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VOLUME 76 | ISSUE 27

City council sends developer back to drawing board Council votes 5-2 against rezoning at Mineral and Santa Fe, developer ‘shocked and heartbroken’

BY DAVID GILBERT DGILBERT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Crabapple trees bloom beside the Littleton Cemetery along the Crabapple Route, a seven-mile loop south of Littleton Boulevard bursting with more than 7,000 blooming trees. The route was in full glory in early May, filling the air with one of Mother Nature’s PHOTO BY DAVID GILBERT sweetest perfumes.

Littleton City Council sent a developer back to the drawing board on May 4, voting 5-2 to reject a rezoning plan from Evergreen Devco to build a sprawling mixed-use project at the southwest corner of Mineral Avenue and Santa Fe Drive.

Evergreen, Planning Commission and city staff spent more than three years hashing out the plan for a development called RiverPark, which was slated to include 270 multifamily residential units, a 170-bed senior housing facility, two restaurants, three “quick service” restaurants, three shops and a gas station.

Planning for the 33-acre site, which Evergreen bought for $6.5 million in 2017, culminated in a rezoning proposal that sought to reverse the parcel’s 1985-vintage zoning, which called for commercial development by the river and residential development beside the highway.

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Keeping the community in Colorado Community Media

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ast week in this space you were able to hear from Ann and Jerry Healey, who have entrusted their collection of 24 community newspapers to us at the newly formed Colorado News Conservancy.

This week, as the new owners and operators of this newspaper, we want to give you an opportunity to hear directly from us and learn about our plans.

With an eye toward retirement, grandkids and new adventures, Ann and Jerry sold Colorado Community Media to the Conservancy.

The Conservancy is a partnership between the National Trust for Local News and The Colorado Sun, a local digital news organization that some of you may already know.

We were aided by a network of Colorado organizations who share our commitment to keeping newspapers in local hands and to ensuring that you continue to benefit from the unique, hyperlocal coverage that you have come to expect from this newspaper and the others in the CCM family. One of the Colorado Community Media newspapers has been serving its community for more than 150 years, and others have decades of history. We feel a deep responsibility to continue that legacy and ensure your paper is still providing quality news and information for decades to come, as well as bringing the businesses

From left, Elizabeth Hansen Shapiro and Lillian Ruiz, co-founders of the National Trust for Local News, and Larry Ryckman, editor-in-chief of The Colorado Sun, are leaders of the Colorado News Conservancy partnership that has purchased Colorado Community Media.

that provide the core financial support for these publications together with readers in the local communities they serve.

So what will change, and what won’t?

We’ve already heard those questions from readers and local business owners who feel strong ties to the reporters, editors, sales staff and others who bring the news to you.

For starters, we are seeking to fill the big shoes of Jerry Healey

in the role of publisher. We are looking for someone who is as passionate about community and local service as Jerry has been.

We are so grateful that he has agreed to stay on this month to help ensure we have a smooth transition.

We do not plan the staff cutbacks, cost-cutting or layoffs that have become far too common in the news business these days. In fact, we are looking to bolster the fine work already being done to serve you, the readers and supporters of this paper. Our job is to keep your local media strong and growing.

The Colorado Community Media name will stay the same, as will the name of the newspaper you know and trust. The same goes for the phone numbers, email addresses and the website of your paper. You can reach out to the hardworking people here at the paper in the same ways you always have.

We purchased Colorado Community Media because we are

‘We feel a deep responsibility to continue that legacy and ensure your paper is still providing quality news and information for decades to come.’

ABOUT THE COLORADO NEWS CONSERVANCY The Colorado News Conservancy is a public benefit corporation formed to preserve Colorado Community Media and ensure that its 24 weekly and monthly newspapers remain locally owned.

The Conservancy is a joint venture by the National Trust for Local News and The Colorado Sun. The Trust is a new, national nonprofit organization formed to provide the financing, new ownership structures and expertise needed for established news organizations around the country to become sustainable and deeply grounded in their communities. The Sun is a journalist-owned, award-winning digital news outlet that strives to cover all of Colorado, bring understanding to important issues and contribute to a more vibrant, informed and whole Colorado.

To contact us, call 303-566-4100 or email CNC@ColoradoCommunityMedia. com.

committed to serving our readers, our local businesses and our communities and to sustaining the important community role played by these papers.

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May 13, 2021

New leader coming to community college Dr. Stephanie Fujii understands the struggles of non-traditional students

BY DAVID GILBERT DGILBERT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Dr. Stephanie Fujii wasn’t always sure college was right for her. But when she takes the helm of Arapahoe Community College as its new president on July 12, she says it’s exactly where she wants to be.

“I was an average student in high school,” said Fujii, currently the Vice President of Academic Affairs at Scottsdale Community College in Arizona.

“I went to college and Fujii struggled. I failed college algebra three times. I didn’t believe in myself, and I prepared to drop out.”

But when she went to faculty advisers, they encouraged her to believe in herself and hold herself accountable. Though she still switched her major a few times, the sense of belonging she developed showed her what college can do for struggling people.

In the years that followed, Fujii earned degrees in communications and counseling at the University of Nevada and a Ph.D in leadership and policy studies from Arizona State. But it was a career in community colleges where she found her calling.

“I fell in love with the social justice mission of community college,” she said. “We take all students, regardless of background.

We don’t just take them — we want them. We don’t expect you to be perfect. We’re here because we believe in the potential of those who come through the door.”

Fujii said she has thrived in academic affairs, though she is excited to shift her focus from internal college workings to greater collaboration with a larger community.

“How do we meet the need in our area?” said Fujii, who already refers to ACC as “our” campus.

“I’m looking forward to finding out what’s possible in terms of internships and scholarships.”

She was one of four finalists for the ACC presidency, the others being Dr. Marta Cronin, the president of Columbia Gorge Community College, Dr. Michael Gavin, the vice president of learning at Anne Arundel Community College and Dr. Michael Laliberte, the president of the State University of New York at Delhi.

Fujii was selected after a sixmonth nationwide search led by a nine-member advisory committee.

She was also recently named one of three finalists for the presidency of the Community College of Aurora this spring.

ACC’s current president, Dr. Di-

ana Doyle, plans to step down this summer after 11 years leading the institution.

There’s already a lot to love about the ACC system, Fujii said, praising the Automotive Technology Center at the Littleton campus, the Sturm Collaboration Campus in Castle Rock, and the growing Parker campus.

Fujii doesn’t have specific plans for her new role at ACC just yet, saying it’s not the duty of a new president to upend things.

“I wouldn’t have applied if I didn’t believe in the college’s mission and vision,” she said.

Still, she said, it’s clear that she will be tasked with guiding the school into the future as the COVID crisis ebbs.

“COVID has illuminated inequities among our most vulnerable populations,” she said. “This is a calling more than ever for community colleges to step in and lead the courageous work of delivering education that will yield good outcomes for students in terms of wages and opportunities. We’ve got to close those equity gaps.”

Despite the COVID crisis, ACC saw an increase in enrollment in fall 2020, according to school figures. The ACC system counted 2,594 full-time equivalent students in fall 2020, in keeping with a steady increase in recent years. The number fell slightly to 2,540 in the spring semester.

Doyle, the current president, said she is proud of how ACC handled the COVID crisis — and sees lessons for the future.

The school kept its childcare center open through the pandemic, providing a lifeline to students, she said, and provided food assistance and grocery vouchers to students who lost jobs. The school was able to provide laptops and iPads to students who couldn’t afford them.

But the big lesson was finding out just how much educational material could be delivered online, easing the burden on students to travel to campus.

“We’d love to keep providing more delivery methods for classes,” Doyle said. “We’ve had a robust online program for a while, but this really increased our flexibility.”

Doyle listed the ACC system’s numerous successes during her tenure, including the Sturm campus, new science labs at the Parker campus, the development of three bachelor’s degree programs, the founding of a veterans’ service center, and an increase in the number of students of color.

Doyle said she’s “looking for new adventures” after she leaves ACC, such as traveling or working as a consultant. “I’m not ready for the rocking chair yet,” she said.

Doyle said the hardest part about leaving will be bidding farewell to her talented colleagues.

“Some of the best professionals I’ve worked with in 43 years in higher education are here at ACC,” she said. “I want to thank them all for making me a better president.”

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May 13, 2021

Democrats introduce bill for transportation fees Fuel purchases, deliveries, rideshare trips could see added costs

BY JESSE PAUL THE COLORADO SUN

Colorado Democrats formally rolled out their massive transportation fee-implementation and spending bill on May 4 with support from top business leaders and two Republicans, saying 2021 is the year to finally tackle the Holy Grail that is the state’s longstanding infrastructure deficit.

“This is the year we will make it happen,” Senate Majority Leader Steve Fenberg said as Senate Bill 260 was introduced.

The bill would impose new fees on motorists purchasing gasoline and diesel fuel, while also adding additional costs to deliveries, rideshare trips and electric vehicle registrations. The fees would raise about $3.8 billion over the next decade and, paired with an infusion of the Legislature’s general fund, contribute to more than $5 billion on spending.

Colorado Springs Mayor John Suthers and state Sen. Kevin Priola of Henderson were the two Republicans who joined Democrats, including Gov. Jared Polis, at a news conference to announce the legislation.

“As a conservative Republican, I’m not here this afternoon because I’m

a fan of everything going on with the Colorado Legislature these days — far from it,” Suthers said. “But I am here to support this transportation package, because I believe Colorado must move forward to invest in its transportation infrastructure, and this is the best, most collaborative effort that I’ve seen to do so.”

Suthers says he opposed a recent proposal to raise sales taxes to pay for Colorado’s transportation needs, but that he thinks the measure introduced May 4 strikes the best balance possible, making road users pay their fair share and lawmakers open their purse strings.

“While I personally would prefer perhaps a greater contribution of general fund, or more money into highway construction and less into multimodal, I’m a political realist and I understand political compromise,” he said. “And I don’t see a better package coming through the Legislature or the voters anytime soon. And I strongly believe we simply cannot kick this can down the road any longer.”

Mike Kopp, president and CEO of Colorado Concern, and Kelly Brough, president and CEO of the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce, were also at the news conference to voice their support.

Kopp called the measure a “breakthrough step.”

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“It is unconscionable that our lawmakers could even think of moving forward with all the negative feedback they have received with only weeks left in the session to spare,” AFP Colorado State Director Jesse Mallory said in a written statement.

“Coloradans, their families, and their businesses cannot possibly shoulder another financial burden after the pandemic. If our lawmakers can’t carry out the duties of their position and hold themselves accountable to voters, then we will — plain and simple.”

Mallory’s group plans to cosponsor a 2022 ballot measure with Colorado Rising State Action, another conservative group, to give voters

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

A proposal to boost Colorado’s roads and other transportation infrastructure has garnered support from what one south metro Democrat calls a “historic coalition” — but Republican holdouts are sure to voice opposition.

“We have billions coming from the federal government — and possibly billions more from an infrastructure package — and Colorado Democrats decide to impose fees on every Coloradan?” state Sen. Jim Smallwood, a Republican of Parker, said through a spokesperson. “I support funding for roads and bridges, but I oppose this effort. Democrats have avoided investing in our roads and bridges for years, and it’s not right to punish Coloradans for their failures.”

The Democrats’ proposal, Senate Bill 21-260, announced on May 4, would raise about $3.8 billion in new revenue via fees such as the “road usage fee” — essentially a tax on gasoline — that would start at 2 cents per gallon and go up 1 cent annually to 8 cents. It would then be indexed to, or adjusted automatically for, inflation.

Democrats argue the proposal would provide long overdue funds after years of failed legislative attempts and failed ballot measures that asked voters to raise transportation funding.

“This is a reasonable and balanced approach to ensure that neither drivers, nor one particular industry, have to shoulder the entire burden of addressing our inadequate and outdated transportation funding levels,” state Rep. Meg Froelich, an Englewood Democrat, said in a statement.

The funding could support several critical projects in the south Denver metro region, including the Interstate 25 and Belleview

the option to reduce the gasoline tax in response to the Legislature’s fee plan.

Sen. Ray Scott, R-Grand Junction, said during a Colorado Sun forum on transportation funding recently that enacting fees would be “incredibly dangerous to our economy and to the well-being of people in Colorado.”

Scott said his party would instead like to see a quarter of the roughly $4 billion Colorado is receiving from the latest coronavirus relief package used for transportation. “We could solve every fiscal problem — from K-12, to higher ed, to roads and bridges — with this money if we don’t get distracted.”

But Priola and Suthers rejected their fellow conservatives’ argument. Priola said he thinks Senate Bill 260 spreads the burden around fairly, and Suthers — who is also Colorado’s former attorney general — said he is confident the fees are SEE BILL, P21

Avenue interchange (a $22 million project) and a project along I-25 at the Denver Tech Center (costing $10 million), according to Froelich.

Supporters of the proposal have “brought together the business community, transit advocates, labor unions, and local government leaders, Republicans and Democrats alike, to build a historic coalition,” Froelich said in the statement.

“Coloradans are sick and tired of sitting in traffic, replacing flat tires and spending thousands on vehicle repairs because our road conditions are some of the worst in the country,” state Rep. Tom Sullivan, a Democrat of Centennial, said in a statement. “We’re falling behind and losing our competitive edge to our neighboring states that have fixed their transportation funding challenges. This bill will create tens of thousands of good jobs, improve our air quality and modernize our broken transportation funding system.”

Republican state Reps. Kevin Van Winkle, of Highlands Ranch, and Kim Ransom, of Douglas County, did not respond for comment.

Taxes can be spent by the Colorado General Assembly however lawmakers determine, while a fee must be spent on a specific purpose set in state law. In the case of state Senate Bill 21-260, fees would go to funding sources that must spend the money on transportation services directly related to fees, according to a state House Democrats spokesman. For example, the road usage fee will go into the Highway User Tax Fund, and electric vehicle fees will go into an enterprise that supports electric vehicle infrastructure, such as charging stations.

Reporter Elliott Wenzler contributed to this story.

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Colorado to host nation’s first ‘drone soccer’ tournaments Effort takes off in partnership with Wings Over the Rockies, training camps in Centennial area

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

The idea of “drone soccer” may be difficult to picture, but the obscure sport appears poised to make an entrance into the public eye.

“What we’re doing is highly educational and teaches career skills, and that’s really valuable, especially for young people who are figuring out what they want to study,” said Kyle Sanders, the vice president for U.S. Drone Soccer, the national representative for the sport.

Drone soccer is an electronic, educational “e-sport” where participants build, program, learn to fly and repair drones, Sanders said. A team sport, participants play using racing drones surrounded by plastic exoskeletons. In a netted arena with a hoop on either end, teams try to prevent opponents from flying into their hoop by blocking their drones and crashing into them, Sanders said.

The Rocky Mountain State Games — an event that Sanders called the largest multisport event in the state SEE DRONE, P8

In the foreground sits a drone used for drone soccer at a May 1 event. Participants play the game using “racing drones” surrounded COURTESY OF CHRIS WILLIAMS/WESTMINSTER HIGH SCHOOL by plastic exoskeletons.

