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COVID-19 testing: Important, say officials, but is it free?

VOLUME 75 | ISSUE 43

VISION FOR THE WALLS

Some health plans have refused to pay costs, lawmakers say

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

More than half a year after COVID-19 emerged as a major threat to Coloradans, a big question remains surrounding a key element in the war against the disease: testing, and whether it should be free for everyone.

Widespread confusion over whether getting tested for the virus is free has continued months after Congress appeared to put the question to bed with two laws in March, and questions have still lingered this summer as to when the public may be hit with unexpected costs.

Some health insurance offered by Americans’ employers — known as self-funded or self-insured health plans — have refused to pay for COVID-19 tests at all or have required that consumers pay some costs, according to a letter from congressional Democrats to federal officials in July.

That’s despite the fact that federal guidance issued in late June appeared to affirm that insurers refusing to pay for tests for those with COVID-19 symptoms, or who had recent exposure to COVID-19, is unlawful. Self-insured plans must cover services related to testing, according to the June 23 guidance by the federal Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and the Treasury.

But that guidance served up another complication: A rule that COVID-19 testing for employment purposes — such as when a workplace requires tests before employees return to work — are not required to be covered. Neither is testing under proactive public health efforts to better understand how the coronavirus is spreading.

Colorado officials have, at times, been quick SEE TESTING, P4

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Northglenn wants more time to consider police reform City Council listens to reform options, can’t agree on path forward

BY SCOTT TAYLOR STAYLOR@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Reforming the city’s Police Department is not something Northglenn’s leaders want to rush into, they said during a special meeting Aug. 12.

“It’s hard to move forward with something we don’t understand,” Mayor Meredith Leighty said. “It’s hard to make a decision about a board without understanding all the components within it. I don’t think I heard ‘No, never...’ in the discussion. There was a lot of maybe and ‘Let’s get more information before we move forward.’”

Councilors continued discussing their next steps after reviewing a report on the department released last month. The report, put together by national auditing consultants BerryDunn, suggests creating an oversight group to monitor diversity in the department, review department policies, procedures, hiring and officer retention and to keep watch on professional standards and internal affairs.

With no decision Aug. 12, councilors said they expect the matter to come up again during their September budget discussions.

City Manager Heather Geyer pushed councilors to stand behind a model for the oversight group — hiring an auditor to monitor police actions, creating a team of investigators to monitor the department, creating a board to review police decisions after the SEE POLICE, P6

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Governor announces new, faster COVID testing sites Water World, Aurora Sports Complex new locations for free testing

BY SCOTT TAYLOR STAYLOR@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Governor Jared Polis said the state is opening a new front on the battle against COVID-19 Monday with two new drive-up testing sites in Aurora and Federal Heights.

On hand at Hyland Hills Water World to open the testing site there, Polis said fast testing will be the key to stopping the pandemic virus’ spread and returning Colorado to normal.

“We know that our success against this virus relies on information,” Polis said. “This is a war and intelligence is critical, knowing where the enemy is and if you are in danger. The sooner you know that, the quicker you can act to get treatment and to alert those around you that might have been exposed.”

The tests will be available at the Aurora Sports Complex, 19300 E. Colfax, and Hyland Hills Water World, 8801 N. Pecos St. Polis said another testing site would be announced later this week.

Adams County sponsors two other testing sites, at Westminster’s MAC Recreation Center, 3295 W. 72nd Ave. and the former Adams County Human Services Building at 7190 Colorado Blvd., Commerce City. Testing at the MAC is available on Thursdays from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. through Aug. 27.

Testing at the former human services

Flanked by Adams County Commissioners and other county officials Aug. 10 in the parking lot of the shuttered Hyland Hills Water World, Governor Jared Polis announced two new free fast-track COVID-19 testing sites.

PHOTOS BY SCOTT TAYLOR building is available Fridays from 2-7 p.m through Aug. 28.

People that want to be tested should register at the testing website. A link to that registration page is located on Adams County’s website, adamscountycovid19.org/free-covid-19-testingsite-water-world. To register for the Aurora site, visit the Tri-County Health Department website www. tchd.org/AuroraTesting.

Both sites will operate daily from 8 a.m. - 4 p.m., through September, with the possibility of an extension based on community needs. Up to 2,500 tests will be administered at both sites each day, and there is no cost to get tested.

Visitors do not need an identification card, a social security number or insurance to get a test.

Nine testing lanes are set up in the

Water World parking lot to accommodate the expected number of people.

The tests will be administered by MAKO Medical and results will be available in two to four days.

Polis said the new sites grew out of frustration with delays getting results from other testing sites.

“Much of the testing being done by the national labs was simply taking too long for Colorado residents, too long for our public health needs,” Polis said. “People were not hearing back for nine, ten days. I even heard one person had to wait for 12 days. So we wanted to do something to fix it.”

The new tests should return results within four days, and Polis said he hopes they can do them even faster.

“It is incredibly important that if we are going to defeat this virus, we

Governor Jared Polis makes a point Aug. 10 while Adams County Commissioner Eva Henry looks on. Polis opened two new free fast-track COVID-19 testing sites Aug. 10, one at the Aurora Sports Complex and a second at Water World in Federal Heights. need to find out where it is and act quickly, rather than letting it creep up on us in stealth mode,” he said.

Adams County Commission Chair Emma Pinter said the county learned about the possibility of having a major testing site in Adams County on July 29.

“In just 10 days, the Adams County team pulled together a cross-departmental working group to make sure we had this facility up and running and that we have everything and all the materials ready to go,” Pinter said.

The site will also cater to non-English speakers, with testing instructions in English, Spanish, Hmong and Farsi.

“The virus does not care what language you speak,” Polis said.

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TESTING FROM PAGE 1

to paint the cost of testing as simple.

“Testing is free,” a March 10 state news release said.

“Whether you have Medicaid or Medicare or private insurance or no health care insurance, cost is not a barrier — there is no copay, there is no out-ofpocket for testing,” Gov. Jared Polis said at a May 18 news conference.

The reality is more nuanced, although many insured Coloradans — if not the vast majority — should be able to undergo testing without costs if they have symptoms or if they believe they have been exposed to COVID-19. Uninsured Coloradans can also access free testing depending on where they seek the service.

On Aug. 11, Polis announced the opening of two new drive-up sites for free public testing at the Aurora Sports Complex and at Hyland Hills Water World in Federal Heights, joining the existing site at Pepsi Center. At press time yet another site was expected to be announced south of Denver.

In making the announcement, the governor said fast testing will be the key to stopping the virus’ spread and returning Colorado to normal. “We know that our success against this virus relies on information,” Polis said. “This is a war and intelligence is critical, knowing where the enemy is and if you are in danger.”

Employer-based plans in spotlight In their July 7 letter, congressional Democrats cited a report by Kaiser Health News, a nonprofit news outlet that covers national health policy.

Many Americans are covered by self-funded plans, where an employer’s money pays the claims, KHN reported.

It may not be clear to employees that they are in such a plan, the outlet added.

Many of the companies with those plans have operated as if they’re exempt from the federal rules, the outlet reported May 22.

The U.S. Labor Department, which regulates self-funded health plans, could not immediately be reached for comment on whether self-funded plans are widely refusing to pay for COVID-19 tests or requiring consumers to bear part of the cost in Colorado and other states.

The Colorado Division of Insurance didn’t have information on that question because of its lack of authority over self-funded plans, Vincent Plymell, the division’s assistant commissioner, told Colorado Community Media.

“Knowing the varied nature of employers (and) self-funded plans, it is likely that their approach to these situations is also varied,” Plymell said.

Under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act — passed by Congress in mid-March and amended by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act — health care coverage must generally provide COVID-19 testing and the health care office visits that ultimately result in a test, without any cost-sharing. That’s a term that means the costs consumers pay out of their own pockets, including deductibles, copayments and coinsurance.

The federal June 23 guidance says both insured and self-insured group health plans are required to comply with those requirements.

Testing for workplaces, pandemic data That federal guidance says the requirements don’t apply for testing for employment purposes or testing as part of certain public health data-gathering about the pandemic.

“Clinical decisions about testing are made by the individual’s attending health-care provider and may include

A Covid-19 test is administered by a Thornton Fire Department paramedic behind the city’s infrastructure and maintenance center on July 17. testing of individuals with signs or symptoms compatible with COVID-19, as well as (individuals without symptoms) with known or suspected recent exposure” to the coronavirus, the federal guidance says.

It adds: “Testing conducted to screen for general workplace health and safety, such as employee ‘return to work’ programs,” or for public health surveillance for the coronavirus, “is beyond the scope” of the law.

Congressional Democrats — Reps.

Frank Pallone Jr. of New Jersey, Robert Scott of Virginia and Richard Neal of Massachusetts, and Sens. Patty Murray of Washington and Ron Wyden of Oregon — took issue with that interpretation.

“We find the administration’s revised guidance deeply concerning as it appears to be a change that is without basis in the plain language of the statute,” the lawmakers wrote in the July 7 letter.

They added: “Widespread testing must be in place to detect and stop the spread of COVID-19, and ensuring safety in the workplace is critical.”

As of Aug. 6, the Colorado Division of Insurance didn’t know if some private insurers stopped fully covering all consumer costs for testing required by a workplace or for public health surveillance purposes, Plymell said.

The rub over public health datagathering may be moot in Colorado, according to the state public-health department.

“We do several different types of surveillance testing to understand the burden of disease in Colorado — none of those samples are billed to private insurance,” the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment said in a statement. “The costs of analysis are captured by public health funding for public health surveillance programs. For example, we take a systematic sample of specimens that test negative for influenza and test them for COVID at the state lab.”

When testing is covered The Colorado Division of Insurance estimates that one-third of Coloradans’ health insurance plans are ones the division regulates; one-third are self-funded plans that the division doesn’t regulate; and one-third are public plans, such as Medicaid, Medicare and those of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, according to Plymell.

People with any kind of private health insurance should have free access to the COVID-19 test — along with health care provider visits associated with getting the test — with no co-pays, deductibles or co-insurance charged, according to the state insurance division.

Under the division’s emergency regulation, that’s true not only if a doctor recommends a test but also if a person feels they have symptoms and they need to get tested, Plymell said.

And if a person is asymptomatic but

Area residents receive COVID-19 tests at one of the state’s two new fast-track testing sites at Water World in Federal Heights on August 14. The tests, performed by Mako Medical for the state and for Adams County, are free of charge.

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For private insurance regulated by the state of Colorado, insurance companies are required to cover costs for visits to an in-network provider office, an in-network urgent care center, an emergency room and non-traditional care settings where licensed health care providers are administering the COVID-19 testing.

Insurance companies must also cover out-of-network providers if an in-network provider is not available, said Vincent Plymell, assistant commissioner for the Colorado Division of Insurance.

“But keep in mind that facilities are not required to accept insurance, so smaller clinics and pop-up testing sites may very well not accept insurance and require cash payment. In these cases, a person will need to submit a claim to their insurance company for reimbursement — normally something that

is told by their health care provider that it is medically appropriate to be tested anyway, the test and visit should be covered with no cost-sharing.

“Being exposed to COVID-19 or believing one had been exposed would be the likely scenario why a provider would deem a test medically appropriate if the person was asymptomatic,” Plymell said. Other reasons would likely be on a case-by-case basis.

But Coloradans likely wouldn’t be covered without cost-sharing “if someone is asymptomatic and they think it would just be a good idea to get a test,” Plymell said.

Coloradans should check with their health care provider to be sure of costs.

Medicare, Medicaid, VA For Coloradans with Medicare, all of the costs are covered if a doctor orders a COVID-19 test, according to the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

Under Colorado’s Medicaid program — Health First Colorado — and the Child Health Plan Plus (CHP+), all the costs of testing and the doctors’ visits associated with getting tested are covered, according to the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing.

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the doctor’s office or hospital does,” Plymell said.

If Coloradans run into problems — doctors or facilities not covering testing without out-of-pocket costs — they should contact their insurance company and the Colorado Division of Insurance, Plymell said.

The public can call 303-894-7499 or 1-800-930-3745.

For questions from Medicaid or Medicare members, the Colorado Health Care Policy Department may have answers at 303-866-2993.

Coloradans can find a list of locations and contact information for where to get tested at the bottom of the page at tinyurl.com/TestingLocationList, at the “find a community testing site” link.

Coloradans should contact the individual locations for information about any insurance requirements or eligibility.

members must be ordered by the member’s doctor or other health care provider, said Marc Williams, spokesman for the department.

“Medicaid will cover the test at 100% provided the patient is enrolled in Medicaid and the provider is also a Medicaid-enrolled provider,” Williams said.

Medicaid members can locate enrolled providers through the “find a provider” page at healthfirstcolorado.com/finddoctors, according to Williams.

The Veterans Affairs website says testing is based on many factors, including the severity of symptoms, other existing illnesses or conditions, possible exposure and other criteria. VA health facilities have been testing veterans who meet the testing criteria provided by the federal Centers for Disease Control, the site says. There’s no charge for testing, according to the VA. For the uninsured A government program to reimburse health care providers and facilities for testing and treatment of COVID-19 for uninsured individuals provides funds to eligible providers, said Scott Kodish, a spokesman for the federal Health Resources and Services Administration.

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imbursement and will be reimbursed generally at Medicare rates, subject to available funding, Kodish has said.

For those served by those providers, there are no charges to uninsured patients.

An online CDC page lists health care providers who have agreed to the terms of the program and received reimbursement for COVID-19 testing of uninsured individuals: tinyurl.com/LocationsForUninsured.

Uninsured Coloradans should contact the state Health Care Policy Department at 303-866-2993 to ask about options. To apply for Medicaid and Child Health Plan Plus, visit coloradopeak.secure.force.com.

Local testing sites Some of Colorado’s dozens of local testing sites did not list a recommendation for a doctor’s note for testing in May. Coloradans should contact the state public-health department or the sites themselves for questions about insurance and other requirements they may have for getting tested.

Find the list of locations and contact information at the bottom of the page at tinyurl.com/TestingLocationList at the “find a community testing site” link.

After months of limits on who has priority for testing, the state announced in May that test capacity had grown to include members of the general public with symptoms.

Asymptomatic Coloradans could also be tested at some locations, according to testing sites’ information at the time.

Adams County Commission Chair Emma Pinter prepares to be tested for COVID-19 Aug. 10 at the new Mako Medical testing station at Water World. Pinter and the other county commissioners were tested along with Gov. Jared Polis at the opening of the testing site.

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Westminster to take more POLICE time with 2021 budget FROM PAGE 1

Council sites COVID impacts in decision to delay spending plan vote to November

BY SCOTT TAYLOR STAYLOR@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Westminster will tack on another five weeks to review and approve a spending plan for 2021, councilors agreed August 3.

“We are in extraordinary times, and there is a reason we have made an emergency declaration,” City Councilor Anita Seitz said.

Councilors normally vote on the final budget in October, timing mandated by the City Charter. Chief Financial Officer Larry Dorr said pushing the final budget vote back to Nov. 30 would give the city more time to review it’s finances and still meet state guidelines.

“It would give us an entire additional month to evaluate and understand potential outcomes from state and federal legislation,” Dorr said.

Westminster’s charter requires the council to adopt the budget by the second Monday in October — Oct. 12 in 2020. City Attorney Dave Frankel said the city’s declaration of an emergency does give councilors some leeway, however.

COVID-19, the quarantines and closing have impacted the city

enough to warrant taking more time to craft 2021’s spending plan, Dorr said.

“It has become evident that new and different information is developing quickly as cases change and economic circumstances evolve,” Dorr said. “Because the city is in a state of emergency, the council has the opportunity to consider an extension of the budget deadline by as much as five weeks.”

The impact of COVID and months of closed businesses and quarantine is still being mapped out. A delay would push back “This would allow for more council review and analysis of all the different inputs and would allow for more time to evaluate new federal stimulus,” Dorr said. “This would allow for more time for the city to respond and adjust to change in state polices and orders.”

Overall, the city’s budget is roughly $270 million per year for all the city’s funds — the general fund from sales tax, utilities from rates and fees and capital spending as well. The city’s draft budget is usually made public late in August.

Nationally, the country’s gross domestic product shrank by a third in 2020 and it will take time to see how that effects local Westminster businesses and consumers, Dorr said.

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“In the conversations we’ve had up to this point, I don’t have clear direction from council on this,” Geyer said. “So that’s something I’m hopeful, that council provides clarity to me on how we want to move forward.”

Police reform Councilors heard a report on the police department July 22 from Mitch Weinzetl, senior consultant with BerryDunn. Among recommending some sort of police oversight, the report said the department needs to shift the patrol districts and add seven positions.

Councilors called for the report late in December 2019 after the City agreed to a $8.75 million settlement stemming from a 2017 shooting that killed one a man and left a woman injured. The pair were accused of stealing a car.

It was the largest use of force settlement in Colorado’s history.

The city hired consultants BerryDunn to review the department’s operations and write the report in the wake of that settlement. The 391page document is available in PDF format on www.northglenn.org, the City’s website. A shorter executive summary of the report — containing all of the report’s findings without the supporting data — is posted there, too.

Co-Production The report notes that Northglenn’s police administration are already backers of community policing, a philosophy that tries to build ties between the police and the people.

A major recommendation of the report, beyond adding new officers and reorganizing police beats, was to go beyond community policing to create a Community Co-Production Policing board. That would be a group of city officials and Northglenn residents that could review department policies and procedures, recruiting and hiring new officers, keeping current staff, and reviewing staff training, professional standards and internal affairs.

At the Aug. 12 meeting, City Attorney Corey Hoffmann presented three methods of overseeing the police — each with benefits, costs and drawbacks .

“While this is the data that was gathered, I’d look at all of these as a menu where you can choose one option, option one, two or three or a hybrid model that picks and chooses from the first three and deciding what works best for Northglenn in a collaborative methodology.,” Hoffman said .

Monitor model First was hiring a group of monitors or auditors to review police actions and decisions. This would create a professional staff to monitor the police, investigate how they handle complaints and create reports for the community.

“It is typically a department or a group of full-time professionals,” Hoffman said. “Their job is to conduct large-scale investigations and so there are costs associated with that.”

Denver Police uses this model, Hoffman said, relying on six attorneys who act as monitors. Boulder Police use something similar, with one monitor.

“There is almost always a public

reporting component, reporting not only on the results of the investigation, but reporting on recommendations for police department policies,” Hoffman said. “It is very much an independent arm, very different from the police department and intended it be wholly independent.”

Hoffman said that manner of police oversight is good for identifying bias, finding gaps in training and acting as a bridge between the police and the community.

“While that is a strength, it can also be a weakness. It’s a bridge as opposed to direct. It’s an intermediary between the police and community. It can be construed as a barrier between the police and the community.”

Investigative model The second option Hoffmann outlined is the investigative model, a group of full-time, professionallytrained civilians lead investigations of the department, acting as an adjunct to the department’s internal affairs staff and sometimes replacing it entirely.

“It is a group that conducts their own investigations, gather their own evidence and make recommendations and findings independent of the police department,” Hoffmann said.

It would require hiring professional investigators, former public defender investigators or state or federal investigators to submit findings and recommended actions directly to the chief of police.

It’s a model used in Oakland, Ca. “The impetus, typically, of an investigative model is a loss of confidence in the ability of the police to investigate itself,” Hoffmann said.

Review model The third option is creating a board to review actions after the fact, including internal affair actions.

“In some cases it can be an entity that hears appeals of determinations of some things within the department,” Hoffmann said.

Depending on how the board is created, the chief of police could take the board’s recommendations as suggestions or the board could override the chief.

Denver uses a review board to review the work of of the independent monitors as well as the police, Hoffmann said.

“In many respects, it is looked at as a mechanism to increase transparency,” Hoffmann said. “More often than not, it is looking at completed investigations as opposed to doing the investigation itself. They are typically made up of volunteers, so this is one of the less expensive models.

You are not creating a new department but instead is in the form of a volunteer board.”

Finally, Hoffmann said Northglenn can create a unique program just for Northglenn that chooses elements from the other models.

Councilors listened but could not agree on a single way forward.

“Maybe the first step for us is to create some kind of community involvement board, or whatever we are going to call it,” Councilor Katherine Goff said. “If we can agree that we would like to involve the community in working with the police to address some of these problems, I think it is important to move forward.”

Councilor Becky Brown disagreed.

“I know there is a rush from some to get it going faster,” Brown said. “I think it’s important for us to be clear, concise and not do double work. If we are going to go with a model, we need to sit down and come up with it before we create a board.”

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15,000th Arvada milk bank donor on a journey to save her daughters

BY CASEY VAN DIVIER CVANDIVIER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

After 36 years, the Mothers’ Milk Bank, an Arvada-based nonprofit program of the Rocky Mountain Children’s Health Foundation that provides breast milk to premature and sick babies, received support from its 15,000th donor this summer.

The donation came from Wheat Ridge mother Kylie Harrison, who had her third daughter, Kieran, on June 5.

