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Masks off, restrictions dropped in DCSD schools District returning to pre-COVID norms

BY THELMA GRIMES TGRIMES@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Some initially perceived prank So far, prosecutors have called on nearly 20 people who were in the room that day to tell the jury what they remember.

As vaccination rates go up, and COVID cases drop, the Douglas County School District is making plans to a normal return for the 2021-2022 school year.

Following a June 1 meeting with the Douglas County School Board, Superintendent Corey Wise announced plans to eliminate mask mandates along with other COVID restrictions next year.

“It is our desire to return out schools back to a pre-COVID normal,” Wise told parents in a June 2 letter. “That means no face covering requirements, no quarantines, and allowing parents and visitors back into our school buildings.”

The following standards are planned for the new school year: • Face coverings are no longer required.

• COVID immunizations for staff and students are not mandatory.

• Physical distancing will no longer be implemented.

• Quarantines of non-symptomatic students and staff will be discontinued.

• Visitors will be permitted in schools and buildings.

• Field trips will resume.

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Gerardo Montoya Ojeda, who survived being shot in the back of the head during the STEM School Highlands Ranch shooting in 2019, testified June 3 during the trial against one of the students accused of planning and participating in the attack.

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‘I pleaded twice’ New details emerge in STEM shooting testimonies

BY ELLIOTT WENZLER EWENZLER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Lucas Albertoni was crawling through classroom 107 in STEM School Highlands Ranch when he was confronted by Alec McKinney’s gun.

Albertoni looked up as he was attempting to flee and saw the bar-

rel of the firearm, only an arm’s length away, pointed straight at him. He locked eyes with the student holding it.

“I pleaded twice, ‘you don’t have to do this,’” he told a courtroom on June 4. “I could tell he wasn’t really listening to anything I was saying.”

Albertoni ducked to the right as his shoulder was hit by a bullet. He also sustained shots in his leg and finger that day. Two of the bullets remained in his body as he testified.

Albertoni’s story closed off a week of testimony in the case

against Devon Erickson, one of the two students charged in the deadly shooting on May 7, 2019. Erickson, now 20, faces 46 charges, including first-degree murder, attempted murder and arson for his part in the attack. McKinney pleaded guilty to similar charges in 2020 and is in prison.

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School district’s draft budget reflects recovery Substantial increase in state funding makes biggest difference for DCSD

BY LIAM ADAMS LADAMS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

After a year of financial finagling to adapt to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Douglas County School District’s budgetary projections for the 2021-22 school year are looking better.

According to a draft 2021-22 budget, DCSD expects its enrollment to increase slightly from the previous year, and also expects state funding to jump substantially. In response, board directors are energized about program investments and educators’ compensation.

“We really need to take some bold steps now to really make sure that we’re serving the kids coming this fall,” said board President David Ray at a May 11 meeting.

Board Director Susan Meek added, “I don’t think we should be growing the fund balance (reserves) over the next couple of

years because we may have declin- between the two years, DCSD expects to enroll about 1,300 more ing enrollment in future years. I students. feel like we need to be utilizing On the expenditure side, a high today’s resources to serve today’s priority is students and educator comalso to fairly pensation, an compensate our issue the disemployees.” trict has shortAccording to and long-term the draft 2021goals to tackle.

22 budget, the For the 2021-22 district expects school year, the to receive an district will set additional aside a pool of $32.2 million in money to adjust general fund every educarevenue, much tor’s salary to to the credit of the current increased state cost of living. funding. That’s There has been because of a no cost-of-living decrease in the adjustment for budget stabilization factor, David Ray, some positions a calculation DCSD board president, for six years, despite cost of the state makes at a May 11 meeting living increases, every year to district CFO withhold monKate Kotaska ey from school explained at the districts to put May 11 meeting. toward other expenses.

However, the cost-of-living As a result, the state’s per-pupil adjustment isn’t adding to base funding for DCSD went up by $500 salaries, something the district between 2020-21 and 2021-22. Also,

‘I think we will have more thoughts about this whole notion of reserves as we look at compensation, because I know we desperately need some work there.’

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“I think we will have more thoughts about this whole notion of reserves as we look at compensation, because I know we desperately need some work there,” Ray said at the May 11 meeting.

Also, the district will restore $3.5 million in cuts that were made last year at the schoolbuilding level in response to COVID-19.

Through second and third waves of federal relief funding, the district has $13.8 million in one-time revenues. The plan is to put those funds toward eLearning, summer programming, unfinished learning (i.e. tutoring and curriculum materials) and other expenses directly related to COVID-19.

Just comparing the 2021-22 and 2020-21 school years, the situation looks good. However, 2021-22 projections don’t rival figures for pre-pandemic years. Revenue, expenditures and enrollment for 2021-22 still aren’t what they were in 2019-20. Also, the district expects enrollment to decline in future years.

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do whatever we can to get us back on the path to normal.”

A major reason the district is getting back to normal is due to FROM PAGE 1 the increased rate of vaccinations, • Foreign exchange programs Wise said. According to Tri-County will resume.

Health, in Douglas County more • Athletics and activities will go than 65% of the population 12 and back to normal. up have received at least one dose • Facilities rentals will resume. of the vaccine. Just over 56% of Practices that those eligible to will continue get vaccinated include: have received • Encouraging both doses. students and For staff, staff to practice Wise said an good hygiene incentive to get • Disinfection vaccinated will protocols will be in how sick continue days and paid • District will time off can be continue to utilized in the invest in a ven2021-2022 school tilation system year. Guidelines • Encouraging for sick days families to keep will return students home to pre-COVID when sick rules. Wise said Wise said if teachers and even though staff have COrestrictions are VID or COVID Corey Wise, symptoms in being lifted, students and DCSD superintendent the new school staff who want year, they will to wear masks be required to are free to do use sick days. so. The school After reviewwill accommodate the needs of ing quarantine practices in the each individual student and staff 2020-2021 school year, Wise said member, Wise said. changes will be made to primarily While vaccinations are not manhave students and staff who are datory, Wise said the district will showing symptoms be quarantined still work to educate and encourrather than an entire class or age students, staff, and the commu- school. nity to get the shots.

At times throughout the last “While we are not mandating it, school year, entire schools and I recommend it,” Wise said. “We hundreds of students were put in are working to provide a stable and quarantine at any given time. Wise quality education.” said changing protocols for quar“We are going to encourage stuantining only those who are sick or dents and staff to let us know they symptomatic will further help the have been vaccinated. We want to district return to normal.

‘We are going to encourage students and staff to let us know they have been vaccinated. We want to do whatever we can to get us back on the path to normal.’

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June 10, 2021

Murder during vape robbery brings long sentence Kenneth Gallegos, 17 at time of crime, could be paroled after 40 years

BY MIKKEL KELLY MKELLY@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Kenneth Gallegos, 19, was sentenced June 2 to life in prison with the possibility of parole in 40 years for the fatal shooting of 18-year-old Lloyd Chavez IV during a robbery involving vaping products that Chavez sold in Centennial.

In addition to the maximum sentence for first-degree felony Gallegos murder, Gallegos, who was 17 at the time of the crime, was sentenced to 16 years to be served concurrently for each of two other counts — aggravated robbery and conspiracy to commit aggravated robbery.

Chavez He was convicted of the counts by a 12-member jury in Arapahoe County on April 9.

During the trial, the prosecution yargued that Gallegos acted as the central player in a plot to organize a robbery outside of Chavez’s home in east Centennial the night of May 8, 2019. Another teen has yet to be tried in the incident, while two others accepted plea bargains.

Before 18th Judicial District Judge Ben Leutwyler pronounced the sentences on June 2, he said, ”I am truly struck by the senseless decisions by four people on that day.” Leutwyler said he reviewed all the evidence thoroughly. He concluded Gallegos led the other three in a plan to rob Chavez and encouraged another boy to bring sa gun.

“You didn’t pull the trigger but your culpability is right there with everyone else,” Leutwyler said.

Defense Counsel Mike Root appealed for a 30-year sentence and referred to a bill that will change sentencing guidelines, expected to be in place in September. Judge Leutwyler said it would be an unlawful act to follow sentence laws that do not yet exist, adding “I cannot do that and I will not.”

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Deputy District Attorney Gwenn Sandrock had anticipated Root’s request and stated sentencing should follow current law as well.

Before the sentencing, Ken Gallegos, the father of Kenneth Gallegos, addressed the Chavez family members in attendance. He expressed repeatedly his “sincere condolences” to the Chavez family and mentioned a few areas where he took issue with the legal process.

Lloyd Chavez III recounted how the death of his son deconstructed and consumed his family with grief. He noted his son, who attended Cherokee Trail High School, was an accomplished rugby player and involved in community activities.

Chavez said, “The train has left the station,” and while nothing can be done to bring back his son, he urged that Gallegos be sentenced to the full extent of the law.

Other Chavez family members spoke and submitted statements describing the daily sadness and isolation experienced since the loss; told about the sale of their home because they did not want to live there after the murder occurred; and presented a slide show chronicling a large lively family life before the murder, as well as somber memorial services that followed.

Kenneth Gallegos, who had not spoken during the trial due to legal advice, asked to come to the lectern and was accompanied by Root. Gallegos noted he would follow Root’s advice to refrain from saying anything about what had happened or the trial.

Gallegos said his “outward appearance does not match” what he feels inside and told the Chavez family, “I do want to express how terribly sorry I am for the loss.”

In his remarks before sentencing, Leutwyler noted the book “Everything I Need To Know I Learned In Kindergarten” as a guiding reference throughout his life, noting lessons such as “play fair, don’t hurt people, say you are sorry, don’t take things that are not yours.” He said that if Gallegos had learned those lessons in kindergarten “we wouldn’t be here today.”

He said both families lost a son, but the Gallegos family can still see and talk to their son. He told Gallegos “but for your actions Lloyd would be alive today.”

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Clean up and reduce wildfire risk Now is the time to clean up tree limbs, shrubs and brush from your property and reduce your wildfire risk. Dispose of them at the County’s slash-mulch site, 1400 Caprice Drive in Castle Rock. Open Saturdays-only from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. through October. For more information visit douglas.co.us and search for Slash.

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June 10, 2021

Colorado lifts capacity restrictions for large indoor crowds

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

A month and a half after Colorado let its “dial” of coronavirus restrictions expire, the state has also lifted capacity restrictions on large indoor gatherings, a limit that remained after the state dial’s end.

An updated statewide public health order, effective June 1, also somewhat modifies Colorado’s mask requirements.

The governor’s mask executive order expired June 1, according to the governor’s office, but its requirements generally live on through the updated public health order.

Here’s a look at what changed with the public health order update.

State limits on mass events lifted Previously, under Colorado’s statewide order, when more than 100 people gathered in a room in a public indoor space, the setting could operate at 100% capacity or up to 500 people, with 6 feet required between parties of unvaccinated people or when vaccination status is unknown. That order took effect April 16.

“Public indoor space” meant any enclosed indoor area that is publicly or privately owned, managed, or operated that is accessible to the public, serves as a place of employment, or provides services.

The term did not include a person’s residence, including a room in a hotel or a residential room for students at an educational facility.

Under the previous rules, venues could apply to their local public health agency for a “variance” — or exemption — to exceed 500 people, which needed to be finally approved by the state public-health department.

Now, the updated public health order removes those restrictions.

Local limits generally lifted The state’s color-coded COVID-19 dial was the set of restrictions counties had to follow based on the local spread of the virus. The system affected capacity at restaurants, other businesses, indoor and outdoor events, and other settings. Colorado originally implemented the dial last Sept. 15.

Colorado allowed the dial to expire as expected in mid-April, but health agencies in the Denver metro area extended the dial system locally as a rise in virus cases and the continued spread of COVID-19 variants kept health officials worried.

As of May 16, several metro counties are now operating in what they call “level clear,” generally with no local restrictions — and that’s likely to continue unless things take a turn for the worse.

‘Snapback restrictions’ still possible A “snapback” to state-imposed coronavirus restrictions could occur if hospitalizations rise high enough, according to a news release from the state public-health department.

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Jefferson County Public Health rescinded its mask order effective May 15. talizations threaten to exceed 85% of hospital or hospital system capacity, the state public-health department may require implementing additional restrictions, the public health order’s text says.

Mask requirements tweaked During a May 14 news conference, Gov. Jared Polis announced a relaxing of the statewide mask order, which after that point required masks unless people can prove they are vaccinated in settings such as prisons and jails, health care facilities, and schools.

Polis announced the changes following updated guidance by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as of May 13 that says fully vaccinated people no longer need to wear a mask or physically distance in any setting, except where required by law or regulations, or local business and workplace guidance.

At that point, individuals 10 years old and younger and those who “cannot medically tolerate” a face covering were exempt from Colorado’s mask order.

The state’s updated public health order tweaks the exceptions to include individuals 11 years of age or younger. Changing the requirements to start at age 12 was intended to reflect the state’s vaccine-eligible population, according to the news release.

Masks are now required for unvaccinated or not fully vaccinated Coloradans in the following settings and situations: • Preschool through grade 12 schools, including extracurricular activities; • Child care centers and services,

including camps, except while participating in outdoor activities; • Staff of Colorado Department of Motor Vehicle offices; • Residents, staff and visitors to prisons; • Residents, staff and visitors to jails; • And emergency medical and other health care settings.

The update clarified that patients, staff and visitors in health care settings are included in the requirements, according to the news release.

It also removed a reference to “congregate care” settings, which are addressed in a separate order.

Public health order 20-20 includes requirements for nursing facilities, assisted living residences, group homes and other care facilities.

Requirements enforceable It was unclear if there was any difference in Colorado’s mask requirements being mandated by public health order only and not by executive order. A call and email to the governor’s office were not immediately returned.

The Colorado State Joint Information Center, which takes questions for the state public-health department, responded to questions by noting: “Public health orders carry the weight of law.”

But its statement did not address why Colorado is choosing to mandate mask-wearing by public health order only and not executive order, or whether the forms of order have legal differences in this case.

Colorado’s COVID-19 public health orders are generally the kind that rely on voluntary compliance. But failure to comply with the public health order could result in penalties, including jail time, and fines, according to the order’s text.

Travel rules Wearing a mask over your nose and mouth is still required on planes, buses, trains and other forms of public transportation traveling into, within or out of the United States and in U.S. transportation hubs such as airports and stations, according to the CDC. That is true even if a person is fully vaccinated.

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June 10, 2021

Teens honored for work with veterans Highlands Ranch American Legion, Auxiliary host special ceremony

BY THELMA GRIMES TGRIMES@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Three Highlands Ranch teenagers were honored last week with awards from the Highlands Ranch American Legion Post 1260 and the American Legion Auxiliary for their work to bring awareness to the increased rate of suicides among Veterans.

In presenting Kimberly Whitmore, Bella Lewis and Alice Sun with the American Legion Auxiliary Good Deed Award, President Helen Guthrie said it took the work of three young minds to make adults take notice and pay attention to a serious issue.

Over the last year, the three students, who are members of HOSA (Future Health Professionals of America), wanted a project where they could bring attention to an important issues and help educate and inform the community.

