Jeffco Transcript 010523

Year in review: Je erson County

Je co’s new climate action plan addresses emissions, climate change impacts

BY CORINNE WESTEMAN CWESTEMAN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

As Colorado becomes a hotter, drier place thanks to impacts from climate change, county o cials want to make Je erson County a more responsible, more resilient place.

e county plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions over the next dozen years and ensure residents and business owners are prepared for the increased risk of oods and wild res.

On Dec. 20, the Board of County Commissioners approved Je co’s rst Climate Action Plan, which has been in the works since September 2020.

BY ANDREW FRAIELI AFRAIELI@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

While death threats and apartment res have run as big news for Je erson County this year, there were still other happy events happening.  Small and local, the Benchmark eatre held the world premiere of local actress Suzanne Nepi’s “ e Covid Wife,” which gave a heartwrenching reenactment of her and her husband’s struggle with COVID.

e Lakewood Cultural Center also hosted incredible musicians like the Baroque Chamber Orchestra and their performance of Vivaldi’s Seasons in October, or Daniel Hsu

delicately performing Schumann, Beethoven and Liszt in September. But, let’s look at what else has happened in Je co in 2022:

Lakewood Apartment Fire

Halloween in Lakewood this year started with ames as Ti any Square Apartments burned at 4 a.m., killing Kathleen Payton, 31, and her daughter Jazmine Payton-Aguayo, 10. e re damaged 14 units and forced the residents of all 32 to be displaced with the American Red Cross helping nd shelter at the time. e re was found to be intentionally set according to the Lakewood Police though, and two

juveniles were arrested on suspicion of 1st Degree Murder and 1st Degree Arson on Nov. 6.

Je co Board of Education voted to close 16 elementary schools

After almost three months of public hearings and meetings, the Je erson County Board of Education unanimously voted to close 16 elementary schools on Nov. 10, approving a consolidation plan initially presented to the Board by the District on Aug. 25.

Under-enrollment and lack of resources were continuously cited

“We have a single mission: to protect and hand on the planet to the next generation,” Commissioner Andy Kerr said. “Today, I am excited we are nally putting the ‘action’ in the Climate Action Plan.”

Over the past year, county ofcials have been collecting public input on the plan with community meetings and a survey, including a public comment period this November.

e Climate Action Plan outlines reducing the county’s greenhouse gas emissions by 73% from 2015 levels by 2035. It also wants to

Melissa Jacobson (left), a parent from Kullerstrand Elementary, waits for the Je co Board of Education’s vote on whether to close 16 elementary schools. The Board voted unanimously in favor.

PHOTO BY ANDREW FRAIELI

as consolidation reasonings by the District and Board over that time, with specific attention to inequity in school programs due to stretched District resources.

An hour-long public comment before the vote showed no parent, teacher or community member speaking in support of the decision, though. Many parents said they saw a lack of public process and input over the three months leading to the vote, as well as the decisions being made too quickly.

“If I thought that Regional Opportunities for Thriving Schools would cause kids to lose anything without gaining a great deal in return, I would absolutely vote no,” Board member Paula Reed said. “As an educator, I cannot leave some kids in under-resourced schools, while others get everything they need and more.”

Other common concerns from parents were programs at schools, like the dual-language program at Emory, and how they would transfer.

“If the District doesn’t provide us with the support or the resources and training that the teachers need, it’s going to disappear,” Aida Kline, a parent from Emory, said after the vote.

Elections 2022: Marijuana and Jeffco Sheriff

Three measures for Jefferson County were on the ballot in November and all three failed.

Two were related to marijuana in unincorporated Jeffco, Ballot measure 1A and 1B, which would have allowed the sale and production of marijuana along with sales tax on it. Unincorporated areas like Evergreen and Conifer were included, as well as south Jeffco, but large areas within and around Lakewood would have been included as well, such as almost the entire area surrounded by US 285 and C-470.

The resolution estimated an added $600,000 in taxes would have gone to Jeffco within the first fiscal year with the three to six percent tax on marijuana sales continuing after.

The final measure was attempting to change Jeffco’s Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights. It would have limited only property taxes, removing the

ceiling for other taxes, allowing the county to keep more revenue.

As for the Sheriff’s race, Democrat Regina Marinelli, who was lieutenant of the support services division at the Jefferson County Sheriff’s office, won over Republican Ed Brady, who recently became Arvada Police Chief.

Marinelli will be sworn in on Jan. 10.

When asked what her first actions as Sheriff will be, she said working on a wellness center for her staff, as well as start certifying staff in therapies that will be used in the jail as soon as possible.

Lakewood City Council members face email death threats

While members had been facing racist, sexist and homophobic threats for months, December saw an exploration of those threats and what members see in them.

Lakewood police and the city’s IT officials were unable to track the exact source of the emails, according to Mayor Adam Paul. Efforts were only able to trace the emails to a server in Russia. One councilor felt that the police and city had not done enough to investigate the emails though, while others,

including Paul, believe the actions of some council members were perpetuating the threats.

Council member Anita Springsteen said she received an email in April that threatened her with sexual assault and the bombing of her car unless she resigned from City Council. Springsteen has not attended a council meeting in person since, citing fears over the threat, and felt the city hadn’t investigated the threat enough.

Others such as Paul and Council member Jeslin Shahrezaei also received threats, most recently on Nov. 28, just minutes before a council meeting where the topic of gun control came up during public comment, even though it was not on the agenda.

While Springsteen has spoken about the threat against her extensively in multiple council meetings, believing that talking about the threats is the “only way to dial it back,” Shahrezaei believes mentioning the threats repeatedly at meetings has “numbed” the community to the issue.

She, along with Paul, also believes that members’ interactions with certain groups agitated on divisive subjects have escalated

the threats. Shahrezaei points to that Nov. 28 meeting, where she said council member Mary Janssen told gun-rights activists, including Rocky Mountain Gun Owners, that gun control was going to be spoken on at public comment. Doing so made Shahrezaei feel like she was put in danger.

Shahrezaei added that receiving threats “is not unique to one city counselor.”

“This is a problem in our community, and I think in a postTrump world, people are emboldened to sort of say things in ways that we haven’t historically seen,” she said.

Metro shelters open for cold front, but experts argue it’s not enough

A vicious end to the year, the Denver metro area saw up to -40 degree wind chill in the week leading up to Christmas. The extreme weather prompted the opening of multiple emergency shelters for the unhoused, but it also prompted experts and activists to question what temperature should be required for them to open.

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meant to be overflow as more people check into shelters during cold weather, and especially extreme weather. For the week leading up to Christmas, Denver opened the Denver Coliseum for the purpose — though specified it was for anyone, not just the unhoused since power outages were possible.

The Severe Weather Shelter Network in Jefferson County stayed open for multiple nights as well, the Aurora Day Resource Center was an option in the west, and The Winter Shelter Network — another organization of churches — opened to serve Douglas County.

The critiques of these emergency shelters from experts and

activists come from the low temperatures used to judge when to open, and when actual negative effects due to the weather start to happen before those temperatures.

Doctors from the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless and Denver Health sent a joint letter to Denver’s Department of Housing Stability and Department of Public Health and Environment pointing out unhoused people have many of the risk factors for hypothermia and frostbite — like exhaustion, dehydration, malnutrition — which can happen even at 45 degrees depending on wind and moisture.

One of the argued temperature bars is Denver’s, 10 degrees or 6 inches of snow, and among the most restrictive of the metro area. Other areas are 32 degrees with moisture like snow, and 20 degrees without.

Experts Differ on What 2023 Holds for the Real Estate & Mortgage Market

Real estate and mortgage professionals are coming to grips with how the market changed in 2022, but they have few (and differing) predictions for the market in 2023.

On the national level, Lawrence Yun, chief economist for the National Association of Realtors, predicts that home prices will remain stable and the sales of existing homes will decline by 6.8%. He identified ten markets that will outperform other metro areas, and all ten of them are in the southeast.

“Half of the country may experience small price gains, while the other half may see slight price declines,” Yun said. “However, markets in California may be the exception, with San Francisco, for example, likely to register price drops of 10–15%.”

Here in the Denver market, the Denver Metro Association of Realtors issues a monthly market trends report. In its latest report, it pointed out that while there is a steady monthover-month decline in the average sold price, the year-over-year sold prices remain higher.

“Without a doubt, the Denver Metro housing market is changing, but the question on everyone’s mind is how long this change will last and what to expect next year,” commented Libby Levinson-Katz, Chair of the DMAR Market Trends Committee and a metro Denver Realtor®. “Most of the answers are tied directly to when we will see relief from increasing mortgage rates that have more than doubled since January. Ultimately, the spring market will be the best indicator of what the

Revisiting Lessons Learned From the Marshall Fire

The devastating Marshall Fire a year ago inspired several columns by me about how it could have been prevented. My favorite was the most recent one, which made an important observation about how vented attics (the most common kind in tract homes) allow wind-blown embers to enter homes.

All these columns can be downloaded at www.JimSmithColumns.com:

Jan. 6, 2022 — Last Week’s Fire Disaster Is a Wake-up Call for Building More Fire-Resistant Homes Jan. 13, 2022 — Homes Built of Concrete Garner Increased Interest in Wake of Marshall Fire Jan. 20, 2022 — Here Are More Examples of Concrete Construction and Fire-Resistant Roofing

Jan. 27, 2022 — The Buying of Homes Has Become More Frantic Since the Marshall Fire; Also: How to Alert Residents About Approaching Wildfires Apr. 14, 2022 — AirCrete Is a Lighter, More Climate-Friendly Version of Concrete for Home Construction May 12, 2022 — Report from Division of Insurance Details Extent of Underinsurance in the Marshall Fire July 14, 2022 — Are You Wondering If Your Home Is Underinsured? A Reader Shares His Research Oct. 13, 2022 — Homes That Survived the Marshall Fire Were More Airtight and Had Conditioned Attics I am disappointed not to see any of the insights I shared reflected in recent anniversary articles and programs.

Price Reduced on Solar-Powered Lakewood Home

New Year will have in store for us. While we expect to see the Denver real estate market continue to change through 2023 due to interest rates and inventory woes, it has continued to show strength and stability.”

As highlighted above, a lot depends on the direction of mortgage rates, and predictions on where rates are headed are few and varied, because there are so many factors which are unpredictable.

For example, will the Federal Reserve’s increases in the Fed Funds rate continue, and for how long? Will it cause a recession? Will unemployment increase and inflation abate? What’s the future of the war in Ukraine and its impact on the US and world economy? What will energy cost in 2023?

Personally, I have no predictions to

offer. It’s not my world, I just live in it. What I know for sure is that people will still want to sell, and there will always be buyers ready to buy. We continue to see new listings come on the market — we have a few of our own coming in January. As always, some listings will be priced wisely (that is, not too high), and will sell quickly, but most will be overpriced and will sit on the market, slowly reducing their prices until they sell or are withdrawn from the MLS.

There may even be bidding wars on homes that are priced right. For example, I just sold a home in Applewood which we priced at $895,000 and sold to one of three bidders within a week for over $900,000. But we’re not perfect. Other listings have languished on the market and only sold once we reduced the price.

You’re About to Develop a New Habit—Reusable Bags

By now you are probably aware that starting on Jan. 1st, supermarkets and most other retailers must charge 10 cents per plastic or paper bag, as dictated by a state law passed in 2021. Several cities across Colorado, including Denver and Boulder, already banned plastic bags, garnering 6090% compliance, but this week the 10-cent charge and future ban goes statewide.

Plastic bags won’t be banned until a year from now, although Walmart is voluntarily eliminating plastic and paper bags at checkout immediately. This time next year, you’ll still have the option of paying 10 cents for a paper bag, but plastic bags will not be available at most stores and restaurants. In addition, restaurants will be barred from using polystyrene (aka Styrofoam) containers for carryout food.

Another option is to take your own cart into the store, instead of using the store’s shopping carts. Fill it with your selections, and put your selections back in the cart, bagged or unbagged, after paying for them. At right is a typical wire cart, but Google will show you lots of other personal shopping carts or wagons.

If, like me, you’re open to other ways to “save the planet,” here are some ideas.

Starbucks stopped filling your own cup or mug for a “personal” drink during the pandemic, but now it’s back, and they give you a 10-cent discount.

Recently I was at lunch with a client who pulled out a Tupperware container to take leftovers home. When I told Rita, we immediately decided to adopt the practice, and she now puts a plastic container in her purse every time we go out to a restaurant.

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King Soopers is preparing its customers for the change by selling bags like the one at right at its checkout stations. Better ones cost $5-6, but this one costs 99 cents, and I’m keeping it in my car so it’s not forgotten when I go shopping. Rita has been taking reusable shopping bags with her for months.

At Avenida, we enjoy the continental breakfast served six mornings a week, and several residents bring their own coffee mugs and cereal bowls so they don’t have to use the provided single-use coffee cups or bowls. We now do that, too.

Tell me your ideas, and I’ll share them!

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Regina Marinelli, Je co Sheri , speaking at the 22nd Annual Legislative BBQ on September 7.

Lakewood receives fire mitigation grant

BY ANDREW FRAIELI AFRAIELI@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Six thousand acres of Lakewood is open space — parks, trees, fields and grasses — and homes near these spaces have a higher

risk of wildfire. In December, Lakewood received a $40,000 grant to help protect these homes.

The money will go to a specialty crew of 14 to 25-year-old conservationists across the state from

the Mile High Youth Corps to help support Lakewood park staff advance the city’s Open Space Fire Mitigation Plan. This will include creating a 20-foot space between the open space and resident’s property, according to Lakewood,

to help reduce proximity to fuels and brush.

Great Outdoors Colorado awarded the grant to the city through a program created with Colorado Youth Corps Association, which MHYC is a division of.

All aboard the Colorado Co ee Caboose

Unique new co ee drivethru opened in Dumont

BY OLIVIA JEWELL LOVE OLOVE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

If you’re heading west up I-70 and see a train o the tracks in Dumont; don’t worry, that’s just the town’s newest co ee drive-thru.

e Colorado Co ee Caboose, located o I-70 exit 234 in Dumont, had its soft opening just after anksgiving. e train car-turnedco ee shop will have a grand opening in the next few weeks, if all pans out with supply ful llment.

e eye-catching caboose was built, licensed and opened in less than six months. at’s thanks in part to two of the co-owners, Jack Dixon and Ken Crosby, who have experience building tiny homes. Building a tiny co ee shop was a fun dream they brought to life.

“We kinda had this in the back of our minds,” co-owner Neale Gibbons said.

Gibbons has lived in the county for over a decade and has seen what the two could build over the years of knowing them. He owns the shop with Dixon and Crosby and Randy Valcana.

Right now, the shop is still operating under a soft opening, meaning it doesn’t have the full menu the owners hope to o er in the future.  at menu includes gourmet co ee, espresso drinks, teas, sandwiches, burritos, snacks and more. But the group is looking forward to o ering a wide array of crepes in the near future.

“We’re really hoping to become a really strong co ee and crepe hut,” Gibbons said.

e Colorado Co ee Caboose hopes to not only cater to those traveling up and down I-70, but o er a menu that local people in Dumont enjoy. While there is another co ee

shop on the same exit, the Colorado Co ee Caboose is the only drive-thru. e owners have adopted a team mentality for their town.

“Not being competition to our neighbors, but collaboration,” Gibbons said.

He hopes people will enjoy the variety and options of having two shops in town.

e shop is currently open from 6:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily but may extend hours to 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily in a few weeks, according to Gibbons.

The caboose is a drive-thru but also has a small walk-in area at the front.

PHOTO BY OLIVIA JEWELL LOVE

reduce climate-related risks for everyone, prioritizing those experiencing the greatest disparities.

According to the county’s updated Hazard Mitigation Plan, wildfires and floods are Jeffco’s two most frequent and devastating hazards. Both are exacerbated by rising global temperatures. The county states that, even under a moderate 2050 climate scenario, Jeffco could experience $880 million in annual flooding and fire damage.

The Climate Action Plan is intended to address these risks by developing solutions to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to rising temperatures and to help the community become more resilient to the hazards and risks.

Plus, it will contribute to statewide efforts to address Colorado’s climate risks, county officials explained.

“For us to succeed, all parties will need to be moving in a common direction,” Commissioner Tracy Kraft-Tharp said. “ … I’m looking forward for our communities to pull together resources and

expertise as we begin to move forward addressing this very important issue.”

The plan outlines six sectors where the county can look to reduce emissions and/or improve resiliency. They are: water; food and waste; ecosystems; transportation; energy supply; and buildings.

There are 20 solutions outlined across the six sectors, and three that are described as “foundational” that are outside any individual sector. (Editor’s note: For a list of all 23 solutions, see the accompanying graphic.)

During the Dec. 20 presentation, staff said Jeffco won’t be able to achieve any of these goals alone. It will require collaboration among municipalities, special districts, nonprofits, residents and other partners.

Commissioner Lesley Dahlkemper agreed, adding, “A laser-like focus county-wide on sustainability is not only good for our community and public health … it’s good for our local economy and can help save taxpayer dollars.”

To view a draft of the Climate Action Plan or for summaries in English and Spanish, visit Jeffco. us/4410/Climate-ActionPlan.

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Je co outlines 23 goals in its inaugural Climate Action Plan, which the Board of County Commissioners approved Dec. 20. The plan outlines goals for cutting greenhouse gas emissions and making Je co more resilient against climate-change-related disasters, like floods and wildfires, over the next several years.

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Je co sheri ’s investigators raising money to help families of fallen police o cers

BY DEB HURLEY BROBST DBROBST@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Two Je co sheri ’s investigators “be walkin’!”

“We be walkin’!” is the slogan of Dee Patterson — known as Deputy Dee in the foothills — and Wendy Fehringer as they prepare to walk 25 miles in two days in February to support the C.O.P.S. Foundation.

C.O.P.S. stands for Concerns of Police Survivors, and the organization provides support for families, friends and colleagues who have lost an ofcer in the line of duty.

According to the organization’s website, “C.O.P.S. was organized in 1984 with 110 individual members. Today, C.O.P.S. membership is over 65,000 survivors. Survivors include spouses, children, parents, siblings, signi cant others and co-workers of o cers who have died in the line of duty.”

Patterson and Fehringer will be walking in COPSWalk Southwest Feb. 24-26, deciding this year to walk in honor of Dillon Vako , a 27-year-old Arvada police o cer who was shot and killed responding to a disturbance on Sept. 11, 2022. Vako ’s motto was “ at others may live,” and Patterson said that stuck with her.

“I didn’t know Dillon, but I have kids slightly older than he was,” she said. “My kids have a future, while Dillon doesn’t. at hit hard for me.”

While Patterson participated in

the COPSWalk Southwest last year, she asked Fehringer, her friend and partner in the investigations unit for the Je co Sheri ’s O ce, to join her this year.

“We live in a community that is so very supportive of law enforcement, and we have immediate resources,” Fehringer said. “ en there are the little agencies who don’t have as much support.”

at’s where the C.O.P.S. Foundation comes in. Support is ongoing for as long as survivors need it.

‘I’m

living proof’

Lynn Mossbrucker, who lost her

husband, called the C.O.P.S. Foundation a rare opportunity to connect with people who understand her loss. Her husband, Sgt. Timothy Mossbrucker, was shot and killed on April 28, 1995, as he pulled up to a shooting scene at a supermarket.

Timothy had served with the Jefferson County Sheri ’s O ce for 17 years. At the time of his death, Lynn was pregnant. e couple had four sons and two daughters.

Although remarried — to another police o cer — Lynn kept Mossbrucker as her last name.

Even though Timothy was taken from her, “I still have his name,” she explained, “and I will always have his name.”

Lynn’s family has taken advantage of camps and other programs the C.O.P.S. Foundation provides, and Lynn calls it a lifeline. She attended her rst spouses’ retreat in 1998 and continues to go each year, noting that she met people at her rst retreat who have become important friends.

“I still get a lot out of the retreats,” she said. “It’s a rare opportunity to connect with somebody who gets it, and I know I can call those people if I need to.”

Colorado has a local chapter of C.O.P.S., and Lynn was president for six years and vice president for two years. She can’t say enough about the importance of C.O.P.S. for those who have lost an o cer in the line of duty.

“When you are having a bad time or it’s an anniversary or you miss him, you can’t just talk to people about that,” she said. “ ey don’t want to hear it, or they don’t know what to say. But if I say those things to my friends from C.O.P.S., you don’t have to explain it, and they won’t think I’m weird.

“I can tell you that if its purpose is to

help the people left behind, I’m living proof that happens, and I have many friends who are the proof that that happens. It is much more crucial in the early years, but it remains important to me 27 years later.”

‘The experience changed me’ Patterson said she got involved in the COPSWalk after attending National Police Week a couple years ago.

“What drew me to (the C.O.P.S. Foundation) is what they do for families — counseling for kids, assistance to spouses, the list goes on and on,” Patterson said. “I was incredibly moved by it. e experience changed me.”

Both Patterson and Fehringer have been training by walking together on their lunch breaks and taking their dogs on long walks. ey know they will be ready for the challenge.

Patterson said the great thing about the 25-mile walk is walkers go at their own pace, so participants get to talk about why they are involved. ey hear about the service of police ofcers around the nation who lost their lives protecting others.

“Raising money for the C.O.P.S. Foundation is not about my department, it’s about o cers like Dillon (Vako ), and the families that have to go on,” Patterson explained. “ at’s where it is for me. (Dillon) went to work because he wanted to make a di erence. at’s what the C.O.P.S. Foundation is all about. Families have to go on.”

Patterson and Fehringer agree that it’s important to support the organization because it supports the surviving families and friends.

“We shouldn’t forget these people, their sacri ce and the families who made the sacri ce, too,”

said.

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Je co Sheri ’s O ce investigators Dee Patterson, left, and Wendy Fehringer walk near the sheri ’s o ce in Golden to prepare for the COPSWalk Southwest that raises money for families of o cers killed in the line of duty.

