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Middle-age romance in Aurora really can bring you love to all the right places

You may find this hard to believe, but there was a time before poopy diapers, before sleep deprivation, and before the minivan when you ditched work and your pals to spend time alone with — her. Or him.

There was a time you made sure you had on clean clothes before you would pick up Pookums. And I don’t mean unstained, dirty clothes you wiped with a dryer sheet. I mean, you brushed your teeth so long they ached. You actually scrubbed crevices, with soap. I’m talking — love. Remember?

If you’re like me, middle-aged and wondering how your adult daughter, still in college, can have a closet packed with clothes she never wears, you have forgotten.

While you’re probably being pressured to elevate your middle-age love with a pricey cruise or bloodletting in Las Vegas, you can find romance right here in Aurora.

I’m serious.

You can burn away a couple of decades in just a few easy steps and relive the life you had before you ever knew a kid could squirt diarrhea into your shoe. Just do exactly as I say.

Monday 10:05 a.m.: Call your wife or husband. Say this: “Hey (Babe, Pookie, Hummer Buns, or whatever). You and me are going to have some fun Saturday. Just us. I’ll pick you up at 2:45 p.m. Be ready. I love you (insert Punky’s pet name here).” Hang up.

If she texts you right back and asks if you’re having an affair/aneurysm, disregard. Now for those of you sans Mommy’s or Daddy’s little tax deduction, you’re barely getting over last night’s carousing at 2:45 p.m. If you’ve had your kid draw a Sharpie mustache on your face after falling asleep in your chair after dinner, this all makes perfect sense.

Monday 10:15 a.m.: Call The Paint Cellar in Southlands Shopping Center at 24291 E Orchard at 303-627-5483. Tell them you’ll be there Saturday at 3 p.m. for an hour of creation.

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That’s right, you and Hunny Bunny are going to make art together. Don’t make that face. Sugar Toes is expecting you to take him or her to A) Home Depot, B) Fishing, or C) to see the latest Bourne or British Royalty movie. Not this time. You’re going to turn up the flame on the broiler of love and get those old nuptials sizzling.

This artist studio, which is pretty damned cool all by itself, is open for public play if you call ahead. You and your man or woman are going to be messing in full living color, getting creative and forgetting the names of your kids. And, you get to drink wine in the daytime on purpose.

Monday night: Leave your phone on the counter, walk into the other room and let her discover that you’re not having an affair. When she pesters you about what’s up and demands details about the date, say this: “Butter Knuckles, remember when we first started going out?” (Try not to snort when she makes squinty eyes. Stay focused.) “You will.” Leave the room. Maybe grab the 409 bottle and wipe old child boogers and crayon marks off the baseboards for extra points.

Tuesday: Call the sitter. If your kids are too old for a sitter, tell them to make themselves scarce on Saturday or threaten them with questions about homework or sweaters from Christmas past. If they’re in college, tell them you’re in the mood to talk about what it was like when you were they’re age.

Wednesday: After work, take a few trash bags out to the Windstar and unload as much car crap as your bad back will tolerate. Repeat on Thursday, Friday and Saturday morning. Call Daniel’s of Paris, one of the best bakeries in the region, 303751-6084, tell them to save you two palmiers for Saturday. All spouses love palmiers, it’s congenital.

Thursday: Go into your closet. Leave the door open so your husband or wife knows you’re not having an affair. Look at your clothes. Not those, the clean ones hanging up. Now focus: What do you notice that you can envision your wife or husband seeing you wear and saying, “You look nice.” If you just can’t imagine them ever saying that, disregard anything that looks comfortable or has “I Brake for (whatever)” printed on the front of it.

Friday: Get a haircut. Don’t, under any circumstances, do it yourself. Spouses like it when you get a haircut. I know, it’s weird.

Saturday 8 a.m.: The big day. Look at your hands. Would you put those fingers in your mouth if they weren’t yours? Do something with a brush and clippers. I know it’s Saturday, but you’re shaving. Take the Windstar to the new Cobblestone Carwash at

2291 S. Havana St. It’s $10. You get to sit in the car for the first part. No one will make eye contact with you as you vacuum lord only knows what from the interior. On the way home, swing by Daniel’s, 12253 E. Iliff Ave. and pick up the palmiers. You’re going to go play in the paint, so when you get home, take your two favorite long-sleeve shirts, which are probably ruined with bacon-grease stains anyway, and put them in the back of the car.

2:20 p.m. Brush your teeth. Put on your clean clothes. Threaten the kids, and check for stray long hairs coming out of your ears, nose, eyebrows and other assorted visible body parts.

2:30 p.m. Showtime. Say this: “Jiggle Beans, what’s for dinner?” (Kidding.) Collect your babe, open the car door for him or her and drive away before the kids escape from the duct tape. Tell sweetie you’re on the way to the “studio.” You’re gonna get a lot of mileage out of the fact that she or he is telling all their pals you took them to a studio to make art. Yup. Put on the big shirts. Hand your phone to someone in the studio and take a picture of both of you making your masterpieces or showing them off. Post this to Facebook with the cutest, smarmiest title you can think of. WARNING: DO NOT, no matter how much you are tempted, smear paint on his or her face or clothes. Girls and boys HATE this no matter how funny you think it is. This, too, is congenital. After about an hour, it’s time to go. You deserve a beer. Drive straight to Bettola Bistro, 10253 E Iliff Ave. 303-750-1580. It’s a quaint, comfortable Italian bistro, the kind of place you would take a good friend. She or he can have wine, a fancy cocktail or seven shots of whiskey, if that’s what they want. For dinner, if it’s light, order the burrata, make sure to roll your r’s. There are steamed mussels, killer Italian besties and friendly people to ogle your better half, your goofy paintings or the pictures you just took while making them. Use the napkin. Again.

