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VOLUME 37 | ISSUE 41

Former Lakewood Police Chief dies at 78 Department mourns loss of longtime leader

BY BOB WOOLEY BWOOLEY@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

The acquisition is the first for NTLN, a nascent nonprofit that seeks to leverage national foundation funding to buy and bolster local newspapers threatened by faltering business models and the encroachment of hedge funds and corporate conglomerates.

The Colorado Sun, a statewide news outlet founded and run by former Denver Post journalists, will oversee daily operations at Colorado Community Media.

Charles Johnston, who served 30 years on the Lakewood Police Department, 20 of those as its leader, has passed away after losing what the department called a “valiant battle with cancer.”

Johnston started his career with the Lakewood PD in 1970 after a brief stint in Salinas, California.

He moved through the ranks in 11 years, becoming Director of the department in 1981.

Among the early accomplishments highlighted in the Department official press release of his death, were changing the Department’s name from the Lakewood Department of Public Safety to the Lakewood Police Department. He also changed the name of his position from director to chief.

Johnston served as chief for 20 years, ushering in a new era of professionalism and innovative programs, establishing the Department’s Speakers Bureau, Lakewood’s Neighborhood Watch and Citizen’s Police Academy.

Before becoming a police officer, Johnston served in the military. He was a Vietnam veteran whose honors

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Ann Healey, former co-owner of Colorado Community Media, speaks during a meeting announcing the sale of the print and digital news company. At right, former publisher and co-owner Jerry Healey and reporter Thelma Grimes listen.

PHOTO BY JOHN LEYBA/SPECIAL TO THE COLORADO SUN

‘Tell stories that matter:’ Colorado Community Media sold to news entity Colorado Sun, national foundation to take the reins of two dozen Denver-area newspapers

BY DAVID GILBERT DGILBERT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Colorado Community Media, the company that produces two dozen newspapers around the Denver-ar-

ea suburbs — including the Jeffco Transcript — and two shoppers has been acquired by a local and national partnership with the goal of building a sustainable business model for local news, its ownership announced on May 3.

Jerry and Ann Healey, the couple who built the company over the past decade, sold the network of papers that now spans eight counties and dozens of communities to a joint partnership between the National Trust for Local News, or NTLN, and The Colorado Sun.

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We were blessed with the opportunities to tell your stories New owners are committed to our brand of journalism

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ur journey in journalism started in the early 1980s, as recent college graduates — me, as a reporter at The Miami Herald, then one of the country’s largest papers; Jerry in the newspaper’s advertising department.

Back in those days, rarely did editorial and advertising departments cross paths. If it hadn’t been for a company softball team, we might Ann Macari never have met.

Healey After we married, we moved to Rhode Island to work for the Providence Journal-Bulletin.

After a few years there, we thought: Why not run our own paper? We seemed like an ideal partnership. I had editorial covered; Jerry Healey Jerry, the business end.

So we moved to Chicago to run a community paper for a friend’s father — to learn, to see how it felt, to find out whether we could make the transition from larger publications to a hyperlocal endeavor.

We decided we could. And after a year, in 1989, we rode a train to Denver, bought a small paper in Littleton and began a 22-year adventure that has defined much of our lives.

Today, our company publishes 26 newspapers and publications in metro Denver and beyond.

Journalism in any place and at any level — large, medium, small — is exciting and purposeful for those of us who ply the profession. But for Jerry and me, it also has been about our bond to our readers and advertisers. It’s personal. We have cared deeply about the quality of your lives and success of your businesses.

We were called to tell your stories with truth, accuracy, fairness and compassion.

We still remember the excitement of longtime Littleton residents at having local ownership of their paper. They understood, better than us at that time, how important it is for those who run newspapers to know the communities they cover, to understand the historic, social and economic narratives that shape a place and its people.

Between 2004 and 2020 in the United States, at least 1,800 communities lost their local newspapers, according to a recently published report. That leaves these communities without a voice, without government accountability — whether it be schools or city hall — or reliable means to connect with each other.

The death of journalism in any community is a tragedy and a crumbling of our democratic foundation. That’s not happening here because the new owners of our company — a joint partnership between the nonprofit National Trust for Local News and The Colorado Sun — are committed to the same brand of journalism that we have brought you. (Please see accompanying story.)

They are talented, innovative and

mission-driven. They will not only ensure the papers’ legacies in your communities continue, but also that community newspapers thrive in new and creative ways. And we ask you — our readers, businesses, advertisers and community leaders — to continue to support them as you’ve supported us.

It is difficult to sum up this journey of ours in a few, good words.

In the beginning, it was Jerry and me and a handful of passionate, part-time freelance reporters working out of a bookshop.

When the opportunity arose to acquire the historic Littleton Independent and two other neighboring papers, we couldn’t find a bank to take a chance on us. Family stepped in and gave us a loan, like any bank, with interest and a strict, no-fudging repayment timeline.

We stepped away for some years to explore other interests. But in 2011, the opportunity to help turn around a group of struggling community papers drew Jerry back. And little by little, more papers, some also struggling, were added. There were those who doubted the wisdom of investing financially and emotionally in an industry many have labeled as dying. And, certainly, some of the papers we acquired no longer had the reader and advertising support they once enjoyed.

But they did have roots, deep roots, some going back more than 100 years —the Golden Transcript, for instance, is 153 years strong.

How do you let such legacies go without a fight?

The fight required perseverance, creativity, difficult decisions, a lot of energy for long days and — the key — a small army of editorial, advertising, production and busi-

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With the Healeys looking toward retirement and hoping to leave the company in good hands, publisher Jerry Healey said the deal was the best he could have hoped for.

“We were looking for new owners who understand the purpose of community newspapers,” Jerry said. “Someone who believed in our mission to tell stories that matter in our communities, not just in sending profits back East. They have the heart and vision for what could be a way to preserve and grow local papers everywhere, not just ours.”

Ann said she has total confidence in the new owners.

“They’re in it for the right reasons,” she said, “and they really care about journalism.”

The acquisition charts a new path forward for family-owned legacy newspapers, said Larry Ryckman, the editor and co-founder of the Colorado Sun. “This is a cool opportunity to demonstrate to Colorado and the country that we can find a way to keep local journalism in local hands,” Ryckman said. “My expectation is we’ll hire additional people. Readers will keep seeing the journalism they trust and support, but we can

Jerry and Ann Healey, left, sold Colorado Community Media to a national and local partnership between the National Trust for Local News and the Colorado Sun designed PHOTO BY JOHN LEYBA/SPECIAL TO THE COLORADO SUN to bolster local journalism.

breathe some energy into both the print and digital operations.”

The approach will be gradual and thoughtful, he said.

“We don’t want to come in and say how to run the shop,” Ryckman said. “I want to be humble and listen to readers and employees and figure out the best way forward. Job one is to not break anything.”

Newspapers for sale The Healeys began quietly hunt-

ing for a buyer around Thanksgiving 2020, Jerry Healey said.

He approached Laura Frank, the executive director of the Colorado News Collaborative or COLab, a nonprofit statewide network that works to strengthen local journalism, asking if she knew of any potential buyers who would preserve and grow local news. Frank connected him to Elizabeth Hansen Shapiro, CEO and co-founder of NTLN.

ness staff who believed fervently in community newspapers.

Colorado Community Media’s success belongs to its people. Our staff throughout the years has been incredibly talented. They have worked together through good times and bad to deliver the news to you every week. Jerry and I are profoundly grateful for their dedication, contributions — and friendships.

We feel privileged to have helped local businesses achieve direct access to readers. We feel rewarded that we told the stories that otherwise would not have been heard.

There are so many, but a few in recent years include the joyful drive-by pandemic celebration of a woman’s 100th birthday. Economic challenges of local shopping centers. Black students confronted by racism. Comprehensive local election guides. The quest of a man dying of cancer to complete his dream. A year-long look at the state of mental health in one county. Families’ struggles to pay the rent when jobs were lost. High school graduations. And all those triumphs and defeats in our community sports pages.

Jerry and I are leaving for a few reasons: We are nearing retirement.

We would like to spend more time with our children and granddaughter. We would like to see what else is in store for us. But we also felt it was time for new energy and vision for our papers and the communities they serve.

We feel fortunate to have found new owners who can bring that.

For Jerry and me, that means we can say goodbye, feeling secure about these papers’ future, and blessed for having had the opportunity to tell your stories.

The timing was serendipitous, Shapiro said. Just over a month earlier, NTLN had published its concept paper through Harvard University’s Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy.

The situation in local news nationwide is dire, the concept paper says.

Though many small familyrun operations remain profitable around the country, they face serious headwinds from declining advertising revenue and print subscriptions. Digital advertising struggles to make up the difference, especially as corporate behemoths like Facebook and Google have gobbled up much of the available online ad revenue.

Waves of consolidation and acquisitions have left a third of America’s newspapers in the hands of 25 companies as of 2018, the paper says, with more than 1,800 newspapers shut down in the last 15 years.

“The most powerful newspaper owners are now private capital holding companies whose expectations for profit and return have strongly influenced local newsrooms’ size, quality, and resource levels,” the paper reads in part.

Corporate ownership entangles newspapers in a “downward spiral” that slashes newspapers’ legitimacy and capabilities, it says.

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Jeffco ‘heading in wrong direction’ as COVID cases still rising Increasing number of cases in schools also a concern

BY PAUL ALBANI-BURGIO PALBANIBURGIO@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

“We are still going in the very wrong direction.”

That was the bottom line takeaway from the COVID-19 update Jeffco Public Health Executive Director Dawn Comstock gave to the Jefferson County on April 28.

Comstock said the county’s seven-day case rate was nearly 200 cases per 100,000 residents, which is the highest it had been since late October when Governor Polis was just days away from instituting some of the most

severe COVID-19 restrictions of the pandemic. Test positivity also continued to increase and was at 6.1% as of April 28.

“We are clearly in a fourth wave,” said Comstock. “There is no denying it at all.”

But even as increases in those metrics created new concern for public health officials, Comstock said Jeffco remained well below the threshold of new hospitalizations that would lead county public health officials to institute new restrictions under the county’s two-phased reopening plan.

Under that plan, county officials could move the county to Level Blue on the state’s latest COVID-19 dial starting on May 15, if Jeffco were to see at least two new hospitalizations for COVID-19

per 100,000 people over a 14-day period. But as of April 29, Jeffco had seen an average of just one hospitalization per 100,000 over the last two weeks.

But while it remained below the hospitalizations threshold, that rate of new hospitalizations was still significantly higher than the 0.6 hospitalizations per 100,000 number the county saw at the start of April.

The rise in those metrics also comes at a concerning juncture for the county’s vaccination efforts, Comstock said.

“Here in Jeffco we are doing well, we are at 63.6% of all residents 16-and-over who have received at least one vaccine,” she said. “However, we are starting to see demand start to wain just a bit

for the first time.”

“Last week I told you I was excited to watch the percentage of vaccinated residents increase by one percent per day but over this past week it has only increased by about half a percent per day so that’s something we are concerned with and we are watching.”

But while the overall rate of vaccinations is slowing, Comstock said the percentage of people over 65 who have been vaccinated continues to be a bright spot.

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Though some newspapers have been preserved by local “angel investors” or billionaires who take them on — as is the case at the Washington Post, Los Angeles Times and Colorado Springs Gazette — that model is not replicable on a large scale.

NTLN draws inspiration from public radio, which in recent decades has built a diversified funding model built on grants, foundations, underwriting and listener support, while still retaining local control.

“The new business model is ‘all of the above,’” Shapiro said. “It’s advertising, philanthropy and small-dollar giving. We’re pragmatists — let’s get the news funded as many different ways as we can.

Multiple revenue streams preserve independence.”

The CCM acquisition — the terms and price of which are confidential — brings together an array of funders.

The deal was funded by FJC, a boutique public charity that specializes in nonprofit loans, Shapiro said. The loan is guaranteed by the American Journalism Project, a venture philanthropy organization; the Colorado Trust, a health equity organization; and the Gates Family Foundation, a philanthropic group with its roots in Denver’s Gates Rubber Company.

A grant from the Colorado Media Project, a grant-funded initiative that advocates for journalistic innovation, supported a portion of the legal costs and connected NTLN to local funders.

Operational support is being provided by the Knight Foundation, a national arts and journalism philanthropic group; the Google News Initiative, which partners with local news organizations; and the Democracy Fund, a nonpartisan foundation that seeks to strengthen civic engagement.

None of the foundations will have any say over CCM’s content or editorial direction, she said.

Acquiring CCM is an exciting chance to prove the NTLN concept, Shapiro said.

“There has to be more to the story of American journalism in the 21st century than all the destruction we see,” she said. “This is setting up CCM for the long term. It’s not going to get sold to a conglomerate or hedge fund and shut down. We’re setting these papers up on strong footing, but it’s going to be up to the communities to keep them that way.”

Here comes the Sun NTLN provided the funding for the acquisition and will provide consulting and business services, but the ultimate goal is to hand off control and ownership to The Colorado Sun, Shapiro said.

The Sun was founded by former Denver Post journalists who left in 2018, following moves by Alden Global Capital, the newspaper’s hedge fund ownership, that slashed dozens of news staff and moved the newsroom from downtown Denver to the newspaper’s Adams County printing plant.

Jerry and Ann Healey, left, sold Colorado Community Media to a national and local partnership between the National Trust for Local News and the Colorado Sun designed to bolster local journalism. From left: Jerry Healey and Ann Healey, former CCM owners, Fraser Nelson and Marc Hand of the National Trust for Local News, Colorado Sun editors Dana Coffield and Larry Ryckman, National Trust CEO Elizabeth Hansen Shapiro, and Lillian Ruiz of the National Trust.

PHOTO BY JOHN LEYBA/SPECIAL TO THE COLORADO SUN

Since its founding, the Sun has proven to be resilient and well-supported, said Ryckman, the editor and co-founder.

“Our business model is so simple it sounds naive,” Ryckman said.

“Treat readers with respect. Don’t scam them with clickbait, autoplay videos or pop-up ads. Give them journalism worthy of their support. We’ve seen tremendous growth in readership and paying membership.”

The Sun is in a growth phase, he said.

“We started with 10 full-timers, and we’ll have 16 next month, and we’re aiming for 20 by midsummer,” he said. “We do have statewide ambitions, and our goal is to fill the gaps and do the stories others aren’t doing.”

CCM fits nicely into that goal, he said. Like the Sun, CCM will be operated as a public benefit corporation, meaning while it remains for-profit, it has no obligation to maximize shareholder profits.

“Strictly for-profit means you do whatever you can to make as much money as you can,” Ryckman said.

“If that means layoffs or selling real estate, so be it. In a public benefit corporation, you need to treat it like a business, but the first goal is to serve the public. Journalism is too important to be in the hands of strip-mining hedge funds.”

Ryckman said he hopes to bolster CCM’s existing strengths and connections to the communities it serves.

“CCM will remain independent, but we can find ways to help and collaborate on the business and news side,” he said.

The two already have an established working relationship — CCM reporter Jessica Gibbs and Colorado Sun reporter Jesse Paul recently

took home an award from the Society for Professional Journalists for a series on how COVID affected public health workers.

“We can be great resources,” Ryckman said. “We’re run by journalists. We’ve got Pulitzer Prize winners on staff. The Sun is the most collaborative place I’ve ever worked, and that’s the spirit I want to bring to this endeavor.”

It’s too soon to say what staffing will look like going forward, but Ryckman said they have no plans to fire anyone, and a new digital editor is likely. The Sun will also begin a search for a new permanent publisher for CCM, though Jerry Healey will stay on for a time as a consultant.

The Sun’s leadership plans to listen to readers to figure out a path forward, said Sun editor Dana Coffield.

“These are changing times, and we need to listen to what news consumers are telling us,” she said.

“There’s great journalism being produced, but it may not be presented in the ways readers want to receive it. We’re looking at web platforms that are more readerfriendly, email newsletters, more of a social media presence. We’ll start with the basics, and can get more excited and ambitious from there.”

That doesn’t mean print editions are going away, she said.

“We hope to do print for a very long time,” she said. “But a robust internet product is important too.”

In good hands For the Healeys, the deal is a great outcome for the crowning achievement of their professional lives.

“We’ve taken this company as far as we can take it, and it’s time for someone else to take it to the next

level,” Jerry said.

The company wasn’t in danger of closing, he said, though the past year has been tough.

Half the company’s advertisers either backed out or cut ads last spring, and reporters each took a week of furlough. Several salespeople who left weren’t replaced.

CCM received $255,800 in Paycheck Protection Program loans last year, according to federal records.

“I’m not afraid to say PPP money got us through last spring,” he said.

“The government stepped up. We would have gone into our savings to keep it going, but we wouldn’t have closed the newspapers. It gave us the ability to focus on the company and pay the bills.”

The company had strong showings in the third and fourth quarters of 2020, Jerry said.

“Advertisers were coming back, and I’m most proud of my management during COVID,” he said.

The company stayed bullish, with the Healeys buying seven newspapers from Landmark Community Newspapers in October.

Ann said the acquisition is a win for the newspapers, some of which date back more than a century — or in the case of the Golden Transcript, to the Gold Rush.

But it’s also a win for readers, she said.

“These days people can get lost in the cacophony of social media and snap judgments, and it’s easy to lose sight of what’s important,” she said. “We’re making sure these communities still have their voices heard through active, high-quality journalism. We feel like we’re just a small part of the history of these papers and these communities, but we’re so excited for this opportunity to hand them off and make them better and stronger.”

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100 days of DA King’s reign DA touts early accomplishments around conviction review and pay equity

BY PAUL ALBANI-BURGIO PALBANIBURGIO@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Last year, Alexis King promised voters she would make big changes in the DA’s office if they made her the first Democrat to lead that office in recent history.

Voters apparently liked what they heard as they elected her by a nearly 10-point margin over Republican candidate Matt King Durkin. Now, just over 100 days into her term, King said she is already making good on several of those promises despite taking office amid a pandemic that has left her office with a dramatic backlog of cases.

In addition to getting attorneys back in the courtroom in February after a two-month suspension of jury trials, King said she is proud to have launched what she said is “the first conviction integrity unit with full-time staff in the state.”

