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Lawmakers have full plate this session Helping students get past problems related to pandemic is at top of job list

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George Johnson showing a horse. Johnson opened his own stable, Happy Valley Stables, in Littleton in 1956. There, he trained to be a horse exhibitor at a time when very few African American people in the state did, said Johnson’s daughter, GeorgeAnne COURTESY OF THE JOHNSON FAMILY AND LITTLETON MUSEUM Redd.

‘Fearless pioneers and tireless trailblazers’ Johnson family’s impact on metro Denver area is far-reaching

BY LIAM ADAMS LADAMS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Dallas Burleson stepped up to the lectern and welcomed people joining Friendship Baptist Church of Christ Jesus for a Sunday service.

She was accompanied onstage by her daughter, Stacie Burleson,

to start the worship hour with a song. Just a little later, Pastor Paul Burleson, Dallas’ husband and Stacie’s father, took center stage. The three finished the Feb. 14 service by singing together, embodying the family ties the Denver church is based on.

The service also featured a Black History Month presentation. At one point, presenter Janay Lewis said, “My mind began to wander with a thought: Where would the world be without the Friendship

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Pastor Paul Burleson preaching at a Feb. 14 service at Friendship Baptist Church PHOTO BY LIAM ADAMS of Christ Jesus in Denver.

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Helping Colorado students recover from the effects of the pandemic will be one of lawmakers’ top priorities as the 2021 legislative session gets underway, but members of the Colorado General Assembly also plan to address longstanding problems around school finance, college access, teacher diversity and civics education.

Lawmakers returned to work Feb. 16 after a monthlong recess due to COVID-19 concerns. While most Colorado students are back in school, hundreds of thousands of students experienced months of remote learning in the spring and fall, and parents, educators and policymakers alike are thinking about how to make up for lost learning.

At least two bills this session tackle the problem from different angles.

The more than 200 bills filed on Feb. 16 also include proposals to maintain school funding despite a drop in enrollment, reduce the role of the SAT and ACT in college SEE SESSION, P9

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Love by the model trainload Retired attorney learned the depths of a parent’s love with model railroading

BY DAVID GILBERT DGILBERT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

“Do you believe in magic?”

With the wave of a magic wand and an “abracadabra,” Ken Cook walked through the secret entrance — one he asked us not to divulge — to his model train room.

In the basement of the tidy Columbine Valley home, against walls painted with backdrops of cities, freight yards and mountains, sprawled Cook’s colossal Lionel train display. The culmination of more than 30 years of planning and building, and a lifetime of collecting, Cook called it his “great opus.”

“Actually, a friend called it that, and I had to look up the word ‘opus,’ but I’d say it fits,” said Cook, a retired attorney.

Standing at the control module of the freight yard, Cook’s hands began to work the buttons, switches and dials with the dexterity of a symphony conductor. The freight yard sprang to life.

Tiny steam locomotives chugged to and fro, pulling freight cars into place. Magnetic cranes plucked tiny metal bars from gondola cars. Vibrating floors shuffled tiny cows in and out of livestock cars. From the yard’s control tower, a tiny foreman descended the stairs.

“The magic of Lionel is that all the accessories really work,” Cook said, firing up the other portions of the set.

A freight train traversed a mining district, the locomotive sending up puffs of smoke. A gleaming passenger train traversed a long route through mountain tunnels, past a sleepy village and back to a busy city station.

Cook, 71, got his first Lionel set at age 3 in 1953 — the high point of sales for Lionel, the company that became a cultural touchstone for generations of youngsters.

Lionel trains were once the must-have toy for any American kid, said Ken Cook, who built a massive model train layout in his basePHOTOS BY DAVID GILBERT ment.

Ken Cook says he hopes his model train layout fills children with the same magic it brings to him.

The family lived in Japan, where Cook’s father was stationed as an officer in the Air Force. The family — Cook was one of four children

— headed back stateside in 1956, though many cross-country moves lay ahead.

Through it all, Cook maintained his fascination with model trains.

When Cook was 10, his dad hired an electrician to wire up a big set in their home in Indiana. Cook kept working on his layouts through high school.

The family work ethic served Cook well, taking him to a stint in the Air Force, then law school. In 1979 he joined a 10-man law firm in Colorado Springs, eventually making his way to the Department of Justice.

His wife, Linda, served as a prosecutor in the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

Through all the moves and life changes, model trains kept Cook grounded.

“It’s my outlet,” he said. “My relaxation. I can focus on them.”

Cook’s precise hands and analytical mind are evident everywhere in his home. His study features scratch-built models of Apollo 11’s lunar lander, and a detailed model of a B-24 Liberator, a heavy bomber of the type his father flew over Europe in World War II. In a basement workshop, he is painstakingly building a wooden model of the USS Constitution.

Between the basement train set and shelves lined with hundreds more locomotives and cars, Cook estimates he’s collected perhaps 5% of Lionel’s golden-era offerings.

Though he and Linda had no children, Cook delights in sharing trains with youngsters. For a generation the couple has held neighborhood open houses to show off Cook’s daunting collection.

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The land of opportunity America and Liberia have strong connections — it was founded by freed slaves from America. The capital is Monrovia, named after the American President James Monroe. There are strong cultural ties too.

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U.K. variant of COVID-19 takes root in Colorado Health official takes situation in stride, ‘We don’t necessarily expect the experience here to but warns of other strains be the same as it was in the U.K.’ now in United States

Dr. Rachel Herlihy, state epidemiologist

BY JOHN INGOLD THE COLORADO SUN

The new coronavirus variant first identified in the United Kingdom has firmly taken root in Colorado, with the state reporting 41 cases so far.

But one of Colorado’s top health officials said on Feb. 10 that there is not yet cause for alarm in the spread of the variant, as overall COVID-19 cases in the state continue to decline and cases from the variant make up a small fraction of the total. As long as Coloradans continue to maintain a high degree of mask-wearing and social distancing, mathematical models do not show the variant leading to a dramatic resurgence of cases.

“We actually see very little impact from the variant” if transmission control remains high, said Dr. Rachel Herlihy, the state epidemiologist.

The U.K. variant — known scientifically as the B.1.1.7. variant — has been linked through modeling studies to faster rates of spread and, potentially, higher rates of

deaths.

