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VOLUME 76 | ISSUE 12

Counties’ COVID-19 restrictions loosened State moves Arapahoe, Douglas, Jefferson, Adams, others to level orange

BY LIAM ADAMS LADAMS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

which would allow all restaurants to resume limited indoor dining suspended in November.

Though county officials initially hoped the rollback meant that qualifying businesses could begin operate at level yellow, allowing restaurants to operate at 50% capacity, a county must first meet all the metrics of level orange, which those in the metro area have not. The counties’ 14-day incidence rates need to move from red to orange first.

Public health restrictions in Denver metro counties were loosened on Jan. 4, even though many didn’t qualify for a lower level of restrictions.

Adams, Arapahoe, Douglas and Jefferson counties, which were all in level red on the state’s COVID-19 dial, moved to level orange. County health departments finalized the decision on Dec. 31 after an unexpected announcement from Gov. Jared Polis late the night before.

“Throughout this pandemic, we have had to walk a difficult line between the public health crisis and the economic crisis,” Polis said in a tweet explaining the rationale for his decision. Citing a decline in statewide hospital ICU bed space, he said level red counties are ready to take it down a notch.

However, according to metrics established by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Denver metro counties didn’t qualify for level orange. The three metrics are 14-day test positivity rate, hospitalization rate and 14-day

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Littleton businesses can seek looser COVID rules Small restaurants and gyms may not be able to boost capacity much under Five-Star program

BY DAVID GILBERT DGILBERT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

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qualifying businesses to adopt looser COVID-19 restrictions, though some local business owners call the program a mixed bag.

Arapahoe County received word on Dec. 30 that it qualified for the program, which would allow restaurants to resume indoor dining, after several weeks of declining COVID-19 infection and hospitalization rates.

Just hours later, Gov. Jared Polis announced he was asking the state health department to lift all level red restrictions statewide,

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State shakes up plan for COVID vaccinations Seniors, essential workers move ahead in priority

BY JOHN INGOLD THE COLORADO SUN

Colorado again made significant changes to its coronavirus vaccination plan on Dec. 30, moving older Coloradans and essential workers, such as teachers, up in priority. But big questions about how it will all work remain unresolved.

Gov. Jared Polis said at a morning news conference that people 70 and older are now eligible for vaccination in counties that have completed inoculations of frontline health care workers. That means those older Coloradans are now placed alongside police, firefighters and paramedics in the state’s new Phase 1b of its vaccination priority scheme.

Also moved into Phase 1b: Teachers and others who work in education; food and agricultural workers; postal workers; people working in manufacturing; transportation workers; grocery workers; journalists reporting in the field; and people who provide services to those experiencing homelessness.

That is a significant expansion of the phase at a time when vaccine doses are still extremely limited and distribution remains a

WHO CAN GET THE VACCINE (AND WHEN) The following are updated priority guidelines for receiving the COVID-19 vaccine, released by the state Dec. 30: Phase One (winter)

1A: Highest-risk health-care workers and individuals — People who have direct contact with COVID-19 patients for 15 minutes or more over a 24-hour period; long-term care facility staff and residents.

1B: People age 70 and older, moderate-risk health-care workers, first responders, frontline essential workers and continuity of state government — Health-care workers with less direct contact with COVID-19 patients, including workers in home health/ hospice and dental settings; emergency medical services personnel, firefighters, police, correctional workers, dispatchers, funeral services, other first responders and COVID-19 response personnel;

challenge. But Polis said the state decided to prioritize older Coloradans after learning from its data that those 70 and older account for 78% of the state’s coronavirus deaths. The changes also bring the state in line with new federal recommendations issued earlier this month.

“To end the acute phase of the crisis, the potential for overrunning our hospitals, bringing the death rate down, saving lives and ending the pandemic, we wanted

people 70 or older; frontline essential workers in education, food and agriculture, manufacturing, public transit, grocery, essential human services and direct care for those experiencing homelessness; frontline journalists; essential officials from executive, legislative and judicial branches of state government.

Phase Two (spring)

Higher-risk individuals and other essential workers: People age 60-69; people age 16-59 with obesity, diabetes, chronic lung disease, significant heart disease, chronic kidney disease, cancer or are immunocompromised; other essential workers and those involved in continuity of local government; adults who received a placebo during a COVID-19 vaccine clinical trial.

Phase Three (summer)

The general public: Anyone age 1659 without high-risk conditions. to use those initial doses on age 70 and up,” Polis said.

While Colorado officials have said they now have enough vaccine to inoculate all frontline health-care workers in the state’s Phase 1a, Polis said some counties are still working their way through that list. That means some parts of the state will be able to start vaccinating older Coloradans in the first week of January and some won’t — though Polis did not say which counties fall into which groups and the state Health Department did not provide an immediate answer, either.

The state is also far from completing vaccination of its other highest-priority group: staff and residents of nursing homes and other long-term care facilities.

That campaign, which is being run by the pharmacy chains Walgreens and CVS, isn’t expected to finish administering initial doses until mid-January.

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It is also unclear exactly how Phase 1b will be rolled out, and there appeared to be confusion around the announcement of the changes.

On Dec. 29 and 30, officials in Eagle and Summit counties, for instance, announced that the counties would begin vaccinations for residents 75 and older.

Polis later said he expected counties would change their plans to reflect the new state plan.

And there was also confusion about a second priority group.

Polis said during his press briefing that Coloradans ages 60 to 69 will be given priority in the state’s Phase 2 of the vaccine rollout, which should begin in spring. A chart sent out by CDPHE, though, showed that age group as 65 to 69.

Polis said older Coloradans should call their local hospitals or community health clinics to check on vaccine availability and schedule appointments. In Summit County, officials said older

residents should schedule an appointment online, with vaccinations to be given in partnership with Safeway and City Market.

But it was unclear if the state had a comprehensive plan to ensure equal access to the vaccine and avoid the kind of chaos seen in Florida, where seniors have been camping out overnight in long lines outside vaccination centers.

The large health system HealthONE, which operates several hospitals in the Denver metro area, said it is still vaccinating all of its workers and doesn’t have vaccine doses available for the general public.

Polis said the state estimates it will take four to five weeks to give initial doses to all Coloradans 70 and older.

The state Demography Office estimates that there are more than 560,000 Coloradans who are 70 and older, nearly 10% of the state’s population. But some counties that a more rural and remote — such as Hinsdale and Mineral — have higher percentages of older residents.

Polis did not provide estimates for the sizes of other groups in Phase 1b.

It remains uncertain when those other groups in Phase 1b will become eligible for their shots. Polis said local health departments would work to identify eligible businesses within their counties and would then contact those businesses to set up vaccination times.

Flexibility needed

Dr. Anuj Mehta, a pulmonologist with Denver Health who helped draft the state’s initial vaccination plan, said guidance from the state will need to remain flexible, in order to allow local health officials and doctors to respond best to local conditions.

“I think that this is going to fall on providers and local public health authorities,” Mehta said Wednesday during a meeting of a medical advisory group connected to the Governor’s Expert Emergency Epidemic Response Committee, which offers Polis recommendations on how to respond to the pandemic.

The state expects that Phase 2, when younger people with highrisk health conditions and other essential workers become eligible for vaccination, won’t start until spring. Phase 3, the final phase when all healthy adults who have not already been vaccinated become eligible, won’t start until summer, Polis said.

Still, Polis said he is optimistic that the end is in sight.

“This is our final major hurdle toward ending the pandemic,” he said.

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

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MY NAME IS

IVETTE DOMINGUEZ

Auto dealership president is daughter of parents who fled Cuba Breaking up the boy’s club

I’m the president of the Alpine Buick GMC dealership. I recently won an award from Automotive News as one of the 100 Leading Women in the American Auto Industry.

When I got into this business after college, it was nearly exclusively men. I was the only female salesperson at my dealership for years.

Now, if you come to my dealership, it’s not staffed entirely with middle-aged men. Sixty-five percent of our dealership staff are female, and many of them people of color.

It looks more like the world we live in. Some of us speak different languages, and we’re able to accommodate different people from our community.

Fleeing Cuba

Ivette Dominguez said the car dealership she runs reflects the demographics of the COURTESY PHOTO community.

I was raised by two professionals.

My mom was an accountant and my dad was a vice president of finance.

I had hard work instilled in me from a young age.

My parents immigrated here from Cuba. They came to America to give me and my sisters more opportunities. They arrived in the early 1960s, not long after the Cuban Revolution that installed Fidel Castro.

Both my parents had been educated in America, but had returned to Cuba. When they fled, they told the authorities they were just going on vacation, but they stayed. My dad had less than a dollar. They were married for 65 years.

Even though they fled the political situation there, I don’t think they ever stopped missing it. Still, they had no desire to go back. They wanted to keep the memory alive of the place they grew up, not the place it became.

Giving back

I’ve never visited Cuba. Perhaps I will at some point. My family and I are big travelers, and COVID has kept us locked down. We haven’t planned any post-COVID trips yet, but I’m thinking Europe. Down the line, we want to go on an African safari. My daughter wants to see Dubai.

I’ve always tried to give back. We have donated vehicles to Children’s Hospital, and I’ve served on the board of the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, and I’m now on the local Habitat for Humanity board, and I’m a trustee on the Denver Zoo’s board.

I’m one of only 13 women ethnic minority GM dealership owners.

I didn’t have a mentor myself, so I hope where I’m at in my career can make a difference for women coming up.

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Arapahoe County approved for Five-Star program

BY DAVID GILBERT DGILBERT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Arapahoe County received state approval to join the Five-Star Recovery Program on Dec. 30, allowing qualifying restaurants and other businesses to loosen their COVID-19 restrictions, just hours before a surprise announcement from Gov. Jared Polis ratcheting down restrictions.

The county became eligible to participate in the program after showing a prolonged decline in its COVID-19 infection and hospitalization numbers, according to a letter from the Colorado Department of Public Health and the Environment.

Approval means the county can now begin issuing waivers to qualifying businesses, allowing them to operate at a less-restrictive level than the county’s status on the state’s COVID-19 dial.

The county was at level red when word came in about the Five-Star program on Dec. 30, a level that meant all indoor dining was prohibited. Just hours later, however, Polis announced via a tweet that he was requesting CDPHE to move all counties at level red to level orange, which allows restaurants to operate at 25% indoor capacity and loosens restrictions on gyms, indoor events and other businesses.

In a followup news release, Arapahoe County officials clarified that the Five-Star Program certification remains valid after the rollback.

Though county officials initially hoped the rollback meant that quali-

fying businesses could begin operate at level yellow, allowing restaurants to operate at 50% capacity, a county must first meet all the metrics of level orange, which those in the metro area have not. The counties’ 14-day incidence rates need to move from red to orange first.

Arapahoe County was one of dozens of Colorado counties moved to level red in November and December amid a surge in COVID-19 cases.

To qualify, businesses must first submit an application to the county, detailing how they plan to adhere to a long list of COVID prevention protocols. Next, businesses must receive an on-site inspection by city or county inspectors to prove their plans are in place.

Enforcement will be on a complaint basis, according to county documents, relying on reports from staff or the public. Though the county’s application to CDPHE had requested a three-strikes policy before a business’s approval could be revoked, the state’s plan allows just two verified violations before revocation.

The Tri-County Health Department, which is responsible for mandating adherence to health code restrictions, will seek to work with businesses to come into compliance rather than lose their certification, said Adam Anderson, the department’s health data manager.

