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VOLUME 38 | ISSUE 35

Hearing held for suspect in Walmart parking lot homicides Defense lawyers want case sent back to juvenile court Teachers wearing red attend a meeting of the New America School board after a rally for union recognition.

PHOTOS BY BOB WOOLEY

Teachers rally to demand charter school union recognition Teachers say the unique challenges of the school make unionization a necessity

BY BOB WOOLEY BWOOLEY@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Teachers from the New America School (NAS) rallied at their Lakewood campus, March 16, to gain recognition for a union formed in 2021.

The rally was timed to take place for 30 minutes preceding a 6 p.m. board meeting. Diligent union supporters carried signs and called for their collective voices to be heard.

When the board meeting started, the protesters were invited to come in, SEE TEACHERS, P5

A demonstrator hands out signs demanding respect and recognition during a rally at the New America School in Lakewood.

INSIDE: VOICES: PAGE 12 | LIFE: PAGE 14 | CALENDAR: PAGE 17 | SPORTS: PAGE 28

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BY BOB WOOLEY BWOOLEY@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Marqueil Deandre Banks, charged in the shooting deaths of teenage brothers Damian and Dillon Wikoff, was in court the week of March 14 for a Reverse Transfer Hearing.

Banks, now 18, was 16 years old and on parole from another case at the time of the incident.

He is being charged with four counts of first-degree murder, two counts of aggravated robbery, possession of a weapon by a previous offender, possession of a handgun by a juvenilesecond offense and two violent crime counts.

A Reverse Transfer hearing is held to determine if a juvenile charged as an adult should have their case sent back to juvenile court. Both prosecutors and defense attorneys were allowed to call witnesses and present evidence during the proceedings.

Relatives of the Wikoff brothers, including their oldest sister, gave emotional testimony about the loss of the victims in the case.

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Exchange students thrive in Jeffco International relations bloom at home despite global pandemic

BY BOB WOOLEY BWOOLEY@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

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A group of high school seniors pose with their exchange student friend.

A host mother and two exchange students take a photo before prom.

PHOTOS COURTESY OF KACEY NARRACCI

nouk is from Switzerland. She’s 17 and loves baking, the beach, comedy and cooking. Konrad, of Germany is interested in boating, the beach, dining out and typical for a 16-year-old boy — cars. Who are they?

They’re just two of thousands of foreign students who’d like to spend a year as exchange students in the U.S. Kacey Narracci often helps teens like Anouk and Konrad live the dream.

As a regional coordinator for a nonprofit called EF Exchange Year, her job is to match students with host families right here in Jeffco. The program has been around for more than 40 years and Narracci said they’re currently working with students from 13 countries in Europe and Asia.

“We have 24 students in Jeffco right now,” she said.

“The idea is to promote cultural exchange.”

She said studies show that if someone from another country spends time in an exchange program, they leave with a more favorable opinion of the U.S., which reverberates in their home country. That being the case, she said the program is supported by entities like the U.S. State Department.

“There’s lots of State Department guidelines.

Everyone is vetted. We don’t take all of the students who apply — just the number we think we can place that will be successful,” she said.

“They come and they live with an American host fam-

‘It’s fun for families that just have one kid, to see what it’s like to have more, or their child to see what it’s like to have a sibling.’

Kacey Narracci

ily which come in all shapes and sizes — LGBTQ host families, single people, families with small children, families with high schoolaged children, empty nesters — it runs the gamut.”

Narracci joked that the foreign students often think American schools will be like the Disney movie “High School Musical.” She said in most of Europe and Asia, high school is just about academics, so exchange students love to take part in extracurricular activities offered in the U.S. “They all want to come to a school with school spirit.

Lots of them want to cheer,” she said. “We encourage them all to get involved in school activities, be it a club or a sport.”

She also takes time to look at the students’ interests to make sure they’ll be compatible with the family they’re placed with. Narracci said the exchange is not just a one-way street, because the host families also gain so much from the program.

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After wrapping up the hearing in three days, Judge Robert Lochary, granted a request from the defense to provide written closing arguments instead of a verbal closing. He ordered both sides to submit their written closing arguments by 5 p.m. April 4, dispensing with the usual back and forth process where a rebuttal allowed.

The judge will make his ruling on the Reverse Transfer in a status hearing at 1 p.m. May 12.

Charges against Banks stem from an August 2020 shooting in the parking lot of a Lakewood Walmart store.

Banks is accused of being the shooter in a double homicide that took the lives of Damian Wikoff, 18, and his younger brother, 17-year-old Dillon Wikoff, in an alleged gun deal gone wrong. According to preliminary hearing testimony in the case, the Wikoff brothers were said to have met up with Banks and 17-year-old Michael Anthony Mendoza, (along with other teens who have been charged as juveniles and can’t be named) at the Walmart parking lot at 7455 West Colfax Avenue, to sell a homemade ‘ghost gun’ they assembled from a kit they purchased online.

The next hearing connected to the Wikoff homicides will be an April 25, status hearing for Mendoza.

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She looks at the interests, hobbies, lifestyle and habits of potential host families and finds commonalities that should help make the relationship between exchange student and host, flourish.

“It’s fun for families that just have one kid, to see what it’s like to have more, or their child to see what it’s like to have a sibling,” she said. “And it also give folks a chance to share parts of their lives — introduce and be introduced to cultural differences that exist between

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countries. I feel like it makes the world seem smaller.”

The pandemic, Narracci said, was difficult. Students were sent back to their home countries in the spring of 2020, to avoid them being unable to travel as more restrictions kicked in around the world. But last year, providing students were vaccinated and willing to take part in local regulations, the program got back to quasi-normal. Narracci said the 2022-23 school year should be even better.

To learn more about EF Exchange Year, or if you’d like to be a host family, visit efexchangeyear.org.

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The Current Surge in Sold Prices of Homes Will Cause Property Taxes to Jump in 2023-24 In Colorado, property taxes are based on a calculation of what each parcel might have sold for on June 30th of the prior even-numbered year.

That means that the property taxes for 2023 and 2024 will be based on what your home and other real estate could have sold for this coming June 30th. Given the crazy surge in home prices, you could see a 30% or higher juimp in your property’s assessed valuation and therefore a 30% or higher jump in your property taxes for the next two years.

The chart below shows the likely impact of the current run-up in home prices in June of each even-numbered year since 2012, according to REcolorado, Denver’s MLS. Although your home’s valuation will be based on the sales of comparable homes near yours during the 24 months prior to June 30, 2022, the fact that the median sold price of residential properties metro-wide will have increased by over 30% from June 30, 2020, suggests that your home’s

valuation and therefore your taxes could rise by 30 percent, more or less.

I have estimated (conservatively) that the median sold price in June will be $570,000 because the median sold price was already $540,000 in February. That is already a 27.7% increase over June 2020.

That, however, is an average for the entire Denver Metro area, defined for these purposes as within 25 miles of the state capitol. There are locales within the metro area where the increase in values over the last 24 months have approached 50% or more.

Here is how that metro-wide 27.7% average increase of Feb. 2022 over June 2020 breaks down by county: Denver County—19.5% Jefferson County—30.1% Douglas County—31.9% Adams County—28.6% Arapahoe County—27.1%

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Boulder County—40.7% Clear Creek County—(-17.5%) Gilpin County—42.4% The appreciation also varies greatly within each county. Here in Jefferson County, these are the variations based on postal address: Golden addresses—16.0% Littleton addresses—21.0% Arvada addresses—32.0% Lakewood addresses—29.1% Evergreen addresses—61.5% Edgewater addresses—21.1% Wheat Ridge addresses—44.0% So, keep an eye on what homes similar to yours are selling for in April, May and June of this year to get a sense of what the county assessor’s valuation of your home will look like when you get the assessor’s postcard in May 2023.

About 50 readers have requested “neighborhood alerts” from me. These are email alerts regarding all real estate listings within your particular neighborhood. Usually these alerts cover a certain subdivision or ZIP code, but they could be structured to include only listings

which are comparable to your own home. For example, if you have a 1970s ranch home, I could set up an alert that only includes ranch-style homes built between 1960 and 1980 within a half mile or a mile of your home. This will give you the best indication of how the value of your own home may be increasing (or not). Feel free to email me at my email address below to require such an alert or to modify the alert I am already sending you.

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What excites me about this year’s event is that The Net Zero Store will be up and running in our former real estate office whose parking lot is the venue for the EV roundup. Attendees interested in all aspects of sustainability, not just EVs, will be able to come inside and chat.

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Federal money secured for Jeffco projects Infrastructure improvements and funding for STEM education just two of many causes that will receive funds STAFF REPORT

The U.S. House passed a Fiscal Year 2022 appropriations package March 17. Included in federal dollars headed to Colorado will be $7.6 million for projects in the state’s 7th Congressional District.

Rep. Ed Perlmutter celebrated the inclusion of 10 Community Project Funding (CPF) requests he made to secure money for his district.

Projects include infrastructure improvements, critical services for domestic violence victims, retrofitting a new health clinic for children and funding to support STEM education and workforce development programs across Jefferson and Adams Counties, according to a press release from Perlmutter’s office.

“Each of these projects have the ability to make a real difference in people’s lives and support critical invest-

ments in our communities,” Perlmutter said. “I’m glad to see Congress finally pass a longer-term spending bill which invests in workers and our communities, creates jobs, and continues to help build a better America.”

Local projects that will be funded include $300,000 to Red Rocks Community College to support the College’s Reach, Reason, Connect and Create Initiative to increase diversity in high-tech skill jobs and preparing the next generation of Colorado’s workforce.

“This is a wise investment that will validate the value of government, industry and education partnering to insure Colorado has a well prepared workforce,” said Geri Anderson, Interim Vice President of Academic Affairs, Red Rocks Community College.

Another beneficiary of the federal funding is Savio

Arrest made in Lakewood home burglary

House, an organization that provides in-home therapeutic treatment to children and their families. As part of Perlmutter’s requests, Savio House will receive $300,000 to support their Family Residential Program and create the first treatment program in the nation that allows a parent needing addiction treatment, their partner, and their children to receive holistic, fullfamily care in an innovative residential setting in Lakewood.

Norma Aguilar-Dave, Executive Director of Savio, commented on the impact of the funding on her organization.

“We are honored by Congressman Perlmutter’s advocacy for families in his district impacted by substance use. Federal support for this project demonstrates our government’s desire to end generational cycles of addiction,” she said. “The project will be the first in the nation to provide a safe and stable living environment for an entire family while they receive the support they need to heal.”

BY DEBORAH GRIGSBY DGRIGSBY@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA. COM

The Jefferson County Sheriff’s office has arrested a 19-year Nyi Nyi Tun in connection with a recent home invasion.

Just after 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 16, JCSO deputies responded to a call a burglary call with shots fired in the 12000 block of West 9th Place.

A statement from the JCSO said a group of suspects forced their way into and stole items from the home in what appears to be a targeted attack and not a random burglary.

Three suspects were taken into custody at the scene, with the assistance of Lakewood Police.

Five firearms were recovered along with stolen property from the home.

Two of the three suspects are juveniles.

Tun faces charges of first-degree burglary and larceny-theft.

Among the five fire-

arms recovered were “ghost guns” or guns S with no serial numbers,o t and a suppressor.

Shots were fired dur- p i ing the burglary and t one of the suspects suffered a self-inflicted d gunshot wound.

There were no other injuries.

The owners of Tun the home were not c there at the time.

Tun is scheduled to t f appear in Jefferson County Court on March B h 23.

Investigators are still u looking for additional s suspects associated E with the crime and are particularly inter- a ested in a silver-colored a 4-door Honda Accord s (2013-2015 model) with N c temporary tags.

Anyone having infor- t mation that may help t investigators is encour- g aged to call the JCSO s tip line at 303-271-5612. m Callers may remain s w anonymous.

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but were told to leave their signs and placards outside.

A network of Public Charter High Schools, New America Schools focus on serving recent immigrants and their families. Fully accredited and publicly funded, the schools provide intensive English language instruction in addition to a traditional academic curriculum. There are three NAS campuses in the Denver Metro Area with locations in Lakewood, Aurora and Thornton.

Recently, the schools have faced a large number of teachers leaving the program. A press statement released by the union the day of the rally, said 40% of the schools’ teachers have quit in the past four months. In an effort to deal with constantly changing staff and structures, teachers decided to unionize, forming NAS Educators United.

But the New America School board has so far, declined to recognize the union.

“Teachers are demanding the school board recognize our NAS Educators United union to give us a strong voice in critical school and classroom decision making,” said Elaina King, a teacher at the New America Schools Thornton campus. “We’re deeply committed to New America Schools’ mission to serve and empower our immigrant students and we deserve a strong voice in critical decisionmaking so we can better improve students’ learning conditions, which also are our own working

conditions.”

Lilia Guimaraes has been a teacher at the Lakewood campus for 16 years. She said she was attending the rally to help give every teacher a voice, and she’s holding out hope despite some big obstacles.

“Our superintendent, I think, has been opposed to unions his entire life,” she said. “And the school itself is a very authoritarian structure.

The superintendent and the principals pretty much decide everything and the teachers don’t really have a say.”

Guimaraes said the school has wonderful teachers who believe deeply in the mission of the school.

“They (the teachers) don’t come for money,” Guimaraes said. “They come here out of love, out of interest — to make a difference — and then they run into walls. Their ideas are ignored and they leave.”

She said she’s seeing democracy eroding all over the country right now, including in schools, and recently, on school boards.

Mike Stensell, another teacher from the Lakewood campus said challenges teachers face when working with students who have recently immigrated made unionization even more important.

“We are dedicated to our students, recent immigrants who are not just studying a regular high school curriculum, but also are acquiring English and learning how to navigate a new country and culture,” Stensell said. “Teachers here have to support their students in a more intensive way than in many high schools, so we should have much more influence on how to best meet their needs to build a bright future.”

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Latter-day Saints deliver help by the truckload Church donates 50 tons of food to Lakewood Action Center

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Close to 100,000 pounds of donated food made its way to an ordinary warehouse in Lakewood, Colorado.

From there, those food items will go on to do extraordinary things, like helping Jefferson County families in need stretch an already taut dollar.

The two semitractor-trailers, traveling from Salt Lake City, Utah, arrived on March 17 and 18 at The Action Center, all courtesy of Latter-day Saint Charities, an organization that is part of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints.

Kerry Shaper, communication director for the Columbine Stake of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, said the 50ton donation was made possible through church member donations and items produced on churchowned farms and facilities.

The donation came about after county commissioners and church members met in December.

“I think it was Commissioner Tracy Kraft-Tharp who mentioned

Inside a Lakewood, Colorado warehouse, Pam Brier, executive director of The Action Center, far left, speaks with elected officials from Jefferson County and representatives from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Over a 24-hour period, the community-focused organization received a 50-ton donation of shelf-stable food from the Latter-day Saints Charities. The hefty helping of help will be distributed among PHOTOS BY DEBORAH GRIGSBY partner food pantries across Jefferson County.

that foodstuffs were low in some of the pantries,” said Chris Jensen, president of the Colombine Stake.

“And that’s when we went back to seek a little help with Latter-day Saint Charities.”

The donations could not have come at a better time.

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Action Center Executive Director Pam Brier noted that before the pandemic, her organization typically had enough food to meet the needs of the community, but lingering economic effects have pushed more families into more challenging situations.

“I think it’s harder and harder to make ends meet in our community,” said Brier. “The cost of living across the Denver metro is continuing to climb—the cost of housing, and now, nationally, with inflation happening at such a dramatic rate, I think families are really really struggling to make ends meet.”

But during COVID, Brier said the need to help others jumped exponentially, so much so that The Action Center needed to bring more food through the doors.

That became challenging.

For the first time in its 53-year history, the organization had to begin buying its own food to supplement donations—something they’ve continued to do for the past 24 months.

“Luckily, there was a lot of government funds coming from the federal government and into local

A forklift driver carefully stacks boxes of shelf-stable food outside The ActionCenter warehouse in Lakewood, Colorado. The boxes are part of a 50-ton donation made to the non-profit community organization by the Latter-day Saints Charities.

communities that helped us,” she said. “But on top of that, we did need to purchase food. And so we continue to do that, so for a contribution like this from the LDS Church is so helpful, not just to The Action Center, but to the many other pantries we serve.”

More than just groceries While most folks know The Action Center as a free grocery, Brier says The Action Center is also a valuable resource for clothing and financial assistance.

“We’ve been doing a huge amount of rent assistance work, especially during COVID,” she said. “We’ve given out $4 million of rent assistance across the county.

In addition to that, The Action Center also helps families with emergencies and small bills that don’t always meet the criteria for other financial assistance programs, such as an unexpected car repair.

There’s also an emergency bill pay program, an energy assistance program, and a free clothing bank.

“All of these different pieces come together to help us help a family manage their monthly bills, whether they are saving money on clothes or saving money on food or getting through an emergency,” explained Brier. “It’s all intended to keep people on track, to keep people housed, to keep people fed, and that’s what The Action Center is here for.”

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Donations are amazing According to Tawney Eisenbraun, marketing and communications director for The Action Center, the Center gives out around 10,000 pounds of food per day.

“So 100,000 pounds of food goes very quickly,” she said.

However, even the smallest efforts can be of the biggest help.

It can be as simple as organizing a donation drive within your own neighborhood.

“We need things like cereal,” she said. “We buy Cheerios and Fristed Flaskes, but people love variety, so host a cereal drive; host a food drive that collects hearty soups, rice beans, those kinds of shelfstable goods.”

Both Brier and Eisenbraun emphasized a critical need for personal hygiene items—soap, shampoo, and conditioner.

Feminine hygiene items also are needed.

For more information about how to help, visit www.actioncenter.org Members of the public may also bring donation items directly to The Action Center donation dock located at 8755 W. 14th Ave., Lakewood, Colorado.

“We can do so much more when we all come together,” said Brier.

“There’s a role for all of us in helping all of the boats to rise and so I think that’s the most important lesson…look at what we can accomplish together.”

A conveyor rack inside The Action Center warehouse in Lakewood, Colorado, stands ready to help volunteers organize and distribute close to 100,000 pounds of donated food from Salt Lake City — a gift from the Latter-day Saints Charities.

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A forklift driver carefully unloads boxes of shelf-stable food outside The Action Center warehouse in Lakewood. The boxes are part of a 50-ton donation made to the nonPHOTOS BY DEBORAH GRIGSBY profit community organization by the Latter-day Saints Charities.

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Loveland grandmother Mickie Nuffer grew more concerned by the day as she watched people on television shouting about “defunding the police” and later, in her own county, when businesses required proof of vaccination to enter.

In Highlands Ranch, mom and former teacher’s aide Donna Jo Tompkins was growing increasingly frustrated with mask mandates, last-minute school quarantines and the latest curriculum controversy: critical race theory.

And in Arvada, Angela Marriott was alarmed by the way people on Nextdoor pounced on any conservative sentiment, especially against masks, and was exasperated pretty much every time she watched the news. “I would turn on the news and just be enraged within minutes, watching our police being abused, properties being destroyed and trying to erase our history with tearing down and damaging statues,” she said.

“I just decided one day I had had it. I was going to take this negative energy and put it into something constructive, to fight for freedom and my children’s future.”

None of the three women had ever been political, but said they were compelled by the 2020 COVID shutdown and other government policies of the past two years to get involved. Similar to the way Democratic women mobilized after the election of former President Donald Trump, conservative women who never before attended a caucus or canvassed a neighborhood are organizing in living rooms across Colorado.

Tompkins formed Liberty Girls in Douglas County, which has grown from about 20 women who first gathered in her house for coffee and snacks a year ago to more than 300, all standing, she said, for God, country and family.

Nuffer is creating her own version, called the NoCo Ladies for Liberty, with about 250 members in Larimer, Weld and Boulder counties. Marriott, meanwhile, started Arvada Grassroots Conservatives, which also includes men. And in the Douglas County town of Castle Rock, a group called We the Women formed last year.

The rise of the liberty mom voting bloc is the latest in a line of suburban-women influence on elections, from the middle-class “soccer moms” of the 1990s, to the “security moms” after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, to the “rage moms” exasperated by Trump and racial injustice.

Liberty Girls worked to flip Douglas County School Board Tompkins, feeling helpless about the state of the nation, logged onto a Facebook group for conservative women in Colorado and began sending private messages to

Being a part of the Liberty Girls fosters friendship and support, said one member. “In the beginning, I felt kind of lost. You’re coming out of 2020 feeling really isolated and feeling alone. And then when we got together last March, we were all just crying. ...

It’s much easier to tackle politics as a group, and to discern together. That really has brought us together and made this a group of action.”

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women in the group who were her Douglas County neighbors. Immediately, she had 30 women who were interested.

Their first meeting last March turned into an emotional, fourhour bonding session, as women circled their chairs in Tompkins’ living room and unloaded about how the pandemic had affected their families. One woman who was pregnant with her fourth child told the group her toddler had regressed and had received no services. A Cherry Creek teacher said she left her job because she couldn’t stand the level of politics that had seeped into classrooms.

“How are we in this place?” Tompkins recalled them asking. “How am I going to raise my kids?”

But, going forward, the group hasn’t been about venting. “I didn’t want this to be a group where we sat around and grumbled and cried,” Tompkins said. She got to work setting up workshops so the Liberty Girls could learn about the upcoming school board race, held in November, and the caucus process where voters gather by precinct in the spring to start selecting GOP candidates.

As the group grew, Tompkins, who used her maiden name in this story, vetted each person, requiring that anyone who wanted to attend first call her to answer questions about their politics. She said she does this to prevent an interloper or a mole with a hidden tape recorder from infiltrating one

of their meetings.

The caution is necessary, she said, in a time when people are divided and attacks are sometimes vicious, particularly after the new conservative school board abruptly fired the superintendent, setting Douglas County parents against each other. Liberty Girl meetings are a place where “you can speak your truth and not be censored or canceled,” she said.

The meetings grew so quickly that Tompkins started placing chairs on her second floor, where a foyer with a railing overlooks the living room. They called it mezzanine seating.

Liberty Girls’ first big push was the school board election, where four conservative candidates were attempting to flip the left-majority board that had been in power since 2018. They packed school board meetings. They knocked on doors, reaching Douglas County residents who no longer had kids in school and hadn’t kept up with school politics. They spoke of mask mandates, Zoom classrooms and 10-day school quarantines.

