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MERRY AND BRIGHT:

A GUIDE TO GOLDEN’S BEST HOLIDAY LIGHT DISPLAYS

19153 W. 60th Lane.

PHOTO BY PAUL ALBANI-BURGIO

These displays will surely raise even a Scrooge’s spirits

BY PAUL ALBANI-BURGIO PALBANIBURGIO@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

In a year that has been sadly short on joy and wonder, holiday lights might just be the most visible sign of the holiday season that can raise your spirits.

Luckily, Golden has no shortage of eye-popping displays that are sure

to make you appreciate this most wonderful time of the year, whether your tastes run toward over-the-top spectacles complete with their own soundtrack or the comfort of more classic elements.

In the spirit of making the season (read: more time enjoying, less time looking) here is a guide to some of our favorite displays around Golden.

This list starts on the north side of town and moves south and makes for a great tour.

19153 West 60th Lane

This show consists of a barrage of bright and colorful changing lights set to one of three alternating playlists consisting mostly of classic and modern Christmas songs. Though

the display is mostly classically Christmas, the Tuesday playlist also includes the REM hit Find the River, which plays while water visuals are projected onto the garage. The show runs from 5-9:30 p.m. SundayThursday and 5-10 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.

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Jefferson County School Board special session round-up Second Semester Restart Plan takes center stage

BY BOB WOOLEY BWOOLEY@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

A plan to get some kids back in the classroom by late January was unveiled in a special session of the

Jeffco School Board, Wednesday, Dec 16, 2020.

Interim Superintendent Kristopher Schuh started the presentation with two words. Gratitude, referring to the gratitude he felt for the hundreds of student families and stakeholders he met with during the creation of the Restart Plan.

He thanked them for their candor,

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criticism, comments, questions, time and feedback. The second word was collaboration, referencing the collaborative nature of the process that was assisted by other superintendents across the Front Range and public health officials.

Dr. Susan Leach, Chief Student Success Officer at Jeffco Public Schools, discussed several benefits

of in-person learning including its capacity to better meet the academic, social and emotional needs of students.

“The statistics related to youth health and mental health since the onset of the pandemic are just staggering,” she said. “As you can SEE SCHOOLS, P15

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WINDOW WONDERLAND

Natalie Smith poses in front of an image she painted on the windows of a garage door at the Golden Rock Shop. The image is intended to be a destination for selfies.

PHOTOS BY PAUL ALBANI-BURGIO

Natalie Smith paints windows into the season

BY PAUL ALBANI-BURGIO PALBANIBURGIO@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

During a year where many holiday traditions have had to be altered or even canceled altogether, one seasonal pleasure that feels all the more special for remaining mostly unchanged is a walk down through downtown Golden.

While it’s true the blocks might be a little quieter than in the past and a face mask is a must this time around, the streets still possess that familiar seasonal shine thanks to the thousands of twinkling lights, Santa and his reindeer above the welcome arch and the windows filled with snowmen, elves and other colorful Christmas characters.

The latter became a tradition three years ago — although they might feel like they’ve been around much longer — when Natalie Smith moved to the Denver area from Utah and brought her family’s window painting tradition with her.

“My mom actually taught me how to window paint when I was in high school and it was something her grandma had taught her,” she said.

“My grandma would go out window painting all over Las Vegas and taught her and then she taught me.”

For Smith, one of the aspects of

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window painting that makes it special is that it is intended to be less permanent than other kinds of art.

As a result, windows can be changed to match the seasons and holidays making it perfect for shop owners looking to add some holiday flair to their holiday windows around Christmas.

Smith has become a fixture around downtown Golden during the holiday season over the past three years and this year and this year has painted window displays at Golden Goods, D’Deli, Red Wagon Gift and Garden Shop and Gold Mine Cupcakes.

She also recently finished a larger window painting on the panes that make up the garage door of the Golden Rock Shop. That one, which depicts two large wings, is intended to be a personal piece that will be a destination for strollers looking for an Instagram-worthy selfie. But it is the holiday pieces that business owners seem to want the most, she said.

Smith said she first realized the power of her holiday windows when

A window painting of a snowman holding a cupcake at Gold Mine Cupcakes.

Golden Goods D’Deli Red Wagon Gift and Garden Shop Gold Mine Cupcake Golden Rock Shop

an old customer in Utah said her windows made him feel like he did when “he was a kid and he knew Santa was going to come down the chimney and I believe in the Christmas spirit.”

“As we were talking about it, I got chills and realized that was part of my window painting motto,” she said. “I’m playing the role of Mrs. Clause and coming to town and putting Christmas gifts on people’s windows and bringing Christmas spirit to all who believe.”

This year, Smith also added some western flair to the windows at Golden Goods, where this year’s Santa is painted wearing a cowboy hat and boots and riding a hobby horse.

It was the sense of history and tradition, which Smith said evokes a feel of a classic Christmas, that first drew her to paint in towns with historic main streets upon moving to Colorado. In Golden, she was particularly drawn to the town’s history, which could be experienced through visiting institutions like the Old Capitol Grill.

“That was something that drew

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A festive window painting of Santa at Golden Goods.

Natalie Smith applies paint to the windows that make up the Golden Rock Shop on 12th Street in downtown Golden.

me to Golden is I saw there was hidden relics from over 100 years ago,” she said. “It’s kind of similar with window painting. It’s a dying art but I am carrying on that legacy.”

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City staff to study allowing recreational marijuana sales in Golden Three council members want to consider allowing rec sales at city’s only med dispensary

BY PAUL ALBANI-BURGIO PALBANIBURGIO@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

The Golden City Council has given a (literal) thumbs up to city staff to start researching what it could take to permit the only dispensary currently offering medical marijuana in Golden to also sell marijuana to recreational users.

Prior to the city council meeting on Dec. 10, councilman Paul Haseman submitted a policy proposal calling for the council to work toward a policy goal of allowing “recreational cannabis sales at the single existing seller of licensed cannabis in Golden.”

The proposal document, which was distributed to the rest of the council, represents the first step

in a new process implemented by the council this year that asks councilmembers to submit a document called a policy proposal when they want the council to consider a policy change. All of the present council members (Casey Brown was absent) indicated support of that action.

However, the council clarified that the city’s official policy against recreational pot has not changed, only that city staff has been asked add the issue to its list of things to look into.

“We’ve been getting a little bit of public comment saying `please don’t move this forward’ so I just want to clarify this is not us making a policy change, this is saying we are open to discussion and taking a little time to figure out what it could take before council even has the discussion,” said councilwoman JJ Trout.

City Manager Jason Slowinski said the next step would be for the issue to be considered by the council’s prioritization subcommittee, which consists of councilmen Rob Reed and Casey Brown SEE MARIJUANA, P23

The sign for Rocky Mountain Organic Cannabis, Golden’s PHOTO BY PAUL ALBANI-BURGIO only medical marijuana dispensary.

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Higher Loan Limits and Lower Rates Improve Affordability for Homebuyers

Both the Federal Housing Authority (FHA) and the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), which regulates Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, have been in the headlines in the past couple weeks with their respective announcements that they will be raising mortgage loan limits for 2021. I exchanged emails with Jaxzann Riggs, owner of The Mortgage Network in Denver, to learn more about loan limits and what their implications are for potential purchasers.

Here’s what I learned from her. Although loan limits have been around for many years for both conventional loans (loans that conform to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s loan standards) and FHA loans (loans insured against default by the Federal government), the Housing and Economic Recovery Act (HERA) of 2008 has largely shaped how we know them today. The 2008 act established a base loan limit of $417,000 for conventional loans and, due to the declining price trend in the real estate market at the

time, also included a mandate that this baseline limit would not increase until prices rose to previous levels. In 2016, FHFA increased loan limits for the first time in ten years, and they have increased every year since. HERA also mandated that FHA set loan limits at 115% of area median house prices, with a floor and ceiling on both limits.

January 1, 2020 will see conventional loan limits for singlefamily properties increase from $510,400 to $548,250 as a baseline. High-cost areas (which always included places like Aspen and Boulder, but now also includes the metro area) have a maximum loan limit that is a multiple of the area’s median home value, up to 150% of the baseline. Denver, Jefferson, Adams, Arapahoe, Broomfield, and Douglas counties will all be seeing an increase from $575,000 to $596,850.

Boulder county increases to $654,350.

The increase in these limits means that more borrowers will be able to qualify for a conventional loan versus having to obtain a high-balance or jumbo loan,

Narrated Video Tours Still Rare in Real Estate The term “virtual tour” was introduced to the real estate industry a couple decades ago, but only because photography vendors were able to convince listing agents to hire them and competed to offer the coolest technology.

Early vendors wowed us with 360degree still photos of each room, although that is now out of style.

The latest “shiny object” is a product

by Matterport. I remember getting a demo of it 5 or 6 years ago at a trade show in San Francisco. They call their product an interactive virtual reality (VR) tour of still photos in which you can use your mouse or finger to rotate each photo manually left to right or up and down.

Gray circles indicate new photo points.

You click or touch them and you are taken to that place where you can, again, rotate horizontally or vertically. Thus, you can, at your own pace, navigate around the entire listing choosing which room you want to enter and leave.

Still, it’s only a collection of still photos with no narration. Personally I find it kind of dizzying and nowhere near as useful as being walked through the home by a listing agent with a video camera who explains the obvious and not-so-

obvious features of the home.

I have been selling real estate now for 19 years and seen maybe a dozen different variations of the “virtual tour” concept, but almost all of them are nothing more than still photos presented in different, often interactive ways. None have the advantage of a simple video walkthrough of a home by the listing agent.

That’s what we do at Golden Real Estate, and have been doing since 2007. Click on any or our listings at GRElistings.com to see what an effective narrated video tour looks like.

What amazes me is how few agents do what we do. Surprisingly, only half of 50 currently active listing in Arvada and Lakewood have any “virtual tour” on the MLS, but more surprisingly only one of them had a narrated video tour. The rest were not videos at all but slide shows, most of them with music, but 10 silent.

Two had actual videos but they were aerial videos only. Eleven of them had the interactive Matterport slideshows described above.

The one narrated tour was quite good in the detail which the agent shared, but the female agent chose to be in half the scenes. I prefer being behind the camera.

which typically comes with a higher interest rate.

It’s important to remember that purchase price does not necessarily correlate with loan limits. If a borrower plans, for example, to purchase a property for $750,000 but puts a significant amount of money down, thus bringing their loan amount under the conforming limit, they can still qualify for a conventional loan.

The FHA’s loan limit increases are tied closely to those conventional loan limit increases. The FHA has increased its nationwide limit to $548,250. In the Denver metro area (except Boulder) the loan limit has increased to $596,850, up from $575,000 in 2020.

Although loan limits are most frequently mentioned in terms of singlefamily homes or one-unit properties, both conventional and FHA loans also impose limits on duplexes, triplexes and

fourplexes. These increase at the same time and at the same frequency as singleunit loan limits. In the case of the FHA, which also insures Home Equity Conversion Mortgages — also known as HECMs or Reverse mortgages — there will be a January 1, 2021, loan limit increase to $822,375. Unlike traditional loan limits, this increase applies across the board, regardless of what market the home is located in.

Next year is sure to be a year of changes, and mortgage loan limits are no exception. The increase in limits for both FHA and conventional loans matched with historically low rates and 3-3.5% down payment options just might be the ticket to purchasing your dream home.

Regardless of what loan type you are seeking, I recommend giving Jaxzann Riggs with The Mortgage Network a call at (303) 990-2992.

Back in April 2019, I offered to set up Free Neighborhood Alerts for any reader who wanted to keep track of real estate activity in his or her subdivision or larger area. The response was overwhelming. I myself received over 40 requests.

I’m not complaining. My broker associates and I are pleased to make this service available to everyone who wants it, and we’ve become pretty efficient at creating these free alerts.

The MLS system allows members to set up an unlimited number of email alerts, so feel free to ask for your own neighborhood alert. All our broker associates are able to create these highly personalized reports. Just give us your address and the boundaries of the area you wish to monitor. The initial alert will tell you all the active, under contract, sold, withdrawn and expired listings in that area, going back 90 or 180 days or longer.

Future alerts will come to you within 15 minutes of a new or changed listing

being entered on the MLS. You will literally be up-to-the-minute in your knowledge of real estate activity in your neighborhood!

I’m happy to handle every request I get from readers, but if you know one of our broker associates, feel free to direct your request to him or her. They are listed below and are more than happy to provide this free service. Send your requests by email only, please.

In addition to setting up the neighborhood alert for you, we can also send you valuation reports on your home using two different software packages — Realtor Property Resource (RPR), which is only available from members of the Realtor association, and Realist — that you will find are much more accurate than the Zillow “Zestimates,” which home owners are used to seeing.

I also like to provide a spreadsheet of active, under contract and sold listings that are comparable to your own home, which serves as a double-check on those two valuations.

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LIGHTS

480 Mesa View Way

A massive blow-up Santa welcomes crowds to this shimmering musical extravaganza, which has long been a destination for those seeking the best lights Golden has to offer. From the playlist of Christmas classics to the massive trees strewn with lights to the star atop the tree behind the house, this is a display that would make Clark Griswald proud. Although 480 Mesa View is the undisputed star, the neighboring houses also offer a number of interesting displays of their own, including several garage projections.

