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Feedback sought on off-leash dog areas Public survey follows task force seeking to reduce conflicts between dogs and other park users STAFF REPORT

Thomas Jennings, 29, of Denver’s Baker neighborhood, is a seasoned guitarist who is teaching Swallow Hill Music’s newest pilot music class, called Progressions. To learn more about Jennings, visit his website at www.thomasplaysguitar.com.

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‘We bring the joy of music’ Swallow Hill has launched online music school, numerous virtual concerts

BY CHRISTY STEADMAN CSTEADMAN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Denver resident Thomas Jennings is an instructor in a four-month Swallow Hill music class.

The COVID-19 pandemic has hit the music industry, and music education, hard.

But for Swallow Hill Music, 2021 is a year for rebuilding and for growth.

Swallow Hill Music, 71 E. Yale Ave., got its start in 1979. It hosts a

variety of programs, including a music school, live music concerts and community outreach such as music therapy, enrichment and early childhood education.

“Both on the stage, and in the classroom,” said the nonprofit music organization’s CEO Paul Lhevine, “we bring the joy of music.”

However, in late March of last year, Swallow Hill put all of its in-person programming on pause and started looking into implementing varied virtual programming.

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The City of Englewood is opening a survey to the general public to help determine the future of offleash dog areas in city parks.

The survey, scheduled to open to the public on Feb. 10, is available at EnglewoodCO.gov. It follows a random-sample survey sent to 5,000 homes in Englewood in hopes of gauging public opinion about the city’s off-leash dog areas.

The survey, developed by the National Research Center, is an outgrowth of work by a task force of Englewood residents that met in the fall and winter to hash out ways to reduce conflict between off-leash dogs and other park users, according to a city news release.

“Unfortunately, some misinformation has been circulating,” the news release reads in part. “No final decisions have yet been made on any changes to the off-leash program.”

Englewood is home to one fenced off-leash dog park, Canine Corral, at Belleview Park. Four other parks have off-leash areas that are SEE SURVEY, P10

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Governor’s powers, health care reform to take center stage State Legislature to return Feb. 16 after month delay due to COVID-19

Room for agreement on medical cannabis

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Issues hanging over the 2021 session of the Colorado General Assembly include: Republicans’ objections to the governor’s far-reaching powers during the pandemic; an expected attempt by Democrats to advance a type of health care reform known as the “public option”; a slate of gun control bills; and a push to treat cannabis-based medicine the same as any other medication in K-12 schools.

As if the state Legislature didn’t have enough on its plate during the ongoing economic downturn wrought by COVID-19, other highprofile proposals are sure to draw heated debates at the Capitol.

State lawmakers convened for a three-day session in January, approving a handful of bills that — among other measures — renewed certain pandemic-related tax credits and retooled a relief program for minority-owned businesses in light of a court challenge that called its race-based criteria discriminatory.

Now, after a delay meant to protect against COVID-19, the Legislature is expected to return on Feb. 16 to continue this year’s legislative session, the roughly four-month period

in which bills are passed.

Asked what his biggest targets are for the session, Republican Chris Holbert, state Senate minority leader, said with a laugh that his goal is “to not be asked that question.”

“It’s mathematically impossible to have goals unless the Democrats” agree, Holbert said, noting that Democrats still control both the state Senate and House and the governor’s office.

In Colorado’s third year of total statehouse control by Democrats after the 2018 election, here’s a look at the proposals likely to grab attention.

‘Not about the man named Polis’

After an 11-month stream of nearconstant executive orders related to the coronavirus, Republicans such as Holbert, the state senator from Parker, are questioning whether a governor should have such a longstanding expansion of authority.

But Holbert draws a careful line: A Republican proposal may focus on how long a disaster emergency declaration — which can give a governor

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However, Holbert did call into question the type of rulemaking that has come via state order during the pandemic.

He says he’s heard from constituents in Douglas County who assume Holbert decided that hair salons could only open at a certain percentage of their capacity or 10 people, or less, citing the type of public health rules Colorado has seen throughout the pandemic.

“I had nothing to do with that, and people want to know why,” Holbert said, arguing state lawmakers should have more say. A proposal might include giving the Legislature an opportunity to review rules made by executive order, he added.

“Right now, I think we understand that we don’t have that authority,” Holbert said.

Senate Republicans intend to float either a state-law or constitutional proposal — if it’s a constitutional change, it would come as a referred measure to state voters — to ask about the timeline for future statewide disaster emergencies, Holbert said.

“Should the Legislature have to (weigh in) in 30 days? Sixty days?

Ninety? Six months? A year?” Holbert asked.

The senator framed the issue as centered on future potential emergencies — no matter who the governor is. “This isn’t about the man named Jared Polis,” Holbert said.

If Republicans were to target Polis’ current authority “relative to where we are right now, Democrats would kill that in (legislative) committee. So that would be a short conversation,” Holbert said.

But he took issue with Colorado’s

classification of certain businesses as “nonessential” or noncritical, a move that placed them under restrictions other “critical” businesses were spared. He heard of a tobacco store in the Parker area that attempted to stay open against pandemicrelated orders, while nearby, big-box stores were able to sell tobacco.

“So it wasn’t the product, and it wasn’t the size of the store because you could see small liquor stores, and for some reason those were essential. A person could visit a small cannabis dispensary (in Arapahoe County),” Holbert said.

A potential proposal could arise on that matter, Holbert said. He added: “Again, not to interfere with what Polis has done now or to criticize him, but in the future, why can’t small (businesses stay open)?”

State House Speaker Alec Garnett thanked the governor for his approach in responding to the pandemic.

“If we want to have a more robust discussion about the Legislature’s role and how this is all supposed to work in the next pandemic, I don’t think it’s an appropriate time (for that) when we’re toward the end of this crisis,” said Garnett, a Democrat of Denver.

“I don’t want to cast any disparaging light on what this governor has accomplished,” the House leader added.

Health care focus amid virus

Democrats heard during election season that health-care costs remain a “No. 1 priority” for Coloradans, Garnett said.

“There is no doubt that the pandemic has underscored the gap in health (care) for Coloradans,” with costs standing as a hurdle for families trying to make ends meet, Garnett said.

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Q&A with Jeff Bridges, state senator Democrat, Senate District 26

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What bill or bills are you most looking forward to working on in the 2021 session?

Within the next 10 years, 75% of all jobs in Colorado will require some sort of post-high school certification. During my time in the Legislature, I want to make sure every Colorado kid graduates from high school with an internship, industryrecognized certificate, or associate degree so they’re career and college ready. I’m working on a bill this year Bridges to align college-level classes taken in high school with certificates identified by our Colorado businesses as high paying and in demand.

After a proposal for a “public option”style health care program in Colorado was derailed by the pandemic last year, do you anticipate that the proposal will be debated during this session? What’s your opinion on it?

Every Coloradan deserves access to affordable health care, and no Coloradan should ever have to choose between buying grocer-

ies and seeing their doctor. Last year, I sponsored and passed a bill that automatically enrolls eligible Coloradans in Medicaid, because we know that the more people who have health care, the more costs will go down for all of us. I’m looking forward to working with my colleagues this session to further our goal of ensuring Coloradans have access to quality health care at a price they can afford.

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What bill or bills are you most looking forward to working on in the 2021 session?

As we see the devastating effects of COVID-19 on our communities, I want to make sure Colorado builds back better, with bills that support increased access to our healthcare system — not just fighting the virus, but addressing disparities the pandemic has exposed. Public education plays an important role, and I support increasing reFroelich sources to schools and teachers and freeing them from onerous requirements that don’t make sense to impose this year. We will continue to work on criminal justice reform and police accountability. We will address climate change by reducing emissions, fighting plastic pollution, and increasing renewable energy.

After a proposal for a “public option”style health care program in Colorado was

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What is the issue on which you feel you have the biggest disagreement with legislators on the other side of the aisle?

Every bill I’ve ever passed has had bipartisan support, and more than 90% of the bills we’ve passed over the last two years have also had bipartisan support. Here in Colorado — unlike Washington — most legislators put politics aside to do what’s best for the people we represent.

On what issue or issues do you expect the two parties to be able to work across the aisle to accomplish something significant?

We’re lucky to have a state government that’s focused on what matters most to hard-working Coloradans.

Right now that’s stopping the spread of COVID and getting Coloradans back to work. That’s an agenda where I believe we can find broad, bipartisan support!

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derailed by the pandemic last year, do you anticipate that the proposal will be debated during this session? What’s your opinion on it?

Yes, we will see a public option.

There are many groups at the negotiating table, so I am hopeful this year we can find a path forward that works for the people of Colorado, the business community and the health-care industry.

What is the issue on which you feel you have the biggest disagreement with legislators on the other side of the aisle?

It has been frustrating to see my colleagues refuse to follow COVID safety protocols at our Capitol, to cast doubt on election integrity, and to support the insurrectionists who stormed the U.S. Capitol. It’s hard to find middle ground there.

On what issue or issues do you expect the two parties to be able to work across the aisle to accomplish something significant?

