bottom of the list: most everyday people who end up with symptoms and aren’t seniors. As testing kits and the protective equipment needed to apply them continue to be scarce, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment reminded state residents that at-risk individuals need to be first in line. “We are working hard to get the supplies and capacity to move to broader public testing, but until then our message remains the same: if you have only mild symptoms, self-isolate and don’t wait for a test,” Scott Bookman, incident commander for the department, said in a March 30 news release. The state recommends that healthcare providers prioritize testing in this order: • Hospital patients and health-care workers.

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Brandy Sims beside the car she and her husband live in beside the South Platte River. Like many people without homes, Sims has seen her meager amenities dry up as widespread closures shut off access to everything from showers to power outlets. DAVID GILBERT

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Brandy Sims just wants to take a shower. “A woman wants to keep clean,” said Sims, 41. “I’d go without food if I could just wash my hair.” She and her husband have been sleeping in their car beside the South Platte River, in a makeshift camp of tarp-draped RVs, for the past couple weeks. Sims and her husband wound up homeless after a series of bad turns, culminating in car repairs that left them broke.

“We could take showers at the rec center, but it’s closed,” Sims said as her husband tinkered with the car’s broken heater. “So are the churches. We could freshen up at the library or McDonald’s, but that’s gone too.” With the vast majority of public amenities shut down amid the COVID-19 pandemic, people living on the streets have seen their meager support systems dwindle. With stores and restaurants shut, access to bathrooms is scarce. Without libraries, accessing the internet — where the vast majority of information about a world-shaking crisis is being disseminated — becomes difficult. Power outlets to charge cell phones are rare. Food pantries are overwhelmed. Many day and overnight shelters are closed. “A stay-at-home order is hard to deal with when you don’t have a

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With gatherings banned, options dwindle for funeral services Metro area families can choose to livestream or postpone BY ELLIOTT WENZLER EWENZLER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

While losing a loved one at any time is difficult, planning a funeral has been made even more complicated as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to halt gatherings. With the statewide stay-at-home measure aimed at stopping the virus spread in place, Denver-area funeral homes are working to find innovative ways to help clients celebrate their family member’s or friend’s life without a public service. Many funeral homes, such as Dignity Memorial, are offering a livestream of funeral services so that more than immediate family members can view the event. “Grief is an emotion with a lot of tears and hugging and hand-holding,” said Matt Whaley, Denver’s market director for Dignity Memorial. “It has been really, really different for us in the last few weeks.” Dignity Memorial, which has several funeral homes around in the metro area, operates Olinger Crown Hill in Wheat Ridge, Olinger Chapel Hill in Centennial, Olinger Andrews Caldwell Gibson in Castle Rock and

Horan & McConaty, which has seven funeral homes in the Denver metro area, is allowing clients who have a private memorial during the COVID-19 crisis to have a free public memorial once the state’s prohibition on large gatherings is lifted. ELLIOTT WENZLER Olinger Funeral, Cremation and Cemetery — Highland in Thornton, along with other locations in Denver, Aurora and Thornton. Parker and Elizabeth Funeral Home in Parker and the Horan & McConaty chain of funeral homes have also adopted the livestream approach. While some people have chosen this option, more have decided to simply postpone the memorial. “A lot of the time what we see is cremation. And that gives people the ability to put it off and have a service when we’re all back to where we can be together,” said Lloyd Harwood, gen-

eral manager at Parker and Elizabeth Funeral Home. For more traditional burials, some families are opting to hold an immediate, private burial but plan for a public memorial once the order has been lifted, said Michael Wellensiek, director of operations for Horan & McConaty. Postponing can have its own Wellensiek difficulties, however. “No memorial at the time of death postpones grief,” he said. “To have a little finality in that moment is important.” Horan & McConaty has seven locations including Arvada, Centennial, Lakewood and Thornton. Wellensiek worries that some families will delay a public service only to

The Fort Logan National Cemetery in Denver is continuing to accommodate burials of veterans and is cataloging families who wish to have a memorial with honors later. Many of the volunteers who normally provide the honors, such as a firing party, are not able to attend services right now. DAVID GILBERT

eventually decide not to go through with one at all “and miss that opportunity to have people come support them,” he said. “For people who are not allowed to have a ceremony, it’s difficult,” he said. “They’re going through the grieving process.” To help lessen the financial burden for the families who wish to have a private service now and a public service later, Horan & McConaty will only charge for one of these events, Wellensiek said. Many family members of veterans are also choosing to delay the memorial services for their loved ones at Fort Logan National Cemetery, administrative officer David Roberts said. SEE FUNERAL, P3

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Following an executive order, the Colorado Secretary of State’s Office has set up a process that will allow access to notary services without inperson contact. “Stopping the spread of COVID-19 while still providing the services Coloradans rely on has been our main focus over the last two weeks,” Secretary of State Jena Griswold said in a news release. “Remote notarization is the latest of these important services.” Gov. Jared Polis issued an executive order March 28 that ordered the tem-

porary suspension of the personal appearance requirement before notarial officers to perform notarizations due to the presence of coronavirus disease in Colorado. Griswold has issued emergency rules that outline the procedures and requirements for remote notarization in Colorado during this state of emergency. For the Notice of Temporary Adoption for the Colorado Notary Program Rules (8 CCR 1505-11), go to www.sos. state.co.us/pubs/rule_making/files/ 2020/20200330NotaryNoticeTempAdo pt.pdf The notice includes the adopted rules, a statement of basis, and statement of justification. For an unofficial copy of the notary rules as adopted and effective March 20, go to www. sos.state.co.us/pubs/rule_making/ files/2020/8CCR1505-11Notary-Temporary.pdf For more information, visit www. sos.state.co.us.