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5609 Orion Circle

Lighted reindeer, fox and dog figures are the highlights of this display, which also features a lawn surrounded by a row of festive candles. Next door, Santa can be seen prepping his reindeer for flight on the lawn.

5609 Orion Circle PHOTOS BY PAUL ALBANI-BURGIO

480 Mesa View Way.

433 Canyon Point Circle

1460 Normandy Road.

1460 Normandy Road

Tune your radio dial to the station listed on the large sign and take in this sprawling display, which encompasses two houses. From nutcrackers and penguins to angels, there are figures everywhere you look in this one. Most impressive is Santa in his reindeer-guided slay that sits suspended above.

Located in the same neighborhood as 480 Mesa View Way, the Golden Hayride, which has been decked out for the holidays, is parked in the driveway. There also several rainbow-colored light fixtures and large lit up ornaments on the lawn.

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LIGHTS

Downtown Golden along Washington Avenue.

PHOTOS BY PAUL ALBANI-BURGIO

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900 10th St.

Once you’ve seen the tree at the visitor’s center, head down 10th St. to see Santa and a whole team of reindeer in the yard along with a garden of candy canes and several other fun fixtures.

The Christmas tree outside the Golden Visitor Center.

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A roof outlined in colored lights, a walkway strewn with candy canes and a train light figure are just a few of the highlights here.

After a long and difficult year, there’s something extra special about the first glimpse of the familiar sight of Washington Avenue aglow in white. Don’t forget to check out the massive tree covered in rainbow lights outside the visitors’ center (it almost feels like Golden’s own little mini Rockefeller Center). Then walk west along the Clear Creek trail from Washington Avenue for more lights, including the bridge covered in green, purple and gold lights.

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For family, mental health difficulties aren’t just about 2020 Year of powerlessness adds to longstanding problems that must be navigated

BY TINA GRIEGO COLORADO NEWS COLLABORATIVE

They love each other. That should go without saying. They have, in fact, gone through hell and back for one another — and that was before 2020 rolled out its string of gut-twisting, sleep-depriving upheavals.

Still, Janay Barfoot will be the first to say that hers is a difficult family and this year has tested them all.

Difficult as in a 20-year-old who has autism as well as a heart condition and bipolar disorder. He has been hospitalized on and off over the last eight years because he’s been a danger to himself and others.

This 6’5”, 250-pound child of hers, who still wants to cuddle, whose goofy smile blazes with innocence, now spends too many of his days playing video games in his basement room. His voice ricochets through the house, and all Barfoot can think is that she wants a better life for him than this.

Difficult as in a 14-year-old who started her freshman year online and who aches for connection, but who keeps her computer camera off when she can during online classes.

She is smart and cracks up the family with her quick wit, but fears that the curious eyes of her classmates also may be judging eyes and she is certain she does not measure up.

Depression stalks her.

Difficult as in Barfoot having decided to stay home after the pandemic struck because she has an autoimmune disorder and felt unsafe in the surgery center where she worked intake and billing. Quitting that job means her husband’s job at the water company is their sole income.

One income means less income and more stress.

Their Lakewood home feels as though it is shrinking around her.

“Everything seems to be a battle,” she says.

Barfoot, who is 53, also grapples with depression. She regularly sees a therapist through the Jefferson Center for Mental Health. “(My therapist) has always told me to think about it as being on an

Janay Barfoot, 53, of Lakewood, talks with her 20 year-old son and 14 year-old daughter at their home recently. Barfoot decided to stay home after the pandemic set in because she has an autoimmune disorder and felt unsafe in the surgery center where she worked intake and billing, and to help her two struggling children cope with multiple issues and online school struggles despite PHOTO BY MARC PISCOTTY battling depression herself.

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airplane,” she says. “They tell you to put on your oxygen mask first.”

You would have thought, Barfoot says, that a life punctuated by the stress of coping with the intertwining of mental illness and physical disability would have prepared her for 2020. But, no, this year’s added layer of uncertainty has proven unrelenting in its ability to make her feel powerless. “I feel like I have no control over anything,” she says.

Frustrating whiplash

School is online, then hybrid, then online. Her son’s job training is meeting today, no, tomorrow.

Her daughter’s Westernaires horse club meetings are in person, then remote — too few and far between for a child who finds comfort in the company of animals. Moods in the house lurch from zero to 60. Her son is pacing again, up the stairs, down the stairs. The continuity he requires no longer exists. Her daughter wants help, but doesn’t want help. Dishes wait in the sink, laundry in a pile.

It is a whiplash existence.

Barfoot finds respite in walks with her sister along the nearby foothills or visits with their parents, who live nearby. She finds solidarity in the online groups for parents with kids who have special needs. She will steal away to her room to read when she can.

But she is not a woman who sugarcoats. Not the thousands of dollars in medical debt. Not the stress of her children’s needs. Not the tension so much constant pressure inevitably creates between her and her husband of 23 years. Her candor for this story has a purpose: It is too easy for people to skim the surface of mental illness, she says, too easy for people to speak of anxiety and depression as if 2020 has given rise to something new when, as she sees it, all it has done is crack open a window too long sealed shut.

“It’s not just 2020,” she says, emphatic. “I think our world is spinning out of control right now, but everyone goes through their own internal struggles and yet are afraid to talk about them. Right now, it’s OK to talk, but prior to COVID, I think it was ‘fake it ’til you make it,’ and that is such a big thing that I really hate because it puts up this front, keeping people’s feelings still so suppressed. ‘Fake it ’til you make it’ says if you have these feelings, SEE HEALTH, P8

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A psychiatrist absorbs her patients’ pain Doctor sees widespread mental health crises due to pandemic grinding on

BY SUSAN GREENE COLORADO NEWS COLLABORATIVE

Dr. Patricia Westmoreland washes her hands 20 to 30 times each day she does rounds at the Medical Center of Aurora. That, she says, “doesn’t count sanitizing them who-knows-how-many times more” as an extra step to protect her patients. Nor does it count scrubbing herself down in a hot shower when she goes home, before hugging her kids.

“In prior years, I would have considered the rituals I now do phobic or obsessive. I would have said that’s crazy,” the psychiatrist says. “But now we’re living in this constant anxiety and hypervigilance where everything you do is dictated by fear of getting or spreading an illness you can’t see.

“So who knows, really, what’s crazy anymore?”

Westmoreland mainly treats patients in the Medical Center’s 20bed women’s unit. Some here were hospitalized after months of putting in 70 hours a week schooling their children, caring for parents and grandparents, and grocery shopping, cooking and cleaning in addition to their regular, paid jobs.

Some lost those jobs, and, with them, their homes and even custody of their kids. Some had been drinking or otherwise self-medicating more than usual, or fighting with their partners, who beat them up. Some have recovered from COVID, but not from complications such as PTSD or delirium related to it. Some are grieving loved ones who didn’t recover. Some are new moms, terrified of the world into which they have brought babies.

Some have been cutting themselves, gesturing or attempting suicide, or in other ways giving up.

“I cannot tell you how many admissions I’ve had that, if I had to put a stamp on them, would say `Due to COVID. Due to COVID. Due to COVID,’” she says.

“It’s come to feel like quicksand out there. There’s more than your average amount of suffering going

Dr. Patricia Westmoreland at the HealthONE Behavioral Health & Wellness Center Women’s Unit at The Medical Center of Aurora.

She said, “Psychiatrists are not generally on the front lines of the COVID virus itself, but we are certainly treating the effects of it.”

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around. You see the pain, the loss, the incredible loss in the community that you can’t remedy with medication. You can’t bring back somebody’s hope when they’ve lost everything.”

Westmoreland studied medicine in her native South Africa, works as the residency training director for Health One’s psychiatry program and has served as president of the Colorado Psychiatric Society. Yet, nothing in 20 years of practice prepared her for trying to treat patients through face shields and N95 masks. Those barriers, she says, can make people feel more isolated in their illnesses — especially those with psychoses who are apt to misinterpret facial cues. Masks also make it hard for her to read patients. She can see their eyes, but not always what the rest of their faces are saying.

A downcast mouth, a wry smile, or a tense jaw line can be key for a psychiatrist.

“We need to be astute to the most subtle expressions,” she says.

“With masks ... it’s basically like walking through the night blind.”

Nothing in her training, she adds, prepared her for what to say to a patient whose life has been upended by a virus she believes could

have been curbed by more aggressive public health policies.

“How do you tell someone that the ways the government failed them have been colossal and, well, we’re sort of the laughingstock of the Western world?”

Nor, she notes, was she trained to keep her own head above water when she, too, is living through what she calls “a global crisis and angst, this continuous trauma on a massive scale.” As she sees it, psychiatry is about “absorbing people’s angst, their trauma, their fears.”

“Psychiatrists are not generally on the front lines of the COVID virus itself, but we are certainly treating the effects of it. And this has just been so horrible, I feel like I absorb so much. There’s only so much the human psyche can take.”

And so Westmoreland, proud owner of a T-shirt reading “COVID doesn’t care if you don’t believe in science,” freaked out at a cousin’s Facebook friend for posting that wearing masks lowers people’s oxygen intake. Recently, she excoriated five 12-year-old boys for knocking on her door, close together and maskless, to ask if her son could hang out.

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Underscore. Exclamation mark.

“I just have no words to describe my outrage,” she admits.

Nor does she have clear lines, as she once did, discerning her own cleanliness from compulsion or professionalism from phobia.

It doesn’t take a medical degree to see that Westmoreland keeps scrubbing her hands because they are what, at a time when so much feels out of control, she feels some control over.

“The lack of control, the pain and grief, the ever-present fear that everyone, from my patients to my loved ones to myself, is living with” — those things, she well knows, don’t wash off so easily.

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Scenes from the mall ’Tis the season, but are shoppers buying in?

BY BOB WOOLEY BWOOLEY@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

To say there were few people shopping at Southwest Plaza on Dec. 14, less than two weeks from Christmas, would be an inadequate description. A number of storefronts are closed.

Those that are open have very few visible customers. There are vast swaths of the mall with virtually no foot-traffic for long stretches of time. Occasionally, a shopper or two descend from the otherwise empty escalators.

The food court is roped off with chairs flipped on top of empty tables. Even the stools outside of Chipotle, which is still open, have small placards prohibiting use. But just on the other side of the ropes, two men sit on a

bench, masks off, eating their burritos.

Granted, it’s a Tuesday, not Saturday, and it’s probably 2 p.m. But for anyone who’s shopped in the mall during the holidays in previous years, the contrast is sharp. Shopper Tammie Ray, said she popped in to pick up a gift for her son during her lunch hour. She’s been shopping in this mall for years.

She said she’d tried to buy something from the same store she’s visiting today, on the past Saturday, but didn’t stay.

“The store I was going to, was at capacity and there was a line of about 15 people. I didn’t feel like waiting to get in, so I’m trying my luck again,” she said.

When asked if waiting in line made her uncomfortable because of the coronavirus, she said it didn’t. “Everybody I saw that day was wearing a mask,” she said. “Like today — I haven’t seen anybody not wear-

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hide them, we don’t want to know about them. We don’t want to see them. We just want you to say what we want to hear.”

She does not doubt that more people are struggling this year with anxiety or depression. But

ing one.”

She laughed and added that maybe a few people could stand to pull their mask up over their noses, but said she was perfectly comfortable shopping.

So where is everybody?

Ayman runs a T-shirt kiosk near the center of the mall. He has long, wavy hair pulled up into a top-knot that’s dyed blue at the tips. He preferred not to give his last name, but said he didn’t mind chatting about his business. It’s his first year selling at Southwest Plaza, so it’s difficult for him to compare this holiday season to those past, but he said he’s asked around to some of the other vendors and they’ve confirmed it’s different.

“When I was working over the past month, I asked some of the customers about shopping - are they interested in shopping anymore? Do they like to go to the

she greets the rising conversation around mental health with something approximating a suspicious embrace.

Yes, let’s talk, she says, but let’s be real when we do. What her family has gone through over the years has required hundreds of hours of therapy. It has required specialists. It has required nearly a year of intervention from Social Services. It has required child psychiatrists who

A man eats his burrito just outside the closed food court in Southwest Plaza mall in South Jeffco.

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are in short supply. It has required never-ending vigilance over how the schools respond to her children’s needs.

Next year may bring the end of social distancing and quarantines. It may bring less unemployment and recovering businesses. It may bring less political and social division. But what it cannot bring, she insists, is a return to `fake it ‘til you make it.’ Or to tolerating discrimination against

those with serious mental illness or to a status quo in which mental illness is considered less urgent than physical illness.

A window has been cracked. It’s time, Barfoot says, to open it wider.

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Looking near and near for the best things in life QUIET DESPERATION

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nnually I submit a list of things that make (my) life worth living and it’s usually a snap to write. After all, why wouldn’t life be worth

living?

Then 2020 showed up. It walked in the door wearing muddy boots and talked with its mouth full. Just about everything we did without thinking twice was inverted, reversed, changed, canceled, restricted, even haircuts.

If you are reading this, you’ve made it this far. Close to 300,000 did not. The number of pandemic-related cases is in the millions.

