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Voters could decide on tax increases this fall City council looking at sales, lodging, marijuana tax increases as finances sputter

BY DAVID GILBERT DGILBERT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Littleton City Council could ask voters as soon as this November whether to raise local taxes, in efforts to shore up sputtering city finances hit hard by the COVID crisis.

City council is exploring a range of budget-boosting ideas, including asking voters for an increase in the city sales tax, a first-ever lodging tax, an increase in the tax rate on retail marijuana sales, and a handful of other tax proposals and fee increases.

Colorado law requires Relph popular votes to change tax rates, though governments can increase fees without voter approval.

The proposals come in the face of dire financial forecasts showing the city’s capital projects fund — which covers a vast array of transportation, infrastructure and fleet costs — dwindling to a mere $2,000 over the next five years, despite ten of millions of dollars in identified need.

“That should alarm all of us,” City Manager Mark Relph told council at SEE TAXES, P6

Littleton Police Chief Doug Stephens speaks at a press conference on Feb. 17. Stephens said new DNA analysis in a 2002 triple PHOTO BY DAVID GILBERT murder could finally help solve it.

Police closer to solving bowling alley murders New DNA evidence could bring justice for James Springer, Erin Golla, Robert Zajac

BY DAVID GILBERT DGILBERT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Investigators say they are drawing closer to solving one of the worst crimes in Littleton history, but they are still seeking people with information to come forward.

Advances in DNA and genealogy technology have provided new investigative avenues in the 2002

triple murder of James Springer, Erin Golla and Robert Zajac at the AMF Broadway Lanes bowling alley, Littleton Police Chief Doug Stephens said at a press conference on Feb. 17.

But investigators still need to hear from people with information about the crime, Stephens said, as a significant increase in the Crime Stoppers reward was announced.

Stephens was joined at the press conference by an all-star lineup, including Michael Schneider, who heads the FBI’s Denver field office; District Attorney John Kellner, whose district includes Littleton; Mike Mills, who heads Metro Denver Crime Stoppers; and Mitch Morrissey, formerly Denver’s

district attorney, who now heads United Data Connect, a forensic DNA analysis firm.

“Because there is such a strong sense of community in Littleton, what happens to one is often felt by all,” Stephens said. “We have asked everyone to be here today to call on that sense of community and request your help.”

The three victims were shot to death late on Jan. 27, 2002, Stephens said.

Springer, 29, and Golla, 26, were finishing their shifts at the bowling alley at 5485 S. Broadway, just north of Powers Avenue. A champion bowler and employee of a nearby SEE MURDERS, P10

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Lawmakers have full plate as session gets underway Helping students get past problems related to pandemic is at top of job list

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Helping Colorado students recover from the effects of the pandemic will be one of lawmakers’ top priorities as the 2021 legislative session gets underway, but members of the Colorado General Assembly also plan to address longstanding problems around school finance, college access, teacher diversity and civics education.

Lawmakers returned to work Feb. 16 after a monthlong recess due to COVID-19 concerns. While most Colorado students are back in school, hundreds of thousands of students experienced months of remote learning in the spring and fall, and parents, educators and policymakers alike are thinking about how to make up for lost learning.

At least two bills this session tackle the problem from different angles.

The more than 200 bills filed on Feb. 16 also include proposals to maintain school funding despite a drop in enrollment, reduce the role of the SAT and ACT in college admissions, improve college access for Native American students, and

strengthen civics education and media literacy after a tumultuous year of protest and change.

The first bills out of the gate often represent top priorities for their sponsors, but they touch on just a fraction of the education issues lawmakers will take up this year.

Here are several that caught our attention.  SB21-013 Reversing COVIDrelated Learning Loss How should school districts address student learning loss during the pandemic? That’s the question a Democrat-backed proposal seeks to answer. Sponsored by Sen. Rhonda Fields of Aurora and Reps.

Jennifer Bacon, also a Denver school board member, and Meg Froelich of Englewood, the bill would call on the Colorado Department of Education to identify products, strategies, and services to help students affected by the halt of in-person instruction.

Education Commissioner Katy Anthes has also identified this as a top priority and pledged to use roughly $52 million in federal aid on programs that provide tutoring and summer school, but plans are still taking shape.  SB21-037 Student Equity Education Funding Programs The bill sponsored by state Sen. Paul Lundeen, a Republican from Monument, faces an uphill battle in a Democratic-controlled General Assembly where many lawmakers

are wary of taking money from public schools or opening the door to any form of vouchers. It proposes that districts that have halted in-person instruction for 30 or more days send money to parents of eligible students for educational services and supplies.  SB21-053 Adjustments to School Funding Fiscal Year 2020-21 Colorado schools reported almost 30,000 fewer students than in the 2019-20 school year, a decrease that typically would result in a multimillion-dollar reduction in state funding. Four Democrats, including the chairs of the Senate and House education committees and members of the Joint Budget Committee, filed this bill in an effort to spare districts from midyear cuts.

If passed, the bill would provide additional money to districts that saw enrollment decreases in the 2020-21 school year compared with the previous year.

While they don’t have the votes to stop this bill, Republican leaders have said they plan to ask hard questions about where that money is best spent.  HB21-1067 College Admission Use Of National Test Score The bill would allow the governing board of a public college or university to decide whether to require the ACT or SAT for admission. Schools would also need to submit a yearly report on their first-time freshman class. The bill is sponsored by state Rep. Cathy

Kipp, a Fort Collins Democrat, and state Rep. Mark Baisley, a Roxborough Republican, along with Democratic state Sens. Tammy Story of Jefferson County and Janet Buckner of Aurora. The proposed legislation aims to help more students of color and those who are low-income get into college, especially because research shows the standardized tests are biased against certain groups.

Opponents, however, say the bill won’t achieve its aims and instead further inequities.  SB21-057 Private Lenders Of Student Loans Acts And Practices The bill, sponsored by Democratic Sens. Faith Winter of Westminster and Julie Gonzales of Denver, would extend to private student loan borrowers the basic protections granted under federal loans. The protections would leave private loan borrowers less vulnerable to predatory practices, advocates say.  SB21-029 Colorado American Indian Tribes In-state Tuition Some Colorado colleges and universities already offer tuition discounts to Native American students. This bill, however, would require higher education institutions statewide to offer in-state tuition to students from American Indian tribes with historical ties to Colorado. Boulder Democratic Sen. Stephen Fenberg and Denver SEE SESSION, P8

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Getting back to ‘normal’ will take time, work, Warren-Gully says Newest Arapahoe commissioner talks vaccines, homelessness, taxes in town hall

BY DAVID GILBERT DGILBERT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

There’s a lot of work to do before life in Arapahoe County begins resembling “normal” again, but that work is getting started, the county’s newest commissioner said.

Carrie Warren-Gully held her first town hall meeting as a county commissioner on Feb. 17, a month after she was sworn in to represent District 1, which covers Littleton, Englewood, Columbine Valley and Warren-Gully parts of Centennial.

She said returning to life beyond the pandemic will take time and adjustment.

“Normal is an interesting question, isn’t it?” she said in the virtual meeting. “I’m sorry if I use that term flippantly. It’ll be a new normal … when people start to feel comfortable, that’s when it could look different.”

Vaccines are key, she said, as is reopening schools.

“That’s when families will have the opportunity to be working as fully as they choose to be.”

But the pandemic has created or exacerbated a lot of problems that will need attention from county officials, she said.

The effects of the pandemic and associated economic impacts have pushed a lot of people on the margins into homelessness, WarrenGully said, citing a comprehensive study presented recently to the Tri-Cities Homelessness Initiative, a task force covering Engle-

wood, Sheridan and Littleton.

The study found that people who lost jobs or incurred significant medical burdens over the past year were more likely to lose housing, and called on local governments and nonprofits to better coordinate their responses.

“The report made an acknowledgment that we’re never going to end or eradicate homelessness,” she said. “What we want to do is make sure if someone is experiencing homelessness, it’s as brief as possible and only happens once.

We’re trying to provide support services to gain the support and skills they need.”

Warren-Gully cited the county’s use of CARES Act funds to cover motel vouchers for families living in homelessness, and other efforts like assigning a staff member solely devoted to assisting veterans on the brink of homelessness.

Other CARES Act expenditures have included millions in rent and mortgage assistance and grants to food banks and other nonprofits, Warren-Gully said.

But economic recovery is a multi-faceted process, she said.

It’s not just about lifting restrictions but getting people to the point of feeling comfortable enough to return to gyms, theaters and other gatherings.

“We need to acknowledge a lot will come from the federal level. If we can move forward as a nation to get vaccines, open schools and resources as much as we can, that will be helpful to move forward locally as well.”

Some issues go beyond COVID. The county’s quarter-cent sales tax that funds parks, trails and open spaces expires in 2023, leaving county officials to decide whether to ask voters to renew the tax, possibly as soon as this fall.

At least there are some signs of normalcy: “I’m hearing traffic is back to pre-pandemic levels,” WarrenGully said.

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Christopher Rose, 52, made headlines last summer for alleged stalking, racist threats in Aspen

BY DAVID GILBERT DGILBERT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Cherry Hills Village Police are investigating after a man was found dead on Feb. 9 in Little Dry Creek beneath the Clarkson Avenue bridge, on the border with Englewood just a block south of U.S. 285.

Two teenagers found the man, later identified as Christopher Rose, 52, in the creek around sunset on Feb. 9, Cherry Hills Village Police Chief Michelle Tovrea said.

Rose’s cause of death has not yet been determined, said Shannon Sanamo, a medical legal investigator for the Arapahoe County Coroner’s Office. Rose was found in the creek Rose itself, she confirmed, though how long he was there was not immediately apparent.

SEE CREEK DEATH, P23

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A high-tech tour of the DeAngelis Center Technology and training combine to keep schools safe

BY BOB WOOLEY BWOOLEY@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

The alarm is jarring. It sounds like a high-pitched metallic banging put through an electronic synthesizer. It jangles your nerves and causes an almost physical reaction with every pulse. The voices follow.

“ATTENTION! LOCK DOWN!…

ATTENTION! LOCK DOWN! “ It repeats, as more audio components are added to the mix.

“ATTENTION ALL UNITS! ATTENTION ALL UNITS! SHOTS FIRED! MULTIPLE PARTIES DOWN! SCHOOL IS IN LOCKDOWN!” It’s loud. Incredibly loud. Soon, screams and pleading of a terrified young girl fill your ears.

“HELP! PLEASE DON’T LEAVE ME! HELP ME PLEASE! PLEASE! I DON’T WANT TO DIE HERE!” There are flashing strobes, and the sound of gunshots ring out.

It’s chaos. Hearing it, even 30 seconds of it when you know what is coming, is difficult to wrap your mind around. Add smoke filling the hallways to achieve complete sensory overload.

This is just a small sample of what law enforcement agencies, school

Frank DeAngelis stands in a shoot/don’t shoot room in the DeAngelis Center in Wheat Ridge.

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Frank DeAngelis knows more than anyone would ever want to know about school shootings. As principal of Columbine High School on April 20, 1999, all eyes were fixed upon the horrific tragedy that took place there, and his response to it.

There had been mass shootings in schools before. But none commanded more global attention than the massacre the world witnessed that day.

In the aftermath of the shootings, DeAngelis volunteered to step aside, but the district and community stood firmly behind him. He shepherded the school through years of healing and rebuilding, remaining principal there until his retirement in 2014.

So, it came as no surprise, except to DeAngelis himself, that a shuttered Wheat Ridge elementary school, turned training center for crisis response and mass casualty events, would be named in his honor.

Now, as a consultant and subject matter expert, he helps guide the state-of-the-art facility that bears his name.

The center, originally the brainchild of John McDonald, executive director, school safety, for Jeffco Schools, had previously stood for 57 years as Martensen Elementary.

“This school had been closed since 2011 and one day I was driving by and wondered if they’d let me confiscate an elementary school and turn it into a training center,” McDonald said.

And sure enough, they did. The district gave McDonald $150 thousand in seed money to clear out years of cobwebs and revamp the building into what it has become.

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only training center of its kind that McDonald is aware of. As you walk through the doors, it gives off, well, an old-school vibe — and that’s on purpose. Just inside, above the main doors, a colorful mural from its days as Martensen remains.

“We kept that mural there as a reminder of what this center is all about,” McDonald said. “I want everybody to understand what we’re trying to do here.”

Perched high, throughout the hallways and classrooms, 360-degree cameras are capable of recording every square inch of the building.

McDonald said they’re an invaluable tool in evaluating performance of training exercises.

“We can immediately show people what they did right and what they did wrong — what those lessons learned are. It uses a software similar to NFL instant replay software,” he said.

Next up, McDonald leads the way to what he calls a “virtual shoot house.”

A large room containing several smaller partitioned rooms, it looks decidedly more high-tech than the rest of the building.

“We’re the first in the country to have this,” McDonald says.

“It’s the first of its kind. Every room has cameras that can project a virtual event happening. You can have different events going, or you can have one event.”

A modern take on the shoot / don’t shoot training tactic law enforcement has used for decades, this interactive version allows for multiple scenarios to occur at the same time.

It also gives trainees the ability to employ lethal or non-lethal means of deterrence.

And gives them opportunities to de-escalate situations when appropriate.

There are conference rooms to allow groups attending to debrief SEE CENTER, P8

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The day that changed everything A Columbine survivor looks back, to move forward

BY BOB WOOLEY BWOOLEY@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

It started off as a beautiful day, he said. The kind of Colorado day we get in late April, when students sit outside at lunch and think about the summer ahead. It was the kind of day, he said, that he wore all of his favorite clothes — T-shirt, windbreaker, shorts, because the laundry just worked out that day.

It was the kind of suburban day in a place where it seems like nothing really bad ever happens. There are things like skateboarding injuries and unrequited teenage crushes, but nothing evil, he said. It was that kind of day… and then it wasn’t.

