Northglenn Thornton Sentinel April 25, 2024

Northglenn advocate wants city, neighbors

Northglenn residents fear state will continue to move transitional homes into local cities

BY MONTE WHALEY MWHALEY@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

ey say they won the ght to keep convicted sex o enders out of a state home for mental health patients planned for a tight-knit Northglenn neigh-

be monitoring the area around the facility,” said Danielle Hall, a parent who quickly organized opposition to the state’s plan.

Hall said the combined pressure exerted by residents, city o cials and State Rep. Jenny Willford over the last two

ed in mental hospitals and are preparing to re-enter society. e Northglenn units were among the rst this year to be opened for patients, which were to include convicted sex o enders.

Stukey Elementary is close to transitional facilities in Northglenn.

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Larimer considers Thornton pipeline

Thornton’s plan comes with many revisions to lessen the pipeline’s impact on Larimer residents

BY MONTE WHALEY MWHALEY@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

e nal link in ornton’s proposed 70-mile-long water pipeline that city leaders say is vital to support growth may be added next week by the Larimer County Commissioners.

City of ornton o cials on Monday will propose that the commissioners approve a 10-mile segment of the pipeline that runs through Larimer County. Most of the pipeline runs through Weld and Adams counties before ending south of ornton.

But the Larimer County leg has been stalled by legal wrangling and concerns over its impact on the Poudre River.   ornton bought Poudre River water rights in 1986 with an eye toward using its water to feed the city’s

planned growth.

ornton o cials say they have worked with Larimer residents and o cials to deliver a pipeline plan that has been reworked to allay most fears about the project. at included a Zoom meeting with over 400 residents.

e result is a signi cantly di erent new route than what was proposed in 2018 when Larimer County denied the plan, according to a city of ornton webpage.

e new alignment is 16.6 miles shorter than the previous one and includes a pump station located on private property owned by the Water Supply and Storage Company. e location is just two miles north of the site proposed in 2018, according to the city.

is new location is located further away from residential development and recognizes the sentiment expressed by Larimer County residents for the pump station to be located on private, non-residential property, the city said.

Other changes to the alignment arrived with community concerns

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in mind, said city spokesman Todd Barnes.

“ ornton believes our listen- rst, design-second approach has made the project much more responsive to the needs of people in the area of Larimer County where we propose to construct the pipeline,” said city spokesman Todd Barnes.

e hearing for approving a 1041 permit is scheduled for 6 p.m. at the commissioners’ rst- oor hearing room, 200 West Oak Street in Fort Collins.

A Virtual, Zoom Link is also provided, at https://larimer-org.zoom. us/webinar/register/WN_Lo20My9VRsSyIUl0mK1AFA LAND USE.

e public hearing – which promises to the lengthy – may be extended to May 6.

Meeting conditions

e Larimer County Planning Commission voted 5 to 3 to recommend approval for the permit. ere were at least 75 conditions for approval that  ornton and Larimer County sta agreed to ful ll.

e city submitted its rst pipeline plan in 2018, which Larimer County denied a year later, saying the project failed to meet several criteria outlined in the 1041 process.

ornton sued Larimer County over that decision, but a state appeals court in 2022 ruled for the county.

If the pipeline is built, the city wants to tap into the new water source by 2027. at could fuel the construction of thousands of homes in the city and, o cials say, help address the rising

Thornton hopes to conserve its water supply with some new rules for highwater using businesses. The city is hoping to get water it owns from the Cache La Poudre River, shown, near Fort Collins. FILE PHOTO

costs of housing.

Save the Poudre

But Save the Poudre remains steadfast against the pipeline, despite the changes. e environment activist group says the Poudre River water headed for ornton should remain in the river past Fort Collins. e water would be cooler and healthier than being run through a pipe, said Save the Poudre founder, Gary Wockner.

“ e Poudre River Option gets ornton its water in a timely fashion – in fact, ornton could have had its water 20 years ago by using the Poudre River Option,” Wockner said in an email.

“ e construction costs of the Poudre River Option are likely considerably less because no pipeline would have to be built in Larimer County and no permit would be needed in Larimer County,” added Wockner.

Map of preferred alignment for the Thornton Water Project pipeline. COURTESY CITY OF THORNTON

Improvements in Laundry Machines Is Unending. Introducing Heat Pump Dryers

Over the last 20 years, I have listed many homes on the MLS, and when doing so it’s important to list the energy and water-saving appliances of the home in the MLS. Advertising a “high efficiency washer and dryer” became more and more common.

But now there are three generations of high efficiency that I can think of.

20 years ago, high efficiency meant front-loading. This reduced the amount of water needed compared to the old top-loading washers. New detergents were introduced for them.

Then, unexpectedly, a top-loading machine with no agitator took the title. Who knew that you could clean clothes that way? The washing machine saved water because it sensed the amount of clothes in the machine and adjusted the water use accordingly.

But what about the clothes dryer? Over the years you really could only choose between gas dryers and electric dryers, although I loved to point out the “solar dryer” in the backyard — a clothesline for drying clothes outdoors. Meanwhile, it has always bothered me

how much hot air a dryer exhausts to the outdoors in the dead of winter instead of using that heat inside the house. An analog solution to that is the indoor lint trap. It is filled with water which traps the lint, and the warm air is exhausted into the room. The device is typically used when a vent to the exterior of the house is unavailable, but you might choose to use one because you want to capture the dryer’s heat instead of sending it outdoors. Remember, too, that the air which your home exhausts must be replaced by outside air coming in through cracks, bathroom/kitchen exhaust piping, etc. So you are not only losing that heat in the winter, you are drawing in cold air from outside. There are multiple solutions to this dilemma. In addition to using the lint trap described above (in which case you’ll want to seal the exhaust pipe to outdoors), you can replace your existing dryer with what’s called a condensing dryer, typically using a heat pump instead of gas or traditional resistancebased electrical heating.

A condensing dryer has the ability to keep the heat within your house through

internal processing. It’s also called a ventless dryer. Google it to learn more and to see where you can buy them (everywhere) and what they cost.

Heat pump dryers use less electricity than conventional dryers because they use an evaporator to remove the moisture and then recycle the warm air so they don't have to heat the ambient air again.

Because a heat pump dryer is ductless, you don’t have to worry about lint buildup in the vent pipe, which could lead to a fire. There are 13,000 household fires caused by clothes dryers every year in the U.S.

Because heat pump dryers are ductless, they can be installed in any room. Perhaps you’d like to have one in your walk-in closet or ensuite bathroom.

A secondary benefit is that because heat pump dryers operate at a lower temperature, your clothes will last longer.

If you want to save space and don’t like stackable washers/dryers, you can buy an all-in-one machine that does both.

TheCoolDown.com offers other suggestions for saving energy and water, and reducing your personal carbon footprint. The single biggest savings is by using cold water unless absolutely necessary.

Also, dryer sheets and fabric softeners, they say, work by adding petroleumbased chemicals to your clothing, which can cause eczema. Dryer balls are a onetime purchase that work better. (We use them.)

We buy detergent in gallon-size plastic jugs, but they suggest buying powder instead since it’s questionable whether that jug, made from petroleum, will be recycled, even if you put it in the your recycling cart.

This article and the one below appeared in last week’s Denver Post column.

You’d be amazed how many older building materials included asbestos. If you disturb asbestos, making it airborne, you endanger the health of yourself, your workers and your children.

Because asbestos doesn’t burn, it was used to wrap pipes and ductwork in older homes, and in other less obvious materials. If your home has popcorn ceilings which you want to remove, you should definitely test for asbestos first.

Asbestos is also present in older adhesives used with vinyl flooring. Older gas fireplaces had inserts made of asbestos. It is also found in older roof shin-

gles and siding, in certain Chinese drywall boards, in vermiculite insulation, and in some ceiling tiles.

Although asbestos materials are safe when left alone, disturbing them can be hazardous. See my post of this at http:// RealEstateToday.substack.com for useful links on this topic.

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State backs o proposal to house sex o enders

Northglenn advocate urges vigilance after sex o ender fight

BY MONTE WHALEY MWHALEY@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

e State of Colorado is backing o its plan to house convicted sex o enders at two group homes in a Northglenn neighborhood, a proposal that ignited the ire of residents who feared for the safety of children at nearby Stukey Elementary.

“I am pleased the state agreed to address some of our community concerns regarding the Northglenn Mental Health Transitional Home,” Mayor Meredith Leighty said in a Friday news release. “Moving forward, I sincerely hope the state will work with other communities in a more transparent and proactive way on these new homes.”

e Mental Health Transitional Living Facility at 11255 and 11275 Grant Drive will move forward by providing a two-year pilot admission process, focusing on “those individuals who can most safely transition to the MHTL homes,” according to a Friday statement from the Colorado O ce of Civil and Forensic Health.

at means the MHTL homes in Northglenn will not admit

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e announcement that the units – which used to house elderly patients – drew outrage from city ocials who said they were never noti ed until the last minute that the transition homes were opening.

Parents were also stunned by the news. ey said the patients – especially the sex o enders – posed a danger to local children, including those who attended Stukey Elementary School. Stukey is only about three blocks away from the group homes.

Hall helped organize pickets in

people with any recent “assaultive behavior” as well as registered sex o enders, according to the statement.

e city news release said, besides not admitting sex o enders, the state will follow the newly enacted 1,000-foot distance requirement from schools in Northglenn.

e state will also remove the porch lattice surrounding both homes and work with neighbors on installing a taller fence behind the property, the news release states.

City sta members on Friday had a virtual meeting with state sta members about the two transitional homes.  Leighty also spoke with the state separately via phone.

ough this is a two-year pilot program that may consider different criteria after that time, the city is hopeful the state will honor its commitment to a communityinvolved process if any changes are planned, the news release states.

City o cials said they were informed at the last minute about the transition homes and the possibility that sex o enders could live there. A public meeting over the proposal drew over 400 people and the city council passed an emergency ordinance last week, putting the distance a sex offender could live near a school at 1,000 feet. e previous distance was 750 feet.

front of the two units and over 400 people jammed into a Northglenn Recreation Center conference room last month to blast state o cials.

Willford explored ling new legislation to correct the original 2022 bill that created the transition home system. e city council also passed an emergency ordinance putting the distance a sex o ender could live near a school at 1,000 feet. e previous distance was 750 feet.

e state announced late last week that the transitional living facilities will move forward by providing a two-year pilot admission process, focusing on “those individuals who can most safely transition to the MHTL homes,” according to a statement from the Colorado O ce

of Civil and Forensic Health. at means the MHTL homes in Northglenn will not admit people with any recent “assaultive behavior” as well as registered sex o enders, according to the statement.

Making a di erence

Hall said e orts to organize the community made a di erence in the state’s decision to pull back from allowing sex o enders into the facilities. But local activists need to stay vigilant, said Hall, whose child attends a school about one mile from the group homes.

“We will do our best to keep the neighborhood engaged through our Facebook group and the Nextdoor app as well,” Hall said via email. “It’s important for neighbors to keep go-

ing to City Council meetings and to know what’s happening in their city. I personally think the State hopes we will become complacent so they can keep the lack of transparency going at this location, as well as others. “

Northglenn City Councilmember Katherine Go said there is a need for transition homes. But they need to be placed in locations where the patients can be treated e ectively while neighbors feel safe having them nearby, Go said.

“I know that we need more mental health services and Transitional Homes, but we also need to know that this facility is operating in a way that supports success for those living there and the safety of Northglenn residents,” Go said.

A Google Maps view of Northglenn from the Malley Drive-Grant Drive intersection looking southeast. Northglenn’s Immaculate Heart of Mary Church is in the bottom right and

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Northglenn residents sound o about transition home plans Feb. 3 at the Northglenn Recreation Center.

PHOTO BY M,ONTE WHALEY

Transition homes planned for Westminster, Lakewood

The homes will not house sex o enders for at least the next two years

BY MONTE WHALEY MWHALEY@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Besides Northglenn, Westminster and Lakewood are among cities in the metro area that will soon open Mental Health Transitional Living facilities –group homes that drew the ire of Northglenn residents for housing convicted sex o enders.

A MHTL home is currently open in Littleton. Northglenn protests from resi-

dents and local o cials prompted the Department of Human Services to amend their plans for the transitional facilities. DHS dropped the proposal to place sex o enders in the facilities and to allow only residents deemed nonviolent.

No registered sex o enders will be housed at any MHTL homes, at least for the rst two years of the program, said Mark Techmeyer, spokesman for the Colorado Department of Human Services.

“To ensure this program is successful for both communities and clients, we are engaging in a twoyear pilot admissions process, in which the goal will be to admit those individuals who are most likely to safely transition to the MHTL Homes,” Techmeyer said via email.

e homes will not admit populations with a lower likelihood of succeeding in the homes, “… Including individuals with a recent history of eloping/escaping from other treatment facilities, individuals with any recent assaultive behaviors, individuals with behaviors that require restraints or seclusions, any behaviors that may require a locked facility, as well as registered sex o enders,” Techmeyer said. Techmeyer said it is a program-wide policy that no sex o enders, even if the program is expanded to include them after this two-year pilot, will be housed within 1,000 feet of a school.

Randi Bazylak (left) and Zach Bazylak protest in Northglenn April 6 over transition homes nearby.

PHOTO BY MONTE WHALEY

Adams County adopts prevailing wage policy

workforce, according to a written statement.

to determine wages that meet the policy.

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Contractors working on Adams County projects must provide a fair wage to their employees, according to a new policy adopted April 16.

e Board of County Commissioners approved a Prevailing Wage Policy that requires all Adams County government construction contracts valued at $250,000 or more must adhere to prevailing wage standards.

e policy would guarantee employees working on Adams County projects receive fair wages commensurate with their work, are classi ed correctly, and paid in a timely and accurate manner. e move is part of the county’s commitment to upholding equitable labor practices and supporting its

County o fcials met with labor organizations, construction companies and residents to draft the new policy. Board Chair Emma Pinter expressed her enthusiasm for the policy, saying it re ects the county’s commitment to fair labor practices and ensures individuals working on public projects are justly compensated.

“By ensuring fair wages and proper classi cation, we are investing in the well-being of our workforce and promoting economic stability within our community,” Pinter said in the written statement.

Adams County will rely on wage scales aligned with prevailing wage statutes used by the state and use software consistent with both state and federal government practices

Commissioner Charles “Chaz” Tedesco said the new policy will bene t workers and enhance the quality and integrity of county construction projects.