In the past, I tried to go beyond obvious examples: my dog, films, music, friendship.

When I began scribbling down nominees for this year’s list, I thought about digging

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But why?

Nothing in 2020 was more important or meaningful to me than Harry, whose complete obliviousness to current events was the finest antidote on the market.

Harry doesn’t know that 2020 has been any different than 2019, 2018, or 2017, the year he was born.

He doesn’t know and he doesn’t care.

If you have a 3-year-old son or daughter it’s likely they’re out of the loop too. But one of these days, you will have some explaining to do.

I will never have to explain anything to Harry. But if I did, what would I tell him?

It’s been inexplicable.

This year has brought out the very best in people — and the worst. For every affir-

mative story about man and womankind, there’s an equal and opposite.

I’m one of the lucky ones. A friend said, “You’ve been social distancing your whole life,” and she’s right.

A pandemic doesn’t impact a retired recluse the same way it does an employed extrovert.

But I haven’t taken any chances. No restaurants, no gatherings, games, concerts, parties, picnics.

Harry and I have two or three walks a day.

And two or three films. I keep a long cue: mostly ones that were made before movies became soused with special effects and gore.

A friend half my age sends me a “Song of SEE SMITH, P11

A special 2020 letter for Santa

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f course, we’ve all heard of Christmas Lists — many of us used to make them, and collect them from our HITTING children. And we’ve all heard HOME of the so-called “Grown-up Christmas List,” made famous in song.

Well, I think we need a special “2020 Christmas List.”

Dear Santa— Michael Alcorn Hello. How are you? I hope everything is well up at the North Pole. How is Rudolph? How many times this year did someone mistake his red nose for a symptom of COVID? Anyway, I’ve been a very good boy this year. No, really. If you think about it, exactly what kind of trouble could I have gotten into? Everything was closed.

No, I don’t think you should ask my wife for a second opinion.

I’m sorry to do this, but this year we have to do things a little differently. Before you head out on Christmas Eve, please make sure all your elves have been tested within five days for COVID. I mean, think about it: one of those pointy-eared little toymakers, who, let’s face it, are well within the target demo of this disease, being more than 1,700 years old… One of those little guys wanders around the Pole asymptomatically for the

last couple weeks, and you are set up to be the ultimate superspreader.

And another thing, it is with great regret that I have to inform you that there will be no homemade cookies waiting for you this year. I’d hate for this virus to defy every minute bit of data that we have, and somehow live on a surface for a few hours and get you sick. So this year, I’m just going to leave out a package of Grandmother’s Chocolate Chip Cookies and bottle of milk. And, just in case, I’ll leave the spray disinfectant right by the table for your use.

Okay. Down to business.

First off, would you please save the restaurant down around the corner? The owners used to go to the same church as us, and it’s a great little restaurant. But it can’t survive a few more months of no in-person dining.

For that matter, could you please save all the other little hole-in-the-wall family-owned restaurants that we enjoy so much? The Chili’s and IHOPs of the world can survive this, but the world needs these smaller places.

Secondly, can you please get the Colorado Rockies new ownership and a new G.M.? Just because.

Third, can you tell the rest of the middle east to follow the leads of Bahrain, et al., and work towards normalizing relations with Israel? No matter where you fall on the politics of it, is there any question that peace in the middle east is in the interest of every human on the planet?

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Can you please work to infuse the science we listen to with a healthy dose of logic? I know that sounds strange, but bear with me. The science tells your doctor to tell you not to drink alcohol; logically, most adults will still imbibe at least some, so the doctor has to make logical allowances to complement the science.

The “science” might actually F say that the virus can tell the difference between you walking m to your table in the restaurant h and you actually sitting at your p table in the restaurant, but logic g clearly says that’s ridiculous.

And that is just one obvious H example of the folly that is our b response to COVID. So, y’know, if fi you can, drop some logic under m the politicians’ trees.

And finally, most importantly, “ can you please say something to the little 8-year old up the street? c s His world isn’t great, and being away from his friends and his teachers is really awful for f him. I’m afraid he might never S recover from this year. Just reas- w sure him that the people who care about him are still out here, and we can’t wait to see his smile again, out from behind his mask.

Soon.

Merry Christmas. Stay safe.

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Proposal to expand clay mine permit draws resident’s ire

BY PAUL ALBANI-BURGIO PALBANIBURGIO@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

A plan to expand the permit of a clay mining operation that has existed on the hogback north of Golden for over 100 years is raising the ire of residents concerned about the impact expansion of mining could have on their neighborhood, located to the south.

During a virtual community meeting held on Dec. 16, Jeffco Senior Planner Justin Montgomery said the Texas-based Acme Brick Company is seeking to go through a location and extent process to increase its mining permit by 65.6 acres. The parcel Acme is seeking to expand its permit onto is located between Highway 93 and Pine Ridge Road, just north of the Canyon View subdivision.

In a location and extent permitting process, the county planning commission, rather than the county commissioners, make the decision about approval. Montgomery said Acme Brick Company is able to go through that process, rather than a typical rezoning process, because the land it is seeking to expand its permit onto is owned by the state.

Angela Bellantoni, a representa-

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mall anymore? They told me no,” he said. “Because of Covid. A lot of people prefer to do it online and not go to the mall anymore.”

For his business that’s not good.

He said he’s been trying to build up business online, but it’s been difficult.

“It’s (web sales) not working as much as I hoped right now,” he said.

“So, it’s rough.”

Ayman thinks there’s still a chance to salvage a bit of the seasonal sales he was hoping for.

“November was slow. The first few weeks of December were better.

Starting from last Saturday, there was a huge difference. It was much

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the Day,” and it’s generally a song by someone I’ve never heard of.

Invariably she introduces me to a performer or a band I can appreciate without wincing. Have you heard of Phoebe Bridges?

We both like Nina Simone. Django Reinhardt. And Bob Dylan, who just sold his entire songwriting catalog to Universal Music. For an estimated $300 million.

As for friendship this year? It’s been emails, by the hundreds, and daily from some of my best friends.

Artist Mark Friday and I exchange complete drivel: wordplay, puns and jokes.

We created lists of our favorite humorists: on film, television, record, in print.

Bob and Ray, Groucho Marx, W. C. Fields, Steve Martin, Steven Wright,

tive of Acme Brick Company, said the company is seeking to expand the permit because it has exhausted the clay resources that can be mined on its existing permit, which is located directly to the north of the proposed site and last saw mining operations in 2018.

Bellatoni said the mining operations involve using an oxidizer-type material inside the rock and igniting it to loosen the clay so it can be extracted. That blasting process would take about two weeks and supply Acme with enough clay to serve its operation for the next four to eight years. The clay, which would total about 11,000 tons, would be hauled from the mine via trucks at an average rate of about one truck per day. However, hauling would likely be limited to certain days with no activity happening on most days, she said.

But the proposal was met by impassioned resistance by several Golden residents who participated in the meeting and vowed to fight the approval of the expansion.

One resident, whose Zoom username identified him as Carlos P., said he lives within the Canyon View subdivision within 500 feet of the

better. It’s like everyone decided to shop at once.”

Both Southwest Plaza and Colorado Mills have more independent shops than other shopping centers in the metro area.

Another vendor, who didn’t wish to give her name, and didn’t own her kiosk business, said it would be a blessing for business to pick up.

“Most of these businesses don’t have the kind of online sales the big corporate stores have,” she said.

The Jeffco Transcript reached out to representatives of Southwest Plaza and Simon, the company that owns Colorado Mills, for comment.

Hayden Rome, Account Representative for Simon’s PR Firm, said they were not accommodating any media interviews at this time.

Representatives from Southwest Plaza did not respond to the paper.

Dorothy Parker, Nichols and May, Dick Van Dyke, Johnny Carson, David Letterman, Oscar Levant, Soupy Sales, Fran Lebowitz, Leslie Nielsen, Bill Murray, Rudy Giuliani.

He’s a Three Stooges man. I’m not.

Some days, one of us will initiate a random topic, like a vegetable. What evolves is drivel, sophomoric, anecdotal, epigrammatic, ironic, satirical, hyperbolic, irreverent or droll.

Our correspondences have been tonic. Restoratives.

When I see I have an email from him, I know what I’m in for: a smile.

However, we’re both conscientious enough to know that a lot of what is going on in the world and United States can’t be compromised with a quip.

What makes life worth living?

Life.

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proposed permit expansion.

He said he had researched Acme Brick Company, which is owned by Berkshire Hathaway, and become concerned about that conglomerate’s history of environmental violations which have resulted in it paying $218 million in penalties since the year 2000.

“Be aware that we are going to end up hiring a group of lawyers to find all of the records available for your company and the conglomerate — all the actions, all the violations everything,” said Carlos P. “And we the citizens that live 500 feet of that mine will be taking actions to make sure that we are protected.”

Another participant in the meeting asked Richard Murphy, an Acme Brick Company employee who was also representing the company at the meeting, if he believed there would be any community benefit to expanding the permit so close to a residential neighborhood.

“The benefit to the community is what it has always been,” Murphy said. “It’s always been a mine there, it’s been producing brick in the area and that’s the way it’s normally been.”

Several residents also expressed

the viewpoint that the mine was no longer consistent with its surroundings, even if it had been in the past.

“I think from a historical perspective we can understand how mining started here and developed over the years,” said one resident, who did not identify themself prior to speaking. “But as opposed to in the 1800s and probably way into the 1970s when this had been an area that was more toward the outskirts of town, it is now very much within our various neighborhoods and we’re thinking of in terms of what is the impact going to be to us within our neighborhoods in terms of additional dust and noise?”

The residents also questioned Montgomery about whether they would be able to have any influence on the Planning Commission’s decision.

He responded that one common denominator for any denial by the planning commission is “present opposition from the public.”

“I think that’s something that carries a lot of weight with our decision-makers,” he said.

Montgomery said residents would be notified when a date is set for the Planning Commission hearing.

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How to elevate your baking

game

Making bread at a mile high can be tricky, but with experience comes wisdom

BY DAVID GILBERT DGILBERT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

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othing brightens a home quite like the warmth and smell of baking bread, but life at a mile high means baking the perfect loaf can get a bit tricky.

“High-altitude baking is definitely a skill that takes time to develop,” said Chelly Klann, the founder of the Good Food Project, Project Bake and Edible Revolution — a trio of Denver-area nonprofits dedicated to teaching kids and adults the finer points of cooking and baking.

But before understanding how to bake at high elevation, Klann said bakers should understand bread in general.

“Bread is a whole zen experience,” she said. “You can’t rush it.

Cooking is an art — you just throw stuff in a pan and taste it as you go — but baking is both an art and a science.”

Bread is also “the purest food,” Klann said, built on just flour, salt, water and yeast.

Home baking exploded this spring during the early days of COVID-19 shutdowns, with flour and yeast flying off shelves as fast as toilet paper. Klann said she thinks that had to do with a renewed focus on personal skills when people are cooped up.

“Bread is aspirational,” she said.

“Lots of people say someday they’d like to learn French, or play the piano, or learn to bake. Suddenly people had time for things. Everything takes longer this year, and bread fits right in with that.”

But many home bakers in Colorado soon discovered the trouble that comes with high elevation.

“Dough rises quickly here, but it deflates quickly too,” Klann said.

Loaves and wishes

She offered a few pointers: First, high-elevation dough needs more moisture.

At Trompeau Bakery in Englewood, head bread baker Rande Smith, second from left, said good ingredients make for good bread, PHOTO BY DAVID GILBERT but so does practice.

“It’s better to have sticky hands than dry dough,” she said. “If your rolls turn out like hockey pucks, it’s because there’s not enough water in them.”

Next, increase the temperature in the oven, by as much as 25 degrees over what standardized bread recipes call for. That may also bring down baking time by several minutes.

Also, Klann said many home bakers simply don’t knead the dough enough.

“People ask if you can overknead bread, but you’ll get bored long before that happens,” she said.

Perfecting sourdough — bread made with fermented flour using naturally-occurring yeast — is worthy of an entire article, or even a book of its own, Klann said.

“It took me the better part of a year to get good at it, and I turned out some bad sourdough in that time,” she said. “It’s a pretty steep learning curve.”

Klann said a home baker’s best

bet to get good at bread is the same as the way to Carnegie Hall: practice, practice, practice.

“Find a recipe that came out OK one time, and make it over and over until you’re good at it,” she said. “If something goes wrong, you’ll figure it out quicker.”

Bread baking is also influenced by ambient conditions, she said, including outside weather, humidity, temperature and other factors.

“This might sound weird, but try keeping a bread journal,” Klann said. “Is it 100 degrees in your kitchen? Is it raining? Is it cold out? You think you’ll remember, but you never do, which is where writing it down comes in. Don’t fret — you’ll get there.”

Fine ingredients

For those looking to step up their bread baking game, ingredients can make a big difference, said Beth Ginsberg, the owner of Englewood’s Trompeau Bakery, which specializes in classic French

breads and pastries.

“Grocery store flour can be weeks old, and it can sit in your cabinet a lot longer than that,” Ginsberg said. “Here at the bakery, we’re using fresh, high-gluten flours, which also have a much higher moisture content that dissipates the older it gets. We’re also using live yeast, not the dried stuff, which is a lot more finicky but produces some really wonderful bread.”

