Records on Main is set to open April 26
BY ISABEL GUZMAN ISABEL@COTLN.ORG
In the heart of Denver’s metro area, iconic shops like Wax Trax Records and Mutiny Information Cafe have long de ned the region’s vinyl culture. Soon, vinyl enthusiasts can nd records in downtown Littleton at Records on Main, a family-run record store set to open at 2430 W. Main St. e story behind Records on Main is as compelling as its collection. Cassie Cherin recently found herself organizing the soft launch of her dad’s record store. Her dad, Mar-
shall Cherin, su ered a nearfatal motorcycle accident that left him hospitalized.
“It’s been di cult. I moved here from Los Angeles in the last 20 days,” she said. “But it’s also exciting and (my dad) is progressing really well right now. Hopefully he will be out of the hospital and into rehab within the next week.”
Originally scheduled to open on April 13, the store’s debut was postponed due to Marshall Cherin accident.
While he is expected to recover from multiple fractures and injuries for a few months, Cassie Cherin still gives him
updates about the store.
“It was a hard choice to continue to do the store without him — he’s the lifeblood of the store. But we knew that he would want to see his dream come true,” she said.
e family has rallied together: while their mother remains at the hospital with Marshall Cherin, Cassie Cherin and her siblings have been assembling xtures, curating a diverse inventory and preparing for a soft launch on April 26 — with hopes for a grand opening in July when Marshall Cherin can be present. e store will feature a mix of 60% new and
40% used records, re ecting both contemporary trends and classic favorites.
“I think the thing that I’m most nervous about is making sure we have music that people are looking for,” Cassie Cherin said.
When choosing which records the store will have, Cassie Cherin said she knows Coloradans are unique and enjoy all kinds of music. To cater to the di erent tastes, Cassie Cherin utilizes two tools: record wholesalers’ lists of top-selling records and AI.
Englewood unveils 2025 summer reading
BY ELISABETH SLAY ESLAY@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
is summer, the Englewood Public Library is bringing the community together with a vibrant lineup of events designed to inspire reading, creativity and connection.
e annual Summer Reading Program kicks o May 27 — just after Memorial Day — and o ers exciting opportunities for kids, teens and adults to stay engaged all summer long.
Rachel Fewell, library director, said this year’s theme for the summer reading program is Color Your World.
“We’re going to be doing a theme based on a color,” Fewell said. “Each week is going to have a color and an emotion attached with that. So, really helping kids with some of that socialemotional learning, as well that more school-based learning.”
Programming for children will include developmentally-appropriate activities that help kids explore feelings like happiness, sadness and anger through books, games and crafts.
Teens will also follow the Color Your World theme, with age-appropriate events that mix creativity with emotional literacy.
Meanwhile, adults can look forward to a mix of summer fun and mystery — including an after-hours Murder Mystery Night and outdoor games like cornhole tournaments.
In addition to the reading programs, Fewell said the library is planning a full slate of summer events.
“We are going to have a foam party so that’s usually a really good time that happens outside,” Fewell said. “ at’s a big one for us in the summer that kids and families really love, and really see as a signature summer event for us.”
Additionally, the library will o er Storytime in the Park Fridays at di erent local parks, in partnership with the city’s parks and recreation department.
e library is also teaming up with city departments to participate in Englewood’s larger community events, including the block party and summer concerts.
Fewell said the summer reading program includes reading incentives for kids — participants who log 10 hours of reading can earn a variety of prizes, including a free book at the end of the program.
PHOTO BY ISABEL GUZMAN
Tivoli taphouse closes for good on Auraria Campus
BY ANDREW KENNEY DENVERITE
Tivoli Brewing Company is ending its 10-year run on the Auraria Campus in Denver.
e taphouse has been closed since Dec. 16, but the campus and the beer company said they were working on a new lease.
at never happened, and the closure of the taphouse became o cial with a joint announcement on April 15.
“We appreciate Tivoli Brewing Company’s contributions over the years and extend our best wishes for their future endeavors,” read a statement from the Auraria Campus, which is home to CU Denver, Community College of Denver and MSU Denver.
Tivoli’s location posed challenges
Ari Opsahl, the CEO of Tivoli Brewing Co., previously said it could be di cult to operate a bar on a college campus.
“Parking can be a challenge. Most of our business is driven by either students on campus, obviously above 21, or events at Ball Arena,” Opsahl told Denverite earlier this year. “When those two things are not there, it is extremely di cult to pull consumers and customers into the taphouse.”
e taphouse was a popular spot for Denver Nuggets and Colorado Avalanche fans on their way to Ball Arena.
e Tivoli name has a long history on the campus.
e “Colorado Brewery” was the rst brewery in the state when it opened in Auraria in
1864, according to the Colorado Encyclopedia. It was later renamed as the “Tivoli” brewery, housed in a “one-of-a-kind” structure with “a unique combination of Romanesque, Gothic, Baroque and Rococo in uences,” according to the encyclopedia.
e historic brewery building
later became a shopping center and then, in the 1990s, it was transformed into the Tivoli Student Union, serving students of the Auraria Campus.
More recently, Tivoli Brewing Company was resurrected by local entrepreneurs in 2012 and opened a taphouse in the Tivoli Student Union building in 2015.
Tivoli Brewing made beer onsite for several years after opening the taphouse, but moved production to La Junta in 2023.
“ e Tivoli Student Union and the Tivoli Quad names will remain the same,” campus spokesperson Devra Ashby wrote in an email. “ e Auraria Campus is in talks with a potential partner
about the space. We will release more information when we are able.”
e building is on the National Register of Historic Places. is story is from Denverite, a Denver news site. Used by permission. For more, and to support Denverite, visit denverite. com.
Beloved Englewood pizzeria is losing its lease
Frank the Pizza King has been on Broadway since August 1961
BY ELISABETH SLAY
For over six decades Frank the Pizza King has been a beloved staple in Englewood’s business community. Now, after 64 years the pizzeria will close its doors. Matt Krascek, co-owner of the business and grandson of Frank Krascek “the Pizza King,” said he and employees knew the building was up for sale a few months but were shocked to nd out on April 10 that the building had been sold and they would need to vacate the premises.
“We’re pretty devastated,” Krascek said. “ e truth really upset me. is has been our home for 64 years so it breaks our hearts.”
Krascek owns the business with his father Walter Krascek and his aunt Maria Krascek. Frank the Pizza King opened in August 1961
and has remained a family-run business for the entirety of its life. e business announced the news of its closure in a Facebook post on April 15 and has received a large amount of support including hundreds of likes, shares and comments. Additionally, a petition was created in an e ort to “save the historic Franks building.” “( ere are) a lot of memories from this place. It’s pretty special seeing how the community has come together and given us support,” Krascek said.
For now, Krascek isn’t sure when Frank the Pizza King has to leave the building.
“We haven’t even been in contact with the new owners yet so whenever they contact us, I guess that’s when we nd out how long we have left,” Krascek said.
At this point, Krascek doesn’t think he and his family can purchase the building but they hope
“I don’t know where. I don’t know when but right now that’s hopefully our plan,” Krascek said. For more information on Frank the
The Tivoli Student Union and Brewery, the heart of the Auraria Campus that serves the University of Colorado Denver, Metropolitan State University of Denver, and the Community College of Denver.
PHOTO BY KEVIN J. BEATY
Next Week Colorado Homeowners Will Receive Updated Property Valuations From Their County Assessors
During the first week of May in every odd numbered year, Colorado’s county assessors are required to notify every property owner of the full valuation which the assessor has assigned to each property. Unless revised downward through the statemandated appeal process, that valuation will be the basis of the property tax charged for that year and the following year.
The valuation you receive by letter or postcard is the assessor’s best guess as to what your property might have sold for on June 30th of the previous (even-numbered) year. That assumes, however, that the condition of your home is the same on Jan. 1st of this year and next year as it was on June 30th of last year. If your house is bigger or smaller as of January 1st, that year’s valuation and therefore your property taxes must be adjusted accordingly.
The system actually depends on your participation in correcting the assessor’s valuation which was the result of a computer-driven “mass appraisal” system, because there’s no way that the assessor’s staff of human appraisers could create a valuation for every home in your county. Those appraisers will, however, read or listen to your appeal of the valuation which their system generated for your home. Bottom line, therefore, is that you owe it to yourself and to the county to help the assessor come up with the proper valuation for your home. So how do you do that?
So how do you do that? For commercial properties, which pay roughly four times the
property tax per $100,000, a whole industry has arisen to help property owners (for a fee) get their valuations reduced. Residential taxes are so much lower that those professionals don’t solicit business from residential property owners to assist them in arguing for lower valuations and thereby lower property taxes.
The county assessors are expected to make it easy for property owners to determine whether they correctly estimated your home’s value as of June 30, 2024. For Douglas County, your first step is to visit the assessor’s website https:// douglas.co.us/assessor/, where you can click on the link for 2025/2026 Property Valuation.
For Arapahoe County, the website is https:// arapahoeco.gov/your_county/county_departme nts/assessor/property_search/ but it is not nearly as user friendly as Douglas County’s.
If your home is in a different county, Google that county assessor’s website and the process should be similar to what I describe below.
On the assessor’s web page for your own home, you should be able to look for qualified neighborhood sales that occurred during the eligible period, which is the 24 months prior to June 30, 2024. If you find a good comp to use in your appeal, you need to “time adjust” its sale price. Douglas County does that calculation for you on each comp.
Time adjustment is based on how much homes increased in value during those 24 months. The Arapahoe County assessor will announce the average percentage increase (I’m guessing 2%) in values from June 30, 2022 to June 30, 2024 for that county. Divide that by 24 months to get the increase in values for residential properties per month. That “time adjusted” price is what you need to cite in your appeal.
Note: If, by chance, you bought your home
Celebrate Earth Day With Free Film Screenings This Saturday
The Colorado Environmental Film Festival (CEFF), which I wrote about and co-sponsored in February, returns to the Green Center on the Colorado School of Mines campus this Saturday, April 26th, 1 to 3 pm, for a screening of two environmental films. Admission is free, although a contribution of $12 or more is encouraged.
The first film is Peaks to Prairie and is described as follows: “In Boulder County, an ambitious initiative harnesses the power of nature to combat climate challenges in the peaks and prairie ecosystem. As megafires rage across the Western U.S., millions of acres of nearby agricultural prairies remain degraded, stripped of the nutrients vital for a thriving landscape. To address these challenges, three ecological partners—Boulder Watershed Collective, Grama Grass & Livestock, and Boulder Mushroom—have come together in a pioneering effort to restore the land.”
The second film is Common Ground (43 minutes). It’s described as follows: “From the creators of Kiss the Ground (CEFF’s 2021 Best of the Fest), this eye-opening film explores the regenerative farming movement and its potential to heal the soil, reverse climate change, and restore human health. Featuring passionate farmers, activists, and thought leaders, Common Ground offers a hopeful vision for the future of our planet— and the role we all play in shaping it.”
This nicely updated and well-maintained condo at 10259 W. 55th Drive is in the Skyline Estates subdivision east of Kipling between the campus of Red Rocks Community College’s Arvada campus and the athletic fields on 58th Avenue. When you look out the bedroom window or from the enclosed patio between mature evergreen trees, all you see in greenbelt, a children’s playground and those athletic fields. No traffic noise, just the sounds of birds enjoying our spring weather! This condo is in great condition, as you’ll see when you come to my open
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The screenings are followed by an audience chat “to dive deeper into the stories, themes, and action steps from each film.”
The Green Center is located at 924 16th Street in downtown Golden. Street and lot parking is free on weekends. I put a link for ordering tickets for as little as $0 on our blog, http://RealEstateToday.substack.com. There are trailers you can click on for each film.
Lennar to Build 1,500 Denver Area Homes Using Geothermal Energy
Lennar, one of the nation’s biggest home builders, announced recently that it is going to build 1,500 homes in the Denver area using geothermal energy to heat and cool them. It’s likely that these will be all-electric homes, although that was not mentioned, since gas will not be needed for space or water heating.
Dandelion Energy is the builder’s partner in the project, using heat pumps to extract heat from the ground in the winter and to extract heat from the homes in the summer. Each home will have its own individually drilled geothermal wells, which surprised me. If the homes are close together, a community geothermal system might make more economic sense.
The goal is to complete the 1,500 homes by the end of 2026, making it the largest residential deployment using geothermal so far.
on or close to June 30, 2024, don’t assume that your purchase price will be the assessor’s valuation of your home, because, regardless of what you paid for your home on June 30, 2024, its valuation is based on what eligible comps indicate it should have sold for. Your home will be only one of three or more comps that the assessor uses to value your home.
Using the procedure described above, it’s possible that your home was valued correctly, but if it was overvalued, you need to appeal using a form that is hopefully on the assessor’s website.
Your form is due in the assessor’s office by June 8, 2025, so you’ll want to mail it by June 1st if you can’t deliver it in person to the assessor’s office. My recommendation is always to request an in-person meeting with the assessor’s office. You can make an appointment or simply show up and wait in line, if it’s like my county.
Spend some time surfing around your county assessor’s website to learn about the appeal process.
Remember above all, the intention is to
This Ad Will Appear Bi-Weekly Instead of Weekly, Starting This Week
Writing the articles for this full-page “advertorial” has been my privilege and passion for over two decades, but I have decided to give myself a break and publish every other week instead of weekly so I can devote more time to my thriving real estate practice and family life. All 26 newspapers in which it appears have graciously allowed me to make this change, and I look forward to having next week “off”! Look for me to return every other week starting now. On those “off” weeks, including May 1st, I’ll be publishing half-page ads on related topics. In next week’s ad, I start a series on Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs). Look for it on this page.
determine what your home was worth on June 30, 2024, not what it is worth today! Your taxes for both 2025 and 2026 will only be based on what your home was worth back then!
Review: My Mustang EV Is a Fine Replacement for My Tesla
A couple months ago, I reported that I had traded in my Tesla Model Y (which I loved) for the Ford Mustang Mach E after testdriving multiple other brands, including Chevrolet, Toyota, Hyundai, Kia and Nissan. Now that I’ve put 1,000 miles on my Mustang, and knowing that many readers may be thinking of trading in their Teslas, I thought it time to play automotive critic and write a review of the Mustang.
A few years ago, I spent 2 weeks driving an F-150 Lightning, which I liked, so I knew I would like the Mustang. Its “BlueCruise” hands-free driving, which only works on divided highways, is quite nice, but not worth (to me) the $50/month subscription fee after my three months’ free trial. It’s nowhere near as nice as Tesla’s “Full Self-Driving (Supervised)” which I reviewed favorably in my Nov. 21, 2024, column and which costs twice times as much ($99 per month or $8,000 purchase).
Without “BlueCruise,” there is lane-keeping and adaptive cruise control which can be used on city streets and arterials. The lanekeeping is not as effective as in the Tesla, wandering to the very edges of lanes instead of keeping strictly to the center, and it gives out on sharper curves, which Tesla is great at. But what I prefer about Ford’s lane-keeping is that it’s automatic. When I break the lanekeeping to change lanes, it locks into the new lane without me having to set it again.