“ is is one of many times this board has shown support for our workforce, demonstrating our dedication to fostering a workplace environment where every individual is valued and respected,” said Tedesco.

e policy goes into practice in September and the county plans an education campaign aimed at training sta and contractors on the new requirements. e campaign will familiarize stakeholders with the new system, which enables the entry of certi ed wage statements on a weekly basis.

is year there are three homes planned for Colorado Springs, three in Lakewood, two homes in Northglenn, two homes in Denver, two homes in Pueblo West and one home in Westminster. One home is currently open in Littleton.

Techmeyer did not say exactly where the homes will be located.

DHS is currently reaching out to the cities involved to “ensure partnership with each community,” he said.

Security has also been posted at the Northglenn facility – located at 11255 and 11275 Grant Drive – as there have been threats and concerning messages aimed at the homes.

“We expect the security needs to decline and don’t expect to have outside security at the homes fulltime,” Techmeyer said.

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For new North Suburban CEO, reliability is key

Ryan Thornton brings a nursing background to his new job as hospital head

BY MONTE WHALEY MWHALEY@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

As HealthONE’s North Suburban Medical Center’s new president and CEO, Ryan ornton vows to keep the hospital’s status as the most reliable healthcare resource for its diverse community of patients.

“I think here in ornton we have multiple and di erent social and economic backgrounds among the patients we serve,” ornton said this week. “And we try to take great care of the communities surrounding the hospital.”

at includes hosting a mobile food bank for residents once a

month.

“Some don’t have the resources to go elsewhere for help,”

ornton added. “Some don’t have access to primary care, and we try to utilize our emergency room as part of that solution.”

e goal, ornton said, is to get people safely back home as quickly as possible. “We know our patients want to get back to their loving homes,” ornton said. “We just want to make sure our community’s needs are met in any way we can.”

Moving from HealthONE ornton, 50, joins the hospital, the only Level II Trauma center in Adams County from HCA Healthcare’s Continental Division. At HealthONE, he served as chief op-

erating executive for the last three years, according to a HealthONE news release.

As the chief nursing executive at HealthONE, his leadership was pivotal in delivering award-winning quality. During his tenure HealthONE was named the number two large health system in the nation by PINC AI™. ornton helped expand academic partnerships to further enhance a new graduate pipeline for registered nurses and lead an e ort to create virtual technologies to enhance the delivery of patient care at the bedside, according to the news release.

ornton worked with HealthONE for ten years in several of the health systems’ hospitals, including as the chief nursing o cer at Swedish Medical Cente and associate chief nursing o cer at Rose Medical Center. He joined HealthONE after serving eight years in the United

States Air Force as both an enlisted member and an o cer. ornton separated from the service as a Captain, earning several awards and honors, the news release states. ornton also worked as an EMT in Greeley while studying at the University of Northern Colorado.

“ at experience, along with others in health care, has helped me to meet our hospital’s mission of serving everyone we can in our community,” ornton said.

ornton earned a Bachelor of Arts in Kinesiology, a Bachelor of Science in Nursing and a Master of Arts in Physical Education all from UNC. He also completed his Master of Business Administration at the University of Colorado in 2020.

“ is call to serve our community is something that has always driven our family,” ornton said. “I am proud of all the work our family is doing to help others.”

Front Range Westminster campus hosts listening tour

BY MONTE WHALEY MWHALEY@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Residents are encouraged to give their perspective on the future of Front Range Community College next week at FRCC’s Westminster campus.

e campus will host the Colorado Community College (CCCS) System Statewide Strategic Planning Listening Tour. e sessions

are part of developing CCCS’s 2025-2030 statewide strategic plan, which will guide the colleges’ efforts to best serve their diverse communities, according to a FRCC news release.

CCCS has partnered with the Keystone Policy Center to facility the listening sessions, develop plan goals and strategies, and synthesize

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A passion for a forgotten plot

Weld County man asks for help with a little, neglected cemetery

BY BELEN WARD BWARD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Bill Knox, 93, grew up in the Vollmar neighborhood in Weld County, just northwest of Fort Lupton.

Knox said his parents had a ranch there, and he went to school with kids who lived in Vollmar and its surrounding areas. ey all went to the little Vollmar schoolhouse, which has since been converted into a home, he said.

One thing that always caught his eye was the little cemetery there, the St. Francis Vollmar cemetery.

Still living in the area, Knox still thinks about it and visits it often.

His goal now, before he passes, is to help save and preserve this historic cemetery.

“Every time I’d go by it, it bothered me that most of these tombstones are covered with sand up to three feet deep,” Knox said. “I would like to clean that somehow up before I pass away.”

e cemetery is an acre and a quarter with about 35 to 40 people buried there. He said he started to look in on the cemetery ve years ago but started to research it two years ago. It’s set between Weld Country Roads 21 and 23 west of Fort Lupton.

Information about the plot is hard to come by, he said.

“I looked up the deed at the Weld County Assessor’s o ce. e last

time it was deeded was in 1926, and the St. Francis Vollmar Association ran it. I traced it back; it may have been null and void in the 1940s,” Knox said.

Knox has since taken over the deed and the association name at the cemetery.

He’s now looking for people who grew up in the neighborhood – or the descendants of those that did. He asks that anyone who knows about the cemetery and who might have relatives buried or simply someone who has the resources to help him preserve it, to call at 970-372-0759.

“It’s just a shame that the cemetery is neglected,” Knox said.

Long neglected

It’s always been a tough plot, he said. He remembers growing up during the Depression.

“During the Depression, the sand storms practically covered the old cemetery there,” Knox said.

Knox said the cemetery contains 100% Spanish buried plots, and it should be dedicated to uncovering and preserving that history.

“It was all the Spanish people that

lived in Vollmar,” Knox said. e people buried there, he gures, are the ones who helped the community grow by laboring in the sugar beet factory, cleaning beets. e area was a huge supplier to Great Western Sugar’s factory in Brighton. And although the factory remained in operation until 1977, he thinks Vollmar’s association ended in the late 1940s.

Little o cial history

Knox said he called many people, including Weld County Genealogy, but has yet to learn about the cemetery. Getting information about the plot has been a challenge.

“ e records for the cemetery were in the Londeen Mortuary in Fort Lupton, but it burned down years ago, and all records burnt with it,” he said. “ ey buried most of the people.”

Knox also called the Archdiocese Catholic Church in Denver to see if they had a record of the cemetery, but representatives there said it didn’t belong to them.

Bill Knox standing at the entrance of the St. Francis Vollmar cemetery located between Weld County Roads 21 & 23. BELEN WARD

Dr. Holly Kathryn Norton, Director of the O ce of Archaeology & Historic Preservation, State Archaeologist, and deputy State Historic Preservation O cer at History Colorado, said they did not have a record of the cemetery in their database, nor was it listed on popular sites such as Grave Finder.

She lives nearby and plans to visit it and see what she can learn.

“ is cemetery is only

30 minutes from my house, so I’ll make a point to get out there and record it, as well as see if we can locate any additional information on it and contact Mr. Knox,” Dr. Norton said.

Patricia Carmody with the Colorado Historic Cemetery Association, which provides resources to preserve and protect historic Colorado cemeteries, said Mr. Knox must map and record the graveyard before touching and cleaning it.

“On our site, we list several resources and books on how to preserve cemeteries,” said Carmody.

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data and feedback to create a shared vision of community colleges, the news release states. CCCS expects to nalize the plan later this year.

FRCC wants all members of the community to take part. “All are welcome – the FRCC community, civic leaders, business owners – and any-

one interested in our region’s future in higher education and workforce development,” the news release states.

e listening session is scheduled for Tuesday, April 23 at 12:30 p.m. at the Westminster Campus Rocky Mountain Room – 3645 W. 112th Ave., in Westminster.

If you cannot attend the meeting in person, join virtually via Zoom online: https://frontrange-edu.zoom. us/j/3504470630

Three unidentified people were buried, and more people were next to them, with their graves covered by weeds and sand.

PHOTOS BY BELEN WARD

A grave marker at Weld County’s St., Francis Vollmar cemetery that identifies the person buried there as Virgil.

Front Range Community College is hosting a listening tour of state education officials. MONTE WHALEY

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Business appreciation reception May 2 ornton will host its annual Business Appreciation and Awards Reception event on May 2.

e event is a special occasion dedicated to recognizing the vital role of our local businesses and their signi cant contributions to our thriving community.

e city is taking nominations online at https://businessinthornton. com/2024-city-thornton-businessawards-2/. e nominations deadline is March 1 in several nomination categories, including People’s Choice, Community Spirit, Small Business of the Year and Retailer of the Year.

e city also encourages residents to spread the word within their business network and invite their colleagues and peers to participate.

Community invited to vote on new school name finalists

27J Schools is asking community members to share their top name choices for the district’s planned new high school and middle school.

All other branch locations will continue with thier current hours of operation.

“Responding to the needs of our customers is an important priority for us,” said Mark Fink, Anythink’s executive director. “Expanding the hours at these locations will provide residents with additional time and opportunities to visit the libraries in person and connect with the programs and resources they appreciate.”

e new hours began on April 16 at the Anythink Bennett, Anythink Commerce City and Anythink Perl Mack branches.

e Anythink Brighton, Anythink Huron Street and Anythink Wright Farms will keep their current hours, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through ursday and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays.

Earlier this year, the district put out a call for name suggestions for both new schools. e community responded with over 400 responses and more than 200 unique name suggestions. e district’s Facility Planning Advisory Committee has narrowed these suggestions to a group of sixnalists for each school and now community members can again provide their input.

Community members can vote at bit.ly/3U3QZrS online.

e 27J Schools Board of Education is expected to select names for both schools in June.

e design and construction of the district’s fourth comprehensive high school - in Commerce City - and the district’s sixth middle school - in ornton - are both being funded thanks to voter support of a 2021 Bond Program.

e new middle school is scheduled to open in Fall 2026 with the high school completed and opening in Fall 2027.

Anythink expands hours at three branches

e Anythink York Street branch will keep its shorter hours. at branch is open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through ursday and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays.

All Anythink branches are closed on Sundays.

Water World hiring for 2024

Water World is now accepting job applications for the 2024 season. ere are nearly 1,000 positions available across a variety of teams including Lifeguard, Food and Bar Service, Landscaping and Horticulture, Guest Service, Safety and Security, Water Quality, Slide Inspection, and more. Applicants must be 14 years old by May 1, 2024. Jobseekers may apply online and/or attend Water World’s Job Fair from 11 a.m.– 2 p.m. March 27 at 8801 N. Pecos St., Federal Heights.

Anythink Libraries will hours for Anythink Bennett, Anythink Commerce City and Anythink Perl Mack branches, opening an hour earlier at 9 a.m. and closing an hour later at 7 p.m. Tuesday through ursday.

e three branches will also open at 9 a.m. Fridays and Saturdays.

online survey, located at https://bit. ly/4879uzr, will help determine how the markets will operate in 2024.

In 2023, the Adams County Health Department and Human Services partnered to provide Healthy Farmers Markets for residents. e departments are planning to provide those again in 2024, and they’d like to hear from you.

e county helped schedule the markets on Tuesdays and ursdays at the Anythink Library Wright Farms and Huron Street branches. e survey asks about location preferences, dates and timing preferences and what kinds of o erings and other services should be o ered.

Utility Bill Assistance Available

e Northglenn Community Foundation o ers utility bill assistance to Northglenn households that have lived in the city for at least six months and meet certain income thresholds. Funds are paid directly to the city utility account.

e program is funded by fundraisers throughout the year as well as by individual contributions from people who want to help their family, neighbors, and friends who may be having di culty making ends meet.

Applications for assistance are reviewed and grants are awarded monthly based on a number of criteria. e grants are paid directly to the recipient’s City of Northglenn Utility account.

Summer jobs at Water World offer school-friendly schedules and a one-of-a-kind work environment. Employees enjoy competitive hourly wages, an end-of-summer bonus program, after-hours social activities, free fountain drinks while on-duty, and discounted dining. Team members also receive a free season pass and access to discounted day tickets for friends and family.

Water World opens Memorial Day weekend on May 25 and remains open through Labor Day, 2, weather permitting.

County seeks Healthy Farmers Markets input

Adams County is looking for feedback and opinions regarding the series of farmers markets they helped o er in 2023. Information from an

e city also o ers assistance in disposing of mattresses and box springs. For information on both programs, visit the Northglenn Community Foundation website at https://northglenncf.org/utility-assistance-program.

Alliance Business Assistance Center grants available

e Alliance Business Assistance Center is excited to announce that 2024 business grants are now available to support your business endeavors. Sta at the center can assist residents by helping to identify grants that align with their business goals and industry, providing guidance through the application process, ensuring that they have the best chance of success and providing other valuable resources for local business. To get started, visit our website at https://businessinthornton.com/ local-business/small-business-support-programs/business- nancialassistance.

Thu 4/25

Colorado Rockies vs. San Diego Padres @ 1:10pm / $6-$310 Coors Field, Denver

Adam Cayton-Holland @ 7pm

Comedy Works Downtown, 1226 15th St, Denver

Fri 4/26

Potluck (4/26) @ 5pm

Eagle Pointe Recreation Center, 6060 E. Parkway Dr., Commerce City. 303-2893760

Friday Bingo at Eagle Pointe 4/26 @ 7pm

Eagle Pointe Recreation Center, 6060 E. Parkway Dr., Commerce City. 303-2893760

Tequila Rock Revolution @ 8pm

Dirty Side Down Band: Dirty Side Down @ Odde's @ 8pm

Odde's Music Grill, 9975 Wadsworth Pkwy, Westminster

Sat 4/27

Family Fun Friday- Fabric Art @ 12am

Apr 27th - Apr 26th

Eagle Pointe Recreation Center, 6060 E. Parkway Dr., Commerce City. 303-2893760

Runs With Scissors Races @ 12:01am / $35-$76 9755 Henderson Road, Brighton

Eric Golden @ 7pm

Vfw Post 7945, 10217 Quivas St, Thornton

Imperial Legion @ 7:30pm

Trailside Saloon, 10360 Colorado Blvd, Thornton

Mon 4/29

Female Self Defense - Apr @ 11:30pm

Bison Ridge Recreation Center, 13905 E. 112th Avenue, Commerce City. 303-2893760

Tue 4/30

Tuesday Movie Matinee at Eagle Pointe 4/30 @ 7pm

Eagle Pointe Recreation Center, 6060 E. Parkway Dr., Commerce City. 303-2893760

Wed 5/01

Chair Volleyball (5/1) @ 4pm

Eagle Pointe Recreation Center, 6060 E. Parkway Dr., Commerce City. 303-2893760

Thu 5/02

Amazing Athletes @ 7pm

May 2nd - May 16th

Bison Ridge Recreation Center, 13905 E. 112th Avenue, Commerce City. 303-2893760

Monthly Bird Walks - April @ 9am / Free

Barr Lake State Park, 13401 Pica‐dilly Rd, Brighton. 303-659-4348

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Armory Performing Arts Center, 300 Strong St, Brighton

Monster Jam @ 7pm / $20-$120

Empower Field At Mile High, Denver

Design a Droid and make a Lightsaber @ 1pm

Anythink Brighton, 327 East Bridge Street, Brighton. rbowman @anythinklibraries.org, 303-4053230

Teen Social: Swim Party @ 6:30pm

Bison Ridge Recreation Center, 13905 E. 112th Avenue, Commerce City. 303-2893760

Anavrin's Day Thursday @ Hoffbrau @ 9pm

Hoffbrau, 9110 Wadsworth Pkwy, Westminster

The Regional Transportation District (RTD) has been cussed and discussed so many times I have lost count.