Addressing injustice King said the goal of that unit is

to review and investigate claims that convicted people are actually innocent as well as past sentences that are “unjust, inequitable or disproportionate to the crime.”

Referrals come to the unit through several avenues, including defense lawyers, CU-Boulder’s Innocence Project and even law enforcement officers and King said the project has already received cases to review from all of them.

The unit also had one of its first major successes when it successfully petitioned the court to reduce the 24-year-sentence for a now 56-year-old person convicted of passing a fraudulent $163 check.

That person, who had already served six years, was eligible for immediate parole. But had they served their original 24-yearsentence, the cost to taxpayers would’ve been $952,824.

“The unit is staffed by a former public defender community as well as a 30-year major case investigator who started his career with Arvada police and then we have an intern and victim advocates assigned to those cases,” said King, who said the unit also connects people who want their case reviewed to attorneys in the community so they also have an advocate on their side. “So we have staffed it well to do good work.”

Earlier this year, King became one of the three district attorneys from across Colorado to be named to a state task force headed by At-

torney General Phil Weiser that is investigating the unprecedented spike in fraudulent unemployment claims that have resulted from the COVID-19 crisis with a focus on large-scale offenders.

She said the task force, which she said is currently “in investigation mode,” but that there will likely be more for the First Judicial DA’s office to do eventually.

King, the First Judicial District’s first female DA, said one of her other big initial efforts has been to initiate what she calls a “comprehensive analysis of pay” within the DA’s office to “determine whether inequities exist.”

Following the completion of that analysis, King said in a press release that she then took “swift action on advised adjustments to pay ranges and individual pay” and “instituted a transparent, fair and equitable pay structure that her constituents will be able to rely on for the remainder of her time as DA.” While King said she could not discuss specifics about individual adjustments, she said she thinks they lay a good foundation for those in the office to feel it is doing right by them and adhering to Colorado’s new pay equity law.

“We made adjustments for individuals to make it more reflective of experience in multiple parts of the office and the new structure is going to be able to reflect more merit based work as we move into

the fall,” she said. “What I really hope for a staff is long-term they have a better understanding of how our evaluation process and therefor our pay structure work and so they know they can really rely on it and it will be transparent moving forward.”

Ongoing issues During the interview with King, Colorado Community Media also asked her about the status of the investigation into the records that Jefferson County Republican Party chair Denise Mund suggest that as many as 3,000 people were potentially ineligible to vote when they cast ballots last November.

King responded that “she could not discuss pending investigations.”

But even as she has been quick to make changes where she can, King’s biggest challenges remains one which she has limited control over: the massive backlog of cases resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.

However, King’s take on that subject is that “as long as we can go to trial we are in better shape then when we can’t.”

“Right now we are just staying the course in trying to work through the most high priority trials, which often involve folks that pose the most significant safety risk and are the trials that are the most difficult for victims,” she said.

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May 6, 2021

D’Evelyn club making a big difference How an unlikely trio aligned to change lives half a world away

BY BOB WOOLEY BWOOLEY@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

D’Evelyn senior Megan Stein with Andy McKean and Interact club teacher/sponsor COURTESY OF MEGAN STEIN Stacey McSkimin.

How do you eat an elephant?

One bite at a time.

It’s an old saying that puts in perspective how enormous some tasks can be. And reminds you how much perseverance it can take to do something really big.

A hospital in Africa will receive a shipping container of much needed medical supplies thanks, in no small part, to the hard work and dedication of three strangers who took it upon themselves to help make it happen.

Jean Sebastien Dieme was born and raised in Senegal, studied in France and ultimately moved to the U.S. to work for the United Nations. Now, he’s made Colorado his home and works as a Finance and Accounting Manager for the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus.

Dieme said his background in finance and position at the hospital made him want to find a way to help people in the place he was born. And then, on a trip back to Africa, fate stepped in.

“I went to Senegal and fell ill while I was there,” he said.

“So, upon my visit to this hospital, I realized the great needs they had, as far as medical equipment and supplies goes.”

He said he left Africa determined to help fill that need. But once he got back to Colorado, the enormity of the task at hand was daunting.

“To be honest with you, I kind of put the project to the side because I didn’t think I had the resources or bandwidth to deal with it,” he said. “But again, my conscience — that voice in the back of your head — kept telling me ‘You’ve got to do it. You can’t run away from it.’”

So, he started telling his story to anyone who would listen, and soon the project was gaining traction.

‘That’s why I want to go into the medical field, to be able to help others every single day.’

Megan Stein, D’Evelyn senior One of the organizations who listened to Dieme’s story was Project Cure, an organization that procures and stores donated medical supplies for hospitals in developing countries.

Dieme was able to arrange for them to do an official needs assessment for the hospital, and it was determined that they could use six containers worth of equipment. The supplies and equipment inside a container are all donated — free of charge — which is great.

But there was a tricky bit — it costs $26000 to ship just one container to Senegal.

To Dieme, it was a tall mountain to climb.

But he wouldn’t have to do it alone. The folks at Project Cure put him in touch with people they thought might be able to help.

That’s how he met Andy McKean, a member of the South Jeffco Rotary Club.

McKean has plenty of experience shipping supply containers to Africa. A few years ago he sent two containers to a hospital in Kenya, where he’d been a Peace Corps volunteer years ago. McKean says after the Kenya shipments, he was approached by Project Cure to see if he would help someone who was trying to send one to Cameroon, a place McKean also spent time during his Peace Corps days. He took that one on too.

So, when Dieme approached McKean, he had no intention of saying no. Now, the two of them have been working toward raising that shipping money since July SEE CLUB, P7

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May 6, 2021

Bear Creek Trail improvements on the way Jeffco Open Space grant and contributes large share of funding

BY BOB WOOLEY BWOOLEY@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Construction will begin this summer on Lakewood’s popular seven-mile Bear Creek Trail, funded in part, by a $2 million

CLUB FROM PAGE 6

2020.

“Andy’s been tremendous at helping me make phone calls and doing presentations to places like Rotary,” Dieme said.

One of the ways McKean was able to help was by reaching out to the D’Evelyn High School Interact club. For those not in the know, Interact clubs are part of a Rotary program that’s been around for years. According to McKean, the goal is to get high school students to do community service “and something possibly international, to make a difference in the world.”

McKean asked the Interact teacher-sponsor at D’Evelyn if the club would want to help fundraise to ship the container to Senegal.

And Dieme made a presentation to the Interact club.

Enter Megan Stein, D’Evelyn senior, and President of the Interact club. She said because of COVID-19, it’s been a difficult year for the club to get out and volunteer.

So, when Dieme spoke about the Senegal project, it really hit home.

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grant from Jeffco Open Space.

Additional funding for the project will come from a $750,000 grant awarded from the Land and Water Conservation Fund through the National Parks Service and up to $2 million with TABOR funding from the city of Lakewood.

Originally built in 1983, the trail will undergo significant improvements including the installation of over 12,000 linear feet of 3-6-foot-wide soft surface trail that will roughly parallel the existing

concrete path through the 350-acre Bear Creek Greenbelt.

According to information on lakewood.org, the new soft surface trail is being built to alleviate congestion along the existing concrete trail by providing an alternative natural surface for walkers and runners.

Improvements will also be made to the concrete trail by widening sections to 10 feet when feasible, by softening trail curves to extend sight lines and replacing damaged

concrete to mitigate hazards.

Aside from the improvements to the trails themselves, a new restroom facility will be added, existing bridges will be replaced, and signage will be improved.

The overall project is targeted for completion in the summer of 2023.

You can learn more about the project, upcoming detours, and ask a question of the project team by visiting LakewoodTogether.org/ BearCreekTrail or calling 303-9877800.

“I thought it would be such a great idea for our little club to do something that would have such a big impact,” she said. “Bringing joy to people in a time of such uncertainty — being able to help other people even though we’re under restrictions (from COVID) — that’s what this project brought our club.”

Stein and her club rolled up their sleeves and started selling boxes of tea that had been donated by a friend of McKean’s for $20 each. The owner of the tea company, Martin Kabaki, is a Kenyan who wanted to help the cause.

In total, Stein’s Interact club raised $1040 from selling the tea and chipped in an additional $1,000 from their club’s general account.

Dieme was overwhelmed by the students’ contribution. In particular, he had nothing but praise for Stein.

“She kind of surprised me. I made a presentation to her school, and she went home and started fundraising on her own. I find it fascinating for a high-schooler to take this on,” he said.

“To me, it’s huge because you don’t know the impact you’re

making for people who are around the world. This is life changing equipment. It’s true we’re fighting a pandemic, but these folks (in Senegal) are fighting a pandemic on top of a pandemic. People like Megan, I can’t applaud enough — I can’t thank enough. Saying thank you is not the right word for someone who’s done so much but what else can you say?”

The remaining $24,000 in shipping fees has been donated by various other Rotary clubs, individuals (including members of Colorado’s African diaspora) and other charity groups. According to McKean, the shipment should be on its way to Senegal soon.

Stein, on her way to becoming a Baylor pre-med student after graduating from D’Evelyn, said she can’t wait to get to her next school and find another club to continue the good fight.

“It’s just such a big part of my life — helping others,” she said.

“That’s why I want to go into the medical field, to be able to help others every single day.”

Dieme is continuing to look for ways to raise money for the next five shipments to Senegal.

McKean is already working on sending another container to a hospital in Kenya.

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Colorado Community Media staffers win 19 SPJ awards Top of the Rockies contest picks winners from four states in Mountain West

writing; second, the skill to frame the content with excellent design; and, third, the ability to provide compelling story angles for our readers. Congratulations to our news and design teams.”

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Top awards First place: “Homeless sweep starts over again” in News Reporting — Single Story by David Gilbert of the Littleton Independent. Judge’s comments: Good use of people to create a connection to the homeless in this fact-laden story.

“Pipe organs speak with majesty” in Short Form Features by David Gilbert of the Littleton Independent. Judge’s comments: An exemplar of a fascinating trend story that is elevated by great writing. Well done.

“Holding on to the Past” in Feature Page Design by Michael Hicks and Deb Hurley Brobst of the Canyon Courier. Judge’s comments: A beautifully designed page, and what a great idea to highlight senior citizens in your coverage area.

“Family, friends remember soccer coach,” for Obit Reporting

by Michael Hicks of the Canyon Courier. Judge’s comments: A sensitively-told story about a coach revered in the community.

Colorado Community Media staff members won 19 awards in the 2021 Top of the Rockies contest, a regional contest that includes journalists in Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming.

The contest is sponsored by the Colorado chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.

CCM writers and designers tallied five first-place awards and five second-place awards in the batch. Colorado Community Media reaches more than 300,000 local community members each week with newspapers and digital channels. The company publishes 26 community newspapers and websites in the Denver metro area. CCM staffers won for work that appeared in the Littleton Independent, Highlands Ranch Herald, Canyon Courier, Clear Creek Courant and Arvada Press.

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“Season ends in state quarterfinal” in Sports News by Michael Hicks of the Canyon Courier.

Judge’s comments: This game story is written the way game stories should be written — with color, context and a sense of what this game meant for the players and coach.

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May 6, 2021

Hope House hosts 8th annual 5k and Fun Run Arvada-based nonprofit sets fundraising record, eclipsing last year’s total

BY RYAN DUNN RDUNN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Hope House Colorado, an Arvada-based nonprofit that provides resources to teen moms, hosted its 8th annual 5k and Fun Run event on May 1 at Lake Arbor Park. The event raised $68,000 for the organization, a new record for Hope House, and far surpassing the $45,000 fundraising goal.

The event featured a traditional 5k and a shorter Fun Run, which consisted of a 1.4-mile loop around Lake Arbor Park and was more popular with the event’s younger participants. In accordance with Jefferson County COVID-19 protocols, both events began with a staggered start, and masks were required when participants were not actively running.

Thirty businesses and families partnered with Hope House to help reach the nonprofit’s fundraising goal, which was also bolstered by peer-to-peer donations from event registrants. Last year’s event set a then-record of $42,000 raised.

Hope House Founder and Executive Director Lisa Steven said that the support from the community has been heartening, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic.

“It’s been overwhelming to see our champions surround our teen moms at a time of critical need,” said Steven. “So many people showing up for them brings them encouragements beyond words.”

Hope House Colorado supports teen moms all over the state. 28% of last year’s donations came from donors living in Arvada.

5k participants pose before running the 5k at Hope House’s 5k and Fun Run.

Runners take off from the 5k starting line at Hope House’s 5k and Fun Run on May 1 at Lake Arbor Park.

PHOTOS BY STEPH TROWBRIDGE

Children participate in relay games at Hope House’s 5k and Fun Run.

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May 6, 2021

Rattlesnake season is here again How to avoid these venomous vipers, and what to do if you get bit

BY BOB WOOLEY BWOOLEY@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

If you’ve been hiking, running or general sight-seeing around Golden or the Western foothills, you probably know this time of year is when rattlesnakes come out of their winter dens. And in the immortal words of the Notorious B.I.G., if you don’t know, now you know.

Mary Ann Bonnell, Park Ranger for Jeffco Open Space, knows all too well.

“We had several sightings on South Table Mountain just a few days ago, and I tweeted about it,” she said. “I would not want to know how many visitors are walking past snakes sitting coiled quietly because I think it would probably make me very worried.”

She said they’re probably there, sitting next to the trail, and nobody’s the wiser because the snakes are normally docile.

Bonnell said Jeffco estimates they get seven million visitors to Jeffco Open Space’s 27 parks each year and in a normal year they only see around two cases of rattlers biting humans and half a dozen dogs being bitten. She said it’s surprising, but severe conflict levels are very low. That’s because rattlesnakes don’t want to be around people any more than we want to be around them.

“We’re not prey to them, so their goal is to avoid us,” she said.

“Where we have bites, is very frequently the visitor steps on or steps right over or puts their hand right where the rattlesnake is. And that is how people are bitten.”

She said it’s almost always an accidental encounter (because

A venomous prairie rattlesnake on the trail in summer in Pawnee National Grassland in northeastern Colorado near Greeley.

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dens on sunny days in April, but don’t venture too far from the den because the temperature can still drop and that’s a good way to die if you’re a snake. So, they tend to bask on warm sunny spots until about mid-May when they start to venture out to their summer foraging areas.

“Anywhere where you have this nice rocky exposure like the Dakota Hogback, Fountain Formations, Red Rocks, Matthews, Winters, Roxborough, Ralston Butte or the mesas like South Table Mountain and North Table Mountain, it is great rattlesnake habitat,” she said.

“Because there’s places to hide, there’s places to bask.”

Once you get beyond the first foothills, it gets a bit high in eleva-

who would intentionally step on a rattler). And it doesn’t mean the person wasn’t paying attention because the snakes are so well camouflaged. Climbing or bouldering can also lead to those bites when the climber puts their hand on a ledge or crevice of a rock that’s already inhabited.

According to Bonnell, the most common spot a person gets bit is on the inside of the ankle. So, wearing hiking boots that offer protection is a good idea.

“I frequently tell our visitors, at least wear a closed-toe shoe,” she said. “When I see people heading up North Table Mountain in Teva’s or flip-flops, I just think, oh goodness.”

Bonnell said rattlesnakes start coming out of their wintering

tion for a rattlesnake’s preference, she said. So, places like Evergreen and Conifer have relatively few sightings.

If you see one If you do see a rattlesnake, Bonnell says to give the snake space and room to leave the area.

“Don’t start throwing rocks at it. Don’t poke it with a stick. Don’t try to move it. These are all things that could put you or the snake in danger,” she said. “You’re just making the snake angry. And if it bites when it’s angry, it’s going to release a lot more venom than if it was just mellow.”

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in 2017 showed a more diffuse number of snakes cohabitating.

That said, there could still be several snakes basking in a relatively small area, so if you see one, there may be others nearby.

If you do get bitten, Bonnell says

the best thing to do is stay calm, because the more agitated you get, the faster the venom moves through your system. Call 911 if you have cell service. Tell the operator you’ve been bitten and where you are if you can.

Bonnell says it may be tempting to try to hike out or get to your car but you should stay put and have help come to you unless there’s no other option. Driving is not advised because of the risk of going into shock behind the wheel.

If you aren’t in cell coverage area, try to send someone into coverage area to call for help. If you’re alone, you would have to calmly walk to cell coverage area and call 911.

Bites can also cause swelling, so take off rings, watches or other jewelry that could constrict if you swell. And keep the area that’s been bitten “body neutral,” she said. For example, if you’re bitten on the hand, you want to hold your arm like it’s in a sling, with your hand near the center of your torso. If you get a bite in the ankle or leg, you should sit down.

Lastly — know where you are.

Bonnell said it’s surprising how many people who call for help who don’t know where they are —even which park they’re in.

Time is an important factor if you’ve been bitten, so being able to give your location to rescuers is crucial.

it like it was yesterday — him coming in to speak to us.”

McCasky worked with Johnston for the next 25 years and was a sergeant when Johnston retired in 2001.

He said when he was a detective in robbery/homicide, Johnston would talk about cases with him.

“It was always kind of special when the chief would show interest in the cases we were working on,” he said. “And he was really innovative at the time, when you look at the things he did for this organization.

He really set the bar high. Our three pillars — integrity, intelligence, initiative — he really focused on that. That was kind of the foundation for my career.”

McCasky said Johnston really pushed professionalism, was decisive, had a strong sense of what the department should be and wouldn’t

tolerate mediocrity.

“He didn’t just sit back and let the organization go. He was leading and guiding us,” he said. “There are certain leaders that you feel comfortable with them being in control and that’s how I always felt about Chief Johnston. I was glad he was at the helm.”

McCasky said being chief is a tough job, but it’s been made easier by the solid foundation laid by his predecessors including Johnston.

Lakewood PD’s Public Information Officer, John Romero, summed things up with his release on the ex-Chief’s passing.

“Chief Johnston will be remembered as a strong leader with an incredible sense of humor who transformed the Lakewood Police Department into who we are today,” it said.

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Faster than some people may realize. She said if a snake is stubborn and refuses to leave the trail, you can step around it but make sure to leave at least six feet between yourself and the snake.

And be careful if you step off the path to walk around a snake because if its buddy is sitting in the grass nearby, you might not be able to see it.

