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State preschool program leaves

some unsure

BY ERICA BREUNLIN THE COLORADO SUN

A preschool in Greeley that has shepherded countless kids through the rst years of their education over the past 21 years may welcome its last class of 4-year-olds next month, eyeing an uncertain future as it dives into the state’s newly expanded preschool program.

Nearby, a di erent preschool that caters to mostly children of lowincome families has only been able to ll a quarter of its classrooms for the start of the school year and is weighing its options — which could include closing its doors.

Preschools across Colorado are sprinting to make nal preparations for the start of the state’s expanded preschool program, known as universal preschool. And with less than a month until the rst day of school, many question whether they’ll have enough state funding to stay open. at question has bubbled up in the past month, after Colorado’s new Department of Early Childhood changed the way it will calculate how much funding preschool providers will receive during their rst few months of the program.

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A month before universal preschool starts, Colorado is backpedaling on a major funding promise

The seventh annual “Horizon Heroes” game will be held at Thornton’s Horizon High School on Aug. 5. The event features football players, cheerleaders and participants with special needs who all compete and have fun on the field. See the story on page 24.

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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.

Veterans Memorial Sign Program

Begins Adams County is highly invested in showing support for residents who are currently serving or are veterans of the United States military services. As part of this commitment, the Public Works Department has implemented the Veterans Memorial Sign Program. is program is intended to allow residents of Adams County who are family or friends of military veterans killed in the line of duty to request dedication of a street in Adams County to the memory of their departed veterans. Our rst o cial application and installation was on July 18, honoring PFC Adolph A. Martinez at the intersection of Federal Blvd and 65th Ave.

Residents are encouraged to submit applications for veterans they wish to memorialize through the program. Learn more and apply at adcogov.org/tra c-safety.

Back-to-School Bash Partnership Opportunities

e Adams County Human Services Department is once-again hosting their annual Back-to-School Bash event from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Aug. 12. There are currently opportunities for organizations to partner with Adams County on this program –whether that’s through donations or attending as a vendor. The event is exclusively for Adams County families. In 2022, the Back-toSchool Bash provided over 3,000 kids with backpacks and school supplies. If your organization is interested in partnering, reach out to Karla Ojeda at kojeda@adcogov. org.

Naloxone Training for Employees and Community Members

e Adams County Health Department’s Harm Reduction Team will be supplying all Automated External De brillator (AED) cabinets in government building with Naloxone this month. In addition to this resource, the team will be o ering Overdose Prevention Trainings for all sta who are interested in learning how to prevent, identify, and reverse an opioid overdose. Naloxone will be made available to take home after these trainings.

If you have any questions about the training or other resources, contact our Harm Reduction team at: 303-363-3077 or by email: harmreduction@adcogov.org

Premier Members Credit Union hosting food drive

Premier Members Credit Union will be collecting donations for local food pantries during the entire month of August. Visit your local Premier Members Credit Union branch, or their corporate o ces in Broom eld to donate. Each branch chose a local food pantry to donate to ensure all donations stay local to that community.

Locally, ve branches of the credit union are hosting collections sites. ey include locations at 755 E. 144th Ave. in ornton, the sites at 10339 N. Federal Blvd and 8440 Federal Blvd. in Westminster and the locations in Firestone and Erie.

“We always want to provide support to our local communities,” said Carlos Pacheco, CEO of Premier Members Credit Union. “One of our company pillars is Premier: Gives, where we provide the communities we serve with funds and employee volunteers to support initiatives of education,nancial literacy, and basic needs. is food drive will help many members of our communities to thrive.”

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.

Healthy Farmers Markets

Adams County and Anythink Libraries are o ering Healthy Farmers Markets in ornton for residents through Sept. 28.

e markets will provide $20 produce vouchers for residents who are 65+ or are enrolled in WIC, SNAP, or Medicaid. ere will also be recipes and nutrition information available.

Tuesday markets will be from 9 a.m. to noon through Sept. 26, at Anythink Huron, 9417 Huron St.

ursday markets will be from 9 a.m. to noon throughSept. 28, at Anythink Wright Farms, 5877 E. 120th Ave. See all upcoming Adams County outreach events at adcogov.org/outreach-events.

Work Options FREE Culinary Training Program

e Adams County Human Services Department is partnering with local nonpro t Work Options to provide a free culinary training program for residents.

Program participants train with pro-

fessional chefs over a six-week course and earn certi cations and up to $400 per month. Work Options also o ers food truck internships.

In addition to the training program, Work Options provides the Human Services Center 11860 Pecos St., Westminster, with a full menu of breakfast and lunch options including breakfast burritos, pastries, burgers, pizza, daily specials, and more in the Mountain View Café. e café is located on the third oor of HSC.

Learn more about the program at workoptions.org.

‘Taking No Chances’

e 17th Judicial District Attorney’s O ce and e Link, a community resource and assessment center in ornton, are o ering free, 10-week programs to families of Adams County teenagers to help develop personal and interpersonal drug-resistance skills.

Sessions are from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Wednesdays. Call 720-292-2811.

Legal self-help clinic

e Access to Justice Committee hosts a free, legal self-help clinic from 2 to 3:30 p.m. on the rst Tuesday of every month. e program is for customers who don’t have legal representation and need help navigating through legal issues.

Volunteer attorneys are available to discuss such topics as family law, civil litigation, property and probate law. Call 303-405-3298 and ask for Legal Self-Help Clinic at least 24 hours in advance.

Mental health

Community Reach Center o ers in-person intake assessments from 8 a.m. to noon Tuesdays at the Brighton Learning and Resource Campus, 1850 E. Egbert St. in Brighton. Call Community Reach Center at 303853-3500.

For walk-in intake, bring an ID and insurance information. For those who would prefer to complete the intake forms and schedule an appointment, the intake forms are available online at www.communityreachcenter.org. ere will be a short screening for u-like symptoms before entering the center to ensure safety and wellness for everyone.

Anyone feeling unsafe or suicidal should call Colorado Crisis Services at 1-844-493-8255, text 38255, or visit the Behavioral Health Urgent Care (BHUC) Center at 2551 W. 84th Ave., Westminster. rough an arrangement with e Colorado Spirit Program, there is support for feelings of worry, hopelessness, anger, loss, isolation and disconnection that many individuals are experiencing as a result of the pandemic.

It’s free and con dential. Services include virtual individual and group counseling. community networking and support, assessment and referral to community resources and psychoeducational materials and emotional support. Email J.Sheehan@CommunityReachCenter.org.

Northglenn censures two councilors

Long, Walker disciplined for Pride proclamation walkout

BY LUKE ZARZECKI LZARZECKI@COLORADOCOMMUNTIYMEDIA.COM

Northglenn City Councilors Tim Long and Nicholas Walker were censured by their dais colleagues on a 7-0 vote at the July 24 city council meeting.

City Attorney Corey Ho mann said Long and Walker were not allowed to vote due to their personal interest at stake with the result of the vote. e Charter doesn’t allow councilors to vote on items with substantive personal interest or on matters cornering their conduct.

“I believe I was bullied by rst amendment non-believers who judged me to have hate lling my silence,” Long said.

He also said he is representing the silent majority in Northglenn.

It comes after both walked out during the Pride Proclamation council made on June 5.

Walker said he was bullied and

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intimidated by city sta , and received a “hateful” message from a member of the Diversity Inclusion and Social Equity Board.

religiosity, spirituality and we all have our sensitivity as to being fair and honest with everybody in our community which is what we try to live up to and I’m sorry some people took issue,” at the June 12 meeting.

up to the public and everybody else watching that act guess what exactly is going on in your mind,” said City Councilor Rich Kondo.

and

“Yes, Northglenn’s group that claims to value inclusivity and diversity and stopping hate. I will never stop ghting so all residents have their voices heard and represented,” he said.

Walker, who previously said he did it for “personal reasons” and declined interview requests, said “We’ll address some comments, opinions, last week from not only inside this chamber but also outside from some keyboard warriors. My response to those opinions is simply this: lions do not lose sleep over the opinions of sheep,” at the June 12 meeting.

Long also didn’t initially accept interview requests, but later said “We all have our own biases, we have our own feelings, we have our own

But at the July 10 meeting, Long said he walked out because he didn’t approve of the city spending money on the Pride event, and met with the City Manager and City Attorney to cancel the event on May 9. at same meeting, Northglenn’s Diversity, Inclusivity, and Social Equity Board member Christina Cimino called for the censure.

“On behalf of the Northglenn DISE Board, our LGBTQIS+ community and allies, I am calling for the formal censure of Councilor Long and Walker. Censuring Councilor Long and Walker as a sign of formal disapproval of their actions on June 5 is the only answer for their actions,” Cimino said during public comment.

Much of the criticism from the council was due to their lack of explanations on why they walked out.

“If you’re going to act, you need to explain why because if you don’t it’s

City Councilor Becky Brown said her opinion has not changed on the matter.

“I wish there was more we could do for Councilmember Long, but he hasn’t stepped down yet,” she said.

“It’s been three weeks of emotional turmoil, not only for the LGBT Community but for other residents,” she continued.

City Councilor Katherine Go said the censure is not about what the two said or did, but what they didn’t do. She said walking out prior to the proclamation didn’t follow council protocols.

City Councilor Megan Burns asked Long if he asked about the pricing of other events the city puts on. He said no but has looked at other events and wants them reviewed during city budget discussions.

“We have so much money going out the door,” Long said.

Westminster could see more rail quiet zones

BY LUKE ZARZECKI LZARZECKI@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

More railroad crossing quiet zones could be coming to Westminster, and sta plans to bring forward a contract for city council to vote on in the future.

An information-only agenda item

from the July 24 city council meeting detailed the issue. Right now, there are two railroad crossings with quiet zones. A quiet zone is where a train does not sound its horn to alert nearby tra c.  ose crossings are at West 112th Ave and West 88th Ave. ere are three in the process of becoming

quiet zones, which are at Bradburn Boulevard, West 72nd Ave and Lowell Boulevard.  e train line that goes through Westminster is the Burlington Northern/Santa Fe railroad. e Federal Railroad Administration is responsible for establishing quiet zone safety regulations.

In 2013, the city received cost estimates to make every crossing in the city a quiet zone. However, those costs have risen by almost three times. To continue forward, a contract will be voted on by city council.  e agenda item says that the four crossings that aren’t established quiet zones are in residential areas.

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Thornton makes goat program permanent

BY LUKE ZARZECKI LZARZECKI@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

After a successful pilot program, ornton decided to allow goats in the city after a unanimous vote at the July 25 meeting.

e council approved a pilot program for the goats in May, but only allowed two goats – vaccinated females and neutered males – and required 300 square feet of outdoor space for the animals, plus 150 indoor space.

Animal Control Supervisor Janice O’Brien said this ordinance establishes outdoor shelter, space and fence requirements. It also sets up a

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He said the costs of the events, like building the stage, renting the equipment and hiring the entertainment, become costly even before factoring in the time sta puts in organizing the events.

“All I’m doing is drawing attention

permitting and inspection process.

During the pilot program, one resident requested a permit and was granted it. In all, 20 permits were available during the pilot program.

O’Brien said they found no issue when they inspected the home and when they asked if their neighbor had any issues, they weren’t aware the goats were there.

Mayor Jan Kulmann touted the program.

“When I got to see what you did with your miniature goats in your home and how they’re family for sure, and how the cat keeps them in line, I very much appreciate you brought this forward to us,” she said.

to the fact that there’s a lot of dollars going out the door that we should be looking at,” Long said.  Burns said that the events are meant to bring the community together, which is a value that can’t be measured.

City Councilor Shannon Lukeman Hiromasa said that the events help attract and keep people within the city and help unite the community.

Long said that he doesn’t have

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bigotry for anyone. He noted that by not commenting on actions, people make assumptions about the reason.

“In our society, dare I say it, the cancel culture takes advantage. ey want to see that. And I know there are outside forces and scripts being written for a lot of people on this dais,” he said.

Brown interrupted him and said that he was going o -topic as council parliamentarian.

Long said there was no intention of bigotry or hate and said he wants to increase funds for city safety.

Mayor Meredith Leighty said the entire process has been heartbreaking. She said she supports both councilors rst amendment rights, but the censure is about their behavior.

“We’re talking about a violation of our own internal protocols and rules,” Leighty said.

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Thornton’s City Council agreed to make their temporary pilot goat program permanent July 25.

Thornton police union gets over $1 million in raises

BY LUKE ZARZECKI LZARZECKI@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA,COM

ornton city council unanimously approved over $1 million in wage and bene t increases for the police department through their consent calendar on July 25.

ere was no discussion on the item, and no council member asked for the item to be removed from the calendar.

It comes from the Collective Bargaining Agreement between the City and the Fraternal Order of Police ornton Lodge 16.

“ ere were a number of changes

incorporated into the proposed CBA that include, but are not limited to, longevity pay; increased vacation accrual consistent with the City’s non-Union employees; enhanced Retiree Health Insurance bene t; and creation of specialty pay in certain circumstances,” the agenda reads.

It results in approximately $1,109,191 net increase in wages and fringe bene ts in 2024.

In 2023, the police budget for the city is $49,924,060, which is the most money for any department in the General Fund, according to city documents. e second highest is

for Parks and Recreation, which is $29,822,047.

e agenda says representatives of the City and the police union met a total of four times between March 30, 2023 and May 11, 2023.

Endorsing candidates

e move also comes as the police union announced 2023 election candidate endorsements early this year.

Mayor Jan Kulmann’s announced in February that the police union endorsed on her reelection Facebook campaign page. City Councilor Eric Garcia also was endorsed by the union and announced it on

Facebook the same day.

City Councilor David Acunto also received the endorsement but was not present for the vote. Nicole Matkowsky, who is married to term-limted City Councilor Adam Matkowsky and seeking his seat on the council.

e union endorsements come before the November City Council ballot has been set and even prior to the petition to run for council deadline, which is Aug. 28.