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DRONE FROM PAGE 6

A participant at a drone soccer event holds a drone used for the game.

COURTESY OF CHRIS WILLIAMS/WESTMINSTER HIGH SCHOOL

— is hosting the first statewide tournament for drone soccer, tentatively set to start July 31 at Coronado High School in Colorado Springs.

The Rocky Mountain games are “like a mini-Olympics,” Sanders said. “That includes for athletes with physical disabilities and other events.”

U.S. Drone Soccer launched in Colorado with the first academic program adopted at Coronado High School, according to the games’ event website.

The upcoming state games will also be the first public tournament in North America for drone soccer, according to Sanders.

“There have been international competitions in other countries,” but nothing in North America, Sanders said. “It’ll be available, there will be competitions, in rest of the country by the end of the year.”

U.S. Drone Soccer is introducing new academic and community leagues across the country and serves as national representatives to the World Air Sports Federation, according to the state games’ event website.

The rise of the sport has also landed it in the Denver metro area, collaborating with Wings Over the Rockies — a nonprofit that works to educate about aviation and space — and the nonprofit’s Exploration of Flight campus, where flight enthusiasts can have fun but also learn about aerospace in general. The

Exploration of Flight campus sits at Centennial Airport in the south metro area.

On May 1, the Exploration of Flight facility hosted what the Wings nonprofit called the first academic competition in North America for high school students, bringing in students from Coronado and Westminster high schools and the Wings Aerospace Pathways program, according to a news release.

On top of that, beginning June 1, drone soccer training camps will take place at the Exploration of Flight facility for students ages 12 to 17 who want to learn to build and fly drones as they prepare for the Rocky Mountain State Games, according to a news release.

New training sessions are to occur from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday to Friday on specific weeks in June and July. Registrants may use Wings’ equipment or purchase discounted equipment, according to the news release.

The intent is for camp participants to play in the state games, said Sanders, who is also a program manager with Wings Over the Rockies.

The drone soccer training camps cost $485 to participate in, but that includes the purchase of the drone equipment, Sanders said. Cost comes to $300 if participants don’t want to keep the equipment. Discounts are available, Sanders added.

Those interested can register at explorationofflight.org/dronesoccercamp.

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Reward increased in unsolved killing Cheerleader Marilee Burt was found dead in 1970; reward upped to $30,000

BY DAVID GILBERT DGILBERT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

More than half a century after she was killed, investigators hope an increased reward will help lead them to the person who murdered Marilee Burt.

Metro Denver Crime Stoppers announced Burt an increase in the reward in the case to $30,000, thanks to anonymous donors.

Burt, 15, was last seen alive walking toward her Columbine Valley home in her cheerleading uniform after a basketball game at Littleton’s Goddard Junior High School on Feb. 26, 1970.

A witness saw a man in a pickup pull over to talk to Burt on Middlefield Road that evening. Her body, nude, strangled, and bearing evidence of sexual assault, was found by a Jefferson County road crew in Deer Creek Canyon the next day.

No one has ever been arrested for the crime, though a DNA profile taken from evidence in 1998 has excluded dozens suspects and persons of interest.

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City council to fill vacancy as Elrod steps down City seeks candidates to fill term until November; Elrod moving to Europe

BY DAVID GILBERT DGILBERT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Littleton City Council has a vacancy to fill, after at-large councilmember Karina Elrod stepped down effective May 9.

Elrod, who was elected to a four-year term in 2017, is leaving the seven-member council as her family is planning to Elrod relocate to Europe, according to a news release.

That leaves city council with just 30 days to fill her seat for the remainder of her term, which

runs through November 2021.

Littleton residents can apply to be appointed to take Elrod’s place on council. Candidates must be a citizen of the United States, at least 21 years old, and a registered voter in Littleton for at least the prior 12 months before the election.

Because Elrod serves at-large, her replacement can come from any district in Littleton.

Citizens interested in the seat can send a letter of interest and resume to City Clerk Colleen Norton at cccn@littletongov.org, due no later than 5 p.m. on May 17. For more information, call Norton at 303-795-3780.

Interviews will be held beginning May 19, with a decision required by law no later than June 8.

In a statement, Elrod said she is proud of the “pivotal work that has been accomplished during

my tenure,” including the ratification of the city’s 2019 Comprehensive Plan and Transportation Master Plan, to the creation of the Arts and Culture Commission and Transportation Mobility Board.

“I am extremely grateful to our citizens, business community, fellow council members and city staff, having entrusted me in this role for the past 3 1/2 years,” Elrod said in a statement. “Planting the seeds for a future Littleton is a responsibility we all have in this role. I can not only look back at what was accomplished but also look forward to what will come. A special thanks to my husband and kids for their support along the way and I look forward to a new adventure abroad as a family.”

As a councilmember, Elrod represented Littleton on the board of the Denver Regional Council of Governments, the Arapahoe

Transportation Forum and the South Metro Denver Chamber of Commerce.

Prior to her time on council, Elrod served Littleton as chair of the Planning Commission, a member of the LIFT urban renewal board, and volunteered as a curator at the Stanton Gallery at Town Hall Arts Center.

Elrod spearheaded the creation of the Arts and Culture Commission, which recently adopted its strategic plan, and led council to adopt “arts, culture and tourism” as a strategic goal.

“It is with both sadness and appreciation that we say a fond farewell to Karina and her family,” said City Manager Mark Relph in a statement. “Karina has given so much of her time and talent to leave Littleton a better place and for that we are grateful. We wish Karina all the best on her family’s new adventure.”

Arms dealers collecting food for Open Arms Food Bank STAFF REPORT

Littleton-area firearm dealers are hoping to collect 4,000 pounds of non-perishable food and personal hygiene items for the Open Arms Food Bank by the end of May. Open Arms, at 6500 W. Coal Mine

Ave. in south Jefferson County, serves as many as 250 families a week every Tuesday from noon to 3 p.m.

Donations can be dropped off at the following locations: • Triple J Armory at 8152 SouthPark Lane in Littleton. Triple J,

which organized the drive, is offering half-off firing range fees in exchange for two donated items.

• Old Steel Historical Firearms at 5827 S. Rapp St. in Littleton • LT Arms at 8119 Shaffer Parkway Unit B in south Jefferson County

• 5.11 Tactical at 2670 E. County Line Road Suite A1 in Highlands Ranch “We are excited and motivated to be giving back to the community,” Triple J wrote in a Facebook post, “and we hope that you will help us too!”

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We’re very proud of this fun-loving, smart, curious, and supportive group of graduates. Many of them have been at BFA since kindergarten, but they happily welcomed some wonderful new students along the way. During their time at BFA, they explored new interests, began life-long friendships and grew into responsible, intelligent young adults.

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Introducing our exceptional eighth grade graduates: Aiden Ackerson Griffin Adams Cassandra Anhuth Justin Barwind Aaron Bayne Rylie Beers Callen Beggins Tristan Bettis Gabriela Boeckman Colby Borchert Luke Borgerding Samantha Bravo Addison Buehler Sydney Campagna Claire Campbell Joshua Caster Molly Citrin Donovan Clouse

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It’s time for some Main Street magic

s the weather continues to improve each week and spring is in full bloom, it is the perfect time to visit and support our local Main Street, experiencing the magic that a beautiful walk down the center of town can provide.

There are certain WINNING shops that just WORDS seem to provide us with those “feel good” moments.

The local florists are usually a great place to start our journey, especially if we want to fill our senses with the fragrant beauty Michael Norton that fills the air in and around the shop. It’s also a wonderful idea to share a little demonstration of love by picking up some flowers for someone special in our life.

I have heard it said that if you want to be happy, buy an ice cream shop. Well, the next best thing to owning an ice cream shop is to stop in and grab a frozen treat. It’s

almost impossible to visit an ice cream shop and not smile. One of my very favorite things to see is the joy of families and children sharing the joy that ice cream can create. And the ice cream faces of the children as they work through the deliciousness melting all over their hands, face, and clothes is always so much fun.

And if it’s not the flowers or ice cream that helps create a little magic, I am pretty confident that pizza might do the trick. Or starting the day with a breakfast at one of the local diners, coffee shops, or restaurants. And if it’s a midday visit, our local eateries always have something to fill our hearts and bellies with sensational meals. And there is possibly no better way to wind down the day of shopping on Main Street than stopping in for a little liquid refreshment at happy hour or sticking around for the dinner specials created by our favorite local chefs.

It is said that it is better to give than to receive. There is probably someone in our circle of friends or in our family that has a birthday,

anniversary, or other milestone coming up in and where a thoughtful gift is in order. As we stroll along Main Street, there may be a few shops that we haven’t visited in a while, and they just might have that perfect gift we have been searching for.

Maybe it’s time for a manicure and/or pedicure, a haircut, the perfect day to treat ourselves to a massage, get our shoes repaired, pick up a new outfit, grab a new pair of summer flip-flops, drop by the bank, pick up our clothes from the dry cleaner, listen to the live music, and simply just take in all the magic that our local town has to offer.

Should we find ourselves in the need of a good dose of fresh air, there is nothing like walking among the shops and doing a little window shopping. As we walk along the sidewalks, we will more than likely see people holding hands, looking through smiling eyes, and just taking in the magic of Main Street.

These past 14 months have been really tough on all businesses,

and our local shopkeepers, restaurateurs, jewelers, manicurists, bartenders, stylists and barbers, and all those who have provided us with awesome service for many years, could really use our smiles.

If we are masked, let’s show them the smiles in our eyes. If we can be unmasked, our smile can let them know just how grateful we are for all that they do and for being there for us through the years.

Spring is in full bloom, so whether it is today, tomorrow, or this weekend, I hope we will do our best to embrace our local businesses, friends, and neighbors who are all a part of the magic of Main Street.

As always, I would love to hear your story at mnorton@tramazing. com. And when we remember that it is better to give than to receive, creating magic up and down Main Street, it really will be a better than good year.

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

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atings for the 2021 Academy Awards telecast were down 58% from their lowest point in the 18-49 age demographic. The previous low was set last year.

QUIET The Grammys fell 51% in total DESPERATION viewers in the 18-49 demographic.

It would be easy to blame the pandemic. Certainly the inability for individuals to attend movies in person has had a dramatic effect on the entire Craig Marshall film industry. Par- Smith ticularly theatres.

We’re staying home to watch instead.

I ingest films like vitamins, but rarely watch new ones which generally rely on special effects, extremes in violence and vulgarity-laden scripts.

There’s more to it than that in my case. I don’t believe in awards shows to begin with.

They’re invariably subjective, padded with peculiar performanc-

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es, and, in the case of the Grammys, pay tribute to music I abhor.

There are too many of them. One a week.

We love to give out awards.

Frame a show around the idea.

Get women to wear ridiculous clothing and parade them on a red carpet.

I don’t care for them now, but once upon a time I did. But only for the majors, not hair styling, makeup, key grip, lighting, or cue cards.

The nominees for best song were and are a bore. Now and then (Bob Dylan’s “Things Have Changed” in 2001) there’s one that is worth listening to.

How many of the Oscar-nominated films have I seen? None.

How many of the Grammy-nominated performers do I listen to?

None.

Theories vary about why the important 18-49 demographic has tuned those programs and other award shows out.

They’re overlong, for one thing.

As I said, “padded.”

There have been some memorable and weird moments.

Just four years ago, the Academy Award for Best Picture initially went to the wrong picture.

If I could be assured that glamorous stars would bungle the whole thing like a Marx Brothers movie, I might watch.

Or if the banter between presenters had any naturalness, I might watch.

Or if they’d just get all of those stars in the room, tell them the results would be mailed, then make them and the audience at home watch “Sunset Boulevard,” I might too.

Every year, there’s a controversy.

In the recent past: not enough women and minorities represented in the industry and in the nominations.

This year, a presumptive Best Actor wasn’t and an 83-year-old actor not in attendance was. The inevitable grumblers grumbled.

It doesn’t matter who wins.

Sure, it will look good on your resume. And your salary might jump from $10 million to $20 million, but that’s about it.

How many times have you rewatched these winners?

“Shakespeare in Love,” “Crash,” “Chicago”?

Kevin Spacey (remember him) won more Academy Awards for Best Actor than Humphrey Bogart.

How is that possible?

Bogart didn’t win for “The Maltese Falcon,” “The Big Sleep,” “Casablanca,” “To Have and Have Not,” or “The Caine Mutiny.” He won for his performance in “The African Queen.”

Quick: Who won Best Actor for his performance in 1997’s “Life is Beautiful” and then ate the theatre on his way up to receive the award?

Maybe we’re just rethinking many activities once thought to be meaningful and important. And entertaining.

Waiting three hours to see Sacheen Littlefeather isn’t worth it.

Winners are posted online immediately and highlights wind up on YouTube forever.

That includes Littlefeather.

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

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Considering the steps to gun violence Q&A with David Kopel

BY RYAN DUNN RDUNN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

In the wake of the March 22 shooting in Boulder, Colorado Community Media reporter Ryan Dunn spoke to gun safety activist Shannon Watts about the state of firearm legislation in Colorado.

To gain a more complete perspective on gun safety issues in Colorado, Dunn also spoke to David Kopel, research director of the Independence Institute and adjunct law professor at the University of Denver.

Kopel is the author of 17 books — including “The Truth About Gun Control” and “Things You Can Do to Protect Your Gun Rights” — and more than 100 scholarly articles published in journals from Harvard, Yale, the University of Michigan, University of Pennsylvania, Johns Hopkins, Brown University, and others.

He is also an adjunct scholar with the Cato Institute, a libertarian think tank in Washington, D.C., and the vice chair of the Colorado State Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on

Civil Rights.

Their conversation has been slightly edited for clarity.

The suspect in the recent King Soopers shooting in Boulder is a 21-year-old recent graduate of Arvada West High School. How does a young person carry out a shooting like this?

David Kopel: It’s the same unanswerable question of why anyone chooses extreme evil. Why did dictators in the 20th century murder over 200 million defenseless unarmed victims? The answer isn’t “mental illness,” because the vast majority of people with mental illness — even severe schizophrenia — are not violent or homicidal. The answer isn’t “Islam,” because the vast majority of American Muslims are tolerant and law-abiding good citizens.

The defendant has a criminal history and has been characterized as “mentally unstable” by family members. How was he still able to purchase a gun?

Whatever the family knew was never communicated to authorities. It’s possible that if someone had come forward, an order might have been entered against him possessing firearms. Even then, people intent on mass murder

are the most difficult to prevent from acquiring guns, because the crimes are usually planned long in advance, so there’s almost always time for a criminal to acquire firearms on the black market. The United States tried alcohol bans for decades, and those failed. The federal “war on drugs” that started in 1911 is still going on and may have caused much more harm than it prevented.

The prospects for success of gun bans are even dimmer, since there are over 400 million guns in the United States; alcohol and drugs are consumables that get used up and have to be replaced, whereas firearms do not.

There are a lot of mass shootings that people have never heard about because a law-abiding citizen with a firearm shot the criminal before lots of people could be killed. The Boulder store that the criminal attacked happened to be in a community where the criminal’s risk of being confronted by an armed citizen was relatively low, compared to many other locations in Colorado.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Urge Congress to help kids As we look back at Mother’s Day, I reflect on how hard mothers have worked during the COVID-19 pandemic to care for their children.