It’s about 6 p.m. now. You’re feeling the effect of the week, your life, the wine and the food. Time for coffee. Just down the street is Coffee Story, 2222 S. Havana St. 720-609-2971. Get Pickle Pants a latte and yourself an Americano to go. Just do it. If you were home, you’d be dozing on the couch by now. You need the juice to finish this. Now, drive a little ways northeast to Great Plains Park, 20100 E. Jewell Ave. Google it. It’s a 15-minute drive. Let Pookie pick the tunes in the car. Park. Now if it’s too cold, you both get in the clean back seat of the car and leave the radio on. Don’t play Boston or Journey. Try Spotify’s “The Most Romantic Songs In The World.” If it’s warm enough, get out and go to a table. The park is awesome, even in the dusk, and it looks out over the plains giving you the impression you’re on the edge of the Earth, or in Kansas. Take out the palmiers, pull one out of the box, break off a small piece (I said small) and offer it. Lattes and palmiers are to your better half what a brand new weed whacker and Tater Tots are to your sorry self — Nirvana. It’s about 7 p.m. or so. Time to head home. Sigh and say, “Let’s do this again.” Take their hand and go back to the car. And the rest is up to you. It’s about 7:30 p.m., which means you’ve easily got 5 or 10 minutes for more romance before you both pass out.

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With half of voters decided on a president, reality matters most

Polling numbers consistently reveal not only how polarized the nation is over a presidential race between Joe Biden and Donald Trump, but how entrenched each side is.

A Morning Consult Pro poll from this week shows Biden and Trump virtually tied among decided voters, which turns out to be about 43% to 43% of those polled.

Because the United States elects a president using the Electoral College and not popular vote, predicting a winner now, and especially seven months from now, is especially complicated.

It’s equally complicated in understanding even how Trump became the solid choice for almost half of the nation’s voters. Americans can justify but they cannot disregard Trump’s prolific and pervasive lies, his bombastic and threatening rhetoric and his mistaken insistence that even the most complicated problem is only a simplistic answer away.

Few people would argue that the world’s oldest and tried democracy regularly produces disappointingly marginal final candidates for its nation’s president. It seems, however, not just unlikely but surreal that someone like Trump would rise as a finalist for the job not just once, but twice, given his propensity for lies, fraud and graft.

For those who believe that someday in the near future, Trump proponents will have an epiphany, human history is unequivocal, and it most certainly could repeat itself.

There will be no widespread realization among Trump supporters that, despite Biden’s age, policy shortfalls and political platform differences, the nation cannot logically and in good faith elect someone as criminal, corrupt and mentally unstable as Trump.

Half of the electorate’s support of Trump has nothing to do with being rational or righteous. They are motivated by fear or resentment. Trump’s supporters share a deep seated fear of losing some sense of political power or influence they feel, rationally or not, is diminishing. History in Germany, Italy and South America makes it clear that these voters will not be motivated to abandon their support of Trump by making arguments based on pragmatism, data and facts.

It is the small and critical 15% of voters still apathetic or outright exhausted by all this political melodrama who

STEVE ZANSBERG AND JEFF ROBERTS, GUEST COLUMNISTS

must be swayed to make a rational choice and motivated to vote that way.

That will happen by helping everyone clearly hear and understand the facts about the election and what Trump regularly says.

In less than a week or so, Trump has repeated promises and guarantees that are solid arguments against his candidacy.

It is immoral, irrational and antithetical to the very foundation of the U.S. Constitution for Trump to argue, as he has for months and this week, that he, as president, should be immune from prosecution for his crimes and corruption after the November 2020 presidential election. The convention that “no one is above the law” — including the president — is inarguable and must be pointed out to uncommitted voters.

Trump is also committed to using his re-election campaign to rewrite the proven and documented history of the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol attack.

At a Saturday rally in Ohio ”Trump stood onstage, his hand raised in salute to the brim of his red MAGA hat, as a recorded chorus of prisoners in jail for their roles in the Jan. 6 attack sang the national anthem,” the Associated Press reported. “An announcer asked the crowd to please rise ‘for the horribly and unfairly treated January 6th hostages.’”

Trump then said, which he has repeated, “They were unbelievable patriots.”

They, like Trump, were intent on overthrowing the U.S. government and altering the results of the election, all based on a repeatedly exposed and debunked stream of lies by Trump and his allies. Republicans and Democrats alike do not dispute those facts.

That factual account of history will appeal to voters not looking to rationalize their support of Trump. This growing and historic deceit cannot be overstated or ignored.

Just this week, Trump reached beyond the boundaries of coherence by insisting that American Jews who do not support him and instead support or vote for Democrats, “hate Israel” and “hate “their religion.”

His unhinged and irresponsible response came during a press interview question about rising discontent with Israeli leadership’s inability to end or even stem the ghastly deaths and atrocities inflicted on innocent residents of

Gaza as the Israeli-Gaza war continues.

“Any Jewish person that votes for Democrats hates their religion. They hate everything about Israel and they should be ashamed of themselves because Israel will be destroyed.”