Sean Graves remembers that day in startling detail. April 20, 1999, the day Colorado was thrust into the consciousness of the nation for a reason no one saw coming — the day Columbine High School became synonymous with deadly school shootings in America.

Graves, now 37, was a freshman, shot multiple times and left for dead that day. He was heading to Clement Park, next to the school, with friends Dan Rohrbough and Lance Kirklin. They saw the shooters almost immediately but didn’t know who they were. They saw the black dusters and tactical-looking cloth-

ing and duffel bags. They saw them pull out the guns but kept walking toward the shooters because what was about to happen didn’t register as a possibility — even when the shooting started.

“We took notice of them pulling out weapons, but thought it was a senior prank. We’d heard rumors about something called Senior Annihilation,” Graves said. “We thought it was going to be paintball guns — seniors running around shooting paintballs.”

So, the teenage boys with no fear and a lot of curiosity forged ahead.

Graves in the middle, Rohrbough to his right, Kirklin on his left. Graves said he noticed the guns were all black, unlike any paintball gun he’d seen before, and thought the shooters had probably painted them. He saw them load the magazines and fire off some rounds, but because of their vantage point, he, Rohrbough and Kirklin couldn’t actually see that the shooters were firing at students, Rachel Scott and Richard Castaldo. They didn’t know Scott had just been killed, Castaldo critically wounded, so they took a few more steps toward the shooters.

“Lance and I had come from hunting families. We’d both been around guns — we’d grown up around them.

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Relph has long sounded the alarm over the city’s dwindling capital projects fund, which for years has fallen short of needs.

“We owe it to our community to tell them this story,” Relph said.

“We must let them know we have a crisis that must be solved.”

The list of needs that fall under the capital projects fund is daunting, but the biggest-ticket items include repairs and replacements of city vehicles including police cars, replacing crumbling public works buildings, meeting the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act, and securing matching funds required to obtain state and federal grants for massive highway projects that could top hundreds of millions of dollars.

The fund has three primary sources: building use taxes, which are levied on new development, gasoline taxes, and an annual $3.1 million infusion from the general fund earmarked for road projects that began in 2020.

The building use tax has long been volatile, fluctuating widely from year to year. Gasoline tax revenues, which have been weakening in recent years anyway, took a dive in 2020 as COVID closures curtailed how much people drive.

The list of projects identified by city staff comes out to more than $400 million on a 20-50 year time-

February 25, 2021F to city documents, with at least line, according to city documents, 77% of residents polled strongly with unfunded needs of $12.5 milor somewhat supporting the lion in 2021 alone. concept in 2016, 2018 and 2020 — Some of the needs are dire, though the most recent survey Relph said, citing a public works was conducted before the COVID building built shortly after World crisis.

War II that is corroded to the Relph advocated waiting unpoint that it can no longer be til 2022 to ask voters for a sales repaired. tax increase, saying identifying “We’re asking employees to specific earmarks for the increase work where it’s unsafe,” Relph and building public support will said, saying one building on the take time. public works “We cannot campus colfail,” he said. lapsed under “We have one a heavy snow shot at this load in recent ... we’re comyears. “We need ing out of the revenues in COVID recovplace to react.” ery with an To address economy that’s the funding unknown.” gap, Relph sugCouncilgested an idea member Pat long bandied Driscoll, howabout in Littleever, was adaton governmant that the ment: increasgreat need and ing the city’s Mark Relph, the years of sales tax rate.

Littleton’s Littleton city manager, on surveys suggest there’s no need sales tax rate is dwindling capital projects fund to hold back. currently 3%, “I think which city ficitizens have nance director spoken, and I Tiffany Hooten think they’ve been speaking for said is lower than the metro-wide four years,” Driscoll said. “I don’t average of 3.48%. Hooten presentknow why we have to go through ed a range of proposals, raising more surveys and beat the options the rate to 3.25% to as high as 4%, to death. I would prefer to move which could raise more than $12 forward.” million a year.

Councilmember Kelly Milliman Surveys of Littleton residents backed Driscoll. have long shown strong support “Why wait?” Milliman said. for a sales tax increase, according “I get it, it’s COVID, but people can understand we’re in a crisis.

It’s not getting better. In fact, it’s getting a lot worse ... If we have good messaging and make it easy to understand, we could get this passed.”

Councilmembers Elrod and Grove also supported pursuing the sales tax increase this fall, though Mayor Jerry Valdes advocated holding off until 2022, and Mayor Pro Tem Scott Melin urged restraint.

“I hear what the city manager is saying,” Melin said. “If we want to maximize our chances for success, we’ve got to be conservative in our approach.”

Councilmembers also supported a proposed lodging tax, with staff proposing a 3% rate. Pre-COVID estimates suggested such a tax could net $425,000 per year, though occupancy rates at the city’s handful of hotels have fallen sharply in the past year.

Elrod said the time is right for a lodging tax — which Littleton currently does not have.

“There’s always some reason it’s not the right time,” she said.

“We’re behind the curve here ...

Yes, it’s COVID, and people aren’t traveling, but they will again.

Let’s rip the Band-Aid off. It’s a visitor tax, not a tax on our residents.”

Though a staff proposal suggested waiting until 2023 to ask voters for a lodging tax to give hotels time to recover from the

‘We owe it to our community to tell them this story. We must let them know we have a crisis that must be solved.’

downturn, Elrod said the lodging tax’s proposed uses, including to support cultural amenities, couldn’t wait.

“These are the industries that are hurting the most,” Elrod said of the city’s arts and culture scene. “If we wait until 2023, there may be nothing left to support.”

Melin urged caution on the lodging tax as well, citing a 2013 proposal that got shot down at the ballot box.

“I don’t think we can be overconfident about it,” Melin said.

Another proposed tax increase, on retail marijuana, found more ambivalent support among councilmembers, with several saying they need to know more about what an appropriate amount would be, but nominally expressing support for placing an increase on the 2021 ballot.

Voters approved retail marijuana sales in Littleton last fall, allowing the city’s three medical marijuana retailers to begin selling to the general public. The ballot measure set an additional 3% tax rate on retail sales on top of the city’s 3% sales tax rate, which Hooten said could be pushed even higher. Currently, marijuana sales are expected to net roughly $1 million in annual tax revenue.

An increase could be used to create a “seed fund” to pull the city’s vehicle fleet budget out from the volatile capital projects fund, she said.

Several councilmembers said without further research, council ran the danger of asking for a tax rate that could make Littleton’s marijuana sales less competitive than surrounding jurisdictions.

Other taxes and fees found little support among council for the time being, including a grocery tax — Littleton voters overturned a prior grocery tax through a citizen initiative in 2005.

Councilmembers were also ambivalent on fee increases, which Elrod called a “sneaky” way to increase revenues in hard economic times.

Through the entire meeting, one councilmember stayed silent: Carol Fey, who offered no response to any proposal.

Mayor Valdes pressed Fey for her opinion, leading to an odd exchange in which Fey repeatedly rebuffed him.

“You’re the only one who hasn’t given direction,” Valdes said.

“Correct,” Fey said.

“You’re choosing not to participate, or what’s going on here?”

Valdes said.

“I have no comment on this,” Fey said.

“Is there a reason you don’t want to participate?” Valdes said.

“Nope,” Fey responded.

At the end of the meeting, with councilmembers settled on exploring increasing the sales tax, lodging tax and retail marijuana tax as soon as this fall, Relph said he was concerned about overloading the ballot.

“I’ve never heard anything like this before,” Relph said. “I don’t think this is a recipe for success.”

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 SB21-067 Strengthening Civics Education Citing surveys that find few adults can name the three branches of government or understand how the Constitution works, this bill would require the State Board of Education to review the state’s civics curriculum standards and ensure they adequately address the structures of government and the source documents on which they’re based. This new effort from Republican Sen. Don Coram of Montrose and Sen. Chris Hansen, a Denver Democrat, comes on the heels of legislation requiring that the Holocaust be taught in Colorado schools and that the contributions of people of color and other marginalized groups be better incorporated into civics and history curriculum.

The effort could face resistance from school districts that don’t want new mandates as they grapple with pandemic-related education challenges.

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Democratic Reps. Alec Garnett and Adrienne Benavidez sponsored the bill.  HB21-1103 Media Literacy Implementation After a year in which the dangers of disinformation became clearer than ever, Colorado lawmakers will take up a bill incorporating media literacy into the state’s reading, writing and civics standards and requiring the state education department to create a resource library for teaching media literacy and offer assistance to schools that ask for it. This bill takes up the recommendations of an advisory committee created by legislation in 2019. Even then, some Republicans worried that media literacy standards would be a ruse to disparage conservative media outlets, and that debate is likely to recur this year.

Democratic Reps. Lisa Cutter of Jefferson County and Barbara McLachlan of Durango and Sens.

Brittany Pettersen, a Lakewood Democrat, and Don Coram, a Montrose Republican, sponsored the bill.

This story is from Chalkbeat Colorado, a nonprofit news site covering educational change in public schools. Used by permission. For more, and to support Chalkbeat, visit co.chalkbeat.org.

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John McDonald, executive director for the Jeffco Public Schools Department of School PHOTO BY BOB WOOLEY Safety, stands for a portrait at the DeAngelis Center in Wheat Ridge.

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and engage in the kind of in-depth discussions McDonald says are vital to the center’s success. One such room displays the names and dates of all Colorado school shootings.

It’s a long list, and another constant reminder to those who visit of the important work that takes place here.

There are traditional shoot / don’t shoot classrooms full of desks with cardboard cutouts made from photos of fourth-graders in the district.

Some are holding guns, others hold pens, electronic devices, whiteboard erasers and the like, there are backpacks and books and other distracting elements on desks to add to the confusion of the scene.

The final spot McDonald leads the way to is a large interactive simulation room. One entire wall is a projection screen giving trainees a chance to experience an immersive scenario controlled by a staff member, in this case, facility manager and Columbine shooting survivor, Sean Graves. On screen, actors portray victims and bad guys. The trainee tries to get control of a situation that may or may not escalate to a lethal end, depending on which way Graves thinks it should go, based on the trainee’s performance.

Sometimes it may be necessary for the trainee to shoot to kill. In trueto-life fashion, there’s also a possibility that he or she can be taken out

by the assailant.

For Graves, who still battles some of the injuries he sustained at Columbine, being hired by McDonald to manage the center brings things full circle. It not only gives him a chance to work with groups of people he considers heroes, it’s also an empowering way to help those agencies achieve the best possible outcomes in future events. It’s a job he takes seriously on every level. His pride is on full display when he tells a story of his daughter calming the fears of her kindergarten classmates during a recent lockdown drill.

DeAngelis and McDonald have consulted with other schools like Sandy Hook and Parkland in the aftermath of other tragedies. They, along with Graves and new DeAngelis board member, Ron Mitchell, would like to believe it won’t happen again, but are resigned to realities facing this country.

“You’d better be having that conversation today and preparing for tomorrow,” McDonald said.

“Because somewhere, someplace, tomorrow is going to happen.”

So, they do what they do. Push forward, think about the future, find resources to improve threat assessment and mental health and keep the mission top of mind.

At the end of the day, DeAngelis summed it up best.

“I think all of us, when that horrific event happened on that day, made a promise — we’re going to do everything we can to make sure those kids didn’t die in vain, and that’s why we’re all here.”

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Students, adults remember Jack Padilla two years later Friends of Creek freshman who died by suicide speak out on mental health

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Two years after a compassionate Cherry Creek High School freshman died by suicide, his friends and family continue to push for changes in how schools approach students’ mental health challenges.

Rick Padilla, father of Jack Padilla, gathered with a few dozen teenagers and adults Feb. 14 at Village Greens Park in Greenwood Village, where a bench dedicated to his son sits. Padilla assembled the event to mark two years since his son died, but the day also served as a rallying point for students who are pushing for what they say are more needed changes after the suicide deaths of Jack Padilla and other local students.

Five students in Cherry Creek School District died by suicide in less than six months in 2019. Multiple students died by suicide in the span of 40 days in Adams 12 Five Star Schools around the end of that year, according to a Jan. 24, 2020, news release from Adams 12.

“It’s time for you to stand up, raise your voice and say enough is enough,” Rick Padilla told the crowd.

Rick Padilla — father of Jack Padilla, a Cherry Creek High School freshman who took his own life in February 2019 — speaks to a few dozen teenagers and adults at Village Greens Park in Greenwood Village, where a bench dedicated to his son sits. Padilla gathered the group there on Feb. 14 to mark two years since his son died and to encourage the teenagers to push for change in how the community deals with mental health PHOTOS BY ELLIS ARNOLD challenges.

Padilla advocated for bills last year in the state Legislature to tackle youth mental health challenges, and he plans to support a bill again this year.

Along with experiencing depression, Jack Padilla dealt with bullying at school and on social media.

Last year’s state legislative proposal, which his father called the “AntiBullying Bill of Rights,” would have made bullying policies consistent among Colorado school districts.

Suicide is complex and almost always has multiple causes, according to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. That can include mental illnesses, which are treatable, the foundation says.

Amid the deaths of Cherry Creek district students in 2019, the Cherry Creek district enacted changes aimed at preventing suicide and raising awareness about mental struggles: It added two new directors of mental health. It assigned a

A poster-board photo of Jack Padilla sits at Village Greens Park during the remembrance event. It reads, “Much loved my son,” and it includes the “#JackStrong” tag, a slogan for the work by Padilla’s friends and family to raise suicide awareness.

mental health coordinator to each of the district’s six high school “feeder” regions to better help students who need it most, and it began expanding suicide prevention programming in its high schools.

Some teenagers at Padilla’s remembrance event hadn’t noticed SEE PADILLA, P10

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bowling alley, Robert Zajac, 23, was also present and planning to get a ride home from Springer.

At 11:40 p.m., Golla called a friend to ask for a ride home.

When the friend arrived at 11:50 p.m., they saw a young man with a bald head and medium build, wearing a long trench coat, leave the bowling alley and get into a late-model pickup truck before driving away southbound.

