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Explosions rock Westminster Police continue investigating Stratus Townhomes blast

BY LUKE ZARZECKI LZARZECKI@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

The Westminster Fire Department said a Feb. 23 explosion and fire at the Stratus Townhomes directly affected eight units. The complex is in the 8300 block of Sheridan Boulevard and is the second explosion to hit the area this week.

At mid-afternoon, firefighters were still putting out the fire; however, crews said all of the residents have been accounted for.

The extent of injuries and the cause of the blast are not known but neighbors said complex maintenance staff had been installing new air conditioners and water heaters in the buildings.

Neighbors said the explosion and subsequent fire came from building 18 in the center of the complex.

Residents in buildings 16, 17, 18 and 19 were told to evacuate. Many SEE EXPLOSIONS, P6

Thornton finds 11 seeking to fill Ward 1 vacancy City Council sets interviews for special Thursday session March 6

BY LUKE ZARZECKI LZARZECKI@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Legacy senior Ethan Wise attempts a shot against Far Northeast defenders Austin Manley-Porter (4) and Isaiah Poindexter (0) during first-quarter action of a CHSAA class 5A, first-round playoff game Feb. 23 at Legacy High School in Broomfield. The Lightning advanced 84-78. See more high school basketball playoff coverage on page 12 Photo by Stefan Brodsky

INSIDE: VOICES: PAGE 12 | LIFE: PAGE 14 | CALENDAR: PAGE 17 | SPORTS: PAGE 22

Thornton City Councilors will interview 11 candidates seeking to fill Jacque Phillips’ vacant seat at a special afternoon session on March 6.

The Thornton City Clerk’s office received eleven applications to fill Jacque Phillips’ vacancy on City Council.

On Feb. 22, the council voted 5-1 to move the interview date from a Thursday to a Sunday, from March 3 to March 6. Interviews are scheduled to begin at 1 p.m.

City Councilors Julia Marvin and

David Acunto were not present for the Feb. 22 discussion and Councilor Karen Bigelow abstained from the vote, which Thornton’s City Charter counts as a “yes” vote unless it is due to a conflict.

In a separate conversation, Bigelow — who was an applicant during a vacancy in 2019 — said she isn’t voting because she does not believe the process is just.

“It’s a sham and I want people to see it for what it is,” she said. “I participated two years ago as an applicant. The five already know who they are voting for. It’s a set-up.”

“Until I got the list of the people that applied, I didn’t even know who applied for the position,” said Mayor Jan Kulmann in a separate interview.

“I don’t think that was a question on replacing I think the question SEE COUNCIL, P3

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Westminster City Council settles priorities list Wildfire prep, more police favored while affordable housing, transportation matters dropped

Westminster city councilors, city staff and BerryDunn consultants brainstorm the city’s mission statement during their strategic planning retreat.

BY LUKE ZARZECKI LZARZECKI@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Support for local businesses, preparing for future fires, more festivals and local events and hiring more police officials came out high on the Westminster City Council’s list of 2022 priorities while climate action, promoting affordable housing, diversity training for police and advocating for better transportation options dropped off of the list.

Westminster City Councilors finalized their strategic priorities at a study session on Feb. 22.

The priorities include Preparedness and Resilience, Proactive Public Safety, Shared Sense of Community, Quality of Life and Robust Infrastructure.

Each priority came with a list of objectives, and some objectives did not make the cut.

During the weekend retreat, Mayor Nancy McNally said that constructing a Strategic Plan is difficult because many issues plague a city with only so much time to address them.

City Councilor Lindsey Emmons said she felt good about where the city is headed.

“I feel like there’s a direction,” she said.

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Preparedness and Resilience Councilors said they wanted to build a system of intentional support for residents, businesses and the environment to mitigate risks and proactively seek out ways to ensure the community not only endures but thrives.

The two objectives for this priority include mitigating the risk of wildfires and creating a more structured business support system.

Actions and goals around climate preparedness and resiliency were not included in the objectives.

Creating a sustainable environment and conservation education did not receive enough votes to be included in the priority.

As well, promoting a diversity of housing options and decreasing the dependency on sales and use tax were nixed.

Proactive Public Safety Councilors agreed that there is a need to enhance public safety to emphasize both prevention and enforcement, engage the community through education and outreach

and provide the resources necessary to ensure safety and well-being throughout Westminster.

Attracting police and firefighters, and hiring more police co-responders and homeless navigators both made the list. As well, hiring civilian report writers that are appointed by the court to ensure the community that full investigations are done also made it.

Mayor Pro Tem DeMott sees the civilian report writers as a way to make sure all reports of crimes, including minor problems, are taken seriously.

For example for a minor crime, DeMott said that if officers are called away from a minor problem to a more intense situation, the full report of the minor crime may fall by the wayside and the victims would be directed to fill out a report online.

“If they catch someone who is on a crime spree that, let’s say broke into five cars in one neighborhood, they might be able to link someone to those crimes down the road by collecting that data,” he said. “The reality is, sometimes (officers) are too busy.”

Some objectives not included are training on diversity and inclusion for police officers, working with partners to address root causes of

homelessness, creative ways of looking at policing and police resources and mental health days for police officers and firefighters.

Shared Sense of Community Westminster needs to foster equitable opportunities that help residents feel at home and connected in their community and empowered to live their best lives, councilors agreed.

This priority’s objectives will be revisited in the future. Some proposed objectives are restarting Westy Fest and other events, movie nights in neighborhoods, creating equitable processes that welcome and include people, creating a connection among residents and establishing a neighborhood watch.

Quality of Life Councilors said the city has a need to ensure that Westminster offers a diverse range of amenities and activities for residents, businesses and visitors that honor the city’s history and support the arts, parks, recreation, open spaces and libraries.

Completing trail connectivity was included in the objective.

Councilor Bruce Baker wanted to include dog license fees to be paid by the city, but the council said the item belongs in the budget process.

Items triggered a conversation about parking at the new downtown.

Mayor McNally and Mayor Pro Tem DeMott raised concerns over parking fees and confusion over how to pay for them.

Council mixed many objectives pertaining to the arts, including supporting the arts and cultural SEE WESTMINSTER, P3

Best of Best voting opens Choose your favorites around metro area by April 15

BY LISA SCHLICHTMAN LSCHLICHTMAN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

It’s time to recognize metro Denver’s best by voting in Colorado Community Media’s 2022 Best of the Best contest, which gives readers a chance to weigh in on what they love most about their communities.

“Best of the Best gives our community bragging rights to say, ‘we’re the best,’” said Mindy Nelon, CCM marketing and community engagement specialist. “When we reach out to the winners and let them know they won, they are super excited.

Best of the Best continues to grow year after year, which means our community loves it and that makes me proud to be involved.”

Contest voting opened March 1 and will continue through the end of April 15. Readers can vote on their favorites in 17 different categories, including automotive, beauty and wellness, community, entertainment and lifestyle, events, finance, fitness, food and beverage, home and

garden, medical, pets and animals, professional, real estate, religion, retail, retirement and travel.

“Best of the Best is 100% reader voted, therefore winners are truly the Best of the Best for the communities they serve,” said CCM Advertising Director Erin Addenbrooke.

“For all winners, it is an honor to display the Best of the Best logo for the entire year showing each community they are the best at what they do.”

This is the 23rd year for the Best of the Best contest.

The 2022 winners will be recognized in a special Best of the Best magazine that will be published June 30.

To vote, visit https://coloradocommunitymedia.secondstreetapp.com/Westminster-Bestof-the-Best-2022/

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experiences within the City, building needed amenities, establishing an Arts Commission and building a theater.

Robust Infrastructure Councilors said they want to provide safe and

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was, is there enough evidence to decide on a vacancy?” she said.

“Obviously five of us believe there was, that was my focus, at least was understanding where we were as a council and making sure we were following our charter and the law.”

City Attorney Tami Yellico said the request to move the date came from Mayor Jan Kulmann.

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Feedback, not forums Kulmann said the request is based on feedback in the past so that everyone has a chance to speak in one day and no candidate is prioritized over another. She said that doing all the applicants in one night will make for a long night.

She also said that interviewing applicants on two separate nights will give the latter applicants an advantage because they would know the questions beforehand.

Kulmann is also running for the Republican nomination to the U.S. House of Representatives for Colorado’s new eighth district. The

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equitable access to core services and amenities by safeguarding, maintaining and improving the city’s water, wastewater, stormwater, mobility and roadway systems.

Addressing the water treatment plant made that list as did providing education on water conservation, completing sidewalks in parts of the city that lack continuity, bringing sidewalks up to ADA compliance and completing the Comprehensive Plan.

Advocating for better transit, providing ad-

Republican Women of Weld are hosting a candidates forum in Fort Lupton at 5:30 p.m. on March 3 and Kulmann is registered to be at that forum.

She said the decision to move the date was not influenced by the event.

“I even said if I can’t make the (March 3 meeting,) then I would listen to the interviews online, just like the rest of the public can do,” she said.

Henson believes it is unfair to switch the date after applicants have already applied.

“The motion on the floor pulls the carpet out from underneath the applicants who expected the interviews to be on Thursday, March 3 and I want it to be understood this inconsistency is inappropriate and not fair to the voters of Ward 1,” said City Councilor Kathy Henson.

Three applicants submitted their materials on Feb. 14 — two days before the council approved the process of accepting applications. Those applicants were Justin Martinez, Phyllis Quinn and Sandra Wolfe.

Other applicants included Eric Garcia, Stephen Creson, Cherish

equate parking and conducting an analysis to help make informed decisions regarding transportation infrastructure did not make the cut.

Next Steps City staff will now compare the council’s existing and new objectives to make sure they align with the council’s stated priorities. Then, the council will prioritize final objectives and city staff will work to develop performance measures for each objective.

Salazar, Adam Salazar, Carla Martinez, George Snyder, Jenice JJ Dove and Tracy Crespin.

Council approved 4-3 the process to fill the seat on Feb. 16 while Mayor Jan Kulmann was absent from the meeting. The city advertised the position from Feb. 16-22.

When the council approved the process on Feb. 16, Henson pointed to the need for a longer timeline, one more similar to the last time when councilors appointed a new member to the council due to a vacancy in 2019.

“Advertising for the vacancy began on Nov. 19, the deadline for submitting applications was Dec. 20, allowing 30 days for advertising, applications were given to council at a planning session on Jan. 7, interviews happened Jan. 14 and 21, and there was a meeting to appoint the councilmember on Jan. 28,” she said.

Mayor Pro Tem Jessica Sandgren said that councilors wanted the 30 days to fill the seat in 2019, but said holidays got in the way.

According to City Councilor Karen Bigelow, the seat to be filled in 2019 was for a Ward 4 opening due to Mayor Kulmann becoming mayor.

Council voted to extend the process past the 30-day charter requirement and former City Councilor Angie Bedolla was appointed. Then, Bigelow beat Bedolla in the following election.

“Why we would allow 30 days of advertising for a Ward 4 vacancy and have one week of advertising for a Ward 1 vacancy when probably most voters in Ward 1 do not even realize that they have had a council member removed, the optics are very bad on that,” Henson said.

The entire process of this vacancy is frusterating to Kulmann.

“I feel like if we really want to work together need to focus on the solutions to the situations, regardless of what the situation is, or whatever the problems are. We need real solutions, not constant hyperbole related to other issues that people have,” she said.

“It’s extremely unfortunate that we were put in this position where a council member refused to either fix her deed and become a resident of the city of Thornton again, or stepped down from the position and let someone who lives in the city actually represent the community,” Kulmann said.

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Adams and Jefferson counties caucus slated for beginning of March

BY LUKE ZARZECKI LZARZECKI@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Westminster Democrats argue a point during the 2018 caucus at Westminster’s Rocky FILE PHOTO Mountain Elementary school.

Democrats and Republicans in Adams and Jefferson counties will caucus the first week of March, selecting delegates for state primaries in June.

According to Lori Goldstein, chair of the Adams County Democratic Party, the caucus happens every two years before a general election to select delegates who go to other assemblies to select candidates for primary ballots.

As well, the caucus selects folks in each neighborhood to do the work of the party, she said in the Adams County Democrats caucus video.

She said that for each caucus — Democrat or Republican — attendees must be registered with the correct party 22 days outside of the event.

“You go to your caucus site, and then you meet as a big group first, and then you break up in your precincts. You pick delegates to the county assembly, State Assembly and congressional assembly and then you pick precinct committee people, two leaders from your precinct two are kind of the grassroots organizers of the for your party,” she said.

Jefferson County Democrat Caucus: March 1 at 6 p.m.

Jefferson County Republican Caucus: March 1 Adams County Democrat Caucus: March 5 at 2 p.m.

Adams County Republican Caucus: March 1 at 7 p.m.

Lists for individual caucus sites can be found on the Colorado Secretary of State’s website, https://www. sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/Candidates/FAQs/caucuses.html.

A guide to the Colorado caucus

BY SANDRA FISH THE COLORADO SUN

Colorado’s grassroots nomination process for this year’s election gets underway for Democratic and Republican party members next week.

Precinct caucuses, which lead to county, congressional district and state nominating assemblies,

are one way to make the June 28 primary election ballot. Candidates may also gather petition signatures, which are due to the Secretary of State’s Office on March 15. Some candidates may try both methods to get on the ballot. Others stick with the caucus system because paying to collect signatures can be costly, especially for statewide candidates.

“It enables us not to have a payto-play system,” Colorado Republican Chairwoman Kristi Burton Brown said last week in a caucus training session, noting that some states require steep fees to make the ballot.

At the caucuses, attendees may discuss candidates and party platforms, while also electing delegates to the county assembly.

Those county assembly delegates will nominate county-level candidates while electing people to attend congressional assemblies and the state assemblies. Both parties are holding state assemblies to nominate statewide candidates April 9.

Here’s what you need to know to participate in the process.

You must be registered in the party at your current address It’s too late to switch your party affiliation to attend a caucus.

Caucus participants must be registered to the party with their correct address at least 22 days in advance. Unaffiliated voters may not participate in the caucus process, although they may vote in either Democratic or Republican primaries.

Caucus times may vary Caucuses will be held March 1-5, as scheduled by each county’s political parties. County assemblies must be held by March 26.

When and where is my caucus?

Republicans may enter their address online to verify their identity and find their caucus location.

Some county Republican parties publish lists of caucus locations.

The state Democratic Party has a list of precinct caucus and county assembly locations and dates by county. Some county Democratic parties are holding meetings via Zoom instead of in person.

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Worth noting The Republican Party may request a “badge fee” to be a delegate to some assemblies. For instance,

Douglas County charges $20 to attend the county assembly. In the past, the fee to attend the state assembly was $50 per delegate.

The fees may be waived in some instances. Democrats don’t charge fees to participate.

How are the decisions made?

Precinct leaders will be elected at caucuses to organize future political activity. Caucus participants also will elect delegates and alternates to county assemblies.

Delegates to county assemblies will select countywide candidates for the primary, as well as state legislative candidates in many instances. In state House or Senate districts with multiple counties, county assembly delegates who live in those districts will meet to select candidates.

Republicans will hold their state assembly April 9 at the Broadmoor World Arena in Colorado Springs.

Several congressional district assemblies will be the day before that, while others may be held at different times. Democrats, on the other hand, will hold a virtual state assembly.

How do we know which candidates are running?

The Sun is tracking candidates who file to run for Congress, statewide office and state legislature based on filings with the Federal Election Commission or the Secretary of State’s Office.

However, some candidates may decide to run at county, congressional district or state assemblies on the spur of the moment. Typically, candidates make speeches asking delegates for their votes.

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

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Xcel Energy seeks $18 per month rate hike Public Utilities Commission request meant to recoup $1 billion

BY MARK JAFFE THE COLORADO SUN

Xcel Energy is seeking $950 million in natural gas and electricity rate increases that would raise the average residential utility bill by $16.49 by the end of this year with the increase climbing to $18.32 by 2023.

Three proposed rate hikes — one for electricity, one for natural gas and one to recoup money from a spike in natural gas prices in the winter of 2021 — are now before the Colorado Public Utilities Commission.

And that is just the beginning, consumer advocates say.

“We are going to see more increases,” said Cindy Schonhaut, director of the state Office of Utility Consumer Advocate. “There are additional increases that have been decided and haven’t been fully implemented.”

It is all part of an ongoing trend, Schonhaut said. An analysis by the consumer advocate office, which represents residential and small business customers in rate cases, found that since 2019 the average residential electricity bill is up 27%.

This piling on — or pancaking — of rate requests has consumer

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groups worried about bill shock at a time inflation is pushing all prices higher.

“Xcel is asking for the stars, the moon and the sun and they’ll probably just get the moon, but that’s still quite a lot,” said Bill Levis, the former state director of consumer advocacy and now a consultant to AARP, which represents retirees and older citizens.

“The commission really has to be concerned because they see the people who can least afford it — the low-income and elderly — are going to have to pay for it,” Levis said.

As a regulated utility, Xcel must gain the approval of the PUC for any investments in new projects or increases in customer rates.

Denise Stepto, a spokeswoman for Energy Outreach Colorado, which helps low-income households pay utility bills, said in an email, “we know that bills will be higher for all customers. For lower income customers this means a higher percentage of their income is going toward keeping up with their energy bill.”