According to Bonnell, unlike some places where there can be dozens of snakes per den, research her department conducted

CHIEF FROM PAGE 1

included four Bronze Stars for heroism, the Purple Heart, and the Air Medal for 50 helicopter missions.

According to the official release, in his 30-year career with the Lakewood Police Department, Chief Johnston headed every division and even served a two-year term as acting city manager. He was a dedicated booster of Special Olympics Colorado and was even elected to their Hall of Fame for helping to raise $200,000 for the program.

Current LPD Chief, Dan McCasky, said he first met Chief Johnston in 1986, on his first day at the academy.

“It’s funny,” he said. “Now I get that same opportunity. I remember

• Stay on the trail and wear protective shoes if possible.

• Make sure to leash your dog. They explore with their nose and face, and are prone to get bit.

• If you wear earbuds keep one ear open to make sure you can hear a rattle.

• Use the 30-30 rule. Give a snake 30 feet of space for 30 seconds and they will often move along.

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over 50 current cases for the first time since the winter and only the fifth time since the start of the pandemic. Even more concernFROM PAGE 3 ing, Comstock said was that 55 of the 58 current cases the district with 93.7% of those over 70 and recorded on that day were among 81.9% of those between 65 and 69 students rather than faculty. having received at least one vac“It’s not enough just to keep cination. schools open,” she said. “We need “I’m feeling much, much more to keep schools open safely. We comfortable that people 60 and can’t lose sight of that.” older in our community are being During the discussion of protected,” she said. schools, Commissioner Tracy Younger residents, however, Kraft-Tharp are a different said she has restory. Over the ceived several past month emails from cases have been people sayrising quickly ing “it doesn’t among those matter if kids ages 20-29 and get COVID-19 10-19 while because they more people don’t go into ages 30-49 and the hospital or 50-69 went into get real sick.” the hospital “But I don’t during the get that inforsecond to last week of April Dawn Comstock, mation from you,” Kraftthen at any othJeffco Public Health Tharp said er time during the pandemic. executive director to Comstock.

“So can I get Comstock the facts from said the greater you?” numbers of Comstock responded that while younger people being hospitalized data from much of the pandemic are the result of both less adhersupported the idea that kids were ence to preventative measures less likely to get severely ill, that such as social distancing and the has been changing. increasing presence of new CO“I have heard from many, many VID-19 variants that lead to more parents that you need to let us severe cases of the virus. About evaluate the risk of our child and 54.6% of Jeffco residents ages 16-49 had received one shot of the I appreciate that,” Comstock said. vaccine as of April 29.

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This knock-knock stuff is no joke

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ccasionally, this is an opinion column. Here comes one now.

Advertisements taped or left hanging on QUIET front doors should DESPERATION be against the law.

The mischiefmakers of advertisements taped or left hanging on front doors where there is a “No Solicitors” sign posted nearby should be subject to a six-month Craig Marshall sentence.

Smith The mischiefmakers of advertisements taped or left hanging on front doors where there are four “No Solicitors” signs posted nearby like mine should be

LETTER TO THE EDITOR A wagging tail on the trail This morning, I was hiking in Alderfer/Three Sisters Open Space Park, when a gentleman came up the hill behind me with a medium-sized dog. The first thing the gentleman said was, “Is it okay if she says hello?” and I replied gladly, “Yes!” The sweet, friendly, lively dog turned out to be named Pumpkin.

As I petted Pumpkin, the gentleman said, “She’d let you do that all day!” I would have done so happily, and told the gentleman I missed the dog that I’d had to have put down a month before.

The gentleman said that he had been through that, too. Pumpkin seemed not to want to leave me, but she and the gentleman went their way while I went mine.

Less than half an hour later, the gentleman and Pumpkin reappeared, having looked for me. The gentleman said he felt the need to apologize for not asking about the dog I had lost.

While we both paid more attention to Pumpkin, the gentleman and I talked about my dog, and Pumpkin’s ancestry, and loyal trail dogs in general. I said, “I’ll bet she makes your family very happy!”

After the gentleman and Pumpkin had gone again, I found my whole day was brighter because of their kindness and friendliness. I hadn’t asked the gentleman’s name, or where he was from. If anyone recognizes him, and/or Pumpkin, or if they SEE LETTERS, P15

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subject to life without parole.

Littering is against the law.

Advertisements left on front doors is littering.

One of my signs, in red, says “No Ads, No Coupons, No Junk.”

Guess what?

It happened again today.

This is, in a world of death and destruction, small potatoes.

However, this is not the forum for large potatoes. Sometimes I wish it were, albeit knowing I’d be in for passionate disagreements.

I mentioned littering. Have you noticed any masks on the ground?

Where I live, Harry and I see masks and dog poop.

Where is your mother when you need her?

The hampton.gov web site states, “More than 51 billion pieces of litter are released on American

roadways each year,” adding that littering costs the United States more than $11 billion to clean up annually.

My front doorknob is forty inches above a woven mat. If the taped ad falls off the door, it’s litter and I’m calling the cops.

There’s nothing like spending time in the old stoney lonesome when it comes to learning a few lessons about unlawful behavior.

Some of you may remember when men and women went door to door with household products and vacuum cleaners “Avon calling.”

Representatives for Watkins Incorporated offered “home remedies, baking products, and other household items.”

In 2021, it’s a little hard to imagine inviting someone into your

home to peddle a floor wax or dessert topping.

Ads left on my front door against my wishes might be considered “small stuff.”

I think that’s what the moderators of my anger management classes would have claimed.

Over and over we were told, “Don’t sweat the small stuff.”

Or maybe it was, “Don’t pet the sweaty stuff.”

All I know is that it bothers me.

While I’m at it, there’s one more thing that is even more annoying than ads left on my house.

Unwanted phone calls.

My phone allows me to block thirty phone numbers. My file is full.

“Why don’t you get an unlisted SEE SMITH, P15

Here’s to the great moms that make great families possible

T

here is a Mexican proverb that goes, “The house is not built upon the ground, but upon a woman.”

Or, at least, accordHITTING ing to an episode of HOME “Criminal Minds,” there is such a proverb.

The idea, of course, is that no matter what surface you build a house upon — be it sand, clay, or granite — it has no foundation Michael Alcorn without a woman at the center of it holding things together.

I have been blessed in my life to have two very strong women at the foundation of my homes. Of course, growing up, there was mom. I believe both my parents would tell you that our house worked because it was always built on the Church, and the model of the household that was espoused in the Bible. But I think for that to work, it requires two strong people to partner with God. Dad was always the titular head of the household, but Mom was the one who made things work. She was the one that did the groceries and the laundry, that kept the budget and the checkbook, that shopped for the clothes, cooked the meals, and signed all the permission slips. She was the one who kept the schedules straight, who arranged the carpools, and who made sure everybody was out the door on time. And not that Dad

couldn’t do those things — she just did them.

And, mind you, mom was before her time — she worked full-time.

First as a Registered nurse and nurse supervisor, and then, when she and Dad made the extraordinary leap to open their own business, she became, in effect, the Chief Operating Officer.

But, more importantly, Mom was the primary homework checker, the one who would suffer through poorly-written essays to help us get better, and who would encourage us to open a book when she heard the inevitable chorus of “I’m bored” from seven of us come the third week of summer vacation. Mom was also the one who would listen to all the complaints about school, who would advise us about tough situations, who would listen — patiently — to endless streams of questions and assertions from kids who thought they knew everything and didn’t see the point of the rules and expectations.

She even put up with one little windbag constantly try to make the case that a 16-year old had any idea what his priorities in life should be.

Can’t imagine which one of us that was…

The house was good because the foundation was strong. And, as testimony, there are now seven (relatively) productive members of society rolling around the world from that house.

The house I am in now looks different than that one did, as the times we live in are now different. Through 26 years of marriage, there have been

many iterations of each of our roles: sometimes she had primary domestic responsibilities, sometimes it fell more to me; sometimes, I had ridiculous job expectations, and sometimes her; at one point, I had to get more schooling, at another it was her.

But I believe it is a great testimony to the strength and talents of my wife that, through it all, she has seamlessly juggled the changing roles. And I can’t imagine a better example for my children — indeed, for an entire next generation — of a woman who simply works hard and accomplishes at every job she ever worked, including the home, but then, when she finds her passion later in life, goes back to school to get the necessary degree, and within a decade, turn that into a high-powered job with an incredible company in a growth industry. And all the while, maintaining a household with a partner who, in many ways, is just another one of the kids.

So, from a man who has seen close-up the irreplaceability of great mothers, let me just thank all the great moms out there for keeping the house strong. Strong houses make for strong societies. Happy Mother’s Day!

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Michael Alcorn is a teacher and writer who lives in Arvada with his wife and three children. His new novel, “Valkyrie’s Kiss,” which is a finalist F in the ScreenCraft Book Competition, is available now at michaeljalcorn. net. His opinions are not necessarily those of Colorado Community Media.

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The impact of living in the Wildland Urban Interface

ildfire has always been a natural feature of the U.S. landscape, especially in the West. But it has become clear in recent years that the combination of a changing climate GUEST and more people COLUMN moving into the Daniel Hatlestad Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) is putting more lives and communities at risk. In 2020, catastrophic wildfires have devastated communities and forests across Colorado and will threaten the foothills of the Front Range in the future.

While forests receive most of the attention when it comes to wildfires, protecting communities in the WUI is far more important for reducing the potential catastrophic effects of fire. This is especially true given the movement of people into wild areas over the past 30 years. As of 2010, nearly 98

million people lived in the WUI, a term for places where homes and businesses have been built in close proximity to forests and other natural areas. This interface is expanding faster than all other land uses — such as agriculture, urban areas, and unoccupied natural vegetation — in the country. Since 1990, 60 percent of new homes have been built in the WUI. This growth is driven by largescale movement of people from cities to suburbs and rural areas, in part due to the high cost of urban housing and the impact of the coronavirus on housing demand.

All told, the WUI now covers more than 190 million acres across the United States — an area larger than the state of Texas.

As the number of people living in the WUI has increased, the costs of fighting wildfires have risen dramatically. This is due in large part to the protection of pri-

LETTERS

passionate, and united nation.

John Winkel, Arvada

FROM PAGE 14

read about themselves in the paper, may they know that I really appreciated meeting them!

Randall K. Voigt, Lakewood Re: Chauvin conviction Perhaps last week’s letter writer who claims Derek Chauvin was convicted to appease a mob will join me in condemning all mob violence – in the streets of Minneapolis and by the Trump-inspired mob who stormed our Capitol. Perhaps he can then explain – since he clearly stands for law and order – why he does not support the rule of law in Minnesota, its courts, and maligns the integrity of all the police witnesses who testified against Chauvin. Perhaps even better he can offer up ideas to address the issues that caused the street protests he calls mobs. These problems are not new: many cities burned in 1968 because of Martin Luther King Jr’s murder, a police building burned because of George Floyd’s murder.

That was then. Our challenges are now. We need constructive voices, good ideas, and most of all ways we can move forward as a strong, com-

SMITH

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number?”

I have an unlisted number.

“Why don’t you add your name and number to the National Do Not Call Registry?”

I added my name to the National Do Not Call Registry years ago.

These people are like weeds: They grow where nothing else can.

Sometimes I have engaged in animated discussions with the callers. You don’t want to know. I don’t feel good about it, but there’s only so much a kind and sensitive individual can take.

Some of my comments and suggestions are very colorful. It is one

Aghast at letter I am a resident of Golden and as I was perusing the Transcript today, I happened upon the Voices page. I read the Letter to the Editor written by Russ Haas and I am totally aghast. Shame on you both for publishing this seriously flawed and very appalling letter. While I am certain some citizens of Golden share his view, most of us do not!

Comparing a long past trial based on the “flimsiest of evidence” to the 9 minute and 29 second video that clearly showed the murder of George Floyd is factually inaccurate. Derek Chauvin was convicted of this crime by a preponderance of the evidence, including many fellow police officers who called his actions wrong and testified against him. By suggesting (without any evidence) that the jury was somehow influenced to find Mr.Chauvinguilty because BLM protesters would “assassinate” them is abhorrent and it is a vile stretch of Mr Haas’ imagination. What possessed you to publish this letter? You should apologize to all of your readers and to me for deciding to run it.

Debra Knott, Golden benefit of knowing a wide range of creative expressions.

Most of the callers hang up on me.

If a call is especially egregious, I contact the Federal Communications Commission whose chairperson is Jessica Rosenworcel (a name straight out of Dickens).

What happens next? Absolutely nothing.

But at least I’ve done all I can.

One door-to-door salesperson asked if I would make a small donation towards the local swimming pool.

I gave him a glass of water.

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

vate property. In 2006, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Office of the Inspector General estimated that 50 percent to 90 percent of fire suppression costs were attributable to protecting properties rather than saving forests. Studies

by Headwaters Economics have also found increases in suppression costs in areas that had higher home densities. The bottom line is that the United States spends billions of dollars every year trying to protect homes and communities — and that number will continue to rise as the climate changes, placing residents and firefighters at risk.

While living near the WUI does not necessarily put someone at risk of being threatened by wildfire, new research shows that it is a real threat for tens of millions of people. Approximately 30 million people live in census tracts across the country where wildfires are likely to occur, placing their homes and lives at risk.

When it comes to wildfires and homes, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. There is a growing body of best practices that have been proven to protect

homes and businesses — if the appropriate policies and resources are in place. These include thoughtful planning and smart building practices such as installing fire-resistant building materials and conducting property maintenance. They also include the use of prescribed fire — the burning of brush piles and small forest patches to reduce fuel in a controlled manner — and other land management tools in and around communities to reduce the likelihood that wildfires will reach buildings.

As the cost of fighting wildfires grows, the financial case for proactive community planning and preparedness is becoming clear.

Studies suggest that every dollar spent on disaster preparedness can save $4 in disaster response and recovery costs. For wildfires, the cost-benefit ratio may be even higher. For example, here in Colorado, a few million dollars spent on fire breaks and prescribed fires over the course of a decade near the Wildernest area of Silverthorne protected 1,400 homes SEE HATLESTAD, P28

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magine it’s a hot Colorado day and adults are looking for alcoholic beverages to help beat the heat. Many seek out beer, seltzers and cocktails.

But, for Sam Al-Jassim and many others, the answer is cider.

This fruit wine has grown in popularity in the United States and Colorado over the last 10 years, and cideries, taprooms and tasterooms have recently opened across the Denver metro area.

Unfortunately, the sugary national brands have given cider a bit of a bad reputation, but locals are working to correct that, saying there’s something for everyone.

“We have seen people who don’t like cider try it and come back,” Al-Jassim, a manager at Clear Creek Cidery & Eatery in Idaho Springs, said. “I feel like there’s a cider for everybody.”

Like wine, the drink has a range of dryness and sweetness, with some falling at either end and some in the middle. The industry also offers a variety of flavors — anything from Locust Cider’s mojito to Colorado + 49 Cidery & Pub’s blueberry lavender.

Luke Furey, operations manager

CIDER SAMPLES Want to sample local cider? Here are the sweet details on some Denver-area cideries.

Clear Creek Cidery & Eatery Location: 1446 Miner St., Idaho Springs Hours: 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. every day Offers: Nine Colorado ciders on tap, 14 in cans; full bar and full kitchen Founded: Restaurant and bar opened Feb. 22, 2019; in-house fermentation is forthcoming Clear Fork Cider (tasting room) Location: 4965 Iris St., Wheat Ridge Hours: 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Fridays, 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Saturdays Offers: Exclusive small-batch Clear Fork ciders along with others; snacks Founded: Initial location in downtown Denver opened about five years ago; moved to current location in July 2019 and opened tasting room that September Distribution: Some local restaurants and liquor stores Events: May 1 was launch day for new ciders; participating in Lakewood’s Cider Days Oct. 2-3 at Belmar Park

Events: Anniversary celebration on June 25 with staff members’ “tap takeover” to introduce new ciders Colorado Cider Company (tasting room) Location: 2650 W. 2nd Ave. No. 10, Denver Hours: 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays Offers: Variety of in-house ciders Founded: 2011 Distribution: Wide-ranging at Denverarea restaurants and liquor stores Events: Participating in Lakewood’s Cider Days Oct. 2-3 at Belmar Park

Colorado + 49 Cidery & Pub Location: 1100 Arapahoe St., Golden Hours: 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. every day Offers: In-house dry-mediums to semisweet ciders; 29 taps with about half ciders and half non-Colorado beers; full kitchen with all gluten-free menu items Founded: June 25, 2018 Distribution: Growlers to-go at Golden location only

Locust Cider (Belmar taproom) Location: 7260 W. Alaska Drive, Unit A, Lakewood Hours: 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesdays through Fridays, noon to 9 p.m. Saturdays, noon to 8 p.m. Sundays Offers: 16 Locust Ciders on tap and others in cans; wines; small-plate food menu and snacks Founded: Seattle-based Locust Cider opened its first Colorado location in Boulder in 2019; taprooms in Fort Collins and Belmar opened fall 2020 Distribution: Wide-ranging at restaurants and liquor stores; taproom locations also offer ciders to-go Events: Participating in Lakewood’s Cider Days Oct. 2-3 at Belmar Park

at Golden-based Colorado + 49, described how he thinks of cider as

a happy medium between beer and hard seltzer, saying it’s the perfect

crisp and cool drink to enjoy on a hot day.

Of course, there’s no reason why drinks have to be mutually exclusive as there’s plenty of local craftsmanship to go around.

Brad Page, owner of Denver-based Colorado Cider Company, pointed out that the British — the world’s biggest cider drinkers — often drink beer and cider in the same sitting.

And some local cideries, like Clear Creek and Colorado + 49, keep beer on tap, offer flights of beer and/ or cider, and can make beer-cider mixes.

And, for those who don’t drink, local cideries also offer a variety of food options.

So, whether people are diehard fans, casual drinkers or uninitiated, Page and his colleagues only ask that they keep an open mind and explore the world of flavor local cideries have to offer.

A blooming industry Cider is made from fermented fruit — primarily apples — and is most popular in Britain and other parts of Europe. Page, a Colorado Cider Guild board member, said it used to be a common drink in the United States but fell out of favor shortly before Prohibition.

