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VOLUME 94 | ISSUE 24

Nominations sought for leadership award STAFF REPORT

Cancer cases rising Dr. Radhika Acharya-Leon, section chief for medical oncology at Highlands Ranch Hospital, said the consequences of delayed treatment are starting to emerge each day where the disease is more progressed in colon, breast, prostate and lung cancer cases.

“The more people delayed screenings and follow-up testing, the more the prognosis is going to change,” she said. “The longer treatment is delayed, the more

The City of Denver and its Monte Pascoe Civic Leadership Award Committee are seeking nominations for a community member to be honored with the 2021 Monte Pascoe Civic Leadership Award.

Nominees should demonstrate: Equality of all people — Dedication and conviction to stand for equal opportunity of all people.

Mentoring — Encouragement and mentorship to those who seek to act upon their civic leadership.

Service — Extraordinary service focused on the improvement of the local, national or global community.

Leadership — Willingness to assume responsibility for leadership and take necessary risks to improve the community.

The nominee who best demonstrates the above attributes will be presented with the award by Denver Mayor Michael Hancock at the annual Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce’s State of the City Luncheon, which is expected to take place in August this year.

Anyone is welcome to submit a nomination, which can be done by an online nomination form on the city’s website. A shortened direct link to the award’s page is: https:// tinyurl.com/4fw2rx7c. Or, visit the city of Denver’s website at www.denvergov.org and type in Monte Pascoe in the search on the homepage.

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Dr. Radhika Acharya-Leon, section chief for medical oncology at Highlands Ranch Hospital, talks to patient Suzi McCumber PHOTO BY THELMA GRIMES about radiation treatment.

Delayed treatment hobbles health care Heart health, cancer cases and stroke prognosis worse due to patients skipping care

BY THELMA GRIMES TGRIMES@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Delayed care for major health conditions in 2020 is leading specialists through the Denver metro area to worry that it could take more than a decade to recover from the emotional, financial and societal price.

PART 2: DELAYED MEDICAL This is the second part of a two-part series exploring impacts of delaying medical appointments due to inconveniences of COVID pandemic impacts.

According to a study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), medical care delay in 2020 contributed to increased morbidity and mortality risks associated with treatable and preventable health conditions.

Cancer cases are increasing, long-term treatment for heart issues has become more complicated, mental health and general health care lost a year and doctors

are working to clear a backlog in all areas.

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WALLS OF WONDERMENT A look at the emergence of murals

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ReelAbilities: Denver film fest takes place May 5-8 STAFF REPORT

The first-ever Colorado-based ReelAbilities: Denver Film Festival will take place as a virtual event May 5-8.

The film festival, which is being hosted by the JCC Mizel Arts and Culture Center, features a variety of films and supplemental content such as an adaptive dance/movement class, a mindfulness workshop and panel discussions led by, for and about people with various disabilities. Partnering community organizations for the festival include the Phamaly Theatre Company, Jewish Family Service, Firefly Autism and Colorado Conservatory of Dance/Art as Action.

All of the festival’s content will be inclusive and accessible to everyone, featuring open captions, audio description narration, pre-recorded spoken content and ASL interpretation will be offered. All festival content will be offered virtually and on-demand for home access during the entirety of the festival.

Additionally, the film festival features pay-what-you-can ticketing.

The recommended ticket price is $12 for feature-length films and supplemental programs, and $6 for short films.

The presenting sponsor of ReelAbilities: Denver is Jane E. Rosenbaum, who created the Danielle’s Fund for Special Needs for her

daughter with autism.

“In the world we live in, there are so many people who are unaware of the uniqueness of people with differences and I always want to try to bring more awareness to these people,” Rosenbaum said in a news release. “I hope the community sees how important it is to look beyond appearances and get to know people, all kinds of people; people who are different from themselves. In that way, I hope that the world can be a more welcoming and less judgmental place for all of us.”

To learn more about the ReelAbilities: Denver Film Festival or to purchase tickets, visit www.jccdenver. org/reelabilities.

Greeley Stampede plans to return this summer

BY HANNAH METZGER THE DENVER GAZETTE

One of Colorado’s foremost Western summer celebrations is returning this year with the annual Greeley Stampede festival set to be held.

This summer’s celebration is scheduled for June 24 to July 4 at Island Grove Park. The festival was forced to close in 2020 because of COVID-19 restrictions.

“We are thrilled to finally say we are officially having a Stampede in 2021,” said Justin Watada, Greeley Stampede general manager, “but we still have a lot of work to do.”

The Greeley Stampede tradition dates back to the late 1800s as a community celebration started to honor local potato farmers. Now, it’s an internationally acclaimed festival that attracts more than 250,000 people each year.

The festival as it’s known today began in 1922 as the Greeley Spud Rodeo and became the Greeley Independence Stampede in 1972.

It features rodeos, concerts, a carnival, a Western art show, food and a Fourth of July parade. Officials don’t know what the festival will look like this year, saying they’re making modifications to meet current

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COVID-19 event guidelines.

“The Greeley Stampede has been working hard making plans and collaborating with the city and state,” said Greeley Mayor John Gates. “We are confident that the Stampede is creating an event that will be safe and entertaining for our community.”

Additional information on this year’s festival events will be available soon, officials said. Updated information about the Greeley Stampede will be posted on its social media accounts and website at greeleystampede.org.

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The history of the award dates back to 2006 when the first Denver Civic Leadership Award was presented to Monte Pascoe posthumously to honor his legacy. According to a news release, Pascoe “exemplified the importance of civic engagement and leadership.”

A Denver Post article dated March 2, 2006, states that Pascoe died that day at age 71. He was a graduate of East High School and he and his wife raised three children in their longtime family home near Cheesman Park.

A prominent Denver lawyer, Pascoe helped file a lawsuit heard by the U.S. Supreme Court which ordered Denver Public Schools to desegregate its educational facilities.