Trompeau sells smaller amounts of high-end flour and yeast to home bakers wanting to give the good stuff a try, she said.

Rande Smith, Trompeau’s head bread baker, said he hasn’t adjusted any of the bakery’s recipes to adjust for high elevation, but that’s because he works dough by feel.

“Every batch of flour is a little different,” Smith said as he dumped a sack of flour into a jumbo mixer. “It comes from wheat, SEE BREAD, P13

Arts remain unbound during COVID pandemic

COMING ATTRACTIONS

Clarke Reader

W

ith so many stuck inside for the bulk of this year, there’s a common outlet creatives all over are turning to — podcasting. Doug Kacena, artist and owner of Denver’s K Contemporary art gallery, launched his Art Bound podcast in October to highlight artists in the area and provide listeners a window into the personal challenges creation poses.

The show is releasing its final episode of 2020 on Dec. 30, entitled “The Value of Art” with neo-expressionist Hunt Slonem. In preparation for the wrap-up of its first season, I spoke to Kacena about the podcast,

staying creative during the pandemic, and demystifying the art world.

Interview edited for brevity and clarity.

Tell me about how the Art Bound got started:

I was approached by Golden Peak Media about starting a new podcast for their company. We started developing the ideas of what it could be, and we decided it wouldn’t be a podcast where artists talk about their resumes or how they mix their favorite shade of blue. We wanted to demystify what it’s like to be in the art world - things you normally don’t hear from artists and people in the industry.

What have you discussed with some of your guests on the show?

Our first episode was about fear, and how fear of failure plays a role in a role in their arts practice. How do people deal with imposter syndrome and any other challenge that happens? We’ve had some really dynamic conversations about the turningpoints in careers, the role of digital media and more.

The magic is the format — just me and two guests. We want it to feel like we’re having drinks and just talking.

SEE READER, P13

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Trompeau Bakery head bread baker Rande Smith dumps flour into a mixer.

Smith said while high elevation can make baking in Denver challenging, so can low humidity.

PHOTO BY DAVID GILBERT

BREAD FROM PAGE 12

which of course is a plant — wheat from different places, from different years will all have slight variations. Some absorbs more water, for instance, or responds to yeast differently.”

Smith said even without fancy ingredients, home bakers can improve their bread by avoiding common mistakes like letting the dough get too warm.

“People wake up their yeast with warm water, but you really don’t want the dough that warm,” he said. “Even a stand mixer like a Kitchenaid can warm it up too much.”

Good dough shouldn’t register

READER FROM PAGE 12

Who have been guests on the show?

Some of artists guests have been uber contemporary, some have been more from the traditional side.

We’ve also had arts professors on the show as well.

Most of them don’t usually have this kind of platform, and we’re interested in topics they often don’t talk about publicly — hopefully someone hears the discussions and can relate to it.

How does Art Bound connect to your work at K Contemporary?

The podcast is an interesting extension of what we do at the gallery.

This year has been one where we’re looking at how we do businesses, including doing more public popups and engagements outside of the gallery. We want to help artists make a living and put them on a larger stage - this is a natural extension of that.

Being an artist is a lifestyle choice — it’s not a traditional career or job.

There are lots of misconceptions about the art world - some people are intimidated just about walking through the door of a gallery. I love having the opportunity to shed some light on it.

For more information on K Contem-

higher than 75 degrees, he said, and many good recipes call for letting dough rise overnight in the refrigerator.

Baking through time

The intricacies of high-elevation baking go back to Colorado’s settler period, said Andrea Wilhelm, a historical interpreter at the Littleton Museum, which features a working pioneer-style homestead.

Many pioneer diaries and letter mention making alterations for elevation, Wilhelm said.

“Early cooks were intuitive cooks,” Wilhelm said. “There wasn’t so much science behind it as trial and error. Cooks were constantly asking themselves if the batter and looked and felt consistent with past experiences.”

Colorado was settled decades

porary, visit https://kcontemporaryart.com. Visit www.artistsnetwork. com/art-bound-podcast/ for more information and where to download the podcast.

Peanuts gang welcome a new year

It’s probably because I grew up with the Peanuts gang, but I can’t imagine a better energy to bring into a new year than Charlie Brown’s unflagging optimism, Snoopy’s insatiable joie de vive and Lucy’s relentless determination.

With that in mind, the Schulz Museum is inviting families to celebrate New Year’s Eve from noon to 1 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 31. The event will feature Peanuts-themed New Year’s crafts, special appearances by Snoopy and Woodstock, and a countdown to the Museum’s annual up-down balloon drop — all via Zoom.

To secure a spot, visit Schulzmuseum.org/.

Clarke’s Concert of the Week - The Avett Brothers’ New Year’s Eve Show

Performing New Year’s Eve shows is a tradition for The Avett Brothers - it’ll be the 17th year they’ve preformed on the occasion. Music as dynamic, joyful and moving as the Avett’s will be a great soundtrack as we welcome what will hopefully be a better year.

The livestreamed show will feature the full band and special

Chelly Klann shared this recipe that works well at high elevation: Tomato Foccacia

Adapted from Food of the Italian South, by Katie Parla The semolina flour and potato flakes in this focaccia recipe give it a soft and fluffy texture that is great dipped in olive oil or marinara sauce. Substitute olives for the tomatoes or simply add dried herbs and omit the tomatoes altogether.

Ingredients:

1 cup warm water 1 1/4 cup all-purpose flour 1 1/4 cup semolina flour 3 ounces potato flakes 1/2 teaspoon active dry yeast 1 1/2 teaspoon sea salt 1 teaspoon sugar 1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil, divided 1/2 pound grape tomatoes Dried herbs of your choice — rosemary, thyme, oregano, dill, etc.

Sea salt

Directions:

1. In the bowl of a stand mixer or large mixing bowl, add the water, flour, semolina, potato flakes, yeast, salt, sugar, and 3

tablespoons of the olive oil. Mix, using the dough hook or a wooden spoon, until the ingredients come together and become a soft, satiny dough, about 10 minutes.

2. Cover the bowl and set in a warm place until more than doubled, about 2 hours.

3. Add the remaining olive oil to a 9x13 pan, preferably metal.

Tip the pan to distribute the oil.

4. Gently turn the dough into the pan, deflating it as little as possible.

5. Put some olive oil on your hands and use your fingers to gently press the dough into the pan.

6. Press the tomatoes into the top of the dough and sprinkle the top with dried herbs.

7. Set the dough aside to rise until puffy, about 20 minutes.

Meanwhile, heat the oven to 425 degrees.

8. Just before the dough goes in the oven, sprinkle some additional sea salt across the dough.

9. Put the dough in the oven and bake until golden brown, 1520 minutes, rotating the pan after 10 minutes for even browning.

10. Remove the focaccia from the oven and let cool in the pan for 5-10 minutes, then slice and enjoy!

after places like California, Utah and other high-elevation locales, Wilhelm said, so settlers were already aware that baking would be trickier here.

Early recipes were also more “robust,” Wilhelm said, and were more forgiving of errors. Over

time, though, “recipes became more delicate with refined flours and sugars, so the room for error increased.”

But just like in the early days, “so much of it is about experience,” said Smith, the head baker at Trompeau. “Don’t give up.”

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For some, the more sports the merrier With many turning to specialization, multi-sport athletes are becoming less common

BY JIM BENTON JBENTON@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Multi-sport competitors used to be prominent in Colorado high school athletics, but their ranks have been decreasing in recent years.

More young athletes are specializing in one sport, often because of the pressure to earn a scholarship in their chosen athletic endeavor.

But there are still some athletes who believe in the benefits of playing different sports in different seasons.

Connor Mantelli — a kicker and basketball player at Douglas County High who was a standout performer at the 2020 Kicking World National Showcase in Austin, Texas — says specialized athletes miss out on the experience of being on different teams in different sports.

“I definitely stay in shape year around and the skills are always in use with me,” said Mantelli. “The biggest disadvantage of not being a multi-sport athletes is you don’t get the experience of other sports.

Doing a sport year around, you don’t get a break.”

Those who participate in multiple sports develop different muscle groups and different skills, while overuse injuries are reduced and concerns about burnout are lessened, many coaches and athletes say.

Athletes who compete in multiple sports are needed to keep programs in operation at the state’s smaller schools. For instance, athletic director Mike Hawkes of Single A Shining Mountain Waldorf in Boulder says the school has four athletes who have a chance to participate in the four sports (cross country, girls volleyball, basketball, and track and field) offered at the school.

In the south metro area, even some of the largest high schools have multi-sport athletes.

Julian Hammond was the quarter-

Dakota Ridge senior quarterback Ben Gultig (2), had a stellar season on the football field, but also played in 21 varsity basketball PHOTO BY DENNIS PLEUSS/JEFFCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS games as a junior.

back on this season’s state championship football team at Cherry Creek, and he is also an outstanding basketball player who has agreed to play next season at the University of Colorado. Hammond was one of six Bruins’ basketball players who were on the football squad.

“Getting in basketball shape isn’t a problem,” said Hammond.

“It’s just different running up and down the court over and over again, where football is a five-second play.

Football wears more on your body than basketball, where you have to be in a lot better running shape.”

Arapahoe’s Hussein Safieddine, a football player, wrestler and member of the track team, agrees with Mantelli.

“Some of the advantages of being a multi-sport athlete include you get the experience of different coaching,” said Safieddine. “My wrestling coach and football coach are really different people. I learn like two different sets of lessons from them.”

Katie Edwards is on the track and field team, was the leading hitter on the Arapahoe softball team last fall and was the leading scorer on the girls basketball team last season with a 12.2 scoring average.

She says time management is a key to being a multi-sport athlete.

“You are doing so many sports you have to watch how to manage your time really well ,” she said.

“There are relationships you build being in different sports. You meet tons of different types of people.

Sports are so different that I think they help you rather than focusing on one the whole year.”

Jim Keller, president of the Colorado Athletic Trainers Association and owner of Next Level Sports Performance, said too often parents pick a sport for a youth to specialize in.

“There’s just a select few children that can take (sport specialization) early and make it happen,” Keller, of Golden, said. “But I think

Cherry Creek quarterback Julian Hammond plays football and basketball for PHOTO BY JIM BENTON the Bruins.

the majority take it early and get burned out or get hurt. It’s too much year round. It’s too much time on the field, it’s too many camps, it’s too many scholarships and a lot of pressure.”

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imagine, we’re seeing increased mental health issues in both children and adults, and this children and adults with pre-existing mental health conditions tend to have their symptoms exacerbated when we see exposure to the additional stressors or those feelings of not having control over your circumstances, really tend to exacerbate what they’re going through.”

She said there has been evidence of increased isolated substance use among adolescents and that gaps (in performance) that exist within historically underrepresented populations have widened since the beginning of the pandemic.

Other data Leach cited showed decreases in utilization of services like immunizations, health screenings, dental visits, and mental health services between the pre-pandemic levels in January, and those in May. At the same time, mental healthrelated ER visits for adolescents have increased. She said parents have reported more frequent occurrences of sleep disorders and maladaptive behaviors since the pandemic began.

Leach wrapped up by addressing issues surrounding increased parental stress that is negatively impacting children and setting the record straight on false reports of increased suicide levels, saying there’s been no evidence of that.

Next, Julie Wilken, Jeffco Schools’ Director of Health Services, summarized the current status of the Jeffco Covid Dial and what it meant in regard to reopening schools. She showed the correlation between increased Covid positivity rates in the community, and in the schools, that led to the recent return to remote learning. Wilken also presented detailed graphs and charts highlighting the rapid increase in numbers of Covid-positive students during the month of November that made it impossible to continue in-person learning for the remainder of the calendar year.

Tom McDermott, the District’s Chief Strategy Officer, continued the presentation, noting that the implementation of the plan was contingent on the county remaining at level red, or below.

Reopening timeline

Jan. 6, 2021, continue in-person learning for students with significant disabilities, some Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs, and Preschool.

Grades K-5: Jan. 6 - Jan. 15 Remote learning continues. Return to in-person after a 14-day incubation period following the New Year.

Jan. 19 In-person learning begins.

Grades 6-12: Jan. 6 - Jan 29 Remote learning continues.

Feb 1 Hybrid learning considered

C R O S SWO R D P U Z Z L E

Conditions for Hybrid for Grades 6-12

A return to a Hybrid learning model for grades 6-12 is supported by public health officials when the county reaches Level Orange on the Covid Status Dial or with improving metrics in Level Red. The district would also have to see K-5 Schools being operationally stable, without widespread school closures due to quarantines, and that the county overall case counts continue to decline.

Jefferson County demonstrates a plateau in case incident rates, followed by a decline.

The next steps include schools organizing in implementing the plan with central staff colleagues, communicating the plan to the public and continuing to advocate for supports from the state to maintain in-person options for students.

Other topics covered in the special session included an update on Jeffco’s Superintendent search and the timeline, methods and marketing plan they intend to use. The search will begin mid-January with surveys, community engagement activities and advertisements. The schedule shows the Board conducting initial interviews for the position in early March, 2021 and making a final decision on a candidate, with a public announcement of their choice by early May, 2021.