And in a protest filed by the Utility Consumer Advocate in Xcel’s gas rate case, the agency questioned whether the proposed increase,

along with the impact of other hikes and the COVID pandemic, would affect consumers and small businesses “in an unjust, unreasonable, or discriminatory fashion.”

Xcel executives, however, say they are faced with the demands, many embedded in state laws, of transitioning to clean energy and providing electricity and natural gas for a growing economy.

“It’s important to note the increases are paying for a more robust, reliable system and helping us meet our climate and clean energy goals SEE XCEL, P8

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Police continue looking into Feb. 22 explosion

BY LUKE ZARZECKI LZARZECKI@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Westminster Police and Fire inspectors are still working to determine the cause of a home explosion that rocked Westminster’s Turnpike Drive area Feb. 22.

The investigation will likely take several weeks, according to the news release.

Around 2 p.m. Feb. 22, a cadaver dog alerted to possible human

remains inside of a home that exploded in Westminster, according to a news release from the Westminster Police Department. The identity of the individual will be released by the Adams County Coroner’s Office once family members have been notified.

A house on the 7700 block of Knox Court in Westminster exploded the morning of Feb. 22. Ten Westminster Fire Department units were dispatched to the home at 2:39 a.m,

according to Westminster Fire Chief Doug Hall.

The single-family dwelling was completely destroyed by the blast, according to a news release from the fire department. The cause of the explosion is unknown and there were no surrounding fires that resulted from the explosion.

No injuries have been reported; however, one person is still unaccounted for.

Two homes and multiple vehicles

nearby were damaged.

Residents in the area were evacuated and have gone back to their homes. However, the two homes on the north and south side of the explosion remain evacuated due to their blown-out windows, according to Hall. Those residents have been displaced, and the fire department is finding lodging for them.

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evacuees huddled in the complex’s business office to with pets to get away from the 10-degree weather, while complex staff worked to find emergency shelter for those affected.

A Westminster Fire Firefighter pours water on a hotspot in the remains of the burned PHOTO BY SCOTT TAYLOR building at Westminster’s Stratus Townhomes Feb. 23.

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‘Whole building just blew’ Twila Hopkins said she was walking a dog for a friend when she saw the explosion go up in building 18.

She said the glass broke and a big piece of glass may have fallen on someone working the area.

“The whole building just blew,” Hopkins said. “Everything went flying and the dog took off, and then a big window or something just fell over. And then the flames started” She and other people started running door to door, notifying people in the buildings to leave.

Morgan Nosbush, who lives in building 18 and works about 10 minutes away, received a notification on her Ring doorbell at 1:30 p.m. from her neighbors telling her to get out.

Neighbor James Squalls was watching the scene out of his front door. Squalls said he was home in his unit when he heard the explosion and ran outside.

“I heard the boom, and I ran outside and there was a big hole blown in the side of the building,” Squalls said. “It was just gone. And then, about three or four minutes later, the flames just went up uncontrollably.”

His car was parked in the lot directly in front of the building, but he was able to move it before the

A piece of ash from the burning building at the Stratus Townhomes at about 8300 Sheridan Boulevard. The complex around the fire, which was near the center of the complex, was littered with bits of ash from the fire and explosion.

flames started.

“I wanted to make room for the fire trucks and all,” he said. “I was blessed. I am blessed. That’s what I am.”

A tweet from the Westminster Fire Department said school buses that normally drop students off at the townhomes wouldn’t. Instead, parents were asked to go to the child’s school and get them.

The southbound lanes of Sheridan Boulevard are open between West 80th and 88th avenues. But Westminster police expect the northbound lanes of Sheridan to remain closed through the afternoon. Alternate routes are Federal and Lowell boulevards.

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Westminster Fire crews monitor the fire burning the back of Building 18 at the Stratus Townhomes at about 8300 Sheridan Boulevard Feb. 23.

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More students attend Colorado charter schools However, access is not equal

BY ERICA MELTZER CHALKBEAT COLORADO

More Colorado students than ever are enrolled in charter schools, and those students posted higher test scores than those of students in district-run schools during a pandemic-disrupted school year.

At the same time, Colorado charter schools continue to enroll students with disabilities at some of the lowest rates in the nation, and many parents don’t think charter schools will accommodate kids with specialized education plans related to disabilities.

Two recent report point to the potential promise of charter schools and changes that still need to happen for them to function like truly public schools, open to all students.

More than 15% of all Colorado students now attend charter schools, putting the state third behind only Arizona and Washington, D.C., for proportion of charter school enrollment, according to a report from the Keystone Policy Center,

a nonprofit that works on a wide range of policy issues.

Charter school enrollment rose during the pandemic even as enrollment in traditional district-run schools declined.

The analysis excluded online charter schools, which also attracted more students during the pandemic.

“Enrollment didn’t drop in the charters, and it actually grew, which suggests something about how the schools were interacting with their communities,” Senior Policy Director Van Schoales said.

Colorado did not closely track whether schools offered remote or in-person learning in the 2020-21 school year, and many charter schools followed the COVID practices of the district in which they were located, so it’s hard to say how remote learning shaped parent choices.

General frustration with pandemic schooling may have prompted more families to exercise school choice. Families that wanted fewer COVID restrictions as well as those who wanted more safety precautions might have found options among charter schools, said Alex Medler, executive director of the Colorado As-

Charter school enrollment continues to rise according to recent data.

sociation of Charter School Authorizers, who was not involved in the Keystone report.

“Everything has been massively disrupted, so parents who might not have thought to exercise choice have become more motivated to do so,” he said.

The Keystone Policy Center also found that charter schools on aver-

age had higher participation in state standardized tests than did district-run schools and their students performed better. And while test scores are often strongly tied to students’ race and socioeconomic background, that was less true at charter schools, the report found. At the same time, there was considerable variation among charter

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schools, with some posting dramatically worse results than those of district-run schools.

“It’s easier when you have freedom and flexibility to either do really well or fail really hard,” Schoales said.

This story was originally published by Chalkbeat Colorado. More at chalkbeat. org.

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March 3, 2022

Making the oil industry environmentally safe Colorado native thinks she has a way to solve the climate crisis

BY BELEN WARD BWARD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

A fan of geothermal energy who loves her state, Transitional Energy co-founder and CEO Salina Derichsweiler has a simple goal.

“I am a native of Colorado and would like our state to lead the way when it comes to geothermal power generation,” said Derichsweiler.

Derichsweiler’s passion to solve the climate crisis is behind her efforts to bring her company geothermal technology to its first pilot program in Colorado.

She has an impressive history in the state.

“I was the first Native American in our public schools to graduate and receive a scholarship,” she said. “When I graduated high school, the Denver Post had written an article about my childhood, foster care and the things I’ve overcome. I was off to the (Colorado) School of Mines when the vice president of technology at Marathon Oil tracked me down and offered me an internship. That’s how I got into the oil and gas industry; it kind of fell in my lap.”

Derichsweiler grew up in Denver. Upon graduating from Aurora Central High School, she received a Boettcher Scholarship. She graduated valedictorian from Colorado School of Mines with a bachelor of science degree in chemical engineering and petroleum refining.

She went on to receive an MBA in finance from Pepperdine University.

Net carbon zero Her goal is affordable and abundant energy.

“When growing up, we were having to choose between ‘Do we pay our electric bill or do we buy food this month?’ “ she said. “The energy costs are critical to many people.

I want to make sure it’s affordable

and abundant as we transition to renewable energy resources.”

Co-founder Benjamin Burke, the company’s chief technology officer, said they started by asking simple questions.

“How do you make an oil and gas company net carbon zero? Is it possible, and how would you approach it?” said Derichsweiler.

Derichsweiler and Burke convened an executive team with more than 100 years of combined expertise to plan out a transition.

Derichsweiler said, “How can we solve this problem and look at a broader view of energy? The solution — why can’t it be both?

Why can’t it be more of a hybrid approach to energy? We pragmatically transitioned from one space to the next.”

COVID to climate The middle of a pandemic in February 2020 was a difficult time for any business to start a company, So, Transitional Energy had some challenges from the beginning, starting with upside-down prices and skeptical investors. They chose to tackle one problem — carbon pollution from energy generation.

“Can we solve the problem at hand, to reduce carbon emissions, because we have the climate crisis to deal with,” Derichsweiler said.

“That’s the way we solve it is to reduce carbon emissions.

“We agreed upon the goal to solve that problem. It’s an idea about energy from abroad, and combine the specific goal of reducing carbon emissions.”

Turning turbines Derichsweiler says traditional steam-powered turbines — called the Organic Rankin Cycle Technology — have been the most common way of capturing heat waste and it’s been around for more than 100 years. Burning fuels create steam, which turns turbines which creates electricity.

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United Power Brighton signed a letter of intent with the geothermal development company Transitional Energy to bring a clean energy pilot program for oil and gas operations to its service territory, according to a press release by United Power.

“Utilizing clean economical geothermal energy to provide local power to be dispatched when needed is a critical component of our growing energy portfolio,” United Power’s Chief Energy Resources Officer Dean Hubbuck said in a written statement. “Geothermal energy represents a huge untapped renewable resource that can reduce our reliance on power from other traditional sources.”

Transitional Energy was founded in Colorado by Salina Derichsweiler and Benjamin Burke.

“We have oil and gas workers who have been spent their whole career in the industry, and entire communities are built around oil and gas towns and the schools,” Derichsweiler said. “If we need to shut off oil and gas industries, there are consequences with that decision. We have to think about it from an energy transition (point of view), having that environmental justice and the economic justice, so that the communities that are built around this will have a way to pragmatically transition to a renewable economy with us.

“We need their knowledge- we need their experience to do thiswe don’t want to leave people be-

hind. We want them to come with us. It’s one of the other reasons why we’re doing this company,” she said.

The geothermal energy program can be used on both operational and abandoned wells to convert geothermal waste to electricity, according to officials.

Power plants currently use the Organic Rankine cycle method, the scientific name for using steam heat to turn a turbine to generate electricity. That converts water into steam then the steam expands through a turbine.

Transitional Energy ElectraTherma technology does not use steam.

“We won’t be using steam, instead we will be transferring the heat from the produced fluids from an oil and gas well to a working fluid with a lower boiling point than water,” said Johanna Ostrum, chief operating officer and partner for Transitional Energy.

The working fluid is a refrigerant that will turn into a vapor and spin a turbine to generate electricity. It will be cooled down by a chiller or liquid loop radiator, Ostrum said.

“Think of it as an air conditioner run in reverse,” she said.

Oil and gas drilling rigs and other pad equipment normally used traditional electric service as power. With the Transitional Energy partnership, the oil and gas drilling rigs can be fully powered entirely with geothermal energy, increasing efficiency, reducing energy fuel costs, and decreasing their carbon footprint.

The Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade partially funded the company with a grant.

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XCEL FROM PAGE 5

— something that will benefit all our customers,” Michelle Aguayo, an Xcel spokeswoman, said in an email.

“We understand that families are dealing with cost increases across the economy due to inflation,” Aguayo said. “We remind our customers that if they’re having trouble paying their bill, to contact us as quickly as possible so we can help set up a payment plan.”

As to how much of a percentage increase the pending rate requests represent to the average residential customer depends upon which rate case one looks at since Xcel offers different average residential bills in each of the three rate cases it has filed with the Colorado Public Utilities Commission.

“Xcel does a good job of comparing apples and oranges,” Levis said.

“There are so many add-ons to the bills it is not possible for people to know what they are paying for. Part

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and gas wells to turn the turbines more efficiently at lower temperatures.

“Traditional geothermal resources need a temperature that’s greater than 300 degrees Fahrenheit,” she said. “We have the chemistry that allows us to capture

of the problem is that they are not comparing the same things.”

One proposed settlement, with parties including the PUC staff and the Colorado Energy Office, would cover the $550 million in extra electric and natural gas costs incurred

by Xcel as a result of a severe winter storm in February 2021 — which the utility said led to natural gas prices soaring a hundred-fold.

Electric bills would temporarily rise $1.49 and natural gas bills $5.59 under the settlement. The increases would take effect in April and extend through September 2024.

In that case it said the average electric bill was $74.55 and the average natural gas bill was $47.55 On Jan. 5, Xcel filed a $182.2 million settlement, which included PUC staff and the consumer advocate office, in its electric rate case that would increase the average bill $5.25. Xcel said this represents a 6.4% increase on the average $81.42 electric bill.

Xcel then filed a natural gas rate case on Jan. 24, seeking a net $188.6 million in new revenue, which would raise rates in three steps

over three years for a total increase of $8.14.

The first increase, which would go into effect in November, would be $4.16, about a 6.7% increase Xcel said on an average residential gas bill of $62.42.

“In our filings, the commission usually requires that we present average customer bills based on the rates that are in effect at the time,” Aguayo said. “That’s why filings made at different times have different average bills. Bills change primarily because fuel prices change.”

Less in doubt is the dollar amount that will be added to customer bills. When the second step in natural gas rates would go into effect the additional charge increases to $18.32 before falling to $13.40 when the last extreme weather surcharges expire in September 2024.

Based on the latest filings the average gas and electric bill is about $143.84, which would mean the rate hikes would add up to a 12% increase in 2023.

The rise in rates, however, will

not stop there.

The PUC is now reviewing the utility’s $1.7 billion Power Pathways regional transmission project — 560 miles of transmission lines encircling eastern Colorado — designed to bring wind and solar electricity to Front Range population centers from rural areas.

Then comes Xcel’s $7 billion electric resource plan with aims to double the amount of renewable electricity generation and storage.

A Utility Consumer Advocate’s analysis estimates that just those two projects will boost the amount customers will have to pay by 44% in 2031 compared with what they are paying today.

“The energy transition is going to be expensive,” Schonhaut said.

or be able to generate power from lower temperatures such as 150 to 300 Fahrenheit.”

In Europe, with tougher regulations around oil and gas extraction, there has been a move to find additional uses for wasted heat from wells for several years.

“In the U.S., the shale boom was happening, so all the capital was going to move to fossil fuels, “ she said. “This technology is advanced enough that manufacturers have

found uses for this equipment in commercial maritime situations and other industrial heat-based applications.”

Derichsweiler envisions her company being a bridge between the manufacturers and the people who will be using this type of equipment. Her company has oil and gas clients that are on board with the environmental goals and focused on the reduction of carbon emissions.

Their first demonstration will be in Nevada, and then Transitional Energy will focus the pilot program on Colorado and work with major oil and gas companies on one side and with Brighton’s United Power to buy up the electricity they generate.

“It’s how we commercialize what we call thermal resources so that waste heat generates power and set it up to be a benefit to Colorado,” she said.

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Police chief in changing town urges respect for homeless Elizabeth lawman says people are equals who deserve care

BY CHANCY J. GATLIN-ANDERSON SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA

Editors note: Elizabeth, a oncesmall town on the edge of the Colorado high plains in Elbert County, is a center of an area of sustained growth due to Front Range demand. Elbert County News freelance writer Chancy J. GatlinAnderson saw a recent post about homelessness on local social media spiral into a debate so divided that she asked Elizabeth’s police chief, Melvin Berghahn, to share his views on the issue, as someone whose interactions with homeless people are face-to-face.

Berghahn, who has been serving in law enforcement since 2004, began his Elizabeth police service in 2015 and served as a sergeant and commander before becoming chief in January 2021. Here is GatlinAnderson’s interview: Following a recent flurry of comments about homelessness on an Elizabeth-area Facebook page — sparked by a resident’s post complaining about a person at the Elizabeth Walmart who appeared to be homeless — town Police Chief Melvin Berghahn engaged in a Q&A with the Elbert County News regarding issues around homelessness.

The terms “homeless” and “suffering from houselessness” are used interchangeably below.

Is there some sort of town policy about this? Or general way y’all handle people experiencing homelessness?

The police department will always help the best we can. This includes helping the homeless address any current pressing concern and trying to help them get on the right track. In the past we have purchased gasoline for vehicles, we have purchased food, and given rides. Together with a mental health provider, Elizabeth officers connect people who are homeless

with community groups, including churches, food banks, shelters, and veteran organizations.

We also help people who are unsheltered with smaller tasks, whether that’s getting an ID, finding warmth for the night, or even paying for a ride, hotel, or meal to make sure they are safe going forward.

Many times, we will have medical professionals check on them to help ensure they are healthy and safe. The initial check is at no cost and helps greatly as we go forward with helping find resolution and resources.

It is important we, as police, advocate for the homeless. Officers are well equipped to venture into dangerous situations and can deal with complicated predicaments and capitalize on resources as needed. It’s not always safe to get involved with difficult circumstances.

Historically police departments have dealt with homeless concerns by capitalizing on the penal code.

Our approach is to get involved, get people off the street, and eliminate the problem they may cause by getting services and resources introduced.

Do you have any suggestions for residents who encounter people experiencing homelessness while in Elizabeth?

A few things people can do for the unfortunate and homeless is to get to know them. Spend time with them. Ask them their names and remember them. Tell them yours.

Shake their hands. Be open and friendly. Allow them to tell their stories. Listen. Remember.

The unfortunate and homeless are our equals. Honor them, respect them, and treat them with respect and care. Feel honored that they are willing to share their lives with you. Find out from them what they most need. Your presence may be at the top of the list.