He also was a trustee for the Colorado School of Mines for 12 years and was president of the Iliff School of Theology Board of Trustees.

Pascoe’s other leadership accomplishments include serving as the executive director of the Colorado Department of Natural Resources, a commissioner on the Denver Water Board and chairing the Colorado Water Quality Control Commission.

No one was honored with the award in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, all receipts between 2006 and 2019 can be found on the webpage mentioned above.

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Immigrant group’s cookbook seeks to bridge differences ‘Together at the Table’ celebrates global value of good meals with good friends

BY DAVID GILBERT DGILBERT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

The tastes of dozens of countries are collected in “Together at the Table,” a new cookbook from Littleton nonprofit Immigrant Pathways Colorado (IPC).

With recipes like hummus from Lebanon, mojitos from Peru, stew from Ethiopia and egg rolls from Vietnam, IPC board members say they hope the cookbook conveys the diverse backgrounds represented in America — but also commonalities.

“It reflects that common element we all share: sitting down to share a meal with family and friends,” said IPC board member Connie Shoemaker at an April 13 book launch event. “The table is a place of memory, where we become aware of who and what we are. That’s bound up in the food we eat — it’s a way of preserving past and heritage.”

Proceeds from the cookbook go to IPC’s One-Immigrant-At-A-Time program, which provides selfdevelopment grants to immigrants, refugees and asylees who are in the country legally and live below the poverty line. Grants can be used for activities like English classes, applying for citizenship, green card

“Together at the Table,” a new cookbook from Immigrant Pathways Colorado, features recipes from around the globe. Proceeds go to the group’s efforts to help immigrants on PHOTO BY DAVID GILBERT their feet.

renewal and seeking professional training. Proceeds will also go toward scholarships to attend Arapahoe Community College.

The cookbook includes 171 recipes from 66 contributors from 43 countries on nearly every continent. Included in the book are eight dividers printed with the stories of immigrants and their descendants, who share how food is woven into their cultural heritage.

Among those is Nisren Hussein,

whose family’s experience inspired the creation of the IPC. Hussein and her husband Raad are Kurds, a long-persecuted ethnic minority in Iraq. Growing up, Hussein’s family of nine had little access to fruit, fresh vegetables and meat as a result of war and economic sanctions.

Hussein recalled her mother spending hours every day making flatbread to sell, often leaving her hands cracked and broken, aching

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to the point that Hussein had to lift the oven cover for her mother.

Hussein later married Raad and had two children, but was forced to flee Iraq after anti-coalition forces discovered Raad was working as an interpreter for American troops.

Army Col. Joe Rice, a Littleton resident, arranged for the Husseins to come to his hometown, and tasked IPC founder Susan Thornton and friends with setting the family up with a place to stay, jobs, and money to get on their feet.

The experience inspired Thornton and others to create IPC after realizing that small grants could make a world of difference to immigrants in need as they sought to become Americans.

For Hussein, who contributed a recipe for Iraqi-style stuffed grape leaves to the cookbook, settling in Littleton was a blessing.

“The air smelled beautiful when we walked out the door our first morning in Colorado,” she recalled in her segment in the cookbook. “It was like breathing life.”

Shoemaker said she hopes the cookbook furthers IPC’s goals: “To bridge the gaps between cultures through education, sharing stories and learning about one another.”

“Together at the Table” is available at all Tattered Cover locations, including Aspen Grove. It can also be ordered through IPC’s website at ConnectingImmigrants. org/cookbook. IPC asks for a $20 donation.

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Putting the artisan in the spotlight Ruby’s Market offers the crafts of Colorado-local and immigrant and refugee entrepreneurs

BY CHRISTY STEADMAN CSTEADMAN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Michelle Lasnier envisions her space on South Pearl Street in Denver’s Platt Park neighborhood as a community hub.

Though some COVID-19 gathering restrictions are still in place for now, Lasnier foresees many fun community events — pop-up exhibits and meet-the-artisan events, perhaps — taking place at Ruby’s Market in the future.

In March, Ruby’s Market, 1569 S. Pearl St., celebrated its one-year anniversary. And despite opening in the midst of a global pandemic, it has become the spot to support local immigrant and refugee entrepreneurs.

“For me, it’s all about them,” Lasnier said of the immigrant and refugee artisans. “I focus on their dreams, and that’s what I help facilitate.”

Ruby’s Market is the business that houses the R Bazaar, which is a nonprofit that got its start five years ago to celebrate the journey of local immigrant and refugee entrepreneurs. Featuring a variety of

Michelle Lasnier, founder and owner of Ruby’s Market, organizes items inside the store PHOTO BY CHRISTY STEADMAN at 1569 S. Pearl St. in Denver.

locally-made multicultural artisan products, the R Bazaar launched as a mobile market and went all around the Denver metro area, Lasnier said. The R Bazaar was a vendor at the South Pearl Street Farmers Market, which is how Lasnier found out that the space where Ruby’s Market is now located had become available.

Ruby’s Market as a brick-andmortar was set to open just as the pandemic hit and caused the shutdown in the early spring of 2020. Unable to allow customers inside the establishment at the time, Lasnier instead launched the online Ruby’s Market Box in April 2020, boasting 70 vendors and at least 400 items.

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Market Box allows people to browse nearly every item available inside the store - including spices, sauces, chocolate, jewelry, art and soaps, for some examples.

Lasnier also heard from refugee families that they were struggling to get toiletries and cleaning products because those items cannot be purchased with the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).

“I wanted to offer a place where community members can come and donate such items,” Lasnier said.

So, she partnered with Lutheran Family Services and the African Community Center — both are local re-settlement agencies — to open Ruby’s Pantry, which operates out of Ruby’s Market’s garage. Community members can drop items off at Ruby’s Market, and the two organizations above have volunteer drivers that pick up the items and deliver them to refugee families residing across the metro area.

