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VOLUME 76 | ISSUE 25

Tri-County Health amends mask order Mask order now to remain in place until June 30 rather than ‘for the duration of pandemic’

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Camp O’Donnell, an American installation, was held by Japanese forces during the war. Four years before Francone arrived, it was the final destination for tens of thousands of American and Filipino prisoners of war captured by the Imperial Japanese Army.

The local public health agency for Adams, Arapahoe and Douglas counties amended its mask-wearing order to remove the requirement that masks be worn in outdoor public spaces, the agency announced in an April 5 news release.

The Tri-County Health Department also announced that the order is expected to remain in place until June 30, adding what may be a definite end to the requirement. Previously, the agency had extended its order “for the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic,” according to an Oct. 20 news release.

“Until every person has had the opportunity to get the COVID-19 vaccine, many in our communities remain at risk for serious illness from this virus,” John Douglas, executive director of Tri-County Health, said in the April 5 news release. “By continuing to wear face coverings, we can protect our friends and loved ones and minimize the impact that outbreaks have on our schools and businesses.”

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Frank Francone, center, marches with son Stuart Francone, left, Air Force veteran Mike Simbre, right, and several friends in LittlePHOTO BY DAVID GILBERT ton on April 9. An army veteran, Francone set out to commemorate the Bataan Death March of 1942.

A march to remember WWII-era veteran Frank Francone marches to remember those who paid ultimate price on Bataan Death March

BY DAVID GILBERT DGILBERT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Frank Francone was just 19 years old when he first laid eyes on Camp O’Donnell.

The Denver native was drafted fresh out of high school in the summer of 1945, the final months of World War II. By the time he

completed officer school as a second lieutenant, the war had ended, but he was shipped to the Philippines nonetheless.

There he served with the 57th Infantry of the Philippine Scouts, part of the forces conscripted years earlier by President Roosevelt to fight for Uncle Sam in the Philippines, a U.S. territory.

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April 15, 2021

Quarantines growing at Littleton Public Schools District hopes to avoid closing school buildings; too many students coming in sick, principal says

The Littleton Public Schools administration building.

FILE PHOTO BY DAVID GILBERT

BY DAVID GILBERT DGILBERT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Littleton Public Schools is averaging seven to eight quarantines a day since bringing middle and high school students back for full-time in-person learning in mid-March, district officials say.

More than 1,300 students had been placed in quarantines after being exposed to someone with a positive COVID-19 case between March 15 and April 8, said Melissa Cooper, the district’s director of student support services, at the April 8 school board meeting.

Of those, more than 600 have come from the high schools, Cooper said.

Middle schools accounted for roughly 300 of the quarantined students, elementary schools accounted for roughly 275, preschools 21 and charter schools 95.

The average size of a quarantine at the high school level is 20 to 30 students at a time, Cooper said. Quar-

antines have come down to as little as eight days, driven by quicker turnaround time on COVID testing.

Who gets quarantined is driven by contact tracing and is applicable to anyone an infected student has been within six feet of for 15 minutes or longer. Quarantined students continue to receive instruction in their coursework online.

Prior to March 15, middle and high school students were on a “hybrid” schedule, with two days a week of classroom instruction, with the rest online. Elementary school students have largely been in-person full-time over the past school year.

The pace of quarantines has picked up significantly since the return to

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full-time in-person learning in upper grades, which district officials say they believe is driven by more students spending more time in close proximity to one another — but also by spring break travel and socializing outside school, Cooper said.

At Heritage High School, which was averaging a quarantine a day in early April, Principal Stacey Riendeau sent home a letter to parents saying too many children are coming to school while showing symptoms.

“I truly believe these students/ families thought they had allergies or just a cold, but it turned out that they had COVID,” Riendeau’s letter reads in part. “I am very concerned that if these increases in cases and quarantines continue, they could result in a possible return to remote learning for all students. If that occurs, athletics, activities, clubs, and senior activities may also see negative impacts or even be cancelled. This is something we are all trying to avoid.”

Meanwhile, COVID case numbers were rising across Arapahoe County and Colorado, with one-week positivity rates hovering around 5% as of April 8.

The district will do what it can to avoid shutting down entire schools, said Superintendent Brian Ewert, saying efforts to keep school buildings open are being buoyed by increasing rates of teacher vaccination.

At least 58% of district staff had self-reported receiving at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine as of April 8, Ewert told the board, though he said he believes the numbers are actually considerably higher.

The proof, he said, was in how few teachers have tested positive for COVID since the return to full-time in-person learning — just seven since March 15. Last fall, some schools buildings were closed after so many

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teachers tested positive that it became impossible to adequately supervise students.

Nearby Douglas County Schools saw a wave of school closures in early April, driven by numerous COVID outbreaks — defined as two or more positive cases within a student cohort.

Littleton has had two outbreaks since March 15, Ewert said.

The quarantines are highly disruptive to student learning, said Amanda Crosby, who heads the district’s teachers’ union.

Quarantines have grown larger and more frequent since upper grades were brought back from hybrid learning, leaving teachers aggravated, she said.

“As difficult and frustrating as hybrid was, teachers and students had found ways to make it predictable,” Crosby said. “Students thrive when they have consistency, predictability and routine. Spring is already stressful for kids in upper grades dealing with AP and IB tests.”

The problem is exacerbated as the district enters the CMAS standardized testing window in mid-April, she said.

Though students were given the option to opt out of the tests, only about a third of the student body did so.

“The tests have to be taken in-person,” Crosby said. “With so many kids in quarantine, makeup tests will get stretched out. It’s difficult in normal times to get makeup tests done. Now students will miss even more instruction and learning time.”

With positivity rates and case counts climbing, Crosby said if shutting school buildings again is necessary, the district ought to bite the bullet and do it.

“If we need to go remote to get this calmed down,” she said, “let’s do it sooner rather than later, before the numbers really go sky-high.”

Ewert said with data showing that much of the virus transmission is taking place due to travel and socializing, the broader community must play a role in keeping case counts in check.

Riendeau, the Heritage principal, appealed to families to do their part by getting vaccinated, wearing masks and practicing social distancing.

“We know the last year has been hard on everyone, especially our kids, but we truly hope the end is in sight if we can just hold on a bit longer,” she wrote.

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April 15, 2021

STEM shooting suspect makes court appearance

BY JESSICA GIBBS JGIBBS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

The adult suspect in the STEM School Highlands Ranch shooting case appeared in court for one of his final hearings before going to trial this spring.

During the April 9 pre-trial conference in Castle Rock, attorneys and District Court Judge Theresa Slade settled on dates for jury selection and discussed how pandemic precautions might shake up proceedings.

Devon Erickson, 20, faces dozens of charges including felony first-degree murder for his role in the shooting that left 18-year-old Kendrick Castillo dead and eight other students injured on May 7, 2019. He appeared in court alongside his attorneys David Kaplan and Julia Stancil.

Former 18th Judicial District Attorney George Brauchler, who was asked to stay on the case by District Attorney John Kellner after leaving office, appeared for the prosecution with Chief Deputy District Attorney Rebecca Gleason and Senior Chief Deputy District Attorney Chris Wilcox.

The court will call a jury pool of 600 people for the May 24 trial, Slade said.

Defense attorneys and prosecutors will have roughly a week to conduct jury selection at a Marriott hotel.

The facility will accommodate social distancing during jury selection, but opening statements will take place back in the courtroom, Slade said.

It’s unclear exactly what precautions will be required come trial time, she said. The state is set to let its dial system lapse before the case goes to trial, but the Tri-County Health Department could still impose its own at the local level in Douglas County and plans to extend its dial for another 30 days through mid-May. And Slade said she could not guarantee what capacity limits might be in place during proceedings, cautioning attorneys to account for that.

The jury alone would take up roughly half the courtroom once socially distanced, she said.

The prosecution said it might have up to 29 people wishing to attend inperson, with about 10 of those individuals needing to attend daily. That does not include its six-person team handling the case.

Defense attorneys told Slade they would request space for their five-person team plus an additional 10 people they need to participate in proceedings.

As of now attendees will be required to space six feet apart, wear masks and disinfect the podium in between witnesses. Slade said the court intends to livestream the trial and provide overflow rooms at the courthouse.

The trial is scheduled through late June and will mark the end to a case long drawn out by COVID-19. The younger suspect, Alec McKinney, pleaded guilty and last year was sentenced to life in prison plus 38 years, with the possibility of parole after 40 years.

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Tri-County Health gives glimpse into summer events Arapahoe not moving to yellow despite uptick in new cases; health agency extends dial

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

As the whirlwind of changes to public health restrictions in the Denver metro area continues, residents may be wondering what it all means for summer events and gatherings as public health officials try to ward off a potential fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Colorado.

The Tri-County Health Department — the local public health agency for Adams, Arapahoe and Douglas counties — discussed how summer activities may look during an April 8 virtual town hall put on in partnership with Arapahoe County.

“We’re really looking forward to things like the county fair and small events,” said Mellissa Sager, an official with Tri-County Health Department.

The state’s color-coded COVID-19 dial is the set of restrictions counties must follow based on the local spread of the virus. The system affects capacity at restaurants, other businesses, indoor and outdoor events, and other settings. Colorado

originally implemented the dial on Sept. 15.

The latest changes to Colorado’s system of restrictions — dubbed “dial 3.0” — took effect on March 24, moving many counties across the state to the least restrictive stage, level green. The update also relaxed restrictions for certain businesses in other counties.

Dial 3.0 will remain in effect until mid-April, at which point the state plans to retire the dial and give local public health agencies greater control over what restrictions to enforce. The Tri-County Health Department’s board of health voted to extend a modified version of the state’s dial system for one month during an April 8 meeting.

As Coloradans look to the summer, though, public health officials are likely to keep urging events to take place outside.

“We know that outdoors are significantly safer than indoors, and as our local governments and community organizations plan for this summer, they’re keeping that in mind,” said Sager, Tri-County Health’s policy and intergovernmental affairs manager. “We’re working with (Arapahoe) County on the county fair, (and) we’re working with South Metro Fire on their fire muster this summer.” That’s an annual fire truck parade and firefighting demonstration event that takes place in Littleton.

Many summer activities may still look a little different than usual,

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Amid rising new-case rates in Arapahoe County, an expected move up the state’s COVID-19 dial — from level blue to the stricter level yellow — was averted in light of Tri-County Health Department’s local modification and extension of the dial system.

“We’re not moving to yellow. Given the impending devolution of the dial and the upcoming TCHD order, TCHD reached out to (the state public-health department) at the request of Arapahoe County to leave us as is, to avoid the whiplash and messaging issues for our communities,” said Luc Hatlestad, a county spokesperson. The state public-health department “concurred and rescinded the ask,” he added.

Sager said, considering how to keep people at a safe distance. TriCounty officials think events with food vendors and local artists, for example, can happen safely, Sager added.

Tri-County recently amended its mask-wearing order to remove the requirement that masks be worn in outdoor public spaces, the agency announced in an April 5 news release.

But if residents will be in close contact for a long period of time, such as at a crowded trailhead, masks may still be a good idea, Sager said.

A caller during the town hall asked whether swimming pools should open, and Sager responded that “we’re excited to have our pools open” and that they’re “much safer than those indoor activities.”

It’s possible that many previous public health guidelines such as cleanings and reservations wouldn’t be strictly required after the state’s requirements fade away on April 16, Sager said. But at a large community pool, rules may be different, she added.

Washing hands, staying home when sick and getting tested are still important tools to prevent the pandemic from rebounding, according to Sager.

Variants and ‘fourth wave’ fears Officials have recently seen increases in coronavirus cases in Arapahoe County and the state as a whole, John Douglas, Tri-County Health’s director, said during the town hall.

He hears people wondering about a “fourth wave” of the virus, following the surges last spring, a smaller one in summer and the larger one in late fall and winter.

“I would have to say that is a possibility but not a likelihood,” Douglas said, mentioning the “race between vaccine and variants.”

Added Douglas: “These variants are coming at us almost like alphabet soup.” He’s got his eye on the UK variant, known as B.1.1.7, spreading in Colorado.

“It’s concerning because it’s the one that set our friends in the UK on their heels back in the (winter),” Douglas said, noting that France recently had to enter a third lockdown. The UK variant appears to be more contagious and seems to be more severe, he added.

Changes to the dial, mask order After the state’s dial is removed, Tri-County’s new public health order that extends the dial is expected to move each of the agency’s three counties one level lower on the dial, loosening restrictions, until May 15, according to the draft approved in the April 8 meeting. At that point, as long as there isn’t another surge in hospitalized cases, those counties would lose all restrictions and go into a fully open three-month period of observation.