If you’re giving them “stuff,” personally hand it out. Remember. you’re “sharing,” be it your time or your stuff. If you distribute food, small items that can be held in the hand and that don’t

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need plates, silverware, ovens, or refrigerators work best. Give them new socks and underwear. Bag them individually in Ziploc bags, marked with the size. Give hotel size, single-use toiletries like soap, lotion, shampoo, razors (bag one or two disposable razors in Ziploc snack size bags) and so on. Give them clean clothes, blankets, and similar items that are in good condition. Launder and fold them and label them with sizes. Dirty clothes and blankets usually end up in a dumpster.

Find toothbrushes that have covers. Many of the unfortunate and homeless have significant dental problems and cannot eat items that require a mouth filled with good teeth, such as apples.

They can usually handle bananas, tangerines, and oranges. Always take bottles of water, regardless of the time of year. Dehydration is also a common problem among the homeless.

Gift cards are a safe choice. You will know what your financial help is going to.

Are there things that people should not do when in encounters with those suffering from houselessness?

A few things not to do for the unfortunate and homeless. Never give them money. If they tell you they need it to buy a specific item, buy the item for them.

Never tell them your address or take them to your home.

Don’t go alone. Don’t go in large groups. Groups of three to five work best. Don’t go after dark.

Mid-morning to midafternoon works best.

Do not drop off cases of bakery products, such as loaves of bread, packages of rolls, whole cakes and pies, packages of frozen dough, unbaked pizzas, and so on. Most of this will end up in the garbage.

Try to avoid giving out “packets” of items, such as a toothbrush, lotion, apple, socks and soap, unless you tell them what is in the packet and ask them which of those items they need. Otherwise, they sort through the packet after you’ve left and throw away the items they don’t want.

Don’t take your wallet or purse or wear expensive jewelry or clothing.

General resources • Family Promise of Greater Denver familypromiseofgreaterdenver.org • Haven of Hope: Jay Gould Center thoh.org • New Genesis: Transnational Community for the Homeless newgenesis.org • Colorado Coalition for the Homeless coloradocoalition.org • The Delores Project thedeloresproject.org • The Salvation Army salvationarmyusa.org/usn/provideshelter • Denver Rescue Mission denverrescuemission.org Elbert County-specific resources • Elizabeth Presbyterian Church Food Bank elizabethpc.org • Elbert County Public Health elbertcounty-co.gov/206/PublicHealth (For county resources, food stamps WIC, health and well-being) • Elbert County Human Services elbertcounty-co.gov/208/HumanServices (For local food and cash assistance) • Elbert County Coalition Outreach: eccoinkiowa.com • Elbert County Workforce Center: tinyurl.com/ECresc Don’t give them new clothing, with a few exceptions (socks, underwear, and possibly shoes).

Three reasons why not to give new items: A. Expensive new items may endanger them in areas with high populations of street people, where it is likely they’ll be mugged (and possibly beaten) and lose that new coat you gave them.

B. They frequently sell those items to raise cash to fund their habits.

C. Many do not have access to laundromats. When the sweatshirt you gave them gets filthy, if they can lay their hands on another one, they’ll throw the filthy one in the trash.

Do you see the homelessness/houselessness issue shifting in Elizabeth as a result of the development and growing population? Why and how?

The Town of Elizabeth is not seeing a shift. With the practices and interventions that can be offered to others, it reduces the likelihood of seeing it in Elizabeth in the future.

While being able to provide resources, such as alcohol/substance abuse counseling, we can provide resources for food assistance, financial assistance, and housing assistance. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Office is a resource to also help prevent someone from becoming homeless. Along with the listed resources we have a good plan going forward to help those in need.

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March 3, 2022

Coloradans worried about water, wildfires and cost of living About 3,500 residents surveyed by Colorado College

BY CHRIS OUTCALT THE COLORADO SUN

Public concern about climate change and challenges involving water quantity and quality have increased sharply during the past decade, with more than 70% of Coloradans now viewing drought, inadequate water supplies and low levels in rivers and streams as a serious issue, according to new results from a long-term poll run by Colorado College.

“We definitely see some extreme concerns about water,” pollster Lori Weigel of New Bridge Strategy said.

“We’re consistently seeing now folks really concerned about droughts and reduced snowpack.”

The telephone and online interview polled 3,440 residents of eight Mountain West states. Weigel led the study with pollster Dave Metz of Fairbank, Maslin, Maullin, Metz & Associates for Colorado College’s State of the Rockies Project, which aims to enhance the public’s understanding of socioeconomic challenges in the Rocky Mountain West.

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climate change is up 25 percentage points compared to responses from 12 years ago. “We called it global warming in the very first survey,” Weigel said. “This has really inched up quite dramatically over the years.”

During its first few iterations, the poll sampled residents in Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, New Mexico and Montana. The poll has since expanded to include Idaho, Nevada and Arizona. “This is a tool for policymakers and the public to gauge citizen attitudes,” said Katrina Miller-Stevens, director of the State of the Rockies Project.

Heading into an election year, there’s greater attention on policy, and Metz said high numbers of Republicans, Democrats and independents indicated that a public

official’s stance on conservation issues will be an important factor in determining who they vote for.

“What really stands out is the degree to which, despite all the change in the world, the levels of support we’re seeing for most of these ideas has remained very steady, Metz said.

This year, for example, 86% of respondents said a politician’s stance on the environment was either “important” or “very important,” with 41% making up the latter category.

In 2016, only 31% of respondents identified this issue as “very important.”

A possible explanation, Metz said, is that a significant number of people indicated that they changed where and when they recreate outdoors due to crowding or the impacts of climate change. Those numbers were highest in Colorado, where 58% of respondents said they made adjustments because of crowding and 31% shifted because of climate change factors.

One question that was new to this year’s survey, and also received high levels of concern, was about the rising cost of living, which more than 70% of respondents deemed either “extremely” serious or “very” serious in every state except Nevada. In Colorado, that figure hit 73%; both Idaho and Montana topped 80% on this question.

“Younger people and more Republican voters register that as a more serious problem,” Weigel said. “It’s definitely a top-tier concern.”

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poll was conducted in the days after the Marshall fire, Coloradans also indicated a high level of concern about wildfires. In Colorado, 76% of respondents said they were either “extremely” concerned or “very” concerned about “uncontrollable wildfires that threaten homes and property.” Montana was the only other state in which the concern registered that high, also at 76%.

On the question of how to address water quantity challenges, respondents overwhelmingly favored using water more wisely (81%) as opposed to diverting water from rivers in less populated areas toward more densely populated communities (14%).

“There’s a very clear mandate across the Mountain West that they want to focus on conservation,” Weigel said.

Among Coloradans, 86% supported “creating new national parks, national monuments, national wildlife refuges and tribal protected areas to protect historic sites or areas for outdoor recreation. And 83% of Coloradans supported a national goal of “conserving 30% of land and inland waters in America, and 30% of its ocean areas by 2030.”

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VOICES Police get pro-union vote from Westminster

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estminster Police personnel received a positive vote for collective bargaining by the city council at the Feb. CROSS 14 council meeting.

This has been a CURRENTS long time coming and reflects the needs of the Police Department. In particular, Police personnel are looking for a “respectful workplace environment and Bill Christopher a combination of communication and support.”

Normally, as many readers would know, I am not pro-union for municipal employees. The city defeated a combined police and fire union attempt in 1980 while I was city manager and I opposed the Westminster Fire Department personnel becoming unionized. However, in a public vote, the citizens approved collective bargaining for the firefighters.

I would acknowledge that the

terms of the collective bargaining contract have served everyone well.

If the Police Department was not experiencing the chaos and internal issues, which have transpired in the last 18-24 months, I would still be opposed to the City Council or the public approving collective bargaining for these employees.

Normally in Westminster, management personnel worked hard to provide open communications, consistent disciplinary actions, competitive compensation/ benefits and equal treatment of law enforcement personnel.

Unfortunately, these practices fell by the wayside while Don Tripp was City Manager. Internal strife and management issues put the department in a chaotic state.

Police should have the benefit of collective bargaining Given these factors and the previous action to approve collective bargaining for Fire Department personnel, I believe it is an appropriate time to support the same construct for Police Department personnel.

However, the question of whether such action should be decided by the city council or Westminster voters remains in my mind.

The desire of unionizing Fire Department personnel was required to go the election route, so why shouldn’t Police personnel comes under the same approach? The City Council has answered that question for us by passing on first reading an ordinance to amend the City Code to allow collective bargaining with the Westminster Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) Lodge 25. On a 6-1 (with Councilor Bruce Baker opposed), city councilors moved ahead on this decision.

Such action will allow the union to negotiate the same basic provisions as the Fire personnel — including salaries, fringe benefits, working conditions — while the contract defines management rights. With some reluctance, I believe it is the right decision for the time and circumstances. However, don’t be surprised if other city departments take the same path to be unionized and seek “equal treatment.”

Statewide municipal collective bargaining not supported by guv According to a Feb. 18 Denver Post article, Governor Polis could well be the thorn in the side for the Democrat Party-controlled State Legislature on specific labor legislation.

Previously, House Majority Leader Daneya Esgar of Pueblo had publicly announced the party’s intent to pursue legislation that would allow collective bargaining on a widescale basis.

Specifically, she was targeting municipal, special districts and county employees to grant them collective bargaining rights. Approximately 250,000 employees throughout the state would have such status if it’s approved by the two legislative houses and signed by the governor.

However, lobbyists and state legislators who have discussed the matter with Polis have shared his resistance to a carte blanche approach. The Governor is not in lock-step with the more liberal legislative majority when it comes to SEE CHRISTOPHER, P13

Electricity today is like Colorado’s road network a century ago

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magine life in Colorado before direct flights to ski towns, before the interstate highways or even two-lane paved highways. In 1922, the most GUEST expedient way to drive from Denver COLUMN to Grand Junction was through Buena Vista. In winter, even that was impossible.

No Continental Divide crossings were plowed until Berthoud Pass in 1930.

Allen Best Construction of roads came in increments. In the late 1930s, New Deal programs improved a primitive road across Loveland Pass and also replaced a horse trail with the first road over what is now called Vail Pass. The 1970s produced the four lanes of Interstate 70.

In electricity, something similar has begun, but the steps promise to be more rapid. Three Colorado utilities, including the state’s largest, Xcel Energy, announced in January they will join something called an energy imbalance market in April 2023. Colorado’s second-largest electrical provider, Tri-State Gen-

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Directly or indirectly, nearly every energy consumer in Colorado is impacted by these first small steps toward sharing electricity across broader geographic areas. Details can induce yawns, but the big idea should interest anybody who wants reduced emissions while maintaining reliability and reducing costs.

Bryan Hannegan, chief executive of Holy Cross Energy, the cooperative serving Vail, Aspen and other areas along I-70, puts it succinctly.

“We have a really ambitious and some would say impossible goal of 100% energy by 2030,” he said at the recent Colorado Solar and Storage Association conference. “A broader regional market is an absolutely critical part of our strategy.”

The existing electrical system in Colorado and other western states is best understood as a bunch of semi-isolated valleys or islands. By one measure, there are 18 such islands, connected but with little easy flow of electricity between them.

Think toll roads.

This new energy imbalance market is like a beginner ski slope.

It provides some benefits, only the easiest tentative steps. The prize

will be an organized market that efficiently matches supplies with demands across a broad geographic area. A common market mechanism is called a regional transmission organization or RTO. Building new transmission will be expensive and siting difficult.

“But if you like clean energy, you have to love transmission,” said Hannegan.

Hannegan talked about being able to optimize the value of solar energy produced in the Roaring Fork Valley while also drawing on hydropower from the Pacific Northwest. Others think fondly of solar power in the desert Southwest even as Colorado cranks up production of wind on its eastern plains.

Colorado in 2019 ordered a study, now complete, that conservatively found ratepayers will save 4% to 5% if utilities join an RTO. A 2021 law says utilities must join an RTO by 2030 or have a good reason why not.

Jeff Baudier, the chief executive of Core Electric, the state’s largest electric cooperative, with 165,000 members in Castle Rock and surrounding areas, wants this wholesale market to happen soon. It will be studied forever if we let the utilities study it forever,” he said.

“If you give utilities mandates, they

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will honor it. They may not like it at first, but we will figure out a way to make it work and protect the best interests of our customers.”

The chief executive of United Power, the state’s second-largest cooperative, also wants to see Colorado utilities become part of an RTO sooner, not later. “This is a Nike moment,” said Mark Gabriel.

“Just do it.”

The cooperative serves metro Denver’s fast-growing northern fringe as well as the portions of the Wattenberg oil-and-gas patch.

It currently gets wholesale power from Westminster-based Tri-State, but in December announced plans to leave that family to explore the world as a single. Gabriel, the chief executive, likened the utility’s changed status to somebody contemplating divorce who changes his or her relationship status on Facebook from “married” to “it’s complicated.”

Complicated is also how almost everybody describes the task of joining or forming an RTO or some other large wholesale market.

Gabriel wants a more hurried pace than the Colorado law provides.

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labor matters.

I say “thank you Governor” for such a stance as each community should decide for itself rather than use a one size fits all approach, which Esgar and now Senate President Steve Fenberg prefer.

The approach taken in Westminster and other Colorado municipalities over the years in bestowing collective bargaining rights has worked effectively in cases where fire, police, public works or other employee groups have been recognized.

The Democrat leadership is attempting to usurp local determination, which could lead to a hell of a fight from local government folks with the Colorado Municipal League leading the charge.

Brewery looking seriously at Northglenn Marketplace The Colorado Office of Economic Development Council recently voted unanimously to offer as much as $1.2 million in job-growth state incentive tax credits to a brewery to entice it to locate in the Northglenn Marketplace. It is likely that Prost Brewing of Denver, which has been

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about which path to take. States thave varied interests. Colorado wants no emissions, while Wyoming wants to burn coal. Another issue is governance. One opportunity is California’s CAISO, which oversees the state bulk electrical system. But even if Colorado under Democrats thinks much like California, it won’t want to accept CAISO as it is currently governed.

California must allow the organization independence.

How about looking east? Colorado utilities are now dancing with the Arkansas-based Southwest Power Pool’s energy imbalance market.

But getting married in an RTO is complicated by an important seam.

Colorado and other mountain states are on different grids from Great sPlains states, with only a few, narrow portals among them.

Why not a third option, a new

wholesale market that can still balance diverse resources and demands across a broad geographic area, asks Alice Jackson, the chief executive of Xcel’s Energy’s Colorado division.

Whatever the answer, the owner of the Climax Molybdenum Mine near Leadville, for many decades one of Colorado’s two largest electrical consumers, is ready for utility suppliers to join or create a broad, wholesale market.

Failure to efficiently integrate supplies to meet demand represents a market failure, said Johnny Key, the company’s director of energy and power solutions, “and these market failures are just costing us money.” The absence of wholesale markets, he added, is costing everybody money.

Allen Best publishes Big Pivots, an e-journal dedicated to climate change and the attendant energy and water transitions in Colorado and beyond. See more at bigpivots. com

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Westminster City Manager search moves forward With everything else going on in Westminster, it would be easy for some to overlook the process which city council has launched to secure a new city manager. Such a key decision is evident from the chaotic experience generated during Don Tripp’s tenure, the last person who served in the position permanently.

Mayor McNally had previously contacted head hunter firms that specialize in city manager recruitments/selections. Three national firms will have provided written

proposals before the full city council interviews each of them. Interviews are scheduled for March 10.

The next step will depend on whether the council selects one of the three firms. Once that is decided, a more definitive schedule can be determined on advertising, recruitment, screening and interviews of top candidates.

I anticipate that the new city manager would not be on board until sometime in the latter part of the fall of this year.

It’s good to see the initial work of selecting a firm to assist the council is just around the corner. Hopefully, based on the previous experience with someone who did NOT have prior city management experience and did not hold a master’s degree in public administration, the City Council will be clear-spoken on these two basic requirements involving candidates.

New downtown finds market for a market Westminster’s New Downtown development was initially all apartment buildings, seemingly designed to “hide” J.C. Penney’s department store. While the retail/commercial first-floor space in each apartment complex has been slow to be occupied, stand-alone development has evolved.

Besides the Alamo Draft House, Origin Hotel and Famille Restaurant, the core downtown has added the Tattered Cover Book Store and now Marczyk’s Fine Foods grocery and wine.

It’s exciting to have Tattered Cover which includes a bar for alcoholic beverages in town. Also, an announced food hall is under construction. So, step by step, the core non-residential component of this “urban center” is beginning to take shape.

The Westminster Economic Development Authority (WEDA, which is the city’s urban renewal authority) sold the former US Bank building and the 0.68-acre site to Marczyk for $500,000. Their decision to locate at the New Downtown has been slow in the making. They initially expressed interest in 2016. They indicated that 500 sales per day are necessary to make this additional store viable. This level of sales activity is now viewed as achievable.

As an upscale boutique grocery, it will be essential for them to achieve a regional draw to succeed.

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.

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The brewery has also considered relocating to San Antonio, Texas.

The brewery production and tasting facility would “bring 203 employees not including bartenders and other front-of-the-house personnel, at its new location and pay an average wage of $88,443.”