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“A lot of our volunteer support agencies that provide honors are not coming out for services,” he said. For veteran services at the cemetery, honors can include traditions like a firing party or an honor bell. The cemetery is continuing to accommodate burials and is cataloging the families who wish to have a memorial with honors later. The industry has changed in other ways too, Harwood said. Instead of folks coming into the funeral home to make arrangements, they’re asking to do so virtually, he said. Funeral homes, as a business deemed essential under the state order, are also working to keep their employees safe as they continue to come to work. That means social distancing, avid cleaning and frequent hand-washing for the employees. “The staff has a level of fear,” Wellensiek said. “They’re dealing with deceased people who died from the virus and family members who were maybe exposed.” The employees — like those in many industries — are under added stress due to the virus, he said. “We’ve really focused on also caring for our team,” he said. “Our biggest concern is if our staff gets sick, then we can’t serve the public.” While funeral homes have been forced to change their policies, services and interactions with clients, most agree that the families they work with have handled the additional hardship very well. “They’re frustrated like all of us that we can’t open these services up to more people,” Whaley said. “But families have been extremely understanding.”

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It’s about time (on their hands) Residents kept at home by health order get creative to fill days BY JOSEPH RIOS JRIOS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Castle Rock resident Jerry Powell says business owners have a greater responsibility for their community than do the residents who live there. He says when you open a business, you’re obviously asking the community for support, but you can’t open up shop and expect it to be a one-way street — businesses have to provide something back. Powell’s Castle Rock Woodworks woodshop gave back to the community when Castle Rock Police K-9 Officer Ronin died in February due to unforeseen health complications. Castle Rock Woodworks provided a handmade wooden plaque to the police department in honor of Ronin shortly after the dog’s death. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Powell has been bunkered at home, helping his three sons through online learning as all school buildings in the state are closed until at least April 30. As he has been stuck at home like many other Coloradans, Powell has been thinking of hands-on projects he can provide to the community to pass the time through Castle Rock Woodworks.

Castle Rock Woodworks has been creating different projects each week that are free to the community, like birdhouse kits that can be built. The kits can be picked up outside Jerry Powell’s house. Powell is the owner of Castle Rock Woodworks. COURTESY OF JERRY POWELL So far, Powell has provided more than 1,000 free kits to build birdhouses and planter boxes to families, senior homes, nursing facilities and teachers. “We tried to make it where kids got a hands-on project and parents got a break from (online schooling),” said Powell. Castle Rock Woodworks made the birdhouse kits educational by providing pamphlets with the kits about

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wildflowers in the state. To pick up the kits, residents contacted Castle Rock Woodworks through Facebook to get Powell’s address. He set up a table outside his house where the kits could be picked up without coming into contact with him and others. Castle Rock Woodworks is planning on releasing new projects each week until mid-May, Powell said. The kits are available to everybody throughout the Denver metro area. “We support all those that are trying to navigate through this weirdness. We’re in the same boat,” said Powell. “We will continue to do what we can to contribute until things find a new normal.” Like Powell’s clientele, others throughout the metro area are finding ways to keep themselves entertained through the pandemic as Coloradans are under a stay-at-home order until at least April 11. Here is a look at what others are doing to pass the time. A tight-knit neighborhood In Lakewood’s O’Kane Park Neighborhood, bordered by Alameda Avenue to Sixth Avenue and Wadsworth Boulevard to Harlan Street, neighbors are like family. “I would say our neighbors and neighborhood is unusual. It is the primary circle for us,” said Kelly Theiler, a resident of O’Kane Park Neighborhood. SEE TIME, P6

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Local musician postpones shows, gives back amid pandemic Sarah Christine looks to use her platform for good BY RACHEL LORENZ SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA

Local singer-songwriter Sarah Cotner, who goes by Sarah Christine, had a lot to let go of as the coronavirus pandemic began wreaking havoc on plans for her national tour. “I’ve booked over 50 shows for 2020 and so far, 37 of them are postponed,” Sarah Christine said. “The good news is they’re not canceled.” The Washington Park resident, who usually performs for crowds of 50-200 people, kicked off her #TheLetGoTour in Boulder on March 5. On March 15, however, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended organizers cancel or postpone in-person events that consist of 50 people or more. Now everything through June will need to be rescheduled. “It sucks. Don’t get me wrong,” Sarah Christine said with a chuckle. “I was so looking forward to my show in a week.” Her nearly sold-out show at Swallow Hill’s Tuft Theatre in Denver was originally scheduled for March 27. Amid the news of suspended shows, the musician turned her attention to how she could use her platform for good. A visit to an empty grocery store, combined with thoughts of

Sarah Cotner, also known as Sarah Christine, is a Denver singer-songwriter who hopes to inspire people through her music. Her national #TheLetGoTour has been delayed as part of the efforts to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. But the artist is using her platform to promote the sale of her In It Together T-shirts, for which sales will benefit Meals On Wheels. COURTESY PHOTO her mother, whose cancer makes her particularly vulnerable to COVID-19, inspired Sarah Christine’s partnership with Meals On Wheels. Using proceeds from the sale of her “In It Together” themed T-shirts, Meals on Wheels will purchase and deliver additional nonperishable items to local senior citizens and homebound adults. Sarah Christine, who describes her music as indie pop with a little edge, balances her musical career and her day job as a regional vice president at

Robert Half, a staffing firm, by putting in long hours to make time for both. She moved to Denver from Minnesota with the company about two years ago and has become a fan of doing what she calls “weekend work” at Wash Perk over coffee, conducting meetings at Wash Park Grille and walking her rescue dog, Mason, around the neighborhood. But her favorite establishment is Ogden Street South, where she likes to go for karaoke after performing locally.

“It’s like our ‘Cheers’ spot,” the 35-year-old said. Although a relatively new transplant to the centennial state, Colorado was the location of a defining moment in Sarah Christine’s musical career about 10 years before her move here. While on a trip to Breckenridge, she and her friends stopped in at a wine bar after a day of hiking. Her best friend convinced the manager to let Sarah Christine perform. “I had huge stage fright,” Sarah Christine said, adding that until that moment, she had only played guitar and sung for herself. She sang “Minnesota Eyes,” the first song she had ever written, while strumming a borrowed guitar. The whole place went quiet, she said. “So that was my first gig,” Sarah Christine said. “Kind of just caught the fire from that, and never really looked back.” Sarah Christine’s latest single is “Aspen,” and the video for it came out in February. She has a series of seven singles coming out this year, including a remake of “Minnesota Eyes.” And, of course, she looks forward to reinstating her tour. Through the #TheLetGoTour, Sarah Christine hopes to inspire people to release their fears so they can live with purpose. It’s a message that resonates in this uncertain and unprecedented time, she said. “There’s no better time to heighten that core value,” Sarah Christine said.

