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Republican confirmed winner in DA race Democrat Padden concedes to Kellner after close contest

BY JESSICA GIBBS JGIBBS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Few places outside the North Pole have as much Christmas spirit as a pair of houses on South Elati Street in Englewood.

On any given night between Thanksgiving and New Year’s, the block of Elati just north of Belleview Avenue is thronged with

Republican John Kellner was confirmed the victor over Democrat Amy Padden in a close contest for 18th Judicial District attorney after the state completed a mandatory recount in the race.

Kellner secured 50.12% of the vote, or 287,402 ballots, while Padden garnered 49.88%, or 285,977 votes.

The district comprises Arapahoe, Douglas, Elbert and Lincoln Kellner counties.

Kellner, who will succeed Republican George Brauchler, celebrated with a statement on social media.

“It’s official! The recount is complete across all four counties and I’ll be taking the oath of office as the next DA of the 18th Judicial District on Jan. 12. Thank you to everyone who helped make this possible,” Kellner wrote on Twitter.

Padden conceded on Dec. 5, still waiting on results from Lincoln County but expecting a final margin

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From left, Ron Kloewer, Melanie Kloewer and family friend Mike Rasmussen, in front of the Kloewer home on South Elati PHOTOS BY DAVID GILBERT Street in Englewood. The family is known for their elaborate and whimsical Christmas decorations.

Miracle on Elati Street Epic displays of holiday lights in Englewood are beloved tradition

BY DAVID GILBERT DGILBERT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Lucas Ploschenski, 2, checks out a handmade Christmas display at the Kloewer house on Elati Street north of Belleview Avenue.

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Meals on Wheels happy to add to the ranks of seniors receiving food delivery

BY DAVID GILBERT DGILBERT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Seniors in need of a helping hand shouldn’t hesitate to reach out to Nourish Meals on Wheels, the nonprofit’s director said.

Nourish Meals on Wheels, headquartered in south Littleton, delivers hot, healthy meals to homebound seniors and people with disabilities five days a week, and occasionally delivers other items like bags of groceries.

“We are here with the capacity to do more,” said Diane McClymonds, the group’s executive director. “A lot of people think there are others worse off than them, so they’re saving the program for those with more need, but we have the capacity to serve them too. If you have a neighbor, friend, or relative you think could benefit from our services, we would love to hear from them.”

Nourish provides meals regardless of clients’ ability to pay, with many paying nothing toward their meals, though Nourish invites those with means to pay up to the full cost of each meal, which is $5.

Though the group saw a bump in clientele early in the pandemic, McClymonds said their numbers have settled back about where they were before COVID-19, with about 500 people a day receiving meals across the south metro suburbs.

CARES Act funding allowed Nourish to add a once-a-week delivery of non-perishable groceries, but that funding is ending at the end of the year. McClymonds said she hopes to secure additional funding for grocery delivery through recentlyannounced state grants for food bank programs.

The group’s meals have also climbed in quality thanks to a partnership with the Food Exchange Resource Network, a nonprofit providing Nourish with fresh produce and meat.

“It means a lot more cooking from scratch,” McClymonds said. “Our

GET IN TOUCH Nourish Meals on Wheels delivers meals across much of the south Denver metro area from its headquarters at Broadway and Arapahoe Road.

The nonprofit gladly accepts donations of money and non-perishable food. New volunteer orientations are currently on hiatus.

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menu is pretty amazing these days.”

The pandemic means Nourish has had to scale back one of its volunteers’ favorite aspects of visiting clients: spending time chatting.

“For those clients who are still making an effort, it’s still working,” McClymonds said. “But I won’t lie, it’s not the same. Our drivers have to stand way back, in the driveway perhaps, while clients talk to them through a screen door or from the porch. But even if not, our drivers are still someone coming to check on you every day. If we come back the next day and your meal is still there, we’ll figure out why and get you the help you need.”

While McClymonds said Nourish has its COVID protocols pretty well worked out by now, the group is stockpiling extra meals in its new king-size freezer in case an outbreak plays havoc with its food production. But she said missing meal days is not an option.

“We’ve got 500 people depending on us for their daily nutrition,” she said. “Shutting the doors for a couple weeks? We just can’t do it.”

Nourish is in the middle of its annual 12 Days of Giving program, which provides a dozen gifts to clients, one per service day leading up to Christmas. Gifts include greeting cards, home decorations and poinsettias.

For Lanny and Carla Arensen, a husband-and-wife volunteer driver team, delivering meals is about helping vulnerable seniors stay in the comfort of their own homes.

“It’s serving the common good,” said Carla, as the couple waited outside Nourish’s headquarters to receive their meals before heading out on their route. “It’s not about us. It’s about helping seniors. A healthy meal and a friendly face can mean a lot.”

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Battle shaping up over standardized tests COVID shutdowns have scrambled routines for schoolchildren, educators

BY ERICA MELTZER CHALKBEAT.ORG

Colorado shouldn’t use standardized tests to judge the performance of schools or teachers amid a pandemic, a group of education leaders and advocacy groups agreed.

But should the tests be given at all next spring? And if so, should the data be publicly released? The same working group couldn’t agree in a debate that speaks to long-running questions about what these tests are even for.

“Our assessments are designed for an education system that doesn’t exist” this year, Peter Hilts, superintendent of District 49 in Colorado Springs, said in a recent meeting.

“We’re not measuring anything remotely like a consistent system.”

“The inconsistent conditions are the reason to administer the assessment if possible,” countered Luke Ragland, head of the conservative education group Ready Colorado, in the same meeting. “The lack of consistency in educational services is why we would want to measure” where students are.

Federal and state law require standardized tests — in Colorado, that’s CMAS for students in third through eighth grade and the PSAT and SAT for high school students — and describe how the tests should be used for school accountability and teacher evaluations. Any changes will ultimately require federal waivers as well as legislative action or an executive order from Gov. Jared Polis.

Outgoing Education Secretary Betsy DeVos had indicated the U.S. Department of Education was unlikely to grant testing waivers

this school year. Whether to stick with that policy or give states more flexibility will be one of the first questions confronting incoming President Joe Biden and his education secretary. The decision not to administer the National Assessment of Educational Progress, often known as “the nation’s report card,” in pandemic conditions led some federal lawmakers to say state assessments are more important than ever this year.

The Colorado Department of Education convened a working group in September to make recommendations on many of the most pressing questions. The members, who included representatives of school districts, teachers unions, and advocacy organizations, reached agreement on several areas:  High school students should still take the PSAT and SAT in the spring, assuming public health conditions allow it.  The social studies test typically given to fourth- and seventh-graders and the science test typically given to fifth-, eighth- and 11th-graders should not be given this year.  Any standardized tests shouldn’t be used for high-stakes accountability purposes, including teacher evaluations.  Colorado should not issue school or district performance ratings next fall based on tests given in the spring.

The group could not agree, however, on whether the CMAS tests that measure reading, writing, and math skills should be given to thirdthrough eighth-grade students or on whether the results of any testing should be made publicly available.

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Will metro counties see a second stay-at-home order?

‘Too early to tell,’ says health chief as deaths, cases appear to level off

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

On April 22, 40 people in Colorado died with coronavirus, marking the state’s one-day record for deaths among people with COVID-19 in the spring.

After months of the daily death count falling and then staying steady, it jumped back up in the fall. Colorado matched its record on Nov. 11. A week later, the state posted a one-day total of 42 deaths.

On both Nov. 27 and Dec. 1, the state saw 60 deaths each day among those with coronavirus, Colorado’s worst days on record as of Dec. 11.

The rate of deaths — and new COVID-19 cases — now appear to be leveling off, but Colorado’s new cases per day still dwarf the reported numbers from the spring and summer, making Colorado’s previous “peaks” look like tiny blips. If the death rate only plateaus, Colorado could still see dozens dead each day.

And if public health officials decide that the Denver metro area — and other regions — need more coronavirus-related restrictions, they have few places left to go other than to impose the kind

restrictions on Colorado’s COVof stay-at-home orders that drastically recast life and business in the ID-19 dial, a level that bans private gatherings, indoor dining at spring. restaurants and tightens capacity It’s too early to say for sure, limits at some types of businesses. but at least as of Dec. 10, fears of It took effect Nov. 20 in Denver Thanksgiving gatherings unleashmetro counties and other areas of ing more severe virus spread in the state. Now, just over half the Colorado appear not to have come state’s 64 countrue. The rate ties operate in of new cases level red. appeared to State public have plateaued, health officials or even slightly wouldn’t say declined, achow likely new cording to the stay-at-home state’s COorders are for VID-19 website metro Denver data. and other reThe head of gions. Officials Tri-County are “pleased to Health Departsee a plateau in ment said it’s cases, but our “too early to John Douglas, numbers still tell” whether Denver metro executive director of Tri-County are significanthigher than counties will Health Department ly they were in the need new stayspring,” said a at-home orders. statement from “I am pleasthe Colorado antly surprised State Joint Information Center, that we haven’t seen more of a which takes questions for the state post-Thanksgiving bounce,” said public-health department.

John Douglas, executive director “It appears that the level red of the health agency for Adams, mitigation tactics are working.

Arapahoe and Douglas counties. “I That said, we don’t yet know if suspect this is due to the red-level increases from Thanksgiving capacity limits and the publicity will create a spike or what cases about the gravity of the pandemic will look like after the December that got many of us practicing holidays,” the statement said. “We safer behaviors.” need Coloradans to continue to Douglas referred to the “red”

‘I am pleasantly surprised that we haven’t seen more of a post-Thanksgiving bounce.’

avoid gatherings with other households, wear masks when interacting with people outside of their household and maintain at least 6 feet of distance from others.”

Getting to ‘level purple’

Continuing its county-by-county approach to coronavirus restrictions, the state’s new revision of the COVID-19 dial — the colorcoded set of restrictions counties must follow based on local virus spread — added a “level purple” in November. That’s the new term for a stay-at-home order.

While a county qualifying for lower dial levels depends on the local rates of new cases, how many COVID-19 tests come back positive and the trend in hospitalizations, a move into level purple depends more squarely on whether hospital capacity risks being breached.

That scenario could be defined a few different ways, according to the public health order behind Colorado’s dial, but the simplest is when hospitals approach 90% of their reported “surge capacity.”

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Estimates based on data from before Thanksgiving say that if Colorado kept up its levels of mask-wearing, physical distancing and moving activities outside, then hospital and ICU demand may stay within Colorado’s estimated surge capacity, according to a Dec. 4 report by the Colorado School of Public Health.

But if Coloradans let their guard down enough over the holidays, demand on hospitals could break those estimates, the report says.

If that happens, the state could reach ICU surge capacity in early January or even late December depending on how closed-off Coloradans keep themselves from contacts.

What’s more, local public health agencies, such as Tri-County Health in the metro area, could choose to issue their own stay-athome orders whether the state’s dial requires it or not. Back in March, three metro-area public health departments issued stayat-home orders, covering Adams, Arapahoe, Douglas, Jefferson and Boulder counties, just before Gov. Jared Polis announced the statewide stay-at-home.

But Tri-County Health probably wouldn’t issue its own order at this point in the pandemic, said Douglas, the health chief.

“I think this is unlikely since we now have a state framework (the

dial) for all counties contributing to, or at risk from, a breach in hospital capacity to move together, which would be much more effective than movement of individual counties,” Douglas said.

Program could loosen limits

Meanwhile, businesses’ eyes are set on the state potentially going in the other direction: loosening rather than tightening restrictions, and possibly reopening indoor dining.

As of mid-December, the state public-health department was considering new rules that would let businesses operate at higher capacity than current restrictions normally allow — as long as the businesses stick to strict protocols designed to prevent the virus’ spread in their buildings.

Colorado calls it the “business best practice certification” program, modeled after a system Mesa County has “pioneered and has successfully run since the summer,” according to the state publichealth department. That’s known as the “5-star rating program.”

If the state adopts a similar program, businesses could generally operate based on a level of the state’s COVID-19 dial that is one notch less severe than the level the business would otherwise have to follow. For example, a business in a “level orange” county could operate at “level yellow” capacity restrictions.

It was still unclear as of Dec. 11 whether the state will allow businesses in level red counties to operate at level orange, though.

That was to be determined depending on data from Mesa County on whether a 5-star program is compatible with the red level, according to the state public-health department.

Asked whether the program would allow indoor dining in level red counties, the State Joint Information Center seemed to indicate it would, saying: “In the draft proposal, if a county qualifies and chooses to develop the 5-star program, indoor dining could be allowed.”

It’s also unclear whether the state will roll out the program on schedule.

“While the program might launch on Dec. 18, counties will likely need additional time to implement it,” the information center’s statement said.

Vaccine not immediate fix

Even as word of vaccine rollouts spread across the nation, state officials are hoping Coloradans keep in mind that the general population won’t have access to a vaccine until the summer — and that’s if everything goes according to plan.

The highest-risk health care workers and individuals, and then moderate-risk health care workers and first responders, are expected to have access to the vaccine this winter, according to Colorado’s COVID-19 website.

Up next are other high-risk individuals and essential workers in spring, and then comes the general public — anyone age 18-64 without high-risk health conditions — in the summer.

But a speedy timeline depends on “steady shipments of vaccines from the federal government and steady administration of the vaccine by providers around the state,” a governor’s office news release said.

An estimated 1 in 40 Coloradans are infectious with COVID-19 — the highest prevalence to date, the School of Public Health’s Dec. 4 report says.

And even accounting for the lack of testing early in the pandemic — a factor that makes Colorado’s spring tally of COVID-19 cases appear artificially low — Coloradans are now likely becoming infected at more than twice the true rate experienced during spring, according to the report.

The estimated peak in the spring of all asymptomatic and symptomatic infections — not just the cases that are actually reported, generally, through testing — is estimated to have occurred around late March, with nearly 6,000 new infections in one day.

In mid-November, the one-day estimate of new infections had reached around 13,000. The reported number of new cases for Nov. 12 was 6,600.

Even by a conservative estimate, Colorado could see nearly 5,600 deaths associated with COVID-19 by the end of the year, the report says.

As of Dec. 10, Colorado had seen 3,012 deaths due to COVID-19.

The total deaths among cases was 3,846 — the number who died with COVID-19 but not necessarily due to it.

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In a recent survey, many superintendents reported that loss of reading skills among early elementary students was their top concern. Superintendents say they use internal assessments and diagnostic tools related to their curriculum to measure student learning, and that these tools, unlike CMAS, provide information they can use to help students within the current school year.

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“certainly not anti-testing” — and as a researcher, he would love to have the data — but this year, in these circumstances, he sees more downsides than benefit to giving the CMAS tests.

