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VOLUME 76 | ISSUE 1

Pandemic complicates study on mental health Long-term study by sociologist moving forward at LPS under strange circumstances

BY DAVID GILBERT DGILBERT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Ezekiel Tiprigan, who will turn 1 just in time for Halloween, leans on a kid-size pumpkin.

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Pumpkins a hot commodity at museum

BY DAVID GILBERT DGILBERT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Gourds were rolling out of the Littleton Museum’s pasture by the wagonload on Oct. 15, as families loaded up on soon-to-be jack-o’lanterns.

“It’s 2 p.m. and I’m already up to 164 pumpkins sold today,” said Pat Rodriguez, a volunteer with the Friends of the Littleton Museum and Library, the group the pumpkin patch raises money for. “Lots of families have been coming here for years, but this year it’s extra special.

People are just happy to be out doing something.”

That includes the Tiprigan family, who loaded their double-wide stroller with pumpkins bound for front porch duty.

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The Koch family hauls off their load. garden, and we got all of one,” said Elissa Tiprigan. “I think that one is

going to become a pie. That’s fine, because the kids love it here.”

Last year, sociology professor Dr. Anna Mueller and her colleagues embarked on a study of how young people’s social connections relate to suicide prevention, planning to focus on a couple normal school years in Littleton and Mesa County public schools.

But 2020 has been anything but normal.

Just months into the study, the COVID-19 panMueller demic shut down schools to in-person learning, causing the greatest reorganizing of public schooling in modern history.

Now, Mueller says, the task is to understand and factor in the impact of the pandemic, and craft a report that provides useful conclusions out of a tumultuous time.

“It literally is a massive tragedy that hit all of these schools at once,” Mueller told the Littleton school board in an Oct. 8 workshop. “They all have to figure ways to cope with this. We don’t need to make this into a catastrophe, but I think there’s enough evidence that this pandemic is quite hard for mental health.”

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Arapahoe, Adams get tougher health orders Counties move toward possibility of ‘widespread shutdowns’ likely in spring

Why are changes happening now?

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

In what could be a preview of restrictions to come, Tri-County Health Department announced public health orders for Arapahoe and Adams counties that moves up the last call for alcohol and tightens limits on personal gatherings — and, for Adams, prohibits spectators at high school sporting events and at adult recreational and league sports.

Since early September, Arapahoe, Adams and Douglas counties saw their first notably sustained increases in rates of new COVID-19 cases since July, according to Tri-County, the local health agency for those counties.

The agency warned earlier in October that the three counties must slow the spread or face tighter restrictions.

Tri-County issued its orders on Oct. 16 in an attempt to slow the spread in Adams and Arapahoe and keep those counties from moving to even more restrictions under the state’s safer-at-home order, which would mean reduced capacity for businesses, places of worship and gatherings. If virus spread in a county becomes dire enough, it could ultimately be placed under a stay-at-home order like the ones in effect last spring.

Douglas County’s trend is more concerning than Tri-County would like, but it wasn’t alarming enough

to warrant a new public health order there, said John Douglas, Tri-County’s executive director.

“No one wants to see our communities and economy return to the widespread shutdowns we had this past spring,” Nancy Sharpe, Arapahoe County Board of Commissioners chair, said in a news release. “If we implement these mitigation measures now, we may be able to reverse these trends.”

Douglas, the health chief, said national officials project a “pretty good

chance” that by the end of the year, a vaccine could be available for health care workers and first responders.

“The major message here is these are times that will challenge us — times we are sort of appealing to the community for resilience,” Douglas said. He added: “If we can make it through the holiday season or the winter, I think we’ll be getting to a place where vaccines can help us get through the epidemic.”

The “hottest spots” for the rise in new cases are northwest Aurora and southwest Adams County — the region occupied by Thornton, Northglenn, Federal Heights and portions of unincorporated Adams County, according to Douglas.

“But rates are up across the counties,” Douglas said, adding that “all boats have been lifted.”

Changes for Arapahoe The public health order for Arapahoe County went into effect at 11 p.m. Oct. 16 and expires at the end of Nov. 1 unless amended or extended.

It requires the following changes for residents and businesses: • All alcohol sales at restaurants and bars in the county will end at 11 p.m. instead of midnight. That includes alcohol sales for on-premises consumption and for takeout.

• Personal gatherings such as groupings of families, friends and neighbors are restricted to 10 people or fewer instead of the 25-person limit Arapahoe County has operated under for roughly the past month. That limit is part of the new least-restrictive level of Colorado’s safer-at-home order, which Arapahoe, Douglas and Elbert counties qualified for in midSeptember. Nothing in Tri-County’s order prohibits gatherings of members living in the same household.

• “Noncritical” office-based businesses are encouraged to increase options for working from home and to reduce in-person work to the greatest extent possible.

“Critical businesses” likely have the same definition as they do in Colorado’s updated safer-at-home order, the policy that came after the statewide stay-at-home order this spring. The public can view that order at tinyurl. com/UpdatedSaferatHome.

Changes for Adams The public health order for Adams

TRI-COUNTY ALSO EXPECTS TO RENEW MASK ORDER

The new requirements for Adams and Arapahoe counties marked the first public health orders Tri-County Health Department has issued regarding COVID-19 since its order on mask-wearing that took effect July 24.

The mask order expires in late October, and Tri-County officials have discussed extending it and “are very likely to do so,” said John Douglas, the agency’s executive director.

In July, Tri-County’s amended its mask order to align with Gov. Jared Polis’ statewide mask order that took effect July 16.

Tri-County’s order, like the governor’s order, requires people to wear masks in public spaces.

The difference between the Tri-County and state orders is still likely to be the duration — Tri-County’s mask order lasted 90 days rather than the state’s 30 days. The state’s order has been renewed monthly.

Tri-County’s order is also likely to continue to require masks outdoors when social distancing cannot be maintained, Douglas said. That’s the other key difference from the state’s order.

“We’re probably going to extend it longer (than 30 days),” Douglas said. “There’s not much likelihood of us not needing high levels of mask-wearing in the near future, certainly not in the next 30 days.”

County went into effect at 9 p.m. Oct. 16 and expires at the end of Nov. 1 unless amended or extended. It requires the following changes for residents and businesses: • Spectators are prohibited at Colorado High School Activities Association-sanctioned sporting events and at adult recreational and league sports.

• Organized recreational and league youth sports are limited to 25 people per field, including spectators. Coaches and referees are excluded from the 25-person limit.

• Personal indoor gatherings are limited to no more than five people.

Outdoor personal gatherings are limited to no more than 10. Nothing in the order prohibits the gathering of members living in the same household.

• All alcohol beverage sales must end at 10 p.m.

Changes reflect state standards, behavior trends Some of the new restrictions reflect changes the counties would see if their virus trends require a move to a more restrictive safer-at-home level.

“Some of it is just a precursor,” said Douglas, the health chief. “With Arapahoe, their personal gatherings would have been reduced to 10 (people) if they moved to level 2. And closing for alcohol sales would have been reduced to 11 p.m.” Adams County’s new last call for alcohol sales would be reduced in the same way as it would under a more restrictive safer-at-home level too, Douglas added.

Tri-County’s order for Adams restricted indoor gatherings more than a higher safer-at-home level would have, Douglas said.

Arapahoe’s order encourages more working from home, but that piece isn’t in Adams’ order because the workforce in Adams is much more likely to be “essential” workers that have to work in person, Douglas said.

But “there’s been a lot of observation of crowds at recreational sporting events,” Douglas added.

Tri-County’s contact-tracing shows that many who tested positive for SEE ORDERS, P10

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Man tormented Black hotel guests repeatedly, police say Report says Douglas Murphy, 51, suspected of threats at two Staybridge Suites properties

BY DAVID GILBERT DGILBERT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

By the time Douglas Murphy was arrested for allegedly tormenting a Black family staying at a south Littleton hotel by threatening them with a gun and using racist language, he had been on the radar of hotel managers in Littleton and Lone Tree for alleged threatening, racist behavior for more than a month, according to a police report.

Murphy, 51, was arrested on Sept. 20 at the Staybridge Suites near C-470 and Santa Fe Drive, according Murphy to Littleton Police.

He was charged with felony menacing and bias-motivated crimes, and as of Oct. 16 was still in the Arapahoe County jail, held on $25,000 bond.

According to an incident report obtained by Colorado Community Media, Murphy was arrested on Sept. 20 after allegedly repeatedly ringing the doorbell on the room of a Black couple. The woman said when she opened the door, Murphy brandished a handgun and said, “(N-word), you don’t belong here.”

Police were quickly able to identify Murphy as the suspect after speaking with the hotel’s general manager, who said he believed Murphy was the man who accosted the same couple two days earlier on the hotel’s patio.

Numerous guests reported a man fitting Murphy’s description as saying “(N-word)s go back home” to the couple before running off on Sept.

18, according to a front desk clerk interviewed by police. Guests then reported hearing a gunshot, the clerk said, and began flooding into the lobby.

The clerk called 911 and told guests to go to their rooms and lock the doors, he said. Responding officers were unable to locate a suspect or evidence of a shot being fired.

The clerk said he later told frightened guests the noise had come from a firework.

Later in the day, one of the guests allegedly accosted by Murphy approached the desk clerk and asked to be transferred to another hotel, but left when Murphy arrived. The guest later told police Murphy followed him to his room, saying “you don’t belong here.”

The clerk said he had been unnerved by Murphy earlier in the day because Murphy had told the clerk he and his friends needed to “do something” about the “roughlooking crowd” outside, which the clerk took to mean the Black family sitting on the patio.

Police contacted Murphy at his hotel room, where he initially denied knowing anything about either

incident, saying he thought the call to police was “some Black family trying to frame me.”

Police recovered a handgun from Murphy’s room, as well as two ammunition magazines, one of which was one round short of full.

Members of the family who accused Murphy of threatening them with a gun positively identified him, and Murphy was placed under arrest.

In an affidavit provided by the 18th Judicial District, police reported they were told Murphy was suspected of “similar incidents” at the Staybridge Suites near Park Meadows in Lone Tree.

The Littleton hotel is owned by KWB Hotels, a South Dakota-based hotelier that operates a handful of hotels around the country as franchises. The Lone Tree location is owned and operated by IHG, a British hotel giant that owns nearly 6,000 hotels around the world.

KWB vice president Dan Boyum said staff at the Littleton hotel had no knowledge of prior incidents involving Murphy.

“We do not own or operate the Lone Tree property and have no relationship or communication with the ownership or management of that hotel,” Boyum said in an email.

“We have no knowledge of any other similar incident at the Staybridge Suites in Lone Tree or anywhere else for that matter. We have no idea how the connection to the other similar incident was made. Our management and staff were not aware of the other incident at the Lone Tree Staybridge Suites.”

The police report, however, states that the general manager of the Littleton hotel told police he had received a call from the general manager of the Lone Tree location in mid-August, warning him that Murphy had been harassing Black guests at the Lone Tree hotel, but had checked out with the intention of moving to the Littleton hotel.

The Lone Tree manager told police that two separate Black families told him that someone slipped threatening notes under their doors.

The manager said he suspected Murphy was the culprit, telling police Murphy had been “acting like an unofficial hall monitor, pointing out people and cars he thought management should look into,” according to the report.

The Lone Tree manager instructed staff to give letters to all guests on Murphy’s floor asking them to immediately report any harassment, the report says. Murphy checked out after the manager changed a policy Murphy had been using to rebook rooms using a oneday discount code.

A spokesperson for IHG, which owns the Lone Tree location, said in an email: “The safety and security of our guests and colleagues is always our top priority. In this case, we appreciate the efforts of law enforcement to safely manage the situation and would refer you to them for any details or questions on the investigation.”

Murphy is next scheduled to appear in court, for a preliminary hearing, on Nov. 3.

Rise in COVID cases A recent increase in Arapahoe County’s COVID incidence rates has forced the County to implement its mitigation plan for controlling the spread of the virus.

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A place for art and creativity on Broadway Shop owners Daneen and Bob Terrell are eager to bring in neighbors

BY DAVID GILBERT DGILBERT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

It’s tough to say exactly what Carousel Emporium is.

Is it an antique shop? A makerspace? A consignment shop? An art gallery? A community gathering place?

How about all of the above?

Daneen and Bob Terrell opened the Englewood shop at 3665 South Broadway in August, after a long journey to get the place up and running.

“We had everything lined up last spring,” Daneen said. “Our grand opening date was supposed to be in April — we had a band lined up and everything. Then, of course, COVID hit, and we just hunkered down and waited.”

The couple used their time well, lining up unique local artists like oil painter Stacy Harrigan and watercolorist and jewelry maker Nancy Thorn to line the walls with paintings.

They also stocked the shelves with curios and antiques, some gleaned from their other business running estate sales. Bob brought in his collection of antique clocks and radios, and crowned the shop floor with a 1951 Sears & Roebuck canvas canoe.

But perhaps the most exciting part of the shop isn’t yet fully realized: a versatile classroom and makerspace

One of Bob Terrell’s many antique radios.

Carousel Emporium has a midcentury modern flair. area, meant to meet community needs for artistic outlets.

“We could see it being used for guitar lessons, cooking classes, art groups — there’s a lot of possibility there,” Daneen said, though much of that will probably need to wait until the pandemic is in the rearview mirror. “In the meantime, we might see what we can do via Zoom — I’ve got friends learning to cook from chefs in Italy. It can be pretty neat.”

The shop’s aesthetic has a retro flair, perhaps an outgrowth of Daneen’s childhood helping relatives operate a shop and milk delivery business in Northglenn back when Denver’s north side was still home to barns and cows.

Bob, also a Colorado native like his wife, grew up in Kiowa, still something of a cowboy town far southeast of Denver.

Life took them on plenty of jour-

Bob and Daneen Terrell stand beside Carousel Emporium’s namesake carousel horse.

The couple opened the artsy curio shop on South Broadway in August. PHOTOS BY DAVID GILBERT neys, with Daneen leaving a career in oil and gas to pursue a more authentic life, and Bob retiring from construction with hopes of relaxing, only to be whisked into Daneen’s energetic projects like the shop.

Despite the challenges of opening a shop during the pandemic, Daneen said word has been getting around about the wonders behind the door of the little storefront.

“We really love the word-of-mouth we’re getting,” Daneen said. “That’s the whole idea — we want to be part

IF YOU GO Carousel Emporium is at 3665 S. Broadway, in a brick building on the west side of the street that once housed an ice cream shop.

The shop is open Friday through Monday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and closed on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

Phone: 720-226-8679 of the community, and for people to tell us what they want this place to be.”

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MY NAME IS Sara Malnati takes her French students to see France, but says technology keeps them from immersing in the culture like she did as a teen.

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I first traveled abroad to France as a student in 1995 and 1996. I lived in Lyon, in eastern France. I’m from Greeley, so Lyon was much more urban. I learned how independent I could be.