And they won.

In February, three months after the new board was elected, the 4-3 majority fired Superintendent Corey Wise and is now searching for his replacement.

But the Liberty Girls’ work is far from over, Tompkins said. On caucus night in early March, 60 SEE FED-UP, P10

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“Public art enhances the quality of life in Wheat Ridge and benefits its citizens and the community at-large,” according to the statement. “The City established the groundwork for an expanded public art program in 2002. This program has enabled the city to implement the acquisition of artwork for interior and exterior locations accessible to the public.”

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Liberty Girls were elected as delegates, precinct committee chairs and election judges. The group has hosted candidates in a heated race to replace the county’s longtime sheriff and is working its way up the ticket toward the Republican candidates for governor and U.S. Senate.

Members aren’t told which candidates to support, only how to get involved in the process. “We are really wanting to stand on our own, apart from the GOP,” Tompkins said. “We are a group of intelligent women who are getting smarter.”

Jen Masten, a Highlands Ranch mom and member of Liberty Girls, attended caucuses for the first time in her life earlier this month and was elected a delegate for the next two years, meaning she’ll attend assemblies and have a role in selecting candidates for the GOP ticket.

“I thought I was doing my due diligence by showing up and voting Republican and being on the PTO and by finding people that I really liked that were running and being behind them,” Masten said.

“What Liberty Girls has done for me is educate me, and it’s educated me without telling me what to do, but how to do it. They said, ‘Here is what caucus is. Go do your thing.’”

Masten summed up the group this way: “We’re women that

March 24, 2022 love God, our family and country. We’re activists for medical freedom. We are activists for the truth. And we want to preserve our constitution. Everyone should carry the constitution around and know exactly what it says and know when our rights are being infringed upon.”

Her enthusiasm, and that of many others, was obvious at GOP caucuses at ThunderRidge High School, where about 150 voters met by precinct, separated into various classrooms and a computer lab.

Fired-up attendees talked about secretary of state candidate Tina Peters, calling her a “good guy” despite her involvement in an election tampering scandal, disgust over Colorado’s sex education law that requires lessons to include dialogue on consent, and anger at term-limited Douglas County Sheriff Tony Spurlock for supporting Colorado’s red flag law that allows a judge to temporarily remove a person’s firearms. Outside the high school, one woman shouted “Red wave! Red wave!”

Stu Parker, chairman of the Douglas County Republicans, said voters — particularly women — are more engaged than they’ve been in years. “They got involved in the school board race and started to understand what’s going on,” he said. “They saw what happened in the pandemic and they are fed up and wanting change.”

Loveland group fights to preserve Christian values, against abortion Nuffer, in Loveland, said the

collective energy is coming from a desire to improve life for her children and grandchildren.

She decided to start NoCo Ladies for Liberty after Sherronna Bishop, a former campaign manager for U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert, interviewed Liberty Girls founder Tompkins. Bishop, who calls herself “America’s Mom,” posts her interviews with conservative politicians and activists on her website.

At first, Nuffer dismissed the idea of leading a group, telling herself she was “just a mom and Nana.” Then the 59-year-old decided not to “disqualify” herself, realizing that her status as a mother and grandmother was her “greatest strength and my largest ‘why.’”

“I do not want to see my family continually stripped of their constitutional rights,” she said, adding that she regrets not doing more sooner in life to “preserve our American way of life, founded on our Judeo-Christian values.”

Nuffer, who is a health coach, heard Tompkins speak on Jan. 20.

And on Feb. 10, she had 38 women in her home who came despite a snowstorm. Nuffer, who also vets attendees, wanted like-minded women to learn together in a non-intimidating environment, one where no question about the political process was too elementary.

She and a few others circulated an invitation promising “conservative community, cocktails and civics,” and invited the local GOP chairman to teach a room full of women enjoying wine and cheese about the caucus process.

A month later, 26 women from the group were elected as delegates, 16 as election judges and nine as precinct committee chairs — and that’s just among the 71 who attended the NoCo Ladies for Liberty’s last meeting.

They’re also holding forums for the local sheriff’s and state House seats, and women from the threecounty group are considering branching out to start their own groups in their hometowns. NoCo Ladies for Liberty is also working on a website to communicate with each other, since many of its members quit Facebook over the platform’s censorship policies.

And last week, Nuffer brought a carload of women to the state Capitol, where they protested against a bill that would affirm abortion rights in Colorado. The experience was a first for many in the group, who were jarred by a person shouting in an air horn to drown out the words of the anti-abortion speakers, a woman who was topless and a request by police that the NoCo group stay within the bounds of yellow tape for their own protection, Nuffer said.

Women in the group are getting involved in ways they would never feel comfortable doing alone, she said. NoCo Ladies for Liberty is restoring a lost sense of community among women, Nuffer said.

“We do better in community,” she said. “The way that our country has changed, our lives have changed, women now, many

of them have to go to work. What has happened is when we’re working a 9-to-5 job, trying to raise our children, something has had to give. It’s in large part been our social interaction with other women.”

‘A bunch of passionate momma bears’ Marriott, who has a 14-year-old daughter and 17-year-old son, has scheduled candidates for city council all the way to the governor’s office to speak to her Arvada group. Plus, the group connects via Zoom to meetings of the Liberty Girls and other groups around Colorado when a statewide candidate is speaking at a meeting, said Marriott, a property manager.

“We are just a bunch of passionate momma bears,” she said, echoing language used by Republican women all the way up the ticket.

Women are leading the GOP in this year’s statewide elections, including for governor, the U.S. Senate and secretary of state. Heidi Ganahl, a University of Colorado regent and the Republican frontrunner to challenge Democratic Gov. Jared Polis, calls herself a “mom on a mission.” Deborah Flora, who is emerging as a top Republican in the race to unseat U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet, said she’s running “because I want to be able to look at my children in the eye, and yours, and we have to be able to say to them, ‘We did everything that we could do in this day to hand them the same liberty that we enjoy.’”

As Marriott’s group has grown, gathering in her house for her creamy Italian sausage pasta and another member’s now-famous soups, she’s booking candidates for various races and scheduling educational workshops.

The group has held a concealed weapons class, a session on the U.S. Constitution and events on “prepping,” including how to grow microgreens and prepare in other ways for a massive food shortage. Some in the group have volunteered for election audits, analyzing Jefferson County ballots from 2018 and 2020.

They campaigned for conservative candidates for the school board, though they lost, and fought against former Jefferson County Public Health Director Dawn Comstock, who resigned last month. Marriott was particularly active in fighting against COVID-19 testing for students in order to attend sports practice.

The Arvada group has grown from 10 to about 130 people.

“It was really the moms that stood up and started to fight,” Marriott said. “It was eating me up and I thought, ‘I have to take this and turn it into something constructive.’ We have to fight for our freedom.”

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A drink lover’s tour of greater Arvada

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really want to write another column this week highlighting some more local businesses that I find interesting. But, looking at the list this week, I’m afraid you’re all gonna think I’m an alcoholic.

Or that my mother will think that.

Oh, well. What can you do? She’s known me for a while, so…

I wrote in December about a fine winery we visited, which is just the other side of I-25 from Arvada.

Well, it turns out, there is another fine winery less than a mile from there. Its energy is very different from Ballistreri, but in many ways, Kingman Winery is just as or more charming. The lady who greets you at the door is probably the owner; if it’s not, it’s likely her sister. Whichever it is, they’ll happily escort you to the back room—partitioned off by barrels of fermenting wine— where you can sit at a table in relative peace and quiet. And then they will patiently and gregariously guide you through their selections of wines, and regale you with the clever etymology of the names of their wines. Also, it makes a great place to host an event.

Wander closer to HITTING home, and you can HOME find another winery right down in Olde Town. Silver Oaks has that same quaint air as Kingman. You walk in, and the décor is what jumps out at you first: bottles.

Bottles everywhere.

There’s really no Michael Alcorn mistaking the nature of the establishment. Unlike the other places I’ve mentioned, it is brilliantly located.

Have a meal in Olde Town, walk around enjoying the atmosphere, and, hey, look! There’s this great little place to have a glass of wine to top off the night. Right before you call for your Uber.

Get to Olde Town a little earlier in the day, and you can walk into a recessed little grotto, sit amongst the beautiful foliage, and baste… uh, I mean, bask. Bask in the warmth of our little hamlet, and sample another broad selection of wines, as well as some cheeses, nuts and

fruits at Flights. The last time my wife and I went, it was one of last summer’s 95+-degree days, so you might want to bring a hat. Or some sunscreen. But you really must sit outside—it’s wonderful.

Within walking distance of the house (no need for an Uber) is one of what seems to be an endless supply of new breweries around town, The Luki Brewery. A great selection of beers (mostly ales), an open, welcoming environment, very effective firepits outside, and, I must say, more than a couple of dogs are likely to greet you. Very low-key, very accessible, and very close to my house—many things to recommend it.

And last but not least on my alcoholics’ tour of greater Arvada is the brand new Colorado Tap House, located, well, just off the bike path.

Which, I have to say, has the potential to set me up for some … interesting last miles home this summer.

My first impression from this weekend was of an establishment that was extremely well-conceived. Two floors, a large, open patio which will (if spring ever actually arrives) be

well-shaded by giant cottonwood d trees, a rooftop patio, two spaces for u s live music, a couple dozen taps, a wall of whiskeys and wines, good p 1 thought given to the interior design, garage-style doors, with both u self-contained food and a regular o rotation of food trucks. I have no powers of prophecy (just look at my e NCAA Tournament Bracket), but I m think this place could make a nice e y run. w The world is open again, the b clocks have changed, the sun is higher in the sky and soon the days d will be noticeably longer than the nights. Get out and around our little t corner of the world and enjoy some t f of your neighbors working hard and taking risks to make our little a m corner a nicer place.

Michael Alcorn is a former teacher and current writer who lives in Arvada with his wife and three children. His new novel, “Valkyrie’s Kiss,” a finalist in the ScreenCraft Book Competition, is available now at mjalcorn@comcast.net. His opinions are not necessarily those of Colorado Community Media.

Change may be on the way for daylight saving time

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realize that I’m probably in the minority, likely a minuscule minority, but I don’t think it’s a big deal to change our clocks twice a year to go into and come out of daylight saving time. I like that going back to standard time in the fall makes sure that it is light when most work and school days start during the winter.

There is momentum in both Congress and the Colorado legislature to shift to year-round daylight saving time, and it looks possible, if not likely, that the change is on the way.

A lot of things have changed since daylight saving time was first widely

adopted in the United States over 100 years ago. One of the arguments to shift clocks forward in the spring was to save energy. When it stayed light one hour later, people didn’t need to turn on lights as early each night. That argument has become obColumnist solete as the things that consume much of our energy use now, such as central heat and air,

home appliances, televisions, and computers, didn’t exist when daylight saving time started and when they are used doesn’t necessarily have anything to do with if it is light or dark outside.

Most of the arguments against changing back and forth between standard and daylight savings times have to do with the impacts of one less hour of sleep when we spring forward. There are studies that suggest that the hour of sleep that is lost as we make the transition each spring leads to depression, increased traffic accidents and work injuries

wouldn’t be experiencing these insane rising gas prices.This is just more gaslighting by the Republican Party as the pipeline was only 10% completed and it wasn’t even scheduled to be completed until 2023 when Biden pulled the plug. Furthermore, even if the pipeline were operational, it would not contribute one whit to our domestic energy supply to make us energy inde-

pendent since oil is a fungible commodity with prices determined on the global market. You would think that PhD economist Reichert would understand these details instead of promoting this disingenuous talking point.

I hope the Transcript further explores the opinions of these candidates. In particular, all the Republican candidates

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and a decrease in productivity in the first several days as we adjust our sleep schedules each year.

According to Sunrise-Sunset.org, if we had been on year-round daylight saving time while we were on standard time in the 2021-2022 season, the sun would not have come up before 8 a.m. in Colorado from Dec. 1 to Feb. 7. If we make the shift to permanent daylight saving time, it will be necessary for us to identify and address unintended consequences of most people’s days beginning in the dark SEE ROMBERG, P11

LETTER TO THE EDITOR Re Candidates on Ukraine You have to hand it to Republicans; they always stick to their talking points whether they make sense or not. In response to rising gas prices as a result of the abhorrent Russian War, each Republican running in District 7 mentioned that if only Biden didn’t pull the plug on the Keystone Pipeline we could be “energy independent” and we

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Don’t forget to prioritize your health

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ecently I was diagnosed as having kidney stones. I paid $150 out of pocket to have some CT imaging done to discover that. While it is certainly unpleasant to have them, those stones are not my major health problem. The imaging discovered a 1.5 inch mass on one of my kidneys.

That sort of news is a major wake up call. In hindsight, that $150 was one of the best expenditures I have ever made in my life because the mass on my kidney was discovered. As of this writing, I have not yet had a biopsy done to determine whether this mass is malignant or benign, but that will certainly be done as soon as possible.

The doctors I have seen tell me that there is no rhyme or reason to why these masses occur. They furthermore state that the chances are overwhelming that this mass is malignant, but they also note that I

have a few behavorial traits which increase the odds of this being benign.

That’s nice, but hopes are not effective treatment, they are wishes. I intend to treat this growth as malignant until it is proven othColumnist erwise, and have already engaged in behavorial modification to do just that. While doctors may not be able to pinpoint a reason, that does not mean an individual cannot examine themselves to see how this invader took up residence in them. In my case, I have had a lot of stress in my life over the last 10 years. The stress in large part was unavoidable and is now frankly over.

My mass was discovered “in time,” which means that the odds are very

good that I will get well. There may be pain and suffering along the way. If I follow the orders of doctors, then I will not only conquer and defeat this tumor, I will also annihilate it so that it cannot make a return appearance. I am sharing my circumstances for several reasons.

Get your body scanned regularly. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Find out what sort of undetected dangers may be lurking in your body. I was told by one doctor that this tumor was discovered “in time.” Implicit in that statement is that some are not discovered in time. Get ahead of potential dangers. There may be none in your body. If so, then great. But if something exists, I hope you discover it “in time.”

Listen to your body. If something feels seriously wrong, then address what is wrong. Your body rebels when you tax it beyond its

normal capacity for endurance.

This also means eliminating vectors of stress in your own individual lives.

Prioritize. I owe it to myself and the people who love me to do my best to get well. Indeed, I shall. But that means some things that have been important to me are going to go by the wayside for a little bit of time. That does not mean I cannot return to them, it just means that right now my overall health is more important.

The medical system is very stressed right now and I suspect I will discover this in more ways as I undertake this journey. Regardless, I hope that some will view my circumstances as a warning and engage in preventative behavior to live as long as possible.

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through a worldwide pandemic have shown us anything, it is that people are remarkably resilient. We can and do adjust to a wide variety of changes regularly. For the people like me, who support changing our clocks twice each year, the transition to year-round daylight saving

time is one more thing we’ll learn to live with.

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LIFE shots at the signs.

Street signs can clear up confusion about what jurisdiction someone is in, but they also can reveal deeper stories about a particular area.

Here’s a look at some of the eye-catching signs across metro Denver counties and what you might not know about the history behind some of them.

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The sign for Shangri La Drive in Denver, pictured on March 10, sits off Leetsdale Drive near Colorado Boulevard.

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If you’ve ever sat at a red light in rush-hour traffic in the Denver metro area, you may have wondered about the meaning behind the different logos and colors on nearby street signs.

In the City of Denver, the signs are simple enough — the logo of mountains and the sky sit above the name “Denver.” But some signs have a different logo even though they’re also in Denver.

In the southeast suburbs, drivers might think they’re in Aurora until the green signs on side streets start to look a bit different.

And in Adams County, the signs sometimes feature an American flag image to discourage people from firing gun-

Denver mansions In east Denver, there are many normalsounding street names: Elm Street. Birch Street.

Cedar Avenue.

And then, there’s Shangri La Drive.

A tiny, tucked-away road that almost forms a half loop off of Leetsdale Drive near Colorado Boulevard, Shangri La Drive was apparently named by Harry Huffman, a movie-theater and liquor-distribution magnate who had a mansion built on the hill.

The road was named to honor the impressive home, which was modeled after the Shangri-La lamasery — a monastery of lamas — featured in the popular 1930s movie “Lost Horizon.” That’s according to the book, “Denver Streets,” by local historian Phil Goodstein, as cited by Denver city staff.

And that’s not the only mansion in that area. More difficult to see from the street is the mansion known as “Cableland” on Shangri La Drive. It’s the former home of Bill Daniels, the wealthy cable-television businessman and philanthropist.

Before he died, Daniels donated Cableland to the City of Denver in 1998, partly to serve as the official Denver mayor’s residence. No mayor has ever chosen to live there, but the mansion is used for official city events and city meetings and is made available for other events, including fundraisers and other gatherings held by nonprofits and qualified charitable organizations.

Denver’s dual logos The use of Denver’s newer logo for certain street signs — the “D” logo with a building, the

sun and mountains within the D — doesn’t carry any particular meaning that’s different from the old logo, which is two red mountains outlined in white, with a blue sky and yellow sun, all above the word “Denver.”

Denver began using signs with the “D” in 2010, according to Vanessa Lacayo, a city spokesperson. The city still has some signs with the older logo on it.

“We try to be good stewards with city dollars, so we don’t replace things that don’t need to be replaced and try to honor the life cycle of the material and replace things as they fail,” Lacayo said.

Don’t mistake Adams County A large chunk of the map directly north of Denver — roughly north of 52nd Avenue — contains buildings that may have addresses that are listed as being in Denver even though they’re in unincorporated Adams County.

“Unincorporated” means an area is not within a city or town and is generally overseen by a county government.

The addresses are marked as “Denver” because the city listed with a property’s mailing address is based on zip codes that are used by post offices rather than being based on city boundaries, said Christa Bruning, Adams County spokesperson.

In those unincorporated areas north of Denver, you’ll see street signs with the A-shaped Adams County logo.

In some parts of Adams County, street signs bear images of the American flag to deter people from shooting signs with bullets.

“American flags are placed on signs in some areas as a mitigation measure where we have experienced issues with signs being shot,” the county said in a statement. “The flags have been successful as many residents seem disinclined to shoot signs displaying the American flag.”

A previous Adams County logo was established in 1985 and was the logo used on street signs until the current logo was designed and implemented in August 2009, according to the county.

A community with gates in Littleton If you drive far enough northwest in the City of Littleton, you’ll run into an area called Bow Mar South, near the small Town of Bow Mar. But Bow Mar South is a neighborhood, not a municipality, even though it has its own logo on street signs.

For example, the logo of a bird at Bell Flower Drive and Bowles Avenue denotes the area is within the Bow Mar South Homeowners Association, according to Tim Weaver, traffic analyst for Littleton.

“We used to put different items on signs when a neighborhood asked for them,” a statement from Littleton city staff said.

Decades ago, Littleton annexed land in Bow Mar South, meaning it brought it into the Littleton city boundaries.

Littleton annexed the area that is managed by the Bow Mar South homeowners’ association in 1973, according to Littleton city staff. A small part of the association area is outside of Littleton, including a few lots in the northwest part of the subdivision, Weaver said.

The area isn’t just another neighborhood.

It includes gates on Blue Sage Drive that close to block traffic.

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Construction of the traffic gates was partly funded by the City of Littleton, and the city and HOA operate the gates together, according to city staff.

Other gates that restrict or block traffic to or within neighborhoods in Littleton sit in Coventry and The Greens, according to city staff.

Some areas in Littleton have street signs that are white and include the City of Littleton logo.

Littleton first began installing the white street signs with the logo in 2015, according to staff.

The city decided to install the white street signs with the logo in an effort to help people tell which areas are in the city and which are not, Weaver said.

The new signs were also rolled out in an effort to “show our new branding,” Weaver said.

Similar to the case of Denver addresses popping up in Adams County, it can be confusing to tell what is and isn’t in Littleton because many properties’ mailing addresses in south Jefferson County are listed as being in “Littleton” even though Littleton is mostly contained within Arapahoe County.

Asked whether Jefferson County has considered putting its county logo on street signs in unincorporated areas to help clear up that confusion, the county said in a statement: “The county has the capability of putting logos on street name signs; however, there is a significant cost in terms of material and labor to this effort. Each of the cities within Jefferson County utilize logos on their street-name signs, helping a traveler to know when they are within a municipality within the county or within an unincorporated area within the county.”

Arapahoe County distinguishes land It can also be difficult to tell when you’re in Centennial and when you aren’t. Centennial’s boundaries twist and weave throughout much of the city to create a complex map.

Parts of east Centennial are sandwiched between parts of Aurora, and some portions of unincorporated Arapahoe County sit in that area too.

Some streets that sit outside of city boundaries have been getting marked with the county’s logo, generally in recent years, said Luc Hatlestad, county spokesperson.

“There may have been logos on signs here and there prior to 2012, but putting logos on street signs wasn’t county procedure until around 2012,” Hatlestad said.

‘Identity’ in Englewood Englewood updated its official city logo in recent years from the green circular symbol to the new symbol with leaves — a change that led to some street signs in the city having the new logo and some still having the old one.

“The current logo was adopted in late 2015 following input from

A crowd gathered at night at the mansion known as “Cableland” on Shangri La Drive in Denver. The building is the former home of COURTESY OF DANIEL BECK VIA CABLELAND WEBSITE Bill Daniels, the wealthy cable-television businessman and philanthropist.

the 2014 citizens survey and from citizen input received through the Englewood Forward process,” said Christopher Harguth, city spokesperson.

Englewood Forward is the city’s 2016 comprehensive plan. In general, a comprehensive plan can affect a city’s priorities for housing, parks and open space, and transportation.

“Results indicated many residents were looking for an updated community identity,” Harguth said.

Updating the city logo on overhead street signs, such as those on traffic signals, will be complete in 2022, and the updating of all the ground-mounted streets signs was completed in 2021, according to Harguth.

One of the notable areas with street signs that don’t bear a local government’s logo is the Arapahoe Acres neighborhoodin Englewood, which has wooden street signs that are unique to that neighborhood.

A small exception in Centennial Drivers in the east Centennial area may notice another area that could add to confusion about boundaries — the Greenfield neighborhood along Smoky Hill Road.