In Colorado we do a good job of bipartisanship. Last year over 90% of our bills had bipartisan support.

Our police accountability measure (SB217) was a good example of that with only one no vote in the Senate.

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Airport provides grant to Tuskegee Airmen chapter

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

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The Colorado chapter of a nonprofit that works to keep alive the history of the Tuskegee Airmen received a check from a local airport, a move expected to help “enable young people to pursue their dreams,” the chapter’s president said.

One of the major objectives of the nonprofit is to “encourage young people and let them know you can be excellent as well,” said Mark Dickerson, president of the Colorado chapter of Tuskegee Airmen Inc. The chapter honors the accomplishments and history of the Tuskegee Airmen, Black servicemen of the U.S. Army Air Corps — a precursor to the U.S. Air Force — who trained at Tuskegee Army Air Field in Alabama during World War II. They constituted the first African American flying unit in the U.S. military.

The chapter — named for Hubert L. “Hooks” Jones in order to commemorate the Denver aviator who died in 1975 — spreads the history of African Americans who participated in air crew, ground crew and operations support training in the Army Air Corps during World War II, according to the chapter’s website.

Members of the chapter met with Robert Olislagers, director of Centennial Airport, on Jan. 29 at the airport to receive a financial grant

A model of a “Red Tail” P-51 Mustang signed by some of the Tuskegee Airmen sits on display Jan. 29 at Centennial Airport’s administration building.

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of $6,000.

The money will go toward the chapter’s Mile High Flight Program, an effort that has lasted nearly 25 years, according to Dickerson, a retired Air Force colonel. The program provides flight training through an independent company that operates at Centennial Airport.

“If they want to become a commercial pilot, military pilot, they have that option,” John Lamb, a volunteer fundraiser for the chapter, said of the youths who participate in the flight program. Once they get their license, the choice is theirs, Lamb added.

The program opens up the world of aviation for kids as young as 14 — generally, high-schoolers — by taking them to places such as the University of Colorado, Metropoli-

Centennial Airport is a general aviation airport, which means it features flight training and medical evacuation, corporate charter, small cargo and recreational flights, among other uses — but commercial airline flights, like those on United or Southwest airlines, for example, are not part of the mix.

It opened May 12, 1968, as Arapahoe County Airport and is owned and operated by the Arapahoe County Public Airport Authority, a governmental body.

It is not located in the City of Centennial, which was formed long after the airport in 2001 — the airport changed its name to “Centennial” in 1984.

The airport sits at 7800 S. Peoria St., just south of Arapahoe Road and southeast of the Topgolf entertainment complex, near the middle of Centennial.

It is mostly in unincorporated Arapahoe County but extends south into Douglas County.

Based on Federal Aviation Administration data for fiscal year 2017, Centennial Airport ranked as the third-busiest general aviation airport in the nation, according to General Aviation News. tan State University of Denver, the U.S. Air Force Academy, and aerospace and scientific businesses in the Denver Tech Center area, Lamb said.

Centennial Airport’s donation to the Tuskegee Airmen chapter isn’t the first grant the airport has given the group, Lamb said. The entities have had “an ongoing relationship”

because of the chapter’s Mile High Flight Program operations at the airport.

Volunteers at the chapter work with high school counselors around the Front Range to nudge kids toward applying for scholarships from the chapter, Lamb said.

Among the volunteers are Centennial City Councilmember Candace Moon and her husband, Vorry Moon, who also serves as chair of the chapter’s board of directors.

As a Reserve Officers’ Training Corps, or ROTC, cadet, two Documented Original Tuskegee Airmen were professors of aerospace science, Vorry Moon said of his time in college. They encouraged him to join a chapter, Moon said.

Anyone who served at Tuskegee Army Air Field or in any of the programs stemming from what’s known as the “Tuskegee Experience” from 1941-49 is considered to be a Documented Original Tuskegee Airman, according to Tuskegee University.

They are colloquially called DOTAs. For Candace Moon, Centennial Airport’s grant “shows what the community can do to uplift its youth,” she said.

“They are able to get opportunities that only come once in a lifetime,” Candace Moon said. “We’ve seen in the Mile High Flight Program how far children can go.”

Some of the aviators who went through the program in their youth are mentors for young people participating in it now, Dickerson said.

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Denver metro counties move to looser rules in level yellow Colorado finalizes color-coded ‘dial 2.0’ of COVID-19 restrictions

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

In the latest ratcheting down of Colorado’s COVID-19 restrictions, the state public-health department confirmed it would drastically ease the limits that allow counties to remain in certain color-coded levels of coronavirus restrictions.

The “dial 2.0” changes put Denver metro counties in level yellow, promising loosened businesscapacity restrictions, according to information from the state publichealth department as of Feb. 5.

Some would even sit close to entering the notably low blue level.

The changes were to take effect 9 a.m. Feb. 6, according to a Feb. 5 news release from the department.

In the Denver metro area, Adams, Arapahoe, Douglas, Denver, Jefferson, Elbert and Broomfield counties — all in level orange under the previous rules — moved to yellow under the new framework on Feb. 6.

Counties now enter level yellow starting at about 100 new COVID019 cases per 100,000 people within one week, a measure known as a county’s incidence rate.

The state’s new framework starts

measuring the rate in one-week periods rather than 14-day chunks.

The line a county needs to cross to enter level red was set to change drastically in the new rules. Rather than 350 new cases per 100,000 people over a two-week period, the threshold essentially changes to 1,000. The line for level orange, the level nearly all counties were operating in as of early February, was 175. Now, it’s 600. Level yellow’s threshold changes from 75 to 200.

Technically, the new thresholds are about 500 for red, 300 for orange and 100 for yellow over oneweek windows.

Elbert County’s two-week rate sat at 236 — or, roughly, just over 100 for a one-week rate — as of Feb. 5, placing it close to entering level blue, one level below yellow, if the virus’s spread drops. Jefferson County sat close behind at 256.

The move comes as the number of vaccinated Coloradans continues to grow, Jill Hunsaker Ryan, the department’s executive director, said in an earlier news release.

“Since the dial’s last major change in November, Colorado has begun distributing COVID-19 vaccines throughout the state,” Hunsaker Ryan said in the Feb. 5 announcement. “More people now have immunity to COVID-19, including people over 70 and frontline health care workers. This relieves the strain on our hospital system.”

Compared to the draft of the new

rules announced on Jan. 30, the final version of the update changes capacity limits for restaurants in level yellow. Other than that, capacity limits remain the same for all other businesses and other settings across the dial’s levels.

Businesses certified as part of the state’s 5-Star program are still allowed to operate one level lower on the dial than they otherwise would be able to without certification, except they may not operate in level green, or “Protect Our Neighbors,” unless the county is formally in that level.

“Because caution is still a priority, (businesses in) counties in yellow with a 5-Star Business Program may only operate in blue once 70% of 70-year-olds in the state are vaccinated with at least one dose, expected to happen by the end of the month,” the Feb. 5 news release said.

The following are some of the capacity changes that businesses and other settings in level orange could see with a move to the lessrestrictive level yellow, according to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment.

For a complete list of differences between all the levels, go to the state’s COVID-19 website at covid19.colorado.gov/data/covid19-dial-dashboard and click “level restrictions” below the map.

When capacity limits are expressed as both a percentage and a total number of people, business

owners and other organizers must use whichever number is fewer, according to the state’s website.

• Restaurants: Changes from 25% capacity or 50 people, whichever is less, to 50% or 50 people (or up to 150 using Colorado’s social distancing space calculator) — whichever is less. View the calculator at covid19.colorado.gov/social-distancing-calculator.

• Offices: Changes from a 25% limit to a 50% limit. Remote work is “strongly encouraged” under both the orange and yellow levels.

• Gyms/fitness centers: Changes from 25% or 50 people indoors, whichever is less, to 50% or 50 people, whichever is less.

• Indoor unseated events and entertainment: Under level orange, limits are 25% or 50 people (with the calculator), whichever is less.

Under level yellow, limits are 50% capacity or 50 people while not using the calculator (or up to 100 with the calculator), whichever is less.

The new change for restaurants in level yellow — that they may now operate at 50% or up to 50 people (or up to 150 with the calculator). — is up from the previous level yellow limit of 100 people with the calculator, according to the Feb. 5 news release.

For a breakdown of what newcase rates and rates of positive COVID-19 tests qualify counties for each dial level, see page 2 at tinyurl.com/NewColoradoDial.

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Unemployment benefits resume for some, not all More phases remain to roll out after state, federal lawmakers blew December deadline

BY TAMARA CHUANG THE COLORADO SUN

Feb. 1 brought relief to more than 60,000 out-of-work Coloradans who were able to request federal benefits for the first time in five weeks — and that included a $300 weekly bonus retroactive to Dec. 27, the start of the federal COVID relief package.

“I was able to request all the way back until Dec. 27,” said an overjoyed Kevin Saunders, a restaurant worker living in Parker who ended last year on Pandemic Unemployment Assistance.

Saunders was one of 230,000 people allowed back into the system as part of the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment’s Phase 1 of the new federal benefits. Another group of users currently collecting regular state unemployment were automatically sent retroactive $300-per-week payments over the weekend.

