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Takeaways from Je co K-8 and middle school enrollment

BY YESENIA ROBLES CHALKBEAT COLORADO

Je co school leaders have said identifying middle schools to close will be more complicated than it was with elementary schools. at’s a daunting challenge for a district that voted to close 16 elementary schools last fall.

Leaders plan to recommend to the school board in August which schools to close, and to redraw some attendance boundaries and redesignate feeder schools in summer 2024.

A look at enrollment, school spending, campus utilization levels, and family poverty gives a glance at some of the data that may inform Je co’s decisions.

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BY DEBORAH GRIGSBY DGRIGSBY@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

As high school graduations are underway across the Denver metro area, tradition will most certainly be on the agenda. And for Golden High School, Colorado’s oldest continuously operating high school, rain has become a perennial guest.

However, in spite of wet, gloomy

skies, 292 beaming seniors proudly walked across the stage May 19 at Alumni Field at Marv Kay Stadium to receive their diplomas as friends, family and loved ones watched on, huddled together beneath umbrellas and plastic rain ponchos.

“I’m sitting here listening to the speeches this morning, and I’m looking up and seeing the Marv Kay from Marv Kay Stadium, it sort of

reminded me of the man who was so important to the city of Golden, to the School of Mines, and to Golden High School,” Golden High School Principal Brian Conroy said. “And when I rst became principal and our very rst graduation was in the pouring rain, he pulled me aside and said, ‘ e rain is just washing high

e district’s work has been spurred by years of declining enrollment. Even though the number of residents in Je co increased over two decades, the population of school-age children decreased by 29,918 from 2000 to 2020. Fewer children are being born. According to the district, 2020 marked the lowest number of births recorded in 15 years.

e district has not yet identied the criteria to determine which middle and K-8 schools to close or consolidate. In one exception, district leaders have told the Arvada K-8 school community that

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Golden High School’s Class of 2023 marches onto the field as the school’s 149th commencement gets underway at Marv Kay Stadium. A variety of expressions and emotions could be seen across the faces of almost 300 graduating seniors, many of whom will go on to pursue advanced education.

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school o the kids and gettin’ ‘em ready for adulthood.’”

And ready they are.

e Class of 2023 not only endured the stress of high school but also the rst global pandemic in more than a century — their thoughts amply re ected in the selection of their class song, “Good Riddance,” by Green Day.

Senior speakers Joanna Toy and Abigail Greiner o ered classmates uplifting and thoughtful messages for the future.

“We are the poets and the artists, the engineers and scholars, the writers and the thinkers,” Toy said. “No matter where we are or what we do, this is our world — one we will have to take responsibility for. One that we already are (taking responsibility for). Find your voice. Practice until you can sing with clarity. You can share with compassion. You can teach fairness in whatever way is tting for you.”

Greiner’s senior address reected on change and the merits of being like worms.

“Worms don’t have a concept of time,” she said. “ ey live in the moment. However, humans

Mount Evans means recovery

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Golden High School’s Class of 2023 marches onto the field as the school’s 149th commencement gets underway at Marv Kay Stadium.

Hats o to Golden High School’s Class of 2023. Close to 300 rain-soaked seniors received their diplomas and celebrated on the field at Marv Kay Stadium.

With the future ahead of them, Golden High School’s Class of 2023 braved chilly temperatures and a steady drizzle of rain as they await to receive their diplomas at the school’s 149th commencement on Friday, May 19. Close to 300 seniors made the important walk across the stage to mark the beginning of the next chapter in their lives.

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are unique because they are aware of time…We should try to be like worms and separate ourselves from counting the seconds. Memories are important to keep, to look back and to smile upon but we cannot let the desire to live in memories prevent us from moving forward…Being a worm, you must

live for the now. To be a worm, you must learn to play in the dirt now.”

Musical selections were performed by the GHS 24th Street Singers.

Mr. Paul Evans was the faculty speaker, and the GHS Cheerleaders and Dance Team led the class in the “GHS Hand Jive.”

Of the graduating seniors this year, the majority plan to attend college. Others will serve in the armed forces or directly enter the workforce.

Walking boldly into the future—and the rain—Golden High School’s Class of 2023 received their diplomas on Friday, May 19, at Marv Kay Stadium. This was the school’s 149th commencement.

Governor Signs Into Law Massive Tax Credits for EVs and Home Electrification

A package of new climate-related legislation signed recently by Governor Polis is designed to make it more attractive for Colorado households to ditch fossil fuels.

Many of the discounts are designed to be combined with other incentives, but not all the savings will be available right away.

Here's a guide to what's coming and when:

Electric Vehicles: Right now, Colorado has about 80,000 registered plug-in and battery EVs, a long way from the state's goal of 940,000 EVs on the road by 2030. The new incentives are intended to speed up their adoption through a $5,000 tax credit on the purchase of a battery-electric or plug-in hybrid vehicle with a suggested purchase price of less than $80,000. For cars priced under $35,000, buyers can get an additional $2,500 credit. Any Colorado resident qualifies, beginning on July 1, 2023. After Jan. 1, 2025, the base rebate decreases until being phased out in 2029.

E-bikes: Denver proved the power of e-bike rebates last year. The state is now hoping for similar success. The Colorado Energy Office plans to launch an e-bike rebate program for low- to moderateincome residents this summer but hasn't detailed the size of the discounts.

The plan for all Coloradans regardless of income are clearer. Under legislation

signed into law this year, the state will offer a $450 discount on e-bikes starting on April 1, 2024 and continuing through 2032. The discount will be applied at the point of sale.

Electric lawn equipment: Because gas-powered lawnmowers and other lawn equipment is a major source of ozone pollution, the state will institute a 30 percent discount on electric lawnmowers, leaf blowers, trimmers and snowblowers, applied at time of purchase, starting Jan. 1, 2024 and continuing through December 2026.

 Heat pumps: Heat pumps for household space heating and water heating, powered by electricity, are seen as key to reducing pollution from natural gas. Colorado currently has a rebate worth 10 percent of the cost of installing heat pump equipment. It was scheduled to expire at the end of this year, but recent legislation extended it through 2024. The same bill also includes new incentives depending on the type of technology.

For air-source heat pumps, a resident is eligible for a one-time $1,500 tax credit from 2024 through 2026. After that, it drops to $1,000 until 2029, then to $500 through the end of 2032.

For ground-source heat pumps, residents are eligible for a $3,000 tax credit from 2024 until 2026. After that, it drops

New Disclosure Requirement Targets Financial Crimes in Metro Area Real Estate Transactions

I just learned about a new mandatory disclosure that affects some residential real estate transactions in the state of Colorado. The Federal Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has issued a Geographic Targeting Order (GTO), requiring all underwriters and licensed title agents to report additional information about buyers before closing qualifying transactions.

This order went into effect May 24, 2023. The purpose of the new disclosure is to help FinCEN combat the scams and fraud that are increasing in our industry. Impacted transactions include residential transactions that are purchased with cash or financed by “hard money” loans from private investors, or if the buyer is a business entity. Only purchases over $300,000 are affected.

The rule applies to purchases within all the Denver metro counties plus Clear Creek, Elbert, El Paso, Fremont, Mesa, Pitkin, Pueblo and Summit counties.

For transactions that fall under these criteria, the buyer will need to provide specific details about the real estate transaction, the source of their purchase funds, and information about individuals with a 25% or more beneficial interest in the buying entity. This includes contact information, Social Security numbers, and copies of ID cards.

Title companies handling such transactions will reach out to agents and their buyers directly and ask for this information on a new form. Along with any required supporting documentation, this completed form will need to be returned to the title company prior to closing.

to $2,000 until 2029, then again to $1,000 through the end of 2032. For heat pumps that power household

water heaters, residents can apply for a $500 tax credit from 2024 until 2026. After that, it drops $250 until 2032.

Nine Signs Your Home May Have a Water Issue

Water damage can lead to serious structural issues and health concerns if not addressed promptly. Here are nine signs that could indicate you have a water problem.

Unexpected Increases in Water Bills: If you notice a sudden spike in your water bill without a corresponding increase in usage, it could signify a hidden leak or other water-related problem in your home.

Wet Spots on Floors, Walls, or Ceilings: Look for persistent damp spots on your floors, walls, or ceilings. This could be an indication of a hidden water leak or poor drainage.

Sudden Appearance of Mold or Mildew: Excessive moisture in your home can lead to mold or mildew growth. Not only does this signify a severe water issue, but it can also negatively impact your health, causing allergies and respiratory problems. Keep in mind that mold requires a steady source of water for it to grow.

Sagging in Walls or Ceilings: Water accumulation can lead to structural damage over time. If your walls or ceilings start sagging or warping, it’s a clear sign of prolonged water exposure.

Persistent Musty Smell: A recurring, unpleasant odor in your home may indi-

cate the presence of hidden mold or mildew, suggesting a water issue. If the musty smell persists despite cleaning, it’s worth investigating further.

Cracking or Buckling in Floors: Water damage can cause wooden floors to buckle or tiles to crack. If you notice these changes and can’t attribute them to normal wear and tear, it might signal a water problem.

Stained or Discolored Areas: Unusual stains or discolorations on your home’s surfaces can indicate water damage, especially if they are yellow or brown. This could be due to roof or plumbing leaks.

Changes in Lawn or Garden: A leaking water line can lead to unusual changes in your yard. Look for patches of particularly lush vegetation or sinking areas in your yard due to the excess water.

Decreased Water Pressure: A drop in water pressure could indicate a significant leak in your home’s plumbing system.

Water issues in your home should never be ignored. If you notice any of these signs, addressing them immediately is essential to prevent further damage. Remember, the quicker you act, the better.

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State school budget short, despite $9 billion package

BY JASON GONZALES CHALKBEAT COLORADO

Gov. Jared Polis this month signed into law Colorado’s school nance act, laying the path toward eliminating a state practice used since the Great Recession that holds back money from schools.

In the 2023-24 school year, the state will spend more than $9 billion on education and withhold $141 million from schools. Statewide, spending per student next year will increase to $10,614, $1,000 more per student than this year.

e school nance bill also will fund state-authorized charter schools at a level similar to other schools starting in 2023-24, adding more than $42 million for those schools. State-authorized charter schools don’t get a cut of locally raised tax dollars as district schools do.

Rural schools will get $30 million more to help with their higher costs related to smaller student populations. Colorado rural schools have gotten similar state aid since 2017.

Polis, surrounded by lawmakers, educators, and students at ornton Elementary School, also signed two bills on May 15 that will boost special education funding and provide statewide support for math instruction.

Together, the bills represent a signi cant investment in K-12 education statewide and a promise to fully meet the constitutionally set minimum for education spending by the 2024-25 school year.

Polis said the school nance bill means a stronger education system for Colorado, including better teacher pay, smaller class sizes, and more funding for the arts.

“We are catching up to where we should be for

all public schools next year, and that’s very exciting news for Colorado kids,” he said during the bill signing.

Since 2009, lawmakers have diverted money that should go to K-12 schools to fund other priorities, a practice known as the Budget Stabilization Factor. is year’s school nance law, however, aims to eliminate that practice by the next budget year. e state has withheld over $10 billion from schools

since 2009.

e constitution requires Colorado to increase funding yearly by the rate of student population growth plus in ation. e state withholding, however, has meant schools haven’t gotten what’s required by its school nance formula.

State Sen. Rachel Zenzinger, an Arvada Democrat who chairs the Joint Budget Committee that helps craft the budget and school nance act, said the state will also meet its obligation to fully fund its share of special education.

e state will spend $40.2 million more next year on special education, increasing total spending to about $340 million, or a 13% increase.

Polis also signed a bill that will invest more in teaching math after state and national tests showed students lost ground in that subject during the pandemic. e state will spend $25 million via threeyear grants for after-school math tutoring programs that will be run by school districts, charter schools, and community groups.

e bill also will provide optional training for teachers and parents, o er evidence-based resources for math programs, and require teacher preparation programs to train prospective educators in math instruction.

Zenzinger said now that the state is on track to fully fund schools within the next budget cycle, she wants lawmakers to rethink what it costs to fully educate a student.

“It’s going to be really, really important that once we have established full funding, whether that is then adequate,” Zenzinger said.

Chalkbeat is a nonpro t news site covering educational change in public schools.

Gov. Jared Polis has signed Colorado’s school finance act, agreeing to spend more than $9 billion on education. Statewide, spending per student will increase by more than $1,000 more per student in coming years. FILE PHOTO

Polis signs 3 wildfire bills into law

Je co, Clear Creek o cials attend the ceremony

BY DEB HURLEY BROBST DBROBST@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

County and re o cials from Je erson and Clear Creek counties watched Gov. Jared Polis sign three bills into law that will look at di erent facets of preparing for wild re.

Polis stopped by Inter-Canyon Fire’s Station 1 in Morrison on May 12 to sign bills that will:

• Establish a wild re resiliency code board to create rules that governing bodies in the wildlandurban interface — including the Je erson County foothills and Clear Creek County — will adopt to harden homes to reduce wild re risk;

• Increase the number of state re investigators to four, rather than the one investigator it has now; and

• Provide funding to give high school students more information about career opportunities in forestry and wild re mitigation, and to provide community colleges with funding to create programs in wildland re prevention and mitigation.

“ ese bills are the product of a lot of work, and it’s been a pleasure to help shepherd them through the legislature,” state Sen. Lisa Cutter, who represents District 20 that includes Evergreen, told the group that gathered for the bill signing.

“Any time the state puts more money into re response is a good thing,” Inter-Canyon Fire Chief Skip Shirlaw added.

For Dan Gibbs, executive director of the Colorado Department of Natural Resources, anything the state

can do to avert wild re is important.

“We are one lightning strike, one drought season and one unattended re away from a catastrophic wild re,” he noted.

Hardening homes to reduce wildfire risk

Clear Creek Commissioner Randy Wheelock said

while Clear Creek County already has e ective reresiliency codes for structures, it was important for all jurisdictions to have strong codes.

“Wild res don’t stop at the border of Clear Creek County,” Wheelock said. “ at means the quality with which homes are built will help not only save homes but help stop the spread of con agrations. is is a big deal.”

Cutter added that a uniform code for structures would help protect the state in the long run, addressing wild re threats that are increasing daily.

Increasing state fire investigators

Having more state re investigators is important, especially for small re districts, North Fork Fire Chief Curt Rogers said, noting that some re departments don’t have investigators, so they rely on the state investigator.

e new law ensures the state has more capacity and resources to do the investigations, added Rep. Tammy Story, who represents District 25 including Evergreen and Conifer.

More re investigators statewide who can help gure out why res occur will provide more data, so the state can do whatever it can to stop them, Cutter said.

Education and recruitment

Sen. Sonya Jaquez Lewis, who represents District 17 in eastern Boulder County, said she wanted to support the next generation to do forestry and wildre mitigation work.

Cutter added: “If we don’t have people to do the work, we are all in trouble. Everyone tells us they need more people on the ground, and these programs will help with that.”

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Sen. Lisa Cutter, who co-sponsored all three bills to help the state combat wildfires, speaks to the crowd at the bill-signing ceremony. Gov. Jared Polis signed the bills into law as Elk Creek Fire Chief Jacob Ware, North Fork Fire Chief Curt Rogers, Inter-Canyon Fire Chief Skip Shirlaw, Rep. Tammy Story and Sen. Sonya Jaquez Lewis watch.

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Arvada food pantry Community Table gets creative to combat shortages

BY RYLEE DUNN RDUNN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Rising food costs, changes to grocery store procedures and supply chain issues have made it hard for some people to put food on the table — a problem exacerbated by other factors in one’s life that could lead to food insecurity. For Arvada-based food pantry Community Table, facing these challenges is just another day at the o ce.

Since 2019, the nonpro t has seen a 30% increase in the number of people it serves — Community Table now works with 1,700 families, or roughly 5,000 individuals, a month.

In the past, Community Table relied on grocery rescue programs — wherein grocery chains donate food that’s past its best-buy date — but the aforementioned issues impacting food availability have mostly run that well dry.

Rocky Baldassare, Community Table’s director of food programs, said that while the nonpro t used to have about 30 pickups a week from grocery rescue programs, that number has dwindled, with entire categories of food — including meat and produce — disappearing from availability.

Baldassare said that some chains have employed practices that keep

food on the shelf longer than in the past.

“(Grocery stores) are not donating as much as they used to at all,” Baldassare said. “Now, they’re trying to sell food as late as they can.” ankfully for the nonpro t and the 5,000 people it serves monthly, the Arvada community has stepped up to support when it can.

After Community Table rescinded its boundaries at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, it opened its doors to the entire surrounding community — not just Arvada, which it had primarily served in the past. e food pantry remained open throughout the pandemic, o ering food and other services to vulnerable populations in trying times.

e support appears to be twofold —as Community Table expanded its borders, residents of surrounding communities have pitched in to keep food on the shelves for their less fortunate neighbors.

“We fortunately have a great community, primarily in Arvada and Wheat Ridge, that’s stepped up to help out their citizenry,” Sandy Martin, Community Table’s CEO said. “When the pandemic hit, we got rid of boundaries because we were one of the few pantries that stayed open. the last thing we want to do is turn people away. at’s not meeting our mission.”

Martin and Baldassare said that in

addition to donations, the pantry has to purchase a lot of the food it o ers, which is only possible thanks to the generosity of donors. Baldassare said the nonpro t purchases about 5,000 pounds of food a week, and that used to be a monthly expense.

Rising food insecurity has prompted Community Table to allow people to pick up more food. In the past, people were limited to shopping at the nonpro t’s grocery store 12 times a year; now they may shop twice a month. Folks can also pick up free boxes of food as often as needed, though they do not get to select the food themselves if they opt for the box.

“We decided that twice a month would be more realistic for families. at’s on par with what a lot of other places have gone to,” Baldassare said. In addition to combating food shortages, Community Table has gone above and beyond for the people it serves, partnering with about a dozen local organizations and nonpro ts to provide a whole lot more than food.

Community Table has on-site medical and dental care, showers, laundry, mental health counseling, housing navigation, enrollment in government assistance programs and other services.

Martin said she hopes that o ering on-site services in the heart of Arvada — Community Table is located at 8555 W 57th Ave., near Olde Town — will help people who may not have the means to bounce around a bunch of di erent locations trying to get help.

“A lot of people are using us that never thought they would need to,” Martin said. “We kind of consider ourselves a hub in Arvada for these types of services. It’s di cult to get down to the county (building in Golden). We’re right in the community.”

e following are a list of Commu-

The works of African-American composer Florence Price (1899-1952) have only lately been receiving the attention they are due, and her harmonically lush Mass in F for chorus and organ will be juxtaposed against another mass setting by a modern female composer, the “Tongues of Fire” Mass by Cecilia McDowall (b. 1951). McDowall was honored in 2021 by receiving the new carol commission from the Choir of King’s College, Cambridge for their annual Lessons & Carols Service, broadcast to millions on Christmas Eve, and she thus entered the history books as a choral composer of the first rank.

Volunteers sort donated foods in the warehouse.

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nity Table’s partnerships:

Medical Care: Stride Medical, Red Rocks Community College

Wednesdays

Community Table has partnered with Stride Medical to provide primary care services for people who are uninsured or underinsured. Stride comes to Community Table’s campus every Wednesday, and Red Rocks Community College will soon begin o ering medical services at the nonpro t as well.

Dentistry: No Smile Left Behind ird Wednesday of the month

Once a month, No Smile Left Behind performs basic dentistry for patients on Medicaid or those who are uninsured. e nonpro t cannot provide dental surgeries but can give referrals for those in need.

Shower and laundry truck: Bayaud, The Dignity Project

Fridays (Tuesdays forthcoming)

Every Friday, Bayaud Enterprises’ shower and laundry truck rolls up to Community Table, o ering free, hot showers and complimentary laundry. e Dignity Project has a similar truck that will begin visiting Community Table on Tuesdays starting soon.

DMV services: DMV To Go

ird Friday of the month

DMV To Go o ers full DMV services — including drivers licenses and car registration — for all community members on the third Friday of the month.

Mental health: Ardent Foundation workshops, Advocates for Recovery

Quarterly/Tuesdays

e Ardent Foundation provides quarterly workshops on mental health, the last of which focused on coping mechanisms and stress relief, and the next of which will be held in July. ese sessions are open to the whole community.

Advocates for Recovery provide weekly meetings with clients interested in recovery services, every Tuesday.

Government assistance: Je erson County, Benefits in Action

Wednesdays

On Wednesdays, a representative from Je erson County or one from nonpro t Bene ts in Action come to help folks with enrollment in government assistance programs including SNAP and WIC. Representatives help clients identify and enroll in programs they might be eligible for.

Housing navigation: City of Arvada

Fridays

Arvada Housing Navigator Lisa Chavez meets with clients on Fridays at Community Table to help them

apply for a ordable and governmentassisted housing.

Other partnerships

In addition to these partnerships, Community Table is working on nalizing a partnership with the Je erson Center for Mental Health to get a kiosk set up on site. e nonpro t partners with the City of Arvada’s One Small Step program for homeless criminal defendants, o ering a table with resources outside of the courtroom.

Community Table also runs ve mobile food pantries: Elevado Mobile Home Estates, the Arvada House, Mountain Vista, Highlands West and Mountain Terrace are the communities the nonpro t serves with its mobile pantry, spread out from Arvada to Wheat Ridge to Westminster.