The three teens partnered with the Veteran Affairs Eastern Colorado Healthcare System, the American Legion Auxiliary, the Veterans Coalition of San Luis Valley, the American Legion, and Project Sanctuary. With the help of these partners, Whitmore, Lewis and Sun distributed brochures, post-

Pictured, from left, is Joe Langran of Highlands Ranch American Legion Post 1260, Bella Lewis, Alice Sun, Kimberly Whitmore and PHOTO BY THELMA GRIMES Helen Guthrie of the Highlands Ranch American Legion Auxiliary.

ers, infographics, and bookmarks throughout the community, including veteran support locations.

The teens also attended an outreach event known as Project Sanctuary where they worked together to help veterans and their families find resources they could use immediately.

After winning state competition because of their work with veterans, the three teens are now moving on to an international competition through HOSA that will be held

virtually on June 22.

Guthrie said the work Whitmore, Lewis sand Sun did goes further than winning competitions. Guthrie said the education and work they did has gone beyond Douglas County, with state lawmakers asking the young women to work toward passing laws to help veterans in crisis.

“It takes my breath away knowing how important you young ladies are,” Guthrie said.

In presenting the students with a certificate of appreciation, Joe

Langran, of American Legion Post 1260, said it is hard for veterans to go from war to normal life. Getting help is important, he said.

“The project you have undertaken is to be commended,” he said. “Veteran suicide is a complicated, tough issue.”

When asked what they learned from the project, Lewis said she didn’t realize how much a veteran struggling and coming back from war can really impact an entire family.

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June 10, 2021

Food drive held for Help & Hope program More than 1,200 pounds of food donated at UCHealth Highlands Ranch Hospital

BY THELMA GRIMES TGRIMES@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Denver Broncos cheerleader Miranda Vigil and John Wortman, a public health student volunteer, welcome community donations for the Help and Hope Center.

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The Highlands Ranch community answered the call for food donations, giving more than 1,200 pounds at the UCHealth Highlands Ranch Hospital food drive.

The event was part of the annual Denver Day of Service hosted by the Denver Broncos and Mile High United Way on June 4.

Donations will go to the Help & Hope Center, headquartered in Castle Rock. Help & Hope Manager Steve Rivoir said community food drives play an important role in feeding more than 450 families in Douglas and Elbert counties.

Rivior said Help & Hope provide families with more than 100,000 pounds of food per month. Rivior said while local grocery stores provide produce and bread, food drives bring in 75% of the organization’s canned and packaged food.

“This has been great today,” Rivior said. “People are giving, and they are giving a lot.”

Sophie Vanwyk, nurse manager at the Highlands Ranch hospital, took the lead in organizing the partnership between Help & Hope and UCHealth.

Vanwyk said she and hospital staff wanted to go beyond helping patients inside.

“We wanted to bring all the good things we do in the hospital outside,” she said. “We want to be a part of the Highlands Ranch community and not just in the capacity of serving patients.”

Besides getting the community involved, Vanwyk also got the UCHealth hospital staff involved throughout the week. With themed days, Vanwyk said donations poured in for Mac and Cheese Monday, Taco Tuesday and Water Wednesday.

Besides members of the hospital and Help & Hope staff, the June 4 food drive had help from Empower

Robin Lucas, of Aurora, Jeff Lisco, of Centennial, and Ann Schork, of Highlands Ranch, work to unload food donations at the UCHealth Highlands Ranch Hospital food drive. The donations will help feed residents in Douglas and Elbert counties.

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As a Broncos cheerleader, Miranda Virgil said attending community events to help others is her favorite part of the job.

Ann Schork, of Highlands Ranch, said as a part of the Empower team, she is excited they offer volunteer opportunities to help local programs such as Help & Hope.

“It’s great to get out here and do something for a great cause,” she said.

Also volunteering as a representative for Empower was Aurora resident Robin Lucas. Lucas said there are so many sad stories of people needing help in the Denver metro area that volunteering for a cause where some of those people will get help is worth a few hours of her day.

Vanwyk said UCHealth Highlands Ranch Hospital will continue hosting food drives, with another planned in August.

The food donated on June 4 was transported back to Help & Hope headquarters in the redesigned ambulance donated to the organization from UCHealth.

To learn more about the Help & Hope program, visit the website at helpandhopecenter.org.

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June 10, 2021

County to submit offer for Toepfer, Sweetwater parks Douglas County School District has final say to sale

BY THELMA GRIMES TGRIMES@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

With the Douglas County commissioners on board, county staff will extend an official offer to purchase Teopfer and Sweetwater parks early this month.

The offer will be extended to the Douglas County School District, which owns the 10 acres at Teopfer Park in Highlands Ranch and 30 acres at Sweetwater Park adjacent to Lone Tree. Ultimately, Dan Avery, chief land-use planner for Douglas County, said the school district has the final say on selling the two parks.

Douglas County Commissioner Abe Laydon said it is important for the county to do whatever they can to purchase the parks and work to keep the land with open space designations. County commissioners have not only heard directly from residents, but Laydon said it is impressive that nearly 100 members of the Lone Tree and Highlands Ranch communities turned out for last month’s public hearing with the Parks Advisory

Laydon said county staff will subBoard. mit an offer to purchase the land “These parks, in particular, are from the school district that is crown jewels,” Laydon said. “We fair and will also allow the school want to work with the school disdistrict to receive an amount that trict and our partners to preserve is appropriate. this open space.”

“We want In Douglas to collaborate County, when with one anothland is donated, er and assure the deed to the that we find a property is held solution that by the county makes sense,” until the school Laydon said. district decides “As a commiswhat to do with sioner, it is rare the land. to see such a Laydon said level for unanithe 2021 commous support munity survey for something. results had All residents, more than 98% boards and of respondents commissionagree that proers agree on tecting and prethis. We want serving natural land and wildAbe Laydon, to honor the voices of our life habitat is Douglas County commissioner citizens and important. Of preserve these those surveyed, parks.”

96% believe Avery said an funding county independent appraisal obtained and municipal parks/outdoor recby the county values the 10 acres reation programs and protecting at Toepfer Park at about $48,000 an scenic views is very important. acre.

Still, getting these parks under At Sweetwater Park, the 30-acre county control is not a done deal.

‘These parks, in particular, are crown jewels. We want to work with the school district and our partners to preserve this open space.’

property is valued at $1.3 million.

Avery said, based on land assessments, he feels the county can purchase 10 acres of Sweetwater Park.

In total, Avery said they will submit an official offer to the school district early this month in the amount of $942,000 for both parks. Negotiations with school district staff will continue once a formal offer is submitted, Avery said.

While the county’s appraisals are more $900,000, Avery said the school district has placed higher value on the land.

The school district appraisals were formed as if the land would be used for housing.

Avery said both parks are currently zoned as open space. The county’s independent appraisals are based on the current land designation, Avery said.

If the school district refuses to sell the land to the county and instead moves forward with selling to a developer, the new property owner would have to go through the county for zoning and plan approval, Avery said.

Avery said there is no set timeline for completion as the process moves into the negotiation process.

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June 10, 2021

7 arrested in $5 million shoplifting scam Multiple agencies team up in two-year investigation

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Douglas County authorities say they have arrested the seven ringleaders involved in a shoplifting and money-laundering scam, capping off a two-year investigation.

During a June 1 press conference,

Douglas County Sheriff Tony Spurlock said the scheme is one of the “largest in Colorado history.” The seven suspects face a combined 78 charges, including money laundering and theft. They also face federal charges for allegedly using the U.S. Postal Service to ship stolen goods.

Spurlock said more than $5.2 million in goods were stolen from local retailers including Safeway, King Soopers, Walmart, Target, Home Depot, Whole Foods, Sprouts, Ulta Beauty and Sephora. An estimated

$1.7 million in stolen good was recovered.

Spurlock said the department started investigating the suspected multimillion-dollar laundering scheme in 2019 after police chiefs and local authorities in Douglas County approached him about increases in retail theft.

Spurlock said with cooperating agencies and help from local retailers, the sheriff’s department formed the Financial Investigative Regional Strike Team (FIRST) to track stolen

goods. Allegedly, suspects would steal items from Douglas County retailers and take the product to a facility in Aurora where the items were sold online at a cheaper price and shipped by mail.

Castle Rock Police Chief Jack Cauley said he was one of the first to come forward, seeing an increase in retail theft at the Outlets at Castle Rock along with other major retailers in town.

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Here’s something parents might not know: Drowning is responsible for more deaths among children aged 1-4 than any other cause except congenital anomalies, or birth defects.

“Drowning doesn’t look like drowning the way it’s portrayed in the movies,” said Lindsey Talaga, owner of the Goldfish Swim School Centennial East location. “Drowning is actually often silent with no frantic waving or yelling.”

The process of drowning can begin in mere seconds. That’s why it’s important to take precautions around pools and other bodies of water where kids swim and play.

Talaga and Wendy Skaalerud, owner of the Big Blue Swim School’s Centennial location, shared some tips to keep families safe as summer break begins.

Drowning a common emergency Every day, on average, about 10 people die from unintentional drowning, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Of those, two are children aged 14 or younger.

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‘Never swim alone’ Never swim alone, Talaga said. Wear a U.S. Coast Guard-approved lifejacket, especially when swimming in lakes and oceans where water conditions can be uncertain and unpredictable, she added.

“Designate a water guardian who keeps a vigilant eye on the swimmers, and be sure to change guardians every 30 minutes so he/she is alert and refreshed,” Talaga said.

Always keep a watchful eye on children and remember that “lifeguards are not babysitters,” Skaalerud said.

“In a busy pool, lifeguards are watching so many swimmers, they could miss a struggling child.

Parents need to always, always be watching a child near or in the water,” Skaalerud added.

Learn CPR Talaga advises parents to get CPR-certified. CPR stands for cardiopulmonary resuscitation and is a lifesaving technique that’s useful in emergencies, such as a heart attack or near drowning.

“Being prepared — and trained — for an emergency is one of the best water safety tips out there.

At least one person in your family should be CPR-certified, with rescue breathing,” Talaga said. “It’s a relatively quick and easy class, and it’s offered by community centers and other local groups. It could save a life.”

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“Rules like no running, no diving in shallow water and no dunking are important, and you can create additional rules specific to your children and their swim abilities, like no swimming in the deep end, or breaks every hour,” Talaga said.

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Male infertility treatment company opens Douglas County doctor starts business that offers services in Colorado, other states

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in comparison to the number of obstetrician-gynecologists.

That’s according to Cowan’s analysis of directories from two male-fertility specialist organizations.

Cowan A desire to increase awareness of male infertility and to help couples achieve their goal of a having a healthy baby led Cowan — who lives in Castle Rock and was educated at Stanford University — to start Posterity Health, a company that offers services to patients in Colorado, California and New York. Cowan has specialized in male fertility for more than 20 years.

Here are a few things to know about male infertility and what Cowan’s company offers.

When a couple looks to get pregnant, the standard recommendation for a woman younger than 35 is to try for a year without getting evaluated for fertility issues, a Douglas County doctor says.

But if a woman waits until that point, and then she waits for an appointment and undergoes testing — and then finds out she has no issues — the focus then turns to the man. And if he gets checked out, that process could also take months.

Before a couple knows it, they’ve Common choices raise risk gone a year and a half without getA long list of lifestyle choices ting pregnant. can affect male fertility, including “It takes two to tango — it’s realmany common activities, Cowan ly important for the male factor to be addressed,” said Barrett Cowan, said.

“What I tell people is all those a physician who sees patients both things that your mom told you not via “telehealth,” or virtual, visits th to do as a kid: Don’t smoke, don’t as well as in person at his office in drink, don’t do drugs, exercise in Lone Tree. moderation,” Cowan said.

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“Each person is different, and making sure that the patient undergoes a thorough evaluation to identify what the particular issue is with that individual is (important),” Cowan said.

How the company works For men wanting to be seen in person, examinations take place in Lone Tree. But Cowan’s company also allows for at-home semen testing so men can send a sample overnight to a lab.

Cowan also offers telehealth visits. As he learned from care during the coronavirus pandemic, treatment from a distance “turned out to be a real blessing,” he said.

“Some men have a more difficult time talking about these issues, and we found they were more open to talking about these issues at home,” Cowan said. Virtual visits Presented also avert the need for taking time by off work or making a long drive, he said.

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At Posterity Health, a baseline evaluation costs $300 and includes at-home semen testing and a consultation to discuss the results.

A more personalized, hourlong evaluation that talks about a person’s reproductive and medical history costs $400. If a man opts for the $400 evaluation, that would entail an examination in person.

Infertility care is “very variable” among health insurance plans, Cowan said, and Posterity Health doesn’t accept insurance.

It does allow patients to use a health savings account, or HSA, or flexible spending account, or FSA. The company also provides a statement that can be submitted for outof-network coverage, Cowan said.

Local roots Posterity Health is based in Colorado and carries out visits in New York and California via telehealth services. The company had a “soft opening” in March but officially opened in May. Cowan is its founder and chief medical officer.

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June 10, 2021

‘This is our history’ Remembering the fallen on Memorial Day

BY DAVID GILBERT DGILBERT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

James Hessel came home from school on Sept. 11, 2001, and told his mom he was joining the Marines.

“He felt it was his patriotic duty after that terrible day,” said Hessel’s mom, Kathie Newman. “I told him to look into some of the other military branches. The Marines are pretty hardcore.”

But Hessel was set on the Marines, and was sent to Iraq.

“Every day, my pride and my fear lived side by side,” Newman said.

Eventually, Hessel came home, but he wasn’t the same.

He struggled with the impacts of a head injury sustained in a bomb attack on his convoy. He earned a Purple Heart for surviving the attack, but it left him with nebulous mental issues.

“He struggled for a time, but he found a good job, and we thought he was doing great,” Newman said. “But those who served over there — they carry wounds in their hearts. He saw things that ate him up inside. Sometimes he was here, and sometimes he said he felt like he was back there. He wasn’t sure what was dream and what was reality.”

In March of 2012, just days before his 28th birthday, James Hessel

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became one of the more than 6,000 American veterans a year who die by suicide.

On Memorial Day, Newman sat in front of her son’s headstone at Fort Logan National Cemetery, wearing her son’s shirt. Beside her sat Kirk Newman, her son’s stepdad.

“I’m surrounded by James always,” she said. “When I come here on Memorial Day, as I have for nearly a decade now, I appreciate seeing how many other people are here. I appreciate the people who bring their little children, to carry on the tradition of remembering those we lost. For all the horrible political stuff in the last few years, hopefully we can all still remember

George Rodriguez kneels before the grave of his wife Katherine. “I was the one who went away to war, but she was a Navy wife,” George said. “She endured. Now she rests among those who died for this country. It’s a great honor, and one day I’ll join her PHOTOS BY DAVID GILBERT here.”

that this is our history.”

Across town at Littleton’s World War II memorial in Ketring Park, the men and women of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #4666 and American Legion Post #103 held a somber remembrance ceremony.

In a steady drizzle, aging warriors

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June 10, 2021

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A numeral, a letter, and unsure what’s better

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hat’s 5G? What happened to 4G? Is 5G better than 4G? Is 6G next?

