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VOLUME 76 | ISSUE 25

Metro area may see patchwork of restrictions State to let local agencies decide COVID restrictions; plans unclear in many areas COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA STAFF

dations in the face of a years-long slide in enrollment numbers, which district officials say is driven by high housing prices placing Littleton out of reach of young families.

Both Moody and East elementaries have fallen below 300 students in recent years, which district officials say makes it hard to provide comprehensive programming and places a strain on staffing resources.

As state public health officials prepare to step back and let local health agencies decide what coronavirus restrictions to enact going forward, it’s unclear what the resulting landscape of policies will look like in the Denver metro area — and how broad the differences among them may be.

The latest changes to Colorado’s system of restrictions — dubbed “dial 3.0” — took effect on March 24, making it easier for counties to move into level green, the least restrictive of the dial’s six levels.

Dial 3.0 also removed most restrictions in level green altogether and relaxed limits for certain businesses in other counties.

The state’s color-coded dial is the set of restrictions counties must follow based on the local spread of the virus. The system affects capacity at restaurants, other businesses, indoor and outdoor events, and other settings. Colorado originally implemented the dial on Sept. 15.

After several months that saw changes to the dial system, that chapter of Colorado’s pandemic policy is coming to a close.

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Littleton Public Schools will close East Elementary in northeast Littleton in coming years, the school board decided on March 30. The school, which serves a disproportionately high immigrant and low-income population, will merge with a new school on the Moody Elementary campus. The closure is one of several LPS is considering in the face of declining enrollment driven by high PHOTO BY DAVID GILBERT housing prices.

Littleton school board votes to close East Elementary North Littleton school will merge with Moody; more consolidations on way amid falling enrollment

BY DAVID GILBERT DGILBERT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

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tary schools into a new building on the Moody Elementary campus, the school board decided unanimously on March 30.

The decision means East Elementary, near Broadway and Orchard Road, will close in coming years, with plans to open the new school building at Moody, at Windermere Street and Weaver Avenue, by fall 2023.

The move comes as Littleton Public Schools looks at a wave of elementary and preschool consoli-

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All Coloradans age 16-plus up for vaccine after April 2 General public reaches eligibility; state emphasizes caution amid virus variants

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

The wait for eligibility is over for all adults and older teenagers in Colorado after coronavirus vaccine eligibility hit the general population starting April 2.

All Coloradans over the age of 16 were to be eligible to receive the Pfizer vaccine, and all Coloradans over the age of 18 were to be eligible to receive the Moderna and Johnson & Johnson vaccines, according to a March 29 news release from the governor’s office.

As the state moves through phases of vaccine scheduling, people in previous phases remain eligible, according to the state COVID-19 website.

State officials anticipate that everyone who wants vaccine shots will have access before the end of May, according to the news release.

Gov. Jared Polis emphasized it will take time for Coloradans to secure appointments.

“It could be next week; it could be in five weeks,” Polis said in the release. “So while availability opens to everyone this Friday, April 2, be patient and know that your time will come.”

Technically, eligibility for the general population is known as phase 2 in Colorado. The state may continue to prioritize by age in phase 2 if it remains constrained by supply, according to the state’s website.

Polis called the effort to administer COVID-19 vaccines “one of the greatest feats in human history” in the news release.

“Each vaccine is a step towards getting back to normal,” Polis said in the release. “Today is a monumental step forward in Colorado’s efforts to get vaccines to every person who wants one, and I want to thank our frontline heroes — both professional and volunteer — who have stepped up, racing to get shots into arms.”

As of March 29, about 70% of all Coloradans 60 and older have been vaccinated, including 79% of all Coloradans 70 and older, 71% of Coloradans 65 to 69, and 53% of Coloradans 60 to 64, according to the release. More than 1.5 million Coloradans have received their first dose of a vaccine, and almost 1 million have been fully immunized, the release said.

Mass vaccination sites underway Colorado recently launched six mass vaccination sites in locations around the state.

Depending on supply, a maximum of 6,000 doses per day will be administered at each site six days per week for a total of 36,000 doses each week through the program,

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MASS VACCINATION SITES Information about Colorado’s mass vaccination sites follows below: • Adams County — Dick’s Sporting Goods Park Sunday-Wednesday, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Register: centura.org/covid-19/covid19-vaccine-information/vaccine-events Call: 720-263-5737 • Denver County — Ball Arena Register: primarybio.com/r/truecare24-cdphe • El Paso County — Broadmoor World Arena Friday-Monday, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Register: centura.org/covid-19/covid19-vaccine-information/vaccine-events Call: 720-263-5737 • Mesa County — Grand Junction Convention Center Monday-Friday, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m Register: health.mesacounty.us/covid19/vaccine • Larimer County — The Ranch Events Complex Monday-Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Register: larimerhealth.secure.force. com/Vaccine • Pueblo County — Colorado State Fairgrounds Friday-Monday, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Register: centura.org/covid-19/covid19-vaccine-information/vaccine-events Call: 720-263-5737 according to the release. So far, 35,322 doses have been administered through those sites.

In recent weeks, Polis joined the launch of mass vaccination sites at the following locations: Broadmoor World Arena in Colorado Springs, Dick’s Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City and The Ranch Events Complex in Loveland, the release said.

Other mass vaccination sites are open, in Pueblo County at the Colorado State Fairgrounds and in Mesa County at the Grand Junction Convention Center. On April 1, the state launched the final of the six mass vaccination site at Ball Arena in Denver.

The state’s Equity Outreach Team is working with communitybased organizations, providers, local public health agencies and tribes to set up vaccine clinics in “underserved” communities across the state, according to the release. As of today, 111 clinics have been completed, with 10 to 12 clinics completed per week on average. More than 75 clinics scheduled through April 6 are expected to administer 30,400-plus doses, the release said.

Polis also announced that Colorado will be launching mobile vaccine clinics to create more access in coming weeks. These buses will travel to “small communities,” the release said. More information was forthcoming as those clinics become operational.

Not time to let guard down, data shows Polis’ office emphasized that it’s still a time for caution. Colorado’s coronavirus cases and hospitalizations continue on a plateau that shows signs of rising again, according to state data.

“Emerging COVID-19 variants are cause for concern,” the release said. “For Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson vaccines, it typically takes two weeks for the body to build immunity after vaccination. That means you can be infected from exposure to COVID-19 just before or just after vaccination.”

CORRECTION The article “South Platte River could get more access at Reynolds Landing” in the March 25 edition incorrectly described the history of the Superchi property.

The City of Littleton purchased the property for $2.1 million with

contributions from Arapahoe County Open Space and South Suburban Parks and Recreation.

Prior to the city purchasing the property, it was used for five decades as a construction storage yard.

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Governor extends mask order, modifies it for green counties State order to last another 30 days; grocery stores, many other businesses not under requirement in green

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Setting up potential disputes for rural businesses, Gov. Jared Polis extended the statewide mask order but modified its requirements for counties in level green, the leastrestrictive stage on Colorado’s color-coded dial of pandemic restrictions.

In July of last year, Polis signed Colorado’s first statewide mask order generally requiring masks to be worn in all public indoor spaces. The governor has extended the order every 30 days since then, according to a state fact sheet.

Effective April 3, the order’s requirements changed for counties in level green, which includes many of Colorado’s rural areas.

As of April 2, Gilpin was the only Denver-area county operating in green.

The state’s color-coded COVID-19 dial is the set of restrictions counties must follow based on the local spread of the virus. The system affects capacity at restaurants, other businesses, indoor and outdoor events, and other settings. Colorado originally implemented the dial on Sept. 15.

Among the dial’s six levels, green is the least restrictive. Purple, the most restrictive level, is a stay-athome order.

Now, in counties in blue, yellow, orange, red and purple, masks must be worn in public indoor settings where 10 or more unvaccinated individuals or “individuals of unknown vaccination status” are present, the fact sheet on the modified order says.

Effectively, the section about unvaccinated Coloradans doesn’t change much for most businesses.

“Businesses or facilities should err on the side of assuming that people entering their indoor site are unvaccinated. With 1 in 6 Coloradans fully vaccinated, most indoor public settings like grocery stores, retail stores and gyms will need to require mask-wearing,” the fact sheet says.

The larger change in the updated mask order is that the list of settings where masks are required in level green now only includes: • Schools, including preschool through grade 12. That includes extracurricular activities.

• Child care centers and indoor children’s camps.

• Public-facing state government facilities.

• Health care settings, including hospitals, ambulance service

centers, urgent care centers and others.

• Personal services, such as hair and nail salons, esthetician services, and body art professionals.

• “Congregate care facilities,” including nursing facilities, assisted living residences, group homes and other care facilities.

• Prisons and jails.

In other words, many types of businesses — including grocery and retail stores, and others — are no longer included in the list of settings that require masks in level green. It remained to be seen how often businesses might decide to enforce their own mask requirements.

Nothing in the updated mask order prevents a county or municipality from adopting more “protective” — stricter — standards than those contained in the order, according to its text.

The order keeps exemptions that were in the prior orders, according to a news release from the governor’s office.

People who are 10 years old and younger and those who cannot “medically tolerate” a face covering are exempt, according to the order’s text.

For a full list of exemptions, see tinyurl.com/StateMaskFactSheet.

The updated mask order comes on the heels of the latest changes to Colorado’s system of COVID-19 restrictions — dubbed “dial 3.0” — which took effect on March 24.

With the arrival of dial 3.0, counties scattered across the state moved to level green. Twenty-eight of the state’s 64 counties were in that level as of March 26.

Only a few counties had qualified for level green — also known as the “protect our neighbors” stage — in the past.

As of April 2, the number of counties that are in level green was 31, representing a rough population of 238,000 Coloradans, according to the fact sheet.

State officials expect that dial 3.0 will remain in effect until mid-April, at which point the state plans to retire the dial and implement a new public health order that gives local public health agencies greater control over what restrictions to enforce.

Colorado’s mask order, an executive order from the governor, is separate from the state’s dial system of restrictions.

As for whether the mask order will be renewed again when it expires in May, the state’s fact sheet said: “The governor, public health experts and the governor’s legal team review every executive order before expiration. We are closely monitoring disease transmission, hospitalizations and vaccination rates, and will consider these factors prior to the executive order’s expiration.”

ARAPAHOE COUNTY Keep It Up! Despite the recent loosening of COVID restrictions and increase in vaccinations, everyone still should follow all anti-viral best practices until we’re sure the virus is behind us.

For more info, visit TCHD.org.

Telephone Town Hall Join us on Thursday, April 8 @ 7 p.m. for an update on COVID. Get details at arapahoegov.com/townhall

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Damaged lights still shine We have a client in federal prison I hear from him regularly. He received a life sentence for a homicide.

He nearly got the death penalty. We represented him for seven years. Going through something like that, you learn everything about a person — stuff nobody else knows. You start to understand why they became who they are. He suffered terrible abuse as a child, and the system failed to protect him. Then he grew up and became like those who harmed him.