A partnership with Doordash’s Project Dash allows Community Table to reach 50 individuals who are unable to come to the nonpro t’s Arvada campus in person. Baldassare said that sta is evaluating how many people can be included in the free program going forward.

e United States Postal Service Food Drive returned this year after going on hiatus during the pandemic — Community Table has received about 63,000 pounds of food, short of its 80,000-pound goal. Donations for the United States Postal Service Food Drive will be accepted until Sunday, May 28.

Martin said Community Table’s big-

gest need right now is canned goods.

“We really need to donations of canned goods and those kinds of items because those have gone down,” Martin said. “We’re still having supply chain problems, the rising cost of food, it’s increasing for (donor’s) families too. So, we don’t get as much food as we could use. “

Martin added that the donated food brings in a variety.

“As opposed for us going somewhere and buying 10 cases of green beans: they’re bringing in carrots and corn and it’s giving us a real variety to the store,” Martin said. “Plus, the community likes to help with this program.”

if it earns a low state rating this fall, triggering possible state action, the district will recommend closure. e school is the only one that is nearing state action for low performance.

e district describes its work as data driven, and has published some school data that it may consider in deciding on closures.

With elementary schools last year, the district identi ed for closure or consolidation schools that had fewer than 220 students, or were occupying less than 45% of the capacity of their building, and had another elementary school within 3.5 miles that could absorb displaced students.

Compared with elementary schools, Je co’s 22 district-managed middle and K-8 school facilities tend to be in better condition, and have a narrower range of enrollment and utilization. Some regions, or articulation areas as the district calls them, have only one middle school fed by all the elementary schools, further complicating closures.

Here are some takeaways about middle schools in Je co:

Of 22 neighborhood middle schools and K-8 schools in Je co, 18 are losing more students through the choice process than they attract, and only four schools gain students through that process. Colorado law and Je co’s system allow families to send their children to any school in the district or to transfer to schools in other districts that will accept them.

Of those 18, four schools lose more students than remain enrolled. Carmody Middle School, for example, had 892 students choose to attend di erent schools, according to district data, leaving only 626 students at the school.

A similar out-migration of students was one of the factors the district cited in emergency school closures including one two years ago.

Nearly all of the Je co-managed middle schools and K-8 schools are projected to lose students. According to district gures, seven middle or K-8 neighborhood schools will have fewer than 500 students next school year, and three of those schools are already occupying less than 50% of the capacity of their school building.

ose three schools are: Coal Creek Canyon K-8, Moore Middle School, and North Arvada Middle School.

Coal Creek Canyon K-8 is projected to have 91 students next fall. e school currently serves 100 students.

Moore Middle School is already being considered for consolidation. e school’s principal partnered with the principal of Pomona High School in ask-

ing the district to approve a plan to consolidate the schools and turn Pomona into a sixth grade through 12th grade school instead. e school district is expecting estimates of the cost of required building upgrades, before taking a vote this summer.

At the other end of the range, one Je co middle school is over capacity. ree Creeks K-8 in Arvada enrolls 1,112 students. About 8% of the students there qualify for subsidized lunches, a measure of poverty, much lower than the district average. is school is the only one currently projected to have signi cant student enrollment growth next year.

Among the seven middle and K-8 schools in Je co that occupy less than 60% of their building’s total capacity, the schools average nearly 50% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunches, a measure of poverty.

e district’s overall average for all middle and K-8 schools is 36%.

e ve schools that occupy more than 80% of their building average 25% of their students as qualifying for subsidized lunches.

Also, schools that have faster enrollment declines are more likely to have more students living in poverty. For example, among 10 schools with projected enrollment declines of more than 5%, an average of almost 42% of students qualify for subsidized meals, compared with about a 32% average at schools that have a small decline or that are projected to be growing.

Since schools are funded based on the number of students enrolled, schools with fewer students end up with smaller budgets and aren’t able to provide as many resources or learning opportunities as schools with more students.

Among the middle schools and K-8 schools that the district is considering closing or consolidating, K-8 schools on average spend more than middle schools per student. One school, Coal Creek Canyon K-8, which is serving about 100 students, is spending $21,994 per student, more than 28% over the average per student cost at the district’s other K-8 schools. Chalkbeat is a nonpro t news site covering educational change in public schools.

Colorado pushes to stop relying on rented aircraft to fight wildfires

BY JESSE PAUL THE COLORADO SUN

Colorado is doubling down on its push to rely less on rented aircraft to ght wild res with the purchase of a second helicopter capable of quickly crisscrossing the state to detect and douse ames.

Gov. Jared Polis signed a bill on May 11 allocating $26 million to buy another “Firehawk,” a converted version of the military’s ubiquitous Black Hawk helicopter. e Firehawk’s top speed is about 160 mph and it can quickly slurp up and drop 1,000 gallons of water.

When res aren’t burning, the helicopter can be deployed on search and rescue missions.

Right now, Colorado has no operational, state-owned aircraft that can drop water and retardant on res. Instead, it relies on contracts with private aerial re ghting companies to respond to blazes across the state.

Some of those air resources are pooled regionally, meaning that the rented helicopters and airplanes serve multiple states at the same time.

But that’s become an issue as climate change causes dangerously dry conditions across the Western U.S. In 2020, for instance, when Colorado had the three largest wild res in its history, the state struggled to secure the

aircraft it needed because there were also res burning in New Mexico, California and several other states.

“We need to be able to control our aerial capacity,” Polis said before signing Senate Bill 161 at Centennial Airport hangar beside Colorado’s rst Firehawk, a hulking chopper painted red and white and emblazoned in the state logo. “We do some of that through contract work. But we can

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also do it, which is a lot better value for taxpayers on an ongoing basis, by purchasing some equipment that is good for decades.”

State re o cials estimated earlier this year that it would cost about $2.5 million annually for an additional 150-day contract for a large air tanker, such as a British Aerospace 146. e Firehawk will operate year-round, though the state will have to hire and pay pilots and is responsible for the choppers’ maintenance.

e rst Firehawk is expected to go into service in the coming weeks once testing and nishing touches are complete. e second chopper could be ready to go as soon as next summer.

e helicopters join two singleengine Pilatus PC-12s in Colorado’s aerial re ghting eet. But those planes can only track blazes, not put them out.

Other states have much larger wild re- ghting aircraft eets.

e California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, for instance, owns a eet of more than 50 aircraft, including a mix of airplanes and helicopters. Reuters reports that a Cal Fire aircraft can reach most res within 20

minutes.

e Washington State Department of Natural Resources owns nine helicopters that battle res. e Alaska Department of Natural Resources also owns a number of wild re- ghting planes.

Polis said his administration doesn’t have plans to buy more Firehawks or other re ghting aircraft in the near future.

“We’re always going to analyze cost bene t,” he said. “We want to make sure that we have the air support we need when we have a re — and then we’re going to look at the most efcient way to get that.”

e Firehawks are expected to be in service for upward of three decades, though they do require a lot of maintenance.

Mike Morgan, who leads the Colorado Division of Fire Prevention and Control, said the Firehawk is the most versatile tool the state could have purchased. It doesn’t need to return to an airport after dropping water on ames like a xed-wing plane. e helicopter can simply dip its snorkel in a pond or pool and quickly ll up for its next drop.

Another plus: It has an external water tank instead of carrying a bucket, meaning it can y over homes and roadways that otherwise must be evacuated when other, bucket-wielding re ghting helicopters are in use.

“ is is probably the best tool in the toolbox we can ask for,” he said.

e rst Firehawk will be stationed at Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport in Je erson County, though it can be moved around the state and positioned in areas that are forecast to have high re danger. It’s unclear where the second chopper will be based.

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Mike Morgan, who leads the Colorado Division of Fire Prevention and Control, said the Firehawk is the most versatile tool the state could have purchased. It doesn’t need to return to an airport after dropping water on flames like a fixed-wing plane. The helicopter can simply dip its snorkel in a pond or pool and quickly fill up for its next drop.

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A 70s love story from Casa Bonita

Former cli diver reflects before restaurant reopening

BY JOHN RENFROW JRENFROW@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

It was the 1970s: a time when “dinner and a show” could mean just about anything. And Casa Bonita on West Colfax Avenue in Lakewood was one of those just-about-anything places.

It could seat up to 1,100 patrons, entertaining them while they waited on their food.

e restaurant, expected to soon reopen following a major renovation by new owners and “South Park” creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker, doubled as a kind of circus back then.

Michael Romero of Denver remembers it all. He was a cli diver and performer at the restaurant from 1975 to 1981. He made $10 an hour — a pretty penny those days — and he was young, and got to do what he loved. Not only that, he found something greater: meeting Dawn, the love of his life, on the cli s he jumped o of.

“She was the rst girl they hired as a diver when they opened up,” Romero said. “She was so beautiful. I thought she was out of my league when I rst met her, even though I was a bit of a stud myself. I saw her on the cli , and

apparently she was looking for me, too.”

It was the day after Halloween, 1975. Romero had been a collegiate diver and gymnast at Memphis State University, and was invited to be an entertainer at Casa Bonita based on his reputation. Dawn was a standout diver and gymnast at Arvada West High School, where she coached the men’s diving team after graduating.

Casa Bonita was run by an entertainment manager formerly from the Ringling Bros. Circus, Romero explained, who was a trapeze ier and gymnast, at the time. Funny enough, the manager and Romero had connections in common, leading to his quick hiring.

But when Romero got hired, he said he was expected to do a bit more than diving and gymnastics. During his tenure, he’d have to make some costume changes, too.

“ e original entertainment manager, he and his wife were the typical circus family. ey lived in this big truckmounted camper and they traveled with the circus,” Romero said. “We all had to learn how to juggle re clubs. ere was a gun ght. I was a stuntman as well.”

at meant he had to wear cowboy hats and all kinds of out ts. One act was Romero’s favorite. In a King Kongish reenactment, he’d don a gorilla suit.

Michael and Dawn Romero got married on January 8, 1977 after working at Casa Bonita together.

PHOTO COURTESY OF MICHAEL ROMERO

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An original Casa Bonita server reminisces about the Pink Palace

BY JO DAVIS JDAVIS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Lakewood native Karen Rensink remembers Casa Bonita from the other side of the pass bar. She was one of the original servers when the restaurant opened in 1974.

“I was a sophomore at Bear Creek High School in 1974 when the Denver location of Casa Bonita was opening,” Rensink said. “ ere was so much buzz about the ‘Pink Palace’ and every high schooler in that area was lining up to apply for work there...me included. e only problem was that I was still only 15 and too young to be employed.”

Rensink had a workaround for that.

“Back then, all that was needed to ‘appear’ to be 16 was the possession of a Social Security number, which I, fortunately, had since birth due to a gift of stocks from my grandfather,” she said. “I ashed that card and bam, I was part of the inaugural class.”

Rensink said all the employees were brought in for training before the restaurant o cially opened.

“When we went for interviews, it wasn’t even nished yet on the inside,” she said. “

Rensink described the process as mechanical and very structured from taking orders to delivering food to customers.

“You give your order to the cashier. She’d call it into the back kitchen. ey’d start preparing and it’s a total assembly line preparation situation,” Rensink said.

e food eventually made it to the serving windows where the waitresses were waiting.

“ ere were two windows — there was one for the Mexican side and the one for the American food side.

ey’d throw the food on your trays,” Rensink said.

She added that someone like a “seater” would seat the person and the waitress would bring the trays of food.

Diners used a mini pole ag to request drinks and food re lls — some of their meals were all-you-can-eat. As a waitress, Rensink’s job was to carry trays, watch for raised ags and to bring re lls.

She took on a few di erent roles in the restaurant.

“I started o working as a seater, then a waitress and after dropping a couple of trays, I switched to the line in the kitchen,” she said.

She explained that the oors were tile and slippery, and Casa Bonita was a large place. ese elements

combined with the fast pace and lower pay made Rensink rethink her initial role.

“I probably worked maybe six months out on the oor, and then I switched to the back kitchen because it paid more per hour,” she said.

But, the back kitchen had its own challenges.

“It was hotter than hell back there, a crazy fast pace…but it paid a few dollars more an hour than the cushy oor jobs,” she said. “I was rolling in the dough for a kid my age and spent it all on gas for my car and clothes from e Stage and Fashion Bar.”

Resink also shed a little light on the reason why the food was so infamous.

One issue was some of the food

was frozen, like the enchiladas.

“You had to report to the kitchen at 5:30 a.m. on Saturday mornings to make enchiladas for the week,” she said. “We’d make hundreds and hundreds.”

Rensink describes an assembly line where the employees would line up, each with ingredients. She would spend the morning stu ng, rolling and placing enchiladas into pans. e pans would go into what Rensink called “the big refrigeration thing,” where they stayed until someone ordered one.

Rensink added that the tamales were from cans. She admitted to eating from the American food side during most of her tenure at the restaurant.

“ ey had a fried sh. Who knows what part of the sh it was,” she said. “But it was really delicious. It had a coating on it and a grilled pineapple ring on top. By and large, that’s what we lived on.”

Looking back on her tenure at Casa Bonita, Rensink said she has good memories.

“It was a great place to work with so many of my friends employed there,” she said. “ ere was always an after-work party somewhere. It has been fun being an alum and nding out that friends I have made as an adult also worked there as their rst job. An instant bonding experience. Some of them even met their future spouses on the job.”

Rensink said she “can’t wait for the new incarnation of Casa Bonita to open.”

Stay tuned to the Je co Transcript for news on the opening of Casa Bonita.

ose with stories and photos of the old Casa Bonita should send them to Jo Davis at jdavis@colordaocommunitymedia.com.

Karen Rensink shared this picture of the old Casa Bonita uniform. She says the girls wore white button-downs and short black skirts “that were about four or five inches above the knees.” PHOTO COURTESY KAREN RENSINK

LOVE STORY

In the act, he would throw a woman off one of the cliffs, into the water below, and then jump in after her.

“I’m the only man in the world that can say he got to dress up in a gorilla suit at Casa Bonita and throw his wife off a cliff, and still be married to her 46 years later,” he said, laughing. The two married in 1977 and had their son, Zachary, in 1978.

Romero is now looking at the past — Casa Bonita’s reputation for good times, but bland, but “not horrible,” food — with a heavy heart. He’s excited about the reopening to see if the great parts of the restaurant are preserved and other parts are better than before, but it will be a bittersweet return. Dawn passed away a few weeks ago.

“It was such a storybook story. My wife was really just the sweetest thing. Absolutely stunning. Captured the whole room,” he said.

After her diving days, she became a third-grade teacher at Stedman Elementary School in Denver’s Park Hill for 35 years, where she affected countless lives.  “She was so, so good at her job. That’s probably the thing she’ll be

remembered for the most. She’s so loved in the Park Hill community. She taught in the same classroom for 35 years,” he said.

He and his family will return when it opens and he’s anxious to see what it turns out to be, even though “everyone is worried it will become a ‘South Park’ amusement park,” or something.

Romero hopes for the best. He’s curious about claims the menu will improve, and hopes the entertainment talent gets paid what they’re worth, like he did during his time there.

The exact reopening date is still to be determined, though the restaurant has promoted a “Grand Reopening” in May.

He was excited to return with Dawn to the place that gave them the best gift of all: a lifetime of memories, a love story, and a family to carry it on.

“She always said it was love at first sight. She went home and called her aunt or grandma and said she met the man she was going to marry, before we even went on a date,” Romero said. “We’ve always taken people there. We were definitely going to be back. We feel like we’re part of the history there.”

When Romero goes to see the improved Casa Bonita, he’ll be thinking of Dawn.

“It’s really bittersweet right now because she really wanted to go,” Romero said.

Dawn Romero takes a dive at Casa Bonita. She was a standout diver at Arvada West High School.

PHOTO COURTESY OF MICHAEL ROMERO

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The good old pioneer days I

For those of you who are history bu s, let me give you a brief history of Golden. Once upon a time, there was this big round rock ying around the sun. Eventually it cooled o and developed a climate. Once that happened, water began to show up and through some great mystery, life began somewhere. Eventually it spread all over the rock and this area became a wet tropical environment with these huge lizards roaming all over the place. At the same time, the upper layer plates of the rock began shifting and started sticking up out of the surface, eventually becoming really big mountains. en the climate dried quite a bit, the giant lizards disappeared and other animals took their place. Finally, people started showing up, and after that condominiums and breweries took over the landscape.

OK, what did you expect? I said a brief history. Hundreds of millions of years condensed into one paragraph. A few of the details had to be left out, right? But, that’s all right, there are plenty of other people around Golden that can probably ll in the blanks a lot better than I can. Read on and I’ll tell you about a few of them and where they will be gathering this coming weekend.

As everyone knows, a lot of Golden’s

written history revolves around pioneers, gold rushes and settlers. Compared to the vast period I just described, it’s a mere speck of the region’s time frame but it’s an important period just the same. It’s where the history of Golden, as an actual town, began —back

So, what was life actually like around here in those days? Well, you can nd out in person this coming Saturday, May 27 at the Golden History Park. ere is a free Homestead Open House that day with loads of activities for the entire family.

If you aren’t familiar with the place, it’s a part of the Golden History Museum and Park and is located at the intersection of Arapahoe and 11th streets. It’s a collection of original structures from the area put together in a park setting that depict many of the typical things you would have seen when Golden was just beginning.

ere’s a log cabin, one room school house, blacksmith shop and more. is Saturday there will be people

there in period dress to tell you all about the pioneer days and provide you with several demonstrations of things like how a blacksmith hammers metal into horseshoes. It’s basically history come to life with knowledgeable folks there to show you how things used to be.

e Homestead Open House will be running from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and you can nd out more information by going to goldenhistory.org.

OK, so this next one is sort of an odd combination, because it fuses some of the history of the 1800’s with that of the era when those huge lizards I mentioned used to be around here. Yes, it sounds like a Hollywood movie, but it actually works quite well.

On both Saturday and Sunday, May 27 and 28, the Colorado Railroad Museum will be running the Dinosaur Express Train. e idea here is for railroad tracks to meet dinosaur tracks for a day of exciting family fun. You can ride behind a coal- red steam locomotive that departs every half-hour from and follow the dinosaur tracks around the Museum’s 15-acre railyard. Dinosaurthemed activities will be hosted by experts from Dinosaur Ridge and the Morrison Natural History Museum. Plus, you can check out a Juras-

sic style Lego layout created by the Denver Lego Users Group and even build your own dinosaur creations. A character named “Mr. Bones” along with their famous Spike the Railroad Dog will be there as well. Food, drink and tasty treats will also be available. e Dinosaur Express Train brings together two of my childhood favorites, that’s for sure. Keep in mind that capacity is limited, so advance ticket purchases are recommended. You can do that as well as nd out more information by going to www.coloradorailroadmuseum.org. Admission to the Museum is $10 for Adults, $5 for ages 2-17 and $8 for Seniors over 60. But it’s free for Museum Members and children under age 2 do not require a ticket. e train rides run $4 for Adults and $2 for ages 2-17. It is located at 17155 W. 44th Avenue, here in Golden. You can’t miss it. It’s the place with all the trains in front of it.

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Let’s talk about appropriations

The expenses that are allocated within a governmental budget are known as appropriations. Appropriations are decided upon by the legislative body that controls expenditures within a political entity. For example, the Arvada City Council controls appropriations for the city of Arvada. e Colorado General Assembly decides what monies shall be appropriated how and where for the state of Colorado. is is correct because the voters of the state of Colorado elected those legislators to make those decisions on their behalf just as the citizens of Arvada elected their City Council. ey act on behalf of the people who may then vote those o ceholders out if they feel it is

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necessary. According to the Form 104 booklet issued by the Colorado Department of Revenue, the two largest appropriations in the Colorado State Budget are grouped together as education at 35.4% of the state budget and 36.1% grouped as social assistance. Within just those two groups of appropriations are unfunded mandates made by the federal government to our state government.

What is an unfunded mandate, you

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ask? It is the imposition by statute or regulation that a state must perform certain actions without the money to pay for them. In other words, the federal government is telling our state government to spend certain monies for one thing or another. Worse they are not providing appropriation dollars to accomplish these goals. It is a way to mask out-of-control federal spending by shifting the burden onto the states.

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would agree that the elected representatives of the people are the ones who should decide what monies are appropriated and how. It is a little di cult to determine what percentage of the budget of our state budget consists of unfunded mandates. While I have asked the question of others, I have not been able to get a de nite answer. What unfunded mandates accomplish is to crowd out budget dollars for priorities that our elected o cials feel is in the best interest of all Coloradoans. Unfunded mandates help keep the pay for schoolteachers lower. Unfunded mandates keep school

still marksmanship. and grew became ized. things, as destruction. keep move active-shooter curriculum. Day Colorado, received emails informing a time that killed in Here were yet were recounted which must all your might, reach might automatic. country. of and pushing interpretations SEE WEBB, P13

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Guns have changed everything, especially childhood

Ilearned to shoot on the family ranch, as ranch kids are wont to do. My gun education was furthered at a Catholic summer camp, and I still have my paper target proving my marksmanship. Hunter safety classes, and calm, clear-eyed common sense. is was the rural approach to guns I grew up with.

en it’s a story we all know: Guns became politicized. Polarized. Lobbyized. Humans are good at inventing things, so guns got more militarized as they turned into weapons of mass destruction. Our laws, sadly, didn’t keep up, because humans can also move quite slowly.

en, I had children, and suddenly, active-shooter drills were part of their curriculum. And then, on Valentine’s Day 2018, parents across Fort Collins, Colorado, received emails informing us that our children had been in a lockdown drill at roughly the same time that 17 children were being killed in Florida.