The vast majority of Jewish Americans have and do identify as liberals or Democrats. Trump’s absurd rhetoric has often been called out as the antisemitic trope that it is.

Jonathan Greenblatt, who heads the Anti-Defamation League, said in a social media post, “Accusing Jews of hating their religion because they might vote for a particular party is defamatory and patently false.”

But the most worrisome threats lobbed by Trump this week came in his regular slurs against immigrants.

Speaking at a Dayton airport Saturday to fans, he lashed out at the thousands of recent immigrants.

In Dayton, while castigating Biden for his handling of a seemingly endless wave of immigrants trying to get into the United States across the Mexico border, Trump made some of his most startling and chilling comments of the week.

He said the thousands of families and children who have literally walked thousands of miles as refugees from Venezuela and other South American turmoil as “less than human,” the Associated Press wrote.

“In some cases, they’re not people, in my opinion,” Trump said.

They are people. And history has shown repeatedly and consistently, that strategically “dehumanizing” races, cultures or groups of people, have led only to criminal catastrophes like internment camps, genocide and the Holocaust.

While Trump’s entrenched supporters will be swayed by none of this, those who clearly see it and understand it now have a duty to push back against rampant and growing propaganda and disinformation. Clear thinking Americans must work to allow those few American voters not yet persuaded by the facts about Trump, get a clear dose of reality.

Nothing else at this point will keep history from repeating itself right here.

If you thought trust in government couldn’t sink lower

Irony is the juxtaposition of one conceptual proposition with a directly contrary reality, like a “vegetarian butcher” or something that’s “seriously funny.” Or the swift enactment — during Sunshine Week — of a new state law that lets members of the Colorado General Assembly discuss and formulate public policy outside of public view.

You heard that right. Legislators and Gov. Jared Polis chose the very week in which journalists and transparency advocates annually celebrate federal and state open-government laws to essentially exempt the state legislature from much of the Colorado Open Meetings Law, first initiated by the voters in 1972.

The open meetings law declares it is “the policy of this state that the formation of public policy is public business and may not be conducted in secret.”

Our state’s appellate court judges have recognized the underlying intent of the statute is to ensure that the public is not “deprived of the discussions, the motivations, the policy arguments and other considerations which led to the discretion exercised by [a public body].” The law is meant to provide “the public access to a broad range of meetings at which public business is considered; to give citizens an expanded opportunity to become fully informed on issues of public importance, and to allow citizens to participate in the legislative decision-making process that affects their personal interests.”

We acknowledge that some provisions in the 52-year-old law required updates as they pertained to the business of the state legislature. It’s not easy to comply with a mandate that meetings concerning public business between two members of a legislative chamber must be open to the public, with minutes “taken and promptly recorded.” But Senate Bill 24-157

was rushed, and some organizations including the Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition were excluded from the sponsors’ stakeholder process. Our suggested amendments after the bill’s introduction were ignored.

The bill, signed into law by the governor just a day after final passage, goes too far and will undermine public confidence in the legislature’s actions.

The new law encourages and legalizes legislators engaging in an endless series of sub-quorum discussions of pending bills and amendments, via emails, text messages, phone calls or in-person meetings, without providing notice to the public or the keeping of any minutes of such policy-making conversations. In other words, the public will be left in the dark about “the motivations, policy arguments and other considerations” around legislation that affects them directly.

Don’t worry, elected officials tell us, because the emails, text

messages, etc. exchanged between lawmakers are accessible, after the fact, “pursuant to the Colorado Open Records Act.” That’s what the newly passed law says. But here’s the catch: CORA declares that all communications by, or “assembled for” any state legislator that “relates to” the drafting of bills or amendments are not public records at all. So, there’s no need for legislators to hold onto, much less to make public, those electronic written communications, because they are not public records.

It is safe to assume that more than 90% of all future discussions of potential bills, amendments, appointments, resolutions, rules, etc. in both chambers of our state legislature will occur outside of public view. Not only will such policies be far more likely to be the product of backroom wheeling and dealing, but even ordinary non-tainted policies will rightfully be subject to suspicion and skepticism by the general public.

Forty-one years ago, Colorado’s Supreme Court held that legislative caucus meetings must abide by the open meetings law, stating that the act was “designed precisely to prevent the abuse of secret or star chamber sessions of public bodies.” By exempting the General Assembly from a transparency law applicable to every other public body in the state, legislators have greatly reduced the level of public trust in that institution and cast a veil of secrecy over whatever legislation is produced.

Ironic for sure that this happened during Sunshine Week. And a sad day, of any week, for the people of this state.

SteveZansbergispresidentoftheColoradoFreedomof InformationCoalition.JeffRobertsisexecutivedirectorofthe ColoradoFreedomofInformationCoalition.

FORMER AURORA POLICE CHIEF WILSON SUES CITY FOR WRONGFUL FIRING IN 2022

BY SENTINEL COLORADO STAFF WRITERS

Former Aurora Police Chief Vanessa Wilson on Match 15 filed a wrongful termination lawsuit against the city almost two years after being fired as chief amidst a roiling controversy over police reforms to counter documented abuse of minorities.

The lawsuit reiterates past allegations that Wilson was the target of city council conservatives who wanted to derail the police reform efforts she championed. The reforms came as a consent decree pact between the department and state attorney general.

