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VOLUME 125 | ISSUE 34

Marijuana question set for ballot in Kiowa Voters will be asked whether to overturn existing ban on pot facilities

BY TABATHA STEWART SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA

This year’s fundraiser poses an extra challenge, according to Knox, since the pandemic has increased the number of people in the district who can use a little extra help meeting everyday needs.

“In the past we’ve used funds collected to buy Christmas gifts for families in need, or buy supplies for new parents, or buy groceries after a storm has flooded a house,” said Knox. “This year has brought some hardships on families for other reasons, and we want to help as many people as we can.”

Since the silent auction has been canceled, Knox said they’re hoping

For the first time, Kiowa residents will have a say in whether or not marijuana-related businesses can operate within town limits. Any kind of marijuana-related business within the town has been illegal since at least 2013, when the board of trustees declared “that such land uses have an adverse effect on the health, safety and welfare of the Town and the inhabitants thereof.”

More than 5% of registered voters banded together this year and presented a petition to town officials to include the issue on the November ballot, which, if approved, would result in the repealing of the ban.

Maria Morales, town administrator for Kiowa, said the issue has been presented many times over the years, but has never been approved by trustees to be allowed on the ballot.

“The board has not been supportive of it, but more than 5% of registered voters in Kiowa wrote a letter and presented it to the board as something they wanted to do,” said Morales. “With a petition that followed our home rule charter, the board didn’t have a right to say no.”

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Volunteers with the Elbert Fire Protection District raise money each year to help families in the district who are in need, including providing Christmas presents for children.

COURTESY OF ELBERT FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT

Firefighters change tactics for charity fundraiser To-go spaghetti dinner will benefit families around Elbert

BY TABATHA STEWART SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA

For more than a decade, volunteers with the Elbert Fire Protection District have held two fundraisers each year, to raise money to help families in the community who are in need.

Residents have come to expect a Wing Ding cook-off in the fall and a silent auction in November.

Due to COVID-19 restrictions that

prevent large gatherings, the silent auction has been canceled and the annual dinner will look different than in years past, when participants enjoyed gathering for dinner at the firehouse in Elbert.

“Because of the COVID restrictions, we obviously can’t do the usual hot wing competition,” said Ryan Knox, an engineer with the Elbert Fire Protection District. “So this year, we’re offering a full spaghetti dinner to go. People can buy a ticket online and pick up either a single dinner or a family four-pack to take home. Or, if the weather’s nice, we’ll put up some tables outside. The pasta sauce and meatballs will be homemade.”

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Some counties qualify for eased COVID rules For some counties, personal gatherings allowed up to 25, event crowd cap loosens

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Colorado released another round of new social-distancing rules, updating the state’s current “safer-at-home” policy to raise the cap on personal gatherings and event crowds for counties that qualify based on local severity of the coronavirus’s spread.

Arapahoe, Douglas and Elbert are among counties eligible for the new least-restrictive level of Colorado’s safer-at-home rules as of Sept. 16.

The vast majority of Colorado counties still operate under the saferat-home phase, which came after the statewide stay-at-home order this spring and allowed numerous types of businesses to reopen.

The state’s new framework, referred to as a “dial,” indicates when counties should operate under different shades of Colorado’s “safer at home” phase as well as when they should follow stay-at-home rules or the state’s third and loosest phase, called “protect our neighbors,” which allows for virtually all activities at 50% of pre-pandemic capacity with up to 500 people in one setting.

That third phase, reserved for counties with notably low coronavirus spread, is likely months away for metro Denver localities.

“We hope the dial can provide communities with clarity and predictability,” Jill Hunsaker Ryan, executive director of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, said in a Sept. 15 news release. “Recognizing that Colorado is a diverse and vast state, the dial is based on local conditions. Local governments can always choose more protective (strict) standards than the dial requires.”

The new rules come amid a “slight upward trend” in Colorado’s rate of new COVID-19 cases after the virus’s spread had been reduced for much of July and August, according to a Sept.

16 state news release.

Another gradual move to reopen The state public-health department’s new proposed framework breaks the safer-at-home phase itself into three levels that counties are placed un-

der based on local COVID-19 spread, according to the final version of the rules, which went into effect Sept. 15.

State officials had heard from the public that Colorado should make recognizing local differences in rules simpler and more predictable, according to the draft of the framework.

For the past few months, counties have been able to apply for exemptions — or “variances” — from certain parts of the state’s safer-at-home rules, allowing for larger crowds at some types of businesses.

The new framework does away with the ability to apply for variances unless a county is already in the leastrestrictive new level of the safer-athome phase.

Counties don’t lose the variances they already were granted, though. All variance allowances remained intact when the new framework launched — either because the variance standards are still possible by default under the new framework or because variances that do not fit into the new framework are still recognized, according to the state’s summary.

“This way, we transition to the new framework without any changes,” and counties’ future changes occur according to that framework, the summary says.

What changes mean for businesses, gatherings Previously, the highest exemption a county could achieve under the variance process included a 175-person cap for indoor events and 250-person cap for outdoor events, according to the state’s summary.

Those are the same capacities allowed in the least-restrictive new safer-at-home level, and it’s easier to qualify for that level than to meet the benchmarks set in the original variance process. In other words, the state has loosened the requirements for allowing larger crowds.

Although the new framework eliminates the possibility of new blanket, countywide exemptions, the state public-health department will still consider applications for “site-specific” variances for unique facilities, such as zoos, theaters or other large venues or events, according to the summary.

To fall into the highest exemption under the state’s previous rules, a county had to have a two-week rate of below 25 new COVID-19 cases per 100,000 people — a notably low rate for highly populated areas. In the new framework, to fall into that same level — which is the least-restrictive new

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Part of the Denver metro area was eligible for the new least-restrictive level of Colorado’s safer-at-home rules as of Sept. 16.

Arapahoe, Douglas and Elbert counties qualified, while Adams, Jefferson, Denver, Broomfield and Boulder counties fell into the new middle level of safer-at-home.

See what crowd size and gathering size levels apply to which contexts — including in restaurants, gyms, indoor and outdoor events, and others — on the state’s website at tinyurl.com/ColoradoNewSaferatHome.

Eligibility for the different levels depends on a county’s rate of new COVID-19 cases, the percentage of COVID-19 tests that come back positive and whether hospitalizations are stable or declining. safer-at-home level — a county has to have a two-week rate of up to 75 new cases per 100,000 people.

Among other items, that new level allows for: • 50% capacity or up to 175 people indoors at places of worship; • 50% capacity or up to 175 people indoors at restaurants; • 25% capacity or up to 75 people at gyms and fitness establishments; • Perhaps most notably, 50% capacity or up to 175 people at indoor events and 50% capacity or up to 250 people at outdoor events. In June, Colorado set the limits generally at up to 100 people for indoor venues and up to 175 people for outdoor venues.

• Also of note: The new level allows personal gatherings of up to 25 people, up from the limit of 10 the state has maintained since spring after the stayat-home order was lifted.

For counties where the virus’s spread is more dire, the two morerestrictive proposed levels of safer-athome phase — or, in the extreme case, the stay-at-home phase — apply, with restrictions tightening the worse the virus’s spread is.

For example, a county under the tightest new level of safer-at-home — seeing between 175 and 350 new cases per 100,000 people within two weeks — would fall under guidance for P-12 schools as follows: “Remote (online) or hybrid suggested, limited in-person as appropriate.”

The middle new level, on the other hand — for counties seeing between 75 and 175 new cases per 100,000 people within two weeks —gives guidance as follows: “In-person, hybrid, or remote as appropriate.”

For context, the 14-day rate per 100,000 for Arapahoe County was 76.2,

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the rate for Adams County was 107.1 and Douglas County’s rate was 65.3 as of Sept. 17, according to the Tri-County Health Department.

Where a county lands among the three proposed safer-at-home levels also depends on the percentage of COVID-19 tests that come back positive and whether hospitalizations are stable or declining.

Similar to Colorado’s previous process for applying for variances, a county that is eligible for and would like to move to a less-restrictive level would notify the state public-health department. A county can submit a letter signed by the local public health agency, local hospitals, and a majority of county commissioners or other county-level governing body.

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September 24, 2020S

Legend High School asks 88 more people to quarantine Other district schools quarantine dozens after COVID-19 exposures

BY JESSICA GIBBS JGIBBS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

The Douglas County School District has asked 88 more people to quarantine at Legend High School after learning of another positive COVID-19 case at the school.

A letter dated Sept. 14 said students and staff identified as having close contact with the ill individual should quarantine through Sept. 24. They can return to school on or after Sept.

28, depending on their cohort schedule.

The letter also told individuals asked to quarantine that if they choose to get tested for the novel virus, a negative test result will not release them from quarantine.

“Please know that a negative test result only means that you did not have the virus detected at the time of testing,” the letter said.

The Parker school’s latest round of quarantines comes roughly one week after the dis-

trict asked 174 people at Legend to quarantine following two other positive cases at the school.

People exposed by those initial two cases were at school on Aug. 31 or Sept. 2 and asked not to return until Sept. 15, according to a letter sent to the school community on Sept. 6.

Dozens of other people were quarantined at other district schools two days later.

The district on Sept. 8 notified 100 people at Sierra Middle School in Parker that they needed to quarantine after two individuals at the school developed symptoms common of COVID-19.

The district asked another 93 people to quarantine at Douglas County High School in Castle Rock that same day after confirming a positive case at the school.

This was not Douglas County High School’s first brush with a sizeable quarantining incident either. The district on Aug. 27 asked 114 students and 20 staff to quarantine after someone who had contact with various classrooms tested positive.

Between Aug. 31 and Sept. 8, at least eight other schools were affected by quarantines although a district spokesman said fewer than 10 people were quarantined

in each of those instances.

Public records show the impact of COVID-19 exposures at Douglas County schools has varied widely since students returned on the district’s “hybrid” learning model.

With hybrid learning, students are divided into cohorts and attend school with a mix of inperson and online learning.

In some instances, well more than 100 people have need needed to quarantine after a known or presumed COVID-19 case in a school. In others, only a handful of students and staff were affected.

In one case, a student at Fox Creek Elementary School tested positive, but the district did not ask anyone to quarantine because administrators did not believe the sick child had recent close contact with anyone at the school.

“Thanks to the cautious actions of the parents, this child has not been in our school for over a week and has not exposed anyone else to the virus,” Principal Brian Rodda wrote in a Sept.

4 letter to the school community.

“Because of the precautions taken by the student’s parents, there is no action needed by any students or staff in our building.”

Members of the Elbert Fire Protection District usually take to the kitchen each year for their Wing Ding cookoff. This year they will make spaghetti dinners to go.

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the spaghetti fundraiser can bring in more money to help cover the loss of the second fundraiser.

“The firefighter fund doesn’t come from people’s taxes, and is a fund controlled by the firefighters to support the community when needed,” said Knox.

“We have tried to make it easy for people to purchase tickets, both the night of the event, or if they prefer contactless payment they can pay online beforehand. Since this will be our only fundraiser, if you wish to donate and skip the dinner, you can do that as well.”

The drive-by dinner will take place from 5 to 8 p.m. on Oct. 10, at the firehouse located at 24310 Mainstreet in Elbert.

Elbert Fire District is an all-volunteer fire department, and serves about 186 square miles. To purchase tickets for the dinner or make a donation, visit their Facebook page at Elbert Fire Protection District, then click on the bold type at “Spaghetti Dinner TO-GO,” and from that page click on the “Find Tickets” link, which will go to the EventBrite ticket purchase page.

Or ticket buyers can go directly to the EventBrite purchase link at www.eventbrite.com/e/spaghettidinner-to-go-tickets-119930857423.

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0September 24, 2020

Tucker on leave amid probe Outgoing DCSD superintendent says no wrongdoing occurred

BY JESSICA GIBBS JGIBBS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

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Outgoing Douglas County School District Superintendent Thomas Tucker was placed on paid administrative leave in the week leading up to his resignation as the district investigates him for allegations of “workplace discrimination,” according to a statement from the school district.

Tucker Tucker remains on paid administrative leave, according to a public records request. His leave began Sept. 2. The school district initially declined to comment when Colorado Community Media first reported the investigation on Sept. 11, but provided a statement on Sept. 15 confirming the district received the complaint from a district employee on Sept. 1.

“Per DCSD policy and consisent with best practice, the board of education immediately placed Dr. Tucker on paid administrative leave and retained a third-party investigator to conduct a fair and impartial investigation into the allegations,” the statement said.

“Because this is a personnel matter regarding an ongoing investigation, we cannot share additional details at

district was hiring an outside investithis time.” gator to conduct “a fair and impartial A letter that school board President independent investigation into this David Ray sent to Tucker on Sept. 3 matter, and you are expected to coopsaid “this paid administrative leave erate with the investigator.” is not disciplinary in nature but is for Tucker’s keycard was deactivated the purpose of protecting your rights and he was directed to turn in any disas well as the interests of the district trict technology devices and any other during the investigative period.” district property during his leave.

Reached by phone on Sept. 11, The superintendent was also Tucker said his paid leave is standard prohibited from procedure when going on district a complaint is property or atmade against any tending districtdistrict employee. sponsored events Tucker said he without the did not know who board president’s made the compermission. plaint or what “In addition, the allegations you are not to be against him are. in contact with “There is nothdistrict stuing in that letter dents, parents or that says there employees,” the is any wrongdoletter states. ing on my part,” Tucker reTucker said. signed from the “That’s a form letdistrict during ter that goes out Thomas Tucker, an emergency any time there is a complaint.” outgoing DCSD superintendent meeting on Sept.

8, citing personal Tucker said and family mathe is not guilty ters. Tucker’s of any improper family still resides in Ohio, where he conduct. previously worked, he said, and his “This is the most important thing,” mother is battling health complicahe said. “(The letter) does not mean tions. the person is guilty of any wrongdoTucker steps down from his post on ing.”

Sept. 30. He stressed during the emerRay provided a statement by text gency meeting he was not being asked message and said board members do to resign by the board. not discuss personnel matters and Prior to Tucker’s resignation, declined to share additional details. the district provided a statement to Ray also wrote in the letter that the

‘There is nothing in that letter that says there is any wrongdoing on my part. That’s a form letter that goes out any time there is a complaint.’

Colorado Community Media stating he was on leave while visiting his ailing mother in Arkansas and that the district had no further comment.

A district spokeswoman on Sept. 6 did not respond to questions regarding reports that Tucker was under investigation. A spokesman on Sept.

11 deferred to the administrative leave letter provided through a public records request when asked for comment regarding the investigation.

Tucker was hired in April 2018 with a salary of $258,420. He received a 3.5% raise in 2019, bringing his salary to $267,465, but took a 3% pay cut and five-day furlough during the COVID-19 pandemic as public schools across the state experienced budget shortfalls.

The district weathered numerous challenges during Tucker’s tenure, including a debate over armed teachers in classrooms and the STEM School Highlands Ranch shooting before COVID-19 wreaked havoc on the education system.

Ray and other school board directors offered praise for Tucker in an emotional discussion during the Sept.

8 emergency meeting, with Director Krista Holtzmann breaking into tears and other directors offering condolences for his family struggles.

The board closed its meeting with an executive session seeking legal advice from the district’s attorney. Ray said the board would also hear from its “outside legal counsel,” Kristin Edgar from Caplan and Earnest, who specializes in representing institutional clients such as school districts, according to the law firm’s website.

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September 24, 2020S

Fans at a Broncos game: How it’ll work Team will admit 5,700 to watch Brady’s Buccaneers

BY JESSE PAUL THE COLORADO SUN

Gov. Jared Polis announced Sept. 8 that the state will allow fans to attend Denver Broncos games in person starting on Sept. 27 when the NFL team takes on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Empower Field at Mile High Stadium.