A director of Jefferson County Women, Infants and Children (WIC), a registered dietitian and a certified lactation consultant, Harrison understands the importance of the help MMB provides and how meaningful it can be for families. She had already been planning to donate to the milk bank since several months before Kieran’s birth; however, devastating news about two of her children’s health — and an ongoing battle to save her children’s lives — has made her view her experience as a donor in a whole new light.

Before Kieran was born, Harrison and her husband, Kyle, began to seek answers regarding unusual symptoms that their two older daughters — Kinley, 7 and Kennedy, 4 — had both been experiencing.

Harrison said she and her husband had no concrete expectations for the explanation they might receive. But the

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Wheat Ridge couple Kylie and Kyle Harrison pictured with daughters Kinley, Kennedy and Kieran.

COURTESY PHOTO day they brought Kieran home from the hospital, they received Kinley and Kennedy’s diagnosis — “and never did we think it was this,” she said.

Both daughters have GM1 Gangliosidosis, a rare inherited disorder that destroys cells in the brain and spinal cord. Because of the disease, both girls have already begun to experience some symptoms of developmental stunting or regression. The disease is expected to have a fatal outcome for both daughters in mid-childhood or early adulthood.

“We realized we absolutely had to do something to at least try to get them some sort of medical care,” Harrison said.

Though there is no known cure for GM1, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and its partners are running clinical trials that could result in a successful outcome.

It’s been with the community’s support that the fam-

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ily has started their journey toward possible recovery through these trials. As of Aug. 12, through a GoFundMe page called Cure Kinley & Kennedy, the family had already raised more than $235,000 of its $2 million goal to fund research on GM1.

The $2 million is an estimate of what it would theoretically cost for both girls to go through the clinical trial, Harrison said.

“The money would go to funding research for all of the GM1 kiddos out there. Every single day matters for these kids. We’ve been pushing for the research to be advanced,” she said. “The donations have been unbelievable. We feel blessed.”

Because of limited space in the 2020 trial, only Kinley will be part of the trial this year, leaving for the NIH in September; Kennedy will hopefully begin receiving treatment September 2021, Kylie said.

That said, because of the nature of the treatment, nothing is certain. The treatment relies on candidates having never built up antibodies to a specific virus used in the trial, meaning the family must avoid exposure to this virus in any way it can — similarly to the way it has been avoiding exposure to COVID-19.

“That’s been hard. We were like a lot of the families that started to kind of loosen up a little bit” as guidelines related to the pandemic have changed, Harrison said. “We were doing things in the community that we thought were safe.

Now, we don’t want anything to ruin her chances, so we’ve basically gone back into strict lockdown.”

Amid the turmoil of navigating these adjustments she’s made to protect her two older daughters, Harrison has remained committed — perhaps even more than before — to donating to the MMB. “I wholeheartedly know what it’s like now to have your babies not be OK,” Harrison said. “It’s scary and you just want to do anything you can do to help them. If for another family, that’s providing breast milk, then I can do that.”

Lenna Gregory, donor relations and outreach coordinator at MMB, said that because of their gratitude for Harrison’s support as their 15,000th donor, they are also sharing her family’s story to help support her.

“For a mom to spend the extra time and energy to donate and follow our guidelines is such a generous gift. For Kylie to be doing this when she is under additional stress, that is just amazing,” Gregory said.

“This gives us an opportunity to show our support to her.”

The bank is happy to report it is growing, having approved more than 1,000 donors during last year alone. It also dispensed over 750,000 ounces of milk in 2019; though the amount a baby may need to eat varies for each family, just one ounce of milk can sometimes be enough to feed a premature baby for an entire day.

“For the original women who started the Mothers’ Milk Bank, it was really the vision to have donor milk available for every family and baby who wanted it,” Gregory said.

“So we really like to celebrate these milestones. It gives us an opportunity to honor all of the women who have donated to us.”

As for Harrison, she said that through the family’s mix of emotions, some of those that have risen to the surface have been hope and gratitude — including gratitude for the mutual support between her and the community.

“It’s special that I can be that milestone for the milk bank,” she said. “15,000 donors is a lot.

It just goes to show how many people are willing to help support each other.”

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Jeffco COVID-19 case numbers look better ahead of Labor Day Jeffco Public Health optimistic but warns of potential spikes

BY PAUL ALBANI-BURGIO PALBANIBURGIO@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Jefferson County’s new COVID-19 case numbers are again under the threshold for the county to keep its variance from the state’s safer-athome order.

On Tuesday, Aug. 11, Jefferson County Public Health Executive Director Mark B. Johnson told the Jeffco commissioners that there had been 524 new COVID-19 cases in Jeffco over the preceding two weeks.

That marked the first time since July 24 that the county had measured less than 580 cases in a two-week period, the threshold for maintaining the variance that provides the county with greater leeway when it comes to the number of people that can be

together inside certain businesses and public gatherings.

Johnson told the commissioners that the decrease in new cases comes at a time when Jeffco is seeing a decrease in its positive test result rate, as well as increased mask usage following the passage of state and county orders mandating face masks be worn in many public situations in July.

He also told the commissioners that the county would still need to stay under 580 cases over the next two weeks to maintain current variances.

“I was feeling cautiously optimistic but I am becoming very optimistic that we will be able to maintain the variance over the next two weeks and keep those numbers down,” said Johnson.

But despite that optimism, Johnson did say he believes that cases will likely rise some from the 580 measured over the prior two weeks as cases had been unusually low over the preceding weekend. He also mentioned his concern that an upcoming event could result in a case spike.

“My fear right now is Labor Day,” he said. “When we saw this last spike it was right after July 4 and although we have had a real response from the residents of Jefferson County we can’t give it up again for another holiday and have everybody going back to crowding at beaches and crowding at venues and having travel that is not safe or we will see another spike.”

According to Johnson, a potential Labor Day spike would likely be more problematic than the July 4 one had been because it would be coming at a time when the county will also “probably going to begin to see flu and it’s going to be much more difficult to try to figure out what’s happening and control it.”

Because of that concern, Johnson said JCPH will putting out a new public awareness campaign that will aim to educate the community about the need to avoid risky behaviors like gatherings prior to the holiday. St. Anthony in Lakewood and Lutheran Medical Center in Wheat Ridge.

Deaths, meanwhile, have remained

steady and the county has not seen five deaths in one week since the week of June 14. The county saw 27 deaths during the week of April 19, its worst week of the pandemic in terms of deaths.

The commissioners praised both JCPH and county residents for the recent progress.

“I think we are starting to figure out how to do the best practices as far as staying socially distant and wearing masks and washing our hands and I think the hospitals are figuring out how to treat this better,” said Commissioner Casey Tighe.

Commissioner Lesley Dahlkemper echoed both that praise and Johnson’s pleas for the county to stay the course with labor day approaching.

“Your point is well taken that we’ve got to continue to stay cautious, do what we need to do and come together to prevent the spread, especially as we look at Labor Day weekend on the horizon,” “And of course we’ve got kids at least as of right now that return to school after Labor Day weekend.”

Jeffco schoolboard appoints interim superintendent Kristopher Schuh to fill the role in the coming months

BY CASEY VAN DIVIER CVANDIVIER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

The Jeffco Public Schools Board of Education has appointed Kristopher

Schuh as the district’s interim superintendent.

Current superintendent, Jason Glass, will leave his position Sept. 13 to take over as Commissioner of Education for the state of Kentucky.

Schuh was appointed the interim superintendent on Aug. 11.

Schuh has worked in Jeffco Public Schools for 20 years, most recently

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He has worked in the education field for 28 years, having previously earned degrees in U.S. history, Spanish, educational counseling and a license in educational administration. He is married to a Jeffco teacher and has two children in Jeffco schools.

Board president Susan Harmon said at the Aug. 11 Board of Education meeting that Schuh will serve as interim superintendent until a full-time superintendent is hired and can assume his or her new duties. The national search for a full-time superintendent “begins somewhere around November (or) December,” she added.

Schuh was selected after board members met to discuss a process for selecting an interim superintendent on July 30, in executive session.

“We certainly did reach out and explore as many alternatives as we thought reasonable and invited people to express their levels of interest,” board member Brad Rupert said of the process.

Board member Ron Mitchell added that he brainstormed possible candidates, reaching out to two retired superintendents to gauge their levels of interest.

Harmon said there is no outlined process for selecting an interim superintendent in Jeffco. However, there are policies for selecting a full-time superintendent, which will be followed when that process begins, she said.

But board member Susan Miller stated that she believed the process the board just completed, to select an interim superintendent, may have been negatively affected by the fact that the board is not in compliance

with one of its policies, EL-09, “Emergency Superintendent Succession.”

The policy states that “in order to protect the Board in the event of sudden loss of superintendent services, the superintendent shall assure that no fewer than two other executive staff members are familiar with Board and superintendent issues and processes and each is capable of assuming superintendent responsibilities on an emergency basis.”

In an interview, Miller said the board has no such list of individuals who are ready to take over in case of an emergency.

While she said the event at hand does not constitute an emergency, she feels that based on the language of the policy, the succession list is necessary at all times, not just after an emergency arises. The lack of such a list left the board with few options to consider for the role, she said, leading to a situation where board members were left trying to brainstorm possible candidates.

“This has nothing to do with Mr. Schuh at all. But we did not have at least a consideration for alternatives,” Miller said. “If we had been in compliance, then we would have at least had something in place to help frame the conversation (about selecting an interim superintendent) and help with the decision-making process.”

During the meeting, Harmon responded to Miller’s concerns, saying she did not feel the policy in question was applicable to the situation, given the lack of emergency.

In the vote to approve Schuh’s appointment, Miller voted no and all other board members voted yes.

“I hope, frankly, that we will transition authority to our new interim superintendent as soon as possible and maybe that’s a conversation the board needs to have,” Mitchell said.

“I believe that we’re making the right move for Jeffco Public Schools at the right time.”

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RTD picks 3 CEO finalists, ensuring 1st female leader

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Three women are under consideration to be the next leader of the Regional Transportation District, as the agency on Aug. 7 announced the finalists to be CEO and general manager.

“We certainly couldn’t have predicted the year we have had, but we are confident that one of these three candidates has what it takes to lead us forward during recovery and beyond,” said RTD Board of Directors Chair Angie Rivera-Malpiede.

Whomever the board selects will be the agency’s first female general manager.

Two of the three finalists hail from the West: Debra Johnson is currently the deputy CEO of Long Beach Transit in southern California. She has worked in public transportation for more than 25 years and has also served at agencies in Washington, D.C., San Francisco and Los Angeles

County.

Tina Quigley was most recently the CEO of the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada. She retired last year after 14 years with the Las Vegas-based transit, planning and traffic management organization.

Quigley is also a licensed pilot who first started as a planner at Las Vegas’s McCarran International Airport.

Adelee Le Grand has worked for Transdev North America as a vice president and chief strategy officer.

Through a public-private partnership, she assisted the New Orleans Regional Transit Authority with developing a strategic mobility plan. Le Grand held positions with the Georgia Department of Transportation and other local agencies in the state.

After initially receiving a roster of 58 applicants, the executive search committee at RTD created a list of six semifinalists, which narrowed to three on Aug. 7.

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transit service in the country based on total passenger trips.

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Lakewood City Council voted 6-5 at a virtual Aug. 10 council meeting in favor of designating property at 1347 Lamar St. as being blighted — paving the way for the property’s owner Lamar Street Associates to build 20 to 25 townhomes at the prop-

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Lakewood considers properties in urban renewal areas to be blighted.

Urban renewal laws give municipal governments the opportunity to create urban renewal projects as a way to improve specifically designated blighted areas. Blighted conditions under urban renewal laws include deteriorating structures and deteriorating site improvements, faulty streets or lot layouts, unsanitary or unsafe conditions, inadequate public facilities, code violations and other factors.

Property owners outside of urban renewal areas are allowed to conduct an independent study to determine if their property is blighted. Following a study, property owners can ask Lakewood City Council for a blight designation under 200 provisions.

The property at 1347 Lamar St. is 500 feet away from the existing West Colfax Avenue Corridor Reinvestment Area, or urban renewal area, which runs from Sheridan Boulevard to Simms Street.

City documents describe the property at 1347 Lamar St. as a vacant lot with negative vegetation, unkempt trees, weeds and an unvegetated packed-earth area used for overflow parking and vehicle turnaround. The property is near the Lamar Station stop along the W Line light rail and the 40 West ArtLine, a four-mile walking and biking cultural asset.

According to a study of the property conducted by Matrix Design Group, an engineering consultant, the property at 1347 Lamar St. has six conditions that designate it to be blighted. The study found that the property is a faulty lot layout in relation to size, adequacy, accessibility or usefulness, has unsanitary or unsafe conditions, a defective or inadequate street layout and other blight conditions.

“It’s a challenging area as far as crime and graffiti. And while it’s sitting empty, that doesn’t mean it’s not a blighted piece of land,” said

Lakewood Mayor Adam Paul, who voted in favor of deeming the property blighted.

“It’s bringing new investment and creating new sidewalks that will help the light rail. (The townhomes) will activate an area that could use some activity, investment and activation,” Paul said.

Other members of Lakewood City Council like Councilmember Mike Bieda expressed concerns about the blight designation. He said typically, blighted properties are areas where something has already been developed rather than the vacant land that council deemed blighted.

Bieda said he felt like Lamar Street Associates’ blight designation was a blatant attempt to avoid the requirements of 200.

“There are two requirements under the strategic growth initiative.

One is if you’re going to develop this property, you have to get an allocation for the number of units you’re going to build, and number two is if you’re going to build something over 40 units, you have to get the approval of council,” said Bieda.

“I am disappointed (Lakewood City Council’s Aug. 10 vote) turned out the way it did. We’re going to get more of these, and I think council needs to be alert to others trying to take advantage of the blight exception,” Bieda added. He said he hopes the project turns out nice and that the neighborhood needs it.

Paul and Councilmembers Dana Gutwein, Jacob LaBure, Sharon Vincent, David Skilling and Karen Harrison voted in favor of the blight designation. Councilmembers Bieda, Charley Able, Ramey Johnson, Anita Springsteen and Barb Franks voted against it.

“One of the main goals in 200 is to redevelop blighted areas. In talking to voters, I heard some voters say time and time again that they want to see Colfax redeveloped,” said Gutwein. “We’re going to be looking at properties on a case by case basis.

This one met all the criteria and is in a clearly blighted area. It meets 200, it’s a very positive investment for that area and finally, investment is even more important for our businesses but also our future homebuyers.”

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A more natural yard makes dollars and sense Editor’s Note: This piece is an excerpt from the May 2019 Colorado Gardener magazine

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am a Denver Realtor. The other day I was checking out a gorgeous house that was staged beautifully. However, as I walked in I noticed the GUEST rounded balls of juniper on long COLUMN stems that graced Christine (or disgraced?) the Tomovich front entryway. I wondered, why did they update the inside but not the outside? They could have made it more contemporary and low maintenance. How often did they, or their gardener, have to shape those silly round balls. It got me thinking that our landscapes need to reflect more enlightened concepts.

I read an article over a decade ago about homeowners with a “Certified Wildlife Habitat.” Following National Wildlife Federation guidelines, they created a haven for bees, birds, butterflies, and other small wildlife. This had also added monetary value, both increasing the selling price and keeping maintenance costs down while the sellers lived in it. I decided to get my backyard certified as well. It wasn’t difficult. There were a few requirements: providing clean water, food, cover (for wildlife to find protection), and places to raise young, plus implementing some sustainable practices.

Choices included: xeriscape, drip irrigation, integrated pest management, using native plants, eliminating chemical pesticides and/or fertilizers, using compost, using mulch, etc. (It’s

all on their website at nwf.org.)

When I finished I felt like my backyard helped me feel connected to the bigger purpose of helping our environment. There are now 247,000 National Certified Backyards that form an ever expanding connected patchwork across the country.

I read about sustainability everywhere now – and the necessity for doing something. Colony collapse of bees, the decline of Monarchs and other butterflies, concern for our overall carbon footprint, the loss of prairie and other wild area habitat have made this not just a concern, but a crisis.

Entire cities are seeking to get certified.The Denver Botanic Gardens CEO Brian Vogt says that this “regeneration” of our ecosystem will allow changes to happen quickly. For example, The Gardens is involved in a project to restore a creek altered years ago by the Army Corps of Engineers to control water flow. It modified the ecosystem in a way that has not been beneficial. Over a few years, native plants were put in. Vogt notes, “The impacts have already evidenced themselves. Plants have roared to life, native birds and insects are returning – even the sounds have changed.” What an inspiring thought — restoration of simple sounds and joys that many of us experienced everyday as children!

As a youngster I was outside most of every day when not in school, hanging out with my fellow denizens in the yard: birds, bugs, butterflies, worms, caterpillars, flowers and prickly seed pods, magical fireflies, and creepy daddy long legs. I felt whole and peaceful. This isn’t the case anymore for most children, who spend hours

Flower beds greet visitors to E. B. Rains, Jr. Memorial Park in Northglenn. Well-watered flowers have been tough to keep fresh as the state moves into drought conditions.

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a day staring at a screen and only minutes of outside time. Many adults also spend the vast majority of their time inside. At the same time society in general has become less happy and more anxious.

Jamie Weiss, works with the Audubon Society’s Habitat Heroes program.

She says that habitat and water loss are the two main challenges for nature preservation today. Given that lawns cover more than 20 million acres in the U.S., “if all those lawns were transformed into small habitat patches ... it would be comparable to increasing the area of the entire national wildlife refuge system by 20%.”

Even Taylor Morrison, one of the biggest residential development companies in the nation, has started partnering with the NWF to include wildlife refuge land into its developments.

Being out in nature is soothing.

My California middle grandson was skipping stones on a river next to the Durango hotel where the family was vacationing. When he finished he turned to me with a contented smile and said, “That was refreshing.” We all need these moments more than we realize. Certifying our backyards is one way to restore the serenity that comes through our connectedness to nature. We can share our values with our children and grandchildren. Creating a haven for wildlife in our back yards helps our pocketbook and, as is increasingly recognized, our mental health. So join the club. It’s easy.

For more information, go to www. nwf.org, or rockies.audubon.org.

Christine Tomovich, is an occasional writer, and a Broker/Stager with Your Castle Real Estate, has been voted “5 Star Real Estate Agent” in 5280 Magazine since 2011. She can be reached at

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Women on walls: Mural artists take over Hooker block New Art festival Babe Walls decorate Westminster buildings

BY SCOTT TAYLOR STAYLOR@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

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he blocks south of 72nd and Hooker in Westminster got a whole lot more interesting to look at after a group of 28 mural artists descended on the area.

Babe Walls, a first-time festival of mural art, brought 28 Denver-area woman artists to Westminster to dress up the buildings, most of them apartments, with fresh paint and colorful art work August 13 through 16 In all, 28 artists and helpers tackled 12 street-facing walls on 10 buildings along Hooker Street south of 72nd Avenue and along 71st Avenue between Hooker and Federal Boulevard.

“Most are local, and we wanted to focus on having it be a more local event, since it is our first year,” said Romelle, creative director for the event.

“Even if we have some artists coming in from out of town, they all have want connection to Denver. They used to live her or were based out of here at one point.”

The images ranged from artist Danielle SeeWalker’s nod to Native American women to graphic designs and patterns and from flowers and animals to images of other famous artists, like Georgia O’Keeffe.

“We are a all women and non-binary artists,” Romelle said. “We are focused and committed to making space for women and non-binary people in art.”

Mural art on public buildings, whether done with cans of spray paint, brushes or rollers, is one of the oldest forms of public art and it has been growing in popularity.

In Denver, many of more well known muralists are men, according to Romelle, but plenty of women specialize in it.

“It can be very male dominated, so just creating space for people that are not men to create street art in a safe, supportive environment is our goal,” Romelle said. “And, at the end of the day, all of us are artists and doing great work.

Just being able it support that locally is very important.”

The buildings were all privately owned, facing public streets and organizers worked with the landlords and building owners to secure the space for the art work.

She said organizers would love it see the event be an annual happening, moving to different locations each time.

“We’d love to take it across the country, but we’re really focused on bringing our A game this first year and then seeing where it takes us,” Romelle said.

Artist Ashley Joon sketches the outlines for flowers on the south-facing wall of 7155 Hooker St. in Westminster Aug. 13. She’s one of 28 artists expected in the area decorating building walls.

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Artist Alexandrea Pangburn painted the north facing side of 7155 Hooker Street with this three story tall finch to kick off Babe Walls, an effort to bring women artists to the decorate buildings in Westminster Aug. 13.

The logo for Babe Walls, an artistic festival in Westminster Aug. 13 through 16. A group of 28 Denver-area artists descended on a Westminster block to paint 10 bare building walls with multiplestory tall murals.

A group of artists taking part in Westminster’s Babe Walls art festival Aug. 13 through 16 gather up their supplies at 72nd and Hooker. They are among a group of 28 artists working in the city to decorate 10 Westminster buildings. P

Artist Romelle begins painting the northern wall of the building at 7181 Hooker St. in Westminster Aug. 13. She’s one of 28 artists coming to the city for the Babe Walls festival.

