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Studies: High housing costs fuel homelessness Why people lose homes is complicated, researchers say, but lack of affordable housing makes it worse

BY DAVID GILBERT DGILBERT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

The inability to afford or keep up with high housing costs is among

the biggest factors driving homelessness in Englewood, Sheridan and Littleton, which disproportionately affects people of color, according to new studies.

Leaders in Englewood, Sheridan and Littleton are exploring the most comprehensive study yet on homelessness in the three cities, part of an ongoing effort to collaborate on how to address the complex issue.

The Tri-Cities Homelessness Policy group, a coalition of officials from the three cities as well as rep-

resentatives from local nonprofits and outreach agencies, formed in 2018 as part of efforts to increase collaboration to address the needs of residents without homes.

At a Jan. 28 meeting, the group received briefings on two studies into the causes and challenges of homelessness, one of which was catered specifically to the three cities.

The first, conducted by the Center for Housing and Homelessness Research at the University of Denver, was split into two parts: a study of

families experiencing homelessness, and another studying chronic homelessness, largely among individuals.

The study did not attempt to count the numbers of people experiencing homelessness, said Daniel Brisson, who leads the center, but instead focused on qualitative data about participants’ lives.

The study, which began in 2019, was partly affected by the eruption of COVID-19 early last year. The SEE STUDIES, P9

Massive South Suburban Sports Complex opens Featuring three sheets of ice, new facility expands South Suburban’s offerings

BY DAVID GILBERT DGILBERT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

“Colossal” hardly begins to convey the scale of South Suburban Parks and Recreation District’s sprawling new Sports Complex.

Crews are still putting the finishing touches on the 206,000-squarefoot complex, which quietly opened to the public in early January on the south side of County Line Road just west of Holly Street. A grand opening is scheduled for Feb. 20.

The complex makes a mighty addition to South Suburban’s athletic offerings, featuring two 195-foot-by85-foot indoor synthetic turf fields, a sports performance training room and a gymnasium that can be divided into two full-size basketball courts, four junior basketball courts, four volleyball courts or eight pickleball courts.

One of the Sports Complex’s three ice sheets — an improvement over the old South Suburban Ice Arena, which only had two.

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PHOTO BY DAVID GILBERT

INSIDE: VOICES: PAGE 12 | LIFE: PAGE 14 | CALENDAR: PAGE 17 | SPORTS: PAGE 22

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At ElseWear Collective, sweaters are handmade with love Kelsey Johnson returns to hometown of Littleton to make sustainable, handcrafted knitted creations

BY DAVID GILBERT DGILBERT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Kelsey Johnson said she hardly hears the sound of her knitting machine anymore.

After so many years producing knitted creations on the hand-operated machine, the rhythmic zipping noise fades into the background.

“It’s really empowering,” Johnson said. “I can start with a spool of yarn and end with a one-of-a-kind sweater. The options are limitless.”

Johnson is the owner of ElseWear Collective, a handmade clothing boutique at 2690 W. Main St., unit A, in downtown Littleton.

Johnson produces nearly everything in the little storefront — sweaters, ponchos, mittens — on one of several human-powered knitting machines from a workbench against the back wall.

To her left towers a wall of spools of thread and yarn, mostly cotton and wool, all naturally sourced and dyed.

In front of her sits the knitting machine, a loom-like device composed of dozens of prongs.

Guided by hand-punched punch-

Kelsey Johnson holds one of the sweaters she hand-made at ElseWear Collective, a new shop on the far west end of Main Street in Littleton.

Kelsey Johnson works on a sweater on her knitting machine at ElseWear Collective.

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cards to lay out patterns, she zips a carriage back and forth across the prongs, carrying thread along the course, knitting far faster than two needles ever could. Beneath the machine, pieces of what will become a sweater emerge, row by row.

To her right is the show floor, where racks hang with her creations — sweaters and ponchos

that range from durable to elegant, simple to extravagant.

Each design, which Johnson developed herself, is named after a Colorado county — Park, Rio Grande, Larimer. On Jan. 28, she was working on a Teller sweater, named for the mountain county home to the historic Cripple Creek mining district.

All of Johnson’s creations are produced with natural materials, and the precision of her process leaves little waste — mostly bits of threads she tosses to her chickens at home to use for bedding.

She sources her wool from humane farms, because “happy sheep produce better wool,” she said.

“This is something sustainable and local,” she said. “It’s a chance to be conscious about where the things you use come from. When you buy a $4 T-shirt, you couldn’t water the cotton needed to produce that shirt for $4. The people who produced that shirt aren’t the ones getting the profits. Just like with our food, seeking out products that are produced humanely and sustainably can have a big impact on the environment and each other.”

Johnson grew up wanting to be a fashion designer, and studied the

field in college.

She started ElseWear Collective in a tiny studio in Denver’s Santa Fe Arts District, but when COVID restrictions shut down the district’s First Friday Art Walks, she decided it was time to make a move.

A 2004 graduate of Littleton High School, she’s thrilled she wound up on Main Street in Littleton, where she marched in many Western Welcome Week parades as a kid. And she’s thrilled to have more space than she ever had in the little studio on Santa Fe. “It’s so exciting to come into a space I’ve created,” she said. “It reflects who I am, and it inspires me to be more creative. I miss the art district and all my friends, but this is a chance for me to do some things I’ve always wanted to do.”

Chief among them: Teach others to produce their own clothes. Once COVID is in the rearview mirror, Johnson said she’d like to hold classes and pop-up events.

She would also like to boost the “collective” part of ElseWear Collective by establishing partnerships with other local artisans and crafters who share her passion for local, sustainably produced items.

Johnson said she hopes her sweaters hold a special place in the hearts of buyers.

“It’s something no one else will have,” she said. “I hope they feel like them when they wear it. It’s something special, that took time, that I cared about making just right.”

For more information, visit ElseWearCollective.com.

Kelsey Johnson said “the options are limitless” when creating custom clothing.

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Public invited to weigh in on land-use code changes Littleton officials pressing ahead with code and zoning overhaul; hoping for continued input from residents

BY DAVID GILBERT DGILBERT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

City officials are hoping to hear from the public as Littleton draws closer to finalizing the city’s overhaul of land-use and zoning codes.

City council is on track to ratify the city’s Unified Land Use Code — the first overhaul of city land use regulations since 1976 — in October, said Kathleen Osher, the city’s director of community services.

“It’s a very aggressive schedule, and we definitely want the public to stay involved,” Osher said.

The Unified Land Use Code, or ULUC, is the culmination of the years-long Envision Littleton process intended to provide strategic planning and modernized land use regulations to manage the next 20 years of Littleton’s growth.

The process began in 2018 with a “visioning” process that asked residents to spell out what they like and

don’t like about Littleton.

From that came the “Complan,” a non-binding document that spells out a set of goals and ideals for Littleton’s future. It was the first new comprehensive plan since 1985.

Now comes the most significant piece: the ULUC, an actual regulatory framework that will determine what gets built where.

“The current code just doesn’t match up with the goals the public helped us determine,” Osher said.

“This is our chance to get it right, but we need to keep hearing from people.”

The project’s next opportunity for public input is an online “studio” focused on neighborhood character, scheduled for 4:30 p.m. on Feb. 10.

Information about how to attend will be posted to EnvisionLittleton. org.

Future events include another neighborhood-focused studio on March 8, one focused on business and commercial areas on May 3, and the unveiling of the draft land use code for public review on June 7.

City council plans to ratify the code on Oct. 19.

Osher invited members of the public to email her with questions at kosher@littletongov.org.

Changes approved for County Line Road Construction is set to take two years and begin in 2023

BY ELLIOTT WENZLER EWENZLER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Douglas County commissioners took the first steps in a project to reconstruct a section of County Line Road along the border between Highlands Ranch and the City of Centennial during a Jan. 26 meeting.

Construction of this section, stretching from Broadway to University Boulevard, is expected to cost $20 million and to be finished in 2025.

The design for the project, which will cost about $880,000, was unanimously approved by commissioners during the meeting. That phase is planned to be mostly completed by fall of this year.

“I, like a lot of people, use that stretch,” said Commissioner Lora Thomas during the meeting. “I am looking forward to people not trying to cut me off and whip in front of me and cause crashes in there.

This is going to be a great safety project.”

The reconstruction and widening of the road has several goals, including adding roadway capacity, improving safety and drainage on the road, adding sidewalks and traffic

lights and mitigating roadway noise for nearby residents, according to a presentation from county staff in the meeting.

Funding for the project will be split between several entities, with the majority of funding, $10 million, coming from the Denver Regional Council of Governments. The City of Centennial and Douglas County will each contribute $4.5 million and the City of Littleton will put in $1 million. The west end of the project is in the City of Littleton.

The two-year construction project is planned to begin in early 2023.

One portion of sidewalk will be added along the entire north side of the project, in Arapahoe County.

Another portion of sidewalk will be added on the south side of the road from Clarkson Street to University Boulevard in Douglas County.

A new traffic light will be added at the Clarkson Street intersection beginning in summer of 2021.

In the same meeting, commissioners approved design costs for construction at the Havana Street and Meridian Boulevard intersection in Lone Tree. This project will cost $8 million and is planned to begin in 2022.

They also approved design costs for changes at Bayou Gulch Road south of Parker from Pradera Parkway to Scott Avenue. Construction on the project, which will cost $3.5 million, will begin in early 2022.

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Changes to Arapahoe County Tax Statements To save resources, in 2021 property owners who pay through an escrow account will receive a postcard instead of a full tax statement.

For more info, visit arapahoegov.com or call 303-795-4550.

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Find what you need by visiting ArapaSOURCE.org Telephone Town Hall – Vaccination Update Join us on Thursday, February 4 @ 6:30 p.m. for a discussion on the COVID-19 vaccination and the County’s distribution plans. arapahoegov.com/townhall Get details atBroadway A portion of County Line Road between and University Boulevard. Construction to widen and make other improvements to that section of road will begin in 2023.

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MY NAME IS

REED UNDERWOOD

produced a situation where our ability to think critically is hampered.

It’s been exacerbated by a drift in education toward a fixation on measurable results rather than preparing people to be citizens.

Level one of addressing the critical thinking problem is knowing you should ask questions of institutions, society and reality at large.

It’s part of your duty as a person to ask those questions, but also to ask the right questions of the right things.

‘A guy who writes’ with hopes of teaching young people to ask good questions Giving readers a good time

I’m trying to be more of a writer. I haven’t gotten much published yet.

I’m trying to develop more discipline. I’m a guy who writes — you have to finish things to be a writer.

The chief thing I’m looking to accomplish with my writing is to give people a good time. Any writer’s first responsibility is to be an entertainer. That’s why I like horror fiction so much — the impulse to entertain is baked into the cake in a way that it’s not in realistic “sad family” fiction.

Leading them out of the wilderness

Photographing the dead

I collect vintage and antique photographs. The most interesting photograph I have was taken in India in the early 20th century, I would guess.

There are two young women, and in the background is a little girl. The young women are standing behind a chair, holding up the dead body of an old woman.

There was a whole genre of postmortem photography. It was from a time when people were encountering reproducible media for the first time, and after death may have been

Reed Underwood said teaching media literacy is crucial in a time when people are being deluged with more information than ever before, much of it bad or inaccurate. COURTESY PHOTO

their only chance to justify the cost of creating a lasting visual record of their loved one. There’s a different way of relating to technology, media, and death itself that crystallizes in those post-mortem photographs.

Preparing people to be citizens

I’m working on becoming a public school teacher. I’m hoping to teach English at the secondary level. Our information technology climate, primarily around social media, has

As an example: We learn because of Watergate or Vietnam that it’s reasonable to submit the official doctrinaire lines of the U.S. government to interrogation. We spent a certain portion of history doing that, but that breakdown of trust in institutions has led to people thinking that nothing anybody says is true. That leads you into the wilderness just as much as believing everything is true.

Being able to triage information is the only way to get through anything. If education is failing in that mission at the same time as people are getting deluged with information more than they ever have been, being a teacher who at best reaches 100 students a year isn’t going to fix that. But if you see a burning building, somebody’s got to run into it.

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Cemetery a historic landmark in shopping center Melvin-Lewis Cemetery a part of bygone community near Cherry Creek

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

At the Pioneer Hills shopping center just off Parker Road, visitors can find the typical features of a suburban retail destination: a Bed Bath & Beyond, a PetSmart, a handful of chain restaurants.

But right between the Chick-fil-A and another retail building — near the middle of the parking lot — there’s a cemetery.

It’s called the Melvin-Lewis Cemetery, a former part of a small community called Melvin that once sat near the Cherry Creek watercourse.

John and Emma Lewis, who once owned a farm in the area, purchased the land that included the cemetery in 1883, according to the Cherry Creek Valley Historical Society.

“Most residents were forced to move when the Cherry Creek Dam was built,” the society’s website says. “This burial ground fell into disuse and was abandoned.”

Decades later, suburban sprawl crept right up to the cemetery, which ended up preserved as part of the shopping center. It’s not known for sure who was buried there — or even how many people once were, according to the historical society.

A plaque near the gates recognizing Melvin-Lewis Cemetery’s historic landmark designation from the City of Aurora.

The Melvin-Lewis Cemetery, a former part of a small community called Melvin that once sat near the Cherry Creek watercourse, sits in the Pioneer Hills shopping center PHOTOS BY ELLIS ARNOLD just off Parker Road in Aurora, near Centennial.

“We have more questions than answers,” said Garry O’Hara, the society’s president.

Although the cemetery, which previously sat amid an open field, was a “prime candidate to be bulldozed over 20 or 30 years ago,” O’Hara said, it now holds a historical landmark designation from the City of Aurora, the city in which the shopping center is located.

Here’s a look at what’s known about the cemetery, which sits just outside of Centennial near Chambers Road.

Historic resting place Arriving in 1859, the Melvin fam-

ily’s settlement in the area “proved invaluable to fellow westward travelers” and eventually grew into the Melvin community, according to historical information from the City of Aurora.

Travelers were buried at the cemetery, likely beginning with the Melvins’ arrival, according to the city. The Lewis family purchased the cemetery from the Melvin family.

John and Jane Melvin had built a ranch in the area in the 1860s, according to the historical society. The Melvin place soon became known as 12 Mile House, a station along Cherry Creek.

The “mile houses” sat every two to three miles along the Cherokee/ Smoky Hill wagon trails from Kansas, named based on their distance to the intersection of Colfax Avenue and North Broadway in Denver, according to Arapahoe County’s website. Out of the original six mile houses, only 17 Mile House and Four Mile House exist in their entirety today, the website says. The buildings also included Seven Mile House, Nine Mile House and 20 Mile House, according to the National Register of Historic Places.

At mile houses, travelers could get a meal, spend the night, rest their animals and have minor repairs made to coaches or wagons, according to the county’s website.

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Most significant, however, is the complex’s three sheets of ice, which replace the two sheets at the halfcentury old South Suburban Ice Arena along Arapahoe Road.

With ice sports growing in popularity, the old Ice Arena just wasn’t cutting it anymore, said Bill Dobbs, South Suburban’s ice manager.

“The old arena had character,” Dobbs said. “A lot of people learned to skate there for generations. It has a special place in all our hearts, but it was time to grow. There’s just no comparison with this new facility.

We can offer so much more from beginners to pros now. It’s a dream come true.”

The new facility features a main sheet with seating for 800 — meeting the requirements to host national tournaments. A second sheet features seating for 250, and a third with minimal seating can host practices and free-skating.

The spectator areas beside the new ice sheets also offer far greater access for people with disabilities than the old arena, Dobbs said.

The ice facilities are augmented by a designated figure skating warm-up room, five locker rooms, a skate rental shop with 600 pairs for rent and a pro shop owned and operated by Wayne “Smokey” Flemming, the longtime equipment manager for the Colorado Avalanche hockey team.

“It’s a lot more than a pro shop,” Dobbs said. “Smokey can fix any

The Sports Complex’s Pro Shop is managed by Wayne “Smokey” Flemming, the former equipment manager for the Colorado Avalanche.

South Suburban Parks and Recreation District opened its sprawling new Sports Complex on County Line Road west of Holly Street in mid-January. A grand opening for the PHOTOS BY DAVID GILBERT 206,000-square-foot facility is scheduled for Feb. 20.

gear. He’s amazing.”