Ruby’s Market was able to start welcoming guests inside the store last May. As a global market, the store features more than 40 vendors, ranging from local family farmers to immigrant and refugee crafters.

“For immigrants and refugees, it can be a long process to integrate,” Lasnier said.

Ruby’s Market can serve as a link to the community and help facilitate integration, she added.

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Yurima Crowley is one of the artists whose work is available at Ruby’s Market. Crowley is a jewelrymaker who immigrated from Venezuela in 2015 in search for a better life for herself and her son.

In Venezuela, Crowley worked as a jewelry importer, and she decided to become the jewelry designer/creator after she settled in the U.S. She completed a 20-week course offered through the University of Colorado called the Family Leadership Training Institute, and three years ago, launched her I Love ME jewelry line. Referred to as simply ME, the word ME stands for Manos Emprendedoras, Spanish for entrepreneurial hands.

With the jewelry line, Crowley provides work opportunities to other immigrant women and currently works with eight women who reside in Aurora.

How it works is, every Tuesday for two hours, the group gets together — they are gathering virtually now, but will go back to in-person once the pandemic is no longer an issue — to make jewelry. During each session, Crowley teaches the women how to make a specific piece of jewelry and provides them with all the supplies they need to make a predetermined number of that piece of jewelry.

“It’s not just time for work,” Crowley said. “We love to get together.

It’s a time for sharing and conversation.”

All the women have different stories to share each week, Crowley said, adding they talk about their families and traditions from their home countries, among many other topics.

The idea, specifically for the `I Love’ in the I Love ME name, Crowley said, is for the women that she works with to take me-time. For each piece of jewelry sold, a portion of the proceeds go to Crowley, a portion goes to the woman who made it and a portion goes toward purchasing the supplies, Crowley said. Therefore, because the women are their family’s primary caregiver and don’t work outside of the home, creating the jewelry once a week

Eloisa Lynch, right, and her mother, Martha Flores, create tesse prints — puzzle-like patterns — which are then printed on cardstock such as greeting cards and postcards PHOTO BY CHRISTY STEADMAN

For two hours each week, the women behind I Love ME jewelry get together to make jewelry and talk. This photo was taken prior to the pandemic, but the women have been COURTESY PHOTO gathering virtually throughout the past year.

gives them the opportunity to socialize as well as have some money of their own to spend however they wish, Crowley said.

But not only that, Crowley added, the women love making something that will be going out into their community.

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Eloisa Lynch believes there is healing power when one creates.

“When I’m creating, my mind relaxes,” said Lynch, who is a survivor of ovarian cancer. And “it feels amazing when someone connects

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Lynch, who was born in Mexico City and raised in Chihuahua, Mexico, came to the United States about 20 years ago — when she was 21 — to attend college and study graphic design.

She graduated, but realized she didn’t enjoy working on the computer as much as she thought she would, Lynch said. Fast forward to about two years ago when Lynch relocated to Denver and became an art teacher at a charter school in Denver’s Westwood neighborhood.

“I love the kids,” Lynch said, adding that with her job, she enjoys “the teaching aspect and making the art, equally.”

Some of Lynch’s work that can be found at Ruby’s Market is called Tesse Prints. Lynch creates these alongside her mother, Martha Flores. Tesse Prints are inspired by the mathematical nature of the late Dutch graphic artist M.C. Escher’s tessellations, which are puzzle-like patterns, Lynch said.

The mother-and-daughter team’s Tesse Prints go on all sorts of cardstock, such as greeting cards and postcards.

Lynch also enjoys making collage portraits. Most of the pieces she has done so far are of famous people who have a story that Lynch relates to, she said. But Lynch is now exploring making her collage portraits of the general “community members with a fighting spirit,” Lynch said. For example, a maintenance worker or restaurant server, she said.

“To me, that’s what America is all about,” Lynch said. “People from all different backgrounds.”

Ruby’s Market’s third prong is the Supper Club. This was launched in November and features authentic, prepared meals for a family of four.

The meals are prepared by refugee and immigrant chefs who have a catering business but not a restaurant establishment or food truck.

Ruby’s Market exists to bring the Colorado-local, and refugee and immigrant entrepreneurs — the artisans behind all sorts of global creations — into the spotlight, Lasnier said.

“The goal is to get the vendors’ stories out there,” Lasnier said.

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Patients we are seeing now have a worse outlook.”

According to the American Journal of Managed Care, screenings for breast, colon, prostate and lung cancer dropped dramatically in 2020. At the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, breast cancer screenings dropped 85%, colonoscopies dropped by 75%, lung cancer screenings were down 56%, and prostate testing decreased by 74%.

By delaying screenings, and ignoring symptoms, AcharyaLeon said education about the importance of early diagnosis and intervention went out the window in 2020.

Another concerning trend was patients skipping follow-up care.

Acharya-Leon said it is vital for patients who were treated for cancer in the past to follow up to make sure the disease has not returned.

When those patients are coming back, the prognosis is not good.

“The fallout from this is going to be a decade at least,” she said. “We have a situation in this country where you go from having a curable situation to an incurable situation.

The cost to society is going to be huge.”

Dr. Lisa Wynn, of CU Medicine Obstetrics and Gynecology in Highlands Ranch, said it has been difficult talking to patients who put off care and are now receiving bad news.

Wynn said she had a patient who put off getting a recommended mammogram in 2018. She then skipped doing it 2019 and could not do it in 2020. In 2021, she has been diagnosed with breast cancer.

“We are doing a lot to get patients caught up,” Wynn said. “We are even doing walk-in mammograms.

We are set up to do everything in one day. We are doing your blood work, mammograms, and pap smear in this building. One day, all done.”