“There are a lot of rules, and everyone can’t be perfect, but we’re doing our best to keep everyone as safe as possible,” Anderson said. “I

think this program provides good opportunities to help out and still take necessary precautions.”

Anderson said it’s unclear how much of the late-fall surge in cases was attributable to restaurants.

“That’s the million-dollar question,” he said. “We often can’t definitively say this case came from that restaurant. With all the resources in the world we’d do a case control study to parse out where that transmission occurred and begin to establish better statistics.”

Instead, Anderson said, public health experts have largely had to rely on guidance and studies from federal agencies like the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which have found a higher risk of virus exposure in restaurants and similar settings.

“Ultimately we’re trying to reduce the amount of exposure that people have with their masks off, and unfortunately it’s pretty difficult to eat with a mask on around other people.”

While data collected by the department shows that restaurants were the second-most commonly cited location visited by people infected with COVID-19 in the two weeks before testing positive, behind only small private gatherings, Anderson said that data remains very limited.

One problem is that many people refuse to work with contact tracers, Anderson said, and even those who do often can’t remember every place they’ve been for the past two weeks.

“So what we have is a small snapshot,” he said. “We combine that with research about indoor settings with masks off and studies coming from the state and federal level to try to get a sense of the big picture.”

Nancy Sharpe, the chair of the Arapahoe County Board of Commissioners, praised the program, calling it an important step in assisting struggling businesses.

“Our business is supporting our businesses,” Sharpe said of the county commissioners. “We don’t want them to fail. It’s important to make sure people can stay employed.

From a financial standpoint, it’s important to the county to help keep our business and office space full.”

Sharpe said the county has gone to great lengths to support businesses in 2020 through grants from the federal CARES Act, and added that county staff have not yet fully evaluated what further assistance will become available as part of a new federal relief package passed by Congress in December.

Sharpe said she was optimistic about the Five-Star program because it maintains an emphasis on adhering to COVID prevention protocols.

“The most significant thing we can do is keep people healthy,” she said.

“We must continue to wear masks, wash our hands, and be safe with who we’re around as the vaccines start to roll out. It will be months before most of us can get vaccinated.

This is all part of the process of getting us back to a normal life.”

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General Assembly plans hiatus due to pandemic After a few days in January, Legislature will pause until mid-February

BY JESSE PAUL THE COLORADO SUN

The Colorado Legislature will delay its full return for at least a month because of the prevalence of coronavirus in the state.

The General Assembly was originally set to reconvene for the 2021 lawmaking term on Jan. 13 and work uninterrupted into May. Instead, lawmakers will “gavel in” on that date and address urgent business, including swearing in new members, before “gaveling out” after a few days.

The plan is to return in full on Feb. 16 to carry out the rest of the 120-day lawmaking term. Gov. Jared Polis’ State of the State address will be delayed until February as well, his office said.

Democrats, who are in control of both the state Senate and House, announced the delay on Dec. 21, though it has been planned for more than a week. Republicans were not part of the rolling out the news.

“I was asked my opinion,” said Senate Republican leader Chris Holbert of Parker. Holbert said he wasn’t aware, however, that the delay had been finalized until he was reached by a Colorado Sun reporter on Dec. 21.

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Rep. Hugh McKean, the incoming House Republican leader, says he was consulted about the delay.

The move will allow the General Assembly to maintain its 120-day legislative session but push the term into the late spring and early summer when top lawmakers hope COVID-19 numbers in the state will have gone down.

Democratic leadership at the Capitol vowed to return to the Capitol earlier than Feb. 16 if there is a need for emergency legislation.

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“From the very beginning, we’ve worked hard to find ways to protect the health and safety of the public, legislative staff, and lawmakers while allowing for public participation,” House Speaker-designate Alec Garnett, a Denver Democrat, said in a written statement. “Recessing until mid-February will place us farther out from the holiday spike in COVID cases and will allow the bulk of our legislative work to take place when we hope it is safer and more Coloradans will have received the

COVID vaccine. We’ll continue to look at the data and listen to public health experts to guide our decisions.”

House Majority Leader Daneya Esgar, a Pueblo Democrat, called the decision to delay the legislative session a “responsible and sciencedriven choice.”

Holbert said he is OK with the delay for public health reasons, but is concerned about violating the Legislature’s rules dictating how long the General Assembly can temporarily adjourn for. He is also concerned about how the move will affect Colorado’s budgeting process, since the next fiscal year begins in July, and citizens’ ability to overturn laws through the use of a “petition clause.”

“It is frustrating, at least being in the minority, trying to understand what are the rules we have to play by,” Holbert said.

State lawmakers returned for a three-day special session in December called by Gov. Polis to pass coronavirus aid bills despite the disease being so prevalent in the state. Democrats and Republicans said they needed to take action in lieu of a congressional aid package.

Much of the special session lawmaking happened remotely.

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

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New DA keeps Brauchler on STEM School shooting case John Kellner also announced his leadership team

BY JESSICA GIBBS JGIBBS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Eighteenth Judicial District Attorney-elect John Kellner has asked outgoing District Attorney George Brauchler to stay on the STEM School Highlands Ranch shooting case and lead the prosecution team, according to a news release from the office.

Kellner will be sworn in as district attorney on Jan. 12, ahead of a February trial for the STEM Kellner shooting’s older suspect.

Brauchler, who is term-limited, will serve as a chief deputy district attorney throughout the trial’s duration, working with the district on a part-time basis. Kellner said Brauchler is invested in both the community and the case after working with victims for more than 18 months.

“I’m grateful to Mr. Brauchler for his commitment to the victims and families involved in the STEM shooting to see this trial through,” Kellner said in the release.

The May 7, 2019 shooting left eight students injured and 18-year-old Kendrick Castillo dead.

Defendant Devon Erickson pleaded not guilty nearly one year ago.

Charges include felony first-degree murder. His trial begins Feb. 1.

Erickson’s former codefendant, Alec McKinney, pleaded guilty to similar charges and was sentenced in July to life in prison plus 38 year, with the possibility of parole after 40 years.

Kellner also announced who he named to his leadership team in the sprawling judicial district representing more than a million people in Arapahoe, Douglas, Elbert and Lincoln counties.

• He selected Tom Byrnes, a chief deputy district attorney in the district, as his assistant district attorney — the No. 2 position within the office.

• Vicki Klingensmith will serve as the senior chief deputy district attorney in the district’s Arapahoe County office. Klingensmith has been a prosecutor in the community for more than 16 years.

• Chief Deputy District Attorney Chris Wilcox will retain his role in the Douglas County office. Eva Wilson will lead the Elbert County office.

Wilson has worked in the 1st Judicial District for 16 years, and previously served as a prosecutor in the 18th Judicial District for two decades.

Kellner said he views the 18th Judicial District as one of the state’s best, but vowed do more to “support victims, tackle rising violent crimes in our communities, support rehabilitation for defendants, and improve transparency and accountability to create a more equitable criminal justice system.”

Vectra Bank to build combined headquarters in metro area 127,000-square-foot building will stand nine stories tall in Belleview Station

BY DAVID MULLEN THE DENVER GAZETTE

Vectra Bank is confident in its business plan moving forward despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. To demonstrate that confidence to employees, partners and current customers, the bank celebrated a virtual groundbreaking ceremony recently for its new $65 million headquarters in southeast Denver.

“We know this has been a challenging time for many, and we’re confident and hopeful, in the future of Colorado and we look forward to celebrating the building process with our employees, our customers and community,” said Bruce Alexander, president and CEO of Vectra Bank.

The nine-story mixed-use building will enclose 127,000 square feet and will be located at Interstate 25 and East Belleview Avenue. It is scheduled to open in December 2022.

Four floors will be used for office space and parking, while one floor will be used for commercial retail and include a Vectra Bank branch, Alexander said.

The new project is part of the Belleview Station development that has led to two Fortune 500 companies, Western Union and Newmont Mining, to build corporate HQs in the area.

Currently Vectra Bank’s headquarters is spread across multiple buildings that house the offices for around 60 employees each, and can make day-to-day operations cumbersome.

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Sibling is almost like one of the family

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y sister and I are unalike.

My sister and I are so unalike I required a DNA sample before I agreed to include her in my will.

“Cindy” makes lists.

QUIET She makes lists DESPERATION of the lists she is going to make.

I make lists of the lists I am not going to make.

In a recent email, she wrote, “Yes, I do write out a grocery list.

Lately, I’ve been Craig Marshall going to the store Smith about every two weeks instead of every week. At home I keep a list of things that I might want from many different places. Then before I go to Kroger or Target or wherever, I make a new list for only that particular store.

“Today I had a lengthy list.

A few things weren’t available

because of the holiday season, but I was only getting those things to try a new recipe. I’ll put those things back on a list for the next time I go.”

I wrote back, “As soon as possible, read your last email out loud to your therapist. And send another DNA sample.”

Me? I go to the grocery store every other day, partly to shop and partly to remind myself why I live alone.

Something happens to people in grocery stores that doesn’t anywhere else.

Anne Teak, a Stanford University psychologist, commented, “Shoppers will stare at cans they’ve seen all their lives and wonder if, after a century, Campbell’s might have added sea bass or rum to its tomato soup. I can’t explain it.”

She can’t explain human behavior and she’s a psychologist.

How can a sister and a brother be so different?

I’m not convinced we’re related.

We look different. She was

LETTER TO THE EDITOR Boebert doesn’t get Constitution

So, it looks like Lauren Boebert, Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District representativeelect, is ready to slap some leather come Jan. 6 when Congress meets to formally validate the votes of the Electoral College from the general election of Nov. 3.

Ms. Boebert has stated that it is her duty to defend the Constitution. That’s true. It is.

So, does she know that the U.S. Constitution expressly gives the power to hold elections to the states and the states have already certified the results?

Does she know that the Electoral College has also upheld these results, as is its duty according to the U.S. Constitution?

It’s all in Article II and the 12th Amendment.

How about defending that?

And, does she know that 59 court decisions, including the Supreme Court, have upheld the integrity of the election results against baseless lawsuits from the Trump administration?

To again challenge these results smacks of voter suppression. Is that why we send representatives to Congress? I thought it was to enact legislation for the benefit of their constituents. In this action, I fail to see any concern about their well-being and what relief they need.

Instead she is preparing for a futile and fatuous High Noon gesture at the U.S. Capitol.

What does this portend for the next two years?

More pointless and petty grandstanding?

It seems, at this point, that Ms. Boebert is all hat and no cattle. CO-3 deserves better.

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homecoming queen and I have a face like a first baseman’s mitt, and right now it’s the bottom of the ninth.

Cindy does what she’s told. Her doctor insisted that she schedule appointments to have her ears cleaned with cotton swabs.

And she does.

“Don’t they sell Q-tips in Michigan?” I asked.

HBO has been showing “The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart,” a documentary that focuses on brothers Barry, Robin, Maurice, and touches on Andy.

Barry is the only living Bee Gee. Their biggest success came during the era of Top Forty radio when they had four or five songs in constant rotation.

Good for them; hard on the disc jockeys, as one admits.

For a while their music was unavoidable on AM radio.

The brothers squabbled, particularly Barry and Robin, broke up, got back together and had hit records in the 1990s.

There is no doubt they were brothers.

Not a speck of contrary data.

Sure, my sister and I have the same last name. But that says little. “Smith” is the most common surname in the United States.

I want to make it clear that I am not ashamed of her. In fact, I am proud to be her brother, if, in fact, we are related.

But now and then something will come up, like her lists, that makes me question our relationship.