During that second phase, the health department will monitor severity metrics, such as hospitalized cases, to determine if any further restrictions are needed.

The Tri-County Health Department also announced its mask order is expected to remain in place until June 30, adding what may be a definite end to the requirement.

Previously, the agency had extended its order “for the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic,” according to an Oct. 20 news release.

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One year later: Voices from south metro area Locals, former residents reflect on trials endured, lessons learned, hopes STAFF REPORT

A year after Colorado’s statewide stay-at-home order took effect and drastically changed virtually all aspects of daily life, Coloradans are still grappling with public health orders and — hopefully — nearing the end of the pandemic in sight.

As the state’s health care structure works to vaccinate more Coloradans in the coming months, some may begin to look back at what, one year ago, would have seemed an unthinkable change to society and personal life.

Colorado Community Media spoke with local residents — some of whom CCM also talked to roughly a year ago — to hear what the last year has been like for them.

----Barry Kittay, former longtime Highlands Ranch resident Barry Kittay wishes he could just write off the past year.

After contracting COVID-19 in March 2020, Kittay spent 20 days in the hospital, including 11 on a ventilator.

He lost 55 pounds and had to spend months in rehabilitation, relearning how to walk, drive a car and even shower.

“The best way I can put it is it’s kind

Littleton Police Department Chief Doug COURTESY PHOTO Stephens.

Barry Kittay spent 20 days in the hospital battling COVID-19. of a lost year,” he said. “It took a long time to get healthy again … I would call it a lost year, a wasted year.”

Kittay was a longtime Highlands Ranch resident before he moved during the pandemic to a mountain town.

He was deeply rattled by his bout with the disease and how close he came to death. After leaving the hospital, Kittay said he was generally more nervous than before his illness.

Sharp loud noises still make him jump and occasionally, the fear he experienced shortly after he recovered returns.

“I still go to bed and wonder if I will

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wake up in the morning once in a while,” he said.

Physically, he hasn’t had many longterm symptoms from the illness, he said.

While he was relieved to learn he still had antibodies for the disease as recently as February, Kittay still decided to get his first of two shots of the COVID-19 vaccine recently.

After spending so much time in the hospital, “I just don’t want to have to ever do that again,” he said.

Kittay lost several friends over the past year, including three who died from COVID-19.

“That’s been pretty tough,” he said.

In the coming months, he’s hoping to be able to attend a Motley Crue concert that was rescheduled last year.

He’s also thinking about whether or not he will feel comfortable attending a Broncos game next season.

“I just would like life to be back to normal,” he said. “And it’s not.”

----Doug Stephens, Littleton Police Department chief “I hope the community truly understands the heroism demonstrated by our officers and professional staff

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over the last year as they faced an unknown and deadly threat on a daily basis. The men and women of our department have once again proven they can overcome any adversity.

“COVID has presented all of us with unprecedented challenges on a scale no one ever truly anticipated.

Our personnel make a living by being flexible and demonstrating their ability to adapt to rapidly changing circumstances, however, the pandemic tested these traits on an epic scale.

With little known about the virus in the beginning of the pandemic, world health experts cautioned people to isolate at home for their own safety.

Our personnel did not have that option and bravely continued to show up every day and night to serve their community while facing a potentially fatal threat. By stepping up and doing their duty they placed themselves in harm’s way against an unseen enemy in COVID. “As we come out of the pandemic, I am incredibly proud of the men and women of the Littleton Police Department for their dedication to their community despite great personal risk, that is the soul of a police officer.”

----Brian White, owner of Forever Flowers in east Centennial Brian White’s mom-and-pop flowers shop closed for a month last year in March and April, not taking any orders at all.

“When we reopened, we kind of

Brian White, owner of Forever Flowers in east Centennial, stands April 1 at the shop near Smoky Hill and Buckley roads.

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had to modify our business model. We used to have people coming in all the time, and we just said we’re going to do nothing but preordered, prepaid pickups and deliveries,” said White, a 64-year-old south Aurora resident.

He runs the shop — a bright spot in the type of strip-mall shopping center that’s common to Aurora and east Centennial — with his wife and son

and another woman and her daughter. He took it over from the previous owner about 10 years ago, he said.

“This little shop has been here for 30 … years or so. It’s gone through a string of owners but stayed a flower shop,” White said.

It continues to endure in the pandemic economy: The shop didn’t take on any kind of pandemic assistance

funding, White said. He paid his regular payroll while the shop was closed for a month. The business sits near Smoky Hill and Buckley roads in Centennial.

Personally, the biggest change for White in the pandemic has been not going anywhere in the evenings.

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MASK ORDER FROM PAGE 1

Gov. Jared Polis in early April extended the state’s mask-wearing order for another 30 days, but TriCounty Health’s order would apply for longer than that if Polis allows the state order to expire first.

According to modeling done by the Colorado School of Public Health in the last week of March, roughly 27% of Coloradans are currently immune to COVID-19 “due to vaccination and/or prior infection,” the news release said.

“While about 68% of Coloradans age 65 years and older are estimated to be immune and hospitalizations of older adults has declined, modeling suggests that continuing to maintain prevention behaviors such as wearing face coverings when in public spaces can prevent large numbers of deaths and hospitalizations,” the news release said. “Mask-wearing will be especially important as our businesses are allowed to more fully re-open over the next six weeks.”

Who is exempt?

Tri-County Health’s order requires that people older than 10 must wear a face covering over their nose and mouth in any public indoor space. Now, the requirement for use of face coverings outdoors within 6 feet of another person has been removed.

To avoid confusion, Tri-County

April 15, 2021 amended its mask order in July hospitalizations due to COVID-19, to mostly align with the statewide the news release said. mask order.

View a list of exemptions to TriRecent changes to state order County’s order on page 3 at tinyurl.

In July of last year, Polis signed com/TriCountyUpdatedMaskOrder.

Colorado’s statewide mask order Face coverings should be worn generally requiring masks to be regardless worn in all pubof COVID-19 lic indoor spacvaccination es. The governor status except has extended the in situations order every 30 exempted by the days since then. federal Centers Effective April for Disease 3, the statewide Control and order’s requirePrevention, the ments changed order says. Read for counties in about masks level green on and vaccination the state’s colorat tinyurl.com/ coded COVID-19 CDCmasksanddial. Many of vaccination.

Colorado’s rural “We are still areas were in learning more level green as of about the quesearly April. tion of whether The state’s vaccinated peodial is the set ple can transmit of restrictions the virus to othcounties must ers,” Douglas, follow based on the health chief, the local spread John Douglas, of the virus. The said in the news executive director system affects release. “So, for now, it’s imporof Tri-County Health capacity at restant to wear a taurants, other mask and keep a businesses, safe distance to indoor and outstop further spread.” door events, and other settings.

The CDC has found that mask The updated state mask order mandates may reduce communityestablished that the list of settings wide COVID-19 transmission and where masks are required in level-

‘We are still learning more about the question of whether vaccinated people can transmit the virus to others. So, for now, it’s important to wear a mask and keep a safe distance to stop further spread.’

WHO OPTED OUT? The following cities, town and areas have opted out of Tri-County Health Department’s mask-wearing order: Bennett, Castle Pines, Castle Rock, Columbine Valley, Deer Trail, Glendale, Parker, Douglas County areas outside of municipalities (unincorporated areas) and unincorporated areas in Arapahoe County east of Watkins Road all the way to the eastern county line, generally east of Aurora.

The City of Brighton had opted out but opted back into the order as of Oct. 21, according to the order’s text.

If a municipality or unincorporated county area has opted out, Gov. Jared Polis’ statewide mask order still applies in those areas.

Any county or municipality in the TriCounty Health jurisdiction that opted out of the order may opt back in at any time, according to a news release. green counties now only includes preschool through grade 12 schools, child care centers, health care settings, personal services such as hair and nail salons, and some others.

In other words, many types of businesses — including grocery and retail stores, and others — are no longer included in the list of settings that require masks in level green. It remained to be seen how often businesses might decide to enforce their own mask requirements.

Tri-County Health’s order requires masks in all public indoor spaces, regardless of the level of a county on the state’s dial, according to the news release.

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MARCH FROM PAGE 1

As time went by, Francone learned some of the story from survivors: how 70,000 troops surrendered on April 9, 1942, and were marched on foot from Bataan more than 60 miles to Camp O’Donnell, which had fallen into Axis hands.

The men were given little food and water, and no rest. As they marched, the men were beaten, and those who fell were bayoneted, shot, or run over. As many as 18,000 Filipinos and 650 Americans died during the ordeal, which came to be known as the Bataan Death March.

In spite of the sacrifices of the Filipino troops, Congress in 1946 passed the Rescission Act, stripping the Filipinos of benefits afforded to other American soldiers.

Francone returned to America, and prospered as an engineer and manager for the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and later Martin Marietta, which became Lockheed Martin.

But he never forget the valor and bravery of the Filipinos, their sacrifices at Bataan, or their raw deal at the hands of Congress.

As the decades went by, Francone fought for the Filipinos stateside, advocating for better recognition of their service. Over time, Congress offered some benefits and payments to Filipino veterans.

In 2017, Francone and surviving Filipino veterans were awarded Congressional Gold Medals. To this day he gives talks to schools and other organizations, remembering the men at Bataan.

And on April 9, 2021, Francone paid them another tribute. On a brisk spring morning, 79 years to

the day since the men at Bataan laid down their arms and began walking toward their destiny in the jungle, Francone, now 94, set off walking in their memory.

COVID-19 restrictions rendered the annual Bataan Memorial Death March virtual this year. Typically the event is held in New Mexico, where many American troops in the march were from.

But in Littleton, Francone was flanked on the Centennial Link Trail from his home at the Vita Littleton apartment complex by his son Stuart Francone, and by Mike Simbre, a Filipino Air Force veteran who heads a regional chapter of the Filipino Veterans Recognition and Education Project. Behind them trailed neighbors and friends from Vita.

Though the full length of a Bataan Memorial Death March is 26.2 miles — still less than half the distance

covered by the surrendered troops — Francone said he was aiming to finish four or five miles. Not bad for a 94-year-old.

What are the lessons of Bataan?

“There’s a wickedness born in man toward his fellow man,” Francone said. “War is hell. People don’t understand how bad things can really get. If we forget the sacrifices those men made, if we take for granted what we have in America, well, we’re putting ourselves in danger.”

For Simbre, marching with Francone was a chance to keep a fading memory alive.

“Men of Frank’s generation are going fast,” he said. “Soon there won’t be anyone left who saw, who heard the stories. When Congress stripped the Filipinos of their benefits, it was like saying their fighting and their deaths were in vain.

We can’t let it be in vain.”

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Development at Santa Fe and Mineral could get green light Public hearing will set next steps for residential, retail plan; traffic is big concern

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A public hearing could soon give the green light to housing and retail development on one of Littleton’s largest remaining parcels of open land.

City council will decide on April 20 whether to approve a rezoning proposal from Evergreen Devco, a Denver-based developer with plans to build hundreds of apartments, senior housing units and several commercial establishments on the Ensor property at the southwest corner of Mineral Avenue and Santa Fe Drive.

Evergreen bought the 33-acre parcel for $6.5 million in 2017, but sought to amend the site’s zoning, established in 1985, which mandated commercial development beside the South Platte River and residential uses beside Santa Fe Drive.

Evergreen wants to reverse that, saying residential uses make more sense beside the quiet river, while commercial uses should be placed beside the highway where they can be seen and accessed by drivers.

If the plan is approved, Evergreen hopes to build a development called Riverpark, featuring 270 multifamily residential units, a 170-bed senior housing facility, two anchor stores,

A rendering of Riverpark, a proposed development at the southwest corner of Santa Fe Drive and Mineral Avenue. two restaurants, three “quick-service” restaurants, three shops and one gas station.

The rezoning proposal, originally slated to go before council in 2019, has been repeatedly pushed back as city

staff have undertaken a lengthy analysis of the project’s impact on traffic and the city’s economic health.

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VOICES FROM PAGE 6

“We do takeout orders from restaurants, but I haven’t sat down at a restaurant for more than a year,” White said. “Movies and concerts and all that stuff — some of that summer stuff we normally do just didn’t get done last year. Probably the same for (most) everybody.”

One year after the stay-at-home order took effect, White feels “in relative terms” lucky to live in Colorado, particularly this part of the state.