Fraternal Order of Police ornton Lodge 16 President Levi Husk did not respond to voicemails with requests to interview.

Transportation o cials get stricter about express lane penalties

BY CHRIS KOEBERL CKOEBERL@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

e Colorado Department of Transportation is getting serious about enforcing penalties for Interstate 70 mountain express lanes, and Idaho Springs is the early focus.

Enforcement will focus on the interstate’s Mountain Express Lanes between Idaho Springs and U.S. 40. Soon, though, serious penalties will be a reality everywhere, according to state o cials.

“Starting Friday, July 21, motorists who drive unsafely in the Express Lanes on the I-70 Mountain

Corridor will be issued nes known as civil assessment penalties,” a press release stated.

For the past month, drivers have received mailed warnings for violations such as using the Express Lanes when they’re closed, weaving across the solid yellow lines and driving in lanes with oversized

vehicles.

As of July 21, the warnings will cease, and drivers will be mailed nes starting at $75 and increasing to $150 if not paid within 20 days of issuance, the statement said. More than 5,000 warnings have already been issued to drivers, according to CDOT.

Littleton to host SpaceX rocket booster exhibit

BY SHEA VANCE SVANCE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

In an e ort to boost tourism, Littleton will this fall display a 146-foot-tall SpaceX Falcon 9 rststage rocket booster. e free attraction, which would be the third of its kind in the country, can be seen on the DISH Network corporate o ce campus on Bowles and Santa Fe.

Cantey Ergen, co-founder of DISH, said that the company aims to “bring aerospace technology to the community.”

Littleton’s city council recently heard about the plan during a presentation at a July 18 council meeting. e booster is expected to be delivered by SpaceX — the wellknown spacecraft manufacturer founded by business mogul Elon Musk — in September.

Littleton Public Works and Utilities Director Keith Reester told members of the city council about the roles and responsibilities shared between the city, DISH, and the Telluray Foundation, which is funding the project.

e DISH location has a “great deal of regulatory interaction,” with approval required from seven separate entities which all own, maintain, or manage part of the land being used for the project, Reester said.

Littleton resident Pam Chadbourne raised concern about the project during public comment,

questioning SpaceX’s relevance in the community and asking the council why the project is only now being brought to the public’s attention.

Reester told the council that a high volume of regulatory requirements were “why the project has taken a little while,” and that the city wanted to get approval from all involved parties before moving forward. DISH rst approached the city with the idea in 2021.

All seven agencies — Littleton, DISH, the State of Colorado, the Mile High Flood District, the Army Corps of Engineers, South Suburban Parks and Recreation District, and the Federal Emergency Management Administration — have completed regulatory review and approval, according to the presentation.

e proximity to the South Platte River and nearby drainage ways implicates more agencies than might be required at a di erent location.

“ e timing on this project has shifted a number of times,” said City Manager Jim Becklenberg.

e Telluray Foundation is providing a $2.4-million grant to complete the project, but DISH will be responsible for upkeep and maintenance costs after the initial assembly is complete.

e 146-foot rocket booster — almost half the length of a football eld — will sit horizontal on the

Air regulators o er legal help to neighborhood groups

Free lawyers to represent groups as environmental rulemaking starts

BY MICHAEL BOOTH THE COLORADO SUN

Did you hear the one about the state government o ering the public free lawyers to harass … the state?

It’s no joke. In one of the rst tangible impacts of environmental justice policies and rules that are working their way into multiple battlegrounds overseen by state and federal regulators, Colorado’s public health department now links community groups with pro bono lawyers who can help the groups become o cial “parties” in complex environmental rulemaking, giving them a voice ampli ed by legal muscle.

e rst such e ort will play out later this year as the Air Quality Control Commission writes new rules requiring some of the largest industrial polluters in Colorado to cut their greenhouse gas emissions by set percentages. e community group Climate Equity Community Advisory Council wants to ensure the state requires 18 targeted industrial polluters to make real cuts using the best technology, not just the cheapest. And they want an accounting of the results down the road.

e air commission and many other state agencies have always taken public comments, said Rachael Lehman, a member of the advisory council, and a Community College of Denver faculty member who volunteers to work on environmental issues.

But too often, Lehman said, “the result is ‘We got your comments, now shut up.’ I’ve seen it in multiple situations, where they say, ‘Yes, we had so many community meetings.’ OK. But did they actually listen and incorporate what the community said?”

Regulators from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment put the community council in touch with volunteer Wyatt Sassman of the University of Denver Sturm College of Law’s Environmental Law Clinic. ey are now a party to the industrial pollution rulemaking, sitting shoulder to shoulder with the likes of Anheuser-Busch, Cargill, Molson Coors and environmental giants like the Sierra Club.

“It’s important for us to just have that ability to be able to keep an eye on things, and make sure that the rule is being written in a way that is understandable,” Lehman said. She worries that the big companies targeted by the industrial rules “have the big, big pockets, and you can sort of buy your way out of this.” Sassman, she said, is helping the community group understand the rule

drafts word by word, and “what’s even in the realm of possibility.”

State o cials said they have worked hard to create meaningful community engagement.

A series of state and federal policies made into law in recent years require agencies to consider how past pollution has disproportionately impacted communities with lower incomes and higher minority populations. By default or conscious zoning, Colorado industries are concentrated in communities like north Denver, Adams and Pueblo counties, and in other locations with measurable impacts on the physical health of lower income residents.

“We just are looking at our process from beginning to end, thinking about how we can interact with all stakeholders and open the door to include voices we aren’t hearing, which was quite a few,” said Lauren McDonell, climate change outreach planner for the Air Pollution Control Division. e division sta s the air quality commission and carries out day-to-day air regulation.

e commission’s rulemaking sessions debate how to carry out directives from the legislature. As part of Colorado’s overall e ort to reduce all greenhouse gas emissions by 50% by 2030, the legislature added details in 2021 requiring the largest industrial polluters to cut emissions 20% by that year, from a 2015 base year. Any industrial company emitting over 25,000 metric tons of greenhouse gases a year would need to start limits in 2024.

After rounds and rounds of lings by the parties, public comments and state responses, the commission will take up the industrial rules, called GEMM Phase 2, in September. e list of 18 Colorado companies ranges from American Gypsum to Molson Coors and Cargill Meat Solutions, to Sterling Ethanol and Suncor Energy’s Commerce City re nery.

Public comments are great, McDonell said, but if a community group is granted “party” status, “they’re actually around the table with other entities, who actually can get into the details of the rule language, they can propose di erent language, alternate proposals.”

Becoming an o cial “party” has more involvement and in uence, “but it’s also more time, and it comes with deadlines and things that are related to a legal process. ey don’t require an attorney, but it’s a heck of a lot easier if you have one,” McDonell said.

e APCD’s Clay Clarke reached out to the Colorado Bar Association environment committee and wound up with a list of pro bono attorneys willing to dig in on behalf of community groups.

e corporations will have their general counsel and expensive private attorneys, and the established environmental nonpro ts have their sta and contract attorneys,

Sassman said. Community members who may live right next to the industrial plants, meanwhile, are facing “complex and jargony” issues, in their spare time.

“ at’s where somebody like us could come in and help,” Sassman said.

State o cials say they are prepared to handle the results from their e orts at balance, and know full well they are handing the community a list of lawyers who could make regulators’ lives miserable.

“No one’s ever too happy with us” anyway, McDonell said. “But in all seriousness, I think the priority here is to get the voices to the table to have a normal conversation because historically, again, it’s those wellfunded groups that have been part of the conversation. We don’t have any control or expectation about them being supportive of us or the proposal. We know they’re going to challenge us and we want that, we welcome that.”

Lehman and the advisory council already have some buzzwords in the rule drafts for which they are seeking more legal explanations.

Carbon capture, for example, bothers Lehman to no end. She fears state regulators may allow the industrial polluters to keep spewing damaging air into neighborhoods but then o set it through buying

carbon credits or stu ng the carbon underground in long-term storage, an ethically controversial tradeo .

Community groups also want tough enforcement language written into the rules, Lehman said. If she gets too many speeding tickets, her driver’s license is taken away, she said. But companies like Suncor have years of multiple air violations and never lose their permits.

“It is a dual system of justice,” Lehman said. “Big polluters continue to do what they want, and our government doesn’t have the courage to just say we are in the business of protecting our citizens and you have to shut down. How is that so hard?”

e air pollution division knows the lawyers on their pro bono list will bring those arguments, and more, to the industrial pollution rules, and other upcoming policy battles.

“We absolutely have a deep commitment to environmental justice,” McDonell said. “But we can only say that so many times.”

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Instead of paying a provider for the number of students it has the capacity to educate, as originally promised, the department will now dole out funding based on the number of students enrolled. It might seem like a subtle shift, but to preschool providers who already run their programs on thin margins, it could mean the di erence between continuing their classes and closing them down for good.

e new approach “de nitely cuts providers o at the knees with their ability to step into this rst year of (universal preschool) and have adequate facilities and adequate sta ready to go, trained,” said Scott Bright, owner of ABC Child Development Centers, which has 25 preschool sites across Weld County, six of which will participate in Colorado’s expanded preschool program. “ is is a system that providers have been hesitant to jump into because they haven’t gotten clear answers from the departments on how this is all going to go down.”

e Early Childhood department, which has a $322 million budget for its inaugural year of the expanded preschool program, previously pledged to compensate preschools participating in universal preschool based on the number of 4-year-olds they had room to educate, regardless

of whether they lled all their seats. at’s a much more predictable and reliable method of funding, providers say.

During a Jan. 12 meeting among members of the department’s Rules Advisory Council, M. Michael Cooke — then a universal preschool representative from Gov. Jared Polis’ o ce — said that through monthly state payment to providers from Au-

gust through October, those providers would receive a dollar amount based on their capacity, regardless of whether providers could ll all their seats. en in November, she added, the department would reassess how many kids had actually enrolled in provider programs and adjust payments based on those numbers.

“We want to be helpful,” Cooke added. “We don’t want to create a situation where we’re creating a budget shortfall for community partners. We don’t want to create a situation where there has to be a layo of sta .”

However, as the state tried to balance the number of preschool slots available with the number of kids actually being enrolled, it became clear that the scale tipped too far. Data “showed a signi cantly higher number of available seats in the universal preschool system than participating families,” Early Childhood department spokesperson Hope Shuler wrote in an email to e Colorado Sun, noting that there were about two seats open for every child whose family applied.

Bright, who also serves as board president of the Early Childhood Education Association of Colorado, sees the decision to change funding as something of a bait-and-switch after the Early Childhood department simply couldn’t a ord to pay all participating providers for the

surplus of preschool slots.

“ ey realized they ran out of money based on the promise they made, and now providers are left carrying the load,” said Bright, who typically keeps his business a oat with no more than two weeks of operating cash in the bank at any one time.

Without upfront payment from the state for all kids who enroll in universal preschool at his centers, Bright said he won’t have the funds to pay his sta .

Under the revised funding plan, which Shuler said was communicated to providers by June 27, the state assessed the number of kids enrolled in programs on July 9. Programs will receive funding Aug. 1 based on that count of kids. However, the latest round of matching preschoolers with speci c programs — so far it has facilitated four sets of matching — was completed later in July. at means providers could end up with preschoolers on the rst day of classes who they haven’t been paid to educate. ey won’t receive funding for those students until the next payment from the state, scheduled for Sept. 8.

Each month from August through May, Shuler said, providers will receive a payment determined by the number of students enrolled in their program on the 15th of the previous month. e sum will be adjusted each month so that the amount given to providers accounts for any enrollment swings and re ects the number of students in their classrooms.

at leaves providers like Bright feeling pinched.

“It is very di cult for a provider to hire their sta , prepare their facilities for kids and then not necessarily have all of those seats full but yet have to pay payroll and have to pay the mortgage payment and have to turn the lights on and have to turn the heat and/or AC on,” Bright said. “It’s very di cult for us to do that when you’re now told late in the game that we’re only going to pay you based on enrollments and we’re going to true up your enrollments every month.”

e state is rolling out something of a nancial safety net for providers so that they’re guaranteed at least the same amount of funding they received last year under the state’s previous preschool program, called the Colorado Preschool Program. At

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Crayons are organized by color in Early Childhood University’s preschool classroom Tuesday, July 25, 2023, in Greeley, Colo.

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the end of the school year, the state will compare the amount paid to each provider this year under universal preschool to the amount paid to each provider last year through the Colorado Preschool Program, according to Bright. If a provider earns less in universal preschool than the amount they earned last year through the Colorado Preschool Program, the state will pay them the di erence, he said.

It’s not yet clear whether providers like Bright who own more than one preschool center — including two that participated in the Colorado Preschool Program and six slated to be part of universal preschool — will be compensated for each licensed facility, which will a ect the amount of funding owed by the state.

e Early Childhood department was not able to clarify details of its plan to ensure providers receive at least as much funding this school year as they did last year.

Bright added that he can’t wait until the end of the school year for funding that is crucial to his ability to keep running his business.

e only nancial path forward, he said, involves keeping kids who enroll last-minute on the sidelines until the state pays providers for them. at means, for instance, that any family who enrolls their 4-year-old

from late July through mid-August will have to wait to start universal preschool until September, when Bright receives money from the state for that particular child.

e Early Childhood department doesn’t believe any preschools will have to postpone the start times for any kids, with Shuler writing in an email that “payments will be reconciled for the next month and providers will receive pay if children start earlier.”

She said the department is also con dent that the rst payment in August, along with the monthly payments recalculated to compensate providers for any enrollment changes, will “help support providers” and are “much more provider-friendly” than other preschool subsidy programs that have paid based on the number of kids attending their program.

Bright noted that under the Colorado Preschool Program he received funding for the entire school year starting in August with monthly payments through May, contingent on his facilities having all seats funded by the state lled with kids by Nov. 1.

He doesn’t see another option other than a delayed start for kids who enroll late.

“I would drown my company if I were to provide services that I was not paid for,” he said.