Unfortunately, too many moms are still struggling to provide nourishing food for their kids. I facilitate a food program based in Littleton, delivering nourishing food weekly to 21 families in the vicinity. This program coordinates with local schools, which have reported children are often too hungry to focus during class time. Programs like the one I am involved in are a critical support to moms and children, but are not enough.

This year, Congress can go a long way in supporting mothers and kids by making the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) work better. While WIC provides vital nutrition to millions of low-income moms and young children, only half of those eligible for WIC actually participate.

That’s why our policymakers must take advantage of the opportunity to improve and modernize WIC through the Child Nutrition Reauthorization (CNR) currently being discussed in Congress. With wise investments in modernization, the program will have greater reach and help ensure children and mothers can access nutritional food.

Join Save the Children Action Network and me in supporting mothers by urging Senators Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper to vote in favor of WIC modernizations in the CNR. Let’s ensure that moms, infants and young children can access the critical nutrition and health

services they need to thrive.

Mary Carter Food Bank Ministries St. James Presbyterian Church Littleton Super Dad Hello head of household, Super Dad. The one your family looks up to for guidance. You won’t wear a mask or get the COVID-19 vaccination, but there you are in the hospital for over three months.

Super Dad lying there thinking everything is cool at home. You don’t know that 10 days after you went in, your wife got COVID and three days later she died. She in a freezer truck behind the hospital waiting for you to claim her body. Grandparents are in an assisted living facility out of state, so your neighbors are caring of your 7- and 5-year-old boys and 3-year-old daughter.

Super Dad, everything is cool — maybe! Duke ran away from home and was found, put in the pound, and then put down. Your mail has been piling up and your neighbors noticed an Urgent Open Immediately envelope, so they opened it for you. It stated that you were eight months behind in your house payment and the bank has taken it over, everything will be sold. Your neighbors have since turned the children over to the state. The two young ones are in different foster homes. The oldest was sent to an orphanage.

If you’re the wife of a Stupid Dad, paste this to the bathroom mirror for his reading.

Take charge, wear a mask, get your vaccination as you will struggle to raise his children alone.

Stay safe, stay healthy, stop praying for Stupid Dad — he died.

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Denver comic artist turns pen on local haunts with ‘Queen City’

BY PAUL ALBANI-BURGIO PALBANIBURGIO@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

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f you haven’t been out and about much in Denver recently, you could very well be shocked by what’s there — and perhaps more noticeably, what isn’t.

Even by the standards of this constantly changing city, the last few months have been especially bleak when it comes to the fates of some of the city’s most iconic and enduring places.

Just in 2020, the city lost such standbys as the 87-year-old jazz club El Chapultepec, the 74-year-old 20th Street Café and the 42-year-old Market at Larimer Square. That’s 203 years of history gone in just a single year.

And the pace doesn’t show any sign of slowing. Already this year, the 30-year-old Denver Diner and 26-yearold sports bar LoDo’s Bar & Grill have closed their doors. Heck, even the landmark Casa Bonita is facing an uncertain future after its owners filed for bankruptcy earlier this year.

But Denverites who cannot sit inside these iconic places can now revisit many of them on the pages of “Queen City,” a new comic book

by Denver artist Karl Christian Krumpholz that serves as both a love letter and permanent memorial to several of Denver’s most treasured locations.

Krumpholz, who moved to Denver from the East Coast with his wife 10 years ago, said he originally envisioned the book as being a “time and a place thing” that would show what Denver was currently like. But when he shared some of his early illustrations online, he found there was a desire for a book that would also include illustrations of locations that have already been lost.

“A lot of people started then approaching me and going ‘well, what about this place’ or ‘you need to illustrate that place,” he said.

That’s how the book began and grew to its current 160 colorful pages and came to include many departed Denver spots, including long-gone bars like The Terminal Bar and Muddy’s Cafe, which both closed long before Krumpholz even arrived in the city.

“I know nothing about some of these places that were long gone when I showed up,” said Krumpholz.

“But it has such a place in people’s hearts in the city that of course I had to include them.”

Those bars of the past (plus other long-ago closed spots such as the old Aladdin Theater on Colfax) are rendered alongside remaining classics such as The Satire Lounge, The Brown Palace Hotel and yes, even Casa Bonita, in Krumpholz’s distinctive comic book style — which even he has trouble describing. However, one of the primary elements is that

The local comics shelf at Mutiny Information Cafe, which includes “Queen City” and several of Karl Christian Krumpholz’s other PHOTO BY PAUL ALBANI-BURGIO titles.

The whimsical interior of Mutiny Information Cafe.

it uses only five colors: black, white, cyan, yellow and gray.

“I like using those colors because it feels like a noir melancholy,” he said. “And I like that feeling that I try to allow the ink to reflect. But I don’t know if it has a name.”

A COVID era comic While “Queen City” is Krumpholz’s most intensive look at Denver, it is far from the first time he has turned his pen on the city. He has been drawing The Denver Bootleg, a comic strip chronicling local Denver bands, for the alternative weekly newspaper Westword since 2015 (the strip has been on hiatus since the start of the pandemic).

He’s also the writer of “30 Miles of Crazy,” a free web comic which chronicles life along Colfax Av-

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enue in Denver. In January 2020, Krumpholz launched a new called “The Lighthouse in the City.”

The timing of that launch turned out to be fortuitous as the comic is autobiographical in nature, which Krumpholz said provided a perfect outlet for him to explore his experiences with life during the pandemic.

“It was supposed to be a good exercise to do a daily comic as well as a way to document a surgery that my wife was getting and her recovery, which I figured would be an interesting story,” he said. “But by the third month, it was basically how we were coping and this day-to-day life in this new reality and it’s really become kind of a slice of life in this period.”

Since that launch, Krumpholz has been publishing at least one page a

A self-portrait of Karl Christian COURTESY IMAGE Krumpholz.

day on his website and social media pages. He’s also been releasing books that combine all of the pages from each three-month period (local publisher Kilgore Books is currently raising funds to publish the fifth volume, which covers January through March).

The indie way But don’t go looking for “Queen City” or the latest volume of “The Lighthouse in the City” on Amazon or at Barnes and Noble. Krumpholz prefers to sell the books at independent shops, such as Kilgore Books and Comics in Capitol Hill and Mutiny Information Café on South Broadway (the first two stores to sell the book).

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Robert Eilert’s artwork in new exhibit at gallery Retired emeritus professor finds joy in artistic avocation

BY SONYA ELLINGBOE SELLINGBOE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Littleton Fine Art Guild members responded quickly to word that their beloved 1888 Depot Art Gallery could open again after a long, dark stretch. They found it freshly painted, with new lighting and a new system for hanging the art. (The City of Littleton owns the historic wooden building, similar to depots across the country.)

The Member Appreciation Exhibit runs through May 22, to be followed by an Anniversary Show through July 24 — also of member work.

Next will be the 37th All Colorado Show (see notice in my column), a celebrated part of Western Welcome Week.

IF YOU GO The Depot Art Gallery is currently open Friday, Saturday, Sunday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., at 2069 W. Powers Ave., Littleton. 303795-0781, depotartgallery.org.

Among Littleton Fine Arts Guild members is Robert Eilert, who said: “To work with eye and hand to create something is a blessing and a joy. I am a perpetual student and by extension a teacher.”

Eilert, a retired emeritus professor of pediatrics and orthopedic surgery, grew up in Memphis, trained and served as a combat surgeon in the Air Force and Marines and then spent 43 years of his 55-year medical career in the orthopedic surgery department of Children’s Hospital of Denver. He cites fond memories of associate Dr. Frank Netter, “who was the Norman Rockwell of medical illustration and education.”

“About 10 years ago, I became part of the Denver Art Students League.

“Tying the Knot” is among artworks by Robert Eilert of the Littleton Fine Arts Guild. It recalls when his son, now 40, was COURTESY PHOTO an 8-year-old.

I worked through every studio in the building with teachers who are knowledgeable and generous. Three of my friends encouraged me to join the Littleton Fine Arts Guild, my important art community today.

“As a visual artist I have passed a series of milestones: selling to friends, selling to strangers, be-

‘Road Work’ features sculptures, drawings, paintings

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enver artist Andrew Jensdotter will show new work in an exhibit called “Road Work.” The show features sculptures, drawings and paintings on the first and second floor of SONYA’S the K ContempoSAMPLER rary gallery at 1412 Wazee St. in Denver. 303-590-9800, kcontemporaryart. com. “Road Work” will feature the signature carved latex paintings in a series of persona portraits which the artist terms “char- Sonya Ellingboe acter icons.” Opening event 2-4 pm. on May 15; show runs through June 26. The gallery requests advance reservations due to capacity limits.

‘Loosen Up’ art workshop Bob Burridge is an award-winning industrial designer who left the corporate world to focus on painting every day. He will present a workshop via Zoom two halfdays: April 30 and May 1 from 9 a.m. to noon for the Heritage Fine Arts Guild. His work is exhibited internationally and his workshops offer subjects for everyone. Cost: $100 for Heritage Fine Art Guild Members, $130 for non-members.

Register at heritage-guild.com. Select Workshops. A Zoom link will be provided prior to the workshop.

For additional information, contact Mary kay Jacobus at mkstudio@comcast.net.

‘Shout! The Mod Musical’ Town Hall Arts Center, 2450 W. Main St. in downtown Littleton, will present “Shout! The Mod Musical” by Phillip George, David Lowenstein and Peter Charles Morris — with safety protocols and precautions in place (which means

ing accepted in juried shows and winning Best of Show. Even more important have been the friendships I have made in art. It is a gift to be able to follow my passion.

“Today my avocation of painting has become a major daily event of my life in retirement as emeritus professor of pediatrics and orthopedic surgery.”

He will certainly be among Colorado artists entering the annual All Colorado Arts Show, although it is open to all Colorado artists, not limited to guild members.

(See “Call to artists” in my column, please.)

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From left, “Artifex,” “Sarmenti Scurrae” and “Obliquatar” are paintings by Andrew COURTESY PHOTO Jensdotter that will be exhibited at the K Contemporary gallery in Denver.

limited tickets) May 21-30. Tickets: $37 to $52 at the box office, 303-7942787 ext. 5. Director is Kate Vallee.

Curtain times: 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays-Saturdays; 2 p.m. Sundays. townhallartscenter.org.

Opera at Hudson Gardens While Hudson Gardens is not presenting its summer concert series, it will be a summer home for Central City Opera this year, with “Rigoletto” by Verdi and “Carousel”

by Rodgers and Hammerstein. See centralcityopera.org for tickets.

Purcell’s hour long opera, “Dido and Aeneas” and the CCO’s annual Al Fresco concert series will be presented in the opera house gardens in Central City. Tickets at Central City Opera.

Call for artists The annual All Colorado Art Show will be held at the Depot Art Gallery in Littleton from July 27 to Sept. 11, with a reception and awards ceremony scheduled on July 30 with the announcement of awards at 6 p.m. Entries in CaFE with a June 21 deadline. Jury notifications will be sent by email by July 25, delivery of artwork 9 a.m. to noon Tuesday, July 27. (Juror not yet announced.) Open to all Colorado artists, this exhibit has long been part of Western Welcome Week in Littleton.

CVA “Reconnect: MSU Denver Alumni Exhibition” opens May 21 and continues until July 17 at Metro State’s Center for Visual Art, 965 Santa Fe Drive, Denver. Jurors were Carlos Fresquez, Zoe Larkins and Natascha Seideneck. There will be a ticketed opening reception on May 21 from 6 to 8 p.m. Reserve through CVA’s website. Call for gallery hours: 303-294-5207 or see msudenver.edu/cva.

DMNS Denver Museum of Nature and Science, 2001 Colorado Blvd., Denver, will have “Numbers in Nature: A Mirror Maze” on exhibit, opening June 4, which will allow guests to lose themselves in a seemingly infinite repeating pattern of mirrors. Guests will interact with it ...

The museum is also offering three one-day field seminars for educators with an optional overnight camping experience with astronomy. Teachers are encouraged to help students become environmental citizens. dmns.org, 303-370-6000.

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The full front and back cover of “Queen City,” which depicts many famous locations COURTESY IMAGE along Colfax Avenue.

Karl Christian Krumpholz works on a comic.

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But even with that relatively limited distribution strategy (the book can also be ordered online at tintopress.com), the book’s publisher, Ted Intorcio of indie publisher Tinto Books, said he has trouble keeping the book on the shelves.

That’s welcome news for both Mutiny and Kilgore Books and Comics, which have just had to weather what Intorcio calls a bad year for bookstores as sales moved even more online as a result of the pandemic.

“But it’s turned around,” said Intorcio. “For instance, Mutiny just had one of the best months

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they’ve ever had and I think that is because people are starting to get out again.”

Still, Intorcio said the model he used for publishing “Queen City,” which involved using the Kickstarter online fundraising platform to fund the cost of publishing it and several other comics titles, with backers getting the first copies, is emblematic of the kind of approach indie publishers had to employ to get books to press during the pandemic — and likely even after it is over.

“The Kickstarter has been a great source for me because it sort of helps with promoting the book to the people who want to read it,” he said. “And then after the Kickstarter fulfillment is done the buzz is created and stores are more interested

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“It’s being distributed in a few places that I otherwise wouldn’t have had access to and that’s a real feather in both Karl and I’s caps,” he said.

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Evergreen sought to reverse that zoning, hoping to place residential uses beside the quiet river and commercial uses beside the highway where they could be seen and accessed by motorists.

The plan grew to include other stipulations, including tight restrictions on parking which city staff said were intended to push Evergreen to build a parking garage in hopes of preventing the site from becoming a “sea of parking.”

Those stipulations came to a head at the April 20 city council meeting, with Evergreen managing partner Tyler Carlson calling the parking restrictions “a zoning act of war” and hinting at lawsuits should the city press ahead.

Council tabled the rezoning proposal until May 4, when staff came back with a compromise: The new proposal upped the parking restrictions to seven surface spaces per 1,000 square feet of retail space, up from two per thousand in the original proposal, and 1.5 surface spaces per residential unit, up from 0.5 spaces.

The compromise also included stipulations requiring the city to participate in lining up funding partners to build a parking garage, estimated to cost more than $9 million, and to dedicate land on the site for a future pedestrian overpass to connect the site to the RTD Mineral light rail station to the north.

Carlson praised the compromise proposal from city staff.

“That’s what this is all about,” Carlson told council. “We encounter obstacles, roll up our sleeves and collaborate. More collaboration gets better results.”

But council still had questions about the compromise proposal.

Mayor Pro Tem Scott Melin asked how realistic the parking garage plan was — what was the timeline? The square footage? Who would the funding partners be?

“Frankly, I don’t know,” said

Public Works Director Keith Reester. RTD is in financial disarray, he said. A multi-agency study of potential improvements to Santa Fe is ongoing. The Colorado Department of Transportation doesn’t typically fund parking garages in private developments.

Reester said he was optimistic that the city would do its best to establish working relationships with local agencies to seek funding, and said increased federal funds could be forthcoming.