The adaptive cruise control is much better than Tesla’s, because when the posted speed limit changes, it automatically resets the set speed. Since I set it for 10 mph over the speed
limit, when it resets, it sets the new speed control accordingly. Not true on the Tesla. My favorite feature is the “1-Pedal” setting for driving. This uses regenerative braking to slow down the car at a good rate when you release the accelerator pedal. And when it comes to a stop, it holds the car whether on an incline or not. The best thing about it is that once I have set it to “1-Pedal” driving, it is already set every time I drive. (It’s not the factory default setting, which is with minimal regenerative braking and unwanted “creep” as if you were driving a conventional car.)
The “frunk” is not as big as in any Tesla, but it’s bigger than other brands of EV, some of which have no front storage at all.
Like the newer Teslas, there is no need for a key fob (although they give you two), because your phone is your key. Instead of door handles, you touch a button above each door, which pops the door open enough to pull on it. There’s a smartphone app. It’s useful, but not as complete as Tesla’s.
There’s an EV round-up happening in the Arvada United Methodist Church’s lot at 68th and Carr St. this Sunday, April 27, from 9 to noon. I’ll have my car there if you’d like to get a closer look. Also, I wrote more about it at http://RealEstateToday.substack.com
Charities Which Used Our Free Box Truck Miss It. Our GoFundMe Campaign Is Off to a Good Start.
Back in February, I announced that our truck needed a new engine and other repairs and that we decided to retire it instead. This was a big loss to such non-profits as Operation Feed the Troops, Family Promise, BGoldN, Christian Action Guild, Buffalo Bill Days, and the International Rescue Committee, among others, which used the truck more often than our clients!
The truck is off the road but still available to be repaired. So far, we’ve received over $2,000 in donations. If you’d like to contribute, visit www.BringItBack.info. Thanks!
State’s fight against ozone turns to long term
Colorado asks EPA to downgrade status to ‘severe’
BY MICHAEL BOOTH THE COLORADO SUN
Colorado is giving up on meeting mandates for controlling toxic ozone in the next few years, while doubling down on plans that recently passed rules will start to make an impact by 2032.
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment o cials say they are asking the federal EPA to preemptively downgrade the Front Range ozone nonattainment zone to “severe” from the current “serious” violation standard, when judged by the 2015 ozone cap of 70 parts per billion.
Recent updated computer modeling of Front Range air shows continuing violations closer to 80 parts per billion, according to Regional Air Quality Council Executive Director Mike Silverstein. e RAQC is an advisory board and not a policy-making agency, but was briefed by the state about the downgrade request. at means Colorado isn’t projected to meet even the more lax 2008 standard of 75 parts per billion before 2027, Silverstein added.
Yes, it’s confusing: e nine northern counties included in the nonattainment area are on parallel but di erent schedules to cut lung-damaging ozone, one schedule whose clock started with the 2008 regulations and another schedule launched with the tighter 2015 standards. e bottom line is Colorado is failing on both tracks.
For the 2008 track, Colorado has submitted to the EPA for approval an improvement plan aimed at getting closer to the 75 ppb standard by 2027. On that 2008 track, Colorado has already been downgraded to “severe” violations. e rst year of monitoring actual ozone for that plan was 2024, “and we didn’t start o well in our rst year,” Silverstein said.
“So we need to have much better summertime air quality these next two years,” he added.
Is that likely?
“doesn’t predict we’re going to make it to 75” in 2025 or 2026, Silverstein said. “Our emission trends are at,” he said.
e state asking for a “severe” reset on the 2015 track buys time and moves the deadline for achieving 70 ppb to August 2032.
e state’s action, detailed in a letter to the advisory Regional Air Quality Council in late March, also helps Colorado avoid some of the additional EPA sanctions that would have come from leaving nonattainment in the “serious” category and then o cially exceeding those caps. By moving to “severe,” Colorado avoids having to submit a new improvement plan on the 2015 standards during 2025, and skirts these new sanctions:
• A requirement that proposed pollutants from new or modi ed large-source facilities be o set 2-to-1 by emissions cuts elsewhere in the nine-county area before projects could move forward.
• Federal highway funding sanctions
tant Colorado transportation projects. Colorado’s request does involve, though, adding some new territory into the nonattainment area. Far northern Weld County will now be included, along with the remainder of Weld, part of Larimer, and all of Boulder, Je erson, Denver, Broom eld, Adams, Douglas and Arapahoe counties. e change means new oil and gas developments in northern Weld will be subject to more state scrutiny in permitting.
Does Colorado have any chance of making big improvements in those outlying years, even with the bonus time from seeking the second “severe” downgrade?
Colorado and RAQC o cials cite these recent laws or policies as examples of potentially e ective ozone-cutting practices that could start changing the results on monitors by 2030 to 2032:
• Ongoing state subsidies for purchasing clean electric or plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, attacking ozone
• A series of new rules meant to cut ozone and greenhouse gas-causing emissions from the oil and gas industry, including “midstream” controls at oil and gas gathering and pipeline operations, and sharp cuts to allowed nitrogen oxide produced in upstream oil and gas.
• Rebates to buy clean lawn and garden equipment and restrictions on when large institutional users of gas-powered equipment can use the highly polluting engines in high ozone summer months.
• Advanced clean trucks rules requiring makers of heavy-duty commercial vehicles to start selling an increasing percentage of electric or otherwise clean-fuel models beginning in the 2027 model year. Colorado’s request for a downgrade, said RAQC spokesman David Sabados, “in no way reduces our sense of urgency.” is story was printed through a news sharing agreement with e Colorado Sun, a journalist-owned nonpro t based in Denver that covers the state.
Downtown Denver under hazy air seen on Thursday, April 21, 2022.
PHOTO BY HUGH CAREY/THE COLORADO SUN
Safety concerns rise as brewery draws pedestrians
Residents who live near Littleton Brewing Company call for more crosswalks, better parking solutions
BY ISABEL GUZMAN ISABEL@COTLN.ORG
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Littleton Brewing Company, which opened last month, has quickly become a popular destination, drawing in many visitors. However, some nearby residents have raised concerns about increased tra c, parking issues and pedestrian safety.
e brewery resides on Littleton Boulevard between Foresthill Street and Gallup Street, an area currently lacking crosswalks at both intersections.
During an April 1 city council meeting, local resident Keely Quinn described the situation as dangerous, stating: “I’ve seen countless people playing ‘Frogger’ on Littleton Boulevard.”
“How many people are going to cross (Littleton Boulevard) during the weekend, maybe after a drink or two?” said another resident, Jose Briones, during public comment.
“Even before the opening of Littleton Brewery Company, the lack of crosswalks has always been an issue,” Littleton resident Phil McCart said during public comment.
He suggested delaying the Littleton Boulevard Sub-Area Plan, a long-term plan focused on improving the Littleton Boulevard corridor, to expedite the installation of a crosswalk close to the brewery.
“ ere is clear and present danger in front of Littleton Brewing Company,” McCart said.
In response, Jessica Bixenman, the city’s communications director, stated that the
Public Works Transportation Team is exploring solutions. She noted that installing a crosswalk with rectangular rapid ashing beacons — which are the signs that sit on both ends of the crosswalk where pedestrians can click the button to make them ash so cars stop and wait for them to cross — is feasible and would include ADA-compliant ramps and potential landscape modi cations.
Because of the popularity of Littleton Brewery Company, its parking lot lls quickly, leading customers to resort to parking along nearby residential streets like Foresthill.
“Creating a safe crossing also helps to spread out street parking, o ering opportunities to park not only on the north side of Littleton Boulevard,” Quinn said at the April 1 city council meeting.
However, residents like Dee Boehm expressed frustration over the parking over ow. Boehm shared during public comment that she often feels trapped in her home due to limited parking availability and has noticed issues like litter and vomit in her neighborhood.
“Our quiet, peaceful neighborhood is gone,” she said.
Bixenman said that the police will continue to enforce street parking regulations. Residents can contact the Littleton Police Department’s non-emergency number 303-794-1551 to report parking violations.
Providing a comment via a request sent by the Littleton Independent through Instagram, in regards to neighborhood complaints about the increased parking along the neighborhood streets, Littleton Brewery Company said: “We have no control over parking on public streets. We were asked by the neighborhood to help out with pushing for a sidewalk. We think a crosswalk is a great idea! We also hope this slows tra c and maybe one day, Littleton Boulevard will get some bike lanes. It’s an exciting time for the community!”
Littleton Brewing Company opened in March 2025. Some nearby residents have voiced concerns about lack of crosswalks and available street parking.
PHOTO BY ISABEL GUZMAN
Bus aide will still face added felony charge
13th count accuses Kiarra Jones of breaking foot of nonverbal boy
BY ELISABETH SLAY ESLAY@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
A former Littleton Public Schools bus paraprofessional faces 13 charges of child abuse and bodily injury after a judge on April 14 ruled there is enough circumstantial evidence from the prosecution to move forward with all the charges. e 13 felony and misdemeanor charges Kiarra Jones faces are related to her alleged abuse of children who are nonverbal and autistic during bus rides to and from e Joshua School, a private nonpro t facility in Englewood that specializes in education and therapy for individuals with autism spectrum disorder. Judge LaQunya Baker ruled that Jones will still face her 13th charge — a class 3 felony charge of child abuse causing serious bodily injury. e new ruling comes after Baker ruled that Jones’ lawyers could argue against the charge during a March 18 preliminary hearing. Jones’ next court date is set for April 21 at 11 a.m. in Division 402 of the Arapahoe County Justice Center in Centennial. e 13th charge comes from 11-yearold Hunter Yarbrough’s foot being broken, allegedly caused by Jones. Hunter Yarbrough was named as a third victim in the case in October last year.
Britney Yarbrough, Hunter Yarbrough’s mother, said she is relieved that the charge will stand trial.
“We kind of knew the direction it was going to go, but … there’s always a chance that it doesn’t go your way, and I was worried that it wouldn’t go that way just because it would have been a waste of the last six months,” Britney Yarbrough said.
ere is no video evidence of Jones injuring Yarbrough’s foot. However, the prosecution argues that it is reasonable to conclude that Hunter Yarbrough’s broken foot resulted from the same type of abuse depicted in surveillance footage, during which Jones is allegedly seen stomping on the foot of 10-year-old Dax Vestal,
another victim in the case. Andrew McBride,10, is also named as a victim.
“I’m really happy that the judge agreed there was enough evidence to move to trial and get this in front of a jury of her peers because I don’t think they’re going to look kindly,” Britney Yarbrough said.
Jones’ other 12 charges are:
• Counts 1–9: at-risk person assault in the third degree, class 6 felonies.
• Counts 10–11: child abuse resulting in bodily injury, class 1 misdemeanors.
• Count 12: at-risk person assault in the third degree, class 6 felony.
e class 6 felony in Colorado is the least severe category of felony o enses, usually resulting in penalties ranging from brief prison time to thousand-dollar nes. e most severe charge, count 13’s class 3 felony, could mean Jones would serve multiple years in prison if convicted.
During a March 18 preliminary hearing, the court heard testimony from the Englewood police o cer who has been in charge of gathering evidence and watching the bus surveillance footage, according to parents.
Dax Vestal was identi ed as the student Jones was purportedly striking in a video shown by news outlets worldwide in April last year, which was around the time of Jones’ arrest.
Jones was hired in August 2023 to assist nonverbal autistic students on a Littleton Public Schools bus.
e parents said in the months leading up to Jones’ arrest they noticed behavioral changes in their children. Many of the parents spoke out about their children’s safety to the Littleton Board of Education in the months following Jones’ arrest.
e parents said their sons no longer attend Joshua School.
Britney Yarbrough said her son is “going through a happy period” at the moment.
“( ere are) minimal frustrations,” Britney Yarbrough said. “We’re trying to gure out if he has any more triggers and trying to work on the triggers that he does have. It’s a hard road, but he’s tolerating more and more every week.”
Jones remains out on bond after posting a $5,000 cash or surety bond on April 5 last year. Bond conditions remain unchanged as the case progresses toward trial.
Intro to Xeriscaping: Water-Wise Gardening
Attend a free class at Englewood Library, May 2, 3–4 p.m., on the seven xeriscaping principles you can use to transform your yard into a waterwise landscape full of sustainable blooms.
Register now at bit.ly/CSUXeriscape
April is National County Government Month
Join Arapahoe County in celebrating National County Government Month. Learn more about County government and the role it plays in your everyday life.
Visit arapahoeco.gov/knowarapahoe
Kiarra Jones, right, and her defense were granted their request to submit a written argument by April 1 during a March 18 preliminary hearing.
PHOTO BY ISABEL GUZMAN
BY ERICA MELTZER CHALKBEAT
10 ways COVID changed American schools
COVID had already killed thousands of people in other countries and was spreading in the United States when a top federal health o cial said schools should prepare to o er “internet-based teleschooling” in case they had to close for a period of time.
“We are asking the American public to work with us to prepare for the expectation that this could be bad,” Dr. Nancy Messonnier, then a leader in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s pandemic response, told reporters on a Feb. 25, 2020, conference call.
School leaders said they weren’t really set up for remote learning.
But ready or not, three weeks later, nearly every school in the country was closed. Some would not open their doors again for more than a year.
Five years on, the impact of COVID-era closures — the ways schools rose to meet the moment and the ways they failed — continue to reverberate through the American education system and in the lives of students, parents and teachers.
“We just didn’t do nearly enough of what we needed to do, and the results speak for themselves,” said Robin Lake, who runs the Center for Reinventing Public Education. “We have a learning chasm that is shocking. We failed an entire generation of kids.”
Teachers were too overwhelmed, Lake said, and the drive to return to normalcy was too great.
Student academic performance remains below pre-pandemic levels. Inequality has grown, with students in
more a uent school districts largely back to normal — academically at least — and those in high-poverty communities still struggling.
Students carry lingering emotional scars from the deaths of family members, from the anxiety and weight of responsibility they felt during the pandemic, and from the isolation of school closures. Far more students miss school regularly than before the pandemic. And teachers report many students seem less engaged in their lessons.
“We are the generation that spent important years of our lives in the COVID-19 lockdown, then released back into the world without the tools to cope,” high school senior Adonte DaCosta told New York City Council members at a hearing last fall.
With the pivot to remote learning, technology is now everywhere in American schools, but a new digital divide has opened up between those lling out worksheets on Chromebooks and those learning how to use generative AI. Divisions over school closures and COVID safety protocols turned schools into political war zones and fueled the rise of the conservative parents’ rights movement. Here are 10 ways schools have changed in the last ve years:
Students are still paying for COVID learning disruptions
Karyn Lewis recalls thinking that the worst had passed when she saw promising signs from testing during the 202122 school year. Lewis is vice president of research and policy partnerships at NWEA, which administers the MAP test used by many school districts.
But it’s clear now — on NWEA’s own assessments and on numerous other national and international tests — that the impact of COVID learning disruptions have only grown.
“We were just thinking about the act of missing school in the wrong way,” Lewis said.
Students who missed out on foundational skills are struggling to learn more advanced material later on. Even students who would have been in preschool during the height of the pandemic are behind their prepandemic counterparts. Research nds that students are making up ground — but not fast enough to make up for what was lost.