Students typically take CMAS in March and April. With most Colorado students learning remotely and an uncertain timeline for returning to the classroom, many students will have just recently reconnected with their teachers when the testing window opens. That time would be better spent on actual teaching than test administration, he said.

“Is the ability to quantify the impact of COVID worth the cost?” he asked.

The data itself would be difficult to interpret, he said, because there is so much variability, even within schools, in how much in-person learning students are getting. One third-grader might have months of uninterrupted schooling, while another had to quarantine three times.

Even among students learning at home, some are in pods with private teachers while others are fending for themselves.

National test results released this week present many of the same challenges. Students did better than many experts had feared, losing some ground in math but largely holding steady on reading. But fewer students took the tests than usual, and some of the students who opted out might be those who struggled the most. It’s hard to say whether the results give an accurate picture.

Instead, Briggs suggests targeting resources like summer school and tutoring at the students we know struggled more, those with poor internet access and those whose schools already struggled to meet students’ needs.

“Most parents know they are in a suboptimal situation for learning, so why not operate under that assumption?” he said. “Do you need me to give you an assessment as a researcher to say that non-white students lost on average three months of learning and the white kids only lost 1 1/2 months of learning? Do you need a test for that?”

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

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Suspect arrested in gas station slaying Tips led investigators to person who allegedly shot clerk in Centennial

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Arapahoe County Sheriff ’s Office investigators arrested a person suspected of fatally shooting a gas station clerk in a robbery the night of Nov. 26 in Centennial, the sheriff ’s office announced Dec. 11.

Investigators received numerous tips related to the identity of the suspect and were able to obtain warrants and arrest the suspect on Dec. 11, the sheriff ’s office said in a news release.

The sheriff ’s office did not release the identity or a photograph of the suspect in the release.

The suspect was described previously as a white male who appeared to be in his mid-20s and wore a gray hoodie, a black-and-

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of 1,425 votes, or less than 0.25% difference.

In a release, Padden’s campaign pointed to the number of registered voters in the district — 27.5% are

white plaid shirt or jacket, gray pants, and tan shoes, according to the sheriff ’s office. He appeared to be between 5-foot-3 and 5-foot-7, wore eyeglasses and has an average build, according to an earlier news release.

After walking into the convenience store at 8263 S. Quebec St. — near East County Line Road, just north of Highlands Ranch — the suspect “asked for cigarettes then asked for everything,” the sheriff ’s office said in a tweet.

Surveillance video shows that the suspect and the clerk spoke for a short time, according to an earlier sheriff ’s office news release. The suspect then pointed a handgun at the clerk, who put cigarettes and money from the cash register in a shopping bag, according to a sheriff ’s office news release. When the clerk handed the suspect the bag, the suspect shot him. The suspect then left the store. Authorities received a call about the shooting

at 6:47 p.m.

The clerk died after sustaining a gunshot wound to the left abdomen. He was identified as Mauricio Omar Perez, 24, according to the Arapahoe County Coroner’s Office.

Another gas station in Centennial on East Arapahoe Road was also robbed the same day in an incident where the suspect fired a single round into the ceiling, according to the sheriff ’s office. It was unclear if the suspect authorities arrested Dec. 11 is also suspected in that incident.

No other employees or customers were in the store at the time of the first shooting on Quebec Street, said Deputy John Bartmann, a spokesman for the sheriff ’s office. But citizens later came in, found the clerk and called 911.

Deputies searched the area with the assistance of the Douglas County Sheriff ’s Office and the Lone Tree Police Department, according to the news release.

The second gas station in Centennial that was robbed on that same day by a suspect with a somewhat similar description sits on East Arapahoe Road near South Havana Street, according to a sheriff ’s office news release on Nov. 30.

At about 4:30 pm, a male entered the Conoco gas station at 10210 E. Arapahoe Road in central Centennial and pointed a handgun at the clerk, according to the sheriff ’s office. The clerk gave the suspect the cash drawer, and then the suspect fired a single round into the ceiling, the release said. The clerk was not injured and the suspect left southbound on foot from the area.

That suspect was described as a white male between 5-foot-3 and 5-foot-7 with a medium build who wore a gray sweatshirt with neon lettering on the front, gray pants, gray shoes, a black face mask and tan work gloves, according to the sheriff ’s office.

Democrats and 30.3% Republicans — and that 21,000 more Republicans cast ballots in the race than Democrats.

“We ran a positive, policy-based campaign that resonated with hundreds of thousands of voters. I am eternally grateful to my family, my team, and our amazing group of supporters for all their support,”

Padden said in a statement.

Padden said she has offered Kellner her help in implementing reforms promised on the campaign trail.

The candidates had squared off touting their experience and ability to helm the state’s most populous judicial district amid nationwide calls for criminal

justice reform.

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Littleton Public Schools eyes January classroom return Elementary to come back first; schools are safe, superintendent says

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Littleton Public Schools is planning to bring elementary school students back to classrooms for full-week in-person classes in early January, with an eye toward bringing all students back in phases, district officials said at the Dec. 10 school board meeting.

Citing new guidance from state and national health officials calling for children to return to schools where safe, Superinten-

dent Brian Ewert rolled out a plan that would see elementary students back in classrooms five days a week beginning Jan. 5.

LPS schools have been fully remote since November, after spending much of the fall semester under a “hybrid” learning model that saw most students in classrooms just two days a week. The district has not held regular in-person class schedules since March, part of efforts to control the spread of COVID-19.

If the return of elementary students goes well, Ewert said, the district will bring middle and high school students back for hybrid learning later in January.

If classroom learning models are successful, the district hopes to bring all students back for full-

time in-person learning by April.

Though numerous students and staff tested positive for COVID-19 during the fall semester, Ewert said the decision to go fully remote had very little to do with in-school transmission rates, safety concerns or fear, but far more to do with the impossible logistics of continuing school with so many teachers and staff in quarantine at any given time.

“We believe schools are exponentially more safe than the rest of the community,” Ewert said.

“We’re not fearful of opening schools … We have controlled systems. We can tell people where to go, where to stand, where to sit. We can make it work.”

Targeted quarantines caused massive, sporadic disruption to

district schools in the fall, Ewert said, sometimes forcing the closure of entire schools because of a lack of teachers. Other services, like cafeterias and bus routes, were similarly impacted.

Ewert said new guidance from the Tri-County Health Department and the Colorado Department of Public Health and the Environment (CDPHE) will allow more targeted quarantines affecting smaller groups.

Still, he said, more quarantines will likely strain teacher capacity further, and he called on local parents who are eager to support in-person learning to volunteer to become substitute teachers.

“All you need is a high school diploma and to be able to pass a background check,” Ewert said.

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giddy youngsters, beaming parents and grandparents, and on a recent night even a real-live troupe of oldfashioned carolers, all exploring a pair of elaborate holiday displays that for years have drawn visitors from around the area.

On the west side of the street, the Kloewer family (pronounced clay-ver) is back for the 26th time operating their legendary Christmas house, a continuation of a massive holiday-season display begun by Ron Kloewer’s parents in the early 1980s.

Across the street, Ron’s childhood friend Robert Jones and his wife Joanne are continuing their 8-year-old tradition of operating a Griswold-esque display of their own, with plans to keep it growing as the years go by.

But the whole shebang almost didn’t happen this year.

“We weren’t sure how people would react in the year of COVID,” Kloewer said. “We didn’t want to go to all the trouble just for no one to show up, or for everyone to just stay in their cars.

If you’re just driving by, you’re not getting the whole experience.”

As it turns out, people have shown up by the score. Kloewer said the houses have proven as popular as ever, perhaps even more so as nearby holiday attractions like A Hudson Christmas at Littleton’s Hudson Gardens have been canceled.

“It’s something fun and traditional you can do with your kids without making reservations or paying an

Across the street from the Kloewers, the Jones family also hosts an elaborate Christmas extravaganza.

arm and a leg,” Kloewer said.

The Kloewers have been putting on their light show since the 1995 holiday season, though in the early years it was outshined by Kloewer’s parents Dick and Alice, who put on an epic display of their own at their home just half a block away.

Dick and Alice began decorating in 1983, Kloewer said, with Dick building dozens of custom displays: miniature wooden houses containing motorized themed scenes. Many of Dick’s miniature houses survive today, incorporated into their son’s annual display.

After Dick and Alice retired from Christmas decorating in 2011, Kloewer and his wife Melanie stepped up their game, enlisting their three kids for help.

Setting up the display takes a cu-

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mulative 300 hours, with the family usually beginning in early October.

Kloewer said it wouldn’t be possible without the tireless help of his wife, his children and family friend Mike Rasmussen.

The display is so massive that Xcel Energy wired up a second transformer on the utility pole behind the house, Kloewer said, though he wouldn’t say how much the December electric bill typically runs.

“It goes up a bit,” he said with a grin.

Melanie said life has gotten easier since the advent of LED lights, which ended her annual job of painstakingly inspecting long strands of lights for burned-out bulbs.

Why go to all the trouble?

“The smiles and the compliments,” Kloewer said. “One year a guy who was almost blind told my dad, ‘I can barely see anything anymore, but I can see your lights.’

It meant a lot to him.”

Of the visitors who thronged the Kloewer house on Dec. 9, many were seeing it for the first time, but others had been coming for years.

“It’s been tradition in my family since I was a baby,” said Megan Ford, who drove down from Lakewood with her husband Robbie and their son Thatcher, 2. “Christmas wouldn’t be the same without it.”

Kloewer said whether his kids will take over the family tradition and keep the epic displays going is yet to be seen, though he said he’s hopeful.

“Mike’s got two kids of his own now, so that motivates him, and Randy always loves helping,” Kloewer said of his two younger children.

“We’ll keep doing it as long as we

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can.”

Across the street, the Jones family has been building up a staggering display of their own since they moved into the house in 2012.

“I grew up going to Ron’s mom and dad’s place every Christmas,” said Robert Jones as visitors made their way between glittering displays along his sidewalk. “Everyone in Englewood knew Mr. Kloewer’s house. When we moved in here, we almost didn’t want to decorate — how could anyone measure up to Ron? But we started, and it’s just been so much fun that we just keep growing.”

Jones travels far and wide for his job as a medical equipment installer, giving him the chance to prowl farflung antique stores for decorations.

His prize addition this year is an authentic old wooden sleigh, bought at a curio store in rural Kansas — now adorned with a life-size Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus, both wearing COVID-era face masks.

Like the Kloewers, the Jones family has started collecting cash donations, which Jones said he mainly invests into more decorations.

The family loves chatting with their visitors, Jones said, and last year began handing out cups of hot chocolate, though Jones said they “chickened out” this year over COVID concerns.

For Jones, the display has a deeper personal meaning.

“My mom used to take us all over town to look at everyone’s Christmas lights,” he said. “She passed away in 1994. I think in part I’m doing it for her. Our reward is all the wonderful people we get to meet.”

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VOICES Music won’t stay silent, for better or worse

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hat’s science got to do with it?

What’s science but a secondhand emotion?

Music, eventually, finds its way into almost everything, including a pandemic. The same is true for all of the arts.

Visual artists, QUIET filmmakers, writDESPERATION ers, and others have been reacting to COVID-19 ever since it began to hit America and, in many ways, limit Americans.

Musicians have responded to dire conditions, authority, wars, prejudice, Craig Marshall Smith and innumerable hardships forever.

Some of us may have been initiated by Woody Guthrie’s politically charged anthems. He also wrote “This Land is Your Land.”

The decade of the 1960s was a ripe period for musicians, many of whom were tagged as “protest singers,” especially Bob Dylan, but also

Peter, Paul, and Mary, Phil Ochs, Richie Havens, Joan Baez, Nina Simone, even Marvin Gaye.

A British band at the time, Them, was uninvolved, and recorded hits such as “Gloria,” “Baby, Please Don’t Go,” and “Here Comes the Night.”

The lead singer, who was born in 1945, went solo and still performs.

I was half-surprised to read about a song he’s written and recorded titled “No More Lockdown,” and anti-lockdown tune.

“No more celebrities / No more celebrities telling us / Telling us what we’re supposed to feel / No more lockdown.”

He takes a bigger swing at “experts.”

“No more Imperial College Scientists making up crooked facts.”

It’s not smooth and pretty, is it?

Neither was Dylan’s “Masters of War,” a song I have outgrown; not one I’m likely to listen to on a Sunday in 2020.

As an artist, I have always avoided current events, choosing instead to find solace in painting and drawing rather than a forum.

The news right now is a bombardment.

Listening to music is one of the ways I (try to) overcome the frustrations and anxieties. I don’t invite “protest” music into that as I did during, for example, the Vietnam War. Music and movies are my antidote. After a day saturated with “Breaking News” I want comedy, romantic comedy, drama, but I don’t want violence, revenge, meanness or cruelty. There’s plenty of that in the paper.

After he left Them, Van Morrison recorded “Brown Eyed Girl,” which you can hear at least once a week on the radio.

“Skipping and a jumping / In the misty morning fog with you” is a long old way away from “No more celebrities.”

Often it’s the other way around.

Artists protest when we’re young, then soften (or resign) as we get older.

Of course, many go down fighting whatever it is.

Pete Seeger was still being Pete Seeger until the day he died (2014 at

the age of 94).

I probably won’t add “No More Lockdown” to my playlists. However, I understand Morrison’s desire to produce such a song.

I’ll let you in on a secret: These columns give me an opportunity to achieve the very same thing, albeit without the edge or the angle.

Morrison is adhering to the unwritten “Artist’s Responsibility.”

Choosing to will cost him some of his audience.

A best friend and I have been exchanging daily messages, each swathed in humor, wordplay, and nonsense.

Another friend and I dwell on the pandemic and politicians.

Which do you think I look forward to the most?

One day, Mark and I exchanged, explained, and debated our favorite humorists. It was hotly contested, meaningless, without importance or merit.

And wonderful.

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

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special thanks to one of our community families, Mr., and Mrs. Arthur Emerson, for inspiring this week’s column, your encouragement is greatly appreciated.

Who is on your Do Not Call list? I don’t mean the businesses you have asked to stop calling you, or the Do Not WINNING Call lists that you have registered your WORDS telephone number with to stop telemarketers from trying to reach you. No, I am referring to the people in your life who have made your Do Not Call list.

Well, maybe we don’t refer to it as a Michael Norton Do Not Call list, but for too many of us, somehow along the way we have intentionally or inadvertently created our own Have Not Called list. Life gets in the way, we grow apart, work is too demanding, our calendars are already jam packed, we have been on video calls and conference calls all day and just can’t make time for one more call. Our ears are sore, our voice is

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Let’s back up eight months to when this pandemic became more real than many people had predicted. As we were going through restrictions and quarantines, many families took advantage of the time to schedule family video conferences, bringing in aunts, uncles, cousins, in-laws, and friends together as a way to stay in touch during a crisis. It was more than we had ever done before the pandemic came around. And it was awesome, tiring maybe, but awesome all the same.