The first agenda item of the special session was a discussion of the Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CARF) for Fiscal Year 2020.

A basic summary showed the District’s liabilities were greater than their assets by about $1.4 million, largely because of pension obligations.

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Public Notices call Sheree 303.566.4088 Legals Public Trustees COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. J2000151 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On September 24, 2020, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Jefferson records.

Original Grantor(s) Janice Pickard Original Beneficiary(ies) Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc as nominee for Windom Capital, Inc., Its Successors and Assigns Current Holder of Evidence of Debt US BANK TRUST, N.A., NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS OWNER TRUSTEE FOR VRMTG ASSET TRUST Date of Deed of Trust April 27, 2004 County of Recording Jefferson Recording Date of Deed of Trust April 30, 2004 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) F2016167 Original Principal Amount $286,400.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $265,010.13 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 60, PINE VALLEY ACRES, COUNTY OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF COLORADO Also known by street and number as: 27855 Meadow View Dr, Evergreen, CO 80439.

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 2 p.m. on Thursday, 01/14/2021, at the Jury Assembly Room court side in the Jefferson County Administration and Courts Facility, 100 Jefferson County Parkway, Golden, CO 80419, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 11/26/2020 Last Publication: 12/24/2020 Name of Publication: Golden Transcript IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; DATE: 09/24/2020 Holly Ryan, Public Trustee in and for the County of Jefferson, State of Colorado By: Christine Thompson, Deputy, for Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Holly R.Shilliday #24423 McCarthy & Holthus, LLP 7700 E. Arapahoe Road, Suite 230, Centennial, CO 80112 (877) 369-6122 Attorney File # CO-20-886236-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. J2000151 First Publication: 11/26/2020 Last Publication: 12/24/2020 Name of Publication: Golden Transcript NOTICE OF UNCLAIMED OVERBID FUNDS CRS 38-38-111(2.5b)(3a,b,d)(5) PUBLIC TRUSTEE SALE NO. J2000066 To: Record Owner of the property as of the record-

ing of the Notice of Election and Demand 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 and Notice of Election and Demand: Name of Record Owner as evidenced on the Notice of Election and Demand or other person entitled Ora L. Spicer AND Rose Ann Spicer Address of Record Owner as evidenced on the recorded instrument evidencing the owner's interest 939 Terry St, Golden, CO 80401 Recording Date of Deed of Trust June 05, 2006 Recording Information 2006067687 Recording Date of Notice of Election and Demand February 13, 2020 Recording Information of Notice of Election and Demand 2020017435 Legal Description of Property LOT 42, JONES HEIGHTS, COUNTY OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF COLORADO. Street Address of Property 939 Terry Street, Evergreen, CO 80401 NOTICE OF UNCLAIMED OVERBID FUNDS I sold at public auction, at 2 p.m. on 9/17/20, at the Jury Assembly Room court side in the Jefferson County Administration and Courts Facility, 100 Jefferson County Parkway, Golden, CO 80419, to the highest and best bidder for cash, the real property described above. An overbid was realized from the sale and, unless the funds are claimed by the owner or other persons entitled thereto within six months from the date of sale, the funds due to you will be transferred to the general fund of the County of Jefferson, State of Colorado, or to the State Treasurer as part of the "Unclaimed Property Act", pursuant to Colorado law.

First Publication: 12/24/20 Last Publication: 1/21/21 Name of Publication: Golden Transcript Date: 10/14/20 Holly Ryan, Public Trustee in and for the County of Jefferson, State of Colorado By: Jenniffer L Johnson, Deputy, for Public Trustee ©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 9/2012 Public Notice NO. J2000066 First Publication: 12/24/20 Last Publication: 1/21/21 Name of Publication: Golden Transcript COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. J2000153

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02/04/2021, at the Jury Assembly Room court side in the Jefferson County Administration and Courts Facility, 100 Jefferson County Parkway, Golden, CO 80419, 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: 12/17/2020 Last Publication: 1/14/2021 Name of Publication: Golden Transcript 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: 10/15/2020 Holly Ryan, Public Trustee in and for the County of Jefferson, State of Colorado By: Christine Thompson, Deputy, for 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 Halliday, Watkins & Mann, P.C. 355 Union Blvd., Suite 250, Lakewood, CO 80228 (303) 274-0155 Attorney File # CO10425 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. J2000153 First Publication: 12/17/2020 Last Publication: 1/14/2021 Name of Publication: Golden Transcript

City and County Public Notice CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Wheat Ridge City Council will conduct Public Hearings on Monday, January 25, 2021 at 7:00 p.m. to consider Council Bills:

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

24-2020 - An Ordinance repealing and reenacting Section 7-6 of the Wheat Ridge Code of Laws, concerning creation of a process for addressing complaints alleging campaign finance violations in City elections

On October 15, 2020, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Jefferson records.

25-2020 – An Ordinance adopting section 16-47 of the Wheat Ridge code of laws concerning unlawful removal or defacing of notices on public property and establishing penalties for violation of the same

Original Grantor(s) Edmund L. Buysse and Maria E. Buysse Original Beneficiary(ies) Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Beneficiary, as nominee for M&I Bank FSB, its successors Current Holder of Evidence of Debt U.S. Bank National Association, as indenture trustee, for the holders of the CIM Trust 2017-7, Mortgage-Backed Notes, Series 2017-7 Date of Deed of Trust July 28, 2006 County of Recording Jefferson Recording Date of Deed of Trust August 09, 2006 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) 2006097549 Original Principal Amount $251,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $220,245.76

26-2020 – An Ordinance repealing, retitling and reenacting section 16-46 of the Wheat Ridge Code of Laws concerning trespass and establishing penalties for violation of the same

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 3, BLOCK 8, WESTBROOK FILING NO.2, COUNTY OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 9719 Jellison Way, Westminster, CO 80021.

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 2 p.m. on Thursday,

27-2020 – An Ordinance adopting section 16-70 of the Wheat Ridge Code of Laws concerning pedestrian use of Roadway Center Medians, and in connection therewith amending section 16-113, sales and solicitation in certain places prohibited 28-2020 – An Ordinance adopting section 16-69 of the Wheat Ridge Code of Laws concerning pedestrian hindering the flow of traffic

Council and City staff. Individuals accessing City Hall must practice social distancing, wear a mask or other facial covering and be free of COVID-19 symptoms.

Legal Notice No. 409792 First Publication: December 24, 2020 Last Publication: December 24, 2020 Publisher: Jeffco Transcript Public Notice CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Wheat Ridge City Council will conduct a Public Hearing on Thursday, January 11, 2021 at 7:00 p.m. to consider Case No.: • WZ-20-03 - An application filed by Westfield Company for approval of a Specific Development Plan (SDP), for development of a 142,000-square foot industrial warehouse on property that is 10.58 acres in size and located at 4990 Parfet Street.

The proposed ordinances and accompanying documents are available in electronic form on the City’s official website, http://www.ci.wheatridge.co.us/872/legal-notices.

Specific plans for the proposed changes will be posted on www.wheatridgespeaks.org and are available for inspection at the Wheat Ridge City Hall. Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, upon appointment, request and notification, copies are also available in printed form.

The January 11, 2021 City Council meeting will be conducted as a virtual meeting. NO MEMBER OF PLANNING COMMISSION OR STAFF WILL BE AT THE MUNICIPAL BUILDING, AND THE BUILDING WILL BE CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC. Any person wishing to submit written documents for the Commission’s consideration at the hearing must file them with Community Development staff.

Written comments may be submitted on Wheat Ridge Speaks at www.wheatridgespeaks.org until noon on January 11. Alternatively, written documents or comments must be received no later noon on the day of the hearing by emailing zoning@ci.wheatridge.co.us or mailing to City of Wheat Ridge, Attn: Planning Division, 7500 W. 29th Avenue, Wheat Ridge CO 80033.

All interested citizens are invited to participate in the virtual meeting in any one of the following ways: • Provide comments in advance on Wheat Ridge Speaks at www.wheatridgespeaks.org • Join the live meeting through the Zoom web link provided on the calendar on the City’s website at www.ci.wheatridge.co.us/calendar.

• Join the live meeting by calling (669) 900-6833 with code 942 8355 8423 • Watch the meeting live on Comcast Channel 8 • Watch the meeting live on YouTube at www.ci.wheatridge.co.us/view Individuals who, due to technology limitations, are unable to participate in the meeting virtually (via the Zoom platform) or by calling in on the telephone may contact Danitza Sosa, Assistant to Mayor and Council, at 303-235-2977 by noon on January 11. Arrangements will be made for those individuals to access City Hall during the meeting to view the meeting and provide public comment if desired. These comments will be heard and seen in real time by members of the Commission and City staff. Individuals accessing City Hall must practice social distancing, wear a mask or other facial covering and be free of COVID-19 symptoms.

Legal Notice No. 409791 First Publication: December 24, 2020 Last Publication: December 24, 2020 Publisher: Jeffco Transcript PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING This notice is to inform you of an upcoming opportunity to participate in a public hearing.

The January 25, 2020 Council meeting will be conducted as a virtual meeting. NO MEMBERS OF COUNCIL WILL BE PHYSICALLY PRESENT AT THE MUNICIPAL BUILDING FOR THIS MEETING. THE PUBLIC MAY PARTICIPATE IN THESE WAYS:

HEARING BODY: Arvada City Council HEARING DATE AND TIME: January 4, 2021 at 6:15 PM

Individuals who, due to technology limitations, are unable to participate in the meeting virtually (via the Zoom platform) or by calling in on the telephone may contact Danitza Sosa, Assistant to the Mayor and City Council, at 303-235-2977 by noon on January 25. Arrangements will be made for those individuals to access City Hall during the meeting to view the meeting and provide public comment if desired. These comments will be heard and seen in real time by members of

Legal Notice No. 409777 First Publication: December 24, 2020 Last Publication: December 24, 2020 Publisher: Jeffco Transcript PUBLIC NOTICE

A public hearing will be held virtually before the Arvada Planning Commission on January 19, 2021, at 6:15 p.m., when and where you may speak on the matter to consider a Conditional Use Application for Clear Creek Commons, approximately located at the southeast corner of West 52nd Avenue and Marshall Street. Members of the public may join virtually via phone by emailing jsuk@arvada.org for the phone number, the email must mention this meeting date. To submit a request for public comment, you must go to arvada.org/PlnCommission and complete the public comment form by 5 p.m. on 1/19/2021.

Additional information can be obtained from https:// www.arvadapermits.org/etrakit3/search/project. aspx?activityno=DA2020-0077.

CITY OF ARVADA PLANNING COMMISSION /s/ Patricia Connell, Secretary Legal Notice No. 409776 First Publication: December 24, 2020 Last Publication: December 24, 2020 Publisher: Jeffco Transcript

Bids and Settlements Public Notice NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT

Notice is hereby given pursuant to Section 38-26-107, Colorado Revised Statutes, that on August 21, 2019 a final settlement will be made by the Arapahoe County School District No. 1 (Englewood Schools) on account of a contract between the Contractor and the District for the following project:

The proposed ordinances are available in electronic form on the City’s official website, www. ci.wheatridge.co.us/legal-notices. Due to the Covid-19 Pandemic, upon appointment, request and notification, copies are also available in printed form.

• Provide comments in advance on Wheat Ridge Speaks at www.wheatridgespeaks.org • Join the live meeting through the Zoom web link provided on the calendar on the City’s website at www.ci.wheatridge.co.us/calendar or from a PC, Mac, iPad, iPhone or Android device: https://zoom. us/j/96574522366 • Join the live meeting by calling (669) 900-6833 Access Code 965 7452 2366 • Watch the meeting live on Comcast Channel 8 • Watch the meeting live on YouTube at www.ci.wheatridge.co.us/view

contact City Clerk Kristen Rush at kristen@arvada. org by no later than 5 p.m. on the Monday the meeting takes place. Upon receiving the request, Ms. Rush will provide registration instructions and the rules and the procedures for participating by web or phone. Participants’ public comments will be limited to 3 minutes. • Provide in-person comments. If possible based on public health conditions and restrictions on the date of the hearing, comments may be made in person at the City Council meeting in Arvada City Hall’s Council Chambers - 8101 Ralston Rd. Any citizen entering City Hall will be required to wear a mask. Due to social distancing best practices, only citizens who choose to come to City Hall to provide public comment will be allowed into the meeting. There will not be an area within City Hall to watch the meeting unless you are there to speak. Due to limited capacity, members of the public may be asked to leave the building once they have completed their public comment. Participants’ public comments will be limited to 3 minutes. Due to rapidly evolving public health conditions and restrictions, the city cannot guarantee the availability of in-person participation on the date of the hearing. Please check the City’s website (https://arvada.org/city-hall/city-council/citycouncil-packets) or call City Clerk Kristen Rush at 303-915-5246 on the day of the hearing to confirm whether this method of participation will be permitted based on the current state of public health restrictions. • Submit comments for the record. Emails with comments need to be sent to City Clerk Kristen Rush at kristen@arvada.org no later than 5 p.m. on the Monday the meeting takes place. Ms. Rush will pass along the comments to all members of City Council and the Mayor. These comments will become part of the permanent record. • City Clerk Kristen Rush can be contacted with questions at 303-915-5246.