“Because I think we don’t have a whole lot of anti-maskers around,” White said, pointing to people refusing to wear masks as one of the reasons his shop stayed closed for a period last spring.

All told, adapting to a new business model has worked well for White’s shop.

“In a lot of ways, it’s kind of been good for business because so many folks are frustrated that they can’t physically go to somebody’s birthday or wedding or funeral,” White said.

“They can’t send their own human beings,” but they can send flowers, White said.

----Harrison Kolar, Highlands Ranch After the end of his senior year at Mountain Vista High School in Highlands Ranch was marred by the virus, Harrison Kolar started anew as a freshman at Colorado Mountain College in Steamboat Springs last fall.

With the majority of his classes online and COVID precautions still

Harrison Kolar, a graduate of Mountain Vista High School in Highlands Ranch, is now finishing up his first year of college.

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prohibiting many typical events, Kolar has had an unusual start to his college life.

“With such a key portion of our education missing, it’s definitely more of a struggle to be able to learn the material fully,” he said.

Connecting with students and professors has proven difficult through the new, online world of college. One thing that made this particularly challenging at the start of school was not having a roommate due to the campus COVID-19 precautions.

“Having a roommate definitely has

Call before you dig.

Simar Chadha working on a class online. its benefits, you automatically have a friend there on campus, they’re an automatic support structure,” he said. “The first couple of weeks were definitely the loneliest because I knew nobody.”

Over time, he’s grown to see the benefits of having his own space, however.

During his first year, he’s gotten involved in student government, winning the secretary seat in the fall and the vice president seat in the spring.

One of the hardest things about starting college during the pandemic has been the feeling of separation from others, he said.

“There’s a lesser sense of community at the college,” Kolar said. “I have friends who have been here for years and they’re graduating and they say how campus just used to be full of students and people were walking around smiling at each other … making new friends. But now, campus is much more empty.”

Throughout it all, though, Kolar has learned about himself and the world around him, he said.

“COVID has taught me a lot of personal accountability and it’s given me much more of a sense of … we’re in this together,” he said.

----Simar Chadha, graduated from Cherry Creek High School last May Simar Chadha spent his senior year at Cherry Creek High School during a worsening pandemic. A year later, he’s been attending his first year at North-

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He added: “I’ve had to adapt how I connect and make new connections.”

That’s on top of learning by “looking at a screen rather than talking with a person,” he said.

Finding social outlets proved key to Chadha pulling through. For him, that included talking with others online.

“Being able to find alternatives like playing games together with my friends helped me feel some sense of normalcy,” said Chadha, recalling when the stay-at-home order was lifted going to play sports with friends. “Basically just socializing in any way we could helped me find some purpose.”

Many people felt they were robbed of certain experiences, but Chadha tries to look at the pandemic as an opportunity to try new things.

“I think a big thing I learned, as well as many others, is that you can’t really take for granted what you have, and you can’t expect that some guarantees will be upheld,” Chadha said. He added: “Always having that tough skin and mental agility to adapt to what’s thrown at you … is imperative.”

It’s important to be ready to adapt, “even in small aspects of your life where things don’t go as expected,” Chadha said.

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and we want to work with the city to get it right.”

Traffic woes The intersection of Mineral and Santa Fe, among the most congested in the city, is the biggest challenge.

City officials have said they would ultimately like to build a “grade-separated interchange” with off-ramps like the Belleview exit a few miles north.

That idea, however, is likely years away and will require tens of millions of dollars in investment from numerous government entities, said City Manager Mark Relph.

In the meantime, city officials want to buy time with a “quad road” through Evergreen’s site to bypass the intersection. A sort of minibeltway, the road would replace the left turn from northbound Santa Fe onto westbound Mineral, routing it through the development.

Carlson called the quad road idea “a blessing and a curse.”

“It’s a blessing for the retail component, because it will bring more traffic through, but it’s more noise and traffic for the residential component,” he said. “It also eats up some of the developable land.”

The city has already secured a $9 million grant from the Denver Regional Council of Governments to build the quad road, Relph said. In the future, the city also hopes to build another quad road section on the northwest corner of the intersection,

though that idea faces far greater hurdles because it would need to cut through the RTD Mineral Station parking lot, which already faces capacity challenges.

No amount of asphalt will solve traffic problems at the site, Relph said.

“You can’t build your way out of congestion,” he said. “It has to be balanced against other modes of transit.”

The city is participating in a years-long intergovernmental study of the entire Santa Fe corridor through the Denver metro area, with hopes of eventually proposing more holistic solutions along the highway.

designed to force Evergreen to build a parking garage or underground parking, which he said would cause costs to skyrocket.

“We want to keep rents low so the residences can appeal to the broadest number of people, which will help keep it occupied, but we can’t do that if we have to spend so much building parking,” he said. “We can’t live with that condition. If council approves this with that parking requirement, nothing will get built. The project hangs in the balance on that issue.”

‘We can’t live with that condition. If council approves this with that parking requirement, nothing will get built.

The project hangs in the balance on that issue.’

Competing pressures The project’s mix of residential and commercial development lies at the Tyler Carlson, intersection of Park it right In efforts managing partner competing presto encourage in Littleat Evergreen Devco sures transportation ton. Because city methods other revenues rely than cars and heavily on sales minimize surface parking, city staff tax, city planners hope to maximize have recommended that the developmoney-generating uses. But recent ment be limited to not more than two years have also seen calls to boost parking spaces per 1,000 square feet the city’s stock of different housing of retail space and half a parking types, seeking to fill a shortage of space per dwelling unit. starter housing.

Carlson called the parking proposal “This does add to the housing unworkable. stock,” Relph said. “As we look to “Nobody has half a car,” he said, the future, we’ll largely look toward saying the stipulation seemed to be building additional housing along

major corridors, so it works with that too. Affordability is another issue — we won’t be evaluating this project on housing affordability.”

The city currently has no adopted affordable housing standards, Relph said, nor does it have any legal mechanism to require or subsidize below-market-rate housing.

The city’s 2019 comprehensive plan calls for the city to facilitate building more than 6,500 new housing units by 2040. The plan will form the basis of the Universal Land Use Code, a total overhaul of city zoning expected to be ratified this October. Because Riverpark was initiated in 2017, Evergreen is seeking to have the project grandfathered in under the current zoning and code structure.

“Vesting those property rights helps us keep things predictable,” Carlson said. “There’s nothing the development world dislikes more than unpredictability.”

An economic analysis by city staff also determined that the proposed senior housing facility on the site would do little for city revenue, prompting staff to call for a revenue sharing agreement requiring Evergreen to pay a fee of $120 a month per occupied unit in the facility.

Three-quarters of the fee would go to the city, with the other quarter going to the Riverpark metro district.

Carlson said the revenue sharing plan has been “blessed by all parties involved.”

Carlson said Evergreen is excited about the project.

“I think this will truly become a gathering place for Littleton,” he said.

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The sun comes up, and here we go again

he sun comes up right behind Sue and Andy’s house.

At least that’s what it looks like from where I am.

They live directly across the street and have an QUIET even better view than I do because DESPERATION they’re closer.

Most of the time, sunrise is a post card. That’s because we live in Colorado. Not one of the grim Midwestern states I grew up in where the sun never Craig Marshall seems to be around Smith in the morning, especially in the winter.

The sunrise horizon behind Sue and Andy’s is coral and blue with some red-orange.

If I haven’t read the paper, turned on the television or my computer, life looks pretty good, and until I do any of those things, I am pleasant to be around.

Life in its simplest terms at sun-

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rise, sunset, next to a forest or an ocean, or on an innocuous suburban Denver street of lookalike houses in a community once besmirched by National Geographic is — what’s a good word? — magnificent.

Then the bipeds come along and ruin things. Why? The answer I’ve heard my entire life is “human nature.”

William Golding wrote a book titled “Lord of the Flies” about a bunch of British boys stranded on an island.

By the end of the book, the boys have divided up into two groups: one that is mostly cooperative and the other that has reverted to primitive and savage behavior.

Sound familiar?

It’s lauded as an insightful study of “rational and emotional reactions, and morality and immorality.”

That sums up the conflicting headlines in the morning paper.

Nevertheless, I press on with coffee and Harry at my side, turning the pages, knowing some horror awaits.

There are horrors right here in Colorado, across the country, and around the world, some in places I’ve never heard of until recently.

Why do I read the newspaper?

Or turn on the television? Or the computer?

Some people don’t.

Who are these people?

Since you’re reading this, you are not one of them.

Maybe you know someone who is uninformed. Are they blissful?

Being around someone who didn’t know what was going on might be difficult for me. What am I talking about? I spend twentyfour hours a day with a dachshund.

You’ve seen “Harvey,” starring Jimmy Stewart? His character, Elwood P. Dowd, is a very likable man who lives in his own little world with plenty of martinis and an imaginary friend.

Nothing seems to bother Dowd.

And those around him begin to see things differently, are more positive and optimistic, and experience life with less anger, anxiety, and

depression.

A Denver woman, Mary Chase, wrote the play. The film’s running time is 104 minutes.

For 104 minutes, I’m along for the ride. Maybe for another thirty afterwards. Then?

Then I’ll change channels and return to this world.

CNN, FOX, Boulder, Atlanta, the Chauvin trial, Ethiopia, Myanmar.

Why is Georgia Georgia?

Why not just leave the U.S. flag at half-staff? It would save a lot of time. Just leave it halfway up.

Bang. Pow. Boom.

I have my own antidotes. They used to come in bottles, like Dowd’s.

Facing life without bottles or an invisible rabbit takes a lot of something, doesn’t it?

Someone said, “Every sunrise begins with new eyes.”

Sunrise today was 6:36 a.m.

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

‘The 60 to 60 Success Plan for Life’

few years ago, I had the opportunity to be a passenger in my friend’s Porsche 911 as he demonstrated how fast going from zero to 60 MPH in less than 3 seconds feels. And I will share with you that it was quite exhilarating.

In late 2020, I was reminded that WINNING I would be turning WORDS 59 years old this year. And then it dawned on me, I would be turning 60 in 2022. Simple math right. Where has the time gone — I mean sometimes it feels like I went from 0 to 59 Michael Norton years old in 3 seconds too. And then I remembered a famous quote by Michael Altshuler, “The bad news is time flies. The good news is you’re the pilot.”

When I realized that I had 60 weeks to go until I turned 60, I knew I could no longer be a passenger, I had to get into the cockpit and take control over what happens next. With that inspiration,

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I wrote out my “60 to 60 Success Plan for Life.” The plan was built around one primary question, “How do I want to arrive to the party when I turn 60?”

I will share with you that as I developed my plan, I solicited feedback from family members, friends and advisers. And although my personal plan was a “60 weeks to 60 years old” plan, I had people ask me to help them with their “30 weeks to turning 30 years old” plan, “42 days to turning 42 years old,” and someone who wanted help with a “30, 60, 90-day success” plan that had nothing to do with reaching an age milestone, and everything to do with making changes in their life that would help them to succeed personally and professionally.

Here are the elements of my 60 to 60 plan that I shared with others.

You will recognize activities, concepts, and attitudinal adjustments around the things that I either wanted to change and would commit to change, or new strategies that would help me execute against my plan and reach my desired goals.

When I arrive at 60, I want to be:

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What it will mean to me personally is that I will have an even more loving relationship with my wife, my children, and my grandchildren whom I worship and adore; closer friendships built on mutual trust and respect; better sleep; fewer medications; an elevated level of physical fitness; and a closer walk with God. What it will mean to me professionally is that I will be a business owner known for servant leadership who enjoys the rewards of a loyal staff, happy customers and grateful partners, all of whom have been able to benefit personally, professionally and spiritually from our relationship.

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MY NAME IS

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process something. At first, I’d get upset with myself. I couldn’t understand why I couldn’t understand.

As time went by, I started to find my way. I’ve been tested by doctors, and they say I’m no better off, but that I’ve just learned to live with it better. It’s discouraging, but it’s what I’ve got.

Traumatic brain injury survivor advocates for compassion Surviving every day A few years ago, I was hit by a car and suffered a traumatic brain injury. I lost everything. I lost my business, my friends, and connections with my family. I became homeless. I started wandering along the river.

Walking that river kept me alive.

It gave me purpose. I focused on the birds: When I started, I knew 17 birds by sight. As time went by, I taught myself maybe 350 birds, by sight, sound and movement. It kept my brain active.

Having a TBI is about survival every day. Every moment of every day. It wants to do you in. God is the foundation of my survival.