Will the commercials for 6G be better than the commercials for 5G? The commercials QUIET for 5G give me a DESPERATION headache. Especially the ones that feature “Lily,” who stands behind a podium now because of internet trolling.

By the end of the commercials I still don’t know what 5G is.

Craig Marshall Someone in marSmith keting assumes we all keep up with this stuff.

A year ago I wrote a column about new technologies that I don’t need. I don’t need any more of them.

My internet is fast enough.

My car doesn’t have a screen on the dash. My car doesn’t have cameras. It doesn’t drive itself, park itself, wash itself, or change

colors.

An Italian automaker is experimenting with cars that can change colors like chameleons. You drive a red one today and a blue one tomorrow. At midnight it’s purple.

The Japanese are a step ahead.

They’re working on “mood” cars.

Cars that will change colors according to the driver’s mood.

You’ll be able to tell how the woman in the car next to you is feeling because her car will tell you.

Does anyone draw with a pencil anymore? I draw with a 2B. It’s softer than a 2H. I never draw with a 4H. I know someone in 4H, but it has nothing to do with pencils.

Lily probably makes 5K every time one of her 5G commercials is shown.

It would take no time at all to find out what 5G is. But I’m stubborn.

But there are a few technologies that amaze me. I have self-published two novels and a compilation of short stories this year.

Which reminds me of something Nietzsche said: “Every time I climb I am followed by a dog named Ego.” Once these books are written, proofed, and formatted, the files are forwarded to a print-ondemand company. Books are then printed as they are ordered. Right now.

Self-publishing does have its drawbacks. Bookstores won’t carry the books and newspapers won’t review them.

Additionally, they’re the kids at the card table on Thanksgiving: looked down on.

It would be nice to have a publisher. Have someone else pick up the checks.

But that someone else would want me to make changes I wouldn’t want to make, design the cover, make me go on promotional tours, sign autographs and talk about Faulkner at cocktail parties.

Self-publishing accomplishes all I want. Sure, it would be nice to have a big house behind one of my

books, but I don’t.

There’s a film, “Sideways,” about a couple of men who have a dirty weekend in California’s wine country before one of them, Jack, gets married.

His friend Miles is an author who spends the film sweating out his editor’s ability to have his book published.

Ultimately, the book is rejected.

Miles’s reaction is to drink from a spit bucket in a winery’s tasting room.

I will never drink from a spit bucket. Or jump off a roof or stick my head in an oven because my book was rejected.

There was a time when I thought I had it all. A bicycle, a baseball glove and a transistor radio.

Each one gave me limitless pleasures. Those were the days, Mary Hopkin.

What’s 5G? Craig Marshall Smith is an artist, educator and Highlands Ranch resident. He can be reached at craigmarshallsmith@comcast.net.

Rehearsing success leads to success

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hen we anticipate the future, do we see ourselves winning or succeeding?

Or do we look into our future and see only losses or failure ahead?

WINNING Some could see this as a simple WORDS difference between optimism and pessimism. However, it is more than that too. When we dream, we don’t typically dream of the fish we almost caught, the deal we almost won, Michael Norton or the meal we almost prepared. No, typically in our dreams we catch the fish, and it is bigger than we expected; we close the deal and it’s worth more in commission than any previous deal we had sold; and the dinner that we cooked was nothing short of culinary perfection, worthy of qualifying for a spot on a famous cooking show.

Over the course of life, I have yet to find the person who shared a dream where they saw themselves shanking a drive on the

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golf course, had a big outdoor event like a wedding getting rained out or canceled, or the company they were about to start becoming an immediate and utter failure. When those do occur, those are nightmares, not dreams.

All visions of success are not limited to dreams. As a matter of fact, many people who have achieved their goals in life didn’t passively wait for success to happen to them, they went ahead and made success happen. And the way they contributed to their success was planning, preparing, and rehearsing ahead of time.

A friend of mine was always swinging a golf club. Well, not really a golf club, but an imaginary golf club. We would be in the conference room having a conversation and he would stand and make the motions of swinging the club. He would do this in the airport, standing around outside of a restaurant as we waited to get in, or anywhere he had enough space to swing his arms. Whenever he had a few minutes, he would go through the motions as if he were playing a round. And if he knew

the course that he was going to be playing, he would envision the actual hole and mentally play it out in his head. He would tee off, hit his approach shot, and make the putt.

He was rehearsing for success.

Now I play a little golf too, or rather I attempt to play golf. And I have also made some imaginary golf swings. However, I am doing it just to stretch, not with the full intention of seeing the club strike the ball, the trajectory, and the soft landing. No, I am not rehearsing for success the way that my friend does, and it shows each time we play.

Have you ever seen a pianist, guitarist, drummer, or other musician practicing without their instrument? Their eyes are usually closed as they play, but in their head, they see their hands moving across the keys or strings and hear the awesome and beautiful sounds that they are creating.

They too are rehearsing for success.

Will we always succeed or win by merely envisioning ourselves doing so? No, we will not. Will we increase our likelihood of suc-

ceeding and winning by seeing ourselves doing so? Yes, we will.

You see, something happens to us as we allow ourselves to internalize the motions, the real and rehearsed drills and practice swings of life, they become part of what we call the winner’s attitude.

If this pandemic has taught me anything, I have learned to keep dreaming, to keep seeing the next opportunity for success ahead of me, and to encourage others to do the same. The world will continue to change, that is fact. And the best thing we can do is to make sure we change our mindset to one of seeing ourselves succeeding and winning with each change that comes our way.

As always, I would love to hear your story of envisioning winning at mnorton@tramazing.com and when we rehearse for success, it really will be a better than good year.

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Art gallery resumes Second Friday events

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Maze” is all about the numbers and patterns that appear in nature.

“Tlakimilloli: Voices del Telar (Voices of the Loom)” is a documentary about indigenous woman weavers of Sierra de Zongolica in Veracruz, Mexico. 2001 Colorado Blvd., Denver. dmns.org.

OX Arts Gallery at Aspen Grove Center, 7301 S. Santa Fe Drive in Littleton, will resume its Second Friday events from 6:30-8 p.m. on June 11 with the auction SONYA’S of a collaborative painting made by SAMPLER a local troop of American Heritage Girls, instructed

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Sonya Ellingboe Concert “American Masters: Old and New” will be a concert by the Arapahoe Philharmonic Orchestra at the Denver First Church of the Nazarene, 3800 E. Hampden Ave., Cherry Hills Village. With Cleo Parker Robinson Dance. Tickets: $15, $5, children. arapahoe-phil.org.

Auditions Town Hall Arts Center, 2450 W.

ROX Arts Gallery at Aspen Grove Center in Littleton will resume its Second Friday COURTESY PHOTO events on June 11.

Main St., Littleton. “The Fantasticks” Book and lyrics by Tom Jones. June 27, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. (Invited callbacks June 28 at 6 p.m.)

Casting 8 actors age 18+. Contact mkepler@townhallartscenter.org.

Prepare 16 bars of a song appropriate to the show and a 1-minute

monologue appropriate to the show. Provide current headshot and resume. Directed by Billie McBride, production stage manager Jane Stewart.

Museum of Nature & Science: “Numbers in Nature: A Mirror

Depot Art Gallery Depot Art Gallery, 2069 W. Powers Ave., Littleton, is open 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesdays through Sundays, with its 58th Anniversary Show. Admission free. depotartgallery.org.

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oloradans love to tout the state’s sunshine with the warmth and mood boost it provides, but the sun’s rays also are something to be reckoned with, especially as we get into the swing of summer.

Skin-care experts and doctors say the two biggest issues are preventing skin cancer and implementing anti-aging measures, especially since the sun’s ultraviolet light can be so damaging.

“A healthy dose of sunlight is really good for our bodies because our bodies make vitamin D,” said Brooke Sarmiento, founder and creator of Bee-Och skin-care products based in Fort Lupton. “(Sunlight) boosts mood, helps boost immunity and can ward off infections.”

However, too much sunlight is not a good thing, the experts said, noting that one in five Americans will develop skin cancer by the age of 70, and more people are diagnosed with skin cancer each year in the United States than all other cancers combined.

In addition, sun can damage skin, causing it to age prematurely. Ultraviolet rays penetrate into the skin, damaging the elastic fibers that keep skin firm and accelerating production of the pigment melatonin, allowing wrinkles to develop and age spots to appear.

Neither is good for skin, which is the body’s largest organ, and both are mostly preventable.

Skin cancer The Skin Cancer Foundation and the Colorado Melanoma Foundation preach constantly about the benefits of sunscreen every day, not just when you are planning a day in the sun. Even better, wear a hat and clothing to keep skin from sun exposure or stay out of the sun as much as possible, especially during the hottest part of the day.

Not all sunscreens are created equal, the experts say, and it’s important for people to follow the directions.

The Skin Cancer Foundation offers a seal of recommendation on sunscreens and other skincare products that have an SPF — which stands for sun protection factor — of at least 15. SPF is a calculation of the difference between how quickly the skin will burn in the sun without the product and with the product. The higher the number, the longer the skin is protected.

There are two types of sunscreens: chemical and mineral.

Chemical sunscreens use ultra-

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HOW TO LOWER SKIN CANCER RISK Skin cancer statistics According to the Skin Cancer Foundation: • On average, a person’s risk for melanoma doubles if they have had more than five sunburns, but just one blistering sunburn in childhood or adolescence more than doubles a person’s chances of developing melanoma later in life.

• When detected early, the five-year survival rate for melanoma is 99%.

• In the United States, more than 9,500 people are diagnosed with skin cancer every day, and more than two people die of the disease every hour.

• Regular daily use of an SPF 15 or higher sunscreen reduces the risk of developing squamous cell carcinoma by about 40% and melanoma by 50%.

Jennifer Morris recommends face washing nightly as a habit that supports good skin COURTESY PHOTO care.

violet light-filtering chemicals while mineral sunscreens usually are powders that provide a physical barrier to the sun, Sarmiento explained.

Anti-aging It’s important to take care of your skin and to educate yourself about the products you use, said Jennifer Morris of the Littleton area, who sells Beautycounter products.

“Just because it’s on the shelf (in the store) doesn’t mean that it’s good for you,” Sarmiento added.

Skin-care advocates suggest learning about the products’ ingredients because not all lotions, soaps and sunscreens are created equal.

A skin-care routine that includes

Preventing skin cancer, aging • Clothing is the best defense against washing your face nightly and moisturizing daily is a must, they said, agreeing that moisturizers whose first ingredient is water is probably not the best.

“I’m huge on waterless products,” Sarmiento said, noting that the moisturizers she has created use essential oils that absorb into the skin. “Oil-based products provide longer hydration because it’s not just water and alcohols.”

Morris and Sarmiento suggested staying away from products with fragrances because most are chemically created rather than created from natural sources.

A healthy respect for the sun — both its positive and its negative attributes — is a must during the summer to make the most of the Colorado outdoors.

skin cancer and an easy way to protect yourself from the sun’s harmful ultraviolet rays. The more skin you can cover, the better, with light-colored clothes.

• Wear a wide-brimmed hat and UVblocking sunglasses.

• Wear SPF15 or higher sunscreen daily and SPF30 or higher sunscreen for extended outdoor activity.

• Apply sunscreen 30 minutes before going outside and reapply every two hours or immediately after swimming or sweating.

• Examine your skin from head to toe monthly and have it checked by a dermatologist yearly.

Resources For more information about skin cancer prevention, detection and treatment, visit SkinCancer.org or www. comelanoma.org.

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‘Pick a Number, Start a Story’ is write stuff Veteran writing teacher’s new book gives authors how-to guidance

BY SONYA ELLINGBOE SELLINGBOE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Sue Viders of Lone Tree has recently published “Pick A Number, Start a Story,” subtitled: “Your ticket to the wonders of storytelling.”

A workbook, with spaces for a prospective author’s notes, it is certain to be a real help to many aspiring writers who just can’t get moving on that first paragraph. She says she has been a writing teacher for more than 40 years and published a number of books, including her coauthored “Complete Writer’s Guide to Heroes and Heroines, Sixteen Master Archetypes,” which is used in university creative writing and screenwriting courses.

She also has written a series of “cozies,” under the name D.B. Humel, and is currently working on another with a co-author. The name describes a type of mystery with a more gentle scene than some violent titles comes across.

Viders begins the new book by listing nine components to any story: Genre, Main Character, Plot, Setting, Goal and Motivation, Secondary Characters, Conflict, Theme, and Ending, then offers a discussion of each component and a nudge to make some choices.

Accompanying each listing is a selection of related movies — and here, I knew some and not others, which did not make much difference in using the suggested structure for organizing a story. She said there are references to 576 movies and TV

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Possibilities for combinations are pretty much endless.

A character starts out with a problem, which may or may not be solvable, due perhaps to the setting ...

Or with a romance, “be sure to choose two main characters that either complement or are direct opposites of each other.” Think of: Bad Boy, Swashbuckler, Nurturer. A plot takes characters through a series of events in one or more locations/settings, where they encounter secondary characters, some of which could be animals ... or robots, young or old ... (I picture her saying: “just choose and move on...”).

A conflict or problem arises which may or may not be resolved. Viders writes: “To make your character more interesting, you need to give him or her an internal conflict.

Perhaps the character has a lifelong flaw or fault.

“Plot is the action, while Theme is underlying meaning or moral aspect of the story.” Revenge may be a theme — think about “Count of Monte Cristo,” or consider Love and Revenge: “The Other Woman.”

“Cinderella” provides an example for the Ending category. Viders writes: “Cindy has two conflicts: one with her stepmother for keeping her away from the prince and with her own emotional feelings knowing she will never get to the ball.

“Therefore the ending has to resolve both conflicts, one that the stepmother will get her comeuppance and two that Cindy will end up with the prince.” Hence the ending has to be where they live Happy Ever After (HEA).

“Nicely fits the guideline of the ‘romance’ genre in that the couple at the end of the story will have

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“Pick A Number, Start a Story” by Lone Tree author Sue Viders is a guidebook for writCOURTESY PHOTO ers that is subtitled “Your ticket to the wonders of storytelling.”

achieved a HEA.” I get the impression that there will be others in this “Pick a Number”

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STEM TRIAL FROM PAGE 1

For many who spoke, the event started with the assumption that Erickson, who some witnesses say they heard shout “nobody f------ move” before brandishing a handgun, was playing a twisted joke on them.

“I thought this was like a senior prank,” said Grace Holland, a student in the room that day. “I thought ‘that’s messed up.’”

Kendrick Castillo, however, knew the gun was real and acted immediately. Many witnesses told the jury how they saw Castillo leap from his seat to stop the gunman. Castillo was shot and killed during the attack.

Initial reports from the shooting included comments from both McKinney and Erickson that claimed McKinney had forced Erickson to participate in the attack. Prosecutors have worked to poke holes in that narrative and McKinney has since made contradictory statements.

Room 107’s teacher Lauren Harper was the teacher for the British Literature class taking place in room 107 that day.

With only three days remaining for the class, which was mostly made up of seniors, she decided to put on a movie for students to analyze: “The Princess Bride.”

Erickson came to her a few minutes after class started to tell her he wasn’t feeling well.