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“We take care of each other’s kids, we go out to dinner, we go on vacations with each other. We are the safety net for each other.” Maintaining a sense of togetherness has been important for eight households in the neighborhood, said Kristy Myers, another resident of O’Kane Park Neighborhood. The neighborhood has gotten creative with keeping each other entertained through different events like a “no touch scavenger hunt.” Residents went outside, searched for items like a horse, a fire truck and a crow, and they had to take a selfie with a squirrel to complete the hunt. Each weekend, some neighborhood residents will host a brunch together with different themes while keeping at least six feet distant from each other, as recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. During the weekend of April 4, the brunch was cowboy-themed. Every participant sat outside their porches, drank out of tin cups and dressed like a cowboy. The neighborhood has also been playing Cards Against Humanity with each other through Zoom, a video communications service. “It keeps everyone hopeful, and it keeps everyone social so that we can get through these next four weeks and hopefully come out of it okay,” said Myers.

Castle Rock Woodworks wanted to create hands-on projects for children to pass the time during the COVID-19 pandemic. The projects have been provided to families, senior homes, nursing facilities and teachers. COURTESY OF JERRY POWELL Hanging out virtually Before the pandemic, Denver resident Landan Taylor would typically play disc golf or meet up with his brother after work. But now that Colorado is under a stay-at-home order, Taylor has turned to another way to entertain himself while still socializing — video games. Taylor has been playing video games regularly with his friends while talking to them through a microphone. “As someone who likes to socialize, it is a good way to feel like I am hanging

out with people and getting that human experience,” said Taylor. Denver resident Camila Plana is staying connected with her friends through virtual happy hours on Zoom. Her virtual happy hours with her friends have included wine tastings and have also entailed her friend group taking turns giving presentations on different topics. One of Plana’s friends gave a presentation on her past relationships. “(The presentations) are more personal, but they are educational too,” said Plana. She said one of her other friends gave a presentation on basic Spanish while another one presented basic American Sign Language. “It is really important for us to reach out and stay in communication with our friends and family we would normally stay in contact with,” she added. Eric Nevins, who grew up in Highlands Ranch but now lives in Kansas City, Missouri, said he and his coworkers have been setting up virtual coffee meetings on Monday mornings to try to keep life as normal as possible. Nevins works as a mechanical engineer for Burns & McDonnell, an engineering, architecture, construction, environmental and consulting solutions firm based in Kansas City. “I’m a pretty face-to-face, socialoriented person. I miss interacting with people a lot,” said Nevins. “As far as getting coffee with those guys, it is nice, because you’re not being professional at work every time. It gives you a time to stay social. That is the most important part — to not feel like I am isolated.”

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tay at home, isolate, avoid crowds such as parties, concerts, athletic events, parades, weddings, funerals, and limit physical contact with non-household members. Snap. I have been doing just that for the past 17 years, ever QUIET since I retired from teaching. DESPERATION This is, for me and for many other introverts, business as usual. In normal times, I have been viewed as a humbug: that older man on the block who lives alone and rarely socializes Craig Marshall with neighbors or anyone else. Smith And now? “The folks are as good as the people,” as my father used to say. My lifestyle, which works wonders

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hard to come by. I am often asked why I live where I do because Highlands Ranch is thought to be a bustling community, rich with family options and activities, recreation centers, gathering sites, bike paths, and parks, and I utilize none of them. Not one. “Craig, you don’t bustle.” True. But I have a house that would have been unaffordable in other parts of metro Denver, and in Denver, when I was house shopping. Kluth summed me up: “Introverts are drained by the random noise of small talk, fatigued by the fluid kinetics of a cocktail party, dazed by people speaking before they think in allegedly creative brainstorming sessions.” I guess I could be called a snob, but it’s not true. I simply try to avoid quantities of people. As much as I love baseball, I may not attend another game. The pace of a baseball game allows spectators too much time to do other things.

Yak to each other, talk on the phone, come and go, take selfies. The game itself is of secondary importance. I want to make it clear that I am not gloating because everyone else is now forced to do what I choose to do. Extroverts need people, and I want to see that they get them. It would mean, for one thing, that this hardto-imagine period of time in American and world history is behind us. Great day in the morning. I wonder: Will there be unexpected self-discoveries among extroverts during these weeks and months that will lead to a change of encampment, to my side of the aisle? As Kluth stated, it worked for John Keats and Isaac Newton. And I would add the boy who gave the title — “Quiet Desperation” — to this column. Henry David Thoreau. Craig Marshall Smith is an artist, educator and Highlands Ranch resident. He can be reached at craigmarshallsmith@comcast.net.

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is available regarding employment, the economy, and the impact of COVID-19. The struggles are real and there is a lot of uncertainty. Uncertainty causes fear, worry, and doubt. And when that happens, we know that we all act or react differently. Some of us go into idle mode. Some of us go into hyperactive mode. And some of us maintain the same routine and go through their day just as they had before the pandemic. What typically happens is that when we react, we never just simply react. We either overreact and make things worse, or we underreact and don’t do enough, or maybe do nothing at all. Maybe it makes sense to think about the word respond instead of using the word react. If we change our mindset and think about how we can respond, we will usually make a much better decision as we take the time to think about our response and how we handle what is going on. We now have millions of people working from home or who have been furloughed or laid off and are at home without work. And we

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• Patients in long-term care facilities or those in other residential settings, such as homeless shelters or prisons. • Patients over age 65 and patients with underlying health conditions. • First responders and critical infrastructure workers, such as those in the energy, water or agriculture sectors. • People who work with vulnerable populations or in group residential settings. • Other individuals.