Just wanting to be listened to TBIs are sometimes called an invisible disability. If you’re in a wheelchair, there’s very little condemnation. With a TBI, you may walk into a room strong, but before long people start to get frustrated with you.

Thomas Quinlan said traumatic brain injury survivors deserve to be treated humanely.

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Once you tell people you have a TBI, they treat you like a secondclass citizen. Like you’re crazy. Like you’re not quite human.

Most of us with TBIs just want to be listened to as intelligent human

beings. We just need to go slower.

Sometimes it takes us days to

‘I don’t want to be invisible’ The slower we go, the better off we are. Before I got injured, I could cook, clean and do homework at one time. Now I’m fortunate to do one thing at a time. Now I can get three or four things done in a day, but I have to do them with total focus.

I run a website called TBIVisual. com. I share survival skills, stories, and tips and tricks about living with a TBI. Everything from how to use public transit, how to cook safely, how to meditate, to how to advocate for yourself.

It’s easy to become invisible, but I don’t want to be invisible. I want to be part of the world, without having to explain myself.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Conserve for Colorado’s water future Meeting Colorado’s water needs in the face of climate change requires that we significantly reduce the use of water, rather than build more environmentally destructive dams and diversion projects.

In my community, Evergreen, local residents are calling for our county commissioners to make better decisions regarding new buildings. Developers keep adding homes to areas that are already stressed in terms of water use and fire danger. Recently, a 52home development was approved without regard to the availability of water.

Local residents are clearly calling for better decisions that evaluate water availability before approving more development. We are concerned that our county government is more concerned with promoting development than protecting our water supply.

Evergreen residents generally maintain natural forest and fields that do not require using groundwater. But we don’t have much hope when the rampant development continues.

We also find that poorly managed cattle grazing significantly damages riparian resources, in addition to degrading our prairie grasslands. Working with ranchers to improve grazing practices can lead to the important protection of biological resources.

The Colorado Water Plan is an important step in the right direction but it requires funding to be successful.

We can reduce our use of water. We just need to have sound decisions and direction. Please urge Governor Polis and local elected officials to prioritize the water conservation and The Colorado Water Plan!

JoAnn Hackos, Ph.D. Evergreen

Schools’ equity policy needed Re equity policy at DCSD — thank you for including the quotes representing opposition. Many of them are verbatim the standard responses from entitled white privileged people when issues of racial equity are discussed.

I’m a white male, and I remember thinking racial discrimination and inequity were at times blown out of proportion or not a problem in my community. Racism in America may not seem like a problem for the privileged but it’s definitely a problem for our country. And it only gets solved when white people let go of their fears.

Equity isn’t a threat to anyone, and it isn’t anti-white, and it isn’t a waste of time, money, or other resources.

That’s all part of the same old rally cry that privileged people have used for centuries to try and protect suppressive and oppressive laws and culture in their own self-interest. The pursuit of equity is an opportunity to learn about the other (whatever that other may be) which is what ALL education is about. And through education we grow.

Presenting opportunity equally allows us all to benefit equally. The status quo may be comfortable and less scary for some, but it isn’t working because inequity doesn’t work.

Historical problems demand resolution, and this debate didn’t appear because there isn’t a problem — it’s here because there’s a great opportunity.

Let’s get a policy in place — it won’t be perfect but don’t let perfection be the enemy of the good. Refine over time, yes, but let’s get started now.

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Teen convicted in murder of Cherokee Trail student Kenneth Gallegos, accused of being central player in plot, faces decades in prison

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

An Arapahoe County jury on April 9 found Kenneth Gallegos, 19, guilty of first-degree felony murder, aggravated robbery and conspiracy to commit aggravated robbery. Gallegos was found guilty of actions that led to the fatal shooting 18-year-old Lloyd Alvin Chavez during a robbery of vaping products that Chavez sold, although another teen yet to be tried may have shot Chavez.

The prosecution in the case argued that Gallegos acted as the central player in a plot to organize a confrontation outside of Chavez’s home in east Centennial the night of May 8, 2019.

Gallegos was 17 at the time of the crime. Under Colorado law, the mandatory penalty for a juvenile convicted of a first-class felony is life in prison with the possibility of parole after 40 years, according to a news release from the 18th Judicial District Attorney’s Office. Gallegos is expected to be sentenced on June 2.

During a trial nearly two years af-

ter the shooting, defense attorneys argued that investigators wrongly focused on Gallegos, sending the investigation in the wrong direction.

“Once that train went down the wrong track, the police wouldn’t go off that track,” defense attorney Michael Root said during the trial in Arapahoe County District Court.

“They pushed down that track until we find ourselves here today, with the person that brought the gun and the person who planned this (not held accountable).”

Gallegos stood accused of driving to Chavez’s home with three other teens: Dominic Jarrod Stager, now 19; Juliana Alexis Serrano, now also 19; and Demarea Deshawn Mitchell, now 18.

Stager and Serrano were both offered plea deals to testify against

Gallegos, and in return, they were treated as juveniles in court rather than adults. Had they been prosecuted as adults like Gallegos, they would have faced 40 years to life in prison — instead, they received up to two-year sentences in juvenile settings, according to trial testimony.

Stager brought the gun, which he said he had stolen, and Mitchell is believed to have shot Chavez, according to the court proceedings.

The defense argued that Serrano “had planned the whole event,” a Michael Root, point that has long been in defense attorney dispute.

But Christopher Gallo, a prosecutor for the trial, told the jury that Gallegos’ involvement was serious enough to constitute committing murder under a special type of murder charge.

He scoffed at the idea that Gallegos “had no idea what was going on” and that he was “just a guy driving a car.”

“That has to be true for him to be innocent, right?” said Gallo, a chief deputy district attorney. “Because if he knows about the robbery, and he drives the robbers to the robbery, he’s guilty of felony murder.”

A count of first-degree felony murder can be charged against anyone in a group that is allegedly involved in a serious crime in which a death occurs. The charge applies even if a particular member of the group is not believed to have directly caused the death.

Notably, the prosecution’s arguments didn’t rely on the idea that Gallegos was the shooter — a detail that had been mired in some uncer-

‘Once that train went down the wrong track, the police wouldn’t go off that track. They pushed down that track until we find ourselves here today, with the person that brought the gun and the person who planned this (not held accountable).’

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tainty earlier in the case. Gallegos chose not to testify during the trial.

Gallegos served as the main actor in planning the incident, prosecutors argued at the trial. He knew of someone he could rob and knew he was going to “enlist” Serrano, and while Serrano was messaging Chavez over Snapchat to arrange the meetup, she was simultaneously messaging Gallegos, according to the trial proceedings.

Gallegos “needed a gun,” so he made plans to meet with Stager, whom he knew had a gun, said Gwenn Sandrock, a deputy district attorney.

Gallegos “is the literal and figurative driver of the plan,” Sandrock said.

Judge Ben Leutwyler said during an earlier hearing that “there is conflicting evidence as to who shot Mr. Chavez.”

Before Chavez died during surgery at a hospital, he told a nurse and a sheriff’s deputy that “Kenny” shot him and that the shooter was a junior at Cherokee Trail, according to authorities. Serrano said it was Mitchell who shot Chavez.

At the trial, the court played video of Chavez making that statement, but before the video began, Leutwyler told the jury that the video was “not being admitted for the truth of the statements but for the conduct of law enforcement based on those statements.”

Serrano and Stager were students at Cherokee Trail, and Gallegos was a Grandview High School student who had recently transferred from Cherokee Trail. Mitchell was identified in photos provided by a Cherokee Trail school resource officer.

The remaining defendant, Mitchell, pleaded not guilty on Aug. 31 to first-degree felony murder, aggravated robbery, attempted aggravated robbery and conspiracy to commit aggravated robbery, according to the DA’s office. His trial is to begin July 8.

Leutwyler had denied a request to transfer Mitchell’s case to juvenile court. The court also denied a motion to have Gallegos’ case transferred to juvenile court, where the other two defendants received the chance for more-lenient sentences.

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Tips in planting a vegetable garden

BY THELMA GRIMES TGRIMES@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

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t’s As flowers begin blooming and the signs of spring emerge, many begin thinking about the summer vegetable garden. he master gardeners through olorado State niversity tension have created a guide to how and when all of summer’s favorite fruits and vegetables should be planted.

At the start, the master gardeners say understanding olorado’s climate is important before seeds go in the ground. According to the olorado egetable uide, the state’s climate presents a lot of challenges for gardening, starting with the range in elevation, which can go from , to , feet.

With a clear atmosphere, low humidity,

intense sunlight and e treme variations in precipitation and temperatures gardening in olorado is uni ue.

According to the guide, a successful vegetable garden can be directly impacted by the length of the growing season. he average last-killing frost in the spring can range from mid-May to as late as uly. he rst-killing frost in the fall can come as early as August. he unpredictable weather in olorado can cause growing season to be as short as days or as much as days.

While cool-season crops can survive a frost and thrive through cold weather, warm-weather fruits and vegetables do not fair as well in une pected frosts. or this reason, the gardeners with tension recommend holding off on planting the warm-season seeds until the danger of frost passes.

Home & Garden Talk to a Master Gardener in your county: efferson ounty Arapahoe ounty ouglas ounty Adams ounty isit the website at e tension.colostate.edu topic-areas yard-garden

he gardening guide, which can be found online at e tension.colostate. edu, not only looks at speci c plants,

but it also focuses on what oloradans need in soil, which in this state can lack ade uate organic materials.

Tips for planting some summer favorites include: Carrots • ool-season crop • Sun e posure – full sun • Soil condition - o not use fresh manure to amend the soil in a carrot bed or in any root crop bed .

It can cause tough skins and hairy roots. arrots grow best in loose, sandy soil they are not able to germinate properly if there is crusting of clay soil.

• Irrigation needs – consistent moisture is key especially for germination.

• Mulching – if mulching, wait until after seedlings are up. Mulch can help prevent greening of the carrot shoulders.

Cucumber • Warm-season crop • Sun e posure – At least hours of sun is necessary.

• Soil condition – Well amended soil with good drainage.

• Irrigation needs – Avoid soggy soil. Irrigate to keep soil moist to a depth of inches dry soil may cause deformed fruit.

• Mulching – Mulch can be bene cial but only after the plant is established.

Eggplant • Warm season plant • Sun e posure – full sun but site should be protected from wind.

• Soil condition – well amended soil, apply fertili er when planting if necessary.

• Irrigation needs – once established can tolerate less regular watering.

• Mulching – can create a wire cage wrapped with plastic to combat drying winds, mulch with straw or grass to retain soil moisture.

Horseradish • A perennial crop that can be replanted every year or every few years.

• Sun e posure – ull sun but can tolerate some shade.

• Soil condition – olerates a variety of soils.

• Irrigation needs – ess water increases the intensity of flavor.

• Mulching – eep organic mulch is bene cial.

Melons • Warm-season crop and can be dif cult to transplant. In most of olorado it is wise to seek out varieties with a short growing season.

• Sun e posure – ull sun • Soil condition – Soil temperatures need to be at least for best germination. Well amended soil is best.

• Irrigation needs – eep soil moist - inches deep. e careful when cultivating as some roots are close to the surface.

• Mulching – Mulch can be useful but not necessary.

Onions • Warm-season plant that tolerates cool weather so their long season can be manageable. Seek out long day or day-neutral varieties.

• Sun e posure – ull sun • Soil condition – nions prefer more clay soils, but high in nitrogen. If needed work fertili er into soil prior to planting.

• Irrigation needs – Moist but not wet, onion roots will not tolerate being water-logged.

• Mulching – an be done, not necessary.

Peppers • Warm season crop. wo main types sweet and hot.

• Sun e posure – ull sun, although shade cloth can

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be bene cial to prevent sunburn on the fruit.

Soil condition – Well amended soil, amend with fertili er prior to planting if needed, and again midseason to encourage fruit production.

Irrigation needs – eep soil moist to a shovel depth inches .

Mulching – Plastic mulch can warm the soil and encourage rapid growth.

Summer Squash/ Zucchini (zucchini, patty pan, etc.)

• hey have tender flesh and can be harvested through much of the season.

• Sun e posure – ull sun • Soil condition – Prefers a light soil but tolerates a well amended soil. High nutrients levels are bene cial.

• Irrigation needs – Water regularly. o not let your plants dry out, can cause fruit to be deformed.

Plants will wilt during hot days, if they recover, they are getting suf cient moisture.

• Mulching – Plants respond well to plastic mulch to help warm the soil.

Tomatoes Determinate/Indeterminate • omatoes are a warm season plant the favorite of many gardener’s vegetable plots.