“He looked ready to pass out,” she told the courtroom.

She sent him to the nurse with another student, and a few minutes later, after he returned, he got her attention again, saying he thought he needed to just go home. She agreed and told him to sign himself out. That’s when he walked to the front of the class, shouted and pulled out the weapon, she said.

Speaking to the jury, Harper’s voice cracked as she told the prosecutor’s that Erickson had never warned her about what was about to happen.

‘They’re getting louder’ Shampson Sundara, a school security guard who responded to the incident and apprehended

Sgt. Joel White with the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office testified June 1 about responding to the May 7, 2019 shooting at the STEM PHOTOS COURTESY OF 18TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT ONLINE COURTROOM School Highlands Ranch.

COMPLETE COVERAGE To view our past news stories on this topic, please visit our website at coloradocommunitymedia.com. Click on “News” in the upper left-hand corner, then click on “STEM shooting.”

A video played during the trial of Devon Erickson showed how the defendant looked and behaved in the minutes following the May 7, 2019 shooting at STEM School Highlands Ranch. Erickson is facing dozens of charges including first-degree murder, attempted murder and arson for his alleged part in the attack.

McKinney, spoke to the courtroom on June 4 about what he saw that day two years ago.

Sundara told the court that when he came upon McKinney, the student was trying to get back into room 107. Sundara shouted commands at him to drop the

weapon and saw McKinney attempt to turn the gun on himself before eventually complying with the guard’s commands.

“Alec said ‘we have more guns than you. We’re going to kill you, you need to kill me,’” Sundara said.

As he walked with McKinney through the halls, Sundara reported hearing the student talking about voices he was hearing in his head including “they’re getting louder” and “they want me to kill, they want you to kill me.”

Sundara, who said he wasn’t supposed to have a gun with him based on his contract with the school, fired two rounds at law enforcement entering the school, whom he had assumed were additional shooters. His shots instead wounded two students.

A first responder Within a few minutes of entering the school, Sgt. Joel White, a Douglas County sheriff’s deputy and one of the first responders that day, came across Castillo lying in room 107. He and other deputies desperately tried to get SEE STEM TRIAL, P18

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Defense questions During cross examinations, the defense focused on the timing of the shots fired, asking witnesses

when they heard the gunshots in relation to Castillo slamming Erickson in an effort to get the gun. In her opening statement, defense attorney Julia Stancil told the jury that Erickson had not intended to hurt anyone and that

the gun had gone off accidentally as a result of Castillo’s attack.

Another detail the defense has drawn attention to is exactly how and where Erickson pointed the gun he held in front of the class.

Some witnesses have said he pointed it straight at them and others have said it was directed over their heads.

The defense asked one witness from room 107, Barbra Elenniss, about a message she sent to another student in the days following the shooting when she said “(Erickson) shot accidentally after getting tackled.” Elenniss said she hadn’t actually seen that happen and was simply repeating what she’d heard other students say in the days following.

Former district attorney George Brauchler, who has remained with the DA’s office to finish this case, said he expected the prosecution to rest its case in the middle of the following week.

Then, the defense will call their witnesses.

local hardware stores, Spurlock said.

In April, after executing a search warrant at the suspected headquarters in Aurora, Spurlock said authorities recovered more than 30,000 stolen items, 80 pounds in silver, $100,000 in gold, $108,000 in cash and numerous cell phones.

The suspects were later indicted by a grand jury. Spurlock said the seven suspects are from Eastern European countries and are in the U.S. legally. The seven arrested are Grigore Tataru, Dzianis Artyushkevich, Ivan Biazliudau, Ilona Nastas,

Evgeny Shadrin, Diziana Altshuler and Dmitry Altshuler.

Spurlock said the success of the investigation would not have been possible if it were not for the cooperation from some of the area’s largest retailers. The companies provided resources to track identification numbers of stolen goods, he said.

In a prepared, combined statement, retailers said, “The crime of retail theft impacts not only large and small businesses, but consumers looking for value when they shop. Retail crime can be devastat-

ing to businesses of all sizes. The loss of merchandise and threats to staff all have a negative impact on our businesses and our customers.”

Law enforcement and other organizations participating in the investigation included Lone Tree police, Castle Rock police, U.S. Secret Service, U.S. Postal Service, Aurora police, Denver police and U.S. Bureau of Prisons. Retailers taking part were Albertsons/Safeway, Walmart, Home Depot, Target, Ulta, Sephora, King Soopers, Whole Foods and Sprouts.

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the senior out of the school, knowing that paramedics couldn’t enter an active shooter situation, he told jurors June 1.

He pulled and dragged the young man through the school by his torso and legs. Tears rolled down White’s face as he explained that in spite of his efforts, Castillo was pronounced dead after being handed over to medical personnel.

White spoke of how he didn’t stop his response to the shooting there. Instead, he went back into the school, where he came across another student who had been shot in the back of the head.

“His eyes were ... really, really big,” White said. “I asked him if he could move and he didn’t respond. So I picked him up and threw him over my shoulder (and) ran out of the school.”

Gerardo Montoya Ojeda, the stu-

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Cauley said retail theft is a major concern in Castle Rock because the community relies heavily on sales tax dollars. When more than $5 million in goods are stolen, Cauley said residents of Castle Rock and Douglas County pay the price.

Common goods being stolen for the alleged resale included vitamins, cosmetics, birth control and tools from

Surveillance footage from inside STEM School Highlands Ranch shows Sgt. Joel White with the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office carrying a wounded student out of the school on May 7, 2019. The footage was played during the trial for Devon Erickson, who is facing dozens of charges for his alleged role in the attacks. COURTESY OF 18TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT ONLINE COURTROOM

dent whom White carried to the paramedics, survived the attack.

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Hayes adjusts tennis to high elevation Hill sisters team for wins in doubles

BY JIM BENTON JBENTON@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

It took some time for Lauren Hayes to adjust to playing in Colorado’s higher elevation, but the Hill twins have been playing doubles together for so long they can adapt quickly.

Hayes, a sophomore No. 1 singles player at Mountain Vista, moved to Colorado from Salem, Oregon, and on June 2 captured the Region 5 state qualifying tournament with a tough three-set win over Arapahoe’s Julia Rydel.

Nicole and Eliza Hill, seniors at Cherry Creek, had it much easier in taking the No. 1 doubles title in the Region 1 tournament on June 1 and lost only one game in two straightset victories.

The Hills will carry a 12-0 record into the Class 5A state tournament which will be June 11-12 at the Gates Tennis Center.

Hayes kept a majority of her shots in play but it wasn’t an easy victory as her grit and determination helped her pull out a win in the match that has more momentum changes than winning volleys.

Hayes claimed the regional title with a 7-6, 6-7, 6-3 triumph.

“I came here in December, and it took me to February to get fully adjusted to the different altitude,” said Hayes. “My ground strokes seem to go a lot farther and with the spin I put on the ball, I need to put more spin on because it seems the shots are going long a lot. I definitely need to work on that.

“I’ve played really well and I’ve really connected with my team which I like a lot. I really like the atmosphere we’ve played in. So far this season, it’s been very good.”

Hayes was down 1-3 in the first set tiebreaker but rallied to win 7-5. She had a 5-1 advantage in the second set tiebreaker but Rydel pulled out an 8-6 win. Hayes prevailed in the deciding third set.

More of the same type of close matches probably will be ahead in the state tournament.

“I will try to go in with a certain level of confidence in my game, know that what I do I think works,” she said. “I just go for everything. I try to stay calm when I play,” Hayes displays a lot of emotion in her matches and often talks to herself but most of the comments from the Hills are with each other.

The Hills won the regional crown with a 6-0, 6-0 win over Columbine’s Liz Gentry and Liz Phillips.

Doubles in tennis requires partners to encourage and trust each other, and it is an advantage to know your partner.

Eliza won the No. 2 singles state title in 2018, and Nicole captured the 2018 championship at No. 3 singles.

Eliza suffered a concussion playing basketball and both sisters skipped the 2019 campaign so it has been two

Mountain Vista sophomore Lauren Hayes hits a forehand return during the Region 5 No. 1 singles final June 2 against Arapahoe’s PHOTOS BY JIM BENTON Julia Rydel. Hayes won the title with a hard-fought three-set victory.

Lauren Hayes, a sophomore at Mountain Vista, captured the No. 1 singles title at the Region 5 state qualifying tournament on June 2. She defeated Arapahoe’s Julia Rydel in a hard-fought 7-6, 6-7, 6-3 match.

school tennis.

“It is definitely easier playing with my sister,” said Nicole. “I absolutely love playing with her because we just have such a good relationship.

We know what to tell each other during a match. We know how to lift each other up or to test each other about strategy.”

Eliza agrees.

“We really understand each other well and it makes for a really good

Eliza Hill delivers a serve while sister Nicole waits during the Region 1 qualifying tournament June 1. The Hills won the regional championships at No. 1 doubles and will take a 12-0 record into the June 11-12 state tournament.

times we’re not immune to arguing.

The good thing is we know how to get back to what is important. Our arguments don’t last very long.”

The state tournament this year has been trimmed from three days to two which means semifinal and championship matches will be played back-to-back on June 12.

“We’re not going to underestimate any of our opponents,” said Eliza.

“We’re going to play our hardest and our best. As the competition gets tougher we will get tougher too.”

Cherry Creek, which won the 2019

last spring’s state tourney, qualified players in three singles and four doubles categories as the Bruins will be seeking their 37th girls state tennis championship.

The Bruins aren’t the only team that will have a full squad of players at the state meet.

Fairview, Legacy, Mountain Vista, Arapahoe, Fossil Ridge, Ralston Valley and Poudre also qualified 11 players for the state tournament, and Valor Christian will have 10 players competing at state.

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Spring prep sports still in play Baseball, soccer, lacrosse and track results

BY JIM BENTON JBENTON@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

It is early June and in a normal season most spring sports would be concluded but not this year with COVID figuring into all the schedules.

Season D sports are wrapping up their seasons. The state girls tennis tournament is set for June 11-12, and the other sports will be finished by June 25.

Ponderosa, a Class 4A team playing in the Continental League, won the regular season league baseball championship prior to the June 14regional playoffs.

Baseball Ponderosa 8, Rock Canyon 4 – Kolton Miller went 3-for-4, scored twice and had two runs batted in during a win over Rock Canyon on May 31 which secured the Continental League title. Chase Jaworsky, Riley Goings, Zac Chapman and Adam Smith each had two hits for the Jaguars. Pondo, second ranked in the CHSAANow.com Class 4A poll, pounded Mountain Range, 13-1, on June 5 in a non-league encounter as Dom Lopez went 4-for-4 with three RBI. Cherry Creek 7, Overland 2 – The Bruins, ranked second in the 5A poll, scored five runs in the fifth in-

ning to secure a June 1 win. Senior Carter Dorighi went 2-for-2, scored twice and had an RBI to pace Creek.

The Bruins had an 8-1 lead after two innings on June 3 against Arapahoe and held on for a 12-11 victory. Jack Alley and Tommy Mardi had three hits each for Creek while Troon Eakin got three hits for the Warriors.

Mountain Vista 16, ThunderRidge 9 – The Golden Eagles, ranked fourth in the state, jumped to an 11-1 advantage after two innings in a triumph on June 3 as Sean Marlow’s three hits paced a 13-hit attack for Vista.

Cherokee Trail 10, Arapahoe 9 – The Warriors rallied to tie the game in the top of the seventh but allowed a run in the bottom of the inning in a June 1 setback. Easton Marks had three hits and three RBI for Arapahoe. The Warriors grabbed a 9-0 lead over Cherry Creek on June 5 and held on for a 9-5 win. Eakin and Cody Booth both went 3-for-4 for Arapahoe.

Valor Christian 19, Lakewood 2 – The fifth-ranked Eagles plated 13 runs in the top of the first inning in an easy, four-inning victory on June 1. Blake Wilson and Radek Birkholz each had two homers for Valor and Keenan Procter added one. Those three players combined to drive in 11 runs. Birkholz struck out 12 batters in six innings of work on June 3 in a 3-1 victory over top-ranked Chatfield.

Legend 8, Douglas County 7 – Aaron Kidd had five RBIs and Grant Dale pitched 1.1 innings of relief to get the win in a May 31 contest.

Lutheran 21, Peak to Peak 1 – The Lions, ranked ninth in the Class 3A poll, collected 15 hits in a mercyshortened win on June 2. Josh Greiving had three hits and combined with Teagan Rae and Aaron Morgan to have seven RBI. Unbeaten Lutheran raced to a 15-0 win on June 3 over Manual as Rae and Preston Robinson each had three runs batted in, Castle View 9, Highlands Ranch 8 – The Sabercats pushed home a run in the bottom of the eighth inning on June 3 to pull out a win. Caleb Cancino, Blake Windham, Daniel Whisman, Oliver Bolduc and Phillip Carter each had two hits for Castle View and those five players combined for 10 of the 12 Sabercats’ hits.

Heritage 12, Douglas County 0 – Alex Champagne got two hits, scored three times and collected three RBI in a June 1 victory for the Eagles who were ranked seventh in the state. The Eagles downed Mountain Vista 10-8 on June 4 as Luke Meyers had two hits and earned the save.

Chaparral 15, Arvada West 5 – Senior James Harbeson went 3-for-3 with a homer and three RBI in a win on June 5.

Littleton 11, Alameda 1 – Red Fritz and Christian Calonder each drove in three runs in the Lions win on June 3.

in the Class 5A poll posted a shutout victory on June 1.

Mountain Vista 3, ThunderRidge 2 – Natalie Vatter assisted on all three goals in the overtime victory June 1 over the rival Grizzlies.

Chaparral 2, Ponderosa 1 – Lia Nguyen had the game-winning goal in a June 1 win.

Rock Canyon 5, Legend 1 – The Jaguars, No. 8 in the June 1 girls soccer rankings, got a pair of goals from Cate Sheahan and Addison Vali in a June 1 win.

Valor Christian 5, Arvada West 0 – Five players scored for the thirdranked Eagles in a win on June 2.

Lutheran 5, Peak to Peak 2 – Caley Swierenga notched two goals and an assist in a victory on June 2. The Lions, ranked ninth in the 3A poll, edged Colorado Academy 4-3 on June 4 with Carli Haney collecting three goals.

Legend 1, Douglas County 1 – The Titans’ Taylor Preston, off an assist from Peyton Evans, got the goal for Legend in a June 4 tie.

ThunderRidge 2,Castle View 0 – The ninth ranked Grizzlies got two first half goals in a June 4 win.

Littleton 6, Bear Creek 0 – Six players scored foe the Lions’ in a win over the Bears on June 1.

Boys lacrosse Valor Christian 21, Chaparral 6 – The Eagles, the No. 1 team in the boys lacrosse rankings, rolled to win on

Girls soccer Cherry Creek 2, Cherokee Trail 0 – The Bruins second-ranked team

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FROM THE GET-GO ThunderRidge’s CJ Meehan (2) pursues the tip-off as Pine Creek’s Marielia DuToit (24) gives chase. The Grizzlies had a commanding 22-6 win and Meehan contributed 3 goals to the total on June 3 at Shea Stadium.