Reports of all new coronavirus cases in Colorado are falling — though Herlihy said the rate of decline had slowed in the days preceding her comments.

The number of patients who are hospitalized with COVID-19 had dropped to levels not seen since October. The number of deaths had also declined, though around 15 people with COVID-19 are still dying per day.

Because Colorado’s metrics are moving in the right direction, Herlihy said the B.1.1.7. variant may not prove to be as explosive as it was in the United Kingdom, where it emerged while the country was seeing a surge in cases.

“We don’t necessarily expect the experience here to be the same as it was in the U.K.,” she said.

More reassuring news is that current vaccines appear to provide strong protection against the B.1.1.7. variant, and there

also haven’t been reports that the variant can sneak past the body’s immune system to cause reinfec-

tion in people previously infected with a more common variant of the coronavirus.

But those two things aren’t necessarily true for two more worrisome variants that have emerged around the globe. Scientists are concerned that variants first identified in South Africa and in Brazil are capable of evading vaccines and causing reinfections.

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Baptist Church of Jesus Christ?

The church was started 46 years ago by a young pastor named Pastor Paul Burleson.”

If not for Paul Burleson, Lewis said, there would be no Friendship Baptist, which has gone on to impact the community.

Just as an example, Dallas and Paul Burleson described in a separate conversation, Friendship Baptist helped find housing in Denver for people displaced from New Orleans and Houston after hurricanes Katrina and Harvey, respectively. Denver Mayor Michael Hancock took Sunday School classes at Friendship Baptist.

Paul Burleson prayed at the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver, where he made the acquaintance of former President Barack Obama and now-President Joe Biden. Dallas Burleson sang an opening song for an event in Denver featuring civil rights activist Ralph Abernathy.

This eventful journey doesn’t start with Paul Burleson 46 years ago, though. It goes back further than that, the Burlesons explained.

To the banks of the South Platte River in Littleton, where George and Dorothy Johnson, Dallas Burleson’s parents, held a Bible study.

It’s George and Dorothy Johnson, the Burlesons say, who deserve credit for the church and so much else.

Making Littleton home The Johnson family moved to Littleton in 1949, when George accepted a job offer to groom horses for a rancher in town. Before then, the family had lived in other places in Colorado, Bailey and Broomfield, and in Omaha, Nebraska.

“We liked it in Littleton. We had such a good time. Everything was right there on the ranch. People coming to ride horses, it was exciting,” said GeorgeAnne Redd, another daughter to George and Dorothy.

Altogether, there were six Johnson children: GeorgeAnne, Dallas, Johnny Lee, Robert, George Jr. and Charles. When the Johnsons

George and Dorothy Johnson, who lived in Littleton and later, Sedalia. George opened his own horse stables in Littleton, Happy Valley Stables, where he trained to show horses at the National Western Stock Show. Dorothy led a Bible study that led to the origins of a church, and taught her kids to sing and write songs, which many of them went on to do.

Sons of George and Dorthy Johnson, former Littleton residents whose family has had a far-reaching impact on the Denver metro area. From left: Robert, Charles, George Jr. (nicknamed “Bunny”), and Johnny Lee. In addition to the four sons, George and Dorothy had two daughters, GeorgeAnne and Dallas. PHOTOS COURTESY OF THE JOHNSON FAMILY AND LITTLETON MUSEUM

moved to Littleton, they were the only African American family in town, Redd said.

At the time, most African Americans lived in Denver. When the Johnsons occasionally visited the city, Redd said, “It was really strange to see all these Black people in one place because all we had ever seen was Caucasian people when we went to school.”

Soon enough, though, they met a couple Black families in Englewood — including Jessie and Lola Holmes and their family.

Talking about the two families’ relationship, Geraldine Holmes, the daughter-in-law of Jessie and Lola, recollected “Nobody was a stranger, they were just like family.”

In 1956, after being a horse groomer for other people, Johnson opened his own stable, Happy Valley Stables, in Littleton, Redd said.

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Happy Valley also gave Johnson the opportunity to train as a horse exhibitor, a side gig he would become successful at. Starting in the 1950s, he began showing at the National Western Stock Show. At that time, Redd doesn’t recall seeing other Black exhibitors at the stock show, leading her to think he was the first, though stock show officials were not able to confirm if that was the case following a recent inquiry.

Redd recalls seeing other Black people at the show, but said they were all groomers up until the 1970s.

“My dad was the first that I saw that ever really showed,” she said.

Happy Valley wasn’t just a business enterprise, though. It was a community hub. “Everybody was at the stables every chance we got,

mostly every weekend,” said Geraldine Holmes. The Holmes family and others would join the Johnsons for picnics and horseback riding. Also, in the warmer months, Dorothy Johnson led family and friends in a Bible study along the banks of the South Platte River.

The strong bond between the Johnsons and Holmeses, and their commitment to gathering for a Bible study, would have a lasting effect. They continued meeting throughout the years either along the South Platte, or, in the colder months, at the Holmes residence in Englewood.

‘A powerful journey’ Paul Burleson moved to Denver in December 1969 after serving in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War. He had an uncle living in Denver who would attend the Johnson/Holmes Bible study. So, on his first day in town, Paul Burleson accompanied his uncle to the Bible study. There, he met Dallas and they hit it off instantly.

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“I didn’t even know anything about her except that I was attracted to her and the Lord put in my spirit, ‘That’s your wife,’” Paul Burleson recalled.

As the two got to know each other, Paul Burleson would become leader of the Bible study. At the time, he was studying ministry in Denver. Then, in 1974 in the Holmeses’ basement, the group officially formed the church and named Burleson pastor. Redd had the honor of naming the church.

“Because of the friendship that we had with the Holmeses … I named it Friendship Baptist Church and it was accepted,” Redd said.

For four years, the church met at the Holmeses’ home until eventually moving into a school building in Englewood. Then, in 1984, they moved to an old house in Denver on Holly Street. In 1990, Friendship Baptist realized it needed to upgrade its space, when Bear Valley Church in Lakewood approached them. Bear Valley offered up its old church building if Friendship Baptist could literally move the building to Holly St, the Burlesons described.

