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The pandemic has touched virtually every aspect of life in Littleton and the metro area Pages 2-11

Schools closed until at least March 30 District joins wave of closures in response to COVID-19 pandemic

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Littleton Public Schools will close for at least two weeks in an effort to prevent the spread of COVID-19, the district announced March 12.

School was scheduled to be in session through the end of March 13, according to a district news release.

The district will reassess the situation on March 29, with plans to reopen on March 30. All district clubs, sports, events and performances are suspended until April 5.

The second week of the closure, March 23-27, was already scheduled as the district’s Spring Break.

There are no known cases of COVID-19 in the district, according to the release.

Superintendent Brian Ewert said he decided to close the district after a day of consultation with other superintendents, state health officials, epidemiologists and Gov. Jared Polis.

“We know it’s not overly dangerous to kids, but they can be carriers,” Ewert said. “Schools are a hotbed of diseases and viruses. This is our attempt to help flatten out SEE SCHOOLS, P9

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“We are likely on the verge of a tipping point where we will see more community spread. This will get worse before it gets better.”

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‘This will get worse before it gets better’ Governor gives update on ‘community spread’ of COVID-19 as case numbers climb

WHAT IS CORONAVIRUS?

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

A day after Gov. Jared Polis declared a state of emergency in response to the spread of COVID-19 — the disease caused by a widespread coronavirus — the number of confirmed cases nearly doubled, and Polis announced guidelines for K-12 school closures and travel to Colorado’s mountain towns.

“At this point, we can confirm community spread in the high country of Colorado, and while we’re still investigating and have not confirmed community spread in the Denver metro area, we are treating it as if it is already occurring,” Polis said at a March 11 news conference.

Community spread can mean cases and outbreaks in areas where people became infected and the source is unknown. When it’s more widespread, it means cases and outbreaks in many communities where the virus is spread between people.

Also on March 11, the World Health Organization — the United Nations health agency — classified COVID-19

Colorado Governor Jared Polis, shown here in January, said on March 13 it’s possible Colorado has thousands of undetected cases of COVID-19.

FILE PHOTO as a pandemic, which means an outbreak of illness with sustained transmission, or spread, on more than one continent.

By the end of last week, Colorado had 131 positive cases of COVID-19 total and more than 700 had been tested at the state lab.

In the metro area, there were multiple cases in Adams, Arapahoe, Denver, Douglas and Jefferson counties.

Originally, cases were referred to as presumptive positive because initial testing is done at the state level, and results were to be confirmed by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or CDC. But the CDC

confirmed the state no longer needs to wait for confirmation because the test the CDC performs is identical to the state’s testing.

“We are likely on the verge of a tipping point where we will see more community spread,” Polis said at the news conference, where he also noted, “This will get worse before it gets better.”

But he also emphasized the role everyday citizens have in mitigating the spread and putting others first in the face of disruptions to daily life.

“This is really a test of our Colorado character,” Polis said.

Polis announced guidance for all K-12 school districts in the state, outlining closures if they have a student or staff member who is infected.

One COVID-19 case at a school would trigger a closure for at least 72 hours to disinfect the building. For schools with three cases within a 30day period, closure is required for a minimum of 14 days. If three schools in a district have cases within a 30day period, all schools in the district are required to close for a minimum of 14 days.

The University of Colorado-Boulder announced it would transition to online classes for the rest of the semester, starting March 16, due to COVID-19 concerns. Metropolitan State University of Denver is moving classes online by March 30, as is Colorado State University on March 25.

The state is also limiting visitation

Coronavirus is a family of viruses named for the microscopic view of crownlike spikes on their surfaces, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

These viruses can cause the common cold or more severe diseases such as SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) and MERS (Middle East respiratory syndrome), which have seen outbreaks in the past, according to the CDC. COVID-19 — standing for “coronavirus disease 2019” — first appeared in late 2019 in Wuhan, China.

Symptoms of COVID-19 can include fever, cough and breathing trouble. Most people develop only mild symptoms, according to Denver Public Health. But according to the CDC, some — usually those with severe underlying health conditions or older adults — develop more serious symptoms, including pneumonia, which can be fatal.

Technically, COVID-19 is caused by a virus named SARS-CoV-2.

to senior facilities, announcing incoming rules regarding nursing homes and senior-care facilities.

Some groups are at higher risk of getting very sick or dying from COVID-19, including those over age 60 — especially people over 80 years old — as well as people with chronic medical conditions.

“Young, healthy people should take the proper precautions so they don’t perhaps fatally (impact) vulnerable populations,” Polis said.

The governor also advised that that older people and those with underlying health conditions should avoid travel to the high country and refrain from attending large gatherings.

Polis also highlighted sporting events as among the public gatherings that should take measures to prevent spread of the virus. To that end, the Colorado High School Activities Association announced it would limit the number of people attending state basketball tournament games last week, before ultimately canceling the remainder of the tournament after several girls games had been played on March 12. CHSAA also suspended all spring sports and activities through April 6.

Guidance will also be issued on protecting staff and people in custody at Colorado’s 24/7 facilities, such as correctional facilities, Polis said.

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If you have symptoms of COVID-19, first call a health care provider, clinic or hospital. The provider will give instructions on whether you need to be tested and on where to go to for care and testing.

If instructed to seek care, follow the precautionary advice of the medical provider before going into any health facility, the state advises.

Certain people are at higher risk of getting very sick from COVID-19, including older adults, especially those over 80; and those with chronic medical conditions such as heart, lung or kidney disease. Older adults who have chronic medical conditions are at the highest risk.

Illness can be severe and require hospitalization, but most individuals recover by resting, drinking plenty of liquids, and taking pain- and fever-reducing medications, according to the state.

Other advice from public health officials: • Stay home if you are sick.

• Wash your hands thoroughly and frequently for at least 20 seconds. If soap and water are not available, use hand sanitizer with at least 60% alcohol.

• Clean and disinfect frequently touched objects and surfaces such as desks, phones, doorknobs and rails.

• Avoid touching your eyes, nose and mouth with unwashed hands.

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City of Littleton suspends some municipal programs and services STAFF REPORT

The City of Littleton is expected to declare a state of emergency, and will close all public buildings and suspend public meetings in an effort to slow the spread of the COVID-19 virus, officials said on March 14.

Under the plan, Bemis Library, the Littleton Museum, city hall and the Public Works Department’s service center would all shut down to the public, City Manager Mark Relph said. The police department and city utilities would remain fully staffed, and many city employees would work from home.

All jury duty summons for the remainder of March are canceled, and all municipal jury trials will be rescheduled. Court hearings in March and April can be rescheduled.

The city encourages residents to access city services like building permit submittals, sewer utility payments and sales tax payments online.

Public meetings, including a regular city council meeting scheduled for March 17, would be suspended. The city council must convene with at least a quorum of four to ratify an emergency declaration from the city manager.

Relph is expected to make the declaration on March 16 or 17, and council

is expected to ratify it soon after, said Mayor Jerry Valdes.

The emergency declaration will allow Littleton to better coordinate with local, state and federal agencies to allocate funding and public health resources, Relph said.

“We will reassess the situation every day,” Relph said. “We are working closely with the Tri-County Health Department. I urge people to remain calm. Communication and good information are important.”

Relph said he expected the closures to last between one and three weeks, but couldn’t say for sure. The decision to declare an emergency came after extensive consultation with local and state health officials, city staff and department heads, and following emergency declarations from Gov. Jared Polis and President Donald Trump.

Under the city’s emergency plan, Littleton Police Chief Doug Stephens is the city’s emergency manager.

Mayor Jerry Valdes said the declaration is a wise call.

“Most of the jurisdictions around us are making similar declarations, and we believe this is prudent on our part,” Valdes said. “Hopefully this is all overblown, but we don’t want to take any chances.”

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Tri-County health director has respiratory illness John Douglas takes precautions but opts against COVID-19 test

BY JESSICA GIBBS JGIBBS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

When local officials from the TriCounty Health Department’s jurisdiction — which serves more than 1.5 million people — gathered in Douglas County and livestreamed a “virtual town hall” about the COVID-19 pandemic, there was one notable absence.

John Douglas, Tri-County’s executive director, joined by Skype from his home while other public health officials sat in front of cameras in the Douglas County commissioners’ hearing room.

The head of Colorado’s largest health department was sick with a respiratory illness on March 11.

He chose to practice what he’s been preaching during the COVID-19 outbreak by staying home while ill and avoiding spreading germs to others.

No, he doesn’t know if he is sick with COVID-19.

Douglas has not been tested for the novel coronavirus sweeping the globe because testing, he said, is still limited.

“If testing was easy and widely available, I would probably get tested to help me understand how long I should self-isolate and because I am

A screenshot from the virtual town hall held by Tri-County Health Department and its counties shows Executive Director John Douglas participating by Skype from his home.

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very curious,” Douglas said by email.

“However, while we are doing our best to help support broader access, testing is still limited, and I don’t want to compete for testing resources for those with a great need to know.”

Those individuals include anyone who has traveled to high-risk areas, has a known exposure to someone with COVID-19, or has a greater chance of exposing a vulnerable population, such as health care workers.

As of March 13, Douglas was still at home, isolating himself and “acting as though I am potentially contagious with something.” He’ll do so until he feels better, and is taking precautions

around his healthy family members, he said.

Testing capabilities were in the spotlight on March 13 as Gov. Jared Polis held a news conference where he spoke at length about the state’s progress in testing people for COVID-19 and the need for more testing in Colorado and across the nation.

“We need to dramatically increase our testing capacity. Frankly, we needed to dramatically increase our testing capacity months ago,” Polis said.

Polis said he expressed his frustrations to Vice President Mike Pence, and added that he believes a lack of early action in Washington to set up mass testing capabilities “has hampered our ability to avoid mass disruption to our lives and economy.”

Polis characterized testing as a crucial step in providing epidemiologists more information on the virus and a clearer picture of the virus’s spread in the state. It also helps inform people who are infected, and makes sure they know what to do.

The state’s capacity for testing has increased recently. Private labs are now able to offer COVID-19 tests and the state now has two drive-through testing labs. But demand is high.

Colorado’s first drive-up testing lab in Lowry closed early on March 12 because of high volume. The center

served more than 650 people in two days. The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment announced March 12 it would determine the best cut-off in a lengthy line of cars with occupants waiting three or more hours to be seen. Those waiting in line but not served on March 12 would have priority the following day.

At the time of Polis’ March 13 news conference, the lab had not reopened because of inclement weather. Still, the governor had activated the National Guard, from which medics are conducting training to administer tests around the state. Training was underway March 13. The state announced later on March 13 it would reopen the drive-through center at a new location — the Denver Coliseum — on March 14.

Pitkin County opened a mobile lab that was operational March 13, Polis said.

The governor urged Colorado residents to stay aware of the latest COVID-19 updates. The virus will continue to spread, he said, and most people will know someone who becomes infected. He also stressed the need to avoid panic and stay calm.

The majority of cases will remain mild and most people will experience minor symptoms. Stopping COVID-19’s spread is important to protect vulnerable populations and to prevent the healthcare system from growing overwhelmed, he said.

Anyone who has symptoms of COVID-19 is encouraged to call his or her doctor first for guidance on how to manage their illness. A doctor’s note is required for the drive-through testing centers and people should not seek testing without first consulting their health care provider.

Those who have been tested should stay home until they receive results.

Anyone whose test is positive needs to stay home at least two weeks, Polis said.

“We want to continue to push the federal government as well as the private-sector partners to scale up testing,” Polis said. “Aggressive and sustained testing is a powerful tool for fighting the virus.”

South Suburban temporarily closes facilities STAFF REPORT

South Suburban Parks and Recreation District has decided to temporarily close its facilities to help stop the spread of COVID-19.

The closure went into effect with most facilities the night of March 13, the district said in a news release.

Golf courses were to follow the next day. The closures were expected to last through March 27 but were scheduled to be reevaluated on March 19.

At the recommendation of state and local health organizations, the

closure includes all recreation centers, golf courses, tennis facilities, sports domes, entertainment and community centers, ice arenas, and the cancellation of all programs, classes and camps.

South Suburban plans to deep-clean facilities in an effort to help prevent spread of the virus, the release said.

No cases of COVID-19 had been reported at district facilities as of March 13.

Credits will be issued for patrons who have already signed up for classes, programs or camps, according to the release.

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‘The panic is here’ in stores around area Locals scramble for essential items amid outbreak of novel coronavirus

BY NICK PUCKETT NPUCKETT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Lori Gifford approached the milk refrigerator at the back of a King Soopers Marketplace in Parker March 13 and scanned the empty shelves that once held a variety of products, looking for organic milk to no avail.

The King Soopers at 117761 Cottonwood Drive was bustling with shoppers stocking up on food at the end of the first week when the country saw mass cancellations and closures due to the spread of COVID-19. Entire aisles of products were decimated that Friday afternoon as workers carried cardboard boxes up and down walkways to replenish what they could.

A lifelong Coloradan from Parker and a health care professional, Gifford said she has never seen a reaction like this to a contagion. The number of COVID-19 cases continued to rise in Colorado and throughout the United States, prompting schools to close and events to be canceled.

“The panic is here, and that’s what we have to deal with now,” Gifford said. “They exited Douglas County Schools now, so we have to plan for family being home and eating.”

Denver resident Sam Sherer shops for soup at a King Soopers in Englewood. He said he is concerned about COVID-19 and has been washing his hands frequently and working on not touching his face. The store’s canned goods shelves were scarce.

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Grocery stores and supermarkets throughout the Denver metro area were quickly running out of certain products, including toilet paper, hand sanitizer and cleansing wipes. As the spread of the novel coronavirus forced school closures and event cancellations and prompted employers to encourage work-from-home options, people began scouring shelves for essential food items as well. Shelves with items such as flour, milk, dog food, bread and canned goods quickly emptied over the course of one day, March 13.

Bryant Nguyen, of Centennial, said the COVID-19 outbreak has affected

Shoppers at Target in Lone Tree look for items to stock up on. his day-to-day life. Instead of going to his gym, he works out from home.

He works from home now as well. He said he didn’t stock up on anything in particular, except some frozen foods to store for later.

“It’s definitely affecting all aspects of life,” Nguyen said. “It’s been pretty comprehensive. Just trying to stay safe, wash hands. Purell and Lysol wipes are hard to come by, but we’re trying to get our hands on that.”

One King Soopers customer service representative said the store ran out of toilet paper the morning of March 13 and did not anticipate restocking

until the next truck arrived the following night.

A Target representative said the store in Lone Tree had been out of toilet paper since about an hour after opening and recommended people get to the store early if they want to buy the item.

Walmart announced March 10 on its corporate website that it will work to stay stocked and keep prices fair. The store will be diverting certain products to areas most in need of replenished inventory.

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Governor declares state of emergency

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Gov. Jared Polis declared a state of emergency in response to the spread of COVID-19, the disease caused by a widespread coronavirus, as the number of cases in Colorado continued to grow on March 10.

“Our administration’s response will be guided by the science and lessons learned from the countries and states that this virus arrived in first,” Polis said in a statement. “We will continue to be proactive and working around the clock to protect public health and safety with an eye towards preventing the need for more drastic measures that result in social disruption.”

The World Health Organization — the United Nations health agency — on March 11 classified COVID-19 as a pandemic, which means an outbreak of illness with sustained transmission, or spread, on more than one continent.

The emergency declaration gives Polis broad temporary powers, and he is acting to protect those who are most vulnerable to the virus, said Conor Cahill, the governor’s press secretary.

Polis directed the Colorado Department

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of Labor and Employment to make emergency rules to ensure workers in foodhandling, hospitality, child care, health care and education receive paid sick leave if they exhibit flu-like symptoms and have to miss work awaiting testing results for COVID-19, according to a governor’s office news release.

For workers who test positive and lack access to paid leave, Polis directed the Labor Department to identify other support, such as access to unemployment insurance.

That’s an especially important step for those who work with older people and those with underlying health issues, who are all considered vulnerable populations amid the spread of COVID-19, according to the state.

“When those workers lack access to paid sick leave, it poses a great risk to our ability to protect the public,” the governor’s office said in a release.

Polis also directed the Colorado Department of Revenue to temporarily allow those over the age of 65 to extend their driver’s licenses online to avoid having to gather at DMVs. The declaration also allows Colorado to request more federal funding to respond to COVID-19.

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The largest private employer in the United States, Walmart is also taking measures to protect its employees.

Workers are asked to stay home if sick and the store will provide pay options and support if a worker is diagnosed with COVID-19.

Major supermarket outlets, like Walmart, King Soopers and Target, have all authorized managers to decide on a consumer limit on certain products. Items like bottled water and toilet paper are available on an itemper-customer limit.

Bonnie Lee, a mother of seven from Elbert County, said she expects her adult children to come home if the spread of the virus continues because they may not be as prepared as their mother.

“I’m just going to get groceries while I can and I’m going to go home and wait it out,” Lee said. “And put my trust in Jesus.”

Kevin Donovan, of Englewood, said he wishes people would be more considerate of their neighbors when shopping during this stressful time.

“We live in an individualistic society, where everybody is out for themselves,” said Donovan, who was shopping for produce March 13 at the King Soopers at 3495 S. University Blvd. “I would like to see more of a community approach. We shouldn’t hoard all of the toilet paper. We shouldn’t hoard all of the paper towels. Let’s just share with our community — that is what I want to see.”

Josh Shepard, assistant manager of the same Englewood King Soopers where Donovan was shopping, said

An empty aisle at a Target in Lone Tree that once contained eggs. First, toilet paper flew off the shelves. As widespread cancellations hit March 12 and 13, food products like eggs, canned foods, meat, rice and flour became in short supply.

An empty aisle at a King Soopers in Parker that once contained toilet paper and paper towels. Toilet paper has been hard to come by as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has encouraged people to stay home if they can.

PHOTOS BY NICK PUCKETT the day was “absolutely nuts,” listing numerous items the store was out of or that were almost gone, including meat, water, frozen foods and, of course, toilet paper. He also brought light to what many store workers are going through during the recent shopping frenzy.

“I live out in Aurora, so I have not been able to see my family a lot, because I am here,” said Shepard, adding that he gets one day a week off.

“But making money is what I have to do.”

— Reporter Joseph Rios contributed to this report.

Major supermarkets, like this Target, has authorized managers to limit the number of certain items one customer can have to prevent hoarding of essential products.

This aisle once contained toilet paper, tissues and paper towels.

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Valdes said the city will closely monitor the situation for impacts on elderly or immunocompromised people, who are at greater risk from the virus, as well as people experiencing homelessness, who may have a harder time accessing medical care.

Valdes said his thoughts are also with first responders, who don’t have the option to stay distant from others to prevent the spread of disease, though he said South Metro Fire Rescue and other local agencies are taking every precaution.

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Senior living communities taking extra precautions Facilities in south metro area look to reduce residents’ risk of contracting COVID-19

BY NICK PUCKETT AND ELLIOTT WENZLER STAFF WRITERS

Senior living facilities throughout the south metro area are taking extra precautions to prevent the spread of COVID-19, a virus that can bring serious health complications for older adults.

For the most part, visiting hours have been limited and events canceled.

Facilities are upping their cleaning and disinfecting efforts and reminding staff to be aware of respiratory and flu-like symptoms.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention states it is extra important for people in vulnerable groups to take action to reduce the risk of contracting the disease caused by a coronavirus, COVID-19. People with heart disease, diabetes and lung disease are also at higher risk of becoming severely sick from this illness.

MorningStar Senior Living, Wind Crest retirement community and Brookdale Senior Living have posted messages to residents and their families on their respective websites about the preventative measures being taken and reminders to take steps to help curb the spread of the virus.

These and other senior living facilities in the area are focusing on prevention and containment. Their actions include sending informational letters out to residents and their families, additional training for staff, stocking up on disinfectant and cleaning supplies,

boosted cleaning frequency and posted extra signage throughout the facility.

MorningStar — which has locations throughout the metro area, including in Lone Tree, Parker and Centennial — will limit resident outings and visiting hours and has canceled all largescale events and outside entertainers.

“We believe these protocols are a wise and necessary part of protecting the populations we serve. We ask you to partner with us for the sake of our seniors,” MorningStar CEO Ken Jaeger states on the facility’s website.

Wind Crest, in Highlands Ranch, stated it is taking “unprecedented action” in response to the virus.

“Although we have no reported cases, we are acting with an abundance of caution and taking every precautionary measure necessary, consistent with CDC guidelines, in response to this serious public health concern,” Wind Crest spokesperson Courtney

Benhoff stated in a March 12 email.

Wind Crest stated it will be screening visitors prior to entry to the facility. It is also temporarily suspending all large on-campus sales events and activities that include outside groups.