The lawsuit was filed in Arapahoe County District Court more than a year after Wilson’s attorney, Paula Greisen, notified the city a lawsuit was imminent focusing on the cause behind her 2022 dismissal.

“Chief Wilson was terminated because of her efforts to implement and enforce the consent decree, her association with and advocacy for people of color, and in retaliation for, and in anticipation of her engaging in additional protected activities to reform racially motivated policing in the City of Aurora,” Greisen said previously.

Wilson started in Aurora as a patrol officer in 1996 and rose through the ranks to become chief in August 2020, several months after being appointed on an interim basis. She took control of the department as

protests against the killing of unarmed Black people by police continued to roil the country, including in Aurora, where just a few months earlier police used pepper spray to disperse a violin vigil honoring Elijah McClain.

During her tenure as chief, Wilson came into conflict with the Aurora Police Department’s two police unions as she sacked numerous officers involved in misconduct scandals. She rolled out racial diversity policies that drew the ire of police union officials as well as some City Council members and candidates for the office.

Wilson’s time as chief included the introduction of a consent decree between the city and the state attorney general’s office mandating a raft of public safety reforms, still underway. The decree was imposed after an AG investigation found Aurora police regularly engaged in racially-biased policing and had used force disproportionately against residents of color. Attorney general officials said Aurora police exhibited patterns and practices of mistreating people of color.

Wilson was fired in April 2022 following months of criticism by conservative City Council members, saying that she had alienated rank-and-file police officers and didn’t do enough to address rising crime.

After firing her, Former City Manager Jim Twombly criticized Wilson’s leadership and management abilities generally but said he did not believe she was to blame for crime in the region. Nor was her focus on regaining public trust in the department

cited as cause for dismissal.

Wilson, her attorney and supporters disagreed with Wilson’s firing and Twombly’s justification.

In the notice of intent to sue, Greisen described a “conspiracy” to fire Wilson hatched among council members Danielle Jurinsky, Dustin Zvonek and Steve Sundberg.

In the lawsuit filed March 15, Greisen did not offer details of that allegation.

She said the three council members and Aurora Police Association former President Doug Wilkinson promoted her firing. Wilkinson was fired from the department after criticizing diversity efforts in an email that the Civil Service Commission said “denigrated and showed hostility toward women and minorities.”

Wilkinson, then APA president, sent an email Nov. 16, 2021 to 240 union members and others criticizing police department efforts to recruit more women and minority officers for the force.

“To match the ‘diversity’ of ‘the community’ we could make sure to hire 10% illegal aliens, 50% weed smokers, 10% crackheads, and a few child molesters and murderers to round it out. You know, so we can make the department look like the ‘community,’” Wilkinson wrote in the email.

Wilson suspended Wilkinson in November 2021, setting off a firestorm of controversy.

Wilson publicly pushed back against Wilkinson’s allegations that the consent decree and police reforms were intended

to replace white, male police officers in the department.

Wilson and pro-police reform officials are “addicted to race and sex politics,” Wilkinson said in the email. “The decree indicates that they want to replace as many of the department’s white males as possible with as many women and minorities as possible. It’s as simple as that.”

Wilkinson later told KCNC-TV in an interview that his missive was intended to be “a private email message to the members” and should not have been made public.

The lawsuit alleges Wilkinson, other police union officials and the three conservative city lawmakers began a public and internal campaign to fire Wilson and upend the consent decree.

The lawsuit did not offer details or evidence of the coordination.

Most vocal of her opponents was Jurisnky.

“In December 2021, Jurinsky warned Chief Wilson not to fire Wilkinson because of the email,” the lawsuit claims. “Chief Wilson explained that an investigation was being conducted by the HR department, that several officers voiced objection to Wilkinson’s statements, and that she was personally appalled by the racism displayed by the email. Jurinsky countered that she and (Sundberg and Zevonek) ‘did not believe’ in the consent decree, did not believe that there was racism in the APD, and that she and the new council members would seek

Former APD Police Chief Vanessa Williams speaks to those in attendance at a press conference discussing her ouster from the police department.

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Aurora lawmakers hesitant to smoke excise tax on marijuana producers

Aurora’s City Council demurred last week on a proposal to eliminate the city’s 5% excise tax on marijuana-growing operations, questioning its necessity and how the city would make up for lost revenue.

Councilmember Curtis Gardner, who sponsored the proposed tax cut along with Councilmember Danielle Jurinsky, has expressed interest in sponsoring a tax cut benefiting wholesale marijuana businesses since September. That’s when city staffers told the council about the disappearance of local marijuana cultivation operations in the city and how pot sales had fallen since the pandemic, which a lobbyist blamed in part on high taxes.

Eliminating the excise tax that voters approved in 2014 would save the city’s 13 remaining growers about $686,600 every year, money that would otherwise go into a special mar-

ijuana fund that has benefited projects including recreation centers and transportation work.

“I think eliminating our excise tax rate has the potential to incentivize these businesses to relocate into Aurora,” Gardner said, adding that lowering taxes could also lower the price of marijuana for consumers.

“If we are able to reduce this excise tax or eliminate this excise tax, it’ll make that product less expensive and ultimately make our sales in the city here more competitive.”

The excise tax applies to wholesale marijuana offered by growers in addition to the 15% excise tax imposed by the State of Colorado. It is distinct from the city’s 8.75% special sales tax on marijuana purchased by consumers.