PHOTO BY DEB HURLEY BROBST

Lynn Mossbrucker, who lost her husband in the line of duty, with their children, from left, Will, Erin, Alex, Tim, Annie and Matthew. COURTESY PHOTO

Polis commutes 4 inmate sentences

Denver trooper included

BY JESSE PAUL AND SANDRA FISH THE COLORADO SUN

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis cut short the prison sentences of four inmates and pardoned 20 people, including a former Colorado State Patrol trooper who guarded the state Capitol and pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge after pointing a gun at a passing driver near the Denver building in 2021 while he was on duty.

The former trooper, Jay Hemphill, pleaded guilty in Denver earlier this year to misdemeanor menacing. He was sentenced to a year of probation. Polis commuted Hemphill’s sentence and pardoned him.

“You served the State of Colorado with honor and distinction for twenty-six years, serving and protecting five different governors,” Polis wrote to Hemphill. “You made a mistake in a brief instant when you thought you were under threat, and no one was physically harmed.”

According to an arrest affidavit for Hemphill, the woman said she was driving her truck near the Capitol and attempting to make a right turn onto East 14th from Sherman when Hemphill crossed in front of her vehicle, pulled out his gun, pointed it at her and started to yell. The encounter was captured on

video.

“I was afraid I was going to get shot,” the woman told Denver police.

The affidavit says Hemphill, who had worked at the Capitol since January 1998 and was a constant presence in the building before the incident, reported the encounter to a Colorado State Patrol sergeant.

Hemphill started working for the Colorado State Patrol in 1995 and was a decorated trooper. In 2007,

Hemphill shot and killed a 32-yearold man who declared himself “the emperor” while carrying a loaded .357-caliber handgun inside the Capitol. Hemphill received Colorado State Patrol’s highest award for stopping the armed man, Aaron Snyder, shortly after he entered then-Gov. Bill Ritter’s office.

A spokesperson for the State Patrol said Thursday evening that Hemphill left the agency shortly after the 2021 incident.

Four prison sentences commuted

The most high-profile prisoner whose term was shortened by Polis is Michael Clifton, who in 2000 was sentenced to 98 years in prison after being convicted of seconddegree kidnapping, two counts of first-degree burglary and three counts of aggravated robbery with an intent to kill.

Clifton and Rene Lima-Marin were teenagers when they robbed a video store in Aurora in 1998.

Lima-Marin, who was also sentenced to 98 years in prison but mistakenly released in 2008 only to be reimprisoned and then released after a court battle, was pardoned by then-Gov. John Hickenlooper in 2017. The pardon was issued in large part to prevent Lima-Marin from being deported to his native Cuba.

The victim of the robbery, Jason Kasperek, originally objected to Clifton’s release. But Kasperek met with Clifton’s family, CBS4 reported over the summer, and decided to support the clemency request.

Polis ordered Clifton released on parole Jan. 31, writing in a letter to Clifton that he has “taken responsibility for his actions and recognizes the mistakes you made in the past.”

“A 98-year sentence for the crimes you committed is well beyond the typical range, a result of being given consecutive sentences on each of your charges,” Polis wrote. “As you are aware, the codefendant in your case has already been pardoned by Gov. John Hickenlooper. These disparities, coupled with the work you have done while incarcerated, supports granting your application.”

The other prisoners whose terms were cut short by Polis are:

• Sidney Cooley was convicted in Denver of theft, drug and a weapons possession charge in a 2002 case and convicted of six counts of second-degree burglary in a 2005 Jefferson County case. He has served 18 years of a 54-year sentence. Cooley will be allowed to serve his parole in Ohio. Polis ordered him paroled after Jan. 31.

“A 54-year sentence for the crimes you committed is well beyond the typical range,” Polis wrote in a letter to Cooley.

• Robin Farris will be eligible for parole Jan. 31 after serving 31 years of a life sentence for rst-degree felony murder in Arapahoe County. Court documents say she was in her late 20s when she fatally shot her former lover, Beatrice King, in an apartment in February 1990. Polis noted that Colorado’s laws have changed and that now her crime would be considered a seconddegree murder o ense and that she would be eligible for parole after 20 years. Denver Democratic state Rep.-elect Elisabeth Epps had been seeking clemency for Farris, and celebrated the news on Twitter on ursday. Farris has been in Colorado’s prison system longer than just two other women.

• Sean Marshall has served 14 years of a 45-year sentence for aggravated robbery in 2008 and will be released on parole at the end of January instead of in 2038. Polis noted that Marshall’s sentence was 10 times longer than some of the other seven people convicted in the same El Paso County crime. “While you have been incarcerated, you have confronted the choices that led you to prison,” Polis wrote in a letter to Marshall. “You overcame many obstacles and worked hard to change your life.”

Other pardons issued by Polis Polis also issued pardons Thursday to 18 other people, many of them convicted of drug crimes or lower-level crimes, like theft and burglary:

•  Vicente Antillon

• Marla Bautista

• Jay Biesemeier and Wendy Biesemeier

• William Bray

• Joseph Burns

• Daniel Collins

• Carey Davidson

• Samuel DeBono

• Caleb Haley

• Mark Harmon

• Walter Hooton

• Charles Hurlburt

• Tell Jones

• John Krause

• Terrence Miller

• Steven Thomas

• Staci Tillman

• Ryan Tomka

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.

Gov. Jared Polis

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Shoppers face statewide fee for bags

BY JESSE PAUL THE COLORADO SUN

Colorado businesses are required to charge consumers a 10-cent fee for each plastic and paper bag they carry out of the store as of Jan. 1. at’s because of a bill passed by the state legislature in 2021 and signed into law by Gov. Jared Polis, a Democrat.

e fee, which isn’t subject to the state’s 2.9% sales tax, may be higher if a town, city or county enacts a higher charge.

People who are in federal or state food assistance programs don’t pay the fees as long as they can prove that they are enrolled in one of those programs.

Businesses are required to send 60% of the bag-fee revenue they collect to the municipality they operate in. If the business is within an unincorporated part of a county, the money will be sent to the county.

Local governments would be required to spend the money on the following initiatives:

• Bag-fee enforcement costs

• Waste-diversion programs, including outreach and education  e remaining 40% of the bag-fee

revenue will be kept by businesses.

Stores that collect less than $20 in bag-fees in a given quarter don’t have to remit the revenue to their municipality or county and can keep the money.

• To provide support and empathy in an inclusive environment.

• To provide help for those in need in our community.

• To operate a food pantry in the Golden area for the benefit of local families and individuals.

• To provide short-term financial assistance to those experiencing crisis or sudden hardship

• To provide consultation and advice regarding additional support services in the vicinity.

Plastic bags will be banned in Colorado starting in 2024, with some exceptions

The 2021 bill also bans the distribution of all single-use plastic bags in Colorado starting in 2024. But there are asterisks.

Restaurants that prepare or serve food in individual portions for immediate on- or off-premises consumption would be exempt, as would stores that operate solely in Colorado and have three or fewer locations.

Businesses that are still allowed to offer plastic bags must collect a fee of at least 10 cents on each bag. The fee may be higher if a city or county enacts a higher charge.

Say goodbye to plastic foam

It’s not just plastic bags that are being done away with. The 2021 bill also bans polystyrene products — such as Styrofoam — across the state starting on Jan. 1, 2024.

The only exception is that restaurants will be able to continue using polystyrene products for takeout after that date until their existing inventory is gone.

What if businesses don’t comply?

Municipalities and cities will be able to sue businesses that don’t comply with the new bag-fee and styrofoam rules.

ey also may assess the following nes:

• $500 for a second violation

• $1,000 for a third or subsequent violation

e nes can be assessed per violation during a retail sale. In other words, if a business illegally handed out 10 plastic bags during one transaction, they would be considered to have violated the law only once.

e measure also repeals a state prohibition barring local governments from introducing restrictions on plastic materials that are more stringent than the state’s.

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For physical and mental health, woman finds success with ketamine

BY ALISON BERG, JEREMY MOORE ROCKY MOUNTAIN PBS

After a car crash nearly six years ago left her with bouts of chronic neck pain, anxiety and depression, Allison Foley felt as though she had exhausted all her treatment options. Nothing worked.

Various medications, talk therapy and numbing agents seemed to put a bandage over the underlying issues, but the pain always bubbled to the surface when initial dopamine hits wore o .

After years of frustration, Foley spoke with a friend in California who used ketamine to cope with similar issues. Foley heard Colorado was introducing a similar program o ering ketamine therapy and decided to give it a shot, feeling she had nothing to lose.

After three months of taking a small ketamine dose once a week at home, Foley said her life transformed.

“I was actually able to face the pain head-on and create a new narrative around it that’s helped me not only manage my chronic pain but accelerate my life to the next level,” Foley said. “I can’t say that ketamine has xed my chronic pain, but it’s given me a di erent lens to view my life.”

e United States Food and Drug Administration classi es ketamine as a Class III substance, meaning it is legal for medical purposes in all 50 states.

Several practitioners in the Denver area prescribe ketamine. Foley obtains her treatment throughWondermed LLC,a platform that provides ketamine doses and therapy services to remote patients. Foley takes her dose once a week at her Denver home and meets with a clinician monthly to discuss progress. Because ketamine alters Foley’s mind, she takes it under the supervision of a close friend or family member, though she said she has never had any issues while under its in uence.

“ e experience is very calming,” Foley said. “It’s essentially like a warm hug.”

Foley said the ketamine helps her “step outside herself” and look at her anxious thoughts from an objective place, rather than being consumed by them.

“ ere’s a voice that can get louder or quieter depending on the day or depending on what I’m going through that can really disrupt my life,” Foley said. “ is treatment has given me the opportunity to allow my true inner healer to step up and have a dialogue with that negative voice.”

e experience lasts about an hour, and Foley meditates, journals and processes her di cult emotions and memories without being consumed by them.

“It allows you to go to a deeper level of your subconscious and eliminate the anxiety that comes with working on a deeper level of yourself,” Foley said.

Lauren Swanson, a physician’s assistant and lead clinician with Wondermed, said ketamine di ers from antidepressants and other psychedelic medications because it is fast-acting and grows new neural connections

that change a person’s brain, allowing them to shift their perspective and cope with traumas or pain.

“You have these major shifts and that’s what sticks with you after the ketamine is gone,” Swanson said. “It’s molding that neuroplasticity to your bene t in a way that works for you.”

In addition to aiding mental health treatment, ketamine is also used as an anesthetic in hospital settings and for animals. In larger doses, ketamine can tranquilize a person or immediately ease suicidal thoughts.

Ketamine has had recent national attention from a case in Colorado. Administered improperly, it can have fatal consequences. Earlier this year, an amended autopsyfound that Elijah McClain died because paramedics injected him with too large a dose of ketamine. McClain was put in a neck hold and injected with ketamine after being stopped by police in Aurora for “being suspicious.” McClain’s death resulted inlegislation that restrictedhow the drug can be used by rst responders.

e Mayo Clinic reportedthat ketamine can have negative interactions with dozens of other drugs, which is why the drug is recommended only to be taken with a prescription. Additionally, the clinic’s website states ketamine can produce unwanted side e ects, both during and after usage, which can include dizziness, fainting, seizures and unusual tiredness or weakness.

Still Swanson said those like Foley who are working with mental health diagnosis of anxiety and depression are nding the small, prescribed doses of ketamine work “remarkably well” for those patients.

Swanson said ketamine is one addition to a recent renaissance of psychedelic drugs used in mental health treatments. Colorado recently legalized psilocybin mushrooms for therapeutic purposes. Swanson said psychedelics have become a popular choice when traditional selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) have not worked or have come with a cost of too many side e ects.

is story is from Rocky Mountain PBS, a nonpro t public broadcaster providing community stories across Colorado over the air and online. Used by permission. For more, and to support Rocky Mountain PBS, visit rmpbs. org.

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS

The Rotary Club of Golden is conducting the 18th annual Ethics in Business Awards program in 2023. Each year we seek nominations from the public of those organizations in our community, both for-profit and not-for-profit, that demonstrate the highest standards of ethical business practice, integrity, and civic and social responsibility.

All nominations received by Feb. 28, 2023 will be evaluated by students in the Ethics class at the Colorado School of Mines. They will choose the winners, who, along with all nominees, will be recognized and honored at an Awards luncheon on May 5, 2023 at the Sheraton Denver West hotel.

To make a nomination, go to ethics.goldenrotary.org/ nominations-form/. This Ethics in Business Awards website also gives more details on the Ethics awards program, which has been an important and popular event since its founding in 2006.

Allison Foley described the success she has had in taking small doses of ketamine for physical and mental health treatment.

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Colorado’s paid family leave program kicks o

Started Jan. 1

BY ANDREW KENNEY COLORADO PUBLIC RADIO

Starting on Jan. 1, private employees across Colorado will see up to 0.45 percent of their paychecks withheld to pay for a statewide program that will eventually provide paid leave for workers.

Up to $4.50 for every $1,000 of wages will be withheld from many worker’s paychecks.

The money will go toward the state’s new Family & Medical Leave Insurance program, which will launch a year later, in 2024. Once active, it will partially replace workers’ wages while they go on leave for childbirth, adoption, serious health conditions and more.

Voters approved the significant new public benefit in the 2020 election, and state officials are now racing to set it up. The beginning of premium payments in 2023 represents one of the first major milestones.

Every private employer in the state will be required to start making the premium payments in 2023.

“Unless you’re self-employed, this will impact your business in one way or another,” said Tracy Marshall, division director for the new FAMLI program.

Companies will be responsible

for withholding the premiums from their workers’ paychecks starting on Jan. 1. State officials are encouraging employers to explain the changes to employees now to avoid confusion in the new year.

Some employees will see smaller deductions, if their bosses choose to cover some or all of their cost.

The withholdings should be noted on paystubs, Marshall said.

Many companies also will be required to contribute additional premiums worth another 0.45 percent of each employee’s wages.

Companies also will have to register with the state’s new My FAMLI+ portal for businesses, which they’ll use to pay the money to the state.

The state launched that service just a few weeks ago, but businesses won’t have to register until mid-2023, when they actually have to send the money to the state, Marshall said.

“They still have some breathing room to get that registration done,” she said.

Only the smallest companies — those with nine or fewer employees — will be exempted from paying the company’s share of the wages. But their employees still will owe the 0.45 percent, which the employer still would collect by withholding.

Companies can offer their own plans instead — but not yet Companies can offer their own

paid leave programs as an alternative. If those programs meet the state’s requirements, the company and its employees will be exempted from paying premiums to the FAMLI program.

But, for now, it’s impossible to get that exemption. The state is not yet accepting applications for companies to prove they have a qualifying program.

That means that every employer, whether or not they’re already offering paid leave, will have to start withholding wages on Jan. 1. The state hopes to begin accepting applications for waivers by the end of the first quarter of 2023.

“Honestly, it was time constraints. There just wasn’t the time to be able to get the platform built and make it robust enough,” Marshall explained, referring to the state’s process for accepting and reviewing companies’ waiver requests.

If the state eventually finds that a private company had an acceptable replacement benefit all along, it will refund the premiums to the company, which would then be responsible for returning the money to employees.

The major deadlines for the program — including collecting premiums in 2023 and launching benefits in 2024 — were written into the law that voters approved.

“We can’t move those dates,” Marshall said.

The state has been working for months to prepare employers and employees for the change, Marshall added, but she acknowledged some people may be surprised to see their wages reduced after New Year’s Day.

“We’re certainly trying to reach everyone. There’s no doubt going to be some folks that the message just never got to them, and this feels like a surprise,” she said. “They voted on this a long time ago — they may not have recalled how they voted on this. But ultimately it was voted in, so it’s our job now to carry that out.”

Who will get paid leave in Colorado?

Once the program launches, every private employee in Colorado will be eligible to have a portion of their wages covered for 12 weeks for the following reasons:

The birth, adoption or fostering of a new child

• Medical care for them or their family

• Addressing the impacts of domestic violence

• Military service of a family member

People facing complications in pregnancy or childbirth will qualify for an additional four weeks. The program will only partially replace people’s wages while they’re on leave.

There is one group that was exempted from the law. Local governments are allowed to opt out of the program. Many have already done so. A few are offering their own programs instead. Employees of the other non-participating cities will still be allowed to pay into FAMLI, and use its benefits, as individuals.

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State spends unprecedented money on homelessness

program a few months ago. “ ey’re still sweeping people when it’s way too cold to be sweeping. We still have one of the largest lack of bathroom access in the entire country. I mean, there’s nowhere to use the restroom.”

BY JENNIFER BROWN THE COLORADO SUN

Colorado has more money than ever to spend on solving homelessness, as well as the most comprehensive data to date about how many people need services.

Still, the crisis is expected to get worse before it gets better, as the total economic impact of the global pandemic has yet to emerge and the array of solutions now in the works will take years to fully materialize, according to a panel of experts who met Friday in downtown Denver.

“We have a lot of catching up to do because this has been an unfunded crisis for so long,” said Cathy Alderman, communications director for the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless.

Colorado has for a few years dedicated about $9 million in state funds for housing, adding about $45 million annually in 2019 through what’s called a vendor fee for a ordable housing. Legislators also have tagged unclaimed property funds for a ordable housing, although the law is activated only in certain years because of the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights. is year, the govern0r’s budget includes plans to spend $200 million on homelessness initiatives, thanks in part to one-time American Rescue Plan Act funding.

“But that’s not enough,” Alderman said. “ e federal government certainly hasn’t kept up with the scale of the crisis across the country. And this one-time infusion of funds gives us a huge opportunity, but if we’re not planning for what happens at the end of it, I don’t know that we can make promises beyond it.”  e state O ce of Homeless Initiatives, part of the Colorado Department of Local A airs, is seeking proposals from local governments to create a Denver regional navigation campus, a central spot for housing, food, therapy and other services. It’s also expected to begin work early next year on a “master plan” for a homeless recovery center in Watkins, east of Denver, where people living outdoors and in shelters would go to receive treatment and job training before getting help nding long-term housing.

“We have an unprecedented amount of funding coming our way,” said Kristin Toombs, director of the state O ce of Homeless Initiatives.

At the city level, meanwhile, Denver’s O ce of Housing Stability in its three years of existence has overseen the addition of 2,000 a ordable homes and 225 supportive housing apartments, which come with mental health, substance abuse and other services to help people stay housed. e o ce, in conjunction with other organizations, has 1,500 housing units in the pipeline, said Britta Fisher, executive director.  e city’s O ce of Housing Stability budget for housing and homelessness is now at $270 million, up from about $28 million a few years

ago.

e boost comes in part because Denver voters approved a 0.25% sales tax for homelessness passed in 2020 and reapproved it this year.

To better gauge the scope of the problem, the state in the past few years expanded its “homeless management information system,” which keeps track of how many people need services and what kind. People who are homeless or at risk of losing housing are entered into the system with a unique identi cation number, tied to their name. e system allows service providers in Denver to see that a person who was staying in a Denver shelter is now getting services in Grand Junction, for example.

More than 100 nonpro ts and government agencies in the sevencounty Denver metro area enter data into the system, including about 90% of all shelters.

About 32,000 people in a year seek out homeless services across Colorado, according to the system. State o cials are beginning to use it, too, to determine which programs are working and adjust investments in homeless prevention, Toombs said.

“We can’t help you if we don’t know you exist,” she said. “It also enables us to really make sure that we have an understanding of how the programs are doing, so not just the need, but the impact of that work.”

e goal is that all service providers, in all parts of the state, will use the shared system, said Jamie Rife, executive director of the Metro Denver Homelessness Initiative, which oversees the system. “It allows us to really see in real time what we actually need to be planning for, and that is incredibly important,” she said.

e same morning as the panel discussion, a group of people who are homeless or recently were homeless spoke out at a city-organized homeless advisory meeting. Members of Housekeys Action Network Denver, an advocacy group with members who have lived outdoors and had their belongings taken in

city sweeps of encampments, said they are grateful for the in ux of funding but that they also want immediate action.

“ ey didn’t address any of the immediate needs that are going on right now,” said Ana Miller, who was homeless for three years until getting an apartment through a voucher

Teri Washington, who for years lived in Denver shelters until getting housing six months ago through the Coalition for the Homeless, said one of the hardest parts of living on the streets was limited access to running water and toilets, since many of the nonpro ts that help the homeless lock their doors at 7 p.m. Also, Washington said, she felt like she was regularly told that she didn’t t the criteria for certain housing or jobs programs, and that many who are homeless can’t qualify for programs because they lost their identi cation, sometimes during a city camp cleanup.

“We really want water,” she said. “We want to be able to bathe. We want to be able to maintain a daily life, like when we were in a home. But we have so many restrictions. I’ve never done drugs, and the guidelines were strict for me.”

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In a September 2020 file photo, a man dismantles a canopy during a sweep of a homeless camp along the South Platte River. There is currently no permanent emergency shelter in Littleton, Englewood or Sheridan for those who are homeless.

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Crisis is still expected to get worse before any improvement

VOICES LOCAL

A musical reflection of 2022

Idon’t know about y’all, but I’m extremely glad this year is over. 2022 may well go down as the most challenging of my life, and since we’re still living through the aftershocks of a global pandemic, I doubt I’m alone. With all this going on, you’d be forgiven for missing out on some of the year’s best music. I gathered together ve of my favorite releases that might’ve slipped past you. I hope you nd something that moves you and here’s to 2023.

Jacob Banks - “Lies About the War” ere’s something about a really, really great soul record that can just get under your skin in the best way possible. at’s the case with Jacob Banks’ sophomore album, “Lies About the War,” which nds the Nigerian-born, UK-based artist digging into his own life story for musical inspiration. e album is an artful blend of soul and gospel with elements of folk and electronic and by releasing it on his own label, Banks ensured the nal product is exactly what he wants to be. Tracks like opener “Just When I ought,” is one of the year’s best album kick-o s, while “By Design (Evel Knievel)” channels classic soul masters from decades past.