It seems that the longer this virus hangs around, the more serious it has become; the more our calls and video conferences may have slowed down as well. For those of us who were all working remotely, and in some cases, going to an office or other place for that human touch, we had some of our needs met through interactions or engagement with others. Unfortunately, this is not the case for many other folks. And they are not “just other folks,” they are our folks, parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, sisters, brothers, and friends who have been shuttered in place for a very long time.

Who is on your Have Not Called list? That question was in no way intended to make you feel guilty, if you have read this column before, you will know that is true. Instead, consider it encouragement to make calls, send texts, write letters or quick notes, send cards, drive by their home, wave through a window, or anything that will let anyone close to you know that they are loved, not forgotten, appreciated, and important to you.

There is that saying about being lonely, even when we are not alone. And when I think about that, I think about the nurses, doctors, first responders, military personnel, teachers, and others who have been on the front lines from day one. They are usually never alone, but many have shared that they have never felt lonelier. I’ll bet that each one of us knows someone who serves our community who would love to receive a call, a text, a card or anything letting them know that they are not alone, and that they are in our thoughts.

The list of excuses we can use to convince ourselves that we don’t have the time will only provide us with a temporary sense of absolution. The day will come when we

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will think to ourselves that we could have tried harder, we should have called, written that letter, or drove by their home so they can see us through the window. We will wish that we would have let those on the front lines know how much we appreciate, respect, and love them.

One of my very favorite motivational speakers and influencers on my life was a man by the name of Jim Rohn. His quote here may just sum up my encouragement to you this week, “Don’t say, If I could, I would. Instead say, If I can, I will.” You can make that call, you can reach out, and you can make the difference in the life of someone who really needs to not feel lonely or alone today.

So how about you? Is there someone on your Have Not Called list? I can’t wait to hear what happened when you contacted them or let them know how much you care when you email me at mnorton@ tramazing.com. And trust me, when you make that call, it really will be a better than good week.

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Releasing 2020 with a fake tree and TV fireplace?

ertainly, the year 2020 will go down in our history books, personal journals, and perhaps our recipe books. But what about our year-end celebrations? This year, we’ve experienced a world around GUEST us full of conflict socially, interperCOLUMN sonally, and even within ourselves.

Knowing some of these are over, yet some still lingering, how do we ritualize a year’s end when not all of these are tied up nicely with a bow? Linda Newell Thinking about this, the word that keeps popping in my head is “grace.” Sitting next to my artificial Christmas tree and looking at the video of a fireplace on my television has been strangely calming to me lately, almost mesmerizing. OK, I know they’re fake,

but it takes me to a meditative state fairly quickly and allows me to just slow down, relax, and be in the moment. And for now, even a simulation of something calm is welcoming.

Usually, at the end of a year, we would look back at our challenges, successes, and failures and release them all into the universe; feeling the relief or accomplishment that this year is coming to an end. But with our current COVID-19 conditions, it seems as if we’re stuck in Groundhog Day with no end in sight. Yes, we have a glimmer of hope with vaccines in our future.

Yes, most of us have adjusted to physically distancing and wearing a mask in public. But like a kid in the back seat on a long road trip, we just want to know, “When are we gonna get there?” How long are we going to be stuck in this small container for hours on end with these same people and no elbow room? Realistically, with the pandemic, we know

it won’t be soon. So how can we give each other and ourselves a bit of grace? How can we move on to more of the same?

At least with the elections (with the exception of Georgia), we know they’re over. Whether we’re celebrating or mourning the outcomes, at least we know they’re over for another couple of years. When we know something is done, we can ritualize it with a rite-of-passage, funeral, or celebration, which most of us have probably done by now with the elections. But if we’re not happy about the election outcome, how can we be at peace with “what is?”

As we’re going into 2021, knowing we’re in for many more months of the same, stuck in an unending “COVID road trip” at home, how do we vision for a bright hopeful 2021 future?

Can my fake Christmas tree with my Star of David tree topper and TV fireplace actually help me tran-

scend? From the Buddhist perspective, perhaps. No matter what’s going on around me, whether it be suffering or joy, if I can become one with my simulated hearth and tree and be fully present, maybe I can be elevated to a higher consciousness of acceptance of “what is.” So, even if it’s fake, if it can help me in the moment to feel more peace, I’m in.

So, if your fake Christmas tree or televised fireplace helps you live moment to moment through the end of this year, I say go for it. Better to give yourself some grace than to live miserably into oblivion.

Former Colorado state senator, now with a master’s in Social Justice and Ethics from Iliff School of Theology, Linda Newell is a writer, speaker, facilitator, and conflict consultant. Senlindanewell@gmail. com, www.lindanewell.org, www. senlindanewell.com, @sennewell on Twitter, Senator Linda Newell or @ TheLastBill on Facebook.

End of life planning is crucial for orderly procedures

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hat do Jimi Hendrix, Steve McNair, Aretha Franklin, Prince, Howard Hughes, and Chadwick Boseman have in common?

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You don’t have to be wealthy to create an estate plan, in fact, everyone should have a will and or a trust. The famous people listed above, as well as many Patricia Kummer others who died without leaving behind their final instructions, could have avoided leaving their loved ones in a lurch.

An estate plan is not just about leaving money or assets to the right people. It is also about running a business, raising children, keeping the family home or setting up trusts to care for family members. There could be a rental property, a pension plan or a safe of bonds or CDs that should be addressed.

Many young families hesitate to make a will, because they don’t want to have to name a guardian for their children. Yet, all adults and some minors with assets should have a will. Amy Winehouse died at age 27. Sonny Bono died in a skiing accident, both without a will. Yes, we even need to plan for the unexpected.

Intestate means someone has died without a will. The probate court is where a judge will determine who will receive assets according to state law. Since probate is a public process, many people want to avoid that. It also requires a six-month wait to determine if there are any creditors who need to come forward

and make a claim against the estate.

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This is a very important first step in estate planning, to draft a will.

Keep in mind that a will by itself may not avoid probate. It depends on what the instructions in the will are. Some wills direct a trust to be established upon death. Some folks establish a living trust while they are alive that then directs assets upon their passing. Typically, with a trust, the probate process is not needed unless there are assets outside of the trust or the will and without beneficiaries listed. It is important to understand the different types of trusts and what is best for your situation. Plan to discuss your options with your financial adviser and estate attorney. Certain trusts can be used to protect heirs from creditors, to avoid estate taxes, to provide for a child with a disability and some are used to transfer wealth to a charity. A trust also provides more stipulations on wealth transfers, such as: “Johnny can receive half of his inheritance at age 25 and the remaining half at age 35.” There is no provision in a standard will for this level of detail.

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Making do for the holidays Traditions change as celebrants face season unlike any other

BY PAUL ALBANI-BURGIO PALBANIBURGIO@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

F

rom her family’s locally famous light display to their traditional Christmas party — which usually includes around 75 people and even a hired Santa — Jennifer Shelton loves to go big on Christmas.

But this year, COVID-19 has led the Arvada resident to rethink her approach to the cherished holiday. The lights at her home 19275 W. 84th Place are already as bright as ever but there will be no party this December.

Instead, Shelton and her family are focused on enjoying some new, more pandemic-friendly festivities. So far, their agenda has included multiple movie nights and plenty of baking and crafting, with the family making plans to learn how to make their own Advent wreath for their Christmas table.

She’s also planning on having her mother-in-law over for a day of baking with her daughter, who has never had time to learn the mother-in-law’s recipes.

“I’m just trying to keep the spirit alive even though we can’t do some of the stuff that we used to do,” Shelton said.

But while Shelton and her family are trying to make the most of this unusual holiday season, she said it’s still hard to not be able to enjoy more social activities like parties with friends and gift exchanges. That feels particularly true at the end of a difficult year that saw Shelton’s daughter spend 10 days in the hospital and her grandmother die of COVID-19.

Still, there also positives to a slower-paced holiday season, including more opportunities to spend more time with family and pause to be thankful for all she does have.

“Normally, I’m still shopping, but this year I already did all of my shopping online so I am able to spend time with my family and enjoy the season a little bit more by sitting down and watching movies and things like that,” she said. “I usually wouldn’t be able to do that because I would be running around like a crazy person.”

A cardboard tree

Given the risk posed by COVID-19, Aleya Jean and her partner will be staying home in Golden this Christmas. However, they plan on choosing another day in the future to “designate as Christmas” and will use it to go see family when it is safe to travel again.

In the meantime, however, Jean plans to enjoy the cardboard tree she constructed with her husband.

“That’s been a tradition for a few years, but now that we have so many

Aleya Jean and her partner created this cardboard tree.

Passersby have made of tradition of hanging ornaments on a tree along the Ralston Creek Trail in Arvada.

Amazon boxes it was really easy,” Jean said. “And we didn’t have to go out and interact with people to purchase a real Christmas tree.”

A harder holiday for some

For Katie Bartlett, this Christmas will mean will mean putting on a brave face for her kids. That’s because COVID-19 has impacted her family’s income tremendously and left them behind on rent and utilities.

Still, they did some decorating inside and are planning to do the tree next.

“It is hard because as a parent you feel like a failure,” Bartlett said.

“Don’t get me wrong, we have plenty to be thankful for such as our health.

But it is still hard.”

Casey Romero, meanwhile, doesn’t know where she will be spending Christmas this year.

She and her family were hoping to drive out to South Carolina to bring her son, who is serving on a military base, home to Littleton for his first Christmas since moving away.

But the pandemic had other ideas and her son recently received word that he would not be allowed to travel more than 1,200 miles from his base as a result of increasing COVID-19 cases around the country.

“Now we are hoping to get approved to drive out there and see him maybe in a VRBO (vacation rental) with maybe socially distancing,” said Romero. “But right now we don’t really know if that will get approved,

we are just hoping.”

If that doesn’t get approved, Romero said they will plan to lie low and find a way to “celebrate from afar.”

That will be a bummer, particularly since Romero has not been able to hug her son since he left for boot camp in May. Still, “it’s not great but there are worse things, and you have to take your wins where you have them,” she said.

“I do think people need to remember that our military personnel are very lonely right now,” Romero added. “We feel we have rights to do everything and see everybody but at the end of the day there are a lot of them who don’t get to see family. We have to be grateful for what we have.”

Communities changing course

Few Front Range cities are as synonymous with Christmas as Golden.

There, December weekends typically mean big crowds of shoppers during the day that become even bigger in the evening as people cram downtown to catch a glimpse of Santa Claus when the Olde Golden Christmas parades make their way through downtown.

This year, however, the city’s holiday planners are instead orienting the festivities around resident’s homes, while nodding to another canceled favorite, the Candlelight Walk. During that event, residents would gather to go caroling down Golden’s main street, Washington Avenue, with a candle in hand.

“This year we are handing out these battery-operated commemorative candles and we are asking everyone to place one in their window and light it every night at 7 to show that unity that we have in the community, and that even though we can’t come together we are all still together,” said Nola Krajewski, the executive director of the Golden Chamber of Commerce.

The cancellation of Golden’s parade also means that local kids did get the chance to march in it with Santa.

But they were still able to be sworn

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in as official “Golden Christmas elves” during the annual Golden Elf Academy. Organizer Stacy Fowler said she was happy to turn the event virtual this year.

“I think that there is so much that kids aren’t even able to do and such a shortage — you can’t even see Santa right now in a lot of places,” she said. “This is some way for them to be involved with Santa in a virtual way at least for an hour.”

Other communities are also planning their own shows of holiday togetherness amidst the separation required by the pandemic.

In Westminster, Arvada, Centennial and other communities, residents have been circulating a Facebook post asking “everyone to step out on their doorsteps to spread Christmas sprit and help Santa fly his sleigh” at 6 p.m. on Christmas Eve. “After this awful year, it would be an amazing memory for the kids and the communities,” the post reads.

“End 2020 with a bit of magic, hope and togetherness.”

Cheryl Truax-Williams is among those planning to participate.

“This is how traditions start,” she said.

Old traditions get new life

But while COVID-19 is creating new traditions, it’s also providing fuel for existing ones to grow as they take on new meaning at a time when so many are spending the holidays apart.

Three years ago, Chris Hohenstein began adding his own ornament to a growing collection that he noticed on a couple of trees along the Ralston Creek Trail near his home. This year there seem to be more ornaments than ever on the trees, which are located along the trail a couple turns west of Eldridge Street.

“It’s a wonderful hometown-type tradition that someone started in the neighborhood and everyone seems to enjoy and keep going year after year,” said Hohenstein. “And it’s just a wonderful treat to see as you are out for a walk on the trail.”

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‘Own an Original’ goes online Museum’s yearly art show takes virtual approach as COVID closes facilities

BY SONYA ELLINGBOE SELLINGBOE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Forty-two Colorado artists submitted 158 artworks to be juried by Dr. Sarah Magnetta earlier in the fall for Littleton’s 2020 Own an Original exhibit-the 55th year for this event.

Usually, the opening of this exhibit is celebrated with a festive reception at the Littleton Museum. At times, there has even been live music ...

The theme, determined when the call for artists was announced, was “Liberating Humor,” which turned out to be a savvy choice by the Littleton Fine Art Board.

“To liberate is to provide freedom from the limitations of thought or behavior,” said the announcement.

Just as the exhibit opened on Nov. 20, a few people got to see it, then all city build-

ings were closed per Colorado health order. Closed down along with what seems like the remainder of the world ... Oh my!

One can still access the images on the city website and hopefully, the museum will be able to open before the exhibit’s Jan. 2, 2021 closing date — keep an eye out for announcements. In the meantime, your computer screen continues to be the avenue to the arts ... go to www.littletongov.org/cityservices/city-departments/ museum and click on “Liberating Humor” and then on “Digital Exhibit.”

Dr. Sara Magnetta is assistant professor of global contemporary art in the School of Art and Art History at the University of Denver. Her choice for “Best of Show” was “My Las Vegas Money,” a tempera painting by Olga and Aleksey Ivanov showing the back of a framed artwork, with a small roll of bills tucked in the corner of the frame — and what appears to be a receipt for the piece illustrated — and a green and white lollipop! Just in case.

Visual artists can be cre-

“My Las Vegas Money,” a tempera painting by Olga and Aleksey Ivanov, is part of Littleton Museum’s online “Own an Original” exhibit.