Non-essential business travel for employees has been canceled.

Brookdale stated it has a corporate emergency response team in place to provide support to local staffs in the event of a confirmed COVID-19 case.

Among its numerous area locations are sites in Englewood, Highlands Ranch and Greenwood Village.

“We would follow the guidelines of the CDC for recommendations for confirmed cases in healthcare settings; those guidelines include steps to minimize chances for exposure, adhering to personal protection protocols and managing visitor access,” Brookdale spokesperson Heather Hunter stated in a March 10 email.

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the apex of infection, and give medical professionals a chance to get out in front of this. It’s about protecting our most vulnerable neighbors.”

The district is currently unable to provide online learning, said school board President Jack Reutzel.

“We’re a brick-and-mortar establishment,” Reutzel said. “We don’t have a robust online component like colleges. We can send along materials and point out websites for some subject matter, but we struggle, especially with kindergarten through about second grade. We hope this interruption is minimal.”

Staff will provide grab-and-go breakfast and lunch available at East and Field elementaries, which have the highest number of students on free or reduced lunch plans, Ewert said.

FREE BREAKFAST AND LUNCH AVAILABLE FOR KIDS Littleton Public Schools will provide free grab-and-go breakfast and lunch from March 16 through 20.

Meals will be available from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at two locations: East Elementary School at 5933 South Fairfield St. and Field Elementary School at 5402 South Sherman Way. Anyone under the age of 18 may take a free lunch and breakfast for the next day.

“I’m under no illusion this isn’t a hardship for parents,” Ewert said.

“But I don’t know what else to do.

We have to work to keep people apart. This pandemic will have huge impacts throughout the economy and culture.”

Molly Zackary, whose son is in kindergarten, said the LPS closure was going to present a child care challenge — until she found out her own employer is closing for the next two weeks as well.

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“Now, we’re worried about our family’s financial security,” Zackary said. “And I’m worried my son will go stir crazy.”

Zackary said she has plenty on her mind beyond the school closure, including the wellbeing of her elderly relatives, but she’s heartened by the swift community response she’s seeing.

“I’m hearing about parents rallying together to help each other out,” Zackary said. “That’s what will get us through this.”

The district joins a cascade of other closures in the Denver metro area and around the country in response to the spread of a strain of coronavirus labeled a pandemic by the World Health Organization.

Ewert said it was unlikely the closure will force schools to stay in session later into the summer, because the Colorado Department of Education is expected to grant widespread waivers for the number of days school must be held.

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The closure followed a swift series of escalating measures by the district to address the spread of the illness over the past week: All school-sponsored travel was suspended on March 10, and all events and clubs were suspended earlier on March 12.

The closure follows the cancellation of the Educator Day of Action, a teacher walkout planned by the Colorado Education Association that had been planned for March 19.

Arapahoe Community College also announced a temporary closure on March 12.

Ewert said the widespread closures are unnerving.

“This is my 34th year in education, and I’ve never experienced what I did yesterday,” he said on March 13. “I was a principal on 9/11, and I didn’t experience the widespread anxiety I’m feeling and hearing about now. We haven’t done this before. We’re plowing a new field here.”

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Colorado Legislature to shut down for at least two weeks State lawmakers decide to pause while awaiting coronavirus developments

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

As Colorado’s number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 rose to 131 — and amid the state’s first death due to the disease — the state Legislature decided to shut down until at least March 30.

Lawmakers passed a resolution March 14 to adjourn for roughly two weeks, according to a release from state House Democrats spokesman Jarrett Freedman.

The Capitol was closed to the public March 16 and 17, and crews were to clean all areas per guidelines by the state and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, according to a state news release. Staff and media members were to be allowed in the building during that time.

Staff suspended Capitol tours indefinitely as of March 13, according to Theresa Holst, manager of visitor services at the Capitol.

School districts, high school sports, libraries, recreation centers and some large gatherings in the Denver metro area had all temporarily shut down, been canceled or were postponed amid the spread of COVID-19, the disease

Laws will not be getting passed at the Capitol until at least March 30. caused by a widespread coronavirus.

The state was likely on “the verge of a tipping point” where it will see more widespread person-to-person transmission of the illness, Gov. Jared Polis said at a March 11 news conference.

The Legislature has yet to finish work on some of its highest-profile bills, including the annual state budget and the “Colorado option” — Dem-

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“It’s a bit unclear whether or not the session can be extended past (early) May,” Freedman said, noting that there are legal questions surrounding that possibility. Lawmakers plan to ask the Colorado Supreme Court to clarify.

All bills still on the table will remain in place until the Legislature reconvenes, Freedman said. The recess may be extended if coronavirus concerns are serious enough, he said.

The decision to shut down was made by both Republicans and Democrats after the Legislature’s consultation with public health officials.

“House and Senate leaders have been talking throughout the day collaboratively to arrive at this pathway forward,” said Freedman, who described the decision as bipartisan.

“I appreciate the bipartisan cooperation we have had in crafting the resolution to recess,” state Senate minority leader Chris Holbert, R-Douglas County, said in a news release. “This crisis has reminded us that while legislators have an important role in our state government, our being in session is not critical to the response to the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s better that we adjourn and relieve the public of the burden of advocating for or against legislation at the Capitol until this crisis subsides.”

As the number of COVID-19 cases grows in the state, Children’s Hospital Colorado has implemented visitation restrictions and travel/illness screenings, according to a news release.

Families of patients at Children’s may identify up to four caregivers, ages 18 or older, who will be allowed to visit. Only two visitors are allowed at a time.

Parents who must bring in their child for an emergency visit are asked to avoid bringing in additional family members. Limiting the number of visitors to the hospital is one way to limit the spread of illness and keep everyone safe, the release said.

Patients and families also might see doctors and nurses wearing masks and protective equipment. Some of the masks fit over the head and look almost like an astronaut helmet.

Staff members wearing the protective equipment can provide the same level of care, according to the news release.

Parents of children with symptoms that could be coronavirus are asked not to go unannounced to a doctor’s of-

fice, emergency department, hospital or medical facility. Instead, they are asked to call the child’s doctor or the hospital’s ParentSmart Healthline at 720-777-0123 to get guidance about the right course of action.

In addition, patients are being asked not to come to emergency or urgent care locations unless they are experiencing a medical emergency or are directed to go there by a doctor. This is to help limit the spread of illness in the community, and to allow emergency departments to care for patients with the most critical needs first.

For information about COVID-19 and potential exposure information, call CO-Help at 303-389-1687 or 1-877462-2911 for answers in both English and Spanish.

Children’s Hospital Colorado offers a number of resources for families.

A page of frequently asked questions about COVID-19 can be found at www.childrenscolorado.org/about/ news/2020/march-2020/coronavirus.

A video that answer kids’ questions about the virus can be viewed at www. youtube.com/watch?v=vSsKQPqpS7A, and a kid-focused hand washing video is available at www.youtube.com/ watch?v=x3QUtQQp8W4.

Charting Pediatrics has a podcast available that provides updates. Go to chartingpediatrics.libsyn.com/coronavirus-sars-cov-2-or-covid-19-importantupdates-for-providers-s3e36-0.

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What colleges, universities are doing

BY CHRISTY STEADMAN CSTEADMAN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

As with many institutions across the nation, Denver-area colleges and universities are taking precautions aimed at preventing the spread of COVID-19.

Here is a look at what schools are doing: Arapahoe Community College Spring break will be extended through March 30 to give the college time to transition to remote or online classes. Courses that cannot be delivered remotely will be structured to provide social distancing and other responsible precautions. www.arapahoe.edu/ Auraria Campus Auraria Campus includes Community College of Denver, University of Colorado-Denver and Metropolitan State University of Denver. The three colleges are working together on handling shared facilities.

University of Colorado-Denver: The school will remain open during spring break, March 23-27 as it prepares for a transition to online or remote courses. UCD expects to have full implementation of remote teaching and learning by March 30, though some courses may transition sooner. www1.ucdenver.edu/coronavirus Metropolitan State University of Denver: The school will remain open during spring break as it prepares for a transition to online or remote courses.

Metro expects to have full implementation of remote teaching and learning

by March 30 and stated that it is likely

classes will not take place on campus for the remainder of spring semester. www.msudenver.edu/coronavirusupdate/ Community College of Denver: No announcements on campus closures or a transition to online courses has been made as of March 12. Updates concerning campus operations are expected.

Colorado Christian University As of March 12, “classes, chapel and other operations on the Lakewood campus for students in the College of Undergraduate Studies will continue as usual at this time.” www.ccu.edu/ coronavirus/ Colorado School of Mines Classes will be canceled March 16-20 to prepare for a transition to remote and online courses. All courses will transition to online by March 30, which will be implemented for the remainder of the semester. Though classes will not be taking place in-person, the campus and its facilities will remain open to provide academic support services. www.mines. edu/emergency/coronavirus/ Front Range Community College Classes are canceled during the week of March 16 at the Westminster and Boulder County campuses, and the week of March 23 at the Larimer Campus. Spring break has been extended by one week, but campus buildings will remain open. Classes on all campuses will resume on March 30. However, most classes will be conducted either online or videoconferencing, and some will be conducted through a combina-

tion of remote access and campusbased lab time where social distance can be maintained. It is expected that courses will continue as such for the remainder of the semester. https:// www.frontrange.edu/ Johnson & Wales University Denver Campus As of March 11, the school’s website stated: “A Denver Campus student who presented to that campus’ Health Services is presumably positive while awaiting CDC evaluation. Out of an abundance of caution, the Denver Campus remains closed and updates are being provided to those students, faculty and staff.” www.jwu.edu/news/ coronavirus.html Red Rocks Community College Classes will not be held from March 16-29. Remote instruction and exams for most classes, and risk reduction plans for those classes not easily transitioned into remote instruction will be in place beginning March 30. www. rrcc.edu/cdphe-coronavirus Regis University Regis University’s website states “academic continuation plans have been developed to ensure that courses may continue online in the event that face-to-face instruction must be suspended for a period of time. As the situation unfolds, the university response will evolve in equal measure.” www. regisupdates.com

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Con artists are trying to cash in on the coronavirus.

According to a Nextdoor post by the Arapahoe County sheriff, reports show that people are creating malicious websites and emails to get money and infect computers with a virus.

Experts have found fake websites for the World Health Organization and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. If you click on links to those sites, scammers can secretly install malware that steals information from your laptop, the post says.

If you are contacted by a person or organization that appears to be from WHO, verify the authenticity before responding.

The World Health Organization will never:

• Ask you to log in to view safety information • Email attachments that you have not asked for • Ask you to visit a link outside of www.who.int • Charge money to apply for a job, register for a conference or reserve a hotel • Conduct lotteries or offer prizes, grants, certificates or funding through email.

For accurate information about the coronavirus, go to https://www.tchd. org/AlertCenter.aspx Cons and COVID-19 Fake websites and emails can infect your computer with a virus. The Arapahoe County Sheriff ’s Office provides the following safety tips: • Verify the sender’s email address • Check the website link before you click • Never provide personal information • Don’t let anyone pressure you • If they call asking for money, hang up • If you think it’s a scam, report it

University of Denver As of March 12, the University of Denver is not closing its campus.

However, certain measures are being implemented: All classes will move to online courses, beginning March 17 and continuing until at least April 10.

Decisions about whether online instruction will continue for the remainder of the spring term will be made no later than March 31. In-person, winter quarter exams beginning on March 17 will be moved to remote or online exams. www.du.edu/coronavirus Colleges outside of the Denver area University of Colorado-Boulder: Starting March 16, the university will transition to online classes for the rest of the semester.

Colorado State University: A transition to online courses will occur

by March 25.

University of Northern Colorado: All classes will be taught remotely following the university’s spring break, March 15-22, through April 5. In-person classes are expected to resume on April 6, but that could change.

Colorado College: Spring break has been extended until March 29.

Distance-learning classes only may be implemented for the remainder of the academic year.

Colorado Mesa University: As of March 11, the campus is open, but following spring break, courses will be temporarily moved to an online format from March 23-April 5.

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arents scrambling for child care options on the heels of temporary school closures.

Store shelves without essential goods, including bread, eggs and toilet paper.

Events and ball games canceled.

Libraries and recreation centers closed.

A collective feeling of tension and uncertainty as the world, right down to our own communities, suddenly has become a different place.

In little more than a week, Colorado went from no reported cases of COVID-19 to more than 100, a mark that was surpassed March 14. None

OUR VIEW of our Denver metro area counties has been spared by the pandemic, with multiple cases reported in Adams, Arapahoe, Denver, Douglas and Jefferson counties and more.

This is a time in which physical isolation, sometimes in the form of imposing a self-quarantine, is becoming increasingly necessary.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says symptoms of COVID-19 can include a cough, fever and shortness of breath. If you can, get tested for the virus. But the CDC

urges you to stay home, except to get medical care, even if you just suspect that you have been infected.

We applaud those of you who are taking crucial precautions, be it avoiding crowds, a self-quarantine or the necessity of carefully washing your hands with soap and water.

This is a time when community members need each other more than ever, and everyone must do his or her part.

So what can you do? Tips and recommendations are too numerous to list here — find much more at www.cdc.gov — but here are a few we would like to highlight:

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conferences?

Those are all behavior-based decisions.

Should we or shouldn’t we do or attend something? Just within the past two weeks many were still trying to minimize the outbreak or impact of the coronavirus. While some closings and events were canceled and people had no choice or decision to make about going somewhere or doing something like showing up to work or attending class, others still pressed on and went to concerts, conferences, work, and other events and gatherings where many people were together.

They still made the decision to shake hands, give hugs, and live and work as they always did.

And these behavior-based decisions were sometimes made because people believed they had to do what they needed SEE NORTON, P23

LETTER TO THE EDITOR A selfish plan In case there are any parents who were still naive enough to believe the “it’s for the children” nonsense we always get when Littleton Public Schools wants more money, the stunt planned by the teachers for March 19 should dispel that myth. Apparently, teachers, with the blessing of the school board, will force parents to scramble to make costly arrangements to care for their children so they can take an unscheduled day to show solidarity to each other.

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Editor’s note: The teachers’ rally planned for March 19 has been canceled due to concerns about the COVID-19 pandemic.

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When life gives you moisture, make the moist of it

When difficult times create easy decisions

eople make new decisions based on new information. And sometimes, what we think are difficult decisions to make as we face a trying or challenging time, become much easier to WINNING make when we receive WORDS the right information and new data.

For the past few weeks, individuals, businesses of all sizes, organizations and schools have all wrestled with difficult decisions. Do I travel?

Do I go to work? Do we restrict our people from Michael Norton coming to work? Do we place a ban on company travel? Do we cancel events and conferences? Do we not attend those events or

Help protect older adults, whom the CDC has identified as being particularly at risk from COVID-19.

Maybe you are under the weather but don’t think much of it — well, please think again. Avoid crowds in general, of course, but pay particular attention to keeping your distance from seniors if it is at all possible you are infected.

Create a household plan. The CDC recommends having on hand a twoweeks’ supply of medications, food and other essentials. To that, we’ll add this: Don’t hoard.

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eadline: “Celebrity swears by moisturizer.”

Tell me: Who swears by a moisturizer?

What exactly is a moisturizer?

Is here a man alive who can say the word “moisturizer” with a straight face? My father never said the word “moisturizer.”

Like father like son.

You’re not going to hear me say QUIET “moisturizer.”

DESPERATION I’m one of the lucky ones. My father didn’t work at a moisturizer factory. If he had worked at a moisturizer factory, I’d have to say “moisturizer factory” whenever I was asked where my Craig Marshall father worked.

Smith Maybe there are other jobs a father could have that his son would hate to admit to.

“He makes automobile scent diffusers.”

“What?”

“You know? Those little pine trees you hang from the rear view mirror.”

A moisturizer is a lotion or cream that prevents dry skin.

So does St. Louis. Ever been

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there?

Dry skin in St. Louis is an impossibility.

Could you live there? I couldn’t.

It would be double trouble for a curmudgeon. Walk out at dawn to pick the morning paper off the driveway and watch rivulets of human dew run down your arms and splash on the daily. No thanks.

Is moisturizer sold in Missouri?

I don’t swear by anything because I don’t swear. I leave that to others. There’s plenty of it already.

Oh, I might swear when I’m alone, but never in public.

Swearing is so commonplace in films that your kids can hear the brunt of it in just about anything that’s made these days.

Remember one of Rhett’s last words to Scarlett? That was a big deal in 1939.

Not now.

Swearing is easy. One word in particular gets used as a noun, verb, adjective, adverb, and floor polish.

It is used so often it has no meaning. Just like maraschino cherries.

If you have ever wondered where maraschino cherries come from, I’m here to tell you.

They come from the Marasca region in coastal Croatia.

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Let’s take a look at the ‘wall of worry’

he first quarter is not off to a good start for many investors.

It feels like we hit the perfect storm of coronavirus (CoV), political campaigns and the general aging of the business cycle all at the same time.

Every month our chief investment strategist, Jeff Krumpelman, CFA, publishes his “wall of worry” items, FINANCIAL listing the pros and STRATEGIES cons on what are major concerns at the time. From there he makes assessments about the economic outlook and the stock market.

This month’s “wall of worry” showed all the Patricia Kummer things we have worked through so far this year that are basically crossed off the list.

This is helpful to show we are eliminating some issues that were very worrisome that have now passed.

Here are some of those items: • Trade tariffs with China • Impeachment trial • Government shut down • Earnings season (originally

SMITH FROM PAGE 12

If you have ever wondered where Croatia is, I’m here to tell you.

It borders Slovenia.

I only know where Croatia is; I don’t know where Slovenia is.

In another month or two, you’ll hear someone say, “We need the moisture.”

Then, after it rains, you’ll hear someone say, “We needed the moisture.”

Observations like this should be felonious.

Along with, “Hot enough for you?”

And the broken-record kid at the checkout stand who says, “Have a nice day” to everyone who comes through.

He says it in the same, flat tone of voice that gives the impression it’s the last thing he wishes on anyone.

Try something else.

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Save some bread, toilet paper and infant-care supplies for others, if you can find them at all.

Educate yourself. Get information on COVID-19 from experts, including the CDC, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, www.colorado.gov/cdphe, or your local health department. If you live in Arapahoe, Douglas or Adams, your agency is the Tri-County Health Department, www.tchd.org. In Jefferson, it is Jefferson County Public Health, www.jeffco.us/public-health.

predicted to be flat but was actually positive) • Iran conflict What remains on the wall are concerns around how the coronavirus will spread and how it will affect the global economy. Also, the presidential election is causing uncertainty, which the stock market never seems to like.

The general economic slowdown that has been talked about for almost a year now may also be coming to fruition.

The positive items on the wall are actually keeping long-term investors optimistic. These items include wage growth, strong employment numbers and jobs creation, a strong housing market and the manufacturing and services index holding steady.

We believe we are fortunate in that the stock market correction comes after the record high water marks on Wall Street. That is a much easier decline than if we were already in economic doldrums. At this point, in our view, the market has lost some of “the house’s money” meaning some of the profits gained since late last year.

Corrections, defined as a drop of 10% from the high, are common and “May flights of angels carry thee to thy rest.”

“Purl one, knit two.”

“Bob’s your uncle.”

The celebrity who swears by her moisturizer is well known. She has a brother in the business as well, although his star doesn’t shine as brightly.

My sister outshined me in high school by a mile. She was a goldenhaired cheerleader. Say no more.

Boys opened doors for her. Teachers opened doors for her. The principal opened doors for her.

Me? I experienced none of that.

I still don’t. The last time someone opened a door for me, Mickey Mouse had five fingers.

But I can’t complain. My skin is naturally moist.

Craig Marshall Smith is an artist, educator and Highlands Ranch resident. He can be reached at craigmarshallsmith@comcast.net.

As part of these communities, Colorado Community Media is trying to help by providing news and updates on our websites as soon as we get our hands on the latest information. And we’re putting these reports in front of our paywall for free access — this is critical, public safety information.

To that end, let us know how COVID-19 is affecting your life. Tell your story by emailing us at newsdesk@ coloradocommunitymedia.com.

We’re all in this together. Who knows if your story or advice could inspire others at this tough time?

Be kind.

Share.

Let’s take care of our communities.

healthy for markets that were in record territory daily. It is never fun to see red arrows on your brokerage statement; however, most investors realized there would be a pullback at some point. A bear market is defined as a 20% or more drop from the high.

The economic fundamentals are positive, albeit at slower rates than last year. And yes, there will likely be a recession someday too, defined as two consecutive quarters of negative GDP (Gross Domestic Product).

At this point we don’t know if the CoV will be enough to pull economic activity into negative territory.