Where testing is happening The state has distributed 4,200 testing kits and protective equipment to local public health agencies in El Paso, Larimer and Mesa counties to test health care workers and first responders, according to the news release. More testing kits will be provided to local public health agencies once those supplies are received from the Federal Emergency sManagement Agency, or FEMA. Meanwhile, an organization called the Colorado Unified Coordination Group is working on plans that local public health agencies can use to conduct their own community testing sites when more testing kits are available, the release said. Since March 11, the Colorado National Guard’s mobile testing unit and the state Public Health Department have completed tests on more than 800 people in Denver, Telluride, Pueblo and Salida, the department said in a March 23 release. The department and National Guard sent testing resources to Montrose March 23. The state’s community testing effort first opened in Denver’s Lowry neighborhood March 11. In the state’s April 2 update, which covered reports through April 1, officials had counted more than 3,700 confirmed or highly likely cases of COVID-19 across 51 counties, with 710 hospitalized, 97 deaths and more than 20,400 people tested. There had been 21 outbreaks at residential and non-hospital health-care facilities. The daily updates can be found online at

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Instead, volunteers held outreach events, handing out emergency kits with handwarmers, socks, bus tickets, blankets and tarps. “Our mission is to keep people from freezing to death,” Huizingh said. “Our guests told us, `We’ve survived worse than this. We’ll see you on the ﬂip side.’ The grace and understanding we received was so humbling.” Other lifelines are all but closed. Giving Heart in Englewood, a day shelter that provides connections to a wide hvariety of services, shut its doors in efforts to maintain social distancing, according to a voicemail on the center’s . hotline, though mail service for people with no ﬁxed address continues — which may prove essential for people to receive assistance checks in coming weeks. Other groups are doing their best to adapt. Café 180, a pay-what-you-can restaurant in Englewood that often serves people living on the street, is

WHAT IS CORONAVIRUS? Coronavirus is a family of viruses named for the microscopic view of crownlike spikes on their surfaces, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. These viruses can cause the common cold or more severe diseases such as SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) and MERS (Middle East respiratory syndrome), which have seen outbreaks in the past, according to the CDC. COVID-19 — standing for “coronavirus disease 2019” — first appeared in late 2019 in Wuhan, China. Symptoms of COVID-19 can include fever, cough and breathing trouble. Most people develop only mild symptoms, according to Denver Public Health. But according to the CDC, some — usually those with severe underlying health conditions or older adults — develop more serious symptoms, including pneumonia, which can be fatal. Technically, COVID-19 is caused by a virus named SARS-CoV-2. covid19.colorado.gov/case-data. Testing now free for many Because of recent federal legislation, people with any kind of private health insurance should have free access to the COVID-19 test — along with any doctor visits associated with getting the test — with no co-pays, deductibles or co-insurance charged, according to Vincent Plymell, assistant commissioner for the Colorado Division of Insurance. That includes health insurance through employers or the individual market. Coloradans should check with their health-care provider to be sure, though. For Coloradans with Medicare, all of the costs are covered if a doctor orders a COVID-19 test, according to the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. For members of Colorado’s Medicaid program — Health First Colorado — and the Child Health Plan Plus (CHP+), all the costs of testing and the doctors’ visits associated with getting tested are covered, according to Marc Williams, spokesperson for the state Department of Health Care Policy and Financing.

HOW IS COVID-19 AFFECTING YOU? Let us know how the COVID-19 pandemic is having an impact on you, the challenges you have encountered or acts of kindness you have experienced. To share your story, email us at: newsdesk@coloradocommunitymedia.com handing out grab-and-go meals. So is Littleton’s GraceFull Café, another pay-what-you-can restaurant that’s become a hub of compassion and dignity for people without homes. Though the dining room is closed, GraceFull owner Heather Greenwood is still doing her best for her guests, letting them use the restaurant’s bathroom and phone. “Even though we can’t sit down with them over a meal, we can be someone in their lives who cares about them,” Greenwood said while rolling out pie crusts. “Our friends on the street are survivors beyond anything I’m capable of. It’s humbling to hear their gratitude through all this.” GraceFull’s guests say the café is a lifesaver.

What about the uninsured? It’s a bit more nuanced for people with no insurance, state ofﬁcials say. States have the option to enroll all uninsured individuals who qualify in Medicaid or the Child Health Plan Plus, including those enrolled in short-term plans and other plans that aren’t considered coverage, according to Plymell. Under Medicaid, the state has applied for assistance from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to help the state pay for testing and doctors’ visits associated with getting the test for uninsured individuals who were not previously eligible for Medicaid, according to Williams. Those individuals would have their costs entirely covered as well if CMS approves the state’s request, but the state’s application has not yet been accepted or rejected as of April 2, according to Williams. For uninsured patients, the federal legislation also appropriates $1 billion for the reimbursement of the costs for the COVID-19 testing and the doctor’s visit associated with the test. Healthcare providers must register with the National Disaster Medical System to submit claims for reimbursement for services for uninsured individuals, Plymell said, so Coloradans should check with their provider to be sure. The state announced on April 2 that a special enrollment period for individual health insurance under the Affordable Care Act will be extended to run through April 30, according to a news release. The original period that was announced on March 19 was set to end April 3, the release said. Mass testing The governor wants to establish the capability for mass COVID-19 testing in Colorado to more accurately quarantine rather than shutting down large sections of society. Such an effort could take weeks or perhaps months to be ready, he has said. Mike Willis, director of the state Emergency Operations Center, also said the timeline for broader testing isn’t clear at this point. “We’d be out of luck if it weren’t for this place,” said Bernard Arnold, who said he’s lived on the street for the last several years, stymied by high housing costs and family trouble. “People look at us bad enough as-is, and it’s getting harder to stay clean. I’m not trying to spread this thing, but where do you want me to wash my hands?” Arnold said he and others once found mutual aid and a sense of camaraderie in tent camps, but those have mostly been dispersed in the Littleton and Englewood areas in recent months, making it harder to look after vulnerable companions. Sometimes he and friends scrape together enough for a motel room, but owners are wary about renting rooms to multiple people — even more so in the time of social distancing. With reduced economic activity and many businesses closed indeﬁnitely, day labor is less fruitful. Even panhandling is drying up as streets empty. “Not all of us are evil drug addicts,” said Arnold’s friend Greg Langenderfer. “We’re doing the same thing everyone else is: our best to get through this.”