The friend entered the bowling alley and found Springer, Golla and Zajac dead in a back room. No arrests have ever been made in the case.

But thanks to new DNA and genealogy technology not available at the time of the crime, investigators have newfound hope in bringing justice to the families of the three victims.

“Investigators are reviewing and retesting evidence, including items from the trash can in the men’s room as well as other areas on the property,” Stephens said, adding that some people with information have already come forward.

“Agents and detectives are consistently conducting interviews related to this case,” he said. “We thank those people who have already been interviewed, as we anticipate speaking with you again and appreciate your patience.”

Stephens said people with information in the case are likely still in the community, and said in such cases people “do not come forward

due to their close relationship with those who may have been involved, as well as their reputation and standing in the community and among friends. We recognize relationships change over time, as do people and their perspectives. It is not too late to come forward.”

Echoing other speakers at the press conference, Stephens said investigators can make a distinction between those who perpetrated a crime and those roped into it.

“There are times when people are unknowingly brought into a situation by the person responsible,” he said. “Rest assured we have the ability to identify those that were inadvertently involved.”

Schneider, the FBI chief, backed up Stephens.

“The families of James, Erin and Robert are counting on those with information to come forward,” he said. “No piece of information is too small.”

Kellner, the district attorney, said the DNA and genealogy evidence being employed in the investigation is similar to what led to the 2019 arrest and subsequent guilty plea of James Clanton, who killed Helene Pruszynski in Douglas County in 1980, and the 2018 arrest and subsequent guilty pleas of Joseph DeAngelo, the so-called Golden State Killer, in California.

“Those same advances are being brought to bear on this case,” Kellner said. “This is your opportunity. If you know something, if you think you know something, call, step up to the plate to help solve this crime.”

Much of the DNA and genealogy analysis work has been done

through a partnership between Crime Stoppers and United Data Connect, Morrissey’s forensic DNA analysis firm, Morrissey said.

“We’re here as part of this team to provide to provide state-of-theart DNA-based leads that will solve this case.” Morrissey said.

“We’ve already provided some, and the FBI has followed up on those quickly, and so has the task force. We will continue until we find the individual or individuals responsible.”

The partnership between Crime Stoppers and United Data Connect has already yielded answers in many other cases, Morrissey said, adding he is eager to provide answers in this case.

“My hope is we can give those answers in a time that those individuals in those families are still here to understand and appreciate and get the closure they need,” he said.

Mills, who heads Metro Denver Crime Stoppers, spoke directly to those with information in the case.

“We’ll get answers for James, Erin, Robert, and for their families and friends,” Mills said.

“There’s no question in my mind that with your assistance we’ll bring justice … Can you help? Will you help? Are you willing to break your silence, remain anonymous, and help us solve this case?”

Metro Denver Crime Stoppers is offering a reward of up to $30,000 in the murder of Springer, Golla and Zajac. Tipsters can remain anonymous. Call 720-913-7867 or go to MetroDenverCrimeStoppers. com.

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any changes, though, and they urged Cherry Creek High to do more.

One of them was Paxton Dwyer, an 11th-grader at Cherry Creek High who played on the same lacrosse team with Jack Padilla. His sister, Tierney Dwyer, died by suicide about a month after Padilla in 2019, Dwyer said. Tierney Dwyer attended Creek as a freshman and eventually went to St. Mary’s Academy in the south metro area. Paxton Dwyer argued that Cherry Creek officials’ response to students who ask for help can come up short or even counterproductive.

But “I think there’s a future ahead” for progress on the issue if students collaborate with school administration, Dwyer said.

Padilla’s family remembers Jack as a compassionate, “fun-loving” kid. His family has drawn strength from students who knew him and have worked to raise awareness about suicide in the past couple years.

“It pains me to know Jack is gone, but I never imagined I’d have so many kids,” Jeanine Padilla told the crowd, noting the “community you have developed around Jack.”

Rick Padilla hopes for the state Legislature to green-light mandatory antibullying laws, “rather than (different) school boards deciding if it’s bullying and how to investigate,” Padilla said last year. Establishing an appeal process would also be part of the goal.

This year’s expected proposal remains basically the same except supporters would add counseling support for both the bully and the target of bullying, Padilla said.

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‘Their journey will be his legacy’ Parker man, father of four, dies in avalanche

BY ELLIOTT WENZLER EWENZLER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

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If Michael “Tony” Westall could visit with his children one more time, he’d likely encourage them to fulfill their ambitions and keep challenging themselves, his wife says.

Westall, a Parker resident, died Feb. 14 after getting caught in an avalanche while snowmobiling east of Fraser near Rollins Pass.

“My heart is breaking,” his wife Jamey Moss said. “It gives me comfort that he was doing what he loved.”

Westall, a local real estate investor, had lived along the Front Range for most of his life, including in Denver, Perry Park and Littleton.

He was passionate about his family, the outdoors and nonprofits such as the Morgan Adams Foundation and Project ReCYCLE. Westall is survived by his wife and his four children, Tyler, 19; Ryan, 20; Reed, 22; and McKenzy, 16. A proud father, Westall spent lots of time with his children and valued their weekly get togethers, Moss said.

“He would want them to know how incredibly loved they are and how incredibly important they are,” she said. “And that by them being in his world, the world was a better place … Their journey will be his legacy.”

Moss and Westall eloped in 2018, two years after meeting at a charity event. In the coming months, the couple planned to move into a home they recently purchased in Arizona.

Westall, who would have turned 59 in May, was getting ready to retire.

“It was impossible not to fall in love with him,” Moss said. “Everyone that knew him fell in love with him.”

Byron Nix, Westall’s cousin, close friend and business partner, also grew up in the Denver area with Westall. While Nix was 5 years younger than his cousin, the two spent ample time together and even-

Michael “Tony” Westall, 58, died in an avalanche east of Fraser on Feb. 14. He is survived by his wife and four children.

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tually became neighbors.

“He kind of looked after me,” Nix said.

So far this season, there have been 11 deaths from avalanches in Colorado, which ties with one of the deadliest seasons on record from 2012 to 2013, according to the Colorado Avalanche Information Center.

Last year, there were six deaths.

“The snowpack is exceptionally weak,” said Ethan Greene, director of the Colorado Avalanche Information Center in a video posted to their site. “We see these conditions about once every 10 years.”

Westall’s family has set up a way to donate to the Morgan Adams Foundation in his name. The nonprofit funds research for children’s cancer. Donations can be made by visiting www.MorganAdamsFoundation.org/RememberingTony.

“He changed my life forever,” Moss said. “I will forever be different in such a better way because of him. I’m forever grateful for that.”

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Pandemic diversion is one for the books

man past sixty living alone with a small dog walks to his guest room where a little library of fiction is kept and scans the spines for an option to read as the second year QUIET of a pandemic has DESPERATION him climbing the walls like Gregor Samsa.

See how many of the titles he had to choose from you can name. For a complete list, write to the email address below.

Craig Marshall 1. Written by a Smith woman, this book, later the source of several films (as are a number of entries in the list), tells the story of a young scientist who creates a sapient creature.

2. “A dilemma or difficult circumstance from which there is no escape because of mutually con-

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Council’s gun storage law applauded As a gun owner in Littleton, I want to personally thank the Littleton City Council for passing the safe storage law for local gun retailers. This critical law will undoubtedly save lives and keep our community safe by keeping firearms out of the hands of dangerous individuals.

I applaud you for holding gun stores accountable and enforcing the annual safe storage license to prove their compliance.

Just as pharmacies are required to secure controlled substances, it is past time for gun retailers to be held responsible for securing their firearms.

Gun thefts occur in staggering numbers and often divert guns into an underground market where people with dangerous histories are able to easily obtain firearms.

Nationally, the number of gun thefts from licensed gun dealers has increased more than the number from any other source (i.e. cars, individual homes).

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flicting or dependent conditions.”

3. It focuses on four anthropomorphized animals, is beautifully illustrated (mine by E.H. Shepard), is considered a children’s book, but is enjoyed by readers of all ages.

One of the characters, a European water vole, goes by the name “Rat.” 4. The main character’s surname is Smith. Where he lives the clocks twice a day strike thirteen.

5. “He made the fish fast to bow and stern and to the middle thwart.

He was so big it was like lashing a much bigger skiff alongside.”

6. Its major theme is the destructiveness of war, is “science-fiction infused,” and follows the life of an American soldier named Billy who sometimes travels through time.

7. Perhaps my favorite ending: “He turned and walked across the floor and out. I watched the door close. I listened to his steps going away down the imitation marble corridor. After a while they got faint, then got silent. I kept on listening anyway. What for? Did

I want him to stop suddenly and turn and come back and talk me out of the way I felt? Well, he didn’t. That was the last I saw of him.”

Written by one of my favorites authors, made into a film, as were several of his other books, but not as successful.

8. A short, only 24,505 words, potent story about the wife of the owner of a “roadside sandwich joint” and a drifter who is smitten by her.

9. She sells evening gloves at Neiman-Marcus.

10. In a “magical realist style” it tells a “multi-generational story” in the fictional town of Mocondo.

11. A first novel published in 1970; Lorain, Ohio; young Black girl; desires blue eyes.

12. Another main character name Smith, only this one is a Martian.

By the way, my middle name breaks down into “Mars Hall.”

13. This one is too easy, but it’s the author’s most famous: “A diabolical

dog” that’s not Harry causes problems on an English moorland.

14. I’d tell you where the book is set but the location is in the title.

There’s a cave, an accusation, a trial, a recant, and a happy ending.

It didn’t do much for me in high school when it was required reading.

15. It’s a 1930 detective novel originally serialized in the magazine “Black Mask” that’s been made into several film versions, the most famous released 80 years ago.

16. Written by the same author, a more light-hearted detective novel featuring a wealthy married couple who try to locate a missing inventor who is light on his feet.

How did you do?

Henry Ward Beecher said, “Where is human nature more weak than in a bookstore?”

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

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nagging and recurring elbow injury had finally forced my hand to seek medical attention. After meeting with an orthopedic surgeon, the diagnosis was more than tennis elbow or bursitis, it was a situation that would require surgery to fix.

With surgery come WINNING the pre-operative WORDS exams such as blood work, chest X-ray, and EKG. Additionally, medical clearance was needed by my primary care physician. I also needed to have a negative COVID test within five days of surgery.

No problem, I can take Michael Norton care of these things easily. As is my nature, my attitude was great, and I was ready and motivated to have the surgery.

Having completed almost all the testing requirements, I still needed to have my COVID test. No worries, just one more box to cross off the list of pre-surgery to-dos. I signed in and waited for my name to be called. As the nurse greeted me, she asked me how I was doing. That’s an easy one I thought, as I answer this question about a dozen times a day. My answer, borrowed from my good friend Jerry Nazzaro, is always, “Great, couldn’t be better if I tried.”

Her response, “Well then, why don’t

you try?”

Her answer was so simple, so direct, and yet took me a little by surprise.

You see, I have been responding to that question for so many years in the same way and typically people either smile or reply with something such as, “That’s awesome, I wish I felt that good.” But never, “Well then, why don’t you try?”

By responding to the question of how I am doing by saying that I am great and could not be better if I tried, is never meant to be flippant or superficial. It is just something I learned many years ago from my friend Jerry.

Jerry is a guy with one of the greatest attitudes I have ever witnessed.

Despite anything he faced, no matter how big the challenge, he would always reply in that same way, “Great, couldn’t be better if I tried.”

The nurse didn’t initially realize how she threw me off a bit as she just continued getting everything ready for my test. However, as she turned toward me again, and even though I was wearing a mask, she could see the puzzled look on my face. When I shared with her that no one had ever so simply and sincerely challenged my statement regarding how I was doing, she just shrugged as if it were the most natural thing she should have said. And it was.

The test was over quickly, she was kind, gentle, and made it as easy as possible. As I left, I thanked her for mak-

ing the test so easy, but making my day a little bit harder. Now it was her turn to have that puzzled look on her face. I shared that I thought her question was brilliant and that she now inspired me to want to “try” and be better.

I thought about this as I drove home from the hospital. Is this really the best answer I can give when someone asks me how I am doing? My nurse, Danielle, was exactly right. I could try to be better no matter how poorly or how amazing my day may be going.

The list of things I could do to try and be better in any given moment started flooding my mind; Call a friend, maybe Jerry; Listen to a motivational podcast; Pray; Call a customer; Better yet, call a prospect; Facetime my children and grandchildren; Take a walk on the beach with my wife. The list was endless. Not that I didn’t know and understand this concept already on some level, but it was a good and much-appreciated reminder.

How are you doing? Could you be a little better if you tried? I would love to hear your response at mnorton@ tramazing.com and when we realize that we can make everything better when we try, it really will be a better than good year.

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Reflections on my black history — the water we swim in

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invite you to GUEST read this even COLUMN if you think you don’t want to. I promise it will be relevant to you.

Before Black History Month ends, I thought I better ‘fess up to my own Black history. Yes, I’m a EuroAmeriLinda Newell can white woman.

No, I have no Black ancestors (that I’m aware of). However, over the last several years, I’ve done some deep digging into the roots of my own racism. Yup, I said it; that word, racism.

It’s the water we swim in, the air we breathe. That doesn’t mean I’m a bad person. Admitting it and then working on it is actually a prolific sign of a person who is attempting to grow

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number of firearms stolen in gundealer burglaries more than doubled from 3,355 to 7,841, according to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

Again, thank you for your commitment to keeping our Littleton community safe and your leadership in common-sense gun reform. As a Littleton resident and advocate for gun violence prevention, there’s nothing more important than the safety of our families and neighbors.

Mary Parker Littleton Fey fails to do her job On Feb. 9, the Littleton City Council discussed the dire circumstances concerning the city’s finances. Littleton voters place great responsibility on each councilmember to provide direction to the city manager so that he may ensure the city is run properly.