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June 3. Junior Gunnar Fellows had seven goals and three assists for 10 points in the game and senior Caleb Pallo added five goals and four assists.

Cherry Creek 14, Kent Denver 11The third-ranked Bruins got three goals and two assists from Dakota Johnson in a June 1 win.

Arapahoe 13, Grandview 12 – Reece Loucks scored three times in June 1 win and the No. 8 Warriors came back with another close win on June 4 with a 10-9 triumph over Kent Denver. Tommy Leonard had three goals in win over Kent.

Girls lacrosse Colorado Academy 18, Cherry Creek 7 – In a June 2 game between the top-ranked Mustangs and the No. 3 Bruins, Colorado Academy grabbed a 14-4 halftime lead in the win. Lily Assini had three goals and an assist for Creek.

Thunder Ridge 22, Pine Creek 6 – Madison Riley had five goals and two assists in a June 3 win for the

Record performances Harrison Witt and Parker Wolfe established Colorado distance track records earlier this season.

Wolfe, a Cherry Creek senior who set a record in winning the state Class 5A cross country meet last fall and was named the Gatorade national boys cross country Runner of the Year, set a new state record for 1600 meters of 4:06. But, that mark lasted only a week before Witt, a Mountain Vista senior headed to Princeton, ran a 4:05.18 on May 15.

That was the same day that Wolfe, a North Carolina recruit, ran an all-time state best of 8:55.04 in the 3,200 event.

Player of the Year Cherry Creek’s Julian Hammond III was named Colorado’s Gatorade boys basketball Player of the Year.

Hammond averaged 22.4 points and 5.5 rebounds a game last season.

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CONTINENTAL INC. Commercial and Residential

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Bathroom Remodeling Made Easy!

Call us today, for a free design consultation.

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We do driveways, garage floors, walkways, front porches, steps, back patios, and always provide free estimates. Fully insured, local and perform quality work.

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Carpet/Flooring

Cleaning

Solutions

• CARPET REPAIRS •RE-STRETCHING • PET DAMAGE

n: Call Ke

A BROOM AND A BUCKET PROFESSIONAL HOUSE CLEANING

Discounts for Dads and Grads for the month of June

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Concrete/Paving

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•Curb & Gutter •Walls •Anything Concrete

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BEST PRICES 30+ years experience Clem: 303-973-6991

FREE ESTIMATES UTDOOR

ESIGNS, INC

“Specializing in Composite Redwood and Cedar Construction for Over 30 Years”

• Decks • Fences • Stairs • Overhangs •

Specialize in barn floors, Driveways, Remove and replacement Any job over 400 SF give us a call!

Deck/Patio

303-471-2323 Drywall

Driveways Tear Outs & Replace

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Acoustic scrape and re-texture Repairs to full basement finishes Water damage repairs Interior paint, door & trim installs 30+ years experience Insured Free estimates

Call DJ 720-339-4722

Electricians

Affordable Electrician

Over 25 years experience • Residential Expert • All electrical upgrades • No Job Too Small • Senior Discounts

Cell: 720-690-7645 Office: 720-621-6955 Fence Services

A PATCH TO MATCH Drywall Repair Specialist

We’d love to come out!

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Sanders Drywall Inc.

20% off Spring Special

Carpet

Lawn Maintenance Mow – Edge - Trim Call for a Aeration & Fertilization Sprinkler Repair FREE quote

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• Home Renovation and Remodel • 30 years Experience • Insured • Satisfaction Guaranteed Highly rated & screened contractor by Home Advisor & Angies list

Call Ed 720-328-5039

To advertise your business, call us at 303-566-4100

Cowboy Fencing is a full service fence & gate company installing fences in Colorado for 23 6 years.

Residential/Commercial/ Farm & Ranch Fencing Low rates, Free estimates

Scott, Owner - 720-364-5270

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Painting

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Solving All your Remodeling & Repair Problems – Just Ask!

DEPENDABLE, RELIABLE SERVICE Over 30 Years Experience Licensed & Insured

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Mountain Skyline Painting is a family owned Residential and Commercial Painting company which specializes in exterior and interior painting as well as kitchen cabinet refinishing.

Our core values are honesty, integrity, service, quality and beauty and our focus is on delivering an outstanding customer experience.

We currently include a full color consult, test quarts and a detailed walkthrough with all of our paint jobs.

• Family Owned • Free Upgrades Included Give us a call to set up a free estimate!

• Color Consulting • Sherwin Williams/ Benjamin Moore Paints • Full Warranty

mountainskylinepainting.com

I have all my own equipment.

In business since 1991.

Serving Highlands Ranch, Lone Tree, Parker and Centennial

ONE WAY HANDYMAN

General Repairs Licensed General Contractor

303-805-7800

In business in Colorado 25 years We accept all major credit cards.

CHRIS YOAKAM 303-745-7676

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Lawn/Garden Services

PROFESSIONAL OUTDOOR SERVICES TREES/ SHRUBS TRIMMED Planted, Trimmed & Removal • Sod Work • Rock & Block Walls • Sprinklers • Aeration • Stumps Ground • Mulch

Licensed / Insured

DICK 303-783-9000

Alpine Landscape Management

• Removal & installation of landscape materials • Complete landscape renovations • Xeriscape • Paver/flagstone/concrete sidewalks and patios • Concrete driveways • Concrete demolition • Retaining walls • Tree removal & pruning • Sod installation • Drainage solutions (French drain etc) • Pressure washing • Landscape material delivery Trae Francque

720-653-8379

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Maintenance

RON’S LANDSCAPING

Call or email Ron 303-758-5473

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Home/Business maintenance, repair and remodel.

Small to large Jobs, handyman work or remodel work. Knowledgeable in all aspects of maintenance, repair & new construction. 20+ years of Experience. What do you need done? Burt 720-532-2685 burtagent@gmail.com

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720-301-0442

L.S. PAINTING, Inc.

Weekly Mowing, Aerate, Fertilize, Spring Clean Up, Power Raking, Trim Bushes & Small Trees, Senior Discounts

Yard Clean-up, Raking, Weeding, Flower Bed Maintenance, Shrubbery Trimming Soil Prep - Sod Work Trees & Shrub Replacement also Small Tree & Bush Removal Bark, Rock Walls & Flagstone Work FREE Estimates Family owned business with over 35 yrs. exp.

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All Int. & Ext.

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• Stain and Renew Custom Handrails • Custom Interior & Exterior • Residential & Commercial Painting • Paint Kitchen Cabinets • Free Estimates - Insured • 30 Years Serving Metro Denver • Satisfaction Guaranteed

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Smith & Sons Painting Father and son business for 15+ years.

Residential ceilings & walls, stain decks, wallpaper removal, stain & varnish.

Free estimates

Call Niilo 763-226-5719 Plumbing

ANCHOR PLUMBING

Residential: Hot Water Heat • Forced Air Water Heaters • Kitchens • Baths Service Repair • Sprinkler Repair

(303) 961-3485 Licenced & Insured

A+

Rating BBB

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ThunderRidge’s CJ Meehan (2) pursues the tip-off as Pine Creek’s Marielia DuToit (24) gives chase. The Grizzlies had a commanding 22-6 win and Meehan contributed 3 goals PHOTO BY PAUL DISALVO to the total on June 3 at Shea Stadium.

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Plumb-Crazy, LLC.

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• Roofing • Siding • Gutters • Insurance Claims

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Thomas Flooring & Tile • All Types of Tile • • Granite-Ceramic • • Porcelain • • Natural Stone •Vinyl • •Bathroom Remodel•

303-805-7800

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In business in Colorado 25 Years We Accept All Major Credit Cards

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Sprinklers

Columbine Custom Contracting • Sprinkler Start Up $40

• Gutter Clean ups $40 • Fertilization $30 • Fence Repair & Painting • Aerations $40 • Fence Posts $140/each • Power wash decks & houses • Clean Up / Tree service • Garage Doors • Interior/Exterior Painting • Licensed Plumber

Tony 720-210-4304 PLUMBING & SPRINKLERS

Tile

Tile

ANYTHING TILE

● Marble ● Repairs ● Granite Counter Tops Remodeling is my specialty!

Call now for free estimate

(303) 646-0140

303-781-4919 Tree Service

ABE’S TREE & SHRUB CARE Abraham Spilsbury Owner/Operator

• Pruning • Removals • Shrub Maintenance • FreeEstimates Certified Arborist,Insured, Littleton Resident 720.283.8226 • C:720.979.3888 aspilsbury@msn.com

A-1 Stump Removal

Roofing

M4 ROOFING

We live in the neighborhood!

A+ Accredited rating with the BBB 18th year in business Great Google reviews

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Have a Hail Damaged Roof?

- Call Golden Spike Roofing - We are 100% Local & Have Great References - Roofing • Siding • Paint • Windows • Gutters

- Call Dave Vaughn 720-427-7422 - davegoldenspikeroofing@gmail.com

Stump grinding specialist

Most stumps $75.00 and up $55 Minimum.

Call Free estimates.

Licensed & Insured. or 39 years experience. text 10% off when coupon presented

A father and son team!

Call Terry or Corey 303-424-7357

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Public Notice Commissioner’s Proceedings May 2021 Vendor Name 3D SPECIALTIES INC 3M COMPANY 53 CORPORATION LLC AAA METRIC SUPPLY LLC ABCO CONTRACTING ABSOLUTE GRAPHICS INC ACKERMAN DISTRIBUTING & CONSTRUCTION ACORN PETROLEUM INC ADAPTIVE INTERVENTIONS ADVANCED PROPERTY MAINTENANCE INC ADVANCED TRAFFIC PRODUCTS INC AECOM USA INC AECOM USA INC AGGREGATE INDUSTRIES ALCOHOL MONITORING SYSTEMS INC ALFRED BENESCH COMPANY ALL ACCESS INC ALL ANIMAL RECOVERY ALLHEALTH NETWORK ALLIED UNIVERSAL SECURITY SERVICES AM SIGNAL INC AM SIGNAL LLC AMAILCO INC AMERICAN BUSINESS ADVISORS INC AMERICAN CIVIL CONSTRUCTORS AMERICAN CLAYWORKS & SUPPLY COMPANY ANCHORTEX CORPORATION ANGEL ARMOR AON CONSULTING INC APDC COLORADO LANGUAGE CONNECTION APONTE PUBLIC AFFAIRS INC ARAPAHOE COUNTY ARAPAHOE COUNTY HUMAN SERVICES ARAPAHOE/DOUGLAS WORKS WORKFORCE CENTER ARCHITERRA GROUP INC ARMOR CORRECTIONAL HEALTH SERVICES ARMORED KNIGHTS INC ASA PROCESS SERVICE ASPEN VIEW ACADEMY ATS ACOUSTICS ATTWOOD PUBLIC AFFAIRS AUTOMATED BUILDING SOLUTIONS AVE MARIA CATHOLIC SCHOOL AVERETT, ASHLEY AXIOM HUMAN RESOURCE SOLUTIONS AZTEC CONSULTANTS INC BARNETT, CHASE ALEXANDER BARNHART, DAVID BASELINE ASSOCIATES INC BEACON COMMUNICATIONS LLC BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CONSULTANTS INC BERKELEY HOMES BEYOND TECHNOLOGY INC BKD LLP BLACK HILLS ENERGY BOB BARKER COMPANY BOBCAT OF THE ROCKIES BOURDEON, JENNIFER BRAINCODE CENTERS BRANNAN AGGREGATES BRIDGEVIEW IT INC BRIGHTVIEW LANDSCAPE DEVELOPMENT BROKEN TREE COMMUNITY CHURCH BUCKEYE CLEANING CENTER OF DENVER C & L WATER SOLUTIONS INC CALIBRE PRESS INC CANDELARIA, SCOTT CARBON 60 LLC CARING COMMUNITIES OF COLORADO CARSON, AMY CASI COLORADO ASPHALT SERVICES CASTLE ROCK CONSTRUCTION CASTLETON CENTER WATER & SANITATION CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF CENTRAL COLORADO CCOM CCP INDUSTRIES INC CDW GOVERNMENT LLC CENTER COPY PRINTING CENTRAL SALT LLC CENTRAL STATES HOSE INC CENTURY LINK CERTIFIED BUSINESS SERVICES CHARRY, JORGE A CHATO’S CONCRETE LLC CHERRY HILLS COMMUNITY CHURCH

Total $ 4,726.83 4,951.51 2,500.00 129.30 19,767.68 2,573.01 11,750.00 166,973.19 14,594.20 4,941.23 3,762.50 39,194.17 5,491.89 27,663.86 2,390.74 9,874.28 190,236.66 2,125.00 16,736.03 59,992.93 681.93 4,800.00 1,095.77 4,725.00 58,975.00 3,750.95 10,191.00 1,818.12 32,500.00 842.20 2,081.25 5,572.41 6,981.01

Description Sign Parts & Supplies Sign Parts & Supplies Escrow Payable Sign Parts & Supplies Lincoln Sidewalk Repairs Clothing & Uniforms Repair & Maintenance Supplies Fleet Tanks Fuel Mental Health Services Repair & Maintenance Service Traffic Signal Parts Road-Street Drainage-Engineering State-CDOT Aggregate Products & Asphalt Alcohol Monitoring Fees Road-Street Drainage-Engineering Machinery & Equipment Purchased Services Recovery Support Security Services Traffic Signal Parts & Supplies Traffic Signal Parts & Supplies Service Contracts Conference, Seminar, Training Fees Bayou Gulch Bridge Repair Operating Supplies Furniture/Office Systems Clothing & Uniforms Consulting Fees Translation Services Lobbying Services Software License Fee Legal Services

18,389.65 25,796.20 46,072.48 956.30 900.00 18,430.00 8,098.39 6,250.00 17,448.64 6,187.50 181.95 179.80 12,480.00 71.82 50.00 560.00 3,128.72 1,260.00 2,500.00 2,551.85 52,400.00 34,699.34 6,485.92 74.75 175.00 9,919.00 116,011.46 7,014.00 2,500.00 586.99 15,302.14 38,745.00 21,840.00 731.10 26.00 46,588.00 105.78 4,160.80 46,636.05 62.00 269,733.54 1,774.20 241.65 139.68 306.00 146,117.56 50.80 18,961.52 147.00 2,788.61 280,238.79 500.00

Case Management Parks & Recreation Improvement Medical Services & Supplies Armored Car Services Process Service Fees Schools Acoustic Ceiling Panels Lobbying Services Machinery & Equipment Schools Travel Expense Computer Supplies Road-Street Drainage-Engineering Fee Refunds-Clerk & Recorder Fee Refunds-Sheriff’s Office Recruitment Costs Video Conferencing Installation Mental Health Services Escrow Payable Computer Supplies Accounting & Financial Services Utilities/Gas Prisoner Maintenance Supplies Equipment Rental Wellness Program Brain Mapping Therapy Salt & Other Ice Removal Contract Work Escrow Payable Developmental Disabilities Grant Janitorial Supplies Culvert Repairs Training Services Fair Marketing & Sponsorship Fee Refunds-Clerk & Recorder Mental Health Services Travel Expense Asphalt & Asphalt Filler Meridian Boulevard Reconstruction Water & Sewer Emergency Rent Assistance Funding Medical Supplies Operating Supplies Operating Supplies Printing/Copying/Reports Salt & Other Ice Removal Equipment & Motor Vehicle Parts Telephone/Communications Software/Hardware Support Professional Services Sidewalk Repair Projects Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Service Contracts Contributions Due to Aurora-MV License Fee Due to Castle Pines-MV License Intergovernmental-Castle Pines Due to Littleton-MV License Due to Lone Tree-MV License Intergovernmental-Lone Tree Professional Services Paint & Road Striping Therapy Recruitment Costs