Currently, Prost and city representatives are in negotiations to hopefully attract them to the Northglenn site. The re-location to Northglenn is viewed as a definite “catalyst” for re-development at the Northglenn Marketplace. It would give the center a solid jump-start on strengthening its viability and would be a solid customer generator.

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alk into Westminster’s Butterfly Pavilion and head into Wings of the Tropics, where about 2,000 butterflies flutter in a tropical garden filled with plants, trees and humidity.

Near the entrance there is a hatching exhibit where cocoons transform into butterflies. Peer in the window next to the display, and Shiran Hershcovich may be working in the lab with others to make community science come alive.

Hershcovich is a lepidopterist, a person who studies butterflies and moths, and most recently, she discovered that monarch butterflies may be making a comeback in Colorado.

“We are enthused to find that monarchs in Colorado showed an approximate 180% increase from the mean over the past seven years of our monitoring efforts,” Hershcovich said.

This rise in monarch numbers in the state is the most significant increase in the past 30 years, according to the 2021 Colorado Butterfly Monitoring Network report. The network — which Hershcovich describes as “people-powered” — sends community scientists out into designated areas and trails to count butterflies across Colorado.

Not only Colorado, but butterfly monitoring programs also operate across the country,

including California, Florida, Illinois, Michigan and Texas.

This is the ninth annual report and 2021 stood out as having the highest number of volunteer hours recorded since its inception.

Important Invertebrates As pollinators, butterflies help keep ecosystems alive, Hershcovich explains. By pollinating native plants, they are propagating biological systems, and they serve as important food sources at every step in their life cycle.

They also indicate healthy ecosystems because butterflies are picky eaters. The monarch’s host plant is milkweed and will only reproduce on milkweed. Therefore, if their host plant is decimated, the butterfly will be the first to disappear.

In addition, butterflies help connect people to species of insects.

“They are great ambassador animals,” Herschcovich said. “They can be a great gateway point into loving insects. If we started with roaches, it would be pretty hard to get people on board.”

The Monarch’s Steady Decline According to Herschcovich, there are two populations of Monarch butterflies: Eastern Monarchs and Western Monarchs, with the Rockies sitting in between the two.

The increase in monarchs does not come with completely positive tones because since the 1980s, the Western Monarch saw a decline of 99% of their population, and the Eastern saw around 80% since the 1990s, Hershcovich explained.

Even so, the species continues to be denied federal protection from the Endangered Specie’s Act. “Monarchs are one of them too, but they just didn’t make it to the priority, and they didn’t meet all the criteria, I guess,” she said.

Without government protection, Hershcovich said conservation becomes vitally important, and that’s where community science comes into play.

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one — the average joe, a neighbor, a teacher. All it takes is some time to train and explore.

Steve Chady, the Pavilion’s longest serving volunteer at eight years and a wannabe lepidopterist since age 12, is one of those community scientists. Between May 15 and Sept. 15, he heads out to Broomfield County Commons Park six times to complete the same walk while counting as many butterflies as he sees.

“If you enjoy outdoors and you’re passionate about the environment, it’s a way to contribute to conservation,” he said.

“Everyone comes with a built-in scientist,” Hershcovich said. “Science is just being curious and having that sense of exploration and looking for answers.”

Without 61 volunteers counting butterflies across Colorado, the study would not be possible, and the effort is always looking for more volunteers. In total, the group counted 124 Eastern Monarchs in Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Douglas, El Paso, Gilpin, Jefferson,

‘They can be a great gateway point into loving insects.’

Shiran Hershcovich, Lepidopterist

Larimer, Ouray, Routt and Weld counties.

“We only know those numbers because of community scientists, so it’s people dedicated to the cause, who are going out and donating their time to count monarch populations,” Herschcovich said.

She said the percentage increase in monarchs recorded this year took into account volunteer hours — more or less each year — to provide a more accurate number because the report relies on volunteers, some years see more hours counting butterflies than others.

Counting butterflies aids conservation efforts.

She notes that conservation can seem like a major problem with only major solutions needed, and she sees that train of thought parallel to climate change. Yet, it can be simpler than most folks may think.

“Community scientists really take matters into their own hands and revolutionize what we can do for conservation,” she said.

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A historic figure for modern times

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ometimes, a person becomes a legend whether they planned to be or not.

It is a safe bet that Kate Slaughterback, an COMING infamous Greeley ATTRACTIONS frontierswoman, didn’t plan on going down in history as Rattlesnake Kate.

But that’s how things happen sometimes.

And now Kate’s story is being told on the Clarke Reader stage thanks to a collaboration by Aurora native and musician Neyla Pekarek (formerly of The Lumineers) and playwright Karen Hartman.

“Audiences are going to come away empowered. It’s a show about strong women,” said Gina Naomi Baez, who plays Celia in the production. “The show is really for everyone and very inspiring to see all the trials the characters go through and triumphs they have.”

“Rattlesnake Kate” is making its world premiere at the Wolf Theatre in the Denver Center for the Performing Arts through Sunday, March 13. Performances are at 7:30 p.m. most days, with several matinees at 2 p.m. and two 8 p.m. performances as part of the Colorado New Play Summit.

Directed by Chris Coleman and featuring choreography by Dominique Kelley, the musical is based on the true events of Slaughterbeck’s life, including the event that made her famous: About 100 years ago she “fought tooth and nail, armed with a single rifle and a `No Hunting’ sign, to save her son from 140 rattlesnakes,” according to provided information.

The event made Kate (played by Alyse Alan Louis) a worldwide celebrity, but her story goes beyond that – after she became famous, she still had to fight to find a partner,

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Climate change, wildfires, droughts, urbanization, herbicides and many other factors contribute to the decline of butterflies, and Hershcovich said it all comes down to habitat.

“When there are big droughts and water sources disappear or diminish, the host plant (ex. Milkweed) habitat also diminishes, and when we expand urban zones, we also essentially erase healthy habitat for monarchs, and when we plant gardens instead of plantnative plants — we put grassy lawns — that’s also removing additional habitat,” she said.

She said that the fire seasons in 2019 and 2020 were probably linked to the large declines during those years.

On the flip side, she explained the increase - which

be treated as an equal and ensure other women get a fair shake.

The musical had its first reading at the 2019 Colorado New Play Summit and ended up being the first musical commissioned by the DCPA Theatre Company. The creatives behind it spent some time working on it in New York City and that’s where Baez first came upon the project.

“This is the longest process I’ve been a part of – I’ve done a new musical before, but I came in at the end of the process,” she said. “Celia is Kate’s friend and the only woman you see her confiding in and getting advice from. She’s really sassy and speaks her mind.”

Getting to see how a character develops from the initial idea to a fully realized creation has been fascinating for Baez. She said they played around with many ideas for her and ended with her being a more feminine, discrete woman – but one no less strong for that.

Since the show is brand new, audiences get the rare treat of seeing something they aren’t familiar with. And the premiere being in the same state as the actual woman is from adds an extra layer to everything.

“It’s great to hear the audience reaction since they’re seeing all this for the first time. They don’t know what to expect yet,” she said. “If you’re from Colorado, you’re going to walk away being really proud to be from here.”

Get information and tickets at denvercenter.org.

LSO highlights the importance of timing In life, timing is everything. The Lakewood Symphony Orchestra is celebrating this truth with its “Timing is the Key,” concert, held at the Lakewood Cultural Center, 470 S. Allison Parkway.

The show will feature Sarah Switzer playing the viola in the performance of Viola Concerto in D Major, Op. 1. Switzer is a recent

was across the country, not just Colorado - is likely due to better climate conditions, like milder temperatures during the breeding season and better rainfall.

As well, she said decreased use of pesticides and more monarch conservationists planting milkweeds and native flowering plants to support the species.

“While it’s difficult to point to a single cause of increase, it’s likely an aggregation of behaviors and conditions that have boosted monarch numbers around the country,” she said.

Residents across Colorado can help restore monarchs and other butterflies by planting native plant species in their own yards, and the Pavilion has those plants for sale in the Spring.

“Everyone gets to participate in creating a safer world for monarchs and invertebrates in general, and really ecosystems,” Herschcovich said.

Yale University graduate, where she served as the principal violist of the Yale Symphony Orchestra for three years. Other included pieces will be Mozart’s Divertimento in F Major, K. 138, and Humperdinck’s selections from Hansel and Gretel.

The concert will be held at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 10. For information and tickets, call 303987-7845 or visit www.lakewoodsymphony.org.

CJRO brings early summer to Arvada Center While we’re not quite in summer weather yet, the Colorado Jazz Repertory Orchestra is bringing a little Brazil to the Arvada Center with Brazil Calling: Featuring the Music of Antônio Carlos Jobim.

The performance will be at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 5 at the center, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd. Guest artists include pianist Victor Mestas and Carl Dixon on percussion, and they’ll be joined by vocalist Heidi Schmidt. The orchestra will be led by artistic director Drew Zaremba.

Tickets are available at www.coloradojazz.org/concerts.

Clarke’s Concert of the Week — Hiss Golden Messenger at Bluebird Theater The New York Times wrote the following about the music made by North Carolina’s Hiss Golden Messenger: “There is just something about Hiss Golden Messenger’s music that makes it feel like a goldenhued summer day even when it’s not.” I really can’t put it any better than that.

Hiss Golden Messenger will be bringing some of that sun-tinged music to the Bluebird Theater, 3317 E. Colfax Ave. in Denver at 8 p.m. on Friday, March 4 and Saturday, March 5. Get tickets at www. bluebirdtheater.net/events.

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A Colorado legend: Rattlesnake Kate Long musical running at Denver Center through March 13

BY SONYA ELLINGBOE SELLINGBOE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

As lights go up on a large stage covered with weathered wood, a cellist, Neyla Pekarek sits spotlighted in a simple chair and begins to play and sing a song about Western women.

She is soon joined by cast members, bringing an audience into the world premiere of a new musical “Rattlesnake Kate,” in the Wolf Theatre at Denver Center for the Performing Arts.

It’s the first musical commissioned by DCPA Theatre Company and grew out of a concept album, “Rattlesnake,” which Pekarek created after she learned about the remarkable, independent Kate Slaughterback, born in northern Colorado in 1894.

Kate, who was divorced six times and ran her own farm near Greeley, was riding her horse across the prairie in 1925, carrying her young adopted son, when they crossed paths with a migration of 140 rattlers.

Legend has it that she shot a number of them and when she ran out of bullets, grabbed a wooden sign and eliminated the rest.

Pekarek, a graduate from University of Northern Colorado’s strong musical theater program

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and formerly a member of the well-known band The Lumineers, presented her concept of a musical about Kate Slaughterback to Chris Coleman, DCPA’s artistic director, who saw theatrical potential, commissioned her to develop music and lyrics, with book/script assistance by playwright Karen Hartman, for a production, originally scheduled for January 2021.

Songs and story were first pre-

sented in concert version during a session of DCPA’s 2019 New Play Summit, then developed into a truly unique work that will run through March 13.

Coleman directed the large, strong cast (most are members of Actors Equity) and Christopher Jahnke orchestrated and arranged Pekarek’s music, while Dominique Kelley was choreographer.

Described as “a campfire tale,”

the production is enhanced by lighting as three different actors present parts of the story as Kate, Katie and Katherine. Perhaps this could have been spelled out a little more clearly, somehow, for an audience unfamiliar with the story, although the reasoning is understandable — this woman had many facets.

At the Greeley Historical Museum, one can view a dress Kate wore, created from the skins of many rattlesnakes. Yes, she really did wear it, we are told — and it was part of Pekarek’s initial introduction to Slaughterback’s story.

Perhaps “Rattlesnake Kate” runs a little too long, though I have no real suggestion of where it might be trimmed.

It’s truly exciting to see a colorful new work in its very first-ever production and especially following a COVID-induced theater drought!

“Rattlesnake Kate” is scheduled to run through March 13 at the Denver Center for Performing Arts. See denvercenter.org for tickets or call the box office 303-893-4100.

Masks are required here and at other area performance venues.

Also scheduled through the season: “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?,” by Albee, “In the Upper Room,” also new, “Choir Boy” by Tarrell Alvin McCraney and “Quixote Nuevo.”

While the COVID-19 pandemic continues, public events frequently are canceled or rescheduled. Check with organizers before you go.

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Now in its 12th annual year, the instrument drive this year runs March 7-20.

Anybody who has a gently-used band or orchestra instrument they no longer play is asked to donate it at any of the 17 donation sites which are located across the state. The instrument is repaired and cleaned, and then is provided to a school in need. Though the instrument goes to the schools, the

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Treatment, understanding of Alzheimer’s advanced in 2021 Possible link between COVID-19 and brain is among recent developments

heavy industry, highways — and other factors that may play a role,” Herlihy said. “This research is ongoing.”

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

In the second half of 2021, the world of Alzheimer’s research saw renewed excitement in a class of experimental Alzheimer’s drugs, according to a nonprofit that pushes for the prevention and cure of the disease.

The buzz came amid the news that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Aduhelm, or aducanumab, for the treatment of Alzheimer’s, a memory-affecting disease that worsens over time.

“It is the first new treatment approved for Alzheimer’s since 2003,” the FDA said in a news release.

The Colorado branch of the nonprofit Alzheimer’s Association highlighted some advancements made in understanding the disease in 2021.

Treatments advance The key difference between the new treatment and old methods is that Aduhelm is the first drug approved by the FDA that addresses the underlying biology of Alzheimer’s, said Jim Herlihy, spokesperson for the Alzheimer’s Association’s Colorado chapter.

“All previously approved medications have only provided relief from Alzheimer’s symptoms,” Herlihy said. “These (new) drugs focus on enabling the immune system to clear protein in the brain before it forms the toxic clumps that drive the death of neurons in the brains of those with Alzheimer’s.”

While the specific causes of Alzheimer’s are not fully known, the disease is characterized by changes in the brain — including “amyloid plaques” — that result in loss of neurons and their connections, according to the FDA. Those changes affect a person’s ability to remem-

Some new medications on the market and continued research have researchers excited SHUTTERSTOCK about the prospect of helping patients with alzheimers.

ber and think.

Aduhelm was approved using the “accelerated approval pathway,” which can be used for a drug for a serious or life-threatening illness that provides a meaningful therapeutic advantage over existing treatments, according to the FDA. The Alzheimer’s drug pipeline heated up last year beyond just the approval of aducanumab, according to the Alzheimer’s Association.

In the second half of 2021, there was renewed excitement in the class of experimental Alzheimer’s drugs that target beta-amyloid, according to the association. Those included drugs from Eli Lilly (donanemab), Eisai (lecanemab) and Roche (gantenerumab), all of which received “Breakthrough Designation” by the FDA in 2021.

COVID in the mix Research appears to point to a link between COVID-19 and the brain, according to the association.

In July, the Alzheimer’s Association’s international, multidisciplinary coronavirus group presented its first data on the short- and long-term consequences of COVID infection on the brain. The data suggested a link between COVID and persistent cognitive impairment, including the acceleration of Alzheimer’s symptoms.

“Since COVID is relatively new, it is too soon to predict the long-term implications,” Herlihy said. “How-

ever, one study conducted over six months in nearly 300 older adults from Argentina who had COVID-19 found more than half had continuing problems with forgetfulness, and 25% had additional problems with cognition.”

The risk of both contracting COVID and serious implications of it are higher as people age, Herlihy noted.

Race remains an issue Researchers are working to better understand how Alzheimer’s risk and progression differ in different populations, according to the association.

“What is currently known is that Blacks are twice as likely as Whites to develop Alzheimer’s while Hispanics are 50% more likely than Whites,” Herlihy said.

But researchers are also exploring other issues that could influence those trends, he added.

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Earlier detection Blood tests for Alzheimer’s took a major step forward, according to the association.

“We’ve seen advances in the development of blood tests that provide a simple, accurate, noninvasive way to detect Alzheimer’s years before symptoms appear.

Now, they’re being used to screen people for participation in a new clinical trial to prevent memory loss,” the news release said.

If drugs prove effective in limiting the progression of the disease in people’s brains, earlier diagnosis will be key in helping people, Herlihy said.

Any test, such as ones involving blood, eyes or saliva, “would be less invasive and less expensive than brain imaging or other current tests and could be made part of an annual physical,” Herlihy said.

“There are a number of blood tests in the research process, but none have received FDA approval yet.”

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Exercise key Research also pointed to another benefit of exercise on the brain, according to the association.

An August 2021 study found a hormone produced by muscles during exercise can bolster the health of neurons and improve thinking and memory.

“While the results are very preliminary, this offers more evidence that exercise is good for the longterm health of the brain,” according to the news release.

To learn more about the study, visit the website at tinyurl.com/ AlzheimersAndExercise.

In 2004, the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office began a collaboration of public and private entities to create what would become the Colorado Life Trak program.

According to the department’s website, the program was designed to offer peace of mind for families with relatives who suffer from mental disorders and may wander from their homes.

“Using specially designed transmitters and tracking devices, the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office has the ability to locate that person within minutes,” the website says.

The program is only for people with disabilities who tend to wander, such as Alzheimer’s, dementia, Down syndrome, autism, PraderWilli syndrome and various brain injuries. Participants in the program must have a daily caregiver living with them.

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• Once the sheriff’s office has started the search using that technology, the average time needed to locate someone is less than 30 minutes.

• People can be tracked day or night, regardless of weather conditions.