So, piece-by-piece, Friendship Baptist transported the building to Holly St. to replace the house that was there. Later, in 2000, Friendship Baptist moved one last time to the location it is currently at along Fairfax Street in Denver.

Throughout that time, the Bur-

Friendship Baptist Church of Christ Jesus at Ninth Avenue and Fairfax Street in Denver.

The church started with an informal Bible study for friends, the Johnson family and the Holmes family, in Littleton and Englewood. It would eventually make its way to its current location, where it has been a hub for community service in the area. PHOTO BY LIAM ADAMS

lesons became more active in the community. Paul was president of the Greater Metro Denver Ministerial Alliance and got involved with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). Meanwhile, Dallas became more well-known for her singing and songwriting.

She performed at concerts headlined by major gospel artists and wrote original songs performed by musicians. She recently wrote and published her first children’s book, “The Adventures of Fanny Faithful.”

“It’s been such a powerful journey,” said Dallas Burleson. “In the

good, in the bad. There’s been the ugly … But there’s been so much joy.”

As for the other Johnson children, Redd currently oversees administrative operations at Friendship Baptist after a career in real estate. Robert Johnson recently retired from pastoring his own church. George Jr. and Charles Johnson were musicians and had a band, Mother Pearl, that performed in Littleton and Denver. Charles Johnson was also a Vietnam veteran and received the Purple Heart, Redd said.

Today, Redd, Dallas Burleson and

GeorgeAnne Redd showing at a horse show. Redd’s father, George Johnson, owned a stable in Littleton and began exhibiting horses in the 1950s. Some of his kids caught the bug.

COURTESY OF THE JOHNSON FAMILY AND LITTLETON MUSEUM

Robert Johnson are the only living members of the Johnson family’s original eight. Yet, reminders of the family’s collective memory are everywhere, such as a horse galloping on TV or a church service at Friendship Baptist.

“The bottom line was that we were standing on the shoulders of Dallas’ mother and father, George Johnson and Miss Dorothy Johnson,” Paul Burleson said. “So, we want to make sure that we don’t forget them as being fearless pioneers and tireless trailblazers.”

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man past sixty living alone with a small dog walks to his guest room where a little library of fiction is kept and scans the spines for an option to read as the QUIET second year of DESPERATION a pandemic has him climbing the walls like Gregor Samsa.

See how many of the titles he had to choose from you can name. For a complete list, write to the email address Craig Marshall Smith below.

1. Written by a woman, this book, later the source of several films (as are a number of entries in the list), tells the story of a young scientist who creates a sapient creature.

2. “A dilemma or difficult circumstance from which there is no escape because of mutually conflicting or dependent condi-

tions.”

3. It focuses on four anthropomorphized animals, is beautifully illustrated (mine by E.H. Shepard), is considered a children’s book, but is enjoyed by readers of all ages. One of the characters, a European water vole, goes by the name “Rat.” 4. The main character’s surname is Smith. Where he lives the clocks twice a day strike thirteen.

5. “He made the fish fast to bow and stern and to the middle thwart. He was so big it was like lashing a much bigger skiff alongside.”

6. Its major theme is the destructiveness of war, is “sciencefiction infused,” and follows the life of an American soldier named Billy who sometimes travels through time.

7. Perhaps my favorite ending: “He turned and walked across the floor and out. I watched the door close. I listened to his steps going away down the imitation marble corridor. After a while they got faint, then got silent. I

kept on listening anyway. What for? Did I want him to stop suddenly and turn and come back and talk me out of the way I felt?

Well, he didn’t. That was the last I saw of him.”

Written by one of my favorites authors, made into a film, as were several of his other books, but not as successful.

8. A short, only 24,505 words, potent story about the wife of the owner of a “roadside sandwich joint” and a drifter who is smitten by her.

9. She sells evening gloves at Neiman-Marcus.

10. In a “magical realist style” it tells a “multi-generational story” in the fictional town of Mocondo.

11. A first novel published in 1970; Lorain, Ohio; young Black girl; desires blue eyes.

12. Another main character name Smith, only this one is a Martian. By the way, my middle name breaks down into “Mars Hall.”

13. This one is too easy, but it’s the author’s most famous: “A

diabolical dog” that’s not Harry causes problems on an English moorland.

14. I’d tell you where the book is set but the location is in the title. There’s a cave, an accusation, a trial, a recant, and a happy ending. It didn’t do much for me in high school when it was required reading.

15. It’s a 1930 detective novel originally serialized in the magazine “Black Mask” that’s been made into several film versions, the most famous released 80 years ago.

16. Written by the same author, a more light-hearted detective novel featuring a wealthy married couple who try to locate a missing inventor who is light on his feet.

How did you do?

Henry Ward Beecher said, “Where is human nature more weak than in a bookstore?”

Craig Marshall Smith is an artist, educator and Highlands Ranch resident. He can be reached at craigmarshallsmith@comcast. net.

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off the list of pre-surgery to-dos. I signed in and waited for my name to be called. As the nurse greeted me, she asked me how I was doing. That’s an easy one I thought, as I answer this question about a dozen times a day. My answer, borrowed from my good friend Jerry Nazzaro, is always, “Great, couldn’t be better if I tried.”

Her response, “Well then, why don’t you try?”

Her answer was so simple, so direct, and yet took me a little by surprise. You see, I have been responding to that question for so many years in the same way and typically people either smile or reply with something such as, “That’s awesome, I wish I felt that good.” But never, “Well then, why don’t you try?”

By responding to the question of how I am doing by saying that I am great and could not be better if I tried, is never meant to be flippant or superficial. It is just something I learned many years ago from my friend Jerry. Jerry is a guy with one of the greatest attitudes I have ever witnessed.

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The nurse didn’t initially realize how she threw me off a bit as she just continued getting everything ready for my test. However, as she turned toward me again, and even though I was wearing a mask, she could see the puzzled look on my face. When I shared with her that no one had ever so simply and sincerely challenged my statement regarding how I was doing, she just shrugged as if it were the most natural thing she should have said. And it was.

The test was over quickly, she was kind, gentle, and made it as easy as possible. As I left, I thanked her for making the test so easy, but making my day a little bit harder. Now it was her turn to have that puzzled look on her face. I shared that I thought her question was brilliant and that she now inspired me to want to “try” and be better.