My brain fritzed out with confusion: Here a drill, but in Florida, children were being mowed down. Relief, and yet also great grief. Other mothers were getting di erent news.

My kids came home, stunned, and recounted their drill instructions, which included advice such as: “If you must ght to save your life, ght with all your might, using anything within reach as a weapon.”

Yes, kids, please ght with all your might against a grownup with a semiautomatic.

What a sad curriculum. What a sad country. Many of us know this. Many of us keep saying the same thing over and over, and a few loud voices keep pushing back. Why even discuss interpretations of the murkily written

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districts from hiring more school resource o cers. Regardless of the percentage, the salient point about unfunded mandates is that they usurp the priorities that Coloradoans have in how our state should be run. ere are competing priorities in the budget appropriation process and some things are desirable often get cut or eliminated. But those cuts should not happen because

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Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, written at a time when muskets were the weapon of the day? Some conversations aren’t worth having.

What I am interested in is brainstorming real solutions — with like-minded people who also felt a real crack in their hearts every day that innocent people are mowed down, which, it seems, is nearly every day. A day without a shooting now seems the exception.

It strikes me that besides gun zealotry or idolatry, the other tragedy here is our seeming unwillingness to act. Really act. Act like grownups. My daughter and her friends helped organize a walkout to protest gun violence, which spread to other schools. Kids poured out of the high schools and toward the town center, and parents rode their bikes or walked alongside — especially near the coal-rolling trucks lled with counter-protesters that heckled them from the roads. is was the rst act of civil disobedience for most, borne out of a mix of desperation and courage.

Even as the kids gathered to pass the mic and speak, my heart was sunk even lower. Why? I knew what you know: Nothing would really change. Not until the adults of this country protested seriously, left work, took to the streets. e students protested, marched, wrote letters, made calls, and I watched, knowing. Adults wouldn’t go the distance. ere’s not enough will.

It’s ironic: I grew up with guns, but

of outsider interference.bWhile some programs that are the result of unfunded mandates are well intentioned like Medicaid, I would argue that Colorado and its’ elected leaders could run Medicaid better than any mandate from the federal government. Reasons exist for everything. When conservatives rail against wasteful government spending there is more often than not a reasoned and considered point behind those complaints.

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my salient memory of childhood was peaceful summer walks through a green eld, carrying a .22 to go practice shooting. Tragically, that is not true for youngsters today. ey might not shoot as much, but they’re the ones forced by our irresponsibility and inaction to have it forefront in their minds and hearts.

So, solutions. I celebrate Moms Demand Action, a group founded by a mother of ve right after the Sandy Hook tragedy, based on her belief that all Americans should do more to reduce gun violence. No group has “risen so far, so fast, in uencing laws, rattling major corporations, and provoking vicious responses from hardcore gun rights activists,” according to Mother Jones.

Although I’m all for background checks and safety locks, these seem like tiny bandages on a gaping wound.

e big thing we can do is ban assault weapons immediately, and, even more importantly, elect gun-sensible politicians who don’t take NRA money.

If not Moms Demand Action, there is the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence and Gun Owners for Safety. All these groups need people willing to spend some time calling legislators, step up, protest. People like you. People who believe in common sense. People who believe in childhood.

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Spring is in full swing, bringing many folks around Colorado out of the doldrums of winter with the promise of outdoor recreation.

For folks who aren’t fans of “traditional sports” — think baseball, basketball, football, soccer — there are plenty of unique, exciting alternatives throughout the Centennial State. From roller skating to parkour, there is no shortage of variety in Colorado’s recreation options.

Roller skating, roller hockey and roller derby

Roller sports are alive and well in Colorado. Folks have quite a few options for activities revolving around wheeled feet; from roller skating to roller hockey to roller derby, there is no shortage of options.

Roller skating lovers have a plethora of skate

parks in the metro area and can get all of their gear — and some lessons — from the newlyopened Denver Skates Shop in Arvada. e store provides ttings and skating lessons for folks ranging from novices to experienced park skaters.

Brina Wyss, a sales associate and coach at Denver Skates Shop, said that roller sports experienced a surge in popularity during the COVID-19 pandemic that’s since died down, but has nonetheless roughly doubled the community’s size.

“I think there was a big surge in interest in wheels and skating during the pandemic, but it was a trend” Wyss said. “I people had a lot of spare time and were looking for something active to do. e community has de nitely grown at least twice as much during the pandemic.”

Wyss participates in roller derby, which is played at the professional and recreational level

TOP PHOTO: Park lessons by Denver Skates Shop at Trailwinds Skate Park in Thornton.

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‘A lot of people do (skating) for joy and exercise. I do it as a way to escape, and it’s also a great way of community meeting.’

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in Colorado. Wyss said the competitive nature and team atmosphere of roller derby came to be a replacement for volleyball, which she played competitively growing up.

“A lot of people do (skating) for joy and exercise,” Wyss said. “I do it as a way to escape, and it’s also a great way of community meeting.”

Denver Roller Derby operates a large number of recreational and traveling teams and has opportunities for new players.

Folks looking for a non-contact alternative to ice hockey might nd roller hockey appealing — Skate City operates rinks in Arvada, Westminster and Littleton that o er roller skating and hockey, while Rocky Mountain Roller Hockey operates youth and adult leagues out of the Foothills Fieldhouse in Lakewood, and the Parker Fieldhouse also hosts youth and adult roller hockey.

Ultimate frisbee/ disc golf

Frisbee sports have come into favor in Colorado recently — a semiprofessional ultimate frisbee team kicked o their inaugural season in Golden this month — with two main ways to play.

Ultimate frisbee resembles American football in that teams

must complete passes in an end zone to score points. As the name suggests, disc golf resembles “traditional” golf, but is played with a disk instead of a ball.

e Denver Summer Ultimate League is the oldest ultimate frisbee competition in the state, and just nished registration for its 2023 season.

Disc golf fans may nd more frequent playing options. In Arvada, the Johnny Roberts Disc Golf

Course and Birds Nest Disc Golf Course both operate at city parks.

Colorado Christian University operates a disc golf course in Lakewood, and Foothills Parks and Recreation operates the Fehringer Ranch Disc Golf Course in Morrison. For those looking for a more secluded experience, the Wondervu Disc Golf Course in Golden is considered to be one of the most scenic — and challenging — courses around.

Parkour

According to gym owner Lorin Ball, the de nition of parkour is simple: “Using environment to get from point A to point B in the most e cient way possible.”

Ball is the owner of Flow Vault, a parkour and ninja warrior — yes, American Ninja Warrior — training gym in ornton. Flow Vault opened in 2008 and o ers classes to people ages 5 and up. His gym has even graduated some ninja warriors to the popular NBC show.

“It’s a full curriculum, similar to that of gymnastics, where you have di erent levels of progressions,” Ball said. “We’re training people to be more intentional with their movement and apply that to other sports or physical activities that they do.”

Other parkour gyms in the area include APEX Denver, Path Movement in Littleton and Ninja Intensity in Parker.

Aerial Adventures

Finally, Colorado has no shortage of arial adventure options. Ropes courses and adventure parks are plentiful in the Centennial State and are often and family-friendly way to recreate uniquely.

e Colorado Adventure Center is based in Idaho Springs,   e EDGE Ziplines and Adventures is in Castle Rock, and the Treehouse Adventure Park is based in Bailey.

A parkour class at Flow Vault in Thornton. COURTESY OF FLOW VAULT

A roller hockey team at Rocky Mountain Roller Hockey in Lakewood. PHOTO BY RYLEE DUNN

Soil health at Chatfield Farms

Farmers do everything. ey are mechanics, botanists, naturalists, athletes and some even believe themselves to be meteorologists. In the age of the regenerative agriculture movement, farmers need to become biologists, or more speci cally, soil ecologists.

Soil ecology is the study of the seemingly limitless universe beneath our feet. In just a teaspoon of healthy soil, there are over one billion bacterial individuals and more than six miles of fungal mycelium. It would take seven years to recite the names of all the bacterial species in a compost pile. How do the trillions of soil microbes interact? It’s likely we’ll never truly know. A broad understanding of the soil ecosystem, however, can change a farmer’s mindset.

e most productive soil in the world from an old growth forest contains far less plant-available nutrients than are recommended for agricultural soil. How could ‘nutrient-de cient’ soil — teeming with soil microbes — produce the largest plants on the planet?

Nutrients are released when microscopic predators consume bacteria. Nematodes, protozoa and microscopic insects ‘poop’ out nutrients that plants are able to consume. Plant roots absorb those nutrients through a web of fungi. Fungal networks

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expand the reach of roots and create highways inside root hairs. As satis ed plants then release ‘exudates,’ which attract more bacteria and fungi, the cycle continues. Without these characters to play their parts, soil turns into lifeless dirt.

Conventional soil management has disrupted the soil ecosystem. Without microscopic predators, bacteria or fungi to assist plant roots, farmers are forced to overfeed plants with fertilizers. e excess nutrients that aren’t washed away are consumed by a monoculture of bacteria, reproducing rapidly and unchecked by predators. Without predators to consume bacteria, the soil ecosystem becomes unbalanced. e resulting population of disease-causing bacteria release greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.

Realistically, not all farmers have the time to study microscopy.

rough the eyes of a microscope, a farmer can witness the soil ecosystem in action, but studying soil ecology doesn’t require a microscope. Diversity in critters — worms, ladybugs, roly-polies, etc. — is an indication of a balanced biology.

Even without a microscope, understanding what healthy soil looks,

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feels and smells like can inform better practices. Undisturbed soil will evolve with its plant inhabitants. Rich brown, textured soil that smells like a forest will feed a vegetable plant on its own, without nutrient additives. A calculated ‘less is more’ soil management approach gives our soil a chance to breathe.

Regenerative agriculture rede nes the farmers’ relationship with nature. Humans’ senses have evolved with plants — the smell of healthy soil triggers serotonin production in the human brain. Alternatively, our negative reaction to the putrid smell

of greenhouse gases produced by harmful bacteria warns us of toxicity. ese ne-tuned deep intuitions can become regenerative farmer’s almanac.

By working in tandem with natural soil ecosystems, farmers can reduce the labor and expenses of disruptive soil tillage and chemical fertilizer application. Soil naturally wants to grow plants. By accepting help from nature, farmers can grow healthier plants more e ciently.

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Rutger Meyers is a soil health technician for the Denver Botanic Gardens.

Rutger Myers, soil health technician for the Denver Botanic Gardens, performs a worm count.

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Are you stuck in a cycle of stress and anxiety?

Iwas talking recently to a business owner at an entrepreneur networking event. He shared that he had been struggling with severe anxiety. I asked him why he hadn’t picked up the phone to call—at least to chat casually over what might be the source of his anxiety. He smiled. “It was pride,” he said. “I was too proud to reach out.”

Our conversation signaled something important. Does seeking mental health help carry a stigma? Do you experience the shame of thinking, if you need help with your mental health you feel weak or be seen as incapable and undependable, something that can damage your reputation, and potentially as an entrepreneur, your business?

I did a little digging — here are some of my ndings:

e stigma surrounding mental health and treatment is diminishing.

Societal stigma and the move to hide your desire to seek help is one of the biggest barriers to actually taking action to relieve and shift chronic anxiety and stress.

If you have anxiety or com-

pounding stressors, you may feel like the stigma will a ect your ability to get a job, your access to healthcare and insurance coverage for treatment or your acceptance in society as a whole. Here’s some good news — the New York Times recently published these statistics:

In 2021, 42 million people sought mental health care, up 27 million from 2002. Americans now see mental health care as reliable and a signi cant part of cultivating a better life for themselves and their families. More and more it is considered a part of a wholesome life, like having a gym membership or going shing.

Progress is being made in the field of mental health.

Stress and anxiety operate on a spectrum. When you’re challenged by either or both, it’s often due to a number of contributing factors and conditions not just one source.

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Your stressors are not going to be exactly the same as your friends’ or family members’. Friendly advice is well-intentioned, but most of the time does not help you work through and resolve the latent sources of your stress and anxiety. is is because what works for your sister or work colleague may have nothing to do with what is at the core of your anxiety.

On top of this, stress and anxiety can be treated in di erent ways at di erent stages in your life. When you commit to your mental wellbeing you have a real opportunity to unlearn the belief systems you have about how much the mental, emotional and physical parts of yourself depend upon each other for your wellbeing and capacity to thrive.

There are more opportunities for treatment and support.

According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, there are more opportunities for treatment and support than ever before. ere are also new treatments available, as well as support groups and other programs designed to help you with challenging anxiety

and stress manage your symptoms and recover from trauma in your life — so you are living a more productive and ful lling life.

ere is no one-size- ts-all solution for managing these issues, so it’s important to seek out appropriate interventions that work best for you.

UnLearn the pattern

Nothing changes until something changes, and avoiding your pain is like putting a band-aid on a severed limb. Give yourself the gift of owning that you are struggling and take a look at what services are available to you. Make appointments with a few mental health professionals whose approaches t your needs.

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Arvada West High School Ethan

Kivrin Paschall

West High School

Tell us a little bit about yourself

My name is Ethan Kerstiens. I’m a graduating high school senior at Arvada West High School. As a student-athlete, I’ve played soccer, football, basketball and track and have a strong academic record with a 4.2 GPA in honors classes. I spend my free time volunteering with the National Honor Society. I have earned 11 athletic letters and four academic letters in my high school career and have earned academic allstate in every sport I’ve played as a junior and senior. I recently committed to the Colorado School of Mines and I am going to study computer science.

What is the most enduring memory from your high school career?

School was scary and di erent during COVID. e shift from learning fully in person to being half online and half in the classroom was a strange shock to most kids. It gave me a new perspective on relationships and working with others. During my sophomore year, I presented a chapter of an English text with my friend. We had to dress in nice clothes for the assignment even though we were at home. Even though we talked to 30 kids and our teacher, it was a surreal experience that didn’t even feel like a presentation because of the split learning environment.

Talk about your role in society going forward. What issues do feel drawn to address post-graduation and how do you plan to do that?

Moving forward, I feel that my generation has to help solve many of the world’s biggest problems. In the eld of computer science, working with my peers, I will help improve the world by developing technology that makes people’s lives better. e software and hardware tools that I develop will help those who use the technology to do great things such as addressing pollution, climate change, and world hunger. ere are so many di culties that we face every day. After graduation, I plan to start my journey with an open mind, dedicated to helping the world through technology.

Where do you see yourself in 20 years?

In 20 years I will make an impact on the world. Right now I don’t know what that will be, and I want to help make the world a better place. ere are endless paths that I can choose. I want to make a name for myself by engineering technical solutions that help future generations and make amazing contributions to society. While I don’t know exactly what those will be, or what the world will look like in 20 years, I know that I will be successful because I care about others, and I know how to adapt and persevere.

Tell us a little bit about yourself

I have been involved in Sparkles and Arvada West eatre Company all four years of high school.

What is the most enduring memory from your high school career?

Being involved in the eatre Company. My favorite shows would be “Dearly Departed” and “Addams Family.” And Sparkles; Being involved in the di erent assemblies and performing at football or basketball games.

Talk about your role in society going forward. What issues do feel drawn to address postgraduation and how do you plan to do that?

I would like to continue my love for theatre  Where do you see yourself in 20 years? In the theatre- on house crew.

Gabriele Hanson

Arvada West High School

Tell us a little bit about yourself

I am lucky enough to be a part of the Arvada West eatre Company, Vice President of Choir, part of Vocal Chords, and Camerata (our mixed and treble acapella groups), and Student Council. I have tried my hardest to get involved with as many clubs and activities as I could. Obviously, many of these groups involve the performing arts, but I’ve found a home within them, and have truly loved working with everyone. I plan to continue enriching this in college even if it isn’t what I’m majoring in.

What is the most enduring memory from your high school career?

It’s hard to pinpoint just one memory, but for me, I think it was experiencing my last time on stage at Arvada West. For our spring musical, we put on a production of Bright Star, where I played Mama Murphy. Truly theatre has meant the most to me, and it’s de nitely where I put the majority of my effort. In that moment, I got to see the fruits of all our e orts, while holding hands with my fellow seniors. e bright lights were on us and everyone in that audience got to see us ugly-crying under bright stage lights.

Talk about your role in society going forward. What issues do feel drawn to address postgraduation and how do you plan to do that?

For at least the rst part of my time in high school, I didn’t speak very often. I thought that someone else would always have something better to say and that my voice shouldn’t be the loudest in the room. I would see people get trampled over and

end up, but right now I’m leaning towards something in the medical eld. I am attending University of Colorado Boulder, and majoring in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology. I wanted to join this eld because I want everyone to have equal access to healthcare. So, as my dream is to become a cardiothoracic surgeon, if that changes to support that issue, all the better. I just want to help people in whatever way I can.

Andie Wessell Bear Creek High School

Tell us a little bit about yourself

I’ve been involved with the jazz band, marching band and wind ensemble at Bear Creek, and have made the all-county honor band my junior and senior year. I was the Drum Major of the marching band for three consecutive years. I’ve played varsity soccer for 4 years, and one year of varsity basketball. I earned MVP for soccer in my junior year. I’ve also been involved with NHS and the poetry club for the past two years. I am attending Oregon State University majoring in Bioengineering, and will hopefully add a minor in Religious Studies or Music.

What is the most enduring memory from your high school career?

My most enduring memory from high school was the rst test I failed. I’ve failed plenty of times but none of them were as clear as that big red F. I remember it so vividly because it was the rst time I had to go to a teacher and ask for help. I was embarrassed and upset with myself, but looking back I know that it’s okay to ask for help. And it’s okay to fail. I learned to ask for help and to always try my best, even if I fail.

Talk about your role in society going forward. What issues do feel drawn to address postgraduation and how do you plan to do that?

Honestly, there are too many to count. But, a start would be to begin helping and working with Mother Earth to begin healing her and securing the future of human

called Earth2OSU which connects students

Taylor Beneteau Ralston Valley High School

Tell us a little bit about yourself I did cheerleading for all four years of my high school experience. I did Warren Tech for intro to Nursing. My plans after graduation are to continue in nursing but I don’t know if I am going to college yet.

What is the most enduring memory from your high school career?

My most enduring memory from my high school career is winning regionals freshman year for cheer!

Tell us a little bit about yourself

Some of the clubs and activities I have been involved with throughout my HighSchool experience have included Student Senate (four years), cross country (four years), soccer freshman and sophomore year, track freshman to junior year, golf senior year, NHS, our Rebel Way class, and I was a peer mentor. After graduation, I will study abroad for my rst semester in Florence, Italy and then attend the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

What is the most enduring memory from your high school career?

I think the most enduring memory from my high school career would be our annual Day of Service, which is a day that our school dedicates to giving back and serving our community. It’s

but to my future. Even though it may be a small change or impact, I want to make that change for the better.

Where do you see yourself in 20 years?

At 37 years old, I see myself doing whatever I want to be doing! Not in the sense of I’m rich and famous and can do whatever I’d like, rather that 17-year-old me has no clue what 37-year-old me is going to be up to. I have an idea of who I am and who I want to be, but I still have a long way to go and so much to learn. All I hope to be doing is loving life and myself.

Talk about your role in society going forward. What issues do feel drawn to address postgraduation and how do you plan to do that?

I want to be in the medical field and I don’t know if I want to wait to go into nursing school right away or wait. Also, there are many nursing options I can pick from.

Where do you see yourself in 20 years?

I hope I am still in the medical field and have my own family and am able to look back on amazing memories from high school.

Jersey Jamison Columbine High School

a special day that the Columbine community can come together to remember, re ect and shine a positive light in the face of tragedy. It’s also really special to see the unity among so many di erent groups of people and communities, not only across the country but the world as well.

Talk about your role in society going forward. What issues do feel drawn to address post-graduation and how do you plan to do that?

Post-graduation, I hope to make it a goal of mine to continue getting involved with as many groups as I can to expand my outreach and grow through gaining new perspectives. As a society, it’s hard for me to see how divided we can feel at times so I hope and feel drawn to address issues regarding the polarization

of people. I think we could all do better at showing a little more empathy and understanding towards those who have di erent perspectives than ourselves.

Where do you see yourself in 20 years?

At this point, it’s di cult for me to see where I will be in 20 years careerwise because I haven’t decided what I want to study yet, but right now I’m considering the pre-med tract to becoming a doctor or possibly pre-law but that’s still up in the air. However, I hope to have a family and be making some kind of positive impact on the world through my profession. Also, as much as I love Colorado and it’s my home, I have a large interest in travel, so maybe I’ll be living somewhere new!

Allie Westfall Conifer High School

Tell us a little bit about yourself

Bobby King Faith Christian High School

During high school, I participated in robotics, men’s volleyball, student council, worship team, and “ e Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe” play.

What is the most enduring memory from your high school career?

My most enduring memory from High School has to be the time when my robotics team won a local competition, leading to us going to state and having a spot in the national competition.

Talk about your role in society going forward. What issues do feel drawn to address post-graduation and how do you plan to do that?

Currently, I spend most of my time dancing at Peak Academy of Dance however I am also involved with other jobs and clubs in my area. I am president of Conifer high school’s green team, called Keep Conifer Green, as well as my National Honors Society for Dance Arts chapter at my dance studio. I am also working at Rocky Mountain Wraps in Conifer and as a dance teacher of aerial fabrics. Next year I will be attending UCLA for environmental science and hope to continue to be involved in sustainable living there.

What is the most enduring memory from your high school career?