The old Ice Arena will be mothballed for now, said Mike Braaten, South Suburban’s deputy executive director.

“We’re not sure what we’re going to do with that facility yet, but we’re in no hurry,” Braaten said.

The ground beneath the old arena’s ice sheets is effectively permafrost, Braaten said, and the district plans to hire crews to drill into it to see how deep the ice goes.

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“It could take years to thaw,” he said.

The new Sports Complex also features a restaurant and bar overlooking the ice sheets, with plans for 10 on-tap beers, and an app system that will allow spectators to place orders from their phones and have their food delivered to the stands.

The facility also includes party rooms, meeting space and other rental space for club sports and school athletics programs.

Like most South Suburban facilities, users pay either a resident or nonresident fee to use the complex, depending on whether they live within South Suburban’s boundaries. South Suburban encompasses Littleton, west Centennial, Lone Tree, Sheridan, Bow Mar, Columbine Valley and parts of unincorporated Douglas, Jefferson and Arapahoe counties.

The complex’s final price tag was $63 million, paid for with a combination of bonds and certificates of participation, Braaten said. That’s up from initial estimates of $50 million several years ago, and $61 million last year, owing largely to

One of the Sports Complex’s two indoor artificial turf fields.

the addition of the third sheet of ice and construction delays.

Though restricted to 25% capacity in late January, the complex is already Five-Star certified, meaning it could see its capacity boosted to 50% in February if COVID-19 numbers keep trending downward, said Nicole Stehlik, South Suburban’s assistant director of recreation.

“It’s a great place for us to expand our competitive and recreational offerings,” Stehlik said. “A lot of groups and athletes are going to benefit from this for a long time. It’s new, it’s exciting, and it’s a big deal.”

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Pandemic is setback for count of homeless Uptick in homeless families seen in Englewood area, service provider says

there,� McIntosh said of families homelessness, made the observawho have fallen on hard times. tion of how common it is to see people asking for money in metro Changes in survey risk undercount Denver. He said that in the last two Compounding the difficulty of years, the area’s homeless population hasn’t appeared to decrease — tracking trends in homelessness is that the metro area’s annual count and as the pandemic continues to of people experiencing homeupend economic stability, families

BY ELLIS ARNOLD lessness has been pushed back a that were “right on the margins�

EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM month. appear to fall into Each January, homelessness As one homeless-service providvolunteers from more, McIntosh er put it: “You can’t go a block or sources such as two without seeing someone on the said. churches, human“The one area I corner begging for money — and services departknow we’ve seen that’s all over the Denver metro ments, nonprofits an uptick is famiarea.� and law enforcelies, especially While that’s a bit of an exagment team up families with geration, visible homelessness has in communities school-age kids,� showed no signs of slowing down across the Denver said McIntosh, amid the coronavirus pandemic in metro area, and metro Denver. Pedestrians wrapped who has observed areas around the trends by spendin large blankets, lying on sidenation, to conduct ing time at Giving walks or pushing shopping carts Heart homelessfull of belongings are a common Mark McIntosh, the Point-in-Time survey of their services center on sight from Adams County all the member of Change the Trend region’s homeless South Broadway way down to the south metro area. and Cafe 180, a Although exact numbers are difNetwork coalition population.

The date for restaurant that ficult to come by, city officials and the count was provides meals advocates have said the homeless changed from in exchange for population has increased in recent Jan. 25 to Feb. 25, according to the years in Englewood, where obvious volunteer service for those who Metro Denver Homeless Initiative, can’t pay. signs of homelessness signal only which oversees the annual survey.

McIntosh and other advocates a hint of the problem. In EngleBased on a waiver from the U.S. have found support in the local wood, people experience homelessDepartment of Housing and Urban business community, with some ness in motels, along the South Development, the Denver metro motels in the area helping to shelPlatte River, in alleys and vehicles. region won’t carry out a count of ter families, he said.

Families often live doubled up in people in “unsheltered� homeless“Kids are going back to school homes. ness, according to the homeless somewhat, but they’ve been trying Mark McIntosh, a member of initiative. to learn virtually in a hotel room the local Change the Trend NetThe survey has in the past where there might be five people work coalition that works to fight categorized people as staying in transitional housing, emergency shelter or supportive housing for mental illness, also called “safe havens.� Those in hotels or motels paid for by a government or charitable organization have also counted as sheltered homeless.

Apart from those settings, others are considered unsheltered. The count in the past has not included people sleeping on couches at friends’ or families’ homes. “Any sort of unsheltered count would have required the need for volunteers and potentially put people at risk of infection,� the organization’s website says. “The safety of those experiencing homelessness and volunteers is the top

priority.�

Cities with large homeless populations in other states are waiving the unsheltered count as well, according to the website.

In the Denver metro area, homeless-service providers typically hold “magnet� events, offering resources such as food or medical services as an incentive for people experiencing homelessness to complete the survey. There won’t be any such events in the metro area this year, according to Cameron Shropshire, a housing specialist for Arapahoe County. “Arapahoe County Community Resources will still provide incen tive items to community mem

bers experiencing homelessness through our community partners, such as hygiene items, hand warmers, sleeping bags, blankets and food,� Shropshire said.

The region will still conduct a count of “sheltered� homelessness as is still required by the Housing

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and Urban Development Department, according to the homeless initiative.

The majority of that count will be conducted by a “data pull� on Feb. 26 from the region’s Homeless Management Information System, the homeless initiative’s website says. Shelters not using the system will conduct surveys overnight on Feb. 25.

The focus only on counting in shelters will likely result in the homeless in counties such as Arapahoe being “severely undercounted,� said Jen Engquist, executive director of Break Bread, an organization that serves free meals on Saturdays at Littleton United Methodist Church.

The homeless initiative notes that the unsheltered count is only required every other year.

While 2021 is an “on� year, there is precedent for communities to not conduct an unsheltered count, the initiative’s website says. “Additionally, the region is considering doing a (Point-in-Time)like count later this year, once it is safe to do so, to be used solely for local planning purposes� and not for submission to the Housing and Urban Development Department, the website adds.

Even in years when the full Point-in-Time does occur, the survey is voluntary and is a “snapshot� of the homeless population — actual numbers are likely higher. ‘Weaving through maze’ of needs Change the Trend Network — a coalition of nonprofits, faith-based groups, a health-care provider and the Englewood police — formed in summer 2017, coming forward to the public with a March 2018 forum, where residents engaged in conversation with the coalition.

Since then, the coalition has gained more momentum. Change the Trend is working on gathering more resources under its umbrella, said McIntosh, who is also the founder of A Stronger Cord. That’s an organization that helps men in recovery from drug and alcohol addiction begin rebuilding connections with friends, family and their community.

McIntosh marvels at the level of collaboration he sees in Zoom videoconference calls on Thursday mornings — different players, such as law enforcement and Arapahoe County officials chime in, ready to offer help for those experiencing homelessness. “It’s just weaving through the maze and figuring out the best path and having a real team effort,� McIntosh said. He added: “Next thing you know, we’ve got a path for these folks.�

Change the Trend now lists 16 organizations and government entities as among its network, according to its website.

Englewood joined Littleton and Sheridan — its neighbors along the South Platte River and major roads — in forming the Tri-Cities Homelessness Policy Group, made up of city officials, police and community organizations. The group began in fall 2018.

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study sought to understand what caused families or individuals to lose their homes, what prevented them from exiting homelessness, and understanding what services exist or are lacking in the Tri-Cities area.

The largest causes of homelessness and barriers to finding new housing for families are all financial, according to the study.

Among causes of homelessness among 49 individuals surveyed: • 61% said they were unable to pay rent.

• 57% reported a change in employment.

• 47% reported losing a job.

• 45% cited housing cost increases.

• 45% cited other unaffordable expenses.

Other reasons cited included relationship issues, mental health issues, domestic violence, low or no credit scores or illness.

Among the barriers to reentering housing for families: • 59% cited the increase in housing costs.

• 55% reported having too low of a credit score to qualify for rentals.

• 53% reported being unable to reliably pay rent.

• 49% reported a change in employment.

• 41% reported losing a job.

Other reasons cited were similar to the causes: illness, mental health issues, domestic violence or the black mark of eviction on their records.

Seen from across the South Platte River, a man dismantles a canopy during a sweep of a homeless camp in September. FILE PHOTO

Most homeless families live doubled up in other people’s homes, the study found. Other locations in order of frequency were hotels and motels, emergency shelters and cars, followed by living on the streets or in tents.

Among individuals experiencing chronic homelessness, living on the streets was far more common.

Of 121 individuals surveyed, 100 reported living on the streets at some point over the last two years, with 41 saying they spent the prior night on the street.

Similar to families experiencing homelessness, primary causes and barriers for individuals experincing chronic homelessness were largely financial, including job loss, high housing costs, employment changes, inability to keep up with climbing rents or inability to recover after an eviction.

A significant finding of the study is that one individual can have many interconnected issues that all add up to a difficult and intractable situation.

For instance, one individual surveyed in the study reported all of the following: losing a job after arguing with coworkers, an inability to keep other jobs due to addiction-related issues, disability after a car crash that made physically demanding jobs impossible, years-long waitlists for subsidized public housing, and depression and paranoia problems that exacerbated every other issue.

Despite the statistics, it’s important to understand that every person experiencing homelessness is different and on their own journey, Brisson said.

“If you’ve met one person who’s experienced homelessness, you’ve met one person who’s experienced homelessness,” Brisson told the group.

A second study, conducted by the Metro Denver Homelessness Initiative (MDHI), studied homelessness across the Denver metro area more broadly.

The study found that between July 1, 2019 and June 30, 2020, more than 31,000 people accessed services related to homelessness, and the number of unhoused people in the Denver metro area climbed by 15% between 2018 and 2020.

Another key finding: racial inequity was high in all data sets in the study, with people of color — and particularly people who are Black or Indigenous — largely overrepresented compared to their share of the general population.

The study came to similar conclusions as the DU study: High housing costs are a tremendous driver of homelessness.

The effects of rising housing costs are exacerbated by the impacts of trauma and stress, the study found, with domestic violence, mental health issues and chronic health conditions all contributing to families and individuals becoming unable to meet income needs.

The MDHI study concluded that the Tri-Cities area lacks a single coordinating entity for housing services, saying there are multiple agencies in the region that could collaborate further and share more data or clientele.

The study also made a variety of recommendations for the Tri-Cities Homelessness Policy Group: • Address housing affordability issues by finding or developing more affordable housing in the communities.

• Develop eviction-prevention strategies, because keeping people housed is more cost-effective than helping them recover after losing a home.

• Partner with employment programs.

• Include financial education in service offerings.

• Coordinate “wrap-around” services when assisting individuals and families by developing a more comprehensive approach to meeting mental and physical health needs, child welfare needs, domestic violence recovery support and addiction treatment.

The Tri-Cities Homelessness Policy Group plans to draft a plan for further action based on the studies, which is scheduled to be presented in May.

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their bodies to medical research were also buried at the cemetery from 1957 to 1986, according to Aurora’s website.

In 1957, the property that included the cemetery was acquired by the University of Colorado, and it was used for research from that point, O’Hara said.

“Over time, the cemetery became abandoned and vandalized,” O’Hara said. Among the only remains left are cremated remains of around 1,600 people who donated their bodies to science after death, now interred in a chain-link fence enclosure in the middle of the cemetery, O’Hara said.

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‘Valiant’ fight Before the shopping center arrived, “nothing at all” sat near the cemetery, O’Hara said.

“The only thing that was there is the caretaker’s house for the University of Colorado and a few sticks in the ground where graves were supposed to be,” O’Hara said.

The shopping center’s development didn’t happen without a fight — O’Hara and others felt the development would be “an eyesore” and produce too much noise, O’Hara said.

Clarice Crowle, one of the founders of the historical society, helped lead a letter-writing campaign to the local governing body at the time — likely the Aurora City Council, O’Hara recalled.

“She had our friends in the newspaper offices write stories about that and put the Melvin-Lewis Cemetery in headlines so that people would notice it,” O’Hara said. “And it was a losing cause, but it was very valiantly done by members of our group and others.”

O’Hara isn’t sure whether the developer planned to preserve the cemetery at first, he said. But ultimately, the developer agreed to build a wall around the cemetery, along with a “beautiful gate,” O’Hara said.

“So we’re happy about that — they did what they promised,” O’Hara said.

The cemetery and much of the surrounding shopping center land are owned by a company called Collett, a real estate firm whose corporate office sits in North Carolina, according to county property records.

The company purchased the shopping center from “Site Centers/ DDR, who purchased it from the Greenberg group,” said Erik Christopher, managing principal with SRS Real Estate Partners. Collett is a client of SRS, Christopher said.

Greenberg was the original developer, he added.

“The preservation (of the cemetery) was part of the land-use protections that accompanied the shopping center acquisition,” said Bobbi Conigliaro, asset manager for Collett. “Although we do not have a right to change it, we are happy to do our part to protect it.”

Conigliaro did not have other information to offer about the cemetery’s history, she said.

O’Hara guesses the original developer bought the land from the University of Colorado or that it became city land after about 1983, but he couldn’t say for sure. He didn’t

‘MOST HAVE NO IDEA’ The area that became known as the Melvin community sat immediately south of today’s Cherry Creek Reservoir, encompassing much of the southern part of what is now Cherry Creek State Park.

The community was roughly bordered on the west by present-day Jordan Road and on the east by Parker Road; the north and south boundaries were approximately Cherry Creek Reservoir and Arapahoe Road, according to the historical society.

“Today most people who move here have no idea that the region was once called Melvin,” a newsletter from the group says.

“Trains stopped at Melvin and other small communities in the Cherry Creek Valley for fifty-four years (1882-1936), but it was not a profitable business. As the years went by, cars replaced trains for family outings and trucks competed for freight business. Tracks were taken up,” according to the historical society.

Much of the Melvin-Lewis Cemetery’s documented history comes from oral history interviews conducted by a high school student in the 1970s, according to historical information from the City of Aurora. know whether the university bought the land from the Lewis family.

The shopping center’s buildings were constructed in 2002, according to county records.

‘Place of honor’ O’Hara’s historical society isn’t sure when the first and last burials of remains that weren’t researchrelated took place at the cemetery.

“All we know is the first burial was possibly as early as 1860s, and the last was (likely) 1910,” O’Hara said.

At least some remains were exhumed and moved to Fairmount Cemetery in east Denver, O’Hara said.

The historical society doesn’t know for sure who was buried there, but it’s more certain about one person: Emmaretta Hawkey Lewis, likely interred there in the 1890s, according to the society.

“She died in the 1890s, possibly in childbirth,” O’Hara said. She was married to one of the Lewis men, he added.

“We don’t know who’s there still, we don’t know where if they were, we don’t know when they were placed there and when they (may have been) exhumed,” O’Hara said.

“I try to find out myself, but I run into brick walls.”

The structures that now lie in the cemetery are “bases,” on top of which would have gone the memorials of the buried. Generally, no full tombstones stand now, O’Hara said.

A small memorial in honor of those who donated their bodies to science has sat in the cemetery, and another memorial was made by the Cherry Creek Grange in 1961 in honor of the travelers buried there, O’Hara said. The grange was an organization that included farmers who traded ideas about agriculture, he added.

The cemetery was in bad shape before the shopping center development and the changes it brought, O’Hara said.

“It’s much better,” O’Hara said.

“It’s still not in the greatest shape, but it’s at least in a place of honor where it belongs.”

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Irrelevance of watches was just a matter of time

atch out.

Believe it or not, years and years ago wristwatches were intended solely to tell someone what time it was.

QUIET Not anymore.

DESPERATION Maybe you saw this? The president wore a $7,000 “statement watch” — a Rolex Datejust — to the inauguration.

It’s doubtful he needed the watch to tell him what time it was. His day was Craig Marshall pretty well orchesSmith trated.

Perhaps he wore the watch to tell those Russians something about him.

I always think that actions speak louder than watches, but what do I know? I haven’t worn a watch — not even a cheap-o — in 40 years.

Back when I was wearing a watch, I needed one to know what time it was; nothing more.