• Sun e posure - Select a site in your garden where the plants will get at least hours of sunlight each day and where the soil will warm up early in the spring.

• Soil condition - Prepare the tomato bed by adding organic matter and fertili er based on soil test recommendations spade it in at least inches preferably more .

• Irrigation needs - rom time of transplant to late August, keep soil moist to about inches. o not let soil dry out.

• Mulching – mulch once the plant has established.

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Tips to attract the good insects, detract the bad

BY THELMA GRIMES TGRIMES@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

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ith help from the expert gardeners at the Colorado University Extension project, local gardeners can create an environment that attracts butterflies and bees and detracts destructive insects.

Butterfly gardens According to the Extension project, there are dozens of butterfly species commonly found along the front range. While most butterflies stop by gardens for a drink, there are steps to take to prolong their stay.

The Extension project recommends providing the proper environment, which includes adding food plants used by caterpillars, food sources used by the adult butterflies, and physical environment. utterflies prefer some shelter from the high winds common along the Front Range. They also like open, sunny areas. This means planting windbreak plants or providing other shelter options, which provides a suitable physical environment. ertain butterflies, especially males, can be seen on moist sand or mud collecting around puddles of water where they feed. emale butterflies spend a lot of time searching for food plants required by immature caterpillar stages. aterpillars of the monarch butterfly develop only on milkweed. he black swallowtail butterfly feeds on parsley, dill and related plants.

When a female nds the proper host plant, they will

lay eggs. This makes it important to provide necessary food plants for developing caterpillars. ood for adult butterflies includes sweet li uids, such as nectar from flowers that provide energy. Some flowers contain more nectar, and are more attractive to butterflies. right-colored flowers are also more

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sequence. This is particularly important during summer when butterflies visit more fre uently. lowers and flowering shrubs are good choices.

Attracting native bees In olorado, there are more than native bee species. f all pollinators in gardens, bees are the most common and ef cient.

To create a proper bee habitat, just like humans, bees and other pollinators need food, water, shelter and space to support a robust bee population.

While honey bees are social and live in large colonies, of native bee species are actually solitary. Another of these nest underground in the soil.

When considering shelter and vegetation for native bees, it is best to plant in layers. It is important to establish structure as the rst layer of trees and shrubs. The next step is to add perennials, grasses and groundcovers as further layers in the landscape. o provide a drinking source, gardeners can provide a shallow dish lled with pebbles and water to allow bees and other insects to drink.

Insect control To control unwanted insects, the experts at Colorado tension recommend a variety of options, starting with horticulture oils. A variety of oils, diluted with water can be applied or sprayed on plants to effectively control many plant pests.

Horticulture oils are re ned petroleum oils combined with an emulsifying agent.

According to the tension guide, the advantages of oils include safety, effectiveness and limited effects on bene cial insects.

It is important not to use oils on sensitive plants, and to remember that plants under drought stress may

concentration of about . have increased risk of in ury.

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This year, it is possible to add a touch of spring without breaking the bank. Some good ideas to bring your home into the season include: • Adding flowers – Whether fresh or fake, adding a vase with flowers throughout the hallway, front-door

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area and in several rooms can add a welcome touch of color. Some popular choices in spring include daffodils and tulips.

Painting – Spring is the best time of year to look at the home’s dingy walls and decide if a room could use an entire refresh, or the addition of an accent wall. As with most years, green is a popular spring color used to brighten rooms. While green is a go-to color, yellows and blues are also popular in spring.

House plants – If some plants did not quite make it through the winter, spring is a good time to

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Small changes – Making simple changes throughout the home can bring a fresh, spring feel. Take the covers on throw pillows on beds and couches and exchange them with covers that add more color and light.

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A look at firearm safety and legislation

sold, many to first-time gun buyers, and many to people in states that don’t require a permit or a background check or any training to have a gun.

And I am very afraid that is a recipe for disaster that is going to play out like we’ve seen in Atlanta and Boulder over and over again until our lawmakers act.

BY RYAN DUNN RDUNN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

In the wake of the March 22 shootings in Boulder, Colorado Community Media’s Ryan Dunn spoke to gun safety activist Shannon Watts about the state of firearms legislation in Colorado Watts, the founder of Moms Demand Action and a former Boulder resident, is one of the leading gun safety activists in the country and the author of “Fight Like a Mother,” a memoir and guide to grassroots activism.

Their conversation has been slightly edited for clarity.

The suspect in this shooting is 21-year-old Ahmad Alissa, a recent graduate of Arvada West High School. How does a young person carry out a shooting like this?

Shannon Watts: There’s a reason that America has a gun homicide rate 25 times than any other high-income country, and that’s because we make arsenals and ammunition easily accessible to anyone, anywhere, anytime — no questions asked.

Boulder had an assault weapons ban in place for two years. Just a couple of weeks ago, the NRA sued to prevent Boulder from making its policies different than the state’s laws. And as a result, that assault weapons ban was temporarily undone and not enforced. Days later there was a mass shooting with what many are calling an AR-style weapon. We are all only as safe as the closest city or the closest state with the weakest gun laws.

Gun safety activist Shannon Watts in Boulder. procured the gun. If he was not adjudicated as mentally ill, then that would not have been on his record and wouldn’t have prevented him from having easy access to a gun. If it was a misdemeanor, then again, a background check would not have necessarily prevented him from having easy access to guns.

Colorado has a red flag law — which was passed after the tragedy in Parkland — which allows judges to issue a temporary restraining order that will remove the guns from someone who is a risk to themselves or others.

We give weapons of war — we make them available to anyone, anywhere, anytime with no questions asked, and it is in part why we have a 25 times higher gun homicide rate than any high-income country.

I think it’s really important to say that in Colorado, there’s a lot of attention paid to the mass shootings that hap-

The shooter has a criminal history and has been characterized as “mentally unstable” by his brother.

How was he able to gain access to a gun?

SW: It will be interesting to learn the details of how he

pen, and not to the daily gun violence that happens. Mass shootings make up about one percent of gun violence in this country. It’s really the tip of the iceberg in the crisis we are experiencing — a crisis that is exasperated by the COVID-19 pandemic.

2020 was the deadliest year for gun violence in a very long time, yet mass shootings slowed down because people weren’t out in public.

It’s just important to point out that 100 Americans are shot and killed in this country in everyday gun violence.

That’s about 20 mass shootings a day. They just don’t get the same attention because not the same amount of people are killed at one time in one place.

How has the COVID-19 pandemic affected gun violence?

SW: 2020 was one of the worst years on record for gun violence. And that’s because gun violence intervention

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It’s because women were isolated with domestic abusers who have easy access to guns. It’s because people with suicidal ideation, maybe because of the pandemic, have easy access to guns. And we also know that tens of millions of kids were at home unexpectedly from school, also with easy access to guns.

So, when you look at what is happening, and what’s been happening in the last couple of weeks, as we start to see society get back to normal, America is the only country where that means also that public shootings resume in places where we should feel safest, like grocery stores or spas.

Tens of millions of guns were sold in the last year because the gun lobby uses the chaos and fear around COVID-19 to juice gun sales.

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What is the current status of gun legislation and gun culture in Colorado?

SW: Right now, Colorado is considering secure storage legislation, which would require gun owners to keep their guns locked, unloaded, and separate from ammunition. And that’s because when you look at shootings, most school shooters are students, they’re not strangers who walked in off the streets.

This issue — the issue of gun violence prevention — is a big reason why we were able to flip the legislature in Colorado. It’s why Corey Gardner lost; John Hickenlooper won.

Colorado is now solidly a gun safety state — there’s no going back.

But it also is home to an incredibly radicalized gun organization that’s even to the right of the NRA called the Rocky Mountain Gun Owners. And they fight tooth and nail to stop gun safety bills from passing.

Moms Demand Action volunteers in Colorado have become a political powerhouse. They helped pass the assault weapons ban in Boulder, they’ve helped passed the good gun laws through the Colorado legislature, and they’re holding lawmakers accountable both at the state and federal level. And I really do believe that with the Biden administration and having the majority and the Senate and House, we are hopefully on the precipice of major change at a federal level.

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Whether you’re looking for a restart or starting for the first time, experts offer up advice to get your body moving

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f you’ve put on a few pounds during the pandemic, you’re not alone. And if you’ve only put on a few — consider yourself lucky.

A study by the American Psychological Association (APA) conducted at the end of February found that 61% of American adults experienced undesired weight gain or loss since the pandemic began. More than 40% of those responding to the poll experienced weight gain they never intended. That 40% gained an average of 29 pounds. Median weight gain was 15 pounds. And 10% of respondents said they gained more than 50 pounds — a staggering number in one year’s time.

So, here we are. Spring is springing, vaccinations are happening, the weather is warming up and you want to lose some of those pandemic pounds. But where do you begin?

In Colorado there’s no shortage of ways to keep fit, but even in a state consistently ranking near the top in physical well-being of its residents, taking that first step along the path to fitness can be daunting.

Allison Westfahl has been a fitness pro for almost 20 years. Currently,

A boxing class at TruFusion in Denver. she’s the general manager for Tru Fusion, a fitness studio that brings all the boutique disciplines — yoga, cycling, barre, pilates, boot camp, boxing, TRX, meditation and more — together under one roof, and all in classes — no independent fitness floor. They started up last fall,

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“It became clear to us that it was more important than ever, during a pandemic, for people to have a place where they can take care of themselves physically, emotionally

and mentally,” she said. “So, we opened in September to 25% restrictions, and our classes were full with a waitlist by the end of the first month.”

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restrictions to keep everyone distanced and safe. A class that in a pre-pandemic world would have 75 participants, right now only accommodates around 23.

Group dynamic helps Westfahl thinks the group dynamic that attendees get in a class, along with instructors who are involved in their clients’ success, can help people stay accountable in their fitness quest. But for people just getting back into the groove, she thinks being kind to your body and moving forward slowly is key.

“I’m hearing and seeing a lot of people just beating themselves up over putting on weight or not working out for the past year like they usually do — I see a lot of people scolding themselves for that — so, my biggest piece of advice would be to approach whatever happened over the past year with your fitness routine with grace and forgiveness,” she said. “None of us probably reached any fitness records over the past year, so just let that be in the rear-view mirror and continue to move forward.”

Just getting started is a common refrain among those in the know.

Westfahl also offers up this bit of wisdom, no matter the activity you start with.

“Make sure it’s something that you love,” she says. “When it comes to fitness and wellness, there’s so many options out there — don’t do something that you hate. Find something that you love and you’re going to be much more likely to stick with it.”

Meaghan Doherty has been doing fitness for 25 years, and teaching boot camps for the last six. She’s been able to ride the pandemic wave by moving her classes outdoors when necessary, doing online instruction when she had to, and being fortunate enough to teach in a facility she describes as the size of four warehouses.

She’s hoping that as COVID numbers get better, people will begin to feel better about getting back into the gym. She typically teaches early mornings, with class times that start between 5-8 a.m. plus a noon class for those late risers. Her clients, she says, run the gamut in

Yoga in the Park in Denver’s City Park.

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age from 22 to 71, and she modifies routines for everyone.

Her advice for people is to get a set of weights — nothing heavy, just something that will activate your muscles. A daily walk is also something she thinks will benefit those trying to get back in the swing of things — even 10 minutes per day.

“Just start — is my advice,” she says. “I don’t care if you go for a walk, ride a spin bike or go to the park to play Frisbee — just get yourself moving and start. Get those endorphins going and I guarantee you will do more and more every day.”

Frustration with weight Doherty said in her experience, weight gain can give people a sense of frustration and that can lead to procrastination.

She also wants people to be realistic with their expectations about dropping those pounds, because they typically go on a lot faster than they come off. And in her opinion, adding some weights to your cardio routine will help your body burn fat more quickly than cardio alone.

Doherty, also an M.D., is happy to offer nutrition information to her clients if they ask. She thinks every diet works — the question is, which diet works for you?

“There are so many (diet) options out there. You just have to figure out what works for your daily lifestyle, and what you can actually stick with,” she says.

If the thought of weights and cardio seems a bit much as you restart

your fitness journey, fear not. This article is equal opportunity.

Leslie Conzemius is a registered nurse and integrative health coach who co-organized the popular Yoga in the Park at Denver’s City Park.

She says Yoga in the Park began to promote yoga in nature, build community and have yoga be accessible to all. Before COVID, it was always held outside. But with the pandemic, it detoured into an online Zoom model.

Conzemius, a former professional dancer and choreographer, said her hobbies and passions have always focused on dance and movement, so yoga was a natural progression.