It’s hard to say when someone has taken a life, but there’s light in them. It’s just so damaged it can only shine once in a while. The demons take over. Should he be out on the streets? No. but should we take his life? No, I don’t believe in that either.

Making it all worthwhile If we want to address crime, rehabilitation is key. Rather than spit someone out once they’ve done their time, they need help to reintegrate.

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When we get pictures from clients of them in their new jobs or with their new babies, that’s what keeps me going. That’s what makes it all worthwhile.

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Hickenlooper touts federal help at vaccine clinic American Rescue Plan, vaccines will help pull Colorado out of crisis mode, senator says

Arapahoe County Commissioner Carrie Warren-Gully said she was proud of how Arapahoe County had distributed CARES Act funds, highlighting rent assistance programs and housing vouchers that housed people experiencing homelessness.

Going forward, Warren-Gully said she hopes the county can use some of the funding to create or bolster mental health programming, especially as people recover from the myriad traumas inflicted by the pandemic and its impacts.

“This is a moment in history to be innovative,” she said.

Englewood city revenues dropped by 2.6% in 2020, but overall the city fared better than expected through the worst of the pandemic, Olson said.

Overall, less than half of Colorado municipalities saw revenues decline last year, according to state data. Roughly a quarter actually saw revenues increase.

Hickenlooper said despite revenues that proved more resilient than initial predictions, he stood by the provisions in the American Rescue Plan that saw Colorado municipalities slated to receive more than $827 million in federal assistance.

“In a big plan or big program like this, there are a million ways to improve it and do it better,” Hickenlooper said. “The critical focus here was to get resources out into the community and to the municipalities and state governments, and try to trust that your mayors, your county commissioners are going to be able to direct those resources to where they can do the most good.”

Going forward, Hickenlooper said he plans to keep pushing for a minimum wage increase as a way to offset climbing housing prices and homelessness, and urged governments to work together to address inequity.

“We know what the building blocks are of a healthy, secure economy,” he said. “You need the right housing so everyone has a place to live, we need a good education system, and we need a good public health system.”

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Sen. John Hickenlooper paid a visit to an Englewood vaccination site on April 1, touting the impact of federal dollars as the race to vaccinate Coloradans against COVID-19 picks up steam.

“It’s exciting to see people from all walks of life here,” Hickenlooper said after touring the site at the Malley Senior Recreation Center. “If we’re going to get past this pandemic and kickstart the economy, we’ve got to get everybody vaccinated.”

The vaccination site, held at Englewood’s Malley Senior Recreation Center, is an “equity clinic,” focused on getting shots to people with more difficulty accessing care — people who are elderly, disabled, lack access to computers or face transportation challenges, said Katlin Wolff, a nursing supervisor with Tri-County Health.

The clinic was possible in part thanks to a $20 billion provision in the American Rescue Plan, a $1.9 trillion COVID relief bill passed by Congress in March, Hickenlooper said.

U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper speaks outside the Malley Senior Recreation Center in Englewood on April 1. Hickenlooper praised the impact federal funds have had on clinics like the one held inside Malley, which is focusing on people who have difficulty accessPHOTO BY DAVID GILBERT ing larger or more distant vaccination sites.

“This is really encouraging to see,” he said. “The faster we can get to whatever form of herd immunity we end up in, the faster we can fully open our economy, which is better for everyone and especially working people.”

Arapahoe County stands to receive $130 million from the bill, and Englewood will receive roughly $7 million.

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“We’ve still got a ways to go before the community is out from under this,” Olson said.

The CARES Act went a long way in Englewood, Olson said. The city received more than $3.2 million from the bill.

“It was incredible,” she said.

“Without it we wouldn’t be where we are today. We’d have pandemonium in the streets.”

In addition to projects to make city facilities more compliant with public health orders and facilitate teleworking for city staff, CARES Act funds went to numerous rounds of small business and nonprofit grants and rent assistance, Olson said.

“I could see more going toward rent assistance, and possibly toward businesses who have had to keep paying the same rent regardless of how much they’ve been able to open up,” she said.

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Longtime Littleton police officer retires Stephen Keliiholokai served city for 22 years STAFF REPORT

Littleton Police Officer Stephen Keliiholokai retired from the department after 22 years, according to a news release.

Keliiholokai served on the Littleton Police Department’s SWAT team for more than 10 years, in addition to assignments on the patrol and traffic teams. He achieved the highest level of ac-

cident investigation certification, and served as a LIDAR instructor and defensive tactics and firearms instructor.

Keliiholokai joined the Army in 1981, serving in the Military Police Corps. He later began his civilian law enforcement career with the Jefferson County Sheriff ’s Office in 1989. He began his career with Littleton Police in 1999.

Keliiholokai was “an experienced officer with a booming voice and kind heart,” the news release reads in part. “Keliiholokai was always happy to lend his

ear to a fellow officer for assistance on a call, or to chat about life at home.”

“Overall, it’s been a good run, I made some lifelong friends, and I have worked with some incredible individuals that I will never forget,” Keliiholokai said in a statement. “I’m so impressed with our young and upcoming officers! After all of this, my

most cherished accomplishment in my life is with my beautiful wife, Carol. We have raised three of the most beautiful, independent, successful young ladies: our daughters Toya, Stephanie, and Andrea.”

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‘It is your business’: Douglas County notes Child Abuse Prevention Month Hotline to report suspected cases is 303-663-6270

BY ELLIOTT WENZLER EWENZLER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Douglas County commissioners adopted a resolution at its March 23 business meeting recognizing April as Child Abuse Prevention Month.

The commissioners did so “recognizing that the prevention of child abuse and neglect is helped by greater public awareness and supportive, involved communities,” according to a news release from the county.

“This proclamation is so important because what it does is it reminds the community that if you see something involving a child that isn’t right to you, it’s OK for you to call,” said Commissioner and Board Chair Lora Thomas during the meeting. “Don’t ever be worried about ‘I don’t want to be a tattle-tale, this isn’t my business,’ It is your business.”

The board’s resolution encourages those who suspect child abuse and neglect to report their concerns immediately by calling the Douglas County child abuse and neglect hotline at 303-663-6270.

Calls to the alternative statewide hotline, 1-844-CO-4-KIDS (1-844264-5437) will be routed to Douglas County child protection professionals, according to the news release.

“In 2020 many families in our county needed extra support as they faced change, stress and uncertainty,” Thomas said, according to the release. “We thank the individuals who made more than 3,700 calls to our Douglas County child abuse and neglect hotline last year and helped our children and families receive much-needed resources.”

Douglas County’s child abuse and neglect hotline received 3,724 reports in 2020, according to the resolution. This was about 600 fewer calls compared to the previous year’s reports, but that doesn’t mean there was a decrease in child abuse, said Ruby Richards with the county’s department of human services.

“We saw a decrease in reports in 2020 due to the pandemic and children not being visible in school and the community (for sports and activities),” Richards said.

Answers to frequently asked questions around child abuse and reporting are available at www. douglas.co.us/child-abuse-faqs/.

“Our primary message to the Douglas County community is if you see something, and you’re worried, make the call,” said Commissioner George Teal, according to the release. “We believe everyone plays a role in the prevention of child abuse and neglect.”

Suspected abuse is enough to report to the hotline, according to the county’s resources.

“Each April, as the commissioners recognize Child Abuse Prevention Month, we highlight the importance of partnering to prevent child abuse and neglect, while recognizing that the social and emotional well-being of children and families is critical to our community every day of the year,” said Commissioner Abe Laydon, vice chair of the board.

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EAST FROM PAGE 1

School board members said they based their decision in part on conversations with Littleton city officials, who told the district they foresee the neighborhood around East developed with more high-density housing in coming decades.

Despite the name, board president Jack Reutzel said so-called “multifamily” development tends not to result in more students.

“The way we look at it, the type of housing they’re talking about building is smaller units — housing to get people out of singlefamily housing but who want to stay in the Littleton area,” Reutzel said. “There are empty nesters sitting on single-family homes who want to stay where they raised their kids, but they don’t have a place to downsize to. Hopefully in coming years they can move into smaller apartments, and free up some of those home for families.”

There’s also no indication new development near East would be affordable, as the city lacks any statutory authority to mandate developers offer new homes at below-market rate.

Littleton’s median single-family home price in February sat just under $600,000, according to the Denver Metro Association of Realtors, a nearly 300% increase from the price in 1999. The median townhouse/condo price sat at $321,000 in February, up $100,000

to the East community, possibly in the past five years. by running a bus route directly City officials told the district from the East campus to Moody, they don’t foresee the neighborand want to come up with other hood around Moody, primarily transportation arrangements for composed of single-family homes, students who wish to participate as targeted for redevelopment. in after-school clubs.

Many parents had appealed to Board members also said they the board in recent months to would love to see East converted keep East open, saying it’s an important resource for immigrant into a community center that could host and low-income events, clubs, families in conferences or north Littleton. other uses.

Roughly twoReutzel said thirds of East’s he would love students are to see that too, on the federal though the disfree or reduced trict can’t foot lunch program, the bill alone. the second“We’re dehighest total livering conin the district tent with our after nearby money,” ReField Elementautzel said. “The ry. In comparifunding would son, only about have to come a quarter of from others.”

Moody students The district are on free or has used mothreduced lunch.

Robert Reichardt, balled schools At communiLittleton Public Schools for community ty meetings in March, parents board member endeavors in the past. Ames told district Elementary, officials they shuttered durwere concerned ing the Great that East Recession, played host to Nourish families who live within walking Meals on Wheels until 2019. distance of the school would find East is also the heart of the disit harder to participate in extratrict’s English language learning curricular activities or pick up program, though board member sick children from school.

Robert Reichardt said that arAt the March 30 board meeting, rangement has created a bit of its board members said they hope to own inequity. commit transportation funding “It’s segregated (English language learners) into one neighborhood and one school,” Reichardt said. “We want to move lanugage development out to other schools.

‘This is absolutely a moment of celebration.

The children at East and Moody will be better off in four years with a new school than they are now.’

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What makes East unique isn’t planned to continue, regardless of where we build the new school.”

The new school could cost between $35 million and $55 million, and would be built with a capacity of up to 650 students, but would likely open with 500 to 550 students. The district does not anticipate any layoffs associated with the merger, Superintendent Brian Ewert said.

Accomplishing the merger of East and Moody will require a dizzying reshuffling of students between other elementary schools also slated for consolidation in coming years.

Current plans from the district’s Long Range Planning Committee — which have not yet been approved by the school board — call for students at Twain Elementary, at Franklin Street and Easter Avenue, to consolidate with an existing elementary school beginning in fall 2022.

Moody students would then occupy Twain, three miles from their current school, for the 20222023 school year while their new school is built.

Once Moody students returned to their newly-built home campus, Twain would be repurposed according to district needs. The plans also call for Peabody Elementary, at Caley Avenue and Steele Street, to consolidate into an existing elementary school starting in fall 2022.

Reichardt said regardless of the headaches the merger causes in the short term, overall it’s a positive move.