Bright and other preschools are also worried about having to shutter centers altogether.

One of the six ABC Child Devel-

opment Centers Bright owns that is participating in universal preschool has 12 classrooms, only three of which are full with kids whose families have opted into universal preschool. He needs all classrooms full to stay nancially whole at the center, which mostly serves lowincome families.

He expects all the classrooms to ll by November, but to keep the school open until then, he needs the upfront funding from the state. If the school stays open with empty classrooms, he’ll have to lay o teachers and will be unable to accept new students until the state pays their tuition.

Meanwhile, Melissa Lelm, director of Early Childhood University in Greeley, has enrolled only 33 students through universal preschool, far short of the 96 licensed spots in her center. e state has matched another 10 students with her facility, but though Lelm has repeatedly called and emailed those families to encourage them to accept their match, she’s been met with silence. At the same time, she has to renew her lease this year with her landlord wanting to raise her rent.

“I don’t know if we’ll be in business at the end of May of 2024,” said Lelm, who has worked in early childhood education for more than 40 years.

Lelm recently laid o four employees who are now collecting unemployment, keeping only one teacher and one teacher assistant

on her sta . And as the Early Childhood department pivots to paying providers based on the number of kids enrolled, she anticipates her reserves will dwindle as she tries to cover even the smaller payroll. She’s applying for grants to help ll in the gaps and has so far collected $26,000, including from the state’s Child Care Stabilization and Workforce Sustainability Grants and a $4,000 state Capacity Building Grant that can fund necessities such as furniture and educational and health care materials.

“ at money will go very quickly for payroll and rent,” Lelm said.

She might be forced to lay o her teacher assistant if enrollment continues to stagnate, but Lelm knows that having more than one trained adult in the classroom helps kids and teachers form better bonds.

Lelm wonders if she’ll be up against the same uncertainties around how many students she’ll serve and how many sta she needs each year of universal preschool — if she manages to stay open.

“I just hope it works,” she said. “I don’t know if they thought it through thoroughly enough.”

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Autism centers are leaving Colorado, landing kids on waitlists

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Colorado has lost at least nine agencies that provide therapy for children with autism in the past year and a half, leaving hundreds of families without care and lling up waitlists across the state.

erapy providers say the reimbursement rates they receive from the Colorado Medicaid program are too low to keep their doors open, especially after many state residents became eligible for the federal-state insurance program during the pandemic.

At the same time, Colorado is facing a health worker shortage and autism therapy agencies say they are struggling to pay workers enough to keep them.

“ e impact has now reached a dire state,” said Ken Winn, president of Colorado Association for Behavioral Analysis, a nonpro t member organization. “Providers are leaving the state in droves.”

One of the latest to close Colorado operations is JumpStart Autism Center, which shut down in May. e center had more than 40 clients who attended its daylong behavioral health program in Englewood that focused on helping nonverbal children learn to communicate and control aggressive behaviors. e small business lost $700,000 in 2021 and $250,000 in 2022, said CEO and founder Brian Lopez, a neurodevelopmental psychologist.

About 70% of JumpStart’s clients were on Medicaid, while 30% had private insurance that reimbursed more for services. ose percentages ipped during the pandemic, when tens of thousands more Coloradans became eligible for Medicaid during the public health emergency.

e center lost $5 per hour for every client on Medicaid, Lopez said. e state’s reimbursement rates

have not kept up with the cost of operations, including salaries and its lease, he said.

“As a small-business owner, with my lease up in June 2023, I could not foresee taking out another veto-seven-year lease and putting $2 million-$3 million in when I knew the numbers weren’t going to work,” Lopez said. ”It felt like it was too much of a personal jeopardy to do it.”

Lopze started JumpStart in New Mexico and opened a Colorado ofce in 2016. Medicaid reimbursement rates are high enough in New Mexico that the center is able to continue operations there, even with about 75% of its clients on the government insurance program, Lopez said.

New Mexico reimburses the center for training parents, while Colorado does not. Parent training is necessary, therapists said, so children who’ve learned how to communicate with their therapists can use the same methods at home. A child with autism who has a headache might repeatedly hit their head, for example. But with behavioral therapy, they might learn to point to a picture of someone in pain.

Colorado also limits therapists to about two hours to assess a child’s needs before setting up a behavioral therapy road map, though the industry standard is eight, therapists said. New Mexico’s Medicaid program allows eight hours, giving therapists time to gure out how to set up a comprehensive program. A child who is not using the toilet at age 7, for example, would see a urologist to make sure “we aren’t treating medical issues with behavioral interventions,” Lopez said.

A spate of recent closures also included Hopebridge, a national company that had several locations in Colorado, including in Denver, Fort Collins, Greeley and Colorado Springs. Another national com -

pany, Kadiant, left last year.

Colorado Medicaid used to fund services for children with autism through a “waiver” program, a comprehensive set of services for speci c groups of people who must qualify and often wait for a spot in the capped program. Colorado has various waiver programs for children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, for example, including some with 24/7 in-home services.

But the autism waiver program was capped at just 75 people.

In 2017, the federal government ordered Colorado to end the waiver program and instead add bene ts for children with autism to its Medicaid program. e state created a handful of billing codes that allowed providers to get reimbursed for pediatric behavioral health therapy for children with autism.

ose rates have not been updated since then, although the legislature has approved across-theboard rate increases for Medicaid providers, including 3% this year.

And the pediatric behavioral therapy rates are under review now.

A state group called the Medicaid Provider Rate Review Advisory Committee, which makes rate change recommendations to the legislature, decided in late July to recommend an increase that would bring Colorado rates in line with 10 comparison states. e group also plans to recommend that the Medicaid division begin covering additional bene ts, such as parent training.

e committee will submit its recommendations to the legislature’s Joint Budget Committee in the fall. Any approved changes would not take e ect until next July.

A 2022 state law required the committee to review rate changes for each type of provider category

every three years instead of the previous requirement of every ve years. e change was part of a greater e ort to adapt more quickly to in ation and workforce shortages, Medicaid o cials said.

In the past ve years, the number of children qualifying for Medicaid’s pediatric behavioral health bene t has jumped dramatically — and so has the cost.

e number of Colorado children receiving those bene ts climbed 200%, to 5,600 children last year from 2,437 children ve years ago. e annual cost per child rose to $3,400 from $1,900. And the total program cost is up 400%, now $126 million compared with $28 million ve years ago.

According to the Medicaid division’s analysis, which con icts with autism therapy providers’ data, Colorado’s reimbursement rates are 93% of what other states are paying. Providers accused the department of cherry-picking states for comparison purposes that made Colorado look better.

Medicaid o cials said autism therapists, along with many other medical and mental health providers, are struggling now because of a huge swing in the wage market.

“Health care workers have really been through a tough time over the last several years and we’ve had individuals leave the workforce,”

Kim Bimestefer, executive director of the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing, which includes the Medicaid division, told e Sun. “ e wage rates for health care workers have gone up in an unprecedented way and that’s sometimes putting pressure on organizations who are passionately trying to provide care to their customers, their patients.”

Bimestefer pointed toward $26 million in recent investments by the legislature and Gov. Jared Polis

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western end of the DISH campus, spanning the Littles Creek Trail. It will be on supports that keep the booster about 10 feet o the ground.

Councilors Patrick Driscoll, Kelly Milliman, Stephen Barr and Jerry Valdes raised concerns regarding the location, particularly the impact it would have on foot and bike trafc on the Mary Carter Greenway.

Ergen said that DISH landed on the location because it was “o the beaten path,” referring to Bowles and Santa Fe tra c, while still being accessible to locals.

Reester and Ergen assured coun-

cilors that the placement of the rocket will not signi cantly hinder foot tra c, as there will be a plot of concrete set aside from the path where people can stand and view. Despite concerns, the plan received general support from councilors.

Milliman said that, aside from the economic and tourism bene ts, the educational advantages will serve the community well.

“To get these kids interested in engineering, I am truly so excited about all of this,” Milliman said during the discussion period following the presentation.

Reester also sees the exhibition as an opportunity to boost use of public transportation, as it may be di cult to nd parking near the DISH campus.

Park honors standout City Manager

Aunique honor was bestowed on a former Westminster City Manager at the July 14 re-naming ceremony of Westminster Center Park to McFall Park. It was like “old home week” when we gathered to honor and celebrate with Brent McFall.

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Fittingly enough, current City Manager Mark Freitag served as master of ceremonies and provided a succinct explanation of the Council-Manager form of local government.

Current Mayor Nancy McNally, who was mayor for a portion of McFall’s 14 years as city manager, spoke to Brent’s accomplishments and the establishment of an annual strategic plan process which is still being used today. But the main speaker of course was Brent himself who recapped his tenure in Westminster and gave full credit for achievements to city council, sta and the citizenry. By “old home week”, I mean

it brought former Mayor Ed Moss, some former council people and several sta who worked with Brent to the unveiling.

During his Westminster tenure, the city was faced with a severe drought in 2002, the Great Recession starting in 2008-2009, the nal demise of the Westminster Mall and more. He led the e orts on water conservation, handled signi cant budget cuts and sta ng reductions and pursued a new development plan on the Westminster Mall site seeking a master developer. e Shops at Walnut Creek, the multi- land use at e Orchard and the third Walmart center all occurred under his leadership.

For those of you who might not have known, the park in question had the dubious nickname of “Poop Park.” is was a re ection on the dog owners in the area who would take their dogs to the undeveloped site to “poop.” Former Council member Chris Dittman was given credit for putting this name on the park site. However, I have also heard that Bernice Aspinwall, a long-time resident east of the park had dubbed the area “Poop Park”

as well. Congrats Brent on the park being named in your honor.

Mark your calendars for the Trump trial on classified documents

Well, the judge’s gavel has come down on a trial date pertaining to the alleged mishandling of classi ed federal government documents by former President Donald Trump. Mark your calendar for May 20, 2024 when the trial is supposed to start (but don’t hold your breath).

Trump’s lawyers had been pushing to have the trial date be AFTER the presidential election of Nov. 2024. Federal prosecutors had been seeking a Dec. 2023 date.

U.S. District Judge Aileen M. Cannon had seemed skeptical about both parties’ requests at the hearing. She ended up “splitting the baby” probably more to the chagrin of the Trump camp than the DOJ special prosecutor’s group. At least now, there is a speci c date to work toward while

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Decarbonizing gets a new chapter

Colorado is starting another chapter in what could be a future history book, “How We Decarbonized our Economy.”

In that book, electricity will be the easy part, at least the storyline through 80% to 90% reduction in emissions. at chapter is incomplete. We may not gure out 100% emissions-free electricity on a broad scale for a couple more decades.

is new chapter is about tamping down emissions associated with buildings. is plot line will be more complicated. Instead of dealing with a dozen or so coal plants, we have hundreds of thousands of buildings in Colorado, maybe more. Most burn natural gas and propane to heat space and water.

I would start this chapter on Aug. 1. Appropriately, that’s Colorado Day. It’s also the day that Xcel Energy and Colorado Springs Utilities will deliver the nation’s very rst clean-heat plans to state regulators.

ose clean heat plans, required by a 2021 law, will tell state agencies how they intend to reduce emissions from the heat they sell to customers. e targets are 4% by 2025 and 22% by 2030.

Wishing I had a sex scandal to weave into this chapter or at least something lurid, maybe a conspiracy or two. ink Jack Nicholson and Faye

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Arguments between utilities and environmental advocates remain polite. Both sides recognize the need for new technologies. e disagreements lie in how best to invest resources that will pay o over time.

e environmental groups see great promise in electri cation, particularly the use of air-source heat pumps. Heat pumps milk the heat out of even very cold air (or, in summer, coolness from hot air).

Good enough for prime time? I know of people in Avon, Fraser, and Gunnison who say heat-pumps deliver even on the coldest winter days.

Xcel says that heat pumps have a role—but cautions that cold temperatures and higher elevations impair their performance by about 10% as compared to testing in coastal areas. ey will need backup gas heat or electric resistance heating. After two winters of testing at the National Research Energy Laboratory in Golden, the testing of heat pumps will move to construction trailers set up in Leadville, Colorado’s Two-Mile City.

Xcel also frets about adding too much demand, too quickly, to the electrical grid.

Another, perhaps sharper argument has to do with other fuels that would allow Xcel to use its existing gas pipelines. Xcel and other gas utilities have put out a request for renewable natural gas, such as could be harvested from dairies. Xcel also plans to create hydrogen from renewable resources, blending it with natural gas. It plans a demonstration project using existing infrastructure in Adams

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Je Lyng, Xcel Energy’s vice president for energy and sustainability policy, talks about the need for a “spectrum of di erent approaches.” It is far too early, Lyng told me, to take any possible technology o the table.

In a 53-page analysis, Western Resource Advocates sees a greater role for weatherization and other measures to reduce demand for gas. It sees renewable gas, in particular, but also hydrogen, as more costly and slowing the broad market transformation that is necessary.

“I think there’s a real tension that came out between di erent visions of a low-carbon future when it comes to the gas system,” Meera Fickling, an economist with WRA, told me.

We already have a huge ecosystem of energy, a huge investment in natural gas. Just think of all the natural gas lines buried under our streets. No wonder this transition will be di cult.

“It’s more di cult because everything you do in the gas sector now has a spillover e ect in the electric sector,” says Je Ackermann, the former chair of the Colorado Public Utilities Commission. “Each of these sectors move in less than smooth, elegant steps. We don’t want people to fall o one and onto the other and get lost in the transition. ere has to be su cient energy of whatever type.”

Getting back to the book chapter. Colorado has nibbled around the edges of how to end emissions

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we await the outcome of the Georgia case on Trump’s attempt to in uence the outcome of the 2020 election as well as the Jan. 6 insurrection. To date, neither of these cases has concluded whether to indict Mr. Trump. It’s going to be an exciting 15 months!!