“We all know it’s just not the same if they are playing to an empty stadium,” Polis said, wearing an orange tie and donning a Broncos mask.

Polis said 5,700 paying fans will be allowed to attend the Sept. 27 game, most of them season ticket holders.

Polis made the announcement at a news conference at the governor’s mansion in downtown Denver. He was joined by Brittany Bowlen, the Broncos’ vice president of strategic initiatives.

The move marks one of the significant unwinding of coronavirus restrictions in Colorado since the pandemic reached the state in early March. Polis said it is a major step in the return to normalcy.

“Today’s announcement would not be possible without … the hard work that our entire community has put into place,” Bowlen said.

Bowlen said seating will be done in small pods and seating will be broken into groups. She said fans should

expect Empower Field to look a lot different this season.

Here’s how it will work, according to Bowlen: - There will be mask-wearing requirements, as well as social distancing guidelines in place. A maximum of six people will be allowed per seating pod.

- Pods will be separated by at least six feet.

- Sections will be separated as well, with fans encouraged to use the concessions and restrooms closest to their seating area.

- Concessions and restrooms will be “touchless and cashless.”

“Season-ticket members will be entered into a lottery,” Bowlen said.

“It will be based on their priority number, or weighted by their priority number. … Details will be shared with our season-ticket members.”

A small percentage of tickets will be sold at half-price to non-season-ticket holders.

Polis said there will be an opportunity to examine whether additional fans can attend Broncos games in the coming weeks.

Polis said he hopes the return of fans at Broncos games will provide a model for not only other professional sports teams in Colorado, but for other large events.

Only a handful of NFL teams and the cities they play in are allowing fans to attend games in person as the season opened Sept. 10.

The Kansas City Chiefs played before 16,000 fans, about 30% of Arrowhead Stadium’s capacity, at their first 2020–21 season game. A week later, on

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The Dallas Cowboys, Indianapolis Colt and Miami Dolphins are also planning to host fans at their stadiums when the season begins.

Polis rejected the idea that the state was playing favorites by allowing the Broncos to welcome back fans while other large venues and events are still waiting to resume operations. Colorado only allows events of up to 175 people right now.

“The Broncos are beloved, but frankly they are playing by the same rules here as every other type of large event,” Polis said.

Bowlen said it took three months to come up with plans to allow fans to safely watch games at Mile High Stadium. That process included construction work building upgrades.

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Elbert County News 7

0September 24, 2020

Parker councilmember resigns, citing General Election prolonged absence NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Renee Williams: ‘My aging parents are across the street. I do not want to leave them.’

since fall 2019.

Even before the pandemic struck, Williams had attended most council study session since at least fall of 2019 via telephone. The town established a new policy in February, prior to stay-at-home orders, allowing council members to attend study sessions via telephone.

But the policy at the time did not

BY NICK PUCKETT permit telephonic attendance of NPUCKETT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM regular meetings, and councilmembers were still considered absent if Parker Town Councilmember Renee they participated in study sessions Williams announced her resignation telephonically. She attended regular Sept. 17 in an email to town staff and meetings in-person through that council.

Williams, elected in 2014 and reelect- period but still missed occassional meetings. ed in 2018, has lived in Since the pandemic forced closures Arizona since March to beginning mid-March, Williams had take care of her mother, been attending all council meetings she said. virtually, like the rest of council.

“My aging parents Town council approved a resolution are across the street,” for a state of emergency March 13 she wrote. “I do not under which all meetings were held want to leave them.” virtually.

Williams’ resignation Williams On May 4, council passed ordinance is effective Sept. 18.

2.01.070, an emergency ordinance “It has been a pleapermitting council to hold meetings sure to serve and I hope I have left by phone, electronically or otherwise, Parker a better place for the people when a meeting in person is not pruwho have made Parker their home dent due to a health pandemic. Town and for the business community,” council resumed holding regular Williams said. “I urge you to choose meetings inyour next leaders person in July, carefully as they with Williams atwill impact your tending virtually lives more than still. you know. Your Williams said leaders should be she is immunoin it for the best compromised interests of all, and did not want not for themto have to make selves.” frequent trips The town to and from council has 30 Arizona, risking days to appoint her own health. an eligible person Instead, she as defined in the decided to stay municipal code in Arizona, she or call a special said. election. The deWilliams said cision to appoint, she has been if applicable, attending all must receive four virtual meetings “yea” votes from the remaining Renee Williams, for her respective boards and five councilmemformer Parker councilmember committees she bers. Mayor Mike sits on as a town Waid only votes council liaison. in a tiebreaker She said she has situation on typialso been able to operate her busical council matters. ness, To The Rescue, an in-home care Parker’s Municipal Code Section 2.9 franchise. regarding council vacancies says “an Councilmembers are required to elective office shall become immeestablish residency in Parker for at diately vacant whenever an elective least one year prior to their election, officer…absents himself continuously according to the town’s municipal from the town for more than three (3) code. There are no other stipulations months without a leave of absence in Parker’s code regarding a council given by a majority vote of the entire member’s residency while serving on town council in office at the time the council or how long he or she can be vote is taken…” gone. The code states that the council Williams said in a Sept. 10 interview essentially polices itself. with the Parker Chronicle she did not Williams has established residency intend to resign, and instead promised in the same home as fellow Councilto continue to attend her obligatory member Debbie Lewis since Septemcouncil and committee meetings ber 2019, Williams said. Williams’ acvirtually. Williams said she plans to run for Douglas County commissioner tive voter registeration is in Colorado.

However, Williams’ most recent voter in 2024. registration information lists her curWilliams said she had made rent mailing address in Green Valley, monthly trips to Tucson, Arizona, Arizona, a suburb of Tucson. since September 2019 to take care of Williams’ voter registration also her mother. Williams often attended council study sessions via telephone lists a Parker post office box.

‘I urge you to choose your next leaders carefully as they will impact your lives more than you know. Your leaders should be in it for the best interests of all, not for themselves.’

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Community COVID-19 testing locations through Dec. 30 COVID-19 swabbing and antibody testing are available with or without health insurance for the remainder of the year. To preregister and to learn when and where testing is available visit douglas.co.us/covid19testing/events. For information about other testing providers visit douglas.co.us/covid19-testinglocations

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September 24, 2020S

Coronavirus in driver’s seat as state elections near Polls show parties have different strengths, weaknesses in voters’ perception

BY JESSE PAUL THE COLORADO SUN

When Suzanne Staiert knocks on doors and asks voters about their topof-mind issues as part of her statehouse campaign, the response these days usually has something to do with the state of the economy or the reopening of schools.

What all the concerns have in common: coronavirus.

“Some of them want to know what kind of solutions you have,” said Staiert, a Republican running to represent Denver’s southern suburbs in the state Senate.

As Colorado enters month seven of the COVID-19 pandemic, and with the election on tap, coronavirus is increasingly becoming a political issue.

In a recent survey sponsored by the Colorado Health Foundation, 26% of Coloradans said coronavirus is the most important issue facing the state.

About three quarters said they are more worried by pandemic-related harm to the economy than illness and death caused by COVID-19. And nearly 40% of Coloradans polled said they are worried they won’t be able to afford either housing, health insurance or food in the coming year.

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Colorado’s marquee U.S. Senate race, where the two candidates have been running competing television and digital ads and hosting events centered on the pandemic. Both incumbent Republican Cory Gardner and Democrat John Hickenlooper have pitched themself as best positioned to respond to the pandemic.

Hickenlooper, Colorado’s former governor, considers COVID-19 to be among the top three or four issues in the campaign. “I keep going around the state and hearing the stories, and people’s lives are upside down,” Hickenlooper told The Colorado Sun. Which party may benefit from the pandemic’s disruptions, however, remains a big question.

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Democrats say they can speak to voters either way by pointing to President Donald Trump’s failures in responding to COVID-19 and then painting all Republicans with the same broad brush. That tactic has only been amplified in recent days by revelations that Trump downplayed the seriousness of coronavirus.

A recent poll of 800 registered voters conducted by Global Strategies Group and the liberal organization ProgressNow Colorado found that 58% of Coloradans disapprove of Trump’s handling of coronavirus, including 50% who said they strongly disapprove of his job performance.

Congressional response under scrutiny In the U.S. Senate race, it’s been a tale of two coronavirus responses.

Gardner is running television and Facebook ads touting his efforts in Congress to help Coloradans through the pandemic. “Cory Gardner got us help,” a restaurateur says in a recent TV spot, referring to the federal Paycheck Protection Program, which was passed unanimously by the Senate.

Hickenlooper’s ads, however, paint a very different picture.

“Cory Gardner’s on vacation,” a narrator says in a video released by the Democratic Senate candidate earlier this month, when the entire Senate was in its regularly scheduled recess, “still silent about Donald Trump’s failures on COVID.” The tit-for-tat ads come with the backdrop of Congress recently failing, yet again, to pass a new coronavirus relief package. It was June when federal lawmakers last passed legislation to help Americans reeling from the

pandemic’s effects, in part because of Republican infighting about how best to move forward.

Add to that a partisan impasse, and it looks like nothing will get done before Election Day, meaning pressure is mounting on incumbents like Gardner.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell nodded to that reality, saying “100% of people that are up and are in any form of danger want a vote and want a successful vote,” according to CNN. Democrats — including Hickenlooper and Colorado’s U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet — have put Gardner and other Republicans on the spot for not coming up with a relief plan, citing House Democrats’ passage of the $3 trillion HEROES Act in May — legislation that was never taken up in the Republican-controlled Senate.

When the Senate returned to session in mid-September, Republicans in the chamber tried to flip the script by bringing a pared-down relief bill that Democrats blocked, saying it was too weak for consideration.

“We will do more and we should do more,” Gardner said in an exasperated speech on the Senate floor last week before the bill failed. “But why on earth would you vote no tomorrow and tell the people of this country to go pound sand because you didn’t get everything you wanted?”

Colorado Republicans have worked to paint Hickenlooper as being among the Democrats who would have voted to prevent the limited aid package from moving forward. Hickenlooper never definitely said if he would have rejected the measure, but he said the legislation didn’t “do nearly enough to help Americans who are struggling to put food on the table and pay their bills.”

Hickenlooper would like to see more money for local governments facing the economic effects of the pandemic, rental relief, money for food-assistance programs and funding for more personal protective equipment. That’s in addition to extra unemployment aid for people who have lost their jobs.

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pening, we were sounding the alarm,” Gardner said. “And that’s exactly what we have to continue to do.”

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‘Hearing from voters’ On the state level, Republicans see Gov. Jared Polis’ executive orders limiting Coloradans’ movements and the economic consequences of those restrictions as an area where they may be able to tap into people’s frustrations.

Gardner appeared to refer to that frustration during his Senate floor speech in mid-September, talking about a Pueblo restaurant owner who has had difficulty navigating seemingly contradictory pandemic rules.

“They’re trying to figure out and understand the regulations, the guidances that they are under, making sure that their customers are safe, making sure that their employees can be paid, making sure that they survive this and get through this,” Gardner said.

Republican state lawmakers have asked Polis to pump the brakes on his coronavirus restrictions and include the legislature in his decision-making.

They also asked him to call a special legislative session to help parents navigate schooling during the pandemic and sought more oversight over his emergency powers.

There’s even now an effort to recall the governor over his handling of the pandemic.

Kristi Burton Brown, vice chairman of the Colorado GOP, said she thinks Republicans are providing a way to balance the economy with keeping people healthy and safe.

Colorado Senate Minority Leader Chris Holbert, a Parker Republican, said voters recognize the difference between the coronavirus response by Trump and the federal government

aside for local governments, as well as relief for rural hospitals, nursing homes and providers treating patients living in the U.S. illegally.

But ultimately Gardner, who is in an uphill battle to keep his job, may be in a more difficult position since he is the incumbent. That has allowed Hickenlooper to pick apart Gardner’s work on coronavirus — which has been praised

by Gov. Jared Polis and includes helping secure masks and tests for Colorado — by saying there’s still more to be done. Democrats have also blasted the senator for taking a tough stance on aid negotiations in May and still having nothing to show for it.

“I understand where he’s coming from — you know, `I did this and I did that’ — but I think he’s missing the point,” Hickenlooper said. “People are still suffering. We haven’t done enough or we haven’t done the right things.”

And Gardner is facing backlash from voters, too. The Global Strategies Group/ProgressNow Colorado poll showed that 44% of registered voters disapprove of the job Gardner is doing on coronavirus, while 37% approve.

During a recent telephone town hall, a Denver resident asked Gardner about Trump’s downplaying of coronavirus. “We have to take this seriously. And I certainly am,” the senator said, echoing a line he’s used in recent weeks about Congress doing better in its response every day.

Another caller asked Gardner why he didn’t personally warn the public about the pandemic sooner.

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and the one by Polis and the state. And he says people want more oversight over the governor’s decision-making — which Republicans have been pushing for at the legislative level.

“Constituents, whether they are Republican, Democrats, unaffiliated or something else, continue to ask their legislators: `Why aren’t we doing anything? Why aren’t we providing some sort of balance? Why is there only one decision maker?’” Holbert said. “…

We’re definitely hearing from voters across the spectrum who want there to be some balance, some separation of power.”

Mixed message But at the same time, some leading Colorado conservatives have been flouting coronavirus rules and guidance.

U.S. Rep. Ken Buck, a Windsor Republican who leads the Colorado GOP, recently released a campaign reelection ad in which he pokes fun at mask-wearing requirements. Patrick Neville, the top Republican in the Colorado House, was an organizer of a mass gathering at Bandimere Speedway criticizing Polis’ response to the pandemic, an event that prompted health officials in Jefferson County to file a lawsuit against the track.

“We have a King Polis,” Neville said at a news conference last week, attacking the governor for not seeking legislative input on his executive orders.

Despite those instances, Burton Brown said events sponsored by the state party follow proper guidelines and are geared toward keeping the virus at bay. “We’re very safe,” she said.

Those apparent contradictions within the Colorado GOP could work against their efforts to sell themselves as the best party to handle the

pandemic.

“You’re confusing folks,” said Alvina Vasquez, a veteran Democratic strategist, “and when people get confused, they tune out.”

The polling by Global Strategies Group/ProgressNow Colorado shows the majority of registered Colorado voters think Polis is handling the pandemic well. In fact, 57% said they approve of his job performance when it comes to the pandemic.

When asked whom they trust more to handle the response to coronavirus, 56% said Polis and Colorado state government while just 34% said Trump and the federal government.

FInally, the poll found that among registered voters, 48% trust Democrats in Colorado to handle the health response to the pandemic compared with 37% who said they trust Republicans in Colorado.

As for the economic response to coronavirus, the split is much closer — in fact, it was nearly within the poll’s 3.5% margin of error. Forty-six percent of those polled said they trust Democrats in Colorado to handle the economic response to the pandemic compared with 42% who said they trust Republicans to take on the job.

A significant portion — between 12% and 16% — said they didn’t know which party they trust more to handle the health and economic effects of coronavirus.

And with no end to the pandemic in sight, there’s plenty of time for both parties to jostle to pick up additional support.

This story is from The Colorado Sun, a journalist-owned news outlet based in Denver and covering the state. Used by permission. For more, and to support The Colorado Sun, visit coloradosun. com.

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Hope, encouragement open endless possibilities ope may not be a strategy, but then again it just might be, especially when we tie it to encourage-

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Although I have WINNING personally limWORDS ited the amount of time I spend reading or watching the news, and have scaled back on the time I spend on certain social media platforms, it seems like I still find Michael Norton news and posts that focus on what seems hopeless instead of what is possible. We all see how some choose to tear others down instead of putting their energy into the encouragement of a better and positive outcome.

Perhaps hope and encouragement are not top of mind for everyone. And if that’s you, it’s OK. We are living in unprecedented times that may have eroded our once hopeful disposition. And if you find yourself feeling this way, one of the best ways we can regain our hope is to find a way to encourage others around us.