Without the impact of the virus, there are still some strong economic indicators that will likely give us some ballast later in this election year.

It is always a good idea to review your portfolio strategy with your

advisor, and to consider trimming profits at market record highs. Then you can update your strategy and determine if it makes sense to use these dips as buying opportunities if you have a long-term perspective.

Source: Jeffrey Krumpelman, CFA, Chief Investment Strategist, Head of Equities, Mariner Wealth Advisors.

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Though religion and tastes are changing, old instruments still command awe

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utside Trinity United Methodist Church in downtown Denver, the din of the city roars.

But inside the old church, a stone anachronism in a canyon of steel and glass, there is silence.

Organist Norm Sutphin walks into the cavernous sanctuary, lit only by the glow of sunshine through stained glass. He sits at a bench at the center of the altar, towered over by organ pipes stretching three stories high. He flips a switch, and a breath of air cuts the silence, just slightly.

Sutphin begins to play, and the sanctuary is suddenly alive with the majesty of Bach’s Prelude and Fugue in D Minor, the low notes rattling hymnals in the pews.

“This instrument can rouse emotions in the soul like few other things,” Sutphin said. “I appreciate its beauty, and I respect its power.”

The pipe organ is one of the largest in Denver, and perhaps the oldest. Built in 1888, it consists of 4,275 pipes in 82 sections. The smallest are just inches long. The tallest, low C, is 32 feet.

The Roosevelt organ, which Sutphin calls “one of the monuments of organ building in the West,” is one of many mighty pipe organs scattered around the Denver metro area.

But, Sutphin said, as traditional religious denominations and traditional church music decline, he is part of a diminishing family of organists who still command the power of the world’s largest musical instruments.

“I work very hard to make sure my performances are tight,” said Sutphin, who practices up to six days a week in preparation for Sunday. “It means a lot to people.”

Organs in history They still mean a lot to Rick Morel, a third-generation pipe organ builder and repairman. Morel is one of three remaining members of Morel and Associates, one of few remaining pipe organ repair shops in the Mountain West.

In an aging warehouse in north Denver, Morel cleans, tunes and repairs pipe organs, using decades-old tools, many of which are handmade.

Pipe organs are marvels of engineering, Morel said.

“The people who designed these were as smart as any computer engineer designing microchips today,” he said. “They can make so many sounds.

No other single instrument has so much range.”

Developed in the 17th century, pipe organs were originally hand-pumped, and larger ones required multiple

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Rick Morel, a thirdgeneration pipe organ builder, checks the tuning on a restoration job from Littleton’s St. Mary Catholic Parish.

Pipe organs were once staples of American life, but have begun to fade in recent decades, Morel said.

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Morel said. “We haven’t built an organ since the 1990s. A lot of the old churches are on hard times, and organs can be expensive to maintain.”

Morel said he’s got two or three restoration jobs left, and then it’s probably time to close up the multigenerational business.

“We can’t find anyone who wants to take it over,” Morel said. “This is a labor of love. You don’t do it to get rich. And if you’re not willing to run out in a blizzard to do an emergency repair on Christmas Eve, then you’re not living up to the standards we hold ourselves to.”

The colossal 1888 Roosevelt pipe organ at Denver’s Trinity United Methodist Church is “one of the monuments of organ building in the West,” said organist Norm Sutphin. people working bellows to keep them playing, Morel said. The Industrial Revolution introduced organs powered by electric air blowers.

Pipe organs were once a staple of American life, Morel said.

“In the silent film era, any theater worth its salt had a pipe organ.

Beyond a soundtrack of mood music, they could make so many sound effects: boat horns, sirens, even waves and pounding surf.”

The early 20th century saw an explosion of similar instruments, including automatic organs that even included banjos, violins and other instruments played mechanically.

Denver had some legendary organs.

The old City Auditorium, which today is part of the Denver Center for Performing Arts, was home to a colossal,

four-story organ. The City of Denver employed a “city organist” who gave recitals as often as seven days a week some summers.

The Phipps Mansion in Denver’s Belcaro neighborhood featured an automatic organ in the basement that could be controlled by switches throughout the house, and could play a variety of contemporary and classic tunes.

The advent of talking movies, the Great Depression and metal rationing during World War II spelled a downturn for pipe organs, but pent-up demand and a surge of suburban church building in the postwar years meant an explosion in the organ market. It would prove to be the last.

“Tastes in church music are changing, and they have been for a while,”

Old and new Some of the postwar suburban churches are still mighty proud of their pipe organs, and finding ways to incorporate them into modern worship.

At Ascension Lutheran Church in Littleton, the 1950s-vintage pipe organ is still a draw for parishioners, said Michael Zehnder, the church’s director of music ministries.

The church now holds two services every week: a traditional service built around a pipe organ performance, and a contemporary service built around modern music. Zehnder also leads several choirs and handbell choruses.

“I’m a pastor’s son, and when contemporary music came along in the 1970s, it seemed so wrong to me,” Zehnder said. “But time and again in the Scripture, we see passages about making joyous music to celebrate God. We read about drums, cymbals, harps and trumpets. Martin Luther said, ‘Next to the word of God, I give music the highest praise.’”

Zehnder sees the organ as a bridge to the church’s past, and a way to preserve hymns that date to medieval times.

“It’s a way to feel the awe of God,” Zehnder said.

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Colorado Ballet brings fun fare to stage

BY SONYA ELLINGBOE SELLINGBOE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Colorado Ballet’s annual “Tour de Force” performances, which just ran March 6-8, feature newer works in the company’s repertoire, which tend to be a bit lighter and more contemporary in subject at times, and also focus on the really remarkable skills and strengths of the dancers featured.

On the lighter side this season was a new ballet, “Cluedo,” by choreographer Julia Adam. Also presented: A dramatic “Feast of the Gods” by Edwaard Liang and the fast-moving “Celts,” a ballet take on traditional Irish dance — appropriate as St. Patrick’s Day nears. A nicely balanced program for local dance fans.

Julia Adam is Canadian by birth and trained as a dancer at the National Ballet School in Toronto, followed by performing with the National Ballet of Canada until 1988, when she joined the San Francisco Ballet, until retirement in 2002, when she began to devote her time to choreography, creating works for companies across the nation and in Canada.

Many readers will be familiar with the old board game, “Clue,” I’m cer-

Sketch for new costume for the Mouse King for next seasons’ “Nutcracker” by the Colorado Ballet, which will have new costumes and sets.

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tain — it almost got worn out at our home. (And we had to be careful not to lose track of those teeny, tiny murder weapons!) Was the murder committed by Professor Plum in the Library with the candlestick? Or could it have been Mrs. Peacock in the Kitchen with a knife?? Adam gives each character some distinctive dramatic flair, guided by a dry sense of humor — and the work is performed to fanciful new music by contemporary Londonbased multi-instrumentalist, Cosmo Sheldrake. Designer Christine Darch, who has designed costumes for Julia Adam’s ballets since 2002, created a set of colorful takes on traditional dance costumes in an array of hues. En-

tertaining as well as filled with “eye candy!” Watch for it in future seasons …

The program opened with Edwaard Liang’s powerful “Feast of the Gods,” performed to music by Ottorino Respiighi (1879-1936). Resphigi is probably best-known for his tone poems such as “Pines of Rome,” and this music, although not familiar to us, did present images. The work is a very much showpiece for the dancers’ strength and grace and is said to be based on a tale of traveling gypsy entertainers … Dancers Chandra Kuykendall and Christopher Moulton, who are both originally from Colorado, were leads on the afternoon of March 8 and carried the work throughout.

Principal dancer Kuykendall, who is from Parker, trained at the Colorado Academy of Ballet until graduating in 1997 and returned to dance with the company in 1999. She will retire after this season ends — her 22nd.

Celtic dance, popular with many energetic young area dancers, is the source for the third work on the Sunday program — “Celts.” Choreographed by Lila York, a dancer for

some time with Paul Taylor’s contemporary dance company, it was premiered by the Boston Ballet in 1996.

A solo piece, “Green Man,” opened “Celts,” which uses traditional Irish music, continuing at an astonishingly rapid pace throughout the work. Kiltclad men and women add yet another twist to this work, which seemed to especially appeal to several rows of teens who sat in front of us, thoroughly engaged.

Yet to come this spring is a performance of the classic “Coppelia,” on May 23 at 1 and 6 p.m., and then we will await the next season for this accomplished company, which will, in the meantime, be training a bevy of young area dancers through the summer and into next year.

One of the joys of attending these performances is to see the little kids dressed in their tutus, leaping about in the lobby, no doubt attending classes, but also perhaps on track to become the delighted audience member I am today!

Information: coloradoballet.org.

(A new pre-professional division was just announced, expanding opportunities for ages 13-16.)

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ittleton Symphony Orchestra, directed by Jurgen de Lemos, will join the international celebrations of Ludwig von Beethoven’s 250th birthday on April 3, with a performance of his “Piano Concerto No. 4” by David Korevaar and the orchestra at Littleton United Methodist Church, 5894 S. Datura St., Littleton. The program is called “Beethoven and The Pines” and will also feature the well-known Respighi’s tone poem, plus John Adams’ “Short Ride on a Fast Machine.” Tickets: littletonsymphony. org, 303-933-6824.

‘Bold Women. Change SONYA’S History’ SAMPLER History Colorado celebrates the Women’s vote centennial with ongoing exhibits and programs. The namesake exhibit runs through February 2021 at the Center for Colorado Women’s History at the Byers Evans House Museum, 1310 Bannock St. Tickets Sonya Ellingboe ($4-$8) include a tour.

A related speaker series and call to action are ongoing. See: COWomensCen-

tennial.org, 303-620-4933.

Photography exhibit Littleton Fine Arts Board’s annual Eye of the Camera exhibit will run March 20 to April 26 at the Littleton Museum, 6028 S. Gallup St., Littleton.

The juror this year is Angela Faris Belt, program chair for the studio art and art history programs at Arapahoe Community College in Littleton, where she teaches darkroom and digital photography. 303-795-3950.

Ikebana on display The annual Denver Home Show will be held at the National Western Com-

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‘My fight or flight response diminishes when other people need protecting’ Faith and family Faith and family are important to me.

I went off to college, to the University of Mississippi. I didn’t get my degree, but I had a lot of fun. My family became an afterthought after partying.

Then, I had a mental health scare. I slipped into a depression, which runs in my family. When things got bad, it wasn’t my partying friends standing there. It was my family, even those members I had neglected, by my side.

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26 to April 15 in Colorado Gallery of the Arts, at the Arapahoe Community College Littleton Campus, 5900 S. Santa Fe Drive, Littleton. The gallery is at the east side of the campus and entrance is free. Open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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Nannying is much more than babysitting. I take the place of a parent. I cook and clean and do laundry. I do educational things with the kids. I for the 2 p.m. March 21 Chamber Music of the Masters concert at Hampden Hall, in the Englewood Civic Center. Tickets; $25, $20. 1000 Englewood Parkway, englewoodarts.org.

Colorado Book Awards Finalists are announced for the 2020 Colorado Book Awards in a number of categories. Finalists will read from and talk about their books in a series of free readings in April and May at the Book Bar, 4280 Tennyson St., Denver, featuring drink and food specialties related to the books. Categories: Juvenile Literature, Young

help them learn to deal with anger and emotions.

I’ve always had a love for kids. I love their innocence. They don’t see the bad stuff in the world. I get to watch them grow and learn, I’m also on an event security team for a local organization. I have training in “verbal judo,” pressure points, handcuffs, batons and firearms.

Learning to use a gun was easier than I thought. Safety is of course the priority.

We go to a firing range to do qualifications. Our instructors will try to jam our guns, and work with different target distances.

More prepared than I thought We do active shooter trainings, with people hiding in different areas firing blanks. The idea is to see how hard it is to hear where a gun is coming from.

Adult Literature, Children’s Literature, general and literary fiction, Poetry, Mystery, Thriller, Romance, Science Fiction/Fantasy, General Nonfiction, History, Pictorial, Anthology, Creative Nonfiction, Short Story.

Winners will be announced and read briefly at 4 p.m. May 30 at the Historic Evans School, 1115 Acoma St., Denver.

Admission: $25, includes reception.

See Coloradohumanities.org for more information.

Improv class Centennial author, artist, instructor, performer Pam Roth O’Mara will

I’ve learned I was a lot more prepared for an emergency than I thought.

My fight or flight response diminishes when there are other people who need protecting.

During one of our events, there was a carpet cleaner on site whose van caught fire. Everyone around me was running away from the flames, but I grabbed a fire extinguisher and ran toward it. I want to be someone who takes action when things get bad.

I don’t really know what an active shooter situation would be like. I feel prepared for it and like I have the right training, but nobody knows how they’d react in the real thing. I hope I’d be confident enough to go in and help people.

But I also hope I never have to.

If you have suggestions for My Name Is, please contact David Gilbert at dgilbert@coloradocommunitymedia.com. teach “Improv and the Art of Everyday Communications” from March 31 to May 5 at Arapahoe Community College, Littleton Campus. The 6:30 p.m. classes will help with communication skills. ARHU 1001 101-80047. $129. Go to arapahoe.edu.

Depot Art Gallery The annual “$100 or Less” show is at the Depot Art Gallery, 2069 W. Powers Ave., Littleton, through April 19.

Admission is free. Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays; 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sundays. 303-795-0781, depotartgallery.org.

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Outreach Uganda: Empowers impoverished people in Uganda, especially women and children, to overcome poverty through income generation, education, training and other holistic endeavors.

Need: Volunteers weekly to provide office support with fair trade craft show preparation, mailings and miscellaneous office work. Office hours are 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Monday to Friday. Office located at 9457 S. University Blvd., Suite 410, Highlands Ranch.

Contact: Melanie Schnathorst, 303-6838450 or office@outreachuganda.org.

Paladin Rescue Alliance: Christian nongovernment organization dedicated to rescuing human trafficking victims and building alliances to combat trafficking locally, nationally and internationally.

Need: Volunteers to help organize supplies; donations of supplies. All donations are tax-deductible. Needed items include cleansers, skin cream, ointment, disinfectants, dressings, bandages, rolls, sponges, pads, dressing tape, gloves, alcohol pads, asprin, Tylenol.

Age Requirement: All ages can participate.

Contact: www.paladinrescue.org; Paladin Rescue Alliance, P.O. Box 79, Littleton, CO 80160; 888-327-3063.

Parker Senior Center: Provides services to

local seniors.

Need: Volunteer drivers to take seniors to the center for a hot meal, to appointments, to the grocery store, and more.

Contact: Louise West at 303-841-5370.

PeopleFirst Hospice: Denver hospice.

Need: Volunteers to provide companionship to hospice patients and their families.

Contact: Rachel Wang at 303-546-7921 Project CURE: Delivers medical supplies and equipment to developing countries around the world.

Ned: Groups of 7-15 people to help sort medical supplies; those with medical/clinical backgrounds to become Sort Team Leaders; truck drivers to help pick up donations (no CDL required).

Age Requirements: Ages 15 and older (if a large group of ages 15 and younger is interested, we can try to accommodate different projects).

Location: 10377 E. Geddes Ave., Centennial Contact: Kelyn Anker, 303-792-0729 or 720-341-3152; kelynanker@projectcure.org; www.projectcure.org.

Red Cross: Supports the elderly, international causes and social services.

Need: Volunteers to provide support Contact: 303-607-4768 or 303-266-7855 Senior Friends League: more than half of seniors who live in government-funded nursing homes are forgotten. We are volunteers who are committed to visiting these seniors.

Need: Volunteers to interact with residents in conversation, singing, reading, writing letters, taking them outdoors, and so on.

Other: Prospective volunteers often shadow

a current volunteer to assess the feel and fit of the environment. Volunteers typically go with other members, and not alone.

Monthly visits are made at three nursing homes, at three different times. Volunteers may choose a time and place that best suits or interests them.

Requirements: Volunteers are required to have background checks, watch training video, and read training materials. Some places also require a TB test.

Contact: Patty Tedesco at 303-907-1637.

Seniors’ Resource Center: Provides no cost transportation to older adults, helping them remain independent and in their homes.

Need: Volunteer drivers needed to drive their own vehicle to take older adults to medical appointments, the grocery store and other critical needs. Rides are provided Monday through Friday, between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m.

Requirements: Must like working with older adults, have good communication skills, a clean driving record and background, and vehicle needs to be senior friendly, which typically means large trucks and sports cars don’t work. Must be at least 25 years old.

Contact: email or call Pat Pierson at ppierson@srcaging.org or 303-332-3840.

SMARTS! South Metro Arts Center Need: Help with public relations, marketing to public officials, fundraising, and special projects Contact: 303-790-8264 or gdnguy@comcast.net Spellbinder Storytellers, Douglas County Chapter: Connects the generations through storytelling.

Need: Adults to tell stories to children in

schools Age Requirement: Must be 50 and older Contact: Denise Rucks, 303-921-8462 or drrucks@me.com. For other chapters, go to http://spellbinders.org/ South Metro Medical Equipment Loan Closet: Loans durable medical supplies to those 18 and older in the South Metro area.

Need: Volunteers to help answer phones 2-3 times a month for a day. Calls are taken on your cell phone and you make the appointment at the convenience of you and the client to accept donations or hand out equipment Monday through Friday.

Requirement: Must be 18 or older; periodic training provided as needed.

Contact: Donna Ralston, 720-443-2013.

South Platte Park Need: Help with programs ranging from hikes, overnights, gold panning, sunset canoeing or HawkQuest events Contact: 303-730-1022 Sunset Hospice: Provides end-of-life support.

Need: Volunteer training is from 6-10 p.m. every second and fourth Tuesdays; they also meet from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. every first and third Saturday Contact: Jami Martin at 303-693-2105 The Right Step Inc.: Therapeutic horseback riding program for children and adults with disabilities. Based in Littleton.

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also needed to help with administrative tasks and fundraising.

Requirements: Volunteers who help with lessons must be at least 14 years old and attend a three-hour training session.

Contact: volunteercoordinator@therightstepinc.org or go to www.therightstepinc.org.

Volunteer Connect: Brings organizaations in need of volunteers in touch with individuals looking for ways to help.

Need: help with nonprofit organizations in Douglas County Contact: info@volunteerconnectdc.org or www.volunteerconnectdc.org.

Volunteers of America, Foster Grandparent Program: Foster grandparents volunteer in early childhood centers and public schools focusing on literacy and numeracy for at-risk children and youth.

Need: Seniors on a low, fixed income who enjoy working with children. Volunteers work 15-40 hours a week.

Contact: 303-297-0408 or www.voacolorado.org.

Whiz Kids Tutoring: Help at-risk elementary and middle school kids improve their lives through academic tutoring, positive mentoring relationships and spiritual nurture.

Need: Tutors to work one-on-one with elementary students at tutoring sites in Littleton and throughout the metro area. October to April. Once a week, afternoon or evening sites, Monday through Thursday. One hour of tutoring followed by a 30-minute club where kids get to learn about Jesus.

Requirements: You just need to be able to

read, love a child and pass the background check.

Info: https://www.whizkidstutoring.com/ Contact: Ashley Weldon ashley@whizkidstutoring.com YANAM2M (You Are Not Alone - Mom 2 Mom): Provides a safe, free place to connect with other moms of Highlands Ranch and be paired with another mom as a support person.

Need: Mom volunteers to be support people for other moms.

Requirement: Must be a mom who can be real and lend support to another mom.

Contact: Nikki Brooker at nikki@yanam2m. org or go to www.yanam2m.org.

Zuma’s Rescue Ranch: Provides care for rescue animals, including horses and farm animals, and rehabilitates them into forever homes.

Need: Volunteers from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. every day. Feeding and cleaning. Zuma’s also provides animal assisted therapy for at risk youth and their families; many of our once homeless animals have become amazing therapy partners helping kids and families.

Contact: www.zumasrescueranch.com A Precious Child assists children and families facing life challenges such as abuse and neglect, crisis situations and poverty. We work with more than 440 agency partners in Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas, Jefferson and Weld counties to identify those in the most need of our services.

Need: Volunteers are needed in all departments. We offer an array of volunteer opportunities for individuals (flexible and consistent scheduling available), corporate groups and community organizations. We

accept groups of up to 60 attendees. We are in highest need of group volunteers and individual volunteers for our store, receptionist and donation center volunteer positions.

More positions also available.

Requirement: Minimum age to volunteers is 5; ages 5-12 must attend with a parent/ guardian. Ages 13 and older can volunteer on their own.

Location: 7051 W. 118th Ave., Broomfield, CO 80020.

Contact: Joshua Walsh, Joshua@apreciouschild.org AARP Foundation Tax-Aide: Offers free tax filing help to anyone, especially those 50 and older, who cannot afford a tax preparation service.