The neighborhood has its own logo on street signs even within Centennial’s city boundaries.

The signs are connected to the local metro district, according to Anna Bunce, Centennial traffic engineer.

“The original street signs installed with the construction of this neighborhood (or) metro district, which included the kites (logo), predate the city’s incorporation. Our best guess is that the signage was installed around 1996 (to) 1998,” Bunce said.

Centennial was legally estab-

lished as a city, or “incorporated,” in 2001.

In general the city of Centennial started installing Centennial-logo street signs that are blue rather than green in 2013, according to Bunce.

When asked why the city made that change, Bunce said, “This predates existing (city) staff, but our best guess is related to more effective branding and differentiation for Centennial. With the nature of Centennial’s boundaries, this is an effective way to communicate and reinforce where someone may be in terms of jurisdiction.”

Douglas County adds logo Douglas County had no logo on street-name signs prior to an inhouse competition for a new Douglas County logo that occurred in the early to mid-1990s, according to Wendy Holmes, county spokesperson. The winning logo was the early “DC” and “ribbons” design seen in the county’s logo today.

“We place logos on most of the street-name signs in unincorporated streets and roads maintained

by Douglas County,” Holmes said.

“Logos on street-name signs are also useful as they indicate ownership of the roads for law enforcement personnel and road maintenance crews throughout the metro area and Douglas County.”

Different in Weld Weld County doesn’t typically put a logo on road-number signs in unincorporated Weld County, according to Jennifer Finch, spokesperson for the county.

“However, some of the signs — older signs — are a particular shape and will say ‘WCR’” and a number, Finch said. “There are county logos, specific to the project, found on some Highway 85 signs — also called the Centen-

A sign near traffic signals, pictured March 14, says “Blue Sage closed when flashing.” The Bow Mar South area includes gates that close in order to block PHOTO BY ELLIS ARNOLD traffic.

nial Highway in Weld County — and there are signs with the Weld County Road 49 logo along that road as well to commemorate that special project.”

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A week of top-notch musical options

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don’t know how it happened, whether it’s just the result of musicians making up for about two years of missed touring, good karma returning or just how it crumbles, cookie-wise, but Denver and the surrounding areas are spoiled with a bevy of fantastic concert options. So many that I’m devoting my entire column to five of the best bets for an evening out.

Any live music fan will tell you that there’s nothing like a good homecoming show. The atmosphere is always a bit more electric when the audience recognizes the performers as their people.

It’s been six years since the Colorado Jazz Repertory Orchestra (CJRO) played the Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St., but that time afield ends at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 26 with Back by Popular Demand: The CJRO Returns.

“We got our start at the Lone Tree Arts Center and were there for about two-and-a-half years,” said Art Bouton, the bandleader who founded the orchestra in 2012. “In that time, we’ve turned from a one-person shop to an organization that has a payroll that can pay the best professional musicians to perform.”

The reintroduction show will feature classic big band numbers like “Take the `A’ Train,” “You Make Me Feel So Young,” “Moanin,” and “More Today Than Yesterday,” as well as some new arrangements featur-

ing the work of artistic and music director Drew Zaremba. Vocalist Marion Powers will be featured in the concert, which Bouton said will show how much the orchestra’s skill has grown.

Clarke Reader “It means a tremendous amount to come back to Lone Tree, especially because on the jazz side, we’re the professional equivalent of the Colorado Symphony,” he said. “If you’re a lover of classic big band or jazz of any time, you’ll really be pleased with this concert.”

Tickets can be purchased by calling 720-509-1000 or by visiting www.coloradojazz.org/concerts or call the LTAC box office at 720-509-1000.

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John Mayer at the Ball Arena John Mayer is one of those artists we just take for granted these days, which he seems to enjoy. He’s embraced all his influences and interests, channeling them into the simultaneously sincere and winking 2021 album, “Sob Rock.” But don’t let all that make you forget he’s also a scorchingly good guitarist, who weaves blues, folk and pop into his work.

After several years touring with Dead & Company (and some COVID-related delays), Mayer is

back hitting the road in support of his solo work and stops by the Ball Arena, 1000 Chopper Circle in Denver, at 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, March 27.

Get your tickets at www.ticketmaster.com.

Tyler, The Creator and Vince Staples at Ball Arena Over the last 15 years or so, Tyler the Creator and Vince Staples have been making some of the most adventurous, forward-looking rap in the genre, and in 2021, both shared topnotch albums.

Tyler’s “Call Me If You Get Lost” is one of his best and most beautiful records yet and Staples’ self-titled latest effort showcases his lyrical power while using beats both skeletal and haunting.

People looking for an example of hip-hop mainstays who are still evolving and getting better as a result, shouldn’t miss Tyler, Staples, Kali Uchis and Teezo Touchdown at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, March 29 at Ball Arena, 1000 Chopper Circle in Denver.

For information and tickets, visit www.ticketmaster.com.

Nation of Language at the Bluebird Theater New York’s Nation of Language are one of the best modern purveyors of the kind of new wave music that made some of the best music of the 1980s.

But there’s nothing derivative about their music and the way

they use synths is both propulsive and groovy.

On both of their two albums - including last year’s stellar “A Way Forward” - the group has produced collections of songs that are so good they both sound like greatest hits records.

They’re stopping by the Bluebird Theater, 3317 E. Colfax Ave. in Denver at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, March 29, which is the perfect venue for their tunes. Get tickets at www.ticketmaster.com.

Beach House at the Mission Ballroom I’m not sure when the exact point is that a band turns into a hall-of-fame band, but with nearly 10 albums in about 15 years, Baltimore’s Beach House work like they’re racing to build one of the best discographies in indie rock. The duo - Victoria Legrand and Alex Scally - have consistently explored the fuzzy, reverb-drenched reaches of their sound and, in the process, created some startingly lovely music.

In February the band released “Once Twice Melody,” one of their most luminous albums yet.

You can catch them at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, March 30 at the Mission Ballroom, 4242 Wynkoop St. in Denver.

Secure tickets at www.axs.com.

Clarke Reader’s column on culture appears on a weekly basis. He can be reached at Clarke.

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Advocates want ‘magic’ mushroom therapy legalized Treating mental health is reason cited

BY DANA KNOWLES, JULIO SANDOVAL ROCKY MOUNTAIN PBS

Substances relegated to the underground for the last 50 years are finding their way back to the surface for many people choosing alternative ways of treating mental illness.

“I think we’re seeing a psychedelic boom and a renaissance, some people would call it. When you look at the research that’s coming out of Hopkins, NYU, and UCLA, the results are pretty astounding,” said Dr. Jennifer Tippett, a licensed clinical psychologist and the director of the substance use disorder specialty at the graduate school of professional psychology at the University of Denver.

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Denver was the first U.S. city to decriminalize possession and use of psilocybin in May 2019. Some advocates, pursuing statewide initiatives, hope to see the decriminalization of “magic mushrooms” and other psychedelic compounds statewide.

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been found to relieve symptoms of anxiety, depression and addiction. She’s just one person in a growing group of therapists nationwide that wants to legally offer psilocybin therapy to their patients.

“Quite simply, because what we’re doing doesn’t work, you just have to look at the numbers, especially when you talk about substance use. If you look at the literature, the relapse rate or the rate at which people go back to using is really high, even after intensive treatment. And it’s just that what we’re doing doesn’t work anymore,” Tippett said.

Tippett said not being able to use substances that have faired well in recent studies is frustrating: “It makes me sad, honestly, that a lot of the folks who could really benefit from these medicines aren’t able to access them.”

Some therapists, including Tippett, want to go a step further than Denver’s 2019 decriminalization of psilocybin and legalize it for therapy and medicinal use through ballot initiatives recently approved by the Colorado Secretary of State. They will need more than 120,000 signatures to get their initiative on the November ballot.

Psilocybin and other psyche-

‘I think we’re seeing a psychedelic boom and a renaissance, some people would call it. When you look at the research that’s coming out of Hopkins, NYU, and UCLA, the results are pretty astounding.’

Dr. Jennifer Tippet, Licensed clinical psychologist

delics have existed for thousands of years. In 1971, the federal government made them illegal by classifying them as schedule one drugs, meaning that they have no medical use and carry a high propensity for abuse, despite the fact that some Black, brown and Indigenous communities have utilized them for centuries for mental health support and community connection.

“They’re ancient medicines,” says Matthew Duffy, co-founder of the Society for Psychedelic Outreach, Reform and Education, or SPORE. “Prohibition has only been for 50 years, so we think that psychedelics’ presence in society is a new emergent thing but it’s actually

folk medicine; mushrooms, ayahuasca, peyote, and not even just those substances that are more known, but the herbs and plants and fungi that are all around us and have supported us for the longest time.”

The Department of Regulatory Agencies, or DORA, would regulate therapeutic use in Colorado if “magic” mushrooms are legalized. But some advocates in the psychedelic community wonder if too much oversight would work against the communities who’ve been using these substances for so long.

“Legalization basically means commodification. Healers who are largely Indigenous folks, there’s not a lot of excitement from them for this work to be coopted by the medical therapeutic industrial complex. The conversation in Colorado needs to be how communities can work with government officials and political actors to make sure the rights and power to actually use a healing structure in the community is actually vested in the community,” Duffy said.

Courtney Mathis, also from SPORE, says there needs to be a racial justice component added to this conversation that goes beyond legalization, therapeutic use and regulation of psychedelics.

“Psychedelic justice is not our name and we can’t claim it, but it’s the idea that equity and racial justice are at the center of the psychedelic movement and that decisions around policy

and use and access should absolutely be curated, stewarded and determined by people of color,” Mathis explained.

She said above all, people in charge of these substances should have experience using them: “Plant and psychedelic medicine come from generations of Indigenous use of legacy market use, these are the healers and medicine keepers, in order to honor the way they’ve practiced medicine and have ceremonial use we need to consider how to integrate all of that into more mainstream use.”

She also wants to remind people that the psychedelic movement’s purpose is help people make more informed decisions about their own healing journeys, not to glamorize psilocybin.

“I think we need to always remind folks that we are not pushing this movement forward so more white kids can do more drugs at festivals,” says Mathis.

Melanie Rose Rodgers, co-proponent for the 2022 ballot initiative to decriminalize entheogens and fungi, says her main worry in the rush to legalize psilocybin is that regulators won’t focus on health equity in order to ensure that people from Black, brown, Indigenous and LGBTQ+ communities have access as well.

“Who will have access? Will everyone have access? Will licensing leave some people out with so many regulations? And do I need regulations to tell me what my relationship with nature is?”

Rodgers asked.

Whether laws are passed allowing people to legally access psilocybin for therapy or not, Tippett cautions that despite promising studies, this substance isn’t a panacea cure all for every mental health issue.

“Don’t expect a compound to do all the work. It won’t,” she said. “It will probably just show you what you need to work on and then it’s up to you to do it.”

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How lawmakers are spending $800M in federal aid a grant to one or more Native American tribes in Colorado for the development of a behavioral health facility.

BY JESSE PAUL , ZACH BRIGHT , AND THY VO THE COLORADO SUN

Colorado lawmakers recently began introducing legislation to spend roughly $1 billion in federal coronavirus aid dollars to bolster affordable housing and improve the state’s behavioral health system.

The Colorado Sun is tracking the bills, what they do and how much each one would allocate. The money was sent to Colorado through the American Rescue Plan Act, the $1.9 trillion bill passed by Congress last year to help the nation weather the coronavirus crisis.

Measures will be rolled out in groups over the next several weeks.

We will update this story as new legislation is introduced.

Last updated on Tuesday, March 8, 2022.

Affordable housing House Bill 1282: This measure would allocate $40 million to encourage and support the construction of “innovative forms” of affordable housing in Colorado, including modular, prefabricated and manufactured homes. The Colorado Office of Economic Development will distribute the money through grants and loans to businesses -located in Colorado that create innovative housing.

Senate Bill 146: This legislation would allocate $25 million to the Colorado Housing and Finance Authority’s middle-income access program, which aims to help families and people who make too much money to qualify for housing funded by low-income housing tax credits.

Behavioral health House Bill 1243: This measure would allocate a total of $14 million, including $6 millionto a grant program aimed at helping improve security at public schools. Another $2 million would go toward the existing Behavioral Health Care Professional Matching Grant Program in the Colorado Department of Education, which aims to help public schools increase the number of people providing substance abuse and behavioral health care to students. Finally, the bill would extend by two years, until 2024, a program that reimburses mental

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health counselors for providing up to three mental health sessions to kids screened into the program.

House Bill 1281: Local governments and nonprofits could apply for $90 million in grants to create community-based behavioral health programs, especially those aimed at children and families. The Colorado Behavioral Health Administration would be in charge of distributing the money through what would be called the health-care continuum gap grant program.

House Bill 1283: This measure would dedicate $54 million to expanding intensive residential and outpatient behavioral health care for young people and their families.

Now, many children are sent to other states because such care isn’t available in Colorado. The money would also go toward building and staffing a neuropsych facility at the Colorado Mental Health Institute at Fort Logan.

Senate Bill 147: This bill aims to address youth suicide by spending $11 million, including to create the Colorado pediatric psychiatry consultation and access program at the University of Colorado. The

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Some of the money would be used to expand school-based health care, primarily in low-income parts of the state.

Senate Bill 148: This measure would allocate $5 million to make

Economic and workforce development Bills spending money in these areas have not been introduced yet.

What you need to know about the money The Colorado legislature received $3.8 billion as part of the American Rescue Plan Act, about $1.2 billion of which was distributed last year.

That doesn’t include the billions sent directly to cities and towns across the state.

The bills being passed by the legislature are expected to mostly, if not all, be bipartisan. They come after lawmakers spent the summer and fall studying the state’s economic, affordable housing and behavioral health needs.

To see how lawmakers distributed stimulus money last year, visit the Colorado Sun story at https://coloradosun.com/2021/04/14/coloradostate-coronavirus-stimulus-package-bills/.

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Colorado has recovered 98% of jobs lost in pandemic Unemployment rate drops to 4.1%

BY TAMARA CHUANG THE COLORADO SUN

Colorado’s economic recovery is going better than expected state labor officials said Monday, reporting that 98% of jobs lost when COVID struck have returned.

However, January’s 4.1% unemployment rate, the lowest since the pandemic began, is still higher than the 2.8% in February 2020, the month before the first COVID-19 cases in Colorado were confirmed.

“That was historically low. That was after the end of a very long economic expansion,” Ryan Gedney, senior labor economist at the state Department of Labor and Employment, said during a news conference on Monday. “As long as these trends hold … I could see the state reaching that 3% level in one or two years for sure.”

His confidence is based on how many Coloradans are now part of the state’s labor force, which is larger than ever with more people employed or looking for work.

The state’s labor force participation rate was 68.5% in January, or one-tenth of a percentage point higher than in February 2020.

“Colorado’s labor force grew by over 17,000 in January. And since July of 2020 the state has added over 180,000 individuals to the labor force,” Gedney said. “On an annual basis, Colorado’s labor force participation rate increased from 67.4% in 2020 to 68.2% in 2021. That ranked as the fourth highest in the U.S. last year.”

By comparison, the U.S. rate last year was 61.7%.

While more people are part of the state’s labor force, Bureau of Labor Statistics data shows there are still around 132,000 Coloradans who are unemployed, compared with 86,000 who were unemployed in February 2020.

That only counts people who are working or actively looking for a job, said Steven Byers, a senior economist for Common Sense Institute, a Greenwood Village think tank focused on the state’s

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fiscal policies.

“Some people would say that understates or overstates the true unemployment rate depending on which way you go,” Byers said.

“But when people take themselves out of the labor force and they’re no longer looking, that impacts those numbers. But the way that unemployment is measured has been constant for a long time.

They don’t change the methodology so it’s consistent over time for what it measures.”

The state’s unemployment rate fell from 4.2% in December, a rate that was revised downward from 4.8%, according to labor officials.

Colorado’s January rate is also close to the U.S. unemployment rate of 4.0% in January.

The falling unemployment rate reflects more people returning to work, especially mothers who had dropped out of the workforce early on, likely to deal with their

children and remote schooling or lack of child care options during the pandemic.

Byers is among economists keeping an eye on rising inflation and its impact on small businesses and consumer spending habits.

“One other thing that we are kind of concerned about, though, is the house prices have just gotten exorbitant,” he said. “The question would be, is it just going to end up being a disadvantage to Colorado employers being able to lure people here and bring them in from out of state? That’s an area that is of concern as well.”

But Colorado’s pandemic economy hasn’t fully recovered yet, said Kathy A. White, executive director of Colorado Fiscal Institute, an organization that also focuses on fiscal policy.

“Colorado has recovered all but 5,500 jobs lost during the pandemic, but it needs another 38,100

jobs in order to keep up with the 1.4% growth in population that the state has experienced in the 23 months since the recession began,” White said in an email.

“Also, the fastest job recovery happened in industries with high income earners and lagged in industries with lower pay. poor quality jobs,” she added. “Those industries tend to have a higher percentage of women and people of color, who again, entered the pandemic with higher rates of unemployment and lower earnings. In short, the recovery has been uneven, despite these broad indicators, and so policymakers should be targeting resources and aid to the people who need it the most.”

There’s also uneven recovery in certain parts of the state. Strong job growth in Grand Junction and Colorado Springs amounted to job recovery rates of 124% and 113%, respectively. But the Greeley region has recovered just 44% of the jobs lost in the early pandemic.

That’s due to Greeley’s high concentration of oil and gas, an industry that hasn’t recovered as fast as the leisure and hospitality industry or the professional and business services field, Gedney said. But Greeley’s a small part of the state. It lost roughly 11,700 jobs at the start of the pandemic and has regained 5,100. The Denver area lost 199,600 and has recovered 196,100.

“The state’s recovery rate is going to trend pretty closely with Denver’s, as that (region) represents over half of the state’s employment,” Gedney said.

He added, “There’s still some room in the unemployment rate, but I think the unemployment rate is going to drop relatively quickly in 2022 as there’s still a huge demand for labor and for filling jobs.”

This story is from The Colorado Sun, a journalist-owned news outlet based in Denver and covering the state. For more, and to support The Colorado Sun, visit coloradosun.com. The Colorado Sun is a partner in the Colorado News Conservancy, owner of Colorado Community Media.

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Electric bills to get 6.4% increase in April Customers to see $16.50 per month increase after PUC approval

BY MARK JAFFE THE COLORADO SUN

The average electric bill for Xcel Energy’s residential customers will go up $5.24 a month — a 6.4% increase — starting in April under a $182 million rate hike approved Wednesday by the Colorado Public Utilities Commission.

The PUC voted 3-0 to accept the increase, which was agreed upon in rate-case negotiations that included the Colorado Utility Consumer Advocate and Energy Outreach Colorado, a nonprofit advocacy organization that, among other things, helps low-income households pay utility bills.

“Although a 6.42% rate is troubling to me, I find the settlement is just and reasonable,” Commissioner John Gavin said.

Rates for the average small commercial customer will also rise 6.2% or about $6.62 a month.

There will be more Xcel Energy electricity rate cases to come, said Ron Davis, the commission’s chief adviser. “The company will be back in for rate requests in the next 3 or 4 years at the outside.”

Utilities’ expenses and investments are recovered through rate cases. The PUC reviews those costs to assure

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they are appropriate and then sets an appropriate return on the investments the company has made. In this case, for example, Xcel Energy asked for a 10% return on investment and the settlement agreement reduced it to 9.3%.

In addition to the electricity rate increase Xcel Energy also is asking

for a temporary rate increase to recoup $550 million in extra electric and natural gas costs incurred as a result of a severe winter storm in February 2021, which led to a spike in natural gas prices.

The company, the state’s largest utility with more than 3 million electricity and natural gas customers, has

also filed an overall natural gas rate case, seeking an $8.14 increase in the average bill over three years.

The three rate cases could raise the average Xcel Energy utility bill by $16.49 by the end of the year.

One element in the settlement agreement that the commission did not accept Wednesday was the method for recovering costs and the portion of the plant that still had not been amortized or paid off from the retirement of a coal-fired unit at the Craig Power Plant and two coal-fired units at the Hayden Station. Both coal-burning stations are to be shut down by 2028.

Xcel Energy has put the cost of decommissioning and amortizing the remaining value of the Craig unit at $27.4 million. The costs for the two Hayden units is $77.6 million.

Rather than settling on any cost recovery method right now, Gavin and Commissioner Megan Gilman said they wanted a full review of options, particularly the use of low-cost bonds known as securitization.

“It is important for us to consider all the options,” Gilman said. “We owe it to the ratepayers to understand all the options.”

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Lawmakers looking for oversight of Colorado jails Legislators cut back on bill after public outcry

tough year for criminal justice reform.”

BYTHYVO THE COLORADO SUN

Colorado lawmakers have backed off a measure to introduce new health, safety and operational standards in state jails, instead opting to pursue a study after pushback from sheriffs and counties.

It follows the passage of a law last year, heavily opposed by sheriffs, to limit the use of solitary confinement in the state’s largest jails.

The latest wrangling, over House Bill 1063, highlights a growing tension between Democratic lawmakers seeking greater oversight of jails, which fall under the purview of counties and their sheriffs, and local officials who are resistant to what they see as reforms handed down from the state without funding or proper input.

“The financial realities of counties are, quite frankly, dire at the moment,” Summit County Commissioner Tamara Pogue, a Democrat, told lawmakers on the House Judiciary Committee last month while testifying on behalf of Colorado Counties Inc. The consortium of county governments has not taken a position on the bill. “We have been asked to fund and support many reforms in the criminal justice area.”

The bill would create a temporary, 22-member commission responsible for recommending minimum standards

A 2018 photo taken inside Denver’s downtown detention center.

for Colorado jails, including visitation rules, food and health care services, work and education requirements and restrictions on solitary confinement.

Law enforcement and jail administrators, local officials, formerly incarcerated people, advocates for people with disabilities and mental health conditions and other parties would serve on the panel.

Although the changes to the bill are “disappointing,” sheriffs and advocates see the resulting proposal as an opportunity to have detailed conversations about the impact of potential reforms and their costs, said state Rep. Judy Amabile, a Boulder Democrat and prime sponsor of the legislation.

Amabile said she hopes it will set the stage for future legislation. The changes will also cut the cost of the

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original measure, which was estimated to create more than $1 million in new costs for the Department of Public Safety next year.