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when someone asks me how I am doing? My nurse, Danielle, was exactly right. I could try to be better no matter how poorly or how amazing my day may be going.

The list of things I could do to try and be better in any given moment started flooding my mind; Call a friend, maybe Jerry; Listen to a motivational podcast; Pray; Call a customer; Better yet, call a prospect; Facetime my children and grandchildren; Take a walk on the beach with my wife. The list was endless. Not that I didn’t know and understand this concept already on some level, but it was a good and much-appreciated reminder.

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admissions, improve college access for Native American students, and strengthen civics education and media literacy after a tumultuous year of protest and change.

The first bills out of the gate often represent top priorities for their sponsors, but they touch on just a fraction of the education issues lawmakers will take up this year.

Here are several that caught our attention.  SB21-013 Reversing COVIDrelated Learning Loss How should school districts address student learning loss during the pandemic? That’s the question a Democrat-backed proposal seeks to answer. Sponsored

by Sen. Rhonda Fields of Aurora and Reps. Jennifer Bacon, also a Denver school board member, and Meg Froelich of Englewood, the bill would call on the Colorado Department of Education to identify products, strategies, and services to help students affected by the halt of in-person instruction.

Education Commissioner Katy Anthes has also identified this as a top priority and pledged to use roughly $52 million in federal aid on programs that provide tutoring and summer school, but plans are still taking shape.  SB21-037 Student Equity Education Funding Programs The bill sponsored by state Sen. Paul Lundeen, a Republican from Monument, faces an uphill battle in a Democratic-controlled General Assembly where many lawmakers are wary of taking money from public schools or opening the door to any form of vouchers. It proposes that districts that have halted in-person instruction for 30 or more days send money to parents of eligible students for educational services and supplies.  SB21-053 Adjustments to School Funding Fiscal Year 202021 Colorado schools reported almost 30,000 fewer students than in

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found in a handful of other states. Colorado has found 16 cases of the L452R variant, which has been connected to outbreaks in California. But there is not enough information yet to understand whether that variant spreads faster or causes worse illness.

Variants can’t be identified simply from a standard coronavihrus test. In order to confirm the presence of a variant, the state .or other labs must genetically sequence the virus found in test samples, a cumbersome, timeconsuming process. Earlier this

the 2019-20 school year, a decrease that typically would result in a multimillion-dollar reduction in state funding. Four Democrats, including the chairs of the Senate and House education committees and members of the Joint Budget Committee, filed this bill in an effort to spare districts from midyear cuts. If passed, the bill would provide additional money to districts that saw enrollment decreases in the 2020-21 school year compared with the previous year.

While they don’t have the votes to stop this bill, Republican leaders have said they plan to ask hard questions about where that money is best spent.  HB21-1067 College Admission Use Of National Test Score The bill would allow the governing board of a public college or university to decide whether to require the ACT or SAT for admission. Schools would also need to submit a yearly report on their first-time freshman class. The bill is sponsored by state Rep. Cathy Kipp, a Fort Collins Democrat, and state Rep. Mark Baisley, a Roxborough Republican, along with Democratic state Sens. Tammy Story of Jefferson County and Janet Buckner of Aurora. The proposed legislation aims to help more students of color and those who are low-income get into college, especially because research shows the standardized tests are biased against certain groups.

Opponents, however, say the bill won’t achieve its aims and instead further inequities.  SB21-057 Private Lenders Of Student Loans Acts And Practices The bill, sponsored by Democratic Sens. Faith Winter of Westminster and Julie Gonzales of Denver, would extend to private student loan borrowers the basic protections granted under federal loans. The protections would leave private loan borrowers less vulnerable to predatory practices, advocates say.  SB21-029 Colorado American Indian Tribes In-state Tuition Some Colorado colleges and universities already offer tuition discounts to Native American students. This bill, however, would

month, Herlihy said the state’s public health lab was sequencing 200 to 300 specimens a week, with a goal of eventually being able to sequence 5% of all positive specimens per week. (There were about 8,900 new cases reported last week.) “(We’re) continuing to try to improve the work we’re doing,” Herlihy said, “but at this point feeling pretty good about the capacity we have in the state and the fact that we don’t see a clear increasing trend.”

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require higher education institutions statewide to offer in-state tuition to students from American Indian tribes with historical ties to Colorado. Boulder Democratic Sen. Stephen Fenberg and Denver Democratic Reps. Alec Garnett and Adrienne Benavidez sponsored the bill.  HB21-1103 Media Literacy Implementation After a year in which the dangers of disinformation became clearer than ever, Colorado lawmakers will take up a bill incorporating media literacy into the state’s reading, writing and civics standards and requiring the state education department to create a resource library for teaching media literacy and offer assistance to schools that ask for it. This bill takes up the recommendations of an advisory committee created by legislation in 2019. Even then, some Republicans worried that media literacy standards would be a ruse to disparage conservative media outlets, and that debate is likely to recur this year.

Democratic Reps. Lisa Cutter of Jefferson County and Barbara McLachlan of Durango and Sens.

Brittany Pettersen, a Lakewood Democrat, and Don Coram, a Montrose Republican, sponsored

the bill.  SB21-067 Strengthening Civics Education Citing surveys that find few adults can name the three branches of government or understand how the Constitution works, this bill would require the State Board of Education to review the state’s civics curriculum standards and ensure they adequately address the structures of government and the source documents on which they’re based. This new effort from Republican Sen. Don Coram of Montrose and Sen. Chris Hansen, a Denver Democrat, comes on the heels of legislation requiring that the Holocaust be taught in Colorado schools and that the contributions of people of color and other marginalized groups be better incorporated into civics and history curriculum.

The effort could face resistance from school districts that don’t want new mandates as they grapple with pandemic-related education challenges.

This story is from Chalkbeat Colorado, a nonprofit news site covering educational change in public schools. Used by permission. For more, and to support Chalkbeat, visit co.chalkbeat.org.

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From apps and audio tours to dialable docents, many options exist despite pandemic

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ike many organizations reliant on in-person interaction, the team at Denver Walking Tours had to rethink nearly everything about their operation amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

The business has historically operated almost like a nonprofit, with a “pay-what-you-want” business model for its tours and the vast majority of revenue going toward paying its tour guides and covering other operational costs, founder Jill Collins said.