Heart health Dr. Nick Tsipis, the associate medical director at Swedish Medical Center in Englewood, said the emergency room had some alarming trends in 2020 that will take years to sort out. One of those trends was delaying care for a heart attack.

“The initial recommendations were to avoid hospitals,” Tsipis said. “While well intentioned, now we know it should have been worded differently. We saw patients who had had a heart attack that happened more than 24 hours before. These patients knew something was not right but wanted to wait. They did not want to burden the system.”

According to the American Heart Association, heart disease remains the leading cause of death in the world with 86 million deaths and more than 523 million cases diagnosed a year. In 2020, the American College of Cardiology reported a drop in common heart attacks presenting in emergency rooms by 38%.

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wondering where all the heart attacks went,” said Interventional Cardiologist Anthony Cedrone, of South Denver Cardiology Associates. “In reality, they did not go to the hospital to get an official diagnosis. The heart attacks are still there, it is just much worse.”

The experts at South Denver Cardiology Associates, with offices in Littleton, Englewood, Castle Rock and Parker, have seen the fallout from delayed care. Cedrone said when he sees patients who were treated late for a heart attack, they still devise a treatment plan, working to preserve as much tissue as possible.

“It is plain and simple — the fear of COVID has led to more cardiac death this year,” Cedrone said.

“It’s important to be less scared of COVID, pay attention to symptoms and go get treatment.”

Dr. Larry Allen, an advanced heart failure and transplant cardiologist with UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital, said they saw a 40% decrease in heart patients at the peak of the pandemic.

“When (patients) stay home with cardiac disease, there is permanent damage.” Allen said. “By the time we saw them, the damage was so much worse than it could have been and so much harder for us to treat.”

Allen said the current trends are frustrating because it took decades to teach the public about the symptoms of a heart attack and the importance of seeking emergency treatment.

In cases that did not lead to death, Allen said the cost to the healthcare system will carry on for years.

Strokes Brandon Pope, neuroscience chief at UCHealth Neuroscience Center, said there is a common saying for someone suffering from a stroke, “time is brain.” A stroke victim can lose up to two million neurons every minute they do not seek treatment, he said.

In 2020, Pope said doctors specializing in treating strokes across the Denver metro area saw a decrease in patients. Patients did not go to emergency rooms, and they skipped follow-up treatment way too often through the last year, he said.

Every hour without treatment equals about 3.6 years off their life expectancy, Pope said.

“No treatment means you are potentially aging your brain by years,” he said. “Over the last year, we saw patients coming in 24 hours or more after a stroke started. The longer the wait goes on, we can’t stress enough, the more brain you are losing.”

From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to the state government, the public was warned to stay home starting last March when cases of COVID started spreading in the U.S. The problem with the messaging, as many doctors across the Denver metro area have pointed out, is that it made people stay home and skip health care from regular doctor visits and screenings, along with ignoring serious issues that needed an emergencyroom visit.

Now, patients who are still afraid of leaving home for a regular doctor visit can turn to the emerging popularity of telemedicine.

Dr. Alison Shmerling, a family doctor in Westminster, said for UCHealth, telehealth visits jumped up to more than 60,000 appointments in 2020.

“We have really learned a lot about what we can and cannot do as doctors in telehealth,” she said.

Dr. Amanda Babcock, a family medicine provider in Arvada, said for those who still fear going to a doctor’s office, telehealth is an important option to take advantage of.

“A lot of people have been forgoing screenings,” she said. “Virtual

calls are going up and can take place while you are at work, during lunch or on a break. The accessibility is there, and we can help.”

However, Babcock stressed that doctors’ office and hospitals are going to be safe with all the precautions and procedures they follow for patient safety.

According to the CDC, since March 2020, virtual doctor visits increased by 159% and will likely continue to be a trend in coming years.

Dr. Nick Tsipis, the associate medical director at Swedish Medical Center in Englewood, said telemedicine has become a great alternative to in-person treatment.

“Telemedicine has been both appropriate and helpful,” he said.

“But it does not solve all problems.

We still need patients to get back to getting regular screenings and testing that has to be done in person.”

Kristin Orlowski, a UCHealth behavioral health expert in Highlands Ranch, said with the pandemic creating so much fear and anxiety, “Telemedicine is a good option for those who are still afraid of going in person.”

Most doctors and medical professionals in the Denver metro area offer appointments via telemedicine. Doctors stress that communication and updates with generalcare providers, even if by phone, is more important than ignoring medical care altogether.

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Let’s all join together to beat the banned

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nce a year, I invite readers to nominate words or expressions they wish were banned, an idea appropriated from Lake Superior State University’s “Annual List of Words and Phrases Banished from the QUIET Queen’s English DESPERATION for Mis-Use, OverUse and General Uselessness.”

Lake Superior’s lists were started in 1976 by W. T. Rabe, the school’s former public relations director who gave the school an Craig Marshall unexpected and Smith unique identity nationwide.

The 2021 list was released as always on New Year’s Day, and it predictably reflects events of the preceding year, starting with “COVID-19.”

Others include “Social distancing,” “We’re all in this together,” and “In these uncertain times.”

Add “Karen,” “Pivot,” “Unprecedented,” “In an abundance of

caution” and “I know, right?”

If your name is Karen and have something you want to say about “Karen” becoming a “misogynist umbrella term for critiquing the perceived overemotional behavior of women” (according to Lake Superior’s committee) please let me know.

One reader, Tim Reinig, Lone Tree, who anticipated this column, nominated “From farm to table.”

Please send one or two words or phrases, with your name and location, by 11:59 p.m. on May 14 by emailing it to craigmarshallsmith@comcast.net.

Some examples are in the Colorado Community Media Hall of Fame, but I have no objection to past offenders being convicted twice.

“Whatever.” “Have a nice day.”

“Awesome.” “Cool.”