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With a little spark of hope and with the encouragement of others, the possibilities of what we can do become endless. Some of us have tremendous hope, but that may have not always been the case. Those who are filled with hope today may have been feeling hopelessness yesterday. And then one day someone showed them a little encouragement, and with a little encouragement and a little hope, who knows what we can accomplish?

Now imagine that it wasn’t just a little hope and a little bit of encouragement, imagine if we allowed our hearts and minds to be filled with hope, with so much hope that we couldn’t help but feel encouraged and compelled to encourage everyone around us.

When we are of the belief that hope is not a strategy, it may be a good time to reassess our thinking. And if we remain sold on the fact that hope is not a strategy, perhaps we can also believe that hope does give us a tactical advantage in all aspects of life.

Hope is the great activator and has contributed so much to what has been accomplished by others throughout history.

Can we rely simply on hope

and encouragement? No, probably not. However, when we use hope and encouragement as our foundation, and then build upon that foundation with preparation and planning, we will be much better positioned to come through all challenges, adversities, and opportunities that we are facing today.

None of us can truly predict the future. Yet the successful businesses of today are working on the possibilities of tomorrow. They are aware of what is happening in the world today and what the potential impact could be, considering the negative impact as well as the positive impact. And the companies that I speak with begin with the hope for a better future and know that one way that they can increase their chances of success is through the positive encouragement of the people on their team who will drive their desired results.

Encouragement ignites hope; Hope activates purpose; Purpose fuels passion; Passion drives performance; Performance leads to results. And after working with individuals and businesses over many years, and especially

through the past several months, they all tell me how important hope is and how purpose, passion, and performance are inspired by encouragement and activated by hope. And these are the people and companies whose possibilities are endless as they prepare for whatever comes next.

Here’s the good news: We can choose to be hopeful instead of hopeless. We can choose to be encouraged or discouraged. And we can decide if we want to see the impossible or the possible. What will you choose?

How about you? Hopeful or hopeless? Encouraged or discouraged? Have you tried encouraging others to provide a little hope? I would love to hear all about your hope and encouragement story at mnorton@tramazing.com.

And when we live with hope and encouragement, and recognize that the possibilities are endless, it really will be a better than good week.

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Instagram and indiscretion are on the shame page

nstagram, Instagram, wherefore art thou, Instagram — and why?

I guess it must be good for something.

QUIET But not a day goes by that DESPERATION someone isn’t apologizing or being shamed, slammed or threatened because of something they posted on Instagram.

Is it worth it to put a comment or Craig Marshall photo on Instagram?

Smith People: People are mean. When are you going to learn?

It sounds like you can troll and run. Or leave your fingerprints and start a feud.

Why? Who needs this? One billion is who.

As of May 2019, Instagram had 1 billion users.

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others apologizing for or pouting about something on their Instagram accounts.

No one is forced into social media, except, I suppose, by the urgency of peer pressure.

But by now it should be apparent that almost anything posted is likely to be subjected to ridicule, flak, and (a word that social media seemed to spawn) shaming.

Yahoo! must think informing us whenever a personality is shamed is a requisite of good journalism.

And it seems some personalities can’t win. I’d name them, but it would just be dogpiling, like ballplayers used to do after a walkoff home run. Now they simply gather and hop up and down near home plate.

I don’t have any evidence, but I am going to pretend I do and say many of us have taken to the internet as never before during the coronavirus as a source of entertainment as well as information.

There sits a celebrity wearing a mask or not wearing a mask, or scoffing at local no-gathering

ordinances, hosting a bash.

Remember barbershops? Before appointments became routine, you’d wait your turn and look at magazines and newspapers that you’d never see anywhere else.

It’s where I first saw the National Enquirer. The lurid headlines beckoned me.

“Dachshund abducted by aliens, becomes their leader.”

Who isn’t fascinated by the behavior of others?

The behavior of others is credited with the genesis of an expression.

“What was he thinking?”

Jay Leno famously asked Hugh Grant, “What were you thinking?”

If none of us made bad choices, we’d have no news, no documentaries, no films, no literature, and fewer attorneys.

Human behavior frequently exasperates me. But a person’s weight loss or gain or plastic surgery has never caused me to berate or belittle them online.

One study showed that graffiti is progressive. Someone tags a

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wall and it gives others permission to do the same.

Likewise, shaming.

There was a back-and-forth debate online about a photo posted by a woman you may know that showed her, fully clothed, with her husband, fully clothed. It was criticized because of the location of her husband’s hand on her body.

There are far racier hamburger commercials, but for certain conservatives it was highly inappropriate and deserving of backlash.

I am not on social media. Good thing. If I were I can only imagine.

“Don’t you own a comb?”

“Looks like you’ve discovered donuts.”

Kids (remember Art Linkletter) say the darndest things. So does everyone else. Some of us even do the darndest things.

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‘COVID claim misinterprets data,’ health experts argue Local health official addresses misinformation circulated on social media

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The notion widely shared on social media that the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reduced the U.S. COVID-19 death count by 94% — from nearly 154,000 down to just over 9,000 — is a misinterpretation of the data, a Denver metro epidemiologist explains.

Fact-checking reports from late August and early September focused on social media posts that used a misreading of a CDC data table to claim the agency had “admitted” its numbers were inaccurate. President Donald Trump was among those who tweeted the inaccuracy, which appeared to gain traction in late August.

“CDC just backpedaled (quietly) and adjusted the U.S. COVID deaths from 153,504 to 9,210. Admitting that their numbers are so (expletive) that they are off by a whopping 94%,” said a post that was shared on Facebook, the Associated Press reported.

The CDC data table in question — located on the agency’s site at tinyurl. com/COVIDdeathcount — is based on an analysis of death certificates that mention COVID-19 as a cause.

For 6% of the deaths, COVID-19 was the only cause mentioned, the CDC notes. The table showed 174,470 total COVID-19 deaths recorded as of its Sept. 9 update.

That regularly updated data table shows other health conditions that those who died of COVID-19 had, including Alzheimer’s disease, diabetes and obesity, as well as problems that are caused by COVID-19 itself, such as respiratory failure and pneumonia, the AP reported. A death isn’t excluded from the COVID-19 death count just because the person had other health conditions at the time.

‘Well-established process’ The claim that COVID-19 deaths were over-reported “is an incorrect statement,” said Bernadette Albanese, a medical epidemiologist with the TriCounty Health Department.

The “CDC shares data on COVID-19 deaths for which the virus was the only identified cause of death (about

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The petition, said Morales, included research that showed “in small, rural communities, once marijuana was legalized it turned the economic status of the town.”

According to Morales, the insistence of getting the issue on the ballot isn’t yonly driven by those who want to bring marijuana businesses to Kiowa, but also by those in the community who oppose it, and feel it’s their right to have a choice to vote.

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6% of all COVID-19 deaths) and deaths for which the virus infection was coupled with other underlying health problems that led to death (about 94% of all COVID-19 deaths),” Albanese wrote in a statement to Colorado Community Media. “Both are valid counts that add up to the totality of COVID-19 related deaths.”

The CDC runs through a “longstanding, well-established process” in gathering death data, said Albanese, whose department covers Adams, Arapahoe and Douglas counties.

“They do it for injuries, they do it for heart attacks, they do it for flu … and they do it now for COVID. They do it on behalf of states and every death in the United States,” Albanese said. She added: “There’s nothing new about that process at all.”

The far ajority of COVID-19 deaths occur among people 55 and older, who also often have other health conditions that make them more vulnerable to the severe impacts of COVID-19, such as pneumonia, Albanese noted.

Public health officials have pointed to that trend for months.

“It is to be expected that those persons who die from COVID-19 also have other complicating health conditions contributing to death,” Albanese said.

Cause of death vs. other contributing conditions For example, a person with an existing condition such as hypertension who dies due to COVID-19 would have COVID-19 listed as the underlying cause of death, according to the CDC’s guidance for filling out death certificates. Hypertension would be listed in a separate section as a condition that contributed to, but did not directly cause, the death.

Death certificates are records that officials register for every death occurring in the United States, offering a complete picture of mortality nationwide, according to the CDC. The CDC requires a physician, medical examiner or coroner to list a cause of death followed by other conditions that contributed to the death, according to Albanese.

The underlying cause of death is “the disease or injury which initiated the train of morbid events leading directly to death,” the CDC’s guidance says.

“In many cases, it is likely that (COVID-19) will be the (underlying cause of death), as it can lead to various life-threatening conditions, such as pneumonia and acute respiratory distress syndrome,” the guidance says.

existing ordinance be repealed and marijuana businesses be allowed in the town. Money from the special sales tax would be used for town paid personnel, including police; expansion, construction and maintenance of town facilities; and other purposes determined by the board of trustees.

“We wanted to be prepared in case the repeal was passed,” said Morales.

“We wanted to address both issues at the same time and ask if people would be OK with imposing a special tax.”

Kiowa is home to about 746 residents.

To read the language of the current prohibitions on marijuana establishments, use the search function to find the word “marijuana” on the website for Kiowa’s code of ordinances at https://library.municode.com/co/ kiowa.

Tri-County Health Department is based in Greenwood Village. The health department serves Adams, Arapahoe and Douglas counties.

PHOTO BY ELLIOTT WENZLER Probable vs. confirmed COVID-19 cases The CDC’s guidance adds: “Ideally, testing for COVID-19 should be conducted, but it is acceptable to report COVID-19 on a death certificate without this confirmation if the circumstances are compelling within a reasonable degree of certainty.”

The agency gives an example of an elderly person who ends up pulseless before emergency medical workers could respond — a situation where, although no COVID-19 testing was

done, the coroner determines that the likely underlying cause of death was COVID-19 given the patient’s high fever and severe cough and exposure to a family member who was diagnosed with COVID-19.

In cases where a definite diagnosis cannot be made, but it is suspected or likely, it is acceptable to report COVID-19 on a death certificate as “probable” or “presumed,” the guidance says, while noting that COVID-19 testing should be conducted whenever possible.

It was unclear from the CDC data table what portion of COVID-19 deaths listed were those for which COVID-19 was listed as a “probable” or “presumed” cause.

As of Sept. 9, Colorado had seen 1,979 deaths among people with COVID-19, and 350, or 17.7%, were listed as “probable,” according to the state’s online data.

The state had tallied 1,889 people who died due to COVID-19, as opposed to the total who died with COVID-19 but not necessarily due to it.

However, the true death toll from the virus is widely believed to be higher than what the official numbers show, as experts say many victims died of COVID-19 without ever being tested for it, the AP has reported.

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ore than a century’s worth of records now packed into boxes and storage containers in the basement of the Colorado Center for the Blind will soon be transformed into a comprehensive, digital history and made available to the public.

Members of the National Federation of the Blind of Colorado are in year two of a five-year project to digitally preserve records of the state’s blind community — before the documents deteriorate or are lost.

Most importantly, project leaders said, the history will finally be accessible to the very community it’s written about.

“This is a really big project, and this is important because blind people’s history is not being told,” said Peggy Chong, who is leading the archival effort. “By and large, we don’t learn about our own history.”

Both the National Federation of the Blind of Colorado and the Colorado Center for the Blind are based in Littleton.

Chong, an Aurora resident, has been a member of the national organiza-

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tion for 50 years, joining at age 14 because her mother and three sisters were blind, she said.

She moved to Colorado two years ago and quickly set to work learning the local organization’s history, cataloging artifacts and taking on the archi-

val project.

There are a variety of documents and artifacts waiting to be digitized, Chong said.

Meeting minutes dating back to the early 1900s are hand-written. Documents exist in several versions of braille and need transcribing. Old newspaper clips are fading. Some records were damaged by a basement flood at the center, or simply old age.

Chong’s main goal is to make this history available to the blind community in Colorado, she said, but she also aims to better inform the community at large. The organization will make the digital archive available to libraries and universities once it’s complete.

Then maybe, Chong said, creators in entertainment like screenwriters or playwrights will be inspired by char-

acters that don’t fit tropes about the blind. She envisions stories about the blind legislators making a difference in their states, or blind entrepreneurs opening their own businesses.

Scott LaBarre, president of National Federation of the Blind of Colorado since 2005, said Colorado is lucky to have Chong.

She has become known as “the blind history lady” for her efforts preserving history about the blind, said LaBarre, who is blind and lives in Centennial.

“I think it’s critical that we understand where we came from as a population, as a community,” LaBarre said. “It gives us a lot of information about how much we’ve accomplished and how much more we have yet to accomplish. So, I think it’s a very important project.”

LaBarre said he’s most eager to see the early part of his organization’s history clearly laid out, which he described as the dawn of a “growing movement of blind people taking matters into their own hands.”

LaBarre, a lawyer who runs his own Denver law firm, said the public can learn about the National Federation

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of the Blind of Colorado’s roots, how they organized and advocated for blind residents in the state.

“For a long time and all throughout our country’s history and much of the world’s history, there have always been organizations for the blind,” he said.

“But they weren’t the blind representing themselves and determining for themselves what the future would be.”

Julie Deden, director of the Colorado Center for the Blind, said the finished digital archive will show how far blind Coloradans have come. Deden grew up in modern day Centennial and was born blind. She has served as the center’s director for 22 years.

“When we have access to our own history, it gives us the opportunity and I guess the impetus to look at, where do we come from, and where do we want to go from here,” she said.

Having history available to them also gives blind community members “a newfound reverence” for the pioneers who helped create organizations like the National Federation of the Blind of Colorado, she said, or advocate for the community’s needs.

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0September 24, 2020

Santa surprises seniors Parker Senior Center summer drive-in concerts come to an end

BY NICK PUCKETT NPUCKETT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

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ach of the seven summer drive-in concerts at the Parker Senior Center ended with the singing of “Proud to be an American.” The summer series held every Wednesday since mid-July was postponed two days due to snow in the forecast.

When the final song of the series started on Sept. 11, the sun setting on the last concert, the chorus felt louder.

In a rare occurrence, Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus showed up to gift the patrons in the 30-some cars a little American flag to wave for their traditional finale.

“Because of COVID and everybody not being able to get out, and it was out last concert…I just thought it would be nice to have Santa here as a surprise,” said Rich Foerester, a member of the Parker Senior Center board.

“It was a good ending.”

The Parker Senior Center held weekly drive-in concerts to bring people together during the COVID-19

Kam Breitenbach hands out American flags to patrons of the Sept. 11 drive-in concert at the Parker Senior Center. The concert ended like they all have this summer, with a playing of “Proud to be an American.”

PHOTOS BY NICK PUCKETT pandemic. Every Wednesday this summer, people drove up for a one-hour concert. The series was such a suc-

cess, Foerester said, the senior center will begin offering drive-in bingo nights starting Sept. 23.

For more events and information about the Parker Senior Center, visit ParkerSeniorCenter.org.

Bert Sims performs as Willie Nelson during the Sept. 11 Parker Senior Center drive-in concert.

Sims and Terri Garcia, as Patsy Cline, performed regularly at the senior center this summer during its first-ever drive-in concert series. After every concert, Sims and Garcia led the crowd in “Proud to be an American.”

After each song, in lieu of clapping, people would honk.

Sims said that’s his favorite part.

Rich Foerester, board member of the Parker Senior Center, hands out American flags dressed as Santa Claus Sept. 11. Foerester said he did it to make the last concert a little special. Originally scheduled two days earlier, Foerester said handing out American flags was a perfect way to honor America and the victims of 9/11 in the final concert.

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26. Timed tickets must be reserved SONYA’S online. Masks will SAMPLER be required. “From the Vault: Wonders and Oddities from the Gardens’ Collections” and “Garden and Haven: Botanical Art and Illustration” will run through Nov. 8. “Pink Lemonade Hope: Works by Sonya Ellingboe Koko Bayer” and “Ghost Forest: Works by Melanie Walker will run through Dec. 6. The Freyer-Newman Center is the final step in the Garden’s four-phase development plan.