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ative with words too ... See also: Susie Drucker’s “Loo With a View”; Mary Clark’s “Down on the Ranch,” a small herd of curious cows; “Talk to the Moon” by Jesse Guess (a crow atop a globe, as though he owns the world); “Where Have You Been?” by Dawn Hendrix — a goofy peacock close-up portrait. One hears shrill sounds by just looking!

The Ivanovs also have a piece called “Collector’s Chair” which is worth a chuckle. In fact, the whole show is entertaining — give

yourself a break and linger on this website awhile ...

The color and clear reproduction are fine — one just doesn’t get a conception of size, although of course it’s stated for each piece. And texture shows clearly in the photographs.

Highlands Ranch sculptor Shohini Ghosh exhibits one of her cast bronze sculptures: “Infinity,” with a mini-storyline: “A lady dancing with such grace that her grace and balance creates the infinite balance of movement and grace.”

In the three-dimensional department, sculptor Jutta Golas entered a ceramic sculpture: “On Top of it All.” The Best of Show winners will get to mount a whole show next year, sharing space with the Best of Show winner in the “Eye of the Camera” photography exhibit. We enjoyed visiting their website and look forward to more exposure to their work ...

Other winners: first place: Anne Feller, “Embrace”; second place: “Chromaticism VI” by Matthew Bollinger, who says the museum is right in his neighborhood.

Third place went to Will Barker’s “Upheaval.”

Honorable mention awards: Jesse Guess for “Talk to the Moon”; Heidi Rounds for “The Sprinkler”; and Shara Oliman for “Carrot-ish.”

We’ll hope to announce a reopening of City of Littleton facilities soon, but for now, an online look may help with a hunger to see new artworks in the round ... (And of course it’s there at midnight if the reader feels antsy then!)

Theater offers holiday show in streaming style

“F

rom Vintage, With Love,” described as a “Holiday Cabaret,” featuring Randy Chalmers, SONYA’S Isabelle Duran, Eli- SAMPLER sha Horne, Traci Kern and Mary Louise Lee, will be available through streaming starting Dec. 11. The holiday show is conceived by Christopher Page-Sanders and J. Allen Roberts. Tickets cost Sonya Ellingboe $20, from Vintage Theatre. See VintageTheatre.org.

Y/OUR Denver 2020

Winners of the “Y/OUR Denver” 2020 photography competition will be on display through March 1 on the Denver Architecture Foundation and Colorado Photographic Arts websites — DenverArchitecture.org and cpacphoto.org/exhibitions.

Best in Show: “Crossed Paths”

by Scott Wilson; Best Exterior: “Reconstruction of the Denver Art Museum” by Faina Gurevich; Best Interior: “Belly of the Cathedral” by Edward Huang; Best Detail: “Denver Series # 72”

by Rodney Gene Mahaffey. The annual “Doors Open Denver” event consisted of three weeks of

virtual tours this year.

Benchmark Theatre

Benchmark will hold its annual “Feverdream Festival,” following a 48-hour playwriting festival.

Writers will take guidelines, genre, holiday prompts and create a 10-minute play. All plays will be on Benchmark’s website and a select few will be performed. For details, visit benchmarktheatre.com. No entry fee, no competition — get together with other creatives.

Town Hall Arts Center

Starting in mid-December, Town Hall will showcase new concerts from local artists: David Nehls,

Matt Dailey and more. Visit the website for more information soon. As of press time, during box office hours, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Monday to Friday, doors are open for a visit to “It’s A Small World” exhibit by Littleton Fine Arts Guild members, who will present rotating exhibits in the gallery in the future ...

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The History Colorado Center at 1200 Broadway, Denver, is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday to Sunday. Visit the website for program information.

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Tattered Cover bookstores change hands again Pair who purchased shops in 2017 faced challenges in pandemic year

BY HANNAH METZGER THE DENVER GAZETTE

Denver’s famous Tattered Cover bookstores are changing ownership for the second time since the retirement of longtime owner Joyce Meskis in 2017.

The independent bookstores were purchased by a team of Coloradobased investors in a private sale announced Dec. 9, ending 49 years of private ownership.

Previously, the stores were owned by husband-and-wife duo and book industry veterans Len Vlahos and Kristen Gilligan.

The pair assumed operational control in July 2017 after a two-year apprenticeship under Meskis and transition of power beginning in July 2015.

The new owners are Denver natives and longtime friends Kwame Spearman and David Back, founding partners of Bended Page, LLC. “We see Tattered Cover as more than a bookstore,” said Back, whose first job at age 15 was as a cashier at Tattered Cover’s Cherry Creek store. “It’s a place where memories are made and where everyone should feel at home.”

Back said, as owners, he and Spearman plan to increase com-

In this photo from 2015, Margaret Shaheen, general manager of the Tattered Cover formerly located at the Highlands Ranch Town FILE PHOTO Center, sets up a display of books prior to the store’s move to the Aspen Grove shopping center in Littleton later that year.

munity engagement and connection through the bookstores’ operations.

“As we approach Tattered Cover’s 50th anniversary we are honored and excited to invest in this important community treasure and ensure it remains a piece of the Colorado experience for generations to come,” Spearman said.

The 2015 sale of Tattered Cover came as a shock to the Denver community as Meskis had owned the bookstore since 1974 when it was just a single struggling shop in

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Under Meskis, Tattered Cover became the state’s largest bookstore chain, a staple of Denver’s independent literary culture and an international tourist destination, growing from one location to four throughout the decades.

In 2015, Vlahos told NPR that he and his wife were “humbled” by receiving ownership and would “try to continue the legacy.”

However, by May 2020, Vlahos told Westword that the COVID-19

pandemic was “knocking us on our butt,” having cut sales to only a fraction of what they were before.

Earlier this year, Vlahos and Gilligan made the decision to close Tattered Cover’s 1994 location at the corner of 16th and Wynkoop streets in favor of a move to McGregor Square near Coors Field in early 2021.

A fifth Tattered Cover location is still in the works, planning to open in Westminster.

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I’ve got an agent who’s trying to get a movie deal for my six-book series. I’ve struck a chord with boys, and they’re harder to reach sometimes. If I get the movie deal, it’ll be amazing.

I’ve been published for 23 years, and I’ve had mothers with strollers come up to me and tell me they read my books as little kids and now they’re reading them to their children. I pop out another gray hair, but it’s wonderful and gratifying.

Children’s book author hopes to reinvigorate joy of writing in youngsters ‘I could write a better book!’

I was raised by two English professors who taught at Colorado State University. My parents always loved the way I told stories. They encouraged me to be a storyteller, but I told them I wanted to be a businessman. I got into the business world, and my clients would say, “How come you’re not a writer?”

So I started writing stories, and I got picked up

by Random House. I got a pretty good book deal, so I left my corporate job.

I love kids books. I had two boys I would read to, and I would say, “How did this book get published? I could write a better book!” My older son said, “You say that all the time! Why don’t you do it?”

A kinder place

I sat down and wrote “Ol’ Lady Grizelda,” which has become my most popular book. It’s about not judging a book by its cover. It got me

Making it happen

Justin Matott said he tells kids not to give bullies the satisfaction of responding, a tactic he learned as a PHOTO BY DAVID GILBERT kid with an eye patch and a leg brace.

thinking about making the world a kinder place.

I do a lot of workshops with kids about literacy and anti-bullying.

Teachers are so busy — I’m married to one — and they have a curriculum, so

sometimes kids can lose the joy of writing. But I go in and get the kids excited, because I’ll use and work with their stories. The boys always want something scatological, and I’ll use it.

They love it.

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The year of COVID has been terrible in many ways, but families are getting tired of kids being on screens all day and are turning back to books. It’s been good for my books — one of my best

I was severely bullied when I was in elementary school. I had an eye patch and a leg brace, and kids that don’t understand you hurt people like that.

I tell kids not to give a bully your power. That’s what a bully requires. If you don’t give them a response, they get bored and leave you alone. I’ve had so many success stories come back from that.

If you’re put on earth to do something good, make it happen. And we all have something good we can do.

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Start of winter high school sports pushed back Basketball season among those delayed by tightened COVID-19 restrictions

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Coaches for Season B sports had been looking over their shoulders for about a month, waiting to find out if their teams would be able to play as originally scheduled.

Then, word came down Dec. 7 that due to rising COVID-19 cases in Colorado, the start of Season B would be delayed. Practices can begin Jan. 25, and competition can start Feb. 1. Season B sports include boys and girls basketball, boys and girls wrestling, girls swimming and diving, ice hockey and spirit.

The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment sent a communication to the Colorado High School Activities Association that the scheduled start of Season B on Jan. 4 will be pushed back and no variances will be given at this time to CHSAA. This could also mean the planned starts of Seasons C and D could also be affected.

“Obviously, it is tough news to hear that we may indeed be losing

even more games already cut down from 19 to 14 at the varsity level,” said Cherry Creek boys basketball coach Kent Dertinger. “I understand the need to push it back for safety reasons, and ultimately, I just hope the seniors will get to play a senior season, even if it is modified. We already have a sour taste in our mouths after the way last season ended for us, and we are chomping at the bit to get going again. We carry that chip on our shoulder daily and promise to leave it all out on the court this season.”

Jill Hunsaker Ryan, executive director of CDPHE, sent a letter to CHSAA Commissioner Rhonda Blanford-Green and expressed concern about holiday festivities swelling the transmission of COVID-19.

“Hospital admissions are steadily increasing, and the past six weeks have produced a significant increase in the number of deaths statewide. With the Thanksgiving holiday just behind us and the impending December holiday festivities, we are very concerned that the rate of transmission will continue to increase,” Hunsaker Ryan wrote, according to a news release issued by CHSAA. Hunsaker Ryan said there was

not enough information to determine what the cases and hospitalizations would look like in January and that Season B sports would operate under restrictions in the level on the dial of the county of the school. For counties in level red — which includes Arapahoe, Douglas, Jefferson, Denver, Adams and many other counties — that means no indoor sports are authorized.

She also said the priority is on a return to in-person learning for students and noted that Season B sports are conducted indoors, which reduces the ability to ensure social distancing.

“This in turn may further promote disease transmission at a time when we need to ensure that students and teachers are protected and that in-person learning is the highest priority,” Hunsaker Ryan wrote.

Coaches of Season B teams are left to keep looking over their shoulder and study reports to find out if there will eventually be a season.

“Having the season moved back again is hard for sure,” said Rock Canyon girls basketball coach Becky Mudd. “Basketball, and all sports, are absolutely needed right now, and we should be looking for ways to do them with safety

protocols in place. We are used to hearing over and over that sports are an integral part of the educational experience and that we are developing the whole child, and yet now the narrative is that we can’t have sports. We have to get back to school first.

“I would contend that the two are intertwined, that we need to find ways to do both. I also believe that participation in some way, even if modified, would have noticeable and measurable positive effect on student performance.”

Heritage hockey coach Jeremy Simms has adjusted his time with his players.

“It has been very difficult keeping the players motivated, but we have just needed to get creative with practices and include more fun games in practice,” he said.

“This has been a very difficult year for out teams, coaches and players. The players have continued to work hard and continued to develop even though they are not sure when or if they will be playing games.

“When I let the players know the CHSAA season was pushed back again, they were all very disappointed but decided to take it as an opportunity to keep working and get ready to play... when it does start up.”

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Other Level Red options during the holidays include The Denver Zoo (Zoo Lights is magic), Denver Botanic Gardens, Blossoms of Light at the Gardens, and Trail of Lights at Chatfield Arboretum in Littleton. Timed entry is on the half hour and is limited. denverbotanicgardens.org. (Another “Stay at Home” order could interfere — stay tuned. The Christkindl Market is at the Denver Civic Center this year, with lots of gift ideas, hot drinks and goodies. Downtown Littleton: Check downtownlittleton.com for week-

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Public Notices call Sheree 303.566.4088 Legals Public Trustees COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0192-2020 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On September 18, 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.

Original Grantor(s) Alberta 8081 East Orchard, LLC Original Beneficiary(ies) The PrivateBank and Trust Company Current Holder of Evidence of Debt CIBC Bank USA, an Illinois state chartered bank, formerly known as The PrivateBank and Trust Company Date of Deed of Trust February 17, 2017 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust February 17, 2017 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) D7019916 Original Principal Amount $7,910,700.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $7,910,700.00 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 Exhibit A Also known by street and number as: 8081 E Orchard Rd, Greenwood Village, CO 80111.

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, 01/13/2021, 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: 11/19/2020 Last Publication: 12/17/2020 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: 09/18/2020 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: J. Thomas Macdonald #11394 David A. Brewster #52481 Catherine M. Clendinning #40471 Otten, Johnson, Robinson, Neff, and Ragonetti PC 950 17th Street, Suite 1600, Denver, CO 80202 (303) 825-8400 Attorney File # 160395.0049 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 0192-2020 EXHIBIT A LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF PREMISES A PARCEL OF LAND BEING ALL OF LOT 9 AND A PART OF LOTS 10 AND 11, ALL IN BLOCK 7 OF A SUBDIVISION OF SECTION 16 (AS RECORDED IN BOOK 2, PAGE 10), TOGETHER WITH A PART OF TRACT 5 OF A SUBDIVISION OF SECTION 21 (AS RECORDED IN BOOK1, PAGE 12), TOGETHER WITH THOSE PORTIONS OF EAST ORCHARD ROAD AND SOUTH ULSTER STREET, AS DEDICATED BY SAID SUBDIVISION, ALL BEING IN TOWNSHIP 5 SOUTH, RANGE 67 WEST OF THE SIXTH PRINCIPAL

MERIDIAN, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SAID LOT 9, BLOCK 7; THENCE NORTH 00 DEGREES 03 MINUTES 01 SECONDS EAST AND ALONG THE WEST LINE OF SAID LOT 9, A DISTANCE OF 20.00 FEET TO THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE CONTINUING ALONG SAID WEST LINE, A DISTANCE OF 305.32 FEET TO THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF SAID LOT 9; THENCE NORTH 89 DEGREES 31 MINUTES 38 SECONDS EAST ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF SAID LOT 9, A DISTANCE OF 200.00 FEET; THENCE NORTH 13 DEGREES 45 MINUTES 33 SECONDS WEST AND RADIALLY TO A CURVE ON THE SOUTHERLY BOUNDARY LINE OF THE SUBDIVISION OF GREENWOOD PLAZA SECOND FILING AMENDED PLAT (AS RECORDED IN BOOK 25, PAGES 70 AND 71), A DISTANCE OF 276.00 FEET TO A POINT ON SAID CURVE; THENCE NORTHEASTERLY ALONG SAID SOUTHERLY BOUNDARY ON A CURVE TO THE LEFT, HAVING A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 100 DEGREES 41 MINUTES 25 SECONDS AND A RADIUS OF 50.00 FEET, AN ARC DISTANCE OF 87.87 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE NORTH 65 DEGREES 33 MINUTES 02 SECONDS EAST ALONG SAID SOUTHERLY BOUNDARY ON A LINE RADIAL FROM THE PREVIOUSLY DESCRIBED CURVE, A DISTANCE OF 365.60 FEET TO THE POINT OF INTERSECTION WITH THE SOUTHWESTERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF COLORADO STATE HIGHWAY 1-25; THENCE SOUTH 24 DEGREES 26 MINUTES 58 SECONDS EAST ALONG SAID RIGHT- OF-WAY LINE, A DISTANCE OF 306.79 FEET TO THE INTERSECTION WITH THE WESTERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF SOUTH ULSTER STREET, AS PLATTED BY SAID A SUBDIVISION OF SECTION 16; THENCE SOUTH 16 DEGREES 08 MINUTES 50 SECONDS EAST, A DISTANCE OF 214.42 FEET TO THE POINT OF INTERSECTION WITH THE EASTERLY RIGHT-OF- WAY LINE OF SAID SOUTH ULSTER STREET, SAID POINT ALSO BEING 60.00 FEET EAST OF AND OPPOSITE THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF SAID LOT 9; THENCE SOUTH 00 DEGREES 06 MINUTES 10 SECONDS WEST ALONG SAID EASTERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE, A DISTANCE OF 324.77 FEET TO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF LOT 8, BLOCK 6 OF SAID A SUBDIVISION OF SECTION 16; THENCE SOUTH 22 DEGREES 00 MINUTES 23 SECONDS WEST, A DISTANCE OF 99.54 FEET TO A POINT ON THE CENTERLINE OF SOUTH ULSTER STREET, AS PLATTED BY SAID A SUBDIVISION OF SECTION 21, SAID POINT LAYING 62.00 FEET SOUTH OF THE NORTH QUARTER CORNER OF SAID SECTION 21; THENCE NORTH 80 DEGREES 40 MINUTES 40 SECONDS WEST, A DISTANCE OF 658.48 FEET TO THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING. EXCEPT THAT PORTION CONVEYED TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS IN DEED RECORDED OCTOBER 17, 1985 IN BOOK 4574 AT PAGE 269.