At the study session that preceded Monday’s regular meeting, Gardner suggested the city make up some of the difference by scaling back the work done by city regulators. He mentioned the requirement that dispensaries back up video surveillance footage

at an off-site facility as one example of a regulation that creates unnecessary work for the city.

“There was really a big rush to overregulate this industry,” Gardner said.

Jurinsky said she believed the city should also operate its recreation centers “more like a business” so that the Parks, Recreation and Open Spaces Department could become self-sustaining.

However, other council members said they believed Gardner and Jurinsky hadn’t adequately figured out how to fill the gap left by the tax cut and pointed out that marijuana is still being grown in the city.

“We still have 13 licensed cultivation facilities, so I don’t think it’s deterred anybody from coming to our city,” Councilmember Francoise Bergan said. “I have a concern that we would lose revenue by removing this excise tax.”

Councilmember Alison Coombs, too, described Gardner and Jurinsky’s plans to compensate for the cut as

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“hypothetical” and joined the bipartisan majority of council members who objected to the tax cut moving forward from Monday’s study session, meaning it will not be automatically added to an upcoming regular meeting agenda for a vote by the council.

The item’s sponsors may still choose to bring it forward regardless.

“I’m more than happy to make all of my colleagues vote on the record on a tax cut, so I gladly will bring it to the floor,” Gardner told the rest of the council.

— MAX LEVY, Sentinel Colorado Staff Writer

3 officers on paid leave as APD investigates fatal pursuit of carjacking suspect

‘Given the violent nature of the offense, a pursuit was authorized’

Three Aurora Police Department officers are on paid administrative leave after chasing a speeding carjacking suspect through a residential neighborhood, which resulted in a fatal car crash involving a bystander.

At about 7 p.m. Sunday, a 24-yearold Aurora resident called police and said he was the victim of an armed carjacking. Several minutes later, an officer located the stolen vehicle and said the driver was speeding near the area of Dallas Street and East 25th Avenue, a residential area.

According to a statement released Tuesday, the officer activated flashing lights and sirens, but the suspect did not stop.

“Given the violent nature of the offense, a pursuit was authorized,” police spokesperson Joe Moylan said in the Tuesday statement. He later told The Sentinel that the patrol supervisor authorized the pursuit.

Police did not immediately provide the APD policy on car chases. Police did not say how fast the suspect and officers were driving at the time of the incident. Moylan said that this is a part of the investigation.

Moylan said two additional nearby officers joined the pursuit, which lasted for four blocks.

At one point during the pursuit, the suspect drove over a speed bump on Dallas Street, lost control of the vehicle and hit several parked cars.

A 24-year-old man was inside one of the parked cars, and he died from injuries sustained in the crash. The Adams County Coroner’s Office has not released his identity as of Tuesday.

The suspect, whose identity was not released because he is a minor, was also injured and transported to the hospital. He was treated, released and is now being held at the juvenile detention facility in Adams County.

The teenager faces charges of second-degree murder, aggravated robbery and vehicular eluding causing death, police said. The 17th Judicial District in Adams County is leading a criminal court investigation.

Officers found a firearm in the stolen vehicle, which Moylan said officers suspect was used in the carjacking. Confirmation of that hinges on the investigation.

The Aurora Major Crime Homicide Unit is leading the carjacking and homicide investigation. The 17th Judicial District Critical Incident Response

Team is conducting their own investigation into the circumstances leading to the crash, including accident reconstruction and whether officers complied with Colorado law, according to the press statement.

APD’s Internal Affairs Bureau, which includes the Force Investigations Unit, is also conducting an administrative review of the incident to determine compliance with agency policies, procedures and training.

In line with agency policies, the three officers involved in the pursuit have been placed on paid administrative leave. They were not immediately identified.

— Kristin Oh, Sentinel Colorado

Arapahoe County man gets 112 years to life in prison for sexually abusing daughters

An Arapahoe County man convicted of sexually abusing his daughters for close to a decade was sentenced last week to 112 years to life in prison.

Jermaine Jay Quinata White, 38, was convicted in January of seven counts of sexual assault on a child by a person in a position of trust, aggravated incest and three aggravated sex offense sentence enhancers.

In July 2022, White’s stepdaughter contacted Aurora police to report that White had been sexually assaulting her for the past nine years, starting when she was 9 and prompting her to seek an abortion at 14.

Aurora police soon became aware of a concurrent investigation by Texas law enforcement into White’s abuse of his three biological daughters. White was arrested and charged in November 2022 as a result of an interagency effort by Colorado and Texas law enforcement.

All four daughters testified during White’s trial, prosecutors noted in the announcement of his conviction.

“There is no sentence that can restore their innocence and take away the trauma, but a lifelong prison sentence for this defendant can certainly assure the public and his family that they are safe,” 18th Judicial District Attorney John Kellner said at the time.

Kellner’s office reported the outcome of the sentencing in a social media post Monday.

— Max Levy, Sentinel Staff

How Colorado might provide more funding to schools serving migrant students, including Cherry Creek, APS

All Colorado school districts that have enrolled any migrant students since the Oct. 1 school funding cutoff date could get extra money — between $15,000 and $750,000 per district — under a draft bill approved unanimously on Friday by the powerful Joint Budget Committee.