One of my most enduring memories from being in high school was of one of my nal days in AP chemistry during my junior year. With my teacher, Mr. Bunnell, we tie-dyed shirts and made soap bubbles that could be lit on re. Mr. Bunnell, as well as many of my other teachers at Conifer, have created amazing memories to take with me onto the next chapter of my life and I don’t think I could have made it through high school without them.

Talk about your role in society going forward. What issues do feel drawn to address postgraduation and how do you plan to do that?

I have always been drawn towards the environment and feel that it is necessary for me, and my generation as a whole, to address the climate crisis and the vast affects it will have on everyone. Going into environmental science, I hope to nd my niche in helping the planet whether that’s in renewable energy, reforestation, environmental policy, or any other helpful topic.

Where do you see yourself in 20 years?

In 20 years I see myself working for a company helping to raise awareness of climate change as well as help society to transition to a carbon-negative way of living. No matter where I am living I want to in uence those around me to be better,

Going forward I want to go into the eld of Nuclear Engineering where I want to work towards and clean and renewable source of energy. I nd myself drawn to address the problem of homelessness due to the rising cost of living. I would hope that my eld would nd a way to reduce the cost of living to also reduce homelessness.

Where do you see yourself in 20 years?

In 20 years I see myself working in research and development to bring about new discoveries and working to improve the community around me. I also see myself getting married and having Children.

Phoebe Smith Columbine High School

Tell us a little bit about yourself

I played volleyball for all four years and was also a part of the student government. I plan to attend Utah State University to study elementary education.

What is the most enduring memory from your high school career?

Being a part of student government, especially at Columbine, has been the biggest blessing in my life and not only shaped my high school career but also who I am today. All the late nights spent at a school that felt like home with people that made me laugh until I cried are something I never want to forget.

Talk about your role in society going forward. What issues do feel drawn to address post-graduation and how do you plan to do that?

I have had incredible teachers throughout my entire life that have loved me and impacted my life in so many ways. If there is anything that kids need today, it’s love and support and for someone to believe in them. I want to be that kind of support system and make whatever impact I can which is why I’m going into elementary education.

Where do you see yourself in 20 years?

I see myself hopefully back in the Columbine community teaching awesome kids with a family of my own. I’ve always wanted to be a mom and raising my kids in this community and doing what I love is the ultimate dream.

Jacob Samples Faith Christian High School

Tell us a little bit about yourself roughout high school, I have participated in student council, football, wrestling, worship team and senior chaplain group. After graduating, I plan on going to Carroll College in Helena, Montana where I will begin pre-medical studies.

What is the most enduring memory from your high school career?

My most enduring memory from my high school career was when we had a chapel about fellowship and the power of confession. Following this we had some time where we could practice what we have learned and during this time about 8-9 students and sta came to me and confessed or asked me to pray over them.

Talk about your role in society going forward. What issues do feel drawn to address post-graduation and how do you plan to do that?

Post-graduation, I want to battle the opioid crisis in America. I plan on doing this by teaching other doctors about the dangers of opioids and what prescriptions can e ectively be used beside them. Also, I have witnessed this crisis

rst hand and I can share how tragic opioids can be for a family.

Where do you see yourself in 20 years?

In 20 years, I want to have my own surgical practice. In this practice, I want to be able to provide a ordable surgery to low-income kids who are born with bone deformities.

Cooper Bower-Stallings

Ralston Valley High School

Tell us a little bit about yourself

I was in Ralston Valley Marching band for my Freshman and Sophomore years, I went to Warren Tech for Additive Manufacturing for my Junior and Senior years and worked with NASA HUNCH for both of those years as a contract engineer. After graduation, I plan on getting an automotive technician apprenticeship over the summer and going to Mines in the next school year, and getting a bachelor’s in Mechanical Engineering and minoring in Automotive specialty.

What is the most enduring memory from your high school career?

My most enduring memory from high school would be being quali ed and sent to Houston to present my project to NASA engineers because it meant that I worked hard enough to make a prototype worthy of presenting to NASA, and I think I will always be proud of putting in that work to get there.

Talk about your role in society going forward. What issues do feel drawn to address post-graduation and how do you plan to do that?

Moving forward, I feel like the issues I would like to address would be all the outdated technology that is still prominent in certain industries that are ine cient and pollutionary. I would like to innovate those technologies so they can be more e cient and clean but still as powerful so that we can take good steps towards keeping those industries alive without hurting our environment.

Gabriele Devine Ralston Valley High School

allows me to have variety in my work that helps a ing and involving additive manufacturing, which

ing, I want to be working on my own project cars, making them cars that I can drive daily, but can still take to tracks and dominate the competition. I hope to be good at everything I do in the future, which with enough experience and practice is more than obtainable.

I am a student athletic trainer. I shadow my trainer as we help prevent, rehabilitate, and recover injured athletes. I don’t have the capabilities to diagnose injuries but I do specialize in taping, rehab, and wound care. It is important to give the best care to have a speedy recovery. But the most important aspect of my job is connecting with athletes to ensure they are comfortable and to know their care is safe in our hands. After graduation, I plan on attending the University of Hawaii to pursue a career in Athletic Training or as a Physician Assistant.

What is the most enduring memory from your high school career?

e most enduring memory from my high school career was trying to endure learning online during COVID. As a student who learns from teaching and practice, learning through a screen was di cult for me. I had to use what I got from online lectures to basically teach myself with little to no motivation.

Talk about your role in society going forward. What issues do feel drawn to address post-graduation and how do you plan to do that?

Going forward, my role in society will denitely change as I graduate as a high school student and student athletic trainer. I fear that I won’t be as dedicated or motivated by something else as much as I have been by my experiences in high school but I know that my passion will lead me to something that I can help bene t.

Where do you see yourself in 20 years?

In 20 years I see myself in some sort of profession that helps people. As of right now, I am choosing between going down the path of Athletic Training or being a Physician Assistant. I love the idea of both options because I know that I can use my knowledge to help others.

Tell us a little bit about yourself I have always found enjoyment in busying myself with new opportunities whether it be academically, socially, or even personally. One of the more grateful opportunities was continuing my four-year program of PLTW Biomedical Sciences that have allowed me to decide to continue my education in Biomedical engineering at CU Denver.

What is the most enduring memory from your high school career?

The most enduring memory of my high school career was always feeling behind. By the beginning of senior year, it seemed everyone knew where they would have liked to go, what to major in and yet I was busy trying to just settle in. But the truth is no one knows where our future lies we can only control

Faith Christian High School

Tell us a little bit about yourself

My freshmen and sophomore year I was involved in the Faith Christian Vex Robotics Club, where I developed my love for engineering. I’ve taken three years of STEM within my school and enjoyed every second of it. I have been a part of the National Honors Society for three years, along with making the high honor roll for three years. Next year I plan to attend the Colorado School of Mines and major in Mechanical Engineering with an emphasis on Aerospace.

What is the most enduring memory from your high school career?

One of my core memories from high school would be from my freshmen year of high school when I won my first Robotics competition in Vex Robotics. When I joined Robotics during my freshmen year, I went in with low expectations and didn’t expect a small club to have so much impact on my life and reveal the passion I had for STEM. By winning the Vex Robotics tournament, I was inspired to continue working toward gaining knowledge and experience to fuel my love for STEM.

Talk about your role in society going forward. What issues do feel drawn to address postgraduation and how do you plan to do that? roughout high school, I’ve not only developed a passion for STEM but I have also grown a passion to see other girls pursuing STEM. My goal is to enter college and to continue to inspire other girls to work past gender barriers and nd their place in engineering. Currently, I’ve been working with the female students at Faith Christian Middle School who are interested in STEM. is club has been ourishing, and I hope to grow the “Girls in STEM” club to involve other surrounding junior high and elementary schools, tapping into the brilliant minds that live in female bodies.

Where do you see yourself in 20 years?

In 20 years, I see myself with a degree in aerospace engineering pursuing a career as an engineer for the rockets that will be sending humans to Mars. In 20 years, I will have become an inspiration for other girls like myself – girls who have spent years being the only girl in their STEM classes. I will be continuing to encourage these girls to push themselves to learn and grow and to push down barriers that stand in their way.

the present. The choice is ours, let’s just hope we make the right one.

Talk about your role in society going forward. What issues do feel drawn to address post-graduation and how do you plan to do that?

An issue I intend to address postgraduation is poverty and the large population of homeless all over the country. My plan is to join the Denver Rescue Mission helping hands on the local Denver Community, a city I dearly love.

Where do you see yourself in 20 years?

In 20 years I see myself as a biomedical engineer, taking care of my family, with possibly three pets and giving back everything my parents deserve.

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Colorado public health experts have unveiled a rst-of-its-kind interactive research database containing hundreds of studies on the impacts of high-potency cannabis products — looking at the e ects on everything from mental health to cancer to pregnancy.

at is one of the most signi cant things to come out of a two-year research review by the Colorado School of Public Health.

e review was ordered up by the legislature in 2021 in response to the increasing number of high-concentration THC products dominating the state’s legal cannabis market. With the rise of those products came concerns over how they may be impacting health, especially among young people. (THC is, of course, the most famous psychoactive chemical in cannabis.)

Researchers termed the report a “scoping review” and described the research database as an “evidence map.”

“With funding from the state of Colorado, a valuable, public resource has been developed for pub-

lic health and scienti c purposes,” Dr. Jonathan Samet, the school’s dean, said in a statement. “ e scoping review and evidence map are unique; it is the rst and most complete systematic assessment of the entire body of literature related

to high-concentration cannabis.”

But what do those studies say? Eh, that’s a little less clear.

“Limited evidence” for most e ects e School of Public Health researchers found limited to no evidence in published studies for most commonly claimed e ects.

Are adolescents and young adults especially vulnerable to adverse physical and mental health outcomes from using high-potency cannabis? ere’s a limited amount of evidence that they are.

Do high-potency cannabis products help with pain? ere’s a limited amount of evidence that they do.

What about sleep? ere’s a limited amount of evidence that the products can both help and hurt sleep.

e review found moderate evidence — meaning slightly more robust but still not conclusive evidence — of only two impacts.

“ ere was a moderate amount of evidence that high-concentration THC can have adverse e ects on those with pre-existing conditions such as psychosis,” Greg Tung, an associate professor of health systems, management and policy at the School of Public Health, said in a statement. “But there are also studies that show bene cial outcomes from the use of high-concentration cannabis on other mental health conditions such as PTSD, anxiety, and depression.”

“It’s not an easy scientific question.”

In an interview, Samet said he wasn’t exactly surprised that the review didn’t come up with more conclusive answers.

One of the problems was the studies they had to work with. e research team at the Colorado School of Public Health screened roughly 66,000 studies and found 452 that were relevant to their questions about high-potency THC.

But what the team really wanted to examine was the e ects of the kind of high-THC products sold today in the cannabis marketplace. e studies looking at the e ects of THC spanned some ve decades, meaning the products in those studies varied greatly and were often quite di erent from what is sold today.

Another problem: Studies funded by the National Institutes of Health were constrained to using cannabis from the government’s o cial research pot farm at the University of Mississippi. Cannabis from that facility is notoriously low quality.

“We learned there was a vast number of studies, potentially,” Samet said. “But that in fact there were not that many that directly addressed the policy questions we were interested in.”

It’s also not particularly easy to study e ects when there are so many other elements that can go into the equation besides potency.

New research database contains hundreds of studies on the impacts of high-potency cannabis products. SHUTTERSTOCK

Lawmakers look to prevent AI technology from launching nuclear weapons

BY CAITLYN KIM COLORADO PUBLIC RADIO

Republican Congressman Ken Buck was on the House oor when his Democratic colleague Ted Lieu approached him with an idea: would he be interested in a bill to ensure that arti cial intelligence could not launch nuclear weapons?

“We’ve all seen the sci- movies where arti cial intelligence takes over and ghts wars,” Buck said. For him, it makes sense to have a human, and “probably more than one, to make these decisions.”

Buck and Lieu are sponsors of the Autonomous Arti cial Intelligence Act along with Democratic Rep. Don Beyer. It’s a bill to ensure a human being would always be in charge of nuclear targeting and any potential launch.

“ e bill is important to make sure there are no accidents in the use of nuclear weapons and that there are humans that are making responsible decisions,” Buck said. He and Lieu have worked together before, having entered Congress together in the same class and both serving as their respective party’s freshman class

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In a statement, Lieu called it forward-thinking legislation. “While we all try to grapple with the pace at which AI is accelerating, the future of AI and its role in society remains

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Blame drought, California for higher utility bills

BY MARK JAFFE THE COLORADO SUN

One explanation for this past winter’s soaring utility bills was the disruption in global natural gas supplies caused by the war in Ukraine, but it turns out the source of many Colorado households’ woes was closer to home: California.

Drought cut California hydropower production to half of normal levels in 2022, and to ll the gap the state’s utilities went on a natural gas buying spree that drove up the cost of delivered gas to Colorado utilities by almost 100% over the course of the year.

“California bid up natural gas in December and January in basins Xcel buys gas in,” said John Harpole, president of Mercator Energy, a Littleton-based gas brokerage rm. “As a result of California, Colorado ratepayers paid more for natural gas.”

e California scramble pushed up prices across the West, with the cost of natural gas delivered to Colorado utilities, the so-called Citygate rate, rising to $9.83 for a thousand cubic feet in January 2023 from $4.97 in December 2021, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

e drought-related gas prices didn’t only a ect home heating bills,

but electricity costs as well, with the EIA estimating it could have added 5% to prices in Western electricity markets.

e California price shock is both a cautionary tale and one that is likely to be repeated as natural gas markets become more volatile and other forces from climate change to the

need to backup growing renewable electricity generation play a role in the demand for gas.

“Consumers have to be aware that natural gas which used to be far more stable isn’t anymore,” said Albert Lin, executive director of Pearl Street Station Finance Lab, a clean energy think tank.

In Colorado, this falls most heavily on Minnesota-based Xcel Energy, the state’s largest natural gas and electricity provider. e company has 1.5 million natural gas customers and depends upon natural gas for 29% of its electricity.

“We are keenly aware of the nancial challenges some of our customers experienced this winter,” Bob Frenzel, Xcel Energy’s CEO, told nancial analysts in January. “We are always empathetic of customers who are feeling an increase at the grocery

store, in rent.”

Still, when the price of natural gas soars so do customer bills, with some households seeing their utility bills double or triple last December.

In the wake of the high winter utility bills, the legislature passed Senate Bill 291, in an e ort to deal with the volatile natural gas market and the future use of natural gas in the state, as well as an e ort to improve the way utility rates are set.

“ e bill provides ratepayers some relief for volatile prices in the short term and in the long term it gets a handle on our investments in the gas system,” said Meera Fickling, a senior climate policy analyst with the environmental group Western Resources Advocates.

Natural gas is sold and bought by utilities in an unregulated market and the cost of the gas is directly passed on to customers — rising when prices are high and falling when they are low. e utilities neither make money nor lose money on the price of gas.

Whether the utilities buy at low prices or high prices, whether they manage their gas supplies well or poorly, they face no risk or losses.

In February 2021 Winter Storm Uri simultaneously boosted demand for natural gas and shut down natural gas Texas production leading to skyrocketing prices. e PUC granted Xcel Energy permission to recover an extra $500 million in storm-related gas costs from its Colorado customers.

Four electric cooperatives that buy wholesale power from Xcel Energy led a complaint with federal regulators contending that the utility mismanaged its supplies and asked for a partial refund. Xcel Energy denies the allegation.

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e cooperatives are seeking $6.3 million, but Tom Walsh, CEO of Grand Valley Power, one of four co-ops, said in Senate testimony that the cost to Xcel Energy household and small business customers could be $90 million.

“You have a terrible situation where the motivations do not line up at all with the real-world risks,” Pearl Street’s Lin said.

For the past decade Colorado natural gas customers bene ted from low and stable Citygate natural gas prices of between $2 and $5 per thousand cubic feet of gas, according to EIA gures.

Gas from Colorado, Wyoming and Utah has been a bargain, selling at a discount to national prices, because there has been limited pipeline capacity to move it to other regions.

Between 2013 and 2020, rates for the Colorado Interstate Gas Company, a major source for the state, averaged 16 cents lower for a million British thermal units than the gas on the New York Mercantile Exchange, according to Mercator Energy data. at changed with Winter Storm Uri. Since then, the Colorado Citygate price has bounced up and down, but remained above preStorm Uri prices. is past winter California utilities added to the price woes with the Southern California Gas Index hitting as high as $47 for a million Btus in January. e market pressure pulled up Colorado Interstate prices as well, lifting them $3.60 higher than the NYMEX price.

Brief moments of financial pain may become more common at was a short-term spur to higher prices, but industry analysts say that such spikes may be increasingly common as a result of the

growth of renewable generation, if natural gas is the backup, as well as severe swings in the weather.

“Renewables can do a number on gas prices because there are periods where the weather is not cooperating,” said Clark Williams-Derry, an analyst with the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis, which is focused on the costs of transition from fossil fuels to cleaner energy.

Gas markets could also be roiled by climate change which will bring polar freezes in the winter, summer heat waves and drought, creating demand peaks. “ ere are complicated feedback loops now in the gas market,” Williams-Derry said.

Given the potential swings in demand, the availability of supply and whether there is adequate pipeline capacity to deliver gas will determine whether there are price spikes, Harpole said.

“It is going to happen in these high demand winter months more and more as more non-dispatchable generation is added,” Harpole said.

To deal with these swings, Senate Bill 291 requires utilities to come up with a gas management plan that includes a cap on the monthly charge to customers. When prices are above the cap utilities will be allowed to recover that money over ve years.

e plans, the bill said, could include techniques to reduce volatility such as hedging supplies, long-term contracts and storing more gas. Xcel Energy currently hedges about 20% of its needs.

e risk in these approaches is that consumers could be stuck with higher prices when the market prices fall. It is a trade-o between a potentially higher price and certainty on costs, said Robert Kenney, CEO of Xcel Energy’s Colorado subsidiary.

e Colorado Public Utilities Commission, which regulates for-pro t utilities in the state, is directed to come up with a cost-sharing plan

between customers and their utility when prices are high.

“ is makes sure that they have some skin in the game on these fuel costs,” Senate President Steven Fenberg, D-Boulder, a cosponsor of the bill, said in hearing testimony.

Part of that cost-sharing plan would be an incentive, or bonus, for a utility if they manage to keep gas costs down.

“We have an inherent incentive to purchase least cost gas, because it’s in the best interest of our customers,” Kenney said. “One could argue that you don’t need an incentive. But if there is a belief that we do need an incentive, then we want to work constructively with the commission to design it.”

Kenney said the company is already set to propose a performance incentive mechanism for natural gas this spring as part of a gas cost adjustment case before the PUC.

Can Xcel meet its own goal of being zero emissions by 2050?

e bill also calls for a study to take a hard look at future natural gas infrastructure investments, does away with a subsidy for new natural gas home hookups and makes it easier to terminate gas service.

e state has a target of cutting greenhouse gas emission 90% from 2005 levels by 2050 and it is promoting the switch from home heating and appliances powered by natural gas to those run on electricity, ideally generated from zero-emission sources such as wind and solar.

e worry, Fickling said, is that as the customer base dwindles as the state moves to electri cation as part of its e ort to cut emission, gas infrastructure investments will no longer pay for themselves.

“What happens when investment outpaces sales?” she asked. “ at’s what we’ve seen in the last few years.”

Colorado planned to lease state land to Utah power company for

a natural gas plant. en protests surfaced.

Senate Bill 291 calls for a study to “evaluate the risk that stranded or underutilized natural gas infrastructure investments pose.”

Xcel Energy is planning $2.5 billion in new natural gas investments in Colorado by 2027, according to an April investors’ presentation.

Xcel Energy sells electricity in eight states, but the bulk of its natural gas business is in Colorado, where 1.5 million, or 72%, of its natural gas customers live.

e company does not break out gas revenue or pro ts by state, but based on the per-customer revenue provided in its annual report, the Colorado gas business generated about $800 million in earnings in 2022.

Xcel Energy must le a “clean heat plan” with the PUC by August to show how it will reduce emissions in its natural gas business and it also must le a gas infrastructure plan with the commission laying out its investment plans.

e two plans will show how the utility can balance its gas business and emissions reductions, Kenney said, noting the company has its own 2050 zero-emission goal.

“Natural gas does remain part of that system and we believe in maintaining options for our customers on how they heat their homes and businesses,” Kenney said. “We think that it’s going to continue to be an important part of the energy mix into the future and we have an obligation and requirement to serve existing customers.”

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Colorado search and rescue funding gets another boost as volunteers mull long-term sustainability

BY TOM HESSE COLORADO PUBLIC RADIO

A decision earlier this month to increase the price of cards that support Colorado search and rescue groups is the latest step aimed at helping a rst responder network that advocates say is shouldering a bigger burden than ever before.

e Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission increased the price of the Colorado Outdoor Recreation Search and Rescue Card. It’s a sort of formalized way for outdoor recreationists to donate to search and rescue. But, it’s a small piece of what has historically been a limited pool of funds.

“Up until about a year ago, the state funding was all revenue based on the hunter and sher licensing as well as the OHV registrations and the Colorado Outdoor Search and Rescue Card Sales,” Perry Boydstun Search and Rescue program manager said. “And so it generated roughly $620,000 a year. Some of that was used for reimbursing counties or nonpro t organizations when they went out on incidents. And then the rest of the funding was used on grants for training and equipment.”  at money was split between search and rescue organizations around the state, which are managed at the county level. However, in recent years, state legislators have passed a number of bills that will add millions of dollars to that fund, creating new opportunities.