Denzel Curry - “Melt My Eyez See Your Future” (The Extended Edition)

Rap music often sounds the best

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during the summer, but Denzel Curry’s fth album shines for a di erent reason - the way it captures the beauty and wistfulness of the season.

As a rule, Curry is allergic to all things saccharine, which is all to the goodthe album evokes every aspect of the perfect summer day without clobbering the listener over the head with vibes.

Speaking of atmosphere, Curry carefully selects his guests and all shine - pianist Robert Glasper is a wonderful addition to “Melt Session #1” and Rico Nasty and JID (who both released stellar albums this year) both go for show-stealing on “Ain’t No Way.” You de nitely want to check out the extended version of the album, which goes beyond just providing a look behind the creative curtain and creates a vibrant, jazzdrenched feel.

Gang of Youths - “Angel in Realtime”

For Dave Le’aupepe, the lead singer and songwriter of Australia’s Gang of Youths, the illness and death of his father provided an opportunity to grapple with mortality, secrets

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and what it means to be a member of a family.

at’s an awful lot to squeeze into one album, and “angel in realtime.” is brimming with musical and lyrical ideas. Not every one succeeds, but I love the album for its brash attempts and quiet introspection. “brothers,” one of the year’s most devastating songs, reveals that Le’aupepe’s father had secret children that thought he was already dead, and “the man himself” is a rousing sonic builder that doubles at one of the most honest explorations of grief you’re likely to nd on a rock record.

A monument to a life and the cathartic power of music, this album truly did the most. And that’s the best.

Carly Rae Jepsen - “The Loneliest Time”

Let the record show, Carly Rae Jepsen had already announced the release date of her fth album and then Taylor Swift had to come in and just totally stomp all over everything by releasing her record on the same day. Even if Swift got all the shine, in my opinion, Jepsen made the superior album.

For “ e Loneliest Time,” Jepsen jettisoned much of her lyrical focus on the transformative power of love (much, not all) and instead delves into heartbreak, nding oneself and the solace of the dance oor. High-

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lights include “Western Wind,” a sun-soaked California dreamscape, and “Go Find Yourself or Whatever.” But save a shout for the best disco song of the year, the Rufus Wainwright-featuring title track.

Wild Pink - “ILYSM”

e pervasiveness of cancer in our world could possibly inure a person to the impact that receiving a positive diagnosis must have. When John Ross, lead singer of New York’s Wild Pink, received his diagnosis at 34, it’s di cult to imagine what that must’ve been like. But, in a way, you don’t need to imagine - it is all over the band’s latest album.

Like most of the writers on this list, Ross doesn’t deal in the traditional or expected. His pen is as sharp as ever, and he nds sometimes jarring, sometimes breathtaking ways to take the listener along on his winding road. He can be bitter and sardonic, like on “Oversharers Anonymous,” and expansive and loving, as heard on “Hold My Hand.”

In charting his story, Ross set an example for everyone who is struggling. Which, let’s face it, feels like is everybody.

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Pandemic mortgage relief funds are helping Colorado homeowners

Help for HOA fees

BY BRITTANY FREEMAN ROCKY MOUNTAIN PBS

Homeowners in Colorado are making use of emergency pandemic mortgage relief funds to help pay o their homeowners association debts.

e Emergency Mortgage Assistance Program (EMAP) provides assistance for qualifying homeowners who have experienced nancial hardship related to the COVID-19 pandemic to make their mortgage payments and keep their homes. e program can also help homeowners cover other household expenses, including property taxes, utility bills, and HOA payments.

e program launched in 2021 with $175 million in funding. About $124.5 million remains to assist homeowners, Colorado’s Division of Housing in the Department of Local A airs said this week. Payment data compiled by the Division of Housing last month showed the program had assisted 229 households with payments to HOAs and metro districts totaling more than $915,000.

HOA delinquencies can snowball,

often accruing late fees and interest, and can escalate to lawsuits and even foreclosure. e EMAP program can cover HOA fees assessed after January 2020 for eligible homeowners.

EMAP funding comes from Colorado’s allocation of federal American Rescue Plan Act homeowner assistance funds. Homeowners are required to meet certain requirements to qualify, including demonstrating they have experienced a COVID-related impact to their nances since January 2020, and showing their income is equal or less than 100% of Area Median Income in their county.

Homeowners are not required to have an outstanding mortgage to qualify for HOA assistance, state ofcials said.

Information about applying for the program can be found at cdola. colorado.gov/emergency-mortgageassistance.

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What’s in a domain name?

BY JESSE PAUL THE COLORADO SUN

Gov. Jared Polis’ administration wants to spend $2 million to change Colorado’s state government website and email domain extensions to .gov from state.co.us in a proposal billed as a way to mitigate cybersecurity risks and make it easier for state o cials to participate in federal brie ngs.

Until recently, all email addresses for state employees used the state. co.us domain name extension.

e transition to .gov has already begun, but the Governor’s O ce of Information Technology is asking state lawmakers to let it spend $2 million to complete the switch.

Brandi Simmons, a spokeswoman for the o ce, declined to comment on the proposal since it’s still being considered by the legislature’s Joint Budget Committee. “We don’t have anything to share at this time,” she said.

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Edward Sta ord passed away December 27, 2022, at Westview Health Care Center. He was born on November 29, 1931, in Alliance Nebraska to Charles Sta ord and Jennie (Gro ) Sta ord. He was the youngest of eight children. He grew up in Alliance, graduated from Alliance High School in 1950. In high school he learned to draw and loved drawing cartoons of friends and family and made his own greeting cards.

In 1951 he went to work for the Burlington Northern Railroad. Ed loved the Railroad and worked as a Crew Caller, Chief Clerk, O ce Manager and eventually as Material Manager. He retired after 42 years.

June 20, 1955, he married Shirley Harnan. ey made their home in Alliance and were parents of ve children Cheryl, Jackie, Laurie, Dan and Jim. He loved woodworking and built the garage and his children’s playhouse for their family home. He was always tinkering with new wood inventions and di erent ergonomic lounge chairs for the backyard. Ed and Shirley divorced in 1972.

Ed was a lifelong member of the Fraternal Order of Elks. In 1968 he was appointed Exalted Ruler of e Alliance Elks Lodge No. 971 and named delegate to the National Convention which was held in New York City in July of 1969. Ed and Shirley attended this convention along with their two oldest children.

Ed’s Material Manager position took him to Kansas City, Missouri, Denver, Colorado

and Grand Forks, North Dakota. He eventually relocated back to Lakewood, Colorado where he married Adeline Giese in 1976. ey were avid Polka Dancers traveling all over the Country attending Polka Conventions. ey also researched Family history and genealogy tracing the Sta ord family back to 17th Century North Hamptonshire England.

Ed was a member of the Lakewood Elks Lodge No. 1777 where he enjoyed dancing with the love of his life Verna. Ed and Verna were a special couple and danced like “swans on a lake”. His favorite song to dance to was Glenn Miller’s “In the Mood”. His favorite football teams were the Nebraska Cornhuskers and Denver Broncos.

He is survived by his daughter Cheryl (Brent) Nelson of Sheridan, Wyoming, 14 Grandchildren and 15 Great Grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents, all his brothers and sisters, 4 of his children (Jackie Webster, Laurie DeBus, Dan and Jim), and one great granddaughter (Afton Roush).

In lieu of owers, please donate to the existing Elks Club in your area. Cremation has taken place, and a graveside service will be held later in Alliance, Nebraska.

Online condolences may be written at www.kanefuneral.com.

Kane Funeral Home has been entrusted with local arrangements.

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When two friends joined forces to donate socks to homeless shelters in January 2012, they had no idea it would lead them on a path to creating a nonpro t that has collected nearly one million pairs of socks for people in need throughout the U.S.

e Sock It To ‘Em Sock Campaign, co-founded by Sue Lee and Phillis Shimamoto, collects and distributes new pairs of socks for people experiencing homelessness and those in need, such as low-income families, Marshall Fire victims and migrants who arrived in Denver in late 2022.

Although it was more than a decade ago, Lee remembers nearly every detail of how the nonpro t originated. She was in the soup aisle at King Soopers, shopping for anksgiving dinner on a Tuesday night in 2011.

“As I was literally grabbing a can of cream of mushroom soup, written in my head were yellow block letters with a red outline, and it went like a marquee and went across my head, inside my head, and it said, ‘Sock It To ‘Em Sock Campaign, socks for the homeless.’ And it kept rotating,” Lee said. It made her stop in her tracks.

“Literally, it was written — so it wasn’t like a thought I had conjured up,” she said. “If the message were from God, I looked up and down the aisle to make sure nobody was around, and I said, ‘Seriously? You think I have nothing else to do?’”

e message kept repeating as she nished shopping. She walked to her car and, out loud, said, “OK, I’ll do it.”

“I got in the car and I called Phillis. And I said, ‘Phillis, you won’t believe what just happened. I might have gotten a divine message, I don’t know,’” Lee said.

Lee suggested they ask their friends to gather new pairs of socks through the end of December, and then take them to some homeless shelters in January.

“I was like, ‘Well, let’s do it,’” Shimamoto said.

During the rst week in January 2012, in 7-degree weather, Lee and Shimamoto took 575 pairs of socks to three locations.

“And at every location, they were saying, this is the number one clothing need,” Lee said.

Shimamoto said after they found out socks were “the most requested item and the least donated,” they decided to continue collecting socks.

“We said, well, let’s do what we can. Let’s try to make it as big as we can,”

Shimamoto said. “And who knew that after all this time, we would be on our way to a million socks.”

The value of socks

Educating people about the value of socks, especially to people experiencing homelessness, is part of the nonpro t’s work, Lee said.

ere are an estimated 10,857 people experiencing homelessness on a given night in Colorado, according to the National Alliance to End Homelessness.

e research article, “Foot Conditions among Homeless Persons: A Systematic Review,” cited a study that found people experiencing homelessness walked a median of ve miles each day.

In another study, it was reported “that only 61% of homeless participants changed to a clean pair of socks daily.”

With walking being their primary mode of transportation, many people experiencing homelessness go through their socks fairly quickly, Lee explained.

“A pair of socks on a homeless person might last two to three days,” she said. “It’s really important to be — have those constant socks out there at shelter services and agencies for them.”

Lee said people sometimes only picture men as experiencing homelessness. However, a November 2014 report by the American Institutes for Research stated approximately 2.5 million children are homeless each year in the U.S.

“We had to educate people that … we need socks for men, women and children,” she said.

Something else Lee informs people of is the danger of foot ailments for people experiencing homelessness.

“One of the main reasons a person who’s homeless goes into the emergency room is a foot ailment, and they can die from that,” Lee said. “One way to stop that from happening is for them to have clean, dry socks to wear on a regular basis.”

“Every time someone gives socks, they should realize this might save a person’s life,” she said.

Eric Hill, an emergency medicine physician and the EMS medical director for the Medical Center of Aurora, said cold weather injuries and foot problems are high on the list of reasons people experiencing homelessness go to the emergency room.

“Especially around the wintertime, when you get really cold spikes, we tend to see more of it, especially in the days afterwards when they already have the frostbite,” Hill said. “ ey’re at a much higher risk just given their

exposure levels and lack of appropriate clothing for that kind of environment.”

He noted people experiencing homelessness come to the emergency room for other, variable reasons, such as issues related to mental health and substance abuse.

“ ey may come in with (an) alcohol-related issue or drug-related issue, but when you’re actually evaluating them, you see that they actually have signi cant feet problems with that,” he said.

e toes are very susceptible to frostbite, he explained, saying having regular access to dry, clean socks is a big part of preventing foot ailments.

“Access to good footwear, waterproof, recurrent socks, is a great thing,” Hill said.

Becoming a nonprofit

After continuing their work of collecting socks in 2013, by 2014, Lee and Shimamoto realized they needed to o cially establish themselves as a nonpro t, which they did in 2015.

In the beginning, Lee and Shimamoto were counting, sorting, bagging and storing the socks themselves.

Now, members of the National Charity League do almost all of the counting, sorting and bagging for them, Lee said, and then the socks are stored in a storage unit until they’re ready for pickup from an organization that needs them.

e nonpro t collects and distributes socks in a variety of ways, and it has had in uence in least 47 states in the country, Lee said.

One of the methods for collecting socks is through sock ambassadors, which Lee said is any person, business, place of worship, or organization that collects new socks for the nonpro t.

“And then they get them to us, we count, sort and bag them, and we get them out to shelters, services and agencies,” Lee said.

Over the years, the nonpro t has given socks to more than 200 shelter services and agencies, Lee said.

ey also give socks to individual people who may be assembling “blessing bags” and want to include socks in them for people experiencing homelessness, she added.

Among the extensive list of sock recipients is Cardenas Ministries, a family operated nonpro t based in Henderson, in Adams County, that hosts a range of events and initiatives aimed at giving back to the community.

“We just enjoy doing stu in the community, whether it’s for kids who are underprivileged or whether it’s for the women’s shelters, homeless,” said Valerie Soto, one of the family mem-

bers.

“We were buying socks and we never had enough socks to give out,” Soto said.

During one of their events, roughly four years ago, they connected with someone who introduced them to Lee and the Sock It To ‘Em nonpro t.

“Sue has just been a big blessing. We’ve been able to help so many people because of Sock It To ‘Em,” Soto said.

She said they’ve received thousands of socks from the nonpro t, which are distributed through e orts such as their holiday events, gift bags they assemble for people experiencing homelessness, and their school supplies donations to southern Colorado communities.

Recently, Cardenas Ministries’ had about 1,000 pairs of socks from Sock It To ‘Em to hand out during its December “Spirit of Giving Parade of Toys” event, in which they gave out hats, gloves, socks and toys to families at di erent housing developments in Brighton and Commerce City.

“ ey’re angels on earth,” said Gloria Estrada, the mother of Soto, about Sock It To ‘Em. “ e need is there.”

Soto said she can speak from experience, as when she was growing up, both of her parents were in college and there were “ ve of us kids.”

“We didn’t have enough clothes. We were very, very poor at that time,” Soto said. “And we would have to share socks.”

When children come up at the events and pick the pair of socks they want, it creates a good feeling, Soto said.

“Sock It To ‘Em, I’m telling you, they are just so amazing,” Soto said.

Cathy Law — the project manager for the Volunteers of America Colorado AmeriCorps Seniors Retired Senior Volunteer Program in Denver, Douglas and western Arapahoe counties — also praised Sock It To ‘Em for its partnership with Volunteers of America.

“It’s an amazing partnership,” Law said, explaining they rst connected in 2016. “Sue and Phillis give me a bunch (of socks), and then I can distribute them in the community because we have partnerships with these other agencies.”

Law said she’s taken socks to many di erent places, such as to the Volunteers of America veterans’ service center and to food banks Volunteers of America works with.

“I really feel like it’s a heartbeat in the community, where they’re connecting people,” Law said about Sock It To ‘Em.

“ ey’re showing you that an act

of kindness can go so far,” she added. “And that if you believe in something, you can make it happen.”

e nonpro t’s impact is also growing outside of Colorado, as Lee said the nonpro t gets submission forms from across the country of people wanting to do sock drives.

ere are also people called “sock sherpas” who o er to transport socks to areas outside of Colorado.

In some states, smaller networks of people working together to collect and donate socks are forming, Shimamoto said.

“ at’s always been our goal, is to be able to have pods of people in di erent states who can connect with one another and kind of build a small community,” Shimamoto said. “Hopefully, it just gets bigger and bigger.”

Support from Colorado cities, towns Even before earning its o cial nonpro t status, Sock It To ‘Em began making a name for itself in Colorado cities and towns.

On the Friday before anksgiving in 2014, Denver Mayor Michael Hancock proclaimed the second Wednesday in December a “Sock It To ‘Em Work Day,” Lee said.

Following the proclamation, Lee emailed seven mayors the next Monday asking for their support as well. e next night, she went shopping for anksgiving in the same King Soopers at the same time as she had in 2011.

“I’m in the soup aisle and literally, I’m grabbing a can of cream of mushroom soup, and my phone goes o in my pocket,” she said.

It was Catherine Marinelli, the executive director of the Metro Mayors Caucus, a voluntary, regional association of 38 mayors. She told Lee two mayors had forwarded the email Lee sent to the caucus.

“And she goes, ‘We love this idea,’” Lee said.

Marinelli invited members of Sock It To ‘Em to attend the caucus’ legislative holiday party, which was the same day as the proclaimed work day, and said the mayors would be bringing socks to donate.

“And that got some other mayors interested in us,” Lee said.

One of those mayors was Clint Folsom, who was the mayor of Superior from 2014 to 2022. e town began collecting and distributing socks to people experiencing homelessness, Lee said.

When the 2021 Marshall Fire destroyed more than 1,000 homes in Boulder County, displacing residents, Shimamoto reached out to Folsom to donate socks.

In total, they donated about 16,000 pairs of socks, Lee said.

“It was really cool to be able to give back to them after all that they had given to the community all of those years,” Shimamoto said. “It really warmed our hearts to be able to see that come full circle.”

A lot of the 16,000 pairs that went to Superior came from other cities who held Sock It To ‘Em sock drives, Lee said.

“It was really emotional,” she said. e cities of Centennial, Greenwood Village and Englewood hosted sock drives again in late 2022, collecting new pairs of socks of all types and sizes through mid-January.

Schools have also joined in on the sock drives, such as High Five Preschool in Castle Rock, Bradford Primary School in Littleton, and Timberline Elementary School in Centennial.

Some schools, on the other hand, are the recipients of socks through the nonpro t’s sock drawer program.

ese drawers are typically implemented in Title I schools, which are schools receiving federal resources due to having a lower-income student population.

“Many of those kids go to school and they don’t have socks, and so we decided to do sock drawers,” Lee said.

“And so we get them into schools and then we try to replenish them as we can.”

Some volunteers in the Retired Senior Volunteer Program gave back to Sock It To ‘Em by putting together sock drawers, Law said.

Since the 2022-23 school year began, the nonpro t established approximately 22 sock drawers in schools across the Denver metro area, Lee said.

Law re ected on how many people are involved in the collection and distribution of socks to people in need.

“By the time that individual gets that pair of socks, it’s not just a pair of socks. It’s those hands of love that say we’re thinking of you — and sometimes that’s more important, is just people knowing that someone’s thinking of them,” Law said.

Looking ahead

Sock It To ‘Em plans to celebrate collecting one million pairs of socks on Feb. 16, re ecting on how the nonprofit has grown over the past decade and how it can continue to do so.

Expanding the sock drawer program, as well as the sock ambassador program, across the country are on the list of goals Lee has for the nonpro t’s future.

Another goal is raising funds.

“It would be signi cant to raise a quarter of a million dollars — that would allow us to really expand to the degree that we know we can,” Lee said, adding she would like to establish a

facility for the nonpro t to operate in.

On top of its constant need for sock donations, the nonpro t also needs more volunteers, Lee said. Volunteer duties may include calling schools to see if they want a sock drawer, overseeing sock ambassadors, or transporting socks.

Lee encouraged those interested in learning more about the nonpro t and participating in it to ll out the submission form on their website: sockittoemsockcampaign.org.

Looking back at how the nonpro t has evolved over the years, Lee and Shimamoto encouraged people to pursue their ideas.

“If you have an idea, do it — and don’t be afraid that you won’t know how to do it, because there will be enough people in your sphere of in uence that will know how to help you,” Lee said, encouraging people to ask themselves: “what if, what else and why not” when they have an idea. e two friends expressed gratitude for all the ways people have supported their vision and nonpro t.

“We wouldn’t be able to be able to do what we do if it wasn’t for them,” Lee said. “It’s thousands of people who have really participated in where we are today.”

“Everybody’s contribution has meant something to someone,” Shimamoto added. “And everybody who has contributed one pair of socks has contributed to this large amount that just keeps growing every year.”

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Sue Lee, left, and Phillis Shimamoto pose next to their Sock It To ‘Em sign in 2015.

On a quest bite by bite to study West Nile

BY JOHN INGOLD THE COLORADO SUN

e Mosquito Man enters his lab with the energy of a kid bounding into a Chuck E. Cheese.

All his friends are inside. ere in one small screen-and-plexiglass enclosure is Sabethes cyaneus, a mosquito with an iridescent blue body and feathery paddles — what one researcher has called the “Hollywood showgirls of the mosquito world.” ey oat inside the box like dandelion seeds in the breeze.

But the mosquito that has his attention for the moment is Sabethes chloropterus, a colony of which he derived from mosquitoes he rst captured on an island in Panama as a graduate student. It has been a few days since this colony has eaten, he explains. ey must be hungry.

e Mosquito Man — Metropolitan State University of Denver biology professor Bob Hancock — rolls up his sleeve and sticks his right arm through a shrouded hole into their plexiglass home. e mosquitoes latch onto his hand. One. Two. Five. Fifteen. Forty.

“Oh, this is a good feed,” he says, as the mosquitoes linger on his hand, growing sluggish the more of him they drink in.

For Hancock, who studies mosquitoes, bed bugs and other insects most people would rather not spend time around, this is just another Wednesday morning. And the blood sacri ce is just part of the job for a scientist whose CV contains research titles like “Analysis of a complex vertical copulatory-courtship display in the yellow fever vector Sabethes chloropterus.”

But sitting to Hancock’s right is something extraordinary that could lead to some of the most important research of his career. It is a large enclosure that Hancock hopes will one day hold a colony of a Colorado mosquito called Culex tarsalis. Tar-

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salis is notable for its zebra-striped belly and for what Hancock says are “among the most beautiful mosquito larvae I know.”

ey are also notable for another reason in Colorado: ey are the primary vector for West Nile virus. And Colorado has just endured two of its worst West Nile years on record.