Potential tax increases are a complex and significant issue to discuss. Having input from all councilmembers — regardless of their stance — is vital to good governance. It was concerning to see Councilmember Fey refuse to participate in this important

into an anti-racist.

As I’ve looked back in history, whether it be family, community, or nation, I have learned that there are some small (and very large) pockets of racism woven throughout my make-up. Those might look more subtle now since I’ve been doing my anti-racism work, but they’re still there in my psyche and body, impossible to completely eradicate.

One of the startling roots I found was when I was writing a selfreflection paper in seminary in a course about Identity, Power, and Difference. I recalled a memory of my grandmother singing to me in her rocking chair. One line kept repeating in my head, “Go to sleep, my little...” (an offensive word referring to a Black baby). It’s been in my SEE NEWELL, P16

discussion. Her abstention from the conversation was a complete failure to fulfill her duty as an elected representative of Littleton.

If Councilmember Fey does not think her opinion on such an important matter is necessary, then she should resign her position and allow another person to fulfill the duties of being a councilmember. The other councilmembers, and the voters, should be perturbed by Councilmember Fey’s refusal to participate despite being given multiple opportunities to provide feedback. In fact, she did more than simply refuse when she scolded the mayor for attempting to solicit any sort of opinion from her. I want to commend Mayor Valdes for his handling of the meeting last week. He should not have to deal with petulant councilmembers.

It is clear that the council and the city as a whole would be better served with a more engaged representative from District 3. Clearly Councilmember Fey is unwilling to contribute to important conversations and is not prepared to serve as a councilmember anymore. The residents of Littleton should welcome Ms. Fey’s resignation.

Kyle Schlachter Littleton Former Littleton City Council member

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Kathie Roubik

March 1, 1935 – January 27, 2021

Kathie Roubik completed a life filled with love, laughter, and kindness on January 27, 2021, less than four days after being diagnosed with cancer.

We were very touched to be able to read to her so many wonderful notes and memories from beloved family and friends across the country while other dear friends in the Hamilton area prayed with her on her last day. Kathie was wrapped in love as we said goodbye to a remarkable woman.

Kathleen Frances Cummings was born to Clara Labelle (Ross) and David Cummings on March 1, 1935 in Chicago, IL. She was their only child. Kathie graduated from Mundelein College with a degree in political science and she taught before marrying Charles Joseph Roubik, lll, the love of her life, in 1959. She and Chuck had three children: Janet, Joe, and Andy. The family moved west to Colorado in 1969, where Kathie and Chuck resided for over thirty years. Together, they taught their children life skills and a love of nature. She raised three avid readers. Besides being a fun and creative mom, Kathie worked as an employment recruiter and was a volunteer for many organizations in the Denver and Littleton areas. The tragic loss of their son Joe in 1992 when he was 28 years old was the worst time of their lives. Their marriage grew stronger as did their faith.

In 2005 they moved to Hamilton, joining Andy and Sarah in Montana’s Bitterroot Valley for the final chapter of their lives.

She and Chuck traveled widely and were able to spend meaningful time with their

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Kathie’s cheerful and generous spirit will be deeply missed by her son Andy and daughter-in-law Sarah, daughter Janet and son-in-law Bill Kinneberg, and grandsons Joe and David Kinneberg. She is also mourned by her wider circle of family: her in-laws Barbara Hasbrook and Dave and Charlotte Roubik; her cherished nephews and nieces, great-nephews and greatnieces; cousins; and countless friends. She is predeceased by her husband Chuck and their son Joe. A Funeral Mass will be celebrated at St Francis Catholic Church in Hamilton, MT after Covid-19 protocols abate to a more conducive level. She would like (and deserves) a big party! Stories and remembrances can be left at www. dalyleachchapel.com. In lieu of flowers, please consider donations to the Bitter Root Humane Association.

Mary “Jeanette” Ludeman

Mary “Jeanette” (MacLennan) Ludeman passed away Friday night, February 12, 2021 after a long battle with Parkinson’s Disease.

Jeanette was born and raised in Casper, WY and moved with husband Frank, son Les and daughter Chris to Littleton, CO in 1975. She worked for Johns Manville from 1977 through 1986, where she was awarded the Most

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grandsons often. They were active members of St. Francis Catholic Church and board members of Bitterrooters for Planning. After Chuck’s death in 2014, Kathie remained active in those communities as well as with her P.E.O. sorority Chapter BV, Hamilton’s Garden Club, the Knitting Club, the Ladies Auxiliary of MDMH, and many other activities. Kathie was a busy lady with beautiful gardens and many flourishing friendships. She gave us all lessons on how to be gentle with each other and ourselves, to look for the best in others. To tell others often that they are loved.

Innovative Idea Award and joined the American Compensation Association.

She then partnered with Frank to publish the Mining Business Digest for several years. They moved to Castle Pines, CO in 1998. Frank passed away in 2007.

Jeanette’s daughter Chris provided her care in recent years. In lieu of flowers, please donate to The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research, P.O. Box 5014, Hagerstown, MD 21741-5014.

Condolences for the family may be left at OlingerChapelHill.com.

Howard Lee Kisling

Dec. 5, 1930 – Feb. 8, 2021 Howard Lee Kisling of Centennial Colorado died after a short illness February 8, 2021 at the age of 90. Born December 5, 1930 to George and Elizabeth (Mott) Kisling on a farm near Burlington Oklahoma, Howard left tiny Hazelton Kansas, where he was one of nine in his 1948 high school graduating class. Upon ROTC graduation from Kansas University in 1952 Howard became a commissioned officer in the U.S. Air Force. Stationed in frigid Limestone Maine, 1st LT Howard Kisling liked to say he “ran a mess hall.”

Later in life we learned that that mess hall was in a nuclear weapons depot, where he held Top Secret and “Q” clearances qualifying him to serve scientists who were discussing atomic bomb upgrades.

While stationed there Howard met and married the first love of his life, Jacquelyn Hibbard, in 1956. Following his discharge Howard pursued a career in insurance, retiring from Ohio Casualty in 1992.

Howard and Jackie raised three children; Scott (Kathleen), Sandra (Ray) Kelley, and

Steve, who died in 1995. Howard and Jackie enjoyed camping and travel, visiting dozens of countries until Jackie died in 2007. Fortunately for Howard, he met the second love of his life later that year, Lee Regnier, with whom he continued to travel and enjoy life. Lee’s three children, Leah (Brian) Kimmerle, Lynne (Ben) Ray, and Brad Paris, six grandchildren and five greatgrandchildren welcomed Howard into the family as “Papa H” and gave him great joy.

Lee and Scott were at Howard’s side when he died. Although Howard liked to think that people knew him by his hat, it was his ever-present smile that most people will remember. Friends and relatives will be invited to a remembrance of Howard on Zoom. Inquiries to Scott Kisling. Tributes can be shared to www.HoranCares.com.

A private committal service will be held at Fort Logan National Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the USO, the Disabled American Veterans or to the Fisher Center for Alzheimer’s Research Foundation, in Howard’s honor.

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‘FEARLESS PIONEERS AND TIRELESS TRAILBLAZERS’

George Johnson showing a horse. Johnson opened his own stable, Happy Valley Stables, in Littleton in 1956.

There, he trained to be a horse exhibitor at a time when very few African American people in the state did, said PHOTOS COURTESY OF THE JOHNSON FAMILY AND LITTLETON MUSEUM Johnson’s daughter, GeorgeAnne Redd.

George and Dorothy Johnson, who lived in Littleton and later, Sedalia. George opened his own horse stables in Littleton, Happy Valley Stables, where he trained to show horses at the National Western Stock Show. Dorothy led a Bible study that led to the origins of a church, and taught her kids to sing and write songs, which many of them went on to do.

Johnson family’s impact on metro Denver area is far-reaching

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allas Burleson stepped up to the lectern and welcomed people joining Friendship Baptist Church of Christ Jesus for a Sunday service.

She was accompanied onstage by her daughter, Stacie Burleson, to start the worship hour with a song.

Just a little later, Pastor Paul Burleson, Dallas’ husband and Stacie’s father, took center stage. The three finished the Feb. 14 service by singing together, embodying the family ties the Denver church is based on.

The service also featured a Black History Month presentation. At one point, presenter Janay Lewis said, “My mind began to wander with a thought: Where would the world be without the Friendship Baptist Church of Jesus Christ? The church was started 46 years ago by a young pastor named Pastor Paul Burleson.”

If not for Paul Burleson, Lewis said, there would be no Friendship Baptist, which has gone on to impact the community.

Just as an example, Dallas and Paul Burleson described in a separate conversation, Friendship Baptist helped find housing in Denver for people displaced from New Orleans and Houston after hurricanes Katrina and Harvey, respectively. Denver Mayor Michael Hancock took Sunday School classes at Friendship Baptist. Paul Burle-

son prayed at the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver, where he made the acquaintance of former President Barack Obama and now-President Joe Biden. Dallas Burleson sang an opening song for an event in Denver featuring civil rights activist Ralph Abernathy.

This eventful journey doesn’t start with Paul Burleson 46 years ago, though. It goes back further than that, the Burlesons explained.

To the banks of the South Platte River in Littleton, where George and Dorothy Johnson, Dallas Burleson’s parents, held a Bible study. It’s George and Dorothy Johnson, the Burlesons say, who deserve credit for the church and so much else.

Making Littleton home The Johnson family moved to Littleton in 1949, when George accepted a job offer to groom horses for a rancher in town. Before then, the family had lived in other places in Colorado, Bailey and Broomfield, and in Omaha, Nebraska.

“We liked it in Littleton. We had such a good time. Everything was right there on the ranch. People coming to ride horses, it was exciting,” said GeorgeAnne Redd, another daughter to George and Dorothy.

Altogether, there were six Johnson children: GeorgeAnne, Dallas, Johnny Lee, Robert, George Jr. and Charles. When the Johnsons moved to Littleton, they were the only African American family in town,

Redd said.

At the time, most African American people lived in Denver. When the Johnsons occasionally visited the city, Redd said, “It was really strange to see all these Black people in one place because all we had ever seen was Caucasian people when we went to school.” Soon enough, though, they met a couple Black families in Englewood — including Jessie and Lola Holmes and their family.

Talking about the two families’ relationship, Geraldine Holmes, the daughter-in-law of Jessie and Lola, recollected “Nobody was a stranger, they were just like family.”

In 1956, after being a horse groomer for other people, Johnson opened his own stable, Happy Valley Stables, in Littleton, Redd said.

There, he housed and trained other peoples’ horses and also taught riding lessons.

Happy Valley also gave Johnson the opportunity to train as a horse exhibitor, a side gig he would become successful at. Starting in the 1950s, he began showing at the National Western Stock Show. At that time, Redd doesn’t recall seeing other Black exhibitors at the stock show, leading her to think he was the first, though stock show officials were not able to confirm if that was the case following a recent inquiry.

Redd recalls seeing other Black people at the show, but said they were all groomers up until the 1970s.

“My dad was the first that I saw

that ever really showed,” she said.

Happy Valley wasn’t just a business enterprise, though. It was a community hub. “Everybody was at the stables every chance we got, mostly every weekend,” said Geraldine Holmes. The Holmes family and others would join the Johnsons for picnics and horseback riding.

Also, in the warmer months, Dorothy Johnson led family and friends in a Bible study along the banks of the South Platte River.

The strong bond between the Johnsons and Holmeses, and their commitment to gathering for a Bible study, would have a lasting effect.

They continued meeting throughout the years either along the South Platte, or, in the colder months, at the Holmes residence in Englewood.

‘A powerful journey’ Paul Burleson moved to Denver in December 1969 after serving in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War. He had an uncle living in Denver who would attend the Johnson/ Holmes Bible study. So, on his first day in town, Paul Burleson accompanied his uncle to the Bible study.

There, he met Dallas and they hit it off instantly.

“I didn’t even know anything about her except that I was attracted to her and the Lord put in my spirit, ‘That’s your wife,’” Paul Burleson recalled.

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‘World of Color’ to open for viewing in gallery

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appy news! Entries for Littleton Fine Arts Guild’s “World of Color” have been juried by well-known watercolorist Steven SONYA’S Griggs and the exhibit will open in SAMPLER Town Hall’s Stanton Gallery, 2450 W. Main Street in downtown Littleton, as well as in the Virtual Gallery (see: depotartgallery.org). Dates are March 1 to April 15. Longtime Littleton Fine Arts Sonya Ellingboe Guild members Peggy Dietz and Merrie Wicks have worked on organization of this exhibit, which will be open during THAC box office hours.

303-794-2787, townhallartcenter.org.

Unsure when the Depot Gallery will reopen (blue status needed).

“Flights of Fancy” is scheduled for the Virtual Gallery and Stanton Gallery April 15 to June 1. (We also have a notice of a live production

20th anniversary season will be 100% virtual/live-streamed from the Nomad Playhouse, teaming with the playhouse and Earth Coast Productions to present professional multicamera productions with actors performing from the stage.

of “Almost Maine” at THAC March 19-April 18 — more later.)

Traci Kern Singer Traci Kern will present a free virtual concert from Town Hall on Feb. 26. (“Full Circle” is rescheduled for Feb. 26). Box office: 303-7942787 ext. 5 for link. Town Hall is also presenting upcoming spring classes for ages 5-8, 9-12, 12+ (play readings, auditioning techniques, Shakespeare and more ... as well as private coaching sessions — in person or virtual). See townhallartcenter.org.

Heritage Fine Art Guild HFAG will present a Zoom workshop from 9 a.m. to noon on March 13 with Brian Hubble, who paints landscapes and Western art, seascapes and island themes. We are told Hubble enjoys realism “without sacrificing color and appeal.” Cost is $25 for members and $30 for nonmembers. (Membership for a year is $40.) Register through heritageguild.com. For information, contact Mary Kay Jacobus: mkstudio@ comcast.net.

“Three Pawnee in Paint” by David George will be included in “World of Color” exhibit at Town Hall’s Stanton Gallery, opening COURTESY PHOTO March 1 in Littleton.