Among public transit agencies across the country, RTD is one of only three agencies that are governed by an elected board. Most are made up of either appointed board members or are mayors and high-ranking county commissioners.

In the Denver metro area, the organization is responsible for providing a variety of public transportation services to a 2,342 square mile area – which in my opinion is one of the problems it has had for decades in meeting service delivery for the revenues it generates.

e district has been governed by a 15-member elected board since 1980. Before that time, the county commissioners of the seven-county metro Denver area appointed two from each county.

Now, in 2024, there is a new game in town with Governor Polis and his Democrat legislative partners planning to rewrite the governance of RTD.

In a recently released statement, Polis said “ e improvements in this bill will help professionalize RTD’s governance” and “provide more accountability and transparency to taxpayers.”

e bill he referred to would change the con guration of the governing power of RTD from its 15-member geographically represented board to a 10-member board.

Seven of the 10 members would vote in decision-making. e Governor would appoint two at-large members. RTD voters would elect

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

House bill could improve housing, transportation

I want to live in an ideal world and I think you do too. Does the society we’ve built re ect that? Not a chance. However, we can make it better one step at a time. ere is a bill - HB241313 — that has the potential to make both housing and transportation more accessible, while bene ting our climate. at’s a step in the right direction.

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All eyes turning to RTD

ve directors.

e CDOT executive director would serve as a non-voting member along with two Denver Regional Council of Governments-appointed non-voting members.

And of course, the new RTD Board would be required, among other things, to increase ridership, improve transparency, use RTD-owned land for new a ordable housing developments and “parking policies would be updated.”

Does this last one sound familiar? It should, if you read this column regularly.

So what’s it all about, Jared? is move to change RTD governance is another piece of the overall strategy, something the Gov and his followers want to do all under the banner of “more a ordable housing.”

First, they implied that the state government can do a better job of managing local zoning and land use by mandating 40 units to the acre high-rise apartments along transit corridors. Now, these same players are saying they have a better plan to run RTD.

I would agree that continuing with the current 15-member geographically dispersed board of directors is not the way to go. But before reviewing this proposed mystical governance con guration, let’s see what all the Gov and his buddies say can be achieved – more transparency, ac-

Currently, housing is inaccessible. We have seniors being priced out of their homes and young people unable to a ord rent, even with many roommates. While there are nancial bene ts to living with your parents, many of us need independence to truly be at peace. HB24-1313 promises to bring down housing costssomething we badly need.

countability and professionalization of the board.

So, he is saying you get more e ective representation and connectivity with the public by reducing the board to a seven-member voting board plus three non-voting board members.

I’m sorry Governor Polis, but you have not convinced me. I was on the RTD Board from 2002 to 2010, serving two elected terms of o ce representing parts of Westminster, ornton and Northglenn. While a 15-member board is unwieldy and far too myopic in its vision with 15 efdoms, you still need the connectivity between the board members and the voting public.

An alternative plan

Fifteen board members are too many. Governor Polis’ seven is too few. How about nine voting members, which includes the Colorado Department of Transportation Executive Director?

In addition, one non-voting board member would be from DRCOG. I like the idea of CDOT and DRCOG being involved in policy setting and the overall direction of RTD.

So, there would be eight board members elected from districts plus the CDOT compared to fteen elected board members from districts.

Obviously, with fewer districts, it would mean bigger districts with more population for the eight elected directors. It’s fundamentally important for the RTD board to be close to the people they represent. With too few elected board seats with more appointed sta on the board, the more removed the board representation is removed from the people.

Unfortunately, transportation is not doing much better. e average

I don’t want Governor Polis or any governor to be controlling the RTD Board of Directors! Plus, I think the accountability, transparency and professionalization of the board can be achieved without the Gov ‘s plan.

RTD is missing the key ingredient to success

You can slice and dice the RTD Board of Directors any way you want, but the Governor’s plan is missing the most important ingredient to be successful. eir plan fails to address raising more revenue.

Why has the Northwest Rail Line not been built from Westminster to Boulder to Longmont? It is simply a lack of funding. e Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad which owns the trackage in question demands way too much to make it feasible.

Costs for the FasTracks Plan was way underestimated from the beginning and those of us in the northwest have paid the consequences. So, before diving up board seats, a realistic approach would be to identify how more RTD funding could be realized. Why not take the idea of adding 8/10 of 1% sales tax on rental car saleswhich the legislature is eager to give to the intercity rail group - and give it to RTD?

Just remember, either way, the voters of the Denver metro area would have to approve it in an election.

Bill Christopher is a former Westminster city manager and RTD board member. His opinions are not necessarily those of Colorado Community Media. You can contact him at bcjayhawk68@gmail.com.

monthly car payment is $533, gas prices are unreliable and the streets are unbearably crowded during rush hour. At the same time, Colorado’s air is amongst the most polluted in the country, and communities are suffering the health consequences. Is the solution more cars? Absolutely not, and HB24-1313 addresses that by ensuring that a ordable housing is built near public transit and town centers.

is bill has so many bene ts: affordable housing, less cars in your way, less climate pollution and it encourages the best kind of city: a walkable one. Walkability reduces pollution, crime and the misery of a long commute. is is why I encourage you to reach out to your representatives to tell them we need this bill to succeed!

Sunrise Del Mar Hoagland, Northglenn

Bill Christopher

Viewing shift to EVs from the back of a 1915 motorcycle

My grandfather was born in a sod house on the Colorado prairie in 1890. A generation before, it had been the domain of bu alo and the Cheyenne, Sioux and other tribes that feasted on them.

He was taken while still very young to the nearest town, Sterling. Cresting a ridge, he glimpsed the South Platte River Valley for the rst time. What did he see, his elders asked? Cows, he guessed, and lots of them. He had no basis for imagining so many trees.

Grandpa somehow found his way to a two-year degree from Colorado A&M, now known as Colorado State University. en he sought adventure. With a buddy, he set out from Fort Collins in 1915 for the world’s fair in San Francisco. ey could have taken a train, I suppose, but they rode motorcycles.

Travel by car, any car, beyond cities was an adventure then. His memoir from many years later talks about dusty, di cult travel across Wyoming, Utah and Nevada on little more than dirt paths. At one point, the so-called highway was so inadequate they rode their motorcycles on the railroad tracks. It took spunk to travel beyond cities in these new gas-powered vehicles.

I wonder whether my grandfather, if he were around today and living in the farm/ranch country of Colorado, would own an electric pickup. People in the early 20th century traveled by coal-powered trains or were pulled by animals. e transition to internal-combustion engines did not happen overnight. It took time to create the infrastructure.

Colorado today has more than 100,000 registered electric vehicles but hopes to have nearly a million by 2030. is will be necessary for Colorado to meets its decarbonization goals. It will also help us reduce the nasty ozone-soaked air quality that can make breathing more di cult. San Francisco has already proven that higher penetration of EVs can improve air quality. We need the same success along the Front Range.

We’re moving fast in this transition. EVs — including plug-in hybrids – constituted 16.22% of all sales in Colorado during 2023, according

to the Alliance for Automotive Innovation. at’s nearly four times the penetration of four years before. A state sales tax credit that went into e ect in July 2023 has put wind into the sales. Tellingly, Tesla had the top-selling models for both passenger cars and light trucks. But in a couple years we should start seeing more diversi ed and lower cost models from the major manufacturers.

Nationally, you can nd many stories about stumbles of the EV market. e most optimistic cite the more con dent sales of hybrids, as consumers remain leery of going all electric.

Charging infrastructure remains an issue. I hear anecdotally of concerns about maintenance. Too, not every corner has a charging station. Even the fast-chargers take longer than gassing up. Traveling takes some forethought, more deliberate timing of lunch and other breaks.

It’s getting easier all the time, though. e Polis administration recently announced $22 million in grants that will yield 290 new fastcharger ports at 46 di erent sites from Holyoke to Dolores, from Burlington to Silverton, in both our small towns and big cities. As of February, direct-current fast chargers were located within 30 miles of 78% of the state’s geographic areas. I’m sure that my granddad had to do a lot more thinking.

EVs are not the answer everywhere for all purposes. I hear complaints from Wray to Alamosa about the inadequacy of electric trucks to pull heavy loads, whether of hay or of recreational vehicles.

CleanTechnica tells of an experiment. Four electri ed pickups — the Ford F-150 Lightning, Cybertruck, Rivian R1T, and the Silverado EV each towed a 4,000-pound car between Denver and Grand Junction. ree lost much range. Only the Silverado EV pulled its weight well.

Allen Best

Our ‘Columbine at 25’ project

Last week, our newsroom released the rst part of our two-week series “How Columbine changed us.” It looks back on the 25 years since the tragic shooting at Columbine High School, where two armed students took the lives of 13 people before ending their own. e narrative often repeated in the media focuses on the killers and victims, but, as we reported in week one, it overlooks Columbine’s journey of re-

covery, resilience and triumph. In week two, we touch on the issues of safety in “How Columbine changed response.” In the aftermath of Columbine, schools across the country have increased security measures. ese include classroom doors that lock from the inside, single-point entry systems, security cameras, metal detectors, scanners and drills. And, rst responders have changed how they communicate.

Our biggest nding is that the de ning aspect of Columbine is not the shooting, but the response of the community. It is the indomitable spirit that has emerged and evolved at the school and surrounding area since 1999. is spirit is evident in the school’s Day of Service, held every April 20, the anniversary of the shooting. As teacher Mandy Cooke, a survivor of the 1999 incident, puts it, “We have turned that day into some-

thing so positive… making sure that our current students know how to be better humans in the world, instead of this awful, tragic thing that happened to us.” us, inclusive school culture is perhaps the most critical way Columbine changed us.

View the whole project online at coloradocommunitymedia.com/ columbine-at-25.

– Michael de Yoanna and Kristen Fiore, editors

The Columbine High School yearbook, one of many points of pride for students and the community and part of the culture that those close to the school say is also a part of what makes it safer.

COURTESY OF KELLEY KELLOGG

BY HALEY LENA AND SUZIE GLASSMAN

Today, it’s common across the country for children as young as 4 and 5 to participate in active-shooter drills and shelter-in-place lockdowns about as often as they take standardized tests. at includes the Je erson County School District, where Columbine High School resides.

e Columbine of today has classroom doors that lock from the inside and a single-point entry for students, sta and visitors. It’s equipped with many visible and invisible ways to prevent and/or limit the impact of a mass-scale emergency, a kind that had not been on the national radar before the mass shooting.

While many people may believe school security is about physical barriers and policing threats, those working in the building today, including principal Scott Christy and social studies teachers Sam Bowersox and Je Garkow, say safety at Columbine is also about culture. As a result, the sum of those safety measures is far greater than the parts.

“Kids can’t learn if they don’t feel safe, and teachers can’t teach if they don’t feel safe. And so it’s everything. It’s incredibly important,” said Christy. “I think Columbine is the safest school in the world. My hope is that sta and students don’t think about what happened 25 years ago. ey see it as they see their school as a home, a place that they’re proud to be a part of, and a place that they know that they’re loved and cared for.”

Still, security has changed since the April 20, 1999 shooting.

John McDonald wasn’t at Columbine that day, but like countless others, his life was forever changed by the tragedy. Nine years later, he became the executive director of school safety for the Je erson County School District, including Columbine, and, since moving on, has continued to work to make schools safer.

“I hate to say good came out of it,”

said McDonald. “But what came out of (the Columbine shooting) was the commitment to protect kids.”

Before the tragedy, school o cials and security o cers focused on the potential dangers outsiders might in ict on their buildings. Overnight, they had to shift their thinking to consider that students could be threats, too, and how that might impact school safety plans.

Doing so took its toll. Between 1999 and 2008, the school district had multiple executive directors of school safety.

“ e job was di cult,” said McDonald, who held the position for 14 years starting in 2008. “It was overwhelming for people.”

McDonald, who is now the chief operating o cer for the National Council of School Security, was recognized internationally as the architect of the Columbine High School security and emergency management plan.

In April 1999, with no incident command structure in the district, school security consisted of a handful of cameras outside the school and a few school resource o cers. ere was a disconnect with local law enforcement agencies, who were unfamiliar with the insides of the school, critical information that would be useful for saving lives during an incident.

According to a 2018 Federal School Safety Commission report, there was a rush by leaders across the country to add security o cers and speed up response times, among other measures. Security experts also began considering how students, who often hear rsthand about planned attacks or suicidal ideations, might help tip them o . As a result, the Colorado Trust awarded a $375,000 grant to establish the anonymous 24/7 hotline Safe2Tell.

It’s di cult to know precisely how the immediate security changes impacted students. Walking into Columbine in August 1999, Kelley Kellogg said she didn’t focus on the

added security or the changes to the school other than being relieved that the library where the majority of the deaths occurred had been walled o .

Instead, she felt the typical nerves and excitement of any student on their rst day of high school. As a freshman, she hadn’t been there on the day of the shooting, but she knew several classmates who had, including one whose sibling had died.

“Mostly, we didn’t talk about it, even my friend who’d been directly impacted,” said Kellogg. “But I felt incredibly safe. Everyone was super vigilant and protective. Frank DeAngelis (the principal at the time) and all of the teachers took such good care of us, shielded us from the media attention and made us feel loved and cared for.”

A 2021 Students’ Reports of Safety and Security Measures Observed at School published by the National Center for Education Statistics indicated four measures became more prevalent in the ensuing years, from 2009 to 2019.

