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How Coloradans can save water at home

Experts share tips, insight into water-saving strategies

BY SHANNON MULLANE THE COLORADO SUN

OK, Coloradans, let’s clear the shampoo out of our eyes: Your shower water is likely connected to the Colorado River water supply crisis. But can you really help by conserving water at home?

Northglenn celebrates accomplishments at State of the City event

BY LUKE ZARZECKI LZARZECKI@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Northglenn residents enjoyed free hot dogs, at Eighties Band and barbeque on the Festival Lawn during a celebration event for the State of the City on July 20.

Prior to the presentation, Mayor Meredith Leighty announced the Police Department won the barbeque challenge against the Fire Department. All the money went to the Fallen Fire ghter Fund.  e event raced against the rain but still prevailed. Sta needed to cancel an acrobatic drone

show but rescheduled it for August 18.

A di erent approach

Leighty said she and the City Councilors wanted to do something di erent than the usual State of the City addresses where electeds give a speech.

“We wanted it to be about celebration and we wanted it to be about our residents. We wanted you to be really clear about your city services and all of the ways that you can be engaged in your community,” Leighty said.

In recent years, two decades of drought and prolonged overuse have brought the Colorado River Basin’s largest storage reservoirs to the brink of collapse. e crisis is reaching Coloradans’ lives in the form of summer lawn watering restrictions, higher utility bills and even a shortage of Sriracha. Some cities have bought agricultural water rights for more municipal water, and people with junior water rights often have their water supply cut in dry years.  Water experts say Colorado residents can help with the crisis, and they have plenty of tips to help the conservation-minded Coloradan start saving water at home. One drawback: In many cases, there’s no guarantee that in-home savings help re ll the system’s struggling reservoirs.

“It’s like, OK great, our city is now saving 10% of what it was using,” said Gregor MacGregor, a water law expert at the University of Colorado. “ e question is, what is your city going to do with that 10%? Are they going to leave it in the Colorado River Basin? Are they going to leave it in a reservoir for

Northglenn Police Chief James May accepts the award for best barbeque at the July 20 State of the City. The police department competed against the Northglenn Fire Department.

PHOTO BY LUKE ZARZECKI

Volunteer at the Adams County Fair

Looking for a fun volunteer opportunity in your community? Consider helping at the Adams County Fair!

ose interested should visit adamscountyfair.com/volunteers to download the application and waiver. All volunteers must be 16 years old or older.

Deputy Investigated for Assault

On July 18, 2023, we were informed that an o -duty Adams County Deputy was involved in a disturbance at Walmart (7101 E. 128th Ave.). e

ornton Police Department is currently investigating the incident.

Any criminal action or prosecution will be determined by the ornton Police Department and the 17th Judicial District Attorney’s O ce.

e Adams County Sheri ’s Ofce takes all incidents involving our employees seriously and will fully cooperate with the ornton Police Department as they conduct their investigation. e Adams County Sheri ’s O ce will conduct our internal investigation after the ongoing criminal investigation to determine if internal policy violations occurred during the incident.

e deputy involved has been placed on restricted duty.

Thornton latest community to join solar power co-op

ornton has become the latest city in Metro Denver to join Solar United Neighbors (SUN), have teamed up to

launch Solar Switch – a groundbreaking solar group buying program.

Currently, Northglenn, Westminster, Edgewater, Wheat Ridge, Adams County and the City and County of Denver are members of the e ort.

Solar Switch o ers homeowners and small businesses an accessible and streamlined pathway to explore and install rooftop solar panels and battery storage. By harnessing the collective purchasing power of participants , the program works to ensure high-quality systems at discounted prices. Solar Switch will rigorously vet quali ed installers to compete for the group’s business and will conduct a reverse auction to secure a competitively priced solar package.

“ ornton is committed to building a brighter and more sustainable future for our residents,” says ornton Mayor Jan Kulmann. “By joining this co-op, we are creating a vibrant network of people who share a common goal of sustainability.”

Residents can register for the program through Oct. 4 but are encouraged to sign up at SolarSwitch.com/ Colorado by July 26. Registration is free and there is no obligation for homeowners to purchase solar panels. For more information visit SolarSwitch.com/Colorado.

Hyland Hills kicks o community planning e ort

e Hyland Hills Parks & Recreation District is seeking input from residents

to shape the future of the District’s parks, facilities, and programs. Hyland Hills Parks & Recreation serves nearly 130,000 residents in a 24-square-mile area covering all of Federal Heights as well as parts of Northglenn, ornton, Arvada, Westminster, and unincorporated Adams County.

e planning e ort, coined “Where Do We ‘Grow’ From Here?” coincides with the celebration of National Park and Recreation Month in July, which highlights the essential role that park and recreation agencies play in building strong, vibrant, and resilient communities across the country.

Residents of all ages can share their thoughts on how Hyland Hills Parks & Recreation can better serve their community today and into the future; feedback is being collected online at https://berrydunn.mysocialpinpoint. com/hyland-hills-where-do-we-growfrom-here or in-person at free events throughout the summer.

For more information and to nd events near you, visit https://www. hylandhills.org/2023/07/13/hylandhills-launches-strategic-planning/ Legacy Foundation hosts golf invitational

e Westminster Legacy Foundation is hosting the 15th Annual J & Nancy Heil Tribute Golf Invitational on July 31 at Legacy Ridge Golf Course.

e proceeds from the 2023 Heil Golf Invitation will advance the artistic, cultural and academic success for the students that are participating in the performing arts at Westminster High School. e funds raised will help with out tting with uniforms and updating instruments for the Mariachi Band, equipping students playing in the orchestra and providing extra instructional coaching for students

who want to learn how to better play, sing or act. Proceeds will also provide scholarships to two graduating seniors.

e link to sponsor or register is https://westyfoundation.networkforgood.com/events/54139-15th-annual-j-nancy-heil-tribute-invitationalgolf-tournament

Westminster State of the City Aug. 23 e Westminster Chamber of Commerce will host Mayor Nancy McNally as she discusses city improvements, updates, and changes from key city sta .

e presentation is set for 11:30 a.m. Aug. 23 at DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Denver, 8773 Yates Dr.

Attendees represent diverse interests and industry and will walk away with a greater understanding of our community.

Lunch is provided at this event.

A Stroll in the Garden for CASA e Court Appointed Special Advocate program, or CASA, for the 11th Judicial District is promoting one of its major fundraisers now scheduled for September.

CASA is inviting supporters to come enjoy a Stroll in the Garden at this year’s Indulge for CASA Gala from 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Sept. 13 at Denver’s Balistreri Vineyards, 1946 E 66th Ave. is Garden Party will be full of delicious food and drinks, fantastic auction prizes, exciting entertainment, and more! Indulge for CASA is presented by the Kenneth & Myra Monfort Charitable Foundation.

CASA’s mission is to provide courtappointed volunteer advocacy for children and youth from the child welfare system so every child can be safe, have a permanent home, and have the opportunity to thrive.

Community uses favored for Sheridan Green

Council gets report on uses for former elementary school

BY LUKE ZARZECKI LZARZECKI@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Westminster residents made one thing clear regarding how they’d like to see the future of Sheridan Green Elementary School: they want a community-oriented use.

City Sta hosted neighborhood meetings and created a web page where residents could submit feedback for their vision of the future of the school. e feedback was included as an information-only report presented to the City Council in the July 17 study session agenda.

Recommendations included a recreation center, library, preschool,

daycare, summer camps, a senior center and more. Residents also voiced interest in programming and classes, such as culinary arts, writing, maker spaces, music, gardening and more.

“Residents are interested in upgrading the outdoor space including xing the tennis courts, constructing a picnic shelter, providing indoor and/or outdoor pickleball courts, a community pool, dog park, and a community garden,” the report reads.

e Je Co Public School District closed 16 elementary schools at the end of the 2022-2023 school year.

With Sheridan Green as one of them, the city is debating how to transform it into something di erent, as the property will be the city’s.

e next public meeting will be scheduled for August 2023 where residents will be able to share more ideas with sta .

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Kulmann protection order against Namazi made permanent

Issue of invasion of personal space and free speech

BY LUKE ZARZECKI LZARZECKI@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

An Adams County magistrate made ornton Mayor Jan Kulmann’s temporary protection order permanent at a hearing on July 18.

Previously, Kulmann received an order that Dariush Namazi will stay at least ve yards away from Kulmann and included stipulations that Namazi will not stalk, harass or threaten her. Magistrate Michael Garlan made that order permanent but with some changes.

Namazi will still need to be 15 feet away from Kulmann. However, the magistrate de ned contact as physical contact since previously the order said: “shall have no contact of any kind.”

at change comes in regard to concerns of free speech. Namazi and his attorney’s argument against the order was that it was a “SLAPP,” - a Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation.

e reason for the 15 feet distance away from Kulmann is due to the distance between the podium in

council chambers and Kulmann’s chair. Namazi will still be able to come to council, make public comments and show up to city events. e magistrate said that Namazi communicating with Kulmann is not a violation, but being within

15 feet and touching her will be a violation.

During the hearing, Namazi said his actions are his way of protest. He’s been sporting his alias “Danny Kulmann” at city council and city events, wearing a Make America

Great Again hat and a shirt with Kulmann’s face on it while pairing Jan Kulmann and other candidates for council with far-right political

During his closing argument, Kulmann’s attorney, Justin Cohen, said that Namazi has repeatedly followed Kulmann and invaded her personal space. He compared the situation to President Joe Biden, where Namazi would not be able to follow Biden as close and run out to touch him.

During the hearing, a ornton police o cer testi ed that Namazi touched his butt. Kulmann said she lost 10 pounds and sleep due to the stress of the situation.

Namazi’s attorney, Steven Zansberg who also represents Colorado Community Media, said during his closing arguments that Kulmann did not have enough evidence to prove a fear of physical safety. He said following a candidate around and saying she’s a MAGA candidate isn’t stalking.

He also said the evidence shows Kulmann wasn’t afraid to be around Namazi, only when he was lming or photographing her.

“ e Court should put an end, forthwith, to Petitioner’s abuse of the judicial process for her own political ends,” Zansberg wrote in a motion to dismiss the complaint.

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Thornton political activist Dan Namazi, who identifies in public as Danny Kulmann, waves a sign at Adams County’s Pride festival June 10. The activist attends public events and meetings in an e ort to draw attention Mayor Jan Kulmann, but Kulmann said she’s not flattered by his attention.

PHOTO BY SCOTT TAYLOR

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She touted the strides the city has made. First up was the Crisis Response Unit, which helps those experiencing homelessness, mental health crises, and more. Leighty said

Northglenn was one of the rst to have a program of its kind.

She said that the police department is hiring and looking for new o cers. A lot of money has been sent to the department for upgraded enforcement technology.

Another thing she touted was the Safety Sensitive Zones, which have been implemented across the city,

one in each ward. Speeding nes are doubled in those areas. at program resulted in 20 tickets being given out in June in those areas, according to a report from the police department.

She said the city is working on water projects and beginning construction on 120th Avenue, and noted that RTD is free. Leighty encouraged neighbors to use public transporta-

tion and try it out while there are no fees.

Looking to the future, the sta and council are creating a comprehensive plan, a housing study and a sustainability plan.

She also noted the businesses popping up acraoss Northglenn and asked residents to patronize new shops that open.

Northglenn Mayor Meredith Leighty presents the State of the City on July 20. Northglenn City Council gathers on stage during the State of the City on July 20.

PHOTOS BY LUKE ZARZECKI

Thornton seeks new pipeline permit to get Cache La Poudre water

BY LUKE ZARZECKI LZARZECKI@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

ornton is trying again to receive a 1041 permit from Larimer County for their long-anticipated ornton Water Project, sta announced at their July 18 planning session meeting.

ey hope to complete the project by 2027.

e move comes after ornton was denied the permit previously by Larimer County Commissioners. e city sued for the decision to be overturned but was denied the permit again by the Colorado Court of Appeals.

To get the water, ornton needed to apply for a 1041 permit to build the project and have it approved by the Larimer County Commission.

e Larimer County Planning Commission voted to deny the permit on May 16, 2018. In response, ornton worked to address the concerns raised by the Commission.

ornton then submitted a revised application, which included changing the preferred route to a di erent corridor approach that was recommended by the Commission.

With the new edits, the Commission

WATER

drought conditions? Or are they simply going to divide that savings out to build more and then use that savings on new development?”

e average American family uses more than 300 gallons of water per day at home, and about 70% of that use is indoors. In the arid West, states have some of the highest per capita residential water use because of landscape irrigation, according to the Environmental Protection Agency.

In Colorado, water users run through 5.43 million acre-feet of wa-

recommended to the Board of Commissioners to approve the project.

However, the Board voted unanimously to deny the application on Feb. 11, 2019, saying the project did not meet seven of the 12 criteria it requires.

ornton took the decision to the District Court, claiming the board abused its discretion in denying ornton’s application. While the Board said that seven of the criteria weren’t met, the District Court ruled that there were only three instances with competent evidence to support the Board’s conclusion.

ornton appealed the decision at the Court of Appeals, who dealt a blow to ornton, but recognized the Board’s abuse of power.

“Although we agree with ornton that the Board exceeded its regulatory powers in several respects, we ultimately a rm its decision to deny the permit application,” they wrote in the opinion.

ornton o cials said they decided not to appeal that decision because of time.

“After thorough consideration of its options, the City of ornton has

ter per year. One acre-foot supports two families of four to ve people for one year.

Of that, 90%, or about 4.8 million acre-feet, is used by the agriculture industry. About 380,000 acre-feet is used in cities and towns, and of that, only about 46% goes to indoor water uses like toilets, faucets, laundry machines and showers.

at means that the impact of inhome water conservation is going to be limited in the grand scheme of water use in the Colorado River Basin, where the amount of water stored in reservoirs like Lake Powell and Lake Mead has declined dramatically.

“While the bulk of that water to help prevent Lake Powell from col-

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decided against ling a petition with the Colorado Supreme Court in its lawsuit against Larimer County,” the city announced in a statement.

e entire ornton Water Project is 74 miles long and potentially will deliver water from a reservoir near Fort Collins, nearly doubling the city’s current water supply. Twelve miles of the pipeline will run through Larimer County, 34 miles through Weld County, and ve miles through Adams County. e rest of the pipeline will go into municipalities throughout those three counties.

e last hurdle is Larimer County.

is time around, sta has conducted community surveys asking what residents near the pipeline would like the city to consider in the location of the pipeline and in the construction.

ey also asked about their understanding of the project.

“Lots of community engagement,” said Emily Hunt, deputy infrastructure director.

ey sent the survey to around 400 people with 80 responses. From the survey, 95% of respondents said the pipeline construction should minimize impacts to private property,

lapsing will come from agriculture, cities need to do their part,” said John Berggren, senior regional water policy analyst for Western Resource Advocates. “Municipalities’ water use matters. It’s small … but it matters.”

Home water use falls primarily into two categories: indoor and outdoor.

In Colorado, residents tend to use more water outdoors watering their lawns and gardens. at’s led to the rise of water-wise landscaping e orts, like those currently being showcased at the Denver Botanic Gardens.

Indoors, Colorado residents use about 60 gallons per capita each day. at leaves them with plenty of opportunities for conservation — and accidental waste.

87% said the pump station should be located so it doesn’t impact private property and 79% said the pipeline should impact tra c patterns as little as possible.

ey plan to submit their application this September, and hope to complete the entire project by 2027, said Hunt.

City Councilor Karen Bigelow asked if the current water supply for ornton can last until then. Hunt said yes.  Other sections

e city is moving forward with the construction of di erent sections of the project concurrently.

Sta hopes to begin construction for the section within the city in the rst quarter of 2024 after land acquisition from Adams County. Construction is estimated to be complete in 2026.

For the section north of ornton, the city is in the bid phase and is waiting on approval from Firestone. ey hope to begin construction in the fourth quarter of 2023 with completion estimated to be in mid-2026.

Another section is waiting on approval from Johnstown. ey hope to complete construction in late 2026.

In 2016, toilets were the main culprits of water use in homes nationwide, using 24% of household water, followed by showers, 20%; faucets, 19%; and washing machines, 17%, according to the EPA.

Americans use more than 1 trillion gallons of water each year just for showering. e average shower is eight minutes, which means it uses more than 16 gallons of water at 2.1 gallons per minute.

Letting your faucet run for ve minutes while washing dishes can waste 10 gallons of water. Each year, household leaks waste nearly 900 billion gallons of water nationwide,

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which is enough to supply water to 11 million homes. And about 50% of the water used outside is lost because of wind, evaporation and runo from ine cient irrigation systems, according to the EPA.

“We’re now in a world where feet matter in Lake Powell. Drops of water matter because we’re on a knife’s edge. When you’re in that tight of a spot, every single water use matters. No matter how small,” Berggren said.

ere are a few simple ways to cut back on water use at home, including some Colorado-speci c programs.

Yes, taking shorter showers can decrease water use and cut back on your water bill. e EPA says that, if all 300 million people in the U.S. reduced their shower time by one minute each time, the country could save 170 billion gallons each year.

Turning o the tap while brushing your teeth can save 8 gallons of water per day, and only running the dishwasher when it’s full can save the average family about 320 gallons of water per year, according to the EPA.

But Berggren says rather than changing habits — which we all know can have a hit-or-miss success rate — he’d start with making purchases, like a more e cient shower xture.

e EPA says households can boost their water e ciency by 20% when residents switch to products with WaterSense labels. And a shower that lasts for ve minutes using a low- ow showerhead uses 12 gallons of water, according to a 2014 Colorado State University water use fact sheet.

Similar savings are possible with toilets: ose made before 1993 use 3.5 to 8 gallons per ush, while high e ciency toilets made after 1993 use 1.6 gallons per ush or less. at means a family of four can save 14,000 to 25,000 gallons per year by switching to more e cient toilets. ( e date of manufacture of most toilets is on the underside of the tank lid.)