Stories on Stage “Linda and Me: Raised on Ronstadt” will stream live from Boulder’s Nomad Playhouse at 7 p.m. on March 5, presented by Stories on Stage. Ronstadt’s memoir, “Simple Dreams,” provides the backdrop for this presentation by actor GerRee Hinshaw, pianist David Nehls and guitarist Tony Silva. Tickets cost $15, available at storiesonstage.org or at 303-494-0523. Stories on Stage’s

Newman Center Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra Septet with Wynton Marsalis will present the premiere of “The Democracy Suite” on March 5 at 7 p.m.

Visit newmancenterpresents.com or 303-871-7720 (10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday to Friday; noon-4 p.m. Saturday.)

Denver Art Museum Open now at Denver Art Museum: “The 19th Century in European and American Art” includes works from the DAM’s extensive collection. In the Hamilton Building galleries.

Also, the “The Light Show” is extended through March 7 and “Senga Nengudi: Topologies” runs through April 11. From March 14 to June 20, “Paris to Hollywood: The Fashion and Influence of Veronique and Gregory Peck.”

Transcendental views of nature fill gallery Museum visitors shouldn’t dawdle, as exhibition concludes Feb. 27

IF YOU GO The Littleton Museum is at 6028 S. Gallup St., Littleton. 303-795-3950. Call to reserve a time to visit, as number of visitors is limited at any given time. Open 11 to 3 Tuesday through Saturday.

BY SONYA ELLINGBOE SELLINGBOE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

“Colorado Abstracted: Five Artists Capture the Transcendental Experiences of Nature” brings a welcome glow to the Littleton Museum through Feb. 27. We hope readers will be able to visit — wish it could be extended.

A line by the famous, Pulitzer Prize-winning American poet Mary Oliver sets a theme: “Instructions for living a life: Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it.”

Five area artists, an established group of abstract painters, have combined talents to exhibit a happy variety of paintings and a few prints in the museum gallery.

The group of five: Annama-

rie Mead, Cyncie Winter, Janet Rundquist, Lydia Riegle and Patricia J. Finley use a variety of mediums to create and all are skilled in their chosen mode of presentation.

So very refreshing on a winter day ... abstract may be the chosen approach to interpretation, but I felt fresh air and sunshine Each artist has a brief statement posted. Take a moment to read them. One wishes the type were a bit larger, but they offer some insight on the individuals.

When one enters the gallery, Annamarie Mead’s “Light of the Setting Sun,” to the right of the entrance, does indeed convey that glow that comes with a summer night. I could almost smell the soft, lovely

air one so enjoys then! Her works are created with oil paint and cold wax on cradled birch board and the aforementioned painting is highly textured, with mountain forms.

Continue around the gallery to the right to see more of her works, after a collection of Cyncie Winter’s art which starts with “May the Forest Be With You” (2020, acrylic, 40” x 40”), which features heavy, dark plant forms — or are some critters? It invites the viewer into a warm campsite world, I think — or is a fire starting??

I prefer the cozy campsite idea! This one is fun to contemplate. It looks like the painter really enjoyed her paints — sometimes simply squeezed from the tube, with a flourish! Colors are fresh, but toned down a bit.

Each artist has between 10 and 12 pieces in varying sizes exhibited, which gives a viewer a nice feeling of possible range, and the show as a whole conveys a “mix of sight, sound, air and spirit” as the whole exhibit offers five responses to nature, using colors, textures, different

paints and inks and a really nice variety of presentations.

Smooth, highly polished even, in the case of Patricia J. Finley’s pieces, which are created with ink and resin and really glow. “Pura Vida 1” and “Pura Vida 2” mean “`The Pure Life,’ as translated by Costa Ricans,” her label says. One feels knee deep in a giant flower garden!

Janet Rundquist’s “Canyon and Desert Series” surely convey the color and sunlight one experiences and her “Poetry of Nature Series” also explores ideas and light.

Lydia Riegle exhibits some paintings on canvases in acrylic, oil, graphite — and three prints, monotypes, using archival papers and crisp patterns: In the prints, she uses collage to add interest.

It is indeed rewarding to wander through this collection of abstract work and think about these artists’ joy in their Colorado surroundings.

Although there’s a feeling interpreted here rather than anything realistic, the compositions and color say plenty.

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Paul Burleson would become leader of the Bible study. At the time, he was studying ministry in Denver.

Then, in 1974 in the Holmeses’ basement, the group officially formed the church and named Burleson pastor. Redd had the honor of naming the church. “Because of the friendship that we had with the Holmeses … I named it Friendship Baptist Church and it was accepted,” Redd said.

For four years, the church met at the Holmeses’ home until eventually moving into a school building in Englewood. Then, in 1984, they moved to an old house in Denver on Holly Street. In 1990, Friendship Baptist realized it needed to upgrade its space, when Bear Valley Church in Lakewood approached them. Bear Valley offered up its old church building if Friendship Baptist could literally move the building to Holly St, the Burlesons described.

So, piece-by-piece, Friendship Baptist transported the building to Holly St. to replace the house that was there. Later, in 2000, Friendship Baptist moved one last time to the location it is currently at along Fairfax Street in Denver.

Throughout that time, the Burlesons became more active in the community. Paul was president of the Greater Metro Denver Ministerial Alliance and got involved with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). Meanwhile, Dallas became more well-known for her singing and songwriting. She performed at concerts headlined by major gospel artists and wrote original songs

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dreams throughout childhood and beyond, and I always thought it was so sweet of my grandmother to sing to me what she had sung to my mom when she was a baby. Little did I know that she was repeating lyrics that were offensive and downright racist. My own grandmother, a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) who had handed down her beautiful quilt to me from the

Pastor Paul Burleson preaching at a Feb. 14 service at Friendship Baptist Church of Christ Jesus in Denver. Burleson and his wife, Dallas, credit Dallas’ parents, George and Dorothy Johnson, with the church’s formation. Dorothy Johnson led a Bible study along the banks of the South Platte River in Littleton at a horse stable that George Johnson ran.

PHOTO BY LIAM ADAMS

Sons of George and Dorothy Johnson, former Littleton residents whose family has had a far-reaching impact on the Denver metro area. From left: Robert, Charles, George Jr. (nicknamed “Bunny”), and Johnny Lee. In addition to the four sons, George and DoroCOURTESY OF THE JOHNSON FAMILY AND LITTLETON MUSEUM thy had two daughters, GeorgeAnne and Dallas.

performed by musicians. She recently wrote and published her first children’s book, “The Adventures of Fanny Faithful.”

“It’s been such a powerful journey,” said Dallas Burleson. “In the good, in the bad. There’s been the ugly … But there’s been so much joy.”

As for the other Johnson children, Redd currently oversees administrative operations at Friendship Baptist after a career in real estate. Robert Johnson recently retired from pastoring his own church. George Jr. and Charles Johnson were musicians and had a band, Mother Pearl, that performed in Littleton and

Civil War period, had been sowing words of harm in my ear.

At first, I was saddened and ashamed that there was such blatant racism in my own family.

But I also had to recognize that she was most likely just singing a song that had been sung to her, without thinking about the words as she sang. And I’m not going to discredit all the other wonderful things she did for me and taught me. But I am now more conscious of what intentions and words are in the songs I’m singing.

For me, I feel it is important that with every Black History Month,

I review and reflect on where my own racism resides and then intentionally work against it in my current life. For the sake of my family and my future grandchildren, I can’t stop at an annual time each year. I need to be conscious and aware of my thoughts, words, and behaviors every day and embody a life of anti-racism.

It doesn’t mean I need to beat myself up, dwell in guilt, or harbor self-resentment. It doesn’t mean I’m not a good person. It just means that I’m a white human who’s lived in a country built on the backs of Black, Brown, and

Denver. Charles Johnson was also a Vietnam veteran and received the Purple Heart, Redd said.

Today, Redd, Dallas Burleson and Robert Johnson are the only living members of the Johnson family’s original eight. Yet, reminders of the family’s collective memory are everywhere, such as a horse galloping on TV or a church service at Friendship Baptist.

“The bottom line was that we were standing on the shoulders of Dallas’ mother and father, George Johnson and Miss Dorothy Johnson,” Paul Burleson said. “So, we want to make sure that we don’t forget them as being fearless pioneers and tireless trailblazers.”

Indigenous peoples. I know better now. I can do better now.

What do you have in your Black history? How are you working to be anti-racist?

Former Colorado state senator, now with a master’s in Social Justice and Ethics from Iliff School of Theology, Linda Newell is a writer, speaker, facilitator, and conflict/ DEI consultant. Senlindanewell@ gmail.com, www.lindanewell.org, www.senlindanewell.com, @sennewell on Twitter, Senator Linda Newell or @TheLastBill on Facebook.

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When Highlands Ranch tennis coach Frank Adams first picked up a racket as a 15-year-old in Philadelphia, the closest he’d previously been to playing the sport was PingPong.

Now, at 63, he’s being inducted into the Black Tennis Hall of Fame.

Adams, who has been the head tennis pro for the Highlands Ranch Community Association for about 20 years, focuses much of his time as a coach on incorporating as many new people as possible into the sport.

“I’ve been raised to look out for other people,” he said. “I’ve tried not to leave people behind.”

Outside of traditional lessons for kids and adults of all ages, Adams also teaches wheelchair tennis.

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Frank Adams, 63, has focused much of his tennis coaching career on making the sport PHOTO BY ELLIOTT WENZLER as inclusive as possible.

though, Adams also teaches others how to coach both traditional and wheelchair tennis. He also volunteers with organizations such as the HRCA’s Therapeutic Recreation

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program, the Denver Asian Tennis League, the City Park Racquet Club and Colorado Serves, also known as Denver STAR Search, an organization that helps connect Denver’s inner-city kids to the sport.

“The number one thing I try to teach coaches to be is student-centered,” he said. “It’s always about the student … I tell them to make sure (students) have the best experience possible.”

In July, Adams will attend the induction ceremony for the Black Tennis Hall of Fame in Dorchester, Massachusetts.

The Black Tennis Hall of Fame “honors individuals who have broken through the barriers of race and class to achieve success” in tennis, according to its website.

Adams, the first Black president of the Colorado Tennis Association and of the Intermountain chapter of the United States Tennis Association, is also a member of the USTA Colorado district’s diversity and inclusion committee.

“I think we have a long way to go on that committee,” he said.

In the past, Adams volunteered with the Native American Recreation Center in Denver and helped

organize a Native American tennis championship.

When he first tried out and joined the Junior Tennis League as a teenager, that organization was focused on taking tennis “out of the country club and into the streets,” Adams said. Now, he’s continuing that mission.

“Tennis teaches you to problemsolve,” Adams said. “That’s what I’m trying to teach is how to overcome adversity … and it’s the effort that makes you successful, not the outcome.”

One student of Adams’, Jessika Mozia, said that messge was one of her major takeaways from having Adams as a coach at HRCA’s Northridge Rec Center for 16 years. The coach helped her grow both as a tennis player and a person, she said.

“Frank has taught me the motivation I have for goal setting takes me (beyond) just my sport,” Mozia said.

Mozia, who started taking lessons from Adams at age 6, went on to get a full-ride scholarship to play tennis at the University of Minnesota and became one of their winningest players.

“He knew I was very serious about tennis … and from the start we would always map out short-term and long-term goals,” Mozia said, “And Frank held me accountable to those goals.”

Mozia, now 27, saw Adams as “the epitome” of selflessness and was in awe of how much he worked to include people facing all sorts of obstacles in their lives, she said.

“He’s someone you definitely want in your corner,” she said.

When Mozia heard that Adams was being inducted, she said she “thought it was perfect,” and that it “couldn’t have gone to anyone more deserving than Frank.”

When Adams learned he was being designated as a “regional legend” by the Black Tennis Hall of Fame, he was “stunned, flabbergasted and shocked,” he said.

“I look at all the people on the committee and I don’t think of myself as being on that level but more standing on their shoulders,” he said. “I’m very grateful to receive that honor.”

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Golden company reaches historic agreement to collect moon dust Space agency to pay Lunar Outpost $1 for material but company says it’s not about money

BY PAUL ALBANI-BURGIO PALBANIBURGIO@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

For most people, a dollar might get you a can of coke or, if you’re lucky, a candy bar from a convenience store.

But if you’re NASA it can get you a small sample of moon dust, the kind of which could someday be used to supercharge exploration and even settlement of farther flung corners of the solar system.

That’s according to the terms of a contract announced on Dec. 3 between the national space agency and a Golden company called Lunar Outpost that will become one of the first to be paid by NASA for materials collected in space.

To fulfill the contract, Lunar Outpost will have a spacecraft designed to land on the moon offered by Blue Origin or one of the several other commercial spaceflight companies take a rover it has developed to the moon. There, it will collect a “small amount” of lunar soil and provide imagery of both the collection and the material.

The material will become property of NASA but remain on the

Lunar Outpost’s lunar rover, the Mobile Autonomous Prospecting Platform, during testCOURTESY PHOTO ing at the Great Sand Dunes.

moon, where it could someday be analyzed by NASA astronauts on the planned Artemis mission in 2024. However, the primary purpose of the enterprise is to provide “proof of concept” that such collections and sales are viable.

In return, NASA will pay Lunar Outpost a total of $1 over the course of three installments with 10% being paid at the time of the award, 10% when the space craft is launched and 80% after the material is collected.

“If you are thinking `is NASA going to cut a check for 10 cents?’ the answer is `yes,’” said NASA Commercial Spaceflight Director Phil McAlister during a press conference discussing the contract.

“And yes, the postage is going to be more than the check which is kind of amazing.”

But for Lunar Outpost, a company of 25 employees that launched in 2017, the partnership is not so much about the present but what it could lead to in the future.

Currently, space exploration requires that spacecrafts and satellites carry fuel from Earth to power their travel. But moon soil contains hydrogen and oxygen that could be used to both produce rocket fuel and produce water that would make space travel much easier — and cheaper.