“It’s a baby step,” Amabile said, pausing. “Maybe it’s not even a baby step, but it’s a step in the right direction.”

“It’s a tough year for criminal justice reform” Although there are some federal and constitutional requirements, Colorado has no statewide standards for jail conditions or operations. It’s up to counties and their sheriffs to manage the operations of their facilities, which vary in size and operation.

Jackson County’s jail, located in the basement of a courthouse, typically has the capacity for four or five people, while Denver’s jail can house more than 2,000, according to state data.

The original bill would have required the commission to develop minimum standards for jails, adopt a timeline for implementing them and consider “possible sanctions” for facilities that fail to meet requirements. The current bill would now only require the commission to deliver a report to the House Judiciary Committee with its recommendations for standards, as well as an analysis of the feasibility and cost of implementing them.

Advocates with the American Civil Liberties Union and Disability Law Colorado said they’re disappointed by the changes, but are holding lawmakers to their word that the commission’s recommendations will be put forth in future legislation to create enforceable standards for jails.

Meghan Baker, an attorney for Disability Law Colorado who testified in favor of the measure, noted that inconsistent practices across the state, and a lack of oversight, make it difficult for people to pursue legal recourse if they are mistreated.

“This is still an important first step in protecting the legal rights of incarcerated people — we currently have, like, one state law relating to county jails,” Baker said. “There were concessions made to get key parties on board. It’s a

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Sheriffs on the defensive The bill is partly a reaction to a measure Amabile passed last year, House Bill 1211, which created standards for the state’s largest jails for when people are housed in solitary confinement, including limits on how long they can be isolated and services people must receive.

Proponents called it a key step toward protecting the state’s inmates from harmful conditions, including for those with serious mental illness or disabilities for whom extended isolation can be especially damaging.

Sheriffs, a powerful voice at the state legislature and who opposed the bill, saw it as a prime example of one-off attempts by state lawmakers with no background in managing jails to impose an expensive solution without hearing them out, said Weld County Sheriff Steve Reams, a Republican.

Many sheriffs were also placed in a “reactionary position” because they “didn’t have the willingness to have the discussion” with lawmakers, Reams said.

“You can either sit back and wait for it to happen to you, or you can be part of the process,” he added.

Despite the concerns, Reams said he sees the current bill as a positive step toward writing more constructive legislation that will consider the challenges and costs for local agencies. At a meeting of the House Judiciary Committee last month, Reams told lawmakers that developing minimum standards could also help jails avoid or defend themselves against lawsuits, and also prevent the need for future legislation.

“We all understand that standardizing operations provides more predictable outcomes, may help to limit special interest legislation and should reduce legal action that ties up our core systems and burdens the taxpayer with attorney costs,” Reams said.

The House Judiciary Committee voted 7-4 to advance House Bill 1063 to the Appropriations Committee, with all four Republican lawmakers voting against it.

State Rep. Rod Bockenfeld, a Watkins Republican, was skeptical the measure would have any meaningful effect.

“How am I not to believe, with this high cost of putting this committee together, that this isn’t duplication of government, that our local authorities are already doing this?” Bockenfeld said.

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Lawmakers seek to fix rejected conservation easements Bill to spend millions compensating canceled easement holders is back

BY MICHAEL BOOTH THE COLORADO SUN

Persistent state legislators are once again hoping to compensate Colorado landowners whose conservation easement tax credits were rejected and clawed back years ago, this time with a bill whose price tag to the treasury would be about $155 million.

The effort by Sens. Faith Winter, a Westminster Democrat, and Cleave Simpson, an Alamosa Republican, revives a years-long effort to repay family ranchers and farmers who say they signed conservation easements in good faith only to have them rejected by state revenue officials who determined they were overvalued. The sponsors say they have put in more conditions since last year’s failed $149 million payback bill, including new limits on the easements’ value and who can still claim them.

“We’ve been down that road,” Simpson said. “So let’s try to focus this in a little different direction.”

Last year, when a similar bill flew through the Senate and died in a House committee, Winter said, “members still had concerns around these guardrails and making sure that we’re really addressing the family farms and ranches and not the speculators.” And this year, Winter said, the legislature has more revenue to work with.

“So I think we’ll be more successful,” she said. The new bill, Senate Bill 119, will first appear at the Senate Finance Committee on March 16.

Mark Weston, a prominent critic of the past payback attempts said this year’s bill does appear to have meaningful changes “preventing some of the worst abusers from qualifying” for repayment of credits.

Changes include a requirement that families need to have owned the land for three years before applying for the initial tax credits, and capping tax credits at 250% of the purchase price of the land. That will cut out some speculators who tried to manipulate the system to get lucrative tax credits, without any real interest in the land or its conservation value, said Weston, an appraiser who opposes repayment and who reviewed many of the denied claims as the first director of the state Division of Conservation.

It’s important for legislators and taxpayers to understand, Weston said, that “these credits were not

Conservation easements, such as those that protect the Trinchera Blanca Ranch in southern Colorado, are intended to protect open space valuable for wildlife habitat or scenery. A conservation easement of 81,400 acres on the ranch protects the western slope of the Sangre de Cristo range between La Veta and Fort Garland, including Mount PHOTO BY JOHN MCEVOY/SPECIAL TO THE COLORADO SUN Lindsey and Mount Blanca.

disallowed arbitrarily by the Department of Revenue, but were scrutinized by a governor-appointed expert commission, qualified appraisal staff within the Division of Real Estate, along with the number crunchers in the Department of Revenue.”

Fixing past mistakes The 2022 bill is the latest attempt to restore controversial easement tax credits issued from 2000 to 2013, some of which investigators called spurious and the Colorado Department of Revenue denied after reviews by teams of appraisers.

The conservation easements were originally intended to protect natural spaces while compensating family farmers and other longtime landowners for giving up their rights to develop the property. An appraiser estimated the value of the land and development rights, and the state issued tax credits that allowed the landowner to offset other taxes or get paid cash by investors who bought the credits.

But the revenue department and many in the appraiser community said that in some cases unscrupulous investment advisers created partnerships or family groups to claim lucrative, overvalued credits for development that never would have happened. In one disputed case, a piece of land near Lamar that sold for $776,000 appeared to qualify for easement credits of $8 million.

Some farming and ranching families have for more than a decade protested that they signed up for the earliest iterations of conservation easements in good faith to help save their family business and pay tax bills. They emphasize that the federal Internal Revenue Service allowed the tax credits even when state officials denied them and demanded

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The disputes eventually involved more than 800 cases and hundreds of millions of dollars in contested credits. Some families say paying back the credits or being confronted by investors who bought the rejected credits has ruined their lives. The fiscal note for the new bill says the total of disallowed credits from 2000 to 2013 is now about $177.7 million.

Some cases have been resolved or settled.

This year’s bill calls for a newly created ombudsman in the state Division of Conservation to resolve disputes between parties who may

be claiming the same credits.

The bill would spend $5.8 million in the first year to hire about 17 full time positions to administer the credit disputes. Based on the percentage of credit holders expected to apply, restoring the credits would cost the general fund another $66.6 million the first year, and up to $88.8 million in the second year.

The Colorado system for conservation easement tax has been tweaked multiple times since the period when officials say it was abused and families said they were unfairly denied. Last year, the legislature passed a bill sought by conservation groups that increased the amount of tax credit on new easements to 90% of the donated value, and added water conservation groups and others among those who could apply for credits.

That bill was initially hailed as a companion to last year’s attempt at restoring credits to past denied credit holders. But the credit-restoration bill died in its second House committee vote on party lines dominated by Democrats, in what rural supporters called “pulling the football” after months of negotiations.

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Colorado Republicans hope to unseat Michael Bennet in 2022 Relying on ‘dumpster fire’ ballot-access process

BY JESSE PAUL COLORADO SUN

Colorado Republicans’ path to unseating Democratic U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet could hinge on a slate of six upstart GOP candidates whose decision to try to use the unpredictable caucus and assembly process to get on the ballot is heaping volatility onto a race with national consequences.

Because the candidates all lack name recognition, even within their own party, there is no clear frontrunner and it’s anyone’s guess who will prevail when Republicans gather on April 9 at the GOP state assembly to decide who should advance to the June 28 primary.

“It is more volatile and more open than we’ve seen in a long time,” Dick Wadhams, a former Colorado GOP chairman, said of this year’s caucus and assembly process.

Here’s how the caucus and assembly process works: Republican voters gather in small numbers at precinct caucuses to elect delegates, often based on which candidates they support. Those delegates then go on to represent their precincts — often a neighborhood — at state assembly.

Candidates running for U.S. Senate who are seeking a spot on the primary ballot through the caucus and assembly process need the support of 30% of the delegates at the state assembly to advance to the June primary.

That means a maximum of three, but more likely two and possibly only one, of the six GOP challengers going the caucus and assembly route will make the primary ballot on April 9.

It’s the “dumpster fire of all electoral processes,” said Tyler Sandberg, a GOP political consultant.

“It is a just byzantine process that is impossible for anyone to understand, let alone the average voter,” he said. “It’s going to be a 10-car pileup at state assembly.”

Precinct caucuses, the first step

Candidates speak at a Republican U.S. Senate forum on Feb. 3 in Fort Lupton.

in the process, were held last week at high schools across the state.

And like high school, precinct caucuses are incredibly unwieldy.

Turnout can be low since caucuses force people to show up at a specific date and time, leaving some precincts with no delegates.

Candidate name recognition can be little to none among caucusgoers. And delegates can always change their mind when it comes to who they support.

Add in a field of U.S. Senate candidates that GOP voters are still getting to know, and it’s essentially a free for all Wadhams said he didn’t think the U.S. Senate GOP slate worked very hard to try to persuade supporters to become delegates, leaving the battle to make the primary ballot especially wide open.

“In the Senate (race), most of these people are really unknown,” he said. “They are people who haven’t had much visibility in the party before.”

The power vacuum could be filled by a Senate candidate with the best name ID, such as state Rep. Ron Hanks, a Fremont Coun-

ty Republican who has embraced and spread unfounded conspiracies about fraud in the 2020 presidential election. Or it could be filled by a candidate who simply gives the best speech to delegates at the state assembly.

Hanks declined to discuss his caucus and assembly strategy, but he said he feels confident “where we’re at right now.”

“We’ve got a good plan in the works,” he said. “I really have no worries on this. I’m putting this on faith.”

Ron Hanks speaks at a Republican U.S. Senate candidate forum on Feb. 3, 2022, in Fort Lupton.

(Olivia Sun, The Colorado Sun via Report for America) Only Denver businessman Joe O’Dea is trying to make the Republican U.S. Senate primary ballot through the much more predictable, though very expensive, signature-gathering process. He must turn in 1,500 signatures from GOP voters in each of Colorado’s eight congressional districts to secure his spot in the primary.

Going the signature-gathering route this year will probably cost anywhere from $200,000 to $500,000 for a statewide candidate, money that O’Dea, a multimillionaire, has. Hanks, by comparison, raised less than $20,000 in the last three months of last year.

The only other Republican Senate candidate with enough campaign cash or personal wealth to try to make the ballot by gathering signatures is Gino Campana, a former Fort Collins city councilman. But he opted for the caucusassembly route instead, which at a recent candidate forum he called “the good, old-fashioned … process.”

The other four Republican U.S. Senate candidates seeking to make the primary ballot through the caucus and assembly process are former talk radio host Deborah Flora, former El Paso County GOP Chairman Eli Bremer, Colo-

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rado Christian University Professor Gregory Moore and Peter Yu, who has worked in sales and marketing.

Candidates who decide to go the caucus and assembly route save money, but subject themselves to the whims of a relatively small group of fickle party insiders.

The volatility of the process was on full display in Colorado’s 2016 Republican U.S. Senate primary, when El Paso County Commissioner Darryl Glenn shocked the Colorado political world after he secured so much support at the GOP state assembly that year after delivering an inspiring speech that he kept several other candidates, including favorite Tim Neville, then a state senator, from the ballot.

Glenn went on to win the GOP primary, but lost to Bennet in the general election.

In 2018, seven GOP gubernatorial candidates in Colorado sought ballot access through the caucus and assembly process. Only two secured at least 30% of the delegate vote: then-Treasurer Walker Stapleton and former Parker Mayor Greg Lopez.

Lopez’s victory came as a shock and meant that then-Attorney General Cynthia Coffman was denied a spot on the primary ballot.

“I still have PTSD from that day,” said Roger Hudson, a Castle Pines city councilman who was Coffman’s campaign spokesman.

“I wake up in cold sweats.”

Hudson also worked on Glenn’s 2016 Senate campaign, which he says was an example of how at the state assembly “anything can happen and often does.”

The unpredictability of the caucus and assembly route was on full display last week for three Colorado Sun reporters who visited precinct caucus locations in Arapahoe, Douglas and Jefferson SEE UNSEAT, P25

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Arvada, claiming the machines would benefit Democrats, and Republicans should therefore turn out in force. Mention of Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters’ run for secretary of state generated nods of approval from the room.

“I think we all are,” another man responded.

Colorado Sun staff writers Thy Vo and Jennifer Brown contributed to this report.

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At Cherry Creek High School, where turnout was tepid, the first two caucusgoers a Sun reporter approached couldn’t name even one of the GOP’s U.S. Senate candidates. The next five all said they support Flora, a Douglas County mother who has picked up a following because of her recent activism in local school issues. She has not held elected office before.

“Deborah Flora brought national attention to what was going on in schools in her comments during school board meetings,” said Jaclyn Lauer, a Republican voter from Centennial. “I was really intrigued by her tenacity and how well spoken she was.”

Renee Anderson, a precinct captain at ThunderRidge High School in Highlands Ranch, said Flora is her pick in the Senate race too.

She’s heard Flora speak at various Republican events and had the opportunity to talk to her about water issues.

“I think Deborah Flora is very smart,” Anderson said. “She has reached out to anybody who will listen. She hears what they have to say and incorporates it into how (she can) make that better at the federal level as a senator.” adhams said the Republican precinct caucus he attended in southern Jefferson County last week was sparsely attended, too, “which is a little surprising because there’s so much enthu-

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Since precinct caucuses are where delegates to the county and state assemblies are chosen, low turnout means little competition to become a delegate.

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Aurora gets closer to passing an urban camping ban

Seen from across the South Platte near Englewood, a man dismantles a canopy during a homeless-camp sweep.

Will there be enough shelter space for the displaced?

BY TATIANA FLOWERS THE COLORADO SUN

If a new camping ban passes in Aurora later this month, people living outdoors may be removed from the sidewalks and parks where they live, as soon as April 30.

Allowing them to continue to live on the streets is inhumane, said some members of the city council who voted in favor of an

ordinance making it illegal to camp on public or private property without authorization.

The unauthorized-camping ordinance passed its second reading on a 6-5 vote March 14 and is likely to pass its final reading on March 28. The ordinance would take effect about 30 days later.

Councilors who supported the camping ban, which was proposed by Mayor Mike Coffman, said residents and local businesses have complained about sanitation and public safety issues related to encampments in the city.

But advocates for the almost 600 people who split time between outdoor tents and the 200

FILE PHOTO BY DAVID GILBERT

to 250 shelter beds available in Aurora called the proposed camping ban cruel and ineffective and said the ordinance would not solve homelessness.

The city, they said, should instead focus on providing permanent housing options to create real solutions.

“I’m going to sound like a broken record, but I just want to reiterate that you’re going to still see people camping all over the place, because we’re not finding them housing,” Councilmember Juan Marcano said during the March 14 meeting. “This is going to institutionalize state violence, basically, against folks in our city who are experiencing

homelessness, and we need to implement real solutions, such as permanent supportive housing.”

Coffman declined an interview before the March 14 meeting, but in an emailed response to written questions, he said people living in encampments should have an alternative shelter option that is safe, has sanitation and offers other services to help them find a job and permanent housing.

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volunteers count the number of people who are homeless on a given night each year. Many encampments in Aurora are concentrated along Chambers Road, East Iliff Avenue, East Mississippi Avenue and near Interstate 225 onramps and underpasses.

Aurora has one overnight shelter with 150 beds. A few Safe Outdoor Spaces sites, with tents and pallet shelters, are set up in the city and have 90 beds, but can accommodate up to 120 people, said Jessica Prosser, the city’s director of housing and community services.

“And typically, those are, for the most part, full,” she said.

If passed, the new camping ban would require city workers to give 72 hours notice before a camp is removed and it would call for shelter beds to be available before a camp is shut down.

However, there’s no promise that those shelter beds will become available.

If the ordinance passes, Prosser’s office will work on finding additional shelter beds.

The city currently activates its day resource center, and uses hotel and motel vouchers to increase shelter beds during cold weather.

Coffman, who was under intense public scrutiny last year after he told a TV station that he

had posed as a homeless person, lived in encampments for seven days and that he believed addiction treatment or job training should be required for people accessing shelter services, introduced the first version of his urban camping ban last summer, but it failed in August on a 5-5 vote. His newer proposal passed on first reading on Feb. 28 in a 6-5 vote after Coffman broke the now right-leaning council’s tie.

At that February meeting, Councilmember Crystal Murillo asked city staff to draft an amendment to address how important personal items, such as cell phones and identification cards, would be handled by the city when a camp is removed.

That amendment passed at the March 14 meeting. At the February meeting, the council passed an amendment offered by Murillo instructing the city manager to provide an annual report to the council on the effectiveness of the urban camping ban and an accounting of all city staff’s time and resources used to enforce the ordinance.

Preserving personal items such as identification is crucial. But Vicky, a woman who has been homeless for more than a decade, said last week that she has been directed by Aurora workers to visit nearby food banks and food stamp offices after her camps were shut down in the past.

When Vicky showed up to those human service organizations, she said there were long lines,

and lots of paperwork requiring an identification card or a phone number to set up future appointments. Her identification card, phone and birth certificate were stolen, she said, and she has had trouble replacing them ever since.

“I just go and start it up somewhere else,” she said of her camps. “You gotta have some place.”

Coffman, in an email, said he was confident there will be adequate shelter by the time the ordinance takes effect. “We only need enough for those who decide to take advantage of an alternative shelter option for the specific encampment being abated on any given day,” he wrote.

He did not provide an estimate of what it might cost to enforce the policy or house an additional 400 people, but wrote “it will cost less than the economic damage that these encampments currently do to our city.”

During the March 14 meeting, Coffman reiterated that people would not be arrested when a camp is removed, but said they could be cited for trespassing if they refuse to move on.

Many who oppose Aurora’s ban pointed to Denver’s unauthorized camping ordinance. They said homelessness in Denver has only grown worse since its ban was instituted in 2012. The COVID-19 pandemic has worsened homelessness in the city.

Initiative 300, which would have repealed Denver’s camping

ordinance, was rejected by voters in 2019, said Sabrina Allie, a spokesperson for the Department of Housing Stability.

Homelessness service providers have criticized the ordinance, saying it could increase arrests and convictions, which keep people from finding permanent housing. Camping bans are often instituted in many cities after homelessness becomes more visible, and as a result, many people who are homeless simply move on to a nearby municipality where a camping ban does not exist, said Cathy Alderman, chief communications and public policy officer for the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless.

“We’re really disappointed to see this camping ban move forward. We know that camping bans do not work. In fact, they oftentimes make it worse,” Alderman said of the Aurora rule.

“Homelessness is going to continue, and people are just going to end up with criminal records and fines they can’t pay, which again, is just going to perpetuate that cycle for them and make it even harder for them to get into housing.”

This story is from The Colorado Sun, a journalist-owned news outlet based in Denver and covering the state. For more, and to support The Colorado Sun, visit coloradosun.com. The Colorado Sun is a partner in the Colorado News Conservancy, owner of Colorado Community Media.

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Seniors put on a show in annual Jeffco Senior Basketball game

BY DENNIS PLEUSS JEFFCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS

LAKEWOOD — Ralston Valley senior Zach Akin finished off the always entertaining Jeffco High School Senior Basketball Games on March 17 with a game-winning layup.

Akin’s euro step around a defender and layup gave the Blue squad a 122-121 lead in the finals seconds at the Gold Crown Field House. A last-second 3-pointer by Pomona senior Owen Wright didn’t fall for the White team to give the Blue the victory.

“I was on defense and looked up at the scoreboard. We were down by one. I like, we better get going,” Akin said of the final few possessions. “It was a messy play, but we got the win.”

The White squad coached by Standley Lake’s boys coach Tyson Schrecengost led after every quarter. Silas Von (Standley Lake) was named the White MVP. Chase Miller (Chatfield) and Von both had 20-point plus games. Wright had 11 points in the fourth quarter, but it wasn’t enough to hold off the Blue team’s rally in the fourth quarter.

Eight different players scored in the final quarter for the Blue team.

Green Mountain’s duo of Cooper Francy and Luke Davis both scored five points in the final quarter to give the rally some steam.

“Once the game got into the 110s we kind of stopped paying attention to the score,” Evergreen senior Zach Cothran said of the final quarter when the Blue squad put up 28 points. “We just kept going. A lot of it was Luke Davis and Cooper Francy. That Green Mountain group kind of went crazy and we just followed them.”

Cothran had a monster game with 29 points, including four 3-pointers, in being named the Blue team’s MVP. Davian Bryant (Columbine) and Akin both went over 20 points in the victory.

“It was super fun. A lot of these guys I play with during the summer,” Cothran said. “It was nice to be on the same team as them again. To see all the dunks by Davian was crazy. It was a good time.”

Bryant missed a lot of the middle of the season after breaking his left wrist in a non-league game, but the high-flying Rebel was on the court and scored 20 points in the opening half.

“We were definitely going a little harder in the fourth quarter to make that run in the end,” Akin said of the Blue team taking the win.

The Blue team was coached by Ralston Valley’s Chris Braketa, who was named the 5A Jeffco League Coach of the Year after guiding the Mustangs to an undefeated record in conference play.

“It’s awesome,” Akin said. “It’s a great way to end the high school season. Playing with everyone and then getting the win. It was good last game for sure.”

The game started off with Bill Hanzlik — former Denver Nugget and co-founder of the Gold Crown Foundation with Ray Baker — tossing up the opening tip while wearing his vintage University of Notre Dame basketball jersey on St. Patrick’s Day. It was the fourth year of the annual event put on by the Gold Crown Foundation.