I also learned that I needed community in my life — there was a bit of

boredom and loneliness, or what the French call ennui. But overall it was an incredibly enriching experience.

Another letter from home Now, some years I take my students to France. It’s strange — I didn’t have an email address until I was in college. When I was living abroad, my mom would write me letters, pages and pages long. And I would write her back in letters that were pages and pages long. It sounds so old-fashioned, because just a few years later when my brother studied abroad, we would email each other.

Now, the world is so much more connected. In the ‘90s, if you absolutely had to call home, you would go use a pay phone with a calling card. When I go to France these days, I can Facetime with my family back home.

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better understand parents’ beliefs and knowledge around suicide prevention, asking questions like whether parents believe suicide is preventable, what are the barriers to suicide prevention, whether they would be willing to undergo suicide prevention training themselves, what their awareness is of the suicide prevention and mental health resources currently available, and what experiences they have had with the existing network of help.

Mueller said she is also willing to work with the school district on crafting surveys for students, though that would require crossing greater thresholds of approval and collaboration with school officials.

ter mental health safety systems in schools and communities to better help youth who are struggling & improve suicide prevention?”

So far, Mueller told the school board, she has conducted 27 interviews with youths, four with young adults, 20 with school and district staff, 63 with parents and four with community professionals who aren’t parents or district staff.

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because doing so could influence how the remainder of the research goes.

She said she plans to deliver the final report in the months after the end of the current school year.

How to build resiliency Mueller, a professor of sociology from Indiana University, is leading the study, while her colleague Sarah Diefendorf is conducting a concurrent study in Mesa County on Colorado’s Western Slope. Seth Abrutyn, an associate professor of sociology at the University of British Columbia, is assisting both Mueller and Diefendorf.

The study, “Social Worlds and Youth Wellbeing Study,” is being conducted two ways, according to its website, socialworlds.info: Mueller and Diefendorf observe “youth-centered community life in schools and other community locations,” and also conduct interviews and focus groups with youths, school staff, parents and other community members.

The study’s goals, according to the website, are twofold: “How can we build connectedness in schools and communities that facilitates a sense of belonging and effective help-seeking among youth? How can we build bet-

Schools of hard knocks While Mueller originally intended to conduct most of the strudy from Littleton, she returned to Indiana in the spring as the pandemic kicked into high gear and has not yet returned, citing restrictions on putting study subjects at risk of infection.

However, she said the district’s switch to an abundance of online learning has allowed her and her colleagues to sit in on hundreds of hours of classes.

“This is really allowing us an unprecedented look at how a district goes about the everyday work of suicide prevention,” she said. “We’re seeing everything on a school’s plate. What schools are coping with is greatly exacerbated by the pandemic, because we’re all inventing new ways of doing things almost on a daily basis.”

The next big step is a series of surveys of parents and school staff.

The parent surveys will seek to

What does it all mean?

School board President Jack Reutzel questioned whether the research will produce data that will still be useful once the pandemic is past and schooling returns to normal, saying that parent surveys could reflect current polarized attitudes toward the pandemic.

“There’s a segment that says we’re harming kids (with partial in-person learning) and we should be all(online), and that could skew answers, and we have folks on the other side who say it’s all a dang hoax, get students back in school five days a week, and that’s going to skew their answer.”

Mueller said understanding the impact of the pandemic will be central to the final report, but the conclusions should be far-reaching.

“We’ve agonized over that and spent a lot of time debating what on earth

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Call me maybe I beg my students not to call home every day, but some of them still do. They’re not interacting with the French like we once did — they’re looking at their phones. It’s not always a true cultural exchange. As an adult, sometimes I appreciate the connectedness, especially as their chaperone,

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we are observing right now, and what does it mean for our project that we had this year,” she said. “Would I wish for this? Absolutely not, but in some ways people are more willing to talk about mental health, (and we’re) using this pandemic as a lever for an entree into that conversation.”

On the other hand, said board member Robert Reichardt, Mueller’s research could prove invaluable as the district recovers from the pandemic in coming years.

“We need an understanding of the hole we’re in as we get out of it over the next two years,” Reichardt said.

“Knowing our status at peak pandemic might be useful... Quite frankly, one of the most important things to do is prepare for the next pandemic, because there will be more.”

There are already some unexpected results from the pandemic, said Nate Thompson, the district’s director of social, emotional and behavior services.

“Some of our data doesn’t match with the public perception about how bad mental health is for kids (during the pandemic),” Thompson said.

“What we’re actually seeing is more of that aligning with staff and adults having significant stressors.”

Realistically, the knowledge gained from the study should apply beyond the school district, said board member Carrie Warren-Gully.

“This is a community issue,” Warren-Gully said. “This cannot rest solely on the shoulders of our schools... how can we work together to provide services?”

but it’s nowhere near as immersive.

Now, of course, I teach via Zoom, and when teaching language you want to see each other’s faces up-close so you can see how to move your mouth, or use gestures to accentuate what you’re saying, so it’s tricky.

Also I’m of Italian heritage, and I talk with my hands. I have to keep my gestures close to keep them in the camera frame. The world keeps getting smaller and smaller until we all have to fit onto a computer screen.

Boxed in, I guess I’d say.

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COVID-19 attended public or private gatherings, according to news releases announcing the orders on Oct. 16.

Limiting alcohol sales was an effective step in reducing coronavirus spread in other jurisdictions — including statewide — after restrictions during July, according to a news release for Arapahoe.

“We are seeing a growing number of outbreaks across the county, many of which are related to places of employment,” the news release for Arapahoe added.

What is a ‘gathering’?

A personal gathering is any gathering that doesn’t fall under the category of “regulated gatherings” in the state’s updated safer-at-home order, according to Tri-County’s orders.

Personal gatherings generally include public or private gatherings, whether on private or public property.

A “regulated gathering” is a grouping of customers or participants in

certain activities permitted under the updated safer-at-home order — for example, that includes classes at commercial gyms and studios, concerts, and other professionally organized events.

The personal gathering limits also do not apply to the following: • Employees and volunteers of any business, government, nonprofit or not-for-profit entity while performing work for that entity; • Any school-sanctioned educational activity; • Any life rites such as weddings, graduations, funerals, other religious rites and worship services, conducted in strict compliance with the updated safer-at-home order; • Organized events that meet the criteria in the state’s updated saferat-home order for indoor and outdoor events; • Participation in any activity required by law.

People at gatherings must follow all public health laws and orders about face coverings and must comply with social distancing requirements whenever possible, the text of the orders says.

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“What possible rehabilitation can there be for someone who repeatedly and wantonly engages in this inhuman conduct?” said District Attorney George Brauchler. “There is none.

This is why we build prisons.”

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For curly bulbs, there’s no light at the end of the tunnel

ne of our curly light bulbs burned out. Realizing I didn’t have a replacement, I went to a hardware store. They were out of curly light bulbs too.

QUIET “Yes, we’re out.”

DESPERATION “For how long?”

“Forever.”

Where was I (four years ago) when GE and others decided they would no longer manufacture compact fluorescent bulbs (CFB)?

And why didn’t I know CFB use Craig Marshall dangerous chemicals Smith such as mercury to generate power?

We’re back, as everyone but me must have noticed, to the old design, only with more efficient (and expensive) light emitting diode (LED) bulbs.

Cartoonists are relieved. For years

cartoonists have drawn a light bulb over someone’s head when they had an idea.

In other words, “the light went on.”

A curly bulb was 55% more difficult to draw.

Harry and I rely on electricity. We don’t camp, for one thing. Or purposely shut off the power for another.

When there is an outage we manage, but we wouldn’t be able to for very long.

This column would never happen if we lost electrical power. And I couldn’t listen to Yo-Yo Ma’s cello purring from my computer’s playlist.

You can visit Edison’s laboratory, the one where he tested more than 3,000 light bulb designs between 1878 and 1880 before getting it right.

The laboratory was located in Menlo Park, New Jersey, but a wealthy automobile manufacturer had it moved to Dearborn, Michigan, along with the Wright Brothers’ Dayton, Ohio, bicycle shop.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Don’t change mayoral selection Littleton leaders have had plenty of clout at the regional, state, and national level without being directly elected mayors — as proposed in issue 3A. Susan Thornton served on the National Commission on Superfund and was chair of the Colorado Municipal League. Dennis Reynolds was elected chair of the Denver Regional Council of Governments.

Bob Tonsing resigned council to take a position on the RTD board and later became that board’s chair. Tonsing and Reynolds helped ensure the first light rail line in the metro area terminated at Littleton.

That is clout. None were directly elected mayors.

This proposal for a directly elected mayor is a poorly thought out solution looking for problem.

It doesn’t specify the mayor has to live in the city or be registered to vote. It creates a new position of elected mayor but doesn’t specify the mayor is not to interfere with the administrative functions of the city. It removes the council’s ability to select its own chair. It takes away the ability for citizens to replace a majority of council at each election, if needed. It doesn’t even specify it is the duty of the mayor to appear on all these regional boards, which is the whole purpose of the change.

All this is a pretty high price to pay so the citizens can elect who cuts ribbons at grand openings and gives the opening speech at the Candlelight Walk. This proposal SEE LETTERS, P13

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The Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village next to it are highly recommended. Both were closed for 16 weeks and they’re facing “unprecedented financial challenges” like so many are.

The Museum and Village are enormous; one or the other a day is suggested.

Edison acquired 1,093 patents, a record. I applied for one.

My invention was a new kind of smoke alarm. It didn’t chirp and make you want to take a hammer to it like all of the others do.

No. Instead a small, colorful, plastic bird dropped out and whistled the first six bars of “Where or When.”

Currently available smoke alarms go off in the middle of the night. Just as bad, it takes forever to figure out which one it is.

With mine all you had to do was look for the bird, change the battery, and shove the bird back into its little compartment.

Unfortunately, I ran into some problems with the prototypes. Several of the birds short circuited and caught on fire.

I wish I had invented the cardboard box, among other innovations.

They’re always in demand, versatile, reusable and inexpensive to make.

How many do you have in your basement or attic right this minute?

Maybe you’ve heard of Amazon?

They ship 1,600,000 packages. A day.

Not all of them are cardboard boxes, but most of them are.

The first cardboard box was invented in England in 1817, but it wasn’t corrugated. In 1895, corrugated cardboard boxes were produced in America for the first time and were an instant success.

Humble as they are, they’re undeniably perfect. Unlike my smoke alarm.

The piercing chirp of a conventional smoke alarm sends Harry flying out SEE SMITH, P13

Why these times are the times to remember

here are certainly plenty of reasons for us to want 2020 to be a distant memory. The pandemic, the heartache of lives lost, the impact it had on our family and friends who suffered and recovered, and the economic burden and stress the pandemic created for so many WINNING individuals and businesses.

WORDS Layer on top of the pandemic: social unrest gripping our country, a very heated and contentious election year, one of the busiest hurricane seasons on record that left a wake of devastaMichael Norton tion, and hundreds of wildfires that burned out of control bringing more death and destruction. It’s no wonder why many are hoping Jan. 1, 2021 gets here sooner rather than later.

There were some very real and horrific events that took place this year. The losses, hurt, damage, chaos and confusion. Each one has been unnerving and unsettling, to say the least. And as with any event or season of life, the hope is that we will take something away from the experiences, even the pain. That we will learn from the failures and the mistakes that we made along the way.

That we will not only learn, but that we will make the changes and adjustments that will bring lasting change,

greater opportunities, a sense of calm, healing and hope, and a kinder society.

As I was taking a drive this past weekend, I heard Billy Joel’s song, “This is the Time.” As I reflected on the song lyrics, I thought, “Why is this the time to remember?” Then my thinking shifted. The song released in 1986 has nothing, and yet everything, to do with 2020. So, I challenged myself to try and think of why this would be a time to remember, even though we want it to be over.

The lyrics that really captured my attention were these, “This is the time to remember ‘Cause it will not last forever These are the days to hold onto ‘Cause we won’t, although we’ll want to” It’s a reflective and touching song that reminds us that there are parts of our life that we should be remembering, even now, and that there are people in our life that are important to us today and in all of our tomorrows as well.

There were family members, friends, and neighbors who were married. There were babies and grandbabies born into our families.

There were celebrations of life that gave us an opportunity to grieve, mourn, and lovingly remember those closest to us who had passed. There were more virtual calls with family and friends that would have never taken place in prior years. There was a sense of community connection and reaching out, with people help-

ing wherever they could. Initially, as the events of 2020 unfolded, we may have all had a reality check or perhaps been frozen with fear. But what I am hearing most about today, is resiliency and courage in the face of it all.

The year 2020 will indeed pass us by. For some, it will be goodbye and good riddance. And for others, we will look back on Dec. 31 and be reminded of how we personally handled the events of 2020. And when we do, we will look back on how we personally participated in 2020. We will ask ourselves things like: Was I helpful? Did I actively participate in the service of others? Did my voice add value to the conversation? Did my character remain intact? Did I avoid the blame game? Maybe, and most importantly, did I vote? Because one day in the future, as we look back on 2020 and how we remember it, will be dependent on how we worked, lived, and succeeded through it all.

How about you? Is this the time to remember? Was there a particular event that impacted you more than others? I would love to hear your story at mnorton@tramazing.com.

And when we can focus on this time, it just might be a time to remember, because it will not last forever, really making this a better than good week.

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COVID, politics, unrest: Dealing with conflict starts with you

here are many reasons for any of us to feel conflict lately. Political conflict is inescapable.

Civil unrest is outside and in our hearts. And COVID conflicts are GUEST everywhere we are, COLUMN whether it’s with a mask in our community or in the home among people we’re stuck with for the foreseeable future.

Now, there’s voter intimidation right here in the Denver area. How can we feel peaceful at all?

Linda Newell So, you might ask, “Where’s the good news, Linda?” How can we make it another month (or longer) with all this conflict around or within us?

Well, first of all, VOTE! Do not

allow any fear you may feel to forgo your precious right to vote. No matter where you lie on issues or candidates, almost everyone is claiming this is one of the most important elections of our lifetime. Even in our own area, races have been won by only a few votes historically. Every vote really does count.

(Believe me.) If you need support to do so, you can ask a trusted neighbor to help, or you can go to www.vote.org, or you can call the Election Protection Hotline at 866-687-8683.

Secondly, it’s Conflict Resolution Month in Colorado, so here are some tools and tips we can all take advantage of now and in the future. A few reminders for this particular time are: Choose your battles when you can.

As long as we’re stuck in close quarters with the same people every day, let the little things go. By not letting the small things get to us, we can remember what really matters; the love,

health and safety of our family and community.

With all the political ads and pundits on air right now, try taking some time away from the television or computer for the next few weeks. Pick up a relaxing book, hobby, or walk outside while the weather still permits. It’s amazing how much more peace we can feel with just a short break from it all.