Its biggest customer base has always been the tourists who flocked to its free downtown Denver tour for an affordable introduction to iconic sites like the Colorado Capitol and Union Station.

But with tourism dropping to a trickle and gatherings now being risky, DWT has become one of a growing number of local tour operators that have pivoted to serving a new primary audience: locals looking to enjoy some safe fun out of the house — and maybe learn something new about their city along the way.

Those looking for such an experience now have two options: booking one of the three private guided walking tours for up to 30 people that DWT is currently offering, or opting for one of the company’s audio adventures, which are narrated by its tour guides and can be accesses via a smartphone app.

The latter category includes audio versions of DWT’s three existing guided tours, plus a new tour dedicated to public art. A second audio tour focusing on street art in Denver’s RiNo arts district will also be launching soon.

“They are designed to target locals so it’s not necessarily the Big Blue Bear or Union Station and some of the sites that we all think we know and love,” said Collins of the audio tours. “It’s some of the lesser-known sites to locals around the city of Denver, and so for less than the cost of a fast food lunch you can download the app, buy the tour and go out and explore the city as an individual on your own time.”

While DWT is one of several Denver walking tour operators that have moved into offering app-based tours during the pandemic, GPSmycity has specialized in offering them for years.

Owner Jim Zhu said that’s an advantage as while all companies in the tour business, including GPSmycity, have seen a significant downturn in business, most people

A family works to complete an Urban Adventure Quest.

looking to take tours are now seeking out app versions.

The GPSmycity app, which offers hundreds of tours of dozens of cities worldwide, currently features several Denver tours on its app focusing on everything from historic churches and homes to places to eat. There is also a create-your-own tour option that allows users to consult a list of dozens of sites to create their own tour route.

“The tours basically work like a Google Map where it shows you your route step by step and then you are able to click to pull up information about each site along the way,” said Zhou, who notes another advantage is that his app allows tours to be downloaded so they can be accessed even without wifi.

GPSmycity also offers tours of eight other cities in Colorado, including Colorado Springs, Durango and Estes Park.

The ubiquity of cell phones has also allowed for the creation of more interactive tour experiences than would otherwise have been possible. That’s the case for Urban Adventure Quest, a unique business whose quests were inspired by the popular TV show “The Amazing Race” and combine elements of a traditional tour with various mental challenges.

“It’s kind of like ‘The Amazing Race’ where we might give you very specific directions to a park and then say find this statue and then once you get to the statue there is a challenge you have to do,” said Urban Adventure Quest owner Christie Walker.

However, unlike in the TV show, the challenges in Urban Adventure Quest are all mental rather than

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physical, making the quests an appropriate option for families of all kinds.

Similar to GPSmycity, Urban Adventure Quest operates in dozens of cities, and Walker says the pandemic’s impact has been a mixed bag with less people opting for quests in urban locales while interest of quests in smaller tourist escapes has exploded.

But interest in the company’s Denver LoDo and Golden quests has remained steady, even as it has had to stop offering another Denver tour focusing on the Colorado Capitol area and downtown central business district as a result of challenges that have impacted several of their markets in this most unusual year.

“COVID actually hasn’t been as big of a problem as has been all the riots and demonstrations,” said Walker. “In a lot of our cities, statues have been taken down, which is not something we ever would’ve thought about happening. So, we’ve had to do a lot of workarounds and adjustments.”

But even as app- and web-based tour options appear to be best

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Golden- and Denver-based quests available for purchase. The Denver quest is $49 per team (2 to 5 people per team) and the Golden quest is $30 per team.

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Tours depart daily from the state Capitol. Tickets are $19 for adults and $12 for kids. Visit denverterrors.com for details. suited to meet the moment, some companies have continued with their in-person tours after making some adjustments necessitated by the pandemic and found there is still an appetite for the experience they provide.

That’s true of Denver Terrors, which now limits the capacity of its tour of haunted sites of Capitol Hill and requires both tour guides and guests to wear masks even though the tour does not go inside any buildings.

With those precautions in place, owner Chayna Sellers feels her tours are actually one of the safer entertainment options currently available.

“I think the thing that sets it apart is it is an outdoor activity, so there is plenty of room to keep your distance from people,” Sellers said. “It’s a good way to get out and stretch your legs while adhering to the guidelines while learning some interesting things.”

Here is a look at some of the current options for pandemic-friendly tours in and around Denver: SEE TOURS, P15

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He and friends have set up model train displays at museums, trade shows and festivals around the West. It was at one festival where he came to a revelation: On the box for that 1953 train set, his first, was the price tag: $49.

“The average mortgage payment in 1953 was $110,” Cook said. “My parents, living overseas and raising several children, spent half a mortgage payment so their 3-year-old could have a model train like kids back home in America. For years afterwards, living in small houses with four kids, my mom always made space for her son’s big train tables. Those are the sacrifices of love. I have no children, so I pay that love forward.”

Asked what he hopes his trains mean to children, Cook recalled a train display he set up at a craft festival in Colorado Springs.

“It was a grandmother, a mom and their son, who was 15 or so,” Cook said. “The son was autistic. I asked how long they had lived in the Springs, and the mom said not long — she was going through a rather

Many of Ken Cook’s train layout’s accessories come to life, like this miniature PHOTO BY DAVID GILBERT magnetic crane.

unpleasant divorce. While we were talking, I was showing the boy the trains. Letting him blow the whistle.

He was elated, laughing.”

As he told the story, for the first time in a two-hour visit, Cook’s attorney banter broke. He gathered himself as he choked back tears.

“His mom told me: ‘This is the first time in six months I’ve seen my son smile.’ That’s what my parents gave me. That’s what I want to give back.”

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Man found dead in creek faced accusations in Aspen Autopsy results could take weeks.

Tovrea said it was too soon to conclusively rule out foul play but said Rose had no gunshot or stab wounds. The temperature the night before fell to single digits, according to the National Weather Service.

Rose made headlines in Aspen in June for allegedly stalking, harassing and taunting a female neighbor with racist epithets, and harassing and threatening another man, according to the Aspen Times.

Rose faced many arrests in May and June, court records say. Rose had open warrants on felony counts including extortion, witness retaliation, violating bail bonds, stalking and making threats. He also faced misdemeanor charges of bias-motivated harassment, ethnic intimidation and violating a protection order.

