Sixty35 news magazine - Jan. 19, 2023 Vol 1. No. 2

CSMNG

*********ECRWSSEDDM** POSTAL CUSTOMER COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 80921, 80924 COLORADO SPRINGS MILITARY NEWSPAPER GROUP

NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION U.S. POSTAGE PAID MAILED FROM ZIP CODE 80910 PERMIT NO. 1038

CREATED BY

BY PAM ZUBECK | p. 10

The April 2023 city election could reshape the city and how it grows January 19 - 25, 2023 | Vol. 1, No. 2

POSTMASTER: Sixty35 Media, 235 S. Nevada, Colorado Springs, CO 80903

CALL US: 719-577-4545 Sixty35 Media Board

PRESIDENT: Ahriana Platten VICE PRESIDENT: Dave Gardner TREASURER: Fran Zankowski SECRETARY: Ralph Routon MEMBER: Shirley Martinez EX OFFICIO: John Weiss

Our mission is to deliver the truth, build community and engage citizens.

CONTENTS FEATURED 10

horizon?

NEWS | 3 4 6

Photos courtesy the candidates

EDITORIAL

PUBLISHER Amy Gillentine EXECUTIVE EDITOR Bryan Grossman MANAGING EDITORS Helen Lewis, Mary Jo Meade SENIOR REPORTER Pam Zubeck NEWS REPORTERS Greta Anderson Johns, Jeanne Davant, Marcus Hill, Nick Raven MUSIC EDITOR Bill Forman FOOD & DRINK EDITOR Matthew Schniper VILLAGE EDITOR Rhonda Van Pelt PHOTOGRAPHER Bryan Oller COLUMNISTS Jim Hightower, Patience Kabwasa, Mike Littwin, Bryan Ostrow, Loring Wirbel CONTRIBUTORS Rob Brezsny, JL Fields, Clay Jones, Bill Kopp, Tom Lanham, Mark Riesterer, Alan Sculley, Andrew “Shaggy” Warren ONLINE CONTRIBUTOR “Hiking Bob” Falcone RESEARCHER Jeanne Mazerall

SALES

AD DIRECTOR Teri Homick ACCOUNT EXECUTIVES Felicia Anzaldúa, Betty Butron-Smith, Viktoria Costantino, Monty Hatch SALES CONSULTANT Anthony Perez

ART AND PRODUCTION

EDITORIAL ART DIRECTOR Dustin Glatz GRAPHIC DESIGNERS Zk Bradley, Rowdy Tompkins, Elena Trapp

OPERATIONS

ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER Lanny Adams ASSISTANT ACCOUNTANT Kim Erdmann DIGITAL/SOCIAL MEDIA SPECIALIST Sean Cassady DISTRIBUTION MANAGER Tracie Woods FRONT DESK COORDINATOR Madeline Berg ASSISTANT TO THE PUBLISHER Cathy Reilly MARKETING & EVENT DIRECTOR Jessica McMullen

Email us: Submit a letter ..........letters@sixty35media.org News tips ........................ news@sixty35media.org Editor ...................bgrossman@sixty35media.org Publisher .............agillentine@sixty35media.org Advertising...................... sales@sixty35media.org Distribution ... distribution@sixty35media.org Events ............................. events@sixty35media.org Sixty35 is published every Thursday and is available through specific mail carrier routes throughout El Paso County, with an additional 10,000 on the street. Want to receive the print version at home every week? Never miss an issue — subscribe or become a member for early delivery to your inbox: sixty35media.org.

THE WIRE BACKGROUND CHECK: Internal Affairs records

contain no smoking gun 9

COVER DESIGN BY Dustin Glatz with assets from Shutterstock.com

NEWS | 9

GAME CHANGER: A city-shifting election on the

THE FINAL WORD: RetoolCOS is now before

City Council

BUSINESS | 17 18

MADE IN COS: Locals create beauty — and save

lives 20

WORK VS. CHILD CARE: Report says invest more

Greta Anderson Johns

January 19 - 25, 2023 | Vol. 1, No. 2

in early childhood education 22

THE LIST

23

PEOPLE ON THE MOVE

24

PUBLISHER’S NOTE

BUSINESS | 18

SIXTY35 VILLAGE | 25 26

LIFT OFF: Thrive helps new businesses boost

the Southeast 28

KEEP IT CLEAN: Manitou Springs takes another

crack at organic grocery store

ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT | 31 32

MARC SHERECK’S TRANSECT

34

APPETITE: Back to the classics, Part II

38

REVERB

39

PLAYLIST

40

AUDIOFILE: Andy Frasco

MILITARY | 43 44

HAVE TO LET IT LINGER: Homeownership has

Courtesy Ranchlands

A project of Citizen-Powered Media

CAN’T FIND WHAT YOU’RE LOOKING FOR HERE? THERE’S SO MUCH MORE ONLINE!

changed for active-duty personnel 46

THE BRIEFING: Reports for duty

OPINION | 48 48

VOICE OF REASON

49

LOWDOWN

50

FAIR & UNBALANCED

CANDY | FIND IT AT SIXTY35MEDIA.ORG THIS WEEK CLASSIFIEDS | 53

Never miss the latest Sixty35 news magazine! for more information, go to sixty35media.org 2 | Sixty35 | January 19 - 25, 2023 | NEWS

We’re cranking out way too much content to fit in these pages.

Be sure to head to sixty35media.org to find our calendar of events, upcoming live shows, entertainment recommendations from our in-house experts and more!

6

File photo

NEWS

NEWS | January 19 - 25, 2023 | Sixty35 |

3

THE WIRE

Compiled by Greta Anderson Johns, Jeanne Davant, Bryan Oller, Nick Raven and Pam Zubeck

Kimball Bayles, owner of the beloved Kimball’s Peak Three Theater on East Pikes Peak Avenue, died on Jan. 11, after battling cancer for more than two years. Bayles is survived by his wife Sabrina and daughter Marina.

Kimball’s, which has been in business since 1994, is the Springs’ only independent movie theater. A post to the theater’s Facebook page on Jan. 13 said it would be “closed until further notice,” and the theater refunded tickets for weekend shows.

“Our thoughts and prayers are with the Bayles family in this difficult time,” the post said.

The long-term future of the theater is unclear. In 2020, Bayles told the Colorado Springs Independent that it barely survived the pandemic shutdown. — GAJ Bryan Oller

PREVENTING GUN VIOLENCE

TOPS HEADS TO BALLOT

The state Office of Gun Violence Prevention is accepting applications for grants to fund projects to prevent gun violence in Colorado. The office, which is a part of the Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment, plans to award about 20 grants of up to $10,000 per organization. The grant program is designed to support projects that conduct evidence-informed, community-based gun violence prevention initiatives that have demonstrated promise in reducing gun violence. The money can be used for education, training and community programs on topics including responsible gun ownership practices, safe storage, existing laws, mental health and substance use resources.

Nonprofit organizations, local governments, local health and human services departments federally recognized Tribal governments, universities and other educational institutions, for-profit corporations, faithbased groups, grassroots organizations and individuals are eligible to apply. The deadline for applying for priority consideration is 6 p.m. Feb. 9. The selection panel will give priority to projects that are fully formed and ready to implement. The grants will be awarded later this spring.

For more information about the grant program, visit cdphe.colorado.gov/about-cdphe/office-of-gun-violence-prevention. — JD

Colorado Springs City Council voted Jan. 10 to refer a ballot measure to voters at the April 4 city election to extend the Trails, Open Space and Parks 0.1 percent tax until 2045. It expires in 2025.

The tax, originally adopted by voters in 1997, funds open space acquisition, trails and parks.

An extension measure which would have doubled the tax — from 1 cent on a $10 purchase to 2 cents — failed last fall.

The April ballot measure modifies the permitted use of the money to include maintenance of all city trails and open spaces, with a minimum of 75 percent of open space’s 60 percent share of the tax’s proceeds to go toward acquiring open space.

The measure also includes the word “stewardship” as an allowed use for open space, along with acquisition, without defining what stewardship means.

Cory Sutela, executive director of Medicine Wheel Trail Advocates, says via email that his organization “worked to bring together the opposing voices from the outdoor community” to create language that would safeguard use of the open space money. — PZ

CO DMV VANITY PLATE REJECTS This week, the Colorado Department of Motor Vehicles unveiled a list of 140 personalized vanity license plates that they rejected in 2022. The process filtered out submissions that they deemed “lewd, crude and/or rude.” The publicly available list includes the blatantly offensive that aren’t fit for print, but it also includes some interesting truncations such as FKSAKE, FASTMFR, SHTBOX and EFFGAS. AZZHOLE and INVALID were seemingly obvious no-gos and BACKTFU was instructional, but inappropriate.

Denver’s KDVR FOX31 news station went a step further, filing a Colorado Open Records Act request 4 | Sixty35 | January 19 - 25, 2023 | NEWS

with the DMV to see the full list of rejected plates. In return, they received 525 pages comprising 24,000 vanity license plate rejections. The station combed through the vast expanse to find the less offensive rejections, revealing some relatively mundane picks.

Colorado rejected geographically relevant plates such as COLO, DIASCAM and 3O3, which joined foodrelated EGGS, CORN, BREW, BRBN and GOTBEER. Popular slang was out as well, including FOMO, GANGSTA, HYPE, NSFW, BLOKCHN and YOLO. If you wanted to signal to other drivers your current status, you were apparently out of luck as the DMV also rejected GOT2PEE, GOT2POO, IFARTED, PASSGAS and GRRR. — NR

Matter of Record Former El Paso County Commissioner Dennis Hisey has been named district director for Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-Colorado Springs). Hisey served as a state senator but lost the November election to Democrat Tony Exum in a redrawn district.

Deadline is Feb. 3 for an off-cycle round of funding by Colorado Springs’ Lodgers and Automobile Rental Tax. More than $1.3 million is available, although not all will be allocated. For an application, go to coloradosprings.gov/lart or by email Michelle.Briggs@ColoradoSprings.gov.

Colorado Department of Transportation’s Winter Blitz DUI enforcement will continue until Jan. 25.

The campaign, which began Jan. 12, is the first of 16 enforcement periods and aims to decrease DUI deaths in Colorado. In 2022, of the 271 DUI deaths, El Paso County was second with 27, behind only Adams County, which had 35 deaths. During the New Year’s Eve enforcement period, out of 143 arrests, Colorado Springs Police Department were second with 32.

Manitou Springs is gearing up for two favorite annual events: the Fruitcake Toss and Carnivale weekend. Cheer on others flinging fruitcakes as far as they can 1-3 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 28, in Memorial Park, 500 block of Manitou Avenue, or — even better — join in the fun for all ages. Carnivale weekend (Friday, Feb. 17, and Saturday, Feb. 18) includes the Carniball Masquerade Ball, a downtown parade and the Mumbo Jumbo Gumbo Cook-off. Keep an eye on the Manitou Springs Chamber of Commerce website, manitousprings.org, for updates about these events that help keep Manitou weird.

WHAT IS SIXTY35?

We’re a group of local publications united under one name and one purpose: to deliver truth, build community and engage citizens.

Oh, and we love Colorado Springs and the Pikes Peak region.

We love our 300+ days of sunshine, our mountains, the outdoors, the arts, culture and businesses that are the heartbeat of the region.

And with this new publication, we seek to elevate the news and the voices in our community.

We believe you share the same loves we do, so you’ve been selected to receive this edition of our weekly news magazine at no cost to you.

To keep up to date on local news from a source you can trust, join

Love the Indy, CSBJ, Southeast Express, Pikes Peak Bulletin or military news?

They’re all in one place at Sixty35 news magazine! Join now!

us now by becoming a member or subscriber.

SIXTY 35MEDIA .ORG

NEWS | January 19 - 25, 2023 | Sixty35 | 5

BACKGROUND

check

Internal Affairs records of accused CSPD officers contain no smoking gun

BY PAM ZUBECK | pzubeck@sixty35media.org

A

BOUT 15 MONTHS BEFORE Colorado Springs Police Officer Matthew Anderson repeatedly struck Dalvin Gadson Ochoa during a traffic stop last October, the city paid $37,500 to another local citizen who alleged Anderson needlessly shoved him against a car in retaliation for flipping him off.

The payment was part of a settlement in a federal civil rights lawsuit that arose from a June 7, 2019, incident in which Michael Sexton gave Anderson the finger and then jaywalked across 30th Street.

The Sexton incident gave rise to a “supervisor discussion” with Anderson but no other discipline, and that case appears to be the most serious among a handful of internal investigations of Anderson and two other officers — Colby Hickman and Christopher Hummel — who were also involved in Ochoa’s traffic stop.

All the investigations except the Sexton case resulted in the officers being exonerated, according to records obtained by Sixty35 news

magazine via the Colorado Criminal Justice Records Act. Moreover, most of those cases, except Sexton’s allegations, didn’t involve use of force but rather were complaints from citizens of rudeness or lack of professionalism.

CSPD has said a command staff review of the actions taken with Ochoa found those actions to be within policy, though an Internal Affairs probe is ongoing.

Records obtained by Sixty35, at a cost of $313.50, also show all three officers have received accolades for their service. Anderson was awarded two Medals of Valor for extraordinary actions, and the others also have been honored for their work.

But Harry Daniels of Atlanta, one of Ochoa’s lawyers in the federal lawsuit, says he expects more information to come out about CSPD during the discovery process of the lawsuit.

“We know for a fact Anderson has a history of use of force,” he tells Sixty35, pointing to the 2020 lawsuit that led to the Sexton settlement.

If more information lies beyond the reach of

the media, Daniels says, “We will definitely find out,” using the court procedure called discovery.

During a Dec. 21 news conference, Daniels said the lawsuit is “about removing bad apples from the streets,” but publicly available records contain no smoking gun.

ANDERSON, HICKMAN AND HUMMEL have been named in a lawsuit filed Dec. 21, 2022, by Ochoa alleging the officers used excessive force during a traffic stop on Oct. 9, 2022, on South Academy Boulevard.

Ochoa, a 29-year-old Black man and Army vet, was stopped after he was observed driving 15 mph in a 40 mph zone in the early morning hours in a vehicle that didn’t bear a visible license plate. (The plate was in the back seat.)

The officers required Ochoa to get out of the vehicle for a DUI investigation. When he expressed reluctance, and when officers noticed a knife in the cup holder, they tried pulling him out and beat him, body-worn camera footage shows.

Anderson appears on the footage repeated-

Courtesy Dalvin Gadson Ochoa

Dalvin Gadson Ochoa after his encounter with police

6 | Sixty35 | January 19 - 25, 2023 | NEWS

Anderson appears on the footage repeatedly striking Ochoa with his fist.

Courtesy Ochoa

Ochoa in the hospital after the traffic stop

ly striking Ochoa with his fist, and the lawsuit says Anderson kicked him in the face while Ochoa was “curled up in the fetal position” on the pavement outside the vehicle.

“Mr. Gadson [Ochoa] sustained a black eye, back injuries, chest wall contusions, an abrasion to the right side of his back, and a closed head injury,” the lawsuit states. “Mr. Gadson [Ochoa] also suffers from severe mental anguish and severe emotional distress as a result of his encounter on October 9, 2022.”

BEFORE ANDERSON APPLIED TO CSPD, he graduated with a degree in communication and media studies and business from Georgetown College, Georgetown, Kentucky, in 2008. While there, he was a star soccer player and attended school on a soccer scholarship, according to his CSPD job application.

After graduation, he worked as an event staffer for Rupp Arena in Lexington, Kentucky, and later for a Pepsi-Cola bottling company as a route salesman.

Asked to state his objective on the CSPD application, Anderson wrote, “To protect and serve for the Colorado Springs Police Department, and to make a positive impact on the lives of others. I have never wanted anything more than to be a Police Officer; and to be one in Colorado Springs would be a dream come true.”

He said he learned of the opening from his brother-in-law, a CSPD officer.

During his first term of service at CSPD, from March 16, 2015, until March 5, 2021, he received a dozen awards, including two Medals of Valor. Those were bestowed for his part

in the Nov. 27, 2015, Planned Parenthood shooting and for the Oct. 31, 2015, takedown of a shooter in which he “fearlessly and selflessly surrounded an armed and dangerous suspect with no regard to personal injury or death,” the certificate states.

He also was given eight “Commander’s Commendations” for his policing, which included investigations of felons, weapons violations and shots fired at an apartment complex; teaching a class on how to “look beyond the traffic stop” for more impactful policing; making many arrests for vehicle thefts, DUI and narcotics; and other actions.

SEXTON FILED HIS LAWSUIT ON JAN. 14, 2020, alleging Anderson pushed him against the cruiser’s hood and wrenched his arm behind his back on June 7, 2019, because Sexton had flipped him off, which the lawsuit described as exercising his First Amendment right. Anderson cited him for jaywalking, but the charge was dismissed three months later.

“Defendant Anderson did not need to use any force at all against Mr. Sexton, but did so because he was angry that Mr. Sexton had flipped him off...,” the lawsuit says.

The Internal Affairs investigation found that “[Sexton] was never taken to the ground or had force used on him,” records show.

However, the administrative review by a sergeant, lieutenant and commander also found that “had the subject not flipped Officer Anderson off, the contact would not have been made for Jaywalking,” and that “This contact was the only Jaywalking summons that Officer Anderson has issued in 2019 to date.”

The review also concluded that Anderson’s contact with Sexton was “argumentative and could have been handled in a more professional manner.”

In a letter to the complainant, the department advised that Anderson “did violate department policy and procedures with regard to Discretionary Judgement [sic].”

The case concluded with a supervisor discussing the matter with Anderson.

Meantime, on March 5, 2021, a year after Sexton filed the lawsuit, Anderson left CSPD and was subsequently hired by the Colum-

bus, Indiana, police department to which he voluntarily disclosed the lawsuit during the hiring process, according to a story on The Republic news site.

On Aug. 21, 2021, about five weeks after the city paid to settle the Sexton lawsuit, CSPD rehired Anderson.

The other internal inquiries into Anderson’s policing practices included claims he did nothing to make an arrest that some people thought should have taken place; a complaint he was rude in dealing with a tenant over a landlord dispute; another complaint about rudeness regarding an Airbnb complaint; and an incident in which Anderson yelled at two security guards who were interfering with an investigation of a suspicious subject at a 7-Eleven store. He was exonerated in all cases.

It’s worth noting there might be other IA cases involving Anderson, because CSPD noted that the cases that were released came under the dictates of House Bill 19-1119, which mandates disclosure of IA reports for incidents that occurred following adoption of that law on April 12, 2019.

As for any cases that predated HB19-1119, Sixty35’s records request was denied “as the privacy interests in the confidentiality of records by the complainants, officers and CSPD outweigh the public interest in the records,” CSPD said.

THE OTHER TWO OFFICERS WHO participated in the Ochoa takedown last October also have received praise, and while they’ve been investigated for their actions due to citizens filing complaints, none resulted in disciplinary action.

Officer Hickman, hired on Jan. 25, 2021, made the traffic stop on Ochoa, ordered him out of the car and eventually handcuffed him.

On his CSPD application, Hickman wrote that he wanted to pursue a law enforcement career and that his military experience “makes me an ideal candidate.”

A 2010 graduate of Palmer High School, Hickman served in the Navy from 2011 to 2016. He then attended Pikes Peak State College but didn’t graduate and worked as a child watch attendant at the YMCA and as an apprentice electrician.

He was awarded the Commander’s Commendation in August 2022 for his role in the investigation of a business burglary that led continued on p. 8 ➔ NEWS | January 19 - 25, 2023 | Sixty35 | 7

PUTTING YOU ON A PATH TO WELLNESS

peakvista.org | 719.632.5700

Ochoa, center, with attorneys Harry Daniels, right, and Kevin Mehr, left Pam Zubeck

Peak Vista’s integrated approach to Whole Person Care empowers individuals and communities to improve their overall health!

Income-based options for payment available.

8 | Sixty35 | January 19 - 25, 2023 | NEWS

➔ continued from p. 7

to the arrest of three suspects and recovery of $60,000 in merchandise.

Hickman has faced three internal investigations, all of which resulted in findings that they were unfounded and his actions were justified. The cases involved claims he failed to act in response to a harassment allegation that was found to involve a civil matter; his refusal to act on a “loud party” noise complaint that was found to be one of many complaints by the same resident that didn’t qualify for police action; and a scuffle with a suicidal female who had a knife in which commanders ruled his actions in using force to diffuse the situation were “within policy.”

Officer Hummel joined CSPD March 16, 2020. He approached Ochoa’s car on the driver’s side and tried to pull him out of the vehicle, according to the lawsuit. Hummel later kneed Ochoa in the forehead and held on to his left arm while Anderson beat him, the lawsuit claims.

After graduating from Washington High School in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, in 2008, Hummel served in the South Dakota National Guard from 2009 to 2010 when he joined the Army and served in Africa, Canada, Europe and the Middle East until 2013, his job application says.

He served with the Oklahoma National Guard from 2013 to 2016 and attended several colleges in Oklahoma but didn’t graduate. Hummel worked as an officer with the Stillwater Police Department from 2014 until he applied to CSPD in April 2019.

He’s received two Commander’s Commendations — for assisting in the arrest of a suspected bank robber, and for alerting medical personnel that a suspect at a hospital was experiencing drug overdose symptoms, which hospital personnel credited with saving the suspect’s life, according to those certificates.

He also was honored as Employee of the Month in January 2022 by the Sand Creek Division for assisting Officer Anderson in obtaining key information about a shooter.

He’s faced three internal inquiries, which concluded no misconduct occurred. Those cases involved a citizen who claimed Hummel was “rude and unprofessional” in telling her she was no longer welcome at a local business; a claim he and another officer pointed a gun at a citizen; and a case in which an Airbnb owner had a guest who refused to leave.

The investigations of all the officers relied on body-worn camera footage, which disproved the claims, the investigation reports show.

A scheduling conference in the Ochoa lawsuit is slated for Feb. 28.

THE

RetoolCOS is now before City Council, its last stop before becoming law

BY GRETA ANDERSON JOHNS | gajohns@sixty35media.org

FINAL WORD A

FTER A LONG DAY MAKING DECIsions on significant city legislation, Colorado Springs City Council decided on Jan. 10 to table its discussion about RetoolCOS, the city’s zoning code rewrite.

Council will continue discussions and consider additions or changes to RetoolCOS on Jan. 24. Last week’s hearing ended before these steps were taken, says Alex Ryden, Council’s communications specialist. But public comment on the draft has concluded, he says.

Council is the RetoolCOS project’s last stop for approval, as a 428-page final draft of the code was passed unanimously by the city’s Planning Commission on Oct. 28. The draft, which will replace the decades-old Chapter 7 of the current City Code and overhaul how the city approves development, has been the subject of intense citizen debate and displeasure about its contents since it was presented to the commission in September.

If passed, the new code will go into effect in May. In a Jan. 12 interview on our podcast, The Sixty35, Mayor John Suthers said even if RetoolCOS is passed by Council and signed by him soon, that doesn’t mean it’s set in stone. The mayor’s office and four Council seats are up for grabs in this April’s election.

“This is an attempt to bring our codes up to date to what’s actually happening in the world — that process is going to continue no matter who’s mayor,” Suthers said. “I think it’s going to be an ongoing process, regardless of when it’s formally enacted.”

PUBLIC CRITIQUES OF RETOOLCOS CAN BE generally broken down into two camps. Planning staff have said that they’ve tried to balance the wishes of both over the past three years of developing the new zoning code.

One of them is the Historic Neighborhoods Partnership, an organization with homeowner association members that represents older, established neighborhoods.

The group still has a number of issues with RetoolCOS. Overall, HNP members argue the document doesn’t put enough emphasis on protecting “neighborhood character” amid new development, and that new rules could threaten the existence and peace of their neighborhoods.

HNP’s goals are sometimes at odds with those of affordable housing advocates, who believe RetoolCOS does not make enough changes to have a meaningful impact on housing quantity.

Representatives from Colorado

Springs Faith Table, a coalition of local religious leaders who advocate for social justice, reiterated concerns that grandfathering in existing properties — and therefore excluding them from code changes — would exclude a majority of the city from cheaper housing.

MANY RESIDENTS, INCLUDING SEVERAL who peppered Council and Suthers with emails before the Jan. 10 hearing, disagree with RetoolCOS’ new limit on who can appeal development plans.

The new code says that those who may appeal must either: live within 1,000 feet of a planned development, or live within 2 miles and have made public comment or been involved in the public process for the development plan previously — what is called “preserved standing.”

Under the current code, anyone may appeal.

The new appeal limit was also debated by the Planning Commission, which decided to leave it in. Residents, though, argue that it’s a move to quash public dissent on controversial developments. (Peter Wysocki, the city’s planning and community development director, has denied this.)

“If you don’t know that something’s getting built in your neighborhood until you see it in the news, you don’t have an opportunity to have preserved standing, so you can’t appeal the decision,” Barbara Novey, a Mesa Springs resident and HNP member, said during public comment.

However, Rev. Daniel Smith, pastor of Ascension Lutheran Church and co-chair of the Faith Table, said his group is in favor of the new appeal limits.

“The changes to the appeal process will limit the cost of appeals [to the city] brought forward by folks from outside the neighborhood,” Smith said.

Neig hbors have also questioned public participation in the RetoolCOS drafting process itself, some arguing that the city did not inform peo-

ple it was happening. Several have contacted Suthers and Council to express that they just learned about it, though the department began the project in November 2019.

The department says it held more than 80 public meetings. In an email, Michael Tassi, assistant director

It’s going to be an ongoing process, regardless of when it’s formally enacted.

— Mayor John Suthers

of planning and community development, said it relied media to spread the word about open houses.

“We did not do a specific mailing to all 270,000 plus dwelling units in the city limits,” Tassi said. “At $0.60 a notice, mailed notices would have been approximately $1.1 million for each of the 7 open houses, which is cost-prohibitive.”

Peter Wysocki, planning and community development director, reviews the RetoolCOS draft process with Council on Jan. 10. RetoolCOS is the city’s first zoning code overhaul since the late 1990s.

Greta Anderson Johns NEWS | January 19 - 25, 2023 | Sixty35 | 9

The April 2023 city election could reshape the city and how it grows

BY PAM ZUBECK | pzubeck@sixty35media.org

W

HEN VOTERS CAST BALlots in the April 4 election, they could reshape city policy or opt for more of the same.

That’s because four spots on the ninemember City Council are up for grabs — three at-large seats and the District 3 seat.

Given that two members — Nancy Henjum and Yolanda Avila — are viewed as progressive or moderate, if voters elect four others of like mind, “Not only a simple majority but a super majority is up for grabs,” says political consultant Daniel Cole.

Next up, voters will elect a new mayor, because Mayor John Suthers is term-limited from a third four-year term. Serving as a stabilizing force after four raucous years of political novice Steve Bach at the helm, Suthers has guided the city to economic prosperity but also unbridled development.

At least eight people have said they want to succeed Suthers, most of them staunch conservatives with Republican political backgrounds.

Moreover, the city faces some crucial questions that will set its future course, p erh aps for decades, including annexation practices, water use and development rules.

“It’s going to set the stage for how we develop over the next four years and probably beyond,” says outgoing at-large Councilor Bill Murray. “Do you want to be overcrowded and full of asphalt and concrete?”

Another big question is how parks will be funded. While Council will refer a measure to the April 2023 ballot to extend the Trails, Open Space and Parks sales tax, even that additional money won’t be adequate to fund maintenance and development of parks throughout the city. One study placed the need at $270 million.

All of these issues coalesce at a time when voters have shown waning interest in city elections, giving rise to a lawsuit that seeks to force municipal elections onto the November general election ballots where turnout is greater. Thus, if that lawsuit is successful, the April 2023 election could be the city’s last held in springtime.

While voters do determine a majority on Council every four years when selecting six district representatives, this time they’ll be given that chance again when four slots are on the ballot.

That means, for example, that six progressives acting together could form a veto-proof bloc to, say, legalize recreational marijuana or take other steps that a conservative majority would shun.

The at-large seats are open due to term limits blocking Murray and Tom Strand from additional four-year terms and Wayne Williams’ decision to run for Colorado Springs mayor.

The District 3 seat is open due to Stephannie Fortune bowing out of the race for the remaining two years of that term due to health concerns after being appointed by Council to succeed Richard Skorman, who resigned in late 2021 to focus on his Downtown businesses.

WHILE PROGRESSIVES COULD FORM a voting bloc, by the same token, if four con-

10 | Sixty35 | January 19 - 25, 2023 | FEATURE

servatives are elected, they could work with seated members — conservatives Mike O’Malley, Dave Donelson and Randy Helms — to also create a veto-proof coalition that could block a progressive mayor’s agenda.

While all city seats are considered nonpartisan, it remains to be seen if Republicans will shovel dark money to conservative candidates, or if Democratic funders will do the same for progressives.

Historically, voters don’t turn out for city elections in April like they do in November general elections, giving conservatives an automatic edge.

In addition, there are more Republican voters in El Paso County than Democratic voters, while unaffiliated voters still constitute the largest group.

Consider: • In 2015, of the city’s 227,911 registered voters, 88,966 — or 39 percent — cast ballots.

• In 2017, 83,358 — or 31.71 percent — of the city’s 262,854 voters cast ballots.

• In 2019, 98,384 — or 37.11 percent — of the city’s pool of 265,084 registered voters cast ballots.

• And in the most recent city election, in 2021, 83,551 of the city’s 310,942 voters cast ballots. That’s only 26.87 percent.

That data, along with other figures showing the city’s April election schedule tends to disenfranchise people of color, gave rise to a lawsuit last June filed by Citizens Project, Colorado Latinos Vote, the League of Women Voters of the Pikes Peak Region and the Black/Latino Leadership Coalition.

The federal lawsuit, filed June 1 in U.S. District Court in Denver, alleges the spring election schedule causes an “enormous racial disparity,” and cited figures to demonstrate that.

The city’s last three elections — in April 2017, 2019 and 2021 — saw turnout of Hispanic registered voters at 17 percent, 19 percent and 12 percent,

ELECTION KEY DATES

CITY COUNCIL IS EXPECTED TO TAKE ACTION on RetoolCOS (see p. 9), an overhaul of development rules, prior to new Council members being seated in April.

But those rules could be revisited by new members.

As Murray says, he wants to see people elected who “will demonstrate a community interest.”

Too many Council members prevail in elections after developers flood their campaigns with cash, he says. Yet, members rarely, if ever, disclose that a certain developer contributed a certain amount of money to get them elected prior to taking action on subdivisions proposed by those very developers, Murray says.

“The citizens say [to Council], ‘Did

you consider this, this and this?’ and it’s ignored,” he says. “We won’t look at the overall picture of quality of life” and how new development impacts that.

He says he’s “absolutely stunned” by the increase in apartments shooting up all over the city by the thousands. “To me, that’s not a good sign. We don’t need to build on every inch of property,” says Murray, who plans to endorse candidates.

On the other hand, the city is short thousands of affordable housing units, a data point that was taken into account when Colorado Springs was considered as the permanent home for Space Command and lost out to Huntsville, Alabama, in 2021. (Local leaders have been urging reconsideration ever since.)

RUNOFF ELECTION

Shutterstock.com

respectively, compared to white turnout of 34 percent, 36 percent and 26 percent, respectively. In contrast Hispanic turnout was 72 percent, 50 percent and 69 percent in November elections held in 2016, 2018 and 2020, respectively. Numbers for Black voter turnout are similar, the lawsuit says.

The plaintiffs, represented by the Election Law Clinic at Harvard Law School, seek a declaration that the city’s election timing violates the Voting Rights Act, for an order mandating November elections and for attorney fees and lawsuit costs.

In its answer filed July 29, the city states, “Holding April municipal elections does not result in a denial or abridgement of the right of any citizen of the United States to vote on account of race or color.”

An Aug. 31 scheduling order cited a June 2023 cutoff for discovery, which would be followed by motions, so no decision is expected until well after the April 4 election, but a ruling could come prior to the April 2025 election.

Jan. 23: Last day to file nominating petitions Jan. 24: Last day for City Council to adopt charter amendments, electoral ordinances and referred measures on first reading Jan. 27: • Last day to amend nomination petitions to correct signature line deficiencies • Last day for candidates to withdraw their candidacies • Last day for write-in candidates to file affidavits of intent • Date when names will be drawn for ballot position Feb. 4: List of candidates and ballot questions certified to Council Feb. 17: Deadline for filing written comments on Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights (TABOR) ballot measures with City Clerk March 3: TABOR pro/con statements to be mailed to voters March 10: First day ballots can be issued to voters (last day is March 20) March 20: Ballot counting may begin April 4: Election Day April 18: Council members take the oath of office and begin their terms Campaign finance filing dates for the April 4 election: Jan. 3, Jan. 16, Feb. 1, Feb. 15, March 1, March 15, March 31, May 4

Should no mayoral candidate garner a majority vote, a runoff election between the two top vote-getters will be held.

April 21: First day ballots may be issued (last day is May 1) May 1: Ballot counting may begin May 16: Election Day June 6: Mayor takes oath of office Campaign finance filing dates for the May 16 runoff: May 1, May 12, June 15

Source: City Clerk’s Office

But how those housing units get added lies at the heart of a roiling controversy. While some developers want to annex thousands of acres that do not lie contiguous to the city, Norwood Development Group, the region’s largest developer, opposes such moves. Norwood owns some 20,000 acres on the city’s eastern side, much of which remains undeveloped, giving the company a monopoly on large swaths of developable land within city limits.

Whether to provide water to not only new homes and businesses within the city but, more notably, those tracts that lie some distance away, will fall to Council, which also serves as the Colorado Springs Utilities Board. continued on p. 13 ➔

“We don’t need to build on every inch of property.”

— COUNCILOR BILL MURRAY FEATURE | January 19 - 25, 2023 | Sixty35 | 11

E

IGHT PEOPLE HAVE PUBLICLY STATED they will run for mayor, and there could be more contenders filing affidavits of candidacy by the Jan. 23 deadline.

Mayor John Suthers is barred by term limits from seeking a third term.

Of the seven who have filed campaign finance reports, only two have not held elective office; the rest have been elected to other offices. Three are former El Paso County commissioners, and one is currently serving a four-year term on the commission.

In alphabetical order, they are: (Ages are given as of Election Day.)

SALLIE CLARK, 63: The April 4 city election will be Clark’s third run for mayor.

She came to prominence as a Westside innkeeper who fought to retain Fire Station 3, which was earmarked for closure in the 1990s.

In 1999, she ran for mayor and came in third behind Mary Lou Makepeace, who was elected, and Will Perkins.

In 2001, she ran for the District 3 City Council seat, and defeated incumbent Linda Barley.

In 2003, she gave up her seat in her second failed bid for mayor, running third behind Lionel Rivera, who was elected, and the late Ted Eastburn.

She then switched agencies and in 2004 ran unopposed for El Paso County commissioner and won.

In 2008, she won re-election against Democrat Pam Berry.

In 2010, Clark backed a ballot question that asked voters to extend terms for commissioners from two fouryear terms to three.

12 | Sixty35 | January 19 - 25, 2023 | FEATURE

In 2012, Clark captured a third term, defeating Democrat John Morris. That same election, voters rolled back the 2010 ballot measure — thereby limiting commissioners to two four-year terms — after they complained that the 2010 measure was deceptive in asking, “Shall persons elected to the office of County Commissioner be limited to serving three (3) consecutive terms ....”

About a year after leaving her commission seat, Clark was appointed in November 2017 by President Donald Trump to serve as the state director for the Agriculture Department’s Rural Development division in Colorado. She left that post when Trump lost the 2020 election.

Clark runs a bed-and-breakfast and is married to Welling Clark, who retired from the Navy and is active in community organizations.

ANDREW DALBY, 50: Polit ical newcomer Dalby, a Colorado Springs native who owns and operates an RV storage facility, is running as an outsider, citing on his website precepts of independent thinking, such as, “Power corrupts, and the longer a politician is in office, the more corrupt they become.”

He also notes that government “cannot be for the people unless it is of the people,” further stating, “When the people implemented term limits on local politicians, it was to tell them to serve their term, then go home to live under the rules like everyone else, not that it was time [for] all of them to rotate one office over.”

That last comment is an obvious reference to several mayoral candidates who have held multiple offices.

Dalby promises to make public safety, good roads and “parks you want to bring your kids to” his top priorities. He also vows to improve public transportation, which he calls a “cruel joke” because of its limited routes and hours of operation.

He and his wife, Heather, have six children.

DARRYL GLENN, 57: Glenn’s bid marks his second try for elective office since his defeat for U.S. Senate by Michael Bennet in 2016.

In 2003, Glenn, a graduate of Dohert y High School and the Air Force Academy who retired as a lieutenant colonel, ran for a City Council at-large seat, placing fifth in a large field from which voters chose Tom Gallagher, Richard Skorman, Randy Purvis and Larry Small. He was later appointed to the District 3 Council seat held by Charles Wingate, who resigned after becoming ensnared in a controversy over his use of a city credit card for personal expenses. continued on p. 14 ➔

BOOK of LI STS

2023

BIG IMPACT Presente

d by

496 Nevada Mesa View Colorado 496 Spr Nevings

(719) 633

An exce pt

I–25

SMALL BOOK

ada Mes 49 Garden a View 6 |N of the ev Colo God radoad sa Springs RoadM | (719)es 633-4673 a Vi ew

Shutterstock.com

Neva da Av e

-4673

➔ continued from p. 11

THE LAST DAY COUNCIL CAN ADOPT A CHARTER AMENDment or other type of ballot measure for the April 4 election is Jan. 24, for first reading. The second reading would take place two weeks later.

After a proposal to extend and double the TOPS 0.1 percent sales tax failed last November, Council is poised to refer a measure containing no increase, but rather an extension of 20 years beyond its expiration date of 2025. It was first approved by voters in 1997 and has been extended since.

Dana Duggan, who helped found Westside Watch, a community organization, opposed the November measure that failed, and she isn’t wild about the new measure, which allows more money to be used for maintenance.

“The concern is exactly what Richard Skorman said before City Council the last time when they rushed it through at the last minute,” she says.

“That is, while they say this is the formula, the truth of the matter is it’s all administratively changeable in the future. We’re being told the only way to lock in those numbers is to do a charter change or a state constitutional amendment.

“Why can’t we leave TOPS as TOPS for open space, and do a separate tax for the maintenance, which is what [officials are] after?” she asks.

But the jury is out on whether those who opposed TOPS last fall will again work against an extension on the April ballot.

Meantime, a robust “vote yes” effort is in the planning stages.

But, as Mayor Suthers says, the tax won’t tackle all of the city’s huge backlog of parks needs. One answer could be increasing the Lodgers and Automobile Rental Tax, from the current 2 percent on hotel rooms and 1 percent on auto rentals. The increase could be funneled to parks that have become overrun with tourists, such as Garden of the Gods and North Cheyenne Cañon Park, Suthers suggests.

It’s unlikely, though, that a LART measure will appear on the April ballot, and at least one mayoral candidate, Longinos Gonzalez Jr., has pledged to not ask voters for more money in the future.

Regardless, Duggan says city voters should wake up and cast their votes this spring.

“The April 2023 election is critical for the future of Colorado Springs,” she says, “because in addition to the CEO of the city being open, which is an incredibly powerful position, we also have four Council member seats open on a Council that could dramatically improve or worsen the future of our beautiful city.”

|

ional bu ildin

g expe rie

nce.

Bes t Genera Co l Contrac 2020 Cololora tor rado Sprindo Sprin Business gs gs Journal | Best in Business

|

An

(719

) 63 3-

4673

BUSINESS LEADS FOR BUSY LEADERS.

REGISTER NOW

Hear from local economic forecasters about what 2023 will bring!

Reception: February 2, 2023 5-7 P.M. • The Pinery North Scan QR code below to purchase tickets or visit tinyurl.com/BOL6035

EVENT ATTENDEES RECEIVE A BOOK OF LISTS FREE! $75 VALUE!

The Book of Lists presented by:

“Why can’t we leave TOPS as TOPS for open space, and do a separate tax for the maintenance...?”

— DANA DUGGAN

FEATURE | January 19 - 25, 2023 | Sixty35 | 13

e xc

e

➔ continued from p. 12

In 2005, Glenn sought the District 2 Council seat unopposed.

In 2009, he again ran unopposed for the District 2 seat, but soon after winning the seat, announced a run for El Paso County commissioner. He won the seat in November 2010 with 79 percent of the vote.

In 2014, he ran for re-election and won with 80 percent of the vote. As a commissioner, he mounted his failed U.S. Senate bid, captured the Republican nomination but lost to Bennet by 6 points after information surfaced of his involvement in high school in a disturbance involving his dad.

In 2017, he lost his bid for the GOP nomination in Congressional District 5, a seat held by Doug Lamborn.

Since then, Glenn has practiced law and served as legal director for TESSA, a nonprofit that helps victims of domestic violence.

Glenn has served in leadership roles in the local GOP and advocated for tax limitation, including his desire to shut down the U.S. Department of Education.

He espouses a deep Christian faith, saying on his website that “I literally turned my life over to the Lord....” His wife, Jane Northrup Glenn, is seeking an at-large Council seat in the April 4 city election. He has two daughters.

LONGINOS GONZALEZ JR., 53: He was first elected to an El Paso County Commission seat in 2016 over Democrat Liz Rosenbaum with 62 percent of the vote.

He was reelected in 2020, capturing 56 percent of the vote over two challengers.

An Air Force Academy grad and retired Air Force lieutenant colonel, Gonzalez taught Aerospace Studies for three years at the University of Southern California and middle school science in Harrison School District 2.

He ran for an at-large seat on City Council in 2015 but lost.

He espouses conservative philosophy, including a vow to “stop the tax increase proposals the City continues to pursue every other year.” It’s worth noting that most of those tax increases submitted to city voters have been approved.

Gonzalez, along with other commissioners, objected to imposing a mask mandate in mid-2020, even as the COVID virus spread and before the vaccine was available. He also opposed vaccine mandates and refused to disclose to the Indy in the spring of 2021 whether he had obtained the COVID vaccine.

Gonzalez previously served on Colorado Springs’ Public Safety Sales Tax Oversight Committee, on the board of the Colorado Springs Hispanic Business Chamber and on boards for veterans’ services.

He is not married.

14 | Sixty35 | January 19 - 25, 2023 | FEATURE

YEMI MOBOLADE, 44: A resident of Colorado Springs since 2010, Mobolade is a small businessman who immigrated from West Africa and became a citizen, his website says.

He’s never held elective office and doesn’t identif y with either party.

He moved here to start a church and later worked at First Presbyterian Church as a pastor. He then founded COSILoveYou and CityServe Day, a nonprofit that strives to unite churches of various denominations.

Mobolade co-founded restaurants Good Neighbors Meeting House and The Wild Goose Meeting House in Colorado Springs, as well as Niche Coaching and Consulting, a business aimed at helping business leaders.

He’s also served on the Thrive Network of Southeast Colorado Springs Board of Directors, Downtown Partnership of Colorado Springs Board of Directors, Springs Rescue Mission Board of Directors, Pikes Peak Community College President’s Advisory Council, Cultural Office of the Pikes Peak Region Board of Directors, Men’s Xchange Board of Directors, Pikes Peak Small Business Development Center Advisory Board, Pikes Peak Workforce Center Workforce Development Board, and COSILoveYou Board of Directors.

He previously worked as the city’s small business development administrator in supporting small businesses and startups. He also served as vice president of business retention and expansion for the Colorado Springs Chamber & EDC. He’s been awarded several community recognitions, including the Mayor’s Young Leader Award for Economic Impact in 2015.

He and his wife, Abbey, have three children.

TOM STRAND, 74: A retired military judge advocate general officer, Strand served as the commandant of the JAG School in Montgomery, Alabama.

Upon retirement as a colonel after 30 years, he returned to Colorado Springs in 2005. He’s served on numerous community committees, councils and commissions, including the District 11 Citizen’s Bond Review Committee. He also served as vice chair and chair of the District 11 Board of Education after being elected in 2007.

Strand was elected to an at-large Council seat in 2015 and re-elected in 2019. He’s barred from a third term by term limits. During his time on Council, he has served as vice chair and chair of Colorado Springs Utilities Board,

Council president pro-tem and Council president.

In 2018, he announced a run for the 5th Congressional District but later abandoned that effort.

According to his Council bio, Strand serves as treasurer on the Colorado International Language Academy School Board, a K-8 language immersion school. He also volunteers as a business mentor and has served on the Trails and Open Space Coalition board.

Strand is an advocate for parks and open space but voted with the majority to trade the city’s Strawberry Fields open space in 2016 to The Broadmoor for trail easements and wildlands.

He has three children and five grandchildren and is married to the former Shannon Strand.

WAYNE WILLIAMS, 60: Williams served as chair of the local GOP in the 1990s and won the County Commission District 1 seat in 2002, defeating Arthur Roberts, a Libertarian.

In 2006, he won a second term, defeating Democrat Bruce Berner.

Being term-limited for a third commission term, in 2010 Williams ran for clerk and recorder and defeated Democrat Tom Mowle.

In 2014, Williams ran for the statewide office of Secretary of State and defeated Joe Neguse, who’s since been elected to Congress.

In 2018, Williams lost his re-election bid to Democrat Jena Griswold and in 2019 snared an at-large seat on City Council. If he weren’t running for mayor, he could seek a second Council term. By running, he forfeits his Council seat.

He’s a conservative and practicing attorney, but is among “old guard” Republicans who eschew “election denialism” of the 2020 presidential election’s outcome.

Williams has overseen other counties’ elections on a contract basis and was criticized by some party members for making a public service video last summer with Griswold asserting that Colorado’s elections are fair and secure. (He endorsed her opponent, Republican Pam Anderson, who lost.)

Williams has supported tax measures for roads and other basics, but fashioned a ballot measure that competed in 2020 with the Protect our Parks measure that imposed a requirement of a vote of the people for the city to dispose of park land. Williams’ version would not have allowed a vote of the people.

Williams’ wife, Holly, recently started her second term as a county commissioner. They have four children.

JOHN TIEGEN, AN ARMY vet and self-proclaimed “patriot,” has said on Twitter that he’ll run for mayor.

— Pam Zubeck

MAYOR SUTHERS, AS HIS FINAL TERM ENDS M

Why is this election so important?

Every election is important. In this 2023 city of Colorado Springs municipal election, voters will elect a new mayor and four new city council members to represent them.

Local government is where important decisions are made that directly impact people’s quality of life, including public safety, infrastructure, transportation and parks. This new set of leaders will shape the future of the city, and it’s my hope that Colorado Springs residents research the candidates and participate in the April election.

Given your successes as mayor in securing funding for stormwater infrastructure and roads, what is the top city need that is inadequately funded, and what would you hope your successor does to respond to this need?

First, we need to renew the existing sales tax for our trails, open spaces and parks. The TOPS sales tax is one penny on every $10 spent, and it is vital to our park system. My hope is that Council refers a TOPS renewal to the April ballot and voters say yes to TOPS. In addition, the park system overall has a substantial list of deferred maintenance that needs to be addressed, and I would urge future city leaders to consider raising the Lodgers and Automobile Rental Tax to provide funding to tourist-burdened parks like Garden of the Gods and North Cheyenne Cañon Park. Continued vigilance of our infrastructure is also crucial. Thanks to voters’ support of the 2C sales tax, we have dramatically decreased the number of roads in poor condition from more than 50 percent in 2015 to 38 percent today. That positive trajectory, however, will only last with continued support of 2C which expires in 2025.

Courtesy city of Colorado Springs

ayor John Suthers has served two four-year terms and under term limits cannot seek a third. He’s the city’s first strong mayor who served the maximum time in office and achieved dedicated funding, with voter permission, for road repairs and stormwater controls.

He also helped heal rifts that had developed between City Council and the previous strong mayor, Steve Bach.

Suthers served as a district attorney, head of the Colorado Department of Corrections, U.S. attorney and Colorado attorney general prior to winning office in 2015.

He negotiated a settlement with the EPA to end the agency’s federal lawsuit over stormwater drainage, and advanced the City for Champions tourism projects.

As Suthers prepares to leave office, we asked him what might serve as guideposts for those seeking to succeed him and the voters who will choose that person. See a podcast with Suthers at Sixty35media.org. to strategize solutions on issues the city is facing. Political experience, especially knowing how to get along with a legislative body, has been particularly helpful in forging a productive relationship between the administration and City Council.

What has been the biggest surprise to you after you became mayor, and how can candidates running for mayor prepare for this?

I think what people would find surprising is how difficult the job can be. It’s not just attending dinners, cutting ribbons and posing for photos. Difficult decisions need to be made and political strategies need to be determined to accomplish objectives. There are many competing demands and expectations to manage, and setting and maintaining focus and stability can be more difficult than it appears on the surface. I typically work 60 to 70 hours per week. I was also surprised to find how much time I spent fundraising for city ballot issues, the Summit Visitor’s Center, City for Champions projects and more. That’s also hard work.

WORSHIP SERVICES

— Compiled by Pam Zubeck

SANCTUARY SERVICES

8:30 + 10 a.m.

WORSHIP CENTER SERVICES

9 + 11 a.m.

What qualities should voters look for in their next mayor?

Serving as mayor is a difficult job, and I believe the more experience and background you have as a manager and policymaker, the better prepared you’ll be as mayor. I frequently draw upon my learned experience as a former manager of large organizations and often use my political and legal experience

firstprescos.org/watch

FEATURE | January 19 - 25, 2023 | Sixty35 | 15

Attract more, impact more, educate more.

LOGOS & B RA N D IN G W EB DES IGN PUB LIC AT IO N S

16 | Sixty35 | January 19 - 25, 2023 | BUSINESS

Good design is intentional, focused, unified in purpose, and easy to understand.

Organizations that are best in class—or aspire to be— use professional designers.

The power of graphic design is clear, authentic, and creative communication. Let’s make something beautiful together.

18

BUSINESS

Bryan Oller

BUSINESS | January 19 - 25, 2023 | Sixty35 | 17

Courtesy Ranchlands

MADE IN

Colorado Springs

Local artists, artisans and fabricators create beauty and save lives

BY JEANNE DAVANT | jdavant@sixty35media.org

T

HE 200 SKILLED WORKERS AT Collins Aerospace have 702 reasons to be proud of the work they do.

That’s how many lives their product — an ejection seat for fighter, bomber and trainer aircraft — has saved.

The ACES 5 ejection seat is the newest iteration of the product line first deployed by Collins in 1978 — and this year, it made the Colorado Chamber of Commerce’s Top 10 list of the coolest products made in Colorado.

The same kind of care and attention to detail characterizes the work of artisans at Ranchlands Mercantile, a leather shop at the Chico Basin Ranch southeast of Colorado Springs.

Among Ranchlands Mercantile’s best-selling products are belts, bracelets and a crossbody satchel designed like a cowboy’s saddlebag.

The high quality of the carved, tooled and woven leather pieces won the notice of editors at Vogue magazine, which featured the shop’s work in a 2019 article.

Jannine Scott’s work with glass is as meticulous as Ranchlands’ leather work.

In her studio at the Manitou Art Center, Scott uses a blowtorch to bend and shape molten glass into items from small beads to large, complex wall pieces.

Through her business, J9 Glass, Scott has sold her pieces at boutiques, galleries and art festivals across the country and has shown her work at venues like the Sangre De Cristo Arts and Conference Center in Pueblo alongside the works of renowned artists like Dale Chihuly.

18 | Sixty35 | January 19 - 25, 2023 | BUSINESS

Protecting pilots

“We are in the business of saving lives,” says Don Borchelt, Collins Aerospace’s director of business development, sales and marketing for the ejection seat. “It’s a very meaningful job for the folks who make the seats we’re delivering for the service men and women around the world — not just in America, but in all of the countries that also fly on ACES ejection seats.”

Collins Aerospace is one of the largest suppliers of aerospace and defense products in the world. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, it’s a subsidiary of Raytheon Technologies.

The unit that makes the ejection seat in Collins’ plant on Aeroplaza Drive in Colorado Springs is part of Collins’ Mission Systems portfolio.

The ejection seat performs an extremely complex sequence of operations when a pilot makes the decision to abandon an aircraft in an emergency, Borchelt says.

Pulling the seat’s ejection handles “starts a fully automatic process of exquisitely timed actions that take place in about a second to a second and a half to get the air crew safely out of the airplane and bring them down into a main recovery parachute,” he says.

This complex technology is the work of “our very passionate engineers here and in our sister facility in Fairfield, California, that makes the rockets and pyrotechnics that make the ejection seat rocket out of the airplane,” he says.

The ACES 5 incorporates innovations applied to the original design, the ACES II, which is still widely in use in military aircraft around the

Abby Santurbane works in the leather shop at Chico Basin Ranch. The shop is one of several side enterprises at the ranch. The ranch’s livestock operation is its main business, but sales of premium leather goods help tide it over in tough economic times.

world, Borchelt says. The improvements include a passive arm and leg restraint system that helps prevent injuries and a new main recovery parachute and drogue parachute, which slows down the main parachute.

The unit that produces the ejection seats moved into the Aeroplaza facility just under three years ago, he says. It needed more space to fulfill a multiyear contract with the U.S. Air Force, which is replacing all the ACES II seats in its aircraft over the next seven years — roughly 2,500 ejection seats.

Borchelt says the company is hiring additional workers to fabricate the seats.

“We are still in the qualification phase right now,” Borchelt says. “We are in that stretch where we can start to see a fielding schedule with the Air Force.”

Premium leather goods

Ranch life isn’t as dramatic as it’s portrayed in the popular TV show Yellowstone, says Tess Leach, head of business development for Ranchlands.

“I haven’t watched a ton of it,” Leach says. “It might not be super accurate, but it has been great in creating a buzz about land and ranching.”

Leach’s dad, Duke Phillips, grew up on a ranch in Mexico.

“They would have a leather maker come visit once every few months to fix their tack, and he just hit it off with this guy,” Leach says. “Every time he would come, he would sit with him and learn a little bit about the craft.”

Phillips went on to found Ranchlands, a ranch management company that operates large-scale cattle and bison ranches in Colorado, New Mexico, Texas and Wyoming.

Ranchlands owns one of the ranches and partners with private owners to run livestock operations on the others. In Colorado, Chico Basin Ranch is owned by the state of Colorado. The Zapata Ranch in the San Luis Valley is owned by the Nature Conser— Tess Leach vancy.

Ranching is the main business, but Phillips and his family have created complementary enterprises.

One is hospitality — they host individuals and families who can participate in a range of activities from simply enjoying the natural surroundings to working alongside wranglers and ranch staff. They also book meetings, retreats and special events like a sandhill crane weekend, happening March 10-12 this year; lead ecotours and hunting and fishing expeditions; and produce and sell ranchthemed leather goods.

The leather products are produced at Chico Basin and sold primarily on the ranchlands. com website but also are featured at Ranchlands Mercantile at Chico Basin and a brickand-mortar store at Zapata Ranch.

“Our model of ranching is looking at the land as a multidimensional resource,” Leach says. “Our logic behind that is in times of economic or climatic downturns, when we need to destock our livestock operations, we can do that and not be in trouble financially.”

Phillips’ leatherworking skills came in handy on the ranches for repairing bridles, tack and the like, but he also made gifts such as leather bags for Leach, her sister and her mother.

In 2015, what was a hobby became an enterprise. The Phillips family partnered with Nest, a nonprofit that works with fledgling artisan businesses, which helped formalize designs and set up the shop.

Leach’s sister-in-law Madi Phillips, who learned leather craft from her father-in-law, is the head maker and runs the shop along with Leach.

Besides the crossbody saddlebag, one of the shop’s big sellers is a billy bag — a semicircular pouch meant to hold a tea canister. Phillips and his son, also named Duke, got the idea for these bags while working on ranches in Australia.

These products, which are lined with a second layer of leather, are designed to last a lifetime.

Several years ago, a guest at the ranch contacted someone they knew at Vogue magazine about the unique leather bags.

The result was an August 2019 article and photo spread titled “Inside the Leather Shop at Colorado Springs’ Ranchlands, Where American Craft Meets Modern Design.”

The writer, Brooke Bobb, had this to say about Ranchlands’ leather enterprise: “Their new collection of tanned leather satchels

Our model of ranching is looking at the land as a

Bryan Oller

MULTIDIMENSIONAL RESOURCE.

Bryan Oller

Jannine Scott melts a glass rod with a blowtorch in her studio at the Manitou Art Center.

Scott uses a process called lampworking to shape items from beads to large installations.

would look just as cool walking through downtown Manhattan as on horseback.”

Fire and glass

Jannine Scott manipulates molten glass with a blowtorch, a process called lampworking, to make exuberant and colorful items like hair ornaments, glass straws, decorative plant pokers, pipes and glass neck chains, as well as ornate wall pieces.

She uses various techniques such as latticino, a traditional Italian art glass method, but what makes her work different is the hot strip method she uses to create the small bees, ladybugs and clouds puking rainbows that embellish her pieces. Executing the hot strip technique involves many time-consuming and complex steps, and Scott has mastered it.

She was introduced to lampworking by a bead maker in Dillon, Colorado, while she was working in Vail, and opened her first studio in Red Cliff, Colorado, in 1999.

Scott later lived in Oregon, near Medford. and opened Alpine River Glassworks. She sold her work at arts and crafts shows in Sedona, Arizona; Napa Valley, California; and other locations across the country. She moved back to Colorado in 2005, landing in Manitou Springs.

For years, her art glass work was part time.

“It wasn’t like a business in the traditional sense,” she said. “I primarily did shows.”

After relocating to Manitou, she managed Safron, a clothing and accessory boutique.

Now, J9 Glass is her sole focus. Scott has begun attending shows again after a pandemic layoff, as well as marketing her work through the Manitou Made website.

Most of her work time is spent making the smaller items, like the spiral hair noodles that have been her best seller for 20 years, and plant pokers adorned with bees.

“I have to make lots and lots of those,” she says, “You want to make sure you have enough inventory to do well at a show and also to stock for wholesale or retail.”

Besides the usual business practices, Scott notes that entering art shows requires entry fees, additional licensing and tax procedures that must be set up in advance — and, she says, the galleries take up to half of the proceeds of sales.

Scott’s goal is to boost sales of her larger, sculptural pieces, which she describes as “mixed media pieces with glass coming out of them three dimensionally.”

“My whole point of doing the glass is to try and do something really different with it,” she says. “The ladder I’m climbing is making the sculptures, while still maintaining a modest living.”

While Scott doesn’t subscribe to the starving artist model, she says money isn’t the only object.

“I feel like the things that you gain are unique experiences that normal people don’t get to experience, like large projects together with other artists to make things just for the sake of making it,” she says. “Knowing people that do amazing things and being around them all the time is really amazing.”

BUSINESS | January 19 - 25, 2023 | Sixty35 | 19

WORK

vs. child care

D

EBRA BROWN AND HER FAMILY chose their home in Jefferson County to be close to a school that offered after-school kindergarten. Her son loves it. But now the school is targeted for closing, and Brown can’t find another one anywhere nearby.

“The best thing we could find was a school that shifts the kids to an Arvada YMCA, and then you have to pick the kids up by 5 p.m.,” she says.

Brown, who works fulltime as executive director of Good Business Colorado, is even more worried about what she’s going to do this summer.

“I’m literally terrified to start trying to piece together our summer plan, and I’m already behind the ball,” she says. “People are scrambling in January to get spots for summer. It’s like a big jigsaw puzzle, even for people that have the ability to spend whatever the cost of these programs is. For folks that are on a tight budget, it’s virtually impossible.”

The state is attempting to alleviate some of the pressure on parents with the free Universal Preschool Colorado program that will begin in the fall of this year.

That’s a step in the right direction, but it isn’t going to meet every child care need, says Kelly Hurtado, vice president of programs for Joint Initiatives for Youth and Families.

CHILD CARE

BY THE NUMBERS

The market for child care is broken, says Sophie Mariam, labor policy analyst with the Colorado Fiscal Institute. Women, especially single women with kids, are the most burdened, along with Black and Latino families.

“Even though we feel like we’ve come a long way in gender equity, this is one place where women are still being held back,” Mariam says. “Even as social norms have changed, policies haven’t.”

And yet, a report issued by the institute on Dec. 19, coauthored by Mariam and CFI analysts Pegah Jalali and Chris Stiffler, concludes that investment in free and low-cost child care would pay huge dividends.

“We found that Colorado families that had access to free child care earn nearly $10,000 more on average each year than families that do not have access,” Mariam says.

The report also found that: • Universal free child care would boost the labor participation rate of Colorado mothers by 11 percent.

• Affordable child care policy solutions include expanding the Early Childhood Educator Tax Credit; ensuring subsidy rates reflect the true cost of care; and moving toward full-time early learning for all ages.

• One of the biggest barriers to equitably paying for these investments is Colorado’s TABOR law.

• The median wage in most Colorado counties is not enough to make child care worth the high cost.

Child care that exceeds 10 percent of household income can lead to declining employment and wages, Mariam says.

Colorado needs to invest more in early childhood education, report says

BY JEANNE DAVANT jdavant@sixty35media.org “About 48 percent of all workers in the Colorado Springs area don’t earn enough to make working while paying for child care worthwhile,” she says. “This is higher than what we see for Colorado at large — 36.7 percent.”

Child care costs hit early childhood educators — who are nearly all female — hardest. The study found that 100 percent of Colorado early childhood educators who are paying for care for children of their own earn less than $12.32 per hour after accounting for the costs of child care.

Policy changes

The child care system is built upside down, Mariam says.

“Parents with children under 4 are the ones that are most likely to need support and access to affordable child care,” she says. But a 2021 study by the Brookings Institution found that public investment is almost $13,000 annually per child ages 6-18 but only about $1,500 per child through age 5.

“We’re already making these investments, but we need to enhance these investments and invest in younger children,” she says.

In Colorado, however, the TABOR amendment, approved by voters in 1992, limits the amount of tax revenue the state can retain and spend, and is a barrier to some of the financial solutions that could improve child care cost and availability, Mariam says.

“We have these gaps in our care economy that continue

IN COLORADO: Parents who made career sacrifices due to child care issues during pandemic 12.4% Parents who cut work hours during pandemic 24% Coloradans who live in a child care desert 5 out of 10 Cost of center-based infant care as percentage of average household income 45.3%

IN EL PASO COUNTY: Annual cost of child care for 2 children $18,665 Annual cost of child care for 1 child $11,571 Cost of child care as a percentage of income of single parent, 2 kids 40% Cost of child care as a percentage of income of two parents, 2 kids 20% Source: Colorado Fiscal Institute

20 | Sixty35 | January 19 - 25, 2023 | BUSINESS

Shutterstock.com

to hold us back,” she says. “But we have this cap on revenue such that we’re not able to make these investments in our state’s future — in children and working parents.”

The CFI report concludes that “until we can enact significant constitutional fiscal reform, critical programs like early child care will continue to rely on regressive consumption taxes, or they will compete with priorities in Colorado’s already-tight budget.”

Other policy proposals recommended in the report include: • Expanding the state’s early childhood educator tax credit. Early childhood educators currently are eligible for an income tax credit in an amount determined by the level of the professional credit they hold. A modest bonus of $1,500 per child care provider could reduce attrition in child care businesses from 30 percent to 13 percent.

• Making sure subsidies reflect the true cost of child care. Families of more than 1.4 million American children receive child care subsidies each month. But payment rates are low relative to market rates.

• Moving toward full-time early learning for all ages. HB22-1295 authorized 10 hours of tuition-free preschool for Colorado children 4 years old and older, but parents with kids under 4 are the most likely to need access to affordable child care.

See the full report at coloradofiscal.org.

Preschool program

Hurtado’s organization is working to implement the universal preschool program in El Paso County that will launch this fall.

Applications for providers opened a few weeks ago, and applications for families opened Jan. 17.

As the local coordinating agency for El Paso County, Joint Initiatives for Youth and Families will be matching families with pre-K providers in the coming months.

Of about 420 providers in the community, about 40 have already expressed interest, Hurtado says.

“In the first few weeks, this is a wonderful response,” she says. “Collectively, they are estimating a total of around 1,400 spots.”

The state estimates that around 8,000 children in El Paso County will participate in the first year of the program.

“It is exciting to be able to offer what we can that first year before kindergarten,” Hurtado says. “But we definitely need more affordable infant and toddler care.”

An early childhood workforce plan is being put together at the state level, she says, but the Early Childhood Workforce Task Force, a group of more than 30 El Paso County community leaders, isn’t waiting for that effort to bear fruit.

An effort to introduce early childhood programming into high schools is in its infancy, but a career navigation program designed to encourage early childhood professionals to stay in the field is up and running.

The program connects early childhood workers to scholarships, apprenticeships and career mentoring.

The task force received grant funding through Early Milestones Colorado for the program.

“We are collaborating with Adams and Denver counties to build that model and have plans to help scale it across the state,” Hurtado says

The smart choice CYBERSECURITY MANAGED SERVICES CLOUD SOLUTIONS

Legislative solutions

Colorado legislators have been leaning into the child care crisis in the past couple of years.

Besides the universal preschool program and the early childhood educator tax credit, they’ve authorized support for onsite or nearby child care at places of employment, moved economic recovery funds into the state’s child care system and funded grants for workforce development as well as training and technical assistance for family, friend and neighbor care providers.

“I think we’re onto the right solutions,” Brown says — but she believes legislators can do more.

“Can we look at ways to decrease regulations to make it less expensive for these facilities to operate?” she asks. For example, legislators could look at the regulations around sprinklers at child care facilities. “Obviously, you need to make sure kids are safe from fires, but does a home-based child care facility need a sprinkler system?”

But at the heart of the issue is underpayment of people in the child care sector.

“It’s not something that can be done without some funding from the state to incentivize people to be in early child care,” Brown said. “The free market isn’t going to solve this problem on its own.”

CALL TODAY and schedule your FREE IT or cybersecurity assessment.

719-638-9675 • AMNET.NET BUSINESS | January 19 - 25, 2023 | Sixty35 | 21

Banks

THE LIST

Ranked by El Paso County employees in 2023

72 102 62 62

$28B N/A $25.52B 6

40 35

$1B N/A

3 3

W. Colorado Ave., Colorado Springs 80904 5 2401 719-473-5310; ppnb.com Vectra Bank Colorado 111 S. Tejon St,, #103 , Colorado Springs 80903 6 719-575-6401 ; vectrabank.com KeyBank NA S. Academy Blvd., Colorado Springs 80916 7 3085 N/A; key.com

31 30

$111M N/A

5 4

31 26

N/A N/A

N/A N/A

Treasury management, merchant services, real estate financing, Mark Hall, Senior Community Bank medical banking, residential lending, equipment leasing, workplace Division Leader banking

30 27

N/A N/A

4 4

Rocky Mountain Bank & Trust 755 Cheyenne Meadows Road, Colorado Springs 80906 719-579-7628; rmbt.com

20 20

$110M N/A

1 1

Waypoint Bank

8 7

$79M N/A

N/A N/A

Deposit, lending, cash management, and investment services to Andrew Eberhard, Area Retail Leader individuals and businesses in 15 states through a network of 1,000 branches and approximately 1,300 ATMs Commercial lending, construction financing, mortgage Lending, Dan Frasier, SVP Lending; Bonnie Banking Services Beckman, VP, Mortgage Lending; Scott Turner, Market President & Senior VP; Alexandra Ponce, Branch Manager; Miles McClure, VP N/A Bob Lucia, CO Market President

7 N/A

N/A N/A

N/A 1

1 2 3

DON’T MISS THE LIST

Name Address Phone; Website U.S. Bank 6 S. Tejon St., Colorado Springs 80903 719-630-4200; usbank.com Community Banks of Colorado, a division of NBH Bank 5175 N. Academy Blvd., Colorado Springs 80918 719-528-4000; cobnks.com FirstBank 2 N. Cascade Ave., #130, Colorado Springs 80903 719-477-9000; efirstbank.com

Adams Bank & Trust

Jan. 26: Staff ing Firms

1310 Garden of the Gods Road , Colorado Springs 4 80907 719-667-5516; abtbank.com

Feb. 2: Cybersecurity

1

Pikes Peak National Bank

Feb. 9: Business Consultants Feb. 16: Commercial Property Management

2

3

WANT TO BE IN THE BOOK OF LISTS?

8

Want to purchase your own Book of Lists or the full Banks list?

S. Weber St., #115, Colorado Springs 80903 9 24719-471-4682; waypointbank.com ABC Bank S. Tejon St., Colorado Springs 80903 10434 719-667-8000; theabcbank.com

SCAN THIS QR CODE FOR DETAILS!

Questions? Contact jmazerall@sixty35media.org.

El Paso Total County 2021 ATMs/ Assets/ No. of Deposits Branches Special Services Offered N/A N/A Comprehensive line of banking, SBA loans, brokerage, insurance, $1,323 12 investment, mortgage, trust and payment services products to consumers, businesses and institutions $8B 3 Consumer, business and commercial banking, residential banking, $6.8B 4 specialty banking

The List presented by:

El Paso County Employees 2023/ 2022 162 158

Person in Charge Jim Harris, Colorado Commercial Banking Brendan Zahl, President

FirstBank offers a variety of consumer deposit accounts, home equity Geoff Wright, Market President loans, mortgages, rental property loans, and a full range of commercial banking services, including business financing, commercial real estate loans, treasury management, and more.

Cash management, bill pay for business and consumers, wealth Jeff K Hills, Vice President /Business management, desktop capture, remote deposit, mobile banking, Development Officer; Kent Palmer, phone app, full range of business and consumer loan products and EVP trust services N/A Robin J. Goldberg, President and CEO

SBA loans, lines of credit, equipment and commercial real estate loans, treasury management service and merchant processing, mortgage lending

Brian Schirm, Market President

N/A = not available. N/R = not ranked (information needed for ranking was not provided). e = 2022 figure unavailable; based on 2021 ranking criteria. While every attempt is made to ensure the thoroughness and accuracy of the list, omissions and typographical errors may occur. Please send additions/corrections to research@sixty35media.org.

1 regional seat; headquarters in Ogallala, NE 2 HQ in Denver: 2000 S. Colorado Blvd., #2-1200, 80222 3 Denver phone: 720-947-7700

This is the top listing of banks that responded to questionnaires, notices and telephone inquiries.

THE BOBBI PRICE TEAM

Member of Elite 25 and Peak Producers

www.BobbiPrice.com • bobbipriceteam@gmail.com

Over $22,700,000 sold in 2021

Bobbi Price 719-499-9451 Jade Baker 719-201-6749

36 Briarwood Circle – Regency Park $325,000

1954 E Frying Pan Drive Pueblo West - $330,000

4390 Prairie Street – Cascade $349,900

2336 Conservatory Point Springs Canyon - $575,000

Immaculate 2126 sq. ft. 4 bed, 3 bath 4-level with 2-car garage in Pueblo. A/C. 34x8 covered front porch & 33x12 half covered back patio. Jetted tub. Gas log fireplace. New LVP in basement & carpet upstairs. Updated electrical panel. Fresh exterior paint. Newer vinyl windows. Big trees.

Very established & well-kept neighborhood. Close to everything. MLS# 6054403

Tiny house in the mountains. 840 sq. ft. rustic cabin in Cascade. 1 bed, den, 1 bath. Views in every direction. Private trail system with stream & waterfall is right there. Old stone building (maybe an original homestead). Shed for storage. Knotty pine floors, walls, & ceilings. 2 wood burning stoves less than 15 minutes to Colorado Springs.

MLS# 8716220

Investor special with a lot of potential! 1620 sq. ft. stucco 2-story new build on 1.17 acres with no back neighbors. 3 beds, 2 baths, 2-car garage.

Granite counters. White cabinets. Wood laminate floors. Stainless steel appliances. UL is master suite with custom bath & walkout to 36x8 deck.

A/C. Priced to reflect what still needs to be done: lights, trim, baseboards, & hardware installed; master bath finishes; concrete driveway poured; & septic installed. MLS# 5769245

Open concept 2673 sq. ft. 3 bed, 3 bath rancher townhome with total 1-level living. No neighbors behind or in front – only deer, pines, & scrub oak.

Finished walkout basement. Spacious master suite. A/C. Gas log fireplace. Vaulted & 9’ ceilings.

Attached 2-car garage. Stucco & stone exterior.

Trex deck & covered patio. $300/mo HOA covers everything outside for you. Move-in ready. Seller will contribute $5000 towards buyers closing costs.

MLS# 8308112

WHEN YOU’RE SERIOUS ABOUT REAL ESTATE 22 | Sixty35 | January 19 - 25, 2023 | BUSINESS

BUSINESS BRIEFS CONSTRUCTION STARTED ON SENIOR LIVING FACILITY

Presbyterian Manors of Mid-America has begun construction on its newest senior living community, Aberdeen Ridge, off of West Fillmore Street on the Westside in Colorado Springs. The facility will offer independent living apartments, assisted living and memory care.

Jane C. Woloson will act as its first executive director. Woloson has more than 30 years of experience in senior living, most recently as executive director of a retirement community in Denver where she received the CHCA Assisted Living Administrator of the Year Award, according to a news release. She holds an MBA in health care management from American InterContinental University and is a Licensed Nursing Home Administrator. Woloson — who is also a U.S. Ski and Snowboard Alpine ski racing official and coach — is a certified dementia practitioner and trainer and co-creator of the “Body Works” senior fitness program.

The facility will feature one- and twobedroom floor plans, a fitness center and heated indoor pool, underground parking, a guest suite, on-site barber and beauty salon, private dining space for

COMPILED BY BRYAN GROSSMAN

PEOPLE ON THE MOVE

entertaining friends and family, and a chapel and spiritual life services.

Aberdeen Ridge is scheduled to open in summer 2023.

PANORAMA EYECARE EXPANDS TO THE SPRINGS

Panorama Eyecare, a physician-led management services organization and comprehensive eye care organization, has acquired Haas Vision Center in Colorado Springs as a partner clinic to expand its footprint along the Front Range.

“This is PEC’s first acquisition south of the Denver Metro Area, which broadens the organization’s reach from Wyoming south to Colorado Springs and west to Frisco, CO,” a news release said.

Haas Vision Center is a full-service ophthalmology practice led by Dr. Michael Haas and Dr. David Davis, focused on preventing, diagnosing and treating conditions of the eye, including cataracts, glaucoma, macular degeneration, dry eye and more.

VITA TAX PROGRAM VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

Pikes Peak United Way is offering free income tax services through the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program and

STEFON COVINGTON New Agent Re/Max Properties Inc.

ALISON MCGILCHRIST New VP of Marketing & Development Goodwill of Colorado

is seeking volunteers. “VITA ... helps community members who make less than $60,000 file their income tax returns for free,” according to a news release.

Volunteers must be certified by the IRS, according to the release. Elizabeth Quevedo, director of community impact at Pikes Peak United Way, said, “While it may sound daunting, the VITA certification is a self-paced and open resource. It can be tedious, but it is not difficult! We offer study sessions and assistance for

GARY SMITH Promoted to Chief Mission Officer Goodwill of Colorado

volunteers working on their certifications.” The next volunteer training for the VITA program will be offered Saturday, Jan. 21, and potential volunteers can register by contacting Bobby Gomez at bobby@ppunitedway.org.

Pikes Peak United Way says while no specific professional qualifications are required to volunteer, the VITA program “naturally lends itself to bookkeepers, accountants, and those working in the financial sector.”

STICKING DOORS

Colder climates can clash with your home’s foundation.

BOWED WALLS

Repair and protect your home today!

DRYWALL CRACKS

EASY FINANCING OFFER!

YOUR EXPERTS IN FOUNDATION REPAIR

BASEMENT WATERPROOFING

CRAWL SPACE REPAIR

CONCRETE LIFTING

OVER 60 YEARS OF COMBINED SERVICE

(*if paid in full within 12 months) *Subject to credit approval. Interest is billed during the promotional period, but all interest is waived if the purchase amount is paid in full within 12 months. Cannot be combined with any other offers, offer expires 3/31/23.

Call for a FREE INSPECTION

(719) 581-5755 BUSINESS | January 19 - 25, 2023 | Sixty35 | 23

A NEW WORLD W E L L awaits

WHAT MIGHT

of

2023 bring?

A

Indulge yourself with accommodations for two nights, dinner for two, daily breakfast for two, wellness elixir, and a welcoming gift.

To top it all off, enjoy $100 Strata credit each day for wellness appointments, spa and salon services, and fitness classes and training.

All for as little as $499/night.

BOOK BY CALLING 719.632.5541

3320 Mesa Road Colorado Springs, CO 80904

|

gardenof thegodsresor t.com

We can help!

SIX & GEVING INSURANCE

Business Insurance, Benefits & Bonds

719.590.9990

3630 Sinton Rd Ste 200

24 | Sixty35 | January 19 - 25, 2023 | BUSINESS

www.six-geving.com

BY AMY GILLENTINE agillentine@sixty35media.org

S 2023 HEADS INTO ITS SECOND MONTH, businesses and consumers alike seem to be bracing for another year of uncertainty: How will the local economy perform? Is it resilient enough to withstand a recession?

Colorado Springs businesses have faced ups and downs during the past three years: pandemic, staff shortages, inflation. And yet, most are still standing and bracing for the future.

Sixty35 is here to help answer your business questions. During our annual Book of Lists release (the BoL is a great tool filled with contacts and other useful information that has helped facilitate business-to-business commerce for more than 30 years), we’ve asked a panel of local experts to discuss what 2023 might bring businesses and consumers alike.

Uncertainty can lead to unnecessary reactions from small business owners who are both scared and worried, says Aikta Marcoulier, regional administrator for Region 8 of the Small Business Administration. Marcoulier will be one of three panelists at the Feb. 2 Book of Lists launch party.

“There is no recent event that has created more uncertainty than the COVID-19 pandemic. Over the years, our Pikes Peak region small businesses have endured numerous disasters including wildfires and flash floods. The pandemic, however, has given ‘resiliency’ a new name,” she says via email. “During uncertain times, many business owners experience financial insecurity and are unable to make realistic predictions about future business operations. Uncertainty, no matter what the cause, can in turn lead to a myriad of stressors such as inventory management, price setting, employee engagement, and overall mental health.”

All that can be avoided, she says.

“I have seen firsthand how uncertainty can force small business owners into reactionary efforts to find SOME control in an uncontrollable situation,” she says. “Cutting hours, cutting marketing, laying off employees, and creating operational short cuts can all be avoided with the implementation of a proper Business Continuity Plan.”

While business continuity planning isn’t the most fun part of owning a small business, Marcoulier says it’s vital.

“I have seen small businesses endure countless disasters throughout the Rocky Mountain region. Business continuity planning is not a sexy topic,” she says. “However, it is essential — as oxygen is to the human body — to put a plan in place to add some certainty in an uncertain business environment. Now is the time to create and develop a plan, A, B and C.” Panelist Tatiana Bailey, executive director of Data Driven Economic Strategies — a nonprofit focused on unraveling data and making sense of the numbers — says local and national businesses are facing a long-term struggle: to find and hire qualified people.

In her regular update, Bailey emphasized that any future downturn won’t look the same as those in the past.

“Something that is not emphasized enough in the discussions about labor markets is the demographic transition we currently have underway,” she says. “I agree that hiring will slow and modest layoffs will occur, but most advanced economies simply do not have enough bodies to cover the number of job openings. And the chasm is big enough that an economic contraction will not reduce job openings enough to cause some of the larger spikes in unemployment that we’ve seen in previous downturns.”

In other words, the labor market will remain tight.

“Despite a slowdown in job openings since April 2022, we currently have 0.6 available workers for each open position,” Bailey says. “The current skills gap exacerbates the (qualified) labor shortage and the mismatch between postsecondary education and labor demand cements a future shortage. In short, I believe we’ve entered an era of slower economic growth alongside persistently steady demand for labor largely defined by demographics.”

What does all this mean for local businesses? This panel will share their insights beginning at 5:30 p.m. Feb. 2 at The Pinery North. We’ll spend about an hour of the event (5-7 p.m.) talking about the local economy, hiring, inflation, housing and more with Marcoulier, Bailey and the city of Colorado Springs’ economic development expert, Bob Cope. Sign up at sixty35media.org/events.

Amy Gillentine is publisher at Sixty35 Media.

28

Shutterstock.com

SIXTY35 VILLAGE

SIXTY35 VILLAGE | January 19 - 25, 2023 | Sixty35 | 25

LIFT Thrive helps new businesses boost the Southeast

OFF

BY MARCUS HILL | mhill@sixty35media.org

T

HRIVE NETWORK HAD ITS GENESIS in a church. It was in 2014 that Myron Pierce and Taj Stokes, co-founders of what’s become Southeast’s entrepreneurial educational program, brainstormed ideas at Passion City Church on how to revitalize their community.

Pierce and Stokes wanted to see more jobs and resources throughout the Southeast, so they started hosting job fairs in 2015. They quickly realized job fairs wouldn’t be enough.

They decided to take a mindset approach, teaching locals the importance of entrepreneurship. That course evolved into a class that got into the nuts and bolts of running a business.

Today, Thrive hosts three 14-week entrepreneur courses each year, each with a cohort of 15 Southeast residents.

Pierce and Stokes have since moved on — Pierce moved to Nebraska and Stokes left for “personal reasons” — but Thrive keeps thriving.

“Typically, we have 15 to 18 applicants,” says Heather McBroom, Thrive Network’s program development manager. “In our last cohort, we had 37 applicants. The movement is phenomenal and the things they’re learning and the connections they’re making are great to see.”

Each 14-week course includes free classes twice a week for anyone aged 20 to 65 who’s looking for a career path outside the typical 9-to-5. And sometimes its greatest strength is giving participants a perspective they didn’t expect.

“Some of the people who go through our classes don’t start their businesses right away because they recognize they’re not ready,” says Cory Arcarese, Thrive board member and CEO of Nursing and Therapy Services.

“One of our graduates wanted to start a concrete business … but decided he wasn’t ready. He went to work for a construction company that quick-

26 | Sixty35 | January 19 - 25, 2023 | SIXTY35 VILLAGE

Trachell Harris, a Thrive Network cohort member, explains her business, Empowered Care LLC, to an audience of about 100 at Pitch Night.

ly made him the supervisor. They asked him how he learned to read a balance sheet and understand their cash flow and, he told me [that] he told them about the class.”

To join a cohort, applicants answer questions and are graded based on their responses. McBroom says grades don’t determine entry, but answers show whether they have a workable concept.

“If it’s not a viable idea, then we look to give them some resources to help them get to the point of a viable idea,” McBroom says. “When you come in the class, then we start to talk about your viable idea. Our ask is that you use the idea, resources or tools we’re going to give you throughout the class. … Whether you open that business, a different business or go back to being an employee, we hope this program develops whoever takes it. We want you to be able to take the resources and connections we provide and start any business with the steps we’ve shown.”

Thrive teaches everything from how to ace an elevator pitch and how to read a financial report, to how to use a computer to run a business.

Arcarese says Thrive focuses on analytics and research data to boost a business’ chance at success.

“We have research experts who show our members how to do what we like to call ‘economic gardening,’”

Arcarese says. “If you want to open a vegan restaurant in Southeast Colorado Springs, you can do the research of how many vegan restaurants there are in Southeast Colorado Springs or anywhere. You can see who’s the competition and what are their sales.”

Arcarese says it’s important for would-be entrepreneurs to know how people spend their money each year. Researchers show participants how to find and analyze consumers’ spending habits.

“You can do a search for what the average household spends on the product you’re looking to sell,” Arcarese says. “You can get down to the ZIP code. That way you can see the likelihood of your potential success.”

They also look at traffic patterns, which the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) tracks, to decide on good potential business sites.

“CDOT publishes traffic patterns by location,” Arcarese says. “If you’re debating between two different locations, you can go to the CDOT website, plug in the addresses and see which location gets more traffic. That’s all public information. You just have to know that it’s there and where to look for it.”

As the most recent cohort started boot camp the first week of January, Andi Propst, Thrive operations manager, says she felt proud of the dynamic in the classroom.

4:30 - 6 p.m.

Notes Live 13141 Bass Pro Dr, 80921

Live music immediately following presented by:

Scan QR code to purchase tickets or visit tinyurl.com/COSCEOJW

laws and licensing requirements she needs to get the business off the ground.”

Venus Collective and Melissa’s Hair Therapy are among the Southeast businesses Thrive has helped launch.

On Thrive’s website, Melissa’s Hair Therapy owner Melissa Chapman credits the program for her business’ progress.

“I got help with my sign, I got help with my space [and] I got a lot of coaching out of that [program],” Chapman says. “Doing it with somebody walking beside you is much better than trying to do it by yourself.”

JW ROTH

Jan. 25

Photos by Marcus Hill

“I’m not always an emotional person, but being in our boot camp with this first Class of 2023, seeing the excitement and buzz in the room of people who were grateful to be there, was amazing,” she says.

“I was trying to hold back tears because of how proud I was of that. Our alum who recently graduated spoke to the class.

She was sharing her story, and seeing how far she’s come in the last six months has been incredible. Sometimes you get in the grind of work — and hearing positive stories and what they’ve experienced [makes me realize] this is why I do what I do.”

Program graduates often return with questions and Arcarese says Thrive instructors “happily help,” because the graduates “have a resource that they know they can go to.”

Inevitably, graduates sometimes make mistakes. But Arcarese doesn’t believe there are failures in business — only lessons.

“To me there isn’t a story that isn’t a success story because everybody comes away with more self-confidence knowing more about business than what they started with,” Arcarese says. “This organization is helping the community make sure it stays viable and continues to — no pun intended — thrive.

There are different stages to business; we’re there every step of the way if they want the help.”

As each new cohort enters, Thrive tweaks its curriculum to meet entrepreneurs’ needs.

“Our goal when they graduate is they have a business plan, three years’ worth of financial projections [and] they have their elevator pitch down pat,” McBroom says. “They still have a network of people who they can go to as they begin to work on their businesses and begin the next steps.

“We also have partnerships with the SBDC … We have an entrepreneur who is starting a day care. We teach one side and SBDC teaches a course specific to child care. She can learn about

Myron Pierce speaks at Thrive’s Pitch Night on Jan. 14.

Now that the controversial new Sunset Amphitheater is approved, find out what this trailblazer has coming up next.

Presented by:

UP NEXT: Feb. 8

CARRIE MCKEE

CEO of Notes Live Inc.

Senior Director of RMPBS Partnerships & Early Childhood Initiative

SIXTY35 VILLAGE | January 19 - 25, 2023 | Sixty35 | 27

Keep it

CLEAN M

ANITOU SPRINGS MAY BE thought of as the Pikes Peak region’s epicenter of granola-eating crystal huggers, but the city lacks an organic grocery store. Two previous efforts were made in the recent past but, for various reasons, didn’t last.

Along comes a woman who calls herself Sheila-Esther, who has embarked on a quest to establish a holistic store in Manitou.

Be sure to check out

sixty35media.org/village for additional community news about Manitou Springs, the Southeast and more.

Right now, residents who don’t work their own gardens or greenhouses have to find organic food among the offerings at conventional chain grocery stores or drive almost 3 miles to Mountain Mama on West Uintah Street.

“I have a belief that you should be as minimal as possible with the ingredients in your food,” Sheila-Esther says.

And she’s living proof of the benefits of seeking out clean ingredients.

Sheila-Esther, now 42, was close to earning a degree in food science and human nutrition from Naropa University in Boulder when COVID-19 shut everything down. Then she was diagnosed with brain cancer — the same disease that killed her father.

She was already leading a fairly organic life, but she redoubled her efforts. Sheila-Esther knew she didn’t want to take the “death pills” conventional doctors were offering and says she’d rather go to the grave than undergo chemotherapy.

“My consciousness was saying no,” she recalls.

“My body knows what it wants.”

Sheila-Esther started a rigorous program with a naturopath, connected with a massage therapist and began therapeutic juicing and vitamin C protocols. She also decided it was past time to let go of the anger she carried from childhood trauma.

On Oct. 31, 2022, she was declared cancer free.

28 | Sixty35 | January 19 - 25, 2023 | SIXTY35 VILLAGE

• Informational meeting, 4:44-6 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 1 • Persephone Grae’s Café & Juice Bar, lower level of the Barker House, 819 Manitou Ave., Manitou Springs • More information, 719-582-4432, complete.holistic. care.co@gmail.com

Manitou Springs takes another crack at an organic grocery store

BY RHONDA VAN PELT | rvanpelt@sixty35media.org

The next day was the anniversary of her father’s death.

“At moments I really fought for my life,” she says. “And it was really, really hard sometimes, and I lost a lot of weight.”

Sheila-Esther credits her survival to her determination to sweep toxins out of her life. She has Lakota blood, which she says explains her interest in natural remedies.

“I vowed that I was going to find an answer,” she says. “If you go in my house now, you won’t find a product in there that has any bit of toxins in them that you can’t pronounce.”

She’s looking at three providers to supply organic meat and produce for the store she’s planning, and intends to have a box truck she or someone else can drive to those locations to pick up food, eliminating the middleman.

“I want to make it as close to ‘farm-to-table’ as I can,” she says.

Sheila-Esther also hopes to offer ecologically responsible cleaning products, possibly collaborating with Annie Schmitt and Neale and Kathy Minch, who are supplying cleaning products to locals through a selection housed in the Manitou Art Center.

She dreams of selling packaged goods that don’t come with ingredient lists full of chemical names.

She dreams of hosting classes, live music and other events.

But she’s backing up her vision with solid research. She’s exploring Manitou’s real estate picture with the help of Realtors and has her eye on five possible locations; they’ll have to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act. She’s studying traffic pattern information from the Colorado Department of Transportation and researching Manitou’s demographics so she can tailor her offerings to locals’ needs.

She’s networking with other holistic practitioners and organics business people, including Marisa Madge of Wildflower’s Botanical Menagerie. She’s compiled a list of staffing needs and is seeking grants to help fund the venture.

Even though Sheila-Esther moved here just last August, she’s visited Manitou over the years and has a strong connection to the city. In the 1870s, Theodore Pine, the brother of an ancestor, built what’s now the Barker House, where she lives.

Sheila-Esther hosted a meet-and-greet for the community Jan. 11 at Persephone Grae’s Café & Juice Bar. The crowd included chef Lyn EttingerHarwell and Steven Miller, founder of the Manitou Music Foundation. Schmitt also attended; she and her husband, Doug Edmundson, own the property that includes Flying Pig Farm, a singleacre “urban educational facility.” And Schmitt is on the board of directors of the Manitou Springs Chamber of Commerce, which is interested in the venture.

It would seem that Manitou has been waiting for someone to come along and start the ball rolling on founding a sustainable holistic store. And it would seem that Sheila-Esther is the person to do that.

“I made an agreement with God that, if I got through this,” she says, “that I would use my voice and I would try to bring this out to people.”

Sheila-Esther is formulating her plan for bringing organic food to Manitou.

Rhonda Van Pelt

MANITOU SPRINGS

SCHOOL DISTRICT 14

GO MUSTANGS!

MANITOU SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL • UTE PASS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL • MANITOU SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL • MANITOU SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL

Happy New Year!

The second semester is off to a great start. It was wonderful to welcome staff back to campus on Tuesday, Jan. 3, and the students, who returned on Thursday, Jan. 5.

For schools, we have two new years each year. We have the August start to school and the January start. For me, both of these starts always bring so much excitement, hope and opportunity.

In the new year, we will be sharing a Mustang Monthly communication with the community. This monthly email will be shared broadly with those we have an email address for. If you are interested in being added to this distribution list, please email Allison Scott at ascott@mssd14.org.

A couple of weeks ago, the Bulletin published an anonymous letter to the editor about the author’s concerns about bullying. We take these issues and reports of bullying and harassing behaviors very seriously, so I wanted to share how students, staff and families can report them to us so we can address and also prevent any incidents.

We encourage all students and parents to share information about these behaviors with a principal, assistant principal, counselor, teacher, paraprofessional, security director, school resource officer or another trusted adult at the school.

District safety and security director: Janie Anderson, janderson@mssd14.org School resource officer: Amanda Strider, astrider@mssd14.org If an individual wants to remain anonymous, we strongly encourage using Safe2Tell. That’s the statewide anonymous reporting system that members of the school district community often use to help bring attention to these urgent and important matters. Here is the link: https://safe2tell.org/. School administrators and local law enforcement can address the information reported to Safe2Tell immediately.

As we start this new year, I do hope that we will lean into kindness and empathy for all, while modeling this for the students we have the tremendous honor to learn from and serve each and every day. I hope that we can be intentional this year about seeking to understand and spending time with each other in positive, productive and meaningful ways.

Together, let’s make this semester and 2023 a great one!

With great hope and optimism, — Elizabeth Domangue Superintendent of Schools

MSHS dissociation professional development

Staff at Manitou Springs High School took part in training on dissociation. The training talked about the neurosequential model in education and how it could be used to help students learn.

MSMS Robotics

Manitou Springs School District www.mssd14.org

School Tour Week: January 30 - February 3 Call for an appointment 719-685-2024 *You can also schedule a tour outside of the School Tour Week.

THIS IS WHAT SETS US APART Relationships Deep Learning Opportunity Our FTC Robotics team did amazing at this week’s tournament and brought home the Judges’ Choice Award! Way to represent students!

MSMS Upper Activity Planning Committee

Now Accepting Applications for the 2023-2024 School Year!

IMPORTANT DATES NO SCHOOL:

MSMS students joined staff and parents from MSMS, MSHS and MSES to participate in the MSMS Upper Activity Planning Committee. The goal is to develop a master plan for this space that will allow the community to access safe outdoor play and learning spaces. This is in partnership with RTA Architects and GH Phipps.

Monday, Jan. 16; Friday, Feb. 10; Friday,Feb. 17; and Friday, Feb. 20

12:30 P.M. DISMISSAL: Thursday, Feb. 16

LATE START WEDNESDAYS: Jan. 25 and Feb. 1

MANITOU SPRINGS SCHOOL DISTRICT 14 • 405 EL MONTE PLACE, MANITOU SPRINGS, COLORADO 80829 (719) 685-2024 • WWW.MSSD14.ORG • WWW.FLASHALERT.NET (FOR SCHOOL CLOSINGS) Paid for by Manitou Springs School District.

SIXTY35 VILLAGE | January 19 - 25, 2023 | Sixty35 | 29

WE LOVE …

BEING THE FIRST TO KNOW! Every Thursday, Sixty35 is mailed to more than 25,000 homes and is available for free on newsstands across El Paso County. On occasion, you will receive a complimentary sample copy. No charge, no obligation.

Just quality local news and communitybuilding information.

But if you want more: more things to do, more about how government decisions affect you, more business news, more profiles, more music, food and art — sign up at sixty35media.org.

Become a member and get your news in your inbox a day ahead of everyone else.

(Hint: If you want this magazine weekly, sign up for a subscription!)

When you join Sixty35 Media, you’ll be joining others interested in effecting positive change in our city — and just maybe, the world.

Local journalism requires local support. Join us to keep getting local news you need to know!

J O I N U S : S I XT Y 3 5 M E D I A . O R G

30 | Sixty35 | January 19 - 25, 2023 | ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT

ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT

Matthew Schniper

34

ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT | January 19 - 25, 2023 | Sixty35 | 31

Desert VOYAGE Marc Shereck’s Transect exhibit is all about motion

BY NICK RAVEN | nraven@sixty35media.org

Photos by Nick Raven Art by Marc Shereck

M

ARC SHERECK KEEPS BUSY. STEP INTO THE Bridge Gallery for his new exhibition Transect and you will face no shortage of feelings, textures or thoughts to latch onto.

Shereck has spent the past six months putting this show together, roughly 50 pieces themed around the American Southwest that celebrate the region’s Indigenous peoples, culture and natural beauty. “[Transect is] about movement from point A to point B and not standing still doing the same thing. It’s constantly moving, constantly learning and seeing and doing and creating new work every day,” he says. “I think there’s a big ‘why’ in everybody’s life, so this is my ‘why.’ It’s why I get up in the mornings, why I have a purpose right now, is to try to put some graphic stories together.”

Shereck grew up in a bohemian household and drew airplanes and knights in armor as a kid, but he didn’t take the craft seriously until 12 years ago when he retired as an urban designer. “I was always used to graphic elements and explaining plans, so it always kept my hand active, but I never considered it something you enjoy,”

32 | Sixty35 | January 19 - 25, 2023 | ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT

he says. These days, Shereck has a very different relationship with art. “The activity of going up in the studio every night... I need to do that. That’s my therapy; it’s not work.”

For a set of these paintings, Shereck utilized implements made from the broken and hammered-off ends of plants from his wife’s garden, inspired by the way native peoples of New Mexico would paint on pottery without the use of brushes. “What’s so interesting about these is that you do not control these, these tools control you,” he says.

Transect doesn’t stick to any particular format either, as plasmacut sculptures pop from the gallery’s shelf. “I have a hard time standing still, so I keep moving and trying new things.”

While nearly all of these works are paintings, they employ different mediums that carry and move his paints and inks differently. One piece — of exhausted Native warriors on horseback — is painted on graph paper, inspired by ledger art he saw in Santa Fe. Those works, by Indigenous art students, were painted directly onto unused tax ledgers, hotel sign-in sheets and other work forms. Transect even features his interpretation of the Three Sisters

GET SOCIAL WITH SIXTY35MEDIA.ORG

— beans, squash and maize, interdependent crops that were so vital to the Southwest’s Indigenous peoples.

In his travels, Shereck observed the interweaving of cultures that came with colonialism, the blending of Indigenous, Hispanic, German, French, Italian and then American elements into the expression of the land and its peoples. Several of his pieces are lessons learned about plazas: places where people could gather to conduct business or finesse local governing, something that didn’t come as a surprise to an artist who was once an urban designer.

In the same way that those cultures blended to create the art that can be observed and experienced in the Southwest today, Transect is the result of Shereck’s experiences, of his own sensory fusion. “What I see in the world, in that transect as you move from point A to point B, is people, landscape, trees, hearing sounds,” he says. Shereck shows off fine-edged pieces based on migrant butterflies or landscapes composed of painted wooden strips. “As you go, it’s like you were walking on a path. You’re actually bisecting that path; you have a right eye and a left eye. What comes together in your mind at the end of that journey is from all these experiences on the left and on the right.”

I Invited Myself, Vol. II On view in the museum Feb. 3–July 30 Supported by

fac.coloradocollege.edu · (719) 634-5581 Eiko Otake, A Body on Wall Street (detail), 2016. Photo by William Johnston.

ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT | January 19 - 25, 2023 | Sixty35 | 33

HISTORIC PART 2

HAUNTS

APPETITE

After a half-century, Springs legacy restaurants keep their classics consistent and evolve as needed

BY MATTHEW SCHNIPER | mschniper@sixty35media.org

A

tive futures. This week I focus on two more of our town’s longest-running places, one German and one Mexican eatery. I talk with the descendants of the original founders — both actively involved with their family businesses — and learn what makes them so special and iconic.

Prost, amigos!

Matthew Schniper

S YOU MIGHT BE GUESSING BASED ON THE title above, in last week’s issue I wrote Part 1 of a story about our town’s oldest legacy restaurants. If you missed reading that article in print, visit sixty35media.org to read it online. In Part 1, I featured two beloved Italian spots: Luigi’s and Roman Villa, learning about a new-tome-connection between them and detailing what the current generation of family owners have in mind for the spots’ respec-

SEÑOR MANUEL

4660 N. Nevada Ave., 719-598-3033, senormanuels.com

M

ANUEL AND LUCY HERNANDEZ OPENED this classic Mexican eatery in August 1970. Today, 52 years later, the family ownership’s in its fourth generation. I meet co-owner Mika Hernandez, who’s running the bar during lunch service. She tells me she started working here at age 6, while her brother (and co-owner and chef) Mark, started at age 8. She says that in order to keep recipe execution consistent, Mark does all the cooking. Currently, due to short staffing, that’s down to four days weekly (Wednesday-Saturday). And here’s a really cool, standout aspect to Señor Manuel: The family still makes all their own chips and tortillas (both flour and white corn) as well as tamale masa (for sale retail, unprepared in any amount for $1.30/pound, or prepared, with a minimum of 10 pounds, for $17.50).

I’m tempted by a margarita, of course, but its being early in my workday still, I show restraint and sip some diner-style (dark, roasty, thin) coffee. I’ve settled into a comfy booth, having arrived to a crowded parking lot and bustling dining room.

I hear my waitress greet regulars, asking if they want their usual. Charming. I snack on the provided corn chips, notably thick and substantial, dipping them into a loose, tart, mildly spicy house salsa that finishes with a faint herbal note.

From Lucy’s Lunch Menu (11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Wednesday-Friday), I select the #8 beef and bean burrito with choice of sauce.

From a list of 10 sauces, I pick Chile Mondongo, which is “Manuel’s most coveted recipe” — red chile with beef, mushrooms, onions and jalapeños. It’s served with Spanish rice and refried beans, for an affordable $11.95. It arrives on a scorching hot plate, direct from the oven, with caramelized spots of cheese and meat edges, and a thin skin on the refried beans, everything nicely baked together. I’ve been offered ground, shredded or chile con carne beef options, and gone with the latter, which fills the burrito’s molten core along with refried beans.

That chile con carne — from a leaner, bottom flat cow cut — gets prepared with a mild red chile sauce for some earthiness.

Atop the soft flour tortilla, cheddar and Monterey Jack cheeses have coalesced with the stew-like Mondongo beef chunks. So there’s a great flavor layering with bites, especially if side rice and beans, each well made, are incorporated. Consider this just a single snapshot that shows why Señor Manuel has endured all these decades.

34 | Sixty35 | January 19 - 25, 2023 | ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT

Señor Manuel’s beef and bean burrito may be #8 on the menu, but it’s #1 in many diners’ books.

continued on p. 36 ➔

Appetizers PAID ADVERTISEMENT | TO PLACE YOUR ENTRY CALL 719-577-4545

AMERICAN BENNY’S

517 W. COLORADO AVE. | 719-634-9309

Since 1953! Come on in and check out our vintage sports photos & memorabilia! Happy Hour 4-7 pm Mon - Fri. Try our Fresh, hand stuffed jalapeno poppers, Whiskey Chicken Sandwich or Benny’s chicken wings.

TONY’S

326 N. TEJON ST. | 719-228-6566 | TONYSDOWNTOWNBAR.COM OVER A QUINTILLION THE TURN OF THE CENTURY SERVED SERVING COLORADO SPRINGS SINCE

Winners of 70+ Independent “Best of Awards” in 20 yrs. A great Midwestern Tavern with warm beer, lousy food & poor service!!! Pabst, Fried Cheese Curds, Leinenkugle’s, Walleye Fish-fry, cocktails, burgers and more. 11am-2am daily. HH 4-6. GO PACK GO!

THE WAREHOUSE

25 W. CIMARRON ST. | 719-475-8880 | THEWAREHOUSERESTAURANT.COM

Curbside pickup with call ahead ordering. Silver for Best Chef 2016.

American Comfort Food with a Twist. Burgers, Salads, Bison, Elk, Quail.

Awesome Craft Cocktails. Friendly Service. Just South of Downtown, Convenient Access, Free Parking. Happy Hour From 4 To 6 P.m. Daily.

Dinner Tuesday - Saturday, 4 P.m. To 10 P.m.

ASIAN FUJIYAMA

22 S. TEJON ST. | 719-630-1167 COLORADO’S FINEST JAPANESE CUISINE & SUSHI BAR

Beautiful, award-winning downtown restaurant with a full-service bar.

Enjoy authentic sushi & creative rolls, teriyaki, tempura, udon & more! See our ad or call for great lunch, Happy Hour, & Ladies night specials! Fri. & Sat. 11am-2:30pm lunch & 5-10pm dinner. Sun. 5-9pm dinner.

SAIGON CAFÉ

20 E. COLORADO AVE. | 719-633-2888 | COLORADOSAIGONCAFE.COM

Open for Lunch and Dinner Mon-Sat. Welcome to the Saigon Café the award winning Vietnamese restaurant in Colorado Springs. Our cuisine is cooked with fresh vegetables, herbs and meats in authentic Vietnamese style. Try our renowned noodle bowl, a lunchtime favorite. M-Th 11AM–3PM; 4PM–8:30PM F-Sat 11AM–3PM; 4PM-9:30PM

BBQ BIRD DOG BBQ

3 LOCATIONS + CATERING | BIRDDOGBBQ.COM | 719-573-7671

Bird Dog now offers online ordering from the location of your choice!

Order and pay online, then skip the line when you pick it up! Visit our website at www.BirdDogBBQ.com and click ORDER ONLINE to place your order. We also offer our award-winning catering services in individuallyboxed meals! Call 719-573-7671 for details.

¡Se Habla Español!

The Unique

CHOCOLATE GIFT! CHOCOLATIER/CONFECTIONS

Para las personas Tiernas de tu vida dales

INDULGE YOURSELF Consiéntete 109. N. Tejon Street 719-633-3686 cacaochemistry.com

y r g n u H for

? e or m

FRONT RANGE BARBEQUE

2330 W COLORADO AVE | 719-632-2596 | FRBBQ.COM

Voted best BBQ last 20 years by Indy readers! Scratch-made, Southernstyle BBQ w/ rotating craft beers on tap. Weekday Happy Hour 3pm-6pm.

Outdoor patios & live music. See website for current hours, daily specials and events! Catering available.

YOUR RESTAURANT HERE

Visit:

Call your sales rep today to advertise your establishment.

PAID ADVERTISEMENT • 719.577.4545

SIXTY35MEDIA.ORG ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT | January 19 - 25, 2023 | Sixty35 | 35

EDELWEISS ➔ continued from p. 34

34 E. Ramona Ave., 719-633-2220, edelweissrest.com

36 | Sixty35 | January 19 - 25, 2023 | ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT

(perfect) potato salad. For all that, the dish tastes quite simple, with no overwhelming seasoning, but instead each ingredient speaking for itself and showing up in straightforward fashion; homey food.

I can’t stop there, of course, having walked by the pastry cases on the way to be seated. So I order Osborne’s beautifully constructed hazelnut torte. It presents three layers of vanilla-almond sponge cake divided by veins of rich hazelnut buttercream (not too strong or cloying with the flavor, like Nutella or Frangelico, but more subtle and delicate). A thin streak of raspberry jam on the slice’s sugar cookie bottom makes for a punch of color and contrasting tartness (and makes me think it’s been too long since I made a raspberry frangipane at home). Chocolate sauce drizzle and a dollop of piped buttercream plus a topping chocolate coin and kiss complete the top icing, with a puff of whipped cream on the side. Yes, it’s pretty divine.

Before I depart, I ask Schnakenberg about Edelweiss’ legacy, pointedly inquiring if there’s a responsibility-born heaviness or inherited obligation feeling to carrying on the family enterprise. Were there times he might have wanted to do something else when he grew up?

He paused, thoughtfully, then noted some difficult times, such as weathering all of the pandemic’s early-days adaptations. He noted learning how to hire and delegate to manage the scale of the huge operation day to day. But he returned to sounding like he’d be a fool to forsake such a gem handed down. And even his teenaged son has already expressed an interest in the business, he says. So who knows if Edelweiss will still be standing decades from now.

Seeing what I see today, I wouldn’t be too surprised.

Edelweiss Pastry Chef Pierre Osborne’s decadent hazelnut torte

Matthew Schniper

C

HRISTMAS SEASON — WHEN I DROP BY FOR MY visit, so mark your calendar for next year, ahem — presents a special time to visit our town’s legacy German staple, Edelweiss. Pastry Chef Pierre Osborne creates elaborate gingerbread house and tempered chocolate sculptures for the entryway, adjacent to the alluring grab-and-go pastry case and dessert display. And holiday lighting and greenery join the existing cultural decor (from decorative plates and fine fabric artwork to taxidermy) to create quite the festive atmosphere. I could be somewhere in a European hunting lodge, or cozy Bavarian beer hall — a place where a palm intuitively welcomes the handle of an oversized beer stein.

Edelweiss first opened in 1967, and is still run today by the same family.

Co-owner (and metaphoric prince to the throne) Dieter Schnakenberg discovers me blending in inside his bustling dining room during lunch hours, just after I’ve finished my meal and I’m still sipping on a Rüdesheimer Kaffee, which is drip black coffee (in this case from locals Ümpire Estate) with Asbach Uralt German brandy added. I’ve skipped the whipped cream/chocolate syrup topping for a cleaner flavor and notable aroma, which finishes pleasantly plum-essenced with a hint of sweetness. Schnakenberg tells me this brandy’s often served with soda in Germany, the beloved equivalent to a Crown and Coke. I’m rather enjoying it as a hot drink on a frigid day, a theme-appropriate substitute for a hot toddy. Oh, and I should note how it’s served: A waiter puts down the parfait-shaped glass mug and lights the brandy fumes on fire, next dousing it by pouring the coffee over it through a small metal tea/cream pitcher, left at the table for self top-offs.

My meal, though, was a dish called Maultaschen that joined the menu around a decade or so ago. Schnakenberg says they aren’t fixed on traditional recipes, but always make updates and small adaptations, sometimes because of customer feedback, other times just experimenting with varieties of classic recipes to dial in their favorite method. “We’re not here after 50 years without evolving,” he says. What they’ve done clearly works, because a normal weekend night tends to see about 1,000 covers (read: super high-volume, impressive service numbers).

Anyway, Maultaschen is a dish from Germany’s southwestern Swabian region. Schnakenberg later sends me an amusing article detailing its origins, dating back centuries to Lenten periods, when monks, supposed to be giving up meat during fasting periods, would instead hide it (from God’s view, apparently) inside dough pockets, mincing it with light vegetables and herbs.

Edelweiss presents their pasta purse (think one big, potstickershaped ravioli) with a melted Swiss cheese cap clinging to the soft dough, which gets stuffed with minced pork and salami along with the vegetable bits. A touch of curry ketchup blends in for pasta-sauce-like acidity, and there’s garnishing crunchy onion straws for a pop of saltiness plus a side of German salad items (green beans, beets, and vinegary cucumbers and

PAID ADVERTISEMENT • 719.577.4545

ITALIAN LOUIE’S PIZZA

4815 BARNES ROAD (BARNES & ORO BLANCO) | 719-591-5241 | LOUIES-PIZZA.COM

Serving The Colorado Springs Area Since 1985! Locally owned and operated. In the top 3 “Best Tasting Pizzas” for the last 15 years. The best value for your dollar & The freshest ingredients possible. Five locations!

Dine in, carry out, and delivery with specials that save your budget!

SOUTHWESTERN/MEXICAN PAID ADVERTISEMENT • 719.577.4545

CRAFT PUB ODYSSEY GASTROPUB

311 N. TEJON ST. | 719-999-5127 | ODYSSEYGASTROPUB.COM

Voted Best New Restaurant 2015 by Indy readers. Specializing in an eclectic mix of craft food, craft beer, and craft cocktails. Odyssey Gastropub is a downtown gem with a warm, intimate atmosphere and awesome staff. Start your adventure with us! Mon.- Fri. 11am - 10pm, Sat. & Sun. 10am - 10pm

GERMAN EDELWEISS RESTAURANT

34 E. RAMONA AVE. | (SOUTH NEVADA & TEJON) | 719-633-2220

For 50 Years Edelweiss has brought Bavaria to Colorado Springs. Using fresh ingredients, the menu invites you to visit Germany.

Support local business! We’re open and doing drive-thru and takeout with a limited menu that can be found on our website! www. edelweissrest.com.

PAID ADVERTISEMENT • 719.577.4545

JOSÉ MULDOON’S

222 N. TEJON ST. | 719-636-2311 | 5710 S. CAREFREE CR @ POWERS | 719-574-5673

Since 1974. Features authentic Tex-Mex & Mexican fare in contemporary Sante Fe-styled establishment. Across from Acacia Park, and west of Powers & Carefree. Josemuldoons.com. Support local restaurants! We are open for delivery, carry out, and dine-in at both locations! Please check our Facebook page for hours daily, as they are subject to change.

STEAKHOUSE THE FAMOUS

31 N. TEJON ST. | DOWNTOWN | 719-227-7333

Colorado Springs’ finest upscale steak house and lounge located in the center of downtown. Dine in an elegant and classic steak house environment. Award winning prime steaks, fresh seafood, premium wines, craft brews and piano bar provide a provocative mix of atmosphere and entertainment. Reservations suggested.

YOUR RESTAURANT HERE Call your sales rep today to advertise your establishment.

PAID ADVERTISEMENT • 719.577.4545

Support Local Business • RFD has Stable Prices – Dependable Supply – Resilient local supply chain • RFD is Dedicated to building a dependable local/regional food system

1228 E. Fillmore • 719-623-2980 4635 Town Center Drive • 719-559-0873 Bring in this coupon for 20% off when you spend $100.

Not able to be combined with other offers, maximum value is 20$ off. Only valid in store.

Expires 01/31/23.

www.RanchFoodsDirect.com ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT | January 19 - 25, 2023 | Sixty35 | 37

REVERB

Internationally acclaimed mime & storyteller

BY BRYAN OSTROW

Bill Bowers

T

HE NEW YEAR IS HERE AND January is almost over already. There’s a handful of great shows that’ll warm you up no matter what kind of music you’re into. It all starts Friday the 20th at Bar-K with a really unique show featuring some dark, mysterious country from Denver’s Slim Cessna, and punk rock from Team Nonexistent and Sponge Cake. Slim Cessna is always a sight to see whether he’s solo or with his full band.

There’s more happening Friday night as The Black Sheep will be hosting a heavy evening of doom and grind with 908, Clarion Void, Kalakuta, and ambient beats from Seance. In May,

A Millibo Favorite FOUR SHOWS ONLY

JAN 19-22 THU-FRI-SAT-SUN

KIDS FIRST - FOR FAMILIES

How To Snag a Sea Monster!

R.A.P. Ferreira, a man of many names, at The Black Sheep on Jan. 22

A terrifically “Tall Tale” by What If Puppets (formally Paul Mesner Puppets)

FEB 4-5

11 & 2 SAT 1 & 3 SUN

Treat yourself to some funny stuff.

RiP Improv!

FEB 4 7:30 SAT

Rap Ferreira

FOR TICKETS & INFO…

38 | Sixty35 | January 19 - 25, 2023 | ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT

908 will play Grind the Nazi Scum Festival in Germany along with some additional European tour dates. Three of the members are based in Colorado Springs, one is in Denver and another is all the way up in North Dakota. But great distances can’t keep them apart; they’re gearing up and practicing. It just so happens that the whole band will be in town this month, so why not play a super fun home show with the best of friends? (Disclaimer: I sing in 908.) If you’re looking for something a little more mellow, then never fear, you can head to Stargazers Theatre for some bluegrass from Red Mountain Boys.

If familiarity is what you’re looking for, you can Live AC/DC tribcheck out Sunshine Studios Live’s Thunderstruck ute by Thunderstruck.

Saturday night brings more familiar sounds to Stargazers with Last Men on Earth performing their mix of covers ranging from classic rock to soul and country. You can also check out some local indie rock at Vultures from DynaBird Or head next door to The dor and Wendy Bird.

Black Sheep for some high-energy hip-hop from Florida’s SwizZy B, Marvylus and Noopey Na’mon Na’mon.

More hip-hop goes down at The Black Sheep on Sunday, Jan. 22, with the Ruby Yacht Crew. Touring packFerreira AJ Suede and DJ age R.A.P. Ferreira, Eldon Somers will be joined by locals Elimence, TMC! and a special cassette tape release from Hiatus (Che Bong and Ibe Hustles). Rory Ferreira — who’s also gone by the monikers Milo, Scallops Hotel Hotel, Crow Billiken and R.A.P. Ferreira — has been performing his exciting and eclectic brand of hip-hop for over 10 years. He blends philosophy-laden lyrics with lo-fi beats, noise and even blues guitar. With this lineup of both touring and local artists, it’s a show not to be missed.

Just because the weekend is over doesn’t mean you need to stop having fun. You can head to Vultures on Tuesday the 24th for King Pari and Falseyedols. King Pari is a Los Angeles-based group that mixes R&B, soul and lo-fi for a funky, soulful sound that is sure to get your body moving. Opening the show will be local talent and producer Falseyedols. He makes incredible, melodic beats that will get your feet tapping and wanting more.

That’s what Colorado Springs has in store this week; tune in next week for fresh shows.

And as always, if you have an event coming up you’d like us to write about, please let us know at reverb@sixty35media.org.

*Hermanos Hispanos “Ya Tenemos Birria”

The Ultimate

MUSIC REVIEWS BY LORING WIRBEL

Comfort Food

Buy one Signature Mac N Cheese meal and get the second one at

50% OFF! “Compra un-Mac n Cheese Exclusivo y llévate el segundo con 50% de descuento”

LUNCH SPECIAL

Small Signature & a Fountain Drink $8.00 “Almuerzo especial, Obtenga una pequeña comida exclusiva Mac N Cheese con una bebida de la fuente $8.00”

REECE PARKER - FEB 10 (ON SALE NOW) DUSTBOWL REVIVAL - FEB 22 (ON SALE NOW) BAD BUNNY NIGHT - MAR 11 (ON SALE NOW) OTEP - MAY 16 (ON SALE THU) PUNK ROCK KARAOKE - JUN 1O (ON SALE NOW)

E

very decade, young jazz artists are anointed improvisational pioneers, but their styles never quite reach the free-jazz experimentalism of 50 years ago, when Ornette Coleman and Albert Ayler rewrote musical rules. This year, 22-year-old Zoh Amba from Kingsport, Tennessee, is upending the NYC scene with ensemble performances that serve as a reminder why free jazz often is called “skronk.” Her compositions are complex and occasionally lovely, but she’s not afraid to use a tenor saxophone as a weapon.

Last year, Amba released O, Sun and O Life, O Light Vol. 1, both on John Zorn’s Tzadik label, with guest appearances

by Zorn and bassist William Parker. A third recording was made in 2022, but not released until mid-January. Bhakti (Mahakala Music) features a quartet of Amba, pianist Micah Thomas, alto saxophonist Immanuel Wilkins and drummer Billy Drummond. It offers a full range of dissonant blasts and ethereal light sax trills.

It would be an understatement to say Amba is rocking the New York underground music scene, bringing along pianist Vijay Iyer, members of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs or drummer Chris Corsano to gigs. A recent performance tied to the imminent release of Bhakti gives clues about the excitement generated — tinyurl.com/sixty35-hear-1.

ALSO NEW & NOTEWORTHY Iggy Pop, Every Loser (Goldtooth/ Atlantic) – At 75, Iggy Pop has a preserved presence, akin to Keith Richards’, suggesting he’ll never stop rocking. Recent Iggy albums have featured poetry and French lyrics, but Iggy hired producer Andrew Watt to return him to his fierce Stooges roots. Tracks like “Frenzy” and “Modern Day Ripoff” sound like a remixed Raw Power 50 years on. Even if it’s not a chart-topper, the album might answer the youthful inquiry, “Mommy, why were parents so scared of The Stooges?”

719-344-5115 125 N Spruce St, Colorado Springs, CO 80905

Fri, Jan. 20 - 7:00pm

908 CLARION VOID, KALAKUTA, SEANCE

MactoryCS

Sat, Jan. 21 - 7:00pm

MactoryCS

QONCERT PRESENTS - RAGERS ONLY TOUR

SWIZZY B

MARVYLUS, NOOPEY NA’MON

WHAT COMMUNITY SOUNDS LIKE!

Sun, Jan. 22 - 7:00pm

RAP FERREIRA AJ SUEDE, DJ ELDON SOMERS, TMC!, HIATUS, ELIMENCE Fri, Jan. 27 - 7:00pm

OVIRA

VIOLENCE IN VIOLET, BITING BULLETS, FALTER NEVER FAIL Sat, Jan. 28 - 7:00pm THE TREEFERS PRESENT

THE LOFI SESSIONS J.O., T-SWERK, MAKESHIFT, & MORE

Find your new favorite LOCAL podcast at

Fri, Feb. 3 - 8:00pm, Ages 21+

THE EMO NIGHT TOUR Sat, Feb. 4 - 8:00pm, Ages 21+

BEST NIGHT EVER: TAYLOR’S VERSION Fri, Feb. 10 - 7:00pm QONCERT PRESENTS

REECE PARKER WITH SPECIAL GUESTS

STUDIO809PODCASTS.COM

Sat, Feb. 11 - 7:00pm KNEW SOUND TOUR

YHETI

WITH SPECIAL GUESTS Fri, Feb. 17 - 7:00pm

DEF ONE - FINISH FIRST ALBUM RELEASE PARTY WITH SPECIAL GUESTS Sat, Feb. 18 - 5:00pm

THY ART IS MURDER KUBLAI KHAN, UNDEATH, IAM, JUSTICE FOR THE DAMNED Wed, Feb. 22 - 7:00pm

DUSTBOWL REVIVAL WITH SPECIAL GUESTS FEB 23 - GRIEVES FEB 25 - SHREK RAVE FEB 26 - IYA TERRA MAR 3 - WAX TAILOR MAR 5 - J BOOG MAR 9 - SUNAMI MAR 10 - HIRIE MAR 11 - BAD BUNNY NIGHT MAR 12 - THE SPILL CANVAS MAR 18 - MAC SATURN

1-866-468-3399

Colorado and southwest photo art by “Hiking Bob” Falcone New and improved website!

View and order online, delivered to your door, ready to be framed or fully complete in a variety of mounting options, sizes and finishes

Hikingbob.com

click on “Photo store”

ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT | January 19 - 25, 2023 | Sixty35 | 39

AUDIOFILE I was just VERY SELFISH. — Andy Frasco

DEAD Long live Andy Frasco (and his liver)!

BY ALAN SCULLEY

C

OULD IT BE THAT ANDY FRASCO IS maturing? He’s returning to touring, and fans can expect Andy Frasco & The U.N. to still bring the party onstage (or somewhere in front of the stage when Frasco is crowd surfing). But the singer/keyboardist is toning down the partying and other shenanigans that typically happened on- and offstage on past tours.

“I’m doing it for my liver,” Frasco said during a recent phone interview. “I’m all about the party, but I want people to know that I’m a songwriter, too. So I’m just really dialing in my songwriting, really dialing in my musicianship, so I know I can’t blame my partying for my shitty songs....”

The fact is, by the time the COVID pandemic hit, Frasco was not in a great place. He’d been drinking too much and doing cocaine and finding his life-of-theparty behavior had left him wondering who his friends were while battling some genuine bouts of depression.

No one wanted the pandemic, but being forced off of the road gave Frasco the much-needed opportunity to take a hard look at himself, figure out how to get his life in a better place and decide if he still truly loved writing music and going on tour.

“I was just very selfish,” says Frasco, citing one of the contributing factors to his emotional issues. “I was like doing things and not thinking about others.

All of a sudden people wouldn’t start calling me back.

I was realizing maybe it is me. I always blamed everyone else that I am on an island. But maybe I’m putting myself on an island.”

One significant change was to kick his cocaine habit.

He also cut back on drinking, although he admits he still enjoys his beverages.

THE CHANGES IN BEHAVIOR WON’T SURprise those who’ve been paying attention. Especially on the 2020 album Keep On Keepin’ On and Wash, Rinse, Repeat., the album that arrived last April, it was clear he wasn’t just offering escapism in his music.

That had been a main theme for Frasco after he founded Andy Frasco & The U.N. in 2007, began touring and released the first of eight studio albums in 2010.

One look at song titles like “Mature as Fuck,” “Blame It on the Pussy” (from 2016’s Happy Bastards) or “Smokin’ Dope n Rock n Roll” and “Commitment Deficit Disorder” (from 2014’s Half a Man) and it was obvious that Frasco and company were bringing the party with funny and sometimes bawdy lyrics, a disregard for rules, decorum (and sobriety), and a rowdy sound that mixed rock, funk, blues, soul and pop.

The approach generated a good bit of popularity, as Frasco and The U.N. began what became a consistent routine of playing roughly 250 shows a year — a pace that continues to this day. Along the way, the band caught fire on the jam band and festival circuits.

But especially with Keep On Keepin’ On, Frasco started to shift the narrative of his songs to more thoughtful subject matter, a direction that continued on Wash, Rinse, Repeat. Frasco still kept the tone of the lyrics light, while the music on these two most recent albums stayed buoyant and catchy as ever. But Frasco’s lyrics now wrestled with topics like getting older, maintaining his mental health, finding happiness,

40 | Sixty35 | January 19 - 25, 2023 | ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT

Andrew Hutchins

The party’s

being considerate and appreciating life as it happens.

For Wash, Rinse, Repeat., Frasco traveled to Nashville, Charleston, South Carolina, Los Angeles and Denver to write and record with other songwriters, a process that helped him sharpen his songwriting chops as the album took shape.

Feeling he was in a creative space, he spent a chunk of last year making a new album that’s now finished and is targeted for release before summer. The new album reflects a new development in Frasco’s life.

“I think it’s a love album. I finally committed to someone and I’ve been writing about her,” says Frasco.

The songs, though, aren’t all about romantic bliss.

“It’s scary as hell. I’ve never had a relationship,” Frasco says. “I don’t even know what the fuck I’m doing.

That’s what I’m writing about. Like is this OK?” Some of the songs from the next album are popping up in set lists on Frasco’s current tour with his band, along with material from Keep On Keepin’ On, Wash, Rinse, Repeat. and older fan favorites.

“We’re testing out the new songs we just wrote to see how they fit with our live show,” Frasco says. “I have two different philosophies when I write songs. Sometimes I write songs for the record and sometimes I write songs for the [live] set. And these new songs, I was really focusing on trying to write it for both.”

I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY DANCE PARTY Andy Frasco and DJ SLeePY with Mikey Thunder Friday, Jan. 20, doors 7 p.m., show 8 p.m.

Cervantes’ Other Side, 2637 Welton St., Denver $20, ages 16+, cervantesmasterpiece.com

ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT | January 19 - 25, 2023 | Sixty35 | 41

AT SIXTY35,

WE LOVE …

OUR MISSION We believe in delivering truth, building community and engaging citizens.

If that sounds good to you, you’re in the right place.

Join us as we work to change Colorado Springs for the better, with solutions-based, hard-hitting, factual, fair and accurate journalism.

Join us as we connect people through our events. Our free summer concert series called Trucks and Tunes; our celebration

of Rising Stars young professionals, as we become more engaged through our school superintendents panels and mayors lunches.

Join us in partnering with groups like Citizens Project and the League of Women Voters and get answers directly from local politicians running for office.

Join us for our podcasts on the latest in pop culture … and take deeper dives into major issues.

Join us … we’ll laugh, we’ll dance, we’ll work hard … together.

Go to sixty35media.org for more information on subscriptions, memberships and events.

J O I N U S : S I XT Y 3 5 M E D I A . O R G

Read local, know local, connect local! Join Sixty35 Media to read know and connect more – locally!

42 | Sixty35 | January 19 - 25, 2023 | MILITARY

Helen Lewis

MILITARY

46

MILITARY | January 19 - 25, 2023 | Sixty35 | 43

Have to let it

Shutterstock.com

LINGER Have times changed for military homeowners?

BY AMANDA MILLER LUCIANO

I can’t promise someone they’ll make all their money back in three years.

— Susanna Haynie

B

UYING A HOME HAS been a solid wealth-building opportunity for military personnel relocating to Colorado Springs over the last three to five years.

A servicemember could buy a home with a VA loan without putting any money down, use the tax-free Basic Allowance for Housing to cover most of the mortgage, and sell at a $200,000 or better profit three years later. But that may not be the case anymore.

“I can’t promise someone they’ll make all their money back in three years,” says Realtor Susanna Haynie, broker/owner of CO-RE Group.

Haynie, who has made her own moves as a military spouse over the years, represents a lot of relocating military personnel. While she has never promised anyone they could make their money back in three years, she confirms most military homeowners probably have over the last few years, and that the market has slowed dramatically since interest rates nearly doubled from below 3 percent at the end of 2021 to a high of more than 7 percent in November. Instead of selling over a weekend with multiple offers at tens of thousands over the asking price, homes are lingering on the market for weeks to months

44 | Sixty35 | January 19 - 25, 2023 | MILITARY

in some cases and there have been substantial price reductions on many listings in recent months.

Haynie says a specialist in the Army or Air Force will likely have a BAH of $2,400 to $2,800 per month.

“That’s not going to get the house the size they need with today’s interest rates,” Haynie says. “If I’m telling the truth — and I hate saying this — renting could be cheaper. I think it’s really important to have a real estate agent who is going to be honest about it and really look at the numbers.”

The principal and interest payments on a $450,000 house with 10 percent down at a 3 percent interest would be around $1,875 per month. At a 7 percent interest rate, the principal and interest payments would be around $2,860.

That’s almost $1,000 a month more. And $450,000 bought a lot more house two years ago than it does now. Those payments don’t include homeowners insurance premiums and property taxes, which are usually rolled into monthly payments. Those costs will typically add $300 to $600 per month to the payments, depending on where a home is located.

Rent for a 4-bedroom single-family home ranges from $2,000 to $3,000 on listings sites, with several options in the middle.

IF SERVICE MEMBERS ARE NOT planning to stay long term or imagine retiring here later, Haynie says she will help them honestly weigh the financial advantages of renting over buying in the current environment, she says.

“I actually think rents might be coming down a bit,” Haynie says.

Statistically, they are. Zillow provided Sixty35 with Colorado Springs rental market data back to 2019, which shows that asking rents have fallen monthover-month every month since July 2022.

That’s especially meaningful given that asking rents were up 13.1 percent yearover-year in April 2022 and are now up just 5.4 percent year-over-year.

Alex Lacter, senior communications specialist with Zillow, says the company can’t accurately track inventory or days on market because of the way landlords list properties on the site.

Some large apartment complexes leave units listed as available constantly. But local property managers say the rental market is soft.

“One hundred percent,” says Justin Hermes, a Realtor and property manager with the Hermes Group at Re/Max Properties. “Our inventory has doubled yearover-year.”

He says properties that used to rent for

$2,100 per month in a weekend are lingering a month at $1,900 per month.

Of course, the rental market has historically softened beginning in the fall through winter. The pandemic years were an exception to that rule. Still, Hermes says he believes this is more than seasonal.

The reason for the glut in the rental market is murky. Headlines just a few months ago highlighted a national housing shortfall of 5 million units. So, why would demand for homes to purchase and for homes to rent fall simultaneously? It seems if buyers couldn’t afford to buy with current interest rates, they would be renters.

It could be that there is a ton of new rental inventory from small investors.

“We did 100 sales in 2021 and at least 40 percent of them were investors,” Hermes says. “When rates were low, investors were snapping houses up.”

With low mortgage rates and surging rents, investors — both the big institutional ones making headlines and ordinary people buying a house or two for their retirements — could make a decent return by buying a home with a loan and renting it out. That added a lot of rental inventory.

LOCAL PROPERTY MANAGERS SAY

MT. CRESTED BUTTE, COLORADO

MT. CRESTED BUTTE, COLORADO

JOIN US JOIN US FOR FOR $50 LESSONS $50 LESSONS Bring the entire family!

Bring the entire family!

Year-round adventures for Year-round adventures for veterans and first responders with veterans andor first responders a disability, those who havewith a member with awho disability. afamily disability, or those have a Rate applies to the family family member withentire a disability. person, immediate Rate(per applies to the entire family household only please). (per person, immediate

household only please).

THE RENTAL MARKET IS SOFT.

On top of that, there has been a tremendous amount of new multifamily construction in Colorado Springs over the last few years.

So, more inventory could have shifted the supply and demand dynamic for rental properties.

That could be another problem for military homeowners.

Haynie says renting a home out has historically been a solid backup plan for military homeowners who bought into a market that ends up trending downward during the few years of their ownership. If they won’t get their money back when they sell, they can rent the house out and have someone else cover the mortgage payment while they rent or buy at their next post or base. It can also be a good wealth-building strategy for service members.

“We did it when we left Washington state,” she says.

They bought their home in 2006. When they moved in 2010 after the housing collapse, they couldn’t sell it for as much as they paid.

“We became involuntary landlords,” she says. “It was so inconvenient and a pain, but eventually we found a good property manager, we refinanced, and it was a good investment. But I have empathy for someone who doesn’t want to be a landlord.”

With rents also trending downward now, it could make that trusty backup plan for service members trickier.

If military members bought in the last 10 months and have to move earlier than expected or if they refinanced and borrowed against their equity, they may not be able to sell without negotiating a short sale with the bank, Hermes says. In that case, their payments could also be higher than the going rents.

“I expect when people start PCSing, we’ll see a big uptick in accidental landlords,” Hermes says. “And I imagine some of them could decide to rent out and be losing $400 a month.”

Of course, this is all a pessimistic view of what’s to come in the housing market. Mortgage interest rates have already fallen to under 6 percent, perhaps foreshadowing another boom.

There’s no certainty in predicting the market, Haynie says.

“I really think it’s important to sit down with the service member and look at every aspect of their situation to see what their priorities are and what their wealth-building plans are,” Haynie says.

Register using code ORC Register |using code ORC www.AdaptiveSports.org 970-349-2296 www.AdaptiveSports.org | 970-349-2296 SKI F SNOWBOARD F SNOWSHOE F CLIMB F BIKE F HIKE F WATERSPORTS SKI F SNOWBOARD F SNOWSHOE F CLIMB F BIKE F HIKE F WATERSPORTS

STICKING DOORS

Colder climates can clash with your home’s foundation.

BOWED WALLS

Repair and protect your home today!

DRYWALL CRACKS

EASY FINANCING OFFER!

YOUR EXPERTS IN FOUNDATION REPAIR

BASEMENT WATERPROOFING

CRAWL SPACE REPAIR

CONCRETE LIFTING

OVER 60 YEARS OF COMBINED SERVICE

(*if paid in full within 12 months) *Subject to credit approval. Interest is billed during the promotional period, but all interest is waived if the purchase amount is paid in full within 12 months. Cannot be combined with any other offers, offer expires 3/31/23.

Call for a FREE INSPECTION

(719) 581-5755 MILITARY | January 19 - 25, 2023 | Sixty35 | 45

THE BRIEFING

Compiled by Bryan Grossman, Mary Jo Meade and Pam Zubeck

COPTER TRAINING COMING TO FORT CARSON

VanderWolf Images / Shutterstock.com

A U.S. Marine helicopter unit will conduct a training exercise at Fort Carson and Piñon Canyon Maneuver Site from 1 to 11 p.m., Jan. 27 through Feb. 8, Fort Carson announced Jan. 13.

The Heavy Helicopter Squadron HMH-464, stationed at Marine Corps Air Station New River, Jacksonville, North Carolina, will train and test flight capability with the CH-53E Super Stallion aircraft.

The post said in a release that the training will create greater noise at PCMS, Fort Carson and along the southern Colorado Front Range.

“Fort Carson is committed to balancing our training mission with protecting and preserving PCMS’ natural environment and historical properties. Environmental personnel are involved in all levels of planning for military training, construction and other activities that could affect the PCMS environment,” a news release said.

Carson has been the target of criticism for damage caused by ground forces and helicopters at PCMS and in Pike National Forest.

The post said complaints should be directed to the Fort Carson Public Affairs Office at 719-526-9849. — PZ

WHEN YOU’RE SERIOUS ABOUT REAL ESTATE

36 Briarwood Circle • Regency Park• $325,000

719-499-9451

Immaculate 2126 sq. ft. 4 bed, 3 bath 4-level with 2-car garage in Pueblo.

A/C. 34x8 covered front porch & 33x12 half covered back patio. Jetted tub. Gas log fireplace. New LVP in basement & carpet upstairs.

Updated electrical panel. Fresh exterior paint. Newer vinyl windows. Big trees. Very established & well-kept neighborhood. Close to everything.

MLS# 6054403

719-201-6749

4390 Prairie Street • Cascade • $349,900

BOBBI PRICE JADE BAKER

www.BobbiPrice.com bobbipriceteam@gmail.com Member of Elite 25 and Peak Producers

Over $22,700,000 sold in 2021

Tiny house in the mountains. 840 sq. ft. rustic cabin in Cascade. 1 bed, den, 1 bath. Views in every direction. Private trail system with stream & waterfall is right there.

Old stone building (maybe an original homestead). Shed for storage. Knotty pine floors, walls, & ceilings. 2 wood burning stoves less than 15 minutes to Colorado Springs. MLS# 8716220

46 | Sixty35 | January 19 - 25, 2023 | MILITARY

1954 E Frying Pan Drive • Pueblo West • $330,000 Investor special with a lot of potential! 1620 sq. ft. stucco 2-story new build on 1.17 acres with no back neighbors. 3 beds, 2 baths, 2-car garage.

Granite counters.

White cabinets.

Wood laminate floors. Stainless steel appliances. UL is master suite with custom bath & walkout to 36x8 deck. A/C. Priced to reflect what still needs to be done: lights, trim, baseboards, & hardware installed; master bath finishes; concrete driveway poured; & septic installed. MLS# 5769245

2336 Conservatory Point • Springs Canyon • $575,000 Open concept 2673 sq. ft. 3 bed, 3 bath rancher townhome with total 1-level living. No neighbors behind or in front – only deer, pines, & scrub oak. Finished walkout basement.

Spacious master suite. A/C. Gas log fireplace. Vaulted & 9’ ceilings. Attached 2-car garage. Stucco & stone exterior. Trex deck & covered patio. $300/ mo HOA covers everything outside for you. Move-in ready. Seller will contribute $5000 towards buyers closing costs. MLS# 8308112

Fort Carson announced that the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Division continues to investigate a pellet-gun shooting incident that occurred on post in the 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division area on Jan. 10 about 8:15 p.m.

“One Soldier, who received minor injuries during the incident, was treated at Evans Army Community Hospital and later released,” a news release said.

Fort Carson Military Police secured the area and conducted a thorough search, but neither the perpetrator nor the weapon was located.

Those with additional information on this incident are urged to report it at the CID tip line, tinyurl.com/Armyreport. — PZ

STATE TRANSFERS FORMERLY LEASED LAND TO SCHRIEVER The state of Colorado held a “handing over” ceremony on Jan. 11, transferring a 640-acre parcel of state trust land to senior military leaders from Schriever Space Force Base.

The Department of Defense had leased Patent 8583 since 1982 as part of its original plan to build the base.

Air Force officials and Gov. Jared Polis had determined that transferring the parcel to the DOD would best serve national security interests, according to a press release.

“Colorado is proud of our strong military heritage and the role we play in critical national security missions,” said Lt. Gov. Dianne Primavera, who is co-chair of the Colorado Space Coalition, in the release.

“Given the critically important nature of the mission at Schriever Space Force Base, it’s imperative that the Department of Defense has full control over lands that house mission-critical military infrastructure,” said Primavera. “This land transfer is another example of how the State of Colorado is working to be the best home to our military members and key missions.”

Primavera, who is national chair of the Aerospace States Association, has worked to grow Colorado’s aerospace industry — the country’s second-largest aerospace economy, according to the release — to enhance the state’s role in national security.

The aerospace industry directly or indirectly employs more than 274,000 people in Colorado across national security, commercial and civil space sectors, according to the release.

The patent was presented to Col. David Hanson, commander of Schriever Space Force Base, at the Colorado State

Land Board’s public board meeting in Denver. — MM

AIR FORCE ACADEMY CADET DIES The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office and Air Force Office of Special Investigations are investigating the Jan. 9 death of an Air Force Academy cadet who was a standout offensive lineman for the Air Force Falcons football team.

Foul play is not suspected, but investigations are routine for on-base deaths, the Academy said in a news release.

Cadet 3rd Class Hunter Brown, 21, of Lake Charles, Louisiana, was leaving his dorm for class Monday morning when he had a medical emergency, the release said. Efforts by Academy first responders to save his life were unsuccessful.

“Hunter was a standout offensive lineman on the Falcon football team and was well-respected in his squadron,” Academy Superintendent Lt. Gen. Richard M. Clark said in the release. “The entire U.S. Air Force Academy mourns his loss, and our hearts and condolences are with his family, his squadron, and all who were touched by this incredible young man.”

Brig. Gen. Paul D. Moga, commandant of cadets, assembled the cadet wing before classes on Tuesday, saying, “It is with a heavy heart and profound sadness I share with you that we have lost one of our own. Hunter Brown He leaves behind friends, grieving teammates, a grieving cadet wing, and a devastated family.”

Brown, who had graduated from the Academy’s Preparatory School in May 2021, was assigned to Cadet Squadron 1, working toward a major in management and a minor in French. He had winning seasons with the Falcons in both 2021 and 2022.

“Our players, staff and entire Academy have been so blessed and fortunate to have Hunter as a part of our lives. He was a pure joy to coach and have as a teammate,” Troy Calhoun, head football coach, said in the release.

“He was tough, a great worker, and no one unselfishly pulled harder for others than Hunter. His mom and dad, Candyce and Dustin, raised a wonderful son who made each of us a better person. We love our great brother, and our thoughts and prayers are with Hunter’s incredible soul and his family.”

Moga made a full range of support services available to cadets, including Academy mental health professionals, faculty and staff and chaplains. — BG Courtesy Air Force Academy

CARSON PELLET-GUN SHOOTING UNDER INVESTIGATION

THE Deck Works DIFFERENCE IS CUSTOM EXCELLENCE

ARE YOU LOOKING TO: Replace an old deck or upgrade to host proudly and expand your outdoor lifestyle?

BUSCA UN PROJECTO NUEVO PARA SU CASA!

Our Specialists Can Make Your

DREAMS COME TRUE!

The first three new clients to present this ad when signing the contract for a complete project receives:

$

UP TO

1,500 OFF!*

 FREE

ACCENT LIGHTING *In Discounts & Rebates - based upon project total sq. ft.

Not valid with other offers. Discounts valid with cash or check only.

Please present this ad at signing. Exp 12.31.2022

SPECIALIZING IN...

• Custom Decks • Deck Covers, Arbors & Trellis • Composite Decks • Hardwood Decks • Decorative Stamped Concrete • Outdoor Living Spaces • Gazebos & Patio Enclosures • Cultured Stone • Outdoor Kitchens • Patio Covers and Ceilings • Deck & Accent Lighting • Steel & Stucco Deck Railings • Spa Enclosures • Sun Decks & Sunrooms • Custom Pool Decks & Porches • Built in Benches & Flower Boxes

“Where Custom Isn’t Enough”

Deck Works

by Porter Construction

719.661.3403

deckworks1@comcast.net

WWW.DECK-WORKS.COM Locally Licensed & Insured MILITARY | January 19 - 25, 2023 | Sixty35 | 47

VOICE OF REASON

This is not

A SIDE GIG I

N DECEMBER, AMERICA’S FIRST GEN Z MEMBER of the United States Congress tweeted: “Just applied to an apartment in DC where I told the guy that my credit was really bad. He said I’d be fine. Got denied, lost the apartment, and the application fee. This ain’t meant for people who don’t already have money.”

Brand-new Rep. Maxwell Frost’s follow-up tweet clarified that he ran up a lot of debt running for Congress, and driving Uber didn’t cover his living costs. “@AOC [Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez] went through something similar in 2018 and it’s still a problem!” he tweeted. “I also recognize that I’m speaking from a point of privilege cause in 2 years time, my credit will be okay because of my new salary that starts next year....”

Frost is the newly elected representative for Florida’s 10th district. If he was a newly elected Colorado Springs city councilor, he wouldn’t afford that apartment any time soon. If he was a city councilor with kids, he couldn’t pay for child care either.

48 | Sixty35 | January 19 - 25, 2023 | OPINION

EDITORIAL BOARD: Amy Gillentine, Bryan Grossman, Helen Lewis, Mary Jo Meade

City councilors here earn $6,250 a year. The average rent for a home in the Springs is $18,840 a year. Child care in El Paso County runs $11,571 a year for just one kid. City Council is a full-time job — but it pays pocket money.

The salary makes it clear the role is only meant for the privileged. Our refusal to pay even a “living wage” for city councilors throws up insurmountable barriers for almost all young people, people of color, single parents, people with school-aged children — basically anyone who isn’t old and white and cushioned by wealth.

Other cities of similar sizes see the need for diverse representation, and recognize a council seat is a full-time job. Denver city council members earn $101,167 a year; Boston, $99,499; Seattle, $129,685; even Columbus, Ohio — with a cost of living 15 percent lower than the Springs — pays $57,000.

The Springs’ paltry salary for councilors was set in the 1980s, in a vastly different Colorado Springs. The job can now require up to 60 hours per week and, with the city exploding, city councilor is one of the most important jobs around. Several county commissioners draw salaries of almost $132,000, and it’s hard to argue they’re any more useful than city councilors — let alone 21 times more useful. Yet, as we reported last June, voters have rejected three separate measures seeking higher pay for Council members in the last 20 years, most recently in 2013 when they batted down a proposed $48,000 salary. (Yes, that’s still less than half what Denver city councilors earn.)

Council President Tom Strand has taken a stand on the issue, saying a $50,000 salary would attract more diverse candidates, and arguing Council should reflect the population it serves.

“I’m going to make this a life mission to increase the pay so people in their 30s and 40s who aren’t taken care of by a spouse or parents can do this and still support their families,” he told us last year. “We need to do it. We must do it.”

With Colorado Springs growing at breakneck speed, it’s time to recognize that we need smart, creative, driven, diverse Council members from all walks of life to guide our community into the future. If we keep saving those seats for people who already come from privilege, we’re missing out on a wealth of talent, energy, innovation, perspective and leadership.

Maxwell Frost is 25 years old. Born to a Puerto Rican mother and a Haitian father, he was adopted as an infant, and has been organizing and volunteering since the age of 15. He didn’t have personal wealth or retirement checks, but he’s now seated in the U.S. House of Representatives. “I know we won’t change the system until we change our leadership,” he said during his campaign. “It’s time for poor, working-class, and young people to have a seat at the table.”

It’s time for Colorado Springs to say the same.

LOWDOWN

By Jim Hightower jimhightower.com

THE BOOK

BANNERS E

XCUSE ME FOR USING explicit language here, but it seems to me that today’s most vulgar expression of right-wing extremist dogma is its unhealthy obsession with banning books. It’s a political perversion that, ironically, its participants usually rationalize by claiming they are “battling vulgarity.”

And, boy, are they hot to trot! There’s a surge of them these days, because stripping books out of schools and public libraries has become a favorite way for autocratic right-wingers to stimulate their supporters’ political passion for engaging in culture wars against their neighbors… and common sense.

For example, a faction of right-wing Republicans wants to stop public discussion and actions involving two ideas they hate: 1) racism always has been and still is a systemic problem in American society; and 2) LGBTQ people are a normal and welcome part of… well, of us — America’s richly diverse society.

At least 50 extremist groups are roaming from city to city, funded by deep pocket right-wingers like the Koch brothers’ political network, to demand that books they don’t like be removed from schools and libraries. Worse, their open assault on knowledge and our freedom to read includes the nasty tactic of demonizing and threatening librarians who resist their dictates. Librarians! As a group, these truly helpful people are a national treasure, serving the common good — yet they’re getting physical threats and being fired by these little right-wing mobs.

UNTIL RECENTLY, THERE WERE only a couple of hundred isolated book challenges a year in our entire country, and local school boards and city councils generally handled them properly — without starting an uncivil war. But now, attempted book bans are erupting everywhere, orchestrated by a few extremist political groups and a flock of opportunistic Republican politicians.

PEN, a nonprofit watchdog that monitors these attacks on our freedom of expression, has documented 2,532 copycat campaigns across America in the past year to ban more than 1,600 works from our schools. They’ve even targeted the Bible!

They uniformly assert that they are defending “parental rights” and protecting children from “sensitive materials” that raise topics like slavery and sexual identities. Bovine excrement. First, their naked censorship is just a power play to impose their hang-ups on you and your children. In a recent poll, 71 percent of Americans oppose these partisan efforts to ban library books in the name of “protecting” young people. Second, have these political nannies not heard of the Internet? I can assure them that most of their own children already know about the truths these so-called adults are trying to censor.

Nothing is so foolish — or wrong — as trying to put blinders on young people’s natural curiosity.

Their naked censorship is just a POWER PLAY to impose their hang-ups on you and your children.

The good news is that their surreptitious attacks are being exposed, and local folks are rising up against the book banners and partisan thugs spreading their ignorance and usurping people’s freedom to learn. For example, when two high school girls in Leander, Texas, asked to check out a few books from their library, they were stunned to learn that the school district had banned all the titles they requested. Students had not been informed of this censorship much less consulted. Rather than whine, the two feisty girls organized the Banned Book Club in their school, reading “prohibited” titles as a group, then meeting twice a month to discuss the books, including the ban.

This is Jim Hightower saying… To get more information and to fight this rightwing repression, contact the American Library Association: ala.org.

OPINION | January 19 - 25, 2023 | Sixty35 | 49

FAIR AND UNBALANCED

By Mike Littwin Courtesy The Colorado Sun

Biden’s document

MISADVENTURES T

United States Department of Justice

HE FACT THAT IT TOOK MANY MONTHS FOR Merrick Garland to appoint a special counsel in the special case against Donald Trump and not much time at all to appoint special counsel Robert Hur to investigate Joe Biden tells you everything you need to know.

Biden has inadvertently tossed Trump a totally unexpected lifeline. It may take more than one lifeline to rescue the much-investigated Trump — as the evidence on so many fronts keeps building against him — but one is a start.

And yet.

Most legal scholars, whatever unscholarly Jim Jordan might say, are skeptical that Biden’s misadventures with classified material, while hardly insignificant, amount to a level of actual criminality. And besides, if there’s anything we learned from Bill Barr and Robert Mueller, it’s that the Justice Department doesn’t believe you can charge a president while in office.

In any case, Biden’s mishandling of what seems to be a limited number of documents is certainly not in the same league as Trump’s crimes against classified material or, for that matter, his crimes against humanity.

Let’s see how the cases might differ: in scale, in intent, in the manner of, uh, cooperation, in apparent lies told to the FBI, in the possible destruction of documents, in the insistence by Trump that whatever materials were discovered at Mar-aLago — including, say, Trump’s love-letter correspondence with Kim JongUn — belong to him rather than to the National Archives.

We could go on, but let’s also be clear that the legal jeopardy i n which Trump finds himself Garland’s special counsel decisions tell you all you need to know. has less to do wit h appare nt ly pur-

50 | Sixty35 | January 19 - 25, 2023 | OPINION

loined documents than it does with, you know, the extent of his involvement in the Jan. 6 insurrection and in his find-me11,000-votes threat to sabotage American democracy.

Whatever you think of Garland’s decision, which was based on a report from a holdover Trump-appointed U.S. attorney, it’s no easy thing for an attorney general — who is appointed, after all, by the president, but is nevertheless expected to be a neutral arbiter — to decide to unleash a special counsel on the president.

Garland said “extraordinary circumstances” required the move.

If he didn’t name the extraordinary circumstances, it’s because everyone understood them, although many Garland critics, especially among Democrats, disagree about the circumstances.

I’M NOT SURE GARLAND HAD A CHOICE, AT LEAST in the political sense, not to investigate Biden for improper handling of classified documents after having already launched an investigation of Trump for improper handling of classified documents. I’d say Garland did what you’d expect him to do, although it will never be enough, of course, for his right-wing critics, some of whom are demanding to know why Biden’s home hasn’t been raided.

But there’s a counterpoint here, too. Maybe you noticed that Just-Barely-Speaker Kevin McCarthy said a special counsel wasn’t needed, and Garland should have just left it up to House GOP watchdogs, or, as we might call them, attack dogs.

I know I don’t have to tell you this, but these are strange times in which we live. As far as I can tell, there have never been two presidents — one, of course, a former president — simultaneously facing special counsel probes. Let’s hope it’s not a trend.

But it was Biden, after all, who railed against Trump as “irresponsible” for having held on to classified documents when he left office. And now it looks like it’s Biden, or someone on Biden’s team, who has also been irresponsible.

And it’s worse than that. The first documents — dating back to when Biden was vice president — were discovered in November at Biden’s think tank. And while Biden’s lawyers did apparently inform the National Archives immediately, Biden didn’t bring it to public attention.

And when he did finally address the first batch of documents — a development Biden called “surprising” — it was only after there had been news reports about it. In addition, Biden failed to reveal there was a second batch found in his Delaware home’s garage in December, near his beloved 1967 blue Corvette Stingray, until, yes, there were news reports about those documents.

When Biden was taking questions at a recent White House event, Fox News reporter Peter Doocy asked, “Classified materials next to your Corvette? What were you thinking?”

Let’s just say that Biden’s answer didn’t put the question to rest.

“My Corvette is in a locked garage,” Biden said. “OK? It’s not like they’re sitting out in the street.”

Biden’s mishandling of what seems to be a limited number of documents is CERTAINLY NOT IN THE SAME LEAGUE AS TRUMP’S CRIMES against classified material...

New location!

The Art

of Healing!

WE’RE NEVER TRASH.

John Garrison, DC

PLEASE RECYCLE.

• chiropractic care • acupuncture • nutritional therapy

Call for an appointment Biden did then go on to say he took classified material “seriously” and that he was cooperating “fully.” That is the mitigating argument, of course, for anyone confused about the significant difference between Biden’s situation and Trump’s.

But in the newly Republican-led House, this will be just one more scandal, along with various faux scandals, to serve as endless fodder for endless committee investigations and endless hearings. Think back to Hillary Clinton and Benghazi for reference.

But unlike McCarthy, who, when he was Republican House minority leader, unwisely decided to have no Trump supporters on the Jan. 6 Select Committee, Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries will be sure that Democrats are fully represented on any committee investigating Biden or anyone in the Biden family — has anyone blamed Hunter yet? — or anyone on the Biden team.

Still, it may not be so good for Jack Smith, the special counsel who seems to be moving apace in investigating Trump’s role in the Jan. 6 insurrection as well as his classified-document misadventure. Any Justice Department charges against Trump will be made that much more difficult to bring, at least in political terms, if there aren’t any brought against Biden.

And while the memory of special counsel Mueller’s spectacularly ineffective report on Russia’s attempt to interfere with the 2016 election will never go away, we obviously can’t forget Ken Starr, who was called on to investigate (under a slightly different law, as an independent counsel) the matter of Whitewater, which led not only to Bill Clinton’s infamous declaration that he did not have sex with that woman but also culminated in an impeachment trial.

No one can tell how or where or when these investigations will end. House Republicans have been looking for years — back to when Biden was a mere candidate — for any reason to impeach him. I doubt it will get that far, but I’m sure, if it doesn’t, we’ll hear loud protests from a certain former twiceimpeached president.

And all because Biden’s unforced error offered up the gift of an unexpected lifeline.

Mike Littwin’s column was produced for The Colorado Sun, a reader-supported news organization committed to covering the people, places and policies of Colorado. Learn more at coloradosun.com.

1912 West Uintah SIXTY35MEDIA.ORG

Colorado Springs, CO 80904

719-640-4917

Good leadership is the foundation of every successful business.

If you’re an entrepreneur, small business owner, or soloprenuer who’s ready to make 2023 your best year yet, you’re invited to join

LEADERSHIP CIRCLE More than just a week or a single class, participants will engage in a full year of immersive training, application, and evaluation.

You’ll learn from some of Colorado Springs most notable leaders, experiment with new techniques and “tried and true” systems, and grow your leadership skills.

PARTICIPANTS RECEIVE: • Live online training • Small group mentoring • Engagement with a collaboration cohort • Curated information and resources to help you advance your goals • We love to surprise you — so there will be more - live event tickets, discounts, special guests and who knows what else!

And, because you’ll be a Leadership Circle founder - you get all of that for $100 a month!

Find more information and an application at www.sixty35leadershipcircle.org

OPINION | January 19 - 25, 2023 | Sixty35 | 51

WE LOVE …

OUR DONORS! We saved our biggest thank you for those who are stepping up and becoming part of the newest, biggest thing in Colorado Springs.

Thanks to your generous donations, we received a $5,000 matching grant for our end-of-year needs.

You know this community needs independent, hyperlocal, vigilant local news. We won’t stop delivering what you need.

If you’d like to join this group of intelligent, engaged people, go to sixty35media.org/donate to donate today.

Your donation is tax-deductible, and supports keeping local journalism local. THANK YOU!

Make Sixty35 Media your new favorite nonprofit and make sure local journalism stays local! Donate, become a member or subscribe today!

J O I N U S : S I XT Y 3 5 M E D I A . O R G

52 | Sixty35 | January 19 - 25, 2023 | OPINION

CLASSIFIEDS For more information or to advertise call 719-577-4545 for rates AUTOMOTIVE

REAL ESTATE 1400 Tierra Berienda Dr. $160,000

TOUCH THE CROWD! CASH FOR CARS! We buy all cars! Junk, high-end, totaled – it doesn’t matter! Get free towing and same day cash! NEWER MODELS too! Call 866-535-9689 (AAN CAN)

142,000 Await You. From Monument to Colorado Springs to Pueblo touch ’em with Sixty35. We are the South-Central Front Range Alternative.

Call Sixty35 for all your advertising needs 719577-4545

RENTALS Rentals Central Near Pete AFB

Extra-large (1264 sq.ft.)

1BD furnished. Internet and utilities included. very private $1100 per Mo. Available Now. 719210-7771

Rentals OFFICE SPACE AVAILABLE 80906

Minutes from downtown Colorado Springs. Easy access to I-25. Four offices appx. 11 x 12, 12 x 18, 12 x 18 and 14 x 16. Lg/sm conference rooms, copier, fax, kitchen, free parking, mountain/city views, high-speed Internet/ WIFI, receptionist service available. Contact David McDermott 719579-6500 for details.

DOWNTOWN SENIOR LIVING

THE ALBANY HOTEL APARTMENTS. FURNISHED EFFICIENCY STUDIOS WITH UTILITIES INCLUDED, SECURED BUILDING. TWO BLOCKS FROM CITY BUS DEPOT. CALL 634-4841

NEAR UCCS

Large 2br, 1ba, 4 plx, Washer/dryer hookups, all appliances, parking, $1200/dep plus utilities, pets okay. 2090900

GET NOTICED

Grab your spot in the lime light. Advertise in Sixty35 & reach 142,000 readers in Colorado Springs. Call today 719577-4545

BULLETIN BOARD FREE CAMERA CHECKUP!

Bring in your equipment for a FREE complete check and external cleaning. Get ready for Summer pictures now.

Cameraworks 5030 N. Academy 594-6966

SHOP

...Sixty35 classifieds from handymen to homes, psychics to pets, art to acupuncture, etc. New every Wednesday and online at csindy.com.

KEEPING SECRETS ISN’T NICE Tell our 142,000 readers about Your Business ~ Advertise in Sixty35! Call 719-577-4545

213 Coffee Pot Dr. $75,000 Private 0.6 acre lot in upper Crystal Park. Safe gated mountain living to build your dream home on. Mountain & city views. Flat building site. Not far from the stocked fishing lake, club house, pool, tennis courts & playground.

Situated on 2000 acres with only 360 home sites, surrounded by national forest & open space. Perfect mountain living close to town, located just outside of Colorado Springs. MLS# 6387386 (Crystal Park) LAND

113 Steep Rd. $115,000 Build your dream home on this totally private 0.7 acre lot in Crystal Park. Hard to find flat building site surrounded by towering trees & 360 degree views of the city, mountains, & rock formations. Electricity is on the lot & driveway is cut in. Less than 1 mile from the stocked fishing lake, club house, heated pool, & tennis & basketball courts. MLS# 9785523 (Crystal Park) LAND

1408 Tierra Berienda $35,000 4310 sf lot in upscale subdivision of 37 homes. Close to I-25, shopping, and dining.

Complex has clubhouse with pool table, kitchen, meeting area, & indoor pool. Small park. Must conform to blend in (stucco, tile roofing, & privacy walls). May purchase 1 to 5 lots. Call Bobbi at 719-499-9451 for more information.

MLS# 5093736 (Pueblo) LAND

17941 sf in classy upscale subdivision of 37 homes. Complex has clubhouse with pool table, kitchen, meeting area, & indoor pool. Build to meet HOA guidelines which include stucco exterior, stucco privacy walls & tile roof. Can buy 1 to 5 lots (package deals).

Each lot can be sold individually for $450,000 each. Nice area in walking distance to shopping & dining yet quiet & tucked away. MLS# 5194232 (Pueblo) LAND

2336 Conservatory Pt. $575,000 Open concept 2673 sf 3 bed, 3 bath rancher townhome w/ no neighbors behind or in front. Finished walkout basement. Spacious master suite. A/C. Gas log fireplace. Vaulted ceilings. Attached 2-car garage. Stucco & stone exterior. Trex deck & covered patio. $300/mo HOA covers everything outside for you. Views of forested common areas, pines, & scrub oak.

MLS# 8308112 (Springs Canyon) CENTRAL

SELL MORE HOUSES

Place an ad in Sixty35 Real Estate section & reach 24% of the People planning to buy a home. Call 719-5774545

READY-SET-ACTION! “Heaven never helps the man who will not act.” ~Sophocles. Take action today! Place your ad in Sixty35 and reach over 142,000 readers. Call 719-577-4545

QUALITY EMPLOYEES 1954 E Frying Pan Dr. $330,000 Investor special w/ a lot of potential! 1620 sf stucco 2-story new build on 1.17 acres. 3 beds, 2 baths, 2-car garage. Granite. White cabinets. Wood laminate floors. Stainless steel apps. Custom master bath. 36x8 deck. A/C. Priced to reflect what still needs to be done: lights, baseboards, & hardware installed; master bath finishes; concrete driveway poured; & septic installed. MLS# 5769245 (Pueblo West) OTHER

“The thing always happens that you really believe in; and the belief in a thing makes it happen.” ~Frank Loyd Wright.

Make things happen, advertise in Sixty35! 719577-4545

36 Briarwood Cir. $350,000

Immaculate 2126 sf 4 bed, 3 bath 4-level w/ 2-car garage. A/C. 34x8 covered front porch & 33x12 half covered back patio. Jetted tub. Gas log fireplace. New LVP in basement & carpet upstairs. Updated electrical panel. Fresh exterior paint. Newer vinyl windows. Big trees. Very established & well-kept neighborhood. MLS# 6054403 (Pueblo) SOUTH

Be a SURVIVOR

“Companies who not only survived but did well & grew during the Great Depression are those who continued to act as though there were nothing wrong and that the public had money to spend. In other words, they advertised.” Get your business in front of 142,000 Independent Readers. Call 719-5774545

5394 Flying S Ln. $375,000 1716 sf 3 bed stone & stucco tri-level patio home on over ¼ acre lot at the end of a cul de sac. 2-car garage.

A/C. Renewal Anderson vinyl windows. Gas log fireplace. 5-piece bath.

Vaulted ceilings. New flooring, paint, & doors.

Enclosed back porch. 2 sheds. Newer hot water heater, overhead garage door, & roof. MLS# 2051113 (Rustic Hills) EAST

HOME FSBO

Advertise your home in Sixty35. Reach over 142,000 readers! Call TODAY 719-577-4545

“80% of success is showing up”- Woody Allen

SHOW UP! Advertise your business in Sixty35, reach over 142,000 local consumers. Call 719577-4545

We reach smart, active locals. Advertise your open jobs in Sixty35 by calling 719-577-4545.

Affordable and effective.

4935 Walking Horse Pt. $425,000 Beautiful & immaculate rancher townhome w/ 1-level living. Corner end unit w/ 2 patios.

2532 sf 4 beds, 3 baths, 2-car garage. Gas log fireplace. A/C. Granite kitchen.

Engineered wood floors. Surround sound. Newer hot water heater & furnace. Backs to common area with big trees & lush grass.

MLS# 3798819 (Saddleback Townhomes) EAST

“The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.” ~Earl of Beaconsfield. Don’t miss your opportunity to reach over 142,000 readers with your ad in Sixty35.

Call 719-577-4545

NOW SUPERVISORS. NOW HIRING HIRING SUPERVISORS. NO NECESSARY NO EXPERIENCE NOEXPERIENCE EXPERIENCE NECESSARY NECESSARY Where: Where: Where: Where: Where:

Time: Time: Time: Time: Time: Phone: Phone: Phone: Phone: Phone: Website: Website: Website: Website: Website:

LUCE RESEARCH5086 5086LIST LISTDR DR LUCE RESEARCH LUCE RESEARCH 5086 LIST DR LUCE RESEARCH 5086 LIST DR LUCE RESEARCH 5086 LIST DR Colorado Springs CO 80919 Colorado Springs CO 80919 Colorado Springs Colorado Springs CO CO 80919 80919 Colorado 10 am to 4 4Springs pm CO 80919 10 am to 4 pm 10 am to pm 10 am to 4 pm 10 am to 4 pmx203 719-272-7200 x203 719-272-7200 719-272-7200 x203 719-272-7200 x203 719-272-7200 x203 www.luceresearch.com/apply/job www.luceresearch.com/apply/job www.luceresearch.com/apply/job www.luceresearch.com/apply/job www.luceresearch.com/apply/job

Pleasebebe beready readytoto tointerview! interview!

Please ready interview!

Please Please be to Please be ready ready to interview! interview!

No previous experience required. previous experience required.

NoNo previous experience required.

No No previous previous experience experience required. required.

CLASSIFIEDS | January 19 - 25, 2023 | Sixty35 | 53

MARKETPLACE Attention Active Duty & Military Veterans & Family!

Hello, I’m Rita,

a gorgeous dark chocolate tabby girl with golden eyes. I love to greet friends with a soft chirp ‘Hello’. Are you ready to meet? HappyCatsHapven.org or 719362-4600.

4G LTE Home Internet Now Available!

Get GotW3 with lightning fast speeds plus take your service with you when you travel!

As low as $109.99/mo!

1-888-519-0171 (AAN CAN)

Begin a new career and earn your Degree at CTI! Online Computer & Medical training available for Veterans & Families!

To learn more, call 866243-5931. (M-F 8am6pm ET). Computer with internet is required

Water Damage to Your Home?

Call for a quote for professional cleanup & maintain the value of your home! Set an appt today! Call 833-6641530 (AAN CAN)

BATH & SHOWER UPDATES

in as little as ONE DAY! Affordable prices - No payments for 18 months! Lifetime warranty & professional installs. Senior & Military Discounts available.

Call: 1-877-649-5043 (AAN CAN)

BathWraps

DirecTV

is looking for calls from homeowners with older home who are looking for a quick safety update. They do not remodel entire bathrooms but update bathtubs with new liners for safe bathing and showering.

They specialize in grab bars, non-slip surfaces and shower seats. All updates are completed in one day. Call 866531-2432

Satellite TV Service Starting at $74.99/ month! Free Installation! 160+ channels available. Call Now to Get the Most Sports & Entertainment on TV! 877-310-2472

Spectrum Internet as low as $29.99, call to see if you qualify for ACP and free internet.

No Credit Check. Call Now! 833-955-0905

BCI Walk In Tubs are now on SALE! Be one of the first 50 callers and save $1,500!

CALL 844-514-0123 for a free in-home consultation.

DISH TV $64.99 For 190 Channels + $14.95 High Speed Internet.

Free Installation, Smart HD DVR Included, Free Voice Remote. Some restrictions apply. Expires 1/21/23 1-866-5661815 (AAN CAN)

LONG DISTANCE MOVING : Call today for a FREE QUOTE from America’s Most Trusted Interstate Movers. Let us take the stress out of moving!

Call now to speak to one of our Quality Relocation Specialists: Call 855-787-4471.

(AAN CAN)

Don’t Pay For Covered Home Repairs Again!

American Residential Warranty covers ALL MAJOR SYSTEMS AND APPLIANCES. 30 DAY RISK FREE/ $100 OFF POPULAR PLANS. Call 855-731-4403

DONATE YOUR VEHICLE to fund the SEARCH FOR MISSING CHILDREN. FAST FREE PICKUP. 24 hour response. Running or not. Maximum Tax Deduction and No Emission Test Required!

Call 24/7: Call 855-5041540

Credit Card Debt Relief!

Reduce payment by up to 50%! Get one LOW affordable payment/ month. Reduce interest.

Stop calls. FREE noobligation consultation Call 1-855-761-1456 (AAN CAN)

GET SOCIAL WITH SIXTY35MEDIA.ORG

REAL ESTATE

WHEN YOU’RE SERIOUS ABOUT REAL ESTATE MORE GREAT LISTINGS

2336 Conservatory Pt. • $575,000

Open concept 2673 sf 3 bed, 3 bath rancher townhome w/ no neighbors behind or in front. Finished walkout basement. Spacious master suite. A/C. Gas log fireplace. Vaulted ceilings. Attached 2-car garage. Stucco & stone exterior. Trex deck & covered patio. $300/mo HOA covers everything outside for you. Views of forested common areas, pines, & scrub oak. MLS# 8308112 (Springs Canyon) CENTRAL

36 Briarwood Cir. •$350,000

Immaculate 2126 sf 4 bed, 3 bath 4-level w/ 2-car garage. A/C. 34x8 covered front porch & 33x12 half covered back patio. Jetted tub. Gas log fireplace.

New LVP in basement & carpet upstairs. Updated electrical panel. Fresh exterior paint. Newer vinyl windows. Big trees. Very established & well-kept neighborhood. MLS# 6054403 (Pueblo) SOUTH

1954 E Frying Pan Dr. •$330,000

Investor special w/ a lot of potential! 1620 sf stucco 2-story new build on 1.17 acres. 3 beds, 2 baths, 2-car garage. Granite. White cabinets. Wood laminate floors. Stainless steel apps. Custom master bath. 36x8 deck. A/C. Priced to reflect what still needs to be done: lights, baseboards, & hardware installed; master bath finishes; concrete driveway poured; & septic installed. MLS# 5769245 (Pueblo West) OTHER

5394 Flying S Ln. • $375,000

1716 sf 3 bed stone & stucco tri-level patio home on over ¼ acre lot at the end of a cul de sac. 2-car garage. A/C. Renewal Anderson vinyl windows. Gas log fireplace.

5-piece bath. Vaulted ceilings. New flooring, paint, & doors. Enclosed back porch. 2 sheds. Newer hot water heater, overhead garage door, & roof. MLS# 2051113 (Rustic Hills) EAST

4935 Walking Horse Pt. • $425,000

Beautiful & immaculate rancher townhome w/ 1-level living. Corner end unit w/ 2 patios. 2532 sf 4 beds, 3 baths, 2-car garage. Gas log fireplace. A/C. Granite kitchen. Engineered wood floors. Surround sound. Newer hot water heater & furnace. Backs to common area with big trees & lush grass. MLS# 3798819 (Saddleback Townhomes) EAST

213 Coffee Pot Dr. • $75,000

Private 0.6 acre lot in upper Crystal Park. Safe gated mountain living to build your dream home on. Mountain & city views. Flat building site. Not far from the stocked fishing lake, club house, pool, tennis courts & playground.

Situated on 2000 acres with only 360 home sites, surrounded by national forest & open space. Perfect mountain living close to town, located just outside of Colorado Springs. MLS# 6387386 (Crystal Park) LAND

1408 Tierra Berienda • $35,000

4310 sf lot in upscale subdivision of 37 homes. Close to I-25, shopping, and dining. Complex has clubhouse with pool table, kitchen, meeting area, & indoor pool. Small park. Must conform to blend in (stucco, tile roofing, & privacy walls). May purchase 1 to 5 lots. Call Bobbi at 719-499-9451 for more information. MLS# 5093736 (Pueblo) LAND

1400 Tierra Berienda Dr. • $160,000

17941 sf in classy upscale subdivision of 37 homes.

Complex has clubhouse with pool table, kitchen, meeting area, & indoor pool. Build to meet HOA guidelines which include stucco exterior, stucco privacy walls & tile roof. Can buy 1 to 5 lots (package deals). Each lot can be sold individually for $450,000 each. Nice area in walking distance to shopping & dining yet quiet & tucked away.

MLS# 5194232 (Pueblo) LAND

THE BOBBI PRICE TEAM

Member of Elite 25 and Peak Producers

www.BobbiPrice.com • bobbipriceteam@gmail.com

Over $22,700,000 sold in 2021

Bobbi Price 719-499-9451 Jade Baker 719-201-6749

54 | Sixty35 | January 19 - 25, 2023 | CLASSIFIEDS

113 Steep Rd. • $115,000

Build your dream home on this totally private 0.7 acre lot in Crystal Park. Hard to find flat building site surrounded by towering trees & 360 degree views of the city, mountains, & rock formations. Electricity is on the lot & driveway is cut in. Less than 1 mile from the stocked fishing lake, club house, heated pool, & tennis & basketball courts. MLS# 9785523 (Crystal Park) LAND

PUBLIC NOTICES COMBINED NOTICE COURT ORDER - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-109(2)(d) FORECLOSURE SALE NO. EPC202200114 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On March 24, 2022, 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 El Paso records.

Original Grantor(s): KEVIN DANIEL LEWIS, JR Original Beneficiary(ies): MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR BROKER SOLUTIONS, INC.DBA NEW AMERICAN FUNDING, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: BROKER SOLUTIONS, INC. DBA NEW AMERICAN FUNDING Date of Deed of Trust: June 18, 2014 County of Recording: El Paso Recording Date of Deed of Trust: June 30, 2014 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.): 214056454 Original Principal Amount: $160,047.00 Outstanding Principal Balance: $158,568.45 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 12, BLOCK 3, BRADLEY RANCH FILING NO. 2, PHASE II, COUNTY OF EL PASO, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 4580 DOOLEY WAY, COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 80911.

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 on Wednesday, 02/15/2023, at via remote, web-based auction service, 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.

Single Publication: 1/19/2023 Name of Publication: Sixty35 Media, LLC 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: 1/5/2023

Chuck Broerman, Public Trustee in and for the County of El Paso, State of Colorado By: Chuck Broerman, 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: David R. Doughty #40042 JANEWAY LAW FIRM, P.C. 9800 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 400 Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 706-9990 Attorney File # 19-022696 The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015 COMBINED NOTICE PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. EPC202200619 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On October 18, 2022, 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 El Paso records.

Original Grantor(s): Arturo Meneses and Darlene J. Meneses Original Beneficiary(ies): Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Beneficiary, as nominee for Mortgage Solutions of Colorado, LLC, its successors and assigns Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: Mortgage Solutions of Colorado, LLC, D.B.A Mortgage Solutions Financial Date of Deed of Trust: April 30, 2019 County of Recording: El Paso Recording Date of Deed of Trust: April 30, 2019 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.): 219045247 Original Principal Amount: $341,250.00 Outstanding Principal Balance: $333,790.43 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 104, Carriage Meadows North Filing No. 1, County of El Paso, State of Colorado.

Also known by street and number as: 6093 Cider Mill Pl, Colorado Springs, CO 80925.

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 on Wednesday, 02/15/2023, at via remote, web-based auction service, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 12/22/2022 Last Publication: 1/19/2023 Name of Publication: Pikes Peak Bulletin IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; DATE: 10/18/2022 Mark Lowderman, Public Trustee in and for the County of El Paso, State of Colorado By: Mark Lowderman, 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: Amanda Ferguson #44893 Halliday, Watkins & Mann, P.C. 355 Union Blvd., Suite 250 Lakewood, CO 80228 (303) 274-0155 Attorney File # CO12096 The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015 COMBINED NOTICE PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. EPC202200620 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On October 18, 2022, 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 El Paso records.

Original Grantor(s): JASON D MORRISS Original Beneficiary(ies): Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as beneficiary, as nominee for HOMETOWN LENDERS INC. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: PENNYMAC LOAN SERVICES, LLC Date of Deed of Trust: December 07, 2021 County of Recording: El Paso Recording Date of Deed of Trust: December 08, 2021 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.): 221223909 Original Principal Amount: $600,689.00 Outstanding Principal Balance: $597,654.39 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, WINDINGWALK FILING NO. 2 AT MERIDIAN RANCH, COUNTY OF EL PASO, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 12810 Windingwalk Dr, Peyton, CO 80831.

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 on Wednesday, 02/15/2023, at via remote, web-based auction service, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 12/23/2022 Last Publication: 1/19/2023 Name of Publication: Colorado Springs Business Journal IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; DATE: 10/18/2022 Mark Lowderman, Public Trustee in and for the County of El Paso, State of Colorado By: Mark Lowderman, 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: Scott D. Toebben #19011 Randall S. Miller & Associates PC 216 16th Street, Suite 1210 Denver, CO 80202 (720) 259-6710 Attorney File # 22CO00287-1 The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015 COMBINED NOTICE PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. EPC202200622 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On October 18, 2022, 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 El Paso records.

Original Grantor(s): Jonathan Sutherland Original Beneficiary(ies): Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Beneficiary, as nominee for Mortgage Solutions of Colorado, LLC, its successors and assigns

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: Mortgage Solutions of Colorado, LLC, D.B.A Mortgage Solutions Financial Date of Deed of Trust: April 29, 2021 County of Recording: El Paso Recording Date of Deed of Trust: May 07, 2021 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.): 221091550 Original Principal Amount: $306,900.00 Outstanding Principal Balance: $303,837.85 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 1 BLK 2 STRATMOOR SOUTH SUB Also known by street and number as: 4218 Chamberlin S, Colorado Springs, CO 80906.

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 on Wednesday, 02/15/2023, at via remote, web-based auction service, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 12/22/2022 Last Publication: 1/19/2023 Name of Publication: Pikes Peak Bulletin IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; DATE: 10/18/2022 Mark Lowderman, Public Trustee in and for the County of El Paso, State of Colorado By: Mark Lowderman, 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: Amanda Ferguson #44893 Halliday, Watkins & Mann, P.C. 355 Union Blvd., Suite 250 Lakewood, CO 80228 (303) 274-0155 Attorney File # CO11923 The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015

COMBINED NOTICE PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. EPC202200624 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On October 18, 2022, 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 El Paso records.

Original Grantor(s): Raheim Bracey and Sertello Marcella Glenn-Bracey Original Beneficiary(ies): Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Beneficiary, as nominee for Freedom Mortgage Corporation, its successors and assigns Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: Freedom Mortgage Corporation Date of Deed of Trust: January 03, 2020 County of Recording: El Paso Recording Date of Deed of Trust: May 18, 2020 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.): 220067462 Original Principal Amount: $355,369.00 Outstanding Principal Balance: $347,854.65 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 21, The Reserve AT Indigo Ranch Filing No. 1, City of Colorado Springs, County of El Paso, State of Colorado Also known by street and number as: 6591 Van Winkle Dr, Colorado Springs, CO 80923.

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 on Wednesday, 02/15/2023, at via remote, web-based auction service, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 12/23/2022 Last Publication: 1/19/2023 Name of Publication: Colorado Springs Business Journal IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; DATE: 10/18/2022 Mark Lowderman, Public Trustee

CLASSIFIEDS | January 19 - 25, 2023 | Sixty35 | 55

PUBLIC NOTICES in and for the County of El Paso, State of Colorado By: Mark Lowderman, 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: Amanda Ferguson #44893 Halliday, Watkins & Mann, P.C. 355 Union Blvd., Suite 250 Lakewood, CO 80228 (303) 274-0155 Attorney File # CO-20383 The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015 COMBINED NOTICE PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. EPC202200625 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On October 18, 2022, 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 El Paso records.

Original Grantor(s): Daronn Corey Smith Original Beneficiary(ies): Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as beneficiary, as nominee for Nest Home Lending, LLC, its successors and assigns Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: Cornerstone Home Lending Inc. Date of Deed of Trust: March 26, 2021 County of Recording: El Paso Recording Date of Deed of Trust: March 30, 2021 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.): 221062701 Original Principal Amount: $432,759.00 Outstanding Principal Balance: $428,462.00 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 58, BANNING LEWIS RANCH FILING NO. 35, COUNTY OF EL PASO, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 9180 Baltin Court, Colorado Springs, CO 80927.

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 on Wednesday, 02/15/2023, at via remote, web-based auction service, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured

by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 12/23/2022 Last Publication: 1/19/2023 Name of Publication: Colorado Springs Business Journal IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; DATE: 10/18/2022 Mark Lowderman, Public Trustee in and for the County of El Paso, State of Colorado By: Mark Lowderman, 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: Amanda Ferguson #44893 Halliday, Watkins & Mann, P.C. 355 Union Blvd., Suite 250 Lakewood, CO 80228 (303) 274-0155 Attorney File # CO-20333 The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015 COMBINED NOTICE PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. EPC202200626 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On October 18, 2022, 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 El Paso records.

Original Grantor(s): MANDY A DAILY Original Beneficiary(ies): MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR PARAMOUNT RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE GROUP, INC., ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: COLORADO HOUSING AND FINANCE AUTHORITY Date of Deed of Trust: February 19, 2019 County of Recording: El Paso Recording Date of Deed of Trust: February 20, 2019 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.): 219017469 Original Principal Amount: $183,541.00 Outstanding Principal Balance: $177,094.93 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 62, EASTRIDGE SUBDIVISION NO. 5, COUNTY OF EL PASO, STATE OF COLORADO. APN #: 5405303112 Also known by street and number as: 1932 LANKA LANE, COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 80915.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE

56 | Sixty35 | January 19 - 25, 2023 | CLASSIFIEDS

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 on Wednesday, 02/15/2023, at via remote, web-based auction service, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 12/23/2022 Last Publication: 1/19/2023 Name of Publication: Colorado Springs Business Journal IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; DATE: 10/18/2022 Mark Lowderman, Public Trustee in and for the County of El Paso, State of Colorado By: Mark Lowderman, 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: N. April Winecki #34861 JANEWAY LAW FIRM, P.C. 9800 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 400 Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 706-9990 Attorney File # 22-028255 The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015 COMBINED NOTICE PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. EPC202200627 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On October 18, 2022, 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 El Paso records.

Original Grantor(s): Robert Bacon Original Beneficiary(ies): Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Beneficiary, as nominee for HomeBridge Financial Services, Inc., its successors and assigns Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: U.S. Bank National Association, not in its individual capacity but solely as trustee for RMTP Trust, Series 2021 Cottage-TT-V Date of Deed of Trust: November 12, 2018 County of Recording: El Paso Recording Date of Deed of Trust: November 14, 2018 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.): 218132199 Original Principal Amount: $140,500.00

Outstanding Principal Balance: $138,444.92 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. CONDOMINIUM UNIT 3, BUILDING F, LEXINGTON VILLAGE CONDOMINIUMS PHASE II, ACCORDING TO THE CONDOMINIUM MAP THEREOF FILED FOR RECORD IN THE RECORDS OF THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK AND RECORDER OF EL PASO COUNTY, COLORADO ON AUGUST 30, 1983 UNDER RECEPTION NO. 1019605 AND AS DEFINED AND DESCRIBED IN CONDOMINIUM DECLARATION OF LEXINGTON VILLAGE CONDOMINIUMS, RECORDED JUNE 20, 1983 IN BOOK 3742 AT PAGE 448, AS SUBSEQUENTLY AMENDED BY SUPPLEMENTS THERETO, COUNTY OF EL PASO, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 2455 Lexington Village Lane 3, Colorado Springs, CO 80916.

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 on Wednesday, 02/15/2023, at via remote, web-based auction service, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 12/22/2022 Last Publication: 1/19/2023 Name of Publication: Pikes Peak Bulletin IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; DATE: 10/18/2022 Mark Lowderman, Public Trustee in and for the County of El Paso, State of Colorado By: Mark Lowderman, 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: Amanda Ferguson #44893 Halliday, Watkins & Mann, P.C. 355 Union Blvd., Suite 250 Lakewood, CO 80228 (303) 274-0155 Attorney File # CO11457 The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015

COMBINED NOTICE PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. EPC202200628 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On October 18, 2022, 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 El Paso records.

Original Grantor(s): ROBERT L ROLLINS, III Original Beneficiary(ies): MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR TRINITY HOME LOANS, LLC, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: MORTGAGE SOLUTIONS OF COLORADO, LLC, D.B.A MORTGAGE SOLUTIONS FINANCIAL Date of Deed of Trust: August 06, 2021 County of Recording: El Paso Recording Date of Deed of Trust: August 06, 2021 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.): 221149966 Original Principal Amount: $402,170.00 Outstanding Principal Balance: $400,094.42 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 23, ENCLAVES AT MOUNTAIN VISTA RANCH FILING NO. 6, IN THE CITY OF COLORADO SPRINGS, COUNTY OF EL PASO, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 4454 KAOLIN CT, COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 80938.

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 on Wednesday, 02/15/2023, at via remote, web-based auction service, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 12/23/2022 Last Publication: 1/19/2023 Name of Publication: Colorado Springs Business Journal IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; DATE: 10/18/2022

Mark Lowderman, Public Trustee in and for the County of El Paso, State of Colorado By: Mark Lowderman, 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: David R. Doughty #40042 JANEWAY LAW FIRM, P.C. 9800 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 400 Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 706-9990 Attorney File # 22-028367 The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015 COMBINED NOTICE PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. EPC202200631 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On October 25, 2022, 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 El Paso records.

Original Grantor(s): Allen L. Gragg Original Beneficiary(ies): Credit Union of Colorado Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: Credit Union of Colorado Date of Deed of Trust: February 10, 2022 County of Recording: El Paso Recording Date of Deed of Trust: February 15, 2022 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.): 222022465 Original Principal Amount: $40,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance: $39,729.03 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 22, BLOCK 7, PARK HILL SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 3, COUNTY OF EL PASO, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 123 S. Brentwood Dr, Colorado Springs, CO 80910.

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 on Wednesday, 02/22/2023, at via remote, web-based auction service, 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

PUBLIC NOTICES by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 12/29/2022 Last Publication: 1/26/2023 Name of Publication: Pikes Peak Bulletin IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; DATE: 10/25/2022 Mark Lowderman, Public Trustee in and for the County of El Paso, State of Colorado By: Mark Lowderman, 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 & Tehrani, LLP 514 Kimbark Street P.O. Box 298 Longmont, CO 80502-0298 (303) 772-6666 Attorney File # Gragg The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015 COMBINED NOTICE PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. EPC202200632 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On October 25, 2022, 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 El Paso records.

Original Grantor(s): Michael Thomas Original Beneficiary(ies): Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as beneficiary, as nominee for CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC Date of Deed of Trust: December 31, 2019 County of Recording: El Paso Recording Date of Deed of Trust: January 14, 2020 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.): 220005742 Original Principal Amount: $331,885.00 Outstanding Principal Balance: $331,374.00 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 69, CARRIAGE MEADOWS NORTH FILING NO. 1, COUNTY OF EL PASO, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 6365 Carriage Meadows Drive, Colorado Springs, CO 80925.

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 on Wednesday, 02/22/2023, at via remote, web-based auction service, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 12/29/2022 Last Publication: 1/26/2023 Name of Publication: Pikes Peak Bulletin IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; DATE: 10/25/2022 Mark Lowderman, Public Trustee in and for the County of El Paso, State of Colorado By: Mark Lowderman, 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: Scott D. Toebben #19011 Randall S. Miller & Associates PC 216 16th Street, Suite 1210 Denver, CO 80202 (720) 259-6710 Attorney File # 22CO00037-1 The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015 COMBINED NOTICE PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. EPC202200633 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On October 25, 2022, 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 El Paso records.

Original Grantor(s): JOSE ESTRADA Original Beneficiary(ies): Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for THE CENTRAL TRUST BANK, its successors and assigns Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: COLORADO HOUSING AND FINANCE AUTHORITY Date of Deed of Trust: December 04, 2020 County of Recording: El Paso Recording Date of Deed of Trust: December 04, 2020 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.): 220197878 Original Principal Amount: $351,515.00 Outstanding Principal Balance: $341,667.49 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 100, BARNSTORMER’S LANDING FILING NO. 1, COUNTY OF EL PASO, STATE OF COLORADO. APN #: 6501206008 Also known by street and number as: 3679 SPITFIRE DRIVE, COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 80911.

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 on Wednesday, 02/22/2023, at via remote, web-based auction service, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 12/30/2022 Last Publication: 1/26/2023 Name of Publication: Colorado Springs Business Journal IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; DATE: 10/25/2022 Mark Lowderman, Public Trustee in and for the County of El Paso, State of Colorado By: Mark Lowderman, 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: N. April Winecki #34861 JANEWAY LAW FIRM, P.C. 9800 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 400 Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 706-9990 Attorney File # 22-028627 The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015 COMBINED NOTICE PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. EPC202200634 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On October 25, 2022, 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 El Paso records.

Original Grantor(s): LORENA ROMERO YDAVOY Original Beneficiary(ies): Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for PRIMARY RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE, INC., its successors and assigns

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: COLORADO HOUSING AND FINANCE AUTHORITY Date of Deed of Trust: December 28, 2020 County of Recording: El Paso Recording Date of Deed of Trust: December 29, 2020 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.): 220212737 Original Principal Amount: $311,258.00 Outstanding Principal Balance: $302,728.12 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 167, CIMARRONEASTRIDGE FILING NO. 2, COUNTY OF EL PASO, STATE OF COLORADO. APN #: 54053-07-010 Also known by street and number as: 7211 N SIOUX CIRCLE, COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 80915.

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 on Wednesday, 02/22/2023, at via remote, web-based auction service, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 12/30/2022 Last Publication: 1/26/2023 Name of Publication: Colorado Springs Business Journal IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; DATE: 10/25/2022 Mark Lowderman, Public Trustee in and for the County of El Paso, State of Colorado By: Mark Lowderman, 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: N. April Winecki #34861 JANEWAY LAW FIRM, P.C. 9800 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 400 Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 706-9990 Attorney File # 22-028625 The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015

COMBINED NOTICE PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. EPC202200635 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On October 25, 2022, 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 El Paso records.

Original Grantor(s): ELDON FARREL THOMAS III and JESSICA HELEN THOMAS Original Beneficiary(ies): Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as beneficiary, as nominee for CARRINGTON MORTGAGE SERVICES, LLC, its successors and assigns Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, as trustee of Stanwich Mortgage Loan Trust F Date of Deed of Trust: April 25, 2014 County of Recording: El Paso Recording Date of Deed of Trust: April 28, 2014 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.): 214034850 Original Principal Amount: $215,536.00 Outstanding Principal Balance: $187,567.90 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 15, BLOCK 13, WILSONS WIDEFIELD - ADDITION NO. 5, COUNTY OF EL PASO, STATE OF COLORADO Also known by street and number as: 519 HARVARD STREET, COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 80911.

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 on Wednesday, 02/22/2023, at via remote, web-based auction service, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 12/30/2022 Last Publication: 1/26/2023 Name of Publication: Colorado Springs Business Journal IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; DATE: 10/25/2022 Mark Lowderman, Public Trustee in and for the County of El Paso,

State of Colorado By: Mark Lowderman, 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: Jennifer Rogers #34682 IDEA Law Group, LLC 4100 E. Mississippi Avenue Suite 420 Denver, CO 80246 (877) 353-2146 Attorney File # 48043890 The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015 COMBINED NOTICE PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. EPC202200636 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On October 25, 2022, 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 El Paso records.

Original Grantor(s): WILSON G. KENNEDY and BETTIE M. KENNEDY Original Beneficiary(ies): SECURITY SERVICE FEDERAL CREDIT UNION Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. Date of Deed of Trust: June 25, 2003 County of Recording: El Paso Recording Date of Deed of Trust: July 11, 2003 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.): 203158920 Original Principal Amount: $128,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance: $71,000.68 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 10, IN BLOCK 2, IN FOUNTAIN COUNTRY CLUB HEIGHTS EAST, FILING NO. 1, EL PASO COUNTY, COLORADO, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK A-3 AT PAGE 1.

Also known by street and number as: 7030 MEDICINE BOW AVENUE, FOUNTAIN, CO 80817.

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 on Wednesday, 02/22/2023, at via remote, web-based auction service, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real

CLASSIFIEDS | January 19 - 25, 2023 | Sixty35 | 57

PUBLIC NOTICES property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 12/29/2022 Last Publication: 1/26/2023 Name of Publication: Pikes Peak Bulletin IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; DATE: 10/25/2022 Mark Lowderman, Public Trustee in and for the County of El Paso, State of Colorado By: Mark Lowderman, 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: David R. Doughty #40042 JANEWAY LAW FIRM, P.C. 9800 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 400 Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 706-9990 Attorney File # 22-028588 The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015 COMBINED NOTICE PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. EPC202200638 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On October 25, 2022, 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 El Paso records.

Original Grantor(s): RYAN SHERMAN Original Beneficiary(ies): Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Beneficiary, as nominee for PARAMOUNT RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE GROUP, INC., its successors and assigns Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: LAKEVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC Date of Deed of Trust: September 13, 2021 County of Recording: El Paso Recording Date of Deed of Trust: September 14, 2021 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.): 221172518 Original Principal Amount: $217,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance: $215,254.68 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 11, STETSON RIDGE

HIGHLANDS NO. 2, COUNTY OF EL PASO, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 5797 Caithness Place, Colorado Springs, CO 80923.

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 on Wednesday, 02/22/2023, at via remote, web-based auction service, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 12/30/2022 Last Publication: 1/26/2023 Name of Publication: Colorado Springs Business Journal IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; DATE: 10/25/2022 Mark Lowderman, Public Trustee in and for the County of El Paso, State of Colorado By: Mark Lowderman, 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: Amanda Ferguson #44893 Halliday, Watkins & Mann, P.C. 355 Union Blvd., Suite 250 Lakewood, CO 80228 (303) 274-0155 Attorney File # CO12086 The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015 COMBINED NOTICE PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. EPC202200639 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On October 25, 2022, 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 El Paso records.

Original Grantor(s): SEAN PATRICK SULLIVAN AND CATHERINE MARIE SULLIVAN Original Beneficiary(ies): MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR NEST HOME LENDING, LLC, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: COLORADO HOUSING AND FINANCE AUTHORITY

58 | Sixty35 | January 19 - 25, 2023 | CLASSIFIEDS

Date of Deed of Trust: December 22, 2020 County of Recording: El Paso Recording Date of Deed of Trust: December 29, 2020 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.): 220212465 Original Principal Amount: $337,515.00 Outstanding Principal Balance: $328,265.53 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 8, BANNING LEWIS RANCH FILING NO. 25, COUNTY OF EL PASO, STATE OF COLORADO. PARCEL ID NUMBER: 5315201-193 Also known by street and number as: 6314 SYRE POINT, COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 80927.

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 on Wednesday, 02/22/2023, at via remote, web-based auction service, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 12/30/2022 Last Publication: 1/26/2023 Name of Publication: Colorado Springs Business Journal IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; DATE: 10/25/2022 Mark Lowderman, Public Trustee in and for the County of El Paso, State of Colorado By: Mark Lowderman, 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: David R. Doughty #40042 JANEWAY LAW FIRM, P.C. 9800 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 400 Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 706-9990 Attorney File # 22-028626 The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015

COMBINED NOTICE PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. EPC202200640 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On October 25, 2022, 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 El Paso records.

Original Grantor(s): Mark A. White and Susan E. White Original Beneficiary(ies): Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Beneficiary, as nominee for Integrity Mortgage & Financial, Inc., its successors and assigns Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: Freedom Mortgage Corporation Date of Deed of Trust: November 08, 2019 County of Recording: El Paso Recording Date of Deed of Trust: November 12, 2019 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.): 219141407 Original Principal Amount: $191,105.00 Outstanding Principal Balance: $188,185.82 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 6, STRATMOOR VALLEY-FIFTH FILING ADDITION NO. 2 AND REPLAT OF LOTS 10 THROUGH 15, BLOCK 2, STRATMOOR VALLEY-SECOND FILING, COUNTY OF EL PASO, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 1206 Idylwood Dr, Colorado Springs, CO 80906.

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 on Wednesday, 02/22/2023, at via remote, web-based auction service, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 12/29/2022 Last Publication: 1/26/2023 Name of Publication: Pikes Peak Bulletin IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED;

DATE: 10/25/2022 Mark Lowderman, Public Trustee in and for the County of El Paso, State of Colorado By: Mark Lowderman, 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: Amanda Ferguson #44893 Halliday, Watkins & Mann, P.C. 355 Union Blvd., Suite 250 Lakewood, CO 80228 (303) 274-0155 Attorney File # CO-20519 The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015 COMBINED NOTICE PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. EPC202200641 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On November 1, 2022, 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 El Paso records.

Original Grantor(s): RICHARD LLOYD YOUNG JR. Original Beneficiary(ies): Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Beneficiary, as nominee for MORTGAGE SOLUTIONS OF CO., LLC, its successors and assigns Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION Date of Deed of Trust: February 17, 2012 County of Recording: El Paso Recording Date of Deed of Trust: February 23, 2012 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.): 212019426 Original Principal Amount: $168,547.00 Outstanding Principal Balance: $150,517.02 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 29 IN VALEROSA VILLAGE FILING NO. 1, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF FILED IN PLAT BOOK T-2 AT PAGE 22 AND AS AMENDED BY ENGINEER’S STATEMENT RECORDED JUNE 8, 1972 IN BOOK 2495 AT PAGE 188, COUNTY OF EL PASO, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 21140 Boca Chica Ht, Fountain, CO 80817.

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 on Wednesday, 03/01/2023, at via remote, web-based auction service, 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: 1/5/2023 Last Publication: 2/2/2023 Name of Publication: Pikes Peak Bulletin 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: 11/01/2022 Mark Lowderman, Public Trustee in and for the County of El Paso, State of Colorado By: Mark Lowderman, 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: Amanda Ferguson #44893 Halliday, Watkins & Mann, P.C. 355 Union Blvd., Suite 250 Lakewood, CO 80228 (303) 274-0155 Attorney File # CO11919 The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015 COMBINED NOTICE PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. EPC202200642 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On November 1, 2022, 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 El Paso records.

Original Grantor(s): LYNDA LOCKS Original Beneficiary(ies): Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as beneficiary, as nominee for VILLAGE CAPITAL & INVESTMENT, LLC Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: VILLAGE CAPITAL & INVESTMENT LLC Date of Deed of Trust: February 03, 2021 County of Recording: El Paso Recording Date of Deed of Trust: February 12, 2021 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.): 221029013 Original Principal Amount: $278,012.00 Outstanding Principal Balance: $270,339.08 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.

PUBLIC NOTICES Lot 8 and the North 2.33 feet of Lot 9 in Block 19, as measured parallel with the North line of said Lot 9, in Highland Park No.3, according to the Plat thereof recorded in Plat Book Y at Page 52 and as amended

by Resolution recorded in Book 1625 at Page 340, County of El Paso, State of Colorado.

Also known by street and number as: 2114 Afton Way, COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 80909.

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 on Wednesday, 03/01/2023, at via remote, web-based auction service, 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: 1/6/2023 Last Publication: 2/2/2023 Name of Publication: Colorado Springs Business Journal 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: 11/01/2022 Mark Lowderman, Public Trustee in and for the County of El Paso, State of Colorado By: Mark Lowderman, 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: Scott D. Toebben #19011 Randall S. Miller & Associates PC 216 16th Street, Suite 1210 Denver, CO 80202 (720) 259-6710 Attorney File # 22CO00284-1 The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015 COMBINED NOTICE PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. EPC202200643 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On November 1, 2022, 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 El Paso records.

Original Grantor(s): Carlos Enrique Cabrera Original Beneficiary(ies): Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Beneficiary, as nominee for Freedom Mortgage Corporation, its successors and assigns Current Holder of Evidence of

Debt: Freedom Mortgage Corporation Date of Deed of Trust: October 22, 2021 County of Recording: El Paso Recording Date of Deed of Trust: October 26, 2021 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.): 221198390 Original Principal Amount: $434,775.00 Outstanding Principal Balance: $430,270.37 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 28, SECURITY COMMONS, AS AMENDED BY ENGINEER’S STATEMENT RECORDED NOVEMBER 7, 2012 AT RECEPTION NO. 212132382, COUNTY OF EL PASO, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 4023 Creek Legend Vw, Colorado Springs, CO 80911.

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 on Wednesday, 03/01/2023, at via remote, web-based auction service, 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: 1/6/2023 Last Publication: 2/2/2023 Name of Publication: Colorado Springs Business Journal 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: 11/01/2022 Mark Lowderman, Public Trustee in and for the County of El Paso, State of Colorado By: Mark Lowderman, 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: Amanda Ferguson #44893 Halliday, Watkins & Mann, P.C. 355 Union Blvd., Suite 250 Lakewood, CO 80228 (303) 274-0155 Attorney File # CO21024 The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015

COMBINED NOTICE PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. EPC202200644 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On November 1, 2022, 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 El Paso records.

Original Grantor(s): YAMIL ALEJANDRO PINTO NIETO and KAREN JOSELYN CASTORENA-VAZQUEZ Original Beneficiary(ies): Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for AMERICAN FINANCIAL NETWORK, INC., its successors and assigns Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: PHH MORTGAGE CORPORATION Date of Deed of Trust: July 16, 2021 County of Recording: El Paso Recording Date of Deed of Trust: July 19, 2021 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.): 221136994 Original Principal Amount: $393,855.00 Outstanding Principal Balance: $387,964.99 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 17 IN BLOCK 3 IN SUNRISE RIDGE SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 9, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK D-4 AT PAGE 190, COUNTY OF EL PASO, STATE OF COLORADO. APN #: 55291-07-017 Also known by street and number as: 7849 PENINSULA DR, COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 80911.

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 on Wednesday, 03/01/2023, at via remote, web-based auction service, 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: 1/6/2023 Last Publication: 2/2/2023 Name of Publication: Colorado Springs Business Journal 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: 11/01/2022 Mark Lowderman, Public Trustee in and for the County of El Paso, State of Colorado By: Mark Lowderman, 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: N. April Winecki #34861 JANEWAY LAW FIRM, P.C. 9800 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 400 Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 706-9990 Attorney File # 22-028574 The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015 COMBINED NOTICE PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. EPC202200646 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On November 1, 2022, 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 El Paso records.

Original Grantor(s): NICHOLAS DANIEL ROY Original Beneficiary(ies): Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Beneficiary, as nominee for INTEGRITY MORTGAGE & FINANCIAL, INC, its successors and assigns Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: THE MONEY SOURCE INC. Date of Deed of Trust: April 27, 2018 County of Recording: El Paso Recording Date of Deed of Trust: April 27, 2018 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.): 218047872 Original Principal Amount: $288,674.00 Outstanding Principal Balance: $248,479.28 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 19, BLOCK 2, RANGE VIEW ESTATES COUNTY OF EL PASO, STATE OF COLORADO. **This loan has been modified through a Loan Modification Agreement recorded 10/8/2020 at Reception No. 220159818 in the records of the El Paso county clerk and recorder, Colorado.

Also known by street and number as: 12350 E Range View Dr, Calhan, CO 80808.

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 on Wednesday, 03/01/2023, at via remote, web-based auction service, 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: 1/5/2023 Last Publication: 2/2/2023 Name of Publication: Pikes Peak Bulletin 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: 11/01/2022 Mark Lowderman, Public Trustee in and for the County of El Paso, State of Colorado By: Mark Lowderman, 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: Amanda Ferguson #44893 Halliday, Watkins & Mann, P.C. 355 Union Blvd., Suite 250 Lakewood, CO 80228 (303) 274-0155 Attorney File # CO11961 The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015 COMBINED NOTICE PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. EPC202200647 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On November 1, 2022, 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 El Paso records.

Original Grantor(s): GILBERTO BRAVO Original Beneficiary(ies): Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, inc. as nominee for AMERICAN FINANCING CORPORATION, its successors and assigns Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: COLORADO HOUSING AND FINANCE AUTHORITY Date of Deed of Trust: September 13, 2017 County of Recording: El Paso Recording Date of Deed of Trust: September 14, 2017 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.): 217110999 Original Principal Amount: $201,286.00 Outstanding Principal Balance: $183,962.79 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 25, BLOCK 1, PIKES PEAK PARK SUBDIVISION NO. 6, IN THE CITY OF COLORADO SPRINGS, COUNTY OF EL PASO, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 1242 RUSHMORE DRIVE, COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 80910.

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 on Wednesday, 03/01/2023, at via remote, web-based auction service, 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: 1/5/2023 Last Publication: 2/2/2023 Name of Publication: Pikes Peak Bulletin 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: 11/01/2022 Mark Lowderman, Public Trustee in and for the County of El Paso, State of Colorado By: Mark Lowderman, 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: David R. Doughty #40042 JANEWAY LAW FIRM, P.C. 9800 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 400 Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 706-9990 Attorney File # 22-028684 The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015 COMBINED NOTICE PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. EPC202200648 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On November 1, 2022, 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 El Paso records.

Original Grantor(s): JEREMY LAINTZ Original Beneficiary(ies): ENT CREDIT UNION Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: ENT CREDIT UNION Date of Deed of Trust:

CLASSIFIEDS | January 19 - 25, 2023 | Sixty35 | 59

PUBLIC NOTICES September 27, 2021 County of Recording: El Paso Recording Date of Deed of Trust: October 04, 2021 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.): 221184749 Original Principal Amount: $50,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance: $50,425.00 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 11 IN BLOCK 1 OF BLOCKS 1,2,3, 4 AND 11, SMARTT’S SUBDIVISION NO. 5, NOW A PART OF THE CITY OF COLORADO SPRINGS, COUNTY OF EL PASO, STATE OF COLORADO Also known by street and number as: 22 Lawrence Ave., Colorado Springs, CO 80909.

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 on Wednesday, 03/01/2023, at via remote, web-based auction service, 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: 1/6/2023 Last Publication: 2/2/2023 Name of Publication: Colorado Springs Business Journal 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: 11/01/2022 Mark Lowderman, Public Trustee in and for the County of El Paso, State of Colorado By: Mark Lowderman, 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: Peter M Susemihl #494 Susemihl, McDermott & Downie, P.C. 660 Southpointe Court, Suite 210 Colorado Springs, CO 80906 (719) 579-6500 Attorney File # Laintz/ENT The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015

COMBINED NOTICE PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. EPC202200649 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On November 1, 2022, 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 El Paso records.

Original Grantor(s): CHRISTINA WOOLERY and LUKE WOOLERY Original Beneficiary(ies): Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Beneficiary, as nominee for NORTHPOINTE BANK, its successors and assigns Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: LAKEVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC Date of Deed of Trust: July 10, 2020 County of Recording: El Paso Recording Date of Deed of Trust: July 10, 2020 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.): 220099524 Original Principal Amount: $260,865.00 Outstanding Principal Balance: $259,978.67 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. TRACT 43, INDIAN VILLAGE FILING NO. 1, COUNTY OF EL PASO, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 5815 Chaps View, Fountain, CO 80817.

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 on Wednesday, 03/01/2023, at via remote, web-based auction service, 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: 1/5/2023 Last Publication: 2/2/2023 Name of Publication: Pikes Peak Bulletin 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: 11/01/2022 Mark Lowderman, Public Trustee in and for the County of El Paso, State of Colorado

60 | Sixty35 | January 19 - 25, 2023 | CLASSIFIEDS

By: Mark Lowderman, 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: Amanda Ferguson #44893 Halliday, Watkins & Mann, P.C. 355 Union Blvd., Suite 250 Lakewood, CO 80228 (303) 274-0155 Attorney File # CO-20544 The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015 COMBINED NOTICE PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. EPC202200650 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On November 1, 2022, 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 El Paso records.

Original Grantor(s): Jennifer Watkins and Shawn Watkins Original Beneficiary(ies): Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Beneficiary, as nominee for NBH Bank, its successors and assigns Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: Freedom Mortgage Corporation Date of Deed of Trust: September 08, 2020 County of Recording: El Paso Recording Date of Deed of Trust: September 08, 2020 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.): 220139042 Original Principal Amount: $361,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance: $353,193.72 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 37, FAIRFAX AT BRIARGATE FILING NO. 9A, COUNTY OF EL PASO, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 7941 Ferncliff Drive, Colorado Springs, CO 80920.

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 on Wednesday, 03/01/2023, at via remote, web-based auction service, 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: 1/6/2023 Last Publication: 2/2/2023 Name of Publication: Colorado Springs Business Journal 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: 11/01/2022 Mark Lowderman, Public Trustee in and for the County of El Paso, State of Colorado By: Mark Lowderman, 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: Amanda Ferguson #44893 Halliday, Watkins & Mann, P.C. 355 Union Blvd., Suite 250 Lakewood, CO 80228 (303) 274-0155 Attorney File # CO-20625 The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015 COMBINED NOTICE PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. EPC202200651 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On November 8, 2022, 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 El Paso records.

Original Grantor(s): SHEILA A HUFFMAN Original Beneficiary(ies): MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR ADVANCE MORTGAGE & INVESTMENT COMPANY LLC Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: AMERIHOME MORTGAGE COMPANY, LLC Date of Deed of Trust: May 18, 2019 County of Recording: El Paso Recording Date of Deed of Trust: June 11, 2019 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.): 219063942 Original Principal Amount: $186,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance: $180,632.04 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 of the terms thereof THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. LOT 2 IN BLOCK 3 IN SUNRISE RIDGE SUBDIVISION FILING NO.4, EL PASO COUNTY, COLORADO Also known by street and number as: 7535 SILVERDALE ST,

COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 80911.

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 on Wednesday, 03/08/2023, at via remote, web-based auction service, 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: 1/12/2023 Last Publication: 2/9/2023 Name of Publication: Sixty35 Media, LLC 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: 11/08/2022 Mark Lowderman, Public Trustee in and for the County of El Paso, State of Colorado By: Mark Lowderman, 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: Anna Johnston #51978 Barrett Frappier & Weisserman, LLP 1391 Speer Boulevard, Suite 700 Denver, CO 80204 (303) 350-3711 Attorney File # 00000009647660 The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015 COMBINED NOTICE PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. EPC202200652 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On November 8, 2022, 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 El Paso records.

Original Grantor(s): Cross Creek 3, LLC Original Beneficiary(ies): Indicate Capital Fund 1, LLC Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: Indicate Capital Fund 1, LLC Date of Deed of Trust: December 15, 2021 County of Recording: El Paso Recording Date of Deed of Trust: December 16, 2021 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.): 221228991 Original Principal Amount: $760,350.00 Outstanding Principal Balance: $760,350.00 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 56, CUCHARES RANCH FILING NO.6, COUNTY OF EL PASO, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 3533 Saguaro Circle, Colorado Springs, CO 80925.

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 on Wednesday, 03/08/2023, at via remote, web-based auction service, 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: 1/12/2023 Last Publication: 2/9/2023 Name of Publication: Sixty35 Media, LLC 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: 11/08/2022 Mark Lowderman, Public Trustee in and for the County of El Paso, State of Colorado By: Mark Lowderman, 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 East 17th Avenue, Suite 800 Denver, CO 80203-1299 (303) 830-7000 Attorney File # Cross Creek The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015 COMBINED NOTICE PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. EPC202200654 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On November 8, 2022, 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 El Paso records.

Original Grantor(s): WENDY A. OLANDER Original Beneficiary(ies): MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR HOMEBRIDGE FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC., ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS

PUBLIC NOTICES Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: CARRINGTON MORTGAGE SERVICES, LLC Date of Deed of Trust: September 23, 2019 County of Recording: El Paso Recording Date of Deed of Trust: September 25, 2019 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.): 219117027 Original Principal Amount: $204,250.00 Outstanding Principal Balance: $193,701.07 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 3, EASTLAKE SUBDIVISION, FILING NO. 1, IN THE CITY OF COLORADO SPRINGS COUNTY OF EL PASO, STATE OF COLORADO. APN #: 64212-07-009 Also known by street and number as: 613 MANITOBA DRIVE, COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 80910.

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 on Wednesday, 03/08/2023, at via remote, web-based auction service, 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: 1/12/2023 Last Publication: 2/9/2023 Name of Publication: Sixty35 Media, LLC 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: 11/08/2022 Mark Lowderman, Public Trustee in and for the County of El Paso, State of Colorado By: Mark Lowderman, 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: Alison L. Berry #34531 JANEWAY LAW FIRM, P.C. 9800 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 400 Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 706-9990 Attorney File # 22-028596 The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015

COMBINED NOTICE PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. EPC202200655 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On November 8, 2022, 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 El Paso records.

Original Grantor(s): PAULINE LENARD and CHRISTOPHER LENARD Original Beneficiary(ies): FOOTHILLS LAND AND LOAN CO. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: FOOTHILLS LAND AND LOAN CO. Date of Deed of Trust: August 25, 2000 County of Recording: El Paso Recording Date of Deed of Trust: November 16, 2000 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.): 200138759 Original Principal Amount: $44,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance: $43,455.64 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 9 INDIAN VILLAGE FILING #2 El Paso County Colorado Also known by street and number as: .

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 on Wednesday, 03/08/2023, at via remote, web-based auction service, 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: 1/12/2023 Last Publication: 2/9/2023 Name of Publication: Sixty35 Media, LLC 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: 11/08/2022 Mark Lowderman, Public Trustee in and for the County of El Paso, State of Colorado By: Mark Lowderman, 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: Douglas J Kwitek #23268 BUXMAN KWITEK & SHIRLEY, P.C. 601 N Main Street, Suite 200 Pueblo, CO 81003 (719) 544-5081 Attorney File # Lenard The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015 COMBINED NOTICE PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. EPC202200657 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On November 8, 2022, 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 El Paso records.

Original Grantor(s): ERIC ESCH and NATALIE M ESCH Original Beneficiary(ies): Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for CHOU TEAM REALTY, LLC DBA MONSTERLOANS, Its Successors and Assigns Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: CMG Mortgage, Inc. Date of Deed of Trust: June 09, 2019 County of Recording: El Paso Recording Date of Deed of Trust: June 18, 2019 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.): 219066750 Original Principal Amount: $230,698.00 Outstanding Principal Balance: $218,391.75 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 10, BLOCK 9, WIDEFIELD HOMES ADDITION NO. 4, COUNTY OF EL PASO, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 139 Dartmouth St, Colorado Springs, CO 80911.

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 on Wednesday, 03/08/2023, at via remote, web-based auction service, 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: 1/12/2023 Last Publication: 2/9/2023 Name of Publication: Sixty35 Media, LLC 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: 11/08/2022 Mark Lowderman, Public Trustee in and for the County of El Paso, State of Colorado By: Mark Lowderman, 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: Ilene Dell’Acqua #31755 McCarthy & Holthus, LLP 7700 E. Arapahoe Road, Suite 230 Centennial, CO 80112 (877) 369-6122 Attorney File # CO-22-947505-LL The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015 COMBINED NOTICE PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. EPC202200658 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On November 8, 2022, 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 El Paso records.

Original Grantor(s): SCOTT A. WILLIAMS Original Beneficiary(ies): Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. acting solely as nominee for QUICKEN LOANS INC. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: ROCKET MORTGAGE, LLC F/K/A QUICKEN LOANS, LLC F/K/A QUICKEN LOANS INC. Date of Deed of Trust: September 24, 2016 County of Recording: El Paso Recording Date of Deed of Trust: September 30, 2016 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.): 216112478 Original Principal Amount: $148,198.00 Outstanding Principal Balance: $112,381.74 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 of the terms thereof THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. THE EASTERLY 6 FEET OF LOT 2 AS MEASURED ON THE NORTHERLY AND SOUTHERLY LINES THEREOF, AND LOT 3 EXCEPT THE EASTERLY 3 FEET AS MEASURED ON THE

NORTHERLY AND SOUTHERLY LINES THEREOF, IN BLOCK 1 IN VALLEY VISTA ADDITION NO. 3, COUNTY OF EL PASO, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 2508 E LA SALLE ST, COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 80909-2308.

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 on Wednesday, 03/08/2023, at via remote, web-based auction service, 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: 1/12/2023 Last Publication: 2/9/2023 Name of Publication: Sixty35 Media, LLC 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: 11/08/2022 Mark Lowderman, Public Trustee in and for the County of El Paso, State of Colorado By: Mark Lowderman, 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: Anna Johnston #51978 Barrett Frappier & Weisserman, LLP 1391 Speer Boulevard, Suite 700 Denver, CO 80204 (303) 350-3711 Attorney File # 00000009649328 The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015 COMBINED NOTICE PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. EPC202200659 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On November 8, 2022, 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 El Paso records.

Original Grantor(s): DONNA M. WAGNER and JEFF S. WAGNER Original Beneficiary(ies): Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as beneficiary, as nominee for CMG MORTGAGE, INC dba CMG FINANCIAL Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: LAKEVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC Date of Deed of Trust:

April 07, 2017 County of Recording: El Paso Recording Date of Deed of Trust: April 10, 2017 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.): 217040382 Original Principal Amount: $255,151.00 Outstanding Principal Balance: $261,329.09 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, EXCEPT THE SOUTHWEST 5.0 FEET THEREOF, AS MEASURED AT RIGHT ANGLES TO AND PARALLEL WITH THE SOUTHWESTERLY LOT LINE THEREOF IN BLOCK 2, REPLAT OF VILLAGE PARK FILING NUMBER 1, IN THE CITY OF COLORADO SPRINGS, COUNTY OF EL PASO, STATE OF COLORADO Also known by street and number as: 4315 Valencia Circle, Colorado Springs, CO 80917.

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 on Wednesday, 03/08/2023, at via remote, web-based auction service, 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: 1/12/2023 Last Publication: 2/9/2023 Name of Publication: Sixty35 Media, LLC 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: 11/08/2022 Mark Lowderman, Public Trustee in and for the County of El Paso, State of Colorado By: Mark Lowderman, 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: Scott D. Toebben #19011 Randall S. Miller & Associates PC 216 16th Street, Suite 1210 Denver, CO 80202 (720) 259-6710 Attorney File # 19CO00323-2 The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015

CLASSIFIEDS | January 19 - 25, 2023 | Sixty35 | 61

PUBLIC NOTICES COMBINED NOTICE PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. EPC202200660 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On November 8, 2022, 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 El Paso records.

Original Grantor(s): JOSHUA ADAMS Original Beneficiary(ies): Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Beneficiary, as nominee for CHOU TEAM REALTY, INC. DBA, MONSTER LOANS, its successors and assigns Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: THE MONEY SOURCE INC. Date of Deed of Trust: August 25, 2017 County of Recording: El Paso Recording Date of Deed of Trust: September 14, 2017 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.): 217110696 Original Principal Amount: $268,580.00 Outstanding Principal Balance: $276,178.24 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the Deed of Trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. LOT 18, BLOCK 7 WIDEFIELD COUNTRY CLUB HEIGHTS EAST FILING NO. 3, COUNTY OF EL PASO, STATE OF COLORADO. **The legal description was corrected by an Affidavit of Scrivener’s Error recorded 1/10/2019 at Reception No. 219003116 in the records of the El Paso county clerk and recorder, State of Colorado. ***This loan has been modified through a Loan Modification Agreement recorded 8/13/2019 at Reception No. 219093998 in the records of the El Paso county clerk and recorder, Colorado.

Also known by street and number as: 7355 Herbert Ct, Colorado Spgs, CO 80911.

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 on Wednesday, 03/08/2023, at via remote, web-based auction service, 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: 1/12/2023 Last Publication: 2/9/2023 Name of Publication: Sixty35 Media, LLC 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: 11/08/2022 Mark Lowderman, Public Trustee in and for the County of El Paso, State of Colorado By: Mark Lowderman, 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: Amanda Ferguson #44893 Halliday, Watkins & Mann, P.C. 355 Union Blvd., Suite 250 Lakewood, CO 80228 (303) 274-0155 Attorney File # CO-20635 The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015 COMBINED NOTICE PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. EPC202200661 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On November 8, 2022, 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 El Paso records.

Original Grantor(s): Tonya Mooningham Original Beneficiary(ies): Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as beneficiary, as nominee for Adams Bank & Trust, its successors and assigns Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: Nationstar Mortgage LLC Date of Deed of Trust: December 18, 2014 County of Recording: El Paso Recording Date of Deed of Trust: December 19, 2014 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.): 214117070 Original Principal Amount: $93,750.00 Outstanding Principal Balance: $80,617.01 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 9 IN BLOCK 1 IN REPLAT OF BLOCK 5, ANDERSON BROTHERS SUBDIVISION, COUNTY OF EL PASO, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 7185 Alegre Cir, Fountain, CO 80817-1290.

62 | Sixty35 | January 19 - 25, 2023 | CLASSIFIEDS

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 on Wednesday, 03/08/2023, at via remote, web-based auction service, 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: 1/12/2023 Last Publication: 2/9/2023 Name of Publication: Sixty35 Media, LLC 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: 11/08/2022 Mark Lowderman, Public Trustee in and for the County of El Paso, State of Colorado By: Mark Lowderman, 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: Amanda Ferguson #44893 Halliday, Watkins & Mann, P.C. 355 Union Blvd., Suite 250 Lakewood, CO 80228 (303) 274-0155 Attorney File # CO20728 The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015 COMBINED NOTICE PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. EPC202200662 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On November 15, 2022, 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 El Paso records.

Original Grantor(s): PAUL EDWIN DISYLVESTER Original Beneficiary(ies): MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR ADVANTAGEFIRST LENDING INC., ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION Date of Deed of Trust: July 07, 2021 County of Recording: El Paso

Recording Date of Deed of Trust: August 03, 2021 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.): 221147556 Original Principal Amount: $281,338.00 Outstanding Principal Balance: $214,835.77 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 15, CONSTITUTION HILLS FILING NO. 7, COUNTY OF EL PASO, STATE OF COLORADO. IN THE COUNTY OF EL PASO AND STATE OF COLORADO. A.P.N. : 5406127001 Also known by street and number as: 2488 DUFFIELD DR, COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 80915.

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 on Wednesday, 03/15/2023, at via remote, web-based auction service, 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: 1/19/2023 Last Publication: 2/16/2023 Name of Publication: Sixty35 Media, LLC 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: 11/15/2022 Mark Lowderman, Public Trustee in and for the County of El Paso, State of Colorado By: Mark Lowderman, 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: Alison L. Berry #34531 JANEWAY LAW FIRM, P.C. 9800 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 400 Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 706-9990 Attorney File # 22-028749 The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015

COMBINED NOTICE PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. EPC202200663 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On November 15, 2022, 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 El Paso records.

Original Grantor(s): BRANDI DAVIS Original Beneficiary(ies): Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Beneficiary, as nominee for MORTGAGE SOLUTIONS OF COLORADO, LLC, its successors and assigns Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: MORTGAGE SOLUTIONS OF COLORADO, LLC, D.B.A MORTGAGE SOLUTIONS FINANCIAL Date of Deed of Trust: July 17, 2020 County of Recording: El Paso Recording Date of Deed of Trust: July 22, 2020 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.): 220106517 Original Principal Amount: $355,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance: $354,465.32 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the Deed of Trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. See Attached Exhibit ‘’A’’ Exhibit A EPC202200663 THAT PORTION OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 18, TOWNSHIP 14 SOUTH, RANGE 61 WEST OF THE 6TH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, COUNTY OF EL PASO, STATE OF COLORADO, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: (BASIS OF BEARINGS IS THE EAST LINE OF SAID NORTHEAST QUARTER, MONUMENTED AT ITS NORTH END WITH A 3” ALUMINUM CAP MARKED WITH PLS NO. 15846 AND AT ITS SOUTH END WITH A 2” ALUMINUM CAP MARKED WITH PLS NO. 38019, SAID LINE BEARS SOUTH 02 DEGREES 01 MINUTES 32 SECONDS EAST, 2648.44 FEET) COMMENCING AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF SAID SECTION 18; THENCE ALONG THE EAST LINE OF SAID NORTHEAST QUARTER SOUTH 02 DEGREES 01 MINUTES 32 SECONDS EAST, 1993.80 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE CONTINUING ALONG EAST LINE SOUTH 02 DEGREES 01 MINUTES 32 SECONDS EAST, 654.63 FEET TO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SAID NORTHEAST QUARTER; THENCE ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID NORTHEAST QUARTER SOUTH 89 DEGREES 28 MINUTES 55 SECONDS WEST, 2630.95 FEET TO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SAID NORTHEAST QUARTER; THENCE ALONG SAID WEST LINE NORTH 02 DEGREES 06 MINUTES 53 SECONDS WEST, 643.62 FEET; THENCE NORTH 89 DEGREES 14 MINUTES 29 SECONDS EAST, 2631.68 FEET

TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. Also known by street and number as: 70 S Calhan Highway, Yoder, CO 80864.

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 on Wednesday, 03/15/2023, at via remote, web-based auction service, 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: 1/19/2023 Last Publication: 2/16/2023 Name of Publication: Sixty35 Media, LLC 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: 11/15/2022 Mark Lowderman, Public Trustee in and for the County of El Paso, State of Colorado By: Mark Lowderman, 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: Amanda Ferguson #44893 Halliday, Watkins & Mann, P.C. 355 Union Blvd., Suite 250 Lakewood, CO 80228 (303) 274-0155 Attorney File # CO11966 The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015 COMBINED NOTICE PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. EPC202200664 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On November 15, 2022, 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 El Paso records.

Original Grantor(s): GLENDA M HERRICK Original Beneficiary(ies): Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for GREENPOINT MORTGAGE FUNDING, INC., its successors and assigns Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its individual capacity but solely as owner trustee for RCF 2 Acquisition Trust c/o U.S. Bank Trust National Association Date of Deed of Trust: March 06, 2001

PUBLIC NOTICES County of Recording: El Paso Recording Date of Deed of Trust: April 04, 2001 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.): 201040828 Original Principal Amount: $107,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance: $74,110.48 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 73, HOMESTEAD SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 2, EL PASO COUNTY, COLORADO, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK U-2 AT PAGE 42, AND AS AMENDED BY ENGINEER’S STATEMENT RECORDED APRIL 4, 1972 IN BOOK 2479 AT PAGE 273.

Also known by street and number as: 4945 WAGON MASTER DRIVE, COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 80917.

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 on Wednesday, 03/15/2023, at via remote, web-based auction service, 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: 1/19/2023 Last Publication: 2/16/2023 Name of Publication: Sixty35 Media, LLC 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: 11/15/2022 Mark Lowderman, Public Trustee in and for the County of El Paso, State of Colorado By: Mark Lowderman, 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: N. April Winecki #34861 JANEWAY LAW FIRM, P.C. 9800 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 400 Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 706-9990 Attorney File # 22-027692 The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015

COMBINED NOTICE PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. EPC202200665 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On November 15, 2022, 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 El Paso records.

Original Grantor(s): VADEENA FOUST Original Beneficiary(ies): Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: Mortgage Assets Management, LLC Date of Deed of Trust: March 17, 2011 County of Recording: El Paso Recording Date of Deed of Trust: March 25, 2011 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.): 211029866 Original Principal Amount: $198,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance: $116,835.33 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 occupy the property as mortgagor’s primary residence as required under said Deed of Trust and the Evidence of Debt secured thereby THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. LOT 6, BRANT HOLLOW TOWNHOMES SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 3, COUNTY OF EL PASO, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 623 Hailey Glenn View, Colorado Springs, CO 80916.

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 on Wednesday, 03/15/2023, at via remote, web-based auction service, 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: 1/19/2023 Last Publication: 2/16/2023 Name of Publication: Sixty35 Media, LLC 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: 11/15/2022 Mark Lowderman, Public Trustee in and for the County of El Paso, State of Colorado By: Mark Lowderman, 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: Ilene Dell’Acqua #31755 McCarthy & Holthus, LLP 7700 E. Arapahoe Road, Suite 230 Centennial, CO 80112 (877) 369-6122 Attorney File # CO-22-947869-LL The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015 COMBINED NOTICE PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. EPC202200666 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On November 15, 2022, 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 El Paso records.

Original Grantor(s): ALYSSA MATTSON and ANTONIO M GONZALES Original Beneficiary(ies): Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for SECURITYNATIONAL MORTGAGE COMPANY, its successors and assigns Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: COLORADO HOUSING AND FINANCE AUTHORITY Date of Deed of Trust: June 04, 2018 County of Recording: El Paso Recording Date of Deed of Trust: June 06, 2018 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.): 218064602 Original Principal Amount: $242,500.00 Outstanding Principal Balance: $229,756.50 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 5, BLOCK 4, PIKES PEAK PARK SUBDIVISION NO. 8, COUNTY OF EL PASO, STATE OF COLORADO. APN #: 6427207009 Also known by street and number as: 1635 SHASTA DR, COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 80910.

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 on Wednesday, 03/15/2023, at via remote, web-based auction service, 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: 1/19/2023 Last Publication: 2/16/2023 Name of Publication: Sixty35 Media, LLC 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: 11/15/2022 Mark Lowderman, Public Trustee in and for the County of El Paso, State of Colorado By: Mark Lowderman, 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: Alison L. Berry #34531 JANEWAY LAW FIRM, P.C. 9800 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 400 Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 706-9990 Attorney File # 22-028780 The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015 NOTICE OF UNCLAIMED OVERBID FUNDS CRS 38-38-111(2.5b)(3a,b,d)(5) PUBLIC TRUSTEE SALE NO. EPC202200055 To: Obligor/Grantor(s) on the evidence of debt and/or Deed of Trust or other person entitled. You are advised that there are overbid funds due you. This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: Name of Obligor/Grantor(s) on the evidence of debt and/or Deed of Trust: Mary Ann Walker Address of Obligor/Grantor(s) on the evidence of debt and/or Deed of Trust: 301 North 28th Street, Colorado Springs, CO 80904 Recording Date of Deed of Trust: December 06, 2005 Recording Information: 205194415 Legal Description of Property: LOT 1, IN BLOCK 8, GLEN VIEW RESUBDIVISION OF LOTS 1-7 AND 28-34, IN THE CITY OF COLORADO SPRINGS, EL PASO COUNTY, COLORADO, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK S AT PAGE 68.

Street Address of Property 301 North 28th Street, Colorado Springs, CO 80904 NOTICE OF UNCLAIMED OVERBID FUNDS I sold at public auction, at 10:00 on 6/29/22, at via remote, web-based auction service, to the highest and best bidder for cash, the real property described above. An overbid was realized from the sale and the funds must be claimed by the Obligor/ Grantor(s) on the evidence of debt and/or Deed of Trust or other persons entitled thereto within six months from the date of sale.

THE STATE OF COLORADO

REQUIRES US TO NOTIFY YOU THAT YOUR PROPERTY MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO THE CUSTODY OF THE STATE TREASURER IF YOU DO NOT CONTACT US BEFORE 12/29/2022 as part of the “Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act”, pursuant to Colorado law.

First Publication: 12/22/22 Last Publication: 1/19/23 Name of Publication: Pikes Peak Bulletin Date: 12/14/22 Mark Lowderman, Public Trustee in and for the County of El Paso, State of Colorado By: Mark Lowderman, Treasurer and Public Trustee ©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 9/2012 NOTICE OF UNCLAIMED OVERBID FUNDS CRS 38-38-111(2.5b)(3a,b,d)(5) PUBLIC TRUSTEE SALE NO. EPC202200349 To: Obligor/Grantor(s) on the evidence of debt and/or Deed of Trust or other person entitled. You are advised that there are overbid funds due you. This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: Name of Obligor/Grantor(s) on the evidence of debt and/or Deed of Trust: Karla Weber Address of Obligor/Grantor(s) on the evidence of debt and/or Deed of Trust: 3368 Tail Spin Drive, Colorado Springs, CO 80916 Recording Date of Deed of Trust: October 06, 2014 Recording Information: 214091050

Legal Description of Property: LOT 84, SOARING EAGLES SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 2, IN THE CITY OF COLORADO SPRINGS, COUNTY OF EL PASO, STATE OF COLORADO. Street Address of Property 3368 Tail Spin Drive, Colorado Springs, CO 80916 NOTICE OF UNCLAIMED OVERBID FUNDS I sold at public auction, at 10:00 on 9/28/22, at via remote, web-based auction service, to the highest and best bidder for cash, the real property described above. An overbid was realized from the sale and the funds must be claimed by the Obligor/ Grantor(s) on the evidence of debt and/or Deed of Trust or other persons entitled thereto within six months from the date of sale.

THE STATE OF COLORADO REQUIRES US TO NOTIFY YOU THAT YOUR PROPERTY MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO THE CUSTODY OF THE STATE TREASURER IF YOU DO NOT CONTACT US BEFORE 3/28/2023 as part of the “Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act”, pursuant to Colorado law.

First Publication: 12/22/22 Last Publication: 1/19/23 Name of Publication: Pikes Peak Bulletin Date: 12/14/22 Mark Lowderman, Public Trustee in and for the County of El Paso, State of Colorado By: Mark Lowderman, Treasurer and Public Trustee ©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 9/2012

WE’RE NEVER TRASH.

PLEASE RECYCLE. SIXTY35MEDIA.ORG

COLORADO

GOVERNMENTS

keeping

YOU informed

To know more, read the public notices in today’s newspaper or go to

publicnoticecolorado.com Brought to you by your newspaper and Colorado Association CLASSIFIEDS | January 19the - 25, 2023Press | Sixty35 | 63

WRITING AS A PERFORMING ART on taking it to the house

by Tom Cronin

Prize-winning author, veteran newspaper columnist, former college president

"What a book! So, so well done.

Witty, succinct, on target" -Stephen Wayne, Georgetown University

"A gem! Might just take its place along Strunk and White as a classic."

- Jonathan Alter, MSNBC

“Love it. Ordered copies for friends and grandson who began college this year— one of the best things to prepare him” - Bob Knapp, Retired Dean, University of Colorado UCCS Business School

“Should be required reading for high school and college students.”

- Todd Tarbox, Colorado Springs

“The book is a treasure—written with a ‘twinkle in the eye’.”

- Todd LaPorte, University of California, Berkeley

“Everyone should take it to heart.”

- Rhonda Van Pelt, veteran reporter, Editor, Pikes Peak Bulletin

Abuzz Press

97978-1-64719-648-6 • Paper, $15.95 156 Pages •Writing/Performing Arts

Available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and BookLocker.com.

64 | Sixty35 | January 19 - 25, 2023 | CLASSIFIEDS