Moments of peace can evolve when we notice what we can and cannot control and begin understanding that. In knowing what we can control, remember all the choices you DO have. More peace is possible with more listening and less talking; more empathy and less judgment; and responding with grace rather than reacting in anger.

When in conversation, particularly when it starts to get heated, listen with curiosity; asking questions to find what’s really going on with the

other person rather than guessing or making assumptions.

These are only a few ideas, and none of these work themselves. We have to work with them and practice them, every day. None of us are complete experts in preventing conflict. But the rewards of feeling more peace in our lives, especially at this fragile time, is well worth the practice. For more ideas on how to manage or transform conflict in your life, you can go to: conflictresolutionmonth.org or email me at senlindanewell@gmail.com.

education. However, there is nothing in Proposition EE that mandates the Colorado Legislature to spend revenue collected from the ballot measure on preschools.

In addition, all funds generated by EE, if passed, will automatically go into the state’s General Fund and preschool education will not see additional funding for two-and-a-half years, if ever. Tax and spend must end.

Proponents suggests that EE is a “win-win for the future of our children” and unfortunately, they are wrong. Preschools may never see the benefits from the ballot initiative.

Instead, EE will give the Legislature a blank check to use on unidentified pet projects.

Further, if the goal of Proposition

EE is to discourage smoking, then why aren’t all the revenues going to aid tobacco cessation? As a matter of fact, the majority of revenue collected from EE does not go to cessation efforts at all.

Instead, only a small portion will,

and the rest will go to the Legislature for miscellaneous projects. Coloradans deserve better.

Join me in voting no on Proposition EE. Nancy Sharpe Arapahoe County commissioner

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isn’t an improvement, it is a step backwards. Vote no on 3A. Doug Clark Littleton Vote no on Prop EE Proposition EE is a tax increase on Coloradans amid a global pandemic.

As we attempt to recover from COVID-19 hardships, now is not the time to impose a $294 million tax increase on Colorado voters.

Supporters of the ballot attempt to convince Coloradans to vote for EE by claiming it will pay for to preschool

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“Where or When,” on the other

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hand, is a soothing tune everyone can appreciate. It’s one of Harry’s favorites.

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n a year that has already offered far too many tricks and too few treats, Halloween looms like a rotting jack-o’-lantern left out a week too long.

What has traditionally been a time of anticipation, fun, and friendly seasonal spookiness is now a source of uncertainty, worry and perhaps fear as people bemoan the potential loss of another cherished ritual and wonder whether trick-or-treating and other festivities can be safe and sensible this year (and what they will tell their kids if they aren’t).

Into the witchy brew that is a tired nation wondering whether haunted houses and candy corn will be the next casualties of the COVID-19 horror show (and all just before Election Day 2020, no less) have stepped several local medical experts who say that Halloween fun is still possible, but warn that it will require an adjustment in expectations and more pre-planning and flexibility than in a typical year.

“It can be a little different this year for Halloween 2020 but it can still be fun,” said Chris Nyquist, the Medical Director of Infection Prevention and Control at Children’s Hospital Colorado. “And planning ahead is really important.”

During a virtual press conference on Halloween safety, Nyquist offered several ideas for how area families can modify trick-or-treating to make it into a safer activity with a focus on reducing the amount of contact kids and their families would have with other people as they trick-or-treat.

Those ideas include communicating with neighbors ahead of time around hygiene practices and making a plan to limit trick-or-treating to those neighbors who have agreed to follow safe distancing and hygiene practices.

“It’s that creativity that kids love with the whole idea of Halloween and what it means to them,” said Nyquist. “Is there a way to have a large tube that the candy comes down and they catch the candy so we can keep

a safe distance?’

Rachel Herlihy, the state epidemiologist with the Colorado Department of Health and Environment, said families whose children are participating in school or home-learning pods or cohorts could also coordinate together for celebrations that would reduce risk because those kids have already been exposed to one another.

Herlihy said her own 9-year-old daughter will be participating in such a celebration with parents heading to a local park to hide candy for their kids to find.

“It’s going to be a cross between Easter and Halloween with a Halloween candy hunt in the park and then we will spend some time in our yard having a little bit of a celebration afterwards with just the small group of kids she is routinely in contact with,” said Herlihy.

Trick-or-treating isn’t the only Halloween activity that will require some rethinking to be done safely this year.

Tips from a pro Eric France, the chief medical officer at the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, said those planning to organize Halloween parties or visit haunted attractions or corn mazes should consider public health guidelines and how to reduce the spread.

“We want to focus on doing as many activities outdoors as possible,” said France. “Pumpkin patches, corn mazes, we know how to do these things in the safe way. Haunted houses might need to be transformed into haunted forests or other outdoor events as possible.”

Those organizing such events should also utilize strategies to implement one directional flow of participants and encourage mask wearing, he said.

Although most indoor haunted houses in the metro area are on hiatus this year, The 13th Floor in Commerce City is open after implementing several procedures and protocols intended to increase safety.

The owners of the 13th Floor declined to be interviewed for this story and instead directed Colorado Commu-

nity Media to their Scary Safe webpage, which details precautions ranging from limited attendance to requiring payments be made with credit cards.

“The nature of a haunted house is all about physical distancing; it always has been, it’s what we do normally,” reads a statement on the website. “The attractions are linear and very seldom would you ever come within 6 feet of other patrons. We do everything we can to make you feel ‘alone.’ But this year, we’re going above and beyond our normally safe and distanced methods of operation, and taking it to the next level.”

Check in advance Regardless of whether one plans on attending a family gathering or a pumpkin patch, France recommended getting in touch with the organizers to find out what precautions will be taken.

France said Colorado residents should also consider where their counties rate on the state’s new COVID dial when planning activities — and said the decision about what is safe should depend in part on where counties fall.

For example, those who live in communities rated as “high risk” should consider activities like a costume parade with predetermined routes to ensure safe distancing is maintained between participants or a driving tour of yard decorations while a small get-together of family or close friends could be doable in counties that are on safer-at-home level 1.

“Our approach to celebration should really be tuned into the dial,” said France.

Ideas for safe activities for each phase of the dial can be found at covid19. colorado.gov/halloween-tips-and-tricks.

Residents can view their county’s level at covid19.colorado.gov/data/covid19-dial/covid-19-dial-dashboard.

But regardless of where a county falls on the dial, France said it is important for those celebrating Halloween to follow basic health guidelines, such as wearing masks, frequently washing hands and not participating in any social activities if one is sick.

STAYING SAFE Here are some other general guidelines and tips for Halloween safety compiled from information released

by CDPHE, the CDC and Jefferson County Public Health.

Trick-or-treating • Stay in your neighborhood (the fewer houses you visit the safer you will be) • Avoid mingling with groups from other households.

• Keep your masks on — save the candy eating for home • If going door-todoor, limit the time spent at doorways Handing out candy • Wear a mask • Avoid contact as much as possible. For example, put out individual treat bags at the end of your driveway or yard’s edge that are easy to grab so kids don’t have to rummage through candy bowls.

You can also use a mug to scoop candy to avoid touching, or put out a tray with candy that is sanitized between groups.

• Greet trick-ortreaters from at least 6 feet away. Use tape to mark 6-foot spots for families to stand in while picking up their candy • Only use pre-packaged candy Parties • Wear masks at all times when within 6 feet of people who do not live in your household • Consider a small and short outdoor gathering — there is a

higher risk for transmission with more people and a longer event • Avoid self-serve table spreads • Keep a list of guests so they can be quickly informed in the event of COVID-19 positives Costumes • Costume masks are not a substitute for masks that protect against COVID-19 spread. Masks that protect against COVID-19 should be made from two or more breathable fabric layers that cover the nose and mouth, with no gaps around the face.

Wear non-costume masks when indoors with non-household contacts and outdoors whenever 6 feet of distance cannot be maintained.

• If wearing a costume mask over a cloth mask makes it hard to breathe, consider a Halloween-themed cloth mask as part of the costume instead.

• All children 3 years of age and older should wear a mask unless they cannot tolerate it.

Ideas for low-risk activities • Carving or decorating pumpkins with members of your household and displaying them • Having a virtual Halloween costume contest • Having a Halloween movie night inside your household • Having a Halloween scavenger hunt with members of your household

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Autumn beauty is in every direction

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Enjoy a walk in Sterne Park or along the South Platte Riverside, where the trail reaches into Douglas County and meets the C470 trail. Or head east to Goodson Recreation Center and the trail that picks up there — or SONYA’S head west to Deer SAMPLER Creek Canyon Trail.

Pack a lunch and picnic, or just saunter in the sunshine amidst the gold that surrounds. The high-country aspens have been great, but we’ve only got to step outside right here to enjoy now.

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parking lot on the east side). Barbara Veatch, Centennial, is the featured artist. Veatch said: “My Mixed Media Drawings and Paintings look to the natural world for inspiration. I take elements and symbols and utilize them to create abstract narratives ...”

Opening reception Oct. 23 from 6 to 9 p.m. (First Friday.) See coregallery.org.

New recording “SAME SHIrT, DIFFERENT DAY” by newly-Littleton-based musician Rodney Rice, who is happy to now be located near Red Rocks, is available.

Visit rodneyrice.com.

The leaves changing at Sterne Park in Littleton.

PHOTO BY ANDY MARQUEZ is playing through Nov. 8 at Vintage Theatre, 1468 Dayton Street, Aurora.

Directed by Bernie Cardell and Rhyann Sims. Three short plays: “The Man Who Married His Mother-in-Law”; “Margaret Faydle Comes to Town”; and “Match Wits With Minka Lupina.”

Performances: Friday/Saturday: 7:30 p.m.; Sunday: 2:30 p.m. Tickets: $23, $30. vintagetheatre.com, 303-856-7830.

Opera Guild Watch for an announcement from Denver Lyric Opera Guild of a virtual version of the wonderful annual Master Class and singer competition, which results in one lucky winner receiving a nice cash boost as they begin a professional operatic career ...

See denverlyricoperaguild.org.

Denver Art Museum “Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera and Mexican Modernism” opens Oct. 25

Vintage Theatre “Murderers” by Jeffrey Hatcher

Jazz orchestra The Colorado Jazz Repertory Orchestra will perform from 7:30 to 9 p.m. on Oct. 30 at PACE Center, 20000 E. Pikes Peak Ave., Parker, with music

by Bill Withers, Al Green, Sam Cooke, Al Jarreau and Otis Redding. Tickets: 303-805-6800, parkerarts.org. They will be mailed with seating assignments, 3-5 days in advance. Seating will be properly spaced, masks required.

PACE Center Parker Arts Holiday shows are on sale: Parker Chorale Holiday; Christmas With the Clauses; Hazel Miller and the Collective’s Holiday Show and more. Also, in the Art Gallery: “Allegories of Transformation: Highlighting Indigenous Artists” through Nov. 18.

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Novel explores life of complex character Stephanie Harper of Littleton area makes debut

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“Inside my apartment, I have everything I need,” he says. That apartment is in downtown Denver in a familiar neighborhood ...

Agoraphobic Wesley Yorstead — the central character in the debut novel “Wesley Yorstead Goes Outside”

by Littleton-area author Stephanie Harper — illustrates graphic novels, which he can readily do on his home computer, drawing on Harper artistic skills and an active imagination ...

His colorist, Rick, a longtime friend, comes by often to pick them up and complete the process for publication in graphic novels.

His neighborhood grocery store, Lafferty’s Neighborhood Market, employs a young man named Angel, who food

delivers weekly, responding to a quick phone order.

Wesley’s life is predictable and tidy, with everything in its proper place, so he feels safe and in control of his small world ... (He opened his window once ...)

He is haunted by witnessing a horrible crime scene, which has stayed with him.

“It’s midmorning on a Sunday in mid-September and the persistent knock on the door can only mean one thing: Angel’s arrived with my groceries.” Usually, Angel hands over his bags and he gives the black-haired guy a check. Done and gone.

Wesley has his groceries to organize and shelve.

But instead, on that day, “a pale figure stands in the spot where Angel should be.”

She pushes past and sets groceries on the stainless counter — after first resting them on the dirty floor in the hall. It’s Mr. Lafferty’s slender redhaired daughter, Happy, who explains that Angel’s grandma is ill and he is caring for her ... A quick verification call to Happy’s dad is necessary for comfort.

“Not much for decorating,” she observes after looking around, focusing on the art print of a Wassily Kandinsky painting.

She imagines that he produces comic books like “Batman,” rather than the illustrated classics he actually does. (His current project is actually “To Kill a Mockingbird.”)

To his horror, she plops on the sofa to visit!

By page 20, the reader can imagine where this might go, but Harper’s storytelling style — and the dialogue she creates — keeps one involved and entertained to the end, when things are actually going quite well for our hero.

Happy feels comfortable in the middle of Wesley’s terrain and asks: “Do you think I could borrow one of your books? I’d really like to read the `Hamlet’ one,” which he’d showed her with trepidation. Might she perhaps dogear a corner or smudge a page?

He agrees and she returns it later in fine shape — whew!

In the meantime, her presence and scent linger in his apartment — plus a few red hairs on the sofa ...

He wonders if she ever feels the

frantic way he does?? His new drawings reflect Happy. Lovely women who may populate the current book project. His friend Rick, who colors his work — and appreciates pretty women — is intrigued and teases.

Then she appears on a non-grocery evening, with a movie to share with him, plus a bottle of wine.

Wesley fills the reader in with bits about his struggle with mental illness: “I started having night terrors when I was five.” He’d wake up screaming and his mother would come to soothe him — but not his father ... These have translated to adult panic attacks. And full-fledged resistance to any unnecessary risk outside his space.

A sympathetic reader is intrigued and optimistic that perhaps there is a possibility for recovery, as he is able to help Happy deal with a difficult situation out of her past. Upbeat conclusion here.

Harper’s previous creation was a collection of poems: “Sermon Series.”

We’ll be interested to see what happens next ...

Look for “Wesley Yorstead Goes Outside” at your library or bookstore!

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First responders honor doughnut shop owner Flag presented to Lora Samaras, of Lone Tree

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Local first responders honored a devoted Lone Tree doughnut shop owner battling cancer with a specially made flag Oct. 3.

South Metro Fire Rescue, Douglas County Sheriff ’s Office and Lone Tree Police Department personnel presented Lora Samaras, former owner of Lora’s Donuts and Bakery, with an American flag with a blue-and-red painted hose connected across the middle, commemorating her years of support for firefighters and law enforcement.

South Metro Lt. Brian Netzel organized dozens of first responders to surprise Samaras at her home in the Carriage Club neighborhood at noon on the Saturday afternoon.

Netzel remembers Lora’s Donuts and Bakery as a place where firefighters and cops could break bread together over coffee.