The investigation is ongoing, Tovrea said.

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Cherry Hills Village Police are investigating after a man was found dead on Feb. 9 in Little Dry Creek beneath the Clarkson Avenue bridge, on the border with Englewood just a block south of U.S. 285.

Two teenagers found the man, later identified as Christopher Rose, 52, in the creek around sunset on Feb. 9, Cherry Hills Village Police Chief Michelle Tovrea said.

Rose’s cause of death has not yet been determined, said Shannon Sanamo, a medical legal investigator for the Arapahoe County Coroner’s Office. Rose was found in the creek itself, she confirmed.

Rose had no fixed address, she said. Rose’s last registered address was the Aspen Homeless Shelter in Pitkin County, state records show.

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Public Notices call Sheree 303.566.4088 Legals Summons and Sheriff Sale Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, DENVER COUNTY, COLORADO Court Address: 1437 Bannock St. Denver, CO 80202 Plaintiff(s): SPRINGFIELD AT INDIAN CREEK ASSOCIATION Defendant(s): JOHN W. BUCKINGHAM; HOME POINT FINANCIAL CORPORATION; AND PAUL LOPEZ, DENVER COUNTY PUBLIC TRUSTEE; AND OCCUPANT(S) Attorney for Plaintiff(s): Name: Richard W. Johnston, Esq. Address: Tobey & Johnston, P.C. 6855 South Havana Street, Suite 275 Centennial, CO 80112-3813 Phone Number: (303) 799-8600 Fax Number: (303) 799-6977 E-mail: rjohnston@tobeyjohnston.com Atty. Reg. #: 19823 Case Number: 20CV34187 SUMMONS THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO TO DEFENDANT(S) NAMED ABOVE: You are summoned and required to file with the Clerk of this Court an answer or other response to the attached Complaint within twenty-one (21) days after this summons is served on you in the State of Colorado, or within thirty-five (35) days after this summons is served on you outside the State of Colorado, or within sixty-three (63) days after this summons is served upon the United States or one of its agencies.

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

The following documents are also served with this Summons: Complaint in Foreclosure, and District Civil Case Cover Sheet.

DATE: December 9, 2020 TOBEY & JOHNSTON, P.C. By: /s/* Richard W. Johnston *Original signature on file at the office of Tobey & Johnston, P.C. This summons is issued pursuant to Rule 4, C.R.C.P., as amended. A copy of the Complaint must be served with this Summons. This form should not be used where service by publication is desired.

WARNING: A VALID SUMMONS MAY BE ISSUED

BY A LAWYER AND IT NEED NOT CONTAIN A COURT CASE NUMBER, THE SIGNATURE OF A COURT OFFICER, OR A COURT SEAL. THE PLAINTIFF HAS 14 DAYS FROM THE DATE THIS SUMMONS WAS SERVED ON YOU TO FILE THE CASE WITH THE COURT. YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR CONTACTING THE COURT TO FIND OUT WHETHER THE CASE HAS BEEN FILED AND OBTAIN THE CASE NUMBER. IF THE PLAINTIFF FILES THE CASE WITHIN THIS TIME, THEN YOU MUST RESPOND AS EXPLAINED IN THIS SUMMONS. IF THE PLAINTIFF FILES MORE THAN 14 DAYS AFTER THE DATE THE SUMMONS WAS SERVED ON YOU, THE CASE MAY BE DISMISSED UPON MOTION AND YOU MAY BE ENTITLED TO SEEK ATTORNEY’S FEES FROM THE PLAINITFF. Amended and Adopted by the Court, En Banc, October 10, 2013, effective immediately Legal Notice No. 80871 First Publication: February 18, 2021 Last Publication: March 18, 2021 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, COUNTY OF DENVER STATE OF COLORADO 1437 Bannock St. Denver, CO 80202 WILLIAM ANTHONY BRONSON, an individual, Plaintiff, v.

DENNIS BRONSON, an individual, Defendant.

Attorneys for Plaintiff Joseph D. Bloch, Atty. Regis #16783 Trenton J. Ongert, Atty. Regis #36602 Matthew P. Dolan, Atty. Regis #50019 Bloch & Chapleau, Cates, Ongert, LLC 1725 Gaylord Street Denver, CO 80206 Phone No.: (303) 331-1700 Fax No.: (303) 355-0252 Email: jbloch@blochchapleau.com tongert@blochchapleau.com mdolan@blochchapleau.com Case Number: 2020CV33033 COMPLAINT FOR PARTITION

COMES NOW, Plaintiff, William Anthony Bronson, (“Plaintiff”) by and through his attorneys, Bloch & Chapleau, Cates, Ongert, LLC, and submits this Complaint for Partition against Defendant, Dennis Bronson, (“Defendant”), and in support thereof now states as follows: PARTIES AND VENUE 1. Plaintiff William Anthony Bronson is an individual, resident, and domiciliary of the County of Denver, State of Colorado.

2. Defendant Dennis Bronson is an individual, resident, and domiciliary of the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado.

3. This Court has jurisdiction over this matter and venue is proper pursuant to C.R.C.P. 98(a) because the real property at issue is located in Denver County, Colorado.

FACTUAL ALLEGATIONS 4. On 8/19/2014, the parties were deeded the real property located at 2870 Bellaire Street, Denver, CO 80207 (“The Bellaire Property”) pursuant to Denver County Probate Court Case No. 14PR30459.

5. Neither party resides at this property. Plaintiff has attempted to contact Defendant to facilitate the sale of the property; however, Defendant has not been responsive to Plaintiff’s requests.

CLAIM FOR RELIEF (Partition of Real Property) 6. Plaintiff incorporates by reference the allegations stated above as though restated and re-alleged herein.

7. Plaintiff is a tenant in common of the Bellaire Property and therefore may maintain this partition action pursuant to C.R.S. § 38-28-101.

8. Pursuant to C.R.S. § 38-28-106 and C.R.S. 38-28-107, the Court may partition the property or, if a partition of the property cannot be made without manifest prejudice to the rights of any interested property, the Court may direct the sale of the property. This property is a single-family home and therefore cannot be effectively partitioned.