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obbie Jo Dodson waited to reschedule her wedding, clinging to hope she and her fiancé could enjoy some semblance of the event they spent a year planning, until the choice to reschedule was no longer a choice at all. First, the hotel where she reserved a block of rooms for guests closed amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Then her wedding venue, The Manor House in south Jefferson County, closed as well. After both closures, she and her fiancé, Trent Stein, spent a day researching contingency plans. They considered inviting only their parents to watch them marry at the courthouse — a plan that later became impossible when the courthouse, too, closed. They contacted Airbnb to see if the company would rent them a home for their ceremony, some guests included, as governments began restricting the size of events. Finally, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis announced he was prohibiting all gatherings of 10 or more people. His order, the venue closure and the hotel closure, all came within 48-hours. “That was, I think, finally the wakeup call to stop fighting this,” Dodson said. ‘A screeching halt’ Dodson and Stein’s original wedding date of March 28 came and went. The Centennial couple still does not have a new wedding date. Rescheduling their honeymoon to Italy, which they planned to take immediately after the wedding, also hangs in the air. With Colorado under a stay-at-home order through April 11 — which Polis says is likely to be extended — Dodson is waiting to pick a new date until life

Bobbie Jo Dodson and her fiance, Trent Stein, were forced to reschedule their March 28 wedding because of COVID-19 closures. COURTESY PHOTO is less uncertain. “We fought it and that was so tortuous,” Dodson said, hoping other couples can learn from her experience. “It was better once we decided to postpone, because this is such an uncertain time and a really anxietyprovoking climate.” Wedding vendors in the Denver metro area said they are encouraging couples like Dodson and Stein to stay positive and trying to provide clients with as much support as possible during the crisis. “You almost have to be their therapist with it,” said Karalee McMillan, an Englewood-based wedding planner at Borrowed and Blue Colorado. “Just listening to everything and making sure that they feel heard, because at the end of the day, that’s all you can really do.” McMillan has seen her share of wedding tragedies — natural disasters clashing with wedding dates and fires wiping out venues. But she has never

seen a crisis like COVID-19 unleashed on the industry. “At this point, we don’t even have (backup venues) as an option,” she said. Dodson’s wedding photographer, Castle Rock-based Dawn Sparks, was scheduled to photograph 15 weddings this year. Her next is slated for June, but the COVID-19 pandemic forced that couple into a “holding pattern,” along with all events in the near future. “The photography industry has just come to a screeching halt, and I really don’t know how that’s going to pan out for us,” she said. It’s too early to call late summer and fall weddings, she said, but she suspects many couples will eventually opt to elope and pass up the expenses of a large event, especially if their jobs were affected by the pandemic. Contracts between vendors and couples is “a big, hot topic in the wedding industry” amid the crisis, she said. Vendors who spoke to Colorado Community Media said they are making every effort to help couples reschedule and have not encountered a couple choosing to cancel altogether. “I’m praying it’s all over with before I have to cross that bridge,” Sparks said. McMillan waived all date-transfer fees for couples and believes most vendors are taking similar measures. Dodson praised The Manor House, located just west of C-470, for its professionalism and several of her vendors for their flexibility in rescheduling. Her florist, Florals by Nora, sent her a care package. The Manor House offered to return her rental fee if they don’t reschedule with that venue. All but one of her vendors offered to refund Dodson if she can’t retain them for her rescheduled wedding date, although she hopes to. All vendors cautioned couples forced into rescheduling to pick a date they are confident in and pick soon. Many industry professionals already have bookings for the rest of the year

Supporting themselves Vendors hope couples will choose to reschedule weddings affected by the pandemic rather than cancel and support the industry as revenue streams grow thin. “There’s going to be many of us that are filing for unemployment and taking advantage of the CARES Act that was just passed, the SBA loans, I’m researching all that,” Sparks said. McMillan said it’s hard to encourage couples to tour venues or consider bookings when the future is so uncertain. “It’s definitely more difficult to kind of keep things going and support yourself,” she said. A few potential couples reached out recently for information about her services, and their biggest questions revolve around the “what ifs” currently shrouding the industry, she said. Are deposits refundable or transferable? What happens if they need to reschedule? What if there is another wave of the virus? “To say that there’s been normal booking for the quarter, I would definitely say not, but there’s definitely questions being answered and trying to bring as much calm as we can,” she said. Crystal Scott is director of operations at Aspen Coast Studio, a team of photographers serving the Denver metro area, all of Colorado and now expanding to other states. As their spring and early summer clients reschedule, that delays what photographers can earn to support themselves and their families, she said. “When someone pushes their date off, then that pushes off also what we can make for each client,” she said. “It’s going to be tricky to navigate, but overall I wouldn’t say we’re losing it, but it’s just being put on hold.” To support industry professionals, Scott urged couples to book sessions and weddings in advance. McMillan said those retainers help vendors earn income during off seasons. Sparks suggested giving photographers and vendors shout-outs and tags on social media. Focusing on what matters Regardless of what the future holds for weddings and events, vendors encourage couples to focus on what matters. “You need to remember what’s at the center of all of it, and it’s the two people who fell in love,” McMillan said. For Dodson, quarantining with her fiancé has reminded her they still have each other, and she’s enjoying the extra time with him. When their wedding day does come, she said, they will be more appreciative. Their main wish is to have parents and close friends there to witness their vows and share in the memory. “People have said, `I think the ceremony will be all the more special because of this.’ I’m sure that’s true,” she said. “It definitely makes you reflect on what was most important, what was the essence of what you wanted of that whole celebration.”

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RTD slashing service amid COVID-19 outbreak Ridership down 70% during pandemic as people lose jobs or work from home BY NICK PUCKETT NPUCKETT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

The Regional Transportation District is cutting service by 40% in response to plummeting demand amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Stay-at-home orders issued March 26 have forced nonessential businesses to close through April 30. Most people who can work remotely are at home, but many essential workers still rely on RTD for travel. “We’re still providing an essential service to people, just obviously a lot of people don’t need the service right now because so many people are being asked to stay at home and work at home,” said Marta Sipeki, spokesperson for RTD. “That will mean maintaining the level of service for people who are riding the bus and train currently.” RTD saw a 70% decrease in ridership resulting from the spread of COVID-19, according to a March 24 news release, as well as an 85% drop in fare revenue and reduced overall sales tax revenue. The massive dip in demand led the district to make drastic cuts to its service a month sooner than RTD’s typical service change period. The RTD Board of Directors approved a proposal to reduce service of its bus and light rail to its weekend hours beginning April 19. Some buses will still run seven days a week but on a Saturday schedule, meaning they will operate the same hours they would on a Saturday. The Saturday schedule makes less