Dennis Pleuss is the Sports Information Director for Jeffco Public Schools. For more Jeffco coverage, go to CHSAANow.com.

Bill Hanzlik (42) former Denver Nugget and co-founder of the Gold Crown Foundation tosses the opening tipoff between Columbine senior Davian Bryant and Chatfield senior Chase Miller during the 4th annual 2022 Jeffco High School Senior Basketball PHOTO BY DENNIS PLEUSS/JEFFCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS Games on March 17 at the Gold Crown Field House.

Remarkable run lifts Blue squad in 2022 Jeffco Senior Basketball Game

BY DENNIS PLEUSS JEFFCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS

LAKEWOOD — There was history made March 17 at the Gold Crown Field House.

In the 4th annual girls and boys Jeffco High School Senior Basketball Games — features some of the top senior basketball players in Jeffco — had its first overtime game. The girls’ game went overtime with the Blue team finishing off an amazing come-from-behind 60-56 victory.

“At halftime we were like, we are not losing. It’s a fun game, but we are here to win,” said Columbine senior Jessica Bollwahn, who was named the Blue team MVP finishing with 15 points and a strong effort on both ends of the court. “Luckily we pulled it out.”

The White squad coached by D’Evelyn’s girls coach Chris

Olson — Class 4A Jeffco League Coach of the Year — led 56-38 with 6 minutes, 20 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter.

However, the Blue team finished the game on a 22-0 run to grab the victory.

Bollwahn, Avery Oaster (Green Mountain), Anna Salmore (Lakewood) and Mia Lobato (Pomona) combined to score all the Blue squad’s 41 points after halftime.

The White team led 31-19 at the break.

“We had some urgency and knew we had to play as a team,” Bollwahn said of the nearly 20-point deficit almost midway through the final quarter (10-minute quarters were played instead of the normal 8-minute quarters during the high school season).

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Columbine senior Jessica Bollwahn, right, drives on Chatfield senior Talea Kuennen during the girls’ 2022 Jeffco High School Senior Game on March 17 at the Gold Crown Field House. Bollwahn and Kuennen both earned MVP honors in the overtime affair that saw the Blue squad end the game on a 22-0 run. PHOTO BY DENNIS PLEUSS/JEFFCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS

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Littleton senior Marlee Hernandez-Priest, center, drives the lane on Pomona senior Mia Lobato, left, and Lakewood senior Logan Watson on March 17 at the Gold Crown Field PHOTO BY DENNIS PLEUSS/JEFFCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS House.

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Final Four appearance in the 4A state tournament this season, was unstoppable in the second half.

“Honestly, I wasn’t paying attention to the score very much,” said Oaster, who scored 18 of her 19 points after halftime. “I just felt a rhythm with me and Jessica (Bollwahn). I thought we really bonded in that moment even though we’ve never played against or with each other.”

Lobato was key hitting three 3-pointers in the second half.

Salmore finished with a dozen points, including the first basket in the overtime period that gave the Blue squad its first lead since the first quarter.

Talea Kuennen (Chatfield) was named the White MVP. Kuennen played with a strong intensity

Dennis Pleuss is the Sports Information Director for Jeffco Public Schools. For more Jeffco coverage, go to CHSAANow.com.

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the entire game, leading her team with 15 points. Saya Sabus (Ralston Valley) drained four 3-pointer before she heads off to play at the Colorado School of Mines next school year.

Marlee Hernadez-Priest (Littleton) drained a 3-pointer for the White team with 6:20 left in the fourth quarter, but then the Blue team coached by Valor Christian assistant coach Brooke Jelniker went to a zone defense that Olson’s team struggled with the remainder of the game.

“Columbine worked so hard this season, unfortunately the season didn’t end the way we wanted it to,” Bollwahn said of the Rebels’ Sweet 16 state playoff loss to Arapahoe back on March 1. “To end my high school career on a win was pretty special.”

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Public Notices call Sheree 303.566.4088 Legals Public Trustees COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. J2200003 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On January 10, 2022, 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) NICOLE LEOS Original Beneficiary(ies) MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR FIRST FRANKLIN FINANCIAL CORP., AN OP. SUB. OF MLB&T CO., FSB, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS Current Holder of Evidence of Debt U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee, successor in interest to Bank of America, N.A., as Trustee, successor by merger to LaSalle Bank National Association, as Trustee for First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust, Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2007-FFC Date of Deed of Trust March 09, 2007 County of Recording Jefferson Recording Date of Deed of Trust March 15, 2007 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) 2007029250 Original Principal Amount $58,850.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $57,914.89 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 11, BLOCK 1, QUINCY LAKE, COUNTY OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF COLORADO Also known by street and number as: 9571 WEST RICE AVE, LITTLETON, CO 80123.

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, 05/05/2022 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: 3/17/2022 Last Publication: 4/14/2022 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: 01/10/2022 Holly Ryan, Public Trustee in and for the County of Jefferson, State of Colorado By: Jenniffer L Johnson, 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: David R. Doughty #40042 Janeway Law Firm, P.C. 9800 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 400, Englewood, CO 80112 (855) 263-9295 Attorney File # 21-026067 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. J2200003 First Publication: 3/17/2022 Last Publication: 4/14/2022 Name of Publication: Golden Transcript

COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. J2200002 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On January 4, 2022, 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.

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To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On December 22, 2021, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Jefferson records.

Original Grantor(s) Iris M Murotake Original Beneficiary(ies) Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Caliber Home Loans, Inc. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt PennyMac Loan Services, LLC Date of Deed of Trust January 29, 2016 County of Recording Jefferson Recording Date of Deed of Trust February 01, 2016 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) 2016009532 Original Principal Amount $230,362.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $212,542.38

Original Grantor(s) JEREMIAH J. GISH AND ANNE K. GISH Original Beneficiary(ies) Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as beneficiary, acting solely as nominee for lender, Clarion Mortgage Capital, Inc., its successors and/or assigns Current Holder of Evidence of Debt Real Time Resolutions, Inc. Date of Deed of Trust February 16, 2007 County of Recording Jefferson Recording Date of Deed of Trust February 20, 2007 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) 2007019433 Original Principal Amount $49,500.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $46,366.47

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.

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.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

Condominium Unit No. 105, Building No. 15, Sunpointe at Lakewood Estates Condominiums II, Jefferson County, Colorado, as shown on the Condominium Map for Sunpointe at Lakewood Estates Condominiums II, recorded at Reception Nos. 84062738 and 84062739 and Supplement recorded March 11, 1985 at Reception No. 85022553 Jefferson County Records and subject to the Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions establishing a plan for Condominium Ownership Sunpointe at Lakewood Estates Condominiums II, recorded at Reception No. 84062737 and Supplement and Affirmation recorded July 23, 1984 at Reception No. 84069317 and any and all Supplements thereto, County of Jefferson, State of Colorado

LOT 3, BLOCK 26, KIPLING VILLAS, COUNTY OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF COLORADO.

Also known by street and number as: 5760 W Atlantic Pl #15-105, Lakewood, CO 80227-2536.

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, 05/05/2022 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: 3/17/2022 Last Publication: 4/14/2022 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: 01/04/2022 Holly Ryan, Public Trustee in and for the County of Jefferson, State of Colorado By: Jenniffer L Johnson, 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: Scott D. Toebben #19011 Randall S. Miller & Associates PC 216 16th Street, Suite 1210, Denver, CO 80202 (720) 259-6710 Attorney File # 21CO00153-1 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. J2200002 First Publication: 3/17/2022 Last Publication: 4/14/2022 Name of Publication: Golden Transcript COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. J2100096

Also known by street and number as: 9570 West Maplewood Place, Littleton, CO 80123.

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, 04/21/2022 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: 3/3/2022 Last Publication: 3/31/2022 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: 12/22/2021 Holly Ryan, Public Trustee in and for the County of Jefferson, State of Colorado By: Holly Ryan, Esq. Deputy Treasurer Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Jennifer C. Rogers #34682 IDEA Law Group, LLC 4100 E. Mississippi Ave., Ste. 420, Denver, CO 80246 (877) 353-23146 Attorney File # 47898661 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. J2100096 First Publication: 3/3/2022 Last Publication: 3/31/2022 Name of Publication: Golden Transcript COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. J2100097 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On December 22, 2021, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Jefferson records.

Original Grantor(s) Wu Chang Chen AND Susan O Moyers Original Beneficiary(ies)

MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR COUNTRYWIDE BANK, N.A., ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS Current Holder of Evidence of Debt MEB LOAN TRUST VI Date of Deed of Trust October 31, 2006 County of Recording Jefferson Recording Date of Deed of Trust November 01, 2006 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) 2006130954 Original Principal Amount $21,500.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $8,950.94 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, BLOCK 15, GREEN MOUNTAIN VILLAGE FILING NO. 2, COUNTY OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 562 South Union Boulevard, Lakewood, CO 80228.

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, 04/21/2022 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: 3/3/2022 Last Publication: 3/31/2022 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: 12/22/2021 Holly Ryan, Public Trustee in and for the County of Jefferson, State of Colorado By: Jenniffer L Johnson, 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: David R. Doughty #40042 Janeway Law Firm, P.C. 9800 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 400, Englewood, CO 80112 (855) 263-9295 Attorney File # 21-025468 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.

Legal Notice NO. J2100097 First Publication: 3/3/2022 Last Publication: 3/31/2022 Name of Publication: Golden Transcript

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Legal Notice No. 413509 First Publication: March 17, 2022 Second Publication: March 24, 2022 Last Publication: March 31, 2022 Publisher: Jeffco Transcript Public Notice Zocalo Community Development, Inc. will submit an application to the Colorado Division of Housing (DOH). The purpose of this application is to request up to $4,000,000 to develop 152 units of rental housing at Sloan’s Lake Affordable Housing, a rental housing community at 1600 Newton Street, Denver, Colorado 80204. The request of funding from DOH is to benefit persons with low and moderate incomes by increasing the availability of affordable housing in Denver. It is not the intent to cause displacement from any existing housing; however, if persons are displaced from their existing residences reasonable housing alternatives shall be offered.

All interested persons are encouraged to contact the applicant for further information. Written comments should be sent to info@zocalodevelopment.com and will be forwarded to DOH for consideration during the application process.

Members of the public may request a public meeting and should arrange a request with the Applicant. Applicant shall post notice of meeting (Date, Time, and Location) to ensure other members of the public are aware of meeting. If reasonable accommodations are needed for persons attending the public meeting, please contact the Applicant.

Legal Notice No. 413561 First Publication: March 24, 2022 Last Publication: March 24, 2022 Publisher: Jeffco Transcript Public Notice NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT at the meeting of the Arvada City Council to be held on MONDAY, April 4, 2022, at 6:15 p.m. at the Municipal Building, 8101 Ralston Road, Arvada CO, City Council will hold a public hearing on the following proposed ordinance and thereafter will consider it for final passage and adoption. For the full text version in electronic form go to www.arvada.org/ legalnotices, click on Current Legal Notices, then click on the title of the ordinance you wish to view.

The full text version is also available in printed form in the City Clerk’s office. Contact 720.898.7550 if you have questions.

CB 22-47 An Ordinance Amending Article IV, Division 1, Sections 154 & 162 and Article VI, Sections 213 & 214, of Chapter 54, Motor Vehicles and Traffic, of the Arvada City Code.

Legal Notice No. 413570 First Publication: March 24, 2022 Last Publication: March 24, 2022 Publisher: Jeffco Transcript PUBLIC NOTICE The Planning Commission of the City of Golden will hold a Public Hearing at a meeting on Wednesday, April 6, 2022 at 6:30 P.M. in the City Hall Council Chambers, 911 10th Street, Golden, Colorado to consider an application for a rezoning of 12.6 acres from C-1, C-2, and M-2 to PUD for a mixed-use redevelopment and an alley vacation for the CoorsTek site, located generally at 600 9th Street. More information is available at www. guidinggolden.com, under “Planning Projects.”

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The following ordinances were adopted by the City Council of the City of Arvada on second reading following the public hearing held on March 21, 2022: Ordinance #4792 An Ordinance Authorizing A Loan Agreement Between the City of Arvada and the Arvada Urban Renewal Authority to Support Redevelopment Projects in the Ralston Fields Urban Renewal Area.

Ordinance #4793 An Ordinance Amending The Land Development Code, of The City of Arvada Code.

Public Notice

Vance Street Flats 7355 Ralston Rd, Arvada, CO 7 units

The complete application is available for public review, by appointment, at the offices of the Planning Division, 1445 10th Street, during normal business hours, 8:00 am – 4:30 pm, Monday through Friday. Members of the public may submit written comments to the Division prior to 1:00 pm on Wednesday, April 6, 2022 by any of the following methods:

City and County

2021 Project Based Vouchers

Round 1: Application Due Date: October 18, 2021

CASE NOs: PC21-12 & PC21-18 APPLICANT: Coorstek, Inc LOCATION: 600 9th Street, Golden, CO

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Mail: City of Golden, Planning Division, 1445 10th St., Golden, CO 80401 Fax: (303) 384-8161 Email: planning@cityofgolden.net

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

Legal Notice No. 413565 First Publication: March 24, 2022 Last Publication: March 24, 2022 Publisher: Golden Transcript

Metropolitan Districts Public Notice NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL

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Public Notices NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Mountain’s Edge Metropolitan District, Jefferson County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 3, 2022, is hereby canceled pursuant to Section 1-13.5-513, C.R.S. The following candidates are declared elected: George Turtle: until the second regular election (May 6, 2025) Marie Watkins: until the second regular election (May 6, 2025) Laura Murawski: until the next regular election (May 2, 2023) DATED: March 1, 2022 /s/ Lisa Jacoby Designated Election Official for the Mountain’s Edge Metropolitan District c/o McGeady Becher P.C. 450 E. 17th Avenue, Suite 400 Denver, Colorado 80203-1254 Phone: 303-592-4380 Legal Notice No. 413533 First Publication: March 24, 2022 Last Publication: March 24, 2022 Publisher: Golden Transcript Public Notice NOTICE OF CANCELLATION and CERTIFIED STATEMENT OF RESULTS §1-13.5-513(6), 32-1-104, 1-11-103(3) C.R.S.

Nathan Aragon Second Regular Election, May 2025 John Garcia III Second Regular Election, May 2025 Jeffrey Seibold Second Regular Election, May 2025 /s/ David Solin (Designated Election Official) Contact Person for the District: David Solin Telephone Number of the District: 303-987-0835 Address of the District: 141 Union Boulevard, Suite 150, Lakewood, CO 80228 District Facsimile Number: 303-987-2032 District Email: dsolin@sdmsi.com Legal Notice No. 413530 First Publication: March 24, 2022 Last Publication: March 24, 2022 Publisher: Jeffco Transcript Public Notice NOTICE OF CANCELLATION and CERTIFIED STATEMENT OF RESULTS §1-13.5-513(6), 32-1-104, 1-11-103(3) C.R.S. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Northwest Lakewood Sanitation District, Jefferson County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election, there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 3, 2022 is hereby canceled pursuant to section 1-13.5-513(6) C.R.S. The following candidates are declared elected for the following terms of office:

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Chimney Rock Metropolitan District, Jefferson County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election, there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 3, 2022 is hereby canceled pursuant to section 1-13.5-513(6) C.R.S.

George C. Davenport: Second Regular Election, May 2025 James D. Zimmerman: Second Regular Election, May 2025 Anthony Dursey Second Regular Election, May 2025

The following candidates are declared elected for the following terms of office:

Contact Person for the District: Steve Beck Telephone Number of the District: 303-987-0835 Address of the District: 141 Union Boulevard, Suite 150, Lakewood, CO 80228 District Facsimile Number: 303-987-2032 District Email: sbeck@sdmsi.com

John “Marc” Rinehart: Second Regular Election, May 2025 Charles E. Hansen: Second Regular Election, May 2025 Kenneth “Delmar” Rumph: Second Regular Election, May 2025 /s/ David Solin (Designated Election Official) Contact Person for the District: David Solin Telephone Number of the District: 303-987-0835 Address of the District: 141 Union Boulevard, Suite 150, Lakewood, CO 80228 District Facsimile Number: 303-987-2032 District Email: dsolin@sdmsi.com Legal Notice No. 413569 First Publication: March 24, 2022 Last Publication: March 24, 2022 Publisher: Golden Transcript Public Notice NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Kipling Ridge Metropolitan District, Jefferson County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 3, 2023, is hereby canceled pursuant to Section 1-13.5-513, C.R.S. The following candidates are declared elected: Matthew Trasen: until the second regular election (May 6, 2025) Mark Sidell: until the second regular election (May 6, 2025) Vacant: until the next regular election (May 2, 2023) Vacant: until the next regular election (May 2, 2023) DATED: March 1, 2022 /s/ Lisa Jacoby Designated Election Official for the Kipling Ridge Metropolitan District c/o McGeady Becher P.C. 450 E. 17th Avenue, Suite 400 Denver, Colorado 80203-1254 Phone: 303-592-4380 Legal Notice No. 413532 First Publication: March 24, 2022 Last Publication: March 24, 2022 Publisher: Jeffco Transcript Public Notice NOTICE OF CANCELLATION and CERTIFIED STATEMENT OF RESULTS §1-13.5-513(6), 32-1-104, 1-11-103(3) C.R.S. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Yarrow Gardens Metropolitan District, Jefferson County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election, there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 3, 2022 is hereby canceled pursuant to section 1-13.5-513(6) C.R.S. The following candidates are declared elected for the following terms of office:

/s/Steve Beck (Designated Election Official)

Legal Notice No. 413575 First Publication: March 24, 2022 Last Publication: March 24, 2022 Publisher: Jeffco Transcript Public Notice NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL FOR THE NORTH TABLE MOUNTAIN WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the North Table Mountain Water and Sanitation District, Jefferson County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third (63rd) day before the election there were not more candidates for Director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates therefore, the election to be held on May 3, 2022 is hereby canceled pursuant to section 1-13.5-513(6) C.R.S. The following candidates are declared elected Jamie Miller until May, 2025 (3 Year Term) and James Barthel until May, 2025 (3 Year Term).

By: Bart Sperry, Designated Election Official, North Table Mountain Water and Sanitation District Legal Notice No. 413559 First Publication: March 24, 2022 Last Publication: March 24, 2022 Publisher: Golden Transcript Public Notice NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL TABLE MOUNTAIN METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Table Mountain Metropolitan District of Jefferson County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election, there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the regular election to be held on May 3, 2022, is hereby canceled pursuant to Section 1-13.5-513(6), C.R.S. The following candidates are hereby declared elected: Heather Greene to a 1-year term until May 2023 Kenneth Earl to a 1-year term until May 2023 Ryan Tanner to a 3-year term until May 2025 Vacancy (2022-2023) Vacancy (2022-2025) Dated this 15th day of March 2022.

TABLE MOUNTAIN METROPOLITAN DISTRICT By: /s/ Becky Johnson Designated Election Official Legal Notice No. 413558 First Publication: March 24, 2022 Last Publication: March 24, 2022 Publisher: Golden Transcript Public Notice NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Dinosaur Ridge Metropolitan District, Jefferson County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 3, 2022, is hereby canceled pursuant to Section 1-13.5-513, C.R.S. The following candidates are declared elected: Matthew McBride: until the next regular election (May 2, 2023) Timothy Walsh: until the second regular election (May 6, 2025) Donald Marcotte: until the second regular election (May 6, 2025) Vacant: until the next regular election (May 2, 2023) Vacant: until the next regular election (May 2, 2023) DATED: March 1, 2022 /s/ Jessie Stamper Designated Election Official for Dinosaur Ridge Metropolitan District c/o McGeady Becher P.C. 450 E. 17th Avenue, Suite 400 Denver, Colorado 80203-1254 Telephone No: (303) 592-4380 Legal Notice No. 413531 First Publication: March 24, 2022 Last Publication: March 24, 2022 Publisher: Golden Transcript Public Notice NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL BANCROFT-CLOVER WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the BancroftClover Water and Sanitation District of Jefferson County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election, there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the regular election to be held on May 3, 2022, is hereby canceled pursuant to Section 1-13.5-513(6), C.R.S. The following candidates are hereby declared elected: James L. Ris to a 3-year term until May 2025 Julie Jakicic to a 3-year term until May 2025 Dated this 15th day of March 2022.

BANCROFT-CLOVER WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT By: /s/ Becky Johnson Designated Election Official Legal Notice No. 413556 First Publication: March 24, 2022 Last Publication: March 24, 2022 Publisher: Golden Transcript Public Notice NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL § 1-13.5-513(6), C.R.S. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Geos Neighborhood Metropolitan District, Jefferson County, Colorado, that at or after the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election to be conducted on May 3, 2022, there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election was canceled pursuant to Section 1-13.5-513(6), C.R.S., and the following candidates were declared elected by acclamation: M. Michael Cohen: Three (3) year term Chad M. Ellington: Three (3) year term Nathan Andrew Laudick: Three (3) year term Robert Laudick: One (1) year term Shea Thomas: One (1) year term By: /s/ Megan M. Liesmaki Designated Election Official Geos Neighborhood Metropolitan District Legal Notice No. 413551 First Publication: March 24, 2022 Last Publication: March 24, 2022 Publisher: Golden Transcript Public Notice NOTICE OF CANCELLATION AND CERTIFIED STATEMENT OF RESULTS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Wheat Ridge Water District, Jefferson County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election, there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 3, 2022, is hereby canceled pursuant to section 1-13.5-513(6) C.R.S. The following candidates are hereby declared elected: Zachary Urban: until May, 2025 (3 year term) Kristi Davis: until May, 2025 (3 year term) Vacant: 1 year until May, 2023 (1 or 3 year term) N. A.: until May, 20___ (1 or 3 year term) N.A.: until May, 20___ (1 or 3 year term) Barry A. Hudson Designated Election Official Wheat Ridge Water District Contact Person for the District:

Barry A. Hudson Telephone Number of the District: 303-424-2844 Address of the District: P.O. Box 637, Wheat Ridge, CO 80034 District Email: barry@wrwdistrict.com

NOTICE OF RIGHT TO CURE AND RIGHT TO REDEEM RE: Sheriff’s Sale of Real Property pursuant to Order and Decree of Foreclosure and C.R.S. 38-38-101 et seq.