Need: Volunteers to help older, lower-income taxpayers prepare their tax returns.

Requirement: All levels of experience are welcome; training and support provided.

Contact: 1-888-OUR-AARP (687-2277) or www.aarpfoundation.org/taxaide Alzheimer’s Association, Colorado Chapter: Provides care and support to 67,000-plus families dealing with all kinds of dementing illnesses.

Need: Walk to End Alzheimer’s committee members.

Contact: Deb Wells, 303-813-1669 or dwells@ alz.org.

Angel Heart Project: Delivers meals to men, women and children with life-threatening illnesses.

Need: Volunteers to deliver meals to clients in the south Denver area.

Requirements: Attend an orientation and submit to a background check. Training provided to all new drivers. Deliveries start at 1 p.m. and last until 3 p.m.

Contact: 303-830-0202 or volunteer@

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Animal Rescue of the Rockies: Provides foster care for death-row shelter dogs and cats throughout Colorado.

Need: Foster families for animals on lists to be euthanized Contact: www.animalrescueoftherockies.org.

Ainsley’s Angels in Denver: Pairing runners and riders with special needs or physical limitations in races from 5k’s to marathons.

Need: Volunteers to run and help push the specialized race chairs in local races.

Volunteers to take pictures and videos of Angel teams at the start, middle and finish of races.

Requirements: Able to run/jog a 5k and/or work an iPhone.

Contact: Law Dickerson, 225-278-4265 or Denver@ainsleysangels.org, https://ainsleysangels.org/signup

Arapahoe Philharmonic: Littleton-based orchestra Need: board members to join a team in the oversight and policy-making of a local cultural institution.

Requirements: Must have an appreciation for classical music, a commitment to music education, and some understanding of the Denver area cultural scene, as well as professional experience in one or more of the following areas: leadership, strategic planning, arts education, management, law, information technology, fundraising, finance, project management, marketing, human resources or nonprofit administration. Must attend monthly board meetings, assist with projects, attend concerts and events.

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Learn more at centennialco.gov/census

Did you know the first census after the American Revolution occurred 230 years ago in the year 1790? There have been 22 censuses since then, and this March, the 23rd census in U.S. history will hit your mailbox.

The 2020 Census will be mailed to households March 12 – 20.

Once you receive your census questionnaire, you can respond online, over the phone, or mail it back by Census Day, April 1, 2020.

Did you know highway planning, school lunches, and adult education are just some of the things affected by census results? When you see the 2020 Census in your mailbox in March, respond online, mail it back, or phone in your responses to make the census count in our community.

Did you know census results determine how the 435 seats in the House of Representatives are divided among the states? Due to population growth, Colorado is projected to gain a congressional seat if everyone is counted in the 2020 Census.

When you see the census in your mailbox, be sure to respond online, by phone, or by mail to make the census count for Colorado.

Did you know children under 5 were among the most undercounted in Did you know the the last census?

2020 Census will When you see the be America’s first 2020 Census in online census? your mailbox in The U.S. Census March, be sure to Bureau hopes count all children most people who live in your respond online to home fulltime improve efficiency. or at least most When you see the of the time, and Census in your count newborns if mailbox in March, they were born on respond online or before April 1, with ease at 2020. census.gov.

In addition to English, the 2020 Census is available online in French, Haitian Creole, Japanese, Arabic, Polish, Portuguese, Tagalog, Chinese, Russian, Korean, Spanish, and Vietnamese.

Video and print census guides are available in 60 languages, as well as an American Sign Language video guide and a printed guide in braille.

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Finalists named for Colorado Book Awards Authors to read during events in April and May STAFF REPORT

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Finalists of the 2020 Colorado Book Awards have been selected, and winners will be announced at the end of May. “We’re honored to celebrate Colorado authors, editors, and illustrators,” Chris Goff, coordinator of the Colorado Humanities and Center for the Book program, said in a news release. “We hope the list of 2020 Colorado Book Award finalists inspires

Colorado readers to read local. I hope everone picks up a book by a Colorado writer, editor, illustrator or photographer this spring — hopefully several!”

Finalists will read and talk about their work in a series of free readings at BookBar, 4280 Tennyson St., Denver.

Drink and food specials will be paired with the readings’ categories.

Schedule of readings is: • Juvenile Literature, Young Adult Literature: 2 p.m. Saturday, April 4 • Children’s Literature: 4:30 p.m.

Thursday, April 9 • General Fiction, Literary Fiction, Poetry: 7 p.m. Friday, April 17 • Mystery, Thriller: 7 p.m. Friday, April 24

• Romance, Science Fiction/Fantasy: 7 p.m. Saturday, April 25 • General Nonfiction, History, Pictorial: 7 p.m. Friday, May 8 • Anthology, Creative Nonfiction, Short Story: 7 p.m. Friday, May 15 Winners will be announced and read briefly at 4 p.m. Saturday, May 30 at the historic Evans School, 1115 Acoma St., Denver. Cost is $25 and includes reception. Outskirts Press, a longtime sponsor of the Colorado Center for the Book, will help recognize contributions by Colorado authors, editors, and illustrators in 16 categories.

To purchase tickets, go to coloradohumanities.org or call 303-894-7951.

2020 COLORADO BOOK AWARD FINALISTS Anthology/Collection “All the Lives We Ever Lived: A Lighthouse Writers Workshop Community Anthology Volume,” edited by Dan Manzanares and Suzi Q. Smith (Lighthouse Writers Workshop) “Rise: An Anthology of Change,” edited by Northern Colorado Writers (Northern Colorado Writers, LLC) “Straight Outta Deadwood,” edited by David Boop (Baen Publishing Enterprises) Children’s Literature “Pup681: A Sea Otter Rescue Story,” by Jean Reidy, illustrated by Ashley Crowley (Henry Holt and Company) “The Fisherman and the Whale,” by Jessica Lanan (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers) “Truman,” by Jean Reidy, illustrated by Sandie Sonke (Atheneum Book For Young Readers, Simon & Schuster) Creative Nonfiction “Chronicles of the Forbidden: Essays of Shadow and Light,” by John Nizalowski (Irie Books) “Deep Creek: Finding Hope in the High Country,” by Pam Houston (W.W. Norton & Company) “Soft Hearted Stories: Seeking Saviors, Cowboy Stylists, and Other Fallacies of Authoritarianism,” by Jenny Forrester (Lit Kit Collective) “The Lampblack Blue of Memory: My Mother Echoes,” by Sarah Adleman (Tolsun Books) General Fiction “Girls on the Line,” by Aimie K. Runyan (Lake Union Publishing) “Light In The Shadows,” by Linda Lafferty and Andy Stone (Lake Union Publishing) “The Gifted School,” by Bruce Holsinger (Riverhead Books/Penguin Random House) General Nonfiction “Good to Go: What the Athlete in All of Us Can Learn from the Strange Science of Recovery,” by Christie Aschwanden (W. W. Norton & Company) “Taste the Sweetness Later: Two Muslim Women in America,” by Connie Shoemaker

(Amity Bridge Books) “The Land of Flickering Lights,” by Michael Bennet (Atlantic Monthly Press/Grove Atlantic) History “Nighthawk Rising: A Biography of Accused Cattle Rustler Queen Ann Bassett of Brown’s Park,” by Diana Allen Kouris (High Plains Press) “Scholars of Mayhem: My Father’s Secret War in Nazi-Occupied France,” by Daniel C. Guiet and Timothy K. Smith (Penguin Press) “The Storm on Our Shores: One Island, Two Soldiers, and the Forgotten Battle of World War II,” by Mark Obmascik (Atria Books) Juvenile Literature “Spotted Tail,” by David Heska Wanbli Weiden, illustrated by Jim Yellowhawk and Pat Kinsella (Reycraft Books) “Tree of Dreams,” by Laura Resau (Scholastic Press) “The Cryptid Keeper,” by Lija Fisher (Farrar Straus & Giroux) Literary Fiction “Burn Fortune,” by Brandi Homan (CLASH Books) “If the Ice Had Held,” by Wendy J. Fox (Santa Fe Writers Project) “You Who Enter Here,” by Erika T. Wurth (Excelsior Editions, State University of New York Press, Albany) Mystery “Celtic Empire,” by Clive Cussler and Dirk Cussler (G.P. Putnam’s Sons) “Lost Lake,” by Emily Littlejohn (Minotaur Books) “Tracking Game,” by Margaret Mizushima (Crooked Lane Books) Pictorial “Bird Parade,” by Patrick Loehr (Centipede Press) “Flatland,” by Teague von Bohlen, photographer Britten Leigh Traughber (Bronze Man Books) “Hollywood: Her Story, An Illustrated History of Women and the Movies,” by Jill S. Tietjen and Barbara Bridges (Lyons Press)

Poetry “How To Dress a Fish,” by Abigail Chabitnoy (Wesleyan University Press) “My Brother’s Keeper,” by David J. Rothman (Lithic Press) “Variations on Dawn and Dusk,” by Dan Beachy-Quick (Omnidawn Publishing) Romance “Remembering a Witch,” by Lauren Connolly (Lauren Connolly) “Stolen Heart, Book 2: North Fork Series,” by K.L. McKee (Cameo Mountain Press) “Zapata, Book 1: The Border Series,” by Harper McDavid (Soul Mate Publishing) Science Fiction/Fantasy “An Illusion of Thieves,” by Cate Glass (Tor Books) “Denver Moon, Book II: The Saint of Mars,”

by Warren Hammond and Joshua Viola (Hex Publishers) “The Blood of Seven,” by Claire L. Fishback (Dark Doorways Press, LLC) “The Legend of Carl Draco,” by Gary Reilly (Running Meter Press) Short Story Collection “April Warnings,” by Mark Pleiss (Veliz Books) “Not a Thing to Comfort You,” by Emily Wortman-Wunder (University of Iowa Press) “This. This. This. Is. Love. Love. Love.,” by Jennifer Wortman (Split Lip Press) Thriller “Black Pearl, A Cold Case Suspense,” by Donnell Ann Bell (Bell Bridge Books, Belle Books) “The Extinction Agenda,” by Michael Laurence (St. Martin’s Press) “The Dead Girl in 2A,” by Carter Wilson (Sourcebooks) Young Adult Literature “Fake,” by Donna Cooner (Point, Scholastic, Inc.) “Merged,” by Jim Kroepfl and Stephanie Kroepfl (Month9Books) “There’s Something About Sweetie,” by Sandhya Menon (Simon Pulse, Simon & Schuster Childen’s Division)

CLUBS Editor’s note: Clubs listings are published free, on a space-available basis. Listings are submitted by the community; to submit a new listing, or to make changes to or remove an existing listing, contact hharden@coloradocommunitymedia.com.

Service/Social Newcomers at Grace Chapel in Englewood welcomes women who are new to the Denver

area. Learn about the group’s ongoing Bible study, make new friends, and be encouraged about God’s faithfulness and what happens after the boxes are unpacked. Call Carolyn Chandler at 303-660-4042 for information on welcome teas, Bible study, field trips and get acquainted luncheons.

Nutrition classes. Free bootcamp class meets at 8:30 a.m. three Saturdays per month at

L-Town Nutrition, 1360 W. Littleton Blvd., Littleton. Go to the park for a fun, energizing start to the weekend. Visit our Facebook pages for updates: Littleton 24Fit Club or L-Town Nutrition. Also offered is a Body Exchange Challenge. This consists of weekly meetings to discuss both nutrition and fitness. We deliver all of the tools that you need to help you SEE CLUBS, P23

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reach your goal. There is an optional fitness class offered after the class. The class meets Wednesdays at noon or 6 p.m. You can join the challenge anytime, the fees are prorated. Visit L-Town Nutrition, call Gen McKenna at 303730-2038 or email ltownnutrition@gmail.com to sign up.

Oil Painting Class: 1-4 p.m. Mondays at Depot Art Gallery, 2069 W. Powers Ave., Littleton.

Led by Denver artist Jennifer Riefenberg. Cost is $30 per session; bring own supplies. Contact Jennifer at 303-250-2015 or jennifer@artofsunshine.com to RSVP. OPOCS Singles Club, ages 55-plus, meets all around the metro area. Meet new friends. Sign up and receive a monthly newsletter that lists all monthly activities. Contact JoAnn Cunningham, membership chair, 303-751-5195, or Mary Riney, president, 303-985-8937.

Optimist Club of Littleton (formerly Breakfast Optimist Club of Littleton) meets from 7-8 a.m. Fridays at The BoardRoom Restaurant, 51 W. Dry Creek Circle, (southwest corner of E. Dry Creek and So. Broadway.) Optimist International is a service/social club whose primary focus is the development of youth. The club has existed in the greater Littleton community for 57 years and has a purpose of “Bringing Out the Best in Kids.” Call 303-972-8065. Our 62 women and men members want you to join us.

Order of the Eastern Star, Manzanita Chapter meets at 7:30 p.m. the second and fourth Thursdays of the month at 5718 S. Rapp St., Littleton. Members of Eastern Star are wel-

Platte Canyon Sertoma Club meets on the second and fourth Thursdays of each month at Bistro Aspen Grove, 7301 S. Santa Fe Drive, Littleton. We are a community service group with particular interest in serving those in need of hearing and speech assistance. We also promote our national heritage through a Freedom Week Essay Contest for numerous middle schools in the Denver metro area. New members and guests are welcome. Contact Norman at 303-794-3086 or normid2@msn. com.

Ports of Call Singles Club, 55 Plus Social hours take place from 4-6 p.m. the second Tuesday of each month at 3 Margaritas in Lakewood (contact Carol at 303-389-7707), and the fourth Tuesday of each month at Chads in Lakewood (contact Darlene at 303233-4099). Denver meetings are the fourth Thursday of each month at Baker St. Pub, 8101 E. Belleview, in the Tech Center (contact Harold at 303-693-3434). For information and a monthly newsletter, call JoAnn, membership chairperson, at 303-751-5195, or Mary, president, at 303-985-8937.

Preceptor Gamma Lambda Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi meets every first Tuesday from September to May at members’ houses in Sedalia, Highlands Ranch, Littleton or Castle Rock. Call 303-688-6576 or 303-688-3255.

Ranch Raconteurs Toastmasters. Learn to improve your personal and public speaking skills, listen effectively, develop leadership abilities and build your confidence in a fun, supportive environment. Group meets at 6:55 p.m. every Thursday at the Eastridge Recreation Center, 9568 S. University Blvd., Highlands Ranch.

Visitors welcome. Contact Debbie Fuller at vpm-873616@toastmastersclub.org.

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to do in order to survive and provide for their families. These were difficult decisions for many people, and they were difficult decisions made in the face of a difficult situation.

Then there was new information.

Those behavior-based decisions were replaced with belief-based and knowledge-based decisions. The spread of the virus became a pandemic. The stock market went into a free fall. This all became very real for those who chose not to believe. Those of us who moved forward with our daily behaviors and work patterns now found ourselves making much easier decisions.

It’s time to stay home, it’s time to keep a safe distance, it’s time to wash our hands more than we have ever washed them before. It’s time to let make better decisions for ourselves, our neighbors, and our businesses.

Here’s another belief-based decision we can make. It may seem harder for some and easier for others.

We need to make the decision to maintain our mind, our body, and our spirit. In this difficult time, we need to make the easy decision to stay positive in every aspect of our lives. Our behavior-based decisions will now look and sound like this: I can work remotely and still be productive; I can use more virtual technology and not get on airplanes for a little while; I can keep learning and complete my classes online if I need to; and I can probably survive emotionally without giving out handshakes and hugs

for a while.

Staying positive in a seemingly negative situation is a decision. And to do that we need to make sure that we are making new decisions based on new information and making certain that the information is coming from a reliable source. And there are other things we can do like choosing to do more reading of books we have been meaning to read; listening to uplifting and positive podcasts; spending time in prayer, meditation, or silence; eating healthier; maintaining some level of exercise at home even if we can’t go to the gym.

As we sit here today, there are restrictions and conditions we are forced to live with. And many of those restrictions and conditions were difficult decisions made by government agencies. They were made to try and protect us to the best of their ability. Even if it means economic hardships for a while. And for us it comes down to the decision we will make, and how we choose to handle this and respond to it.

So how about you? Are you making new decisions based on new information? Are you making the decision to take care of your mind, body, and spirit during this difficult time?

I would love to hear your story at mnorton@tramazing.com, and when we realize that difficult situations could create easier decisions that keep more of us all healthy, it really will be a better than good week.

Michael Norton is the grateful CEO of Tramazing.com, a personal and professional coach, and a consultant, trainer, encourager and motivator to businesses of all sizes.

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Editor’s note: The following events were still planned at the time this list was compiled. Please check with event organizers directly to determine whether an event is still happening.

Castle Rock

New Ancestry Tools for DNA Matching and Trees: 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, March 21 at the Philip S. Miller Library, 100 S. Wilcox St., Castle Rock. Explore new ethnicity reports, why they are different from your old reports and how to compare them to your genealogy.

Go to http://www.crcgs.org Stars of Magic FUN-draiser: 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 21 at Theatre of Dreams, 735 Park St., Castle Rock. Four professional magicians perform in one show to benefit the American Heart Association.

Reservations required. Call 303660-6799 or go to http://Tickets.

AmazingShows.com.

Centennial

Isabella Bird’s Visit to Colorado: 1:30-2:30 p.m. Friday, March 20 at Koelbel Library, 5955 S. Holly St., Centennial. Re-enactor Linda Batlin will bring to life Isabella Bird’s story from her book, “A Lady’s Life in the Rocky Mountains,” about her lively adventures on her first trip to Estes Park in 1873 and of her arduous climb of Longs Peak. Go to https:// www.centennialco.gov/CalendarLanding-Page The Lutheran Chorale Concert: 7:30 p.m. Sunday, March 22 at Our Father Lutheran Church, 6335 S. Holly St., Centennial. Concert will include familiar music. Go to http:// www.thelutheranchorale.org Apotheosis of the Dance: 7:30-9:30 a.m. Friday, March 27 at Denver First Church of the Nazarene, 3800 E. Hampden Ave., Cherry Hills Village. A concert by Arapahoe Philharmonic featuring Beethoven and the premiere of a new work about gun violence. Go to https://www.arapahoe-phil.org/ event/concert-5-apotheosis-ofthe-dance or call 303-781-1892 for tickets.

Englewood

Kidzrock Summer Camp: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. June 15-19, July 20-24 and Aug. 3-7 at Musical Life Denver, 2842 S Broadway, Englewood. Play in a rock band, jump up and down, strum and sing to the beat. For ages 4-7. No musical experience required. Final performance is at the end of the day Friday. Sign up available now. Go to

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this week’s TOP FIVE Parker Comedy Show: 8 p.m. Saturday, March 21 at Blu Note Bar and Grill, 19600 Solar Circle, Parker.

Doors open at 7:30 p.m. Learn more at www.parkercomedyshow.com. Derrick Stroup will headline and is joined by Salma Zaky and Jeremiah Chinegwu.

Local comedian Mark Masters is the host. Tickets for the April 19 show will be on sale soon. Learn more at https://www.blunoteparker.com/live-music Hands Percussion: Drumbeat Inferno: 7 p.m.

Sunday, March 22 at the Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St., Lone Tree. The ensemble preserves the cultural heritage while introducing new dimensions to theatrical drumming. Buy tickets at https:// www.lonetreeartscenter.org.

Artificial Intelligence: 1-2 p.m. Thursday, March 26 at Castle Rock Senior Center, 2323 Woodlands Blvd., Castle Rock. An overview of the development of computer systems capable of performing tasks typically done by

musicallifedenver.com.

Highlands Ranch

The Christos Collective: on display through April 23 at St. Andrew United Methodist Church, 9203 S. University Ave., Highlands Ranch.

The Christos Collective is an exhibit of 12 artists.

Southridge Speakeasy: 7-9 p.m. March 20 at Southridge Recreation Center, 4800 McArthur Ranch Road, Highlands Ranch.

Cocktails and jazz.

Cocktail or roaring 20s attire. Ticket price includes 2 drink tickets and a dessert bar. Ages 21-plus only. Go to https:// hrcaonline.org/ about-us/guidescommunication/ calendar-schedules/ event-details/southridge-speakeasy Highlands Ranch Spring Bazaar: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. March 21 at Recreation Center at Eastridge, 9568 University Blvd., Highlands Ranch.

More than 140 commercial and hand crafters will display and sell items. Call 303-791-2500 or visit www.HRCAonline.org.