Then, all of a sudden, there were

time pieces everywhere. Every appliance comes with a digital clock. Digital clocks come with digital clocks.

Stoves, coffee makers, microwave ovens. Your television tells you what time it is too.

Mobile phones know what time it is. That means you can confirm what your watch is telling you once you leave the house.

Your car has a clock. Office buildings have digital clocks outside and analog clocks inside.

Every stadium, gymnasium, auditorium has multiple clocks (yet coaches wear watches).

Every classroom has a clock.

Yet hundreds — thousands — of dollars are spent on wristwatches.

Why? Because expensive wristwatches let people know you have (choose one): high standards; good taste; a lot of money; a warped sense of priorities.

As you might have guessed, I don’t accessorize. In fact, I am uncomfortable with the word.

No watch, ring, bracelet, necklace, or chain.

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What does a Rolex Datejust weigh?

The one the president was wearing?

Two pounds at least.

His watch also tells him what day it is. It seems like he would know.

There are watches that do more than tell the time and date.

I always envied Dick Tracy’s watch. He talked into it. Now and then in grade school I talked to my wrist.

(My teacher sent a note to my parents. “Craig talks to his left wrist.”)

In one way or another, we all make statements with what we are wearing or not wearing.

In the winter, I wear a sweater and jeans. In the summer, a shirt and shorts. I think this means one of two things: I undervalue the benefits of making statements with what I am wearing, or I’m too old and distant to care about making statements with what I am wearing.

It’s time to feed the dog.

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

The power of accountability

Letter writer was cherry-picking

On Jan. 6, 2021, my wife and I went to Washington, D.C., to protest, in our opinion, a stolen presidential election; paying our own way to exercise our First Amendment rights to register our disapproval of what we believe to be an unlawful election. On that evening, David Gilbert of the Littleton Independent interviewed me and to his credit, he accurately quoted my comments.

On Jan. 21, Susan Thornton, in a letter to the editor, felt it necessary to be shocked that I would report a different narrative than the one she obviously believed in. Ms. Thornton neglected to mention Gilbert’s question, “Asked if he (`Champion’) supports President Trump’s call from July that protesters who damage federal property should face 10 years in prison, Champion said `Absolutely.’” I believe in peaceful protest, not violence.

Where was the outrage by Ms. Thornton when mobs desecrated our Colorado Statehouse; her outrage with the now declassified Operation Crossfire Hurricane documents used when the DOJ lied to the FISA Court, thus Comey, Brennan and Clapper escaped justice; and with Hillary Clinton’s deletion of 33,000 emails; and how the FBI and the CIA passed on the Steele Dossier; and her outrage as to why Biden’s son has not been charged with high treason?

Entertainer William Jonathan Drayton Jr. takes the concept of carrying a timepiece with him to the greatest extreme.

Known as “Flavor Flav,” he wears a dinner plate-sized clock on a chain around his neck.

In high school, I was given a Timex with a “Twist-O-Flex” band.

The band always managed to capture wrist hairs and bring tears to my years.

Later I purchased a Swatch for less than $20.

One day at school I looked at it and realized it was nothing more than a bracelet. After all, there were clocks everywhere.

In an article about “statement watches,” Watch Shopping states, “Welcome to the complicated world of Rolex. The iconic brand often sends differing, even conflicting messages.

“While a Rolex exudes a sense of sophistication and success, it also risks looking like overcompensation.”

I don’t want something on my wrist to exude anything.

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ccountability is one of those words that gets a lot of attention; however, it also receives a fair amount of avoidance. I mean it’s great when we can hold others accountable for doing what they say they will do and then actually WINNING getting it done; WORDS but when it’s time for others to hold us accountable, well, let’s just slow down a bit and talk this whole thing over.

Accountable? I don’t need anyone holding me Michael Norton accountable.

It does seem like there is a lot of conversation these days about accountability.

We hear things like, “Why isn’t anyone being held accountable for that?”

If we can get ourselves past the macro view of accountability and focus on the micro view, meaning our own personal accountability, we will be able to accomplish more, feel better about

what we achieve, and put some of the enjoyment back in our lives. Enjoyment that may have been lost while we were too busy concentrating on what others are “not” doing.

Over the years I have developed a huge sense of appreciation for accountability. I have also embraced the idea of accountability partners. I would like to share five of my accountability partners with you. These are people in my life who have absolutely helped me achieve success in many areas where I am always seeking improvement.

My fitness accountability partner happens to be my wife Kim. She holds me accountable for many other things too. We are accountability partners for each other when it comes to what we eat, how much water we drink, and making sure that we get our workouts in each day. The gains that we have both seen in the past few months have been incredible.

When it comes to faith, my good friend Mark Foley and I have been accountability partners for many years. Every day, without fail, we participate in a

Bible study and a devotional. We share our intimate reactions and thoughts. And we typically do this the first thing in the morning. This accountability sets the tone for the day and grounds us in the truth.

There is another friend whom I have known for 20 years. We speak almost every single night and have done so since the pandemic started. Our calls include catching up on the events of the day, but we also make sure we talk about specific business activities, behaviors, prospects, and customer interactions. I call John Vanderslice on the odd number days of the month and he calls me on the even days of the month. His knowledge and practicality are so valued, and if I try to avoid the details of my day, he digs in and holds me accountable to talk through it.

Frank Singer is my accountability partner in so many incredible ways, as we have walked the same road in life. Long before the pandemic, we would speak often. Frank’s presence in my

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What I said was exactly what I have done as the representative for House District 38. I told the truth — nothing more — nothing less. I have no reason to lie. I abhor and condemn the violence that apparently took place in the Capitol and I believe the perpetrators should be brought to justice; as I believe ALL who break the law should be held accountable. To save this wonderful country, we cannot have two different standards for justice — one for the elites, one for the rest of us.

Richard Champion Columbine Valley In defense of Richard Champion

The misinformation in the letter Jan. 21 — “What was Champion thinking?” — needs to be addressed.

In that letter, the author states that Richard Champion “went to Washington D.C., to protest Biden’s election as president.” I reread the article from Jan. 14 in the Independent and what he actually said was he went to Washington “to object to what he called a broken judicial and

electoral system.” I agree with that conclusion, which, by the way many Americans would agree with. At the end of the article, Champion was quoted as saying when Joe Biden is sworn in as president, “he will be my president.” That was certainly not the position of many of those did who not want Trump elected.

The letter further states Champion “stayed outside the Capitol building while mobs were ransacking it, and he didn’t see any violence.”

The peaceful protest and the ensuing breach of the Capitol by a small minority, of whom for the most part, remain unidentified, happened at the same place, but were two separate events. There is a difference in recounting what a person observes in real time vs. observations after the fact that include an overview of everything going on at once. I have seen numerous conflicting reports of what actually happened and who was involved. This misrepresentation of Richard Champion is one example of so many that are distorting the truth and sowing division in America. Unfortunately, these kinds of misrepresentations are also being used to silence our voices.

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Sterling Ranch welcomes Pulte Homes back to Colorado STAFF REPORT

Pulte Homes, the nation’s thirdlargest homebuilder, is returning to the Colorado market as a builder with Sterling Ranch, according to a news release from the community.

“The addition of Pulte Homes to our impressive list of homebuilders will provide our buyers with even more options to choose from within our master planned community,” said Brock Smethills, president of the Sterling Ranch Development Co., according to the release.

Pulte Homes will purchase 197 homesites in Sterling Ranch over the course of two phases. Seventyeight were purchased in December 2020, and the remaining 119 homesites are anticipated to close by June 202.

The Pulte Homes offering will feature one and two-story singlefamily home designs with flexible, open living spaces situated on large homesites, as well as unique alleyloaded three-story townhomes.

“With its unmatched location, va-

riety of amenities and spectacular surrounding views, Sterling Ranch is a one-of-a kind community and a perfect fit for Pulte Homes,” said Les Anderson, PulteGroup’s division president for New Mexico and Colorado, according to the release.

“We are thrilled to offer our innovative home designs that give buyers the ability to create personalized spaces to fit their everyday living and entertainment needs.”

Sales of these homes are anticipated to begin in late 2021 or early 2022. Details regarding floor plans, home sizes and prices will be made available at a later date, according to the release.

New homes in Sterling Ranch are available for sale now by Richmond American Homes, TRI Pointe and Taylor Morrison, Dream Finders Homes, Lennar and Parkwood Homes.

Information regarding each homebuilder, the selection of homes available at Sterling Ranch and pricing is available at www. sterlingranchcolorado.com, according to the release.

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life has always reminded me to hold myself accountable for the blessings and appreciation of true friendship. Frank and I have spoken almost every single day since the pandemic as well. And whether it’s Frank holding me accountable, or me holding him accountable, to have a brief call every day reminds us both of the necessity and value of friendship.

Lastly, I will share with you my accountability partner and my voice of reason and truth. Tom Ziglar has an amazing capacity to understand situations for what they really are. We are partners, we have been co-workers, friends, and

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we are brothers. When the world looks like a maze that I am trying to navigate and feeling a bit lost, Tom will always hold me accountable bringing me back to reality.

Five accountability partners, one for each: fitness and more, faith, business, friendship, and for keeping things real.

How about you? Is there a chance that you can benefit from a little bit of accountability? I would love to hear your story at mnorton@ tramazing.com, and when we have the right amount of accountability in our lives, it really will be a better than good year.

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.

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he world-renowned monster-makers at Greeley’s own Distortions Unlimited and the award-winning production team at Loveland-based Blazen Illuminations have teamed up to offer Denver an out-of-this world adventure filled with spooky and supernatural creatures.

Distortions Monster World, an immersive artainment experience, offers guests an opportunity to explore life-sized creatures – many recognizable from television and film – and interactive, technologyforward installations in a 19,000-square-foot space in the Denver Pavilions on the 16th Street Mall.

The monsters featured in the various scenes of the exhibit are the creations of Distortions Unlimited owners Ed Edmunds and Marsha Taub-Edmunds, their team and the many artists and sculptors they work with.

The monsters in each scene are accompanied by special effects, props, theatrical lighting and sound design by Blazen Illuminations.

“Distortions Monster World is a celebration of a lifetime of making monsters and a way to share our love for all things monster,” Edmunds said in a news release. “I have never seen monsters as ugly, and certainly haven’t associated them with just one time of the year. My hope is that visitors will walk away appreciating the art and beauty behind these creatures, and realize there is more to monsters than meets the eye.”

A group of friends gather for a photo in front of a display at Distortions Monster World. Masks must be worn while exploring the PHOTOS BY CHRISTY STEADMAN 19,000-square-foot space, but guests are permitted to remove them for photos.

IF YOU GO Distortions Monster World is located at 500 16th Street Mall on the first floor in Suite #180.

Typical hours of operation are 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays, and noon to 6 p.m. on Sundays.

Tickets must be purchased online in advance, and are available up to one hour before your desired time slot. Each time slot lasts one hour.

Tickets cost $25 per person for guests age 12 and older, $18 for youths age 6-11, and children age 5 and younger are free.

Masks must be worn while exploring the exhibit, but may be removed briefly for taking a picture.

The exhibit is deep cleaned before opening and at the end of the day.

To purchase tickets or learn more about the Distortions Monster World exhibit, visit https://distortionsmonsterworld.com.

Many of the creatures on display at Distortions Monster World are well-known from movies, television or music, such as USDI from Star Trek Continues.

A giant, creepy tree is one of the installations at Distortions Monster World, an immersive artainment experience at the Denver Pavilions on the 16th Street Mall.

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Museum reveals discovery of rare dinosaur remains

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n 2017, Smithsonian Ecology Fellow Erin Spear, Ph.D., was part of a Denver Museum of Nature & Science team exploring rocks dating 73.5 to 77 million years old in northwestern New SONYA’S Mexico. She spotted SAMPLER a fragment of skull of tube-crested dinosaur Parasaurolophus cyrtocristatus, previously known only from a specimen collected in 1923 in the same area. Research was funded through the Sonya Ellingboe DMNS’ Laramidia Project. The skull discovery was reported in last week’s edition of the journal PeerJ — watch for more news about this fascinating find! In other DMNS news, the Gates Planetarium is now open, as is the rest of the DMNS. It is located at 2001 Colorado Blvd. 303-370-6000, dmns.org.

Swedish Horses Corral Project

The Englewood Cultural Arts Commission is accepting artis applications for the Swedish Horses Corral Project 2021, with a Feb. 25 deadline. Fiberglass horses will be about 4 feet tall, 3 feet 7 inches long

org. Check online at www.curioustheatre.org/nowyouknow_teachers.

The plays are: “Black” by Lamaria Aminaha and “In Transit” by Holden Thomas.

and shaped like the famous wooden Dala Horses. Englewood-based artists will be given preference.

Winners will receive $1,000. Horses will be installed in early summer for five years and may be moved around. Interested artists who did not receive a notice should contact Toni Arnoldy, 303-762-2490. Request the notice, which has a horse form to use in indicating your proposal.

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“A Kiss is Still a Kiss” will be a Valentine’s Day treat livestreamed from Boulder’s Nomad Playhouse at 7 p.m. Feb. 12. Actors Kate Gleason, Ilasiea Gray and Ryan Warner will read a selection of funny and romantic stories as the organization celebrates its 20th anniversary.

Tickets: $15. storiesonstage.org or 303-494-0523. Ticket holders will receive a link to the performance.

Denver Jewish Film Festival

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It includes 20 feature films and 10 shorts showcasing Jewish films from 14 countries. Nearly half of the filmmakers represented are women.

For more information and tickets, available Feb. 8, see: jccdenver.org/

film. Films can be viewed by Chromecasting to your TV, or via the Eventive Smart TV apps for Roku or Apple TV. Curious Theatre

“Now You Know,” a two-play education series, is written by young playwrights in the Curious New Voices program: it’s virtually available until June 15. Tickets cost $10 per family and both productions will be available until June 15.

303-623-0524, info@curioustheatre.

“The Troublemakers” will be the next production by Wonderbound dance company, which just held a size-limited live performance at its new home, 3824 Dahlia St., Denver.

Performances will be at 6:15 and 8:15 p.m. on Feb. 25, 26; March 4, 5, March 11, 12; at 2:15 and 6:15 on Feb. 27, 28, March 6, 7, March 13, 14.

Only 25 people at each performance, masks required, social distance for anyone but members of your party.

(Feb. 28 and March 7 at 2:15 sold out.) Wonderbound.com.

Littleton Town Hall

Littleton’s Town Hall Arts Center, 2450 W. Main St., Littleton has sent an audition notice to actors and will present an in-person performance of “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown” later in the spring, with actors enclosed in a plastic bubble on the stage floor — if COVID regulations remain as they are — we wish them luck and hope to attend, assuming audience seating will be very limited ... townhallartscenter. org.

Artist brings new ideas to local group Kathy Triplett will have work on display when gallery can reopen

BY SONYA ELLINGBOE SELLINGBOE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Artist/crafter Kathy Triplett is one of Littleton Fine Arts Guild’s newer members and she brings different ideas into the always-interesting mix of art offered by Guild members.

During better days, one will find her work displayed at the Depot Art Gallery (depotartgallery.org) in downtown Littleton and possibly at Littleton’s Town Hall Arts Center, where the Guild has taken on respon-

sibility for art exhibits.

Triplett’s work will be in the Depot for gallery-goers when the facility is able to open under COVID guidelines. (We hope to soon report open hours again.)

She wrote: “Since I was a little girl, I’ve enjoyed crafting. When visiting my grandmother, I recall being given a box full of yarn, beads and other items and being told to `create something.’ This nurtured my love of all things handmade.”

She discovered the extensive variety of shell, stone and wooden beads that are available and began making necklaces ...

She says she is now drawn to “anything with a domed shape, including fused glass, natural stone and old buttons ...” and then there are

mosaic tiles!

A period of family and work engaged her for a number of years, but retirement has allowed more time to create — and an old violin with a backstory, acquired from a friend, started a new series after she retired from work with the U.S. District Court.

She has been beading for 20 years and started mosaic work six years ago, she said. “Live Music” is the title given to the highly decorated violins, which will hopefully return soon to the Depot Art Gallery.

One can envision one or more of these displayed on a shelf or perhaps on a table in front of a sun-lit window.