“Some of the counties haven’t really looked into what they need because they’ve just been functioning on what they have. When you don’t have a lot of money you don’t look into what you wish you had,” Boydstun said. “Now that there is a little bit more money you start to think a little bit, ‘Wow, if we had this it would improve our re-

sponse time by an hour or two hours.’ And that’s big when you’re in life-ordeath situations.”

ose life-or-death situations can be any number of things, depending on where you are in the state. Je Sparhawk, the executive director of the nonpro t Colorado Search and Rescue Association, said local operations are grappling with how to continue o ering volunteer-based, no-cost rescues.

“ at’s the million-dollar question. We’re not exactly sure what that looks like. We’ve looked worldwide at how search and rescue is handled. By and large, it’s volunteer across the globe,” he said. “And relying on volunteers makes sense in a lot of di erent ways, up to a point. If it’s so busy that the volunteers can’t hold a job or can’t have a life because there’s just too much need for services, then the situation needs to change. By and large, I don’t think we’re at that point for most counties … but how do we do that, I don’t know.”

Sparhawk’s organization is considering ways to centralize some things that search and rescue teams need, like legal services, human resources support and accounting. But, he said, many of the problems the state faces as a whole have trickle-down e ects for search and rescue.

“Just like everywhere else in Colorado, housing is a big issue. For most of the younger folks, if you’re living in a mountain community, you’re work-

ing multiple jobs, probably, just to live there. And you don’t necessarily have time for search and rescue. You don’t have the disposable income to donate to search and rescue. So the greater societal challenges are a ecting us the same way they’re a ecting everybody else,” Sparhawk said.

Jenny Hart is a volunteer with Ouray Mountain Rescue. eir rescue team responds to everything from ATV rollovers on old mining roads to injured hikers on the county’s 14,000foot peak, Mt. Sne es. She said state funding is welcome and overdue. In Ouray, they nally had to ask for money from local governments for the rst time in the organization’s history.

“Literally, 49 years in, we’re nally getting a little bit of help from the governmental agencies in the region. Otherwise, we fundraise everything. It’s all donations from private donors. We sell t-shirts and hats,” Hart said. “But really it’s been a huge process over the years and connecting with people who want to support us.”

is story is from Colorado Public Radio, a nonpro t news source. Used by permission. For more, and to support Colorado Public Radio, visit cpr. org.

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e Colorado School of Mines track & eld teams are hoping to strike gold in Pueblo over Memorial

Day weekend as they compete in the NCAA Division II National Championships.

CSU-Pueblo is hosting the meet May 25-27 at the underBowl.

e Orediggers, who train at approximately 5,800 feet above sea level, will have an advantage over most athletes, considering the underBowl is about 4,700 feet above sea level.

e Mines men’s team has qualied 13 athletes across 17 events,

including powerhouse distancerunner Dillon Powell. e redshirt junior is looking for a proverbial Triple Crown, as he’s already won a cross-country national title and an indoor track title this school year.

Meanwhile, the Mines women’s team has 11 athletes competing 13 events. Senior Hannah Miller, who won the women’s indoor pole vault title this spring, is hoping to take the outdoor title as well.

Overall, the 10,000-meter race is

the Orediggers’ biggest event, with six men and four women slated. For the men’s team, four of the six will also run in the 5,000-meter event, including Powell.

ree Mines pole vaulters also quali ed for Pueblo. Miller and junior Avery Herbold will vault for the women’s team, while junior Hunter Potrykus will represent the men’s. For more information, including how to purchase tickets, visit MinesAthletics.com.

Colorado School of Mines senior Hannah Miller, seen here pole vaulting on April 8, will compete at the NCAA Division II National Championships May 25-27 in Pueblo.

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Colorado School of Mines junior Avery Herbold, seen here pole vaulting on April 8, will compete at the NCAA Division II National Championships May 25-27 in Pueblo.

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Dillon Powell hoping to win third national title in 2022-23

Colorado School of Mines senior Grant Redmond, seen here on April 8, will compete in high jump at the NCAA Division II National Championships May 25-27 in Pueblo.

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Golden sophomore Cameron Shull (9) sprints toward the finish-line during the Class 4A boys 800-meter run May 19 at Je co Stadium. Shull finished on the podium with an 8th place finish in a time of 1:55.74.

Green Mountain junior Eva Bellot attempts to clear 5-foot-7 during the Class 4A girls high jump state competition May 19 at Je co Stadium. Bellot won the event after being the only competitor to clear 5-foot-6.

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CONDOMINIUM UNIT 123, BUILDING 14, DAKOTA STATION CONDOMINIUMS FILING NO. 1, PHASE 9, IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND SUBJECT TO THE DECLARATION OF COVENANTS, CONDITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS OF DAKOTA STATION FILING NO. 1, AND CONDOMINIUM MAP RECORDED AT THE CLERK AND RECORDERS OFFICE, COUNTY OF JEFFERSON, COLORADO, ON FEBRUARY 3, 1983 AT RECEPTION NO. 83010327 AND ON APRIL 26, 1983 AT RECEPTION NO. 83036513, RESPECTIVELY, AND ANY AMENDMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTS THERETO, COUNTY OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF COLORADO

Also known by street and number as: 9670 W CHATFIELD AVENUE UNIT G, LITTLETON, CO 80128.

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

NOTICE OF SALE

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 2 p.m. on Friday, 06/23/2023 via remote, web-based auction service, 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. https://liveauctions.govease.com/

First Publication: 4/27/2023

Last Publication: 5/25/2023

Name of Publication: Golden Transcript

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: 02/23/2023

Holly Ryan, Public Trustee in and for the County of Jefferson, State of Colorado

By: Christine Thompson, Deputy, for Public Trustee

The name, address, business telephone number

and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

N. April Winecki #34861 Janeway Law Firm, P.C. 9800 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 400, Englewood, CO 80112 (855) 263-9295

Attorney File # 22-027989

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

§38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. J2300062

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

On February 23, 2023, 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 Jefferson records.

Original Grantor(s)

Max Guajardo

Original Beneficiary(ies)

Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for Caliber Home Loans, Inc., Its Successors and Assigns Current Holder of Evidence of Debt

2020

Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the Deed of Trust and other violations thereof THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

LOT 24, INDEPENDENCE SUBDIVISION, COUNTY OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF COLORADO.

Also known by street and number as: 9715 Ridge Rd, Arvada, CO 80002-3220.

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

NOTICE OF SALE

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 2 p.m. on Thursday, 06/15/2023 via remote, web-based auction service, 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. https://liveauctions.govease.com/

First Publication: 4/27/2023

Last Publication: 5/25/2023

Name of Publication: Golden Transcript

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: 02/23/2023

Holly Ryan, Public Trustee in and for the County of Jefferson, State of Colorado

By: Christine Thompson, Deputy, for

Public Trustee

The name, address, business telephone number

and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

Ilene Dell'Acqua #31755

McCarthy & Holthus, LLP

7700 E. Arapahoe Road, Suite 230, Centennial, CO 80112 (877) 369-6122

Attorney File # CO-23-953506-LL

The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.

©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015

Legal Notice NO. J2300062

First Publication: 4/27/2023

Last Publication: 5/25/2023

Name of Publication: Golden Transcript

COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION

CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. J2300073

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

On March 9, 2023, 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 Jefferson records.

Original Grantor(s)

Bonnie June Rohwer

Original Beneficiary(ies)

MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR FAIRWAY INDEPENDENT MORTGAGE CORPORATION, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt FINANCE OF AMERICA REVERSE LLC

Date of Deed of Trust

August 16, 2019

County of Recording

Jefferson

Recording Date of Deed of Trust

August 27, 2019

Recording Information

(Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.)

2019076526

Original Principal Amount

$586,500.00

Outstanding Principal Balance

$185,443.21

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: This is a Home Equity Conversion Deed of Trust or other Reverse Mortgage. Borrower has died and the property is not the principal residence or any surviving Borrower, resulting in the loan being due and payable.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

LOT 5, BLOCK 2, HIGHLANDS PARK, COUNTY OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF COLORADO.

Also known by street and number as: 190 Brentwood Street, Lakewood, CO 80226.

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

NOTICE OF SALE

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 2 p.m. on Thursday, 06/29/2023 via remote, web-based auction service, 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. https://liveauctions.govease.com/

First Publication: 5/11/2023

Last Publication: 6/8/2023

Name of Publication: Golden Transcript

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: 03/09/2023

Holly Ryan, Public Trustee in and for the County of Jefferson, State of Colorado

By: Lyndsay Smith, Deputy, for Public Trustee

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

N. April Winecki #34861 Janeway Law Firm, P.C. 9800 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 400, Englewood, CO 80112 (855) 263-9295

Attorney File # 23-029395

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. J2300073

First Publication: 5/11/2023

Last Publication: 6/8/2023

Name of Publication: Golden Transcript COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. J2300074

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On March 9, 2023, 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 Jefferson records.

Original Grantor(s) Stephen Anderson Original Beneficiary(ies)

MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR GUILD MORTGAGE COMPANY, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt

COLORADO HOUSING AND FINANCE AUTHORITY

Date of Deed of Trust

October 09, 2018 County of Recording Jefferson

Recording Date of Deed of Trust

October 12, 2018

Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.)

2018093667

Original Principal Amount

$266,750.00

Outstanding Principal Balance $259,198.19

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.

CONDOMINIUM UNIT 101, IN BUILDING 6, CAMBRIDGE IN THE FOOTHILLS CONDOMINIUMS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND SUBJECT TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED CONDOMINIUM DECLARATION FOR CAMBRIDGE IN THE FOOTHILLS CONDOMINIUMS RECORDED ON JANUARY 25, 2010 AT RECEPTION NO. 2010007423, AND BY THE CONDOMINIUM MAP RECORDED MAY 1, 2001 AT RECEPTION NO. F1226814 IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK AND RECORDER OF THE COUNTY OF JEFFERSON, COUNTY OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF COLORADO, TOGETHER WITH PARKING UNIT 12-A, CAMBRIDGE IN THE FOOTHILLS CONDOMINIUMS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND SUBJECT TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED CONDOMINIUM DECLARATION FOR CAMBRIDGE IN THE FOOTHILLS CONDOMINIUMS RECORDED ON JANUARY 25, 2010 AT RECEPTION NO. 2010007423 AND ANY AMENDMENTS THERETO, COUNTY OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF COLORADO.

Also known by street and number as: 12293 W Cross Drive 101, Littleton, CO 80127.

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

NOTICE OF SALE

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 2 p.m. on Thursday, 06/29/2023 via remote, web-based auction service, 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. https://liveauctions.govease.com/

First Publication: 5/11/2023

Last Publication: 6/8/2023

Name of Publication: Golden Transcript 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: 03/09/2023

Holly Ryan, Public Trustee in and for the County of Jefferson, State of Colorado

By: Christine Thompson, Deputy, for Public Trustee

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

N. April Winecki #34861

Janeway Law Firm, P.C. 9800 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 400, Englewood, CO 80112 (855) 263-9295 Attorney File # 23-029434

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. J2300074

First Publication: 5/11/2023

Last Publication: 6/8/2023

Name of Publication: Golden Transcript COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. J2300068

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

On March 2, 2023, 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 Jefferson records.

Original Grantor(s)

Eduardo Rodriguez Alvarez

Original Beneficiary(ies)

MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR GUILD MORTGAGE COMPANY, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt COLORADO HOUSING AND FINANCE AUTHORITY

Date of Deed of Trust

March 29, 2019

County of Recording Jefferson

Recording Date of Deed of Trust

April 04, 2019

Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.)

2019025828*

Original Principal Amount $427,121.00

Outstanding Principal Balance $390,816.10

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

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

LOT 9, BLOCK 7, SOUTHERN GABLES, COUNTY OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF COLORADO. PIN: 300068272

*LOAN MODIFICATION DATED 02/14/2022 AND RECORDED ON 03/28/2022 AT RECEPTION NUMBER 2022029034 IN THE RECORDS OF THE JEFFERSON COUNTY CLERK AND RECORDER, STATE OF COLORADO.

Also known by street and number as: 7780 W Woodard Circle, Lakewood, CO 80227.

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

NOTICE OF SALE

The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured

On March 2, 2023, 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 Jefferson records.

Original Grantor(s)

Cross Creek 3, LLC

Original Beneficiary(ies)

Boomerang Finance SUB-REIT LLC

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt

BFSR4, LLC

Date of Deed of Trust

April 28, 2022

County of Recording

Jefferson

Recording Date of Deed of Trust

May 04, 2022

Recording Information

(Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.)

2022042217

Original Principal Amount

$733,500.00

Outstanding Principal Balance

$632,600.00

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.

LOT 4, EXCEPT THE NORTH 15 FEET OF SAID LOT, SESAME PARK, COUNTY OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF COLORADO.

There is no address listed on the Deed of Trust. For informational purposes only, the purported common address is 4285 Carr St, Wheat Ridge, CO 80033.

Also known by street and number as:

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

NOTICE OF SALE

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 2 p.m. on Thursday, 06/29/2023 via remote, web-based auction service, 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. https://liveauctions.govease.com/

First Publication: 5/11/2023

Last Publication: 6/8/2023

Name of Publication: Golden Transcript

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: 03/02/2023

Holly Ryan, Public Trustee in and for the County of Jefferson, State of Colorado

By: Christine Thompson, Deputy, for

Public Trustee

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

Amanda Ferguson #44893 Halliday Watkins & Mann, P.C. 355 Union Blvd., Suite 250, Lakewood, CO 80228 (303) 274-0155

Attorney File # CO21013

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. J2300071

First Publication: 5/11/2023

Last Publication: 6/8/2023

Name of Publication: Golden Transcript

COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION

CRS §38-38-103

FORECLOSURE SALE NO. J2300083

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

On March 9, 2023, 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 Jefferson records

Original Grantor(s)

Jesse M. Terhune

Original Beneficiary(ies)

Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. ("MERS") as nominee for Amerisave Mortgage Corporation, Its Successors and Assigns Current Holder of Evidence of Debt

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.

THAT PART OF THE SW ¼ OF SECTION 12, TOWNSHIP 3 SOUTH, RANGE 69 WEST OF THE 6TH P.M., BEGINNING AT A POINT 163 FEET SOUTH OF THE NE CORNER OF THE SW ¼ OF THE SW ¼ OF SECTION 12; THENCE WEST 178 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 75 FEET; THENCE EAST 178 FEET THENCE NORTH 75 FEET TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING, IN JEFFERSON COUNTY, COLORADO, COUNTY OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF COLORADO.

Also known by street and number as: 5755 N Lamar St, Arvada, CO 80002.

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

NOTICE OF SALE

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 2 p.m. on Thursday, 06/29/2023 via remote, web-based auction service, 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. https://liveauctions.govease.com/

First Publication: 5/11/2023

Last Publication: 6/8/2023

Name of Publication: Golden Transcript

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: 03/09/2023

Holly Ryan, Public Trustee in and for the County of Jefferson, State of Colorado

By: Barbara Lyons, Deputy, for Public Trustee

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

Ilene Dell'Acqua #31755

McCarthy & Holthus, LLP 7700 E. Arapahoe Road, Suite 230, Centennial, CO 80112 (877) 369-6122

Attorney File # CO-23-953271-LL

The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.

©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015

Legal Notice No. J2300083

First Publication: 5/11/2023

Last Publication: 6/8/2023

Name of Publication: Golden Transcript COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103

FORECLOSURE SALE NO. J2300079

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

On March 9, 2023, 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 Jefferson records.

Original Grantor(s) David S. Claybrook and Regina L. Claybrook

Original Beneficiary(ies) Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Beneficiary, as nominee for Accelerate Mortgage, LLC, its successors and assigns Current Holder of Evidence of Debt

LLC.

notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the Deed of Trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

Lot 73, Ralston Valley Filing No. 2, County of Jefferson, State of Colorado.

Also known by street and number as: 13540 W 69th Pl, Arvada, CO 80004.

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

NOTICE OF SALE

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 2 p.m. on Thursday, 06/29/2023 via remote, web-based auction service, 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. https://liveauctions.govease.com/

First Publication: 5/11/2023

Last Publication: 6/8/2023

Name of Publication: Golden Transcript

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: 03/09/2023

Holly Ryan, Public Trustee in and for the County of Jefferson, State of Colorado

By: Christine Thompson, Deputy, for Public Trustee

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

Amanda Ferguson #44893 Halliday Watkins & Mann, P.C. 355 Union Blvd., Suite 250, Lakewood, CO 80228 (303) 274-0155

Attorney File # CO21143

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. J2300079

First Publication: 5/11/2023

Last Publication: 6/8/2023

Name of Publication: Golden Transcript COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. J2300082

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

On March 9, 2023, 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 Jefferson records.

Original Grantor(s)

Nathan H. Weir

Original Beneficiary(ies)

VECTRA BANK COLORADO, N.A.

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt

WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.

Date of Deed of Trust

April 04, 2002 County of Recording

Jefferson

Recording Date of Deed of Trust April 12, 2002

Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.)

F1462800

Original Principal Amount

$177,219.00

Outstanding Principal Balance $78,849.03

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

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

LOT 16, BLOCK 5, HARRIMAN PARK FILING NO. 9, COUNTY OF JEFFERSON, STATEOF COLORADO.

Also known by street and number as: 11642 West Layton Drive, Morrison, CO 80465.

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

NOTICE OF SALE

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 2 p.m. on Thursday, 06/29/2023 via remote, web-based auction service, 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. https://liveauctions.govease.com/

First Publication: 5/11/2023

Last Publication: 6/8/2023

Name of Publication: Golden Transcript

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: 03/09/2023

Holly Ryan, Public Trustee in and for the County of Jefferson, State of Colorado

By: Lyndsay Smith, Deputy, for Public Trustee

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

N. April Winecki #34861 Janeway Law Firm, P.C. 9800 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 400, Englewood, CO 80112 (855) 263-9295

Attorney File # 23-029453

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. J2300082

First Publication: 5/11/2023

Last Publication: 6/8/2023

Name of Publication: Golden Transcript COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION

CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. J2300085

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

On March 9, 2023, 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 Jefferson records.

Original Grantor(s)

Randall Hancock and Teri Hancock

Original Beneficiary(ies)

Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as beneficiary, as nominee for Top Flite Financial, Inc., its successors and assigns

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt Lakeview Loan Servicing, LLC

Date of Deed of Trust

July 16, 2019 County of Recording

Jefferson

Recording Date of Deed of Trust

August 08, 2019

Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.)

2019069691

Original Principal Amount

$539,275.00

Outstanding Principal Balance

$534,359.24

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.

A TRACT OF LAND IN THE SOUTH ½ OF THE NE ¼ OF SECTION 12, TOWNSHIP 3 SOUTH, RANGE 72 WEST OF THE 6TH P.M., BEING BOUNDED BY A LINE DESCRIBED MORE PARTICULARLY AS FOLLOWS:

BEGINNING AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE SE ¼ OF THE NE ¼ FROM WHENCE

THE EAST ¼ CORNER BEARS NORTH 87

DEG. 18 MIN. 12 SEC. EAST A DISTANCE OF 1292.01; THENCE NORTH 13 DEG. 28 MIN. 48

SEC. WEST A DISTANCE OF 1340.55 FEET TO A POINT ON THE NORTH LINE OF THE SOUTH

½ OF THE NE 1/4 , THENCE NORTH 87 DEG.

31 MIN. 48 SEC. EAST A DISTANCE OF 1638.58

FEET ALONG SAID NORTH LINE TO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE NORTHEAST

¼ OF THE NORTHEAST ¼; THENCE SOUTH

01 DEG. 29 MIN. 05 SEC. WEST ALONG THE EAST LINE OF SAID SECTION 12 A DISTANCE OF 695.00 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE DEPARTING SAID EAST LINE SOUTH 62 DEG. 31 MIN. 26 SEC. WEST A DISTANCE OF 1472.67

OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF COLORADO.

Also known by street and number as: 6100 Bear Paw Rd, Golden, CO 80403-8118.

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

NOTICE OF SALE

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 2 p.m. on Thursday, 06/29/2023 via remote, web-based auction service, 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. https://liveauctions.govease.com/

First Publication: 5/11/2023

Last Publication: 6/8/2023

Name of Publication: Golden Transcript 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: 03/09/2023

Holly Ryan, Public Trustee in and for the County of Jefferson, State of Colorado

By: Barbara Lyons, Deputy, for Public Trustee

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

Amanda Ferguson #44893 Halliday Watkins & Mann, P.C. 355 Union Blvd., Suite 250, Lakewood, CO 80228 (303) 274-0155 Attorney File # CO12113

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. J2300085

First Publication: 5/11/2023

Last Publication: 6/8/2023

Name of Publication: Golden Transcript COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. J2300066

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

On March 2, 2023, 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 Jefferson records.

Original Grantor(s)

Joshua Patrick Gallegos AND Nicole Latisha Gallegos

Original Beneficiary(ies)

MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR UNIVERSAL LENDING CORPORATION, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt COLORADO HOUSING AND FINANCE AUTHORITY

Date of Deed of Trust April 30, 2020

County of Recording Jefferson

Recording Date of Deed of Trust

May 01, 2020

Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.)