In fact, the state has become one of the nation’s hot spots for West Nile virus, a disease that can attack the central nervous system and be fatal or cause permanent damage. Colorado recorded the highest-number of West Nile cases in the country in 2022, as well as the highest number of neuroinvasive cases, the most severe form of the disease, which causes swelling in the brain and spinal cord. In 2021, Colorado ranked second behind Arizona.

But, despite West Nile virus being the leading cause of mosquitoborne disease in the United States, shockingly little is known about the dynamics of its spread. It takes mosquitoes, sure. But migratory birds, water, agriculture, climate change, the timing of snowmelt runo , suburban development patterns, and human behavior all play a role, too.

“We have extensive understanding of so much,” Hancock says, “and also extensive ignorance of so much.”

So that is where the Mosquito Man and other researchers in Colorado come in.

Tracking West Nile’s history in Colorado

As its name indicates, West Nile virus was discovered in Africa — the rst known case in a human occurred in Uganda in 1937. e virus is a avivirus, a single-strand strip of RNA that hails from the same family that gave the world Zika, dengue and yellow fever.

West Nile did not pop up in North America until 1999, when a handful of cases were found in New York. By 2002, it had made its way to Colorado. But 2003 was the year that West Nile really announced its presence in the state. ere were nearly 3,000 con rmed cases that year, including 622 neuroinvasive infections, 146 hospitalizations and 66 deaths.

No year has come close to that since — and part of that has to do with a slowly building layer of protection in the state.

“We had no immunity in 2003, which is why the numbers were so high that year,” said Jennifer House, the deputy state epidemiologist and the state public health veterinarian at the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment.

But, several thousand infections later, House said Colorado isn’t anywhere close to the kind of population immunity levels that could signi cantly dampen West Nile transmission. And that makes the increase in the past two years all the more alarming. Colorado still has plenty of people who could potentially get very sick with the virus. e state saw 92 neuroinvasive

West Nile infections and 11 deaths in 2021 — at the time more than in any year since 2003. But 2022 topped that with 132 neuroinvasive cases and 19 deaths.

ose numbers suggest that this year’s West Nile outbreak was much, much larger. House said only about one in ve people who are infected with West Nile will show symptoms. Of those with symptoms, only a fraction will develop neuroinvasive disease or need to be hospitalized.

Historically, Colorado’s West Nile seasons — which run from about the beginning of June until the end of October — “sort of uctuate all over the place,” House said. But 2021 and 2022 had the most West Nile hospitalizations of any two-year period in

Biology professor and filmmaker Bob Hancock, who studies mosquitoes at the Metropolitan State University of Denver, watches as Sabethes chloropterus mosquitoes feed on his hand. Hancock helps conduct field work to collect mosquitoes around various regions in Colorado to track diseases like West Nile virus. He often “self-feeds” the insects for them to access human blood, and says he sees only mild reactions afterward.

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And that makes finding out what causes bad West Nile years all the more urgent.

Unraveling the West Nile puzzle

The first thing to know about West Nile is that the virus would rather not infect us.

Humans are dead-end hosts to the virus. It can only be passed by mosquitoes, and the likelihood of a mosquito biting a West Nile-infected human and then spreading the virus on to where it can perpetuate is extremely low. The same is true for horses, the other main victim of West Nile virus in North America.

Instead, West Nile prefers birds, which is also what the Culex tarsalis mosquito, its primary vector in the state, most likes to feast on. (Birds typically survive West Nile infections, often with little problem.)

“West Nile makes its living by being transmitted between birds and mosquitoes,” said Greg Ebel, a professor of microbiology, immunology and pathology at Colorado State University and the director of the university’s Center for Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases. “People and horses get sick and die when they just sort of haphazardly stumble into this thing that is happening in nature all the time.”

Nearly 1,000 mosquitoes, obtained from a light trap in Weld County in 2014, are kept in a case in Hancock’s lab. Researchers speculate that bird migration patterns, climate change, snowmelt runoff, suburban development, irrigation, and other factors can influence the range and virulence of West Nile.

So there’s the first challenge: Because humans are tangential to the real West Nile transmission patterns, it’s tough to know what we don’t know. What factors amplify the transmission cycle? What factors diminish it? It’s possible there are massive West Nile clusters happening somewhere across the West that we have no idea about because there aren’t humans present to be infected.

Ebel, whose lab tracks West Nile across Larimer County, said the virus shows consistently mysterious patterns in the region. The first place he detects West Nile in mosquito populations each spring is in the Fossil Creek area in the southeastern corner of Fort Collins. Then it pops up in the northeastern corner. It isn’t until much later that it shows up on the western side of Fort Collins. He has no idea why.

“I think there are a lot of things going on,” he said.

Some of the environmental and human-caused factors that would, on the surface, seem to make for ideal West Nile breeding grounds may not be what they appear.

Take water, for instance. Conventional wisdom would hold that wetter years are buggier, which would lead to more West Nile. After all, mosquitoes lay their eggs in small pools of water. But Ebel said the connection doesn’t necessarily hold true.

For starters, Culex tarsalis are not the mosquitoes most likely to be biting people in their backyards — though another mosquito that is more likely, Culex pipiens, can also carry West Nile.

“How many mosquitoes are out there isn’t that critical,” Ebel said.

Wetter years may also work against the transmission cycle because it gives water-thirsty birds and egg-laying mosquitoes a chance to spread out, Ebel said. Years with drier springs, which concentrate water in only a few places, bringing vector and host closer together, may be better for jump-starting the cycle.

Hancock, the MSU Denver professor, said too much water at the wrong time might kill a West Nile cycle before it can get going. An especially fast but full spring runoff could create a “lethal flush” that washes away mosquito larvae in wetlands.

Lastly, severe drought can hold mosquito populations in check. But Hancock said even that’s not a guarantee for a mellow West Nile season. In Colorado, when Mother Nature doesn’t provide, humans will still find ways to create precipitation.

“If we’re irrigating a lot, we’re creating other breeding sites,” he said. “So it’s really a delightfully complicated problem.”

Making a human connection

Of course, to have a bad West Nile year in terms of infections, you also need people near where these mosquito-and-bird transmission cycles are happening — and that’s where all that irrigation comes in.

Look at the top counties for West Nile cases in Colorado and a pattern soon emerges. The highest number of cases this year occurred in Boulder and Montrose counties, followed closely by Weld. Last year, Larimer County — which is the state’s all-time leader in West Nile infections — topped the list, and Delta County frequently appears near the top, as well.

All of those counties have at least relatively sizeable populations and significant amounts of irrigated farmland. Add in Colorado’s status as a major thoroughfare along the Central Flyway for migratory birds and the equation starts to come

into focus. People + Water + Birds + Culex mosquitoes = human West Nile infections.

“I don’t think there’s anything different in the base-level ecology of Colorado,” Ebel said in trying to explain why Colorado stands out among other states. “It’s the people around and what we are doing with the environment.”

When controlling the data for population size, Hancock said Delta County — home to acres of fruit orchards and sweet corn fields — has the highest rate of West Nile in the state. People in the county are 15 to 16 times more likely to get West Nile than someone living in Denver, he said.

But it’s not just proximity to agricultural operations that can drive up the chances of getting West Nile. How communities handle storm drainage can also have an impact.

Hancock said the favorite habitat of Culex tarsalis is a cattail marsh. The marshes can exist in naturally occurring wetlands. But they are also common near human-made reservoirs, along creekside bike paths, within golf courses and in stormwater containment basins adjacent to new construction.

“You can see human developments right next to massive cattail marshes,” Hancock said.

Predicting the effects of climate change

The fact that people have created so many of the environments that give rise to the mosquitoes infecting people with West Nile makes it even more complicated to predict how climate change might alter the dynamics.

Hancock is skeptical that it will. No matter how hot and dry it gets in Colorado, human intervention will likely preserve mosquito breeding grounds.

“We have made a relatively controllable mosquito factory,” he said. “So I predict climate change is going to affect everything, but I predict it will impact Colorado less than other places for mosquito epidemiology.”

Instead, the bigger impacts from a warming climate appear to come down to the added time it creates for mosquitoes.

House, the state public health veterinarian, said it takes a hard freeze to kill off mosquito populations for the winter. But in years where that hard freeze is delayed, West Nile season can stretch on and on. As climate change makes fall the fastest-warming season in Colorado, that means West Nile season is poised to lengthen.

“We’re definitely seeing a late season, and the longer the season goes, the more at risk people are,” House said.

Warmer temperatures also create

a hack for mosquito biology. Heat speeds up the replication of the virus inside a mosquito. That means the hotter it is, the faster a mosquito is ready to spread the virus to something else — what’s called the “extrinsic incubation period.”

“That’s really important because life is quite dangerous for mosquitoes,” Ebel, the CSU professor, said. “They get killed all the time, they get eaten. Even if it’s just one day, that’s a day when mortality isn’t hacking away at mosquitoes.”

All of these factors can make Colorado’s West Nile problem seem dizzying and unsolvable. But Ebel, Hancock and other researchers are optimistic. They talk of producing mathematical models that predict West Nile spread. Doing so would allow officials to better target prevention efforts, like spraying.

Ebel hopes to conduct more genetic sequencing of West Nile virus samples, to get a better sense of how it moves across the map.

But first, they will need to answer some surprisingly elusive questions about the mosquito that’s to blame.

Building a home for Culex tarsalis

The enclosures Hancock has built to hold his delicate Sabethes mosquitoes are small, scarcely bigger than a microwave.

For his prospective Culex tarsalis enclosure, he had to go bigger. The box is roughly the size of a large refrigerator, and he might need to build it bigger still. This is because tarsalis likes to breed in airborne swarms. You need a lot of mosquitoes and a lot of space to make it work.

Hancock knows of one lab colony in existence in California. But he’s hoping to establish a colony that behaves a little more like the mosquitoes in Colorado do — and that means collecting them in the wild.

“It’s so deep and rich,” he said. “Every group of mosquitoes has their own ways.”

At times, Hancock’s ways can seem a little unique, as well. Feeding his lab colonies — he also has a growing colony of bedbugs for a different research project —with his own blood is done mostly out of convenience, he said. Besides, after years of research on blood-sucking bugs, he no longer develops welts or reacts to their bites, though getting to that point involved quite a bit of itchiness and pain, he said.

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Sports betting tax haul is expected to double

BY JESSE PAUL THE COLORADO SUN

Colorado budget analysts expect tax revenue from sports betting to double in the coming year in what would amount to a touchdown, a eld goal and a safety for the Colorado water projects.  e Governor’s O ce of State Planning and Budgeting and the nonpartisan Legislative Council Sta project that sports betting tax revenues will be as high as $24 million in

the 2022-23 scal year, which began July 1. Of that money, $22.5 million would go toward the Colorado Water Project, the plan aimed at ensuring Colorado has enough water for its growing population amid climate change-induced drought.

e state collected only about $12.4 million in sports betting taxes in the 2021-22 scal year, which ended June 30, about $11.4 million of which will go toward the water plan. Hence, the touchdown ($6 million), eld goal ($3 million) and safety ($2 million) analogy.

Bryce Cook, chief economist for OSBP, said the reason for the big forecast increase is that the legislature passed a bill this year limiting the number of free bets that sports betting operators can o er starting Jan.1. (Colorado imposes a 10% tax on casinos’ net sports betting proceeds. A free bet doesn’t generate any proceeds.)

“We’ve also just seen record wagers this year in sports betting,” Cook said.

When voters passed Proposition DD in 2019, allowing sports betting in Colorado, nonpartisan legislative analysts expected Colorado to make about $16 million each year in sports betting tax revenue. e state is authorized to collect up to $29 million in sports betting tax revenue annually under the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights.

e OSPB, in its quarterly economic and tax revenue forecast presented to the legislature’s Joint

Budget Committee on Dec. 20, said the agency expects the state to collect $25 million in sports betting tax revenue in the 2023-24 scal year and $27 million in the 2024-25 scal year.

Legislative Council Sta had similar sports betting tax revenue projections, forecasting $22 million in the current scal year, $26.2 million in the 2023-24 scal year and $28.9 million in the 2024-25 scal year.

October was the second highest month in terms of total sport betting wagers in Colorado since sports bet-

ting began in Colorado in May 2020. About $526 million was wagered, a 17% increase over the prior month and a 7.2% year-over-year increase. e October wagers netted the state $2.3 million in tax revenue.

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

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Counties navigate future after Tri-County Health breakup

Former system expired Dec. 30

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

The mask mandates implemented during the pandemic left a legacy in the region’s health care. They fueled the breakup of TriCounty Health, the state’s largest local public health agency, serving Adams, Arapahoe and Douglas counties together for more than five decades.

Douglas County officials took issue with mask mandates put in place by the health agency. Looking back, Tri-County Health Director John Douglas, a doctor, said masks were meant to protect the public as the virus swept through the metro area.

“I’m sorry the dynamics of the politicization of the pandemic put us in a place where we had to make choices, specifically referring to the mask mandate, that were going to create acrimony with Douglas County,” Douglas said.

Tri-County Health Department’s choices were tough to make, he added, acknowledging some divided public. Still, he stands by the agency’s decisions and, citing research, said masks helped slow the spread of COVID-19.

Douglas County’s response was to opt out and create its own public health agency, which is now operating with a budget of its own.

That means Tri-County Health is left to fade away, toppled by the controversy, leaving each county to figure out how to provide and pay for public health services.

Public health departments do more than respond to pandemics. Tri-County Health provided nocost cancer screenings, overdose prevention, and inspections to ensure the cleanliness of restaurants and health at child care facilities.

In the process of developing its own health department, Douglas County stayed ahead or on schedule to meet the Jan. 1 deadline. With restaurant and child care facilities already being inspected, and staffing levels at or above expectations.

Different plans

Tri-County Health marks its

agency opened. But many of its former employees will still carry out public health services under the newly-formed county health departments.

The Adams County Health Department planned to hire a total of about 170 employees, though that number was subject to change, Lynn Baca, an Adams County commissioner, said months ago.

Adams expected “at least 60 staff members” from Tri-County Health to come aboard its new department, Baca said. She and another Adams commissioner didn’t immediately respond for comment seeking an update on the agency’s progress.

In Arapahoe County, the new health department expected to hire “up to 180 people,” a county spokesperson said in August, though he didn’t specify how many were to come from TriCounty Health

In Douglas County, with one issue in hiring an accountant, department officials said they should be fully staffed by the end of January with more than 40.

Adams and Arapahoe both appointed former Tri-County Health leaders to head their new health departments.

Douglas County, wealthier and less-populated than its neighbors

way,” said Douglas, the Tri-County chief.

“They made the assessment that the county in general has a much higher level of health outcomes,” Douglas said, noting that STRIDE Community Health, a nonprofit health-care provider with locations around the Denver area, will provide sexual health and immunization services in Douglas County based on a partnership with the county.

The outgoing health chief said “there’ll be growing pains in setting that up.”

“There are a lot of folks in Douglas County who don’t need the kind of services Tri-County Health Department provides, but it’s certainly not everybody,” Douglas said, adding he has admiration for STRIDE.

Looking to disease response, if a new public health emergency arises, Tri-County Health won’t be there to send help from one county to another, Douglas said.

While mutual aid could occur among the three counties, “I think that is an area where things might be thinner,” he added.

Costs, priorities vary

The process of the three counties pulling out of Tri-County began with the Douglas County

commissioners, who decided to immediately leave the health agency September 2021 after months of disagreements over COVID-19 protection measures. Douglas County formed its own health department and decided to contract to continue receiving many public health services from Tri-County until at least the end of 2022.

Adams County leaders decided to break from Tri-County soon after Douglas County did, but Adams’ choice to go alone on public health “had nothing to do with the pandemic or masking,” Baca previously told Colorado Community Media.

Differences of opinion on public

Tri-County Health ceased to exist on Jan. 1. FILE PHOTO

‘They made the assessment that the county in general has a much higher level of health outcomes,’

Dr. John Douglas

Colorado School of Mines teams find postseason glory in 2022

two de nitive home wins, the Orediggers went on the road for their next ve games. ey returned to Golden 5-1-1.

BY CORINNE WESTEMAN CWESTEMAN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

In 2022, the Colorado School of Mines Orediggers struck gold, silver and bronze.

All six fall sports teams had excellent postseason showings, giving Mines the lead in the Lear eld Directors’ Cup standings.

is measures the top athletic program in NCAA Division II. Mines has led the fall standings for the fth consecutive year but has never nished better than sixth place in the nal standings.

is year, Mines’ six fall teams quali ed for the cup standings, giving the Orediggers 448 points. e next closest school is Wingate with 373, which was the only other school to qualify all six fall teams.

Additional standings will be announced after the winter season wraps, according to Mines Athletics, and nal results will be announced in June after the spring sports’ postseasons.

As 2022 ends, the Golden Transcript o ers a look back at all the fall teams’ achievements and a look ahead at how 2023 is shaping for the winter sports.

Men’s and women’s cross country

Both cross-country teams started the season with rst-place nishes Sept. 17 at Denver’s Washington Park, and never looked back.

roughout the season, neither team nished worse than third place in its six races leading up to the Dec. 2 NCAA Division II national championship. e men’s team, in particular, had four rst-place nishes before heading to Seattle for the championship race.

On Dec. 2, redshirt junior Dillon Powell placed rst in the men’s race in 29:28.0, becoming the rst Oredigger to win an individual national championship.

His six teammates nished third, 10th, 13th, 23rd, 24th and 30th — giving the men’s team its third national title in eight years.

e Mines women’s team also ended its season with a podium appearance, nishing third place at the NCAA Division II championship. Molly Maksin led the Orediggers with a 12th place nish.

Volleyball

While there were ups and downs to the season, the Orediggers’ opponents could never a ord to underestimate them.

After sweeping South Dakota Mines on Senior Night, the Orediggers nished the regular season 20-6 overall and 15-3 in conference play.

With MSU-Denver winning the regular season title, Mines received a No. 4 in the RMAC tournament. e Orediggers fell to the No. 1 Roadrunners 1-3 on Nov. 11, and now hoped to nish the season strong in the NCAA tournament.

On Nov. 17, Mines faced o against No. 3-seeded Regis in the NCAA South Central Region Tournament in Denver. Mines won the rst set and the third set in extra points. e Orediggers fell in the fourth, but rallied to win the fth set 15-12.

e next night, Mines forced a fth set against No. 2 seed West Texas A&M, but lost in the fth 15-13.

Individual Orediggers received national honors and university awards, including senior setter Drew Stokes.

Men’s soccer e men’s soccer team had a dramatic year, full of jaw-dropping moments and incredible victories. While the Orediggers started the year 1-1-2, they blitzed through their RMAC schedule. e only stumbling

block was No. 3 CSU-Pueblo, who beat Mines 2-0 in Golden.

Going into the Oct. 23 Senior Day game against Westminster, the Orediggers were 11-4-2 overall and 8-1 in conference play. A win would clinch the team’s sixth-consecutive regular season title, and the Orediggers delivered a de nitive 4-0 shutout.

With the six-peat under their belts, the Orediggers hoped to take home the conference tournament title. In the Nov. 4 championship game in Golden, Mines faced o against familiar foe CSU-Pueblo.

Still tied 3-3 after extra time, the game came down to penalty kicks. In a dramatic nish, the Orediggers outscored the Huskies 9-8 to win the RMAC tournament title.

Unfortunately, Mines couldn’t maintain the momentum into the NCAA tournament, falling 3-1 Nov. 12 at Cal State Dominguez Hills.

Women’s soccer

After opening their season with

Going into their Senior Night game against Regis, the Orediggers were 12-1-3 overall and hoped to maintain their undefeated conference record. A 2-0 victory propelled the team to its rst regular-season conference title since 2018.

With a No. 1 seed and hosting rights for the RMAC tournament, Mines struggled against MSU-Denver in the Nov. 2 semi nal game. e Orediggers outscored the Roadrunners 2-1 in extra time and advanced to the Nov. 5 championship game against Regis.

Mines won 2-0 to take home the tournament trophy.

In the NCAA tournament, Mines advanced to a third-round game against No. 1 Dallas Baptist, which beat Mines 3-2 earlier in the season.

e Orediggers managed to score a goal in the 29th minute and maintained its 1-0 lead to advance to the quarter nals.

Mines’ NCAA run ended Nov. 19, as the team lost 3-1 to Western Washington.

Football

e Orediggers went into the season ranked in the Top 10 nationally, but their rst two games were against fellow Top 10 teams. Mines lost both games by three points — the second one in overtime.

e team rallied, though, and started rolling through its conference schedule.

For its Nov. 12 Senior Day game, Mines destroyed Fort Lewis 800.  e Orediggers won their fourthstraight conference title, and the 2022-23 senior class became the winningest in program history.

In the NCAA tournament, Mines survived a close home game against No. 3 seed Minnesota State to take on No. 1 seed Angelo State. During the Dec. 3 away game, the Orediggers capitalized on three Rams turnovers and won 42-24.

On Dec. 10, Mines hosted Super Region I champion Shepherd. Mines found its rhythm in the second half and destroyed Shepherd 44-13, punching its ticket to the National Championship for the rst time in the program’s 130-year history.

With thousands of Oredigger supporters packing the McKinney, Texas stadium and thousands more watching on TV, Mines kicked o Dec. 17 against Ferris State.

Unfortunately for the Orediggers, the Bulldogs were well-prepared to handle Division II’s most explosive o ense. Ferris State won 41-14, securing its second-straight national title.

Dozens of Mines players received regional and national honors throughout the season, including

Orediggers look to maintain momentum into the new year

Mines senior forward Adam Thistlewood, center, attempts a shot over Black Hills State defenders during the Dec. 10 men’s basketball game at Colorado School of Mines. The Yellow Jackets beat the Orediggers 85-77 in overtime.

FILE PHOTO BY CORINNE WESTEMAN

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senior quarterback John Matocha’s 2022 Harlon Hill Award — the Division II equivalent of the Heisman Trophy.