“It was just a fun place to be,” Netzel said. “You could let down. Cops and firemen, we’d be in there, chipping at each other with doughnut jokes. She’d tell us to get our own coffee, stuff like that—just a good, fun place.”

Netzel said the local agencies planned to have the piece hung in her

South Metro Fire Rescue firefighters and local law enforcement officers by the dozens parked in front of Lora Samaras’ home in Lone Tree’s Carriage Club neighborhood to surprise her with a specially made flag with a red and blue stripe, representing the unity between firefighters and police officers she is credited with having fostered at her bakery.

PHOTO BY NICK PUCKETT shop, at 11804 Oswego St. Samaras was forced to close her business permanently in June due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Samaras is battling cancer and is receiving chemotherapy treatment.

Samaras said she was “overwhelmed” by the spectacle of close to 40 first responders at the foot of her driveway.

Responding to a man who approached her wishing her to get well, Samaras joked: “Remember this face when I’m racing down the street.”

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Mask store capitalizes on moment in history Customers seek show of style as pandemic requires unwanted fashion accessory

BY MARKIAN HAWRYLUK KAISER HEALTH NEWS

Darcy Velasquez, 42, and her mother, Roberta Truax, were walking recently in the Park Meadows mall in Lone Tree, looking for Christmas gifts for Velasquez’s two children, when they spotted a store with a display of rhinestone-studded masks.

It’s an immutable truth of fashion: Sparkles can go a long way with a 9-year-old.

The store is called COVID-19 Essentials. And it may well be the country’s first retail chain dedicated solely to an infectious disease.

With many U.S. stores closing during the coronavirus pandemic, especially inside malls, the owners of this chain have seized on the empty space, as well as the world’s growing acceptance that wearing masks is a reality that may last well into 2021, if not longer. Masks have evolved from a utilitarian, anything-you-can-find-that-works product into another way to express one’s personality, political leanings or sports fandom.

And the owners of COVID-19 Essentials are betting that Americans are willing to put their money where their mouth is. Prices range from $19.99 for

a simple children’s mask to $130 for the top-of-the-line face covering, with an N95 filter and a battery-powered fan.

Almost all shops and many pop-up kiosks in the Park Meadows mall now sell masks. But COVID-19 Essentials also carries other accessories for the pandemic, in a space that has a more established feel than a holiday pop-up store; permanent signage above its glass doors includes a stylized image of a coronavirus particle. Nestled beside the UNTUCKit shirt store and across from a Tesla showroom, it has neither the brand recognition nor the track record of a JCPenney. But longevity doesn’t seem to have helped that clothing chain or many others escape industry upheaval during the pandemic.

According to analysts at S&P Global Market Intelligence, retail bankruptcies from January to mid-August reached a 10-year-high.

Not that the COVID-19 Essentials owners want their products to be in demand forever.

“I can’t wait to go out of business eventually,” said Nadav Benimetzky, a Miami retailer who founded COVID-19 Essentials, which now has eight locations around the country.

That seemed to be the attitude of most of the customers who walked into the store on a recent Friday afternoon.

Most understood the need for masks — face coverings are required to even enter the mall — and thus they recognized the business case for a COVID-19 store. Still, they hoped masks would soon go the way of bellbottoms or leg warmers. For the time being, they’re

The COVID-19 Essentials chain recognizes that mask-wearing is more than a temporary inconvenience — it may become the norm well into 2021, or longer.

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making the best of the situation.

Opportunity seized Nathan Chen, who owns the Lone Tree store with Benimetzky, previously ran a different store at the Denver airport, but as air travel declined, a COVID-focused business seemed a much better venture. The pandemic giveth and the pandemic taketh away.

Benimetzky opened the first COVID-19 Essentials store in the Aventura Mall in suburban Miami after seeing

the demand for N95 masks early in the pandemic. “They’re ugly and uncomfortable, and everybody hates them,” he said. “I piggybacked off of that.

If you’re going to wear a mask, you might as well make it fashionable and pretty.”

That could mean a sequin or satin mask for more formal occasions, or the toothy grin of a skull mask for casual affairs. Some masks have zippers to make eating easier, or a hole for a straw, with a Velcro closure for when the cup is sucked dry.

The chain has locations in New York City, New Jersey, Philadelphia and Las Vegas, and is looking to open stores in California, where wildfires have only added to the demand for masks.

Initially, the owners really weren’t sure the idea would fly. They opened the first store just as malls were reopening following the lockdowns.

“We really didn’t grasp how big it would get,” Benimetzky said. “We didn’t go into it with the idea of opening many stores. But we got busy from the second we opened.”

Nancy Caeti, 76, stopped in the Lone Tree store to buy masks for her grandchildren. She bought one with a clear panel for her granddaughter, whose sign language instructor needs to see her lips moving. She bought her daughter, a music teacher and Denver Broncos fan, a mask with the football team’s logo.

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that I don’t think was as bad.” She recalled how her mother had lined her and her siblings up to get the polio vaccine, and said she’d be first in line for a COVID shot.

That perhaps is the one essential the store does not carry. It hawks keylike devices for opening doors and pressing elevator buttons without touching them. Some have a built-in bottle opener. There are ultraviolet-light devices for disinfecting phones and upscale hand sanitizer that employees spray on customers as if it were a department store perfume sample.

But the masks are the biggest draw.

The store can personalize them with rhinestone letters or the kind of ironon patches that teens once wore on their jeans.

Upon entry, customers can check their temperature with a digital forehead scanner with audible directions: “Step closer. Step closer. Temperature normal. Temperature normal.”

The store also has added a sink near the entrance so customers can wash their hands before handling the merchandise.

Passersby puzzled Some mallgoers walk by the store in bewilderment, stopping to take photos to post to social media with a you’ve-got-to-be-kidding message. One older white couple in matching masks noticed a mask emblazoned with the slogan “Black Lives Matter” in the storefront display, and walked away in disgust.

The store takes no political sides; there are three designs of President Donald Trump campaign masks, two for Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden.

One woman, who declined to give her name, came in wearing a mask below her nose and wondered whether a

Trump mask would fit her smallish face. The Trump masks are among the more popular sellers, Chen said, so he keeps them in a bigger cabinet to accommodate the extra stock. It’s not clear if that will forecast the election results, as some have posited with Halloween mask sales.

Daniel Gurule, 31, stopped by the mall on his lunch hour to pick up an Apple Watch but ventured into the store for a new mask. He said that he normally wore a vented mask but that not all places allowed those. (They protect users but not the people around them.) He bought a $24.99 mask with the logo of the Denver Nuggets basketball team.

“It takes away a little bit of our personalities when everybody is walking around in disposable masks,” Chen said. “It kind of looks like a hospital, like everybody is sick.”

Most of the masks are sewn specifically for the retail chain, including many by hand. One of their suppliers is a family of Vietnamese immigrants who sew masks at their Los Angeles home, Benimetzky said. Chen said that it was hard to keep masks in stock, and that every day it seemed some other design became their best seller.

Dorothy Lovett, 80, paused outside the store, leaning on a cane with an animal print design.

“I had to back up and say, `What the heck is this?’” she said. “I’ve never seen a mask store before.”

She perused the display case, noting she needed to find a better option than the cloth version she was wearing.

“I can’t breathe in this one,” said Lovett, who is white, before deciding on her favorite. “I like the Black Lives Matter mask.”

This story is from Kaiser Health News, a nonprofit news service covering health issues. It is an editorially independent program of Kaiser Family Foundation, which is not affiliated with Kaiser Permanente. Used by permission. For more, khn.org.

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Public Notices call Sheree 303.566.4088 Legals Public Trustees COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0183-2020 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On July 28, 2020, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

Original Grantor(s) ROBERT M. WILLIAMS Original Beneficiary(ies) DONNA J SNYDER Current Holder of Evidence of Debt 249 E HIGHLINE NOTE LLC Date of Deed of Trust December 31, 2014 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust January 02, 2015 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) D5000321 Re-Recording Date of Deed of Trust January 05, 2015 Re-Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) D5001095 Original Principal Amount $64,500.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $50,225.14

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 11/25/2020, at The East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 10/1/2020 Last Publication: 10/29/2020 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED;

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. CONDOMINIUM UNIT NO. 249307, HIGHLINE MEADOWS CONDOMINIUMS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DECLARATION RECORDED OCTOBER 25, 1978, IN BOOK 2873 AT PAGE 367, AND CONDOMINIUM MAP RECORDED ON OCTOBER 25, 1978, AS RECEPTION NO. 1786266, BOOK 36 AT PAGES 31 AND 32 OF THE COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE RECORDS, TOGETHER WITH THE EXCLUSIVE RIGHT TO USE THE FOLLOWING COMMON ELEMENTS: PARKING SPACE 590, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 249 E HIGHLINE CIR UNIT 307, CENTENNIAL, CO 80122.

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

$177,223.78 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. LOT 47, BLOCK 3, THE KNOLLS FILING NO 5, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 3737 E GEDDES PL, CENTENNIAL, CO 80122.

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

City and County Public Notice NOTICE OF BUDGET HEARING VINTAGE RESERVE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT JEFFERSON COUNTY, COLORADO NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to § 29-1106, C.R.S., as amended, that a proposed Budget has been submitted to the Board of Directors of the Vintage Reserve Metropolitan District, Jefferson County, Colorado, for calendar year 2021. A copy of said proposed Budget is on file at Collins, Cockrel & Cole, P.C., 390 Union Boulevard, Suite 400, Denver, Colorado 80228; 303-986-1551, Ext. 124, where the same is available for inspection by the public, by appointment only, Monday through Friday during normal business hours (i.e., 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.).

DATE: 07/28/2020 Susan Sandstrom, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Susan Sandstrom, Public Trustee

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.

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

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.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 11/18/2020, at The East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015

Single Publication: 10/22/2020 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent

By: /s/ Arlene Riedmuller Secretary/Treasurer

Legal Notice NO. 0183-2020 First Publication: 10/1/2020 Last Publication: 10/29/2020 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent

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

Legal Notice No. 524192 First Publication: October 22, 2020 Last Publication: October 22, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Carol M. Conley #21390 Gantenbein Law Firm 1760 Gaylord Street, Denver, CO 80206 (720) 441-3625 Attorney File # Robert Williams

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.

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NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN, that the Board of Directors of the Vintage Reserve Metropolitan District will consider the adoption of the proposed 2021 Budget at a public hearing to be conducted at a special meeting of the District’s Board of Directors to be held at the Clubhouse, 6646 Depew Street, Littleton, Colorado 80123 on Wednesday, November 4, 2020 at 6:00 p.m.

Any interested elector of the Vintage Reserve Metropolitan District may inspect the proposed Budget for 2021 and file or register any objections thereto at any time prior to the final adoption of the Budget.

Dated this 14th day of October, 2020.

VINTAGE RESERVE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

COMBINED NOTICE - RESCHEDULED PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-109(2)(c)(II) FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0442-2019

DATE: 10/14/2020 Susan Sandstrom, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Susan Sandstrom, Public Trustee

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ZONING MATTER

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

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

Pursuant to the Littleton City Code, notice is hereby given that the following public hearings will be held via virtual meeting:

Anna Johnston #51978 Randall Chin #31149 Joseph D. DeGiorgio #45557 Ryan Bourgeois #51088 Barrett, Frappier & Weisserman, LLP 1391 Speer Boulevard, Suite 700, Denver, CO 80204 (303) 350-3711

To consider a proposed city-initiated rezoning of all properties within the area described below:

On August 23, 2019, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

Original Grantor(s) MARY L. WENKE Original Beneficiary(ies) HOUSEHOLD FINANCE CORPORATION III Current Holder of Evidence of Debt REO TRUST 2017-RPL1 Date of Deed of Trust November 24, 2004 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust November 30, 2004 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) B4206063 Original Principal Amount $223,157.11 Outstanding Principal Balance

Attorney File # 00000007018088 The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015 Legal Notice NO. 0442-2019 Single Publication: 10/22/2020 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent

Public Notice

An area of approximately 180 acres bounded on the north by the center line of the West Belleview Avenue (also known as Colorado State Highway 88) right-of-way, on the east by the western boundary of the BNSF railroad right-of-way, on the south by the center line of the West Church Avenue right-of-way, and on the west by the center line of the South Santa Fe Drive (also known as the Danny Dietz Memorial Highway, U.S. Route 85, and the CanAm Highway) right-of-way from various zoning districts including CA, CA PDO, B-2, B-2 PDO, R-5, R-5 PDO, PD-R, I-2, I-2 PDO, B-3, and OS, to the DT (downtown) zoning district and amending the appropriate portion of the official city zoning map accordingly.

Council on Tuesday, December 15, 2020 at 6:30 p.m. These meetings will be conducted virtually via ZOOM. Participation instructions and Webinar ID will be provided not less than 24 hours prior to the meetings.

Legal Notice No. 524190 First Publication: October 22, 2020 Last Publication: October 22, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice CITY OF CENTENNIAL NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING THE 2021 BUDGET

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Centennial, Colorado will conduct a public hearing on Monday, November 2, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. regarding adoption of the City of Centennial 2021 Budget. The public hearing will be held virtually via the City’s website at: www. centennialco.gov. Copies of the City of Centennial 2021 Budget are available for inspection on the City’s website: www.centennialco.gov. Any interested elector of the City of Centennial may file any objections to the City of Centennial on the 2021 Budget with the City Clerk, in writing at cityclerksoffice@centennialco.gov, or by recording a voice message via 303-325-8087, anytime prior to final adoption on November 2, 2020. /s/ Barbara Setterlind, MMC City Clerk Legal Notice No. 524205-60125 First Publication: October 22, 2020 Last Publication: October 22, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent and the Centennial Citizen Independent Public Notice ANTELOPE GENERAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING THE 2021 BUDGET

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Antelope General Improvement District will conduct a public hearing on Monday, November 2, 2020 at 6:00 p.m. regarding adoption of the Antelope General Improvement District 2021 Budget. The public hearing will be held virtually via the City’s website at: www.centennialco.gov. Copies of the Antelope General Improvement District 2021 Budget are available for inspection on the City’s website: www. centennialco.gov. Any interested elector of the Antelope General Improvement District may file any objections to the Antelope General Improvement District 2021 Budget with the Secretary to the District in writing at cityclerksoffice@centennialco.gov, or by recording a voice message via 303-325-8087, anytime prior to final adoption on November 2, 2020. /s/ Barbara Setterlind, MMC Secretary to the District Legal Notice No. 524208-60128 First Publication: October 22, 2020 Last Publication: October 22, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent and the Centennial Citizen Independent

Metropolitan Districts

The public hearings for this application will be held by the Planning Commission on Monday, November 9, 2020 at 6:30 p.m. and by the City

Public Notice NOTICE OF BUDGET HEARING

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First Publication: October 22, 2020 Last Publication: October 22, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent

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Public Notices SOUTH-EAST ENGLEWOOD WATER DISTRICT ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to §29-1106, C.R.S., as amended, that a proposed Budget has been submitted to the Board of Directors of the South-East Englewood Water District, Arapahoe County, Colorado (“District”), for calendar year 2021. A copy of said proposed Budget, which includes a summary of fund balances, revenues and expenditures of the District, is available for public inspection, by appointment only, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. at the office of the District’s legal counsel, Collins Cockrel & Cole, located at 390 Union Boulevard, Suite 400, Denver, Colorado 80228; 303-986-1551, Ext. 124.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the Board of Directors of the South-East Englewood Water District will consider the adoption of its 2021 Budget after a public hearing on the proposed budget is conducted during a regular meeting of the District’s Board of Directors to be held on Wednesday, November 25, 2020 at 7:30 a.m. by telephone conference call (866-931-7845, Access Code: 689318) due to the COVID 19 pandemic.