On separate occasions she has used the words “veggie” and “fridge.” Once in the same sentence.

I closed my eyes and let the moment pass.

P. S. Did you know that Shirley MacLaine and Warren Beatty are sister and brother?

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

2020 might have won, and 2021 has just begun

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friend of mine is an expert in emotional relevance. His name is Alon Zaibert and he writes a terrific blog. In a blog that he wrote just before Christmas, Alon visits WINNING the topic of WORDS identifying and embracing the struggles we all face.

“It is clear we want to believe those who are sharing with us their personal Michael Norton story as in our core, we are good. We root for the hero who struggled and came out victorious. We relate to them because we struggle as well.

And when we see someone who has done it, like us, we relate to them. We cheer for their achievements as if they are our own. But it seems that most of us use others’ victories as another excuse to stay stagnant. To not go

ahead with their own desires and wishes. It is the struggle ahead that scares most of us.”

— Alon Zaibert As I read his blog, I thought about the year that has passed, and the lingering impact and effect that the year has left us with. For many of us, it is that the year 2020 had won, as we lost people, jobs, businesses, and for some of us, we lost hope. Yet it is also true that 2021 has just begun.

We are still facing overwhelming uncertainty, still grieving, worried, and wondering. The struggle is real, and I do not want to diminish the reality of that.

Each year we recognize the first day of January as the start of something new. New hopes and dreams, new goals and objectives, and a new and fresh start at life. This year seems different as we have many of the same battles still ahead. My encouragement is that we do identify and embrace the struggles that we are facing. Let’s lean into them instead of trying to

outrun them. When we try to run away from our struggles, sooner or later we will run out of energy, we will become exhausted, and now we will have to face our struggles from a disadvantage as we are wiped out from our attempt to avoid and evade them.

As Alon says, “It is the struggle ahead that scares most of us.” Whatever struggle we are facing, if we allow it to, the grip of fear will control us. No matter the magnitude of what we face, we still get to decide what we will allow and what we will not allow when it comes down to how we will choose to respond.

Fear is real. We need to try and lean into that fear and find the first seed of courage, that when nurtured, will grow and give us the strength and courage we need to embrace our struggles and fears.

Remembering what Mark Twain said, “Courage is the

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Mutant COVID-19 strain linked to Elbert County Variant believed to be more contagious but not more deadly

BY ERIN PRATER THE DENVER GAZETTE

The United States’ first confirmed case of a new, highly transmissible COVID-19 variant recently announced by officials in the United Kingdom and a second potential case are members of the Colorado National Guard who were deployed to a nursing home in Simla, state officials said Dec. 30. Simla is a rural town of fewer than 1,000 people in south-central Elbert County.

Both were sent Dec. 23 to aid

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resistance to fear, mastery of fear — not absence of fear,” has always been a source of inspiration for many.

The last word is control. We need to focus on the controllable instead of becoming consumed with what is uncontrollable. The things that we can control as we embrace the struggle are our behaviors, attitudes, and actions. We

the Good Samaritan Society nursing home, about an hour outside of Colorado Springs, where an outbreak was underway, said Dr. Rachel Herlihy, an epidemiologist with the state health department, at a Dec. 30 press conference on the state’s virus response. They were tested on Christmas Eve. Six National Guard personnel were deployed to the facility to assist with testing, and two have since tested positive for COVID-19: the individual with the variant, and the other individual suspected of having it, she said, adding that it’s possible that the preexisting outbreak and new case of the variant are not connected, and that the positive Guardsman contracted the variant in the community, outside the facility.

There is currently no evidence that the variant is now circulating at the nursing home, she added, but said additional testing is underway.

The potential case has not yet been confirmed because genome sequencing is still underway, said Dr. Emily Travanty, scientific director of the laboratory services division at the state health department. The signal is weaker in the sample in question, making confirmation more difficult. The work should be completed within the next week, she added.

The country’s — and the state’s — first case is a man in his 20s, with no travel history and no close contacts yet identified, state officials said Dec. 29. He has mild symptoms and remains in isolation, Gov. Jared Polis said at the Dec. 30 press

conference.

That variant identified in the case, known as B.1.1.7, is the same one discovered in Europe this month. It triggered alarm when announced by Britain’s prime minister and caused dozens of countries to ban flights from the United Kingdom, as well as strict lockdown measures in southern England. It appears to be 70% more transmissible than the dominant strain of COVID-19, Colorado officials said last week.

The variant “very likely exists in many states,” Polis said, particularly in the mid-Atlantic area, where there are high rates of travel to and from the U.K.

can make the choice to love and support those around us in their struggles. We can control what we read, watch, and listen to, filling our minds and hearts with positive thoughts and winning words.

The year 2021 has just begun, how will you embrace the struggles and the opportunities that may come your way?

I know that embracing the struggle or leaning into the struggle might sound like a rah-rah message, but I assure you it is not.

It’s probably the best advice that had been passed along to me in

my own struggles, and now I am sharing it with you. I really would love to hear how 2021 is beginning for you at mnorton@tramazing. com. 2020 may have won, and 2021 has just begun, giving us time to do what we can to help make this

a better than good year.

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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“The opportunity to put everyone together on one campus was something that was really appealing to us,” Alexander said. “Bringing everyone together in one place is really the value in this for us as it’ll create the opportunity to be more collaborative, more creative, more connected.”

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Asked why the bank decided to make this move during a time of economic instability and while many of its employees are working remotely. Alexander said the answer is quite simple.

“One, because we can have this campus. Two, because we’re consolidating an existing space, so we’ll be using less space considering all the space we’re leasing. And three, it creates the opportunity for all of us to be together under one roof,” Alexander said.

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Dorothy June Terry, a retired cosmetics industry account manager, died at home Nov. 18, 2020 in Centennial, Colo., after a long illness. She was 93.

Terry was born April 10, 1927 in Kansas City, Mo., to the late James and Vera (Turley) Brown. She was graduated from Rosedale High School in Kansas City, Kan., in 1945. She was a member of the National Thespian Dramatic Honor Society for High Schools and a cheerleader. Terry stayed in touch with her high school friends — known as the Rosedale Roses — throughout her life.

In 1947, Terry was graduated from Kansas City, Kan. Junior College. There she met her future husband — the late Everett “Jack” William Terry, a basketball player back from serving in the U.S. Navy during World War II. They

married in 1950 and moved to Colorado in 1954.

After raising her children, Terry had a successful career as a cosmetics industry account manager responsible for multistate territories for international brands, including Charles of the Ritz. She was a long-time member of the nonprofit Fashion Group International.

Terry is pre-deceased by her only sibling, James Glenn Brown. She is survived by her sons, Lance William Terry (Cyndia Zwahlen) and Reed Thomas Terry, of Littleton, Colo., her three grandchildren and her great-grandchild.

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Pandemic has taken a toll on mental health, but resolutions may be helpful

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fter the most disruptive year in generations upended the social, financial and mental well-being of billions across the world, the question many face with the arrival of the new year is: What’s next?

For some, the tradition of new year’s resolutions may serve as a natural springboard for considering that question. It’s not easy, though, when “fatigue” has been the buzzword defining many people’s collective state of mind for months.

That includes “Zoom fatigue, pandemic fatigue, compassion fatigue,” said Cynthia Grant, the chief clinical officer for AllHealth Network, a nonprofit mental health organization in the south metro area.

“I think everyone is trying to stay safe and sane, but the prolonged nature of what we’re dealing with leaves many emotionally depleted, overwhelmed, feeling guilty, uncertain, helpless and exhausted by the choices we have to make every day to keep ourselves safe,” Grant said.

In some ways, the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted life similarly to how a natural disaster does, affecting people’s mental health on a wide scale.

“The toll that a natural disaster takes on individuals, families, and communities is well-known in the mental health field,” said Grant, who is also a licensed clinical social worker. “They disrupt our daily lives and remind us of our lack of control in the world. COVID forced us to change our routines and disconnected us from our social supports. The quarantine and saferat-home regulations stripped away many of our coping mechanisms that help tame mental illnesses. We couldn’t see or hug our friends, go to the movies or even work out at the gym.”

But the pandemic has reshaped life in unique ways, too, according to Shawn Worthy, a clinical psychologist and professor of human services at Metropolitan State University of Denver.

Natural disasters “are events that are sudden — they have a big impact and then you can respond, so they’re very acute situations,” Worthy said.

On the other hand, the pandemic is “kind of the chronic situation.

This has been going on for almost a year now, about 10 months now. So the length of the difficulty, I think, impacts people differently.”

Short bursts of traumatic experiences can be harrowing, Worthy said, noting that comparing trauma can be problematic.

“But what I can say is that the long-term, chronic mental health drain that the pandemic is having

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on most people certainly is creating this kind of slow-rolling but intense trauma for most people,” Worthy said.

On top of that, the pandemic has affected some vastly more than others in a financial sense, Worthy noted.

“If you have a job you can do at home or is relatively safe, that’s one thing,” Worthy said. “But if you have a job in the entertainment industry, restaurant industry, travel industry, hospital industry, (the effect is great). A lot of them are thinking of how to pay the bills, how to have a holiday dinner — all those very basic-level things.”

The start of the pandemic was marked by a “great solidarity” in fighting the coronavirus, but as the crisis continued to rage, “it hasn’t been the same boat for all of us,” Grant said.

“It’s been said that some of us are hanging on to a life raft while others are on a yacht,” Grant added.

For many, a natural disaster leads to post-traumatic growth with reflection and opportunities to make positive change, Grant said.

But “others (face) job loss, the burden of remote work and remote school, grief over the loss of a loved one, or being isolated for so long it had bred loneliness, depression, anxiety, sleepless nights and increased substance use,” Grant said.

“These are normal reactions to an abnormal situation.”

navigate the hurdles may be reshuffling their priorities. Asked how the pandemic could tend to affect the goals people set, Worthy said there’s no specific research to guide that answer.

But “what I’m guessing is that typically, when people have faced trauma, their response is one that is more focused on the more fundamental kind of issues,” Worthy said.

“So like, spending better quality time with family, not taking for granted your grandma and grandpa

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Exploring Denver through photographs Y/OUR Denver Photography Competition on view virtually through March 1

BY CHRISTY STEADMAN CSTEADMAN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

The digital exhibition of the 2020 Y/OUR Denver Photography Competition is available for viewing through March 1.

It is available on the following websites: Denver Architecture Foundation, www.denverarchitecture. org; and Colorado Photographic Arts Center, www.cpacphoto.org.

The exhibit consists of 30 photographs, all by local photographers of varying skill levels, that depict Denver’s “vast and unique architecture” and includes “all forms of architectural imagery — black and white, color, exterior, interiors and detail images,” states a news release.

Put on by the nonprofits Denver Architecture Foundation and the Colorado Photographic Arts Center, Y/OUR Denver Photography Competition is a corresponding event to the Denver Architecture Founda-

Best in Show: “Crossed Paths” by Scott Wilson.

tion’s annual Doors Open Denver.

Doors Open Denver is an event during which the general public can access a variety of the city’s unique spaces. This year, the 16th annual Doors Open Denver, took place virtually Sept. 28-Oct. 15.

This is the third year for the Y/ OUR Denver Photography Competition, and 225 entries were submitted to the competition. The 30 finalists part of the exhibition were juried

by Samantha Johnston, executive director and curator of the Colorado Photographic Arts Center.

The four competition winners are:

Best Exterior: Reconstruction of Denver Art Museum by Faina Gurevich.