New Denver Mayor Johnston vows 1,000 homeless to be housed by end of 2023

So, who is taking bets that Denver Mayor Michael Johnston will succeed in his commitment to house 1,000 homeless individuals by the end of this year? at is less than ve months. Unless he has some tricks up his sleeve, I don’t see how he can accomplish this task.

While his goal is needed and worthy of support, it needs a more thoughtful review. He has stated that plan reviews and construction approvals will be expedited.

First, you can’t build that many tiny homes that quickly even though there are probably su cient city-owned sites to locate them on. Plus, what about installing water and sewer lines or would they use portable toilets and truck in water?

at is assuming he is going 100% with tiny homes, which I would doubt. To build a new apartment complex takes years from start to nish. Converting a hotel or ofce building to say studio apartments certainly takes more than ve months. Even assuming the city already owns the buildings, it would be a Herculean e ort to get the plans drawn up, gain approval from the city, award a construction contract and get the work done in time for a certi cate of occupancy by Dec. 31 (which falls on a Sunday).

Purchasing an existing set of apart-

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BESTfrom buildings. With these proceedings, Colorado is moving headlong into this very di cult challenge. e foreplay is done. It’s action time. Xcel talks about a decades-long transition and stresses the need to understand “realistic limitations in regard to both technologies and cir-

ment buildings is not a quick turnaround either. What about the existing tenants? Are they to be tossed out which negates the goal of housing 1,000 homeless people. Finally, would it be a “tent city” approach with 1,000 tents pitched on several sites? at might be the case. Such an approach would be less than permanent housing in my opinion. It will be interesting to see how the new mayor does on his rst major commitment. He is gambling with his reputation.

Bennett left his mark in our hearts and minds

One of my favorite crooners from yesteryear has always been Tony Bennett. He was a class act and seemed so humble to his adorning fans. With his passing at age 96, we have lost another of the “classic” jazz singer greats.

Ever since learning of his death, I have had that wonderful tune “I left my heart in San Francisco” stuck in my mind. You know what I am talking about? It hit a crescendo when CBS broadcast a repeat of Bennett’s 95th birthday party TV special with Lady Gaga. What fond memories.

I hope you too have fond memories of your favorite singers regardless of your age. Music is so important in our lives.

Cities signing up for state a ordable housing funds

Voters approved ballot Proposition 123 last November to peel o onetenth of one percent (0.1%) of state General Fund income tax revenues to be earmarked for ways to provide more a ordable housing. Revenue projections show an estimated $270$300 million annually will be available to jump start such projects.

As a part of the process, municipalities are required to sign up to a 3% per year increase in their current a ordable housing count to be accomplished over a three year period

cumstances.”

Keep in mind, 25 years ago, it had little faith in wind and even less in solar.

Do you see a role for Jack Nicholson in hearings and so forth during the next year? I don’t. Even so, it promise to be a most interesting story.

Allen Best publishes Big Pivots, which keeps track of the energy and water transitions in Colorado. Find him at BigPivots.com.

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, a 9% increase. e deadline for the initial o ering is Nov. 1 of this year. So, that means the required number of NEW a ordable units will vary from community to community.

Looking at four north area city governments - Federal Heights, Northglenn, ornton and Westminster - we will see di erent responses. In Westminster’s case, their current a ordable housing count is 3,016 according to the state’s Department of Local A airs. e 9% produces a requirement of 270 additional a ordable units to be available by Dec. 31, 2026. According to sta , this number can be met with two development proposals in the quue, both of which are in the Uplands overall development.

Maiker Housing Partners (formerly Adams County Housing Authority) has submitted a pre-application to construct 80 units east of Federal Boulevard south of 88th Avenue. In addition, St. Charles Town Company is pursuing 247 units also east

of Federal Boulevard. Together they total 327 units which exceed the requirement. City Council gave sta the green light to sign up for the Proposition 123 funding.

Other AdCO cities position on proposition 123 funding

In polling the other three cities in the area, I found that only ornton may participate in the program. eir city council has not yet addressed the opportunity to participate. In the case of both Northglenn and Federal Heights, discussions on the a ordable housing funding are forthcoming. However, sta cited reasons where they doubted if city council would sign up regarding either municipality.

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.

Albert Benjamin Davis, 84, of Northglenn, CO, passed away on June 22, 2023. He was born on May 17, 1939, in Denver, CO, to the late George Arnold Davis and Francis E Lane. Albert was a loving husband, father, grandfather, and brother. He will be deeply missed by all who knew him.

Albert dedicated over 30 years of his life to working as a conductor at Burlington Northern Railroad. His commitment and hard work provided for his family and left a lasting impact on his colleagues and the community.

Outside of his career, Albert had a passion for gardening and spending time with his beloved dog. He found solace in tending to his plants and enjoying long walks with his furry companion.

Albert’s memory will be cherished by his surviving family members, including his wife, Donna L Davis, his sons Kenneth A Davis (Debbie Davis), Michael K Davis

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(Marcia Bridwell), his daughter Daneen Sue DeMarrias (Lionel DeMarrias), his son Rodney L Davis (Tresha Davis), as well as his nieces, nephews, grandchildren, and greatgrandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his father, George Arnold Davis, his mother, Francis E Lane, and his brothers Russell Lane and Joseph Lane.

A ceremony to celebrate Albert’s life will be held on August 19, 2023, at EB Rains Jr. Memorial Park in Northglenn, CO. e service will take place at the TumbleweedSagebrush Pavilion from 11:00am to 3:00pm.

In lieu of owers, the family kindly requests that contributions be made to the Mile High Humane Society in Northglenn, CO, in memory of Albert Davis.

Albert’s gentle and loving nature will forever be remembered by all those whose lives he touched. May his soul rest in eternal peace.

Larry

July 22, 1940 - June 21, 2023

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Albert Benjamin “Al” Davis May 17, 1939 - June 22, 2023

Larry Gene McDu ee passed away peacefully surrounded by his family. He is laid to rest at Crown Hill Cemetery with his wife Marciana T McDu ee

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ADenver-based nonpro t music education organization is helping local rising stars showcase and enhance their musical talents, record music and learn podcasting for free.

Youth on Record, founded by local musician community organizer Flobots in 2008 works with people aged 14 to 24.

“Flotbots’ mission was to bring music to young people to improve academic success and youth outreach, and it grew into what is now known as Youth on Record,” said Haley Witt, a guitar musician and singer-songwriter who manages Youth on Record.

Youth on Record recently rocked at its ninth annual block party in support of youth in music with over 20 live music performances, teen activities and vendors at its o ce location near downtown Denver.

“We have a state-of-the-art recording studio soundboard and all sorts of instruments,” Witt said. “So young people can drop into our programs and learn about mixing, mastering songs and learn about songwriting and instrumentation.”

After school programs

e Youth on Record runs afterschool, out-of-school and in-school programming with Denver Public Schools and Aurora Public Schools middle and high schools.

“We partner with the schools to teach four-credit classes, and we hire local professional artists to teach those classes,” Witt said. “Our Youth on Record teaching artists come to the schools, and the young people are able to learn from them. It’s one way that you nd our Youth on Record programs through the schools.”

Youth on Record also has afterschool programs at the Youth on Record media studio space called the open lab on Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays and is available to young people from 14 to 24 years old.

“It’s self-guided so that they can explore their interests. ey come into the space with a passion for music, making songwriting production, and we teach them the skill set they need to accomplish the projects they’re passionate about,” Witt said.

Witt said Youth on Record also o er an internship and fellowship program and a fellowship program, both of which are paid programs by donors.

“Youth on Record is a nonpro t organization so donors fund our program,” Witt said.

Witt said Youth on Record has had a lot of talented program graduates.

Baily Elora from Hudson/ Keenesburg Colorado, featured in the Fort Lupton Press, went through the program and signed on with Sony Music Subsidiary e Orchard.

“We are proud of all of our program graduates and all of the various directions that they’re headed, it’s really important to us to connect with young people with economic opportunities, “ Witt said.

Witt said Youth on Records is a pillar of academic success, economic opportunity and community activation.

“Our economic opportunity pillar, it’s really important to us to connect young people to community careers and job opportunities,” Witt said.

Witt said they have young people who play gigs in the community and support booking those gigs and paid opportunities for young people to perform.

Youth on Record also places young people into community internships and fellowships.

“Our fellows will have the opportunity to have community internships with local partners as well. It’s important to us to connect young people to jobs in the industry and to connect them to opportunities in creative elds and show them that it’s possible,” Witt said.

ere also is an open mic every rst Friday, and it is open to the public, where the youth perform and gain experience in combination with all the First Fridays and art walks across the city, speci cally in collaboration with the Santa Fe Art Walk.

“ at’s a program run by our fellows and learn how to put together a music festival, run it, secure porta potties and design posters for the festival and how it ties in economic opportunity. e block party is a youth-led program,” Witt said.

Learning about podcasting

David Ladon, Youth on Record audio arts innovation manager, teaches youth how to do podcast interviews. Ladon has been teaching podcasting for nine years and has worked with Youth on Record for three in a half years.

“We have a podcast show that comes out monthly called ‘Generation Collaboration’ that we produce in collaboration with Colorado young leaders,” Ladon said, adding that they just nished season one and that the podcast airs on KGNU.

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“We have another monthly show called ‘Youth on Rewind,’ which is a segment-based show and the tagline podcast amplifying young people’s voices, stories and ideas,” Ladon said.

Ladon said the podcast features segments produced by interns, peer navigators and fellows, covering whatever interests them.

“Our third show is called ‘Underground of the Showcase’ as

the official podcast of the underground music showcase, which Youth and Record helps put on.”

The podcast is hosted and produced by youth interns from 16 to 24 years old.

Ladon said his love for the application of podcast work expanded beyond media production or journalism.

“It gets to the root of socialemotional learning and developing yourself because you’re learning to exercise your voice and get to practice hearing your voice, which is not something we’re all comfortable with,” Ladon said.

Mobile Studio

Oren Bregman, executive director of the Mobile Studio nonprofit music outreach program has partnered with Youth on Record.

Bregman’s program brings the mobile studio to Denver, Green Valley and Montebello pathway schools in Aurora.

“We focused on singing, rapping, and poetry so we bring our equipment and expertise so students can create music to express themselves and share it online with their family and friends,” Bregman said.

Bregman said Youth on Records helped Mobile Studio get their

first grant and gave them some instruments.

“We are happy to be part of the family,” Bregman said.

Witt said that the young people the programs serve are incredibly talented.

“It blows me away to see the ways that they’re able to cultivate their skills, and it’s inspiring to watch and build strong mentorship relationships with our staff and to feel connected to a sense of community through our programs,” Witt said.

For more information about Youth on Record, visit youthonrecord.org or call 303-993-5226.

Youth on Record student Addie Uhl performed at the Youth on Record block party.

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Cornelius Bates sings a hip-hop rap on the mic at the Mobile Studio tent.

David Ladon, Youth on Record audio arts innovation manager, prepares the podcast studio for an interview.

Laura Stedman warms up for her solo performance at the Youth on Record block party.

Rock down to Avenue Q at Miners Alley

When we’re young, the art and entertainment we connect to can really take a hold and shape who we are and what we like. Usually, that art remains in our past — something we think of fondly occasionnaly. But every now and then it gets an update that turns it into something

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he meets neighbors and makes friends (with a cast that includes Ava Francis, Mike Martinkus, Keandra Hunt, Emily Gerhard, Carter Edward Smith and Corey Exline) they try to nd jobs, relationships and meaning in life.   e production features music direction from Susan Draus, who has served as musical director for “ e Book of Mormon,” “Mamma Mia” and many more.

“ ere are important reminders in the show about taking life one day at a time. So much of what we worry about won’t even matter in a year.”

For information and tickets, visit https://minersalley.com/avenue-qthe-musical/.

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“Avenue Q: e Musical,” the new production at Miners Alley Playhouse, 1224 Washington Ave. in Golden. e show is an adult modernization of the kind of puppetdriven storytelling that has been a part of growing up for years.

things Scottish — culture, tradition and history. e family-friendly event features a range of activities, including athletics, music and dance, Celtic merchandise, drinks and eats and much more. Spectators can check out the Scottish Games and traditional Irish Step Dancing by the Heritage Irish Stepdancers while sampling haggis, whisky and other delicacies.

“So many of us have memories of these kinds of stories, but this is more about real life,” said director Warren Sherrill. “ e overall theme is that no matter how well we prepare ourselves in life, there are going to be curveballs, disappointments and unknowns that mess things up. ings get worse and then better.”

“Avenue Q” runs at Miners from Friday, Aug. 11 through Sunday, Sept. 17. Performances are at 7:30 p.m. ursday through Saturday and 2 p.m. on Sunday.

According to provided information, the musical focuses on Princeton (David Otto), a recent college grad who has moved into a run-down New York City apartment on Avenue Q. As

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“ e show is a bit cartoonish because of the puppets, so I wanted to add more cute and funny sounds to the score,” Draus said. “I really want the music to match the show — when it’s funny, the music should be funny and when it’s tender, it should be tender.”

As if working with puppets, which were designed by Cory Gilstrap, wasn’t a big enough challenge, there were also the normal challenges of staging a musical in an intimate space. But Draus said it was great fun to be a part of the project.

“I love what they’re doing a Miners Alley,” she said. “ ey have such a wonderful sense of humor and a great kindness and lightness. e audience is going to have a blast.”

What makes the show unique isn’t the puppets — it’s the searchingly human way topics like racism and LGBTQIA+ issues are examined. And that deep humanity is what Sherrill hopes audiences take away from the production.

“ e puppets allow the meaning and messages to be more subtle, instead of right in your face. It allows for boundaries to be broken,” he said.

programs for industries including nursing, EMTs, and dental and pharmacy technicians.

Complaints that Medicaid provider rates are too low are a recurring dialogue in Colorado, extending across various rate categories from

I think most of us imagine art-making to be an extremely introspective pursuit and that is often the case, as Evocation, the latest exhibit at Walker Fine Art, 300 West 11th Ave., No. A, in Denver, beautifully explores.