Labor officials said $61 million in retroactive $300 payments were paid to those on regular unemployment on Saturday for the program known as Federal Pandemic Unem-

ployment Compensation. But those users didn’t need to lift another finger to get them. They were paid automatically when Phase 1 began last week.

On Feb. 1, it was those with pandemic benefits leftover on Dec. 26 who could reopen their accounts.

By 4 p.m., about 62,000 of them had logged into the system to request a combined total of 150,000 weeks of payments. Most of those weeks were for back-pay, which is allowed under the federal Continued Assistance Act. The new plan also extends pandemic benefits for 11 more weeks.

More details expected

But there are still several groups of people desperately waiting for their federal benefits to restart in the so-called Phase 2. These are mostly people who used up all of their federal benefits by Dec. 26.

Some have gone without assistance since late November. The delay was caused by state and federal lawmakers approving the new COVID relief plan a day after the CARES Actfunded programs ended. The state also had to wait on federal guidance and complete an overhaul of its unemployment computer system.

“I have no option to reopen a claim,” Mark Geis said Feb. 1 in an email, also noting that he’s had trouble finding shelter as he waits for his benefits to restart. “I am so cold and don’t know what to do. …

Do you have any indications as to

when Phase 2 will roll out? If it’s weeks I know I won’t make it.”

No date has been given for Phase 2.

Department of Labor officials said the focus has been on Phase 1. “All resources have been dedicated to Phase 1 as this impacts the greatest number of claimants,” said Jessica Hudgins Smith, a labor department spokeswoman.

She said that they hope to have a better “expected timeline for the launch of Phase 2 by the end of the week.” Some work needs to still be done to estimate what development, production, testing and deployment is needed before they can implement phase 2.

But no launch has been without some issues. Some were figured out by users online, such as people were mistakenly trying to log into the old MyUI computer system, instead of MyUI+.

Another user mentioned that when she switched from Google Chrome to the Microsoft Edge browser, it worked (ditto with another user who went from Safari to Edge). Another user said he was stuck in a loop when he tried to request a payment — the link sent him back to the main page. The state said it is investigating issues but did not confirm there were any problems on Feb. 1 A success, and a mess

And not everyone was as lucky as Saunders, the Parker resident who was able to reopen his PUA claim

and file for five weeks of retroactive payments. He had been on State Extended Benefits until that program ended Nov. 28. But he then jumped to PUA, as the state instructed. He was able to join Phase 1 because he still had benefits remaining on his PUA account.

But others in the same situation who should have been able to reopen their claim were shut out on Feb. 1.

Online messages boards described the frustration of being unable to reopen their accounts and request a payment.

Department officials did not say whether this was caused by a computer glitch or some other issue, but those on SEB who had moved to PUA and still had a balance on Dec. 26 “will be able to reopen their claims tomorrow and request payment for all back weeks,” Smith said.

The state’s unemployment call center was slammed all day with users reporting that they were on hold for hours, only to be hung up on, and then calling back and being put back on hold. Some people, like Andy Broderick, kept trying and finally got through to a human, though he learned his issue would still take a few days to resolve.

“All I can do is log in and see my stuff,” said Broderick, whose account was locked so he cannot request a payment or see what, if any, issues remain part of his claim.

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U.S. Rep. Jason Crow has reintroduced legislation to close the federal firearms loophole exploited by the out-of-state woman who prompted school closures in spring 2019 throughout Colorado after law enforcement considered her “extremely Crow dangerous.”

The Closing the Loophole on Interstate Firearm Sales Act, which Crow has termed the Colorado Loophole Act, would prohibit a federally licensed firearms dealer from transferring a long gun to a recipient who does not live — or whom the seller believes does not live — in the state where the business is located.

“Almost two years ago, children and families across our state were terrorized by the threat of yet another mass shooting, a tragedy that is all too familiar in Colorado,” said Crow, a Democrat from Au-

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Broderick, a PUA user, has been shut out of benefits since his account was flagged as fraudulent in October. Two weeks ago, he was able to verify his ID using the new ID.me tool provided by the labor department. Typically, the hold is lifted within 24 hours, Smith said.

But Smith said there could be other reasons that would need “additional investigation by staff beyond that ID.me verification,” she said. “The vast majority of claimants that successfully pass verification through ID.me will not require any additional investigation to clear the hold on the claim.

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rora. “This threat could have been prevented by treating shotguns and rifles the same way we treat handguns.”

In that instance, an 18-year-old woman who was reportedly obsessed with the 1999 Columbine High School mass murder was deemed a credible threat, according to law enforcement, based on her comments and behavior. Around the time of the 20th anniversary of the tragedy, she flew to Colorado and immediately purchased a shotgun.

While her home state of Florida restricted such purchases to persons age 21 and older, Colorado had no similar bar. Law enforcement found her dead of an apparent suicide near Mount Evans after several school districts took the extraordinary step of closing amid the threat.

Crow first introduced the proposal in the previous Congress. His office noted that out-of-state travelers can still purchase long guns and shotguns under the bill, but the weapons must first be shipped to an arms dealer in the purchaser’s state for a background check.

Crow represents the 6th Congressional District, which includes Littleton, Centennial, Highlands Ranch, Aurora and part of Adams County, among other areas.

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There are still thousands of Colorado people with “program integrity” or fraud holds. They must call 303-536-5615 to get a link to ID.me.

Those who don’t verify themselves won’t be allowed to request benefits. As of Jan. 29, the agency had sent out 11,542 invitations to accounts with fraud holds — and only about half had tried out the app. Of those, 1,428 completed the process and the state paid out $1.5 million to those users.

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paying jobs in our state. I sponsored legislation last year to give more than $300 million in grants and loans to business owners, and I’ll continue to work to make sure that those who make it through have the support they need to come back even stronger than before. We need to get our kids back into school, and give our teachers and school districts the support they need to make up for more than a year of severe learning loss.

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Since May, the organization has live-streamed roughly 200 concerts that featured musicians from 29 U.S. states including Colorado — plus New Brunswick, Australia, Ireland and British Columbia, Lhevine said. These concerts attracted more than 125,000 virtual audience members, with the proceeds from ticket sales benefiting both the performance’s musicians and Swallow Hill.

Additionally, Swallow Hill Music’s Little Swallows TV has launched. Available for free, this is an early childhood music video series geared toward children age 3-6 that incorporates social emotional learning themes and activities.

In July, the first session of Swallow Hill’s online music school took place.

“It’s exciting to be putting musicians back to work as instructors,” Lhevine said.

And because online music schools break the barrier to access, Lhevine added, Swallow Hill is attracting students from across the country. Though it’s still not quite the numbers that Swallow Hill had before the pandemic, about 500 students have taken or are currently taking classes through Swallow Hill’s online music school.

“Online music education is very empowering,” said Tyler Breuer, Swallow Hill Music’s school director. “The adaptability of the instructors has made this work really well.”

But Breuer had no doubt that Swallow Hill instructors would be able to adapt to the shift to online teaching, he said.

Many of Swallow Hill’s instructors are gigging professional musicians, so “they’ve already been making a living in the most creative sense,” Breuer said.

Swallow Hill’s online music school offers quite the variety of experiences for all skill levels of music learners — group classes, private lessons, workshops and more, including classes specifically for kids and teens. This is not to mention that instructors are available for all sorts of instruments, from accordion to ukulele and everything in between — even

To learn more about Swallow Hill Music, purchase tickets to any of the organization’s live-stream concerts or register for a class through its online music school, visit https://swallowhillmusic.org/. songwriting, digital audio production and music theory.

One benefit to the online music school is that Swallow Hill can do a more comprehensive job of getting certain classes that the students request, and/or better curate the programming, Breuer said.

“It all starts with our students who made this transition online with us,” Breuer said. “We definitely want teachers and students connecting.”

Swallow Hill has also created a brand-new program called Progressions, which is a four-month immersive guitar course. This class required an application — a first for Swallow Hill — and is meant for intermediate students looking to become more advanced musicians.

It is being taught by Thomas Jennings, a seasoned guitarist who is involved with a couple of Denverbased bands, and who has nearly a decade of teaching experience.

“Getting better at music takes time,” Jennings said. “But the joy of exploration never goes away.”

The Progressions pilot runs Feb. 2-May 30, and if it is successful, it will likely be offered again in the fall, Jennings said. Additionally, Swallow Hill may extend it to other instruments at some point, he said.

As an instructor, Jennings enjoys seeing people spending time with their instruments and is especially looking forward to Progressions, he said. His hope for the class is that the students “leave feeling empowered and confident with music and the guitar,” Jennings said.

Swallow Hill realizes the value of music and music education, Breuer said. It is expected that the online music school and the virtual concerts will become a part of Swallow Hill, perhaps alongside the in-person activities once those resume.

“Swallow Hill, for many, is a community,” Breuer said. “Swallow Hill as a whole will always be here.

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Last year, Democratic lawmakers envisioned a type of “public option,” which would have added a government-overseen program alongside current private health insurance. Supporters of a public option say it would drive costs down by creating more competition for private companies.