She’s been teaching yoga since 2016.

“I love spreading the benefits of yoga,” she says. “Not only what it gives you in that hour (of practicing) but also what it brings to the rest of your daily life.”

Stress reduction, how to breathe and even just being kinder to yourself and bringing gratitude to daily life are some of the benefits she thinks yoga can offer.

Return to park possible Conzemius says this spring, Yoga in the Park is looking into the permitting process to bring yoga back to the park, while making sure it’s done safely. But she’s happy to pass along tips for anyone who’s struggled during the pandemic and wants to make a fresh fitness start.

“I really love the science of behavior change, and that’s what I focus on with my clients,” she

says. “Because we can know that we need to exercise, and have all of the knowledge, but it doesn’t mean we’re doing it.”

She has three pieces of advice for people looking to make a change for the better in their health. She agrees with Westfahl that finding something you love doing is paramount.

“There are so many different things you can do, and so many ways to move your body — with people, alone, in classes, over Zoom, hopefully soon in person, sports, walking — and all of them are good,” she says. “And for any length of time is good.”

Conzemius’ second piece of advice is: “Everything counts.”

She says 150 minutes of exercise per week is the standard, but she would put those rules aside for people just starting out or starting over.

“Five minutes of stretching or a 20-minute walk — it (getting started) doesn’t have to mean an hour in the gym,” she says. “A lot of little moments can add up. Even things like playing with your kids, mopping the floor or gardening can be really beneficial for our bodies.”

Her third piece of advice is to celebrate.

“Celebrate your successes. People often focus on what they didn’t do, as opposed to what they did do,” she says. “Be very intentional about celebrating your wins, however small.

Pat yourself on the back. Wink at yourself in the mirror. Tell somebody what you did, because then your brain will remember it and get that signal and want to do it again, and it builds motivation.”

She said it’s important to talk to yourself the way you would talk to a friend — with encouragement and support — not unhealthy criticism.

It’s clear from chatting with these three local fitness pros that being kind to yourself and starting slow, but starting soon, will help you ease back into pre-pandemic shape, or maybe even better.

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Charmeuse, jacquard, organza, surah are among the fabrics included in Denver Art Museum’s current exhibition of “Paris to Hollywood: The Fashion and Influence of Veronique and Gregory Peck,” which includes 100 ensembles from the wardrobe of Veronique Peck and continues through July 18. This collection should interest not only fashion lovers, but history buffs, who can contemplate the events the Pecks may have attended ...

Florence Muller, DAM’s curator of textile art and fashion, was contacted by the couple’s daughter, Cecilia Peck Voll, who gave 20 of Veronique’s distinctive looks to the museum, loaned others and assisted in collecting items to complete the 100 ensembles exhibited. They were designed by couturiers and designers around the world for the Parisian journalist, philanthropist and fashion influencer Veronique Peck. Voll also loaned personal documents, accessories, photographs and insights.

Veronique’s parents, a Paris architect and a Russian artist, encouraged their daughter’s interest in politics and science, as well as in

Actor Gregory Peck and his wife Veronique are shown in 1965, part of an exhibit at the COURTESY PHOTOS Denver Art Museum through July 18.

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Gregory Peck was visiting Paris in 1952, en route to the filming of “Roman Holiday” with Audrey Hepburn, and was scheduled for an interview with the young journalist, Veronique Passani. (French American 1932-2012).

On his return trip, he invited her to lunch, which caused her to give up an interview with Nobel Laureate Albert Schweitzer. The glamorous pair married in 1955 and the romance continued until his death in 2003.

“Paris to Hollywood ...” includes not only the ensembles Veronique

wore, but sketches (which were at times sent to her if she was not in Paris and created for her if she was interested), film clips, family snapshots and more that give insights into professional and home lives of this glamorous pair and their two children. Materials exhibited cover a period from the 1950s to the 1990s. (There is a Gregory Peck suit included.)

Veronique Peck followed her parents on a path that included an interest in the arts, political science, theatre, literature, restaurants and of course, couturiers and their related houses: Yves Saint Laurent, Givenchy and more ... She is credited with introducing controversial pants suits and miniskirts by Courreges in the U.S in the 1960s, which soon became immensely popular among American women.

The 40 years covered in this exhibit were a period when women’s societal roles changed drastically as they launched into careers of all sorts — often calling for a change in style.

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One opinion you often hear from many athletes is that the team is like a family.

For the Chaparral girls volleyball squad, the team is literally like a family.

There are two pairs of sisters on this year’s varsity. Junior Savannah Salter and her sophomore sister Briannah play for the Wolverines along with junior Sydni Brandon and her younger sister, sophomore Makenzie.

Last season sisters Katie and Julianna Dalton were members on Chap’s team along with their cousin Emma Ammerman.

“It’s kind of weird,” admitted Wolverines coach Amanda West.

“I don’t predict it happening often, but it’s fun that they are a year apart to be able to have them on the same team and have the parent support. It’s really fun, and I would say that about the girls from last year too.

“They get along really well on and off the court,” West continued about the sisters on the 2021 roster.

“It’s very refreshing and I think it’s beneficial to be able to go home and talk over dinner like about what’s going on, how can I improve here, what are you seeing? Because they play different positions, the competition isn’t there and they can really support each other.”

Savannah Salter, an outside hitter, and Briannah, a middle blocker, have played together before on club

Chaparral has two pairs of sisters on this year’s varsity volleyball team. Here is junior Sydni Brandon, left, and her younger sister, PHOTOS BY JIM BENTON sophomore Makenzie Brandon. and beach volleyball teams.

“It used to be a lot harder but now it’s a little bit easier because we are more focused on the game rather than with each other,” said Savannah. “Once in a while there will be a play where maybe something happens and I’ll let the ball drop or she’ll let the ball drop and you have a miscommunication. Sometimes we’ll argue but it is usually off the court.’’

The Salter sisters are competitive.

“We’re pretty competitive even at home like when we are playing a board game or something,” said

Junior Savannah Salter, left, and her younger sister, sophomore Briannah Salter, make up one of the two pairs of sisters on Chaparral’s varsity volleyball team.

Savannah. “We’re very competitive with each other sometimes we fight about that but most of the time we’re pretty good.”

Savannah and Briannah have several classes together in school.

“The more we’ve got to play together it has gotten better,” said Briannah. “We go over homework or whatever we are doing at home and we hang out a lot too.”

This season is the first time the Brandon sisters have played together.

“I really like playing with my sister,” said Sydni. “We don’t really

play a lot together but we get along really well. I now have an extra support system and we get to help each other.

“If we have something to correct, she can always correct me. When we watch film she tells me what I do wrong. I’m really competitive. And yes, it carries over the dinner table at home.”

Makenzie likes having her sister around.

“This is the first year we’ve actually been playing together,” she said. “It’s been like an extra set of eyes for me.”

Prep sports round-up Soccer, volleyball, field hockey

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Post season playoffs for boys soccer is scheduled to begin April 20 as the regular season for C teams winds down.

Playoff action in field hockey starts April 27 while regional competition for girls volleyball will start on May 1.

The following is a roundup of games and matches played between April 5 and April 10.

Boys soccer Rock Canyon 4 ThunderRidge 0 – Sophomore Tatsuya Peralta had two goals and an assist in an April 8 win.

Cherry Creek 3, Eaglecrest 1 – Robert Bailey had two goals and five points in a Centennial League

victory on April 6.

Castle View 2, Highlands Ranch 1 – Enique Mujica and Cooper Landry scored the goals for the Sabercats, ranked eighth in the CHSAANow. com poll, in a win on April 6. Five different players scored on April 8 in a 5-0 Castle View win over Heritage. Jack Blair scored on a penalty kick with 3:15 remaining in regulation time in a 1-0 triumph over Ponderosa on April 10.

Regis 3, Rock Canyon 0 – The No. 1-ranked Raiders used goals by Joseph Bennett and Tanner Scarth to help in a win on April 10.

Chaparral 2, ThunderRidge 0 – Quentin Rivera and Justin Lintonsmith got the goals in an April 6 Wolverines’ win.

Valor Christian 3, Ralston Valley 1 – Tyler Egan figured in all the Eagles’ goals with a goal and two assists in an April 8 triumph. Four different players scored on April 7 in a 4-1 Valor win over Pomona.

Legend 4, Douglas County 3 – Antonio Caliz scored twice including

the overtime game winner in a win on April 7.

Mullen 2, Arapahoe 1 – Caleb Ballard scored for the Warriors, ranked ninth in Class 5A, but Arapahoe dropped an overtime decision on April 9.

Lutheran 6, Prospect Ridge Academy 1 – Garret Thom tallied two goals and also had an assist in a victory on April 6. Chris Furst and Jon Randall had the Lions’ goals in a 2-0 triumph over Faith Christian on April 9.

Littleton 2, Conifer 1 – The Lions topped the .500 mark at 4-3-1 with a win over Conifer on April 10.

Girls volleyball Mountain Vista 3, Lakewood 0 – The Golden Eagles, the top-ranked Class 5A team in the CHSAANow. com poll, remained unbeaten with a non-league victory over the Tigers on April 8.

Chaparral 2, Douglas County 0 – Savannah Salter had nine kills and Mackenzie Rice 15 assists as Chap,

the state second ranked Class 5A team, earned an April 6 win.

Cherry Creek 3, Arapahoe 1 – The fourth-ranked Bruins lost the first set but came back to notch a victory over the Warriors.

Legend 2, Highlands Ranch 0 – Rylie Kadel had eight kills with a .462 hitting percentage and Peyton Dunn contributed 23 assists in a win on April 6 for the ninth-ranked Titans.

Lutheran 3, Kent Denver 0 – Sophomore Audrey Brgoch had 10 kills, nine digs, three aces and a block in a victory on April 8. Lutheran is the state’s second-ranked Class 3A team.

Douglas County 3, Bear Creek 1 – Bailey Nichols with 11 kills, Caty Clancy with 21 digs and Halle Feth with 37 assists paced a win on April 5.

Columbine 3, Valor Christian 1 – Valor freshman Delaney Russell had 12 kills and 20 digs while Stevie Vigil SEE ROUNDUP, P32

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LEGEND KEEPS GAME UNDER CONTROL Legend’s Saul Peralta (3) threads the ball between Heritage defenders Edson Jimenez (7) and Charlie Littrell (10). The Titans ended up on top with a score of 2-1 on April 10 at the Eagles home field.

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Field hockey Cherry Creek 6, Grandview 1 – Ella Pratt had two goals and an assist as the second-ranked Bruins collected a win on April 8.

Arapahoe 7, Cheyenne Mountain 1 – The Warriors recorded their first win of the season on April 7.

Mountain Vista 5, Dakota Ridge 0 – Lucy Munro and Lauren DosSantos each had two goals in an April 8 victory.

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Public Trustees COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0003-2021 To W hom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On January 12, 2021, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

Original G rantor(s) Dave H. Lynch Original eneficiary(ies) Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as eneficiaiy, as nominee for Provident Funding Associates, L.P., its successors and assigns Current Holder of Evidence of Debt Loan Care, LLC Date of Deed of Trust April 20, 2007 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust April 26, 2007 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) B7052776 Original Principal Amount $ 115,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $ 89,035.86 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 18, Block 3, Southbridge Filing No. 4, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado.

Also known by street and number as: 7874 South Windermere Circle, Littleton, CO 80120.

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.

HEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on W ednesday, 05/12/2021, 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 G rantor(s), G rantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 3/18/2021 Last Publication: 4/15/2021 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 EX TENDED; DATE: 01/12/2021 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: Amanda Ferguson # 893 Heather Deere #28597 oni M. Owan #30580 Halliday, W atkins & Mann, PC 355 Union Blvd., Ste. 250, Lakewood, CO 80228 (303) 274-0155 Attorney File # CO10113 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. 0003-2021 First Publication: 3/18/2021 Last Publication: 4/15/2021 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0002-2021

Brian K. McHugh and Melissa A. McHugh Original eneficiary(ies) Mmigage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as beneficiary, as nominee for Home123 Corporation, a California Corporation, its successors and assigns Current Holder of Evidence of Debt Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, as rustee for the benefit of the Freddie Mac Seasoned Loans Structured Transaction Trust, Series 2019-3 Date of Deed of Trust September 23, 2005 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust October 04, 2005 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) B5149285 Original Principal Amount $ 355,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $ 298,857.18 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 6, BLOCK 5, FOUR LAKES SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 6, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 1732 East Phillips Avenue, Centennial, CO 80122.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. If applicable, a description of any changes to the deed of trust described in the notice of election and demand pursuant to affidavit as allowed by statutes: C.R.S.§ 38-35-109(5) LEGAL DESCRIPTION HAS BEEN CORRECTED

BY SCRIVENER' S AFFIDAVIT RECORDED 12/28/2020 AT RECEPTION NO. E0182443 IN THE RECORDS OF ARAPAHOE COUNTY. 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.

HEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on W ednesday, 05/12/2021, 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 G rantor(s), G rantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 3/18/2021 Last Publication: 4/15/2021 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 EX TENDED; DATE: 01/08/2021 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: Amanda Ferguson # 893 Heather Deere #28597 oni M. Owan #30580 Halliday, W atkins & Mann, PC 355 Union Blvd., Ste. 250, Lakewood, CO 80228 (303) 274-0155 Attorney File # CO10753 The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. © Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015 Legal Notice No. 0002-2021 First Publication: 3/18/2021 Last Publication: 4/15/2021 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent

City and County Public Notice

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

CITY OF CENTENNIAL NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING AN APPLICATION FOR A BEER & WINE APPLICATION APRIL 26, 2021

On January 8, 2021, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

Notice is hereby given that the Centennial Liquor Licensing Authority will conduct a public hearing on Monday, April 26, 2021 at 9:00 a.m., via V irtual Meeting, to consider an application for

Dated: April 5, 2021 on the front steps of the Arapahoe County legals@coloradocommunitymedia.com WIN EN URG, LEFF, PUR IS PAYNE, LLP Sheriff s Office, Civil Unit, located at 13101 East

ine License for Bombo’s Bar LLC ar, located at 7300 S. Fraser St. Centennial, CO 80112 The applicant is an LLC: Bombo’ s Bar LLC 74 Grove St., Denver, CO 80219

Public comment will be heard at the virtual hearing or written communications regarding the issuance of this license may be submitted to the Liquor License Administrator, via email at ccooney@ centennialco.gov by no later than April 26, 2021 at 8:00 a.m.

By order of Barbara Setterlind, City Clerk April 8, 2021.

Legal Notice No. 525105-60167 First Publication: April 15, 2021 Last Publication: April 15, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent and the Centennial Citize n

ravis . eenan, # 135 Attorney for Plaintiff This summons is issued pursuant to Rule 4, C.R.C.P., as amended.

WARNING: A ALID SUMMONS MAY E ISSUED Y A LAWYER AND I NEED NO CON AIN A COUR CASE NUM ER, HE SIGNA URE OF A COUR OFFICER, OR A COUR SEAL. YOU ARE RESPONSI LE FOR CON AC ING HE COUR O O AIN FUR HER INFORMA ION. YOU MUS RESPOND AS EXPLAINED IN HIS SUMMONS. Legal Notice No. 525093 First Publication: April 15, 2021 Last Publication: May 13, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice

Bids and Settlements

THE STATE OF UTAH TO DEFENDANT TIDEWATER OIL AND GAS, LLC:

Public Notice

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to filed an Answer in writing to the Complaint filed in the Third Judicial District Court for the State of Utah entitled Pinnacle Potash International, Ltd. v. Tidewater Oil & G as, LLC, Civil No. 200903507, with the Clerk of the Court, 450 South State Street, P.O. Box 1860, Salt Lake City, UT 84114-1860, and to mail a copy to JOHN W . ANDREW S, SNELL & W ILMER, LLP, 15 W est South Temple, Suite 1200, Salt Lake City, Utah 84101, within thirty (30) days of [date of last publication]. IF YOU FAIL O DO SO, udgment by default will be taken against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint, which is available by request from the above-named counsel, and which by order of the Court is deemed served upon you.

NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT – CP-22 – Goddard Middle School Broken Water Line Repair Notice is hereby given that Littleton Public Schools in the county of Arapahoe will on May 18, 2021 pay retainage and make final settlement with JHL Constructors, Inc. for CP-22 Goddard Middle School Broken Water Line Repair. Any person, co-partnership, association of persons, company or corporation that has furnished labor, material, team hire, sustenance, provisions, provender or other supplies used or consumed by JHL Constructors, Inc. or any other contractors or subcontractors in or about the performance of the work contracted to be done or that supplies, rental machinery, tools, or equipment to the extent used in the prosecution of the work whose claim has not been paid, may at any time up to and including the time of final settlement, file a erified Statement of Claim with the amount due and unpaid on account of such claim with the Board of Education to Littleton Public Schools at the school district’s Property Management Department, 5776 S. Crocker Street, Littleton, CO. 80120 on or before May 18, 2021. Final Settlement will be made and verified claims must be timely filed with Littleton Public Schools. Failure on the part of the claimant to file such statement prior to or on the established date will relieve the School District from any and all liability for such claim, Dated: April 15, 2021.

Legal Notice No. 525108 First Publication: April 15, 2021 Last Publication: April 15, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Summons and Sheriff Sale Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO Court Address: 7325 S. Potomac Street, Centennial, CO 80112 Case No.: 2020CV32252 Division: 202 Plaintiff: APPLE VALLEY EAST CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, INC., a Colorado nonprofit corporation vs.

Defendants: AISHA N. PALMER; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC.; STEARNS LENDING, LLC; and PUBLIC TRUSTEE OF THE COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE Counsel for Plaintiff: WIN EN URG, LEFF, PUR IS PAYNE, LLP ravis . eenan, # 135 travis.keenan@vf-law.com 8020 Shaffer Parkway, Suite 300 Littleton, CO 80127 Phone Number: (303) 863-1872 SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION The People of the State of Colorado To the Defendants named above: You are hereby summoned and re uired to appear and defend against the claims of the complaint filed with the court in this action, by filing with the clerk of this court an answer or other response.

You are re uired to file your answer or other response within 35 days after the service of this summons upon you. Service of this summons shall be complete on the day of the last publication.

A copy of the complaint may be obtained from the clerk of the court.

Please take notice that the complaint requests foreclosure of a statutory and contractual lien against the property commonly known as 89 Nome Way #D, Aurora, CO 80012, as well as udgment for past-due assessments and late fees, together with attorney fees and costs, in the amount of $ 21,229.40 as of April 5, 2021, plus all amounts coming due after the filing of the complaint.

If you fail to file your answer or other response to the complaint in writing within 35 days after the date of the last publication, udgment by default may be rendered against you by the court for the relief demanded in the complaint without further notice. his is an action originally filed November 19, 2020, and published in the Littleton Independent beginning April 15, 2021, and ending May 13, 2021.

Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO Court Address: 7325 S. Potomac Street, #100 Centennial, CO 80112 Case Number: 2020CV031924 Div.: Crtm.: SHERIFF’ S COMBINED NOTICE OF SALE Plaintiff: FIRST VILLAGE EAST APARTMENT HOMES ASSOCIATION, INC., a Colorado non profit corporation Defendants: MARSHALL H. LYONS, JR.; SU RYDEN AS PUBLIC TRUSTEE FOR ARAPAHOE COUNTY; Q UICKEN LOANS, INC.; MIDLAND FUNDING, LLC; PORTFOLIO RECOVERY ASSOCIATES, LLC; CAPITAL ONE BANK USA, N.A.; DISCOVER BANK; SUE SANDSTROM AS TREASURER FOR ARAPAHOE COUNTY; UNKNOWN TENANT(S) IN POSSESSION.

Original Lienee(s): Marshall H. Lyons, Jr. Original Lienor: First illage East Apartment Homes Association, Inc. Current Holder of the evidence of debt: First illage East Apartment Homes Association, Inc. Date of Lien being foreclosed: May 9, 2019 Date of Recording of Lien being foreclosed: May 14, 2019 County of Recording: Arapahoe Recording Information: D9044058 Original Principal Balance of the secured indebtedness: $ 4,484.06 Outstanding Principal Balance of the secured indebtedness as of the date hereof: $ 11,136.83 Amount of Default Judgment: $ 9,716.83 Description of property to be foreclosed: Lot 153, Block 1, Hallcraft’s Village East Apartment Homes Filing No. 1, according to the official plat thereof, filed for record with the Clerk and Recorder of Arapahoe County, Colorado on June 26, 1972 in Plat Book 22 at Page 56 of the records of said Clerk and recorder; together with appurtenant easements designated as Easement No. 3 of Hallcraft’s Village East Apartment Homes Filing No. 1 Easement Location Map, filed for record with the Clerk and recorder of Arapahoe County, Colorado on April 19, 1973 in Book 24 at Page 30 of the records of the said Clerk and recorder, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado.

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

NOTICE OF SALE HEREFORE, NO ICE IS HERE Y GI EN that I will, at 10 o' clock A.M., on June 10, 2021,

Stephane R. Dupont he Dupont Law Firm, LLC PO Box 1073 Castle Rock, CO 80104 (720) 644-6115 THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMA ION O AINED MAY E USED FOR HA PURPOSE. Date: March 9, 2021.

Tyler S. Brown Arapahoe County Sheriff Arapahoe County, Colorado By: Sgt. Trent Steffa, Deputy Sheriff Legal Notice No. 525026 First Publication: April 15, 2021 Last Publication: May 13, 2021 Published In: Littleton Independent 750 W . Hampden Ave., Suite 225 Englewood, Colorado, 80110

1)Name of Person Filing: Lucas Carrillo Mailing Address: PO Box 1101 City, State, Zip Code: Lake Havasu City, AZ 86405 Daytime/Evening Phone Number: (602) 635-7983 2) Lucas Carrillo, Plaintiff 3) Case Number: CV -2020-07064 AND 4) Marian & Marquertte Drobniewski Defendant(s) AND Mohave County Treasurer SUPERIOR COUR OF ARI ONA MOHA E COUN Y FROM HE S A E OF ARI ONA O: Marian & Marquertte Drobniewski AND Mohave County Treasurer 1. A lawsuit has been filed against you. A copy of the lawsuit and other court papers are served on you with this Summons.

Under an Amended Order on Motion for Default Judgment of Foreclosure and Order and Decree of Foreclosure issued on February 2, 2021 in the above- captioned action, I am ordered to sell certain real property as follows:

THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

The name, address and telephone number of each of the attorneys representing the holder of the evidence of the debt is as follows:

SUMMONS

Legal Notice No. 525059 First Publication: April 1, 2021 Last Publication: April 29, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

HE PROPER Y O E FORECLOSED AND DESCRI ED HEREIN IS ALL OF HE PROPER Y CURREN LY ENCUM ERED Y THE LIEN.

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

Public Notice

DATED THIS 17th day of March 2021.

Also known as: 13171 East Louisiana Avenue, Aurora, CO 80012

Broncos Parkway, Centennial, CO 80112, 720874-3845, to sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property described above, and all interest of said G rantor and the heirs and assigns of said G rantor, for the purpose of paying the udgment amount entered herein, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

2. If you do not want a udgment or order taken against you without your input, you must file an “Answer” or a “Response” in writing with the Court, and pay the filing fee. If you do not file an “Answer” or “Response” the other party may be given the relief requested in his or her Petition or Complaint. o file your Answer or Response take, or send, the “Answer” or “Response” to the Office of the Cler of the Superior Court, East Spring Street, Kingman, AZ 86401 (P.O. Box 7000, Kingman, AZ 86402-7000) or the Office of the Cler of the Superior Court, Trane Road, Bullhead City, AZ 86442, or Office of the Clerk of the Superior Court, 2001 College Drive, Lake Havasu City, AZ 86404. Mail a copy of your “Answer” or “Response” to the other party at the address listed on the top of this Summons.

3. If you were served within the State of Arizo na, your Response or Answer must be filed within WEN Y (20) CALENDAR DAYS, starting the day after you were served. If you were served outside the State of Arizo na, your “Response” must be filed within HIR Y (30) CALENDAR DAYS, starting the day after you were served. Service by Publication is complete (30) days after the date of the first publication.

4. Requests for reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities must be made to the office of the udge or commissioner assigned to the case, at least (3) three days before your scheduled court date.

SIGNED AND SEALED this date: August 27th, 2020 VIRLYNN TINNELL, Clerk of the Superior Court By: Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No.525050 First Publication: March 25, 2021 Last Publication: April 15, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Notice to Creditors Public Notice PUBLICATION NOTICE TO CREDITORS STATE OF COLORADO COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE IN THE MATTER OF ELIZABETH GRACE SITES KUHLMAN DECEASED, DOB 01/05/1928 ELIZABETH G. KUHLMAN LIVING TRUST DATED 03/31/1993, and any amendments thereto

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Public Notices TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Your interest in this matter may be barred or affected by the following: The decedent, ELIZABETH GRACE SITES KUHLMAN, who lived at 6448 S. Hudson St., Centennial, CO 80121, died on 12/27/2020.