Updating your washing machine can also make a big di erence. Conventional, top-loading washing machines use 35 to 50 gallons per load. Newer front-loading machines use 18 to 20 gallons per load, according to CSU.

For those who have updated their appliances and are careful about water use around the house, there’s a way to take at-home e ciency a step further: grey water reuse.

ese systems capture grey water — the runo from showers, bathroom sinks and laundry machines — and then use it for other purposes, like watering ornamental plants outside or ushing toilets, at the same location. is water can contain dirt, oil, greases, lint and possibly human pathogens, so don’t use it to drink or water your vegetables, experts say.

Laundry-to-landscape systems installed by homeowners, which capture washing machine water for outdoor irrigation, can cost as little

as $350, said Jon Novick, the environmental administrator for the Denver Department of Public Health and Environment.

Whole house systems pipe water from showers and bathroom sinks through a treatment process and then send it to toilets to provide water for ushing. e system alone can cost $6,000 to $8,000, not including installation costs, so they’re more feasible for new houses or developments with multiple units, Novick said. ey’re often cost prohibitive for existing homes.

ese systems also come with a catch: Local governments need water rights that allow for reuse, which limits the adoption of grey water programs, and new installations are only legal if the local government has o cially approved grey water reuse. People with pre-existing systems should check with their local programs to see if their system can be grandfathered in.

As of July, six local governments have approved grey water reuse, including the city and county of Denver, Pitkin County, Fort Collins, Grand Junction and Golden.

ose who draw water from wells will need to check their permits. Exempt well permits, for example, do not allow reuse of indoor water for outdoor irrigation.

If a grey water system saves 25 gallons per day and is installed in 500,000 homes, it could save 14,000 acre-feet per year. at’s enough water to supply 28,000 homes, Novick said.

But the counties that have approved grey water ordinances have seen little uptake. As of June, Denver had approved 30 systems; Castle Rock, 29 systems; and Pitkin County, zero, according to each county’s program manager.

Whether water e ciency measures translate into conservation in the Colorado River Basin depends on factors ranging from where a resident lives to local water management decisions.

Water pulled from the Colorado River Basin on the Western Slope never returns to the basin. Front Range residents could use less water in the hope that more water could stay on the Western Slope, but there are no incentives for Front Range water providers to give up such a valuable resource because of water savings, said MacGregor, the water law expert at CU.

“Anyone who pockets (water) savings can make a ton of money by selling those savings to another water user,” he said. “ e question is, what is the mechanism for leaving water on

the Western Slope through conservaEven if a water e ciency program is enormously successful, cities and towns can still choose to use their water savings toward building new developments, rather than leaving them in reservoirs.

“ is is the really frustrating part of what’s happened in a lot of areas. It’s like, you look at it, and e ciency has increased per capita, use has decreased over time, but we’re still susceptible to drought,” MacGregor said. “It’s because we’re not actually banking those savings.”

If at-home water e ciency measures are adopted widely, and the unused water is conserved for the future, those savings can help storage at local reservoirs and even help meet environmental and ecological needs by keeping more water in streams. It could even be used by downstream water rights holders who might have their supply cut o earlier in a dry year.

But there’s no guarantee that the

water will reach the Colorado River’s main storage reservoirs, like Lake Powell on the Utah-Arizona border. at would require complicated, interstate legal and administrative procedures — an option being explored by Colorado.

Experts are adamant: Residents should still try to use water e ciently at home.

If Colorado residents are more efcient in their water use, then cities and towns could pull less water from rivers and streams on the front end, which leaves water in the stream for others. Landscapes could be better able to withstand wet and dry years with the addition of native plants. Treatment plants spend less money on treating water before releasing it, which could help with water bills, experts say.

“ is isn’t a situation that there’s going to be one thing that’s going to solve the problem. It’s more of a case of incremental change, so every little bit helps,” Novick said. “If you’re saving a gallon of water by taking a shorter shower, or two gallons of water — if everyone were to do that … all of that would add up. We have to think of this more holistically.”

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When it comes to water e ciency at home, the temperature, duration and appliances in a shower can all impact water savings.

PHOTO BY HUGH CAREY, THE COLORADO SUN

Front Range inches closer to banning gas-powered mowers

BY MICHAEL BOOTH THE COLORADO SUN

State air pollution o cials are likely to vote by the end of the year on a 2025 ban on the sale of push or hand-held, gasoline-powered lawn equipment in nine Front Range counties with ozone problems, after a key regional advisory council recommended the bar as an e ective strategy.

e Regional Air Quality Council’s policy recommendation also wants to ban institutions like schools or parks from using existing handheld gas equipment in the summer months starting in 2025, and a summer ban for all commercial landscapers beginning in 2026.

e bans would not be statewide, but would cover all the counties where the EPA says air pollution exceeds ozone attainment standards and threatens the lung and heart health of millions of residents. e ban would a ect sales and use in Denver, Douglas, Arapahoe, Je erson, Adams, Broom eld, Boulder, Weld and the non-mountainous portions of Larimer counties, if approved by the state Air Quality Control Commission after deliberations this fall.

Landscape companies objected to the costs of equipment changeovers, the need to train workers, and schedule changes required by battery charging times or resupply, saying the bans could hurt an industry where Latino and other minority ownership is strong.

Environmental groups that have been pushing the state to pass sharper restrictions on ozone-causing emissions lauded the RAQC’s recommendation as a great place to start. Small lawn equipment engines burn much dirtier than modern cars, for example, and contribute an inor-

sumer group CoPIRG.

“It’s going to accelerate the shift away from the dirtiest gas-powered equipment out there,” Schatz said.

“And that’s really important because we know that these tools produce a shocking amount of pollution, and it contributes to asthma and other serious health issues. So freezing them out is one critical way that we as a community can tackle our dirty air problem.”

CoPIRG and other groups say that in the smaller push mower and hand-held blower or trimmer categories, highly rated battery models are now widely available that are comparable in price to many gas models, especially when available local government subsidies are factored in. Battery-powered models are not yet widely available in the

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less than 25 horsepower ratings.  e RAQC’s recommendation, which may rst be heard by the AQCC in August, would ban the sale of new gas-powered smaller equipment in the nine-county nonattainment area on Jan. 1, 2025. It would also ban the summertime use of existing gas-powered smaller equipment by institutions or “public entities,” and the private contractors they use, starting June 1, 2025, in the same nonattainment area. And, ban commercial entities from using existing smaller gas-powered equipment during summer months starting June 1, 2026.

All of the restrictions apply to internal combustion engines smaller than 25 horsepower. ere are exemptions built into the proposal that the RAQC expects the state will honor, including allowing institutional use to prepare for or clean up from emergencies, or for re mitigation.

e EPA in 2008 set national ozone health limits of 75 parts per billion, then revised it further downward in 2015 to 70 ppb. Colorado’s most populous counties have been violating those standards for years, and after some gains have recently moved again in the wrong direction.

Colorado air pollution monitoring o cials have said gas lawn and garden equipment contributes 2.5 ppb to that total on an average day. (Front Range monitors in recent summers have frequently registered daily highs 80 ppb and above.) Large portions are also blown in from out of state, or created by emissions from oil and gas production — facing multiple rounds of new controls — and vehicles, where rules have been passed to encourage transition to clean electric power.

Compared to the other portions of the 70 ppb standard that Colorado has the power to control, lawn and garden equipment now stands out

velop larger electric-powered lawn equipment to satisfy commercial and institutional demands, and for homeowners and small businesses to use subsidies to change over their equipment.

Still, the Associated Landscape Contractors of Colorado asked the RAQC to consider its moves carefully, warning of potential harm to what it calls a $3 billion industry across the state.

“Unlike a homeowner that uses an electric powered leaf blower or mower for less than an hour, in a given week, the landscape industry is operating commercially using this equipment daily, under rigorous conditions and for long durations,” said a statement from the contractors submitted to the RAQC’s public hearing.

But RAQC and other o cials say that’s the same reason the controls must be extended to commercial operators: eir gas machines are running all day, every day, and contribute more to the ozone problem.

Since the homeowner equipment ban is a sales restriction, not a ban on using existing gas equipment, a metro Denver buyer could in theory drive to Colorado Springs outside the nonattainment area and buy a traditional gas mower.

But, RAQC spokesperson David Sabados said, “we’re seeing retailers already transitioning to electric, so I don’t think there will be that many gas models that will be available in the greater region anyway.”

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Downtown Denver under hazy air seen on Thursday, April 21, 2022.

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Recent school year saw little academic recovery, new study finds

BY MATT BARNUM CHALKBEAT

ere’s been little, if any, progress making up large learning gaps that have emerged since the onset of the pandemic, according to a new analysis of data from the testing group NWEA.

In the 2022-23 school year, students learned at a similar or slower rate compared to a typical prepandemic school year, the analysis found. is left intact the substantial learning losses, which have barely budged since the spring of 2021.

NWEA o ers only one data point based on a subset of American students, and more data from other exams will be needed to produce a clearer picture of academic progress during this last school year. Still, NWEA’s analysis is a concerning indication that the steep learning losses seen since the pandemic have proven di cult to ameliorate and could have lasting consequences for students and the country.

e results are “somber and sobering,” said NWEA researcher Karyn Lewis. “Whatever we’re doing, it’s not enough,” she said. “ e magnitude of the crisis is out of alignment with the scope and scale of the response and we need to do more.”

Since the onset of the COVID pandemic, NWEA, which develops and sells tests to schools, has been measuring students’ progress on math and reading exams in grades three through eight. By the spring of 2021 — according to NWEA and a string of other tests — the typical student was far behind where they would normally be. Test score gaps by race and family income, already yawning, had grown in many cases. is coincided with dramatic disruptions outside and inside schools, including extended virtual instruction. Students were learning during that time — but much more slowly than usual.

By the end of the 2021-22 school year, NWEA o ered some reason for optimism. Gaps were still there, but students in many grades had started to slowly make up ground. Learning during the school year was back to normal, perhaps even a bit better than normal. State tests also indicated that students were starting to catch up.

But NWEA’s results from the most recent school year are more pessimistic. For reasons that aren’t clear, progress stalled out, even reversed. In most grades and subjects, students actually learned at a slightly slower rate than usual. Growth in middle school reading was particularly sluggish.

In no grade or subject was there evidence of substantial catch-up this year. Instead, the learning gap this spring was not much di erent than in the spring of 2021, according to NWEA. Students of all types remain

behind, but NWEA shows that Black and Hispanic students have been hurt somewhat more than white and Asian American students.

“ is is not what we were hoping to see and it’s not the message we want to be sharing at this time,” said Lewis. “But the data are what they are.” Frustratingly, though, the data does not come with a clear explanation.

Schools were beset with challenges this past year: Chronic absenteeism remained at an alarmingly high level in many places. More teachers left the classroom than usual. Educators reported di culties managing students’ behavior and supporting their mental health.

But it’s not clear why there was more progress in the 2021-22 school year, which was also an unusually taxing year in many ways, according to teachers. Lewis said this was puzzling, but speculated that an initial burst of motivation upon returning to school buildings had zzled.

Learning loss recovery e orts have also run into hurdles. Tutoring has reached only a small subset of students. Few districts have extended the school day or year to guarantee all students more learning time.

But NWEA researchers cautioned that their data cannot speak directly to the e ectiveness or particular recovery e orts or to the federal COVID relief money more generally.

“We have no access to the counterfactual of what life would be like right now absent those funds — I think it would be much more dire,” said Lewis.

It’s also possible that some combination of out-of-school factors may be driving trends in student learning. Researchers have long noted that a complex array of variables outside of schools’ control matters a great deal for student learning.

What the NWEA study does suggest is that students are not on track to catch up to where they would have been if not for the pandemic. Lewis says the takeaway is that policymakers and schools simply aren’t doing enough. “If you give someone half a Tylenol for a migraine and expect them to feel better, that’s just not reality,” she said.

NWEA’s analysis is based on data from millions of students in thousands of public schools. Outcomes may not be representative of all students or schools, though, since the exam’s administration is voluntary.

NWEA researchers say other data would be helpful to con rm the results. at could come soon: State test results from this year are beginning to emerge and other testing companies will be releasing their own data.

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Smart guns hit the market

BY DYLAN SIMARD KUNC

At rst glance, the Bio re Smart Gun is di erent from other rearms. e large handgun looks part Halo, part Cyberpunk in design.

It’s an appropriate look since the gun is made with new technology ripped straight from science ction. It’s unlocked biometrically, meaning it can only be activated with an authorized user’s ngerprint or face. at, in turn, means only authorized users can shoot it.

Kai Kloepfer is the CEO of the Broom eld-based company Biore. He said making a gun like this was impossible until very recently.

“A lot of the technology we’re using did not exist two years ago, in most cases,” Kloepfer said.

Kloepfer began thinking about the smart gun in high school. He grew up in Colorado and remembers the 2012 Aurora theater mass shooting, where 12 were killed. He brought an early design to an international science fair and won rst place. More than a decade later his plastic prototype has evolved into a fully functional handgun.

“I’ve gotten a chance to be shooting it, handling it. Even got to take one home for a little bit. It’s just been really cool to see something that I only dreamed of like 11 years ago,” Kloepfer said.

Experts say putting a computer into a gun is a remarkable feat—a gun’s explosive force once made it unthinkable. But beyond the computer, the gun is unremarkable in its function. Bio re’s smart gun is a semiautomatic 9mm handgun, meaning a user can pull the trigger, a round goes downrange, and a new round is fed into the chamber. It functions exactly like any other handgun of its class and caliber—

and that’s by design.

It takes an expert like Bryan Rogers, the lead designer at Bio re, to bring the gun to commercial production. He said the secret to making a reliable smart gun is to enable more than one way to unlock it.

“It uses both ngerprint and facial recognition to recognize you as the owner,” Rogers said.” It’s either/ or—whichever one it gets rst.”

e gun uses a portable dock with a small screen attached to both charge the gun and edit its user permissions. e battery life is considerable—with a full charge, it will be ready to shoot as many as 6 months later.

So, a gun that can only be shot by its designated owner is now available for purchase—but does that mean it’s any safer than other guns? Eileen McCarron, president of the gun violence prevention organization Colorado Cease re, said this rearm is an improvement— but there are still no safe guns.

“ e safest thing you can do for your family is to not have a gun,” McCarron said.

ere’s evidence that the presence of guns makes a home more dangerous. Having a gun in the home leads to a fourfold increase in the risk of suicide, according to a study from Stanford University. But this research didn’t look at smart guns, and it will likely be years before there is enough data to know if a smart gun is a safer alternative to a traditional gun. McCarron remains concerned about the mental states of those in possession of smart guns.

“ ere’s still the issue of suicide for the person who is identi able by the machine,” McCarron said of smart guns’ user-recognition

Colorado poll sees concern about cost of living

BY PARKER YAMASAKI THE COLORADO SUN

Cost of living and housing affordability are the top concerns of Coloradans this year, according to a poll released by the Colorado Health Foundation.

In an open-ended question asking participants what they thought the most important issue facing Colorado is right now, 16% answered cost of living and 15% answered housing a ordability. Other issues in the top ve were government and politics, public safety and crime, and homelessness.

About 10% of respondents said that homelessness was their top concern for Colorado, with 79% calling the problem “extremely serious” or “very serious.” e results from the 4th annual survey arrived as Denver’s new mayor, Mike Johnston, declared a state of emergency around homelessness, during his rst full day in o ce.

Polling is conducted over one month through phone, email and text invitations, in English and Spanish. is year’s data includes 2,639 respondents across all ages, races and income brackets, with oversamples of Black/African American, Native American/Indigenous, Asian American and Pueblo County residents.

One of the cornerstones of CHF is to serve folks with historically less power or privilege, according to Austin Montoya, senior o cer for policy advocacy communications, which is why the foundation takes larger samples of speci c populations. Montoya said that by

sampling larger numbers of smaller populations, they are able to more accurately re ect the experiences of those populations. e data is later weighted to re ect Colorado’s population.

Since the poll’s inception in 2020, the biggest drop in respondents’ top concern was, unsurprisingly, COVID-19, which was top of mind for 26% of Coloradans in 2020, compared with 0% in 2023.

e second- and third-largest decreases in concern were political division, down 6 percentage points, and jobs and the economy, down 5. In the past year, Colorado’s job openings and unemployment reached something near equilibrium, so it tracks that anxiety over jobs has fallen since the 2020 polling, when uncertainty was rampant.

Homelessness had the largest increase as a top concern since last year, up 3 percentage points, while crime had the largest increase as a top concern over the past four years, up 8 percentage points. Both issues were a major focus for Denver’s mayoral election this year.

While most concerns associated with costs — such as rising costs of living, cost of housing and jobs — tended to decline in importance as income levels rose, the percentage of respondents most concerned by homelessness was consistent across income levels. e di erence between the lowest and highest income earners concerned with homelessness was only 3 percentage points.

Having a home is one major concern; staying in it is another. At the time of polling, renters were signicantly more worried about not being able to make rent payments than homeowners were worried about

Eighty-two percent of respondents to the annual Pulse poll said that the cost of housing is an “extremely” or “very” serious problem in Colorado. The highest levels of concern came from respondents in the Denver metro region.

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their mortgages — at a rate of 49% compared with 19% of respondents. However, that number may ip as property owners come to terms with their new, exponentially high valuations, which were issued after the Pulse poll was conducted.

Respondents who identi ed as Native American/Indigenous showed the most concern over losing their homes, with 49% answering that they were worried in this year’s poll, while the Black/African American respondents had the largest increase in those worried, up 16 percentage

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technology.

e rearms industry has been closely watching the development of smart guns. Mark Oliva, a spokesperson for the National Shooting Sports Foundation, said the new technology does have some people concerned.

“We’ve never been opposed to authorized user technology, or smart guns. What we oppose are mandates on that technology,” Oliva said.

Some Second Amendment advocates are afraid this technology

points, to 47% from 31% last year.

Almost every household with an income below $150,000 was worried about their children being able to a ord a home in Colorado.

Montoya wants the information gleaned from these polls to help inform policymakers’ priorities. He said the foundation’s primary audience is local lawmakers and legislators.  When presented with a number of policy solutions, respondents thought that the most e ective ways to mitigate housing cost challenges are to reduce property taxes for homeowners with low or xed incomes, and to ensure that landlords cannot raise rents on tenants too quickly.

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might one day be mandatory for all guns. ere’s no evidence of that yet, though it has been a focus within some state legislatures. New Jersey passed a law requiring stores to carry smart guns once they become available, but Bio re CEO Kai Kloepfer has said he wouldn’t submit the gun for the state’s review – specically to avoid triggering the law. Overall, the stakes are high for this smart gun from Bio re—and for all smart guns to come. Steve Wolf, a rearms expert in Boulder, is a plainti ’s expert witness in a case against Alec Baldwin, after the actor was involved in an accidental rearm-involved death on the set of the lm Rust. Wolf believes Bio re is

tive policy solutions were between Republicans and Democrats in the state, with Independents falling squarely between the parties for every proposed solution. e largest di erences between what the parties viewed as e ective solutions were requiring developers to build low-income housing — 86% of Democrats thought this would be an e ective solution, while only 49% of Republicans agreed — and increasing government investments in programs that prevent people from becoming homeless — 87% of Democrats believed in its e ectiveness, while 46% of Republicans agreed.

e takeaway from this year’s data, Montoya said, was that it hasn’t

taking a risk.

“If even one or two cases get out where it’s found that someone was unable to protect themselves because the gun didn’t recognize them... I think that’s going to kill the movement for a long time,” Wolf said.

e Bio re smart gun doesn’t just prevent unauthorized users inside of the home from using the gun—it also prevents use by strangers. Hundreds of thousands of guns are stolen each year in the United States, and many are used in violent crimes. Wolf said the smart gun might put a dent in that.

“It would diminish the ability of criminals to use the gun,” Wolf said.

For his part, Wolf hopes Bio re

changed much since last year. Montoya believes that Coloradans’ major concerns “skyrocketed” around COVID, and have continued to stay high ever since.

“ e majority of these worries have increased since 2020, but there hasn’t been much of a decline in any of them. ere is really just a plateau,” he said. “And a majority of folks are feeling concerned.”

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succeeds.

“Everyone wants to see gun safety improved,” Wolf said. “And if this is a step that gets us closer to that, more power to them.”

Bio re isn’t having any trouble selling out right now, even though the rst guns won’t ship until the end of the year. But whether the technology is here to stay is still anyone’s guess. Firearms history is littered with technology that never caught on—but that history is also lled with innovations that changed the world.

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Immigrant rights groups allege increased, arbitrary use of solitary confinement at ICE detention center in Aurora

BY TATIANA FLOWERS THE COLORADO SUN

ree immigrant rights organizations have led a complaint with the Department of Homeland Security demanding an investigation into what they say is the increased and arbitrary use of solitary con nement at the Denver Contract Detention Facility in Aurora.

e American Immigration Council, the National Immigration Project and the Rocky Mountain Immigrant Advocacy Network led the complaint on behalf of people who are currently in the detention center or were recently housed there.

e facility, owned and operated by GEO Group Inc., is where the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency holds people who have pending or recently concluded immigration cases. Most held there are seeking asylum or protection from torture in their home countries and are typically awaiting hearings in immigration court, said Laura Lunn, director of advocacy and litigation at Rocky Mountain Immigrant Advocacy Network.

e complaint states people with disabilities are disproportionately impacted by the overuse of solitary

con nement at the facility. It alleges a pattern of placing people at risk of self-harm in isolation to in ict punishment and gain control rather than providing a safe environment and adequate medical and mental health care.

e complaint also alleges that GEO Group has failed to ensure professional conduct by its sta and that ICE and GEO Group have jeopardized the health and safety of all people detained there including those who have survived assault and fear violence.

e complaint, which includes interviews with eight people identied by pseudonyms, calls on the Department of Homeland Security to end a contract between ICE and GEO Group, release the people detained there and permanently close the facility.

At a minimum, the complainants said, they are asking DHS to promptly investigate the use of solitary connement and the incidents reported in the complaint, and probe whether the facility is complying with ICE policies before recommending corrective actions for sta .

“Under no circumstances is assignment in a special management unit used in a retaliatory manner

or without careful adherence to the performance-based national detention standards and the ICE noti cation procedures,” a GEO spokesman wrote in an email. “As a service provider to a federal agency, GEO is required to meet DHS policies and standards and plays no role in creating them.”

To ensure that violations described in the complaint don’t occur at other detention centers, the immigration groups are also asking ICE to end the use of solitary in all the facilities it contracts with and implement stricter measures of accountability for the locations that violate these obligations.

“ICE is responsible for the safety of detained individuals, which it has repeatedly demonstrated it cannot provide,” said Rebekah Wolf, senior policy counsel at the American Immigration Council.

“ e egregious use of solitary connement is detrimental to detained individuals’ mental and physical well-being,” she said. “ e misuse and overuse of solitary con nement leaves people in detention fearful to report safety concerns for fear of its punitive use, and without recourse to protect themselves.”

Steve Kotecki, a spokesman for the agency’s Denver eld o ce, said he would not comment on speci c allegations detailed in the complaint. ICE takes allegations of misconduct seriously and sta are required to abide by company policies that outline professional and ethical behavior, he said.

When a complaint is received, it is investigated, he said. ICE encourages ling complaints about detention facilities by calling 888-351-4024, he added. ICE is committed to ensuring people in its custody live in safe and humane environments under appropriate conditions of con nement, Kotecki added.

However, growing research shows solitary con nement is ine ective, dangerous and inhumane and leads to new or worsening mental health conditions. In the worst cases, prolonged isolation also leads to self-harm and suicide.

“When Biden ran for o ce he pledged to end the use of solitary con nement in the criminal setting and he issued an executive order in May 2022, on this issue,” said Ann Garcia, a sta attorney at the National Immigration Project. “From our perspective, his urgency to end the use and overuse of solitary con nement in the criminal setting certainly should extend to civil immigration settings.”

e complaint in July follows a di erent one that was led in April 2022, which alleged racial discrimination, excessive force and retaliation against two Black immigrants housed at the ICE detention center

in Aurora.

“We haven’t seen any response about any of the group complaints that we have led out of Aurora,” Lunn said.

Numerous complaints about medical and neglect and inadequate care for people held at GEO have been led with DHS, according to the complaint. Since 2012, three people detained have died at the Aurora facility. e deaths were avoidable and stemmed from poor medical care provided by GEO Group, the contractor providing health services, according to the complaint.

After Evalin-Ali Mandza died in 2012, an ICE contractor review found medical sta were unfamiliar with the organization’s chest pain protocol, that appropriate cardiac medicine was not given to Mandza while he was having a heart attack and that the long length of time it took to get him to a hospital all may have contributed to his death, according to the complaint.

e ICE O ce of Professional Responsibility’s review of Kamyar Samimi’s death at the detention center in 2017 found medical sta did not fully comply with several of its standards, such as maintaining an adequate number of medical sta and providing an on-call doctor with whom nurses could consult. Sta also failed to seek emergency care for Samimi after the only full-time physician followed GEO policy and ordered that Samimi be cut o from the methadone he had been legally taking for 20 years. He was held in solitary con nement in the medical unit for the last 16 days of his life, according to the complaint.

On June 4, 2018, immigration organizations led a complaint about the Aurora facility’s failure to provide adequate medical and mental health care. And on June 11, 2019, the organizations led a supplement to the former complaint highlighting the experiences of ve additional people.

Melvin Calero Mendoza died at the Aurora facility on Oct. 13, 2022, from a pulmonary embolism that likely stemmed from a toe injury he sustained while playing soccer, which was left untreated for months.

Recent interviews with people who have been detained there con rm that the agency continues to fall short of meeting ICE detention standards, the complaint states.

“It is important to highlight that this is happening in the state of Colorado, a place that works diligently to provide a welcoming and hospitable refuge to immigrants, migrants, and refugees,” Lunn said. “ is complaint underscores that our local and state governments cannot prevent this type of harmful treatment as long as ICE operates in our communities.”

Does all the lush green grass make sense in our semi-arid region?

As I drive by each morning on such Westminster arterial streets as Sheridan Boulevard, Federal Boulevard and Wadsworth Parkway, I cannot help but notice the many sprinkler systems spraying at full tilt. ey provide life-giving water to keep the lush, green grass healthy and growing in front of many commercial buildings. When you add up all that water used for at least four months out of the calendar year, you are looking at a signi cant amount of treated water.

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sumption is used simply for lawn and landscape irrigation each year. Standing at the top of the list of water consumers is the City of Westminster, which probably is not a surprise. With so many parks, streetscapes and lawns by city facilities, it would be a good guess. I know this issue has been raised before and debated previously, but when I see all the morning irrigation systems spraying away it gave me pause. Aren’t we smarter than our current practices on water conservation — or the lack there of? Couldn’t the city be a better “role model” for all of us who own residential or commercial property and cut back on turf irrigation? Some degree of xeriscape wouldn’t hurt!

owned properties or a future ban in at least one city on building more golf courses. Westminster is not a trend-setter on this important issue.

Don’t get complacent based on historic May-June moisture

I realize the hefty amount of rainfall of May and June along with the generous amount of high mountain snowpack can be seducing when thinking about future water planning. However, it could well be an anomaly. Predicting the weather in Colorado is at best a tricky science.

e 6.1 inches of rainfall in Denver during June set a record going back to 1872. May 2023 was the fourth wettest May on record, with its 5.53 inches.

thing will happened next year or the year after that.

We have seen the expected consequences of such sizable amounts of moisture. Denver Water System demand for June was 37% less than a 52 year average. It was the smallest overall June use since 1969 when 540,000 fewer people were on the Denver water system.

My point is that we should continue to be conservative in future water forecasts and continue to implement water conservation measures which are the least “touchy” politically.

A rule of thumb shows 40% or more of all residential water con-

Besides, shouldn’t city o cials “walk the talk?” Other cities have rolled out changes to irrigating city-

While such moisture was manna from Heaven (except for the spotty ooding), don’t assume the same

For example, requiring commercial properties to remove, say, 30%-50% of their front turf and put down xeriscape materials or simply colorful aggregate would be a possibility. Yes, sprinkler systems would

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Handling the turbulence of life

On one such ight as we were ying from Denver to Albuquerque, the turbulence was bad the entire ight as the pilot couldn’t nd an altitude where the air was smooth.

e woman sitting next to me literally squeezed my forearm the entire ight, and I had never met her before. I didn’t mind and tried to assure her of the safety by sharing the stories pilots have shared with me, but she still held on for dear life.

It just seems that every single day we are at odds with one another over something. e turbulence of politics, of cancel culture, of societal pressures, and just overall discontent and disagreements brewing everywhere. Sometimes the turbulence is frightening as it escalates and becomes erce. And sometimes the turbulence is slight, but still enough to cause us some fear, worry, and doubt.

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With over 2 million miles own, I have experienced a lot of turbulence during those ights. Last month my wife and I were on a ight and for the most part it was a fairly smooth ight. However, during our descent the plane was violently rocked and had we not had our seatbelts on, we would have been tossed from our seats. In all my years of ying that was de nitely the toughest turbulence that I had ever experienced.

Over the years I have had the opportunity to sit next to many captains and pilots. As we would y through the turbulence, they would provide calming assurances that the planes are built to handle the turbulence and the pilots are trained to y us through safely. at has given me such great comfort over the years, a comfort that I tried passing along to some of the nervous yers I have had sitting next to me.

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problems that we face as a society, and we should pay attention to those and become as informed as possible, focusing on the facts instead of opinions and rants of others. It just seems like there is much more noise and turbulence around the silliest and smallest things that get us so worked up. For me, in these situations, my go-to response is laughter, as it really keeps me focused on the more important things in life.

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need to be adjusted accordingly, but in the long run such changes could be a strong contributor to freeing up additional treated water. Perhaps the city would even chip in a cash incentive or a credit on future water bills. ey currently pay for removing a certain amount of turf. Let’s not be complacent!

Back to normal now that the Swifties have left

Whew, I was worn out just watching all the Taylor Swift video clips on the news and the high energy the Mile High City experienced while the Swifties were in town for her two concerts.

I enjoyed seeing all the younger people get so pumped up and enthused with Taylor Swift returning to Denver. She truly is an amazing young entertainer and individual.

We thank all of the Swifties for dropping $140 million in Denver/ suburbs while in town. It gave the retailers, hotels, restaurants, bars and more a nice shot in the arm. Plus, the sale of Taylor Swift merchandise had to generate at least a bagilion dollars!

anks for coming and we hope to see you back in another ve years. Also, Taylor’s contribution of 75,000 meals for people with food insecurity is much appreciated.

Oh, and did we go to one of the concerts? No, my banker wouldn’t loan me the money for tickets, a Swiftie T-shirt and a Slurpee.

A smart move would be to do some polling

As was previously stated and has been demonstrated via Governor Polis’ actions, his push to implement his “a ordable housing plan” isn’t going away. While he knows

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the opposition from just about every Colorado municipality, he is head strong on seeking authority to dictate putting in apartment density developments along with accessory dwelling units of 3-4 dwelling units.

All of this is under the banner of making homes a ordable for every family, which is absurd. is would be regardless of what local comprehensive land use plans would allow.

Last month, he showed up at the Colorado Municipal League conference and more or less lectured the city o cials in attendance on why his plan is needed. With the ght to be replayed at the state legislature in January, it might be smart if local government o cials did some polling to fortify their positions as well as show the governor he is barking up the wrong tree. Certainly, there is su cient time to hire pollsters and get reliable results.

What’s the best way to get grass roots opinions?

First of all, not every town or city is going to want to spend their local General Fund dollars on such polling. While this is a statewide issue, future growth will vary from city to city with more need likely in the Denver-Boulder metro area, Colorado Springs, Grand Junction and Pueblo.

Regardless, polling results would be helpful in guiding elected ocials on perhaps “ ne-tuning” their respective stances on the governor’s plan. New insight via polling could possibly help in working out compromises on parts of the previous ill-fated plan. Each town or city and county could do its own survey.

A more consolidated approach could be for the Colorado Municipal League and Colorado Counties, Inc. to each commission its own surveys. In the alternative, the two state wide organizations could do a single survey which meets the needs of cities and counties.

Whichever way makes the most sense and cents, the important thing is to do a reliable opinion survey in time for the next “round” of proposed legislative bills.

As a P.S., if done soon enough, the results could be helpful to incumbent candidates running for reelection on the issue of more growth, more apartments and how best to use water resources. I think such a survey would especially be helpful to the Boulder City Council and Adams County Commissioner Eva Henry. Boulder’s Council was the only city to go on record supporting Polis’ plan and Henry was among the few who favored it as well.

Sheridan Green school transition process continues

e rst public session to gain input on potential futures uses of the building was held on June 7 with a healthy 180 people in attendance.

e next session will be in sometime in August. Main feedback focused

on a community center, recreation center, learning center, library, children’s recreation center, church, a ordable preschool, daycare, after school care, hub for home-schooled children, summer camps and senior center and more.

Clearly, participants did not want a homeless shelter or commercial uses.

Comments will be taken until August 1 on the city’s Sheridan Green web page. ese are all good ideas. e key will be remodeling costs and ongoing operating costs. I still think a portion of the building would be ideal for an archival center to preserve Westminster’s history working with the Westminster Historical Society.

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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selection. ese moments never fail to make her smile.

“It brings me just a ton of joy to see people enjoying it and enjoying the space,” Monson said. “I think it’s also enriched my kids’ love and appreciation for literature because they get so excited about nishing a book and passing it on.”

Monson built her library in 2017 and registered it with Little Free Library, a Minnesota-based nonpro t that aims to increase access to literature by providing blueprints and guides to build community libraries, as well as mapping registered libraries across the country.

Hundreds of little free libraries have popped up across the Denver metro area as their popularity proliferates. Monson said she was inspired to build her library after visiting others with her 11-year-old twins Tommy and Luci, who are avid readers.

“I really believe in the importance of building community and connection for wellness, so I thought it was a great way to build community shortly after we moved to Golden,” she said. “So it was their love of reading and my want to build community that made it happen.”

Since the library is on a bike and walking path, it’s not accessible by car, so Monson took advantage of the unique environment by adding a bench, a slide and fairy gardens around the library to make it an inviting spot for visitors.

BUILDING BOOKISH COMMUNITIES

BY MCKENNA HARFORD MHARFORD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

One of the more recent little free libraries in the metro area is the one at Castle View High School, which was built as a memorial to student Brooke Adams, who died in April. Adams loved to read, so her school book club worked with others to build the library in her honor.

Golden resident Sam Monson poses with her little free library on the Tucker Gulch Trail. Monson said the library has brought joy to her and those who visit.

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“We wanted to create a space for people to pause and enjoy the green belt that we’re on and the bike path is on,” she said. “Especially through covid, it was a way that I felt like we could put wellness out in the world with something as healthy as reading that creates a mindful, peaceful experience, but also gets them outside and active.”

Monson said the library quickly became self-sustaining once it opened and has since become a xture in the community.

“People often comment to thank us or leave notes,” she said. “It’s like an identity of our family, which we love.”

On top of being a way to build community, little free libraries improve access to literature. Unite for Literacy, a publishing company that tracks book deserts, estimates only a third of Colorado homes have more than 100 books.

Amber DeBerry, Director of Community Engagement for Douglas County Libraries, said improving access to reading materials, whether that’s books, magazines, journals or comics, is important because reading bene ts everyone.

“If you have access to books prior to the age of ve, your success rates in school drastically increase,” DeBerry said. “For people who don’t have the opportunity or ability to purchase books, libraries are an incredible community asset.”

In Dianne Shantz’s neighborhood in Adams County, she noticed there weren’t nearly as many little free libraries as more a uent areas of Denver, so Shantz built one in 2021.

Shantz used a thrifted co ee table and an old kitchen counter with a repurposed replace door to create a weatherproof library and food pantry near her community’s shared mailbox, which provides steady foot tra c.

“I’m proud to say (the library) is self-sustaining because it shows that there was a need there, and that’s true of the pantry too,” she said.

Shantz said she enjoys having opportunities to share her love of reading and tries to stock the library with books she knows her visitors will read.

“Being new to the neighborhood, it’s given me a chance to meet my neighbors,” she said. “A lot of Hispanic people live in the area, so I try to include Spanish books. One lady likes Danielle Steel, so I put those in when I can.”

For Kate Garland, a graduate of Castle View High School in Castle Rock, building a little free library was a way to memorialize her friend and fellow student Brooke Adams, who died in April.

Garland met Adams through the school book club she started and they bonded over reading.

“Brooke and I both loved the ‘ e Summer I Turned Pretty’ series by Jenny Han and somebody donated the entire set so we made sure that those were in there,” Garland said. “Some of Brooke’s other friends also picked booked they thought she would like.”

When Adams died, Garland worked with Adams’ family, school o cials, the school’s Technology Students Association and book club members to build the library and host a book drive to ll it. Materials for the library were donated by the local Ace Hardware and community members donated more than 1,000 books during the drive.

“ e community support around it and the continuing book donations have been really rewarding for me and the book club and the TSA members who helped,” she said.

As Garland heads to Arapahoe Community College, the stewardship of the library will pass on to other students in the book club.

“We wanted to make sure it would keep going, even after I’m gone,” she said.

To nd these little free libraries and more, go to littlefreelibrary.org.

At Dianne Schantz’s library in Adams County, she added a free pantry to help serve her community’s needs. Schantz said both the library and pantry are self-sustaining. COURTESY DIANNE SCHANTZ

People with hypoxia brave high elevations

BY DAN ENGLAND THE COLORADO SUN

Chantelle Shoaee will have a question for you if you decide to visit her: “What kind of car do you drive?”

Unless you’re one of her buds, perhaps one of her Hypoxic Hikers, the reason she’s asking may shock you. Rough mountain roads, the kind that ummox those who don’t drive Subarus — and yes, there are a few — lead to the little base camp where she lives and runs Always Choose Adventures.

Shoaee lives at 10,000 feet in a rural spot above Idaho Springs. She also has hypoxia, a condition de ned by low levels of oxygen in the body.

Doctors tell hypoxic patients to move out of Colorado. At Denver’s elevation, around 5,280 feet, there’s 20% less oxygen than at sea level.

Whenever she’s walking around, Shoaee receives oxygen through a tube in her nose, called a cannula. She punctuates her sentences with pu s from her tank that sound like a gasp.

Oxygen is as much of a treasure to her as the gold from the long-closed mine on her land. And yet, she lives at twice the elevation of Denver, a space so devoid of O2 that most atlanders have trouble sleeping.

It seems like a mismatch, like a

penguin wobbling through a desert. And yet, Shoaee climbs 14ers at speeds that would smoke a weekend peakbagger.

She wears a backpack comfortably and even helped design a pack being developed by Osprey, a Cortezbased gear company that specializes in hydration bladder vests and packs for bikers, hikers and ultrarunners.

Shoaee’s pack ts oxygen tanks.

e innovation could be a boon for hikers tethered to a cannula: Most of them are anchored to heavy oxygen tanks or concentrators.

Shoaee loves the mountains, elevation be damned, and her strong

body, balanced by a pair of powerful thighs, shakes with good-natured laughter when someone asks why the hell she lives so high.

“Look around,” she answers.

She doesn’t care that she lives in a small trailer, or that the property needs a lot of work, or that the roads that lead to it could overturn a Jeep. She’s immensely proud of where she lives, even though she knows, one day, she will have to leave.

Until then, Shoaee wants to run her organization, Always Choose Adventures, which helps people of all ages, backgrounds and, most importantly, physical abilities, experience the outdoors. She and her Hypoxic Homies, a group of hikers like her, all acknowledge their limitations the condition puts on them, but they don’t want to be limited by any kind of assumptions about their ability, or medical insurance, or misdiagnoses.

ere are more than you might think: Shoaee puts severe limits on the money she makes so she can stay on Medicaid, which pays for her portable oxygen. Her place was a ordable because it was in poor condition, and because she sold her townhome, buoyed by the skyrocketing market. Quite frankly, it looks like a bargain, even if the land around it looks priceless.

“I live in poverty,” she says, “so I can breathe.”

On doctor’s orders, Shoaee’s parents kept her inside when she was a kid. She was born with tracheoesophageal stula, an abnormal connection between the esophagus and the trachea, and low-functioning lungs.

She felt a void that wasn’t lled until she founded Always Choose Adventures and sought treatment with National Jewish Hospital, where doctors told her her birth defects were never addressed properly: Her trachea collapses up to 90% of the time. ey put her on oxygen to use while adventuring and it’s made all the di erence.

She’s still hypoxic, but she believes many other Coloradans are, too, and don’t realize it. We all need oxygen, and without enough of it, we get

confused, restless and anxious, and have bluish skin, a rapid heart rate and di culty breathing.

Breathing problems can cause hypoxia, but it isn’t limited to them. Shoaee tells story after story of visitors who come from sea level and don’t feel right. Colorado’s thin air isn’t kind to those who are accustomed to drawing in gluttonous gulps of oxygen with every breath. Just the other day, she checked the oxygen levels of a visitor by using a nger sensor.

“She was hypoxic as f---,” Shoaee said, using one of her favorite phrases.

Many others with asthma struggle here, Shoaee said, and even those seemingly in good health may wonder why they’re anxious all the time and don’t sleep well. ey’re probably hypoxic, Shoaee said. Colorado is a hard place to live.  e condition is more common now after the pandemic. One of Shoaee’s best friends, one of her Hypoxic Homies, is Audra Lilly, who works as a pediatric nurse practitioner. She was diagnosed with lupus in 2015 when she was living in Dallas. Exercise helped lube her joints: e more she did it, the better she felt. She moved to Littleton to be in a place where she could do outdoor activities all the time. She took up trail running and felt better than she had in years.

“I needed a place where I could be outdoors all the time and live a healthy lifestyle,” Lilly said. “Dallas wasn’t that.”

But her job left her susceptible to the pandemic, and sure enough, she got COVID-19 in November 2020. It ravaged her body, forcing her into the hospital for weeks. At one point, doctors asked her if life support was OK. She refused, preferring to battle it on her own, as she did with lupus. Lupus can be as mean as COVID: Her joints sti ened in her hospital bed, so she dragged her huge oxygen tank behind her and walked around her room.

She now uses oxygen to hike and run, though not as much as she used to. She met Shoaee in a hypoxia support group on Facebook.

“When I asked for advice on hiking and running, people would tell me not to do it, especially doctors,” Lilly, 41, said, “but Chantelle was like, ‘I’ll go with you!’”

Yes, Lilly sees the irony in moving to a state because of health problems and now may need to leave it one day because of health problems. But she is determined to stay as long as she can.

“Honestly, when I put my oxygen in, it goes away,” Lilly said. “I’m getting back to where I was before this happened.”

Doctors at rst diagnosed Lilly with anxiety. It’s a common misdiagnosis among those with hypoxia,

Chantelle Shoaee, director of Always Choose Adventures, right, walks with fellow hypoxic hikers Audra Lilly, center, of Littleton, and Mike Goldblatt, of Evergreen, June 29, 2023, outside Idaho Springs. The hikers are hypoxic requiring supplemental oxygen every day due to medical issues.

PHOTO BY HUGH CAREY, THE COLORADO SUN

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State o ers free community college for prospective early childhood teachers

BY ANN SCHIMKE CHALKBEAT COLORADO

Colorado residents interested in early childhood and ve other highdemand careers can get training for free starting this fall at more than a dozen community colleges around the state.

It’s part of a new $40 million state program called Career Advance Colorado that’s intended to mint thousands of workers in shortage areas. Besides early childhood education, the program will cover tuition, course materials, and fees for up to two years of training for students studying education, construction, law enforcement, nursing, and re and forestry.

“All these elds are in need of great folks to ll jobs that are open today and that are critical for our state’s success,” said Gov. Jared Polis in a recorded announcement about Career Advance.

e program is open to new students and those currently enrolled in one of the six target areas. For those already enrolled, the state will pay for their remaining coursework.

HYPOXIA

and an understandable one, given that the two are connected: Not being able to breathe causes anxiety. Anxiety can also cause breathing problems such as hyperventilation.  at’s a problem because doctors have to write a prescription for oxygen, said Mike Goldblatt, 67, of Evergreen. Goldblatt is hypoxic and doctors don’t know why. He was an arborist and guided y- shing trips and hikes. He also coaches and chases around his grandkids and plays golf and music in a band. Evergreen is at 7,400 feet and Goldblatt has no desire to move. Oxygen, which he uses when he’s active, makes his life far more normal than it would be otherwise.

“It feels a lot better,” Goldblatt said.  But it irks him that oxygen is only available with a prescription. Patients also generally must choose between the portable tanks they use to hike and the large tanks that anchor many patients to their homes, Goldblatt said.

e o er of free training for prospective early childhood employees comes amid an ongoing shortage of child care and preschool teachers that’s led to shuttered classrooms at some centers. e need for quali ed sta has become even more pressing as Colorado prepares to launch a major expansion of tuition-free preschool in August. More than 31,000 4-year-olds are expected to participate.

“We are staying active,” Goldblatt said, referring to the hypoxic hiking group, “but 90% or more pulling oxygen aren’t. ey don’t realize they can get out.”

Insurance, he said, tends to restrict patients from portable tanks or limit them to a few per month, unless they ght. Medicaid doesn’t do this, at least for Shoaee, which is why she restricts her lifestyle to stay on it.

“Safety is what they call it,” Goldblatt said, “but it comes down to money.”  ese are things that won’t be solved soon. But there are issues Shoaee believes she can address now. Carrying oxygen is a problem. A couple years ago she began talking to Osprey about designing a backpack speci cally for oxygen carriers.

“ e kinking is the most annoying part,” Lilly said. “Chantelle, can you x my tube? I’ve already been kinked up twice today.”

Kinking, of course, restricts oxygen ow, and the tubes get tangled. Lilly has a story about her tubes getting tangled while on a ski lift. She eventually had to be carried down by ski patrol because she needed the oxygen boost at the high elevation.

“I was so embarrassed,” she said.

Career Advance is the latest e ort by state policymakers to beef up the anemic pipeline of early childhood teachers. In recent years, the state used COVID stimulus money to pay for two introductory early childhood classes for hundreds of college students. It also o ered scholarship and apprenticeship programs for students seeking early childhood credentials.

In Colorado, where the median

Tanks are heavy, with the mobile tanks weighing up to 15 pounds. e tanks alone make a daypack weigh more than if it were stu ed with overnight gear.

e Osprey backpack, Shoaee said, solves both issues. ere are holes in the pack where hypoxic hikers can thread, and therefore secure, their tubes, and the bottom of the pack has more padding as well as straps to hold the tank in place and distribute the weight evenly. e nal version should be out by the end of the year. e pack is an a rmation that people are paying attention.

“It will be life-changing for people on oxygen,” Shoaee said. “We aren’t saying you have to hike a 14er. You can walk around the block now. is makes it possible. ere’s so much annoying stu about this illness. A backpack shouldn’t be one of them.”

Shoaee founded Always Choose Adventures because of her experiences, but the organization tries to break down barriers for all kinds of marginalized groups in the outdoors, not just the hypoxic. Gerry Roach, the mountain master and author of many guide books, including iconic versions for the 14ers,

preschool teacher wage is around $15.25 an hour, it’s hard to make a living in the early childhood eld. e cost of college classes or student loan debt makes the barrier to entry even higher.

State o cials and advocates recently have taken tentative steps towards addressing the eld’s abysmal pay. As part of an e ort to pay preschool teachers a living wage, the state pays a higher per-student rate in the new universal preschool program than it pays public schools for each K-12 student. In addition, the state recently unveiled a report recommending a series of statewide early childhood salary scales that would signi cantly boost pay. For example, the suggested rate would be at least $22 an hour for early childhood teachers in metro Denver and some mountain communities. e salary scales are not binding for preschool and child care providers, but show what workers in di erent regions would need to earn to make a living wage.

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the Centennials, Rocky Mountain National Park and the Indian Peaks, is the board president.

But she hopes to use her talents to raise awareness about hypoxia and maybe one day solve some of the other issues oxygen carriers must face when they venture outdoors.

“Could we do a hypoxic 14ers day?” she asks her group.

First, though, she wants to go on a little hike to a lake near her property.

e path is steep — at one point she protests to her friends when they leave some distance between them and her — but eventually they do reach the top. She puts her hands on her knees.

It’s hard to live so high up, but the views are spectacular, and the air is fresh.

She straightens up and breathes it in.

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

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A new Colorado program will cover the cost of community college for students seeking early childhood credentials.

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ADAMS COUNTY PRESENTS

Grandstand events at the Adams County Fair

AUGUST 2

Priscilla Block with Frank Ray

Come hear one of Country Music’s rising stars as she performs from her debut album “Welcome to the Block Party,” including her hit “Just About Over You”.

She’ll be joined by Amazon Music USA

“Artist to Watch,” Frank Ray, who is touring in support of his self-titled debut album.

Doors open at 7 p.m., show at 8 p.m. This is a free show.

AUGUST 3

Jordan Davis with Callista Clark and Professional Bull Riding

Kick start a night of Professional Bull Riding with a special performance by Louisianaborn Jordan Davis, fresh off the success of his number on Hot Country song “Buy Dirt”, a duet with Luke Bryan.

He’ll be joined onstage by Callista Clark, part of the Opry Nextstage’s class of 2022 who has been featured two years running in Bilboard’s annual “21 under 2” list.

Doors open at 5 p.m. Tickets $14 - $24

AUGUST 4

Demolition Derby Show at 7 p.m. Tickets are $10 - $20

AUGUST 5

NSPA Truck Pull Show at 7 p.m. Tickets are $10 - $25

AUGUST 6

Charreada with La Autentica de Jerez

Adams County celebrates its Hispanic heritage with the annual Charreada Mexican rodeo followed by a performance by La Autentica de Jerez.

Gates open at 4 p.m. events start at 5 p.m. Tickets are $10-75, children under two-years-old are free.

Entertainment Stage

WEDNESDAY, AUG. 2

• Kelsey Jo and the Wildcards, 4-5:30 p.m.

• The Junebugs, 6-8 p.m.

• Karaoke 8:30-11 p.m.

THURSDAY, AUG. 3

• DJ Pipkin, 6-7:30 p.m.

• The Junebugs, 7:30-8:30 p.m.

• Karaoke 9-11 p.m.

FRIDAY, AUG. 4

• The Junebugs, 6-7:30 p.m.

• Mz Vendetta, 8:30-9:30 p.m.

• Judgement Day, 10-11 p.m.

SATURDAY, AUG. 5

• Global Sound Studio, 4-6 p.m.

• The Junebugs, 8-9:30 p.m.

• Karaoke 9-midnight

SUNDAY, AUG. 6

• Mariachi Mass 10-11 a.m.

• Strolling Mariachi 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

• Bonna Pluma y Los Originales, noon-1:30 p.m.

• Tomas Cordova and Just Friends, 2:15-4 p.m.

• Chicano Heat, 5-7 p.m.

• Baby Bash, 8-9:30 p.m.

• House Music, 10:30 p.m. to midnight

THE ADAMS COUNTY FAIR FOOD GUIDE

From flip-flops to funnel cakes, visit the Exhibit Hall and Midway for your a wide variety of food vendors and food trucks, as well as a chance to get your shopping fix. Vendors who have signed up to come are listed below.

Bibi’s Eggrolls

Serving traditional Philippine style rice noodles with vegetables & chicken, egg rolls with ground beef, carrots, and bell peppers, BBQ grilled chicken or pork on a bamboo skewer, Filipino empanadas with ground beef, potatoes, peas, and raisins, and chicken adobo with soy sauce, lemon juice, ginger, and potatoes!

Capone’s Concessions

Stop by and enjoy a refreshing drink of fresh squeezed lemonade or cherry limeade or shaved ice to cool you down. Try the BBQ pulled pork sandwiches or corn on the cob. Got a sweet tooth? Try a strawberry kebab or frozen cheese cake. Don’t forget a chocolate covered jalapeno!

Cheese Love Grill

Say cheese! This food vendor is a must if you’re craving an all time classic! Come check out their menu for a classic grilled cheese and tomato bisque or a street taco inspired grilled cheese. This place is sure to leave a smile on your face.

DC Concessions

Switch it up with seafood! Find this vendor for fried catfish and shrimp and pair it with some sweet potato fries or twisted taters. They also serve a variety of appetizers from jalapeno poppers and fried pickles, to chili cheese fries and mozzarella sticks. Enjoy their hand-breaded chicken tenders and don’t forget to ask about the freshly squeezed lemonade.

Fry Factory

Fries are a fan favorite, but if you’re looking to take it up a notch make sure to stop at Fry Factory! They put a fun spin on the classics with their hatch green chili curly fires, pizza box nachos and smoked grilled kielbasa. Don’t forget to try their gourmet red velvet funnel cake or a classic crepe!

German Specialty

Want to try something out of the box? Germany Specialty serves an uber potato skillet, a variety of bratwursts, and even a Bayou Brat Alligator! They also have the classics covered with corn dogs, nachos, and fried candy bars.

Grammy’ s Goodies

Are you in the mood for homemade Italian food? Make sure to check out Grammy’s Goodies who was recently featured on Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives.(2020) for the BIGGEST slices and the best home made Italian food and baked goods. Stop by for a giant turkey leg or explore the rest of their menu,where you’ll find handmade mozzarella sticks, garlic knots, delicious pizza, cannolis, pasta dishes sandwiches and of course some sweet treats.

Kona Ice

Try FlavorWave Kona Ice Flavors Like: Tigers Blood, Lucky Lime, Blue Raspberry, Watermelon Wave, Wedding Cake, Strawberry’d Treasure, Blue Coconut, Monkey Business, Ninja Cherry, Pina Colada!

Polar Brothers

This Colorado based company has some unique Nitro made Ice Cream flavors you cannot miss! Flavors such as cookie monster, vermont maple, nutella oreo, and much more! Stop by and check them out!

Pork Hub

Stick a pork in it! Come by and enjoy a smoked pulledCome by and enjoy a smoked pulled pork sandwich, a pig in potato patch or just some delicious queso fries or Colorado green chili cheese fries!

Simply Pizza

This local coffee shop from Frederick is bringing superior quality to the Adams County Fair this year! Specializing in Coffee and Cold Brew, we also craft 15 additional hot and cold beverages (Cocoa, Teas, Lemonades, Italian Sodas, and Blended drinks). Keep it SIMPLE! This is a stop you will not want to miss! This food truck presents Neapolitan inspired wood fire pizza. Menu items include: Two Meats, Charred Garden, Queen, and of course a Plain & Simple option.

Spicy Catering

Make sure you stop by Spicy Catering and enjoy some of your favorite Mexican cuisine, including tacos, quesadillas, burritos and nachos. Do not miss Sunday for the special taco tortas menu!

Sugars Concessions

Satisfy your sweet tooth with any of the following carnival favorites: funnel cake, specialty cakes, or a fried cheese cake!

Tacos with Altitude

Come enjoy green chili cheese fries, Nachos, or street tacos. Top off your meal with a Auga Fresca or Mexican Coca Cola

Wild Wolf Kettle Corn

Pop by this vendor to release your inner wild wolf. With wildly delicious kettle corn, caramel corn and lemonade smashers, 13 flavors to choose from this is a stop that is hard to pass up

Yazmin

Get ready to heat things up! Satisfy that spicy craving with the chili mayo cheese corn, the chili and salt mango on a stick, or the mangoneadas mango sobert with chili and chamoy. Don’t worry though, if things get too hot you can cool down with their signature home-made fresh fruit water.

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First Aid Information Booth

Lost Children

Sheriff General Parking Lot

Handicapped-Accessible Parking Lot

Restrooms

Handicapped-Accessible Restrooms

Food & Beverages

Beer Shuttle & Golf Cart Loading/Unloading

Recycling

Friends

EMERGENCIES & IMPORTANT INFORMATION

There will be first aid provided during the fair. First aid is located in the Red Cross Building. EMTs are also on golf carts roaming the fair each day.

The Adams County Sheriff’s Office provides security services during the fair. Their office is located in the Administration Building located just south of the Al Lesser Building.

The Brighton Fire Protection District's office during the fair is located just south of the Red Cross Building in the mobile command unit.

To receive text alerts about important changes and notices, please text "Join AdamsCoFair" (without quotes) to 31002 or scan the QR code below and click send.

LOST CHILDREN

To report a lost child or locate a lost child, please go to the Rampart Search and Rescue Booth located directly below the Water Tower

Although every ensure the accuracy of the information provided on this map, Adams County cannot be responsible for consequences made herein. Attendees should consult with Fair management at adamscountyfair@adcogov.org to ascertain whether any modifications have been made since the publication of this material. In case of inclement weather, Fair management may choose to evacuate the grandstands, midway,

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2023 ADAMS COUNTY FAIR ROYALTY

2023 Adams County Fair Queen, Tymberlynn Rose Weidemann

Tymblerynn Rose Weidemann is the 19-year-old daughter of Jayleen and Willie Weidemann. A proud Colorado native, Rose grew up in Brighton where she participated in many activities including FFA, 4-H, yearbook, and Link.

She graduated from Brighton high school in 2022 and is furthering her education at Colorado State University for her undergraduate. She is majoring in Agricultural Education along with a minor in Agricultural Literacy. The fair holds many wonderful adventures and memories for her. She is delighted to promote the fair and activities it holds. She hopes you will open the doors and join her and Elsie in their adventures August 2-6.

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Adams County Fair Ladyin-Waiting, Elsie Oswald

Elsie Oswald is the 18-year-old daughter of Paige and Chris Oswald. Elsie is a senior currently attending Brighton High School, where she is a Link Leader and President of the Brighton FFA chapter. Elsie has been in 4H for ten years and is President of the Pure Country 4H club. After graduating from Brighton High School this year, she will continue her education at Colorado State University, majoring

in Agricultural Business in pursuit of going to a chiropractic college to work on people and horses.

This is Elsie’s tenth year attending the fair, and she is thrilled to share the joy of the Adams County Fair with you. She is excited to promote the Fair and the 4H exhibitors, livestock, rides, food, and other activities that make the Adams County Fair great. She hopes you will join her and Rose at the Adams County Fair, the largest county fair in Colorado, this year from Aug. 2-6, 2023.

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The Adams County Fair Royalty Program Clinic will be announced in the fall. For more information on attending this event, please email Courtney Cox.

If you plan to compete for the 2023 title of Adams County Fair Ladyin-Waiting, this royalty clinic is mandatory. The 2023 competition will be held at the Regional Park Complex in the fall of 2022.

Past Fair Royalty

1950s

1950 Chloe Plass Weidenbach

1951 Gretchen Gilbert Wilson

1952 Betty Williams

1953 Yulene Banek

1954 Carma Jesiop Hale

1955 Ella Masters

1956 Sandy Crosby Davidson

1957 Bonnie Aschenbrenner Kanouse

1958 Revae Milligan - Miss Rodeo Colorado 1958

1959 Diane Newell

1960s

1960 Phillis Guthrie Webb

1961 Rosemary “Cookie” LarsonMiss Rodeo Colorado 1961

1962 Sandy Schwab Purdy

1963 Pat Strole

1964 Annette Carrvin Bowers

1965 Teri Reither Watson

1966 Janice Schwabb Miles

1967 Paula Klaumann Jones

1968 Georgia Dowd Haller

1969 Marilynne “Lynne” Hokr Redman

1970s

1970 Jodi Russell Pfersh

1971 Janet Snidow Jackson

1972 Linda Carter Larson

1973 Marla Myers Zuch

1974 Nancy Coufal Elrod

1975 Barbara Seitz Williams - Miss Rodeo Colorado 1978

1976 Pam Armstrong Whitlock

1977 Teri Bohlander Griffith Parkos

1978 Debbie Pech Ritch - Miss Rodeo Colorado 1979

1979 Jeri Cooper Hass

1980s

1980 Nancy Nott Bunjes – (also the mother of the 2006 Queen)

1981 Susan Berger Farner

1982 Margaret Keehn

1983 Penny Constable Anderson

1984 Sandie Chaney

1985 Duetta Allart

1988 Kelly Field

1989 Kim Kling Daley

1990s

1990 Heidi Carmack

1991 Colette Wilbanks Stoudt

1992 Tara Rumsey Weber

1993 Kelli Mohan Metz

1994 Sara Ocker

1995 Jodi Miller Stonner

2000s

2002 Amanda Milton

2003 Stacie Toft

2004 Bronwyn Schindler

2005 Alyse Scebbi Fieldgrove

2006 Alyssa Bunjes Baker – (the daughter of the 1980 queen)

2007 Chelyn Heideman Hart

2008 Sadie Sayler Nelson

2009 Randi Rae Fishler

2010s

2010 Sydnie Rask

2011 Courtney Cox

2012 Danielle McCormick

2013 Alexandra Nelms Holyoak

2014 Savanna Hamilton

2015 Lindsey Irby Bakes

2016 Aviendha Anemaet

2017 Jennifer Ann D’Epagnier

2018 Lindsey Burleson

2019 Racheal Lampo

2020s

2020/21 Mandy McCormick

2022: Kira Szulinski

SPREADING THE WORD ABOUT AGRICULTURE

BY BELEN WARD BWARD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Tymberlynn Rose Wiedemann said she grew up in the shadow of the Adams County fair and always had her eye on the fair royalty –although she wasn’t sure what they did.

“It wasn’t up until I was in high school, I was in the Future Farmers of America FFA Organization, which is an agriculture youth organization, so being part of that organization, we were around the fair lot. I actually got to talk to the fair queens and realized they are advocates for the agriculture industry,” Wiedemann said.

Now it’s her turn on the fair’s throne.

After a year as the 2022 fair’s Lady In Waiting, Wiedemann,19, was selected as the 2023 Adams County Fair Queen.

“I graduated in 2022, and I’m so fortunate. I was able to come from Brighton High School and I get to represent my county; it’s wonderful,” Wiedemann said.

Wiedemann said as a Future Farmers of America member, they teach students about the agricultural industry but need to learn how to promote it and educate people.

“I realized this is a way to serve my community, and follow a passion in the agricultural industry,” Wiedemann said. “These women royalty state titleholders are not just a pretty face that represents the county. When you talk to these women, they are very intelligent. They know horsemanship, agriculture, rodeo and the fair they’re representing.”

Wiedemann said FFA, 4-H, and the fair for kids’ is essential.

“You don’t have to be in a local 4-H or in agriculture or come from the city,” she said. “You can I can sign up and it’s something that is really fun. My FFA department at high school not everyone was an agriculture kid and some grew up in the subdivision or apartments. So sitting in Ag class they realized they too can be a part of this industry.”

Wiedemann said the FFA classes at the high school taught kids how to start a small project or grow a garden, educating them about the industry without even realizing it.

“Even the kids that are not working members in the agricultural industry when someone ask them a question, they can tell them about growing and harvesting in a field,” Wiedemann said. “The programs are incredible. It not just for kids its regular everyday people that can sit in those classes and those

organizations and be involved in the work.”

Wiedemann is attending Colorado State University, majoring in Agricultural Education and minoring in Agricultural Literacy.

She chose to stay close to home because it allows her to give back to the organization.

“I learned so much value and what our industry really means. I hope I’m able to come back and grow the next generation of agriculturalists. A lot of times, industries can slowly die, and generations will leave if you have people that aren’t willing to fight for this organization industry that is slowly dying, and you need to have people that are knowledgeable about the industry and want to learn about it and work for it to last for the future,” Wiedemann said.

If she has her way, she’ll be involved in agriculture for the rest of her life.

“I hope to stay in the agriculture industry, whether it is classroom teaching, working in a position with agriculture, or work as legislator. I want to continue to be a voice for this industry representing the agriculture and Western industry in a public matter, talking to people. If I can continue to do that into adulthood, I would love that,” Wiedemann said.

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Surpassing expectations for learning disabled students

How Colorado is trying to get more students with intellectual disabilities into college

BY ERICA BREUNLIN THE COLORADO SUN

Shannon Murphy grew up being told what she couldn’t do, what she wasn’t capable of and what kinds of opportunities weren’t hers to pursue.

Adults around her mapped out her future. Even her own case manager steered her away from higher education.

College wasn’t a possibility for a student with a learning disability like her, Murphy remembers being warned.

“For like 21 years of my life, I didn’t think I was actually a person because I had a disability and I wasn’t an equal because I had a disability,” Murphy said. “I thought it was a curse that I had what I have, and that’s 100% not true, but that’s just unfortunately how I thought.”

Now, at age 25, Murphy has shattered the expectations of those who once insisted college was out of her reach, graduating from the University of Northern Colorado’s Go On and Learn program in 2022 and working as a paraprofessional in her hometown, Grand Junction. Murphy, who has a genetic disease known as incontinentia pigmenti, is one of 44 students with intellectual disabilities to have graduated from a Colorado college or university since 2020 through a growing movement to open up more higher education opportunities for students with intellectual disabilities, such as Down syndrome and autism.

“I personally believe anyone can do anything,” Murphy said. “You just have to have the mindset to do it.”

Colorado’s rst inclusive program started in 2016, making the state one of the last to introduce higher education speci cally for people with intellectual disabilities — the rst inclusive program in the state started in 2016. Four

institutions of higher education

— UNC, Arapahoe Community College, the University of Colorado Colorado Springs and Regis University — now o er such programs, which disability advocates will build on with a new round of state funding that will fuel a grant program aimed at developing more inclusive programs statewide, particularly in rural parts of Colorado where students with disabilities face an especially limited set of options after high school.

“ e language that you hear from families is it feels like a cli ,” said Shayna Laing, community engagement manager of IN! Pathways to Higher Education, a Colorado-based nonpro t that directs families and special needs educators to higher education programs designed for students with intellectual disabilities. “So in an ideal world, they’re going to be connected to these state services like a community center board.

at’s where they would get their primary case manager to help them gure out ways that they can participate in the community, but a lot of our students in reality end up on their parents’ couch right after K-12. ey feel like there’s not a lot of options for them.”

And many jobs available to those students are “pretty simplistic in nature,” with positions in grocery stores, for example, Laing noted, “so it feels like this big dropo and like there’s nothing to do afterwards.”

IN! Pathways to Higher Education helped roll out pilot programs at UNC, UCCS and Arapahoe Community College after the legislature in 2016 designated $250,000 in state funding each year for ve years. After that funding sunsetted in scal year 202021, lawmakers created a grant program with legislation during this year’s session, allocating $450,000 each year for ve years to further expand higher education opportunities for students with intellectual disabilities.

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puses and plans to help two other institutions in rural Colorado form their own programs in the next year. e nonpro t will open its next application cycle in January.

“We found that the rural communities really experienced lots of fear with sending their child over the mountain or over the hill, as they say,” Laing said. “And so we realized that there was lots of limitation for those students in those pockets of Colorado, and when we talk with disability service providers out there, the ongoing message is, there’s not enough services in our area. Our students are struggling. Transition programs are struggling. We don’t know what to do with them after they graduate.”

Students who graduate from an inclusive higher education program in the state spend between two and four years in college studying whatever elds most interest them and earn what’s called a comprehensive higher education certi cate, which indicates they completed modi ed coursework and re ects their transcript, Laing said. at certi cate isn’t on par with an associate’s or a bachelor’s degree, she noted, but it is a formal certi cate approved by a higher education institution that documents a student’s course of study and the skills they’ve developed.

Colorado students enrolled in inclusive programs navigate through higher education in many of the same ways as any college student. ey rush sororities and fraternities. ey live independently in apartments and attend social events on campus. ey take classes with typical peers, participating in class discussions and completing assignments, often with adaptations that might

include shorter papers.

ey also receive extra academic support, hang out with peer mentors who help them get involved on campus and adapt to living on their own, intern and gain work experience, and connect with local vocational rehabilitation services through which a counselor gives them ongoing employment support after graduation.

Laing has seen inclusive college programs completely reroute students with intellectual disabilities, with several graduates continuing to live independently, earning better pay in more meaningful careers and deepening friendships in their own social circles.

“It’s showing what happens when we raise the bar,” Laing said. “For students with intellectual disabilities, they do get to reach it. ey are capable of those things, and I think our culture has just never chosen to raise the bar, and once we do, we see them really excel and, yes, struggle and have battles along the way, but they persevere.”

Nineteen students with intellectual disabilities have graduated from UCCS since 2016 with another 20 students currently enrolled, studying a wide range of disciplines including criminal justice, teaching, library studies, life sciences, sports management, lm editing and human services.

Students with intellectual disabilities who take classes through the university get support from the O ce of Inclusive Services, completing 72 credits over four years — three classes each semester — and seeking out internships both on and o campus. ey also must attend social events of their

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choice to round out their college experience.

Each student receives help plotting their schedule, which includes time for homework, exercise at the campus recreation center and responsibilities in their apartment. And the O ce of Inclusive Services pairs them with another undergraduate student who acts as a peer mentor to help them get to class, nish homework, go to social events and tackle chores at home.

e o ce also swoops in if students start falling behind in class, teaches them budgeting skills and o ers a driver’s education program through which four students have secured a driver’s license.

“ e growth is amazing,” said Christi Kasa, a professor in the College of Education in the Department of Teaching and Learning. “Students learn to have a voice in their life, and that is the biggest di erence we see, is they learn to direct their life and talk about what they want their life to be like. And that’s what we want. People need support in whatever way they need it. We want students to be as independent as they can, but more importantly we want them to have the autonomy to say, ‘ is is what I want my life to look like,’ and then ask for help to get there.”

CSU has a history of educating students who have a learning disability

or who need special accommodations and is branching out to speci cally incorporate students with intellectual disabilities on campus. e Fort Collins campus this spring debuted a pilot program with a cohort of three students — called Ram scholars — all interested in studying agricultural sciences, whether they want to learn about growing crops and plants or caring for animals.

e program, which has carried into the summer with an agricultural internship for six students, began with funding from Larimer County toward developing a workforce innovation program for people with intellectual disabilities, said Deborah Fidler, a professor in the Department of Human Development and Family Studies under CSU’s College of Health and Human Sciences, which is running the program with the College of Agricultural Sciences.

With state grant funding, CSU will continue building the program over the next ve years, during which Fidler said the university will establish a more meaningful credential for students and likely broaden its focus to other elds in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

e program’s initial emphasis on agricultural sciences lls a regional workforce demand while also aligning with the interests of many students with disabilities, said Fidler, who also serves as the director of the intellectual and developmental disabilities division of CSU’s Prevention Research Center.

“We also know that agricultural

education is really unique in that it has a strong experiential learning component to it,” she said. “ ere’s so much of the learning process (that) happens in the real world setting where employment would actually take place.”

She has seen inclusive higher education shape CSU students who step into the role of peer mentor as much as the program has impacted those with an intellectual disability.