On display through Saturday, Sept. 2, the exhibit features worksVirginia Steck,Matt Christie,Atticus Adams,Kim Ferrer,Peter Illig and Doug Haeussner. According to provided information, the artists use nature and landscape to work their way through memories. e resulting pieces come in a variety of mediums – painting, wall sculpture and mixed media – and invite the viewer to participate in their own introspective process.

All the details can be found atwww. walker neart.com/evocation.

Celebrate highland life at Colorado Scottish Festival

e Denver Polo Club is inviting people to get their Scottish on at the 59thAnnual Colorado Scottish Festival, which will be held at the club, 6359 Airport Road in Sedalia, on Saturday, Aug. 5 and Sunday, Aug. 6.

Hosted by the St. Andrew Society of Colorado, the club celebrates all

primary care to mental health. e Medicaid division also has faced harsh, public criticism in the past year over delays in approving prior authorization requests for children with disabilities.

Bimestefer said concerns about rates grow louder when the rate review committee is about to meet.

“You’ll see the voices of various stakeholders get louder because this is their time to voice their concerns and to in uence policy,” she said.

“ e department is listening. We’re listening to providers. We’re listening to families. We’re looking at other states.”

Autism therapy providers have seen their operational costs increase 42% since 2019, while rates have gone up just 7.4%, according to their analysis.

“ is has forced small, local business owners like myself to cut our own pay or skip our own payroll as well as cut much-needed expenses that impact the quality of services we deliver,” said Rebecca Urbano Powell, executive director of Seven Dimensions Behavioral Health in Evergreen.

erapists met with Medicaid ofcials in December 2022 and again in February, seeking to stave o the closures. ey also met with the

Find all the details atwww.scottishgames.org.

Clarke’s Concert of the Week — boygenius at Red Rocks

Musical super groups aren’t things we see very often anymore, which is a shame, because even if they’re not always good, they’re usually interesting. Fortunately, boygenius, the group made up of indie/alt-rockers Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers and Lucy Dacus, are not just good, they’re great. e three women are among the sharpest tunesmiths around right now and together they explore the pitfalls of life and relationships with a novelist’s eye for nuance. eir debut full length, “the record” is one of the year’s best releases.

e group’s visit to Red Rocks, 18300 W. Alameda Parkway in Morrison, at 8 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 5, is one of the season’s most anticipated concerts. ey’ll be joined by arthouse rockers illuminati hotties, making this a don’t-miss performance. Secure tickets at www.ticketmaster.com.

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

legislature’s Joint Budget Committee. “Because of how slow this process has been with (the Medicaid department), providers are going further into debt,” Powell said.

Winn, who is also founder of Advanced Behavioral Resources, said his nonpro t is concerned about how the therapy providers who stay open in Colorado will take on the estimated 1,000 children with autism whose autism centers have closed. e state is down to 136 providers billing Medicaid for pediatric behavioral therapy for kids with autism, a number that is dropping, according to the providers’ analysis.

“For years, this issue has been festering,” Winn said. “We have been having conversations with (the Medicaid department) and no one seems to be able to x the issue.

“ ey are hands down the most vulnerable Coloradans, who can’t speak for themselves. ey need a voice.”

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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Tiny homes starting to be a big-deal solution for housing market

BY MONTE WHALEY THE COLORADO SUN

e popular tiny home movement is growing bigger in Colorado thanks to a new law aimed at allowing factory-built homes of about 400 square feet or less to become permanent xtures in neighborhoods and in one case, to be used as an emerging therapy to get homeless military veterans back on their feet.

Advocates say House Bill 1242 , which went into e ect July 1, will spur more purchases since it sets building standards for the scaleddown structures. e new rules also allow cities and counties to create legal pathways to let people live in tiny homes for a lifetime as opposed to just 180 days, advocates say.

“Before this law, we saw a lot of tiny homes the owners weren’t allowed to live in permanently,” said Art Laubach of Einstyne Tiny Homes in Brighton. Sometimes, depending on local laws, a tiny home would be wheeled into a mobile home or RV park and be considered a residence.  Generally tiny homes were not legally a permanent, living structure in Colorado, Laubach said.

“But now, the new law outlines building codes for counties to use on tiny homes and gives those governments a way to allow people to live in them permanently,” Laubach said. “It’s just another option for people who otherwise can’t a ord a standard home.”

“ is is a huge deal for tiny-home owners and manufacturers,” he said. A rst-of-its-kind tiny home village is about to open in Longmont, where homeless military veterans can temporarily live for free while getting counseling to overcome symptoms of PTSD. e Veterans Community Project was started in Kansas City, Missouri, by a group of combat vet-

erans looking to get their brethren o the streets and into stable housing. e nonpro t is in the midst of a national expansion that includes the Longmont project.

Tiny homes are a perfect incubator for a community that provides counseling and kinship for emotionally battered veterans who need a place to heal, said Jennifer Seybold, executive director of the Veterans Community Project in Longmont.

“ ese are people who are used to living in small spaces and this gives them privacy and a digni ed space,” Seybold said. e 26 tiny homes in the veterans community vary from

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240 square feet for individuals to 320 square feet for families.

Each home is built on a concrete slab foundation and attached to city utilities, and has a kitchen and a full bath.

Sandy Brooks is not surprised by the progress of tiny homes. Brooks bought her 250-square-foot tiny home on her 75th birthday in 2019 and moved to Durango to live in Escalante Village, a tiny home community. Brooks spent about $100,000 on her new home, ignoring her brothers who mocked her choice.

“ ey told me it’s just a fad,” Brooks said. “It’s not a fad. It’s a lot more a ordable than trying to buy a $800,000 house. And a lot more people are guring that out.”

“My footprint is very small and it takes hardly any time at all to keep it clean. And I spend about $42 on electricity,” Brooks said. “I spend my time outside where I can talk to my neighbors or do something else rather than be locked into my home all the time.”

“It’s time and money well spent for me,” she said.

Nationally, tiny home sales were expected to grow by about 4% in 2022 and accelerate in 2025, according to e Ascent, a service of

e Motley Fool investment advisor group. e growth is fueled by the high cost of owning a traditional home, e Ascent said.

e median price for a home in the United States in 2022 was $428,379, while the median monthly mortgage payment is $1,200, according to Red n. In all, Americans spend over 50% of their income on housing, according to e Ascent.

e median price for a tiny home

— about 206 square feet — is about $60,000, while total monthly housing costs can be as low as $600 and rarely exceed $1,000, according to Business Insider. is includes utilities and costs of renting a plot of land but does not include monthly loan payments to buy the tiny home.

Laubach is organizer of the annual Tiny House Festival, which nished its sixth run last month. He said the festival features RVs, homemade campers and other on-the-go vehicles for the adventurous.

TIny homes have lately grown more popular among people wanting to scale back on living costs, he said. is shift in attitude among people from all nancial backgrounds comes as American homes, on average, have grown larger over the past few years despite shrinking family sizes, he said.

“People are just looking for a minimal lifestyle and something more a ordable to live in,” Laubach said. “It’s quicker to clean and to take care of.”

A huge, lush lawn, meanwhile, is not as alluring in these days of drought and res, Laubach said.

“You realize as your home gets larger, your water use gets larger. And then you see all these res around us. People pay attention to that.”

Colorado has an estimated 3,000 tiny homes, but until House Bill 1242 there was no rule addressing how long someone could live in one. Larimer County started elding more requests from residents who wanted to live in their tiny homes for more than 180 days. at prompted ocials to push for legislation that calls

Jennifer Seybold, executive director for Veterans Community Project, stands for a portrait inside a model tiny home in Longmont.

PHOTO BY JEREMY SPARIG, SPECIAL TO THE COLORADO SUN

State farm bill lauded for SNAP program fixes

BY ERIC GALATAS PUBLIC NEWS SERVICE

Colorado is the eighth most-improved state at ensuring SNAP food assistance reaches its most vulnerable residents, according to new rankings from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Anya Rose, public policy manager for Hunger Free Colorado, said the improvements are largely due to more meaningful bene t levels and cuts to red tape during the pandemic, along with strong outreach work.

She hopes Congress will take such key factors into account as it considers the Farm Bill, which includes the program formerly known as food stamps.

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for tiny home standards, including allowing people to reside in them long term, said state Rep. Cathy Kipp, a Democrat from Fort Collins.

e result will be more viable housing options for Coloradans priced out of the traditional housing market, Kipp said.

“We have such a housing a ordability crisis,” said Kipp, who cosponsored House Bill 1242 during the 2022 legislative session. “We are giving people another option to where to live.”

e bill directed the state Division of Housing to draft rules, including a standard for permanent residency of tiny homes, that took e ect July 1. e new law calls for standards to connect tiny homes to utilities, including water, sewer, natural gas and electricity.

In Larimer County, o cials will treat tiny homes like other structures that had not been permitted for fulltime occupancy, but set a path for prospective owners toward getting a building permit, said Eric Fried, the county’s chief building o cial.

Building permits allowing permanent residency will be granted if an applicant complies with zoning, setbacks, ood plain and other land use code rules, gets certi ed by a Colorado professional engineer, master electrician and master plumber, and otherwise follows rules for bedroom emergency escape and rescue openings, sanitation, ventilation and wild re hazards, Fried said.

Local governments will establish their own rules for tiny homes, he said.

“I assume some local governments will adopt similar rules, some may prohibit non-state approved tiny homes entirely, and others may be more lenient than us. It will be up to each authority having jurisdiction,” Fried said in an email.

Some cities and towns in Colorado have already made tiny home living “legal,” including El Paso and Park

“We’re hoping that some of these lessons, of what works for making sure that SNAP has the best impact it can, will be taken up in the Farm Bill,” Rose explained. “To ensure SNAP can feed people as best it can and is accessible to people.”

Hunger Free Colorado works with community partners across the state to get more people who qualify for food assistance enrolled. But after pre-pandemic SNAP work reporting requirements were reinstated, at least half a million Americans are expected to lose food assistance, according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. An additional 750,000 are at risk after the debtceiling negotiations raised the age cap for reporting requirements to

counties, Durango, Leadville, Lyons and Woodland Park, Laubach said. He said in a news release that he backed the state legislation because it will make tiny home living a “more viable option.

“ e legislation will protect consumers by setting standards for tiny home building and manufacturing in Colorado,” Laubach said. “ e legislation will also provide a path for counties to recognize tiny homes as permanent dwellings and open up nancing opportunities.”

Longmont’s Veterans Community Project depends on donations and sweat equity from 90 community partners. Many volunteers show up in the mornings to put nishing touches on the tiny home village, which is set to accept residents by the end of the year, Seybold said.

Many of the people who will be housed in the village now are living in cars, shelters or are sleeping on couches in a friend’s house, Seybold said. “ ey really are living in fairly tenuous situations. ere is not a lot of stability, which hurts them when they are trying to get on their feet, get permanent homes or jobs.”

e village rests on 2 acres west of the Boulder County Fairgrounds and includes community spaces such as a re pit for veterans to gather around. e group also recently opened a 3,000-square-foot community center, where veterans will be able to see case managers to work on problems with health, employment, nancial stability and social isolation, Seybold said.

Most will stay up to a year before they strike out on their own, she said. ey will have case managers working with them once they leave.

e tiny home village is being developed alongside attached duplexes for Habitat for Humanity and 110 single-family homes and 149 townhomes as part of the 66-acre Mountain Brooks subdivision. e neighborhood is located south of Rogers Road and west of Hover Street.

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e majority of SNAP participants are children and people with disabilities, and Rose pointed out most people who can work, do. She added having to ll out paperwork documenting at least 20 hours of work or training activities per week does nothing to help people nd or maintain employment, it just makes the program more costly to administer.

“Taking away someone’s food does not make it easier to hold down a job, or go to that job interview,” Rose contended. “It just creates more red tape for people to access the basic resources that they need.”

In 2017, SNAP added more than $700 million to local Colorado economies, with an overall economic

the builder of the subdivision — is the rst in the country to integrate the tiny homes with a high-end developer of single family homes. “A lot of those homes will go for $500,000 to $1 million,” Seybold said. “But that is something we want. To let our veterans be part of an overall community.”

Last year, the Longmont City Council voted unanimously to waive about $189,582 in development fees for the tiny home village. It was an easy decision, Waters, the Longmont councilman, said, since the work

impact of $1.25 billion, but the state loses more than $230 million each year in grocery sales by not having all eligible residents enrolled. Rose noted back in 2019, just 59% of Coloradans eligible for SNAP got assistance.

“With the 2021 numbers, we’ve jumped up to 73%,” Rose acknowledged. “ at is a great improvement. But there are still 27% of our lowest-income Coloradans not accessing the program, so there is still a lot of room for us to continue this growth.”

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done there to get veterans back into society is likely to bring bene ts in the future.

“I think it was a small investment that is going to reap bene ts later on,” Waters said.

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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Why blind historian tells the stories of the blind

BY TEDDY JACOBSEN TJACOBSEN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

It only takes an introduction and a few minutes of talking with historian Peggy Chong to learn something new.

Chong, also known as e Blind History Lady, can easily rattle o countless names and stories of blind people throughout history. For instance, you may know Stevie Wonder but you probably don’t know Gov. Elias Ammons. Chong has researched the stories of the blind for over three decades. She excitedly shares their biographies with anyone willing to listen, primarily through a monthly email list.

“People often nd the stories hard to believe, that there’s something special about these blind people,” Chong said. “If you read on, you do nd that there was something special about them because they just never quit.”

Chong, who lives in Aurora, was born blind into a family that understood her struggles. ree of her four sisters and her mother were also born blind. Chong said the support and connection she received from her family is rare for the majority of blind people.

“Everything you do feels

like you’re reinventing the wheel,” Chong said. “And you may not have a community around you to help you not feel that way.”

Almost 8% of the U.S. population are visually impaired in some way, according to Georgetown University’s Health Policy Institute.