“Awesome” and “Cool” might be here to stay, but we have gotten rid of “Groovy,” “For sure,” “What’s happening?” and “Tell it like it is.”

Unfortunately, “I know where you’re coming from” lingers.

“Athleticism” is (too) often used in reference to an athlete who dem-

onstrates “Physicality.” What else is an athlete going to demonstrate?

Watch any of the commentary channels and count the number of times someone begins a comment with, “Listen” or “Look.”

“You guys.” “Selfie.” “Legally drunk.” “Hot water heater.”

“Bucket list.” “Literally.”

One that’s often underestimated in its potency to undermine a sentence is “Uh.” “You know?”

“It is what it is” is one of the most egregious, and I am getting mighty tired of “egregious” too.

You get the idea: I don’t want to use up all the good (bad) ones. If there’s a story to go along with your nomination all the better.

Words change and so do names.

Once names were simple: Jimmy Stewart, Patti Smith, Billy Dee Williams.

No longer.

There’s an entertainer named Megan Thee Stallion.

“Mom and Dad, I’d like you to meet Megan Thee Stallion.”

“We’re pleased to meet you. What do we call you?”

“You can call me Megan. Or you

can call me Thee. Or you can call me Stallion. But you don’t have to call me Megan Thee Stallion.”

(That’s my homage to comedian Bill Saluga and his “Raymond J. Johnson Jr.” routine.)

One reader asked why I insert my middle name: “Sounds pretentious.”

There are thousands of Craig Smiths (one of was just hired to coach the University of Utah’s men’s basketball team.). Without “Marshall” I can’t be found if someone were searching.

There are only two of us (on the internet) named Craig Marshall Smith. The other is a corporal with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

“He is only one of a handful of African Canadians who have even worn a RCMP uniform.”

Because “Thanks in advance” belongs on The List, I’ll just say thank you.

(W. T. Rabe, 1921-1992.)

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

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Although we know that when the construction ends, the improvements made will Michael Norton make our commute easier in the long run, we can’t help but feel a little frustrated and inconvenienced in the moment.

The other day I found myself on such a road. It was a beautiful scenic drive and then suddenly, the orange and white, yellow and black signs started to appear: Construction Entrance; Begin Construction; Road Work Ahead; Road Construction Ahead; Entering Work Zone; Construction Zone Begins; Enter-

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And I am fairly certain you have as well.

I decided to ride out the traffic and just accept the delay. And then the other signs started to pop up as I began to resume the normal speed limit: End Active Work Zone; End Construction; or End of Construction. And as I approached those signs, I realized I had a great appreciation for the men and women who are out there each day building, rebuilding, or repairing our roadways so that we are safer, and our future drives are made so much easier. Kudos to all those who work so hard to make our lives better in the long run. And maybe we can all do our part in being a little more patient so that we can keep them safer each day too.

Here’s the thing, aren’t we all a living and breathing construction zone in some way? Some of us are working hard every day to improve our physique or build strength and

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And while we are “Under Construction,” and committed to the end result that we are striving for; we learn to be patient with ourselves as we know it will take time to achieve our goals. We also hope our family, friends, co-workers, and anyone else who knows us, and who is supporting us, that they will be patient as well. To complete our construction, we need to stay on the path even if the road is harder and slower, only taking a detour when absolutely necessary.

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The next time you are welcomed with a bright orange and white sign that says, “Begin Construction,” will you be reminded that you are also a work in progress?

Will you stay the course and be patient as you go through the building, rebuilding, or repair process?

I would love to hear your “Under Construction” story at mnorton@ tramazing.com, and when we can celebrate the construction zones of life, it really will be a better than good year.

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“Greetings from Denver,” located at 1695 Platte St., was painted by Victor Ving, who travels the country full-time in his RV creating large postcard paintings on buildings.

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or New York-born artist Victor Ving, Colorado looks like craft beer, skiers and Red Rocks Amphitheatre.

“At each stop, I collaborate with local artists, businesses, and residents to create a piece of true public art that engages the local community,” said Ving. h The result of his effort is plain for all to see: His mural “Greetings from Denver” located at 1695 Platte St. is . one of 40 murals Ving has created across the country, offering his take — a vintage postcard view painted on public buildings, as a salute to the cities he visits.

It’s one of the many street-facing artworks commissioned by the City

The “Mermaid,” at Ninth Avenue and Santa Fe Drive, was painted by Josiah Lee Lopez and Ratha Sok, students of Access Gallery.

of Denver, picked by a local panel and free to see, just for the looking.

The city of Denver holds a collection of over 400 pieces of art in a variety of media — some combine sight and sound, others are light-based works or interactive new media, temporary fiber-based works or performance-based works. The collections are spread throughout the city.

Public art in cities boosts the economy, culturally and socially, according to the City of Denver’s Denver Arts and Venues Public Art program. Public art creates a history of the past, present, and future.

Within a neighborhood, public art creates uniqueness in the space as a community grows.

Established by Mayor Federico Pena in 1988 via an executive order, the Denver Public Art Program sets aside 1% of any capital improvement project over $1 million is set aside for public art. For more than 30 years, the city has developed a collection of artworks and accepted donations of art. According to the city’s rules, the collection must be a permanent structure to amplify the space. The artists represent a wide range of cultural diversity and are

selected in a transparent process by a panel of community members who live and work near the project site.

The panel writes the “call for entry,” reviews the application, and the project site. Then the panel selects the artists and interviews the semifinalist and finalist. Once the artists or groups are selected, the selection is forwarded to the Public Art Committee and the Commission on Cultural Affairs to make the final decision. Denver Arts & Venues plans the public art SEE ART, P10

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program and the Mayor’s Commission on Cultural Affairs administrators the activities and policies regarding public art.

Travels with Victor Ving, from New York City, started his nationwide “Greetings Tour” in 2015. He travels full-time in his RV, working to create the landmark murals in each city. The artwork resembles a postcard capturing the cities and communities.