CINTAS CORPORATION 5,125.00 CITY OF AURORA 7,371.10 CITY OF AURORA 45,726.22 CITY OF CASTLE PINES 106,247.74 CITY OF CASTLE PINES 24,814.80 CITY OF LITTLETON 11,102.02 CITY OF LONE TREE 3,792.21 CITY OF LONE TREE 139,613.60 CL CLARKE INC 13,312.75 CLEAN EARTH ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS INC 932.27 CODE-4 COUNSELING 6,030.00 COLORADO ASSOCIATION OF CHIEFS OF POLICE 1,853.50 COLORADO ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS 500.00 COLORADO BALLET COMPANY 40.00 COLORADO BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION 25,607.50 COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA 7,321.40 COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & ENVIRONMENT 402.00 COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES 2,680.00 COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE 13,592.09 COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE 3,539,034.38 COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF STATE 26,250.00 COLORADO DESIGNSCAPES INC 6,715.00 COLORADO DOORWAYS INC 787.18 COLORADO PIPELINE REHABILITATION LLC 24,174.37 COLORADO RANGERS 3,900.00 COLORADO STATE TREASURER 29,368.06 COLORADO STORMWATER COUNCIL 2,000.00 COMMUNITY SAFETY 1ST 100.00 COMPASSCOM SOFTWARE CORP 2,131.99 COMPRI CONSULTING 16,744.00 CONTINUUM OF COLORADO 5,700.00 CONVERGEONE INC

Professional Membership & Licenses Child Welfare Professional Services Due to CBI-Concealed Handgun Newspaper Notices/Advertising

Due to State-Marriage License Due to State-Marriage License Due to State-Drivers License Due to State-MV Due to State-eRecording Contracted Snow Removal Repair & Maintenance Supplies Storm Pipe Repair 2021 Access Fee Unemployment Claims Legal Strategy Fee Professional Services Telephone/Communications Contract Work Temporary Assistance for Needy Families 1,167.64 Software/Hardware Support

COOK STREET CONSULTING INC CORDANT HEALTH SOLUTIONS CPFF HONOR GUARD ACADEMY CRISIS CENTER CRISIS CENTER CROWN TECHNOLOGY LLC CSST SOFTWARE LLC CUB SCOUT PACK # 786 CUB SCOUT PACK #261 CUMMINS SALES AND SERVICE CUMMINS-ALLISON CORP CV BALLERS CLUB DAWN B HOLMES INC DC GROUP INC DENOVO VENTURES LLC DENVER BUSINESS JOURNAL DENVER WATER DIETRICH, JENNIFER DISTRICT ATTORNEY, 18TH DISTRICT DLH ARCHITECTURE LLC DNA DIAGNOSTICS CENTER INC DOUGLAS COUNTY DEPUTY SHERIFF’S ASSOCIATION DOUGLAS COUNTY INMATE WELFARE ACCOUNT DOUGLAS COUNTY SHERIFF DUMB FRIENDS LEAGUE DYCK, DAINNA J EAN SERVICES LLC ECI SITE CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT EHLERS & ASSOCIATES INC EIFF, JAMES EMBASSY SUITES HOTEL DENVER EMPLOYERS COUNCIL SERVICES INC EMPLOYMENT LAW SOLUTIONS INC ENVISION IT PARTNERS ERO RESOURCES CORPORATION ESI LAND SURVEYING LLC ESKER SOFTWARE INC EWING IRRIGATION PRODUCTS INC FASTENAL COMPANY FEDEX FELSBURG, HOLT AND ULLEVIG FIRE ALARM SERVICES INC FLASHFILL SERVICES LLC FRANKTOWN ANIMAL CLINIC FREDERICKS, FRANK FRENCH, JA’DAE GADES SALES COMPANY INC GALLS LLC GLOCK PROFESSIONALS INC GOULD, DIANA GOVCONNECTION INC GREAT ECOLOGY & ENVIRONMENTS GRIFFIN, JERRY GRIFFITH CENTER FOR CHILDREN GROUND ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS INC HAMILTON, JEFFREY A HARPER, TRACY J HDR ENGINEERING INC HDR ENGINEERING INC HEALTH ADVOCATE SOLUTIONS INC HEALTH MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATES HEALTHCARE MEDICAL WASTE SERVICES LLC HELP & HOPE CENTER

12,500.00 43.20 500.00 33,750.00 9,268.41 583.98 37,928.20 10.00 200.00 3,619.00 587.00 600.00 31,260.00 7,039.97 17,212.50 200.00 1,320.00 687.00 716,806.08 1,292.50 261.00 5,314.00 1,999.00 41.00 6,094.00 298.39 827.31 236,633.87 1,100.00 306.21 1,488.00 250.00 500.00 3,569.00 374.25 1,757.50 752.36 333.10 3.01 50.29 89,090.19 4,240.00 933.00 208.55 564.04 280.90 3,838.00 12,320.95 250.00 428.78 96,320.00 2,111.00 5,815.00 6,310.00 28,166.50 412.50 1,852.50 131,487.10 11,923.90 1,297.00 4,075.00 168.66 6,401.27

HIGHLANDS RANCH COMMUNITY 5,501.00 HILL RESEARCH CONSULTANTS 23,875.00 HILLTOP CUSTOM HOMES 2,500.00 HIRERIGHT LLC 1,821.79 HOAGLUND, DREW 48.83 HOFFMAN, DARCY 650.00 HOME BUILDERS SERVICES 184.00 HORROCKS ENGINEERS 94,755.17 HSS - HOSPITAL SHARED SERVICES 11,888.00 HUERTA, JENNIFER M 207.03 HUMANE SOCIETY OF PIKES PEAK 34,975.00 IAC & ME 523.09 ID EDGE INC 1,150.52 IGLESIA NUEVA DE LAS ASAMBLEAS DE DIOS 2,500.00 INFINITY HOME COLLECTION 5,000.00 INTERMOUNTAIN RURAL ELECTRIC ASSOCIATION 200.00 INTOXIMETERS 159.00 IREA 123,224.38 J & A TRAFFIC PRODUCTS 850.00 J BROWER PSYCHOLOGICAL SERVICES & CONSULTING 180.00 J P MORGAN CHASE BANK 782,173.88 JACKSON, MARK SAMUEL 436.63 JACOBS, JULIE 770.43 JEFFERSON COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES 8,811.37 JESSEE, BRAD 21.28 JOB STORE INC, THE 18,700.30 JOHN ELWAY CHEVROLET 30,227.00 JOHNSON, LYNN 16,000.00 JON P DICKEY LLC KALIHER, MEGHAN KARY CABINET COMPANY INC KEESEN LANDSCAPE MANAGEMENT KEITH, JIM KENNEDY - COLORADO LLC KENT, RYAN KILTY AND COMPANY KLEEN TECH SERVICES LLC KNOTH III, JOHN F KOIS BROTHERS EQUIPMENT COMPANY KORF CONTINENTAL KSL CONSULTING INC KUBL GROUP LLC KUCHINSKY, SUSAN C LABORERS’ LOCAL 720 LAMB-STAR ENGINEERING LLC LANG, DUSTIN LEE, MICHAEL LETT, JUSTIN LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS LINCOLN COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE LIVING CENTER LLC LOCLYZ MEDIA SERVICES LONG, PAT LORENZ, MATT & JENNIFER LOVEGROVE, JESSE LUMIN8 TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLOGIES LLC

3,390.00 146.33 57,500.00 4,899.00 1,850.21 14,184.55 21.17 8,000.00 34,109.00 140.00 23,154.53 56,723.00 21,410.00 1,950.00 611.90 1,000.00 18,848.30 610.96 112.45 59.00 5,422.27 49.00 140.00 2,800.00 201.62 224.16 26.66 1,368.00

Consulting Fees Medical, Dental & Vet Services Conference, Seminar, Training Fees Contributions Reimbursement for Community Services Paint & Road Striping Computer Software Security Deposit Refund-Fairground Security Deposit Refund-Fairground Service Contracts Repair & Maintenance Service Facilities Use Fees Medical, Dental & Vet Services Operating Supplies Software/Hardware Support Books & Subscription State-CDOT Tuition Reimbursement Legal Services Locker Room Remodel Professional Services Security Services Professional Services/Booking Fees Process Service Fees Purchased Services Travel Expense Instructor Travel East West Trail Pro Forma Review Fee Refunds-Clerk & Recorder Student Travel Conference, Seminar, Training Fees County Fair Service/Administration Software/Hardware Support Natural Resource Site Review Parks & Recreation Improvement Software/Hardware Support Operating Supplies Clothing & Uniforms Postage & Delivery Service Road-Street Drainage-Engineering Repair & Maintenance Service Finn Avenue Culvert Medical, Dental & Vet Services Travel Expense Travel Expense Traffic-School Flasher Parts Clothing & Uniforms Conference, Seminar, Training Fees Catered Meal Service Computer Supplies Ecological Consulting Services Escrow Payable Child Welfare Professional Services Construction Inspection Services Purchased Services Professional Services Road-Street Drainage-Engineering State-CDOT Advocacy Fees Mental Health Services Biohazard Waste Removal Reimbursement for Community Services Prairie Dog Management 2021 Citizen Survey Escrow Payable Recruitment Costs Travel Expense Veteran Affairs Stipend Waste Disposal Services Road-Street Drainage-Engineering Security Equipment Travel Expense Animal Control Services Travel Expense Operating Supplies Community Outreach Escrow Payable Design Fee Operating Supplies Utilities/Electric Sign Parts & Supplies Mental Health Services PCard Purchases 04/05/21-05/04/21 Fee Refunds-Clerk & Recorder Fee Refunds-Clerk & Recorder Foster Care Collaborative Travel Expense Contract Work Cars, Vans, Pickups Sheriff Communication Center Services Roofing Inspections Travel Expense Courtroom Judge Benches Road Repair & Maintenance Professional Services Building/Land Lease/Rent Travel Expense Appraisal Services Service Contracts Purchased Services Equipment & Motor Vehicle Parts Cars, Vans, Pickups Information Technology Consulting Repair & Maintenance Service Recognition Programs Facilities Use Fees Road Repair & Maintenance Fee Refunds-Clerk & Recorder Travel Expense Professional Membership & Licenses Telephone/Communications Process Service Fees Medical, Dental & Vet Services Digital Media Services Travel Expense Fee Refunds-Clerk & Recorder Travel Expense Traffic Signal Maintenance

LYNN PEAVEY COMPANY MACDONALD, ANN MAES, CHRIS D MANNA RESOURCE CENTER MANNA RESOURCE CENTER

201.85 125.00 650.00 276,567.09 1,635.00

MARGARET BELL COUNSELING PLLC 75.00 MARTIN MARIETTA MATERIALS INC 139,353.28 MASTER’S TOUCH, THE 1,200.00 MAURER, ALLYSON 118.05 MCLAUGHLIN COUNSELING 900.00 MEREDITH, RODNEY L 30.00 MERIDIAN METROPOLITAN DISTRICT 49.69 MILDREN, JODI B 381.36 MILLER WENHOLD CAPITOL 9,166.66 MOBILE RECORD SHREDDERS 2,064.00 MONARCH HOMES INC 2,500.00 MORTENSEN MOUNTAIN LLC 150.00 MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS INC 15,376.22 MOUNTAIN VIEW ELECTRIC INC 1,608.06 MOYERS, ANN 335.44 MUDGETT, TRACEY 87.08 MULLER ENGINEERING COMPANY INC 28,401.00 NAEYAERT, JACOB 1,543.48 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATORS 175.00 NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CONSTRUCTION INC 1,693.00 NATIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY INFORMATION BUREAU 149.00 N-EAR INC 37,168.32 NILEX INC 1,635.00 NMS LABS 5,427.00 NORTHSTAR CUSTOM HOMES 2,500.00 NORTHWOODS CONSULTING PARTNERS INC 114,343.00 NOVAD MANAGEMENT CONSULTING LLC 20.00 O J WATSON COMPANY INC 99,470.00

Operating Supplies Professional Membership & Licenses Veteran Affairs Stipend Emergency Rent Assistance Funding Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Therapy Asphalt Overlay Postage & Delivery Service Travel Expense Therapy Travel Expense Water & Sewer Travel Expense Lobbying Services Waste Disposal Services Escrow Payable Waste Disposal Services Communications Equipment Utilities/Electric Travel Expense Travel Expense Engineering Services Fee Refunds-Clerk & Recorder Professional Membership & Licenses Electrical Installation/Repairs Books & Subscription Communications Equipment Construction Maintenance Materials Forensic Testing Escrow Payable Software/Hardware Support Fee Refunds-Clerk & Recorder Construction Maintenance Equipment

