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Traffic on Main Street on March 17 was about as light as it’s been on a Tuesday in many years, after measures to address the coronavirus outbreak sent many people home.

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Merchants in ‘uncharted territory’ Business owners in downtown Littleton face uncertain futures amid coronavirus shutdown

BY DAVID GILBERT DGILBERT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Downtown Littleton merchants are reeling after escalating measures against the COVID-19 outbreak left Main Street all but deserted.

Numerous downtown restaurants were experimenting with their first

day of carryout service on March 17, a day after the state ordered all restaurants to stop dine-in service until May 11.

Nearly every business had a sign on the door asking sick people to stay Reinke away, and detailing the business’ cleaning procedures. Some retail stores were closed, and those that stayed open saw little foot traffic amid public health orders to minimize unnecessary travel.

“Business is hell right now,” said Greg Reinke, president of the Historic Downtown Littleton Merchants Association, and the owner of the Reinke

Bros costume and novelty shop. “I made $183 in the last seven days. Most of the merchants are scared to death.

Their dreams and their hard work could be wiped away overnight.”

At businesses along Main Street, anxiety was in the air, but so were calls for unity.

“We’re just all trying to figure out what to do,” said Holly Wheeler, a server at Smokin Fins, a seafood restaurant. “Lots of us will probably be laid off for now. Some of us are thinking of trying to go to work for Amazon and Costco. I just hope when this is all over, people can come together.”

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Fitness center keeps clients moving Camp MissFits in Littleton offer virtual workouts

Priscilla Freed, right, owner of Camp MissFits in Littleton, and Jess Gerard lead a virtual workout class for their clients at home March 19. Freed said before the pandemic broke out she wanted to fully implement virtual workouts within about two years.

BY NICK PUCKETT NPUCKETT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

The future came fast for Priscilla Freed.

The owner of Camp MissFits, a women’s fitness center in Littleton, started her first virtual workouts March 17 in a new space large enough to accommodate a growing clientele.

“Basically, overnight we went online,” Freed said.

Two days in, Freed’s “temporary normal” amid the COVID-19 pandemic felt routine. A group of 20 followed along on a web-based video meeting as Freed and coach Jess Gerard led a workout. Viewing each little square on the monitor, Gerard doesn’t fail to shout corrections to her clients. With a staff of four, they’re determined to keep their clients healthy through the internet.

“We’ve been working a lot of extra hours, but this is our business. We need to save our business and we need to help our clients get through this,” Freed said. “I’ve been stressed.

It’s been stressful. But I’ve also felt grateful. Every morning, I wake up and thank God that we still have a business, that our clients love us and appreciate everything we’re doing.”

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As concerns about COVID-19 grew, Gov. Jared Polis on March 16 ordered all gyms to be closed to the public.

Freed, who launched her business in 2006, moved into her new space at 1500 W. Littleton Blvd. in January. Freed had done some virtual workouts, selectively, but nothing to the extent they currently have.

“It went from two years to two days,” Freed said.

The studio was equipped with a

sound system. With the help from her husband/IT specialist Robert Thompson, they scrambled to assemble the proper equipment.

“We’re still working out the kinks but eventually the experience on the screen will ideally be as close as what they could get here,” Thompson said.

Striking a balance between the gym’s mission to be personalized is a challenge, Freed said. But they found ways to make it work.

“We want them to really feel how much we love them,” Freed said.

“Everyone is stressed. Everyone is not happy with the changes, obviously.”

Freed said people appreciate their communities, their gym-mates and coaches, and their routines now more than ever.

“It’s not that we need to save our business,” Freed said “We need to save them — their health, routines, their stress levels.”

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March 26, 2020

Littleton Public Schools scrambling to go online District working on internet platform as hopes of returning to classrooms dwindle

BY DAVID GILBERT DGILBERT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

March 12 was supposed to be the opening night of “Guys and Dolls” at Heritage High School. Lillian Fuglei, a junior, was on run crew — the blackclad kids who swap out props and sets between scenes.

By lunchtime, Littleton Public Schools had canceled all after-school activities, part of rapidly escalating efforts to slow the spread of coronavirus.

“Every theater kid was crying,” Fuglei said. “We were so close. We were mourning all the work we did.”

At the end of the day came the announcement that spring break would start that weekend — a week early.

“The hallways were louder than I’d ever seen before,” Fuglei said.

The next day, she and the rest of the yearbook staff spent a marathon afternoon compiling the chronicle of their school year. After sports, clubs and pep rallies, they hastily added two more pages: the pandemic.

Now, confined at home as the disease forces ever greater shutdowns, Fuglei will be among nearly 15,000 LPS students whose education will go online as hopes to return to the classroom dwindle.

‘We beg for grace and patience’ “We’re waiting for direction from the governor on reopening, but I’m skeptical given what we’re seeing across the nation,” said Brian Ewert, superintendent of Littleton Public Schools. The district initially planned to close until March 30, but Gov. Jared Polis extended statewide school closures until at least April 17.

“We don’t know about prom or graduation yet,” Ewert said. “With that in mind, out of disaster comes innovation.”

Teachers and administrators are scrambling to build an unprecedented online learning platform to meet the needs of students from kindergarten to senior year, and have it up and running by April 1.

“There will be mistakes made, and we beg for grace and patience from parents,” Ewert said. “This is a baptism by fire.”

The task ahead is daunting: transforming complex curricula into virtual formats, training teachers of varying subjects and technical know-how on the software, meeting state standards, figuring out how long lessons should be, building in attendance tracking, and making sure every student has access to a reliable internet connection.

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Among the requirements are that a family’s annual combined gross income must be below $75,000 and the household must contain at least one child 18 or younger.

The district doesn’t know how many kids don’t have internet access at home, Ewert said, but schools have piles of Chromebooks and a few dozen wifi “hot spots” to hand out to parents.

“The demands on us to perform at a high level will be great,” Ewert said. “We’ve never been pushed to this degree.

Lindsay Atkinson, a parent of a first-grader at Lenski Elementary, said she’s glad the district is working on a program, but wishes the administrators had done more sooner.

“We’ve been in the dark this first week,” Atkinson said. “My main concern is that Superintendent Ewert is so concerned with equity. We can start before every child has a Chromebook.

Lenski is a wealthy community. They can send our Chromebooks to where they’re needed.”

Fuglei, the Heritage junior, said she’s not sure how her classes will translate online.

“My intro to law class is all mock trials,” Fuglei said. “How do you do a mock trial online? My English class is about classroom discussion. It’s not worksheets.”

Career and technical education students face a greater challenge, Ewert said. Students studying cosmetology, welding or auto repair will likely see their programs go on hiatus.

“We don’t have answers for that yet,” Ewert said. “Most of those are run through Arapahoe Community College, which is closed as well. We’re doing everything we can to figure that out.”

Moving on Meanwhile, Fuglei is still grappling with the idea that she might not be back in a classroom with her friends for months.

“I was supposed to go shopping for a prom dress soon,” Fuglei said. “I feel empty. Those experiences are just gone.”

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Hospitals prepare for surge of COVID-19 patients Well-being of staff members is key component, health leaders say

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Since early March, managers and administrators at Littleton Adventist Hospital have been meeting as many as six times a day.

Those meetings, part of the hospital’s emergency preparedness activation, originally took place in-person but have since shifted to video chat as the hospital aims to reduce in-person contact between its employees.

However, the purpose of the meetings has remained the same: to evaluate and discuss where the hospital’s capacity and stock of supplies are at as the facility anticipates a possible influx of seriously ill COVID-19 patients.

It’s a worrying possibility, but Dr. Mark Elliott, an emergency room physician who serves as the president of Littleton Adventist’s medical staff, says he feels “very good” about Littleton Adventist’s ability to respond to the challenge.

“We have been training for this kind of thing for years, and Littleton Adventist has experience with mass casualties in the past,” Elliott said.

“This is not a mass casualty situation,

The emergency entrance to Littleton Adventist Hospital. but the same preparation that gets us ready for that gets us ready for this.”

That pre-existing preparedness has also been bolstered more recently, Elliott said, by efforts to convert underutilized space into negative airflow rooms where COVID-19 patients could be treated and to make more nurses available to treat those patients by postponing elective procedures.

Littleton Adventist Hospital is part of Centura Health, a Centennial-based network of 17 hospitals that also includes Parker Adventist Hospital, Castle Rock Adventist Hospital, St. Anthony Hospital in Lakewood and the St. Anthony North Medical Campus in Westminster. Elliott said the

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other Centura hospitals are similarly prepared for the outbreak. A Centura webpage with information about COVID-19 and the hospital’s response can be accessed at centura.org/COVID-19.

Incident command system A chief medical officer at HealthOne, the largest hospital operator in the Denver metro area, said the hospitals in that system, which include Sky Ridge Medical Center in Lone Tree, Swedish Medical Center in Englewood and North Suburban Medical Center in Thornton, are similarly ready to deal with a surge in COVID-19 cases.

That’s in part because HealthOne

Coronavirus is a family of viruses named for the microscopic view of crownlike spikes on their surfaces, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

These viruses can cause the common cold or more severe diseases such as SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) and MERS (Middle East respiratory syndrome), which have seen outbreaks in the past, according to the CDC. COVID-19 — standing for “coronavirus disease 2019” — first appeared in late 2019 in Wuhan, China.

Symptoms of COVID-19 can include fever, cough and breathing trouble. Most people develop only mild symptoms, according to Denver Public Health. But according to the CDC, some — usually those with severe underlying health conditions or older adults — develop more serious symptoms, including pneumonia, which can be fatal.

Technically, COVID-19 is caused by a virus named SARS-CoV-2. is owned by HCA Healthcare and is therefore able to benefit from the sophisticated incident command that HCA employs for the 184 hospitals it owns across the United States and the United Kingdom.

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Economists: ‘We’re in uncharted waters’ but no reason to panic Local economists weigh in on impact of COVID-19

BY NICK PUCKETT NPUCKETT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

March 17 was the first day of Yume Tran’s new normal.

The owner of Indochine Cuisine in downtown Parker, a Thai and Vietnamese staple of 17 years, sat at one of the dozens of empty tables in the dining room of what would normally be the Tuesday evening dinner rush.

It was the first day of a 30-day ban on dine-in services as ordered by Gov. Jared Polis to slow the spread of COVID-19. Except for the kitchen staff and a host, the entire restaurant was empty, serving only the occasional customers trickling in to pick up takeout orders.

Energetic and light-spirited, Tran said she is taking it one day at a time.

“We’re still not used to not seeing certain regulars that come in certain days,” Tran said. “Now, it’s sort of strange.”

Economists say it is too soon to tell what the long-term effects of the COVID-19 outbreak will have on Colorado’s economy. The short-run effects have been evident. The order to stop sit-down service has severely hurt bars and breweries, forcing some to close, at least for now.

Dan Wisecup, a regular at Indochine Cuisine in downtown Parker, talks with owner Yume Tran. March 17 marked the first day of a 30-day ban on dine-in service at bars and restaurants, so, mindfully social distancing and wearing rubber gloves, Wisecup picks up a take-out dinner at the restaurant instead.

NICK PUCKETT The spread of the novel coronavirus prompted the state to order the temporary closure of other businesses, including ski resorts, gyms, casinos and movie theaters.

Employers have been forced to re-

duce employee hours and sometimes make pay cuts or lay off staff.

“The local business community, particularly small businesses, are at the forefront of the crisis, as their revenues decrease significantly,” Leigh

Seeger, vice president of the Jefferson County Economic Development Corporation, wrote in an email March 18.

Other at-risk industries with significant impacts include mining, oil and gas, transportation, travel/tourism and leisure/hospitality, Seeger wrote.

On March 17, the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment reported unemployment claims increased from 400 on March 7 to more than 6,800 March 17. The CDLE stated in a March 17 news release it had experienced unprecedented traffic to the unemployment call center and file-a-claim website, leading to application processing delays. The department stated it is implementing system maintenance to keep up with the demand.

“We’re in uncharted waters.” said Patrick Holwell, workforce economist for Arapahoe/Douglas Works! Workforce Center. “Nothing like this has happened in most of our lifetimes.”

Holwell delivered a message of optimism, however, saying Colorado’s approach to stopping the spread of the virus, and the strong leadership from the governor’s office down to local levels, will help the entire state pull through the pandemic.

“We’re going to make it through this because Colorado is not only a great place to live, but it’s filled with a lot of great, bright people who are proactive in the face of all this,” Holwell said.

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Gov. Jared Polis and members of Colorado’s congressional delegation urged the Small Business Administration to designate small businesses in counties across the state eligible to qualify for Economic Injury Disaster Loans. The Small Business Administration approved the disaster declaration March 19.

Still going strong Not all industries have been been hurt by the virus. Delivery, logistics, transportation, health care and some retail industries, like grocery stores and warehouses, have seen an increase in demand for goods and services, according to the CDLE. The CDLE plans to work with those industries to help workers who have had permanent cuts to their wages or hours find part-time work.

King Soopers and Safeway list hundreds of job openings across the Front Range, as some stores are spread thin due to the sudden panic shopping that has emptied store shelves.

Uber, a ride-sharing company, announced on its website March 16 it will be working to encourage orders from independent restaurants on its subsidiary app, Uber Eats, “to help make up for the significant slowdown of in-restaurant dining.”

March 26, 2020M Local chambers of commerce and economic development partnerships are stepping up to provide resources for how businesses can respond to the virus.

Tom Brook, CEO of the Denver South Economic Development Partnership, said communication will be critical to help local businesses stay informed on federal, state, local and private-sector business support initiatives and resources.

“We are best served by falling back on what has served us well historically and making sure we stay in communication and collaborate with each other,” Brook said.

After the pandemic Economists hesitate to make any long-run prediction about the lasting impacts COVID-19 will continue to have on Colorado’s economy once the pandemic ends, since it’s unclear how long this will last. Brook noted the economy was in a good position — high wages, near-recordlow unemployment rate —at the start of the pandemic as opposed to just before the 2008 financial crisis, the most recent recession in American history.

“To the extent we are able to effectively contain this from a medical standpoint quickly, we should be able to rebound quickly,” Brook said.

The mass closures and cancellations have forced businesses to adapt their workflow. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

has recommended people stay home to work, if they can. Many employers across the country followed suit, providing work-from-home options for office employees.

“The face of American work will possibly change,” Holwell said. “I think there’s going to be a lot more reliance on things like GoToMeeting” and other virtual meeting applications.

A bright side Holwell has seen is the amount of support from community members to help one another.

“We all know how vital it is to keep all these businesses going through the worst part of this so they can hit the ground running,” Holwell said. “People are starting to pull together. Nobody I know is giving up hope.”

Brook agreed it, saying he does not believe there is reason to panic.

“We’ve been through challenges before. Let’s see how each day unfolds,” Brook said. “It’s going to be a challenge. It’s incumbent on us to say together, work together and have faith.”

Tran seconds that.

“We’ve been very positive,” Tran said. “When you’re a business owner, you have a responsibility to your team. Not just to give them a paycheck. They look at you as their future. They want to know: ‘Am I going to be OK?’ “You want to tell them: ‘We have a plan. We don’t know if it’s going to work or not, but we darn well have a plan every single day.’”

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Ewert said will likely be expanded in coming weeks.

“As word gets out, the number of meals we hand out is climbing,” Ewert said. “The longer people are out of work, the more we expect we’ll see families that need food during the week.”

It’s too soon to say what the shutdown will cost the district, said Jack Reutzel, the president of the school board.

“We anticipate it will cost something, and we’re ready to help with fund transfers from savings,” Reutzel said.

The district was already facing a $4 million budget shortfall in the coming school year that forced the district to eliminate 17 positions through retirements, layoffs or leaving vacant positions unfilled. The district pulled $1 million from savings over the winter to soften the blow of the shortfall, and has about $10 million remaining in reserves, Reutzel said.

Reutzel said he expects school construction projects around the district to continue unabated.

“If anything, this may loosen up the availability of construction workers and trades people,” Reutzel said.

Addressing the coronavirus crisis will require unprecedented collaboration between schools, parents and students, Reutzel said.

“Let’s all rise to the challenge together,” Reutzel said.

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March 26, 2020

Littleton ratifies emergency declaration

In a screenshot from a city recording, five of Littleton’s seven city councilmembers unanimously approve a an emergency declaration on March 20, seeking to coordinate local response to the coronavirus crisis. From left: Karina Elrod (standing near pillar), Kelly Milliman, Mayor Jerry Valdes, Pat Driscoll and Carol Fey. Councilmembers Scott Melin and Pam Grove were self-isolating at home after being exposed to people who tested positive for coronavirus at a conference.

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Council approves disaster resolution in short outdoor meeting

BY DAVID GILBERT DGILBERT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Littleton City Council held its shortest meeting in memory on March 20, taking less than two minutes to ratify an emergency declaration that city officials say is necessary to make Littleton eligible for disaster relief during the coronavirus crisis.

Littleton Mayor Jerry Valdes was joined by four other councilmembers, standing far apart, outside city hall — another first — to ratify the state of emergency declaration signed by City Manager Mark Relph on March 14. Council also ratified a resolution allowing teleconference council meetings, which are expected to begin on April 7.

The emergency declaration establishes a line of succession of city authority if officials become incapacitated by illness, and calls for the city to coordinate with state and federal authorities to implement disaster plans.

It also authorizes the city manager to enact sweeping edicts, including establishing curfews, closing “any or all public places,” convening ration boards and imposing price controls.

City Manager Mark Relph called the declaration’s clauses boilerplate, and said he has no intention to enact any of the more extreme clauses unless following instructions from state authorities.

“That’s how we’ve been approaching this so far,” Relph said. “I had no intention of closing down restaurants, but the governor did.”

Relph said he has been in touch with the Littleton Business Chamber, and the city is working to promote

businesses that are remaining open through the crisis.

Councilmembers Scott Melin and Pam Grove did not attend the meeting, because both are self-isolating after coming into contact with two attendees who later tested positive for COVID-19 at the National League of Cities conference in Washington, D.C. in early March.