ALSO EXCEPTING THAT PORTION TAKEN BY RULE AND ORDER RECORDED SEPTEMBER 2, 2004 UNDER RECEPTTION NO. B4157204.

Legal Notice No. NO. 0192-2020 First Publication: 11/19/2020 Last Publication: 12/17/2020 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0193-2020 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On September 18, 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.

Original Grantor(s) ARTHUR C WEBER III AND EVONA S BOWEN Original Beneficiary(ies) U.S BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION ND Current Holder of Evidence of Debt Citizens Bank, N.A., formerly known as RBS Citizens, N.A. successor by merger to Charter One Bank, N.A. Date of Deed of Trust February 23, 2005 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust March 08, 2005 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) B5033051 Original Principal Amount $38,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $24,680.32 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.

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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, 01/20/2021, 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: 11/26/2020 Last Publication: 12/24/2020 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: 09/18/2020 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 # 00000008964934

City of Englewood, Colorado Legal Notice No. 300841 First Publication: December 10, 2020 Last Publication: December 17, 2020 Publisher: The Englewood Herald

Bids and Settlements Public Notice NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT Notice is hereby given pursuant to Section 38-26-107, Colorado Revised Statutes, that on August 21, 2019 a final settlement will be made by the Arapahoe County School District No. 1 (Englewood Schools) on account of a contract between the Contractor and the District for the following project: School: Englewood High School (TEC) Item Description: Contractor Construction: Taylor Kohrs Any person, co-partnership, entity, association, or corporation who has an unpaid claim against the Contractor for or on account of the furnishing of labor, materials, team hire, sustenance, provisions, provender or other supplies used or consumed by such Contractor or any of his subcontractors in or about the performance of such work, may, at any time up to and including the time of such final settlement on said date, file a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid on account of such claim with Englewood Schools (Attention: Mary Cooper) at 4101 S Bannock St, Englewood, CO 80110. Failure on the part of the claimant to file such statement prior to such final settlement will relieve the District from any and all liability for such claimant’s claim.

ARAPAHOE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO 1 By: Mary Cooper

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.

Legal Notice No. 300842 First Publication: December 10, 2020 Second Publication: December 17, 2020 Third Publication: December 24, 2020 Fourth Publication: December 31, 2020 Publisher: Englewood Herald

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Legal Notice NO. 0193-2020 First Publication: 11/26/2020 Last Publication: 12/24/2020 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent

City and County Public Notice CITY OF ENGLEWOOD NOTICE OF ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE On the 14nd day of November 2020, the City Council of the City of Englewood, Colorado, adopted on final reading the following Ordinance:

BY AUTHORITY ORDINANCE NO. 57 SERIES OF 2020 AN ORDINANCE ADDING TITLE 5, CHAPTER 31, SECTIONS 1-6 TO THE ENGLEWOOD MUNICIPAL CODE, REGARDING REGULATIONS FOR THIRD PARTY FOOD DELIVERY SERVICES, ALL WITHIN THE CITY OF ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO. (Council Bill No. 60) 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.

Legal Notice No. 300854 First Publication: December 17, 2020 Last Publication: December 17, 2020 Publisher: The Englewood Herald

Public Notice NOTICE OF FINAL PAYMENT On or about December 23, 2020 the City of Englewood will make final payment to: Garland/DBS, INC. 3800 E 91st Street Cleveland, OH 44105 For construction of: ENGLEWOOD CIVIC CENTER ROOFING

THE EASTERLY 48.50 FEET OF THE WESTERLY 156.00 FEET OF LOTS 1 & 2, BLOCK 15, BOULEVARD GARDENS, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO.

Any claims relating to this contract must be filed with Maria Sobota, Deputy Director of Finance & Administrative Services, 1000 Englewood Parkway, Englewood, Colorado 80110-2373, (303) 762-2416, prior to December 23, 2020.

Also known by street and number as: 2676 W DARTMOUTH AVE, ENGLEWOOD, CO 80110.

Maria Sobota Director of Finance & Administrative Services

Public Notice DISTRICT COURT ARAPAHOE COUTY, COLORADO 7325 South Potomac Street Centennial, Colorado 80112 In the Interest of: JOYCE EILEEN SWANDER, a/k/a JOYCE SWANDER, a/k/a JOYCE E. SWANDER Jennifer S. Gormley, # 26808 Steven L. Hill, # 35625 Carol Retseck Leirer, # 31401 Attorneys for Conservator, Nancy Harvey-Pratt Law Office of Jennifer S. Gormley, P.C. 6060 Greenwood Plaza Boulevard, Suite 300 Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111 Phone Number: 303-783-9600 Email: Jennifer@elderlawsource.com Email: Steven@elderlawsource.com Email: Carol @elderlawsource.com Case Number: 2019PR30907 Division 12 NOTICE OF HEARING BY PUBLICATION PURSUANT TO § 15-10-401, C.R.S. To: Frank Atkin Last Known Address, if any: 11031 Dorland Drive, Whittier, California 90606 A hearing without appearance on Petition for Termination of Conservatorship of Adult requesting that the Conservatorship Estate of Protected Person Joyce Eileen Swander be terminated will be held at the following time and location or at a later date to which the hearing may be continued: Date: January 18, 2021 Time: 8:00 a.m.

Courtroom or Division: 12 Address: 7325 South Potomac Street, Centennial, Colorado 80112 Legal Notice No. 300840 First Publication: December 3, 2020 Last Publication: December 17, 2020 Publisher: The Englewood Herald

Water Court Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, WATER DIVISION 1, COLORADO NOVEMBER 2020 WATER RESUME PUBLICATION TO: ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN WATER APPLICATIONS IN WATER DIV. 1 Pursuant to C.R.S. 37-92-302, you are notified that the following is a resume of all water right applications and certain amendments filed in the Office of the Water Clerk during the month of NOVEMBER 2020 for each County affected.

20CW3185 CHERRY CREEK VALLEY WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT (“District”), 2325 South Wabash Street, Denver, Colorado, 80231.

Matthew S. Poznanovic, Eric K. Trout, Petrock Fendel Poznanovic, P.C., 700 17th Street, Suite 1800, Denver, CO, 80202. APPLICATION FOR A FINDING OF REASONABLE DILIGENCE AND TO MAKE ABSOLUTE IN ARAPAHOE COUNTY. Decree Information: Case No. 94CW266, entered January 3, 1997, as amended in Case Nos. 03CW126 and 04CW344 entered October 19, 2010, and as amended in Case No. 11CW29 entered July 13, 2012. Decrees finding reasonable diligence for the conditional water rights entered in Case No. 03CW11 on May 1, 2007 and Case No. 13CW3047 on November 13, 2014. Name of Structure/Conditional Water Rights: Wabash Storage and Recharge System; Wabash Effluent Exchange; Wabash Consumable Return Flows Exchange. Description of Conditional Water Rights from original decree in Case No. 94CW266, as amended in Case Nos. 03CW126 and 04CW344, and as amended in Case No. 11CW29: Wabash Storage and Recharge System: Locations: The decree in Case Nos. 03CW126 and 04CW344 approved a change of water rights for the Wabash Storage and Recharge System to change the places of storage and capacities to conform to the locations and capacities of structures that have been constructed and the new locations and capacities for the remaining structures to be built as follows: West Wabash Storage & Recharge Structure, to be located on, but not limited to, land which CCV Reservoir No. 4 was to be located (the NW 1/4 of the SE 1/4 of Section 28, T4S, R67W of the 6th P.M. The “center point” of the reservoir (to the extent that such a point can be defined) was to be approximately 2,225 feet north of the south line and 1,875 feet west of the east line of said section) and additional lands in the NW 1/4 of the SE 1/4 of Section 28, T4S, R67W of the 6th P.M. The capacity will be up to 125 acre-feet. The West Wabash Storage & Recharge Structure discharges to Cherry Creek in the NE 1/4 of the SW 1/4 of Section 28, T4S, R68W of the 6th P.M. West Wabash Alluvial Underground Storage Structure, to be located in the alluvium beneath the West Wabash Storage & Recharge Structure. The capacity will not exceed 110 acrefeet. East Wabash Storage and Recharge Structure is a series of interconnected ponds and watercourses identified as the Cherry Creek Country Club (CCCC) Golf Course Water Bodies A – L. The total constructed capacity is approximately 83 acre-feet of which 41 acre-feet is active storage and 42 acre-feet is pool and dead storage. The ponds are constructed as an interconnected system. The East and West Wabash Storage and Recharge Structures will be interconnected by pipelines. The East Wabash Storage and Recharge Structure is located in portions of Sections 27, 28, 33, and 34 of T4S, R67W of the 6th P.M. The East Wabash Storage and Recharge Structure discharges to Cherry Creek in the NW 1/4 of the NW 1/4 of Section 34, T4S, R67W of the 6th P.M. The locations of the CCCC Golf Course Water Bodies are as follows: CCCC Water Body A is located in the NE 1/4 of the SE 1/4 of Section 28, T4S, R67W of the 6th P.M. The “center point” of the body of water (to the extent that such a point can be defined) is approximately 1099 feet south of the north line of the SE 1/4 and 228 feet west of the east line of said section. CCCC Water Body B is located in the NW 1/4 of the SW 1/4 of Section 27, T4S, R67W of the 6th P.M. The “center point” of the body of water (to the extent that such a point can be defined) is approximately 733 feet south of the north line of the SW 1/4 and 482 feet east of the west line of said section. CCCC Water Body C is located in the NE 1/4 of the NW 1/4 of Section 34, T4S, R67W of the 6th P.M. The “center point” of the body of water (to the extent that such a point can be defined) is approximately 361 feet south of the north line of said section and 978 feet west of the east line of the NW 1/4 of said section.

CCCC Water Body D is located in the SE 1/4 of the SW 1/4 of Section 27, T4S, R67W of the 6th P.M. The “center point” of the body of water (to the extent that such a point can be defined) is approximately 40 feet north of the south line of said section and 1000 feet west of the east line of the SW 1/4 of said section. CCCC Water Body E is located in the SE 1/4 of the SW 1/4 of Section 27, T4S, R67W of the 6th P.M. The “center point” of the body of water (to the extent that such a point can be defined) is approximately 468 feet north of the south line of said section and 966 feet west of the east line of the SW 1/4 of said section. CCCC Water Body F is located in the SE 1/4 of the SW 1/4 of Section 27, T4S, R67W of the 6th P.M. The “center point” of the body of water (to the extent that such a point can be defined) is approximately 829 feet north of the south line of said section and 849 feet west of the east line of the SW 1/4 of said section. CCCC Water Body G is located in the SE 1/4 of the SW 1/4 of Section 27, T4S, R67W of the 6th P.M. The “center point” of the body of water (to the extent that such a point can be defined) is approximately 951 feet north of the south line of said section and 1160 feet west of the east line of the SW 1/4 of said section.