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Dog days of summer mean more brown lawns CROSS CURRENTS

Bill Christopher

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really don’t like the month of August. As a boy growing up in southwest Missouri, I can recall the heat and humidity being almost unbearable.

If you played outside (back in the day we were allowed to go all over town on our bicycles), you got sweaty and thirsty. At home, the bed sheets were clammy and you couldn’t really get dry after a bath or shower.

Anyway, I simply don’t like August even in Colorado. This August in Westminster is especially disheartening as I drive the streets in town and see so many burnt up yards and/ or plenty of weeds. This is not the Westminster I remember over the past 52 years which my wife Ann and I have lived here. If you haven’t notice, drive such streets as Lowell Boulevard, 76th Avenue, Sheridan Green Subdivision or 92nd Avenue to see what I am talking about.

Lush lawns are out of financial reach for many Certainly the unrelenting heat and lack of moisture have taken their toll. The City of Westminster’s Communication Division told us recently how water sales were up 33% from the prior year. We all know that from the amount of water we have poured on our lawns to keep them alive and green.

Westminster’s hefty water rates also have

played a major role in the burnt up lawns.

A good portion of homeowners and homerenters simply don’t have the money to sufficiently water their lawns to keep them looking nice..

Another factor at play this year is the high unemployment due to the Covid-19 virus.

Anyway, I don’t like August and the burnt up lawns and excessive weeds just make me grouchy.

Colorado drought conditions Speaking of water, did you know that the entire state of Colorado is now in a declared drought? It really shouldn’t be a surprise given the lack of rainfall, the string of 90plus degree days and the darn wind.

It makes you wonder if the various Colorado cities, towns and water districts have sufficient water supplies to get through the drought which could last more than one year.

Furthermore, it’s on my mind and I bet on yours as well regarding having sufficient water for all the new high density development which the Westminster City Council previously approved. I am referring to complexes which are yet to be finished and occupied.

New apartments are coming up out of the ground in several Westminster sites. Check out the former St. Marks Church parcel west

of Federal Boulevard — which at 36 apartments to the acre is not compatible with the residential development around it.

Or look at the former McKay/Church property on the SE corner of 100th Avenue and Old Wadsworth Boulevard.

Or go see the foundations and plumbing coming up at the former Builder’s Square site on 90th Avenue east of Wadsworth Parkway.

Then don’t forget the additional apartment building and boutique hotel which are well under construction at the infamous New Downtown aka former “Next Urban Center in Colorado.”

I could go on, but you catch my drift.

Westminster officials have yet to be transparent with the public regarding the status of water resources for now and the future.

I should point out that the Uplands proposed development on the Pillar of Fire land is not high-density apartment development. It’s a blend of single-family detached dwellings, townhomes, paired homes and apartments. Since a lady tied Uplands and high density together at last week’s council meeting, I thought I would offer that clarification.

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Driving should be a slam dunk, not just a slam

E LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Honor the flag I’m a retired veteran, who served in desert storm/ desert shield.

I can’t stand by any longer and watch these pro athletes, desecrate the National anthem. It makes me ill to watch this, having it be condoned by players, coaches, refs, and even commissioners. They have truly forgotten why there even able to play their sports, making their millions, on the backs of veterans who have made the ultimate sacrifice, and who are still fighting for this country.

Veterans have fought for the right

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to protest, but not to show respect to the flag , when they could easily protest before a game, or half time, or 7th inning stretch is the most disrespectful thing you could do to a person who’s fighting, who has fought for you, who has died for you. You need to take a good look in the mirror, and thank God there is still veterans out there, willing to risk there lives, so you can enjoy this day.

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ach and every day in Colorado, there are more than 2 million rear-end collisions caused by motorists following too closely, resulting in numerous injuries and deaths and millions of dollars in auto repairs QUIET medical care.

DESPERATION and It is a known fact that there are no tailgaters in heaven. They all go south.

Nevertheless, the problem persists.

Or: Is it a problem? If it’s routine, then maybe it’s not a problem.

Maybe I’m the problem. Maybe it’s unCraig Marshall American to be a good Smith driver.

That must be it.

There is a three-way stop near me. If ever three cars arrive at the same time, the odds are 50-50 that someone won’t stop or someone will enter the intersection when it’s not their turn.

If someone can’t figure out a threeway stop, maybe they shouldn’t be allowed to wed. Have children. Vote.

Then again, it could just be that I’m the one who is out of step.

If everyone is doing it, it can’t be wrong, right?

It does make me wonder how half the

people on the road passed their driver’s test. (I guess we can all behave for 10 or 15 minutes.)

Come ride with me: If we can get from here to Home Depot without witnessing 10 moving violations I’ll buy you a velocipede.

Did you know it’s against the law to park on the wrong side of the street in a residential neighborhood?

Some of my neighbors haven’t heard the news.

If someone doesn’t know which side of the street to park on, maybe they shouldn’t be allowed to order Chinese.

Or own a dish washer.

I probably expect too much of people.

You’re lucky I’m not governor.

I’d make it illegal for anyone wearing perfume to get on an elevator.

I’d make it illegal for anyone who wasn’t a baseball player to wear a baseball cap backwards.

I’d make it illegal for anyone to say, “Me and her.”

Each and every day in Colorado, there are over 3 million rear-end collisions caused by motorists following too closely, resulting in numerous injuries and deaths and millions of dollars in auto repairs and medical care.

What difference does it make if I am exaggerating? No one will drive any differently because of something I say.

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0August 20, 2020

‘Nobody’s perfect’ is perfect to remember WINNING WORDS

Michael Norton

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ou may have had the perfect meal recently, accompanied by a perfect bottle of wine. Maybe you had a perfect tee shot, driving it dead center in the middle of the fairway. Or maybe you had the perfect start of your day with time spent reading, exercising, and a healthy breakfast. But have you ever met a perfect person?

I don’t mean the perfect person for you; many have met their soulmate in life. And I don’t mean the perfect person to help you out when you needed it, like the perfect friend. What I am asking is, have you ever met a perfect person?

A person who is perfect in every way.

There is not a blemish to be found on them or in them. They are never wrong. They have never made a mistake. They have never had a bad day or created a bad experience for anyone. They practically walk on water.

Oh, well there was that one perfect guy who walked on water. But since then, who?

Like me, who is far from perfect, I am sure you have met a few folks along the way who believe that they are perfect in every way.

When they are wrong, it’s usually someone else’s fault. When they are right, they are really right. And they usually prefer to keep company with friends who they believe are less than perfect, just to maintain an air of

LETTERS FROM PAGE 14

Seeing the big picture 2020 has been a challenging year for all of us. We are learning how to stay safe, while trying to keep our economy going. We are having to answer difficult questions relating to social justice, and asking how to combat racism and address inequality in our country.

One thing that is becoming increasingly clear as we practice social .distancing is that we are incredibly interdependent on one another and we need to work together to solve the big

BUDGET FROM PAGE 6

public input,” Dorr said. “We are receiving information from the public and reaching out to the public for input as we go through a budget process in these unprecedented financial crisis. This five weeks extension of the budget would still allow for the adoption within Colorado statutes and appears to be overall in the best interest of the community.”

Councilors said the delay made sense.

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And another thing. We all want to hear your music just as much as you do; so be sure to turn it up, and increase the bass.

An automobile allows each and every one of us the freedom to move about this great country of ours as fast and inconsiderately and obnoxiously as possible.

Those were Henry Ford’s sentiments to a “T.” Has this ever happened? You’re in the far right lane on the freeway. A car is entering from a ramp on the right of you. Driver doesn’t signal. Just

superiority. Believe it or not, some of those perfect people who are without fault even judge the rest of us at times.

Although you may feel like this column isn’t off to a typical “Winning Words” or positive attitude vibe found in previous columns, I assure you it is. You see, my hope is that I can take some of the pressure off of those of us who are less than perfect, reminding us that we do not have to be perfect, we can just be ourselves. People who love us will love us for our awesomeness, our mediocrity, and our faults. And they will love having perfect meals with us, helping us to finish off those perfect bottles of wine.

An acclaimed author and speaker, Dr. Maryann Rosenthal, gave us some incredible advice when she said, “Strive for excellence and not perfection.” That was sound guidance, especially for those of us who are striving so hard for perfection. This was an eye-opener for me because even though I have been far from perfect, I used to put a lot of pressure on myself to live up to that standard for myself and other people. And knowing that I was never going to walk on water, I chose to take her advice and strive for excellence instead of perfection.

Striving for excellence doesn’t mean that we will be excellent. Striving for excellence

issues facing us.

This is particularly true with use and protection of our natural resources. Oil and gas activity on the eastern plains impacts the air quality in Jefferson County. Water use in the foothills impacts the quality and quantity of water on the eastern plains.

Local officials making decisions that impact their communities need to also keep an eye on the bigger picture and understand their decisions can have broader impact to the greater community.

We need all of us working together to protect our environment.

Casey Tighe Jefferson County Commissioner “The more information that we can get and that we can digest, the better for us,” Councilor Rich Seymour said.

“I’m not one to stray from the charter but, here again, this is an unusual situation. We need to gather as much data as possible, so I would be in favor of extending the budget deadline.”

Westminster normally adopts a new budget every two years, but Councilors already opted to prepare a one year budget for just 2021 to get a better understanding of the financial and community impacts of COVID-19 before considering the 2022 budgets and rates. Decisions on 2022’s spending plan will be put off until 2021, according to the city. comes on in.

Harry and I see all of these expensive-looking vehicles and can’t believe that turn signals didn’t come standard.

Of course, how can you signal if you’re on the phone? Or rearranging your eyelashes? Smacking your coffee? Cranking the stereo? Petting the dog? Reaching in your purse?

Checking out the Global Positioning System?

It’s a lost cause. I know that. I’m talking to myself. Common sense? She left town a long time ago — going 80 in a 55.

Craig Marshall Smith is an artist, educator and Highlands Ranch resident.

He can be reached at craigmarshallsmith@comcast.net.

means that we will do everything we can to be better at whatever it is we want to be better at. Being better to ourselves and our loved ones, being better at our work, better at staying fit, better at looking at the world around us and determining to be a part of the solution and not a part of the problem.

And as we strive for excellence, sometimes we will achieve it, but if we fall short, we will have achieved more than we had ever hoped to achieve.

If you do happen to have a perfect person in your life, never let them judge you. They have no idea the road you have traveled.

But what you can do is strive for excellence in accepting who they are, and refusing to judge them in return. If they are important to you, strive for excellence in loving them.

How about you? Are you striving for excellence knowing that by doing so it will elevate your performance? Are you wrestling with trying to be perfect? I really would love to hear your story at mnorton@tramazing. com, and when we can remember that “Nobody’s Perfect” it really will be a better than good week.

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

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LIFE Some area venues bringing back

live music

They’re all good puppers at Museum of Nature and Science

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Band members of Riverside Drive, drummer Sean Hartel, bassist Amy Brophy and guitar player Daniel Brophy, at a gig at Morrison Holiday Bar at the end of June 2020.

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Musicians reflect on challenges of COVID-19

BY CASEY VAN DIVIER CVANDIVIER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

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t was Feb. 24 when Jason Justice and his four bandmates in Gumbo le Funque, a New Orleans-style funk group, believed they were each coming down with the flu. Their symptoms came on right during Mardi Gras season, the band’s busiest time of year, and for days, the group played long strings of gigs as their symptoms grew worse.

Looking back on the events, Justice isn’t surprised that he and his bandmates soon learned they had COVID-19. But at the time, the news was unexpected — and the band had no way of knowing that the illness they were facing was just the beginning of a long struggle that Justice says is far from over.

“The whole bottom fell out of the industry,” said Justice, the band’s lead singer and saxophone player.

He listed the major hurdles the band has faced: The two-and-a-half-months shutdown in which local musicians weren’t playing at all; the many venues that have stayed closed throughout the summer; and an ongoing Denver County order requiring performers to wear masks, preventing those who play brass or wind instruments from performing in Denver.

Now, there are only two places Justice has been performing in the area, he said.

In August, he’ll play two gigs and in September, three — less than a third of the number of gigs he played over the same two months in 2019.

Across the board, bands are facing a different extent of what Justice calls a

disaster, based on the band’s following, whether it’s a local, regional or national act and other factors.

But regardless of how deeply musicians have been affected by COVID-19, Denver artists agree: No one’s made it unscathed, making every show a blessing.

“By the time March rolled around, we had to cancel three months’ worth of shows,” said Amy Brophy, bassist in rock, blues and alternative band Riverside Drive. “Even now, 90% of our venues are able to pay what they did last summer.

It’s been a big step back for a band trying to gain momentum, but we’re so grateful these venues are having live music at all.”

Despite the discouraging nature of the challenges local musicians have faced over the past five months, those challenges made it all the more rewarding this summer, when musicians have been able to return to the stage. As he considers the hurdles, Justice remembers a night a couple of months ago, when he and a fellow musician played their first gig since Feb. 29.

“For the two of us to be able to play music together, it was really incredible.

Music is the reason I get up in the morning and put my horn together and keep practicing, keep writing,” he said. “There are gigs coming back, but it’s been a wild ride.”

The state of live music now Not all venues in the Denver area that previously had live music have brought that element back, or even reopened at SEE MUSIC, P18

WHERE TO FIND LIVE MUSIC The following is a list of some venues in and around Denver that currently offer live music on a regular basis: Jake’s Roadhouse, 5980 Lamar St., Arvada Rockabillies Bar and Grill, 12363 W. 64th Ave., Arvada Colorado Cork & Keg, 971 Park St., Castle Rock Blue Spruce Brewing Company, 4151 E County Line Road, Centennial Globe Hall, 4483 Logan St., Denver Herman’s Hideaway, 1578 South Broadway, Denver Larimer Lounge, 2721 Larimer St., Denver In the Zone, 15600 W. 44th Ave., Golden The Buffalo Rose, 1119 Washington Ave., Golden The Rusty Bucket Bar and Grill, 3355 S. Wadsworth Blvd., Lakewood Fraco’s Bar, 5302 South Federal Circle, Littleton Lincoln Station Coffee/Pizza/ Music, 9360 Station St., Lone Tree @ Cheers, 11964 Washington St., Northglenn Tailgate Tavern & Grill, 19552 E. Main St., Parker Takoda Tavern, 12365 Pine Bluffs Way, Parker Hoffbrau Colorado, 9110 Wadsworth Pkwy, Westminster

eople love dogs. A lot.

Take a walk down any street in the metro area, pop a squat at almost any patio or take any trail, and you’re bound to meet a pooch or two.

Which makes “Dogs! A Science Tail” — the newest exhibit the Denver Museum of Nature & Science — a perfect fit for a town like Denver.

COMING “This exhibit is ATTRACTIONS all about the special bond between humans and canines,” said Jennifer Moss-Logan, content specialist and educator with the museum. “So many people took the Clarke Reader opportunity to rescue dogs during this quarantine… so, this is a great time for people to learn more about their pets.”

The exhibit runs at the museum, 2001 Colorado Blvd., through the end of the year. Entry requires a timed ticket and museum admission.

“Dogs! A Science Tail” offers visitors a bevy of ways to get into the mind, body and history of man’s best friend. In the Incredible Dog portion, guests can learn how their running speed compares to the speeds of various dogs, from a pug (which runs about 5 miles per hour) to a greyhound (which clocks in at about 44). Guest can also watch dual screens, which compare how the world appears to people and dogs.

“We wanted to offer activities that people can do in small groups while social distancing from other visitors,” said Neha Sandvig, program specialist and educator with the museum. “We also have activities that provide training experiences, to show how dogs learn.”

A particularly fascinating portion of the exhibit is a Tail as Old as Time, which explores the origins of dogs and how they were domesticated by ancient people.

While the most moving parts of the exhibit are found in the Dogs and Humans, Together Forever, which examines how dogs and humans live and work together.

Guests can play with a virtual dog, test their dog knowledge in “Jeopawdy!” and much more.

“When these kinds of national exhibits come here, guests are getting the very best experience of it anywhere,” said Moss-Logan.

“During these times, we’re using a lot of virtual experiences to connect with visitors, and we hope these options offer new insights.”

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Film on the Rocks is back, with a twist

BY ELI IMADALI DENVERITE

For 20 years, movie lovers have flocked to Red Rocks Park for Film on the Rocks, an outdoor film series set in Colorado’s famous amphitheater.

Today, Denver Film announced that the series will return this summer, but with a twist. Instead of viewing the films from the stands, guests will be able to watch from the safety of their cars.

For its 21st year, Film on the Rocks has been adapted into a drive-in movie experience. Rather than being staged out of the amphitheater itself, the films will now be screened out of Red Rocks’ Lower South Lot 2 parking area, which can accommodate up to 300 cars. Guests will watch the films on a large LED screen, and can tune into the audio through a designated FM station via their car radios.

They’ll also be able to remain in their cars — and their quarantine groups. The series’ coordinators came up with this new plan after several discussions about how to make the series safe for guests during the pandemic.

“As one of our most anticipated events each and every year, we’re excited to reinvent this year’s program and get some of our valued guests back to Red Rocks,” said venue manager Tad Bowman. “No matter what it looks like, it’s a great line-up of films being presented in the shadow of this iconic venue.”

That lineup includes cult films and classics, like Scream, Robocop, The Goonies and Grease, as well as more recent hits like Into The Spiderverse.

The shows began on Aug. 13, with Red Rocks screening a different film at 7:30 for four consecutive nights each week.

“Like every other Film on the

Rocks and Red Rocks experience, it’s going to be different and it’s going to be memorable,” said Denver Film Festival director Britta Erickson. “We knew just how important it would be to get back to Red Rocks and enjoy the films and the historic surroundings in some way.”

Tickets will go for $59.50 per car and will cover the cost of admission for every passenger. Each car will also receive a snack package that includes two bottles of Coca-Cola product, City Pop popcorn, and theater-sized M&M’s and Twizzlers.

Tickets are on sale now. Book them at denverfilm.org or redrocksonline. com.

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IF YOU GO WHERE: Red Rocks Ampihtheater, Lower South Lot2 WHEN: Gates open at 6 p.m., movie starts at 7:30 p.m.

COST: $59.50 per car, includes Coca-Cola, popcorn and candy TICKETS: Available now at denverfilm.org or redrocksonline.com Now showing Week 2 (8/20 – 8/23) Thursday, August 20 – CLUELESS Friday, August 21 – SCREAM Saturday, August 22 – THE BIG LEBOWSKI Sunday, August 23 – RUDY Week 3 (8/27 – 8/30) Thursday, August 27 – FERRIS BUELLER’S DAY OFF Friday, August 28 – ROBOCOP Saturday, August 29 – JURASSIC PARK Sunday, August 30 – FIELD OF DREAMS

Book offers tour of Denver’s beer history from home New volume captures the Gold Rush launch of city’s brewing scene

BY JOHN FRANK THE COLORADO SUN

A year after Denver was founded in 1858, the city’s first brewery opened.

The local newspaper declared the first batch of beer from the Rocky Mountain Brewery “the best we ever tasted” — surely in part because of the free keg delivered to its offices.

Today, the history seems quite fitting given that Denver now ranks as one of the nation’s best beer cities.

But the city’s beer fortunes didn’t always look so frothy, as Jonathan Shikes writes in his new book, “Denver Beer: A History of Mile High Brewing.”

The book covers more than 150 years of brewing history, capturing the hardship faced by the German immigrants who started the city’s first breweries during the gold rush, the dark days of Prohibition that nearly extinguished the industry and the pioneers of craft beer who revived the legacy.

The best part: You can still taste the history today. And the beer is much better now, too.

One recent afternoon, Shikes agreed to take me on a virtual brewery tour of Denver’s past and present and described how each contributed to the current beer scene.

Given the pandemic, the safest way to enjoy a beer crawl right now is at home. So the socially distanced tasting took place in his backyard and featured five breweries that sell beer to-go.

Tivoli Brewing The journey started with Denver’s oldest brewery and one of its newest, Tivoli Brewing. The founders of Rocky Mountain Brewery sold to the owner of Tivoli. The brewery was one of the few that endured through Prohibition and made the most popular beer among locals for decades before it closed in 1969.

“Tivoli’s roots go back to the very first brewery and it was also the longest lasting one,” explained Shikes, who also writes about beer for Westword. “It was what everybody drank in Denver in the 40s, the 50s and 60s.”

A reborn Tivoli launched in 2012 at

Great Divide Brewing in Denver is one of the latest breweries to enter the hazy IPA category.

COURTESY OF GREAT DIVIDE BREWING VIA THE COLORADO SUN its old home on the Auraria higher education campus downtown, making a mix of old world and newfangled styles. Owner Corey Marshall acquired the trademarks for the old Denver breweries and beers, rooting the revamped brewery firmly in the past.

A good example was the beer Shikes poured: Sigi’s Bock, named for Moritz Sigi, who founded Colorado Brewery in 1864 and built part of the building Tivoli took over. The traditional German Bock is a lager, much like most of the beers in Denver in the late 19th century. And it features fire-kilned malt — a bygone in today’s world of electric and gas — that lends a smoky depth to the rich caramel flavor, perfectly encapsulating then and now.