In retrospect, Lewis said, it should have been obvious that recovery would be a multiyear e ort and one that will need to continue into the future. An NWEA analysis suggests it may take seven years to see full recovery in math.
Schools should have been treated like emergency rooms, Lake said. Children should have been triaged for learning loss, given individualized assessments, and routed to specialized teams trained to help. Instead, classroom teachers were expected to address learning loss largely on their own — an impossible task.
“I didn’t imagine that people wouldn’t act as if there were a crisis,” Lake said. “Business as usual took hold.”
Schools recognize struggling students need individualized support
School districts around the country invested in tutoring, summer school and academic interventionists. ese strategies often showed promising results, even as districts struggled to scale those
interventions to serve enough students e ectively. In the process, many educators and administrators realized students needed this kind of support all along. Manuel Sanchez was a veteran math teacher with three decades of experience when his Chicago elementary school tapped him to be an academic interventionist. But at rst he felt “lost” in his new role. Because students often hesitate to ask for help, he hadn’t realized just how far behind some students were.
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Sanchez now works with several small groups of students, pulling them out of their classrooms for intensive help and also “pushing in” to classrooms to help teachers offer extra support. The relationships he’s developed with students have helped him find his stride.
He also works with a small group of high-achieving middle schoolers on more-advanced math.
“Students now trust me in a way that they can ask me anything,” Sanchez said. The challenge going forward is how to keep paying for these positions now that federal pandemic relief dollars have expired.
Around the country, districts are real-
locating money and lobbying their state legislatures for funds to keep tutors and other academic supports.
Schools more active in addressing student mental health
School closures upended routines and left many students isolated from their peers and cut off from supportive teachers. Students also faced the loss of family members to the virus and the upheaval of parents losing jobs and housing.
Students now struggle with mental health challenges that feel more pervasive and more persistent than before the pandemic. Schools continue to report more behavior problems and less student engagement.
All of this has led schools to take a more active role in supporting student mental health and emotional well-being. They’ve invested in social and emotional curricu-
lum — about 83% of principals reported last year that their schools use an SEL curriculum compared with fewer than half before the pandemic. Schools have also hired more social workers and counselors.
In New York, local and state officials are ramping up investments in student wellness clubs and peer-to-peer mental health programs. The peer-led model allows students to hear from people their same age or just a little older, who have been through the same experiences. They can be more credible messengers than adults.
Tamar Cox-Rubien, a youth peer leader at the National Alliance on Mental Illness NYC, was 20 when the pandemic arrived. She hit “rock bottom” during that time.
“That allowed me to realize what I needed to change in my life,” she said. “Forcing that growth can be really painful but needed, and I know that’s true for many other young people as well.”
School closures leave legacy of mistrust, political strife
Susan Meek already was a veteran of political battles over school vouchers when she was elected — on the cusp of the pandemic — to the school board in Douglas County. But nothing could have prepared her for the intensity of fights over masking, hybrid learning and quarantines — decisions that kept her up at night as she weighed complex trade-offs.
“School boards became ground zero for debates on individual rights versus collective responsibility,” said Meek, who spoke for herself and not on behalf of the district.
“When you think about the role of school boards, parents advocate for their own child’s needs, and school board members are responsible for the collective. We’re responsible for all students.”
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Fewell, who was hired in February, is excited for her rst summer with the Englewood Public Library.
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because it’s a time when they might have a little extra time or their routine is a little di erent so it’s fun to see the families that don’t maybe get to make time for us during the school year,” Fewell said. “We’ll see a lot of familiar but maybe-haven’t-seen-in-a-while faces in the summer, which is really exciting.”
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“I use AI to look at concert data,” she said. “(Data) like how many bands are playing at Red Rocks every year and who’s selling out.”
Cassie Cherin has worked in the marketing industry for 15 years and has been using her experience to guide the record store for opening.
“I lost my job about two months ago, which actually, I truly believe that everything happens for a reason. If I had a full-time job, I wouldn’t have been able to open the store,” she said.
At the time of the soft-opening, Records on Main will have records, organized by genre, on temporary xtures before permanent structures and custom cabinetry are built in June.
“ is wasn’t something that was super thought-out in the beginning,” Cassie Cherin said about the decision to open a record store. “My dad always knew that
he wanted to do something when he retired, and he loves music. When my parents were walking around downtown Littleton, and they saw this space, my dad said it would be perfect for a record store and they (bought) it a week later.”
Records on Main has already generated buzz, amassing nearly 800 Instagram followers before even opening its doors. For now, the store will be family-run, though Cassie Cherin notes that many locals have inquired about job opportunities.
In the future, Cassie Cherin hopes Records on Main will serve as an integral part of the community by becoming a local music hub, hosting events such as listening parties. She is also looking forward to exploring more local artists.
“We’re just incredibly grateful. We did a Kickstarter for my dad, and we’re almost at our goal, which we never thought was going to happen,” Cassie Cherin said.
“My dad always said listening to vinyl is the purest way to listen to music.”
To learn more about Records on Main, visit https://recordsonmain.com.
Sand Creek memorial coming to Capitol steps
Sculpture replacing Civil War soldier that was removed in 2020
BY LUCAS BRADY WOODS KUNC
In front of descendants of Sand Creek Massacre survivors, Colorado lawmakers unanimously greenlighted a memorial sculpture to commemorate the 1864 atrocity at the State Capitol.
“Our hope is that this memorial will be a turning point when Colorado says, ‘We are not afraid to confront our past because we believe in a just and honest future,’” said Sen. Kyle Mullica, a ornton Democrat and sponsor of the memorial resolution.
Both chambers unanimously approved the proposal for the project that will be built in front of the west steps of the building, overlooking Civic Center Park and downtown Denver.
e bipartisan resolution was co-sponsored in the Senate by Cheyenne Wells’ Republican Rod Pelton. In the House, it was sponsored by Democratic Rep. Tammy Story and Republican Rep. Ty Winter.
e memorial will comprise of a massive, 24-foot-tall sculpture of an Arapaho chief, a Cheyenne chief and a Native American woman holding a child.
e current plan is for the sculpture replace a Civil War statue that was pulled down by protestors in 2020. e location, right in front of the iconic Capitol building, has been boarded o since. e 1864 Sand Creek Massacre is possibly the worst atrocity in Colorado history. About 250 Arapaho and Cheyenne civilians, mostly women, children and the elderly, were killed by U.S. troops along Colorado’s eastern plains, near the modern day town of Eads.
Otto Braided Hair is a representative for the Northern Cheyenne and a descendant of Sand Creek Massacre victims. He was on the Senate oor during Monday’s vote on the resolution.
“ ere’s got to be some kind of acknowledgement. at’s a beginning of the healing,” said Braided Hair. “When we rst went to go set up the work on the massacre site, they were unfriendly. Today, the Cheyenne and Arapaho nations are recognized, acknowledged, both unanimous support from the House side and Senate side. And I’m just beside myself.”
Braided Hair and other Sand Creek victims’ descendants have been working for decades to memorialize the massacre at the Capitol. Coming more than a century
Families enjoy a summer activity at Englewood Public Library. This year the library’s summer reading program theme is “Color Your World.” COURTESY OF RACHEL FEWELL
Downtown Littleton’s new vinyl store, Records on Main, will open April 26 at 2430 W. Main St.
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A clay model of the planned Sand Creek Massacre Memorial depicts a Native American woman holding a child and two chiefs under the structure of a tepee. Colorado lawmakers approved the proposal on April 14.
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and a half after the initial event, they say this is just one step in the healing process.
“Restorative justice. is is a good step towards that. We’re not there yet. We still got a long way, but this is a good step,” said Chris Tall Bear, also a descendant of the massacre’s victims and a member of both the Arapaho and Cheyenne tribes.
About a dozen other Cheyenne and Arapaho community members joined Tall Bear and Braided Hair to witness the resolution’s passage.
e artist, Gerald Anthony Shippen, said he wants the piece to invoke heroism.
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“I’m a conduit, you know, to carry this forth,” said Shippen, who is from Wyoming. “ is is a statue that represents the people who have survived. e gures will be seven feet tall. So that makes them heroic. e tepee, at about 23 feet tall. at’s pretty much life size, you know, for a tepee.” e memorial will be installed in 2026.
is story was produced by the Capitol News Alliance, a collaboration between KUNC News, Colorado Public Radio, Rocky Mountain PBS and e Colorado Sun, and shared with Rocky Mountain Community Radio and other news organizations across the state. Funding for the Alliance is provided in part by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
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The season of new beginnings
Spring has arrived, bringing with it the unmistakable signs of new beginnings. e air is warmer, the days are getting longer, and nature is waking up from its winter slumber. e robins are back, hopping across lawns as they search for food, and the trees are beginning to bud, promising a vibrant canopy of green. Flowers are cautiously peeking through the soil, eager to bloom. For those of us in colder climates, this change is not just welcome, it’s eagerly anticipated. We aren’t quite yearning for the sweltering heat of summer, but the gentle warmth and the hint of what’s to come are a comfort.
WINNING
In past columns, I’ve shared thoughts on new beginnings, each time re ecting on how they can mean di erent things to di erent people. Whether it’s the New Year, a new job, or even a signi cant life transition, the idea of starting fresh resonates with all of us in one way or another. Yet, spring brings a unique sense of renewal. It’s not just the visible changes in nature but the feeling of being reinvigorated after a season of waiting and hoping.
Easter is one of the most profound symbols of new beginnings at this time
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of year. While some see the New Year as a moment to set new goals or make resolutions, Easter carries a deeper meaning for many of us. It’s not just about making a change; it’s about being transformed. It calls us to look inward, examine our spiritual lives, and consider how our relationship with God might shape who we are becoming.
Easter invites us to re ect on what we want to do di erently and who we want to become. It’s a time to think about how to deepen our relationships, with our families, friends, and even strangers. Easter has always been more about the heart than the calendar. As I grow older, I focus less on grand resolutions and more on small, intentional steps that lead to meaningful change. is change is not driven by external forces or societal pressure but by a desire to live with greater purpose and connection. In a world that is changing faster than ever, driven by technology, evolving social norms, and shifting perspectives,
Women’s soccer, stadium coming to Centennial
On March 27, the Cherry Creek School District, City of Centennial and Denver National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) team announced an exciting new partnership. e Denver NWSL will call Centennial home and build their new team headquarters and training center, while we will help build eight new playing elds and a stadium to be utilized by our new professional women’s soccer team as well as Cherry Creek Schools students, families and communities across Arapahoe County.
When we were rst approached about this exciting new opportunity, we recognized that it came at an interesting time. With so much uncertainty around state and federal funding for K12 education, we had to proceed thoughtfully, weighing both short- and long-term scenarios.
While potential operational funding cuts loomed large, we understood that a once-ina-lifetime opportunity was knocking. e project aligned perfectly with our Core Values and advanced our vision of helping every student pursue their Pathway of Purpose. Ultimately, we made the decision to invest in a long-term bene t for our students and our community. At the same time, we continued to advocate against potential state funding cuts because both e orts were important to the future of our organization. We appreciate the willingness of several of our state lawmakers who took the time to meet with and listen to our Board of Education, parents and students who took their time to voice their concerns via phone calls, emails or visits to the Capitol. As a public school district, we interface with our constituents on a regular basis and appreciate when other public servants do as well.
For the past several years, we have seen the state’s share of K12 funding in Colorado continue to decline, leaving us in the bottom third of states for per-pupil funding. Understanding our reality today and for the foreseeable future,
it’s essential to recognize that true personal growth is a slower, more deliberate process. Unlike technological advancements, which seem to burst onto the scene almost overnight, personal change often happens quietly, through re ection and commitment. It’s born internally, shaped by our deepest desires and new insights, and slowly manifested in our actions and attitudes.
We can’t overlook that the world inuences how we think and feel about new beginnings. e information we consume, the conversations we have, and the voices we choose to listen to all shape our beliefs and attitudes. at’s why it’s so important to pause and listen to the voice from our heart and mind, especially in a season like this when we’re naturally inclined to think about renewal and transformation.
Easter remains a powerful reminder of the most signi cant new beginning I can embrace, strengthening my relationship with God. It’s not about making sweeping changes or setting lofty goals but about seeking more profound connections with God, those I love, and those I don’t yet know. It’s about being more welcoming, open, and intentional in
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how I show up in the world.
As the world around us continues to change, sometimes at a dizzying pace, let’s remember that the most meaningful changes are the ones that start within us.
As we embrace this season of renewal, let’s challenge ourselves to witness the new growth around us and nurture it within us. Let the robin’s song remind us that change is inevitable and beautiful. Let the budding trees and blooming owers inspire us to grow in ways that re ect our values and aspirations. And most importantly, let the spirit of Easter guide us toward becoming the best version of ourselves, rooted in faith, love, and the promise of new beginnings. I would love to hear your “new beginnings” story at gotonorton@gmail.com. And when we can begin that transformative journey from within, it really will be a better-than-good life.
Michael Norton is an author, a personal and professional coach, consultant, trainer, encourager and motivator of individuals and businesses, working with organizations and associations across multiple industries.
we continue to explore alternative solutions to the inadequate funding levels we face as a public school district in Colorado.
is out-of-the-box approach is only possible thanks to the support of our community. We are incredibly lucky and grateful to continue to enjoy the strong support of our community when it comes to mill and bond elections that provide additional funding for our schools and students. e 2024 voter-approved bond measure provided us with the opportunity to rebuild many of our aging schools and grow our excellence with the expansion of the Cherry Creek Innovation Campus. In the rst round of bond sales, due to the excellent credit rating of the district and strong demand, we were able to raise an additional $46 million. ese bond premium dollars can only be used for capital construction projects and cannot support the operating expenses of CCSD, such as increasing teacher pay or reducing class size. Reinvesting a portion of this revenue does not come at the expense of other bond projects and instead allows us to maximize taxpayer dollars while attracting families and economic activity to our community.
In the long term, this rst-of-its-kind partnership will mean much-needed playing elds for school and community use, long-term control of the Centennial stadium, and revenuegenerating opportunities such as facility rentals and naming rights.
As the City of Centennial noted, “Bringing a professional women’s performance center to Centennial lays the foundation for a lasting partnership between the team, the city,
I am writing a letter to urge elected o cials to do everything in their power to protect everyday people in our community instead of enabling Trump’s tax breaks for billionaires and corporate polluters. e future of the air we breathe, the water we drink, and the beauty we need to thrive is at stake.
e upcoming budget bill moving through Congress is a ght over our country’s values and priorities. ese are musts, not wants:
— Protect climate and clean energy policies that are lowering our energy costs, cutting climate pollution, and creating good jobs nationwide.
— Stop Trump from selling o our public lands to the highest bidder and opening up the Arctic Refuge for oil and gas drilling.
— Block cuts to vital government programs like Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid.
I support climate action, clean air and water, and protecting our public lands. We need the government to protect people over corporate polluters who bought access to Trump. at’s why I’m urging my representatives to do more to ght for us.
Cheryl
Palsic, Denver
School meals program is essential
I am writing in support of Healthy School Meals for All. is is an essential program for Colorado’s schoolchildren. Ensuring no-cost healthy school meals for all students helps mitigate educational disparities that are exacerbated by hunger and poverty and helps to ensure that all children can thrive.