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Weekends on Main Littleton’s Main Street restaurants will host outdoor dining on Friday evenings and all day Saturday through October, with the street closed for diners, strollers, shoppers ...

Group show “Synchronicity: An Acausal Connection of Meaning” will be exhibited in the Elevation Room of

Pasternack’s Art Hub, 6851 W. Colfax Ave., Lakewood. Open Fridays 5 to 9 p.m. and Saturdays and Sundays noon to 4 p.m. Opening reception Oct. 2, 5-9. It features area artists, including Craig Robb, whose work is in the City of Littleton collection.

Aurora Fox “Real, live human beings” will enjoy a show at the Aurora Fox called “Tomfoolery: The Words and Music of Tom Lehrer,” adapted by Cameron Mackintosh and Robin Ray. New ticketing software automates the socially distanced seating. Masks will be required. Performances at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Friday, Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday, through Oct. 11.

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Benchmark Theatre Benchmark Theatre announced its inaugural WorkBench Project: “National Bohemians” by Luke Sorge. Director is Warren Sherrill Performances: Nov. 13-15 and 20-22.

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Colorado Theatre Guild Colorado Theatre Guild has elected actor and director Betty Hart

as president. Other board members are: T. David Rutherford, Lia Kozatch, Iliana Lucero Barron.

Castle Rock Writers The Castle Rock Writers host an upcoming conference, “Zoom to Success,” on Saturday, Sept. 26, from 8 a.m. to noon. They say they will have space for last-minute participants. Four tracks will include: fiction/non-fiction/middle grade/ children’s and poetry. Registration: $20. Scholarship available — call 303-521-8615. A manuscript critique is available for $25. Prose writers submit 10 pages; poets submit five poems, totaling less than 10 pages.

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Lone Tree Lone Tree Arts Center opens up Oct. 16-18 with a performance by the Motones and Jerseys in a 1960s musical battle, emceed by Mary Louise Lee; Adam Pascal: So Far on Oct. 24; and Rene Heredia’s Flamenco Fantasy Theatre on Oct. 25. Call for tickets: 720-509-1000 or lonetreeartscenter.org.

Reminder “Brought to Light” a group exhibit by area artists at Spark Gallery, 900 Santa Fe Drive, Denver. Open Friday and Saturday, noon to 5 p.m. and Sunday, 1-4 p.m.

Historical records now sit in boxes in the Colorado Center for the Blind’s basement but will soon be digitally preserved.

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The project’s next step will be finding dozens of volunteers to help transcribe documents that do not scan well, she said.

Time is ticking. Chong said records about the blind are disappearing across the country.

As schools for the blind have closed in various states, the facilities’ records were often discarded or lost. When blind individuals pass on, their families sometimes toss items like diaries or records written in braille, because no one can read them.

In Colorado, Chong wants to stop that from happening.

“Our history is not important enough for storage. It’s not important enough to spend precious archiving money on. It’s up to us to do that,” Chong said. “It’s important that we preserve it and we do it before it’s destroyed or lost to the wind.”

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Football, field hockey, spirit gain approval for fall Governor, CHSAA give schools the option of competing

BY JESSE PAUL THE COLORADO SUN

Gov. Jared Polis and the Colorado High School Activities Association on Sept. 16 signed off on allowing high school football and field hockey games to happen in the fall despite the coronavirus.

Schools have the option of resuming the sports in the coming weeks if they are ready, or waiting until the spring.

CHSAA’s board met to decide whether to move forward with the seasons after the Polis administration earlier .in the day approved variances to allow the sports to resume. By a 12-3 vote, the board decided to allow schools to resume the sports under the variances.

“We are in a pandemic,” Troy Baker, president of CHSAA’s board of directors and the athletic director at Buena Vista High School, said in a written statement. “It’s not normal times.

We’re all trying to find a way to navigate through it, with the hope of trying to find some normalcy in our lives.

There isn’t a guide of how to do this.”

Sideline spirit — also known as cheer — will also be allowed to resume in the fall.

Under variances approved by state, all participants who are not actively playing or performing must wear masks and be 6 feet apart. Players and performers may not go into spectator areas and are required to observe mask-wearing and social-distancing

rules while traveling to games.

The variances approved by Polis’ team allow for 50 players per sideline to be on the field during a football game. In field hockey, the variance allows for 25 players per sideline, per game.

“We have worked closely with CHSAA to approve their request, issue guidelines and assist in creating a process that supports a return to football, field hockey and cheer,” Polis said in a written statement.

The governor and CHSAA have been facing pressure across the state to allow more high school sports to resume. Many districts have or are about to resume in-person classes.

Earlier this month, Polis said he thought there was an opening for high school football to resume in the fall.

CHSAA initially balked at the idea.

Some high school sports have already resumed, like golf and cross country.

CHSAA has requested variances for gymnastics, boys soccer, spirit, girls volleyball and unified bowling, which are traditionally played during the fall season. The Polis administration is still considering how to move forward on those sports.

If coronavirus transmission in a county starts to rise too quickly, schools there would no longer be allowed to offer football, field hockey and cheer.

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Legal Notice No: 24436 * First Publication: September 24, 2020 * Last Publication: September 24, 2020 * Publisher: The Elbert County News

MANUFACTURED HOMES M801252 AICARDI TATIANI Parcel: 5829801252 MBL HOME TITLE: 34E299655 SERIAL: K14375FBR60291 MAKE: MAR SIZE: 14 X 75 Actual Value: $74,830 9260 COUNTY RD 133 Year 2019 Tax $396.12 Interest $19.81 Penalty $0.00 Other $25.00 Total Due: $440.93 M800071 ARCHER CHELSEY Parcel: 5000800071 MBL HOME TITLE: 34E135966 SERIAL: GB227973 MAKE: NEW MOON SIZE: 12 X 65 Section: 35 Township: 10 Range: 60 Actual Value: $4,000 504 ELK ST Year 2019 Tax $26.72 Interest $1.34 Penalty $0.00 Other $46.94 Total Due: $75.00 M800997 ARCHER CHELSEY Parcel: 5000800997 MBL HOME TITLE: 34E106299 SERIAL: 0529696546D MAKE: CHA SIZE: 12 X 65 Section: 26 Township: 10 Range: 60 Actual Value: $4,270 200 CHEYENNE AVE #A Year 2019 Tax $28.56 Interest $1.43 Penalty $0.00 Other $45.01 Total Due: $75.00 M800998 ARCHER CHELSEY Parcel: 5000800998 MBL HOME TITLE: 34E112483 SERIAL: SK931E MAKE: SKY SIZE: 12 X 64 Section: 26 Township: 10 Range: 60 Actual Value: $3,520 200 CHEYENNE AVE #B Year 2019 Tax $23.04 Interest $1.15 Penalty $0.00 Other $50.00 Total Due: $74.19 M801070 ARCHER CHELSEY Parcel: 5000801070 MBL HOME TITLE: 34E135963 SERIAL: 14104157 MAKE: NEW MOON SIZE: 14 X 67 Section: 35 Township: 10 Range: 60 Actual Value: $7,930 514 CHEYENNE AVE Year 2019 Tax $52.52 Interest $2.63 Penalty $0.00 Other $25.00 Total Due: $80.15 M801077 ARCHER CHELSEY Parcel: 5000801077 MBL HOME TITLE: 34E135962 SERIAL: GC230725 MAKE: KIR SIZE: 14 X 70 Section: 35 Township: 10 Range: 60 Actual Value: $4,350 506 CHEYENNE AVE Year 2019 Tax $28.56 Interest $1.43 Penalty $0.00 Other $45.01 Total Due: $75.00 M801096 ARCHER CHELSEY Parcel: 5000801096 MBL HOME TITLE: 34E135964 SERIAL: PL170389 MAKE: SCH SIZE: 14 X 66 Section: 35 Township: 10 Range: 60 Actual Value: $4,880 504 CHEYENNE AVE Year 2019 Tax $32.24 Interest $1.61 Penalty $0.00 Other $41.15 Total Due: $75.00 M801242 ASHBY KENNETH Parcel: 5783801242 Section: 17 Township: 8 Range: 63Subdivision: KIOWA UTE VILLAGE Unit: D-10 Actual Value: $20,320 100 UTE AVE #D-10 Year 2019 Tax $103.84 Interest $5.19 Penalty $0.00 Other $25.00 Total Due: $134.03 M800112 BARTON MARIAN A Parcel: 5079800112 MBL HOME TITLE: 34E 052495 SERIAL: 77047018695 MAKE: MELODY HOME SIZE: 14 X 66 Section: 12 Township: 7 Range: 59 Actual Value: $3,080 40971 SECOND AVE Year 2018 Tax $12.16 Interest $2.07 Penalty $0.00 Other $115.00 Year 2019 Tax $12.20 Interest $0.61 Penalty $0.00 Other $50.00 Total Due: $192.04

M801115 BAUER HUNTER BAUER CHRIS Parcel: 5183801115 MBL HOME TITLE: 002609943 SERIAL: FS13369A&B MAKE: CAMELOT SIZE: 26X52 Section: 17 Township: 8 Range: 63 Actual Value: $26,110 100 UTE AVE #D-06 Year 2019 Tax $133.92 Interest $6.70 Penalty $0.00 Other $25.00 Total Due: $165.62 M800297 CHADMAN FARMS LLC Parcel: 5285800297 MBL HOME TITLE: 34E 089721 SERIAL: GW10533 MAKE: GLENBROOK SIZE: 14 X 71 Section: 24 Township: 8 Range: 65 Actual Value: $12,440 32023 COUNTY RD 9-15 Year 2019 Tax $69.12 Interest $3.46 Penalty $0.00 Other $25.00 Total Due: $97.58 M801207 DB SPEED Parcel: 5357801207 Section: 3 Township: 7 Range: 65 LOCATED AT CORRAL MARKET 525 CO RD 166 Actual Value: $9,320 515 COUNTY RD 166 Year 2019 Tax $216.36 Interest $10.82 Penalty $0.00 Other $25.00 Total Due: $252.18 M800086 FAUGHNAN JOHN HUGH TRUST FAUGHNAN EVA L TRUST Parcel: 5004800086 MBL HOME TITLE: 34E 32616 SERIAL: SK1284E MAKE: SKYLINE SIZE: 12 X 61 Section: 3 Township: 10 Range: 64 Actual Value: $4,690 23813 N ELBERT RD Year 2019 Tax $25.52 Interest $1.28 Penalty $0.00 Other $48.20 Total Due: $75.00 M800080 FRATES ROBERT L Parcel: 5000800080 MBL HOME TITLE: 34E 081902 SERIAL: KSDH05E3661291A MAKE: REV SIZE: 14 X 76 Section: 35 Township: 10 Range: 60 Actual Value: $9,040 421 SIOUX AVE Year 2019 Tax $808.81 Interest $40.44 Penalty $0.00 Other $25.00 Total Due: $874.25 M800274 FRY ALVERA Parcel: 5239800274 MBL HOME TITLE: 34E 064691 SERIAL: C1195A MAKE: BENDIX SIZE: 14 X 76 Section: 25 Township: 13 Range: 59 Actual Value: $7,250 38888 COUNTY RD 6 Year 2018 Tax $33.04 Interest $5.62 Penalty $0.00 Other $92.00 Year 2019 Tax $0.00 Interest $0.00 Penalty $0.00 Other $25.00 Total Due: $155.66 M801157 GEORGE LISA M Parcel: 5000801157 MBL HOME TITLE: 34E232330 SERIAL: SCH01961131 MAKE: SIL / MH SIZE: 16 X 77 Section: 26 Township: 10 Range: 60 Actual Value: $21,840 621 ANTELOPE ST Year 2018 Tax $148.08 Interest $25.17 Penalty $0.00 Other $105.00 Year 2019 Tax $143.72 Interest $7.19 Penalty $0.00 Other $25.00 Total Due: $454.16 M800419 IRWIN DEBORAH L CENCIC CAROL A Parcel: 5284800419 MBL HOME TITLE: 34E 054052 SERIAL: KSDH08A23918661A MAKE: AMERICAN SIZE: 14 X 52 Section: 18 Township: 8 Range: 64 Actual Value: $6,370 672 S MOBILE ST Year 2019 Tax $46.52 Interest $2.33 Penalty $0.00 Other $26.15 Total Due: $75.00 M801021 JOHN F. SCHRIVER & BRITTANY ALLEN Parcel: 5183801021 MBL HOME TITLE: 34E219230 SERIAL: KSDH05D22B18791A MAKE: DETROITER SIZE: 14 X 60 Section: 17 Township: 8 Range: 63 Actual Value: $8,300 100 UTE AVE #C-15 Year 2019 Tax $42.24 Interest $2.11 Penalty $0.00 Other $30.65 Total Due: $75.00

M801072 JOHNSON MONTE E Parcel: 5271801072 MBL HOME TITLE: 34E 114571 SERIAL: ZWK70148518 MAKE: WINDSOR SIZE: 14 X 65 Section: 4 Township: 7 Range: 61 Actual Value: $6,420 41297 COUNTY RD 97 Year 2019 Tax $27.80 Interest $1.39 Penalty $0.00 Other $45.81 Total Due: $75.00 M801030 KNAPPE SUSAN C Parcel: 5183801030 MBL HOME TITLE: 001208298 SERIAL: AH02972007AB MAKE: ANCHOR SIZE: 28 X 52 Section: 17 Township: 8 Range: 63 Actual Value: $58,180 100 UTE AVE #A-01 Year 2019 Tax $148.98 Interest $5.96 Penalty $0.00 Other $25.00 Total Due: $179.94 M801136 MACADAMS DAMON AND DEBBIE Parcel: 5183801136 MBL HOME TITLE: 34E2368616 SERIAL: 29355D MAKE: DUTCH SIZE: 16 X 72 Section: 17 Township: 8 Range: 63 Actual Value: $32,410 100 UTE AVE #D-03 Year 2019 Tax $83.08 Interest $3.32 Penalty $0.00 Other $25.00 Total Due: $111.40 M800005 RIVERA DONALD A Parcel: 5000800005 MBL HOME TITLE: 34E 094991 SERIAL: P128549 MAKE: SCHULT SIZE: 12 X 49 Section: 26 Township: 10 Range: 60 Actual Value: $5,500 202 WASHINGTON AVE Year 2015 Tax $39.16 Interest $20.75 Penalty $0.00 Other $108.88 Year 2016 Tax $39.12 Interest $16.04 Penalty $0.00 Other $100.00 Year 2017 Tax $0.00 Interest $0.00 Penalty $0.00 Other $5.00 Year 2018 Tax $37.72 Interest $6.41 Penalty $0.00 Other $105.00 Year 2019 Tax $35.92 Interest $1.80 Penalty $0.00 Other $37.64 Total Due: $553.44 M801019 ROBINSON ANDREA Parcel: 5183801019 MBL HOME TITLE: 34E295915 SERIAL: 4S510497J MAKE: CUTLASS SUPREME SIZE: 16 X 76 Section: 17 Township: 8 Range: 63 Actual Value: $26,970 100 UTE AVE #C-10 Year 2019 Tax $138.24 Interest $6.91 Penalty $0.00 Other $25.00 Total Due: $170.15 M801161 SANDSTEAD RICHARD L Parcel: 5209801161 MBL HOME TITLE: 34E 145959 SERIAL: CMT8696A/B MAKE: MONARCH SIZE: 24 X 58 Section: 22 Township: 10 Range: 59 Actual Value: $6,960 20187 COUNTY RD 149 Year 2017 Tax $38.64 Interest $11.21 Penalty $0.00 Other $0.00 Year 2018 Tax $38.40 Interest $6.53 Penalty $0.00 Other $122.00 Year 2019 Tax $37.28 Interest $1.86 Penalty $0.00 Other $35.86 Total Due: $291.78 M800282 SLATER MARJORIE E Parcel: 5207800282 MBL HOME TITLE: E19377 SERIAL: P113999 MAKE: SCHULT SIZE: 14 X 70 Section: 16 Township: 10 Range: 57 Actual Value: $6,490 47751 COUNTY RD 86 Year 2019 Tax $30.00 Interest $1.50 Penalty $0.00 Other $43.50 Total Due: $75.00 M800383 SMITH HENRY J JR SMITH ANN L Parcel: 5291800383 MBL HOME TITLE: 34E 23033 SERIAL: 804 MAKE: FUQUA SIZE: 24 X 53 Section: 27 Township: 9 Range: 61 Actual Value: $15,910 25321 COUNTY RD 105 Year 2019 Tax $66.72 Interest $3.34 Penalty $0.00 Other $25.00 Total Due: $95.06