Wynkoop Brewing For the second stop, we fast-forwarded all the way to 1988 and the founding of the state’s first brewpub, Wynkoop Brewing in the Lower Downtown neighborhood.

It was Denver’s first new brewery since Prohibition ended in 1933.

(Shikes said it’s possible other breweries launched after but he couldn’t find records about them and they no longer exist.) Wynkoop stood out from the crowd.

“A small brewery making its own beer was just a concept people didn’t understand,” Shikes said. “There was Coors and Miller and Schlitz and Bud and all those guys — but nobody made their own beer in a restaurant.”

The response was overwhelming.

On opening day, people were lined up

around the block, in part because Wynkooop served beer at a pre-Prohibition price of 25 cents. The catch: At first the brewery made only traditional English cask ales, served warm at 55 degrees and flat from a cask.

The beer we tasted — Colorojo, an imperial red ale — fits the brewery’s malt tradition but pairs it with a resiny hop bitterness. Thankfully, the brewery filled the crowler cold and carbonated.

John Hickenlooper, one of the brewpub’s founders and the former Denver mayor and governor, deserves a lot of credit for promoting the city’s beer scene and helping to make it what it is today, Shikes argued.

“I think he’s probably the single most important person in Denver beer history,” Shikes said. “He didn’t just found the very first craft brewery here, but he promoted it nationwide and helped other breweries. He just was a constant pitch man.”

Great Divide Brewing When Brian Dunn opened Great Divide Brewing, not too long after Wynkoop, he “thought he was too late to the game,” Shikes said.

The year was 1994. But Dunn found a niche model that soon established Great Divide as one of the most prominent breweries from Colorado. “He started that different business model here of packaging,” Shikes said. “You could come in and taste his beers and then take them home.”

Still, it took a bit for Great Divide to get established. The early beers were “hugely over the top,” Shikes said. A

prime example is the Yeti imperial stout we tasted. The beer’s logo is more emblematic of Colorado beer than any other, but it was an acquired love.

“Brian went around trying to sell it to restaurants, and they were like, ‘What the (heck) is this?’” Shikes said.

“It was this crazy 10% ABV dark beer.

They said, ‘No one is going to buy this.’”

Of course, eventually everyone did.

The rich chocolate and coffee aroma and roasted dark flavor in the original Yeti still stands out, even if stouts are typically sweeter now and loaded with adjunct ingredients, like coconut, marshmallows and spices.

Despite their envelope-pushing past, Great Divide eventually adapted to the modern trends and even will release a pumpkin Yeti version in August. And a new focus on small-batch beers helps one of the oldest Denver breweries stay relevant today.

“They are one of the oldest, most well-known breweries,” Shikes said.

“Them, Breckenridge and Wynkoop — that’s the trifecta of old powerhouses here.”

Black Project Spontaneous & Wild Ales One chapter on modern Denver beer in Shikes’ book is titled “Sours and Social Media.” Black Project Spontaneous & Wild Ales is the poster child.

“They were just a brewery that pushed things enormously forward in the modern beer scene. Spontaneous fermentation was something totally different,” he said. “Their ability to market themselves was a big deal. And it came just as the demand for sour beers was exploding.”

The brewery, located on South Broadway in Denver, specializes in spontaneous fermentation, a process that exposes the wort to the natural air where wild yeast and bacteria can work their magic. The huge additions of fruit into the beer also added a twist.

When it started, the novel approach generated long lines for beer releases and supersized aftermarket prices online. The beer we tasted was Butcher, a sour golden ale aged on second-use cherries and raspberries in barrels, first brewed in February 2019. The funky and light-fruit flavor, paired with the tartness of the sour style, certainly made for a complex sip.

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all. Justice said several of his regular venues have told him that, due to the cost of opening at limited capacity, they plan to keep their doors shut until March or April of 2021.

However, the state of Colorado does have guidelines, last updated in June, for those who choose to reinstate live music. The guidelines require that patrons are seated 25 feet or further from performers.

Working within these guidelines hasn’t been possible for every area venue. But for some, like Blue Spruce Brewing Company, bringing back live music has been both possible and a priority in recent months.

The brewery, which has locations at 4151 E. County Line Road in Centennial and 10577 W. Centennial Road in Littleton, held its first show since the pandemic on July 4 and has been inviting more musicians to play since then.

“Even from last year, we doubled our sales (made during live shows) just because people are dying to experience live music,” said co-owner Theresa Kane.

In the Littleton location specifically, the brewery holds weekly shows on Thursday nights on its patio, which it expanded to accommodate social distancing through a county variance. During shows, guests fill the patio and some bring lawn chairs and listen to musicians while staying six feet apart in the parking lot, Kane said.

“They’re excited to get out of the house and be able to do something

different that’s not in their house or just eating at a restaurant,” she said. “We’ve been known for our music and since we could bring it back, we did.”

As they navigate the new normal for live music, venues have tried a variety of new tactics. For instance, Herman’s Hideaway at 1578 S. Broadway in Denver has taken a slow approach to reintroducing shows, has asked musicians to bring their own microphones and even had one singer stand behind a Plexiglas barrier during a performance, said talent buyer Chris Thomas.

“We’re a little bit more on the cautious side,” he said. “It’s not business as usual. But the community in general has had a desire to make it work, and I’m optimistic.”

Just as much as the teams at Herman’s Hideaway and Blue Spruce Brewing wanted to restore a part of normal life for guests, they also reinstated the music for the benefit of local musicians.

“The musicians I have brought back are so excited to be able to play and they’re very grateful,” Kane said.

Local restaurants’ and bars’ commitment to hiring musicians when they can has made all the difference for many of the acts in the area, including Twenty Hands High, a country and southern rock band that plays in Colorado, Utah, Wyoming and other regional states.

The two-and-a-half months that CW Wooten, guitar player and singer in the band, couldn’t play any gigs, “it was like sliding into a complete halt,” he said. “It was awful to be cut off from your fans and even your bandmates.”

About $25,000 worth of gigs were canceled for Wooten, including shows as far in advance as September.

That said, since the summer began, things have been looking up for the musician and his fairly well-known band, which has tens of thousands of followers on Facebook. In July and August 2019, Wooten played 32 gigs; in July and August 2020, he’ll play 29.

Not all venues can pay their typical rates, he added, but many are trying their best to do so.

“We did 150 shows last year, and we’re on track do more than 100 shows this year,” Wooten said.

“Outdoor venues are probably the biggest thing keeping live music going right now because you have a little more leeway with the restrictions.”

Considering that, Wooten said it’s important for musicians that the rate of COVID’s spread declines before the winter months, when outdoor venues will no longer be an option.

He remains optimistic, adding how grateful he’s been for venues’ support and his fans’ support — even some higher-risk fans have found ways to listen to outdoor shows by setting up in nearby parks, away from crowds, he said.

Similarly to Wooten, Brophy said she hopes the industry could rebound — she just doesn’t know when.

“I think a lot of people will retain that fear, but my hope is that we will return to normal because we have to move forward,” she said.

“That our fans are going to get out there and weather the storm, that’s the hope and the dream that most musicians are holding onto.”

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“Before them people were making sours,” Shikes said, “… but they really helped launch things in a different direction that everyone wanted to follow up on.”

Cerebral Brewing To capture another element of the current Denver beer scene, Shikes points to Cerebral Brewing, located just off East Colfax Avenue in the Congress Park neighborhood.

“Cerebral is a classic modern beer story for Denver, in that it is a local taproom started by a homebrewer — his first business venture — who found a good spot in a great neighborhood. That’s a very Denver story,” Shikes said.

When Cerebral opened in 2015, founder Sean Buchan didn’t feel beholden to standard styles on the market. He went a different direction and is well known for hazy IPAs. “Like a lot of these homebrewers … he didn’t feel like he needed to be constrained by tradition or anything else,” Shikes said. “And that (beer) was hot in the homebrewing scene.”

The brewery became a trendsetter and keeps innovating with adjunct stouts and oak-aged lagers. “He continues to push,” Shikes said of Buchan. “He has a way of being on trend before it becomes a trend.”

A good example was the one we tasted, Smile With Your Eyes. Packed in a 16-ounce can, it’s a collaboration beer brewed with New Image Brewing in Arvada. The double dry-hopped Triple IPA was made with blueberry blossom honey.

Like other hazy IPAs, it pops with tropical fruit flavors and a softer bitterness than the traditional style.

It’s a far cry from the simple lagers of yesteryear Denver beer, but an indication of how far the industry has come in 161 years.

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

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As the summer winds down, “Dogs! A Science Tail” is a great way for dog lovers and science fans to do some playful learning while out and about.

“We know people are looking for ways to interact with family and friends outside of the home,” Sandvig said. “This exhibit is for them.”

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Live musical theater numbers from the Arvada Center As part of the Arvada Center’s Reignite the Arts campaign, which aims to raise $1 million to offset the loss from canceled performances, keep the arts alive and people employed at this vital cultural resource, the Center is hosting a virtual auction and kickoff concert.

The show will be at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 26 at 7 p.m. and will feature Trent Hines, Jake Mendes and Emily Van Fleet — all stellar performers that viewers may well recognize from their time not only at the Arvada Center, but at stages all over the metro area. The performance will feature musical numbers from past and future Arvada Center performances and the Pierce Murphy Trio will be performing a song voted on online.

Community partners and staff will be providing packages for the virtual auction. Tickets are $10, $15 or $20 per household for access to the performance from the Main Stage Theatre. Visit www.arvadacenter.org/home/virtual-auction for

information and tickets.

Clarke’s Concert of the Week - The Allman Betts Band at the Red Room Sound Studio There are some things that just seem like destiny. That’s the case with The Allman Betts Band, which sees the joining of Devon Allman (Gregg Allman’s son) and Duane Betts (Dickey Betts’ son) together with Berry Oakley Jr. (son of original Allman Brothers Band bassist Berry Oakley), and other brilliant musicians for a new take on classic sounds.

The group is gearing up to release their sophomore album, “Bless Your Heart,” and will be livestreaming a performance at 6 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 23 from Red Room Sound Studio in Torrington, Conn.

Visit www.nocapshows.com to get a spot.

Streaming style - ‘Banana Split’ Those missing summertime adventures with friends won’t want to miss the buddy comedy “Banana Split,” winner of the best narrative feature award at the 2019 Vail Film Festival.

The film focuses on the importance of female friendship rather than romance during the formative high school years and allows for hilarious and sharply-written characters to come to the fore. The movie has traces of films like “Booksmart” and “Superbad,” and is all kinds of fun.

Stream the film on Netflix.

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

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“Occhiolism,” the winning entry in the Museum of Outdoor Arts Design and Build Competition, is proposed as a home in the Sonoran Desert of southwestern Arizona.

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Imagination focuses on plausible ideas Design and Build Competition looks for proposals that could take shape

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For many years, the Museum of Outdoor Arts in Englewood has held a Design and Build Competition. At first, it was aimed at younger students in the area, but it has lately been redirected to collegiate level architects and designers.

“The spirit of Design and Build has always been

to solve problems and create through collaboration,” the museum wrote in its competition brief for 2020.

“All proposals must include narrative about how collaboration would be utilized in realizing the design. (i.e. fabricators, engineers and architects must work together to realize any design.)”

First, second and third prizes are awarded ($5000, $2,500, $1000).

“Someday, I hope we can build one of these,” project director Tim Vacca said of the Design and Build projects.

The initial call for artists stated the rules and a number of entries were received with accompany-

ing narrative. It stated site options and requested a design for “Art as Sanctuary.”

Possible locations included: Wooded, Deciduous Forest; Coastal Bluff; Low Desert; Tropical Rainforest ...

Winners were a pair of students from the University of North Carolina, Greensboro — Isaac Bodhi Backhaus and Katherine Tardif — and their project, “Occhiolism,” is proposed for a location about 10 miles west of the tiny community of Why in the scorching hot Sonoran Desert of southwestern Arizona. (Tardif is now enrolled in CU’s School of Architecture for a master’s degree.)

Animal adoptions brighten life during pandemic More time at home means more time to welcome furry family members

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The novel coronavirus has meant a lot more time at home for many people, which has some perks — including an increase in pet adoptions.

“Since we knew we’d be home all summer, and since we limit how much going out and about we do now, we thought it was a good time to get a puppy,” said Jennie Shipman of Littleton. She and her family adopted a 9-week-old collie puppy named Lucky to keep themselves busy during a long summer at home.

“Having Lucky here brings a lot of joy to our home,” Shipman said. “He is a great reason to put our electronics away and devote our time to doing things with him.Our kids are surprised by how much energy he has, and everything he has to learn.”

For shelters like Littleton’s Humane Society of The South Platte Valley, the pandemic means heightened cleaning measures and a limit on volunteers, but they stand ready to facilitate adoptions — now by appointment.

“In Colorado in general, there are lots of humans looking to adopt their new friends” said Kelsey Kennelly, the center’s outreach director. “It’s a good

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In tax reform executive order, devil is in the details

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here’s a rumor out of Washington, D.C., that workers’ regular paychecks are about to fatten as the federal government quits collecting certain GUEST taxes.

Sure, maybe.

COLUMN But, as usual, the Fran Coet devil resides in the details.

An executive order from President Trump on Aug. 8 instructs the Treasury Secretary to use his authority to “defer” those payroll taxes “with respect to the American workers most in need.”

The tax obligation to be deferred (with careful emphasis on interpretation of the word deferred) is the Social Security tax withheld from employees pay - a 6.2% flat-tax that workers will eventually recoup if they become disabled or retire.

Specifically, the deferral will be

“made available” during a bi-weekly pay period, generally less than $4,000 (pre-tax) - or targeting workers with annual income of roughly $100,000 or less.

If some of the language here seems vague (what is “generally” less than $4,000?), it’s because it comes right from the executive order. I can’t provide specifics where none exists.

And you may notice that I keep using the term “defer,” which means “to put off to a later time; postpone.”

Defer is not forgive. Defer is not purge. Defer is like Wimpy in the Popeye cartoons who would “…gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today.” Following that analogy, who is following Wimpy for the repayment on Tuesday?

And what does “made available” mean? Not mandated. Not required.

Because a president’s executive order, while having the force of law, has NO FUNDING.

The purse strings of this nation are in the hands of Congress.

So, say I am an employer with 40 employees - all of whom make less than $100,000 a year. And let’s assume that my employees have heard about this “holiday” from paying the 6.2% Social Security tax. If each of my employees makes $4,000 bi-weekly, then each of them would receive an additional $240 in their net paycheck each bi-weekly pay period beginning Sept. 1 through the end of the calendar year.

Not bad - an additional $1,900 in their pockets between now and Dec. 31. One small catch: As the employer, I might or might not decide to make this deferral available.

But what happens, come the first pay period in January? It’s hard to see four weeks into the future in this environment, let alone four months; especially with some entities threatening lawsuits to halt this executive order.

But as we speak, presumably, the regular 6.2% payroll tax will go back into effect Jan. 1, to be withheld again.

The additional 6.2% that was “put off or postponed” for the previous four months would now be recouped by the federal government, leaving each of the employees with paychecks that are now $480 less than they were in December.

But not to worry - this same executive order says that the Secretary of the Treasury “shall explore avenues, including legislation, to eliminate” the payback of the deferred Social Security taxes.

So is this a sort of loan from the federal government? A gift? I can’t wait to find out.

Fran Coet is a partner in the accounting firm of ATLAS CPAs and Advisors in Westminster, www.AtlasCPAs.com. Call 303-426-6444.

I had the coronavirus. I didn’t know how mentally challenging it would be

BY JOSEPH RIOS JRIOS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

July 29 was the 10th day I had been feeling sick with the coronavirus, and by that time, I had all the symptoms you’ve read or heard about.

I had a fever. I could feel myself losing my breath if I did something as simple as make my bed. I had a cough, and I could barley walk around my tiny apartment or walk outside to go throw out the trash.

But it wasn’t until July Joseph Rios 29 that I really realized that I was sick with the coronavirus.

I was watching the Colorado Rockies play against the Oakland Athletics, and I saw the cardboard cutout fans placed in the stands of the ballpark and the players and coaches in masks. I heard the artificial crowd noise at the game, and it may sound goofy, but watching

the Rockies that day is when I started to mentally feel like I had the virus.

Watching the “new normal” Rockies game with all of its changes and precautions to protect people from the virus drove home the fact that I was sick with a deadly virus that has been the cause of at least 167,000 deaths in America. It made it more real than my July 25 positive coronavirus test, it made me fearful, and it made my anxiety about my illness worse.

There is a big difference between having the coronavirus and reading or hearing about it. I had spent every week since the pandemic started writing about the virus, and even interviewed people who were sick with it — but I still didn’t realize how mentally challenging it would be to have the coronavirus.

You start to wonder if your symptoms will ever go away. I worried most about all of the people who I had come into contact with before I tested positive. I thought about my coworkers

and tried to remember everything I could’ve touched in my office to warn them. I thought about my 65-year-old father who is high risk and who I had seen only a few days before I had symptoms.

It’s hard having thoughts rush through your mind about the idea that you could have infected someone with a deadly virus that we don’t have a cure for. If I had gotten my father or any of my family or friends sick, and something bad happened to them, I don’t know how I could have lived with myself.

I don’t want you to have those thoughts. I don’t want you to have to worry about getting your friends or family sick.

Most importantly, I don’t want you to get the coronavirus.

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It took me 16 days to fully feel like I had recovered from the virus. I can’t move around as fast I used to, and I feel out of shape after being sick for so long, but I’m thankful I can carry on with my life and that I didn’t get anybody sick that I know of.

I had thought I was doing everything right to prevent myself from getting sick. I religiously sanitized my hands whenever I had a chance. I wore a mask everywhere I went, I stopped visiting and going out with friends —but I still got it.

I think that shows how easily anyone can get it and is why it’s important to take all the precautions you can, because even when you do take those precautions, you can still easily get the virus.

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Squirrel in the Box

ovid 19 has educators facing a serious risk to the health and safety of their students and themselves. As a retired teacher after 46 years in the classroom, I now have the privilege of being a supervisor for student teachers as they ready themselves for their entry into the field of education. I am often asked if I have ever experienced anything like the corona virus in my career. I reply that I have not, but there were other challenges long before this.

It was my first year teaching in a small New England town in 1973. During recess, a shy, soft-spoken girl came to me and asked if she could bring her pet squirrel for Show and Tell. She told me Mr. Squirrel lived in the trees behind her house. Being naïve and never imaging that she would catch the darn thing, I told her she could.

Several weeks later, she showed up to the classroom looking somewhat bedraggled with a huge smile on her face and holding a box. Having forgotten our earlier conversation, I asked her what was in the box. It immediately became obvious when the squirrel poked his head out of the hole he had been furiously chewing

during his journey to school. Before I could respond, Mr. Squirrel squeezed the rest of his body out of the opening and jumped onto the nearest object, one of my sixth grade boys who had been standing nearby.

The fearful beast clung to the boy’s shoulder and bit him on the neck. This resulted in screaming and panic from all as the unwelcome visitor jumped from desk to desk.

Alerted by the chaos, my teammate, a former Marine, charged into the room and ordered everyone to get into the hall and shut the door. We did as we were told. I sent the ‘bitten child’ to the nurse and within minutes, the door opened and we were instructed to return. We noticed that all the windows in our third floor classroom were now wide open. The young girl asked where her squirrel was. She was told by my teammate that Mr. Squirrel was most likely ‘on his way home’.

The boy returned to the classroom with a bandage on his neck and a limp to his step. It was the early 70’s. Back then the school nurse just told him to

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Berries, jam and muffin fun with kids

uplink! Kuplank! Kuplunk!” It’s the sound of late summer berry picking in Robert McCloskey’s “Blueberries for Sal” where Sal and LIFELONG her mother meet Little Bear and her LEARNING bear on the Esther Macalady mother same blueberry hill.

The moms mistake each other’s children, but all ends well.

Berries are perfect for young children. They are the right size to pick, count, and eat. They are little, but packed with vitamins and minerals. If children are wary of vegetables, try offering berries.

Picking Berries Berry picking is a great way to get the family outside and let children

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wash the bite with soap and water. She then put a Band-Aid on his wound and sent him back to class. He flaunted

munch as you gather some to take home. They can combine their pails for blueberry snacks, pies, pancakes and muffins or place a bowl next to plates at any meal. Then talk about what animals like to eat berries. There are many fiction books about berries.

You can have a little economics lesson. Discuss how food gets to our grocery stores and why berries are expensive. What people bring berries to market like farmers, pickers, truck drivers, packers, and grocery store employees?

Show children how to freeze hand -picked or store bought berries. Spread them flat on cookie sheets so they do not touch each other and place in the freezer. When they are hard, transfer them to freezer bags and lay flat in the freezer. These easy snacks will not

clump together.

the bandage like one would a Purple Heart for he had been wounded in the action. I still do not know how the limp came about. I think it was just to add to the drama.