Ving is a former New York City graffiti artist and the founder of Klughaus, a creative agency specializing in large-scale mural art.

“The ‘Greetings from Chinatown’ mural in New York City was painted in 2014, was the first piece I did where we noticed the potential of how much our artwork can positively affect the community,” said Ving.

“I went on a West Coast road trip later that summer and was inspired by others that I saw living on the road. I decided to take a chance to paint and travel full time. I hit the road in spring 2015 and have been loving the lifestyle since.”

Ving lets his travel schedule determine his next project.

“My travels are loosely based around our commissioned project schedule,” he said. “If there are cities along the way that I connect with, I’ll try to make those murals happen en route to the next destination.

“My current priority is creating

The mural of George Floyd is painted by artists Detour aka Thomas Evans and Hiero Veiga.

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the way I make a living and it is my full-time job. However, from time to time I have donated my services to some good causes that align with my values and mission.”

The public art show continues.

Just down the street in an alley, a half-block north, is the “Denver 1859” mural. It’s painted by Delton Demarest and Harrison Nealey us-

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ing an aerosol can with an array of colors to paint the history of Denver since 1859.

Demarest is a graffiti artist and a freelance illustrator working in the commercial and fine arts industries. Nealey is a metal fabricator by trade and creates abstract art SEE ART, P12

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“Larimer Boy and Girl” was painted by artist Jeremy Burns on a building exterior that is a “fit vertical concrete louver,” at Larimer and 27th streets.

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using a variety of mediums and found objects.

Louvered illusion At Larimer and 27th Street, the mural “Larimer Boy and Girl” was painted by artist Jeremy Burns on a building exterior that is a full vertical concrete louver. That means that depending on the viewer’s perspective you either see a boy with a bewildered expression on his face or a gloomy girl. Burns has been living and creating art in the RiNo district since 2004.

Santa Fe Arts District On the corner of 9th Avenue and Santa Fe Drive is the “Mermaid,” painted by Access Gallery students Josiah Lee Lopez and Ratha Sok. Access Gallery is a Santa Fe Drive program for people with disabilities to have artistic opportunities around Denver. The mermaid is painted on the corner of the building with colorful flowing hair appearing as though she’s swimming in the ocean.

Lopez has been working for more than 29 years and started his passion for drawing and painting when in high school. He has been a graffiti writer and muralist since mid-1990.

He received his bachelor of fine arts from Metropolitan State University and a master of fine arts from the University of Colorado at Boulder.

Both Lopez and Sok have been students with Access Gallery for about eight years.

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mentor and teaching artist and worked at Access for about 11 years,” said Lopez.

Lopez said gallery managers simply wanted the pair to create something colorful.

“So we came up with the ‘Sirens’ of Ninth Avenue,” Lopez said. “The Ninth Avenues Sirens, awaking from slumber, observing from afar, and emerging from oceanic morning tide. Their colorful tresses are the protectors of the ever-changing West Side.”

Lopez paints a mural every five years at 10th and Santa Fe in the alleyway behind Metropolitan State University of Denver’s Center for Visual Arts and another mural under the Sixth Avenue bridge at Sixth and Lipan.

His website is www.josiahleelopez. com, said Lopez.

Farther down in the next block off Santa Fe Drive is the “Smiling Boy” in an alley between Santa Fe Drive and Inca Street. The artist goes by the street name B.L.V.D. Artist B.L.V.D painted a stunning large mural of a boy with his arms extended across the outside of the building.

On the east side of Denver at East Colfax Avenue and High Street, a mural of George Floyd was painted by artists Detour aka Thomas Evans and Hiero Veiga. The mural was painted after Floyd’s death in Minneapolis. Evans is an artist with a focus on the innovation of art. Veiga is a graffiti artist from the South Shore of Massachusetts traveling the world creating murals.

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Automatic Temporary Injunction – By Order of Colorado Law, You and Your Spouse are: 1. Restrained from transferring, encumbering, concealing or in any way disposing of, without the consent of the other party or an Order of the Court, any marital property, except in the usual course of business or for the necessities of life. Each party is required to notify the other party of any proposed extraordinary expenditures and to account to the Court for all extraordinary expenditures made after the injunction is in effect; 2. Enjoined from molesting or disturbing the peace of the other party; 3. Restrained from removing the minor children of the parties, if any, from the State without the consent of the other party or an Order of the Court; and 4. Restrained without at least 14 days advance notification and the written consent of the other party or an Order of the Court, from canceling, modifying, terminating, or allowing to lapse for nonpayment of premiums, any policy of health insurance, homeowner’s or renter’s insurance, or automobile insurance that provides coverage to either of the parties or the minor children or any policy of life insurance that names either of the parties or the minor children as a beneficiary.

Respectfully submitted this 25th day of February, 2021.

Original duly signed copy with original signature on file at Larry M. Leach & Associates, P.C. /s/Larry M. Leach Larry M. Leach, Esq. #4284 Attorney for Petitioner Legal Notice No. 80932 First Publication: April 1, 2021 Last Publication: April 29, 2021 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER, COLORADO 1437 Bannock Street, Room 256 Denver, CO 80202 In re the Marriage of: Petitioner: Kristilla Silva and Respondent: Jose Hipollito Garcia Counsel for Petitioner: Cory M. Curtis, #40549 Curtis Law Firm, LLC 5353 W Dartmouth Ave., Suite 504 Denver, CO 80227 720-263-4600 | cmcurtis@cmcurtislaw.com Case Number: 2021DR30240 Division 309 SUMMONS FOR: DISSOLUTION OF CIVIL UNION To the Respondent named above, this Summons serves as a notice to appear in this case.

If you were served in the State of Colorado, you must file your Response with the clerk of this Court within 21 days after this Summons is served on you to participate in this action.