However, as the craft beverage movement began in earnest, Page said it was only a matter of time until ciders saw a revival.

When Colorado Cider Company opened in 2011, it was the first SEE CIDER, P17

Small Mouth Sounds, big heart feelings COMING ATTRACTIONS

Clarke Reader

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ack in early March of last year, I had a piece all written about “Small Mouth Sounds,” the final play of the Arvada Center’s 2019/2021 season. I had spoken to director Lynne Collins about the show, why it would connect with audiences and what any who see it should come away with.

And then the theater — and theaters all over the country — went dark.

So, there was more than a little déjà vu when, nearly 14 months later, I had Collins on the horn to talk about the show… again,

this time as the center’s first foray into inperson theater since the pandemic properly kicked-off.

“It was very sad we never got to open the show, especially because it really ended up speaking to what we’ve all been through,” Collins said. “Looking at it after the last year, it felt so of the moment, and so healing, it made sense to bring it back.”

Bess Wohl’s “Small Mouth Sounds,” runs at the Arvada Center, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., through Saturday, May 30.

Performances are at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday

through Saturday, 1 p.m. on Wednesday, and 2 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. According to provided information, this makes the center the first theatre in the region to receive approval by the Actors’ Equity Association to produce indoor theatre with an in-person audience.

Featuring Josh Robinson, Jessica Austgen, Kate Gleason, Geoffrey Kent, Jake Mendes, Kevin Rich and Annie Barbour, the show takes place in a silent yoga retreat SEE READER, P38

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commercial cidery in the area.

Now, there are probably 18 across Colorado, Page estimated.

Cider’s gluten-free profile is one reason it’s become so popular. It also has less sugar than beer, in most cases, and is lower in alcohol content than liquor. Thus, it’s healthier overall than other alcoholic drinks, industry members posited.

While the industry’s growth seemingly exploded between 2013 and 2018, Page said two things have hindered it recently.

The first is the pandemic, which restricted capacities and forced many cideries to survive on to-go orders. The other is the rise of hard seltzer, which breweries can massproduce much cheaper than cideries can make their products.

However, the overall movement toward craft beverages in general is helping, Page said, as many Coloradans want to support smaller producers and enjoy better quality drinks.

eIs there an untapped market?

While Page was unsure whether the metro area will see more cideries in the near future, he said the existing ones are definitely growing.

Furey was more optimistic, believing that more cideries will pop up over the next five years and that they could eventually be on par with breweries as they gain more national popularity.

The success of Seattle-based Locust Cider’s new Belmar taproom also seems to indicate the cidery market is relatively untapped.

Despite opening last fall — among increasing COVID-19 restrictions and poor weather — business has far exceeded expectations, manager Sarah Mutch stated. She and Eric Smith, vice president of Locust Cider-Rocky Mountains, said they can’t keg the place fast enough sometimes.

“It’s a good problem to have,” Mutch said.

Unlike breweries, local cideries don’t have as much geographic competition. Both Furey and Mutch pointed out that their locations are the only cideries in Golden and

Deb Evangelista, foreground, and Sarah Holloway, both of Longmont, enjoy ciders at Clear Creek Cidery & Eatery in Idaho Springs on April 20. The two were visiting the hot springs for the day and stopped by the cidery for dinner, saying they appreciate cider as a PHOTOS BY CORINNE WESTEMAN gluten-free alternative to other alcoholic drinks.

Lakewood, respectively.

Additionally, while some cideries like Wheat Ridge’s Clear Fork Cider distribute to local restaurants and liquor stores, others like Colorado + 49 only offer theirs on-site.

Although the market is growing, it’s still relatively small so everyone knows and helps each other, Smith said. The better the industry does as a whole, the better for each cidery.

Keeping history fresh For Rob Bayless, Clear Fork’s director of operations, the industry is as much about the drink itself as it is about the people who enjoy it.

Bayless described how he takes pride in crafting cider, explaining everything from visiting local orchards to hand-pressing the apples to letting the juice ferment for several months.

“When you go to make it, it always feels like alchemy,” he said. “You start with a sweet juice, and six months later, it can end up as a completely changed product. … It’s magical to see that transformation.”

Along with the taste, people can also connect with the story behind the ciders, Bayless continued. Cidermaking is very much tied to Colorado’s agricultural and orchardindustry roots.

Whether people have similarly deep ties or are relatively new to Colorado, he said, “I think people can relate to that history and that story … There’s a lot of (Colorado) pride around that.”

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

Sarah Mutch, taproom manager of Locust Cider’s Belmar location, displays one of the taproom’s 16 on-tap ciders.

Mutch said she enjoys cider because “it’s a lot of flavor for a little bit of calories and sugar” and she believes health-consciousness will boost the drink’s popularity.

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A marriage of the artistic kind ‘It’s Personal’ combines sculpture, painting into stunning exhibit at CAE

BY DEB HURLEY BROBST DBROBST@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

What started as a quest to find sports artists for Center for the Arts Evergreen turned into a much more personal art exhibit with two Boulder artists who have never shown their artwork together before.

“It’s Personal” by sculptor Gail Folwell and impressionist painter Will Day pairs the themes of the work as if they were meant to be together. The two friends share studio space in Boulder, but no one thought their work could be shown together in such an intimate and meaningful way — a marriage of sculpture and abstract paintings, as Day put it.

“We originally wanted a sports art exhibit because sports have such a huge interest here,” said CAE Marketing Director Sara Miller, who added that a sports art exhibit will be in the works.

“Both of their careers started in sports.

Now the combinations are like a third piece of art because of the chemistry between their work.”

She said both artists were emotionally invested in their art, which is conveyed through the seven groupings in the main gallery.

SEE IT’S PERSONAL, P20

Will Day’s “Metatron” and Gail Folwell’s “Tete-a-tete” greet visitors as they enter the gallery at Center for the Arts Evergreen.

“Metatron” is one of Day’s largest paintings and “Tete-a-tete” is the second edition of a sculpture in the Denver Art Museum’s PHOTO BY DEB HURLEY BROBST permanent collection.

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Smaller pieces of artwork from Folwell and Day are positioned outside the main gallery.

PHOTOS BY DEB HURLEY BROBST

IT’S PERSONAL FROM PAGE 18

Folwell said she and Day were “emotional painters” who use many of the same processes to create their artwork that brings both heat and passion.

Both artists called CAE’s gallery a hidden gem, noting that it is the perfect setting especially for Day’s

huge paintings. Day explained that the three-dimensional sculptures create a consciousness against twodimensional painting surfaces.

The two don’t consider themselves competitors, rather encouraging each other to try new things and comparing their collaboration to the Renaissance, which was about sharing creatively to enhance humanity.

Day said he had fallen in love with the gallery, saying the space “sings.”

Patrons at the opening of Center for the Arts Evergreen’s newest show “It’s Personal” check out Gail Folwell’s “Universal Consciousness” and Will Day’s “Entanglement.” The two pieces address the collide and connection of all living things.

“A lot of (gallery) spaces do not hold this powerful narrative,” he said. “The space allows (the artwork) to blend in like a beautiful puzzle. It’s poetic. It raises the patrons’ level of excitement.”

Art patrons Alison Maltese and Lori Hess said they loved the pairings.

“It’s nice to see the boldness,” Maltese said, calling the exhibit expansive and contemporary.

Hess added that the works also

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Friends Gail Wager, Sandy Young and Tim Young of Evergreen perused the pairings, calling them beautiful and powerful. They noted this was the first time they had seen the gallery completely open with no walls in the middle, allowing the large artwork to fill the room.

“We are very fortunate for Center for the Arts Evergreen to bring in this caliber of art,” Sandy Young said.

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She became even more discouraged in mid-January, when she and other theater students started making plans to do a spring musical only to be told by the administration that the show that COVID-19 cases remained too high for the show to be able to go on. The students, however, refused to back down so easily.

“Most of us were pretty upset by that and we pushed really hard,” she said. “And thank god we have a

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bunch of adults who support us and we got our musical.”

Still, Davis said the process of bringing “Beauty and the Beast”, which was performed April 29 to May 1, to the stage was unlike anything she had been part of in her other years.

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Belle (Sophia Davis) dances during the “Be Our Guest” sequence.

Belle (Sophia Davis) and her father in a scene from “Beauty and the Beast.”

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after he tested positive for the virus.

“We had to get an understudy and he worked really hard learning all the lines and everything in only a couple of weeks,” said Davis, who played the lead role of Belle.

It was all challenging enough that stage manager Anna Seibert often wondered whether the group would even end up being able to perform

the show at all.

“There were times where I was really scared that we were going to get shut down whether it was just the theater or the whole school getting shut down again,” she said. “So that was definitely a big stressor for everyone but we made it.”

But while the process of putting together the show was certainly unique, the finished show, which featured colorful costumes and elaborate sets and plenty of cast members dancing on-stage during “Be Our Guest” would’ve felt almost

normal if not for the cloth masks on all of the performers faces.

“We’ve kind of all learned how to just work around it and deal with it,” Davis. “It’s definitely an inhibitor to us but we just pushed past it because we wanted this to happen so badly.”

Still, Davis said the masks were a topic of frustration, particularly since some spring sports were allowed to be played without masks.

“I understand there is a difference between playing a sport and doing a musical but were still running around dancing and singing and that takes so much breath and energy and so that is a challenge and I wish we didn’t have to, especially when half of us have our full COVID-19 vaccines,” she said.

But despite those challenges, both Davis and Seibert both said every

one on the production was extremely thankful to not only be able to perform the show but do so before an audience.

Davis said she believes Golden was the only school in the district that went forward with having an audience for its show (which was capped at 150 people to allow for social distancing). Other schools, including Lakewood, live streamed their performances instead.

“Our administration saw how much we really needed something like this with how unusual and terrible this year really has been,” she said. “And so they wanted to make sure we could have an audience because a part of theater is definitely getting that applause at the end and the laughter from the audience is a big part of the show so we really needed that.”

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Columbine volleyball overcomes obstacles to capture Region 4 title

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LITTLETON — Columbine sisters Abi and Rita Nua intensely eyed the ball on what would be the final point during the nearly 7-hour marathon of volleyball action May 1.

The bump over the net by Denver East senior Bella Simkus landed just out to give sophomore Rita Nua the service-winner and conclude the long day at Dakota Ridge High School. The No. 4-seeded Rebels immediately went into celebration mode after Columbine clinched the Class 5A Region 4 title and berth into the state tournament with a 2518, 25-21, 19-25, 25-17 over the Angels.

“It’s amazing. These girls are resilient,” Columbine coach Shelly Kurach said. “It was one step at a time. We fought and we fought and we stuck together. That is why we won. These girls are awesome people.”

The Rebels (12-1 record) opened the regional tournament with a 5-set victory over No. 21 Loveland. Columbine scored the first eight points in the final set to lock up the big victory, but it was a few sets earlier that really turned it around for the Rebels.

Loveland (9-5) and Columbine had split the first two sets, but the Indians looked to go up 2-1 with a commanding lead in the third.

Kurach pointed to the Rebels’ come-from-behind victory in the third set as a key moment during the day. The Indians held an 18-7 lead, but Columbine rallied to take a 26-24 win and steal a 2-1 lead in the match.

“Our coach prepared us so well,” Abi Nua said. “She puts all the faith in us. She teaches us and we use those skills on the court.”

Columbine closed out a 25-22, 23-25, 26-24, 22-25, 15-7 victory over Loveland to grab the driver’s seat.

No. 13 Denver East (13-2) edged Loveland in another 5-set triller to set up a winner-take-all situation in the final match.

The Rebels grabbed a 2-0 lead behind the play of Abi Nua, who came in with more than 220 kills on the season. Denver East continued to set its left side to avoid giving a chance for Abi Nua to block any spike attempts on the senior’s side of the net.

“No matter what happens on the court we are ready to play that ball,” Abi said about Denver East staying away from her side of the court the entire match. “I trust my team and every one of my teammates.”

The Angels weren’t done after falling behind. Denver East took a 25-19 victory in the third set to threaten to force a third straight 5-set match.

“I knew we were all tired and we had worked so hard,” Columbine junior setter Audrey Dowd said. “We were sinking a little in that third (set), but we pulled out of it.”

Abi Nua got involved offensively with several kills in the last set.

Dowd looked to Abi Nua with the Rebels trying to wrap up the victory.

“It’s nice when you have someone

Columbine senior Francesca Cereda (12) tries to tip the ball over the outreached arms of Loveland senior Maddie Kinney during the opening match of the Class 5A Region 4 tournament May 1 at Dakota Ridge High School.

Columbine senior Abi Nua (9) will lead the Rebels into the 8-team Class 5A state tournament that is scheduled for May 12 and 13 at The Broadmoor World Arena in Colorado PHOTOS BY DENNIS PLEUSS/JEFFCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS Springs.

Columbine volleyball came out on top of the Class 5A Region 4 tournament May 1 at Dakota Ridge High School. The Rebels defeated Loveland and Denver East to earn a trip to the 5A state tournament in Colorado Springs next week.

like Abi who can close it out,” Dowd said.

Every ball Abi Nua seemed to touch in the final set ended up on the floor on Denver East’s side of the net.

“Abi is an amazing player and she works hard,” Kurach said. “She is the first one in the gym and the last one to leave. She does her job and trusts her teammates to do their job.

She hold them to a high standard all the time and that is why this team works.”

Columbine was the final 5A team to advance to state. Mountain Vista, Rampart, Ralston Valley, Columbine, Cherry Creek, Legend,

Grandview and Chatfield are the eight qualifiers. The Class 5A Jeffco League qualified three teams to the condensed 8-team state tournament this season.

“That is awesome. I can’t be more proud of our league,” Kurach said of the Rebels joining rivals Chatfield and Ralston Valley in the state tournament. “It’s so great we can get to the final 8 and represent Jeffco. It says how strong our conference is.”

It will be a bit of a wait now. The state tournament was originally scheduled for May 10 and 11 the NORCO Volleyball Facility in Loveland, but moved a little over a week ago to May 12 and 13 at The Broad-

moor World Arena in Colorado Springs.

While Kurach said the challenge now is to keep her squad focused for the state tournament, the Rebels won’t mind a bit of time before heading back into competition.

“I think we are ready to have a little rest,” Abi said of the 10-day break before the state tournament.

“I know we are all really tired, but really excited to play on that state floor.”

Dennis Pleuss is the Sports Information Director for Jeffco Public Schools. For more Jeffco coverage go to CHSAANow.com/Jeffco.

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The Golden High School girls golf team won the first tournament of the season, held COURTESY PHOTO at the Applewood Golf Course on April 26.

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Golden finished first with the low team score of 378. Second palce went to Conifer (383). The battle for third place was fierce, but Pomona edged out Evergreen by one stroke (419).

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May 6, 2021 Handyman

Painting

Michael’s Handyman Services

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Fire extinguishers Rotary clubs, fire departments hold education events to prepare for wildfire

FOR MORE INFO For more information on wildfire preparedness, visit www.rotary wildfireready.com.

To sign up for the CodeRED reverse notification system, visit www.jeffco. us/473/Emergency-Notifications. real estate agent, said part of the impetus for Rotary Wildfire Ready was to take the overwhelming amount of information about preparing for wildfire and compartmentalizing it into digestible pieces.

BY DEB HURLEY BROBST DBROBST@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

It’s imperative that area residents learn what it takes to prepare for wildfire — from how to evacuate to preparing homes and properties in case of a catastrophe.

To that end, area Rotary clubs and fire departments hosted Wildfire Preparedness Day on May 1 to invite the public to learn more about where to start and get help. Events at both Elk Creek and Evergreen fire departments were filled with residents learning more about signing up for the CodeRED emergency notification system, becoming community ambassadors to encourage neighbors to collaborate on wildfire mitigation, creating defensible space around homes, and the fire departments’ wood chipping and wood-cutting programs, known as the fuels modules.

The tables in the fire departments’ parking lots were loaded with people looking for information — and there were plenty of volunteers and fire personnel to provide it.

The Evergreen, Mountain Foothills and Conifer Rotary clubs have

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Serving the Golden Community Since 1986 Cindy Latham, chair of the Rotary Wildfire Ready program, left, explains defensible space around homes to Tim and Carla Ehlers of Indian Hills during Wildfire Preparedness Day on May 1 at Elk Creek Fire Station 1. The Ehlers, who moved here a year ago from Texas, say they are trading preparing for hurricanes for preparing for wildfire.

PHOTO BY DEB HURLEY BROBST

been working on this grassroots effort to educate the public for about three years — and they have created Rotary Wildfire Ready as a vehicle to get people interested and involved.

And speaking of vehicles, Chuck

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Public Notices call Sheree 303.566.4088 Legals Public Trustees COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. J2100005 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On February 8, 2021, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Jefferson records.

Original Grantor(s) TROY TURNER Original Beneficiary(ies) MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS INC., ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR EQUIFIRST CORPORATION Current Holder of Evidence of Debt U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR RESIDENTIAL ASSET MORTGAGE PRODUCTS, INC., MORTGAGE ASSETBACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-EFC2 Date of Deed of Trust April 21, 2005 County of Recording Jefferson Recording Date of Deed of Trust May 06, 2005 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) 2005015171 Original Principal Amount $124,425.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $95,995.95 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. CONDOMINIUM UNIT NO. 8470-D, THE CROSSINGS AT CHATFIELD CONDOMINIUMS, AS DEFINED IN THE CONDOMINIUMS DECLARATION FOR THE CROSSINGS AT CHATFIELD CONDOMINIUMS RECORDED IN THE RECORDS OF JEFFERSON COUNTY, COLORADO, DECEMBER 28, 1984 UNDER RECEPTION NO. 84119418 AND SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL CONDOMINIUM DECLARATION FOR THE CROSSINGS AT CHATFIELD CONDOMINIUMS RECORDED JANUARY 15, 1986 AT RECEPTION NO. 86004934, AND AS FURTHER DESCRIBED IN THE CONDOMINIUM MAP FOR THE CROSSING AS CHATFIELD CONDOMINIUMS, 2ND SUPPLEMENTAL MAP RECORDED IN SAID RECORDS ON JANUARY 15, 1986 AT RECEPTION NO. 86004935. COUNTY OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 8470 SOUTH EVERET STREET #D , LITTLETON, CO 80128.