Any interested elector of the South-East Englewood Water District may inspect the proposed Budget for 2021 and file or register any objections or comments thereto at any time prior to the final adoption of said Budget.

Dated this 7th day of October, 2020.

adoption on November 2, 2020.

budget and file or register any objections thereto.

/s/ Barbara Setterlind, MMC Secretary to the District

SOUTH METRO FIRE RESCUE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT

Legal Notice No. 524204-60124 First Publication: October 22, 2020 Last Publication: October 22, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent and the Centennial Citizen Independent

By: /s/ Breann Aragon, Financial Analyst

Public Notice NOTICE OF 2021 PROPOSED BUDGET HEARING PLATTE CANYON WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT ARAPAHOE AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES, COLORADO NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that pursuant to §291-106, C.R.S., as amended, a proposed Budget has been submitted to the Board of Directors of the Platte Canyon Water and Sanitation District for calendar year 2021. A copy of said proposed Budget is on file at Platte Canyon Water and Sanitation District, 8739 W. Coal Mine Avenue, Littleton, CO 80123, where the same is available for inspection by the public Monday through Friday during normal business hours, (i.e., 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.).

By: /s/ John Ballantine, Secretary

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the Board of Directors of the Platte Canyon Water and Sanitation District will consider the adoption of the proposed 2021 Budget at a public hearing to be conducted during a regular meeting of the Board of Directors to be held on Friday, November 20, 2020, at 8:30 a.m. at Platte Canyon Water and Sanitation District, 8739 W. Coal Mine Avenue, Littleton, CO 80123.

Legal Notice No. 524181 First Publication: October 22, 2020 Last Publication: October 22, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Any interested elector of the Platte Canyon Water and Sanitation District may inspect the proposed 2021 Budget and file or register any objections or comments thereto.

SOUTH-EAST ENGLEWOOD WATER DISTRICT

Public Notice WILLOW CREEK GENERAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING THE 2021 BUDGET NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Willow Creek General Improvement District will conduct a public hearing on Monday, November 2, 2020 at 6:00 p.m. regarding adoption of the Willow Creek General Improvement District 2021 Budget. The public hearing will be held virtually via the City’s website at: www.centennialco.gov. Copies of the Willow Creek General Improvement District 2021 Budget are available for inspection on the City’s website: www.centennialco.gov. Any interested elector of the Willow Creek General Improvement District may file any objections to the Willow Creek General Improvement District 2021 Budget with the Secretary to the District in writing at cityclerksoffice@centennialco.gov, or by recording a voice message via 303-325-8087, anytime prior to final adoption on November 2, 2020. /s/ Barbara Setterlind, MMC Secretary to the District Legal Notice No. 524202-60122 First Publication: October 22, 2020 Last Publication: October 22, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent and the Centennial Citizen Independent Public Notice NOTICE OF 2021 PROPOSED BUDGET HEARING SOUTHWEST METROPOLITAN WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT ARAPAHOE, DOUGLAS AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES, COLORADO NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that pursuant to §29-1-106, C.R.S., as amended, a proposed Budget has been submitted to the Board of Directors of the Southwest Metropolitan Water and Sanitation District for calendar year 2021. A copy of said proposed Budget is on file at Southwest Metropolitan Water and Sanitation District, 8739 W. Coal Mine Avenue, Littleton, CO 80123, where the same is available for inspection by the public Monday through Friday during normal business hours, (i.e., 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.).

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the Board of Directors of the Southwest Metropolitan Water and Sanitation District will consider the adoption of the proposed 2020 Budget at a public hearing to be conducted during a regular meeting of the Board of Directors to be held on Friday, November 20, 2020, at 8:30 a.m. at Southwest Metropolitan Water and Sanitation District, 8739 W. Coal Mine Avenue, Littleton, CO 80123.

Any interested elector of the Southwest Metropolitan Water and Sanitation District may inspect the proposed 2021 Budget and file or register any objections or comments thereto.

Dated this 1st day of October, 2020.

SOUTHWEST METROPOLITAN WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT By: /s/ Patrick Fitzgerald, District Manager Legal Notice No. 524116 First Publication: October 22, 2020 Last Publication: October 22, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice CENTENNIAL URBAN REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING THE 2021 BUDGET NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Centennial Urban Redevelopment Authority will conduct a public hearing on Monday, November 2, 2020 at 6:00 p.m. regarding adoption of the Centennial Urban Redevelopment Authority 2021 Budget. The public hearing will be held virtually via the City’s website at: www.centennialco.gov. Copies of the Centennial Urban Redevelopment Authority 2021 Budget are available for inspection on the City’s website: www.centennialco.gov. Any interested elector of the Centennial Urban Redevelopment Authority may file any objections to the Centennial Urban Redevelopment Authority 2021 Budget with the Secretary to the District in writing at cityclerksoffice@centennialco.gov, or by recording a voice message via 303-325-8087, anytime prior to final

Dated this 1st day of October, 2020.

PLATTE CANYON WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT By: /s/ Patrick Fitzgerald District Manager Legal Notice No. 524118 First Publication: October 22, 2020 Last Publication: October 22, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice WALNUT HILLS GENERAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING THE 2021 BUDGET NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Walnut Hills General Improvement District will conduct a public hearing on Monday, November 2, 2020 at 6:00 p.m. regarding adoption of the Walnut Hills General Improvement District 2021 Budget.

The public hearing will be held virtually via the City’s website at: www.centennialco.gov. Copies of the Walnut Hills General Improvement Budget are available for inspection on the City’s website: www.centennialco.gov. Any interested elector of the Walnut Hills General Improvement District may file any objections to the Walnut Hills General Improvement District 2021 Budget with the Secretary to the District in writing at cityclerksoffice@centennialco.gov, or by recording a voice message via 303-325-8087, anytime prior to final adoption on November 2, 2020. /s/ Barbara Setterlind, MMC Secretary to the District Legal Notice No. 524203-60123 First Publication: October 22, 2020 Last Publication: October 22, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent and the Centennial Citizen Independent Public Notice CHERRY PARK GENERAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING THE 2021 BUDGET NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Cherry Park General Improvement District will conduct a public hearing on Monday, November 2, 2020 at 6:00 p.m. regarding adoption of the Cherry Park General Improvement District 2021 Budget. The public hearing will be held virtually via the City’s website at: www.centennialco.gov. Copies of the Cherry Park General Improvement District 2021 Budget are available for inspection on the City’s website: www.centennialco.gov. Any interested elector of the Cherry Park General Improvement District may file any objections to the Cherry Park General Improvement District 2021 Budget with the Secretary to the District in writing at cityclerksoffice@ centennialco.gov, or by recording a voice message via 303-325-8087, anytime prior to final adoption on November 2, 2020. /s/ Barbara Setterlind, MMC Secretary to the District Legal Notice No. 524207-60127 First Publication: October 22, 2020 Last Publication: October 22, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent and the Centennial Citizen Independent Public Notice NOTICE CONCERNING PROPOSED BUDGET OF SOUTH METRO FIRE RESCUE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT NOTICE is hereby given that a proposed budget has been submitted to the Board of Directors of the South Metro Fire Rescue Fire Protection District for the ensuing year of 2021; that a copy of such proposed budget has been filed in the office of the District at 9195 E. Mineral Avenue, Centennial, Colorado, where the same is open for public inspection; and that such proposed budget will be considered at a public hearing of the Board of Directors of the District to be held at 9195 E. Mineral Avenue, Centennial, Colorado on Monday, November 2, 2020, at 6:00 p.m. Any elector within the District may, at any time prior to the final adoption of the budget, inspect the

Legal Notice No. 524186 First Publication: October 22, 2020 Last Publication: October 22, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice FOXRIDGE GENERAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING THE 2021 BUDGET NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Foxridge General Improvement District will conduct a public hearing on Monday, November 2, 2020 at 6:00 p.m. regarding adoption of the Foxridge General Improvement District 2021 Budget The public hearing will be held virtually via the City’s website at: www.centennialco.gov. Copies of the Foxridge General Improvement District 2021 Budget are available for inspection on the City’s website: www.centennialco.gov. Any interested elector of the Foxridge General Improvement District may file any objections to the Foxridge General Improvement District 2021 Budget with the Secretary to the District in writing at cityclerksoffice@centennialco.gov, or by recording a voice message via 303-325-8087, anytime prior to final adoption on November 2, 2020. /s/ Barbara Setterlind, MMC Secretary to the District Legal Notice No. 524201-60121 First Publication: October 22, 2020 Last Publication: October 22, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent and the Centennial Citizen Independent Public Notice NOTICE AS TO PROPOSED 2021 BUDGET AND AMENDMENT OF 2020 BUDGET RIVERPARK METROPOLITAN DISTRICT ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to Sections 29-1-108 and 109, C.R.S., that a proposed budget has been submitted to the Board of Directors of the RiverPark Metropolitan District (the “District”) for the ensuing year of 2021. The necessity may also arise for the amendment of the 2020 budget of the District. Copies of the proposed 2021 budget and 2020 amended budget (if appropriate) are on file in the office of the District’s Accountant, Simmons & Wheeler, P.C., 304 Inverness Way South #490, Englewood, CO 80112, where same are available for public inspection. Such proposed 2021 budget and 2020 amended budget will be considered at a special meeting to be held on October 26, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. Any interested elector within the District may, at any time prior to the final adoption of the 2021 budget or the 2020 amended budget, inspect the 2021 budget and the 2020 amended budget and file or register any objections thereto.

DUE TO CONCERNS REGARDING THE SPREAD OF THE CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) AND THE BENEFITS TO THE CONTROL OF THE SPREAD OF THE VIRUS BY LIMITING INPERSON CONTACT, THIS MEETING WILL BE HELD BY VIDEO/TELEPHONIC MEANS WITHOUT ANY INDIVIDUALS (NEITHER DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVES NOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC) ATTENDING IN PERSON. You can attend the meeting in any of the following ways: 1. To attend via Videoconference, e-mail jpino@specialdistrictlaw.com to obtain a link to the videoconference.

2. To attend via telephone, dial 1-253-215-8782 and enter the following additional information: a. Meeting ID: 848 9217 3692 b. Passcode: 626975 RIVERPARK METROPOLITAN DISTRICT /s/ Megan M. Becher McGEADY BECHER P.C. Attorneys for the District Legal Notice No. 524189 First Publication: October 22, 2020 Last Publication: October 22, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Bids and Settlements Public Notice NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT Holly/Otero and Yosemite/Mineral Signal Construction Project No. 19-07-01 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 November 6, 2020 (the “Final Settlement Date”) to the following contractor: Sturgeon Electric Company, Inc. 12150 E. 112th Avenue Henderson, CO 80640 (hereinafter, the “Contractor”) for and on account of all work completed by the Contractor on City Project No. 19-07-01, 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. 524206-60126 First Publication: October 22, 2020 Last Publication: October 22, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent and the Centennial Citizen Independent Public Notice NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT City of Centennial Orchard Road Trail Project No. 20-02-01 Notice is hereby given, pursuant to Section 3826-107(1), C.R.S., that the City of Centennial, Colorado (the “City”) will make final payment at the hour of 10:00 a.m. on 11/02/2020 (the “Final Settlement Date”) to the following contractor: SaBell’s Civil and Landscape LLC (hereinafter, the “Contractor”), for and on account of all work completed by the Contractor on City Project No. 20-02-01 – Orchard Road Trail (the “Project”).

The Project was completed within the boundaries of the City, in Arapahoe County, Colorado at 13133 E. Arapahoe Road, Centennial, Colorado 80112.

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 the Project, 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 E. Arapahoe Road, Centennial, Colorado 80112 prior to the Final Settlement Date.

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

Legal Notice No. 524209-60129 First Publication: October 22, 2020 Last Publication: October 22, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent and the Centennial Citizen Independent

Summons and Sheriff Sale Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO Court Address: 7325 S. Potomac Street Centennial, Colorado 80112 Plaintiff: THE TIMBERS HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION I, INC., a Colorado non-profit corporation Defendant: MARY JAYNE WILSON; RECOVERY ACE INC. Attorneys for Plaintiff: Name: ALCOCK LAW GROUP, PC Tammy M. Alcock, Esq. Address: 19751 E Mainstreet, Suite 225 Parker, CO 80138 Phone No.: (303) 993-5400 Atty. Reg. #: 39816 Tammy@Alcocklawgroup.com Case No.: 2020CV31674 Division: 402 SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANT: MARY JAYNE WILSON You are hereby summoned and required to appear and defend against the claims of the complaint filed with the court in this action, by filing with the clerk of this court an answer or other response.

You are required to file your answer or other response within 35* days after the service of this summons upon you. Service of this summons shall be complete on the day of the last publication. A copy of the complaint may be obtained from the clerk of the court.

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

This is an action: for Judicial Foreclosure and Damages Dated: August 28, 2020 ALCOCK LAW GROUP, PC Tammy M. Alcock, Esq. Attorney for Plaintiff(s)/Petitioner(s) (This summons is issued pursuant to Rule 4(g), Colorado Rules of Civil Procedure. This form should not be used where personal service is desired.) *Rule 12(a), C.R.C.P., allows 35 days for answer or response where service of process is by publication. However, under various statutes, a different response time is set forth; e.g., §38-6-104, C.R.S. (eminent domain); §38-36-121, C.R.S. (Torrens registration).