2020048856

Original Principal Amount $420,247.00

Outstanding Principal Balance $403,235.95

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

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

LOT 3, BLOCK 16, BRIARWOOD HILLS-THIRD FILING, ACCORDING TO THE RECORDED PLAT THEREOF, COUNTY OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF COLORADO.

APN #: 49-163-01-006

Also known by street and number as: 756 S Owens Court, Lakewood, CO 80226.

Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby

FEET TO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE SOUTHEAST ¼ OF THE NORTHEAST ¼ AND THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING, TOGETHER WITH THOSE RIGHTS FOR PUBLIC ACCESS TO AND FROM SAID LAND AS CREATED AND ESTABLISHED BY EASEMENT FOR PUBLIC AND OR PRIVATE UTILITY LINES AND PUBLIC RIGHTS OF WAY RECORDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1980 AS RECEPTION NO. 80073377, COUNTY

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

NOTICE OF SALE

The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured

by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 2 p.m. on Thursday, 06/29/2023 via remote, web-based auction service, 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. https://liveauctions.govease.com/

First Publication: 5/11/2023

Last Publication: 6/8/2023

Name of Publication: Golden Transcript

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: 03/02/2023

Holly Ryan, Public Trustee in and for the County of Jefferson, State of Colorado

By: Lyndsay Smith, Deputy, for Public Trustee

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

Lynn M Janeway #15592 Janeway Law Firm, P.C. 9800 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 400, Englewood, CO 80112 (855) 263-9295

Attorney File # 23-029393

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. J2300066

First Publication: 5/11/2023

Last Publication: 6/8/2023

Name of Publication: Golden Transcript

COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION

CRS §38-38-103

FORECLOSURE SALE NO. J2300080

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On March 9, 2023, 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 Jefferson records.

Original Grantor(s)

DALE D SPRAGUE

Original Beneficiary(ies)

MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION

SYSTEMS, INC. ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR DUBUQUE BANK AND TRUST COMPANY

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt LAKEVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC

Date of Deed of Trust

April 29, 2016

County of Recording Jefferson

Recording Date of Deed of Trust

May 04, 2016

Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.)

2016041833*

Original Principal Amount

$431,048.00

Outstanding Principal Balance

$365,647.29

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

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

LOT 3, BLOCK 3, THRAEMOOR SUBDIVISION, COUNTY OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF COLORADO.

*Loan Modification dated June 29, 2022 and recorded on August 1, 2022 at Reception No. 2022073002 in the records of the Jefferson County Clerk and Recorder, State of Colorado.

Also known by street and number as: 2666 S EATON PLACE, LAKEWOOD, CO 80227.

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

NOTICE OF SALE

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 2 p.m. on Thursday, 06/29/2023 via remote, web-based auction service, 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. https://liveauctions.govease.com/

First Publication: 5/11/2023

Last Publication: 6/8/2023

Name of Publication: Golden Transcript

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: 03/09/2023

Holly Ryan, Public Trustee in and for the County of Jefferson, State of Colorado

By: Barbara Lyons, Deputy, for Public Trustee

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

Randall M.Chin #31149

Barrett Frappier & Weisserman, LLP 1391 Speer Boulevard, Suite 700, Denver, CO 80204 (303) 350-3711 Attorney File # 00000009743600

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. J2300080

First Publication: 5/11/2023

Last Publication: 6/8/2023

Name of Publication: Golden Transcript

COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION

CRS §38-38-103

FORECLOSURE SALE NO. J2300075

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

On March 9, 2023, 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 Jefferson records.

Original Grantor(s)

Christopher C Delude

Original Beneficiary(ies) MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR MEGASTAR FINANCIAL CORP, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt COLORADO HOUSING AND FINANCE AUTHORITY

2019

Principal Balance $196,090.36

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

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

LOT 338, BLOCK 1, MADISON HILL SUBDIVISION, COUNTY OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF COLORADO.

Also known by street and number as: 5771 W 92Nd Ave 338, Westminster, CO 80031.

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

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 2 p.m. on Thursday, 06/29/2023 via remote, web-based auction service, 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. https://liveauctions.govease.com/ First

Holly Ryan, Public Trustee in and for the County of Jefferson, State of Colorado

By: Christine Thompson, Deputy, for Public Trustee

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

N. April Winecki #34861

Janeway Law Firm, P.C. 9800 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 400, Englewood, CO 80112 (855) 263-9295

Attorney File # 23-029419

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. J2300075

First Publication: 5/11/2023

Last Publication: 6/8/2023

Name of Publication: Golden Transcript City and County

PUBLIC NOTICE

The City of Golden Planning Commission will hold a public hearing at a meeting on Wednesday, June 7, 2023 at 6:30 P.M., in the City Hall Council Chambers, 911 10th Street, Golden, Colorado, to review an application to amend the Kilgroe Property Annexation No. 3 PUD (Rezoning) to change the rear setback of lots 2-17 of the Canyon View Subdivision Filing No. 3 Subdivision Plat from 40 feet to 20 feet. All other standards and requirements would remain the same.

CASE NO: PC22-35

APPLICANT: Neal Manuel, 1461 Jesse Ln

LOCATION: lots 2-17 of the Canyon View Subdivision Filing No. 3 Subdivision Plat

The complete application is available for public review online at guidinggolden.com/planning-projects. Members of the public may comment on the applications during the public hearing and/or submit written comments to the Department prior to 1:00 pm on Wednesday June 7 2023 by any of the following methods:

•Mail:City of Golden, Planning Department, 1445 10th St., Golden, CO 80401

•Fax:(303) 384-8161

•Email: planningcommission@cityofgolden.net

Additional information regarding this application or the public hearing process may be obtained by calling the Planning Division at (303) 384-8097.

Legal Notice No. 416348

First Publication: May 25, 2023

Last Publication: May 25, 2023

Publisher: Golden Transcript Public Notice

CITY OF GOLDEN, COLORADO

NOTICE OF A PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING THE ELIGIBILITY OF CERTAIN PROPERTY FOR ANNEXATION KNOWN AS THE JUNCTION ANNEXATION

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to C.R.S. § 31-12-108(2), that the City Council of the City of Golden will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, June 20, at 6:30 P.M. (the “Eligibility Hearing”) to determine whether the property generally known as the Junction Annexation, which is more particularly described in Resolution No. 2953 attached below (the “Subject Property”), meets the applicable requirements of Section 30 of Article II of the Colorado Constitution and C.R.S. § 3112-104 and C.R.S. §31-12-105, and is eligible for annexation to the City of Golden. A copy of the Petition for Annexation concerning the Subject Property and the Annexation Map are on file at the City Clerk’s office, City of Golden City Hall, 911 10th Street, Golden, Colorado, 80401. All interested persons will be given an opportunity to be heard at the Eligibility Hearing. Proceedings will be held in-person at City of Golden City Hall, 911 10th Street, Golden, Colorado 80401.

By:Monica

Mendoza, City Clerk

Published: The Golden Transcript

May 18, 2023

May 25, 2023

June 1, 2023

June 8, 2023

June 15, 2023

WHEREAS, the Petition has been filed of record with the City Clerk of the City, and

WHEREAS, the City Council finds that the Petition contains the following:

(a) An allegation that it is desirable and necessary that the Subject Property be annexed to the City.

(b) An allegation that the requirements of C.R.S. §§ 31-12-104 and 31-12-105 exist or are met.

(b) An allegation that the signers of the Petition comprise more than fifty percent (50%) of the landowners in the Subject Property and own more than fifty percent (50%) of the Subject Property, exclusive of public streets and alleys and any land owned by the City.

(c)A request that the City approve the annexation of the Subject Property.

(d) The signature of each landowner that executed the Petition.

(e) The mailing address of each landowner that executed the Petition.

(f) The legal description of the land owned by each landowner that executed the Petition.

(g) The date that each landowner executed the Petition.

(h)The affidavit of each circulator of the Petition stating that the signature of each landowner therein is the signature of the person whose name it purports to be.

WHEREAS, the City Council finds that the Petition is accompanied by four (4) copies of an annexation map containing the following information:

(a)A written legal description of the boundaries of the Subject Property.

(b)A map showing the boundary of the Subject Property.

(c) Within the annexation boundary map, a showing of the location of each ownership tract in unplatted land and, if part or all of the Subject Property is platted, the boundaries and the plat numbers of plots or of lots and blocks.

(d) Next to the boundary of the Subject Property, a drawing of the contiguous boundary of the City and the contiguous boundary of any other municipality abutting the Subject Property.

WHEREAS, the City Council finds that no signature on the Petition is dated more than one hundred eighty (180) days prior to the date of filing of the Petition with the City Clerk of the City.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GOLDEN, COLORADO AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. The foregoing recitals and findings are hereby incorporated into this Resolution.

Section 2. The Petition, which was officially filed of record with the City Clerk of the City on or about April 5, 2023, substantially complies with the requirements of C.R.S. § 31-12-107(1).

Section 3. No election is required under C.R.S. § 31-12-107(2).

Section 4. No additional terms and conditions are to be imposed except as provided in the Petition and in any annexation agreement which may be entered into by and between the City and the petitioner(s), which are not to be considered additional terms and conditions within the meaning of C.R.S. § 31-12-112.

Section 5. A public hearing before City Council shall be held on Tuesday, June 20, 2023, at 6:30 p.m. at the City of Golden City Hall, 911 10th Street, Golden, Colorado, 80401 for the purpose of determining and finding whether the proposed annexation complies with Section 30 of Article II of the Colorado Constitution and the applicable provisions of C.R.S. §§ 31-12-104 and 31-12-105. The City Clerk is directed to publish a copy of this resolution and notice of public hearing in accordance with the applicable provisions of C.R.S. § 31-12-108.

Section 6. Any person may appear at such hearing and present evidence pertaining to the eligibility of the proposed annexation of the Subject Property to the City.

Section 7. This Resolution shall take effect upon its approval by the City Council.

Adopted this 9th day of May, 2023.

CONSIDERING THE SOUTH LINE OF THE EAST HALF OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 16, TOWNSHIP 3 SOUTH, RANGE 70 WEST OF THE 6TH P.M. TO BEAR S89°38'17"W, BETWEEN A FOUND 2" ALUMINUM CAP MARKED "PLS 14112" AT THE SOUTH QUARTER CORNER OF SAID SECTION 16 AND A FOUND 2" ALUMINUM CAP MARKED "PLS 27612" AT THE WEST ONE-SIXTEENTH CORNER OF SAID SECTION 16, WITH ALL BEARINGS CONTAINED HEREIN RELATIVE THERETO.

A PARCEL OF LAND SITUATED IN SOUTHWEST, NORTHWEST AND NORTHEAST QUARTERS OF SECTION 16, TOWNSHIP 3 SOUTH, RANGE 70 WEST OF THE SIXTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, COUNTY OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF COLORADO, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:

PARCEL 1 COMMENCING AT THE WEST 1/16 CORNER OF SAID SECTION 16; THENCE N89°38'17"E ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF THE SOUTHWEST 1/4 OF SAID SECTION 16, A DISTANCE OF 187.02 FEET TO A POINT OF NON-TANGENT CURVATURE AND THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE 75.26 FEET ALONG THE ARC OF A NON-TANGENT CURVE TO THE LEFT, HAVING A RADIUS OF 4,550.00 FEET, AN INCLUDED ANGLE OF 00°56'52" AND SUBTENDED BY A CHORD BEARING N09°04'44"E, A DISTANCE OF 75.26 FEET; THENCE N09°39'01"E, A DISTANCE OF 1,069.03 FEET TO A POINT OF CURVATURE; THENCE 2,273.50 FEET ALONG THE ARC OF A CURVE TO THE RIGHT, HAVING A RADIUS OF 4,350.00 FEET, AN INCLUDED ANGLE OF 29°56'43" AND SUBTENDED BY A CHORD BEARING N24°37'22"E, A DISTANCE OF 2,247.71 FEET; THENCE N39°35'44"E, A DISTANCE OF 198.02 FEET TO A POINT ON THE WEST RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF STATE HIGHWAY 93, AS DESCRIBED IN INSTRUMENT RECORDED OCTOBER 31, 1980 AT RECEPTION NO. 80082809, AND A POINT OF NONTANGENT CURVATURE; THENCE ALONG SAID WEST RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE THE FOLLOWING FIVE (5) COURSES:

1. 95.91 FEET ALONG THE ARC OF A NONTANGENT CURVE TO THE LEFT, HAVING A RADIUS OF 1,712.00 FEET, AN INCLUDED ANGLE OF 03°12'36" AND SUBTENDED BY A CHORD BEARING S10°41'11"W, A DISTANCE OF 95.90 FEET;

2. S06°11'53"W, A DISTANCE OF 255.66 FEET;

3. S04°42'58"W, A DISTANCE OF 2,378.89 FEET;

4. S08°59'24"W, A DISTANCE OF 200.61 FEET;

5. S04°50'57"W, A DISTANCE OF 402.20 FEET TO A POINT ON THE SOUTH LINE OF THE SOUTHWEST 1/4 OF SAID SECTION 16; THENCE ALONG SAID SOUTH LINE SOUTH 89°38'17" WEST, A DISTANCE OF 947.48 FEET, MORE OR LESS TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING.

SAID PARCEL CONTAINING 2,233,666 SQ. FT. OR 51.28 ACRES, MORE OR LESS. A PARCEL OF LAND SITUATED IN THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 21, TOWNSHIP 3 SOUTH, RANGE 70 WEST OF THE SIXTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, COUNTY OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF COLORADO, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:

PARCEL 2 COMMENCING AT THE WEST 1/16 CORNER OF SAID SECTION 16; THENCE N89°38'17"E ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF THE SOUTHWEST 1/4 OF SAID SECTION 16, A DISTANCE OF 1,134.50 FEET TO A POINT ON WEST RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF STATE HIGHWAY 93, AS DESCRIBED IN INSTRUMENT RECORDED DECEMBER 9, 1999 AT RECEPTION NO. F0988463, AND THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID SECTION 16 NORTH 89°38'17" EAST, A DISTANCE OF 90.35 FEET; THENCE DEPARTING SAID SOUTH LINE SOUTH 04°41'10" WEST, A DISTANCE OF 74.63 FEET TO A POINT OF CURVATURE; THENCE 458.67 FEET ALONG THE ARC OF A CURVE TO THE LEFT HAVING A RADIUS OF 4,583.66 FEET, AN INCLUDED ANGLE OF 05°44'00" AND SUBTENDED BY A CHORD BEARING SOUTH 01°49'28" WEST, A DISTANCE OF 458.48 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 01°02'32" EAST, A DISTANCE OF 289.25 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 89°47'22" WEST, A DISTANCE OF 32.17 FEET; THENCE NORTH 0°34'06" WEST, A DISTANCE OF 0.06 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 89°48'47" WEST, A DISTANCE OF 17.84 FEET TO A POINT ON THE WEST RIGHTOF-WAY LINE OF SAID STATE HIGHWAY 93; THENCE ALONG SAID WEST RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE THE FOLLOWING TWO (2) COURSES:

1. 1.NORTH 01°02'32" WEST, A DISTANCE OF 288.46 FEET;

2. 2.THENCE NORTH 02°06'45" WEST, A DISTANCE OF 533.32 FEET, MORE OR LESS, TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING.

RESOLUTION NO. 2953

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GOLDEN, COLORADO, ACCEPTING AN ANNEXATION PETITION, MAKING CERTAIN FINDINGS OF FACT, FINDING SUBSTANTIAL COMPLIANCE FOR SUCH PETITION, AND SETTING A PUBLIC HEARING FOR PROPERTY DESCRIBED AS THE JUNCTION ANNEXATION

WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Golden, Colorado (“City”) has received and examined a petition for annexation and related filings (the Petition ”) requesting the annexation of the real property described in Exhibit 1 attached hereto and incorporated herein (the “Subject Property”); and

Laura M. Weinberg, Mayor

ATTEST: Monica S. Mendoza, CMC, City Clerk

APPROVED AS TO FORM:

Kathie Guckenberger, City Attorney

I, Monica Mendoza, City Clerk of the City of Golden, Colorado, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of a certain Resolution adopted by the City Council of the City of Golden, Colorado at a regular business meeting thereof held on the 9th day of May, 2023.

SAID PARCEL CONTAINING 49,224 SQ. FT. OR 1.13 ACRES, MORE OR LESS.

Total acreage (approximate): 52.41 acres, as more particularly shown in the annexation map(s) on file with the City Clerk.

Legal Notice No. 416309

First Publication: May 18, 2023

Second Publication: May 25, 2023

Third Publication: June 1, 2023

Fourth Publication: June 8, 2023

Last Publication: June 15, 2023

Publisher: Golden Transcript Public Notice

The Arvada Housing Authority (AHA) invites developers of property in Arvada, CO to submit applications for participation in the Housing Choice Voucher Project Based Voucher Program (PBV). The objectives of this allocation are to 1) Expand housing options for low-income individuals and families with special needs 2) To preserve affordable housing, for low-income individuals and families with special needs that are at risk of being eliminated due to lack of a funding source 3)

To increase the supply of affordable housing for individuals and families who are chronically homeless and 4) To increase the supply of affordable, accessible housing for person with disabilities.

If applicable, all financing of project costs and operating expenses will be the responsibility of the owner. Rents that are established for the project will be commensurate with other comparable rents for similar rental units in the areas in which the project is located. In all cases, however, rents cannot exceed the maximum allowable HUD Fair market Rent published for Jefferson County.

The PBV units will be leased to eligible lowincome households referred by AHA or to eligible tenants in occupancy of the unit at the time of the submission of the application. Rental assistance is available for a total not to exceed 8 units. AHA reserves the right to award less than the maximum vouchers available or requested.

Note: Participation in the PBV Program requires compliance with Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity Requirements, and Federal Labor Standards will apply to eligible projects.

Application can be obtained from the Arvada Housing Authority’s website: Website: https://arvada.org/residents/city-neighborhoods/ section-8-housing-choice-voucher-program

All applications should be submitted via email to dkothe@arvada.org. Only applications in response to this invitation will be accepted for consideration. Owners/Developers will be notified by letter of the acceptance or rejection of their applications. AHA will also publish its notice of selection of PBV applications on the Arvada Housing Authority website as well as the Arvada Press. All applications MUST be received no later than 5:00 P.M., Monday, July 3, 2023.

Questions can be directed to Dena Kothe at dkothe@arvada.org or 720-898-7476

Legal Notice No. 416319

First Publication: May 18, 2023

Last Publication: June 1, 2023

Publisher: Jeffco Transcript Bids and Settlements

Public Notice

NOTICE OF FINAL PAYMENT

NOTICE is hereby given that Jefferson Center Metropolitan District No. 1 of Jefferson County, Colorado, shall make retainage release payment at 141 Union Blvd, Suite 150, Lakewood, CO 80228 on or after June 27, 2023, at the hour of 9:30, a.m. to the following:

RCD Construction, Inc.

1830 1st Avenue Greeley, CO 80638

For all work done by said Contractors in construction or work on the Candelas Community Commercial Parcels and performed within and/or for the Jefferson Center Metropolitan District No. 1 in the County of Jefferson, State of Colorado. This includes the Contract for Candelas Point Paving and Utility Repairs.

Any person, co-partnership, association of persons, company or corporation that has furnished labor, materials, team hire, sustenance, provisions, provender, or other supplies used or consumed by such contractors or their subcontractors, in or about the performance of the work contracted to be done or that supplies rental machinery, tools or equipment to the extent used in the prosecution of the work, and whose claim therefore has not been paid by the contractors or their subcontractors, at any time up to and including the time for final settlement for the work contracted to be done, is required to file a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid, and an account of such claim to: Independent District Engineering Services, LLC, 1626 Cole Boulevard, Suite 125, Lakewood, CO 80401, on or before the date and time herein above shown for final payment. Failure on the part of any claimant to file such verified statement of claim prior to such final settlement will release Jefferson Center Metropolitan District No. 1, its directors, officers, agents, consultants and employees, of and from any and all liability for such claim.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS JEFFERSON CENTER METROPOLITAN

DISTRICT NO. 1

By: Independent District Engineering Services, LLC, Brandon Collins, PE

District Engineer by and for the Jefferson Center Metropolitan District No. 1

Legal Notice No. 416341

First Publication: May 25, 2023

Last Publication: June 1, 2023

Publication Name: Jeffco Transcript

Notice

TO BID

WEST POINT METROPOLITAN DISTRICT DETENTION POND IMPROVEMENT PROJECT

Notice is hereby given that the West Point Metropolitan District (“District”) seeks bids from qualified contractors for the construction of Detention Pond Improvements in City of Arvada, County in Jefferson County, Colorado (“Project”) as outlined in the West Point Metropolitan District – Detention Pond Improvement Project: Bid Documents, dated May 15, 2023 which can be obtained by contacting the District’s manager:

Edward Laves

Colorado District Management and Operations, Ltd. 1100 Johnson Rd., #17477 Golden, Colorado 80401 info@colodm.com (303) 495-2860

Sealed Bids are due by Friday, June 15, 2023 not later than 5:00 P.M. MT to the District c/o CEGR Law, 44 Cook Street, Suite 620, Denver, CO 80206, attn: Edward Laves, West Point Metropolitan District Manager or by email to laves@ colodm.com. Bids not received by 5:00 P.M. MT will not be considered. Bids will not be publicly opened and read.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS:

WEST POINT METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

Legal Notice No. 416349

First Publication: May 25, 2023

Last Publication: May 25, 2023

Publisher: Golden Transcript

Public Notice

SECTION 00 11 13

INVITATION TO BID

DATE: MAY 23, 2023

Sealed bids for the construction of the North Plains Lift Station and Force Main Improvements Project for the Ken-Caryl Ranch Water and Sanitation District, CO, will be received until 3:00 PM local time on the 22nd day of June, 2023 at 10698 Centennial Road, Littleton, CO, 80127, at which time they will be publicly opened and read aloud.