“But I can’t guarantee any time frame or application,” he said.

mayed that the plans for a pedestrian bridge were still too flimsy, and without one the site wouldn’t be able to take full advantage of its proximity to light rail.

“A pedestrian bridge is a must,” she said. “Not a possibility or a hope. We can’t rely on that. That should have been an absolute requirement from day one.”

Councilmember Carol Fey said even though the proposed rezoning sought to flip the location of commercial and residential portions to make better use of the site, “It’s the same usual uses. I want so much to say yes to the changes proposed, but with transit oriented development, it’s not enough to honor the opportunity we have.”

Majority balked at plan Several councilmembers said they remained unimpressed with the overall plan, saying the parking garage Two votes in and pedestrian favor bridge seemed Mayor Jerry tenuous, and Valdes and the rest of the councilmember proposal fell Pat Driscoll short of the were the two city’s guiding votes in favor principles for new developJerry Valdes, of the rezoning, and said ment — espeLittleton mayor, speaking to the proposal cially for one of the city’s Evergreen managing partner was a solid largest remainTyler Carlson middle ground.

“It’s a good ing parcels of compromise,” vacant land.

Driscoll said, Melin said saying he the proposed received many emails from resihousing appeared to be largely dents saying the site should be high-end, and even the assisted kept as “open space.” living portion would not accept “This was never open space,” he Medicare, placing it out of reach said. “Well, I guess maybe it was for many, and not meeting calls back with the American Indians for a diversification of Littleton’s ... what the developer is asking is housing stock. very fair.”

He also said he feared despite Valdes pushed back against increased setbacks, the proposal still encroached too close to South councilmembers who called the plan blasé.

Platte Park’s East Trail, a rugged “If you weren’t being imaginariparian area. The site’s comtive and forward-thinking, we mercial development also risked wouldn’t be here tonight,” Valdes siphoning business off existing told Carlson. “This is a very good retailers, he said. plan you’ve put on the table for Other councilmembers agreed. us.”

Karina Elrod said she was dis-

‘If you weren’t being imaginative and forward-thinking, we wouldn’t be here tonight. This is a very good plan you’ve put on the table for us.’

Carlson declined an interview request after the meeting, but provided a statement by email: “After three years of intense collaboration with city staff, CDOT, adjacent property owners and other public and private stakeholders Evergreen is both shocked and heartbroken by city council’s decision last night. It’s unfortunate they did not share our progressive vision for a vibrant, mixed use community at RiverPark because we will now be forced to develop the property under the constraints of its flawed 1985 zoning. It’s a missed opportunity I will always regret.”

Evergreen may not be limited to the old zoning, said Mike Sutherland, Littleton’s deputy community development director.

The city is just a month away from unveiling a draft of the United Land Use Code or ULUC, a total overhaul of city zoning that could have implications for Evergreen’s parcel. City council is currently scheduled to ratify the ULUC in October.

The Evergreen parcel is a planned development or PD, Sutherland said, and it’s yet to be seen what will happen after the ULUC passes — PDs may expire immediately, may sunset gradually, or may stay in place. Applicants may be able to request an early sunset. Afterward, the site would likely fall under the new Corridor Mixed Use designation.

Evergreen could submit new plans under future zoning, but one possible reason for them to stick with the 1980s-era zoning: It does not require impact fees, assessed on newer developments to offset the cost of providing city services.

The failure of the rezoning proposal also leaves murky the future of plans for a “quad road,” a minibeltway planned to cut through Evergreen’s parcel to take pressure off traffic congestion.

Sutherland said city staffers plan to meet with Evergreen in a couple weeks.

“There are still opportunities here for the applicant,” he said.

“We’re looking forward to the next steps.”

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The defendant was found with nine magazines over the legally specified capacity of 15 rounds. How do over-capacity magazines work, and how do gun owners get access to them despite their legal status?

“Over-capacity” is an incorrect term. Most of the magazines that are banned in Colorado are standard magazines that are made by the firearms manufacturer for the particular firearm — such as the 17-round standard magazines for the Glock 17 pistol. Lawabiding citizens choose standard magazines for exact same reason that law enforcement officers do: the lawful protection of self and others. I’ve filed briefs in the U.S. Supreme Court, Colorado Supreme Court, and other courts on behalf of the National Sheriffs Association and most Colorado sheriffs. As the sheriffs explain, when defenders have less reserve ammunition, they must fire fewer shots. This increases the danger

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Arapahoe County Sheriff Tyler Brown said in a statement.

“The Arapahoe County Sheriff’s

How has the COVID-19 pandemic affected gun violence?

The lockdowns, forced isolation, and replacement of human interaction with screen time have had deleterious effects on the mental

How would you describe the current state of gun legislation and gun culture in Colorado?

Colorado has a long and constructive culture of lawful gun ownership, going back to preterritorial days. Then, as now, plenty of good people owned standard magazines and used them for lawful defense against violent attackers. Cities such as Denver, which knew that local law enforcement couldn’t protect everyone all the time, recognized the right of people to protect themselves.

The current anti-gun legislation is very Trumpian. After the San Bernardino murders, candidate Trump announced his plan for

a ban on Muslims entering the United States.

This was malicious lashing out at an entire group that supposedly should be punished for the heinous crimes of two people. Some of the proposed new Colorado bills are in that same vein. This includes the bill to allow persecution of gun owners in cities where such persecution is politically popular.

The proposal to prohibit lawful handgun carry on university campuses by licensed adults who have passed background checks and safety training amounts to turning Colorado schools into safe zones for rapists and mass shooters. The last time such a ban was proposed, in 2013, it was defeated by the testimony of Amanda Collins, who explained how the prohibition on licensed carry at the University of Nevada-Reno resulted in her being raped in a parking garage.

Legislators who say they want to reduce sexual assaults on campus should think twice before depriving victims of the means of effective defense.

office is grateful for the commitment from community members to assist in bringing justice for victims (of) crime and victims’ families.”

Metro Denver Crime Stoppers board president Michael Mills said “this is not a cold case by

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“Every year we receive several tips on this case,” Mills said in a statement, “and we are hoping with the generosity of the anonymous donors that we will finally be able to identify who perpetrated this horrific crime against

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that the criminals will injure the victim. Even most defensive shots by law enforcement officers miss, and a single hit is usually not enough to stop a criminal immediately. Because criminals decide the time and place for attack, a victim has to be able to deter or repel multiple assailants solely with the ammunition available in a single magazine.

The legislative sponsors of the 2013 magazine ban parroted the words of the gun prohibition lobbies by claiming that standard magazines “were designed to have one purpose and that is to kill large numbers of people quickly. and have “no purpose in our community. They’re used for war.” This is hate speech against the many good people, including law enforcement officers, who own and use such magazines for lawful defense.

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Again, the vast majority of people with mental problems are not violent, but for the very small number who are borderline, aggravating their problems can push them over the edge. The same has been true for substance abuse, domestic violence, and other crimes, some of which involve guns and some not.

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Sports in season D of the Colorado High School Activities Association’s COVID altered scheduled have started competition. Sports in season D include baseball, girls soccer, girls tennis, girls golf, boys and girls lacrosse, boys volleyball, boys swimming and boys and girls track and field.

The following is a roundup of some of the early games and matches between May 3-8.

Baseball Mountain Vista 17, Rocky Mountain 2 – The Golden Eagles opened the campaign with a four-inning win over the Lobos on May 5.

Senior Griffin Hulatt, the winning pitcher, went 2-for-2 with six runs batted in for Vista which followed on May 7 with a 6-0 shutout over Valor Christian. Senior Blake Young had two hits and three RBI in the victory over Valor as two Golden Eagles pitcher limited Valor to four hits.

Douglas County 10, Rocky Mountain 7 – The Huskies scored three runs in the final two innings to post a win on May 4 over Rocky Mountain. Cooper Latino went 3-for-3 with and RBI and scored twice to pace Douglas County’s offense.

Heritage 11, Arapahoe 1 – The Eagles started a busy week with a triumph over crosstown rival Arapahoe. On May 5, seniors Otto Dylan and Karl Peters combined to

go 4-for-6 with four RBI in the win over the Warriors who issued eight walks and allowed five unearned runs. Heritage then downed Grand Junction, 11-0 with senior James Morehouse pitching a 2-hit shutout on May 6, beat Fruita Monument, 11-2 on May 7 and ended the week with an 11-1 win over Liberty on May 8. After four games. Luke Meyers was leading the team with a .600 batting average. Heritage was hitting .396 as a team in the first four games and had a 0.57 team earned run average.

Lutheran 10, Jefferson Academy 0 – The Lions tallied seven runs in the fourth inning in its win on May 4 over the Jaguars in a game that lasted 4 1/2 innings because of the mercy rule. Junior Luke Bylar had three hits, including a home run, and three RBI for the winners.

Legacy 6, Valor Christian 3 – Senior Caden Potter got half of the Eagles’ four hits in a loss of May 4.

Ponderosa 15, Grand Junction Central 0 – Sophomore Ty Morse gave up one hit in four innings of the win on May 7 over the Tigers.

Pomona 5, Castle View 4 – The Panthers pushed across a run in the top of 10th inning to edge the Sabercats in a game played on May

6. Blake Windham had three hits for Castle View plus two RBI, scored a run and stole a base.

Rock Canyon 10, Horizon 0 – The Jaguars didn’t surrender a hit in a five-inning victory over the Hawks on May 6. Fairview downed Rock Canyon, 2-0, on May 7. Chatfield scored a run in the bottom of the seventh inning to hand Rock Canyon a 4-3 setback on May 8.

Mullen 8, Cherry Creek 2 – The Mustangs collected 12 hits in the May 6 win and outscored the Bruins 7-1 over the last four innings.

Grandview 6, Arapahoe 4 – The Warriors outhit the Wolves, 7-6, but lost the May 8 game.

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Girls soccer Mountain Vista 2, Legend 1 – Natalie Vatter and Kendall Haas had the goals in a win on May 6 over the Titans. The Golden Eagles edged Ponderosa 2-1 on May 4 as Taylor Evans scored both Vista goals.

Chaparral 2, Heritage 0 – Josie Wolitzky and Grace Johnson scored for the Wolverines in a victory on May 6. Johnson had one of the three goals in a 3-1 win over Douglas County on May 4.

Legend 2, Highlands Ranch 1 – Brooke Roberts and Sidney Arm-

strong scored for the Titans in a win on May 4.

Cherry Creek 3, Mullen 1 – The Bruins downed the Mustangs on May 6 which followed a 4-2 triumph over Arapahoe on May 4. Caroline Weiss and Avery Ott had the goals for Arapahoe.

Girls golf Cherry Creek wins – The Bruins won the Centennial League’s second meet of the season at Meadow Hills on May 5. The Bruins finished with 401 points with Arapahoe second at 475. Rachel Penzenstadler of Cherry Creek had a 1-over-par 72 to individually come in second behind Emma Bryant of Eaglecrest who had a par 71. Arapahoe’s Molly Stratton was fourth with a 75.

Boys volleyball Douglas County 3, Eaglecrest 0 – Gabriel Repplinger had 14 kills and a 53.8 kills percentage and Jayden Pascsua added 12 kills and six blocks in the May 6 win. Jensen Pasccua had 36 assists in the match.

Cherry Creek 3, Mountain Vista 0 – Josh Guthrie led the Bruins with 11 kills, five aces and 10 digs in a May 6 victory.

Legend 3, ThunderRidge 0 – The Titans didn’t surrender more than 14 points in any of the three sets in a win on May 4. Legend downed Cherokee Trail, 3-1, on May 6. Valor Christian shut out ThunderRidge, 3-0, on May 6.

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Rock Canyon’s Ethan Hirsch (24) gets pressure from two sides as Legend defenders Alex Martinez (10) and Landon Quinonez (25) close in. The Jaguars ended up on top with a PHOTO BY PAUL DISALVO score of 18-9 on Friday May 7 at Shea Stadium.

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legal and will hold up in court.

The governor said support from people like Priola and Suthers proves that the policy strikes the right balance.

“It’s rare to see people of so many different perspectives coming together around something that we need to do,” Polis said. “Most importantly, this bill is for you. It’s to finally fix our damn roads.”

Parts of the bill were first unveiled to reporters in March, but several changes have been made since then.

Those alterations include: Gasoline and diesel fuel fees would start lower — at 2 cents per gallon starting in July 2022 — and increase 1 cent every year up to 8 cents • The delivery fee was initially set at 25 cents, but it has been hiked to 27 cents • The additional fee on top of the existing $50 charge for electric vehicle owners would be increased by a range of $55 to $159 instead of by a range of $60.19 to $153.20 • The total general fund contribution would rise to $1.5 billion from $1.2 billion • The total dollars in the plan increases to $5.3 billion from $5 billion • $2.5 million would be set aside for Front Range rail, up from no allocation in earlier versions of the measure Some proposals stayed same Some elements did not change between the earlier version and the one

introduced on May 4. That includes plans to charge a new, fee of 30 cents per trip on Uber and Lyft rides starting in 2022 and eventually increasing it based on the federal Consumer Price Index. The fee would be cut in half for people carpooling in a rideshare, or riding in an electric vehicle.

Republicans and Democrats have been battling over how to fund transportation projects in Colorado for years. Voters in recent years have rejected ballot questions to raise taxes, bond and retain excess tax revenue to pay for infrastructure.

The money generated by the new fees would go toward a myriad of projects and not just expanding existing roadways.

“This will help us reach our climate goals through electrifications and also by investing in multi-modal transportation,” said Sen. Faith Winter, a Westminster Democrat and prime sponsor of the transportationfunding bill.

House Speaker Alec Garnett, a Denver Democrat who is also a prime sponsor of the bill, said Colorado is losing its competitive edge because of its transportation-funding deficit.

“We have a transportation crisis in Colorado,” he said. “It doesn’t have to be this way.”

Colorado Sun staff writer Lucy Haggard contributed to this report.

This story is from The Colorado Sun, a journalist-owned news outlet based in Denver and covering the state. Used by permission. For more, and to support The Colorado Sun, visit coloradosun.com.

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Boys swimming Smoky Hill 123, Arapahoe 47 – The Warriors’ Fletcher Hayes won the 100 backstroke (:51.90) and the 200 freestyle (1:41.81) in a May 6 dual meet loss.

Cherry Creek 413, Mullen NA – The Bruins won every event in a May 6 conquest of the Mustangs. Creek had two swimmers who were double winners. Henry Batson won the 100 breaststroke (:54.59) and the 200 IM (1:57.73) while Stephen Hogeman was first in the 200 freestyle (1:48.13) and the 500 freestyle (4:59.71).

Littleton wins – The Lions won the four team Littleton Virtual Meet on May 6 with 455 points.

Valor Christian was second with 441 markers.

Boys lacrosse Rock Canyon 17, ThunderRidge 3 – Justin Hansen had six goals and three assists, and Ethan Meyer scored five times with two assists in a May 4 victory.

Mountain Vista 21, Legend 4 – The Golden Eagles opened the season with a win on May 4 over the Titans and followed with a 13-4 victory over Arapahoe on May 7. Finn Hauhutu had two of the goals for Arapahoe.