Students saw an increase in the use of one or more security cameras, a locked entrance or exit door during the day, student identi cation badges and security guards or assigned police o cers.

e sitting Je erson County School District Executive Director for the Department of School Safety, Je Pierson, said that in addition to more alarmed doors, secure classrooms, and vestibules to check identi cation, more information and security is coming with added cameras and security guards.

“I think it sends a message to our kids and our parents that we’ve got an additional set of eyes that are highly trained individuals watching out for and keeping an eye on what’s going on in our buildings,” said Pierson.

Six years ago, McDonald hired Pierson as the district’s director of safe school environments. In this role, he focused on enhancing part-

Columbine High School Principal Scott Christy stands on April 4 outside the Frank DeAngelis Community Safety Center in Wheat Ridge. He spoke to reporters there as part of the Je co Public Schools “media day” in connection with the 25th anniversary of the Columbine shooting.

nerships between schools, district leadership, and the Department of School Safety, seeking to establish a more proactive approach.

Before taking on this role, Pierson was the principal at Standley Lake High School in Westminster and trained in federal and police safety and policing programs. Pierson said having rst responder training and the lens of an educator has helped him break down barriers to how schools should operate.

Far more than the enforced wearing of student IDs and the additional patrol cars posted outside, Kellogg said safety came from a sense of belonging.

“I feel like everyone just kind of tried to get along,” she said. “Because even though this really tragic thing happened, I felt like we were a part of a family. Kids are kids, and stu still happens, but I felt like everyone tried their best to take care of each other.”

PHOTO BY ELLIS ARNOLD

Communications problems led to state’s now-robust radio program

After more than 25 years of build-out, Colorado’s Digital Trunked Radio System has made a di erence, first responders say

BY DEBORAH GRIGSBY DGRIGSBY@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

In the years before the shooting at Columbine High School, Colorado had already started to address challenges within its radio communications system for rst responders. Primarily directed at helping rural and mountainous towns mitigate dead spots in coverage, these e orts were a promising step forward, particularly during wild res, when aid spanned multiple jurisdictions.

But on April 20, 1999, when more than 40 separate agencies descended upon Columbine High School, communication broke down.

As police, re and medical personnel responded to the shootings that took 13 lives, radio frequencies overloaded because so many di erent agencies were all trying to talk at once.

At one point, radios had become so useless that messengers on foot had to relay critical information between agencies, as then-chief of the state Fire Safety Division Kevin Klein told e Denver Post in 2011.

“Go back to Columbine — di erent responding agencies on di erent radio systems that couldn’t talk to each other,” Klein told the Post. “You had paralysis in the initial phase of the incident. We had to use runners to go back and forth to talk about what we’re going to do.”

But a quarter of a century later, many rst responders say that challenges aside, the state’s Digital Trunked Radio System (DTRS) has made a di erence.

Experts describe DTRS as a “system of systems” that connects re, law enforcement, medical, military

Colorado’s interoperable radio communication system for first responders has undergone continuous build-out over the past 25 years since Columbine. More commonly known as the digital trunked radio system (DTRS), this “system of systems” connects firefighters, law enforcement and other responders across a network of radios, both handheld and vehiclemounted. While it has seen its share of problems from inconsistent funding to technology glitches, Larkspur Fire Protection District Fire Capt. Chad Campagnola says he’s confident in the system and in its ability to perform in the event of a largescale emergency.

and federal assets with a network of radios, antennas and specialized software patches to bridge gaps between newer hardware and legacy equipment.

And even school districts can be part of the DTRS system.

“Any agency within the state can go to the system and connect with any other law enforcement or rst responder group that is on the scene of a critical incident,” Jacki Kelley, spokesperson for the Je erson County Sheri ’s O ce, said of the DTRS.

Fire Capt. Chad Campagnola said the Larkspur Fire Protection District has been a part of the state’s DTRS systems since Douglas County transitioned to it in the early 2000s.

Campagnola, who has been with the department since 1992 and styles himself as the “district radio guy,” said that although the DTRS system added more capabilities for his team, the early roll-out was not without frustrations.

As in most jurisdictions, Campagnola cites the standard funding and technology challenges as the most troublesome.

Not only is the radio expensive, but there are also fees for each radio to be on the system and for certain types of software upgrades.

However, with more than two decades of build-out complete, Campagnola says he’s con dent in the system and feels it has evolved into a dependable asset that can help save lives and protect property.

Prior to DTRS, Larkspur had often experienced radio communication di culties due to its local geography and terrain.  ings are much better now.

“It’s de nitely an improvement from 24 years ago,” said Campagnola. “It’s also an improvement from two years ago. In our district speci cally, Douglas County has added more (radio) towers in the past ve years and that’s made an impact, especially for responders in the southern part of the county, as it a ects not just re but law enforcement, but roads and bridges, and the Douglas County School District — anyone operating within the DTRS coverage area.”

PHOTO BY DEBORAH GRIGSBY

PROGRAM

The Columbine Commission Report

Nine months after the Columbine massacre, then-Gov. Bill Owens signed an executive order creating the Columbine Review Commission in response to public outcry for answers. e 10-member board, chaired by retired Colorado Supreme Court Justice William H. Erickson, was charged with identifying lessons learned and how those lessons could prevent future tragedies.

e Columbine Review Commission Report was released in May 2001, nearly a year and a half later.

Anger and accusations ensued in the days after the report’s release as parents, school o cials and others demanded answers, saying the 174page report completely “glossed over” the events that led up to the attack and failed to properly investigate police response.

e commission o ered its recommendations but made no requirements for mandatory implementation. e commission was disbanded after its report was released, further infuriating the public.

However, among the commission’s top recommendations was the need to improve communications and, as a byproduct, more coordination among emergency response agencies. It recommended continuing development of the Digital Trunk Radio System.

Speci cally, the Columbine Commission recommended that “agencies in parts of the state not yet within the statewide system receive funds for the purchase of TRP 100 or similar systems, enabling them to be available in the event of a serious catastrophe in any part of the state.”

While much has changed since 1999, improving the rst responder radio system has been di cult in the decades since. e challenge in building out — and sustaining — Colorado’s interoperable communication system seem to be consistent among agencies and falls

into three distinct buckets: funding, planning, and training.

Colorado amply followed up with heavy investment in the DTRS program.

Putting a nger on exactly how much has been invested in Colorado’s DTRS program year-to-date is complicated as multiple sources of funding have been and continue to be employed. A  2016 memo from the Colorado Legislative Council provides an insight into the program’s early nancial history, nearing $250 million at the time.

But piles of money aside, what most didn’t realize is that this project would be far more than just buying new radios and issuing them to rst responders.

Building a statewide interoperable radio system would include the construction of multiple antenna towers — some of them in hard-toget-to mountainous terrain — to bridge growing technology gaps between new and legacy systems. State technology experts would also have to identify and manage radio frequencies, as well as convince jurisdictions to collaborate and share resources.

Legislation to provide interoperable communication funding for schools

In 2011, more than 10 years after the mass shooting, then-Gov. John Hickenlooper signed into law Senate Bill 11-173. e bill addressed the lack of interoperable communications between schools and rst responders during an emergency. It augments the Colorado School Response Framework, created in 2008, to improve school crisis response by clarifying that interoperable communications are included in a school district’s school safety, readiness, and incident management plan.

Senate Bill 18-158 created the School Access for Emergency Response program, which provides schools with grant funding to purchase interoperable communication hardware and software, pay for equipment maintenance and provide training. e goal was to facilitate “seamless communications between existing school communications systems and rst

responder communications systems.”

e state placed the SAFER program within the Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management and initially funded it with a $5 million transfer from the Department of Public Safety for the 2018-19 scal year. Subsequent years were funded by State Public School Fund transfers through July 1, 2023.

Colorado’s O ce of Information Technology currently oversees the state’s public safety communications network and the DTRS.

But even with millions in local, state and federal dollars invested in the DTRS program, completing — and sustaining — a statewide interoperable radio system still has a few bugs.

While most emergency management and public safety experts say the state’s system has improved dramatically and local governments are more organized and collaborative since the Columbine shooting, there is still work to do.

Other jurisdictions have a similar take.

e Je erson County Sheri ’s O ce — an early adopter of DTRS, joining Douglas County and Arapahoe County in the program in the late 1990s — was among the rst to arrive on the Columbine scene in 1999.

e agency understands, rsthand, what can go wrong when rst responders are unable to communicate. Brad Ingermann, a commander with the Je erson County Sheri ’s O ce Patrol Division, said that while the state’s DTRS still has its challenges, his agency is far better o than it was at the time of the Columbine shooting and now clearly believes it has an interoperable radio system that works.

“While large-scale incidents such as Columbine are far more common than they used to be, they are still very rare compared to events such as wildland res,” he said.

Mobile data terminals or MDTs as they are known, are computers used in vehicles operated by fire, law enforcement and other fields to connect mobile units, such as this fire engine operated by the Larkspur Fire Protection District, to a central dispatch or communications center.

PHOTO BY DEBORAH GRIGSBY

A Day of Service: Columbine teacher assists with reshaping narrative

BY ELISABETH SLAY ESLAY@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Every day Je rey Garkow frequents the halls of his alma mater.  Garkow graduated from Columbine High School in 2006 and now works there as a social studies teacher.

He is one of the rst people to help reshape how the school honors the 13 lives taken on April 20, 1999.

Prior to 2017, the school wouldn’t hold classes on April 20.

“My experience with April 20 on the professional side of things was that it was just a day o ,” Garkow said. “I think that was hard for a lot of people, especially for the sta who were here on April 20, 1999.”

So, in 2016, Garkow said he and other Columbine educators decided to reimagine the day o and launched Day of Service.

“ is, I think, is kind of giving us the chance to control the narrative a little more about what Columbine has been through and what we are now,” he said.

e rst Day of Service was held in 2017. Garkow said about 400 students volunteered to participate. Last year around 1,500 of the school’s 1,700 students participated in the event.

Students, alumni, sta and community members participate in various projects on the Day of Service including volunteering at nursing homes, spending time at animal shelters, cleaning up parks, working with younger students in the district and cleaning up the campus.

In 2019, Gov. Jared Polis signed a proclamation declaring that Colorado will observe a Day of Service and Recommitment on April 20 each year.

Over the years, more alumni have gotten involved with the day and even planned their own versions of the event at other schools or their places of employment.

Frank DeAngelis, former Columbine principal, said people have participated in the Day of Service from beyond the state — even as far

away as Tanzania.

“It’s stu like that that I think is so important,” he said. “Because here’s the thing. ere are kids now that weren’t even born, but there’s certain messages — kindness, saying thank you … How do we make the world a better place?”

Mandy Cooke, a Columbine High School employee and survivor of the shooting, said the Day of Service reects the school’s current attitude of moving forward with hope.

“We have turned that day into something so positive,” she said. “And that is what I am most proud of — is making sure that our current students know how to be better humans in the world, instead of this awful, tragic thing that happened to us.”

For Garkow, the best aspect of Day of Service is the reactions from students who he says have loved participating in the celebration and carry that impact long after they graduate or leave.

“It’s just a really cool thing to hear students talk about that and how much of an impact that made on them and how much they continue to want to do that now,” Garkow said.

Garkow was in fth grade at Governor’s Ranch Elementary School on April 20, 1999. All he really remembers is learning the impact that day had on the community.

Sometimes students ask him about the shooting and Garkow said he is as open as possible with them and does his best to answer their questions.

“ ere is so much misinformation online and on social media or on ReddIt or in news articles about our school and the culture of our school that I think students pick up on,” Garkow said.

Garkow feels protective of his students. He feels they should not have to answer to people who are curious about the school.

“What responsibility do our kids have to own that story when they weren’t even alive during it?” Garkow said. “I think a lot of our kids

have a di erent take on it now because they didn’t experience any of it.”

As a student himself, Garkow didn’t fully comprehend what had happened but did witness how tight-knit the community became.

“I came into the school already as a kid with a lot of pride in seeing what the community did after that and seeing how the community responded,” Garkow said.

He said DeAngelis became the center of that community in many ways.

“I think so much of why we are the community we are today is because of Frank,” Garkow said. “ at guy absolutely gave up everything for himself to take care of the community and made sure every kid felt valued and welcomed.”

Garkow said DeAngelis later hired him to teach at the school. He worked with DeAngelis for a few years before DeAngelis retired.

“I absolutely love being in the school,” Garkow said. “ ere’s 20plus alumni who I think work in the building and I think that speaks a

lot to the strength of the community (and) how much the school means to people.”

Garkow said the community of the school feels almost like a family.

“I think it’s rare to work in a place where so many of the people you were with are just dear friends,” Garkow said. “It’s pretty rare that I feel like I’m coming here just to work.”

Garkow works with a lot of his own former teachers.

“( ey) are mentors and friends and people who I hope I can model myself after as an educator just because they meant so much to me when I was a student here,” Garkow said.

Garkow said he hopes more stories about where the school is now are told rather than only re ecting on the past.

“ ere is so much tragedy but there have also been so many beautiful moments that’ve come out since, that I think it gives a much better picture of who we are now and where we are as a school,” Garkow said.

Social studies teacher and alumnus at Columbine High School, Je Garkow stands at his old locker from his time as a student. Garkow has pride in the school, which he shows each year at the school’s Day of Service on April 20. He assists with coordinating the event and feels it reshapes the narrative of Columbine as a school and community.

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As Ingerman points out, wildland res can quickly spread across multiple jurisdictions and require a medley of rst responders and mutual aid partners — all arriving on the scene and many operating on di erent radio systems and channels.

DTRS helps solve this.

It does so by connecting rst responders by the use of pre-coordinated channels assigned to both day-to-day and emergency operations. Speci c talk groups are allocated based on responder function and assignments, freeing up channels and organizing incident information among multiple agencies and partners.

Hardware alone does not create interoperability

the purchase of equipment hardware: things like handheld radios, car radios, repeaters, antennas and tower systems.

Some experts in the eld recall “radio spending sprees” to purchase the 800-MHz radios — quickly spending grant money to avoid getting caught up in product shortages and back-order delays.

Fran Santagata, a retired U.S. Department of Homeland Security regulatory analyst and former Douglas County emergency manager, said the same was true for Colorado.

But interestingly, over the past 25 years, much of the federal dollars made available to states and local jurisdictions initially went toward

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Evolving approach to safety and security

McDonald noted that school districts across Colorado struggled to create cohesive security plans until 2008, when state lawmakers passed a law creating the Colorado School Safety Resource Center “to assist schools in preventing, preparing for, responding to, and recovering from emergencies and crisis situations and to foster positive learning environments.”