Trivia Night: 6:30-9:30 p.m. April 4 at Hilton Garden Inn, 1050 Plaza Drive, Highlands Ranch. An evening of trivia to benefit Children’s Hospital Colorado. Teams of six will compete to be our inaugural Trivia Night team champion. Ages 14 and up welcome as part of a team with

a human brain, such as optical recognition, complex decision making, voice recognition, learning, language translation, and more. Call 303-688-9498 to RSVP. Maximizing Mental Wellness for Older Adults: 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday, March 26 at Centennial Medical Plaza, 14200 E. Arapahoe Road, Centennial.

How do we identify signs of depression and work through tough times when they hit? Learn several strategies for maximizing behavioral and mental wellness. Lunch will be provided. Go to https://www. centennialco.gov/Calendar-Landing-Page Ghosted: 6:30 p.m. Thursday, March 26 at St. Andrew United Methodist Church, 9203 S. University Blvd., Highlands Ranch. A professional stage play and conversation about the realities, relationships and resilience of today’s teens. Themes will include how to be a good friend, how parents can help, and school and community resources. Registration not required.

Designed for parents and students ages 12 and older.

Doors open at 6 p.m. Presented by the Kaiser Permanente Arts Integrated Resource Team. Go to https:// www.douglas.co.us/community/partners-and-providers/youth-initiative/wraparound-referral-form/

parents/guardians. Register at http://childrenscoloradofoundation. org/events/southtrivianight

Littleton

Barefoot in the Park: on stage through March 21 at Town Hall Arts Center, 2450 W. Main St., Littleton.

Follows a newlywed couple as they learn to live together in their first apartment. Call 303-794-2787, ext.

5, or go to https://townhallartscenter.org Basic Painting Skills Workshop: 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

March 28, April 28 and May 16 at The Painted Estate, 2677 W. Alamo Ave., Littleton. Practice painting on different pieces and discover how to transform your painted work using glaze, decorative wax, and distressing. Also, learn the proper way to prep your work and clean your brushes. Go to https://www.thepaintedestate.com.

Charcuterie Board Workshop: 2:30-4:30 p.m.

March 28 at The Painted Estate, 2677 W. Alamo Ave., Littleton. Learn how to protect and seal your board, how to keep it food safe and protected for years and how to display your food on your board to create beautiful platters. Go to https://www.thepaintedestate.com Brokenhood: The Art of Healing

Through Community: on display through May 14 in the Bridge Gallery in the Harold and Virginia Simpson Leadership Center at Denver Seminary, 6399 S. Santa Fe Drive, Littleton. Go to https://denverseminary.edu

Lone Tree

Broadway Princess Party: 8 p.m.

Friday, March 20 at the Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St., Lone Tree. Cinderella, Belle, and Anastasia sing every princess song in the book, sharing stories of their royal antics backstage, on stage, and beyond.

Dress in your best royal attire (or cosplay) and you may win a prize. Ages 6 and older. Buy tickets at https://www.lonetreeartscenter.org.

SPARK! Alliance: Photo Show: 1:30-3 p.m. Thursday, March 26 at Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St., Lone Tree. An interactive, discussion-based tour of the Lone Tree Photo Show. Exploring the Light is presented by the Lone Tree Arts Commission and the Lone Tree Photo Club. Art pieces will be selected from five categories. SPARK! is a free program offered in conjunction with the Alzheimer’s Association for people experiencing mild memory loss, early stage Alzheimer’s, or a related dementia, and their family, friends, and guests. Buy tickets at https://

Classic Albums Live: Help! 8 p.m.

Friday, March 27 at the Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St., Lone Tree. The Beatles’ Help! was the first rock album to be Grammynominated in the category of Album of the Year. Every sound from the album is masterfully duplicated live on stage. Buy tickets at https:// www.lonetreeartscenter.org.

Parker

Lenten Fish Fry: 4-6:50 p.m. Fridays through April 3 at Ave Maria Catholic Church, 9056 E. Parker Road, Parker. Served by the Knights of Columbus. Ladies Auxiliary will sell desserts. Following dinner, guests are invited to the 7 p.m. Stations of the Cross service in the church. For menu, cost and other information, go to http://www.parkerknights. org/2020-calendar.

DCL Presents: Harlan Coben: 7-10 p.m. Friday, March 20 at CU South Denver, 10035 Peoria St., Parker.

New York Times bestselling author Coben will talk about his latest thriller, “The Boy from the Woods,” followed by a book signing. Tickets include a copy of the book. Learn more at DCL.org/authors-events or call 303-791-7323.

Cup-a-Jo: 9-11:30 p.m. Friday, March 20 at Blu Note Bar and Grill, 19600 Solar Circle, Parker. Cup-a-Jo has been playing Colorado since 1996.

Musical style includes funk, Chicago blues, jazz, New Orleans R&B, and early rock. Learn more at https:// www.blunoteparker.com/live-music

The Custom Shop Band: 9-11:59 p.m. Saturday, March 21 at Blu Note Bar and Grill, 19600 Solar Circle, Parker. Variety band from Denver that performs an edgier take on rock, R&B and motown. Learn more at https://www.blunoteparker.com/ live-music Legend of King Arthur: 2 p.m. Sunday, March 22 at Parker Arts Culture and Events Center, 20000 Pikes Peak Ave., Parker. Presented by Rocky Mountain Brassworks, the El Jebel Shrine Pipe Band, McTeggart Irish dancers. Explore the legend of the storied king of England through music, dance, scenic landscapes and other imagery. Go to http://www. rockymountainbrassworks.org “Mamma Mia!”: on stage June 25 to July 18 at the PACE Center, 20000 Pikes Peak Ave., Parker. Co-produced by Parker Arts and Denverbased Give 5 Productions. Tickets are on sale at www.ParkerArts.org or by calling the box office at 303805-6800.

Editor’s note: Calendar submissions must be received by noon Wednesday for publication the following week. To place a calendar item, go to eventlink.coloradocommunitymedia.com.

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SPORTS

Basketball season ends without champions Some semifinal games had already been played before decision was made

BY JIM BENTON JBENTON@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

There will be no 2020 Colorado state basketball champions.

After the girls semifinal games in the 3A, 4A and 5A classifications were played on March 12, the Colorado High School Activities Association canceled the remainder of the girls and boys state basketball tournaments in all classes.

CHSAA has maintained throughout the process of facing the COVID-19 pandemic that the tournaments would be finished unless a state agency or host venue made a decision affecting that status.

The University of Denver told CHSAA late on March 12 that the school would no longer be able to host the 3A tournament.

“Everything we’ve done up to this point was to try and keep the experience of a state basketball tournament for our student participants and high school communities,” CHSAA Commis-

Cherry Creek’s Jana VanGytenbeek (4) drives to the hoop as Highlands Ranch’s (20) Sara Mitchell pursues. The Bruins ended up on top 55-42 in Final Four action March 12 at the Denver Coliseum.

PAUL DISALVO sioner Rhonda Blanford-Green said in a news release issued late the night of March 12. “In the face of this unprecedented public health emergency, we are compelled to discontinue play in all tournaments.”

There were two Class 5A and two 4A

girls semifinal games that were held March 12 at the Denver Coliseum before the tournament was canceled. The games were played with limited spectators allowed in the venues.

Defending 5A champion Cherry Creek defeated Highlands Ranch 55-42

as senior Cali Clark had 20 points to pace the Bruins. Lauren Betts scored 21 points and Marya Hudgins added 17 as Grandview topped Valor Christian, 49-42. That would have set up a rematch of the 2019 title game between Creek and Grandview.

Holy Family defeated Green Mountain 38-31 in a 4A semifinal girls game.

Defending champion Mullen downed Berthoud 64-57 in the other 4A semifinal girls games, leaving those two teams atop the bracket.

The Final Four for the Class 5A boys games had Rangeview going against Grandview and Valor Christian taking on Fairview, both scheduled for March 13, but those games were called off.

Ten other states have canceled their state basketball tournaments, 16 have postponed or suspended their tournaments, 12 have ongoing tourneys with fan limits, and Montana is conducting its state championships as planned.

Cherry Creek girls coach Clint Evans didn’t hear about the cancellations until he reached home after the semifinal game.

“So, as I got into the house I started getting text messages and I said oh my goodness,” said Evans. “We (the team) went out to breakfast this morning and SEE HOOPS, P27

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“The girls feel that we want everybody to be safe and nothing bad to happen. It’s just so odd. Every year there’s something new that happens but you could never predict not having a state champion.”

Evans figured once the semifinal game was complete he thought maybe the championship game could be played between the two Centennial League schools that each won a game against the other during the regular season.

“I really wasn’t too surprised when we got the news,” said Evans. “I feel like I am kind of at peace with it, but I just feel bad for the girls. It could have been two (state titles) in a row for us. I think the school district will call us co-champs and put a little asterisk by it.”

Mullen girls coach Frank Cawley feels the right decision was made to cancel the rest of the basketball tournaments.

“It’s a tough pill to swallow but it was definitely the right call,” he said. “As educators it was what we had to do. These girls need to understand that life happens and sometimes you are dealt a blow that you can’t handle. My team showed some maturity and understanding.

“The way we look at is that my group of girls have not lost a playoff game.

We were the defending champions and nobody has beat us. We’re proud of our accomplishments. I’m happy for Holy Family (the other semifinal winner). The championship would have been a great game. We can both look at it as being cochampions.”

COVID-19 pandemic leads to decision by statewide body

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The Colorado High School Activities Association has made the tough decision to confront the COVID-19 pandemic and has suspended all spring activities and sports games and practices through April 6.

This decision was effective March 13. The situation will be monitored and evaluated with key decision-makers from around the state to determine when, or if, to resume the spring season, CHSAA said in a news release.

The decision has sparked mixed reactions.

Cherry Creek baseball coach Marc Johnson and his team were scheduled to play in a tournament this month in Arizona, but it was called off when the school district canceled all out-of-state travel.

He has no idea how to make up for three weeks of lost time in getting a team ready to play on April 6.

“That’s a great question,” said Johnson. “I don’t know. We will have to figure out something. The kids, they

obviously want to play, but they understand. We’ll see what they say April 6.

“I give CHSAA credit that they at least said you are shut off until April 6 and we will re-evaluate. A lot of these colleges, they just shut down.

“My personal feeling is the country is overreacting, but we’ll see. I understand they don’t want it to become something unbelievable, but it comes across like everybody should quarantine themselves. I know economically this is going to do some serious damage.”

Losing three weeks will make it tough to reschedule games.

“I’m all over the board,” said Douglas County Athletic Director Jeff Gardella when asked for a reaction.

“For the kids to be starting their seasons, training and then go three weeks without training because they can’t practice and then to resume any of the sports — what does that do for injuries and what does that do to our schedules? We will never be able to make up all these games that were scheduled.

What does that do to playoffs, RPI (rankings) all of that stuff ? It’s just crazy.”

Gardella has questions about why spring sports — with all but boys swimming played outdoors — is considered exposed.

“The part I struggle with is, we go to school every day with 2,000, 3,000 kids,

but we can’t go out and have a baseball game in the open air with 100 fans.

How is that putting our kids more at risk than going to school with 2,000, 3,000 kids every day? I get the indoor stuff where there are packed venues — but when you are outside with the natural air and not big crowds? It is what it is, and we just have to deal with it.”

The night of March 12, most school districts across the metro area, including the Douglas County School District, announced they would be having extended spring breaks, keeping students out of school for at least an additional week.

Larry Bull, athletic director for the Cherry Creek School District, applauds the CHSAA decision to wait until April 6 but says many people do not agree.

“I’m glad that it has been postponed to evaluate and see what happens,” said Bull. “I think there is a lot of unknown and I think there is a lot of information that is going to be coming. I’m glad we didn’t come out and say were cancelling everything.

“With that being said, everybody has to realize that yes, we may resume or we may be done for the rest of the year. I know some people are supporting the suspension 100 percent and there are people that are really upset about it.”

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Medication fog can worsen or mimic dementia in elderly Patients face risk as they take more drugs from multiple doctors

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Claire Dinneen’s daughters thought that worsening dementia was causing her growing confusion, but her doctor suspected something else.

Dr. Pei Chen asked them to round up medicines in the 89-year-old woman’s home and they returned with a huge haul. There were 28 drugs ordered by various doctors for various ailments, plus over-the-counter medicines. Chen spent a year sorting out which ones were truly needed and trimmed a dozen.

To her daughters’ surprise, Dinneen got better, able to remember more things and to offer advice on what to wear and how to raise their kids. Her

symptoms were from “medication fog,” not her dementia getting worse, Chen told one daughter.

“I was just stunned,” Debbie Dinneen said. “No one had taken a look at the big picture” to see if medicines might be addling her mom, who lives near Berkeley, California.

“Unfortunately, it’s not unusual,” said Chen, a geriatrician at the University of California, San Francisco.

About 91% of people over 65 take at least one prescription medicine and 41% use five or more — what doctors call polypharmacy.

The risk of side effects or interactions rises with the number of pills, and one doctor often is unaware of what others have already prescribed for the same patient. Dinneen, for example, had two prescriptions for the same drug at different doses from different pharmacies.

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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.

CUMBERED 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.

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.

U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee for Velocity Commerical Capital Loan Trust 2016-2 Date of Deed of Trust August 24, 2016 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust August 26, 2019 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) D6094975 Original Principal Amount $269,500.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $264,790.79

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PUBLIC NOTICES First Publication: 3/12/2020 Last Publication: 4/9/2020 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent

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

DATE: 01/08/2020 Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 05/06/2020, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, 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.

Public Notices call Sheree 303.566.4088 Public Trustees COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0014-2020

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

On January 8, 2020, 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 Arapahoe records.

Original Grantor(s) 7517 East Davies 17, LLC Original Beneficiary(ies) Patch of Land Lending, LLC Current Holder of Evidence of Debt Victoria Capital Trust Date of Deed of Trust February 06, 2017 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust February 08, 2017 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) D7015629 Original Principal Amount $304,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $320,949.77

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 32, WALNUT HILLS FILING NO. 3, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 7517 East Davies Place, Centennial, CO 80112.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY EN CUMBERED 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 A.M. on Wednesday, 05/06/2020, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, 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: 3/12/2020 Last Publication: 4/9/2020 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent

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

DATE: 01/08/2020 Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Susan K Ryden, 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 Erin Croke #46557 Steven Bellanti #48306 Holly Shilliday #24423 McCarthy & Holthus LLP 7700 E Arapahoe Road, Suite 230, Centennial, CO 80112 (877) 369-6122 Attorney File # CO-18-843535-LL The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any informa-

Ilene Dell'Acqua #31755 Erin Croke #46557 Steven Bellanti #48306 Holly Shilliday #24423 McCarthy & Holthus LLP 7700 E Arapahoe Road, Suite 230, Centennial, CO 80112 (877) 369-6122 Attorney File # CO-18-843535-LL

Public Trustees

The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015 Legal Notice NO.: 0014-2020 First Publication: 3/12/2020 Last Publication: 4/9/2020 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0016-2020

First Publication: 3/12/2020 Last Publication: 4/9/2020 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent

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;

Public Trustees

DATE: 01/08/2020 Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Joseph D. DeGiorgio #45557 Nichole Williams #49611 Monica Kadrmas #34904 Randall Chin #31149 Weldon Phillips #31827 Barrett, Frappier & Weisserman, LLP 1391 Speer Boulevard, Suite 700, Denver, CO 80204 (303) 350-3711 Attorney File # 00000008780942 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.

On January 8, 2020, 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 Arapahoe records.

©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015

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

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. LOT 11, BLOCK 11, SOUTHGLENN- SECOND FILING, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 885 E. BRIARWOOD CIRCLE, CENTENNIAL, CO 80122.

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 A.M. on Wednesday, 05/06/2020, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, 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: 3/12/2020 Last Publication: 4/9/2020 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; DATE: 01/08/2020 Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee

PARCEL ID NUMBER:207735209014

Also known by street and number as: 1148 E IRWIN PL, CENTENNIAL, CO 80122.

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

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.

legals@coloradocommunitymedia.com LOT 5, BLOCK 7, HALLCRAFT'S WALNUT

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

Original Grantor(s) SUSAN R DAVIS Original Beneficiary(ies) MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR LAND HOME FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC Current Holder of Evidence of Debt FLAGSTAR BANK, F.S.B. Date of Deed of Trust November 27, 2017 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust November 28, 2017 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) D7134354 Original Principal Amount $390,791.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $384,045.17

LOT 25, BLOCK 3, THE HIGHLANDS FIRST FILING, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO.

Legal Notice NO.: 0016-2020 First Publication: 3/12/2020 Last Publication: 4/9/2020 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0635-2019 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On December 31, 2019, 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 Arapahoe records.

Original Grantor(s) BENITO LONGORIA, JR AND KELLY R LONGORIA Original Beneficiary(ies) MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS Current Holder of Evidence of Debt MIDFIRST BANK Date of Deed of Trust June 02, 2015 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust June 10, 2015 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) D5060505 Original Principal Amount $392,755.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $390,752.26 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. LOT 25, BLOCK 3, THE HIGHLANDS FIRST FILING, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. PARCEL ID NUMBER:207735209014 Also known by street and number as: 1148 E IRWIN PL, CENTENNIAL, CO 80122.

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 A.M. on Wednesday, 04/29/2020, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, 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

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 A.M. on Wednesday, 04/29/2020, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, 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.

Public Trustees

First Publication: 3/5/2020 Last Publication: 4/2/2020 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; DATE: 12/31/2019 Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Lynn M. Janeway #15592 Alison L Berry #34531 David R. Doughty #40042 Nicholas H. Santarelli #46592 Elizabeth S. Marcus #16092 Janeway Law Firm, P.C. 9800 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 400, Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 706-9990 Attorney File # 19-023559 The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015 Legal Notice NO.: 0635-2019 First Publication: 3/5/2020 Last Publication: 4/2/2020 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0627-2019 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On December 20, 2019, 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 Arapahoe records.

Original Grantor(s) 7373 East Fremont 15, LLC Original Beneficiary(ies) Velocity Commerical Capital, LLC Current Holder of Evidence of Debt U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee for Velocity Commerical Capital Loan Trust 2016-2 Date of Deed of Trust August 24, 2016 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust August 26, 2019 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) D6094975 Original Principal Amount $269,500.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $264,790.79 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. LOT 5, BLOCK 7, HALLCRAFT'S WALNUT HILLS- FILING NO. 3, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 7373 East Fremont Drive, Centennial, CO 80112.

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

HILLS- FILING NO. 3, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO.

Also known by street and number as: 7373 East Fremont Drive, Centennial, CO 80112.

Public Trustees

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 A.M. on Wednesday, 04/22/2020, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 2/27/2020 Last Publication: 3/26/2020 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent

IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; DATE: 12/20/2019 Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Kimberly L Martinez #40351 Joseph A. Murr #14427 Jamie G. Siler #31284 Murr Siler & Accomazzo, P.C. 410 17th St, #2400, Denver, CO 80202 (303) 534-2277 Attorney File # 8407.005 The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015 Legal Notice No.: 0627-219 First Publication: 2/27/2020 Last Publication: 3/26/2020 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0002-2020

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On January 3, 2020, 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 Arapahoe records.

Original Grantor(s) 5788 South Lansing 17, LLC Original Beneficiary(ies) Patch of Land Lending, LLC Current Holder of Evidence of Debt Victoria Capital Trust Date of Deed of Trust December 27, 2017 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust December 29, 2017 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) D7146521 Original Principal Amount $382,500.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $401,832.82

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

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

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Outstanding Principal Balance

$401,832.82 36 The Independent

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.

Public Trustees

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

LOT 28, BLOCK 11, CHERRY CREEK VISTA 6TH SUBDIVISION FILING, AMENDED RESUBDIVISION, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 5788 South Lansing Way, Englewood, CO 80111-4116.

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 A.M. on Wednesday, 05/06/2020, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, 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: 3/12/2020 Last Publication: 4/9/2020 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent

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

DATE: 01/03/2020 Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Susan K Ryden, 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 Erin Croke #46557 Steven Bellanti #48306 Holly Shilliday #24423 McCarthy & Holthus LLP 7700 E Arapahoe Road, Suite 230, Centennial, CO 80112 (877) 369-6122 Attorney File # CO-18-843727-LL

The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015 Legal Notice No.: 0002-2020 First Publication: 3/12/2020 Last Publication: 4/9/2020 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent

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Public Notice NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF ELECTION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Trailmark Metropolitan District, of Jefferson County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixtythird day before the election, there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 5, 2020 is hereby canceled pursuant to section 1-5-208(1.5), C.R.S.