Valor Christian 16, Highlands Ranch 3 – The Eagles scored six goals in the third period to take a 12-1 and went on to notch an easy

win on May 4. Valor followed up with a 19-5 victory over Kent Denver on May 7.

Regis Jesuit 9, Castle View 8 – The Raiders outscored the Sabercats 2-1 in the fourth quarter to post a win on May 4.

Girls lacrosse Arapahoe 13, Chatfield 7 – Rachel Kennedy led the way for the Warriors with three goals while Reegan Parker, Annie Egan and Grace Hinschsliff each had a pair of goals in the May 4 victory.

Fairview 11, Cherry Creek 6 – The Knights tallied seven goals in the second half to earn a victory on May 5. Lily Assini scored four goals for the Bruins.

Girls tennis Rock Canyon 6, Legend 1 – No. 2 singles player Peyton Howey and No. 3 singles competitor Riley Lanziner had straight set victories as the Jaguars opened the season on May 5 with a win.

Mountain Vista 7, Castle View 0 – The Golden Eagles started with a win over Castle View on May 4 and defeated Ponderosa, 6-1, on May 6.

Lauren Hayes, Vista’s No. 1 singles player, and No. 3 singles player Olivia Ivankoe are unbeaten after two outings.

Heritage 7, Douglas County 0 – The Eagles polished off the Huskies on May 5 and then whipped ThunderRidge, 5-2, on May 6. All three Heritage singles players, Kristen Thomas, Charlotte Barker and Megan Johnson, are off to 2-0 individual starts.

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Free placement of loved ones’ ashes during May The service is offered at Seven Stones STAFF REPORT

Seven Stones Chatfield, a botanical gardens cemetery in the Roxborough area, is offering free communal placement of the ashes of deceased loved ones in their garden ossuary, called Canyon View Commons, for the month of May, according to a press release from the cemetery.

The free placement of ashes, a tradition at the cemetery, began four years ago and was originally scheduled for one day, but the cemetery made the decision last year to include the offer for all of May “in the spirit of giving back to the community during this time of great need,” according to the release.

“For those experiencing grief due to the passing of a loved one, we wanted to continue to extend this gesture for longer than one day,” said Becky Holm of Seven Stones, according to the release. “We know

the importance of establishing a space to go to remember a loved one that’s easily visited by all members of the family … we see it every day. Our families tell us they feel a sense of peace after placing their loved one’s ashes in such a beautiful garden.”

The communal ossuary is one of the services at the cemetery, which opened in April 2015. Other options include ground burial, green burial, a mausoleum and pet placements.

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Alleged shooter in 2009 homicide set for trial Attorneys continue to speak of investigation to defend Terrell Jones

neighborhood of Centennial near County Line Road and Yosemite Street.

Jones entered a not-guilty plea at the hearing in Arapahoe County District Court. Jones was charged with first-degree murder after deliberation and first-degree felony murder, according to court records.

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.

Other defendants in the case have described a plot to rob Graham.

Defense attorneys had asked to postpone Jones’ arraignment — the hearing at which he would enter a plea — three times in recent months, on Dec. 11, Jan. 29 and March 12. The attorneys argued they were “hampered in our ability to meet with witnesses for investigation,” Zuckerman said, citing the barriers the pandemic has put on interactions.

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After more delays in recent months as attorneys said the coronavirus pandemic prevented them from gathering evidence to defend Terrell Jones, who is accused of fatally shooting a Centennial man in a quiet neighborhood in 2009, the defendant now faces a trial that could last three weeks or longer.

“Given the age of this case and, at this point in time, the length of the witness list, we are asking for somewhere in the nature of three to four weeks,” said Evan Marcia Zuckerman, an attorney for Jones, in an April 26 court hearing.

Andrew Graham, a University of Colorado graduate who had plans for grad school, was found shot to death about 5:30 a.m. on Nov. 6, 2009, in the front yard of a home in the Willow Creek

eligibility would help enable the investigation.

It remains unclear from the court proceedings what topics the investigation would entail, though Zuckerman said on April 26 that the investigation “is proceeding.”

Judge Joseph Whitfield scheduled the trial to begin on Oct. 13 and said it could last 3 1/2 weeks.

The court expects to hold motions hearings on Aug. 5 and Aug. 17. That’s a type of hearing where attorneys make requests to the court.

The defense anticipates the motions hearings will include a “fair amount of evidence and possible expert testimony,” Zuckerman said at the April hearing. It wasn’t clear what that would entail.

Jones’ arrest follows others A few hours before Graham, 23, was found in November 2009 — just before midnight — video surveillance captured Graham riding an RTD light rail train and exiting at the station near Park Meadows mall in Lone Tree. Graham had been making living arrangements in Boulder that day and would

often walk from the station to his parents’ house in nearby Willow Creek a couple miles away, his mother told Colorado Community Media at the time.

Jones was arrested in March 2020, KCNC-CBS4 reported. Jones was 16 years old at the time of the shooting.

A 2016 Arapahoe County grand jury indicted Clarissa Jae Lockhart, Allen Deshawn Ford, Kendall Adam Austin and Joseph Martin — also teenagers at the time of the shooting. The four were arrested in January 2017 in connection with Graham’s death.

The codefendants described a plot to rob Graham, whom they saw as “a white male who might have money,” according to the affidavit for Jones’ arrest. Jones and three other suspects are AfricanAmerican. One suspect, Joseph Martin, is listed as American Indian on the state Department of Corrections website.

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Public Notices call Sheree 303.566.4088 Legals Public Trustees COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0014-2021 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On March 5, 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 Grantor(s) The Plaza at Greenwood, LLC Original Beneficiary(ies) H&M Mortgage and Investments, LLC Current Holder of Evidence of Debt GV Corner, LLC Date of Deed of Trust March 24, 2008 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust April 01, 2008 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) B8037348 Original Principal Amount $800,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $800,000.00 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. See Exhibit A attached hereto plus all appurtenances thereto

HOE, STATE OF COLORADO, BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS; BASIS OF BEARINGS: THE WEST LINE OF THE NORTHWEST ONE-QUARTER OF SECTION 16, TOWNSHIP 5 SOUTH, RANGE 67 WEST OF THE 6TH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN BEING MONUMENTED AT THE NORTH END, BEING THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF SAID SECTION 16, BY A 3-1/4"ALUMINUM CAP IN RANGE BOX STAMPED "LS 28666" AND AT THE SOUTH END, BEING THE WEST ONE-QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 16, BY A 3-1/2" ALUMINUM CAP IN RANGE BOX STAMPED "LS 7735," CONSIDERED TO BEAR S 00°14'24" E, WITH ALL BEARINGS HEREON RELATIVE THERETO. COMMENCING AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF SAID SECTION 16; THENCE ALONG THE WEST LINE OF THE NORTHWEST ONEQUARTER S 00°14'24" E, A DISTANCE OF 309.61 FEET; THENCE PERPENDICULAR TO SAID WEST LINE N 89°45'36" E, A DISTANCE OF 49.00 FEET TO THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF A RIGHTOF-WAY DOCUMENT RECORDED AT RECEPTION NO. B3103738, ARAPAHOE COUNTY RECORDS, BEING MONUMENTED BY A NAIL AND BRASS TAG STAMPED “NOLTE-LS 29430,” SAID POINT BEING THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE PARALLEL TO SAID WEST LINE N 00°14'24" W, A DISTANCE OF 148.02 FEET TO A POINT ON THE SOUTH RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF EAST BELLEVIEW AVENUE AS DESCRIBED IN A DOCUMENT RECORDED IN BOOK 1021 AT PAGE 217, ARAPAHOE COUNTY RECORDS; THENCE ALONG SAID SOUTH RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE S 84°40'55" E, A DISTANCE OF 131.68 FEET TO THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF SAID PARCEL OF LAND; THENCEA LONG THE EAST LINE OF SAID PARCEL OF LAND S 00°12'40" E, A DISTANCE OF 134.33 FEET TO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SAID PARCEL OF LAND; THENCE ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID PARCEL OF LAND S 89°21’04" W, A DISTANCE OF 131.00 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING.

Tax Schedule No. 2075-16-2-03-017 Assessor Parcel ID No. 2075-16-2-03-017

(AS DESCRIBED BY CHARLES BERESFORD, PROFESSIONAL LAND SURVEYOR COLORADO P.L.S. NO. 35583).

Also known by street and number as: 7300 E. Belleview Ave., Greenwood Village, CO 80111.

More commonly known by street name and number as 7300 East Belleview Avenue, Greenwood Village, Colorado.

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

Legal Notice NO. 0014-2021 First Publication: 5/13/2021 Last Publication: 6/10/2021 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 07/07/2021, at The East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 5/13/2021 Last Publication: 6/10/2021 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; DATE: 03/05/2021 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: Clifford L. Neuman #3698 Clifford L. Neuman, P.C. 6800 N. 79th Street, Suite 200, Niwot, CO 80503 (303) 449-2100 Attorney File # 7300 E BELLEVIEW AVE 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 0014-2021 LEGAL DESCRIPTION A PORTION OF LOT 1, BLOCK 1, A SUBDIVISION OF SECTION 16, ALSO BEING A PORTION OF THAT PARCEL OF LAND OF RECORD IN BOOK 1687 AT PAGE 561, ARAPAHOE COUNTY RECORDS, BEING A PORTION OF THE NORTHWEST ONE QUARTER OF SECTION 16, TOWNSHIP 5 SOUTH, RANGE 67 WEST OF THE SIXTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, CITY OF GREENWOOD VILLAGE, COUNTY OF ARAPA-

COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0009-2021 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On February 19, 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.

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THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 06/23/2021, at The East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 4/29/2021 Last Publication: 5/27/2021 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; DATE: 02/19/2021 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: Lindsay L. McKae #39200 ROBERT S. ARTHUR #9614 Trevor G. Bartel #40449 Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP 1200 17th St, #3000, Denver, CO 80202 (303) 623-9000 Attorney File # 211668-10176 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. 0009-2021 First Publication: 4/29/2021 Last Publication: 5/27/2021 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent

Metropolitan Districts

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.

A parcel of land lying and being in the County of Douglas and State of Colorado, to wit: Part of the Northeast Quarter (NE-1/4), Section seven (7), Township six (6) South, Range sixty-eight (68) West of the 6th P.M., described as follows: starting at a point from whence the concrete right-of-way marker; (set 125 feet, more or less West of the northeast corner of Section 7, Township 6 South, Range 68 West) bears North 55 minutes, then 1045 feet East, said point being the point of beginning; thence East 330 feet along south right-of-way line of County Road; thence South 800 feet; thence West 330 feet to the southeast corner of parcel deeded to Douglas County School District #116 the 14th day of June, 1951; thence along East line of this parcel to point of beginning.

Legal Notice No. 525195 First Publication: May 13, 2021 Last Publication: May 20, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS Notice is hereby given that the City of Greenwood Village, Colorado (the "City") by electronic submission through BidNet® on the Rocky Mountain Bid System on the Greenwood Village website at www.greenwoodvillage.com/bids. Bids must be submitted by 2:30 pm on May 27, 2021.

The request for proposals for the 2021 Traffic Signal Rewire Project is available electronically via the Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing System on the City website, www.greenwoodvillage.com/bids.

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

The City reserves the right to reject any and all proposals, and to make final determination in the event of duplications.

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

No proposal may be withdrawn for a period of sixty (60) days after the date set for opening thereof.

Any proposal received as a result of this request is prepared at the consultant’s expense and becomes City property and therefore, public record.

SOUTH METRO FIRE RESCUE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT

Any questions regarding the project should be directed to George Eveleth – Senior Engineering Technician, Transportation (303) 708-6111 or geveleth@greenwoodvillage.com

By:/s/ Hank Eng, Secretary Legal Notice No. 525177 First Publication: May 13, 2021 Last Publication: May 13, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

/s/ Jeremy Hanak, Director of Public Works Legal Notice No. 525194 FIRST PUBLICATION: May 13, 2021 SECOND PUBLICATION: May 20, 2021 PUBLISHED IN: Littleton Independent

Bids and Settlements Public Notice

Public Notice SOUTH ARAPAHOE SANITATION DISTRICT C/O KENNEDY JENKS CONSULTANTS

Notice is hereby given that the City of Greenwood Village, Colorado (the "City") will receive sealed bids at the Parks, Trails and Recreation front desk at the Greenwood Village Maintenance Facility (10001 East Costilla Avenue, Greenwood Village, Colorado 80112) until 3:00 pm on May 28, 2021 for the Carson Park Pedestrian Bridge Replacement Project. The scope of the project includes the construction of a concrete bridge abutments and transport and placement of repurposed bridge. The plans and specifications are available electronically via Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing (www.bidnetdirect.com), which can also be accessed through the Greenwood Village website (www.greenwoodvillage.com/bids). The City reserves the right to reject any and all bids, and to make final determination in the event of duplications. No bid may be withdrawn for a period of sixty (60) days after the date set for opening thereof.

165 S. Union Blvd, Suite 570 Lakewood, CO 80228 Phone 303-985-3636 Fax 303-985-3800

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to all interested persons that a Petition for Inclusion of additional real property has been filed with the Board of Directors of the South Metro Fire Rescue Fire Protection District. The Board of Directors has fixed Monday, the 7th day of June, 2021, at the hour of 6:00 p.m., at 9195 E. Mineral Avenue, Centennial, Colorado, as the date, time and place of an open meeting at which such Petition shall be heard. Due to concerns regarding COVID-19 and the benefits to the control of the spread of COVID-19 by limiting in-person contact, this public hearing may be held virtually. Please visit our website for current information: https://www.southmetro.org/623/Board-Agendasand-Minutes.

SOUTH METRO FIRE RESCUE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT

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

The property to be included into the District is generally described as follows:

BID INFORMATION ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

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.

Also known by street and number as: 2065 W. Vassar Ave., Englewood, CO 80110.

Douglas County School District 620 Wilcox Street Castle Rock, CO 80104

The City reserves the right to reject any and all proposals and waive informalities or irregularities therein. Any proposal received as a result of this request is prepared at the consultant's expense and becomes City property and therefore, public record.

Public Notice

The name and address of the Petitioner is: Central Park at Highlands Ranch Apartments, LLC 8351 E. Belleview Ave. Denver, CO 80237

LOT 7, GABRIEL SUBDIVISION, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO

The name and address of the Petitioner is:

for proposal information is available electronically via Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing (www.bidnetdirect.com), which can also be accessed through the Greenwood Village website (www.greenwoodvillage.com/bids).

NOTICE OF OPEN MEETING FOR HEARING ON PETITION FOR INCLUSION OF ADDITIONAL REAL PROPERTY WITHIN THE SOUTH METRO FIRE RESCUE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT

Original Grantor(s) Kristin Clay Original Beneficiary(ies) Habitat for Humanity of Metro Denver, Inc. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt Habitat for Humanity of Metro Denver, Inc. Date of Deed of Trust March 06, 2008 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust March 10, 2008 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) B8027994 Original Principal Amount $104,500.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $71,748.30

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

benefits to the control of the spread of COVID-19 by limiting in-person contact, this public hearing may be held virtually. Please visit our website for current information: https://www.southmetro.org/623/Board-Agendasand-Minutes.