“For us and some of our partners in the area like Colorado School of Mines this is a very big deal as it allows us to take the first step into a larger scale extraction of resources on the moon,” said Lunar Outpost CEO Justin Cyrus.

Lunar Outpost is one of our four companies that NASA reached contracts with to collect dust from the moon in either 2022 or 2023 for a total cost of $25,001. Cyrus said Lunar Outpost is able to collect the dust for $1 because it was already going to be sending its rover to the moon for another mission.

“The $1 represents us participating with NASA to help establish a legal and procedural framework for the acquisition of space resources moving forward,” he said. “This in turn will help us and other commercial companies to have confidence in business plans and missions involving space resources.

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In announcing the contracts, McAlister said one of NASA’s goals in contracting for the collection of the materials is to create a precedent for doing so.

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BANK OF AMERICA MERRILL LYNCH TRUST be inspected during regular business hours. If at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81248479911?pw Public Notices callOriginal Sheree 303.566.4088 legals@coloradocommunitymedia.com 2015-C21, COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE PASSenacted as an ordinance of this Town the Model Grantor(s) d=MUNZM2NjSXFhc0tGbWFRSzlYK21PQT09 Legals

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 - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0212-2020 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On December 15, 2020, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

Brandon B Gilhooly Original Beneficiary(ies) Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Countrywide Bank, FSB, Its Successors and Assigns Current Holder of Evidence of Debt Citibank, N.A., not in its individual capacity but solely as Owner Trustee of New Residential Mortgage Loan Trust 2020-RPL1 Date of Deed of Trust May 08, 2008 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust May 14, 2008 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) B8055801 Original Principal Amount $193,520.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $152,341.21

THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2015-C21 Date of Deed of Trust January 16, 2015 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust January 20, 2015 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) D5006108 Original Principal Amount $9,000,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $8,771,358.57

Traffic Code for Colorado will not be published in full, but in accordance with state law, copies will be kept on file.

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.

At its next regular meeting following this hearing, the Town will consider passage of the adopting Ordinance.

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.

Dated this 16th day of February, 2021.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. CONDOMINIUM UNIT NO. 303C, VILLAGE PLAZA LOFTS CONDOMINIUMS, ACCORDING TO THE CONDOMINIUM MAP OF VILLAGE PLAZA LOFTS CONDOMINIUMS RECORDED ON AUGUST 1, 2006, AT RECEPTION NO. B6110225, AND AS DEFINED BY THE CONDOMINIUM DECLARATION OF VILLAGE PLAZA LOFTS CONDOMINIUMS RECORDED ON AUGUST 1, 2006, AT RECEPTION NO. B6110224, IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK AND RECORDER, INCLUDING THE EXCLUSIVE RIGHT TO USE LCE PARKING GARAGE NO(S).

303-C, AS DEFINED AND DESCRIBED PURSUANT TO THE DECLARATION AND DEPICTED ON THE CONDOMINIUM MAP, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 5401 S Park Terrace 303C, Greenwood Village, CO 80111.

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 04/14/2021, 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: 2/18/2021 Last Publication: 3/18/2021 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: 12/15/2020 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: Ilene Dell'Acqua #31755 Erin Croke #46557 Steven Bellanti #48306 Holly Shilliday #24423 McCarthy & Holthus LLP 7700 E Arapahoe Road, Suite 230, Centennial, CO 80112 (877) 369-6122 Attorney File # CO-20-888520-LL

SEE EXHIBIT A ATTACHED HERETO Also known by street and number as: 6025 S QUEBEC STREET, CENTENNIAL, CO 80111.

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 04/14/2021, 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: 2/18/2021 Last Publication: 3/18/2021 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: 12/15/2020 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: Craig K Schuenemann #41068 Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP 1700 Lincoln, Suite 4100, Denver, CO 80203 (303) 866-0431678 Attorney File # 6025 S Quebec 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 2010-2020 EXHIBIT A LEGAL DESCRIPTION Parcel A: Lot 2 and Tract B, Plaza Quebec, according to the Plat thereof recorded April 12, 1982 in Book 55, Page 69, Reception No. 2160266, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado.

Parcel B: Those easement rights as created in that certain Reciprocal Easements Agreement recorded December 22, 1983 in Book 4047 at Page 608, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado.

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.

Parcel C: Those ingress, egress and parking easement rights as set forth and created in Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions recorded December 22, 1983 in Book 4047 at Page 598, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado.

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Legal Notice NO. 0212-2020 First Publication: 2/18/2021 Last Publication: 3/18/2021 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent

Legal Notice NO. 0210-2020 First Publication: 2/18/2021 Last Publication: 3/18/2021 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent

COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0210-2020

City and County

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

Public Notice

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

Original Grantor(s) PLAZA QUEBEC, LLC, A DELAWARE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY Original Beneficiary(ies) STARWOOD MORTGAGE CAPITAL, LLC A DELAWARE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY Current Holder of Evidence of Debt WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR MORGAN STANLEY

NOTICE OF HEARING NOTICE is hereby given of a public hearing before the Board of Trustees of the Town of Columbine Valley, Colorado on the 16th day of March , 2021, at or as soon after 6:30 p.m. as the agenda allows, at The Town of Columbine Valley Town Hall, 2 Middlefield Road, Columbine Valley, Arapahoe County, Colorado for the purpose of considering the adoption by reference of the Model Traffic Code for Colorado, 2020 edition, as the traffic ordinance of the Town of Columbine Valley.

Copies of the Model Traffic Code for Colorado are on file at the office of the Town Clerk and may

The “Model Traffic Code for Colorado” 2020 edition is published by the Colorado Department of Transportation, Safety and Traffic Engineering Branch, 2829 W. Howard Place, Denver, CO 80204. The subject matter of the Model Traffic Code relates primarily to comprehensive traffic control regulations for the Town. The purpose of the Ordinance and the Code adopted therein is to provide a system of traffic regulations consistent with state law and generally conforming to similar regulations throughout the state and the nation.

This notice given and published by the order of the Board of Trustees.

TOWN OF COLUMBINE VALLEY, COLORADO Legal Notice No. 524979 First Publication: February 25, 2021 Last Publication: March 4, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Meeting ID: 812 4847 9911 Passcode: 134550 and via telephone at 346 248 7799, Meeting ID: 812 4847 9911 Passcode: 134550 in order to preserve the health, safety, and welfare of the public in light of the imminent threat caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and due to the state of emergency declared by Governor Polis, as amended and extended, corresponding executive orders and public health orders, as amended and extended, and CDC recommendations against gathering in large groups in order to mitigate the spread of the COVID-19 virus. Any interested elector within Columbine Water and Sanitation District may inspect the proposed amended budget and file or register any objections at any time prior to the final adoption of the amended 2020 budget.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS: COLUMBINE WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT By: /s/ ICENOGLE | SEAVER | POGUE A Professional Corporation Legal Notice No. 524984 First Publication: February 25, 2021 Last Publication: February 25, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Summons and Sheriff Sale

Public Notice

Public Notice

TOWN OF BOW MAR, COLORADO NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE is hereby given of a public hearing before the Board of Trustees of Bow Mar, Colorado, at 7:00 p.m. on March 15, 2021, via Zoom conference call, for the purpose of considering adoption of Ordinance No. 332 Repealing and Re-Enacting Sections 8-1, 8-2, and 8-3 and Amending Sections 8-5 and 8-7 of Chapter 8 of the Town of Bow Mar Municipal Code Entitled Model Traffic Code Concerning Vehicles and Traffic, Adopting by Reference the 2020 Edition of the Model Traffic Code for Colorado, with Certain Amendments, and Adopting Penalties for Violations Thereof (the “Ordinance”).

A copy of the 2020 edition of the Model Traffic Code is on file at the office of the Town Clerk and may be inspected during regular business hours.

If the Ordinance is enacted, the Model Traffic Code will not be published in full, but in accordance with state law, a copy will be kept on file.

The 2020 edition of the Model Traffic Code is published by the Colorado Department of Transportation, Traffic Engineering and Safety Branch, 2829 West Howard Place, Denver, CO 80204. The subject matter of the Model Traffic Code relates primarily to comprehensive traffic control regulations for the Town. The purpose of the Ordinance is to provide a system of traffic regulations consistent with state law and generally conforming to similar regulations throughout the state and the nation.

This notice given and published by the order of the Town of Bow Mar, Colorado Board of Trustees.

TOWN OF BOW MAR, COLORADO s/ Sue Blair, Town Clerk Legal Notice NO. 524972 First Publication: February 25, 2021 Last Publication: March 4, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent ______________________________________ Public Notice LITTLETON NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Pursuant to the liquor laws of the State of Colorado, Murphy Oil USA Inc. d/b/a Murphy Express #8922, 181 W. Littleton Blvd., Littleton, CO, has requested the licensing officials of the City of Littleton, Colorado, to grant a Fermented Malt Beverage liquor license. Applicant(s): Robert Andrew Clyde, El Dorado, AR Malynda Kaay West, El Dorado, AR John Aaron Moore, El Dorado, AR Gregory Lynn Smith, El Dorado, AR The public hearing on the application will be held on Wednesday, March 10, 2021, at 6:30 p.m. This meeting will be conducted virtually via ZOOM. Participation instructions and Webinar ID will be provided not less than 24 hours prior to the meeting.

By order of the Licensing Authority of the City of Littleton, Colorado. /s/ Colleen L. Norton, City Clerk Legal Notice No. 523992 First Publication: February 25, 2021 Last Publication: February 25, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Metropolitan Districts

DISTRICT COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO Case No.: 2020CV31171 Division: 21

Plaintiff: PINNACLE RANCH CONDOMINIUMS ASSOCIATION, INC., a Colorado nonprofit corporation v.

Defendants: PATRICK R. MIRANDA; JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.; FEDERAL HOME LOAN MORTGAGE CORPORATION (‘FREDDIE MAC’); FIRSTBANK; and SU RYDEN as the Public Trustee for the County of Arapahoe COMBINED NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE

This is to advise you that a Sheriff sale proceeding has been commenced through the office of the undersigned Sheriff pursuant to an ORDER FOR JUDGMENT AND DECREE OF FORECLOSURE dated November 2, 2020, and C.R.S. §§ 38-38-101 to 401, by the PINNACLE RANCH CONDOMINIUMS ASSOCIATION, INC., a Colorado nonprofit corporation, the current holder of a lien recorded with the County of Arapahoe Clerk and Recorder on June 06, 2018, at Reception No. D8054017. The judicial foreclosure is based on a default under the Condominium Declaration for Pinnacle Ranch Condominiums recorded with the County of Arapahoe Clerk and Recorder on August 24, 1999, in Reception No. A9138735 (“Declaration”). The Declaration and notices as recorded, establish a lien for the benefit of the Pinnacle Ranch Condominiums Association, Inc. - THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AND IMPROVEMENTS – against the property legally described as follows:

UNIT 202, BUILDING 29. TOGETHER WITH THE EXCLUSIVE RIGHT TO USE PARKING SPACE 196, PINNACLE RANCH CONDOMINIUMS PHASE II, IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND SUBJECT TO THE CONDOMINIUM DECLARATION FOR PINNACLE RANCH CONDOMINIUMS RECORDED ON AUGUST 24, 1999 AT RECEPTION NO. A9138735 AND THE PINNACLE RANCH CONDOMINIUMS PHASE II DECLARATION RECORDED NOVEMBER 21, 2002 AT RECEPTION NO. B2222359 AND THE CONDOMINIUM MAP RECORDED ON NOVEMBER 21, 2002 AT RECEPTION NO. B2222358 IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK AND RECORDER OF ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Commonly known as 10030 East Carolina Drive, Unit 202, Aurora, CO 80247

The Sheriff’s sale has been scheduled to occur at at 10:00 a.m. on April 15, 2021, at 13101 E. Broncos Parkway, Centennial, CO 80112, 720874-3845. At the sale, the Sheriff will sell the real property described above, and the improvements thereon, to the highest bidder. Plaintiff makes no warranty relating to title, possession, or quiet enjoyment in and to said real property in connection with this sale. **BIDDERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE CASH OR CERTIFIED FUNDS SUFFICIENT TO COVER 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: Gail R. Gudder, #17820, Moeller Graf, P.C., 385 Inverness Parkway, Englewood, CO 80112, telephone (720) 279-2568.

Date: January 19, 2021 Tyler S. Brown, Sheriff County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado

Public Notice NOTICE AS TO AMENDED 2020 BUDGET AND HEARING COLUMBINE WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT

By: Sgt. Trent Steffa, Deputy Sheriff

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an amended budget will be submitted to the COLUMBINE WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT for the year of 2020. A copy of such proposed budget has been filed in the office of the District, 8739 West Coal Mine Avenue, Littleton, Colorado, where same is open for public inspection. Such amended budget will be considered at a hearing at the special meeting of the Columbine Water and Sanitation District to be held at 7:30 A.M. on Friday, March 5, 2021.

The public meeting will be held via online meeting

Legal Notice No. 524888 First Publication: February 18, 2021 Last Publication: March 18, 2021 Published in: Littleton Independent 750 W. Hampden Ave., Suite 225 Englewood, CO 80110 Public Notice COUNTY COURT, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO 1790 W. Littleton Blvd.

Littleton, CO 80120 (303)795.4400

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1February 25, 2021

Public Notices Plaintiff: THE WILLOW CREEK HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC. vs.

Defendant: JOAN DEHECK Attorney for Plaintiff: ORTEN CAVANAGH HOLMES & HUNT, LLC Jonah G. Hunt, No. 34379 Joseph A. Bucceri, No. 41211 Address: 1445 Market Street, Suite 350 Denver, CO 80202 Phone Number: (720) 221-9780 Fax Number: (720) 221-9781 Email: jbucceri@ochhoalaw.com Case No.: 2020C038004 SUMMONS [BY PUBLICATION] THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANT: JOAN DEHECK: You are hereby summoned and required to appear and defend against the claims of the Verified Complaint (“Complaint”) filed with the Court in this action, by filing with the clerk of this Court an Answer or other responsive pleading. You are required to file your Answer or other responsive pleading within 14 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 Verified Complaint may be obtained from the clerk of the Court.