“It was clear that these were students who were now going to be considering their career pathways a little di erently and recognizing that even if they don’t necessarily move towards a career in inclusive education, and maybe that’s not necessarily their outcome, that they will be employees in the workforce who are going to be much more inclusive in their practices,” Fidler said.

Murphy, the paraprofessional in Grand Junction, now shepherds high school students attending Central High School from school buses to the cafeteria to eat breakfast, escorts them to their classroom and makes sure they’re prepared to dive into the school day. She also helps them use the bathroom and sometimes shadows individual students in class to provide one-on-one support.

e recent UNC graduate struggles with vision problems when reading and had seizures as a newborn but grew out of them — all symptoms of her genetic disease, which also a ects her mom. And Murphy sometimes needs help with walking or she

struggles with balance.

Murphy, who said she has an “invisible disability,” previously spent two years at Colorado Mesa University while pursuing a vocational program for adults ages 18 to 21 with disabilities and graduated a year early when she was 20. She transferred to UNC in Greeley, picking up her life and plopping it down ve hours away to begin her freshman year. She rst set out to study acting, directing and theater — a passion stemming from her childhood — but shifted to a major in human services toward the end of her rst semester when an instructor spelled out her strength in helping others.

Murphy has mostly fond memories of her years in college, when she devoted a lot of time to a Catholic campus ministry group apart from her classes. College, she said, enabled her to land in a career in which she can mentor students while also earning a better wage that will soon hopefully give her the footing to move out of her parents’ house.

“It just like helped me experience what everyone else experiences,” she said, “but like not in the traditional way.”

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

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How to stay safe on Colorado’s trails and waters

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

After a strong winter and wet spring, the statewide snow runo owing into Colorado rivers, streams and lakes is higher than usual this year — and with large dumps of rainfall along the Front Range, that means outdoor recreators might encounter conditions they aren’t used to seeing.

With high water on rivers this year, as of late June, there have already been 12 swift-water-related fatalities in Colorado, according to Colorado Parks and Wildlife.

“ is year’s river ows are more dangerous compared to last year,” Michael Haskins, a swift-water investigator, said in a news release.

“We strongly encourage people to check river conditions before you head out, and if you arrive and see high and fast water conditions you don’t know how to navigate or feel unsure about, please don’t risk getting hurt and the need for a river rescue,” Haskins added. Last year, the majority of fatalities occurred because people did not wear a life jacket — and the state parks agency urges using that and other precautions to stay safe.

Meanwhile, trails have also seen impacts from the wet weather. Heavy rainfall destroyed all bridge crossings over the Cherry Creek in Castlewood Canyon State Park in Douglas County, a

Here’s a look at how to stay safe when you’re recreating outdoors — whether on land or water.

Staying safe on trails

Standing water on trails is one potential hazard for bikers to watch out for.

“Check trail conditions before you go to be sure conditions are safe,” said Travis Duncan, a spokesperson with Colorado Parks and Wildlife.

You can visit trails.colo-

download the app, to locate trail closures.

(It may also be helpful to check local government websites for trail closures. For instance, Castle Rock and Je erson County list closures at tinyurl.com/ CastleRockTrails and tinyurl. com/Je coParksTrails.)

Trail users should also be mindful of erosion, the natural process by which rock and soil are worn away by wind, water and tra c.

“Left unchecked, ero-

Duncan said. “Trail erosion is accelerated by a combination of trail users, gravity and water.”

When walkers and runners encounter standing water on a trail, recommendations can vary.

“Every situation is di erent,” Duncan said. “In many instances, we’d prefer folks not hike when conditions are bad on a given trail. In most cases, going through the water is the best option and will prevent further erosion

Staying safe in water

Even the most experienced outdoor enthusiasts can become victims to deceptively strong currents, cold water temperatures and unexpected changes in depth, according to the state parks agency.

In 2022, Colorado experienced a low- ow snow runo year, but it was still what the parks agency called the deadliest year in Colorado waters, with the majority of

Muniz bounces back from setback

BY STEVE SMITH SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA

As far as Brighton’s Danthony Muniz was concerned, things couldn’t have been better early in the spring.

Muniz, who’s aiming to become a professional mixedmartial arts ghter, was getting set for his rst foray into submission grappling.

e goal is to score submission victories as opposed to wrestling, where pins are the name of the game.

Muniz had a spot on a submission grappling card in

New York in late April. en the injury bug bit.

“I fractured my shoulder during live training a week before leaving for New York,” Muniz said. “Time o the mat was all it took to recover. It was de nitely a very long month.” at wasn’t all.

“At rst it was a very hard hit on my mental state,” he said. “I was very down and upset. But I knew it was a part of the process. So, I just kept my head on straight and thought about the positive things that could come

from it.”

e doctors wouldn’t let him train on the mats. But they let him run. His normal output had been ve miles a day. He’s doubled that since the injury. He’s also found some new training partners.

“I have been mainly training with ug Rose Namajunas (a member of the Ultimate Fighting Championship organization and former two-time UFC women’s strawweight champion), Pat HD Barry (a former Ameri-

Brighton’s Danthony Muniz works on his grappling technique with his coach, Eric Gutierrez, during a recent training session in Westminster.

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People, along with a dog, recreate in the water.

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water-related deaths occurring in lakes and reservoirs.

( e parks agency clari ed to Colorado Community Media that it is keeping an uno cial tally. Said Duncan: “ ere is no statewide authority on water-related deaths in Colorado, though CPW has been tracking them in recent years ... CPW handles investigations on properties we manage and often gets asked to assist in searching for victims or evidence in other jurisdictions. But CPW is not the overarching authority on water-related deaths for the entire state.”)

In 2022, there were 42 water-related fatalities in Colorado, which was up from 22 in 2021, and 34 in 2020, according to the agency.

“In 2022, the majority of fatalities occurred from people swimming, paddle boarding, kayaking or using an in atable of some kind, and the vast majority were not wearing a life jacket,” the agency said in a news release. “CPW wants to remind the public that paddle boards and kayaks are considered vessels, and life jacket requirements apply.”

e parks agency also recommends all boaters and passengers wear a life jacket while on the water.

“Regardless of your age or experience level, the data shows that life jackets save lives,” Grant Brown, boating safety program manager for

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can mixed martial artist and kickboxer).” Others in the training group are Tatsuo Taira (a Japanese mixedmartial artist), Alonzo Meni ed (an American mixed-martial artist) and

the parks agency, said in the release.

State parks sta also emphasized that river water exerts “a very powerful and constant force against any xed object.”

“Just six inches of water can knock a person o their feet. Water owing at seven miles per hour has the equivalent force per unit area as air blowing above 200 miles per hour,” the news release said.

Sta also pointed to the fact that although the air temperature may be hot, “the water is very cold.”

“Cold water can quickly create a drowning emergency,” the agency said in a release.

e agency also urged the public to boat sober, as “alcohol use is the leading contributing factor in recreational boating deaths.”

Duncan also explained the term “swift-water rescue,” which involves fast-moving water conditions.

“Although sometimes called ‘white water rescue,’ it applies to any rescue situation in an environment — rural or urban — with moving water, including one not normally submerged, such as a ooded drainage area,” Duncan said.

While “swift water” has no formal de nition in the rescue industry, according to Duncan, many industry professionals accept the following quali cations as standard:

• Water depth of over two feet

• Flow rate of, at minimum, one knot (1.15 miles per hour)

• Occurrence in a natural watercourse, ood control channel, or ood-a ected environment.

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COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION

CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE

SALE NO. A202379868

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

On May 2, 2023, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Adams records.

Original Grantor(s)

ROBIN M. HESS AND KAREN L. HESS

Original Beneficiary(ies)

MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR LOANCITY.COM

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt

Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust 2020-RP2

Date of Deed of Trust

December 02, 2002

County of Recording

Adams

Recording Date of Deed of Trust

December 13, 2002

Recording Information (Reception No. and/or

Book/Page No.)

C1066977

Original Principal Amount

$169,000.00

Outstanding Principal Balance

$158,892.80

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 27, BLOCK 11, HOLLY POINT SUBDIVISION, COUNTY OF ADAMS, STATE OF COLORADO.

Also known by street and number as: 5112 EAST 117TH AVENUE, DENVER, CO 80233.

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

NOTICE OF SALE

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 AM on Wednesday, 08/30/2023, 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 7/6/2023

Last Publication 8/3/2023

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: 05/02/2023

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

By: Treasurer and Public Trustee

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

Ryan Bourgeois #51088

Barrett, Frappier & Weisserman, LLP

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

Attorney File # 00000009412131

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. A202379864

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

On May 2, 2023, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Adams records.

Original Grantor(s)

MARK RYAN GODSEY

Original Beneficiary(ies) MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION

MORTGAGE INC., ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS Current Holder of Evidence of Debt

MIDFIRST BANK

Date of Deed of Trust

May 04, 2018 County of Recording Adams Recording Date of Deed of Trust

May 07, 2018

Recording Information (Reception No. and/or

Book/Page No.)

2018000036842

Original Principal Amount

$339,173.00

Outstanding Principal Balance

$278,758.46

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

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

LOT 103, REUNION FILING NO. 26, CITY OF COMMERCE CITY, COUNTY OF ADAMS, STATE OF COLORADO.

APN#: 0172309411008

Also known by street and number as: 18065 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, 08/30/2023, 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 7/6/2023

Last Publication 8/3/2023

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: 05/02/2023

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

By: Treasurer and Public Trustee

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

N. April Winecki #34861

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

Attorney File # 22-027539

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. A202379888

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

On May 18, 2023, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Adams records.

Original Grantor(s) Roxanne Dupree

Original Beneficiary(ies) Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Beneficiary, as nominee for United Wholesale Mortgage, its successors and assigns

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt

Select Portfolio Servicing, Inc.

Date of Deed of Trust

July 15, 2019

County of Recording Adams

Recording Date of Deed

violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

Lots 11 and 12, Except the Rear 8 feet of said Lots, Block 19, Aurora, County of Adams, state of Colorado.

Also known by street and number as: 1550 Galena St, Aurora, CO 80010.

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, 09/20/2023, 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 7/27/2023

Last Publication 8/24/2023

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: 05/18/2023

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

By: Treasurer and Public Trustee

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

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

Attorney File # CO11944

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. A202379886

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On May 16, 2023, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Adams records.

Original Grantor(s)

RONNIE E. ACORD

Original Beneficiary(ies)

MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR PENNYMAC LOAN SERVICES, LLC

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt PENNYMAC LOAN SERVICES, LLC

Date of Deed of Trust

January 12, 2021 County of Recording Adams Recording Date of Deed of Trust April 20, 2021 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.)

2021000047253

Original Principal Amount

$276,731.00

Outstanding Principal Balance

$269,093.49

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

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

LOT 3, BLOCK 1, CARLTON ESTATES SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 1, COUNTY OF ADAMS, STATE OF COLORADO.

Also known by street and number as: 1530 ARGONNE ST, AURORA, CO 80011-5201.

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, 09/13/2023, 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 7/20/2023

Last Publication 8/17/2023

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: 05/16/2023

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

By: Treasurer and Public Trustee

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

Ryan Bourgeois #51088

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

Attorney File # 00000009610528

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. A202379882

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

On May 16, 2023, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Adams records.

Original Grantor(s)

Bret A. Baker and Delores R. Baker

Original Beneficiary(ies)

Rio Grande Mortgage

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt

U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee for the Structured Asset Investment Loan Trust Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2004-8

Date of Deed of Trust

April 14, 2004

County of Recording

Adams

Recording Date of Deed of Trust

April 20, 2004

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

20040420000254850

Original Principal Amount $229,000.00

Outstanding Principal Balance $248,493.03

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

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

The East 1/2 of the Northwest 1/4 of the Northwest 1/4 of Section 12, Township 1 South, Range 67 West, of the 6th P.M., Except that part described as follows:

Beginning at the Northwest corner of said East 1/2 of the Northwest 1/4 of the Northwest 1/4 of Section 12; thence South along the West line of the said East 1/4 of the Northwest 1/4 of the Northwest 1/4, 194 feet; thence Southeasterly to a point which is 238 feet South and 209 feet East of the Northwest corner of said East 1/2 of the Northwest 1/4 of the Northwest 1/4 of said Section 12; thence North 238 feet to the North line of said East 1/2 of the Northwest 1/4 of the Northwest 1/4; thence West along the North line of said East 1/2 of the Northwest 1/4 of the Northwest 1/4; 209 feet to the True Point of Beginning, Parcel B: That part of the East 1/2 of the Southwest 1/4 of the Southwest 1/4 of Section 1, Township 1 South, Range 67 West of the 6th P.M., lying South of Colorado State Highway No. 7; Except the West 209 feet thereof, COUNTY OF ADAMS, STATE OF COLORADO

Also known by street and number as: 12420 E. 160th Avenue, Brighton, 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, 12/20/2023, 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 11/2/2023

Last Publication 11/30/2023

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: 05/16/2023

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

By: Treasurer and Public Trustee

The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Heather Deere #28597 Halliday, Watkins & Mann, P.C. 355 Union Blvd., Suite 250, Lakewood, CO 80228 (303) 274-0155 Attorney File # CO21741

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. A202379876

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

On May 9, 2023, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Adams records.

Original Grantor(s)

Agustus A Schmitter

Original Beneficiary(ies)

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

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt COLORADO HOUSING AND FINANCE AUTHORITY

Date of Deed of Trust

October 25, 2017

County of Recording

Adams

Recording Date of Deed of Trust

October 26, 2017

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

2017000094465

Original Principal Amount

$289,656.00

Outstanding Principal Balance

$214,139.97

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 21, BLOCK 3, QUAIL CROSSING SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 1, COUNTY OF ADAMS, STATE OF COLORADO.

Also known by street and number as: 1235 W 135th Ave, Westminster, CO 80234.

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

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 AM on Wednesday, 08/30/2023, 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 7/13/2023

Last Publication 8/10/2023

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: 05/09/2023

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

By: Treasurer and Public Trustee

The name, address, business telephone number

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

Alison L. Berry #34531

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

Attorney File # 23-029875

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. A202379860

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On April 27, 2023, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Adams records.

Original Grantor(s)

Sharon Granado AND Amanda Kereszt

Original Beneficiary(ies)

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

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt COLORADO HOUSING AND FINANCE AUTHORITY

Date of Deed of Trust

January 25, 2019

County of Recording Adams

Recording Date of Deed of Trust

February 04, 2019

Recording Information (Reception No. and/or

Book/Page No.)

2019000008215

Original Principal Amount

$250,381.00

Outstanding Principal Balance

$234,705.33

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

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

LOT 19, BLOCK 1, COBBLESTONE VILLAGE SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 1, 1ST AMENDMENT, COUNTY OF ADAMS, STATE OF COLORADO.

Also known by street and number as:

2991 W 81St Ave #L, Westminster, CO 80031.

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

NOTICE OF SALE

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 AM on Wednesday, 08/30/2023, 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 7/6/2023

Last Publication 8/3/2023

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: 04/27/2023

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

By: Treasurer and Public Trustee

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

N. April Winecki #34861

Janeway Law Firm PC 9800 S. Meridian Blvd.,, Suite 400, Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 706-9990

Attorney File # 23-029869

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. A202379842

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

On April 20, 2023, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Adams records.

Original Grantor(s)

and ANN MICHELLE

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 14, BLOCK 8, PHEASANT RIDGE PUD, COUNTY OF ADAMS, STATE OF COLORADO

Also known by street and number as: 332 Mesa Street, Brighton, CO 80601.

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, 08/23/2023, 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 6/29/2023

Last Publication 7/27/2023

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: 04/20/2023

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

By: Treasurer and Public Trustee

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

Michael S. Samelson #40572

Wick & Trautwein, LLC

323 S. College Ave., Suite 3, Fort Collins, Co 80524 (970) 482-4011

Attorney File # 79842

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. A202379858

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

On April 25, 2023, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Adams records.

Original Grantor(s) Luis Angel Macias AND Cecilia Figueroa

Original Beneficiary(ies)

MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR AMERICAN FINANCING CORPORATION, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt

COLORADO HOUSING AND FINANCE AU -

THORITY

Date of Deed of Trust

April 08, 2021

County of Recording

Adams Recording Date of Deed of Trust

April 20, 2021

Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) 2021000047097

Original Principal Amount

$482,106.00

Outstanding Principal Balance

$464,557.50

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

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

LOT 10, BLOCK 7, SHADOW RIDGE P.U.D., COUNTY OF ADAMS, STATE OF COLORADO.

0157325119010

Also known by street and number as: 13555 Garfield Street, 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, 08/23/2023, 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 6/29/2023

Last Publication 7/27/2023

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: 04/25/2023

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

By: Treasurer and Public Trustee

The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: N. April Winecki #34861 Janeway Law Firm PC 9800 S. Meridian Blvd.,, Suite 400, Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 706-9990 Attorney File # 23-029824

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. A202379901

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On May 23, 2023, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Adams records.

Original Grantor(s)

Larry J Vargas

Original Beneficiary(ies)

MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR AEGIS WHOLESALE CORPORATION, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt

DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY as Trustee for RESIDENTIAL ASSET SECURITIZATION TRUST Series 2007-A3 MORTGAGE

PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES Series 2007-C

Date of Deed of Trust

November 08, 2006

County of Recording

Adams

Recording Date of Deed of Trust

December 01, 2006

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

2006001005973

Original Principal Amount

$161,600.00

Outstanding Principal Balance

$114,987.87

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 15, BLOCK 5 VALLEY HI FIRST FILING, COUNTY OF ADAMS, STATE OF COLORADO

*PURSUANT TO AFFIDAVIT OF SCRIVENER’S ERROR RECORDED ON FEBRUARY 1, 2022 AT RECEPTION NO. 2022000009182 TO CORRECT A TYPO IN THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION.