• Best in Show: Crossed Paths by Scott Wilson • Best Exterior: Reconstruction of Denver Art Museum by Faina Gurevich • Best Interior: Belly of the Cathedral by Edward Huang • Best Detail: Denver Series #72 by Rodney Gene Mahaffey

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“In a time when we are practicing safe social distancing and finding ourselves at home more than usual,” Pauline Herrera, executive director of the Denver Architecture Foundation, said in a news release, “our community can enjoy the beauty of Denver remotely through the Y/ OUR Denver digital exhibition.”

Internationally touring exhibit coming Jan. 8

“S

omnyama Ngonyama: Hail the Dark Lioness” is an internationally touring exhibit that will be featured at the CVA (Center for Visual Art) from Jan. 8 to March 20. It is organized by SONYA’S Autograph, LonSAMPLER don, curated by Renee Mussai and features more than 80 self-portraits by visual activist Zanele Muholi (born 1972 in South Africa). Muholi uses the pronoun “they” and “uses their body as a can- Sonya Ellingboe vas to confront the deeply personal politics of race and representation.” The title, from isiZulu, one of the official languages of South Africa, “playfully employs the conventions of classical painting, fashion photography and the familiar tropes of ethnographic imagery to rearticulate contemporary identity politics,” according to Metropolitan State University’s CVA, 965 Santa Fe Drive, Denver. Check hours and procedures during the pandemic: www.msudenver.edu/cva, 303-2945207.

CORE New Art Space

A new CORE New Art Space gallery all-members show runs through Jan. 17 at CORE’s new address, 6851 W. Colfax Ave., Lakewood. It will feature a variety of mediums, including mixed media assemblages, 3D abstract expressionism, surrealism and realism, portraits, landscapes, graphics, ceramics, fiber arts, photography, sculpture ... Large and

small-scale works by members of this versatile, longtime coop group which has moved to Lakewood from its former Santa Fe Drive location.

Hours during COVID restrictions (check for updates before going): Friday 6 to 9 p.m.; Saturday/Sunday noon to 4 p.m.; coreartspace.com, 303297-8428. (Littleton’s Michelle Lamb, who painted the city’s light rail station mural, is an active member.)

Canal Collaborative

The new Canal Collaborative encompasses the former High Line Canal Working Group including all the regional partners: Denver Water, local governments, stormwater managers and the High Line Canal Conservancy — to hopefully do more as one group than any one entity can do alone. The new management structure will support a 71-mile-long linear park. Watch for more details about management structure. The concept is endorsed by all the governmental entities involved. Hooray!

Denver Art Museum

“Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera and Mexican Modernism” continues to Jan. 24 at the Denver Art Museum.

Timed tickets must be reserved in advance at denverartmuseum. org or call 720-913-0130. The exhibit includes more than 20 artworks by Kahlo and was organized by the Vergel Foundation in collaboration with the Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura (INBAL) and curated locally by Rebecca Hart, who serves as the Vicki and Kent Logan Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the DAM. It includes more than 150 artworks, focused on the post-Mexican Revolution works of internationally celebrated artists.

Just announced: “Whistler to Cassatt: American Painters in France” will be presented at DAM Nov. 14, 2021 to Feb. 13, 2022. More than 100 paintings made from 1855 to 1913 will show the French influence on American painting of the period.

Columbine Genealogy and History Society

The Columbine Genealogy and History Society plans a Zoom meeting for Jan. 12 at 1 p.m. on “Using Charts to Connect the Dots: Timelines, Identity Charts and FAN Club Charts,” presented by Carol Darrow, who will explore the uses of these tools. On Jan. 19 at 1 p.m., “Military Records on the Internet” will be presented by Marilyn Elrod. Members will receive an invitation — log on 10 minutes in advance. Non-members should request an invitation at columbinegenealogy@gmail.com.

(Must install Zoom on your device.)

Denver Lyric Opera Guild

Denver Lyric Opera Guild will hope to offer a virtual opera on Tuesdays soon. A first session featured young apprentices from Opera Colorado — virtually. See the DLOG website for membership information: denverlyricoperaguild.org. The annual competition for singers will be livestreamed without the usual in-person audience this year. More on this as we receive notice. Opera lovers look forward to this competition.

Coming soon from LPS

The Annual Littleton Public School District K-12 Student Art Show will run as a virtual show from Jan. 19 to May 31. More on this soon, with images. Encouraging to note that LPS students are continuing to create — in and out of the classroom.

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To qualify for the Five-Star program, businesses must file a plan with the county detailing how they will comply with strict COVID-19 protocols, including maintaining at least 10 feet between tables in restaurants, enforcing mask wearing, and using high-quality air filtration systems. Businesses must then receive an inspection to confirm the plan, which in Littleton will be handled by city building inspectors.

“This could have a huge impact for our businesses,” said Colton Harguth, the city’s economic development specialist, who is overseeing the program. “We’ve been hearing calls for this program since these restrictions came down from the state.”

Littleton has at least 1,800 businesses that could fall under some aspect of the Five-Star program, Harguth said, though the city is not yet aware how many plan to apply.

“We’ll prioritize inspecting res-

taurants, gyms and indoor event centers,” he said. “They’re the most severely impacted.”

How long the inspections will take to complete and when businesses will receive their certification isn’t yet clear.

“We’re flying the plane as we build it,” Harguth said. “We don’t have much time to think everything through 100%.”

Enforcement will be on a complaint basis, he said, and will fall to Tri-County Health staff.

The Five-Star program isn’t a panacea, said Keven Kinaschuk, who owns McKinners Pizza Bar in downtown Littleton.

“You’d need a machete to cut through the red tape on this,” Kinaschuk said.

While he plans to apply for the program and called it a step in the right direction, Kinaschuk said McKinners’ revenues are down by half this year, leaving him struggling to pay creditors. Federal grant money from spring has long since run out, and outdoor patio dining is unappealing on cold winter days.

Even if Kinaschuk gets approved,

his small dining room means he likely won’t be able to seat more than a handful of people indoors.

“I’ll start jumping through the hoops, I guess,” Kinaschuk said.

“Anything I can do to increase my sales, I’ll do it. We’ll survive, but barely. I’m numb to it at this point.”

For some business owners, the Five-Star program isn’t worth the trouble.

Priscilla Freed, who owns Camp MissFits, a women’s fitness studio in the Woodlawn shopping center, said she reviewed the requirements for the program and realized it wouldn’t improve her situation.

“We’re a small studio, so with social distancing we can only fit eight people in here at a time anyway,” Freed said. “Then there’s the added costs of new HEPA filters for our HVAC system. Unless a gym is really huge, there’s no benefit.”

Freed said she and her staff have pivoted to online lessons, and are now drawing clients from as far away as Canada and Germany.

Still, it hasn’t been enough to cover the increased costs of the bigger space Camp MissFits moved into

COVID-19

early in 2020.

Nevertheless, Freed plans to persevere.

“Persistence is my middle name,” she said. “If I have to coach every session myself, I’m going to make it. God brought us to this place, and I wasn’t put here to fail. We’ll keep working on the virtual program. I may only be able to get eight people in here, but the sky is the limit for the virtual stuff.”

Even if the Five-Star program isn’t a cure-all, it’s a step toward survival for some businesses, said Pat Dunahay, the co-chair of the Littleton Business Chamber.

The chamber is doing what it can to support the program, he said, including mobilizing 17 members to serve as mentors for small businesses seeking to put in their applications.

“This year has been terrible, and businesses are struggling like hell,” Dunahay said. “We’ve got six storefronts for rent on Main Street. We haven’t seen that for years. We’re very concerned for the future. Let’s hope this gets us through to the light at the end of the tunnel.”

THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN RED AND ORANGE

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new case incidence rate. Denver metro counties were in the clear with the first two, but their 14-day incidence rates were still level red, according to CDPHE data.

“This drastic change to level orange, while it’s very helpful for businesses and very helpful for our economy, we’re hopeful that we’re not moving too quickly and that we don’t start to see another surge,” Jennifer Ludwig, deputy director of Tri-County Health Department, said in a Dec. 31 press conference.

At level orange, restaurants can serve guests indoors at 25% of capacity not to exceed 50 people and gyms can operate at 25% capacity, as can noncritical office-based businesses. Groups of 10 from no more than two households can gather indoors. Organized recreational youth or adult sporting leagues cannot hold indoor events.

State health officials recently approved Arapahoe and Douglas counties for the Five Star Recovery Partner Program, which loosens restrictions for eligible businesses.

It was originally believed that a Five-Star-certified business can operate a dial level lower — meaning less restrictive — than its county. If Douglas and Arapahoe had stayed at level red, Five-Starcertified businesses could have operated at level orange restrictions on Jan. 4.

However, the regionwide move to level orange doesn’t mean FiveStar-certified businesses can yet operate at level yellow restrictions, Ludwig explained. A county must meet all the metrics, which those in

the metro area have not. The counties’ 14-day incidence rates need to move from red to orange first.

Confusion around the Five-Star program was a major issue as of Dec. 31 for municipalities, which fielded calls all day, Ludwig said.

City representatives didn’t have answers, though, said Ludwig, adding that “we were not prepared for the announcement to be moving to level orange.”

The decision was “an absolute directive from the governor,” she added.

The following are some of the changes for metro area counties that have moved from level red to the less-restrictive level orange on the state’s COVID-19 dial, according to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. For a complete list, go to covid19.colorado. gov/data/covid-19-dial-dashboard.

• Personal gatherings: Changes from no gatherings to up to 10 people from no more than two households.

• Restaurants: Changes from no indoor dining allowed to a 25% capacity, or 50-person, limit.

• Offices: Changes from a 10% capacity limit to a 25% capacity limit. Remote work is “strongly encouraged” under both the orange and red levels.

• Gyms/fitness centers: Changes from a 10% capacity limit to a 25% capacity limit.

• Indoor events and entertainment: Changes from no events permitted to a 25% capacity, or 50-person, limit.

Meanwhile, a public health order for Adams County, which included a curfew, had been in place until Jan. 7. That was to expire early when the counties moved to level orange on Jan. 4.

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Artist makes exhibition plans in uncertain time Brigitte Runnalls has focused recently on glass insulators, doorknobs, marbles, more

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Last October, the most recent time the Littleton Fine Arts Guild was able to highlight an exhibiting artist at the Depot Art Gallery, Brigitte Runnalls of Castle Rock was named “Artist of the Month” and had a display of her work featured in the back room of the downtown Littleton gallery, housed in a historic Santa Fe Railroad depot.

“Drawn to vibrant colors and dramatic light, my goal is for the viewers to escape the chaos of everyday life and find reprieve in my paintings,” she said. “I often find inspiration in overlooked found objects. Lately my subject matter has been vintage glass insulators, marbles, feathers, doorknobs and dishes. There is a beauty in these old, forgotten objects and I try to paint them in a modern way that brings importance to them.”

Runnalls is scheduled for an exhibit of her work at the Union American Bistro in Castle Rock from Jan. 30 to Feb. 28, which we very much hope will happen. It’s indeed time for those brilliant

“Ocean Wave” is an oil painting by Castle Rock artist Brigitte Runnalls, who has been COURTESY PHOTO creating art since childhood.

colors and appealing images. They clearly draw the viewer into a happy private world ...

“I have been painting since I was little, but had a formal education through Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington. I spent one of those college years abroad in

Florence, Italy, where I was completely immersed in the arts.”

Runnalls’ precise painting technique, skillful composition and interpretation of her subjects reflects a classical approach to art education that allows her to interpret whatever subject matter

she chooses, I’d imagine. It will be fun to watch her over the years as she focuses on an assortment of interesting materials/topics.

Referring to her choice of old glass power-line insulators as a subject, she wrote: “I often find that some of the most interesting works of art transcend the subject and the painting becomes more about the line, shape, color and form ...”

“Along with painting, I enjoy everything outdoors,” she said...

“I ran competitively in college and while I have slowed down since then, I can be found running the trails, hiking, mountain biking and being outside with my two boys and husband. We have lived in Colorado for 12 years now and are still discovering new places to explore.”

One imagines that she is usually soaking up images outdoors as well: light, texture, color, line, reflections ... and how they blend together — images that may appear on canvas or paper at some point in the future.

Art lovers will want to watch for new works by Brigitte Runnalls — starting with the exhibit in Castle Rock and in future exhibits at the Depot Art Gallery, when it can be open again.

It the meantime, watch for an announcement of the next Littleton Fine Arts Guild exhibit, which we are told is being assembled by Peggy Dietz — will it be virtual or in person?

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who you haven’t been able to see (consistently) in a long time.

“Hopefully for a fair number of people, it’ll be those kinds of fundamental things — the relational factor in our lives,” Worthy said.

Still others have been unable to go out and enjoy their passions — fitness and travel may be high on the list of people’s priorities, Worthy said.

Even something as basic as saving money could be a popular goal so that people can prevent ending up in a compromising situation again, Worthy continued. Some behavior may harken back to those who went through the Great Depression and kept money in their shoeboxes and other obscure places to guard against financial hardship.

“You’d find money in their mattress, people from that era,” Worthy said. “It was fascinating.”

Set small goals, help others

Grant thinks that in the new year, many will set goals related to making physical and mental health a priority.

“We are also seeing people set priorities with a focus on making time to connect in our relationships with friends, family, neighbors, and even the server at our favorite restaurant or the person we used to see on at the gym,” Grant said. “I also recommend that people prioritize setting goals that are fun and bring joy — whether that is something small like dancing in the kitchen, taking a sunrise walk, an aspirational goal like reading 52 books in a year or taking a long-awaited trip with friends. Find the joy!”

Grant’s advice is to set goals that are “reasonable, do-able and something you can look back on and know you hit it and checked the box.”

“I encourage people to set small goals — what Arianna Huffington calls `microsteps,’ a big idea that’s too small to fail. For example, if your goal is to cut your social media use in half, start by not having your phone with you when you’re eating, then try not to have it in your bedroom,” Grant said. “There’s a little bit of pride in each step that gets ac-

IF YOU NEED HELP Cynthia Grant, the chief clinical officer for AllHealth Network, a nonprofit mental health organization in the south metro area, offered advice to those feeling more depressed, anxious or stressed out than usual due to the pandemic.

“Learn to say no to things that are not a priority for you or that may add to your burden. Continue to speak up and ask for what you need. More people are asking for help, and more mental health resources are available than in the past: traditional therapies, apps (like CALM and Headspace) and group support,” Grant said. “Know that you are not alone and help is right here for you. The Colorado Spirit program at AllHealth Network is a free program open to anyone who needs psychological support due to the pandemic. Counselors are available by phone (or) Zoom, or you can review resources on our website.”

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Worthy emphasized the dual benefits of focusing on helping others.

“If you can turn the focus away from yourself and onto potentially helping other people who are less fortunate, that is always a good thing, because it makes you feel good and it makes someone else feel good,” Worthy said, using the example of volunteering at a food bank or a similar establishment that helps others.

Sunlight can be another tool: Take advantage of the Denver area’s 50-degree winter days when they happen. Just getting out and walking around in the sun is good for the mood, Worthy said.

Asked about any new year’s resolutions of his own, Worthy laughed and replied that his goal is to live well every day.

“It’s really trying to strive for balance in my own life, and balance means between financial balance, physical-fitness balance, social balance — all of those things,” Worthy said, “to keep working on that and trying to find a positive center.”

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City of Littleton Salaries Public Notice IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CITY OF LITTLETON CHARTER, SECTION 83 (J), THE FOLLOWING IS A LISTING OF CITY EMPLOYMENT SALARIES Job Title Accountant-Analyst I Accounting Supervisor Acting Sergeant C Admin Services Director Adult Services Supervisor Animal Control Officer Asset Manager Assistant City Attorney Assistant to the City Manager Asst Curator Auditor-Analyst Budget Analyst Building Inspector I Building Inspector I Building Inspector II Building Inspector II / Plans Examiner Business Support Assistant Business Support Assistant Business Support Assistant Business Support Assistant Business Support Assistant Business Support Specialist Business Support Specialist Business Support Specialist Business Support Specialist Business Support Specialist Business Support Specialist Business Support Specialist CIP Program Mngr Chief Building Official Chief of Police Circulation Svc Clerk Circulation Svc Clerk Circulation Svc Clerk Circulation Svc Clerk Circulation Svc Clerk Circulation Svc Clerk City Attorney City Clerk City Engineer City Manager Code Enforcement Manager Code Enforcement Off I Commander Commander Commander Commander Community Develpmnt Dir Community Services Director Corporal A Corporal A Corporal A Corporal A Corporal A Corporal C Court Administrator Court Clerk Court Clerk Court Clerk Court Clerk Court Clerk Crime and Data Anayst Curator of Collections Curator of Exhibits Custodian Custodian Custodian Custodian Custodian Custodian Customer Success Manager Customer Success Senior Specialist Customer Success Senior Specialist Customer Success Specialist Deputy City Clerk Deputy Commun Supervisor Deputy Commun Supervisor Deputy Community Development Director Deputy Director of Communications & Marketing Deputy Director of HR Deputy Finance Director Deputy Finance Director Detective Detective Detective Detective Detective Detective Detective Detective Detective Development Services Mngr Director of Cultural & Media Services Div Mgr PD Comm & Records Division Chief (Police) Division Chief (Police) Economic Development Specialist Economic Development Specialist Emergency Svcs Dispatcher Emergency Svcs Dispatcher Emergency Svcs Dispatcher Emergency Svcs Dispatcher Emergency Svcs Dispatcher Emergency Svcs Dispatcher Emergency Svcs Dispatcher Emergency Svcs Dispatcher Emergency Svcs Dispatcher

Job Type Annual Salary Regular Full Time $57,616.00 Regular Full Time $81,993.60 Regular Full Time $110,926.40 Regular Full Time $180,003.20 Regular Full Time $62,670.40 Regular Full Time $55,619.20 Regular Full Time $88,712.00 Regular Full Time $95,014.40 Regular Full Time $135,512.00 Regular Full Time $48,006.40 Regular Full Time $70,886.40 Regular Full Time $61,006.40 Regular Full Time $62,400.00 Regular Full Time $66,040.00 Regular Full Time $68,640.00 Regular Full Time $74,880.00 Regular Part Time $33,415.20 Variable Hour Employee $473.72 Temporary Employee $473.72 Variable Hour Employee $594.62 Variable Hour Employee $473.72 Regular Full Time $56,160.00 Regular Part Time $28,080.00 Regular Full Time $54,808.00 Regular Full Time $61,027.20 Regular Full Time $56,160.00 Regular Full Time $54,308.80 Regular Part Time $27,154.40 Regular Full Time $120,016.00 Regular Full Time $125,008.00 Regular Full Time $185,016.00 Regular Part Time $20,042.88 Regular Part Time $23,250.24 Regular Part Time $21,777.60 Regular Full Time $18,980.00 Regular Part Time $23,075.52 Regular Part Time $24,329.76 Regular Full Time $187,012.80 Regular Full Time $99,507.20 Regular Full Time $132,017.60 Regular Full Time $190,132.80 Regular Full Time $75,400.00 Regular Full Time $52,416.00 Regular Full Time $126,380.80 Regular Full Time $126,380.80 Regular Full Time $126,380.80 Regular Full Time $126,380.80 Regular Full Time $160,014.40 Regular Full Time $165,006.40 Regular Full Time $105,643.20 Regular Full Time $105,643.20 Regular Full Time $105,643.20 Regular Full Time $105,643.20 Regular Full Time $105,643.20 Regular Full Time $99,569.60 Regular Full Time $123,011.20 Temporary Employee $623.48 Regular Full Time $49,379.20 Regular Full Time $52,395.20 Regular Full Time $49,878.40 Regular Full Time $49,379.20 Regular Full Time $70,574.40 Regular Full Time $69,700.80 Regular Full Time $61,817.60 Regular Full Time $35,235.20 Temporary Employee $408.72 Regular Part Time $19,618.56 Regular Full Time $37,003.20 Regular Part Time $22,201.92 Regular Full Time $35,235.20 Regular Full Time $95,014.40 Regular Full Time $69,617.60 Regular Full Time $68,702.40 Temporary Employee $739.96 Regular Full Time $61,900.80 Regular Full Time $74,588.80 Regular Full Time $75,649.60 Regular Full Time

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$68,702.40 $140,004.80 $99,008.00 $72,072.00 $54,080.00 $62,524.80 $67,267.20 $56,409.60 $51,272.00 $51,272.00 $71,156.80 $55,910.40 $76,960.00 $58,510.40 $90,521.60 $90,521.60 $90,521.60 $90,521.60 $90,521.60 $90,521.60 $90,521.60 $90,521.60 $90,521.60 $90,521.60 $90,521.60 $90,521.60 $90,521.60 $90,521.60 $82,368.00 $82,368.00 $82,368.00 $82,368.00 $82,368.00 $74,963.20 $74,963.20 $74,963.20 $74,963.20 $74,963.20 $74,963.20 $74,963.20 $68,224.00 $68,224.00 $68,224.00 $56,555.20 $62,067.20 $38,438.40 $72,758.40 $97,510.40 $81,515.20 $182,520.00 $118,934.40 $50,481.60 $45,926.40 $45,780.80 $41,600.00 $55,952.00 $640.64 $125,008.00 $69,264.00 $68,307.20 $83,449.60 $90,334.40 $115,003.20 $62,441.60 $115,419.20 $115,419.20 $115,419.20 $115,419.20 $115,419.20 $115,419.20 $115,419.20 $115,419.20 $115,419.20 $115,419.20 $112,070.40 $108,804.80 $100,006.40 $49,920.00 $49,920.00 $47,840.00 $49,920.00 $49,358.40 $85,009.60 $57,428.80 $80,142.40 $62,795.20 $129,334.40 $1,098.76 $488.28 $312.00 $702.00 $702.00 $702.00 $96,990.40 $117,624.00 $44,200.00 $32,156.80 $78,000.00 $78,104.00 $40,393.60 $40,060.80 $48,006.40 $67,038.40 $36,004.80 $111,009.60

Legal Notice No.: 524815 First Publication: January 7, 2021 | Last Publication: January 7, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

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Public Notices Legals Public Trustees COMBINED NOTICE - RESTART - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-109(2)(b)(II) FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0455-2019 Republished to restart foreclosure stayed by bankruptcy and reset sale date.

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On October 27, 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) CENTENNIAL HOTEL,LLC, A COLORADO LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY Original Beneficiary(ies) WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Current Holder of Evidence of Debt WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Date of Deed of Trust April 30, 2013 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust May 02, 2013 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) D3054750 Original Principal Amount $1,806,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $1,444,664.36 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. SEE LEGAL DESCRIPTION ATTACHED HERETO AS EXHIBIT "A" Also known by street and number as: 7770 S. PEORIA ST., ENGLEWOOD, CO 80112.

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, 02/24/2021, 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: 12/31/2020 Last Publication: 1/28/2021 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: 10/27/2020 Susan Sandstrom, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Susan Sandstrom, Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Drew P. Fein #48950 Rachel H Connor #50831 Neal K. Dunning #10181 Douglas W Brown #10429 Brown Dunning Walker Fein PC 2000 S. Colorado Blvd., Tower Two, Suite 700, Denver, CO 80222 (303) 329-3363 Attorney File # 3942-028 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 0455-2019 EXHIBIT A LEGAL DESCRIPTION The land referred to herein below is situated in the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado, and is described as follows: A leasehold as created by that certain Second Amended and Restated Ground Lease and Agreement dated January 25, 2010, as amended by First Amendment to the Second Amended and Restated Ground Lease and Agreement dated May 13, 2010, executed by Arapahoe County Public Airport Authority, “Authority”, and Centennial Hotel, LLC, a Colorado limited liability company, "Lessee", as referenced in document entitled ‘Memorandum and Notice of Second Amended and Restated Hotel Ground Lease and Agreement’ which was recorded January 27, 2010 under D0008428, for the term and upon and subject to all the provisions contained in said document and in said lease.

Parcel One: Lease Parcel 34A, B, C, D, E, Z and Y described as follows:

A tract of land in Section 36, Township 5 South, Range 67 West of the 6th P.M., more particularly described as follows: Beginning at the NE corner of said Section 36;Thence North 89 Degrees 50 Minutes 13 Seconds West, 2640.92 feet to the NW corner of the NE ¼ of Section 36; Thence North 89 Degrees 51 Minutes 31 Seconds West, 1320.09 feet to the NW corner of the E ½ of the NW ¼ of said Section 36; Thence South 00 Degrees 18 Minutes 09 Seconds West, 1452.33 feet to a point on the Westerly line of the E ½ of the NW ¼ of said Section 36, said point being the Point of Beginning; Thence South 00 Degrees 18 Minutes 09 Seconds West, 200.01 feet along said Westerly line to a point on the Southerly line of the N ½ of the N ½ of the SE ¼ of the NW ¼ of said Section 36, said point being 3051.13 feet South and 2133.79 feet left of Runway 16L centerline;Thence South 02 Degrees 02 Minutes 00 Seconds East, 356.12 feet to a point on the Northerly right-of-way line of East Control Tower Road, being 3407.25 feet South and 2133.79 feet left of the centerline of Runway 16L; Thence South 87 Degrees 58 Minutes 00 Seconds West, 252.29 feet to a point on the Northerly right-of-way line of East Control Tower Road, and the Easterly right-of-way line of South Peoria Street being 3407.25 feet South and 1881.50 feet left of the centerline of Runway 16L;Thence along a curve to the right having a central angle of 90 Degrees 00 Minutes 00 Seconds, a radius of 78.00 feet and an arc length of 122.52 feet, being 3329.25 feet South and 1803.50 feet left of the centerline of Runway 16L along the Easterly right-of-way of South Peoria Street; Thence along a reverse curve to the left having a central angle of 55 Degrees 43 Minutes 29 Seconds, a radius of 158.50 feet and an arc length of 154.15 feet being 3198.28 feet South and 1734.26 feet left of the centerline of Runway 16L along the Easterly right-of-way of South Peoria Street; Thence along a reverse curve to the right having a central angle of 55 Degrees 43 Minutes 29 Seconds, a radius of 75 feet and an arc length of 72.94 feet being 3136.30 feet South and 1701.50 feet left of the centerline of Runway 16L along the Easterly rightof-way of South Peoria Street; Thence North 02 Degrees 02 Minutes 00 Seconds West, 285.01 feet to a point being 2851.29 feet South and 1701.5 feet left of the centerline of Runway 16L along the Easterly right-of-way line of South Peoria Street; Thence North 87 Degrees 58 Minutes 00 Seconds East, 440.44 feet to the Point of Beginning, being 2851.29 feet South and 2141.94 feet left of the centerline of Runway 16L, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado.

Parcel Two: A part of lease Parcel 34X described as follows A tract of land in Section 36, Township 5 South, Range 67 West of the 6th P.M., more particularly described as follows: Beginning at the NE corner of said section 36; Thence North 89 Degrees 50 Minutes 13 Seconds West, 2640.92 feet to the NW corner of the NE ¼ of said Section 36; Thence North 89 Degrees 51 Minutes 31 Seconds West 1320.09 feet to the NW ¼ of the E ½ of the NW ¼ of said Section 36; Thence South 00 Degrees 18 Minutes 09 Seconds West 1452.33 feet to a point on the Westerly line of the E ½ of the NW ¼ of said Section 36, said point being the point of beginning of Parcel 34B, and the True Point of Beginning of the within described parcel; Thence South 87 Degrees 58 Minutes 00 Seconds West 440.44 feet to a point being 2851.29 feet South and 1701.50 feet left of the centerline of Runway 16L and the Easterly right-of-way of Peoria Street; Thence North 02 Degrees 02 Minutes 00 Seconds West, 110.00 feet to a point being 2741.29 feet South and 1701.50 feet left of the centerline of Runway 16L and the Easterly right-of-way line of Peoria Street; Thence North 87 Degrees 58 Minutes 00 Seconds East, 135.00 feet to a point being 2741.29 feet South and 1836.50 feet left of the centerline of Runway 16L; Thence South 46 Degrees 59 Minutes 13 Seconds East, 70.65 feet to a point being 2791.29 feet South and 1886.42 feet left of the centerline of Runway 16L; Thence North 87 Degrees 58 Minutes 00 Seconds East 257.97 feet to a point being 2791.29 feet South and 2144.39 feet left of the centerline of Runway 16L and on the Westerly line of the E ½ of the NW ¼ of said Section 36; Thence South 00 Degrees 18 Minutes 09 Seconds West, 60.05 feet to the Point of Beginning, being 2851.29 feet South and 2141.94 feet left of the centerline of Runway 16L, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado.

Legal Notice NO. 0455-2019 First Publication: 12/31/2020 Last Publication: 1/28/2021 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0201-2020 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On October 23, 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) CHARLENE J. HADYNSKI Original Beneficiary(ies) MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS INC., ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS, INC. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt ABS Loan Trust VI Date of Deed of Trust May 21, 2007 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust June 11, 2007 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) B7073821 Original Principal Amount $28,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $23,477.16 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A

FIRST LIEN. LOT 40, BLOCK 3, ROUNDTREE PHASE I DENVER TECHNICAL CENTER (AMENDED), ACCORDING TO THE MAP THEREOF FILED MAY 23, 1972 IN PLAT BOOK 22 AT PAGE 41 AND THE FIRST AMENDED DECLARATION OF COVENANTS, CONDITIONS, AND RESTRICTIONS RECORDED FEBRUARY 26, 1973 IN BOOK 2103 AT PAGE 599. COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 5977 S WILLOW WAY, GREENWOOD VILLAGE, CO 80111-5120.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. If applicable, a description of any changes to the deed of trust described in the notice of election and demand pursuant to affidavit as allowed by statutes: C.R.S.§ 38-35-109(5) LEGAL DESCRIPTION HAS BEEN CORRECTED BY SCRIVENER'S AFFIDAVIT RECORDED 9/13/2017 AT RECEPTION NO. D7104308 IN THE RECORDS OF ARAPAHOE COUNTY. 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.

NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT BID PACKAGE 11 PLAYGROUND RENOVATIONS Notice is hereby given that Littleton Public Schools in the county of Arapahoe will on January 19, 2021 pay retainage and make final settlement with All Around Recreation, LLC and Heidrick Concrete Construction for BID PACKAGE #11 2020 Project at Lenski Elementary School. Any person, co-partnership, association of persons, company or corporation that has furnished labor, material, team hire, sustenance, provisions, provender or other supplies used or consumed by All Around Recreation, LLC and Heidrick Concrete Construction any other contractors or subcontractors in or about the performance of the work contracted to be done or that supplies rental machinery, tools, or equipment to the extent used in the prosecution of the work whose claim has not been paid, may at any time up to and including the time of final settlement, file a Verified Statement of Claim with the amount due and unpaid on account of such claim with the Board of Education to Littleton Public Schools at the school district’s Property Management Department, 5776 S. Crocker Street, Littleton, CO. 80120 on or before January 19, 2021. Final Settlement will be made and verified claims must be timely filed with Littleton Public Schools. Failure on the part of the claimant to file such statement prior to or on the established date will relieve the School District from any and all liability for such claim, Dated: December 17, 2020

Colorado more particularly described as Unit No. A, 15035 East Louisiana Drive, Aurora, Colorado Nevin Village Green Subdivision, Filing Number Five, Phase II, Part 1 according to the Condominium Map thereof filed in Book 41 at Page 12 and according to and subject to the Condominium Declaration recorded in Book 2268 at Page 700; Amendment thereto recorded in Book 2600 at Page 750 and Supplement thereto recorded September 7, 1979 in Book 3070 at Page 450, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado.

Dated: December 1, 2020.

ORTEN CAVANAGH HOLMES & HUNT, LLC By: /s/Hal R. Kyles Hal R. Kyles, #23891 This Summons is issued pursuant to Rule 4(g), Colorado Rules of Civil Procedure.

Legal Notice No. 524757 First Publication: December 10, 2020 Last Publication: January 7, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO Case No.: 2019CV32850 COMBINED NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE Plaintiff: WINDCREEK CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, INC.

Defendant: CELINA LYNETTE HARPER aka CELINA LYNETTE DUNIVANT; CHERRY CREEK MORTGAGE COMPANY; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC.; COLORADO HOUSING AND FINANCE AUTHORITY; SU RYDEN, Arapahoe County Public Trustee

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 02/24/2021, 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.

Legal Notice No. 524808 First Publication: December 31, 2020 Last Publication: January 7, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Arapahoe High School, Education Services Center, Transportation Service Center and Village Preschool (North) Renovations

RE: Sheriff’s Sale of Real Property pursuant to Order on Verified Motion for Default Judgment and Decree of Foreclosure.

First Publication: 12/31/2020 Last Publication: 1/28/2021 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent

Notice is hereby given that Littleton Public Schools in the county of Arapahoe will on January 5, 2021 pay retainage and make final settlement with MW Golden Constructors for BID PACKAGES #17 & 19 2020 Projects at Arapahoe High School, Education Services Center, Transportation Service Center and Village Preschool (North).