The state government would have overseen the program, but private insurance carriers would have administered it and held the financial risk, according to a fact sheet by the state, which referred to the plan as a public-private partnership.

The pandemic upended last year’s legislative session, but Democrats are back this year with a modified proposal that tweaks the possible Colorado public option — and tries a less government-driven approach first.

Dubbed the Colorado Health Insurance Option, it’s what’s known as a total-cost-of-care proposal that would set cost-reduction goals for health insurance premiums that Coloradans pay.

Under the plan, insurance companies would negotiate reimbursement rates — the amounts that insurance companies pay out — with hospitals, pharmaceutical companies and other health-care industry entities to enable the lower premium costs that consumers would pay, according to

Jarrett Freedman, spokesman for state House Democrats.

The proposal would put the total-cost-of-care model in effect for years 2023 and 2024, and if the proposal’s insurance premiumreduction goals aren’t met, then in 2025, a plan for a Colorado public option would take effect.

That system in 2025 may look more like a traditional public option compared to last year’s idea, with the government entirely running the program rather than overseeing private insurers’ administration of it.

But if insurers are able to meet the goals, any creation of a statebacked public option would be delayed until the targets are no longer met, according to a fact sheet on the plan.

Individuals and small employers would be able to purchase insurance through the plan, the sheet says.

Holbert argued that if lawmakers want to make health care more affordable or accessible, they should “get government out of it.”

“They like to call it the public option, but it’s government interference and it’s price controls, and it means that some or most will pay more while fewer will pay less,” Holbert said.

Stakeholders in the health care industry have said they share the goal of cost reduction and want flexibility to meet them rather than having the state “force anything on top of us,” Garnett said.

“What we’re trying to do is set goals for price reduction that are

going to help Coloradans. Give insurers the option to work with hospitals and pharma and different players in the industry to set premiums … to achieve a goal,” Garnett said.

‘Citizen control’

Three gun-control bills face good odds in the Democrat-led Legislature: This year could see proposals regarding requirements for storing firearms safely, a waiting period for purchasing firearms, and a duty to report lost or stolen firearms.

Holbert characterized the proposals as “citizen control” bills.

“They don’t really seem to do anything about criminals but seem to (affect) law-abiding citizens,” Holbert added.

For Garnett, the focus is partly on Colorado’s suicide rates and preventing suicides that involve a firearm, he said, adding: “We all support the Second Amendment.”

“I really don’t understand why these proposals seem to be as partisan as they are,” Garnett said. “The goal is to improve responsible gun ownership.”

The House speaker called the proposals “narrowly focused” and ones that have been beneficial in other states. He argues they’ll be tailored to address the outlined goal, as with 2019’s Extreme Risk Protection Order bill, , Garnett argued. That’s known as Colorado’s “red flag” law.

“The number of talking points around the ERPO have not come true,” Garnett said.

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Are you stationary or stationery?

Recently when I erred, a reader corrected me: “You wrote ‘cue’ when QUIET you meant ‘queue.’”

DESPERATION My tale was between my legs.

Let’s go to Homophone City first. It’s write on the way.

Their, they’re, there.

So, sew. Sue, Sioux. Red, read.

Stationary, statioCraig Marshall nery. To, too, two.

Smith Homophones are two or more words that have the same pronunciation but different meanings and spellings.

There’s more.

Homographs are two or more words that have the same spelling but are not necessarily pronounced the same and have different meanings.

Homonyms are two or more words that have the same spelling or pro-

nunciation but different meanings.

Am this putting a spell on you?

Examples of homophones: pray and prey.

Examples of homographs: lean and lean.

Examples of homonyms: bark and bark.

A twenty carat ring might be worth fifteen thousand dollars.

A twenty carrot ring might be worth considerably less.

“Less is more,” someone said.

If your name is Les, then what?

My dog’s name, Harry, is a homophone and a homograph. To “harry” means “to persistently carry out attacks on.”

If it’s scary enough, a roller coaster ride can be “harry” too.

Speaking of “it’s.” “It’s” and “its” are written wrong awl the thyme.

There’s “a lot” and there’s “allot,” but there’s no “alot.”

Gertrude Stein said, “There is no there there.”

“I saw the saw with my own eyes,” the sea captain said.

I have the toughest time distinguishing between complimentary and complementary.

“That’s a beautiful hat you’re

wearing, Sonja,” is complimentary.

Red and green are complementary colors.

Learning how to read is one of the great adventures in life. And so is learning how to listen and understand that a “great adventure” is different than a “grate adventure.”

Some humorists rely on word confusion.

A conversation between Groucho and Chico (pronounced “Chick-o”) Marx was often a non-stop contest of mangled language at a dizzying speed.

There are so many wordplays in a Marc Brothers film, one after the other, I can’t assimilate them.

Therefore, every time I watch “Duck Soup” it seems new to me.

“What about the taxes?”

“I’ve got an uncle who lives in Texas.”

“Gentlemen, Cicolini here may talk like an idiot and look like an idiot. But don’t let that fool you: He really is an idiot.”

If you know someone who appreciates homophones, homographs, and homonyms it can be tiring to be around them.

I know: I have to live with myself.

Just about everything is ripe for the word playground.

“Jose, can you see?”

Yes, some song lyrics are misunderstood.

“I can see clearly now, Lorraine is gone.”

“This is the dawning of the Age of Aquariums.”

A friend said her wedding “went off without a hitch.”

“Then you’re not married?” She didn’t get it.

My own marriage did go off without a hitch. When the justice of the peace asked, “Greg, do you take this woman to be your awfully wedding wife?” I said “Adieu,” and left.

Groucho quipped, “Love goes out the door when money comes innuendo.”

Dorothy Parker said, “And I’ll stay off Verlaine too; he was always chasing Rimbauds.”

But seriously.

As Alexander Woollcott remarked, “Nothing risqué, nothing gained.”

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Like most, the ease WORDS of slipping into comfortable routines and working on my own schedule is a gift, especially managing work and a family.

My hours, my time.

However, the other Michael Norton thing that became too easy was finding a little snack between meals, or even an extra treat at night.

Hence the 25 pounds I now need to lose. When I read your article this week about ‘The Power of Accountability,’ and the idea of having accountability partners for different aspects of your life, I thought what a great idea. And then it hit me like a box of hidden Girl Scout cookies falling on my

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head. Before I go in search of any accountability partner, I need to start by looking in the mirror. I need to hold myself accountable before I ask anyone else to hold me accountable, because Mr. Norton, accountability by any other name is still accountability. Thank you, and I will email you again as I shed these pandemic pounds.” - Rebecca Each week as I read and respond to the emails from our community, I find myself feeling that all of you wind up motivating and inspiring me with your stories of personal achievement. And thank you Rebecca for the inspiration for this column.

A few of the other emails I received contained this question, “What should I do if I do not have any accountability partners?” This was not the first time I heard this type of question about accountability and the potential lack of an accountability partner, let alone partners.

Another reader shared that, “Accountability is a very personal thing, and I am accountable and responsible for myself and my ac-

tions. Thank you!” Yes, exclamation point included and heard.

Although the context of that email was a bit negative, I found myself agreeing with the message.

Accountability is very personal.

And just like Rebecca figured out, it starts with each one of us. We are the ones who will walk through the kitchen alone with temptation everywhere, walk past the treadmill in the bedroom and hang our clothes on it instead of getting in a walk or run, or possibly turn on the television instead of sitting down to write the book we have been putting off.

As a salesperson sitting at our desk, do we find ourselves looking at our lead list instead of making the calls that we know we need to make?

When we choose to do anything else instead of what we need to do or get after what we desire most in life, we are the only ones who will see our reflection in the mirror when we brush our teeth, comb our hair, or shave. And we will know in those moments of personal accountability, what it is that we can and will do better the next time.

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years ago, and I am sure you have all heard it as well: Inspect what we expect. Many times, we take this as a great leadership or management prompt. Or we use it in our own family as we raise our children inspecting their homework, practicing of a sport, music, or other activity they are passionate about. Yet sometimes we just forget about ourselves.

When was the last time that we set an expectation and then inspected what we expected from ourselves?

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At ElseWear Collective, sweaters are handmade with love

FROELICH FROM PAGE 3

Personally I always seek support from the other side of the aisle and have found common ground on many issues involving vulnerable people in our population: children, foster youth, assault survivors, the disabled and the elderly.

FAGAN

Ron Fagan

Sept. 23, 1948 - Nov. 9, 2020

Born in Pennsylvania to Charles and Gladys Fagan. Came to Colorado when he was 2 years old along with 7 other brothers and sisters. He loved fishing and hunting. Leaves behind a wife Mary and a daughter Kristie Henderson

BY DAVID GILBERT DGILBERT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Kelsey Johnson said she hardly hears the sound of her knitting machine anymore.

After so many years producing knitted creations on the hand-operated machine, the rhythmic zipping noise fades into the background.

“It’s really empowering,” Johnson said. “I can start with a spool of yarn and end with a one-of-a-kind sweater. The options are limitless.”