If you were served outside of the State of Colorado or you were served by publication, you must file your Response with the clerk of this Court within 35 days after this Summons is served on you to participate in this action.

You may be required to pay a filing fee with your Response. The Response form (JDF 1252) can be found at www.courts.state.co.us by clicking on the “Self Help/Forms” tab.

After 91 days from the date of service or publication, the Court may enter a Decree affecting the status of your civil union, distribution of property and debts, issues involving children such as child support, allocation of parental responsibilities (decision-making and parenting time), maintenance (partner support), attorney fees, and costs to the extent the Court has jurisdiction.

If you fail to file a Response in this case, any or all of the matters above, or any related matters which come before this Court, may be decided without further notice to you.

This is an action to obtain a Decree of Dissolution of Civil Union or Legal Separation of Civil Union as more fully described in the attached Petition, and if you have children, for orders regarding the children of the union.

Notice: §14-10-107, C.R.S. provides that upon

the filing of a Petition for Dissolution or Legal Separation of Civil Union by the Petitioner and Co-Petitioner, or upon personal service of the Petition and Summons on the Respondent, or upon waiver and acceptance of service by the Respondent, an automatic temporary injunction shall be in effect against both parties until the Final Decree is entered, or the Petition is dismissed, or until further Order of the Court.

Either party may apply to the Court for further temporary orders, an expanded temporary injunction, or modification or revocation under §14-10-108, C.R.S. Automatic Temporary Injunction – By Order of Colorado Law, You and Your Partner are: 1. Restrained from transferring, encumbering, concealing or in any way disposing of, without the consent of the other party or an Order of the Court, any property of the union, except in the usual course of business or for the necessities of life. Each party is required to notify the other party of any proposed extraordinary expenditures and to account to the Court for all extraordinary expenditures made after the injunction is in effect; 2. Enjoined from molesting or disturbing the peace of the other party; 3. Restrained from removing the minor children of the parties, if any, from the State without the consent of the other party or an Order of the Court; and 4. Restrained without at least 14 days advance notification and the written consent of the other party or an Order of the Court, from canceling, modifying, terminating, or allowing to lapse for nonpayment of premiums, any policy of health insurance, homeowner’s or renter’s insurance, or automobile insurance that provides coverage to either of the parties or the minor children or any policy of life insurance that names either of the parties or the minor children as a beneficiary.

Date: 03/31/2021 CURTIS LAW FIRM, LLC By: /s/ Cory M. Curtis Cory M. Curtis, #40549

First Publication: April 15, 2021 Last Publication: April 29, 2021 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Nelson L. Sjostrand, a/k/a Nelson Lewis Sjostrand, a/k/a Bus Sjostrand, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR30475 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 29, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Marlene M. Sjostrand Personal Representative 3032 S. Monroe Street Denver, CO 80210 Legal Notice No. 80974 First Publication: April 29, 2021 Last Publication: May 13, 2021 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Terrance Windsor Reed, aka Terrance W. Reed, aka Terrance Reed, Deceased Case Number: 2021 PR 30159 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 16, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Jerome V. Porter, Attorney for the Personal Representative 5564 South Prince Street, Suite 1 Littleton, Colorado 80120-1143

Legal Notice No. 80972 First Publication: April 22, 2021 Last Publication: May 20, 2021 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of LINDA M. WELKER, a/k/a LINDA MARILYN WELKER, AND LINDA WELKER, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR30464

Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Joanna Jessica Palmer, a/k/a Joanna J. Palmer, a/k/a Joanna Palmer, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR30421 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 23, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Dennis Palmer, Co-Personal Representative 13909 W. Cedar Place Golden, CO 80401 Susan Palmer, Co-Personal Representative 34 Kean Drive Bozeman, MT 59718 Legal Notice No. 80968 First Publication: April 22, 2021 Last Publication: May 6, 2021 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the co-personal representatives or to Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before August 16, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Dawn M. Dobson, Co-Personal Representative 1739 South Grant Street Denver, CO 80210 And Lisa R. McIntyre Co-Personal Representative 134 West 1st Avenue, Apt. #1 Denver, CO 80223 Legal Notice No.80964 First Publication: April 15, 2021 Last Publication: April 29, 2021 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice

Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of STEPHEN E. PARKHOUSE, a/k/a STEPHEN EUGENE PARKHOUSE, a/k/a STEPHEN PARKHOUSE, and STEVE PARKHOUSE, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR30442 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 16, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Patricia A. Parkhouse Personal Representative 393 Madison Street Denver, CO 80206

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Thomas A. Colbert, also known as Thomas Alfred Colbert, and Thomas Colbert, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR030451 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 8/16/2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Margaret A. Colbert, Personal Representative 2800 S. University Blvd, Unit 98 Denver, CO 80210 Legal Notice No. 80960 First Publication: April 15, 2021 Last Publication: April 29, 2021 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Ann Theresa Ripepi, aka Anne D. Ripepi, aka Anne T. Ripepi, Deceased Case Number: 2021 PR 30376

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 16, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Kay L. Briscoe, Personal Representative 2620 Jasmine Street Denver, Colorado 80207 Legal Notice No. 80961

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 30, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

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By: Ashley Allen Ashley Allen, Personal Representative 5010 S. Independence Ct. Denver, CO 80123 Legal Notice No. 80959 First Publication: April 15, 2021 Last Publication: April 29, 2021 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of PAUL LAWRENCE SIDELKO, A/K/A PAUL L. SIDELKO AND PAUL SIDELKO, Deceased Case Number: 2020 PR 31394 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the PROBATE COURT OF CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER, COLORADO, on or before August 19, 2021 or the claims may be forever barred.