M801281 SMITH VICKY M WILSON KACI Parcel: 7405300003 MBL HOME TITLE: 64D121713 SERIAL: MP151351A/B MAKE: WIN SIZE: 28X70 Section: 5 Township: 7 Range: 64 Actual Value: $55,430 41521 COUNTY RD 17-21 Year 2019 Tax $317.28 Interest $15.86 Penalty $0.00 Other $25.00 Total Due: $358.14 M801031 SPROCH MARILYN SPROCH FRANCES Parcel: 5201801031 MBL HOME TITLE: 34E 107085 SERIAL: 42510382G MAKE: SABRE SIZE: 16 X 66 Section: 13 Township: 10 Range: 61 Actual Value: $22,530 20503 COUNTY RD 105 Year 2019 Tax $119.20 Interest $5.96 Penalty $0.00 Other $25.00 Total Due: $150.16 M800235 STEWART JESSE B STEWART NOMA R Parcel: 5274800235 MBL HOME TITLE: 34E 108519 SERIAL: CHCC018083 MAKE: CENTURY SIZE: 14 X 70 Section: 13 Township: 7 Range: 64 Actual Value: $10,330 8330 COUNTRY CIR Year 2019 Tax $53.68 Interest $2.68 Penalty $0.00 Other $25.00 Total Due: $81.36 M800960 THOMPSON DOROTHY O Parcel: 5270800960 MBL HOME TITLE: 34E 103544 SERIAL: 4111345 MAKE: HILTON SIZE: 10 X 38 Section: 29 Township: 7 Range: 60 Actual Value: $1,980 28522 COUNTY RD 154 Year 2017 Tax $0.00 Interest $0.00 Penalty $0.00 Other $5.00 Year 2018 Tax $7.76 Interest $1.32 Penalty $0.00 Other $120.00 Year 2019 Tax $7.76 Interest $0.39 Penalty $0.00 Other $55.00 Total Due: $197.23 M800003 WALKINSHAW THOMAS B Parcel: 5000800003 MBL HOME TITLE: 34E 151724 SERIAL: 3JE6512ER3N3 MAKE: EMBASSY SIZE: 12 X 62 Section: 26 Township: 10 Range: 60 Actual Value: $4,940 210 PUEBLO AVE Year 2019 Tax $32.24 Interest $1.61 Penalty $0.00 Other $41.15 Total Due: $75.00 M800153 WARREN DELORES Parcel: 5000800153 MBL HOME TITLE: 34E 070961 SERIAL: GW10166 MAKE: CENTRAL SIZE: 14 X 67 Section: 34 Township: 10 Range: 60 Actual Value: $8,400 30952 US HWY 24 Year 2019 Tax $44.76 Interest $2.24 Penalty $0.00 Other $28.00 Total Due: $75.00 M800417 WOLF ROBERT L JR Parcel: 5084800417 MBL HOME TITLE: 34E265185 SERIAL: SC1076F MAKE: SKYLINE SIZE: 14 X 67 Section: 18 Township: 8 Range: 64 Actual Value: $7,010 675 S MOBILE ST Year 2019 Tax $50.56 Interest $2.53 Penalty $0.00 Other $25.00 Total Due: $78.09

PERSONAL PROPERTY P900537 BEHRENS RESOURCES, INC Parcel: NWNE 20-6-62 PERSONAL PROPERTY EQUIPMENT CGOCC #11667 WHITEHEAD 3120 1 COMANCHE CREEK FIELD D-J BASIN AT 7500’ EST TOTAL DEPTH Actual Value: $24,976 Year 2016 Tax $432.60 Interest $177.37 Penalty $0.00 Other $74.00 Year 2017 Tax $431.36 Interest $125.09 Penalty $0.00 Other $74.00 Year 2018 Tax $403.92 Interest $68.67 Penalty $0.00 Other $83.00 Year 2019 Tax $423.64 Interest $21.18 Penalty $0.00 Other $25.00 Total Due: $2,339.83

P900538 BEHRENS RESOURCES, INC Parcel: NWSW 18-6-62 PERSONAL PROPERTY COGCC# 19035 CLARK 13-18 COMANCHE CREEK FIELD D-J BASIN AT 7761’ EST TOTAL DEPTH Actual Value: $24,976 Year 2016 Tax $436.12 Interest $178.81 Penalty $0.00 Other $74.00 Year 2017 Tax $437.20 Interest $126.79 Penalty $0.00 Other $74.00 Year 2018 Tax $409.76 Interest $69.66 Penalty $0.00 Other $83.00 Year 2019 Tax $423.64 Interest $21.18 Penalty $0.00 Other $25.00 Total Due: $2,359.16 P903151 ER GOLF REAL ESTATE LLC Parcel: Actual Value: $198,810 42350 COUNTY ROAD 17-21 Year 2019 Tax $8,243.76 Interest $412.19 Penalty $0.00 Other $75.00 Total Due: $8,730.95 P903158 ISABELLES COFFEE Parcel: Actual Value: $14,480 796 E KIOWA #H-1 Year 2019 Tax $424.72 Interest $21.24 Penalty $0.00 Other $75.00 Total Due: $520.96 P900506 KP KAUFFMAN COMPANY INC Parcel: S2NENW 9-6-63 REAL PROPERTY PARCEL: 63090-00-011 WELL LOCATION: N 39 DEGREES 32.792’ W 104 DEGREES 27.156’ API#: 0390654400 PERSONAL PROPERTY EQUIPMENT CGCOCC# 42640 KIOWA CREEK 21-9 PEAKVIEW FIELD D-J BASIN AT 7980’ EST TOTAL DEPTH Actual Value: $17,554 Year 2019 Tax $297.84 Interest $14.89 Penalty $0.00 Other $25.00 Total Due: $337.73 P900533 KP KAUFFMAN COMPANY INC Parcel: SWSW 3-6-63 PERSONAL PROPERTY EQUIPMENT CGOCC #11796 BIRD ELBERT COUNTY #3-13 PEAKVIEW FIELD D-J BASIN AT 7900’ TOTAL DEPTH Actual Value: $24,976 Year 2019 Tax $423.64 Interest $21.18 Penalty $0.00 Other $25.00 Total Due: $469.82 P903155 MEADOWS MARKET Parcel: MEADOWS MARKET/PERSONAL PROPERTY Actual Value: $38,690 7100 SUN COUNTRY DR Year 2019 Tax $854.96 Interest $42.75 Penalty $0.00 Other $75.00 Total Due: $972.71 P900535 OVERLAND RESOURCES LLC Parcel: SESE 2-6-62 PERSONAL PROPERTY - EQUIPMENT CGOCC# 11742 LOIS WHITEHEAD WELL #1 DOUBLETREE FIELD D-J BASIN AT 7500’ EST TOTAL DEPTH Actual Value: $0 Year 2014 Tax $395.44 Interest $257.04 Penalty $0.00 Other $70.00 Year 2015 Tax $401.00 Interest $212.53 Penalty $0.00 Other $74.00 Year 2016 Tax $409.80 Interest $168.02 Penalty $0.00 Other $74.00 Year 2017 Tax $408.72 Interest $118.53 Penalty $0.00 Other $74.00 Year 2018 Tax $382.52 Interest $65.03 Penalty $0.00 Other $83.00 Year 2019 Tax $0.00 Interest $0.00 Penalty $0.00 Other $25.00 Total Due: $3,218.63 P903119 PARTH INVESTMENTS INC. DBA SUBWAY Parcel: Actual Value: $15,460 2100 LEGACY CIR Year 2019 Tax $381.36 Interest $19.07 Penalty $0.00 Other $75.00 Total Due: $475.43 P903312 PET STUFF COLORADO LLC Parcel: PP LOC IN ELIZ SCHL DIST Actual Value: $22,850 796 E KIOWA AVE Year 2019 Tax $670.48 Interest $33.52 Penalty $0.00 Other $75.00 Total Due: $779.00 Continued to Next Page: MH, PP No. 24436

Elbert Legals 9.24.20 * 1

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September 24, 2020S

Public Notices Legals City and County Public Notice General Election Elbert County, Colorado Tuesday, November 3, 2020 Elections in Colorado are conducted by mail ballot with Voter Service Centers available for those who would like additional assistance or prefer to vote in person. See below for a list of locations and hours/days of operation.

For this General Election, ballots will be mailed beginning October 9 to all active registered voters. Ballots must be returned to the Clerk and

Recorder no later than 7 p.m. on Election Day (Tuesday November 3) in order for your votes to be counted. Voters can return their ballot by mail or by dropping it off at any designated ballot drop-off location or Voter Service Center. Ballots received after 7 p.m. on Election Day will not be counted. Postmarks do not count as a received date. Adequate postage must be applied.

If you need to register to vote or update your registration, please do so at www.govotecolorado.gov. The Elbert County Elections Division recommends all voters review their information to ensure their mailing address is correct.

If you make a mistake, damage, or lose your ballot, you may request a replacement by emailing elections@elbertcounty-co.gov or calling 303-621-3127 by October 26, 2020, or by visiting a Voter Service Center during the hours/days of operation listed below.

Ballots will vary by location and precinct. To view your individual sample ballot, visit www.govotecolorado.gov and click on the “Ballot Information” tab within your voter registration profile.

Voter Service Center • Drop off your ballot • Cast a ballot in person • Request a replacement mail ballot • Resister to vote • Update your voter registration • Vote using equipment and facilities for persons with disabilities Voter Service Center Days/ Hours of Operation Samuel Elbert Building 440 Comanche Street, Kiowa, CO 80117 Mon through Fri (Oct 19 – Nov 2) 8am to 5pm

Sat (Oct 31) 8am to 12pm Tuesday Nov 3 (Election Day) 7am to 7pm Town of Elizabeth 151 South Banner Street, Elizabeth, CO 80107 Tuesday Nov 3 (Election Day) 7am to 7pm Spring Valley Golf 42350 County Road 21, Elizabeth, CO 80107 Tuesday Nov 3 (Election Day) 7am to 7pm 24-hour Drop-Box Days/ Hours of Operation Open through Nov 3 (Election Day) until 7pm Samuel Elbert Building 440 Comanche Street, Kiowa

Open through Nov 3 (Election Day) until 7pm Singing Hills Elizabeth Fire Station (CR 166) 41002 Firehouse Street, Parker Designated Election Official Dallas Schroeder 440 Comanche Street PO Box 990, Kiowa, CO 80117 303-621-3127 elections@elbertcounty-co.gov Legal Notice No. 24440 First Publication: September 24, 2020 Last Publication: September 24, 2020 Publisher: The Elbert County News

Open through Nov 3 (Election Day) until 7pm Town of Elizabeth Admin Building 151 South Banner Street, Elizabeth

ELBERT COUNTY DELINQUENT TAX NOTICE Continued from Last Page: Page 2 of 2: MH, PP No. 24436 P900596 RENEGADE OIL & GAS Parcel: D-J BASIN FM AT 7750’ TOTAL DEPTH SENE 13-6-63 WELL LOCATION: N 39 DEGREES 31.781’ W 104 DEGREES 23.243’ API#: 05-03906269 PERSONAL PROPERTY - EQUIPMENT CGOCC #11734 MORRIS 13-8 COMANCHE CREEK FIELD Actual Value: $24,976 Year 2019 Tax $423.64 Interest $21.18 Penalty $0.00 Other $25.00 Total Due: $469.82 P900601 RENEGADE OIL & GAS Parcel: NWNE 24-6-63 N 39 DEGREES 31.124’ W 104 DEGREES 24.099’ PERSONAL PROPERTY - EQUIPMENT CGOCC #11726 SARTI 24-2 COMANCHE CREEK FIELD D-J BASIN AT 7834’ TOTAL DEPTH Actual Value: $26,354 Year 2019 Tax $447.08 Interest $22.35 Penalty $0.00 Other $25.00 Total Due: $494.43 P900605 RENEGADE OIL & GAS Parcel: NWNW 24-6-63 WELL LOCATION: N 39 DEGREES 31.123’ W 104 DEGREES 24.099’ PERSONAL PROPERTY - EQUIPMENT CGOCC #11736 MORRIS #24-4 COMANCHE CREEK FIELD D-J BASIN AT 7763’ TOTAL DEPTH Actual Value: $13,544 Year 2019 Tax $229.96 Interest $11.50 Penalty $0.00 Other $25.00 Total Due: $266.46 P900574 RENEGADE OIL & GAS CO., LLC Parcel: SWSW 11 6S 62W PERSONAL PROPERTY EQUIPMENT COGCC# 74165 DOUBLETREE FIELD CHAMPLIN 416 AMOCO C #1 D-J BASIN AT 7100’ TOTAL DEPTH Actual Value: $26,008 Year 2019 Tax $441.20 Interest $22.06 Penalty $0.00 Other $25.00 Total Due: $488.26 P900504 RENEGADE OIL & GAS COMPANY Parcel: NWSE 7-6-62 N 39 DEGREES 32.432’ W 104 DEGREES 22.412’ LOCATED AT NW CORNER OF CO RD 65/186 PERSONAL PROPERTY EQUIPMENT CGOCC #11638 CHAMPLIN 569 AMOCO-E #5 COMANCHE CREEK FIELD D-J BASIN AT 7767’ TOTAL DEPTH Actual Value: $13,544 Year 2019 Tax $229.96 Interest $11.50 Penalty $0.00 Other $25.00 Total Due: $266.46 P900589 RENEGADE OIL & GAS COMPANY Parcel: SE4 8-6-62 N 39 DEGREES 32.445’ W 106 DEGREES 21.012’THIS IS THE LOCATION OF TANKS/WELL SW OF TANKS ROAD TO ACCESS WELL LOCATED N OF 46930 CO RD 65 WELL N 39 DEGREES 32.239’ W 104 DEGREES 21.285’ PERSONAL PROPERTY - EQUIPMENT CGOCC #11700 WHITEHEAD 8-15 DEADEYE FIELD D-J BASIN AT 7651’ TOTAL DEPTH Actual Value: $24,976 Year 2019 Tax $423.64 Interest $21.18 Penalty $0.00 Other $25.00 Total Due: $469.82 P900598 RENEGADE OIL & GAS COMPANY Parcel: NWNW 13-6-63 WELL LOCATION: N 39 DEGREES 31.999’ W 104 DEGREES 24.097’ PERSONAL PROPERTY - EQUIPMENT CGOCC #11738 MORRIS #13-4 COMANCHE CREEK FIELD D-J BASIN AT 7844’ TOTAL DEPTH Actual Value: $24,976 Year 2019 Tax $423.64 Interest $21.18 Penalty $0.00 Other $25.00 Total Due: $469.82 P900543 RENEGADE OIL & GAS COMPANY, LLC Parcel: NENE 9-6-63 ACCESS OFF OF CO RD 194 RIGHT BEFORE CREEK BED BOTTOM PERSONAL PROPERTY COGCC #36980 VETTER 1-9 PEAKVIEW FIELD D-J BASIN AT 7950’ TOTAL DEPTH Actual Value: $17,554 Year 2019 Tax $297.84 Interest $14.89 Penalty $0.00 Other $25.00 Total Due: $337.73 P900544 RENEGADE OIL & GAS COMPANY, LLC Parcel: SWNE 9-6-63 PERSONAL PROPERTY EQUIPMENT COGCC #36980 VETTER 2-9 PEAKVIEW FIELD D-J BASIN AT 7950’ TOTAL DEPTH Actual Value: $13,544 Year 2019 Tax $229.96 Interest $11.50 Penalty $0.00 Other $25.00 Total Due: $266.46