Research shows that food insecurity signi cantly impacts the ability to learn in the classroom, which
translates into signi cant health, economic, and social disparities in the future. Access to healthy school meals improves academic achievement. It boosts attendance and improves student behavior. It also helps to improve health outcomes. Healthy School Meals for All is a critical component of addressing hunger and helping to advance both racial and food justice. is helps level the playing eld and reduce longstanding disparities in nutrition, health, and education. Making sure that kids have access to free and healthy school lunch reduces rates of poor health by at least 29 percent. School breakfast, in particular, has been linked to positive impacts on mental health, including reductions in behavioral problems, anxiety, and depression. As a pediatrician, I see the health bene ts of free school meals every day. As a Coloradan who cares about children’s health and cares about creating more just communities, I urge our state lawmakers to pass House Bill 25-1274 to ensure that this e ective and successful program is fully funded.
Colorado’s Healthy School Meals for All program provides healthy and free breakfast and lunch to students in K-12. It is making a positive di erence to ensure that kids in our state have the nutrition they need to be healthy, to learn, and to thrive. It is critical that our state lawmakers ensure this e ective and successful program is fully funded by passing House Bill 251274. School meals are an investment in our kids, our schools, our families and our communities.
Dr. Margaret Tomcho, MPH/MSPH American Academy of Pediatrics — Colorado Chapter, Denver
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Christopher Smith
Invest like you don’t need to
There is one major di erence in how an average person approaches investing compared to a high-networth individual: e wealthier one can a ord to invest like they don’t need to. No surprise — the more money you have, the less you need to keep your assets liquid for near-term use. As performance tends to improve the longer you are invested, this may be a good lesson for dealing with the current stock market volatility. Long-term investors are not tempted to sell when prices are low but instead are likely to invest more.
A recent study shows that the top concerns of high-net-worth investors are similar to those of anyone trying to grow their net worth. According to the CNBC survey,¹ the biggest deterrents to personal wealth are poor stock market performance, rising in ation and U.S. government dysfunction. Since all of these things are out of our control, it can be di cult to plan — unless you only invest money you won’t need in the near future. It’s human nature to be competitive and want instant grati cation. at makes it hard to stick with your losers and trim your winners. However, the shift in di erent asset classes early this year makes a clear argument for active rebalancing. e huge increase in large-company tech stock value in 2024 was obviously too good to last. Even so, many investors did not heed the warning signs that a few stocks were overvalued and missed attractive opportunities in the rest of the market.
It is also helpful to watch activity quarterly, or at least annually, across di erent asset classes to see what is in favor. Monitoring these patterns helps establish a realistic time frame for investments, revealing, for example, that categories such as small-company value stocks may take ve years or more to deliver competi-
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and the Cherry Creek School District, fostering community engagement and youth opportunities. is partnership also provides signi cant long-termnancial bene ts to the school district, creating a dedicated home for district team sporting events.”
e partnership comes with a robust list of immeasurable bene ts as well, including internship opportunities, instruction and mentorship from Denver NWSL sta and/or players for CCSD athletes, support for our Teacher Apprenticeship Program for athletes interested in pursuing a future teaching career, a donation to the Cherry Creek Schools Foundation, and free tickets for students and families to regular season games. We have been so pleased to see so many of our female sports at all levels
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tive returns. ese stocks clearly march to a different drummer, so they could add diversi cation — as long as you buy them with money you won’t need for a while. Economic conditions also play a role here; as interest rates change, small- and mid-size companies are impacted differently than their larger counterparts. is is where your nancial advisor can help you navigate with an updated plan.
Most advisers track weekly heat maps that show how stock valuations are changing and where market performance lies per category. ese maps reveal trends in value and growth strategies, among other investment types. e heat map for the rst quarter of this year is predominantly red, indicating a negative return across value and growth, and small-, mid- and large-cap stocks in eight out of nine categories. Only large-cap value is slightly positive. is is a big adjustment from last year when growth greatly outperformed value and all segments were positive.²
Trimming those winners could have helped reduce volatility in your portfolio. is is very di erent than trying to time the market, which is more likely to give you whiplash and unnecessary stress. Now more than ever, it is crucial to keep your plan current and schedule an update meeting with your advisor.
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expand across the state in recent years, such as girls ag football. is project was another way to explore and promote pathways, speci cally for our girls. Several of our female athletes from elementary school to high school got to participate in the announcement and help us celebrate this milestone in women’s, youth, amateur and professional sports in Colorado.
Since announcing this partnership, the positive energy and feedback we’ve received from our community has been electric. We appreciate the support from many who share our innovative vision to provide unique, world-class programs for students, and we look forward to working together to ensure Cherry Creek Schools remains a destination district for academics, activities and athletics today and in the future.
is guest column was written by Christopher Smith, the superintendent of the Cherry Creek School District.
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Space Command HQ report o ers no clear answer
Inspector general highlights concerns on move to Alabama
BY LINDSEY TOOMER COLORADO NEWSLINE
A U.S. Department of Defense inspector general report evaluating the decision on where to house U.S. Space Command headquarters highlights the key points of contention in the selection process and why certain agencies had a preference on where it should be located.
e report found that while Air Force leaders decided Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama, was the preferred location for Space Command because of cost e ciency, Space Command leaders argued Peterson Space Force Base in Colorado Springs, where the headquarters are currently located, made more sense for operational readiness and civilian workforce retention. e agencies also came to di erent conclusions around risk assessment and risk mitigation.
Space Command leaders argued that many of the full-time employees in Colorado Springs would not move to Alabama and would leave their positions. Constructing secure operational facilities in Huntsville would take three to four years after the nal basing decision was made, the report says.
ment of Defense legal counsel present.
“A nal location decision by the (Air Force secretary) would have allowed USSPACECOM to begin the process of relocating to (Redstone Arsenal),” the report says. “However, USSPACECOM continued to accelerate its approach of (fulloperational capacity) at its provisional HQ location in Colorado Springs.”
Elected leaders weigh in e report does not make any conclusions about which location would be a better home for Space Command, though members of Congress on both sides of the issue have claimed the report supports their state as the rightful loca-
Colorado Democrats in Congress issued a joint statement saying the report con rms that keeping Space Command in Colorado is in the best interest of national security. at includes U.S. Sens. Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper, and U.S. Reps. Jason Crow of Centennial, Diana DeGette of Denver, Joe Neguse of Lafayette, and Brittany Pettersen of Lake-
Space Command’s nal location has been a matter of intense debate between Trump’s rst term and former President Joe Biden’s term. Colorado o cials expressed concern that Trump’s decision to move headquarters to Alabama was politically motivated, because he waited
until after the results of the 2020 election to make a decision. Trump won Alabama, but Biden won Colorado. Space Command reached full operational capacity at Peterson Space Force Base by December 2023 after Biden announced at the end of July 2023 it would stay in Colorado Springs.
en-Air Force Secretary Frank Kend-
all also did not announce a nal location decision after the required environmental review in Huntsville was complete, the inspector general report notes. e report says the Air Force secretary and the then-secretary of defense, Lloyd Austin, were not interviewed by the inspector general, as the White House would not make them available without Depart-
“Any relocation of U.S. Space Command’s headquarters would threaten our military readiness, cost years of valuable time and resources, and result in an irreversible loss of personnel and expertise,” the statement says. “As our nation’s adversaries are rapidly developing their own space capabilities, we don’t have time to waste. e decision to keep Space Command in Colorado was the right one and will ensure continued operations to safeguard America’s national security.”
U.S. Space Command is provisionally located in the Hartinger Building at Peterson Space Force Base in Colorado Springs.
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Student group inspired these 7 state laws
Now, funding woes will likely end Colorado Youth Advisory Council
BY JASON GONZALES CHALKBEAT
State Rep. Hugh McKean saw a problem. Although Colorado had an outlet for students to talk with lawmakers about issues relevant to them, those conversations happened near the end of the legislative session, and the students’ priorities often got lost.
So in 2019, the late Republican lawmaker from Loveland helped pass a law to revamp the Colorado Youth Advisory Council. It allowed students to meet before the legislative session to discuss priorities and present policy proposals, with up to three getting drafted into bills.
“ ey can come and present their ideas and re ne those ideas right here in the Capitol,” McKean said at the time.
But now, after six years of being able to draft real bills that have a shot at becoming law, COYAC is expected to lose that power. What started as a conversation among state lawmakers about cutting about $50,000 to run the program amid a $1.2 billion budget shortfall this year turned into altering the program after Republican leadership said it has strayed away from its original mission.
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Republican leadership also said that legislators are paying for the group to draft laws — a few of which conservative lawmakers, who are in the minority, have opposed. ey’ve argued the legislature doesn’t do that for other groups.
e program was created in 2008 by former Durango Republican Rep. Ellen Roberts and brings together 40 students between the ages of 14 and 19 from Colorado’s 35 Senate districts and the Ute Mountain Ute and Southern Ute tribes. Students serve two-year terms.
Since 2019, student ideas have inspired more than a dozen bills, including the three under consideration this year. One proposal would reduce food waste in schools. Another bill would have students on the council advise lawmakers on the youth opioid crisis.
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One of the council’s more contentious bills, House Bill 24-1039 was an e ort by students to support transgender youth and protect them from bullying.
e law says educators must call students by their preferred name upon request. Supporters said it reduces discrimination against transgender students and creates a more inclusive environment statewide. Colorado House and Senate Democrats, who are in the majority, overwhelmingly supported the bill.
Meanwhile, opponents at the time pushed back because they felt it would infringe on educator and parent rights.
Sarah Moss, COYAC director, has pointed out how valuable the program is to the students. She’s pleaded with lawmakers to keep it, because students learn about the legislative process, how to talk with lawmakers, and other valuable skills.
While the program will go on helping students learn and experience the legislative process, it’s clear students won’t be able to get legislation in front of lawmakers any longer. With that power gone, here are seven of the most signi cant laws that the council has helped inspire:
College financial assistance for foster youth
In 2021, COYAC students recognized that students in the foster care system had trouble getting to college.
Citing a report from the University of Denver’s Colorado Evaluation and Action Lab, they highlighted that only 13.4% of students who entered foster care at age 13 enrolled in college by age 21.
eir focus on the issue helped lawmakers le Senate Bill 22008. e law sets aside $5 million
a year in nancial aid support for the about 4,500 foster kids statewide who might decide to go to college.
Student mental health resources
COYAC students had a hand in the information on Colorado student identi cation cards.
House Bill 22-1052 requires the identi cation cards to include the number, the website, and text to talk number of the 24-hour state’s crisis service center and Safe2Tell, a violence intervention and prevention program for students to anonymously report threats.
Eating disorder prevention
Colorado residents also have resources about eating disorders thanks to student ideas.
Senate Bill 23-014 created the Disordered Eating Prevention Program within the Department of Public Health and Environment, as well as a research grant that helped fund studies on the impacts and how to prevent eating disorders.
e program holds information for Colorado residents on interventions, treatments, and other educational resources. Budget cuts will eliminate the program next year.
Student voice in academic standards review
Senate Bill 23-008 created opportunities for students to get involved in the state’s education standards review, giving students a voice in what they learn.
Student discipline review committee
A COYAC idea helped the state dig into discipline practices and whether certain groups of students were being disproportionately disciplined. Senate Bill 23029 created a task force made up of 18 members and charged with reviewing discipline data and policies. It released a nal report in August.
Free menstrual products in schools Colorado schools are required to provide free menstrual products in school bathrooms after House Bill 24-1164. e law ramps up how much schools must provide. For instance, schools must provide at least 25% of applicable student bathrooms in all applicable school buildings by June 30. Reprinted with permission from Chalkbeat, a nonpro t news site covering educational change in public schools. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters.
The Colorado state Capitol, pictured in 2023. PHOTO BY ELLIS ARNOLD
South Suburban hopefuls appear in forums
Nine answer questions about their priorities as potential board members
BY ISABEL GUZMAN ISABEL@COTLN.ORG
As South Suburban Parks and Recreation gears up to welcome new board members, the Littleton Business Chamber and the League of Women Voters of Arapahoe and Douglas Counties recently hosted forums, giving the nine candidates an opportunity to address questions from moderators and the public ahead of the May 6 election.
ree board positions are up for grabs, each carrying a four-year term.
Originally, 12 candidates led to run for the three open seats, but the eld has narrowed to nine as Election Day approaches. e candidates are Keith Gardner, Joe Wilson, Luke Lorenz, Tyler Linnebur, Steve Kaverman, Rick Pilgrim,
Dan Murphy, Jennifer Stearns and Elizabeth Watson.
e Littleton Business Chamber’s forum took place on April 3 at Kiln in Littleton. Moderator David Law emphasized the importance of the upcoming election: “May 6 is right around the corner and this is an election that a lot of people don’t know about.”
e League of Women Voters hosted a second forum on April 12 at the South Suburban Sports Complex.
Election reform emerged as a key topic during the forums. Candidate Watson cited a cost estimate of over $330,000 to mail ballots to every district voter, a gure provided by the rm that handles ballot mailings for the south metro area.
“For me, the cost of e ectiveness to make sure that the people in this district receive a ballot and are aware of this election is a priority,” Watson said. “ e bottom line is, if the most e ective way to spend those dollars, your tax dollars, (is) to make sure every single person gets a ballot, I’m 100% for it.”
She also suggested moving district elec-
tions to November to coincide with higher-pro le races.
Candidate Wilson questioned the practicality of mailing 100,000 ballots given the district’s historically low turnout, stating: “ ere’s got to be a better way that we can reach our constituency. Mailing out 100,000 ballots doesn’t make sense to me.”
e League of Women Voters’ event began with candidate introductions and a discussion of their quali cations, followed by a “candidating” format: candidates and attendees split into small groups with attendees for rotating, indepth discussions on issues such as sustainability, trail maintenance and recreation center operations.
Trail maintenance, particularly the use of crusher- ne versus paved surfaces, was a recurring theme.
“I’m a big granite- ne guy,” candidate Murphy said. “ e only time I think there’s an exception is … for (bicyclists) and for parents who are (using) strollers. e rest of it, to me, should be crusher- nes.”
Candidate Pilgrim said as a bicylist, he
thinks “the nomination of the two (crusher- ne trail and paved trail) is very, very appropriate and works extremely well.”
Candidate Lorenz said, “My personal preference is crusher- nes but again, I wouldn’t be a board member for my personal preference. I’d want to learn the reason behind it.”
Voter turnout has historically been low for South Suburban Parks and Recreation’s board elections. In the 2023 board election, only 1,744 ballots were cast out of more than 151,000 district residents — just over 1% participation, according to South Suburbans’ website.
Unlike general or primary elections, South Suburban ballots are not automatically mailed to residents. Voters must request an absentee ballot by April 29 to receive one in the mail, or they can vote in person from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the South Suburban Sports Complex in Highlands Ranch on Election Day.
More information about the candidates and voting procedures is available on the parks district’s website, www.ssprd.org/ elections.
South Suburban Parks and Recreation District’s Board of Directors candidates, from left, Keith Gardner, Joe Wilson, Tyler Linnebur, Jennifer Stearns, Luke Lorenz, Dan Murphy, Rick Pilgrim and Elizabeth Watson, answer questions from moderator David Law on April 3. PHOTOS BY ISABEL GUZMAN
On April 12, the League of Women Voters of Arapahoe and Douglas Counties held a candidate forum for the South Suburban Parks and Recreation District’s Board of Directors election.