John William Sidelko Personal Representative 686 Pelican Court Marco Island, FL 34145 Legal Notice No. 80957 First Publication: April 15, 2021 Last Publication: April 29, 2021 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Joanne Darlene Otten, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR030529 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 31, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

700 Newton Street Denver, CO 80204 Legal Notice No. 80975 First Publication: April 29, 2021 Last Publication: May 13, 2021 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of DAVID E. BAILEY, a/k/a DAVID EDWARD BAILEY, a/k/a DAVID BAILEY, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR30386 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 23, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Ruth R. Gries, Personal Representative 6887 W. Bennett Place Lakewood, CO 80227 Legal Notice No. 80970 First Publication: April 22, 2021 Last Publication: May 6, 2021 Publisher: Denver Herald Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Perry Martin O’Connor, a/k/a Perry M. O’Connor, and Perry O’Connor, Deceased Case Number: 2021 PR 30438 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 16, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Anthony M. O’Connor Personal Representative c/o Poskus, Caton & Klein, P.C. 303 East 17th Avenue, Suite 900 Denver, Colorado 80203 Legal Notice No. 80962 First Publication: April 15, 2021 Last Publication: April 29, 2021 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Walter T. Carbaugh Jr., aka Walter T. Carbaugh, aka Walter Carbaugh, Deceased Case Number: 21 PR 0136

Sarah P. Brooks Attorney to the Personal Representative c/o Frutig Law, LLC 11001 West 120th Ave. Ste. 400 Broomfield, CO 80021

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 16, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

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Gloria Carbaugh Personal Representative 429 Collyer Street Longmont, Colorado 80501-5520

Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of MARIA A. PADILLA, Deceased Case Number 2021 PR 30487 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 29, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Leonard A. Padilla, Personal Representative

Legal Notice No. 80956 First Publication: April 15, 2021 Last Publication: April 29, 2021 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of HARLEY DAVID ROMERO, Sr., a/k/a HARLEY D. ROMERO, Sr., a/k/a HARLEY ROMERO, Sr., a/k/a HARLEY DAVID ROMERO, a/k/a HARLEY D. ROMERO, a/k/a HARLEY ROMERO, Deceased

Case Number: 2021PR30428 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 31, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Charles E. Longtine Charles E. Longtine, P.C. Attorney to the Personal Representative 9035 Wadsworth Parkway, Suite 2500 Westminster, CO 80021 Legal Notice No.80966 First Publication: April 15, 2021 Last Publication: April 29, 2021 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Linda Sue Murphy, a/k/a Linda S. Murphy and Linda Murphy, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR30448 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before September 3, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Samuel Ian Murphy Landis Personal Representative 4807 S Fultondale Way Aurora, CO, 80016 Legal Notice No. 80977 First Publication: April 29, 2021 Last Publication: May 13, 2021 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press The Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of GERALD L. ACHATZ, aka GERALD LEE ACHATZ, aka GERRY ACHATZ, Deceased Case No. 2021PR30539 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to teh Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before September 5, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Jason F. Achatz, Personal Representative 2216 Acacia St. Richardson, TX 75082 Legal Notice No. 80981 First Publication: April 29, 2021 Last Publication: May 13, 2021 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Nancy Darby Eicher, a/k/a Nancy D. Eicher, and Nancy Eicher, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR30498 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 29, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Paige E. Mulvey, Personal Representative 19025 NE 183rd Street Woodinville, WA 98077 Legal Notice No. 80980 First Publication: April 29, 2021

Last Publication: May 13, 2021 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch _____________________________________ Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Margaret M. Grinnell, a/k/a Margaret Mary Grinnell, a/k/a Peggie Grinnell, a/k/a Margaret Rae Grinnell, Deceased Case Number: 20PR0475 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 16, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Ryan B. Scott, Atty. Reg. #36741 The Law Office of Ryan B. Scott, LLC 8089 S. Lincoln Street, Suite 201 Littleton, CO 80122 Attorney for the Personal Representative Legal Notice No. 80967 First Publication: April 15, 2021 Last Publication: April 29, 2021 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of SHARON RILEY, also known as SHARON MAURICE RILEY, Deceased Case Number 2021 PR 30533 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado, on or before September 6, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Matthew A. Lombardo, Personal Representative 1212 Rocky Mountain Court Celina, TX 75009

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Ione Stoddard, Personal Representa tive c/o: Jonathan Culwell, #46363 JLongtinLaw 2401 S. Downing Street Denver, CO 80210 Legal Notice No. 80954 First Publication: April 15, 2021 Last Publication: April 29, 2021 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of John A. Chacon, Sr., also known as John A. Chacon, aka John Chacon, Sr., aka John Chacon, aka John Andrew Chacon, Sr. and John Andrew Chacon, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR30535 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 29, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Gina M. Weinberger, Attorney for the Personal Representative 2425 Canyon Blvd. #110 Boulder, CO 80302 Legal Notice No. 80983 First Publication: April 29, 2021 Last Publication: May 13, 2021 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Walter Braude, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR30506 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 23, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Legal Notice No. 80982 First Publication: April 29, 2021 Last Publication: May 13, 2021 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

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Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of GILBERTO T. VILLEGAS, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR30373 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the Denver Probate Court on or before August 22, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Veronica Montoya, Personal Representative c/o The Hickey Law Firm, LLC 1075 South Yukon Street, Suite 260 Lakewood, Colorado 80226 Legal Notice No. 80971 First Publication: April 22, 2021 Last Publication: May 6, 2021 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Howard Dwaine Stoddard, a/k/a Howard D. Stoddard, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR30278 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, 2021, or the claims may

Legal Notice No. 80973 First Publication: April 22, 2021 Last Publication: May 6, 2021 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

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

Notice by Publication to Kelsey Anne Oler: a termination of parental rights and final adoption hearing of Noah James Hinz is scheduled for May 21, 2021 at 9:00am (PST) at Pierce County Juvenile Court, Remann Hall – 5501 Sixth Ave, Tacoma, WA 98406.

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