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 2 p.m. on Thursday, 06/10/2021, at the Jury Assembly Room court side in the Jefferson County Administration and Courts Facility, 100 Jefferson County Parkway, Golden, CO 80419, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 4/22/2021 Last Publication: 5/20/2021 Name of Publication: Golden Transcript IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; DATE: 02/08/2021 Holly Ryan, Public Trustee in and for the County of Jefferson, State of Colorado By: Barbara Lyons, Deputy, for Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Anna Johnston #51978 Barrett Frappier & Weisserman, LLP 1391 Speer Boulevard, Suite 700,

Denver, CO 80204 (303) 350-3711 Attorney File # 00000009015025 The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015 Legal Notice NO. J2100005 First Publication: 4/22/2021 Last Publication: 5/20/2021 Name of Publication: Golden Transcript

City and County Public Notice CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Wheat Ridge Planning Commission will conduct a Public Hearing on Thursday, May 20, 2021 at 7:00 p.m. to consider Case No.: • WZ-21-01 - An application filed by Davis Partnership Architects on behalf of SCL Health for approval of a Specific Development Plan (SDP) for a 630,000 sq. ft. hospital and parking garage on 26.93 acres, located at the northeast corner of W. 40th Avenue and Clear Creek Drive.

The proposed development plan and accompanying documents are available in electronic form on the City’s official website, http://www. ci.wheatridge.co.us/legal-notices and at www. wheatridgespeaks.org. Specific plans for the proposed changes are available for inspection at the Wheat Ridge City Hall. Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, upon appointment, request and notification, copies are also available in printed form.

The May 20, 2021 Planning Commission meeting will be conducted as a virtual meeting. NO MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION OR STAFF WILL BE AT THE MUNICIPAL BUILDING, AND THE BUILDING WILL BE CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC. Any person wishing to submit written documents for the Commission’s consideration at the hearing must file them with Community Development staff. Written comments may be submitted on Wheat Ridge Speaks at www.wheatridgespeaks. org until noon on May 19. Alternatively, written documents or comments must be received no later noon on the day of the hearing by emailing zoning@ci.wheatridge.co.us or mailing to City of Wheat Ridge, Attn: Planning Division, 7500 W. 29th Avenue, Wheat Ridge CO 80033.

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

• Join the live meeting by calling (669) 900-6833 with ID: 871 7415 7356 and Passcode: 278082 • Watch the meeting live on Comcast Channel 8 • Watch the meeting live on YouTube at www.ci.wheatridge.co.us/view Individuals who, due to technology limitations, are unable to participate in the meeting virtually (via the Zoom platform) or by calling in on the telephone may contact Tammy Odean, Assistant to the Community Development Department, at 303-235-2846 by noon on May 20. Arrangements will be made for those individuals to access City Hall during the meeting to view the meeting and provide public comment if desired. These comments will be heard and seen in real time by members of the Commission and City staff. Individuals accessing City Hall must practice social distancing, wear a mask or other facial covering and be free of COVID-19 symptoms.

Legal Notice No. 410561 First Publication: May 6, 2021 Last Publication: May 6, 2021 Publisher: Jeffco Transcript Public Notice NOTICE OF ANNEXATION PETITION ACCEPTANCE The following resolution can be viewed in its entirety in electronic form by going to www.arvada. org/legalnotices and clicking on Current Legal Notices. The full text version is also available in printed form in the City Clerk’s office. Contact 720.898.7550 if you have questions.

R21-070 A Resolution Accepting an Annexation Petition Concerning 6700 Indiana Street, 6702 Indiana Street, 6710 Indiana Street, and a Portion of 6720 Indiana Street, Finding said Petition Substantially Compliant With C.R.S. 31-12-107(1), and Setting a Public Hearing for June 14, 2021, 6:15 P.M. For City Council to Determine Whether the Area Meets the Requirements of C.R.S. 31-12-104 and 105, and Is Considered Eligible for Annexation.

Legal Notice No. 410552 First Publication: May 6, 2021 Last Publication: May 27, 2021 Publisher: Jeffco Transcript PUBLIC NOTICE

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The Planning Commission of the City of Golden will hold a Public Hearing at a meeting on Wednesday, May 19, 2021 at 6:30 P.M. online on the City Website to consider an application for a site development plan for two paired homes (two duplexes on separate lots) with detached garages for property located near 510 Arapahoe Street.

The case was remanded back to the Planning Commission after the City Council hearing on April 20, 2021. New evidence and public comment will be presented and heard. The Site Plan is available at www.guidinggolden.com, under “Planning Projects.” The Site Plan and architectural elevations are available on the Guiding Golden website.

CASE NO: PC21-02 APPLICANT: Michael Kalicak LOCATION: 510 Arapahoe Street, Golden, CO 80403 The complete application is available for public review, by appointment, at the offices of the Planning Division, 1445 10th Street, during normal business hours, 8:00 am – 5:00 pm, Tuesday through Thursday. Members of the public may submit written comments to the Division prior to 1:00 pm on Wednesday, May 19, 2021 by any of the following methods: • • •

Mail: City of Golden, Planning Division, 1445 10th St., Golden, CO 80401 Fax: (303) 384-8161 Email: planning@cityofgolden.net

Additional information regarding this application or the site development plan process may be obtained by calling the Planning Division at (303)384-8097.

Legal Notice No. 410550 First Publication: May 6, 2021 Last Publication: May 6, 2021 Publisher:Golden Transcript Public Notice NOTICE OF ANNEXATION PETITION ACCEPTANCE The following resolution can be viewed in its entirety in electronic form by going to www.arvada. org/legalnotices and clicking on Current Legal Notices. The full text version is also available in printed form in the City Clerk’s office. Contact 720.898.7550 if you have questions.

R21-071 A Resolution Accepting an Annexation Petition Concerning Maple Valley Park, Approximately Located at 6900 Indiana Street, Finding Said Petition Substantially Compliant with C.R.S. 31-12-107(1), and Setting a Public Hearing for June 14, 2021, 6:15 P.M. for City Council to Determine Whether the Area Meets the Requirements of C.R.S. 31-12-104 and 105, and Is Considered Eligible for Annexation.

Legal Notice No. 410551 First Publication: May 6, 2021 Last Publication: May 27, 2021 Publisher: Jeffco Transcript

Metropolitan Districts Public Notice RALSTON VALLEY WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that at the regular monthly meeting of the Board of Directors of the Ralston Valley Water and Sanitation District to be held June 1, 2021 at 6:30 p.m., the Board will consider residential sewer rate increases for the year 2021 - 2022.

The meeting will be held by Zoom video conference.

RALSTON VALLEY WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT By: Phil Wathier, District Manager Dated: April 28, 2021 Legal Notice No. 410541 First Publication: May 6, 2021 Last Publication: May 6, 2021 Publisher: Golden Transcript Public Notice NOTICE OF OPEN MEETING FOR HEARING ON PETITION FOR EXCLUSION OF REAL PROPERTY FROM THE SOUTH METRO FIRE RESCUE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to all interested persons that a Petition for Exclusion of real property has been filed with the Board of Directors of the South Metro Fire Rescue Fire Protection District.

The Board of Directors has fixed Monday, the 7th day of June, 2021, at the hour of 6:00 p.m., at 9195 E. Mineral Avenue, Centennial, Colorado, as the date, time and place of an open meeting at which such Petition shall be heard. Due to concerns regarding COVID-19 and the benefits to the control of the spread of COVID-19 by limiting in-person contact, this public hearing may be held virtually. Please visit our website for current information: https://www.southmetro.org/623/Board-Agendasand-Minutes.

The name and address of the Petitioner is: Chance M. and Ruth E. Doellefeld 24232 E. Canyon Drive

Aurora, Colorado The property to be excluded from the District is generally described as follows: Lot 9, Block 1, Timber Ridge Subdivision Filing No. 1, City of Aurora, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado.

All interested parties may appear at such hearing to show cause in writing why such Petition should not be granted.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE SOUTH METRO FIRE RESCUE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT. SOUTH METRO FIRE RESCUE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT

Adams County Justice Center 1100 Judicial Center Drive Brighton, Colorado 80601 Telephone: (303) 659-1161 PLAINTIFFS: JOHN GORSKI, an individual, vs.

DEFENDANTS: BLUE AUTO SALES, LLC, a Colorado limited liability company, JEFFREY ALLEN JOLLIFFE, an individual, and MARWAN I. DAULEH, an individual.

Case No.: 2019CV031653 Division: C SHERIFF’S COMBINED NOTICE OF SALE AND RIGHTS TO CURE AND REDEEM Under Judgments entered May 13, 2020, October 20, 2020 and December 17, 2020, and pursuant to a Writ of Execution entered February 1, 2021, in the above entitled action, I am ordered to sell certain real property, as follows:

By: /s/ Hank Eng, Secretary Legal Notice No. 410517 First Publication: May 6, 2021 Last Publication: May 6, 2021 Publisher: Golden Transcript

Bids and Settlements Public Notice NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Deer Creek Metropolitan District, Jefferson County, Colorado, will make final settlement at the offices of the District Engineer, RG and Associates, LLC, 4885 Ward Road, Suite 100, Wheat Ridge, 80033 at 10:00 a.m. on May 14, 2021 to Hammerhead Property Service, LLC, 10128 West Layton Place, Littleton, CO 80127 for all work done by said contractor on the district’s Fence Maintenance Project. All of said construction being within the boundaries of the Deer Creek Metropolitan District in the County of Jefferson, State of Colorado.

This notice is provided pursuant to CRS 38-26107(1). Any person, co-partnership, association of persons, company or corporation that has furnished labor, materials, term hire, sustenance, provisions, provender or other supplies used or consumed by such Contractor or his Subcontractors in or about the performance of the work contracted to be done and whose claim therefore has not been paid by the Contractor or his Subcontractors, at any time up to and including the time of final settlement for the work contracted to be done is required to file a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid on account of such claim to the Deer Creek Metropolitan District District Engineer at or before the time and date hereinabove shown. Failure on the part of any claimant to file such verified statement of claim prior to such final settlement will release said Deer Creek Metropolitan District, its Board, Officers, Agents and Employees, of and from any and all liability for such claim.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD DEER CREEK METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

Original Grantor / Judgment Debtor: Marwan I. Dauleh Original Beneficiary / Judgment Creditor: John Gorski Holder of Evidence of Debt: John Gorski Date of the Judgments: May 13, 2020, October 20, 2020 and December 17, 2020 Recording Date of Judgment: 06/03/2020, 11/12/2020, 01/04/2021 County of Recording Jefferson Recording Information: R2020061538, R2020149352, Original Principal Balance of Secured Indebtedness $18,311.10, $23,779.16, $66,625.62 Outstanding Principal Balance of the Secured Indebtedness as of the date hereof: $18,311.10, $23,779.16, $66,625.62 Legal Description of Property to be Foreclosed OWNERSHIP PARCEL A, INCLUDING BUILDING ENVELOPE A, BEING A PART OF FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS, BLOCK 24 AND A PART OF BLOCKS 23 AND 25, EXEMPTION SURVEY NO. 2 AS RECORDED FEBRUARY 8, 1982 AT RECEPTION NO. 82008622, COUNTY OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF COLORADO Together With: The rights and benefits as contained in that certain Declaration of restrictions and grant of easements recorded June 10, 1982 at Reception No. 82039452, County of Jefferson, State of Colorado Also known and numbered as: 9122 West Ken Caryl Avenue, Littleton, CO 80128 Assessor Parcel Number: 59-341-06-019 THE PROPERTY TO BE SOLD AND DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE JUDGMENT LIENS. Marwan I. Dauleh has failed to satisfy or make payments on the said indebtedness when the same is due and owing.

By: Gary E. Welp, P.E., CFM District Engineer

THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

Legal Notice No. 410547 First Publication: May 6, 2021 Last Publication: May 13, 2021 Publisher: Golden Transcript

ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF/JUDGMENT CREDITOR:

Public Notice NOTICE OF FINAL PAYMENT Notice is hereby given that on or after Thursday May 11, 2021 final payment will be made to T. Lowell Construction for Ken-Caryl Ranch Water and Sanitation District’s Sanitary Sewer Replacements.

Any person, copartnership, association of person, company, or corporation that has furnished labor, materials, team hire, sustenance, provisions, provender, or other supplies used or consumed by such contractor or his subcontractor in or about the performance of the work contracted to be done whose claim therefore has not been paid by the contractor or the subcontractor, may file with the District, a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid. Claims shall be filed prior to May 11,2021 and may be delivered, or mailed to: Ken-Caryl Ranch Water and Sanitation District 10698 W. Centennial Road Littleton, Colorado 80127 This advertisement and notice are intended to satisfy the requirements of Section 38-26-107 (1), 2007 C.R.S. Ken-Caryl Ranch Water and Sanitation District By: Tim Anderson, District Manager Legal Notice No. 410539 First Publication: May 6, 2021 Last Publication: May 6, 2021 Publisher: Golden Transcript

Summons and Sheriff Sale Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, COUNTY OF ADAMS STATE OF COLORADO

Michael L. Schlepp (#52652) S&D Law, 1290 N. Broadway, Suite 1650 Denver, Colorado 80203 schleppm@s-d.com (303) 399-3000 NOTICE OF SALE THEREFORE, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that I will, at 10:00 A.M. on Thursday, June 10, 2021, in the Office of the Jefferson County Sheriff, Civil Unit, 100 Jefferson County Pkwy., Suite 1520, Golden, Colorado 80419, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property described above, and all interest of said Judgment Debtor and the heirs and assigns of said Judgment Debtor therein, for the purpose of paying the judgment amount entered herein, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: April 15, 2021 Last Publication: May 13, 2021 Name of Publication: Golden Transcript If the sale date is continued to a later date, the deadline to file a notice of intent to cure by those parties entitled to cure may also be extended.

NOTICE OF RIGHTS YOU MAY HAVE AN INTEREST IN THE REAL PROPERTY BEING FORECLOSED, OR HAVE CERTAIN RIGHTS OR SUFFER CERTAIN LIABILITIES PURSUANT TO COLORADO STATUTES AS A RESULT OF SAID FORECLOSURE. YOU MAY HAVE THE RIGHT TO REDEEM SAID REAL PROPERTY OR YOU MAY HAVE THE RIGHT TO CURE A DEFAULT UNDER THE DEED OF TRUST BEING FORECLOSED. A COPY OF THE STATUTES WHICH MAY AFFECT YOUR RIGHTS ARE ATTACHED HERETO. A notice of intent to cure filed pursuant to section 38-38-104 shall be filed with the officer at least fifteen calendar days prior to the first scheduled sale date or any date to which the sale is continued.

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Public Notices A notice of intent to redeem filed pursuant to section 38-38-302 shall be filed with the officer no later than eight business days after the sale.

Attached hereto are copies of certain Colorado statutes that may vitally affect your property rights in relation to this proceeding. Said proceeding may result in the loss of property in which you have an interest and may create a personal debt against you. You may wish to seek the advice of your own private attorney concerning your rights in relation to this foreclosure proceeding.

If the borrower believes that a lender or servicer has violated the requirements for a single point of contact in section 38-38-103.1 or the prohibition on dual tracking in section 38-38-103.2, the borrower may file a complaint with the Colorado attorney general, the CFPB, or both, but the filing of a complaint will not stop the foreclosure process.

The Colorado Attorney General’s Office may be contacted at: Ralph L. Carr Colorado Judicial Center 1300 Broadway, 10th Floor Denver, CO 80203 720-508-6000 The CFPB maybe contacted at: https://www.consumerfinance.gov/complaint/ or by phone at 855-411-2372 INTENT to cure or redeem, as provided by the aforementioned laws, must be directed to or conducted at the Sheriff Department for Jefferson County, Civil Division, Golden, Colorado 80419.

THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED MAY BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. JEFF SHRADER, Sheriff Jefferson County, State of Colorado By: Sgt. Sean Joselyn, Deputy Sheriff Statutes attached: C.R.S. §§ 38-37-108, 38-38103, 38-38-104, 38-38-301, 38-38-302, 38-38304, 38-38-305, and 38-38-306, as amended.

Legal Notice No. 410370 First Publication: April 15, 2021 Last Publication: May 13, 2021 Name of Publication: Golden Transcript Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, COUNTY OF JEFFERSON, COLORADO Jefferson County Court & Administrative Facility 100 Jefferson County Parkway Golden, Colorado 80401 720-772-2530 Plaintiff: STORYBUILT 5785 WEST 38TH, LLC v.

Defendants: 38 STREET, LLC; et al.

Case No. 2020CV31398 Attorneys for Plaintiff: Douglas W. Brown, Atty. Reg. No. 10429 Scott W. Drusch, Atty. Reg. No. 42494 BROWN DUNNING WALKER FEIN PC 2000 South Colorado Blvd.

Tower Two, Suite 700 Denver, CO 80222 Telephone: 303-329-3363 Fax: 303-393-8438 E-Mail: dbrown@bdwf-firm.com; sdrusch@bdwf-firm.com SUMMONS TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to file with the Clerk of this Court an answer or other response to the attached Complaint within twenty-one days (21) after this Summons is served on you in the State of Colorado, or within thirty-five (35) days after this Summons is served on you outside of the State of Colorado.

WARNING: A valid Summons may be issued by a lawyer and it need not contain a court case number, the signature of a court officer, or a court seal. The Plaintiff has fourteen (14) days from the date this Summons was served on you to file the case with the court. You are responsible for contacting the court to find out whether the case has been filed and obtain the case number. If the Plaintiff files the case within this time, then you must respond as explained in this Summons.

If the Plaintiff files more than fourteen (14) days after the date the Summons was served on you, the case may be dismissed upon motion and you may be entitled to seek attorney’s fees from the Plaintiff.

TO THE CLERK: If the Summons is issued by the clerk of the court, the signature block for the clerk or deputy should be provided by stamp, or typewriter, in the space to the left of the attorney’s name.

If you fail to file your answer or other response to the Complaint in writing within the applicable time period, the Court may enter judgment by default against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint without further notice.

DATED this 18th day of November, 2020.