CCCC Water Body H is located in the NW 1/4 of the SW 1/4 of Section 27, T4S, R67W of the 6th P.M. The “center point” of the body of water (to the extent that such a point can be defined) is approximately 966 feet south of the north line of the SW 1/4 and 999 feet east of the west line of said section. CCCC Water Body I is located in the SW 1/4 of the SW 1/4 of Section 27, T4S, R67W of the 6th P.M. The “center point” of the body of water (to the extent that such a point can be defined) is approximately 1282 feet north of the south line and 477 feet east of the west line of said section. CCCC Water Body J is located in the SW 1/4 of the SW 1/4 of Section 27, T4S, R67W of the 6th P.M. The “center point” of the body of water (to the extent that such a point can be defined) is approximately 171 feet north of the south line and

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CCCC Water Body K is located in the NW 1/4 of the NW 1/4 of Section 34, T4S, R67W of the 6th P.M. The “center point” of the body of water (to the extent that such a point can be defined) is approximately 412 feet south of the north line of said section and 18 feet west of the east line of the NW 1/4 NW 1/4 of said section. CCCC Water Body L is located in the NW 1/4 of the NW 1/4 of Section 34, T4S, R67W of the 6th P.M. The “center point” of the body of water (to the extent that such a point can be defined) is approximately 197 feet south of the north line of said section and 281 feet west of the east line of the NW 1/4 NW 1/4 of said section. East Wabash Alluvial Underground Storage Structure, to be located in the alluvium beneath portions of the Cherry Creek Country Club Golf Course. The East Wabash Alluvial Underground Storage Structure to be located in portions of Sections 27, 28, 33, and 34 of T4S, R67W of the 6th P.M. The capacity of water diverted into storage pursuant to the conditional water rights decreed in Case No. 94CW266, as amended by the decree in Case Nos. 03CW126 and 04CW344 and Case No. 11CW29, will not exceed 419 acre-feet. Source: Water diverted from Cherry Creek and its alluvium and surface water tributary thereto. Water will be diverted into the Storage and Recharge Structures through the following structures: Parker-Iliff Storm Line Diversion Pipeline, with a point of diversion located in the NW1/4 of the SW1/4 of Section 27, T4S, R67W, 6th P.M. at a point located approximately 2720 feet south of the north line and 880 feet east of the west line of said section, said point being on the south side of Iliff Avenue and west of the Highline Canal. Capacity 165.0 cfs. Wabash Diversion Pipeline, with a point of diversion located in the NW1/4 of the NW1/4 of Section 34, T4S, R67W, 6th P.M. at a point on Cherry Creek located approximately 530 feet south of the north line and 820 feet east of the west line of said section. Capacity 40.0 cfs. ALV-1 Pipeline, the source being CCV ALV-1. Capacity 2.23 cfs. CCV ALV-1: Original location decreed in Case No. 90CW218(A): In the SE1/4NW1/4, Section 28, T4S, R67W, 6th PM, Arapahoe County at a point 2500 feet from the north line and 2500 feet from the west line; CCV ALV-1 changed location decreed in Case Nos. 03CW126 and 04CW344: At a point in the NW 1/4 of the SE 1/4, Section 28, T4S, R67W, 6th P.M., Arapahoe County, approximately 2300 feet from the south section line and 2000 feet from the east section line. ALV-2 Pipeline, the source being CCV ALV-2. Capacity 2.23 cfs. CCV ALV-2: Original location decreed in Case No. 90CW218(A): In the NE1/4SE1/4, Section 28, T4S, R67W, 6th PM, Arapahoe County at a point 1350 feet from the south line and 880 feet from the east line; CCV ALV-2 changed location decreed in Case No. 11CW29: At a point in the SE 1/4 of the SE 1/4 of Section 28, T4S, R67W, 6th P.M., Arapahoe County, approximately 548 feet from the south section line and 540 feet from the east section line. ALV-3 Pipeline, the source being CCV ALV-3. Capacity 2.23 cfs. CCV ALV-3: Location decreed in Case No. 90CW218(A): In the SE1/4NE1/4, Section 28,T4S, R67W, 6th PM, Arapahoe County at a point 2550 feet from the north line and 1300 feet from the east line. Holland Marcus Well No. 1 (Permit No. 15448-RF).

Changed location decreed in Case Nos. 03CW126 and 04CW344: In the SE1/4 of the SW1/4, Section 27, T4S, R67W, 6th P.M., at a point 510 feet from the south section line and 2005 feet from the west section line. Amount of water decreed in W-3869 was 0.38 cfs. The well produces up to 1.34 cfs, which is more than its decreed flow rate. The well will only divert when it is in priority for irrigation pursuant to the water right decreed in Case No. W-3869 or for storage and use in the Separate Water System pursuant to the Wabash Storage and Recharge System water right. Any out of priority diversion, including any diversion greater than the decreed rate when there is a call on the river, will be augmented pursuant to the District’s plan for augmentation. Holland Marcus Well No. 2 (Permit No. 15447-RF). Changed location decreed in Case Nos. 03CW126 and 04CW344: In the NW1/4 of the SW1/4, Sec. 27, T4S, R67W, 6th P.M. at a point approximately 775 feet from the west section line and 2150 feet from the south section line. Amount of water decreed in W-3869 was 0.87 cfs. The well will only divert when it is in priority for irrigation pursuant to the water right decreed in Case No. W-3869 or for storage and use in the Separate Water System pursuant to the Wabash Storage and Recharge System water right. Any out of priority diversion, including any diversion greater than the decreed rate when there is a call on the river, will be augmented pursuant to the District’s plan for augmentation. Holland Marcus Well No. 4 (Permit No. 15449-RF).

Changed location decreed in Case Nos. 03CW126 and 04CW344: In the NW1/4 of the SW1/4, Sec. 27, T4S, R67W, 6th P.M., at a point approximately 2160 feet from the south section line and 840 feet from the west section line. Amount of water decreed in W-3869 was 1.11 cfs. The well will divert only when in priority for irrigation pursuant to the water right decreed in Case No. W-3869 or for storage and use in the Separate Water System pursuant to the Wabash Storage and Recharge System water right. Any out of priority diversion, including any diversion greater than the decreed rate when there is a call on the river, will be augmented pursuant to the District’s plan for augmentation. Holland Marcus Well No. 5 (Permit No. 04294-RF). Changed location decreed in Case Nos. 03CW126 and 04CW344: In the NE1/4 of the NW1/4, Sec. 34, T4S, R67W, 6th P.M., at a point approximately 640 feet from the north section line and 1450 feet from the west section line.

Amount of water decreed in W-3869 was 2.26 cfs.

The well produces up to .67 cfs, which is more than its decreed flow rate.

The well will only divert when it is in priority for irrigation pursuant to the water right decreed in Case No. W-3869 or for storage and use in the Separate Water System pursuant to the Wabash Storage and Recharge System water right. Any out of priority diversion, including any diversion greater than the decreed rate when there is a call on the river, will be augmented pursuant to the District’s plan for augmentation. Amount: A total of 419 acre-feet decreed for all reservoirs and storage and recharge structures, with 83 acre-feet previously made absolute in Case Nos. 03CW126 and 04CW344 for irrigation and recreation uses, and 336 acre-feet remaining conditional for all decreed uses. The water right will be diverted at a maximum rate of 211.69 cfs, for all reservoirs and storage and recharge structures, together with the rights (1) to fill and refill said structures whenever these decreed water rights are either in priority or are being augmented and (2) to fully consume all waters lawfully placed into the individual

structures which make up the system. Appropriation Date: October 18, 1994. Use of Water: All municipal purposes in what is referred to as the District’s “Separate Water System,” as shown on Exhibit 1 (defined as all of the water available to and used by the District from its wells CCV ALV 1, 2, and 3 and the 6.0 cfs exchange and irrigation return flow credits decreed in Case No. 90CW218(A); the Denver Basin wells decreed in Case Nos. 87CW31(A) and (B); the Wabash Effluent Exchange and Wabash Consumable Return Flows Exchange, both decreed in Case No. 94CW266, the Wabash Storage and Recharge System decreed in Case No. 94CW266 and the water rights which are the subject of the decrees in Case Nos. 03CW126 and 04CW344 and Case No. 11CW29. The District’s Separate Water System does not include any water supplied to the District by the Denver Water Department pursuant to its Water Service Agreement (Master Meter)), including but not limited to domestic, irrigation, commercial, industrial, recreation, and fish and wild life preservation; augmentation, replacement and exchange; and artificial recharge of the alluvium of Cherry Creek and of those portions of the Denver, Arapahoe and Laramie-Fox Hills aquifers underlying the District. Wabash Effluent Exchange: Legal Description of Exchange Reach: The downstream terminus of the exchange is the outfall of the Metro Wastewater Reclamation D i s t r i c t Tr e a t m e n t P l a n t l o c a t e d i n t h e SW1/4NW1/4, Section 1, T3S, R68W of the 6th P.M. Water may be exchanged up the South Platte River to the confluence of the South Platte River and Cherry Creek and thence up Cherry Creek to the Parker-Iliff Storm Line Diversion Pipeline, the Wabash Diversion Pipeline, and Well Nos. CCV ALV 1-3 and into the structures which comprise the Wabash Storage and Recharge System.

Amount: 6 cfs, conditional, but in no event will the total effluent exchange for the Wabash Effluent Exchange and the exchange decreed in 90CW218(A) exceed 6.0 cfs. Appropriation Date: October 18, 1994. Source of Replacement Water: Reusable wastewater effluent attributable to the District’s Separate Water System released from the Metro Wastewater Reclamation District Treatment Plant. Use: All municipal purposes in the District’s Separate Water System, including but not limited to domestic, irrigation, commercial, industrial, recreation, and fish and wild life preservation; augmentation, replacement, and exchange; and artificial recharge of the alluvium of Cherry Creek and of those portions of the Denver, Arapahoe, and Laramie-Fox Hills aquifers underlying the District with the right to use and reuse the water exchanged to extinction. Wabash Consumable Return Flows Exchange: Legal Description of Exchange Reach: The downstream terminus of the exchange reach is the point at which Cherry Creek crosses the SE1/4SE1/4 of Section 18, T4S, R67W of the 6th P.M. The upstream termini will be the Parker-Iliff Storm Line Diversion Pipeline, the Wabash Diversion Pipeline, and Well Nos. CCV ALV 1-3 which will deliver water into the structures which comprise the Wabash Storage and Recharge System. Source of Exchanged Water: Consumable/reusable irrigation return flows attributable to the District’s Separate Water System. Date of Appropriation: October 18, 1994. Rate of Exchange: 3.5 cfs, conditional.

Use of Water: All municipal purposes in the District’s Separate Water System, including but not limited to domestic, irrigation, commercial, industrial, recreation, and fish and wild life preservation; augmentation, replacement, and exchange; and artificial recharge of the alluvium of Cherry Creek and of those portions of the Denver, Arapahoe, and Laramie-Fox Hills aquifers underlying the District with the right to use and reuse the water exchanged to extinction. APPLICATION TO MAKE ABSOLUTE. In Case Nos. 03CW126 and 04CW344, 83 acre-feet of the Wabash Storage and Recharge System conditional water right was made absolute for irrigation and recreation uses.

During 2003, 83 acre-feet of the Wabash Storage and Recharge System conditional water right was put to the decreed beneficial uses of irrigation and recreation. By August 1, 2003, the District filled the East Wabash Storage and Recharge Structure to full capacity with water pumped by the Holland Marcus Wells Nos. 1, 4 and 5. Water diverted into active storage was released and put to beneficial use. Water diverted into pool and dead storage was not released from storage. The District continuously filled and refilled the active storage of the East Wabash Storage and Recharge Structure to full capacity with water pumped from the abovedescribed wells and put water contained in active storage to beneficial use during the above 2003 period. During 2017 through 2020, the District also pumped water by the Holland Marcus Wells Nos. 1, 4 and 5 into storage in the East Wabash Storage and Recharge Structure. The District seeks to make the 83 acre-feet of the Wabash Storage and Recharge System conditional water right, including the right to fill and refill, absolute for the remaining conditional uses of all municipal purposes in the District’s separate water system as further described in Paragraph 4.1.5 pursuant to C.R.S. § 37-92-301(4)(e), which provides a decreed conditional water storage right shall be made absolute for all decreed purposes to the extent of the volume of the appropriation that has been captured, possessed, and controlled at the decreed storage structure. In the alternative and if this amount is not made absolute, the District requests that a diligence finding also be made to continue this amount pursuant to the activities described below. APPLICATION FOR FINDING OF REASONABLE DILIGENCE. This Application for Finding of Reasonable Diligence is filed pursuant to the Water Right Determination and Administration Act of 1969, Sec. 37-92-302, C.R.S. During this diligence period, in continuing the development of the conditional water rights, the District has been engaged in the legal defense and protection of said water rights and has been diligent in the continued use and development of the water rights, including expenditures for legal, consulting, engineering, construction and maintenance work, and has made a steady application of effort to complete the appropriations in a reasonably expedient and efficient manner. The District’s Wabash Project is comprised of the conditional water rights that are the subject of this application, an augmentation plan, the CCV ALV 1, 2 and 3 wells water rights, the Holland Marcus Well Nos. 1, 2, 4 and 5, and other water rights described in the decree in Case No. 11CW29. The District is the owner of other water rights, including tributary, not nontributary and nontributary wells, which are part of an integrated and unified water supply system. Work completed on any part of the unified system is considered to be diligence for these conditional water rights. These activities include, but are not limited to, the following: The District’s

consultant prepared weekly diversion, replacement water and plan for augmentation accounting, and monthly reports submitted to the Office of the State Engineer. The District’s consultant prepared an update to the accounting form for the conditional water rights that are the subject of this case and the Wabash Project. The District’s consultants have prepared design materials, and flood plain analysis, for the sediment basin and intake to allow diversions into the West Wabash Storage & Recharge Structure and for the CCCC Golf Course Water Bodies. The District’s consultants have prepared design materials and engineering studies associated with water rights that are components of the Wabash Project, including the Wabash Storage and Recharge System and prepared non-potable irrigation water supply planning related to proposed use of Wabash Project water.

The District negotiated and entered into an easement agreement with Arapahoe County and obtained easements from Arapahoe County for the proposed locations for the intake and outlet for the West Wabash Storage & Recharge Structure and associated facilities for the Wabash Project. As part of the financing for future construction of components of the Wabash Project, the District sold certain real property to Arapahoe County for $400,000. The District’s consultant performed work associated with evaluating the current status of Arapahoe aquifer wells for use in connection with the Wabash Project, including pulling well equipment and video of a well casing. The District’s consultant completed applications for a DRMS Mining and Reclamation Permit and for an Air Quality Permit for the West Wabash Storage & Recharge Structure. The District’s consultant prepared a non-potable water supply planning options report related to use of the Wabash Project water. The District completed construction of a road to access the ALV-1 well, and the District’s consultant performed drainage design work and prepared an application and obtained approval of a GESC permit for the road construction project.

Expenditures for development, design, engineering, construction, legal defense and protection of these conditional rights and related parts of the District’s integrated system were at least $188,271.40. The District diverted and beneficially used water under the water right for the Wabash Storage and Recharge System. During the diligence period, legal counsel for the District has reviewed the resume of applications as published by the Water Clerk for Water Division 1 and advised the District whether Statements of Opposition need to be filed to protect the water rights.

Protection of water rights by opposition to water court applications for competing water rights, exchanges and augmentation plans. The District has incurred additional expenses for legal, consulting, and engineering work related to the project.

The work and expenditures listed above are illustrative and not exhaustive. Additional work and additional or revised expenditures may be claimed in support of this application. Names and addresses of owners of land upon which structure for the water right is located: West Wabash Storage & Recharge Structure and West Wabash Alluvial Underground Storage Structure: The District. East Wabash Storage and Recharge Structure, East Wabash Alluvial Underground Storage Structure, Parker-Iliff Storm Line Diversion Pipeline, Holland Marcus Wells Nos. 1, 2, 4 and 5, Wabash Diversion Pipeline: Los Verdes III, LLC, 2405 S. Yosemite St., Denver, CO 80231-4269.