Dated: September 17, 2020 ALCOCK LAW GROUP PC s/ Tammy M. Alcock Tammy M. Alcock, Esq. #39816 Legal Notice No. 524133 First Publication: September 24, 2020 Last Publication: October 22, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO

Court Address: 7325 S. Potomac, Centennial, CO 80112 Plaintiff(s): WOODGATE COMMONS HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION

Defendant(s): KAREN A. DOYLE; FINANCE OF AMERICA REVERSE, LLC, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS; SU RYDEN, ARAPAHOE COUNTY PUBLIC TRUSTEE; AND OCCUPANT(S) Attorney for Plaintiff(s): Name: Richard W. Johnston, Esq. Address: Tobey & Johnston, P.C. 6855 South Havana Street, Suite 275 Centennial, CO 80112-3813 Phone Number: (303) 799-8600 Fax Number: (303) 799-6977 E-mail: rjohnston@tobeyjohnston.com Atty. Reg. #: 19823 Case Number: 20CV 31864 Div.: 202 SUMMONS THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO TO DEFENDANT(S) NAMED ABOVE:

You are summoned and required to file with the Clerk of this Court an answer or other response to the attached Complaint within twenty-one (21) days after this summons is served on you in the State of Colorado, or within thirty-five (35) days after this summons is served on you outside the State of Colorado, or within sixty-three (63) days after this summons is served upon the United States or one of its agencies.

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

The following documents are also served with this Summons: Complaint In Foreclosure, and District Civil Case Cover Sheet.

DATE: September 24, 2020 TOBEY & JOHNSTON, P.C. By: /s/ Richard W. Johnston Richard W. Johnston, Reg. No. 19823

This summons is issued pursuant to Rule 4, C.R.C.P., as amended.

A copy of the Complaint must be served with this Summons.

This form should not be used where service by publication is desired.

WARNING: A VALID SUMMONS MAY BE ISSUED

BY A LAWYER AND IT NEED NOT CONTAIN A COURT CASE NUMBER, THE SIGNATURE OF A COURT OFFICER, OR A COURT SEAL. THE PLAINTIFF HAS 14 DAYS FROM THE DATE THIS SUMMONS WAS SERVED ON YOU TO FILE THE CASE WITH THE COURT. YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR CONTACTING THE COURT TO FIND OUT WHETHER THE CASE HAS BEEN FILED AND OBTAIN THE CASE NUMBER. IF THE PLAINTIFF FILES THE CASE WITHIN THIS TIME, THEN YOU MUST RESPOND AS EXPLAINED IN THIS SUMMONS. IF THE PLAINTIFF FILES MORE THAN 14 DAYS AFTER THE DATE THE SUMMONS WAS SERVED ON YOU, THE CASE MAY BE DISMISSED UPON MOTION AND YOU MAY BE ENTITLED TO SEEK ATTORNEY’S FEES FROM THE PLAINITFF. Amended and Adopted by the Court, En Banc, October 10, 2013, effective immediately Legal Notice No. 524195 First Publication: October 22, 2020 Last Publication: November 19, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, STATE OF COLORADO Case No.: 2020CV030817 sion: 21

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COMBINED NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE OF REAL PROPERTY Plaintiff: SOUTHPARK HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, NUMBER 2, a Colorado nonprofit corporation v.

Defendants: DAVID J ROACH; IRENE A NESTOR; JEROME ROACH; TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS, Please take notice:

This is to advise you that a Sheriff sale proceeding has been commenced through the office of the undersigned Sheriff pursuant to the Order Granting Motion for Decree for Judicial Foreclosure dated August 11, 2020, and C.R.S. 38-38-101 et seq.,

by Southpark Homeowners Association, Number 2, the current holder of a lien recorded on October 2, 2019 at Rec. No. D9104377, in the records of the Clerk and Recorder of the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado. The judicial foreclosure is based on a default under the Declaration of Covenants, Conditions, and Restrictions of Southpark Homeowners Association, Number 2 recorded on July 20, 1982 at Reception No. 2187628 in the records of the Clerk and Recorder of the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado. The Declaration and notices, as recorded, establish a lien for the benefit of Southpark Homeowners Association, Number 2, WHICH LIEN BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AND IMPROVEMENTS. Regarding: Lot 56, Blk l, Southpark Subdivision 9th Filing 1st Replat, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado Also known and numbered as: 2904 W Long Cir Unit D, Littleton CO 80120 You and each of you are hereby notified that a Sheriff’s Sale of the referenced property is to be conducted by the Civil Unit of Sheriff’s Office of Arapahoe County, Colorado at 10:00 A.M., on the 17th day of December 2020, at 13101 E. Broncos Pkwy, Centennial, CO 80112; phone

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Public Notices number 720-874-3845. At which sale, the above described real property and improvements thereon will be sold to the highest bidder. Plaintiff makes no warranty relating to title, possession, or quiet enjoyment in and to said real property in connection with this sale. **BIDDERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE CASH OR CERTIFIED FUNDS SUFFICIENT TO COVER THEIR HIGHEST BID AT TIME OF SALE. ** ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF: ORTEN CAVANAGH HOLMES & HUNT, LLC 1445 Market Street, Suite 350 Denver, CO 80202 DATED in Colorado this 15th day of September, 2020.

Tyler S. Brown Sheriff of Arapahoe County, Colorado By: Sgt. Trent Steffa, Deputy Sheriff Legal Notice No.: 524120 First Publication: October 22, 2020 Last Publication: November 19, 2020 Published In: Littleton Independent 750 W. Hampden Ave., Suite 225 Englewood, Colorado, 80110 Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, STATE OF COLORADO Case No.: 2020CV030931 COMBINED NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE OF REAL PROPERTY PLAINTIFF: PARK VIEW COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION, INC. v.

DEFENDANTS: RYAN ANTHONY BUTLER; COLORADO HOUSING AND FINANCE AUTHORITY; and SUSAN KAY RYDEN AS ARAPAHOE COUNTY PUBLIC TRUSTEE TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS, Please take notice: You and each of you are hereby notified that a Sheriff’s Sale of the referenced property is to be conducted by the Civil Unit of the Sheriff’s Office of Arapahoe County, Colorado at 10 O’clock A.M., on the 17th day of December, 2020, at 13101 East Broncos Parkway, Centennial, CO 80112, phone number 720-874-3845. At which sale, the below described real property and improvements thereon will be sold to the highest bidder. Plaintiff makes no warranty relating to title, possession, or quiet enjoyment in and to said real property in connection with this sale.

BIDDERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE CASH OR CERTIFIED FUNDS SUFFICIENT TO COVER THEIR HIGHEST BID AT THE TIME OF SALE. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. Judgment is in the amount of $9,038.46.

This is to advise you that a Sheriff’s sale proceeding has been commenced through the office of the undersigned Sheriff pursuant to Order for Default Judgment and Order and Decree for Judicial Foreclosure dated August 3, 2020 and C.R.S. 38-38-101 et seq. by Park View Community Association, Inc., the holder and current owner of a lien recorded on November 13, 2018 at Reception No. D8111752 in the records of the Clerk and Recorder of the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado. The foreclosure is based on a default under the Declaration of Covenants, Conditions, and Restrictions for Park View Community Association, Inc. recorded on 05/05/1984 at Book 4102, Page 608 in the records of the Clerk and Recorder of the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado.

The Declaration establishes a lien for the benefit of Park View Community Association, Inc. against real property legal described as follows: Regarding: Lot 24, Block 1, Park View Commons Subdivision Filing No. 4, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado; Also known as: 5515 Ireland St., Centennial, CO 80015.

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

DATED: September 10, 2020.

Tyler S. Brown Arapahoe County Sheriff By: Sgt. Trent Steffa, Deputy Sheriff Legal Notice No.: 524123 First Publication: October 22, 2020 Last Publication: November 19, 2020 Published In: Littleton Independent 750 W. Hampden Ave., Suite 225 Englewood, Colorado, 80110 Public Notice District Court, County of Arapahoe, Colorado Case Number: 2013CV415 Division 15 Plaintiff: TERRELL M. GAINES, ATTORNEY AT LAW v.

Defendants: PAMELA L. LOWE, a/k/a PAM LOWE, an individual, and L&N SERVICES, INC., d/b/a L&N CONTRACTORS, INC. COMBINED NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE Original Judgment Creditor: Terrell M. Gaines Attorney at Law Judgment Debtor: Pamela L. Lowe Current Judgment Creditor: Terrell M. Gaines Attorney at Law Date of Judgment: June 17, 2014 (revived judgment recorded April 16, 2019) County of Recording: Arapahoe County, Colorado Recording Information: Reception No. D4051754 (revived judgment Reception No. D9033350) Original Judgment Amount: $37,997.81 Outstanding Judgment Amount as of the date hereof: $65,590.72

THE PROPERTY TO BE SOLD AND DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE JUDGMENT. Sheriff’s sale proceedings against certain real property commonly known as 3719 S Ensenada St, Aurora, CO 80013, which is legally described as follows: LOT 7, BLOCK 1, HAMPDEN HILLS AT AURORA SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 13, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. The Judgment remains unsatisfied and judgment holder is enforcing its remedies under law including, without limitation, levy, execution and sale of the property.

TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS, Please take notice: You and each of you are hereby notified that a Sheriff’s Sale of the referenced property is to be conducted by the Civil Unit of Sheriff’s Office of Arapahoe County, Colorado at 10:00 A.M., on the 10th day of December 2020, at 13101 E. Broncos Pkwy, Centennial, CO 80112, phone number (720) 874-3845. At which sale, the above described real property and improvements thereon will be sold to the highest bidder. Plaintiff makes no warranty relating to title, possession, or quiet enjoyment in and to said real property in connection with this sale. **BIDDERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE CASH OR CERTIFIED FUNDS SUFFICIENT TO COVER THEIR HIGHEST BID AT TIME OF SALE. ** PLEASE NOTE THAT THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. The name, address, and business telephone number of each of the attorneys representing the holder of the evidence of debt are as follows: Terrell M. Gaines, #15986, Terrell M. Gaines Law Office, 1800 West Littleton Boulevard, Littleton, Colorado 80120, telephone: (303) 349-6162.

THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED MAY BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. DATED in Colorado this 15th day of September, 2020.

Tyler S. Brown, Arapahoe County Sheriff By: Sgt. Trent Steffa, Deputy Sheriff Legal Notice No.: 524122 First Publication : October 15, 2020 Last Publication : November 12, 2020 Published In : Littleton Independent 750 W Hampden Ave, Suite 224 Englewood, CO 80110 Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO Case No. 2019CV032741 Plaintiff(s): THE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION AT EAST HAMPDEN CIRCLE, INC. aka THE TIMBERS CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION Defendant(s): SCOTT HIMLE, Sue Sandstrom as Treasurer of Arapahoe County, and Occupant in Possession COMBINED NOTICE OF SALE YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED AS FOLLOWS: Under an Order Granting Motion for Default Judgement and Decree of Foreclosure entered May 26, 2020 in case No. 2019CV03271, I am ordered to sell certain real property, as follows: Judgment Debtors in Foreclosure: SCOTT HIMLE Judgment Creditor: Foreclosing Lienholder – THE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION AT EAST HAMPDEN CIRCLE, INC. aka THE TIMBERS CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION The date of the Notice of Lien being foreclosed: recorded 06/11/2019 at Reception Number D9055054 in the Office of the Arapahoe County Clerk and Recorder.

The amount of the original principal balance of the Lien: $4,540.80 The amount of the outstanding principal balance of the indebtedness as of 05/26/2020, the date of entry of Judgment and Decree of Foreclosure: $10,615.87 Additional assessments, attorney fees, late fees, costs and interest continue to accrue pursuant to Plaintiff’s recorded Declaration and statute until title vests in a new owner.

Legal description of the property to be foreclosed: CONDOMINIUM UNIT 10, BUILDING B, TIMBERS CONDOMINIUM, ACCORDING TO THE CONDOMINIUM MAP RECORDED NOVEMBER 22, 1974 IN BOOK 27 AT PAGE 87-92 AND ACCORDING TO THE CONDOMINIUM DECLARATION RECORDED NOVEMBER 22, 1974 IN BOOK 2292 AT PAGE 516, AND AMENDMENT RECORDED IN BOOK 2294 AT PAGE 316, BOOK 2295 AT PAGE 102, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Parcel ID: 2073-06-1-16-024 Also known as: 3539 South Fairplay Way, Unit B10, Aurora, CO 80014 All of the property encumbered by the Lien being foreclosed is described in the Lien and Lis Pendens.

An Order Granting Motion for Default Judgement and Decree of Foreclosure has entered in this action regarding a lien for unpaid assessments due Plaintiff, Condominium Association of East Hampden Circle, Inc. aka The Timbers Condominium Association, pursuant to the Colorado Common Interest Ownership Act (CCIOA), C.R.S. 38-33.3316 and the recorded Declaration of Condominium Association of East Hampden Circle, Inc. aka The Timbers Condominium Association.

You and each of you are hereby notified that a Sheriff’s Sale of the referenced property is to be conducted by the Civil Unit of Sheriff’s Office of

Arapahoe County, Colorado at 10:00 A.M., on the 3rd day of December 2020, at 13101 E. Broncos Pkwy, Centennial, CO 80112, phone number (720) 874-3845. At which sale, the above described real property and improvements thereon will be sold to the highest bidder. Plaintiff makes no warranty relating to title, possession, or quiet enjoyment in and to said real property in connection with this sale. **BIDDERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE CASH OR CERTIFIED FUNDS SUFFICIENT TO COVER THEIR HIGHEST BID AT TIME OF SALE. ** THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN Tyler S. Brown Arapahoe County Sheriff By: Sgt. Trent Steffa, Deputy Sheriff The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorneys representing the holder of the assessment lien are: Springman, Braden, Wilson & Pontius P.C., (contact Karen Kelly-Braem, #36282) 4175 Harlan St #200 Wheat Ridge, CO 80033, telephone number 303-685-4633, ext 117.

Legal Notice No.: 524177 First Publication: October 15, 2020 Last Publication: November 12, 2020 Published In : Littleton Independent 750 W Hampden Ave, Suite 225 Englewood, CO 80110 Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO Case Number: 2020CV30138 COMBINED NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE OF REAL PROPERTY Plaintiff: PIONEER HILLS OWNERS ASSOCIATION INC., A NON PROFIT COLORADO CORPORATION v.

Defendant(s): AIME STEINES, QUICKEN LOANS INC., and CYNTHIA MARES as THE PUBLIC TRUSTEE of ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO This is to advise you that a Sheriff sale proceeding has been commenced through the office of the undersigned Sheriff pursuant to an Amended Order Re: Motion for Judgment and Decree of Foreclosure dated July 22, 2020, and C.R.S. §§ 38-38-101 to 401, by Plaintiff, the current holder of a lien recorded with the Arapahoe County Clerk and Recorder on 26 Apr 2019, at Reception No. D9037607. The judicial foreclosure is based on a default under the Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions of Pioneer Hills Owners Association Inc. recorded with the Arapahoe County Clerk and Recorder on October 11, 2006, at B6145436 (“Declaration”). The Declaration and notices as recorded, establish a lien for the benefit of Plaintiff against the property legally described as follows: Lot 40, Block 2, Pioneer Hills Subdivision Filing No. 10, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado Also known as: 14754 East Crestridge Dr., Centennial, CO 80015.

THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY The Sheriff’s sale has been scheduled to occur at 10:00 a.m. on November 19, 2020, at the Sheriff’s Office Administration Building, 13101 E Broncos Pkwy., 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 THEIR HIGHEST BID AT TIME OF SALE. All telephone inquiries for information should be directed to the office of the undersigned Sheriff at 720-874-3845. The name, address and telephone number of the attorney representing the legal owner of the above described lien is: Steven Navaro #26191, Navaro & Associates LLC, 94 Crown Point Pl., Castle Rock, CO 80108, (303) 793-0900.

Date: August 18, 2020 Tyler S. Brown Arapahoe County Sheriff By: Sgt. Trent Steffa, Deputy Sheriff Legal Notice No. 524068 First Publication: September 24, 2020 Last Publication: October 22, 2020 Published In: Littleton Independent 750 W Hampden Ave Suite 225 Englewood, CO 80110 Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, COLORADO Court Address: 7325 South Potomac Street Centennial CO, 80112 Plaintiff: U.S. Bank Trust National Association as Trustee of Cabana Series III Trust, its successors and assigns vs.

Defendants: Mark A. Zimmerman; Revital T. Zimmerman; Perry Investors, LLC f/k/a Pari Investors & Co. LLC Attorneys for Plaintiff: Amanda Ferguson #44893 Toni M. Owan, #30580 Heather Deere, #28597 Halliday, Watkins & Mann, P.C. 355 Union Blvd., Suite 250 Lakewood, CO 80228 Ph: 303-274-0155 Fx: 303-274-0159 E-mail: infoco@hwmlawfirm.com File No: 81067-BSI Case Number: 2020CV31680 SUMMONS

To the Defendant named above: Perry Investors, LLC f/k/a Pari Investors & Co. LLC You are summoned and required to file with the clerk of this court an answer or other response to the Complaint seeking judicial foreclosure within 21 days after this summons is served on you in the State of Colorado, or within 35 days after this summons is served on you outside the State of Colorado.

If you fail to file your answer or other response to the complaint in writing within the applicable time period, judgment by default may be entered against you by the court for the relief demanded in the complaint, without any further notice to you.

The following documents are also served with this summons: District Court Civil Case Cover Sheet; Complaint for Judicial Foreclosure Pursuant to C.R.C.P. 105; and Exhibits A through H.

Defendants: CHRISTOPHER ROGERS; BROKER SOLUTIONS, INC. DBA NEW AMERICAN FUNDING; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC.; CACH, LLC; SU RYDEN AS PUBLIC TRUSTEE FOR ARAPAHOE COUNTY; SUE SANDSTROM AS TREASURER FOR ARAPAHOE COUNTY; UNKNOWN TENANT(S) IN POSSESSION. Plaintiff’s Attorney: Wendy E. Weigler, #28419 WINZENBURG, LEFF, PURVIS & PAYNE, LLP 8020 Shaffer Parkway, Suite 300 Littleton, CO 80127 Telephone: (303) 863-1870 Facsimile: (303) 863-1872 SHERIFF’S NOTICE OF SALE

DISTRICT COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO Case No.: 2019CV32727 Division: 15

Under an Order Granting Plaintiff’s Motion for Default Judgment in Favor of Plaintiff and Against Defendants Christopher Rogers and Cach, LLC and for an Order and Decree for Judicial Foreclosure entered on June 24, 2020, in the above titled action, I am ordered to sell certain real property as follows: Original Lienee: Christopher Rogers Original Lienor: The Homeowners Association of Sausalito Current Holder of the evidence of debt: The Homeowners Association of Sausalito Date of Lien being foreclosed: April 25, 2017 Date of Recording of Lien being foreclosed: April 25, 2017 County of Recording: Arapahoe Recording Information: D7046567 Original Principal Balance of the secured indebtedness: $1,530.00 Outstanding Principal Balance of the secured indebtedness as of the date hereof: $14,583.58 Amount of Judgment entered June 24, 2020: $12,529.69

Plaintiff: BRANDON PARK 2000 OWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC., a Colorado non-profit corporation vs.

Defendants: MARIO ARTEAGA; YOLANDA ARTEAGA; DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, as trustee for HMASTR SPECIALIZED LOAN TRUSTN2007-01 MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES; LOCAL SERVICE CORPORATION; WAKEFIELD AND ASSOCIATES INC; and SU RYDEN as the ARAPAHOE COUNTY PUBLIC TRUSTEE

Lot 34, Block 1, and all improvements thereon, HeatherRidge South Subdivision Filing No. 8, Arapahoe County, Colorado, according to the amended Plat thereof recorded October 27, 1976 in Book 30 at Pages 29 and 30, Arapahoe County, Colorado, and Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions of Sausalito in HeatherRidge recorded November 15, 1976 in Book 2517 at Page 479, Arapahoe County, Colorado and amendments thereto.

Dated: October 13, 2020 By /s/ Amanda Ferguson Amanda Ferguson, #44893 Toni M. Owan, #30580 Heather Deere, #28597 This summons is issued pursuant to Rule 4, C.R.C.P., as amended.

Legal Notice No. 524183 First Publication: October 22, 2020 Last Publication: November 19, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice

COMBINED NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE This is to advise you that a Sheriff sale proceeding has been commenced through the office of the undersigned Sheriff pursuant to the Arapahoe County District Court’s Amended Order for Default Judgment and Decree of Foreclosure dated July 23, 2020, and C.R.S. § 38-38-101 et seq., by Brandon Park 2000 Owners Association, Inc., a Colorado non-profit corporation (“Association”), the current holder of a statutory and contractual lien. The judicial foreclosure is based on a default under the Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions of Brandon Park 2000 Owners Association, Inc., a Colorado non-profit corporation, recorded with the Arapahoe County Clerk and Recorder on December 19, 2000, at reception number B0163742 (“Declaration”). The Declaration, as recorded, establishes a lien for the benefit of Brandon Park 2000 Owners Association, Inc., a Colorado non-profit corporation, WHICH LIEN BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AND IMPROVEMENTS legally described as follows:

Description of property to be foreclosed:

Together with: (1) A nonexclusive right and easement of enjoyment in and to the Common Area in common with other owners of Dwelling Units of Sausalito in HeatherRidge;

(2) A nonexclusive easement in, on and through the Common Area for ingress and egress to and from the Lot described above.

Also known as: 2468 S. Victor Street, #D, Aurora, CO 80014.

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

THE LIEN BEING CLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

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

Unit No. 251, Building No.1039 in Brandon Park Condominiums Phase III-B, as defined in Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions recorded December 19, 2000 at Reception No. B0163742 and Annexation Covenants of Additional Land recorded March 1, 2006 at Reception No. B6026337 and described in Condominium Map recorded February 22, 2006 at Book 313 at Pages 34-41 at Reception No. B6022636.

County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado.

THEREFORE, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that I will, at 10 o’clock A.M., on November 19, 2020, on the front steps of the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office, located at 13101 E. Broncos Pkwy Centennial, CO 80112 sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property described above, and all interest of said Grantor and the heirs and assigns of said Grantor, for the purpose of paying the judgment amount entered herein, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

Also known by street number as: 1039 South Walden Way #251, AURORA, CO 80017.

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

The Sheriff’s sale has been scheduled to occur at 10:00 A.M., on the 3rd day of December, 2020, at the Sheriff’s Office Administration Building, located at 13101 East Broncos Parkway in Centennial, CO 80112; telephone number 720-874-3845. At the sale, the Sheriff will sell the above described real property and improvements thereon to the highest bidder. Plaintiff makes no warranty relating to title, possession, or quiet enjoyment in or to said real property in connection with this sale.

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

BIDDERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE CASH OR CERTIFIED FUNDS SUFFICIENT TO COVER THEIR HIGHEST BID AT THE TIME OF SALE. The name, address, and telephone number of the attorney representing the Plaintiff is: Travis B. Keenan, #41354, Vial Fotheringham LLP, 12600 W. Colfax Ave. Ste. C200, Lakewood, CO 80215; telephone: 720-943-8811.

DATED: September 1, 2020.

Tyler S. Brown Sheriff of Arapahoe County, Colorado By: Sgt. Trent Steffa Deputy Sheriff Legal Notice No.: 524097 First Publication: October 8, 2020 Last Publication: November 5, 2020 Published in: Littleton Independent 750 W. Hampden Ave., Suite 225 Englewood, CO 80110

Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, COLORADO Court Address: 7325 S. Potomac Street, Centennial, Colorado 80112 Case Number: 2020CV030850 Plaintiff: THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION OF SAUSALITO, a Colorado non-profit corporation,

DATED at Centennial, Colorado this 18th day of August, 2020.

Tyler S. Brown, Sheriff Arapahoe County, Colorado By: Sgt. Trent Steffa Deputy Sheriff Legal Notice No.: 524067 First Publication: September 24, 2020 Last Publication: October 22, 2020 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent 750 W. Hampden Ave., Suite 225 Englewood, Colorado, 80110 Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, STATE OF COLORADO Case No.: 2019CV032848 sion: 202

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COMBINED NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE

Plaintiff: MANCHESTER PARK TOWNHOUSE HOMEOWNERS ASSOC., INC., a Colorado nonprofit v.

Defendants: PHIL M. GARCIA; GUILD MORTGAGE COMPANY; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC.; THE OFFICE OF THE ARAPAHOE COUNTY PUBLIC TRUSTEE

Regarding: Lot 9, Block 1, Manchester Park Subdivision Filing No. 1, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado Also known and numbered as: 15451 E Wyoming Dr #A, Aurora CO 80017 TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS, Please take notice: You and each of you are hereby notified that a

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Public Notices Sheriff’s Sale of the referenced property is to be conducted by the Civil Unit of Sheriff’s Office of Arapahoe County, Colorado at 10:00 A.M., on the 17th day of December 2020, at 13101 E. Broncos Pkwy, Centennial, CO 80112, phone number (720) 874-3845. At which sale, the above described real property and improvements thereon will be sold to the highest bidder. Plaintiff makes no warranty relating to title, possession, or quiet enjoyment in and to said real property in connection with this sale. **BIDDERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE CASH OR CERTIFIED FUNDS SUFFICIENT TO COVER THEIR HIGHEST BID AT TIME OF SALE. ** PLEASE NOTE THAT THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. DATED in Colorado this 15th day of September, 2020.

Tyler S. Brown Arapahoe County Sheriff By: Deputy Robert Bottone Deputy Sheriff ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF: ORTEN CAVANAGH & HOLMES, LLC 1445 Market Street, Suite 350 Denver, CO 80202 Legal Notice No.: 524121 First Publication : October 22, 2020 Last Publication : November 19, 2020 Published In : Littleton Independent 750 W Hampden Ave, Suite 224 Englewood, CO 80110 Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO Court Address: 7325 S. Potomac St., Centennial, CO 80112 Case No.: 2020CV31123 Division: 402 Plaintiff: THE WINDSONG CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, INC., a Colorado nonprofit corporation v.

Defendants: MARILYN COHN; LANDAMERICA FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.; and SU RYDEN as the County of Arapahoe Public Trustee Attorneys for Plaintiff MOELLER GRAF, P.C. Bujar Ahmeti, #42373 K. Christian Webert, #43739 Joshua S. Myers, #53309 jmyers@moellergraf.com 385 Inverness Parkway, Suite 200 Englewood, Colorado 80112 Office: (720) 279-2568 FAX: (720) 279-2569 SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION

undersigned Sheriff pursuant to a Judgment and Decree of Foreclosure dated June 17, 2020, and C.R.S. §§ 38-38-101 to 401, by Plaintiff, the current holder of a lien recorded with the Arapahoe County Clerk and Recorder on 26 Apr 2019, at Reception No. D9037606. The judicial foreclosure is based on a default under the Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions of Pioneer Hills Owners Association Inc. recorded with the Arapahoe County Clerk and Recorder on October 11, 2006, at B6145436 (“Declaration”). The Declaration and notices as recorded, establish a lien for the benefit of Plaintiff against the property legally described as follows: Lot 38, Block 2, Pioneer Hills Subdivision Filing No. 10, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado Also known as: 14734 East Crestridge Dr., Centennial, CO 80015.

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

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

The Sheriff’s sale has been scheduled to occur at 10 o’clock a.m. on the 19th day of November, 2020, 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 THEIR HIGHEST BID AT TIME OF SALE. The name, address and telephone number of the attorney representing the legal owner of the above described lien is: Steven Navaro #26191, Navaro & Associates LLC, 94 Crown Point Pl., Castle Rock, CO 80108, (303) 793-0900.

Date: August 20, 2020 Tyler S. Brown, Arapahoe County Sheriff County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Sgt. Trent Steffa, Deputy Sheriff Legal Notice No.: 524078 First Publication: September 24, 2020 Last Publication: October 22, 2020 Published in: Littleton Independent 750 W Hampden Ave, Suite 225 Englewood, CO 80110

Misc. Private Legals

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

Public Notice

TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS: MARILYN COHN and LANDAMERICA FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.

I have been storing property for James Martinez.

This is an official notice that Mr. Martinez has 15 days to collect his abandoned property.

I have tried to find a physical address for Mr. Martinez. I have been unsuccessful. Mr. Martinez can contact me in regards to the property. Shirley Ballard 720-308-7854.

You are hereby summoned and required to appear and defend against the claims of the complaint filed with the court in this action, by filing with the clerk of the court an answer or other response. You are required to file your answer or other response within thirty-five (35) days after the service of this summons upon you. Service of this summons shall be complete on the date of the last publication. A copy of the complaint may be obtained from the clerk of the court.

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

This is an action for judicial foreclosure under C.R.C.P. Rule 105 and damages seeking to foreclose a statutory lien on the real property commonly known as 7474 East Arkansas Avenue, Unit 1003, Denver, Colorado 80231, and legally described as: CONDOMINIUM UNIT NO. 3, BUILDING 10, WINDSONG CONDOMINIUMS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND SUBJECT TO THE DECLARATION OF COVENANTS, CONDITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS OF THE WINDSONG CONDOMINIUMS RECORDED ON JULY 12, 1983 IN BOOK 3312 AT PAGE 441 AND ANY AND ALL AMENDMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTS THERETO, AND MAP RECORDED ON JULY 12, 1983 IN BOOK 65 AT PAGE 47, AND ANY AND ALL AMENDMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTS THERETO, IN THE RECORDS OF THE COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO, TOGETHER WITH THE RIGHT TO THE EXCLUSIVE USE OF PARKING SPACE NO. 215, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO Dated September 17, 2020 MOELLER GRAF, P.C. /s/ Joshua S. Myers, #53309 Legal Notice No. 524132 First Publication: September 24, 2020 Last Publication: October 22, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO Case Number: 2020CV30137 Plaintiff: PIONEER HILLS OWNERS ASSOCIATION INC., A NON PROFIT COLORADO CORPORATION v.