P900584 RENEGADE OIL & GAS COMPANY, LLC Parcel: SWSW 4-6-62 N 39 DEGREES 33.083’ W 104 DEGREES 20.701’ PERSONAL PROPERTY - EQUIPMENT CGOCC #11722 WHITEHEAD 4-13 DEADEYE FIELD D-J-SAND AT 7585’ TOTAL DEPTH Actual Value: $24,976 Year 2019 Tax $423.64 Interest $21.18 Penalty $0.00 Other $25.00 Total Due: $469.82 P900587 RENEGADE OIL & GAS COMPANY, LLC Parcel: SWSW 6-6-62 N 39 DEGREES 33.074’ W 104 DEGREES 22.914’ ACCESS BY 15516 CO RD 194 PERSONAL PROPERTY - EQUIPMENT CGOCC#11725 MILLER 6-13 DEADEYE FIELD D-J BASIN AT 7740’ TOTAL DEPTH Actual Value: $13,544 Year 2019 Tax $229.96 Interest $11.50 Penalty $0.00 Other $25.00 Total Due: $266.46 P900609 RENEGADE OIL & GAS COMPANY, LLC Parcel: SWNE 10-6-64 PERSONAL PROPERTY EQUIPMENT CGOCC #74165 NORDMAN 10-7 CALEDONIOA FIELD D-J BASIN AT 8300’ TOTAL DEPTH Actual Value: $26,484 Year 2019 Tax $585.24 Interest $29.26 Penalty $0.00 Other $25.00 Total Due: $639.50 P900611 RENEGADE OIL & GAS COMPANY, LLC Parcel: SESE 10-6-64 PERSONAL PROPERTY EQUIPMENT CGOCC #88348 COGGINS 10-16 CALEDONIA FIELD D-J BASIN AT 8410’ TOTAL DEPTH Actual Value: $27,863 Year 2019 Tax $615.72 Interest $30.79 Penalty $0.00 Other $25.00 Total Due: $671.51 P900633 RENEGADE OIL & GAS COMPANY, LLC Parcel: NENW 3 6S 63W N 39 DEGREES 33.713’ W 104 DEGREES 26.052’ PERSONAL PROPERTY - EQUIPMENT COGCC# 74165 PEAKVIEW FIELD #3 MYERS 21-3 D-J BASIN AT 7800’ TOTAL DEPTH Actual Value: $13,083 Year 2019 Tax $221.76 Interest $11.09 Penalty $0.00 Other $25.00 Total Due: $257.85 P903268 RENEGADE OIL & GAS COMPANY, LLC Parcel: Actual Value: $13,544 Year 2019 Tax $229.96 Interest $11.50 Penalty $0.00 Other $25.00 Total Due: $266.46 P900501 RENEGADE OIL & GAS COMPANY, LLC. Parcel: SENW 7-6-62 N 39 DEGREES 32.645’ W 104 DEGREES 22.671’ PERSONAL PROPERTY CGOCC #11638 CHAMPLIN 569 AMOCO-E #2 COMANCHE CREEK FIELD D-J BASIN AT 7750’ TOTAL DEPTH Actual Value: $13,544 Year 2019 Tax $229.96 Interest $11.50 Penalty $0.00 Other $25.00 Total Due: $266.46 P900500 RENEGADE OIL & GAS COMPANY LLC Parcel: NWNW 7-6-62 N 39 DEGREES 32.866’ W 104 DEGREES 22.911’ PERSONAL PROPERTY CGOCC #11638 CHAMPLIN 569 AMOCO-E #1 COMANCHE CREEK FIELD D-J BASIN AT 7760’ TOTAL DEPTH Actual Value: $24,976 Year 2019 Tax $423.64 Interest $21.18 Penalty $0.00 Other $25.00 Total Due: $469.82 P900503 RENEGADE OIL & GAS COMPANY LLC Parcel: NENW 7-6-62 N 39 DEGREES 32.860’ W 104 DEGREES 22.664’ PERSONAL PROPERTY EQUIPMENT CGOCC #11638 CHAMPLIN 569 AMOCO-D #4 COMANCHE CREEK FIELD D-J BASIN AT 7750’ TOTAL DEPTH Actual Value: $13,544 Year 2019 Tax $229.96 Interest $11.50 Penalty $0.00 Other $25.00 Total Due: $266.46

P900582 RENEGADE OIL & GAS COMPANY LLC Parcel: SWNW 4-6-62 WELL LOCATION: N 39 DEGREES 33.511’ W 104 DEGREES 20.695’ API#: 05-039-06279 PERSONAL PROPERTY - EQUIPMENT CGOCC #11740 HAY 4-5 DEADEYE FIELD D-J BASIN AT 7753’ TOTAL DEPTH Actual Value: $24,976 Year 2019 Tax $423.64 Interest $21.18 P enalty $0.00 Other $25.00 Total Due: $469.82 P900583 RENEGADE OIL & GAS COMPANY LLC Parcel: NESW 4-6-62 N 39 DEGREES 33.291’ W 104 DEGREES 20.412’ ACCESS N OF 46930 CO RD 65 PERSONAL PROPERTY - EQUIPMENT CGOCC #11741 WHITEHEAD 4-11 DEADEYE FIELD D-J BASIN AT 7520’ TOTAL DEPTH Actual Value: $24,976 Year 2019 Tax $423.64 Interest $21.18 Penalty $0.00 Other $25.00 Total Due: $469.82 P900586 RENEGADE OIL & GAS COMPANY LLC Parcel: NESW 6-6-62 N 39 DEGREES 33.294’ W 104 DEGREES 22.641’ PERSONAL PROPERTY - EQUIPMENT CGOCC #12035 MILLER 6-11 DEADEYE FIELD D-J BASIN AT 7730’ TOTAL DEPTH Actual Value: $13,544 Year 2019 Tax $229.96 Interest $11.50 Penalty $0.00 Other $25.00 Total Due: $266.46 P900590 RENEGADE OIL & GAS COMPANY LLC Parcel: NWNW 18-6-62 N 39 DEGREES 31.997’ W 104 DEGREES 22.975’ LOCATED AT CORNER OF CO RD 186/61 PERSONAL PROPERTY EQUIPMENT CGOCC# 11728 WHITEHEAD 18-4 COMANCHE CREEK FIELD D-J BASIN AT 7785’ TOTAL DEPTH Actual Value: $24,976 Year 2019 Tax $423.64 Interest $21.18 Penalty $0.00 Other $25.00 Total Due: $469.82 P900592 RENEGADE OIL & GAS COMPANY LLC Parcel: CNENE 12-6-63 N 39 DEGREES 32.867’ W 104 DEGREES 23.337’ PERSONAL PROPERTY EQUIPMENT CGOCC# 11743 WHITEHEAD 12-1 COMANCHE CREEK FIELD D-J BASIN AT 7751’ TOTAL DEPTH Actual Value: $24,976 Year 2019 Tax $423.64 Interest $21.18 Penalty $0.00 Other $25.00 Total Due: $469.82 P900593 RENEGADE OIL & GAS COMPANY LLC Parcel: CSWNE 12-6-63 N 39 DEGREES 32.651’ W 104 DEGREES 23.538’ PERSONAL PROPERTY EQUIPMENT CGOSS #11743 WHITEHEAD 12-7 COMANCHE CREEK FIELD D-J BASIN AT 7792’ TOTAL DEPTH Actual Value: $13,544 Year 2019 Tax $229.96 Interest $11.50 Penalty $0.00 Other $25.00 Total Due: $266.46 P900594 RENEGADE OIL & GAS COMPANY LLC Parcel: CSESE 12-6-63 N 39 DEGREES 32.214’ W 104 DEGREES 23.260’ PERSONAL PROPERTY - EQUIPMENT CGOCC #11696 WHITEHEAD 12-16 COMANCHE CREEK FIELD D-J BASIN AT 7781’ TOTAL DEPTH Actual Value: $24,976 Year 2019 Tax $423.64 Interest $21.18 Penalty $0.00 Other $25.00 Total Due: $469.82 P900600 RENEGADE OIL & GAS COMPANY LLC Parcel: NWNE 24-6-63 WELL LOCATION: N 39 DEGREES 31.138’ W104 DEGREES 23.519’ PERSONAL PROPERTY - EQUIPMENT CGOCC #11726/11729 TANK BATTERY FOR SARTI 24-2 AND SARTI 24-10 COMANCHE CREEK FIELD D-J BASIN AT 7800’ EST TOTAL DEPTH Actual Value: $13,544 Year 2019 Tax $229.96 Interest $11.50 Penalty $0.00 Other $25.00 Total Due: $266.46 P900603 RENEGADE OIL & GAS COMPANY LLC Parcel: NWSE 24-6-63 N 39 DEGREES 30.694’ W 104 DEGREES 23.516’ PERSONAL PROPERTY - EQUIPMENT CGOCC #11729 SARTI 24-10 COMANCHE CREEK FIELD D-J-SAND AT 7793’ TOTAL DEPTH Actual Value: $13,544 Year 2019 Tax $229.96 Interest $11.50 Penalty $0.00 Other $25.00 Total Due: $266.46

P903024 RENEGADE OIL & GAS COMPANY LLC Parcel: SWSE 6-6-62 APPROX WELL LOCATION: N 39 DEGREES 33.169’ W 104 DEGREES 21.999’ PERSONAL PROPERTY - EQUIPMENT COGCC #12036 MILLER 6-15 DEADEYE FIELD D-J BASIN AT 7690’ TOTAL DEPTH Actual Value: $13,544 Year 2019 Tax $229.96 Interest $11.50 Penalty $0.00 Other $25.00 Total Due: $266.46 P903025 RENEGADE OIL & GAS COMPANY LLC Parcel: SWNE 6-6-62 N 39 DEGREES 33.509’ W 104 DEGREES 22.372’ PERSONAL PROPERTY - EQUIPMENT CGOCC #12034 MILLER 6-7 DEADEYE FIELD D-J BASIN 7710’ TOTAL DEPTH SWNE 6-6-62 N 39 DEGREES 33.509’ W 104 DEGREES 22.372’ PERSONAL PROPERTY - EQUIPMENT CGOCC #12034 MILLER 6-7 DEADEYE FIELD D-J BASIN 7710’ TOTAL DEPTH Actual Value: $24,976 Year 2019 Tax $423.64 Interest $21.18 Penalty $0.00 Other $25.00 Total Due: $469.82 P903049 RENEGADE OIL & GAS COMPANY LLC Parcel: SESE 14 6 63 Actual Value: $24,976 Year 2019 Tax $423.64 Interest $21.18 Penalty $0.00 Other $25.00 Total Due: $469.82 P900563 RENEGADE OIL AND GAS COMPANY, LLC Parcel: NENE: 15-6-64 TANK AND MISC EQUIP WELL LOCATION: N 39 DEGREES 31.965 MINUTES W 104 DEGREES 32.349 MINUTES . . . . LOCATED OFF OF CO RD 029 PAST THE FREUND’S WELL LOCATED SLIGHTLY E. OF OTHER EQUIP PERSONAL PROPERTY EQUIPMENT MUSGRAVE #15-2 CALEDONIA FIELD D-SAND AT 8378’ TOTAL DEPTH NWNE: 15-6-64 WELLHEAD Actual Value: $18,932 Year 2019 Tax $418.36 Interest $20.92 Penalty $0.00 Other $25.00 Total Due: $464.28 P900565 RENEGADE OIL AND GAS COMPANY, LLC Parcel: WELL LOCATION: N 39 DEGREES 31.935 MIN W 104 DEGREES 32.668 MIN PERSONAL PROPERTY - EQUIPMENT RUNNING CREEK # 15-3 CALEDONIA FIELD D-SAND AT 8460’ TOTAL DEPTH NENW: 15-6-64 Actual Value: $18,932 Year 2019 Tax $418.36 Interest $20.92 Penalty $0.00 Other $25.00 Total Due: $464.28 P900566 RENEGADE OIL AND GAS COMPANY, LLC Parcel: WELL LOCATION: N 39 DEGREES 31.772 MIN W 104 DEGREES 32.869 MIN PERSONAL PROPERTY - EQUIPMENT RUNNING CREEK # 15-5 CALEDONIA FIELD J-SAND AT 8450’ TOTAL DEPTH SWNW: 15-6-64 Actual Value: $18,932 Year 2019 Tax $418.36 Interest $20.92 Penalty $0.00 Other $25.00 Total Due: $464.28 P900567 RENEGADE OIL AND GAS COMPANY, LLC Parcel: WELL LOCATION: N 39 DEGREES 31.750 MIN W 104 DEGREES 32.690 MIN PERSONAL PROPERTY - EQUIPMENT RUNNING CREEK # 15-6 CALEDONIA FIELD D-SAND AT 8450’ TOTAL DEPTH SENW: 15-6-64 Actual Value: $17,554 Year 2019 Tax $387.88 Interest $19.39 Penalty $0.00 Other $25.00 Total Due: $432.27 P900630 RENEGADE OIL AND GAS COMPANY, LLC Parcel: SWNW 3 6S 63W WELL SITE: N 39 DEGREES 33.500’ W 104 DEGREES 26.341’ PERSONAL PROPERTY - EQUIPMENT COGCC# 74165 PEAKVIEW FIELD #1 MYERS 12-3 D-J BASIN AT 7800’ TOTAL DEPTH Actual Value: $27,365 Year 2019 Tax $464.60 Interest $23.23 Penalty $0.00 Other $25.00 Total Due: $512.83