Triplett’s other work includes cabochon necklaces, as well as “fancy,

intricate woven beaded jewelry for special occasions and wedding wear ...”

She has researched and created a process for “cutting vintage china plates and setting them on tables and cabinets. The first summer of my retirement was spent in my garage perfecting my craft.”

“I am self-taught and have been beading for 20 years now. My mosaic work has been perfected over the last six years. I don’t have an art degree but what I do have is a love and passion to create and try new things,” Triplett wrote.

Note: Readers who see an item on the guild’s website at depotartgallery. org that they wish to own can contact treasurer Carl Paulson: treasurer@ depotartgallery.org.

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The ripples of events, leadership and legacies Website is a project of the Governor’s Residence Preservation Fund

BY CHRISTY STEADMAN CSTEADMAN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

The Governor’s Residence Preservation Fund wants to ensure the stories of Colorado’s rich history are accessible to all.

To do this during a time when the organization temporarily cannot welcome visitors inside the Governor’s Residence at the Boettcher Mansion, the Governor’s Residence Preservation Fund has launched a new, interactive website to share Colorado history.

“The Governor’s Residence Preservation Fund has taken this opportunity to broaden our reach and share Colorado history with all who are eager to learn, near and far,” said CoCo Criste, executive director of the Governor’s Residence Preservation Fund.

The website, https://www.colorado-leaders.com/ looks at the ripples of events, leadership and legacies of three centuries of Colorado history.

The three centuries are: 1776-1876 — One hundred years to statehood.

1876-1976 — Colorado’s Centennial.

1976-2076 — Colorado’s Bicentennial.

“We could have gone back thou-

The Governor’s Residence Preservation Fund’s new, interactive website looks at the ripples of events, leadership and legacies during three centuries of Colorado history. To view the website, visit https://www. colorado-leaders. com.

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To learn more about the Governor’s Residence Preservation Fund, visit https://governor-residence.colorado. gov/. sands of years, but our timeline and budget did not allow,” Criste said.

“Therefore, we decided to focus on three centuries of Colorado history beginning in the 1770s because Colorado is the Centennial State.”

She added that the website’s timeline includes the future so today’s leaders can recognize how they, and everyone, have the “opportunity to have an impact on your community and the future.”

The funds for the website came as a grant from the Boettcher Foundation. The Governor’s Residence Preservation Fund applied for the grant in 2019 to build the website in 2020, Criste said.

Since its inception 12 years ago, the Governor’s Residence Preservation Fund has hosted about 5,000 students and 130,000 members of the general public into the Governor’s Residence at the Boettcher Mansion, 400 E. Eighth Ave. in Denver’s Capitol Hill neighborhood.

“Our tours and education programs have always been free of charge,” Criste said.

She added, however, field trips to

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visit the residence were sometimes difficult for schools - whether it be because of distance from Denver and the expense for transportation, or the additional need for volunteers and supervision to accompany the children.

“This project (the website) falls in line with the education and preservation aspects of our mission,” Criste said. It “is an extension of our programs and we want to offer this as a tool for students, teachers and all eager to learn more about Colorado history.”

Phase I of the website was development and launching it, Criste said. Phase II is adding additional content, and for this part, Coloradans are invited to contact the Governor’s Residence Preservation Fund to provide suggested content, Criste said.

“There are thousands of stories to

tell,” she said.

The Governor’s Residence Preservation Fund is looking forward to welcoming people back into the Governor’s Residence, Criste said, and discussions have already begun on how the website will supplement the in-person programming. For example, Criste said, offering selfguided audio tours or some sort of a kiosk option. The idea, she said, is for the website to be an additional resource for teachers and students completing a social studies unit or anybody who wants to prepare ahead of their visit.

“I find civic pride in learning about the progressive nature of Colorado,” Criste said. “It is important to learn about successes and failures in history, and to be well informed so that we can progress as members of society moving forward.”

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With family missing in war, her ‘mind is the hardest place to be’ Refugee is consumed with worry about family caught in renewed civil war

CALL FOR HELP Whatever you are going through, crisis counselors and professionally trained peer specialists are available to help. Call the Colorado Crisis Service hotline at 1-844-493TALK (8255). There is no wrong reason to reach out.

BY SUSAN GREENE COLORADO NEWS COLLABORATIVE

Millete Birhanemaskel, a refugee, longtime Denver resident and businesswoman, grappled with 2020 as many others have: She tried to protect her family, her employees, her tenants from COVID’s reach. She worried about the presidential election. And she managed to keep her coffee shop, the Whittier Cafe, from going under.

She knew already what it was to be separated from the people you love, whether that separation comes by virus or by war. And she knew, too, what it was to live with uncertainty and powerlessness because each is a refugee’s emotional wallpaper.

But the anxieties of 2020 for her became magnitudes greater on Nov. 3. On that day, as Americans and much of the world awaited election results, civil war flared again in her family’s home country

living back in Tigray since the dictator was toppled in the early 1990s. That is, until November when a feud between Ethiopia’s federal government and local Tigrayan leaders prompted Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed to bomb the region again, inciting a civil war that has killed civilians and forced more than 50,000 Tigrayans to flee.

Millete Birhanemaskel, 39, of Denver, moved to the United States from Ethiopia in 1982 and owns the PHOTO BY MARC PISCOTTY Whittier Cafe, a business that she said is focused on social justice.

of Ethiopia and her grandmother and two aunts went missing in the shelling. In the days since, the isolation that has marked this year for so many has taken on a new meaning for her: Much of her family is still unreachable and her grief is invisible to most Americans who know nothing of Ethiopia

and the trauma of its wars.

“I swear to God I know I look like that crazy woman who is screaming about this terrible dream and everybody’s like `What is wrong with her?’ I feel like I’m in a psych ward yelling, but nobody can hear me.”

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Constantly trying to make contact Since the disappearance of her grandmother and two aunts, Birhanemaskel, 39, has been calling the cell phones she bought them, which go straight to busy signals without even ringing. She has been checking her Twitter feed every few minutes.

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REFUGEE FROM PAGE 18

or water as they walk west toward refugee camps in Sudan, some reportedly collapsing, even dying of exhaustion along the way. She keeps hearing that Ethiopian soldiers are raping Tigrayan women and shooting or beheading Tigrayan men, leaving their bodies in the road for fellow refugees to step over. She keeps imagining she is walking in their shoes.

“As long as they’re missing, I can’t sleep, can’t focus, can’t enjoy anything because I keep having the most awful thoughts about what’s happening to them,” she says.

She is experiencing what clinicians call “vicarious trauma.”

But vicarious does not express how close it hits home, this civil war in a country where she has never officially lived, yet has defined so much of her life. It is the place, she says, that makes her “most full.” And yet the trauma her relatives are now enduring is a trauma they and her parents lived through four decades ago - and the third siege on the Tigrayan people in her grandmother’s lifetime.

That story explains why her grandma, whose home was bombed in the 1970s, hates loud noises. It explains why her parents met in a refugee camp and emigrated to the U.S. with a promise to themselves and their kids: “Never again.”

“This is literally my own story, the story of why I’m here. It’s just horrific how history repeats itself, how it comes full circle, how my people

Tigrayans’ stories on social media, are continuing to be devastated,” but mainly to search for her grandshe says. ma and aunties, or at least find out Vicarious does not describe the if they’re still alive. She will fly east experience of having to stop thinkwhen her visa arrives, which could ing of herself as an Ethiopian be any day now, and daydreams American, but rather as a Tigrayan about spotting them immediately in American virtually overnight Nov. the camp where she was born.

3. “There’s no way that my country could bomb my Mother urges family like this,” daughter to stay she says. home Vicarious does Her mother — not account for who lived in that how on edge she camp for several feels, how irriyears and knows tated she is by the what she’s headpost-U.S.-election ing into — has chatter on the begged her to talk radio her stay here with husband listens her kids. to every mornBirhanemaskel ing, how shortknows she is tempered she risking COVID has become with exposure and a their two younglack of medical est kids, ages 4 care in Sudan, and 3, whose care and a long her mother helps quarantine when with.

Millete Birhanemaskel she returns. She “Thank God also knows that for that because posting refugees’ I can’t be present stories could put with them and just forget about it, so I just sit in my her at risk of getting blacklisted by Ahmed’s government and forbidden car and scroll my phone for news from seeing her family if the civil about Ethiopia. This has consumed war ends and if they survive and if my entire life. Every minute. And I they return, once again, to Tigray. don’t know how to stop that.”

Those possibilities, however unBirhanemaskel, who gave up her bearable, seem preferable to further Ethiopian passport to become a U.S. neither-here-nor-thereness. From citizen, would not be allowed into the comfort of her home in Denver, the country at this point. So she she says, she cannot pretend she applied weeks ago for an emergency isn’t caught in this war. visa to tour the refugee camps in “When I weigh just sitting here Sudan, partly so she can help tell

‘This is literally my own story, the story of why I’m here. It’s just horrific how history repeats itself, how it comes full circle, how my people are continuing to be devastated.’

ABOUT THE SERIES This story is part of a statewide reporting project from the Colorado News Collaborative called On Edge. The intent is to foster conversation about mental health in a state where stigma runs high.

This project is supported in part by the Rosalynn Carter Fellowship for Mental Health Reporting and a grant honoring the memory of the late Benjamin von Sternenfels Rosenthal.

against what if that happens or what if I get COVID, it doesn’t even compare. I just can’t stay here doing nothing much more.”

Her decision to make the trip became easier last week when, after hundreds of attempts, her grandmother finally answered her cell phone.

“We talked for only a minute. She was terrified. The only thing she would say is `I’m in hiding, we’re rationing water, and where’s my daughter, you’ve got to find my daughter.’”

“Who could say no?” Birhanemaskel says. “I have to try because my mind is the hardest place to be.”

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Season B started Jan. 25, but it took work, determination and soul-searching from the Colorado High School Activities Association to usher in the six sports seasons.

Boys and girls basketball, hockey, girls swimming and diving and boys and girls wrestling are the sports in Season B that will have abbreviated seasons, but at least as of press time there will be competition and eventually state champions crowned despite the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions.

CHSAA has had to make adjustments after seeking variances from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment.

CHSAA had to direct teams to make altered schedules, modify state tournament brackets and venues, try to find referees and officials from a dwindling list plus listen to complaints and suggestions from adminis-

trators, coaches, parents and spectators.

There will be a new look for all six sports as practices and competition must follow local and state COVID-19 guidelines and mandates.

“It’s just been a challenge, but I think the best part of this is, it looks like we are going to get a season in, and number two, we are going to be able to conclude with some state championships,” said assistant CHSAA commissioner Bert Borgmann, who oversees boys and girls basketball.

All boys and girls basketball players must wear masks this season while playing, and CHSAA got a variance from the CDPHE to have 14 instead of 12 games during the regular season.

Roster limit has been set at 12 for each team with three coaches and a trainer. That also required a variance.

State basketball tournament fields have been reduced. In Class 5A there will be a 32-team bracket with league champions au-

tomatically qualifying. The CHSAA seeding selection index will determine state tournament at-large teams.

Highest seeding teams will be hosts for games on March 9, 11, 13 and 16 until the state championship games at a site still to be determined as of press time.

“There are a lot of little things that go into it,” said Borgmann. “We set out with a couple of goals. One was to have a season where we could get the kids on the floor, which to me is the most important one. Secondarily, we didn’t finish and crown champions last year. I think it is important that we crown a champion.

“The variances we got were so that kids could play games,” Borgmann said.

“There is nothing about capacity limits or anything like that. The capacity limits will be set by the local health care agencies. So you are going to go from this district to this district, this

Cherry Creek’s Julian Hammond III (3) wears a mask which is required for all players this season. Cherry Creek defeated Arapahoe, 79-60, in the Centennial League opener played Jan. 27 at Arapahoe.

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league and this league where some leagues are going to allow parents and others are not going to allow anybody. Those were decisions that were made locally for whatever reason.”

CHSAA does not have the authority to interpret or change CDPHE, local health departments or the governor’s executive orders in regard to capacity limitations for sport arenas, gyms, pools, recreational facilities, ice rinks, classrooms, restaurants, theaters and so on.

Boys and girls wrestling regular season meets will be limited to four teams with 25 athletes in the competitive gym at one time. At the end of each match the official will instruct the winning wrestler to raise his or her hands while also raising his or her own hands with the same colored wrist band.

Adam Bright, the CHSAA commissioner who oversees wrestling, wrote in his Jan. 15 memo in the state wrestling bulletin that “a recent ranking system ranked our state tournament as third in the country. While this year will be different than those in recent memory, we will continue to work toward the goal of achieving that top ranking.”

Regional tournaments on March 5-6 will be divided into two days with certain weights wrestling each day. The top two boys in each weight

class in the four regionals will advance to state while the top four girls in the two regionals will earn a ticket to state.

The 4A, 5A state tournament with eight-athlete brackets and a full consolation bracket will be held March 13 at a still-to-be-determined site.

Justin Saylor is the assistant commissioner who manages hockey and girls swimming.

“The upcoming season will present challenges we have not had to face during any point in our careers,” he said in his bulletin memo.

“Collectively, we will overcome these challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic and be better for it on the other side. I look forward to working with all the coaches, administrators and officials throughout the year.”

Hockey will have another class with 4A being added. There will be a 13-game maximum regular season and a team must play 12 of the 13 games against a league opponent.

There will be 20 participants per team allowed.

There will be a four-team bracket for the 4A and 5A state tournaments and each league will have one automatic qualifier with the fourth team being an at-large selection.

Girls swimming will have a sevenmeet maximum plus the league meets. CHSAA was granted a variance allowing 50 total participants for all teams.

The state meets schedule finds 5A teams competing on March 11, 4A on March 12 and 3A on March 13.

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Public Trustees COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0208-2020 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On December 4, 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) PAUL C PETERSON AND CONNIE M PETERSON Original Beneficiary(ies) MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR DECISION ONE MORTGAGE COMPANY, LLC. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., AS INDENTURE TRUSTEE UNDER THE INDENTURE RELATING TO IMPAC CMB TRUST SERIES 2005-6 Date of Deed of Trust February 23, 2005 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust March 10, 2005 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) B5034727 Original Principal Amount $351,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $344,745.83 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 10, EXCEPT THE EAST 5 FEET THEREOF, BLOCK 24, CHERRY KNOLLS FOURTH FILING, CITY OF LITTLETON, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 3863 EAST BRIARWOOD AVENUE, LITTLETON, 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, 03/31/2021, 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: 2/4/2021 Last Publication: 3/4/2021 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: 12/04/2020 Susan Sandstrom, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Susan Sandstrom, Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Anna Johnston #51978 Randall Chin #31149 Joseph D. DeGiorgio #45557 Ryan Bourgeois #51088 Barrett, Frappier & Weisserman, LLP 1391 Speer Boulevard, Suite 700, Denver, CO 80204 (303) 350-3711 Attorney File # 00000009128760 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. 0208-2020 First Publication: 2/4/2021 Last Publication: 3/4/2021 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent COMBINED NOTICE RESTART - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-109(2)(b)(II) FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0173-2020

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

On November 6, 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) DALE E. MCDONALD AND DARLENE S. MCDONALD Original Beneficiary(ies) MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR AAAE FINANCIAL, INC., ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS Current Holder of Evidence of Debt DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY AS TRUSTEE FOR INDYMAC INDX MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2006-AR6, MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 2006-AR6 Date of Deed of Trust February 16, 2006 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust February 23, 2006 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) B6024113 Original Principal Amount $141,300.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $127,262.29 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. SEE ATTACHED LEGAL DESCRIPTION PURSUANT TO AFFIDAVIT OF SCRIVENER'S ERROR RECORDED ON 6/15/2020 AT RECEPTION NO. E0070479 TO CORRECT LEGAL DESCRIPTION. Also known by street and number as: 2854 W. CENTENNIAL DR. UNIT F, LITTLETON, CO 80123.

THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK AND RECORDER OF THE COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, COLORADO AND AS DEFINED AND DESCRIBED IN THE CONDOMINIUM DECLARATION FOR THE STEEPLECHASE III CONDOMINIUMS RECORDED ON MAY 28, 1997 AT RECEPTION NO. A7062094, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Legal Notice NO. 0173-2020 First Publication: 1/14/2021 Last Publication: 2/11/2021 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0205-2020 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:

On November 17, 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) JONPAUL ARAGON, PATRICIA J ARAGON Original Beneficiary(ies) COLORADO CREDIT UNION Current Holder of Evidence of Debt COLORADO CREDIT UNION Date of Deed of Trust January 02, 2015 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust January 09, 2015 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) D5002461 Original Principal Amount $27,599.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $25,873.07 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.

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

LOT 4, BLOCK 14, SOUTHGLENN, THIRD FILING, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO.

If applicable, a description of any changes to the deed of trust described in the notice of election and demand pursuant to affidavit as allowed by statutes: C.R.S.§ 38-35-109(5) LEGAL DESCRIPTION HAS BEEN CORRECTED BY SCRIVENER'S AFFIDAVIT RECORDED 06/15/2020 AT RECEPTION NO. E0070479 IN THE RECORDS OF ARAPAHOE COUNTY.

Also known by street and number as: 6730 SOUTH DOWNING CIRCLE WEST, CENTENNIAL, CO 80122.

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, 03/10/2021, 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: 1/14/2021 Last Publication: 2/11/2021 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: 11/06/2020 Susan Sandstrom, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Susan Sandstrom, 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 Nicholas H. Santarelli #46592 David R. Doughty #40042 Alison L Berry #34531 Janeway Law Firm, P.C. 9800 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 400, Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 706-9990 Attorney File # 19-022770 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 0173-2020 EXHIBIT A LEGAL DESCRIPTION CONDOMINIUM UNIT F, THE STEEPLECHASE III CONDOMINIUMS, TOGETHER WITH GARAGE NO. F, ACCORD-

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, 03/17/2021, 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: 1/21/2021 Last Publication: 2/18/2021 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: 11/17/2020 Susan Sandstrom, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Susan Sandstrom, Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Harry L. Simon, P.C. #7942 Harry L. Simon, P.C. 10200 East Grand Avenue, Building B, Suite 120, Denver, CO 80231 (303) 758-6601 Attorney File # CCU v Aragon 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. 0205-2020 First Publication: 1/21/2021 Last Publication: 2/18/2021 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent

City and County PUBLIC NOTICE

February 1, 2021 the Centennial City Council passed on first reading: ORDINANCE NO. 2021-O-02

Bids and Settlements

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CENTENNIAL, COLORADO, AMENDING ARTICLE 1 OF CHAPTER 4 OF THE CENTENNIAL MUNICIPAL CODE GOVERNING SALES AND USE TAX, TO ADOPT THE COLORADO MUNICIPAL LEAGUE ECONOMIC NEXUS AND MARKETPLACE FACILITATOR MODEL ORDINANCE

NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT Traffic Signal Pole Replacement Project Project No. 20-04-05

The full text of the ordinance is available for public inspection in the office of the City Clerk.

The ordinance may be obtained by contacting the City Clerk, 303-754-3324. The full text of the ordinance is also available on the City’s web site, www.centennialcolorado.com.

By: Barbara Setterlind, MMC City Clerk

Public Notice CITY OF CENTENNIAL NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS REZONING TO PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT AND SITE PLAN NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE CITY OF CENTENNIAL WILL CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE TO REZONE FROM NEIGHBORHOOD CONSERVATION TO A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT (PUD-20-00002) TO ALLOW FOR SINGLE FAMILY TOWNHOMES AND SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED HOMES, AND A RESOLUTION TO APPROVE A SITE PLAN FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF TWELVE (12) SINGLE FAMILY TOWNHOMES (SITE-20-00013).

A public hearing before the Planning and Zoning Commission will be held virtually, via the City’s website at: www.centennialco.gov on February 24, 2021 at 6:00 pm. For this hearing, interested parties may file comments with the Commission’s Recording Secretary at: planningcomments@ centennialco.gov, by calling 303-325-8084, or via mail at: Attn: Planning and Zoning Commission, 13133 E. Arapahoe Rd., Centennial, CO 80112, received by 1:00 p.m. on February 24, 2021. Any comments received will be given to Commissioners and put into the record during the Public Hearing. Citizens wishing to speak during the Public Hearing may access the virtual meeting via instructions published on the February 24, 2021 Agenda at: https://www.centennialco.gov/Government/ Mayor-Council/City-Council-Meetings/AgendasMinutes.

A public hearing before the City Council will be held virtually, via the City’s website at: www.centennialco.gov on March 15, 2021 at 7:00 p.m. For this hearing, interested parties may file comments with the City Clerk, at: cityclerks@centennialco. gov, by calling 303-325-8087, or via mail at: Attn: City Clerk, 13133 E. Arapahoe Rd., Centennial, CO 80112, received by 1:00 p.m. on March 15, 2021. Any comments received will be given to Council Members and put into the record during the Public Hearing. Citizens wishing to speak during the Public Hearing may access the virtual meeting via instructions published on the March 15, 2021 Agenda at: https://www.centennialco. gov/Government/Mayor-Council/City-CouncilMeetings/Agendas-Minutes.

Further information concerning the proposed rezoning and site plan may be obtained by calling the City of Centennial Community Development Department at 303-754-3308.

Legal Notice No. 524925-60151 First Publication: February 4, 2021 Last Publication: February 4, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent and the Centennial Citizen PUBLIC NOTICE CITY OF CENTENNIAL NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Monday, February 1, 2021, the Centennial City Council approved the following ordinance on second and final reading: ORDINANCE NO. 2021-O-01 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CENTENNIAL, COLORADO, AMENDING PROVISIONS OF ARTICLES 1 AND 2 OF CHAPTER 2, AND SECTIONS 1-4-10, 7-750, 7-7-420, AND 10-9-20 OF THE CENTENNIAL MUNICIPAL CODE CONCERNING OPERATIONS OF THE CENTENNIAL MUNICIPAL COURT The full text of the ordinance is available for public inspection in the office of the City Clerk and is also available on the City’s web site, www.centennialcolorado.com. The ordinance may be obtained by contacting the City Clerk, 303-754-3324.

(First published January 21, 2021) By: Barbara Setterlind, MMC City Clerk Legal Notice No. 524920-60148 First Publication: February 4, 2021 Last Publication: February 4, 2021

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to Section 38-26107, C.R.S., that the City of Centennial, Colorado (the “City”) will make final payment at the hour of 10:00 a.m. on February 26, 2021 (the “Final Settlement Date”) to the following contractor: WL Contractors, Inc. 5920 Lamar St. Arvada, CO 80003

(hereinafter, the “Contractor”) for and on account of all work completed by the Contractor on City Project No. 20-04-05, including for purposes of this Notice of Final Settlement on (the “Project”).

Legal Notice No. 524921-60149 First Publication: February 4, 2021 Last Publication: February 4, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent and the Centennial Citizen

by a vote of 9 in favor and 0 against.

PUBLIC NOTICE

1. Any person, co-partnership, association of persons, company or corporation that has an unpaid claim against the Project for and on account of the furnishing of labor, materials, or other supplies used or consumed by the Contractor or any subcontractor in or about the performance of said work, may at any time up to and including the Final Settlement Date, file a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid on account of such claim.

2. Any such claim(s) shall be filed with the City Clerk at 13133 East Arapahoe Road, Centennial, CO 80112 prior to the Final Settlement Date.

3. Failure on the part of any claimant to file such verified statement or claim prior to the Final Settlement Date will relieve the City from any and all liability for such claim.

Legal Notice No. 524922-60150 First Publication: February 4, 2021 Last Publication: February 4, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent and the Centennial Citizen

Summons and Sheriff Sale Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO Case No.: 2020CV31667 Division: 15 COMBINED NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE

Plaintiff: THE FLATS AT FULTON COURT CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, INC., a Colorado non-profit corporation

Defendant: JOHN K. TIMMONS; MIDFIRST BANK, FSA; SUE SANDSTROM, TREASURER, named as the Arapahoe County Public Trustee

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: RE: Sheriff’s Sale of Real Property pursuant to ORDER ON VERIFIED MOTION FOR DEFAULT JUDGMENT AND DECREE OF FORECLOSURE and §38-38-101 et seq., C.R.S.

This is to advise you that a Sheriff’s sale proceeding has been commenced through the office of the undersigned Sheriff pursuant to the ORDER ON VERIFIED MOTION FOR DEFAULT JUDGMENT AND DECREE OF FORECLOSURE issued by the Arapahoe County District Court case number 2020CV31667 captioned THE FLATS AT FULTON COURT CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, INC., a Colorado non-profit corporation v. JOHN K. TIMMONS; MIDFIRST BANK, FSA; SUE SANDSTROM, TREASURER, named as the Arapahoe County Public Trustee, dated October 28, 2020, and §38-38-101 et seq., C.R.S., by THE FLATS AT FULTON COURT CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, INC., the current holder and owner of a statutory lien against the real property located in the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado.

The foreclosure is based on The Condominium Declaration of The Flats at Fulton Court recorded on March 23, 2001 at Reception #B1042476 which establishes a lien for the benefit of THE FLATS AT FULTON COURT CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, INC. (“Declaration”) WHICH LIEN BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AND IMPROVEMENTS legally described as follows, to wit:

CONDOMINIUM UNIT NO. 408, BUILDING D, THE FLATS AT FULTON COURT, AS DEFINED AND DESCRIBED IN THE CONDOMINIUM DECLARATION OF THE FLATS AT FULTON COURT, RECORDED ON MARCH 23, 2001 AT RECEPTIONS NO. B1042476, AND AS AMENDED IN INSTRUMENT RECORDED FEBRUARY 15, 2002 UNDER RECEPTION NO. B2030588 IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK AND RECORDER OF ARAPAHOE COUNTY, AND ACCORDING TO THE CONDOMINIUM MAP OF THE FLATS AT FULTON COURT, RECORDED ON FEBRUARY 15, 2002 AT RECEPTION NO. B2030585, IN SAID RECORDS, TOGETHER WITH THE EXCLUSIVE RIGHT TO USE PARKING SPACE NO. 408 AND 408A, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO.

also known as 1535 S. Florence Way #408, Aurora, CO 80247.

The Sheriff’s sale has been scheduled to occur at 10:00 a.m. on March 25, 2021, at 13101 E. Broncos Pkwy., Centennial, CO 80112.

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Public Notices **BIDDERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE CASH OR CERTIFIED FUNDS SUFFICIENT TO COVER THE MINIMUM 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: Tammy M. Alcock, Esq. Alcock Law Group, PC 19751 E Mainstreet, Suite 225 Parker, CO 80138 303-993-5400 Dated: December 29, 2020 Tyler Brown, Sheriff Arapahoe County, Colorado By: Sgt. Trent Steffa, Deputy Sheriff Legal Notice No. 524834 First Publication: January 28, 2021 Last Publication: February 25, 2021 Published In: Littleton Independent 750 W. Hampden Ave., Suite 225, Englewood, Colorado 80110

Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, STATE OF COLORADO Court Address: 7325 South Potomac Street Centennial, CO 80112 Court Phone: 303-649-6355 PLAINTIFF: SUNFLOWER CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, INC. v.

DEFENDANTS: PAUL FREDERICK KUMMER Attorney: Kate M. Leason, Reg No. 41025 Jeffrey B. Smith, Reg No. 40490 Firm: Altitude Community Law P.C. Address: 555 Zang Street, Suite 100 Lakewood, Colorado 80228-1011 Phone Number: 303.432.9999 E-mails: kleason@altitude.law jsmith@altitude.law Our File No.: 8240.0058 Case No.: 2020CV032029 Div: 21 SUMMONS TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to file with the Clerk of this Court an answer or other response to the attached Complaint. If service of the Summons and Complaint was made upon you within the State of Colorado, you are required to file your Answer or other response within twentyone (21) days after service upon you. If service of the Summons and Complaint was made upon you, outside of the State of Colorado, you are required to file your Answer or other response within thirty-five (35) days after service upon you or if served by publication pursuant to C.R.C.P. 4(g).

If served by publication, service shall be complete on the day of the last publication. Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2410(b), the time for filing an Answer or other response is extended to sixty (60) days for the United States. Your answer or counterclaim must be accompanied with the applicable filing fee.

A copy of the Complaint may be obtained from the Clerk of the Court.

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

This is an action affecting the real property described in the Complaint and is a proceeding in rem as well as a proceeding in personam.

Dated: October 19, 2020 Respectfully submitted, ALTITUDE COMMUNITY LAW P.C. Original signature of Kate M. Leason is on file with the law offices of Altitude Community Law P.C. pursuant to C.R.C.P. 121, §1-26(7).

S/ Kate M. Leason Kate M. Leason, #41025 Jeffrey B. Smith, #40490 555 Zang Street, Suite 100 Lakewood, Colorado 80228-1011 303.432.8999 ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF Sunflower Condominium Association, Inc. Address of Plaintiff: Sunflower Condominium Association, Inc. c/o LCM Property Management 1776 South Jackson Street, Ste. 300 Denver, CO 80210 Legal Notice No. 524826 First Publication: January 7, 2021 Last Publication: February 4, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE STATE OF COLORADO Court Address: 7325 S Potomac St #100, Centennial, CO 80112 Case No.: 2020CV31818 Division: 21 Plaintiff(s): COUNTRY HOMES ASSOCIATION, INC., a Colorado nonprofit corporation Defendant(s): Masoud Moradi; Rok West, LLC; Family First Funding, LLC; WINPRO Diversified Income Fund, LLC; BDM Genetics, LLP n/k/a BDM Genetics, LLC; Kevin Good; CLPF KSA Grocery Portfolio Greenwood Village, LLC; Martin Dominic Karaba; Diva Lauren; Sue Sandstrom as the Arapahoe County Treasurer; and Sue Sandstrom as the Arapahoe County Public Trustee Attorneys for Plaintiff MOELLER GRAF, P.C. David A. Parker, #35253dparker@moellergraf.com Joshua S. Myers, #53309 Bujar Ahmeti, #42373 K. Christian Webert, #43739

385 Inverness Parkway, Suite 200 Englewood, Colorado 80112 Office: (720) 279-2568 FAX: (720) 279-2569 SUMMONS [BY PUBLICATION] THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANT: DIVA LAUREN 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 or other response within thirty-five (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 complaint may be obtained from the clerk of the court.

If you fail to file your answer or other response to the complaint in writing within thirty-five (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.

This is an action for judicial foreclosure under C.R.C.P. Rule 105 and damages seeking to foreclose a statutory lien on the following property: TRACT 20, PLAT OF RESUBDIVISION OF TRACTS 19 (PARTLY), 20, 21, 22, 23, COUNTRY HOMES, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO.; Dated January 12, 2021.

MOELLER GRAF, P.C. Attorneys for Plaintiff /s/ David A. Parker, #35253 Counsel Legal Notice No. 524865 First Publication: January 21, 2021 Last Publication: February 18, 2021 Published in the Littleton Independent Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO Court Address: 7325 S. Potomac Street, Centennial, CO 80112 Case No.: 20CV032237 Division/Ctrm.: 15 Plaintiff: Tollgate Crossing Homeowners Association, Inc., a Colorado nonprofit corporation v.

Defendants: Scott Rand aka Scott T. Rand; Janis Lynn Bogard fka Janis L. Rand; Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc.; Citywide Home Loans; Midfirst Bank; Home Stars Inc; Crown Asset Management LLC; State of Colorado, Department of Revenue; Erik Larson; United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; and Public Trustee of the County of Arapahoe Attorneys for Plaintiff MOELLER GRAF, P.C. Bujar Ahmeti, #42373 K. Christian Webert, #43739 Gail R. Gudder, #17820- ggudder@moellergraf.com 385 Inverness Parkway, Suite 200 Englewood, Colorado 80112 Office: (720) 279-2568 FAX: (720) 279-2569 SUMMONS [BY PUBLICATION] THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANT(S): 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 or other response within thirty-five (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 complaint may be obtained from the clerk of the court.

If you fail to file your answer or other response to the complaint in writing within thirty-five (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.