“This is absolutely a moment of celebration,” Reichardt said. “The children at East and Moody will be better off in four years with a new school than they are now.”

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pressed concern about how effective a return to more local control could be.

“It presents challenges to leave FROM PAGE 1 restrictions up to local jurisdictions because of less consistency State officials expect that dial and messaging that can be confus3.0 will remain in effect until mid-April, at which point the state ing to the public,” said Danica Lee, director of public health plans to retire the dial and impleinvestigations for the Denver ment a new public health order Department of Public Health and that gives local public health Environment. “However, our main agencies greater control over focus is still the safety of our what restrictions to enforce. residents. We will keep looking at State-imposed restrictions the data and science when making may not completely fade: A draft decisions.” policy framework for dial 3.0 The Triin March County mentioned a Health Depossible statepartment — wide public which covhealth order ers Adams, that would Arapahoe continue limand Douglas its on indoor counties — unseated worried about mass gathertrends of inings. creased rates The draft of new cases also mentions of COVID-19, a “snap back” indicating for counties if likely inlocal hospital creased virus capacity is Danica Lee, spread, in threatened, suggesting director of public health other parts of country. state restricinvestigations for Denver Department the That pattern tions could of Public Health and Environment appears to return. The be “due to document dismore relaxed cussed what restrictions a “statewide and spread of more transmissible order post (April) 16” could look variants,” the department said in like. a statement.

Meanwhile, Coloradans saw “Should conditions worsen in changes to the statewide mask order in early April. Gov. Jared Polis Colorado, we think that a consisfirst issued the mask order in July tent response across regions such as the metro area would be more last year. effective and developing such Now, the list of settings where would be facilitated by collaboramasks are required in level green tion between local and state agenonly includes schools, child care cies,” the statement said. centers, health care settings, Other local health agencies were personal services such as hair more tight-lipped in comments and nail salons, and some other to Colorado Community Media, locations. Notably, many types of leaving open the question of what businesses — including grocery and retail stores, and others — are restrictions may look like after mid-April. no longer among the settings that Here’s a look at how health agenrequire masks in level green. cies described what their policies Amid the expected mid-April may be going forward. changes to restrictions on businesses and other settings, some local public health agencies exSEE RESTRICTIONS, P18

‘It presents challenges to leave restrictions up to local jurisdictions because of less consistency and messaging that can be confusing to the public.’

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ome public-process issues deserve extra attention. House Bill 21-1051, now working its way through the Colorado Capitol, must be opposed.

The bill aims to rewrite portions of the Colorado Open Meetings Act and Colorado Open Meetings Law to allow public bodies to disclose just one finalist when choosing a new chief executive such as a city manager, school district superintendent or university president.

Unfortunately, a panel of the Colorado Court of Appeals recently reversed an earlier decision that open-government laws require the naming of multiple chief executive finalists. Instead it ruled that the University of Colorado regents did not violate CORA when it released only Mark Kennedy’s application for the CU presidency to the Boulder Daily Camera in 2019.

With that appeals ruling, the Legislature received a nod to take action, and the bill now in motion clearly steps the wrong direction.

We urge a strong no to House Bill 21-1051. Let’s fight to retain “open search” practices and oppose the “closed search” proposal.

We have made a habit of following school superintendent searches and final choices of high-level public

OUR VIEW officials fastidiously. Best-case scenario is when a school district narrows its search to at least three candidates, then invites them to meet the school board, tour the district, and meet community members. The names are shared and the process to name finalists is detailed in advance, clear and open. Worstcase scenario is when no names are provided and then a sole finalist is announced.

We believe the public, in direct participation in these processes and through available documents — and by media reporting — has the right to know and the right to interact in making these crucial decisions.

We understand the desire to make a hiring process somewhat private.

But here is the hitch with this logic in simple terms. The public sector should not operate like the private sector, although we often understand and see why it may want to: The private sector can hire its leaders behind closed doors and can follow whatever slight or intensive process it chooses. It can be a faster process and more private.

The choice of a superintendent involves a public-body, tax-funded position. The competition for these

public positions should be open.

Candidates should be held to an open, public process to help ensure that the best possible choice results.

These types of important decisions, involving taxpayer and leadership roles, have deep impacts in communities and should be above reproach. Let’s say those two core words again — above reproach. To attain this benchmark, the process for selecting these high-level leaders must be open and the names of finalists must be public record.

For our role in media, we aim to make sure a diverse pool of candidates is chosen, backgrounds are fully vetted, and no important questions go unasked. We recognize that public officials do ask stellar questions aplenty, but we can usually add additional valid questions.

Additionally, we look into business alliances, affiliations, potential cronyism, cultural diversity and more, which are important considerations.

We are not going to detail the other side of the coin, but we appreciate a comment from Frank LoMonte, director of the University of Florida’s Brechner Center for Freedom of Information, who cited research that counters one of the main pitches for closed searches.

“If the assertion that a closed search produces better outcomes were accurate, we would expect to find that more people leave prestigious higher-education jobs for presidencies in ‘closed search’ states as opposed to ‘open search’ states. However, we found no such evidence,” LoMonte wrote. “There was no discernible distinction in the credentials of the hires made in states with ‘closed’ searches versus those that conduct ‘open’ searches.”

Colorado Community Media President and Colorado Press Association President Jerry Healey is urging media outlets to mobilize to oppose this bill. He noted that CCM’s west metro coverage area just experienced a problematic “closed search” for superintendent of Jeffco Public Schools, which was responded to with an editorial.

Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition (CFOIC) has additional coverage on this House bill as well.

Take action Please contact your local state House and Senate representatives and urge them to oppose House Bill 21-1051. Sending an email to your representative’s office is quick and effective.

Please act now.

You might not care about vacuums, but suck it up

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y vacuum cleaner has headlights. It’s a great feature. It allows me to vacuum in the dark. Nietzsche might say that “vacuuming in the dark” was a good metaphor for existence.

My vacuum QUIET cleaner also has DESPERATION its own half-hour television show. It’s a little repetitive: someone is always spilling tiny candies or flakey cereals and the vacuum easily takes care of it.

Sometimes they Craig Marshall challenge the Smith vacuum cleaner with sawdust.

The cord, however, is never shown. The reason is simple: the cord makes a modern-day vacuum cleaner just as much of a pain in the neck as all of its predecessors because it invariably gets wrapped around something on the way to the

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A vacuum cleaner was the first purchase I made that distinguished my childhood from adulthood.

Maybe this was true for you too?

My college apartments were always furnished, except for one thing. A vacuum cleaner.

I can’t remember whether I bought new or used. If new, I’m sure it was one of the least expensive on the market and didn’t have its own TV show.

A cheap vacuum cleaner is practically worthless. You have to pick up the particle, show it to the attachment, then stick it in.

Adulthood really settled on my shoulders when I bought a home. To a vacuum cleaner I was required to add a lawn mower, a washing machine and dryer, a dishwasher, stove and refrigerator. The works.

Although the dishwasher stopped working, exploded and flooded the wood floor which had to be sanded and varnished from the kitchen all the way to the first floor bathroom.

It meant leaving for 72 hours.

I drove to Durango, had green chili on my eggs at the Durango Diner, and came back.

One of these days I might be able to do away with the lawn mower.

And the snow shovel, snowblower and garden hoses, and move into one of those seniors-only places that look so tempting in the brochures.

Everyone is smiling and holding a glass or a putter. That’s for me.

But the truth is, each and every one of them has to have a vacuum cleaner. You can simplify your life in a lot of ways, but you’re still going to need a vacuum cleaner.

Unless you’re a hoarder.

None of the interior shots in these brochures indicates that hoarders would be welcome.

If there are 88 units there are at least 88 vacuum cleaners.

My mother had five. Each one was a specialist. If you know anyone who vacuums almost every day whether it’s needed or not you’ll understand.

If not, you might think I made it

up for the purposes of enlivening the narrative.

No, Shirley had five vacuum cleaners.

Visitors have told me my house is clean. I know better. I have seen Clean.

My mother cleaned walls and ceiling, corners and crevices.

Obsessive? Absolutely. Difficult to be around? I began to stay in hotels when I went back to Michigan. It was better for everyone.

When I was a kid I’d see how others lived, in “lived-in” homes, and couldn’t believe my eyes. Naturally, I was envious.

For one of my birthdays she gave me a book: “How to Clean Everything.”

“Thanks, mom.”

“You’re welcome, son. Clean on.

Clean until your clean comes true.”

P.S. I loved her.

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

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Famous last words are not only for the famous

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f someone were asked to recall the last thing that you had ever said to them, what would you hope those words would be?

Famous last words are not just for the famous, WINNING and they are also not only limited to WORDS the dying. We all have something to say these days, don’t we? And our famous last words may not really be our final last words, they might just be our last words for now.

Michael Norton We know what this sounds like when we are in a disagreement, one of us might say something like, “That’s it, end of conversation.” The last words. It’s not that the last word has to be contentious either, no, far from it. The last words could sound like, “I love you too.” And those are much nicer and warmer last words.

If we were to think back on a few of our most recent conversations, we might be able to relate to this as

we can probably recall exactly what someone said before we parted company, ended a telephone conversation, or signed off on an email or text. Now, if we take another minute to imagine how others are reflecting on the last thing that they heard or read from us, would we be satisfied with what we said, or would we want a do-over?

As we relive our final words in a disagreement, we may find ourselves justifying our attitude, tonality, and word choices, believing that we said exactly what we wanted to say exactly how we wanted to say it. But then a funny thing happens, time starts to soften our hardened hearts, and when we replay the whole conversation, we realize that even in the heat of battle, we may have been better served taking the high road.

A last word that is filled with loving-kindness is almost never forgotten. As we replay those conversations, we are filled with such a great feeling that we can hardly wait to see or hear from that person again. As a matter of fact, the sooner the better.

When we think of getting in the last word, we do have a choice in what we will say. Will our words be filled with words that we might regret later? Or will we speak something so wonderful and encouraging that our spouse, our neighbor, or a friend will look forward to seeing us or hearing from us again?

Many will remember where we start the conversation, a large percentage will not recall the middle, but almost everyone will remember what is said at the end.

This year my mom passed away.

To say that she lived an interesting life would be determined by our interpretation or definition of the word interesting. She was very easy to tease and to rile up, especially if the subject was politics.

And although the teasing was in good fun, she would sometimes end the call with a very colorful couple of words before abruptly hanging up.

Shortly after being admitted to the hospital, we knew that it was not looking good. Her heart was giving out. And although my mom was on-again and off-again when it

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Make informed choices in IREA Most Coloradans can agree that when it comes to heating/cooling our homes and businesses, and driving our cars, we want our energy sources and policies to be affordable, available, dependable and clean.

The key to achieving all four of these goals is having a choice of energy sources to use.

Colorado is blessed with a remarkably abundant and varied supply of energy sources, including oil, natural gas, coal, geothermal, solar, water and wind. These natural energy resources not only meet the everyday needs of Coloradans, but are critical for the health of our economy, provide jobs, and promote energy independence. According to a report published by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), having a choice in energy resources has resulted in “Colorado’s per capita total energy consumption being lower than two-thirds of the United States.”

Colorado’s lawmakers and public utilities’ boards should avoid politically- motivated and polarizing “green or nothing” energy policies, and work in a reasonable and unified manner to provide affordable, available, dependable, and clean energy for its citizens. Intermountain Rural Electric Association (IREA) customers in Douglas County have an opportunity to have a voice in energy sources and policies by voting for new board members in April. Visit Director Elections at irea.coop/ director-elections to find board candidate information and learn about which ones support affordable, available, dependable and clean energy and policies.

Elizabeth West Castle Rock Support bill to protect land The U.S. House of Representatives recently passed the Colorado Outdoor Recreation and Economy (CORE) Act. As a mom, I was thrilled to see the news.

Like so many Colorado moms, I am raising my kids here in part for the outdoor quality of life. As Colorado’s population continues its rapid growth, we must protect some of our last remaining wild areas before they are threatened with development.

In the U.S. we lose a natural area the size of a football field every 30 seconds. At that rate, our children will not be able to enjoy the beauty and solitude of nature as we did, or even as we do now. They won’t be able to spot wildlife with their kids someday as habitat disappears.

The CORE Act would protect around 400,000 acres of our beautiful state. All the proposed areas are worthy of protection, but I am excited about one area in particular. It would finally make the Curecanti National Recreation Area an official unit of the National Park System (NPS). While it was established in 1965, Curecanti was never formally added to the NPS. Adding it now will strengthen the protection of the natural resources ensuring they survive for future generations.

My parents are retired park rangers who worked at Curecanti and taught me to love it. As they shared the area with me, I want it there for future generations.

I hope the Senate will take up action to pass the CORE Act quickly.

Lisa Konrad Littleton

came to her faith, during our very last conversation, she asked me about certain Scripture. She said she had been dreaming of a chapter and verse number, and asked me to read her the associated scriptures.

When we hung up the phone, I really had no idea that would be the last time we spoke, as she passed away that night. But as I look back on my last words to her being filled with God’s word, and her final words being, “I love you,” I take complete solace in how the call ended.

When you think of the conversations you have had recently, are you comfortable with the last words you used? Can you recall any wonderful last words spoken to you? I would love to hear your last word stories at mnorton@tramazing.com and when we realize that famous last words aren’t only for the famous, it really will be 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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Frankie Ann Peck 11/22/44 – 3/30/2021

Frankie Ann Peck, 75 years of age, of Beatrice, NE, passed away March 30, 2020. Frankie was born on November 22, 1944 to Clyde “Papa” Peck and Mary “Boobie” Morrison. Her childhood was spent in Comanche, OK, with her “Daddy Doc” and “Mamma.” She moved to Denver, CO, in her early adult life, and married her first love, Jack W. Steele.

They had three children and made their home in Littleton, CO. She loved traveling and later owned her own business, Frankie’s Travel Center, in Littleton, CO, for many years with her daughter Jackie, and later expanded to Beatrice, NE, to be close to her first granddaughter for a few years before moving back to Littleton where she semi-retired and enjoyed more time with her son Michael.

Frankie was a daughter of God, loved the Lord, had a serving heart and was a very giving person.

She loved her grandchildren, traveling, the mountains, nature, camping, and of course, all dogs.

Alzheimer’s and Dementia took over her life in the later years, where she moved back to Beatrice with her daughter Shelli. Her sheer orneriness and feisty behavior exuded everyday. But she still loved dancing and playing basketball, with the great help

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of her caretakers.

Survivors include: daughter, Shelli K. Hubka of Beatrice, NE, married to Jeffery Hubka; daughter, Jacqueline M. Bunce, of Richmond, TX, married to Gregory Bunce; son, Michael W. Steele, of Denver, CO; grandchildren, Lauren H. Hubka, Ryder S. Kanderis Bunce and Sydne S. Bunce; sister, Elizabeth McCloud, of Conroe, TX, and of course, grand dogs, Morgan and Ivan.

Celebrating the life of Frankie Peck Memorial Mass will be held on Monday, April 12, 2021 at 10:30 AM, at St. Mary’s Catholic Parish, 6853 S. Prince St. in Littleton, CO. Livestreaming will be available for those who are unable to attend in person and instructions on how to join will be shared one week prior. Picnic lunch immediately following the service at Sterne Park North Shelter, 5932 S. Spotswood St in Littleton, CO. Please RSVP for lunch to Jackie Bunce at (720) 299-1291.

A memorial has been established for the family’s future designation. Private family graveside services were held at the Evergreen Home Cemetery in Beatrice, NE on April 3, 2020. You may sign Frankie’s online guest book at www.ghchapel.com.

These services have been entrusted to the Griffiths-Hovendick Chapel in Beatrice.

Brett S. DeTamble 2/10/1948 - 3/26/2021

Brett was born on February 10, 1948 and died March 26, 2021. He celebrated his 73rd birthday in the hospital fighting a short battle with cancer, multiple myeloma. He was the best friend and beloved husband to his wife Shianne. They celebrated 50 years of marriage in 2020.

Brett attended Christ The King Catholic School, Aurora Central High School and graduated from University of Colorado Denver. The majority of Brett’s career was with USPS, retiring in Support Operations.

When Brett retired in his late 50’s, he completed a two year Microsoft certification program for computer networking. He also completed a real estate appraisal course.

He loved being home doing anything with computers, including building them. His other

great passion was working out and seeing all his workout buddies.

Brett is survived by his wife Shianne DeTamble, brother Scott (Sue) DeTamble from Denver, CO, stepmother Jan DeTamble from Green Valley, AZ, sisters-in-law Sheryl Garvik from Brush, CO and Sharon (Gary) Wilson from Ft. Morgan, CO. Also, nephews Charlie (Roberta) DeTamble from Los Lunas, NM, Jeremy (Rosie) Garvik from Brush, CO, nieces Dawnell (Aaron) Dunihoo from Ft. Morgan, CO and Jaime (Ben) Brunner from Brush, CO. Preceding him in death was his father Perc DeTamble, mother Gay (Jack) Hilton, his mother and father-in-law Louise and Marvin Gardner, nephew Ryan Quint, niece Michele Blake and brother-in-law Larry Garvik.

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Three-day workshop will teach art techniques

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atercolor With Wire Drawing,” a three-day workshop with Karen Knutson via Zoom, is offered by Heritage Fine Arts Guild on May 13-15, from 9 a.m. to noon each day. Knutson, a signature member of the Transparent Watercolor Society of SONYA’S America, calls her technique “wire SAMPLER drawing” because she uses permanent markers to make drawings look like a wire sculpture. Students will learn how to make an abstract background and many special techSonya Ellingboe niques to create texture. Cost: $75 Heritage members and $90 for nonmembers. See heritage-guild.com, select current workshops. A Zoom link will be provided. Information: contact Mary kay Jacobus: mkstudio@comcast.net.

Local author honored “Winter Counts,” by Highlands Ranch author David Heska Wanbli Weiden (reviewed here previously) has been nominated for the 2021 Edgar Award for Best First Novel

by Mystery Writers of America.

Fingers crossed! Announcement on April 29.

Biennial of the Americas The Biennial of the Americas invites the public to submit memorial artworks to be featured as part of “Americas COVID-19 Memorial.” Submissions through May 31. In addition, 20 artists will be invited to contribute to it, with a $1,000 award for their commissioned drawing. Participating artists will be announced in May. Online exhibition opens in June,

This watercolor drawing is by Karen Knutson, who will lead a Heritage Fine Arts Guild workshop in May.

with public voting.

Music festival Colorado Music Festival dates are announced for July 1 through Aug. 7 at Chautauqua Auditorium in Boulder, with four world premieres.

Like many events, it didn’t happen last summer.

Legends of Dance The Dance Archive at the University of Denver announced its 2021 honorees: Chung Chu Chang; Peter Davison; Dawn Fay; William “Duke” Hartman; Doinna Mejia, Ann J. Sanders. They are dancers, dance

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educators, choreographers and philanthropists.

good time to visit “Earth Illuminated” at the Denver Pavilions.

Plant sale The Annual Denver Botanic Gardens Spring Plant Sale will be held online April 27-29. A plant list and detailed instructions will be available in mid-April. Pickup will be May 6-9 at the Gardens’ 1007 York St. location, curbside on the top deck of the parking structure. Expanded: Garden in a Bag — carefully curated assortments.

Scholarship Maxine and Mark Rossman, retired director of Cherry Creek Theatre, have started a scholarship fund, with $2,000 to be awarded annually to a Black student “who has demonstrated success and the potential to succeed in the theatre industry.” May study any field of theatre arts. Apply at cherrycreektheatre. org by April 30. The 2021 winner will have an opportunity to participate in a CCT production, tentatively scheduled for August of this year.

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Opera guild names winners in contest $35,500 in cash awards distributed among singers

BY SONYA ELLINGBOE SELLINGBOE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Operatic entertainment was enjoyed in this 2020 “Opera on Tuesday” luncheon for Denver Lyric Opera Guild members at the Cherry Creek Country Club.

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In years past, there was a Denver Lyric Opera Company and a group of supporters formed the Denver Lyric Opera Guild in 1965 to support singers ages 23-32 as they began their operatic careers. When that company folded, the guild members determined that they would continue their aid to young singers.

In 1984, the Guild began its signature program: Competition for Colorado Singers, with generous grants to winners so they can further their careers through education and performance.

This spring, 30 competitors were selected to sing arias for professional judges, and cash awards totaling $35,500 were given.

Usually the supportive DLOG members meet at various country clubs in the metro area, fall through spring, for “Opera on Tuesday,” luncheons plus performances by young singers with Central City Opera, Opera Colorado and graduate students in area universities. (New members are welcome. See DLOG website at denverlyricoperaguild.org.)

Announcement of competition winners is made and celebrated in April.

With COVID restrictions, the luncheon meetings were not possible, but generous opera supporters donated funds and held the competition anyhow. The organization announced winners recently.

Videos of the Finals performances are available on the DLOG YouTube channel, which can be reached through the website listed above.

Music lovers can enjoy an afternoon or evening of opera, despite COVID. SEE OPERA, P15

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Biennial of Americas encourages artistic grieving process

T

he immensity of loss as a result of COVID-19 is something that the state, country and world are going to be grappling with for a long time to come, and as is COMING so often the case, ATTRACTIONS the arts will play a vital role in that process.

The Biennial of the Americas - an organization headquartered in Denver that aims to develop collaboration and partnership across borders and highClarke Reader light Colorado as a state that is deeply connected to the Americas - is leading the way with the newly-opened public submissions process for the “Americas COVID-19 Memorial.”

“For us, the catalyst has always been how to engage artists over what the Americas’ most pressing challenges are, and right now it’s recovery from this devastating pandemic,” said FloraJane DiRienzo, deputy director of Biennial of the Americas. “We know artists will be at the forefront of this effort, finding ways to help us heal and envision a future beyond this situation.”