“But equipment alone doesn’t create interoperability,” she said. “ ere is a speci c element of coordination and planning required, as well as training. Prociency and comfort in using the equipment are just as important.”

For most jurisdictions, Larkspur included, a signi cant portion of their daily radio tra c occurs over the DTRS, as designed.

emergency channels.

“I think the DTRS got built out, the towers have helped tremendously, and all of the training has helped, but I think we still struggle at every event with the lowest common denominator, which is the individual rst responder only being comfortable using the frequency they use day to day,” she said. “Almost every after-action report usually has a paragraph — or a chapter — on how communications broke down.”

But, as Santagata suggests, many rst responders tend to be more comfortable with their daily comms channels than they are with their

energy at Columbine is relaxed and playful. e school’s 1,668 students walk the halls with ease, chatting with friends and making their way to class.

Additionally, the Standard Response Protocol, created by the I Love You Guys Foundation, was released in 2009 and is now used by countless districts across states. e guidelines made a di erence for the school district because they were an “emergency prepared, not emergency scared program” that everyone understood.

Columbine today

On a bright Tuesday morning, mere days before spring break, the

“I think there’s de nitely truth to that,” said Campagnola. “Dealing with, like, a uni ed command with three agencies where we are, we are very comfortable with our primary work zone or operational zone.”

But Campagnola notes the solution to that is not just the responsibility of the individual radio user.

He said agency leadership also plays an important role in developing good muscle memory for users, looking at the bigger picture and developing relevant training exercises to reinforce those skills.

ey aren’t worried about potential threats or the possibility of something terrible happening. at’s because safety is baked into the very fabric of the school’s culture, and the students know it, explains Columbine SRO Eric Ebling.

Columbine is the only school in Je erson County with two SROs, Ebling and Dan Wonner, who have been there since 2017 and 2019. SRO Joella Gallegos works at one of the feeder middle schools and communicates constantly with Ebling and Wonner. Because of its storied past, Columbine also has more unarmed campus supervisors than others in the Je erson County School District.

recruits in the county’s law enforcement academy and continues with day-to-day use as the recruit enters the force, and with annual exercises that help reinforce radio competency.

“But we are a think-outside-ofthe-box agency,” said Jacki Kelley, spokesperson for the Je erson County Sheri ’s O ce. “We have an initial plan and a backup plan, but as you know, emergencies don’t always go the way you plan or the way you train.”

For the Je erson County Sheri ’s O ce, DTRS training for its personnel begins as early as with new

(Wonner) and me, the sheri ’s o ce or even campus security. If you’re on this property, your job is safety and security.”

But as communities continue to expand and population density increases, more funding will obviously be needed to support and maintain the state’s program.

Overall, most users seem to agree the DTRS system has made a di erence.

Is it perfect?

Not really.

“But I think it’s all good,” said Campagnola. “Like, I have no complaints about anything with our system. We’re continually improving it as a county and as a state, which is allowing for better interoperability.”

Pierson adds that “culture is one of the biggest mitigators.”

“If you have a culture that embeds safety, connections, knowing your student by name, strengths and needs and making sure they have a reporting mechanism for when they hear or see something, those things are easy to implement, and they’re free,” Pierson said.

Columbine sophomore Madison Price sees the school’s security measures but also feels safe because, like Kellogg, who graduated long before her, there’s a sense that everyone in the school is dedicated to taking care of them.

that gives feedback to legislators.  Part of the culture is balancing the ne line between having too much of a physical environment that creates a prison-like mentality and keeping the physical presence there while maintaining a calm, inclusive and safe atmosphere.

“It has to be completely controlled internally,” said Pierson. “Which means student voices, teachers’ voices, parents’ voices, all those stakeholders have to be completely involved and not just involved but invested in what looks like a safe school environment.”

Yet, safety doesn’t come only from the number of o cers.

“It’s people. It’s communication, and it’s philosophy,” said Ebling. “It’s not mind-reading technology or drones. e only reason we can make this work every day is with the mindset that everyone’s job is safety and security. Security is not just Dan

“I do feel safe at school,” Price said. “ ere’s people here to protect us.”

Today, the district’s Department of School Safety, which has over 100 security sta working round the clock, continues to work directly with law enforcement and speak with other districts. It established a group of school safety administrators who meet once a month to discuss hot topics and are also part of a group

e measures in place at Columbine are “night and day from what the security measures were back then,” said Pierson. “But our job is to continue to stay up with the times and keep our buildings as safe as they can be.”

e Columbine tragedy forever changed school safety and security measures as we knew them. Yet, the one thing the massacre couldn’t change was the unbreakable spirit of the Columbine community, which continues to embody former principal DeAngelis’ rallying cry: “WE ARE COLUMBINE.”

How Columbine can reshape news media to better serve the public

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Nearly 25 years after a mass shooting plunged Columbine High School into the national consciousness, a former principal and two current teachers sat down for interviews with news reporters ahead of the tragedy’s anniversary.

Media Day, organized by the Jefferson County School District as a way to shield teachers and students from a barrage of reporters, o ered them a chance to re ect on where journalists went wrong in covering the shooting.

One frustration that still sticks in their minds: News coverage can amplify rumors and misinformation, including the narrative that the two students committed the shooting because they were bullied.

“I think a lot of times, the narrative that was given was not accurate,” said Frank DeAngelis, who served as Columbine’s principal at the time. “And unfortunately, 25 years later, that narrative is still out there.”

In the years since the attack, few events have stopped America in its tracks like that day.

e intervening years have seen school gun incidents on the rise and, in turn, a rise in the frequency in which such events are covered in the news media. And while mass school shootings haven’t necessarily become more common, they’ve taken on a higher death toll.

e way that media covers traumatic events has been debated by readers, scholars and journalists alike, but a few lessons have become clear, as highlighted by those who study coverage of shootings and by those in the Columbine community like DeAngelis: Don’t make the shooters into legends. Don’t unwittingly inspire future killings. Don’t turn the tragedy into myth and misinformation.

University of Colorado Boulder professor Elizabeth Skewes, a media scholar, posits that people have become desensitized to news of mass shootings, and survivors and those impacted indirectly have

been retraumatized.

Unfettered access to news at America’s ngertips through smartphones “can make it so that when everything feels dramatic, nothing is dramatic,” Skewes said.

“Any mass shooting is awful,” she said. “Unfortunately, we have so many that they have become almost routine.”

Shooters in the years after the 1999 attack emulated the Columbine killers. University of Connecticut assistant professor Amanda Crawford said that is partly because reporters, whether they meant to or not, glori ed the killers. She said journalists should avoid that.

“You can’t underestimate the impact of that news coverage — of that media attention — on our larger ideas about mass shootings, about school shootings, about youth perpetrators, about this ongoing mass shooting crisis,” Crawford said.

Covering the Columbine shooting

e Columbine attack remains a singular event in the canon of mass shootings in the United States, due to a number of factors: the advent of 24-hour news, police protocols of the time period and news coverage that sensationalized the shooters, Skewes said.

“Columbine was really the rst televised mass shooting,” Skewes said, adding: “I think a lot of journalists didn’t quite know what to do, even though there had been other mass shootings to some degree.”

Skewes added that the police protocol of the time was to assume criminals take hostages and wait, meaning that news outlets had time to mobilize to the scene but lacked concrete information — leading to rampant speculation.

“ is unfolded over hours,” Skewes said. “News organizations could be there to see it unfold and to photograph it as it unfolded too … ere was so much misinformation initially.”

John McDonald, formerly executive director of Je co School Security from 2008 to 2022, now the chief operating o cer for the Council on School Safety Leadership, said the

rush to get information out led to the dissemination of faulty narratives, such as incorrect theories about the killer’s backgrounds, becoming widespread.

“ e other problem with Columbine is the facts and circumstances surrounding it and the narrative out of the media was so di erent from the truth because everybody was trying to make sense of the unimaginable,” he said.

Tom Fildey, who was a senior at Evergreen High School and a photojournalism intern at Evergreen Newspapers — which published the Columbine Courier, the area’s local paper, at the time — said that while he rushed to cover the attack, radio stations provided spotty information.

“I raced down the hill, listening to the radio the whole way,” said Fildey, who now works in the production department in our newsroom, which produces two dozen metro area newspapers, including the Littleton Independent. “No information was really becoming available; every station you listened to was telling you something di erent. It was one person or two shooters, or many shooters and the

body count was three, eight, whatever. Everything was all over the place.”

Graphic images circulated widely, while cell phones enabled a urry of calls to local stations from people promising information to journalists who needed to ll airtime and newspaper pages. at included callers who told TV news stations they were on campus as the incident unfolded, according to a case study by Alicia Shepard, who wrote for the American Journalism Review. One caller who had claimed to be a student at the school turned out to have called from Utah, where he was a 25-year-old snowboarder. ings were reported “breathlessly” without being properly factchecked, Skewes said.

In the days and weeks following the shooting, some of the coverage turned toward the shooters — the cover of Time magazine shortly after the massacre and the corresponding spread centered the perpetrators, not the victims.

“All of the focus was on the shooters,” Skewes said. And “then I think as the days unfolded, there was

Tom Fildey, a graphic designer at Colorado Community Media, flips through old Columbine Community Courier newspapers from when he was an intern at the paper 1999. The newspapers include reporting and photos from his team from the day of the Columbine shooting and the weeks that followed. PHOTO BY NINA JOSS

such an attempt to explain the actions of (the shooters) by who they were — they were goth, they were trench coats, they were this, they were that — and they were none of it.”

e portrayal of the shooters as victims of bullying, ampli ed by news coverage, may have helped inspire more killings. In his manifesto, the 2007 Virginia Tech shooter referred to the Columbine killers as martyrs.

“Shooters and attempted school shooters followed the Columbine model, so it created this social script,” said Crawford, the assistant journalism professor.

“Of the 12 documented school rampage shootings in the United States between Columbine in 1999 and the end of 2007, eight (66.7%) of the rampagers directly referred to Columbine,” Ralph Larkin of the City University of New York wrote in a 2009 study.

And of the 11 rampage shootings outside the U.S. in that time, six had direct references to the Columbine shooting, the study says.

News outlets like the Rocky Mountain News and Washington Post wrote about bullying, or a culture of mistreatment, at Columbine as a motivation for the shooting. But mental health experts from an FBI summit focused on the conclusion that one of the shooters was a psychopath, according to Dave Cullen, who wrote the book “Columbine,” an examination of the shooting. DeAngelis, Columbine’s former principal, said he viewed the so-called “basement tapes” — home videos made by the shooters — and said they talked about being “superior.”

“ e reality is that lots of people are bullied who don’t commit a mass murder, so that’s not a real answer as to why the shooting happened, right?” Crawford said.

Mass shootings by the numbers e history of modern mass school shootings in the U.S. stretches back at least to the 1966 University of Texas tower shooting, and a number of school shootings occurred in the 1990s before Columbine.

“But Columbine was really the incident that brought this phenome-

non into the public consciousness,” Crawford said.

And the way news media covered the Columbine shooting likely fueled imitators.

“A lot of these shooters are trying to become famous. For instance, even with the Las Vegas shooter, the FBI found no motive for the shooting other than a quest for infamy,” Crawford said. “Why do they think mass shootings make you famous in the media? Because it made the Columbine gunmen famous in the media.”

U.S. school gun incidents have become more frequent in the past 25 years and are now at their highest recorded levels — and school mass shootings, although not necessarily increasing in frequency, have become more deadly, according to a March 2024 study in the journal Pediatrics.

An initiative called e Violence Project, with support from the U.S. Department of Justice, created a database of mass shootings from 1966 to 2019. Some main takeaways include:

• e database spanned more than 50 years, yet 20% of the 167 mass shootings in that period occurred in the last ve years.

• e death toll has risen sharply, particularly in the last decade. In the 1970s, mass shootings claimed an average of eight lives per year. From 2010 to 2019, the end of the study period, the average was up to 51 deaths per year.

Of mass shootings in the database, about 8% occurred at a K-12 school, with about 5% happening at a college or university.

The impact of covering mass shootings e advent of smartphones has made it so that large numbers of people are noti ed when a mass shooting happens — whether it directly impacts them or not. But the rushed-out, breaking stories aren’t always the best versions of the stories. And, though news organizations have learned lessons since Columbine, initial accounts of stories can still be wrong, or triggering.

“I think slower journalism is better journalism,” Skewes said. “I teach at CU and if I get an alert on my phone that says ‘Something is happening on campus, you need to lock down’ and I’m on campus, that’s helpful information because then I know it’s a safety issue.

“But if I get an alert on my phone that is about something at (another CU campus), I can’t do anything about it,” Skewes continued. “All I can do is worry and speculate.

Skewes said she would instead prefer well-vetted information about what happened that a reporter has taken their time to discern and fact-check.

She also discussed the impact that the Columbine shooting and the mass shootings that have occurred in the wake of it may have had in creating more such events.  “ ere’s two things they talk about in the literature: One is the contagion e ect and the other is the copycat e ect,” Skewes said.

Skewes said the “contagion e ect” is the noticeable increase in mass shootings in the wake of a promi-

nent one — “a ripple e ect, if you will,” she said.

Copycat e ects typically refer to imitation of a person’s behavior, while contagion is based on the idea that behaviors can “go viral” and spread through society like diseases, according to an article in the journal American Behavioral Scientist.

McDonald said the fascination with the Columbine shooting still follows the school around, 25 years later.

“Every media story about a school shooting is a Columbine-style shooting,” McDonald said. “So, we have struggled for years to try and get o the radar and it’s a big lift. ey still come from around the world, they want to come to the school, it’s a place of fascination for people and all we want to do is educate kids.”

Less emphasis on perpetrators

At Media Day by the Je erson

County School District in early April, Je Garkow, a Columbine social studies teacher who was a student at the school from 2002 to 2006, said it seems like there’s less emphasis on perpetrators in media coverage of school shootings now, which he thinks is “hugely positive.”

DeAngelis, who served as Columbine’s principal at the time of the shooting, is glad to see more caution in news coverage of tragedies.

“Media are saying ‘we can’t conrm this,’ and they’re waiting for information,” DeAngelis said.

Sam Bowersox-Daly, another current Columbine teacher, expressed concern that today’s media coverage of shootings often becomes tied to a political issue and what politicians are doing.