For more information, call the sheriff’s office Life Trak program at 720-874-3804. For details on how to apply for the program, visit tinyurl. com/ArapahoeCountyLifeTrak.

For a list of other law enforcement agencies that may offer the service, see the end of the second page at tinyurl.com/LifeTrakOtherCounties.

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Looking at ways to live with heart failure

BY THELMA GRIMES TGRIMES@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

About 6.2 million adults in the U.S.s are living with heart failure and there are almost 900,000 new cases diagnosed each year. The course of treatment and patient prognosis can vary greatly by individual.

With February being American Heart Month, Colorado Community Media caught up with Miriam Halazon, a nurse practitioner with The Medical Center of Aurora’s Heart Failure Clinic. Below are answers to questions involving heart failure.

Does heart failure mean my heart has stopped working or may stop working?

For many the diagnosis of heart failure is terrifying, as the word “failure” instills fear of imminent death. While heart failure is a serious chronic condition, and it does require medical management, there are therapies that improve outcomes, including longevity and quality of life.

Heart failure means the heart has become weak and is not able to pump blood the way it should. A healthy heart is a strong muscle that pumps blood continuously through the circulatory system, beating in an organized way, supplying oxygenrich blood to the body’s cells. When you have heart failure, the heart is unable to keep up with the workload.

It keeps working but can’t pump enough blood to the body to meet its needs for nutrients and oxygen.

Heart failure can worsen over time

and requires watchful care and treatment.

Many people with heart failure lead normal, active lives because they take care of themselves by improving their lifestyle including eating healthy, exercising, showing up for appointments with a heart failure provider, and taking medications correctly.

Once a patient with heart failure is perscribed medication, are they good to go?

Medication is an important cornerstone of heart failure management. Evidence-based research has provided clinical data which shows improvement in outcomes when patients are managed appropriately with medical therapy. Through the use of clinical data, standardized medical treatment guidelines have been developed and are recommended through organizations such as American Heart Association, American College of Cardiology, and Heart Failure Society of America.

Medication management is dependent upon your type of heart failure.

For many patients, this may include between four and six different medications. With each medication there is an optimal recommended dose.

These medications work to improve heart muscle function. Unfortunately, starting all the recommended medications at their optimal dosing is not well tolerated. When starting these medications there is an art to the medicine – starting the medications and increasing dosing is a collaborative practice between

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It is important for patients to be active participants in their care, noting how they feel on their medications and with each dose increase (side effects), monitoring their blood pressures, and communicating concerns with their provider. In our practice we plan to see patients every week while we are working to get their medications started and titrated up to optimal dosing.

There is a real partnership between doctor and patients. The goal is to help patients move from novice to expert in the understanding and management of their heart failure diagnosis. It is often difficult in other health-care settings to be able to see patients this frequently – but this is the benefit of a specialized heart failure clinic.

Once heart failure improves, can a patient stop taking medications?

No, not at this time. Clinical evidence at this time suggests that we should continue effective treatments indefinitely.

One trial, the TRED-HF trial, was a randomized study in which patients who had improved heart muscle function back to normal were taken off of their medications over a 16week period. The study had a 44% drop in their heart muscle function within just eight weeks. This trial had limitations, but clearly suggests that we should not discontinue medical treatment once heart muscle function has improved.

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Colorado mental health professionals incensed after Medicaid forum Experts left venting session more angry

BY JENNIFER BROWN THE COLORADO SUN

A virtual forum intended to identify the “pain points” between exasperated mental health therapists and the state Medicaid department left some care providers shouting, shaking in anger and venting their rage in the meeting’s chat box.

The Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing hired a consulting group that specializes in conflict resolution for the hour-long forum on Feb. 17, which left many of the 160 therapists, psychologists and social workers who attended more incensed than when they logged on.

“I’m a little bit shaky with anger about this,” said Andrew Rose, a psychotherapist and director of Boulder Emotional Wellness, his voice booming through his microphone. “We are not going to be blown off by corporate. This has been completely inappropriate.

Providers are quitting!”

The forum, intended to clear the air, comes after months — if not years — of intense frustration among mental health providers in private practice who want to treat patients covered by Medicaid, the government insurance program for those with low income or disabilities. The state Medicaid division contracts with companies, called Regional Accountable Entities, to credential mental health professionals and reimburse them for providing therapy to Medicaid clients.

The system is rife with administrative burdens, convoluted requirements and — most frustrating for therapists — delays in payment and “clawbacks” in which a regional entity has asked mental health providers to return money they’ve already been reimbursed for services they already provided.

Mental health professionals said they expected they would get to vent their frustrations and seek solutions during the forum. Instead, two mediators asked them to log into an instant polling website on their cell phones and respond to questions, including whether they

felt the process was “moving in the right direction” and what was currently going well. As the answers were displayed live on the screen in colorful words and graphs, mental health workers quickly got annoyed.

“If I could clarify,” interrupted Danielle Patterson, a licensed clinical social worker in Colorado Springs, “we are not welcome to share our complaints and concerns today? We are here to watch your presentation?”

She later posted in the meeting chat box, saying the Medicaid division has failed to respond to their concerns for more than two years.

“We have been trying to work with them for years with no response, gaslighting, worse policies, retaliation, etc.”

The mediators and staff from the state Department of Health Care Policy and Financing, which oversees the Medicaid division, attempted to keep the presentation on track. They promised future meetings, small-group breakout sessions and suggested people fill out “grievance forms.”

“Today is not the day we are just going to take 165 people talking at the same time because no one is going to be able to hear that,” said Allison Faeder with Arrow Performance Group, a Denver consulting company.

When only half of those at the forum responded to a survey question, Faeder said, “I’m going to take that as a win given the amount of heat in this conversation.” And later, her fellow mediator, Julie Auger, made a point of acknowledging the sentiment in the virtual room.

“You’re not getting paid. Let’s call it what it is. That sucks. It’s wrong,” Auger said. “If I had my magic pixie dust, it would be taken care of right now.”

Medicaid officials said they were committed to sorting out the problems and that they are talking to regional entities to make sure mental health providers will get paid. Melissa Eddleman, with the state Department of Health Care Policy and Financing, said the forum was not just an exercise but a path toward solutions. “This is really about systemic change,” she said.

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ing, the chat streamed: “Can you folks just connect as human beings? Can’t you see trust is a major issue here? Hear the providers,” wrote Doreen Hills, a therapist in Fort Morgan.

“We are tired of never getting solutions. Simply put: You get paid, we don’t,” wrote Nola Knudsen, a counselor in Fairplay and Bailey.

“This needs to be a priority solution.”

By the time the meeting ended, Medicaid providers said they were sick of being told to cooperate with the mediation process and be nice to the mediators and the Medicaid division.

“I don’t appreciate being told that I’m not nice,” said Dr. Lisa Griffiths, a licensed psychologist in Aurora. “I’m a very nice person.

I’m just pissed.”

Added Jeremy Rogers, a mental health counselor in Colorado Springs: “Niceness went out the window. You be very nice to me by paying the contracted rate and I will be super nice to you by providing the member the service. There is nothing nice about bills not getting paid.”

Someone shouted “Hallelujah!” as he spoke.

The turmoil comes as state leaders, including Gov. Jared Polis, have made it a priority to increase the number of mental health providers who will accept Medicaid. While the Medicaid division says the numbers have gone up significantly in recent years, some in private practice have stopped accepting Medicaid because of the credentialing and billing frustrations.

Mental health providers who take Medicaid clients have faced reimbursement rate cuts. They complain it takes months, or sometimes years, to get approval from the state Medicaid division and the regional entities to take clients. And in the fall, 199 of them received “recoupment” notices from the regional entity for eight counties including Boulder and El Paso, asking them to return money they’d already been paid because of a clerical problem. In some cases, the amounts totaled $17,000 or $18,000 for a single mental health therapist in private practice.

The entity that sent the recoup-

ment notices, the Colorado Community Health Alliance, is owned by the private insurance giant Anthem. The alliance reversed course after coverage by The Colorado Sun and 9News.

Now, in the past couple of weeks, several mental health providers say they are again struggling to get paid after seeing Medicaid patients.

Among them is Faith Halverson-Ramos, who provides music therapy to tweens, teens and adults in a private practice in Longmont.

Halverson-Ramos, who opened her practice in 2015, started the process of applying to take Medicaid patients in August 2020. It took 11 months because of numerous clerical issues, including a missing date on a bank letter. She’s had billing headaches ever since.

Her regional entity, the Colorado Community Health Alliance, owes Halverson-Ramos about $1,000 for treating a Medicaid patient beginning in the fall, she said.

For another Medicaid patient, she was paid for two months without hassle, but then began receiving denials from the regional entity because she didn’t have prior authorization to provide the treatment, which she said is not required.

It’s sad, Halverson-Ramos said, that Colorado makes it so burdensome to accept Medicaid clients.

It’s important to her to keep trying because she struggled with mental health issues at age 18 and could only afford community mental health care.

“I just want to be part of helping create a better society, a healthier society, and to have my efforts be treated like this by some faceless insurance company that doesn’t care about people over their profits just adds insult to injury,” she said in an interview. “I really worry about children and teens growing up in poverty and not having access to mental health care.”

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

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BY STEVE SMITH SSMITH@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

It took every bit of Anthony Chavez’s record-setting nine three-point baskets and 29 total points and a game-winning layup from Marcus Hinh to send Riverdale Ridge’s boys basketball team to the Sweet 16.

The Ravens squandered a 10-point, first-quarter lead, rallied from a nine-point deficit in the second half and held off Thomas Jefferson 69-67 in the second round of the state 4A boys basketball tournament Feb. 26. The game was in Thornton.

In addition to Chavez’s scoring outburst, the Ravens’ Ryan Leopold scored 24 points, including a pair of 3-pointers.

Jathan Alston added eight. The Spartans’ top scorer was Will Perkins, who tossed in 17 points.

Armon Baker, Doren Sacha and Josiah Gordon chipped in with 12 points.

After Hinh’s game-winning layup, the Spartans had three chances to win the game. All three chances missed the mark.

“Man. That’s once in a lifetime, man,” said Hinh, who finished with nine points, including a three-pointer to end the first quarter. “It was a team effort. I love my team. It wasn’t a designed play. I just looked to score, and I took advantage.”

Chavez made four of his 3-pointers in the second half. He sank a jumper with 90 seconds to go to give his team a two-point lead, a lead that disappeared when the Spartans’ Josiah Gordon sank a jump shot.

“Our defense, at the end of the game, started to press harder,” Chavez said. “We were playing too fast. But we slowed it down.

We had a couple of meetings.

But the last time really got to us, and we started to work harder.

He (coach Byron Gray) said, ‘Keep going, and we can’t foul.’”

“The kids showed grit. They showed fight,” Gray said. “We were making mistakes early that got us in trouble. When we finally stopped making those mistakes, we got every possession we wanted.”

When the mistakes stopped, the Ravens started to take advantage of the presence of Brady Greene, all 6 feet 6 inches of him. Greene finished with seven points.

“That makes a big difference.

He was the mismatch where we kept saying, ‘Get it into Brady.

Get it into Brady,’” Gray said.

“Once we started finally getting it into him, that freed everything else up.”

Chavez said a win is a win, regardless of its looks.

“It’s better to win,” Chavez said. “We should have beat them by more.”

Hinh thought the way the Ravens won was more important.

“We fought hard,” Hinh said.

“We kept fighting. We didn’t stop after we were down. We came back, and we won the game.”

“At playoff time, we knew it was going to be tough,” Gray said. “We knew we were going to be in a fight. We have to go back to the drawing board and get better the next game.”

Thomas Jefferson’s Armon Baker sends this pass around the defense of Brady Greene of the PHOTO BY STEVE SMITH Ravens Feb. 26.

Football: Ravens’ Holliday heading for Augustana University

BY STEVE SMITH SSMITH@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

When it came right down to it, Riverdale Ridge’s RJ Holliday followed a basic human instinct in choosing a college.

“When I visited Augustana University, they were extremely welcoming, made me feel very at home, part of their program and invested in my higher education,” Holliday said. He’ll sign his college letter Friday, Feb. 25, at RRHS. “We talked a lot about the education I would get at AU from such a high-ranking university and business school.

“From the minute I walked on the campus at AU, visited the business college and met the football coaching staff, I could just feel it was the place for me.”

Augustana, which is in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, wasn’t the only school that attracted Holliday’s interest.

“I had 12 good offers to choose from, which made this process difficult and stressful: he said. “But I had family and good coaches who

told me I would just know when the college was right. I would feel it, and I did at AU. Distance from home did not play into my decision. My goal has always been to go out of state and play football (NCAA) D2 or higher collegiately at a university with a great business school.”

Outgoing RRHS Principal Terry Elliott called Holliday” a true student-athlete.”

“I knew he’d be a good fit from Day 1, when we met,” RRHS football coach Wayne Voorhees said. “He’s been great, and it’s been awesome to watch you grow. What he did on both sides of the ball was unbelievable.”

RRHS was 4-5 in 2021. Holliday caught 35 passes for 767 yards and 10 touchdowns. Holliday also plays on the Ravens’ basketball team.

Through 19 games, he was averaging about 2.5 points and 2.7 rebounds per game. He wants to study business with the goal of opening his own sports business.

“The recruiting process was difficult during a pandemic, though honestly, I wouldn’t know the

process any different since when I was going through it there was a pandemic going on,” Holliday said.

“From what coaches told me, it was hard for them since the NCAA granted players an extra year due to the pandemic. That took scholarship money away from the programs to offer high-school players/incoming freshmen. I think it will have a negative effect on a lot of college teams at all levels the next couple of years.”

Holliday overcame one other issue .. transferring to RRHS from Bishop Machebeuf High School.

“I thought having to transfer in the middle of my high-school career was hard, but it turned out to be a blessing,” he said. “I have made long-lasting relationships at Riverdale Ridge High School from friends to teammates to coaches to teachers.

It’s a great school with even greater people who make up the Raven community. Thanks RRHS for welcoming me and making me a part of the Nest.”

Holliday said he was “anxious and excited” about what lies ahead.

“I have put in a lot of work, a lot

Riverdale Ridge’s RJ Holliday signs his letter of intent to study and play football at Augustana College Feb. 25, much to the pleasure of his mother, Car-

of hours, a lot of blood, sweat and tears to accomplish these goals.

But it is just the beginning of my journey,” Holliday said. “Now, I’m ready to start working even harder to accomplish my college and nextlevel goals.”

“I’m excited to watch your success as you grow into a young man,” Voorhees said.

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Football: Legacy’s Dickerson heading C R O S S W O R D for Colorado School of Mines P U Z Z L E

BY STEVE SMITH SSMITH@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Legacy’s Mason Dickerson (24) participates in the coin toss ahead of the Lightning’s game against Fossil Ridge in October. Dickerson is heading to the Colorado School of Mines this fall.

PHOTO BY STEFAN BRODSKY

He drew interest from Assumption University (Worcester, Mass.), Colorado Mesa University, Western Colorado University, Chadron (Nebraska) State College, the South Dakota School of Mines, the University of Penn, Empora (Kansas) State and the University of NebraskaKearney.

Dickerson wants to study either civil engineering or business engineering. He wants to take his degrees and land some internships for future opportunities after school.

“Recruiting was tough because there were so many limited spots this year due to COVID and the transfer portal,” Dickerson said.

“But it really made me appreciate the schools that were giving me opportunities and wanted me to go to their school.

“I am a mix of nervous and excited for my next chapter since it’s going to be something so new,” he added. “But I’m excited to get up there and be with all the guys and compete for a job.”

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Legacy’s Mason Dickerson wanted at least two things when he set out to look for a college, and he found them at the Colorado School of Mines.

“I wanted to go to Colorado School of Mines because they were interested in me early in recruiting,” Dickerson said. “The idea of being set for life after football was a major aspect to why I chose Mines too. Also, the staff there is very tight and has a great culture on the team.”

He took a campus visit.

“And when I went on my official visit I really liked Golden, and going up with my good friend, Braelon Tate, we both loved it and wanted to commit,” Dickerson said. “I was able to meet some of my future teammates on my visit, and I knew a couple of kids in the class before me that went to Mines as well.”

Recruiting during a pandemic has been strange for a lot of high-school athletes.

“I feel like that was the case a little, but it was nice being in contact a lot with the staff during the season, which made me float towards them more before I committed,” he said.

Legacy was 6-5 in the 2021 season and advanced to the first round of the state 5A playoffs. Dickerson ran the ball four times for 20 yards. He also caught 32 passes for 367 yards and a pair of touchdowns. Dickerson also made 48 tackles, 42 of which were solo efforts.

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Public Notices call Marley 303-566-4123 Legals Public Trustees COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. A202178938 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On December 9, 2021, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Adams records.