If you fail to file your Answer or other responsive pleading to the Complaint in writing within the applicable time period, 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 against real property situated in Arapahoe County, Colorado more particularly legally described as: Lot 127 Blk 29 Willow Creek Filing No. 1.

Dated: February 3, 2021 ORTEN CAVANAGH HOLMES & HUNT, LLC By: /s/ Joseph A. Bucceri Joseph A. Bucceri, No. 41211 This Summons is issued pursuant to Rule 304(f), Colorado Rules of Civil Procedure.

Legal Notice No. 524949 First Publication: February 11, 2021 Second Publication: February 18, 2021 Third Publication: February 25, 2021 Fourth Publication: March 4, 2021 Fifth and Last Publication: March 11, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent 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. **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:

real property, as follows:

Tammy M. Alcock, Esq. Alcock Law Group, PC 19751 E Mainstreet, Suite 225 Parker, CO 80138 303-993-5400

Original Grantor: Goodwill Dewhere, Retta Dewhere Original Beneficiary: The CIT Group/Consumer Finance, Inc. Current Holder of the evidence of debt secured by the Judgment: WEST COAST SERVICING, INC Date of Lien: July 26, 2002 Date of Recording of Lien: August 6, 2002 County of Recording: Arapahoe, Colorado Recording Information: Reception No. B2142632 Outstanding Principal Balance of the secured indebtedness as of the date hereof: $5,730.96 Amount of Judgment entered as of June 30, 2020: $19,576.51 Description of property to be foreclosed

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, 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.

CONDOMINIUM UNIT 3, BUILDING 7, CHARLESTON PLACE, ACCORDING TO THE MAP RECORDED MAY 8, 1978 IN BOOK 34 AT PAGE 47 AND DECLARATION OF COVENANTS, CONDITIONS, RESTRICTIONS OF CHARLESTON PLACE, A CONDOMINIUM RECORDED MAY 10, 1978 IN BOOK 2773 AT PAGE 196, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO Commonly known as 14097 E. Jewell Ave., Aurora, CO 80012.

THE PROPERTY TO BE SOLD AND DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The covenants of said Deed of Trust have been violated as follows: failure to make payments on said indebtedness when the same were due and owing, and the legal holder of the indebtedness has accelerated the same and declared the same immediately fully due and payable.

NOTICE OF SALE THEREFORE, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that I will, at 10:00 o’clock A.M., on the 22nd day of April, 2021, at the Office of the Arapahoe County Sheriff, Civil Unit, 13101 E. Broncos Parkway, Centennial, CO 80112, phone number (720) 874-3845, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property described above, and all interest of said Grantor and the heirs and assigns of said Grantor therein, for the purpose of paying the judgment amount entered herein, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. **BIDDERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE CASH OR CERTIFIED FUNDS SUFFICIENT TO COVER THE MINIMUM BID AT TIME OF SALE. ** The name, address, and business telephone number of each of the attorneys representing the holder of the evidence of debt are as follows: Karen J. Radakovich, Atty. Reg. No. 11649, Frascona, Joiner, Goodman & Greenstein, P.C., (303) 494-3000, 4750 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder, Colorado 80305 THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED MAY BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.

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.

This Sheriff’s Notice of Sale is signed January 26, 2021.

**BIDDERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE CASH OR CERTIFIED FUNDS SUFFICIENT TO COVER THE MIMINUM BID AT TIME OF SALE. **

By: Sgt. Trent Steffa, Deputy Sheriff

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

Public Notice DISTRICT Court, ARAPAHOE County, COLORADO Court Address: 7325 S Potomac St. #100 Centennial, CO 80112 Plaintiff: WEST COAST SERVICING, INC V Defendants: GOODWILL DEWHERE, RETTA DEWHERE, aka RITA DEWHERE, and SU RYDEN, in her role as Public Trustee for Arapahoe County Attorney for Plaintiff: Karen J. Radakovich Frascona, Joiner, Goodman and Greenstein, P.C. 4750 Table Mesa Drive Boulder, Colorado 80305 Phone Number: (303) 494-3000 Fax Number: (303) 494-6309 E-mail: karen@frascona.com Atty. Reg. No.: 11649 Case Number: 2019CV32335 SHERIFF’S COMBINED NOTICE OF SALE Under Findings of Fact, Default Judgment and Decree of Judicial Foreclosure Against Defendants Goodwill Dewhere and Retta Dewhere, aka Rita Dewhere entered on November 19, 2020, in the above entitled action, I am ordered to sell certain

Tyler S. Brown, Sheriff, Arapahoe County, Colorado

Legal Notice No. 524908 First Publication: February 25, 2021 Last Publication: March 25, 2021 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent 750 W. Hampden Ave., Suite 225 Englewood, Colorado, 80110 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.

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

claims may be forever barred.

Geraldine G. Reynolds, Personal Representative c/o Chayet & Danzo LLC 650 South Cherry St., Suite 710 Denver, CO 80246 Legal Notice No. 524983 First Publication: February 25, 2021 Last Publication: March 11, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice

By: Sgt. Trent Steffa, Deputy Sheriff

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Kathleen A. Anunti, aka Kathleen Ann Anunti, Deceased.

Case Number: 2021PR030152

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

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, June 25, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Misc. Private Legals Public Notice ANYONE knowing the whereabouts of Mark Owen Ashford please contact Ethel Clay, Attorney at Law, (225) 906-0435.

/S/ James E. Young Young Law Firm, LLC 7200 E. Dry Creek Road, Unit F-203 Centennial, CO 80112 303-996-4377 Attorney to the Personal Representative Respectfully submitted: YOUNG LAW FIRM, L.L.C..:

Legal Notice No. 524943 First Publication: February 11, 2021 Last Publication: February 25, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Original signature on file at the offices of Young Law Firm, L.L.C. per C.R.C.P. Rule 121 § 1-26

Notice to Creditors

Legal Notice No. 524970 First Publication: February 25, 2021 Last Publication: March 11, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Public Notice

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Oliver Johnson, aka Oliver J. Johnson, aka Oliver John Johnson, Deceased Case Number: 2021 PR 30082 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 18, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of James Samuel Warttman, a/k/a James S. Warttman, a/k/a James Warttman, a/k/a J. Samuel Warttman, a/k/a Samuel Warttman, Deceased Case Number 2020 PR 031233

JAMES L. JOHNSON Personal Representative 21584 Unbridled Ave., Parker, CO 80138

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 18, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Legal Notice No. 524956 First Publication: February 18, 2021 Last Publication: March 4, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Kenneth P. Warttman, Personal Representative 3146 S. Olathe Way Aurora, Colorado 80013 Legal Notice No. 524966 First Publication: February 18, 2021 Last Publication: March 4, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Katherine F. Graham, aka Kathy F. Graham, aka Kathy Graham, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR30119

Public Notice

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before June 25, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

James Montoya, Personal Representative P.O. Box 2002 Grand Junction, CO 81502 Legal Notice No. 524982 First Publication: February 25, 2021 Last Publication: March 11, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

NOTICE TO CREDITORS RICHARD J. LAMPERT, a/ka RICHARD JOHN LAMPERT, a/k/a RICHARD LAMPERT, DECEASED CASE NUMBER: 21PR30030

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to District Court of Arapahoe, County, Colorado on or before Friday, June 11, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Hillary Ann Lampert Personal Representative 2623 S. Xanadu Way, Unit F Aurora, CO 80014

Public Notice

Legal Notice No. 524927 First Publication: February 11, 2021 Last Publication: February 25, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of ANN T. NEWPORT, a/k/a ANN TILTON NEWPORT, and a/k/a ANN NEWPORT, Deceased Case Number: 2021 PR 30162 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 18, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Michael Sean Kloverstrom, aka Michael S. Kloverstrom, aka Michael Kloverstrom, Deceased Case Number: 21PR30091

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 18, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Personal Representative: John S. Craig, III c/o Jessica R. Diaz Sherman & Howard L.L.C. 633 Seventeenth Street, Ste. 3000 Denver, Colorado 80202

Justin W. Blow, Personal Representative 7700 E. Arapahoe Rd., #100 Centennial, CO 80112

Legal Notice No. 524955 First Publication: February 11, 2021 Last Publication: February 25, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Legal Notice No. 524960 First Publication: February 18, 2021 Last Publication: March 4, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Thomas F. Hanson, Deceased Case Number: 2020 PR 472

Public Notice

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before June 18, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of NANCY L. ELLIS, a/k/a NANCY LOUISE ELLIS, a/k/a NANCY LOUISE WRIGHT a/ka NANCY ELLIS, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR30074

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 25, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Barbara Hanson, Personal Representative 1621 S. Trenton Court Denver, Colorado 80231 Legal Notice No. 524962 First Publication: February 18, 2021 Last Publication: March 4, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Original signature on file at the Ebisch Law Firm /s/ Jane G. Ebisch Jane G. Ebisch, #15029

Public Notice

The Ebisch Law Firm Attorney for the Personal Representative 12600 W. Colfax Ave., Suite C-400 Lakewood, CO 80215

BIDDERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE CASH OR CERTIFIED FUNDS SUFFICIENT TO COVER THE MINIMUM BID AT THE TIME OF SALE.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of ROBERT J. C. REYNOLDS, A/K/A ROBERT J. REYNOLDS, A/K/A ROBERT REYNOLDS, A/K/A BOB REYNOLDS, Deceased Case Number: 2021 PR 30199

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 persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to Arapahoe County District Court on or before June 25, 2021, or the

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Public Notices NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Willa Pickrel, aka Willa E. Pickrel, aka Willa Eileen Pickrel, Deceased Case Number: 2021 PR 30175 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 25, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

MARSHALL PICKREL, Personal Representative 11316 Bonanza Circle, Franktown, CO 80116 Legal Notice No. 524980 First Publication: February 25, 2021 Last Publication: March 11, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Joan M. Nelson, also known as Joan Marie Nelson, also known as Joan Nelson, Deceased Case Number: 21PR30147 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 18, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

David P. Nelson, Personal Representative 3357 Cherry Plum Place Castle Rock, CO 80104 Legal Notice No. 524959 First Publication: February 18, 2021 Last Publication: March 4, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Robert Calvin Ensor, Deceased Case Number: 21PR30 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 June 25, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Rebecca S. Cameron Personal Representative 7171 S. Cherokee Trail, Apt. 2433 Aurora, Colorado 80016 Legal Notice No. 524971 First publication: February 25, 2021 Last publication: March 11, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of James Kinch, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR30047 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 June 11, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Donna Lacey Person Representative 7555 E. Hampden Ave., Suite 600 Denver, CO 80231 Legal Notice No. 524928 First Publication: February 11, 2021 Last Publication: February 25, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Joan Engelhardt, a/k/a H. Joan Engelhardt, a/k/a Helen Joan Engelhardt, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR30139 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 11, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Carrie Jo Borer, Personal Representative c/o Keith L. Davis, Esq. Davis Schilken, PC 7887 E. Belleview Ave., Suite 820 Denver, CO 80111 Legal Notice No. 524934 First Publication: February 11, 2021 Last Publication: February 25, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Thomas Edward Wilson, aka Thomas E. Wilson, Deceased Case Number: 2020 PR 031350 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 11, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

David Scott Wilson Personal Representative 4269 E. Fremont Avenue Centennial, Colorado 80122 Legal Notice No. 524930 First Publication: February 11, 2021 Last Publication: February 25, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Amada M. Evans, AKA Amada Evans, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR030135 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

11, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Andrea L. DeScala, Personal Representative c/o Richard H. Sugg, Jr., Attorney at Law 6412 S. Quebec Street Centennial, CO 80111 Legal Notice No. 524946 First Publication: February 11, 2021 Last Publication: February 25, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of NANCY ELLEN BRAHM, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR30166 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Co-Personal Representatives or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado, on or before June 25, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Stephanie Louise Brahm Co-Personal Representative 2842 Airport HWY, Apt. I Toledo, Ohio 43609 Albert Earl Brahm Co-Personal Representative 10126 Woodrose Court Highlands Ranch, Colorado 80129 Legal Notice No. 524967 First Publication: February 18, 2021 Last Publication: March 4, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Marie J. Erickson, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR30106 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 25, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Ronald Hoskins, Personal Representative 408 Tharps Lane Raleigh, NC 27614 Legal Notice No. 524981 First Publication: February 25, 2021 Last Publication: March 11, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Lynn Sherard Boyd, aka Lynn S. Boyd, aka Lynn Boyd, aka Lynn Sherard Harman, aka Lynn S. Harman, aka Lynn Harman, Deceased Case No.: 2021PR030085 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado or on or before June 11, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Deborah J. Boyd, Personal Representative 7125 E 5th Avenue Denver, Colorado 80220 Legal Notice No. 524953 First Publication: February 11, 2021 Last Publication: February 25, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Barbara Jean Mahar, aka Barbara J. Mahar, aka Barbara Mahar, Deceased Case Number: 2020PR31301 All persons having claims against the abovenamed Estate are required to present them to the Special Administrator or to the Arapahoe County District Court on or before June 30, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Aaron L. Evans, Special Administrator: 1660 South Albion Street, Suite 1100 Denver, CO 80222 Legal Notice No. 524973 First Publication: February 25, 2021 Last Publication: March 11, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Otis McKay, Deceased Case Number: 21PR30121 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 11, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Kevin Zaloudek, Attorney for the Estate 600 17th Street, Ste. 2800 Denver, CO 80202 Legal Notice No. 524950 First Publication: February 11, 2021 Last Publication: February 25, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Martin D. Browne, a/k/a Martin David Browne, Sr., a/k/a Martin D. Browne Sr., Deceased Case Number: 21PR30113 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe, Colorado on or before June 11, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Timothy Collins Browne, Personal Representative C/O Keith L. Davis,Esq. Davis Schilken, PC

7887 E. Belleview Ave., Suite 820 Denver, CO 80111

Notice to: Allen Raymond, non custodial parent.