“Focusing on Washington after it happens, does that take away from — these are still people,” BowersoxDaly said.

The front page of a Columbine Community Courier newspaper from 1999 reads

“Columbine mourns its lost children” and shows a photograph of people hugging and crying. Tom Fildey, who was an intern at the paper at the time, rests his hand next to the page as he reads it.

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Benchmark takes ’The Road to Lethe’

What does it mean to be a true ally? Like many people, Denver playwright Je rey Neuman found himself pondering this question following the 2020 murder of George Floyd and the ensuing Black Lives Matter movement.

“I always thought of myself as a really strong ally, but I began to wonder what does true allyship mean and look like,” Neuman said. “I started thinking about how I could tell a story about this and kept feeling the pull of Greek mythology. When you’re thinking about white saviors, what white saviors are more problematic than the Greek gods?” at’s how Neuman came to write “ e Road to Lethe,” which makes its world premiere on Friday, April 26 at the Benchmark eatre, 1560 Teller St. in Lakewood. e show

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runs through Saturday, May 18, with performances at 8 p.m. on ursday through Saturday and 2 p.m. on Sunday.

Directed by Betty Hart and featuring Arthur McFarlane III, eden origin, Jennifer Condreay, Christine Kahane and Barbara Porreca, the show is based on “ e Judgement of Paris,” also known as “ e Golden Apple,” a famous story in Greek mythology, but given a contemporary twist. It follows what happens when a mysterious Amazon package arrives at the home of three white women and they hire a black man to assemble what’s inside.

Audiences don’t need to be familiar with the myth to connect to the story, which explores issues of systemic racism and white saviorism in a thoughtful and challenging way. And while it may sound very heady and heavy, there is also humor and a tender heart beating beneath it all.

“What theater does so powerfully is allows audiences to go on a journey and move their perspective from seeing someone as ‘the other’ to putting them in the actor’s shoes,” Hart said. “ eater is an amazing tool for sparking increased empathy, which audiences are able to feel viscerally, instead of just intellectually.”

Watching a play he’s written come to life for the rst time is a profound experience for Neuman and he enjoys being part of the collaborative process, while at the same time giving the director, actors and designers plenty of room to create as they see t.

“Every single production of your play is going to look and feel di erent,” he said. “ ere’s something alchemical about the theatrical collaboration process. I’m creating a blueprint for a structure that may not look how I thought it would in the end.”

One of Hart’s favorite things about theater is its ability to create and foster conversations, and she believes “ e Road to Lethe” will leave audiences with plenty to discuss.

“I want people to have conversations about how ordinary interactions can be much more than what

they seem on the surface. I also hope they think about language and how we treat each other,” she said. “I think this show really wants us to get together by showing how far apart we currently are.”

For information and tickets, visit www.benchmarktheatre.com/.

JCC Denver hosts Queer Seder e holiday of Passover is one of the most important events on the Jewish calendar, one that brings people together to celebrate the Jewish people’s escape from Egypt.

e Staenberg-Loup Jewish Community Center, 350 S. Dahlia St. in Denver, is using the holiday as an opportunity to bring in even more of the community with a Queer Seder from 3 to 6 p.m. on Sunday, April 28.

According to the provided information, the seder will be led by local Rabbis and LGBTQIA+ leadership, and will feature “a mix of Passover traditions and relevant readings, songs and prayers to celebrate our LGBTQIA+ community.”

Get tickets at https://www.jccdenver.org/portfolio-items/queer_seder/.

Comedy fans ‘Can’t’ miss Daniel Sloss in Denver

In my estimation, real comedy legends do more than just chase punchline after punchline. Scotland’s Daniel Sloss is one of the best

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But EVs have this distinct advantage, one I rst heard articulated by the late Randy Udall 15 years ago: Electric motors can convert energy into motion six times more e ciently than internal combustion engines.

Hiccups will almost certainly occur on this journey. And some of our existing pickups and cars will be around for decades. e turnover will take time.

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out there right now because not only can he have you in hysterics, but he’s also interested in humanity and connection. His specials — like “Dark” and “SOCiO” — are true examples of how great modern comedy can be.

Sloss is bringing his latest show, “Can’t,” to the Paramount eatre, 1621 Glenarm Place in Denver, at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 1. Buy tickets at www.ticketmaster.com.

Clarke’s Concert of the Week — Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit at Mission Ballroom

Not many musicians can deliver

If the comparison is not exact, I think about the transition that occurred during my Grandpa Rieke’s time. In 1924, the only way to traverse the Continental Divide in Colorado during winter was by train or on foot. No roads were plowed until 1930 when Berthoud Pass for the rst time became an all-season crossing.

Compared to that transition, this shift in transportation will be very easy, very quick.

Allen Best tracks the energy and water transitions at BigPivots.com.

searing wordsmithing and true classic rock musical chops album after album, but Alabama’s Jason Isbell has an uncanny ability to do this with almost every release. Last year he and his band, the 400 Unit, released “Weathervanes,” one of 2023’s best albums, full of storytelling that both moves and invigorates.

In support of the album, Isbell and the 400 Unit will be stopping by the Mission Ballroom, 4242 Wynkoop St. in Denver, at 7:30 p.m. on ursday, May 2. A venue of this size is a great place to see someone like Isbell, so purchase tickets at www.axs. com.

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

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Coach Galicia celebrates 30 years

Longtime Bluedevils coach honored at state wrestling tournament

BY STEVE SMITH SSMITH@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

When Fort Lupton wrestling coach Tom Galicia graduated from high school in 1978, he thought he’d go to then-Western State University and become a teacher.

Galicia wrestled growing up in school. He also played football and ran track for Fort Lupton High School. When he got to college, he was a walk-on for the WSU football team and wrestled for two years. He also started his family while he was in college.

Back to his roots

Galicia turned his teaching desire into teaching athletes at his alma mater.

e Colorado High School Activities Association took note of that and saluted Galicia’s 30 years as a wrestling coach during the state wrestling tournament at Ball Arena this winter.

It was the same night that the Bluedevils’ D’mitri Garza-Alarcon and Rylee Balcazar won state championships. He won his fourth straight, and she won her second.

Galicia has also coached girls soccer, football and baseball. He coached the area’s Little League youth wrestling program for 12 years before moving up to the high school program.

“Coach (Duane) Dienes got me into the football program,” Galicia said. “Pino Bachicha (former state wrestling champion at Fort Lupton, founder of the city’s youth wrestling program and a state and national wrestling hall of fame member) got me into the wrestling program,” Galicia said. “I coached my girl’s soccer team. I just found a niche. Everyone told me I had a voice that kids would listen to.”

at wasn’t the only reason.

“I wanted to stay involved be-

cause of the competition and because of the friendships you make,” he said.

Coaching tree and other changes

Galicia took over the Fort Lupton program from Conrad Parra, who went on to coach at Aurora Central High School. Galicia also was an assistant for former coach Dan Bollinger in the early 2000s.

He adds pieces of other styles to his routine also.

“You apply a learning curve,” Galicia said. “Dan was patient with student athletes. He was a teacher.

of extra time,” he said. “You’re always communicating with them. We go to o -season camps, a cou-

Aside from the camp at Western State, Fort Lupton sends wrestlers to tournaments in California, Virginia Beach, Pueblo and Grand Junction. Fundraising e orts through the program are used to o set the cost

“I want to thank the community,” Galicia said. “It’s nice to be in a wrestling community whose sup-

Galicia said those out-of-town tournaments serve another pur-

“At these national tournaments, you see that you have to counter a move we use. So, you have to counter that counter. It’s always evolving,” he said. at’s where the sport is. It’s crazy. eir technique is so sound, you’re always trying to copy

“Wrestling has changed so much,” Galicia continued. “ e skill level is immense. ey are in clubs for more mat time. ey frequently travel out of town. eir families are dedicated to those tournaments.”

Garza-Alarcon competed in Vietnam during his high school career.

Conrad was, too. He had a lot of wrestling knowledge, and he used to write things down before practice. We went to camps to learn things. We go to Western State every year. Coach Parra started us on that 22 years ago.”

Fort Lupton has hosted its own summer camp for the past 17 years.

One thing Galicia has noticed in his coaching career is how many more activities are available for teenagers.

“You have to have some balance, and you have to talk to them about what each sport demands in terms

Galicia thinks this year’s seventhand eighth-graders will make contributions to the varsity program. e youngsters won their league title, a tournament at Wellington High School, an All-State championship and a middle-school-based state tournament.

“I get on the mat when I can,” he said. “I enjoy it every time. I always joke that if you’re a freshman or a sophomore, I’ll wrestle with you. But when they get to be juniors and seniors, I can’t handle them.

“I know I was blessed to get into coaching in the Little League and high school levels,” Galicia added. “I feel blessed to be able to continue. I love being around kids all the time. Seeing their success in the classroom and on the eld warms my heart. at’s where you know where you belong.”

Veteran Fort Lupton wrestling coach Tom Galicia encourages the Bluedevils during a recent state tournament. Galicia recently finished 30 years on the job, but isn’t slowing down. COURTESY PHOTO

DU awarded 2025 U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame Game

Pioneers to face Minnesota at Ball Arena next November

BY JOHN RENFROW JRENFROW@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

e University of Denver’s championship hockey program will host the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame Game for the third time, according to the school’s athletic department.

e Pioneers — who recently won their fth national title in the last 20 years and 10th overall (an NCAA record) — are set to face the University of Minnesota anksgiving weekend at Ball Arena in 2025.  “ e University of Denver is honored to host the 2025 U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame Game and excited to rekindle a rivalry between two of the most storied programs in all of college hockey on the heels of Denver’s 10th national championship,” said Josh Berlo, Denver vice chancellor for athletics and Ritchie Center operations, in a press release. “ e eyes of the college hockey world will be on Denver and Ball Arena over that holiday weekend.” It’s a rematch between Denver and Minnesota’s 2004 matchup in the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame Game

in St. Paul. Denver lost 5-2.  e two programs are some of the most decorated in all of college hockey. e teams have combined

the 2023-24 season.

DU is 13-3-1 in the last 17 meetings against Minnesota since the start of the 2007-08 campaign and has a 41-39-5 all-time mark against the Gophers in Denver.

e Pioneers have an overall record of 73-94-12 all-time against the Gophers in a series that dates back to Jan. 1, 1951 and are 4-2-1 against their former WCHA foe in seven neutral-site contests.

DU is getting support from its local parent-pro team, the Colorado

“ e state of Colorado has a rich tradition of college hockey and what better way to showcase that than with one the most successful programs in NCAA history, the University of Denver, taking on another powerhouse, the University of Minnesota,” said Avalanche General Manager Chris MacFarland. “ e U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame weekend is always a special event and the Avalanche and Ball Arena are proud to be a part of the festivities.”

Tickets for the game start at $25. Visit denverpioneers.com for information updates on pre-sale and other ticket packages, including premium seating and suites.

for 42 Frozen Four appearances, 15 national championships and featured a total of 25 NHL Draft picks on their respective rosters during

e date and time of the 2025 U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame Game will be announced following the NHL schedule release.

The Denver Pioneers compete against the Colorado College Tigers at Ball Arena in Denver last January.

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Plan to quadruple property taxes on short-term rentals fails

BY JESSE PAUL THE COLORADO SUN

A bill that would have quadrupled the property taxes on many homes o ered as short-term rentals in Colorado was rejected in a Colorado Senate committee, marking at least the third time in recent years that such a proposal has failed at the Capitol.

Senate Bill 33 was voted down 6-1 by the Senate Finance Committee during the bill’s rst hearing, an outcome that came after months of loud opposition from vacation rental owners and companies like Airbnb and Vrbo.

e only “yes” vote on the measure came from its main sponsor, Sen. Chris Hansen, a Denver Democrat. e measure proposed taxing short-term rental properties at the state’s commercial rate if they are

rented to vacationers for more than 90 days a year — regardless of whether they are someone’s primary or secondary home. In 2023, the property tax assessment rate for lodging properties was 27.9% compared with the 6.7% residential property tax assessment rate.

Hansen o ered an amendment that would have rewritten the measure to block hotels and motels from being converted into short-term rentals and to study the broader issue. at, too, was rejected by the committee.

Senate Bill 33 seemed to have a better shot at passing than its predecessors because it was drafted by the Legislative Oversight Committee Concerning Tax Policy and Task Force, an interim panel. Measures drafted by interim committees typically pass because of the extra scru-

tiny they receive.

Senate Bill 33 was rst introduced in the legislature in January. It’s rst committee hearing was continuously delayed as Hansen tried to nd a path forward for the measure.

But, ultimately, the opposition proved too great.

Short-term rental property owners, who showed up in force at the Capitol to oppose the bill, said that if the legislation passed they would be forced to sell their homes or reduce their rental nights to avoid the legislation’s 90-day threshold.

“ is new bill … unfairly and discriminately singles out STR owners,” Kristine Lee, who owns a short-term rental in Summit County, testi ed Tuesday night. “You see us as a cash cow.”

Lee said in reality she’s not making much money on her rental property

as nightly rates decrease as demand wanes. She recently had to give up her property manager because she couldn’t a ord it.

Proponents of the measure saw it as a way to level the playing eld between hotels and vacation home rentals, which are taxed at much lower rates than commercial properties. It would also generate more money for schools and local districts, which are funded by property tax revenue. Some high-country hotels have converted into privately owned short-term rentals in recent years, which proponents contend has reduced local government property tax revenues.

Moreover, some see short-term rentals as a key driver of housing costs and availability in resort towns, which are increasingly una ordable to Colorado residents.

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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 10:00 AM on Wednesday, 05/22/2024, at 4430 S. Adams County Pkwy, Suite W1000, Brighton CO 80601-8219,

Notices

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 10:00 AM on Wednesday, 05/22/2024, at 4430 S. Adams County Pkwy, Suite W1000, Brighton CO 80601-8219, 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.