Original Grantor(s) Emilio L Romero Original Beneficiary(ies) MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR M2 LENDING SOLUTIONS, LLC, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS Current Holder of Evidence of Debt WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. Date of Deed of Trust May 24, 2018 County of Recording Adams Recording Date of Deed of Trust June 04, 2018 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) 2018000044705 Original Principal Amount $422,400.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $414,419.94 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 43, BLOCK 1, BRAMMING FARM SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 3, ACCORDING TO THE RECORDED PLAT THEROF, RECORDED SEPTEMBER 12, 2013 UNDER RECEPTION NO. 2013000080036 AND AS AMENDED BY AFFIDAVIT AND CERTIFICATION OF CORRECTION FOR BRAMMING FARM SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 3 RECORDED SEPTEMBER 18, 2013 UNDER RECEPTION NO. 2013000081451, COUNTY OF ADAMS, STATE OF COLORADO. APN #: 0157131113066 Also known by street and number as: 12516 Hudson Way, 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, 04/13/2022, 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 Publication 2/17/2022 Last Publication 3/17/2022 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: 12/09/2021 Lisa L. Culpepper, Public Trustee in and for the County of Adams, State of Colorado By: Lisa L. Culpepper, 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: Alison L. Berry #34531 Janeway Law Firm PC 9800 S. Meridian Blvd., #400, Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 706-9990 Attorney File # 21-026124 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. A202178936 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:

On December 2, 2021, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Adams records.

Original Grantor(s) Carlos G Correa Original Beneficiary(ies) Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Universal American Mortgage Company, LLC Current Holder of Evidence of Debt Community Loan Servicing, LLC, a Delaware Limited Liability Company Date of Deed of Trust November 29, 2016 County of Recording Adams Recording Date of Deed of Trust November 30, 2016 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) 2016000103265 Original Principal Amount $197,901.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $188,970.29 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. Lot 7, Block 58, Perl-Mack Manor, Ninth Filing, County of Adams, State of Colorado.

Also known by street and number as: 1343 Lipan Drive, Denver, CO 80221.

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, 04/06/2022, 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 Publication: 2/10/2022 Last Publication: 3/10/2022 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: 12/02/2021 Lisa L. Culpepper, Public Trustee in and for the County of Adams, State of Colorado By: Lisa L. Culpepper 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: Karen J. Radakovich #11649 Frascona Joiner Goodman & Greenstein, PC 4750 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder, CO 80305-5575 (303) 494-3000 Attorney File # 7192-14220 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 §38-38-10 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. A202178933 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On December 2, 2021, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Adams records.

Original Grantor(s) Henry N. Archuleta and Pearl Archuleta Original Beneficiary(ies) Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as beneficiary, as nominee for Axiom Financial Services, its successors and assigns Current Holder of Evidence of Debt U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee for MASTR Asset Backed Securities Trust 2004-HE1, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2004-HE1 Date of Deed of Trust March 26, 2004 County of Recording Adams Recording Date of Deed of Trust April 22, 2004

Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) 20040422000262550*** Original Principal Amount $218,500.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $244,910.43 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 123, REMINGTON FILING NO. 1 PUD, COUNTY OF ADAMS, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 9146 CLERMONT DR, 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.

Also known by street and number as: 2921 East 121st Court, Thornton, CO 80241.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 AM on Wednesday, 04/06/2022, 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.

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

First Publication 2/10/2022 Last Publication: 3/10/2022 Name of Publication: Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel

Lot 37, Block 1, Waterford Place Subdivision Filing No. 1, County of Adams, State of Colorado. ***This loan has been modified through a Home Affordable Modification Agreement effective March 1, 2016.

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, 04/06/2022, 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 Publication: 2/10/2022 Last Publication: 3/10/2022 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: 12/02/2021 Lisa L. Culpepper, Public Trustee in and for the County of Adams, State of Colorado By: Lisa L. Culpepper, 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 # CO11016 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. A202178935 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On December 2, 2021, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Adams records.

Original Grantor(s) Beverly A Burns Original Beneficiary(ies) JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt MIDFIRST BANK Date of Deed of Trust April 19, 2013 County of Recording Adams Recording Date of Deed of Trust May 24, 2013 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) 2013000044432 Original Principal Amount $164,238.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $110,753.52 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.

IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; DATE: 12/02/2021 Lisa L. Culpepper, Public Trustee in and for the County of Adams, State of Colorado By: Lisa L. Culpepper 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 9800 S. Meridian Blvd., #400, Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 706-9990 Attorney File # 21-026074 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. A202178939 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On December 16, 2021, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Adams records.

Original Grantor(s) ASHLEY M ASHLEY AND LENDELL ASHLEY Original Beneficiary(ies) MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR STEARNS LENDING, LLC, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS Current Holder of Evidence of Debt FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION Date of Deed of Trust November 23, 2016 County of Recording Adams Recording Date of Deed of Trust December 02, 2016 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) 2016000104436 Original Principal Amount $297,618.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $289,281.74 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 2, BLOCK 9, BUFFALO MESA SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 1, COUNTY OF ADAMS, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 16275 E 107TH PL, 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, 04/20/2022, 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 Publication: 2/24/2022 Last Publication: 3/24/2022 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: 12/16/2021 Lisa L. Culpepper, Public Trustee in and for the County of Adams, State of Colorado By: Lisa L. Culpepper, 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 9800 S. Meridian Blvd., #400, Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 706-9990 Attorney File # 18-019059 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. A202178934 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On December 2, 2021, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Adams records.

Original Grantor(s) STACY A VONDRA Original Beneficiary(ies) MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR ENVOY MORTGAGE, LTD, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS Current Holder of Evidence of Debt MIDFIRST BANK Date of Deed of Trust September 14, 2016 County of Recording Adams Recording Date of Deed of Trust September 16, 2016 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) 2016000077433 Original Principal Amount $326,968.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $303,110.63 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 10, CHERRYWOOD PARK SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 1, COUNTY OF ADAMS, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 13901 GARFIELD STREET, THORNTON, CO 80602.

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, 04/06/2022, 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 Publication: 2/10/2022 Last Publication: 3/10/2022 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: 12/02/2021 Lisa L. Culpepper, Public Trustee in and for the County of Adams, State of Colorado By: Lisa L. Culpepper, Treasurer and Public Trustee

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Public Notices 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 9800 S. Meridian Blvd., #400, Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 706-9990 Attorney File # 21-026055 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.

City and County Public Notice NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to the liquor laws of the State of Colorado and the ordinances of the City of Westminster, an application for a lodging and entertainment liquor license to sell malt, vinous, and spirituous liquors by the drink for on-premise consumption was filed with the Westminster Special Permit and License Board on January 25, 2022. The applicant is Jump City LLC, dba Activate, 9979 Wadsworth Pkwy #300, Westminster, 80021 Jump City LLC owner/officer is: Bruce Prior, 6650 Crestbrook Dr Morrison 80465 NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the Special Permit & License Board will conduct a hearing on said application on Wednesday, March 16, at 7:00 p.m., when and where all parties in interest will be heard. The neighborhood of interest has been established with the following boundaries: North: 104th Ave extended, South: Cody Dr, extended, West: Garland St, extended; East: Ammons Cr. extended. The City will have petitions circulated within this neighborhood.

For additional information contact the City Clerk’s Office 303-658-2162.

SPECIAL PERMIT AND LICENSE BOARD CITY OF WESTMINSTER Mary Joy Barajas, Deputy City Clerk Legal Notice No. NTS708 First Publication: March 3, 2022 Last Publication: March 3, 2022 Publisher: Westminster Window Public Notice NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to the liquor laws of the State of Colorado and the ordinances of the City of Westminster, an application for a lodging and entertainment liquor license to sell malt, vinous, and spirituous liquors by the drink for on-premise consumption was filed with the Westminster Special Permit and License Board on January 25, 2022. The applicant is The Bad Hatchett LLC, dba The Bad Hatchett, 5076 W 92nd Ave. The Bad Hatchet LLC owners/officers are: Justin Sheets 7332 E 129th Pl Thornton 80602 Eric Gemelli 6493 S Field Wy Littleton 80123 Al Grauer 730A Crawford Dr Cottage Grove 53728 NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the Special Permit & License Board will conduct a hearing on said application on Wednesday, March 16, at approx.7:20 p.m., when and where all parties in interest will be heard. The neighborhood of interest has been established with the following boundaries: North: 96th Ave, extended, South: 88th Ave, extended, West: Westminster Blvd, extended; East: Utica St,. extended. The City will have petitions circulated within this neighborhood.

For additional information contact the City Clerk’s Office 303-658-2162.

SPECIAL PERMIT AND LICENSE BOARD CITY OF WESTMINSTER Mary Joy Barajas, Deputy City Clerk Legal Notice No. NTS709 First Publication: March 3, 2022 Last Publication: March 3, 2022 Publisher: Westminster Window LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING THAT THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF THE COUNTY OF ADAMS, STATE OF COLORADO, shall be considering the adoption of a Resolution regarding amending the 2021 Adopted Budget as approved and appropriated, and shall take action on said Resolution at a public hearing to be held on Tuesday, March 8, 2022, at 9:30 a.m. in the first floor Public Hearing Room, at the Adams County Government Center, 4430 S. Adams County Parkway, Brighton, CO 80601-8204.

The proposed Resolution is available for inspection online at www.adcogov.org.

Any interested elector of Adams County may file objection to the Resolution at any time prior to final adoption of the Resolution.

Legal Notice No. NTS693 First Publication: March 3, 2022 Last Publication: March 3, 2022 Publisher: The Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel Westminster Window Public Notice NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING PURPOSE: TO CONSIDER A PROPOSED APPLICATION TO GRANT A CONDITIONAL USE APPROVAL TO THE PROPERTY ADDRESSED AS 8411 N. PECOS STREET, SUITE D, TO ALLOW A

MASSAGE USE. ADDRESS: 8411 N. PECOS STREET, SUITE D FEDERAL HEIGHTS, CO 80260 LEGAL DESCRIPTION: LOTS 1 AND 2 AGNES FLOWERS SUBDIVISION, CITY OF FEDERAL HEIGHTS, COUNTY OF ADAMS, STATE OF COLORADO PARCEL: 0171928205023 PUBLIC HEARING TIMES AND LOCATIONS: PLANNING & ZONING HEARING TIME: 6:00 PM DATE: TUESDAY, MARCH 29, 2022 LOCATION: DUE TO THE CONTINUING THREAT OF THE SPREAD OF COVID-19, THE PUBLIC HEARING SHALL BE CONDUCTED IN A VIRTUAL SETTING AND ALL SUBMITTED MATERIALS AND INSTRUCTIONS FOR PARTICIPATION WILL BE POSTED AT HTTPS:// WWW.FEDHEIGHTS.ORG/ CALENDAR. TO APPEAR OR PARTICIPATE IN THE PUBLIC HEARING, PLEASE FOLLOW THE REMOTE MEETING INFORMATION BELOW: TO USE ZOOM TECHNOLOGY VIDEO CONFERENCING: HTTPS://US02WEB.ZOOM.US/J/84673675061 TO USE AUDIO DIAL-IN: PLEASE CALL: 346 248 7799 ENTER MEETING ID: 846 7367 5061 CITY COUNCIL TIME: 6:00 PM DATE: TUESDAY, APRIL 19, 2022 LOCATION: CITY OF FEDERAL HEIGHTS COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 2380 W 90TH AVENUE, FEDERAL HEIGHTS CO 80260

BY ORDER OF: PATTI K. LOWELL, CMC CITY CLERK, CITY OF FEDERAL HEIGHTS Legal Notice No. NTS706 First Publication: March 3, 2022 Last Publication: March 3, 2022 Publisher: Westminster Window Public Notice INVITATION FOR BIDS City of Thornton 9500 Civic Center Drive Thornton, CO 80229-4326 The City of Thornton is soliciting the following: 1. Thornton Trails Wayfinding Signage – Phase II, Thornton Project No. 20-59A, CDOT Project No. STU M 286-047 Invitation for Bids for Construction.

Go to Thornton’s website at www.ThorntonCO. gov, click on “Business” and then “Contracts & Purchasing” for information on how to obtain the solicitation documents. Bidders/Proposers are required to acknowledge all addenda in their Bid/Proposal submittal, failure to do so may be considered non-responsive.

Legal Notice No. NTS681 First Publication: February 24, 2022 Last Publication: March 10, 2022 Publisher: The Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel Public Notice NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Pursuant to the Colorado Beer Code, Murphy Oil USA, Inc., P.O. Box 7300, El Dorado, AR 71731; Robert Clyde, President/CEO, 520 E. 8th Street, El Dorado, AR 71730; Malynda West, Executive Vice-President/CFO, 264 Rainwater Road, El Dorado, AR 71730; John Moore, Senior VicePresident/Counsel, 2316 Ridgewood, El Dorado, AR 71730; and Mr. Gregory Smith, Secretary, 247 Fawnwood Circle, El Dorado, AR 71730; DBA Murphy Express #8945, 3905 E. 104th Avenue, Thornton, CO 80233, have requested the Thornton Local Licensing Authority (LLA) to grant a Fermented Malt Beverage License to sell fermented malt beverages for consumption off the premises.

Hearing on the application received 2/1/2022, will be held before the LLA on Wednesday, March 16, 2022, at 6:00 p.m., or as soon thereafter as may be heard, at https://thorntonco.zoom. us/j/87346051749 or call 669-900-6833 and enter meeting ID 873 4605 1749. At said time and place, any interested persons may appear to be heard for or against the granting of this license.

By Order of the LLA (Liquor and Beer) Crystal Sergent, Agenda and Licensing Coordinator Legal Notice No. NTS680 First Publication: March 3, 2022 Last Publication: March 3, 2022 Publisher: The Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel Public Notice Berkeley Villas Case Number: PRC2021-00003 Planning Commission Hearing Date: March 24, 2022 at 6:00 pm Board of County Commissioners Hearing Date: April 5, 2022 at 9:30 am Hearing Location: 4430 S. Adams County Pkwy., Brighton, CO 80601 Request: 1. Rezoning to Transit-Oriented Development (TOD); 2. Preliminary Plat for major subdivision.

Site Location: 2880 W 56TH AVE Parcel Numbers: 0182517103052, 0182517103053 Case Manager: Greg Barnes Legal Description: KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS THAT TTLC MANAGEMENT, INC., AN ARIZONA CORPORATION, AS THE PROSPECTIVE PURCHASER, PURSUANT TO THE REAL ESTATE PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT DATED AS OF 06/16/2020 WITH DIANE M GRABER, AS SELLER, OF THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED TRACT OF LAND: THE WEST 65.7 FEET OF THE EAST 85.7 FEET OF THE NORTH 145 FEET OF PLOT 4, RESUBDIVISION OF WESTMOORLAND, COUNTY OF ADAMS, STATE OF COLO-