Submissions are open to individuals or collaborative groups of any age or nationality, who reside within the boundaries of the Americas (including Canada, the United States, Central and South America and the Caribbean). According to provided information, entries should “focus on exploration of how the artistic

imagination conceives a memorial to a contemporary tragedy that transcends national borders.” Submissions can include a 300-word narrative describing the work and any details about inspiration, materials used or additional context. Artwork will be accepted through May 31.

In addition to the public component, the organization is working with curators Derrick Velasquez and Maria Paz Gaviria and an artist selection committee to pick 20 artists from all over the Americas to be a part of the memorial.

“I’m really interested to see what all the works look like, and we’re trying to allow for a lot of space because we expect to see a variety of expressions,” DiRienzo said. “We all express ourselves in a variety of ways. Even though we’ve had a similar experience, it’s also been unique to each of us. I hope the works are as diverse as the Americas.”

Another feature of the project will be free virtual events - mainly “Coffee Chats” - that will tackle a variety of topics, including grief and social memory.

The final result of all this effort will feature the contributions of the 20 professional artists and the public submissions on a virtual exhibition on the Biennial’s website.

That exhibit will go live in June, and in August the organization will announce awards for both professional and public artists. Viewers will have the opportunity to vote for their favorite public work, and the winner will receive $2,000.

“I hope the artists who get involve make space for the thought pro-

cesses of moving forward - things like what we’ve been through and where are we going?” DiRienzo said.

“The end result should be a space for healing for everyone.”

For more information and to enter, visit www.biennialoftheamericas. org/publicsubmissions.

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recent prizes. (See photo in the April 1 issue).

Second place, the $5,000 Kenneth King Foundation Award, went to baritone Steven Groth, 31. He received a master of music and in collaborative piano from the University of Missouri-Columbia and a doctor of musical arts in voice performance and pedagogy from the University of Colorado-Boulder.

He hopes to join the faculty at SUNY Potsdam in the fall, where he is now reaching remotely.

Baritone Schyler Vargas, 27, who won the $4,500 third place Myrle F. Hoffman Memorial Award, received his bachelor of music from the University of Colorado-Boulder

and his master of music from Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. He was also a winner of the 2020 Metropolitan Opera Colorado/ Wyoming District Auditions.

Additional awards: fourth place, Laura Bumgarner, soprano, 24: $4,000 Galen and Ada Belle Spencer Foundation Award; fifth place: Gabrielle Razafinjatovo, 26, mezzo, $3,500 Gary and Gayle Landis in honor of Marlis Smith Award; sixth place, $3,000 Carole Johnson in Memory of Mary Wise Award: Isaiah Feken, baritone; seventh place, bass Oliver Poveda, 27, received the $2,500 Sherry Sheperd Sargent Memorial Award; eighth place, Courtney Caston, 25, soprano, received

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Dr. Jeremy Reger, of the University of Colorado’s College of Music was accompanist, as he has been for a number of years.

Soprano Anna Montgomery, 27, was first-place winner of the $6,000 Galen and Ada Belle Spencer Award. With a master’s in voice performance from Michigan State University, she also has received an Encouragement Award at the 2021 Rocky Mountain Region Auditions held by the Metropolitan Opera National Council and several other

Painting a cosmic canvas at Wings Over the Rockies The Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum is taking visitors beyond the stratosphere with its newest exhibit, All the Cosmos a Canvas. The exhibit is a celebration of the universe as captured through the famous Hubble Telescope, which has sent more than a million observations from its orbit above the earth. In addition to jawdropping photos, those observations include images and data.

All the Cosmos a Canvas is included in admission for the museum, 7711 E. Academy Blvd. in Denver. It is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Saturday and from noon to 4 p.m. on Sunday. For information and to pre-purchase tickets, visit www.WingsMuseum. org/Hubble.

Clarke’s Concert of the Week - Set Break live stream The music industry can be a taxing place to be, and that was before a global pandemic shut down the vast majority of the touring world. This is the reason the nonprofit Backline exists - to connect music industry professionals and their families with mental health and wellness resources.

To further that mission, the organization is hosting the Set Break live stream event at 2 p.m. on Saturday, April 10, on Twitch’s Relix Channel. The concert will feature artists like Leon Bridges, Sara Bareilles, Black Pumas, Lake Street Dive and Alanis Morissette.

The event is free, but there will be opportunities to donate during the live stream. Visit https://backline. care/set-break/ for all the pertinents.

Streaming style - Aspen Shortsfest The 30th annual Aspen Shortsfest — presented by Aspen Film — is running through Sunday, April 11 on the virtual Eventive platform, meaning viewers can stream 80 shorts that include six world premieres and 15 US premieres.

The festival is one of four Oscarqualifying festivals in the US solely dedicated to short films and will feature a variety of entries in five categories: animation, comedy, documentary, drama and short-short.

Talents participating either in front or behind the camera include Will Ferrell, Dev Patel, Wyatt Cenac and Zachary Woods. Equally exciting, 55 films are directed or co-directed by women.

To check out the range of highquality films from all over the world and get individual tickets or passes, visit www.aspenfilm.org/aspenshortsfest-2021.

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

the Dr. Frank Sargent Family Award, $2000; Mezzo Helen Hass, 28, received the $1,000 Lisa Curtis in Honor of Anne Kotch Award; and the $1,000 Certificate of Merit Julie Johnson and Donors in Memory of Harry Williams Award went to mezzo Kelly Riordan. Honorable mentions of $500 from DLOG members and Dr. Frank Sargent were given to mezzo Emily Anderson, tenor Paul Wolf, soprano Christiana Maldonado, tenor Miguel Angel Ortega and soprano Angela Lamar.

(An additional bit of opera news: Central City Opera will hold its summer performance season at Hudson Gardens in Littleton.

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Victim’s family seeks memorial in unsolved hit-run death Loved ones need help with permanent marker for Carl Howard, beloved father, partner

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As the months tick by since the still-unsolved hit-and-run death of Carl Howard, his loved ones are hoping to memorialize the man whose death gouged a devastating wound in their lives.

Howard, 54, was riding his bicycle when he was struck and killed by a driver in a dark pickup truck near the intersection of South Bannock Street and West Radcliff Avenue in Englewood last June 23. No arrests have been made in the case.

Nearly nine months later, his killer remains a mystery, but Howard’s absence continues to eat away at his loved ones.

“I’m completely lost,” said Lisa Paris, Howard’s partner for most of the last decade, through tears. “I don’t know what to do with myself half the time. I try not to sleep my life away. Carl wouldn’t want that.”

The strangest thing, Paris said, is the notes she keeps finding around the house — love notes Howard wrote her years ago. One was behind a picture frame. Another old Christmas card appeared on the

Lisa Paris lost Carl Howard, the man she called the love of her life, last June to a hitand-run driver. Howard’s loved ones are seeking donations to buy him a permanent PHOTO BY DAVID GILBERT memorial plaque at Olinger Hampden Cemetery.

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In one letter, Howard wrote how he wanted to provide a happy, safe household for Dalylah, Paris’ older daughter.

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Paris writes him back, with notes she sets on fire, hoping the smoke will carry her love to him in Heaven.

“I tell him I’m sorry I took for granted everything he did for me,” she said. “I tell him how much I wish I could spend one more day with him. What I wouldn’t give for just a few hours.”

Howard’s sister “just wakes up and cries and cries,” Paris said.

Just three blocks from Paris’ house, at the spot where Carl died, sits a small memorial, where cards, flowers and pinwheels are growing faded by time and weather.

Paris’ aunt is working with Englewood officials to install a permanent street sign at the spot, imploring drivers to slow down in Howard’s memory.

Meanwhile, Howard’s son Shayne

is seeking donations for a permanent grave marker for his father at Olinger Hampden Cemetery.

“It’s an extension of the permanent mark he left on my own heart and in those who he loved, and I can finally be at peace with that,” Shayne wrote on the GoFundMe page. As of March 19, the fundraiser had only netted less than a tenth of its $3,500 goal.

Securing the memorial sign and headstone would lend a permanence to a situation otherwise clouded by the uncertainty of Howard’s unsolved death, Paris said.

The pain of justice undone is not new to her. Her aunt, Connie Paris, was abducted and murdered in downtown Englewood in 1968. As the decades have gone by without an arrest in the case, Howard said the pain and grief curdled in her family, as it has in Howard’s death.

“It never goes away,” she said. “It’s always with you. You go around town wondering who it is. Is it the guy in front of you in line at 7-Eleven?”

Paris said she hopes whoever killed Howard finds the strength and conscience to come forward, or that someone who knows something will say something.

“I wonder if it’s eating away at them,” she said. “I wonder if they think they got away with it. I wonder if they’re cold-hearted enough to not care.”

Police still have little to go on, said Englewood Police Investigator Scot Allen. Detectives only received five or so tips in the case, and followed up on each one, all dead ends. Police are still investigating, Allen said.

Howard’s death was one of two still-unsolved homicides in Englewood last year. Joe Hix, 32, died of multiple stab wounds on the Little Dry Creek bike path on Aug. 25. No arrests have been made in the case.

“I don’t even know if putting whoever killed Carl in jail is the right thing,” Paris said. “What do you do in this situation? They took Carl away from us, but putting them in jail just takes them from their family. But we need closure so Carl can rest in peace.”

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Tri-County Health The agency that includes a large swath of the north, east and south metro areas had not yet decided what future restrictions will look like, according to its April 1 statement.

“We would not enforce restrictions unless we thought it appropriate to issue a local public health order. We are watching trends in cases, hospitalizations, the spread of variants, and vaccinations and discussing possible approaches with other public health departments across the metro region as well as local elected officials and would make decisions based on those factors,” said the statement from Becky O’Guin, a spokeswoman for TriCounty Health.

Any possible restrictions in TriCounty’s area would consider settings most likely to be contributing to virus spread, such as spaces with poor ventilation where mask-wearing and social distancing are difficult to maintain and are frequented by unvaccinated people, the statement said. It’s unclear how long any local limits may last in Tri-County’s area.

“Were we to decide it appropriate to implement restrictions, we would do so for as short a period of time as possible,” O’Guin said.

What’s more, restrictions in Douglas County — whose leadership has been vocal in pushing for

April 8, 2021A state restrictions to end — could look different than those in Adams and Arapahoe.

“We know that Douglas County has a strong preference that restrictions end as soon as possible.

We are planning a meeting with county leadership in the near future to discuss mutual perspectives about appropriate steps moving forward,” O’Guin said.

If the governor lets the state mask mandate expire in coming weeks, spotlight shifts to TriCounty’s existing mask order, which many localities have opted out of.

To avoid confusion with state policy, Tri-County amended its mask order in July to mostly align with the statewide mask order that took effect July 16. Tri-County’s order, like the governor’s order, requires people to wear masks in public indoor spaces.