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The following candidates are hereby declared elected: Ray Hallquist: 3 Year Term Until May 2023 /s/ Sue Blair Designated Election Official Contact Person for the District: Sue Blair, Designated Election Official Community Resource Services 7995 E. Prentice Avenue, Suite 103E Greenwood Village, CO 80111 303.381.4960 (voice) 303. 381.4961 (fax) sblair@crsofcolorado.com Legal Notice No.: 523710 First Publication: March 19, 2020 Last Publication: March 19, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF ELECTION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Bowles Metropolitan District, Denver and Jefferson Counties, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election, there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 5, 2020 is hereby canceled pursuant to section 1-5208(1.5), C.R.S. The following candidates are hereby declared elected: Leigh Chaffee 3 Year Term Until May 2023 Timothy LaPan 3 Year Term Until May 2023 Thomas Dougherty 3 Year Term Until May 2023 /s/ Sue Blair Designated Election Official Contact Person for the District: Sue Blair, Designated Election Official Community Resource Services 7995 E. Prentice Avenue, Suite 103E Greenwood Village, CO 80111 303.381.4960 (voice) 303. 381.4961 (fax) sblair@crsofcolorado.com Legal Notice No.: 523708 First Publication: March 19, 2020 Last Publication: March 19, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL FOR THE POLO RESERVE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Polo Reserve Metropolitan District, Arapahoe County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third (63rd) day before the election or thereafter there were not more candidates for Director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 5, 2020, is hereby cancelled.

The following candidates are declared elected:

Public Notice SOUTH SUBURBAN PARK AND RECREATION DISTRICT NOTICE CONCERNING BUDGET AMENDMENT

Notice is hereby given to all interested parties that the necessity has risen to amend the South Suburban Park and Recreation District’s 2020 Budget. A copy of the proposed amended 2020 Budget has been filed at 6631 South University Boulevard, where it is open for public inspection.

The adoption of a resolution to amend the 2020 Budget will be considered at a public meeting of the Board of Directors of the District. The meeting will be held at the Goodson Recreation Center, 6315 South University Boulevard on March 25, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. Any elector within the District at any time prior to the final adoption of the resolution to amend the 2020 Budget may inspect and file or register any objections thereto.

SOUTH SUBURBAN PARK AND RECREATION DISTRICT

BY SUSAN PYE (SECRETARY) Legal Notice No.: 523707 First Publication: March 19, 2020 Last Publication: March 19, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Metropolitan Districts Public Notice NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF ELECTION

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Trailmark Metropolitan District, of Jefferson County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixtythird day before the election, there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 5, 2020 is hereby canceled pursuant to section 1-5-208(1.5),

William D. Steigers, Jr.: Three-Year Term Sandor J. Weiss: Three-Year Term Kris J. Kostolansky: Two-Year Term Gregory Fantle: Two-Year Term POLO RESERVE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT By: /s/ Crystal Schott Designated Election Official Legal Notice No.: 523709 First Publication: March 19, 2020 Last Publication: March 19, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE OF HEARING PETITION FOR INCLUSION OF REAL PROPERTY PLATTE CANYON WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT ARAPAHOE AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES, COLORADO NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Petition for Inclusion of Real Property has been filed with the Board of Directors of the Platte Canyon Water and Sanitation District (“District”). The Board of Directors will hear the Petition at an open public meeting to be held during a regular meeting of the District’s Board of Directors which will convene at the hour of 8:30 a.m. on Friday, March 27, 2020, at 8739 West Coal Mine Avenue, Littleton, Colorado 80123.

The Petitioner’s name and address is as follows: Petitioner’s Name Jefferson County School District No. R-1 Petitioner’s Address 1829 Denver West Drive, Building 27 Golden, Colorado 80401 The real property that is the subject of the Petition, is legally described as follows: LEGAL DESCRIPTION PARCEL A: A PARCEL OF LAND LYING WITHIN THE E1/2 OF THE NE1/4 OF SECTION 23, TOWNSHIP 5 SOUTH, RANGE 69 WEST OF THE 6TH P.M.,

Jefferson County School District No. R-1 Petitioner’s Address 1829 Denver West Drive, Building 27 Golden, Colorado 80401 The real property that is the subject of the Petition, is legally described as follows:

Metropolitan Districts

LEGAL DESCRIPTION PARCEL A: A PARCEL OF LAND LYING WITHIN THE E1/2 OF THE NE1/4 OF SECTION 23, TOWNSHIP 5 SOUTH, RANGE 69 WEST OF THE 6TH P.M., DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE SAID E1/2; THENCE SOUTH 89°36’51” WEST 1300.00 FEET ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF THE SAID E1/2; THENCE NORTH 0°20’28” EAST 1037.15 FEET PARALLEL TO THE EAST LINE OF THE SAID E1/2; THENCE NORTH 89°36’51” EAST 1300.00 FEET, PARALLEL TO THE SOUTH LINE OF THE SAID E1/2, TO THE EAST LINE OF THE SAID E1/2; THENCE SOUTH 0°20’28” WEST 1037.15 FEET, ALONG THE EAST LINE OF THE SAID E1/2, TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING, EXCEPT THE EAST 40.00 FEET THEREOF, AND EXCEPT THAT PORTION CONVEYED TO THE COUNTY OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF COLORADO IN GENERAL WARRANTY DEED RECORDED NOVEMBER 14, 1995 UNDER RECEPTION NO. FO144953.

COUNTY OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF COLORADO PARCEL B: A PARCEL OF LAND LYING WITHIN THE NORTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 23, TOWNSHIP 5 SOUTH, RANGE 69 WEST OF THE 6TH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, JEFFERSON COUNTY, COLORADO, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING AT THE EAST 1/4 CORNER OF SECTION 23, T5S, R69W, 6TH P.M.; THENCE N00°20’28”E, ALONG THE EAST LINE OF SAID SECTION 23, A DISTANCE OF 1037.15 FEET; THENCE S89°34’13”W, ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF THAT PARCEL OF LAND AS DESCRIBED IN BOOK 2368 AT PAGE 761, JEFFERSON COUNTY RECORDS, A DISTANCE OF 1300.00 FEET; THENCE S00°20’28”W, ALONG THE WEST LINE OF THAT PARCEL OF LAND AS DESCRIBED IN BOOK 2368 AT PAGE 761, JEFFERSON COUNTY RECORDS, A DISTANCE OF 87.00 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE S00°20’28”W, CONTINUING ALONG SAID WEST LINE, A DISTANCE OF 655.15 FEET; THENCE S89°34’13”W, A DISTANCE OF 255.00 FEET; THENCE N00°20’28”E, A DISTANCE OF 655.15 FEET; THENCE N89°34’13”E, A DISTANCE OF 255.00 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. BASIS OF BEARING: THE EAST LINE OF THE NORTHEAST 1/4 SECTION 23, T5S, R69W, OF THE 6TH P.M. BETWEEN THE NORTHEAST CORNER AND THE EAST 1/4 CORNER OF SAID SECTION, SAID LINE BEARS N00°20’28”W, AS SHOWN ON SURVEY “TOPOGRAPHIC AND BOUNDARY MAP OF PROPOSED COLUMBINE HIGH SCHOOL”, DATED APRIL 19, 1972.

PARCEL C: A PARCEL OF LAND LYING WITHIN THE NORTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 23, TOWNSHIP 5 SOUTH, RANGE 69 WEST OF THE 6TH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, JEFFERSON COUNTY, COLORADO, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING AT THE EAST 1/4 CORNER OF SECTION 23, T5S, R69W, 6TH P.M.; THENCE N00°20’28”E, ALONG THE EAST LINE OF SAID SECTION 23, A DISTANCE OF 1037.15 FEET; THENCE S89°34’13”W, ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF THAT PARCEL OF LAND AS DESCRIBED IN BOOK 2368 AT PAGE 761, JEFFERSON COUNTY RECORDS, A DISTANCE OF 960.00 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE S89°34’13”W, CONTINUING ALONG SAID NORTH LINE A DISTANCE OF 340.00 FEET TO THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF SAID PARCEL OF LAND DESCRIBED IN BOOK 2368 AT PAGE 761; THENCE N00°20’28”E, A DISTANCE OF 30.00 FEET; THENCE N83°06’04”E, A DISTANCE OF 266.29 FEET; THENCE N89°34’13”E, A DISTANCE OF 75.00 FEET; THENCE S00°25’47”E, A DISTANCE OF 60.00 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. BASIS OF BEARING: THE EAST LINE OF THE NORTHEAST 1/4 SECTION 23, T5S, R69W OF THE 6TH P.M. BETWEEN THE NORTHEAST CORNER AND THE EAST 1/4 CORNER OF SAID SECTION, SAID LINE BEARS N00°20’28”W, AS SHOWN ON SURVEY “TOPOGRAPHIC AND BOUNDARY MAP OF PROPOSED COLUMBINE HIGH SCHOOL”, DATED APRIL 19, 1972.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN to all interested parties who may object to the inclusion of the above described real property to appear at said time and place and show cause in writing, if any, why the Petition should not be granted. The failure of any municipality or county which may be able to provide service to the real property herein described or any person in the District to file a written objection to the Petition shall be taken as assent to inclusion of the real property.

By Order of the Board of Directors of the Platte Canyon Water and Sanitation District.

Dated this 6th day of March, 2020.

PLATTE CANYON WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT By: /s/ Anthony M. Dursey, Secretary

file a written objection to the Petition shall be taken as assent to inclusion of the real property.

By Order of the Board of Directors of the Platte Canyon Water and Sanitation District.

Metropolitan Districts

Dated this 6th day of March, 2020.

PLATTE CANYON WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT

By: /s/ Anthony M. Dursey, Secretary Legal Notice No.: 523705 First Publication: March 19, 2020 Last Publication: March 19, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION

BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the RiverPark Metropolitan District, City of Littleton, Arapahoe County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 5, 2020, is hereby canceled pursuant to Section 1-13.5513, C.R.S. The following candidates are declared elected: Amber Carlson until the second regular election (May 2, 2023) Susan Wikstrom until the second regular election (May 2, 2023) DATED: March 3, 2020 /s/ Jennifer Pino Designated Election Official for RiverPark Metropolitan District c/o McGeady Becher P.C. 450 E. 17th Avenue, Suite 400 Denver, Colorado 80203-1254 Telephone No: (303) 592-4380 Legal Notice No.: 523718 First Publication: March 19, 2020 Last Publication: March 19, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Summons and Sheriff Sales Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, STATE OF COLORADO Case No.: 2018CV032919 DIV: 21 COMBINED NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL PROPERTY PLAINTIFF: THE RED SKY HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION v.

DEFENDANTS: PATRICIA A HOLMES; US BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE, SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR GSMPS MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2003-3; RUSHMORE LOAN MANAGEMENT SERVICES, LLC; SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; WESTLAKE SERVICES, LLC DBA WESTLAKE FINANCIAL SERVICES; LVNV FUNDING LLC; JCR GROUP INC.; and SUSAN KAY RYDEN, ARAPAHOE COUNTY PUBLIC TRUSTEE. TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS, Please take notice: You and each of you are hereby notified that a Sheriff's Sale of the referenced property is to be conducted by the Civil Unit of the Sheriff's Office of Arapahoe County, Colorado at 10 O’clock A.M., on the 16th day of April 2020, at 13101 East Broncos Parkway, Centennial, CO 80112, phone number 720-874-3845. At which sale, the above described real property and improvements thereon will be sold to the highest bidder.

Plaintiff makes no warranty relating to title, possession, or quiet enjoyment in and to said real property in connection with this sale. **BIDDERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE CASH OR CERTIFIED FUNDS SUFFICIENT TO COVER THEIR HIGHEST BID AT THE TIME OF SALE.** PLEASE NOTE THAT THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. Judgment is in the amount of $33,681.72.

This is to advise you that a Sheriff’s sale proceeding has been commenced through the office of the undersigned Sheriff pursuant to Order for Default Judgment and Order and Decree for Judicial Foreclosure dated and C.R.S. 38-38101 et seq. by The Red Sky Homeowners Association, the holder and current owner of a lien recorded on April 11, 2018 at Reception No. D8034796 in the records of the Clerk and Recorder of the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado. The foreclosure is based on a default under the Declaration of Red Sky recorded on 01/11/1979 at 1810250 in the records of the Clerk and Recorder of the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado. The Declaration establishes a lien for the benefit of The Red Sky Homeowners Association against real property legal described as follows: Condominium Unit No. 208G, Building G, Red Sky Condominiums, according to the Condominium Map filed of record on January 11, 1979 in Plat Book 36 at Page 86 and Supplements thereto and as defined in the Declaration of Condominium of Red Sky recorded January 11, 1979 in Book 2918 at Page 601, records of Arapahoe County, Colorado, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado.; Also known as: 14806 E. 2nd Ave #208G, Aurora, CO 80011.

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Condominium Unit No. 208G, Building G, Red Sky Condominiums, according to the Condominium Map filed of record on January 11, 1979 in Plat Book 36 at Page 86 and Supplements thereto and as defined in the Declaration of Condominium of Red Sky recorded January 11, 1979 in Book 2918 at Page 601, records of Arapahoe County, Colorado, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado.;

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Also known as: 14806 E. 2nd Ave #208G, Aurora, CO 80011.

The attorney representing the legal owner of the above described lien is: Kate M. Leason, Reg. No. 41025, Altitude Community Law P.C., 555 Zang Street, Suite 100, Lakewood, Colorado 80228-1011, 303.432.9999.

DATED: January 14, 2020.

Tyler S. Brown, Arapahoe County Sheriff By: Trent Steffa, Deputy Sheriff Legal Notice No.: 523540 First Publication: February 20, 2020 Last Publication: March 19, 2020 Published In: Littleton Independent 750 W. Hampden Ave., Suite 225 Englewood, Colorado, 80110 Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO Case No.: 2018CV032934 Division/Ctrm.: 402

Plaintiff(s): SADDLE ROCK RIDGE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC., a Colorado nonprofit corporation v.

Defendant(s): JOSEPHINE G. DOMINGUEZ; CITIBANK, N.A. as Trustee for American Home Mortgage Assets Trust 2006-3, Mortgage-Backed Pass-Through Certificates Series 2006-3; WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.; CAPITAL ONE BANK a/k/a Capital One Bank (USA), N.A.; PORTFOLIO RECOVERY ASSOCIATES, L.L.C.; and SU RYDEN as the Arapahoe County Public Trustee COMBINED NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE

This is to advise you that a Sheriff sale proceeding has been commenced through the office of the undersigned Sheriff pursuant to the Order for Judgment and Decree of Foreclosure dated August 21, 2019, and C.R.S. §§ 38-38-101 to 401, by the Saddle Rock Ridge Homeowners Association, Inc., the current holder of a lien recorded with the County of Arapahoe Clerk and Recorder on October 28, 2015, at Reception No. D5124214. The judicial foreclosure is based on a default under the Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions of Saddle Rock Ridge Homeowners Association, Inc. recorded with the Arapahoe County Clerk and Recorder on July 6, 1998, in Reception No. A8101286 (“Declaration”). The Declaration and notices as recorded, establish a lien for the benefit of the Saddle Rock Ridge Homeowners Association, Inc. - THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AND IMPROVEMENTS – against the property legally described as follows: Lot 3, Block 33, Saddle Rock Ridge Filing No. 1, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado.

Also known by street and number as 5528 South Sicily Way, Aurora, CO 80015.

You may have an interest in the real property being foreclosed, or have certain rights or suffer certain liabilities or loss of your interest in the subject property as a result of said foreclosure.

You may have the right to redeem the real property or you may have the right to cure a default under the instrument being foreclosed. The lien being foreclosed may not be a first lien. In this regard, you may desire and are advised to consult with your own private attorney.

The Sheriff’s sale has been scheduled to occur at 10:00 a.m. on April 23, 2020, at the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office, 13101 E. Broncos Parkway, Centennial, CO 80112, telephone (720) 874-3845. At the sale, the Sheriff will sell the real property described above, and the improvements thereon, to the highest bidder.

Plaintiff makes no warranty relating to title, possession, or quiet enjoyment in and to said real property in connection with this sale.

BIDDERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE CASH OR CERTIFIED FUNDS SUFFICIENT TO COVER THEIR HIGHEST BID AT TIME OF SALE.

All telephone inquiries for information should be directed to the office of the undersigned Sheriff at (720) 874-3845. The name, address and telephone number of the attorney representing the legal owner of the above described lien is: K. Christian Webert, #43739, Moeller Graf, P.C., 385 Inverness Parkway, Englewood, CO 80112, telephone (720) 279-2568.

Date: January 30, 2020 Tyler S. Brown, Sheriff County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Sgt. Trent Steffa, Deputy Sheriff Legal Notice No.: 523599 First Publication: February 27, 2020 Last Publication: March 26, 2020 Published in: Littleton Independent 750 W. Hampden Ave., Suite 225 Englewood, Colorado, 80110 Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO Court Address: 7325 S. Potomac St., Centennial, CO 80112 Case Number: 17CV030945 Plaintiff: THE CHAMBERS RIDGE TOWNHOUSE ASSOCIATION, a Colorado non-profit corporation,

Defendants: AUNDRE WHITE; BOKF, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION; COLORADO HOUSING AND FINANCE AUTHORITY;

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Court Address: 7325 S. Potomac St., Centennial, CO 80112 Case Number: 17CV030945

Plaintiff: THE CHAMBERS RIDGE TOWNHOUSE ASSOCIATION, a Colorado non-profit corporation,

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Defendants: AUNDRE WHITE; BOKF, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION; COLORADO HOUSING AND FINANCE AUTHORITY; MARGARET T. CHAPMAN AS PUBLIC TRUSTEE FOR ARAPAHOE COUNTY; SUE SANDSTROM AS TREASURER FOR ARAPAHOE COUNTY; UNKNOWN TENANT(S) IN POSSESSION. Plaintiff’s Attorney: Wendy E. Weigler, #28419 Gina C. Botti #42005 WINZENBURG, LEFF, PURVIS & PAYNE, LLP 8020 Shaffer Parkway, Suite 300 Littleton, CO 80127 Telephone: (303) 863-1870 Facsimile: (303) 863-1872 SHERIFF’S NOTICE OF SALE

Under an Order Granting Plaintiff’s Motion for Entry of Judgment Against Defendant Aundre White for Default In Stipulation and Order and Decree for Judicial Foreclosure entered on December 6, 2019, in the above titled action, I am ordered to sell certain real property as follows:

Original Lienee: Aundre White Original Lienor: The Chambers Ridge Townhouse Association Current Holder of the evidence of debt: The Chambers Ridge Townhouse Association Date of Lien being foreclosed: July 23, 2014 Date of Recording of Lien being foreclosed: July 24, 2014 County of Recording: Arapahoe Recording Information: D4066173 Original Principal Balance of the secured indebtedness: $1,037.00 Outstanding Principal Balance of the secured indebtedness as of the date hereof: $4,617.85 Amount of Judgment entered December 6, 2019: $3,125.85 Description of property to be foreclosed: LOT 145, BLOCK 2, CHAMBERS RIDGE SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 1, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known as: 2013 S. Helena Street, #D, Aurora, CO 80013.

THE PROPERTY TO BE FORECLOSED AS DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN.

THE LIEN BEING CLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

The covenants of Plaintiff have been violated as follows: failure to make payments on said indebtedness when the same were due and owing.

THEREFORE, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that I will, at 10 o'clock A.M., on April 23rd, 2020, in front of the flagpole of the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office, Civil Unit, located at 13101 East Broncos Parkway, Centennial, CO 80112, phone number 720-874-3845, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property described above, and all interest of said Grantor and the heirs and assigns of said Grantor, for the purpose of paying the judgment amount entered herein, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

**BIDDERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE CASH OR CERTIFIED FUNDS SUFFICIENT TO COVER THEIR HIGHEST BID AT TIME OF SALE.**

Inquiries regarding this Sheriff’s Sale must be directed to the Civil Unit of the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office, telephone 720-874-3845.

DATED at Centennial, Colorado this 4th day of February, 2020.