New year, new goals

With the fall sports’ postseason now over, Mines’ winter teams are looking to build on their counterparts’ momentum and their own in 2023.

Both the Mines basketball teams are o to very strong starts, going into their Jan. 1 games at Colorado Christian with one loss each.

e men’s team was fth in the conference standings going into 2023, while the women’s team was rst. e women’s team is looking to three-peat as RMAC regular season champions.

e Orediggers’ next home games are Jan. 6-7.

On the swimming front, the men’s

team has won four head-to-head meets and lost one. It also placed second throughout the Nov. 16-19 TYR/CMU Invitational.

e women’s team, meanwhile, has only won one of its six head-tohead meets. It also placed second and third on various days of the TYR/ CMU Invitational

e teams’ rst meet of 2023 will be at the Air Force Invitation in Colorado Springs. eir only home meet of the season is Jan. 21 against Wyoming.

On the wrestling mat, the Orediggers are 3-0 in duals. To close out 2022 competition, Mines placed 11th overall at the Dec. 17-18 Midwest Classic. Senior Anderson Salisbury placed fourth among 197-pound wrestlers, and three other Orediggers placed in their respective divisions.

Mines opens 2023 with several away events before returning to Golden for three consecutive home events on Jan. 29, Feb. 3 and Feb. 9.

e Orediggers will also host the Rocky Mountain Collegiate Open Feb. 12 at Steinhauer Fieldhouse.

CROWSS UP DRO ELZZ

Mines senior forward Tristan Semelsberger bicycle-kicks the ball to score the team’s first goal during the Oct. 23 Senior Day against Westminster. The Orediggers won 4-0, earning their sixth-straight regular season conference title.

FILE PHOTO BY CORINNE WESTEMAN

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“We have different factors that affect our citizens in Adams County — we have air pollution, citizens working in industrial jobs. We’re addressing poverty. We have homelessness,” Baca said previously, noting Douglas County does not encounter those issues

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But in a proposal sent to the JBC this month, the Governor’s O ce of Information Technology said the state.co.us domain extension poses a “serious security risk,” particularly when it comes to “phishing,” which is when bad actors try to use a deceptive email address to trick people into disclosing sensitive information or clicking on a dangerous link.

“.us domains are subject to phishing attempts,” the budget proposal said. “Anyone can register a .us domain through many of the publicly available domain registrar. For in-

as much as other counties.

Different priorities could influence a difference in spending across the three counties.

Adams County’s contribution to Tri-County Health’s 2021 budget was $3.8 million, Arapahoe County’s contribution was $4.8 million and Douglas County’s contribution was $2.6 million, according to Tri-County.

The net cost for the first year of Adams County’s own health department could total between $11 million and $13 million, Baca has said.

“Our first year out, we’re looking at it’s going to be approximately 20 to 25 million dollars, with an

stance, someone could register ‘co. state.us’ or ‘state.col.us’ or ‘states. co.us.’ then email our users from these fake domains.”

Colorado o cials have also had di culty participating in security brie ngs with federal agencies and the White House because of the state.co.us domain extension, according to the proposal. at’s because a .gov email address is required to register for the brie ngs.

Exceptions have to be made for Colorado o cials when they want to join the federal security brie ngs, which the governor’s o ce called “a barrier to entry.”

e proposal said Colorado is one of only seven states that still use a .us domain extension. Other states have transitioned to .gov domain

estimated 12 to 14 million dollars in grants,” Baca has said.

Arapahoe County Commissioner Nancy Sharpe has said the county’s own health department will likely cost the county around $5 million per year, possibly even more.

Officials in Douglas County expect to keep costs down.

Fees could change

Douglas County’s new public health director, Michael Hill, previously told CCM the county’s health department will adopt the same fee structure as Tri-County initially but may consider suggesting fee changes later.

extensions, which can’t be created or modi ed without government authentication and validation.

“I just kind of thought an extension was an extension,” said Sen. Rachel Zenzinger, an Arvada Democrat and chair of the JBC.

Scott ompson, a nonpartisan JBC sta er, said “going to .gov does give us that extra layer” of security protections.

Some state websites, including Colorado’s main landing page and the legislature’s website, already use the .gov domain extension. And some state employees’ email addresses now carry the .gov extension, too.

Jarrett Freedman, a spokesman for the Colorado House Democratic caucus, said his email switched over

Asked whether fees for public health services will be higher under the Adams County Health Department compared to what the fees for the same services were under Tri-County, Baca previously said Adams County leaders haven’t discussed that level of detail during meetings.

to the .gov domain extension Dec. 1. But Colorado’s move to .gov isn’t complete.

e Colorado Secretary of State’s O ce website, for instance, is sos. state.co.us, though it’s in the process of transitioning fully to coloradosos.gov. And Simmons declined an interview request from e Colorado Sun from a state.co.us email address.

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CRS §38-38-103

FORECLOSURE SALE NO.

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Public Trustees

COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION

CRS §38-38-103

FORECLOSURE SALE NO. J2200293

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

On October 24, 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)

Lynn Yale Sharpe

Original Beneficiary(ies)

Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Beneficiary, as nominee for New York Community Bank, its successors and assigns

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt Freedom Mortgage Corporation Date of Deed of Trust January 23, 2016 County of Recording

Jefferson Recording Date of Deed of Trust January 25, 2016

Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) 2016007275**

Original Principal Amount $215,000.00

Outstanding Principal Balance $207,136.17

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

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

Lot 6, Block 1, Lakewood Hills Filing No. 4, County of Jefferson, State of Colorado.

**This loan has been modified through a Loan Modification Agreement recorded 04/25/2018 at Reception No. 2018036955 in the records of the Jefferson county clerk and recorder, Colorado.

Also known by street and number as: 63 Ward Ct, 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.

J2200295

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

On October 24, 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)

Miguel R Palomar and Martha L Palomar

Original Beneficiary(ies)

Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. ("MERS") as nominee for The Lending Group, Inc., Its Successors and Assigns

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt

Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, not in its individual capacity but solely as Owner Trustee of CIM Trust 2021-R4 Date of Deed of Trust

February 22, 2005

County of Recording Jefferson

Recording Date of Deed of Trust March 02, 2005

Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) F2179073

Original Principal Amount $195,000.00

Outstanding Principal Balance $190,158.59

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 33, BLOCK 6, THE HIGHLANDS SUBDIVISION, FILING NO. 3, COUNTY OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF COLORADO.

Also known by street and number as: 7459 Kendall Street, Arvada, CO 80003.

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, 02/16/2023 via remote, web-based auction service, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. https://liveauctions.govease.com/

Original Beneficiary(ies)

FIRST FRANKLIN A DIVISION OF NAT CITY BANK OF IN

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt WALLACE CONSULTING AND INVESTMENT CORP.

Date of Deed of Trust

February 25, 2005

County of Recording

Jefferson Recording Date of Deed of Trust March 01, 2005

Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) F2178893

Original Principal Amount $85,000.00

Outstanding Principal Balance $69,054.35

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

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

LOT 62, BUFFALO PARK ESTATES – UNIT 2, TOGETHER WITH A NON-EXCLUSIVE INGRESS AND EGRESS EASEMENT CONTAINED IN INSTRUMENT RECORDED NOVEMBER 8, 1985 AT RECEPTION NUMBER 85108589, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: A 25 FOOT WIDE NON-EXCLUSIVE INGRESS AND EGRESS EASEMENT OVER, ACROSS AND ON LOT 65, BUFFALO PARK ESTATES – UNIT 2, COUNTY OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF COLORADO, BEING CENTERED ON THE FOLLOWING COURSES AND DISTANCES: BEGINNING AT A POINT ON THE NORTHERLY LINE OF SAID LOT 65, WHENCE THE NORTHEASTERLY CORNER OF SAID LOT 65 BEARS NORTH 69 DEGREES 02 MINUTES 42 SECONDS EAST, A DISTANCE OF 54.65 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 64 DEGREES 44 MINUTES EAST, A DISTANCE OF 145.20 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 55 DEGREES 52 MINUTES EAST, A DISTANCE OF 115.2 FEET, MORE OR LESS, TO THE SOUTHWESTERLY RIGHT OF WAY OF SKUNK ALLEY, SAID POINT BEING THE TERMINUS OF SAID EASEMENT, COUNTY OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF COLORADO

Also known by street and number as: 6932 SNOWSHOE TRAIL, EVERGREEN, CO 80439.

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.

On October 24, 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) Dixon D. Barta and Terri B. Brill

Original Beneficiary(ies)

Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Beneficiary, as nominee for Fieldstone Mortgage Company, its successors and assigns

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt Citibank, N.A., not in its individual capacity, but solely as owner trustee of the New Residential Mortgage Loan Trust 2020-1 Date of Deed of Trust September 30, 2005

County of Recording Jefferson Recording Date of Deed of Trust October 05, 2005

Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) 2005093499

Original Principal Amount $336,000.00

Outstanding Principal Balance $224,310.34

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.

All of Lot 16, Gallegos Subdivision, Except the East 179 feet thereof, and all of the West 293 feet of the North 132 feet of the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of Section 1, Township 4 South, Range 70 West of the 6th Principal Meridian, except that part conveyed to Jefferson County for Orchard Street, County of Jefferson, State of Colorado.

Also known by street and number as: 15905 W. 8th Place, Golden, CO 80401.

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.

Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. ("MERS") as nominee for Citibank, N.A., Its Successors and Assigns

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt NewRez LLC, F/K/A New Penn Financial, LLC, D/B/A Shellpoint Mortgage Servicing Date of Deed of Trust January 31, 2013

County of Recording Jefferson Recording Date of Deed of Trust March 07, 2013

Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) 2013028082

Original Principal Amount $122,987.00

Outstanding Principal Balance $94,750.56

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 50, BLOCK 1, DUTCH RIDGE SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 3, COUNTY OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF COLORADO.

Also known by street and number as: 6780 S Independence St, Littleton, CO 80128-4050.

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, 02/16/2023 via remote, web-based auction service, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. https://liveauctions.govease.com/

First Publication: 12/29/2022

Last Publication: 1/26/2023

Name of Publication: Golden Transcript

First Publication: 12/29/2022

Last Publication: 1/26/2023

Name of Publication: Golden Transcript

IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; DATE: 10/24/2022

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 2 p.m. on Thursday, 01/26/2023 via remote, web-based auction service, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. https://liveauctions.govease.com/

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 2 p.m. on Thursday, 02/16/2023 via remote, web-based auction service, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. https://liveauctions.govease.com/

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: 10/24/2022

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

By: Christine Thompson, Deputy, for Public Trustee

First Publication:12/29/2022

Last Publication:1/26/2023

Name of Publication: Golden Transcript

https://liveauctions.govease.com/

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 2 p.m. on Thursday, 02/16/2023 via remote, web-based auction service, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 12/29/2022

Last Publication: 1/26/2023

Name of Publication: Golden Transcript

IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED;

DATE: 10/24/2022

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

By: Christine Thompson, Deputy, for Public Trustee

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

Amanda Ferguson #44893

Halliday, Watkins & Mann, P.C.

355 Union Blvd., Suite 250, Lakewood, CO 80228 (303) 274-0155

Attorney File # CO12063

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. J2200293

First Publication: 12/29/2022

Last Publication: 1/26/2023

Name of Publication: Golden Transcript

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

By: Christine Thompson, Deputy, for Public Trustee

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

Ilene Dell'Acqua #31755

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

Attorney File # CO-22-941779-LL

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

©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015

Legal Notice NO. J2200295

First Publication: 12/29/2022

Last Publication: 1/26/2023

Name of Publication: Golden Transcript

COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103

FORECLOSURE SALE NO. J2200278

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On October 6, 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)

JUSTIN R GOOCH

First Publication: 12/8/2022

Last Publication: 1/5/2023

Name of Publication: Golden Transcript

IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; DATE: 10/06/2022

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

By: Barbara Lyons, Deputy, for Public Trustee

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

Anna Johnston #51978 Barrett Frappier & Weisserman, LLP 1391 Speer Boulevard, Suite 700, Denver, CO 80204 (303) 350-3711

Attorney File # 00000009536434

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. J2200278

First Publication: 12/8/2022

Last Publication: 1/5/2023

Name of Publication: Golden Transcript

COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103

FORECLOSURE SALE NO. J2200301

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

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: 10/24/2022

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

By: Barbara Lyons, Deputy, for Public Trustee

The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Amanda Ferguson #44893

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

Attorney File # CO20631

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. J2200301

First Publication: 12/29/2022 Last Publication: 1/26/2023

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

FORECLOSURE SALE NO. J2200302

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On October 24, 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)

Janis L Hazelbaker who acquired title as Janis

The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Ilene Dell'Acqua #31755

McCarthy & Holthus, LLP

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

Attorney File # CO-22-945966-LL

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

©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015

Legal Notice NO. J2200302

First Publication: 12/29/2022

Last Publication: 1/26/2023

Name of Publication: Golden Transcript

COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103

FORECLOSURE SALE NO. J2200300

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On October 24, 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) Pamela E Kucera and Bennie G Burseth and Elaine T Burseth

Original Beneficiary(ies)

Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc ("MERS") as nominee for Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., Its Successors and Assigns

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt NewRez LLC, F/K/A New Penn Financial, LLC, D/B/A Shellpoint Mortgage Servicing Date of Deed of Trust May 27, 2005

County of Recording Jefferson

Lee Hazelbaker

Original Beneficiary(ies)

Recording Date of Deed of Trust

May 31, 2005

Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) 2005025220

Original Principal Amount $103,091.00

Outstanding Principal Balance $50,250.60

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

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

CONDOMINIUM UNIT NO G101, PONDEROSA RIDGE, COUNTY OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF COLORADO, ACCORDING TO THE CONDOMINIUM MAP THEREOF RECORDED JUNE 17, 2004 AT RECEPTION NO F2046139, FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED CONDOMINIUM MAP FOR CLOVER HILL CONDOMINIUMS RECORDED APRIL 1, 2005 AT RECEPTION NO F2195412, AND THE AMENDED AND RESTATED DECLARATION OF COVENANTS, CONDITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS OF THE CLOVER HILL CONDOMINIUMS RECORDED JUNE 17, 2004 AT RECEPTION NO F2046138, FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED DECLARATION OF COVENANTS, CONDITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS OF THE CLOVER HILL CONDOMINIUMS RECORDED APRIL 1, 2005 AT RECEPTION NO F2195411, IN THE RECORDS OF THE CLERK AND RECORDER OF THE COUNTY OF JEFFERSON, COLORADO, AS AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME INCLUDING THE EXCLUSIVE RIGHT TO USE LCE PARKING UNIT NO 14, AS DEFINED AND DESCRIBED PURSUANT TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED DECLARATION AND DEPICTED ON THE MAP

Also known by street and number as: 857 S Van Gordon Ct, Apt G101, Lakewood, CO 80228-3215.

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, 02/16/2023 via remote, web-based auction service, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. https://liveauctions.govease.com/ First Publication: 12/29/2022

Last Publication: 1/26/2023

Name of Publication: Golden Transcript

IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED;

DATE: 10/24/2022

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

By: Christine Thompson, Deputy, for Public Trustee

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

Ilene Dell'Acqua #31755 McCarthy & Holthus, LLP 7700 E. Arapahoe Road, Suite 230, Centennial, CO 80112 (877) 369-6122

Attorney File # CO-22-945618-LL

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

©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015

Legal

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

On October 13, 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) Sandy Sosnowski

Original Beneficiary(ies) Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Beneficiary, as nominee for Freedom Mortgage Corporation, its successors and assigns Current Holder of Evidence of Debt Freedom Mortgage Corporation Date of Deed of Trust February 20, 2017

County of Recording Jefferson Recording Date of Deed of Trust February 28, 2017

Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) 2017022017** Original Principal Amount $232,425.00

Outstanding Principal Balance $256,105.08

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.

All land situate, lying and being in the County of Jefferson, State of Colorado, to-wit; Building 7, Unit B-7, Lakewood Vista at Green Mountain Ranch Association, Inc., in accordance with and subject to the Declaration for Lakewood Vista at Green Mountain Ranch Association, Inc., recorded on December 29, 1998 under Reception No. F0767149, Amendment recorded March 12, 1999 under Reception No. F0822193, and the Map recorded on June 29, 2000 under Reception No. F1077136, in the office of Clerk and Recorder of Jefferson County, Colorado, County of Jefferson, State of Colorado.

**This loan has been modified through a Loan Modification Agreement recorded 07/20/2020 at Reception No. 2020085340 in the records of the Jefferson county clerk and recorder, Colorado.

Also known by street and number as: 1630 S Deframe St, B7, 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, 02/02/2023 via remote, web-based auction service, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. https://liveauctions.govease.com/

First Publication: 12/15/2022

Last Publication: 1/12/2023

Name of Publication: Golden Transcript

IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED;

DATE: 10/13/2022

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

By: Barbara Lyons, Deputy, for Public Trustee

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

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

Attorney File # CO12136

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. J2200291

First Publication: 12/15/2022

Last Publication: 1/12/2023

Name of Publication: Golden Transcript

COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103

FORECLOSURE SALE NO. J2200270

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

On September 29, 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)

Harold H Clark and Thelma L Clark

Original Beneficiary(ies)

U.S. Bank, National Association Current Holder of Evidence of Debt U.S. Bank National

Also known by street and number as: 11870 Tabor Dr, Lakewood, CO 80215.

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, 01/26/2023 via remote, web-based auction service, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. https://liveauctions.govease.com/

First Publication: 12/8/2022

Last Publication: 1/5/2023

Name of Publication: Golden Transcript

IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED;

DATE: 09/29/2022

Holly Ryan, Public Trustee in and for the County of Jefferson, State of Colorado By: Christine Thompson, Deputy, for Public Trustee

The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Ilene Dell'Acqua #31755 McCarthy & Holthus, LLP 7700 E. Arapahoe Road, Suite 230, Centennial, CO 80112 (877) 369-6122 Attorney File # CO-22-942931-LL

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

©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015

Legal Notice No. J2200270 First Publication: 12/8/2022 Last Publication: 1/5/2023

Name of Publication: Golden Transcript

COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION

CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. J2200275

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

On September 29, 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) Charles C. Angelucci

Original Beneficiary(ies)

KeyBank National Association Current Holder of Evidence of Debt KeyBank, NA Date of Deed of Trust August 27, 1999

County of Recording Jefferson Recording Date of Deed of Trust September 01, 1999

Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) F0936441

Original Principal Amount $150,000.00

Outstanding Principal Balance $97,000.64

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.

TRACT E, A TRACT OF LAND WITHIN LOT 83, SHILOH, FILING #4, JEFFERSON COUNTY RECORDS, COLORADO, AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS: BEGINNING AT THE NORTHERLY CORNER OF LOT 83, SAID SHILOH FILING NO. 4; THENCE SOUTH 59 DEGREES 20’ 09” WEST, 836.15 FEET TO THE NORTH CORNER OF THE NORTHEASTERLY BOUNDARY LINE OF PARCEL DESCRIBED IN BOOK 2205 AT PAGE 340; THENCE SOUTH 31 DEGREES 19’ 29” EAST, 457.58 FEET ALONG SAID NORTHEASTERLY BOUNDARY LINE; THENCE NORTH 58 DEGREES 8’16” EAST, 965.36 FEET ALONG THE EASTERLY BOUNDARY LINE OF LOT 83; THENCE NORTH 47 DEGREES 43’52” WEST, 457.51 FEET TO POINT OF BEGINNING. TOGETHER WITH EASEMENT FOR INGRESS AND EGRESS RECORDED MARCH 22, 1975 IN BOOK 2246 AT PAGE 233. COUNTY OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF COLORADO.

If applicable, a description of any changes to the deed of trust described in the notice of election and demand pursuant to affidavit as allowed by statutes: Pursuant to that certain Affidavit Re: Scrivener’s Error Pursuant to C.R.S.§38-35-109(5) recorded in the records of Jefferson County, Colorado, on 1/15/2020 at Reception No. 2020006342 to correct the legal description.

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, 01/26/2023 via remote, web-based auction service, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. https://liveauctions.govease.com/

First Publication: 12/8/2022

Last Publication: 1/5/2023

Name of Publication: Golden Transcript

IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED;

DATE: 09/29/2022

Holly Ryan, Public Trustee in and for the County of Jefferson, State of Colorado By: Barbara Lyons, Deputy, for Public Trustee

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

Ilene Dell'Acqua #31755

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

Attorney File # CO-22-938322-LL

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

©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015

Legal Notice NO. J2200275

First Publication: 12/8/2022

Last Publication: 1/5/2023

Name of Publication: Golden Transcript

COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. J2200287

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

On October 13, 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) Belle R. DeVoe

Original Beneficiary(ies) Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Beneficiary, as nominee for Finance of America Reverse LLC, its successors and assigns

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt Finance of America Reverse LLC Date of Deed of Trust October 12, 2017

County of Recording Jefferson

Recording Date of Deed of Trust October 24, 2017

Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) 2017109524

Original Principal Amount $520,500.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $220,687.02

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: the undersigned, on behalf of the Holder, gives notice and declares a violation of the covenants of said Deed of Trust including, but not limited to the failure to pay the debt in full following the death of the Borrower.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

Lot 23, Block 5, Lyndale, County of Jefferson, State of Colorado.

Also known by street and number as: 6655 Pierce St, Arvada, CO 80003.

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.