This is an action for judicial foreclosure under C.R.C.P. Rule 105 and damages seeking to foreclose a statutory lien on the following property: LOT 1, BLOCK 9, TOLLGATE CROSSING SUBDIVSION FILING NO. 4, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Dated January 7, 2021 MOELLER GRAF, P.C. Gail R. Gudder, #17820 Legal Notice No. 524849 First Publication: January 14, 2021 Last Publication: February 11, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, COLORADO Case No.: 2019CV31075 Division: 402 SALE NO. ACCIV2005364 COMBINED NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE Plaintiff: WILLOW TRACE SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 1 HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC., a Colorado nonprofit corporation v.

Defendants: JOSE ROMAN; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC.; DHI MORTGAGE COMPANY, LTD F/K/A CH MORTGAGE COMPANY I, LTD; SUE SANDSTROM as the Arapahoe County Treasurer; SU RYDEN as the Arapahoe County Public Trustee; and SPECIALIZED LOAN SERVICING LLC

Regarding: Lot 16, Block 2, Willow Trace Subdivision Filing No. 3, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado Also known by street and number as 4476 South Himalaya Court, Aurora, CO 80015.

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 10:00 A.M., on the 25th day of March, 2021, at 13101 E. 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. Please telephone (720) 874-3845 prior to the sale to ascertain the amount of this bid.

BIDDERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE CASH OR CERTIFIED FUNDS SUFFICIENT TO COVER THE MINIMUM 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 $15,715.27.

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 David A. Parker. Attorney Registration Number 35253, Moeller Graf, P.C. 385 Inverness Parkway, Suite 200, Centennial, CO 80112 (720) 279-2568.

Dated: December 15, 2020 Tyler S. Brown, Sheriff Arapahoe County, Colorado By: Sgt. Trent Steffa, Deputy Sheriff Legal Notice No. 524797 First Publication: January 28, 2021 Last Publication: February 25, 2021 Published In: Littleton Independent 750 W. Hampden Ave., Suite 225 Englewood, Colorado, 80110 Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO Case No.: 2020CV31675 Division: 15 COMBINED NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE Plaintiff: THE TIMBERS HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION I, INC., a Colorado non-profit corporation Defendant: JOSHUA DAVID SEIBERT, BRENNA JOY SEIBERT aka BRENNA J VERHOEFF; UNIVERSAL LENDING CORPORATION; PHH MORTGAGE SERVICES CORPORATION; WAKEFIELD AND ASSOCIATES, INC.; SUE SANDSTROM, TREASURER, named as the Arapahoe County Public Trustee TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: RE: Sheriff’s Sale of Real Property pursuant to Order on Verified Motion for Default Judgment and Decree of Foreclosure This is to advise you that a Sheriff’s sale proceeding has been commenced through the office of the undersigned Sheriff pursuant to the Order on Verified Motion for Default Judgment and Decree of Foreclosure issued by the Arapahoe County District Court case number 2020CV31675 captioned The Timbers Homeowners Association I, Inc. v. JOSHUA DAVID SEIBERT, ET AL, dated November 17, 2020, and §38-38-101 et seq., C.R.S., by the Timbers Homeowners Association I, Inc., the current holder and owner of a statutory lien against the real property located in the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado. The foreclosure is based on the Amended and Restated Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions for Timbers recorded on April 15, 2015 at Reception #D5036758 which establishes a lien for the benefit of The Timbers Homeowners Association I, Inc. (“Declaration”) WHICH LIEN BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AND IMPROVEMENTS legally described as follows, to wit: Lot 57, Block 2, The Timbers Filing No. 3, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado also known as 3862 S Evanston St, Aurora CO 80014.

The Sheriff’s sale has been scheduled to occur at 10:00 a.m. on 1st day of April, 2021 at the Sheriff’s Office Administration Building, 13101 E. Broncos Pkwy., Centennial, CO 80112, phone number 720-874-3845. **BIDDERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE CASH OR CERTIFIED FUNDS SUFFICIENT TO COVER THE MIMINUM 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: Tammy M. Alcock, Esq. Alcock Law Group, PC 19751 E Mainstreet, Suite 225 Parker, CO 80138 303-993-5400 Dated: December 29, 2020 Tyler Brown, Sheriff Arapahoe County, Colorado By: Sgt. Trent Steffa, Deputy Sheriff Legal Notice No. 524837 First Publication: February 4, 2021 Last Publication: March 4, 2021 Published In: Littleton Independent 750 W. Hampden Ave., Suite 225, Englewood, Colorado 80110

Columbine Valley, Colorado 80123 Legal Notice No. 524877 First Publication: January 21, 2021 Last Publication: February 4, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Notice to Creditors Public Notice

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Reginald Lee Brown, a/k/a Reginald L. Brown, Reg L. Brown and Reg Brown, Deceased Case Number 2020PR31293 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 May 28, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Carolyn Moller Duncan, Atty. No. 33766 Attorney for Personal Representative Duncan Legal, PC. 6436 S. Racine Circle, Suite 227 Centennial, Colorado 80111

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, located at 7325 S. Potomac Street, Centennial, Colorado 80112 on or before May 24, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Sandra Lee O’Donnell, Personal Representative c/o Kathryn T. James, Esq. Folkestad Fazekas Barrick & Patoile, P.C. 18 South Wilcox Street, Suite 200 Castle Rock, Colorado 80104

Phone No: 303-394-2358 Legal Notice No. 524892 First Publication: January 28, 2021 Last Publication: February 11, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Legal Notice No. 524859 First Publication: January 21, 2021 Last Publication: February 4, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Public Notice

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of John Thomas Reagan, aka John T. Reagan, aka J. Thomas Reagan, aka JT Reagan, aka Tom Reagan, aka Thomas Reagan, Deceased Case Number: 21 PR 5

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Donald R. Johnson, a/k/a Donald Robert Johnson, a/k/a Don Johnson, Deceased Case Number: 20PR31119

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 May 21, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Dan Reagan, Personal Representative 1510 E. Cornell Avenue Englewood, Colorado 80113

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 May 21, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Vicki L. Davidson, Personal Representative 3911 South Odessa Street Aurora, Colorado 80013 Legal Notice No. 524864 First Publication: January 21, 2021 Last Publication: February 4, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Legal Notice No. 524858 First Publication: January 21, 2021 Last Publication: February 4, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Public Notice

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Jacob Frederick Herr, Deceased Case Number: 21PR30003

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Janice Lee Johnson, Deceased Case Number: 2020PR31212 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to District Court of Arapahoe, County, Colorado or on or before May 28, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

William J. Alexander Personal Representative 16181 East Mercer Circle Aurora, CO 80013

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 June 4, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Sue A Kokinos, Esq. Attorney to the Personal Representative 6590 S. Vine St, Suite 109 Centennial, CO 80121 Legal Notice No. 524902 First Publication: February 4, 2021 Last Publication: February 18, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Legal Notice No. 524884 First Publication: January 28, 2021 Last Publication: February 11, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

PUBLIC NOTICE

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Elizabeth Juanita Boyd, Deceased Case Number: 2020 PR 031349

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Jacqueline R. Page, a/k/a Jaqueline Reynaud Page, a/k/a Jacqueline Page, a/k/a Jacqueline Alice Page, a/k/a Jackie Page, Deceased Case Number: 2020PR31302 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 May 28, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before May 21, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Kimberli Shipley Personal Representative 7350 Iris Street Arvada, Colorado 80005 Legal Notice No. 524857 First Publication: January 21, 2021 Last Publication: February 4, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Michele Page and William Page, Co-Personal Representatives 655 South Pennsylvania Street Denver, Colorado 80209

Public Notice

Legal Notice No. 524889 First Publication: January 28, 2021 Last Publication: February 11, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of SHANE THOMAS AXMACHER, a/k/a SHANE T. AXMACHER, a/k/a SHANE AXMACHER, Deceased Case Number: 21PR30075

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of LAVETA ELDORA MEIER, a/k/a ELDORA MEIER, a/k/a DODIE MEIER , Deceased Case Number: 2020PR31289 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 May 22, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before May 28, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Sara J. Axmacher, Personal Representative c/o 3801 E. Florida Ave, Ste. 906 Denver, CO 80210 Legal Notice No.524890 First Publication: January 28, 2021 Last Publication: February 11, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Jeffrey Cunningham, Personal Representative 12071 Leon Drive, Conifer, CO 80433

Public Notice

Legal Notice No. 524875 First Publication: January 21, 2021 Last Publication: February 4, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Juan Antonio Araujo, aka Juan Antonio Araujo N, aka Juan Antonio Araujo Navarro, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR30002

Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of William E. Kunze, a/k/a William Edgar Kunze, a/k/a William Kunze, a/k/a Bill Kunze, Deceased Case Number: 20PR461

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 May 21, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado or on or before May 21, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Mary Catherine Percy Personal Representative 3 Middlefield Road

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Patricia Louise Newton, a/k/a Patricia L. Newton, a/k/a Patricia Newton, Deceased Case Number: 2020PR31225

Juan Antonio Onate-Araujo Personal Representative 3571 S. Kittridge St., #D Aurora, CO 80013 Legal Notice No. 524863 First Publication: January 21, 2021 Last Publication: February 4, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Janice Michiko Koshio, aka Janice M. Koshio, aka Janice Koshio, Deceased Case Number: 2020 PR 31351

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of William Joseph Beezley, a/k/a William J. Beezley, a/k/a William Beezley, Deceased Case Number: 21PR30015

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 June 7, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

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

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado, located at 7325 S. Potomac Street, Centennial, Colorado 80112 on or before June 7, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

James L. Aab Attorney to the Personal Representative 3900 S. Wadsworth Blvd., Suite 432 Lakewood, Colorado 80235 Legal Notice No. 524855 First Publication: January 21, 2021 Last Publication: February 4, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Sandra Kay Craig, aka Sandra K. Craig, aka Sandra Craig, aka Sandy Craig, aka Sandra Kay Teer, Deceased Case Number: 2020PR31315 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 May 21st, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Rose Mary Zapor, Esq. Attorney to the Personal Representative Lakewood Legal Center 7475 W 5th Ave. #202 Lakewood, CO 80026 Legal Notice No. 524856 First Publication: January 21, 2021 Last Publication: February 4, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice

William Joseph Beezley, II, Personal Representative c/o Kathryn T. James, Esq. Folkestad Fazekas Barrick & Patoile, P.C. 18 South Wilcox Street, Suite 200 Castle Rock, Colorado 80104 Legal Notice No. 524913 First Publication: February 4, 2021 Last Publication: February 18, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Vukoslav E. Aguirre, also known as Vukoslav Eneas Aguirre, Deceased Case Number : 2021PR30069 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 February 4, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Emma J. Aguirre, Personal Representative 5485 S. Autumn Court Greenwood Village, CO 80111 Legal Notice No. 524903 First Publication: February 4, 2021 Last Publication: February 18, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Lee Moss Kutner, a/k/a/ Lee Kutner, a/k/a Lee M. Kutner, Deceased Case Number: 21PR30112

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of David James Black, Deceased Case Number: 2020PR31361

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 Friday, June 4, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe, County, Colorado on or before June 4, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Cynthia Klausner Kutner, Personal Representative c/o Goddard & Hawkins, PC 4500 Cherry Creek Drive South, Suite 625 Denver, CO 80246

JOHN M. PRENTISS, JR. Attorney for Estate of David James Black 4 West Dry Creek Circle, #100 Littleton, CO 80120

Legal Notice No. 524912 First Publication: February 4, 2021 Last Publication: February 18, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Avery Elwood Peterson, aka Pete Peterson, Deceased Case Number: 2021 PR 30100 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 June 4, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Legal Notice No. 524901 First Publication: February 4, 2021 Last Publication: February 18, 2021 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 June 4, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Public Notice

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Ronald LaVern Martin, aka Ronald L. Martin, aka Ronald Martin, aka Ron Martin, Deceased Case Number: 21PR30031

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Elaine Lanphier, Deceased Case Number: 20PR482

Estate of LINDA JEAN SWANSON RISTOW, a/k/a Linda Ristow, a/k/a Linda J. Ristow, and Linda Swanson Ristow, Deceased Case Number : 2020PR31271 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 May 28, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Carolyn Moller Duncan, Atty. No. 33766 Attorney for Personal Representative Duncan Legal, PC. 6436 S. Racine Circle, Suite 227 Centennial, Colorado 80111 Phone No: 303-394-2358 Legal Notice No. 524893 First Publication: January 28, 2021 Last Publication: February 11, 2021 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 June 4, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Constance D. Smith, #28838 Attorney for the Personal Representative Caerus Law PC 104 S. Cascade Avenue, Suite 205 Colorado Springs, Colorado 80903 Legal Notice No. 524919 First Publication: February 4, 2021 Last Publication: February 18, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS ESTATE OF CLARA HELEN METZGER, a/k/a CLARA H. METZGER, a/k/a CLARA METZGER, DECEASED CASE NUMBER: 21PR30010 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 Friday, May 21, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

John Hutzel Metzger Personal Representative 169 Covered Bridge Trl. Waynesville, NC 28785 Legal Notice No. 524867 First Publication: January 21, 2021 Last Publication: February 4, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Name Changes PUBLIC NOTICE

Public notice is given on January 13, 2021, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

Legal Notice No. 524900 First Publication: February 4, 2021 Last Publication: February 18, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of David B. George, aka David Bowen George, aka David George, Deceased Case Number: 2021 PR 30105, Division CLX

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Darlene Johnson, a/k/a Darlene T. Johnson, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR30103

Legal Notice No. 524924 First Publication: February 4, 2021 Last Publication: February 18, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Legal Notice No. 524876 First Publication: January 21, 2021 Last Publication: February 4, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

PUBLIC NOTICE

Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

Thomas Mitchell, Personal Representative c/o Keith L. Davis, JD Davis Schilken, PC 7887 E. Belleview Ave., Suite 820 Denver, CO 80111

Timothy S. Wood Personal Representative c/o Katz, Look & Onorato, P.C. 1120 Lincoln Street, Suite 1100 Denver, CO 80203

Legal Notice No. 524923 First Publication: February 4, 2021 Last Publication: February 18, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Public Notice

Christine A. Watrous Personal Representative 9388 Rabbitbrush Road Littleton, Colorado 80127

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 May 21, 2021 or the claims may be forever barred.

Jason M. DeNuzzi a/k/a Jason Michael DeNuzzi Personal Representative 936 Lynchburg Drive Jacksonville, North Carolina 28546

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 May 21, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Dennis M. Lanphier Jr. Personal Representative 2000 S. Colorado Blvd., Tower 1, Suite 10800 Denver, CO 80222 Legal Notice No. 524866 First Publication: January 21, 2021 Last Publication: February 4, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Jimmy D. Perkins, aka Jimmy DeWayne Perkins, aka Jimmy Perkins, Deceased Case Number: 21 PR 30036 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 June 4, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

The petition requests that the name of Kristin Marie Richert be changed to Kristin Marie Richmann Case No.: 2021 C 100027 By: Kim Boswell, Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No. 524898 First Publication: January 28, 2021 Last Publication: February 11, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on January 6, 2021, 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 Omar Shariff Ross be changed to Omar Shariff Israel Case No.: 2021 C 100009 By: Kim Boswell Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No. 524861 First Publication: January 21, 2021 Last Publication: February 4, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on January 12, 2021, that a Petition for a Change of Name of a minor child has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

The petition requests that the name of Ismael Silva-Monarrez Jr. be changed to Damian Ismael Silva-Monarrez Case No.: 21 C 43 By: Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No. 524882 First Publication: January 28, 2021 Last Publication: February 11, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

By: Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk

Publisher: Littleton Independent

Legal Notice No. 524878 First Publication: January 28, 2021 Last Publication: February 11, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

PUBLIC NOTICE

PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on January 14, 2021, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe District Court.

The petition requests that the name of Carrington Alexander Campan be changed to Carrington Alexander Lightbourn Case No.: 21 C 100016 By: Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk

PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on January 14, 2021, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe District Court.

The petition requests that the name of Carrington Alexander Campan II be changed to Carrington Alexander Lightbourn II Case No.: 21 C 100014 By: Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No. 524897 First Publication: January 28, 2021 Last Publication: February 11, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Legal Notice No. 524868 First Publication: January 21, 2021 Last Publication: February 4, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Public notice is given on December 28, 2020, that a Petition for a Change of Name of a minor child has been filed with the Arapahoe - Littleton County Court.