There is no probate estate.

Creditors of the deceased are notified that all claims against the individual or the trust estate will be forever barred unless presented to HENRY NELSON KUHLMAN, Trustee, whose address is listed below, within 4 months of the publication of this notice.

This notice is published pursuant to MCL 700.7608 and MCL 700.3801. There is no personal representative of the settlor’s estate to whom letters of administration have been issued.

Notice is further given that trust assets will be thereafter assigned and distributed to the persons entitled to them.

Henry Nelson Kuhlman, Trustee 10805 Millington Lane, Richmond, VA 23238 Legal Notice No. 525086 First Publication: April 15, 2021 Last Publication: April 15, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

8089 S. Lincoln Street, Suite 201 Littleton, CO 80122 Attorney for Kurt Rickard Hulse Personal Representative Legal Notice No. 525079 First Publication: April 8, 2021 Last Publication: April 22, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Mary Elizabeth Graski, a/k/a Mary E. Graski, a/k/a Mary Graski, Mary Elizabeth Kress, a/k/a Mary E. Kress, a/k/a Mary Kress, Deceased Case Number: 21PR30373 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 September 16, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Myka M. Landry, Attorney for Personal Representative Lynne Marlene Eschbach PO Box 2276 Elizabeth, Colorado 80107 Legal Notice No. 525097 First Publication: April 15, 2021 Last Publication: April 29, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Public Notice

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Florence Elinor Lipski, aka Florence E. Lipski, aka Florence Lipski, Deceased Case Number: 21PR30280

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Mark Thomas Troxler, a/k/a Mark Tom Troxler, a/k/a Mark T. Troxler, a/k/a Mark Troxler, a/k/a Tom Troxler, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR030098.

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before August 2, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

John C. Lipski, Personal Representative 7338 S. Steele Circle Centennial, CO 80122 Legal Notice No. 525060 First Publication: April 1, 2021 Last Publication: April 15, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of William McCutcheon Congdon, aka William M. Congdon, aka William Congdon, aka Bill McCutcheon Congdon, aka Bill M. Congdon, aka Bill Congdon, Deceased Case Number: 21PR30261 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before August 9, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Alexander T. Congdon Personal Representative P.O. Box 136 Crestone, CO 81131 Legal Notice No. 525083 First Publication: April 8, 2021 Last Publication: April 22, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Ronald Takata, Deceased Case Number: 2021 PR 30326 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 August 1, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Tracy A. Tirey, Attorney for the Personal Representative Nancy K. Banks c/o Tracy A. Tirey Tirey Law Firm LLC 12021 Pennsylvania St., Ste 103 Thornton, CO 80241 Legal Notice No. 525058 First Publication: April 1, 2021 Last Publication: April 15, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Aloma Ann Kirby, also known as Aloma A. Kirby, Deceased, Case Number: 2021PR30226 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before August 8, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

David S. Salsbury, Attorney for Estate 6855 S. Havana St., Suite 580 Centennial, CO 80112 Legal Notice No. 525081 First Publication: April 8, 2021 Last Publication: April 22, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before August 16, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Terry Ehrlich, #13213 Attorney for Personal Representative 7691 Shaffer Parkway, Suite A Littleton, CO 80127 Legal Notice No. 525107 First Publication: April 15, 2021 Last Publication: April 29, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Richard D. Vogel, Deceased Case Number: 21PR30374 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before August 16, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Daniel Vogel, Personal Representative c/o Jackson Kelly PLLC 1099 18th Street, Suite 2150 Denver, CO 80202 Legal Notice No. 525109 First Publication: April 15, 2021 Last Publication: April 29, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Denise Winters Pentico, A/K/A Denise W. Pentico, A/K/A Denise Pentico, Deceased Case Number: 21PR30350 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before August 9, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Christopher D. Pentico Personal Representative 384 Kathleen Circle Grand Junction, CO 81501 Legal Notice No. 525082 First Publication: April 8, 2021 Last Publication: April 22, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Ray D. Butler, aka Ray DuBois Butler, Jr., aka Ray DuBouis Butler, Deceased Case Number: 21 PR 30312 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 August 2, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Person Giving Notice: Alicia A. Samuelson c/o Lauren Beversluis, Esq. P.O. Box 771242 Steamboat Springs, Colorado 80477 Legal Notice No. 525069 First Publication: April 1, 2021 Last Publication: April 15, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Public Notice

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of James Darwin Hulse, a/k/a James D. Hulse, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR30258

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Linda Rae Anunti, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR30357

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before August 9, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado, on or before Monday, August 16, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Ryan B. Scott, Atty. Reg. #36741 The Law Office of Ryan B. Scott, LLC

Respectfully submitted:

YOUNG LAW FIRM, L.L.C.: /S/ James E. Young Original signature on file at the offices of Young Law Firm, L.L.C. per C.R.C.P. Rule 121 § 1-26 James E. Young Young Law Firm, LLC 7200 E. Dry Creek Road, Unit F-203 Centennial, CO 80112 303-996-4377 James.young@ylfllc.com Legal Notice No. 525096 First Publication: April 15, 2021 Last Publication: April 29, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of DONALD JACK FURMAN, a/k/a Donald J. Furman, a/k/a Donald Furman, and Jack Furman, Deceased Case Number: 21PR30329 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 August 9, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before August 16, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

James N. Kasperek, Personal Representative 2305 Harbor Cliff Dr. Las Vegas, NV 89128 Legal Notice No. 525071 First Publication: April 1, 2021 Last Publication: April 15, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Date: April 27, 2021 Time: 8:00 A.M. Address: 7325 S. Potomac Street, Centennial, CO 80112 The hearing will take approximately [x] day Legal Notice No. 525078 First Publication: April 8, 2021 Last Publication: April 22, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Public Notice

Name Changes

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of STEVEN C. DEAUTREMONT, a/k/a STEVEN CHARLES DEAUTREMONT, a/k/a STEVEN DEAUTREMONT, a/k/a STEVE C. DEAUTREMONT, a/k/a STEVE CHARLES DEAUTREMONT, and a/k/a STEVE DEAUTREMONT, Deceased Case Number: 2021 PR 30375

Public Notice OF PETITION FOR CHANGE OF NAME

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 August 16, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Public Notice is given on March 24, 2021 that a Petition for a Change of Name of a Minor Child has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

The Petition requests that the name of Cadence Renee Johnson be changed to Cadence Renee Barreiro.

By: Clerk of Court/Deputy Clerk

Debra A. Conroy, Esq. KELLER LAW, LLC Attorneys for Personal Representative 584 Yampa Avenue Craig, CO 81625

Co-Personal Representatives: Loralie G. Morris, a/k/a Loralie G. DeAutremont, and Kevin Stewart DeAutremont c/o Jessica L. Broderick, Esq. Sherman & Howard L.L.C. 633 Seventeenth Street, Ste. 3000 Denver, Colorado 80202

Legal Notice No. 525072 First Publication: April 1, 2021 Last Publication: April 15, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Legal Notice No. 525057 First Publication: April 1, 2021 Last Publication: April 15, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Legal Notice No. 525095 First Publication: April 15, 2021 Last Publication: April 29, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Public notice is given on March 30, 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

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Neil R. Kasperek, a/k/a Neil Raymond Kasperek, a/k/a Neil Kasperek, Deceased Case Number: 21PR30331

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Nelson William Vetanze, aka Nelson W. Vetanze, aka Nelson Vetanze, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR30358

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before August 16, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before August 9, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

James N. Kasperek, Personal Representative 2305 Harbor Cliff Drive Las Vegas, NV 89128

Deborah Vetanze, Personal Representative c/o Patrick A. Schilken, P.C 7936 E. Arapahoe Court, NO. 2800 Centennial, Colorado 80130

Legal Notice No. 525070 First Publication: April 1, 2021 Last Publication: April 15, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice

The petition requests that the name of Megan Dahri Slater be changed to Megan Dahri Young Case No.: 21 C 100172 By: Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk

Public notice is given on February 3, 2021, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

Legal Notice No. 525090 First Publication: April 8, 2021 Last Publication: April 22, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

The petition requests that the name of Merelee Anne Syron-Whitcomb be changed to Merelee Anne Whitcomb Case No.: 21 C 100081

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Mary Ruth Lego, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR30365

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before August 8, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

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

David S. Salsbury, Attorney for Estate 6855 S. Havana St., Suite 580 Centennial, CO 80112

Loretta Kennedy, Personal Representative 4039 E. Caley Circle Centennial, Colorado 80121

Legal Notice No. 525080 First Publication: April 8, 2021 Last Publication: April 22, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Legal Notice No. 525092 First Publication: April 15, 2021 Last Publication: April 29, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Public Notice

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of WILLIAM GARY WHEELER, a/k/a William G. Wheeler, a/k/a William Wheeler, a/k/a Bill Gary Wheeler, a/k/a Bill G. Wheeler, a/k/a Bill Wheeler, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR30320

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Richard Duane Kilzer, aka Richard D. Kilzer, aka Richard Kilzer, aka Rick D. Kilzer, aka Rick Kilzer, Deceased Case Number: 21PR30363

Deborah L. Adams, Personal Representative 255 Coolidge Court Bennett, Colorado 80102 Legal Notice No. 525061 First Publication: April 1, 2021 Last Publication: April 15, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Legal Notice No.525103 First Publication: April 15, 2021 Last Publication: April 29, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

PUBLIC NOTICE

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Sarah J. Baxa, aka Sarah Baxa, Deceased Case Number: 2021 PR 30369

District Court, Arapahoe County, Colorado Court Address: 7325 S. Potomac Street Centennial, CO 80112

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 August 16, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Wendy S. Shaw, Personal Representative 1120 County Road 7 Craig, Colorado 81625 Legal Notice No. 525106 First Publication: April 15, 2021 Last Publication: April 29, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice

By: Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No. 525094 First Publication: April 15, 2021 Last Publication: April 29, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on April 5, 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 Delice Maombi Ndagijimana be changed to Delice Maombi Turikumwe Case No.: 21 C 100195 By: Kathleen Jaushi Magistrate Legal Notice No. 525102 First Publication: April 15, 2021 Last Publication: April 29, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before August 16, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Deborah A. Kilzer, Personal Representative c/o Katz, Look & Onorato, P.C. 1120 Lincoln St., #1100 Denver, CO 80203

PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of James Gordon Nussbaum, also known as James G. Nussbaum, Deceased, Case Number: 2021PR30278

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before August 2, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Legal Notice No. 525087 First Publication: April 8, 2021 Last Publication: April 22, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent ______________________________________

Adoption / Guardianship Public Notice District Court Arapahoe County, Colorado Court Address: 7325 South Potomac Street Centennial, Colorado 80112 In the Matter of the Petition of: Frank Tallman, III (name of person seeking to adopt) For the Adoption of a Child Case Number: 2020 JA 61 Division 22: NOTICE OF HEARING To: Nicolas Tinajero Pursuant to §19-5-208, C.R.S., you are hereby notified that the above-named Petitioner(s) has/ have filed in this Court a verified Petition seeking to adopt a child.

In the Matter of the Estate of: SARAH JO EVERETT, aka SARAH EVERETT, aka SARAH J. EVERETT, Deceased.

[x] If applicable, 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.

Pauline D. Everett; 8729 Forrest Drive Highlands Ranch, CO 80126 Phone Number: 860-302-4522 E-mail: pdeny05@gmail.com FAX Number: n/a Atty. Reg. #: n/a Case Number: 2020PR384

You are further notified that an Adoption hearing is set on June 17, 2021, at 1:30 p.m. in the court location identified above.

NOTICE OF HEARING BY PUBLICATION PURSUANT TO § 15-10-401, C.R.S. To: Whom it may concern Last Known Address, if any:

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Karen L. Kasperek, a/k/a Karen Lynn Kasperek, a/k/a Karen Kasperek, Deceased Case Number: 21PR30330

A hearing on Petition for Deeds of Distribution for this court to order that she, as Personal Representative, execute two deeds of distribution for Sarah Jo Everett’s (the “Decedent”) real property owned by her at the time of her death to the Decedent’s daughter and devisee, Pauline D. Everett.

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of

will be held at the following time and location or at a later date to which the hearing may be continued:

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(s).

Legal Notice No. 525098 First Publication: April 15, 2021 Last Publication: May 13, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

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