Defendant(s): DEBBIE PATRICIA ST. GERMAIN, CALATLANTIC MORTGAGE, INC., and CYNTHIA MARES as THE PUBLIC TRUSTEE of ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO COMBINED NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE This is to advise you that a Sheriff sale proceeding has been commenced through the office of the

Legal Notice No. 524176 First Publication: October 15, 2020 Last Publication: October 22, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice Cellco Partnership and its controlled affiliates doing business as Verizon Wireless (Verizon Wireless) proposes to build a 50-foot Stealth Structure Communications Tower at the approx. vicinity of 11004 E Yale, Aurora, Arapahoe County, CO 80014. Public comments regarding potential effects from this site on historic properties may be submitted within 30 days from the date of this publication to: Trileaf Corp, Alison, a.cusack@ trileaf.com, 1515 Des Peres Rd, Suite 200, St. Louis, MO 63131, 314-997-6111.

Legal Notice No. 524179 First Publication: October 22, 2020 Last Publication: October 22, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice COUNTY COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO Court Address: 1790 West Littleton Blvd.

Littleton, CO 80120 303/645-6600 Case No.:2014C048276 Div.:A2 Autovest, L.LC., Plaintiff Vs. LEONARDO STINNETT, Defendant REVIVER BY PUBLICATION NOTICE TO DEFENDANT/ JUDGMENT DEBTOR THIS MATTER coming on before the Court upon the motion of the Plaintiff styled “Motion for Revivor of Judgment,” and the Court having read said motion and now being duly apprised in the premises, NOW THEREFORE IT IS HEREBY ORDERED the Clerk of this Court shall, and is ordered and directed to, issue to Defendant, LEONARDO STINNETT, the “Notice to Show Cause Pursuant to CRCP 354(h)” requiring said Defendant to show cause within 14 (fourteen) days from the service of such Notice, pursuant to CRCP 354(h), if any he/she has, why the Judgment heretofore entered in this matter on December 8, 2014 shall not be revived with like force and effect.

WHEREAS, Plaintiff has moved this Court pursuant to CRCP 354(h) to revive the Judgment entered in the instant matter on, December 8, 2014 NOW THEREFORE IT IS ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED, that Plaintiff, Autovest, L.L.C. , shall have and take of defendant, LEONARDO STINNETT Judgment in the instant matter on this date with like force and effect as on the date the Judgment was entered

heretofore on December 8, 2014.

8, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Defendant(s) shall show cause within fourteen (14) days from the service of this “Notice to Show Cause Pursuant to CRCP 354(h)”, if any the Defendant has, why the Judgment heretofore entered should not be revived with like force and effect.

Thomas M. Morgan Personal Representative c/o Stephen M. Thompson, Esq. 7061 CR 110 Salida, Colorado 81201

Attorney for Plaintiff

Legal Notice No: 524101 First Publication: October 8, 2020 Last Publication: October 22, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Legal Notice No. 524139 First Publication: October 1, 2020 Last Publication: October 29, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Notice to Creditors Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Martha L. Griffith, also known as Martha Lee Griffith, and Martha Griffith, Deceased Case Number: 2020PR30990 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 February 8, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

David H. Griffith Personal Representative 466 Portland Avenue Saint Paul, Minnesota 55102 Legal Notice No. 524120 First Publication: October 8, 2020 Last Publication: October 22, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Carol A. Andersen, a/k/a Carol Ann Andersen, Deceased Case Number: 2020PR31039 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 February 22, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Jossline Roland, aka Jossline Sami Roland, aka Jossline Boumadi Roland, aka Jossline Sami Overking, aka Jossline Overking and Jossline Sami Boumadi, Deceased Case Number: 20 PR 30883 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 February 8, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Sammy J. Boumadi-Heckerman Personal Representative c/o Gubbels Law Office, P.C. 402 Wilcox Street, Suite 100 Castle Rock, Colorado 80104-2429 Legal Notice No. 524112 First Publication: October 8, 2020 Last Publication: October 22, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Ralph A. Cantafio, Esq. Person Giving Notice 1875 Lawrence St. Ste 730 Denver, CO 802020 Legal Notice No. 524168 First Publication: October 15, 2020 Last Publication: October 29, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of JONATHAN W. MELTON, aka JONATHAN MELTON, aka JONATHAN WILLIAM MELTON, aka JOHNATHON W. MELTON, aka JON MELTON, aka MOHNATHON MELTON, Deceased Case No.: 20PR329

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the (District Court of the County of Arapahoe, Colorado) on or before February 15, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred. /s/ original signature on file Gail McKinley Melton, Personal Representative 17631 East Eastman Place Aurora, CO 80017 Legal Notice No. 524172 First Publication: October 15, 2020 Last Publication: October 29, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Janet A. Wersch, aka Janet Anne Wersch, aka Janet Wersch, Deceased Case Number: 2020PR31051

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Steven J. Burdin, Deceased Case Number: 2020PR30929

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 February 22, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Scott H. Andersen, Personal Representative c/o Keith L. Davis, Esq. Davis Schilken, PC 7887 E. Belleview Ave., Suite 820 Denver, CO 80111

Ronald E. Bumann aka Ronald Edward Bumann, Personal Representative c/o Katz, Look & Onorato, P.C. 1120 Lincoln Street, Suite 1100 Denver, CO 80203

Legal Notice No. 524187 First Publication: October 22, 2020 Last Publication: November 5, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Legal Notice No. 524191 First Publication: October 22, 2020 Last Publication: November 5, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent

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 February 15, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Brian Lee Burdin, Personal Representative 81 W. Topaz Ave. P.O. Box 1272 Granby, CO 80446 Legal Notice No. 524174 First Publication: October 15, 2020 Last Publication: October 29, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Name Changes

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Linda J. Schell, also known as Linda June SchelI, and Linda Schell, Deceased Case Number 20PR30980

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Lembric Rawls, Deceased Case Number: 20 PR 30913

Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

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 February 8, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Wayne V. Schell, Jr. Personal Representative P.O. Box 102783 Denver, Colorado 80250 Legal Notice No. 524099 First Publication: October 8, 2020 Last Publication: October 22, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Christian Kent Macauley, a/k/a Christian K. Macaulay, a/k/a Christian Macauley, Deceased Case Number 2020PR30963 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 February 8, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Molly T. Zwerdlinger, Esq. Attorney for Personal Representative 1901 W. Littleton Blvd.

Littleton, CO 80120 Legal Notice No. 524123 First Publication: October 8, 2020 Last Publication: October 22, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of JENNIFER GRAY, (a.k.a. JENNIFER ANN GRAY), Deceased Case Number: 20PR30885 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 February 8, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Larry T. Berryman, Personal Representative 14803 East Evans Avenue Aurora, CO 80014 Legal Notice No. 524098 First Publication: October 8, 2020 Last Publication: October 22, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Madge Berkey Morgan, aka Madge Morgan, Deceased Case Number: 2020 PR 30965 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 February

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 February 8, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Marian P. Rawls, Personal Representative c/o Patrick A. Schilken, P.C 7936 E. Arapahoe Court, No. 2800 Centennial, Colorado 80130 Legal Notice No. 524103 First Publication: October 8, 2020 Last Publication: October 22, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Public notice is given on October 13, 2020, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

The petition requests that the name of Zewdenesh Gebremariam Teka be changed to Lelena Teka Case No.: 2020 C 100228 By: Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No. 524188 First Publication: October 22, 2020 Last Publication: November 5, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Garold L. Fox, a/k/a Garold Lavere Fox, and Garold Fox, Deceased Case Number: 2020PR30736

Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to District Court of Arapahoe, County, Colorado on or before February 8, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Carol J. Fox, Personal Representative 7966 Gaylord Way Centennial, Colorado 80122 Legal Notice No. 524119 First Publication: October 8, 2020 Last Publication: October 22, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent

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

The petition requests that the name of Lucero Martinez be changed to Luz Maria Martinez-Rodriguez Case No.: 20 C 100436 By: KLS Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No. 524102 First Publication: October 8, 2020 Last Publication: October 22, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE

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Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Sunny Marie Pauletich, Deceased Case Number: 2020 PR 30949

Public notice is given on September 22, 2020, that a Petition for a Change of Name of a minor child has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

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 February 15, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Tamara Dawn Pauletich Personal Representative 13792 E. Lehigh Avenue, Apt. A Aurora, Colorado 80014 Legal Notice No. 524104 First Publication: October 8, 2020 Last Publication: October 22, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Shelby S. Dark Jr, aka Shelby Dark Jr, Deceased Case Number: 2020PR030731 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado or on or before February 19, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

The petition requests that the name of Ezekiel Martin Davie be changed to Ezekiel Nabi Legacy Case No.: 20 C 100374 By: KLS Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No. 524109 First Publication: October 8, 2020 Last Publication: October 22, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

Public notice is given on September 23, 2020, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

The petition requests that the name of Danielle Joy Hickson be changed to Danielle Joy Evergreen Case No.: 20 C 100402 By: Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No. 524100 First Publication: October 8, 2020

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Creek, Vista set pace at state cross country Powerhouse teams from last year come back with strong performances

BY JIM BENTON JBENTON@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

It was a banner day for Cherry Creek on Oct. 17 at the state cross country championships but Mountain Vista also proved it is still a team to be watched.

Bruins senior Parker Wolfe won the Class 5A state title with a course record time of 15:10.4 at the Norris Penrose Events Center in Colorado Springs. Wolfe bettered the record of 15:12 set by Valor Christian’s Cole Sprout last season.

Creek junior Riley Stewart captured the 5A girls individual title with a winning time of 17:33.8. Cherry Creek’s girls team, second for the past two season, won the team crown and Mountain Vista’s boys team, second in 2019, won its sixth overall state championship.

“It was a pretty good day for us,” said Cherry Creek coach Ethan Dusto. “We’ve been working hard since March.

The boys really put in together and the five of these girls were second last year and they really wanted it.

“Parker and Riley had targets on their back all year. It kept them motivated. I know with Parker it was about being able to set the record here.

He knew what he wanted and went after it. It’s so difficult when you have had some success and the pressure to repeat keeps coming up. I was impressed they were able to handle it and did a great job.”

Cherry Creek junior Riley Stewart nears the finish line of the 5A girls race at the Oct. 17 state cross country championships.

Stewart was the individual state champion with a winning time of 17:33.8 and also helped the Bruins win the team title.

Wolfe had COVID-19 in July before the start of the season but was healthy enough to run in the Heritage Distance Classic (formerly the Liberty Bell) on Sept. 13 and beat the previous record set by Sprout with a nation’s best time of 14:30.

He and Sprout trained together last summer “I’ve been back to the doctor a couple times,” said Wolfe.

“I’m pretty much back to normal and healthy again.

I didn’t know how it would affect my lungs and all that.

Coming into the season my goal was to get to the Liberty Bell, get that time and make sure my lungs were still there and that happened. I’m pretty happy to set the (state) course record. I never thought I would be here. My freshman year I was a 4-foot-10 and a 95-pound scrawny kid.”

Stewart’s race was like the one run by Wolfe. Both Creek

Cherry Creek’s Parker Wolfe, center, was the winner of the Class 5A state title on Oct. 17 at the state cross country championships with a course-record time of 15:10.4.

PHOTOS BY JIM BENTON runners put plenty of distance between them and the rest of the competitors.

“It’s just amazing to get the team and individual titles,” said Stewart. “This was the best day ever. For Parker to come out on top, he’s been working so hard for it and we have all been working hard. I was just trying to go hard the whole race and I wasn’t really focusing on what was going on behind. I was just looking at myself.”

The other scoring runners besides Stewart for the Cherry Creek girls team were

Shelby Balding, Addison Price, Addison Laughlin and Claire Semerod as the Bruins finished with 42 points.

Defending state champion Arapahoe was second behind Creek with 82 points.

Valor Christian was third (90), Mountain Vista fourth (103) and Cherokee Trail fifth (130).

In 5A girls individual race, Cameron McConnell of Cherokee Trail was second behind Stewart with a time of 18:00.50. Ava Mitchell of Arapahoe ran fourth (18:13.20), Balding was fifth (18:20.60), Taylor Whitfield

of Valor Christian sixth (18:20.70), Valor’s Brooke Wilson seventh (18:28.10) and Emily Lamontogne of Arapahoe eighth (18:34.30).

Mountain Vista’s boys team had 80 points to outdistance second place Chaparral (124) in the 5A boys team race.

Valor Christian was fourth (147), Rock Canyon seventh (195) and Creek tenth (221).

Ty Garrett of Valor Christian was eighth in the individual standings with a time of 16:06.30 and Jayden Nats was Mountain Vista’s top runner in 10th place (16:14.00).

Public Notices Last Publication: October 22, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent

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

The petition requests that the name of Bilad Mohamed Omer be changed to Istahil Hussein Omer Case No.: 20 C 100440 By: KLS, Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No. 524166 First Publication: October 15, 2020 Last Publication: October 29, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on September 28, 2020, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

The petition requests that the name of Taylor Jenea Wright be changed to Taylor Jenea Trujillo

Case No.: 20 C 100437 By: Kathleen Jaushi Judge / Magistrate

Public notice is given on September 22, 2020, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

Legal Notice No. 524167 First Publication: October 15, 2020 Last Publication: October 29, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent

The petition requests that the name of Ellis Dominique Davie be changed to Elazar Axios Eternal Legacy Case No.: 20 C 100370

PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on October 10, 2020, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

The petition requests that the name of Evan Robert Foster be changed to Evan Michael Frisoni Case No.: 2020 C 100446 By: Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No. 524180 First Publication: October 22, 2020 Last Publication: November 5, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent

PUBLIC NOTICE AMENDMENT Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

By: KLS Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No. 524106 First Publication: October 8, 2020 Last Publication: October 22, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on September 21, 2020, 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 Uzziah Uel Davie be changed to Uzziah Uel Legacy Case No.: 20 C 100376 By: KLS Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No. 524108 First Publication: October 8, 2020

Last Publication: October 22, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on September 22, 2020, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

The petition requests that the name of Paula Yvette Davie be changed to Zeniah Lee’Jean Legacy Case No.: 20 C 100372 By: KLS Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No. 524107 First Publication: October 8, 2020 Last Publication: October 22, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on October 14th, 2020, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult as been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

The petition requests that the name of Kedir Kimo be changed to Taha Amano Manza Case No.: 20 C 100450

By: KLS Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No. 524194 First Publication: October 22, 2020 Last Publication: November 5, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent

PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

Public notice is given on September 15, 2020, 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 Randall Scott Smith be changed to Rand Ningali Case No.: 2020 C 100379 By: Kim Boswell Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No. 524210 First Publication: October 22, 2020 Last Publication: November 5, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent

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