Additional information regarding the development can be obtained at https://www.arvadapermits.org/etrakit3/search/ project.aspx?activityno=DA2020-0096.

CASE NAME: Olde Town Residences Conditional Use Permit CASE NUMBER: DA2020-0096

PROPERTY LOCATION: Northwest corner of W. 56th Avenue and Wadsworth ByPass APPLICATION SUMMARY: Request for a conditional use permit to construct a residential apartment complex CITY OF ARVADA STAFF CONTACT: Cheryl Drake PHONE NUMBER: 720-898-7435 EMAIL ADDRESS: cheryl@arvada.org A public hearing will be held by the Arvada City Council on January 4, 2021 at 6:15 pm, when and where you may speak on the matter. At this time, the City of Arvada City Council is utilizing a hybrid meeting format which allows citizens to participate in a meeting through a variety of methods. A hybrid meeting means that some members of Council, city staff, and citizens will participate virtually via our web platform or by phone and some will do so in person at Arvada City Hall. Public health conditions and restrictions may require changes to this hybrid meeting format. If you would like to make a public comment at the public hearing for this matter you may: • Provide comments via the phone or webinar. To participate by web or phone,

School: Englewood High School (TEC) Item Description: Contractor Construction: Taylor Kohrs

Any person, co-partnership, entity, association, or corporation who has an unpaid claim against the Contractor for or on account of the furnishing of labor, materials, team hire, sustenance, provisions, provender or other supplies used or consumed by such Contractor or any of his subcontractors in or about the performance of such work, may, at any time up to and including the time of such final settlement on said date, file a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid on account of such claim with Englewood Schools (Attention: Mary Cooper) at 4101 S Bannock St, Englewood, CO 80110. Failure on the part of the claimant to file such statement prior to such final settlement will relieve the District from any and all liability for such claimant’s claim.

ARAPAHOE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO 1 By: Mary Cooper Legal Notice No. 409717 First Publication: December 10, 2020 Second Publication: December 17, 2020 Third Publication: December 24, 2020 Fourth Publication: December 31, 2020 Publisher: Golden Transcript

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Public Notices Summons and Sheriff Sale Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, COUNTY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY, STATE OF COLORADO 100 Jefferson County Parkway Golden, CO 80401 Plaintiff: PRIMROSE HOMEOWNERS ASOCIATION, INC., a Colorado nonprofit corporation v.

Defendants: HALFORD E. ERICKSON; THE ESTATE OF PHYLLIS V. ERICKSON; JERRY DITULLIO, PUBLIC TRUSTEE OF JEFFERSON COUNTY Attorneys for Plaintiff: Attorney: Andrew J. Gibbs, No. 33632 Steven A. Flaxman, No. 52294 Tueller & Gibbs, LLP Address: 1601 Blake Street, Suite 300 Denver, Colorado 80202 Phone No. (303) 854-9121 Fax No. Declined pursuant to C.R.C.P. 5(b) Email: agibbs@tuellergibbs.com sflaxman@tuellergibbs.com Case No.: 2020CV31124 SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO TO: HALFORD E, ERICKSON and THE ESTATE OF PHYLLIS. V. ERICKSON You are hereby summoned and required to appear and defend against the claims of the Complaint filed with the Court in this action, by filing with the Clerk of the Court an Answer or other response. You are required to file your Answer or other response within 21 days after the service of this Summons upon you. Service of this Summons shall be complete on the day of the last publication. A copy of the Complaint may be obtained from the Clerk of the Court.

If you fail to file your Answer or other response to the Complaint in writing within 21 days after the date of the last publication, Judgment by Default may be rendered against you by the Court for the relief demanded in the Complaint without further notice. This is an action for damages and judicial foreclosure related to the property situated in the County of Jefferson, Colorado, and described as follows: Lot 9, Block 1, McCoy-Jenson Subdivision-Fourth Filing, County of Jefferson, State of Colorado; also known by street and number as 2580 South Independence Street, Lakewood, CO 80227 DATED this 9th day of December, 2020. s/ Andrew J. Gibbs Andrew J. Gibbs, No. 33632 Legal Notice No. 409754 First Publication: December 17, 2020 Last Publication: January 14, 2021 Publisher: Golden Transcript

Misc. Private Legals Public Notice Case # 2020-056 Cert # 160210 NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE AT TAX SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED To Every Person in Actual Possession of Occupancy of the hereinafter Described land, Lot or Premises and to the Person in whose name the same was Taxed or Specially Assessed and to all Person having an Interest or Title of Record in or to the said Premises and, To Whom it May Concern, and more especially WILLIAM H. FULLER JR ROSEMARY P. FULLER 100 JEFFERSON COUNTY PKWY 2520 GOLDEN, CO 80419 You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 18th day of OCTOBER, A.D. 2017, the then county Treasurer of the County of Jefferson and State of Colorado sold at public sale to OUTREACH ASSETS LLC, Applicant, who has made demand for a Treasurer’s Deed for the following described real estate situated in the County of Jefferson and State of Colorado to wit; LOTS 24 AND 25, BLOCK 54, MOUNTAIN PARK HOME, AKA: VACANT LAND, That said tax sale was made to satisfy the delinquent 2016 taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2016 that said real estate was taxed in the name of WILLIAM H. FULLER JR AND ROSEMARY P. FULLER that the statutory period of redemption expired OCTOBER 18, A.D. 2020; that the same has not been redeemed; that said property may be redeemed at any time before the Tax Deed is issued; that a Tax Deed will be issued to the said, OUTREACH ASSETS LLC, lawful holder of said certificate, on the 12TH day of APRIL at 5:00 P.M., A.D. 2021, unless the same has been redeemed on or before 5:00 P.M. of said date.

WITNESS my hand and seal this 9TH Day of DECEMBER, A.D. 2020.

Jerry DiTullio Jefferson County Treasurer Legal Notice No. 409749 First Publication DECEMBER 24, 2020 Final Publication JANUARY 7, 2021 Publisher: Golden Transcript Public Notice Case # 2020-055 Cert # 160433 NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE AT TAX SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED To Every Person in Actual Possession of Occupancy of the hereinafter Described land, Lot or Premises and to the Person in whose name the same was Taxed or Specially Assessed and to all Person having an Interest or Title of Record in or to the said Premises and, To Whom it May Concern, and more especially PATRIC N. GALVIN 36 BEAR DR EVERGREEN, CO 80439 EASTERN COLORADO RENTALS LLC BUD ANDREWS

(HOLDER OF CERT 2007-01295) PO BOX 1012 LIMON, CO 80828 GARY IVES G. WILLIAM IVES (HOLDER OF CERT 2011-00554) 16164 CANYON WREN WAY MORRISON, CO 80469 INA GROUP LLC (HOLDER OF CERT 2012-00730) 6333 APPLES WAY 115 LINCOLN, NE 68516 INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE ADVISORY GROUP MANAGER 1999 BROADWAY MS 5021 DEN DENVER, CO 80202 You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 18th day of OCTOBER, A.D. 2017, the then county Treasurer of the County of Jefferson and State of Colorado sold at public sale to COLORADO LAKEFRONT LLC, Applicant, who has made demand for a Treasurer’s Deed for the following described real estate situated in the County of Jefferson and State of Colorado to wit; LOT 21, BLOCK 5, FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS, AKA: VACANT LAND, That said tax sale was made to satisfy the delinquent 2016 taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2016 that said real estate was taxed in the name of PATRIC N. GALVIN that the statutory period of redemption expired OCTOBER 18, A.D. 2020; that the same has not been redeemed; that said property may be redeemed at any time before the Tax Deed is issued; that a Tax Deed will be issued to the said, COLORADO LAKEFRONT LLC, lawful holder of said certificate, on the 5TH day of APRIL at 5:00 P.M., A.D. 2021, unless the same has been redeemed on or before 5:00 P.M. of said date.

WITNESS my hand and seal this 7TH Day of DECEMBER, A.D. 2020.

Jerry DiTullio Jefferson County Treasurer Legal Notice No. 409744 First Publication DECEMBER 17, 2020 Final Publication DECEMBER 29, 2020 Publisher: Golden Transcript Public Notice Aggregate Industries (applicant), whose address is 18131 Highway 8, Morrison, CO 80465, (303) 697-0379 has filed an application for Regular (112) Construction and Materials Operation Reclamation Permit Amendment with the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board under provision of the Colorado Land Reclamation Act for the Extraction of Construction Materials. The mine is known as the Morrison Quarry. Morrison Quarry is located in Township 6 North, Range 68 West of the 6th Principle Meridian, in Sections 11, 12, and 13. The street address of Morrison Quarry is 18131 CO-8, Morrison, Colorado 80465.

Morrison Quarry is presently operational under permit M-1973-021. The proposed future use of the land after reclamation is as a wildlife habitat and open space, which imitates the undisturbed land use prior to mining. In addition, reclamation will include water storage reservoirs for use by the Town of Morrison. The proposed completion date for reclamation is December 31, 2044.

Additional information and a tentative decision date may be obtained from the Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety (1313 Sherman Street, Room 215, Denver, CO 80203, (303)-866-3567), the Jefferson County Clerk and Recorder’s office (100 Jefferson County Parkway, Suite 2560, Golden, CO 80419), or from the above named applicant. A complete copy of the application is available at the Jefferson County Clerk and Recorders office and at the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining, and Safety office.

Comments concerning the application and exhibits must be in writing and must be received by the Division of Reclamation, Mining, and Safety by 4:00 p.m. on January 21, 2021.

Please note that under the provisions of C.R.S. 3432.5-101 et seq. Comments related to noise, truck traffic, hours of operation, visual impacts, effects on property values and other social or economic concerns are issues not subject to this Office’s jurisdiction. These subjects, and similar ones, are typically addressed by local governments, rather than the Division of Reclamation, Mining, and Safety or the Mined Land Reclamation Board.

Please contact Andrew Lockman at GEI Consultants (alockman@geiconsultants.com) if you have questions regarding the application.

Legal Notice No. 409702 First Publication: December 10, 2020 Last Publication: December 31, 2020 Publisher: Golden Transcript Public Notice Case # 2020-052 Cert # 161045 NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE AT TAX SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED To Every Person in Actual Possession of Occupancy of the hereinafter Described land, Lot or Premises and to the Person in whose name the same was Taxed or Specially Assessed and to all Person having an Interest or Title of Record in or to the said Premises and, To Whom it May Concern, and more especially KRISTINA A. HOGAN, RONALD C. SAMUELSON, BEVERLY E. SAMUELSON, MICHAEL F. SCOTT PO BOX 2853 EVERGREEN, CO 80437 PATRICK M. FOWLER RON KNUDSEN 12790 E. VASSAR DR AURORA, CO 80014 You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 18TH day of OCTOBER, A.D. 2017, the then county Treasurer of the County of Jefferson and State of Colorado sold at public sale to, JEFFERSON COUNTY, Assignor of, TRAVIS LAY AND AMBER LAY, Assignor of, SHERRY S. WATTIER REVOCABLE TRUST, Applicant, who has made demand for a Treasurer’s Deed for the following described real estate situated in the County of Jefferson and State of Colorado to wit; THE NORTHEASTERLY 8 FEET OF LOT 211, MARSHDALE PARK, KNOWN AS GRANT AVE, THE EASTERLY 8 FEET OF THE EASTERLY PORTION OF LOT 210A, MARSHDALE PARK, DESCRIBED AS BEGINNING AT THE

NORTHEASTERLY CORNER OF SAID LOT 210A; THENCE S44°15’W 125.57 FEET TO A POINT ON THE NORTHWESTERLY LINE OF SAID LOT 210A; THENCE N69°00’E 85.45 FEET TO A POINT ON THE EASTERLY LINE OF SAID LOT 210A; THENCE N7°32’E 59.85 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING, KNOWN AS GRANT AVE, THE WESTERLY 8 FEET OF THE NORTHERLY PORTION OF LOT 314, MARSHDALE PARK, DESCRIBED AS BEGINNING AT THE NORTHWESTERLY CORNER OF SAID LOT 314; THENCE N75°18’E 89.02 FEET TO THE NORTHEASTERLY CORNER OF SAID LOT 314; THENCE S10°06’W 50.00 FEET TO A POINT ON THE EASTERLY LINE OF SAID LOT 314; THENCE S69°00’W 91.24 FEET TO A POINT ON THE WESTERLY LINE OF SAID LOT 314; THENCE N7°32’E 59.85 FEET TO A POINT OF BEGINNING, KNOWN AS GRANT AVE, ALSO KNOWN AS TRACT C LOT 210A, TRACT C LOT 211, TRACT C LOT 314, MARSHDALE PARK, AKA: VACANT LAND That said tax sale was made to satisfy the delinquent 2016 taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2016 that said real estate was taxed in the name of KRISTINA A. HOGAN, RON KNUDSEN, RONALD C. SAMUELSON, BEVERLY E. SAMUELSON, MICHAEL F. SCOTT, PATRICK M. FOWLER that the statutory period of redemption expired OCTOBER 18, A.D. 2020; that the same has not been redeemed; that said property may be redeemed at any time before the Tax Deed is issued; that a Tax Deed will be issued to the said, SHERRY S. WATTIER REVOCABLE TRUST , lawful holder of said certificate, on the 29TH day of MARCH at 5:00 P.M., A.D.2021, unless the same has been redeemed on or before 5:00 P.M. of said date.