Respectfully submitted, BROWN DUNNING WALKER FEIN PC s/ Douglas W. Brown Douglas W. Brown, Reg. No. 10429 Scott W. Drusch, Reg. No. 42494 2000 South Colorado Blvd.

Tower Two, Suite 700 Denver, CO 80222 Telephone: 303-329-3363 dbrown@bdwf-firm.com; sdrusch@bdwf-firm.com Attorneys for Storybuilt 5785 West 38th, LLC This Summons is issued pursuant to Rule 4(h), C.R.C.P., as amended.

Legal Notice No. 410399 First Publication: April 15, 2021 Last Publication: May 13, 2021 Publisher: Golden Transcript

Misc. Private Legals Public Notice Case # 2021-026 Cert # 2011-01474 NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE AT TAX SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED To Every Person in Actual Possession of Occupancy of the hereinafter Described land, Lot or Premises and to the Person in whose name the same was Taxed or Specially Assessed and to all Person having an Interest or Title of Record in or to the said Premises and, To Whom it May Concern, and more especially DAVID L. BARNES PO BOX 40244 DENVER, CO 80204 PARRISH A. AHARAM LISA M. AHARAM 3170 BITTERSWEET LANE EVERGREEN, CO 80439 SUNSET RIDGE AT EVERGREEN HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION C/O MSI LLC 11002 BENTON ST WESTMINSTER, CO 80020 MOELLER GRAF PC SUNSET RIDGE AT EVERGREEN HOA 385 INVERNESS PARKWAY SUITE 200 ENGLEWOOD, CO 80112 You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 25TH day of OCTOBER, A.D. 2012, the then county Treasurer of the County of Jefferson and State of Colorado sold at public sale to, JEFFERSON COUNTY, Assignor of, EQUITY TRUST COMPANY CUSTODIAN FBO TODD BENJAMIN IRA, Applicant, who has made demand for a Treasurer’s Deed for the following described real estate situated in the County of Jefferson and State of Colorado to wit; LOTS 359, 360 AND 370, KITTREDGE & KITTREDGE AMD MAP, AKA: VACANT LAND That said tax sale was made to satisfy the delinquent 2011 taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2011 that said real estate was taxed in the name of BELL PARK DEVELOPMENT INC that the statutory period of redemption expired OCTOBER 25, A.D. 2015; that the same has not been redeemed; that said property may be redeemed at any time before the Tax Deed is issued; that a Tax Deed will be issued to the said, EQUITY TRUST COMPANY CUSTODIAN FBO TODD BENJAMIN IRA, lawful holder of said certificate, on the 23RD day of AUGUST at 5:00 P.M., A.D.2021, unless the same has been redeemed on or before 5:00 P.M. of said date.

WITNESS my hand and seal this 26TH Day of APRIL, A.D. 2021 Jerry DiTullio Jefferson County Treasurer Legal Notice No: 410528 First Publication MAY 6, 2021 Final Publication MAY 20, 2021 Publisher: Golden Transcript Public Notice Case # 2020-089 Cert # 2011-01472 NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE AT TAX SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED To Every Person in Actual Possession of Occupancy of the hereinafter Described land, Lot or Premises and to the Person in whose name the same was Taxed or Specially Assessed and to all Person having an Interest or Title of Record in or to the said Premises and, To Whom it May Concern, and more especially ERNEST A. FOLSOM AND EVELYN E. FOLSOM CLAYTON R. VOGT 100 JEFFERSON COUNTY PKWY #2520 GOLDEN, CO 80419 You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 25TH day of OCTOBER, A.D. 2012, the then county Treasurer of the County of Jefferson and State of Colorado sold at public sale to, JEFFERSON COUNTY, Assignor of, JASON ROBERT BOLL AND AMANDA MARIE BOLL, Applicant, who has made demand for a Treasurer’s Deed for the following described real estate situated in the County of Jefferson and State of Colorado to THE WEST 75 FEET OF DEED RECORDED OCTOBER 31, 1989 AT RECEPTION NO. 89094183, EXCEPT ANY PORTION LYING WITHIN DEED RECORDED FEBRUARY 26, 2003 AT RECEPTION NO. F1685266, ALSO KNOWN AS KEY 55, SE ¼ OF SECTION 8, TOWNSHIP 5, RANGE 69, AKA: VACANT LAND That said tax sale was made to satisfy the delinquent 2011 taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2011 that said real estate was taxed in the name of ERNEST A. FOLSOM AND EVELYN E. FOLSOM that the statutory period of redemption expired OCTOBER 25, A.D. 2015; that the same has not been redeemed; that said property may be redeemed at any time before the Tax Deed is issued; that a Tax Deed will be issued to the said, JASON ROBERT BOLL AND AMANDA MARIE BOLL , lawful holder of said certificate, on the 9TH day of AUGUST at 5:00 P.M., A.D.2021, unless the same has been redeemed on or before 5:00 P.M. of said date.

WITNESS my hand and seal this 14TH Day of APRIL, A.D. 2021 Jerry DiTullio Jefferson County Treasurer Legal Notice No. 410461 First Publication APRIL 22, 2021 Final Publication MAY 6, 2021 Publisher: Golden Transcript Public Notice Case # 2020-088 Cert # 2012-01063 NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE AT TAX SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED To Every Person in Actual Possession of Occupancy of the hereinafter Described land, Lot or Premises and to the Person in whose name the same was Taxed or Specially Assessed and to all Person having an Interest or Title of Record in or to the said Premises and, To Whom it May Concern, and more especially ERNEST A. FOLSOM AND EVELYN E. FOLSOM CLAYTON R. VOGT 100 JEFFERSON COUNTY PKWY #2520 GOLDEN, CO 80419 You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 7TH day of OCTOBER, A.D. 2013, the then county Treasurer of the County of Jefferson and

State of Colorado sold at public sale to, JEFFERSON COUNTY, Assignor of, JASON ROBERT BOLL AND AMANDA MARIE BOLL, Applicant, who has made demand for a Treasurer’s Deed for the following described real estate situated in the County of Jefferson and State of Colorado to wit; THE EAST 202.5 FEET OF DEED RECORDED OCTOBER 31, 1989 AT RECEPTION NO. 89094183, EXCEPT ANY PORTION LYING WITHIN THE RIGHT OF WAY OF SIMMS ST AND EXCEPT ANY PORTION LYING WITHIN DEED RECORDED FEBRUARY 26, 2003 AT RECEPTION NO. F1685266,ALSO KNOWN AS KEY 54, SE ¼ OF SECTION 8, TOWNSHIP 5, RANGE 69, AKA: VACANT LAND That said tax sale was made to satisfy the delinquent 2011 AND 2012 taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2012 that said real estate was taxed in the name of ERNEST A. FOLSOM AND EVELYN E. FOLSOM that the statutory period of redemption expired OCTOBER 7, A.D. 2016; that the same has not been redeemed; that said property may be redeemed at any time before the Tax Deed is issued; that a Tax Deed will be issued to the said, JASON ROBERT BOLL AND AMANDA MARIE BOLL, lawful holder of said certificate, on the 9TH day of AUGUST at 5:00 P.M., A.D.2021, unless the same has been redeemed on or before 5:00 P.M. of said date.

WITNESS my hand and seal this 14TH Day of APRIL, A.D. 2021 Jerry DiTullio Jefferson County Treasurer Legal Notice No. 410462 First Publication APRIL 22, 2021 Final Publication MAY 6, 2021 Publisher: Golden Transcript PUBLIC NOTICE

Storage Liens/Vehicle Titles PUBLIC NOTICE Notice of Sale of Lien Property Notice is hereby given that a public auction will be held on 05/27/2021 at 12:00 p.m. at 5965 Sheridan Blvd., Jefferson County, City of Arvada, Colorado. The Attic Self Storage will sell to satisfy the lien on property stored at 5965 Sheridan Blvd., Arvada, Colorado 80003 by the following persons: No. 422 Evelyn J. Burks 1180 W. 135th Dr. Westminster, Co 80234

No. 260 Jesus Escobar Jurado 645 Wolff St. #52 Denver, Co 80204 Misc. household and other This notice is being published on 05/06/2021 and 05/13/2021 in the newspaper in accordance with C.R.S. Sect. 38-21.5-101 (Colorado Law.) This sale is subject to prior cancellation in the event of settlement between landlord and obligated party.

Contact: The Attic Self Storage -- 303-456-2882 Legal Notice No.: 410540 First Publication: May 6, 2021 Last Publication: May 13, 2021 Publisher: The Golden Transcript Public Notice

Public Notice Case # 2021-032 Cert # 2008-01803 NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE AT TAX SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED To Every Person in Actual Possession of Occupancy of the hereinafter Described land, Lot or Premises and to the Person in whose name the same was Taxed or Specially Assessed and to all Person having an Interest or Title of Record in or to the said Premises and, To Whom it May Concern, and more especially; WESTRIDGE BAPTIST CHURCH 100 JEFFERSON COUNTY PKWY #2520 GOLDEN, CO 80419 WILLIAM J. PATTERSON BARBARA C. PATTERSON (HOLDER OF CERT # 2007-00970) 145 1ST ST WHITEWATER, CO 81527 MSNTR INVESTMENTS LTD ATTN: JOHN R. STEVENS (HOLDER OF CERT # 2006-01343) 6159 VINEWAY CIR SALT LAKE CITY, UT 84121 You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 22ND day of OCTOBER, A.D. 2009, the then county Treasurer of the County of Jefferson and State of Colorado sold at public sale to, JEFFERSON COUNTY, Assignor of, ALPHA INVEST LLC, Applicant, who has made demand for a Treasurer’s Deed for the following described real estate situated in the County of Jefferson and State of Colorado to wit; LOT 16, BLOCK 14, INDIAN HILLS 4TH FILING, AKA: VACANT LAND That said tax sale was made to satisfy the delinquent 2008 taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2008 that said real estate was taxed in the name of WESTRIDGE BAPTIST CHURCH that the statutory period of redemption expired OCTOBER 22, A.D. 2012; that the same has not been redeemed; that said property may be redeemed at any time before the Tax Deed is issued; that a Tax Deed will be issued to the said, ALPHA INVEST LLC , lawful holder of said certificate, on the 16TH day of AUGUST at 5:00 P.M., A.D.2021, unless the same has been redeemed on or before 5:00 P.M. of said date.

WITNESS my hand and seal this 20TH Day of APRIL, A.D. 2021 Jerry DiTullio Jefferson County Treasurer Legal Notice No. 410498 First Publication APRIL 29, 2021 Final Publication MAY 13, 2021 Publisher: Golden Transcript LEGAL NOTICE Notice is hereby given that an action entitled LORRY CLOWER v. DANIEL CLOWER, has been filed in the District Court of Lincoln County, Nebraska, as Case No. CI 20-778. Plaintiff is seeking a Dissolution of Marriage.

In order to defend the Complaint for Dissolution of Marriage, an appropriate written response must be filed with the Court on or before May 31, 2021.

BY: /s/ Audrey A. Bellew, #26300 FOR: BROUILLETTE, DUGAN, TROSHYNSKI & BELLEW, P.C., LLO 810 S Dewey Street P.O. Box 1605 North Platte, NE 69103-1605 (308) 532-1600 audrey@wneblaw.com Attorney for Plaintiff Legal Notice No. 410446 First Publication: April 22, 2021 Last Publication: May 6, 2021 Publisher: Jeffco Transcript

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of ESTHER E. McQUISTON, aka ESTHER McQUISTON, Deceased Case No.: 2021PR30489 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before August 29, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Ellyn G. Meister, Personal Representative 11796 Decatur Drive Westminster, CO 80234

Simply Storage Arvada located at 4911 West 58th Avenue, Arvada, CO 80002 will hold an online public sale to enforce a lien imposed on said property, as described below, pursuant to the Colorado Self-Service Storage Facility Act, Colorado Code 38-21.5 to 38-21.5-105. The auction will be held on website www.storageauctions.com (http://www.storageauctions.com) and will end at 11:00 AM on Wednesday, May 26, 2021.

Legal Notice No. 410503 First Publication: April 29, 2021 Last Publication: May 13, 2021 Publisher: Jeffco Transcript

Dale Arthur Birkby and Sandra L. Birkby, Co-Personal Representatives c/o Brian Hedberg, Esq. 6950 E. Belleview Ave. Ste 202 Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111

Public Notice

LAND PATENT

Frank A. Rodrick c/o 14205 W 52nd Ave. Arvada, CO [80004]

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before August 23, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Legal Notice No. 410463 First Publication: April 22, 2021 Last Publication: May 6, 2021 Publisher: Golden Transcript

No. 251 Evan Romero 1555 California St. #313 Denver, Co 80202

Legal Description: Lot 56, Trader Subdivision, per plat recorded in the Jefferson Co. Recorder’s Office, being in the NE¼ SW¼ of T3S R69W, 6th Prime Meridian, Jefferson Co., Colorado, and that part of existing US Patent #177.

Legal claim to this land must be made within 60 days hereof or forever be precluded from making any claim upon my patented land.

a/k/a PATRICIA A. MOEWES, a/k/a PATRICIA MOEWES, a/k/a PAT ANN MOEWES, a/k/a PAT A. MOEWES, and PAT MOEWES, Deceased Case Number: 2021 PR 30473

Management reserves the right to withdraw any unit from sale. Registered or motor vehicles are sold "As Is / Parts Only," no titles or registration.

Tenant Name: Unit # : Stored Items Judy Keppley: 6178: HHG, Bxs, Furn

Legal Notice No. 410475 First Publication: April 22, 2021 Last Publication: May 6, 2021 Publisher: Golden Transcript Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Sandra Lee Damon, aka Sandra L. Damon, aka Sandra Damon, aka S. L. Damon, Deceased Case Number: 2020PR31282 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Jefferson, County, Colorado on or before August 29th, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Rose Mary Zapor, Esq. Attorney to the Personal Representative

Legal Notice No. 410473 First Publication: May 6, 2021 Last Publication: May 13, 2021 Publisher: Golden Transcript

LAKEWOOD LEGAL CENTER 7475 W 5th Ave. #202 Lakewood, CO 80026

Notice to Creditors

Legal Notice No. 410521 First Publication: April 29, 2021 Last Publication: May 13, 2021 Publisher: Golden Transcript

Public Notice

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Shirley Marie Holder, a/k/a Shirley M. Holder, and Shirley Holder, Deceased Case Number: 2021 PR 30554

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Jackie Simmons, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR30239

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before September 13, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before August 23, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Sheila M. Holder, Co-Personal Representative 5960 W. Portland Dr. Littleton, CO 80128

Sharon Smith, Personal Representative 5722 W. Grovers Avenue Glendale, Arizona 85308

Suzette R. Diemer, Co-Personal Representative 8051 S. Yarrow St. Littleton, CO 80128

Legal Notice No. 410449 First Publication: April 22, 2021 Last Publication: May 6, 2021 Publisher: Golden Transcript Public Notice

Legal Notice No. 410536 First Publication: May 6, 2021 Last Publication: May 20, 2021 Publisher: Golden Transcript Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Mary Funsten Reed, Deceased Case Number: 21PR169 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before September 7, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

David C. Reed, Personal Representative 21688 Mountsfield Dr. Golden, Colo. 80401

Legal Notice No. 410546 First Publication: May 6, 2021 Last Publication: May 20, 2021 Publisher: Golden Transcript

Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of VERN L. PALINCKX, A/K/A VERN PALINCKX, AND VERN LOUIS PALINCKX, Deceased Case Number: 21 PR 30546 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the DISTRICT COURT OF JEFFERSON COUNTY, COLORADO, on or before September 10, 2021 or the claims may be forever barred.

Daniel J. Palinckx, Personal Representative 4514 Foxchase Drive Orlando, FL 32812

Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of PATRICIA ANN MOEWES,

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before September 7, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Darci Gerdes, Attorney at Law 1635 Foxtrail Dr. #339 Loveland, CO 80538

Legal Notice No. 410553 First Publication: May 6, 2021 Last Publication: May 20, 2021 Publisher: Golden Transcript

Legal Notice No. 410532 First Publication: May 6, 2021 Last Publication: May 20, 2021 Publisher: Golden Transcript

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Thomas Ryan Pettigrew, AKA Thomas R. Pettigrew, AKA Thomas Pettigrew, AKA Tom Ryan Pettigrew, AKA Tom R. Pettigrew, AKA Tom Pettigrew, AKA T. Ryan Pettigrew, AKA T. R. Pettigrew, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR030507

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Melinda Podolsky Pung, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR30382 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before Aug 29 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Daniel Joseph Pung Personal Representative c/o Franks Law, PC; 355 S Teller Street, Ste. 200 Lakewood, Colorado 80226 Legal Notice No. 410483 First publication: April 29, 2021 Last publication: May 13, 2021 Publisher: Golden Transcript Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS

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Public Notices Estate of Timothy Hugh Boggs, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR30461 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before August 22, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Erik John Boggs, Personal Representative 4570 S White Way Littleton, CO 80127 Erikboggs4@gmail.com | 720-990-4420 Legal Notice No. 410466 First Publication: April 22, 2021 Last Publication: May 6, 2021 Publisher: Golden Transcript Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Angeline M. Brown, (a/k/a Angelina M. Brown), Deceased Case Number: 2021PR30376 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Jefferson, County, Colorado on or before August 23, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Thomas D. Kranz; Karavas & Kranz, PC Attorney to the Personal Representative 1123 Spruce Street, Suite 200 Boulder, CO 80302 Legal Notice No. 410436 First Publication: April 22, 2021 Last Publication: May 6, 2021 Publisher: Golden Transcript Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of WILLIAM F. EIKLEBERRY, A/K/A WILLIAM EIKLEBERRY, AND WILLIAM FRANCIS EIKLEBERRY, Deceased Case Number: 21 PR 30474 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the DISTRICT COURT OF JEFFERSON COUNTY, COLORADO, on or before August 30, 2021 or the claims may be forever barred.