Tyler S. Brown, Sheriff Arapahoe County, Colorado By: Sgt. Trent Steffa Deputy Sheriff Legal Notice No.: 523612 First publication: February 27, 2020 Last publication: March 26, 2020 Published in: Littleton Independent, 750 W. Hampden, Suite 225, Englewood, CO 80110 Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, COLORADO 7325 S. Potomac Street Centennial, Colorado 80112 Telephone: (303) 645-6600 Case Number: 2019CV031187 Plaintiff: HOA OF COBBLESTONE CROSSING IN HEATHERIDGE, a Colorado non-profit corporation,

D e f e n d a n t s : A M Y L Y N N A N D E R S O N; HEATHER RIDGE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 1; CAPITAL ONE BANK USA, NA; SUE SANDSTROM AS TREASURER FOR ARAPAHOE COUNTY; UNKNOWN TENANT(S) IN POSSESSION. Plaintiff’s Attorney: Wendy E. Weigler, #28419 Gina C. Botti #42005 WINZENBURG, LEFF, PURVIS & PAYNE, LLP 8020 Shaffer Parkway, Suite 300 Littleton, CO 80127 Telephone: (303) 863-1870 Facsimile: (303) 863-1872 SHERIFF’S NOTICE OF SALE Under an Order Granting Plaintiff’s Motion for

Plaintiff’s Attorney: Wendy E. Weigler, #28419 Gina C. Botti #42005 WINZENBURG, LEFF, PURVIS & PAYNE, LLP 8020 Shaffer Parkway, Suite 300 Littleton, CO 80127 Telephone: (303) 863-1870 Facsimile: (303) 863-1872

Summons and Sheriff Sales SHERIFF’S NOTICE OF SALE

Under an Order Granting Plaintiff’s Motion for Default Judgment In Rem in Favor of Plaintiff and Against Defendants Amy Lynn Anderson and Capital One Bank USA, N.A. and for an Order and Decree for Judicial Foreclosure entered on December 19, 2019 in the above titled action, I am ordered to sell certain real property as follows: Original Lienee: Amy Lynn Anderson Original Lienor: Homeowners Association of Cobblestone Crossing in Heatheridge.

Current Holder of the evidence of debt: Homeowners Association of Cobblestone C rossing in Heatheridge.

Date of Lien being foreclosed: December 27, 2017 Date of Recording of Lien being foreclosed: January 2, 2018 County of Recording: Arapahoe Recording Information: D8000407 Original Principal Balance of the secured indebtedness: $1,352.76 Outstanding Principal Balance of the secured indebtedness as of the date hereof: $14,472.93 Amount of Judgment entered December 19, 2019: $11,851.00 Description of property to be foreclosed: PARCEL 1: LOT 50, BLOCK 1, AND ALL IMPROVEMENTS THEREON, HEATHER RIDGE SOUTH SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 12, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED ON OCTOBER 13, 1977, AT RECEPTION NO. 1675139, AND THE DECLARATION OF COVENANTS, CONDITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS OF COBBLESTONE CROSSING IN HEATHER RIDGE, RECORDED ON DECEMBER 21, 1977, IN BOOK 2700 AT PAGE 122, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO; (OTHERWISE KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 13532 EAST ASBURY DRIVE).

PARCEL 2: GARAGE LOT NO. 127G, HEATHER RIDGE SOUTH SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 13, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF, RECORDED ON NOVEMBER 15, 1977, AT RECEPTION NO. 1684259, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO; TOGETHER WITH: (1) A NON-EXCLUSIVE RIGHT AND EASEMENT OF ENJOYMENT IN AND TO THE COMMON AREA IN COMMON WITH OTHER OWNERS OF DWELLING UNITS OF COBBLESTONE CROSSING IN HEATHERRIDGE. (2) A NON-EXCLUSIVE EASEMENT IN, ON AND THROUGH THE COMMON AREA FOR INGRESS TO AND EGRESS FROM THE LOT DESCRIBED ABOVE. (3) THE EXCLUSIVE RIGHT TO USE ONE PARKING AREA NUMBERED 50 AND THE RIGHT OF INGRESS AND EGRESS FROM THE SAID PARKING AREA. Also known as: 13352 E. Asbury Drive, Aurora, CO 80014.

THE PROPERTY TO BE FORECLOSED AS DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN. THE LIEN BEING CLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The covenants of Plaintiff have been violated as follows: failure to make payments on said indebtedness when the same were due and owing.

THEREFORE, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that I will, at 10 o’clock A.M., on May 7, 2020, at the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office, located at 13101 East Broncos Parkway, Centennial, CO 80112, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property described above, and all interest of said Grantor and the heirs and assigns of said Grantor, for the purpose of paying the judgment amount entered herein, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. **BIDDERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE CASH OR CERTIFIED FUNDS SUFFICIENT TO COVER THEIR HIGHEST BID AT TIME OF SALE.**

ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO Court Address: 7325 S Potomac Street, Centennial, CO 80112 Plaintiff: PEACHWOOD HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC., a Colorado non-profit corporation,

Summons and Sheriff Sales Defendants: WENDY K. CUMMINGS; NOVA FINANCIAL & INVESTMENT CORPORATION; SUSAN RYDEN AS PUBLIC TRUSTEE FOR ARAPAHOE COUNTY; SUE SANDSTROM AS TREASURER FOR ARAPAHOE COUNTY; UNKNOWN TENANT(S) IN POSSESSION. Attorneys for Plaintiff: WINZENBURG, LEFF, PURVIS & PAYNE, LLP Wendy E. Weigler, #28419 Gina C. Botti #42005 Address: 8020 Shaffer Parkway, Suite 300 Littleton, CO 80127 Phone Number: (303) 863-1870 Case Number: 2019CV032984 SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANT: WENDY K. CUMMINGS You are hereby summoned and required to appear and defend against the claims of the complaint filed with the court in this action, by filing with the clerk of this court an answer or other response. You are required to file your answer within 35 days after the service of this Summons upon you. Service of the summons shall be complete on the day of the last publication. A copy of the complaint may be obtained from the clerk of the court.

If you fail to file your answer or other response to the complaint in writing within 35 days after the date of the last publication, judgment by default may be rendered against you by the court for the relief demanded in the complaint without further notice.

This is an action for judicial foreclosure of an assessment lien in and to the real property situated in Arapahoe County, Colorado, more particularly described on Exhibit A, attached hereto and by this reference made a part hereof.

Dated: February 10, 2020 WINZENBURG, LEFF, PURVIS & PAYNE, L.L.P. /s/: Wendy E. Weigler By: Wendy E. Weigler, #28419 This Summons is issued pursuant to Rule 4(h), Colorado Rules of Civil Procedure Exhibit A Lot 140, Block 1, Peachwood Subdivision Filing No. 2, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado.

Also known as: 11953 E. Ford Drive, Aurora, CO 80012.

Legal Notice No.: 523636 First Publication: February 20, 2020 Last Publication: March 5, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO Arapahoe County Justice Center 7325 S. Potomac Street Centennial, CO 80112 Plaintiff: Beal Bank USA, a registered Colorado foreign corporation, v.

Defendants: Lela Ann Olmsted, an individual; Thomas Ray Olmsted Trust, a trust; and Thomas R. Olmsted 1998 Revocable Trust, a trust.

Attorneys for Beal Bank USA: Perry L. Glantz, Atty. No. 16869 Anna S. Day, Atty. No. 50725 Stinson LLP 6400 South Fiddlers Green Circle, Suite 1900 Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111 Phone Number: 303-376-8400 Fax Number: 303-578-7961 perry.glantz@stinson.com anna.day@stinson.com Case Number: 2020CV30249 Div.: 202 SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANT: Thomas Ray Olmsted Trust

By: Sgt. Trent Steffa, Deputy Sheriff

You are hereby summoned and required to appear and defend against the claims of the Interpleader Complaint filed with the Court in this action, by filing with the Clerk of this Court an answer or other response. You are required to file your answer or other response within 35 days after the service of this summons upon you. Service of this summons shall be complete on the day of the last publication. A copy of the Interpleader Complaint may be obtained from the Clerk of the Court.

Legal Notice No.: 523615 First Publication: March 12, 2020 Last Publication: April 9, 2020 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent 750 W. Hampden Ave., Suite 225, Englewood, CO 80110

If you fail to file your answer or other response to the Interpleader Complaint in writing within 35 days after the date of the last publication, judgment by default may be rendered against you by the Court for the relief demanded in the Interpleader Complaint without further notice.

Inquiries regarding this Sheriff’s Sale must be directed to the Civil Unit of the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office, telephone 720-874-3845.

DATED at Centennial, Colorado this 4th day of February, 2020.

Tyler S. Brown, Sheriff Arapahoe County, Colorado

Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO Court Address: 7325 S Potomac Street, Centennial, CO 80112 Plaintiff: PEACHWOOD HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC., a Colorado non-profit corporation, Defendants: WENDY K. CUMMINGS; NOVA FINANCIAL & INVESTMENT CORPORATION; SUSAN RYDEN AS PUBLIC TRUSTEE FOR ARAPAHOE COUNTY; SUE SANDSTROM AS TREASURER FOR ARAPAHOE COUNTY;

This is an interpleader action pursuant to Colorado Rule of Civil Procedure 22, wherein Beal Bank USA requests to interplead into the registry of the Court $200,000.00 from two accounts at issue, excluding and deducting Beal Bank USA’s costs and attorneys’ fees incurred as result of the dispute.

Dated: March 5, 2020 STINSON LLP /s/ Anna S. Day Anna S. Day, Atty. No. 50725 Perry L. Glantz, Atty. No. 16869 Stinson LLP 6400 South Fiddlers Green Circle, Suite 1900 Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111

counts at issue, excluding and deducting Beal Bank USA’s costs and attorneys’ fees incurred as result of the dispute.

Dated: March 5, 2020 STINSON LLP /s/ Anna S. Day Anna S. Day, Atty. No. 50725 Perry L. Glantz, Atty. No. 16869 Stinson LLP 6400 South Fiddlers Green Circle, Suite 1900 Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111 Phone Number: 303-376-8400 Attorney for Plaintiff Beal Bank USA

Summons and Sheriff Sales

Legal Notice No.: 523661 First Publication: March 5, 2020 Last Publication: April 2, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO Court Address: 7325 S Potomac Street, Centennial, CO 80112 Plaintiff: PEACHWOOD HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC., a Colorado non-profit corporation, Defendants: REDA KULBYTE; ALL WESTERN MORTGAGE, INC.; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC.; SUSAN RYDEN AS PUBLIC TRUSTEE FOR ARAPAHOE COUNTY; SUE SANDSTROM AS TREASURER FOR ARAPAHOE COUNTY; UNKNOWN TENANT(S) IN POSSESSION. Attorneys for Plaintiff: WINZENBURG, LEFF, PURVIS & PAYNE, LLP Wendy E. Weigler, #28419 Gina C. Botti #42005 Address: 8020 Shaffer Parkway, Suite 300 Littleton, CO 80127 Phone Number: (303) 863-1870 Case Number: 2019CV032983 SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANT: REDA KULBYTE You are hereby summoned and required to appear and defend against the claims of the complaint filed with the court in this action, by filing with the clerk of this court an answer or other response. You are required to file your answer within 35 days after the service of this Summons upon you. Service of the summons shall be complete on the day of the last publication. A copy of the complaint may be obtained from the clerk of the court.

If you fail to file your answer or other response to the complaint in writing within 35 days after the date of the last publication, judgment by default may be rendered against you by the court for the relief demanded in the complaint without further notice.

This is an action for judicial foreclosure of an assessment lien in and to the real property situated in Arapahoe County, Colorado, more particularly described on Exhibit A, attached hereto and by this reference made a part hereof.

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374 N. De Gaulle Ct., Aurora, CO 80018

TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS, Please take notice:

You and each of you are hereby notified that a Sheriff's Sale of the referenced property is to be conducted by the Civil Unit of the Sheriff's Office of Arapahoe County, Colorado at 10:00 A.M., on the 9th Day of April, 2020, at 13101 E. Broncos Pkwy., Centennial, CO 80112; phone number 720-874-3935. At which sale, the above described real property and improvements thereon will be sold to the highest bidder.

Plaintiff makes no warranty relating to title, possession, or quiet enjoyment in and to said real property in connection with this sale.

Summons and Sheriff Sales

**BIDDERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE CASH OR CERTIFIED FUNDS SUFFICIENT TO COVER THEIR HIGHEST BID AT TIME OF SALE. **

Further, for the purpose of paying off, curing default or redemption, as provided by statute, intent must be directed to or conducted at the above address of the Civil Unit of the Sheriff’s Office of Arapahoe County, Colorado.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF: ORTEN CAVANAGH & HOLMES, LLC 1445 Market Street, Suite 350 Denver, CO 80202 Legal Notice No.: 523722 First Publication: March 19, 2020.

Last Publication: March 19, 2020.

Publisher: Littleton Independent

Misc. Private Legals Public Notice NOTICE OF AMENDMENT OF DECLARATION FOR WOODRIDGE TERRACE TOWNHOMES

By Certified Mail March 17, 2020, and subsequent Publication

To holders of recorded mortgages or deeds of trust on Units in the Woodridge Terrace Townhome community: Academy Mortgage Corp.

339 West 13490 South, Draper, UT 84020 All Western Mortgage, Inc. 8345 West Sunset Rd. #380 Las Vegas, NV 89113 American Mortgage Network P. O. Box 85463, San Diego, CA 92186 American Financing Corp.

3045 South Parker Rd., Bldg B #100 Aurora, CO 80014 Axiom Financial 9350 South 150 East #140, Sandy, UT 84070

Dated: March 12, 2020

Bank of America 9000 Southside Blvd., Bldg. 700 Jacksonville, FL 32256

WINZENBURG, LEFF, PURVIS & PAYNE, L.L.P.

Bank of England 5 Statehouse Plaza #500, Little Rock, AR 72201

/s/: Wendy E. Weigler By: Wendy E. Weigler, #28419

Caliber Funding 603 N. Wilmot Rd., Tucson, AZ 85711

This Summons is issued pursuant to Rule 4(h), Colorado Rules of Civil Procedure

Cherry Creek Mortgage Co. 7600 East Orchard Rd. #250N Greenwood Village, CO 80111

Exhibit A Lot 196, Block 1, Peachwood Subdivision, Filing No. 2, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado.

Also known as: 12044 E. Ford Circle, Aurora, CO 80012.

Legal Notice No.: 523720 First Publication: March 19, 2020 Last Publication: April 16, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, STATE OF COLORADO Case NO.: 2017CV032823 DIVISION: 402 COMBINED NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE POST BANKRUPTCY DISMISSAL Plaintiff: AURORA CROSS CREEK OWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC., a Colorado nonprofit corporation v.

Defendants: RICKEY T. RUFF; KATRINA L. RUFF; SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; RITZ-CARLTON HOTEL COMPANY, LLC; STATE OF COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE; DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY - INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE; CREDIT SERVICE COMPANY INC; THE OFFICE OF THE ARAPAHOE COUNTY PUBLIC TRUSTEE Regarding: Lot 4, Block 10, Cross Creek Subdivision Filing No. 2, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado.

Also known and numbered as: 374 N. De Gaulle Ct., Aurora, CO 80018 TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS, Please take notice: You and each of you are hereby notified that a Sheriff's Sale of the referenced property is to be conducted by the Civil Unit of the Sheriff's Office of Arapahoe County, Colorado at 10:00 A.M., on the 9th Day of April, 2020, at 13101 E. Broncos Pkwy., Centennial, CO 80112; phone number 720-874-3935. At which sale, the above described real property and improvements

DAS Acquisition Co. 12140 Woodcrest Executive #150 St. Louis, MO 63141 Denver Mortgage Co. 7315 East Orchard Rd. #100 Greenwood Village, CO 80111 Digital Federal Credit Union 220 Donald Lynch Blvd.

Marlborough, MA 01752 Eagle Home Mortgage 15550 Lightwave Dr. #200 Clearwater, FL 33760 EMC Holdings 8400 E. Crescent Pkwy. #350 Greenwood Village, CO 80111 Empire of America Realty Credit Corp.

Two Empire Plaza 100 Seneca St., Buffalo, NY 14203 EverBank 301 West Bay St., Jacksonville, FL 32202 Financial Freedom c/o NTC 2100 Alt. 19 North Palm Harbor, FL 34683 First Centennial Mortgage Corp.

2471 West Sullivan Rd., Aurora, IL 60506 FirstBank P. O. Box 151515, Lakewood, CO 80215 Freedom Mortgage Corp.

907 Pleasant Valley Ave. #3 Mount Laurel, NJ 08054 Guild Mortgage Co. 5898 Copley Dr., San Diego, CA 92111 High Country Bank 7360 W. Highway 50, Salida, CO 81201 Homestead Funding Corp.

8 Airline Drive, Albany, NY 12205 Huron Valley Financial 2395 Oak Valley Dr. #200 Ann Arbor, MI 48103

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Guild Mortgage Co. 5898 Copley Dr., San Diego, CA 92111

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Wells Fargo Home Mtg. 1000 Blue Gentian Rd., Eagan, MN 55121

High Country Bank 7360 W. Highway 50, Salida, CO 81201

Wells Fargo Bank 4101 Wiseman Blvd. Bldg. 108 San Antonio, TX 78251

Homestead Funding Corp.

8 Airline Drive, Albany, NY 12205

Misc. Private Legals

Huron Valley Financial 2395 Oak Valley Dr. #200 Ann Arbor, MI 48103 Indecomm Global Services 1260 Energy Ln., St. Paul, MN 55108 Interbank Mortgage Co. 333 Knightsbridge Pkwy. #210 Lincolnshire, IL 60069 JP Morgan Chase Bank P. O. Box 8000, Monroe, LA 71203 JP Morgan Chase Bank 700 Kansas Lane, Monroe, LA 71203 LeaderOne Financial Corp.

7500 College Blvd. #1150 Overland Park, KS 66210 Liberty Savings Bank 3435 Airborne Rd. #B, Wilmington, OH 45117 Liberty Savings Bank 2251 Rombach Ave., Wilmington, OH 45177 Meridian Home Mortgage Corp.

11155 Red Run Blvd. #210 Owings Mills, MD 21117 Merrill Lynch Credit Corp.

5201 Gate Pkwy., Jacksonville, FL 32256 Midwest Equity Mortgage One Mid America Plaza #800 Oakbrook Terrace, IL 60181 Mortgage Solutions of Colorado 5455 North Union Blvd.

Colorado Springs, CO 80918 Nationstar Mortgage 4000 Horizon Way #100, Irving, TX 75063 Navy Federal Credit Union 820 Follin Ln., Vienna, VA 22180 NYBC Mortgage Co. 1801 East 9th Street Mail Code OH99-0401, Cleveland, OH 44114 Quicken Loans, Inc. 1050 Woodward Avenue Detroit, MI 48226 RBC Mortgage Co. 13100 Northwest Freeway #200 Houston, TX 77040 Red Rocks Federal Credit Union 200 West Plaza Dr. #100 Highlands Ranch, CO 80126 Reverse Mortgage Funding 700 Corporate Blvd., Newburgh, NY 12550 Royal United Mortgage 7999 Knue Rd. #300, Indianapolis, IN 46250 Security National Mortgage Co. 5300 South 360 West #150, Murray, UT 84123 Southwest Financial Services 537 E. Pete Rose Way #300 Cincinnati, OH 45202 Space Age Federal Credit Union 2495 South Havana St. #F-18 Aurora, CO 80014 SWBC Mortgage Corp.

9311 San Pedro #100, San Antonio, TX 78216 Triumph Mortgage 1125 Schilling Blvd. E. #107 Collierville, TN 38017 Unifirst Mortgage Corp.

217 Eisenhower Blvd., Johnstown, PA 15905 United Shore Financial Services 1414 East Maple Rd., Troy, MI 48083 United Shore Financial Services 585 South Blvd. E., Pontiac, MI 48341 United Wholesale Mortgage 1414 East Maple Rd., Troy, MI 48083 Universal Lending Corp.

6775 E. Evans Ave., Denver, CO 80224 USAA Federal Savings Bank 10750 McDermott Freeway San Antonio, TX 78288 U.S. Bank Home Mtg. 7601 Penn Ave. S. #A1, Richfield, MN 55423 US Mortgage Corp.

201 Old Country Rd. #140, Melville, NY 11747 Wachovia Mortgage Corp.

1100 Corporate Center Dr., Raleigh, NC 27607 Waterstone Mortgage Corp.

N25 W23255 Paul Rd., Pewaukee, WI 53072 Weichert Financial Services 225 Littleton Rd., Morris Plains, NJ 07950 Wells Fargo Bank 6200 Park Ave., Des Moines, IA 50321 Wells Fargo Home Mtg. 1000 Blue Gentian Rd., Eagan, MN 55121 Wells Fargo Bank 4101 Wiseman Blvd. Bldg. 108 San Antonio, TX 78251 Wells Fargo Bank P. O. Box 31557, Billings, MT 59107 WR Starkey Mortgage 5055 W. Park Blvd. #300 Plano, TX 75093

Misc. Private Legals

Wells Fargo Bank P. O. Box 31557, Billings, MT 59107 WR Starkey Mortgage 5055 W. Park Blvd. #300 Plano, TX 75093

The Woodridge Terrace Townhome (“Community”) is located in the City of Centennial, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado, subject to the Declaration for Woodridge Terrace Townhomes, recorded on April 14, 1983 at Reception No. 2266848 in the records of the Clerk and Recorder for Arapahoe County, State of Colorado and all amendments and supplements thereto (“Declaration”).