Legal Notice No. 413541 First Publication: March 24, 2022 Last Publication: March 24, 2022 Publisher: Jeffco Transcript

Bids and Settlements Public Notice INVITATION TO BID Westown Metropolitan District (hereinafter called the “Owner”) will receive sealed Bids for the Concrete Repairs and Replacement Project (the “Project”) at address until 545 3rd Street, Unit 482, Monument, CO 80132, 5:00 p.m., April 8, 2022. At such time, Bids received will be publicly opened and read aloud.

A description of the Work to be performed is: Seeking proposals from qualified professionals for concrete curb and gutter, concrete sidewalk, concrete drive apron repairs and replacements of District-owned land within the District..

Bid packages will be available for pickup after 8:00 a.m. on March 24, 2022, via email request.

Bids shall be made on the forms furnished by the Owner and shall be enclosed in a sealed envelope and endorsed with the name of the Bidder.

Attention is called to the fact that Bidders offer to assume the obligations and liabilities imposed by the Contract Documents. The Successful Bidder for the Project will be required to furnish a Performance Bond and a Labor and Materials Payment Bond in the full amount of the Contract Price, in conformity with the requirements of the Contract Documents.

Bidders are hereby advised that the Owner reserves the right to not award a Contract until ninety (90) days from the date of the opening of Bids, and Bidders expressly agree to keep their Bids open for the ninety (90) daytime period. Owner reserves the right to reject any and all Bids, to waive any informality, technicality or irregularity in any Bid, to disregard all non-conforming, non-responsive, conditional or alternate Bids, to negotiate contract terms with the Successful Bidder, to require statements or evidence of Bidders’ qualifications, including financial statements, and to accept the proposal that is in the opinion of the Owner in its best interest. Owner reserves the right to accept any combination of Bids which in Owner’s sole and absolute judgment will, under all circumstances, best serve the Owner’s interests. Owner also reserves the right to extend the Bidding period

by Addendum if it appears in its interest to do so.

Any questions concerning this bid shall be directed in writing to: /s/ Corey Pilato District Manager 545 3rd Street, Unit 482, Monument, CO 80132

This is to advise you that a Sheriff sale proceeding has been commenced through the office of the undersigned Sheriff pursuant to a Court Order and Decree dated December 1, 2021, and C.R.S. 38-38-101 et seq., by Arbor Green Townhomes Association, the current holder of a lien recorded on July 1, 2021 at Rec. No. 2021099084, in the records of the Clerk and Recorder of the County of Jefferson, State of Colorado. The judicial foreclosure is based on a default under the Declaration of Covenants, Conditions, and Restrictions of Arbor Green Townhomes Association, recorded on 12/4/1972at Reception No. 535317 IN BOOK 2452 AT PAGE 125 in the records of the Clerk and Recorder of the County of Jefferson, State of Colorado. The Declaration and notices, as recorded, establish a lien for the benefit of Arbor Green Townhomes Association, WHICH LIEN BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AND IMPROVEMENTS. You may have an interest in the real property being affected, or have certain rights or suffer certain liabilities or loss of your interest in the subject property as a result of said foreclosure. You may have the right to redeem the real property or you may have the right to cure a default under the instrument being foreclosed. Any Notice of Intent to Cure must be filed no later than fifteen (15) calendar days prior to the date of the foreclosure sale. A notice of intent to cure filed pursuant to section 38-38-104 shall be filed with the officer at least fifteen (15) calendar days prior to the first scheduled sale date or any date to which the sale is continued. 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.

A notice of intent to redeem filed pursuant to section 38-38-302 shall be filed with the officer no later than eight (8) business days after the sale.

In this regard, you may desire and are advised to consult with your own private attorney.

IF THE BORROWER BELIEVES THAT A LENDER OR SERVICER HAS VIOLATED THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT IN SECTION 38-38-103.1 OR THE PROHIBITION ON DUAL TRACKING IN SECTION 38-38-103.2, THE BORROWER MAY FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE COLORADO ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE FEDERAL CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BURAU (CFBP), OR BOTH. THE FILING OF A COMPLAINT WILL NOT STOP THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS. Colorado Attorney General 1300 Broadway, 10th Floor Denver, Colorado 80203 (800) 222-4444 www.coloradoattorneygeneral.gov Federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau P.O. Box 4503 Iowa City, Iowa 52244 (855) 411-2372 www.consumerfinance.gov

Legal Notice No.413573 First Publication: March 24, 2022 Last Publication: March 24, 2022 Publisher: Golden Transcript

Summons and Sheriff Sale Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, Jefferson COUNTY, STATE OF COLORADO CIVIL ACTION NO. 2021CV031003 DIVISION NO. 1 INITIAL COMBINED NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL PROPERTY AND RIGHT TO CURE AND REDEEM Plaintiff, Arbor Green Townhomes Association v.

Defendants, AMBER ROSE BLACKBURN; CITIZENS BANK, N.A.; JEFFERSON COUNTY PUBLIC TRUSTEE, Regarding: CONDOMINIUM UNIT NO, 238, BUILDING NO, 60, ARBOR GREEN TOWNHOMES, ACCORDING TO THE MAP THEREOF FILED FOR RECORD SEPTEMBER 10, 1975 IN BOOK CG AT PAGE 34 AND SUBJECT TO AND ACCORDING TO THE CONDOMINIUM DECLARATION RECORDED DECEMBER 4, 1972 IN BOOK 2452 AT PAGE 125, COUNTY OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known as: 8707 Chase Dr #238, Arvada, CO 80003 TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS, Please take notice: You and each of you are hereby notified that a Sheriff's Sale of the referenced property is to be conducted by the Civil Division of the Sheriff's Office of Jefferson County, Colorado at 10:00 A.M., on the 21st day of April 2022, at 100 Jefferson County Parkway Suite 1520, Golden, CO 80419; phone number 303-271-6580. At which sale, the above described real property and improvements thereon will be sold to the highest bidder. Plaintiff makes no warranty relating to title, possession, or quiet enjoyment in and to said real property in connection with this sale. **BIDDERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE CASH OR CERTIFIED FUNDS SUFFICIENT TO COVER THEIR HIGHEST BID BY NOON THE DAY OF THE SALE. ** Further, for the purpose of paying off, curing default or redemption, as provided by statute, intent must be directed to or conducted at the above address of the Civil Division of the Sheriff’s Department of Jefferson County, Colorado.

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

Further, 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, certain sections of which are attached hereto.

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. Further, you are advised that the attached Colorado statutes merely set forth the applicable portions of Colorado statutory law relating to curative and redemption rights; therefore, you should read and review all the applicable statutes and laws in order to determine the requisite procedures and provisions which control your rights in the subject property.

DATED in Colorado this 10th day of January 2022 Jeff Shrader Sheriff of Jefferson County, Colorado By: Sgt Sean Joselyn, Deputy Sheriff ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF: ORTEN CAVANAGH HOLMES & HUNT, LLC 1445 Market Street, Suite 350 Denver, CO 80202 Statutes attached: §§38-37-108, 38-38-103, 3838-104, 38-38-301, 38-38-304, 38-38-305, and 38-38-306, C.R.S., as amended.

Legal Notice No. 413354 First Publication: February 24, 2022 Last Publication: March 24, 2022 Published In: Golden Transcript Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, COUNTY OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF COLORADO 100 Jefferson County Parkway Golden, Colorado 80401 Tel: (720) 772-2500 Plaintiffs: DANA MATHEWS AND JAMES DEBRUIN, solely in their capacities as CoPersonal Representatives of the Estate of Hollis Anne Mathews a/k/a Hollis Rainwater Mathews a/k/a Hollis A. Mathews v.

Defendants: JEFFERSON COUNTY HOUSING AUTHORITY d/b/a FOOTHILLS REGIONAL HOUSING, RBH SUBSIDIARY LTT, INC. d/b/a LT TRUST COMPANY f/k/a LINCOLN TRUST COMPANY f/b/o BARBARA GLEASON, BARBARA GLEASON, FIRST STATE BANK n/k/a WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., U.S. BANK, N.A. as Indenture Trustee of Series 2006-HE1, STARY NITES INVESTING, LLC, DEFRAUDED CREDITORS OF MATHEWS AND ROGERS, LLP, and JERRY DITULLIO solely in his capacity as PUBLIC TRUSTEE FOR JEFFERSON

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Public Notices COUNTY, COLORADO. Attorneys for Plaintiffs: Aaron J. Conrardy, #40030 Anthony Camera, #56432 WADSWORTH GARBER WARNER CONRARDY, P.C. 2580 West Main Street, Suite 200 Littleton, Colorado 80120 (303) 296-1999 (303) 296-7600 facsimile aconrardy@wgwc-law.com acamera@wgwc-law.com Case Number: 22CV30040 Division: 5 SUMMONS THE PEOPLE OF THE TATE OF COLORADO TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANT(S) YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED AND REQUIRED TO FILE with the Clerk of this Court an Answer or other response to the attached Complaint. If service of the Summons and Complaint was made upon you within the State of Colorado, you are required to file your Answer or other response within twenty-one (21) days after such service upon you. If service of the Summons and Complaint was made upon you outside of the State of Colorado, you are required to file your Answer or other response within thirty-five (35) days after such service upon you.

IF YOU FAIL TO FILE your Answer or other response to the Complaint in writing within the applicable time period, judgment by default may be entered against you by the Court for the relief demanded in the Complaint without further notice.

Dated: January 13, 2022 Respectfully submitted, WADSWORTH GARBER WARNER CONRARDY, P.C. /s/ Aaron J. Conrardy Aaron J. Conrardy, #40030 Anthony Camera, #56432 Attorneys for Plaintiffs This Summons is issued pursuant to Rule 4, C.R.C.P., as amended. A copy of the Complaint must be served with the Summons. This form should not be used where service by publication is desired.

WARNING: A valid summons may be issued by a lawyer and it need not contain a court case number, the signature of a court officer, or a court seal. The plaintiff has 14 days from the date this summons was on you to file the case with the court. You are responsible for contacting the court to find out whether the case has been filed and obtain the case number. If the plaintiff files the case within this time, then you must respond as explained in the summons. If the plaintiff files more than 14 days after the date the summons was served upon you, the case may be dismissed upon motion and you may be entitled to seek attorney's fees from the plaintiff.

Also known as 23254 Valley High Rd, Morrison, Colorado 80465.

YOU MAY HAVE AN INTEREST IN THE 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 THE AMOUNTS DUE TO THE HOLDER OF THE JUDGMENT. A COPY OF SAID STATUTES, AS SUCH STATUTES ARE PRESENTLY CONSTITUTED, WHICH MAY AFFECT YOUR RIGHTS, ARE ATTACHED HERETO. HOWEVER, YOUR RIGHTS MAY BE DETERMINED

BY PREVIOUS STATUTES. A notice of intent to cure filed pursuant to section 38-38-104 shall be filed with the officer at least fifteen calendar days prior to the first scheduled sale date or any date to which the sale is continued.

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.

A notice of intent to redeem filed pursuant to section 38-38-302 shall be filed with the officer no later than eight business days after the sale.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The name, address and telephone number of the attorneys representing the holder of the judgment are: Joseph A. Murr, Esq., Reg. No. 14427 Murr Siler & Accomazzo, P.C. 1999 Broadway, Suite 3100 Denver, Colorado 80202 (303) 534-2277 If the borrower believes that a lender or servicer has violated the requirements for a single point of contact in section 38-38-103.1 or the prohibition on dual tracking in section 38-38-103.2, the borrower may file a complaint with the Colorado Attorney General, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, or both, but the filing of a complaint will not stop the foreclosure process. If the officer maintains a web site, the officer shall post this information on the web site for viewing by all borrowers. Contact information for the Attorney General and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau are as follows:

NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE

DISTRICT COURT, JEFFERSON COUNTY, COLORADO 100 Jefferson County Parkway, Golden, CO 80401 Court Phone: 720-772-2500 Case No.: 2013CV31588 Div.: 7

Also known as: 23254 Valley High Rd, Morrison, Colorado 80465

COMBINED NOTICE OF RIGHTS TO CURE AND REDEEM Sheriff’s Sale No. 21-4606 TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Judgment and Writ of Execution: Judgment Creditors: Coe D. Meyer Judgment Debtor: Kristin K. Meyer Date of issuance of Writ of Execution: October 25, 2021 Date Judgments Entered: 9/30/2014 and 9/30/2016 Original Principal Balance: $350,000 and $21,775 Outstanding Principal Balance: $350,000 and $21,775 Recording Dates of Judgment: 8/25/2015 County of Recording: Jefferson Judgment Recording Information: 2015090163 and 2015090164

PLEASE BE ADVISED that on October 25, 2021, a Writ of Execution was issued from the District Court for the County of Jefferson directing the Sheriff of the County of Jefferson, State of Colorado, to levy upon and seize the full interest in property owned by Judgment Debtor Kristin K. Meyer. The Sheriff of Jefferson County did levy upon and seize the full interest in the following described real property in the County of Jefferson, State of Colorado: Tract 5, Except the East 200 feet thereof, Block 3, Westmoor Acres, Except the West 10 feet of said Tract for Highway as recorded October 25, 1968 in Book 2058 at Page 283, County of Jefferson, State of Colorado.

Also known as 2190 Kipling St, Lakewood, Colorado 80215

A notice of intent to cure filed pursuant to section 38-38-104 shall be filed with the officer at least fifteen calendar days prior to the first scheduled sale date or any date to which the sale is continued.

I have levied upon the full interest in the following real property to satisfy the Judgment in the aforementioned action:

Attorneys for Plaintiffs Joseph A. Murr, Atty. Reg. No. 14427 Murr Siler & Accomazzo, P.C. 1999 Broadway, Suite 3100 Denver, Colorado 80202 Phone: 303-534-2277; Fax: 303-534-1313 Email: jmurr@msa.legal

Judgment Creditors: Coe D. Meyer Judgment Debtor: Kristin K. Meyer Date of issuance of Writ of Execution: October 25, 2021 Date Judgments Entered: 9/30/2014 and 9/30/2016 Original Principal Balance: $350,000 and $21,775 Outstanding Principal Balance: $350,000 and $21,775 Recording Dates of Judgment: 8/25/2015 County of Recording: Jefferson Judgment Recording Information: 2015090163 and 2015090164

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau PO Box 2900 Clinton, IA 52733-2900 (855) 411-2372; TTY/TDD: (855) 729-2372

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

Plaintiffs: Coe D. Meyer. v.

Defendants: Kristin K. Meyer and South Platte Land and Investment Company, Inc. d/b/a Woody's Chicago Style

Sheriff’s Sale No. 21-4615 TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Judgment and Writ of Execution:

Colorado Attorney General 1300 Broadway Denver, CO 80203 (720) 508-6000

Public Notice

Legal Notice No. 413403 First Publication: March 3, 2022 Last Publication: March 31, 2022 Publisher: Golden Transcript

COMBINED NOTICE OF RIGHTS TO CURE AND REDEEM

YOU MAY HAVE AN INTEREST IN THE 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 THE AMOUNTS DUE TO THE HOLDER OF THE JUDGMENT. A COPY OF SAID STATUTES, AS SUCH STATUTES ARE PRESENTLY CONSTITUTED, WHICH MAY AFFECT YOUR RIGHTS, ARE ATTACHED HERETO. HOWEVER, YOUR RIGHTS MAY BE DETERMINED

BY PREVIOUS STATUTES.

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a Writ of Execution issued by the District Court for the County of Jefferson in Case No. 2013CV31588, directing and commanding me to make the collective sum of Eight Hundred Twenty Two Thousand and 59/100ths Dollars ($822,000.59), plus additional interest, attorneys’ fees, and costs, the amount of two certain Judgments obtained against Judgment Debtor Kristin K. Meyer, and in favor of Judgment Creditor, Coe D. Meyer, from any property of Judgment Debtor Kristin K. Meyer legally subject to levy.

TO THE CLERK: If the summons is issued by the clerk of the court, the signature block for the clerk or deputy should be provided by stamp, or typewriter, in the space to the left of the attorney's

Murr Siler & Accomazzo, P.C. 1999 Broadway, Suite 3100 Denver, Colorado 80202 Phone: 303-534-2277; Fax: 303-534-1313 Email: jmurr@msa.legal

The lien foreclosed may not be a first lien.

THEREFORE, According to said command, I shall expose said real property for sale, at Public Auction, to the highest and best bidder for cash, on 19th May 2022, at 10:00 A.M., at 100 Jefferson County Parkway, Suite 1520, Golden, CO, 80419, in the County of Jefferson, State of Colorado. **BIDDERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE CASH OR CERTIFIED FUNDS SUFFICIENT TO COVER THEIR HIGHEST BID TO THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE BY NOON THE DAY OF THE SALE** Date: February 1, 2022 JEFF SHRADER Sheriff of the County of Jefferson, State of Colorado By: Sgt. Sean Joselyn, Deputy Sheriff MURR SILER & ACCOMAZZO, P.C. Joseph A. Murr, Reg. No. 14427 1999 Broadway, Suite 3100 Denver, Colorado 80202 (303)534-2277 Attorneys for Judgment Creditor Legal Notice No. 413567 FIRST PUBLICATION: March 24, 2022 LAST PUBLICATION: April 21, 2022 Published in the Golden Transcript Public Notice COMBINED NOTICE OF RIGHTS TO CURE AND REDEEM AND NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE DISTRICT COURT, JEFFERSON COUNTY, COLORADO 100 Jefferson County Parkway, Golden, CO 80401 Court Phone: 720-772-2500 Case No.: 2013CV31588 Div.: 7

PLEASE BE ADVISED that on October 25, 2021, a Writ of Execution was issued from the District Court for the County of Jefferson directing the Sheriff of the County of Jefferson, State of Colorado, to levy upon and seize the full interest in property owned by Judgment Debtor Kristin K. Meyer. The Sheriff of Jefferson County did levy upon and seize the full interest in the following described real property in the County of Jefferson, State of Colorado:

Plaintiffs: Coe D. Meyer. v.

Defendants: Kristin K. Meyer and South Platte Land and Investment Company, Inc. d/b/a Woody's Chicago Style

Lot 15, McKinley Subdivision, County of Jefferson, State of Colorado.

Attorneys for Plaintiffs Joseph A. Murr, Atty. Reg. No. 14427

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.

A notice of intent to redeem filed pursuant to section 38-38-302 shall be filed with the officer no later than eight business days after the sale.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The name, address and telephone number of the attorneys representing the holder of the judgment are: Joseph A. Murr, Esq., Reg. No. 14427 Murr Siler & Accomazzo, P.C. 1999 Broadway, Suite 3100 Denver, Colorado 80202 (303)534-2277 If the borrower believes that a lender or servicer has violated the requirements for a single point of contact in section 38-38-103.1 or the prohibition on dual tracking in section 38-38-103.2, the borrower may file a complaint with the Colorado Attorney General, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, or both, but the filing of a complaint will not stop the foreclosure process. If the officer maintains a web site, the officer shall post this information on the web site for viewing by all borrowers. Contact information for the Attorney General and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau are as follows: Colorado Attorney General 1300 Broadway Denver, CO 80203 (720) 508-6000 Consumer Financial Protection Bureau PO Box 2900 Clinton, IA 52733-2900 (855) 411-2372; TTY/TDD: (855) 729-2372 NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a Writ of Execution issued by the District Court for the County of Jefferson in Case No. 2013CV31588, directing and commanding me to make the collective sum of Eight Hundred Twenty Two Thousand and 59/100ths Dollars ($822,000.59), plus additional interest, attorneys’ fees, and costs, the amount of two certain Judgments obtained against Judgment Debtor Kristin K. Meyer, and in favor of Judgment Creditor, Coe D. Meyer, from any property of Judgment Debtor Kristin K. Meyer legally subject to levy.

I have levied upon the full interest in the following real property to satisfy the Judgment in the aforementioned action: Tract 5, Except the East 200 feet thereof, Block 3, Westmoor Acres, Except the West 10 feet of said Tract for Highway as recorded October 25, 1968 in Book 2058 at Page 283, County of Jefferson, State of Colorado.

Also known as: 2190 Kipling St., Lakewood, Colorado 80215 The lien foreclosed may not be a first lien.

THEREFORE, According to said command, I shall

expose said real property for sale, at Public Auction, to the highest and best bidder for cash, on 19th of May 2022, at 10:00 A.M., at 100 Jefferson County Parkway, Suite 1520, Golden, CO, 80419, in the County of Jefferson, State of Colorado. **BIDDERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE CASH OR CERTIFIED FUNDS SUFFICIENT TO COVER THEIR HIGHEST BID TO THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE BY NOON THE DAY OF THE SALE** Date: February 1, 2022 JEFF SHRADER Sheriff of the County of Jefferson, State of Colorado By: Sgt. Sean Joselyn, Deputy Sheriff MURR SILER & ACCOMAZZO, P.C. Joseph A. Murr, Reg. No. 14427 1999 Broadway, Suite 3100 Denver, Colorado 80202 (303)534-2277 Attorneys for Judgment Creditor Legal Notice No. 413566 FIRST PUBLICATION: March 24, 2022 LAST PUBLICATION: April 21, 2022 Published in the Golden Transcript Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, JEFFERSON COUNTY, STATE OF COLORADO 100 Jefferson County Pkwy, Golden, CO 80401 720-865-8301 Plaintiff: TANYA HENRY v.

Defendants: GARY GARCIA JR.; SELECT PORTFOLIO SERVICING, INC.; CITY OF ARVADA, COLORADO; JERRY DITULLIO, as Public Trustee for Jefferson County, Colorado; AND ALL UNKNOWN PERSONS WHO CLAIM ANY INTEREST IN THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS ACTION Kimberly A. Bruetsch, No. 32838 Robinson Waters & O'Dorisio, P.C. 1099 18th Street, Suite 2600 Denver, CO 80202-1926 Phone Number: 303-297-2600 FAX Number: 303-297-2750 E-mail: kbruetsch@rwolaw.com Counsel for Plaintiff CASE NUMBER: 2022CV30050 DISTRICT COURT CIVIL SUMMONS TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS: Gary Garcia Jr.; Select Portfolio Servicing, Inc.; City of Arvada, Colorado; Jerry Ditullio, as Public Trustee for Jefferson County, Colorado; All Unknown Persons Who Claim Any Interest In The Subject Matter of This Action.