Therefore, Plaintiff is requesting a Court ordered sale of the property and that both parties share in the proceeds equally.

PRAYER FOR RELIEF WHEREFORE, Plaintiff, William Anthony Bronson, prays for a Court Ordered sale of the real property located at 12870 Bellaire Street, Denver, CO 80207 which is owned by both parties as tenants in common and that both parties split the proceeds of any sale equally.

Respectfully submitted this 1st day of September, 2020.

BLOCH & CHAPLEAU CATES, ONGERT, LLC /s/ Joseph D. Bloch Joseph D. Bloch, #16783 Trenton J. Ongert, #36602 Matthew P. Dolan, #50019 Attorneys for Plaintiff 1725 Gaylord St. Denver, CO 80206 (303) 331-1700 Plaintiff’s Address 2676 Grape Street Denver, CO 80207 Legal Notice No. 80867 First Publication: February 18, 2021 Last Publication: March 18, 2021 Publisher: The Denver Herald-Dispatch

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

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

Michael Conway Commissioner of Insurance Legal Notice No. 80879 First Publication: February 25, 2021 Last Publication: March 18, 2021 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice William Weimar DDS will close his dental office at 100 Acoma on March 23, 2021. Inactive dental charts from 2013 and earlier will be destroyed unless we are contacted to transfer any of these records. 303-778-6703.

Legal Notice No. 80868 First Publication: February 18, 2021 Last Publication: March 11, 2021 Publisher: The Denver Herald-Dispatch PUBLIC NOTICE: Cellco Partnership and its controlled affiliates doing business as Verizon Wireless are proposing to colocate antennas on a 34-foot public lighting structure at 945 N Grape St, Denver, Denver County, CO 80220. Public comments regarding potential effects from this site on historic properties may be submitted within 30 days from the date of this publication to, Environmental Resources Management, C/O Danna Allen, Wireless Projects, 235 Magrath Darby Boulevard, Suite 130, Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464, or by email vzwnepa@erm. com, or by phone 1-678-904-4399.

Legal Notice No. 80873 First Publication: February 25, 2021 Last Publication: February 25, 2021 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

Notice to Creditors Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Merry C. Low, Deceased Case Number: 21PR30037 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 18, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Karen L. Low and Robert M. Cook-Deegan, Co-Personal Representatives 2552 E. Alameda Ave., Unit 11 Denver, Colorado 80209 Legal Notice No. 80858 First Publication: February 11, 2021 Last Publication: February 25, 2021 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of CYNTHIA S. WHITNEY, aka Cynthia Louise (Shelley) Whitney and Cindy Whitney, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR30259 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 25, 2021 or the claims may be forever barred.

Monica R. Pressley Personal Representative 2763 S. Vrain Street Denver, CO 80236 Legal Notice No. 80876 First Publication: February 25, 2021 Last Publication: March 11, 2021 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Ichiro Ino, also known as George Ino, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR30083 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 June 11, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Hajja Kabli, Personal Representative 5538 Iran Street Denver, Colorado 80249 Legal Notice No. 80857 First Publication: February 11, 2021 Last Publication: February 25, 2021 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Donald Gray Miller, Jr., Deceased Case Number: 2020PR031360 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 16, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Donald G. Miller, III, Personal Representative 1952 Wild Oak Ln. Chico, CA 95928 Legal Notice No. 80859 First Publication: February 11, 2021 Last Publication: February 25, 2021 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Joseph T. Gallegos, Deceased Case Number: 2020PR420 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before June 11, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Legal Notice No. 80860 First Publication: February 11, 2021 Last Publication: February 25, 2021 Publisher: The Denver Herald-Dispatch

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Beatrice Delores Lopez, also known as Beatrice D. Lopez, also known as Beatrice Lopez, also known as Beatrice Delores Martinez, Deceased Case Number: 2020PR31642

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 June 18, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Michelle Denise Forsythe Personal Representative 660 S Bryant Street Denver, CO 80219 Legal Notice No. 80862 First Publication: February 18, 2021 Last Publication: March 4, 2021 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch PUBLIC NOTICE

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before June 11, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Margaret V. Harding, aka Meg V. Harding, Deceased Case Number: 2020PR31517 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before June 25, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Dennis P. Watt, Personal Representative 3044 W. 7050 South West Jordan, UT 84084

/s/ Terry Ehrlich #13213 Attorney for the Personal Representative 7691 Shaffer Parkway, Suite A Littleton, Colorado 80127 Legal Notice No. 80856 First Publication: February 11, 2021 Last Publication: February 25, 2021 Publisher: The Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of JACQUELINE M. DRAPER, also known as JACQUELINE MAE DRAPER, aka JACQUELINE DRAPER, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR30169

Legal Notice No. 80875 First Publication: February 25, 2021 Last Publication: March 11, 2021 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of DELAYNE R. SMITH, a/k/a DELAYNE RAMEY SMITH, Deceased Case Number: 20 PR 31518 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 11, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before June 25, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

David W. Draper, Personal Representative 1920 17th Street, Unit 602 Denver, CO 80202 Legal Notice No. 80877 First Publication: February 25, 2021 Last Publication: March 11, 2021 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice

Ron Bulkley, Personal Representative 5166 S. Keenland Ct. Littleton, CO 80123

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Laura Wright, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR30056

Legal Notice No. 80853 First Publication: February 11, 2021 Last Publication: February 25, 2021 Publisher: The Denver Herald-Dispatch PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Edward Walter Albert, Deceased Case Number: 20PR31604 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before June 11, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before June 11, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Aisha C. Ruiz, Personal Representative 3413 W. Gill Place Denver, Colorado 80129 Legal Notice No. 80854 First Publication: February 11, 2021 Last Publication: February 25, 2021 Publisher: The Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice

Jason Edward Albert c/o Zachary T. Reams, Esq. Personal Representative 222 N 7th Street Grand Junction, Colorado 81501

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Grace I. Starrett, a/k/a Grace Ione Starrett, Deceased Case Number: 2020PR31633

Legal Notice No. 80855 First Publication: February 11, 2021 Last Publication: February 25, 2021 Publisher: The Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of John Joseph Astuno, Sr., Deceased Case Number: 2021PR030164 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the Probate Court of the City & County of Denver, Colorado on or before June 18, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Constance Hedwig Ford, aka Constance H. Ford, aka Constance Ford, Deceased Case Number: 2021 PR 30074