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

DATE: 01/25/2024

Alexander L. Villagran, Public Trustee in and for the County of Adams, State of Colorado

By: Treasurer and Public

The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust. THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 AM on Wednesday, 05/22/2024, at 4430 S. Adams County Pkwy, Suite W1000, Brighton CO 80601-8219, 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 Publication3/28/2024

Last Publication4/25/2024

Name of Publication Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel

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

DATE: 01/23/2024

Alexander L. Villagran, Public Trustee in and for the County of Adams, State of Colorado

By: Treasurer and Public Trustee

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

Aricyn J. Dall #51467

Randall S. Miller & Associates, P.C. 216 16th Street, Suite 1210, Denver, CO 80202 (720) 259-6710

Attorney File

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

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

Lot 18, Vanderpool Subdivision, Except that part described as follows: Beginning at the Northeast comer of Lot 18, Vanderpool Subdivision; then South along the East line of said Lot 18, a distance of 4.59 feet; then West to a point on the West line of said Lot 18, said point being 5.04 feet South of the Northwest corner of said Lot 18; then North along West line of said Lot 18, a distance of 5.04 feet to the Northwest comer of said Lot 18; then East along the North line of said Lot 18, a distance of 95.25 feet to the Point of Beginning, County of Adams, State of Colorado.

PARCEL ID NUMBER: 0182305429001

Purported common address: 6600 DORIS COURT, COMMERCE CITY, CO 80022.

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 10:00 AM on Wednesday, 05/22/2024, at 4430 S. Adams County Pkwy, Suite W1000, Brighton CO 80601-8219, 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 Publication3/28/2024

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 47, NORTH GLENN THIRTEENTH FILING, COUNTY OF ADAMS, STATE OF COLORADO.

Purported common address: 10509 Lafayette Street, Northglenn, CO 80233.

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 10:00 AM on Wednesday, 06/05/2024, at 4430 S. Adams County Pkwy, Suite W1000, Brighton CO 80601-8219, 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 Publication4/11/2024

Last Publication5/9/2024

Name of Publication

Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel

IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES

Public Notices

records. Original Grantor(s) Deborah L Sutton AND Sally W Miller Original Beneficiary(ies) MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR AMERICA’S WHOLESALE LENDER, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR HARBORVIEW MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2005-2, MORTGAGE LOAN PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-2

Date of Deed of Trust February 17, 2005 County of Recording Adams Recording Date of Deed of Trust March 03, 2005 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) 20050303000216350 Original Principal Amount $138,750.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $119,959.33

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 12, BLOCK 3, THORNTON MEADOWS, COUNTY OF ADAMS, STATE OF COLORADO

Purported common address: 12242 Jackson Place, Thornton, CO 80241.

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 10:00 AM on Wednesday, 06/12/2024, at 4430 S. Adams County Pkwy, Suite W1000, Brighton CO 80601-8219, 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.

MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR NATIONS LENDING CORPORATION

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt LAKEVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC

Date of Deed of Trust

May 24, 2019

County of Recording

Adams

Recording Date of Deed of Trust

May 28, 2019

Recording Information (Reception No. and/or

Book/Page No.)

2019000040331

Original Principal Amount

$382,936.00

Outstanding Principal Balance

$354,104.78

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 5, BLOCK 3, EXPLORADOR VISTA, COUNTY OF ADAMS, STATE OF COLORADO.

Purported common address: 920 DOWNING WAY, DENVER, CO 80229.

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 10:00 AM on Wednesday, 05/22/2024, at 4430 S. Adams County Pkwy, Suite W1000, Brighton CO 80601-8219, 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.

Original Beneficiary(ies)

MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR AMERICAN LIBERTY MORTGAGE, INCORPORATED, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt

PHH MORTGAGE CORPORATION

Date of Deed of Trust

April 14, 2023

County of Recording

Adams

Recording Date of Deed

Original Principal Amount

$497,200.00

Outstanding Principal Balance

$495,343.26

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.

LOT 10, BLOCK 4, VILLAGES NORTH SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 2, COUNTY OF ADAMS, STATE OF COLORADO.

PARCEL ID NUMBER: 0171924113010

Purported common address: 9222 Adams St, Thornton, CO 80229.

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 10:00 AM on Wednesday, 06/05/2024, at 4430 S.

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

On January 23, 2024, 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 Adams records.

Original Grantor(s) SARAH A ALBRIGHT

Original Beneficiary(ies)

MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR PEOPLES NATIONAL BANK

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt LAKEVIEW LOAN SERVICING LLC

Date of Deed of Trust

October 19, 2015

County of Recording

Adams

Recording Date of Deed of Trust

October 28, 2015

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

2015000090446

Original Principal Amount

$216,421.00

Outstanding Principal Balance

$181,130.07

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 75, BLOCK 2, ASPEN MEADOWS TOWNHOMES FILING NO. 2 FINAL PLAT, COUNTY OF ADAMS, STATE OF COLORADO.

Purported common address: 1804 ASPEN MEADOWS CIRCLE, FEDERAL HEIGHTS, CO 80260.

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 10:00 AM on Wednesday, 05/22/2024, at 4430 S. Adams County Pkwy, Suite W1000, Brighton CO 80601-8219, 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 Publication3/28/2024 Last Publication4/25/2024

for that purpose.

Public Notices

Janeway Law Firm PC 9540 Maroon Circle, Suite 320, Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 706-9990

Attorney File # 23-031513

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.

COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. A202480319

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

On February 13, 2024, 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 Adams records.

Grantor(s)

GRIJALVA

No.) 20040322000125970

Original Principal Amount $101,500.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $70,052.20

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.

25 AND 26, EXCLUDING THE

COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION

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

On February 6, 2024, 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 Adams records.

Original Grantor(s)

MARCO A. VALLES AND NADINE SANCHEZ

Original Beneficiary(ies)

MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR AMERICAN FINANCIAL NETWORK INC DBA: ORION

LENDING

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt

American Financial Network, Inc.

Date of Deed of Trust

July 21, 2022

County of Recording Adams

Recording Date of Deed of Trust

July 26, 2022

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

2022000063899

Original Principal Amount

$598,290.00

Outstanding Principal Balance

$592,424.42

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

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

LOT 3, BLOCK 19, LINDEN FILING NO. 1, AMENDMENT NO. 1, COUNTY OF ADAMS, STATE OF COLORADO. Purported common address: 12975 E 107TH PL, COMMERCE CITY, CO 80022.

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

Carly Imbrogno #59553 Barrett, Frappier & Weisserman, LLP

1391 Speer Boulevard, Suite 700, Denver, CO 80204 (303) 350-3711

Attorney File # 00000010025492

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.

COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION

CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE

SALE NO. A202480307

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

On February 6, 2024, 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 Adams records.

Original Grantor(s)

Ronda Devers

Original Beneficiary(ies)

ENT CREDIT UNION

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt

ENT CREDIT UNION Date of Deed of Trust July 24, 2019 County of Recording Adams

Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) 2019000059055

Original Principal Amount

$427,121.00

Outstanding Principal Balance

$396,373.75

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

02/06/2024

Alexander L. Villagran, Public Trustee in and for the County of Adams, State of Colorado By: Treasurer and Public Trustee

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

N. April Winecki #34861

Janeway Law Firm PC 9540 Maroon Circle, Suite 320, Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 706-9990

Attorney File # 24-031756

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.

COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. A202480285

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

On January 23, 2024, 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 Adams records.

Original Grantor(s)

DAVID J. MAURO AND KELLEY E. MAURO

Original Beneficiary(ies)

WORLD SAVINGS BANK, FSB

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt MTGLQ INVESTORS, L.P.

Date of Deed of Trust

September 21, 2005

County of Recording

Adams

Recording Date of Deed of Trust

September 29, 2005

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

20050929001065620

Original Principal Amount

$95,000.00

Outstanding Principal Balance

$94,369.83

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 1, BLOCK 2, COLONY PARK SUBDIVISION, FILING NO. 1, COUNTY OF ADAMS, STATE OF COLORADO.

Purported common address: 3510 EAST 107TH AVENUE, THORNTON, CO 80233.

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

NOTICE OF SALE The

Public Notices

Name of Publication Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel

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

DATE: 02/08/2024

Alexander L. Villagran, Public Trustee in and for the County of Adams, State of Colorado

By: Treasurer and 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 PC

9540 Maroon Circle, Suite 320, Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 706-9990

Attorney File # 24-031761

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.

COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. A202480313

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

On February 6, 2024, 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 Adams records.

Original Grantor(s)

DONNA L. KOMLOFSKE

Original Beneficiary(ies)

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

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

Date of Deed of Trust

June 29, 2021

County of Recording Adams

Recording Date of Deed of Trust July 07, 2021 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) 2021000080605 Original Principal Amount $267,811.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $256,910.04

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 19, BLOCK 30, BRIGHTON EAST FARMS FILING NO. 2, COUNTY OF ADAMS, STATE OF COLORADO. Purported common address:

02/06/2024

Alexander L. Villagran, Public Trustee in and for the County of Adams, State of Colorado By: Treasurer and Public Trustee

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

Carly Imbrogno #59553 Barrett, Frappier & Weisserman, LLP 1391 Speer Boulevard, Suite 700, Denver, CO 80204 (303) 350-3711 Attorney File # 00000010035954

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.

COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. A202480315

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

On February 6, 2024, 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 Adams records.

Original Grantor(s)

Angel Flores

Original Beneficiary(ies) MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR BROKER SOLUTIONS, INC., DBA NEW AMERICAN FUNDING, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt COLORADO HOUSING AND FINANCE AUTHORITY

Date of Deed of Trust July 22, 2022

County of Recording

Adams

Recording Date of Deed of Trust July 26, 2022

Recording Information (Reception No. and/or

Book/Page No.)

2022000063643

Original Principal Amount

$349,680.00

Outstanding Principal Balance

$345,753.62

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 62 1/2 FEET OF LOT 7, PLOT 12, BUCHHOLZ RESUBDIVISION OF PLOTS 12 AND 13, DUPONT DERBY GARDENS, COUNTY OF ADAMS, STATE OF COLORADO.

Purported common address: 6840 E 77th Place, Commerce City, CO 80022.

The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has

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 10:00 AM on Wednesday, 06/05/2024, at 4430 S. Adams County Pkwy, Suite W1000, Brighton CO 80601-8219, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the

purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication4/11/2024

Last Publication5/9/2024

Name of Publication

Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel

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

DATE: 02/06/2024

Alexander L. Villagran, Public Trustee in and for the County of Adams, State of Colorado By: Treasurer and 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 PC 9540 Maroon Circle, Suite 320, Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 706-9990

Attorney File # 24-031791

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.

COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION

CRS §38-38-103

FORECLOSURE SALE NO. A202480291

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

On January 25, 2024, 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 Adams records.

Original Grantor(s)

Dolores M. Vitco AND Bobbi Jo Vitco

Original Beneficiary(ies)

MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR AMERICAN ADVISORS GROUP, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS

05/22/2024, at 4430 S. Adams County Pkwy, Suite W1000, Brighton CO 80601-8219, sell to the highest

expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 4/4/2024

Last Publication: 5/2/2024

Name of Publication: Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel

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

DATE: 01/25/2024

Alexander L. Villagran, Public Trustee in and for the County of Adams, State of Colorado

By: Treasurer and 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 PC 9540 Maroon Circle, Suite 320, Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 706-9990

Attorney File # 24-031641

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.

COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE

SALE NO. A202480284

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

On January 23, 2024, 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 Adams records.

Original Grantor(s)

JOSHUA OCHOA

Original Beneficiary(ies)

MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR PRIMARY

RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE, INC., ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt COLORADO HOUSING AND FINANCE AUTHORITY

Date of Deed of Trust

May 02, 2022

County of Recording

Adams

Recording Date of Deed of Trust

May 04, 2022

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

2022000039991

Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: This is a

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 AM on Wednesday,

Original Principal Amount

$412,392.00

Outstanding Principal Balance

$405,578.00

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

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.

Public Notices

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 10:00 AM on Wednesday, 06/12/2024, at 4430 S. Adams County Pkwy, Suite W1000, Brighton CO 80601-8219, 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 Publication4/25/2024

Last Publication5/23/2024

Name of Publication Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel

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

DATE: 02/15/2024

Alexander L. Villagran, Public Trustee in and for the County of Adams, State of Colorado

By: Treasurer and 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 # CO22872

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.

COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION

CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. A202480278

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

On January 23, 2024, 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 Adams records. Original Grantor(s) Hui He and Xiuhui Zhang

for

Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 AM on Wednesday, 05/22/2024, at 4430 S. Adams County Pkwy, Suite W1000, Brighton CO 80601-8219, 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 Publication3/28/2024

Last Publication4/25/2024

Name of Publication

Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel

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

DATE: 01/23/2024

Alexander L. Villagran, Public Trustee in and for the County of Adams, State of Colorado

By: Treasurer and 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,

NOTICE OF SALE

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 AM on Wednesday, 06/12/2024, at 4430 S. Adams County Pkwy, Suite W1000, Brighton CO 80601-8219, 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 Publication4/25/2024

Last Publication5/23/2024

Name of Publication

Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel

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

DATE: 02/20/2024

Alexander L. Villagran, Public Trustee in and for the County of Adams, State of Colorado

By: Treasurer and 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 PC 9540 Maroon Circle, Suite 320, Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 706-9990

Attorney File # 24-031801

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.

RESERVATIONS, EASEMENTS, COVENANTS, OIL, GAS OR MINERAL RIGHTS OF RECORD, IF ANY.

APN: 0182506215013

Purported common address: 4517 W 69th Ave, Westminster, CO 80030.

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 10:00 AM on Wednesday, 05/22/2024, at 4430 S. Adams County Pkwy, Suite W1000, Brighton CO 80601-8219, 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 Publication4/4/2024

Last Publication5/2/2024

Name of Publication Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel

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

DATE: 01/25/2024

Alexander L. Villagran, Public Trustee in and for the County of Adams, State of Colorado

By: Treasurer and Public Trustee

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

N. April Winecki #34861

Janeway Law Firm PC 9540 Maroon Circle, Suite 320, Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 706-9990

Attorney File # 24-031679

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.

COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. A202480311

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

On February 6, 2024, 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 Adams records.

Original Grantor(s)

JACOB F. LEE AND MADISON L. CALLAHAN

deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

PARCEL A, FOSTER TRACT EXEMPTION SURVEY, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: THAT PART OF LOTS 1 AND 2, FOSTER TRACT, A SUBDIVISION OF A PART OF THE SOUTHEAST ONE-QUARTER SOUTHWEST ONE-QUARTER OF SECTION 14, TOWNSHIP 1 SOUTH, RANGE 65 WEST OF THE 6TH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ADAMS COUNTY, COLORADO, DESCRIBED AS: BEGINNING AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF LOT 1; THENCE S00°05’00”W ON AN ASSUMED BEARING ALONG THE EAST LINE OF SAID LOTS 1 AND 2 AND PARALLEL WITH THE EAST LINE SOUTHEAST ONE-QUARTER SOUTHWEST ONE-QUARTER SECTION 14 A DISTANCE OF 523.00 FEET TO A POINT 100.00 FEET NORTH OF THE SOUTHEAST

Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated

Public Notices

with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:

On January 23, 2024, 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 Adams records.