DESCRIPTION OF WORK: The Work shall be completed under one Contract consisting of all labor, skill and materials required to properly construct the Project. The Project consists of the following primary components:

•Installation of a new submersible pump lift station above a new 8-foot diameter wetwell

•Installation of approximately 3,700 feet of 10-inch diameter force main pipeline

•Installation of lift station site improvements including yard piping, paving and grading, and fencing

•Electrical power and pump control improvements for the new lift station

•Removal of existing and installation of new lap siding, air louvers, trim and roofing on an existing building which houses an emergency generator

•Surface restorations along the length of the force main pipeline

•Restoration of five existing manholes

BIDDING REQUIREMENTS: Bid will be received on both a lump sum basis for the lift station and lift station site improvements and a unit price basis for the force main pipeline.

Each Bid shall be accompanied by a Bidder’s Bond executed by the Bidder as principal and by a surety company authorized to do business in the State of Colorado, payable to the Ken-Caryl Ranch Water and Sanitation District, in a sum equal to five (5) percent of the full amount of the Bid. This is to serve as a guarantee that the Bidder will enter a Contract within 15 days of Notice of Award in accordance with the terms of the principal’s Bond and a Contractor’s Bond as required by law and the regulations and determinations of the governing board for the performances of such Work. Only Bids that are accompanied by such a Bond will be considered.

The successful Bidder will be required to furnish a Construction Performance Bond and a Construction Payment Bond, each for 100 percent of the Bid amount, as security for the faithful performance and the payment of all bills and obligations arising from the performance of the Work.

The Contract will be awarded to the lowest responsible and eligible Bidder for the total project bid amount. The successful Bidder shall possess the skill, ability, and integrity necessary for the faithful performance of the work and must provide references showing experience performing similar work.

Complete instructions for filing Bids are included in the Instructions to Bidders. All questions concerning this project shall be submitted in writing by email to the Engineer AE2S, at the attention of David Vidikan at david.vidikan@ae2s.com.

The Work shall be substantially completed within 280 calendar days and shall be completed and ready for final payment within 308 calendars days of Notice-to-Proceed.

OBTAINING BID DOCUMENTS: Complete digital Project Bidding Documents, pursuant to which labor, materials, or services must be furnished, are available at www.ken-carylwater.org for a non-refundable fee of $22. These documents may be downloaded by selecting the “Contractors” tab, located on the District’s home web page, choosing “District Projects” on the dropdown menu, and then selecting the “North Plains Lift Station and Force Main Improvements Project,” under the Search

Postings column on the left side of the page. Please contact QuestCDN.com at 952-233-1632 or info@questcdn.com for downloading assistance. Each set of Bidding Documents will include the Project Manual and one (1) complete set of 11x17 inch Drawings. All costs associated with preparation of Bids shall be borne by the Bidder.

PRE-BID CONFERENCE: A mandatory Pre-Bid Conference will be conducted on Thursday, June 8, 2023, at 9:00 am at the lift station project site.

OWNER'S RIGHTS RESERVED: The Owner reserves the right to reject any or all Bids, waive any informalities in the Bids received, and further reserves the right to award the Contract in the best interest of the Owner. The Owner reserves the right to hold the three (3) lowest Bids for a period not to exceed thirty (30) days after the date of Bid opening.

By: Timothy Anderson, District Manager

Ken-Caryl Ranch Water and Sanitation District

Legal Notice No. 416355

First Publication: May 25, 2023

Last Publication: June 8, 2023

Publisher: Golden Transcript

Notice is hereby given that on or after June 1st, 2023 the City of Golden Public Works Department will make final settlement with Stanek Constructors, Inc. 651 Corporate Circle, Suite 108, Golden, CO 80401 in connection with payment for all services rendered, materials furnished, and for all labor performed in and for the 2021 Water Treatment Improvements Project.

1. Any person, co-partnership, association or corporation who has an unpaid claim against the said project or on account of the furnishing of labor, materials, team hire, sustenance, provision, provender, or other supplies used or consumed by subcontractor or any of his subcontractors in or about the performance of said work, may at any time up to and including said time of such final settlement file a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid on account of such claims.

2.All such claims shall be filed with the City of Golden Public Works Department, c/o Shakira Hollis, Administrative Coordinator, 1445 10th Street, Golden, CO 80401, on or before June 1st 2023.

3.Failure on the part of a creditor to file such statement prior to such final settlement will relieve the City of Golden Public Works Department from any and all liability for such claim.

CITY OF GOLDEN

PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT

Anne Beierle, Director of Public Works Legal

Notice No. 416299

First Publication: May 18th, 2023

Last Publication: May 25th , 2023

Publisher: Golden Transcript

Summons and Sheriff Sale

Public Notice

DISTRICT COURT, COUNTY OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF COLORADO CASE NO. 2022CV030170 DIV. 14

Plaintiff: STANDLEY SHORES CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, INC., a Colorado non-profit corporation

vs.

Defendants: AMANDA K. DOCKTER; WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.; and JERRY DITULLIO AS PUBLIC TRUSTEE FOR JEFFERSON COUNTY COMBINED NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE AND NOTICE OF RIGHTS TO CURE AND RIGHTS TO REDEEM

This is to advise you that a Sheriff sale proceeding has been commenced through the office of the undersigned Sheriff pursuant to the Jefferson County District Court’s Order: Order for Default Judgment and Decree of Foreclosure dated November 2, 2022, and C.R.S. § 38-38-101 et seq., by Standley Shores Condominium Association, Inc. (“Association”), the current holder of a statutory and contractual lien. The judicial foreclosure is based on a default under the Amended and Restated Condominium Declaration of Standley Shores Condominiums, recorded with the Jefferson County Clerk and Recorder on February 3, 2016, at reception number 2016010715 (“Declaration”).

The Declaration, as recorded, establishes a lien for the benefit of Standley Shores Condominium Association, Inc., WHICH LIEN BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AND IMPROVEMENTS legally described as follows:

Condominium Unit 9128 (In Building 7), Standley Shores Condominiums, in accordance with and subject to the Declarations recorded on December 12, 1983 at Reception No. 83117891 and Condominium Map recorded December 12, 1983 as Reception No. 83117892 of the Jefferson County, Colorado Records Together with the exclusive right to use the following Limited Common Elements: Driveway Parking Space Number 9128 and Garage Number 9128, County of Jefferson, State of Colorado.

Also known by street number as: 9128 W. 88th Circle,

Westminster, CO 80021 (“Property”).

The Property being foreclosed is all of the property encumbered by the Association’s lien. You are advised that the parties liable thereon, the owner of the Property described above, or those with an interest in the subject property, may take appropriate and timely action under Colorado statutes. In order to be entitled to take advantage of any rights provided for under Colorado law, you must strictly comply and adhere to the provisions of the law. 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.

The Sheriff’s sale has been scheduled to occur at 10:00 A.M., on the 20th day of July, 2023, at the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, located at 100 Jefferson County Parkway, Suite 1520, Golden, CO 80419; telephone number 303-271-6580. At the sale, the Sheriff will sell the above-described real property and improvements thereon to the highest bidder. Plaintiff makes no warranty relating to title, possession, or quiet enjoyment in or to said real property in connection with this sale.

BIDDERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE CASH OR CERTIFIED FUNDS SUFFICIENT TO COVER THEIR HIGHEST BID BY NOON THE DAY OF THE SALE.

The name, address, and telephone number of the attorney representing the Plaintiff is: Travis

B. Keenan, #41354, Winzenburg, Leff, Purvis & Payne, LLP, 8020 Shaffer Parkway, Suite 300, Littleton, CO 80127; telephone: 303-863-1870.

DATED at Jefferson County, Colorado, this 27th day of March, 2023

Regina Marinelli Sheriff of Jefferson County, Colorado

By: Sergeant Sean Joselyn Deputy Sheriff

Legal Notice No. 416345

First Publication: May 25, 2023

Last Publication: June 22, 2023

Publisher: Golden Transcript

Public Notice

DISTRICT COURT, JEFFERSON COUNTY, COLORADO 100 Jefferson County Pkwy, Golden, CO 80401

LANCE CASINO, v. JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, et. al

Case Number: 2017CV231

SHERIFF’S COMBINED NOTICE OF SALE AND RIGHTS TO CURE AND REDEEM

Under a Judgment and Decree of Foreclosure entered November 15, 2018, in the above entitled action, I am ordered to sell certain real property, as follows:

Original Grantor: Lance Casino Original Beneficiary: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., acting solely as nominee for Community Mortgage Group, Inc.

Current Holder of the evidence of debt secured by the Deed of Trust: JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association

Date of Deed of Trust:S eptember 26, 2005

Date of Recording of Deed of Trust:

October 10, 2005 County of Recording: Jefferson County, Colorado

Recording Information:Reception No. 2005094330

Original Principal Balance of the secured indebtedness:$200,000.00

Outstanding Principal Balance of the secured indebtedness as of the date hereof: $185,465.53

Amount of Judgment entered November 15, 2018 $301,450.20

Description of property to be foreclosed:

The Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter (NE1/4NW1/4) of Section 10, Township 7 South, Range 71 West of the 6th Principal Meridian, Jefferson County, Colorado; and

The East half of the Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter (E1/2SE1/4NW1/4NW1/4) of Section 10, Township 7, Range 71 West of the 6th Principal Meridian, Jefferson County, Colorado.

Also known as: 13883 South Wamblee Road, Conifer, Colorado 80433

THE PROPERTY TO BE SOLD AND DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.

THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

The covenants of said Deed of Trust have been violated as follows: failure to make payments on said indebtedness when the same were due and owing, and the legal holder of the indebtedness has accelerated the same and declared the same immediately fully due and payable.

TO § 38-38- 103.2, C.R.S., YOU MAY FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE COLORADO ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE CFPB, OR BOTH, BUT THE FILING OF A COMPLAINT WILL NOT STOP THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS.

CONTACT INFORMATION FOR THE COLORADO ATTORNEY GENERAL: Colorado Department of Law, Ralph L. Carr Judicial Building, 1300 Broadway, 10th Floor, Denver, CO 80203, 720-508-6000

CONTACT INFORMATION FOR THE CFPB: Consumer Protection Finance Bureau, P.O. Box 2900, Clinton, IA, 52733-2900, 855-411-2372 http://www.consumerfinance.govicomplainti or both; but the filing of this complaint will not stop the foreclosure process.

NOTICE OF SALE

THEREFORE, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that I will, at 10:00 o’clock A.M., on Thursday, June 15, 2023, in the Office of the Sheriff County Sheriff, Civil Division, 100 Jefferson County Parkway, Ste 1520 Golden, Colorado 80419 sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property described above, and all interest of said Grantor and the heirs and assigns of said Grantor therein, for the purpose of paying the judgment amount entered herein, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: April 27, 2023

Last Publication: May 25, 2023

Name of Publication: Golden Transcript

NOTICE OF RIGHTS

YOU MAY HAVE AN INTEREST IN THE REAL PROPERTY BEING FORECLOSED, OR HAVE CERTAIN RIGHTS OR SUFFER CERTAIN LIABILITIES PURSUANT TO COLORADO STATUTES AS A RESULT OF SAID FORECLOSURE. YOU MAY HAVE THE RIGHT TO REDEEM SAID REAL PROPERTY OR YOU MAY HAVE THE RIGHT TO CURE A DEFAULT UNDER THE DEED OF TRUST BEING FORECLOSED. A COPY OF THE STATUTES WHICH MAY AFFECT YOUR RIGHTS ARE ATTACHED HERETO.

A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE PURSUANT TO § 38-38-104, C.R.S., SHALL BE FILED WITH THE SHERIFF AT LEAST FIFTEEN (15) CALENDAR DAYS PRIOR TO THE FIRST SCHEDULED SALE DATE OR ANY DATE TO WHICH THE SALE IS CONTINUED.

A NOTICE OF INTENT TO REDEEM FILED PURSUANT TO § 38-38-302, C.R.S., SHALL BE FILED WITH THE SHERIFF NO LATER THAN EIGHT (8) BUSINESS DAYS AFTER THE SALE. 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, PER 38-38-103(4)(11.5), C.R.S.

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

Marcello G. Rojas, Atty Reg. No. 46396, The Sayer Law Group, P.C., 3600 S. Beeler St., Suite 330, Denver, Colorado, 80231, 319-234-2530.

Attached hereto are copies of certain Colorado statutes that may vitally affect your property rights in relation to this proceeding. Said proceeding may result in the loss of property in which you have an interest and may create a personal debt against you. You may wish to seek the advice of your own private attorney concerning your rights in relation to this foreclosure proceeding.

INTENT to cure or redeem, as provided by the aforementioned laws, must be directed to or conducted at the Sheriff Department for Jefferson County, Civil Division, Golden Colorado 80419.

THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED MAY BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.

Date: February 21, 2023

Regina Marinelli, Sheriff Jefferson County, Colorado

By: Sgt. Sean Joselyn, Deputy Sheriff Statutes attached: C.R.S. §§ 38-37-108, 38-38103, 38-38-104, 38-38-301, 38-38-302, 38-38-304, 38-38-305, and 38-38-306, as amended.

Legal Notice No. 416186

First Publication: April 27, 2023

Last Publication: May 25, 2023

Name of Publication: Golden Transcript Misc. Private Legals

Public Notice

Case # 2022-068 Cert # 180213

NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE AT TAX SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED

38-38-103.1, C.R.S., OR THE PROHIBITION ON DUAL TRACKING PURSUANT

IF YOU BELIEVE THAT A LENDER OR SERVICER HAS VIOLATED THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT PURSUANT TO

To Every Person in Actual Possession of Occupancy of the hereinafter Described land, Lot or Premises and to the Person in whose name the same was Taxed or Specially Assessed and to all Person having an Interest or Title of Record in or to the said Premises and, To Whom it May Concern, and more especially ROSWELL R. PFISTER C/O SARAH PFISTER

623 ASLAN FOREST HARPERSVILLE, AL 35078

ARLENE L. OTT

6631 N. 85TH AVE

GLENDALE, AZ 85305

You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 14TH day of OCTOBER, A.D. 2019 the then county Treasurer of the County of Jefferson and State of Colorado sold at public sale to OM CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, INC, Applicant, who has made demand for a Treasurer’s Deed for the following described real estate situated in the County of Jefferson and State of Colorado to wit; ALL THAT PORTION OF THE WEST ½ OF THE NW ¼ OF SECTION 27, TOWNSHIP 5 SOUTH, RANGE 70 WEST OF THE 6TH P.M., LYING WESTERLY OF U.S. HIGHWAY 285, EXCEPT THOSE PORTIONS IN DEEDS RECORDED 10-23-1995 AT RECEPTION NO. F0133870 AND F0133871 AND 4-14-2005 AT RECEPTION NO. 2005005577 AND 2005005578, AKA: VACANT LAND,

That said tax sale was made to satisfy the delinquent 2018 taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2018 that said real estate was taxed in the name of ROSWELL R. PFISTER AND ARLENE L. OTT the statutory period of redemption expired OCTOBER 14, A.D. 2022; that the same has not been redeemed; that said property may be redeemed at any time before the Tax Deed is issued; that a Tax Deed will be issued to the said, OM CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, INC, lawful holder of said certificate, on the 5TH day of SEPTEMBER at 5:00 P.M., A.D. 2023, unless the same has been redeemed on or before 5:00 P.M. of said date. WITNESS my hand and seal this 9TH Day of MAY, A.D. 2023.

Jerry DiTullio

Jefferson County Treasurer

Legal Notice No. 416298

First Publication MAY 18, 2023

Final Publication JUNE 1, 2023

Publisher: Golden Transcript

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS BY STC COLORADO 1 LLC, A DISSOLVED COLORADO LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY

PURSUANT TO § 7-90-912, C.R.S

Please be advised that STC Colorado 1 LLC, a Colorado limited liability company, (“STC Colorado”) filed a Statement of Dissolution with the Colorado Secretary of State on May 12, 2023. Unless sooner barred by any other statute limiting actions, any claim against STC Colorado will be barred if an action to enforce the claim is not commenced within five years after the publication of this Notice or within four months after the claim arises, whichever is later.

All persons having claims against STC Colorado must timely present them to STC Colorado 1 LLC c/o Karsh Gabler Call PC, 1658 Cole Blvd., Bldg. 6, Suite G10, Lakewood, CO 80401; Attn:

Alan E. Karsh.

Dated May 12, 2023

/s/

Alan E. Karsh

Alan E. Karsh Karsh Gabler Call PC 1658 Cole Blvd., Bldg. 6, Suite G10 Lakewood, CO 80401

Attorneys for STC Colorado 1 LLC

Legal Notice No. 416332

First Publication: May 25, 2023

Last Publication: May 25, 2023

Publisher: Golden Transcript

Public Notice

Case # 2022-106 Cert # 170657

NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE

AT TAX SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED

To Every Person in Actual Possession of Occupancy of the hereinafter Described land, Lot or Premises and to the Person in whose name the same was Taxed or Specially Assessed and to all Person having an Interest or Title of Record in or to the said Premises and, To Whom it May Concern, and more especially;

KATHERINE PETERSON

8179 W. PHILLIPS AVE

LITTLETON, CO 80128

OCCUPANT/RESIDENT/RENTER

8179 W. PHILLIPS AVE

LITTLETON, CO 80128

CITY OF LITTLETON

FINANCE DEPARTMENT

2255 WEST BERRY AVENUE

LITTLETON, CO 80120

You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 17TH day of OCTOBER, A.D. 2018, the then county Treasurer of the County of Jefferson and State of Colorado sold at public sale to, FCM CUST FOR FIG CAPITAL INVESTMENTS CO13 LLC, Assignor of, BUFFALO PLAINS 22 LLC, Applicant, who has made demand for a Treasurer’s Deed for the following described real estate situated in the County of Jefferson and State of Colorado to wit; LOT 49, BLOCK 13, COLUMBINE

KNOLLS SOUTH FILING NO. 2, AMENDMENT NO. 1, AKA: 8179 W. PHILLIPS AVE

That said tax sale was made to satisfy the delinquent 2017 taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2017 that said real estate was taxed in the name of KATHERINE PETERSON, that the statutory period of redemption expired OCTOBER 17, A.D. 2021; that the same has not been redeemed; that said property may be redeemed at any time before the Tax Deed is issued; that a Tax Deed will be issued to the said, BUFFALO PLAINS 22 LLC, lawful holder of said certificate, on the 11TH day of SEPTEMBER at

5:00 P.M., A.D.2023, unless the same has been redeemed on or before 5:00 P.M. of said date.

WITNESS my hand and seal this 15TH Day of MAY, A.D. 2023

Jerry DiTullio Jefferson

County Treasurer

Legal Notice No. 416337

First Publication MAY 25, 2023

Final Publication JUNE 8, 2023

Publisher: Golden Transcript Public Notice Case # 2023-003 Cert # 180514 NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE AT TAX SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED

To Every Person in Actual Possession of Occupancy of the hereinafter Described land, Lot or Premises and to the Person in whose name the same was Taxed or Specially Assessed and to all

Person having an Interest or Title of Record in or to the said Premises and, To Whom it May Concern, and more especially;

BELKIS NAVAS MAGAZ

5400 S. PARK TERRACE AVE 22-101 GREENWOOD VILLAGE, CO 80111

You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 14TH day of OCTOBER, A.D. 2019, the then county Treasurer of the County of Jefferson and State of Colorado sold at public sale to, FIG CO19 LLC, Assignor of, BUFFALO PLAINS 22 LLC, Applicant, who has made demand for a Treasurer’s Deed for the following described real estate situated in the County of Jefferson and State of Colorado to wit; LOT 28, DOUGLAS MOUNTAIN

RANCH FILING NO. 1, AKA: VACANT LAND

That said tax sale was made to satisfy the delinquent 2018 taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2018 that said real estate was taxed in the name of BELKIS NAVAS MAGAZ, that the statutory period of redemption expired OCTOBER 14, A.D. 2022; that the same has not been redeemed; that said property may be redeemed at any time before the Tax Deed is issued; that a Tax Deed will be issued to the said, BUFFALO PLAINS 22 LLC, lawful holder of said certificate, on the 11TH day of SEPTEMBER at 5:00 P.M., A.D.2023, unless the same has been redeemed on or before 5:00 P.M. of said date.