Also known by street and number as: 7877 Pearl Street, Denver, CO 80229.

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

NOTICE OF SALE

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 AM on Wednesday, 09/20/2023, 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 7/27/2023

Last Publication 8/24/2023

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 EN-

TITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED;

DATE: 05/23/2023

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

By: Treasurer and Public Trustee

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

David R. Doughty #40042 Janeway Law Firm PC 9540 Maroon Circle, Suite 320, Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 706-9990

Attorney File # 22-026250

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. A202379871

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On May 9, 2023, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Adams records.

Original Grantor(s)

JASON ERWIN

Original Beneficiary(ies)

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

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt MATRIX FINANCIAL SERVICES CORP

Date of Deed of Trust

October 02, 2017

County of Recording Adams

Recording Date of Deed of Trust

October 10, 2017

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

2017000088058

Original Principal Amount $414,139.00

Outstanding Principal Balance

$393,653.32

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 10, THE VILLAGES AT BUFFALO RUN EAST, FILING NO. 2, COUNTY OF ADAMS, STATE OF COLORADO

Also known by street and number as: 15351 E 113TH AVENUE, 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, 08/30/2023, 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 7/13/2023

Last Publication 8/10/2023

Name of Publication Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel

IF

Attorney File # 00000009793977

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. A202379885

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

On May 16, 2023, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Adams records.

Original Grantor(s)

Englebert Louis Oestereicher and Julianna Marie Oestereicher

Original Beneficiary(ies)

Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Beneficiary, as nominee for Nationstar Mortgage LLC dlb/a Mr. Cooper, its successors and assigns

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt Nationstar Mortgage LLC

Date of Deed of Trust

April 09, 2019

County of Recording

Adams

Recording Date of Deed of Trust

April 18, 2019

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

2019000028444

Original Principal Amount

$178,251.00

Outstanding Principal Balance $190,068.16

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

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

Lot 3, Block 15, Thornton Valley East Third Filing, County of Adams, State of Colorado.

Also known by street and number as: 9002 Cypress 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.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 AM on Wednesday, 09/13/2023, 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 7/20/2023

Last Publication 8/17/2023

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: 05/16/2023

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

By: Treasurer and Public Trustee

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

Amanda Ferguson #44893 Halliday, Watkins & Mann, P.C. 355 Union Blvd., Suite 250, Lakewood, CO 80228 (303) 274-0155 Attorney File # CO21706

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. A202379889

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

On May 18, 2023, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Adams records.

DATE: 05/09/2023

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

By: Treasurer and Public Trustee

The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Ryan Bourgeois #51088 Barrett, Frappier & Weisserman, LLP 1391 Speer Boulevard,, Suite 700, Denver, CO 80204 (303) 350-3711

Original Grantor(s)

Phillip M. Epifano

Original Beneficiary(ies)

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

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt

U.S. Bank National Association, not in its individual capacity but solely as indenture trustee, for the holders of the CIM Trust 2021-R1, MortgageBacked Notes, Series 2021-R1

Date of Deed of Trust

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 6/29/2023

Last Publication 7/27/2023

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: 04/25/2023

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

By: Treasurer and Public Trustee

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

Alison L. Berry #34531

Janeway Law Firm PC 9800 S. Meridian Blvd.,, Suite 400, Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 706-9990

Attorney File # 23-029673

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. A202379880

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

On May 11, 2023, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Adams records.

Original Grantor(s)

Nasser Luyombya

Original Beneficiary(ies)

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

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt COLORADO HOUSING AND FINANCE AUTHORITY

Date of Deed of Trust

September 01, 2020

County of Recording

Adams

Recording Date of Deed of Trust

September 15, 2020

Recording Information (Reception No. and/or

Book/Page No.)

2020000090830

Original Principal Amount

$505,672.00

Outstanding Principal Balance

$486,654.44

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 37, BLOCK 1, THE VILLAGES AT BUFFALO RUN EAST FILING NO. 4, COUNTY OF ADAMS, STATE OF COLORADO.

Also known by street and number as: 16484 E 117th Ave, 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, 09/13/2023, 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 7/20/2023

Last Publication 8/17/2023

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: 05/11/2023

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

By: Treasurer and Public Trustee

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

Alison L. Berry #34531

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

Attorney File # 23-029969

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. A202379872

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

On May 9, 2023, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Adams records.

Original Grantor(s)

PHILIP M GARCIA AND KATHLEEN M. GARCIA

Original Beneficiary(ies)

POPULAR FINANCIAL SERVICES. LLC

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt

The Bank of New York Mellon f/k/a The Bank of New York as successor trustee for JPMorgan

Chase Bank, N.A., as Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders of Equity One ABS, Inc. Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates Series 2002-4

Date of Deed of Trust

March 27, 2002

County of Recording Adams

Recording Date of Deed of Trust

April 03, 2002

Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) C0950542

Original Principal Amount $148,500.00

Outstanding Principal Balance $127,539.49

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

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

LOT 4, BLOCK 1, FLORADO, SECOND FILING, COUNTY OF ADAMS, STATE OF COLORADO.

Also known by street and number as: 7729 TEJON STREET, 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, 08/30/2023, 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 7/13/2023

Last Publication 8/10/2023

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: 05/09/2023

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

By: Treasurer and Public Trustee

The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Ryan Bourgeois #51088 Barrett, Frappier & Weisserman, LLP 1391 Speer Boulevard,, Suite 700, Denver, CO 80204 (303) 350-3711

Attorney File # 00000009786096

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. A202379865

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

On May 2, 2023, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Adams records.

Original Grantor(s)

Fannie L. Vaszlavik

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

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

LOT 4, BLOCK 94A, SHAW HEIGHTS 7TH FILING, COUNTY OF ADAMS, STATE OF COLORADO.

PARCEL ID NUMBER: 0171930402023

Also known by street and number as: 8380 Mason Cir, Westminster, CO 80031.

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

NOTICE OF SALE

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 AM on Wednesday, 08/30/2023, 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 7/6/2023

Last Publication 8/3/2023

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: 05/02/2023

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

By: Treasurer and Public Trustee

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

Alison L. Berry #34531 Janeway Law Firm PC 9540 Maroon Circle, Suite 320, Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 706-9990 Attorney File # 23-029689

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. A202379895

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

On May 23, 2023, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Adams records.

Original Grantor(s)

CHRISTOPHER SCOTT GIBSON

Original Beneficiary(ies)

EQUITABLE SAVINGS & LOAN ASSOCIATION

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt

COLORADO HOUSING AND FINANCE AU -

THORITY

Date of Deed of Trust

June 25, 2004

County of Recording

Adams

Recording Date of Deed of Trust

July 06, 2004

Recording Information (Reception No. and/or

Book/Page No.)

20040706000583750

January 14, 2005

Re-Recording Information (Reception No. and/or

Book/Page No.)

20050114000051510

Re-Recording Date of Deed of Trust

Original Principal Amount

$122,139.66

Outstanding Principal Balance

$62,899.30

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

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A

FIRST LIEN.

LOT 12, BLOCK 21, HEFTLER HOMES HILLCREST, SECOND FILING, BLOCKS 19, 20, 21, 23, 24, 25, 34 AND 35, COUNTY OF ADAMS, STATE OF COLORADO

Also known by street and number as: 1250 W 102ND PLACE, NORTHGLENN, CO 80260.

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

NOTICE OF SALE

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 AM on Wednesday, 09/20/2023, 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 7/27/2023

Last Publication 8/24/2023

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: 05/23/2023

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

By: Treasurer and Public Trustee

The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Alison L. Berry #34531 Janeway Law Firm PC 9540 Maroon Circle, Suite 320, Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 706-9990

Attorney File # 19-023570

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. A202379869

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On May 9, 2023, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Adams records.

Original Grantor(s)

Nathan David Spruce

Original Beneficiary(ies)

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

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt PLANET HOME LENDING, LLC

Date of Deed of Trust

January 22, 2021 County of Recording Adams

Recording Date of Deed of Trust

January 29, 2021

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

2021000011107

Original Principal Amount

$426,154.00

Outstanding Principal Balance

$412,114.92

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

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

LOT 10, BLOCK 4, NORTH CREEK FARMS SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 1, COUNTY OF ADAMS, STATE OF COLORADO.

ASSESSOR PARCEL NUMBER(S):

0157302102010

Also known by street and number as: 16506 Lafayette St, 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, 08/30/2023, 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 7/13/2023

Last Publication 8/10/2023

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: 05/09/2023

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

By: Treasurer and Public Trustee

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

Alison L. Berry #34531

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

Attorney File # 22-028977

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. A202379877

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

On May 9, 2023, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Adams records.

Original Grantor(s)

James Ali Baker

Original Beneficiary(ies)

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

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt New American Funding, LLC

Date of Deed of Trust

August 18, 2022

County of Recording

Adams

Recording Date of Deed of Trust

August 19, 2022

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

2022000070913

Original Principal Amount $334,248.00

Outstanding Principal Balance $333,514.62

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

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

CONDOMINIUM UNIT NO. 7, BUILDING G, SUNSET RIDGE CONDOMINIUMS, ACCORDING TO THE CONDOMINIUM MAP THEREOF, RECORDED FEBRUARY 15, 1974, UNDER RECEPTION NO. 31273, AND CONDOMINIUM DECLARATION FOR SUNSET RIDGE CONDOMINIUMS, RECORDED FEBRUARY 13, 1974, IN BOOK 1913 AT PAGE 218, COUNTY OF ADAMS, STATE OF COLORADO.

Also known by street and number as: 3061 W 92nd Ave Unit 14A, Westminster, CO 80031.

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

NOTICE OF SALE

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 AM on Wednesday, 08/30/2023, 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 7/13/2023

Last Publication 8/10/2023

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: 05/09/2023

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

By: Treasurer and Public Trustee

The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: David R. Doughty #40042

Janeway Law Firm PC

9540 Maroon Circle, Suite 320,

Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 706-9990

Attorney File # 23-029881

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. A202379862

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

On April 27, 2023, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Adams records.

Original Grantor(s)

Paul J. Adessa

Original Beneficiary(ies)

FirstBank of Littleton

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt

FirstBank Date of Deed of Trust

May 13, 2003

County of Recording

Adams

Recording Date of Deed of Trust

May 20, 2003

Recording Information (Reception No. and/or

Book/Page No.)

C1145272

Original Principal Amount

$122,538.78

Outstanding Principal Balance

$58,396.18

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 26, BLOCK 3, FOX RUN FILING NO. 1, COUNTY OF ADAMS, STATE OF COLORADO

Also known by street and number as: 3286 East 105th Place, Denver, CO 80233.

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

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 AM on Wednesday, 08/30/2023, 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 7/6/2023

Last Publication 8/3/2023

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: 04/27/2023

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

By: Treasurer and Public Trustee

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

Trevor G. Bartel #40449

Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP 1601 19th Street, Suite 1000, Denver, CO 80202 (303) 623-9000

Attorney File # 307913-00051

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. A202379896

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

On May 23, 2023, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Adams records.

Original Grantor(s)

Patricia Ann Borchardt

Original Beneficiary(ies)

MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR STATE

FARM BANK, F.S.B., ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt

FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION

Date of Deed of Trust

October 10, 2012

County of Recording

Adams Recording Date of Deed of Trust

October 16, 2012

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

2012000077417

Original Principal Amount $161,000.00

Outstanding Principal Balance $126,292.92

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

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

THE FOLLOWING REAL PROPERTY IN THE COUNTY OF ADAMS, AND STATE OF COLORADO, TO WIT:

LOT 4, BACHMAN TRACT, COUNTY OF ADAM, STATE OF COLORADO.

Also known by street and number as: 7580 Bachman Dr, Brighton, 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, 09/20/2023, 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 7/27/2023

Last Publication 8/24/2023

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: 05/23/2023

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

By: Treasurer and Public Trustee

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

Alison L. Berry #34531

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

Attorney File # 23-029264

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. A202379893

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

On May 23, 2023, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Adams records.

Original Grantor(s)

ELIZABETH A PLATA AND PEDRO A PLATA

GRANADOS

Original Beneficiary(ies)

MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION

SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR DHI MORTGAGE COMPANY, LTD., ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt SPECIALIZED LOAN SERVICING LLC

Date of Deed of Trust

October 12, 2017

County of Recording Adams Recording Date of Deed of Trust

October 13, 2017

Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) 2017000090021

Original Principal Amount $368,100.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $378,698.02

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

RECORDS OF THE CLERK AND RECORDER OF ADAMS COUNTY, COLORADO, COUNTY OF ADAMS, STATE OF COLORADO

PARCEL ID NUMBER: 0157121323015

Also known by street and number as: 13673 VALENTIA ST, 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, 09/20/2023, 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 7/27/2023

Last Publication 8/24/2023

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: 05/23/2023

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

By: Treasurer and Public Trustee

The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: David R. Doughty #40042 Janeway Law Firm PC 9540 Maroon Circle, Suite 320, Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 706-9990

Attorney File # 23-029792

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. A202379884

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

On May 16, 2023, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Adams records.

Original Grantor(s)

JACOB F. LEE AND MADISON L. CALLAHAN

Original Beneficiary(ies)

MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR CARRINGTON MORTGAGE SERVICES, LLC, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt

BANKUNITED N.A.

Date of Deed of Trust

February 27, 2019

County of Recording Adams

Recording Date of Deed of Trust

March 01, 2019

Recording Information (Reception No. and/or

Book/Page No.)

2019000014962

Original Principal Amount

$269,841.00

Outstanding Principal Balance

$252,960.34

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

PARCEL A, FOSTER TRACT EXEMPTION

SURVEY, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:

THAT PART OF LOTS 1 AND 2, FOSTER TRACT, A SUBDIVISION OF A PART OF THE SOUTHEAST ONE QUARTER SOUTHWEST ONE-QUARTER OF SECTION 14, TOWNSHIP 1 SOUTH, RANGE 65 WEST OF THE 6TH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ADAMS COUNTY, COLORADO, DESCRIBED AS: BEGINNING AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF LOT 1; THENCE S005’00”W ON AN ASSUMED BEARING ALONG THE EAST LINE OF SAID LOTS 1 AND 2 AND PARALLEL WITH THE EAST LINE SOUTHEAST ONE-QUARTER SOUTHWEST ONE-QUARTER SECTION 14 A DISTANCE OF 523.00 FEET TO A POINT 100.00 FEET NORTH OF THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SAID LOT2; THENCE N89°20’00”W PARALLEL WITH THE SOUTH LINE SE1/4 SOUTHWEST ONEQUARTER SECTION 14 A DISTANCE OF 725.00 FEET; THENCE N00°05’00”E PARALLEL WITH SAID

SAID NORTH LINE A DISTANCE OF 725.00 FEET TO THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING, COUNTY OF ADAMS, STATE OF COLORADO.

Also known by street and number as: 14475 LANEWOOD ST, BRIGHTON, CO 80603.

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, 09/13/2023, 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 7/20/2023

Last Publication 8/17/2023

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: 05/16/2023

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

By: Treasurer and Public Trustee

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

N. April Winecki #34861

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

Attorney File # 20-023889

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. A202379859

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

On April 27, 2023, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Adams records.

Original Grantor(s)

THOMAS NICHOLS

Original Beneficiary(ies)

MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR EVERETT FINANCIAL, INC. DBA

SUPREME LENDING

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt

MSR Asset Vehicle LLC

Date of Deed of Trust

July 07, 2021

County of Recording

Adams

Recording Date of Deed of Trust

July 14, 2021

Recording Information (Reception No. and/or

Book/Page No.)

2021000084222

October 26, 2021

Re-Recording Information (Reception No. and/or

Book/Page No.)

2021000125557

Re-Recording Date of Deed of Trust

Original Principal Amount

$250,000.00

Outstanding Principal Balance

$244,020.88

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

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

LOT 18, BLOCK 2, AURORA EAST VILLAGE SUBDIVISION, FILING NO. 1, COUNTY OF ADAMS, STATE OF COLORADO.

Also known by street and number as:

1677 ENSENADA WAY, AURORA, CO 80011.

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

NOTICE OF SALE

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 AM on Wednesday, 08/30/2023, 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 7/6/2023

Last Publication 8/3/2023

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: 04/27/2023

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

The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Ryan Bourgeois #51088 Barrett, Frappier & Weisserman, LLP 1391 Speer Boulevard,, Suite 700, Denver, CO 80204 (303) 350-3711 Attorney File # 00000009790981

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. A202379855

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

On April 25, 2023, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Adams records.

Original Grantor(s)

RUSSELL G. MARR AND JUDY L. MARR

Original Beneficiary(ies)

MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR HOMEXPRESS MORTGAGE CORP.

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt

U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS OWNER TRUSTEE FOR RCF 2 ACQUISITION TRUST

Date of Deed of Trust

February 03, 2021

County of Recording

Adams

Recording Date of Deed of Trust

February 09, 2021

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

2021000015368

Original Principal Amount

$620,500.00

Outstanding Principal Balance $608,783.73

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

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

LOT 24, ROCKING HORSE FARMS, COUNTY OF ADAMS, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 16467 INDIAN HILL STREET, BRIGHTON, CO 80603.

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, 08/23/2023, 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 6/29/2023

Last Publication 7/27/2023

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: 04/25/2023

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

By: Treasurer and Public Trustee

The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Ryan Bourgeois #51088 Barrett, Frappier & Weisserman, LLP

Metropolitan District (the “District”). A map of the District along with the proposed Service Plan are now on file at the City of Thornton City Hall, 9500 Civic Center Drive, Thornton, Colorado, 802294326, and are available for public inspection.

NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Thornton, Adams County, Colorado, (“City Council”) will hold a public hearing at 7:00 pm, or as soon as possible thereafter, on Tuesday, August 22, 2023 in the Council Chambers at the Thornton City Hall, 9500 Civic Center Drive, Thornton, Colorado to consider approval of the Service Plan. To attend online, register in advance at https://thorntonco.zoom. us or call 669-900-6833 and enter meeting ID 817 6013 0965. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting and the process for providing testimony.