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH CENTERS OF THE SOUTHWEST 160.00 Medical Supplies ORACLE AMERICA INC 860.50 Software/Hardware Support ORMSBEE, SONIA 30.12 Travel Expense PACIFIC OFFICE AUTOMATION INC 6,489.13 Copier Charges PALMER, NICOLE E 73.11 Travel Expense PANORAMA WELLNESS AND SPORTS INSTITUTE 5,000.00 Training Services PARKER AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 1,000.00 Professional Membership & Licenses PARKER WATER & SANITATION DISTRICT 4,455.85 Water & Sewer PARRISH JR, ANTHONY 292.82 Travel Expense PAWS 4 PRODUCTIVITY LLC 450.00 Human Services Puppy Visit PENNINGTON, BRIANNE 2,000.00 Tuition Reimbursement PERRY PARK WATER & SANITATION 847.09 Bulk Water PHOENIX SUPPLY LLC 3,868.45 Prisoner Maintenance Supplies PINERY WATER DISTRICT 400.32 Water & Sewer POTTER, SHAWNA 90.41 Travel Expense PRECISION DYNAMICS CORPORATION 835.80 Operating Supplies PRECISION PARTNERS LLC 381.28 Fee Refunds-Clerk & Recorder PRO COM - PRO COMPLIANCE 8,820.65 Medical, Dental & Vet Services PRO FORCE LAW ENFORCEMENT 26,325.85 Firearms/Tasers & Accessories PRO POLICE RALLY COLORADO 200.00 Security Deposit Refund-Fairground PROFESSIONAL SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETING 1,147.50 Professional Services PSYCHOLOGICAL DIMENSIONS 4,125.00 Recruitment Costs PUBLIC TRUST ADVISORS LLC 11,666.66 Accounting & Financial Services PUMP TECHNOLOGIES LLC 1,595.53 Equipment & Motor Vehicle Parts PURPLE LOTUS WELLNESS YOGA LLC 450.00 Training Services QUADIENT INC 460.00 Repair Services QUINTERO, CAITLIN 58.24 Travel Expense RADIANCE CONSULTING 2,762.50 Consulting Services RAGNASOFT INC 9,695.00 Software/Hardware Subscription RANKIN, MARK 44.95 Professional Membership & Licenses REAL TIME NETWORKS INC 815.00 Operating Supplies REDDING, TAYLOR 762.21 Travel Expense REPORTS NOW INC 1,000.00 Conference, Seminar, Training Fees REYNOLDS CONSTRUCTION LLC 2,500.00 Escrow Payable RG LANDSCAPING SERVICES LLC 17,473.12 Road Repair & Maintenance RICHMOND AMERICAN HOMES 22,500.00 Escrow Payable RIGHT ON LEARNING 8,000.00 Tutoring Services RITE OF PASSAGE INC 600.00 Mental Health Services RMS RECOVERY MONITORING SOLUTIONS 1,074.00 UA Testing ROADSAFE TRAFFIC SYSTEMS 628.45 Paint & Road Striping ROBBINS, DEAN 2,000.00 Tuition Reimbursement ROCKY MOUNTAIN AIR SOLUTIONS 37.28 Operating Supplies ROCKY MOUNTAIN MAIL SERVICES 535.31 Postage & Delivery Service ROCKY MOUNTAIN PAVEMENT 21,280.00 Asphalt Patching ROXBOROUGH WATER & SANITATION DISTRICT 1,277.75 Water & Sewer RST SOLUTIONS 19,360.00 Consulting Fees RUNBECK ELECTION SERVICES INC 43,125.00 Software/Hardware Support RYLIE’S ARK 200.00 Security Deposit Refund-Fairground SALCEDO, RITA 200.00 Security Deposit Refund-Fairground SANDOVAL ELEVATOR COMPANY LLC 4,195.00 Repair & Maintenance Service SEDALIA LANDFILL 4,942.34 Waste Disposal Services SEDAM, PENNY 11,809.00 Professional Services SEMPERA 24,000.00 Recruitment Costs SHANNON & WILSON INC 13,404.50 Road-Street Drainage-Engineering SHILOH HOME INC 6,941.40 Building/Land Lease/Rent SHUMS CODA ASSOCIATES 2,725.00 Elevator Plan Review & Witness Test SIRIUS COMPUTER SOLUTIONS INC 70,326.60 Software/Hardware Support SKYLINE STEEL 22,491.60 Construction Maintenance Materials SLATE COMMUNICATIONS 315.00 Professional Services SOURCE OFFICE PRODUCTS 938.71 Office Supplies SOUTHLAND MEDICAL LLC 533.80 Operating Supplies SPRADLIN PRINTING INC 491.00 County Fair Printing/Copy SPURLOCK, ANTHONY G. 217.80 Travel Expense STATE OF COLORADO 8,478.18 Postage & Delivery Service STERLING CUSTOM HOMES INC 3,320.00 Escrow Payable STERLING RANCH COMMUNITY AUTHORITY BOARD 2,500.00 Escrow Payable STOLFUS & ASSOCIATES 2,492.41 Project Management STONEGATE VILLAGE METRO 1,045.31 Water & Sewer SUMMIT PATHOLOGY 245.00 Forensic Testing SWEEP STAKES UNLIMITED 140.00 Process Service Fees T4S PARTNERS INC 36,733.75 Tax Roll Processing Application TACTICAL & SURVIVAL SPECIALTIES INC 40,546.86 Uniforms & Body Armor TECHNO RESCUE LLC 7,538.67 Waste Disposal Services TECTONIC MANAGEMENT GROUP INC 46,897.80 Escrow Payable TELLIGEN 4,324.66 Wellness Program TERRACARE ASSOCIATES LLC 243.50 Repair & Maintenance Supplies TETRA TECH 29,366.80 Hazard Mitigation Plan THIN LINE THREADS LLC 1,079.00 Clothing & Uniforms THOMSEN, MICHAEL W 650.00 Veteran Affairs Stipend THOMSON REUTERS WEST 2,104.19 Software/Hardware Subscription TIGER CORRECTIONAL SERVICES 37,145.67 Inmate Meals TITLE BOXING CLUB LITTLETON SQUARE 356.00 Child Welfare Professional Services TOBACK, JEFFREY B 178.88 Operating Equipment TOUCH PHRASE DEVELOPMENT LLC 12,600.00 Software/Hardware Support TOWN OF CASTLE ROCK 773,274.54 Due to Castle Rock-MV License TOWN OF CASTLE ROCK 261,233.36 Intergovernmental-Castle Rock Continued to Next Page: No. 939276

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Public Notices • • •

Legals

1,618 CY – Concrete Class D 370,768 LBS – Reinforcing Steel 1,913 LF – Prestressed Concrete I (CBT45)

Prior to submitting a Bid Proposal, Bidders shall have received prequalification status (active status) with the Colorado Department of Transportation to bid on individual projects of the size and kind of work as set forth herein.

City and County PUBLIC NOTICE PURSUANT TO THE LIQUOR LAW OF THE STATE OF COLORADO, Grist Brewing Company d/b/a Grist Brewing Company, has requested the Licensing Officials of Douglas County to grant a Liquor License for a Tavern liquor license at the location of 8155 Piney River Ave. Littleton, CO 80125. The Public Hearing on this application is to be held by the Douglas County Local Liquor Licensing Authority at 100 Third Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, 80104 on Tuesday, July 6, 2021 at 1:30 p.m.

Date of Application: May 20, 2021

Any questions on the bidding process shall be directed to Sean P. Owens, PE, Project Manager at 303.660.7328 or sowens@douglas.co.us.

Plan holder information, can be found on the Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing System Website.

Legal Notice No. 939267 First Publication: June 10, 2021 Last Publication: June 10, 2021 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Account Number: 2734

Officers: Chuck Norman – Principal Officer

Public Notice REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) #020-21 INTERNAL AUDITOR SERVICES

Legal Notice No. 939226 First Publication: June 10, 2021 Last Publication: June 10, 2021 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press PUBLIC NOTICE PURSUANT TO THE LIQUOR LAW OF THE STATE OF COLORADO, KTPR I, Inc. d/b/a Highland’s Indian Cuisine, has requested the Licensing Officials of Douglas County to grant a Liquor License for a Hotel & Restaurant liquor license at the location of 9344 Dorchester St. Unit 101 in Highlands Ranch, CO 80129. The Public Hearing on this application is to be held by the Douglas County Local Liquor Licensing Authority at 100 Third Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, 80104 on Tuesday, July 6, 2021 at 1:30 p.m.

Date of Application: May 21, 2021 Officers: Krishna Ranabhat– Principal Officer

Bids and Settlements Public Notice PUBLIC INVITATION TO BID Separate sealed bids for WATERTON ROAD EXTENSION – PHASE 2 PROJECT, Project Number CI 2020 – 025, will be received by the Owner, Douglas County Government, Department of Public Works Engineering, Philip S. Miller Building, 100 Third Street, Suite 220, Castle Rock, CO 80104, until Tuesday, July 6, 2021, at 2:00 p.m. This project consists of the construction of approximately 2.5 miles of new two and four lane roadway including 2 – three span bridges at the Willow Creek crossing.

The Contract Documents will be available after 10:00 a.m. on Monday, June 14, 2021, through Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing System Website (www.rockymountainbidsystem.com) or they may be obtained at the above address. Electronic versions of the Plans obtained by any other means than as described above may not be complete or accurate, and it is the Bidder’s responsibility to obtain a complete set of the Project Plans and Specifications. Douglas County will not be held responsible for misinformation received from private plan rooms.

A PRE-BID CONFERENCE will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, June 23, 2021, at the Department of Public Works Engineering, Philip S. Miller Building, 100 Third Street, Suite 220, Castle Rock, CO 80104. All questions are due to Sean P. Owens, PE, Project Manager by 12:00 p.m. on Tuesday, June 29, 2021. The Bid Opening will be conducted at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, July 6, 2021, at the same address.

The Project includes the following major items and approximate quantities:

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38,166 CY – Aggregate Base Course 48,479 TON - HMA 7,988 LF – Reinforced Concrete Pipe (18” - 42”) 60 EACH – Inlets (Type R, C & D) 54 EACH – Manholes (Slab Base & Box Base) 35.367 LF – Curb & Gutter Type 2 22,962 LF – Trench Drain 34,768 LF – PVC Conduit (2” - 6”) 1,480 LF – Steel Piling 324 LF – Drilled Shaft (48”)

The RFP documents may be reviewed and/or printed from the Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing System website at www.rockymountainbidsystem.com.

RFP documents are not available for purchase from Douglas County Government and can only be accessed from the above-mentioned website.

While the RFP documents are available electronically, Douglas County cannot accept electronic proposal responses.

RFP responses will be received until 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday, June 30, 2021 by Douglas County Government, Finance Department, Purchasing Division, 100 Third Street, Suite 130, Castle Rock, Colorado 80104. Two (2) hard-copies and one (1) flash-drive copy of your proposal response must be submitted in a sealed envelope, plainly marked “Request for Proposal (RFP) #020-21, Internal Auditor Services”. Proposal responses will not be considered which are received after the time stated and any proposals so received will be returned unopened.

Legal Notice No. 939225 First Publication: June 10, 2021 Last Publication: June 10, 2021 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

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The Finance Department in coordination with the County Manager of Douglas County, Colorado, hereinafter referred to as the County, respectfully requests proposals from professional and highlyqualified Certified Public Accountants (CPA’s) and/or Certified Internal Auditors (CIA’s) (firms or individuals) to provide a county-wide risk assessment and independent internal auditing services.

Douglas County Government reserves the right to reject any and all proposals, to waive formalities, informalities, or irregularities contained in a said proposal and furthermore, to award a contract for items herein, either in whole or in part, if it is deemed to be in the best interest of the County to do so. Additionally, we reserve the right to negotiate optional items/services with the successful vendor.

Please direct any questions concerning this RFP to Carolyn Riggs, Purchasing Supervisor, 303-660-7434, criggs@douglas.co.us, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding holidays.

Legal Notice No. 939266 First Publication: June 10, 2021 Last Publication: June 10, 2021 Publisher: Douglas County News-Pres

Misc. Private Legals Public Notice NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE AT TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED To Every Person in Actual Possession or 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 Persons having an Interest or Title of Record in or to the said Premises and To Whom It May Concern, and more especially to: ROSS WADE BOWEN - OCCUPANT - BLUE SPRUCE SERVICING COMPANY LLC - SCOTT DAVID KASSING - ROSS WADE BOWEN AKA ROSS W BOWEN - EDWARD A BEAUMONT JR AKA EDWARD A BEAUMONT AKA EDWARD BEAUMONT -PRESLEY W BOWEN & LOIS I BOWEN AKA PRESLEY WILSON BOWEN & LOIS ILENE BOWEN - ESTHER A SAMMONS - MARGARET L THOMAS You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 2nd day of November 2017 the then County Treasurer of the County of Douglas, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to FIG

CAPITAL INVESTMENTS CO13, LLC the following described real estate situate in the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, to wit: TRACT 37 THUNDER BUTTE SUBD 2.14 AM/L and said County Treasurer issued a certificate of purchase therefore to FIG CAPITAL INVESTMENTS CO13, LLC. That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent* taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2016. That said real estate was taxed or specially assessed in the name(s) of ROSS WADE BOWEN for said year 2016 That on the 16th day of December 2020 said FIG CAPITAL INVESTMENTS CO13, LLC assigned said certificate of purchase to BLUE SPRUCE SERVICING COMPANY LLC. That said BLUE SPRUCE SERVICING COMPANY LLC on the 23rd day of December 2020 the present holder of said certificate, has made request upon the Treasurer of said County for a deed to said real estate; That a Treasurer’s Deed will be issued for said real estate to the said at 1:00 o’clock P.M., on the 9th day of September 2021 unless the same has been redeemed. Said property may be redeemed from said sale at any time prior to the actual execution of said Treasurer’s Deed. Witness my hand this 27th day of May 2021 /s/ David Gill Douglas County Treasurer Legal Notice No. 939175 First Publication: May 27, 2021 Last Publication: June 10, 2021 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE AT TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED To Every Person in Actual Possession or 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 Persons having an Interest or Title of Record in or to the said Premises and To Whom It May Concern, and more especially to: OCCUPANT - RON AND DEBORAH L RICHNER - BLUE SPRUCE SERVICING COMPANY LLC - PRESTIGE PROPERTIES LTD A COLORADO CORPORATION - BUD TURK PRESIDENT PRESTIGE PROPERTIES LTD A COLORADO CORPORATION - JANE S MEISLAHN SECRETARY PRESTIGE PROPERTIES LTD A COLORADO CORPORATION -ROXIE R TURK REGISTERED AGENT PRESTIGE PROPERTIES LTD A COLORADO CORPORATION - RON RICHNER AKA RONALD G RICHNER AKA RON RICK RICHNER - DEBORAH L RICHNER AKA DEBORAH L BRENNAN You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 2nd day of November 2017 the then County Treasurer of the County of Douglas, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to FIG CAPITAL INVESTMENTS CO13, LLC the following described real estate situate in the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, to wit: LOT 130 SAGE PORT 4 269-361 0.906 AM/L and said County Treasurer issued a certificate of purchase therefore to FIG CAPITAL INVESTMENTS CO13, LLC. That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent* taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2016. That said real estate was taxed or specially assessed in the name(s) of RON AND DEBORAH L RICHNER for said year 2016 That on the 16th day of December 2020 said FIG CAPITAL INVESTMENTS CO13, LLC assigned said certificate of purchase to BLUE SPRUCE SERVICING COMPANY LLC. That said BLUE SPRUCE SERVICING COMPANY LLC on the 23rd day of December 2020 the present holder of said certificate, has made request upon the Treasurer of said County for a deed to said real estate; That a Treasurer’s Deed will be issued for said real estate to the said at 1:00 o’clock P.M., on the 9th day of September 2021 unless the same has been redeemed. Said property may be redeemed from said sale at any time prior to the actual execution of said Treasurer’s Deed. Witness my hand this 27th day of May 2021 /s/ David Gill Douglas County Treasurer Legal Notice No. 939171 First Publication: May 27, 2021 Last Publication: June 10, 2021 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE AT TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED To Every Person in Actual Possession or Occu-

pancy 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 Persons having an Interest or Title of Record in or to the said Premises and To Whom It May Concern, and more especially to: JAMES Q REEVES AKA JAMES QUINTEN REEVES AKA QUINTEN REEVES - OCCUPANT - BLUE SPRUCE SERVICING COMPANY LLC - DANIEL H HOLLOMAN AKA DANIEL HENRY HOLLOMAN - WOODMOOR MOUNTAIN HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION A COLORADO NON-PROFIT CORPORATION C/O BALANCED BOOKKEEPING AND COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION MANAGEMENT - MAXIMILIAN BREMER PRESIDENT OF THE ASSOCIATION WOODMOOR MOUNTAIN HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION A COLORADO NON-PROFIT CORPORATION C/O BALANCED BOOKKEEPING AND COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION MANAGEMENT -WOODMOOR MOUNTAIN HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION A COLORADO NON-PROFIT CORPORATION - KRISTIE MCKITTERICK REGISTERED AGENT WOODMOOR MOUNTAIN HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION A COLORADO NON-PROFIT CORPORATION - ANDERSON, DUDE & LEBEL - CYNTHIA MACE DUDE REGISTERED AGENT ANDERSON, DUDE & LEBEL You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 2nd day of November 2017 the then County Treasurer of the County of Douglas, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to FIG CAPITAL INVESTMENTS CO13, LLC the following described real estate situate in the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, to wit: LOT 20 WOODMOOR MOUNTAIN 2 1.81 AM/L and said County Treasurer issued a certificate of purchase therefore to FIG CAPITAL INVESTMENTS CO13, LLC. That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent* taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2016. That said real estate was taxed or specially assessed in the name(s) of JAMES Q REEVES for said year 2016 That on the 16th day of December 2020 said FIG CAPITAL INVESTMENTS CO13, LLC assigned said certificate of purchase to BLUE SPRUCE SERVICING COMPANY LLC. That said BLUE SPRUCE SERVICING COMPANY LLC on the 23rd day of December 2020 the present holder of said certificate, has made request upon the Treasurer of said County for a deed to said real estate; That a Treasurer’s Deed will be issued for said real estate to the said at 1:00 o’clock P.M., on the 9th day of September 2021 unless the same has been redeemed. Said property may be redeemed from said sale at any time prior to the actual execution of said Treasurer’s Deed. Witness my hand this 27th day of May 2021