But districts where the new arrivals have caused a net increase in students — meaning the district has more students now than on Oct. 1 — would get the most extra money. Those districts could get as much as an additional $4,500 for every newly arrived

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The bill allocates $24 million to be distributed by May 31 to districts that have enrolled what it calls “new arrival students,” or students who moved to the United States less than a year ago, are not proficient in English, and are attending a U.S. school for the first time. The City of Denver alone has served more than 39,000 new arrivals from Venezuela and other South American countries since it began keeping track more than a year ago, including families with children who have enrolled in public schools.

The details of how the $24 million would be doled out are somewhat complicated. First, there is a tiered system of lump sum payments to school districts based on the number of new arrival students they’ve enrolled since the October count. Districts would get:

$15,000 if they’ve enrolled between one and five new arrival students

$30,000 if they’ve enrolled between six and 10 new arrival students

$75,000 if they’ve enrolled between 11 and 30 new arrival students

$125,000 if they’ve enrolled between 31 and 50 new arrival students

$200,000 if they’ve enrolled between 51 and 100 new arrival students

$400,000 if they’ve enrolled between 101 and 200 new arrival students

$550,000 if they’ve enrolled between 201 and 500 new arrival students

$750,000 if they’ve enrolled 500 or more new arrival students

On top of that, districts with a net increase in enrollment would get $4,500 per student. Here’s where it gets complicated: Districts with a net increase would either get $4,500 for each migrant student they’ve enrolled or $4,500 per student based on the net increase, whichever is lesser.

If the $24 million isn’t enough to cover the costs, the bill says state officials can reduce the $4,500 per student to a lower dollar amount. If calculations show there will be leftover money, state officials could increase the $4,500 to a higher dollar amount.

State Rep. Emily Sirota, a Denver Democrat who sits on the budget committee, said in a text message that she’s happy that the bill could provide relief for districts statewide that are dealing with a “very out of the ordinary influx of new to country students arriving.”

Lawmakers have been working on the bill for over a month, debating various ways to dole out the $24 million. Sirota said the tiered funding proposal acknowledges districts incur fixed costs to educate any and all newly arrived students.

Friday’s vote by the budget committee finalized the language of the bill, but it has yet to be filed for consideration by the full Colorado General Assembly.

“I know my colleagues, our school districts, and our educators are going to be very excited to shepherd this bill across the finish line in the coming weeks,” Sirota said.

The funding is less than what school districts get for each student enrolled on Oct. 1: $11,319 on average. However, budget committee members wanted to earmark the $24 million to provide some relief for districts

struggling with the extraordinary influx — money the districts would never get otherwise. (Students who stay enrolled next year will be factored into the school funding formula, and school districts will get money for those students.)

“This sudden influx has strained existing school infrastructure and staffing, led to overcrowded classrooms, stretched resources, and increased complexity to the student learning environment,” the bill says.

The bill also acknowledges that newly arrived students may need extra services, including English language development classes, mental health support, and more. Some may have been out of school for long stretches of time and need help catching up academically.

“New arrival students face unique challenges, including language barriers, cultural adjustments, and various academic backgrounds,” the bill says. “These unique challenges require specialized resources and support services.”

Denver Public Schools and Aurora Public Schools have enrolled the most migrant students since the October count, according to data obtained through open records requests.

Denver has enrolled an additional 2,340 newcomer students, and Aurora has enrolled an additional 1,366 migrant students. Denver’s numbers were as of March 4, while Aurora’s were as of Feb. 29. The bill uses Feb. 29 as the date to calculate the difference between October count enrollment and how many students districts are serving now.

Accounting for students who left the districts between the October count and those dates, Denver had a net increase of 1,025 students, while Aurora had a net increase of 727 students.

Under the legislation, Denver Public Schools would get a lump sum of $750,000 for the 2,340 newcomers it has enrolled. The district would also get $4.6 million for the 1,025 net increase based on the $4,500 per student formula.

In Aurora’s case, the district would also get $750,000. And the district would get about $3.3 million for its total increase of students since the October count.

Most other districts that have enrolled more than 100 migrant students since the October count had either a much smaller net increase or a net decrease.

For instance, as of Feb. 29, the suburban Cherry Creek School District had enrolled an additional 532 newly arrived students since the October count. But the district has had a net decrease of 41 kindergarten through 12th grade students since Oct. 1.

Greeley-Evans School District 6 had enrolled 488 more migrant students, but only had a net increase of eight K-12 students. Adams 12 Five Star Schools had enrolled 389 additional students, but its school population only grew by 42 students.

And Jeffco Public Schools and Mapleton Public Schools had net decreases, despite enrolling 382 and 140 more new arrivals, respectively.

The student influx creates financial challenges for schools across the state, Brett Johnson, chief financial officer for Aurora Public Schools, said

in an interview before the bill text was approved.

“There’s a real and specific impact of these 1,200 kids who have enrolled in our schools in terms of hiring new staff, repurposing classrooms for those schools,” Johnson said. “And those are real costs that are being incurred in real time.”

The challenges remain even in districts that have net decreases in overall enrollment.

A Cherry Creek spokesperson said the district has hired six staff members since January to support the new arrivals. Three of those hires are in newcomer classes and three are cultural liaisons who provide interpretation and other support to families who do not speak English.

— Jason Gonzales, Chalkbeat Colorado

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GET HIGH IN AURORA

FLYING A KITE IS A PERFECT WAY TO ENJOY THE COLORADO OUTDOORS CLOSE TO HOME

BY DAVE PERRY, Sentinel Staff

My yaw was bad. I hate it when that happens.

It was a recent stunning first-or-second fauxspring day.