frequent stops to certain places and generally makes fewer loops to the suburbs and downtown Denver. A few bus lines will not have service altered at all. Many lines with low ridership will discontinue during the pandemic. The light rail schedule has been altered to a Sunday hours schedule, which also makes less frequent stops. The changes will remain in effect until Sept. 20. For a detailed schedule, visit RTD-Denver.com/service-changes/COVID-19-service-plan. The April 19 service change will the COVID-19 package, as RTD refers to it, and the service change proposals originally slated to take effect May 17 prior to the outbreak. “The current decrease in RTD ridership is unrivaled in the agency’s history, and by taking this action, we exercise responsibility and care for our employees and our customers,” RTD Interim General Manager and CEO Paul Ballard stated in the release. “This also allows us to continue to serve those who rely on us, including health care and food service workers and others who are critical to fighting this crisis, while also giving us flexibility to restore service as ridership returns.” Facing a bus driver and light rail operator shortage at the start of this year, RTD reports it has enough drivers to fulfill its new service needs. RTD stated it intends to retain all its bus drivers and light rail operators through the crisis, putting them to work in other areas if needed. “Once everything subsides and things start going back to normal and ridership increases, we need our workforce to ramp up,” said Sipeki. “We’ve been working really hard to hire more operators and we just want SEE RTD, P15

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Swedish Medical Center Emergency Medical Director Dylan Luyten wears multiple hats for the Englewood hospital. Luyten, who has been with Swedish since 2003, works both clinically and administratively for the hospital. He is involved in general hospital preparation, emergency medical services preparation and is the president elect of the medical staff for the hospital. As Luyten and the rest of the Swedish Medical Center staff waits for more patients with COVID-19 to come in, the hospital has already seen over 30 suspected cases of the virus as of March 25 — but that number is always changing due to how long it takes to test patients. “We end up having lots of people who we think have COVID-19, but we just don’t know. The vast majority we deal with are discharged,” said Luyten. “They are well, they don’t have to be in the hospital, and they are not being admitted because most people will just have mild symptoms.”

Swedish Medical Center has installed a trailer outside its emergency room in case the emergency room gets too packed. The hospital is also dedicating units for COVID-19 patients. JOSEPH RIOS Luyten says the hospital has the proper amount of staffing needed to assist patients. With elective surgeries like hip replacements and nonemergency medical procedures being prohibited in the state until April 14 to preserve hospital equipment, more of Swedish Medical Center’s staff will be ready to take care of patients who are suffering from the novel coronavirus infection.

“One of the biggest challenges is going to be keeping providers safe and not getting sick. We keep a close eye on that,” said Luyten. “We have had providers who have tested positive for COVID-19 but we have not seen a meaningful impact on our workforce. But we will keep a close eye.” Swedish Medical Center has launched plans that look at everything involved with patient care, including

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5. If you file an answer, you must give or mail a copy to the Plaintiff(s) or the attorney who signed the complaint. 6. If you do not file an answer, then the Court may enter a default judgment against you for the relief requested in the complaint. 7. If you want a jury trial, you must ask for one in the answer and pay a jury fee in addition to the filing fee. 8. If you want to file an answer or request for a jury trial and you are indigent, you must appear at the above date and time, fill out a financial affidavit, and ask the Court to waive the fee. Dated at Denver, Colorado, this 12th day of March, 2020. By: Deputy Clerk of Court Michael Hoxsie, Julie Hoxsie 2577 Bay Point Lane Broomfield, Colorado 80023 970-286-3817 This Summons is issued pursuant to Rule 303, Rules of County Court Civil Procedure, as amended. A copy of the Complaint together with a blank answer form must be served with this Summons. This form should not be used where service by publication is desired. To the clerk: If this Summons is issued by the Clerk of the Court, the signature block for the clerk, deputy and the seal of the Court should be provided by stamp, or typewriter, in the space to the left of the attorneyâ€™s name. WARNING: ALL FEES ARE NON-REFUNDABLE. IN SOME CASES, A REQUEST FOR A JURY TRIAL MAY BE DENIED PURSUANT TO LAW EVEN THOUGH A JURY FEE HAS BEEN PAID. Legal Notice No.: 80394 First Publication: March 19, 2020 Last Publication: April 16, 2020 Publisher: The Denver Herald-Dispatch

Notice To Creditors Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of PAULA JEAN BARAJAS, a/k/a PAULA J. BARAJAS, and PAULA BARAJAS, Deceased Case Number: 2020PR30097 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 July 27, 2020, or the claims may be forever barred. Danica L. Barajas Personal Representative 2041 South Patton Court Denver, Colorado 80219 Legal Notice No.: 80398 First Publication: March 26, 2020 Last Publication: April 9, 2020 Publisher: The Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Ann Carolyn Bennett, Deceased Case Number: 20 PR 30310 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to Denver Probate Court, City and County of Denver, Colorado or on or before July 27, 2020, or the claims may be forever barred. James Bennett Personal Representative c/o Flatiron Legal Advisors, LLC 3393 Iris Ave., Suite 110 Boulder, CO 80301 Legal Notice No.: 80401 First Publication: March 26, 2020 Last Publication: April 9, 2020 Publisher: The Denver Herald-Dispatch

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Danny McCarty Personal Representative c/o Keith L. Davis, JD Davis Schilken, PC 7887 E. Belleview Ave., Suite 820 Denver, CO 80111 Legal Notice No.: 80399 First Publication: March 26, 2020 Last Publication: April 9, 2020 Publisher: The Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Patricia T. Falk, Deceased Case Number: 2020PR30263 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the Denver Probate Court, City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before July 27, 2020, or the claims may be forever barred. Pamela Bangtson Personal Representative 4348 NW 164th Street Clive, Iowa 50325 Legal Notice No.: 80402 First Publication: March 26, 2020 Last Publication: April 9, 2020 Publisher: The Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Adelaide C. Kimbro, Deceased Case Number: 2020-PR-30359 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 August 3, 2020, or the claims may be forever barred. Michael W. Reagor Attorney for Personal Representative 8400 E. Prentice Ave., Suite 1040 Greenwood Village, CO 80111 Legal Notice No.: 80406 First Publication: April 2, 2020 Last Publication: April 16, 2020 Publisher: Denver Herald Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of LUANNA MAE TRAUBERT, aka LUANNA M. TRAUBERT, aka LUANNA TRAUBERT, Deceased Case Number: 2020PR30235 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 August 2, 2020, or the claims may be forever barred. James David Paul McMillen Personal Representative c/o 3801 E. Florida Ave., Ste. 906 Denver, CO 80210 Legal Notice No.: 80407 First Publication: April 2, 2020 Last Publication: April 16, 2020 Publisher: The Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Mary J. Breukelman, Deceased Case Number: 2019 PR 439 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 August 3, 2020, or the claims may be forever barred. Thomas E. Rodriguez, CPA