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to file with the Clerk of this Court an answer or other response to the attached Complaint.

If service of the Summons and Complaint was made upon you within the State of Colorado, you are required to file your answer or other response within 21 days after such service upon you. If service of the Summons and Complaint was made upon you outside of the State of Colorado, you are required to file your answer or other response within 35 days after such service upon you. Your answer or counterclaim must be accompanied with the applicable filing fee.

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

THIS ACTION CONCERNS the rights and interest in and to certain real property located at Lot 208, Lamar Heights Filing No. 8, County of Jefferson, State of Colorado and more commonly known as 7116 Jay Street, Arvada, Colorado 80003 Dated: January 14, 2022.

ROBINSON WATERS & O’DORISIO, P.C. s/ Kimberly A. Bruetsch Kimberly A. Bruetsch, No. 32838 (Original signature on file at Robinson Waters & O'Dorisio P.C.) This Summons is issued pursuant to Rule 4, C.R.C.P., as amended. A copy of the Complaint must be served with this Summons. This form should not be used where service by publication is desired.

WARNING: A valid summons may be issued by a lawyer and it need not contain a court case number, the signature of a court officer, or a court seal. The plaintiff has 14 days from the date this summons was served on you to file the case with the court. You are responsible for contacting the court to find out whether the case has been filed and obtain the case number. If the plaintiff files the case within this time, then you must respond as explained in this summons. If the plaintiff files more than 14 days after the date the summons was served on you, the case may be dismissed upon motion and you may be entitled to seek attorney’s fees from the plaintiff.

TO THE CLERK: If the summons is issued by the clerk of the court, the signature block for the clerk or deputy should be provided by stamp, or typewriter, in the space to the left of the attorney’s name.

Legal Notice No. 413386 First Publication: March 3, 2022 Last Publication: March 31, 2022 Publisher: Golden Transcript

Misc. Private Legals Public Notice Case # 2021-095 Cert # 160266 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 Oc-

cupancy 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; ARNOLD J. VENNES 100 JEFFERSON COUNTY PKWY #2520 GOLDEN, CO 80419 You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 18TH day of OCTOBER, A.D. 2017, 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; LOTS 31, 32 AND 33, COY HEIGHTS, AND THE W1/2 OF VACATED WOLFE ROAD IN VACATION RECORDED 5/19/2006 AT RECEPTION NO. 2006059811, ALSO KNOWN AS TRACT/KEY OSC, COY HEIGHTS, AKA: 23419 TESUQUE RD, VACANT LAND That said tax sale was made to satisfy the delinquent 2016 taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2016 that said real estate was taxed in the name of ARNOLD J. VENNES, that the statutory period of redemption expired OCTOBER 18, A.D. 2020; 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 JULY at 5:00 P.M., A.D.2022, unless the same has been redeemed on or before 5:00 P.M. of said date.

WITNESS my hand and seal this 14TH Day of MARCH, A.D. 2022 Jerry DiTullio Jefferson County Treasurer Legal Notice No. 413542 First Publication MARCH 24, 2022 Final Publication APRIL 7, 2022 Publisher: Golden Transcript Public Notice Case # 2021-078 Cert # 171040 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; KRISTIAN LOEVLIE MARY J. LOEVLIE 1350 HAWTHORNE RD GOLDEN, CO 80401 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, BLUE SPRUCE SERVICING COMPANY 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 3, ENCLAVE AT WIDE ACRES SUBDIVISION, AKA: 13698 W. 13TH PL, VACANT LAND 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 KRISTIAN LOEVLIE AND MARY J. LOEVLIE, 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, BLUE SPRUCE SERVICING COMPANY LLC, lawful holder of said certificate, on the 11TH day of JULY at 5:00 P.M., A.D. 2022, unless the same has been redeemed on or before 5:00 P.M. of said date.

WITNESS my hand and seal this 14TH Day of MARCH, A.D. 2022 Jerry DiTullio Jefferson County Treasurer Legal Notice NO. 413547 First Publication MARCH 24, 2022 Final Publication APRIL 7, 2022 Publisher: Golden Transcript Public Notice Case # 2021-073 Cert # 170277 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 JOHN A. CHACON HELEN CHACON C/O MICHAEL CHACON 4680 BRYANT ST DENVER, CO 80211 KEITH NELSON (HOLDER OF CERT 150311) 1125 VICKI LYNN DR SCHERTZ, TX 78154 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 MIKE KINCADE, 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; BLOCK A, WHISPERING PINES, UNIT 2, AKA: VACANT LAND, 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 JOHN A. CHACON AND HELEN CHACON 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, MIKE KINCADE, lawful holder of said certificate, on the 6TH day of JULY at 5:00 P.M., A.D. 2022, unless the same has been redeemed on or before 5:00 P.M. of said date.

WITNESS my hand and seal this 7TH Day of MARCH, A.D. 2022.

Jerry DiTullio

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Public Notices Jefferson County Treasurer Legal Notice No. 413466 First Publication MARCH 17, 2022 Final Publication MARCH 31, 2022 Publisher: Golden Transcript Public Notice Case # 2021-092 Cert # 2013-01115 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; JOHN K. MARSCHNER JULIE M EAGLE TRUST NO 1 VALORIE FOX KATHERINE PIERCE 24554 NORMAN LN EVERGREEN, CO 80439 You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 22ND day of OCTOBER, A.D. 2014, the then county Treasurer of the County of Jefferson and State of Colorado sold at public sale to, JEFFERSON COUNTY, Assignor of, STEVEN L. GALLUP, 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; BEGINNING AT THE NW COR. OF LOT 7, MARSCHNER SUBDIVISION, SEVENTH FILING, THENCE FOLLOWING THE WEST LINE OF SAID LOT 7; S 18 DEG 47 MIN 40 SEC WEST A DISTANCE OF 96.50 FT. TO THE NE COR OF THAT TRACT LISTED AT BOOK 1294 PAGE 151 JEFFERSON COUNTY RECORDS, THENCE FOLLOWING THE NORTH LINE OF SAID TRACT WESTERLY A DISTANCE OF 77.76 FT. M/L TO THE SOUTHEAST COR OF THAT TRACT LISTED AT 83044300. JEFFERSON COUNTY RECORDS, THENCE FOLLOWING THE EAST LINE OF SAID TRACT NORTHERLY A DISTANCE OF 100 FEET M/L TO THE NE COR OF SAID TRACT; THENCE EASTERLY 77.76 FT. M/L TO PT. OF BEGINNING, ALSO KNOW AS KEY 44, SECTION 25, TOWNSHIP 5, RANGE 71, AKA: VACANT LAND That said tax sale was made to satisfy the delinquent 2013 taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2013 that said real estate was taxed in the name of JOHN K. MARSCHNER, AND JULIE N. EAGLE TRUST NO. 1, AND VALORIE FOX, AND KATHERINE PIERCE, that the statutory period of redemption expired OCTOBER 22, A.D. 2017; 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, STEVEN L. GALLUP, lawful holder of said certificate, on the 27TH day of JUNE at 5:00 P.M., A.D.2022, unless the same has been redeemed on or before 5:00 P.M. of said date.

WITNESS my hand and seal this 28th Day of FEBRUARY, A.D. 2022 Jerry DiTullio Jefferson County Treasurer Legal Notice No. 413410 First Publication MARCH 10, 2022 Final Publication MARCH 24, 2022 Publisher: Golden Transcript Public Notice STATEMENT AND DEMAND FOR ISSUANCE OF DUPLICATE CERTIFICATE TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED: TAKE NOTICE that a Demand has been filed with The Agricultural Ditch and Reservoir Company in accordance with Colorado Revised Statutes, Sections 7-42-113 to 7-42-117, inclusive as follows, to wit: STATE OF COLORADO) COUNTY OF JEFFERSON) To the Secretary of The Agricultural Ditch and Reservoir Company: The undersigned, Xochitl Moreno, Sole Owner of 5245 Mississippi LLC., as the assignee of the record owner by intermediate assignment of R. E. Herdine & Company, whose address is 16749 E. 106th Pl., Commerce City, CO 80022, hereby notifies you and the said The Agricultural Ditch and Reservoir Company (hereinafter, “the Corporation”) that they are the record owners of Stock Certificate No. 5572 for 1/40th of 1 share of stock in the Corporation, which said Certificate stands on the records of said Corporation in the name of R. E. Herdine & Company.

The undersigned further states that said Certificate above mentioned has been lost, mislaid or destroyed; that this Notice is made and given pursuant to the provisions of Sections 7-42-113 through 7-42-117, inclusive, of the Colorado Revised Statutes, and that such Certificate is the property of the undersigned and has not been transferred or hypothecated by the undersigned.

T h e u n d e r s i g n e d o r t h e u n d e r s i g n e d ’s predecessor(s) in ownership of said Certificate has duly paid all assessments levied by the Corporation against said stock.

Accordingly, the undersigned hereby demands issuance of a duplicate Certificate in lieu of said Certificate so lost, mislaid or destroyed to the undersigned or assignee of the undersigned in accordance with Sections 7-42-113 to 7-42-117, inclusive, of the Colorado Revised Statutes.

Signed and dated this 23rd day of February, 2022.

Xochitl Moreno The foregoing Notice that Certificate has been Lost, Mislaid or Destroyed & Statement and Demand for Issuance of Duplicate Certificate, was subscribed & sworn to before me by Xochitl Moreno, Sole Owner of 5245 Mississippi LLC, this 23rd day of February, 2022.

You are hereby notified that The Agricultural Ditch and Reservoir Company will issue a new Stock Certificate by May 2nd, 2022, or thereafter, in the name of R. E. Herdine & Company, or to the Direct Assignee of the record owners, un-

less a contrary claim is filed with the Secretary of said Corporation prior to May 2nd, 2022.

THE AGRICULTURAL DITCH AND RESERVOIR COMPANY Peter Acker, Manager 12700 W. 27th Avenue Lakewood, CO 80215 Legal Notice No. 413394 First Publication: March 3rd, 2022 Last Publication: March 31st, 2022 Published in: 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 3/30/2022 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.’s 616, 721 & 811: Filipp Chubukin 2869 Blazing Lane Highlands Ranch, CO 80126 No. 817: Tara Bell 4160 W. 64th Ave Arvada, CO 80003 No. 457: Frank Badey 3801 Trailwood Ln Ft Worth, Texas 76109 Misc. household and other This notice is being published on 3/17/2022 and 3/24/2022 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.: 413489 First Publication: March 17, 2022 Last Publication: March 24, 2022 Publisher: The Golden Transcript Public Notice NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE Stor-N-Lock Self-Storage #19 to be held online with StorageTreasures.com at 10 a.m. on April 12, 2022. Sale is being conducted to satisfy landlord’s lien in accordance with Article 21.5, Title 38, Colorado Revised Statutes 1973, as amended.

Contents must be removed prior to close of business on day of sale Unit # 2001, Roundy III, Collin Unit Size: 10x10, Many tools, shovel, mattress, air compressor, rubber and snow boots, rug, misc.

Legal Notice No. 413501 First Publication: March 24, 2022 Last Publication: March 31, 2022 Publisher: Golden Transcript

Notice to Creditors PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Barbara Young, aka Barbara Ann Young, aka Barbara A. Young, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30331 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 Combined Court, Colorado on or before July 24, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Amy M. Young, Personal Representative c/o Chayet & Danzo, LLC 650 S. Cherry Street, Suite 710 Denver, Colorado 80246 Legal Notice No. 413557 First Publication: March 24, 2022 Last Publication: April 7, 2022 Publisher: Golden Transcript PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Chong Cha Sau, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR104 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 July 18, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Hyung Suk Sau, Personal Representative 16285 E Maplewood Place Centennial, CO 80016 Legal Notice No. 413480 First Publication: March 17, 2022 Last Publication: March 31, 2022 Publisher: Golden Transcript Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of John Lauren Tracy, also known as John L. Tracy, also known as John Tracy, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30275 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 July 18, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Robert Scott Tracy

Personal Representative 8975 Blue Mountain Drive, Golden, CO 80403 Legal Notice No. 413471 First Publication: March 17, 2022 Last Publication: March 31, 2022 Publisher: Jeffco Transcript Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Ronald Arthur Horn, a/k/a Ronald A. Horn, a/k/a Ronald Horn, Deceased Case Number: 22PR30227 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 July 24, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Charles Horn, Personal Representative 6060 Johnson Way Arvada, CO 80004 Legal Notice No. 413516 First Publication: March 17, 2022 Last Publication: March 31, 2022 Publisher: Golden Transcript PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of James H. Whelton, also known as Jim Whelton, and James Herbert Whelton, deceased Case Number: 2022PR030238 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before July 10, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

James Donald Whelton Personal Representative 10175 W Keene Ave Denver, CO80235 Legal Notice No.413431 First publication: March 10, 2022 Last publication: March 24, 2022 Publisher: Golden Transcript PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Kristi Ann Kenning, deceased Case Number: 22PR79 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before Jul 10 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

James A. Edfors Personal Representative 6110 Dunraven Rd. Golden, CO80403 Legal Notice No. 413412 First publication: March 10, 2022 Last publication: March 24, 2022 Publisher: Golden Transcript Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Edward Andrew Todd II, a/k/a E. Andrew Todd, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30264 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 July 10, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

W. Michael Todd, Personal Representative 159 Old main Street New London, NH 032557 Legal Notice No. 413439 First Publication: March 10, 2022 Last Publication: March 24, 2022 Publisher: Golden Transcript Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of DEANE PHYLLIS PFUND, aka DEANE P. PFUND, Deceased Case Number: 22PR30285 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 July 18, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Scott L. Pfund, Personal Representative c/o 6060 Greenwood Plaza Blvd #200 Greenwood Village, CO 80111 Legal Notice No. 413476 First Publication: March 17, 2022 Last Publication: March 31, 2022 Publisher: Golden Transcript Public Notice Notice to Creditors Estate of David Anthony Marsh, Deceased Case Number 2022PR030322 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 July 25, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

S. Blake Harris, Esq. #45942 Attorney to the Personal Representative 1660 17th Street, Suite 120 Denver, CO 80202 Legal Notice No. 413578 First Publication: March 24, 2022 Last Publication: April 7, 2022 Publisher: Golden Transcript Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of William Pateon Hensley, a/k/a William P. Hensley, a/k/a William Hensley, a/k/a Pateon Hensley, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30357

of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before July 17, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before August 8, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Mary Ann Hensley, Personal Representative 2255 Creighton Dr. Golden, CO 80401-2190 Legal Notice No. 413577 First Publication: March 24, 2022 Last Publication: April 7, 2022 Publisher: Golden Transcript

Carol J. Hannah, Personal Representative 3802 N. Cottonwood Rd. Urbana, IL 61802 Legal Notice No. 413519 First Publication: March 17, 2022 Last Publication: March 31, 2022 Publisher: Jeffco Transcript Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Betty Jo Haertel, a/k/a Betty J. Haertel, a/k/a Betty Haertel, Deceased Case Number: 2022 PR 30236 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the Jefferson County District Court, Colorado on or before July 10, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Allison Katherine Seay, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR030070 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 July 17, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Stephanie F. Dahl Attorney for Personal Representative 2000 S. Colorado Blvd., Suite 2-430 Denver, CO 80222

Steven W. Jack, Esq. Attorney to the Personal Representative 2616 W. Alamo Avenue Littleton, CO 80120 Legal Notice No. 413411 First Publication: March 10, 2022 Last Publication: March 24, 2022 Publisher: Golden Transcript Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Dorothy May Pokorny, a/k/a, Dorothy M. Pokorny, a/k/a, Dorothy Pokorny, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30030

Legal Notice No. 413495 First Publication: March 17, 2022 Last Publication: March 31, 2022 Publisher: Golden Transcript PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Bernadine Ghormley, deceased Case Number: 2022PR030167 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before July 10, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Charles Hall Personal Representative 410 Prestwick Court Houston, Texas77057

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 July 24, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Donald F. Slavin, Attorney to the Personal Representative 4704 Harlan St., Ste. #685 Denver, Colorado, 80212 Legal Notice No. 413535 First Publication: March 24, 2022 Last Publication: April 7, 2022 Publisher: Golden Transcript Public Notice

Legal Notice No. 413430 First publication: March 10, 2022 Last publication: March 24, 2022 Publisher: Golden Transcript

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Sue R. Puckett, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30270

Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Sarah Jane A. Nissen, Deceased Case Number: 22PR23 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before July 11, 2022 or the claims may be forever barred.

Robert E. Nissen Personal Representative 9120 S. Warhawk Rd Conifer,CO Conifer, CO 80433

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 July 18, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Susan Oursland, Personal Representative 6976 Orchard Ct. Arvada, CO 80007 Legal Notice No. 413522 First Publication: March 17, 2022 Last Publication: March 31, 2022 Publisher: Jeffco Transcript PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Mary Catherine Holt, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR74

Legal Notice No. 413451 First Publication: March 10, 2022 Last Publication: March 24, 2022 Publisher: Golden Transcript

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 July 18, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate Ann-Marie Frink, a/k/a Ann Marie Frink, a/k/a Ann Frink, a/k/a Amy Frink, deceased Case Number 2022PR30193 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 or on or before July 25, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Rebecca Guneratne Personal Representative 1348 S. Field Court Lakewood, Colorado Legal Notice No. 413452 First Publication: March 10, 2022 Last Publication: March 24, 2022 Publisher: Golden Transcript Public Notice

Virginia A. Frazer-Abel Personal Representative, Public Administrator Frazer-Abel Law, LLC. 4704 Harlan Street, Suite 250 Denver, Colorado 80212

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of John Tyler Reed, a/k/a John T. Reed, a/k/a John Reed, Deceased Case Number: 2022 PR 30152

Legal Notice No. 413540 First Publication: March 24, 2022 Last Publication: April 7, 2022 Publisher: Golden Transcript

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the Jefferson County Combined Court, 100 Jefferson County Parkway, Golden, Colorado 80401 on or before July 24, 2022 or the claims may be forever barred.

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Lily Vigil Lujan, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30291 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 July 25, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

R. Michael Jackson Attorney to the Personal Representative 355 S. Teller Street, Suite 200 Lakewood, Colorado 80226

Ronald W. Servis, Personal Representative 11616 Shaffer Place, Unit S-102 Littleton, Colorado 80127 303.237.5020 Legal Notice No. 413576 First Publication: March 24, 2022 Last Publication: April 7, 2022 Publisher: Golden Transcript Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of MICHAEL E. MCGOLDRICK, a/k/a MICHAEL MCGOLDRICK, a/k/a MICHAEL EARLES MCGOLDRICK, a/k/a MICHAEL EARLS MCGOLDRICK, Deceased.

Case Number: 2022PR30204

Legal Notice No. 413537 First Publication: March 25, 2022 Last Publication: April 7, 2022 Publisher: Golden Transcript Public Notice

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before July 11, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Amanda Jean Ochs, AKA Amanda J. Ochs, AKA Amanda Ochs, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30301 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court

Ronald V. Speaker Personal Representative 54 N 4th Street Carbondale, CO 81623

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Legal Notice No. 413491 First Publication: March 17, 2022 Last Publication: March 31, 2022 Publisher: Golden Transcript

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Mary Anne Deangelis, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30298

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Ruth M. Gorder, deceased Case Number: 2022PR30269

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 July 24, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Tara Deangelis, Personal Representative 7333 W. 38th Avenue, Apt. 159 Wheat Ridge, Colorado 80033 Legal Notice No. 413568 First Publication: March 24, 2022 Last Publication: April 7, 2022 Publisher: Jeffco Transcript Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Janet Ann Pittsinger, aka Janet A. Pittsinger, aka Janet Pittsinger, aka Ann Pittsinger, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR030247 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before July 15, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Tamara Fontenot, Personal Representative Patrick R. Thiessen (40185) Frie, Arndt, Danborn & Thiessen P.C. 7400 Wadsworth Blvd., #201 Arvada, Colorado 80003 303/420-1234 Attorney for Personal Representative Legal Notice No. 413445 First Publication: March 10, 2022 Last Publication: March 24, 2022 Publisher: Golden Transcript Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Fern L. Nelson, Deceased.

Case Number: 2022PR30318 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado, on or before July 18, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Respectfully submitted: YOUNG LAW FIRM, L.L.C..: /S/ James E. Young Original signature on file at the offices of Young Law Firm, L.L.C. per C.R.C.P. Rule 121 § 1-26 James E. Young Attorney to the Personal Representative 7200 E. Dry Creek Road, Unit F-203 Centennial, CO 80112 303-996-4377 James.young@ylfllc.com Legal Notice No. 413482 First Publication: March 17, 2022 Last Publication: March 31, 2022 Publisher: Golden Transcript PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Patricia Ann Snider, Patricia A. Snider, Deceased Case Number: 22PR113 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 July 25, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Donald B. Freeman Personal Representative 4033 Simms Street Wheat Ridge, Colorado 80033 Legal Notice No. 413555 First Publication: March 24, 2022 Last Publication: April 7, 2022 Publisher: Golden Transcript Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of JOANNE L. PIPER, Deceased Case Number 2022 PR 30300 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before July 24, 2022 or the claims may be forever barred.

Michael J. Dunn, Personal Representative 11444 E. 119th Ave. Brighton, CO 80601 Legal Notice No. 413544 First Publication: March 24, 2022 Last Publication: April 7, 2022 Publisher: Jeffco Transcript Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of CHESTER E. BECK, JR., a/k/a CHESTER EMERSON BECK, JR., a/k/a CHESTER BECK, JR., Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30235 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before July 17, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Vergene Howe, Special Administrator 1972 S. Vivian Lakewood, CO 80228

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before July 24, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Denise Kime, Personal Representative 11218 Keota St. Parker, Colorado 80134 Legal Notice No. 413574 First publication: March 24, 2022 Last publication: April 07, 2022 Publisher: Golden Transcript Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of GWENDOLYN S. POWERS, a/k/a GWEN POWERS, a/k/a GWENDOLYN SUE POWERS, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30314 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 July 24, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Cassandra Patton, Personal Representative 6199 Stuart Street Arvada, Colorado 80003 Legal Notice No. 413552 First Publication: March 24, 2022 Last Publication: April 7, 2022 Publisher: Golden Transcript PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Edward Daniel Hoing, aka Edward D. Hoing, aka Edward Hoing, and Ed Hoing, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30174 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 July 24, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Blake E. Hoing, Personal Representative 1952 S. Queen Drive Lakewood, Colorado 80227 Legal Notice No. 413518 First Publication: March 17, 2022 Last Publication: March 31, 2022 Publisher: Golden Transcript PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Ronald James Stelzig, Deceased Case Number: 22 PR 98

a/k/a DON JONES, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR000445 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 July 10, 2022 or the claims may be forever barred.