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: 10/13/2022

Holly Ryan, Public Trustee in and for the County of Jefferson, State of Colorado By: Christine Thompson, Deputy, for Public Trustee

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

Amanda Ferguson #44893

Halliday, Watkins & Mann, P.C. 355 Union Blvd., Suite 250, Lakewood, CO 80228 (303) 274-0155 Attorney File # CO-20095

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. J2200287

First Publication: 12/15/2022 Last Publication: 1/12/2023

Name of Publication: Golden Transcript

COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103

FORECLOSURE SALE NO. J2200298

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

On October 24, 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)

JUSTIN L. NASH AND DAHLILA L. NASH

Original Beneficiary(ies)

MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR GUILD MORTGAGE COMPANY , ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS Current Holder of Evidence of Debt COLORADO HOUSING AND FINANCE AUTHORITY Date of Deed of Trust November 24, 2015

County of Recording Jefferson Recording Date of Deed of Trust November 25, 2015

Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) 2015125542

Original Principal Amount $282,292.00

Outstanding Principal Balance $267,758.82

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: Borrower's failure to make timely payments as required under the Evidence of Debt and Deed of Trust.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

LOT 15, BLOCK 10, SANDRA-TERRI SUBDIVISION, COUNTY OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF COLORADO.

Also known by street and number as: 5103 INDEPENDENCE STREET, ARVADA, CO 80002.

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

NOTICE OF SALE

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 2 p.m. on Thursday, 02/16/2023 via remote, web-based auction service, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. https://liveauctions.govease.com/

First Publication: 12/29/2022

Last Publication: 1/26/2023

Name of Publication: Golden Transcript

IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED;

DATE: 10/24/2022

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

By: Barbara Lyons, Deputy, for Public Trustee

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

Trust and other violations thereof

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

LOT 3, BLOCK 2, APPLEWOOD KNOLLS FIRST FILING, COUNTY OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF COLORADO.

*Pursuant to that certain Affidavit Re: Scrivener’s Error Pursuant to C.R.S.§38-35-109(5) recorded in the records of Jefferson County, Colorado, on 1/15/2020 at Reception No. 2020006342 to correct the legal description.

Also known by street and number as: 13768 Elsie Rd, Conifer, CO 80433.

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 2 p.m. on Thursday, 02/02/2023 via remote, web-based auction service, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. https://liveauctions.govease.com/

First Publication: 12/15/2022

Last Publication: 1/12/2023

Name of Publication: Golden Transcript

N. April Winecki #34861

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

Attorney File # 19-022345

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.

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Public Notices

Last Publication: 1/26/2023

Name of Publication: Golden Transcript

COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION

CRS §38-38-103

FORECLOSURE SALE NO. J2200306

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

On October 24, 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)

Leland Linder and Penny Linder

Original Beneficiary(ies)

Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Beneficiary, as nominee for Ditech Financial LLC, its successors and assigns Current Holder of Evidence of Debt NewRez LLC d/b/a Shellpoint Mortgage Servicing Date of Deed of Trust August 26, 2019

County of Recording Jefferson Recording Date of Deed of Trust September 06, 2019

Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) 2019081034**

Original Principal Amount $219,535.00

Outstanding Principal Balance $208,202.82

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.

The West 154 feet of the Property described as follows:

That part of the SW1/4 of the NE1/4 of Section 11, Township 3 South, Range 69 West of the 6th P.M.; Beginning at the center of Wadsworth Avenue , 200 feet South of a point 50 feet Southerly at right angles from the centerline of the Denver and Northwestern Right of Way; thence South 94.5 feet to the center point of said avenue; thence S89 degrees 47'E, 462 feet; thence North, 79 feet to the South boundary of said Railway Right of Way; thence Northwesterly along said boundary, 27 feet; thence N89 degrees 47'W, 439 feet to the point of beginning, except the West 30 feet thereof, County of Jefferson, State of Colorado.

**The legal description was corrected by an Affidavit of Correction recorded 10/17/2022 at Reception No. 2022094075 in the records of the Jefferson County Clerk and Recorder, State of Colorado.

Also known by street and number as: 6052 Wadsworth Blvd, Arvada, CO 80003.

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

If applicable, a description of any changes to the deed of trust described in the notice of election and demand pursuant to affidavit as allowed by statutes: **The legal description was corrected by an Affidavit of Correction recorded 10/17/2022 at Reception No. 2022094075 in the records of the Jefferson County Clerk and Recorder, State of Colorado.

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, 02/16/2023 via remote, web-based auction service, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

https://liveauctions.govease.com/

First Publication: 12/29/2022

Last Publication: 1/26/2023

Name of Publication: Golden Transcript

IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A

NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE

EXTENDED;

DATE: 10/24/2022

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:

Amanda Ferguson #44893

Halliday, Watkins & Mann, P.C.

355 Union Blvd., Suite 250, Lakewood, CO 80228 (303) 274-0155

Attorney File # CO-20093

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. J2200306

First Publication: 12/29/2022 Last Publication: 1/26/2023

Name of Publication: Golden Transcript

COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103

FORECLOSURE SALE NO. J2200271

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On September 29, 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) David Adam Zlochower

Original Beneficiary(ies)

Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as beneficiary, as nominee for AmCap Mortgage, Ltd. DBA Gold Financial Services, its successors and assigns

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt Nationstar Mortgage LLC Date of Deed of Trust July 01, 2020

County of Recording Jefferson Recording Date of Deed of Trust July 06, 2020

Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) 2020078559

Original Principal Amount $253,357.00

Outstanding Principal Balance $250,375.26

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

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

Condominium Unit No. B, Building No. 2, Timbercove II Condominiums, In Accordance with the Declaration recorded March 25, 1981 at reception No. 8102008, and Condominium Map recorded January 15, 1990 at reception No. 90004322, Together with the Exclusive right to use the following limited common elements: Storage and Garage Space No. B-2.

County of Jefferson, State of Colorado. Also known by street and number as: 8404 Everett Way, Unit B, Arvada, CO 80005.

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, 01/26/2023 via remote, web-based auction service, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. https://liveauctions.govease.com/

First Publication: 12/8/2022

Last Publication: 1/5/2023

Name of Publication: Golden Transcript

IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED;

DATE: 09/29/2022

Holly Ryan, Public Trustee in and for the County of Jefferson, State of Colorado By: Christine Thompson, Deputy, for Public Trustee

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

Amanda Ferguson #44893 Halliday, Watkins & Mann, P.C. 355 Union Blvd., Suite 250, Lakewood, CO 80228 (303) 274-0155 Attorney File # CO12092

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. J2200271

First Publication: 12/8/2022

Last Publication: 1/5/2023

Name of Publication: Golden Transcript

COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103

FORECLOSURE SALE NO. J2200284

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On October 6, 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)

RUSSELL A BYRD AND CHERYL A BYRD

Original Beneficiary(ies)

Bank of America, NA Current Holder of Evidence of Debt BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. Date of Deed of Trust October 17, 2017 County of Recording Jefferson

Recording Date of Deed of Trust October 27, 2017

Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) 2017111190

Original Principal Amount $65,000.00

Outstanding Principal Balance $61,162.10

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

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

ALL THE REAL PROPERTY, TOGETHER WITH IMPROVEMENTS, IF ANY, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN THE COUNTY OF JEFFERSON AND STATE OF COLORADO, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: A PARCEL OF LAND LOCATED IN THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 1, TOWNSHIP 3 SOUTH, RANGE 72 WEST OF THE 6TH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, JEFFERSON COUNTY, COLORADO, AND DESCRIBED AS: BEGINNING AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SAID SOUTHEAST QUARTER SOUTHEAST QUARTER; THENCE NORTH 02 DEGREES 18 MINUTES 15 SECONDS EAST, ALONG THE WEST LINE OF SAID SOUTHEAST QUARTER SOUTHEAST QUARTER, A DISTANCE OF 271.62 FEET TO A POINT IN GOLDEN GATE CANYON ROAD; THENCE SOUTH 43 DEGREES 41 MINUTES 58 SECONDS EAST, ALONG THE SOUTHWESTERLY SIDE OF THE 30 FOOT WIDE STRIP DESCRIBED IN RECEPTION NO. 83080143, A DISTANCE OF 54.26 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 50 DEGREES 59 MINUTES 44 SECONDS EAST, A DISTANCE OF 0273.04; THENCE SOUTH 56 DEGREES 45 MINUTES 33 SECONDS EAST, A DISTANCE OF 98.05 FEET TO A POINT ON THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID SOUTHEAST QUARTER SOUTHEAST QUARTER; THENCE SOUTH 88 DEGREES 53 MINUTES 54 SECONDS WEST, ALONG SAID SOUTH LINE, A DISTANCE OF 342.66 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING, EXCEPT ANY PORTION LYING WITHIN GOLDEN GATE CANYON ROAD, COUNTY OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF COLORADO.

TOGETHER WITH ALL AND SINGULAR THE HEREDITAMENTS AND APPURTENANCES THEREUNTO BELONGING, OR IN ANYWISE APPERTAINING, THE REVERSION AND REVERSIONS, REMAINDER AND REMAINDERS, RENTS, ISSUES AND PROFITS THEREOF, AND ALL THE ESTATE, RIGHT, TITLE, INTEREST, CLAIM AND DEMAND WHATSOEVER OF THE GRANTOR(S), EITHER IN LAW OR EQUITY, OF, IN AND TO THE ABOVE BARGAINED PREMISES, WITH THE HEREDITAMENTS AND APPURTENANCES.

Also known by street and number as: 34372 GOLDEN GATE CANYON RD., GOLDEN, CO 80403.

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, 01/26/2023 via remote, web-based auction service, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. https://liveauctions.govease.com/ First Publication: 12/8/2022

Last Publication: 1/5/2023

Name of Publication: Golden Transcript

IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED;

DATE: 10/06/2022

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: Alison L. Berry #34531 Janeway Law Firm, P.C. 9800 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 400, Englewood, CO 80112 (855) 263-9295 Attorney File # 22-028487

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. J2200284

First Publication: 12/8/2022 Last Publication: 1/5/2023

Name of Publication: Golden Transcript

COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103

FORECLOSURE SALE NO. J2200273

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On September 29, 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) JENNIFER L. MICHELSEN

Original Beneficiary(ies)

MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR QUICKEN LOANS INC.

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt ROCKET MORTGAGE, LLC F/K/A QUICKEN LOANS, LLC F/K/A QUICKEN LOANS INC.

Date of Deed of Trust May 12, 2018 County of Recording Jefferson Recording Date of Deed of Trust May 22, 2018

Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) 2018045769

Original Principal Amount $212,657.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $199,167.01

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.

CONDOMINIUM UNIT NO. 2113, BUILDING NO. 21, FALLINGWATER CONDOMINIUMS, COUNTY OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF COLORADO, ACCORDING TO THE CONDOMINIUM MAP THEREOF RECORDED ON APRIL 22, 2003, AT RECEPTION NO. F1732200, AND THE DECLARATION RECORDED ON APRIL 22, 2003, AT RECEPTION NO. F1732199, IN THE RECORDS OF THE CLERK AND RECORDER OF THE COUNTY OF JEFFERSON, COLORADO, AS AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME. INCLUDING THE EXCLUSIVE RIGHT TO USE LCE PARKING SPACE NO(S). #455 AND #245, AS DEFINED BY THE DECLARATION AND DEPICTED ON THE MAP;

Also known by street and number as: 7442 S QUAIL CIR, APT 2113, LITTLETON, CO 80127-4913.

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, 01/26/2023 via remote, web-based auction service, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. https://liveauctions.govease.com/

First Publication: 12/8/2022

Last Publication: 1/5/2023

Name of Publication: Golden Transcript

IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; DATE: 09/29/2022

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

By: Barbara Lyons, Deputy, for Public Trustee

The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Anna Johnston #51978

Barrett Frappier & Weisserman, LLP 1391 Speer Boulevard, Suite 700, Denver, CO 80204 (303) 350-3711 Attorney File # 00000009592015

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.

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Legal Notice NO. J2200273

First Publication: 12/8/2022 Last Publication: 1/5/2023

of Publication: Golden Transcript

Recording Date of Deed of Trust July 30, 2019

Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) 2019065280

Original Principal Amount $368,109.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $352,342.46

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 13, BLOCK 14, CLOVERDALE, BLOCK 9 TO 16, INCLUSIVE, COUNTY OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF COLORADO.

Also known by street and number as: 6085 W Arkansas Avenue, Lakewood, CO 80232.

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, 01/26/2023 via remote, web-based auction service, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. https://liveauctions.govease.com/

First Publication: 12/8/2022

Last Publication: 1/5/2023

Name of Publication: Golden Transcript

IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED;

DATE: 10/06/2022

Holly Ryan, Public Trustee in and for the County of Jefferson, State of Colorado By: Lyndsay Smith, Deputy, for Public Trustee

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

Alison L. Berry #34531

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

Attorney File # 22-028422

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. J2200281

First Publication: 12/8/2022

Last Publication:1/5/2023

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

FORECLOSURE SALE NO. J2200304

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On October 24, 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) Stephen Euler Original Beneficiary(ies) Affiliated Financial Group, Inc Current Holder of Evidence of Debt Nationstar Mortgage LLC Date of Deed of Trust May 08, 2006 County of Recording Jefferson Recording Date of Deed of Trust May 17, 2006

Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) 2006058897

Original Principal Amount $65,000.00

Outstanding Principal Balance $56,622.36

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

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

CONDOMINIUM UNIT NO. 305, BUILDING NO. 2, RIVA RIDGE CONDOMINIUMS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DECLARATION RECORDED ON NOVEMBER 19, 1979 AT RECEPTION NO. 79105348 AND AMENDMENTS RECORDED JANUARY 2, 1980 AT RECEPTION NOS. 80000150 AND 80000151 AND CONDOMINIUM MAP RECORDED ON NOVEMBER 19, 1979 AT RECEPTION NO. 79105349 AND RECORDED JANUARY 2, 1980 AT RECEPTION NO. 80000152, COUNTY OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF COLORADO TOGETHER WITH THE

Also known by street and number as: 519 Wright Street, # 305, 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, 02/16/2023 via remote, web-based auction service, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. https://liveauctions.govease.com/

First Publication: 12/29/2022

Last Publication: 1/26/2023

Name of Publication: Golden Transcript

IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED;

DATE: 10/24/2022

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

By: Christine Thompson, Deputy, for Public Trustee

The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Holly R.Shilliday #24423 McCarthy & Holthus, LLP 7700 E. Arapahoe Road, Suite 230, Centennial, CO 80112 (877) 369-6122 Attorney File # CO-22-945345-LL

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

©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015

Legal Notice NO. J2200304

First Publication: 12/29/2022 Last Publication: 1/26/2023

Name of Publication: Golden Transcript

COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103

FORECLOSURE SALE NO. J2200274

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On September 29, 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)

Eric Keith Pokorn Original Beneficiary(ies)

MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR UNIVERSAL LENDING CORPORATION, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS Current Holder of Evidence of Debt COLORADO HOUSING AND FINANCE AUTHORITY

Date of Deed of Trust January 03, 2019

County of Recording Jefferson Recording Date of Deed of Trust January 04, 2019

Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) 2019001034

Original Principal Amount $371,153.00

Outstanding Principal Balance $356,409.90

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 10S, BLOCK 1, MARINA POINTE SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 3, COUNTY OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF COLORADO.

APN #: 69-021-06-001

Also known by street and number as: 8402 S Upham Way, Littleton, CO 80128.

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, 01/26/2023 via remote, web-based auction service, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s),

Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. https://liveauctions.govease.com/

First Publication: 12/8/2022

Last Publication: 1/5/2023

Name of Publication: Golden Transcript

IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED;

DATE: 09/29/2022

Holly Ryan, Public Trustee in and for the County of Jefferson, State of Colorado By: Christine Thompson, Deputy, for Public Trustee

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

David R. Doughty #40042 Janeway Law Firm, P.C. 9800 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 400, Englewood, CO 80112 (855) 263-9295 Attorney File # 22-028451

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.

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Legal Notice NO. J2200274

First Publication: 12/8/2022

Last Publication: 1/5/2023

Name of Publication: Golden Transcript

COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103

FORECLOSURE SALE NO. J2200285

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

On October 6, 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)

TUCKER PHILLIPS

Original Beneficiary(ies)

MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR PARKSIDE LENDING, LLC

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt CARRINGTON MORTGAGE SERVICES, LLC Date of Deed of Trust March 22, 2017

County of Recording Jefferson

Recording Date of Deed of Trust March 28, 2017

Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) 2017032268

Original Principal Amount $140,000.00

Outstanding Principal Balance $132,273.16

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 73, BLOCK 1, REPLAT OF HAMPDEN VILLA AMENDED, COUNTY OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF COLORADO.

Also known by street and number as: 7309 WEST HAMPDEN AVENUE UNIT 1901, LAKEWOOD, CO 80227.

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

NOTICE OF SALE

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 2 p.m. on Thursday, 01/26/2023 via remote, web-based auction service, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. https://liveauctions.govease.com/

First Publication: 12/8/2022

Last Publication: 1/5/2023

Name of Publication: Golden Transcript

IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED;

DATE: 10/06/2022

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

By: Barbara Lyons, Deputy, for Public Trustee

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

Anna Johnston #51978

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

Attorney File # 00000009610684

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. J2200285

First Publication: 12/8/2022

Last Publication: 1/5/2023

Name of Publication: Golden Transcript

COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103

FORECLOSURE SALE NO. J2200292

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

On October 24, 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)

Charles Wilson Edinger

Original Beneficiary(ies)

Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Beneficiary, as nominee for Bank of England, its successors and assigns Current Holder of Evidence of Debt Reverse Mortgage Funding LLC Date of Deed of Trust

October 24, 2017

County of Recording Jefferson Recording Date of Deed of Trust October 30, 2017

Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) 2017111685

Original Principal Amount $520,500.00

Outstanding Principal Balance $202,244.84

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: THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. You are notified as follows: the undersigned, on behalf of the Holder, gives notice and declares a violation of the covenants of said Deed of Trust including, but not limited to the failure to pay the debt in full following the death of the Borrower. The Holder elects to foreclose and demands that the Public Trustee give notice, publish for sale and sell said property to pay the debt and expenses of sale, all as provided by law and the terms of said Deed of Trust.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

Lots 17 and 18, Block 111, Edgewater, Jefferson County, Colorado.

Also known by street and number as: 2430 Ames Street, Edgewater, CO 80214.

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, 02/16/2023 via remote, web-based auction service, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. https://liveauctions.govease.com/

First Publication: 12/29/2022

Last Publication: 1/26/2023

Name of Publication: Golden Transcript

IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED;

DATE: 10/24/2022

Holly Ryan, Public Trustee in and for the County of Jefferson, State of Colorado By: Christine Thompson, Deputy, for Public Trustee

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

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

Attorney File # CO-20006

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. J2200292

First Publication: 12/29/2022

Last Publication: 1/26/2023

Name of Publication: Golden Transcript

COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103

FORECLOSURE SALE NO. J2200303

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On October 24, 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) RENEE S DAVIS

Original Beneficiary(ies) SAXON MORTGAGE, INC

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS OWNER TRUSTEE FOR RCF 2 ACQUISITION TRUST C/O U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

Date of Deed of Trust April 11, 2003

County of Recording Jefferson Recording Date of Deed of Trust April 18, 2003

Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) F1729022

Original Principal Amount $178,200.00

Outstanding Principal Balance $175,959.57

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 3, BOULEVARD PLAZA SUBDIVISION, COUNTY OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF COLORADO.

Also known by street and number as: 9411 NORTHWEST BRENTWOOD WAY, WESTMINSTER, CO 80021.

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, 02/16/2023 via remote, web-based auction service, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. https://liveauctions.govease.com/

First Publication: 12/29/2022

Last Publication: 1/26/2023

Name of Publication: Golden Transcript

IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED;

DATE: 10/24/2022

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: Anna Johnston #51978

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

Attorney File # 00000009443334

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. J2200303

First Publication: 12/29/2022

Last Publication: 1/26/2023

Name of Publication: Golden Transcript

COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103

FORECLOSURE SALE NO. J2200283

evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

LOT 3, BLOCK 12, CLOVERDALE BLOCKS 9 TO 16 INCLUSIVE, COUNTY OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF COLORADO.

Also known by street and number as: 1310 South Gray Street, Lakewood, CO 80232.

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, 01/26/2023 via remote, web-based auction service, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. https://liveauctions.govease.com/

First Publication: 12/8/2022

Last Publication: 1/5/2023

Name of Publication: Golden Transcript

IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED;

DATE: 10/06/2022

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 # 22-028438

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. J2200283 First Publication: 12/8/2022 Last Publication: 1/5/2023

Name of Publication: Golden Transcript

City and County

Public Notice

NOTICE

FEBRUARY 6, 2023, 6:15 P.M. FOR CITY COUNCIL TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE AREA MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS OF C.R.S. 31-12-104 AND 105, AND IS CONSIDERED ELIGIBLE FOR ANNEXATION.

Legal Notice No. 415388

First Publication: December 22, 2022 Last Publication: January 12, 2023 Publisher: Jeffco Transcript

Public Notice

City of Edgewater Notice of Application for a PUD Amendment

Notice is hereby given that a Public Hearing will be held by the Edgewater Planning and Zoning Commission to consider an application for a PUD Amendment for an addition to the existing building, outdoor patio, and fence at 5302 W 25th Ave., Edgewater, CO 80214. The meeting will be held on January 18, 2023, at 6:00 PM, or as soon thereafter as the matter may be heard, in both the City Council Chambers at 1800 Harlan St., Edgewater, CO 80214, and/or virtually at the link below when and where all interested parties may appear and be heard.

Notice is also hereby given that a Public Hearing will be held by the Edgewater City Council to consider an application for a PUD Amendment for an addition to the existing building, outdoor patio, and fence at 5302 W 25th Ave., Edgewater, CO 80214. The meeting will be held on February 7, 2023, at 6:30 PM, or as soon thereafter as the matter may be heard, in both the City Council Chambers at 1800 Harlan St., Edgewater, CO 80214, and/ or virtually at the link below when and where all interested parties may appear and be heard.

Planning and Zoning Login Information (January 18, 2023)

EXCLUSIVE

https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/300174269

You can also dial in using your phone.