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Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of DONALD EDWARD ROSENTHAL a/k/a DONALD E. ROSENTHAL, a/k/a DONALD ROSENTHAL and BUD ROSENTHAL, Deceased. Case Number: 2020 PR 30336 All persons having claims against the abovenamed 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 August 3, 2020, or the claims may be forever barred. William E. Grace Personal Representative 20 Franklin Rodgers Road Hingham, Massachusetts 02043 Legal Notice No.: 80409 First Publication: April 2, 2020 Last Publication: April 16, 2020 Publisher: The Denver Herald-Dispatch PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Joseph Edward George, aka Joseph E. George, aka Joseph George, Deceased Case Number: 2020 PR 30256 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 August 3, 2020, or the claims may be forever barred. Chela O'Connor, Personal Representative 1123 Jenifer Street Madison, WI 53703 Legal Notice No.: 80410 First Publication: April 2, 2020 Last Publication: April 16, 2020 Publisher: The Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Robert Valentine Browne, Deceased Case Number: 2020PR30176 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 June 13, 2020, or the claims may be forever barred. Robert Kevin Browne Personal Representative 5476 S. Independence St. Littleton, CO 80123 Legal Notice No.: 80411 First Publication: April 2, 2020 Last Publication: April 16, 2020 Publisher: The Denver Herald-Dispatch

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Richard Haynes Co-Personal Representative 130 Pearl Street, #1708 Denver, CO 80203 Legal Notice No.: 80413 First Publication: April 2, 2020 Last Publication: April 16, 2020 Publisher: The Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Hugh William Wallis, a/k/a Hugh W. Wallis, a/k/a Hugh Wallis, Deceased Case Number: 2020PR30315

All persons having claims against the abovenamed 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 August 2, 2020, or the claims may be forever barred. William Gorsky, Personal Representative 12025 W. 34th Place Wheat Ridge, CO 80033 Legal Notice No.: 80414 First Publication: April 2, 2020 Last Publication: April 16, 2020 Publisher: The Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of CARLA SLATT-BURNS, A/K/A CARLA DIANE SLATT-BURNS, A/K/A CARLA DIANE BURNS, A/K/A CARLA BURNS, Deceased. Case Number: 2020PR030379

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 August 3, 2020, or the claims may be forever barred. Kenton L. Burns, Personal Representative 2225 Birch Street Denver, CO 80207 Legal Notice No.: 80418 First Publication: April 2, 2020 Last Publication: April 16, 2020 Publisher: The Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of MARTIN JOSEPH RUBINOWITZ, a/k/a MARTIN J. RUBINOWITZ, Deceased Case Number: 2020PR030386

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of CHARLES G. PATTERSON, III, a/k/a CHARLES GREENWOOD PATTERSON, III, a/k/a CHARLES PATTERSON, III, a/k/a CARL PATTERSON, Deceased. Case Number 2020PR030346

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Rhonda Cardamone, Deceased Case Number: 2019PR31333

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to make sure that when service comes back we have those operators.” Drivers without a designated route are on standby to fill different needs throughout the district. Bus and rail operators on standby are also being put to work in various other jobs in the district as well. Bus drivers are to limit the number of people who can board a bus based on six-foot social distancing guidelines recommended by health experts. If a bus reaches the new capacity at a stop, the driver will request another RTD bus to immediately come to pick up the remaining passengers. Certain rows of seating on RTD buses are roped off to encourage social distancing. Sipeki said with fewer people per bus and light rail car, people have been minding social distancing without any need for enforcement. If needed, RTD can add cars to certain light rail lines to carry more passengers safely. RTD’s shuttle service for physically limited people, Access-a-Ride, is offering grocery delivery service to Access-a-Ride customers for free. Senior Manager of Paratransit Services Paul Hamilton stated in a March 30 news release that the district is aware food is one of the first things people can lose access to during the pandemic. “When the public is being told to reduce their exposure to others, the last thing we want to do is ask them to leave their homes if they don’t have to,” Hamilton said. Grocery pickup is available at King Soopers, Safeway, Community Ministry Southwest food bank, Senior Hub Senior Solutions and Adams County Food Bank. Additional locations will be announced on RTD’s website, RTD-Denver.com. Vendors interested in participating should call RTD at 303-299-6000. For more information, visit RTD-Denver.com/services/access-a-ride.

The trailer was placed in the event that Swedish Medical Center’s emergency room were to be overrun with patients. The hospital also has dedicated units for COVID-19 patients. Luyten speculates that Denver metro area hospitals and health-care systems will be just as busy as those in Seattle because of similarities in demographics. “We’re seeing that they are busy, their intensive care units are full. They’re not overwhelmed, they’re not collapsing, and they’re not running out of ventilators,” said Luyten. “We hope they are about two weeks ahead of us (in terms of COVID-19 cases). We just don’t know where we are going to be, but I think we’ll be like Seattle. We’ll be full stressed, but we’ll be able to manage it. But it is all speculation.” Luyten said on March 25 that analytic workers at the state and hospital believe Colorado is still a couple of weeks away from a real surge in COVID-19 cases — the time when Swedish Medical Center expects to be at full capacity. The hospital has 408 inpatient beds, 60 intensive care unit beds and 45 beds in the emergency department. Luyten believes there is a misperception that hospitals are overwhelmed and added he is worried there are residents not going to the hospital because they fear of getting sick. “One of the concerns is, COVID-19 interferes with people who need routine care because all the attention is on the pandemic. Right now, we have no idea how many people have COVID-19,” said Luyten. “But we know its 100 times if not 1,000 times (the number of reported cases) because testing is so limited. We will never begin to have as many confirmed cases as there are cases just by the nature of testing.” Even though he admits that there is a sense of anxiety, Luyten says Swedish Medical Center’s employees are engaged, inspired and ready to help those who may suffer from the virus. “This is what we train for. This is a historic event that I think most of us agree that we will look back on later in our lives and a time when we were in the middle of an international pandemic — and we played a role in it,” said Luyten.