But one difference is that Tri-County announced it would extend its order “for the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic,” the agency announced in an Oct. 20 news release.

Now, the agency appears likely to take a wait-and-see approach.

“Studies and data have proven that mask-wearing is one of the most cost-effective prevention measures available, and we believe that it makes sense to continue our mandate until we see the impact of the easing of community restrictions and the spread of variants on measures of disease severity,” O’Guin said.

She added: “However, we would likely focus our mandate in the

near future, on indoor settings and for a specified timeframe.”

As of October, the following cities, towns and county areas had opted out of Tri-County’s order requiring mask-wearing: Bennett, Brighton, Castle Pines, Castle Rock, Columbine Valley, Deer Trail, Glendale, Parker, Douglas County areas outside of municipalities (unincorporated areas), and unincorporated areas in Arapahoe County east of Watkins Road all the way to the eastern county line, generally east of Aurora.

Douglas County Virus restrictions are almost certain to look different in Douglas County compared to in the rest of Tri-County’s jurisdiction.

In early March, Douglas County’s elected leaders approved a resolution asking the governor to fully reopen the county.

Specifically, the unanimously approved commissioners’ resolution asked the state for a framework outlining how and when the county can fully reopen. The vote came following a rally that gathered a crowd of dozens in Castle Rock in support of removing restrictions.

“The state informs us that they share our goal of opening communities, increasing capacity, and relaxing restrictions as more receive the vaccine and severity metrics such as hospitalizations and deaths are reduced,” an April 1 statement from Douglas County said.

It added: “We are counting on the state to make good on their promises and look forward to knowing more in the coming weeks. In the meantime, we will work with Tri-County Health and continue to support our citizens’ ability to make wise choices for themselves and their families.”

Denver One place with a clearer picture of future virus restrictions is Denver, where officials are considering restrictions consistent with what’s currently in the dial, with a month-by-month phasing down of restrictions — provided that virus spread remains level, Denver

officials said.

“Denver would potentially shift to level blue restrictions in midApril, level green restrictions in mid-May and no restrictions come mid-June,” said Lee, with the Denver Department of Public Health and Environment.

Among the dial’s six levels, blue is the second-least restrictive.

Purple, the most restrictive level, is a stay-at-home order.

See a map that shows each county’s dial level and what restrictions apply to each level at covid19.colorado.gov/data/covid19-dial-dashboard.

Asked about the possibility that Polis would let the state mask mandate expire, Denver officials signaled some sort of mask requirement would likely remain.

“A face-covering requirement in many indoor settings is a measure that makes sense to keep in place while other restrictions may be reduced,” Lee said.

Jefferson County Other Denver-area counties, such as Jefferson, had less to say about what restrictions will look like.

Jefferson County Public Health “is currently awaiting further guidance from (the state publichealth department) on confirmed next steps related to loosening restrictions at the state level,” a statement from spokeswoman Ashley Sever said. “At the same time, we have provided input that mask-wearing indoors and social distancing remain essential at this time to continue to stop the spread of COVID-19 and to avoid any future surges as we race to distribute (the) vaccine.”

The health agency “will consider any local level disease prevention measures as necessary based on what the evidence says is needed in our community,” Sever said.

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Castle Rock pizza shops share a slice of profits, food Pizza competitors come together to support each other during a tough time

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Granelli’s Pizzeria and 212 Pizza Co. in Castle Rock suspended competition to team up in a time of need. The two companies agreed to share profits and food after 212 Pizza Co. was required to close due to a COVID-19 case.

On March 26, Robins Crooks, co-owner of 212 Pizza, said a staff member contracted COVID which in turn required the business to shut down for 10 days.

To avoid wasting food, Crooks said she offered to donate all of her produce to Granelli’s Pizza.

Angie Trano Wurm, owner of Granelli’s, said she was on vacation when her general manager called to tell her 212 had to shut down. She said she told the general manager to write a check for the food sup-

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plies and was shocked when Crooks refused payment.

Wurm contacted Crooks and proposed that she promote Granelli’s website on the 212 Pizza Co. website during the closure and they share the profits for a day.

Soon, word spread in Castle Rock about what Granelli’s was doing to help a neighboring business.

With lines and call-in orders stacking up, Wurm said they had customers coming from Pueblo, Thornton and Boulder just to help the two businesses.

On March 31, Wurm presented Crooks with a $4,000 check. Wurm said she had hoped it was more, as Crooks said the gesture meant so much more than the money.

“It gives me chills,” Wurm said. “I had no idea it would turn into something so amazing. This country has been through so much this last year.

There are so many struggling businesses, we have to help each other.”

Crooks said having to shut down is tough on every business, estimating she lost about $30,000 over the 10-day period. She reopened on April 1.

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ernor’s) office, we will continue to reflect on our options,” said Eric Aakko, division director for health education, communication and planning in the Weld County Department of Public Health and

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is huge,” she said. “It is just devastating.”

Crooks said one of the biggest stressors through it all is that she has 36 part-time and full-time

employees who went without a job for 10 days. Crooks said her goal is to find a nonprofit or governmentsupport program that can replenish some of the lost wages.

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Ryan said a statewide mask mandate is easier for residents and visitors to keep track of, rather than a piecemeal approach.

“I spoke to my colleagues in other counties, and the level of absolute belligerence of people going to resorts is at an all-time high,” Ryan said. “(Those counties) want the ski season to end as quick as possible. They want the snow to melt, because (visitors are) driving up the numbers in those counties.”

“How do we communicate to folks that this isn’t over yet, and we’re in a moment of danger here?” Commissioner George Marlin said.

Elbert County It was also unclear how limits would look in Elbert County, but one of the county’s leaders shed light on the general attitude of Elbert officials.

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Mountain Vista girls volleyball coach Doug Schafer calls senior Kelli Ell a fireball.

And she showed why she got that label in a match on March 30 against top-ranked Chaparral.

The 5 foot 8 inch senior had a match high 10 spikes, three aces and six digs as second-ranked Vista notched a 2-0 victory with 2515 and 25-17 set wins.

“Kelli had come into her own this year,” said Schafer. “She is just a fireball. She has taken sort of a different role. She is definitely more of a leader both in her play and her attitude. She is somebody the team relies on.”

After the first eight matches this season, Ell was the Continental League leader in kills (86 and 4.5 per set) and aces (19). She was fifth in digs (43 or 2.3 per set).

“Realizing this is my last year playing at this high school and that made me think I need to leave it all on the court,” said Ell. “I’ve been working pretty hard so I can play all the way around.”

Schafer has seen Ell’s play elevate.

“She is just bringing a lot of different shots, a lot of different hits and gets the job done,” said Schafer.

“It’s good to see her doing so well.

“She’s made a big leap from the past year. She’s earned it because she’s worked hard for it. She’s put in a lot of time and effort.”

Ell, who has signed to play next season at Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls, Tx., isn’t a tall player at the net but she’s smart.

“I’ve been told every year that I’m short and I have to figure out how to play smart at the net,” she explained. “So, I’ve got more shots and high hits over the block and work on not hitting as hard and just playing smarter with the ball.

I have the high shots down and the low shots so I have to work on my hitting techniques so even if I’m short I can still play.

“I think my backrow, just passing and stuff, has improved. I’ve always been pretty strong at the net and serving.”

Ell started playing volleyball and other sports when she was in kindergarten and her big sister Annie played and gradate from Mountain Vista in 2017. Annie Ell now plays at the University of Rhode Island.

“I’m going to miss it all (high school) and I want to get our team to state,” Ell concluded. “We’ve got a pretty good team this year.”

Mountain Vista senior Kelli Ell is only 5-foot-8 but stands tall as one of the spike leaders in the Continental League this season.

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‘She’s made a big leap from the past year. She’s earned it because she’s worked hard for it. She’s put in a lot of time and effort.’

Doug Schafer, Mountain Vista girls volleyball coach, on senior Kelli Ell

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Mountain Vista’s girls volleyball team took a big step toward winning the Continental League regular season title with a win on March 30 in

a showdown between the state’s two top-ranked Class 5A team.

The Golden Eagles’ victory highlighted the action for south Metro teams between March 29 and April 3.

Girls Volleyball Mountain Vista 2, Chaparral 0 – Kelli Ell had 10 spikes, three aces and six digs to help Vista, ranked second in the CHSAANow.com poll, to an easy March 30 win over the

top-ranked Wolverines.

Vista lost the first set on April 2 against Highlands Ranch but rebounded for a 2-1 triumph.

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ROUNDUP Valor Christian 3, Arvada West 0 – Grace Langer had 10 kills and a 55.6 kills percentage in a win for the eighth-ranked Eagles on March 30.

Valor defeated Dakota Ridge, 3-0, on April 1.

Cherry Creek 3, Eaglecrest 0 – Carter Booth had 12 kills and a 60 percent kills percentage for the fourth-ranked Bruins in a win on March 30. Anna Van Wyk finished with 27 assists in the victory.

Lutheran 3, Prospect Ridge Academy 1 – Junior Audrey Broch was credited with 16 kills and five service aces as the Lions, ranked second in Class 3A, earned a win on April 1. Bella Vezzani had 22 digs and Lexi Wilmoth 26 assists for Lutheran.

Ponderosa 2, Rock Canyon 1 – The Mustangs took the decisive third set, 26-24, to notch a win on March 30.

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Castle View 2, Mountain Vista 1 – Jack Pucciano and Tiesnan Freiberger scored for the Sabercats in the overtime win on March 31.

Mountain Vista 1, ThunderRidge 0 – Brian Kelley got the game’s lone goal in the Golden Eagles win on April 3. Vista also won, 1-0, on April 1 in a game against Douglas County and Tyler Daugherty had the gamewinning tally.

Legend 2, Ponderosa 1 – Andrew Wilson got the game-winning goal in a March 31 triumph over the rival Mustangs.

Rock Canyon 1, Chaparral 0 – Alec Mikolajczak scored for the Jaguars in a victory on April 2.

Lutheran 4, Manual 2 – Logan Chollett had two of the four goals the Lions scored in the second half in a win on March 30.

Valor Christian 4, Prairie View 0 – The Eagles scored all their goals in the second half en route to a win on April 1.

Boys Soccer Arapahoe 1, Eaglecrest 1 – Sam Myers scored the goal for the Warriors, third ranked in the 5A soccer poll, in a tie on March 30 with Eaglecrest. Blake D’Agostino and Jarden Wolf had the goals in a 2-1 victory on April 3 over Smoky Hill.

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Mountain Vista 1, Fossil Ridge 0 – The eighth-ranked Golden Eagles edged the fifth-ranked Sabercats in a game played on March 31.

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Public Notices call Sheree 303.566.4088 Legals Public Trustees COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0002-2021 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On January 8, 2021, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

Original Grantor(s) Brian K. McHugh and Melissa A. McHugh Original Beneficiary(ies) Mmigage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as beneficiary, as nominee for Home123 Corporation, a California Corporation, its successors and assigns Current Holder of Evidence of Debt Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, as Trustee for the benefit of the Freddie Mac Seasoned Loans Structured Transaction Trust, Series 2019-3 Date of Deed of Trust September 23, 2005 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust October 04, 2005 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) B5149285 Original Principal Amount $355,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $298,857.18 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. LOT 6, BLOCK 5, FOUR LAKES SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 6, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 1732 East Phillips Avenue, Centennial, CO 80122.

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 12/28/2020 AT RECEPTION NO. E0182443 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.

©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015 Legal Notice No. 0002-2021 First Publication: 3/18/2021 Last Publication: 4/15/2021 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0003-2021 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On January 12, 2021, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

Original Grantor(s) Dave H. Lynch Original Beneficiary(ies) Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Beneficiaiy, as nominee for Provident Funding Associates, L.P., its successors and assigns Current Holder of Evidence of Debt Loan Care, LLC Date of Deed of Trust April 20, 2007 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust April 26, 2007 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) B7052776 Original Principal Amount $115,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $89,035.86 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. Lot 18, Block 3, Southbridge Filing No. 4, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado.

Also known by street and number as: 7874 South Windermere Circle, Littleton, CO 80120.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 05/12/2021, 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.

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CITY OF CENTENNIAL NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Monday, April 5, 2021, the Centennial City Council approved the following ordinance on second and final reading: ORDINANCE NO. 2021-O-04 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CENTENNIAL, COLORADO, REPEALING ARTICLE 3 OF CHAPTER 5 OF THE CENTENNIAL MUNICIPAL CODE ENTITLED “CABLE FRANCHISE – 2014” The full text of the ordinance is available for public inspection in the office of the City Clerk and is also available on the City’s web site, www.centennialcolorado.com. The ordinance may be obtained by contacting the City Clerk, 303-754-3324. by a vote of 9 in favor and 0 against.

(First published March 18, 2021) By: Barbara Setterlind, MMC, City Clerk Legal Notice No. 525088-60165 First Publication: April 8, 2021 Last Publication: April 8, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent and the Centennial Citizen

Bids and Settlements Public Notice NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT 2020 Concrete Rehabilitation Program Project No. 19-01-03 Notice is hereby given, pursuant to Section 38-26107, C.R.S., that the City of Centennial, Colorado (the “City”) will make final payment at the hour of 10:00 a.m. on April 22, 2021 (the “Final Settlement Date”) to the following contractor: Concrete Express, Inc. 2027 West Colfax Avenue Denver, Colorado 80204 (hereinafter, the “Contractor”) for and on account of all work completed by the Contractor on City Project No. 19-01-03, including for purposes of this Notice of Final Settlement on (the “Project”).

1. Any person, co-partnership, association of persons, company or corporation that has an unpaid claim against the Project for and on account of the furnishing of labor, materials, or other supplies used or consumed by the Contractor or any subcontractor in or about the performance of said work, may at any time up to and including the Final Settlement Date, file a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid on account of such claim.

2. Any such claim(s) shall be filed with the City Clerk at 13133 East Arapahoe Road, Centennial, CO 80112 prior to the Final Settlement Date.

3. Failure on the part of any claimant to file such verified statement or claim prior to the Final Settlement Date will relieve the City from any and all liability for such claim.

Legal Notice No. 525089-60166 First Publication: April 8, 2021 Last Publication: April 8, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent and the Centennial Citizen

Summons and Sheriff Sale

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 05/12/2021, 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: 3/18/2021 Last Publication: 4/15/2021 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent

First Publication: 3/18/2021 Last Publication: 4/15/2021 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent

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

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;

Amanda Ferguson #44893 Heather Deere #28597 Toni M. Owan #30580 Halliday, Watkins & Mann, PC 355 Union Blvd., Ste. 250, Lakewood, CO 80228 (303) 274-0155 Attorney File # CO10113

2) Lucas Carrillo, Plaintiff 3) Case Number: CV-2020-07064 AND 4) Marian & Marquertte Drobniewski Defendant(s) AND Mohave County Treasurer SUPERIOR COURT OF ARIZONA MOHAVE COUNTY FROM THE STATE OF ARIZONA TO: Marian & Marquertte Drobniewski AND Mohave County Treasurer

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.

1. A lawsuit has been filed against you. A copy of the lawsuit and other court papers are served on you with this Summons.

©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015

2. If you do not want a judgment or order taken against you without your input, you must file an “Answer” or a “Response” in writing with the Court, and pay the filing fee. If you do not file an “Answer” or “Response” the other party may be given the relief requested in his or her Petition or Complaint. To file your “Answer” or Response” take, or send, the “Answer” or “Response” to the Office of the Clerk of the Superior Court, 401 East Spring Street, Kingman, AZ 86401 (P.O. Box 7000, Kingman, AZ 86402-7000) or the Office of the Clerk of the Superior Court, 2225 Trane Road, Bullhead City, AZ 86442, or Office of the Clerk of the Superior Court, 2001 College Drive, Lake Havasu City, AZ 86404. Mail a copy

DATE: 01/08/2021 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: Amanda Ferguson #44893 Heather Deere #28597 Toni M. Owan #30580 Halliday, Watkins & Mann, PC 355 Union Blvd., Ste. 250, Lakewood, CO 80228 (303) 274-0155 Attorney File # CO10753 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.

IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; DATE: 01/12/2021 Susan Sandstrom, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Susan Sandstrom, Public Trustee

Legal Notice NO. 0003-2021 First Publication: 3/18/2021 Last Publication: 4/15/2021 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent

City and County Public Notice NOTICE

Public Notice SUMMONS 1)Name of Person Filing: Lucas Carrillo Mailing Address: PO Box 1101 City, State, Zip Code: Lake Havasu City, AZ 86405 Daytime/Evening Phone Number: (602) 635-7983

of your “Answer” or “Response” to the other party at the address listed on the top of this Summons.

cur at 10:00 a.m. on May 6, 2021 at 13101 E. Broncos Pkwy., Centennial, CO 80112.

3. If you were served within the State of Arizona, your “Response” or “Answer” must be filed within TWENTY (20) CALENDAR DAYS, starting the day after you were served. If you were served outside the State of Arizona, your “Response” must be filed within THIRTY (30) CALENDAR DAYS, starting the day after you were served. Service by Publication is complete (30) days after the date of the first publication.

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

4. Requests for reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities must be made to the office of the judge or commissioner assigned to the case, at least (3) three days before your scheduled court date.

SIGNED AND SEALED this date: August 27th, 2020 VIRLYNN TINNELL, Clerk of the Superior Court By: Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No.525050 First Publication: March 25, 2021 Last Publication: April 15, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice THE STATE OF UTAH TO DEFENDANT TIDEWATER OIL AND GAS, LLC: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to filed an Answer in writing to the Complaint filed in the Third Judicial District Court for the State of Utah entitled Pinnacle Potash International, Ltd. v. Tidewater Oil & Gas, LLC, Civil No. 200903507, with the Clerk of the Court, 450 South State Street, P.O. Box 1860, Salt Lake City, UT 84114-1860, and to mail a copy to JOHN W. ANDREWS, SNELL & WILMER, LLP, 15 West South Temple, Suite 1200, Salt Lake City, Utah 84101, within thirty (30) days of [date of last publication]. IF YOU FAIL TO DO SO, judgment by default will be taken against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint, which is available by request from the above-named counsel, and which by order of the Court is deemed served upon you.

DATED THIS 17th day of March 2021.

Legal Notice No. 525059 First Publication: April 1, 2021 Last Publication: April 29, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO Case No.: 2020CV30932 Division: 402 COMBINED NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE Plaintiff: BANYAN HOLLOW OWNERS’ ASSOCIATION, INC., a Colorado non-profit corporation Defendant: JONATHAN FAVELA-RODRIGUEZ; WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.; SU RYDEN, ARAPAHOE COUNTY PUBLIC TRUSTEE TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: RE: Sheriff’s Sale of Real Property pursuant to Order on Verified Motion for Default Judgment and Decree of Foreclosure and §38-38-101 et seq., C.R.S. 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 2020CV30932 captioned BANYAN HOLLOW OWNERS’ ASSOCIATION, INC, a Colorado non-profit corporation. v. JONATHAN FAVELA-RODRIGUEZ; WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.; SU RYDEN, ARAPAHOE COUNTY PUBLIC TRUSTEE, dated December 29, 2020, and §38-38-101 et seq., C.R.S., by BANYAN HOLLOW OWNERS’ 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 Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions for Matthews Banyan Hollow Condominiums recorded on 12/5/83 at Reception #2353109 which establishes a lien for the benefit of BANYAN HOLLOW OWNERS’ 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: CONDOMINIUM UNIT 46, BUILDING E, MATTHEWS BANYAN HOLLOW CONDOMINIUMS FILING NO. 2, ACCORDING TO AND SUBJECT TO THE DECLARATION OF COVENANTS, CONDITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS FOR MATTHEWS BANYAN HOLLOW CONDOMINIUMS RECORDED DECEMBER 5, 1983, IN BOOD 4033 AT PAGE 471 AND FIRST AMENDMENT THERETO RECORDED MAY 16, 1984, IN BOOK 4161 AT PAGE 294 AND ACCORDING TO THE MAP OF MATTHEWS BANYAN HOLLOW CONDOMINIUMS FILING NO. 2 RECORDED JUNE 29, 1984; IN MAP BOOK 76 AT PAGES 48 TO 52, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. also known as 2233 S Buckley Rd #101, Aurora CO 80013.

The Sheriff’s sale has been scheduled to oc-

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. 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: February 2, 2021 Tyler S Brown, Sheriff Arapahoe County, Colorado By: Sgt. Trent Steffa, Deputy Sheriff Legal Notice No. 523938 First Publication: March 11, 2021 Last Publication: April 8, 2021 Published In: Littleton Independent 750 W. Hampden Ave., Suite 225, Englewood, Colorado 80110 Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO Case No.: 2020CV30257 Division: 202 SALE NO. ACCIV2100064 Plaintiff: HIGH HOLLOWS CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, INC., a Colorado nonprofit corporation v.

Defendant: CRISTINA ALEMAN COMBINED NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANT, Please take notice: This is to advise you that a Sheriff’s sale proceeding has been commenced through the office of the undersigned Sheriff pursuant to a Order For Judgment and Decree of Foreclosure dated August 12, 2020 and §38-38-101 et seq., C.R.S., by HIGH HOLLOWS 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, WHICH LIEN BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AND IMPROVEMENTS legally described as follows, to wit: CONDOMINIUM UNIT NO. 246, BUILDING NO. 10782, HIGH HOLLOWS CONDOMINIUM, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO, AS SHOWN ON THE CONDOMINIUM MAP RECORDED JUNE 26, 1980 AT RECEPTION NO. 1976776, AND SUBJECT TO THE CONDOMINIUM DECLARATION FOR HIGH HOLLOWS CONDOMINIUM RECORDED JUNE 26, 1980 IN BOOK 3236 AT PAGE 64, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO; also known by street and number as 10782 East Exposition Avenue, Unit 246, Aurora, CO 80012.