Joanne Nora Cdebaca, Personal Representative 1546 W. Bayaud Denver, CO 80223

John Joseph Astuno, Jr. Personal Representative 16 Meadowview Lane Greenwood Village, CO 80121

First Publication: February 18, 2021 Last Publication: March 4, 2021 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before June 11, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Robert A. Starrett, Personal Representative c/o Keith L. Davis, Esq Davis Schilken, PC 7887 E. Belleview Ave., Suite 820 Denver, CO 80111 Legal Notice No. 80861 First Publication: February 11, 2021 Last Publication: February 25, 2021 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Carol Sue Raznick, a/k/a Carol S. Raznick,

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Public Notices a/k/a Carol Raznick, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR30113 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to: Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before June 28, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Attorney for Estate of Carol Sue Raznick COAN, PAYTON & PAYNE, LLC K. Michelle AmRhein 103 W. Mountain Ave., Suite 200 Fort Collins, CO 80524 Legal Notice No. 80872 First Publication: February 25, 2021 Last Publication: March 11, 2021 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Phyllis Gwendolyn Wells, also known as Phyllis G. Wells, and Gwen Wells, Deceased Case Number: 21PR30098 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 18, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Becky and Brad Rucic Co-Personal Representatives 17220 Rimrock Drive Golden, Colorado 80401 Legal Notice No. 80863 First Publication: February 18, 2021 Last Publication: March 4, 2021 Publisher: The Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Jessie Lene Syrie, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR30087 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before June 18, 2021, or the claims may be

forever barred.

Latrayl D. Veasley, Personal Representative 3325 Ash Street Denver, CO 80207 Legal Notice No. 80864 First Publication: February 18, 2021 Last Publication: March 4, 2021 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of JOHN LLOYD ADAMS, a.k.a. JOHN L. ADAMS, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR30031 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver Colorado on or before June 25, 2021 or the claims may be forever barred.

SHEILA MARIE ADAMS COWES Personal Representative 14355 BYRON ROAD BYRON, MI 48418 Legal Notice No. 80869 First Publication: February 18, 2021 Last Publication: March 4, 2021 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of VERNON K. BEEBE, also known as Vernon Kenneth Beebe, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR30222 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 25, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Steven R Owens, Attorney to the Personal Representative 6041 S. Syracuse Way, #103 Greenwood Village, CO 80111 Legal Notice No. 80878

First Publication: February 25, 2021 Last Publication: March 11, 2021 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of William R. Hiatt, aka William Read Hiatt, aka William Hiatt, aka Will Hiatt, and Bill Hiatt, Deceased Case Number: 2021 PR 30107

Denver Probate Court Denver County, Colorado 1437 Bannock Street, Room 230 Denver, CO 80202

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before June 18, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Susan W. Hiatt, Personal Representative 385 Dexter Street, Denver, Colorado 80220 Legal Notice No. 80865 First Publication: February 18, 2021 Last Publication: March 4, 2021 Publisher: The Denver Herald-Dispatch -------------------------------------------------------------Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Cynthia Marene Braden, a/k/a Cindy Braden, a/k/a Cynthia M. Braden, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR030086 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 25, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

William R. Braden, Personal Representative c/o Goddard & Hawkins, PC 4500 Cherry Creek Drive South, Suite 625 Denver, CO 80246 Legal Notice No. 80874 First Publication: February 25, 2021 Last Publication: March 11, 2021 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

In the Matter of the Estate of: Margaret M. Grinnell a/k/a Margaret Mary Grinnell a/k/a Peggie Grinnell a/k/a Margaret Rae Grinnell, Deceased Attorney for Petitioner: Ryan B. Scott #36741 The Law Office of Ryan B. Scott, LLC 8089 S. Lincoln Street, Suite 201 Littleton, CO 80122 Phone Number: 720-446-1966 E-mail: ryan@rbscottlaw.com Case Number: 20PR0475

requested action set forth in the attached motion/ petition and proposed order must file a written objection with the court on or before the hearing and must furnish a copy of the objection to the person requesting the court order. JDF 722 (Objection form) is available on the Colorado Judicial Branch website (www.courts.state.co.us). If no objection is filed, the court may take action on the motion/ petition without further notice or hearing. If any objection is filed, the objecting party must, within 14 days after filing the objection, contact the court to set the objection for an appearance hearing.

Failure to timely set the objection for an appearance hearing as required will result in further action as the court deems appropriate.

Legal Notice No. 80866 First Publication: February 18, 2021 Last Publication: March 4, 2021 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice

NOTICE OF HEARING BY PUBLICATION PURSUANT TO § 15-10-401, C.R.S. To: Any Heir of the deceased, Margaret M. Grinnell, a/k/a Margaret Mary Grinnell, a/k/a Peggie Grinnell, a/k/a Margaret Rae Grinnell, Last Known Address, if any: 2449 S. Colorado Boulevard, Apt. 136, Denver, CO 80222 A hearing without appearance on a Petition for Formal Probate of Will and Formal Appointment of Personal Representative for Admittance of the Last Will and Testament of Margaret M. Grinnell to probate, determination of the heirs and devisees of the Estate Margaret M. Grinnell, and for appointment of Roby Scott Christian as Personal Representative will be held at the following time and location or at a later date to which the hearing may be continued:

Superior Court of Washington County of Pierce No. 20-5-00714-1 In re the adoption of Noah James Oler-Hinz.

Notice and Summons by Publication to Kelsey Anne Oler: a petition to terminate parental rights, adopt the child and change name to Noah James Hinz was filed on 11/05/2020. You have sixty days after the first date of this publication to serve a copy of your response to Jennifer D. Andrews at 2200 N 30th St Ste. 202 Tacoma WA 98403 or a court may enter an order granting the adoption and terminate your parental rights.

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Call within the next 30 days and choose one of these great offers: • A Free Appraisal • A Free Home Inspection • $1,000 Paid Towards Closing Costs Offer Code 0101CCM

Matt Witt

NMLS #1638881 Reverse Mortgage Specialist

720-458-4034

MattW@SilverLeafMortgage.com

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877-875-2951

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

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