The proposed District consists of approximately 37.16 acres of non-residential land and is located entirely within the City of Thornton, generally on the west side of Washington Street and south of East 152nd Avenue. The proposed District is being organized as a metropolitan district to finance the construction of certain public improvements for the project known as 25 Commerce Park. The proposed District shall have the authority to impose a mill levy for repayment of debt and for limited administrative, operation and maintenance purposes. For debt service, the maximum mill levy that may be imposed by the proposed District upon taxable property within the proposed District’s boundaries shall not exceed thirty-five (35) mills; however, once the proposed District’s total amount of debt is equal to or less than fifty percent (50%) of its assessed valuation, this maximum may be changed either by future approval of City Council or by a vote of the proposed District’s Board of Directors (“Board”) once a majority of the Board is comprised of property owners in the District. Additionally, the proposed District may impose unlimited mills upon taxable property within its boundaries for ongoing operation and maintenance; however, this maximum may be changed either by future approval of City Council or by a vote of the Board once a majority of the Board is comprised of property owners of the District. If the method of calculating assessed valuation is changed by law, the maximum mill levy may be increased or decreased to reflect such changes. Any person owning property within the geographical area of the proposed District who requests his or her property to be excluded from the District shall submit a written request for exclusion to City Council no later than 10 days prior to the hearing described herein in order to be considered.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that any protests or objections to the proposed District must be submitted in writing to City Council at or prior to the hearing, or any continuance or postponement thereof, in order to be considered. All protests and objections to the creation of the District, as proposed, shall be deemed waived unless presented in writing at the time and manner specified above.

Qualified individuals with a disability may contact Thornton’s ADA Coordinator to request and arrange for accommodations. Requests for accommodation should be made as far in advance as possible, but preferably no less than five business days prior to the to the date needed. Please contact Thornton’s ADA Coordinator via telephone 303-538-7334 or email adacoordinator@ThorntonCO.gov. TDD access is available through Colorado Relay at 711.

Legal Notice No. NTS2772

First Publication: July 27, 2023

Last Publication: July 27, 2023

Publisher: Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel

Public Notice

ORDINANCE NO. 23-08

INTRODUCED BY:

Council Member DeVries

Mayor Pro Tem Peterson

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FEDERAL HEIGHTS, COLORADO, AMENDING CHAPTER 6 OF THE FEDERAL HEIGHTS MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING ANIMALS

INTRODUCED, READ AND PASSED AS AN ORDINANCE, ON FIRST READING, AT A REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FEDERAL HEIGHTS, COLORADO, THE 20th DAY OF June 2023.

READ, PASSED AND ADOPTED AS AN ORDINANCE ON SECOND READING, AT A REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FEDERAL HEIGHTS, COLORADO, THE 18th DAY OF July 2023.

The Ordinance is available for review in the City Clerk’s office.

Legal Notice No. NTS2780

First Publication: July 27, 2023

Last Publication: July 27, 2023

Publisher: Westminster Window

PUBLIC NOTICE

CITY OF THORNTON, CO

PUBLIC HEARING ON THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM

DRAFT 2023 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN

Name: City of Thornton

Address: 9500 Civic Center Drive, Thornton, Colorado 80229-4326

Phone: 720-977-5800

NOTICE is given that the City of Thornton’s proposed Program Year (PY) 2023 Annual Action Plan (AAP) for the use of federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds from the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) will be available for public comment at a public hearing at the City Council Meeting on August 8, 2023.

The City of Thornton expects to receive an estimated $833,088 in CDBG funds from HUD for the 2023 program year. HUD funds are intended to benefit low-to-moderate-income persons in Thornton. The 2023 AAP outlines the proposed housing and public service activities developed to meet the identified priority needs and goals of the City’s 2020-2024 Consolidated Plan. The City will budget according to HUD regulations approximately $166,618 for the administration of the program (20%), $124,963 for public services (15%), and the remaining balance of $541,507 for the affordable housing improvement programs.

Public Hearing: The public hearing will be held on August 8, 2023 at 7:00 PM, during the City of Thornton City Council meeting in the Council Chambers, 9500 Civic Center Drive, Thornton, CO 80229. City Council meetings can also be viewed online at https://www.thorntonco.gov/government/city-council/Pages/council-meetings.aspx. Guidance on audience participation is provided at the link above.

Two Ways to Virtually Attend the Public Hearing

(1) Zoom Meetings: https://thorntonco.zoom.us/ webinar/register/WN_9zxFgP0_TqSCK7KRtjs9uA

Meeting ID: 890 2405 3710

(2) Phone/Landline: 669-900-6833 and entering meeting ID 890 2405 3710

Servicios de traducción al español: Disponibles durante las reuniones del Concejo Municipal. Por favor de llamar al 303-538-7230 o mandar un correo con 24 horas de anticipación a la Oficina del Secretario de la Ciudad de Thornton a clerk@ ThorntonCO.gov.

ADA Accommodations: If you have a disability and need reasonable accommodation to attend or participate in the meeting, please notify the City’s

ADA Coordinator at 303-538-7245 at least eight (8) hours in advance and arrangements will be made to provide reasonable accommodation. TDD access is available through Colorado Relay at 711.

CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF THORNTON, COLORADO

Kevin Woods, City Manager

Attest: Kristen N. Rosenbaum, City Clerk

Approved as to Form: Matt Court, Assistant City Attorney

Legal Notice No. NTS2787

First Publication: July 27, 2023

Last Publication: July 27, 2023

Publisher: Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel

Public Notice

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING CONCERN-

ING THE ISSUANCE OF TAX-EXEMPT MULTIFAMILY HOUSING REVENUE BONDS BY THE HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE COUNTY OF ADAMS, STATE OF COLORADO, D/B/A MAIKER HOUSING PARTNERS

PURSUANT TO A PLAN OF FINANCE FOR A MULTIFAMILY HOUSING APARTMENT COMMUNITY FOR THE OVERLOOK AT THORNTON

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the Housing Authority of the County of Adams, State of Colorado, d/b/a Maiker Housing Partners (the “Authority”), will conduct a public hearing on Thursday, August 3, 2023 at 11:00 a.m., mountain time, concerning the approval of a plan of finance that includes the issuance of its Multifamily Housing Revenue Bonds (Overlook at Thornton) Series 2023 in one or more series in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $48,000,000 (together with a like amount of refunding obligations) (the “Series 2023 Bonds”) and the loan of the proceeds of the Series 2023 Bonds to 647 OAT, LLLP, a Colorado limited liability limited partnership, or any other affiliate or successor (the “Borrower”), for the purpose of financing a portion of the acquisition, construction, rehabilitation, improvement, equipping and placing in service of an approximately 160-unit multifamily housing apartment community to be known as Overlook at Thornton (or such other name as designated by the Borrower), which is located at 647 W. 91st Avenue, Thornton, Colorado 80260, within the boundaries of the County of Adams, Colorado (the “Facilities”), funding certain reserve funds, if any, and paying certain costs of issuing the Series 2023 Bonds. The Facilities will be owned, operated and principally used by the Borrower and will consist of the real property, improvements and equipment described above which are all located within the County of Adams, Colorado.

THE SERIES 2023 BONDS AND THE INTEREST THEREON SHALL NEVER CONSTITUTE THE DEBT OR INDEBTEDNESS OF THE AUTHORITY, ADAMS COUNTY, COLORADO (THE “COUNTY”), THE STATE OF COLORADO (THE “STATE”) OR ANY POLITICAL SUBDIVISION THEREOF WITHIN THE MEANING OF ANY PROVISION OR LIMITATION OF THE CONSTITUTION OR STATUTES OF THE STATE AND SHALL NOT CONSTITUTE NOR GIVE RISE TO A PECUNIARY LIABILITY OF THE AUTHORITY, THE COUNTY, THE STATE OR ANY POLITICAL SUBDIVISION THEREOF OR A CHARGE AGAINST THEIR GENERAL CREDIT OR TAXING POWERS.

notice is intended to comply with the public notice requirements of Section 147(f) of the

Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

The Series 2023 Bonds will constitute a special, limited obligation of the Authority payable solely from revenues derived by the Authority pursuant to an indenture or trust and a loan agreement and certain related loan documents under which the Borrower has repayment obligations to the Authority, and, by assignment, to the purchaser of the Series 2023 Bonds. All interested parties are invited to attend and present comments at a public hearing regarding the plan of finance, the issuance of the Series 2023 Bonds and the Facilities being financed thereby. The public hearing will be held on Thursday, August 3, 2023 at 11:00 a.m., mountain time, at the Authority’s offices located at 3033 West 71st Avenue, Westminster, Colorado 80030. Written comments to be presented at the public hearing may be mailed to the Authority at 3033 West 71st Avenue, Westminster, Colorado 80030, Attention: Steven Kunshier, Vice President of Real Estate Development.

Legal Notice No. NTS2778

First Publication: July 27, 2023

Last Publication: July 27, 2023

Publisher: Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel

Bids and Settlements

Public Notice

NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT WITH CONTRACTOR

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on or about August 10, 2023 the Finance Director for the City of Northglenn, CO shall make final settlement with Peak Fencing, Inc., Colorado Springs, CO on account of their performance on the WTP Fence Replacement Project bid, IFB 2022-037. Up to the time of making final settlement, the Finance Director shall receive at their office, 11701 Community Center Drive, Northglenn, Colorado, verified statement of claims with respect to such work and as provided in Section 38-26-107, Colorado revised statutes, 1973.

City of Northglenn

/s/ Jason Loveland

Finance Director

Legal Notice No. NTS2747

First Publication: July 20, 2023

Last Publication: July 27, 2023

Publisher: Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel

Public Notice

NOTICE OF CONTRACTOR’S FINAL SETTLEMENT

Notice is hereby given that on or after the 7th day of August, 2023, Final Settlement will be made by the City of Thornton, CO, with: Comfort Systems USA 312 CTC Boulevard Louisville, CO 80027 hereinafter called “Contractor”, for and on account of the Contract for construction of Thornton IMC RTU Replacement 1 & 2, Project No. 22-45C.

1. Any person, co-partnership, association, or corporation who has an unpaid claim against the said Project, 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 date of such Final Settlement, file a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid on account of such claims.

2. All such claims shall be filed with the City Clerk at 9500 Civic Center Drive, Thornton, CO 80229.

3. Failure on the part of the creditor to file such a statement prior to such Final Settlement will relieve the City of Thornton from any and all liability for such claim.

CITY OF THORNTON, COLORADO

Jim Jensen 7-11-23

Jim Jensen Date

Contracts Manager

Legal Notice No. NTS2757

First Publication: July 20, 2023

Last Publication: July 27, 2023

Publisher: Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel

Public Notice

NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT WITH CONTRACTOR

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on or about August 10, 2023 the Finance Director for the City of Northglenn, CO shall make final settlement with Brannan Sand and Gravel, LLC, Denver, CO on account of their performance on the Community Center Dr Rehabilitation bid, IFB 2022-022. Up to the time of making final settlement, the Finance Director shall receive at their office, 11701 Community Center Drive, Northglenn, Colorado, verified statement of claims with respect to such work and as provided in Section 38-26-107, Colorado revised statutes, 1973.

City of Northglenn

/s/ Jason Loveland

Finance Director

Legal Notice No. NTS2749

First Publication: July 20, 2023

Last Publication: July 27, 2023

Publisher: Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel

Public Notice NOTICE OF CONTRACTOR’S

FINAL SETTLEMENT

Notice is hereby given that on or after the 14th day of August 2023, Final Settlement will be made by the City of Thornton, CO, with:

BT Construction, Inc. 9885 Emporia St. Henderson, CO 80640 hereinafter called “Contractor”, for and on account of the Contract for construction of CDBG ADA Ramps, Project No. 21-79A.

1. Any person, co-partnership, association, or corporation who has an unpaid claim against the said Project, 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 date of such Final Settlement, file a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid on account of such claims.

2. All such claims shall be filed with the City Clerk at 9500 Civic Center Drive, Thornton, CO 80229.

3. Failure on the part of the creditor to file such a statement prior to such Final Settlement will relieve the City of Thornton from any and all liability for such claim.

CITY OF THORNTON, COLORADO

Jim Jensen 7-19-23

Jim Jensen Date Contracts Manager

Legal Notice No. NTS2771

First Publication: July 27, 2023

Last Publication: August 3, 2023

Publisher: Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel

Public Notice NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT WITH CONTRACTOR

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on or about August 10, 2023 the Finance Director for the City of Northglenn, CO shall make final settlement with Brannan Sand and Gravel, LLC, Denver, CO on account of their performance on the 2022 Residential Streets Program bid, IFB 2022-001. Up to the time of making final settlement, the Finance Director shall receive at their office, 11701 Community Center Drive, Northglenn, Colorado, verified statement of claims with respect to such work and as provided in Section 38-26-107, Colorado revised statutes, 1973.

City of Northglenn

/s/ Jason Loveland Finance Director

Legal Notice No. NTS2748

First Publication: July 20, 2023

Last Publication: July 27, 2023

Publisher: Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel

Misc. Private Legals

PUBLIC NOTICE

CORPORATE STRUCTURE REORGANIZATION OF INTERMOUNTAIN HEALTH, SCL HEALTH, SCL HEALTH – FRONT RANGE, INC., AND INTEGRITY HEALTH

Intermountain Health hereby gives public notice of its proposed corporate structure reorganization of Intermountain Health, SCL Health, SCL Health - Front Range, Inc., and Integrity Health, which aims to align the Intermountain Health system further to better provide high-quality, accessible, and affordable healthcare to more patients and communities. As part of the reorganization, SCL Health’s longstanding affiliate Integrity Health, which includes Platte Valley Medical Center, would be integrated as a secular division of the Intermountain Health system. Additionally, SCL Health - Front Range, Inc., which includes Lutheran Medical Center and Good Samaritan Medical Center, would be reorganized under the same secular division of the Intermountain Health system alongside Platte Valley Medical Center. The reorganization is intended to further the Intermountain Health system’s commitment to helping people live the healthiest lives possible and exceed their expectations for health. The parties further believe the reorganization will only enhance their ability to deliver clinical excellence, provide value-based care that improves lives, and continue to support and improve health in all communities, including rural and underserved ones, through value-based care, effective clinical integration, and innovative approaches.

Legal Notice No. NTS2774

First Publication: July 27, 2023

Last Publication: July 27, 2023

Publisher: Northglenn – Thornton Sentinel and Westminster Window

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Contact them at: APT Service, Inc

4400 Delaware St., Denver, CO. 80216 303-455-1264

Legal Notice No. NTS2768

First Publication: July 27, 2023

Last Publication: July 27, 2023

Publisher: Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel

Creditors

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Allene Jackson aka Allene Ware aka Allene Jackson Ware aka Allene Ware Jackson aka Allene W. Jackson aka Allene J. Ware, Deceased Case Number: 2023 PR 30522

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 November 28, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Farid Seyyedi, #57191

The Burnham Law Firm, P.C. Attorney for Personal Representative 12737 E. Euclid Drive Centennial, CO 80111

Legal Notice No. NTS2767

First Publication: July 27, 2023

Last Publication: August 10, 2023

Publisher: Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel Public Notice District Court Adams County, Colorado Court Address: 1100 Judicial Center Dr. Brighton, CO 80601

In the Matter of the Determination of Heirs or Devisees or Both and of Interests in Property of: Richard K. Sutton and Doris G. Sutton, Deceased

Case Number: 2023PR030570

Division T1 Courtroom

Attorney or Party Without Attorney Todd R. Caldwell Caldwell Sherman PC 4410 Arapahoe Ave., Suite 205 Boulder, CO 80303

Phone Number: (303) 945-2750

Email: todd@caldwellsherman.com

FAX Number: (303) 957-2605

Atty. Reg. # 20740

NOTICE OF NON-APPEARANCE HEARING BY PUBLICATION TO INTERESTED PERSONS AND OWNERS BY DESCENT OR SUCCESSION PURSUANT TO § 15-12-1303, C.R.S. and C.R.P.P. 24

To all interested persons and owners by descent or succession:

A petition has been filed alleging that the above decedent(s) died leaving the following property (including legal description if real property):

Description of Property An undivided 50% mineral interest

Location of Property Township 1 South, Range 67 West: Section 36: That part of the NW/4 described as: Beginning at the Southwest corner of said NW/4; thence N00°00’00”E on an assumed bearing along the West line of said NW/4 a distance of 461.36 feet to a point on the Easterly bank of the Fulton Ditch, said point being the true point of beginning; thence continuing N00°00’00”E along said West line a distance of 2153.75 feet to the Northwest corner of said NW/4; thence N89°35’20”E along the North line of said NW/4 a distance of 2632.40 feet to the Northeast corner of said NW/4; thence S00°12’55”E along the East line of said NW/4 a distance of 1582.03 feet to a point 1059.09 feet North of the Southeast corner of said NW/4; thence S89°52’30”W a distance of 1788.73 feet; thence S00°00’00”E along a line parallel with the West line of said NW/4 a distance of 187.18 feet to a point 863.18 feet North of the South line of said NW/4 and 849.56 feet east of the West line of said NW/4; thence N89°50’45”W along a line parallel with the South line of said NW/4 a distance of 613.64 feet to a point on the Easterly Bank of the Fulton Ditch; thence Southwesterly along said Easterly Bank by the following sources and distances, S12°16’30”W 58.79 feet, S30°15’00”W 262.90 feet, S37°57’15”W 147.92 feet to the TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING., Adams County, Colorado

The hearing without appearance on the petition will be held at the following time and location:

Date: September 28th, 2023

Time: 8:00am Courtroom or Division: T1

Address: 1100 Judicial Center Drive Brighton, CO 80601

The hearing will take approximately 15 minutes.