Any person, co-partnership, association of persons, company or corporation that has furnished labor, material, team hire, sustenance, provisions, provender or other supplies used or consumed MW Golden Constructors any other contractors or subcontractors in or about the performance of the work contracted to be done or that supplies rental machinery, tools, or equipment to the extent used in the prosecution of the work whose claim has not been paid, may at any time up to and including the time of final settlement, file a Verified Statement of Claim with the amount due and unpaid on account of such claim with the Board of Education to Littleton Public Schools at the school district’s Property Management Department, 5776 S. Crocker Street, Littleton, CO. 80120 on or before January 19, 2021. Final Settlement will be made and verified claims must be timely filed with Littleton Public Schools. Failure on the part of the claimant to file such statement prior to or on the established date will relieve the School District from any and all liability for such claim,

This is to advise you that a Sheriff’s sale proceeding has been commenced through the office of the undersigned Sheriff pursuant to the Order on Verified Motion for Default Judgment and Decree of Foreclosure issued by the Arapahoe County District Court case number 2019CV32850 captioned WINDCREEK CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, INC. v. CELINA LYNETTE HARPER aka CELINA LYNETTE DUNIVANT, ET AL, dated October 7, 2020, and §38-38-101 et seq., C.R.S., by the WINDCREEK CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, INC., the current holder and owner of a statutory lien against the real property located in the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado. The foreclosure is based on The Condominium Declaration for Windcreek Condominiums, recorded on January 26, 1983 at Reception #2241602 which establishes a lien for the benefit of WINDCREEK CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, INC. (“Declaration”) WHICH LIEN BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AND IMPROVEMENTS legally described as follows, to wit:

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: 10/23/2020 Susan Sandstrom, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Susan Sandstrom, Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Anna Johnston #51978 Randall Chin #31149 Joseph D. DeGiorgio #45557 Ryan Bourgeois #51088 Barrett, Frappier & Weisserman, LLP 1391 Speer Boulevard, Suite 700, Denver, CO 80204 (303) 350-3711 Attorney File # 00000008662926 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. 0201-2020 First Publication: 12/31/2020 Last Publication: 1/28/2021 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent

Bids and Settlements Public Notice NOTICE OF FINAL PAYMENT NOTICE is hereby given that the King C. Hudson and Evelyn Leigh Hudson Foundation, Inc., a Colorado nonprofit corporation (the “Owner”) of Arapahoe County, Colorado, will make final payment at 6115 S. Santa Fe Dr., Littleton, Colorado, on January 21, 2021, at the hour of 12:00 p.m. (the “Final Settlement Date”) to Concrete Express, Inc., d/b/a CEI (“Contractor”) of Denver, Colorado for all work done by the Contractor for the Owner’s Hudson Gardens & Event Center River Integration Improvements Project on property owned by the South Suburban Park and Recreation District (the “District”).

Any person, co-partnership, association of persons, company or corporation that has furnished labor, materials, team hire, sustenance, provisions, provender, or other supplies used or consumed by the Contractor or its subcontractors, in or about the performance of the work contracted to be done or that supplied rental machinery, tools, or equipment to the extent used in the prosecution of the work, and whose claim therefor has not been paid by the Contractor or its subcontractors, at any time up to and including the Final Settlement Date, is required to file a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid and an account of such claim to the Owner, whose address is 6115 S. Santa Fe Dr., Littleton, CO 80120, on or before the Final Settlement Date. Failure on the part of any claimant to file such verified statement of claim prior to the Final Settlement Date will release the Owner, the District, and their respective Boards of Directors, officers, agents, and employees, of and from any and all liability for such claim pursuant to § 38-26-107, C.R.S. KING C. HUDSON AND EVELYN LEIGH HUDSON FOUNDATION, INC., a Colorado nonprofit corporation By: Rich Meredith, CEO 12.18.2020 Legal Notice No. 524810 First Publication: December 31, 2020 Last Publication: January 7, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice

Public Notice NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT BID PACKAGES 17 & 19

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Dated: December 17, 2020.

Legal Notice No. 524809 First Publication: December 31, 2020 Last Publication: January 7, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Condominium Unit 105, Condominium Building 11, Windcreek Condominiums, according to the Condominium Map thereof, recorded July 20, 1983, at Reception #2302547, in the Records of the Office of the Clerk and Recorder of the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado, and as defined and described in the Condominium Declaration for Windcreek Condominiums, recorded on January 26, 1983, in Book 3782 at Page 745, as Amended in said Records, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado.

also known as 17003 E Tennessee Dr #105, Aurora CO 80017.

Summons and Sheriff Sale

The Sheriff’s sale has been scheduled to occur at 10:00 a.m. on 25th day of February, 2021 at the Sheriff’s Office Administration Building, 13101 E. Broncos Pkwy., Centennial, CO 80112, phone number 720-874-3845.

Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO

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

Arapahoe County District Court 7325 S Potomac St Centennial, CO 80112 303-649-6355 Case No.: 2020CV032093 Division: 402 Plaintiff: DESIGN 45 HOME OWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC., a Colorado nonprofit corporation v.

Defendants: JESSE L. DAWSON; GARY KENNEDY; WESTERRA CREDIT UNION; THE OFFICE OF THE A R A PA H O E C O U N T Y P U B L I C T R U S TEE Attorneys for Plaintiff: Orten Cavanagh Holmes & Hunt, LLC Hal R. Kyles, #23891 1445 Market Street, Suite 350 Denver, CO 80202 Phone Number: (720) 221-9780 Matter ID #1701.0005

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: Tammy M. Alcock, Esq. Alcock Law Group, PC 19751 E Mainstreet, Suite 225 Parker, CO 80138 Dated: December 1, 2020 Tyler S. Brown, Sheriff Arapahoe County, Colorado By: Sgt. Trent Steffa, Deputy Sheriff Legal Notice No. 524762 First Publication: December 31, 2020 Last Publication: January 28, 2021 Published In: Littleton Independent, 750 W. Hampden Ave., Suite 225, Englewood, Colorado 80110

SUMMONS [BY PUBLICATION] THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS:

Public Notice

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 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 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 of foreclosure pursuant to Rule 105, C.R.C.P. to the real property situate in Aurora,

DISTRICT COURT, ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO Arapahoe County District Court 7325 S Potomac St Centennial, CO 80112 303-649-6355 Case No.: 2020CV032300 Division: 15

Plaintiff: ANTELOPE HILLS HOMEOWNERS' ASSOCIATION, a Colorado nonprofit corporation v.

Defendants: DALE S GOODMAN; BIPIN PATEL Attorneys for Plaintiff: Orten Cavanagh Holmes & Hunt, LLC Hal R. Kyles, #23891 1445 Market Street, Suite 350 Denver, CO 80202

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Public Notices Phone Number: (720) 221-9780 Matter ID #1524.0063 SUMMONS [BY PUBLICATION] THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS: 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 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 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 of foreclosure pursuant to Rule 105, C.R.C.P. to the real property situate in Bennett, Colorado more particularly described as Lot 154 Antelope Hills 1st Flg Ex M/MR's.

Dated: December 14, 2020.

ORTEN CAVANAGH HOLMES & HUNT, LLC By: /s/Hal R. Kyles Hal R. Kyles, #23891 This Summons is issued pursuant to Rule 4(g), Colorado Rules of Civil Procedure.

Legal Notice No. 524798 First Publication: December 24, 2020 Last Publication: January 21, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, STATE OF COLORADO Court Address: 7325 South Potomac Street Centennial, CO 80112 Court Phone: 303-649-6355 PLAINTIFF: SUNFLOWER CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, INC. v.

DEFENDANTS: PAUL FREDERICK KUMMER Attorney: Kate M. Leason, Reg No. 41025 Jeffrey B. Smith, Reg No. 40490 Firm: Altitude Community Law P.C. Address: 555 Zang Street, Suite 100 Lakewood, Colorado 80228-1011 Phone Number: 303.432.9999 E-mails: kleason@altitude.law jsmith@altitude.law Our File No.: 8240.0058 Case No.: 2020CV032029 Div: 21 SUMMONS TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to file with the Clerk of this Court an answer or other response to the attached Complaint. If service of the Summons and Complaint was made upon you within the State of Colorado, you are required to file your Answer or other response within twentyone (21) days after service upon you. If service of the Summons and Complaint was made upon you, outside of the State of Colorado, you are required to file your Answer or other response within thirty-five (35) days after service upon you or if served by publication pursuant to C.R.C.P. 4(g).

If served by publication, service shall be complete on the day of the last publication. Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2410(b), the time for filing an Answer or other response is extended to sixty (60) days for the United States. Your answer or counterclaim must be accompanied with the applicable filing fee.

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 the applicable time period, the Court may enter judgment by default against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint without further notice.

This is an action affecting the real property described in the Complaint and is a proceeding in rem as well as a proceeding in personam.

Dated: October 19, 2020 Respectfully submitted, ALTITUDE COMMUNITY LAW P.C. Original signature of Kate M. Leason is on file with the law offices of Altitude Community Law P.C. pursuant to C.R.C.P. 121, §1-26(7).

S/ Kate M. Leason Kate M. Leason, #41025 Jeffrey B. Smith, #40490 555 Zang Street, Suite 100 Lakewood, Colorado 80228-1011 303.432.8999 ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF Sunflower Condominium Association, Inc. Address of Plaintiff: Sunflower Condominium Association, Inc. c/o LCM Property Management 1776 South Jackson Street, Ste. 300 Denver, CO 80210 Legal Notice No. 524826 First Publication: January 7, 2021 Last Publication: February 4, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO Court Address: 7325 S. Potomac Street #100 Centennial, Colorado 80112 Plaintiff: SUZANNE P. WOODARD Defendants: MARIA MARILLEY BONISTEEL LIVING TRUST DATED NOVEMBER 20, 2019; JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.; BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.; AMY M. MANLEY; COMPASS BANK; ZB, N.A., dba VECTRA BANK COLORADO; MARK D. BOULDING 2014 TRUST; PA-

TRICIA ALEXANDER BOULDING 2014 TRUST; MERRIL LYNCH CREDIT CORPORATION; THE INSPECTOR CLOUSEAU TRUST; THE GRAVES FAMILY TRUST DATED DECEMBER 14, 2016; BANK OF ENGLAND; PREMIER MEMBERS FEDERAL CREDIT UNION; DANIEL P. ROHAN; JENNIFER C. ROHAN; BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.; SUE SANDSTROM IN HER CAPACITY AS THE ARAPAHOE COUNTY PUBLIC TRUSTEE; UNKNOWN TENANT(S) IN POSSESSION; ALL UNKNOWN PERSONS WHO CLAIM ANY INTEREST IN THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS ACTION.

Tenant Name: Unit #: Stored Items KATE WISNER: 223: HHG/BOXES

Attorneys for Plaintiff: WINZENBURG, LEFF, PURVIS & PAYNE, LLP Brianna L. Schaefer, #34078 Mark K. Payne, #12467 Address: 8020 Shaffer Parkway, Suite 300 Littleton, CO 80127 Phone Number: (303) 863-1870 Case Number:2020CV032060

DISTRICT COURT, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO Court Address: 7325 South Potomac Street Centennial, CO 80112

SUMMONS THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to file with the Clerk of this Court an answer or other response to the attached Complaint. If service of the Summons and Complaint was made upon you within the State of Colorado, you are required to file your answer or other response within 21 days after such service upon you. If service of the Summons and Complaint was made upon you outside of the State of Colorado, you are required to file your answer or other response within 35 days after such service upon you. Your answer or counterclaim must be accompanied with the applicable filing fee.

If you fail to file your answer or other response to the Complaint in writing within the applicable time period, the Court may enter judgment by default against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint without further notice.

This is an action affecting the property described in the Complaint and is a proceeding in rem as well as in personam proceeding.

The following documents are also served herewith: District Court Civil (CV) Case Cover Sheet Complaint, Exhibits A & B, Summons Lis Pendens Dated: October 22, 2020.