Just over 4 million Americans aged 16 to 64 have a visual disability and another 3 million people 65-yearsold and older have one, according to the National Federation of the Blind.

Chong said most people go blind later in life due to health issues or injuries. She said it is easy for people to lose faith in their abilities because of a stigma about what blind people can do.

“Too often we’re told that a blind person can’t do that, but blind people throughout the years have accomplished so much in their work,” Chong said. e main stories she tells involve the jobs and work that blind people have had over the years.

Over 70% of potentially employable adults with a visual disability in the United States do not have full-time jobs, according to Cornell University’s U.S. Disability Statistics.

Chong said sharing stories of blind people inspires people today to work the jobs that they want to do, in spite of the adversary.

For example, Chong said most Coloradans don’t know

the state had a blind governor. Elias Ammons was the 19th governor of the state, serving from 1913 to 1915. Although he had some vision, Chong said, it was not enough to read or recognize people across the room.

“ e irony of some of the discrimination is unbelievable when you nd out what these blind people accomplished later in their lives,” she said.

Chong moved to the state ve years ago, where she almost immediately started searching through records in the Colorado Center for the Blind basement. She said she discovered records dating back more than 100 years.  She led the e ort to digitize and transcribe the pages for blind people to read through optical character recognition, which is a system that scans printed text so it can be spoken in synthetic speech or saved to a computer le.

e project started four years ago, and Chong said she is almost done putting the les on the Colorado Virtual Library website.

President of the National Federation of the Blind of Colorado Jessica Beecham said Chong’s work is vital for showing other blind people their rich history is out there and worth sharing.

“As a blind person, I never knew our history,” Beecham said in a press release. “I thought we as blind people were always the rst to do or try anything. at is so lonely. But, through her

research, I, and thousands more are learning that we have broad shoulders of our blind ancestors to stand on, inspiring us to climb higher and reach farther.”

Chong won the Jacob Bolotin Award at the annual convention of the National Federation of the Blind in Houston, Texas earlier this month. e award comes with $5,000 to help her advance her research into the history of the blind of the United States.

e Dr. Jacob Bolotin Awards honor individuals and organizations that are a positive force in the lives of blind people. e namesake of the award, Bolotin (1888-1924), is hailed as the world’s rst physician who was blind from birth.

Each year the National Federation of the blind presents the awards at its annual convention. is is the second time she received this award for her work, the rst coming in 2018.

Her new project will take her to the Library of Congress archives in Washington D.C. where she will research and tell the history of an awards program through the Harmon Foundation from 1928-1932.

“ is award means a lot to me,” Chong stated. “It represents the validation by my peers that my work to uncover the lost history of our blind ancestors is important.”

To join Chong’s monthly email list, send an email to theblindhistorylady@ gmail.com.

Peggy Chong with the Jacob Bolotin Award at the annual convention of the National Federation of the Blind in Houston earlier this month.

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For-profit college students getting financial help

BY JASON GONZALES CHALKBEAT COLORADO

About 7,400 students who attended the for-pro t CollegeAmerica in Colorado from 2006 to 2020 will automatically get $130 million in student debt forgiven after the U.S. Department of Education found the college made widespread misrepresentations. CollegeAmerica students will be noti ed in August that their federal student loan balance has been wiped clean. ey also will be reimbursed for the amount they paid on those loans. e education department used evidence provided by Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser in its forgiveness

decision, nding parent-company Center for Excellence in Higher Education gave false information about the salaries and employment rates of its graduates, the programs it o ered, and the terms of a private loan product it o ered.

“CollegeAmerica, they took advantage of people and preyed on vulnerable individuals,” Weiser said during a July news conference with the federal education department. “ ey had tens of thousands of TV commercials, radio, mailers, all of which promoted starting salaries or median starting salary that they claimed their degrees would give people access to. at was fundamentally untrue.”

Federal Student Aid Chief Operating O cer Richard Cordray credited Weiser’s o ce for its work exposing issues with College America. e Colorado attorney general’s o ce started investigating the for-pro t in 2012, with a nal judgment in favor of the state in 2020.

Cordray said issues included CollegeAmerica in ating job placement rates from 40% to 70%. e college also advertised higher salaries for its graduates, sometimes by twice as much.

“Nothing can replace the time these students spent, the years that have passed, and their trust that is broken,” Corduroy said. “What we can do, we will do, to try to make things right.”

e department’s actions discharge federal loans for the 7,400 students. Private loans, however, are not eligible for forgiveness.

e Biden-Harris Administration has forgiven $14.7 billion in relief for 1.1 million borrowers nationally whose colleges took advantage of them or closed, according to a news release.

Students at now-closed Corinthian Colleges, ITT Technical Institute, and Westwood College also have received loan relief.

Chalkbeat is a nonpro t news site covering educational change in public schools.

Colorado hands out grants aimed at college, opportunities

BY SARA MARTIN CHALKBEAT COLORADO

Colorado is investing a chunk of its federal relief money in the future of students to boost the job economy.

e Polis administration announced in June that the state would award $27 million to 46 groups across the state in a rst round of funding to support workforce training in local urban, suburban and rural economies via the Opportunity Now Colorado grant program. Grants range from $50,000 to $7 million.

e grants aim to make college more accessible for high school students, open educational opportunities for older adults who never attended or nished college, and “are intended to help connect more Coloradans with in-demand, high-wage occupations,” according to the governor’s o ce. It also will fund healthcare education programs in order to address the healthcare worker shortage that has been a persistent problem throughout the pandemic.

“ is is designed to help ll the workforce gap and get people the skills they need for positions that are available and ready to start today and tomorrow — it will help power economy and help Colorado shine in terms of workforce readiness,” said Gov. Jared Polis in an interview with Chalkbeat Colorado.

Eve Lieberman, the executive director of the O ce of Economic Development and International Trade, said,

“Increasingly we were hearing from businesses that they want to be partnering with educational institutions and creating these innovative models. at’s exactly what we’re doing here is forming grant opportunities to allow for that innovation, those partnerships, and to have industry help cocreate that talent.”

In 2021, Colorado lawmakers passed legislation that created the Student Success and Workforce Revitalization Task Force Report to determine how to spend federal pandemic relief money.

e task force’s main suggestion was to create a statewide grant program for innovative ideas that connect community groups, colleges, and employers. e state is now using $85 million of the one-time federal money on the grants.

St. Vrain Valley Schools is using its $7 million grant to partner with multiple organizations and school districts, including Estes Park R-3, Weld RE-3J, and Adams 12 Five Star Schools, to further develop its early childhood/K-12 education, technology, and advanced manufacturing workforce pathway programs.

St. Vrain currently partners with CU Denver in a program for high school juniors and seniors to take dual education enrollment courses that can transfer to CU Denver after graduation. With the new funds, CU Denver will develop classes for adult working professionals and high school students to access college coursework

and earn additional credits. e credits will be free to students and district professionals.

“Being able to remove so many nancial barriers, it gives students a real strong feeling of success and our older working professionals, where many of them haven’t been in school for a number of years, the same feeling,” said Diane Lauer, St. Vrain Valley School District’s chief academic ofcer.

Students will be able to earn certicates in the technology or advanced manufacturing elds in welding, metal fabrication, pipe tting, electronics, and machinery operation.

Colorado State University of Pueblo was awarded over $1.39 million to help address the healthcare crisis, especially for Coloradoans who are Hispanic, rural, and low-income. e money will help address the state nursing shortage with new nurses and instructors in the graduate program.

“One of the reasons that nursing shortages exist is because there’s a shortage of nursing instructors. is is due to retirements in the healthcare workforce, and could be a university or college-level nursing program not being able to admit the number of students that are applying because there are not enough quali ed faculty with the credentials to instruct,” said Alexandra Hansen, CSU Pueblo’s regional development o cer.

Hansen said that the university wants to listen to its community and

encourage those in the southern Colorado region to join an in-demand, high-paying occupation.

People who have experienced limited access to healthcare may nd the nursing eld a ful lling career, Hansen said.

Limited access could be due to sta ng shortages or “because they’re a Spanish-speaking family who have experienced going to a clinic where there are no Spanish-speaking providers,” she said.

e grant will support graduate students in becoming nurse managers, educators, and practitioners at the master’s and doctoral levels. It aims to enhance health equity in 15 counties in southern Colorado.

Tepeyac Community Health Center in Denver received over $1 million from the grant program. Tepeyac’s program will initially focus on increasing equitable access to clinic positions, training, and licensing. Tepeyac historically has served the Latino communities in the Globeville and Elyria-Swansea neighborhoods since the early 1990s.

Two additional rounds of grant funding with the remaining $58 million will be available through Opportunity Now Colorado, with the next application period opening in August. e last of the grants will be announced by December 2024.

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Plan leads to fight over electric vehicle chargers

BY JUDITH KOHLER THE DENVER POST

Supporters of speeding up the move to electric vehicles see investment by utilities as essential, but business groups say it will be hard for them to compete with utilities on providing charging stations for the public.

In its second plan on electric vehicles led with regulators, Xcel Energy proposes spending $145 million to build a public charging network over the next three years in addition to o ering rebates and other programs. Charge Ahead Partnership, a national coalition that includes retailers that want to build EV charging stations, opposes proposals by Xcel and other utilities to install and operate chargers.

Coalition spokesman Ryan McKinnon said regulated utilities like Xcel Energy would have an unfair advantage in the emerging market because they can use ratepayers’ money to invest in the infrastructure and they get a certain rate of return on their investments.

“We’re advocating for poli-

cies that will make it more of a level playing eld for private business retailers, basically just letting the free market come in and be able to provide this service without having to compete with a monopoly,” McKinnon said. e coalition also objects to utilities owning and operating chargers because the money will come from ratepayers, including low-income customers and people who don’t have EVs.

Will Toor, executive director of the Colorado Energy O ce, said there’s plenty of room for investors who want

Scott Bauman, o -street operations manager of City and County of Denver plugs the charger to the electric vehicle.

City of Denver dedicated its first public on-street EV charging station at the corner of 14th Ave and Bannock St. on December 20, 2017.

to build the thousands of charging stations that will be needed to meet the state’s goals for electrifying transportation.

“I’m more concerned that between state, federal, utility and private sector investment, can we get enough investment to meet that need,” Toor said.

An updated EV plan released earlier this year by the Polis administration calls for 2.1 million cars and SUVs on Colorado roads by 2035 and 1,700 fast chargers and 5,800 slower public chargers.

An analysis by the Inter-

national Council on Clean Transportation said that nearly $1 billion will have to be spent on charging infrastructure through this decade if Colorado wants to meet its goals.

e analysis suggested that Colorado will need nearly 5,000 fast-charging EV ports by the end of 2030, said Christian Williss, managing director for transportation at the energy o ce.

“Right now we’re at a little over 800,” Williss said. “It kind of takes an all-handson-deck approach.”

Public utilities are regulated but essentially operate as monopolies, providing service in certain geographical areas. In return, they get to recover the costs of building power plants, transmission lines and other expenses while making a certain amount of pro t.

Both Xcel Energy and Black Hills Energy have submitted plans to the PUC for supporting the use of electric vehicles. Business and trade groups that object to utilities getting into the EV charging business have focused on Xcel Energy,

Colorado’s largest electric utility.

Xcel has proposed building and operating up to 460 public fast chargers in its service territory from 20242026. at number is less than 10% of the more than 6,000 additional chargers needed to support the state’s goal of having 940,000 EVs on the road by 2030, Jack Ihle, Xcel’s regional vice president for regulatory policy, said in testimony to the PUC.

“Transportation is the largest source of carbon emissions in the United States and our EV vision complements our net-zero carbon emissions goal for 2050,” Xcel spokeswoman Michelle Aguayo said in an email. e goal is to provide everyone in communities served by Xcel “the bene ts of electric transportation, whether they own an EV, use public transit or bene t from improved air quality,” Aguayo added.

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Annual ‘Horizon Heroes’ game kicks o football season

BY JOHN RENFROW JRENFROW@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

It’s a tradition that cycles with the wheel of time: high school students trying to get the better of their predecessors, no matter the event or competition.

Rather than try to best a senior prank or create a goofy tradition, the football and cheer teams at ornton’s Horizon High School strive for something else. ey work to one-up the “Horizon Heroes” game from the year before.

For the past six years, the Hawks have hosted children and adults with disabilities for a day of football. Participants, aged 7 to 25, practice skill-building, teamwork and competition (with no shortage of fun). e seventh annual game will be held on Aug. 5 at 6 p.m. at the school’s stadium.

“Last year, these boys were already talking about what they were going to do this year, how they were going to make an impact, who they wanted to work with next year,” said Melissa Clark, one of the

volved last year as “freshmen moms” for the football team. ey came back because they were awed by the immense, positive impact of the event, Clark said.

Both the football team and cheer squads help put on the event. Clark said the student athletes love passing on what they’ve learned by joining

they’re teaching it in such a small amount of time, and being able to create a team environment that quickly, they love it,” Clark said.

e juniors are always striving to do better in practice so they can get a shot at a spot in the event. As a rule, the better teammate and leader you are, the better opportunities you’ll

have to contribute, Clark said.

“We do a one-on-one, so we team one boy with one participant, and then we have the defense,” Clark said. “And that’s all determined by how they practice throughout the summer, and it has a lot to do with their teamwork. Also, are they a leader for the rest of their guys? Because they have to go out and lead the partici-

ere’s a lot of pressure on the football team this year considering last year’s class set a high bar as they were “larger than life” in the eyes of the participants, some who are returning this year, Clark said.

But it’s not all about football.

e cheer team also shares what they’ve learned and help show the participants the work they do on the sideline, keeping the energy, and team morale, high.

Plus, this year the school’s marching band and color guard will attend as well, ensuring an unforgettable experience for all those involved whether player, cheerleader or participant. Add in the

fans in the stands, and the environment is sure to bring the energy of a regular season showdown.