We have those here. Warm and sunny, right before we get lows in the single digits and a couple of feet of snow.

But this day was the kind of day that entices people to keep moving here. It was windless. Yes, really.

I hadn’t flown a kite since “Lost In Space” was running on Wednesday nights in the 1960s. Unfortunately, a little pilot error meant there would be no flight on this day perfect for everything except for launching a kite.

Aurora normally has ideal kiting weather. We live in a river of wind on the Front Range. But not today.

I swore I wouldn’t run with the kite. I’m old, and there are few things sadder than an old man getting all bulgy-eyed and wheezy, hopelessly dragging a kite behind him. As soon as we got to Aurora’s wide-open Utah Park, the wind died.

And immediately, I got all bulgy-eyed and wheezy as I hopelessly dragged my kite around the park, angering flocks of geese and entertaining the high-school kids who hang out there.

It doesn’t have to be this way. Experts at Rocky Mountain Flag and Kite Company, local fliers, can tell you about things that fly. Diamond kites. Foils. Night kites.

Kites are amazing air ships that can set you back anywhere from a couple of bucks to a few thousand dollars. But whether you’re spending your week’s allowance or enough to buy a used car, the science is all the same. You may think that flying kites is just a lark that folks have enjoyed for a few thousand years, but all the power of the Universe hangs at the end of your string. The lift created by air rushing over a kite, which is actually a wing, draws an endless variety of shapes and sizes off the ground, just like it does an airplane and a bird.

Colorado kiting can be as relaxing or athletic as you want. Once you pilot your paper, sticks and string into the air, kiting can easily take on a Zen fly-fishing quality. Classic diamond kites will gently tug at your hand, prancing about like an excited dog. Pull on the string, and the dynamics change. The top of the kite nods, creating more lift. Walk toward the kite and the dynamics change again. Lift is reduced and the kite succumbs to gravity.

There’s so much more these days. Kite engineering has gone far beyond box kites and tetrahedrons. Pine sticks have been replaced by ultra-light-weight, flexible carbon-fiber poles. Old grocery store sacks and newsprint have been replaced by mylar, nylon and other NASA-like materials.

And fly? If fishing bores you to tears, strap on a kite that requires straps and braces to keep from dragging you into the lake or across a field. Sport kites do everything

from clever tricks in the sky to pull you, your three-wheeled buggy or snow-ship for as long as you can take it.

I recently watched a video of a Scout 3 kite, with a guy grinning ear-to-ear as a para-wing pulled a skier across an alpine bowl at just under the speed of light.

Want.

If being accosted by your kite sounds more like a problem than a good time, you want a Revolution kite. Yeah, they’re a couple hundred bucks to start, but these are so much more than kites. These are flying machines. The brochure says so. These double-winged miracles are made of the bones of pterodactyls, or something like that. Ultra light, pilots can make them dive, hover, roll, sail and endless other stunts.

Maybe some pilots.

Determined to do more than stand on the ground and wave to my kite, I got a sport kite for 20 bucks. Brightly colored, no one would be able to miss it as I made my two-tethered pal dance first left and then right. I couldn’t wait to see it swoop and daringly dive above the glittering pond at Utah Park.

My yaw was off.

Yaw is the vertical pitch of a ship. Too much yaw and your airship can stall. Had I actually been able to get the damned thing into the air, this would have been a concern. Two tethers, no wind and some bad-ass geese was more than I could handle.

Despite my promise to maintain some

dignity, I was determined to succeed. A few times, a breeze arose and my kite shot straight up, then over, then down. Then up. Then over, Then down. Then up.

Then a friend said she had better things to do. The geese did, too, wandering off into what could have been a perfect, windless spring-like day.

PRO TIPS:

Aurora Reservoir rocks for kiting not only on the beach, but in the water, too, where a kite can pull you on a board or raft around the lake.

For wide-open space and a view, nothing beats Cherry Creek State Park. But just about any park or field is perfect for unobstructed fly time.

This is addicting. Holsters, poles, lighted, strobing, stealth night fliers (so, so cool), space shuttles and a car-full of gadgets and gizmos will have you looking for a second job

.Kites make excellent birthday party themes. For just a couple bucks, kids can design and color their own kites, or they can easily assemble favorites such as Minions, Angry Birds, Barbie and more. Get the kids out to a park for flying, or send ‘em home, kites in hand, to torment their own families.

Kids can do this. Old people can do this. Your dog can do this. Anyone but me can get outside and have fun with a kite.

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Two reads for Aurora’s many worlds

Spring ahead rings true with these two novels that dive deep into the rich cultural waters of the nation, and the city. Both stories shine a light on the worlds the authors hail from and the journey into what’s become of America.

A coming-of-age story of a young Black man who works for an Obama-adjacent candidate

Vinson Cunningham’s day job is writing theater reviews for the New Yorker magazine. Now he has published his first novel, “Great Expectations.” He borrowed the title from Charles Dickens to tell the coming-of-age story of a young Black man who goes to work for the presidential campaign of an unnamed U.S. senator running to be the nation’s first African American chief executive. Sound familiar? Associated Press book reviewer Ann Levin says the novel will take you back to the heady days of the campaign slo-

gan “Change we can believe in” and the chant “Yes we can!” Published by Hogarth, “Great Expectations” will be released on Tuesday.