United States: +1 (571) 317-3112 Access Code: 300-174-269

City Council Login Information (February 7, 2023)

https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/593941517

You can also dial in using your phone. tel:+15713173112, 593941517# Access Code: 593-941-517

Legal Notice No. 415426

First Publication: January 5, 2023

Last Publication: January 5, 2023

Publisher: Golden Transcript Public Notice Case # 2022-052 Cert # 2009-01917

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;

JAMES B. WARNER

VELMA M. WARNER

100 JEFFERSON COUNTY PKWY #2520 GOLDEN, CO 80419

You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 21ST day of OCTOBER, A.D. 2010, the then county Treasurer of the County of Jefferson and State of Colorado sold at public sale to, JEFFERSON COUNTY, Assignor of, SETH A. DUBOIS AND ANDREA L. DUBOIS, Assignor of, CHAD WILLIAMS, Applicant, who has made demand for a Treasurer’s Deed for the following described real estate situated in the County of Jefferson and State of Colorado to wit; A STRIP OF LAND IN THE N1/2NE1/4 OF SECTION 10, TOWNSHIP 5 SOUTH, RANGE 69 WEST OF THE 6TH P.M., LYING NORTH OF LOT 13, BLOCK 2, A RESUBDIVISION OF MELODY HILLS AND LYING SOUTH OF DEED RECORDED 8-28-2014 AT RECEPTION NO. 2014072302, ALSO KNOWN AS TRACT/KEY 15 IN NE1/4 OF SECTION 10, TOWNSHIP 5, RANGE 69, AKA: VACANT LAND

That said tax sale was made to satisfy the delinquent 2008 AND 2009 taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2009 that said real estate was taxed in the name of, JAMES B. WARNER AND VELMA M. WARNER that the statutory period of redemption expired OCTOBER 21, A.D. 2013; 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, CHAD WILLIAMS, lawful holder of said certificate, on the 17TH day of APRIL at 5:00 P.M., A.D.2023, unless the same has been redeemed on or before 5:00 P.M. of said date.

WITNESS my hand and seal this 19TH Day of DECEMBER, A.D. 2022

Jerry DiTullio Jefferson County Treasurer

Legal Notice No. 415399

First Publication: DECEMBER 29, 2022

Final Publication: JANUARY 12, 2023

Publication: Golden Transcript Public Notice

Case # 2022-095 Cert # 181274

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 MURTLE A. BLACKBURN 100 JEFFERSON COUNTY PKWY #2520 GOLDEN, CO 80419 You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 14TH day of OCTOBER, A.D. 2019, the then county Treasurer of the County of Jefferson and State of Colorado sold at public sale to ELK LOOKOUT LLC, Applicant, who has made demand for a Treasurer’s Deed for the following described real estate situated in the County of Jefferson and State of Colorado to wit; A TRACT OF LAND ADJOINING ON THE EAST SIDE OF LOT NO 181 AND 182 RUNNING EAST 300 FEET FROM THE SOUTH EAST CORNER OF LOT NO 182, AND EAST 300 FEET FROM THE NORTH EAST CORNER OF LOT NO 181, THE TRACT OF LAND BEING 300 FEET EAST AND WEST BY 238 FEET NORTH AND SOUTH, ALSO KNOWN AS TRACT N, BLOCK 4, SPHINX LODGE 1ST ADD, AKA: VACANT LAND, That said tax sale was made to satisfy the delinquent 2018 taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2018 that said real estate was taxed in the name of MURTLE A. BLACKBURN the statutory period of redemption expired OCTOBER 14, A.D. 2022; that the same has not been redeemed; that said property may be redeemed at any time before the Tax Deed is issued; that a Tax Deed will be issued to the said, ELK LOOKOUT LLC, lawful holder of said certificate, on the 17TH day of APRIL at 5:00 P.M., A.D. 2023, unless the same has been redeemed on or before 5:00 P.M. of said date.

WITNESS my hand and seal this 19TH Day of DECEMBER, A.D. 2022.

Jerry DiTullio Jefferson County Treasurer

Legal Notice NO. 415400

First Publication DECEMBER 29, 2022

Final Publication JANUARY 12, 2023

Publisher: Golden Transcript

Metropolitan Districts

into the District's jurisdiction and boundaries the following real property, which does not lie within the jurisdiction of any other fire protection district or fire department:

Property located at: 4685 Pine Ridge Rd, Golden CO 804038008

A copy of the Petition for Inclusion may be obtained from the District at its Administrative Offices, located at 4755 Isabell St., Golden, Colorado.

The public meeting will be held at the District's Administrative Offices, located at the address above. Questions prior to the public meeting should be directed Fire Chief Alan Fletcher, 303-279-2928.

All interested persons, municipalities, or counties that may be able to provide service to the real property, shall appear at the public meeting and show cause in writing why the Board should not adopt a final resolution and order approving inclusion of the above-identified real property.

The Board may continue the public meeting to a subsequent meeting. The failure of any person within the District to file a written objection shall be taken as an assent on his or her part to the inclusion of the property into the District's jurisdiction.

BY THE ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE FAIRMOUNT FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT

By: /s/ Alan Fletcher, Fire Chief

Legal Notice No. 415434

First Publication: January 5, 2023

Last Publication: January 5, 2023

Publisher: Golden Transcript

Bids and Settlements

Public Notice

NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT

Notice is hereby given that on or after 2 p.m. local time, January 20th, 2022, the City of Golden will make final settlement with Fasick Concrete Inc 1240 Harlan St. Unit A Lakewood, CO 80214, in connection with payment for all services rendered, materials furnished, and for all labor performed in and for the 2021 Concrete Replacement Program.

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

2. All such claims shall be filed with the City of Golden Public Works Department, c/o John Hardy, 1445 10th Street, Golden, CO 80401, on or before the above-mentioned time and date of final settlement.

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

CITY OF GOLDEN PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT

/s/ John Hardy, Public Works Project Coordinator

Legal Notice No. 415437

First Publication: January 5, 2023

Last Publication: January 12, 2023

Publisher: Golden Transcript Public Notice

NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT

Notice is hereby given that on or after 2 p.m. local time, January 20th, 2022, the City of Golden will make final settlement with Martin Marietta Materials, 10170 Church Ranch Way #201, Westminster, CO 80021, in connection with payment for all services rendered, materials furnished, and for all labor performed in and for the 2021 Street Improvement Program.

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

2. All such claims shall be filed with the City of Golden Public Works Department, c/o John Hardy, 1445 10th Street, Golden, CO 80401, on or before the above-mentioned time and date of final settlement.

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

CITY OF GOLDEN PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT

/s/ John Hardy, Public Works Project Coordinator

Legal Notice No. 415438

First Publication: January 5, 2023

Last Publication: January 12, 2023

Publisher: Golden Transcript

Public Notice

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS

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

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

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

The PBV units will be leased to eligible low-income households referred by AHA or to eligible tenants in occupancy of the unit at the time of the submission of the proposal. Rental assistance is available for a total not to exceed 18 units. AHA reserves the right to award less than the maximum vouchers available or requested.

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

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

All proposals should be submitted via email to dkothe@arvada.org. Only proposals in response to this invitation will be accepted for consideration. Owners/Developers will be notified by letter of the acceptance or rejection of their proposals. AHA will also publish its notice of selection of PBV proposals on the Arvada Housing Authority website as well as the Arvada Press. All proposals MUST be received no later than 5:00 P.M., Monday, January 23, 2023.

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

Legal Notice No. 415389 First Publication: December 22, 2022 Last Publication: January 5, 2023 Publisher: Jeffco Transcript

Summons and Sheriff Sale

Public Notice

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

Plaintiff(s):GOLDEN RIDGE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, INC., a Colorado nonprofit corporation vs. Defendant(s): MATTHEW P. RILEY, BLACK NIGHT FINANCIAL SERVICES, a Florida corporation, JERRY DIPULLIO in his capacity as TREASURER and PUBLIC TRUSTEE of JEFFERSON COUNTY

SPRINGMAN, BRADEN, WILSON & PONTIUS, P.C. – Attorney for Plaintiff Deborah L. Wilson, #27915

Paul Farrer #30996

Kristi Bunge, #34182 Karen Kelly-Braem, #36282 4175 Harlan St #200 Wheat Ridge CO 80033 Ph:(303) 685-4633 Fax:(303) 685-4627

E-mail: sbwp@sbwp-law.com Case No. 2022CV031293 Div. 8

SUMMONS

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANT(S):

You are hereby summoned and required to file with the Clerk 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 service upon you. If service of the summons and complaint was made upon you outside the State of Colorado, or by publication, you are required to file your answer or other response within 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 and without further notice.

Dated: November 9th, 2022

Springman, Braden, Wilson & Pontius, P.C.

By: /s/ Karen Kelly-Braem

In accordance with C.R.C.P. 121 §1-26(9), a printed copy of this document with the original signatures is being maintained by the filing party and will be made available for inspection by other parties or the Court upon request.

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.

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

NOTE: PURSUANT TO THE FAIR DEBT COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT YOU ARE ADVISED THAT THIS LAW FIRM IS DEEMED TO BE A DEBT COLLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.

Legal Notice No. 415444

First Publication: January 5, 2023

Last Publication: February 2, 2023

Publisher: Golden Transcript

Public Notice

DISTRICT COURT, JEFFERSON COUNTY, STATE OF COLORADO CIVIL ACTION

NO. 2022CV030907, Division/Courtroom 1

COMBINED NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL PROPERTY (Publication Notice)

CHATFIELD BLUFFS SOUTH HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC, Plaintiff, v. JOHN W BASSO; JANEL L BASSO; WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE OF MFRA TRUST 2016-1; DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY - INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE; STATE OF COLORADO - DEPATMENT OF REVENUE; UNITED RESOURCE SYSTEMS, INC.; MIDLAND FUNDING, LLC; ONEMAIN FINANCIAL GROUP LLC; and JEFFERSON COUNTY PUBLIC TRUSTEE, Defendant(s).

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 Department of Jefferson County, Colorado at 10:00 O’clock A.M., on the 9th day of February 2022, at 100 Jefferson County Pkwy. Ste 1520, Golden, CO 80419-2040, 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.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. Judgment is in the amount of $8,147.77.

First Publication: December 15, 2022 Last Publication: January 12, 2022 Published In: Golden Transcript

This is to advise you that a Sheriff’s sale proceeding has been commenced through the office of the undersigned Sheriff pursuant to Court Order dated September 15, 2022 and C.R.S. 38-38-101 et seq. by Chatfield Bluffs South Homeowners Association, Inc the holder and current owner of a lien recorded on January 31, 2019 at Reception No. 2019007655 in the records of the Clerk and Recorder of the County of Jefferson, State of Colorado. The foreclosure is based on a default under the Declaration of Covenants, Conditions, and Restrictions of Chatfield Bluffs South recorded on 08/01/1996 at Reception #F0278116 in the records of the Clerk and Recorder of the County of Jefferson, State of Colorado. The Declaration establishes a lien for the benefit of Chatfield Bluffs South Homeowners Association, Inc against real property legal described as follows:

Lot 41, Chatfield Bluffs Filing No. 4, County of Jefferson, State of Colorado.;

And also known as:9238 W. Vandeventor Dr., Littleton, CO 80128-7306

IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED.

The attorney representing the legal owner of the above described lien is: Kate M. Leason, Reg No. 41025, Altitude Community Law P.C., 555 Zang Street, Suite 100, Lakewood, Colorado 802281011, 303.432.9999

Legal Notice No. 415312 First Publication: December 15, 2022 Last Publication: January 12, 2023

Publisher: Golden Transcript

Public Notice

DISTRICT COURT, JEFFERSON COUNTY, STATE OF COLORADO CASE NO: 2021CV031399 DIV./CTRM.: 6

Plaintiff: Garrison Lakes Condominium Association, Inc., a Colorado nonprofit corporation v. Defendants: Mark Sutton; Colorado Housing and Finance Authority; and Public Trustee of the County of Jefferson

AMENDED

Also known by street and number as: 5071 Garrison St. #104B, Wheat Ridge, CO 80033

You may have an interest in the real property being foreclosed 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. The lien being foreclosed may not be a first lien. In this regard, you may desire and are advised to consult with your own private attorney.

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.

The Sheriff’s sale has been scheduled to occur at 10:00 a.m. on 16th day of March 2023 at the 100 Jefferson County Parkway, Suite 1520, Golden, CO 80419, telephone 303-271-6580. At the sale, the Sheriff will sell the real property described above, and the improvements thereon, to the highest bidder. Plaintiff makes no warranty relating to title, possession, or quiet enjoyment in and to said real property in connection with this sale.

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

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

All telephone inquiries for information should be directed to the office of the attorney office. The name, address and telephone number of the attorney representing the legal owner of the abovedescribed lien is: Elizabeth S. Marcus, #16092, Frascona, Joiner, Goodman & Greenstein, P.C., 4750 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder, CO 80305, (303) 494-3000.

Date: November 28, 2022 Jeff Shrader

Sheriff, County of Jefferson State of Colorado

By: Sgt. Sean Joselyn Deputy Sheriff

Legal Notice No. 415309

First Publication: December 15, 2022 Last Publication: January 12, 2023 Published in: Golden Transcript

Public Notice

DISTRICT COURT, JEFFERSON COUNTY, STATE OF COLORADO Court Address: 100 Jefferson County Parkway Golden, CO 80401 Court Phone: 720-772-2500

Plaintiff: HERITAGE VILLAGE OWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC.

v. Defendants: ANN M SUTHERLAND; US BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR BANC OF AMERICA FUNDING 2007-6 TRUST; and JEFFERSON COUNTY PUBLIC TRUSTEE Case No.: 2022CV030918 Div: 15

Attorney: Kate M. Leason, Reg No. 41025 Jeffrey B. Smith, Reg No. 40490

Firm: Altitude Community Law P.C. Address:555 Zang Street, Suite 100 Lakewood, Colorado 80228-1011 Phone Number: 303.432.9999

E-mails:kleason@altitude.law jsmith@altitude.law Our File No.: 8601.0025

SUMMONS

COMBINED NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE AND RIGHT TO CURE OR REDEEM

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 April 4, 222, and C.R.S. §§ 38-38-101 to 401, by the Garrison Lakes Condominium Association, Inc., the current holder of a lien recorded with the County of Jefferson Clerk and Recorder on December 30. 2019, at Reception No. 2019125400. The judicial foreclosure is based on a default under the Condominium Declaration for Garrison Lakes Condominiums recorded with the County of Jefferson Clerk and Recorder on September 23, 1983, in Reception No. 83091503 (“Declaration”). The Declaration and notices as recorded, establish a lien for the benefit of the Garrison Lakes Condominium Association, Inc. - THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AND IMPROVEMENTS – against the property legally described as follows:

CONDOMINIUM UNIT 104 "B" IN CONDOMINIUM BUILDING 5071, GARRISON LAKES CONDOMINIUMS, ACCORDING TO THE CONDOMINIUM MAP THEREOF, RECORDED ON FEBRUARY 9, 1996, IN BOOK 72 AT PAGES 17, 18 & 19, IN THE RECORDS OF THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK AND RECORDER OF THE COUNTY OF JEFFERSON, COLORADO, AND AS DEFINED AND DESCRIBED IN THE CONDOMINIUM DECLARATION FOR GARRISON LAKES CONDOMINIUMS, RECORDED ON SEPTEMBER 23, 1983, AT RECEPTION NO. 83091503, IN SAID RECORDS, COUNTY OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF COLORADO.

THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS:

TO

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to file with the Clerk of this Court an answer or other response to the attached Complaint. If service of the Summons and Complaint was made upon you within the State of Colorado, you are required to file your Answer or other response within twentyone (21) days after service upon you. If service of the Summons and Complaint was made upon you, outside of the State of Colorado, you are required to file your Answer or other response within thirtyfive (35) days after service upon you or if served by publication pursuant to C.R.C.P. 4(g). If served by publication, service shall be complete on the day of the last publication. Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2410(b), the time for filing an Answer or other response is extended to sixty (60) days for the United States. Your answer or counterclaim must be accompanied with the applicable filing fee. A copy of the Complaint may be obtained from the Clerk of the Court.

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

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

Dated: August 5, 2022

Respectfully submitted, ALTITUDE

Public Notices

Original signature of Kate M. Leason is on file with the law offices of Altitude Community Law P.C. pursuant to C.R.C.P. 121, §1-26(7).

/S/ Kate M. Leason

Kate M. Leason, #41025

Jeffrey B. Smith, #40490 555 Zang Street, Suite 100 Lakewood, Colorado 80228-1011 303.432.9999

ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF Heritage Village Owners Association, Inc.

Address of Plaintiff: Heritage Village Owners Association, Inc. c/o Community Management Specialists Creekside at Green Gables 7596 W. Jewell Avenue, Suite 103 Lakewood, CO 80232

Legal Notice No.415295

First Publication: December 8, 2022

Last Publication: January 5, 2023 Publisher: Golden Transcript

Misc. Private Legals

Public Notice

Simply Storage Arvada located at 4911 West 58th Avenue, Arvada, CO 80002 will hold an online public sale to enforce a lien imposed on said property, as described below, pursuant to the Colorado Self-Service Storage Facility Act, Colorado Code 38-21.5 to 38-21.5-105. The auction will be held on website www.storageauctions.com (http://www.storageauctions.com) and will end at 12:00PM on Wednesday, January 18, 2023.

Management reserves the right to withdraw any unit from sale. Registered or motor vehicles are sold "As Is / Parts Only," no titles or registration.

Tenant Name: Unit #: Stored Items

Charles Bowman: 319: HHG, Bxs, Furn

Richard Casias: 412: HHG, Furn, Bxs

Mario D Floyd: 6086: HHG, BXS

Eduardo Talavera: 6111: HHG, Bxs, Fun

Donald Entringer: 6112:

Tools, household goods, yard tools

Debra Evans: 6134: HHG BXS

Melissa Morales: 6153: hhg, furn, bxs

Legal Notice No. 415340

First Publication: December 29, 2022

Last Publication: January 5, 2022

Publisher: Golden Transcript

Storage Liens/Vehicle Titles

Public Notice

Legal Notice No. 415440

First Publication: January 5, 2023

Last Publication: January 5, 2023

Publisher: Golden Transcript

Public Notice

Notice of Abandoned Personal Property Mitchell Alarie 2722 Harlan Street, Wheat Ridge, CO 80214

When you vacated the premises at 2722 Harlan St, the following personal property remained:

Food and Beverages: Appliances including Microwave, Heating/Fan Unit: Dishes, Silverware, Cookware: Furniture: Papers: Tool Bench, Tools: Supplies: Collectibles: Clothing: Toiletries: Miscellaneous

You may claim this property at 2701 Harlan St, Wheat Ridge, CO 80214. Unless you pay the reasonable costs of storage and advertising, if any, for all the above-described property and take possession of the property which you claim, not later than January 9, 2023, this property may be disposed.

Legal Notice No. 415409

First Publication: December 29, 2022 Last Publication: January 5, 2023 Publisher: Jeffco Transcript

Notice to Creditors

Public Notice

Jefferson Combined Court 100 Jefferson County Parkway Golden, CO 80401

In the Matter of the Estate of: ELEANOR G DE SMET, a/k/a ELEANOR G DESMET, a/k/a ELEANOR DE SMET, Deceased

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of ALAN WAYNE PEACOCK, also known as ALAN W. PEACOCK, and as ALAN PEACOCK, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR31539

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 May 5, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Alicia Peacock, Personal Representative c/o M. Lisa Clore, Esq. Lisa Clore, LLC 5500 Greenwood Plaza Blvd., Suite 130 Greenwood Village, CO 80111

Legal Notice No. 415442

First Publication: January 5, 2023 Last Publication: January 19, 2023 Publisher: Golden Transcript

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Shen Chuan Yuan, aka Steve C. Yuan, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR541

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 April 24, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Dana Johnson, Personal Representative 31110 Tahoe Court Evergreen, Colorado 80439

Legal Notice No. 415348

First Publication: December 22, 2022 Last Publication: January 5, 2023 Publisher: Golden Jeffco Transcript Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Margaret J. Barber, a/k/a Margaret Jane Barber, a/k/a Margaret Barber, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR31458

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 May 4, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Catherine M. Parker Personal Representative 13462 W. 70th Pl. Arvada, CO 80004

a.k.a. William Stokely, a.k.a. Bill Stokely, Deceased Case Number: 22PR480

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 April 24, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

By Baysore & Christian Fiduciary Services, LLC as Personal Representative By Karen Miller as designated representative 7000 E. Belleview Ave. Ste. 150 Greenwood Village, CO 80111

Legal Notice No. 415385

First Publication: December 22, 2022 Last Publication: January 5, 2023 Publisher: Jeffco Transcript

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Beverly Hanson Bemis, aka Beverly H. Bemis, aka Beverly Bemis, deceased Case Number: 2022PR031502

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 May 05, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Kenneth Eaton Bemis, IV Personal Representative 32186 Castle Court, Ste. 301 Evergreen, Colorado80439

Legal Notice No. 415417

First publication: January 05, 2023 Last publication: January 19, 2023 Publisher: Golden Transcript

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Dorothy Anne Marshall, aka Dorothy A. Marshall, aka Ann Marshall, aka Dorothy Anne Baker Deceased Case Number: 2022PR31456

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 May 1, 2023 or the claims may be forever barred.