The petition requests that the name of Christopher Alexander Tavera Cabrera be changed to Christopher Alexander Cabrera Case No.: 20 C 100366 By: Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No. 524886 First Publication: January 28, 2021 Last Publication: February 11, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Public Notice

PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on January 6, 2021, 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 Toyya Dionne Ross be changed to Toyyah Eleorah Israel Case No.: 2021 C 100007 By: Kim Boswell Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk

County Court Arapahoe County, Colorado 1790 W. Littleton Blvd.

Littleton, Colorado 80120 In the Matter of the Petition of: Parent/ Petitioner: Irma Alicia Cabrera Morero For Minor Child: Christopher Alexander Tavera Cabrera To Change the Child’s Name to: Christopher Alexander Cabrera Case Number: 20 C 100366 NOTICE TO NON-CUSTODIAL PARENT BY PUBLICATION

Legal Notice No. 524862 First Publication: January 21, 2021 Last Publication: February 4, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Notice to: , non custodial parent.

Notice is given that a hearing is scheduled as follows:

PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on January 21, 2021, 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 ARNIE MAURICE PORTER be changed to Arnie Porter Case No.: 2021 C 100026

Date: February 9th, 2021 Time: 9:30 a.m.

Location: Division A2 Via telephone

For the purpose of requesting a change of name for Christopher Alexander Tavera Cabrera

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.

By: Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk

Date: 12.28.2020

Legal Notice No. 524899 First Publication: January 28, 2021 Last Publication: February 11, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Legal Notice No.: 524885 First Publication: January 28, 2021 Last Publication: February 11, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on January 6, 2021, 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 Jamie Sheng Lee be changed to Jamie Lee Thao Case No.: 2021C100006

PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

Public notice is given on January 14, 2021, 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 Samantha Paige Fu Jie Davis be changed to Samantha Paige Fu Jie Cen Case No.: 21 C 100020

By: Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk

By: Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk

Legal Notice No. 524883 First Publication: January 28, 2021 Last Publication: February 11, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Legal Notice No. 524881 First Publication: January 28, 2021 Last Publication: February 11, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on January 11, 2021, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult /a minor child has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

The petition requests that the name of Fadumo Hassan Farah be changed to Muna Mohamed Case No.: 21 C100021

Legal Notice No. 524880 First Publication: January 28, 2021 Last Publication: February 11, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Public notice is given on January 11, 2021, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult /a minor child has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

By: Kim Boswell, Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk

PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on January 14, 2021, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult /a minor child has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

The petition requests that the name of Maleah Ariel Carino be changed to Maleah Ariel Carino-Howard Case No.: 20 CV 32411

The petition requests that the name of Natasha Claire Kasprzyk be changed to Natasha Claire Margulies Case No.: 2021 C 100004

By: Deanna J. Buchs Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No. 524860 First Publication: January 21, 2021 Last Publication: February 4, 2021

PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

The petition requests that the name of Mahad Abdi Jama be changed to Abdulaziz Mohamed Case No.: 21 C100019

By: Kim Boswell, Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk

Legal Notice No. 524916 First Publication: February 4, 2021 Last Publication: February 18, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Kathryn Bent, a/k/a Kathy Bent, Deceased

By: Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk

Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

Public notice is given on January 11, 2021, that a Petition for a Change of Name of a minor child has been filed with the Arapahoe District Court.

Public Notice

The petition requests that the name of Jennifer Ann Nicholson-Williams be changed to Jennifer Ann Willams Case No.: 2020 C 100560

PUBLIC NOTICE

Legal Notice No. 524891 First Publication: January 28, 2021 Last Publication: February 11, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Alice Perkins, Personal Representative 40 Willowcroft Drive Littleton, Colorado 80123

PUBLIC NOTICE

Public notice is given on January 12, 2021, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

Legal Notice No. 524879 First Publication: January 28, 2021 Last Publication: February 11, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

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3-D SPECIALTIES, INC 1,568.11 4IMPRINT, INC 19,191.04 5.11, INC. 1,049.81 A & E TIRE 3,099.08 ABLE CARD (MOTO) 1,688.88 ADAMS EVIDENCE GRADE 574.46 ADLER CONSULTING, LLC 1,593.75 AECOM TECHNICAL SERVICES INC 46,977.75 AEC-WEST CONSULTANTS, INC 656.25 ALFRED BENESCH & COMPANY 88,938.89 ALL COLORADO SEMI-TRAILERS 6,425.00 ALL TRAFFIC DATA SERVICES INC 9,300.00 ALL TRUCK AND TRAILER PARTS 1,269.04 ALSCO 787.43 ALTELIX 1,415.63 AMAZON.COM 12,124.93 AMERICAN PLANNING ASSOCIATION 575.00 AMERICAN WEST CONSTRUCTION, LLC 87,066.08 ANGEL ARMOR, LLC 762.64 ANKMAR/PACE DOOR SERVICE 16,710.00 AON CONSULTING, INC 10,600.16 APEX DESIGN, PC 37,727.50 ARAPAHOE COUNTY CLERK & RECORDER 750.00 AZTEC CONSULTANTS, INC 2,300.00 BACKUPIFY 637.50 BAKER & TAYLOR 1,820.23 BARNHART COMMUNICATIONS 5,750.00 BAUDVILLE, INC. 2,394.26 BEST BUY 901.94 BHN GIFTCARDS 11,400.00 BLICK ART MATERIALS 512.80 BRAVAS LLC 73,644.03 BRINKS INC 512.30 BUCKEYE INTERNATIONAL, INC 1,917.62 BUDSGUNSHOP.COM 722.10 CANNON COCHRAN MANAGEMENT SERVICES 1,407.66 CANON FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC 5,514.10 CAPSTONE 1,905.58 CAR WASH USA EXPRESS 6,500.00 CAREHERE LLC 15,355.79 CARTEGRAPH SYSTEMS INC 1,086.87 CDW GOVERNMENT 266,992.20 CENGAGE LEARNING, INC 2,075.47 CENTENNIAL CONTROLS, INC 103,673.00 CENTER POINT LARGE PRINT 1,006.41 CHERWELL SOFTWARE 3,500.00 CIGNA HEALTH AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY 323,160.30 CIRSA 121,030.10 CITY OF ENGLEWOOD 1,277,623.00 CLEARWATER DIRECT MARKETING SOLUTIONS 12,492.99 COLORADO LIBRARY CONSORTIUM 18,646.24 COLORADO STATE TREASURER 26,724.27 COMCAST 19,405.36 CONSERVE-A-WATT LIGHTING INC 1,671.94 CROWN TECHNOLOGY, LLC 711.74 DELL 1,958.22 DELTA DENTAL PLAN OF COLORADO 18,586.46 DENVER INDUSTRIAL SALES & SERVICE 2,590.50 DENVER REGIONAL COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS 2,560.00 DENVER WATER 12,133.27

TRAFFIC & STREET SIGNS EMPLOYEE BENEFITS UNIFORMS TIRES SUPPLIES SUPPLIES PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CAPITAL PROJECTS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CAPITAL PROJECTS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES PARTS & SUPPLIES UNIFORMS TELECOMMUNICATIONS SUPPLIES DUES & MEMBERSHIPS SANITARY SEWER PROJECTS UNIFORMS EQUIPMENT PROFESSIONAL SERVICES PROFESSIONAL SERVICES RECORDING FEES PROFESSIONAL SERVICES SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE LIBRARY COLLECTION MATERIALS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES PROFESSIONAL SERVICES SUPPLIES EMPLOYEE BENEFITS SUPPLIES TELECOMMUNICATIONS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES SUPPLIES EQUIPMENT PROFESSIONAL SERVICES COPIER RENTAL LIBRARY COLLECTION MATERIALS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES EMPLOYEE BENEFITS SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE TELECOMMUNICATIONS LIBRARY COLLECTION MATERIALS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES LIBRARY COLLECTION MATERIALS TELECOMMUNICATIONS EMPLOYEE BENEFITS PROPERTY & LIABILITY INSURANCE BI-CITY JOINT PLANT OPERATION SUPPLIES/UNIFORMS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES EMPLOYEE BENEFITS TELECOMMUNICATIONS PARTS & SUPPLIES PARTS & SUPPLIES COMPUTER EQUIPMENT EMPLOYEE BENEFITS SUPPLIES SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE UTILITIES

DENVER WESTWORD LLC 1,250.00 DJCA 3,500.00 DONAHUE PAPER EMPORIUM 506.00 DREAM BUILDERS INC 44,627.40 DUDE SOLUTIONS, INC 23,785.08 DUNAV ELECTRIC CORP. 12,115.00 ECONOMIC & PLANNING SYSTEMS, INC 13,943.75 EMPLOYERS COUNCIL SERVICES, INC 3,000.00 ENV SERVICES INC 1,245.00 ENVIROTECH SERVICES INC 4,277.85 FACILITIES CONTRACTING INC 1,448.75 FASICK CONCRETE, INC. 104,994.70 FELSBURG HOLT & ULLEVIG, INC 6,251.62 FINDAWAY WORLD, LLC 608.87 FISCHER BROWN & BARTLETT & GUNN PC 8,256.75 FRANCISCO I. ALDERETE 810.00 G4S SECURE SOLUTIONS (USA) INC 3,621.76 GARRIDO, SARA 900.00 GAYLORD BROS INC 1,093.78 GIFTROCKET, INC 54,370.00 GLOBAL INDUSTRIAL 1,646.59 GRACE TECHNOLOGY 36,694.78 GRANITE TELECOMMUNICATIONS LLC 2,996.61 HARRIS SYSTEMS USA INC 5,600.00 HENSLEY BATTERY & ELECTRONICS 766.45 HIGH POINT NETWORKS 1,792.50 HILL PETROLEUM 9,110.12 HINTON STEEL CO 804.00 HORIZON DISTRIBUTORS 642.90 HUFFINE, LORETTA 741.60 IDLEWILD LEGAL SOLUTIONS, LLC 18,562.50 IHEART MEDIA 3,850.00 IKEA 3,107.68 INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS MFG, INC 8,340.00 INFOR, INC 786.52 INGRAM LIBRARY SERVICES 4,823.88 INSIGHT PUBLIC SECTOR 4,026.96 INTERNATIONAL CODE COUNCIL 7,099.56 JAY DEE CLEANING & RESTORATION INC 2,650.00 JEFFERSON COUNTY 12,000.00 JOHN ELWAY CHEVROLET 1,632.76 K & R INVESTMENT LTD 2,682.40 K E C I COLORADO INC 39,041.55 KANTOLA TRAINING SOLUTIONS, LLC 2,400.00 KENDIG KEAST COLLABORATIVE 9,361.25 KOIS BROTHERS EQUIPMENT 746.14 LAMBLAND, INC 4,480.00 LANDMARK ENVIRONMENTAL, INC 1,724.25 LANDMARK LINCOLN 611.11 LEWAN TECHNOLOGY 636.91 LEXISNEXIS 1,723.66 LITTLETON INDEPENDENT 1,777.04 LOGISTIC SYSTEMS INC 2,677.00 MADISON SEATING 625.12 MARK VILLANO PRODUCE CO 4,845.40 MARTINEZ ASSOCIATES LLC 536.00 MCCI, LLC 5,945.00 MEDIA SALAD, INC. 2,500.00 METRO PAVERS, INC. 14,600.00 MICROFORCE, LLC 1,055.00 MIDWEST TAPE 2,402.90 MILE HIGH ACCOUSTICAL CEILINGS, LLC 840.00 MINUTEMAN PRESS 1,374.00 MOORE MEDICAL LLC 1,698.99 MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS O 569.40 MURDOCH’S RANCH & HOME SUPPLY 1,126.76

ADVERTISING PROFESSIONAL SERVICES SUPPLIES STORM DRAINAGE PROJECTS SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE TELECOMMUNICATIONS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES LEARNING & EDUCATION REPAIRS & MAINTENANCE SUPPLIES PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CAPITAL PROJECTS TRAFFIC SIGNAL PROGRAM LIBRARY COLLECTION MATERIALS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES PROFESSIONAL SERVICES PROFESSIONAL SERVICES PROFESSIONAL SERVICES SUPPLIES EMPLOYEE BENEFITS FURNITURE & FIXTURES TELECOMMUNICATIONS TELECOMMUNICATIONS SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE PARTS & SUPPLIES TELECOMMUNICATIONS UNLEADED GAS PARTS & SUPPLIES PARTS & SUPPLIES PROFESSIONAL SERVICES PROFESSIONAL SERVICES ADVERTISING FURNITURE & FIXTURES SUPPLIES SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE LIBRARY COLLECTION MATERIALS SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE SUBSCRIPTIONS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES PROFESSIONAL SERVICES PARTS & SUPPLIES RENTALS CAPITAL PROJECTS LEARNING & EDUCATION PROFESSIONAL SERVICES PARTS & SUPPLIES PARTS & SUPPLIES PROFESSIONAL SERVICES PARTS & SUPPLIES COPIER MAINTENANCE SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE ADVERTISING SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE FURNITURE & FIXTURES SUPPLIES SANITARY SEWER PROJECTS SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE CAPITAL PROJECTS STORM DRAINAGE PROJECTS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES LIBRARY COLLECTION MATERIALS REPAIRS & MAINTENANCE SUPPLIES SUPPLIES PARTS & SUPPLIES UNIFORMS

MURPHY COMPANY 11,099.03 MYBINDING.COM 623.14 NATIONAL BUSINESS FURNITURE 845.00 NET2PHONE PBX 7,135.23 OCLC 1,926.21 OFFICE DEPOT 1,497.73 OFFICE LIQUIDATORS 603.00 OFFICESCAPES 1,089.61 OPEN MEDIA FOUNDATION 6,000.00 O’REILLY AUTO PARTS 849.88 OWENS EQUIPMENT 727.16 PACIFIC OFFICE AUTOMATION INC. 1,785.04 PAPER ROLL PRODUCTS 534.00 PLASTICARE INC 823.62 POLICE EXECUTIVE RESEARCH FORUM 675.00 POWERDMS INC 6,029.60 PRECISION CONCRETE CUTTING 4,975.00 PRO CHEM, INC. 733.95 RAFTELIS FINANCIAL CONSULTANTS, INC 3,123.75 REED, MICHAEL THOMAS 11,000.00 RELIASTAR LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY 1,565.51 RG AND ASSOCIATES, LLC. 2,125.25 SAUNDERS CONSTRUCTION, INC 433,798.40 SAVATREE 1,910.00 SAVORY SPICE SHOP 4,732.85 SEECLICKFIX 10,365.00 SENCOMMUNICATIONS 1,145.00 SFA, LLC 5,160.00 SHUNNESON LAW LLC 4,400.00 SMITH SECKMAN REID, INC. 1,707.05 STATE CHEMICAL MANUFACTURING 1,557.06 STATEWIDE INTERNET PORTAL AUTHORITY 11,852.62 SUGARWISH.COM 556.36 SWIFT AUTOMOTIVE 3,216.24 SYMMETRY ENERGY SOLUTIONS LLC 5,576.48 TARGET 1,449.34 TEAM PLAYER PRODUCTIONS, INC 15,700.00 THE HOME DEPOT 2,635.00 THE LAW OFFICE OF STEVEN J DAWES, LLC 2,984.00 THE TRANE COMPANY 7,295.74 U S POSTAL SERVICE 3,500.00 UCT COATINGS INC 2,760.50 ULINE 1,950.61 UNITED RENTALS 1,293.36 US BANK 1,247.00 UTILITY NOTIFICATION CENTER OF COLORADO 740.53 VERIZON WIRELESS 8,617.09 W L CONTRACTORS INC 3,434.80 WAL-MART 1,540.16 WARNING LITES INC OF COLORADO 9,072.80 WASTE MANAGEMENT 3,141.85 WAXIE SANITARY SUPPLY 1,289.70 WELLS FARGO FINANCIAL LEASING, INC 6,076.16 WEST PHOTO 2,233.42 WEST PUBLISHING CORPORATION 643.47 WHEELER JANITORIAL 1,283.61 WILSON & COMPANY INC. 5,300.00 XCEL ENERGY 120,966.00 YOURMEMBERSHIP.COM 549.00 ZENITH PERFORMANCE SOLUTIONS 40,375.00 ZOOM.US 29,835.26