Johnson is the owner of ElseWear Collective, a handmade clothing boutique at 2690 W. Main St., unit A, in downtown Littleton.

Johnson produces nearly everything in the little storefront — sweaters, ponchos, mittens — on one of several human-powered knitting machines from a workbench against the back wall.

To her left towers a wall of spools of thread and yarn, mostly cotton and wool, all naturally sourced and dyed.

In front of her sits the knitting machine, a loom-like device composed of dozens of prongs.

Guided by hand-punched punchcards to lay out patterns, she zips a carriage back and forth across the prongs, carrying thread along the course, knitting far faster than two needles ever could. Beneath the machine, pieces of what will become a sweater emerge, row by row.

To her right is the show floor, where racks hang with her creations — sweaters and ponchos that range from durable to elegant, simple to extravagant.

Each design, which Johnson developed herself, is named after a Colorado county — Park, Rio Grande, Larimer. On Jan. 28, she was working on a Teller sweater, named for the mountain county home to the historic Cripple Creek mining district.

All of Johnson’s creations are produced with natural materials, and the precision of her process leaves little waste — mostly bits of threads she tosses to her chickens at home to use for bedding.

She sources her wool from humane farms, because “happy sheep produce better wool,” she said.

“This is something sustainable and local,” she said. “It’s a chance to be conscious about where the things you use come from. When you buy a $4 T-shirt, you couldn’t water the cotton needed to produce that shirt for $4. The people who produced

OBITUARIES and a granddaughter Dalton Henderson. Preceded by his Mom and Dad, brother Red, Tom, Ken and Johnny. Survivors include Betsy Flaten, Sue Metzger, Ruth Franks , Betty Grell and Pat Fagan. Intered at Fort Logan National Cemetery.

GARCIA-CHAVEZ

Marie Marcella Garcia-Chavez 12/6/1924 - 2/4/2021

Kelsey Johnson holds one of the sweaters she hand-made at ElseWear Collective, a new shop on the far west end of Main PHOTO BY DAVID GILBERT Street in Littleton.

that shirt aren’t the ones getting the profits. Just like with our food, seeking out products that are produced humanely and sustainably can have a big impact on the environment and each other.”

Johnson grew up wanting to be a fashion designer, and studied the field in college.

She started ElseWear Collective in a tiny studio in Denver’s Santa Fe Arts District, but when COVID restrictions shut down the district’s First Friday Art Walks, she decided it was time to make a move.

A 2004 graduate of Littleton High School, she’s thrilled she wound up on Main Street in Littleton, where she marched in many Western Welcome Week parades as a kid. And she’s thrilled to have more space than she ever had in the little studio on Santa Fe. “It’s so exciting to come into a space I’ve created,” she said. “It reflects who I am, and it inspires me to be more creative. I miss the art district and all my friends, but this is a chance for me to do some things I’ve always wanted to do.”

Chief among them: Teach others to produce their own clothes. Once COVID is in the rearview mirror, Johnson said she’d like to hold classes and pop-up events.

She would also like to boost the “collective” part of ElseWear Collective by establishing partnerships with other local artisans and crafters who share her passion for local, sustainably produced items.

Johnson said she hopes her sweaters hold a special place in the hearts of buyers.

“It’s something no one else will have,” she said. “I hope they feel like them when they wear it. It’s something special, that took time, that I cared about making just right.”

For more information, visit ElseWearCollective.com.

In terms of economic recovery amid the pandemic, what’s the most important step the Legislature can take during this session?

Building back our economy will take several steps but as a working mother I will be particularly focused on making sure our childcare, preschool and K-12 public schools have the resources they need to return to in-person learning without jeopardizing the safety of our teachers, staff, and families.

Marie Marcella Garcia- Chavez, wife, mother of eight, grandmother of 19 grandchildren, great grandmother of 29 great grandchildren, passed away on February 4, 2021. A Catholic Vigil will take place Wednesday, February 10, 2021 at 7 PM. A Rosary and Mass will be held on Thursday, February 11, 2021 at 10:30 AM at Saint Francis of Assisi Church in Castle Rock, CO. Father Tim O’Connell will officiate.

Marie was born in Clayton, NM on December 6, 1924. Parents Esteban and Caroline – Gould Garcia, raised 6 children.

Marie attended Sacred Heart Elementary.

At the tender age of 12 her beloved father passed on. This hardship required that she and her siblings work to support their widowed mother. Marie continued schooling at Cole Junior High School and graduated from Manuel High School in 1942. Following high school, she went to Trinidad Junior College, in Trinidad, CO, emphasizing studies in airplane cockpit wiring installation. These skills were used to build airplanes in WWII. A few of the many occupations that she held included being a buyer for the department store, Fashion Bar, waitress, laundromat worker, and housekeeper.

She met the love of her life, Sam J. Chavez, while attending the wedding of his sister.

Engaged during the war, upon Sam’s return they wed on November 4, 1945.

Sam and Marie raised their children in Littleton, Lakewood, and Elizabeth, CO. Their family business of 75 years, Sam’s Automotive, continues to thrive in Englewood, CO. Marie’s passion was her commitment to marriage and motherhood. In raising her

children, she threw herself into school and social activities.

As a devout Catholic, she was involved in several charities and organizations related to the church. She was very faithful to the Carmelite Monastery of Littleton. Her hobbies were her devotion to the service of others.

Her personal interests included giving pedicures and manicures to the elderly and needy, watching movies with her grandchildren, sitting on the back deck of her home during a sunset, feeding the birds, going to eat with her family and friends, traveling with her family, and having a good glass of wine or a cold beer.

No matter the weather, she loved to take a walk. To know Marie was to know that her family was her life.

Marie is survived by her sons: Mike and Gilbert Daughters: Darlene, Linda (Tom), Gail (Larry), and Teresa.

She is preceded in death by her husband, Sam, her parents, 3 brothers: Steve, Louis, and Robert. Sisters: Dolores and Maxine.

Sons: Gary and Steve. Grandchildren: Deanna and Ryan A private interment for immediate family will follow services.

Contributions in Marie’s name may be sent to Catholic Charities of Central Colorado- Castle Rock Office 410 S. Wilcox, St. suite 102, Castle Rock, CO 80104 WE LOVE YOU MOM

MAULDIN

Arthur Mauldin

2/14/1931 - 1/29/2021

Arthur Mauldin, 89, died at his home in Littleton, Colorado, on Friday, January 29, 2021.

Born, February 14, 1931, in Milnesand, New Mexico, he grew up in Albuquerque and moved to Littleton in 1976. Art was a dynamic personality who spent the last 45 years of his life owning and operating the La-Z-Boy Furniture Galleries in the Denver market growing the business from a single store to five of the top performing stores in North America. Art will be remembered for his sense of humor, his love of animals, and his passion for the furniture business.

He is survived by his wife, Magdalen Mauldin; his children, Jeffrey Mauldin, Andrea MauldinGarduño, Stephen Mauldin, Kevin Mauldin, Brian Mauldin, and Mark Mauldin. Arthur was preceded in death by his son, Gary Mauldin. Arthur and Magdalen have 17 grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren and 1 great-greatgrandchild.

In memoriam, please send a donation to: Hope For Animals-Clear Creek Rescue (hfaccr.org), where he rescued his beloved dog, Chico.

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LOCAL

LIFE

Stories of romance reflect unique challenges, opportunities

Couples

BY CORINNE WESTEMAN CWESTEMAN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

February 11, 2021F

find love

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n Oct. 21, Chuck Coughlin was visiting his wife’s grave in a Boulder cemetery when he noticed a woman visiting her husband’s grave.

He saw her name — Marj O’Reilly — on the tombstone next to her husband’s and made a comment about how her first name was similar to his mother’s.

Not the best pick-up line, O’Reilly later joked.

The two struck up a conversation and found out they had a lot in common, and decided to meet again soon.

Before long, the two were in a relationship, and on New Year’s Day, Coughlin proposed. They recently set a date — June 11 — for their wedding.

All because they bumped into each other at the cemetery last October, O’Reilly said.

Just like their meeting, Coughlin and O’Reilly’s relationship during the pandemic has been unique.

And they’re not alone.

COVID-19 has forced couples across the Denver area to confront serious topics, such as health and politics, early in a relationship while eliminating many activities they might do on dates.

“Pandemic dating kind of expedites dating 10 times over,” said Blair Nelson of Denver, who met her boyfriend virtually last spring. “… We often joke that we’ve been together almost nine months, and it feels like we’ve been together for three years.”

Meanwhile, how to meet each other’s friends and family has varied from couple to couple, with many saying they’re taking precautions while others said they haven’t taken any.

Coughlin and O’Reilly, who live in Lakewood and Broomfield, respectively, have taken precautions by meeting loved ones virtually or outside with social distancing.

“Our families live so far apart,” Coughlin said, “I’m not sure it would’ve been any different (without the pandemic).”

O’Reilly felt that, by now, they at least would have connected more with their family members who live in Colorado, particularly over the holidays.