The property to be included into the District is generally described as follows: Lot 1B1 and Lot 1C1, Highlands Ranch Filing No. 156, 2nd Amendment, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO All interested parties may appear at such hearing to show cause in writing why such Petition should not be granted.

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

The City requires a certified or cashier's check, or a corporate surety bond in the amount of five percent (5%) of the total bid amount before the City can accept or consider any bid. The bid and the deposit shall be filed with the City’s Office, securely sealed and endorsed on the outside with a brief statement as to the nature of the item or work for which the bid is provided. Upon a bid award, such bond shall be returned to the unsuccessful bidder(s). In the case of the successful bidder, the bid bond will be returned upon receipt of the required payment and performance bonds, each in the full amount of the contract price. Bids will be opened publicly at 3:01 pm on May 28, 2021 at the Greenwood Village Maintenance Facility and shall be tabulated by the City. Social distancing and face coverings are required for access to the Greenwood Village Maintenance Facility.

Any questions should be directed to Suzanne Moore at smoore@greenwoodvillage.com.

By: /s/ Hank Eng, Secretary

/s/ Suzanne Moore Director of Parks, Trails, and Recreation

Legal Notice No. 525175 First Publication: May 13, 2021 Last Publication: May 13, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Legal Notice No. 525196 FIRST PUBLICATION: May 13, 2021 SECOND PUBLICATION: May 20, 2021 PUBLISHED IN: Littleton Independent

Public Notice

Public Notice

NOTICE OF OPEN MEETING FOR HEARING ON PETITION FOR INCLUSION OF ADDITIONAL REAL PROPERTY WITHIN THE SOUTH METRO FIRE RESCUE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT

NOTICE: REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR GREENWOOD VILLAGE, COLORADO

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to all interested persons that a Petition for Inclusion of additional real property has been filed with the Board of Directors of the South Metro Fire Rescue Fire Protection District. The Board of Directors has fixed Monday, the 7th day of June, 2021, at the hour of 6:00 p.m., at 9195 E. Mineral Avenue, Centennial, Colorado, as the date, time and place of an open meeting at which such Petition shall be heard.

Due to concerns regarding COVID-19 and the

The City of Greenwood Village invites proposals for the Orchard Drive Trail Reconstruction project. The project goal is to provide design services and construction documents for the reconstruction of the Orchard Drive trail between Orchard Road and Holly Street. The project scope involves design for the trail, fencing, irrigation and utility modifications, and landscaping.

Proposals will be received until 3:00 PM on Friday, June 4, 2021 at the Greenwood Village Maintenance Facility, 10001 East Costilla Avenue, Greenwood Village, Colorado 80112.

The request

INVITATION TO BID Notice is hereby given that South Arapahoe Sanitation District will accept bid proposals for the 2021 Capital Improvement Program (CIP) Project in Centennial. The project is located within the City of Centennial, Colorado and includes, but is not limited to: 7,428 linear feet of 8-inch CIPP rehabilitation, 260 linear feet of 10-inch CIPP rehabilitation, remove 139 manhole steps, various minor manhole repairs and coordination with the Owner, all as described in the Contract Documents Competitive Bids will be accepted until 2:00 pm, Monday, June 14, 2021, at the office of Kennedy Jenks Consultants, 165 S. Union Blvd, Suite 570, Lakewood, Colorado 80228. Proposals shall be submitted in an envelope marked “SOUTH ARAPAHOE SANITATION DISTRICT: 2021 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM PROJECT”. An Electronic (PDF) Competitive Bid will also be accepted in lieu of a paper copy until 2:00 pm, Monday, June 14, 2021. Provide Electronic Competitive Bid to: JamieOvergaard@ kennedyjenks.com (ATTN: Jamie Overgaard).

Any bids (electronic or paper copy) received after 2:00 pm shall not be accepted. An abstract of the amounts of the base Bids and alternates (if any) will be made available to the Bidders after the Bids have been opened. Bids may not be withdrawn for a period of sixty (60) days after said closing time.

Bid packages will be available electronically starting on May 13, 2021 at www.questcdn.com under Login for a $15.00 charge. The user will be directed to enter a project code of #7820445.

Contact QuestCDN.com at 952-233-1632 or info@questcdn.com for assistance in membership registration and downloading this digital project information.

The Bidder to whom a contract is awarded will be required to furnish “Performance and Maintenance” and “Labor and Material Payment” bonds to the District. The “Performance and Maintenance” and “Labor and Material Payment” bonds shall be furnished in the amount of 100 percent of the contract, in conformity with the requirements of the Contract Documents.

The District reserves the right to reject any and all proposals, or to accept that proposal or combination of proposals, if any, which in its sole and absolute judgment, will under all circumstances best serve the District’s interest. No proposal will be accepted from any firm, person, or corporation, who is a defaulter as to surety or otherwise, or is deemed incompetent, irresponsible, or unreliable by the District Board of Directors.

No bids will be considered which are received after the time indicated above, and any bids so received

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Public Notices after the scheduled closing time shall be returned to the bidder unopened.

Legal Notice No. 525192 First Publication: May 13, 2021 Last Publication: May 20, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Summons and Sheriff Sale Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, STATE OF COLORADO Court Address: 7325 South Potomac Street Centennial, CO 80112 Court Phone: 303-649-6355 PLAINTIFF: CHESAPEAKE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC. v.

DEFENDANTS: CORIE HORTON; JADE DIXON; FLAGSTAR BANK, FSB; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC.; and SUE SANDSTROM AS PUBLIC TRUSTEE FOR ARAPAHOE COUNTY Attorney: Kate M. Leason, Reg No. 41025 Jeffrey B. Smith, Reg No. 40490 Firm: Altitude Community Law P.C. Address: 555 Zang Street, Suite 100 Lakewood, Colorado 80228-1011 Phone Number: 303.432.9999 E-mails: kleason@altitude.law jsmith@altitude.law Our File No.: 9053.0626 Case No.: 2021CV030239 Div: 202 SUMMONS TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to file with the Clerk of this Court an answer or other response to the attached Complaint. If service of the Summons and Complaint was made upon you within the State of Colorado, you are required to file your Answer or other response within twentyone (21) days after service upon you. If service of the Summons and Complaint was made upon you, outside of the State of Colorado, you are required to file your Answer or other response within thirtyfive (35) days after service upon you or if served by publication pursuant to C.R.C.P. 4(g). If served by publication, service shall be complete on the day of the last publication. Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2410(b), the time for filing an Answer or other response is extended to sixty (60) days for the United States. Your answer or counterclaim must be accompanied with the applicable filing fee. A copy of the Complaint may be obtained from the Clerk of the Court.

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

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

Dated: February 4, 2021 Respectfully submitted, ALTITUDE COMMUNITY LAW P.C. Original signature of Kate M. Leason is on file with the law offices of Altitude Community Law P.C. pursuant to C.R.C.P. 121, §1-26(7).

S/ Kate M. Leason Kate M. Leason, #41025 Jeffrey B. Smith, #40490 555 Zang Street, Suite 100 Lakewood, Colorado 80228-1011 303.432.9999 ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF Chesapeake Homeowners Association, Inc. Address of Plaintiff: Chesapeake Homeowners Association, Inc. c/o Hammersmith Management 23 Inverness Way East, Suite 200 Englewood, CO 80112 Legal Notice No. 525135 First Publication: April 29, 2021 Last Publication: May 27, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO Case No.: 20CV031682 Division: 402 Plaintiff: The Windsong Condominiums Association, Inc., a Colorado nonprofit corporation v.

Defendants: Jose R. Rivas; Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc.; Universal Lending Corporation; Colorado Housing and Finance Authority; and Public Trustee of the County of Arapahoe COMBINED NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE This is to advise you that a Sheriff sale proceeding has been commenced through the office of the undersigned Sheriff pursuant to an Order for Judgment and Decree of Foreclosure dated January 15, 2021, and C.R.S. §§ 38-38-101 to 401, by The Windsong Condominiums Association, Inc., the current holder of a lien recorded with the County of Arapahoe Clerk and Recorder on April 17, 2018, at Reception No. D8036762. The judicial foreclosure is based on a default under the Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions of The Windsong Condominiums recorded with the County of Arapahoe Clerk and Recorder on July 12, 1983, in Reception No. 2299601 (“Declaration”). The Declaration and notices as recorded, establish a lien for the benefit of the The Windsong Condominiums Association, Inc. - THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AND IMPROVEMENTS – against the property legally described as follows: CONDOMINIUM UNIT NO. 9, BUILDING 30,

WINDSONG CONDOMINIUMS, A5 DEFINED AND DESCRIBED IN THE CONDOMINIUM DECLARATION RECORDED JULY 12, 1983 IN BOOK 3M2 AT PAGE 441, AND ACCORDING TO THE CONDOMINIUM MAP RECORDED NOVEMBER 10, 1983 AT RECEPTION NO. 2345645, TOGETHER WITH THE EXCLUSIVE RIGHT TO USE PARKING SPACE NO. 385, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO Also known by street and number as 7474 East Arkansas Avenue #3009, Denver, CO 80231.

The Sheriff’s sale has been scheduled to occur at 10:00 a.m. on July 1, 2021, at 13101 E. Broncos Parkway, Centennial, CO 80112, telephone 720874-3845. At the sale, the Sheriff will sell the real property described above, and the improvements thereon, to the highest bidder. Plaintiff makes no warranty relating to title, possession, or quiet enjoyment in and to said real property in connection with this sale. **BIDDERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE CASH OR CERTIFIED FUNDS SUFFICIENT TO COVER THE MINIMUM BID AT TIME OF SALE. ** All telephone inquiries for information should be directed to the office of the undersigned Sheriff at 720-874-3845. The name, address and telephone number of the attorney representing the legal owner of the above-described lien is: Gail R. Gudder, #17820, Moeller Graf, P.C., 385 Inverness Parkway Suite 200, Englewood, CO 80112, telephone (720) 279-2568.

Date: March 30, 2021 Tyler S. Brown, Sheriff County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Sgt. Trent Steffa, Deputy Sheriff Legal Notice No. 525085 First Publication: May 6, 2021 Last Publication: June 3, 2021 Published In: Littleton Independent 750 W. Hampden Ave., Suite 225 Englewood, Colorado, 80110 Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, County of Arapahoe, COLORADO Court Address: 7325 S Potomac St #100, Centennial, CO 80112 Plaintiff: COUNTRY HOMES ASSOCIATION, INC., a Colorado nonprofit corporation v.

Defendants: Masoud Moradi; Rok West, LLC; Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc.; WINPRO Diversified Income Fund, LLC; BDM Genetics, LLP n/k/a BDM Genetics, LLC; Kevin Good; CLPF KSA Grocery Portfolio Greenwood Village, LLC; Martin Dominic Karaba; Diva Lauren; Sue Sandstrom as the Arapahoe County Treasurer; and Sue Sandstrom as the Arapahoe County Public Trustee Attorneys for Plaintiff: MOELLER GRAF, P.C. K. Christian Webert, #43739 Bujar Ahmeti, #42373 David A. Parker, #35253 dparker@moellergraf.com 385 Inverness Parkway, Suite 200 Englewood, Colorado 80112 Office: (720) 279-2568 FAX: (720) 279-2569 Case No. 2020CV031818 Division/Ctrm.:21 SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANT(S): You are hereby summoned and required to appear and defend against the claims of the complaint filed with the court in this action, by filing with the clerk of this court an answer or other response.

You are required to file your answer or other response within thirty-five (35) days after the service of this summons upon you. Service of this summons shall be complete on the day of the last publication. A copy of the complaint may be obtained from the clerk of the court.

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

This is an action for judicial foreclosure under C.R.C.P. Rule 105 and damages seeking to foreclose a statutory lien on the following property: TRACT 20, PLAT OF RESUBDIVISION OF TRACTS 19 (PARTLY), 20, 21, 22, 23, COUNTRY HOMES, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. More commonly know as: 49 Sunset Drive, Englewood, CO 80113 Dated May 4, 2021 MOELLER GRAF, P.C. /s/ David A. Parker, #35253, Counsel Legal Notice No. 525184 First Publication: May 13, 2021 Last Publication: June 10, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO Case No.: 2020CV031543 Division: 202 SALE NO. ACCIV2101052 Plaintiff: Spinnaker Run Condominium Association, Inc., a Colorado nonprofit corporation v.

Defendants: Steven Alden Anderson; Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc.; SGB Corporation DBA Westamerica Mortgage Company; and Public Trustee of the County of Arapahoe COMBINED NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE This is to advise you that a Sheriff sale proceeding has been commenced through the office of the undersigned Sheriff pursuant to an Order for Judgment and Decree of Foreclosure dated January 8, 2021, and C.R.S. §§ 38-38-101 to 401,

by the Spinnaker Run Condominium Association, Inc., the current holder of a lien recorded with the County of Arapahoe Clerk and Recorder on May 9, 2019, at Reception No. D9042679. The judicial foreclosure is based on a default under the Condominium Declaration for Spinnaker Run Condominiums recorded with the County of Arapahoe Clerk and Recorder on February 1, 1980, in Reception No. 1937674 (“Declaration”). The Declaration and notices as recorded, establish a lien for the benefit of the Spinnaker Run Condominium Association, Inc. - THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AND IMPROVEMENTS – against the property legally described as follows: CONDOMINIUM UNIT NO. 204, BUILDING NO. 1, SPINNAKER RUN CONDOMINIUMS, IN ACCORDANCE HITH THE DECLARATION RECORDED ON FEBRUARY 1, 1980 IN BOOK 3164 AT PAGE 592, AND CONDOMINIUM MAP RECORDED ON FEBRUARY 1, 1980 IN BOOK 43 AT PAGE 56 ON THE ARAPAHOE COUNTY RECORDER, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OR COLORADO Also known by street and number as 12400 E. Cornell Avenue #204, Aurora, CO 80014 The Sheriff’s sale has been scheduled to occur at 10:00 a.m. on June 24, 2021, at 13101 E. Broncos Parkway, Centennial, CO 80112, telephone 720874-3845. At the sale, the Sheriff will sell the real property described above, and the improvements thereon, to the highest bidder. Plaintiff makes no warranty relating to title, possession, or quiet enjoyment in and to said real property in connection with this sale.

BIDDERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE CASH OR CERTIFIED FUNDS SUFFICIENT TO COVER THE MINIMUM BID AT TIME OF SALE. All telephone inquiries for information should be directed to the office of the undersigned Sheriff at 720-874-3845. The name, address and telephone number of the attorney representing the legal owner of the above-described lien is: Gail R. Gudder, #17820, Moeller Graf, P.C., 385 Inverness Parkway, Suite 200, Englewood, CO 80112, telephone (720) 279-2568.

Dated March 18, 2021.