REPAIRS & MAINTENANCE SUPPLIES FURNITURE & FIXTURES TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPUTER MAINTENANCE SUPPLIES FURNITURE & FIXTURES FURNITURE & FIXTURES REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE PARTS & SUPPLIES PARTS & SUPPLIES COPIER RENTAL SUPPLIES SUPPLIES DUES & MEMBERSHIPS SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE CAPITAL PROJECTS PARTS & SUPPLIES PROFESSIONAL SERVICES PROFESSIONAL SERVICES EMPLOYEE BENEFITS SANITARY SEWER PROJECTS CAPITAL PROJECTS SUPPLIES EMPLOYEE BENEFITS SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE TELECOMMUNICATIONS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CAPITAL PROJECTS SUPPLIES SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE EMPLOYEE BENEFITS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES UTILITIES EMPLOYEE BENEFITS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES SUPPLIES PROFESSIONAL SERVICES SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE POSTAGE & FREIGHT SUPPLIES FURNITURE & FIXTURES RENTALS COPIER RENTAL PROFESSIONAL SERVICES TELECOMMUNICATIONS TRAFFIC SIGNAL MAINTENANCE SUPPLIES RENTALS UTILITIES SUPPLIES COPIER RENTAL EQUIPMENT SUBSCRIPTIONS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES REPAIRS & MAINTENANCE UTILITIES PERSONNEL RECRUITMENT PROFESSIONAL SERVICES TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Legal Notice No.: 524915 First Publication: February 4, 2021 | Last Publication: February 4, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Public Notice IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CITY OF LITTLETON CHARTER, SECTION 83(J), THE FOLLOWING IS A LISTING OF DISBURSEMENTS OVER $500.00 FOR THE MONTH OCTOBER 2020 VENDOR NAME

AMOUNT DESCRIPTION

3H2O, INC. 2,500.00 A & E TIRE 86 3,526.20 A&A TOPPER SALES LIT 1,898.00 AEC-WEST CONSULTANTS, INC 8,803.64 ALARMSPECIALISTS INC 5,352.00 ALFRED BENESCH & COMPANY 512.00 ALL TRUCK AND TRAILER PARTS 639.04 ALSCO 684.51 AMAZON.COM 8,664.75 AMERICAN PUBLIC WORKS ASSOCIATION 915.00 AMERICAN WEST CONSTRUCTION, LLC 152,730.10 ANGEL ARMOR, LLC 8,752.00 ANGEL CONCEPT INC 10,000.00 APEX DESIGN, PC 16,035.25 ARAPAHOE COUNTY 6,075.66 AUTOMOTIVE TRAINING 503.00 AUTOZONE 716.66 AZTEC CONSULTANTS, INC 7,200.00 BACKUPIFY 637.50 BAKER & TAYLOR 1,309.35 BANISTER, KYLE 1,000.00 BARNHART COMMUNICATIONS 6,000.00 BERNAL, PHILLIP MATTHEW 1,000.00 BRAVAS LLC 21,934.07 BRC HARRIS INC 800.00 BROADWAY LWECW LLC 4,250.00 BROADWAY TOTAL POWER 845.29 CANNON COCHRAN MANAGEMENT SERVICES 1,407.66 CAREHERE LLC 17,999.64 CASA BIANCA BRIDAL BOUTIQUE 10,000.00 CDW GOVERNMENT 1,766.10

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES TIRES VEHICLE MAINTENANCE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES REPAIRS & MAINTENANCE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES PARTS & SUPPLIES UNIFORMS SUPPLIES SUPPLIES SANITARY SEWER PROJECTS EQUIPMENT COMMUNITY SUPPORT GRANT PROFESSIONAL SERVICES OPEN SPACE USE TAX COLLECTION LEARNING & EDUCATION PARTS & SUPPLIES PROFESSIONAL SERVICES SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE LIBRARY COLLECTION MATERIALS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES PROFESSIONAL SERVICES PROFESSIONAL SERVICES TELECOMMUNICATIONS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES PROFESSIONAL SERVICES TOOLS

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES EMPLOYEE BENEFITS COMMUNITY SUPPORT GRANT TELECOMMUNICATIONS /COMPUTER EQUIPMENT 1,328.27 TELECOMMUNICATIONS 98,579.44 CAPITAL PROJECTS

CENTURYLINK CHAVEZ CONSTRUCTION INC. CIGNA HEALTH AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY 277,615.70 CITY OF ENGLEWOOD 1,046,518.00 CLEARWATER DIRECT MARKETING SOLUTIONS 2,852.25 COD WHOLESALE 514.80 COLORADO CORRECTIONAL INDUSTRIES 9,216.71 COLORADO MOTOR VEHICLES DEPARTMENT 905.00 COLORADO PAINT COMPANY 1,999.80 COLUMBINE TREE SERVICE, INC 4,110.00 COMCAST 2,792.07 CONFLUENCE LEADERSHIP GROUP 3,639.28 CONNECTION 16,081.71 CONNOLLYS TOWING INC 738.75 CONSERVE-A-WATT 920.30 COSTCO 1,879.51 DBC IRRIGATION SUPPLY 610.14 DELTA DENTAL PLAN OF COLORADO 16,121.41 DENVER INDUSTRIAL SALES & SERVICE 2,852.50 DENVER WATER 40,251.33 DENVER WESTWORD LLC 5,200.00 DJCA 3,500.00 DREAM BUILDERS INC 118,353.80 ECONOMIC & PLANNING SYSTEMS, INC 9,657.50 ETI INC. 4,028.80 EVOO MARKETPLACE LLC 10,000.00 FASICK CONCRETE, INC. 305,128.60

EMPLOYEE BENEFITS BI-CITY JOINT PLANT OPERATIONS UNIFORMS/SUPPLIES SUPPLIES FURNITURE & FIXTURES PROFESSIONAL SERVICES SUPPLIES SEWER REPAIR & MAINTENANCE TELECOMMUNICATIONS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES TELECOMMUNICATIONS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES PARTS & SUPPLIES COMPUTER EQUIPMENT PARTS & SUPPLIES EMPLOYEE BENEFITS ASPHALT & PAVING MATERIALS UTILITIES ADVERTISING PROFESSIONAL SERVICES STORM DRAINAGE PROJECTS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES PARTS & SUPPLIES COMMUNITY SUPPORT GRANT CAPITAL PROJECTS

FBI LEEDA INC FELSBURG HOLT & ULLEVIG, INC FERSZT, REGINA RAQUEL FINDAWAY WORLD, LLC FISH WINDOW CLEANING FOUR SEASONS AWNING, LLC G4S SECURE SOLUTIONS (USA) INC GARRIDO, SARA GLOBAL INDUSTRIAL GOVCONNECTION GRAINGER INC GRANITE TELECOMMUNICATIONS LLC GREENCO LLC GREENLEY ENTERPRISES CORP. GREY MAN TACTIC HENSLEY BATTERY & ELECTRONICS HERITAGE LANDSCAPE SUPPLY HILL PETROLEUM HOMELESS TRAINING INSTITUTE LLC HORIZON DISTRIBUTORS HUFFINE, LORETTA IDLEWILD LEGAL SOLUTIONS, LLC INGRAM LIBRARY SERVICES INNOVATIVE IMPRESSIONS INNOVEST PORTFOLIO SOLUTIONS LLC INSITUFORM TECHNOLOGIES, LLC IN-TEA, INC INTERGROUP ARCHITECT INTERMOUNTAIN SWEEPER JACKASS HILL BREWERY, LLC JAMN, LLC JAY DEE CLEANING & RESTORATION INC JOHN ELWAY CHEVROLET JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC K & R INVESTMENT LTD K E C I COLORADO INC KEEPERSECURITY.COM KENDIG KEAST COLLABORATIVE KIEWIT INFRASTRUCTURE CO KING SOOPERS KULASKI, DAWN R LEXISNEXIS LISTENUP INC LITTLETON DENTAL STUDIO LITTLETON FLOWER SHOPPE INC MAGIC IN MEDIA MARGARITA ALEKSANYAN KKS, PC MARK J HARRIS DDS MARTINEZ ASSOCIATES LLC MASTERCRAFT TRUCK EQUIPMENT MD AFSAR ALI MEDIA SALAD, INC. MICHOW COX & MCASKIN LLP MIDWEST TAPE MINES & ASSOCIATES PC MINUTEMAN PRESS MOJOFEET LLC MULTICOPTER WAREHOUSE LLC NEAT NET2PHONE PBX NETWORK FLEET. INC. NILSEN, DOROTHEA CHRISTINE OCLC OFFICE DEPOT

1,740.00 1,837.50 1,350.00 1,127.02 696.00 42,174.00 6,162.56 1,980.00 551.80 1,811.88 1,244.22 3,056.28 2,050.00 3,718.96 596.00 1,546.77 974.26 11,598.82 649.00 758.73 1,112.40 12,320.00 1,034.30 978.68 11,388.38 46,702.95 11,559.68 38,417.22 1,077.82 10,000.00 2,244.00 3,490.00 668.05 562.00 5,744.50 10,457.14 1,120.00 15,587.50 33,766.23 628.40 10,000.00 1,737.56 1,237.20 10,000.00 10,000.00 3,524.00 10,518.96 2,098.00 15,930.25 7,086.10 10,000.00 2,500.00 2,002.50 2,190.34 3,013.92 6,546.93 10,000.00 950.00 10,500.00 15,734.35 760.93 10,000.00 1,926.21 3,154.91

LEARNING & EDUCATION PROFESSIONAL SERVICES PROFESSIONAL SERVICES LIBRARY COLLECTION MATERIALS REPAIRS & MAINTENANCE CAPITAL PROJECTS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FURNITURE & FIXTURES SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE SUPPLIES TELECOMMUNICATIONS REPAIRS & MAINTENANCE REPAIRS & MAINTENANCE EQUIPMENT PARTS & SUPPLIES PARTS & SUPPLIES UNLEADED & DIESEL FUEL LEARNING & EDUCATION PARTS & SUPPLIES PROFESSIONAL SERVICES PROFESSIONAL SERVICES LIBRARY COLLECTION MATERIALS SUPPLIES PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CAPITAL PROJECTS COMMUNITY SUPPORT GRANT CAPITAL PROJECTS PARTS & SUPPLIES COMMUNITY SUPPORT GRANT COMMUNITY SUPPORT GRANT PROFESSIONAL SERVICES PARTS & SUPPLIES SUBSCRIPTIONS RENTALS CAPITAL PROJECTS SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES ASPHALT & PAVING MATERIALS SUPPLIES COMMUNITY SUPPORT GRANT SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE REPAIRS & MAINTENANCE COMMUNITY SUPPORT GRANT COMMUNITY SUPPORT GRANT SUPPLIES COMMUNITY SUPPORT GRANT COMMUNITY SUPPORT GRANT SANITARY SEWER PROJECTS VEHICLES COMMUNITY SUPPORT GRANT INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PROFESSIONAL SERVICES LIBRARY COLLECTION MATERIALS EMPLOYEE BENEFITS SUPPLIES COMMUNITY SUPPORT GRANT PARTS & SUPPLIES TELECOMMUNICATIONS TELECOMMUNICATIONS REPAIRS & MAINTENANCE COMMUNITY SUPPORT GRANT COMPUTER MAINTENANCE OFFICE SUPPLIES

OFFICE LIQUIDATORS 4,176.00 O’REILLY AUTO PARTS 1,437.24 PACIFIC OFFICE AUTOMATION INC. 1,896.85 PINNACLE CONSULTING GROUP INC 1,803.75 POWER SYSTEMS WEST C 1,316.00 PRIDE CONSTRUCTION, LLC 1,172.00 PRO CHEM, INC. 568.79 PUP-N-BUSTER’S, INC 25,520.00 QUANTUM PUMP AND CONTROLS LLC 3,081.86 RAFTELIS FINANCIAL CONSULTANTS, INC 5,790.00 REED, MICHAEL THOMAS 11,632.50 RELIASTAR LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY 4,417.92 RETIREMENT PLANNING SERVICES, INC. 773.90 RG AND ASSOCIATES, LLC. 3,000.00 RIVERFRONT LUCILES LLP 10,000.00 SCOTUS LTD DBA RD USA 4,794.19 SFA, LLC 3,960.00 SHAW CONTRACT FLOORING SERVICES INC 8,592.89 SHUNNESON LAW LLC 7,600.00 SOUTH SUBURBAN PARKS & RECREATION 218,276.60 SPRINGSHARE LLC 1,385.00 ST JAMES PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 10,000.00 STATE CHEMICAL MANUFACTURING 4,194.56 STONE MOTORS, INC. 74,093.00 STUDIOTROPE, LLC 2,500.00 SUPERION, LLC 23,576.76 SUPERTREES INCORPORATED 1,275.00 TBDM INCORPORATED 7,500.00 TEAM PLAYER PRODUCTIONS, INC 25,300.00 THE HOME DEPOT 2,918.39 THE MASTER’S TOUCH, LLC 1,057.22 THE TRANE COMPANY 7,641.00 THINK FAST HOLDINGS, 48,676.25 THOMSON WEST 538.69 THYSSENKRUPP ELEVATOR 2,547.35 TOAST, INC 10,000.00 TOMASETTI AND MCLAIN ORAL & MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY 10,000.00 TRAFFIC SIGNAL CONTROLS INC 1,449.72 TW CABLE LLC 5,229.00 U S POSTAL SERVICE 14,000.00 UNITED POWER & BATTERY 5,495.00 UNITED RENTALS 890.11 US BANK 1,735.00 UTILITY NOTIFICATION CENTER OF COLORADO 555.77 V AND R LLC 8,371.94 VANTAGE POINT SOLUTIONS, INC 1,080.00 VERIZON WIRELESS 8,324.36 VISION SERVICE PLAN 4,060.97 VORTEX COLORADO INC 1,123.00 W L CONTRACTORS INC 2,700.50 WASTE MANAGEMENT 4,639.53 WATERLOGIC AMERICAS 622.48 WELLS FARGO FINANCIAL LEASING, INC 694.50 WORDRAKE HOLDINGS, LLC 4,057.05 XCEL ENERGY 83,400.23 ZENITH PERFORMANCE SOLUTIONS 1,425.00 ZOOM.US 6,000.00

FURNITURE & FIXTURES PARTS & SUPPLIES PRINTER MAINTENANCE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES REPAIRS & MAINTENANCE CAPITAL PROJECTS PARTS & SUPPLIES COMMUNITY SUPPORT GRANT PARTS & SUPPLIES PROFESSIONAL SERVICES PROFESSIONAL SERVICES EMPLOYEE BENEFITS EMPLOYEE BENEFITS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES COMMUNITY SUPPORT GRANT CAPITAL PROJECTS RENTALS JANITORIAL SERVICES PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CAPITAL PROJECTS LIBRARY COLLECTION MATERIALS COMMUNITY SUPPORT GRANT SUPPLIES VEHICLES CAPITAL PROJECTS SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE TREE PLANTING MAINTENANCE COMMUNITY SUPPORT GRANT PROFESSIONAL SERVICES SUPPLIES/TOOLS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES REPAIRS & MAINTENANCE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SUBSCRIPTIONS REPAIRS & MAINTENANCE COMMUNITY SUPPORT GRANT COMMUNITY SUPPORT GRANT TRAFFIC SIGNAL MAINTENANCE TRAFFIC SIGNAL MAINTENANCE POSTAGE & FREIGHT COMPUTER MAINTENANCE RENTALS COPIER RENTAL PROFESSIONAL SERVICES COMMUNITY SUPPORT GRANT PROFESSIONAL SERVICES TELECOMMUNICATIONS EMPLOYEE BENEFITS REPAIRS & MAINTENANCE TRAFFIC SIGNAL MAINTENANCE UTILITIES SUPPLIES COPIER RENTAL SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE UTILITIES PROFESSIONAL SERVICES TELECOMMUNICATIONS

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