Jessica Jones, Personal Representative 6008 W. Fair Drive Littleton, CO 80123 Legal Notice No. 413441 First Publication: March 10, 2022 Last Publication: March 24, 2022 Publisher: Golden Transcript

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 July 15, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Diana L. Padilla, Personal Representative David K. Bailey #6709 Attorney for Personal Representative 390 Interlocken Crescent, #350 Broomfield, CO 80021 Legal Notice No. 413422 First Publication: March 10, 2022 Last Publication: March 24, 2022 Publisher: Golden Transcript Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Michele Rae Scott, Deceased Case Number: 22PR82 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 July, 18 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Travis J Saunders, Personal Representative 1521 Rosewood Dr. Savannah, GA 31406 Legal Notice No. 413483 First Publication: March 17, 2022 Last Publication: March 31, 2022 Publisher: Golden Transcript Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Mary Rosemarie Rotola, a/k/a Mary R. Rotola, a/k/a, Mary Rotola, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30098 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before July 24, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

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PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of DARIN CROWELL DICKSON, aka DARIN DICKSON, Deceased Case Number: 22PR34

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Elsie Magnuson, aka Elsie C. Magnuson aka Elsie Christine Magnuson, Deceased Case Number: 22 PR 94

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before July 18, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before July 17, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Danielle J. Padgett and Dawn E. Dacheff Co-Personal Representatives c/o KEVIN EHLERS LAW, P.C. 13976 West Bowles Avenue, Suite 202 Littleton, Colorado 80127

Wendy Pesavento Personal Representative 11459 W. 105th Way Westminster, Colorado 80021

Legal Notice No. 413497 First Publication: March 17, 2022 Last Publication: March 31, 2022 Publisher: Jeffco Transcript

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the personal representative named below, or to the District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before July 25, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Kelly Christine Guildner Personal Representative 18795 West 59th Place Golden, Colorado 80401 Legal Notice No. 413564 First Publication: March 24, 2022 Last Publication: April 7, 2022 Publisher: Golden Transcript Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of DONALD C. JONES, a/k/a DONALD CHARLES JONES, a/k/a DONALD JONES,

Legal Notice No. 413549 First Publication: March 25, 2022 Last Publication: April 7, 2022 Publisher: Golden Transcript

Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of CAROLINE LANG, also known as CAROLINE WILLS LANG. and CAROLINE W. LANG, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30279

Public Notice

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before July 24, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Legal Notice No. 413536 First Publication: March 24, 2022 Last Publication: April 7, 2022 Publisher: Golden Transcript

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Richard J. Pozorski, Deceased Case No.: 2022-PR-30341

Legal Notice No. 413554 First publication: March 24, 2022 Last publication: April 07, 2022 Publisher: Golden Transcript

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of MARIAN HELEN FERNANDEZ, a/k/a MARIAN H. FERNANDEZ, a/k/a MARIAN FERNANDEZ, Deceased Case No.: 2022PR30139

Barbara a. Stelzig Personal Representative 1295 Lupine Way Golden, Colorado 80401

Public Notice

Steven A. Page, Personal Representative 2429 South Balsam Street Lakewood, Colorado 80227

Public Notice

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before July 11, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Legal Notice No. 413479 First Publication: March 17, 2022 Last Publication: March 31, 2022 Publisher: Golden Transcript

Personal Representative 5375 S Hoyt St Littleton, CO80123

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Cheryl S. Barger, a/k/a Cheryl Sue Barger, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30308

Beverly Marie Calahan-Meyer & Karen Ann Caruso Co-Personal Representatives c/o Donald F. Slavin, Attorney to the Co-Personal Representatives 4704 Harlan St., Ste. #685 Denver, Colorado, 80212

Legal Notice No. 413458 First Publication: March 10, 2022 Last Publication: March 24, 2022 Publisher: Golden Transcript

Personal Representative or to the District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before July 25, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Barry Priest, a/k/a Barry Thomas Priest, a/k/a Barry T. Priest, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30278 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 July 11, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Meghan A. Kinen, Personal Representative c/o Keith L. Davis, JD Davis Schilken, PC 7887 E. Belleview Ave., Suite 820 Denver, CO 80111 Legal Notice No. 413453 First Publication: March 10, 2022 Last Publication: March 24, 2022 Publisher: Golden Transcript PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Doris G. Page, Deceased Case Number: 22PR110 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the

/s/ signature on original in office Signature of Attorney for Person Giving Notice Personal Representative.: Joseph H. Lusk c/o: BOATRIGHT, RIPP & LUSK, LLC 4315 Wadsworth Blvd.

Wheat Ridge, CO 80033 Ph: 303-423-7134 Legal Notice No. 413553 First Publication: March 24, 2022 Last Publication: April 7, 2022 Publisher: Golden Transcript PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Gary Lee Gillaspie, Deceased Case Number: 22 PR 89 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 July 10, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Gregory A. Gillaspie Personal Representative 625 County Club Circle Alamosa, Colorado 81101

Amanda Lang, Personal Representative 573 James Street Highlands Ranch, CO 80126 Legal Notice No. 413485 First Publication: March 17, 2022 Last Publication: March 31, 2022 Publisher: Golden Transcript PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Wendell Edgar Wall, aka Wendell E. Wall, aka Wendell Wall, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30136 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 July 17, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Shannon M. Mullane Personal Representative 5420 W. 115th Avenue Westminster, Colorado 80020 Legal Notice No. 413490 First Publication: March 17, 2022 Last Publication: March 31, 2022 Publisher: Golden Transcript Public Notice

Legal Notice No. 413450 First Publication: March 10, 2022 Last Publication: March 24, 2022 Publisher: Golden Transcript

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of VERNA JOYCE NEWMAN, a/k/a JOYCE A. NEWMAN and f/k/a VERNA JOYCE ANDREWS, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30255

Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of DENNIS MEZYDLO, aka DENNIS H. MEZYDLO, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30172 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the Jefferson Probate Court of the City and County of Jefferson, Colorado on or before July 11, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Cara Mezydlo, Personal Representative 2178 S. Xenophon Street Denver, CO 80211

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 July 15, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred Cameron Lincoln Letterman Personal Representative c/o Robert N. Gregory West Huntley Gregory PC P.O. Box 588 Breckenridge, CO 80424 Legal Notice No. 413421 First Publication: March 10, 2022 Last Publication: March 24, 2022 Publisher: Golden Transcript

Legal Notice No. 413438 First Publication: March 10, 2022 Last Publication: March 24, 2022 Publisher: Golden Transcript

PUBLIC NOTICE

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Debra K Grieve, aka Debra Kay Grieve, aka Debra Grieve, aka Debbi Grieve, Deceased Case Number: 2022 PR 62

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Katherine Fox Curley, a/k/a Katherine F. Curley, a/k/a Katherine Curley, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR31374 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 July 25, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

William H. Curley IV Personal Representative c/o Douglas A. Turner, P.C. 602 Park Point Drive, Suite 240 Golden, CO 80401

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 July 10, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Ronald J Grieve Jr. Personal Representative 8242 Otis Ct Arvada CO 80003 Legal Notice No. 413415 First Publication: March 10, 2022 Last Publication: March 24, 2022 Publisher: Golden Transcript

Legal Notice No. 413550 First Publication: March 24, 2022 Last Publication: April 7, 2022 Publisher: Golden Transcript

Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Carolyn Laurene Horn, a/k/a Carolyn L. Horn, a/k/a Carolyn Horn, Deceased Case Number: 22PR30226

Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Jennifer Marie Hodson, a/k/a Jennifer M. Hodson, a/k/a Jennifer Hodson, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30245 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to District Court of Jefferson, County, Colorado on or before July 18, 2022 or the claims may be forever barred.

James Lee Hodson Personal Representative 1251 65 Street NW Edmonton, Alberta Canada T6L2E8

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before July 24, 2022 or the claims may be forever barred.

Charles Horn, Personal Representative 6060 Johnson Way Arvada, CO 80004 Legal Notice No. 413515 First Publication: March 17, 2022 Last Publication: March 31, 2022 Publisher: Golden Transcript

Legal Notice No. 413504 First Publication: March 17, 2022 Last Publication: March 31, 2022 Publisher: Golden Transcript

Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Julia A. Maslanik, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR31156

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Linda Clare Beard Robbins, deceased Case Number: 22PR111 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before July 24, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Marie Robbins-Marine

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before July 18, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before July 25, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

John H. Maslanik, Co-Personal Representative 317 S. 6th Street, E. Missoula, MT 59801 Anne J. Harris, Co-Personal Representative

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1660 17th Street, Suite 120 Denver, CO 80202

Legal Notice No. 413538 First Publication: March 24, 2022 Last Publication: April 7, 2022 Publisher: Golden Transcript

Legal Notice No. 413437 First Publication: March 10, 2022 Last Publication: March 24, 2022 Publisher: Golden Transcript

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Andrew D. Meineke, aka Andrew Dale Meineke and Andrew Meineke, Deceased Case Number 2022PR30216

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Lenore Anne Ewing-Wade, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30231

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 July 18, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Jeremy T. Terrazzi, Personal Representative P.O. Box 62 Idaho Springs, Colorado 80452 Legal Notice No. 413477 First Publication: March 17, 2022 Last Publication: March 31, 2022 Publisher: Golden Transcript Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Dennis W. Agnew, Deceased Case No.: 2022-PR-30246 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the personal representative named below, or to the District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before July 11, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before July 18, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Richard Steven Wade Personal Representative Patrick R. Thiessen (40185) FRIE, ARNDT, DANBORN & THIESSEN P.C. 7400 Wadsworth Blvd, Ste. 201 Arvada, CO 80003 Phone Number: 303-420-1234 Attorney for Richard Steven Wade Personal Representative Legal Notice No. 413521 First Publication: March 17, 2022 Last Publication: March 31, 2022 Publisher: Golden Transcript Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Richard W. Gast, a/k/a Richard Ward Gast, Deceased Case No: 2022-PR-30297

Gwendolyn J. St. John Personal Representative 7911 Flower Street, Unit D Arvada, Colorado 80005

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the personal representative named below, or to the District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado, on or before July 25, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Legal Notice No. 413406 First Publication: March 10, 2022 Last Publication: March 24, 2022 Publisher: Golden Transcript

Judy Lynn Morahan Personal Representative 6161 West 70th Place Arvada, Colorado 80003

Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of David Thomas Cox, aka David Cox, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30212 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 July 10, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred. s/ Rebecca Wallace Beattie Attorney for David Timothy Cox, Personal Representative 6390 Gardenia Street, Suite 150 Arvada, CO 80004 303-384-0046 rebecca@wallacebeattie.com Legal Notice No. 413444 First Publication: March 10, 2022 Last Publication: March 24, 2022 Publisher: Golden Transcript Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of SAMUEL ELDON ALLISON, Deceased Case No. 2022-PR-30260 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the personal representative named below, or to the District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado, on or before July 18, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

KENDALL LYNN ALLISON Co-Personal Representative 626 No. Dearborn St., Space 200 Redlands, CA 92374 SAMUEL BRETT ALLISON Co-Personal Representative 322 Temona Drive Pittsburgh, PA 15236 Legal Notice No.413520 First Publication: March 17, 2022 Last Publication: March 31, 2022 Publisher: Golden Transcript Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of George Peter Steuart, a/k/a George P. Steuart Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30317 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 July 25, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Thomas A. Rodrigue, #30377 Lathrop GPM, LLP 1515 Wynkoop Street, Suite 600 Denver, Colorado 80202 Legal Notice No. 413548 First Publication: March 24, 2022 Last Publication: April 7, 2022 Publisher: Golden Transcript Public Notice Notice to Creditors Estate of Steven Christopher Skala, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR030272 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 July 11, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

S. Blake Harris, Esq. #45942 Attorney to the Personal Representative

Legal Notice No. 413539 First Publication: March 24, 2022 Last Publication: April 7, 2022 Publisher: Golden Transcript Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Rudolph Larkin Martinez, a/k/a Rudolph L. Martinez, a/k/a Rudy L. Martinez, a/k/a Rudy Larkin Martinez, and Rudy Martinez , Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30307 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 July 18, 2022 or the claims may be forever barred.

Carolyn Moller Duncan, Atty. No. 33766 Attorney for Personal Representative Duncan Legal, PC 6436 S. Racine Circle, Suite 227 Centennial, Colorado 80111 Phone No: 303-394-2358 Legal Notice No. 413517 First Publication: March 17, 2022 Last Publication: March 31, 2022 Publisher: Golden Transcript PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of William Kenneth Freienmuth, aka William K Freienmuth, aka William Freienmuth, aka Kenneth Freienmuth, aka Ken Freienmuth, deceased Case Number: 2022PR90 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before July 24, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Shirley Ann Freienmuth Personal Representative 178 Choke Cherry Road, Golden, CO80401 Legal Notice No. 413546 First publication: March 24, 2022 Last publication: April 07, 2022 Publisher: Golden Transcript PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Clarence Darnell Whitaker Jr., Deceased Case Number: 22PR96 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 July 25, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Daleah Whitatker, Personal Representative 834 Union Street, Unit B Lakewood, Colorado 80401 Legal Notice No. 413534 First Publication: March 25, 2022 Last Publication: April 7, 2022 Publisher: Golden Transcript PUBLIC NOTICE

Sheila L. Smith, Personal Representative 5690 W. Rowland Avenue Littleton, Colorado 80128 Michael L. Gilbert, P.C. 501 S Cherry St., Ste 660 Glendale, CO 80246 Phone: (303) 320-4580 Fax: (303) 320-0648 Legal Notice No. 413505 First Publication: March 17, 2022 Last Publication: March 31, 2022 Publisher: Golden Transcript Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Melissa S. Bonaker, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30022 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the undersigned counsel for the Estate of Melissa S. Bonaker or to the the District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before July 18, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Marisa C. Ala, Esq. Attorney for the Estate of Melissa S. Bonaker 4143 Bountiful Circle Castle Rock, CO 80109 Legal Notice No. 413506 First Publication: March 17, 2022 Last Publication: March 31, 2022 Publisher: Jeffco Transcript Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Jodi Schultz, a/k/a Jodi L. Schultz, a/k/a Jodi Lynn Schultz, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30305 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before July 18, 2022 or the claims may be forever barred.

Steven Schultz, Personal Representative 12621 W. Brandt Drive Littleton, Colorado 80127 Legal Notice No. 413513 First Publication: March 17, 2022 Last Publication: March 31, 2022 Publisher: Golden Transcript PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Mary Jean DeHerrera, aka Mary Jean Duran, Deceased Case Number: 22PR118 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 August 1, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Brenda Duran, Personal Representative 8946 W. Dartmouth Place Lakewood, Colorado 80227 Legal Notice No. 413563 First Publication: March 24, 2022 Last Publication: April 7, 2022 Publisher: Golden Transcript

Name Changes PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public Notice is given on March 15, 2022 that a Petition for a Change of Name of a Minor Child has been filed with the Jefferson County Court.

The Petition requests that the name of Julian Alexander Gauthier-Chang be changed to Julian Alexander Chang.

Case No.: 22C282 By: Megan Grossman Clerk of the Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No. 413560 First publication: March 24, 2022 Last publication: March 24, 2022 Publisher: Golden Transcript

The proposed zone change and accompanying documents are available in electronic form on the City’s official website, http://www.ci.wheatridge.co.us/legal-notices and at www.wheatridgespeaks.org. Specific plans for the proposed changes are available for inspection at the Wheat Ridge City Hall. Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, upon appointment, request and notification, copies are also available in printed form.

The April 7, 2022 Planning Commission meeting will be conducted as a virtual meeting and (if allowed on that date per COVID-19 restrictions) will also be in person in City Council Chambers at 7500 W. 29th Avenue. Any person wishing to submit written documents for Commission’s consideration at the meeting must file them with Community Development staff. Written comments may be submitted on Wheat Ridge Speaks at www.wheatridgespeaks.org until noon on April 6. Alternatively, written documents or comments must be received no later than noon on the day of the meeting by emailing zoning@ci.wheatridge.co.us or mailing to City of Wheat Ridge, Attn: Planning Division, 7500 W. 29th Avenue, Wheat Ridge CO 80033.

All interested citizens are invited to participate in the virtual meeting in any one of the following ways: •

Provide comments in advance on Wheat Ridge Speaks at www.wheatridgespeaks. org • Join the live meeting through the Zoom web link provided on the calendar on the City’s website at www.ci.wheatridge.co.us/calendar.

• Join the live meeting by calling (669) 900-6833 with code 823 9702 6352 and Passcode: 595119 • Join the meeting in person, if permitted by COVID-19 restrictions; meeting format will be noted on the calendar on the City’s website at www.ci.wheatridge.co.us/calendar.

• Watch the meeting live on Comcast Channel 8 • Watch the meeting live on YouTube at www.ci.wheatridge.co.us/view Legal Notice No. 413581 First Publication: March 24, 2022 Last Publication: March 24, 2022 Publisher: Jeffco Transcript Public Notice NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Wheat Ridge Planning Commission will conduct a Public Hearing on Thursday, April 7, 2022 at 7:00 p.m. to consider Case No.: • ZOA-22-01 - An ordinance amending section 26-615 of the Wheat Ridge Code of Laws concerning small cell CMRS facilities.

The proposed ordinance and accompanying documents are available in electronic form on the City’s official website, http://www.ci.wheatridge.co.us/legal-notices and at www.wheatridgespeaks.org. Specific plans for the proposed changes are available for inspection at the Wheat Ridge City Hall. Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, upon appointment, request and notification, copies are also available in printed form.

Public Notice is given on March 11, 2022, that a Petition for a Change of Name of a Minor Child has been filed with the Jefferson County Court.

The Petition requests that the name of Ayla June Croghan-Rueschhoff be changed to Ayla June Rueschhoff Case No.: 22C293 By: Megan Grossman Clerk of the Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No. 413562 First publication: March 24, 2022 Last publication: March 24, 2022 Publisher: Golden Transcript

City of Wheat Ridge Public Notice NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Jerry R. Smith, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30344

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Wheat Ridge Planning Commission will conduct a Public Hearing on Thursday, April 7, 2022 at 7:00 p.m. to consider Case No.:

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 July 18, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

• WZ-22-02 - An application filed by John Graefe for approval of a zone change from Restricted Commercial (R-C) to Mixed Use-Neighborhood (MU-N) on a property located at 4501 Wadsworth Boulevard.

The April 7, 2022 Planning Commission meeting will be conducted as a virtual meeting and (if allowed on that date per COVID-19 restrictions) will also be in person in City Council Chambers at 7500 W. 29th Avenue. Any person wishing to submit written documents for Commission’s consideration at the meeting must file them with Community Development staff. Written comments may be submitted on Wheat Ridge Speaks at www.wheatridgespeaks.org until noon on April 6. Alternatively, written documents or comments must be received no later than noon on the day of the meeting by emailing zoning@ci.wheatridge.co.us or mailing to City of Wheat Ridge, Attn: Planning Division, 7500 W. 29th Avenue, Wheat Ridge CO 80033.

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Provide comments in advance on Wheat Ridge Speaks at www.wheatridgespeaks.org Join the live meeting through the Zoom web link provided on the calendar on the City’s website at www.ci.wheatridge.co.us/calendar.

Join the live meeting by calling (669) 900-6833 with code 823 9702 6352 and Passcode: 595119 Join the meeting in person, if permitted by COVID-19 restrictions; meeting format will be noted on the calendar on the City’s website at www.ci.wheatridge.co.us/calendar.

Watch the meeting live on Comcast Channel 8 Watch the meeting live on YouTube at www.ci.wheatridge.co.us/view

Legal Notice No. 413580 First Publication: March 24, 2022 Last Publication: March 24, 2022 Publisher: Jeffco Transcript

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The April 7, 2022 Planning Commission meeting will be conducted as a virtual meeting and (if allowed on that date per COVID-19 restrictions) will also be in person in City Council Chambers at 7500 W. 29th Avenue. Any person wishing to submit written documents for Commission’s consideration at the meeting must file them with Community Development staff. Written comments may be submitted on Wheat Ridge Speaks at www.wheatridgespeaks.org until noon on April 6. Alternatively, written documents or comments must be received no later than noon on the day of the meeting by emailing zoning@ci.wheatridge.co.us or mailing to City of Wheat Ridge, Attn: Planning Division, 7500 W. 29th Avenue, Wheat Ridge CO 80033.

All interested citizens are invited to participate in the virtual meeting in any one of the following ways: • •

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Provide comments in advance on Wheat Ridge Speaks at www.wheatridgespeaks.org Join the live meeting through the Zoom web link provided on the calendar on the City’s website at www.ci.wheatridge.co.us/calendar.

Join the live meeting by calling (669) 900-6833 with code 823 9702 6352 and Passcode: 595119 Join the meeting in person, if permitted by COVID-19 restrictions; meeting format will be noted on the calendar on the City’s website at www.ci.wheatridge.co.us/calendar.

Watch the meeting live on Comcast Channel 8 Watch the meeting live on YouTube at www.ci.wheatridge.co.us/view

Legal Notice No. 413579 First Publication: March 24, 2022 Last Publication: March 24, 2022 Publisher: Jeffco Transcript Public Notice NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Wheat Ridge Planning Commission will conduct a Public Hearing on Thursday, April 7, 2022 at 7:00 p.m. to consider Case No.: • WS-21-08 - An application filed by Storybuilt for approval of a major subdivision for 29 townhomes and one commercial lot on a property zoned Mixed Use-Neighborhood (MU-N) and located at 5807 & 5823 West 38th Avenue.

The proposed subdivision and accompanying documents are available in electronic form on the City’s official website, http://www.ci.wheatridge.co.us/legal-notices and at www.wheatridgespeaks.org. Specific plans for the proposed changes are available for inspection at the Wheat Ridge City Hall. Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, upon appointment, request and notifi-

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