WITNESS my hand and seal this 1ST Day of DECEMBER, A.D. 2020 Jerry DiTullio Jefferson County Treasurer Legal Notice No. 409707 First Publication DECEMBER 10, 2020 Final Publication DECEMBER 24, 2020 Publisher: Golden Transcript Public Notice Case # 2020-051 Cert # 161044 NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE AT TAX SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED To Every Person in Actual Possession of Occupancy of the hereinafter Described land, Lot or Premises and to the Person in whose name the same was Taxed or Specially Assessed and to all Person having an Interest or Title of Record in or to the said Premises and, To Whom it May Concern, and more especially PATRICK M. FOWLER RONALD C. KNUDSEN 12790 E. VASSAR DR AURORA, CO 80014 You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 18TH day of OCTOBER, A.D. 2017, the then county Treasurer of the County of Jefferson and State of Colorado sold at public sale to, JEFFERSON COUNTY, Assignor of, TRAVIS LAY AND AMBER LAY, Assignor of, SHERRY S. WATTIER REVOCABLE TRUST, Applicant, who has made demand for a Treasurer’s Deed for the following described real estate situated in the County of Jefferson and State of Colorado to wit, THE SOUTHWESTERLY 8 FEET OF LOT 315, MARSHDALE PARK, KNOWN AS GRANT AVE,ALSO KNOWN AS TRACT B LOT 315, MARSHDALE PARK, AKA: VACANT LAND That said tax sale was made to satisfy the delinquent 2016 taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2016 that said real estate was taxed in the name of RONALD C. KNUDSEN AND PATRICK M. FOWLER that the statutory period of redemption expired OCTOBER 18, A.D. 2020; that the same has not been redeemed; that said property may be redeemed at any time before the Tax Deed is issued; that a Tax Deed will be issued to the said, SHERRY S. WATTIER REVOCABLE TRUST , lawful holder of said certificate, on the 29TH day of MARCH at 5:00 P.M., A.D.2021, unless the same has been redeemed on or before 5:00 P.M. of said date.

WITNESS my hand and seal this 1ST Day of DECEMBER, A.D. 2020 Jerry DiTullio Jefferson County Treasurer Legal Notice No. 409704 First Publication DECEMBER 10, 2020 Final Publication DECEMBER 24, 2020 Publisher: Golden Transcript Public Notice Case # 2020-044 Cert # 2005-01869 NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE AT TAX SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED To Every Person in Actual Possession of Occupancy of the hereinafter Described land, Lot or Premises and to the Person in whose name the same was Taxed or Specially Assessed and to all Person having an Interest or Title of Record in or to the said Premises and, To Whom it May Concern, and more especially AVSET MANAGEMENT SERVICES LLC GRAHAM DEWITT PO BOX 741165 ARVADA, CO 80006 You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 18th day of OCTOBER, A.D. 2006, the then county Treasurer of the County of Jefferson and State of Colorado sold at public sale to BARRY B. BOUNDS AND LORNA J. BOUNDS, Applicant, who has made demand for a Treasurer’s Deed for the following described real estate situated in the County of Jefferson and State of Colorado to wit; TRACT A, BEVERLY BROOK ESTATES, AKA: VACANT LAND, That said tax sale was made to satisfy the delinquent 2004 AND 2005 taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2005 that said real estate was taxed in the name of AVSET MANAGEMENT SERVICES LLC that the statutory period of redemption expired OCTOBER 18, A.D. 2009; that the same has not been redeemed; that said property may be redeemed at any time before the Tax Deed is issued; that a Tax Deed will be issued to the said, BARRY B. BOUNDS AND LORNA J. BOUNDS lawful holder of said certificate, on the 5TH day of APRIL at 5:00 P.M., A.D. 2021, unless the same has been redeemed on or before 5:00 P.M. of said date.

WITNESS my hand and seal this 7TH Day of DECEMBER, A.D. 2020.

Jerry DiTullio Jefferson County Treasurer

First Publication: December 24, 2020 Last Publication: December 24, 2020 Publisher: Golden Transcript

Legal Notice No.409743 First Publication DECEMBER 17, 2020 Final Publication DECEMBER 29, 2020 Publisher: Golden Transcript

Public Notice Cast Iron Recovery LLC, 4877 Pearl St., Denver 303-292-1542 is seeking title to:

Public Notice District Court County, Colorado 100 Jefferson County Parkway Golden, Colorado 80401

1) 17 Chevrolet Tahoe Vin#117494

In re the Marriage of: Petitioner: Jessica Luna and Respondent: Tyson Marcel Luna Party Without Attorney: Jessica Luna Arvada, Colorado, 80003 Phone: 720-404-4690 Email: LittleLuna@hotmail.com Case Number: 20DR 768

Legal Notice No. 409666 First Publication: December 3, 2020 Last Publication: December 24, 2020 Publisher: Golden Transcript

Notice to Creditors PUBLIC NOTICE

SUMMONS FOR: DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE To the Respondent named above, this Summons serves as a notice to appear in this case.

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

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

You may be required to pay a filing fee with your Response. The Response form (JDF 1103) can be found at www.courts.state.co.us by clicking on the “Self Help/Forms” tab.

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

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

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

Notice: §14-10-107, C.R.S. provides that upon the filing of a Petition for Dissolution of Marriage or Legal Separation by the Petitioner and CoPetitioner, or upon personal service of the Petition and Summons on the Respondent, or upon waiver and acceptance of service by the Respondent, an automatic temporary injunction shall be in effect against both parties until the Final Decree is entered, or the Petition is dismissed, or until further Order of the Court. Either party may apply to the Court for further temporary orders, an expanded temporary injunction, or modification or revocation under §14-10-108, C.R.S. A request for genetic tests shall not prejudice the requesting party in matters concerning allocation of parental responsibilities pursuant to §14-10124(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 decree of dissolution or legal separation, the genetic tests may not be allowed into evidence at a later date.

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

Date: June 12, 2020 KS: Signature of the Clerk of Court/Deputy Legal Notice No. 409718 First Publication: December 10, 2020 Last Publication: January 7, 2021 Publisher: Golden Transcript

Storage Liens/Vehicle Titles Public Notice Cast Iron Recovery LLC, 4877 Pearl St., Denver 303-292-1542 is seeking title to: 1) 01 Cadillac Seville vin#221610 2) 02 Ford Explorer vin#C64287 3) 03 Lincoln Navigator vin#J13454 4) 05 Chevy Envoy vin#164187 5) 08 Ford Escape vin#E64398 6) 14 Chevy Sonic vin#244033 7) 89 Land Rover UP vin#381332 8) 90 Honda Accord vin#035215 9) 91 Ford Taurus vin#164252 10) 97 Ford Contour vin#146169 11) 99 Toyota Corolla vin#212571 12) 02 Chevy PU vin#224786 13) 03 Dodge Durango vin#502175 14) 05 Dodge Neon vin#107380 15) 05 Nissan Titan vin#520543 16) 06 Chevy Impala vin#247646 17) 07 Hyundai Elantra vin#053207 18) 07 Chevrolet Bus vin#420935 19) 07 Nissan Titan vin#236230 20) 09 Chevy Traverse vin#172194 21) 10 Chevy Malibu vin#124539 22) 12 Chrysler 200 vin#283054 23) 19 Hyundai Accent vin#076251 Legal Notice No. 409771

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Richard C. Radke, aka Richard C. Radke, Sr., Deceased Case Number: 2020 PR 31151

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before April 12, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Cindi M. Weber Personal Representative 6933 Quail Street Arvada, Colorado 80004 Legal Notice No. 409721 First Publication: December 10, 2020 Last Publication: December 24, 2020 Publisher: Jeffco Transcript Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Ben Aragon, Deceased Case Number: 2020PR341 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Jefferson County Colorado on or before April 17th, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred Zachary William Hickman, Personal Representative 200 S Eaton Street Lakewood Colorado 80226 Legal Notice No. 409767 First Publication: December 17, 2020 Last Publication: December 31, 2020 Publisher: Golden Transcript Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of SETH VAN LUONG, aka SETH LUONG aka SETH V. LUONG, Deceased Case No.: 20PR31243

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before April 19, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Hop Senphannarat, Personal Representative 6126 Russell Court, Golden, CO 80403 Legal Notice No. 409746 First Publication: December 17, 2020 Last Publication: December 31, 2020 Publisher: Jeffco Transcript Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of James K. McCauley, Jr., Deceased Case Number: 2020PR31113

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to District Court of Adams County, Colorado on or before April 30, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Joni McCauley-Neville, Personal Representative Paul R. Danborn (24528) Frie, Arndt, Danborn & Thiessen P.C. 7400 Wadsworth Blvd., #201 Arvada, Colorado 80003 303/420-1234 Attorney for Personal Representative Legal Notice No. 409775 First Publication: December 24, 2020 Last Publication: January 7, 2021 Publisher: Golden Transcript Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of LONNIE LEE MILLER, a/k/a LONNIE L. MILLER, a/k/a LONNIE MILLER, Deceased Case No.: 2020 PR 31123

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado, on or before April 17 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Anita Lynn Miller, Personal Representative 1489 South Moline Street Aurora, CO 80012 Legal Notice No. 409745 First Publication: December 17, 2020 Last Publication: December 31, 2020 Publisher: Golden Transcript Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of John Frederick Nigro, a/k/a John Nigro, Deceased Case Number: 2020PR31233

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the

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Public Notices co-personal representatives or to the District Court of Jefferson, County, Colorado on or before April 12, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Steven W. Jack, Esq. Attorney to the Personal Representative 2616 W. Alamo Avenue Littleton, CO 80120 Legal Notice No. 409735 First Publication: December 10, 2020 Last Publication: December 24, 2020 Publisher: Golden Transcript Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of MARK W. MODGLIN, JR., aka Mark William Modglin, Jr., aka Mark W. Modglin, Deceased Case Number: 2020PR31183 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before April 10, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Rita M. Moss-Modglin, Personal Representative c/o Pearman Law Firm 4195 Wadsworth Blvd.

Wheat Ridge, CO 80033 Legal Notice No. 409711 First Publication: December 10, 2020 Last Publication: December 24, 2020 Publisher: Golden Transcript PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Ronald Virgil McGuire, aka Ronald V. McGuire, aka Ronald McGuire, Deceased Case Number: 2020 PR 31199 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before April 26, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Shirley M. McGuire, Personal Representative 14395 W. 52nd Avenue Arvada, Colorado 80002 Legal Notice No. 409769 First Publication: December 24, 2020 Last Publication: January 7, 2021 Publisher: The Golden Transcript PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Lovetta F. Arensdorf, Deceased Case Number: 2020 PR 31131 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before April 12, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Tommie Lovefern Munson Personal Representative 12049 W. Chenango Drive Morrison, Colorado 80465 Legal Notice No. 409720 First Publication: December 10, 2020 Last Publication: December 24, 2020 Publisher: Jeffco Transcript PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Samuel T. Basile, Sr., Deceased Case Number: 20PR445 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before December 24, 2020, or the claims may be forever barred.