Tyler S. Brown, Sheriff County of Arapahoe, Colorado By: Sgt. Trent Steffa, Deputy Sheriff Legal Notice No. 525056 First Publication: April 29, 2021 Last Publication: May 27, 2021 Published In: Littleton Independent 750 W. Hampden Ave., Suite 225 Englewood, Colorado, 80110 Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO Court Address: 7325 S. Potomac 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: WINZENBURG, LEFF, PURVIS & PAYNE, LLP Travis B. Keenan, #41354 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 required to appear and defend against the claims of the complaint filed with the court in this action, by filing with the clerk of this court an answer or other response.

You are required to file your answer or other response within 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 judgment 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, judgment by default may be rendered against you by the court for the relief demanded in the complaint without further notice.

This is an action originally filed November 19, 2020, and published in the Littleton Independent beginning April 15, 2021, and ending May 13, 2021.

Dated: April 5, 2021 WINZENBURG, LEFF, PURVIS & PAYNE, LLP

Legal Notice No. 525093 First Publication: April 15, 2021 Last Publication: May 13, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO Court Address: 7325 South Potomac Street Centennial, Colorado 80112 Petitioners: KEATON SKUDNESKI, PALMER SKUDNESKI, and LANDON SKUDNESKI, through STEPHEN T. WILSON, ESQ., as Special Conservator v.

Respondents: DAVID A. SKUDNESKI, TRUSTEE and DAVID A. SKUDNESKI, in his individual capacity Case Number: 2017PR30044 SHERIFF’S COMBINED NOTICE OF SALE Under a Judgment that entered July 10, 2019, nunc pro tunc January 17, 2019, and further awarded costs, attorney fees, and interest on and through September 13, 2019, I am selling certain real property, as follows: Original Judgment Creditor: KEATON SKUDNESKI, PALMER SKUDNESKI, and LANDON SKUDNESKI, through STEPHEN T. WILSON, ESQ., as Special Conservator, with rights to enforce granted to THE KEATON SKUDNESKI TRUST, THE PALMER SKUDNESKI TRUST, and THE LANDON SKUDNESKI TRUST Judgment Debtor: DAVID A. SKUDNESKI, TRUSTEE and DAVID A. SKUDNESKI, in his individual capacity Current Judgment Creditor: THE KEATON SKUDNESKI TRUST, THE PALMER SKUDNESKI TRUST, and THE LANDON SKUDNESKI TRUST Date of Judgment: July 10, 2019, nunc pro tunc January 17, 2019 Date of Recording of Judgment: Date of Recording of Judgment County of Recording: Arapahoe County, Colorado Recording Information: Reception No. D9105299 Original Judgment Amount: $7,153,031.18 Ordered Judgment Amount: $8,749,898.52 Outstanding Principal Judgment Amount: $9,493,999.48 Legal description of property to be foreclosed: LOT 93, GLENMOOR OF CHERRY HILLS, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO Common description of property to be foreclosed: 93 Glenmoor Drive, Englewood, Colorado 80113 THE PROPERTY TO BE SOLD AND DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE JUDGMENT. THE INTEREST TO BE SOLD IS A LIFE ESTATE INTEREST OF DAVID A, SKUDNEKSI. THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The Judgment remains unsatisfied and judgment holder is enforcing its remedies under law including, without limitation, levy, execution, and sale of the property.

NOTICE OF SALE THEREFORE, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that I will, at 10 o’clock A.M., on Thursday, July 8, 2021, in front of the flagpole at the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office Administration Building, located at 13101 East Broncos Parkway, Centennial, Colorado 80112, phone number 720-874-3845, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash or certified funds sufficient to cover the bid, the said real property described above, and all interest of said Judgment Debtor and the heirs and assigns of said Judgment Debtor therein, for the purpose of paying the judgment amount entered herein, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. **BIDDERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE CASH OR CERTIFIED FUNDS SUFFICIENT TO COVER THE MINIMUM BID AT TIME OF SALE. ** The name, address, and business telephone number of each of the attorneys representing the holder of the evidence of debt are as follows: Aaron J. Conrardy, #40030, Wadsworth Garber Warner Conrardy, P.C., 2580 West Main Street, Suite 200, Littleton, Colorado 80120, telephone: (303) 296-1999.

THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED MAY BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. This Sheriff’s Notice of Sale is signed April 7, 2021.

Tyler S. Brown, Sheriff, County of Arapahoe, Colorado By: Sgt. Trent Steffa, Deputy Sheriff Legal Notice No. 525099 First Publication: May 13, 2021 Last Publication: June 10, 2021 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent 750 W. Hampden Ave., Suite 225 Englewood, Colorado, 80110

Travis B. Keenan, #41354 Attorney for Plaintiff This summons is issued pursuant to Rule 4, C.R.C.P., as amended.

WARNING: A VALID SUMMONS MAY BE ISSUED BY A LAWYER AND IT NEED NOT CONTAIN A COURT CASE NUMBER, THE SIGNATURE OF A COURT OFFICER, OR A COURT SEAL. YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR CONTACTING THE COURT TO OBTAIN FURTHER INFORMATION. YOU MUST RESPOND AS EXPLAINED IN THIS SUMMONS.

Midfirst Bank; United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; and Public Trustee of the County of Arapahoe COMBINED NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE This is to advise you that a Sheriff sale proceeding has been commenced through the office of the undersigned Sheriff pursuant to an Order for Judgment and Decree of Foreclosure dated January 22, 2021, and C.R.S. §§ 38-38-101 to 401, by the Redbuck at Sorrel Ranch Homeowners Association, Inc., the current holder of a lien recorded with the County of Arapahoe Clerk and Recorder on April 6, 2018, at Reception No. D8033519. The judicial foreclosure is based on a default under the Condominium Declaration for Redbuck at Sorrel Ranch Condominiums recorded with the County of Arapahoe Clerk and Recorder on March 23, 2004, in Reception No. B4051428 (“Declaration”). The Declaration and notices as recorded, establish a lien for the benefit of the Redbuck at Sorrel Ranch Homeowners Association, Inc. - THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AND IMPROVEMENTS – against the property legally described as follows: CONDOMINIUM UNIT 27-A, BUILDING 27, GARAGE 27-A, REDBUCK AT SORRELL RANCH CONDOMINIUMS, SORREL RANCH SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 4, AS DEFINED AND DESCRIBED IN THE CONDOMINIUM DECLARATION RECORDED MARCH 23, 2004 AT RECEPTION NUMBER B4203688, AND AS DEFINED IN THE CONDOMINIUM MAP RECORDED NOVEMBER 23, 2004 AT RECEPTION NUMBER B4203687 COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as 5742 South Addison Way, Unit A, Aurora, CO 80016.

The Sheriff’s sale has been scheduled to occur at 10:00 a.m. on June 24, 2021 at 13101 E. Broncos Parkway, Centennial, CO 80112, telephone 720874-3845. At the sale, the Sheriff will sell the real property described above, and the improvements thereon, to the highest bidder. Plaintiff makes no warranty relating to title, possession, or quiet enjoyment in and to said real property in connection with this sale. **BIDDERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE CASH OR CERTIFIED FUNDS SUFFICIENT TO COVER THE MINIMUM BID AT TIME OF SALE. ** All telephone inquiries for information should be directed to the office of the undersigned Sheriff at 720-874-3845. The name, address and telephone number of the attorney representing the legal owner of the above-described lien is: Gail R. Gudder, #17820, Moeller Graf, P.C., 385 Inverness Parkway, Suite 200, Englewood, CO 80112, telephone (720) 279-2568.

Date: March 23, 2021 Tyler S. Brown, Sheriff County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Sgt. Trent Steffa, Deputy Sheriff Legal Notice No. 525064 First Publication: April 29, 2021 Last Publication: May 27, 2021 Published In: Littleton Independent 750 W. Hampden Ave., Suite 225 Englewood, Colorado, 80110

Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, STATE OF COLORADO Case No.: 2020CV032238

Division: 21

COMBINED NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE Plaintiff: FOXDALE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, INC., a Colorado nonprofit corporation v.

Defendants: CHANETTA M. E. SWADER; WELLS FARGO BANK N.A.; THE OFFICE OF THE ARAPAHOE COUNTY PUBLIC TRUSTEE Regarding: Condominium Unit No. 101, Building No. 10, Foxdale Condominiums Phase VIII Seventh Supplement in accordance with the Declaration recorded on August 4, 1981 in Book 3461 at Page 495, and any and all Amendments and Supplements thereto, and Condominium Map recorded on August 15, 1985 in Map Book 85 at Page 11, at Reception No. 2566787, of the Arapahoe County Records, and any and all Amendments and Supplements thereto. Together With the Exclusive Right to use the following Limited Common Elements: Garage No. N/A and Parking Space No. N/A, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado.

Also known and numbered as: 922 S Walden St #101, Aurora CO 80017 TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS, Please take notice: You and each of you are hereby notified that a Sheriff's Sale of the referenced property is to be conducted by the Civil Unit of Sheriff's Office of Arapahoe County, Colorado at 10:00 A.M., on the 1st day of July, 2021, at 13101 E. Broncos Pkwy, Centennial, CO 80112; phone number 720-8743845. At which sale, the above described real property and improvements thereon will be sold to the highest bidder. Plaintiff makes no warranty relating to title, possession, or quiet enjoyment in and to said real property in connection with this sale.

Public Notice

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

DISTRICT COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO Case No.: 2020CV032098 Division: 15

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.

Plaintiff: Redbuck at Sorrel Ranch Homeowners Association, Inc., a Colorado nonprofit corporation v.

Defendants: Laurie E. Parsons; Rocky Mountain Law Enforcement Federal Credit Union;

DATED in Colorado this 23rd day of March, 2021.

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

Littleton Legals 5.13.21 * 2

30 The Independent

May 13, 2021

Public Notices ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF: ORTEN CAVANAGH HOLMES & HUNT, LLC

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

1445 Market Street, Suite 350 Denver, CO 80202

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

Legal Notice No. 525065 First Publication: May 6, 2021 Last Publication: June 3, 2021 Published In: Littleton Independent 750 W. Hampden Ave., Suite 225 Englewood, Colorado, 80110

THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

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; QUICKEN 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. 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: Original Lienee(s): Marshall H. Lyons, Jr. Original Lienor: First Village East Apartment Homes Association, Inc. Current Holder of the evidence of debt: First Village 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.

The tax return of the Tom & Marion Braum Foundation is available for inspection. Requests to inspect may be made by any citizen within 180 days of this notice in writing to the foundation at: 3916 N. Potsdam Ave., PMB 1550, Sioux Falls SD 57104; or by phone to foundation manager, Tom Braum, 303-903-0314.

Legal Notice No. 525172 First Publication: May 13, 2021 Last Publication: May 13, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Notice to Creditors

NOTICE OF SALE

PUBLIC NOTICE

THEREFORE, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that I will, at 10 o'clock A.M., on June 10, 2021, on the front steps of the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office, Civil Unit, located at 13101 East 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 Grantor and the heirs and assigns of said Grantor, for the purpose of paying the judgment amount entered herein, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Richard E. Read, aka Richard Ehni Read, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR30420

**BIDDERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE CASH OR CERTIFIED FUNDS SUFFICIENT TO COVER THE MINIMUM BID AT TIME OF SALE. ** The name, address and telephone number of each of the attorneys representing the holder of the evidence of the debt is as follows: Stephane R. Dupont The Dupont Law Firm, LLC PO Box 1073 Castle Rock, CO 80104 (720) 644-6115 THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED MAY BE USED FOR THAT 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

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 31, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Pamela Owens, Personal Representative c/o Patrick A. Schilken, P.C. 7936 E. Arapahoe Court, No. 2800 Centennial, Colorado 80130 Legal Notice No. 525138 First Publication: April 29, 2021 Last Publication: May 13, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Gary Melvin Hizer, A/K/A Gary M. Hizer, A/K/A Gary Hizer, Deceased Case Number 21PR30502 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 13, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Bill Andrew Hizer, Personal Representative 573 Sunset Ridge Littleton, Colorado 80126 Legal Notice No. 525176 First Publication: May 13, 2021 Last Publication: May 27, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE

Misc. Private Legals Public Notice Tom & Marion Braum Foundation

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Beverly Ellyn Smith, Deceased Case Number: 21 PR 175 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before June 1, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Charles P. Smith, Personal Representative 3355 S. Pennsylvania Street Englewood, Colorado 80113 Legal Notice No. 525183 First Publication: May 13, 2021 Last Publication: May 27, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

First Publication: May 13, 2021 Last Publication: May 27, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of RICHARD G. SWANSON a/k/a RICHARD GENE SWANSON, Deceased Case Number: 21 PR 30415

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of MARY A. SMITH, also known as MARY ALYCE SMITH, Deceased Case Number 21PR30387

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 30, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

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

Kaia Stulock, Co-Personal Representative 1626 Hermosa Drive Littleton, CO 80126

Kenton H. Kuhlman, Attorney for the Personal Representative 7851 S Elati St, Suite 202 Littleton Colorado 80120 Legal Notice No. 525139 First Publication: April 29, 2021 Last Publication: May 13, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice

Legal Notice No. 525145 First Publication: May 6, 2021 Last Publication: May 20, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Donald Ray Ketterman, aka Donald R. Ketterman, aka Donald Ketterman, Deceased Case Number: 21PR30472

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Conrad William Anderson, Deceased Case Number: 2020PR31278 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 September 06, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Karen Anderson, Personal Representative 3900 E Mexico Ave. Suite 300 Denver, CO 80210 Legal Notice No. 525146 First publication: May 6, 2021 Last publication: May 20, 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 September 7, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Kimberly A. Courtney, Personal Representative 14235 E. Marina Drive Aurora, CO 80014 Legal Notice No. 525158 First Publication: May 6, 2021 Last Publication: May 20, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of James Edgar Carpenter, also known as James E. Carpenter, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR30475

Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Aleshia Mishian Armour, a/k/a Aleshia M. Armour, a/k/a Aleshia Armour, a/k/a A. Mishian Armour, and A.M. Armour, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR30494 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before September 13, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Michael Armour, Personal Representative 4853 S. Crystal Street Aurora, CO 80015

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 13, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Z. Jane Carpenter, Personal Representative 3 Cherry Lane Englewood, CO 80113 Legal Notice No. 525181 First Publication: May 13, 2021 Last Publication: May 27, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice

Legal Notice No. 525190

City of Littleton Payments February 2021 Public Notice IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CITY OF LITTLETON CHARTER, SECTION 83(J), THE FOLLOWING IS A LISTING OF DISBURSEMENTS OVER $500.00 FOR THE MONTH FEBRUARY 2021 VENDOR NAME