BY ELISABETH SLAY ESLAY@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
From hand painted cross stitch patterns to intricate knitted designs to textile complex quilts, artists and hobbyists alike are drawn to the array of ber arts shops and organizations strewn across the Denver metro.
Owners and employees of these establishments say the Denver ber arts scene is lively and inclusive. “We all have di erent vibes,” said Marsha Corn, owner of the Tangled Ball. “We all carry some of the same, some di erent, we all specialize. (But) we’re in it for the same reason because we all love ber and we all want to succeed and maybe make our customers love bers as much as we do.”
The Tangled Ball: ‘A community’ e Tangled Ball, located at 5505 W. 20th Ave. in Edgewater, is not just a yarn shop – it’s a vibrant community hub for individuals of all ages and skill levels to come together and engage in the ber arts.
“We have classes here, we have work-
shops here, we have events here,” Corn said. “It’s a safe place for people to come and just hang out and create.”
Corn said her mother inspired her passion for the ber arts, and she was inspired to open the Tangled Ball after sitting in a shop with some friends and wishing there was one similar near where she lived.
“So my mom taught me how to knit and crochet (and) do all that kind of stu ,” Corn said. “I’ve always wanted to open my own business, so I proposed the idea to my husband about (opening) a yarn store, and it was one of the few that he was like, ‘yeah, we could do that.”’
e location Corn chose was ideal because it’s within a marketplace that o ers food, drink and ample parking — creating a perfect environment for a community-centered store.
e Tangled Ball opened its doors in July 2020, after delays caused by the pandemic, and it has since grown into a space that serves many.
For Corn, the best aspect of the Tangled ball is the way it provides support to people.
“We solve each other’s world prob-
lems. We get people through divorces. We get people through breakups. We get people through what to make for dinner. It’s just such a great community,” Corn said.
As a lover of the ber arts, Corn feels di erent forms — such as needlepoint, knitting, crocheting and more — are both for those searching for a hobby and those skilled in the art of all of it.
For Corn, something like a hand-knitted article is a work of art.
“It’s the yarn. e color of the yarn. e texture of the yarn. e composition of the yarn. (It) has linens and silks and rolls blended into it, and it’s just beautiful,” Corn said. “It’s an art form of design patterns. I do say we don’t knit or crochet now out of necessity, we knit out of joy or hobby.”
Corn believes people especially enjoy the ber arts because it allows them to focus on something other than the stresses and challenges of day-to-day life.
“I’m not thinking about all the junk going on up here in the world,” Corn said. “I’m focused on what I’m doing, even if it’s just 10 minutes. I’m not thinking about what to make for dinner. I’m not thinking about politics. I’m not
thinking about religion. I’m just concentrating on what’s in front of me.”
Diversions Needlepoint: ‘Keeping needlepoint alive’
Similar to Corn, Colorado native and co-owner of Diversions Needlepoint, Cari Davis, was inspired by her late mother to practice the art of needlepoint. It was her passion for the art that eventually led her to pursue it as a career.
“I saw her doing it and wanted to do it,” Davis said. “(I love) the color, the people, the challenge, the creativity, and I love the tactile. I enjoy the kinesthetic.”
Davis and her mother, Mary Lou Kidder, initially opened Diversions in Vail. It is now located at 410 W. Hampden Ave., and for over 50 years, the store has brought ber arts supplies and knowledge to people throughout Colorado. Davis now runs the shop with her own daughter, Mandy Adams, who grew up in the ber business – even making her rst project, a belt, at the age of 4.
One of hundreds of quilts on display throughout the Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum in Golden. This quilt was created by David Taylor. PHOTO BY ELISABETH SLAY
FIBER ARTS
Adams brought her own artistic talents to the shop, o ering custom design services such as hand-painted canvases for needlepoint projects. Her ability to turn a customer’s vision into a unique work of art quickly became a hallmark of the store.
“I was just born artistic,” Adams said. “I always drew and painted and played with color from the time I was just a little one. (I am) awful at math and everything else, but I can kind of draw.” e sta at Diversions, a mix of paid employees and volunteers, is knowledgeable and passionate about needlepoint. Many of the sta members have been with the shop for years, ensuring that customers always receive expert guidance and support.
“We’ve got a great group of women and wonderful people that volunteer here to help people,” Davis said. “Every day is di erent. You never know what’s going to happen or who’s going to walk in the door, and that makes it fun.”
Adams said she enjoys the challenge and the creative aspect of her art.
“You’re making heirlooms,” Adams said.
As the shop celebrates over ve decades of business, it remains committed to providing a welcoming space where people can explore their creativity, build connections and nd inspiration.
For Davis and Adams, it’s not just about selling products — it’s about building a community of makers.
“We hope to keep making people happy and inspire future generations and to keep needlework alive,” Davis said.
Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum: ‘All about stories’
Another institution that works to educate and foster a community of ber arts enthusiasts is the Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum in Golden.
Located at 200 Violet St. Suite 140, this museum is dedicated entirely to the history, teaching and fundamentals of quilting.
“It’s a place where people really nd an opportunity to experience what quilts are all about,” said Holly Bailey, the museum’s education manager. “And quilts are all about stories — stories of the people who made the quilts, stories of people who owned the quilts and got to experience the quilts. Even brand new quilts, the makers, almost always have a story of why they made the quilt or things that happened along the way while they were making it.”
e museum has over 850 quilts in its permanent collection and about 150 quilts in its educational collections.
“(With) the permanent collection, preservation is kind of the primary thing that we’re concerned with, and then exhibiting so that people can see those quilts,” Bailey said.
e education collection contains quilts that don’t make it into the permanent collection.
“ ey’re still really valuable for education purposes,” Bailey said. “So we use those quilts to be able to bring them out. We take them out in trunk shows around the community and (country). e audience can touch
them. So the education collection has the ones that you can get up close and personal with.”
For Bailey, quilting began not as a lifelong passion, but as a deeply personal project.
“I started doing it for kind of a strange reason,” Bailey said. “My sister was a quilter and she was the major caretaker for my parents and lived very close to them. I lived 1,500 miles away.”
Bailey said her mother had Alzheimer’s. So as a way to help her stay engaged in the story of her life, Bailey and her sister decided to make a quilt of their mother’s memories.
“She could talk about it and it didn’t really matter whether she was right or wrong or anything, but it was conversational and it would be something that she would get to enjoy,” Bailey said.
Based on her experience, Bailey believes many people begin quilting due to sentimental purposes and then just fall in love with the storytelling element of the art.
“I think a lot of people get involved because of friends or family or somebody else,” Bailey said. “Maybe they learn it from their relatives or people they’re around. But it’s very creative. Most of the time it’s very relaxing. Touching fabric has a value in and of itself. It’s almost like giving somebody a hug when you give them a quilt because it’s something that’s going to wrap around them and they’re going to nd comfort in it.”
Bailey said many di erent people — from children to seniors — visit and enjoy all the services the museum has to o er, including its extensive library and classes.
Classes range from beginner quilting to advanced textile arts, with topics like hand-stitching, machine quilting and even digital-to-fabric design. One recent class explored how to turn a photograph into a quilt, using technology to manipulate and print images on fabric.
Another key highlight is the museum’s summer kids’ camp. Running for four weeks in June, the camp o ers young artists, ages 8 to 16, the opportunity to design and complete their own quilts.
“ ey do everything,” Bailey said. “From the design of it through all of the sewing, all of the quilting, the binding.” e museum also o ers free community groups, including hand-stitching circles, study groups and technique-focused clubs.
Despite the richness of the ber arts scene in the Denver metro area, Bailey feels there’s room for deeper collaboration.
“ ere’s a lot of variety, but we don’t come together very often and really trade ideas and crossover in our teaching,” Bailey said. “It would be nice if we could maybe be a little more intentional about that.”
One step toward greater unity is an upcoming partnership with the Embroidery Guild of America. e two groups will share knowledge through workshops, such as one on crazy quilts, which often incorporate intricate embroidery.
e team has recently expanded into a third unit of their building, with hopes to eventually occupy the entire space. e overall goal is to create a full- edged quilting and ber arts complex and a destination for locals and visitors alike.
Tangled Ball owner Marsha Corn spins yarn for a customer on a wheel at her shop in the Edgewater Public Market. The market address is 5505 W. 20th Ave.
Co-owners of Diversions Needlepoint and mother and daughter Cari Davis and Mandy Adams stand among the thousands of skeins of thread available at their shop at 410 W. Hampden Ave. in Englewood.
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The power of words
Native American Short Play Festival comes to Littleton
BY CHANCY J. GATLIN SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA
“We travel carrying our words. We arrive at the ocean.
With our words we are able to speak of the sounds of thunderous Waves.”
ese are the words of Ofelia Zepeda, Tohono O’odham poet and linguistics professor at the University of Arizona. In this excerpt from her poem, “Carrying Our Words,” Zepeda explores the power of language and its connection to the world around us.
Words are dynamic purveyors of ideas and emotions. When strung together, words create elegant poetry, magical stories and vibrant songs that spark the imagination and illuminate brilliant ideas. For 31-year-old Teddy McCollough of the Coyote Valley Band of California Pomo Indians, words play a powerful role in keeping the Native American story alive.
“Native storytelling is important to me because, for far too long, our stories have been told by others — often inaccurately, o ensively, and through harmful stereotypes that erase our presence in the modern world,” McCollough said. “Our stories deserve to be told by us, in our own voices, with honesty, nuance and truth. It’s through our storytelling that we reclaim our narratives, a rm our existence, and ensure that future generations know who we are and where we come from.”
To help tell these stories, McCullough will join 11 other actors in telling Native stories at the Native American Short Play Festival in Littleton. Together, they will perform staged readings of ve 10-minute plays by Native American and Native Hawaiian playwrights. e plays explore universal themes such as grief, legacy, tradition, empowerment and family. All actors performing in the festival are Native or Indigenous.
“Growing up, I loved participating in community theater, but Native stories weren’t being told — at least not accurately,” explained McCollough. “Over the past year, I’ve had the chance to be part of several Native theater productions and staged readings, and it’s been incredibly ful lling to nally help bring our stories to life.”
Celebration of Native Arts (CoNA) is partnering with Littleton United Methodist Church, 5894 S. Datura St., for the festival. ere will be two showings: one at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 26, and a matinee at 2 p.m. on Sunday, April 27. is free event is one part of the church’s Fine Arts Festival and aims to promote Native American theatre, music and dance.
All ve of the plays were originally performed by the Native Voices eater Company in Los Angeles at the Autry Museum of e American West Annual Short Play Festival. ree of the plays have won the Von Marie Atchley Excellence in Playwriting Award. Founded in 1994, Native Voices at the Autry is devoted to developing and producing new works for the stage by Native American, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian and First Nations playwrights.
“ is festival is a powerful way to support Native arts and storytelling. It offers a rare opportunity to experience the richness and diversity of Native cultures through a series of short plays — each with its own unique voice, theme and style,” McCollough said. “Whether you’re new to Native storytelling or deeply connected to it, the festival invites everyone to witness stories told by Native people.”
is coverage comes courtesy of a grant from the Littleton Arts and Culture Program. As a matter of policy, funders exercise no control over editorial decisions.
IF YOU GO
The Littleton United Methodist Church, 5894 S. Datura St., is hosting two performances of the Native American Short Play Festival: 7:30 p.m. April 26, and 2 p.m. April 27.
Five, 10-minute plays to be performed:
• “Aunty Is A Verb” by Lee Cataluna
• “Seeds” by Laura Shamas
• “Chili Lover” by James Lujan
• “9-1-1 Comancheria” by Dustin Tahmahkera
• “He Never Smiled in Photos” by Desireé Leialoha
The Native American Short Play Festival is part of the Littleton United Methodist Church’s Fine Arts Festival. To learn more, visit https://littletonumc.church/fas.
“Four Women in Red” by Laura Shamas, performed in 2023. From left is Jozephine Gri n, Amanda Fresquez, Lea McCormick and Lori Robison.
“The Origin of Law” by Diane Glancy, performed in 2023. From left is Lori Robison, Amanda Fresquez, Jozephine Gri n and Angelo Mendez-Soto. PHOTOS COURTESY OF ELLEN SHAMAS-BRANDT
DIA announces it will increase parking costs
Garages will cost $7 per hour, among other increases
BY ISABEL GUZMAN ISABEL@COTLN.ORG
Denver International Airport — one of the world’s busiest airports that generates over $47.2 billion annually, according to the 2025 Colorado Economic Impact Study — will implement new parking rates at several of its parking facilities beginning on May 14. e update includes increased fees for most parking options, and a reduced daily rate for Premium Reserve parking. DIA o cials say these adjustments follow a 44.5% rise in parking management and shuttle expenses over the past three years. e new rates were set after benchmarking, or comparing DIA prices
COMMAND HQ
U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers, an Alabama Republican, claimed soon after President Donald Trump won the 2024 election that the president would relocate Space Command to Alabama. Colorado ocials in Congress from both sides of the aisle have opposed that idea.
Colorado’s Republican delegation in Congress wrote to Trump at the start of April urging him to maintain Space Command’s operational readiness in Colorado Springs, citing the area’s al-
against other major airports and local o -airport parking providers. e airport last raised parking rates in July 2022.
“Raising parking fees enables us to continue investing in our parking infrastructure and improve the overall customer experience,” said Mark Nagel, DIA’s senior vice president of parking and commercial transportation. “Planned upgrades include better lighting, enhanced accessibility, and improved security features.” e additional revenue from these changes — estimated to be more than $3 million per month — will also help DIA maintain competitive airline rates, supporting continued growth in ight options for the community.
For more details on parking locations and real-time availability, visit DIA’s parking information page at ydenver. com/parking-and-transportation/parking-lots.
ready robust space military infrastructure.
Republican U.S. Reps. Je Crank of Colorado Springs, Lauren Boebert of Windsor, Je Hurd of Grand Junction, and Gabe Evans of Fort Lupton issued a joint statement saying the report conrms that losing civilian personnel in Colorado “will signi cantly impact the full operational capability during a time when our foreign adversaries pose a real risk to our national security. We cannot a ord to move backwards during such a critical time.”
“China and Russia have advanced the weaponization of space, and the national debt has increased nearly 30% in
the past few years,” the statement says. “Transferring the Command at such a turbulent time would jeopardize our national security, needlessly put American lives at risk, and create an unnecessary waste of taxpayer resources.”
Crank’s district, the 5th Congressional District, is home to Peterson Space Force Base and Space Command.
In a statement, Rogers — who chairs the House Armed Services Committee — said the report con rms the Trump administration was correct in choosing Huntsville to house Space Command and that the report “reveals an astounding lack of transparency and accountability by the Biden Administration.”
mended SPACECOM HQ be built in ated with that move could be mitigated, and that moving to Huntsville would save the taxpayer over $420,000,000,” Rogers said in a statement.