RADO. · KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS THAT TTLC MANAGEMENT, INC., AN ARIZONA CORPORATION, AS THE PROSPECTIVE PURCHASER, PURSUANT TO THE REAL ESTATE PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT DATED AS OF 12/15/2020 WITH RYAN SMITH, AS SELLER, OF THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED TRACT OF LAND: THE NORTH 160 FEET OF THE WEST 50 FEET OF LOT 7, RE-SUBDIVISION OF WESTMOORLAND, COUNTY OF ADAMS, STATE OF COLORADO. · KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS THAT TTLC MANAGEMENT, INC., AN ARIZONA CORPORATION, AS THE PROSPECTIVE PURCHASER, PURSUANT TO THE REAL ESTATE PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT DATED AS OF 01/15/2021 WITH LAURA LECHUGA, AS SELLER, OF THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED TRACT OF LAND: THE NORTH 160 FEET OF THE EAST 50 FEET OF LOT 7, RESUBDIVISION OF WESTMOORLAND, COUNTY OF ADAMS, STATE OF COLORADO · KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS THAT TTLC MANAGEMENT, INC., AN ARIZONA CORPORATION, AS THE PROSPECTIVE PURCHASER, PURSUANT TO THE REAL ESTATE PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT DATED AS OF 10/21/2019 WITH 56TH & FEDERAL LLC, A COLORADO LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, AS SELLER, OF THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED TRACT OF LAND: PARCEL A: THE SOUTH 150 FEET OF LOTS 4, 5 AND 6, LOTS 7 AND THE WEST 25 FEET OF THE NORTH 160 FEET OF LOT 6, THE EAST 20 FEET OF THE NORTH 160 FEET OF LOT 4, AND THE NORTH 150 FEET OF LOT 19, EXCEPT THE NORTH 160 OF LOT 7, OF THE RE-SUBDIVISION OF WESTMOORLAND, COUNTY OF ADAMS, STATE OF COLORADO. PARCEL B: THE EAST 1/2 OF LOT 5 AND THE WEST 25 FEET OF LOT 4, EXCEPT THE SOUTH 150 FEET OF SAID LOTS, RESUBDIVISION OF WESTMOORLAND, COUNTY OF ADAMS, STATE OF COLORADO. TOGETHER WITH THE NORTH 15 FEET OF THE SOUTH 165 FEET OF PLOT 4 EXTENDING FROM THE WEST LINE OF THE EAST 20 FEET OF SAID PLOT 4 TO THE EAST LINE OF THE WEST 25 FEET OF SAID PLOT 4, RESUBDIVISION OF WESTMOORLAND, COUNTY OF ADAMS, STATE OF COLORADO. PARCEL C: LOT 8A, RESUBDIVISION OF WESTMOORLAND PLAT CORRECTION NO. 2, COUNTY OF ADAMS, STATE OF COLORADO. TO BE COMBINED INTO A SINGLE LOT DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: A PARCEL OF LAND BEING ALL OF PLOT 4, PORTION OF PLOTS 5 THROUGH 7, AND A PORTION OF LOT 19, RE-SUBDIVISION OF WESTMOORLAND, AND ALL OF LOT 8A, RE-SUBDIVISION OF WESTMOORLAND PLAT CORRECTION NO. 2, SITUATED IN THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 17, TOWNSHIP 3 SOUTH, RANGE 68 WEST OF THE 6TH/ PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, COUNTY OF ADAMS, STATE OF COLORADO, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF SAID PLOT 4; THENCE SOUTH 00°29’37” EAST ALONG THE EAST LINE OF SAID PLOT 4, A DISTANCE OF 310.01 FEET TO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SAID PLOT 4; THENCE SOUTH 89°59’11” WEST ALONG THE SOUTH LINES OF SAID PLOTS 4 AND 5, A DISTANCE OF 220.78 FEET TO THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF SAID PLOT 19; THENCE SOUTH 00°33’42” EAST ALONG THE EAST LINE OF SAID PLOT 19, A DISTANCE OF 150.01 FEET TO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE NORTH 150 FEET OF SAID PLOT 19; THENCE SOUTH 89°59’11” WEST ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF THE NORTH 150 FEET OF SAID PLOT 19, THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID PLOT 7, AND THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID LOT 8A, A DISTANCE OF 410.39 FEET TO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SAID LOT 8A; THENCE ALONG THE PERIMETER OF SAID LOT 8A THE FOLLOWING THREE (3) COURSES: 1) NORTH 00°32’42” WEST, A DISTANCE OF 160.00 FEET; 2) NORTH 89°59’27” EAST, A DISTANCE OF 100.00 FEET; 3) NORTH 00°32’42” WEST, A DISTANCE OF 300.03 FEET TO A POINT ON THE SOUTH RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF WEST 56TH/ AVENUE; THENCE NORTH 89°59’11” EAST ALONG SAID SOUTH LINE, A DISTANCE OF 224.66 FEET TO THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THAT PARCEL DESCRIBED AT RECEPTION NO. 2015000102887; THENCE SOUTH 00°32’42” EAST ALONG THE WEST LINE OF SAID PARCEL, A DISTANCE OF 160.01 FEET TO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SAID PARCEL THENCE NORTH 89°59’12” EAST ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID PARCEL AND ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF A PARCEL DESCRIBED AT RECEPTION NO. 2012000092509, A DISTANCE OF 140.99 FEET TO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SAID PARCEL DESCRIBED AT RECEPTION NO. 2012000092509; THENCE NORTH 00°33’42” WEST ALONG THE EAST LINE OF SAID PARCEL, A DISTANCE OF 160.01 FEET TO A POINT ON THE SOUTH RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF WEST 56TH/ AVENUE; THENCE NORTH 89°59’11” EAST ALONG SAID SOUTH LINE, A DISTANCE OF 165.80 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. SAID PARCEL CONTAINS 204,691 SQUARE FEET OR 4.70 ACRES, MORE OR LESS. HAVE BY THESE PRESENTS LAID OUT, PLATTED AND SUBDIVIDED THE SAME INTO BLOCKS, LOTS, TRACTS, STREETS AND EASEMENTS AS SHOWN ON THIS PLAT UNDER THE NAME AND STYLE OF BERKELEY VILLAS SUBDIVISION PLAT. THE UNDERSIGNED DOES HEREBY DEDICATE, GRANT AND CONVEY TO ADAMS COUNTY TRACT A AS SHOWN ON THE PLAT; AND FURTHER RESTRICTS THE USE OF ALL PUBLIC EASEMENTS TO ADAMS COUNTY AND/OR ITS ASSIGNS, PROVIDED HOWEVER, THAT THE SOLE RIGHT AND AUTHORITY TO RELEASE OR QUITCLAIM ALL OR ANY SUCH PUBLIC EASEMENTS SHALL REMAIN EXCLUSIVELY VESTED IN ADAMS COUNTY Legal Notice No. NTS710 First Publication: March 3, 2022 Last Publication: March 3, 2022 Publisher: Westminster Window

Metropolitan Districts Public Notice A CALL FOR NOMINATIONS §1-13.5-501, 1-13.5-1102(3), 32-1-905(2), C.R.S. TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, and, particularly, to the electors of the Shaw Heights Water District of Adams County(ies), Colorado.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an election will be held on the 3rd day of May, 2022 between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. At that time, 3 directors will be elected to serve 3-year terms and 0 directors will be elected to serve 1-year* terms. Eligible electors of the Shaw Heights Water District interested in serving on the board of directors may obtain a Self-Nomination and Acceptance form from the District Designated Election Official (DEO): Ryan Goodyear 8876 Oakwood Street Westminster, CO 8031 310-491-4445 The Office of the DEO is open on the following days: Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

The deadline to submit a Self-Nomination and Acceptance is close of business on February 25, 2022 (not less than 67 days before the election).

Affidavit of Intent To Be A Write-In-Candidate forms must be submitted to the office of the designated election official by the close of business on Monday, February 28, 2022 (the sixty-fourth day before the election).

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN, an application for an absentee ballot shall be filed with the designated election official no later than the close of business on Tuesday preceding the election, April 26, 2022.

Ryan Goodyear Designated Election Official Signature Legal Notice No. NTS695 First Publication: March 3, 2022 Last Publication: March 3, 2022 Publisher: Westminster Window

GRAY VIN ENDING 593765 12) 2004 SUBARU OUTBACK VIN ENDING 654282 13) 2000 ACURA 3.2 VIN ENDING 038153 14) 1993 PREVOST BUS VIN ENDING 001688 15) 2000 SUZUKI VITARA VIN ENDING 129605 16) 2019 BUDDY M/C PINK VIN ENDING 123951 17) UNK TRAILER WHITE VIN ENDING 105371

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Legal Notice No. NTS699 First Publication: March 3, 2022 Last Publication: March 3, 2022 Publisher: Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE Stor-N-Lock Self Storage #15 Auction to be held online with StorageTreasures.com. Unit contents of the following storage unit(s) will be sold at 10:00am on 03-19-2022. Sale is being Conducted to satisfy landlord’s lien in accordance with Article 21.5, Title 38m Colorado Revised Statutes 1973, as amended.

Unit # 3035: Dennis Prather: Unit size: 10x10 Boxes, Fan, Cooler, Plastic Containers Unit #7031: Marissa Espinosa: Unit size: 5x5 Bags, Boxes, Dolly, Kids Toys Legal Notice No. NTS658 First Publication: March 3, 2022 Last Publication: March 10, 2022 Publisher: The Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel

Notice to Creditors PUBLIC NOTICE

Bids and Settlements

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Randy Joe Miller, aka Randolph Joe Miller, Deceased Case Number: 2022 PR 30100

Public Notice NOTICE OF CONTRACTOR’S SETTLEMENT Mapleton Public School District, Adams County School District #1 in Adams County in The State of Colorado. Notice is hereby given that on March 11, 2022, final settlement with Sampson Construction (General Contractor), RB+B Architects (Architect), Working Spaces (Furniture), Iconergy (Commissioning Agent), and Olsson (Construction Materials Tester and Third Party Inspector) will be made by Mapleton Public Schools for an account of the contracts of the said Sampson Construction, RB+B Architects, Working Spaces, Iconergy, and Olsson for the completion of the Monterey Community School Building Renovation and Addition project in the Mapleton Public School District, Adams County School District #1, in the State of Colorado, and that any person, copartnership, association, or corporation who has an unpaid claim against the said Sampson Construction, RB+B Architects, Working Spaces, Iconergy, or Olsson, for or on account of the furnishing of labor, materials, team hire, sustenance, provisions, provender or other supplies used or consumed by such contractor or any of his subcontractors in or about the performance of said work, may at any time up to and including said time of such final settlement on said Sampson Construction, RB+B Architects, Working Spaces, Iconergy, and Olsson, file a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid on account of such claim with the Board of Education of said School District, at the office of: Mapleton Public School District, 7350 N. Broadway, Denver, CO 80221. Failure on the part of a claimant to file such statement prior to such final settlement will relieve said School District from any and all liability for such claimant’s claim.

Legal Notice No. NTS712 First Publication: March 3, 2022 Last Publication: March 10, 2022 Publisher: The Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Adams County, Colorado on or before July 5, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Bret States, Personal Representative 1877 Trail Blazer Road Fort Lupton, CO80621 Legal Notice No. NTS690 First Publication: March 3, 2022 Last Publication: March 17, 2022 Publisher: Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of DONALD L. BARRY, aka Donald Leroy Barry, aka Donald Barry, aka, Don Barry, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30050 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Adams County, Colorado on or before July 5, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Shaun Pearman, Attorney for the Personal Representative c/o Pearman Law Firm 4195 Wadsworth Blvd Wheat Ridge, CO 80033 Legal Notice No. NTS692 First Publication: March 3, 2022 Last Publication: March 17, 2022 Publisher: Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of FRANCES J. STEELE, a/k/a FRANCES STEELE, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30089

Storage Liens/Vehicle Titles Public Notice

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Adams County, Colorado on or before June 17, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Big Toe Towing LLC 2531 W. 62nd #k Denver CO 80221 720-582-6335 Is seeking to title the following:

Jarred Michael Gurss, Personal Representative 1835 E. 135th Ave Thornton, CO 80241

1) 2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee #411889 2) 2005 Subaru Legacy #216429 3) 2005 Chevrolet Colorado #166566 4) 1994 Jeep Grand Cherokee #346653 5) 1986 Harley Davidson #905083 6) 1999 Dodge Ram 1500 #552983

Legal Notice No. NTS630 First Publication: February 17, 2022 Last Publication: March 3, 2022 Publisher: Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel

Legal Notice No. NTS691 First Publication: March 3, 2022 Last Publication: March 3, 2022 Publisher: Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel

PUBLIC NOTICE

Public Notice The following individuals are hereby notified that we will be applying for the title and their abandoned vehicle is to be sold.

Red’s Towing, Inc. 5702 Lipan St Denver, CO 80216 303-733-7809 01) 1995 NISSAN P/U GREEN VIN ENDING 472730 02) 1956 FORD 2 DOOR WHITE VIN ENDING 183524 03) 1992 GMC 1500 WHITE VIN ENDING 153376 04) 2001 PLYMOUTH VOYAGER GREEN VIN ENDING 486771 05) 1972 CHEVROLET P/U WHITE VIN ENDING 136441 06) 2005 CHRYSLER SEBRING WHITE VIN ENDING 658966 07) 1979 CHEVROLET S/W WHITE VIN ENDING 172843 08) 1952 DODGE TK GREEN MTR#729300 BODY 767106 09) 2003 ACURA 3.2 SILVER VIN ENDING 013263 10) 1998 DODGE 3500 VAN WHITE VIN ENDING 135739 11) 2002 TOYOTA CAMRY

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Karen A. Walters, deceased Case Number: 2021PR031103 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to District Court of Adams County, Colorado on or before June 17, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Nancy J. Wehrheim, Personal Representative 10478 Moore Court Westminster, CO 80021 Legal Notice No. NTS651 First publication: February 17, 2022 Last publication: March 3, 2022 Publisher: Northglen-Thornton Sentinel PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Douglas Alan Paul, aka Douglas A. Paul, Deceased Case Number: 2022 PR 30113 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Adams County, Colorado on or before June 24, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

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Public Notices Estate of Ausma Erna Wade, Ausma E Wade, Ausma Wade, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR303

JoAnne K. Paul, Personal Representative 877 Home Farm Ave. Westminster, CO 80234

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Adams County, Colorado on or before March 3, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Legal Notice No. NTS664 First Publication: February 24, 2022 Last Publication: March 10, 2022 Publisher: Westminster Window PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Carolyn Jean Davis, Deceased Case Number: 2021 PR 386 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to District Court of Adams County, Colorado on or before Jun 17 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Sherry Michele Thornburg Personal Representative 12304 Bannock St, 19-107 Westminster, Colorado 80234

Barbara L. Sisneros, Personal Representative 1915 E 135th Pl Thornton, CO 80241 Legal Notice No. NTS644 First Publication: February 17, 2022 Last Publication: March 3, 2022 Publisher: Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Marylee Hoaglund, Deceased Case Number: 2022 PR 17 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Adams County, Colorado on or before July 5, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Legal Notice No. NTS634 First publication: February 17, 2022 Last publication: March 3, 2022 Publisher: Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Zoltan Leslie Herger, deceased Case Number: 2022 PR 18 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to District Court of Adams County, Colorado on or before July 3 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Catherine M Stein Personal Representative 2876 GRAND LAKE DRIVE Lafayette, CO 80026

Gina L. Hoaglund, Personal Representative 10876 Melody Drive Northglenn, CO 80234 Legal Notice No. NTS702 First Publication: March 3, 2022 Last Publication: March 17, 2022 Publisher: Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Donald Leavell, Deceased Case Number: 2022 PR 13 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Adams County, Colorado on or before June 24, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Legal Notice No. NTS697 First publication: March 03, 2022 Last publication: March 17, 2022 Publisher: Westminster Window

Eric Leavell, Personal Representative 4703 NE 22nd Ave Portland, OR 97211

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Legal Notice No. NTS663 First Publication: February 24, 2022 Last Publication: March 10, 2022 Publisher: Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to District Court of Adams, County, Colorado or on or before July 5, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Sharon Jean Dekov a/k/a Sharon J. Dekov a/k/a Sharon Dekov, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30138 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Adams County on or before July 3, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Michelle M. Campbell, Personal Representative 5101 Holly Way, Abiline, TX 79696 Legal Notice No. NTS688 First Publication: March 3, 2022 Last Publication: March 17, 2022 Publisher: Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel

Robert Younger, Co-Personal Representative 16755 Cavanaugh Road, Keenesburg, CO 80643 Ann Schovan, Co-Personal Representative 11482 Quivas Way, Westminster, CO 80234

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of KIMBERLY LYNN PLUMMER, Deceased Case Number 2022PR030092 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Adams, County, Colorado on or before July 11, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Trudy Ellen Gray, Personal Representative 18755 Weston Road Grand Rapids, Ohio, 43522

Legal Notice No. NTS686 First Publication: February 24, 2022 Last Publication: March 10, 2022 Publisher: Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel Public Notice

Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Dixie Magaline Williamson, a/k/a Dixie M. Williamson, a/k/a Dixie Williamson, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR365

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Adams County, Colorado on or before July 5, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Legal Ad No. NTS703 First Publication: March 3, 2022 Last Publication: March 17, 2022 Published In: Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel

Rose Mary Zapor with Lakewood Legal Center Person Giving Notice 7475 W. 5th Ave., #202

LeAnna M. Shelby aka LeAnna S. Kent & Mark A. Shelby, Co-Personal Representative’s c/o Katz, Look & Onorato, P.C. 1120 Lincoln St., #1100 Denver, CO 80203 Legal Notice No. NTS698 First Publication: March 3, 2022 Last Publication: March 17, 2022 Publisher: Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel

Lakewood, Colorado 80226

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Legal Notice No. NTS704 First Publication: March 3, 2022 Last Publication: March 17, 2022 Publisher: Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Victoria Kinoti, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR030147

PUBLIC NOTICE

Legal Notice No. NTS705 First Publication: March 3, 2022 Last Publication: March 17, 2022 Publisher: Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Adams County, Colorado on or before July 5, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Curtis Wayne Klein, aka Curtis Klein, aka Curt W. Klein, aka Curt Klein, aka Curtis W. Klein, Deceased Case Number: 2022 PR 5

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of ROBERT JOSEPH YOUNGER, SR., ROBERT JOSEPH YOUNGER, ROBERT J. YOUNGER, AND ROBERT YOUNGER, Deceased Case Number 2022 PR 30102

Lori Feld, Personal Representative 23590 E. Portland Way Aurora, CO 80016

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of MELVIN D. SHELBY aka MELVIN DWAYNE SHELBY aka MELVIN SHELBY aka MELVIN D. SHELBY, SR. aka MELVIN DWAYNE SHELBY, SR. aka MELVIN SHELBY, SR., Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30146

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Adams County, Colorado on or before July 5, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

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

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Adams County, Colorado on or before June

Timothy Kinoti, Personal Representative 13158 Wyandot Street Westminster, CO 80234 Legal Notice No. NTS701 First Publication: March 3, 2022

Adams County Public Notice Adams County Warrants: February 14 - February 18, 2022 GENERAL FUND Supplier Name