Edward B. Miller, Personal Representative 7375 W. 52nd Avenue Suite 240 Arvada, CO 80002 Legal Notice No. 410465 First Publication: April 22, 2021 Last Publication: May 6, 2021 Publisher: Golden Transcript PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of June E. Vaughn, Deceased Case Number: 21 PR 151 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before August 23, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Kenneth R. Vaughn, Personal Representative 1021 N. State Route 89 Suite 108, No. 473 Chino Valley, AZ 86323 Legal Notice No. 410448 First Publication: April 22, 2021 Last Publication: May 6, 2021 Publisher: The Golden Transcript Public Notice District Court , Jefferson County, Colorado 100 Jefferson County Parkway Golden, CO 80401 In the Matter of the Estate of: VICTOR DAVIDOVITS, a/k/a VICTOR C. DAVIDOVITS, Deceased.

Case Number: 2021 PR 30532 Div.: 11 Attorney: James A. Kaplan Machol & Johannes, LLC 700 Seventeenth Street, Suite 200 Denver, CO 80202 Phone Number: (303) 830-0075 FAX Number: (303) 416-8717 E-mail: James.Kaplan@mjfirm.com Atty. Reg. #: 7741 NOTICE OF HEARING WITHOUT APPEARANCE BY PUBLICATION PURSUANT TO C.R.P.P. 24 and ' 15-10-401, C.R.S. ****Attendance at this hearing is not required or expected. **** To: Possible Additional Unknown Heirs Last Known Address, if any: Unknown A hearing on Petition for Adjudication of Intestacy and Formal Appointment of Personal Representative for (brief description of relief requested) Order of Intestacy, Determination of Heirs and Formal Appointment of Personal Representative will be held at the following time and location or at a later date to which the hearing may be continued: Date: May 28, 2021 Time: 8:00 a.m. Courtroom or Division: 11 Address: 100 Jefferson County Parkway, Golden, Colorado 80401 Legal Notice No. 410485 First Publication: April 29, 2021 Last Publication: May 13, 2021 Publisher: Golden Transcript Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of ROBERT PAUL THOMAS, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR30438 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the

personal representative or to the District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before August 31, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Kumpf Charsley & Hansen, LLC 9565 S. Kingston Court, Suite 100 Englewood, CO 80112

R. Michael Jackson, Attorney Attorney for the Personal Representative 355 S. Teller St., Ste. 200 Lakewood, CO 80226

Legal Notice No. 410560 First Publication: May 6, 2021 Last Publication: May 20, 2021 Publisher: Jeffco Transcript

Legal Notice No. 410487 First Publication: April 29, 2021 Last Publication: May 13, 2021 Publisher: Golden Transcript Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Dolores M. Cummings, Deceased Case Number 2021PR30274 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before September 7, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Melonee D. Poulsom, Personal Representative c/o Keith L. Davis, Esq. Davis Schilken, PC 7887 E. Belleview Ave., Suite 820 Denver, CO 80111 Legal Notice No. 410535 First Publication: May 6, 2021 Last Publication: May 20, 2021 Publisher: Golden Transcript Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of CATHERINE G NORTH, a/k/a KITTY NORTH, Deceased Case Number: 21PR30510 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before August 23, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Jaydee K Bachman Attorney to the Personal Representative_ 2504 Heather Lane Evans, CO 8040 Legal Notice No. 410471 First Publication: April 22, 2021 Last Publication: May 6, 2021 Publisher: Golden Transcript Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Lon D. Rogers, a/k/a Lon Rogers, Deceased Case Number: 2021-PR-30487 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before August 26, 2021 , or the claims may be forever barred.

Christopher P. Seerveld, Attorney for Personal Representative 8400 E. Prentice Ave., Suite 1040 Greenwood Village, CO 80111 Legal Notice No. 410479 First Publication: April 22, 2021 Last Publication: May 6, 2021 Publisher: Golden Transcript Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Om P. Khanna, aka Om Khanna and Om Prakash Khanna, Deceased Case Number: 21PR30440 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before August 23, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Merrelyn J. Khanna, Personal Representative P.O. Box 270507 Littleton, CO 80127 Legal Notice No. 410464 First Publication: April 22, 2021 Last Publication: May 6, 2021 Publisher: Golden Transcript Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Arthur Luthur Ross, Sr., a/k/a Arthur Luthur Ross, a/k/a Arthur L. Ross, a/k/a Arthur Ross, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR30409 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before August 26, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Daniel A. Ross, Personal Representative c/o Donald F. Slavin, P.C., 4704 Harlan St., #685 Denver, Colorado, 80212-7493 Legal Notice No. 410452 First Publication: April 22, 2021 Last Publication: May 6, 2021 Publisher: Golden Transcript Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Hilary June Engel, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR030514 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the personal representative, Peyton Engel, or to the District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before September 7, 2021 or the claims may be forever barred.

Royall E. S. Charsley, Attorney to the Personel Representative

Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of TWYLA P. THOMAS, Deceased Case Number: 2021 PR 30491 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to District Court of Jefferson, County, Colorado on or before September 6, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Kathryn A. Andersen Personal Representative 11943 W. Stanford Drive Morrison, CO 80465 Legal Notice No.410514 First Publication: April 29, 2021 Last Publication: May 13, 2021 Publisher: Jeffco Transcript Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Robert P. Smith, a/k/a Robert Paul Smith, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR30542

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Ann V. Knollman, also known as Ann Veronica Knollman, also known as Ann Knollman, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR30552 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before August 31, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Anthony Materek, Personal Representative 66 Papscoe Drive, Parsippany, NJ 07054 Legal Notice No. 410513 First Publication: April 29, 2021 Last Publication: May 13, 2021 Publisher: Golden Transcript Public Notice

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the Jefferson County (Probate) Court, Colorado on or before August 31, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred. /s/ signature on original in office Signature of Attorney for Person Giving Notice Cari Jean Miller, Personal Representative c/o: BOATRIGHT, RIPP & LUSK, LLC 315 Wadsworth Blvd.

Wheat Ridge, CO 80033 Ph: 303-423-7134

Cindy K. Smith, Steven L. Smith Co-Personal Representatives c/o Keith L. Davis, Esq. Davis Schilken, PC 7887 E. Belleview Ave., Suite 820 Denver, CO 80111

Legal Notice No. 410522 First Publication: April 29, 2021 Last Publication: May 13, 2021 Publisher: Golden Transcript

Legal Notice No. 410499 First Publication: April 29, 2021 Last Publication: May 13, 2021 Publisher: Golden Transcript PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Dorothy June Reed, aka Betty Reed, Deceased Case Number: 21 PR 91

Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Mary Margaret Scantland, a/k/a Mary M. Scantland, a/k/a Mary Scantland, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR30516 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado or before September 7, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Kenneth W. Scantland Personal Representative

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of VIRGINIA L. DONDELINGER, a/k/a VIRGINIA LOU DONDELINGER, a/k/a VIRGINIA DONDELINGER, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR30486

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before August 31, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Legal Notice No. 410486 First Publication: April 29, 2021 Last Publication: May 13, 2021 Publisher: The Golden Transcript

Patrick R. Thiessen (40185) FRIE, ARNDT, DANBORN & THIESSEN P.C. 7400 Wadsworth Blvd, Ste. 201 Arvada, CO 80003 Phone Number: 303-420-1234 Attorney for Kenneth W. Scantland Personal Representative Legal Notice No. 410549 First Publication: May 6, 2021 Last Publication: May 20, 2021 Publisher: Golden Transcript Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Freda Ernestine Wagner, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR30439 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before August 23, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred. s/ Rebecca Wallace Beattie Attorney for Cy W. Wagner, Personal Representative 6390 Gardenia Street, Suite 150 Arvada, CO 80004 303-384-0046 rebecca@wallacebeattie.com

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of William H. Preston, aka William Preston, aka Bill Preston, Deceased Case Number: 2021 PR 30550 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before August 9, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Legal Notice No. 410441 First Publication: April 22, 2021 Last Publication: May 6, 2021 Publisher: Golden Transcript Public Notice

Theresa L. Harris Co- Personal Representative 1230 S. Eaton Court Lakewood, Colorado 80232

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Jerry Williams, a/k/a Jerry J. Williams, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR30311

Kathlene Weaver, Personal Representative 8863 W. Ashbury Avenue Lakewood, Colorado 80227

Timothy L. Preston Co- Personal Representative 1450 9th Street Greeley, Colorado 80631

Legal Notice No. 410430 First Publication: April 22, 2021 Last Publication: May 6, 2021 Publisher: The Golden Transcript

Legal Notice No. 410548 First Publication: May 6, 2021 Last Publication: May 20, 2021 Publisher: The Golden Transcript

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before September 7, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before August 23, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

/s/ Eric J. Kelly Person Giving Notice 4704 Harlan Street, Suite 250 Denver, Colorado 80212

Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Carol Diane Christensen, a/k/a Carol D. Christensen a/k/a Carol Christensen, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR30492 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before September 6, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

C. Crispin Sargent Personal Representative 7500 E. Arapahoe Road, Suite 101 Centennial, CO 80112 Legal Notice No. 410538 First Publication: May 6, 2021 Last Publication: May 20, 2021 Publisher: Golden Transcript Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Donald D. Grapes, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR30543 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before August 31, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Public Notice

Legal Notice No. 410557 First Publication: May 6 2021 Last Publication: May 20, 2021 Publisher: Golden Transcript

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of JAMES E. TRYGSTAD, a/k/a James Eric Trygstad, a/k/a James Trygstad, and Jim Trygstad, Deceased Case Number: 21PR30581

Public Notice

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before September 13, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Jenna H. Keller, Esq. KELLER LAW, LLC Attorneys for Personal Representative 584 Yampa Avenue Craig, CO 81625

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of JEFFERSON County, Colorado on or before September 15, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Legal Notice No. 410545 First Publication: May 6, 2021 Last Publication: May 20, 2021 Publisher: Golden Transcript

Jolyn E. Ruybal and Arlette Y. Lucero, Personal Representatives 938 South Johnson Way Lakewood, CO 80226

PUBLIC NOTICE

Legal Notice No. 410559 First Publication: May 6, 2021 Last Publication: May 20, 2021 Publisher: Golden Transcript

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Charles Minor Bond, aka Charles M. Bond, aka Charles Bond, Deceased Case Number: 2021 PR 030273

PUBLIC NOTICE

Robert M. Grapes, Personal Representative c/o Timothy J. Parks, JD Davis Schilken, PC 7887 E. Belleview Ave., Suite 820 Denver, CO 80111

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before September 20, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Legal Notice No. 410504 First Publication: April 29, 2021 Last Publication: May 13, 2021 Publisher: Golden Transcript

Virginia A. Frazer-Abel Personal Representative 4704 Harlan Street, Suite 250 Denver, Colorado 80212

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Timothy Orville Buntrock, Deceased Case Number: 21PR162 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before August 30, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Suzanne Buntrock, Personal Representative 2816 S. Fig Street Lakewood, Colorado 80228 Legal Notice No. 410447 First Publication: April 22, 2021 Last Publication: May 6, 2021 Publisher: The Golden Transcript Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of PRISCILLA A. SALAZAR, a/k/a Priscilla Salazar, and f/k/a Priscilla Alfonsas Garcia, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR30408

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before September 7, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Steven P. Seipp, Personal Representative c/o Russell J. Sindt Attorney of the Personal Representative 2801 Youngfield Street, Suite 300 Golden, Colorado 80401

Legal Notice No. 410520 First Publication: May 6, 2021 Last Publication: May 20 2021 Publisher: The Golden Transcript PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Kenneth J. Mollendor, Deceased Case Number: 21 PR 30230 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before August 31, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Gilbert O. Montoya, Jr. Attorney for the Personal Representative Darren M. Mollendor 8753 Yates Drive, Suite 220C Westminster, Colorado 80031

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Catherine W. Seipp, Deceased Case Number: 2021 PR 30448

Legal Notice No. 410529 First Publication: May 6, 2021 Last Publication: May 20, 2021 Publisher: The Golden Transcript Notice We arePublic community.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of VALORIE A. SANDERS, a/k/a VALORIE ANNE SANDERS, a/k/a VALORIE SANDERS, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR030578

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before Your Community Connector Septemto Boundless ber 7, 2021 or the claims may beRewards forever barred.

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Public Notices John Prentice Loveless Personal Representative Please Recycle this Publication 3767 E. 121st Ave when Finished Thornton, CO 80241 Legal Notice No. 410562 First Publication: May 6, 2021 Last Publication: May 20, 2021 Publisher: Golden Transcript Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of NORMA J. BIRD, A/K/A NORMA JEAN BIRD, AND NORMA BIRD, Deceased Case Number: 21 PR 30407 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the DISTRICT COURT OF JEFFERSON COUNTY, COLORADO, on or before September 6, 2021 or the claims may be forever barred.

For Local News Anytime of the Day Visit OurColoradoNews.com Charles Mattson, Personal Representative 600 W. County Line Road #9-003 Highlands Ranch, CO 80129 Legal Notice No. 410500 First Publication: April 29, 2021 Last Publication: May 13, 2021 Publisher: Golden Transcript Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of HOWARD E. JAQUAY, A/K/A HOWARD ELWIN JAQUAY AND HOWARD JAQUAY, Deceased Case Number: 21 PR 30515

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the DISTRICT COURT OF JEFFERSON COUNTY, COLORADO, on or before September 13, 2021 or the claims may be forever barred.

Matthew E. Ellis, Personal Representative 6930 Reno Drive Arvada, CO 80002 Legal Notice No. 410558 First Publication: May 6, 2021 Last Publication: May 20, 2021 Publisher: Golden Transcript PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Marion Elouise Swafford, Deceased Case Number: 2021 PR 30523 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before September 7, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Claude Clark, Personal Representative 1089 S. Johnson Way Lakewood, Colorado 80226 Legal Notice No. 410554 First Publication: May 6, 2021 Last Publication: May 20, 2021 Publisher: The Golden Transcript Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Steven S. Suzuki, aka Steve S. Suzuki, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR30173 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before August 23, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Messner Reeves LLP Attn: Vincent J. Luparell, Esq. 1430 Wynkoop, Suite 300 Denver, CO 80202 Legal Notice No. 410478 First Publication: April 22, 2021 Last Publication: May 6, 2021 Publisher: Golden Transcript Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of JAMES RUSSEL TULOWITZKI, aka James R. Tulowitzki, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR30539 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado September 7, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

APPEARANCE BY PUBLICATION PURSUANT TO C.R.P.P. 24 and ' 15-10-401, C.R.S. ****Attendance at this hearing is not required or expected. **** To: Unknown Heirs Last Known Address, if any: Unknown A hearing on Petition for Adjudication of Intestacy and Formal Appointment of Personal Representative for (brief description of relief requested) Order of Intestacy, Determination of Heirs and Formal Appointment of Personal Representative will be held at the following time and location or at a later date to which the hearing may be continued: Date: May 28, 2021 Time: 8:00 a.m.

Courtroom or Division: 11 Address: 100 Jefferson County Parkway, Golden, CO 80401 Legal Notice No. 410484 First Publication: April 29, 2021 Last Publication: May 13, 2021 Publisher: Golden Transcript Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of LAURI L. LANGDON, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR30365 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before August 31, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Curtis V. Smith, Personal Representative c/o Stehpen C. Cook, Esq. 8441 W. Bowles Ave. Ste. 210 Littleton, CO 80123 Legal Notice No. 410511 First Publication: April 29, 2021 Last Publication: May 13, 2021 Publisher: Golden Transcript Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of David Alan Geary, a/k/a David A. Geary, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR30167 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Douglas County, Colorado on or before August 23, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Janet C. Geary, Personal Representative 7564 Bantry Ct. Lone Tree, CO 80124 Legal Notice No. 410440 First Publication: April 22, 2021 Last Publication: May 6, 2021 Publisher: Golden Transcript Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of CHARLOTTE JUNE PUSTEK, aka Charlotte J. Pustek, aka Charlotte Pustek, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR30356 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before August 22, 2021 , or the claims may be forever barred.

J.M. Pustek, Personal Representative c/o Pearman Law Firm 4195 Wadsworth Blvd Wheat Ridge, CO 80033

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before September 6, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Robert Alan McTague Personal Representative c/o Pearman Law Firm 4195 Wadsworth Blvd Wheat Ridge, CO 80033 Legal Notice No. 410497 First Publication: May 6, 2021 Last Publication: May 20, 2021 Publisher: Golden Transcript PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Lois Jean Cox, aka Lois J. Cox, aka Lois Cox, Deceased Case Number: 2021 PR 030125 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before August 23, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Rick Cox, Personal Representative c/o M. Carl Glatstein 2696 S. Colorado Blvd., Suite 350 Denver, Colorado 80222 Legal Notice No. 410437 First Publication: April 22, 2021 Last Publication: May 6, 2021 Publisher: The Golden Transcript PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Deborah Kay Sawyer, Deceased Case Number: 21PR050 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before September 7, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Mark D. Sawyer, Personal Representative 6444 South Parfet Street Littleton, CO 80127 Legal Notice No. 410542 First Publication: May 6, 2021 Last Publication: May 20, 2021 Publisher: The Golden Transcript Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of JOSEPH ARNOLD DOWD II, a/k/a JOSEPH A. DOWD II, a/k/a J. ARNOLD DOWD II, a/k/a J. ARNOLD DOWD, a/k/a ARNOLD DOWD, a/k/a JOSEPH ARNOLD DOWD, a/k/a JOSEPH A. DOWD, a/k/a J A DOWD, a/k/a J A DOWD II, Deceased Case Number: 21 PR 30545 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before September 7, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Amy Dowd Parisi, Personal Representative 15152 W. Iliff Ave. Lakewood, CO 80228

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to Jefferson County District Court, Colorado on or before August 23, 2021 , or the claims may be forever barred.