P900632 RENEGADE OIL AND GAS COMPANY, LLC Parcel: SWNE 3 6 63 PERSONAL PROPERTY EQUIPMENT COGCC# 74165 PEAKVIEW FIELD #2 MYERS 32-3 D-J BASIN AT 7800’ TOTAL DEPTH Actual Value: $24,976 Year 2019 Tax $423.64 Interest $21.18 Penalty $0.00 Other $25.00 Total Due: $469.82 P903207 SINGING WINE AND LIQUOR Parcel: PERSONAL PROPERTY Actual Value: $21,990 475 SINGING HILLS RD #A Year 2019 Tax $511.20 Interest $25.56 Penalty $0.00 Other $75.00 Total Due: $611.76 P900555 SMITH ENERGY CORP Parcel: NWSW 16-6-64 THIS EQUIP IS LOCATED RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM MILLER TRUST 44-17 OFF OF CO RD 017-21. NO SIGNS DESIGNATING THIS EQUIP. PERSONAL PROPERTY - EQUIPMENT CGOCC #70385 BATTERY FOR WELLS #6 CALEDIONIA FIELD D-J BASIN AT 8650’ TOTAL DEPTH Actual Value: $17,554 Year 2019 Tax $387.88 Interest $19.39 Penalty $0.00 Other $25.00 Total Due: $432.27 P900559 SMITH ENERGY CORP Parcel: NWNE 16-6-64 LOC AT DIFF LOC THAN WELLSITE PERSONAL PROPERTY EQUIPMENT CGOCC #11612 TANK BATTERY FOR RUNNING CREEK STATE #11 CALEDONIA FIELD D-J BASIN AT 8000’ TOTAL DEPTH Actual Value: $17,554 Year 2019 Tax $387.88 Interest $19.39 Penalty $0.00 Other $25.00 Total Due: $432.27 P900561 SMITH ENERGY CORP Parcel: SWSW 10-6-64 WELL SITE: N 39 DEGREES 32.223’ W 104 DEGREES 32.888’ PERSONAL Actual Value: $3,035 Year 2019 Tax $67.04 Interest $3.35 Penalty $0.00 Other $25.00 Total Due: $95.39 P900575 SMITH ENERGY CORP Parcel: SESE 1-6-63 N 39 DEGREES 33.079’ W 104 DEGREES 23.529’ PERSONAL PROPERTY EQUIPMENT CGOCC #11632 TANK BATTERY FOR CHAMPLIN 548 AMOCO-A LEASE DEADEYE FIELD D-J BASIN Actual Value: $17,554 Year 2019 Tax $297.84 Interest $14.89 Penalty $0.00 Other $25.00 Total Due: $337.73 P903114 SMITH ENERGY CORP Parcel: NENENE 16-6-64 CGOCC #11612 BATTERY Actual Value: $15,042 Year 2019 Tax $332.24 Interest $16.61 Penalty $0.00 Other $25.00 Total Due: $373.85 P903116 SMITH ENERGY CORP Parcel: NENENE 16-6-64 CGOCC #11612 BATTERY Actual Value: $17,554 Year 2019 Tax $387.88 Interest $19.39 Penalty $0.00 Other $25.00 Total Due: $432.27 P903117 SMITH ENERGY CORP Parcel: NWSW 16-6-64 THIS EQUIP IS LOCATED Actual Value: $17,554 Year 2019 Tax $387.88 Interest $19.39 Penalty $0.00 Other $25.00 Total Due: $432.27 P903118 SMITH ENERGY CORP Parcel: Actual Value: $17,554 Year 2019 Tax $387.88 Interest $19.39 Penalty $0.00 Other $25.00 Total Due: $432.27

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0September 24, 2020

Public Notices Water Court Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, WATER DIVISION 1, COLORADO AUGUST 2020 WATER RESUME PUBLICATION TO: ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN WATER APPLICATIONS IN WATER DIV. 1 Pursuant to C.R.S. 37-92-302, you are notified that the following is a resume of all water right applications and certain amendments filed in the Office of the Water Clerk during the month of AUGUST 2020 for each County affected 20CW3117: Arapahoe County Water And Wastewater Authority (“ACWWA”), c/o Steve Witter, General Manager, 13031 East Caley Avenue, Centennial, Colorado 80111, Telephone: (303) 790-4830; East Cherry Creek Valley Water and Sanitation District (“ECCV”), c/o David Kaunisto, General Manager, 6201 South Gun Club Road, Aurora, Colorado 80016, Telephone: (303) 693-3800; United Water and Sanitation District (“United”), c/o Robert Lembke, 8301 East Prentice Avenue, Suite 100, Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111, Telephone: (303) 773-1005. APPLICATION FOR CHANGE OF WATER RIGHTS, PLAN FOR AUGMENTATION, AND APPROPRIATION OF RETURN FLOWS in ADAMS, ARAPAHOE, DENVER, DOUGLAS, ELBERT, LARIMER, MORGAN AND WELD COUNTIES. Please send all pleadings and correspondence to: Brian M. Nazarenus, Esq., Sheela S. Stack, Esq., William D. Wombacher, Esq., Stacy L. Brownhill, Esq., NAZARENUS STACK & WOMBACHER LLC, 8301 E. Prentice Avenue, Suite 110, Greenwood Village Colorado 80111, (Attorneys for ACWWA and ECCV), Tod J. Smith, Esq., Law Office of Tod J. Smith, LLC, 5777 Central Avenue, Suite 228, Boulder, Colorado 80301, (Attorney for United).

2. Introduction. The purpose of this Application is to change the use of (1) two decreed water rights associated with Applicants’ 196.5 shares out of 2,844 outstanding shares in the Fort Morgan Reservoir and Irrigation Company (“FMRIC”), and (2) the decreed water rights for Jackson Lake by virtue of Applicants’ ownership interest in FMRIC and FMRIC’s ownership of stock in the Jackson Lake Reservoir and Irrigation Company (“JLRIC”) (“Subject Water Rights”). 3. Decreed Water Rights for Which Change is Sought and Structures Associated with the Decreed Water Rights. 3.1. Fort Morgan Canal. 3.1.1. Previous Decree. Case No. 433, Irrigation District No. 1, Weld County District Court, decreed November 21, 1895. 3.1.2. Decreed Point of Diversion. The Fort Morgan Canal headgate is located on the south bank of the South Platte River, in the SE1/4 of Section 31, Township 5 North, Range 59 West of the 6th P.M., Morgan County, Colorado. 3.1.3. Source. South Platte River. 3.1.4. Appropriation Date. October 18, 1882. 3.1.5. Use. Irrigation. 3.1.6. Amount. 323 c.f.s. 3.2. Jackson Lake Reservoir. 3.2.1. Previous Decrees. Civil Action. 2142, Weld County District Court, decreed January 15, 1914 for a provisional right and finalized on May 11, 1915; Civil Action No. 16704, Weld County District Court, decreed June 8, 1965. 3.2.2. Decreed Points of Diversion. The headgate of the Jackson Lake Inlet Canal is located at a point on the north bank of the South Platte River, 900 feet south and 200 feet west of the center of the SE1/4 of Section 18, Township 4 North, Range 61 West of the 6th P.M., Weld County, Colorado. Jackson Lake Reservoir is located in Sections 10, 13, 14, 15, 16, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, and 27, Township 5 North, Range 60 West of the 6th P.M., Morgan County, Colorado.

3.2.3. Source. South Platte River. 3.2.4. Dates of Appropriation and Amounts.

Reservoir Priority No.: 20 20 20R Amount (acre-feet): 30,992.00 4,637.00 8,269.92 Date of Appropriation: 05/18/1901 05/18/1901 12/31/1929 Date of Adjudication: 01/15/1914 05/11/1915 06/08/1965 FMRIC owns 1,054 out of 1,550 outstanding shares in JLRIC, which is equivalent to a 68% pro-rata interest in the water rights listed above.

ACWWA and ECCV own a 6.9% pro-rata interest in FMRIC and, by virtue of FMRIC’s ownership of stock in JLRIC, own an interest in the Jackson Lake water rights listed above. 3.2.5. Use. Irrigation. 4. Historical Use. The Subject Water Rights were historically used to irrigate the lands described below and shown on the map attached as Exhibit 1. 4.1. Browne and Browne Farm. The Browne and Browne Farm is located in the SW1/4 of Section 2, Township 3 North, Range 57 West of the 6th P.M., Morgan County, Colorado.

Twenty-two shares, represented by Share Certificate No. 3296, were historically used to irrigate a mix of corn grain and pasture grass, and were historically delivered to the Browne and Browne Farm via the Southside and Schwindt Laterals.

ACWWA owns 22 shares in the Southside Lateral Company, represented by Share Certificate Nos. 364 and 365. 4.2. Glassey Farm. The Glassey Farm is located in the N1/2 of the SE1/4 of Section 2, Township 3 North, Range 57 West of the 6th P.M., Morgan County, Colorado. Fifteen shares, represented by Share Certificate No. 3292, and 1 share, represented by Share Certificate No. 3118, were historically used to irrigate a mix of corn grain, corn silage, winter wheat, dry beans, sugar beets, small vegetables, and pasture grass, and were historically delivered to the Glassey Farm via the South Side and Schwindt Laterals.

ACWWA owns 16 shares in the South Side Lateral Company, represented by Share Certificate No. 341. 4.3. Hofmeister Farm. The Hofmeister Farm is located in the NE1/4 of Section 21, Township 3 North, Range 57 West of the 6th P.M., Morgan County, Colorado. Twenty-eight shares, represented by Share Certificate No. 3293, were historically used to irrigate a mix of corn grain, alfalfa grass, pasture grass, dry beans, corn silage, sorghum and sugar beets. 4.4. Kula Farm. The Kula Farm is comprised of several parcels, generally located in the N1/2 of Section 4, Township 3 North, Range 57 West of the 6th P.M., Morgan County, Colorado. ACWWA’s 40 shares, repre-

sented by Share Certificate No. 3292, were historically used to irrigate a mix of alfalfa grass, corn silage, beans, and small grains, and were historically delivered to the Kula farms via the Sergeant Lateral by way of the Platte Avenue Lateral. ACWWA owns 38 shares in the Platte Avenue Lateral Company and 38 shares in the Sergeant Lateral Company, represented by Share Certificate No. 474, and 2 shares in the Platte Avenue Lateral Company and 2 shares in the Sergeant Lateral, represented by Share Certificate No. 465.

4.5. Teague Farm. The Teague Farm is located in the E1/2 of Section 17, Township 3 North, Range 57 West of the 6th P.M., Morgan County, Colorado.

Thirty-eight and one-half shares acquired by ACWWA, represented by Share Certificate No. 3299, and 29 shares owned by United for the benefit of ECCV, represented by Share Certificate No. 3236, were historically used to irrigate a mix of corn grain, alfalfa grass, dry beans, small vegetables, spring grain, winter wheat, and pasture grass. These 67.5 shares were historically delivered to the Teague Farm via the Dick and Work Laterals. 4.6. Tri-J Farm. The Tri-J farm is located in the NW1/4 of Section 20, Township 3 North, Range 57 West of the 6th P.M., Morgan County, Colorado. Twenty-three shares, represented by Share Certificate No. 3284, were historically used to irrigate a mix of corn grain, alfalfa grass, dry beans, sugar beets, and spring grain. 5. ACWWA’s Proposed Change of the Subject Water Rights. 5.1. Change in Type of Use. The uses described below may occur directly, following storage, or by exchange, after the Subject Water Rights are diverted at the Fort Morgan Canal headgate and delivered to the recharge sites described in paragraph 7, below.

5.1.1. Use in ACWWA’s Augmentation Plans.

ACWWA seeks to use the Subject Water Rights as sources of replacement water in the plans for augmentation approved in the decrees entered in Case Nos. 10CW306 (“306 Decree”) and 13CW3026 (“3026 Decree”), and the plan for augmentation sought herein. In addition, ACWWA seeks to use the Subject Water Rights as sources of replacement water in any future plan for augmentation, including in pending Case Nos. 19CW3074 and 19CW3084. 5.1.2. Use in ACWWA’s Recharge Projects. ACWWA seeks to deliver the Subject Water Rights to recharge facilities for subsequent beneficial use. These facilities include those described herein, and facilities located in the Beebe Draw and on 70 Ranch as decreed in Case Nos. 10CW306, facilities currently pending in Case No. 16CW3195, and any facility in any future recharge project, aquifer storage and recovery project, aquifer recharge and recovery project to which ACWWA is legally entitled to recharge water. 5.1.3. Use in ACWWA’s Exchanges and Substitutions. ACWWA seeks to re-divert the Subject Water Rights, either directly or following recharge or storage and subsequent release, at the exchange-to points under the appropriative rights of exchange decreed in Case No. 09CW283 and currently pending in Case No. 16CW3195, and the right of substitution pending in Case No. 19CW3074. ACWWA also seeks the right to use the Subject Water Rights in any future exchange and/or substitution. 5.1.4. Storage.

ACWWA seeks to store the Subject Water Rights in any facility in which ACWWA is legally permitted to store water, including: 5.1.4.1. United Reservoir No. 3. United Reservoir No. 3 is an off-channel reservoir located in the E1/2 of Section 26 and the N1/2 of Section 35, Township 1 South, Range 67 West of the 6th P.M., Adams County, Colorado.

5.1.4.2. Barr Lake. Barr Lake is an off-channel reservoir located in Sections 15, 21, 22, 23, 26, 27, 28, and 33, Township 1 South, Range 66 West of the 6th P.M., Adams County, Colorado. Barr Lake is an enlargement of the original Oasis Reservoir. 5.1.4.3. Milton Lake. Milton Lake is an off-channel reservoir located in Sections 10, 11, 14, 15, 22, and 23, Township 3 North, Range 65 West of the 6th P.M., Weld County, Colorado.

5.1.4.4. Milliken Reservoir. (a/k/a “Gilcrest Reservoir”). Milliken Reservoir is a lined off-channel reservoir located within a part of Section 2, Township 3 North, Range 67 West, and Sections 23, 26, 34, and 35, Township 4 North, Range 67 West of the 6th P.M., Weld County, Colorado. 5.1.4.5.

70 Ranch Reservoir. 70 Ranch Reservoir is a lined off-channel reservoir located in the S1/2 of Section 3, Township 4 North, Range 63 West of the 6th P.M. and a portion of the NE1/4 of Section 10, Township 4 North, Range 63 West of the 6th P.M., Weld County, Colorado. 5.1.4.6. Serfer Pit. Serfer Pit is an off-channel lined gravel pit reservoir on the north side of the Cache la Poudre River, located in the NE1/4 of the NE1/4 of Section 24, Township 6 North, Range 68 West of the 6th P.M., Larimer County, Colorado. 5.1.4.7. Binder Reservoir. Binder Reservoir is an off-channel reservoir located in the N1/2 of Section 15, Township 1 North, Range 66 West of the 6th P.M., Weld County, Colorado. 5.1.4.8. Highlands Reservoir.

Highlands Reservoir is an off-channel reservoir located in the NW1/4 of Section 32, Township 1 North, Range 65 West of the 6th P.M., Weld County, Colorado. 5.1.4.9. Any other existing or future storage facility in which ACWWA is legally permitted to store the Subject Water Rights. 5.1.5.

Replacement of Historical Return Flow Obligations. ACWWA seeks to use the Subject Water Rights to replace return flow obligations associated with the Subject Water Rights and the agricultural water rights changed in Case Nos. 10CW313, 12CW73, 11CW151, 13CW3026, currently pending in Case Nos. 16CW3200, 16CW3195, and 19CW3084, and any future changed water rights in Water Division 1, as well as any other return flow obligations that it has agreed to replace by contract or agreement. 5.1.6.

Use in ECCV’s Augmentation Plans and Delivery to ECCV Recharge Projects. ACWWA may lease and/or trade the Subject Water Rights to ECCV for use as a source of augmentation and replacement water in ECCV’s augmentation plans, either directly or following delivery to storage or to recharge projects, including those decreed in Case Nos. 02CW403 and 02CW404/03CW442, as amended by the 306 Decree and in Case No. 13CW3026. 5.1.7. All Municipal Uses. ACWWA seeks to use the Subject Water Rights via direct delivery or by exchange, including exchange after recharge or storage to ECCV’s water treatment plant for treatment and subsequent delivery for all municipal uses, including, but not limited to, domestic, mechanical, manufacturing, commercial, and industrial, within ACWWA’s present and future service area and as necessary to meet contractual water service obligations. 5.1.8. Right of Reuse, Successive Use, and Disposition. In addition to the uses described above, ACWWA claims the right to use, reuse, successively use and dispose of, by sale, lease, exchange, augmentation, or otherwise, to extinction, all water exchanged, lawfully diverted and/or impounded pursuant to the decree entered in this case. As such, the Subject Water Rights will be fully con-

sumable water. 5.1.9. Use by Other Fort Morgan Shareholders. Applicants seek to change only the portion of the Subject Water Rights used to irrigate the farms described in paragraph 4, above. Any water that would be otherwise available to ACWWA pursuant to its shares that ACWWA does not use may continue to be diverted at the Fort Morgan Canal headgate and used by other FMRIC shareholders, pursuant to the terms and conditions of the decrees described in paragraph 3, above, without counting against the historical consumptive use volumetric limits decreed in this proceeding for ACWWA’s shares. The diversion and use of water otherwise available to the Subject Water Rights by other FMRIC shareholders may also occur after the historical consumptive use volumetric limits decreed in this proceeding for the Subject Water Rights have been fully exhausted

by ACWWA’s uses. 5.2.