ALV-1 and ALV-3 Wells: The District. ALV-2 Well: City and County of Denver, 201 W Colfax, Denver, CO 80202. Wastewater outfall: Metropolitan Wastewater Reclamation District, 6450 York Street, Denver, Colorado 80229. WHEREFORE, the District prays that this Court enter a decree finding that the District has made 38 acre-feet of the conditional water right absolute, including the right to fill and refill, for all municipal purposes in the District’s separate water system as further described in Paragraph 4.11.5, has exercised reasonable diligence in the development of the remaining conditional water rights, continuing the remaining conditional water rights, and for such other and further relief as this Court deems just and proper in the premises.

WATER RIGHTS CLAIMED OR HERETOFORE ADJUDICATED THE WATER RIGHTS CLAIMED BY THESE APPLICATIONS MAY AFFECT IN PRIORITY ANY WITHIN THIS DIVISION AND OWNERS OF AFFECTED RIGHTS MUST APPEAR TO OBJECT WITHIN THE TIME PROVIDED BY STATUTE OR BE FOREVER BARRED. YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that any party who wishes to oppose an application, or an amended application, may file with the Water Clerk, P. O. Box 2038, Greeley, CO 80632, a verified Statement of Opposition, setting forth facts as to why the application should not be granted, or why it should be granted only in part or on certain conditions. Such Statement of Opposition must be filed by the last day of JANUARY 2021 (forms available on www. courts.state.co.us or in the Clerk’s office) and must be filed as an Original and include $192.00 filing fee. A copy of each Statement of Opposition must also be served upon the Applicant or Applicant’s Attorney and an affidavit or certificate of such service of mailing shall be filed with the Water Clerk.

Legal Notice No. 300856 First Publication: December 17, 2020 Last Publication: December 17, 2020 Publisher: The Englewood Herald Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, WATER DIVISION 1, COLORADO NOVEMBER 2020 WATER RESUME PUBLICATION TO: ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN WATER APPLICATIONS IN WATER DIV. 1 Pursuant to C.R.S. 37-92-302, you are notified that the following is a resume of all water right applications and certain amendments filed in the Office of the Water Clerk during the month of NOVEMBER 2020 for each County affected.

20CW3186 CHERRY CREEK VALLEY WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT (“District”), 2325 South Wabash Street, Denver, Colorado 80231.

Decree Information: Case No. 90CW218(A), entered April 27, 1994, as amended in Case Nos. 03CW126 and 04CW344 entered October 19, 2010, and as amended in Case No. 11CW29 entered July 13, 2012. Decrees finding reasonable diligence for the conditional water rights entered in Case No. 03CW10 on May 1, 2007 and

Case No. 13CW3046 on November 13, 2014.

Name of Structures/Conditional Water Rights: CCV ALV Wells 1, 2 and 3 (“the Wells”); Exchange from the Metropolitan Denver Wastewater Reclamation Plant (“the Exchange”). Description of Conditional Water Rights from original decree in Case No. 90CW218(A), as amended in Case Nos. 03CW126 and 04CW344, and as amended in Case No. 11CW29: The Wells: Locations: CCV ALV-1: Original location decreed in Case No. 90CW218(A): In the SE1/4NW1/4, Section 28, T4S, R67W, 6th PM, Arapahoe County at a point 2500 feet from the north line and 2500 feet from the west line; CCV ALV-1 changed location decreed in Case Nos. 03CW126 and 04CW344: At a point in the NW 1/4 of the SE 1/4, Section 28, T4S, R67W, 6th P.M., Arapahoe County, approximately 2300 feet from the south section line and 2000 feet from the east section line. CCV ALV-2: Original location decreed in Case No. 90CW218(A): In the NE1/4SE1/4, Section 28, T4S, R67W, 6th PM, Arapahoe County at a point 1350 feet from the south line and 880 feet from the east line; CCV ALV-2 changed location decreed in Case No. 11CW29: At a point in the SE 1/4 of the SE 1/4 of Section 28, T4S, R67W, 6th P.M., Arapahoe County, approximately 548 feet from the south section line and 540 feet from the east section line. CCV ALV-3: Location decreed in Case No. 90CW218(A): In the SE1/4NE1/4, Section 28,T4S, R67W, 6th PM, Arapahoe County at a point 2550 feet from the north line and 1300 feet from the east line. Source: Cherry Creek, tributary to the South Platte River. Amount: For CCV ALV 1 and 3: 2.23 cfs (1,000 gpm) each, conditional. For CCV ALV 2: In Case No. 13CW3046, 0.27 cfs (120 gpm) was decreed absolute for all municipal uses described in Paragraph 4.1.5, and 1.96 cfs (880 gpm) remains conditional. Appropriation Date: December 28, 1990. Use: All municipal purposes within the District’s service area including domestic, industrial, commercial, irrigation, stockwatering, fire protection, recreation, fish and wild life preservation and propagation. Water may be diverted for use in the separate water system servicing a portion of the District pursuant to agreement with the Denver Water Department. In Case No. 94CW267, additional uses were added as follows: augmentation, replacement and exchange; and artificial recharge of the alluvium of Cherry Creek and of those portions of the Denver, Arapahoe, and Laramie-Fox Hills aquifers underlying the District. The Exchange: Legal Description of Exchange Reach: Exchange from Metropolitan Denver Wastewater Reclamation Plant located in the SW 1/4 NW 1/4, Section 1, T3S, R68W of the 6th P.M. within the South Platte River upstream to the confluence with Cherry Creek and then within Cherry Creek to wells ALV-1, ALV-2 and ALV-3.

Amount: 6 cfs, conditional. Appropriation Date: December 28, 1990. Source of Replacement Water: Reusable wastewater effluent attributable to the District’s Separate Water System released from the Metro Wastewater Reclamation Plant #1.

The District’s “Separate Water System” is shown on Exhibit 1 and defined as all of the water available to and used by the District from its wells CCV ALV 1, 2 and 3 and the 6.0 cfs exchange and irrigation return flow credits decreed in Case No. 90CW218(A); the Denver Basin wells decreed in Case Nos. 87CW31(A) and (B); the Wabash Effluent Exchange and Wabash Consumable Return Flows Exchange, both decreed in Case No. 94CW266, the Wabash Storage and Recharge System decreed in Case No. 94CW266 and the water rights which are the subject of the decree in Case Nos. 03CW126 and 04CW344 and the decree in Case No. 11CW29. The District’s Separate Water System does not include any water supplied to the District by the Denver Water Department pursuant to its Water Service Agreement (Master Meter). Use: All municipal purposes within the District’s service area including domestic, industrial, commercial, irrigation, stockwatering, fire protection, recreation, fish and wild life preservation and propagation. Water may be diverted for use in the separate water system servicing a portion of the District pursuant to agreement with the Denver Water Department. In Case No. 94CW267, additional uses were added as follows: augmentation, replacement and exchange; and artificial recharge of the alluvium of Cherry Creek and of those portions of the Denver, Arapahoe, and Laramie-Fox Hills aquifers underlying the District. APPLICATION FOR FINDING OF REASONABLE DILIGENCE IN ARAPAHOE COUNTY. This Application for Finding of Reasonable Diligence is filed pursuant to the Water Right Determination and Administration Act of 1969, Sec. 37-92-302, C.R.S. During this diligence period, in continuing the development of the conditional water rights, the District has been engaged in the legal defense and protection of said water rights and has been diligent in the continued use and development of the water rights, including expenditures for legal, consulting, engineering, construction and maintenance work, and has made a steady application of effort to complete the appropriations in a reasonably expedient and efficient manner. The District’s Wabash Project is comprised of the conditional water rights that are the subject of this application, an augmentation plan, the Holland Marcus Well Nos. 1, 2, 4 and 5, and other water rights described in the decree in Case No. 11CW29. The District is the owner of other water rights, including tributary, not nontributary and nontributary wells, which are part of an integrated and unified water supply system. Work completed on any part of the unified system is considered to be diligence for these conditional water rights. These activities include, but are not limited to, the following: The District’s consultant prepared weekly diversion, replacement water and plan for augmentation accounting, and monthly reports submitted to the Office of the State Engineer. The District’s consultant prepared an update to the accounting form for the conditional water rights that are the subject of this case and the Wabash Project. The District’s consultants have prepared design materials, and flood plain analysis, for the sediment basin and intake to allow diversions into the West Wabash Storage & Recharge Structure and for the CCCC Golf Course Water Bodies. The District’s consultants have prepared design materials and engineering studies associated with water rights that are components of the Wabash Project, including the Wabash Storage and Recharge System and prepared non-potable irrigation water supply planning related to proposed use of Wabash Project water.

The District negotiated and entered into an easement agreement with Arapahoe County and obtained easements from Arapahoe County for the proposed locations for the intake and outlet for the West Wabash Storage & Recharge Structure and associated facilities for the Wabash Project. As

part of the financing for future construction of components of the Wabash Project, the District sold certain real property to Arapahoe County for $400,000. The District’s consultant performed work associated with evaluating the current status of Arapahoe aquifer wells for use in connection with the Wabash Project, including pulling well equipment and video of a well casing. The District’s consultant completed applications for a DRMS Mining and Reclamation Permit and for an Air Quality Permit for the West Wabash Storage & Recharge Structure. The District’s consultant prepared a non-potable water supply planning options report related to use of the Wabash Project water. The District completed construction of a road to access the ALV-1 well, and the District’s consultant performed drainage design work and prepared an application and obtained approval of a GESC permit for the road construction project.

Expenditures for development, design, engineering, construction, legal defense and protection of these conditional rights and related parts of the District’s integrated system were at least $188,271.40. The District diverted and beneficially used water under the water right for the Wabash Storage and Recharge System. During the diligence period, legal counsel for the District has reviewed the resume of applications as published by the Water Clerk for Water Division 1 and advised the District whether Statements of Opposition need to be filed to protect the water rights.

Protection of water rights by opposition to water court applications for competing water rights, exchanges and augmentation plans. The District has incurred additional expenses for legal, consulting, and engineering work related to the project.

The work and expenditures listed above are illustrative and not exhaustive. Additional work and additional or revised expenditures may be claimed in support of this application. Names and addresses of owners of land upon which structures for the water rights are located: ALV-1 and ALV-3 Wells: The District. ALV-2 Well: City and County of Denver, 201 W Colfax, Denver, CO 80202.

Wastewater outfall: Metropolitan Wastewater Reclamation District, 6450 York Street, Denver, Colorado 80229. WHEREFORE, the District prays that this Court enter a decree finding that the District has exercised reasonable diligence in the development of the remaining conditional water rights, continuing the remaining conditional water right, and for such other and further relief as this Court deems just and proper in the premises.

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

YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that any party who wishes to oppose an application, or an amended application, may file with the Water Clerk, P. O. Box 2038, Greeley, CO 80632, a verified Statement of Opposition, setting forth facts as to why the application should not be granted, or why it should be granted only in part or on certain conditions. Such Statement of Opposition must be filed by the last day of JANUARY 2021 (forms available on www. courts.state.co.us or in the Clerk’s office) and must be filed as an Original and include $192.00 filing fee. A copy of each Statement of Opposition must also be served upon the Applicant or Applicant’s Attorney and an affidavit or certificate of such service of mailing shall be filed with the Water Clerk.

Legal Notice No. 300857 First Publication: December 17, 2020 Last Publication: December 17, 2020 Publisher: The Englewood Herald

Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, WATER DIVISION 1, COLORADO NOVEMBER 2020 WATER RESUME PUBLICATION TO: ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN WATER APPLICATIONS IN WATER DIV. 1

Pursuant to C.R.S. 37-92-302, you are notified that the following is a resume of all water right applications and certain amendments filed in the Office of the Water Clerk during the month of NOVEMBER 2020 for each County affected.

20CW3188 ARAPAHOE COUNTY WATER AND WASTEWATER AUTHORITY (“ACWWA”), c/o Steve Witter, General Manager, 13031 East Caley Avenue, Centennial, Colorado 80111, Telephone: (303) 790-4830; United Water and Sanitation District (“United”), c/o Robert Lembke, 8301 East Prentice Avenue, Suite 100, Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111, Telephone: (303) 773-1005. The above-listed parties shall be collectively referred to as the “Applicants.” APPLICATION TO AMEND DECREE TO ADD DELIVERY LOCATIONS IN ADAMS, ARAPAHOE, DENVER, DOUGLAS, ELBERT, LARIMER, MORGAN AND WELD COUNTIES. Please send all pleadings and correspondence to: Brian M. Nazarenus, Esq., Sheela S. Stack, Esq., William D. Wombacher, Esq., Stacy L. Brownhill, Esq., NAZARENUS STACK & WOMBACHER LLC, 8301 E. Prentice Avenue, Suite 110, Greenwood Village Colorado 80111, (Attorneys for ACWWA); Tod J. Smith, Esq., Law Office of Tod J. Smith, LLC, 5777 Central Avenue, Suite 228, Boulder, Colorado 80301, (Attorney for United). 2.

General Description. ACWWA seeks to amend paragraph 4.1. of the decree entered on February 21, 2015 in Case No. 10CW313 (“10CW313 Decree”) to add locations of delivery and paragraph 4.1.1. to add augmentation stations from which ACWWA will deliver its Fulton shares to the South Platte River. 3. Direct Delivery of Fulton Shares.

3.1. United Reservoir No. 3. In Case No. 16CW3195, currently pending before this Court, ACWWA seeks to store its Fulton Shares in United Reservoir No. 3. By this Application, ACWWA makes clear that it also seeks the right to directly deliver its Fulton Shares to United Reservoir No. 3, using: (1) the United Reservoir headgate, located in the SW 1/4 of the NE 1/4 of Section 35, Township 1 South, Range 67 West of the 6th P.M., Adams County, Colorado, and/or (2) the 124th Avenue Augmentation Station, described in paragraph 4.2.7, below. 3.2. Holton Lake No. 1. Holton Lake No. 1 is located in portions of the SE 1/4 of the SW 1/4, the SW 1/4 of the SW 1/4, and the SW 1/4 of the SE 1/4 of Section 6, and the NE 1/4 of the NW 1/4, the NW

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Colorado Symphony dedicated to education, community Virtual Stage will give audiences access to exclusive content, allow symphony to #PlayOn

BY CHRISTY STEADMAN CSTEADMAN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

The Colorado Symphony is committed to #PlayOn, and the latest way it will be doing so is through the Colorado Symphony Association’s new Virtual Stage.

Virtual Stage is an on-demand digital video and audio content portal available through the Colorado Symphony’s website.

Virtual Stage will feature new, exclusive and never-before-seen highquality video content performed by the Colorado Symphony, including archived performances and content filmed inside the Boettcher Concert Hall at the Denver Performing Arts Complex. The Colorado Symphony Association worked closely with top health officials and city-and-state officials to establish health and safety protocols that meet “satisfactory guidelines to support limited operations in Boettcher Concert Hall that will allow the Colorado Symphony to rehearse, perform and record content to support 2020/21 educational curriculum, as well as new performances, to be released through Virtual Stage,” states a news release.