Both Melin and Grove told Colorado Community Media they feel fine and are not showing symptoms, but wanted to err on the side of caution following guidance from doctors and the Colorado Municipal League.

Mayor Valdes, who also attended the conference, said he had been self-isolating, but said he did not have contact with the infected guests and felt confident about attending the special meeting.

“I’m not running up and kissing and hugging anybody,” Valdes said.

“It’s day 9 since the conference. I’ve been scrubbing up, and I feel perfectly fine.”

Under city code, Littleton Police Chief Doug Stephens is the city’s emergency manager.

Stephens said the Littleton Police Department is fully staffed, but is attempting to minimize unnecessary contact in keeping with public health orders.

“If there are calls that aren’t a high priority, like a theft from a garage or a car break-in, we’ll take reports over the phone,” Stephens said. “Everyone has a role in this. If we all act responsibly, do what’s asked, and don’t panic, we’ll get through this. It’ll take time.”

Valdes said the city’s emergency response team is meeting daily, and coordinating with local nonprofits in efforts to care for the city’s elderly and homeless populations.

“We’re going to come out of this stronger than ever,” Valdes said. “The United States has fought world wars and the Great Depression. We will overcome.”

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Practice kindness, connect with others, journal How to manage feelings of stress and fear during the COVID-19 pandemic

BY JESSICA GIBBS JGIBBS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

With a global pandemic closing schools, businesses, entire communities and threatening people’s livelihoods in addition to their health, it can be difficult to stifle the anxiety, stress and fear coming with the crisis.

“I think the public is very scared and I think that there’s a lot of fear and anxiety because there’s so much uncertainty,” said Cynthia Grant, chief clinical officer for AllHealth Network, a behavioral health nonprofit offering services throughout the Denver metro area.

Vincent Atchity, president and CEO of the statewide nonprofit Mental Health Colorado, believes a tipping point came when organizations started canceling events and closing offices in mid-March as COVID-19

concerns mounted.

“Once the school districts started going, that creates this dramatic ripple effect,” he said.

Still, there are ways to cope, manage the mental health challenges, and Atchity yes, find joy in the days and weeks ahead.

Abigail Tucker, chief clinical officer at the Westminster-based Community Reach Center, said it’s important that people focus on their mental well-being in addition to their physical health while responding to the pandemic.

“People are sometimes still forgetting that health includes your mental health,” Tucker said.

What’s normal, what’s not?

Additional stress and anxiety at a time like this is a common and collective experience, Atchity, Grant and Tucker said. Just how much is normal will vary for each person, but clear signs emerge when someone is struggling with his or her mental health.

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WARNING SIGNS Heightened stress and anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic is a normal, human reaction to the crisis, said mental health experts in the Denver metro area. But it can also escalate into an unhealthy state of mind.

Losing interest in activities someone typically enjoys, being unable to eat or eating too much, being unable to sleep and increased substance use are all signs someone may need to seek professional help to manage his or her mental health during the outbreak. stressful situations so normal is definitely a very wide range,” Grant said.

Being isolated and quarantined can add to the challenge.

“It can make people feel really helpless, that there’s really nothing they can do,” Grant said, “and I think that all of that is normal.”

For people with existing mental health conditions, times of crises can be exceptionally tough. Grant said some of their clients with mental illness were stable before the pandemic but not any longer. People

with trauma histories can experience more flashbacks, nightmares and anxiety in the stressful environment.

Tucker’s center had more calls on March 16 than it had all year, she said, although the number of calls was not immediately available. Callers had a mix of needs. Some were new clients in search of service, others were rescheduling appointments and more wanted information about Telehealth appointments. Both AllHealth and Community Reach Center are seeing increased demand for services along with Telehealth, which allows people to access treatment remotely.

The pandemic “can also have a peculiar effect if somebody is used to living with bipolar disorder or depression,” Atchity said. “In collective unsettlement, they can suddenly find they are the calm ones and are more unflappable, like, ‘OK, now you understand my world.’ ” When in doubt, the three said, reach out to a local provider with questions about mental health.

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For homebound seniors, COVID-19 means loss of Meals on Wheels socializing Volunteers will still bring food but must stop home visits; phone calls planned

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Hundreds of homebound seniors and people with disabilities in the south metro area are losing a regular source of human contact this week, as Nourish Meals on Wheels transitions to a no-interaction model of food delivery in response to the COVID-19 outbreak.

“We hate this,” said Diane McClymonds, Nourish Meals on Wheels’ director. “It breaks our hearts. Our clients and volunteers look so forward to the opportunity to visit, but this

is what we have to do to keep people safe.”

Nourish Meals on Wheels, previously called TLC Meals on Wheels, delivers food and companionship to hundreds of clients around the south metro area. Clients are invited to pay for their meals, but more than half pay less than the full cost or nothing at all.

In previous interviews with Colorado Community Media, clients have called the group’s volunteers their guardian angels. Many say they draw a sense of security and comfort from the visits.

“It’s their connection to the community,” McClymonds said. “It’s validation that they’re not forgotten. That someone cares.”

Now, McClymonds said, in light of a pandemic that is forcing unprecedented “social distancing,” drivers

HOW YOU CAN HELP The best way to help Nourish Meals on Wheels is with monetary donations, said director Diane McClymonds. Donations can be made through the group’s website, nourishmealsonwheels.org.

The group is also accepting donations of nonperishable food, which can be dropped off just inside the entrance of the group’s headquarters, the old Las Delicias restaurant at 92 E. Arapahoe Road in Littleton.

People wishing to volunteer can apply through the website, but must go through a screening process first.

Visit nourishmealsonwheels.org or call 303-798-7642 for more information. are instructed to leave meals hanging on the doorknob and ring the doorbell while leaving.

In place of the visits, Meals on Wheels is instituting a program called

“Client Care Calls,” where clients can add themselves to a list to receive regular phone calls from volunteers.

“This way we can check in and see if they need anything,” McClymonds said.

The group may face other hardships: with a small staff, the group could be hard-pressed to keep food production up if an employee becomes infected with COVID-19 and must be quarantined. The group may be forced to reduce the number of delivery days, or switch to only frozen meals rather than hot food.

McClymonds said there are so many unknowns.

“How long will this go on? I naively put out that I thought this would last just two weeks. Now I’m afraid that’s overly optimistic.”

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Amid shutdown, seniors battle loneliness Coronavirus crisis robbing elderly of human contact

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Rich Foerster doesn’t know when he’ll see his friends again.

Foerster, 72, is on the board at the Parker Senior Center, which most days is filled with folks chatting over card games and coffee. But amid the COVID-19 crisis, the center is shuttered, and Foerster worries about what that means for lonely seniors.

“I feel helpless,” Foerster said.

“I’m worried they’ll get lonely, then depressed, then stop eating, then get sick. Loneliness can be deadly, and that’s what we try to address.”

The Parker Senior Center is doing what it can, Foerster said. Volunteers are calling as many members as possible, and the center is still selling to-go meals.

But the center’s food bank is closed, and nobody knows when old friends will be able to gather together again.

Beyond the center, Foerster said, churches, rec centers and libraries are closed, leaving few options for the elderly to maintain their routines.

“I hope people pull together,” Foerster said. “I hope people are looking out for the seniors in their lives.

They’re going to need it.”

Across the metro area, seniors are

IN NEED OF HELP? Seniors in need of companionship or assistance can reach out to local agencies for help, including the following: • The Senior Assistance Center, based in Denver, can help with food, utilities, medical equipment and more. Call 303-4559642 or visit seniorassistancecenter.org.

• Love Inc. of Littleton provides a wide range of personalized services for seniors and people in need. Call 303-794-5683 or visit loveinclittleton.org • The Denver Public Library maintains a database of local resources for seniors and others. Visit denverlibrary.org/content/ community-resources • The Seniors’ Resource Center, based in Wheat Ridge, can help with food, transportation and more. Call 303-238-8151 or visit srcaging.org facing the prospect of prolonged shutdowns and quarantines that could cost them socialization that’s vital to keep health and morale up. Older adults and people of any age with serious underlying medical conditions are at higher risk for the most severe complications of COVID-19, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

“I can see the fear of isolation cropping up already,” said Jen Engquist, the director of Break Bread, a free weekly community meal program in Littleton that largely serves local seniors.

“Our mission isn’t food,” Engquist

Leigh Dehne, left, and Linda Summers stop by Break Bread in Littleton to pick up a free meal on March 21. Both said they spend all week looking forward to the companionship they enjoy at the free weekly dinner, but for now take-out will have to do.

DAVID GILBERT said. “It’s building meaningful relationships through food. This is a game changer.”

Break Bread will still be handing out to-go meals every Saturday, but Engquist said she’s afraid physical solitude will turn into despair.

“People need to know they mean something to others, that somebody still cares,” Engquist said. “We’re getting through this together, apart.”

Even those elderly people who live in senior homes are adjusting to a more limited lifestyle as state health

orders force strict quarantines.

Bill Hemingway, who lives at the MorningStar senior living home in Arvada with his wife Kim, said the crisis has taken the social life that prompted them to move to the center in the first place.

“Everything’s shut down,” said Hemingway, 85. “We just stay in our rooms. We’re taking it day by day.

People our age are the ones this virus kills, so there’s a lot of worry.”

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we feel pretty good that we are in this for the long haul and we are able to take care of these patients,” said Dr. Jason Kelly, the chief medical officer.

Still, the COVID-19 crisis has presented some unique and perhaps unintuitive challenges — even if its treatment is mostly similar to treating other existing respiratory diseases.

Among the recent concerns has been the closure of all schools for several weeks, a decision that could slow the spread of the disease but also have an impact on hospital staffing levels.

“One of the things that we worry about,” Kelly said, “is child care in terms of — if we have moms and dads that work here but they don’t have any child care, are they going to be able to

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Hemingway praised the center’s staff, saying they are trying to keep morale up, and are diligent about watching for fevers among residents.

“We’re well taken care of,” Hemingway said. “We’re just wondering how long this will last.”

‘A very scary time’ The uncertainty of the coronavirus crisis is weighing on some seniors.

“I don’t know when I’ll see my

March 26, 2020M come to work?”

Kaiser closes 21 clinics The COVID-19 crisis is also having an impact on Kaiser Permanente, a managed care consortium that serves more than 600,000 members in Colorado, with many locations in the metro area.

On March 18, Kaiser announced it was closing 21 of its 31 Colorado clinics and canceling all elective procedures in an effort to slow the spread of COVID-19.

The separate Children’s Hospital Colorado also recently announced that it is closing several of its clinics for the same reason.

But even with a reduced number of open clinics, Kaiser still has an important role to play in helping address and prevent the spread of COVID-19.

Dr. Wendoyln Gozansky, a geriatrician and vice president and chief quality officer at Kaiser, said the company is trying to take what she called grandkids again,” said Sue Frommelt, a board member with the Highlands Ranch Senior Club. “It’s surreal.”

Frommelt, 70, said she moved to Highlands Ranch to be closer to her grandkids, just like many members of the Senior Club.

“We had a cruise planned, and that got canceled, and we figured we’d just spend Spring Break with the grandkids,” Frommelt said. “Then my kids told me they want me to just stay home, and they won’t come over. It hurts. I understand it, but I don’t like it.”

Many older folks in Highlands Ranch are transplants, Frommelt said, and without senior clubs and other

“a virtual-first approach” to caring for potential COVID-19 patients.

That approach asks those exhibiting COVID-19 symptoms to use virtual options ranging from emailing a doctor to “e-visits” to seek initial treatment, although Gozansky emphasized those patients whose treatments cannot be managed virtually can still seek treatment at Kaiser offices.

“We really are trying to meet our members where they are during this time of unprecedented change during this pandemic,” Gozansky said.

Medical staffers under stress Such approaches make sense not only to prevent the spread of the virus at medical facilities but also because hospitals must try to save as much space as possible for the most critical patients, given the likelihood they will receive an influx of them.

That possibility, as well as the genercommunity groups, life can drag.

“I saw a post on Facebook that said ‘In case you need to know, today is Thursday,’ ” Frommelt said. “I have a husband, but for those living alone, this could be a very scary time.”

Some seniors are doing their best to make use of new technology.

Andrea Suhaka of Centennial prides herself on being well-connected in the community. The author of a popular local newsletter, Suhaka is doing her best to stay in touch.

She belongs to a computer club, where seniors stay current on modern software. The club is working on learning Zoom, a web-based video conferencing tool.

“It’s a challenge, but it’s just so nice to see everyone’s faces,” Suhaka said.

Obstacles ahead As the crisis drags on, so will other challenges for seniors.

For Love Inc, a Littleton-based nonprofit, many of their volunteers and

MEALS FROM PAGE 8

The public can help by donating funds to the group, McClymonds said.

They will also be accepting donations of nonperishable food at their headquarters at Broadway and Arapahoe

al anxiety that comes with the unpredictability of a pandemic and treating patients who may have COVID, also takes a toll on those who do the work of treating patients.

“I think it has tremendous impact on the staff,” said Elliott. “We have staff that are coming every day knowing they may have potential exposure and taking that home, and I think that certainly adds an added stress. But we certainly have resources to help staff that feel uncomfortable.”

That impact is likely to increase as facilities have so far seen few if any COVID-19 patients. Kelly said Sky Ridge has only had a couple of confirmed patients.

“Right now you feel a little bit like the soldier on the castle wall,” Kelly said.

“You’re ready, your sword is sharpened, the castle has been battened down and now you’re kind of waiting for the invading army to show up.” the people they serve are elderly.

One of Love Inc’s programs is driving elderly people to errands or doctor’s appointments. The pool of drivers has plummeted, said Kathryn Roy, the group’s director.

“Our volunteers are mostly vulnerable retirees,” Roy said. “We’re understanding if they don’t want to serve as they have been.”

Thankfully for now, the number of needed rides has also dropped, but Roy said she anticipates it will rise again in coming weeks.

“People are putting off doctor’s appointments, but they can’t do that forever,” Roy said. “People will need to get to food banks and drugstores.”

The best thing the community can do, Roy said, is stay as connected as possible and look for ways to help vulnerable seniors.

“Look out for your neighbors,” Roy said. “Call people. We have to renew our commitment to community, even as we’re feeling isolated.”

Road. Volunteers can apply to make deliveries or phone calls at nourishmealsonwheels.org.

In the meantime, McClymonds said everyone can help people in their lives.

“Call your mom,” McClymonds said.

“If you know someone who might be quarantined or isolated, call. Check in with people. Don’t let social distancing become social isolation. And pray.”

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At Bradford Auto Body, owner Mickey Kempf said business has plunged.

“It’s slower than the dickens,” said Kempf, a community fixture noted for his charity work who served as the grand marshal in the 2019 Western Welcome Week parade.

Kempf said he’s hoping to stay open, though he already had to furlough one full-time employee.

“We’ve had so much anger and division in this country,” Kempf said.

“Let’s move past being Democrats and Republicans and remember we’re all human beings.”

At EVOO Marketplace, which sells gourmet oils and vinegars, owner Mike Major said the future was uncertain.

“We can sustain ourselves for maybe a month, but after that it’s dicey,” Major said. “But as long as Fed-Ex keeps going, we’ll gladly ship to our customers.”

Major said he used to work in biotechnology, and said the shutdowns “are what we have to do as a society. I just hope we can have more appreciation for each other after this.”

At Curds Cheese, a gourmet cheese shop, owner Garret Palecek said he was giving to-go orders a try.

“We’re all in this together,” Palecek said. “Our plan is to smile, be kind, do our best, and hope it works out.”

A sandwich board outside General Store 45 advertised “Quarantine sup-

Mane Street Cutters owner Rick Herrera cuts Bob Johnson’s hair on March 17.

“Everything’s shut down, but hair doesn’t stop growing,” Herrera said. Gov. Polis ordered barbers and hair salons shuttered on March 19.

PHOTOS BY DAVID GILBERT plies.” Clerk Kyle Steele said board games, jigsaw puzzles and novelties made for good ways to pass the time under quarantine.

Steele, who said he’s been living with a friend while between apartments, was planning to leave the next day for his home state of West Virginia.

“My grandparents have a house on five acres in the woods,” Steele said.

“That sounds like a better place to ride this out than my buddy’s couch.”

It’s too soon to say what the fallout of the coronavirus crisis will be, said Reinke, the head of the merchants association, but he hopes business owners can unite to help each other out.

“We’ll all owe money, and we won’t have income,” Reinke said. “What if we came together and pretend like

Curds Cheese owner Garret Palecek was trying his first day of carryout service on March 17. Palecek said his plan is to “smile, be kind, do our best, and hope it works out.” nothing’s happening for two months?

My tenants don’t pay me, maybe I don’t pay the mortgage. If the banks can get on board, we can save a lot of businesses.”

Reinke said local businesses may also become eligible for Small Business Adminstration loans, but there are a lot of moving parts to figure out first.

In the meantime, Reinke said his insurance company won’t enact his policy’s business interruption clause, because he hasn’t been given an order to close.

Kal Murib, who owns numerous buildings along Main Street with a variety of tenants including McKinner’s Pizza, Jackass Hill Brewery and Grande Station Bistro, said he’s waiting for the end of the month to gather more information before deciding whether to suspend rent.

“I think of my tenants as my friends too, and if help is needed, I’m available, I’m ready, but we need mortgage companies and banks to work with us,” Murib said. “Nobody knows where this is going. We’re in uncharted territory.”

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t’s springtime in the Rockies. Try to keep that in mind.

It may not be anyone’s idea of an ideal spring, but it’s the only one QUIET we’re going to have DESPERATION this year.

A year that’s only three months old is already historymaking. Your children will reminisce about 2020 in 2050.

I won’t be around.

I do hope to be around in 2021, Craig Marshall however.

I am already look- Smith ing forward to the day when the adage about humor being “tragedy plus time” allows us to kid about what the world went

through. That day will come, but when?

People are swiping rolls of toilet paper from public restrooms.