Change in Place of Use. ACWWA seeks to use the Subject Water Rights on lands within ACWWA’s present and future service area, at such locations as to allow ACWWA to pump water at the ACWWA/ECCV Well Field or provide direct deliveries for municipal use within ACWWA’s present and future service area, and at locations as necessary to operate the augmentation plans, recharge projects, and exchanges described herein. A map of ACWWA’s present service area is attached as Exhibit 2. 6.

ECCV’s Proposed Change of the Subject Water Rights. 6.1. Change in Type of Use. The uses described below may occur directly, following storage, or by exchange, after the Subject Water Rights are diverted at the Fort Morgan Canal headgate and delivered to the recharge sites described in paragraph 7, below. 6.1.1. Use in ECCV’s Augmentation Plans. ECCV seeks to use the Subject Water Rights as sources of replacement water in the plans for augmentation decreed in Case Nos. 02CW403, 02CW404/03CW442, 10CW306, 13CW3026, and the plan for augmentation sought herein. In addition, ECCV seeks to use the water attributable to the Subject Water Rights as a source of replacement water in any future plan for augmentation, including in pending Case No. 19CW3075. 6.1.2. Source for ECCV Recharge Projects. ECCV seeks to deliver the Subject Water Rights to recharge facilities for subsequent beneficial use. These facilities include those described herein, facilities located in the Beebe Draw and on 70 Ranch as decreed in Case Nos. 02CW404/03CW442, 10CW306, facilities currently pending in Case No. 16CW3196, and facilities in any future recharge projects, aquifer storage and recovery project, aquifer recharge and recovery project to which ECCV is legally entitled to recharge water. 6.1.3. Source in ECCV’s Exchanges and Substitutions. ECCV seeks to redivert the Subject Water Rights, either directly or following recharge or storage and subsequent release at the exchange-to points under the appropriative rights of exchange decreed in Case Nos. 02CW404/03CW442, 11CW280, 11CW285, and currently pending in Case No. 16CW3196, and the right of substitution pending in Case No. 19CW3075. ECCV also seeks the right to use the Subject Water Rights in any future exchange.

6.1.4. Places of Storage. ECCV seeks to store the Subject Water Rights in any facility in which ECCV is legally permitted to store water, including the facilities described in paragraphs 5.1.4.1. – 5.1.4.8, above. ECCV also seeks the right to store the Subject Water Rights in any other existing or future storage facility in which ECCV is legally permitted to store the Subject Water Rights. 6.1.5.

Replacement of Return Flow Obligations. ECCV seeks to use the Subject Water Rights, either directly, following storage or recharge, or by exchange, to replace return flow obligations associated with the Subject Water Rights and the agricultural water rights changed in Case Nos. 02CW403, 02CW404/03CW442, 06CW40, 12CW73, 13CW3026, Consolidated Case Nos. 05CW58/11CW151, pending changes in Case Nos. 16CW3200 and 16CW3196, and any future changed water rights in Water Division 1, as well as any other return flow obligations that it has agreed to replace by contract or agreement. 6.1.6.

Use in ACWWA’s Augmentation Plans and Delivery to ACWWA’s Recharge Projects. ECCV may lease and/or trade water attributable to the Subject Water Rights to ACWWA for use as a source of augmentation and replacement water in ACWWA’s augmentation plans either directly, or following delivery to storage or to recharge projects, including those decreed in Case Nos. 10CW306 and 13CW3026, and pending in Case No. 19CW3074.

6.1.7. All Municipal Uses. ECCV seeks to use the water attributable to ECCV’s FMRIC Shares for all municipal uses via augmentation and exchange, including after recharge. ECCV’s municipal uses include but are not limited to domestic, mechanical, manufacturing, commercial, industrial, exchange, augmentation and replacement, recharge, substitute supply, including further exchange with other water systems and with other water users, and for all other beneficial uses within ECCV’s present and future service area.

6.1.8. Right of Reuse, Successive Use, and Disposition. In addition to the uses described above, ECCV claims the right to use, reuse, successively use and dispose of, by sale, lease, exchange, augmentation, or otherwise, to extinction, all water exchanged, lawfully diverted and/or impounded pursuant to the decree entered in this case. As such, the Subject Water Rights will be fully consumable water. 6.1.9. Use by Other Fort Morgan Shareholders. Applicants seek to change only the portion of the Subject Water Rights used to irrigate the farms described in paragraph 4, above. Any water that would be otherwise available to ECCV pursuant to its shares that ECCV does not use may continue to be diverted at the Fort Morgan Canal headgate and used by other FMRIC shareholders, pursuant to the terms and conditions of the decrees described in paragraph 3, above, without counting against the historical consumptive use volumetric limits decreed in this proceeding for the shares. The diversion and use of water otherwise available to ECCV’s FMRIC Shares by other FMRIC shareholders may also occur after the historical consumptive use volumetric limits decreed in this proceeding for the shares have been fully exhausted by ECCV’s uses. 6.2. Change in Place of Use. ECCV seeks to use the Subject Water Rights on lands within ECCV’s present and future service area, at such locations as to allow ECCV to pump water at the ACWWA/ECCV Well Field or provide direct deliveries for municipal use within ECCV’s present and future service area, and at locations as necessary to operate the augmentation plans, recharge projects, and exchanges described herein. A map of ECCV’s present service area is attached as Exhibit 3. 7. Delivery of FMRIC and Jackson Lake Shares. ACWWA and ECCV do not seek a change in point of diversion of the Subject Water Rights.

ACWWA and ECCV will continue to take delivery of their FMRIC Shares and Jackson Lake shares

at the Fort Morgan Canal headgate at times when FMRIC is delivering the Subject Water Rights to other shareholders. The ACWWA and ECCV FMRIC and Jackson Lake shares will then be delivered to the headgate(s) or lateral(s) to which the shares were historically delivered, as described below. ACWWA and ECCV may also deliver their Shares through any other structure located on the Fort Morgan Canal if approved by the FMRIC Board of Directors. 7.1. Browne and Browne Shares. The total farm headgate delivery associated with the 22 Browne and Browne shares will be delivered via the Southside and Schwindt Laterals to the Glassey Recharge Site, constructed on the Glassey Farm in the NE1/4 of SE1/4 of Section 2, Township 3 North, Range 57 West of the 6th P.M., Morgan County, Colorado.

7.2. Glassey Shares. The total farm headgate delivery associated with the 16 Glassey shares will be delivered via the Southside and Schwindt Laterals to the Glassey Recharge Site, the location of which is described in paragraph 7.1, above.

7.3. Hofmeister Shares. The total farm headgate delivery associated with the 28 Hofmeister shares will be delivered to the Hofmeister Recharge Site, to be constructed on the Hofmeister Farm in the SW1/4 of the SE1/4 of Section 21, Township 3 North, Range 57 West of the 6th P.M., Morgan County, Colorado. 7.4. Kula Shares. The total farm headgate delivery associated with the 40 Kula shares may be delivered: (1) via the Platte Avenue and Sergeant Laterals to the Kula Recharge Site, to be constructed on the Kula Farm in the NE1/4 of NE1/4 of Section 4, Township 3 North, Range 57 West of the 6th P.M., Morgan County, Colorado; or (2) to the Teague Farm via the Dick and Work Laterals, as described in paragraph 7.5, below.

7.5. Teague Shares. The total farm headgate delivery associated with the 67.5 Teague shares will be delivered via the Dick or Work Laterals to the Teague Recharge Site, to be constructed on the Teague Farm in the E1/2 of Section 17, Township 3 North, Range 57 West of the 6th P.M., Morgan County, Colorado. 7.6. Tri-J Shares. The total farm headgate delivery associated with the 23 Tri-J shares will be delivered either to: (1) the Tri-J Recharge Site, located on the Tri-J Farm, the location of which is described in paragraph 4.6, above, or (2) to the Teague Recharge Site, the description of which is in paragraph 7.5, above, via the Dick and Work Laterals. 8. Calculation of Historic Consumptive Use. Applicants will calculate the historic consumptive use of the Subject Water Rights based on a parcel-specific and demand-based analysis. Applicants do not seek a pro-rata or ditch-wide historic consumptive use analysis of the Subject Water Rights. 9. Return Flow Obligations. 9.1. ACWWA will maintain historical surface runoff and groundwater return flows on a daily basis whenever the downstream calling water right on the South Platte River, including exchanges, is senior to August 21, 2020.

ACWWA shall meet its return flow obligations for the Subject Water Rights by any of the sources described in Exhibit 4. ACWWA may also deliver water from other fully-consumable sources, either directly or by exchange, or following storage or recharge, owned or controlled by ACWWA or any other available sources so long as the sources are decreed for augmentation purposes by the Water Court, or approved for replacement use under a SWSP approved by the State Engineer pursuant to sections 37-92- 308 or 309 of the Colorado Revised Statutes, or successor statutes, or are otherwise lawfully available for such use. 9.2.

ECCV will maintain historical surface runoff and groundwater return flows on a daily basis whenever the downstream calling water right on the South Platte River, including exchanges, is senior to August 21, 2020. ECCV shall meet its return flow obligations for the Subject Water Rights by any of the sources described in Exhibit 5. ECCV may also deliver water from other fully-consumable sources, either directly or by exchange, or following storage or recharge, owned or controlled by ECCV or any other available sources, so long as the sources are decreed for augmentation purposes by the Water Court, or approved for replacement use under a SWSP approved by the State Engineer pursuant to sections 37-92- 308 or 309 of the Colorado Revised Statutes, or successor statutes, or are otherwise lawfully available for such use. 10. ACWWA’s Plan for Augmentation.

10.1. Purpose of the Plan for Augmentation.

Through this augmentation plan, ACWWA will provide adequate sources of replacement water to maintain the historical return flow obligations associated with the Subject Water Rights. 10.2.

Replacement Sources. ACWWA will use water derived from the sources described in Exhibit 4 to replace the historical return flow obligations associated with the Subject Water Rights in time, location, and amount in order to prevent injury to any owner of or persons entitled to use water under a vested water right or a decreed conditional water right. 10.3. Future Acquired Sources.

ACWWA intends to acquire and/or lease additional water supplies in the future for use as a source of replacement in the plan for augmentation described herein. Those supplies may be acquired and/or leased to replace or supplement water from the sources identified in Exhibit 4. ACWWA will add future acquired sources to the plan for augmentation claimed herein pursuant to section 37-92-305(8)(c) of the Colorado Revised Statutes.

11. ECCV’s Plan for Augmentation. 11.1. Purpose of the Plan for Augmentation. Through this augmentation plan, ECCV will provide adequate sources of replacement water to maintain the historical return flow obligations associated with the Subject Water Rights. 11.2. Replacement Sources. ECCV will use water derived from the sources described in Exhibit 5 to replace the historical return flow obligations associated with the Subject Water Rights in time, location, and amount in order to prevent injury to any owner of or persons entitled to use water under a vested water right or a decreed conditional water right.

11.3. Future Acquired Sources. Applicants intend to acquire and/or lease additional water supplies in the future for use as a source of replacement in the plan for augmentation described herein. Those supplies may be acquired and/or leased to replace or supplement water from the sources identified Exhibit 5. Applicants will add future acquired sources to the plan for augmentation claimed herein pursuant to section 37-92-305(8)(c) of the Colorado Revised Statutes. 12. Integrated System. The Subject Water Rights will be used pursuant to and in accordance with the applicable terms and conditions of the plans for augmentation, exchanges, substitutions, and recharge projects decreed in Case Nos. 02CW403, 02CW404/03CW442, 10CW306, and 13CW3026, and the final decree to be entered in pending Case No. 16CW3200 and Consolidated Case Nos. 16CW3195/16CW3196, 19CW3084, 19CW3074, and 19CW3075, and any applicable terms and conditions contained in the decrees entered in Case Nos. 09CW283, 11CW280, and 11CW285.

13. Bylaw Approval. Applicants have completed FMRIC’s and JLRIC’s legally applicable requirements and procedures regarding approval of this change of water rights. Applicants may use their FMRIC shares and Jackson Lake water as a part of a SWSP approved by the State Engineer pursuant to sections 37-92-308 or 37-92-309 of the Colorado Revised Statutes, or successor statutes, provided such SWSP complies with FMRIC’s and Jackson Lake’s legally applicable requirements and procedures regarding approval of such plans.

14. Names and Addresses of the Owner of the Structures and Diversion Facilities Listed Above.

14.1. Fort Morgan Canal. FMRIC, 218 E Kiowa Avenue, Fort Morgan, CO 80701. 14.2. South Side Lateral Company. South Side Lateral Company, 218 E Kiowa Avenue, Fort Morgan, CO 80701. 14.3. Platte Avenue Lateral Company.

Platte Avenue Lateral Company, 218 E Kiowa Avenue, Fort Morgan, CO 80701. 14.4. Sergeant Lateral Company. Sergeant Lateral Company, 218 E Kiowa Avenue, Fort Morgan, CO 80701. 14.5.

Glassey Recharge Site. Co-Applicant United owns the Glassey Farm. 14.6. Kula Recharge Site.

Co-Applicant ACWWA has an easement on the Kula Farm. 14.7. Hofmeister Recharge Site.

Co-Applicant ACWWA has an easement on the Hofmeister Farm. 14.8. Teague Recharge Site.

ACWWA has an easement on the Teague Farm.

14.9. Tri-J Recharge Site. Co-Applicant United owns the Tri-J Farm. 14.10. Jackson Lake Reservoir. JLRIC, 218 E Kiowa Avenue, Fort Morgan, CO 80701. WHEREFORE, Applicants requests that the Court enter a decree granting the change of water rights, plan for augmentation, appropriation of return flows, and for such other relief which it deems proper. (15 pages, 5 exhibits).

WATER RIGHTS CLAIMED OR HERETOFORE ADJUDICATED THE WATER RIGHTS CLAIMED BY THESE APPLICATIONS MAY AFFECT IN PRIORITY ANY WITHIN THIS DIVISION AND OWNERS OF AFFECTED RIGHTS MUST APPEAR TO OBJECT WITHIN THE TIME PROVIDED BY STATUTE OR BE FOREVER BARRED.

YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that any party who wishes to oppose an application, or an amended application, may file with the Water Clerk, P. O. Box 2038, Greeley, CO 80632, a verified Statement of Opposition, setting forth facts as to why the application should not be granted, or why it should be granted only in part or on certain conditions. Such Statement of Opposition must be filed by the last day of OCTOBER 2020 (forms available on www. courts.state.co.us or in the Clerk’s office) and must be filed as an Original and include $192.00 filing fee. A copy of each Statement of Opposition must also be served upon the Applicant or Applicant’s Attorney and an affidavit or certificate of such service of mailing shall be filed with the Water Clerk.

Legal Notice No. 24447 First Publication: September 24, 2020 Last Publication: September 24, 2020 Publisher: Elbert County News

Notice to Creditors PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Lawrence J. Carleton, Deceased Case Number: 2020 PR 030015

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Elbert County, Colorado, on or before February 8, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Linda McQueen, Personal Representative 15749 County Road 110 Calhan, Colorado 80808 Legal Notice No: 24439 First Publication: September 24, 2020 Last Publication: October 8, 2020 Publisher: Elbert County News Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of R. Lee Woods, a/k/a Roger Lee Woods, a/k/a Roger L. Woods, a/k/a Roger Woods, Deceased Case Number: 2020PR30282

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Elbert County, Colorado on or before January 18, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

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All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Elbert County, Colorado on or before February 1, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

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