The Board of Directors for Woodridge Terrace Homeowners Association, Inc. (“Woodridge”) prepared an Amendment to the Declaration (“Amendment”) to amend the insurance deductibles in Section 12.12 of the Declaration.

The Board unanimously recommends that the homeowners of the Community, and their lenders, approve the Amendment. A copy of the Amendment and Annexation may be obtained from the Association address below.

Woodridge Terrace Homeowners Association, Inc. c/o Tobey & Johnston, P.C. 6855 South Havana Street, Suite 275 Centennial, CO 80112 Woodridge Terrace Homeowners Association, Inc. Board of Directors.

Legal Notice No.: 523721 First Publication: March 19, 2020 Last Publication: March 26, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Notice To Creditors Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Gary H. Kurotsuchi, a/k/a Gary Haruo Kurotsuchi, Deceased Case Number: 2020PR30196 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before July 6, 2020, or the claims may be forever barred. /s/ signature on original in office Signature of Attorney for Person Giving Notice Personal Rep: Karen M. Bowman c/o: BOATRIGHT, RIPP & LUSK, LLC 4315 Wadsworth Blvd.

Wheat Ridge, CO 80033 Ph: 303-423-7134 Legal Notice No.: 523660 First Publication: March 5, 2020 Last Publication: March 19, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Karlee M. Burnham, Deceased Case Number: 2020-PR-30190 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before July 13, 2020, or the claims may be forever barred.

Michael W. Reagor Attorney for Personal Representative Dymond ● Reagor, PLLC 8400 E. Prentice Ave., Suite 1040 Greenwood Village, CO 80111 Legal Notice No.: 523673 First Publication: March 5, 2020 Last Publication: March 19, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of JOSEPH B. PADILLA, a/k/a JOE B. PADILLA, Deceased Case Number: 2020-PR-30154 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before July 12, 2020, or the claims may be forever barred.

Michael W. Reagor, Attorney for Personal Representative Dymond ● Reagor, PLLC 8400 E. Prentice Ave., Suite 1040 Greenwood Village, CO 80111 Legal Notice No.: 523696 First Publication: March 12, 2020 Last Publication: March 26, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Joan Marie Cosby, AKA Joan M. Cosby, AKA Joan Cosby, Deceased Case Number: 20PR30159 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe, County, Colorado or on or before July 6, 2020, or the claims may be

Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Joan Marie Cosby, AKA Joan M. Cosby, AKA Joan Cosby, Deceased Case Number: 20PR30159

Notice To Creditors

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe, County, Colorado or on or before July 6, 2020, or the claims may be forever barred.

Kimberly Raemdonck, Attorney for the Personal Representative Kathy J. Murray 899 Logan Street Suite 308 Denver, CO 80203 Legal Notice No.: 523700 First Publication: March 5, 2020 Last Publication: March 19, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Estella Griego Cervantes, a/k/a Estella G. Cervantes, a/k/a Estella Cervantes, Deceased Case Number: 2020PR030223 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or July 19, 2020, or the claims may be forever barred.

Michelle Marie Cervantes Alvisio Personal Representative 8460 Mason Cir Westminster, CO 80031 Legal Notice No.: 523716 First Publication: March 19, 2020 Last Publication: April 2, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of MELVIN DUANE WOLFFIS, Deceased 9-16-2019 Case Number: 2020-PR-30175 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative, Greg Wolffis, or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before July 31, 2020, or the claims may be forever barred. /s/ Gregory Duane Wolffis on file per C.R.C.P. Rule 121 1-26(9) Personal Representative 8284 S. Jackson Street Centennial Colorado 80122 Legal Notice No.: 523717 First Publication: March 19, 2020 Last Publication: April 2, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Ryan Scott Morgan, also known as Ryan S. Morgan, also known as Ryan Morgan, Deceased Case Number 2020PR30235.

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before July 20, 2020, or the claims may be forever barred.

Debra J. Morgan Personal Representative 4691 E. Phillips Place Centennial, CO80122 303-910-9682 Legal Notice No.: 523719 First Publication: March 19, 2020 Last Publication: April 2, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Ella M. Stang, aka Ella Maria Stang, Deceased Case Number: 2020PR30171 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before July 6, 2020 or the claims may be forever barred.

Heather Christina Higerd Personal Representative c/o James A. Littlepage, Esq. 1777 S. Harrison St., Suite 1500 Denver, CO 80210 Legal Notice No: 523654 First Publication: March 5, 2020 Last Publication: March 19, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Susan M. Inglis, aka Susan Mary Inglis, Deceased Case Number: 2020PR30158 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before July 5, 2020, or the claims may be forever barred.

Ian Martin Inglis Personal Representative 7611 S. Polo Ridge Drive Littleton, Colorado 80128 Legal Notice No: 523655 First Publication: March 5, 2020

named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before July 5, 2020, or the claims may be forever barred.

Ian Martin Inglis Personal Representative 7611 S. Polo Ridge Drive Littleton, Colorado 80128

Notice To Creditors

Legal Notice No: 523655 First Publication: March 5, 2020 Last Publication: March 19, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Catherine Clyde Guy, Deceased Case Number: 2020PR-59 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before July 12, 2020, or the claims may be forever barred.

Willard Ray Guy Personal Representative 19527 East 55th Avenue Denver CO 80249 Legal Notice No: 523675 First Publication: March 12, 2020 Last Publication: March 26, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Anna Mae Bollinger, Deceased Case Number: 2020PR30188 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before July 12, 2020, or the claims may be forever barred.

Richard A. Bollinger Personal Representative 5484 E. Euclid Avenue Centennial, Co 80121 Legal Notice No: 523678 First Publication: March 12, 2020 Last Publication: March 26, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Barbara S. Nelson, aka Barbara Sherlock Nelson, aka Barbara Nelson, Deceased Case Number: 2020PR30187 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before July 13, 2020, or the claims may be forever barred.

Jennifer Nelson Miner Personal Representative c/o /Walter M. Kelly II Miller & Steiert, P.C. 1901 W. Littleton Blvd.

Littleton, Colorado 80120 Legal Notice No: 523680 First Publication: March 12, 2020 Last Publication: March 26, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Christopher John Lain, Deceased Case Number: 2020 PR 30189 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before July 12, 2020, or the claims may be forever barred.

Gregory Lain Personal Representative 116 Kendrick Drive Slidell, LA 70461 Legal Notice No: 523691 First Publication: March 12, 2020 Last Publication: March 26, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Judith Kay Wegener, Deceased Case Number: 20 PR 30183 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before July 13, 2020, or the claims may be forever barred.

Daniel Paul Wegener Personal Representative 495 West Fremont Drive Littleton, Colorado 80120 Legal Notice No: 523698 First Publication: March 12, 2020 Last Publication: March 26, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Name Changes PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on February 28, 2020 that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

March 19, 2020M PUBLIC NOTICE

Name Changes

Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

Public notice is given on February 28, 2020 that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

The petition requests that the name of Lakota Chandler Curtis Croteau be changed to Lakota Kittyhawk Curtis Case No.: 2020C100152 By: Clerk of Court/Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No: 523676 First Publication: March 12, 2020 Last Publication: March 26, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice Arapahoe County, Colorado Division A 1790 W. Littleton Blvd.

Littleton, Colorado 80120 In the Matter of the Petition of: Parent / Petitioner: Lydia - Fan For Minor Child: Soraya Sompo Muuala To Change the Child’s Name to: Soraya Sompo Fan Case Number: 20 C 100100 NOTICE TO NON-CUSTODIAL PARENT

BY PUBLICATION Notice to: John Sangwa, non custodial parent.

Notice is given that a hearing is scheduled as follows: Date: March 27th, 2020 Time: 9:30 a.m.

Location: Division A 1790 W. Littleton Blvd.

Littleton, Colorado 80120

For the purpose of requesting a change of name for Soraya Sompo Fan At this hearing the Court may enter an order changing the name of the minor child.

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

Date: February 12, 2020 Legal Notice No.: 523670 First Publication: March 5, 2020 Last Publication: March 19, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice Arapahoe County, Colorado Division A 1790 W. Littleton Blvd.

Littleton, Colorado 80120 In the Matter of the Petition of: Parent / Petitioner: Lydia - Fan For Minor Child: Samuel Malongo Dinganga To Change the Child’s Name to: Samuel Fan Malongo Case Number: 20 C 100102 NOTICE TO NON-CUSTODIAL PARENT

BY PUBLICATION Notice to: Francis Malongo, non custodial parent.

Notice is given that a hearing is scheduled as follows: Date: March 27th, 2020 Time: 9:30 a.m.

Location: Division A 1790 W. Littleton Blvd.

Littleton, Colorado 80120

For the purpose of requesting a change of name for Samuel Fan Malongo

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

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

Date: February 12, 2020 Legal Notice No.: 523671 First Publication: March 5, 2020 Last Publication: March 19, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

Public notice is given on February 21, 2020, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

The petition requests that the name of Chelsea Robin DeLong be changed to Chelsea Robin Reinis Case No.: 2020C100129 By: Kim Boswell Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No: 523653 First Publication: March 5, 2020 Last Publication: March 19, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice County Court Arapahoe County, Colorado 1790 W. Littleton Blvd.

Littleton, Colorado 80120

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In the Matter of the Petition of:

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DEMENTIA FROM PAGE 28

as all these other symptoms,” said Dr. Michael Steinman, another UCSF geriatrician.

He recently helped update an American Geriatrics Society list of potentially inappropriate medicines for older adults that can mimic dementia or make symptoms worse.

“Potentially” is the key word — the drugs on the list don’t always pose a problem, and no one should stop using any medicine without first checking with a doctor because that could do serious harm, Steinman stressed.

Doctors ‘de-prescribe’ medicines But some medicines don’t have a strong reason to be used and their risks may outweigh their benefits for older people, he and other doctors say. They often “de-prescribe” medicines that may no longer be needed or that once may have been OK but now may be causing problems.

The list includes certain types of muscle relaxants, antihistamines, allergy medicines, stomach acid remedies, antidepressants, antianxiety medicines, pain relievers, sleep aids and other common treat-

ments.

Many of these drugs have anticholinergic effects — that is, they reduce or interfere with a chemical messenger that’s key to healthy nerve function. That can cause drowsiness, confusion, blurred vision, dizziness and other symptoms that impair thinking skills.

These drugs might be fine for a younger person, but “once someone is having even the tiniest difficulty with thinking and memory, then the effects of these drugs are just huge,” said Dr. Andrew Budson of Boston University’s Alzheimer’s disease center.

Sometimes side effects appear right away, but in other cases they only develop or show up with longer use. Patients may not make the connection between a drug they’ve used for many months and new symptoms. Age itself can be a culprit and make a long-used drug suddenly intolerable.

“The drug hasn’t changed, the person has,” said Dr. Greg Jicha, a dementia specialist at the University of Kentucky.

Family members will say: “`Well, she was on that for 20 years,’ but her brain, kidney, liver were younger too. She’s no longer going to be able to metabolize that drug” like she used to, he said.

Jicha recalled a case last year when he was asked to give a second

opinion on a woman recently diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. He reviewed her medicines and “six jumped right out — these are not good medications for someone over 65” let alone at the higher doses she was receiving, he said. Four turned out to be for problems she no longer had, and he was able to switch some others to safer alternatives.

The woman’s score on a 38-point test of thinking skills rose from 18 before the medication changes to 33 after them, putting her at the low end of the normal range.

Now she can drive, which was “an absolute no-no six months earlier,” Jicha said. “She clearly no longer meets criteria for dementia.”

Research looks at older patients One of Jicha’s colleagues, Dr. Daniela Moga, heads a study to see whether optimizing medicines can delay the start of dementia symptoms. At the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference in Los Angeles in July, she described the federally funded research, which involves people who are 65 or older and taking at least one medicine on the geriatrics society list.

All have normal thinking skills, although some showed signs on brain scans of possible dementia developing. Participants are given a sort of cognitive stress test — they take exams for thinking skills

PUBLIC NOTICE

Public Notice Name Changes County Court Arapahoe County, Colorado 1790 W. Littleton Blvd.

Littleton, Colorado 80120

In the Matter of the Petition of: Parent/ Petitioner: Naomie Marie Mann For Minor Child: Maurice James Vern Muchow To Change the Child’s Name to: Maurice James Vern Mann Case Number: 2020 C 100162 NOTICE TO NON-CUSTODIAL PARENT

BY PUBLICATION Notice to: Nathan Maurice Muchow, non custodial parent.

Notice is given that a hearing is scheduled as follows: Date: April 7, 2020 Time: 9:30 a.m.

Location: 1790 W. Littleton Blvd.

Littleton, Colorado 80120 For the purpose of requesting a change of name for Maurice James Vern Muchow.

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

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

Date: March 3, 2020 Legal Notice No.: 523682 First Publication: March 12, 2020 Last Publication: March 26, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

Public notice is given on February 21, 2020, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

The petition requests that the name of Ily Joanne Kendall be changed to Ily Joanne Russell Case No.: 20C100133 Clerk of Court By: Kim Boswell, Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No: 523656 First Publication: March 5, 2020 Last Publication: March 19, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on February 26, 2020, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

Name Changes PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on February 26, 2020, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

The petition requests that the name of Joseph Daniel Fulkerson be changed to Joseph Daniel Reinis Case No.: 20 C 100142 By: Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No: 523668 First Publication: March 5, 2020 Last Publication: March 19, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on February 26, 2020, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

The petition requests that the name of Nya Jordan Muhammad be changed to Nya Muhammad Case No.: 20 C 100147 By: Kathleen Janski, Magistrate Legal Notice No: 523669 First Publication: March 5, 2020 Last Publication: March 19, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on February 26, 2020, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

The petition requests that the name of Tyler Charles Carlson be changed to Tyler Mathew Jones Case No.: 20 C 100141 By: Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No: 523674 First Publication: March 5, 2020 Last Publication: March 19, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on February 27, 2020, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

The petition requests that the name of Lauralyn Duff Hogan be changed to Lauralyn Carol Duff Case No.: 2020C100151

Name Changes

Public notice is given on February 27, 2020, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

The petition requests that the name of Lauralyn Duff Hogan be changed to Lauralyn Carol Duff Case No.: 2020C100151 By: Kim Boswell Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No: 523677 First Publication: March 12, 2020 Last Publication: March 26, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on March 4, 2020, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

The petition requests that the name of Eduardo Antonio Hermosillo be changed to Eduardo Antonio Dawson-Canjura Case No.: 20 C 100166 By: Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No: 523686 First Publication: March 12, 2020 Last Publication: March 26, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on March 4, 2020, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

The petition requests that the name of Frances Annette Allen be changed to Annie Allen Case No.: 20 C 100168 By: Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No: 523697 First Publication: March 12, 2020 Last Publication: March 26, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on March 5, 2020, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an a minor child has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

The petition requests that the name of Aasen Amundre Busby Hayes be changed to Daniel Joseph Holman-Barnaby Case No.: 20 C 100169 By: Kim Boswell

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while wearing a patch that oozes scopolamine, a motion sickness drug that has anticholinergic effects, and then four weeks later without the patch. If they do worse while on the patch, it means certain medicines might be harmful for them, Moga explained.

“We want to see if we can identify a specific group that might benefit most” by carefully managing medication use and possibly delay the start of dementia symptoms, she said.

To help avoid medication problems, doctors give these tips: Make sure you know all the medications someone is taking, including prescription, over-the-counter and vitamins or dietary supplements. Don’t assume that some are safe just because they don’t require a prescription.

Keep a running list with the date each medicine is started and stopped and note any symptoms.

The National Institute on Aging offers a worksheet for this.

Review the total medication list with a doctor, a geriatrics specialist or a pharmacist.

If you suspect a problem, bring it up and don’t wait for your doctor to ask. The American Geriatric Society’s Health in Aging Foundation has these tools and tips for finding PUBLIC NOTICE alternatives to any medicines causing trouble.

Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on March 5, 2020, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an a minor child has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

Name Changes

The petition requests that the name of Aasen Amundre Busby Hayes be changed to Daniel Joseph Holman-Barnaby Case No.: 20 C 100169 By: Kim Boswell Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No: 523701 First Publication: March 12, 2020 Last Publication: March 26, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on March 6, 2020, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

The petition requests that the name of Brett Michael Brown be changed to Brett Michael Brown Blue Case No.: 20 C 100176 By: Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No: 523703 First Publication: March 19, 2020 Last Publication: April 2, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on March 6, 2020, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

The petition requests that the name of Heather Elizabeth Richey be changed to Heather Elizabeth Richey Blue Case No.: 20 C 100174 By: Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No: 523704 First Publication: March 19, 2020 Last Publication: April 2, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on March 9, 2020, that a Petition for a Change of Name of minor child has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

The petition requests that the name of Aidan Isaac Anderson be changed to Aidan Isaac Jubenville Case No.: 20 C 100178 By: Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No: 523706 First Publication: March 19, 2020 Last Publication: April 2, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Public notice is given on March 9, 2020, that a Petition for a Change of Name of minor child has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

The petition requests that the name of Aidan Isaac Anderson be changed to Aidan Isaac Jubenville Case No.: 20 C 100178

Name Changes

By: Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No: 523706 First Publication: March 19, 2020 Last Publication: April 2, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on March 9, 2020, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

The petition requests that the name of Yuuki Jae Berger be changed to Yuuki Jae Berall Case No.: 20 C 100160 By: Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No: 523711 First Publication: March 19, 2020 Last Publication: April 2, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on March 10, 2020, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

The petition requests that the name of Katherine Michelle Hall be changed to Katherine Michelle Berall Case No.: 20 C 100181 By: Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No: 523712 First Publication: March 19, 2020 Last Publication: April 2, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on March 11, 2020, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

The petition requests that the name of James Gin Pak be changed to Pak Djynn Case No.: 20 C 100190 By: Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No: 523715 First Publication: March 19, 2020 Last Publication: April 2, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent

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Some Information About Hot Tubs & COVID-19 from Master Spas We are living in a time of uncertainty. The news is alarming, and it feels like the world is changing by the minute. But we need to find some calm during the storm. Your Master Spas hot tub or swim spa can be that safe haven.

According to the CDC, there is no evidence that COVID-19 can be spread to humans through the use of pools and hot tubs. Proper operation, maintenance, and disinfection (e.g., with chlorine) of hot tubs and swim spas should remove or inactivate the virus that causes COVID-19.

A hot tub can be a way for you to disconnect from the 24-hour news cycle, relieve stress, reduce your anxiety, and connect with the people you love most.

getting in. Double check the chemical levels before getting in. Do not enter the hot tub if the chlorine levels are outside of the safe, recommended ranges.

When you are finished using your hot tub or swim spa: Test the water again and adjust the chemical levels again.

Always: Follow the water guidelines in your owner’s manual. The concentration of active ingredients in spa chemicals varies by manufacturer, so always consult chemical manufacturer’s instructions.

Safe Haven The reach of the COVID-19 pandemic is far and wide. Schools are closed, employees are working from home, and public places are closed. Our daily Your Master Spas Product and the Coronavirus lives have been interrupted as health leaders — in the Maintaining the water quality of your hot tub or United States and around the world — work to control swim spa is essential to enjoying the health benefits. the virus.

During this time, though, it’s of even more imporLooking for ways to pass the time at home? Use your tance. To make sure that your spa water has the hot tub or swim spa to relieve stress, or create a sense proper sanitation levels, follow these steps: of normalcy: Before you get into your spa: Test the spa water • Create a routine. Start your morning with a cup of for proper pH and sanitation levels. Adjust accordcoffee and well-balanced breakfast and then spend 20 ingly to the proper levels. When adding chemicals, minutes soaking in the warm water. Your blood presalways spread them across the surface of the water sure will decrease, along with your stress and anxiety. while the pumps are running. Wait 15 minutes before • Turn off notifications. The news about the virus is

everywhere, and it can be hard to turn away from it. Set your phone to silent and take a deep breath.

Leave it on the counter when you soak in the hot tub or exercise in your swim spa.

• Spend time with family. School closures and workfrom-home policies can mean the entire family is working in close quarters. Get some fresh air and take a mental break from reports and get some fresh air. Stream a fun playlist through the Fusion Air speakers or play some hot tub games.

• Tame the tension. You might feel the stress creeping up … right to your shoulders. Take some time for much needed self care and treat yourself to a spa massage — in your Master Spas hot tub or swim spa.

• Sleep easier. It might be hard to turn off your mind and relax enough to get a good night’s rest. Using a hot tub for 20 minutes at the end of the day has been shown to help you fall asleep more quickly and improve sleep quality.

At Master Spas, we treat our customers like family.

Now, more than ever, our thoughts are with you.

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