You can still find some toilet paper online, but it won’t arrive for weeks.

The so-called Spanish flu (1918) was traced to Haskell County, Kansas. (Some add northern China and a British army base in France as points of origin.)

I have seen images of long lines at stores for stay-at-home provisions, but I have not encountered it myself.

Yet. The stories that will come from this time period will be never-ending. Some disturbing, some heartbreaking, some comical.

Parents unexpectedly have their children at home, and it’s not summer vacation yet.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR Editorial got it right Thank you for the March 15 online editorial standing by your reporting about Littleton Councilmember Carol Fey. It is a strong editorial solidly backed by her actual words documented for all to hear and see.

Surely Fey knows that city council meetings are video-taped. We live in a time when the media is under a relentless and baseless attack. Fey’s conduct is along such destructive and toxic lines of behavior.

Further, I want to thank the Littleton Independent and reporter David Gilbert for excellent coverage about difficult issues such as refugee resettlement and affordable housing. You are going above and beyond to help our community understand these complex issues.

I wish you all good health at this difficult time.

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One mother said her children were “bored.”

Therefore, I have decided to provide a little community service in the form of brain teasers.

Let’s start with an easy one: “What has to be broken before you can use it?”

Answer: an egg.

OK, now for some that are a little more difficult. Answers below.

1. “Sammy ran away from home.

He ran a ways and then turned left, ran the same distance and turned left again, ran the same distance and turned left again. When he got home, there were two masked men.

Who were they?”

2. “I am the beginning of sorrow and the end of sickness. I am always in risk yet never in danger. You may find me in the sun, but I am never

out of darkness. What am I?” 3. “Harry, a 2-year-old dachshund, was on one side of a river, and Craig, his owner, was on the other side. Craig whistled, and Harry crossed the river without getting wet and without using a boat or a bridge. How was this possible?”

4. “Sundials have the smallest number of moving parts. What timepiece has the most moving parts?”

5. “A family has two parents and six sons. Each of the sons has one sister. How many people are in the family?”

6. “You’re in a cabin with no electricity. Come nightfall, you have a candle, a wood stove, and a gas lamp, but only one match. What SEE SMITH, P13

Patience and diligence as we find missing pieces of puzzle

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ave you ever put together a jigsaw puzzle? If you have, you know exactly what it feels like to be working through it and then finally finding that one piece of the puzzle that had haunted you for the past couple of hours or maybe even days.

And most times, at least for me, when WINNING I did finally find WORDS the elusive piece, it had been right in front of me the whole time. It’s frustrating and rewarding all in the same moment.

During this time of staying home in self-quarantine mode, we are pass- Michael Norton ing the time in several ways, and one of those ways is assembling jigsaw puzzles. So, I am currently and acutely aware of the scenario above. One of the first things that happens when putting together a jigsaw puzzle is that we typically find all the edges and begin building the perimeter, don’t we? Then, we start to fill in the middle. And with each added

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piece the image takes shape and we build momentum as we know that completion is getting closer. But somehow, the temporary sense of accomplishment and joy we feel as we look at our completed puzzle is replaced by a certain sadness, the puzzle is finished.

The world seems like a bit of a jigsaw puzzle right now doesn’t it?

Maybe our lives feel like a little bit of a jigsaw puzzle too. The health crisis has brought with it all kinds of uncertainty, missing pieces, and missing information. Disruption in employment, empty shelves in the grocery store, shortage of healthcare resources and hospital beds, travel restrictions and bans, work and school closures, and worship services and gatherings being canceled. Throw in the various levels of compliance and non-compliance with social distancing and the puzzle gets even harder.

Here’s the thing. Just imagine if we were given all the pieces of a jigsaw puzzle but not a picture of what the finished product was supposed to look like. It wouldn’t be impossible to finish, but it just

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ell, strap in, it’s gonna be a bumpy ride.

Some people may feel irritated as their news feeds have been bombarded by the coronavirus, but the emotional roller GUEST coaster we’re on COLUMN is real. Who would have thought we’d be living in an actual sci-fi movie. As I write this, I’ve just finished my first week of home isolation with my family, and so far, we’re all fine. (As far as we know.) I don’t know Linda Newell about you, but I’ve been moving from angst to calm to fear to laughter — sometimes all in the same day.

At first, I was glad I was keeping up with the public health forecasts. At least my family would be prepared. So, we started planning, preparing, stocking up and hunkering down as soon as the virus arrived in the United States. Good for us. We were smart, and we were

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might take a little longer and be a bit harder. It’s kind of where we all are right now. We are looking at this giant pile of puzzle pieces and we don’t know what it is supposed to look like in the end.

Right now, what is happening is that country by country, state by state, city by city, and home by home, we are all building our perimeters. We are finding, defining, and connecting all the edges so that we can start to fill in the interior of the puzzle. Some of the pieces seem obvious to us, and others are still elusive and that’s okay. You see, with each new piece we find and connect, and with each new piece that we understand where it goes, we get that much closer to solving the puzzle.

For us, it’s just my wife and me working on our jigsaw puzzles together at home. However, this worldwide jigsaw puzzle has many more people trying to put it together. There are a lot of really smart

SMITH should you light first?”

7. “In your pocket are two newly minted U.S. coins with a sum of 30 cents. One isn’t a nickel. What two coins are in your pocket?”

8. This one is my favorite. “A cowboy gallops into town on Monday, stays for two days, and leaves on

lucky enough to have the funds to buy a bunch of supplies all at once.

But then I worried about those who didn’t. How were they coping?

Thank God for the volunteers and donors who have stepped up to help them. But then how long can that last?

Then, as the disease encroached on Colorado, my personal fears started to ooze in and my “whatifs” took over my brain. Although I don’t feel it, I’m just over 60, and I’m one of those immunocompromised people, so I fit the description of the usual target. What if I get this thing? How many times a day can I wash my hands before they shrivel up for good? I was spiraling.

But in the morning, I’d have a warm cup of EmergenC with my vitamins, and conversations with my daughters, and I’d feel hope and joy all over again. Until I’d go online and see people complain about their neighbors. Or the media reporting about coronavirus scams and fraudsters. Really, people, where’s our humanity?

So, yes, I’ve been up and down emotionally. Haven’t we all? But

people and organizations working towards solving the puzzle. There is a lot of money and focus being applied to getting everything reassembled. This is a puzzle that is going to take longer than we had thought, will be harder than we anticipated, and will cost more than we had planned for. But in the end, it will be solved as all puzzles eventually are.

And unlike the personal jigsaw puzzles we work on in our homes and for fun, this is a puzzle that when we do solve it, there will not be any sadness or remorse when it is over.

How about you? Are you finding ways to shelter safely? Are you finding ways to occupy your time productively? I would love to hear all about your puzzle-solving techniques at mnorton@tramazing.com, and when we can work through this puzzle with patience and diligence, it really will be a better than good week.

Michael Norton is the grateful CEO of Tramazing.com, a personal and professional coach, and a consultant, trainer, encourager and motivator to businesses of all sizes.

Monday. How can this be?”

Answers: 1. Sammy was playing baseball. The masked men who met him were the umpire and the opposing team’s catcher. 2. The letter “s.”

3. The river was frozen. 4. An hourglass. 5. Nine. 6. The match. 7. A quarter and a nickel. 8. The horse’s name was Monday.

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

there is one thing that is constant — my faith. Not a religious faith, but a faith in our destiny as a people. Yes, this sucks right now. But who knows what’s on the other side of it?

Who might we become when we’ve learned how to go within because we had months of isolation to practice? Who might we be as families after we’ve met our fears, struggles, laughs and losses together? Collectively, what will our community look like when we’ve acknowledged that our individual actions truly affect our neighbors’ lives?

I see a chaotic world right now, and maybe for a while. I’m not asking anyone to bypass the fear, anger, or sadness that is out there right now. That is real. But I also see possibility. While we walk through this

together, may we also look to our higher selves to show us the way through to the other side, evolved.

May we treasure family and friends while we have them. Through all this madness, there is no other moment than now, and we can choose how we respond to it. Right now, I am home, petting my cat, and feeling safe. How privileged am I? Formerly a Colorado state senator, now a seminary student at Iliff School of Theology, Linda Newell, of Littleton, is a writer, speaker, filmmaker, and facilitator. She may be reached at senlindanewell@gmail. com, www.lindanewell.org, www. senlindanewell.com, @sennewell on Twitter, Senator Linda Newell or @ TheLastBill on Facebook.

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Dennis George Frichtel

May 23, 1953 - March 10, 2020

Dennis George Frichtel passed away on March 10, 2020 at age 66 due to prolonged illness. Dennis was born in St. Louis, Missouri on May 23, 1953 to his parents James and Shirley Frichtel. He was the second of their five children. His family moved to Indiana before relocating to Minnesota where he attended Burnsville High School and afterwards Concordia College in Moorehead, MN. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree. During both high school and college he was an outstanding middle distance runner. As his parents had relocated to Littleton, Colorado, he moved to Colorado in 1975 to join them.

In the fall of 1975, while working for the University Medical School, he met Hildegard Brenner, there as a fellow, and married her on February 19, 1977.

They have four children together.

Dennis volunteered in the children’s recreational soccer league as a coach for 13 years, volunteered for over 25 years

for events and the parade for Western Welcome Week, and was a Sertoman since 1981, all while pursuing a career as an industrial salesman.

Dennis loved genealogy, woodworking, gardening, reading, movies, and he recently developed an interest in apiary.

He is survived by his wife Hildegard, his four children: Hildie (with Matt Johnson), Christina Frichtel, Robert Frichtel, and Jennifer (with Chance Arthur) his four grandchildren: Alexia and Taylor Johnson and Howell and Elinor Arthur and his four siblings: Linda Frichtel, James Frichtel, Kathy Aspland, and Robert Frichtel.

The memorial service to honor Dennis will be held on 25 April 2020 at 11am at All Souls Catholic Church on 4950 S. Logan Street, Englewood, CO 80113.

Instead of flowers, please donate either to the Sertoma Club of Littleton or to Western Welcome Week.

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Battling Cancer was not easy, You “WILL” be Missed Career Automotive & Teacher of the Year 1990 High School Coach to many national competitions & Technical School Skills USA Judge Harley Rider ~ Brilliant Mechanic NHRA Wally Winner Super Street 2016 Bandimere Speedway Happiest when giving of himself ~ True caring for those around him. A once in a lifetime influential friend Oldest sister Mary Kiel & husband Joseph Marysville, Washington And his many beloved friends all over the country FloydsMemory18@frontier.com

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Bikers zip by under the East Arapahoe Road bridge last summer at the Cherry Creek Trail, along the Centennial city border.

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aven’t left the house in several days? Looking to get out, hopefully, sans crowds?

As communities throughout the nation ban gatherings of 10 or more and urge people to practice social distancing because of COVID-19, Colorado’s great outdoors await.

The following are just some of the many options that don’t require you to leave the metro area.

North Table Mountain Looming over downtown Golden, this mesa — it isn’t technically a mountain, despite the name — offers great views of both central Golden below and the downtown Denver skyline to the east. To take in the views, park at the Golden Cliffs parking lot and take the 1.8-mile round-trip trail up the mesa. This relatively short trail is rated intermediate but it has some steep and rocky sections that can be challenging.

Once at the top, continue your exploration of the mesa by taking the longer North Table Mountain loop or just take in the rewarding views before heading back down.

Roxborough State Park The nearly 4,000-acre park southwest of Littleton is home to stunning red rock formations and abounds with natural beauty. The park’s eight trails total 14 miles and range in difficulty. Take a walk, run, cross-country ski or go on a snowshoe adventure.

The park does not allow pets, drones, camping, mountain bikes, horses, rock climbing, fires or

marijuana, to preserve the natural features.

Note, amid coronavirus concerns, all planned programs and events are canceled for the month of March, although the park and visitor center will remain open for normal hours, according to the Colorado Parks and Wildlife website.

All trails start at the visitor center. Parking is limited. Hours vary but are generally 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. during winter.

Castlewood Canyon State Park Just a jaunt from Franktown, Castlewood Canyon State Park is home to a piece of Colorado history and mild to moderate trails. From half a mile to 4-mile stretches, trails take users along Cherry Creek, to a natural amphitheater and the skeleton of the legendary Castlewood Dam, which burst and caused the great flood of 1933.

Park hours are from sunrise to sunset. Gates close one hour before park closure. Leashed pets are allowed on most trails, except for the East Canyon Preservation Area trail.

Farmers’ High Line Canal Who knew that the very lifelines Colorado’s farmers and ranchers depended upon would provide so much recreation and car-free commuting? It’s true for large parts of Front Range communities but nowhere as much as along the Farmers’ High Line Canal, which offers athletic paths from Golden SEE OUTDOORS, P17

Roxborough State Park boasts distinctive geological formations.

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Go for a stroll along the Blackmer Common stretch of the High Line Canal trail in Cherry Hills Village.

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BY ELLIOTT WENZLER EWENZLER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Two priests at St. Thomas More Catholic Church walked down the aisle of an empty church March 20 to begin their daily Friday Mass.

Normally, daily services like these garner crowds of about 200 congregants. These days, only about a dozen or so staff, including the priests themselves, dot the gathering space of the Centennial church. Instead of 17 weekly services, the 12,000-person parish is now down to seven masses per week, or one every day.

Now that Gov. Jared Polis has ordered all in-person services of more than 10 people to be canceled as a measure to combat the spread of COVID-19, most people participating in the Mass will be watching the livestreamed celebration from their homes. Across the state, as places of worship experience mandated cancellations for the first time in their history, they are finding creative ways to build the sense of community that coming together as a congregation engenders each week.

“This is one of the saddest things I’ve ever seen,” St. Thomas More IT manager Bob Lehto said while waiting for the service to begin. “An empty church, but still saying Mass.”

About 150 people tuned into the Friday livestream service. By the following Monday, the taping had about 1,400 views.

Many other places of worship throughout the Denver metro area have also begun streaming their services.

Some, like Cherry Hills Community Church, an Evangelical Presbyterian Church in Highlands Ranch, have found other solutions in addition to livestreaming. The 4,500-person church is offering three “Drive Up Church” gatherings on weekends, similar to a drive-in movie. Cars entering from Grace Boulevard will be guided to staggered parking spaces, and people can view the service from inside their vehicles.

At St. Andrew United Methodist Church, also in Highlands Ranch, Bible studies and support groups have been moved to video chats for the more than 3,000-person church. Soon, Rev. Mark Feldmeir plans to begin daily live video chats on Facebook, where he can respond to people’s comments and provide a brief devotion.

“Despite the challenges that the current coronavirus is creating, it’s also creating new opportunities to think creatively about how we reach people,” Feldmeir said.

By far the most common remedy for churches is to stream their worship service online. But this, of course, isn’t a perfect fix and doesn’t replace the opportunity to attend in person.

“It’s different when you’re leading worship in front of an empty house,”

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Father John Judanha, right, and Deacon George Morin conducted mass to a nearly empty church Friday, March 20, after the governor ruled that in-person services were no longer permitted due to COVID-19. The mass was livestreamed to parishioners.

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Feldmeir said.

For St. Thomas More and other Catholic churches, this solution takes away the opportunity to receive Communion, an important sacrament within the faith, said Monsignor Tom Fryar. In this sacrament, which is practiced in every service, churchgoers line up to eat and drink, symbolically, the body and blood of Christ.

“It takes away the central element of our spiritual celebrations,” he said.

“The Eucharist is the source and the summit of our spiritual life.”

While it’s undoubtedly a challenging time for places of worship, many pastors are encouraging their congregants to find the opportunities in this solitary time.

“The main lesson is that this is really challenging for people who think they’re in charge of their lives,” Fryar said. “We like to think so, but there is so much in our lives that we can’t control.”

To glean these lessons, Feldmeir is encouraging people to limit their intake of news and entertainment.

“In a strange way, this crisis becomes an opportunity for us to focus on what matters most to us,” he said.

“Binge-watching ‘Mad Men,’ while it

WHAT THEY ARE DOING The following are some ways churches are keeping a sense of community without services.

• Livestreaming services, allowing comments during video to encourage discussion among viewers.

• Putting a microphone on one person attending the live service so he or she can speak the appropriate responses for all watching. For example, when a Catholic priest says, “The Lord be with you,” the congregant responds: “And with your spirit.”

• Pastors posting videos discussing latest developments on COVID-19, leading devotionals.

• Drive-up church.

• Support groups and Bible studies being transferred to video chat formats.

• Organizing ways to donate food and funds for local charities.

• Encouraging congregants to take time to pray, read scripture.

Those interested can contact their local church to find out how they are continuing to provide services during the ban on public gatherings of more than 10 people. may be fun, it also may fill in the gaps that this opportunity creates for us to do some spiritual searching.”

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Tucker said a good way to gauge whether your reaction is healthy is to reach out to a trusted loved one and ask how he or she has perceived your response. Are they worried about you?

How to cope, offer support Atchity urged the community to find ways to quell panic even in the midst of crisis “so that we’re not defeated by our anxiety.”

There are many ways to keep spirits up and fears at bay during the pandemic, Tucker, Grant and Atchity said.

Stay busy. Cross that home improvement project off the to-do list.

Bake cookies. Go outside. Appreciate the world’s natural beauty. Play with the kids. Clean the house. Walk the dog. Journal. Eat a healthy diet and exercise — both can affect one’s mood and stress level.

Stay up to date and keep informed, and change practices as recommended, but don’t obsess over checking the news or information floating around online.

“Control your flow of information,” Atchity said.

And go ahead, watch those popular plague movies or find one of the COVID-19 playlists trending on Spotify.

“That’s great. That’s funny,”

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MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES

There are many ways to make the best of social distancing, self-isolation or selfquarantine during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Not only can these tips fend off boredom and restlessness, but they can also help manage stress, anxiety and other mental health challenges, local experts say.

Mental Health Colorado President and CEO Vincent Atchity suggests staying busy to keep the mind off stressors and limiting the flow of information on social media and the news. Stay informed and educated, but don’t obsess over updates.