BEAR CANON CEMETERY - THOMAS A SULLIVAN & DAVID J GARVIN - DAVID W JUNIPER TRUST OFFICER THE FROST NATIONAL BANK OF SAN ANTONIO TEXAS INDEPENDENT EXECUTOR OF THE ESTATE OF M AUGUSTA RHODES DECEASED - MCMAHONBULLINGTON AKA MCMAHON-BULLINGTON A PARTNERSHIP AKA MCMAHON-BULLINGTON & THEIR ASSIGNS AKA MCMAHON-BULLINGTON LP - COLORADO NATIONAL BANK - E V KUHLMAN PRESIDENT ST ANTHONY HOSPITAL SYSTEMS - JOSEPH K MCMAHON JR - ROY R MERRILL VICE PRESIDENT OF FINANCE ST ANTHONY HOSPITAL SYSTEMS - RALPH E BULLINGTON REGISTERED AGENT You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 3rd day of November 2016 the then County Treasurer of the County of Douglas, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to DOUGLAS COUNTY the following described real estate situate in the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, to wit: 1/5 OF 1/2 MIN INT IN: ALL 2-8-68, E1/2 3-8-68, MOST NE1/4, S1/2, N1/2NW1/4, SE1/4SW1/4 10-8-68, W1/2, MOST E1/2 11-8-68, SW1/4SW1/4 12-8-68, NW1/4NW1/4, W1/2NE1/4NW1/4 14-868, NW1/4, N1/2NE1/4 15-8-68 TOTAL = 2,534 AM/L MIN INT = 253 AM/L and said County Treasurer issued a certificate of purchase therefore to DOUGLAS COUNTY. That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent* taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2015. That said real estate was taxed or specially assessed in the name(s) of ST ANTHONY HOSPITAL for said year 2015 That on the 12th day of June 2020 said DOUGLAS COUNTY assigned said certificate of purchase to KW LANE LTD. That said KW LANE LTD on the 22nd day of December 2020 the present holder of said certificate, has made request upon the Treasurer of said County for a deed to said real estate; That a Treasurer’s Deed will be issued for said real estate to the said at 1:00 o’clock P.M., on the 9th day of September 2021 unless the same has been redeemed. Said property may be redeemed from said sale at any time prior to the actual execution of said Treasurer’s Deed. Witness my hand this 27th day of May 2021 /s/ David Gill Douglas County Treasurer Legal Notice No. 939174 First Publication: May 27, 2021 Last Publication: June 10, 2021 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE AT TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED

/s/ David Gill Douglas County Treasurer Legal Notice No. 939173 First Publication: May 27, 2021 Last Publication: June 10, 2021 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE AT TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED To Every Person in Actual Possession or 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 Persons having an Interest or Title of Record in or to the said Premises and To Whom It May Concern, and more especially to: ST ANTHONY HOSPITAL AKA ST ANTHONY HOSPITAL SYSTEMS - OCCUPANT - KW LANE LTD - GOLDLEAF LAND SERVICES CO. INC. - M AUGUSTA RHODES AKA MARY AUGUSTA RHODES C/O THE FROST NATIONAL BANK OF SAN ANTONIO TEXAS IN ITS CAPACITY AS INDEPENDENT EXECUTOR OF THE ESTATE OF M AUGUSTA RHODES - URSULINE ACADEMY C/O URSULINE SISTERS -ST VINCENT CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL AKA ST VINCENT HEALTHCARE - ST JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL INC FORMERLY ST JOSEPH'S INFIRMARY - ST ANTHONY HOSPITAL AKA ST ANTHONY HOSPITAL SYSTEMS - CHRISTUS SANTA ROSA HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER AKA SANTA ROSA MEDICAL CENTER A NON-PROFIT TEXAS CORPORATION - JOSEPH U ROWLEY C/O THE FROST NATIONAL BANK OF SAN ANTONIO TEXAS IN ITS CAPACITY AS INDEPENDENT EXECUTOR OF THE ESTATE OF M AUGUSTA RHODES - CHARLES H FLINTON DAVID T WOLF AND OTHERS AS DIRECTORS OR TRUSTEES OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT NO 5 AKA DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT RE-1 - GEORGE S HILL - WILLIAM WALTER PROTEOUS - BISHOP AND CHAPTER OF THE CATHEDRAL OF ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST AKA SAINT JOHN THE EVANGELIST CATHOLIC PARISH - TRUSTEES OF THE BEAR CANON METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH AKA THE CHURCH OF ST PHILIP-IN-THE-FIELD AND

To Every Person in Actual Possession or 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 Persons having an Interest or Title of Record in or to the said Premises and To Whom It May Concern, and more especially to: RODNEY DAILEY AKA RODNEY E DAILEY AKA RODNEY EUGENE DAILEY - OCCUPANT - BLUE SPRUCE SERVICING COMPANY LLC SCOTT A MORMAN - JOEL OUDBIER & DIONA OUDBIER AKA JOEL L OUDBIER & DIONA M OUDBIER AKA JOEL LEE OUDBIER & DIONA MARIE OUDBIER - ZB NA DBA ZIONS FIRST NATIONAL BANK -GROSSMAN & GROSSMAN PC ATTORNEYS & COUNSELORS AT LAW ALAN M GROSSMAN REGISTERED AGENT GROSSMAN & GROSSMAN PC ATTORNEYS & COUNSELORS AT LAW You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 2nd day of November 2017 the then County Treasurer of the County of Douglas, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to FIG CAPITAL INVESTMENTS CO13, LLC the following described real estate situate in the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, to wit: LOTS 9 & 10 BLK 6 REFILING OF WESTCREEK LAKES FLG2 4.32 AM/L PLAT CORRECTION BK 200 PG 159-161 CP 0155264 and said County Treasurer issued a certificate of purchase therefore to FIG CAPITAL INVESTMENTS CO13, LLC. That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent* taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2016. That said real estate was taxed or specially assessed in the name(s) of RODNEY DAILEY for said year 2016 That on the 16th day of December 2020 said FIG CAPITAL INVESTMENTS CO13, LLC assigned said certificate of purchase to BLUE SPRUCE SERVICING COMPANY LLC. That said BLUE SPRUCE SERVICING COMPANY LLC on the 23rd day of December 2020

Douglas County Warrants Continued Continued From Last Page No. 939276: Page 2 of 2 TOWN OF LARKSPUR TOWN OF LARKSPUR TOWN OF PARKER TOWN OF PARKER TPM STAFFING SERVICES TRAFFIC AND PARKING CONTROL COMPANY TRAFFIC SIGNAL CONTROLS INC TRES RIOS SILVER TRI-COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT TRI-COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT TRI-TECH FORENSICS TRUE NORTH SURVEYING & MAPPING TST INFRASTRUCTURE LLC UCHEALTH ULINE UMB BANK UNIFORMS WEST UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY UNITED RENTALS UNITED REPROGRAPHIC SUPPLY INC

4,639.50 619.39 442,272.00 237,743.09 1,540.00 22,885.00 4,325.00 270.00 9,524.62 637,629.75 988.00 535.00 340.00 1,998.94 669.52 427.75 459.60 142.95 56,517.34 679.43

Due to Larkspur-MV License Intergovernmental-Larkspur Due to Parker-MV License Intergovernmental-Parker Contract Work Traffic Light Parts & Supplies Traffic-School Flasher Parts County Fair Awards/Marketing Nurse Support Program Public Health Services Medical Supplies Road-Street Drainage-Engineering Professional Services Medical, Dental & Vet Services Operating Supplies Banking Service Fees Clothing & Uniforms State-CDOT Emergency Response Supplies Computer Supplies

UNITED REPROGRAPHIC SUPPLY INC 1,469.05 Service Contracts UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE 25,245.00 Postage & Delivery Service URBAN LABORATORIES LLC 138.60 Purchased Services UTILITY NOTIFICATION CENTER OF COLORADO 1,487.64 Utility Notification Services VAN WINKLE, CHERI A 238.00 Travel Expense VANCE BROTHERS INC 11,484.00 Asphalt & Asphalt Filler VANCE BROTHERS INC 6,849.50 Consumable Tools VILLALOBOS CONCRETE INC 190,182.08 Jamaica Meridian Construction VIVANT 13,645.00 Alarm Registration Fees WAGNER, JEREMY 38.08 Travel Expense WALCHER, DAVID C 217.80 Travel Expense WALTER, GARY 283.96 Conference, Seminar, Training Fees WALZ, ELIZABETH 574.56 Travel Expense WARNER, CAITLIN 197.12 Travel Expense WARRIOR MINDSET.COM 3,500.00 Instructor Fee WEBB, COLBY JAMES 323.99 Fee Refunds-Clerk & Recorder WEBB, LINDA 87.98 Reimburse Office Supplies WEBOLUTIONS INC 14,800.00 Software/Hardware Support WEIS, KEITH 15,815.52 Professional Services WELLS FARGO BANK - GOVERNMENT BANKING 1,916.09 Banking Service Fees WES TEST 12,840.00 Road Repair & Maintenance

WEST DOUGLAS COUNTY FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT WESTERN PAPER DISTRIBUTORS INC WESTSIDE TOWING INC WHEELER LUMBER LLC WILSON & COMPANY INC WINKS, CHARLES WINSLOW, CODIE XCEL ENERGY YOUNG WILLIAMS PC ZENCITY TECHNOLOGIES US INC TOTAL AMOUNT OF DISBURSEMENTS FOR THE MONTH OF MAY 2021

1,766.17 47.68 7,506.50 84,145.00 64,389.14 652.99 59.00 31,965.32 37,545.16 72,000.00

Building Use Tax Janitorial Supplies Vehicle Tow Services East West Trail Bridge Design/Engineering Fee Refunds-Clerk & Recorder Employee Recognition Supplies Utilities/Electric & Gas Contract Work Software/Hardware Subscription

$ 13,511,720.83

THE ABOVE AND FOREGOING IS A CONDENSED STATEMENT OF THE BILLS APPROVED FOR PAYMENT DURING THE MONTH OF MAY 2021 BY THE DOUGLAS COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS UNDER WHOSE DIRECTION THIS NOTICE IS PUBLISHED. N. ANDREW COPLAND, CPA, DIRECTOR OF FINANCE Legal Notice No.: 939276 First Publication: June 10, 2021

Last Publication: June 10, 2021 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

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Scenic rail lines are Colorado gems From the Front Range west, many trips offer opportunities for wonder

depot and tours mining history scattered across the Pikes Peak foothills. Enjoy narration about Echo Valley along the way as well as views of forests and the Sangre de Cristos.

BY SETH BOSTER DENVER GAZETTE

Royal Gorge Route Railroad (Adult fares $54, royalgorgeroute.com) An unforgettable journey between the mighty Arkansas River and the rocky walls of the iconic gorge west of Cañon City. The scene is beheld from an open-air platform and also from windowpaneled cars, venues for romantic rendezvous. The train is unique for its gourmet meals and luxurious flair.

This summer’s revival of The Broadmoor Manitou and Pikes Peak Cog Railway — previously feared lost in the face of a major overhaul — represents the gritty persistence of Colorado’s scenic trains.

They refuse to fade since their frontier births. Where many once connected commerce in the West, now they stir nostalgic imaginations.

Here’s a look at some options: Cripple Creek & Victor Narrow Gauge Railroad (Adult fares $15, cripplecreekrailroad.com) Celebrating one of Colorado’s most storied gold bases, the locomotive departs a vintage

Leadville, Colorado & Southern Railroad (Adult fares $42, leadville-train. com) The train takes off from Colorado’s famous gold epicenter and rises 1,000 feet to more colorful realms of wildflower meadows and aspen groves. While zigzagging toward the Continental

Divide, you’ll hear tales of Leadville’s heyday.

Georgetown Loop Railroad (Adult fares $28, georgetownlooprr.com) The route is iconic for the bridges standing hundreds of feet from the valley floor — engineering marvels when built and still thrilling to traverse a century later.

While relatively short, the steam engine grants true grandeur in a steep, narrow canyon.

If you’re looking for a vintage mold, this modern train doesn’t fit. But the natural spoils are there; Amtrak knows the stretch between downtown Denver and Glenwood Springs as one of the most scenic across its national network, featuring the vertical wonderland of Glenwood Canyon.

Spend a night in Glenwood, enjoy the hot springs and catch the train back to Union Station.

Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad (Adult fares $85, cumbrestoltec. com) This line is a proud throwback, a coal-fired steamer churning on as it has since the 1880s. It winds more than 60 miles from Antonito to Chama, N.M., through underappreciated terrain on Colorado’s southern edge, through swaths of aspen that glow gold in the fall and over a mountain pass above 10,000 feet.

Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad (Adult fares $99, durangotrain. com) A stunning journey through the heart of the San Juans, arguably Colorado’s most spectacular countryside. Ambitious backpackers know the lift as necessary to reach treasured trailheads while sightseers are plenty satisfied staying on board all the way to Silverton, a charming town that appears frozen in time.

California Zephyr (Fares from $37, amtrak.com)

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Public Notices PANY LLC on the 23rd day of December 2020 the present holder of said certificate, has made request upon the Treasurer of said County for a deed to said real estate; That a Treasurer’s Deed

will be issued for said real estate to the said at 1:00 o’clock P.M., on the 9th day of September 2021 unless the same has been redeemed. Said property may be redeemed from said sale at any time

prior to the actual execution of said Treasurer’s Deed. Witness my hand this 27th day of May 2021 /s/ David Gill

Douglas County Treasurer Legal Notice No. 939170 First Publication: May 27, 2021

Last Publication: June 10, 2021 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

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