When Clark was growing up, her best friend’s family worked with individuals with special needs. She called them her family. ey would all share the dinner table and spend a lot of time together, Clark said.

Now, being in that world in a new way, and being able to give back, is every bit as rewarding as she hoped.

“[Growing up] we didn’t really have a lot of events to do outside of just other adults with special needs, or a closed o item that their group did,” Clark said. “Seeing kids and young adults being able to participate in something that they don’t get to participate in, and seeing that side-byside interaction with such a wholesome group of boys, it’s awesome to watch and see.”  To register for the Aug. 5 event, visit this link. Despite the date on the form, late registrations are still being accepted.

Denver Disruptors bicycle racers to roll through Commerce City

BY JOHN RENFROW JRENFROW@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Can’t get enough professional sports teams in Colorado? Good. e National Cycling League has you covered. It’s bringing an exciting, free professional bicycle race to the Front Range.

e NCL Cup, a series, is in its rst year, and composed of 10 cycling teams composed of men and women — including the league-leading Denver Disruptors. ey compete in three races across the country for one NCL Cup champion to be crowned this fall. e rst event in Miami in April rallied nearly 20,000 spectators. e league is hopeful for similar numbers as cyclists race a course around the Colorado Rapids’ soccer stadium at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City on Aug 13.

“It’s the world’s rst majority-minority and female-owned sports league,” said Reed McCalvin, the vice president of teams and operations for the NCL. “ e four founders, and then myself, a founder with a very little ‘f,’ basically wanted

to help change the face of sports and equality in sports.”

e founders include successful executives, tech company veterans, NFL agents, lawyers, and more, with high-pro le investors in professional sports, such as the NBA’s Bradley Beal and the NFL’s Jalen Ramsey and Derwin James.

ey all have the same goal: to bring cycling to the next level on a new, even playing eld. e races are not multi-day, grueling races with mountain passes somewhere along the way like the Tour de France and ones closer to home from years past, including the Colorado Classic and USA Pro Challenge.

e NCL is criterium-style racing, meaning they’re fastpaced as cyclists ride on a set race course, doing laps to gain points along the way. e women and men compete in di erent competition groups for the same team, so each side brings equal weight to the scoreboard.

A new, even playing field

And, the NCL is set up in

a way that allows men and women on the teams chances to contribute to the score. Some teams, such as the Denver Disruptors, have a full team of both men and women. Other teams that do not have both women’s and men’s divisions may merge with another women’s/men’s team for the purposes of competing in the NCL Cup Series.

For example, the Goldman Sachs ETFS Racing women’s team and Texas Roadhouse Cycling Team men’s team combined, and they’re currently sitting in third place.

“ e National Cycling League is setting a new standard for inclusivity in professional sports by championing diversity. I was drawn to the opportunity to impact and transform communities through our mission,” said CEO Andrea Pagnanelli. “With more than 50 million cyclists in the U.S., we have an opportunity to grow the passion and excitement for the sport of cycling among the next generation of fans.”

But perhaps the experience and cohesion of the Disrupt-

ers is what has them so ahead of the pack. Currently the team is in rst place with a score of 139. e Miami Nights are in second sitting at 95.

“Everybody has a mother, daughter, girlfriend, cousin, niece, what have you, that wants to see them equally represented and paid well. Sport is the great equalizer. One of our underlying taglines is ‘Make bike racing look like America looks,’” McCalvin said.

ere are nearly 30 di erent nations represented in the participating teams, and several of the riders are former Olympic and world-renowned athletes.

Why Denver?

After a year of diligent research, which included meeting advisors from a plethora of other professional sports leagues and studying cycling in America, Denver emerged as a prime candidate for an NCL hub not only to host a local team but to hold events in the future.

“Colorado is just a cycling state,” McCalvin said. “Denver

makes it consistently in the top 10 cities. We had a 49-row wide Excel spreadsheet of di erent reasons, including socioeconomics, number of people that bike, what the city spends on infrastructure around bikes, all that stu . Denver was in the top 10 in nearly every category.”

Noah Granigan is one of the Denver Disruptors, as has been a part of the Colorado cycling community since he attended CU Boulder in 2014, where he was a member of the college’s cycling team.

As a fourth-generation international-level cyclist, Granigan has cycling in his blood. He now lives in Superior and said Colorado is the perfect place for cyclists.

“Colorado is such a great place to be a cyclist in terms of training roads, weather, and the massive cycling community so I ended up just staying in the area after I graduated,” Granigan said. “Colorado has become my new home so it’s pretty cool to now be on a Denver-based team.

It’s not all about football. The cheer team at Horizon High School brings the energy on the sidelines with participants from the 2022 event. COURTESY PHOTO

“Denver is such a strong cycling community because it’s simply a great place to be a cyclist,” Granigan added. “ at’s why there are so many professional cyclists that come from or move to Colorado. e road cycling is world-class, and then you have such incredible mountain biking, gravel, bike parks, and bike friendly cities like Denver on top of that.”

The ‘Ford vs. Ferrari’ model

Just because Denver is a great hub for cycling doesn’t mean the team was guaranteed success. In fact, McCalvin said there was some experimenting in bringing together the NCL, and he followed a popular movie’s method for nding and creating the best teams.

“One of the things I came up with was this ‘Ford vs. Ferrari’ concept,” McCalvin said. “It started with a blank slate. So we have a Miami team that I made more ‘Ferrari’, where it was a bunch of existing criterium racers in America and some track racers. And with Denver, we went with more long endurance road racers and former Tour de France riders and some track racers as well. is was like our beta test for our rst year. We’re just trying to see what works.”

So far, Ford is crushing Ferrari, and endurance-based riding is dominating.

“It didn’t take long for our team to really start to understand, read, and communicate with each other midrace,” Granigan said. “With riders from all over the world, all with their own strengths and styles, we were quick to take all of that and create a really strong unit, which we demonstrated in the Miami Beach cup in the rst race of the year.”

Development of the future

e experimentation is still ongoing, McCalvin said. e three events this

year are all in di erent formats. e Miami event was held on Ocean Drive.

e Denver event is held at a professional sports facility. e Atlanta event will be more private and VIP-based.

“We’re trying to gure out what the model is in relation to keeping it community-based and getting the local families and community involved. I want your aunt to go and have a good time. Not just you because you enjoy cycling,” McCalvin said.

But McCalvin knows the future of all sports is in broadcasting. e NCL events are all broadcast on the GCN+, the Global Cycling Network streaming service. It’s all about expanding the league’s reach and getting new fans invested and interested in the sport.

“We’re very excited about being at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park,” McCalvin said. “A big part of what we’re doing is development of the future. It’s one of our pillars. It’s the best thing in the community.”

At the Aug. 13 event, there will be free junior racing, free mountain bike crit racing for kids, and a community ride for fans of all ages.

In fact, everything involving the event is free: the parking, the tickets, the community-based activities involved, and watching the pro race. e only thing interested fans will need to purchase is food and souvenirs, unless they want VIP tickets, which can be purchased on www. nclracing.com.

“Now we’re the cycling team in Denver and Colorado, and that’s important to us,” McCalvin said. “I remember when the Mammoth rst started, and I remember when the Rapids rst started. It didn’t quite happen all at once. It started semi-small-ish, and it’s grown into a [signi cant] fanbase and community staple.”

For more information on the NCL and the Denver Disruptors, visit the team’s website at www.nclracing.com/ teams/0/denver-disruptors.

“Paint your faces, bring your ags, and come out and support!” McCalvin said.

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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. 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

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

2012000020591 Original Principal Amount

$106,903.00

Outstanding Principal Balance

$90,331.62

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.

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

PARCEL ID NUMBER: 0171930402023

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. A202379905

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

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. 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

Original Beneficiary(ies)

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt MCLP Asset Company, Inc.

Date of Deed of Trust March 13, 2012

County of Recording

Adams

Recording Date of Deed of Trust

March 20, 2012

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

City & County

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;

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

On May 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)

EARNEST ROMERO AND ERIKA RODRIGUEZESCOBEDO AND JEREME SANCHEZ

Original Beneficiary(ies)

MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR INDYMAC BANK, F.S.B.

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, not in its individual capacity, but solely as trustee on behalf of GSAA Home Equity Trust 2006-17

Date of Deed of Trust

July 07, 2006

County of Recording Adams

Recording Date of Deed of Trust

July 14, 2006

Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) 20060714000712830**

Original Principal Amount $273,600.00

Outstanding Principal Balance $286,467.10

Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with

Adams County Treasurer

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Adams County Treasurer

Adams County Treasurer

Semi Annual Report For Six Months

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Adams County Treasurer

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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.

A PORTION OF PLOT 2, BLOCK 3, THE ORCHARD AND VEGATABLE GARDEN SUBURB NO. 1 ROSE HILL OF THE WESTERN LAND AND COLONIZATION COMPANY ACCORDING TO THE RECORDED PLAT THEREOF DESCRIBED AS: THE NORTH 140 FEET OF THE EAST 65 FEET OF THE WEST 375 FEET, COUNTY OF ADAMS, STATE OF COLORADO

**Pursuant to Home Affordable Modification Agreement effective October 1,2013

Also known by street and number as: 6615 E 61ST PLACE, 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, 09/27/2023, 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 8/3/2023

Last Publication 8/31/2023

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: 05/25/2023

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

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

Attorney File # 00000009757121

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.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

LOT 3, BLOCK 10, QUEBEC HIGHLANDS FILING NO. 1, SECOND AMENDMENT RECORDED ON APRIL 2, 2007 AT RECEPTION NO. 2007000033323, IN THE 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. 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. 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 AU -

THORITY

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 EN-

TITLED 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. A202379861

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)

TERRA HORTON

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 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE ON BEHALF OF GCAT 2022-HX1

TRUST

Date of Deed of Trust

October 01, 2021

County of Recording

Adams

Recording Date of Deed of Trust

October 01, 2021

Recording Information (Reception No. and/or

Book/Page No.)

2021000117062

Original Principal Amount

$629,971.00

Outstanding Principal Balance

$621,469.01

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

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

LOT 24, REUNION FILING NO. 37, COUNTY OF ADAMS, STATE OF COLORADO.

Also known by street and number as: 16688 EAST 111TH CIRCLE, 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: 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 # 00000009783655

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. A202379906

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

On May 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) ERICA HERNANDEZ AND JAMES HERNANDEZ JR

Original Beneficiary(ies)

MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION

SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR GUARDIAN MORTGAGE, A DIVISION OF SUNFLOWER BANK, N.A., ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt COLORADO HOUSING AND FINANCE AUTHORITY

Date of Deed of Trust

June 03, 2019

County of Recording Adams

Recording Date of Deed of Trust

June 11, 2019

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

2019000044505**

Original Principal Amount $374,000.00

Outstanding Principal Balance

$353,765.50

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

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

LOT 8, BLOCK 4, PLATTE RIVER RANCH FILING NO. 5, COUNTY OF ADAMS, STATE OF COLORADO.

**MODIFICATION OF PROMISSORY NOTE AND/ OR DEED OF TRUST RECORDED ON 10/10/2019 AT RECEPTION NO. 2019000086780 TO CORRECT PAYMENT DUE DATE, MATURITY DATE AND PUD RIDER INFORMATION. THE MODIFICATION OF PROMISSORY NOTE AND/ OR DEED OF TRUST WAS RE-RECORDED ON 10/17/2019 AT RECEPTION # 2019000089176 TO INCLUDE THE PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT RIDER.

Also known by street and number as:

1269 LARK AVENUE, 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, 09/27/2023, 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 8/3/2023

Last Publication 8/31/2023

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: 05/25/2023

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

Attorney File # 22-027190

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. 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.

OF SALE

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. 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 AU -

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. 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:

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. 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.

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

Donna Rae McCuen-Rosales

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

166 N 5th Avenue, Brighton, CO 80601

Recording Date of Deed of Trust

August 29, 2019

Recording Information

2019000071329

Legal Description of Property

THE SOUTH 10 FEET OF THE SOUTH 1/2 OF LOT THREE (3) AND THE NORTH 35 FEET OF LOT FOUR (4), BLOCK 8 MALCOM’S SECOND ADDITION TO BRIGHTON, COUNTY OF ADAMS, STATE OF COLORADO.

Street Address of Property

166 N 5th Avenue, Brighton, CO 80601

NOTICE OF UNCLAIMED OVERBID FUNDS

I sold at public auction, at 10:00 AM on 5/17/23, at 4430 S. Adams County Pkwy, Suite W1000, Brighton CO 80601-8219, to the highest and best bidder for cash, the real property described above. An overbid was realized from the sale and the funds must be claimed by the Obligor/Grantor(s) on the evidence of debt and/or Deed of Trust or other persons entitled thereto within six months from the date of sale. THE STATE OF COLORADO REQUIRES US TO NOTIFY YOU THAT YOUR PROPERTY MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO THE CUSTODY OF THE STATE TREASURER IF YOU DO NOT CONTACT US BEFORE 11/17/2023 as part of the “Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act”, pursuant to Colorado law.

First Publication 8/3/23

Last Publication 8/31/23

Name of Publication Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel

Date: 6/29/23

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

By: Treasurer and Public Trustee

COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION

CRS §38-38-103

SALE NO. A202379889

FORECLOSURE

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)

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

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

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 EAST LINE LOTS 1 AND 2 A DISTANCE OF 523.00 FEET TO A POINT ON THE NORTH LINE SAID LOT1; THENCE S89°20’00”E ALONG 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.

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.

NOTICE OF UNCLAIMED OVERBID FUNDS CRS 38-38-111(2.5b)(3a,b,d)(5)

PUBLIC TRUSTEE SALE NO. A202379666

To: Obligor/Grantor(s) on the evidence of debt and/or Deed of Trust or other person entitled. You are advised that there are overbid funds due you.