He also encouraged people to get outside and appreciate the natural beauty around them.

Cynthia Grant, chief clinical officer for AllHealth Network, and Abigail Tucker, chief clinical officer for the Community Reach Center, offered several other suggestions. Take up a home-improvement project. Bake cookies. Clean the house.

Play with the kids. Take the dog for a walk.

Go on your favorite hike. Most importantly, keep connected with loved ones using technology like Facetime, phone calls and social media.

If you or someone you know needs additional mental health support during the COVID-19 crisis, here are some resources based in the Denver metro area.

Atchity said. “That’s the beautiful, funny thing about humans.”

Socializing while social distancing Atchity, Grant and Tucker stressed the need for people to stay connected with one another, ground themselves in their humanity and practice kindness throughout the pandemic.

“The idea of connecting with other people is something that we are

AllHealth Network A mental health nonprofit with crisis services, a walk-in center, acute treatment, counseling and substance-use services.

Locations in Castle Rock, Highlands Ranch, Littleton, Parker, the Denver Tech Center and more.

For information or to schedule an appointment, call 303-730-8858 or go to allhealthnetwork.org.

Community Reach Center A mental health community center also offering substance-use disorder assistance.

The center is based in Westminster and has locations in Thornton, Northglenn, Broomvery much advocating,” Grant said.

“Social distancing doesn’t mean you can’t connect with people.”

Use all the technology available to stay in touch with loved ones. Text, phone calls, social media, Facetime, and so on. If someone isn’t familiar with the high-tech tools, use the extra time at home to learn.

“Social distancing does not need to be emotional distancing,” Tucker said.

Most people depend on social interaction, which contributes to someone’s sense of being supported, feeling safe and staying mentally and emotionally healthy, Atchity

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through Arvada, Westminster, Northglenn, Thornton and beyond.

The original irrigation ditch system dates to the late 1800s and connected Arvada’s Van Bibber Creek to Clear Creek, with more segments added later on.

Cities began adding athletic paths for walking, running and bicycling later on. In Westminster, a trailhead can be found at the southeast portion of Standley Lake — about 90th and Independence.

From there, the trail runs through Westminster for 10 miles, connecting to the Northglenn’s Northwest Open Space and on to E.B. Raines Park before continuing on to the northeast through Thornton and on to Erie.

But the best part of the trail is the dizzying number of connections you can make using the Farmers’ High Line Canal as the spine.

Near 86th and Kipling, it connects to the Rocky Mountain Greenway Trail that winds up at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal Refuge in Commerce City if you go east and the Rocky Flats Refuge if you go west. It also connects to the U.S. 36 Bikeway and trips to Denver or Boulder as well as numerous neighborhood side trails, parks and open space areas.

As more people look to get outside, the number of visitors to area parks and trails has been on the rise. The following are some tips from Jefferson County Open Space to help keep yourself and others safe: • If you are sick, do not visit parks and public areas. Stay home, except to seek medical care.

not gather in groups larger than 10 until further notice.

• Practice social distancing, even in parks, trailheads, trails and climbing crags.

• Bring your own hand sanitizer and/or hand-washing supplies; many parks and restrooms lack running water.

• All park visitors are expected to adhere to public health guidelines and

• High-risk visitors should use discretion for park visits and public restroom use.

Running, cycling in east suburbs Something the east side of the Denver suburbs have going for them is their endless walkability. Look up a map of the metro area, and you’ll notice something: There are nearly no state highways crisscrossing Aurora and east Centennial.

The whole region is a refreshing place to go for a walk, run or bike ride, or find a park you didn’t know about with your children.

For the dedicated cyclist, a trip down the West Toll Gate Creek Trail and the Cherry Creek Trail — including some nearby trails — can take you the full north-south length of Arapahoe County, from Colfax Avenue to the south county line. Lots of trails can take you farther east, and all the way down to the Southlands mall area.

Arapahoe Road, a source of perennial frustration in traffic, can be a

peaceful ride east of Parker Road.

And Parker Road in itself offers a wonderful view of the Cherry Creek State Park, south of Belleview Avenue.

Here’s something you might not know: On the Cherry Creek Trail, you can go straight from downtown Denver to Cherry Creek State Park and all the way down to the Castle Rock area, parallel to Parker Road.

That’s nearly 40 miles of biking, for anyone determined enough to try it.

And as confusing as central and west Centennial can be to navigate, two southeast-to-northwest paths — the Big Dry Creek and Little Dry Creek trails — offer a peaceful way to cut through the suburban sprawl.

High Line Canal Winding 71 miles from the mouth of Waterton Canyon to the prairie of northeast Denver, the High Line Ca-

nal Trail is among the Denver area’s finest outdoor offerings.

The trail passes through numerous distinct segments, meandering through cottonwood groves, past wetlands and verdant meadows, many hidden from the surrounding city. Numerous trailheads dot the length of the journey, making for easy access to short segments. The portion through Cherry Hills Village is often regarded as the crown jewel.

The High Line Canal Conservancy recently published a trail guide and map, loaded with information about every mile of the trip, available by mail order at highlinecanal.org.

Mountain biking at Apex Park Mountain cycling can be challenging, but once you get going in full gear, there is no better feeling than cycling through the woods.

Apex Park is a beautiful place to get out into open space while practicing social distancing. If you have a mountain bike, try the Enchanted Forest trail. The trail is about 3 1/2 miles long, but it can be used for things other than mountain cycling.

Take your dog on a walk there or even spend the afternoon using the trail for a hike.

Apex Park is at 121 County Highway 93, near Golden.

— Compiled by reporters Paul Albani-Burgio, Ellis Arnold, Jessica Gibbs, Casey Van Divier, David Gilbert, Scott Taylor and Joseph Rios

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Life in the fast lane Anna Shaw takes freestyle swimming from 4A to 5A

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The adjustment made by Anna Shaw is complete.

Shaw, a junior swimmer at Heritage, won the 50-yard freestyle in Class 4A as a freshman. Heritage moved up to 5A last season and Shaw was third in the 50 and 100 freestyle events.

At this year’s 5A state meet, which was held Feb. 13-14 at the VMAC in Thornton, Shaw captured first place in the 50 freestyle with a time of 22.99, was second in the 100 freestyle and swam on two Heritage relay teams.

“I won two years ago in 4A and going to 5A was a little adjustment” Shaw acknowledged. “I feel good to be a state champion again and overcome that obstacle of moving up to 5A.” Shaw has been selected as the 2020 Colorado Community Media South Metro girls Swimmer of the Year.

“Looking back on this high school season I’m really incredibly excited about how it ended,” said Shaw. “It felt like a really good build during the entire season and I ended on a high note.”

Heritage head coach Tom Byorick praised Shaw’s leadership “She was obviously a huge part of our relays,” said Byorick. “She is so versatile she can do it all. She has found a lot about herself and some versatilities over the past year. I don’t know that she expected it. It is not a surprise for anybody that works with her. But if Anna makes up her mind to do something, she is pretty good at getting it done.”

“She is just an incredible human being that can make others feel great about themselves even if they are down. She is a natural leader and great athlete obviously. She has a lot of character.”

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Spring sports now suspended through at least April 18 COVID-19 concerns prompt another move by CHSAA STAFF REPORT

The Colorado High School Activities Association has extended the suspension of spring sports and activities through April 18. On March 12, CHSAA ordered games, practices and events to be suspended through April 6 due to concerns over COVID-19.

“In light of Governor Jared Polis’ announcement Monday (March 16) afternoon where new restrictions were mandated to slow the advance of the COVID-19 virus narrowing the minimum standards for public gatherings, we are announcing that the Association will follow the guidelines that went into effect at 8:00 a.m. today and will remain in effect for 30 days,” CHSAA Commissioner Rhonda Blanford-Green said

in a March 17 news release. “This media and school advisory is to keep the membership apprised of the latest decisions from the CHSAA office.”

In addition, CHSAA encouraged schools to set stricter standards on student gatherings outside of high school; all CHSAA-sanctioned music events have been canceled; and the state speech tournament and Student Leadership Advisor U were postponed until later in the spring, without a specific date.

CHSAA also said it will recognize individual participants from the state basketball championships with “a memento in the coming weeks to recognize their leadership and resolve during that week.”

Following the completion of several girls games on March 12, CHSAA ordered the cancellation of the remainder of the girls and boys state basketball tournaments, meaning no champions were crowned this season.

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THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. LOT 23 AND 24, BLOCK 33, SOUTH BROADWAY HEIGHTS, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO.

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THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 05/06/2020, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

PUBLIC NOTICES IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED;

DATE: 01/08/2020 Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee

The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

First Publication: 3/12/2020 Last Publication: 4/9/2020 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent

Public Notices callIleneSheree 303.566.4088 Dell'Acqua #31755 Public Trustees COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0014-2020

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On January 8, 2020, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

Original Grantor(s) 7517 East Davies 17, LLC Original Beneficiary(ies) Patch of Land Lending, LLC Current Holder of Evidence of Debt Victoria Capital Trust Date of Deed of Trust February 06, 2017 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust February 08, 2017 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) D7015629 Original Principal Amount $304,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $320,949.77

Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

LOT 3, BLOCK 32, WALNUT HILLS FILING NO. 3, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 7517 East Davies Place, Centennial, CO 80112.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. NOTICE OF SALE

The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 05/06/2020, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 3/12/2020 Last Publication: 4/9/2020 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent

IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; DATE: 01/08/2020 Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

Erin Croke #46557 Steven Bellanti #48306 Holly Shilliday #24423 McCarthy & Holthus LLP 7700 E Arapahoe Road, Suite 230, Centennial, CO 80112 (877) 369-6122 Attorney File # CO-18-843535-LL

Public Trustees

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.: 0014-2020 First Publication: 3/12/2020 Last Publication: 4/9/2020 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0016-2020 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On January 8, 2020, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

Original Grantor(s) SUSAN R DAVIS Original Beneficiary(ies) MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR LAND HOME FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC Current Holder of Evidence of Debt FLAGSTAR BANK, F.S.B. Date of Deed of Trust November 27, 2017 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust November 28, 2017 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) D7134354 Original Principal Amount $390,791.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $384,045.17 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. LOT 11, BLOCK 11, SOUTHGLENN- SECOND FILING, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 885 E. BRIARWOOD CIRCLE, CENTENNIAL, CO 80122.

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 05/06/2020, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 3/12/2020 Last Publication: 4/9/2020 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED;

Ilene Dell'Acqua #31755 Erin Croke #46557 Steven Bellanti #48306 Holly Shilliday #24423 McCarthy & Holthus LLP 7700 E Arapahoe Road, Suite 230, Centennial, CO 80112 (877) 369-6122 Attorney File # CO-18-843535-LL

DATE: 01/08/2020 Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee

The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any informa-

The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the

Also known by street and number as: 4394 S WASHINGTON STREET, ENGLEWOOD, CO 80113.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. NOTICE OF SALE

The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 05/20/2020, at The East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

LOT 25, BLOCK 3, THE HIGHLANDS FIRST FILING, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO.

PARCEL ID NUMBER:207735209014 legals@coloradocommunitymedia.com Also known by street and number as:

IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED;

DATE: 01/08/2020 Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee

Public Trustees

The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Joseph D. DeGiorgio #45557 Nichole Williams #49611 Monica Kadrmas #34904 Randall Chin #31149 Weldon Phillips #31827 Barrett, Frappier & Weisserman, LLP 1391 Speer Boulevard, Suite 700, Denver, CO 80204 (303) 350-3711 Attorney File # 00000008780942 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.: 0016-2020 First Publication: 3/12/2020 Last Publication: 4/9/2020 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0038-2020 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On January 22, 2020, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

Original Grantor(s) CHRISTOPHER D WIETRICK AND CARA A WIETRICK Original Beneficiary(ies) MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR FIRST OPTION MORTGAGE, LLC Current Holder of Evidence of Debt LAKEVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC Date of Deed of Trust September 06, 2016 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust September 14, 2016 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) D6103352 Original Principal Amount $198,800.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $190,464.60 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. LOT 23 AND 24, BLOCK 33, SOUTH BROADWAY HEIGHTS, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 4394 S WASHINGTON STREET, ENGLEWOOD, CO 80113.

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 05/20/2020, at The East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

Public Trustees

First Publication: 3/26/2020 Last Publication: 4/23/2020 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; DATE: 01/22/2020 Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Joseph D. DeGiorgio #45557 Nichole Williams #49611 Monica Kadrmas #34904 Randall Chin #31149 Weldon Phillips #31827 Barrett, Frappier & Weisserman, LLP 1391 Speer Boulevard, Suite 700, Denver, CO 80204 (303) 350-3711 Attorney File # 00000008745622 The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015 Legal Notice NO.: 0038-2020 First Publication: 3/26/2020 Last Publication: 4/23/2020 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0635-2019 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On December 31, 2019, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

Original Grantor(s) BENITO LONGORIA, JR AND KELLY R LONGORIA Original Beneficiary(ies) MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS Current Holder of Evidence of Debt MIDFIRST BANK Date of Deed of Trust June 02, 2015 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust June 10, 2015 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) D5060505 Original Principal Amount $392,755.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $390,752.26 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. LOT 25, BLOCK 3, THE HIGHLANDS FIRST FILING, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. PARCEL ID NUMBER:207735209014 Also known by street and number as: 1148 E IRWIN PL, CENTENNIAL, CO 80122.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. NOTICE OF SALE

1148 E IRWIN PL, CENTENNIAL, CO 80122.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.

Public Trustees NOTICE OF SALE

The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 04/29/2020, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 3/5/2020 Last Publication: 4/2/2020 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent

IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; DATE: 12/31/2019 Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee

The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Lynn M. Janeway #15592 Alison L Berry #34531 David R. Doughty #40042 Nicholas H. Santarelli #46592 Elizabeth S. Marcus #16092 Janeway Law Firm, P.C. 9800 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 400, Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 706-9990 Attorney File # 19-023559

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.: 0635-2019 First Publication: 3/5/2020 Last Publication: 4/2/2020 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0627-2019

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

On December 20, 2019, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

Original Grantor(s) 7373 East Fremont 15, LLC Original Beneficiary(ies) Velocity Commerical Capital, LLC Current Holder of Evidence of Debt U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee for Velocity Commerical Capital Loan Trust 2016-2 Date of Deed of Trust August 24, 2016 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust August 26, 2019 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) D6094975 Original Principal Amount $269,500.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $264,790.79

Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

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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.

Public Trustees

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. LOT 5, BLOCK 7, HALLCRAFT'S WALNUT HILLS- FILING NO. 3, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 7373 East Fremont Drive, Centennial, CO 80112.

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 04/22/2020, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 2/27/2020 Last Publication: 3/26/2020 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; DATE: 12/20/2019 Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Kimberly L Martinez #40351 Joseph A. Murr #14427 Jamie G. Siler #31284 Murr Siler & Accomazzo, P.C. 410 17th St, #2400, Denver, CO 80202 (303) 534-2277 Attorney File # 8407.005 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.: 0627-219 First Publication: 2/27/2020 Last Publication: 3/26/2020 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0002-2020 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On January 3, 2020, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

Original Grantor(s) 5788 South Lansing 17, LLC Original Beneficiary(ies) Patch of Land Lending, LLC Current Holder of Evidence of Debt Victoria Capital Trust Date of Deed of Trust December 27, 2017 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust December 29, 2017 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) D7146521 Original Principal Amount $382,500.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $401,832.82 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. LOT 28, BLOCK 11, CHERRY CREEK VISTA 6TH SUBDIVISION FILING, AMENDED RESUBDIVISION, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 5788 South Lansing Way, Englewood, CO 80111-4116.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.

SUBDIVISION, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 5788 South Lansing Way, Englewood, CO 80111-4116.

Public Trustees

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 05/06/2020, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 3/12/2020 Last Publication: 4/9/2020 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; DATE: 01/03/2020 Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Ilene Dell'Acqua #31755 Erin Croke #46557 Steven Bellanti #48306 Holly Shilliday #24423 McCarthy & Holthus LLP 7700 E Arapahoe Road, Suite 230, Centennial, CO 80112 (877) 369-6122 Attorney File # CO-18-843727-LL The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015 Legal Notice No.: 0002-2020 First Publication: 3/12/2020 Last Publication: 4/9/2020 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent

City and County Public Notice NOTICE OF ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE THE TOWN OF BOW MAR, COLORADO NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Trustees of the Town of Bow Mar held a second reading to consider the adoption of ORDINANCE NO. 327 - AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE TOWN OF BOW MAR, COLORADO APPROVING A FRANCHISE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TOWN OF BOW MAR AND PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF COLORADO GRANTING THE RIGHT TO PROVIDE, SELL AND DELIVER GAS AND ELECTRICITY TO THE TOWN AND ITS RESIDENTS USING THE TOWN STREETS AND RIGHTS-OF-WAY, PUBLIC UTILITY EASEMENTS AND OTHER TOWN PROPERTY. Said second reading was held at a Regular Meeting scheduled for Monday, March 16, 2020 at 7:00 p.m., at Columbine Valley Town Hall, 2 Middlefield Road, Columbine Valley, CO 80123.

First reading was held Monday, February 17, 2020 at 7:00 p.m., at Columbine Valley Town Hall, 2 Middlefield Road, Columbine Valley, CO 80123; and ordered published for second reading. A copy of Ordinance No. 327 is on file for inspection at the office of the Town Clerk at 7995 E. Prentice Ave., Suite 103E, Greenwood Village, CO 80111.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the effective date of Ordinance No. 327 is 30 days following this publication.

By Order of the Board of Trustees of The Town of Bow Mar, Colorado Legal Notice No.: 523746 First Publication: March 26, 2020 Last Publication: March 26, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Metropolitan Districts

NOTICE OF HEARING ON PETITION PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to Section 32-1-304, C.R.S., that there was filed in the District Court in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado, on March 6, 2020, a Petition entitled “In Re the Organization of Jones Metropolitan District No. 1”, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado, which Petition requests the organization of the Jones Metropolitan District No. 1 (the “Proposed District”), pursuant to the provisions of Section 32-1-301, et seq., C.R.S. Notice is further given that a Service Plan for the Proposed District and a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Centennial of Arapahoe County approving the Service Plan, were also filed with the Court in this matter as required by law. Said documents are now on file at the office of the Clerk of the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado, and are available for public inspection.

Metropolitan Districts

The purposes of the Proposed District are to provide: water; sanitation; street; safety protection; parks and recreation; transportation; television relay and translation; mosquito control; operations and maintenance; security services; and covenant enforcement.

The Proposed District encompasses approximately point zero zero five (0.005) acres, which are generally located south of East Dry Creek Road, west of I-25, north of East County Line Road and east of South Yosemite Street, in the city of Centennial, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado, and is more particularly described as follows: A PARCEL OF LAND BEING A PORTION OF LOT 1, BLOCK 2, PANORAMA OFFICE PARK II, AS RECORDED AT RECEPTION NO. 2370229, SITUATED IN THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 34, TOWNSHIP 5 SOUTH, RANGE 67 WEST OF THE SIXTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO, BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING AT THE SOUTHEASTERLY CORNER OF SAID LOT 1, THENCE ALONG THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF SAID LOT 1, 53.59 FEET ALONG THE ARCE OF A CURVE TO THE RIGHT HAVING A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 12°31'53", A RADIUS OF 245.00 FEET AND A CHORD WHICH BEARS S61°35'05"W A DISTANCE OF 53.48 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE CONTINUING ALONG SAID SOUTHERLY LOT LINE, 14.74 FEET ALONG THE ARC OF A CURVE TO THE RIGHT HAVING A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 3°27'00", A RADIUS OF 245.00 FEET AND A CHORD WHICH BEARS S69°34'31"W A DISTANCE OF 14.75 FEET TO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SAID LOT 1; THENCE ALONG THE WESTERLY LINE OF SAID LOT 1, N00°17’55”W A DISTANCE OF 21.18 FEET; THENCE 5.27 FEET ALONG THE ARC OF A NON-TANGET CURVE TO THE LEFT HAVING A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 1°20'29", A RADIUS OF 225.00 FEET AND A CHORD WHICH BEARS N68°55'35"E A DISTANCE OF 5.27 FEET; THENCE S26°41’58”E A DISTANCE OF 20.07 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING; SAID PARCEL CONTAINS 0.005 ACRES, (200 SQUARE FEET), MORE OR LESS. NOTICE IS GIVEN that any time after the filing of the Petition for Organization of the Proposed District in the District Court for the County of Arapahoe, but no later than ten (10) days before the day fixed for the hearing thereon, the owner of any real property within the Proposed District may file a petition with the Court stating reasons why said property should not be included in the Proposed District and requesting that said real property be excluded therefrom. Such petition shall be duly verified and shall describe the property sought to be excluded. The Court shall hear said petition and all objections thereto at the time of the Hearing on the Petition for Organization and shall determine whether, in the best public interest, said property should be excluded or included in the proposed special district.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that by an Order of the District Court in and for the County of Arapahoe, a Public Hearing on said Petition for Organization will be held on April 6, 2020 at 3:00 p.m., Division 202, at the Arapahoe County Justice Center, 7325 S. Potomac Street, Centennial, CO 80112, at which time and place any parties or persons in interest may appear if they so desire, within the limitations provided by law.

DUE TO THE IMPACT OF COVID-19, THE APRIL 6, 2020 HEARING IS SET FOR 3:00 P.M. VIA TELECONFERENCE. DUE TO THE POSSIBILITY OF COURT CLOSURE OR LIMITED DOCKETS RESULTING FROM COVID-19, THE APRIL 6 HEARING MAY BE VACATED. PLEASE CALL 720 931 2062 PRIOR TO THE TELEPHONIC HEARING TO CONFIRM THE DATE AND TIME OF THE HEARING AND/OR TO OBTAIN THE ACCESS INFORMATION FOR THE TELEPHONIC HEARING. /s/ SHANA KLOEK Clerk of the District Court Arapahoe County, State of Colorado Legal Notice No.: 523724 First Publication: March 26, 2020 Last Publication: March 26, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice

Public Notice

NOTICE OF HEARING ON PETITION

NOTICE OF HEARING ON PETITION

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to Section 32-1-304, C.R.S., that there was filed in the District Court in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado, on March 6, 2020, a Petition entitled “In Re the Organization of Jones Metropolitan District No. 5”, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado, which Petition requests the organization of the Jones Metropolitan District No. 5 (the “Proposed District”), pursuant to the provisions of Section 32-1-301, et seq., C.R.S. Notice is further given that a Service Plan for the Proposed District and a Resol-

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to Section 32-1-304, C.R.S., that there was filed in the District Court in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado, on March 6, 2020, a Petition entitled “In Re the Organization of Jones Metropolitan District No. 1”, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado, which Petition requests the organization of the Jones Metropolitan District No. 1 (the “Proposed District”), pursuant to the provisions of Section 32-1-301, et

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to Section 32-1-304, C.R.S., that there was filed in the District Court in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado, on March 6, 2020, a Petition entitled “In Re the Organization of Jones Metropolitan District No. 5”, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado, which Petition requests the organization of the Jones Metropolitan District No. 5 (the “Proposed District”), pursuant to the provisions of Section 32-1-301, et seq., C.R.S. Notice is further given that a Service Plan for the Proposed District and a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Centennial of Arapahoe County approving the Service Plan, were also filed with the Court in this matter as required by law. Said documents are now on file at the office of the Clerk of the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado, and are available for public inspection.

Metropolitan Districts

The purposes of the Proposed District are to provide: water; sanitation; street; safety protection; parks and recreation; transportation; television relay and translation; mosquito control; operations and maintenance; security services; and covenant enforcement.

The Proposed District encompasses approximately point zero zero five (0.005) acres, which are generally located south of East Dry Creek Road, west of I-25, north of East County Line Road and east of South Yosemite Street, in the city of Centennial, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado, and is more particularly described as follows: A PARCEL OF LAND BEING A PORTION OF LOT 1, BLOCK 2, PANORAMA OFFICE PARK II, AS RECORDED AT RECEPTION NO. 2370229, SITUATED IN THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 34, TOWNSHIP 5 SOUTH, RANGE 67 WEST OF THE SIXTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO, BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING AT THE SOUTHEASTERLY CORNER OF SAID LOT 1, THENCE ALONG THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF SAID LOT 1, 13.54 FEET ALONG THE ARC OF A CURVE TO THE RIGHT HAVING A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 3°10'00", A RADIUS OF 245.00 FEET AND A CHORD WHICH BEARS S56°54'08"W A DISTANCE OF 13.54 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE CONTINUING ALONG SAID SOUTHERLY LOT LINE, 10.02 FEET ALONG THE ARC OF A CURVE TO THE RIGHT HAVING A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 2°20'37", A RADIUS OF 245.00 FEET AND A CHORD WHICH BEARS S59°39'26"W A DISTANCE OF 10.02 FEET; THENCE N26°41’58”W A DISTANCE OF 20.02 FEET; THENCE 10.02 FEET ALONG THE ARC OF A NON-TANGET CURVE TO THE LEFT HAVING A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 2°33'10", A RADIUS OF 225.00 FEET AND A CHORD WHICH BEARS N59°19'58"E A DISTANCE OF 10.02 FEET; THENCE S26°41’58”E A DISTANCE OF 20.08 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING; SAID PARCEL CONTAINS 0.005 ACRES, (200 SQUARE FEET), MORE OR LESS. NOTICE IS GIVEN that any time after the filing of the Petition for Organization of the Proposed District in the District Court for the County of Arapahoe, but no later than ten (10) days before the day fixed for the hearing thereon, the owner of any real property within the Proposed District may file a petition with the Court stating reasons why said property should not be included in the Proposed District and requesting that said real property be excluded therefrom. Such petition shall be duly verified and shall describe the property sought to be excluded. The Court shall hear said petition and all objections thereto at the time of the Hearing on the Petition for Organization and shall determine whether, in the best public interest, said property should be excluded or included in the proposed special district.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that by an Order of the District Court in and for the County of Arapahoe, a Public Hearing on said Petition for Organization will be held on April 6, 2020 at 3:00 p.m., Division 202, at the Arapahoe County Justice Center, 7325 S. Potomac Street, Centennial, CO 80112, at which time and place any parties or persons in interest may appear if they so desire, within the limitations provided by law.

DUE TO THE IMPACT OF COVID-19, THE APRIL 6, 2020 HEARING IS SET FOR 3:00 P.M. VIA TELECONFERENCE. DUE TO THE POSSIBILITY OF COURT CLOSURE OR LIMITED DOCKETS RESULTING FROM COVID-19, THE APRIL 6 HEARING MAY BE VACATED. PLEASE CALL 720 931 2062 PRIOR TO THE TELEPHONIC HEARING TO CONFIRM THE DATE AND TIME OF THE HEARING AND/OR TO OBTAIN THE ACCESS INFORMATION FOR THE TELEPHONIC HEARING. /s/ SHANA KLOEK Clerk of the District Court Arapahoe County, State of Colorado Legal Notice No.: 523725 First Publication: March 26, 2020 Last Publication: March 26, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE OF HEARING ON PETITION PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to Section 32-1-304, C.R.S., that there was filed in the District Court in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado, on March 6, 2020, a Petition entitled “In Re the Organization of Jones Metropolitan District No. 3”, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado, which Petition requests the organization of the Jones Metropolitan District No. 3 (the “Proposed District”), pursuant to the provisions of Section 32-1-301, et seq., C.R.S. Notice is further given that a Service Plan for the Proposed District and a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Centennial of Arapahoe County approving the Service Plan, were also filed with the Court in this matter as required by law. Said documents are now

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a Petition entitled “In Re the Organization of Jones Metropolitan District No. 3”, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado, which Petition requests the organization of the Jones Metropolitan District No. 3 (the “Proposed District”), pursuant to the provisions of Section 32-1-301, et seq., C.R.S. Notice is further given that a Service Plan for the Proposed District and a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Centennial of Arapahoe County approving the Service Plan, were also filed with the Court in this matter as required by law. Said documents are now on file at the office of the Clerk of the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado, and are available for public inspection.

Metropolitan Districts

The purposes of the Proposed District are to provide: water; sanitation; street; safety protection; parks and recreation; transportation; television relay and translation; mosquito control; operations and maintenance; security services; and covenant enforcement.

The Proposed District encompasses approximately point zero zero five (0.005) acres, which are generally located south of East Dry Creek Road, west of I-25, north of East County Line Road and east of South Yosemite Street, in the city of Centennial, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado, and is more particularly described as follows:

A PARCEL OF LAND BEING A PORTION OF LOT 1, BLOCK 2, PANORAMA OFFICE PARK II, AS RECORDED AT RECEPTION NO. 2370229, SITUATED IN THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 34, TOWNSHIP 5 SOUTH, RANGE 67 WEST OF THE SIXTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO, BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:

COMMENCING AT THE SOUTHEASTERLY CORNER OF SAID LOT 1, THENCE ALONG THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF SAID LOT 1, 33.56 FEET ALONG THE ARC OF A CURVE TO THE RIGHT HAVING A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 7°50'58", A RADIUS OF 245.00 FEET AND A CHORD WHICH BEARS S59°14'37"W A DISTANCE OF 33.54 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE CONTINUING ALONG SAID SOUTHERLY LOT LINE, 10.00 FEET ALONG THE ARC OF A CURVE TO THE RIGHT HAVING A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 2°20'21", A RADIUS OF 245.00 FEET AND A CHORD WHICH BEARS S64°20'17"W A DISTANCE OF 10.00 FEET; THENCE N26°41’58”W A DISTANCE OF 20.02 FEET; THENCE 10.00 FEET ALONG THE ARC OF A NON-TANGET CURVE TO THE LEFT HAVING A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 2°32'50", A RADIUS OF 225.00 FEET AND A CHORD WHICH BEARS N64°25'49"E A DISTANCE OF 10.00 FEET; THENCE S26°41’58”E A DISTANCE OF 20.00 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING; SAID PARCEL CONTAINS 0.005 ACRES, (200 SQUARE FEET), MORE OR LESS.

NOTICE IS GIVEN that any time after the filing of the Petition for Organization of the Proposed District in the District Court for the County of Arapahoe, but no later than ten (10) days before the day fixed for the hearing thereon, the owner of any real property within the Proposed District may file a petition with the Court stating reasons why said property should not be included in the Proposed District and requesting that said real property be excluded therefrom. Such petition shall be duly verified and shall describe the property sought to be excluded. The Court shall hear said petition and all objections thereto at the time of the Hearing on the Petition for Organization and shall determine whether, in the best public interest, said property should be excluded or included in the proposed special district.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that by an Order of the District Court in and for the County of Arapahoe, a Public Hearing on said Petition for Organization will be held on April 6, 2020 at 3:00 p.m., Division 202, at the Arapahoe County Justice Center, 7325 S. Potomac Street, Centennial, CO 80112, at which time and place any parties or persons in interest may appear if they so desire, within the limitations provided by law.

DUE TO THE IMPACT OF COVID-19, THE APRIL 6, 2020 HEARING IS SET FOR 3:00 P.M. VIA TELECONFERENCE. DUE TO THE POSSIBILITY OF COURT CLOSURE OR LIMITED DOCKETS RESULTING FROM COVID-19, THE APRIL 6 HEARING MAY BE VACATED. PLEASE CALL 720 931 2062 PRIOR TO THE TELEPHONIC HEARING TO CONFIRM THE DATE AND TIME OF THE HEARING AND/OR TO OBTAIN THE ACCESS INFORMATION FOR THE TELEPHONIC HEARING. /s/ SHANA KLOEK Clerk of the District Court Arapahoe County, State of Colorado Legal Notice No.: 523726 First Publication: March 26, 2020 Last Publication: March 26, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE OF HEARING ON PETITION

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to Section 32-1-304, C.R.S., that there was filed in the District Court in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado, on March 6, 2020, a Petition entitled “In Re the Organization of Jones Metropolitan District No. 4”, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado, which Petition requests the organization of the Jones Metropolitan District No. 4 (the “Proposed District”), pursuant to the provisions of Section 32-1-301, et seq., C.R.S. Notice is further given that a Service Plan for the Proposed District and a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Centennial of Arapahoe County approving the Service Plan, were also filed with the Court in this matter as required by law. Said documents are now on file at the office of the Clerk of the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado, and are available for public inspection.

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quests the organization of the Jones Metropolitan District No. 4 (the “Proposed District”), pursuant to the provisions of Section 32-1-301, et seq., C.R.S. Notice is further given that a Service Plan for the Proposed District and a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Centennial of Arapahoe County approving the Service Plan, were also filed with the Court in this matter as required by law. Said documents are now on file at the office of the Clerk of the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado, and are available for public inspection.

Metropolitan Districts

The purposes of the Proposed District are to provide: water; sanitation; street; safety protection; parks and recreation; transportation; television relay and translation; mosquito control; operations and maintenance; security services; and covenant enforcement.

The Proposed District encompasses approximately point zero zero five (0.005) acres, which are generally located south of East Dry Creek Road, west of I-25, north of East County Line Road and east of South Yosemite Street, in the city of Centennial, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado, and is more particularly described as follows:

A PARCEL OF LAND BEING A PORTION OF LOT 1, BLOCK 2, PANORAMA OFFICE PARK II, AS RECORDED AT RECEPTION NO. 2370229, SITUATED IN THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 34, TOWNSHIP 5 SOUTH, RANGE 67 WEST OF THE SIXTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO, BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:

COMMENCING AT THE SOUTHEASTERLY CORNER OF SAID LOT 1, THENCE ALONG THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF SAID LOT 1, 23.56 FEET ALONG THE ARC OF A CURVE TO THE RIGHT HAVING A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 5°30'36", A RADIUS OF 245.00 FEET AND A CHORD WHICH BEARS S58°04'26"W A DISTANCE OF 23.55 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE CONTINUING ALONG SAID SOUTHERLY LOT LINE, 10.00 FEET THE ARC OF ALONG A CURVE TO THE RIGHT HAVING A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 2°20'22", A RADIUS OF 245.00 FEET AND A CHORD WHICH BEARS S61°59'55"W A DISTANCE OF 10.00 FEET; THENCE N26°41’58”W A DISTANCE OF 20.00 FEET; THENCE 10.00 FEET ALONG THE ARC OF A NON-TANGET CURVE TO THE LEFT HAVING A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 2°32'51", A RADIUS OF 225.00 FEET AND A CHORD WHICH BEARS N61°52'58"E A DISTANCE OF 10.00 FEET; THENCE S26°41’58”E A DISTANCE OF 20.02 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING; SAID PARCEL CONTAINS 0.005 ACRES, (200 SQUARE FEET), MORE OR LESS.

NOTICE IS GIVEN that any time after the filing of the Petition for Organization of the Proposed District in the District Court for the County of Arapahoe, but no later than ten (10) days before the day fixed for the hearing thereon, the owner of any real property within the Proposed District may file a petition with the Court stating reasons why said property should not be included in the Proposed District and requesting that said real property be excluded therefrom. Such petition shall be duly verified and shall describe the property sought to be excluded. The Court shall hear said petition and all objections thereto at the time of the Hearing on the Petition for Organization and shall determine whether, in the best public interest, said property should be excluded or included in the proposed special district.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that by an Order of the District Court in and for the County of Arapahoe, a Public Hearing on said Petition for Organization will be held on April 6, 2020 at 3:00 p.m., Division 202, at the Arapahoe County Justice Center, 7325 S. Potomac Street, Centennial, CO 80112, at which time and place any parties or persons in interest may appear if they so desire, within the limitations provided by law.

DUE TO THE IMPACT OF COVID-19, THE APRIL 6, 2020 HEARING IS SET FOR 3:00 P.M. VIA TELECONFERENCE. DUE TO THE POSSIBILITY OF COURT CLOSURE OR LIMITED DOCKETS RESULTING FROM COVID-19, THE APRIL 6 HEARING MAY BE VACATED. PLEASE CALL 720 931 2062 PRIOR TO THE TELEPHONIC HEARING TO CONFIRM THE DATE AND TIME OF THE HEARING AND/OR TO OBTAIN THE ACCESS INFORMATION FOR THE TELEPHONIC HEARING. /s/ SHANA KLOEK Clerk of the District Court Arapahoe County, State of Colorado Legal Notice No.: 523727 First Publication: March 26, 2020 Last Publication: March 26, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE OF HEARING ON PETITION

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to Section 32-1-304, C.R.S., that there was filed in the District Court in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado, on March 6, 2020, a Petition entitled “In Re the Organization of Jones Metropolitan District No. 2”, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado, which Petition requests the organization of the Jones Metropolitan District No. 2 (the “Proposed District”), pursuant to the provisions of Section 32-1-301, et seq., C.R.S. Notice is further given that a Service Plan for the Proposed District and a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Centennial of Arapahoe County approving the Service Plan, were also filed with the Court in this matter as required by law. Said documents are now on file at the office of the Clerk of the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado, and are available for public inspection.

The purposes of the Proposed District are to provide: water; sanitation; street; safety protection; parks and recreation; transportation; televi-

seq., C.R.S. Notice is further given that a Service Plan for the Proposed District and a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Centennial of Arapahoe County approving the Service Plan, were also filed with the Court in this matter as required by law. Said documents are now on file at the office of the Clerk of the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado, and are available for public inspection.

Metropolitan Districts

The purposes of the Proposed District are to provide: water; sanitation; street; safety protection; parks and recreation; transportation; television relay and translation; mosquito control; operations and maintenance; security services; and covenant enforcement.

The Proposed District encompasses approximately point zero zero five (0.005) acres, which are generally located south of East Dry Creek Road, west of I-25, north of East County Line Road and east of South Yosemite Street, in the city of Centennial, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado, and is more particularly described as follows: A PARCEL OF LAND BEING A PORTION OF LOT 1, BLOCK 2, PANORAMA OFFICE PARK II, AS RECORDED AT RECEPTION NO. 2370229, SITUATED IN THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 34, TOWNSHIP 5 SOUTH, RANGE 67 WEST OF THE SIXTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO, BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING AT THE SOUTHEASTERLY CORNER OF SAID LOT 1, THENCE ALONG THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF SAID LOT 1, 43.57 FEET ALONG THE ARC OF A CURVE TO THE RIGHT HAVING A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 10°11'19", A RADIUS OF 245.00 FEET AND A CHORD WHICH BEARS S60°24'48"W A DISTANCE OF 43.51 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE CONTINUING ALONG SAID SOUTHERLY LOT LINE, 10.02 FEET ALONG THE ARC OF A CURVE TO THE RIGHT HAVING A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 2°20'34", A RADIUS OF 245.00 FEET AND A CHORD WHICH BEARS S66°40'44"W A DISTANCE OF 10.02 FEET; THENCE N26°41’58”W A DISTANCE OF 20.07 FEET; THENCE 10.02 FEET ALONGTHE ARC OF A NON-TANGET CURVE TO THE LEFT HAVING A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 2°33'07", A RADIUS OF 225.00 FEET AND A CHORD WHICH BEARS N66°58'47"E A DISTANCE OF 10.02 FEET; THENCE S26°41’58”E A DISTANCE OF 20.02 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING; SAID PARCEL CONTAINS 0.005 ACRES, (200 SQUARE FEET), MORE OR LESS. NOTICE IS GIVEN that any time after the filing of the Petition for Organization of the Proposed District in the District Court for the County of Arapahoe, but no later than ten (10) days before the day fixed for the hearing thereon, the owner of any real property within the Proposed District may file a petition with the Court stating reasons why said property should not be included in the Proposed District and requesting that said real property be excluded therefrom. Such petition shall be duly verified and shall describe the property sought to be excluded. The Court shall hear said petition and all objections thereto at the time of the Hearing on the Petition for Organization and shall determine whether, in the best public interest, said property should be excluded or included in the proposed special district.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that by an Order of the District Court in and for the County of Arapahoe, a Public Hearing on said Petition for Organization will be held on April 6, 2020 at 3:00 p.m., Division 202, at the Arapahoe County Justice Center, 7325 S. Potomac Street, Centennial, CO 80112, at which time and place any parties or persons in interest may appear if they so desire, within the limitations provided by law.

DUE TO THE IMPACT OF COVID-19, THE APRIL 6, 2020 HEARING IS SET FOR 3:00 P.M. VIA TELECONFERENCE. DUE TO THE POSSIBILITY OF COURT CLOSURE OR LIMITED DOCKETS RESULTING FROM COVID-19, THE APRIL 6 HEARING MAY BE VACATED. PLEASE CALL 720 931 2062 PRIOR TO THE TELEPHONIC HEARING TO CONFIRM THE DATE AND TIME OF THE HEARING AND/OR TO OBTAIN THE ACCESS INFORMATION FOR THE TELEPHONIC HEARING. /s/ SHANA KLOEK Clerk of the District Court Arapahoe County, State of Colorado Legal Notice No.: 523728 First Publication: March 26, 2020 Last Publication: March 26, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL § 1-13.5-513(6), C.R.S. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Columbine Water and Sanitation District, Arapahoe County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election to be conducted on May 5, 2020, there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election was canceled pursuant to Section 1-13.5-513(6), C.R.S., and the following candidates were declared elected by acclamation: Paul M. Robinson Three (3) year term Stephen A. Reister Three (3) year term Brian Mackey Three (3) year term By: /s/ Donette B. Hunter Designated Election Official Columbine Water and Sanitation District Legal Notice No.: 523741 First Publication: March 26, 2020 Last Publication: March 26, 2020

declared elected by acclamation: Paul M. Robinson Three (3) year term Stephen A. Reister Three (3) year term Brian Mackey Three (3) year term By: /s/ Donette B. Hunter Designated Election Official Columbine Water and Sanitation District

Metropolitan Districts

Legal Notice No.: 523741 First Publication: March 26, 2020 Last Publication: March 26, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL WILD PLUM METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Wild Plum Metropolitan District of Arapahoe County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixtythird day before the election, there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the regular election to be held on May 5, 2020, is hereby canceled pursuant to Section 1-13.5513(6), C.R.S. The following candidates are hereby declared elected: Kent Pedersen to a 3-year term until May 2023 Debra Hessler to a 2-year term until May 2022 John Cheney to a 2-year term until May 2022 Vacancy (2020-2023) Vacancy (2020-2022)

PVC, approximately 900 LF of water main replacement with 6” PVC, approximately 500 LF of water main replacement with 12” PVC, associated wet tap and cut in tee connections, water service reconnections, connections to asbestos cement water mains and approximately 15 LF of asbestos cement pipe removal, and asphalt patch paving, roto-milling and overlay of the sections of street, all within residential neighborhoods. The project is situated in the Southwest Metropolitan Water and Sanitation District, in Littleton, Colorado.

Bids and Settlements

The schedule is as follows: • March 23, 2020 at 3:00 p.m. - Drawings, Specifications and Bid Forms may be obtained online at rgengineers.com under “Projec t Bidding”.

• April 10, 2020 at 10:15 a.m. - Bids will be received and opened at 8739 W. Coal Mine Avenue, Littleton, CO 80123.

• August 28, 2020 – Project Completion.

Bids may not be withdrawn for a period of fortyfive (45) days after the time fixed for bid closing.

The Owner reserves the right to waive irregularities or technical defects, so the best interests of the District may be served, and may reject any and all bids, and shall award the contract to the lowest responsible bidder as determined by the District.

Legal Notice No.: 523743 First Publication: March 26, 2020 Last Publication: April 2, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Summons and Sheriff Sales

Dated this 18th day of March, 2020.

WILD PLUM METROPOLITAN DISTRICT By: /s/ Becky Johnson Designated Election Official Legal Notice No.: 523744 First Publication: March 26, 2020 Last Publication: March 26, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Bids and Settlements Public Notice NOTICE TO BIDDERS Sealed bids in an envelope marked: PCWSD - 2020 DCIP WATER MAIN REPLACEMENT PROJECT will be received and opened by Platte Canyon Water and Sanitation District Offices at 8739 W. Coal Mine Avenue, Littleton, CO 80123, until 10:00a.m. on Friday, April 10, 2020.

The PCWSD-2020 DCIP WATER MAIN REPLACEMENT PROJECT includes approximately 1400 LF of water main replacement with 6” PVC, approximately 2400 LF of water main replacement with 8” PVC, approximately 1220 LF of water main replacement with 12” PVC, 70 LF of 36” diameter bore under an existing twin double concrete box culverts for 8” water main replacement, associated wet tap and cut in tee connections, water service reconnections, connections to asbestos cement water mains and approximately 20 LF of asbestos cement pipe removal, and asphalt patch paving, roto-milling and overlay of the sections of street, all within residential neighborhoods. The project is situated in the Platte Canyon Water and Sanitation District, in Littleton, Colorado.

The schedule is as follows: • March 23, 2020 at 3:00 p.m. - Drawings, Specifications and Bid Forms may be obtained online at rgengineers.com under “Project Bidding”.

• April 10, 2020 at 10:00 a.m. - Bids will be received and opened at 8739 W. Coal Mine Avenue, Littleton, CO 80123.

• August 28, 2020 – Project Completion.

Bids may not be withdrawn for a period of fortyfive (45) days after the time fixed for bid closing.

The Owner reserves the right to waive irregularities or technical defects, so the best interests of the District may be served, and may reject any and all bids, and shall award the contract to the lowest responsible bidder as determined by the District.

Legal Notice No.: 523742 First Publication: March 26, 2020 Last Publication: April 2, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO BIDDERS Sealed bids in an envelope marked: SWMWSD - 2020 DCIP WATER MAIN REPLACEMENT PROJECT will be received and opened by Southwest Metropolitan Water and Sanitation District Offices at 8739 W. Coal Mine Avenue, Littleton, CO 80123, until 10:15a.m. on Friday, April 10, 2020.

The SWMWSD-2020 DCIP WATER MAIN REPLACEMENT PROJECT includes approximately 460 LF of water main replacement with 4” PVC, approximately 900 LF of water main replacement with 6” PVC, approximately 500 LF of water main replacement with 12” PVC, associated wet tap and cut in tee connections, water service reconnections, connections to asbestos cement water mains and approximately 15 LF of asbestos cement pipe removal, and asphalt patch paving, roto-milling and overlay of the sections of street, all within residential neighborhoods. The project is situated in the Southwest Metropolitan Water and Sanitation District, in Littleton, Colorado.

Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO Case No.: 2018CV032934 Division/Ctrm.: 402 Plaintiff(s): SADDLE ROCK RIDGE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC., a Colorado nonprofit corporation v.

Defendant(s): JOSEPHINE G. DOMINGUEZ; CITIBANK, N.A. as Trustee for American Home Mortgage Assets Trust 2006-3, Mortgage-Backed Pass-Through Certificates Series 2006-3; WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.; CAPITAL ONE BANK a/k/a Capital One Bank (USA), N.A.; PORTFOLIO RECOVERY ASSOCIATES, L.L.C.; and SU RYDEN as the Arapahoe County Public Trustee COMBINED NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE This is to advise you that a Sheriff sale proceeding has been commenced through the office of the undersigned Sheriff pursuant to the Order for Judgment and Decree of Foreclosure dated August 21, 2019, and C.R.S. §§ 38-38-101 to 401, by the Saddle Rock Ridge Homeowners Association, Inc., the current holder of a lien recorded with the County of Arapahoe Clerk and Recorder on October 28, 2015, at Reception No. D5124214. The judicial foreclosure is based on a default under the Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions of Saddle Rock Ridge Homeowners Association, Inc. recorded with the Arapahoe County Clerk and Recorder on July 6, 1998, in Reception No. A8101286 (“Declaration”). The Declaration and notices as recorded, establish a lien for the benefit of the Saddle Rock Ridge Homeowners Association, Inc. - THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AND IMPROVEMENTS – against the property legally described as follows: Lot 3, Block 33, Saddle Rock Ridge Filing No. 1, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado.

Also known by street and number as 5528 South Sicily Way, Aurora, CO 80015.

You may have an interest in the real property being foreclosed, or have certain rights or suffer certain liabilities or loss of your interest in the subject property as a result of said foreclosure.

You may have the right to redeem the real property or you may have the right to cure a default under the instrument being foreclosed. The lien being foreclosed may not be a first lien. In this regard, you may desire and are advised to consult with your own private attorney.

The Sheriff’s sale has been scheduled to occur at 10:00 a.m. on April 23, 2020, at the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office, 13101 E. Broncos Parkway, Centennial, CO 80112, telephone (720) 874-3845. At the sale, the Sheriff will sell the real property described above, and the improvements thereon, to the highest bidder.

Plaintiff makes no warranty relating to title, possession, or quiet enjoyment in and to said real property in connection with this sale.

BIDDERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE CASH OR CERTIFIED FUNDS SUFFICIENT TO COVER THEIR HIGHEST BID AT TIME OF SALE. All telephone inquiries for information should be directed to the office of the undersigned Sheriff at (720) 874-3845. The name, address and telephone number of the attorney representing the legal owner of the above described lien is: K. Christian Webert, #43739, Moeller Graf, P.C., 385 Inverness Parkway, Englewood, CO 80112, telephone (720) 279-2568.

Date: January 30, 2020 Tyler S. Brown, Sheriff County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Sgt. Trent Steffa, Deputy Sheriff Legal Notice No.: 523599 First Publication: February 27, 2020 Last Publication: March 26, 2020 Published in: Littleton Independent 750 W. Hampden Ave., Suite 225 Englewood, Colorado, 80110

March 26, 2020M Summons and Sheriff Sales Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO Court Address: 7325 S. Potomac St., Centennial, CO 80112 Case Number: 17CV030945 Plaintiff: THE CHAMBERS RIDGE TOWNHOUSE ASSOCIATION, a Colorado non-profit corporation,

Defendants: AUNDRE WHITE; BOKF, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION; COLORADO HOUSING AND FINANCE AUTHORITY; MARGARET T. CHAPMAN AS PUBLIC TRUSTEE FOR ARAPAHOE COUNTY; SUE SANDSTROM AS TREASURER FOR ARAPAHOE COUNTY; UNKNOWN TENANT(S) IN POSSESSION. Plaintiff’s Attorney: Wendy E. Weigler, #28419 Gina C. Botti #42005 WINZENBURG, LEFF, PURVIS & PAYNE, LLP 8020 Shaffer Parkway, Suite 300 Littleton, CO 80127 Telephone: (303) 863-1870 Facsimile: (303) 863-1872 SHERIFF’S NOTICE OF SALE

Under an Order Granting Plaintiff’s Motion for Entry of Judgment Against Defendant Aundre White for Default In Stipulation and Order and Decree for Judicial Foreclosure entered on December 6, 2019, in the above titled action, I am ordered to sell certain real property as follows:

Original Lienee: Aundre White Original Lienor: The Chambers Ridge Townhouse Association Current Holder of the evidence of debt: The Chambers Ridge Townhouse Association Date of Lien being foreclosed: July 23, 2014 Date of Recording of Lien being foreclosed: July 24, 2014 County of Recording: Arapahoe Recording Information: D4066173 Original Principal Balance of the secured indebtedness: $1,037.00 Outstanding Principal Balance of the secured indebtedness as of the date hereof: $4,617.85 Amount of Judgment entered December 6, 2019: $3,125.85 Description of property to be foreclosed: LOT 145, BLOCK 2, CHAMBERS RIDGE SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 1, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known as: 2013 S. Helena Street, #D, Aurora, CO 80013.

THE PROPERTY TO BE FORECLOSED AS DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN.

THE LIEN BEING CLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

The covenants of Plaintiff have been violated as follows: failure to make payments on said indebtedness when the same were due and owing.

THEREFORE, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that I will, at 10 o'clock A.M., on April 23rd, 2020, in front of the flagpole of the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office, Civil Unit, located at 13101 East Broncos Parkway, Centennial, CO 80112, phone number 720-874-3845, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property described above, and all interest of said Grantor and the heirs and assigns of said Grantor, 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. **BIDDERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE CASH OR CERTIFIED FUNDS SUFFICIENT TO COVER THEIR HIGHEST BID AT TIME OF SALE.**

Inquiries regarding this Sheriff’s Sale must be directed to the Civil Unit of the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office, telephone 720-874-3845.

DATED at Centennial, Colorado this 4th day of February, 2020.

Tyler S. Brown, Sheriff Arapahoe County, Colorado By: Sgt. Trent Steffa Deputy Sheriff Legal Notice No.: 523612 First publication: February 27, 2020 Last publication: March 26, 2020 Published in: Littleton Independent, 750 W. Hampden, Suite 225, Englewood, CO 80110 Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, COLORADO 7325 S. Potomac Street Centennial, Colorado 80112 Telephone: (303) 645-6600 Case Number: 2019CV031187 Plaintiff: HOA OF COBBLESTONE CROSSING IN HEATHERIDGE, a Colorado non-profit corporation,

Defendants: AMY LYNN ANDERSON; HEATHER RIDGE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 1; CAPITAL ONE BANK USA, NA; SUE SANDSTROM AS TREASURER FOR ARAPAHOE COUNTY; UNKNOWN TENANT(S) IN POSSESSION.

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Case Number: 2019CV031187 March 26, 2020 Plaintiff: HOA OF COBBLESTONE CROSSING IN HEATHERIDGE, a Colorado non-profit corporation,

Defendants: AMY LYNN ANDERSON; HEATHER RIDGE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 1; CAPITAL ONE BANK USA, NA; SUE SANDSTROM AS TREASURER FOR ARAPAHOE COUNTY; UNKNOWN TENANT(S) IN POSSESSION.