You are hereby notified that a Sheriff’s sale has been scheduled to occur at 10 o’clock a.m. on the 6th day of May, 2021, at the Sheriff’s Office Headquarters Building, 13101 East Broncos Parkway, Centennial, CO 80112, 720-874-3845. At the sale, the Sheriff will sell the real property described above, and the improvements thereon, to the highest bidder. Plaintiff makes no warranty relating to title, possession, or quiet enjoyment in and to said real property in connection with this sale.

BIDDERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE CASH OR CERTIFIED FUNDS SUFFICIENT TO COVER THE MINIMUM BID AT THE TIME OF SALE. All telephone inquiries for information should be directed to the office of the undersigned Sheriff at 720-874-3845. The name, address and telephone number of the attorney representing the legal owner of the above described lien is DAVID A. PARKER. Attorney Registration Number 35253, Moeller Graf, P.C. 385 Inverness Parkway, Suite 200, Centennial, CO 80112 (720) 279-2568.

Date: January 26, 2021 Tyler S. Brown, Arapahoe County Sheriff County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Sgt. Trent Steffa, Deputy Sheriff Legal Notice No. 524907 First Publication: March 11, 2021 Last Publication: April 8, 2021 Published in: Littleton Independent 750 W Hampden Ave, Suite 225 Englewood, CO 80110

Notice to Creditors Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of WILLIAM GARY WHEELER, a/k/a William G. Wheeler, a/k/a William Wheeler,

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Public Notices a/k/a Bill Gary Wheeler, a/k/a Bill G. Wheeler, a/k/a Bill Wheeler, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR30320 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 August 2, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Deborah L. Adams, Personal Representative 255 Coolidge Court Bennett, Colorado 80102 Legal Notice No. 525061 First Publication: April 1, 2021 Last Publication: April 15, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

also known as Aloma A. Kirby, Deceased, Case Number: 2021PR30226 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 August 8, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

David S. Salsbury, Attorney for Estate 6855 S. Havana St., Suite 580 Centennial, CO 80112

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 August 9, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Legal Notice No. 525081 First Publication: April 8, 2021 Last Publication: April 22, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Public Notice

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Mary K. Richardson, aka Mary Kathryn Richardson, aka Mary Richardson, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR030227

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of DONALD JACK FURMAN, a/k/a Donald J. Furman, a/k/a Donald Furman, and Jack Furman, Deceased Case Number: 21PR30329

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before July 26, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Ross Jackson King, Personal Representative c/o Katz, Look & Onorato, P.C. 1120 Lincoln St., Suite 1100 Denver, CO 80203 Legal Notice No. 525036 First Publication: March 25, 2021 Last Publication: April 8, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Ronald Takata, Deceased Case Number: 2021 PR 30326 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 August 1, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Tracy A. Tirey, Attorney for the Personal Representative Nancy K. Banks c/o Tracy A. Tirey Tirey Law Firm LLC 12021 Pennsylvania St., Ste 103 Thornton, CO 80241 Legal Notice No. 525058 First Publication: April 1, 2021 Last Publication: April 15, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Neil R. Kasperek, a/k/a Neil Raymond Kasperek, a/k/a Neil Kasperek, Deceased Case Number: 21PR30331 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 August 16, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

James N. Kasperek, Personal Representative 2305 Harbor Cliff Drive Las Vegas, NV 89128 Legal Notice No. 525070 First Publication: April 1, 2021 Last Publication: April 15, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice

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 August 9, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Debra A. Conroy, Esq. KELLER LAW, LLC Attorneys for Personal Representative 584 Yampa Avenue Craig, CO 81625 Legal Notice No. 525057 First Publication: April 1, 2021 Last Publication: April 15, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Lorna M. Herbaly, a/k/a Lorna Maxine Herbaly, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR30297 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before July 26, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

David L. Herbaly, Personal Representative 8141 South Peninsula Drive Littleton, Colorado 80120 Legal Notice No. 525047 First Publication: March 25, 2021 Last Publication: April 8, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE

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 August 9, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Deborah Vetanze, Personal Representative c/o Patrick A. Schilken, P.C 7936 E. Arapahoe Court, NO. 2800 Centennial, Colorado 80130

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Dorothy L. Chretien, Deceased Case Number: 2021-PR-30310

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 August 8, 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 or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before July 26, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

David S. Salsbury, Attorney for Estate 6855 S. Havana St., Suite 580 Centennial, CO 80112

Michael W. Reagor, Attorney for Personal Representative Dymond Reagor, PLLC 8400 E. Prentice Ave. Suite 1040 Greenwood Village, CO 80111

Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Aloma Ann Kirby,

Legal Notice No. 525044 First Publication: March 25, 2021 Last Publication: March 25, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before August 9, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Legal Notice No. 525079 First Publication: April 8, 2021 Last Publication: April 22, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Public Notice

Public Notice

District Court, Arapahoe County, Colorado Court Address: 7325 S. Potomac Street Centennial, CO 80112

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of CHARLOTTE JANIECE BROWN, aka CHARLOTTE J. BROWN, aka CHARLOTTE BROWN, aka C. JANIECE BROWN, aka C.J. BROWN, aka C. BROWN, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR030222

In the Matter of the Estate of: SARAH JO EVERETT, aka SARAH EVERETT, aka SARAH J. EVERETT, Deceased.

Pauline D. Everett; 8729 Forrest Drive Highlands Ranch, CO 80126 Phone Number: 860-302-4522 E-mail: pdeny05@gmail.com FAX Number: n/a Atty. Reg. #: n/a Case Number: 2020PR384

To: Whom it may concern Last Known Address, if any: A hearing on Petition for Deeds of Distribution for this court to order that she, as Personal Representative, execute two deeds of distribution for Sarah Jo Everett’s (the “Decedent”) real property owned by her at the time of her death to the Decedent’s daughter and devisee, Pauline D. Everett. will be held at the following time and location or at a later date to which the hearing may be continued: Date: April 27, 2021 Time: 8:00 A.M. Address: 7325 S. Potomac Street, Centennial, CO 80112

Legal Notice No. 525078 First Publication: April 8, 2021 Last Publication: April 22, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Denise Winters Pentico, A/K/A Denise W. Pentico, A/K/A Denise Pentico, Deceased Case Number: 21PR30350 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 August 9, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Legal Notice No. 525082 First Publication: April 8, 2021 Last Publication: April 22, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Public Notice

Legal Notice No. 525034 First Publication: March 25, 2021 Last Publication: April 8, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Legal Notice No. 525083 First Publication: April 8, 2021 Last Publication: April 22, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Christopher D. Pentico Personal Representative 384 Kathleen Circle Grand Junction, CO 81501

Legal Notice No. 525090 First Publication: April 8, 2021 Last Publication: April 22, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

By: Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk

Ryan B. Scott, Atty. Reg. #36741 The Law Office of Ryan B. Scott, LLC 8089 S. Lincoln Street, Suite 201 Littleton, CO 80122 Attorney for Kurt Rickard Hulse Personal Representative

The hearing will take approximately [x] day

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Nelson William Vetanze, aka Nelson W. Vetanze, aka Nelson Vetanze, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR30358

Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of James Darwin Hulse, a/k/a James D. Hulse, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR30258

Alexander T. Congdon Personal Representative P.O. Box 136 Crestone, CO 81131

NOTICE OF HEARING BY PUBLICATION PURSUANT TO § 15-10-401, C.R.S.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of James Gordon Nussbaum, also known as James G. Nussbaum, Deceased, Case Number: 2021PR30278

Legal Notice No. 525080 First Publication: April 8, 2021 Last Publication: April 22, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of William McCutcheon Congdon, aka William M. Congdon, aka William Congdon, aka Bill McCutcheon Congdon, aka Bill M. Congdon, aka Bill Congdon, Deceased Case Number: 21PR30261

Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Florence Elinor Lipski, aka Florence E. Lipski, aka Florence Lipski, Deceased Case Number: 21PR30280

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the Arapahoe County District Court on or before July 26, 2021 or the claims may be forever barred.

Joel Brown, Personal Representative 25738 SE 27th ST Sammamish, WA 98075 Legal Notice No. 525051 First Publication: March 25, 2021 Last Publication: April 8, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Karen L. Kasperek, a/k/a Karen Lynn Kasperek, a/k/a Karen Kasperek, Deceased Case Number: 21PR30330 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 August 16, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

James N. Kasperek, Personal Representative 2305 Harbor Cliff Dr. Las Vegas, NV 89128 Legal Notice No. 525071 First Publication: April 1, 2021 Last Publication: April 15, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Ray D. Butler, aka Ray DuBois Butler, Jr., aka Ray DuBouis Butler, Deceased Case Number: 21 PR 30312 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 August 2, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Person Giving Notice: Alicia A. Samuelson c/o Lauren Beversluis, Esq. P.O. Box 771242 Steamboat Springs, Colorado 80477 Legal Notice No. 525069 First Publication: April 1, 2021 Last Publication: April 15, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Name Changes

PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on March 30, 2021, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe - Littleton County Court.

The petition requests that the name of Megan Dahri Slater be changed to Megan Dahri Young Case No.: 21 C 100172 By: Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No. 525087 First Publication: April 8, 2021 Last Publication: April 22, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice OF PETITION FOR CHANGE OF NAME Public Notice is given on March 24, 2021 that a Petition for a Change of Name of a Minor Child has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

The Petition requests that the name of Cadence Renee Johnson be changed to Cadence Renee Barreiro.

By: Clerk of Court/Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No. 525072 First Publication: April 1, 2021 Last Publication: April 15, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on March 2021, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult /a minor child has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

The petition requests that the name of Soledad Alexandria Guzman be changed to Soledad Alexandria Guzman-Ambani Case No.: 2021 C 100147 By: Kim Boswell Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No. 525037 First Publication: March 25, 2021 Last Publication: April 8, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on March 10, 2021, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

The petition requests that the name of Jazmyn Jamel Johnson be changed to Jazmyn Jamel Jóhannassen Case No.: 20 C 100423 By: Kim Boswell Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No. 525048 First Publication: March 25, 2021 Last Publication: April 8, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on March 12, 2021, that a Petition for a Change of Name of has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

The petition requests that the name of Keenan Jeffrey Coelho be changed to Keenan Jeffrey Ravi-Coelho Case No.: 21 C 100146

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 August 2, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

PUBLIC NOTICE

By: Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk

Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

John C. Lipski, Personal Representative 7338 S. Steele Circle Centennial, CO 80122

Public notice is given on March 12, 2021, that a Petition for a Change of Name of has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

Legal Notice No. 525035 First Publication: March 25, 2021 Last Publication: April 8, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Legal Notice No. 525060 First Publication: April 1, 2021 Last Publication: April 15, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

The petition requests that the name of Shree Archanaa Ravichandran be changed to Shree Archanaa Ravi-Coelho Case No.: 21 C 100144

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