U.S. Rep. Dale Strong, also an Alabama Republican, issued a statement on X saying Biden’s decision to keep Space Command in Colorado was “an attempt to further President Biden’s political agenda.” is story is from Colorado Newsline. Used by permission. For more, and to support the news organization, visit coloradonewsline.com.
Denver International Airport will raise parking prices starting May 14.
PHOTO BY ISABEL GUZMAN
1. MOVIES: Which animated movie was the rst to be nominated for a Best Picture Academy Award?
2. GEOGRAPHY: Interior and exterior lm shots of Alnwick Castle in England are featured in the rst two movies of which lm series?
3. TELEVISION: What was the last name of the family in the sitcom “Married ... With Children”?
4. LITERATURE: For which category is the Caldecott Medal awarded?
5. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: Also known as a double eagle, what is the golf term for scoring three under par on a hole?
6. ANATOMY: What is the protein that carries oxygen in the blood?
7. U.S. PRESIDENTS: Which president was the rst to name a woman as a Cabinet member?
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8. ANIMAL KINGDOM: What is a baby toad called?
9. FOOD & DRINK: Which fast-food chain’s secret ingredient is 11 herbs and spices?
10. ASTRONOMY: How many moons does Mars have?
Answers
1. “Beauty and the Beast.”
2. “Harry Potter.”
3. Bundy.
4. Outstanding children’s picture books.
5. Albatross.
6. Hemoglobin.
7. Franklin D. Roosevelt named Frances Perkins as Labor Secretary.
8. Tadpole.
9. Kentucky Fried Chicken.
10. Two: Phobos and Deimos.
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Delaware St, Englewood, CO 80110. THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.
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, 05/21/2025, 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: 3/27/2025
Publication: 4/24/2025 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
DATE: 01/21/2025 Michael Westerberg, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado
By: Michael Westerberg, Public Trustee
The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number
Last Publication: 4/24/2025
Name of Publication: Littleton Independent NOTICE OF UNCLAIMED OVERBID FUNDS
CRS 38-38-111(2.5b)(3a,b,d)(5) PUBLIC TRUSTEE SALE NO. 0249-2024
To: Obligor/Grantor(s) on the evidence of debt and/or Deed of Trust or other person entitled.
You are advised that there are overbid funds due you. This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:
Name of Obligor/Grantor(s) on the evidence of debt and/or Deed of Trust Daniel P. Pond
Address of Obligor/Grantor(s) on the evidence of debt and/or Deed of Trust 1692 W Canal Cir Unit 1031, Littleton, CO 80120--4560
Recording Date of Deed of Trust May 14, 2020
Recording Information E0057018
Legal Description of Property
See Attached Exhibit "A".
**The Deed of Trust Legal description was corrected by an Affidavit of Correction recorded on 5/3/2024 at Reception No. E4026911, in the records of Arapahoe County, State of Colorado.
Street Address of Property 1692 W Canal Cir Unit 1031, Littleton, CO 80120-4560
NOTICE OF UNCLAIMED OVERBID FUNDS
I sold at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on 10/2/24, at The East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, to the highest and best bidder for cash, the real property described above. An overbid was realized from the sale and the funds must be claimed by the Obligor/Grantor(s) on the evidence of debt and/ or Deed of Trust or other persons entitled thereto within six months from the date of sale. THE STATE OF COLORADO REQUIRES US TO NOTIFY YOU THAT YOUR PROPERTY MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO THE CUSTODY OF THE STATE TREASURER IF YOU DO NOT CONTACT US BEFORE 4/2/2025 as part of the "Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act", pursuant to Colorado law.
First Publication: 4/24/25
Last Publication: 5/22/25
Name of Publication: Littleton Independent Date: 4/14/25
Michael Westerberg, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Michael Westerberg, Public Trustee
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0249-2024 Exhibit A
Building 10, Unit 1031, Pinnacle at Highline, in accordance with and subject to the Declaration for Pinnacle at Highline recorded on July 17, 2001 at Reception No. B1115281 and the Condominium Map recorded on October 29, 2001 at Reception No. B1183130 in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado, together with Garage Unit G-179 and Surface Parking Unit P-148 in accordance with and subject to the Declaration for Pinnacle at Highline recorded on July 17, 2001 at Reception No. B1115281 and the Condominium Map recorded on October 29, 2001 at Reception No. B1183130 in the office of the Clerk and recorder of the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado.
Legal Notice NO. 0249-2024
First Publication: 4/24/25
Last Publication: 5/22/25
Name of Publication: Littleton Independent COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0038-2025
To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:
On January 21, 2025, 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.
Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the Deed of Trust and other violations thereof THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.
LOT 5, GREENWOOD HIGHLANDS FILING NO. 2, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO
Purported common address: 4 Windover Road, Greenwood Village, CO 80121.
THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.
If applicable, a description of any changes to the deed of trust described in the notice of election and demand pursuant to affidavit as allowed by statutes: C.R.S.§ 38-35109(5) LEGAL DESCRIPTION HAS BEEN CORRECTED BY SCRIVENER'S AFFIDAVIT RECORDED 9/28/2022 AT RECEPTION NO. E2098930 IN THE RECORDS OF ARAPAHOE COUNTY.
NOTICE OF SALE
The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.
THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 05/21/2025, 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: 3/27/2025
Last Publication: 4/24/2025
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: 01/21/2025
Michael Westerberg, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado
By: Michael Westerberg, Public Trustee
The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:
Erin Croke #46557
Steven Bellanti #48306
Holly Shilliday #24423
Ilene Dell'Acqua #31755
McCarthy & Holthus LLP
7700 E Arapahoe Road, Suite 230, Centennial, CO 80112 (877) 369-6122
Attorney File # CO-24-996081-LL
The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.
©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015
Legal Notice NO. 0038-2025
First Publication: 3/27/2025
Last Publication: 4/24/2025
Name of Publication: Littleton Independent
COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103
FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0088-2025
To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:
On February 11, 2025, 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)
Antonino E Smith AND Christine M Smith
Original Beneficiary(ies)
ARGENT MORTGAGE COMPANY, LLC
Current Holder of Evidence of Debt
WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. , as Trustee for Park Place Securities, Inc. Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates Series 2005-WHQ3
Date of Deed of Trust March 04, 2005
(Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.)
B5033308
Original Principal Amount
$93,500.00
Outstanding Principal Balance
$56,514.93
Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.
THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.
SEE ATTACHED LEGAL DESCRIPTION
PARCEL ID NUMBER: 207715414010
Purported common address: 5819 S PEARL STREET, CENTENNIAL, CO 80121.
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, 06/04/2025, 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: 4/10/2025
Last Publication: 5/8/2025
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: 02/11/2025
Michael Westerberg, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado
By: Michael Westerberg, Public Trustee
The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:
Alison L Berry #34531
N. April Winecki #34861
David R. Doughty #40042
Nicholas H. Santarelli #46592
Lynn M. Janeway #15592
Janeway Law Firm, P.C. 9540 Maroon Circle, Suite 320, Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 706-9990 Attorney File # 19-022497
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
0088-2025 LEGAL DESCRIPTION
Unit 5819, Green Oaks Townhomes, according to the Map thereof filed with the Clerk and Recorder of Arapahoe County, State of Colorado, February 24, 1981, as defined and described in the Condominium Declaration for Green Oaks Townhomes, similarly filed and recorded February 24, 1981, in Book 3370 at Page 404, together with the exclusive use of Parking Space 5819, a limited common element shown on said map, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado.
Legal Notice NO. 0088-2025
First Publication: 4/10/2025
Last Publication: 5/8/2025
Name of Publication: Littleton Independent
COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103
FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0084-2025
To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:
On February 11, 2025, 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.
Current Holder of Evidence of
Provident Funding Associates, L.P.
Date of Deed of Trust
November 30, 2004
County of Recording Arapahoe
Recording Date of Deed of Trust December 06, 2004
Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) B4209555
Original Principal Amount
$193,000.00
Outstanding
Pursuant to CRS
THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.
LOT 12, BLOCK 4, ALGONQUIN ACRES AMENDED PLAT OF BLOCKS 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 AND 6, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO.
Purported common address: 6691 South Abilene Way, Centennial, 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, 06/04/2025, 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: 4/10/2025
Last Publication: 5/8/2025
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: 02/11/2025
Michael Westerberg, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Michael Westerberg, Public Trustee
The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:
Amanda Ferguson #44893
Heather Deere #28597
Toni M. Owan #30580
Halliday, Watkins & Mann, PC
355 Union Blvd., Ste. 250, Lakewood, CO 80228 (303) 274-0155 Attorney File # CO24215
The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.
©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015
Legal Notice NO. 0084-2025
First Publication: 4/10/2025
Last Publication: 5/8/2025
Name of Publication: Littleton Independent COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0051-2025
To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:
On January 28, 2025, 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
CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED;
DATE: 01/28/2025 Michael Westerberg, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Michael Westerberg, Public Trustee
The name, address,
Hereby Given that
I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 06/04/2025, at The East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash,
11, HERITAGE GREENS, 7TH FILING, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO.
Purported common address: 5256 E MINERAL CIR, CENTENNIAL, CO 80122. THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.
NOTICE OF SALE
The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.
THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 06/04/2025, 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: 4/10/2025
Last Publication: 5/8/2025
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: 01/31/2025
Michael Westerberg, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado
By: Michael Westerberg, 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
Joseph D. DeGiorgio #45557
Carly Imbrogno #59533
Randall M. Chin #31149
David W. Drake #43315
Ryan Bourgeois #51088 Barrett, Frappier & Weisserman, LLP 1 391 Speer Boulevard, Suite 700, Denver, CO 80204 (303) 350-3711
Attorney File # 00000010348498
The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.
©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015
Legal Notice NO. 0054-2025
First Publication: 4/10/2025
Last Publication: 5/8/2025
Name of Publication: Littleton Independent COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103
FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0022-2025
To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:
On January 17, 2025, 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) Wendy Ellis
Original Beneficiary(ies) Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as beneficiary, as nominee for Wachovia Mortgage Corporation
Current Holder of Evidence of Debt Arvest Bank Date of Deed of Trust March 25, 2002
County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust April 02, 2002
Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) B2060631 Book: N/A Page: Original Principal Amount
$151,950.00
Outstanding Principal Balance
$83,749.05
Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.
THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.
LOT 28, BLOCK 1, FIRST REPLAT OF SOUTHPARK SUBDIVISION FILING NUMBER 9, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO.
Purported common address: 2914 West Long Circle Unit C, Littleton, CO 80120. 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, 05/21/2025, 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: 3/27/2025
Last Publication: 4/24/2025
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: 01/17/2025
Michael Westerberg, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado
By: Michael Westerberg, Public Trustee
The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:
Alexis R. Abercrombie #56722
Scott D. Toebben #19011
Aricyn J. Dall #51467
David W Drake #43315
Randall S. Miller & Associates PC 216 16th Street, Suite 1210, Denver, CO 80202 (720) 259-6710
Attorney File # 24CO00581-1
The Attorney above is acting as a debt
collector and is attempting to collect a debt.
Any information provided may be used for that purpose.
©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015
Legal Notice NO. 0022-2025
First Publication: 3/27/2025
Last Publication: 4/24/2025
Name of Publication: Littleton Independent COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103
FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0031-2025
To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:
On January 21, 2025, 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)
Ashleigh Czarnek AND Michael H. Czarnek
Original Beneficiary(ies)
MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR QUICKEN LOANS, LLC, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS
Current Holder of Evidence of Debt
FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION
Date of Deed of Trust
August 18, 2020
County of Recording Arapahoe
Recording Date of Deed of Trust August 25, 2020
Recording Information
(Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.)
E0110102
Original Principal Amount
$300,000.00
Outstanding Principal Balance
$274,016.25
Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.
THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.
LOT FIVE (5), BLOCK FORTY-SEVEN (47), CENTENNIAL ACRES SEVENTH FILING, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO.
PARCEL ID NUMBER: 2077-08-3-08-038
Purported common address: 3328 W Monmouth Ave, Englewood, CO 80110-6337.
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, 05/21/2025, at The East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the
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: 3/27/2025
Last Publication: 4/24/2025
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: 01/21/2025
Michael Westerberg, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Michael Westerberg, Public Trustee
The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:
Alison L Berry #34531
N. April Winecki #34861
David R. Doughty #40042
Nicholas H. Santarelli #46592
Lynn M. Janeway #15592
Janeway Law Firm, P.C. 9540 Maroon Circle, Suite 320, Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 706-9990
Attorney File # 24-033833
The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.
©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado
Revised 1/2015
Legal Notice NO. 0031-2025
First Publication: 3/27/2025
Last Publication: 4/24/2025
Name of Publication: Littleton Independent NOTICE OF UNCLAIMED OVERBID FUNDS
CRS 38-38-111(2.5b)(3a,b,d)(5)
PUBLIC TRUSTEE SALE NO. 0314-2024
To: Obligor/Grantor(s) on the evidence of debt and/or Deed of Trust or other person entitled. You are advised that there are overbid funds due you. This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:
Name of Obligor/Grantor(s) on the evidence of debt and/or Deed of Trust
Elois M. Rimpley
Address of Obligor/Grantor(s) on the evidence of debt and/or Deed of Trust 4183 South Decatur Street, Englewood, CO 80110
Recording Date of Deed of Trust December 10, 2002
Recording Information B2236452
Legal Description of Property LOT 13, BLOCK 2, ROSE GARDENS SUBDIVISION ACCORDING TO THE AMENDED PLAT FILED OCTOBER 17, 1962 AT RECEPTION NO. R0830030, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO.
Street Address of Property 4183 South Decatur Street, Englewood, CO 80110
NOTICE OF UNCLAIMED OVERBID FUNDS
I sold at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on 11/6/24, at The East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, to the highest and best bidder for cash, the real property described above. An overbid was realized from the sale and the funds must be claimed by the Obligor/Grantor(s) on the evidence of debt and/or Deed of Trust or other persons entitled thereto within six months from the date of sale. THE STATE OF COLORADO REQUIRES US
TO NOTIFY YOU THAT YOUR PROPERTY MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO THE CUSTODY OF THE STATE TREASURER IF YOU DO NOT CONTACT US BEFORE 5/6/2025 as part of the "Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act", pursuant to Colorado law.
First Publication: 4/24/25
Last Publication: 5/22/25
Name of Publication: Littleton Independent
Date: 4/14/25
Michael Westerberg, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado
By: Michael Westerberg, Public Trustee ©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado
Revised 9/2012
Legal Notice NO. 0314-2024
First Publication: 4/24/25
Last Publication: 5/22/25
Name of Publication: Littleton Independent COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0090-2025
To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:
On February 11, 2025, 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)
Pursuant
LOT 10, BLOCK 1, OXFORD HEIGHTS, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO.
Purported common address: 4180 S JASON ST, ENGLEWOOD, CO 80110.
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, 06/04/2025, 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: 4/10/2025
Last Publication: 5/8/2025
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: 02/11/2025
Michael Westerberg, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Michael Westerberg, 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
Joseph D. DeGiorgio #45557
Carly Imbrogno #59533
Randall M. Chin #31149
David W. Drake #43315
Ryan Bourgeois #51088 Barrett, Frappier & Weisserman, LLP 1391 Speer Boulevard, Suite 700, Denver, CO 80204 (303) 350-3711 Attorney File # 00000010354330
The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.