COVID-19 is a Squirrel in the Box. There is no band-aid that can be applied. One person carrying the virus into a room can endanger the health

and safety of all. Right now there is no window to remove the threat. It will require a strong partnership with the staff of each school and the community they serve to control this hidden danger. I respect and admire the dedicated educators as they return to meet the diverse needs of their students both remotely and in the classroom

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Kid’s Freezer Jam Children can smash some berries and add a few drops of honey for fresh jam, cream cheese, and a bagel.

Freezer jam takes only 30 minutes and can have little sugar. This jam uses pectin, a natural thickening agent found in and around plant cell walls that helps bind those cells together.

Jars can be kept in the freezer for a year or refrigerator for three months.

Low sugar freezer jam recipes are found on premium pectin for less or no sugar needed packages in the canning aisle and surejell.com.

Kids’ Muffins For easy blueberry muffins you will need 1 cup soy milk, and 1 teaspoon

apple cider vinegar set aside in a bowl.

Meanwhile, in a separate bowl mix 2 cups flour, 2 ½ teaspoons baking powder, ¼ teaspoon baking soda, and ½ teaspoon salt. In another bowl mix ½ cup plus 2 Tablespoons sugar, ¼ cup plus 2 Tablespoons oil, and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Add a little zest of lemon, if desired. Stir the flour mixture bowl into the sugar mixture bowl. (You may want to save some of the flour to coat the blueberries.) Pour in the soy milk and vinegar curdled mixture. Stir. Finally, fold in the blueberries gently and place in 25 muffin papers in a muffin pan. Bake 20-25 minutes at 375 degrees.

Serve cool.

Esther Macalady is a retired teacher in Golden, Colorado. For more fun see grandparentsteachtoo.blogspot.com and wnmufm.org.

while being wary of any holes in the box.

Catherine Kopp is a former teacher with 46 years of classroom experience and is presently a supervisor of elementary student teachers in Wheat Ridge and Arvada for the University of Northern Colorado.

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Weeds are prevalent this year Besides the brown lawns, I mentioned plenty of weeds being more prevalent this year. With residents not watering their lawns, they have also ignored the weed growth.

However, the lack of weed enforcement by city Code Enforcement further amplifies the ugliness. In past years, residents and the city’s weed enforcement had Westminster looking quite pleasing and “ship-shape.”

It’s disappointing to have the yards and public rights-of-way looking so ignored. It takes away from what Westminster looked like and stood for in the past.

The lack of weed enforcement ties in with the poor ratings which citizens gave Code Enforcement in the 2020 Citizens’ Survey. If you recall, the new rating was a low 44% which compares poorly to the 2018 rating of 52% — which wasn’t all that good to begin with.

It makes you wonder if the emphasis on community appearance and pride in our streetscapes got downgraded by the city leaders to make room for other priorities.

More communication positions will be filled Speaking of priorities, I received some clarification from the City Manager’s Office regarding the “hiring freeze.” It turns out that the across-the-board freeze to save money except for public safety positions is not accurate.

Apparently, there was some miscommunication between staff and council as some council members had informed me that it covered all positions with the noted exceptions.

City staff informed me that they plan to fill three of the four vacant communications positions in the coming months. Of the 13 full-time new positions approved in mid-2019 beyond the adopted budget to focus on innovation, productivity and communication, six are filled, three will be filled and four will be left vacant along with a temporary Intern position.

When I asked why the communications positions were not frozen, Ryan Hegreness, Innovation and Communication Manager, stated that the Covid-19 virus and increasing social activism and engagement at the

national and local level have placed added emphasis on communication within the community.

He observes that “…some traditional methods of communicating with the community have been strained or suspended during the COVID-19 crisis, while demands for open, transparent, current and two-way communication and engagement has increased and shifted to almost entirely virtual.”

It goes to show that different people have different priorities.

Will sufficient cash reserves be available for 2021?

So, let’s recall the projected budget shortfall for 2020. According to Larry Dorr, CFO/Deputy City Manager, staff is projecting a General Fund shortfall of $22.1 million-$27.9 million. This assumes the City Manager does not furlough or let any employees go in the remaining months of this year.

General Fund cash reserves of $32.6 million are available to make the budget whole. So, the city has adequate cash reserves to absorb this size of hit.

The question becomes what about next year? How much cash reserves will still be available for 2021 shortfalls? Will the virus be conquered?

How soon will the vast majority of Americans receive the vaccine? How quickly will the economy come back?

How quickly will people be able to get re-employed and get back on their feet? Will a portion of the previous economy simply be permanent casualties caused by the impacts of the virus? What will be the priorities for the city government in 2021? Will the seated city council pay attention to the “messages” spoken in the 2020 Citizens’ Survey results and if so, how will budget priorities be adjusted?

Budgeting for 2021 can’t help but include a certain amount of guess work. Hopefully, it will be on the conservative side. Next year could be a repeat of this year due to the virus.

No one can really say.

So, that begs the question — is the City Council planning a last minute ballot run for new or higher taxes for the upcoming election?

Bill Christopher is a former Westminster city manager and RTD board member. His opinions are not necessarily those of Colorado Community Media. You can contact him at bcjayhawk68@gmail.com.

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Public Notices call Sheree 303.566.4088 Legals City and County Public Notice City of Westminster Summary of Proceedings Summary of proceedings of the online Westminster City Council meeting of Monday, August 10, 2020. Mayor Atchison, Mayor Pro Tem Seitz, and Councillors DeMott, Seymour, Skulley, Smith, and Voelz were present online at roll call.

The minutes of the July 27, 2020 meeting were approved as presented.

Council approved the following: Municipal Court Assignment of Conflict Attorney and Guardian Ad Litem Service Agreements to Kontnik Cohen, LLC; WestyRISE Restaurant and Food Security Program Contract with The Senior Hub, Inc. for Response to Impacts Associated with COVID-19; 2020 Request to Increase Sole Source Expenditure Authorization with OverDrive for Library Materials;Ratification of Sole Source 2020 purchases with Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company and Request to Authorize Expenditure Amount for Final Invoices; Amendment to Sole Source Contract with Kennedy/ Jenks Consultants, Inc. Contract for Final Design and Services During Construction for the Meade Circle Sanitary Sewer Improvements Project; and Authorization of Amendment to the Contract with White & Smith, LLC for the Harris Park Plan Council adopted the following: Resolution No. 29 Re: Intergovernmental Agreement Between the City of Westminster and Foothills Regional Housing Regarding the WestyRISE Above Housing Assistance Grant Program for Response to Economic Impacts Associated with COVID-19 Council passed the following on first reading: COUNCILLOR’S BILL NO. 26 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE VIII OF THE WESTMINSTER MUNICIPAL CODE CONCERNING RECLAIMED WATER REGULATIONS AND UTILITIES SERVICE RULES. Purpose: An Ordinance Amending the Westminster Municipal Code 8-7, 8-8, and 8-12 concerning the City’s Water, Reclaimed Water, Sewer Utilities and Utilities Service Rules.

There was no further business to come before the City Council, and the meeting adjourned at 9:21 p.m.

By Order of the Westminster City Council Abby Fitch, Senior Deputy City Clerk Legal Notice No. 706707 First Publication: August 20, 2020 Last Publication: August 20, 2020 Publisher: Westminster Window

labor, equipment, materials, equipment rental, sustenance, provisions or other supplies used or consumed by Adolfson & Peterson, or its subcontractors in or about the performance of the work on said project is hereby notified to file a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid on account of such claim with Don Ciancio Westminster Public Schools, 7002 Raleigh Street, Westminster CO 80030, by August 26th 2020 Settlement will be made at Westminster Public Schools, 7002 Raleigh Street, Westminster CO 80030. Failure on the part of the claimant to file such statement prior to the final settlement date will relieve the School District from any and all liability for such claim.

Dated: 8/3/2020 WESTMINSTER PUBLIC SCHOOLS, ADAMS COUNTY COLORADO By: Don Ciancio, Executive Director Auxiliary Services Legal Notice No.: 705646 First Publication: August 13, 2020 Last Publication: August 20, 2020 Publisher: Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel and Westminster Window Public Notice NOTICE OF CONTRACTOR’S FINAL SETTLEMENT Notice is hereby given that on or after the 31st day of August, 2020, Final Settlement will be made by the City of Thornton, CO, with: American West Construction, LLC 275 East 64th Avenue Denver, CO, 80221 hereinafter called “Contractor”, for and on account of the Contract for construction of 88th Avenue Bridge Repair , Project No. 19-902.

1. Any person, co-partnership, association, or corporation who has an unpaid claim against the said Project, for or on account of the furnishing of labor, materials, team hire, sustenance, provisions, provender, or other supplies used or consumed by such Contractor, or any of his subcontractors, in or about the performance of said Work, may at any time up to and including said date of such Final Settlement, file a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid on account of such claims.

2. All such claims shall be filed with the City Clerk at 9500 Civic Center Drive, Thornton, CO 80229.

3. Failure on the part of the creditor to file such a statement prior to such Final Settlement will relieve the City of Thornton from any and all liability for such claim.

CITY OF THORNTON, COLORADO Date: 8-4-20 /s/ Keith Griess Contract Administrator

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Legal Notice No. 705658 First Publication: August 13, 2020 Last Publication: August 20, 2020 Publisher: Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel Public Notice

Public Notice CITY OF FEDERAL HEIGHTS NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT CONTRACTOR: Diaz Construction Group, LLC PROJECT: Bryant Drive in Kimberly Hills Mobile Home Park Storm Drain Improvement Project CIP 031803 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the final settlement between the City of Federal Heights and Diaz Construction Group, LLC regarding above referenced project will be made August 24, 2020. · All person having any claims or liens against Diaz Construction Group, LLC from aforementioned project must file verified statements of account with the City Manager, 2380 West 90th Avenue, Federal Heights, CO 80260, before the settlement date.

Legal Notice No.: 705653 First Publication: August 13, 2020 Last Publication: August 20, 2020 Publisher: Westminster Window Public Notice NOTICE OF CONTRACTOR’S FINAL SETTLEMENT Per Colorado Revised Statutes 38-26-107 (1), NOTICE is hereby given that Westminster Public Schools, Adams County Colorado will on August 31, 2020 make final settlement with Adolfson & Peterson for and on account of work performed on a project known as: Mesa Elementary Phase 1 Upgrades Projects Installation of Secured Vestibule & Main Office remodel Any person, co-partnership, association of persons, company or corporation that has furnished

NOTICE OF CONTRACTOR’S FINAL SETTLEMENT Per Colorado Revised Statutes 38-26-107 (1), NOTICE is hereby given that Westminster Public Schools, Adams County Colorado will on August 31, 2020 make final settlement with Adolfson & Peterson for and on account of work performed on a project known as: Colorado Sports Leadership Academy Phase 1 Upgrades Projects Installation of Secured Vestibule, Network, Main Office & Mechanical Upgrades Any person, co-partnership, association of persons, company or corporation that has furnished labor, equipment, materials, equipment rental, sustenance, provisions or other supplies used or consumed by Adolfson & Peterson, or its subcontractors in or about the performance of the work on said project is hereby notified to file a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid on account of such claim with Don Ciancio Westminster Public Schools, 7002 Raleigh Street, Westminster CO 80030, by August 26th 2020 Settlement will be made at Westminster Public Schools, 7002 Raleigh Street, Westminster CO 80030. Failure on the part of the claimant to file such statement prior to the final settlement date will relieve the School District from any and all liability for such claim.

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Publisher: Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel and Westminster Window Public Notice NOTICE OF FINAL PAYMENT NOTICE is hereby given that the South Adams County Water and Sanitation District (“District”) of Adams County, Colorado, will make final payment at its offices at 6595 E. 70th Avenue, Commerce City, Colorado, 80022, on August 31, 2020, at the hour of 3:00 p.m. to Garney Companies, Inc., of Littleton, Colorado for all work done by said Contractor(s) in construction work performed for the District.

Project Contractor: Garney Companies, Inc. Project Name: Water Softening Project 24-inch Transmission Line Project Location: The project is generally located from the District’s Water Treatment Facility (7400 Quebec Street) to the District’s Well 18 site (7391 E 84th Avenue) along Rosemary Street, Highway 2 and Quebec Street.

Any person, co-partnership, association of persons, company or corporation that has furnished labor, materials, team hire, sustenance, provisions, provender, or other supplies used or consumed by any contractors or their subcontractors, in or about the performance of the work contracted to be done or that supplies rental machinery, tools, or equipment to the extent used in the prosecution of the work, and whose claim therefor has not been paid by the contractors or their subcontractors, at any time up to and including the time of final settlement for the work contracted to be done, is required to file a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid, and an account of such claim, to the District at the above address, Attn: Sandra Schrawder, Executive Assistant, on or before the date and time hereinabove shown. Failure on the part of any claimant to file such verified statement of claim prior to such final settlement will release the District, its Board of Directors, officers, agents, and employees, of and from any and all liability for such claim.

All of the above is pursuant to §38-26-107, C.R.S.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS SOUTH ADAMS COUNTY WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT acting through its SOUTH ADAMS COUNTY WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT ACTIVITY ENTERPRISE By: Vicki Ennis, Secretary Legal Notice No. 705666 First Publication: August 13, 2020.

Last Publication: August 20, 2020.

Published in: Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel Public Notice NOTICE OF CONTRACTOR’S FINAL SETTLEMENT Per Colorado Revised Statutes 38-26-107 (1), NOTICE is hereby given that Westminster Public Schools, Adams County Colorado will on August 31, 2020 make final settlement with Adolfson & Peterson for and on account of work performed on a project known as: Westminster Academy of International Studies - Phase 1 Upgrades Projects Installation of Secured Vestibule, Network, & Main Office Upgrades Any person, co-partnership, association of persons, company or corporation that has furnished labor, equipment, materials, equipment rental, sustenance, provisions or other supplies used or consumed by Adolfson & Peterson, or its subcontractors in or about the performance of the work on said project is hereby notified to file a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid on account of such claim with Don Ciancio Westminster Public Schools, 7002 Raleigh Street, Westminster CO 80030, by August 26th 2020 Settlement will be made at Westminster Public Schools, 7002 Raleigh Street, Westminster CO 80030. Failure on the part of the claimant to file such statement prior to the final settlement date will relieve the School District from any and all liability for such claim.

Dated: 8/3/2020 WESTMINSTER PUBLIC SCHOOLS, ADAMS COUNTY COLORADO By: Don Ciancio, Executive Director Auxiliary Services Legal Notice No.: 705643 First Publication: August 13, 2020 Last Publication: August 20, 2020 Publisher: Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel and Westminster Window Public Notice

WESTMINSTER PUBLIC SCHOOLS, ADAMS COUNTY COLORADO

NOTICE OF CONTRACTOR’S FINAL SETTLEMENT

By: Don Ciancio, Executive Director Auxiliary Services

Per Colorado Revised Statutes 38-26-107 (1), NOTICE is hereby given that Westminster Public Schools, Adams County Colorado will on August 31, 2020 make final settlement with Adolfson & Peterson for and on account of work performed on a project known as:

Legal Notice No.: 705644 First Publication: August 13, 2020 Last Publication: August 20, 2020

Early Learning Center at FM Day Phase 1 Upgrades Projects Installation of Secured Vestibule, Network, Main Office remodel & Mechanical Upgrades Any person, co-partnership, association of persons, company or corporation that has furnished labor, equipment, materials, equipment rental, sustenance, provisions or other supplies used or consumed by Adolfson & Peterson, or its subcontractors in or about the performance of the work on said project is hereby notified to file a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid on account of such claim with Don Ciancio Westminster Public Schools, 7002 Raleigh Street, Westminster CO 80030, by August 26th 2020 Settlement will be made at Westminster Public Schools, 7002 Raleigh Street, Westminster CO 80030. Failure on the part of the claimant to file such statement prior to the final settlement date will relieve the School District from any and all liability for such claim.

Dated: 8/3/2020 WESTMINSTER PUBLIC SCHOOLS, ADAMS COUNTY COLORADO By: Don Ciancio, Executive Director Auxiliary Services Legal Notice No.: 705648 First Publication: August 13, 2020 Last Publication: August 20, 2020 Publisher: Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel and Westminster Window Public Notice NOTICE OF CONTRACTOR’S FINAL SETTLEMENT Per Colorado Revised Statutes 38-26-107 (1), NOTICE is hereby given that Westminster Public Schools, Adams County Colorado will on August 31, 2020 make final settlement with Adolfson & Peterson for and on account of work performed on a project known as: Fairview Elementary Phase 1 Upgrades Projects Installation of Secured Vestibule, Network, Main Office remodel & Mechanical Upgrades Any person, co-partnership, association of persons, company or corporation that has furnished labor, equipment, materials, equipment rental, sustenance, provisions or other supplies used or consumed by Adolfson & Peterson, or its subcontractors in or about the performance of the work on said project is hereby notified to file a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid on account of such claim with Don Ciancio Westminster Public Schools, 7002 Raleigh Street, Westminster CO 80030, by August 26th 2020 Settlement will be made at Westminster Public Schools, 7002 Raleigh Street, Westminster CO 80030. Failure on the part of the claimant to file such statement prior to the final settlement date will relieve the School District from any and all liability for such claim.

will relieve the School District from any and all liability for such claim.

Dated: 8/3/2020 WESTMINSTER PUBLIC SCHOOLS, ADAMS COUNTY COLORADO By: Don Ciancio, Executive Director Auxiliary Services Legal Notice No.: 705642 First Publication: August 13, 2020 Last Publication: August 20, 2020 Publisher: Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel and Westminster Window Public Notice NOTICE OF CONTRACTOR’S FINAL SETTLEMENT

NOTICE is hereby given that Adams 12 Five Star Schools will make final settlement on September 3rd 2020, with Arrow J Landscape and Design, Inc., located at 909 East 68th Avenue, Denver CO 80229 for work performed on a project known as: P16150- Sod Replacement Services – Cotton Creek Elementary School located at 11100 Vrain St., Westminster, CO 80031.

Any person, co-partnership, association of persons, company or corporation that has furnished labor, equipment, materials, equipment rentals, sustenance, provisions or other supplies used or consumed by Arrow J Landscape and Design, Inc. or its subcontractors in or about the performance of the work on said project is hereby notified to file a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid on account of such claim with the Board of Education of said School District at the Educational Support Center, Facilities Department, 1500 East 128th Avenue, Thornton, Colorado 80241, on or before August 27th 2020.

Settlement will be made at the Educational Support Center, Facilities Department, 1500 East 128th Avenue, Thornton, Colorado 80241.

Failure on the part of the claimant to file such statement prior to the final settlement date will relieve the School District from any and all liability for such claim.

Dated: August 7th 2020 Adams 12 Five Star Schools By: Tim Dolezal Construction Project Manager Legal Notice No. 705689 First Publication: August 20, 2020 Last Publication: August 27, 2020 Publisher: Westminster Window and Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel Public Notice NOTICE OF CONTRACTOR’S FINAL SETTLEMENT

Per Colorado Revised Statutes 38-26-107 (1), NOTICE is hereby given that Westminster Public Schools, Adams County Colorado will on August 31, 2020 make final settlement with Adolfson & Peterson for and on account of work performed on a project known as: Metropolitan Arts Academy Phase 1 Upgrades

Dated: 8/3/2020

Projects

WESTMINSTER PUBLIC SCHOOLS, ADAMS COUNTY COLORADO

Installation of Secured Vestibule, Network, Main Office & Mechanical Upgrades

By: Don Ciancio, Executive Director Auxiliary Services

Any person, co-partnership, association of persons, company or corporation that has furnished labor, equipment, materials, equipment rental, sustenance, provisions or other supplies used or consumed by Adolfson & Peterson, or its subcontractors in or about the performance of the work on said project is hereby notified to file a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid on account of such claim with Don Ciancio Westminster Public Schools, 7002 Raleigh Street, Westminster CO 80030, by August 26th 2020

Legal Notice No.: 705647 First Publication: August 13, 2020 Last Publication: August 20, 2020 Publisher: Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel and Westminster Window Public Notice NOTICE OF CONTRACTOR’S FINAL SETTLEMENT Per Colorado Revised Statutes 38-26-107 (1), NOTICE is hereby given that Westminster Public Schools, Adams County Colorado will on August 31, 2020 make final settlement with JK Concepts for and on account of work performed on a project known as:

Settlement will be made at Westminster Public Schools, 7002 Raleigh Street, Westminster CO 80030. Failure on the part of the claimant to file such statement prior to the final settlement date will relieve the School District from any and all liability for such claim.

Dated: 8/3/2020

Early Learning Center at FM Day Building Upgrades

WESTMINSTER PUBLIC SCHOOLS, ADAMS COUNTY COLORADO

Projects

By: Don Ciancio, Executive Director Auxiliary Services

Installation of new case work in various locations through-out building Any person, co-partnership, association of persons, company or corporation that has furnished labor, equipment, materials, equipment rental, sustenance, provisions or other supplies used or consumed by JK Concept, or its subcontractors in or about the performance of the work on said project is hereby notified to file a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid on account of such claim with Don Ciancio Westminster Public Schools, 7002 Raleigh Street, Westminster CO 80030, by August 26th 2020 Settlement will be made at Westminster Public Schools, 7002 Raleigh Street, Westminster CO 80030. Failure on the part of the claimant to file such statement prior to the final settlement date

Legal Notice No.: 705645 First Publication: August 13, 2020 Last Publication: August 20, 2020 Publisher: Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel and Westminster Window

Public Notice NOTICE OF CONTRACTOR’S FINAL SETTLEMENT

Per Colorado Revised Statutes 38-26-107 (1), NOTICE is hereby given that Westminster Public Schools, Adams County Colorado will on August 31, 2020 make final settlement with Adolfson & Peterson for and on account of work performed

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Public Notices on a project known as: Early Learning Center at Gregory Hills Phase 1 Upgrades Projects Installation of Secured Vestibule, Network, Main Office remodel & Mechanical Upgrades Any person, co-partnership, association of persons, company or corporation that has furnished labor, equipment, materials, equipment rental, sustenance, provisions or other supplies used or consumed by Adolfson & Peterson, or its subcontractors in or about the performance of the work on said project is hereby notified to file a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid on account of such claim with Don Ciancio Westminster Public Schools, 7002 Raleigh Street, Westminster CO 80030, by August 26th 2020 Settlement will be made at Westminster Public Schools, 7002 Raleigh Street, Westminster CO 80030. Failure on the part of the claimant to file such statement prior to the final settlement date will relieve the School District from any and all liability for such claim.

Dated: 8/3/2020 WESTMINSTER PUBLIC SCHOOLS, ADAMS COUNTY COLORADO By: Don Ciancio, Executive Director Auxiliary Services Legal Notice No.: 705649 First Publication: August 13, 2020 Last Publication: August 20, 2020 Publisher: Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel and Westminster Window

Summons and Sheriff Sale Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, ADAMS COUNTY, COLORADO Adams County Justice Center 1100 Judicial Center Drive Brighton, CO 80601 Case No.: 2020CV30683 Plaintiff: CABIN CREEK ENTERPRISES, LLC v.

Defendants: THE HEIRS AND DEVISEES OF FRANK SNAVELY, DECEASED, THE HEIRS AND DEVISEES OF NANCY SNAVELY, DECEASED, DEAN DUANE STEPHEN, ELDEN STEPHEN, JR., ERROL E. STEPHEN, EVELYN STEPHEN-KUNDERT, CHERYL STEPHENDOUGLAS, CONNIE STEPHEN, PATTI L. COLLINS-CARLSON, BEVERLY ANN CLARKWILLIAMSON, ROBERTO DIAZ DE LEON, MICHAEL HALL AS PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF SUSAN K. LINNEBUR, DECEASED, THERESA RASMUSSEN, ELVEN STEPHEN, NANCY SHAPLEY, GARY L. MYERS, WILLIAM K. MYERS, ROBERT E. MYERS, DANNY L. MADSEN, ELLEN E. MADSEN THOMPSON, KATHY S. PETERSON, MICHAEL L. SNAVELY AND ALL UNKNOWN PARTIES WHO MAY CLAIM AN INTEREST IN THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS ACTION Attorney for CABIN CREEK ENTERPRISES, LLC Name: Karsh Gabler Call PC Fred Gabler Alan E. Karsh Address: 1546 Cole Blvd, Bldg. 5, Suite 100 Lakewood, CO 80401 Phone #: 303.759.9669 E-mail: fgabler@karshgabler.com akarsh@karshgabler.com Atty Reg. #: 8978 Atty Reg. #: 1620 SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO TO DEFENDANTS THE HEIRS AND DEVISEES OF FRANK SNAVELY, THE HEIRS AND DEVISEES OF NANCY SNAVELY AND ALL UNKNOWN PARTIES WHO MAY CLAIM AN INTEREST IN THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS ACTION 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 thirty-five (35)* days after the service of this summons upon you. Service of this summons shall be complete on the day of the last publication. A copy of the complaint may be obtained from the clerk of the court.

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

This is an action commenced by Plaintiffs to assert claims affecting title to the following described real property in Adams County, Colorado: A PARCEL OF PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 31, TOWNSHIP 3 SOUTH, RANGE 59 WEST OF THE 6TH P.M., COUNTY OF ADAMS, STATE OF COLORADO, BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT A POINT 317.42 FEET NORTH OF THE SOUTH QUARTER CORNER OF SAID SECTION 31; THENCE NORTH 100.00 FEET; THENCE EAST 208.71 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 100.00 FEET; THENCE WEST 208.71 FEET TO A POINT ON THE WEST LINE OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 31 AND THE POINT OF BEGINNING, SAID PARCEL CONTAINING 20,853.12 SQUARE FEET OR 0.48 ACRES MORE OR LESS, COUNTY OF ADAMS, STATE OF COLORADO. Dated: July 23, 2020 /s/ Fred Gabler

Fred Gabler, #8978 Attorney for Plaintiff (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.

(TO THE CLERK: When this summons is issued by the clerk of the court, the signature block for the clerk or deputy should be provided by stamp, or typewriter, in the space to the left of the attorney’s name. *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).

Legal Notice No. 705594 First Publication: July 23, 2020 Last Publication: August 20, 2020 Publisher: Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, ADAMS COUNTY, STATE OF COLORADO 1100 Judicial Center Drive Brighton, Colorado 80601 Plaintiff: U.S. BANK, N.A., Successor Trustee to LaSalle Bank National Association, on behalf of the holders of Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities I Trust 2005-HE7, Asset-Backed Certificates Series 2005-HE7. v.

Defendants: 1. JOSE L. RAMIREZ a/k/a Jose L. Rameriz; 2. JOSE N. RAMIREZ; 3. THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF ADAMS COUNTY; and, 4. ALL UNKNOWN PERSONS WHO CLAIM ANY INTEREST IN THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS ACTION. Attorney: Robert W. Smith, attorney for Plaintiff 501 South Cherry Street, Suite 610 Denver, CO 80246 Phone Number: (303) 321-6872 E-mail: BobSmith@rwsmithlaw.com FAX Number: (303) 321-3196 Atty. Reg. #: 9513 Case Number: 2020-CV-30765 Division A SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANT(S): All Unknown Persons who claim any interest in the subject matter of this action.

You are hereby summoned and required to appear and defend against the claims of the complaint filed with the court in this action, by filing with the clerk of this court an answer or other response.

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

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

This is an action to reform two deeds and a deed of trust to correct errors in those documents and to obtain a declaratory judgment and quiet title decree establishing that Plaintiff has a first lien against the property known as 6600 Stuart Court, Arvada, Colorado 80003.

Dated: July 27, 2020. /s/ Robert W. Smith, Attorney for Plaintiff (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.)

(TO THE CLERK: When this summons is issued by the clerk of the court, the signature block for the clerk or deputy should be provided by stamp, or typewriter, in the space to the left of the attorney’s name.) *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).

Legal Notice No. 705622 First Publication: August 6, 2020 Last Publication: September 3, 2020 Publisher: Westminster Window

Misc. Private Legals Public Notice District Court, Adams County, Colorado Court Address: 1100 Judicial Center Dr. Brighton Co 80601 In the Interest of: Yolanda Magdalena Vizuete Pinto Party Without Attorney: Yolanda Magdalena Vizuete Pinto 2311 W 92nd Ave #417 Federal Heights Co 80260 Phone Number: 720-288-3615 Case Number: 20DR1066 NOTICE OF HEARING BY PUBLICATION PURSUANT TO § 15-10-401, C.R.S. To: Luis Gilberto Pallasco Pumisacho Last Known Address, if any: 8300 Sheridan Blvd Apt # 7-A, Westminster Co 80003 A hearing on Dissolution of marriage Requesting_the presence of Mr. Luis Gilberto Pallasco Pumisacho_in court for the Dissolution

of Marriage will be held at the following time and location or at a later date to which the hearing may be continued: Date: 09/15/2020 Time: 8:30 Am Address: 1100 Judicial Center Dr. Brighton Co 80601 The hearing will take approximately: unknown Legal Notice No. 706711 First Publication: August 20, 2020 Last Publication: September 3, 2020 Publisher: Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel

LANDON JACK AND LANDON CYNTHIA; You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 1st day of November, A.D. 2013, the then County Treasurer of the County of Adams, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to CRAIG NELSON the following described property situate in the County of ADAMS, State of Colorado, to wit: SUB:VILLAGES OF YORKSHIRE RESUBD OF PARCEL F BLK:8 LOT:12 Also known as: 10219 VINE CT THORNTON, CO 80229-2328;

Public Notice

Parcel No. 0171914109053;

District Court, Adams County, Colorado Court Address: 1100 Judicial Center Dr Brighton Co 80601

And said County Treasurer issued a Tax Lien Certificate of Purchase number 2016-12237 therefore to CRAIG NELSON;

In the Interests of: Yolanda Magdalena Vizuete Pinto

That said property was taxed or specially assessed in the name of LANDON JACK AND LANDON CYNTHIA for tax year 2016;

Party Without Attorney: Yolanda Magdalena Vizuete Pinto 2311 W 92nd Ave #417 Federal Heights Co 80260 Phone Number: 720-288-3615 Case Number: 20DR1066 AFFIDAVIT REGARDING DUE DILIGENCE AND PROOF OF PUBLICATION PURSUANT TO §§ 15-10-401(1)(c) AND 15-10401(3), C.R.S. The following persons have been given notice by publication of the hearing on (title of pleading), because the addresses or identities of such persons are not known and cannot be ascertained despite diligent efforts as identified below: Full Name: Luis Gilberto Pallasco Last Known Address: Pumisacho 8300 Sheridan Blvd Apt #7-A Westminster Co 8003 Describe Effort to Identify and Locate* A person was tried to deliver the notification in this direction personally and the person who attended at this address said that she had lived in this direction for a year and a half and that she did not know Mr. Luis Gilberto Pallasco Pumisacho Publication of the Notice of Hearing by Publication was made on August 20, 2020 through September 3, 2020 once a week for 3 consecutive weeks with the last date of the publication being at least 14 days before the date of the hearing. The Proof of Publication is attached.

Legal Notice No. 706712 First Publication: August 20, 2020 Last Publication: September 3, 2020 Publisher: Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel Public Notice NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED To Every Person in Actual Possession or Occupancy of the hereinafter Described Land, Lot, Mining Claim, Severed Mineral, or Premises (hereafter referred to as “property’), and to the person in Whose Name the same was taxed specially assessed, and to all Persons having an interest or Title of Record in or to the said property, and to Whom It May Concern, and more especially MOTOSPA OF NORTHGLENN LLLP; You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 1st day of November, A.D. 2019, the then County Treasurer of the County of Adams, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to KEMPF RICHARD A KEMPF TRUST the following described property situate in the County of ADAMS, State of Colorado, to wit: SUB:BUNKER HILL VILLAGE SUBDIVISION FILING NO 3 DESC: TRACT A Also known as: 0 NORTHGLENN; Parcel No. 0157336315002; And said County Treasurer issued a Tax Lien Certificate of Purchase number 2014-04248 therefore to KEMPF RICHARD A KEMPF TRUST; That said property was taxed or specially assessed in the name of MOTOSPA OF NORTHGLENN LLLP for tax year 2014;

That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent REAL ESTATE taxes assessed against said property for the year 2015; That Present Holder of said Certificate of Purchase has made request to the Treasurer of said County for a deed to said property; That a Treasurer’s Deed will be issued for the said property to the said CRAIG NELSON At 2:00 o’clock P.M. on the 30th day of August 31st, 2020 unless the same has been redeemed; Said property may be redeemed from said sale at any time prior to the actual execution of said Treasurer’s Deed.

Witness my hand this 8th day of August, A.D. 2020 Lisa L. Culpepper County Treasurer of ADAMS County State of Colorado Legal Notice No.: 705676 1st PUBL: August 13, 2020 2nd PUBL: August 20, 2020 3rd PUBL: August 27, 2020 Publisher: Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel

Public Notice NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED To Every Person in Actual Possession or Occupancy of the hereinafter Described Land, Lot, Mining Claim, Severed Mineral, or Premises (hereafter referred to as “property’), and to the person in Whose Name the same was taxed specially assessed, and to all Persons having an interest or Title of Record in or to the said property, and to Whom It May Concern, and more especially FLORA ASSOCIATES. You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 1st day of November, A.D. 2019, the then County Treasurer of the County of Adams, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to JAMIE L. PRONTO the following described property situate in the County of ADAMS, State of Colorado, to wit: SUB: WADLEY FARMS FIRST FILING DESC: A 25 FT TRAIL ADJ BLK 10 IN THE W EXC PARCS Also known as: 13821 GAYLORD ST BRIGHTON. Parcel No. 0157323002021; And said County Treasurer issued a Tax Lien Certificate of Purchase number 2015-05738 therefore to JAMIE L. PRONTO.

That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent REAL ESTATE taxes assessed against said property for the year 2014; That Present Holder of said Certificate of Purchase has made request to the Treasurer of said County for a deed to said property;

That a Treasurer’s Deed will be issued for the said property to the said KEMPF RICHARD A KEMPF TRUST At 2:00 o’clock P.M. on the 31st day of August 2020 unless the same has been redeemed; Said property may be redeemed from said sale at any time prior to the actual execution of said Treasurer’s Deed.

Witness my hand this 8th day of August, A.D. 2020 Legal Notice No. 705683 1st PUBL: August 13, 2020 2nd PUBL: August 20, 2020 3rd PUBL: August 27, 2020 Publisher: Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel Public Notice NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED

To Every Person in Actual Possession or Occupancy of the hereinafter Described Land, Lot, Mining Claim, Severed Mineral, or Premises (hereafter referred to as “property’), and to the person in Whose Name the same was taxed specially assessed, and to all Persons having an interest or Title of Record in or to the said property, and to Whom It May Concern, and more especially QUAIL CROSSING COMPANY LLC;

You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 1st day of November, A.D. 2019, the then County Treasurer of the County of Adams, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to QUAIL CROSSING COMPANY LLC the following described property situate in the County of ADAMS, State of Colorado, to wit: SUB:QUAIL CROSSING SUBDIVISION FILING NO 3 DESC: TRACT A Also known as: 1360 S. Wadsworth Blvd No. 113, Lakewood, CO; Parcel No. 0157328101037; And said County Treasurer issued a Tax Lien Certificate of Purchase number 2015-05318 therefore to BOYLE JAMES;

That said property was taxed or specially assessed in the name of QUAIL CROSSING COMPANY LLC; for tax year 2015; That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent REAL ESTATE taxes assessed against said property for the year 2014; That Present Holder of said Certificate of Purchase has made request to the Treasurer of said County for a deed to said property;

That Present Holder of said Certificate of Purchase has made request to the Treasurer of said County for a deed to said property.

Witness my hand this 8th day of August, A.D. 2020

That a Treasurer’s Deed will be issued for the said property to the said KEMPF RICHARD A KEMPF TRUST At 2:00 o’clock P.M. on the 31st day of August 2020 unless the same has been redeemed;

Witness my hand this 8th day of August, A.D. 2020 Legal Notice No. 705685 1st PUBL: August 13, 2020

Said property may be redeemed from said sale at any time prior to the actual execution of said Treasurer’s Deed.

2nd PUBL: August 20, 2020 3rd PUBL: August 27, 2020 Publisher: Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel

Witness my hand this 8th day of August, A.D. 2020

To Every Person in Actual Possession or Occupancy of the hereinafter Described Land, Lot, Mining Claim, Severed Mineral, or Premises (hereafter referred to as “property’), and to the person in Whose Name the same was taxed specially assessed, and to all Persons having an interest or Title of Record in or to the said property, and to Whom It May Concern, and more especially

That said property was taxed or specially assessed in the name of PETRALIA GEORGE for tax year 2015;

Said property may be redeemed from said sale at any time prior to the actual execution of said Treasurer’s Deed.

Said property may be redeemed from said sale at any time prior to the actual execution of said Treasurer’s Deed.

NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED

And said County Treasurer issued a Tax Lien Certificate of Purchase number 2015-05779 therefore to KEMPF RICHARD A KEMPF TRUST;

That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent REAL ESTATE taxes assessed against said property for the year 2014;

That Present Holder of said Certificate of Purchase has made request to the Treasurer of said County for a deed to said property;

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Also known as: 0; Parcel No. 0182505301019;

That a Treasurer’s Deed will be issued for the said property to the said BOYLE JAMES At 2:00 o’clock P.M. on the 31st day of August 2020 unless the same has been redeemed;

That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent REAL ESTATE taxes assessed against said property for the year 2013;

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SUB:COLLEGE CREST BLK:8 DESC: LOTS 41 AND 42 EXC RD ON E

That said property was taxed or specially assessed in the name of FLORA ASSOCIATES for tax year 2015;

That a Treasurer’s Deed will be issued for the said property to the said JAMIE L. PRONTO At 2:00 o’clock P.M. on the 31st day of August 2020 unless the same has been redeemed.

Legal Notice No. 705681 1st PUBL: August 13, 2020

KEMPF RICHARD A KEMPF TRUST the following described property situate in the County of ADAMS, State of Colorado, to wit:

Public Notice NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED To Every Person in Actual Possession or Occupancy of the hereinafter Described Land, Lot, Mining Claim, Severed Mineral, or Premises (hereafter referred to as “property’), and to the person in Whose Name the same was taxed specially assessed, and to all Persons having an interest or Title of Record in or to the said property, and to Whom It May Concern, and more especially PETRALIA GEORGE; You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 1st day of November, A.D. 2019, the then County Treasurer of the County of Adams, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to

Legal Notice No.: 705680 1st PUBL: August 13, 2020 2nd PUBL: August 20, 2020 3rd PUBL: August 27, 2020 Publisher: Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel Public Notice NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED

To Every Person in Actual Possession or Occupancy of the hereinafter Described Land, Lot, Mining Claim, Severed Mineral, or Premises (hereafter referred to as “property’), and to the person in Whose Name the same was taxed specially assessed, and to all Persons having an interest or Title of Record in or to the said property, and to Whom It May Concern, and more especially GOLDEN ARCHES UNINC;

You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 1st day of November, A.D. 2019, the then County Treasurer of the County of Adams, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to KEMPF RICHARD A KEMPF TRUST the following described property situate in the County of ADAMS, State of Colorado, to wit: SUB:CLEAR CREEK GARDENS FILING NO 2 DESC: UND 1/10TH INT IN N 1/2 OF NOW VACATED W 63RD PL Also known as: 0; Parcel No. 0182508204009; And said County Treasurer issued a Tax Lien Certificate of Purchase number 2015-05683 therefore to KEMPF RICHARD A KEMPF TRUST; That said property was taxed or specially assessed

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Public Notices in the name of GOLDEN ARCHES UNINC for tax year 2015;

at any time prior to the actual execution of said Treasurer’s Deed.

That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent REAL ESTATE taxes assessed against said property for the year 2014;

Witness my hand this 8th day of August, A.D. 2020

That Present Holder of said Certificate of Purchase has made request to the Treasurer of said County for a deed to said property; That a Treasurer’s Deed will be issued for the said property to the said KEMPF RICHARD A KEMPF TRUST At 2:00 o’clock P.M. on the 31st day of August 2020 unless the same has been redeemed; Said property may be redeemed from said sale at any time prior to the actual execution of said Treasurer’s Deed.

Witness my hand this 8th day of August, A.D. 2020 Legal Notice No. 705682 1st PUBL: August 13, 2020 2nd PUBL: August 20, 2020 3rd PUBL: August 27, 2020 Publisher: Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel Public Notice NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED To Every Person in Actual Possession or Occupancy of the hereinafter Described Land, Lot, Mining Claim, Severed Mineral, or Premises (hereafter referred to as “property’), and to the person in Whose Name the same was taxed specially assessed, and to all Persons having an interest or Title of Record in or to the said property, and to Whom It May Concern, and more especially DOUBLE BAR O DOUBLE BAR INC; You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 1st day of November, A.D. 2019, the then County Treasurer of the County of Adams, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to KEMPF RICHARD A KEMPF TRUST the following described property situate in the County of ADAMS, State of Colorado, to wit: SECT,TWN,RNG:18-1-60 DESC: BEG 1406 FT N OF SE COR SE4 TH N 313/06 FT TH W 104/35 FT TH S 104/35 FT TH W 104/35 FT TH S 208/71 FT TH E 208/71 FT TO POB 1/25A Also known as: 0; Parcel No. 0155700000106; And said County Treasurer issued a Tax Lien Certificate of Purchase number 2015-05728 therefore to KEMPF RICHARD A KEMPF TRUST; That said property was taxed or specially assessed in the name of DOUBLE BAR O DOUBLE BAR INC for tax year 2015;

Legal Notice No. 705684 1st PUBL: August 13, 2020 2nd PUBL: August 20, 2020 3rd PUBL: August 27, 2020 Publisher: Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel Public Notice NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED To Every Person in Actual Possession or Occupancy of the hereinafter Described Land, Lot, Mining Claim, Severed Mineral, or Premises (hereafter referred to as “property’), and to the person in Whose Name the same was taxed specially assessed, and to all Persons having an interest or Title of Record in or to the said property, and to Whom It May Concern, and more especially WELLS FARGO BANK; You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 1st day of November, A.D. 2019, the then County Treasurer of the County of Adams, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to KEMPF RICHARD A KEMPF TRUST the following described property situate in the County of ADAMS, State of Colorado, to wit: SECT,TWN,RNG:28-2-67 DESC: PARC IN THE SW4 SW4 OF SEC 28 DESC AS FOLS BEG AT THE A PT ON W LN OF THE W2 NE4 SW4 SW4 OF SEC 28 SD PT ALSO BEING THE SLY ROW LN OF E 81ST PL TH ALG S LN OF SD E 81ST PL S 89D 51M 01S E 88/83 FT TH CONT ALG SD S ROW LN OF E 81ST PL S 00D 08M 59S W 25/70 FT TO A PT ON THE NLY LN TH ALG SD NLY LN N 89D 57M 35S W 89/16 FT TO A PT ON SD W LN OF THE W2 NE4 SW4 SW4 SD SEC 28 TH ALG SD W LN N 00D 53M 16S E 25/87 FT TO THE POB 0/0527A Also known as: 0 Parcel No. 0172128300141; And said County Treasurer issued a Tax Lien Certificate of Purchase number 2015-05726 therefore to KEMPF RICHARD A KEMPF TRUST; That said property was taxed or specially assessed in the name of WELLS FARGO BANK for tax year 2015; That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent REAL ESTATE taxes assessed against said property for the year 2014; That Present Holder of said Certificate of Purchase has made request to the Treasurer of said County for a deed to said property;

That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent REAL ESTATE taxes assessed against said property for the year 2014;

That a Treasurer’s Deed will be issued for the said property to the said KEMPF RICHARD A KEMPF TRUST At 2:00 o’clock P.M. on the 31st day of August 2020 unless the same has been redeemed;

That Present Holder of said Certificate of Purchase has made request to the Treasurer of said County for a deed to said property;

Said property may be redeemed from said sale at any time prior to the actual execution of said Treasurer’s Deed.

That a Treasurer’s Deed will be issued for the said property to the said KEMPF RICHARD A KEMPF TRUST At 2:00 o’clock P.M. on the 31st day of August 2020 unless the same has been redeemed;

Witness my hand this 8th day of August, A.D. 2020 Legal Notice No. 705679 1st PUBL: August 13, 2020

Said property may be redeemed from said sale at any time prior to the actual execution of said Treasurer’s Deed.

2nd PUBL: August 20, 2020 3rd PUBL: August 27, 2020 Publisher: Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel

Witness my hand this 8th day of August, A.D. 2020 Legal Notice No. 705678 1st PUBL: August 13, 2020 2nd PUBL: August 20, 2020 3rd PUBL: August 27, 2020 Publisher: Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel Public Notice NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED To Every Person in Actual Possession or Occupancy of the hereinafter Described Land, Lot, Mining Claim, Severed Mineral, or Premises (hereafter referred to as “property’), and to the person in Whose Name the same was taxed specially assessed, and to all Persons having an interest or Title of Record in or to the said property, and to Whom It May Concern, and more especially COL-136 LLC; You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 1st day of November, A.D. 2019, the then County Treasurer of the County of Adams, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to KEMPF RICHARD A KEMPF TRUST the following described property situate in the County of ADAMS, State of Colorado, to wit: SUB:CHERRYWOOD PARK COMMERCIAL SUBDIVISION DESC: TRACT C Also known as: 0 Thornton; Parcel No. 0157324418014; And said County Treasurer issued a Tax Lien Certificate of Purchase number 2015-05719 therefore to KEMPF RICHARD A KEMPF TRUST; That said property was taxed or specially assessed in the name of COL-136 LLC for tax year 2015; That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent REAL ESTATE taxes assessed against said property for the year 2014; That Present Holder of said Certificate of Purchase has made request to the Treasurer of said County for a deed to said property; That a Treasurer’s Deed will be issued for the said property to the said KEMPF RICHARD A KEMPF TRUST At 2:00 o’clock P.M. on the 31st day of August 2020 unless the same has been redeemed; Said property may be redeemed from said sale

Public Notice AT&T Mobility, LLC is proposing to construct a new telecommunications tower facility located at 497 E 120th Avenue, Thornton, Adams County, CO 80241. The new facility will consist of a 30-foot steel pole telecommunications tower with a top mounted antenna for an overall height of 35 feet.

Any interested party wishing to submit comments regarding the potential effects the proposed facility may have on any historic property may do so by sending comments to: Project 6120006628 - MH EBI Consulting, 6876 Susquehanna Trail South, York, PA 17403, or via telephone at (785) 760-5938.

Legal Notice No. 706705 First Publication: August 20, 2020 Last Publication: August 20, 2020 Publisher: Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel Public Notice NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED To Every Person in Actual Possession or Occupancy of the hereinafter Described Land, Lot, Mining Claim, Severed Mineral, or Premises (hereafter referred to as “property’), and to the person in Whose Name the same was taxed specially assessed, and to all Persons having an interest or Title of Record in or to the said property, and to Whom It May Concern, and more especially RAMIREZ JOSE; You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 1st day of November, A.D. 2019, the then County Treasurer of the County of Adams, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to BLUE SPRUCE SERVICING COMAPANY, LLC the following described property situate in the County of ADAMS, State of Colorado, to wit: SUB:KALCEVIC HEIGHTS BLK:8 DESC: LOT 4 EXC PARC (REC NO 2015000067147) Also known as: 6510 Newton Street, Arvada; Parcel No. 0182504114009; And said County Treasurer issued a Tax Lien Certificate of Purchase number 2016-10600 therefore to BLUE SPRUCE SERVICING COMAPANY, LLC; That said property was taxed or specially assessed in the name of RAMIREZ JOSE for tax year 2016; That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent REAL ESTATE taxes assessed against

said property for the year 2015; That Present Holder of said Certificate of Purchase has made request to the Treasurer of said County for a deed to said property; That a Treasurer’s Deed will be issued for the said property to the said BLUE SPRUCE SERVICINNG COMPANY LLC At 2:00 o’clock P.M. on the 31st day of August 2020 unless the same has been redeemed; Said property may be redeemed from said sale at any time prior to the actual execution of said Treasurer’s Deed.

Witness my hand this 8th day of August, A.D. 2020 Legal Notice No.: 705677 1st PUBL: August 13, 2020 2nd PUBL: August 20, 2020 3rd PUBL: August 27, 2020 Publisher: Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel

Storage Liens/Vehicle Titles Public Notice Pratt Adjustment Bureau, 6800 Downing St, Denver 303-289-7710 is applying for title on 2015 Hyundai Elantra Vin# KMHD35LH6FU249729. Owner of record G. Starks. Person who made the contract K. Barbera.

Legal Notice No. 706700 First Publication: August 20, 2020 Last Publication: August 20, 2020 Publisher: Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel Public Notice Bear Enterprise Towing has these vehicles for sale for money owed.

1) 95 GMC 5500 513098 2) 03 Subaru Forester 752915 3) 98 Toyota 4 Runner 0031926 4) 03 Chevy Impala 426749 Contact BJ Rodgers: 720-621-0233 Legal Notice No.: 705693 First Publication: August 20, 2020 Last Publication: August 20, 2020 Publisher: Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel Public Notice Notice of Public Sale Stor-N-Lock Self Storage #20 Auction is to be held online with StorageTreasures.com. Unit contents of the following storage unit(s) will be sold at 10AM, August 29, 2020.

Sale is being conducted to satisfy landlord’s lien in accordance with Article 21.5, Title 38, Colorado Revised Statues 1973, as amended.

Unit # 2046: Riccardo Russell Unit Size: 10x20 Contents: 4 white freezers, fan, trash can Unit # 2107: Heidi Miller Unit Size: 10x15 Contents: paintings, misc. items, boxes Unit # 2140: Samuel B. Simmons Unit Size: 10x15 Contents: large wooden cabinet, canopy, plastic tubs, wooden materials Unit # 3034: Matthew Martinez Unit Size: 5x10 Contents: silver grill, vanity, Xmas tree, table, chairs Unit # 4003: Lindsay Meyers Unit Size: 10x15 Contents: hot tub, boxes, bicycle, tubs, misc. items Unit # 5014: Jodie Lynn Unit Size: 5x10 Contents: suitcase, boxes, totes, picnic table Unit # 5047: William Koenig Unit Size: 5x5 Contents: small cooler, mattress, microwave, cd player Unit # 5041: Alejandra Ledesema Unit Size: 5x5 Contents: duffle bag, boxes, plastic tub Unit # 5078: Jon Newton: Unit Size: 5x5 Contents: microwave, mattress, plastic tub Unit # 6013: Frank Sandoval Unit Size: 10x10 Contents: portable fans, toys, dresser, headboard Unit # 6014: Jason Price Unit Size: 10x10 Contents: wood crate, yellow stands, boxes Unit # 6056: Issia Vasquez Unit Size: 5x10 Contents: microwave, shoes, baby toys Unit: # 6027: Emily Duncan Unit Size: 10x10 Contents: tanning bed, dinette chairs, coffee table Unit # 9015: John Jarmul, 111 Unit Size: 10x30 Contents: boxes, stroller, furniture Legal Notice No. 705613 First Publication: August 13, 2020 Last Publication: August 20, 2020 Publisher: Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel Public Notice STOR-N-LOCK SELF STORAGE NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE Stor-N-Lock Self Storage, in accordance with C.R.S. 28-21.5-103, hereby gives notice of sale, to-wit: closing on August 27th, 2020 at 10:00 a.m.

ONLINE at Storage Treasures.com, will conduct a sale for each unit in its entirety to the highest bidder for cash, for the contents of the following unit to satisfy a landlord’s lien. Seller reserves the

right to refuse any bid and to withdraw any property from sale. The public is invited to bid on said units UNIT #2003: Randy Chavez 2449 E. 124th Drive, Thornton, CO 80241 Auction Item Bikes, fridge, dining table, dining chairs, cooler, box spring, curtain rods, dolly/hand truck, crutches, bed frame, propane heater, tote with misc, ladder, dog carrier/house, dog bed.

UNIT #6043: Chip Litherland 2245 Clermont Street, Denver, CO 80207 Auction Item Snow blower, camp stoves, clothes, bedding, utility shelf, boxes, totes, garden statue, folding chairs, folding table, household/kitchen items, rug.

Legal Notice No. 705639 First Publication: August 13, 2020 Last Publication: August 20, 2020 Publisher: Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel

Notice to Creditors PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of ALEJANDRA E. HERNANDEZ SIMENTAL, Deceased Case Number: 20PR183 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Adams County, Colorado on or before December 14, 2020, or the claims may be forever barred.

AURELIO AGUIRRE DE LA O Personal Representative 2060 SHERRELWOOD CIR DENVER, CO 80221 Legal Notice No: 705650 First Publication: August 13, 2020 Last Publication: August 27, 2020 Publisher: Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Claudia Hallock, aka Claudia C. Hallock, aka Claudia Carey Hallock, aka Claudia Yvonne Hallock, aka Claudia Y. Hallock, Deceased Case Number: 2020 PR 30598 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Adams County, Colorado on or before December 7, 2020, or the claims may be forever barred.

Mark C. Hallock, Personal Representative c/o Katz, Look & Onorato, P.C.

Legal Notice No.705662 First Publication: August 13, 2020 Last Publication: August 27, 2020 Publisher: Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Richard Daniel Turelli, a/k/a Richard D. Turelli, a/k/a Richard Turelli , a/k/a Rich Turelli, Deceased Case Number: 2020PR30603

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Adams County, Colorado on or before December 21, 2020, or the claims may be forever barred.

Myka M. Landry, Attorney for Co-Personal Representatives Paul Turelli and Anne Marie Brouker PO Box 2276 Elizabeth, Colorado 80107 Legal Notice No. 706706 First Publication: August 20, 2020 Last Publication: September 3, 2020 Publisher: Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Margaret Ann McCrea, Deceased Case Number: 2020 PR 200 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Adams County, Colorado on or before December 20, 2020, or the claims may be forever barred.

Lisa Poggas, Personal Representative 2312 W. Speer Trail Phoenix, AZ 85086 Legal Notice No. 706708 First Publication: August 20, 2020 Last Publication: September 3, 2020 Publisher: Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel

Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of STACEY RAE TASA, a/k/a STACEY R. TASA, Deceased Case Number: 2020PR30644

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

Denver, CO 80203

Sheri R. Rustin, Personal Representative c/o RBS Law LLC 5610 Ward Road, Ste. 300 Arvada, CO 80002

Legal Notice No. 705626 First Publication: August 6, 2020 Last Publication: August 20, 2020 Publisher: Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel

Legal Notice No. 705628 First Publication: August 6, 2020 Last Publication: August 20, 2020 Publisher: Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel

1120 Lincoln Street, Suite 1100

Public Notice

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of James Smith McLure, aka James S. McLure, Deceased Case Number: 2020PR30563

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Anthony Edward Vigil, Deceased Case Number: 2020 PR 030426

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Adams County, Colorado on or before December 21, 2020, or the claims may be forever barred.

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Adams County, Colorado on or before December 6, 2020, or the claims may be forever barred.

James S. McLure, Jr. and William H. McLure Co-Personal Representatives 1074 S. Corona St. Denver, CO 80209

Katrina S. Jones Special Adminstrator Katrina S. Jones, P.C. 11160 Huron Street, Suite 33 Northglenn, Colorado 80234

Legal Notice No. 706710 First Publication: August 20, 2020 Last Publication: September 3, 2020 Publisher: Westminster Window

Legal Notice No. 705598 First Publication: August 6, 2020 Last Publication: August 20, 2020 Publisher: Westminster Window

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Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Lisbeth Elfrieda Dietrich, aka Lisbeth E. Dietrich, aka Lisbeth Dietrich, Deceased Case Number: 2020 PR 30515

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Shane Alan Therrien, a/k/a Shane A. Therrien, and Shane Therrien , Deceased Case Number: 2020PR30628

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Adams County, Colorado on or before December 6, 2020, or the claims may be forever barred.

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to District Court of Adams County, Colorado on or before December 14, 2020, or the claims may be forever barred.

Katrina S. Jones Special Adminstrator Katrina S. Jones, P.C. 11160 Huron Street, Suite 33 Northglenn, Colorado 80234

Deborah Lee Auriemma, Personal Representative 1256 Croke Street Thornton, CO 80260

Legal Notice No. 705599 First Publication: August 6, 2020 Last Publication: August 20, 2020 Publisher: Westminster Window Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of CYNTHIA ANNE REISH, aka Cynthia Anne Workman, aka Cynthia A. Reish, aka Cynthia Reish, Deceased Case Number: 20PR30638 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Adams County, Colorado on or before December 13, 2020, or the claims may be forever barred.

William Milton Reish III Personal Representative c/o Pearman Law Firm 4195 Wadsworth Blvd Wheat Ridge, CO 80033

Legal Notice No. 705640 First Publication: August 13, 2020 Last Publication: August 27, 2020 Publisher: Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Harold Wilson Padilla, Deceased Case Number: 2020 PR 30645 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Adams County, Colorado on or before December 21, 2020, or the claims may be forever barred.

Carol Padilla Personal Representative 11630 Jackson Street Thornton, Colorado 80233 Legal Notice No. 706701 First Publication: August 20, 2020 Last Publication: September 3, 2020 Publisher: Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel

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Public Notices Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of TERRY WAYNE BRUNS, also known as TERRY W. BRUNS, also known as TERRY BRUNS, Deceased Case Number: 2020PR30531 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to District Court of Adams County, Colorado on or before December 14, 2020, or the claims may be forever barred.

Chris Paulsen Personal Representative 5400 Ward Road, Bldg. III, L-30 Arvada, CO 80002

named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to District Court of Adams County, Colorado on or before December 14, 2020, or the claims may be forever barred.

Harvey J. Weimer Personal Representative 1201 W. Thornton Pkwy #288 Thornton, CO 80260

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Edna M. Hunt, a/k/a Edna Mae Hunt, Deceased Case Number: 2020 PR 30649 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court, Adams County, Colorado, on or before December 24, 2020, or the claims may be forever barred.

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Nola Pierce, aka Nola N. Pierce, aka Nola Nadine Pierce, Deceased Case Number: 2020PR30381 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Adams County, Colorado on or before December 14, 2020, or the claims may be forever barred.

Mary Lee Nazarenus, Personal Representative 514 Voiles Dr. Brighton, CO 80601 Legal Notice No. 705665 First Publication: August 13, 2020 Last Publication: August 27, 2020 Publisher: Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of PAULINE LOUISE FLOWERS, a/k/a PAULINE L. FLOWERS, a/k/a PAULINE FLOWERS, Deceased Case Number: 2020PR30641

Legal Notice No: 705651 First Publication: August 13, 2020 Last Publication: August 27, 2020 Publisher: Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Caroline Dorothy Weimer, Deceased Case Number: 2020PR30510 All persons having claims against the above

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Adams County, Colorado on or before December 21, 2020, or the claims may be forever barred.

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Adams County, Colorado on or before December 14, 2020, or the claims may be forever barred.

Paula R. Baker Personal Representative 16851 E. 116th Court Commerce City, CO 80022

Debra L. Smith, Personal Representative c/o Tracy A. Tirey Tirey Law Firm LLC 12021 Pennsylvania St., Ste 103 Thornton, CO 80241

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Adams County, Colorado on or before December 19, 2020 , or the claims may be forever barred.

Legal Notice No. 706713 First Publication: August 20, 2020 Last Publication: September 3, 2020 Publisher: Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel

Larissa R. Borne, Personal Representative 4055 Albion St., #412 Denver,CO 80216

Name Changes

Legal Notice No.705664 First Publication: August 13, 2020 Last Publication: August 27, 2020 Publisher: Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel

Karalee Pelham Blom Personal Representative 3305 W. 95th Ave., Unit D Westminster, CO 80031 Legal Notice No. 705699 First Publication: August 20, 2020 Last Publication: September 3, 2020 Publisher: Westminster Window Public Notice

PUBLIC NOTICE

Sharalee Pederson Personal Representative PO Box 294 Gunnison, CO 81230

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of LaSAUNDRA K. BORNE, A/K/A LA SAUNDRA K. BORNE, Deceased Case Number: 2020PR30627

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Robert H. Blom, Deceased Case Number: 2020PR30673

Legal Notice No. 705687 First Publication: August 13, 2020 Last Publication: August 27, 2020 Publisher: Westminster Window

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Adams, County, Colorado on or before December 21, 2020, or the claims may be forever barred.

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Legal Notice No. 705686 First Publication: August 13, 2020 Last Publication: August 27, 2020 Publisher: Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel

Legal Notice No: 705655 First Publication: August 13, 2020 Last Publication: August 27, 2020 Publisher: Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel

NOTICE TO CREDITORS: Estate of Nancy Coca, Deceased Case Number: 2020 PR 30427 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to: The District Court of Adams, County, Colorado on or before December 21, 2020, or the claims may be forever barred.

Name of Person Giving Notice: Christopher Koupal Attorney to the Personal Representative Parker Lipman, LLP 3200 Cherry Creek South Drive, Ste 520 Denver, CO, 80209

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Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Paul F. Moore, aka Paul Forrest Moore, Deceased Case Number: 2020PR30393

Public notice is given on July 24, 2020, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an Adult has been filed with the Adams County Court.

The Petition requests that the name of Joshua Paul Craver be changed to Joshua Paul Craver-DeCredico Case No.: 20 C 0811

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to: The District Court of ADAMS County, Colorado on or before December 14, 2020, or the claims may be forever barred.