Passengers board a light rail train bound for downtown Denver from the downtown Littleton station last summer. FILE PHOTO RTD announced April 2 it expects to receive $232 million through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act signed by President Trump on March 27. The funds can be used for any operations costs associated with COVID-19, including salaries and expenses related to protective equipment and cleaning supplies, according to the release. The funds can be used for expenditures from Jan. 1, 2020, forward and are to be used as soon as possible. The funds will be reimbursed once they are spent. Looking down the road, it is difficult to say what RTD service will look like after the initial stay-at-home order. Concerts will happen again, and the Denver Broncos begin preseason games in August, two events that tend to draw large crowds taking light rail and bus services. The new service changes will take effect through most of September. “It will all depend on what the situation is at the time,” Sipeki said. “It also goes back to how people are feeling about going to a game … there’s just so many unknowns right now. I just hope things get back to normal soon.”

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Priscilla Jane Duty, a/k/a Priscilla J. Duty, Deceased Case Number: 2020PR30384

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Annie Louise Schissler, a.k.a Annie L. Schissler, a.k.a. Annie Schissler, a.k.a. Louise Schissler, Deceased Case Number: 2020PR30380

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Donna B. Edgar, Deceased Case Number: 2020PR30382

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 August 10, 2020, or the claims may be forever barred. Emily Gregory, as Attorney for Robert Lester Duty, Personal Representative 5023 W 120th Ave., #158 Broomfield, CO 80020 Legal Notice No.: 80427 First Publication: April 9, 2020 Last Publication: April 23, 2020 Publisher: The Denver Herald-Dispatch PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Thomas Leroy Gloyd, a/k/a Thomas L. Gloyd, a/k/a Thomas Gloyd, a/k/a Tom Gloyd, Deceased. Case Number: 2020 PR 30349 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 August 10, 2020, or the claims may be forever barred. William T. Gloyd Personal Representative c/o LAW OFFICES OF KIMBER Z. SMITH, P.C. Kimber Z. Smith, #8479 P. O. Box 1105 Arvada, CO 80001 Legal Notice No.: 80428 First Publication: April 9, 2020 Last Publication: April 23, 2020 Publisher: The 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 August 9, 2020, or the claims may be forever barred. Patrick R. Thiessen, Esq. Name of Person Giving Notice 7400 Wadsworth Blvd., Suite 201 Arvada, CO 80003 Legal Notice No.: 80430 First Publication: April 9, 2020 Last Publication: April 23, 2020 Publisher: The Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Barbara Jean Stasko , Deceased Case Number: #2020PR0058 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 August 10, 2020, or the claims may be forever barred. Sharon L. Stasko Personal Representative 2345 W. 33rd Ave Unit 2 Denver, CO 80211 Legal Notice No.: 80431 First Publication: April 9, 2020 Last Publication: April 23, 2020 Publisher: The Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Donna B. Edgar, Deceased Case Number: 2020PR30382 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Co-Personal Representatives or to the

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Co-Personal Representatives or to the Denver Probate Court, City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before August 10, 2020, or the claims may be forever barred. Jamie E. Edgar 4605 S. Yosemite St., Unit # C-101 Denver CO 80237 Robert C. Edgar 2611 S. Denison Av. San Pedro, CA 90731 Legal Notice No.: 80432 First Publication: April 9, 2020 Last Publication: April 23, 2020 Publisher: The Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of MARK ALAN RITCHIE, aka MARK A. RITCHIE, aka MARK RITCHIE, Deceased Case Number: 2020PR30218 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 August 27, 2020, or the claims may be forever barred. Cheryl Mulvihill, Attorney for the Personal Representative 19751 E Mainstreet #330, Parker, CO 80138 Legal Notice No.: 80433 First Publication: April 9, 2020 Last Publication: April 23, 2020 Publisher: The Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Dana B. Greene, also known as Dana Bari Greene, and Dana Greene, Deceased. Case Number: 2020PR30401 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to

Public Notice Notice To Creditors NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Dana B. Greene, also known as Dana Bari Greene, and Dana Greene, Deceased. Case Number: 2020PR30401 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the Denver Probate Court for the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before August 10, 2020, or the claims may be forever barred. Aaron Tolsma Personal Representative 2270 S. University Unit 516 Denver, CO 80210 Legal Notice No.: 80434 First Publication: April 9, 2020 Last Publication: April 23, 2020 Publisher: The Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Hans Michael Schlomer, a/k/a Hans M. Schlomer, a/k/a Hans Schlomer, a/k/a Michael Schlomer, Deceased Case Number: 2020PR30330 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 August 16, 2020, or the claims may be forever barred. Dean Glenn Personal Representative PO Box 445 Edgemont, SD 57735 Legal Notice No.: 80435 First Publication: April 9, 2020 Last Publication: April 23, 2020 Publisher: The Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice

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Estate of Paige K. Bartels, Deceased Case Number: 20PR30413

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 August 10, or the claims may be forever barred. Shannon L. Campbell Personal Representative 13695 W. 84th Ave., Arvada, CO 80005 Legal Notice No.: 80436 First Publication: April 9, 2020 Last Publication: April 23, 2020 Publisher: The Denver Herald-Dispatch PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Homer Irvin Moss, Jr., aka Homer I. Moss, Jr., aka Irv Moss, Deceased Case Number: 2020 PR 030374

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 August 10, 2020, or the claims may be forever barred. Dated: March 31, 2020 /s/ signature on original in office Signature of Attorney for Person Giving Notice Personal Representative: Andrew Moss c/o: Boatright, Ripp & Lusk, LLC 4315 Wadsworth Blvd. Wheat Ridge, Colorado 80033 Phone: 303-423-7134 Legal Notice No: 80429 First Publication: April 9, 2020 Last Publication: April 23, 2020 Publisher: The Denver Herald-Dispatch

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Paige K. Bartels, Deceased Case Number: 20PR30413 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 August 10, or the claims

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