This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:

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

July 06, 2004

County of Recording

Adams

Recording Date of Deed of Trust

July 16, 2004

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

20040716000626740

Original Principal Amount $190,000.00

Outstanding Principal Balance $138,452.51

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 17, Block 86, Blocks 86, 87, 88 and 89 of Thornton, Colorado, County of Adams, State of Colorado

Also known by street and number as:

2641 Barnhart Street, 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, 09/20/2023, 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

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 # CO21372

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. A202379866

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)

Che Randolph Ramirez-Cisneros

Original Beneficiary(ies)

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt

NewRez LLC, F/K/A New Penn Financial, LLC,

D/B/A Shellpoint Mortgage Servicing

Date of Deed of Trust

July 30, 2015

County of Recording

Adams

Recording Date of Deed of Trust

August 03, 2015

Recording Information (Reception No. and/or

Book/Page No.)

2015000062807

December 02, 2015

Re-Recording Information (Reception No. and/or

Book/Page No.)

2015000100822

Re-Recording Date of Deed of Trust

Original Principal Amount

$236,550.00

Outstanding Principal Balance

$205,125.78

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

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

BEGlNNING AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF TRACT 7, ROYAL CREST SUBDIVISION; THENCE WEST ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID TRACT 7, A DISTANCE OF 82.5 FEET; THENCE NORTH 103.43 FEET; THENCE EAST 82.5 FEET TO THE EAST LINE OF SAID TRACT 7; THENCE SOUTH ALONG THE EAST LINE OF SAID TRACT 7, A DISTANCE OF 103.785 FEET TO THE PONT OF BEGINNING, COUNTY OF ADAMS, STATE OF COLORADO.

Also known by street and number as: 1261 W 71st Pl, 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 7/6/2023

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:

Ilene Dell’Acqua #31755

McCarthy & Holthus, LLP

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

Attorney File # CO-23-957281-LL

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

COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION

CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. A202379870

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

Eric J Whitcomb

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

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

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. A202379910

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

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

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

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

Also known by street and number as: 19612 E Batavia Drive, Aurora, CO 80011.

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

NOTICE OF SALE

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 AM on Wednesday, 09/06/2023, 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 # 21-025717

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

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. 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.

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. 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 of Trust

July 17, 2019

Recording Information (Reception No. and/or

Book/Page No.)

2019000055921 Original Principal Amount

$285,000.00

Outstanding Principal Balance $288,791.91

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.

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

On May 30, 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)

Tara Lynn Bell AND Tommy Donn Bell

Original Beneficiary(ies)

MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR CITYWIDE HOME LOANS, ITS SUCCESSORS AND AS-

SIGNS

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt COLORADO HOUSING AND FINANCE AUTHORITY

Date of Deed of Trust

August 14, 2017

County of Recording Adams

Recording Date of Deed of Trust

August 16, 2017

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

2017000071035

Original Principal Amount $253,817.00

Outstanding Principal Balance $245,053.92

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 2, H.LH.(REPLAT) SUBDIVISION, COUNTY OF ADAMS, STATE OF COLORADO. APN #: 01825-07-1-12-004

Also known by street and number as: 4160 West 64th Avenue, Arvada, CO 80003.

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

NOTICE OF SALE

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 AM on Wednesday, 09/27/2023, 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 8/3/2023

Last Publication 8/31/2023

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: 05/30/2023

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 # 23-030078

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

NOTICE OF UNCLAIMED OVERBID FUNDS CRS 38-38-111(2.5b)(3a,b,d)(5)

PUBLIC TRUSTEE SALE NO. A202279617

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

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

Gholamreza Irani-Bushehri

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

8901 Quigley Street, Westminster, CO 80031

Recording Date of Deed of Trust

October 17, 2017

Recording Information 2017000090972

Legal Description of Property

THE REAL PROPERTY, TOGETHER WITH IMPROVEMENTS, IF ANY SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN ADAMS COUNTY, AND STATE OF COLORADO, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: THE NORTH FIFTY (50) FEET OF LOT FOUR (4) AND THE SOUTH THIRTY-FIVE (35) FEET OF LOT THREE (3), BLOCK FIFTY-FOUR (54), SHAW HEIGHTS SIXTH FILING, COUNTY OF ADAMS, STATE OF COLORADO.

APN: 0171919408023

Street Address of Property 8901 Quigley Street, Westminster, CO 80031

NOTICE OF UNCLAIMED OVERBID FUNDS

I sold at public auction, at 10:00 AM on 4/19/23, at 4430 S. Adams County Pkwy, Suite W1000, Brighton CO 80601-8219, to the highest and best bidder for cash, the real property described above. An overbid was realized from the sale and the funds must be claimed by the Obligor/Grantor(s) on the evidence of debt and/or Deed of Trust or other persons entitled thereto within six months from the date of sale. THE STATE OF COLORADO REQUIRES US TO NOTIFY YOU THAT YOUR PROPERTY MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO THE CUSTODY OF THE STATE TREASURER IF YOU DO NOT CONTACT US BEFORE 10/19/2023 as part of the “Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act”, pursuant to Colorado law.

First Publication 7/6/23

Last Publication 8/3/23

Name of Publication Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel

Date: 6/5/23

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

By: Treasurer and Public Trustee

COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION

CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. A202379912

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

On May 30, 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)

Evan Edward Weiland AND Maya Jane Weiland

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 AUTHORITY

Date of Deed of Trust

June 17, 2022

County of Recording

Adams

Recording Date of Deed of Trust

June 23, 2022

Recording Information (Reception No. and/or

Book/Page No.)

2022000055256

Original Principal Amount

$456,235.00

Outstanding Principal Balance

$453,715.15

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

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

LOT 1, BLOCK1, KARL’S FARM FILING NO. 1, AMD. NO. 1 FINAL PLAT, COUNTY OF ADAMS, STATE OF COLORADO, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED JULY 17, 2020 UNDER RECEPTION NO. 2020000067365

Also known by street and number as: 12274 Irma Drive, Northglenn, 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, 09/27/2023, 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 8/3/2023

Last Publication 8/31/2023

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: 05/30/2023

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 # 23-030116

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 SECU-

CERTIFICATES Series 2007-C Date of Deed of Trust November 08, 2006 County of Recording

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. 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.

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

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

ing 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

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. A202379882

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with

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. 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 relat-

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. A202379878

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)

ERNEST RETIKIS

Original Beneficiary(ies)

MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR MORTGAGE RESEARCH CENTER, LLC DBA VETERANS UNITED HOME LOANS

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt CARRINGTON MORTGAGE SERVICES, LLC

Date of Deed of Trust

June 09, 2020

County of Recording Adams

Recording Date of Deed of Trust

June 10, 2020

Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) 2020000052609

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Russell Santoya, Deceased

Case Number: 2023 PR 234

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 27, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Trace Santoya

Personal Representative

13383 Elizabeth Way Thornton, CO 80241

Legal Notice No. NTS2783

First Publication: July 27, 2023

Last Publication: August 10, 2023

Publisher: Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Albert Harley McFarland, Deceased

Case Number: 2023 PR 145

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 20, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Denise McFarland

Personal Representative

4875 W. 81st Place apt 1B Westminster, Colorado 80031

Legal Notice No. NTS2760

First Publication: July 20, 2023

Last Publication: August 3, 2023

Publisher: Westminster Window

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Winston Paul Little, Deceased

Case Number: 2023 PR 30445

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 20, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Tonichere Little

Personal Representative

1304 Explorador Calle Denver, Colorado 80229

Legal Notice No. NTS2761

First Publication: July 20, 2023

Last Publication: August 3, 2023

Publisher: Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of NATHAN PAUL SHELTON, a/k/a NATHAN SHELTON, a/k/a NATE SHELTON, Deceased

Case Number: 2023 PR 30468

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 December 4, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Tonyal Shelton

Personal Representative

% Werth Law LLC, P.O. Box 808 Brighton, Colorado 80601

Legal Notice No. NTS2794

First Publication: August 3, 2023

Last Publication: August 17, 2023

Publisher: Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of WILLIAM WALTER GREGORY, aka WILLIAM W. GREGORY, aka WILLIAM GREGORY, aka BILL GREGORY, aka WILLIAM WALTER GREGORY SMG, Deceased

Case Number: 2023 PR 30568

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 27, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Jonathan William Gregory

Personal Representative

c/o Robinson & Henry, P.C. 7555 East Hampden Avenue, Suite 600 Denver, CO 80231

Legal Notice No. NTS2773

First Publication: July 27, 2023

Last Publication: August 10, 2023

Publisher: Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Anne L. Pyle, a/k/a Anne Pyle, a/k/a Anne Loiuse Pyle, Deceased Case Number: 2023 PR 233

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

20, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Dave P. Knipstein

Personal Representative 591 S. Taft St. Lakewood, CO 80228-2921

Legal Notice No. NTS2744

First Publication: July 20, 2023

Last Publication: August 3, 2023

Publisher: Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Sharon E. Swanson, Deceased Case Number: 2023 PR 222

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 30, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Janice L. Carter

Personal Representative PO Box 4346 Englewood, CO 80155-4346

Legal Notice No. NTS2779

First Publication: July 27, 2023

Last Publication: August 10, 2023

Publisher: Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Therese E Santoya, Deceased Case Number: 2023 PR 235

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 27, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Trace Santoya

Personal Representative 13383 Elizabeth Way Thornton, CO 80241

Legal Notice No. NTS2784

First Publication: July 27, 2023

Last Publication: August 10, 2023

Publisher: Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Madeline A. Talarico, Deceased

Case Number: 2023 PR 220

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 20, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Billi Cerrone

Personal Representative 10028 Alcott St Federal Heights, CO 80260

Legal Notice No. NTS2756

First Publication: July 20, 2023

Last Publication: August 3, 2023

Publisher: Westminster Window

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Josephine Lucilla Ponce, also known as Lucilla Josephine Ponce, also known as Josephine L. Ponce, also known as Josephine Ponce, also known as Lucilla Josephina Ponce, Deceased

Case Number: 2023 PR 30586

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 December 4, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Ricco Roman Ponce

Personal Representative 114 76 Kenton St. Henderson CO 80640

Legal Notice No. NTS2805

First Publication: August 3, 2023

Last Publication: August 17, 2023

Publisher: Westminster Window 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

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.

***** IMPORTANT NOTICE*****

Any interested person wishing to object to the requested action set forth in the attached motion/ petition and proposed order must file a written objection with the court on or before the hearing and must furnish a copy of the objection to the person requesting the court order. JDF 722 (Objection form) is available on the Colorado Judicial Branch website (www.courts.state.co.us). If no objection is filed, the court may take action on the motion/ petition without further notice or hearing. If any objection is filed, the objecting party must, within 14 days after filing the objection, contact the court to set the objection for an appearance hearing. Failure to timely set the objection for an appearance hearing as required will result in further action as the court deems appropriate.

Legal Notice No. NTS2776

First Publication: July 27, 2023

Last Publication: August 10, 2023

Publisher: Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Louis Cecil Martin, aka Louis Martin, aka Louis C Martin, Deceased Case Number: 2023 PR 30496

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 20, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Kellie Crouse

Personal Representative 13902 Detroit Street, Thornton, CO 80602

Legal Notice No. NTS2741

First Publication: July 20, 2023

Last Publication: August 3, 2023

Publisher: Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of MARILYN RAE WALTERS

a/k/a

MARILYN R. WALTERS, Deceased

Case Number: 2023 PR 30550

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.

/s/ Anthony D. Damon Attorney for Personal Representative

The Damon Law Firm, LLC 4465 Kipling Street #101 Wheat Ridge, CO 80033

Legal Notice No. NTS2781

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: Cora M. Wall, Deceased

Case Number: 2023PR030569

Division T1 Courtroom

Attorney or Party Without Attorney

Elisabeth W. Sherman Caldwell Sherman PC 4410 Arapahoe Ave., Suite 205 Boulder, CO 80303

Phone Number: (303) 945-2750

E-mail: lisa@caldwellsherman.com

FAX Number: (303) 957-2605

Atty. Reg. #: 28369

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 two-thirds (2/3) of an undivided 1/6 mineral interest

Location of Property Township 1 South, Range 67 West: NW/4NW/4 of Section 25, less and except any portion thereof lying within the Union Pacific Railroad right-of-way

The hearing without appearance on the petition will be held at the following time and location:

Date: September 28, 2023

Time: 8:00am

Courtroom or Division: T1

Address: 1100 Judicial Center Drive, Brighton, CO 80601 The hearing will take approximately 15 minutes.

IMPORTANT NOTICE*****

Any interested person wishing to object to the requested action set forth in the attached motion/ petition and proposed order must file a written objection with the court on or before the hearing and must furnish a copy of the objection to the person requesting the court order. JDF 722 (Objection form) is available on the Colorado Judicial Branch website (www.courts.state.co.us). If no objection is filed, the court may take action on the motion/ petition without further notice or hearing. If any objection is filed, the objecting party must, within 14 days after filing the objection, contact the court to set the objection for an appearance hearing. Failure to timely set the objection for an appear ance hearing as required will result in further action as the court deems appropriate.

Legal Notice No. NTS2775

First Publication: July 27, 2023

Last Publication: August 10, 2023

Publisher: Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel

Name Changes

PUBLIC NOTICE

Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

Public notice is given on July 6, 2023, that a Peti tion for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Adams County Court.

The petition requests that the name of Rikki Dalene Pierotti be changed to Kiki Dalene Arguello

Case No.: 23 C 0895

By: Deputy Clerk

Legal Notice No. NTS2762

First Publication: July 20, 2023

Last Publication: August 3, 2023

Publisher: Westminster Window

Public Notice

Adams County Court 1100 Judicial Center Drive Brighton, Colorado 80601

In the Matter of the Petition of:

Parent/ Petitioner: Adriana Felix

For Minor Child: Liliana Sophia Gutierrez

To Change the Child’s Name to: Liliana Sophia Felix

Case Number: 2022 C 967

NOTICE TO NON-CUSTODIAL PARENT BY PUBLICATION

Notice to: Diego Gutierrez, non custodial parent.

Notice is given that a hearing is scheduled as follows: