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No deal on Westminster water rates

Westminster’s Big Dry Creek Wastewater Treatment Facility along Huron Street.

Upgrades to Big Dry Creek is listed in Westminster’s sewer capital improvement for future projects, which will affect sewer rates. On the water side, Westminster is planning to complete construction of a water treatment facility by 2025.

To finance these future projects, council will be faced with a vote in May or June on whether to increase rates for 2022. PHOTO BY LIAM ADAMS

BY LIAM ADAMS LADAMS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Westminster City Council made it clear that there are two sides who still feel very different about water rates during a Jan. 28 study session, One side is adamant about lowering rates, the other group endorses the current trajectory based on recommendations from city staff. Councilors on both ends indicated they won’t change their opinion in the near future. By May, they will have to vote on rates for 2022.

The cost of water has been a major political litmus test in town, ever since the Westminster Water Warriors launched a recall campaign against Mayor Herb Atchison, Mayor Pro Tem Anita Seitz, and Councilors Kathryn Skulley and Jon Voelz last year. The Water Warriors have criticized the four for supporting water rate increases. The recall group hasn’t targeted the three others, Councilors David DeMott, Lindsey Smith and Rich Seymour, who have called for lower rates.

Water and sewer rates went up in 2018, 2019 and 2020, but not in 2021. However, it’s something council will have to consider for 2022, thus the reason for the Jan. 28 meeting.

In the study session, staff reviewed major, future utility expenditures, and ways to finance it all. The biggest is what the city has dubbed, “Water 2025,” or the construction of a new water treatment plant. The current water treatment plant, Semper, has existed for 50 years and has about 15 to 20 years left, according to a city web page. Renovations won’t suffice. The city needs a new facility that can adapt to changing regulations, address future water supply shortages and is resilient when wildfires threaten the watershed, for example. The final sticker price is currently unknown.

In addition, aging infrastructure, such as pipes, will need replacing, and the city is planning on other capital improvement projects for its water and sewer systems. Also, the city will need to pay off the debt it borrowed to help finance these projects. That means city staff will likely recommend increases in 2022, Atchison said at the Jan. 28 meeting.

However, there might be different ways to get at that. The city could draw from reserves to help with utility infrastructure costs, thus lessening the percentage rates would increase.

The entire council wasn’t opposed to that idea, but some members ultimately want rates to go down.

“I don’t like the path we’re on and we need to make a change, in my opinion,” DeMott said.

DeMott’s comment was in response to a question Atchison asked if the council wants to continue supporting the city’s “six integrated policies” for water delivery. The policies include simplification of water use tiers, enhancing fixed water revenues and maintaining single sewer rates, among others. Seitz pressed DeMott on which of the six policies he doesn’t support.

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Thornton mayor nixed Corchado executive session

BY LIAM ADAMS LADAMS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Amidst confusion some members of Thornton City Council claimed to be having before a vote to fire the city attorney, Mayor Jan Kulmann rejected a key opportunity to clear the air.

Council voted 5 to 4 at a Jan. 19 special meeting to terminate former City Attorney Luis Corchado. The four who dissented said they didn’t have enough information to be confident about their vote, a claim confirmed by emails the Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel recently obtained.

Mayor Jan Kulmann, Mayor Pro Tem Jessica Sandgren and Councilors David Acunto, Adam Matkowsky and Angie Bedolla voted for Corchado’s dismissal.

Councilors Jacque Phillips, Julia Marvin, Sherry Goodman and Sam Nizam opposed the motion. The four dissenters said they weren’t privy to the same information the other five were, noting that the mayor had reached out to each councilor individually about the situation before the Jan. 19 meeting.

Kulmann said her decision was based on information she received from nine city employees about Corchado. A few councilors have alluded to nonspecific allegations of Corchado harassing city employees. No additional details have become public and Corchado has vehemently rejected any rumors or allegations.

Furthermore, Kulmann pushed back against the claim that some councilors were in the loop and others weren’t.

“No information was left out,” the mayor said at a Jan. 26 council meeting. She said councilors who argued otherwise were “politicizing a situation like this with inflammatory rhetoric.”

A ‘serious concern’

A different story emerges in email correspondence between city councilors and city staff in the days preceding the dramatic Jan. 19 meeting. The emails span from Sunday, Jan. 17 to Tuesday, Jan. 19. The Northglenn-Thorn-

ton Sentinel obtained them through an open records request. Not all of the emails on the matter were available for inspection because they did not include certain words or phrases.

“I would like to set up a time to talk with you over Zoom about a serious concern that I’ve recently learned about,” Kulmann wrote to Phillips at 8:50 p.m. Sunday. Never once did Kulmann use phrases such as “city attorney” or “Luis Corchado” in her correspondence.

Phillips and Kulmann messaged one-on-one from Sunday to Monday. The mayor wanted to set up a Zoom call with Phillips and a third person whom the mayor didn’t specify. The mayor later confirmed at the Jan. 26 meeting that the third person was an attorney with the Colorado Intergovernmental Risk Sharing Agency (CIRSA), the city’s HR insurance company.

In Kulmann and Phillips’ correspondence, Phillips asked repeatedly for more information, to which Kulmann said little in response.

At one point, the mayor said, “While I’m not comfortable sharing specifics, I realize my email was rather cryptic. I will share that I’ve received some very concerning complaints related to toxic work environment, harassment, and discrimination.”

Phillips never indicated she fully understood why Kulmann wanted to fire Corchado. Phillips did speak with the CIRSA attorney on Jan. 18, but in emails from Jan. 19, she said she still did not have a full understanding of the matter.

“Seriously, what is this even about?” Phillips wrote to councilors in a Jan. 19 email in response to Councilor Sherry Goodman. “It is clear we are all receiving different information.”

At the Jan. 26 meeting, Kulmann said that conversations between council members and the CIRSA attorney was evidence that everyone had the same opportunity to get the same information.

Emails from other council members on the morning of Jan. 19 show otherwise. In a 6:18 a.m. email to all of the council, Goodman SEE MAYOR, P2

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Arganbright gets six years for sexual assault nets, leading staff to call Westminster police. Arganbright, a senior-level officer at the time, was among those William J. Martinez of the U.S. who responded. Hospital staff didn’t District Court of Colorado want to press charges against sentenced former Westminster KT. Arganbright said he would police officer Curtis Lee Argangive KT a ride home to Broombright to six years in prison for field from St. Anthony’s. sexually assaulting a woman As they were driving along when he was on duty.

144th Avenue and Zuni Street, Arganbright, 43, pleaded Arganbright pulled off the road guilty to violating a woman’s to a remote location. ArganArganbright bright handcuffed KT and civil rights for assaulting her when he transported her home brought her out of the patrol from the hospital in 2017. Argancar, where he engaged in unlawful bright’s sentencing in federal court sexual contact with the woman, as occurred after he received a shorter stipulated by the plea agreement. sentence in Colorado district court.

Prosecutors from the U.S. Attorney’s In addition to his prison sentence office said Arganbright vaginally and and another three years of superorally penetrated KT, a description the vised release, Arganbright won’t seek defense disputes parts of. According employment with a law enforcement to police reports noted during the Feb. agency in the future and will register 1 hearing, Arganbright and KT were as a sex offender with state and fedthere for about 7 minutes. eral databases.

A few days later, the Broomfield On Aug. 23, 2017, the victim, whom Police Department arrested ArganMartinez and attorneys referred bright and 17th Judicial Attorney Dave to as “KT” during a Feb. 1 sentencYoung charged the officer with sexual ing hearing, went to St. Anthony’s assault. In November 2018, Broomfield North Health Campus for alcohol District Court Judge F. Michael Goodwithdrawal treatment, according to bee sentenced Arganbright to 90 days Arganbright’s plea agreement and of jail and four years of probation statements made during the sentencafter the defendant plead guilty. Aftering hearing. At St. Anthony’s, hospital ward, in October 2019, U.S. Attorney staff found KT, who was 36 at the time, Jason Dunn said Goodbee’s sentence stealing medical supplies from cabiwas too light and charged Argan-

bright with a civil rights violation that could carry a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison.

Though Arganbright admitted to engaging in nonconsensual sex with KT and causing her “bodily injury,” defense attorney Nathan Chambers disputed other facts at the Feb. 1 sentencing hearing. “Time will fail me, your honor, if I tried to list all the reasons why KT should not be believed. All of her inconsistencies. All the times she’s refuted by reputable evidence. All the time she’s just plain wrong. And the times, which there are many, when she flat out lied,” the defendant’s attorney said.

Trying to lighten Arganbright’s sentence, Chambers listed inconsistencies in KT’s accounting of the assault. Martinez would later agree with some of Chambers’ points and said the prosecution failed to prove that Arganbright caused KT “serious bodily injury.” There was uncertainty about whether certain bruising on KT was from Arganbright.

Certain factual inconsistencies about the assault ultimately led Martinez to lessen Arganbright’s maximum 10-year prison sentence to six.

But Martinez denounced attacks on KT’s character. “This is a reminder of what victims of sexual assault frequently face when they have the courage of coming forward to report

the assault,” the judge said.

Bryan Fields of the U.S. Attorney’s office said the defense’s argument was trying to “shift the blame.”

KT herself would take the stand and respond. “None of these facts or character defects made what this man did to me that night makes it okay.

Nothing about my past or my current state at the time of the assault justify his actions that night. What he did to me was vile and horrible and so very wrong,” the survivor said.

Fields said Arganbright showed little remorse and never apologized.

Later in the hearing, though, the defendant would do that for the first time. “I am truly sorry, and no words can describe the shame that I have right now,” Arganbright said.

During her testimony, KT said that Arganbright’s assault sent her into a “downward spiral that caused me to lose my dignity, my seven-year-olddaughter, my family, my friends, my house and almost my life.” Yet, she said she’s doing better today and in 55 days, will be one-year sober.

She concluded: “Although this should never happen to anyone, I am grateful that it happened to me.

Someone that was strong enough to come forward with the truth to stop this from ever happening to another young lady. And to come out on the other side a survivor.”

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represents the council and the city.

What about the first accusation?”

Marvin also emailed all councilors on Tuesday morning, writing, “The fact that we weren’t all working from the same information and facts about this is a problem.”

Kulmann defended her earlier comments on Feb. 3.

“I gave the same exact information to every single council member. So, the comments made that there was confusion or uncertainty seems to be more related to an unhappiness with the outcome more than a question about the process,” she said. The mayor said she made the decisions she did to support the nine employees who approached her. She also reiterated that anyone who was confused could have sought clarity through a phone call with her or the CIRSA attorney.

Canceling an executive session Prior to the council’s Jan. 19 email frenzy, Kulmann emailed City Clerk Kristen Rosenbaum. At 1:47 p.m.

Monday, Kulmann asked Rosenbaum to schedule a special meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 19 for “consideration of the city attorney’s contract.”

In response, Rosenbaum emailed all councilors an hour later with an agenda that listed a private executive session. Rosenbaum told the Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel that she assumed an executive session was necessary because personnel matters

were being discussed.

Kulmann said she had not asked for an executive session. She said she only wanted a public meeting because the council cannot formally vote in an executive session. “The only thing that we were told (by the CIRSA attorney) that we could not do is nothing,” Kulmann told the Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel.

One minute after Rosenbaum emailed all of the council with the agenda, Kulmann directly replied to the city clerk. “Kristen, this isn’t an executive session. It’s just an action item. Can you update?” the mayor wrote.

Fifteen minutes later, Rosenbaum emailed councilors again.

“Please disregard previous email,” she said in an email with a new agenda that listed a public meeting agenda instead of an executive session.

An executive session would have allowed the mayor or the CIRSA attorney to clear the air, said Jeff Roberts, executive director of the Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition.

“It’s puzzling like it was handled like this, where they could have had an executive session and laid out all the information for everyone at once,” Roberts said.

The council could have entered into an executive session to get on the same page and then enter into a public meeting for a formal vote, he said.

WATER

you feel comfortable changing and your reasoning behind it. I just want to understand logically how we can provide, which I know you agree with, high quality, safe, reliable, compliant drinking water to our residents.”

Comments from other councilors showed that the four and the three remain divided on the issue. They agreed on other items, though. Everyone supported a recommendation for the city to implement a 30-day billing cycle, as well as a gallon-based billing system. There was no formal voting at the meeting.

BY LIAM ADAMS LADAMS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

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Mullica ready to tackle health issues Q&A with state Rep. Kyle Mullica

BY LIAM ADAMS LADAMS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Since his election to the Colorado House of Representatives in 2018, state Rep. Kyle Mullica’s day job as an ER nurse has informed his work at the state Capitol. It’s now just become all the more relevant.

Mullica, a Northglenn resident, plans to back two major bills related to healthcare affordability and access this legislative session that is set to return fully on Feb. 16. The COVID-19 pandemic, he said, has exacerbated healthcare inequities, which he sees every day at Presbyterian St. Luke’s Medical Center in Denver.

In a one-on-one conversation with Colorado Community Media, Mullica talked about his legislative priorities and the things motivating him this session.

This conversation has been edited for length and clarity.

CCM: What are some major issues you will be focused on this legislative session?

Rep. Kyle Mullica: Making sure we have adequate access to healthcare. There’s a lot of inequity in our healthcare system that needs to be addressed. The trajectory that we’re on when it comes to the cost

State Rep. Kyle Mullica from Northglenn.

Mullica’s day job as an ER nurse at Presbyterian St. Luke’s Medical Center in Denver informs his work at the state Capitol. This legislative session, he will work on legislation focused on healthcare equity and COURTESY OF THE OFFICE OF STATE REP. KYLE MULLICA access.

of healthcare is not a sustainable one. What are we going to do to make sure that we lower the cost of healthcare across the board?

CCM: Which pieces of legislation will you be working on to tackle those issues?

Mullica: One of the big ones is the concept around public option (health insurance). That’s actually a bill I will be working on this year with Rep. (Dylan) Roberts and Sen. (Kerry) Donovan. It’s really focused on what do we do to lower the cost of healthcare for the people of Colorado.

Also, Rep. (Yadira) Caraveo and I are going to be working on a `Colorado Health Service Corps’ bill.

Imagine the concept of the national guard with healthcare workers.

Talking to Rep. Caraveo and having frontline experience in seeing this, we started realizing that there are a lot of under-utilized medical professionals. Some have that degree but don’t necessarily have the training on critical care patients or running a ventilator. We thought there was ample opportunity for that cross-training. During the pandemic, we hear a lot about capacity issues. Those capacity issues aren’t regarding the number of beds. We have a lot of hospital beds in Colorado, we don’t have the staff to staff those hospital beds, though.

Mullica clarified the second bill is to establish a research group to look at the cost and logistics associated with creating a health service corps.

CCM: Your work in the medical field has informed your work since you joined the legislature. How has that changed in light of the pandemic, though?

Mullica: This pandemic has really shown us some areas where our healthcare system was broken. I think we knew that, but it really just kind of shined a brighter light on it. So, it’s pushed me to fight harder to try and fix that. We see communities of color being disproportionately affected by this virus. Part of the reason for that is because of lack of access and inequity in our healthcare system.

That’s my community that we’re talking about. That is the people that live in my district. That’s what I got sent down here to do, is to fight for them.

CCM: As a state legislator, do you feel uniquely prepared for this unprecedented moment, given your work as an ER nurse? If so, how?

Mullica: There’s a lot that I take from my day job as an ER nurse.

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Bird is focused on ‘thoughtful incentives’ as finance chair Q&A with state Rep. Shannon Bird

is while some of that might sound good, those kinds of changes have to be done thoughtfully. Right now, the economy is not great. We want businesses to get strong again and we want them to hire people again.

So, any changes we make to businesses’ relationship with the tax code has to be thoughtful and done in a way that doesn’t jeopardize their ability to succeed. So, they can be healthy and employ people.

BY LIAM ADAMS LADAMS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Being a state legislator during a pandemic is demanding enough.

Add to that chairing the finance committee in the Colorado House of Representatives.

Yet, state Rep. Shannon Bird from Westminster isn’t intimidated. In fact, given her background as a public finance attorney, she feels equipped for the brand-new role during an unprecedented moment in the state’s economy. The state General Assembly will return for the legislative session on Feb. 16.

In a one-on-one conversation with Colorado Community Media, Bird talks about her priorities on the committee that will deal heavily with taxes.

This conversation has been edited for length and clarity.

Colorado Community Media: As chair of the finance committee, what will you focus on this legislative session?

State Rep. Shannon Bird: Tax policy is a big deal. In Colorado, we have some really unusual tax policy.

Think about the TABOR amendment to our constitution, flat tax and all kinds of restrictions on how we can collect revenue. We also have

State Rep. Shannon Bird, a Democrat from Westminster. Bird will serve as the new chair of the Colorado House of Representatives Finance Committee this legislative session.

COURTESY OF THE OFFICE OF STATE REP. SHANNON BIRD

a really complicated local tax structure with cities, towns and special districts. Everybody has their own complicated web of how we pay for things. Nobody wants to spend too much money to get things done.

But we do want things done competently. So, that’s my goal and to make sure we’re being smart about it in Colorado.

CCM: What does that look like this year, especially given the current state of the economy?

Bird: At the end of the last legislative session, there was a large bill to undue several large, big business tax credits. The challenge, though,

CCM: Does that translate to overall greater leniency with tax incentives?

Bird: It means more thoughtful incentives. To the extent an incentive exists that doesn’t serve our state’s purposes anymore, then maybe that needs to go away. There’s also a strong case that when a tax incentive is done thoughtfully, many times, the benefit is to encourage the private sector to do things in the private interest. There can be tax credits that incentivize businesses, for example, to choose Colorado for their corporate headquarters. At that corporate headquarters, they are now going to hire 300 people and give them really good-paying jobs. It will be incumbent upon us as we look at these things to make sure that we don’t look at a tax credit in a vacuum.

CCM: How has your background prepared you for this unique moment in this unique position?

Bird: My background is in finance.

I’m a public finance attorney and also have done lots of corporate and commercial finance work. I’m glad I’m on the finance committee. It takes advantage of my own technical competencies and passions of mine to make sure that we do things the right way.

Also, too much in the way people talk about business, especially in some circles, it is, `businesses are always wealthy, they’re always rich, tax them.’ That’s just not always the case. Business is an opportunity for us. I think my background just shows me that issues aren’t always black and white.

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Unemployment benefits resume for some, not all More phases remain to roll out after state, federal lawmakers blew December deadline

BY TAMARA CHUANG THE COLORADO SUN

Feb. 1 brought relief to more than 60,000 out-of-work Coloradans who were able to request federal benefits for the first time in five weeks — and that included a $300 weekly bonus retroactive to Dec. 27, the start of the federal COVID relief package.

“I was able to request all the way back until Dec. 27,” said an overjoyed Kevin Saunders, a restaurant worker living in Parker who ended last year on Pandemic Unemployment Assistance.

Saunders was one of 230,000 people allowed back into the system as part of the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment’s Phase 1 of the new federal benefits. Another group of users currently collecting regular state unemployment were automatically sent retroactive $300-per-week payments over the weekend.

Labor officials said $61 million in retroactive $300 payments were paid to those on regular unemployment on Saturday for the program known as Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation. But those users didn’t need to lift another

finger to get them. They were paid automatically when Phase 1 began last week.

On Feb. 1, it was those with pandemic benefits leftover on Dec. 26 who could reopen their accounts.

By 4 p.m., about 62,000 of them had logged into the system to request a combined total of 150,000 weeks of payments. Most of those weeks were for back-pay, which is allowed under the federal Continued Assistance Act. The new plan also extends pandemic benefits for 11 more weeks.

More details expected

But there are still several groups of people desperately waiting for their federal benefits to restart in the so-called Phase 2. These are mostly people who used up all of their federal benefits by Dec. 26.

Some have gone without assistance since late November. The delay was caused by state and federal lawmakers approving the new COVID relief plan a day after the CARES Actfunded programs ended. The state also had to wait on federal guidance and complete an overhaul of its unemployment computer system.

“I have no option to reopen a claim,” Mark Geis said Feb. 1 in an email, also noting that he’s had trouble finding shelter as he waits for his benefits to restart. “I am so cold and don’t know what to do. …

Do you have any indications as to when Phase 2 will roll out? If it’s weeks I know I won’t make it.”

No date has been given for Phase 2.

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She said that they hope to have a better “expected timeline for the launch of Phase 2 by the end of the week.” Some work needs to still be done to estimate what development, production, testing and deployment is needed before they can implement phase 2.

But no launch has been without some issues. Some were figured out by users online, such as people were mistakenly trying to log into the old MyUI computer system, instead of MyUI+.

Another user mentioned that when she switched from Google Chrome to the Microsoft Edge browser, it worked (ditto with another user who went from Safari to Edge). Another user said he was stuck in a loop when he tried to request a payment — the link sent him back to the main page. The state said it is investigating issues but did not confirm there were any problems on Feb. 1 A success, and a mess

And not everyone was as lucky as Saunders, the Parker resident who was able to reopen his PUA claim and file for five weeks of retroactive payments. He had been on State Extended Benefits until that program ended Nov. 28. But he then jumped to PUA, as the state instructed. He was

able to join Phase 1 because he still had benefits remaining on his PUA account.

But others in the same situation who should have been able to reopen their claim were shut out on Feb. 1.

Online messages boards described the frustration of being unable to reopen their accounts and request a payment.

Department officials did not say whether this was caused by a computer glitch or some other issue, but those on SEB who had moved to PUA and still had a balance on Dec. 26 “will be able to reopen their claims tomorrow and request payment for all back weeks,” Smith said.

The state’s unemployment call center was slammed all day with users reporting that they were on hold for hours, only to be hung up on, and then calling back and being put back on hold. Some people, like Andy Broderick, kept trying and finally got through to a human, though he learned his issue would still take a few days to resolve.

“All I can do is log in and see my stuff,” said Broderick, whose account was locked so he cannot request a payment or see what, if any, issues remain part of his claim.

Broderick, a PUA user, has been shut out of benefits since his account was flagged as fraudulent in October. Two weeks ago, he was able to verify his ID using the new ID.me tool provided by the labor departSEE BENEFITS, P7

Census delays could collide with redistricting

BY JESSE PAUL THE COLORADO SUN

Delays by the U.S. Census Bureau in sharing detailed population data are threatening to upend Colorado’s new redistricting process ahead of the 2022 election, injecting uncertainty into a politically fraught undertaking that will affect the state’s political landscape for the next decade.

Because of slowdowns related to COVID-19, the Trump administration’s failed efforts to add a citizenship question to the 2020 Census, and data anomalies, the Census Bureau isn’t expected to provide the population information to Colorado until sometime this summer. The data was supposed to be in by March 31.

The delay means it’s unlikely that two new, independent commissions will have enough time to redraw Colorado’s legislative and congressional maps in time to meet September deadlines set in the state constitution when voters passed Amendments Y and Z in 2018. The amendments were sent to voters by the Legislature and completely overhauled the way districts are drawn in Colorado.

If the deadlines aren’t met, nonpartisan legislative staff will draw the new maps instead, putting a big damper on the intent of Amend-

ments Y and Z and the bipartisan, much-heralded agreement that led to their passage. The amendments are aimed at removing political maneuvering around the once-in-adecade redistricting and giving the public more say in the task.

“There was not just bipartisan support, but unanimous support among the 100 legislators (for the new process). And both Y and Z passed by wide margins,” said Senate Minority Leader Chris Holbert, a Parker Republican. “It’s a shame that we are in this situation.”

Much is at stake

Top lawmakers in the Colorado General Assembly are now scrambling to respond and salvage the new redistricting process. The stakes are high, with Colorado expected to add an eighth congressional seat in 2022 due to population growth and partisan power at the statehouse potentially hanging in the balance.

The new problems with the redistricting process come after state officials initially struggled to get enough applicants to be on the legislative and congressional map-drawing committees. There were also concerns that not enough applicants from underrepresented groups sought to serve on the panels, whose members are being selected by judges in the coming weeks.

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Suit against Adams County sheriff to proceed

BY LIAM ADAMS LADAMS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

U.S. Magistrate Judge Scott Varholak ruled on Jan. 26 that a lawsuit against Adams County’s sheriff can proceed.

Sheriff Richard Reigenborn and his office sought to dismiss the suit filed by four former deputies claiming wrongful termination.

Former senior-level Reigenborn officers James Coates, Gene Claps, Mark Mitchell and Kevin Currier claim Reigenborn didn’t provide sufficient reasoning for firing them.

The four plaintiffs served under former Sheriff Michael McIntosh, who was in office between 2014 and 2018. Coates was captain of the detective division, Claps, the jail division chief, Mitchell, the patrol captain and Currier, commander and coordinator of the 17th Judicial District. The four also supported and were major donors to McIntosh, who ran as a Republican, in the 2014 and 2018 elections against Reigenborn, a Democrat.

Furthermore, before Reigenborn ultimately won election in 2018, he held leadership roles in the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 1, where

he led the charge for collective bargaining, according to the suit.

The four plaintiffs, who were part of the same lodge, opposed collective bargaining.

After Reigenborn assumed office in January 2019, the sheriff notified the four deputies he was terminating them. In an email dated Jan. 9, Reigenborn told the four, “I have my own vision for how to best meet the needs and objectives of the Office. After careful review and deliberation, I do not believe retaining you is in the best interests of the organization,” according to the suit.

The next week, the four deputies met individually with Reigenborn to discuss their terminations, who said he would let them resign instead.

According to the suit, Reigenborn didn’t point to a specific reason he was terminating the deputies, which a state statute requires.

The plaintiffs allege the sheriff ’s true reason for terminating them was their support for McIntosh and opposition to collective bargaining. They claim the sheriff violated their First Amendment rights by retaliating against them and their Fourteenth Amendment right to due process.

The case will continue moving forward in the U.S. District Court of Colorado.

Newest Front Range director to focus on educational equity STAFF REPORT

A new leadership position will help steer ongoing diversity and inclusion efforts at the college.

Front Range Community College has hired Abenicio Rael, M.Ed., to be the school’s first executive director of equity and inclusion.

“Creating this new position will sharpen FRCC’s focus on our goals of inclusive excellence, educational equity and advancing opportunity for all,” said the college’s President Andy Dorsey.

“I’m eager to support faculty and staff as they strive to align FRCC’s mission and values with the school’s initiatives,” said Rael. “We want these efforts to lead to tangible success for students of all backgrounds.”

Rael comes from the University of Colorado-Denver, where he has held positions supporting and advocating

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ment. Typically, the hold is lifted within 24 hours, Smith said.

But Smith said there could be other reasons that would need “additional investigation by staff beyond that ID.me verification,” she said. “The vast majority of claimants that successfully pass verification through ID.me will not require any additional investigation to clear

for marginalized students has led the development of the university’s Equity Plan. He also lead a task force preparing CU-Denver to become designated a Hispanic Serving Institution by the US Department of Education.

“I’m extremely impressed with Abenicio’s dedication to serving students—and having him join us in this leadership position will strengthen FRCC’s efforts toward equity in education,” added Dorsey.

“His guidance will help ensure that we’re making the right improvements and that we are truly supporting all of our students in reaching their educational and career goals.”

Rael is a Colorado native with more than 15 years of experience in the areas of higher education administration, strategic planning, student services programs development, and equity and diversity leadership. the hold on the claim. For those that successfully pass the ID.me verification but have a hold requiring additional investigation, our investigators will contact them in order to complete that investigation.”

There are still thousands of Colorado people with “program integrity” or fraud holds. They must call 303-536-5615 to get a link to ID.me.

Those who don’t verify themselves won’t be allowed to request benefits.

As of Jan. 29, the agency had sent out 11,542 invitations to accounts with fraud holds.

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VOICES Black History Month is important for America

t is my general perception that many of us have heard of “Black History Month,” the national celebration of AfricanAmerican people CROSS of importance and CURRENTS events in their history.

In case you didn’t know, February is “Black History Month” throughout our country as well as Canada.

It is celebrated in October in Ireland, Bill Christopher the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.

The precursor to this national recognition dates from 1926 in America when historian Carter G. Woodson and the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History declared the second week of February to be “Negro History Week.”

This particular week was selected in honor of both Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass whose birthdays are celebrated that week. Black communities had celebrated these birthday dates together since the late 19th century.

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It wasn’t until 1970 that “Black History Month” was established thanks to the efforts of black educators and the Black United Students at Kent State University.

President Ford gave added credence to “Black History Month”

President Gerald Ford gave added attention to the February celebration and recognition during the United States Bicentennial.

He urged Americans to “seize the opportunity to honor the too-often neglected accomplishments of Black Americans in every area of endeavor throughout our history.”

Both then and today, I believe that President Ford hit the nail on the head regarding “too-often neglected accomplishments of Black Americans.” Over the years, I have had my Black heroes, heroines and other distinguished individuals along with those who have stood out in our American history. I hope that you have as well.

Certainly as a boy who loved baseball, I very much admired Jackie Robinson and Satchel Paige.

It wasn’t until decades later that I thoroughly comprehended the racial consequences and ugliness which

Black baseball stars experienced and had to cope with. Brooklyn Dodgers General Manager Branch Rickey was very astute in choosing Robinson to be the first Negro to play in the Major Leagues. While there were other talented players, he picked Robinson not only for his athleticism but also for his demeanor and capability to cope with the racial abuse that Rickey knew would occur.

Additional distinguished Black Americans

Other significant sports athletes come to my mind including Gale Sayers, who was an outstanding running back for both the Kansas Jayhawks and Chicago Bears football teams.

Also, Olympic Gold Medal runner Jessie Owens, who foiled Hitler’s desire to belittle Black athletes in the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, Germany and ace right-hand pitcher Bob Gibson for the St. Louis Cardinals.

From the performing arts, I have always admired singer Nat King Cole, actor Denzel Washington and singer Ray Charles.

I love history; especially American history. Abolitionist and political activist Harriet Tubman with the

“Underground Railroad” and Rosa Parks - with her determination have both been true heroines in my book.

Certainly, in the field of human rights and influencing American history, Martin Luther King Jr. is more a hero to me today than when he lived and spoke “I have a dream.”

Thanks to books written about him, documentaries, video interviews and much more that I have absorbed over the years, I admire him all the more today.

If ever there was a human being who “walked the talk”, it was MLK. Amanda Gorman is an emerging star

While all of these Black heroes and heroines represent the past, it is important to embrace the present and the future. So many of us who watched President Biden’s Inauguration had the opportunity to be inspired by a 22-year-old African-American, Harvard graduate woman with her amazing talent. She is America’s first-ever Youth Poet Laureate, Amanda Gorman.

She inspired so many Americans that January 20 morning on the SEE CHRISTOPHER, P9

Five-dollar words may not make cents

his column is overdue, so I am going to overdo it.

Are you stationary or stationery?

Recently when I erred, a reader corrected me: “You QUIET wrote ‘cue’ when DESPERATION you meant ‘queue.’”

My tale was between my legs.

Let’s go to Homophone City first. It’s write on the way.

Their, they’re, there.

So, sew. Sue, Sioux. Red, read.

Craig Marshall Stationary, stationery. To, too, two.

Smith Homophones are two or more words that have the same pronunciation but different meanings and spellings.

There’s more.

Homographs are two or more words that have the same spelling but are not necessarily pronounced the same and have different meanings.

Homonyms are two or more words that have the same spelling or pronunciation but different meanings.

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Am this putting a spell on you?

Examples of homophones: pray and prey.

Examples of homographs: lean and lean.

Examples of homonyms: bark and bark.

A twenty carat ring might be worth fifteen thousand dollars.

A twenty carrot ring might be worth considerably less.

“Less is more,” someone said.

If your name is Les, then what?

My dog’s name, Harry, is a homophone and a homograph. To “harry” means “to persistently carry out attacks on.”

If it’s scary enough, a roller coaster ride can be “harry” too.

Speaking of “it’s.” “It’s” and “its” are written wrong awl the thyme.

There’s “a lot” and there’s “allot,” but there’s no “alot.”

Gertrude Stein said, “There is no there there.”

“I saw the saw with my own eyes,” the sea captain said.

I have the toughest time distinguishing between complimentary and complementary.

“That’s a beautiful hat you’re wearing, Sonja,” is complimentary.

Red and green are complementary colors.

Learning how to read is one of the great adventures in life. And so is learning how to listen and understand that a “great adventure” is different than a “grate adventure.”

Some humorists rely on word confusion.

A conversation between Groucho and Chico (pronounced “Chick-o”) Marx was often a non-stop contest of mangled language at a dizzying speed.

There are so many wordplays in a Marc Brothers film, one after the other, I can’t assimilate them.

Therefore, every time I watch “Duck Soup” it seems new to me.

“What about the taxes?”

“I’ve got an uncle who lives in Texas.”

“Gentlemen, Cicolini here may talk like an idiot and look like an idiot. But don’t let that fool you: He really is an idiot.”

If you know someone who appreciates homophones, homographs, and homonyms it can be tiring to be around them.

I know: I have to live with myself.

Just about everything is ripe for the word playground.

“Jose, can you see?”

Yes, some song lyrics are misunderstood.

“I can see clearly now, Lorraine is gone.”

“This is the dawning of the Age of Aquariums.”

A friend said her wedding “went off without a hitch.”

“Then you’re not married?” She didn’t get it.

My own marriage did go off without a hitch. When the justice of the peace asked, “Greg, do you take this woman to be your awfully wedding wife?” I said “Adieu,” and left.

Groucho quipped, “Love goes out the door when money comes innuendo.”

Dorothy Parker said, “And I’ll stay off Verlaine too; he was always chasing Rimbauds.”

But seriously.

As Alexander Woollcott remarked, “Nothing risqué, nothing gained.”

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

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About a hat: Westminster’s DeMott addresses views and controversy

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love our nation. America is the best country to live in and I am blessed to have been born here.

I love the diversity of people and thought that GUEST are the bedrock of COLUMN this nation.

I consider myself David DeMott a constitutionalist. I believe all people are created equal. The words from our Declaration of Independence are as true today as they were when they became inked by our founders.

I never imagined that buying a hat with an emblem of a group claiming to support our nation’s founding documents and their mission as the preservation of those words would be the reason for controversy. But, as with all things, people will jump on reasons to attack their opposition.

I purchased a hat with a Three Percenter symbol based on what I had read about the group and their vision. According to their website, www.thethreepercenters.org/aboutus, they are an “...organization efocused on creating a national network that strengthens and aids communities and individuals and helps shape the future by preserving, protecting, and defending our country’s founding principles, including our God-given rights to Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.”

Having the views I do of our constitution and beliefs of the importance of the founding of this country I made my $20-ish purchase in 2018.

It was not until months later when a resident made an issue of photos of me wearing the cap during the 2019 Westy Beer Fest with former Westminster Councilor and current Adams County Commissioner

Emma Pinter, as well as with candidates running for City Council.

The resident asserted that I was a member of the group.

To set the record straight, I am not, nor have I been, a member of the Three Percenters.

I simply own a hat because of what I believed the group stood for, according to their own website.

This resident brought to light some people who held hateful views or participated in rallies with racists driving hate. They also brought up instances of people claiming to be members of this group breaking laws.

I will say that according to my research, this is a national effort composed of local groups that anyone can join. The national group states plainly that they are not a militia and that they have a clear ”no first use of force principle” and that force is for defense.

With all that said, I understand that people can take what they read and believe there are some bad people with hate in their hearts associated with this group. They may deduce that if you have their emblem or are associated with the group you may also hold these deplorable views.

Some articles assert they are a militia and anti-government group that holds racist views, however, these are all things they counter on their website.

“We are NOT racists, NOR are we white supremacists,” the website says, arguing that some who have used the name have “committed horrific acts.”

“In all of these cases these people were neither a part of our organization nor hold the same views as we do. We invite

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of man. And so we lift our gazes not to what stands between us but what stands before us. We close the divide because we know, to put our future first, we must first put our differences aside. We lay down our arms so we can reach out our arms to one another. We seek harm to none and harmony for all.”

Mark it down. This young poet, writer, dreamer boiled it down to where we are and what we as a nation need to embrace. I would include her potential to be among the “greats” of Robinson, Owens, Gibson and King. She is a wonderful addition to “Black History Month.”

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Inaugural stage with her poem, “The Hill We Climb.” With the siege of our U.S. Capitol just two weeks earlier still quite vivid in our minds and our hearts, she captured the feeling of what we experienced that fateful January 6. She gave us hope and inspiration that historic day.

If you haven’t read or heard her deliver her poem, I strongly urge you to Google “Amanda Gorman” and you will have a wonderful and inspiring experience. Please allow me to share a few selected quotes from her poem: “The hill we climb; if only we dare; it’s because being American is more than a pride we inherit; it’s the past we step into; and how we repair it. We’ve seen a force that would shatter our nation rather than share it. Would destroy our country if it meant delaying democracy. And this effort very nearly succeeded, but while democracy can be periodically delayed, it can never be permanently defeated.”

More from “The Hill We Climb”

Also, “We are striving to forge a union with purpose. To compose a country committed to all cultures, colors, characters and conditions

Where is the transparency?

Several of you have asked about the status of the lawsuit involving the recall election of Westminster members of City Council Atchison, Seitz, Skulley and Voelz.

The citizen’s group Westminster Water Warriors filed their lawsuit seeking to overturn the Westminster City Clerk’s action throwing out the petitions to force a recall election. According to the Water Warriors, the case has not yet been assigned a judge.

The city did turn the defense of the lawsuit over to its insurance carrier, CIRSA, which is an insurance pool of Colorado municipalities.

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ALL people to join us. Anyone who claims we are white supremacists or racists speaks out of pure ignorance. Patriotism is color blind.”

Even though I have not found the group to stand for those negative views, I’ve chosen to not wear the hat. I have not worn it since.

For many months I thought this was behind me.

I was in a Jan. 27 Colorado Black Women for Political Action candidate forum. The event was organized like a virtual speed dating forum, where candidates would spend time in different virtual rooms speaking to residents. I was enjoying great discussions with this group and getting great feedback to help me be a better City Councilor.

In the last room, my former colleague Emma Pinter brought up the horrid violence in our nation’s capital - I would add I have condemned it myself, along with the rest of Westminster Council.

She then said that I was a member of the ThreePercenters and have been known to wear the hat along with my Westminster council badge, bringing us full circle to the picture

from the beer fest.

I stated that I believe Emma Pinter knew her statement was false and gave the above account. I shared my views on racism that it is and ugly unacceptable part of our world and that I believe it should be stomped out anywhere it rears its ugly head.

I was then sent a private message and asked to leave the event.

I was sad because of the attack on my character and the truth ended a good event where I learned a lot from a diverse group of residents.

It is not the first time Emma Pinter and I have been different sides of an issue, as she and I share different views. I am a conservative and she would be a bit to the left of me.

With all this said I will close with this; I won’t allow people to spread untruths un-answered. I will continue to always press for life, liberty, and the right for all to pursue their happiness while I am in office and far after my time as an elected official ends.

I will let my record stand for itself, hat or no hat.

David DeMott is a Westminster City Councilor.

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Stories of romance reflect unique challenges, opportunities

Couples

BY CORINNE WESTEMAN CWESTEMAN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

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n Oct. 21, Chuck Coughlin was visiting his wife’s grave in a Boulder cemetery when he noticed a woman visiting her husband’s grave.

He saw her name — Marj O’Reilly — on the tombstone next to her husband’s and made a comment about how her first name was similar to his mother’s.

Not the best pick-up line, O’Reilly later joked.

The two struck up a conversation and found out they had a lot in common, and decided to meet again soon.

Before long, the two were in a relationship, and on New Year’s Day, Coughlin proposed. They recently set a date — June 11 — for their wedding.

All because they bumped into each other at the cemetery last October, O’Reilly said.

Just like their meeting, Coughlin and O’Reilly’s relationship during the pandemic has been unique.

And they’re not alone.

COVID-19 has forced couples across the Denver area to confront serious topics, such as health and politics, early in a relationship while eliminating many activities they might do on dates.

“Pandemic dating kind of expedites dating 10 times over,” said Blair Nelson of Denver, who met her boyfriend virtually last spring. “… We often joke that we’ve been together almost nine months, and it feels like we’ve been together for three years.”

Meanwhile, how to meet each other’s friends and family has varied from couple to couple, with many saying they’re taking precautions while others said they haven’t taken any.

Coughlin and O’Reilly, who live in Lakewood and Broomfield, respectively, have taken precautions by meeting loved ones virtually or outside with social distancing.

“Our families live so far apart,” Coughlin said, “I’m not sure it would’ve been any different (with-

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Chuck Coughlin and Marj O’Reilly spend time at Davidson Mesa Open Space on Jan. 23. After meeting O’Reilly in October, Coughlin PHOTO BY CORINNE WESTEMAN proposed on New Year’s Day. The two will be married June 11.

out the pandemic).”

O’Reilly felt that, by now, they at least would have connected more with their family members who live in Colorado, particularly over the holidays.

Nelson and her boyfriend, Patrick Marlin of Idaho Springs, have taken similar measures. Marlin met most of Nelson’s friends and coworkers virtually while Nelson met Marlin’s family outdoors at hikes and bonfires.

However, Nelson described how Marlin met her parents much earlier when her parents were in town while driving from Texas to Seattle for the summer.

Nelson and Marlin have also driven to Texas twice, and quarantined both times.

“We’ve been very careful when we’re in public or traveling,” Marlin said, adding that they wear masks and clean their hands frequently.

“We haven’t gotten COVID yet, but some of that is probably luck.”

Finding things to do

Nelson said the pandemic prompted her to take a more serious look at her love life and have a greater interest in a relationship.

However, while other couples said

Denver’s Blair Nelson and Idaho Springs’ Patrick Marlin met virtually in May and had their first in-person date in July after Marlin moved back from North Carolina. The COURTESY PHOTO two enjoy hiking and skiing together.

they met through dating apps and websites during the pandemic, Nelson knew that wasn’t for her.

Instead, she took the premise behind online dating, and applied it to her professional network. She described how, in May, she sent out

a very honest and vulnerable newsletter-like email about herself and what she was looking for in a partner to 110 people, asking if they knew anyone who would be a good fit.

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Stars rising in Lakewood talent show

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ne of the things so many have been yearning for during the last year is a sense of the familiar - the comfort of things that have been happening year after year and can be counted on to deliver fun and enjoyment.

So, when the annual Night of the Stars talent show series that happens in cities all over the state had to be put on hold in 2021, Lakewood decided to step up.

“Getting back to normal will take time, and the technology we have been able to install in our theater is helping us stay connected in a different yet wonderful way,” said Nathalie Renfroe, cultural programs coordinator, in an email interview. “Con-

nection and participation through this hybrid (in-person/virtual) model is helping us find this balance that will serve our community.”

The resulting event is the Lakewood Rising Stars Talent Show, which will be held on Saturday, March 13. The city is accepting audition videos through Friday, Feb. 26. The contest is open to any who wish to participate, not only Lakewood residents. Selected contestants will perform live on stage at the Lakewood Cultural Center on the 13th.

Solo and group auditions will be accepted in two groups: for children under 18 and for adults. There is a $5 fee per entry, and contestants can submit a two- to four-minute

audition video in the following categories: voice (includes singers performing to a recorded track), music (includes any instrument or combination of instrument and voice) and variety (includes dance, comedy, spoken word, martial arts and other movement).

“Performances we have seen over the years range from comedians, ventriloquists, martial artists, hula-hoopers, Irish step dancers, drum kit soloists and even sand animation,” Renfroe wrote. “This is the first time we have extended the age category to include adults, so I am excited SEE READER, P11

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Marlin’s cousin was one of the recipients and set them up virtually, as Marlin was actually in North Carolina.

As a someone in business-to-business sales with a part-time bartending gig, Marlin recalled spending a lot of time alone in his apartment, and getting an email one day about Nelson.

The two described how they texted for a few weeks before their first phone call.

In July, Marlin packed everything he could in his car and headed back to Colorado. The two had planned their first in-person date on July 17.

It didn’t go well.

Marlin recalled how the restaurant they went to had terrible food and drinks, so they left, got groceries and cooked at home.

“I think it was too much pressure after months of talking,” he continued.

However, things went much better after that, and because of the pandemic, Marlin described how they

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CIRSA filed a motion to “Dismiss” the lawsuit, but no court action has been taken thus far.

Since the Westminster city government fails to keep the public informed of the progress of the lawsuit, I will continue to update the public. The lack of providing hard facts on something as important as this action involving approximately 7,000 citizens who

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to see who participates.”

Contestants’ performances will be rated on four criteria (presentation, showmanship, level of skill and overall performance) on a scale of 0-5 points in each category for a total of 20 points. Gift card prizes will be awarded to the top three highest overall scores from all participants.

Due to COVID restrictions, there will be limited theater seating for those hoping to catch the performances in person, but the Lakewood Cultural Center theater is equipped with cameras to offer the performance live through a private livestream link.

“The hope is that contestants are able to share the talent they are passionate about and to share a fun and meaningful experience with others,” Renfroe wrote. “Audience members always are excited to cheer their person on stage, watch all the wonderful talent that is presented and to see who will win first place.”

Those wishing to watch the contest can purchase limited theater seating or livestream options. For information and to submit an entry, visit www.Lakewood.org/TalentShow.

Love reigns at Cherry Creek North

With Valentine’s Day just a few

would spend a few days together rather than a few hours on a date.

Hiking, biking, skiing and camping have been very popular activities for Marlin and Nelson, as well as others. As for indoor activities, couples said they’ve also spent time cooking; doing puzzles and coloring books; and playing card, board and video games together.

“It’s hard to get reservations and capacities are limited,” Nelson said. “We didn’t have ballgames or concerts or the ease of spontaneity.

We really had to plan and be intentional about things.”

In each other’s bubble

While they hadn’t contracted COVID-19 as of late January, Marlin and Nelson said they’d dealt with a few potential exposure scares and subsequent quarantines. They’ve discussed the likelihood of both of them getting it if one of them contracts it, and decided they’re going to support each other if that happens.

Arguably, the bigger concern has been keeping their loved ones safe, explaining that they were going to quarantine for a week before visiting family in late January.

signed petitions is both disappointing and indicative of the attitude of the current city manager and the majority of the city council.

Where is the transparency?

Arenado deserves to be on a winning team

Finally, I cannot avoid saying something about the recent trade of Rockies star third baseman Nolan Arenado to the St. Louis Cardinals.

This action is a classic example of a “win-lose” for me personally.

I have been a life-long St. Louis short days away and many indoor date options not safe during the pandemic, Cherry Creek North is turning on its love light to create some perfectly seasonal ambiance and activity options.

Love Cherry Creek North will be running throughout February and will feature more than 600,000 twinkling lights lighting the areas 16 blocks. Those in search of a romantic dinner or drink will have options that include rooftops, firepits, domes and tents (in addition to delivery and to-go options).

Many shops, including Le Creuset Boutique and The Brass Bed, will be offering special discounts to fit with the holiday.

For more information about the event, visit www.cherrycreeknorth. com/post/love-cherry-creek-north.

Other individuals in relationships, especially those who live alone, consider them and their significant other as in the same bubble, so if one of them gets COVID, they’ll probably both get it.

Coughlin and O’Reilly had to confront that reality in mid-November, when O’Reilly tested positive for COVID-19. Coughlin never had symptoms but later tested positive for antibodies.

While they’ve certainly been concerned that they gave it to each other, Coughlin explained that, at that point, they’d never spent time in close quarters together. All their meetings had been outside or socially distanced. Thus, they’re not sure where O’Reilly contracted it.

All throughout their relationship, the two have been emailing and video-chatting almost every day.

They also went hiking and walking together a lot.

“I think (COVID-19) made us more cautious with each other,” O’Reilly said of their initial interactions.

Now the two, who are both in their 70s, have received their second doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, and are looking forward to getting married in June.

Both of them came from very happy marriages, and their widowhood was something helped them bond so quickly and deeply. Coughlin and O’Reilly also both lost their spouses to cancer-related complications in March 2020 and December 2018, respectively.

Finding someone who understood that loss and who was able to support them through it was providential, they described.

“I was so blessed to find this woman,” Coughlin said. “The chances of finding each other are so low.”

Likewise, Marlin and Nelson described how, after spending months alone in their apartments, they were thankful to have someone in their lives to support them, especially through job loss, stress and anxiety, and other pandemic-caused issues.

“I think we are so much stronger,” Nelson said of being in a relationship during the pandemic. “… It’s hard but it’s definitely been worth it.”

Cardinals fan, going back to when my grandmother and I would listen to the Cardinals’ games on the radio (yes, before TV) and even back when Harry Carey was their broadcaster.

The Rockies have been my second favorite team since they were established in 1983.

For the Cardinals, the trade is a fantastic deal acquiring such a talented player and fills a big hole at the “hot corner” position.

For the Rockies, it is stupid and a huge loss. According to owner Ken Monfort, Arenado wanted to be

traded, so I get it.

But the Rockies have fallen into a losing way for too long. When you are as talented as Arenado, you want to be on a winning team. Arenado made the right decision. Let’s just hope that Monfort will see the light to bring in a new general manager and club manager.

Valerie June and Angélique Kidjo.

The livestream will kick off with a message from the 14th Dalai Lama.

Tickets for the show can be purchased at https://boxoffice.mandolin.com.

Streaming style - KGNU Community Radio’s live Mardi Gras Mardi Gras is one of the KGNU Community Radio’s biggest annual fundraisers, so even though the party can’t be in person the year, the station and Colorado Friends of Cajun-Zydeco Music and Dance have a found virtual way to celebrate.

The organizations are hosting a free Virtual Mardi Gras and Live Broadcast at 4 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 13. The event will feature more than three hours of music with live DJs, a live costume contest with prizes, dance lessons, tarot card readings and more, according to provided information.

To attend, visit KGNU.org to RSVP.

Clarke’s Concert of the Week - Tibet House US Benefit Concert

The Tibet House US Benefit Concert is reaching its 34th iteration this year, and the pandemic won’t stop musicians, artists and supporters from rallying to the cause.

The virtual event will be held at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 17, and will combine live and pre-recorded segments on the Mandolin streaming service.

In addition to artistic director and famed composer Philip Glass, the event will feature artists like Eddie Vedder, Patti Smith, Iggy Pop, Phoebe Bridgers, Brittany Howard,

Contact reporter Corinne Westeman at 303-567-4491 or cwesteman@ coloradocommunitymedia.com, and follow her on Twitter @cwesteman.

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.

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

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Anythink hosts ‘One Kind Word’ series STAFF REPORT

Anythink Libraries are inviting the community to celebrate connection and compassion as part of the One Kind Word Project.

This program was originally launched in 2017 and has since grown to include more opportunities to participate. This year, residents can pick up notecards and artistic supplies at their local Anythink to create custom cards that spread cheer to those in need.

Cards can be returned to the library, where they will be collected and distributed to organizations across Adams County.

Inspired by the Japanese prov-

erb, “One kind word warms three winter months,” this three-week initiative encourages customers to share messages of kindness through personal notes and recordings. Partner organizations for the One Kind Word Project include Cold Weather Care, Comfort Keepers, Eagle View Adult Center, International Hearing Dog, Inc., Mapleton School District, Project Angel Heart and The Senior Hub. Residents can call 303-405-3222 to leave or hear uplifting messages from fellow community members.

Callers can also sign up to have messages automatically delivered to their phones once a day (text and data rates may apply). Cus-

tomers can also tune in to 91.9 FM while using Anythink’s curbside services or log on to anythinklibraries.org to hear messages.

‘Cultivating Connection’

The library system is hosting three virtual workshops with author Kat Vellos and Colorado poet laureate Bobby LeFebre.

In the three-part series, “Cultivating Connection,” Kat Vellos will share strategies and activities for cultivating fulfilling friendships in adulthood. Those sessions will be hosted online from 6-7 p.m. Feb. 11, 18 and 25.

Bobby LeFebre will present “Holding Space,” a performance

and interactive conversation that investigates the nuance and complexities of kindness, social justice, love and collective consciousness at 6 p.m. Feb. 26. These workshops are free and open to all. Registration is required at anythinklibraries.org. Links to the gatherings will be sent to registrants in advance.

“The concept of One Kind Word is timeless,” says Anythink Director Pam Sandlian Smith. “This year brings another opportunity to reach out with words of gratitude, comfort and empathy. Anythink is about creating connections and being a positive source of energy for our community.”

Thornton arts offers class on tapestry weaving STAFF REPORT

Thornton will add a class on tapestry weaving to its slate of arts and culture instruction programs this spring.

The city has opened registration for the Thornton Arts and Culture Division’s 2021 spring art classes for youth and adults. These fiveweek online sessions continue on February 10 and March 17 with online instruction on drawing, painting and mixed media each Wednesday through April 14.

A new weekend tapestry weav-

ing class for adults also begins on April 3. Register for all classes at gocot.net/registration or call 720977-5882 for more information.

“As the epidemic becomes less of a threat, we’re offering more art enrichment opportunities in person,” says Arts and Culture Manager Alisa Zimmerman. “An example is the popular tapestry weaving class which has been rescheduled twice due to COVID-19 restrictions.”

Accomplished Colorado-based tapestry artist, David Johnson, will teach adult students the

basics of hand-weaving from 1 to 4 p.m. on three Saturdays - April 3, 17 and May 1 - at the Trail Winds Recreation Center, 13495 Holly Street, in Thornton.

The fee is $100 per person and includes all materials plus a loom for each student to use and keep.

The activity registration number is #496621-A. To see examples of Mr. Johnson’s tapestry work, visit: http://www.arachneweaving. com/.

Youth can sign up for continuing art sessions as the theme changes every five weeks. Each session is

$40 per student and will be taught online due to COVID-19 guidelines.

A link to each class will be sent to registered students. All class supplies are included in the fee and can be picked up at the Thornton Arts and Culture Center, 9209 Dorothy Blvd, on Tuesdays or Wednesdays, between 12 and 3 p.m.

Email Lisa.Neeper@ThorntonCO. gov for a time.

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Ravens take girls wrestling match from Fort Lupton Riverdale Ridge and Fort Lupton’s girls wrestling teams met as part of a fourteam meet on the Bluedevils’ mats Feb. 3. RRHS won it 36-21.

The Ravens picked up onmat wins from Zinaida Rael at 118 pounds, Sheccid Aguirre at 147 pounds, Sophia Lucero at 161 pounds and Paula Cerros at 111 pounds.

Fort Lupton’s on-mat wins were from Genevieve Hunt (127 pounds), Alondra Becerra (136 pounds) and Rylee Balcazar at 100 pounds.

Fort Lupton’s Rylee Balcazar has things well in hand against Riverdale ridge’s Emmy Kiefer during their 100-pound match in Fort PHOTOS BY STEVE SMITH Lupton Feb. 3.

Riverdale Ridge’s Sheccid Aguirre puts the squeeze on Fort Lupton’s Alexia Buschman during a 147-pound match in Fort Lupton Feb. 3.

Aguirre won the match by pinfall in 1:48.

CHSAA moves state wrestling tournament to Pueblo STAFF REPORTS

The Colorado High School Activities board of directors decided to move the state wrestling tournament to the Southwest Motors Events Center in Pueblo. It’s on the northwest corner of the Colorado State Fairgrounds.

The two-day tournament runs Friday and Saturday, March 12 and 13. A press statement said the events center hosted CHSAA regional basketball and cheer competitions in the past.

“Providing a culminating event with the CHSAA Championship experience is a goal for all CHSAA sanctioned events during this season,” CHSAA assistant commissioner Adam Bright said in the statement. “The city of Pueblo has played host to multiple CHSAA events in the past and provides an excellent venue to continue the championship experience during this 2021 wrestling season.”

The center’s floor space can fit multiple mats on the floor, an annual and necessary feature at

the state tournament, the statement said. During a typical non-COVID year, it has a permanent seating capacity of 3,264. CHSAA’s statement said the large venue allows for the potential for a larger variance for spectators if granted.

The state tournament is two, singleday tournaments. The class 2A and 3A boys tournaments are on March 12, and the 4A and 5A boys tournament, plus the girls’ tournament, are Saturday, March 13. Each bracket consists of eight wrestlers, and CHSAA said there would be a full

consolation bracket as well.

The regional tournaments are Friday and Saturday, March 5 and 6.

The first day is set aside for the 106- to 145-pound classifications for boys and the 100- to 127-pound classes for girls.

The second day includes the 152- to 285-pounders for boys and the 136- to 215-pounders for girls. It’s a 16-team bracket for each gender. The top two finishers in each of the boys’ weight classes at regionals qualify for state, as do the top four girls in each weight class at the two regional tournaments.

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Legacy goes virtual for graduating C R O S S W O R D seniors on National Signing Day P U Z Z L E

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Eleven Legacy High School student-athletes signed national letters of intent on Feb. 3, finalizing their commitment to play their respective sports at the NCAA level.

The Legacy athletic department hosted a Zoom call to allow the commits to sign their NLI’s in the virtual company of their peers.

National Signing Day is the first day that commits can sign a binding national letter of intent declaring their official commitment to playing for their chosen college or university. More than 670 NCAA Division I and Division II schools recognize NLIs, which are typically deemed completed once the student-athlete has faxed the letter to their school of choice.

The Lightning’s girls soccer team led the way with five signees from its senior class, followed by the school’s baseball team, which had four signees. Three of the signees will be attending college in Colorado, while the other eight will be taking their talents out of state.

Cale Claridge, a four-year varsity baseball player for the Lightning, decided to stay in-state, signing with the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. The proximity to home, coupled with a strong athletic and academic fit, made Claridge’s decision an easy one.

“Personally, I wanted to stay home. I wanted to be close to my family and get a good education,” said Claridge. “And UCCS was the first school that really reached out to me and expressed interest in me. When I went down there to do the workout, I saw the campus and met (head Coach Dave) Hajek – we talked about all of the good courses to study.”

Other signees, such as Creighton University cross country commit

Ryan Montera, opted for a change of scenery. Montera said that after visiting the Omaha, Neb. university last year, he knew he wanted to run for the Blue jays.

“I was really drawn to the culture – the culture of Omaha, the culture of the team they have there and, of course, the coaches that were there too,” said Montera. “It was a pretty easy decision. I made my pick and haven’t looked back since.”

While deciding which college to attend is certainly a milestone decision in any young person’s life, deciding what to study once enrolled is arguably just as important.

Neither Claridge nor Montera has declared a major yet, but both said their studies at Legacy informed and prepared them for the academic challenges that lie ahead.

“Academically, I’ve taken a few classes I feel will help me, especially on the business side of things,” said Claridge, who is deciding between pursuing business and sports management.

“I took a class called Big Ideas which really taught me about business and how to start a nonprofit, how to get it up and running, and how to make connections. Academically, the whole, entire business side of Legacy is what’s really going to help me pursue getting a business degree in college.”

Montera, who is interested in studying political science, said that the academic rigor of Legacy helped him learn how to balance schoolwork and running – an important lesson in time management he believes will allow him to make a seamless transition to Creighton. “[Legacy] is really great. It’s challenging academically which allows me to balance a heavy schedule with a lot of running and a lot of schoolwork,” said Montera. “So, it really pushed me to try to find that balance and work my hardest so that when it comes time to go to college and you’re running even more miles and doing even more homework, you can be ready to take on that challenge.”

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Public Notices call Sheree 303.566.4088 Legals Public Trustees COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. A202078834 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On November 12, 2020, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Adams records.

Original Grantor(s) JLR Assets L. L. C. Original Beneficiary(ies) Pinetree Financial Corporation Current Holder of Evidence of Debt Pinetree Financial Corporation Date of Deed of Trust June 12, 2019 County of Recording Adams Recording Date of Deed of Trust June 13, 2019 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) 2019000045387 Original Principal Amount $104,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $104,000.00 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. Lot 2, Block 14, Gleneagle Estates Subdivision, Amendment No. 1, County of Adams, State of Colorado Also known by street and number as: 8232 East 130th Circle, Thornton, CO 80602.

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 AM on Monday, 03/17/2021, at 4430 S. Adams County Pkwy, Suite W1000, Brighton CO 80601-8219, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 1/21/2021 Last Publication: 2/18/2021 Name of Publication: Metro North IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; DATE: 11/12/2020 Lisa L. Culpepper, Public Trustee in and for the County of Adams, State of Colorado By: Lisa L. Culpepper, Treasurer and Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Robert Graham #26809 Foster Graham Milstein & Calisher LLP 360 South Garfield Street, 6th Floor, Denver, CO 80209 (303) 333-9810 Attorney File # 3118.0195 The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.

COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. A202078830 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On November 5, 2020, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Adams records.

Original Grantor(s) Bruce Winsett Original Beneficiary(ies)

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Credit Union of Denver Current Holder of Evidence of Debt Credit Union of Denver Date of Deed of Trust May 28, 2015 County of Recording Adams Recording Date of Deed of Trust June 05, 2015 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) 2015000042675 Original Principal Amount $110,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $107,919.87

FIRST LIEN.

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

The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. LOT 11, BLOCK 1, HAWK RIDGE SUBDIVISION, COUNTY OF ADAMS, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 14330 Emporia Street, Brighton, CO 80602.

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 AM on Wednesday, 03/10/2021, at 4430 S. Adams County Pkwy, Suite W1000, Brighton CO 80601-8219, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 1/14/2021 Last Publication: 2/11/2021 Name of Publication: Metro North IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; DATE: 11/05/2020 Lisa L. Culpepper, Public Trustee in and for the County of Adams, State of Colorado By: Lisa L. Culpepper, Treasurer and Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Iman Tehrani #44076 Holst, Boettcher & Tehrani LLP 514 KIMBARK STREET, P.O. BOX 298, LONGMONT, CO 80502-0298 (303) 772-6666 Attorney File # 78830 The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.

COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. A202078831 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On November 12, 2020, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Adams records.

Original Grantor(s) PCB Investments, LLC Original Beneficiary(ies) Indicate Capital Fund 1, LLC Current Holder of Evidence of Debt Capital Fund II, LLC Date of Deed of Trust July 31, 2019 County of Recording Adams Recording Date of Deed of Trust August 06, 2019 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) 2019000062859 Original Principal Amount $605,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $684,250.00 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A

LOT 2, BLOCK 1, HYLAND GREENS SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 7, COUNTY OF ADAMS, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 4688 Hyland Greens Pl, Westminster, CO 80031.

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 AM on Wednesday, 03/17/2021, at 4430 S. Adams County Pkwy, Suite W1000, Brighton CO 80601-8219, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 1/21/2021 Last Publication: 2/18/2021 Name of Publication: Metro North IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; DATE: 11/12/2020 Lisa L. Culpepper, Public Trustee in and for the County of Adams, State of Colorado By: Lisa L. Culpepper, Treasurer and Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Robert T. Cosgrove #12217 Burns, Wall and Mueller P.C. 303 E. 17TH AVENUE, #920, DENVER, CO 80203 (303) 830-7000 Attorney File # 78831 The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.

COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. A202078835 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On November 19, 2020, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Adams records.

Original Grantor(s) JLR Assets L. L. C. Original Beneficiary(ies) South Woods Financial, L.L.C Current Holder of Evidence of Debt South Woods Financial, L.L.C Date of Deed of Trust June 12, 2019 County of Recording Adams Recording Date of Deed of Trust June 13, 2019 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) 2019000045378 Original Principal Amount $95,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $95,000.00 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. Lot 3, Block 14, Gleneagle Estates Subdivision, Amendment No. 1, County of Adams, State of Colorado Also known by street and number as: 8228 East 130th Circle, Thornton, CO 80602.

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 AM on Wednesday, 03/24/2021, at 4430 S. Adams County Pkwy, Suite

W1000, Brighton CO 80601-8219, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 1/28/2021 Last Publication: 2/25/2021 Name of Publication: Metro North IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; DATE: 11/19/2020 Lisa L. Culpepper, Public Trustee in and for the County of Adams, State of Colorado By :Lisa L. Culpepper, Treasurer and Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Robert Graham #26809 Foster Graham Milstein & Calisher LLP 360 South Garfield Street, 6th Floor, Denver, CO 80209 (303) 333-9810 Attorney File # 3351.0019 The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.

The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Robert Graham #26809 Foster Graham Milstein & Calisher LLP 360 South Garfield Street, 6th Floor, Denver, CO 80209 (303) 333-9810 Attorney File # 3118.0194 The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.

City and County Legal Notice RFP# 21-004 CM/GC – Overlook at Thornton Substantial Rehab

The Adams County Housing Authority d/b/a Maiker Housing Partners (Maiker) is a public entity formed in 1974 to provide federally subsidized housing and housing assistance to low-income families, within Adams County, Colorado. Although brought into existence by a Resolution of the Adams County Board of Commissioners, it is a separate entity from the Adams County, Colorado government. Maiker has approximately 1700 properties of multi-family apartment communities in Adams County, throughout the cities of Thornton, Commerce City, Westminster, and Denver.

Maiker is soliciting competitive proposals from qualified businesses for Construction Management/General Contractor for a substantial rehab of a multifamily affordable housing community located in Thornton, CO.

COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. A202078833 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On November 12, 2020, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Adams records.

Original Grantor(s) JLR Assets L. L. C. Original Beneficiary(ies) Pinetree Financial Corporation Current Holder of Evidence of Debt Pinetree Financial Corporation Date of Deed of Trust June 12, 2019 County of Recording Adams Recording Date of Deed of Trust June 13, 2019 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) 2019000045385 Original Principal Amount $104,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $104,000.00

Maiker Housing Partners, the awarding agency, is seeking proposals from general contractors.

A detailed Request for Proposals (RFP) can be obtained by contacting: kkemp@maikerhp.org and requesting RFP# 21-004 or by visiting https:// maikerhp.org/procurement/.

Submissions due on or before February 25th, 2021.

Legal Notice No. 707310 First Publication: February 4, 2021 Last Publication: February 11, 2021 Publisher: Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel Public Notice ORDINANCE NO. 21-03 INTRODUCED BY: Council Member Sweeney Council Member Sellers

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FEDERAL HEIGHTS, COLORADO, AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 19-13 REGARDING THE IMPOSITION OF AN EMERGENCY TELEPHONE SERVICE CHARGE

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

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. Lot 4, Block 14, Gleneagle Estates Subdivision, Amendment No. 1, County of Adams, State of Colorado

INTRODUCED, READ AND PASSED AS AN ORDINANCE, ON FIRST READING, AT A REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FEDERAL HEIGHTS, COLORADO, THE 2nd DAY OF February 2021.

The Ordinance is available for review in the City Clerk’s office.

Legal Notice No. 707338 First Publication: February 11, 2021 Last Publication: February 11, 2021 Publisher: Westminster Window Public Notice

Also known by street and number as: 8224 East 130th Circle, Thornton, CO 80602.

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 AM on Wednesday, 03/17/2021, at 4430 S. Adams County Pkwy, Suite W1000, Brighton CO 80601-8219, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 1/21/2021 Last Publication: 2/18/2021 Name of Publication: Metro North IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; DATE: 11/12/2020 Lisa L. Culpepper, Public Trustee in and for the County of Adams, State of Colorado By: Lisa L. Culpepper, Treasurer and Public Trustee

ORDINANCE NO. 21-02 INTRODUCED BY: Council Member Sweeney Council Member Arner

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FEDERAL HEIGHTS, COLORADO, ENACTING REGULATIONS ESTABLISHING LIMITS ON FEES THAT THIRD-PARTY FOOD DELIVERY SERVICES MAY CHARGE RESTAURANTS LOCATED WITHIN THE CITY OF FEDERAL HEIGHTS AND RESTRICTING OTHER PRACTICES OF THIRD- PARTY FOOD DELIVERY SERVICES, IN ACCORDANCE WITH HB 20B-1005

INTRODUCED, READ AND PASSED AS AN ORDINANCE, ON FIRST READING, AT A REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FEDERAL HEIGHTS, COLORADO, THE 19TH DAY OF January 2021.

The Ordinance is available for review in the City Clerk’s office.

Legal Notice No. 707337 First Publication: February 11, 2021 Last Publication: February 11, 2021 Publisher: Westminster Window

Bids and Settlements Public Notice REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS City of Thornton 9500 Civic Center Drive Thornton, CO 80229-4326

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Public Notices The City of Thornton is soliciting the following: 1. 104th Avenue Widening: Colorado Blvd. to US85 Preconstruction Activities, Thornton Project No. 21-41, CDOT Project No. STU M286-048, Request for Proposals for Services.

Go to Thornton’s website at www.ThorntonCO.gov, click on “Business” and then “Contracts & Purchasing” for information on how to obtain the solicitation documents. Bidders/ Proposers are required to acknowledge all addenda in their Bid/Proposal submittal, failure to do so may be considered non-responsive.

Legal Notice No. 707336 First Publication: February 11, 2021 Last Publication: February 25, 2021 Publisher: Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel Public Notice NOTICE OF CONTRACTOR'S FINAL SETTLEMENT NOTICE is hereby given that Adams 12 Five Star Schools will on February 15, 2021 make final settlement with Haselden Construction, 6950 South Potomac Street Centennial, CO 80012 for work performed on a project known as: Adams 12 Five Star Schools Northglenn High School Renovations Phase I and II (P16022) located at 601 West 100th Place, Northglenn, CO 80260.

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 Haselden Construction 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 February 12, 2021.

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: January 21, 2021 Adams 12 Five Star Schools By: Eddie Coronado Senior Construction Project Manager Legal Notice No. 707306 First Publication: February 4, 2021 Last Publication: February 11, 2021 Publisher: Westminster Window Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel Public Notice NOTICE OF CONTRACTOR'S FINAL SETTLEMENT NOTICE is hereby given that Adams 12 Five Star Schools will make final settlement on February 19th, 2021, with Adolfson & Peterson Construction for work performed on a project known as: J00003/ESC Parking Lot Renovation.

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 Adolfson & Peterson Construction 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 February 12th, 2021.

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: January 28, 2021 Adams 12 Five Star Schools By: Michael C Landin Construction Project Manager Legal Notice No. 707322 First Publication: February 11, 2021 Last Publication: February 18, 2021 Publisher: Westminster Window Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel Public Notice NOTICE OF CONTRACTOR’S FINAL SETTLEMENT Notice is hereby given that on or after the 28th day of February 2021, Final Settlement will be made by the City of Thornton, CO, with: Mark Young Construction 7200 Miller Place Frederick, CO 80504 hereinafter called “Contractor”, for and on account of the Contract for construction of Community Park Restrooms, Project No. 19-259.

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: 1-29-21 /s/ Jim Jensen, Contracts Manager Legal Notice No. 707325 First Publication: February 11, 2021 Last Publication: February 18, 2021 Publisher: Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel Public Notice NOTICE OF CONTRACTOR’S FINAL SETTLEMENT Notice is hereby given that on or after the 1st day of March, 2021, Final Settlement will be made by the City of Thornton, CO, with:

Public Notice

Public Notice

The City of Thornton, Colorado, requests bids for the leasing of certain shares in the following ditch company for the 2021 Irrigation Season: Kershaw Ditch.

Bids will be accepted until 5:00 p.m. on March 15, 2021, in the Water Resources Division Office, 12450 Washington Street, Thornton, CO 80241-2405. No bids will be accepted beyond this date. Bids shall be in a sealed envelope plainly marked “City of Thornton, Water Resources Division, ATTN: Share Leases/Elena Acker.” Bids received after 5:00 p.m. on March 15, 2021 shall be returned to the Bidder unopened and will not be considered under any circumstances. Sole responsibility rests with the Bidder to see that the bid is received on time.

hereinafter called “Contractor”, for and on account of the Contract for construction of Street Rehabilitation Mill Hot In-Place Recycled Paving, Project No. 20-29.

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.

The City of Thornton, Colorado, requests separate bids for the leasing of certain shares in the following ditch companies for the 2021 Irrigation Season: Farmers Reservoir and Irrigation Company (FRICO Barr Division) and Burlington Ditch and Reservoir Company (Burlington Barr Division).

Bids will be accepted until 5:00 p.m. on March 15, 2021, in the Water Resources Division Offi ce, 12450 Washington Street, Thornton, CO 80241-2405. No bids will be accepted beyond this date. Bids shall be in a sealed envelope plainly marked “City of Thornton, Water Resources Division, ATTN: Share Leases/Elena Acker.” Bids received after 5:00 p.m. on March 15, 2021 shall be returned to the Bidder unopened and will not be considered under any circumstances. Sole responsibility rests with the Bidder to see that the Bid is received on time.

Bids shall contain the following information: (1) the ditch company and division, if applicable, in which the shares are to be leased; (2) the numbers of shares to be leased; (3) the ditch and headgate through which the shares are to be delivered; (4) the name, address and phone number of the potential lessee; and (5) the bid price per ditch company share for the potential lease. Minimum bids are: $390 per share.

Bids shall contain the following information: (1) the ditch company and division, if applicable, in which the shares are to be leased; (2) the numbers of shares to be leased; (3) the ditch and headgate through which the shares are to be delivered; (4) the name, address phone number, and email address of the potential lessee; and (5) the bid price per ditch company share for the potential lease. Minimum bids are as follows: $100 per share for FRICO-Barr shares and $100 per share for Burlington-Barr shares.

The City of Thornton has the right to reject any and all Bids, or any part thereof, to waive any formalities or informalities contained in said Bid, and to award the Bid to the highest responsive and responsible Bidder, as deemed in the best interest of the City of Thornton. No Bids will be accepted from Bidders wishing to sub-lease.

The City of Thornton has the right to reject any and all Bids, or any part thereof, to waive any formalities or informalities contained in said Bid, and to award the Bid to the highest responsive and responsible Bidder, as deemed in the best interest of the City of Thornton. No Bids will be accepted from Bidders wishing to sub-lease.

Any questions concerning this Bid shall be directed to Elena Acker, Water Resources Division, City of Thornton, (720) 977-6507.

Any questions concerning this Bid shall be directed to Elena Acker, Water Resources Division, City of Thornton, (720) 977-6507.

Legal Notice No. 707320 First Publication: February 4, 2021 Last Publication: February 11, 2021 Publisher: Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel

Legal Notice No. 707319 First Publication: February 4, 2021 Last Publication: February 11, 2021 Publisher: Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel

the complaint in writing within 35 days after the date of the last publication, judgment by default may be rendered against you by the court for the relief demanded in the complaint without further notice.

This is an action of foreclosure pursuant to Rule 105, C.R.C.P. to the real property situate in Denver, Colorado more particularly described as Condominium Unit 103, Fireside Condominiums, a Condominium in accordance with the Condominium Declaration recorded January 18, 1980 in Book 2423 at Page 839, and any and all Amendments and Supplements Thereto, and according to the Condominium Map recorded June 27, 1980 in Book P at Page 297, County of Adams, State of Colorado.

Dated: February 5, 2021.

ORTEN CAVANAGH HOLMES & HUNT, LLC

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

By: /s/Hal R. Kyles Hal R. Kyles, #23891

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.

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

CITY OF THORNTON, COLORADO Date: 2/2/21 /s/ Jim Jensen, Contracts Manager Legal Notice No. 707335 First Publication: February 11, 2021 Last Publication: February 18, 2021 Publisher: Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel

Summons and Sheriff Sale Public Notice SUMMONS SERVICE BY PUBLICATION IN THE DISTRICT COURT IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF ADAMS AND STATE OF COLORADO Civil Action No. 20CV31453, DIV. C THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO, Plaintiff, vs.

ADAM LINK and FIVE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY, Defendant.

TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANT, GREETINGS: You are hereby summoned and required to file with the Clerk an answer to the Complaint, which has been filed with the Court within thirty days after service of this Summons upon you. If you fail to do so, judgment by default will be taken against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

If service upon you is made outside the State of Colorado, or by publication or if a copy of the Complaint is not served upon you with this Summons, you are required to file your Answer to the Complaint within thirty five days after service of this Summons upon you.

This is an action for forfeiture pursuant to C.R.S. §16-13-307 of the currency that was seized in Adams County, Colorado by officers of the North Metro Task Force on September 24, 2020, as being derived from activity constituting a class one public nuisance.

A copy of the Summons, Complaint and Temporary Restraining Order may be obtained at the Adams County District Attorney's Office, 1000 Judicial Center Drive, Suite 100, Brighton, Colorado 80601.

DATED: January 14, 2021

BID NOTICE

BID NOTICE

Cutler Repaving, Inc 921 East 27th Street Lawrence, KS 66046

/s/Cameron Munier Senior Deputy District Attorney 1000 Judicial Center Drive, Suite 100 Brighton, CO 80601 (303) 659-7720 Legal Notice No. 707300 First Publication: January 28, 2021 Last Publication: February 25, 2021 Publisher: Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, ADAMS, STATE OF COLORADO Court Address: Adams County District Court 1100 Judicial Ctr Dr. Brighton, CO 80601 Plaintiff: FIRESIDE CONDOMINIUM HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, a Colorado nonprofit corporation v.

Defendants: CHRISTOPHER SZYMANSKI Attorneys for Plaintiff: Orten Cavanagh Holmes & Hunt, LLC Hal R. Kyles, #23891 1445 Market Street, Suite 350 Denver, CO 80202 Phone Number: (720) 221-9780 Matter ID #1889.0043 Case No.: 2020CV031636 Division: C SUMMONS [BY PUBLICATION] THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS: You are hereby summoned and required to appear and defend against the claims of the complaint filed with the court in this action, by filing with the clerk of this court an answer or other response.

You are required to file your answer or other response within 35 days after the service of this Summons upon you. Service of this summons shall be complete on the day of the last publication.

A copy of the complaint may be obtained from the clerk of the court.

If you fail to file your answer or other response to

Publisher: Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Jay L. Groom Jr., aka Jay Lowry Groom Jr., Deceased Case Number: 2021 PR 30023

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

Daniel Kapsak Attorney to the Personal Representative 1610 Hover Street, No. 203 Longmont, Colorado 80501 Legal Notice No. 707344 First Publication: February 4, 2021 Last Publication: February 18, 2021 Publisher: Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of NITA LORRAINE PUGH, a/k/a NITA L. PUGH, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR30009

Legal Notice No. 707348 First Publication: February 11, 2021 Last Publication: March 11, 2021 Publisher: Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel

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 May 28, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Misc. Private Legals Public Notice NOTICE OF ANNUAL STOCKHOLDERS MEETING THE FARMERS’ HIGH LINE CANAL AND RESERVOIR COMPANY 8399 W. 89th Avenue, Westminster, CO 80021

Heather M. Ecton a/k/a Heather Marie Ecton Personal Representative c/o Pearman Law Firm 4195 Wadsworth Blvd Wheat Ridge, CO 80033

To the Stockholders of….

THE FARMERS’ HIGH LINE CANAL AND RESERVOIR COMPANY

Legal Notice No. 707287 First Publication: January 28, 2021 Last Publication: February 11, 2021 Publisher: Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel

You are hereby notified that the Annual Meeting of THE FARMERS’ HIGH LINE CANAL AND RESERVOIR COMPANY will be held virtually on Tuesday, March 9, 2021 at 9:30 a.m., for the purpose of electing Directors of said Company for the ensuing year, setting the annual assessment for the ensuing year, and the transaction of any business which may regularly come before said meeting.

Registering of shares will begin at 9:00 a.m.

NO TRANSFERS OF STOCK FROM MARCH 1, 2021 TO MARCH 9, 2021.

All stockholders are earnestly requested to be present at said meeting either in person or by proxy to obtain a quorum for the transaction of business.

Dated in Westminster, Colorado this 3rd day of February 2021.

THE FARMERS’ HIGH LINE CANAL AND RESERVOIR COMPANY BY: Michael Bollinger, General Manager

Public Notice APT Service, Inc. is seeking title and selling the following abandoned vehicle.

1) 2007 Cadillac CTS Vin# 166649 2) 2015 Chev Cruze Vin# 244115 3) 2014 Kia Optima Vin# 284244 4) 2005 Toyota Highlander Vin# 107208

Brian James Uchida Personal Representative c/o Mark A. Weseman, Esq. 2 Garden Center, Suite 305 Broomfield, Colorado 80020 Legal Notice No. 707305 First Publication: February 4, 2021 Last Publication: February 18, 2021 Publisher: Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Cynthia Anne Pfeifer, aka Cynthia A. Pfeifer, aka Cynthia Pfeifer, aka Cindy Anne Pfeifer, aka Cindy A. Pfeifer, Cindy Pfeifer, Deceased Case Number: 2020 PR 211

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 May 28, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Lonnie Pfeifer, Personal Representative 923 NE Woods Chapel Rd. No. 271 Lee's Summit, MO 64064

Contact them at: APT Service, Inc 4400 Delaware St., Denver, CO. 80216 303-455-1264

Legal Notice No. 707292 First Publication: January 28, 2021 Last Publication: February 11, 2021 Publisher: Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel

Legal Notice No. 707349 First Publication: February 11, 2021 Last Publication: February 11, 2021 Publisher: Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Pamela Batz, Deceased Case Number: 2020 PR 30974

Notice to Creditors PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of John Jay Vandemoer, Deceased Case Number: 21 PR 30005 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 June 4, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Glenda Rose Mowery Personal Representative 3160 Maxwell Avenue Oakland, CA 94619

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 June 11, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Vincent J. Buzek, Esq. Attorney to the Personal Representative 2 Garden Center, Suite 305 Broomfield, Colorado 80020 Legal Notice No. 707346 First Publication: February 11, 2021 Last Publication: February 25, 2021 Publisher: Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel Public Notice

Legal Notice No. 707307 First Publication: February 4, 2021 Last Publication: February 18, 2021 Publisher: Westminster Window

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Lanette Rene Livingston, aka Lanette R. Livingston, aka Lanette Livingston , Deceased Case Number: 2021PR30122

Public Notice

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to District Court of Adams County, Colorado on or before June 11, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Patsy Lorraine Haberman, aka Patsy L. Haberman, aka Patsy Haberman, Deceased, Case Number: 21PR30079 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 June 11, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Legal Notice No. 707332 First Publication: February 11, 2021 Last Publication: February 25, 2021

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 June 4, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

PUBLIC NOTICE

Legal Notice No. 707331 First Publication: February 11, 2021 Last Publication: February 11, 2021 Publisher: Westminster Window Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel ______________________________________

Sherri D. Way Martinez, as Personal Representative 1231 S. Ogden Street Denver, CO 80210

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Leonard Bruce Uchida, Deceased Case Number: 2021 PR 30014

Personal Representative: Joey L. Livingston 3123 E 123rd Avenue Thornton, CO 80241 Legal Notice No. 707341 First Publication: February 11, 2021 Last Publication: February 25, 2021 Publisher: Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Cory John Rafferty, a/k/a Cory J. Rafferty, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR30013

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Public Notices 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 June 21, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Daniel T. Goodwin Attorney to the Person Representative LAW OFFICES OF DANIEL T. GOODWIN 10901 W. 120th Ave, Suite 350 Broomfield, CO 80021 Legal Notice No. 707343 First Publication: February 11, 2021 Last Publication: February 25, 2021 Publisher: Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Linda Mae Sayyah, Deceased Case Number: 2021 PR 30138 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 June 11, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Douglas S. Holden Attorney to the Personal Representative 3751 West 136th Avenue, Unit B-4 Broomfield, Colorado 80023 Legal Notice No. 707333 First Publication: February 11, 2021 Last Publication: February 25, 2021 Publisher: Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Theodore F. Crawford aka Ted Crawford, Deceased Case Number: 2020 PR 300 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 June 11, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Yvette Montoya Personal Representative 7545 Bradburn Blvd, Apt. A204 Westminster, Colorado 80030 Legal Notice No. 707345 First Publication: February 11, 2021 Last Publication: February 25, 2021 Publisher: Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of NANCY A. ALFORD, aka NANCY ANN ALFORD, Deceased Case Number: 2020 PR 31185

Publisher: Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of William Kenneth Miederhoff, aka Bill Kenneth Miederhoff, aka Bill K. Miederhoff, and aka Bill Miederhoff, Deceased Case Number: 2021 PR 30016

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 or on or before May 29, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Glen R. Alford, Personal Representative 9235 Newton St. Westminster, CO 80031 Legal Notice No. 707290 First Publication: January 28, 2021 Last Publication: February 11, 2021 Publisher: Westminster Window Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Amy Hashimoto, a/k/a Amy Numoto Hashimoto, Deceased Case Number: 21 PR 30060

Budd J. Hashimoto, Personal Representative 8310 Louise Dr. Denver, CO 80221 Legal Notice No. 707340 First Publication: February 11, 2021 Last Publication: February 25, 2021 Publisher: Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Luella Lena Lenora Marsh, a/k/a Luella L. Marsh, a/k/a Luella Marsh, Deceased Case Number: 2021 PR 30068 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 June 4, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Thomas Atwood Marsh Personal Representative 11254 Chase Court Westminster CO 80020 Legal Notice No. 707318 First Publication: February 4, 2021 Last Publication: February 18, 2021

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 June 4, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Legal Notice No. 707323 First Publication: February 4, 2021 Last Publication: February 18, 2021 Publisher: Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel

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 June 4, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Ardith M. Norcross, Personal Representative c/o Golden Legal Advice, Inc. P.O. Box 16545 Golden, Colorado 80402

Denise Margaret Watson, Personal Representative c/o Vincent Luparell MESSNER REEVES LLP 1430 Wynkoop, Suite 300 Denver, CO 80202

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Daniel Ralph Skewis, aka Daniel R. Skewis, aka Daniel Skewis, aka Dan R. Skewis, aka Dan Skewis, Deceased Case Number: 21 PR 22

Legal Notice No. 707302 First Publication: February 4, 2021 Last Publication: February 18, 2021 Publisher: Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel

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 June 4, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Legal Notice No. 707285 First Publication: January 28, 2021 Last Publication: February 11, 2021 Publisher: Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel

Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Lucille Alda Davis, aka Lucille A. Davis, aka Lucille Davis , Deceased Case Number: 2021 PR 30052

Christina Steele, Personal Representative 1930 Cedar Court Thornton, Colorado 80229

Public Notice

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to: Adams County, District Court, State of Colorado on or before June 11, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of DeElda Laura Watson, Deceased Case Number: 2020PR30907

Phyllis Travers Personal Representative 8871 Race Street Thornton, Colorado 80229

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Carla Ann McCabe, aka Carla A. McCabe, aka Carla McCabe, aka Carla Ann Williamson, aka Carla A. Williamson, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR30051

Legal Notice No. 707308 First Publication: February 4, 2021 Last Publication: February 18, 2021 Publisher: Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel Public Notice

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Adams County, Colorado on or before 6/11/2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

David Williamson Co-Personal Representative c/o Tracy A. Tirey Tirey Law Firm LLC 12021 Pennsylvania St. Thornton, CO 80241

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to District Court of Adams County, Colorado on or before June 4, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Personal Representative: William Davis 9668 Lou Drive Northglenn, CO 80260-5537

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Jerry Louis Bruner, aka Jerry L. Bruner, aka Jerry Bruner, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR30057

Legal Notice No. 707304 First Publication: February 4, 2021 Last Publication: February 18, 2021 Publisher: Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel

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 June 4, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Eddie A. Quintana, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR030098

Lauren Robydek, Personal Representative Patrick R. Thiessen (40185) FRIE, ARNDT, DANBORN & THIESSEN P.C. 7400 Wadsworth Blvd, Ste. 201 Arvada, CO 80003 Phone Number: 303-420-1234 Attorney for Lauren Robydek Personal Representative

Legal Notice No. 707330 First Publication: February 11, 2021 Last Publication: February 25, 2021 Publisher: Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Hukiko Valdez, Deceased Case Number: 2021 PR 21 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 June 4, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Adams County, Colorado on or before June 11, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Richard M. Arnold, #13127 Attorney for Personal Representative 7691 Shaffer Parkway, Suite A Littleton, CO 80127

Legal Notice No. 707309 First Publication: February 4, 2021 Last Publication: February 18, 2021 Publisher: Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel

Legal Notice No. 707328 First Publication: February 11, 2021 Last Publication: February 25, 2021

Public Notice

Adams County Warrants 1.25-1.29.21 Public Notice Adams County Warrants: February 1, 2021 through February 5, 2021 GENERAL FUND Supplier Name

Warrant Date Amount

JP MORGAN CHASE BANK NA ARIAS REBECCA M CARUSO JAMES LOUIS CINA & CINA FORENSIC CONSULTIN FENICE PARTNERS LLC G4S SECURE SOLUTIONS USA INC SIEGEL THOMAS WEIL BRYAN LAURA CHRISTINE G4S SECURE SOLUTIONS USA INC ACCELA INC ADAMS COUNTY TREASURER ADT COMMERCIAL LLC ALTITUDE COMMUNITY LAW ANM ARA INC AUTOMATED BUILDING SOLUTIONS I BUSTAMANTE TONY CA SHORT COMPANY CARRILLO ORTIZ JONATHAN COHEN MILSTEIN SELLERS & TOLL COLO COUNTY ATTORNEYS ASSN COLO DEPT OF LABOR & EMPLOYME COLO DEPT OF LABOR & EMPLOYMEN COLO MOUNTED LAW ENFORCEMENT A COLUMBINE FEDERAL CREDIT UNION CORAK NEVEN DATASPEC LLC DLT SOLUTIONS LLC DOUGLASS COLONY GROUP INC DUPRIEST JOHN FIELDEN ELKUS & SISSON PC AND ELLIOTT LEGAL INVESTIGATIONS FEDERAL EXPRESS CO FEDEX FLEX FLEET RENTAL LLC FOREST SEAN FRANCY LAW FIRM FRANK J BALL GALLS LLC GARCIA EMMA CHRISTINE GARNER, ROSIE GPS SERVERS LLC GREAT ECOLOGY & ENVIRONMENTS I HERRERA, AARON HILLYARD - DENVER HOLST AND BOETTCHER HRQ INC HYDRO RESOURCES INSIGHT PUBLIC SECTOR JAZOWSKI KAREN KD SERVICE GROUP LAPLINK SOFTWARE INC LAW OFFICES OF BRANDON CEGLIAN LIQUID ENVIRO SOLUTIONS OF TEX MADDUX THOMAS SCOTT MAIL MASTERS OF COLORADO MARTINEZ JUSTIN PAUL MOBILE STORAGE SOLUTIONS NAVAL SURFACE WARFARE CENTER C NELSON AND KENNARD NGUYEN NANCY

2/3/2021 2/3/2021 2/3/2021 2/3/2021 2/3/2021 2/3/2021 2/3/2021 2/5/2021 2/5/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021

644,322.06 4,179.00 5,375.00 13,200.00 21,005.80 6,473.20 250.00 375.00 21,607.08 14,827.21 1,807.91 841.58 19.00 109,150.00 1,894.40 8,875.00 1,400.00 35,974.59 32.00 472.50 600.00 60.00 120.00 50.00 210.72 66.00 449.00 280.84 407,613.65 65.00 3,424.33 19.00 35.50 40.85 5,040.00 65.00 57.00 19.00 10,969.96 49.00 65.00 43.00 1,286.25 65.00 172.84 19.00 78.85 1,507.76 45,287.92 3,550.00 25,754.77 7,650.00 38.00 1,063.72 65.00 1,800.00 65.00 8,106.67 7,500.00 19.00 19.00

OCHS CRYSTAL 2/4/2021 OLIVER JO MARIE 2/4/2021 ONENECK IT SOLUTIONS LLC 2/4/2021 PAPPAS JIM GEORGE 2/4/2021 PARK 12 HUNDRED OWNERS ASSOCIA 2/4/2021 PATTON AND DAVIDSON 2/4/2021 PHILLIPS PET FOOD & SUPPLIES 2/4/2021 PRO FORCE LAW ENFORCEMENT 2/4/2021 PSYCHOLOGICAL DIMENSIONS 2/4/2021 PUEBLO COUNTY GOVERNMENT 2/4/2021 RICHARDSON SHARON 2/4/2021 ROADRUNNER PHARMACY INCORPORAT 2/4/2021 RODRIGUEZ SONIA 2/4/2021 SGR 2/4/2021 SMART COMMUTE METRO NORTH 2/4/2021 SUMMIT FOOD SERVICE LLC 2/4/2021 SUNSTATE EQUIPMENT CO LLC 2/4/2021 T MOBILE 2/4/2021 T&G PECOS LLC 2/4/2021 THERMAL & MOISTURE PROTECTION 2/4/2021 THOMPSON BRODY AND KAPLAN 2/4/2021 THOMPSON GREGORY PAUL 2/4/2021 TOMCZAK MICHAEL E 2/4/2021 TOSCANA MC JV LLC 2/4/2021 TRANE US INC 2/4/2021 TRUJILLO ALEJANDRO R 2/4/2021 VERIZON 2/4/2021 WELLINGTON RESERVOIR COMPANY 2/4/2021 WRIGHT WATER ENGINEERS 2/4/2021 ZHANG XIONG WEN 2/4/2021 ZHOU QUANYI 2/4/2021 Fund Total

870.00 66.00 10,464.18 66.00 48,861.76 173.00 649.45 4,192.00 6,450.00 930.00 65.00 773.72 700.00 5,140.18 20,787.50 31,544.12 6,277.36 30.56 3,600.00 2,665.00 56.00 65.00 50.00 1,299.00 32,149.19 19.00 476.82 480.00 2,660.62 19.00 19.00 1,607,072.42

CAPITAL FACILITIES FUND REDLAND Fund Total

2/4/2021

4,912.50 4,912.50

GOLF COURSE ENTERPRISE FUND PROFESSIONAL RECREATION MGMT I PROFESSIONAL RECREATION MGMT I AGFINITY INC ALSCO AMERICAN INDUSTRIAL BUCKEYE WELDING SUPPLY CO INC COLO POWDER COATING MODERN GOLF & TURF LLC POTESTIO BROTHER EQUIPMENT TORO NSN Fund Total

2/3/2021 2/5/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021

9,000.00 4,261.82 839.48 168.39 30.60 630.00 60,835.00 483.08 233.00 76,481.37

EQUIPMENT SERVICE FUND BEARCOM WIRELESS WORLDWIDE DANIELS LONG CHEVROLET INSIGHT AUTO GLASS LLC PRECISE MRM LLC SAM HILL OIL INC SILL TERHAR MOTORS INC THE GOODYEAR TIRE AND RUBBER C WEX BANK Fund Total

2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021

17,307.03 19,470.00 432.86 5,592.00 33,125.51 26,063.00 5,912.15 1,148.91 109,051.46

ROAD & BRIDGE FUND LAND TITLE GUARANTEE COMPANY LAND TITLE GUARANTEE COMPANY LAND TITLE GUARANTEE COMPANY ALSCO AMERICAN INDUSTRIAL

2/5/2021 2/5/2021 2/5/2021 2/4/2021

3,038.00 75,564.00 67,066.00 279.57

CINTAS FIRST AID & SAFETY CITY OF THORNTON UTILITIES COBITCO INC DESIGN WORKSHOP HCL ENGINEERING & SURVEYING LL HDR ENGINEERING INC METECH RECYCLING NATIONAL SOCIETY OF PROF ENGIN PREMIER PORTABLES 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) UNITED POWER (UNION REA) UNITED POWER (UNION REA) UNITED POWER (UNION REA) UNITED POWER (UNION REA) UTILITY NOTIFICATION CENTER OF 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

2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021

170.07 4,045.51 108.90 18,794.46 14,620.00 3,500.00 835.38 2,332.00 350.00 1,341.00 23.16 48.28 16.50 16.50 16.50 53.33 62.71 151.34 147.87 51.69 34.00 156.30 166.16 20.31 52.87 58.32 69.42 41.07 66.00 33.00 36.00 88.49 138.57 131.72 60.86 211.90 11.77 137.00 48.05 31.95 44.99 143.05 103.83 24,716.79 4,831.70 224,066.89

INSURANCE FUND TRISTAR RISK MANAGEMENT DELTA DENTAL OF COLO THE TABEN GROUP UNITED HEALTH CARE INSURANCE C UNITED HEALTH CARE INSURANCE C TRISTAR RISK MANAGEMENT AED AUTHORITY ARGO SUSAN L BAKKEN CHRISTEN FARIS MACHINERY CO KING & GREISEN LLP Fund Total

2/3/2021 2/5/2021 2/5/2021 2/5/2021 2/5/2021 2/5/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021

54,981.91 126,519.88 900.00 192,064.84 74,163.59 87,500.00 195.00 47,221.09 480.00 13,457.92 12,778.91 610,263.14

OPEN SPACE PROJECTS FUND DHM DESIGNS Fund Total

2/4/2021 OPEN SPACE SALES TAX FUND

3,307.50 3,307.50

BIRD CONSERVANCY OF THE ROCKIE HYLAND HILLS PARK AND RECREATI LUBIRDS LIGHT FOUNDATION THORNTON CITY OF Fund Total

2/5/2021 2/5/2021 2/5/2021 2/5/2021

19,008.75 309,000.00 68,038.29 13,979.80 410,026.84

COMMUNITY DEV BLOCK GRANT FUND MANKO SERIVCE INC 2/5/2021 PINNACLE PEDIATRICS AND INTERN 2/5/2021 Fund Total HEAD START FUND

2,383.25 6,999.00 9,382.25

CENTURY LINK CENTURY LINK CENTURYLINK CESCO LINGUISTIC SERVICE INC GENESIS FLOOR CARE OF COLORADO MIGHTY LITTLE VOICES SPEECH TH Fund Total

120.76 485.86 11.86 95.09 2,322.00 2,080.00 5,115.57

2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021

WORKFORCE & BUSINESS CENTER ROSTIE SANDRA BOULDER MEDICAL CENTER PC CENTURYLINK COMPUTER SYSTEMS DESIGN VCA ASPENWOOD ANIMAL HOSPITAL VERIZON WIRELESS Fund Total

2/5/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021

2,600.00 5,000.00 1.96 4,800.00 6,000.00 1,046.94 19,448.90

COLORADO AIR & SPACE PORT CITY SERVICEVALCON LLC AURORA WATER DBT TRANSPORTATION SERVICES LL EASTERN SLOPE RURAL TELEPHONE LOTTMAN OIL COMPANY ROGGEN FARMERS ELEVATOR ASSN SWIMS DISPOSAL TWS AVIATION FUEL SYSTEMS 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

2/5/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021 2/4/2021

GRAND TOTAL

25,189.72 2,359.74 2,408.34 131.82 594.00 2,138.24 298.75 320.00 63.23 151.58 171.34 519.76 1,170.63 12.67 14.30 17.22 36.55 48.13 50.89 65.71 79.30 99.83 143.69 164.75 834.23 892.74 1,353.34 1,834.03 41,164.53 3,120,293.37

Legal Notice No.: 707347 First Publication: February 11, 2021 Last Publication: February 11, 2021 Publisher: Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel

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Magazine ranks local wrestlers STAFF REPORT

Tim Yount’s On the Mat Magazine released a new set of wrestling rankings late last week, and several grapplers are among those in the top 15 of their respective weight classes.

In class 3A, Holy Family High School’s Brayden Black is No., 8 at 106 pounds. Teammate Matthew McCarty sits in the No. 5 position at 129 pounds. Logan Erickson of the Tigers is the 10th-rated 132-pound wrestler, and Benito Hernandez occupies the 11th position in this week’s 220-pound ratings.

In class 4A, Riverdale Ridge landed three wrestlers among Yount’s rankings. They are AJ Hague, fifth-rated wrestler at 106 pounds; 10th-rated Domonic Cerda at 138 pounds; and 11th-rated Kiefer Drake, also at 138 pounds.

In class 5A, Thornton’s Gabe Archuleta sits at No. 11 among

106-pounders. Teammate Chris Moreno is the fifth-rated wrestler at 113 pounds. The Trojans’ Art Martinez is No. 15 among 120-pounders.

At 126 pounds, Mountain Range’s Kyle Lewis is the No. 4-rated wrestler. Nadim Kagir, who attends Skyview High School but wrestlers for Thornton this year (Skyview opted not to field a winter sports program because of coronavirus) is No. 8. At 132 pounds, Mountain Range’s Tyler Cleverly sits in the seventh position. Isaac Ibarra, another Skyview wrestler who moved over to compete at Thornton High School, sits at No. 11.

At 138 pounds, Travis Guzman of Horizon is Yount’s fifth choice.

Thornto’s Jacob Bruning is No. 8.

At 145 pounds, Thornton’s Zack Zuniga is 13th. Horizon’s Grayson Diblasi is No. 2 among 152-pounders. Horizon’s Scott Hill is ninth among 285-pounders, while

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Mountain Range’s Chris Marques is 15th.

Women’s rankings

In the women’s rankings at 100 pounds, Alyssa Cortez of Legacy is in the third position, while Riverdale Ridge’s Emmy Kiefer sits at No. 8. At 105 pounds, the Ravens’ Apolona Sene is eighth, while Legacy’s Lolo Valdez is ninth. Valdez’ teammate, Cordy Mello, is third at 118 pounds, while the Lightning’s Adalynn Dean is seventh at 127 pounds.

Riverdale Ridge’s Daisy Gonzales is 12th at 136 pounds.

Sheccid Aguirre is third among 147-pounders. Legacy occupies two spots at 161 pounds. Brianna Rodrugez is sixth, while Chloe Castaneda sits in 10th place.

At 185 pounds, Madison Farris of Legacy is ninth. At 285 pounds, Legacy’s Daysia DeHerrera is fifth.

Letter of intent days

Mountain Range High School postponed its national letter-signing day Feb. 3. No make-up date has been announced.

Three Holy Family football players -- Liam Gray (Costal Carolina), Cord Kringlen (Boise State) and Trevin Johnson (Hastings College) – signed their college letters of intent Feb. 3.

Horizon High School plans to do its letter-signing ceremony virtually Wednesday, Feb. 10.

Quarantines

Two area basketball teams that opened the season playing against each other and wound up in quarantine afterward were due to return from quarantine Feb. 9, after press time.

Thornton and Mountain Range high schools spent the last two weeks off the floor after the Mustangs came into contact with someone who tested positive, according to a tweet from Mountain Range.

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The Petition requests that the name of Caid Wren Glas be changed to Caid Wren Law. Case No.: 21C58

By: Leanne Liston Clerk of the Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No. 707342 First publication: February 11, 2021 Last publication: February 25, 2021 Publisher: Westminster Window PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on January 13, 2021 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 Jeanie Marie Gritton-Adkins be changed to

Jeanie Marie Gritton Case No.: 20 C 1705 By: Judge Bryon L. Howell Legal Notice No. 707280 First Publication: January 28, 2021 Last Publication: February 11, 2021 Publisher: Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on January 28, 2021, 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

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S P O R T S SCORECARD

HOLY FAMILY

HORIZON

Girls swimming

Cancellations

Longmont just got past Holy Family 9392 in a Feb. 2 dual meet in Thornton.

The Tigers’ Mary Kate Kvanaugh won 1-meter diving with 410.5 points. Summer Norwell took first place in the 500-yard freestyle, posting a time of 5:54.4. The 200freestyle relay team (Josephine Romano, Jadyn Abeyta, Emma Schneeberger and Madelyn Szabo) finished first in a time of 1:54.4 Girls basketball

Holy Family scored the first 19 points of the game and beat Riverdale Ridge 87-21 in Broomfield Feb. 2.

The Tigers took advantage of 14, firstquarter turnovers and converted them into 21 points.

Alyssa Wells led the Tigers with 16 points.

Thalia Guardiola led the Ravens with 12 points. Danae Asiata was next with four.

The Tigers swamped Centaurus 64-15 in Broomfield Feb. 6. Wells had 10 points for Holy Family. Mariah Quintana added nine.

Laura Gensert and Julia Mischke led the Warriors with five points.

Boys basketball

Holy Family beat Riverdale Ridge 46-42 in Broomfield Feb. 2. Eric Quintana had 13 points to pace the Tigers. Blake Hammond tossed in 12. The Ravens’ top scorer was Ryan Leopold, who scored 14 points.

Centaurus beat the Tigers 55-36 in Broomfield Feb. 6. Dashiel Walker led the Warriors with 11 points. No stats were available for Holy Family.

Wrestling

Fort Morgan downed Holy Family 51-24 as part of a four-team meet on the Mustangs’ mats Feb. 6. The on-mat win for the Tigers came from Logan Erickson (126 pounds).

Thompson Valley beat the Tigers 75-4 in that same four-way meet. Matthew McCarthy picked up the Tigers’ win at 120 pounds.

Horizon’s wrestling team went into quarantine last week because of coronavirus concerns. As a result, the Hawks had to cancel its part of a triangular meet at Monarch High School Feb. 4 and a quadrangular meet at Horizon Feb. 6. HHS is scheduled to return to action Thursday, Feb, 11, hosting Fairview High School at 6 p.m.

Boys basketball

Horizon stopped Brighton 73-50 in Thornton Feb. 3. Jackson Kroll led the Bulldogs with 21 points. Galery tossed in 11. Xavier Harris led the Hawks with 18 points. Esmond Griffin added 17.

Griffin scored 21 points to lead Horizon to a 53-44 win over Monarch Feb. 5 . Tabor Robison added 12. Sam Carlson scored a team-high 20 points for the Coyotes.

Girls basketball

Monarch edged Horizon 58-56 Feb. 5 in Louisville. Horizon outscored the Coyotes 16-8 in the fourth quarter but fell just short.

Britta Cardenas had 14 points for the Hawks. Audra Vine added 11. Freshman Natalie Thornton contributed 10.

No stats were available for the Coyotes.

LEGACY Cancellations

Two wrestling events were canceled because of the pandemic. The first was a Feb. 4 meet against Fort Collins. One was a Feb. 6 quadrangular meet, and the other was a dual meet against Fossil Ridge which was set for Thursday, Feb. 11.

The Lightning is due to return to action as part of a triangular meet Saturday, Feb. 13.

Girls wrestling

Legacy stayed undefeated this season with a 34-27 dual-meet win at Poudre High School Feb. 4. No match results were immediately available.

Boys basketball

Gavin Poxson scored 15 points as Legacy held off Loveland 51-49 Feb. 5. Christian Mitchell added 11, while Jack DeBell tossed in 10. No stats were available for the Indians.

Girls basketball

Legacy won its first game of the year, a 48-36 decision over Loveland Feb. 5. No stats were available for either team.

Girls swimming

Broomfield downed Legacy 215-119 in Thornton Feb. 6.

Sydney Bales of the Lightning won the 100-yard freestyle in a time of 55.75 seconds. Kaitlin Eiring (27.15) and Codi Ortiz (27.36) finished second and third, respectively in the 50- freestyle. Abbie Kehmeier was second in the 100- freestyle, where her time was 59.85.

MOUNTAIN RANGE Girls basketball

Fossil Ridge beat Mountain Range 66-25 Feb. 5 in Westminster. It was Mountain Range’s first game in two weeks after a quarantine.

Schedule change

Mountain Range’s boys basketball team travels to Fort Collins for a 7 p.m. game Thursday, Feb. 18.

NORTHGLENN Girls swimming

Northglenn beat Westminster 174-32 in Westminster Feb. 2.

Lauren Woodhall won two individual races for the Norse. She turned in a time of 31.30 seconds in the 50-yard freestyle, and she posted a time of 1:11.05 in the 100- freestyle.

Emma Noffsinger won a pair of races for NHS, too. Her top time in the 200- individual medley was 2:35.85, and her first-place effort in the 500- freestyle was 5:59.81.

Boys wrestling

Northglenn downed Vista Peak 54-30 as part of a three-team meet at Westminster High School Feb. 2.

Giovanni Quintanilla (152 pounds), Devin Chambers (160) and Ethan Hotz (285) won their contested matches.

Northglenn also defeated Fairview 45-27 in Boulder Feb. 4. On-mat winners for the Norse were James Escalera Jr. (113 pounds), Antonio Gomez (126), Marcus Aragon (138), Quintanilla and Chambers.

Girls basketball

Northglenn opened up play in the Eastern Metro Athletic Conference with a 44-30, home-floor win over Hinkley Feb. 6.

Emelyn Tineo Gonzales scored 14 points for the Norse. Penelope Perea was next with nine. No stats were available for the Thunderbirds.

RIVERDALE RIDGE Boys wrestling

Riverdale Ridge beat Longmont 56-12 Feb. 6 as part of a multi-team meet at Windsor. The Ravens’ Evan Higashi (170 pounds) and Matthew Williams-Perez (195) won their contested matches. The rest of the Ravens’ points came by way of forfeits.

Windsor beat the Ravens 45-21. RRHS’ Ryan Stadler (126), Drake Kiefer (132), Wes Harden (160) and AJ Alexander Hague (106) won their contested matches.

Girls wrestling

LAKEWOOD -- Doherty High School just got past Riverdale Ridge 25-24 in a threeway meet at Chatfield High School Feb. 6.

RRHS’ on-mat winners were Zinaida Rael (111 pounds), Sheccid Aguirre (147) and Emmy Kiefer (100).

Girls basketball

Holy Family scored the first 19 points of its game against Riverdale Ridge and went on to an 87-21 win in Broomfield Feb. 2.

Thalia Guardiola led the Ravens with 12 points.

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