Nelson and her boyfriend, Patrick Marlin of Idaho Springs, have taken similar measures. Marlin met most of Nelson’s friends and coworkers virtually while Nelson met Marlin’s family outdoors at hikes and bonfires.

However, Nelson described how Marlin met her parents much earlier when her parents were in town while driving from Texas to Seattle for the summer.

Nelson and Marlin have also driven to Texas twice, and quarantined both times.

“We’ve been very careful when

amid p a nd

d n i w emic whirl

Chuck Coughlin and Marj O’Reilly spend time at Davidson Mesa Open Space on Jan. 23. After meeting O’Reilly in October, Coughlin PHOTO BY CORINNE WESTEMAN proposed on New Year’s Day. The two will be married June 11.

Chuck Coughlin and Marj O’Reilly spend time at Louisville’s Douglas Mesa Open Space on Jan. 23. After meeting O’Reilly in October, Coughlin proposed on New Year’s Day. The two will be married June 11.

PHOTO BY CORINNE WESTEMAN

we’re in public or traveling,” Marlin said, adding that they wear masks and clean their hands frequently.

“We haven’t gotten COVID yet, but some of that is probably luck.”

Finding things to do

Nelson said the pandemic prompted her to take a more serious look at her love life and have a greater interest in a relationship.

However, while other couples said they met through dating apps and websites during the pandemic, Nelson knew that wasn’t for her.

Instead, she took the premise behind online dating, and applied it to her professional network. She described how, in May, she sent out a very honest and vulnerable newsletter-like email about herself and what she was looking for in a partner to 110 people, asking if they knew anyone who would be a good fit.

Marlin’s cousin was one of the recipients and set them up virtually, as Marlin was actually in North Carolina.

As a someone in business-to-business sales with a part-time bartending gig, Marlin recalled spending a lot of time alone in his apartment, and getting an email one day about Nelson.

The two described how they texted for a few weeks before their

Denver’s Blair Nelson and Idaho Springs’ Patrick Marlin met virtually in May and had their first in-person date in July after Marlin moved back from North Carolina. The COURTESY PHOTO two enjoy hiking and skiing together.

first phone call.

In July, Marlin packed everything he could in his car and headed back to Colorado. The two had planned their first in-person date on July 17.

It didn’t go well.

Marlin recalled how the restaurant they went to had terrible food and drinks, so they left, got groceries and cooked at home.

“I think it was too much pressure after months of talking,” he continued.

However, things went much better after that, and because of the pandemic, Marlin described how they would spend a few days together rather than a few hours on a date.

Hiking, biking, skiing and camping have been very popular activities for Marlin and Nelson, as well as others. As for indoor activities, couples said they’ve also spent time cooking; doing puzzles and coloring books; and playing card, board and video games together.

“It’s hard to get reservations and capacities are limited,” Nelson said. “We didn’t have ballgames or

concerts or the ease of spontaneity.

We really had to plan and be intentional about things.”

In each other’s bubble

While they hadn’t contracted COVID-19 as of late January, Marlin and Nelson said they’d dealt with a few potential exposure scares and subsequent quarantines. They’ve discussed the likelihood of both of them getting it if one of them contracts it, and decided they’re going to support each other if that happens.

Arguably, the bigger concern has been keeping their loved ones safe, explaining that they were going to quarantine for a week before visiting family in late January.

Other individuals in relationships, especially those who live alone, consider them and their significant other as in the same bubble, so if one of them gets COVID, they’ll probably both get it.

Coughlin and O’Reilly had to SEE LOVE, P15

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Flags of Hope will be displayed around area

J

ulie Vincelette, of the SoSu Artist Collective gallery at the Streets at SouthGlenn, has a flag in the Flags of Hope collection displayed on Santa Fe Drive in Denver’s Art District. Vincelette’s colorful flag included poet SONYA’S Barry Lopez’s line: SAMPLER “Make your life a worthy expression of leaning into the light.” These flags will be displayed in February at other spots as well: Lighthouse Writers Workshop, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art and Sonya Ellingboe more. Included in the effort: The People’s Projector on the Daniels and Fisher Tower in downtown Denver at 5 p.m. nightly.

Look for these happy notes. (Vincelette is an art teacher at Littleton’s Sandburg Elementary School.)

Museo de las Americas helped distribute initial flag-making kits.

Colorado Abstracted

New at the Littleton Museum: “Colorado Abstracted: Five Artists Capture the Transcendental Experiences of Nature.” Artists included: Patricia Finley, Annamarie Mead, Lydia Riegle, Janet Rundquist and Cynthia Winter. The group celebrates the Colorado lifestyle: “a lyrical mix of sight, sound, air and spirit, as female artists use different materials and techniques to paint.

They refer to poet Mary Oliver: “Instructions for living a life: Pay

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confront that reality in mid-November, when O’Reilly tested positive for COVID-19. Coughlin never had symptoms but later tested positive for antibodies.

While they’ve certainly been concerned that they gave it to each other, Coughlin explained that, at that point, they’d never spent time in close quarters together. All their meetings had been outside or so-

attention. Be astonished. Tell about it.” Museum hours: Tuesday to Saturday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Call for reservation to visit: 303-795-3950. Masks required and a reserved visit time.

screened for audiences who aren’t yet comfortable with live events.

Contact townhallartscenter.org or call 303-794-2787. Good news — auditions for adult actors have been collected for performances of “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown,” to be directed by Nick Sugar, to be produced in mid-March. Streaming performances will be produced.

A schedule of planned in-person performances was included with the audition notice — we will hope to stay in tune ...

Tony Ortega

More happy notes for the art lover: Denver artist Tony Ortega’s paintings are in an exhibit called “Raices y ramas’’ (Roots and Branches), which is at Denver Botanic Gardens’ new $40 million Freyer-Newman Center on the Gardens’ York Street campus. Included are prints, paintings and pastels depicting Latino life in today’s city.

Heritage Fine Arts Guild

Aurora Fox

The Aurora Fox Arts Center, 9900 E. Colfax Ave., Aurora, announced the rest of its 36th season: hopefully with a masked, but in-person audience, but virtual if necessary: “The Pavilion” Feb. 26 to March 21; “Queen’s Girl in the World,” April 16 to May 9; and “Wonderland: Alice’s Rock and Roll Adventure,” June 11 to July 3. Also happening: “The Voices Project:” a limited serial video podcast, hosted by Geree Hinshaw and Helen R. Murray, featuring artists and theatre makers from diverse backgrounds; Cultural Concerts on Colfax — a monthly series of music and storytelling that celebrates Colorado’s diversity — through June — check at: aurorafoxartscenter.org.

This piece by Julie Vincelette, who teaches art at Sandburg Elementary in Littleton, is part of the Flags of Hope exhibit in Denver’s Santa Fe Art District. COURTESY PHOTO

We enjoyed Town Hall’s virtual performance of “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder” last

weekend in Littleton and will look forward to the next show: “Almost Maine.” A plastic bubble that separates actors from audience may allow for limited in-person (masked, of course) seating later in the season, but in the meantime, theatre companies are learning new ways to present their work — stay tuned! Performances will also be

cially distanced. Thus, they’re not sure where O’Reilly contracted it.

All throughout their relationship, the two have been emailing and video-chatting almost every day.

They also went hiking and walking together a lot.

“I think (COVID-19) made us more cautious with each other,” O’Reilly said of their initial interactions.

Now the two, who are both in their 70s, have received their second doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, and are looking forward to getting married in June.

Both of them came from very

happy marriages, and their widowhood was something helped them bond so quickly and deeply. Coughlin and O’Reilly also both lost their spouses to cancer-related complications in March 2020 and December 2018, respectively.

Finding someone who understood that loss and who was able to support them through it was providential, they described.

“I was so blessed to find this woman,” Coughlin said. “The chances of finding each other are so low.”

Likewise, Marlin and Nelson described how, after spending months

Town Hall Arts Center

The longtime Heritage Fine Arts Guild will present a Mixed Media Workshop with artist Amelia Furman via Zoom from 9 a.m. to noon on Feb. 13. Furman will talk about her distinctive collage process, helping artists to focus on their word for the year. Gather papers, materials, glue — and a favorite word — and join in. Details and registration: $25 HFAG members; $30 for nonmembers. Membership is $40. Visit heritage-guild.com/membership for sign-up forms and information.

Highlands Ranch history

Highlands Ranch Historical Society will host a Zoom meeting at 7 p.m. Feb. 15 on “Modern Day Highlands Ranch 1976-1997 Mission Viejo”: a focused review of Mission Viejo’s construction of the masterplanned community of Highlands Ranch from 1976 to 1997, when Shea Homes purchased Mission Viejo.

(Mute your microphone.) Meeting ID: 896 7761 2940. Passcode: 127204.

Audio-only: 1-346-248-7799.

alone in their apartments, they were thankful to have someone in their lives to support them, especially through job loss, stress and anxiety, and other pandemic-caused issues.

“I think we are so much stronger,” Nelson said of being in a relationship during the pandemic. “… It’s hard but it’s definitely been worth it.”