WITNESS my hand and seal this 15TH Day of MAY, A.D. 2023

Jerry DiTullio

Jefferson County Treasurer

Legal Notice No. 416336

First Publication MAY 25, 2023

Final Publication JUNE 8, 2023

Publisher: Golden Transcript Public Notice

Case # 2022-103 Cert # 2009-01083

NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE AT TAX SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED To Every Person in Actual Possession of Occupancy of the hereinafter Described land, Lot or Premises and to the Person in whose name the same was Taxed or Specially Assessed and to all Person having an Interest or Title of Record in or to the said Premises and, To Whom it May Concern, and more especially

OMAR A. DUWAIK PO BOX 370102 DENVER, CO 80237 INSIGHT INVESTMENTS I LLC

6880 HILLSDALE COURT INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA 46250

ADAMS BANK AND TRUST

C/O BROWN DUNNING WALKER FEIN PC 2000 S. COLORADO BLVD TOWER 2, STE 700 DENVER, CO 80222

THOMAS W. TEN EYCK, JR

98 S. ROGERS WAY GOLDEN, CO 80401

You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 21ST day of OCTOBER, A.D. 2010, the then county Treasurer of the County of Jefferson and State of Colorado sold at public sale to CB CAPITAL INVESTMENTS 311 LP, Assigner of, CB INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENTS LLC, Assigner of, BUFFALO BILL LLC, Applicant, who has made demand for a Treasurer’s Deed for the following described real estate situated in the County of Jefferson and State of Colorado to wit A PARCEL OF LAND LOCATED IN SECTION 11, TOWNSHIP 2 SOUTH, RANGE 71 WEST OF THE 6TH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, MORE PARTICULARY DESCRIBED AS FILLOWS: BEGINNING AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF SAID SECTION 11;

THENCE N88°48’27”E ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF SAID SECTION 11, A DISTANCE OF 5356.94 FEET TO THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF SAID SECTION 11; THENCE S01°53’12”W ALONG THE EAST LINE OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 11, A DISTANCE OF 1511.16 FEET; THENCE N89°57’33”W, A DISTANCE OF 5298.67 FEET TO A POINT ON THE WEST LINE OF SAID SECTION 11; THENCE N00°18’08”W ALONG THE WEST LINE OF SAID SECTION 11, A DISTANCE OF 1395.10 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING, AKA: VACANT LAND,

That said tax sale was made to satisfy the delinquent 2009 taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2009 that said real estate was taxed in the name of OMAR A. DUWAIK the statutory period of redemption expired OCTOBER 21,

this 9th Day of MAY, A.D. 2023.

Jerry DiTullio

Jefferson County Treasurer

Legal Notice No. 416297

First Publication MAY 18, 2023

Final Publication JUNE 1, 2023

Publisher: Golden Transcript

Public Notice

Case # 2023-015

Cert # 181298

NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE

AT TAX SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED

To Every Person in Actual Possession of Occupancy of the hereinafter Described land, Lot or Premises and to the Person in whose name the same was Taxed or Specially Assessed and to all Person having an Interest or Title of Record in or to the said Premises and, To Whom it May Concern, and more especially;

THEAME FAMILY TRUST

RUSSELL E. SCOHY, II, TRUSTEE

15019 MADEIRA WAY #8611

MADEIRA BEACH, FL 33738

DAVID HARRIS

323 S. PINE AVE

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, IL 60005

MICHAEL WILLIAMS

4805 S. GROVE RD

SPOKANE, WA 99216

JENNIFER ZEUTSCHEL

3312 S. BEST RD

VERADALE, WA 99037

BRIAN MCNAMEE

2516 E. THOMAS HILL

COEUR D ALENE, ID 83815

CHRISTOPHER HOLM

3264 E. SKY HARBOR

COEUR D ALENE, ID 83814

You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 14TH day of OCTOBER, A.D. 2019, the then county Treasurer of the County of Jefferson and State of Colorado sold at public sale to, JEFFERSON COUNTY, Assignor of, CITY OF LAKEWOOD, Applicant, who has made demand for a Treasurer’s Deed for the following described real estate situated in the County of Jefferson and State of Colorado to wit; OUTLOT C, COTTONWOOD HILLS, AN AMENDED PLAT OF TRACT “E” UNION SQUARE SUBDIVISION, AKA: VACANT LAND

That said tax sale was made to satisfy the delinquent 2018 taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2018 that said real estate was taxed in the name of THEAME FAMILY TRUST, that the statutory period of redemption expired OCTOBER 14, A.D. 2022; that the same has not been redeemed; that said property may be redeemed at any time before the Tax Deed is issued; that a Tax Deed will be issued to the said, CITY OF LAKEWOOD, lawful holder of said certificate, on the 28TH day of AUGUST at 5:00 P.M., A.D.2023, unless the same has been redeemed on or before 5:00 P.M. of said date.

WITNESS my hand and seal this 3RD Day of MAY, A.D. 2023

Jerry DiTullio

Jefferson County Treasurer

Legal Notice No. GT1114

First Publication: May 11, 2023

Last Publication: May 25, 2023

Publisher: Golden Transcript Public Notice

Case # 2023-017

Cert # 2007-01994

NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE AT TAX SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED

To Every Person in Actual Possession of Occupancy of the hereinafter Described land, Lot or Premises and to the Person in whose name the same was Taxed or Specially Assessed and to all Person having an Interest or Title of Record in or to the said Premises and, To Whom it May Concern, and more especially;

MERTON M. FREDERICK

MIRA FREDERICK

C/O M. ELENA GUTIERREZ 610 LINDSEY RD GOLDEN, CO 80401 MATTHEW CRUMBAUGH (HOLDER OF CERT 190822)

4398 YUKI LN CARLSBAD, CA 92008

KATHERINE HARGRAVE BOYCE (HOLDER OF CERT 200950) 494 CURECANTI DR UNIT 7 GUNNISON, CO 81230-9442

You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 23RD day of OCTOBER, A.D. 2008, the then county Treasurer of the County of Jefferson and State of Colorado sold at public sale to, JEFFERSON COUNTY, Assignor of, M.ELENA GUTIERREZ, Applicant, who has made demand for a Treasurer’s Deed for the following described real estate situated in the County of Jefferson and State of Colorado to wit; LOT 39, BLOCK 1, LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN PARK SUBDIVISION NO. 5, EXCEPT THAT PORTION IN DEED RECORDED 10/31/2003 AT RECEPTION NO. F1898033 AND EXCEPT THAT PORTION IN DEED RECORDED 8/05/2008 AT RECEPTION NO. 2008075251, ALSO KNOWN AS TRACT C LOT 39, BLOCK 1, LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN PARK SUBDIVISION NO. 5, ALSO KNOWN AS TRACT C LOT 39, BLOCK 1, LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN PARK SUBDIVISION NO. 5, AKA: VACANT LAND

That said tax sale was made to satisfy the delinquent 2006 AND 2007 taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2007 that said real estate was taxed in the name of MERTON M. FREDERICK AND MIRA FREDERICK, that the statutory period of redemption expired OCTOBER 23, A.D. 2011; that the same has not been

redeemed; that said property may be redeemed at any time before the Tax Deed is issued; that a Tax Deed will be issued to the said, M. ELENA GUTIERREZ, lawful holder of said certificate, on the 28TH day of AUGUST at 5:00 P.M., A.D.2023, unless the same has been redeemed on or before 5:00 P.M. of said date.

WITNESS my hand and seal this 1ST Day of MAY, A.D. 2023

Jerry DiTullio

Jefferson County Treasurer

Legal Notice No. GT1101

First Publication: May 11, 2023

Last Publication: May 25, 2023

Publisher: Golden Transcript Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS BY STC WADSWORTH LLC, A DISSOLVED COLORADO LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY

PURSUANT TO § 7-90-912, C.R.S

Please be advised that STC Wadsworth LLC, a Colorado limited liability company, (“STC Wadsworth”) filed a Statement of Dissolution with the Colorado Secretary of State on May 12, 2023. Unless sooner barred by any other statute limiting actions, any claim against STC Wadsworth will be barred if an action to enforce the claim is not commenced within five years after the publication of this Notice or within four months after the claim arises, whichever is later.

All persons having claims against STC Wadsworth must timely present them to STC Wadsworth LLC c/o Karsh Gabler Call PC, 1658 Cole Blvd., Bldg. 6, Suite G10, Lakewood, CO 80401; Attn: Alan E. Karsh.

Dated May 12, 2023

/s/ Alan E. Karsh

Alan E. Karsh Karsh Gabler Call PC 1658 Cole Blvd., Bldg. 6, Suite G10 Lakewood, CO 80401

Attorneys for STC Wadsworth LLC

Legal Notice No. 416333

First Publication: May 25, 2023

Last Publication: May 25, 2023

Publisher: Golden Transcript

Storage Liens/Vehicle Titles

PUBLIC NOTICE

Notice of Sale of Lien Property Notice is hereby given that a public auction will be held on 5/31/2023 at 12:00 p.m. at 5965 Sheridan Blvd., Jefferson County, City of Arvada, Colorado. The Attic Self Storage will sell to satisfy the lien on property stored at 5965 Sheridan Blvd., Arvada, Colorado 80003 by the following persons:

No. 279Christine Roman 1302 N Willow Dr, #232 Claremore, OK 74017 No. 488Robert Coalson 4713 Dudley St Wheat Ridge, CO 80033 No. 665Guadalupe E Perez 7252 Worley Dr Denver, CO 80221 No. 719Brian Collins 5273 W 68th Pl Arvada, CO 80003

Misc. household and other

This notice is being published on 5/18/2023 and 5/25/2023 in the newspaper in accordance with C.R.S. Sect. 38-21.5-101 (Colorado Law.) This sale is subject to prior cancellation in the event of settlement between landlord and obligated party.

Contact: The Attic Self Storage -- 303-456-2882

Legal Notice No.: 416301

First Publication: May 18, 2023

Last Publication: May 25, 2023

Publisher: Golden Transcript

Public Notice

AAA Discount Storage will exercise its right of disposition, disposal, or destruction on June 16, 2023, of property Abandoned by, Joshua Vest, and June Miner

Legal Notice No. 416358

First Publication: May 25, 2023

Last Publication: June 1, 2023

Publisher: Golden Transcript Notice

Butler, Landrum and Pierce, P.C. 720 Kipling St., Ste 201 Lakewood, CO 80215

Legal Notice No. 416363

First Publication: May 25, 2023

Last Publication: June 8, 2023

Publisher: Golden Transcript

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Barbara Marie Weber, Deceased Case Number: 2023 PR 234

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before September 11, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Cynthia Lee Morrell Personal Representative 8398 Devinney Court Arvada, CO 80005-5937

Legal Notice No. GT1119

First Publication: May 11, 2023

Last Publication: May 25, 2023

Publisher: Golden Transcript

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of GRACE M. FEYAD, A/K/A GRACE MARIE FEYAD AND GRACE FEYAD, Deceased Case Number: 2023 PR 30519

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before September 11, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Rhonda S. Feyad Personal Representative 6293 W. Caley Avenue Littleton, CO 80123

Legal Notice No. GT1109

First Publication: May 11, 2023

Last Publication: May 25, 2023

Publisher: Golden Transcript

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of MARTA LOUISE TULLIS, also known as MARTA L. TULLIS, aka MARTA TULLIS, aka MARTA LOUISE POPOFF, aka MARTA L. POPOFF, aka MARTA POPOFF, aka MARTA LOUISE RHEE, aka MARTA L. RHEE, aka MARTA RHEE, aka MARTA LOUISE TULLIS-RHEE, and as MARTA L.TULLIS-RHEE, Deceased

Case Number: 2023PR30429

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before September 18, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Joanne L. Tullis, Personal Representative c/o M. Lisa Clore, Esq. Lisa Clore, LLC 5500 Greenwood Plaza Blvd., Suite 130 Greenwood Village, CO 80111

Legal Notice No. 416320

First Publication: May 18, 2023

Last Publication: June 1, 2023

Publisher: Golden Transcript PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of ROBERT C. SIEKMAN a/k/a ROBERT CLEMENT SIEKMAN a/k/a ROBERT SIEKMAN, Deceased Case Number: 2023 PR 30287

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before September 11, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Stephanie L. Brennan

Personal Representative Hurth, Sisk & Blakemore, LLP 4860 Riverbend Road Boulder, CO 80301

Legal Notice No. GT1100

First Publication: May 11, 2023

Last Publication: May 25, 2023

Publisher: Golden Transcript

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Theresa Martinez, Deceased

Case Number: 2023PR030314

AKA KATHLEEN LOWRY PEARCE, Deceased Case Number: 2023 PR 030453

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before September 25, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Steven B. Pearce, Personal Representative

C/O Richard H. Pierce, Attorney for Personal Representative

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before September 11, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Steven M. Martinez Personal Representative

c/o Pearman Law Firm 4195 Wadsworth Blvd Wheat Ridge, CO 80033

IMPACT

For instance, Samet said the method of consumption could have an impact, as could the amount consumed and the tolerance of the consumer.

Samet, who is both a pulmonary physician and an epidemiologist, compared the task of studying potent marijuana to another research topic he knows well, tobacco smoking. Before the proliferation of

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unclear. It is our job as Members of Congress to have responsible foresight when it comes to protecting future generations from potentially devastating consequences.”

ey’re joined in this push by Massachusetts Sen. Ed Markey, who introduced the bill in the Senate. Markey said currently only the thinnest protections are in place and the bill is about making those safeguards more robust and “that we have a new set of standards which we establish, new protocols, in order to protect against the worst.”

Buck has focused on technology in recent years. “What we have

tobacco vaping, studying smoking was pretty easy. ere were only a handful of di erent consumption methods and a cigarette generally provided a tidy, standardized dose.

By contrast, trying to study cannabis today introduces a dizzying number of variables.

“It’s not an easy scienti c question,” Samet said. “It’s not easy to generate the data you would like.”

Getting to the underlying answer

To Samet, getting better answers to questions about the health impacts of high-potency THC will require

to make sure is we learn from the failure of government to oversee the development of Big Tech where you had two or three giants that were really accumulating huge amounts of wealth and at the same time, sti ing innovation, we have to make sure that there’s competition in the AI marketplace so that the players are competing for the best outcomes.”

He’s optimistic that the bill could pass the House with strong bipartisan support.

AI is having a moment in Congress — a number of bills have been introduced to deal with this growing technology.

Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet is leading a bill, Assuring Safe, Secure, Ethical and Stable Systems for AI (ASSESS AI), that would set up a task force to look at the responsible use of AI by the federal government.

Public Notices

First Publication: May 11, 2023

Last Publication: May 25, 2023

Publisher: Golden Transcript

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of James R Lazzeri, Deceased

Case Number: 2023 PR 244

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before September 18, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Traci J Kammerer

Personal Representative 5674 Fig Way Arvada, CO 80002

Legal Notice No. JT1103

First Publication: May 18, 2023

Last Publication: June 1, 2023

Publisher: Jeffco Transcript

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Sharon Lee Ashcraft, a/k/a Sharon L. Ashcraft, a/k/a Sharon Ashcraft, a/k/a Sharon Lee A Schraft, Deceased

Case Number: 2023 PR 31426

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before September 11, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Ja’Net Rackley

Personal Representative 8855 Red Primrose St Franktown, Colorado, 80116

Legal Notice No. GT1104

First Publication: May 11, 2023

Last Publication: May 25, 2023

Publisher: Golden Transcript

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Julie Ann Loftis, a/k/a Julie A. Loftis,

more uniform studies.

In other words, researchers across the country and the globe need to come up with consistent standards to use and consistent ways of measuring data. Having those standards in place would allow studies to be better compared and synthesized.

But, in the meantime, he says the Colorado School of Public Health review should come with a caution. While it may be tempting to look at the limited evidence on e ects and conclude it means high-potency THC isn’t harmful, Samet said it’s better for consumers to err on the

“As the deployment of AI accelerates, the federal government should lead by example to ensure it uses the technology responsibly,” Bennet said in a statement. “Americans deserve con dence that our government’s use of AI won’t violate their rights or undermine their privacy.”

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is also looking at a broad, exible policy framework for AI to build guardrails when it comes to the use of the technology, while House Speaker Kevin McCarthy had professors from MIT come to the Capitol to brief lawmakers.

On the other end of Pennsylvania Ave, the White House held a closed door meeting with CEOs of companies working on AI innovation, such as Alphabet’s Google and Microsoft, “to share concerns about

a/k/a Julie Loftis, Deceased Case Number: 2023PR30048

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to District Court of Broomfield County, Colorado on or before October 1, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Charles E. Longtine

Attorney to the Personal Representative 9035 Wadsworth Parkway, Suite 2500 Westminster, CO 80021

Legal Notice No. 416305

First Publication: May 18, 2023

Last Publication: June 1, 2023

Publisher: Golden Transcript

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of IRA MARIJKE BLAD, Deceased Case Number: 22PR31328

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before September 25, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

JAN-HEIN TEN BRINK

Personal Representative 32861 Alpine Ln Evergreen, CO 80439

Legal Notice No. 416339

First Publication: May 25, 2023

Last Publication: June 8, 2023

Publisher: Jeffco Transcript

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Helen Irene Rhodes, Deceased Case Number: 2023 PR 30471

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before October 3, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Alexander David Kampovitz

Personal Representative

safe side. After all, as the old scientific saying goes, absence of evidence is not absence of harm.

“We’ve certainly highlighted the complexities,” Samet said. “I wish we had found more de nitive evidence.”

is story is from e Colorado Sun, a journalist-owned news outlet based in Denver and covering the state. For more, and to support e Colorado Sun, visit coloradosun. com. e Colorado Sun is a partner in the Colorado News Conservancy, owner of Colorado Community Media.

the risk associated with AI” according to a readout of the meeting.

e White House also announced steps it was taking to deal with the issue, including $140 million for seven new National AI Research Institutes, as well as plans to issue “clear policy guidance” on how AI is used by the federal government. Still, Buck said what the country needs is a clear law, at least when it comes to AI and nuclear weapons. “Some future administration could change a policy. ey can’t change a law without coming to Congress. So that’s why we really focused on making sure that this was a law,” he said.

is story is from CPR News, a nonpro t news source. Used by permission. For more, and to support Colorado Public Radio, visit cpr.org.

4363 S. Quebec St. Apt 2212 Denver CO 80237

Legal Notice No. GT1116

First Publication: May 11, 2023

Last Publication: May 25, 2023

Publisher: Golden Transcript Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of BETH ELEANOR BRANNON, a.k.a. BETH E. McINTOSH BRANNON, a.k.a. BETH McINTOSH BRANNON, a.k.a. BETH E. BRANNON, a.k.a. BETH BRANNON, a.k.a. BETH McINTOSH, a.k.a. B. E. McINTOSH, Deceased Case Number: 2023PR30572

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the Jefferson County District Court, Golden, Colorado, on or before September 25, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

GARY A. BRANNON

Personal Representative

610 Genesee Mountain Road

Golden, Colorado 80401

Telephone: 970-819-4437

Legal Notice No. 416350

First Publication: May 25, 2023

Last Publication: June 8, 2023

Publisher: Golden Transcript Name Changes

PUBLIC NOTICE

Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

Public notice is given on May 12, 2023, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an Adult has been filed with the Jefferson County Court.

The Petition requests that the name of Jeraldine Elizabeth Owen be changed to Jerry Beth Owen Case No.: 23C638

/s/ Megan Grossman

Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk

Legal Notice No. 416334

First Publication: May 25, 2023

Last Publication: May 25, 2023

Publisher: Golden Transcript

City of Wheat Ridge

Public Notice CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Wheat Ridge City Council will conduct Public Hearings on Monday, June 12, 2023 at 6:30 p.m. to consider

Council Bills:

12-2023: An Ordinance amending Section 17-36 of the Wheat Ridge Code of Laws to address the use of assisted mobility devices in conservation areas

13-2023: An Ordinance repealing and amending certain weapon offenses in Chapter 16 of the Wheat Ridge Code of Laws in response to U. S. Supreme Court Case Law

The proposed ordinances are available in electronic form on the City’s official website, www. ci.wheatridge.co.us/legal-notices. Upon appointment, request and notification, copies are also available in printed form.

The June 12, 2023 Council meeting will be conducted both as a virtual meeting and in Council Chambers. The public may also participate in these ways:

•Provide comments in advance on Wheat Ridge Speaks at www.wheatridgespeaks.org

•Join the live meeting through the Zoomweb link provided on the calendar on the City’s website at www.ci.wheatridge.co.us/calendar or from a PC, Mac, iPad, iPhone or Android device at https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83658744941

•Passcode: 578171

•Join the live meeting by calling (669) 900-6833 Webinar ID: 836 5874 4941

•Watch the meeting live on Comcast Channel 8

•Watch the meeting live on YouTube at www.ci.wheatridge.co.us/view

Individuals who, due to technology limitations, are unable to participate in the meeting virtually (via the Zoom platform) or by calling in on the telephone may contact Rhiannon Curry, Executive Assistant, at 303-235-2819 by noon on June 12, 2023. Arrangements will be made for those individuals to access City Hall during the meeting to view the meeting and provide public comment if desired. These comments will be heard and seen in real time by members of Council and City staff.

Legal Notice No. 416360

First Publication: May 25, 2023

Last Publication: May 25, 2023

Publisher: Jeffco Transcript

Public Notice

CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE City Council has adopted Ordinances 1762 and 1763

Ordinance 1762: An ordinance amending Articles I and IV of Chapter 26 of the Wheat Ridge Code of Laws, concerning the City’s subdivision requirements, and making conforming amendments therewith

Ordinance 1763: An ordinance vacating any interest held by the City in a portion of Simms Street, a Public Roadway

The ordinances are available in electronic form on the City’s official website, www.ci.wheatridge.co.us/legal-notices. Upon appointment, request and notification, copies are also available in printed form.

Legal Notice No. 416361

First Publication: Jeffco Transcript, May 11, 2023

Second Publication: Jeffco Transcript, May 25, 2023

Final Publication: Jeffco Transcript, May 25 2023

Effective Date Ordinance 1762: June 9, 2023

Effective Date Ordinance 1763: May 25, 2023 ###