WINZENBURG, LEFF, PURVIS & PAYNE, LLP By: Brianna L. Schaefer Plaintiff’s Address: c/o Winzenburg, Leff, Purvis & Payne, LLP 8020 Shaffer Parkway, Suite 300 Littleton, CO 80127 THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Legal Notice No. 524794 First Publication: December 24, 2020 Last Publication: January 21, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Misc. Private Legals Public Notice DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY Proposed Flood Hazard Determinations for the City of Littleton, Arapahoe County, Colorado, Case No. 21-08-0174P. The Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) solicits technical information or comments on proposed flood hazard determinations for the Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM), and where applicable, the Flood Insurance Study (FIS) report for your community. These flood hazard determinations may include the addition or modification of Base Flood Elevations, base flood depths, Special Flood Hazard Area boundaries or zone designations, or the regulatory floodway. The FIRM and, if applicable, the FIS report have been revised to reflect these flood hazard determinations through issuance of a Letter of Map Revision (LOMR), in accordance with Title 44, Part 65 of the Code of Federal Regulations. These determinations are the basis for the floodplain management measures that your community is required to adopt or show evidence of having in effect to qualify or remain qualified for participation in the National Flood Insurance Program. For more information on the proposed flood hazard determinations and information on the statutory 90-day period provided for appeals, please visit FEMA’s website at https://www.floodmaps.fema.gov/fhm/BFE_Status/bfe_main.asp , or call the FEMA Mapping and Insurance eXchange (FMIX) toll free at 1-877FEMA MAP (1-877-336-2627).

Legal Notice No. 524812 First Publication: December 31, 2020 Last Publication: January 7, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Storage Liens/Vehicle Titles Public Notice Rampart Business Plaza and Storage Center located at 9940 E. Costilla Ave., Ste A, Centennial, CO 80012 will hold an online public sale to enforce a lien imposed on said property, as described below, pursuant to the Colorado Self-Service Storage Facility Act, Colorado Code 38-21.5 to 38-21.5-105. The auction will be held on website www.storageauctions.com (http://www.storageauctions.com) and will end at 12:00 PM on Tuesday, January 26, 2021.

Management reserves the right to withdraw any unit from sale. Registered or motor vehicles are sold "As Is / Parts Only," no titles or registration.

Legal Notice No. 524806 First Publication: January 7, 2021 Last Publication: January 14, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Notice to Creditors Public Notice

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF BARBARA JEAN MAHAR, aka BARBARA J. MAHAR, aka BARBARA MAHAR, DECEASED. Case Number: 2020PR31301 Attorney for Craig D. Coney: Britt A. Holtz, #49051 Zaner Harden Law, LLC 1610 Wynkoop Street, Suite 120 Denver, CO 80202 Phone Number: 303-563-5354 E-Mail: bh@zanerhardenlaw.com NOTICE OF HEARING BY PUBLICATION PURSUANT TO §15-10-401, C.R.S. To: Ken Mahar, Loretta Cacci, and Any and All Unknown Heirs of Barbara Jean Mahar, aka Barbara J. Mahar, aka Barbara Mahar, Deceased Last Known Addresses, if any: Unknown A hearing without appearance on the Petition for Formal Appointment of Special Administrator will be held at the following time and location or at a later date to which the hearing may be continued: Date: February 1, 2021 Time: 8:00 a.m.

Address: 7325 South Potomac Street, Centennial, CO 80112 Legal Notice No. 524801 First Publication: December 31, 2020 Last Publication: January 14, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Telephone: 303-668-2495

Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Jon Lee Speer, a/k/a Jon L. Speer, Deceased Case Number: 20PR31270

Legal Notice No. 524785 First Publication: December 24, 2020 Last Publication: January 7, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the co-personal representatives or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado or Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before May 3, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Avis Lee Booth, a/k/a Avis I. Booth, a/k/a Avis Booth, a/k/a Avis L. Booth, Deceased Case Number: 20PR31330 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 May 20, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Thomas George Booth, Personal Representative 8062 S. Jay Dr. Littleton, CO 80128

Krista S. Henderson Co-Personal Representative 780 Gilpin St., Denver CO 80218 Shawna L. Peck Co-Personal Representative 10556 Irving Ct. Westminster CO 80013 Legal Notice No. 524820 First Publication: December 31, 2020 Last Publication: January 14, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Legal Notice No. 524839 First Publication: January 7, 2021 Last Publication: January 21, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Public Notice

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Shirley Ann Kerezsi, Deceased Case Number: 2020PR031235 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 May 3rd, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

S. Blake Harris, Esq. #45942 Attorney to the Personal Representative 1660 17th Street, Suite 120 Denver, Colorado 80202

NOTICE TO CREDITORS: Estate of Jack Gerald Schmidt, aka Jack G. Schmidt, aka Jack Schmidt, Deceased Case Number: 2020PR031340

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 May 7th, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Aleksandra Schmidt Personal Representative 1600 Glenarm Pl Apt 1902 Denver, Colorado 80202

Legal Notice No: 524793 First Publication: December 24, 2020 Last Publication: January 7, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Legal Notice No. 524835 First Publication: January 7, 2021 Last Publication: January 21, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

PUBLIC NOTICE

Public Notice

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Janice Jakes Putnam, Deceased Case Number: 20 PR 156

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Norma Irene Scoville, a/k/a Norma I. Scoville, a/k/a Norma Scoville, Deceased Case Number: 2020PR03126

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 April 26, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative on or before January 31, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Donna J. Agee, Personal Representative 8751 E. Mineral Circle Centennial, Colorado 80112

Casey J. Goodson, Person Giving Notice 11285 W Arbor Drive Littleton, CO 80127

Legal Notice No: 524791 First Publication: December 24, 2020 Last Publication: January 7, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Legal Notice No. 524800 First Publication: December 31, 2020 Last Publication: January 14, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

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 May 3, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Marilee K. Muniz Personal Representative c/o 3801 E. Florida Ave., Ste. 906 Denver, CO 80210 Legal Notice No. 524819 First Publication: December 31, 2020 Last Publication: January 14, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of TONI LOUISE YANCHAR, a/k/a Toni L. Yanchar, a/k/a Toni Yanchar, Deceased Case Number: 2020PR31220 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 May 3, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Michalene Lessert, Personal Representative 2827 Dharma Avenue Broomfield, CO 80020 Legal Notice No. 524813 First Publication: December 31, 2020 Last Publication: January 14, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

PUBLIC NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Doris V. Schmidt, aka Doris Virginia Schmidt, Deceased Case Number: 2020 PR 31205

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Lovona J. Long, Deceased Case Number: 20 PR 416 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 April 30th, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

William F. Long Personal Representative P.O. Box 603 Moorcroft, Wyoming 82721

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of John S. Henkel, Deceased Case Number: 2020 PR 31164

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Margaret C. Amini, aka Margaret Claire Amini, aka Margaret Amini, Deceased Case Number: 2020PR31288

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 May 19, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Legal Notice No. 524816 First Publication: December 31, 2020 Last Publication: January 14, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Stephen N. Bentley Personal Representative 5550 Blue Sage Drive Littleton, CO 80123 Legal Notice No. 524828 First Publication: January 7, 2021 Last Publication: January 21, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Public Notice

Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of PATRICIA ANN GILL, a.k.a. PATRICIA A. GILL, a.k.a. PATRICIA GILL, Deceased Case Number 2020PR31247, Division CLX

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 May 7, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

MARK ANTHONY DeNUNZIO and TROY MITCHELL DeNUNZIO Co-Personal Representatives 7511 S. Logan Drive Littleton, Colorado 80122

Kimberly Raemdonck, Attorney for Personal Representative Heather S. Brevik 899 Logan Street, Suite 308, Denver, CO 80203 Legal Notice No. 524825 First Publication: January 7, 2021 Last Publication: January 21, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Stephanie Moll Attorney to the Personal Representative 1700 Lincoln Street, No. 4100 Denver, Colorado 80203

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Margaret Moore, Deceased Case Number: 20PR31075

Public Notice

/s/ Kimberly Raemdonck

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 May 3, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Legal Notice No: 524811 First Publication: December 31, 2020 Last Publication: January 14, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of David Arthur Smart, AKA David A Smart, AKADavid Smart, Deceased Case Number: 20 PR 31279

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the Arapahoe County District Court, Centennial, Colorado, on or before April 30, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Gail Kloppel Personal Representative 6262 S. Netherland Way Centennial, Colorado 80016

PUBLIC NOTICE

Public Notice

Public Notice

J. Christine Amini, Personal Representative c/o Katz, Look & Onorato, P.C. 1120 Lincoln Street, Suite 1100 Denver, CO 80203

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 April 26, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Legal Notice No: 524788 First Publication: December 24, 2020 Last Publication: January 7, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Legal Notice No: 524795 First Publication: December 24, 2020 Last Publication: January 7, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Nancy Bentley, a/k/a Nancy Lee Bentley, a/k/a Nancy L. Bentley, Deceased Case Number: 2020PR31304

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 May 3, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Charles B Goodson, Deceased Case Number: NA

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 April 26, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Barbara Jean Blunt Personal Representative 21316 East 53rd Place Denver, Colorado 80249 Legal Notice No. 524792 First Publication: December 24, 2020 Last Publication: January 7, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Douglas Stannage Patton, a/k/a Douglas S. Patton, a/k/a Douglas Patton, a/k/a Doug Patton, Deceased

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Lone Tree In-N-Out to open early this year City prepares for opening day of burger joint

BY NICK PUCKETT NPUCKETT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Lone Tree city and business officials hope In-N-Out Burger lives up to its name when it officially opens in early 2021. The recent grand openings of In-N-Out locations in Aurora and Colorado Springs suggest the Park Meadows location could have wait times reaching several hours.

“There is a general anxiousness about what the traffic will look like around the site,” said Justin Schmitz, City of Lone Tree public works director. “The opening day in Aurora — people did take notice.”

The Aurora In-N-Out Burger restaurant opened Nov. 19, and the next day, the Denver Post reported wait times reached 14 hours.

In-N-Out officials expect its Lone Tree location, at 9171 E. Westview Road, to have the franchise’s second-busiest drive-thru, capable of holding 26 cars at one time. Only the In-N-Out near Los Angeles International Airport will have a greater drive-thru capacity at 30 cars.

Lone Tree’s In-N-Out is in the final stages of construction, according to Carl Arena, an In-N-Out vice

The Lone Tree In-N-Out location, expected to open early this year at 9170 Westview PHOTO BY NICK PUCKETT Road, will have the second-busiest drive-thru of any In-N-Out location.

president, in a Dec. 14 email.

“While the nature of the new construction process makes it difficult to predict a precise opening date, we are targeting early 2021 to open in Lone Tree,” Arena said.

Schmitz does not believe the Park Meadows location is in for as bad of

an experience as Aurora’s.

In-N-Out officials submitted plans for its Lone Tree location in August 2019 and city staff has been preparing for In-N-Out’s opening day for the past year, Schmitz said.

The city recently collected input from nearby property owners,

Schmitz said, including the Park Meadows mall, and devised an opening day traffic plan suitable to everyone.

The main goal, Schmitz said: “We wanted to keep all our public roads open to traffic.”

The city has required any staging area for cars waiting to get in line at In-N-Out be done at an offsite location or parking lot, Schmitz said, instead of clogging service streets. Traffic monitors will be onsite, just like they would be for any large event held in the city, making sure businesses and roads are not obstructed. The city even restriped the Westview Road, adding an additional two-way turn lane out of the In-N-Out parking lot.

“I think there is a general ‘let’s wait and see what happens,’” Schmitz said. “I think we have a really strong plan and something that will mitigate any impacts to any of the adjacent businesses but also allow for the smooth and manageable flow of traffic—and those are the two things we’re trying to allow.”

City staff will be monitoring and making ongoing adjustments to optimize the restaurant’s traffic flow.

Being the second In-N-Out to open in the metro area, the Lone Tree In-N-Out could see a milder crowd than Aurora did, Schmitz said.

“The City of Lone Tree is interested in how this would work out,” Schmitz said.

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