AMOUNT DESCRIPTION

ACE EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLY 786.00 ADAPT PHARMA INC 5,400.00 ADLER CONSULTING, LLC 1,200.00 AECOM TECHNICAL SERVICES INC 8,484.00 AJI FENCE LTD 4,741.00 ALFRED BENESCH & COMPANY 25,844.33 ALL TRUCK AND TRAILER PARTS 1,084.62 ALLDATA LLC 1,500.00 ALSCO 713.24 AM SIGNAL, INC 1,943.08 AMAZON 3,467.15 AMERICAN PLANNING ASSOCIATION 943.00 AON CONSULTING, INC 5,635.63 APPLE 3,094.94 ARAPAHOE COUNTY 12,099.38 ARAPAHOE COUNTY GOV’T RADIO SYSTEM 10,750.00 ARBITRAGE COMPLIANCE SPECIALISTS, INC 1,000.00 ARTHUR J GALLAGHER RISK MANAGEMENT 17,886.00 B&H PHOTO 590.19 BACKFLOW CONSULTING TESTING AND REPAIR INC 800.00 BACKUPIFY 637.50 BADGER METER 782.57 BAKER & TAYLOR 1,373.16 BIBLIOTHECA, LLC 8,331.00 BOBCAT OF THE ROCKIES 8,462.87 BOHANNAN HUSTON INC. 28,413.75 BRANDON DODGE 941.88 BRIGHT INTERACTIVE LIMITED 3,600.00 C & L WATER SOLUTIONS, INC 6,192.55 CANNON COCHRAN MANAGEMENT SERVICES 1,407.66 CANON FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC 2,405.93 CARAHSOFT TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 18,191.30 CAREHERE LLC 13,343.20 CDW GOVERNMENT 4,427.19 CELLEBRITE INC 3,700.00 CENTRIFUGE TRAINING LLC 600.00 CHAVEZ CONSTRUCTION INC. 99,375.70 CHERWELL SOFTWARE LLC 30,486.00 CIGNA HEALTH AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY 187,703.40 CIRSA 8,457.90 CLEARWATER DIRECT MARKETING SOLUTIONS 7,888.86 CO STATE UNIVERSITY 1,493.62 COLORADO ALLIANCE OF RESEARCH LIBRARIES 5,400.00 COLORADO BARRICADE CO, LLC 1,142.00 COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA 507.00 COLORADO GOLF & TURF 943.29 COLORADO INFORMATION SHARING CONSORTIUM 3,476.00 COMCAST 20,060.97 CONNOLLYS TOWING INC 700.00 CONSERVE-A-WATT LIGHTING INC 3,397.69 CRONEN PLUMBING & HEATING, INC 2,063.00 DELL 3,254.28 DELTA DENTAL PLAN OF COLORADO 19,488.04

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DENVER WATER 6,040.48 DIGICERT INC 1,999.00 DJCA LLC 3,500.00 DLT SOLUTIONS 2,174.29 DOUGLAS COUNTY 2,000.00 DRIPWORKS INC 963.23 DUNAV ELECTRIC CORP. 10,735.00 ECONOMIC & PLANNING SYSTEMS, INC 1,155.00 E-FILE MAGIC 598.94 EMPLOYERS COUNCIL SERVICES, INC 6,740.00 ENCODEPLUS, LLC 504.00 ENVISIONWARE INC 725.00 ESO SOLUTIONS, INC 1,798.23 FACILITIES CONTRACTING INC 3,142.50 FARIS MACHINERY CO 761.28 FASICK CONCRETE, INC. 135,834.90 FRANCISCO I. ALDERETE 910.00 G4S SECURE SOLUTIONS (USA) INC 4,931.16 GALLS 1,109.89 GARRIDO, SARA 720.00 GENERAL AIR SERVICE & SUPPLY 634.39 GENTEX CORPORATION 7,812.00 GLOBAL INDUSTRIAL 6,862.28 GOODYEAR COMMERCIAL TIRE & SERVICE CENTER 1,780.12 GRAINGER 1,254.10 GRANICUS, INC. 9,716.21 GRANITE TELECOMMUNICATIONS LLC 3,237.92 GREENCO 560.00 GREENLEY ENTERPRISES CORP. 5,197.27 GROUND ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS 1,688.50 HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE COMPANY 1,176.00 HIGH POINT NETWORKS,LLC 10,254.00 HILL BROS BOOTS 700.00 HILL PETROLEUM 10,260.26 HUFFINE, LORETTA 2,039.40 HYDRA FLEX 880.01 HYDRAQUIP INC 2,532.72 IMSA 1,020.00 INGRAM LIBRARY SERVICES 13,092.75 INNOVEST PORTFOLIO SOLUTIONS LLC 22,776.76 INTERGROUP ARCHITECTS 16,906.00 INTERMOUNTAIN SWEEPER 1,606.31 INTERNATIONAL CODE COUNCIL 2,610.00 IPMA-HR 647.00 J & A TRAFFIC PRODUCTS 2,413.50 JAY DEE CLEANING & RESTORATION INC 2,650.00 JOHN ELWAY CHEVROLET 1,710.23 KANOPY INC. 4,562.00 KENDIG KEAST COLLABORATIVE 39,350.00 KENZ & LESLIE DISTRIBUTING 858.30 KEY CODE MEDIA 2,181.00 KISSINGER & FELLMAN, PC 577.50 LANDMARK LINCOLN 1,850.83 LARUE, JAMES H 980.00 LEWAN TECHNOLOGY 500.33 LEXISNEXIS 1,757.66 LUMIN8 TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 995.00 MARMOT LIBRARY NETWORK 4,067.51 MEDIA SALAD, INC. 5,000.00

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Summer concert series coming Tickets now on sale for 2021 summer rocks concert series STAFF REPORT

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Nestled in the setting of Philip S. Miller Park, The Amphitheater has become one of Colorado’s most sought-after live music venues. Each year, the featured acts get bigger and bigger. The series has hosted dozens of Grammynominated, world-famous artists and has made Castle Rock a musical hotspot. The intimate setting, family friendly environment and amazing acoustics make for a great musical experience.

The 2021 concert series includes:

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Prices range depending on the artist. Or, get 20% off face value with

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Check out the website for more information, including frequently asked questions. Or, find the event posts on the Town’s Facebook page (/CRgov).

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Public Notices District Court Arapahoe County, Colorado 7325 S. Potomac Street Centennial, CO 80112 NOTICE TO CREDITORS In the Matter of the Estate of JENNIFER DEVA SERLS Case Number: 2021PR30295 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the court identified above on or before August 31, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Date: April 22, 2021 /s/ Melissa Dougherty Anderson Representative or Attorney Justin Grinwis, Personal Representative 1305 W. Davies Place Littleton, CO 80120 Legal Notice No. 525141 First Publication: April 29, 2021 Last Publication: May 13, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of JAMES RICHARD GRANT, a/k/a JAMES R. GRANT, a/k/a JAMES GRANT, a/k/a JIM RICHARD GRANT, a/k/a JIM R. GRANT, a/k/a JIM GRANT, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR30462 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 September 13, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Leonard J. Grant, Personal Representative 2340 West 104th Place Northglenn, CO 80234 Legal Notice No. 525182 First Publication: May 13, 2021 Last Publication: May 27, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Herbert L. Brown, aka Herbert Lee Brown, aka Herbert Brown, Deceased Case Number: 2021 PR 30451 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 13, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Tyler M. Brown, Personal Representative 178 Bells Crossing Drive Mooresville, NC 28117 Legal Notice No. 525173 First Publication: May 13, 2021 Last Publication: May 27, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS: Estate of Mark Bailey, aka Mark Hayes Bailey, aka Mark H. Bailey, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR000102 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 31, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Kelley Bailey, Personal Representative c/o The McKenzie Law Firm, 7955 E Arapahoe Ct #2525 Centennial, Colorado 80112

Legal Notice No. 525142 First Publication: April 29, 2021 Last Publication: May 13, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice To all persons having claims against the estate of Byron Dennis Smith, decedent, you are required to present them to the Trustee on or before September 7, 2021, or said claims may be forever barred. Creative Planning Trust Company, LLC, is the corporate Trustee under the Byron Dennis Smith Consolidated Trust, the terms of which provide that the debts of the decedent may be paid by the Trustee upon receipt of proper proof thereof. The address of the Trustee is as follows: Creative Planning Trust Company, LLC, c/o Lenny Best, Creative Planning Legal P.A., 5454 W. 110th Street, Overland Park, KS 66211.

Legal Notice No. 525159 First Publication: May 6, 2021 Last Publication: May 20, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE

First Publication: May 6, 2021 Last Publication: May 20, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of NANCY KRAFTSOW COWAN, a/k/a NANCY K. COWAN, a/k/a NANCY COWAN, a/k/a NANCY E. KRAFTSOW, and NANCY KRAFTSOW,, Deceased Case Number: 2021 PR 30485 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 7, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Stacey Stegman Edling, Personal Representative c/o Brian Hedberg, Esq. 6950 E. Belleview Ave. Ste 202 Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111 Legal Notice No. 525153 First Publication: May 6, 2021 Last Publication: May 20, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Name Changes

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Pauline Avis, Deceased Case Number: 21PR30434 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 31, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Roger Jameson, Personal Representative c/o Patrick A. Schilken, P.C. 7936 E. Arapahoe Court, No. 2800 Centennial, Colorado 80130 Legal Notice No. 525137 First Publication: April 29, 2021 Last Publication: May 13, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Jessica R. Wagner, Deceased Case Number: 2021-PR-30132 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 13, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

George Santini, Attorney to the Personal Representative Ross & Santini, LLC 2402 Pioneer Avenue Cheyenne, WY 82001 Legal Notice No. 525185 First Publication: May 13, 2021 Last Publication: May 27, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Robert Bruce Sellers, aka Robert B. Sellers, aka Robert Sellers, aka R. Bruce Sellers, aka Bruce Sellers, Deceased Case Number: 2021 PR 030448 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 September 7, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Brittany Rose Rogers Personal Representative 17573 Pine Lane, Apt. 2203 Parker, Colorado 80134 Legal Notice No. 525156

PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on April 21, 2021, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

The petition requests that the name of Eun Jung Kim be changed to Bomi Kim Case No.: 2021 C 35570 By: Anne Marie Ollada County Court Judge Legal Notice No. 525174 First Publication: May 13, 2021 Last Publication: May 27, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on April 27, 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 Jenny Deelyn Sickle be changed to Jenny Deelyn Wills Case No.: 21 C 100243 By: Magistrate Kathleen Jaushi Legal Notice No. 525189 First Publication: May 13, 2021 Last Publication: May 27, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on April 22, 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 Anna Victoria Likhatskyy be changed to Anna Victoria Bruckman Case No.: 2021 CV 55 By: Judge Legal Notice No. 525188 First Publication: May 13, 2021 Last Publication: May 27, 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 Adam S Long be changed to Adam Stephen White Case No.: 21 C 100189 By: Kathleen Jaushi, Magistrate Legal Notice No. 525136 First Publication: April 29, 2021 Last Publication: May 13, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Legal Notice No. 525157 First Publication: May 6, 2021 Last Publication: May 20, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on April 15, 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 Todd Christopher Karnes be changed to Todd Christopher Parker Case No.: 21 C 100216 By: Magistrate

Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

Legal Notice No. 525134 First Publication: April 29, 2021 Last Publication: May 13, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Public notice is given on April, 22, 2021, that a Petition for a Change of Name of a minor child has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

PUBLIC NOTICE

The petition requests that the name of Nicholas Aleksandr Likhatskyy be changed to Nicholas Aleksandr Bruckman Case No.: 2021 CV 55 By: Judge Legal Notice No. 525186 First Publication: May 13, 2021 Last Publication: May 27, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on April 15, 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 Hannah Michelle Kreeger be changed to Hannah Michelle Parker Case No.: 21 C 100214 By: Magistrate Legal Notice No. 525133 First Publication: April 29, 2021 Last Publication: May 13, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE

PUBLIC NOTICE

Public notice is given on April 22, 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 Julia Aleksandr Likhatskyy be changed to Julia Aleksandr Bruckman Case No.: 2021 CV 55 By: Judge Legal Notice No. 525187 First Publication: May 13, 2021 Last Publication: May 27, 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

Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on April 30, 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 Majdi Fahed be changed to Mark James Fahed Case No.: 21 C 100232 By: Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No. 525178 First Publication: May 13, 2021 Last Publication: May 27, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on April 28, 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 Helen Caras Shotkoski be changed to Helena Pneuma Kaeris Case No.: 21CV30754

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. [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.

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.

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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in downtown Denver in 2009, according to the affidavit and court proceedings in the Graham case. Suspects in that rash of crimes told police they targeted white males because they assumed they had money and wouldn’t fight back or present a threat.

Lockhart and Austin pleaded guilty to attempted robbery in September 2009 incidents, and Ford pleaded guilty to a bias-motivated crime involving “bodily injury” and pleaded guilty to assault in August 2009 incidents, according to online court records.

‘Stories that changed’ In court on Oct. 27, Zuckerman, the defense attorney, hammered on what she argued are inconsistencies in the accounts of the four codefendants.

Investigators told the codefendants that their cooperation would influence whether arrest warrants for murder would come down against them, Zuckerman has said.

“Every suspect was threatened with a first-degree murder charge with an ... arrest warrant, and not surprisingly, it didn’t take long after those threats for the witnesses to give investigators what they wanted to hear, and what they wanted to hear is that Terrell Jones is the shooter,” Zuckerman argued at the time.

Jones — who apparently first spoke to authorities in 2010 — has acknowledged to investigators that he knew the codefendants but has denied involvement in Graham’s death.

He admitted to having a gun around the “2009 time frame,” according to the January 2017 indictment that led to the arrest of the other suspects. He indicated before a grand jury that Ford stole that gun from him at a party, the indictment says.

Chris Wilcox, the prosecutor and a chief deputy 18th Judicial District attorney, argued on Oct. 27 that “while the court heard voluminous statements about stories that changed,” Jones still may be found guilty by a jury. The 18th Judicial District includes Arapahoe, Douglas, Elbert and Lincoln counties.

The codefendants “aren’t just witnesses that came forward to make a statement,” Wilcox said. They are people who “put themselves as being involved in a crime.”

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Besides alleged gunman Terrell O’Neil Jones, who was arrested in March, four other suspects were identified in the 2009 Centennial slaying of Andrew Graham. They allegedly acted as a group in attempting to rob Graham.

Allen Deshawn Ford, Clarissa Jae Lockhart, Kendall Adam Austin and Joseph Martin were arrested after a grand jury in Arapahoe County, called in 2016, indicted the four.

Lockhart, Austin and Ford originally were charged with first-degree felony murder, a count that 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.

Lockhart, Austin and Ford also were charged with conspiracy and a pattern of racketeering — which generally relates to organized crime — under the Colorado Organized Crime Control Act, according to online court records and the 18th Judicial District At-

torney’s Office.

The codefendants’ outcomes were as follows: • Ford was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Jan. 17, 2020, after taking a plea deal in November 2019, pleading guilty to racketeering, according to online court records. The felony murder and conspiracy charges were dismissed. His sentence includes five years of mandatory parole.

• Lockhart received a 10-year prison sentence on June 26, 2020, after she pleaded guilty on Feb. 27, 2020, to a racketeering charge.

Her charges of conspiracy and felony murder were dismissed as part of her plea deal.

• Martin pleaded guilty to aggravated robbery and in February 2018 received a 10-year prison sentence and three years of mandatory parole, according to the state judicial branch. His other charge of felony murder was dismissed, according to court records.

• The DA’s office moved to dismiss all of the charges against Austin in October 2019 after deciding it no longer had “a reasonable likelihood of success at trial,” according to Austin’s defense attorney.

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