Summons and Sheriff Sales

Plaintiff’s Attorney: Wendy E. Weigler, #28419 Gina C. Botti #42005 WINZENBURG, LEFF, PURVIS & PAYNE, LLP 8020 Shaffer Parkway, Suite 300 Littleton, CO 80127 Telephone: (303) 863-1870 Facsimile: (303) 863-1872 SHERIFF’S NOTICE OF SALE

Under an Order Granting Plaintiff’s Motion for Default Judgment In Rem in Favor of Plaintiff and Against Defendants Amy Lynn Anderson and Capital One Bank USA, N.A. and for an Order and Decree for Judicial Foreclosure entered on December 19, 2019 in the above titled action, I am ordered to sell certain real property as follows:

Original Lienee: Amy Lynn Anderson Original Lienor: Homeowners Association of Cobblestone Crossing in Heatheridge.

Current Holder of the evidence of debt: Homeowners Association of Cobblestone C rossing in Heatheridge.

Date of Lien being foreclosed: December 27, 2017 Date of Recording of Lien being foreclosed: January 2, 2018 County of Recording: Arapahoe Recording Information: D8000407 Original Principal Balance of the secured indebtedness: $1,352.76 Outstanding Principal Balance of the secured indebtedness as of the date hereof: $14,472.93 Amount of Judgment entered December 19, 2019: $11,851.00 Description of property to be foreclosed:

PARCEL 1: LOT 50, BLOCK 1, AND ALL IMPROVEMENTS THEREON, HEATHER RIDGE SOUTH SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 12, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED ON OCTOBER 13, 1977, AT RECEPTION NO. 1675139, AND THE DECLARATION OF COVENANTS, CONDITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS OF COBBLESTONE CROSSING IN HEATHER RIDGE, RECORDED ON DECEMBER 21, 1977, IN BOOK 2700 AT PAGE 122, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO; (OTHERWISE KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 13532 EAST ASBURY DRIVE).

PARCEL 2: GARAGE LOT NO. 127G, HEATHER RIDGE SOUTH SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 13, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF, RECORDED ON NOVEMBER 15, 1977, AT RECEPTION NO. 1684259, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO; TOGETHER WITH: (1) A NON-EXCLUSIVE RIGHT AND EASEMENT OF ENJOYMENT IN AND TO THE COMMON AREA IN COMMON WITH OTHER OWNERS OF DWELLING UNITS OF COBBLESTONE CROSSING IN HEATHERRIDGE. (2) A NON-EXCLUSIVE EASEMENT IN, ON AND THROUGH THE COMMON AREA FOR INGRESS TO AND EGRESS FROM THE LOT DESCRIBED ABOVE. (3) THE EXCLUSIVE RIGHT TO USE ONE PARKING AREA NUMBERED 50 AND THE RIGHT OF INGRESS AND EGRESS FROM THE SAID PARKING AREA. Also known as: 13352 E. Asbury Drive, Aurora, CO 80014.

THE PROPERTY TO BE FORECLOSED AS DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN. THE LIEN BEING CLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The covenants of Plaintiff have been violated as follows: failure to make payments on said indebtedness when the same were due and owing.

THEREFORE, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that I will, at 10 o’clock A.M., on May 7, 2020, at the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office, located at 13101 East Broncos Parkway, Centennial, CO 80112, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property described above, and all interest of said Grantor and the heirs and assigns of said Grantor, 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. **BIDDERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE CASH OR CERTIFIED FUNDS SUFFICIENT TO COVER THEIR HIGHEST BID AT TIME OF SALE.** Inquiries regarding this Sheriff’s Sale must be directed to the Civil Unit of the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office, telephone 720-874-3845.

Summons and Sheriff Sales Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO Arapahoe County Justice Center 7325 S. Potomac Street Centennial, CO 80112 Plaintiff: Beal Bank USA, a registered Colorado foreign corporation, v.

Defendants: Lela Ann Olmsted, an individual; Thomas Ray Olmsted Trust, a trust; and Thomas R. Olmsted 1998 Revocable Trust, a trust.

Attorneys for Beal Bank USA: Perry L. Glantz, Atty. No. 16869 Anna S. Day, Atty. No. 50725 Stinson LLP 6400 South Fiddlers Green Circle, Suite 1900 Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111 Phone Number: 303-376-8400 Fax Number: 303-578-7961 perry.glantz@stinson.com anna.day@stinson.com Case Number: 2020CV30249 Div.: 202 SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANT: Thomas Ray Olmsted Trust You are hereby summoned and required to appear and defend against the claims of the Interpleader Complaint filed with the Court in this action, by filing with the Clerk of this Court an answer or other response. You are required to file your answer or other response within 35 days after the service of this summons upon you. Service of this summons shall be complete on the day of the last publication. A copy of the Interpleader Complaint may be obtained from the Clerk of the Court.

If you fail to file your answer or other response to the Interpleader Complaint in writing within 35 days after the date of the last publication, judgment by default may be rendered against you by the Court for the relief demanded in the Interpleader Complaint without further notice.

This is an interpleader action pursuant to Colorado Rule of Civil Procedure 22, wherein Beal Bank USA requests to interplead into the registry of the Court $200,000.00 from two accounts at issue, excluding and deducting Beal Bank USA’s costs and attorneys’ fees incurred as result of the dispute.

Dated: March 5, 2020 STINSON LLP /s/ Anna S. Day Anna S. Day, Atty. No. 50725 Perry L. Glantz, Atty. No. 16869 Stinson LLP 6400 South Fiddlers Green Circle, Suite 1900 Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111 Phone Number: 303-376-8400 Attorney for Plaintiff Beal Bank USA Legal Notice No.: 523661 First Publication: March 5, 2020 Last Publication: April 2, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO Court Address: 7325 S Potomac Street, Centennial, CO 80112 Plaintiff: PEACHWOOD HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC., a Colorado non-profit corporation, Defendants: REDA KULBYTE; ALL WESTERN MORTGAGE, INC.; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC.; SUSAN RYDEN AS PUBLIC TRUSTEE FOR ARAPAHOE COUNTY; SUE SANDSTROM AS TREASURER FOR ARAPAHOE COUNTY; UNKNOWN TENANT(S) IN POSSESSION. Attorneys for Plaintiff: WINZENBURG, LEFF, PURVIS & PAYNE, LLP Wendy E. Weigler, #28419 Gina C. Botti #42005 Address: 8020 Shaffer Parkway, Suite 300 Littleton, CO 80127 Phone Number: (303) 863-1870 Case Number: 2019CV032983 SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANT: REDA KULBYTE

By: Sgt. Trent Steffa, Deputy Sheriff

You are hereby summoned and required to appear and defend against the claims of the complaint filed with the court in this action, by filing with the clerk of this court an answer or other response. You are required to file your answer within 35 days after the service of this Summons upon you. Service of the summons shall be complete on the day of the last publication. A copy of the complaint may be obtained from the clerk of the court.

Legal Notice No.: 523615 First Publication: March 12, 2020 Last Publication: April 9, 2020 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent 750 W. Hampden Ave., Suite 225, Englewood, CO 80110

If you fail to file your answer or other response to the complaint in writing within 35 days after the date of the last publication, judgment by default may be rendered against you by the court for the relief demanded in the complaint without further notice.

DATED at Centennial, Colorado this 4th day of February, 2020.

Tyler S. Brown, Sheriff Arapahoe County, Colorado

This is an action for judicial foreclosure of an assessment lien in and to the real property situated in Arapahoe County, Colorado, more particularly described on Exhibit A, attached hereto

If you fail to file your answer or other response to the complaint in writing within 35 days after the date of the last publication, judgment by default may be rendered against you by the court for the relief demanded in the complaint without further notice.

Summons and Sheriff Sales

This is an action for judicial foreclosure of an assessment lien in and to the real property situated in Arapahoe County, Colorado, more particularly described on Exhibit A, attached hereto and by this reference made a part hereof.

Dated: March 12, 2020 WINZENBURG, LEFF, PURVIS & PAYNE, L.L.P. /s/: Wendy E. Weigler By: Wendy E. Weigler, #28419

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Merrill Lynch Credit Corp.

5201 Gate Pkwy., Jacksonville, FL 32256

Misc. Private Legals Public Notice NOTICE OF AMENDMENT OF DECLARATION FOR WOODRIDGE TERRACE TOWNHOMES

By Certified Mail March 17, 2020, and subsequent Publication To holders of recorded mortgages or deeds of trust on Units in the Woodridge Terrace Townhome community:

Midwest Equity Mortgage One Mid America Plaza #800 Oakbrook Terrace, IL 60181

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Mortgage Solutions of Colorado 5455 North Union Blvd.

Colorado Springs, CO 80918 Nationstar Mortgage 4000 Horizon Way #100, Irving, TX 75063 Navy Federal Credit Union 820 Follin Ln., Vienna, VA 22180 NYBC Mortgage Co. 1801 East 9th Street Mail Code OH99-0401, Cleveland, OH 44114

Academy Mortgage Corp.

339 West 13490 South, Draper, UT 84020

Quicken Loans, Inc. 1050 Woodward Avenue Detroit, MI 48226

All Western Mortgage, Inc. 8345 West Sunset Rd. #380 Las Vegas, NV 89113

RBC Mortgage Co. 13100 Northwest Freeway #200 Houston, TX 77040

Also known as: 12044 E. Ford Circle, Aurora, CO 80012.

American Mortgage Network P. O. Box 85463, San Diego, CA 92186

Legal Notice No.: 523720 First Publication: March 19, 2020 Last Publication: April 16, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent

American Financing Corp.

3045 South Parker Rd., Bldg B #100 Aurora, CO 80014

Red Rocks Federal Credit Union 200 West Plaza Dr. #100 Highlands Ranch, CO 80126

This Summons is issued pursuant to Rule 4(h), Colorado Rules of Civil Procedure Exhibit A Lot 196, Block 1, Peachwood Subdivision, Filing No. 2, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado.

Misc. Private Legals Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, STATE OF COLORADO Case No.: 2019CV030940 DIV: 402 COMBINED NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL PROPERTY PLAINTIFF: CANTERBURY AT RIVERWALK CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, INC. v.

DEFENDANTS: DANIEL L CASTRO; M&T BANK; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC.; RIVERWALK MASTER ASSOCIATION, INC.; and SUSAN KAY RYDEN AS PUBLIC TRUSTEE FOR ARAPAHOE COUNTY. TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS, Please take notice: You and each of you are hereby notified that a Sheriff's Sale of the referenced property is to be conducted by the Civil Unit of the Sheriff's Office of Arapahoe County, Colorado at 10 O’clock A.M., on the 21st day of May, 2020, at 13101 East Broncos Parkway, Centennial, CO 80112, phone number 720-874-3845. At which sale, the above described real property and improvements thereon will be sold to the highest bidder.

Plaintiff makes no warranty relating to title, possession, or quiet enjoyment in and to said real property in connection with this sale. **BIDDERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE CASH OR CERTIFIED FUNDS SUFFICIENT TO COVER THEIR HIGHEST BID AT THE TIME OF SALE.** PLEASE NOTE THAT THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. Judgment is in the amount of $20,658.00.

This is to advise you that a Sheriff’s sale proceeding has been commenced through the office of the undersigned Sheriff pursuant to Order for Motion for Default Judgment in Rem and Order and Decree for Judicial Foreclosure dated and C.R.S. 38-38-101 et seq. by Canterbury at Riverwalk Condominium Association the holder and current owner of a lien recorded on April 1, 2016 at Reception No. D6032611 in the records of the Clerk and Recorder of the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado. The foreclosure is based on a default under the Condominium Declaration for Canterbury at Riverwalk Condominiums recorded on 07/12/2001 at Reception Number: B1113106 in the records of the Clerk and Recorder of the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado. The Declaration establishes a lien for the benefit of Canterbury at Riverwalk Condominium Association against real property legal described as follows:

Axiom Financial 9350 South 150 East #140, Sandy, UT 84070

Royal United Mortgage 7999 Knue Rd. #300, Indianapolis, IN 46250

Bank of America 9000 Southside Blvd., Bldg. 700 Jacksonville, FL 32256

Security National Mortgage Co. 5300 South 360 West #150, Murray, UT 84123

Bank of England 5 Statehouse Plaza #500, Little Rock, AR 72201 Caliber Funding 603 N. Wilmot Rd., Tucson, AZ 85711 Cherry Creek Mortgage Co. 7600 East Orchard Rd. #250N Greenwood Village, CO 80111

Unifirst Mortgage Corp.

217 Eisenhower Blvd., Johnstown, PA 15905

Digital Federal Credit Union 220 Donald Lynch Blvd.

Marlborough, MA 01752 Eagle Home Mortgage 15550 Lightwave Dr. #200 Clearwater, FL 33760 EMC Holdings 8400 E. Crescent Pkwy. #350 Greenwood Village, CO 80111 Empire of America Realty Credit Corp.

Two Empire Plaza 100 Seneca St., Buffalo, NY 14203 EverBank 301 West Bay St., Jacksonville, FL 32202 Financial Freedom c/o NTC 2100 Alt. 19 North Palm Harbor, FL 34683 First Centennial Mortgage Corp.

2471 West Sullivan Rd., Aurora, IL 60506 FirstBank P. O. Box 151515, Lakewood, CO 80215 Freedom Mortgage Corp.

907 Pleasant Valley Ave. #3 Mount Laurel, NJ 08054

United Shore Financial Services 1414 East Maple Rd., Troy, MI 48083 United Shore Financial Services 585 South Blvd. E., Pontiac, MI 48341 United Wholesale Mortgage 1414 East Maple Rd., Troy, MI 48083 Universal Lending Corp.

6775 E. Evans Ave., Denver, CO 80224 USAA Federal Savings Bank 10750 McDermott Freeway San Antonio, TX 78288 U.S. Bank Home Mtg. 7601 Penn Ave. S. #A1, Richfield, MN 55423 US Mortgage Corp.

201 Old Country Rd. #140, Melville, NY 11747 Wachovia Mortgage Corp.

1100 Corporate Center Dr., Raleigh, NC 27607 Waterstone Mortgage Corp.

N25 W23255 Paul Rd., Pewaukee, WI 53072 Weichert Financial Services 225 Littleton Rd., Morris Plains, NJ 07950 Wells Fargo Bank 6200 Park Ave., Des Moines, IA 50321

Guild Mortgage Co. 5898 Copley Dr., San Diego, CA 92111

Wells Fargo Home Mtg. 1000 Blue Gentian Rd., Eagan, MN 55121

High Country Bank 7360 W. Highway 50, Salida, CO 81201

Wells Fargo Bank 4101 Wiseman Blvd. Bldg. 108 San Antonio, TX 78251

Homestead Funding Corp.

8 Airline Drive, Albany, NY 12205 Huron Valley Financial 2395 Oak Valley Dr. #200 Ann Arbor, MI 48103 Indecomm Global Services 1260 Energy Ln., St. Paul, MN 55108

Liberty Savings Bank 3435 Airborne Rd. #B, Wilmington, OH 45117

Legal Notice No.: 523646 First Publication: March 26, 2020 Last Publication: April 23, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent

SWBC Mortgage Corp.

9311 San Pedro #100, San Antonio, TX 78216

Denver Mortgage Co. 7315 East Orchard Rd. #100 Greenwood Village, CO 80111

Also known as: 2755 W. Riverwalk Cr Unit #G, Littleton, CO 80123.

Tyler S. Brown, Arapahoe County Sheriff By: Trent Steffa, Deputy Sheriff

Space Age Federal Credit Union 2495 South Havana St. #F-18 Aurora, CO 80014

Triumph Mortgage 1125 Schilling Blvd. E. #107 Collierville, TN 38017

Condominium Unit G, Building 2755, the Canterbury at Riverwalk Condominiums, according to the condominium map thereof, recorded on August 29, 2001 at Reception No. B1146238 in the records of the office of the Clerk and Recorder of the County of Arapahoe, Colorado, and as defined and described in the Condominium Declaration for the Canterbury at Riverwalk Condominiums, recorded on July 12, 2001 at Reception No. B1113106, in said records, and any and all amendments, supplements and Annexations thereto, County of Arapahoe, state of Colorado. ;

DATED: February 18, 2020. Tyler S. Brown

Southwest Financial Services 537 E. Pete Rose Way #300 Cincinnati, OH 45202

DAS Acquisition Co. 12140 Woodcrest Executive #150 St. Louis, MO 63141

Interbank Mortgage Co. 333 Knightsbridge Pkwy. #210 Lincolnshire, IL 60069

The attorney representing the legal owner of the above described lien is: Kate M. Leason, Reg. No. 41025, Altitude Community Law P.C., 555 Zang Street, Suite 100, Lakewood, Colorado 80228-1011, 303.432.9999

Reverse Mortgage Funding 700 Corporate Blvd., Newburgh, NY 12550

JP Morgan Chase Bank P. O. Box 8000, Monroe, LA 71203 JP Morgan Chase Bank 700 Kansas Lane, Monroe, LA 71203 LeaderOne Financial Corp.

7500 College Blvd. #1150 Overland Park, KS 66210

Liberty Savings Bank 2251 Rombach Ave., Wilmington, OH 45177 Meridian Home Mortgage Corp.

11155 Red Run Blvd. #210 Owings Mills, MD 21117 Merrill Lynch Credit Corp.

5201 Gate Pkwy., Jacksonville, FL 32256 Midwest Equity Mortgage One Mid America Plaza #800 Oakbrook Terrace, IL 60181 Mortgage Solutions of Colorado 5455 North Union Blvd.