Contact reporter Corinne Westeman at 303-567-4491 or cwesteman@ coloradocommunitymedia.com, and follow her on Twitter @cwesteman.

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Photographer’s love of outdoors shows in art Animals are frequent subject in images captured by longtime veterinarian

BY SONYA ELLINGBOE SELLINGBOE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

“We could hear them, but could hardly see them,” said Judy (Spurling) Deist of a favorite photograph she shot of prairie chickens — in a blizzard on Colorado’s plains. “We went back to get another shot ... I take whatever is there — not a good thing for a photographer, business-wise.” All of her photos are shot in color, “but sometimes they come out looking black and white” (as in her “Blizzard Tree” photo).

She fondly recalls photographing a flock of snow geese that “sounded like an airplane taking off ...”

“There are always animals included in my photos if they’re around,” said Deist, who has practiced veterinary medicine in Littleton as Dr. Judith H. Spurling since 1966. “I cared for ferrets and did surgery on a rat,” she recalls, in addition

to the usual furry friends.

She says she is “semi-retired” from that career and just doing photography now.

In the 1950s she inherited a “Brownie” box camera which had black and white film and “you had to look down into a lens to see what you were taking.”

“When I went off to college, my father gave me an Agfa Solina 35mm camera which was entirely manual.

That meant you set the lens yourself and had to compensate for low light or bright light.”

Her mother was a professional artist who had space on Canyon Road in Santa Fe and also painted with the Douglas County Land Conservancy artists ...

Deist is an active member of the Littleton Fine Arts Guild and exhibits her work in the Depot Art Gallery in downtown Littleton.

“Always being an outdoor person, I loved the scenes of mountains, rainbows and clouds ... Subjects that are of special interest to me are horses, spectacular Colorado sunsets with colorful clouds, sparkling snow on a mountains, or on a fence, and of course, fall colored aspens in our mountains.

Horses and cattle drives

“Blizzard Tree” is a photo taken southwest of Wray, Colorado, by Judy COURTESY PHOTO (Spurling) Deist.

with the dust behind and cattle dogs supply lots of action shots. The landscape in Colorado and Utah offers scenes of geographic areas such as the Grand Canyon, majestic mountains, waterfalls and rivers.

“Ocean waves are mesmerizing and fun to get the right shot. Once it took me one

hour and 45 minutes to get a wave in the correct position that I wanted with the spray and the curve of the wave just right.

“Watching birds and getting the right pose of a flamingo with the eye looking out of pink feathers is one way to connect with the animal.

“We moved three times in Littleton,” she recalls. “We had the first 24-hour veterinary hospital in Littleton, near the corner of Broadway and Belleview, built in the ‘70s. We invited other vets to share the 8,000-foot space. They declined. We would see people’s pets in the middle of the night and then encourage them to return to their original vets.” They built a smaller facility.

“With the veterinary career, I attended classes and meetings at scenic spots around the country ... I caught a pelican sitting on a power line, on Sanibel Island, tried to do wildlife.

I have lots of shots that are not yet edited.”

She was born in Alaska, lived in New York, Montana ... her mom played in the Santa Fe Orchestra.

Deist has 20 feet of notebooks, she says, and more than 35 pounds of camera equipment, with tripods, etc. ... She doesn’t do digital photography or Photoshop ...

She is a longtime active member of the Littleton Fine Arts Guild and readers should be able to view her work as soon as the historic Depot Art Gallery is able to reopen.

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MY NAME IS

ANNE FANGANELLO

Little did I know how important this group of women would come to be for my mental sanity during the wild ride of the past 11 months. I was invited in January 2020 to write a short essay for The STEW (CampExperience’s “Smart Talk Exceptional Women” project) and agreed, knowing that it would be outside of my comfort zone. Shortly, I found out just how far out of my comfort zone I could go.

Fashion designer contributed to collection of stories, essays by women Dreams of design I am 51 years old and have lived in Centennial for nine years. I am a Colorado native originally from Park Hill.

My dream to be a fashion designer started at a very young age. My first job was at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts sewing costumes and working backstage dressing the actors. From that moment to now, I have always worked with clothing in one way or another.

I have sewed only left sleeves at a factory in Switzerland, I have made patterns for socialites in Italy, and I worked in New York City for almost 20 years running fashion houses and focused on technical details, fit and the art of three-dimensional beauty. I returned to Colorado for a healthier lifestyle at the end of an eight-year experience battling breast cancer. I was ready to ski, travel, go to a leisurely lunch and reduce my stress.

It worked! After a few years of relaxation, I could not stay away from my love of making clothing — (my brands) AnnaFesta and FestaSports were born. It is the best of both worlds — I get to make women feel beautiful and confident in my cloth-

Centennial resident and fashion designer Anne Fanganello is among the contributors to a new book, “Smart Talk Exceptional Women,” a collection of stories by women to help readers “rise above challenges, follow passion, create opportunity and make a meanCOURTESY PHOTO ingful difference for others and in the world,” according to a news release.

ing and live a healthier lifestyle in our beautiful state of Colorado.

‘CampExperience’ a support system I would describe the CampExperience organization as sisters, support, family ... what a wonderful group of women I have met through this experience. Each of us has our own story, our own experience. We share our knowledge, we open our minds, and each individual can get

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One of my favorite parts is how charitable everyone is. We are constantly giving back and offering help to those who need it. I am proud to be a part of this group and boy, we sure are a bundle of fun and smiles.

Organization stirs ‘The STEW’ I joined the CampExperience Network in January, one year ago.

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I have great confidence in my body and beauty, but we are all subject to depression, sadness and feeling like we cannot survive another moment of life. When I feel down, I use color, textures and my style of dressing to give myself an armor. If I am feeling low, I throw on my favorite hot pink outfit and jump into life with the knowledge that I can do it!

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C R O S S W O R D With ‘Carter’s Cause,’ family supports P U Z Z L E others enduring NICU battles Two years after losing their first son, couple bring piles of care packages for others

BY DAVID GILBERT DGILBERT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Two years after the most painful experience of their lives, Justina and Dan Oldehoff are striving to make sure other parents of babies fighting for their lives in neonatal intensive care know they aren’t alone.

In 2019, Justina delivered the couple’s firstborn child, Carter, at just 24 weeks into the pregnancy. After three days in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at Littleton Adventist Hospital, Carter, who weighed just a pound and eight ounces, passed away.

Now parents to another son, the Oldehoffs founded Carter’s Cause, a foundation providing resources and support to parents grieving from infant loss, enduring the NICU journey, and the family and friends who support them.

Nearly two years to the day after losing Carter, the Oldehoffs stood in front of Littleton Adventist Hospital beside dozens of care packages to distribute to every family who will endure a stay in the hospital’s NICU in 2021.

“The experience is unexplainable,” Justina said. “I wish nobody ever had to go through it. You can feel so, so alone. We want the other families in there to know there are others who understand.”

In each purple bag, NICU families will find a variety of items to ease the heartache: A “bonding heart,” a small fleece heart that parents can wear on themselves and leave with their babies overnight so their little ones can still smell mom and dad.

A journal, because “every day is huge,” Justina said.

A book to read out loud, so babies can hear the soothing tones of mom and dad’s voices.

Affirmation cards with reminders for parents to take care of their own physical and emotional needs.

Milestone cards to celebrate the many small miracles along the way: weight gains, first bottle feedings, the first time being held by mom and dad.

The care packages could prove godsends to families living in fear and pain, said Pam Costanza, the manager of the hospital’s women’s and children’s department.

“It’s such a frightening time,” Costanza said. “Families are spending their days staring at these teeny tiny babies, praying they make it.

Gifts from those who have gone through it will mean so much.”

The Oldehoffs have been through it — twice. Months after losing Carter, Justina became pregnant again. But the same medical malady resulted in her delivering Carter’s little brother Aaron at just 29 weeks, and again the little family found themselves back in the NICU. Aaron pulled through, and today he is a handsome, goofy 10-month-old.

But returning to the NICU was brutal, Dan said.

“All those beeps and hoses again,” Dan said. “It was hard to find joy, knowing we might lose another. But we owed it to Carter and Aaron not to lose hope. Taking Aaron home was the best day of my life.”

Dan and Justina said both NICU experiences taught them how many friends they have. After losing Carter, many friends and family dropped off food, stayed to talk when they felt like it, and gave them space when they needed.

“We didn’t know what we needed,” Justina said. “The support meant so much. If someone in your life is going through this, reach out. Saying nothing is worse than saying anything. Be kind.”

To support Carter’s Cause, visit CartersCause.org.

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Original Grantor(s) JONPAUL ARAGON, PATRICIA J ARAGON Original Beneficiary(ies) COLORADO CREDIT UNION Current Holder of Evidence of Debt COLORADO CREDIT UNION Date of Deed of Trust January 02, 2015 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust January 09, 2015 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) D5002461 Original Principal Amount $27,599.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $25,873.07 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. LOT 4, BLOCK 14, SOUTHGLENN, THIRD FILING, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 6730 SOUTH DOWNING CIRCLE WEST, CENTENNIAL, CO 80122.