Ryan B. Scott, Atty. Reg.#36741

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of HELEN JOY MOORE, aka HELEN J. MOORE, aka HELEN MOORE, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR31507

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 April 29, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Barbara Jean Call, Personal Representative c/o 11479 S. Pine Dr. Parker, CO 80134

Legal Notice No. 415405

First Publication: December 29, 2022

Last Publication: January 12, 2023

Publisher: Jeffco Transcript

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Kurt Joseph Blaiszik, AKA Kurt J. Blaiszik, AKA Kurt Blaiszik, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR31434

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 April 24, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Eric J. Kelly, Special Administrator 4704 Harlan Street, Suite 250 Denver, Colorado 80212

Legal Notice No. 415366

First Publication: December 22, 2022 Last Publication: January 5, 2023 Publisher: Golden Transcript

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of NEIL HUNTER KNOWLTON JR., Deceased Case Number: 2022PR31548

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative (NEIL HUNTER KNOWLTON III) or to JEFFERSON COUNTY COMBINED COURT, PROBATE DIVISION (100 Jefferson County Parkway, Golden, CO 80401) on or before May 5, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

/s/ Kimberly Ruddell

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 PATRIC GALVIN 36 BEAR DR EVERGREEN, CO 80439 DEE LAND LLC (HOLDER OF CERT 200679) 20299 E. PURDUE PL AURORA, CO 80013

You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 23RD day of OCTOBER, A.D. 2008, the then county Treasurer of the County of Jefferson and State of Colorado sold at public sale to ROCKING HORSE WINNERS 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 11 AND 12, BLOCK 16, INDIAN HILLS 4TH FILING, AKA: VACANT LAND, That said tax sale was made to satisfy the delinquent 2007 taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2007 that said real estate was taxed in the name of PATRIC GALVIN the statutory period of redemption expired OCTOBER 23, A.D. 2011; that the same has not been redeemed; that said property may be redeemed at any time before the Tax Deed is issued; that a Tax Deed will be issued to the said, ROCKING HORSE WINNERS LLC, lawful holder of said certificate, on the 10th day of APRIL at 5:00 P.M., A.D. 2023, unless the same has been redeemed on or before 5:00 P.M. of said date.

WITNESS my hand and seal this 12TH Day of DECEMBER, A.D. 2022.

DiTullio

Jerry

Jefferson County Treasurer

Legal Notice No. 415352

First Publication DECEMBER 22, 2022

Final Publication JANUARY 5, 2023

Publisher: Golden Transcript

Public Notice

January 5, 2023

NOTICE TO MORTGAGEES IN THE LAKEWOOD HILLS CONDOMINIUMS COMMUNITY

Notice is hereby given to all mortgagees within the Lakewood Hills Condominiums community in the County of Jefferson, State of Colorado, that the Lakewood Hills Condominium Association is seeking mortgagee approval of a proposed Amended and Restated Condominium Declaration of Lakewood Hills (the “Proposed Amendment”).

The Proposed Amendment can be obtained at the following address: Altitude Community Law P.C., 555 Zang St., Ste. 100, Lakewood, CO 80228.

Failure of any mortgagee to deliver a negative response to the Lakewood Hills Condominium Association, c/o Altitude Community Law P.C., 555 Zang St., Ste. 100, Lakewood, CO 80228, within 60 days shall be deemed consent on behalf of the mortgagee.

Legal Notice No. 415427

First Publication: January 5, 2023

Last Publication: January 5, 2023

Publisher: Golden Transcript

Tony C. Rossi #45051 Rossi Law, LLC 6215 Corporate Dr, Ste 101 Colorado Springs, CO 80919 Phone: (303) 859-4173 Email: Tony@RossiLawLLC.com Case Number: 2022PR031558

NOTICE OF NON-APPEARANCE HEARING BY PUBLICATION

A hearing on the PETITION FOR ADJUDICATION OF INTESTACY AND FORMAL APPOINTMENT OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE will be held at the following time and location or at a later date to which the hearing may be continued:

Date:February 23, 2023 Time: 8:00 a.m. Address: 100 Jefferson County Parkway, Golden, CO 80401

Tony C. Rossi, Rossi Law, LLC 6215 Corporate Dr, Ste 101, Colorado Springs, CO 80919

Legal Notice No. 415432

First Publication: January 5, 2023

Last Publication: January 19, 2023

Publisher: Jeffco Transcript

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Kathleen J. Crispell, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR31477

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 April 22, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Benjamin Crispell Blackmer/ Eleanor Crispell Blackmer

Personal Representative 760 Niagara Street Denver, CO 80220

Legal Notice No. 415353

First Publication: December 22, 2022

Last Publication: January 5, 2023

Publisher: Golden Transcript

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of John Titus Larson, aka John T. Larson, aka John Larson, deceased Case Number: 2022PR031473

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 May 05, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Karen R. Christopherson

Personal Representative 32186 Castle Court, Ste. 301 Evergreen, Colorado80439

Legal Notice No. 415416

First publication: January 05, 2023

Last publication: January 19, 2023

Publisher: Golden Transcript

Public Notice

Legal Notice No. 415380 First Publication: December 22, 2022 Last Publication: January 5, 2023 Publisher: Golden Transcript Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Judith R. Billings, a/k/a Judith Rea Billings, a/k/a Judith Billings, a/k/a Judy Billings, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR031505

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 May 5, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Richard A. Billings, Personal Representative c/o Janine A. Guillen, Esq. Lone Tree Professional Center 9222 Teddy Lane Lone Tree, CO 80124

Legal Notice No. 415424

First Publication: January 5, 2023 Last Publication: January 19, 2023 Publisher: Golden Transcript

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of WALLACE H. CHESEBRO, aka WALLACE HUGH CHESEBRO, aka WALLACE CHESEBRO, Deceased Case No. 2022PR31503

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 April 29, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Marcia L. Currey, Personal Representative 13790 W. Dakota Pl. Lakewood, CO 80228

Legal Notice No. 415392

First Publication: December 22, 2022

Last Publication: January 5, 2023

Publisher: Golden Transcript

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Linda Kathleen Powell, aka Linda K Powell, and Linda Powell, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR31425

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 May 5, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Kathryn M. Kaeble, Esq

Attorney to the Personal Representative Brady, McFarland & Lord, LLC 6870 W. 52nd Ave., #103 Arvada, CO 80002

Legal Notice No. 415415

First Publication: January 5, 2023 Last Publication: January 19, 2023 Publisher: Golden Transcript

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of William Joseph Stokely, a.k.a. William J. Stokely,

The Law Office of Ryan B. Scott, LLC 8089 S. Lincoln Street, Suite 201 Littleton, CO 80122 Attorney for the Personal Representative

Legal Notice No. 415408 First Publication: December 29, 2022 Last Publication: January 12, 2023 Publisher: Jeffco Transcript

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of CLARA JANE BOSWELL, (a.k.a. CLARA J. BOSWELL), Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30943

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to JEFFERSON COMBINED COURT (100 JEFFERSON COUNTY PARKWAY, GOLDEN, CO 80401) on or before APRIL 30, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

/s/_Leona Hauschild LEONA HAUSCHILD, Esq. Attorney for Personal Representatives 1801 California Street, Suite 2400 Denver, CO 80202

Legal Notice No. 415365

First Publication: December 22, 2022 Last Publication: January 5, 2023

Publisher: Golden Transcript

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of KATHLEEN J. CRISPELL, also known as Kathleen Joan Crispell, and Kathleen Crispell, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR31477

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 April 22, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Benjamin Crispell Blackmer

Eleanor Crispell Blackmer

Co-Personal Representatives 760 Niagara Street Denver, CO 80220

Legal Notice No. 415381

First Publication: December 22, 2022

Last Publication: January 5, 2023

Publisher: Golden Transcript

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Theresa M. Lauwers, a/k/a Theresa Marie Lauwers, a/k/a Theresa Lauwers, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR31472

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 May 4, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Carissa M. Thompson

Personal Representative 11471 W. Lake Dr. Littleton, CO 80127

Legal Notice No. 415379

First Publication: December 22, 2022

Last Publication: January 5, 2023

Publisher: Golden Transcript

KIMBERLY RUDDELL, Esq. Attorney for Personal Representative 1801 California Street, Suite 2400 Denver, CO 80202

Legal Notice No. 415435

First Publication: January 5, 2023 Last Publication: January 19, 2023

Publisher: Golden Transcript

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Genevieve E. Van Vleet, Deceased Case Number: 2022 PR31468

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court, Jefferson County, Colorado on or before April 24, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Connie M. Lucero, Personal Representative 2569 S. Chase St. Edgewater, CO 80214

Legal Notice No. 415354

First Publication: December 22, 2022 Last Publication: January 5, 2023

Publisher: Golden Transcript

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of DENNIS DALE PFITZER, a/k/a DENNIS D. PFITZER, a/k/a DENNIS PFITZER, Deceased Case Number 2022 PR 31475

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 April 24, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Joel Pftizer, Personal Representative c/o Brian Hedberg, Esq., 7350 E Progress Place, #100 Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111

Legal Notice No. 415360

First Publication: December 22, 2022

Last Publication: January 5, 2023

Publisher: Golden Transcript

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of BETTY JANE JAMISON, A.K.A. BETTY J. JAMISON, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR13490

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 April 24, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Douglas S. Holden, Attorney to the Personal Representative 3751 W. 136th Ave., Unit 84 Broomfield CO 80023

Legal Notice No. 415364

First Publication: December 22, 2022

Last Publication: January 5, 2023

Publisher: Golden Transcript

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Geraldine Marie Cunningham, Deceased

Case Number 2022PR31304

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 May 19, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

John J. Vierthaler, #10770

Attorney to the Personal Representative 8441 W. Bowles Ave., Ste. 210 Littleton, CO 80123 (303) 972-4448

Legal Notice No. 415410

First Publication: December 29, 2022

Last Publication: January 12, 2023

Publisher: Golden Transcript

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Daisy Smith, a/k/a Daisy E. Smith, a/k/a Daisy Eugenia Smith, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR031491

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 or on or before May 1, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred

Scott Smith, Personal Representative 1670 Talltale Lane Castle Rock, CO 80108

Legal Notice No. 415404

First Publication: December 29, 2022

Last Publication: January 12, 2023

Publisher: Jeffco Transcript

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Terresa Russcell Ricken, a/k/a Terresa R. Ricken, a/k/a Terresa Ricken, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR31401

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 April 24, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Brady McFarland & Lord LLC

Attorney for the Personal Representative 6870 W. 52nd Ave, Suite 103

Arvada, CO 80002

Legal Notice No. 415394

First Publication: December 22, 2022

Last Publication: January 5, 2023

Publisher: Jeffco Transcript

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Nena Jo Landers McSpadden, a/k/a Nena J. Landers, a/k/a Nena J. McSpadden, a/k/a Nena Landers, a/k/a Nena McSpadden, Deceased Case Number: 22PR31436

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, located at 100 Jefferson County Parkway, Golden CO 80401, on or before April 24, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Kimberly Denise Engler, Personal Representative

c/o Kathryn T. James, Esq. Folkestad Fazekas Barrick & Patoile, P.C. 18 South Wilcox Street, Suite 200 Castle Rock, Colorado 80104

Legal Notice No. 415361

First Publication: December 22, 2022

Last Publication: January 5, 2023

Publisher: Golden Transcript

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Donald Roy Jarrett, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR547

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 May 1, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Catherine A. Jarrett

Personal Representative

1532 Stuart Street Longmont, Colorado 80501

Legal Notice No. 415363

First Publication: December 29, 2022

Last Publication: January 12, 2023

Publisher: Jeffco Transcript

Public Notice

Jefferson Combined Court

100 Jefferson County Parkway Golden, CO 80401

In the Matter of the Estate of:

MARY KOMARU, Deceased

Tony C. Rossi #45051 Rossi Law, LLC

6215 Corporate Dr, Ste 101 Colorado Springs, CO 80919

Phone: (303) 859-4173

Email: Tony@RossiLawLLC.com Case Number: 022PR031556

NOTICE OF NON-APPEARANCE

HEARING BY PUBLICATION

A hearing on the PETITION FOR ADJUDICATION OF INTESTACY AND FORMAL APPOINTMENT OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE will be held at the following time and location or at a later date to which the hearing may be continued: Date: February 23, 2023 Time: 8:00 a.m.

Address: 100 Jefferson County Parkway, Golden, CO 80401

Tony C. Rossi, Rossi Law, LLC 6215 Corporate Dr, Ste 101, Colorado Springs, CO 80919

Legal Notice No. 415431

First Publication: January 5, 2023

Last Publication: January 19, 2023

Publisher: Jeffco Transcript

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of KENNETH D. DAWSON, a/k/a KENNETH DAVID DAWSON, a/k/a KENNETH DAWSON, a/k/a KEN DAWSON, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR31495

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 May 5, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

/s/ signature on original in office

Signature of Attorney for Person Giving Notice

Joseph H. Lusk, #33948 c/o: BOATRIGHT, RIPP & LUSK, LLC 4315 Wadsworth Blvd. Wheat Ridge, CO 80033 Ph: 303-423-7134

Legal Notice No. 415439

First Publication: January 5, 2023

Last Publication: January 19, 2023

Publisher: Golden Transcript

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of GUN-BRITT M. YEAGLEY, a/k/a MARY G. YEAGLEY, Deceased Case Number: 2022 PR 31420

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 APRIL 29, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

KENTON H. KUHLMAN, Attorney for the Personal Representative 7851 S. ELATI ST., SUITE 202 LITTLETON CO 80120

Phone Number: 303.770.6664

E-mail: kk@kenkuhlmanlaw.com Atty. Reg. #: 9433

Legal Notice No. 415362

First Publication: December 22, 2022 Last Publication: January 5, 2023

Publisher: Jeffco Transcript

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Thomas C. Lirette, aka Thomas Clinton Lirette, aka Thomas Lirette, Deceased Case Number: 22PR5056

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 May 1, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Cheryl Queen, Personal Representative 21225 E Powers Circle Centennial, CO 80015

Legal Notice No. 415350

First Publication: December 22, 2022

Last Publication: January 5, 2023

Publisher: Jeffco Transcript

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of CARMELITA JOAN EYESTONE, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR31476

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 or on or before May 5, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Gene L. Fahlsing, Personal Representative 20410 Brookmont Road Morrison, Colorado 80465

Legal Notice No. 415429

First Publication: January 5, 2023

Last Publication: January 19, 2023

Publisher: Golden Transcript

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Thomas Hugh Downey, Jr. Deceased Case Number: 22PR511

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 April 24, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Barbara L. Decker

Personal Representative 8265 Plane View Place Paso Robles, CA 93446

Legal Notice No. 415351

First Publication: December 22, 2022

Last Publication: January 5, 2023

Publisher: Golden Transcript

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of KENNETH JAMES BURNETT, Deceased Case Number: 22PR553

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 April 22, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Todd J Burnett

Personal Representative 5843 GOLDEN FIELD LANE CASTLE ROCK, COLORADO 80104

Legal Notice No. 415387

First publication: December 22, 2022

Last publication: January 05, 2023 Publisher: Golden Transcript

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Karl A. Pelegrin, a/k/a Karl Arthur Pelegrin a/k/a Karl Pelegrin, Deceased Case Number 2022PR31516

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 May 1, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Jon Slaughter Pelegrin

Personal Representative P.O. Box 5029 Buffalo Creek, CO 80425

Legal Notice No. 415403

First Publication: December 29, 2022 Last Publication: January 12, 2023 Publisher: Golden Transcript Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Paul F. Schuster, Deceased Case Number 2022PR31438

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 or on or before May 5, 2023 or the claims may be forever barred.

Nicholas Schuster, Personal Representative c/o Allen Rozansky, Esq. 2301 Blake Street Denver, Colorado 80205

Legal Notice No. 415436

First Publication: January 5, 2023 Last Publication: January 19, 2023 Publisher: Golden Transcript Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Clint Derek Petersitzke, a/k/a Clint D. Petersitzke, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR31498

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 May 5, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Karen F. McCoy, Personal Representative c/o Janine A. Guillen, Esq. Lone Tree Professional Center, 9222 Teddy Lane Lone Tree, CO 80124

Legal Notice No. 415419 First Publication: January 5, 2023 Last Publication: January 19, 2023 Publisher: Golden Transcript Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Gabriele Kinn, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR31384

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 May 5, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Cynthia Cowey

Co-Personal Representative for the Estate of Gabriele Kinn 855 Corporate Drive, Colorado Springs, CO 80919

Kenneth Lauck

Co-Personal Representative for the Estate of Gabriele Kinn 11807 Josephine Street, Thornton, CO 80233

Legal Notice No. 415421

First Publication: January 5, 2023 Last Publication: January 19, 2023 Publisher: Jeffco Transcript

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Timothy John Toner, aka Timothy J. Toner, aka Timothy Toner, Deceased, Case Number: 2022PR030981

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the Jefferson County District Court, Golden, Colorado on or before May 5, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Personal Representative: Patrick R. Toner 12412 Pacific Avenue, Apt. #9 Los Angeles, CA 90066

Legal Notice No. 415441

First Publication: January 5, 2023 Last Publication: January 19, 2023

Publisher: Jeffco Transcript

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Jo Ann Jackson, Deceased Case Number: 22PR546

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 April 30, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Garrett O. Jackson

Personal Representative

4130 Cotopaxi Drive Loveland, CO 80538

Legal Notice No. 415391

First Publication: December 22, 2022

Last Publication: January 5, 2023

Publisher: Jeffco Transcript

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Paula Kay Rumsey, aka Paula K. Rumsey, aka Paula Rumsey, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR31546

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 May 5, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Brian E. Rumsey, Personal Representative 1262 S. Dudley Street Lakewood, Colorado 80232

Legal Notice No. 415418 First Publication: January 5, 2023 Last Publication: January 19, 2023

Publisher: Golden Transcript

Public Notice

Jefferson Combined Court 100 Jefferson County Parkway Golden, CO 80401

In the Matter of the Estate of: AGNES CIARMAITARO, Deceased

Tony C. Rossi #45051 Rossi Law, LLC 6215 Corporate Dr, Ste 101 Colorado Springs, CO 80919 Phone: (303) 859-4173 Email: Tony@RossiLawLLC.com Case Number: 2022PR031559

NOTICE OF NON-APPEARANCE HEARING BY PUBLICATION

A hearing on the PETITION FOR ADJUDICATION OF INTESTACY AND FORMAL APPOINTMENT OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE will be held at the following time and location or at a later date to which the hearing may be continued: Date:February 23, 2023 Time: 8:00 a.m.

Address: 100 Jefferson County Parkway, Golden, CO 80401

Tony C. Rossi, Rossi Law, LLC 6215 Corporate Dr, Ste 101, Colorado Springs, CO 80919

Legal Notice No. 415430 First Publication: January 5, 2023 Last Publication: January 19, 2023 Publisher: Jeffco Transcript

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of MONA JACQUELINE FALIX, aka MONA J. FALIX, aka MONA FALIX, Deceased Case Number: 22PR31494

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 April 22, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Maria McCormack, Personal Representative c/o 6060 Greenwood Plaza Blvd #200 Greenwood Village, CO 80111

Legal Notice No. 415367 First Publication: December 22, 2022 Last Publication: January 5, 2023

Publisher: Golden Transcript

Public Noticed

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Laszlo Attila Gombas, a/k/a Laszlo A. Gombas, a/k/a Laszlo Gombas, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR31444

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 April 24, 2023 or the claims may be forever barred.

Laszlo Carlos Gombas

Personal Representative

Robert G. Frie (1796)

FRIE, ARNDT, DANBORN & THIESSEN P.C. 7400 Wadsworth Blvd, Ste. 201 Arvada, CO 80003

Phone Number: 303-420-1234

Attorney for Laszlo Carlos Gombas

Personal Representative

Legal Notice No. 415347

First Publication: December 22, 2022

Last Publication: January 5, 2023

Publisher: Golden Transcript

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Robert Allen Vest, also known as Robert A. Vest, also known as Robert Vest, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR31530

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 May 5, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

William A. Vest, Personal Representative 944 S. Fairplay St., Aurora CO 80012

Legal Notice No. 415420

First Publication: January 5, 2023

Last Publication: January 19, 2023

Publisher: Golden Transcript

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of James M. Nerone, a/k/a James McQuen Nerone, a/k/a James Nerone, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR31470

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 May 12, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Michael G. Nerone, Personal Representative 12498 County Road 74 Eaton, CO 80615

Legal Notice No. 415422

First Publication: January 5, 2023

Last Publication: January 19, 2023

Publisher: Golden Transcript

Public Notice

Jefferson Combined Court 100 Jefferson County Parkway Golden, CO 80401

In the Matter of the Estate of: IRMA ROSE PERRI , a/k/a IRMA R PERRI, a/k/a IRMA PERRI, Deceased

Tony C. Rossi #45051

Rossi Law, LLC 6215 Corporate Dr, Ste 101 Colorado Springs, CO 80919

Phone: (303) 859-4173

Email: Tony@RossiLawLLC.com Case Number: 2022PR031557

NOTICE OF NON-APPEARANCE HEARING BY PUBLICATION

A hearing on the PETITION FOR ADJUDICATION OF INTESTACY AND FORMAL APPOINTMENT OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE will be held at the following time and location or at a later date to which the hearing may be continued:

Date:February 23, 2023 Time: 8:00 a.m.

Address: 100 Jefferson County Parkway, Golden, CO 80401

Tony C. Rossi, Rossi Law, LLC 6215 Corporate Dr, Ste 101, Colorado Springs, CO 80919

Legal Notice No. 415433

First Publication: January 5, 2023 Last Publication: January 19, 2023 Publisher: Jeffco Transcript Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of MARY ANN FRASER, aka MARY A. FRASER, aka MARY FRASER, aka MARY ANN BLEAN, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30748

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 April 14, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Casey Breese, #51448

Attorney to the Personal Representative 675 15th Street, Suite 2650 Denver, Colorado 80202

Legal Notice No. 415393

First Publication: December 22, 2022 Last Publication: January 5, 2023

Publisher: Golden Transcript

Name Changes

PUBLIC NOTICE

Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

Public notice is given on December 28, 2022, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an Adult has been filed with the Jefferson County Court.

The Petition requests that the name of Vera P. Chernousik be changed to Vera P. Zhukov Case No.: 22C1759

/s/ Megan Grossman Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk

Legal Notice No. 415443

First Publication: January 5, 2023

Last Publication: January 5, 2023

Publisher: Golden Transcript

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