Colorado Springs, CO 80918 Nationstar Mortgage

Wells Fargo Bank P. O. Box 31557, Billings, MT 59107 WR Starkey Mortgage 5055 W. Park Blvd. #300 Plano, TX 75093

The Woodridge Terrace Townhome (“Community”) is located in the City of Centennial, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado, subject to the Declaration for Woodridge Terrace Townhomes, recorded on April 14, 1983 at Reception No. 2266848 in the records of the Clerk and Recorder for Arapahoe County, State of Colorado and all amendments and supplements thereto (“Declaration”).

The Board of Directors for Woodridge Terrace Homeowners Association, Inc. (“Woodridge”) prepared an Amendment to the Declaration (“Amendment”) to amend the insurance deductibles in Section 12.12 of the Declaration.

The Board unanimously recommends that the homeowners of the Community, and their lenders, approve the Amendment. A copy of the Amendment and Annexation may be obtained from the Association address below.

Woodridge Terrace Homeowners Association, Inc. c/o Tobey & Johnston, P.C. 6855 South Havana Street, Suite 275 Centennial, CO 80112 Woodridge Terrace Homeowners Association, Inc. Board of Directors.

Legal Notice No.: 523721 First Publication: March 19, 2020 Last Publication: March 26, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent

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Homeowners Association, Inc. c/o Tobey & Johnston, P.C. 6855 South Havana Street, Suite 275 Centennial, CO 80112

Woodridge Terrace Homeowners Association, Inc. Board of Directors.

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Legal Notice No.: 523721 First Publication: March 19, 2020 Last Publication: March 26, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Notice To Creditors Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of JOSEPH B. PADILLA, a/k/a JOE B. PADILLA, Deceased Case Number: 2020-PR-30154 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before July 12, 2020, or the claims may be forever barred.

Michael W. Reagor, Attorney for Personal Representative Dymond â—? Reagor, PLLC 8400 E. Prentice Ave., Suite 1040 Greenwood Village, CO 80111 Legal Notice No.: 523696 First Publication: March 12, 2020 Last Publication: March 26, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Estella Griego Cervantes, a/k/a Estella G. Cervantes, a/k/a Estella Cervantes, Deceased Case Number: 2020PR030223

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or July 19, 2020, or the claims may be forever barred.

Michelle Marie Cervantes Alvisio Personal Representative 8460 Mason Cir Westminster, CO 80031 Legal Notice No.: 523716 First Publication: March 19, 2020 Last Publication: April 2, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of MELVIN DUANE WOLFFIS, Deceased 9-16-2019 Case Number: 2020-PR-30175 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative, Greg Wolffis, or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before July 31, 2020, or the claims may be forever barred. /s/ Gregory Duane Wolffis on file per C.R.C.P. Rule 121 1-26(9) Personal Representative 8284 S. Jackson Street Centennial Colorado 80122 Legal Notice No.: 523717 First Publication: March 19, 2020 Last Publication: April 2, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Ryan Scott Morgan, also known as Ryan S. Morgan, also known as Ryan Morgan, Deceased Case Number 2020PR30235.

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before July 20, 2020, or the claims may be forever barred.

Debra J. Morgan Personal Representative 4691 E. Phillips Place Centennial, CO80122 303-910-9682 Legal Notice No.: 523719 First Publication: March 19, 2020 Last Publication: April 2, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of David Lee Mellinger, aka David L. Mellinger, aka David Mellinger, Deceased Case Number: 2019PR30262

All persons having claims against the abovenamed Estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court, County of Arapahoe, Colorado on or before July 27, 2020, or the claims may be forever barred.

PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

Notice To Creditors

Public notice is given on February 28, 2020 that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

Public Notice

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Jack Dean Wagner, a/k/a Jack D. Wagner, a/k/a Jack Wagner, Deceased Case No.: 2020PR30222

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Catherine Clyde Guy, Deceased Case Number: 2020PR-59

The petition requests that the name of Lakota Chandler Curtis Croteau be changed to Lakota Kittyhawk Curtis Case No.: 2020C100152

Notice To Creditors

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado, on or before August 1, 2020, or the claims may be forever barred.

Attorney for Personal Representative Thomas R. LaCroix LaCroix & Hand PC 725 Rood Avenue Grand Junction CO 81501 Phone: (970) 245-4601 Legal Notice No.: 523735 First Publication: March 26, 2020 Last Publication: April 9, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Audrey M. Watson, Deceased.

Case Number: 2020-PR-30227 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of the County of Arapahoe, Colorado, on or before July 27, 2020, or the claims may be forever barred.

Person(s) Giving Notice: Richard E. Watson Co-Personal Representative 5770 South Benton Circle Littleton, CO 80123 Elizabeth F. Galles Co-Personal Representative 3332 Allendale Blvd.

Casper, WY 82601 Legal Notice No.: 523739 First Publication: March 26, 2020 Last Publication: April 9, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Clara J. Meade, also known as Clara Jane Meade, and Clara Rentfro Meade, Deceased Case Number: 2020PR30166 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado or on or before July 27, 2020, or the claims may be forever barred.

Deborah Meade Personal Representative 2215 S. Sherman Street Denver CO 80210 Legal Notice No.: 523740 First Publication: March 26, 2020 Last Publication: April 9, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Leonard David Smith, a/k/a Leonard D. Smith, Deceased Case Number: 20PR30256 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before July 27, 2020, or the claims may be forever barred.

Susan J. Smith Personal Representative 15007 E. Carolina Place Aurora, CO 80012 Legal Notice No.: 523745 First Publication: March 26, 2020 Last Publication: April 9, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Donald Henry Hoch, a/k/a Dr. Donald H. Hoch, a/k/a Donald H. Hoch, a/k/a Don Hoch , Deceased Case Number: 2020PR30264 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before July 27, 2020, or the claims may be forever barred.

David S. Mellinger Personal Representative 11710 Cornfield Drive Lusby, MD 20657

Dana LaBarr, Co-Personal Representative Becky H. Smith, Co-Personal Representative c/o KATZ, LOOK & ONORATO, P.C. 1120 Lincoln Street, Suite 1100 Denver, CO 80203

Legal Notice No.: 523737 First Publication: March 26, 2020 Last Publication: April 9, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Legal Notice No.: 523749 First Publication: March 26, 2020 Last Publication: April 9, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before July 12, 2020, or the claims may be forever barred.

Willard Ray Guy Personal Representative 19527 East 55th Avenue Denver CO 80249 Legal Notice No: 523675 First Publication: March 12, 2020 Last Publication: March 26, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Anna Mae Bollinger, Deceased Case Number: 2020PR30188 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before July 12, 2020, or the claims may be forever barred.

Richard A. Bollinger Personal Representative 5484 E. Euclid Avenue Centennial, Co 80121 Legal Notice No: 523678 First Publication: March 12, 2020 Last Publication: March 26, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Barbara S. Nelson, aka Barbara Sherlock Nelson, aka Barbara Nelson, Deceased Case Number: 2020PR30187 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before July 13, 2020, or the claims may be forever barred.

Jennifer Nelson Miner Personal Representative c/o /Walter M. Kelly II Miller & Steiert, P.C. 1901 W. Littleton Blvd.

Littleton, Colorado 80120 Legal Notice No: 523680 First Publication: March 12, 2020 Last Publication: March 26, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Christopher John Lain, Deceased Case Number: 2020 PR 30189 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before July 12, 2020, or the claims may be forever barred.

Gregory Lain Personal Representative 116 Kendrick Drive Slidell, LA 70461 Legal Notice No: 523691 First Publication: March 12, 2020 Last Publication: March 26, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Judith Kay Wegener, Deceased Case Number: 20 PR 30183 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before July 13, 2020, or the claims may be forever barred.

Daniel Paul Wegener Personal Representative 495 West Fremont Drive Littleton, Colorado 80120 Legal Notice No: 523698 First Publication: March 12, 2020 Last Publication: March 26, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Name Changes PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on February 28, 2020 that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

The petition requests that the name of Lakota Chandler Curtis Croteau be changed to

Name Changes

By: Clerk of Court/Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No: 523676 First Publication: March 12, 2020 Last Publication: March 26, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice County Court Arapahoe County, Colorado 1790 W. Littleton Blvd.

Littleton, Colorado 80120 In the Matter of the Petition of: Parent/ Petitioner: Naomie Marie Mann For Minor Child: Maurice James Vern Muchow To Change the Child’s Name to: Maurice James Vern Mann Case Number: 2020 C 100162 NOTICE TO NON-CUSTODIAL PARENT

BY PUBLICATION Notice to: Nathan Maurice Muchow, non custodial parent.

Notice is given that a hearing is scheduled as follows: Date: April 7, 2020 Time: 9:30 a.m.

Location: 1790 W. Littleton Blvd.

Littleton, Colorado 80120 For the purpose of requesting a change of name for Maurice James Vern Muchow.

At this hearing the Court may enter an order changing the name of the minor child.

To support or voice objection to the proposed name change, you must appear at the hearing.

Public notice is given on March 5, 2020, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an a minor child has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

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The petition requests that the name of Aasen Amundre Busby Hayes be changed to Daniel Joseph Holman-Barnaby Case No.: 20 C 100169

Name Changes

By: Kim Boswell Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No: 523701 First Publication: March 12, 2020 Last Publication: March 26, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on March 6, 2020, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

The petition requests that the name of Brett Michael Brown be changed to Brett Michael Brown Blue Case No.: 20 C 100176 By: Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No: 523703 First Publication: March 19, 2020 Last Publication: April 2, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on March 6, 2020, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

The petition requests that the name of Heather Elizabeth Richey be changed to Heather Elizabeth Richey Blue Case No.: 20 C 100174 By: Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No: 523704 First Publication: March 19, 2020 Last Publication: April 2, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE

Date: March 3, 2020

Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

Legal Notice No.: 523682 First Publication: March 12, 2020 Last Publication: March 26, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Public notice is given on March 9, 2020, that a Petition for a Change of Name of minor child has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on February 27, 2020, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

The petition requests that the name of Lauralyn Duff Hogan be changed to Lauralyn Carol Duff Case No.: 2020C100151 By: Kim Boswell Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No: 523677 First Publication: March 12, 2020 Last Publication: March 26, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE

The petition requests that the name of Aidan Isaac Anderson be changed to Aidan Isaac Jubenville Case No.: 20 C 100178 By: Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No: 523706 First Publication: March 19, 2020 Last Publication: April 2, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on March 9, 2020, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

The petition requests that the name of Yuuki Jae Berger be changed to Yuuki Jae Berall Case No.: 20 C 100160

Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

By: Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk

Public notice is given on March 4, 2020, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

Legal Notice No: 523711 First Publication: March 19, 2020 Last Publication: April 2, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent

The petition requests that the name of Eduardo Antonio Hermosillo be changed to Eduardo Antonio Dawson-Canjura Case No.: 20 C 100166 By: Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No: 523686 First Publication: March 12, 2020 Last Publication: March 26, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE

PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on March 10, 2020, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

The petition requests that the name of Katherine Michelle Hall be changed to Katherine Michelle Berall Case No.: 20 C 100181

Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

By: Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk

Public notice is given on March 4, 2020, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

Legal Notice No: 523712 First Publication: March 19, 2020 Last Publication: April 2, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent

The petition requests that the name of Frances Annette Allen be changed to Annie Allen Case No.: 20 C 100168 By: Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No: 523697 First Publication: March 12, 2020 Last Publication: March 26, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE

PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on March 11, 2020, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

The petition requests that the name of James Gin Pak be changed to Pak Djynn Case No.: 20 C 100190

Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

By: Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk

Public notice is given on March 5, 2020, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an a minor child has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

Legal Notice No: 523715 First Publication: March 19, 2020 Last Publication: April 2, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent

The petition requests that the name of Aasen Amundre Busby Hayes be changed to Daniel Joseph Holman-Barnaby Case No.: 20 C 100169

Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Amended

By: Kim Boswell Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk

PUBLIC NOTICE

Public notice is given on March 13, 2020, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

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March 26, 2020

Grocery store employees adjust to a changed reality Residents have rushed to stores during the COVID-19 pandemic

BY JOSEPH RIOS JRIOS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Richard Schemmel calmly stocked apples at the King Soopers at 7984 W. Alameda Ave. in Lakewood on March 20. Schemmel, produce manager for the store, smiled — and from the look on his face, you wouldn’t know he had already worked 60 hours during the week of March 16.

“The last two weeks have been pretty hectic. We’re selling a lot of product, and a lot of people are scared that we’re running out of food — but we’re not,” said Schemmel. “Our trucks are running a little late, so there are times when we might be out of a product. But once that truck gets here, we are good.”

Schemmel and other grocery store

SPECIAL HOURS AT STORES The following is a sampling of some major grocers that are open only to seniors and/or at-risk populations during certain times.

Costco: 8 to 9 a.m., Tuesday and Thursday Dollar General: First hour every day (opening hours may vary by store) King Soopers: 7 to 8 a.m., Monday, Wednesday and Friday Safeway: 7 to 9 a.m., Tuesday and Thursday Target: First hour of each Wednesday (opening hours may vary by store) Trader Joe’s: 9 to 10 a.m. daily (open to everyone at this time but there is a special line for seniors) Walmart: One hour before store opens every Tuesday (opening hours may vary by store) Whole Foods: One hour before opening every day (opening hours may vary by store) employees throughout the state have had to adapt to more work and an

increased demand for products amid the COVID-19 pandemic. And unlike workers in many other jobs, they have not had the luxury of working from home.

Many grocery stores, like King Soopers, have adjusted their hours.

King Soopers shortened its daily hours of operation to 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. to clean and restock stores as well as to keep its employees healthy. Walmart also reduced its hours of operation, from 7 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. in order to sanitize, clean and restock shelves in its stores while Safeway gave similar reasons for changing its hours to 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Target is now open from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Multiple grocery stores also are reserving certain hours to allow seniors, a vulnerable population to COVID-19, to gain early access to stores. For example, King Soopers is open to only seniors from 7 a.m. to 8 a.m. every Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

Many stores also are adapting to the high demand by allowing residents to only purchase a certain amount of

meats, toilet paper and other items.

Caitlyn Grathwohl, who has worked at the King Soopers at 750 N. Ridge Road in Castle Rock as a bakery manager for the past year and a half, said overtime hours have risen for many of the store’s employees.

“It is almost like Thanksgiving, but none of us are prepared for it. During Thanksgiving, you know you have a projected forecast for sales,” said Grathwohl. “There is not an idea how long this will last.”

“Now, we kind of know people want canned food, people want bread, but before, everything was getting wiped out.”

Richard Wobbekind, a senior economist at the University of Colorado Boulder, said nothing indicates the food supply chain is in any danger.

“Food production is in very good shape. I’m frankly much more worried about the people who don’t have access to technology and the people who are getting laid off more so than the fact there’s not going to be enough toilet paper on the shelf,” said Wobbekind.

Food banks struggle with increased demand

BY JOSEPH RIOS JRIOS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Grocery stores aren’t the only entities that are feeling the impact of COVID-19 — food banks are too.

Erin Pulling, president and CEO for Food Bank of the Rockies, said the organization that provides food to 700 food pantries in Colorado and Wyoming depends on grocery store donations for about a third of the product it distributes.

“We’ve seen store donations from our grocery partners decrease over the past couple of weeks while we are trying to dramatically increase the amount of food we are distributing,” said Pulling.

Food Bank of the Rockies receives food from stores like King Soopers, Safeway, Walmart and Costco.

“We’ve already seen (an increase in food distributions), and we expect an increase in need for months to come.

So many people are without jobs or unable to work due to childcare isPUBLIC NOTICE

sues,” she added.

Overall, food distribution roughly doubled the week of March 16 in comparison to the previous week for the organization, Pulling said. Food donations from residents to the organization can be complicated because Food Bank of the Rockies needs to sort, sanitize and redistribute all food donations.

“It is more impactful for people to make a financial gift, and we need volunteers,” said Pulling. Opportunities for both are at foodbankrockies.org.

Integrated Family Community Services, a nonprofit based in Arapahoe County that provides services such as school supplies, financial assistance, clothing and food through its food bank at 3370 S. Irving St., has also seen an increase in demand.

Todd McPherson, development director for Integrated Family Community Services, said that at the height of 2019, the organization was feeding 800 families a month. Now, Integrated Family Services has been seeing more

Name Changes

Name Changes

Public notice is given on March 13, 2020, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

PUBLIC NOTICE

Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Amended

The petition requests that the name of Irene Elizabeth Robinson be changed to Irene Elizabeth Kimura Case No.: 19 C 100 By: Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No: 523736 First Publication: March 26, 2020 Last Publication: April 9, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on March 13, 2020, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

The petition requests that the name of Yuliya Vadimovna Ledneva be changed to Julia Grace Devlin Case No.: 20 C 100198 By: Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No: 523738 First Publication: March 25, 2020 Last Publication: April 9, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent

HOW YOU CAN HELP The biggest need of area food banks as demand spikes and supplies drop — while COVID-19 raises the risk of infection — is the need for money. People can also check on volunteer opportunities. Here are sites where you can donate: Food Bank of the Rockies: foodbankrockies.org Integrated Family Community Services: onecanfeed.org Wellspring Food Distribution Center: wellspringchurch.us/food-distribution. than 200 people a day come by for food.

The organization is now an emergency food provider, McPherson said, offering food to everyone in the state.

“The hunger issue was real in the (Denver metro area), and now it is going to become more real than ever. We desperately need support to provide and to plan for the future to have confidence that we can continue to do this,” said McPherson.

You can donate to Integrated Family Community Services at onecanfeed. org. Its food bank is open Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Wellspring Church in Englewood at 4300 S. Lincoln St. is still operating its food pantry, but Mike Sandgren, director of compassion ministry for the church, said it is being cautious.

The church moved its food pantry outside, and since Food Bank of the Rockies has been limited on food donations to Wellspring, it has created a “hiccup” in supply, Sandgren said.

“One of the commitments we have made is to try to open up more than we did previously, because we expect food insecurity to be on the rise,” said Sandgren.

Sandgren said there has been an average amount of people who have used the pantry, and it plans to open it an additional day during the week.

The pantry is open Sundays from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. and now Wednesdays from 3 to 5 p.m.

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