Gina T. Shellhorn Personal Representative 11284 W. Rice Place Littleton, Colorado 80127 Legal Notice No. 409698 First Publication: December 10, 2020 Last Publication: December 24, 2020 Publisher: The Golden Transcript

Michael L. Gilbert, Attorney at Law, P.C. 501 South Cherry Street, Suite 610 Glendale, Co. 80246 303-320-4580 Phone 303-320-0648 Fax 303-704-8116 Cell Legal Notice No. 409772 First Publication: December 24, 2020 Last Publication: January 7, 2021 Publisher: The Golden Transcript Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Gerald L. Riley, a/k/a Gerald Lee Riley, Deceased Case Number: 2020PR31040 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before April 12, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Jeranelle J. Yost, Personal Representative 7413 S. Quail Circle Littleton, CO 80127 Legal Notice No. 409713 First Publication: December 10, 2020 Last Publication: December 24, 2020 Publisher: Golden Transcript Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of James Emmett Reilly, aka James Emmet Reilly, Deceased Case Number: 2020 PR31103 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before April 12, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

J. Bryan Gwinn Esq., Volant Law LLC Attorney to the Personal Representative 333 W. Hampden Ave. Ste. 1000 Englewood, CO 80110 Legal Notice No. 409723 First Publication: December 10, 2020 Last Publication: December 24, 2020 Publisher: Jeffco Transcript PUBLIC NOTICE

Legal Notice No. 409726 First Publication: December 10, 2020 Last Publication: December 24, 2020 Publisher: Golden Transcript PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Joan Chandler, aka Joan M. Chandler, aka Joan Maxine Chandler, Deceased Case Number: 20 PR 315 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before April 19, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Colleen Crowell, Personal Representative P.O. Box 844 Gillette, WY 82717 Legal Notice No. 409766 First Publication: December 17, 2020 Last Publication: December 31, 2020 Publisher: The Golden Transcript Public Notice

Kevin Zaloudek, Attorney to the Personal Representative Mills Halstead & Zaloudek, LLC Person Giving Notice 600 17th Street, Ste. 2800 Denver, CO 80202

Legal Notice No. 409734 First Publication: December 10, 2020 Last Publication: December 24, 2020 Publisher: The Golden Transcript Public Notice

Legal Notice No. 409778 First Publication: December 24, 2020 Last Publication: January 7, 2021 Publisher: Golden Transcript

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Eugene Loyd Klein, a/k/a Gene Klein, a/k/a Eugene L. Klein, a/k/a Eugene Klein, Deceased Case No. 2020PR31227

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Nicole Marie Mosher, Deceased Case Number: 20PR470

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before April 12, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before 4/26/2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Susan Klein, Personal Representative c/o Law Offices of Maria Petrocco 8690 Wolff Ct. #200 Westminster, CO 80031

Jessica Mosher-Knoshaug Personal Representative 818 Partridge Circle Golden, CO 80403

Legal Notice No. 409724 First Publication: December 10, 2020 Last Publication: December 24, 2020 Publisher: Golden Transcript

Legal Notice No. 409773 First Publication: December 24, 2020 Last Publication: January 7, 2021 Publisher: Golden Transcript

Public Notice

Public Notice

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the personal representative named below, or to the District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado, on or before April 12, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Jeffrey D. Black Personal Representative 5376 Redfield Circle Atlanta, GA 30328

Amy Marie Kimble ARNOLD & ARNOLD, LLP 7691 Shaffer Parkway, Suite A Littleton, CO 80127 Phone: 720-962-6010

Susan Gilmore Personal Representative 8520 W. 10th Avenue Lakewood, Colorado 80215

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

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before April 26th, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Date: December 3rd, 2020 Richard M. Arnold, Attorney for Personal Representative

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before April 24, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of THOMAS O. RAMSEY, a/k/a THOMAS RAMSEY, Deceased Case No.: 2020-PR-31235

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Shirley Ertel Wiley, aka Shirley E. Wiley, aka Shirley Wiley, Deceased Case Number: 2020 PR 31287

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before April 10, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before June 2,, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Daniel Edward Gallegos, Sr., Deceased Case Number 2020PR30968

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of DONNA FAYE ROGERS, a/k/a DONNA F. ROGERS, Deceased Case Number: 2020PR031234

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Donnie G. Ward, aka Donnie Gene Ward, aka Donnie Ward, aka Don Ward, Deceased Case Number: 2020PR31177

Public Notice

Legal Notice No. 409708 First Publication: December 10, 2020 Last Publication: December 24, 2020 Publisher: Golden Transcript

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Patricia Gilmore, Deceased Case Number: 20 PR 453

Public Notice

Daniel Edward Gallegos, Jr, Personal Representative c/o Melissa Dougherty Anderson Law, LLC. PO BOX 225 Golden, CO 80402

Legal Notice No. 409750 First Publication: December 17, 2020 Last Publication: December 31, 2020 Publisher: The Golden Transcript

Kathryn Ann Weis, Personal Representative 8964 Birch Run Lane Parker, Colorado 80134 Legal Notice No. 409727 First Publication: December 10, 2020 Last Publication: December 24, 2020 Publisher: Golden Transcript PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Henry Wood Riley, aka Henry W. Riley, aka Henry Riley, Deceased Case Number: 2020 PR 031072 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before April 19, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Virginia A. Frazer-Abel Public Administrator 1st Judicial District 4704 Harlan Street, Suite 250 Denver, Colorado 80212

Julie Ann Traxler, Personal Representative c/o: BOATRIGHT, RIPP & LUSK, LLC 4315 Wadsworth Blvd.

Wheat Ridge, CO 80033 Ph: 303-423-7134 Legal Notice No. 409714 First Publication: December 10, 2020 Last Publication: December 24, 2020 Publisher: Golden Transcript

c/o Katz, Look & Onorato, P.C. 1120 Lincoln Street, Suite 1100 Denver, Colorado 80203 Legal Notice No. 409740 First Publication: December 17, 2020 Last Publication: December 31, 2020 Publisher: Golden Transcript PUBLIC NOTICE

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of James P. Griffiths Jr., Deceased Case Number: 2020 PR 031218 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before April 12, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Stephen C. Sandford Attorney to the Personal Representative 1610 Gaylord Street Denver, Colorado 80206 Legal Notice No. 409701 First Publication: December 10, 2020 Last Publication: December 24, 2020 Publisher: The Golden Transcript

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Robert L. Coulter, Jr., Deceased Case Number: 20PR457

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before April 30, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Robert L. Coulter, III Personal Representative 3785 Holland Street Wheat Ridge, Colorado 80033 Legal Notice No. 409747 First Publication: December 17, 2020 Last Publication: December 31, 2020 Publisher: The Golden Transcript Public Notice

Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Mark Andrew Lyons, Deceased Case Number: 2020PR31179 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before April 11, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Michael Eugene Lyons, Personal Representative c/o Melissa Dougherty Anderson Law, LLC. PO Box 225 Golden, CO 80402 Legal Notice No.409699 First Publication: December 10, 2020 Last Publication: December 24, 2020 Publisher: Golden Transcript

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of William Luther Summers, Deceased Case Number 2020PR31019

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the Jefferson County District Court, Colorado on or before April 12, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Janet Summers, Personal Representative. c/o The Hickey Law Firm, LLC 1075 South Yukon Street, Suite 260 Lakewood, Colorado 80226 Legal Notice No. 409700 First Publication: December 10, 2020 Last Publication: December 24, 2020 Publisher: Jeffco Transcript Public Notice

PUBLIC NOTICE AMENDED NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Susanna Christina Olivares, aka Susanna C. Olivares, aka Susanna Olivares, Deceased Case Number: 2020 PR 30226 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Special Administrator/Personal Representative or to the District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before January 13, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Special Administrator / Personal Representative: Jeanette Goodwin c/o Cyndi L. Lyden, Esq. 1777 South Harrison Street, Suite 1250 Denver, Colorado 80210

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Judith A. Shepard, aka Judith Shepard, Deceased Case Number: 2020 PR 31255 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado or on or before April 19, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Angeline M. Bulthaup, Personal Representative c/o Katz, Look & Onorato, P.C. 1120 Lincoln Street, Suite 1100 Denver, Colorado 80203 Legal Notice No. 409741 First Publication: December 17, 2020 Last Publication: December 31, 2020 Publisher: Golden Transcript

Legal Notice No. 409753 First Publication: December 17, 2020 Last Publication: December 31, 2020 Publisher: The Golden Transcript

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Gladys M. Larsen, Deceased Case Number: 2020 PR 451

Estate of Jan Carole Stewart, aka Jan C. Stewart , aka Jan Stewart, Deceased Case Number: 2020PR31230 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before April 10, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Susan Stewart Cowdin Personal Representative c/o Walter M. Kelly II, Miller & Steiert, P.C. 1901 W. Littleton Blvd.

Littleton, CO 80120

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

Donna J. Taylor, Personal Representative 6437 S. Pierce Court Littleton, Colorado 80123 Legal Notice No. 409770 First Publication: December 17, 2020 Last Publication: December 31, 2020 Publisher: The Golden Transcript PUBLIC NOTICE

Legal Notice No. 409719 First Publication: December 10, 2020 Last Publication: December 24, 2020 Publisher: Golden Transcript Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of William Lui Aki III, aka William L. Aki III, Deceased Case Number: 2020 PR 031283

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of HEATH ANDREW DUFFORD, a/k/a HEATH A. DUFFORD, a/k/a HEATH DUFFORD, Deceased Case Number: 2020PR30868

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of VESTA JO SKINNER, aka JODIE SKINNER, fka VESTA JO MATSUO, Deceased Case Number 20PR 448

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before April 28th, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before April 17, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to District Court of Jefferson, County, Colorado on or before April 26, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Frances D. Stephens, Personal Representative c/o 3801 E. Florida Ave., Ste. 906 Denver, CO 80210

David Lee Skinner Personal Representative 5131 Vista de Luz Dr NW Albuquerque, NM 87120

Legal Notice No. 409771 First Publication: December 17, 2020 Last Publication: December 31, 2020 Publisher: Jeffco Transcript

Legal Notice No. 409774 First Publication: December 24, 2020 Last Publication: January 7, 2021 Publisher: Golden Transcript

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Linda J. Aki Personal Representative c/o 598 S. Gilpin Street Denver, Colorado 80209 Legal Notice No. 409770 First Publication: December 24, 2020 Last Publication: January 7, 2021 Publisher: The Golden Transcript PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Byron R. Sigg, Deceased Case Number: 2020 PR 31172

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Richard Ernest Bucelloni, a/k/a Richard E. Bucelloni, a/k/a Richard Bucelloni, Deceased Case Number: 2020PR31238

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Glenn Dean Shepard, aka Glenn D. Shepard, aka Glenn Shepard, Deceased Case Number: 2020 PR 31254

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before April 12, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

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

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Angeline M. Bulthaup, Personal Representative

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

Shery J. Sigg Personal Representative 2423 S. Ellis Street Lakewood, Colorado 80228 Legal Notice No. 409762 First Publication: December 17, 2020 Last Publication: December 31, 2020 Publisher: The Golden Transcript Public Notice

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and will work with Slowinski to consider where the effort to look into legalization should rank in the list of priorities for city staff.

In separate emails, Haseman, Reed and Dale indicated they want staff to look into several issues related to authorizing recreational marijuana sales in Golden. Those issues include the experiences of other nearby communities, whether a single license or multiple is appropriate, what possible tax revenue the city could expect, what costs it might incur and the possibility of starting with a single recreational dispensary as a pilot before possibly expanding sales to other facilities.

Currently, Golden city code prohibits recreational marijuana sales in Golden. Rocky Mountain Organic Medicine, which is located at 511 Orchard Street, is the only medical marijuana dispensary currently operating in Golden.

Dale said he wanted to go on record in support of considering allowing Rocky Mountain Organic Medicine to sell recreational marijuana.

“It seems unusual that we have residents of Golden using marijuana but they have to go to Edgewater or another city right against us to purchase it,” said Dale. “I see this as a legal use, in many ways it has similarities to alcohol, and all we are doing is discounting the tax money that we could receive from doing this.”

In November, Lakewood voters voted to legalize recreational marijuana sales in their city by a 66% to 34% margin. That ordinance allows medical marijuana operations that currently exist in Lakewood to sell recreational marijuana. Wheat Ridge also currently allows recreational marijuana dispensaries to operate.

“Some ordinances are broader than others,” Haseman wrote in the policy proposal of the various marijuana ordinances that have been passed in other Jeffco communities. “The most narrowly written ordinance is the sale of recreational cannabis at existing licensed establishments selling medical cannabis.”

Haseman said he chose to make his proposal consistent with Lakewood’s ordinance in only allowing existing dispensaries to offer recreational marijuana. However, Reed indicated in his email that he would “be open to considering a limited number of other businesses and other locations, so long as the applicants are appropriate and qualified and the locations are appropriately distanced from residential areas, parks and schools.”

Haseman also wrote in the proposal that city attorney Dave Williamson has stated that Golden can permit recreational marijuana sales “by council action alone” without going to the ballot. However, raising the sales tax from the existing retail sales tax would require a ballot measure.

“Whether or not (council) chooses to proceed with retail cannabis, certain due diligence is important, such as 1) crime impacts, 2) mental health impacts, 3) age limits for purchasers, 4) proximity to residential neighborhood(s),” he added.

A FROSTED FLAKE

A snowflake ice sculpture on Washington Avenue between 11th and 12th Streets in Golden. The city has been placing new ice sculptures around downtown each Friday leading up to Christmas.

PHOTO BY PAUL ALBANI-BURGIO

Public Notices All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before April 17, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Megan Grant and Christina Spannos,

Co-Personal Representatives 26780 Perseverance Trail Golden, CO 80403 Legal Notice No. 409765 First Publication: December 17, 2020 Last Publication: December 31, 2020 Publisher: Golden Transcript Public Notice Estate of Lee John Keltner, a/k/a Lee Keltner, a/k/a Lee J. Keltner, Deceased Case Number: 2020PR31212

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before April 12, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Kevin Christine Keltner, Personal Representative c/o Groves Law, LLC 281 S. Pearl St. Denver, CO 80209 Legal Notice No. 409712 First Publication: December 10, 2020

Last Publication: December 24, 2020 Publisher: Golden Transcript

10, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Charlotte L. Curtis, aka Charlotte Curtis, aka Charlotte LaVerne Curtis, Deceased Case Number: 20PR31209 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before April

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Tony Morris Curtis Personal Representative 1010 Willows Bend Drive Loveland, Colorado 80537 Legal Notice No. 409715 First Publication: December 10, 2020 Last Publication: December 24, 2020 Publisher: The Golden Transcript

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Nicholas D. Spannos, a/k/a Nicholas Spannos, a/k/a Nick Spannos, a/k/a Nicholas Dee Spannos, Deceased Case Number: 2020PR31242

It’s your right to know what the city and county governments are changing and proposing. ~~~ See the ordinances on these legal pages. ~~~ Read the public notices and be informed!

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