MORE INFORMATION To learn more about the Colorado Symphony Association’s Play On Recovery Fund, or to view a concert through Virtual Stage, visit https://coloradosymphony.org.

The first Virtual Stage concert, which became available on Dec. 1, is a full-length video of the Colorado Symphony’s performance of Vivaldi’s “The Four Seasons” at Red Rocks from earlier this summer. This concert was one of about two dozen that the Colorado Symphony performed live in a sociallydistanced setting with a limited amount of tickets available.

More content on Virtual Stage will be available in the coming months. There is no subscription to access Virtual Stage — content will be available for a nominal pay-perconcert fee.

The COVID-19 pandemic, and moreover, the restrictions on gatherings, has affected the operations of the Colorado Symphony. As of November, the symphony had to cancel about 100 concerts since the pandemic began. Additionally, more than 25 performances, originally scheduled to take place between January and May, have been cancelled.

In a news release, Jerome Kern, CEO and board chair of the Colorado Symphony Association, stated that about half of the symphony’s budget comes from ticket sales, and the other half comes from donations.

The first Virtual Stage concert, which became available on Dec. 1, is a full-length video of the Colorado Symphony’s performance of Vivaldi’s “The Four Seasons” at Red COURTESY PHOTO BY AMANDA TIPTON Rocks.

shared more than 75 free online performance shorts, created more than 12 weeks of free distributed long-form audio performances and worked with various organizations to raise nearly $20,000 for community charities, states a news release.

“We know, now more than ever, the importance of music and the arts for our community. The need to support our educators and Colorado’s youth during this unique time is our immediate priority,” said Tony Pierce, chief artistic officer, in a news release. “With our community’s help, we will continue to bring symphonic music to Coloradans in whatever way we are able, and we remain persistent in our commitment to play on.”

“We remain in good financial health for the time being, but without being able to perform for large audiences,” he said, “our immediate needs must be met while we are restricted to limited audiences.”

Some of these needs include compensation for the musicians, and the healthcare expenses of musicians, staff and stagehands throughout the health crisis. The Colorado Symphony Association will be relying on its recently unveiled Play On Recovery Fund, which supports continued operations through the end of 2020, states a news release.

The Colorado Symphony is dedicated to fulfilling its commitment to community and education. This summer, the Colorado Symphony

Public Notices 1/4 of the NW 1/4, and the NW 1/4 of the NE 1/4 of Section 7, Township 1 North, Range 66 West of the 6th P.M., Weld County, Colorado. ACWWA may deliver its Fulton Shares using the Holton Augmentation Station, to be constructed in the SW 1/4 of the NW 1/4 of Section 8, Township 1 North, Range 66 West of the 6th P.M., Weld County, Colorado, and/or through the CCWCD Augmentation Station, described in paragraph 4.2.2, below.

4. Delivery of Fulton Shares Using Augmentation Stations. 4.1. List of Currently Decreed Augmentation Stations. Paragraph 4.1.1 of the 10CW313 Decree authorizes ACWWA to deliver its Fulton shares to the South Platte River using the following augmentation stations: 4.1.1. Upper Augmentation Station. Central Colorado Water Conservancy District’s augmentation station (“CCWCD Augmentation Station”), located in the SE 1/4 of the NW 1/4 of Section 7, Township 1 North, Range 66 West of the 6th P.M., Weld County, Colorado, delivers water to the South Platte River, in the SE 1/4 of the NW 1/4 of Section 7, Township 1 North, Range 66 West of the 6th P.M., Weld County, Colorado. 4.1.2. Ft. Lupton Augmentation Station.

The Ft. Lupton augmentation station, located in the NW 1/4 of Section 9, Township 1 North, Range 66 West of the 6th P.M., Weld County Colorado, delivers water to the South Platte River, in the NW 1/4 of the SE 1/4 of Section 31, Township 2 North, Range 66 West of the 6th P.M., Weld County, Colorado. 4.1.3. Lower Augmentation Station. An augmentation station may be constructed at the head of the Fulton Wasteway, located in the NE 1/4 of the SE 1/4 of Section 28, Township 2 North, Range 66 West of the 6th P.M., Weld County, Colorado, which would deliver water to the South Platte River, in the NW 1/4 of the NE 1/4 of Section 30, Township 2 North, Range 66 West of the 6th P.M. Weld County, Colorado. 4.1.4. Midland Fulton Augmentation Station. The City of Brighton’s augmentation station, located in the SW 1/4 of the NE 1/4 of Section 5, Township 1 South, Range 66 West of the 6th P.M., Adams County, Colorado, delivers water to the South Platte River via the City of Brighton’s North Storm Drain Outfall, in or near the SE 1/4 of the SW 1/4 of the SW 1/4 of Section 31, Township 1 North, Range 66 West of the 6th P.M., Weld County, Colorado. 4.1.5. 148th Avenue Augmentation Station on the Fulton Ditch.

The City of Brighton’s augmentation station, located on the south edge of the SW 1/4 of the NW 1/4 of Section 17, Township 1 South, Range 66 West of the 6th P.M., Adams County, Colorado, delivers water to the South Platte River via the outlet of Ken Mitchell Lakes, which is located in the SE 1/4 of Section 11, Township 1 South, Range 67 West of the 6th P.M., Adams County, Colorado, approximately 416 feet from the South section line and 1,071 feet from the East section line. 4.2.

Augmentation Stations Added to the 10CW313 Decree. ACWWA seeks to add the following augmentation stations as locations of delivery pursuant to the 10CW313 Decree. 4.2.1. The Fort Lupton Augmentation Station. The decreed

location of the Fort Lupton Augmentation Station, described in paragraph 4.1.2, above, was incorrect in the 10CW313 Decree. The correct location of the station is at the 72” storm sewer outfall, at a headwall in the SW 1/4 of the SE 1/4 of Section 31, Township 2 North, Range 66 West of the 6th P.M., Weld County, Colorado, a distance of approximately 1,320 feet from the South section line and 1,720 feet from the East section line. 4.2.2.

The Central Colorado Water Conservancy District Augmentation Station (“CCWCD Augmentation Station”). The decreed location of the CCWCD Augmentation Station described in paragraph 4.1.1, above, was incorrect in the 10CW313 Decree. The correct location of the station is in the NW 1/4 of Section 8, Township 1 North, Range 66 West of the 6th P.M., Weld County, Colorado, the outfall of which is located at a point in the SE 1/4 of the NW 1/4 of Section 7, Township 1 North, Range 66 West of the 6th P.M., Weld County, Colorado, approximately 2,590 feet from the North section line and 1,640 feet from the West section line. ACWWA may use the CCWCD Augmentation Station to directly deliver and store its Fulton Shares in Holton Lake No. 1, subject to approval of such delivery and storage by CCWCD. 4.2.3.

The South Adams “Headgate” Augmentation Station, located in the NW 1/4 of Section 16, Township 2 South, Range 67 West of the 6th P.M., Adams County, Colorado, at or upditch from 104th Avenue, to release water to the South Platte River, near the East section line of Section 17, Township 2 South, Range 67 West of the 6th P.M., Adams County, Colorado. 4.2.4. The County Line (aka Midland) Augmentation Station. The decreed location of the Midland Augmentation Station described in paragraph 4.1.4, above, was incorrect in the 10CW313 Decree. The correct location of the station is in the SW 1/4 of the NE 1/4 of Section 5, Township 1 South, Range 66 West of the 6th P.M., Adams County, Colorado, the outfall of which is located near the North section line of Section 6, Township 1 South, Range 66 West of the 6th P.M., Adams County, Colorado. 4.2.5. The Gravel Lakes Augmentation Station will be located in the SE 1/4 of the NE 1/4 of Section 9, Township 2 South, Range 67 West of the 6th P.M., Adams County, Colorado, the outfall of which is located at any of the three following locations in Township 2 South, Range 67 West of the 6th P.M., Adams County, Colorado: 1) the NW 1/4 of Section 9; 2) the SW 1/4 of Section 4, above the headgate of the Brantner Ditch; or 3) near the north quarter corner of Section 3. 4.2.6. The 148th Avenue Augmentation Station on the Fulton Lateral (“Fulton Lateral Augmentation Station”), located on the SE corner of the SW 1/4 of the NW 1/4 of Section 18, Township 1 South, Range 66 West of the 6th P.M., Adams County, Colorado, the outfall of which is via the outlet of Ken Mitchell Lakes, described in paragraph 4.1.5, above. ACWWA may use the Fulton Lateral Augmentation Station to directly deliver and store its Fulton Shares in Ken Mitchell Lakes, subject to approval of such delivery and

storage by the City of Brighton. 4.2.7. The 124th Avenue Augmentation Station, located on the north edge of the NE 1/4 of the SW 1/4 of Section 35, Township 1 South, Range 67 West of the 6th P.M., Adams County, Colorado, the outfall of which is via the 124th Avenue Reservoir Outfall, located in the NW 1/4 of the SE1/4 of Section 35, Township 1 South, Range 67 West of the 6th P.M., Adams County, Colorado. ACWWA may use the 124th Augmentation Station to directly deliver and store its Fulton Shares in United Reservoir No. 3 subject to approval of such delivery and storage by the City of Brighton. 4.2.8. The 144th Direct Augmentation Station, located on the east edge of the NE 1/4 of the NE 1/4 of Section 24, Township 1 South, Range 67 West of the 6th P.M., Adams County, Colorado, the outfall of which is via the outlet of the Ken Mitchell Lakes, described in paragraph 4.1.5, above. ACWWA may use the 144th Direct Augmentation Station to directly deliver and store its Fulton Shares in Ken Mitchell Lakes, subject to approval of such delivery and storage by the City of Brighton. 4.2.9. The Erger Direct Augmentation Station, located on the NW corner of the SE 1/4 of the NW 1/4 of Section 18, Township 1 South, Range 66 West of the 6th P.M., Adams County, Colorado, the outfall of which is via the outlet of the Ken Mitchell Lakes, described in paragraph 4.1.5, above, via Brighton’s South Drain Outfall, located in the SE 1/4 of the NW 1/4 of the NE 1/4 of Section 12, Township 1 South, Range 67 West of the 6th P.M., Adams County, Colorado; and via outlet from Erger’s Pond. 4.2.10. The United Augmentation Station will be located in the SE 1/4 of the NE 1/4 of Section 17, Township 1 North, Range 66 West of the 6th P.M., Weld County, Colorado, the outfall of which will be located in the NE 1/4 of the NW 1/4 of Section 18, Township 1 North, Range 66 West of the 6th P.M., Weld County, Colorado. 4.2.11. The United Reservoir Headgate Augmentation Station, located in the SW 1/4 of the NE 1/4 of Section 35, Township 1 South, Range 67 West of the 6th P.M., Adams County, Colorado, the outfall of which is via the United Reservoir No. 3. The United Reservoir No. 3 outfall is located in the NE 1/4 of the SW 1/4 of Section 26, Township 1 South, Range 67 West of the 6th P.M., Adams County, Colorado. 5. Names and Addresses of the Owner of the Structures and Diversion Facilities Listed Above. 5.1. The Fulton Ditch is owned by the Fulton Irrigating Ditch Company, 25 South 4th Avenue, Brighton, Colorado 80601. 5.2. The Fort Lupton Augmentation Station is owned by the City of Fort Lupton, 130 South McKinley Avenue, Fort Lupton, Colorado 80621. 5.3. The CCWCD Augmentation Station is owned by Central Colorado Water Conservancy District, 3209 West 28th Street, Greeley, CO 80631. 5.4. The South Adams “Headgate” Augmentation Station is owned by South Adams County Water and Sanitation District, 6596 East 70th Avenue, Commerce City, CO 80022. 5.5. The Gravel Lakes Augmentation Station is owned by the City and County of Denver, acting by and

through its Board of Water Commissioners, 1600 West 12th Avenue, Denver, Colorado 80204. 5.6.

The County Line (a/k/a Midland Fulton) Augmentation Station, Fulton Lateral Augmentation Station, the 124th Avenue Augmentation Station, the 144th Direct Augmentation Station, and the Erger Direct Augmentation Station are all owned by the City of Brighton, 500 South 4th Avenue, Brighton, Colorado 80601. 5.7. The United Augmentation Station, United Reservoir No. 3, and the United Reservoir Headgate Augmentation Station are owned by Co-Applicant United. Holton Lake No. 1 is owned by an affiliate of United, CAW Equities, LLC. WHEREFORE, Applicants requests that the Court enter a decree approving the amendment to the decree entered in Case No. 10CW313 to add delivery locations and augmentation stations and for such other relief which it deems proper.

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19, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

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

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 April 19, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that any party who wishes to oppose an application, or an amended application, may file with the Water Clerk, P. O. Box 2038, Greeley, CO 80632, a verified Statement of Opposition, setting forth facts as to why the application should not be granted, or why it should be granted only in part or on certain conditions. Such Statement of Opposition must be filed by the last day of JANUARY 2021 (forms available on www. courts.state.co.us or in the Clerk’s office) and must be filed as an Original and include $192.00 filing fee. A copy of each Statement of Opposition must also be served upon the Applicant or Applicant’s Attorney and an affidavit or certificate of such service of mailing shall be filed with the Water Clerk.

Legal Notice No. 300858 First Publication: December 17, 2020 Last Publication: December 17, 2020 Publisher: Englewood Herald

Notice to Creditors Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Robert L. Wolf, Deceased Case Number: 2020PR31042

Laura Wolf Conway, Personal Representative 571 Landau Dr. Woodbury, MN 55125 Legal Notice No. 300852 First Publication: December 17, 2020 Last Publication: December 31, 2020 Publisher: The Englewood Herald Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Wayne Lee Harrison, a/k/a Wayne L. Harrison, a/k/a Wayne Harrison, Deceased Case Number: 20PR31228

Robert Kent Dawkins, Personal Representative 8 S. Garfield Street Denver, CO 80209 Legal Notice No. 300853 First Publication: December 17, 2020 Last Publication: December 31, 2020 Publisher: The Englewood Herald Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of David R. Jenkins, a.k.a. David Richard Jenkins, Deceased Case Number: 2020PR31130

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the Arapahoe County, District Court, Colorado on or before April 19, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

David Richards Jenkins Personal Representative 8121 S St Paul Way Centennial CO 80122 Legal Notice No. 300855 First Publication: December 17, 2020 Last Publication: December 31, 2020 Publisher: The Englewood Herald

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All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the Arapahoe County District Court, Colorado on or before April

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