By: Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No. 705621 First Publication: August 6, 2020 Last Publication: August 20, 2020 Publisher: Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel

Janna Remington Remington Law Office, LLC Attorney for Personal Representative PO Box 970, Trinidad, CO 81082

PUBLIC NOTICE

Legal Notice No. 705663 First Publication: August 13, 2020 Last Publication: August 27, 2020 Publisher: Westminster Window

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

Public Notice

Legal Notice No. 706709 First Publication: August 20, 2020 Last Publication: September 3, 2020 Publisher: Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel

The petition requests that the name of Austin Lynn Reiter be changed to Austin Kenobi Sanders Case No.: 20 C 0890

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Richard Gregg, aka Richard L. Gregg, aka Richard Lyell Gregg, Deceased Case Number: 2020PR30676

Adams County Warrants Public Notice Adams County Warrants: August 10, 2020 through August 14, 2020 GENERAL FUND Supplier Name DLR GROUP SAUNDERS CONSTRUCTION INC DENOVO VENTURES LLC G4S SECURE SOLUTIONS USA INC IMPACT CHARITABLE UNITED POWER AAA PEST PROS ADAMSON POLICE PRODUCTS ADVANCED LAUNDRY SYSTEMS ALL RECYCLING INC AZTEC SOFTWARE LLC BALDWIN MARY BELLCO BENNETT TOWN OF BENNETT TOWN OF BIRDSEED COLLECTIVE BRIGHTON CITY OF (WATER) BRIGHTON CITY OF (WATER) BRIGHTON CITY OF (WATER) BRIGHTON CITY OF (WATER) BRIGHTON CITY OF (WATER) BRIGHTON CITY OF (WATER) C & R ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS I CA SHORT COMPANY CASTLE AND CASTLE CENTURY LINK CHAINSAWMAMA LLC CHRISTIAN VICKI COLO DEPT OF PUBLIC HEALTH & E COLO MEDICAL WASTE INC COLO NATURAL GAS INC COLOR CORRAL COMMERCIAL CLEANING SYSTEMS COPYCO QUALITY PRINTING INC DENVER HEALTH & HOSPITAL AUTHO EXTREME TOWING & RECOVERY SERV FASTENAL COMPANY FEDEX FEY TOM E FORT COLLINS POLICE SERVICES FOUND MY KEYS GALDEAN ALEJANDRO GALLS LLC GAM ENTERPRISES INC GAUGLER MARISSA GRONQUIST CHRIS HAGGERTY BRIAN HALLIDAY WATKINS AND MANN INSIGHT PUBLIC SECTOR INTERMOUNTAIN REA INTERVET INC JACKSON JASPER JAZOWSKI KAREN KD SERVICE GROUP KENNY ELECTRIC SERVICE INC KING SOOPERS LABORATORY CORPORATION OF AMER LANGUAGE LINE SERVICES LIBERTY UNIVERSITY INC LIMA PEDRO F LOWRY SAM LOYA OLIVIA MARKET STREET MANAGEMENT LLC MCCREARY RAPHAEL MCDONALD YONG HUI V MURPHY RICK MWI VETERINARY SUPPLY CO NCS PEARSON INC NEAL ROBERT NORTH COLORADO MEDICAL CTR NORTH PECOS WATER & SANITATION NORTH SUBURBAN MEDICAL CENTER

Warrant DateAmount 8/11/2020 15,944.27 8/11/2020 319,097.31 8/13/2020 5,020.00 8/13/2020 24,906.66 8/13/2020 50,000.00 8/13/2020 10,541.00 8/13/2020 1,845.00 8/13/2020 1,760.50 8/13/2020 1,343.47 8/13/2020 755.10 8/13/2020 2,500.00 8/13/2020 150.00 8/13/2020 300.00 8/13/2020 1,500.00 8/13/2020 79.05 8/13/2020 2,730.00 8/13/2020 7,393.73 8/13/2020 4,881.41 8/13/2020 758.76 8/13/2020 15,240.95 8/13/2020 103.03 8/13/2020 19,335.73 8/13/2020 761.08 8/13/2020 3,650.00 8/13/2020 2.50 8/13/2020 85.00 8/13/2020 4,995.00 8/13/2020 150.00 8/13/2020 250.00 8/13/2020 1,949.00 8/13/2020 28.76 8/13/2020 2,370.10 8/13/2020 102,369.27 8/13/2020 5,500.00 8/13/2020 680.00 8/13/2020 250.00 8/13/2020 392.75 8/13/2020 128.90 8/13/2020 150.00 8/13/2020 56.00 8/13/2020 2,142.40 8/13/2020 19.00 8/13/2020 29,257.45 8/13/2020 3,293.84 8/13/2020 2,500.00 8/13/2020 65.00 8/13/2020 65.00 8/13/2020 143.00 8/13/2020 7,358.39 8/13/2020 26.02 8/13/2020 1,950.00 8/13/2020 120.00 8/13/2020 1,750.00 8/13/2020 254.50 8/13/2020 216.00 8/13/2020 150.00 8/13/2020 8,900.00 8/13/2020 1,301.34 8/13/2020 1,338.75 8/13/2020 1,175.24 8/13/2020 150.00 8/13/2020 19.00 8/13/2020 19,499.00 8/13/2020 65.00 8/13/2020 4,791.06 8/13/2020 3,429.74 8/13/2020 15.64 8/13/2020 66.50 8/13/2020 75.00 8/13/2020 621.00 8/13/2020 41.13 8/13/2020 100.00

NORTHGLENN AMBULANCE OCHS CRYSTAL ODEGARD CHERYL ANN OFFICESCAPES OF DENVER LLLP ORACLE AMERICA INC PEARL COUNSELING ASSOCIATES PITNEY BOWES GLOBAL FINANCIAL RUSCH APRIL SAFEWARE INC SALAZAR MA TRINIDAD SANTIAGOS MEXICAN RESTURANT SOUTH ADAMS WATER & SANITATION SOUTHLAND MEDICAL LLC STOGSDILL SHANNA STRASBURG SANITATION SUMMIT FOOD SERVICE LLC SUMMIT LABORATORIES INC SYMMETRY ENERGY SOLUTIONS LLC THERMAL & MOISTURE PROTECTION TONSAGER DENNIS TRELOAR TARA A TYGRETT DEBRA R U-HAUL CREDIT ADMINISTRATION UNITED POWER (UNION REA) UPS US POSTAL SERVICE US VENTURE VEIGA BRASIL III RICHARD A WALMART WESTMINSTER CITY OF WHITESTONE CONSTRUCTION SERVIC WILBUR-ELLIS COMPANY LLC WOLFE SANDRA KAY WOODARD MATTHEW WRIGHTWAY INDUSTRIES INC XCEL ENERGY XCEL ENERGY XCEL ENERGY XCEL ENERGY XCEL ENERGY XCEL ENERGY XCEL ENERGY XCEL ENERGY XCEL ENERGY XCEL ENERGY XCEL ENERGY XCEL ENERGY XCEL ENERGY XCEL ENERGY XCEL ENERGY XCEL ENERGY XCEL ENERGY XCEL ENERGY XCEL ENERGY XCEL ENERGY XCEL ENERGY XCEL ENERGY XCEL ENERGY XCEL ENERGY XCEL ENERGY XCEL ENERGY Fund Total

8/13/2020 8/13/2020 8/13/2020 8/13/2020 8/13/2020 8/13/2020 8/13/2020 8/13/2020 8/13/2020 8/13/2020 8/13/2020 8/13/2020 8/13/2020 8/13/2020 8/13/2020 8/13/2020 8/13/2020 8/13/2020 8/13/2020 8/13/2020 8/13/2020 8/13/2020 8/13/2020 8/13/2020 8/13/2020 8/13/2020 8/13/2020 8/13/2020 8/13/2020 8/13/2020 8/13/2020 8/13/2020 8/13/2020 8/13/2020 8/13/2020 8/13/2020 8/13/2020 8/13/2020 8/13/2020 8/13/2020 8/13/2020 8/13/2020 8/13/2020 8/13/2020 8/13/2020 8/13/2020 8/13/2020 8/13/2020 8/13/2020 8/13/2020 8/13/2020 8/13/2020 8/13/2020 8/13/2020 8/13/2020 8/13/2020 8/13/2020 8/13/2020 8/13/2020 8/13/2020 8/13/2020

96.60 710.00 19.00 18,734.55 6,871.53 6,377.00 1,239.21 100.00 6,423.37 66.00 100.00 1,235.76 593.31 1,039.50 1,537.80 42,546.36 480.00 13,513.40 450.00 65.00 65.00 120.00 25.00 4,785.02 31.22 240.00 150.00 2,730.00 283.12 9,977.69 7,125.00 3,505.00 65.00 19.00 660.24 69.76 12,466.96 677.19 82.94 82.91 835.54 44.99 44.59 46.17 74.31 79.84 52.51 84.29 56.20 45.93 66.08 44.60 406.87 16.04 3,948.00 68.82 1,234.29 6,742.36 11,634.94 618.73 100.65 872,458.52

CAPITAL FACILITIES FUND SAUNDERS CONSTRUCTION INC TAYLOR KOHRS LLC WORKPLACE ELEMENTS D2C ARCHITECTS INC GROUND ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS LARSON RICHARD E LYNXWILER ART & DESIGN PIPER COMMUNICATION SERVICES I ROTH SHEPPARD ARCHITECTS STANTEC ARCHITECTURE INC THERMAL & MOISTURE PROTECTION UNITED POWER (UNION REA) UNITED POWER (UNION REA)

8/11/2020 1,419,083.98 8/13/2020 296,687.12 8/13/2020 11,037.46 8/13/2020 31,353.16 8/13/2020 666.50 8/13/2020 918.04 8/13/2020 18,000.00 8/13/2020 5,122.00 8/13/2020 19,300.00 8/13/2020 25,403.19 8/13/2020 5,516.50 8/13/2020 20.00 8/13/2020 20.00

UNITED POWER (UNION REA) Fund Total

8/13/2020 20.00 1,833,147.95

GOLF COURSE ENTERPRISE FUND PROFESSIONAL RECREATION MGMT I PROFESSIONAL RECREATION MGMT I AAA PEST PROS AGFINITY INC ALSCO AMERICAN INDUSTRIAL BUCKEYE WELDING SUPPLY CO INC L L JOHNSON DIST MASEK GOLF CARS OF COLORADO POTESTIO BROTHER EQUIPMENT XCEL ENERGY XCEL ENERGY Fund Total

8/13/2020 21,357.35 8/13/2020 65,790.28 8/13/2020 45.00 8/13/2020 4,227.09 8/13/2020 54.36 8/13/2020 30.60 8/13/2020 2,219.76 8/13/2020 363.40 8/13/2020 741.00 8/13/2020 44.73 8/13/2020 291.45 95,165.02

EQUIPMENT SERVICE FUND ACS MANAGEMENT LLC ASBURY CO CDJR LLC FACTORY MOTOR PARTS HOLLAND SIGNS INC INSIGHT AUTO GLASS LLC KOIS BROTHERS EQUIP CO MCCANDLESS INTL TRUCKS OF COLO MITCHELL1 PRECISE MRM LLC SAM HILL OIL INC SUN ENTERPRISES INC WEX BANK Fund Total

8/13/2020 8/13/2020 8/13/2020 8/13/2020 8/13/2020 8/13/2020 8/13/2020 8/13/2020 8/13/2020 8/13/2020 8/13/2020 8/13/2020

4,554.00 84,096.00 8,344.21 17,661.00 396.78 57,720.00 88,266.00 1,728.00 10,968.00 20,158.04 21,679.00 1,479.80 317,050.83

XCEL ENERGY XCEL ENERGY XCEL ENERGY XCEL ENERGY Fund Total

8/13/2020 8/13/2020 8/13/2020 8/13/2020 8/13/2020 8/13/2020 8/13/2020 8/13/2020 8/13/2020 8/13/2020 8/13/2020 8/13/2020 8/13/2020 8/13/2020 8/13/2020 8/13/2020 8/13/2020 8/13/2020 8/13/2020 8/13/2020 8/13/2020 8/13/2020 8/13/2020 8/13/2020 8/13/2020 8/13/2020 8/13/2020 8/13/2020 8/13/2020 8/13/2020 8/13/2020 8/13/2020 8/13/2020 8/13/2020 8/13/2020 8/13/2020 8/13/2020 8/13/2020 8/13/2020 8/13/2020 8/13/2020 8/13/2020

4,573.01 111.07 51.20 74.75 307,530.79

8/13/2020

300.00 300.00

INSURANCE FUND FIT SOLDIERS LLC Fund Total

WASTE MANAGEMENT FUND IRON WOMAN CONSTRUCTION Fund Total

8/13/2020 807,930.11 807,930.11

OPEN SPACE PROJECTS FUND STREAM LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE XCEL ENERGY Fund Total

8/13/2020 8/13/2020

3,824.76 12.89 3,837.65

OPEN SPACE SALES TAX FUND EAGLE CREEK METROPOLITAN DISTR Fund Total

8/13/2020 69,540.48 69,540.48

COMMUNITY DEV BLOCK GRANT FUND HAMPTON INN BRIGHTON DENVER STAIR LTD NESTMAN AND ENG ORTHODONTICS L Fund Total

ROAD & BRIDGE FUND UNITED POWER ALSCO AMERICAN INDUSTRIAL CINTAS FIRST AID & SAFETY CLASSIC II HOLDINGS LLC COBITCO INC DAVEY TREE EXPERT CO EP&A ENVIROTAC INC EST INC GROUND ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS GUERRERO SIMON JALISCO INTL INC METECH RECYCLING ORIUX PREMIER PORTABLES SOUTH ADAMS WATER & SANITATION THE GOODYEAR TIRE AND RUBBER C UNITED POWER (UNION REA) UNITED POWER (UNION REA) UNITED POWER (UNION REA) UNITED POWER (UNION REA) UNITED POWER (UNION REA) UNITED POWER (UNION REA) UNITED POWER (UNION REA) UNITED POWER (UNION REA) UNITED POWER (UNION REA) UNITED POWER (UNION REA) UNITED POWER (UNION REA) UNITED POWER (UNION REA) UNITED POWER (UNION REA) UNITED POWER (UNION REA) UNITED POWER (UNION REA) UNITED POWER (UNION REA) UNITED POWER (UNION REA) UNITED POWER (UNION REA) UTILITY NOTIFICATION CENTER OF W L CONTRACTORS INC XCEL ENERGY XCEL ENERGY XCEL ENERGY XCEL ENERGY XCEL ENERGY XCEL ENERGY

8/13/2020 8/13/2020 8/13/2020 8/13/2020

8/13/2020 8/13/2020 8/13/2020

8,750.00 5,600.00 3,293.25 17,643.25

8/13/2020 8/13/2020 8/13/2020 8/13/2020 8/13/2020 8/13/2020 8/13/2020 8/13/2020 8/13/2020 8/13/2020 8/13/2020

142.31 404.41 149.93 120.00 825.00 160.89 70.00 6,515.84 49.50 49.50 1,038.00 9,525.38

HEAD START FUND 300.00 191.17 223.13 2,500.00 820.38 2,700.00 35,644.18 32,182.42 1,243.00 1,800.00 188,838.02 504.05 2,971.73 350.00 247.77 1,224.00 23.16 33.00 16.50 34.00 88.49 36.00 16.50 16.50 33.00 48.28 20.00 153.79 118.52 131.40 41.05 99.26 48.28 44.78 154.96 6,697.42 79.72 74.68 60.24 222.58 93.54 22,595.26

CENTURY LINK CENTURY LINK CENTURY LINK CESCO LINGUISTIC SERVICE INC CHILDRENS HOSPITAL CINTAS CORPORATION NO 2 COLO DEPT OF HUMAN SERVICES COMMUNITY REACH CENTER FOUNDAT IDEMIA IDENTITY & SECURITY USA IDEMIA IDENTITY & SECURITY USA L & N SUPPLY COMPANY INC Fund Total

WORKFORCE & BUSINESS CENTER LAJARAZO JAMIE MUNOZ PARRA ANA P PORTILLO YOCELYN Fund Total

8/13/2020 8/13/2020 8/13/2020

150.00 215.00 150.00 515.00

COLORADO AIR & SPACE PORT CITY SERVICEVALCON LLC AT&T CORP JVIATION INC Fund Total

8/13/2020 21,504.46 8/13/2020 107.50 8/13/2020 37,776.00 59,387.96

FLATROCK FACILITY FUND AAA PEST PROS COMMERCIAL CLEANING SYSTEMS FIRE INSPECTION SERVICES LLC GAM ENTERPRISES INC STATE OF COLORADO Fund Total Grand Total

8/13/2020 8/13/2020 8/13/2020 8/13/2020 8/13/2020

60.00 1,606.87 3,800.00 240.75 3.13 5,710.75

4,399,743.69

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Jeffco coaches and athletes adjust to a pandemic season Moving fall sports to spring just part of changes

BY JOSEPH RIOS JRIOS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

The Golden Demons High School football team members had just showed up to their first week of training camp on Aug. 3 when coaches, led by Head Coach Jared Yannacito, huddled their players up.

Yannacito had just received word that high school football in Colorado will kickoff in the spring rather than in the fall because of the pandemic.

Some players cried because they were devastated that they wouldn’t get to play in the coming weeks while others saw the season being pushed back as an opportunity to get stronger and better before the spring.

“It was mixed emotions across the board. That’s for my players and coaches,” said Yannacito. “Personally, I was grateful that we have a season.

I’m just really glad that the (Colorado High School Activities Association, or CHSAA) didn’t cancel the season and not find a way for us to play.”

Like Golden High School’s football team, other Jeffco Public Schools athletes and coaches are coming to terms with the fact that most high school fall sports won’t happen this year. CHSAA announced on Aug. 4 that high school football, girls’ volleyball, boys’ soccer, field hockey, gymnastics and unified bowling will be played in the spring rather than in the fall. Other sports like cross country, boys’ tennis, boys’ golf and softball will compete in a modified

fall schedule.

Joey Mancuso, a senior quarterback for Golden High School, echoed Yannacito saying he’s grateful CHSAA is planning for a spring football season, but admitted being disappointed football won’t happen in 2020. He said he believes the extended offseason will help him better master the team’s playbook and prepare for games.

“The biggest thing is we were disappointed. We were excited to get back, but we realized there are a lot of positives (for having a spring season),” said Mancuso.

“Everything is getting more serious, and the fact that we have (multiple) guys on the field, and we’re playing against different schools — it’s a good thing we’re playing in the spring because of the risk COVID holds during football. My teammates and me were nervous about playing during this outbreak,” he said.

Other Jeffco Public Schools seniors like Stella Bianco, a volleyball player for Arvada West High School, are also adjusting to having some fall sports canceled. Bianco was attending open gym practices twice a week in July at Arvada West and said her and her teammates wore masks when attending practice.

She said she’ll miss the atmosphere of high school volleyball this fall and seeing her classmates in the stands cheering her and her team on.

“With coronavirus, it’s hard to do team bonding and get into that team mindset, because it’s harder to be around people,” said Bianco. “I’ll miss the girls the most. It’s a missed opportunity to bond with those girls and play with the team.”

At Wheat Ridge High School, Scott Chamberlin is preparing for his 25th year as head coach for the school’s cross-country team.

Regular season meets have been cutdown from 11 to seven, and teams are allowed to bring as many runners to a meet as long as they remain in compliance with the maximum of 50 athletes per gender. Neither junior varsity or open races are permitted to be run at varsity meets, but schools are allowed to host a junior varsity meet or an open race separate from varsity meets, CHSAA says.

Chamberlin plans to enforce mask rules among his athletes and will hold practices in “cohort” groups to help slow the spread of the coronavirus. Athletes will also have their temperatures taken during each practice.

Jeffco Public Schools cross-country coaches are planning to run meets with each other in order to give athletes additional opportunities to compete, Chamberlin said. Under Jefferson County’s variance to the statewide Safer-at-Home and in the Vast, Great Outdoors public health order, outdoor gatherings are limited to 125 people. Because of that, Chamberlin said meets may have to be restricted to coaches and athletes.

Chamberlin said in his decades of coaching high school cross-country, he’s never experienced the challenges the pandemic has brought to high school athletics.

“I certainly don’t want to get sick, but I love coaching, I love kids, and I love to give them an opportunity,” Chamberlin added. “It’s challenging and I can see every side, all sides, all the time.

Club football fall league proposed

BY JIM BENTON JBENTON@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

After the announcement that the Colorado High School Activities Association would not play football this fall, there is a move to initiate a club fall football league for high school players.

“We’re trying to figure out how to get people involved and get them to the next level,” said Matt Frederic, a parent of a football player at Heritage High School in Littleton.

“People were frustrated when they got the news (CHSAA announcement) because it has really put a lot of kids in a bad situation.”

Several schools have been contacted, including Fairview, Cherry Creek, Arapahoe, Heritage, Mountain Vista, ThunderRidge, Highlands Ranch, Rock Canyon, Valor Christian, Pomona, Columbine, Chatfield and Grandview.

“There are a number of teams we have contacted,” said Frederic.

“Some were curious and said now is the time. Some backed off. They were more worried about their kids playing football.”

Fields, insurance and officials have been lined up and the teams would follow CHSAA rules for the games.

The biggest problem is determining whether schools would allow players to use equipment and helmets.

“The problem is can we find enough players and equipment for it to work,” added Frederick.

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Dakota Benjamin Day Case No.: 20 C 0772

Legal Notice No. 705630 First Publication: August 6, 2020 Last Publication: August 20, 2020 Publisher: Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel

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Public notice is given on August 10, 2020 that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Adams County Court.

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The petition requests that the name of Laura Ann Price be changed to Laura Ann Fox Case No.: 20 C 0950 By: Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No. 705698 First Publication: August 20, 2020 Last Publication: September 3, 2020 Publisher: Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on August 10, 2020, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Adams County Court.

The petition requests that the name of Hannah Elisabeth Drazich be changed to Elizabeth Anne Drazich Case No.: 2020 C 910 By: Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No: 705696 First Publication: August 20, 2020 Last Publication: September 3, 2020 Publisher: Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on July 16, 2020, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Adams County Court.

Public notice is given on August 10, 2020 that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Adams County Court.

The petition requests that the name of Julian Maximo Cavazos be changed to Julian Maximo Fox Case No.: 20 C 0949 By: Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No: 705697 First Publication: August 20, 2020 Last Publication: September 3, 2020 Publisher: Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel

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