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First Publication: 1/21/2021 Last Publication: 2/18/2021 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; DATE: 11/17/2020 Susan Sandstrom, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Susan Sandstrom, Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Harry L. Simon, P.C. #7942 Harry L. Simon, P.C. 10200 East Grand Avenue, Building B, Suite 120, Denver, CO 80231 (303) 758-6601 Attorney File # CCU v Aragon The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015 Legal Notice NO. 0205-2020 First Publication: 1/21/2021 Last Publication: 2/18/2021 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0208-2020

relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

Original Grantor(s) PAUL C PETERSON AND CONNIE M PETERSON Original Beneficiary(ies) MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR DECISION ONE MORTGAGE COMPANY, LLC. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., AS INDENTURE TRUSTEE UNDER THE INDENTURE RELATING TO IMPAC CMB TRUST SERIES 2005-6 Date of Deed of Trust February 23, 2005 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust March 10, 2005 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) B5034727 Original Principal Amount $351,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $344,745.83 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. LOT 10, EXCEPT THE EAST 5 FEET THEREOF, BLOCK 24, CHERRY KNOLLS FOURTH FILING, CITY OF LITTLETON, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 3863 EAST BRIARWOOD AVENUE, LITTLETON, CO 80122.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 03/31/2021, at The East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 2/4/2021 Last Publication: 3/4/2021 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; DATE: 12/04/2020 Susan Sandstrom, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Susan Sandstrom, Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Anna Johnston #51978 Randall Chin #31149 Joseph D. DeGiorgio #45557 Ryan Bourgeois #51088 Barrett, Frappier & Weisserman, LLP 1391 Speer Boulevard, Suite 700, Denver, CO 80204 (303) 350-3711 Attorney File # 00000009128760 The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015 Legal Notice NO. 0208-2020 First Publication: 2/4/2021 Last Publication: 3/4/2021 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent COMBINED NOTICE RESTART - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-109(2)(b)(II) FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0173-2020 Republished to restart foreclosure stayed by bankruptcy and reset sale date.

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:

On November 6, 2020, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

On December 4, 2020, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand

Original Grantor(s) DALE E. MCDONALD

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AND DARLENE S. MCDONALD Original Beneficiary(ies) MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR AAAE FINANCIAL, INC., ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS Current Holder of Evidence of Debt DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY AS TRUSTEE FOR INDYMAC INDX MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2006-AR6, MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 2006-AR6 Date of Deed of Trust February 16, 2006 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust February 23, 2006 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) B6024113 Original Principal Amount $141,300.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $127,262.29 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. SEE ATTACHED LEGAL DESCRIPTION PURSUANT TO AFFIDAVIT OF SCRIVENER'S ERROR RECORDED ON 6/15/2020 AT RECEPTION NO. E0070479 TO CORRECT LEGAL DESCRIPTION. Also known by street and number as: 2854 W. CENTENNIAL DR. UNIT F, LITTLETON, CO 80123.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. If applicable, a description of any changes to the deed of trust described in the notice of election and demand pursuant to affidavit as allowed by statutes: C.R.S.§ 38-35-109(5) LEGAL DESCRIPTION HAS BEEN CORRECTED BY SCRIVENER'S AFFIDAVIT RECORDED 06/15/2020 AT RECEPTION NO. E0070479 IN THE RECORDS OF ARAPAHOE COUNTY. NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 03/10/2021, at The East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 1/14/2021 Last Publication: 2/11/2021 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; DATE: 11/06/2020 Susan Sandstrom, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Susan Sandstrom, Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Lynn M. Janeway #15592 Nicholas H. Santarelli #46592 David R. Doughty #40042 Alison L Berry #34531 Janeway Law Firm, P.C. 9800 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 400, Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 706-9990 Attorney File # 19-022770 The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015 0173-2020 EXHIBIT A LEGAL DESCRIPTION CONDOMINIUM UNIT F, THE STEEPLECHASE III CONDOMINIUMS, TOGETHER WITH GARAGE NO. F, ACCORDING TO THE CONDOMINIUM MAP THEREOF, RECORDED ON NOVEMBER 19, 1998 AT RECEPTION NO. A8187114 IN THE RECORDS OF THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK AND RECORDER OF THE COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, COLORADO AND AS DEFINED AND DESCRIBED IN THE CONDOMINIUM DECLARATION FOR THE STEEPLECHASE III CONDOMINIUMS

RECORDED ON MAY 28, 1997 AT RECEPTION NO. A7062094, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Legal Notice NO. 0173-2020 First Publication: 1/14/2021 Last Publication: 2/11/2021 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent

City and County Public Notice --- CORRECTION: CITY OF ENGLEWOOD

Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Jeffery Thom DeHaven, a/k/a Jeffery T. DeHaven, a/k/a Jeffery DeHaven, a/k/a Jeff DeHaven , Deceased Case Number 2021PR30109

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before June 4, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

David DeHaven, Personal Representative 1621 Johnson Drive Newberg, OR 97132

NOTICE OF ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE On the 1st day of February 2021, the City Council of the City of Englewood, Colorado, adopted on final reading the following Ordinance:

Legal Notice No. 300900 First Publication: February 4, 2021 Last Publication: February 18, 2021 Publisher: The Englewood Herald Public Notice

BY AUTHORITY ORDINANCE NO. 06 SERIES OF 2021 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 12, CHAPTER 2, SECTIONS 1 AND 5, OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE (2000) OF THE CITY OF ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO, IN CONNECTION WITH DEFINITIONS /ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS, AND PROHIBITING THE DISCHARGE OR DEPOSIT OF ANY NON-EXEMPT AMOUNTS OF TECHNOLOGICALLY ENHANCED NATURALLY OCCURRING RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL (TENORM) INTO THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM, ALL WITHIN THE CITY OF ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO. (Council Bill No. 03) Copies of aforesaid Ordinance are available for public inspection in the office of the City Clerk, City of Englewood, Civic Center, 1000 Englewood Parkway, Englewood, Colorado or it can be found at http://www.englewoodco.gov, Government, Legal/Public Notices.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Nancy B. Carbaugh, a/k/a Nancy Belle Carbaugh, a/k/a Nancy Carbaugh, f/k/a Nancy B. Madonna, Deceased.

Case Number: 2021PR30123

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before June 4, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Diana R. Carney, Personal Representative 1099 Genesee Vista Road Golden, CO 80401 Legal Notice No. 300898 First Publication: February 4, 2021 Last Publication: February 18, 2021 Publisher: The Englewood Herald Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Jeffrey J. Clapham, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR30099

Legal Notice No. 300907 First Publication: February 11, 2021 Last Publication: February 11, 2021 Publisher: The Englewood Herald

Storage Liens/Vehicle Titles Public Notice

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

Benjamin F. Clapham Personal Representative 777 N Washington Street, # 206 Denver, CO 80203

2011 Chevrolet Equinox VIN#310666 $500.00 Connolly's Towing, Inc. 4350 S. Federal Blvd.

303-424-3445 Ext.120

Legal Notice No. 300896 First Publication: February 4, 2021 Last Publication: February 18, 2021 Publisher: The Englewood Herald ______________________________________

2009 Subaru Forester VIN#713243 $500.00 Connolly's Towing, Inc. 4350 S. Federal Blvd.

303-424-3445 Ext.120

Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Joann Eileen Montgomery, a/k/a Joann E. Montgomery, a/k/a Joann Montgomery, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR30096

Legal Notice No. 300905 First Publication: February 11, 2021 Last Publication: February 11, 2021 Publisher: The Englewood Herald

Notice to Creditors Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of WILLIAM C. WARNER, A/K/A WILLIAM WARNER, AND WILLIAM CHANNING WARNER, Deceased Case Number: 2021 PR 30067 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the DISTRICT COURT OF ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO, on or before June 9, 2021 or the claims may be forever barred.

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

Kimileen Gae Agnew Personal Representative 26135 Amy Circle Conifer, Colorado 80433 Legal Notice No. 300906 First Publication: February 11, 2021 Last Publication: February 25, 2021 Publisher: The Englewood Herald

Name Changes

Gretchen Rose, Personal Representative 22673 E. Long Drive Aurora, CO 80016 Legal Notice No. 300901 First Publication: February 4, 2021 Last Publication: February 18, 2021 Publisher: The Englewood Herald

Public Notice is given on January 05, 2021 that a Petition for a Change of Name of a Adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Wilbur Glenn Wright, aka Wilbur G. Wright, aka Wilbur Wright, aka Will Wright, Deceased Case Number: 2020PR31047 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before June 04, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Steven G. Wright Personal Representative 1133 14th Street, Unit 2350 Denver, Colorado 80202

PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

The Petition requests that the name of Deiadra Dissen Swartz be changed to Deiadra Dissen Boehm Case No.: 21C100008 By: Ellise O'Neil Clerk of the Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No.300893 First publication: January 28, 2021 Last publication: February 11, 2021 Publisher: Englewood Herald ###

Legal Notice No. 300895 First publication: February 04, 2021 Last publication: February 18, 2021 Publisher: Englewood Herald

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