Original Grantor(s)

Omar Alejandro Rodriguez Meza Original Beneficiary(ies)

to the following described Deed of Trust:

On January 18, 2024, 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 Adams records.

Original Grantor(s)

Diane Stillman

Original Beneficiary(ies)

Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Beneficiary, as nominee for JFQ Lending, Inc., its successors and assigns

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt

Freedom Mortgage Corporation

Date of Deed of Trust

August 27, 2020

County of Recording

Adams Recording Date of Deed of Trust

September 01, 2020

Recording Information (Reception No. and/or

Book/Page No.)

2020000086425

Original Principal Amount

$199,654.00

Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof. THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. LOT 13, BLOCK 2, PLATTE RIVER RANCH FILING NO. 4, COUNTY OF ADAMS, STATE OF COLORADO.

Purported common address: 817 Pintail Avenue,

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

On January 18, 2024, 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 Adams records.

Original Grantor(s)

Sarah Herring Pincus

Original Beneficiary(ies)

MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION

SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR CROSSCOUNTRY MORTGAGE, LLC., ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt

CO 80112 (303) 706-9990

Attorney File # 24-031623

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.

NOTICE OF UNCLAIMED OVERBID FUNDS CRS 38-38-111(2.5b)(3a,b,d)(5) PUBLIC TRUSTEE SALE NO. A202380042

To: Obligor/Grantor(s) on the evidence of debt and/or Deed of Trust or other person entitled. You are advised that there are overbid funds due you. This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:

Name of Obligor/Grantor(s) on the evidence of debt and/or Deed of Trust

JOHN K. LEWIS

S. Adams County Pkwy, Suite W1000, Brighton CO 80601-8219, 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

Outstanding Principal Balance

$187,413.28

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 B, BUILDING 1113, APPLE VALLEY NORTH CONDOMINIUMS, AS DEFINED AND DESCRIBED IN THE CONDOMINIUM DECLARATION RECORDED JUNE 6, 1974 IN BOOK 1934 AT PAGE 728 AND FIRST SUPPLEMENT THERETO RECORDED SEPTEMBER 11, 1975 IN BOOK 2017 AT PAGE 139 AND AS SHOWN ON THE CONDOMINIUM MAP RECORDED JUNE 6, 1974 UNDER RECEPTION NO. 43917, COUNTY OF ADAMS, STATE OF COLORADO.

Purported common address: 1113 W. 112th Avenue Apt. B, Westminster, CO 80234. 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 10:00

COLORADO HOUSING AND FINANCE AU-

THORITY

Date of Deed of Trust

May 17, 2022

County of Recording

Adams

Recording Date of Deed of Trust

May 19, 2022

Recording Information (Reception No. and/or

Book/Page No.)

2022000044930

Original Principal Amount

$530,219.00

Outstanding Principal Balance

$521,458.04

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

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

LOT 18, BLOCK 6, GREEN VALLEY RANCH EAST SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 2, COUNTY OF ADAMS, STATE OF COLORADO.

APN #: 0182124205015

Purported common address: 4551 N Quemoy Street, Aurora, CO 80019.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED

Address of Obligor/Grantor(s) on the evidence of debt and/or Deed of Trust 9758 LAREDO STREET 27D, COMMERCE CITY, CO 80022

Recording Date of Deed of Trust

December 22, 2004

Recording Information 20041222001304670

Legal Description of Property

UNIT D, CONDOMINIUM BUILDING 27, FRONTERRA VILLAGE MULTIFAMILY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION, ACCORDING TO THE CONDOMINIUM MAP FOR FRONTERRA VILLAGE MULTIFAMILY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION RECORDED ON OCTOBER 25, 2004, AT RECEPTION NO. 20041025001067720, IN THE RECORDS OF THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK AND RECORDER OF THE COUNTY OF ADAMS, COLORADO, AND AS DEFINED AND DESCRIBED IN THE DECLARATIONS OF COVENANTS, CONDITIONS, AND RESTRICTIONS OF FRONTERRA VILLAGE MULTIFAMILY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION, RECORDED OF NOVEMBER 21, 2003, AT RECEPTION NO. C1242399 IN SAID RECORDS, COUNTY OF ADAMS, STATE OF COLORADO.

Street Address of Property 9758 LAREDO STREET 27D, COMMERCE CITY, CO 80022

NOTICE OF UNCLAIMED OVERBID FUNDS

I sold at public auction, at 10:00 AM on 1/10/24, at 4430 S. Adams County Pkwy, Suite W1000, Brighton CO 80601-8219, to the highest and best bidder for cash, the real property described above. An overbid was realized from the sale and the funds must be claimed by the Obligor/ Grantor(s) on the evidence of debt and/or Deed of Trust or other persons entitled thereto within six months from the date of sale. THE STATE OF COLORADO REQUIRES US TO NOTIFY

Public Notices

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

On February 1, 2024, 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 Adams records. Original Grantor(s)

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 12, BLOCK 1, AURORA EAST PLANNED COMMUNITY SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 2, COUNTY OF ADAMS, STATE OF COLORADO.

Purported common address: 19612 E Batavia Drive, Aurora, CO 80011.

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 10:00 AM on Wednesday, 06/05/2024, at 4430 S. Adams County Pkwy, Suite W1000, Brighton CO 80601-8219, 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.

December 27, 2021

County of Recording Adams Recording Date of Deed of Trust

January 04, 2022

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

2022000000312

Original Principal Amount

$427,121.00

Outstanding Principal Balance

$413,451.42

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

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

LOT 24, BLOCK 19, OF BLOCKS 19 AND 20 OF THORNTON, COLORADO, COUNTY OF ADAMS, STATE OF COLORADO.

APN #: 0171923418016

Purported common address: 1550 Ash Court, Thornton, CO 80229.

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 10:00 AM on Wednesday, 06/05/2024, at 4430 S. Adams County Pkwy, Suite W1000,

On February 6, 2024, 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 Adams records.

Original Grantor(s)

David Sanphy

Original Beneficiary(ies)

Mortgage Elecfronic Regisfration Systems, Inc. (“MERS”) as nominee for Cornerstone Home Lending, Inc., Its Successors and Assigns

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt

PNC Bank, National Association

Date of Deed of Trust

February 14, 2017

County of Recording

Adams

Recording Date of Deed of Trust

February 16, 2017

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

2017000014630

Original Principal Amount

$301,952.00

Outstanding Principal Balance

$323,049.36

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

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

LOT 7, BLOCK 23, LINDEN FILING NO. 1, AMENDMENT NO. 1, COUNTY OF ADAMS, STATE OF COLORADO.

Purported common address: 12971 E 108th Way, Commerce City, CO 80022-6234.

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

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

On February 15, 2024, 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 Adams records.

Original Grantor(s) Katherine L Herz AND John L Herz

Original Beneficiary(ies)

MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR NEST HOME LENDING, LLC, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt Onslow Bay Financial LLC

Date of Deed of Trust

July 06, 2020

County of Recording

Adams

Recording Date of Deed of Trust

July 07, 2020

Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) 2020000061937

Original Principal Amount $300,000.00

Outstanding Principal Balance $281,921.94

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

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

LOT 11, BLOCK 4, GREEN VALLEY RANCH EAST SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 2, COUNTY OF ADAMS, STATE OF COLORADO.

PARCEL ID NUMBER: 0182124204011

Purported common address: 4504 N Picadilly Ct, Aurora, CO 80019.

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 10:00 AM on Wednesday, 06/12/2024, at 4430 S. Adams County Pkwy, Suite W1000, Brighton CO 80601-8219, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs

Public Notices

Friday preceding the public hearing. If you have any questions concerning this matter, please contact the City Development Department at 303-538-7295.

If you have any questions regarding attending the Zoom Meeting, please email CityDevelopment@ ThorntonCO.gov prior to 4 pm on May 14, 2024. Qualified individuals with a disability may contact Thornton’s ADA Coordinator to request and arrange for accommodations. Requests for accommodation should be made as far in advance as possible, but preferably no less than five business days prior to the date needed. Please contact Thornton’s ADA Coordinator via telephone 303-538-7334 or email adacoordinator@ ThorntonCO.gov.

ATTEST: Kristen N. Rosenbaum, City Clerk

APPROVED AS TO FORM: Tami Yellico, City Attorney

A RESOLUTION ACKNOWLEDGING RECEIPT OF THE SNYDAL SUBDIVISION BLOCKS 1-3

ANNEXATION PETITION AND ESTABLISHING MAY 14, 2024 AS THE DATE FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE REQUESTED ANNEXATION OF PROPERTY LOCATED AT 5280 E. 120TH AVENUE TO THE CITY (SNYDAL SUBDIVISION BLOCKS 1-3 ANNEXATION).

WHEREAS, North Forest Office Space – Denver LLC is the owner (Owner) of the unincorporated property legally described in Exhibit A (the Property) and comprises 100 percent of the owners of the area proposed for annexation; and

WHEREAS, pursuant to Title 31, Article 12, Section 107, Colorado Revised Statutes, the Owner has submitted a petition for annexation of the Property to the City and the Petition for Annexation is attached hereto as Attachment B and incorporated herein; and

WHEREAS, Title 31, Article 12, Section 108, Colorado Revised Statutes, requires that the City establish a date, time, and place that the City will consider the annexation and various requirements of Title 31, Article 12, Colorado Revised Statutes; and

WHEREAS, the City Council, at its regular meeting on March 26, 2024, reviewed the Petition for Annexation and various documents submitted in support of the Petition for Annexation; and

WHEREAS, the City Council has examined the record in this case; examined the various exhibits; considered the request and the recommendations of the City staff; considered the applicable requirements of the Municipal Annexation Act of 1965, as amended; and based upon the record which has been made concerning the request, has arrived at its decision.

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

1. The Petition for Annexation is in substantial compliance with the requirements of Title 31, Article 12, Colorado Revised Statutes, and in particular Section 107 thereof. The City Manager is directed to follow the procedures outlined in Sections 31-12-108 to 110, Colorado Revised Statutes.

2. Consideration of the Annexation is scheduled for the City Council meeting on Tuesday, May 14, 2024, at 7:00 p.m.

PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Thornton, Colorado, on , 2024.

CITY OF THORNTON, COLORADO

Mayor

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City Clerk

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the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) on destruction of data collected, maintained or used in the provision of a free and appropriate public education of students with disabilities, School District 27J will be purging archived special education records. Records to be destroyed on May 23, 2024 will include all students who were born in the year 2001. If you would like to claim your records, please contact the SPED Records Department at 303655-2920 before that date.

Maiker Housing Partners will submit an application to the Colorado Division of Housing (DOH). The purpose of this application is to request $2,800,000 to develop 70 units of rental homes at 2880 W. 88th Avenue, Westminster, CO 80030. The request of funding from DOH is to benefit persons with low and moderate incomes by increasing the availability of affordable housing in the Maiker Uplands Project. It is not with the intent to cause displacement from any existing housing; however, if persons are displaced from their existing residences reasonable housing alternatives shall be offered.

All interested persons are encouraged to contact the applicant for further information. Written comments should be sent to Maiker Housing Partners at 3033 W. 71st Ave, Ste 1000, Westminster, CO 80030 or kkemp@maikerhp.org and will be forwarded to DOH for consideration during the application process.

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

RESHAPING

Garkow remembers the fth anniversary of the shooting, when MTV News reporters o ered to pay for Qdoba burritos if students would do an interview, he said.

“ e media was chasing kids around, like trying to corner us at lunch,” Garkow said.

DeAngelis and Christy, the current principal, both sighed with relief when asked whether Media Day helps them. DeAngelis said the phone used to ring o the hook, especially during the 20th anniversary. is year, he’d only received one call from a national reporter as of Media Day. For Christy, it’s helpful for keeping reporters away from the campus and preventing them from interrupting the school day.

‘A time for extreme sensitivity’

“Back then, it wasn’t the same as it is now,” Fildey said. “I think (journalists) bring a lot more empathy to our work (now).”

Fildey recalled being at a memorial service shortly after the massacre when a group of about 12 survivors huddled together in a moment of solidarity. In the center of the circle, a photographer lay on the ground, wide angle lens pointing up at traumatized teens.

“Great photo,” Fildey said. “But man, that’s kind of an invasion.”

Skewes is working with University of Dayton Professor Katie Alaimo on a book about media coverage of mass shootings, and said she was prompted to do so after the 2012 Aurora theater shooting.

In the immediate aftermath of that shooting, Skewes turned on the local news and saw an anchor say that out of respect for the families of the

victims and survivors, the network would not talk about the shooter unless there was some major court case and development that necessitated coverage.

“I was caught by that in the sense that I thought it made perfect sense in many ways,” Skewes said. “And then I kind of thought, ‘Well, except that if we can’t talk about the shooter, we can’t talk about the systemic failures that occurred and what prevented people from reporting concerns that they had.’”

Journalists may not want to entirely avoid a shooter’s name since it can provide a reference point for researchers and historians in the future, Crawford said.

“As someone who studies misinformation, I also recognize that if the media failed to ever identify a shooter, that could feed the inevitable conspiracy theories about these tragedies even more,” Crawford said.

But “most of the stories should not include the shooter’s name, and there is no reason to use the name repeatedly in a story,” said Crawford, who thinks the news media has gotten better about not focusing on the killers.

Despite some improvement, the media still shows up and “inundates a town” after a mass shooting, as it did covering the Columbine tragedy, Crawford said.

She advises against “endless hours of news coverage, even when there is almost no con rmed facts or new information to share. at kind of coverage serves no one and just extends the trauma of the event.”

Skewes recommends giving the families of victims time in the aftermath of shootings but keeping them in the loop about a news outlet’s future plans for coverage.

“In the immediate aftermath, or coming up on an anniversary of a

shooting, is a time for extreme sensitivity,” Skewes said. “Beyond that, when you need to do these kinds of stories (about the shooter), reach out to victims’ advocacy organizations and say ‘We’re going to do this, do you want to be a part of the story?’ And if not, that’s OK.

“But we want to let you know

we’re doing it so that when you see it when it comes out, you’re not surprised and you’re not caught o guard,” Skewes continued. “Give them as much of a heads up if you can, because I think there’s kind of a gut punch to picking up a paper and nding your life in it again, or seeing something on the news.”

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