©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015
Legal Notice NO. 0090-2025
First Publication: 4/10/2025
Last Publication : 5/8/2025
Name of Publication: Littleton Independent
City and County
Public Notice
CITY
PUBLIC NOTICES
Summons and Sheriff Sale
Greenwood Village, CO 80111 303.381.4960 (voice) 303. 381.4961 (fax) sblair@crsofcolorado.com
Legal Notice No. Arap 2478
First Publication: April 24, 2025
Last Publication: April 24, 2025 Publisher: Littleton Independent
Bids and Settlements
Public Notice CITY OF ENGLEWOOD NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT SOUTHWEST GREENBELT TRAIL IMPROVEMENTS CFS-25-043
On or about May 9, 2025, the City of Englewood will make a final settlement to: Elite Industries 535 S Gilbert Street Castle Rock, CO
For the construction of: Southwest Greenbelt Trail Improvements.
Notice is hereby given that after 5:00 p.m. local time on or about May 9, 2025, final settlement to Elite Industries Contractor, will be made by the City of Englewood, Colorado for and on account of the contract for the construction of the above-referenced project.
Any person, co-partnership, an association of persons, company, or corporation that has furnished labor, materials, team hire, sustenance, provisions, provender or other supplies used or consumed by the contractor identified above or any subcontractor thereof in or about the performance of the work contracted to be done or that has supplied rental machinery, tools, or equipment to the extent used in the prosecution of the work whose claim therefor has not been paid by the contractor or subcontractor, may in accord with section 38-26-107 (1) C.R.S., file with the Director of Finance, City of Englewood, Colorado, a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid on account of such claim, which statement must be filed on or before May 9, 2025.
Claims must be submitted to Kevin Engels, Finance Manager, 1000 Englewood Parkway, Englewood, Colorado 80110-2373, (303) 762-2400.
Failure on the part of a claimant to file such statement prior to the final settlement date and time will relieve the City of Englewood from all and any liability of such claim as provided by law.
Kevin Engels, Finance Manager City of Englewood, Colorado
Legal Notice No. Arap 2470
First Publication: April 24, 2025
Second Publication: May 1, 2025 Publisher: ENGLEWOOD HERALD
Public Notice
NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT
BID PACKAGES #15, 16 and 23
Euclid MS, Whitman (Options), Acoma, Peabody ES, Lenski ES, and Sandburg ES Summer 2024 CMGC Services
Notice is hereby given that Littleton Public Schools in the county of Arapahoe will on May 20, 2025 pay retainage and make final settlement with Bryan Construction Inc. for BID PACKAGES #15, 16 and 23 – Euclid MS, Whitman (Options), Acoma, Peabody ES, Lenski ES, and Sandburg ES Summer 2024 CMGC Services. Any person, co-partnership, association of persons, company or corporation that has furnished labor, material, team hire, sustenance, provisions, provender or other supplies used or consumed by the contractor identified above or any subcontractor thereof in or about the performance of the work contracted to be done or that has supplied rental machinery, tools, or equipment to the extent used in the prosecution of the work whose claim therefore has not been paid, by the contractor or subcontractor, must file a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid on account of such claim, which statement must be filed on May 20, 2025. Claims must be submitted to the Board of Education to Littleton Public Schools at the school district’s Property Management Department, 5776 S. Crocker Street, Littleton, CO. 80120 on May 20, 2025 Final Settlement will be made and verified claims must be timely filed with Littleton Public Schools. Failure on the part of the claimant to file such statement prior to or on the established date will relieve the School District from any and all liability for such claim, Dated: April 24, 2025
Legal Notice No. Arap 2486
First Publication: April 24,
On or about May 9, 2025, the City of Englewood will make a final settlement to:
Global Underground Corp 3770 Puritan Way Frederick, CO 80516
For the construction of: Lead Reduction Program
Notice is hereby given that after 5:00 p.m. local time on or about May 9, 2025, final settlement to Global Underground Corp Contractor, will be made by the City of Englewood, Colorado for and on account of the contract for the construction of the above-referenced project.
Any person, co-partnership, an association of persons, company, or corporation that has furnished labor, materials, team hire, sustenance, provisions, provender or other supplies used or consumed by the contractor identified above or any subcontractor thereof in or about the performance of the work contracted to be done or that has supplied rental machinery, tools, or equipment to the extent used in the prosecution of the work whose claim therefor has not been paid by the contractor or subcontractor, may in accord with section 38-26-107 (1) C.R.S., file with the Director of Finance, City of Englewood, Colorado, a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid on account of such claim, which statement must be filed on or before May 9, 2025.
Claims must be submitted to Kevin Engels, Finance Manager, 1000 Englewood Parkway, Englewood, Colorado 80110-2373, (303) 762-2400.
Failure on the part of a claimant to file such statement prior to the final settlement date and time will relieve the City of Englewood from all and any liability of such claim as provided by law.
Kevin Engels, Finance Manager
City of Englewood, Colorado
Legal Notice No. Arap 2468
First Publication: April 24, 2025
Second Publication: May 1, 2025
Publisher: ENGLEWOOD HERALD
Public Notice
NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to § 3826-107, C.R.S., that on May 12th, 2025, final settlement with Insituform Technologies, LLC. will be made by Platte Canyon Water & Sanitation District for the “2025 Sanitary Sewer CIPP and Manhole Rehabilitation Project” subject to satisfactory final inspection and acceptance of said facilities by the District. Any person, co-partnership, association of persons, company or corporation that has furnished labor, materials, team hire, sustenance, provisions, provender, or other supplies used or consumed by such contractor or his or her subcontractor in or about the performance of the work contracted to be done or that supplies, laborers, rental machinery, tools, or equipment to the extent used in the prosecution of the work whose claim therefore has not been paid by the contractor or subcontractor, at any time up to and including the time of final settlement for the work contracted to be done, may file a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid on such claim with Platte Canyon Water & Sanitation District, c/o, Mr. Timothy Flynn, Attorney, Ireland Stapleton Pryor & Pascoe, PC, 1660 Lincoln Street, Suite 3000, Denver, CO 80264. Failure to file such verified statement or claim prior to final settlement will release the District and its employees and agents from any and all liability for such claim and for making final payment to said contractor.
s/s General Manager, Cynthia A. Lane, P.E. Platte Canyon Water & Sanitation District
Legal Notice No. Arap 2472
First Publication: April 24, 2025 Last Publication: May 1, 2025 Publisher: Littleton Independent
Public Notice
NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT
BID PACKAGE #19
Education Service Center (ESC) Summer 2024 CMGC Services
Notice is hereby given that Littleton Public Schools in the county of Arapahoe will on May 20, 2025 pay retainage and make final settlement with MW Golden Constructors for BID PACKAGE #19 – Education Service Center (ESC) Summer 2024 CMGC Services. Any person, co-partnership, association of persons, company or corporation that has furnished labor, material, team hire, sustenance, provisions, provender or other supplies used or consumed by the contractor identified above or any subcontractor thereof in or about the performance of the work contracted to be done or that has supplied rental machinery, tools, or equipment to the extent used in the prosecution of the work whose claim therefore has not been paid, by the contractor or subcontractor, must file a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid on account of such claim, which statement must be filed on May 20, 2025. Claims must be submitted to Board of Education to Littleton Public Schools at the school district’s Property Management Department, 5776 S. Crocker Street, Littleton,
Public Notice
DISTRICT COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, STATE OF COLORADO
Case No.: 2024CV030782 Division: 204 COMBINED NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL PROPERTY
Plaintiff: THE ASPENS TOWNHOMES, a Colorado nonprofit corporation v. Defendants: GAIL SEATON HUMBERT TRUST DATED FEBRUARY 9, 2007; QUICKEN LOANS INC; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC.; CROWN ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC; ARAPAHOE COUNTY PUBLIC TRUSTEE
This is to advise you that a Sheriff sale proceeding has been commenced through the office of the undersigned Sheriff pursuant to ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR DECREE FOR JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE dated December 3, 2024, and C.R.S. 38-38-101 et seq., by The Aspens Townhomes, the current holder of a lien recorded on January 8, 2021 at Rec. No. E1003683, in the records of the Clerk and Recorder of the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado. The judicial foreclosure is based on a default under the Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions of the Aspens by B.H. Miller, recorded on September 18, 1972 at Reception No. 1313863 in the records of the Clerk and Recorder of the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado. The Declaration and notices, as recorded, establish a lien for the benefit of The Aspens Townhomes,
Regarding:
Parcel 1: Lot 1, Block 2, the Aspens, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado.
Parcel 2: An appurtenant easement as shown and designated as Easement C-A, over Lot 4, as shown on Exhibit B of the Declaration of Covenants, conditions and restrictions of the Aspens, recorded September 13, 1992 in Book 2058 at Page 576. County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado.
Also known and numbered as: 14342 E Arizona Ave, Aurora, CO 80012
TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS, Please take notice:
You and each of you are hereby notified that a Sheriff's Sale of the referenced property is to be conducted by the Sheriff's Office of the county of Arapahoe, State of Colorado at 10:00 A.M., on the 22nd day of May 2025, at 13101 E. Broncos Pkwy, Centennial, CO 80112; phone number (720) 874-3845. At which sale, the above described real property and improvements thereon will be sold to the highest bidder. Plaintiff makes no warranty relating to title, possession, or quiet enjoyment in and to said real property in connection with this sale.
**BIDDERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE CASH OR CERTIFIED FUNDS SUFFICIENT TO COVER THE MINIMUM BID AT TIME OF SALE. **
ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF: ORTEN CAVANAGH HOLMES & HUNT, LLC 1445 Market Street, Suite 350 Denver, CO 80202
DATED: February 18, 2025
Tyler S. Brown, Sherriff County of Arapahoe, Colorado
By: Sgt. Trent Steffa, Deputy Sheriff
Legal Notice No. Arap 2232
First Publication: March 27, 2025
Last Publication: April 24, 2025
Published In: Littleton Independent 750 W. Hampden Ave., Suite 225 Englewood, Colorado, 80110 Public Notice
DISTRICT COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, STATE OF COLORADO
Arapahoe County District Court 7325 S Potomac St Centennial, CO 80112 303-649-6355 Case No.: 2025CV030014 Division: 204
Plaintiff: THE CONSERVATORY HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC., a Colorado nonprofit corporation v. Defendants: DAVID YUN; HOME POINT FINANCIAL CORPORATION; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC.; ARAPAHOE COUNTY PUBLIC TRUSTEE Case No.: 2025CV030014 Division: 204
Attorneys for Plaintiff: ORTEN CAVANAGH HOLMES & HUNT, LLC
Hal R. Kyles, #23891 1445 Market St., Suite 350 Denver, Colorado 80202 Phone Number: (720) 221-9780 Matter ID #2751.0143
SUMMONS [BY PUBLICATION]
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS:
You are hereby summoned and required to appear and defend against the claims of the complaint filed with the court in this action,
Rule 105, C.R.C.P. to the real property situate in Aurora, Colorado more particularly described as Lot 6, Block 72, Conservatory Subdivision Filing No. 1, City of Aurora, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado.
Dated: March 31, 2025.
ORTEN CAVANAGH HOLMES & HUNT, LLC By: /s/Hal R. Kyles Hal R. Kyles, #23891
This Summons is issued pursuant to Rule 4(g), Colorado Rules of Civil Procedure.
Legal Notice No. Arap
In re: the Allocation of Parental
Responsibilities
Petitioner: Dani Rayne Cooper
Respondent: Hayden Thomas Carter and John Doe
Counsel for Petitioner: ROBINSON & HENRY, P.C. Kevin J. Farrell | #27091 Robert Pomper | #41887 7555 E. Hampden Avenue, Suite 600 Denver, Colorado 80231 (303) 688-0944
Kevin.Farrell@robinsonandhenry.com
Robert.Pomper@robinsonandhenry.com
Case No: 24DR31834 Div.: 35
SUMMONS FOR PETITION FOR ALLOCATION OF PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITIES TO RESPONDENT JOHN DOE
To the Respondent, John Doe, named above this Summons serves as a notice to appear in this case.
If you were served in the State of Colorado, you must file your Response with the clerk of this Court within 21 days after this Summons is served on you to participate in this action.
If you were served outside of the State of Colorado or you were served by publication, you must file your Response with the clerk of this Court within 35 days after this Summons is served on you to participate in this action.
You may be required to pay a filing fee with your Response. The Response form (JDF 1420) can be found at www.courts.state.co.us by clicking on the “Self Help/Forms” tab.
The Petition requests that the Court enter a Order addressing issues involving the children such as, child support, allocation of parental responsibilities, (decision-making and parenting time), attorney fees, and costs to the extent the Court has jurisdiction.
Notice: Colorado Revised Statutes §14-10123, provides that upon the filing of a Petition for Allocation of Parental Responsibilities by the Petitioner and Co-Petitioner, or upon personal service of the Petition and Summons on the Respondent, or upon waiver and acceptance of service by the Respondent, an automatic temporary injunction shall be in effect against both parties until the Final Order is entered, or the Petition is dismissed, or until further Order of the Court. Either party may apply to the Court for further temporary orders, an expanded automatic temporary injunction, or modification or revocation under §14-10-125, C.R.S.
A request for genetic tests shall not prejudice the requesting party in matters concerning allocation of parental responsibilities pursuant to §14-10-124(1.5), C.R.S. If genetic tests are not obtained prior to a legal establishment of paternity and submitted into evidence prior to the entry of the final order, the genetic tests may not be allowed into evidence at a later date.