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before August 29, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Patrick E. Meyers, Personal Representative c/o Schafer Thomas Maez PC, 4 Garden Center #200 Broomfield, Colorado 80020 Legal Notice No. 410480 First Publication: April 29, 2021 Last Publication: May 13, 2021 Publisher: Jeffco Transcript PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Michael G. Bonamer, Deceased Case Number: 2021 PR 30349 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before September 1, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Carla R. Henderson Personal Representative 7198 Torrey Street Arvada, Colorado 80007

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Penelope Pearl Heinigk, aka Penelope P. Heinigk, aka Penelope Heinigk, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR30213 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before September 7, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Sharron Miller, Personal Representative c/o KATZ, LOOK & ONORATO, P.C. 1120 Lincoln Street, Suite 1100 Denver, CO 80203 Legal Notice No. 410533 First Publication: May 6, 2021 Last Publication: May 20, 2021 Publisher: Golden Transcript Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of NANCY IONE SULTZBACH, Deceased Case Number 2021PR30441 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before August 31, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Jennifer Elizabeth Bracher, Personal Representative c/o Stephen C. Cook, Esq. 8441 W. Bowles Ave. Ste. 210 Littleton, CO 80123

Public Notice

Public Notice

District Court, Jefferson County, Colorado 100 Jefferson County Parkway Golden, CO 80401

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Cheryl Lynne Hall, a/k/a Cheryl L. Hall, a/k/a Cheryl Hall, and Cheryl Hall-Peters, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR30494 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Jefferson, County, Colorado on or before August 29, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Kathryn M. Kaeble, Kaeble Law LLC Attorney for Person Giving Notice 4142 Denver West Parkway, Suite 287 Lakewood, CO 80401 Legal Notice No. 410481 First Publication: April 29, 2021 Last Publication: May 13, 2021

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Beverly Kay Tuggle, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR160 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before August 22, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Richard Lane Tuggle Personal Representative 90348 Mallard RD Scottsbluff, Nebraska 69361 Legal Notice No.410450 First publication: April 22, 2021 Last publication: May 06, 2021 Publisher: Jeffco Transcript Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Patricia A. Pendleton,

Edward Heiberger Personal Representative 5003 East Weaver Place Centennial, Co. 80121

Faith McLaughlin, Personal Representative 7000 W. 61st Avenue Arvada, CO 80003

In the Matter of the Estate of: VICTOR CHARLES FINLEY, a/k/a VICTOR C. FINLEY, a/k/a VICTOR FINLEY, Deceased Attorney: Simon Tolbert, #43094 Mountain States Energy Attorneys & Advisors, PLLC d/b/a Tolbert Law Office, PLLC 600 Seventeenth Street, Ste. 2800 Denver, CO 80202 Phone: 720-588-8645 Email: stolbert@msenergylaw.com Case Number: 2021 PR 30583

To: All Unknown Heirs Last Known Address, if any: None

Public Notice

A Non-Appearance Hearing on Petition for Adjudication of Intestacy and Formal Appointment of Personal Representative for the appointment of a Personal Representative will be held at the following time and location or at a later date to which the hearing may be continued:

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Daniel F. Prusak, also known as Dan F. Prusak, also known as Daniel Frank Prusak, also known as Daniel Prusak, also known as Dan Prusak, Deceased Case Number: 2021 PR 30466 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Jefferson, County, Colorado on or before September 7, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Katherine Borden, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR30375

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before August 31, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

NOTICE OF HEARING BY PUBLICATION PURSUANT TO § 15-10-401, C.R.S.

Legal Notice No. 410555 First Publication: May 6, 2021 Last Publication: May 20, 2021 Publisher: The Golden Transcript

Public Notice

Michael G. Maltese and Daniel P. Maltese Co-Personal Representatives c/o Donald F. Slavin, P.C., 4704 Harlan St., #685 Denver, Colorado, 80212-7493

DISTRICT COURT, COUNTY OF JEFFERSON STATE OF COLORADO Probate Division 100 Jefferson County Pkwy.

Golden, CO 80401

PUBLIC NOTICE

Legal Notice No. 410556 First Publication: May 6, 2021 Last Publication: May 20, 2021 Publisher: Golden Transcript

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

Public Notice

Legal Notice No. 410510 First Publication: April 29, 2021 Last Publication: May 13, 2021 Publisher: Golden Transcript

Steven Prusak, Personal Representatives c/o Arlene S. Barringer, Esq. Glatstein & O’Brien. LLP 2696 S. Colorado Blvd., Suite 350 Denver, CO 80222

Legal Notice No. 410505 First Publication: April 29, 2021 Last Publication: May 13, 2021 Publisher: Golden Transcript

Legal Notice No. 410515 First Publication: April 29, 2021 Last Publication: May 13, 2021 Publisher: Golden Transcript

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before September 7, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Legal Notice No. 410509 First Publication: April 29, 2021 Last Publication: May 13, 2021 Publisher: Golden Transcript

Charles Mattson, Personal Representative 600 W. County Line Road #9-003 Highlands Ranch, CO 80129

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of OWEN B. SMITH, a/k/a OWEN BLAND SMITH, a/k/a OWEN SMITH, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR30419

Legal Notice No. 410458 First Publication: April 22, 2021 Last Publication: May 6, 2021 Publisher: Jeffco Transcript

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the DISTRICT COURT OF JEFFERSON COUNTY, COLORADO, on or before September 6, 2021 or the claims may be forever barred.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of ADAM McLAUGHLIN, also known as ADAM WADE McLAUGHLIN and ADAM W. McLAUGHLIN, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR30526

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate Kenneth Wayne Seaver, a/k/a Kenneth W. Seaver, a/k/a Kenneth Seaver, a/k/a Ken Wayne Seaver, a/k/a Ken W. Seaver, a/k/a Ken Seaver, Deceased Case Number: 2020PR31262.

Lisa L. Mooneyham Personal Representative c/o RBS Law LLC, 5610 Ward Road, Ste. 300 Arvada, CO 80002

Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of ALLAN G. BIRD, A/K/A ALLAN GEORGE BIRD, AND ALLAN BIRD, Deceased Case Number: 21PR30405

Legal Notice No. 410451 First Publication: April 22, 2021 Last Publication: May 6, 2021 Publisher: Golden Transcript

Public Notice

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before August 31, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Legal Notice No. 410460 First Publication: April 22, 2021 Last Publication: May 6, 2021 Publisher: Golden Transcript

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Sandra Lynne Maltese, a/k/a Sandra L. Maltese, a/k/a Sandra Maltese, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR30331

Public Notice

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before August 22, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Sheryl Sackley, Personal Representative PO Box 280494 Lakewood, CO 80228

Public Notice

Legal Notice No. 410426 First Publication: April 22, 2021 Last Publication: May 6, 2021 Publisher: The Golden Transcript

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Robert Edward Heiberger, Deceased Case Number: 21PR184

Legal Notice No. 410543 First Publication: May 6, 2021 Last Publication: May 20, 2021 Publisher: Golden Transcript

NOTICE OF HEARING WITHOUT

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of SHIRLEY ANN LISENBY, aka Shirley A. Lisenby, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR30453

aka Patricia Ann Pendleton, aka Patricia Pendleton, aka Patricia A. Meyers, aka Patricia Meyers, aka Pat Pendleton, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR30417

Legal Notice No. 410537 First Publication: May 6, 2021 Last Publication: May 20, 2021 Publisher: Golden Transcript

Judy Maathuis, Personal Representative c/o Pearman Law Firm 4195 Wadsworth Blvd.

Wheat Ridge, CO 80033

Attorney: James A. Kaplan Machol & Johannes, LLC 700 Seventeenth Street, Suite 200 Denver, CO 80202 Phone Number: (303) 830-0075 FAX Number: (303) 416-8717 E-mail: James.Kaplan@mjfirm.com Atty. Reg. #: 7741

Public Notice

Legal Notice No. 410431 First Publication: April 22, 2021 Last Publication: May 6, 2021 Publisher: Golden Transcript

Sara S. Price, Esq. Attorney for Personal Representative Frazer-Abel Law, LLC. 4704 Harlan Street, Suite 250 Denver, Colorado 80212

In the Matter of the Estate of: JAMES EDWIN HAHN, a/k/a JAMES E. HAHN, Deceased.

Case Number: 2021 PR 30518 Div.: 11

Publisher: Golden Transcript

Date: June 17, 2021 Time: 8:00 a.m.

Address: Jefferson County District Court, 100 Jefferson County Pkwy., Golden, CO 80401 Legal Notice No. 410544 First Publication: May 6, 2021 Last Publication: May 20, 2021 Publisher: Golden Transcript PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of John Alexander Gordon, Deceased Case Number: 20PR482 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before August 23, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Janice K Gordon, Personal Representative 7012 S Owens Street Littleton, CO 80127

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where six strangers try to find some sense of peace - and themselves. Collins reckons the show is about 80 to 90 percent silent - a feature that invites audiences to pay attention to really get to know the characters.

“What you learn about these people and their journeys is based entirely on their actions and interactions. It requires a detective’s mind,” Collins said. “Audiences can’t just wait for someone to tell them what’s going on. They have to lean forward in a way to catch what’s happening.”

After so long performing mainly via screens, it was an emotional experience for practically everyone involved to be back in the theater. And being in front of an actual audience again? Forget it about it. But it won’t be exactly the same as before. The show has been moved from the Black Box to the larger Main Stage to accommodate social distancing guidelines and limited ticket sales.

What remains the same, however, is what the show says about the power of connection and its importance for each of us.

“All of the characters are somewhat lost, lonely and looking for meaning in their lives in a very complicated world. Everybody felt that this last year,” Collins said.

“We also all felt how much we need other people with us on our journeys. That’s the key theme of the play, and we feel it so intensely at this time.”

For more information and tickets, visit https://arvadacenter. org/events/small-mouth-sounds.

‘Road Work’ ahead at K Contemporary Denver’s K Contemporary art gallery, 1412 Wazee St., is welcoming the warm weather with its new solo exhibition by Denverbased artist Andrew Jensdotter, called “Road Work.” The exhibition begins on Saturday, May 15, and runs through Saturday, June 26.

According to provided information, the show — Jensdotter’s first regional solo exhibition following his 2019 show at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Denver —

“features new work by the artist, including sculpture, drawing and painting, on both the first and second floors of the gallery.”

The gallery is limiting the number of guests at any one time and requiring advanced reservations, which can be made at https:// calendly.com/kcontemporary/ andrew-jensdotter-road-work.

Clarke’s Concert of the Week - Van Morrison from Real World Studios Van Morrison is responsible for some of my favorite music of all time - he has at least one perfect album (“Astral Weeks,” but I’d gladly listen to arguments that he has multiple), numerous songs that have been ingrained in our collective psyche (looking at you “Brown Eyed Girl” and “Into the Mystic”) and generally has made the world better with his writing.

Morrison has a new album out and is celebrating with his firstever virtual performance. The Livestream will be broadcast from the famous Real World Studios in England at 1 p.m. on Saturday, May 8. Tickets are just $15, and trust me, that’s the cheapest

price you will ever find for a live performance from the man. Visit www.nugs.net to get a spot.

Streaming style - ‘A Black Lady Sketch Show’ Robin Thede is a comedic renaissance woman — it seems there’s practically nothing she can’t make absolutely hilarious, and the best proof of this so far is “A Black Lady Sketch Show,” which is finally airing its second season.

In addition to Thede, the show features Ashley Nicole Black, Gabrielle Dennis, Laci Mosley and Skye Townsend, and all the women (as well as some expertly selected famous faces) are throwing nothing but heaters. You’ll laugh until it hurts, while simultaneously being aghast at the fact that it’s taken so long for talent of this caliber to be given a spotlight.

Catch-up on the first season and see new episodes Friday nights on HBO. Clarke Reader’s column on culture apears on a weekly basis. He can be reached at Clarke.Reader@hotmail.com.

Public Notices Legal Notice No. 410442 First Publication: April 22, 2021 Last Publication: May 6, 2021 Publisher: The Golden Transcript Public Notice District Court, Jefferson County, Colorado 100 Jefferson County Parkway, Golden CO 80401 In the Matter of the Estate of: RYAN CULLEN HAYES, aka Ryan C. Hayes, aka Ryan Hayes, Deceased Attorney for Petitioner: The Pearman Law Firm, P.C. Shaun Pearman, #16619 Matthew J. Perkins, #51584 4195 Wadsworth Blvd Wheat Ridge CO 80033 Tel. (303) 991-7600 Case Number: 2021PR30562 Division 11 NOTICE OF HEARING WITHOUT APPEARANCE BY PUBLICATION PURSUANT TO § 15-10-401, C.R.S. AND C.R.P.P. 24 To: REESE CORNELL MORTIMER, RICHARD CLAUDE HAYES, & Charity Marie Mortimer Last Known Address, if any: 1360 Otis Street, Lakewood, CO 80214 A hearing without appearance on Petition for Adjudication of Intestacy and Formal Appointment of Personal Representative for Resolving the issue over whether decedent died intestate as alleged, and whom should be personal representative of his estate including the nomination of Adrienne Hayes, Parties must comply with Rule 24 of the C.R.P.P. and object ahead of the hearing if they wish to object and are not required to attend the actual hearing date, which will be

held at the following time and location or at a later date to which the hearing may be continued: Date: June 4, 2021 Time: 8:00 a.m.

Division: 11 Address: 100 Jefferson County Parkway, Golden, CO 80401 The hearing will take approximately 15 minutes.

Legal Notice No. 410534 First Publication: May 6, 2021 Last Publication: May 20, 2021 Publisher: Golden Transcript Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Stephen Lester Cochran, also known as Stephan L. Cochran, also known as Stephen Cochran, also known as Steve Cochran, Deceased Case Number: 2020PR30488 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Jefferson County, 100 Jefferson County Parkway, Golden, Colorado 80401 on or before August 23, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Jerome V. Porter, Attorney for Personal Representative 5564 South Prince Street, Suite 1 Littleton, Colorado 80120-1143 Legal Notice No. 410425 First Publication: April 22, 2021 Last Publication: May 6, 2021 Publisher: Golden Transcript Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Elaine T. Burseth,

aka Elaine Burseth, Deceased

FOR CHANGE OF NAME

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before August 31, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Public Notice is given on April 23, 2021, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an Adult has been filed with the Jefferson County Court.

Daniel P. Burseth, Personal Representative 412 Mustang Drive Loveland, Colorado 80537 Legal Notice No. 410501 First Publication: April 29, 2021 Last Publication: May 13, 2021 Publisher: Golden Transcript

Name Changes

The Petition requests that the name of SAMUEL SCOTT RAYMER be changed to SAMUEL SCOTT REMINGTON Case Number: 21C32459

By Karla Beston Clerk of Court/Deputy Clerk

NOTICE OF HEARING BY PUBLICATION PURSUANT TO § 15-10-401, C.R.S.

Legal Notice No. 410530 First Publication: May 6, 2021 Last Publication: May 6, 2021 Publisher: Jeffco Transcript PUBLIC NOTICE

PUBLIC NOTICE

Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on April 23, 2021, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an Adult has been filed with the Jefferson County Court.

The Petition requests that the name of David Joseph Offerman be changed to Dave Lewnerman Case No.: 21 C 400 By: Karla Beston, Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No. 410527 First Publication: April 29, 2021 Last Publication: April 29, 2021 Publisher: The Golden Transcript Public Notice PUBLIC NOTICE OF PETITION

The Petition requests that the name of Jacey Brooke Larner-Lewis be changed to Jacey Lewnerman Case No.: 21 C 407 By: Karla Beston, Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No. 410526 First Publication: April 29, 2021 Last Publication: April 29, 2021 Publisher: The Golden Transcript

In the Interests of: Samuel Lara Party Without Attorney: Yoland P. Lara 7177 W. Kentucky Drive, Apt. E Lakewood, Colorado 80226 Phone Number: 303.725.1070 E-mail: yolielara@icloud.com Case Number: 21 PR 144

Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on April 23, 2021, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an Adult has been filed with the Jefferson County Court.

District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado 100 Jefferson County Parkway, Golden, Colorado 80401

To: Monica Lara Last Known Address, if any: 7177 W. Kentucky Drive, Apt. E Lakewood, Colorado 80226 A hearing on May 28, 2021. Notice of hearing for Samuel M. Lara, Guardianship by grandmother Yolanda P. Lara will be held at the following time and location or at a later date to which the hearing may be continued: Date: May 28, 2021 Time: 9:00 a.m.

Division: 1 E Address: 100 Jefferson County Parkway, Golden, Colorado 80401 The Hearing will take approximately 1 hour.

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“We are all so ill-prepared for evacuation in case of a wildfire,” Putt said, advocating leaving immediately at the first evacuation order rather than waiting until the last minute when the roads will be more congested.

“There’s no downside to leaving early,” he said.

Residents visited a table explaining the importance and benefits of the CodeRED reverse emergency notification system. Area fire departments have learned that only 30% of Jefferson County families have signed up for the system, which will call and text about any kind of emergency, including weather and wildfires.

Several residents, who moved here recently, attended to learn about preparing themselves and their properties in case of wildfire, understanding that what each property owner does impacts neighbors.

Tim and Carla Ehlers, who moved to Indian Hills last year, said they traded Texas hurricanes for the foothills’ wildfires, wanting to learn what they needed to do.

Seena Redan and Tom Jirouschek, who recently moved from down the hill and live near the burn area for the Lower North Fork Fire, said they wake up each day grateful to live in such a beautiful place.

“Learning about the Lower North Fork Fire put a healthy fear in us,” Redan said. “We want to be smart about (wildfire prepared-

Elk Creek Wildland Capt. Ben Yellin, right, explains the community ambassadors program to Seena Redan and Tom Jirouschek, who live in the Pleasant Park area. Community ambassadors are asked to work with their neighbors to coordinate mitigation work on PHOTO BY DEB HURLEY BROBST their properties.

ness). We want to be knowledgeable and to make sure we are in the best possible shape (in case of a wildfire).”

Julia Kalish, Elk Creek’s wildfire mitigation specialist, explained that area fire departments will provide residents with assessments of their

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Call within the next 30 days and choose one of these great offers: • A Free Appraisal • A Free Home Inspection • $1,000 Paid Towards Closing Costs Offer Code 0101CCM

Matt Witt

NMLS #1638881 Reverse Mortgage Specialist

720-458-4034

MattW@SilverLeafMortgage.com

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Includes the Participating (in GA: Designated) Providers and Preventive Benefits Rider. Product not available in all states. Acceptance guaranteed for one insurance policy/certificate of this type. Contact us for complete details about this insurance solicitation. This specific offer is not available in CO, NY; call 1-800-969-4781 or respond for similar offer. Certificate C250A (ID: C250E; PA: C250Q); Insurance Policy P150 (GA: P150GA; NY: P150NY; OK: P150OK; TN: P150TN); Rider kinds B438/B439 (GA: B439B).

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