Warrant Date Amount

B&R INDUSTRIES BAWDEN JANAE A CARUSO JAMES LOUIS CODE 4 SECURITY SERVICES LLC FOUND MY KEYS RANDY MEANS & ASSOCIATES LLC SENIOR HUB THE TRANSFORMATION POINT INC ADCO DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFIC AGFINITY INC ALSCO AMERICAN INDUSTRIAL ALTA LANGUAGE SERVICES INC AMERIGAS DENVER 1012 AMTECH SOLUTIONS INCORPORATED APPIANI CARMEN ARAMARK REFRESHMENT SERVICES ARAPAHOE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AVIS RENT A CAR SYSTEM INC AVOLVE SOFTWARE CORP BENNETT TOWN OF BENNETT WATKINS FIRE RESCUE BOB BARKER COMPANY BRIGHTON CITY OF (WATER) C & R ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS I CALERO SOFTWARE LLC CASA OF ADAMS & BROOMFIELD COU CDPHE CENTURY LINK CHP METRO NORTH LLC CINTAS CORPORATION NO 2 CINTAS FIRST AID & SAFETY CLEAN DESIGNS COLO COUNTY TREASURERS AND PU COLORADO CIVIL INFRASTRUCTURE COPYCO QUALITY PRINTING INC DESIGN WORKSHOP DGEB MANAGEMENT LLC DHM DESIGNS DUPRIEST JOHN FIELDEN EASTERN DISPOSE ALL ECI SITE CONSTRUCTION MANAGEME EMPLOYERS COUNCIL SERVICES INC FEDEX FERRELLGAS L P FLEXENTIAL PROFESSIONAL SERVIC FOREST SEAN FORT KNOX MAILBOX OF OREGON FOX CAR RENTAL / FOX DRU GALLS LLC GARNER, ROSIE GREAT LAKES HOTEL SUPPLY COMPA HERRERA, AARON HILLYARD - DENVER IDEXX DISTRIBUTION INC J & A TRAFFIC PRODUCTS JACHIMIAK PETERSON LLC KAISER PERMANENTE KAISER PERMANENTE LINKEDIN.COM MARTINEZ JUSTIN PAUL

02/18/22 02/18/22 02/18/22 02/18/22 02/18/22 02/18/22 02/18/22 02/18/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22

3,000.00 593.75 5,375.00 546.00 1,765.36 5,833.34 81,983.50 125.00 94.20 2,037.33 220.35 165.00 3,856.46 1,500.00 100.00 77.12 750.00 1,162.93 137,400.00 79.10 471.12 8,266.86 487.46 197.95 3,310.82 1,000.00 50.00 16.11 1,050.00 169.55 28.06 7,802.00 50.00 15,217.71 16,000.00 11,165.18 149.00 52,621.06 65.00 163.50 302,956.91 20.80 62.05 517.70 1,850.01 65.00 3,516.25 4,094.43 1,734.30 65.00 22,400.00 65.00 13,069.18 314.43 6,668.00 8,637.00 10,607.55 10,557.55 4,591.27 65.00

MCALLISTER JEAN G MIDWEST VETERINARY SUPPLY INC MORGAN COUNTY REA MWI ANIMAL HEALTH NORTH PECOS WATER & SANITATION NORTH SUBURBAN MEDICAL CENTER PATTERSON VETERINARY SUPPLY IN PBC COMMERCIAL CLEANING SYSTEM RICHARDSON SHARON ROSE DAVID E SCRIVENER REBEKAH SNI COMPANIES SOUTH ADAMS WATER & SANITATION SOUTHWESTERN PAINTING STANLEY CONVERGENT SECURITY S STIVERS STAFFING SERVICES LLC STRASBURG SANITATION SUMMIT FOOD SERVICE LLC SWIMS DISPOSAL TYGRETT DEBRA R UNITED POWER (UNION REA) UNITED POWER (UNION REA) UNITED POWER (UNION REA) UNITED POWER (UNION REA) UNITED POWER (UNION REA) UNITED PUBLIC SAFETY UNITED SITE SERVICES WELCH MICHAEL WESTMINSTER CITY OF WESTMINSTER PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOU XCEL ENERGY XCEL ENERGY XCEL ENERGY XCEL ENERGY XCEL ENERGY XCEL ENERGY XCEL ENERGY XCEL ENERGY XCEL ENERGY XCEL ENERGY XCEL ENERGY XCEL ENERGY XCEL ENERGY XCEL ENERGY XCEL ENERGY XCEL ENERGY XCEL ENERGY XCEL ENERGY XCEL ENERGY XCEL ENERGY XCEL ENERGY XCEL ENERGY XCEL ENERGY XCEL ENERGY XCEL ENERGY XCEL ENERGY XCEL ENERGY ZAYO GROUP HOLDINGS INC

02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22

Fund Total

470.00 153.09 472.20 1,875.02 42.20 25.00 1,506.56 110,782.67 65.00 65.00 250.00 7,471.80 150.08 14,616.00 10,578.32 1,895.40 78.45 13,712.21 95.00 315.00 71.94 57.16 41.96 834.69 39.20 10,629.59 312.00 1,100.00 3,034.88 3,000.00 3,547.43 9,772.43 10,943.17 8,604.43 479.44 506.03 52.31 567.97 1,910.28 1,813.48 634.50 449.18 455.05 1,850.63 3,392.95 331.31 7,437.11 6,309.90 1,101.01 883.18 902.67 169.18 29.69 15.78 99.26 41.67 131.28 1,235.00

1,004,209.99 CAPITAL FACITILIES FUND

SAUNDERS CONSTRUCTION INC WOLD ARCHITECTS AND ENGINEERS BRIGHTON CITY OF BRIGHTON FIRE RESCUE DISTRICT FCI CONSTRUCTORS INC

02/18/22 02/18/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22

113,935.24 2,298.50 5,727.56 100.00 836,128.56

MARGENAU ASSOCIATES INC MW GOLDEN CONSTRUCTORS RLH ENGINEERING INC ROTH SHEPPARD ARCHITECTS Fund Total

02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22

258.00 242,273.75 6,720.17 73,302.45 1,280,744.23

GOLF COURSE ENTERPRISE FUND PROFESSIONAL RECREATION MGMT I KIMBALL MIDWEST L L JOHNSON DIST POTESTIO BROTHER EQUIPMENT R & R PRODUCTS COMPANY UNITED POWER (UNION REA) UNITED POWER (UNION REA) UNITED POWER (UNION REA) UNITED POWER (UNION REA) UNITED POWER (UNION REA) UNITED POWER (UNION REA) UNITED POWER (UNION REA) Fund Total

02/18/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22

3,615.49 132.23 103.14 1,017.11 279.64 321.02 1,814.46 444.30 792.13 236.77 30.64 205.25 8,992.18

EQUIPMENT SERVICE FUND FACTORY MOTOR PARTS 02/17/22 INSIGHT AUTO GLASS LLC 02/17/22 SAM HILL OIL INC 02/17/22 THE GOODYEAR TIRE AND RUBBER C 02/17/22 Fund Total STORMWATER UTILITY FUND

8,615.40 392.54 21,011.90 10,195.05 40,214.89

COLORADO CIVIL INFRASTRUCTURE Fund Total

7,040.36 7,040.36

02/17/22

Fund Total COMM DEV BLOCK GRANT FUND ALMOST HOME INC ALMOST HOME INC Fund Total

02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22

5,316.76 822.19 6,168.00 725.00 3,037.83 15,949.60 2,240.00 1,114.37 21,466.46 12,580.00 20,295.48 10,070.00 9,000.00 60,040.00 4,999.00 173,824.69

580.00 75.00 83,637.11 82,438.03 1,639.00 499.00 21,502.74 190,370.88

OPEN SPACE SALES TAX FUND THORNTON CITY OF

02/18/22

16,814.45 7,063.22 23,877.67

02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22

414.49 146.44 161.61 203.63 11.26 927.00 168.92 210.00 105.00 480.00 6,515.84 9,450.54 333.90 3,010.00 6,408.00 3,183.00 5,200.00 167.25 88.79 182.72 2,312.69 2,812.00 42,493.08

Comm Services Blk Grant Fund

02/18/22 02/18/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 2/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22

INSURANCE FUND COLO OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE PHY HENDERSON CONSULTING AND EAP S KAISER PERMANENTE KAISER PERMANENTE O J WATSON COMPANY INC THE ARTWORKS UNLIMITED LLC WAGNER EQUIPMENT COMPANY Fund Total

02/17/22 02/17/22

HEAD START FUND CENTURY LINK CENTURY LINK CENTURY LINK CENTURY LINK CENTURYLINK CHILDRENS HOSPITAL CINTAS CORPORATION NO 2 COLO DEPT OF HUMAN SERVICES COLO DEPT OF HUMAN SERVICES COLO DEPT OF HUMAN SERVICES COMMUNITY REACH CENTER FOUNDAT DENVER CHILDREN’S ADVOCACY CTR DFA DAIRY BRANDS CORPORATE LLC GENESIS FLOOR CARE OF COLORADO GETHSEMANE LUTHERAN CHURCH L & N SUPPLY COMPANY INC MIGHTY LITTLE VOICES SPEECH TH SYSCO DENVER US FOODSERVICE US FOODSERVICE WESTMINSTER PRESBYTERIAN CHURC WESTMINSTER PUBLIC SCHOOLS Fund Total

ROAD & BRIDGE FUND ALDERMAN BERNSTEIN LLC WESTERN STATES LAND SERVICES L 6201 N BROADWAY LLC ALFRED BENESCH & CO BFI TOWER ROAD LANDFILL DESIGN WORKSHOP DOUBLE R EXCAVATING INC 0 GEOCAL INC GMCO CORPORATION HDR ENGINEERING INC LUMIN8 TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLO PACHECO ALEJANDRO RICHARD KEVIN SCHNEIDER TRUST SCOTT CONTRACTING US DEPT OF AGRICULTURE Fund Total

596,179.39

596,179.39

PROJECT ANGEL HEART Fund Total

02/17/22

17,879.40

17,879.40

Workforce & Business Center EXPRESS SERVICES INC 02/17/22 JOURNAL COMMUNICATIONS INC Fund Total

2,338.56 02/17/22

5,860.00 8,198.56

Colorado Air & Space Port ROGGEN FARMERS ELEVATOR ASSN Fund Total

02/17/22

3,501.00 3,501.00

FLATROCK Facility Fund APEX PAVEMENT SOLUTIONS LLC HILLYARD - DENVER PBC COMMERCIAL CLEANING SYSTEM Fund Total

02/17/22 02/17/22 02/17/22

50,349.75 196.31 1,671.14 52,217.20

02/17/22

14,996.00 14,996.00

Sheriff Payables COLO BUREAU INVESTIGATION-IDEN Fund Total Grand Total

5,474,654.75

Legal Notice No.: NTS711 First Publication: March 3, 2022 Last Publication: March 3, 2022 Publisher: Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel

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Horizon’s Natalie Thornton, left, has her shot blocked by Rock Canyon’s Nella Castaneda during the second quarter of a CHSAA girls 5A first-round playoff game at Horizon Feb. 22.

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Mountain View’s Ainsley Wilson, 3, is among a group of players attempting to gain control of a Holy Family rebound during the first quarter of a CHSAA 4A, second-round playoff game, at Holy Family High School in Broomfield Feb. 25. The Tigers defeated the Mountain Lions 63-23 and were to have faced Skyview in the Sweet 16 March 1, after press time. PHOTO

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Public Notices Last Publication: March 17, 2022 Publisher: Westminster Window Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Harold Henry Suazo AKA Harold H Suazo AKA Harold Suazo, Deceased Case Number 2022PR30111 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Adams, County, Colorado on or before June 24, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Kimberly Raemdonck, Attorney for the Personal Representative, Lisa Suazo 2489 West Main Street Littleton, CO 80120 Legal Notice No. NTS660 First Publication: February 24, 2022 Last Publication: March 10, 2022 Publisher: Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Joseph G. Rivera, aka Joseph Gilbert Rivera, aka Joseph Rivera, aka Jaseph G. Rivera, Deceased Case Number: 2022 PR 30048 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Adams County, Colorado on or before May 28, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Rebecca O’Gorman, Personal Representative c/o Tirey Law Firm LLC 12021 Pennsylvania St, Suite 103 Thornton, Colorado 80241 Legal Notice No. NTS628 First Publication: February 17, 2022 Last Publication: March 3, 2022 Publisher: The Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of ALLEN HARRIS KEY, aka ALLEN H. KEY, aka ALLEN KEY, aka AL KEY, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR030097 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to District Court of Adams County, Colorado on or before June 17, or the claims may be forever barred.

Lisa M. Key, Personal Representative 11348 Xavier Court Westminster, CO 80031-7819 Legal Notice No. NTS633 First Publication: February 17, 2022 Last Publication: March 3, 2022

Publisher: Westminster Window PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of William Robert Walde, aka William R. Walde, aka William Walde, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30093

Name Changes Public Notice Adams County Court 1100 Judicial Center Drive Brighton, Colorado 80601

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

In the Matter of the Petition of: Parent/ Petitioner: Celeste Flores For Minor Child: Yireh Varela Flores To Change the Child’s Name to: Jireh Lievana Flores

Joleen Gomez, Personal Representative 11850 Dr. Martin L King St. N., Apt. 15-108 St. Petersburg, Florida 33716

Case Number: 2021 C 2083

Legal Notice No. NTS645 First Publication: February 17, 2022 Last Publication: March 3, 2022 Publisher: Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Dora Gomez, Deceased Case Number: 21 PR 315

NOTICE TO NON-CUSTODIAL PARENT BY PUBLICATION Notice to: Carlos Varela, non custodial parent.

Notice is given that a hearing is scheduled as follows: Date: March 11, 2022 Time: 8:00 AM Location: Adams County Combined Court 1100 Judicial Center Drive, Brighton CO 80601

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Adams County, Colorado on or before July 5, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

For the purpose of requesting a change of name for Yirek Varela Flores.

Jennifer Gomez Castillo, Personal Representative 6672 Oneida St. Commerce City, CO 80022

To support or voice objection to the proposed name change, you must appear at the hearing.

Legal Notice No. NTS713 First Publication: March 3, 2022 Last Publication: March 17, 2022 Publisher: Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel

Legal Notice No.: NTS687 First Publication: March 3, 2022 Last Publication: March 17, 2022 Publisher: Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel

At this hearing the Court may enter an order changing the name of the minor child.

Date: January 28, 2022

PUBLIC NOTICE

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Charles Wayne Krizmanich, Deceased Case Number: 21PR31258

Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Adams County, Colorado on or before July 7, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Charles H. Willman Atty. Reg. #6781 Attorney for the Personal Representative Charles H. Willman P.C. 811 Blake Avenue Glenwood Springs, CO 81601 Legal Notice No. NTS696 First Publication: March 3, 2022 Last Publication: March 17, 2022 Publisher: Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel

Public notice is given on January 31, 2022 that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Adams County Court.

The petition requests that the name of Manuel Alexander Martinez Diaz be changed to Alexander Diaz Vargas Case No.: 21 C 2154 By: Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No. NTS636 First Publication: February 17, 2022 Last Publication: March 3, 2022 Publisher: Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on February 7, 2022 that

a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Adams County Court.

Brighton, CO 80601 T: (303) 659 - 1161 Division:T1 Case Number: 22PR30012

The petition requests that the name of Lilian Raquel McKimmey be changed to Lilian Raquel Sapiano Case No.: 22 C 0008

In the Interest of:

By: Deputy Clerk

Minor Child.

Legal Notice No. NTS653 First Publication: February 17, 2022 Last Publication: March 3, 2022 Publisher: Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel

Attorney for Petitioner: Kacie Lynn Mulhern, Atty. Reg. #47739 ROCKY MOUNTAIN CHILDREN’S LAW CENTER 1325 South Colorado Boulevard, Suite 701 Denver, Colorado 80222 T: (303) 692 – 1165 ext. 2103| F: (303) 302 - 2890 E: kmulhern@childlawcenter.org

PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on February 18, 2022 that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Adams County Court.

The petition requests that the name of Luis Antonio Vargas be changed to Luis Antonio Tena Case No.: 22 C 0167 By: Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No. NTS689 First Publication: February 24, 2022 Last Publication: March 10, 2022 Publisher: Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on January 31, 2022 that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Adams County Court.

The petition requests that the name of Alexa Morgan Money be changed to Samara-Raine Money Case No.: 22C 0051 Byron L. Howell Judge Legal Notice No. NTS641 First Publication: February 17, 2022 Last Publication: March 3, 2022 Publisher: Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel

Children Services (Adoption/Guardian/Other) Public Notice District Court Adams County, Colorado 1100 Judicial Center Drive,

Heidi Valentina Bojorquez Medina,

NOTICE OF HEARING BY PUBLICATION PURSUANT TO § 15-10-401, C.R.S. To: Erasmo Bojorquez Rembao Last Known Address, if any: Av. Primero de Mayo 60, Tiro al Blanco 83280, Hermosillo, Son., Mexico A hearing on Petition for Appointment of Guardian for Minor(title of pleading) for (brief description of relief requested) Appointment of a guardian to be appointed for the minor child Heidi Valentina Bojorquez Medina.

will be held at the following time and location or at a later date to which the hearing may be continued: Date: March 21, 2022 Time: 9:00 a.m.

Courtroom or Division: T1 Address: 1100 Judicial Center Drive, Brighton, CO 80601 Court proceedings are being conducted via WebEx in the Virtual Courtroom.

Instructions for Joining the Virtual Courtroom: (1) Join via Web (from a cell phone or a computer) ➢ First you will need to download Cisco WebEx (for free) onto your cell phone or computer ➢ To join the Webex hearing go to: https://judicial. webex.com/meet/sara.price (2) Join via Phone ➢ Participant calls in • Dial: 720-650-7664 OR 1-415-655-0001 • Enter access code: 145 019 7707 Additional information about COVID-19 procedures in the 17th Judicial District may be found on the Colorado Judicial Branch’s website www.courts. state.co.us.

The hearing will take approximately 1 hour.

Legal Notice No. NTS665 First Publication: February 24, 2022 Last Publication: March 10, 2022 Publisher: The Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel

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