Automatic Temporary Injunction – By Order of Colorado law, you and the other parties:
1. Are enjoined from molesting or disturbing the peace of the other party; and
2. Are restrained from removing the minor child(ren) from the state without the consent of all parties or an Order of the Court modifying the injunction; and
3. Are restrained, without at least 14 days advance notification and the written consent of all other parties or an Order of the Court, from cancelling, modifying, terminating, or allowing to lapse for non-
of
(40185)
TO CREDITORS Estate of Vera V. Ramer, a/k/a Vera Ramer, a/k/a Vera Verna Ramer, Deceased Case Number: 25PR30324
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 August 22, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Rhonda R. Kauffroath Personal Representative 4509 Tuscany St. Evans, CO 80620
Legal Notice No. Arap 2440
First Publication: April 17, 2025
Last Publication: May 1, 2025 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Robert Jack Goldfarb, a/k/a Robert J. Goldfarb, a/k/a Robert Goldfarb and Jack Goldfarb, Deceased Case Number: 2025PR30197
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 August 10, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Karen Mary Goldman
Personal Representative 22 Jerome Avenue Newton, MA 02465
Legal Notice No. Arap 2420
First Publication: April 10, 2025 Last Publication: April 24, 2025 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of Carlos Grabiel Montoya, aka Charles Gabriel Montoya, aka Charlie Montoya, Deceased Case Number: 2024PR398
All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before July 7, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Harold Montoya, Personal Representative 678 W Sagebrush Drive Louisville, CO 80027
Legal Notice No. Arap 2471 First Publication: April 24, 2025 Last Publication: May 8, 2025 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Bruce R. Brookens, aka Bruce Brookens, Deceased Case Number: 25PR30344
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 Monday, August 18, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Priscilla R. Brookens Personal Representative 5455 Landmark Place #1109 Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111
Legal Notice No. Arap 2459 First Publication: April 17, 2025 Last Publication: May 1, 2025 Publisher: Englewood Herald Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of DARYAL BRUCELL SMITH, a/k/a DARYAL B. SMITH, Deceased. Case No. 2025PR30260
All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before August 11, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Gayle Orr-Smith, Co-Personal Representative Danielle Trimiew, Co-Personal Representative
c/o Brian Landy, Attorney 4201 E. Yale Ave., Suite 110 Denver, CO 80222
Legal Notice No. Arap 2403
First Publication: April 10, 2025
Last Publication: April 24, 2025
Publisher: Littleton Independent
Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of Ahmad I. Alkayali, Deceased Case Number: 2025PR30312
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 August 10, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
/s/ David F. Steinhoff
David F. Steinhoff, #9980
Atty for Personal Representative
Solem Woodward & McKinley, PC 750 W Hampden Ave Ste 505 Englewood, CO 80110
Legal Notice No. Arap 2416
First Publication: April 10, 2025
Last Publication: April 24, 2025
Publisher: Englewood Herald Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
ALVIN EARL YOUNG, a/k/a ALVIN E. YOUNG, a/k/a ALVIN YOUNG, Deceased Case Number: 2025PR30210
All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to Probate Court of the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado on or before Monday, August 11, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Shelley Thompson, Esq. on behalf of the Co-Personal Representatives for the Estate of Alvin Earl Young
Law Office of Shelley Thompson 6400 S. Fiddlers Green Circle, #300 Greenwood Village, CO 80111 (720) 716-5677
Legal Notice No. Arap 2402
First Publication: April 10, 2025
Last Publication: April 24, 2025
Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of Marjorie Jean Curry, a/k/a Marjorie J. Curry, a/k/a Marge Curry, Deceased Case Number: 2025PR030220
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 Monday, August 11, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
John W. Curry, Personal Representative 3388 S. Fellet Court Lakewood, Colorado 80227
Legal Notice No. Arap 2408
First Publication: April 10, 2025 Last Publication: April 24, 2025
Publisher: Littleton Independentv Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of Charles James Turner, a.k.a. CJ Turner, a.k.a. Charles Turner, Deceased Case Number: 2025PR30121
All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado, or the claims may be forever barred.
Elizabeth Anne Runyon aka Elizabeth A. Runyon
Personal Representative 38 Red Deer Ave, Scarborough M1N 2Y8, Ontario, Canada
Legal Notice No. Arap 2451
First Publication: April 17, 2025
Last Publication: May 1, 2025
Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of Brian Roy Vogt, also known as Brian R. Vogt, also known as Brian Vogt, Deceased Case Number: 2025PR30354
All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before Monday, August 11, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
F. Robert Lee, Personal Representative 7622 S Spotswood Court Littleton, Colorado 80120
Legal Notice No. Arap 2435
First Publication: April 10, 2025 Last Publication: April 24, 2025
Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Leontine E. More, Deceased Case Number: 2025PR030248
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 August 10, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Stephen Allen More Personal Representative C/O Breeze Trusts & Estates,
Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of Paul O. Martin, a/k/a Paul Martin, a/k/a Paul Ogden Martin, Deceased Case Number: 2025PR30263
All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of ArapahoeCounty, Colorado on or before August 18, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Mary Jane Wood
Personal Representative 6605 S. Williams Cir. W Centennial, CO 80121
Legal Notice No. Arap 2417
First Publication: April 10, 2025
Last Publication: April 24, 2025
Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of Michael Goldfogel, a/k/a Mike Goldfogel, Deceased Case Number: 2025PR30213
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 August 10, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
/s/ Courtney D. Bine
Courtney D. Bine, #57977
Attorney to the Personal Representative 5251 DTC Parkway, Suite 825 Greenwood Village, CO 80111
Legal Notice No. Arap 2400
First Publication: April 10, 2025
Last Publication: April 24, 2025
Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of Carole Kay Lohr, a/k/a Carole K. Lohr, a/k/a Carole Lohr, and Carole Kay Reikofski Lohr, Deceased Case Number: 2025PR30332
All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to:
District Court, Arapahoe County, Colorado 7325 S. Potomac St., #100 Centennial, CO 80112
on or before August 10, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Jeffrey D. Reikofski,
Personal Representative c/o Law Office of Byron K. Hammond, LLC 4500 Cherry Creek Drive South, Suite 960 Denver, CO 80246
Legal Notice No. Arap 2424
First Publication: April 10, 2025
Last Publication: April 24, 2025
Publisher: Englewood Herald Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of PHYLLIS J. HARRELL, aka PHYLLIS JOAN HARRELL, aka PHYLLIS HARRELL, Deceased Case Number: 2025PR130
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 Monday, August 25, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Baysore & Christian Fiduciary Services, LLC
Personal Representative 7000 E. Belleview Ave., Suite 150 Greenwood Village, CO 80111
Legal Notice No. Arap 2469
First Publication: April 24, 2025
Last Publication: May 8, 2025
Publisher: Littleton Independent
Name Changes
NOTICE
Public Notice of
2445
First Publication: April 17, 2025
Last Publication: May 1, 2025
Publisher: Littleton Independent
PUBLIC NOTICE
Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name
Public notice is given on March 18 2025, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.
The petition requests that the name of Molly Caitlin Larsen be changed to Molli Caitlin Larsen Case No.: 25C100222
By: Sarah Ingemansen Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk
Legal Notice No. Arap 2404
First Publication: April 10, 2025
Last Publication: April 24, 2025
Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE
Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name
Public notice is given on April 7, 2025, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.
The petition requests that the name of Anzhelika Milana Babakhanov be changed to Anzhelika Bak Case No.: 25C36647
By: Kim Boswell Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk
Legal Notice No. Arap 2460 First Publication: April 17, 2025
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Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name
Public notice is given on March 13, 2025, that a Petition for a Change of Name of a minor child has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.
The petition requests that the name of Dilan Zaid Zepeda Santos be changed to Dilan Zaid Zepeda Carcamo Case No.: 25C100216
By: Sarah Ingemansen Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk
Legal Notice No. Arap 2413
First Publication: April 10, 2025
Last Publication: April 24, 2025
Publisher: Littleton Independent
PUBLIC NOTICE
Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name
Public notice is given on April 7, 2025, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.
The petition requests that the name of Clarissa Corral Chavez be changed to Clarissa Corral Lazalde Case No.: 25C100290
By: Ivan Marchena Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk
Legal Notice No. Arap 2483
First Publication: April 24, 2025
Last Publication: May 8, 2025
Publisher: Littleton Independent
PUBLIC NOTICE
Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name
Public notice is given on April 7, 2025,, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.
The petition requests that the name of Andrea Mohamedbhai be changed to Andrea Cristina Rigo Case No.: 25C100293
By: Kim Boswell Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk
Legal Notice No. Arap 2477
First Publication: April 24, 2025 Last Publication: May 8, 2025 Publisher: Littleton Independent
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Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name
Public notice is given on March 12, 2025, that a Petition for a Change of Name of a minor child has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court. The petition requests that the name of Marvin Alexander Pedro Joaquin be changed to Marvin Alexander Pedro Pedro Case No.: 25C100210
By: Sarah Ingemansen Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk
SCHOOLS
Keri Rodrigues Langan, founding president of the National Parents Union, said the pandemic broke the relationship between parents and schools. Parents were no longer welcome inside schools due to safety protocols, and they haven’t been welcomed back in the years since, she said. Conservative groups such as Moms for Liberty and Parents Defending Education have used the sense that schools are hiding something to advance their priorities.
Some parents didn’t like what they saw during remote learning, including that many teachers struggled with basic technology. In some large cities, the influence of teachers unions contributed to schools staying closed longer.
“There were a lot of teachers who were heroes, but there were a lot of teachers who weren’t,” Rodrigues Langan said. “They were just whipping out packets, watch this YouTube video, answer three really quick and simple questions on Google Classroom. And that’s learning? And I think people were really shocked because they were expecting more and wanted more.”
Not long after the pandemic officially ended, most parents still gave their local school high marks. But the broader public perception of American schools is at an all-time low. And the political fallout can be seen in the recent expansion of school choice and in efforts by the Trump administration to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education.
School feels optional. Lots of kids are opting out.
Kids missed school at alarmingly high rates during the pandemic. Students got COVID. They got sent home to quarantine after exposure to COVID. Their parents kept them home for sniffles and coughs. And when their classmates and teachers were absent too, school felt kind of pointless.
All of that contributed to a dramatic spike in the share of students nationwide who were considered chronically absent, a designation that typically means they missed 18 days of school or more.
Chronic absenteeism peaked during the 2021-22 school year when nearly 30% of students missed that much school, almost double the pre-pandemic rate.
Many states have made improvements, but chronic absenteeism remains a stubborn problem.
Schools have tried every strategy in the book. They hired more staff to call home and knock on doors. They bought better computer systems to flag kids as they accrued absences. They hosted family events to make school feel more inviting.
None of these strategies have been particularly effective at reducing absenteeism, a nationally representative survey of school district leaders conducted by the
nonprofit RAND Corporation and Center on Reinventing Public Education last year found. But why?
Lydia Rainey, a Center on Reinventing Public Education principal who conducted follow-up interviews with a dozen of the surveyed districts, heard repeatedly that more students feel school is optional and not as important. To address that, schools have to make sure families know why in-person attendance matters and give students a reason to be there.
“If there is this cultural shift away from thinking daily attendance is really critical, then we need different strategies that get toward that — which the early warning systems and the calls home don’t get to,” Rainey said.
That reflects the experience of Kevin Dahill-Fuchel, executive director of Counseling in Schools, an organization that provides counseling services at roughly 50 New York City schools. He’s seen students grapple with questions like, “Why do I have to show up in school? I used to sit at home on my computer,” or, “Why do I have to take this course, when life can be fleeting and things can happen that are out of our control?”
Something has gone very wrong with reading
Student reading scores on the most recent National Assessment of Educational Progress, or NAEP, were the lowest in 30 years — even as students showed modest improvement in math.
Many states recently adopted policies to promote evidence-based reading instructional practices, in particular more explicit phonics instruction. These policies may take time to show up in test scores.
Math may be easier to remediate now that students are back in school, while gaps in foundational reading skills could be following students into older grades where teachers have less training in teaching students how to read. Students who leave elementary school as poor readers may struggle the rest of their academic careers.
Surveys also find that far fewer students read for pleasure than in the past, and cell phones and social media could be sapping children’s attention spans.
Technology is ubiquitous. Some educators are seizing the opportunity.
The pandemic fueled a technology access explosion in American schools.
Before COVID, fewer than half of students had access to a personal device at school. Now it’s estimated that 90% of secondary students and 80% of elementary students do.
But surveys indicate the most common way students use technology at school is taking online tests and quizzes. Some educators are determined to buck that trend.
“I didn’t use those computers until COVID,” said Adrienne Staten, a veteran English teacher in Philadelphia who was far more comfortable with textbooks, paper, and handwriting. “COVID was the catalyst.”
Now Staten weaves generative AI — another innovation she initially greeted with skepticism — into her own lesson planning and what she asks her students to do. She wants them to understand technology’s potential and its pitfalls, including built-in biases and privacy risks.
AI has been especially helpful for her students who are learning English as a second language, giving them more confidence in how they express themselves and opening up more content areas, Staten said.
Staten has the support of the Philadelphia school system, where officials want to become leaders in using AI in education.
By the end of the school year, Staten’s seniors will use Google’s Gemini chatbot and Adobe’s Express Firefly image generator to create virtual zines about a community they belong to, in conjunction with reading the novel There There, which follows the stories of Native American characters in Oakland.
“I just want to know that I gave them all the equipment and tools that they need to be OK out there,” Staten said.
Schools have fewer students and more staff
Districts large and small have seen a steady decline in the number of students. Declining birth rates and rising housing prices play a large role, but the pandemic accelerated underlying trends. Families who didn’t like their pandemic schooling options moved to private schools or opted to homeschool, and some haven’t returned. Expanded voucher programs in a dozen states provide financial support for alternatives to public schools.
What’s the result? Even as the student population has declined, schools employ more adults than before the pandemic, according to an analysis by researcher Chad Aldeman in partnership with The 74. Federal COVID relief paid for many of these positions — and research suggests that money helped improve student academic recovery — but now that money has gone away.
With school district budgets largely dependent on student population counts, these trends set the stage for painful budget decisions, layoffs, and school closures.
Child care is now everyone’s problem
Many child care centers stayed open through the pandemic to serve the children of essential workers even as schools shut down.
Staff at Chelsea Ndaiga’s Day Early Learning Center in Indianapolis, divided into two teams to maintain social distancing, and became experts in ever-shifting CDC protocols.
“If they don’t have their children in a safe spot, they can’t do their quality work,” Ndaiga said. “Families need to feel safe, need to feel that their children are safe, in order to do that.”
The pandemic made clear that a functioning economy depends on families having access to reliable child care. Federal pandemic relief helped shore up an early
childhood sector that nearly faltered under the weight of lost income and staffing shortages.
But advocates warned of a “child care cliff” when that money ran out. While the worst-case scenarios have not come to pass, child care supply isn’t expanding and prices are rising, according to a report from The Century Foundation, a left-leaning think tank.
With significant federal help unlikely, states have forged their own solutions. In Indiana, that looks like deregulation coupled with expanded access to child care subsidies. The state can now offer child care to 62% of the 466,000 children who need it, up from 55% in 2021, according to an analysis by Early Learning Indiana.
But a smaller share of Indiana’s available childcare seats are in high-quality programs, according to the state’s evaluation metric. And there’s now a wait list for subsidies.
Colleges are adjusting to lower expectations in K-12
The University of Northern Colorado, where about 40% of students are the first in their family to go to college, launched University 101 before COVID to help freshmen adjust to college expectations. But in the pandemic’s aftermath, the course has evolved to cover more basic ground.
“I can’t believe the class expects me to show up in person,” one student told University 101 program director Angela Vaughn last fall via a class feedback form. “I should be able to make that decision for myself.”
“How dare you say I can’t have my cell phone,” she said another student wrote. “I’m an adult.”
Relaxed expectations for high school students have become a habit that’s hard to break. Higher education institutions, in turn, are having to do more to educate students about how to be a student.
“Students are pushing back even more against those boundaries, those expectations of college,” Vaugn said. “They’re struggling with understanding why those things might be important.”
University 101 instructors meet weekly to discuss strategies and find better explanations than “because I said so.” They bring in upperclassmen to talk about why University 101’s expectations are normal, and they emphasize how college expectations relate to workforce demands.
“They’re starting to become adults, and we’re here to help them expand their perspective beyond what they’ve experienced and what they know or think they know,” Vaughn said.
Chalkbeat staff Aleks Appleton, Kalyn Belsha, Jason Gonzales, Mila Koumpilova, Julian Shen-Berro, and Carly Sitrin contributed reporting. Reprinted with permission from Chalkbeat, a nonprofit news site covering educational change in public schools. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters.