Legal Notice No. 524951 First Publication: February 11, 2021 Last Publication: February 25, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Notice is given that a hearing is scheduled as follows:

Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Patrick Joe Gill, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR030089 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 11th, 2021 or the claims be forever barred.

Kaylyn Gill Personal Representative 7442 E. Lakeview Avenue Mesa, Arizona 85209 Legal Notice No. 524932 First Publication: February 11, 2021 Last Publication: February 25, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

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Date: March 8, 2021 Time: 10:30 a.m.

Location: 1790 W. Littleton Blvd.

Littleton, Colorado 80120 For the purpose of requesting a change of name for Layden Shayne Alexander Johnson 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.

Date: 2.1.21 Legal Notice No.: 524945 First Publication: February 11, 2021 Last Publication: February 25, 2021 Littleton Independent

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Kenneth Charles Carlberg, aka Kenneth C. Carlberg, aka Kenneth Carlberg, aka Ken Carlberg, Deceased Case Number: 21 PR 30037

Public notice is given on February 1, 2021, that a Petition for a Change of Name of a minor child has been filed with the Arapahoe-Littleton County Court.

Legal Notice No. 524958 First Publication: February 18, 2021 Last Publication: March 4, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Joanne M. Rieber, also known as Joanne Mary Rieber, also known as Joanne Rieber, Deceased Case Number: 21 PR 30108 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 11, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Michael S. Rieber Personal Representative 13551 Winchester Way Parker, Colorado 80138 Legal Notice No. 524952 First Publication: February 11, 2021 Last Publication: February 25, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Mildred Ruth Richards, also known as Mildred R. Richards, Deceased Case Number: 21PR30129 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 11, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Renae Richards, Personal Representative 1012 S. Granby Way Aurora, Colorado 80012 Legal Notice No. 524933 First Publication: February 11, 2021 Last Publication: February 25, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of MATTHEW AERIC KELLER, aka MATTHEW A. KELLER, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR30130 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 June 11, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Neal K. Dunning, Esq. Attorney to the Personal Representative Brown Dunning Walker Fein PC 2000 S. Colorado Blvd, Tower 2, Ste 700 Denver, CO 80222 Legal Notice No. 524929 First Publication: February 11, 2021 Last Publication: February 25, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Name Changes Public Notice County Court Arapahoe County, Colorado 1790 W. Littleton Blvd.

Littleton, Colorado 80120 In the Matter of the Petition of: Parent/ Petitioner: Jazmyn Johnson For Minor Child: Layden Shayne Alexander Johnson To Change the Child’s Name to: Layden Shayne Alexander Jóhannassen Case Number: 20 C 100425 NOTICE TO NON-CUSTODIAL PARENT

BY PUBLICATION

The petition requests that the name of Fatih Ozer be changed to Steven Fatih Ozer Case No.: 21 C 100073 By: Kim Boswell Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No. 524957 First Publication: February 18, 2021 Last Publication: March 18, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

Bruce C. Carlberg Personal Representative 6373 S. Prince Street Littleton, Colorado 80120

Public notice is given on February 1, 2021, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

PUBLIC NOTICE

PUBLIC NOTICE

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before June 18, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

The petition requests that the name of Layden Shayne Alexander Johnson be changed to Layden Shayne Alexander Jóhannassen Case No.: 20 C 100425

Public notice is given on February 2, 2021, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe-Littleton County Court.

The petition requests that the name of Charlotte Lev Bruce be changed to Charlette Lev Bisaccia Case No.: 21 C 100062 By: Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No. 524948 First Publication: February 11, 2021 Last Publication: February 25, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE

By: Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk

Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

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Public notice is given on February 2, 2021, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on February 6, 2021, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

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By: Anne Marie Ollada County Court Judge

Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

Legal Notice No. 524969 First Publication: February 25, 2021 Last Publication: March 11, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Public notice is given on January 26, 2021, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on February 12, 2021, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe-Littleton County Court.

The petition requests that the name of Amanda Rae Chock be changed to Amanda Rae Farrer Case No.: 21 C 100094

By: Magistrate Kathleen Jaushi Legal Notice No. 524939 First Publication: February 11, 2021 Last Publication: February 25, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

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

PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on January 26, 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 Katelyn May Bond be changed to Katelyn May Bond Bloom Case No.: 2021 C 100047

The petition requests that the name of Zomba Adam Mousa Adam be changed to Yahya Abdalla Musa Abdalla Case No.: 21 C 100082 By: Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No. 524975 First Publication: February 25, 2021 Last Publication: March 11, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE

By: Magistrate Kathleen Jaushi

Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

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Public notice is given on January 27, 2021, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on February 16, 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 Sherry Ann Johnson be changed to Sherry Alayna Catron Case No.: 21 C 100084

The petition requests that the name of Ervin Dale Dalaba be changed to Ervin Dale Sanders Case No.: 20 C 100582 By: Magistrate Legal Notice No. 524935 First Publication: February 11, 2021 Last Publication: February 25, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE

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Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

Legal Notice No. 524974 First Publication: February 25, 2021 Last Publication: March 11, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Public notice is given on January 26, 2021, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on February 2, 2021, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

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The petition requests that the name of Zachary John O’Flaherty Blom be changed to Zachary John O’Flaherty Bloom Case No.: 21 C 100043

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By: Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk

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The petition requests that the name of Chauncey James Shiveley-Kuchar be changed to Chauncey James Shiveley Case No.: 2021 C 100080

The petition requests that the name of Natalya Vitalyevna Fayman be changed to Natalya Fayman Case No.: 2021 C 100046

The petition requests that the name of Alisa Aayusha Gautam be changed to Alisa Gautam Case No.: 21 C 100070

The petition requests that the name of Kelly Emery Kroft be changed to Kelly Lynn Hutsler Case No.: 21 C 100053 By: Kathleen Jaushi, Magistrate Legal Notice No. 524931 First Publication: February 11, 2021 Last Publication: February 25, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

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have been modified paintball guns that were using caps. Against our instincts, we pushed forward. I made one or two steps, and they opened fire on us.”

Rohrbough was hit first. A bullet that passed through him hit the ground, sending a spray of dirt into Graves’ face, but it still didn’t make any sense to him. The shooters then sprayed them with gunfire, Graves taking a shot to the neck and three to the abdomen, Kirklin shot in the foot, leg and chest, Rohrbough fatally wounded, although Graves didn’t realize it in the moment. He said he didn’t even know he’d been shot with bullets instead of paintballs at that point.

He recalls Kirklin giving him good-natured grief for saying ‘screw this” and turning to head back into the school, having had enough of this senior prank. He was almost back inside the door to the Commons area when he was shot in the spine with a 9mm slug.

Part of the bullet lodged near his T-12 vertebrae and is still there, giving him slight issues with lead poisoning to this day. A fragmented chunk of the bullet traveled down to his hip and exited his body, creating a little puff of dust when it hit the concrete in front of him. He said it now reminds him of the line “When the bullet hits the bone” from the Golden Earring song “Twilight Zone.” Graves fell in the doorway, unable to move his legs, halfway inside the school, the heavy door jamming into his body.

A kitchen worker came to his aid while others were trying to pull him the rest of the way inside. She told them to stop because of his injury. She looked out to see one of the shooters coming down the hill toward the school. The other one stayed behind, firing from a stairway. Above Graves, a window shattered as a bullet ripped through it. He said one of the shooters had noticed people tending to him and had come under fire for their efforts.

He didn’t know it at the time, but at that point, Kirklin had taken a shotgun blast to the face. The woman trying to help him did know. She had seen the attempted execution of his friend as she looked out from the doorway.

“The look on her face was one of horror,” he said. “Pure fear, and the scene was becoming more chaotic.

People were screaming. There was a lot of movement inside the Commons and the shooter was getting closer.”

Sean Graves, Columbine survivor and DeAngelis Center manager, stands for a portrait in Wheat Ridge.

DeAngelis Center Manager Sean Graves runs a virtual training exercise in Wheat Ridge.

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According to Graves, people further inside the school had started to understand what was happening. He said teacher, Dave Sanders, figured it out right away.

A fire alarm went off and kids started evacuating.

The shooter moving toward the doorway stepped over Graves as he entered the Commons, stayed only for a few seconds to look around and had gone back outside, stepping in the middle of Graves’ back as he exited and walked up the hill. From there, he and the other shooter made their way into the second level of the school. Graves said he laid there, bleeding out from his wounds. He smeared blood from his neck around his body to make his plan of playing dead more convincing if the shooters came back, and listened to the sound of gunshots and pipe bombs going off.

“I realized they were above me in the library. I heard nonstop gunfire — not really rapid, but more spaced out,” he said. “I’d bought a Cherry Coke before everything started and dropped it as I fell in the doorway.

I was getting so thirsty and I kept looking at that soda, trying to reach it, but I couldn’t.”

Graves was able to get his backpack off and push himself backward enough to look behind him to see what had happened to his friends. He could tell Rohrbough wasn’t moving.

“Lance looked up. I didn’t realize he’d been shot in the face. I knew he was alive,” Graves said. “He kind of opened his mouth and was spitting out lots of blood. I remember watching him and I said “Oh, Lance.””

Graves said the next thing he knew, he was being hit in the top of his head with shrapnel from a nearby wall as the gunmen fired at a 20-pound propane bottle directly in

front of him, trying to blow it up. It had been placed there earlier, by the shooters. He said with every piece of shrapnel that hit his skull, he flinched and he feared the gunmen would realize he was still alive.

“Then there was a sound like a giant fireball,” he said. “I remember hearing another explosive go off and that entire commons lit up a brilliant shade of orange. There was a wave of intense heat — intense flames.

Sprinklers started going off, and they’re still shooting trying to set off bombs.”

At that moment, Graves said he was starting to feel cold and tired.

He prayed, “Please let me live and let me walk again.” He was chanting those words when he blacked out.

Long road of recovery

A brave but harrowing rescue by members of nearby Littleton Fire and Rescue Station 13 would follow.

Graves and Kirklin were put into the same ambulance initially, but the two friends were separated at a triage station a few blocks away from the school. Kirklin was sent to Denver Health, and Graves to Swedish Hospital. Upon his arrival, he was rushed into surgery and would spend more than 100 days hospitalized, between Swedish and his time in Craig Rehabilitation Center. For years after that, he went from school to rehab every day.

Paralyzed from the shooting, Graves spent the next three years in a wheelchair. After being told he’d probably never walk again, and that if he did, it would be with braces and crutches, he was motivated to prove the doctors wrong. At his graduation from Columbine, he stood up from his wheelchair and walked across the stage to receive his diploma.

He’s undergone 48 surgeries and other procedures since the day that changed everything. Now, with a wife and young daughter, and having spent years working through the range of emotions that came with that tragic day, he’s found a light at the end of a very long tunnel.

Making a difference

The school shooting in Parkland, Florida, was triggering, he said. The STEM School shooting in Highlands Ranch made him angry. That’s when Graves, who’d previously been Colorado’s ambassador for the Christopher Reeve Foundation, an organization dedicated to research of spinal cord injuries and improving the quality of life for people impacted by paralysis, decided he needed to do something else to help make a difference.

John McDonald, executive director, Jeffco Public Schools Department of School Safety, asked Graves about coming to work for him after the two of them had several interactions while planning the 20-year memorial of the Columbine tragedy.

Graves now spends his days as a manager at the Frank DeAngelis Center for Community Safety, working at the facility created to support law enforcement and school safety training and tactics for mass casualty events.

He said he wanted to give back and believes in the center’s mission wholeheartedly. He loves being a part of a group of people he looks up to as heroes, saying it’s fulfilling to his soul.

“Every single person that works for the Department of School Safety will give their life to save anyone’s child,” he says. “They’re the most caring people you’ll ever meet in your life. They’re passionate in making a difference — in keeping a child from being killed or injured. I used to avoid the fact I was a Columbine survivor, but now I’ve learned to embrace it. The universe wants me right where I am.”

Public Notices DISTRICT COURT, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO 7325 S. Potomac Street Centennial, Colorado 80112 IN THE MATTER OF PETITION OF: Petitioner: JASON LOUNNIVONGSA FOR THE ADOPTION OF A CHILD, ISAIAH RODRIGUEZ and concerning Respondent: OSCAR RODRIGUEZ Attorney for Petitioner: Leslie A. Frost, #40386 FROST & BECK, PC 6898 South University Boulevard, Suite 110 Centennial, Colorado 80122

Telephone: (303) 433-0707 Facsimile: (303) 648-5874 E-mail: leslie@frostbecklaw.com Case No. 20JA120 Div/Ctrm: 22 AMENDED NOTICE OF HEARING To: Oscar Rodriguez: Pursuant to §19-5-208, C.R.S., you are hereby notified that the above-named Petitioner has filed in this Court a verified Petition seeking to adopt a child.

An Affidavit of Abandonment has been filed alleging that you have abandoned the child for a period of one year or more and/or have failed without cause to provide reasonable support for the child for one year or more.

You are further notified that an Adoption hearing is set on April 15, 2021 (date), at 2 p.m. (time) via WebEx, instructions identified below: WEBEX VIDEO LINK: https://judicial.webex.com/meet/natalie.chase WEBEX CALL-IN NUMBER: 1-720-650-7664 ENTER ACCESS CODE: 926-560-922# You are further notified that if you fail to appear for said hearing, the Court may terminate your parental rights and grant the adoption as sought by the Petitioner.

Respectfully submitted February 12, 2021.

FROST & BECK, PC

Leslie A. Frost #40386 Attorney for Petitioner Legal Notice No. 524961 First Publication: February 25, 2021 Last Publication: February 25, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

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