Vinson Cunningham, theater critic for the New Yorker, makes a cheeky move with his debut novel, “Great Expectations.” He borrows the title of Charles Dickens’ masterpiece to tell a different sort of coming-of-age story. His is about a young Black man, David, who goes to work for the first presidential campaign of an unnamed U.S. senator trying to become the nation’s first African American chief executive.

Loosely based on his own life — Cunningham worked on Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign and later, as a staff assistant in the White House — the novel lacks the twisty plot and unforgettable characters of its namesake. However, Cunningham-as-David is an astute observer of the role that money plays in U.S. politics and the seductive allure of access to powerful and charismatic political leaders like Obama.

In this novel he explores the racial and religious dimensions of both the candidate and his campaign, recognizing at the start “that Black-pulpit touch” when the senator announced his bid for the nation’s highest office in front of the Illinois statehouse on a frigid, sunny day in early 2007. I “felt almost flattered by the feeling — new to me — of being pandered to so directly by someone who so nakedly wanted something in return,” thinks David, who grew up in a Pentecostal church.

We meet him soon after he has flunked out of college and returned home to New York to live with his mother and help care for the child he fathered with a woman referred to only as “the dancer.” To make ends meet, he starts to tutor the son of a glamorous Black investment banker and early patron of the junior senator. Her role as a major fundraiser, and her improbable affair with David, allow Cunningham to explore the chicanery of campaign finance.

With cameos of real-life celebrities including Cornel West, Henry Louis Gates Jr. and the late André Leon Talley, as well as scenes set in Oak Bluffs on Martha’s Vineyard, the redoubt of the Black bourgeoisie, this book is sure to be catnip to those who believed in that hopey changey thing of long ago.

— ANN LEVIN Associated Press

Tessa Hulls feeds her family’s ghosts by bringing them to light in rich graphic memoir

When Tessa Hulls sets out to tell her family’s story, she’s feeding their ghosts in the best way she’s learned how: by pulling them into the light.

Hulls’ graphic memoir “Feeding Ghosts” covers three generations of women, starting with her grandmother, Sun Yi, who herself was once a bestselling author of a memoir. Sun Yi’s path wades through a treacherous Chinese history, from the brutal massacre of Chinese in Nanking by Japanese soldiers through her escape to Hong Kong in 1957 — just missing the Great Leap Forward and the mass starvation that came with it. Then, as Sun Yi withdraws into a spiral of hospitalizations and mental illness, the story picks up through Sun Yi’s daughter, Rose, until we reach the author herself, Rose’s daughter, as she pieces together their past to make better sense of the reverberating wounds that have threatened to drown each of them in matrilineal succession.

From Sun Yi’s roots in China to Tessa Hulls’ in California, it’s clear the story is going to address generational trauma right out of the gate. But you can rest assured there’s a profound sense of closure waiting at the end.

Despite the extreme weight of the story, the density of the historical context and the way every bit of space is utilized to communicate pictorially or verbally, that information is surprisingly digestible — and even nourishing.

With this high level of approachability, Hulls conveys the kind of historical details that turn staggering and unimaginable numbers into a reality you can feel: people eating bark off the trees, then painting over the trees’ nakedness when Mao Zedong comes to inspect; bodies left where they died waiting in food lines while grossly inflated reports of crop production greenlight the export of those same basic necessities so desperately needed at home.

Immensely interesting family history aside, Tessa has lived her own exciting life, including a season working at McMurdo Station in Antarctica. Her explosive joy in the freedom of that vastness beams from the page.

The art is simple — cartoons drawn with black strokes on white paper — but what it conveys is so much more intricate. Panels often bleed into one another as if the gutters that divide them are mere suggestions, allowing for layered illustrations rich in metaphor.

Hulls visually represents trauma as ghosts in her bones, emanating from her, her mother and her grandmother, often intermingling like smoke; veins of their shared history branching out from their bodies as a physical representation of their emotional interconnectivity.

Then there are these beautiful spreads that echo earlier imagery, reverberating without subtlety or fanfare.

As the pieces fall into place and healing and understanding take root, the rib cage once gushing with ghosts now bursts with tree branches reaching toward the sky.

“Feeding Ghosts” is courageously and heartbreakingly bare, and Hulls’ attempt to present it all in a subjective manner only heightens the memoir’s emotional impact. Her words narrate the story while the art carries the weight of the emotions. And the author pauses more than once to remind the reader that a memoir is curated, and therefore only a slice of the truth. At the same time, hers is deeply grounded in historical fact. Pointing out when she takes artistic license only strengthens the story’s trustworthiness.

— DONNA EDWARDS Associated Press

This cover image released by Farrar, Straus and Giroux shows “Feeding Ghosts” by Tessa Hulls. Farrar, Straus and Giroux via AP

This cover image released by Hogarth shows “Great Expectations” by Vinson Cunningham. Hogarth via AP

SONIC Cars and Shakes

Detail those rides and bring em’! All makes and models welcome for this casual car meet with friends. Grab a shake or some food and talk cars. Free event. No revving engines or burning rubber. Respect the spot and clean up your trash.

IF YOU GO:

Cars and Shakes

Fridays 4 p.m. - 8 p.m

Sonic Drive In, 18501 E Hampden Ave Aurora

Free Concert by Skyline Chorus and Quartets

Denver’s own International Silver Medalist, Skyline Chorus of Sweet Adelines International, is offering a free concert at Assumption Greek Orthodox.The concert will include performances by several quartets that are part of Skyline Chorus, including Regional Champion quartet Kindred.

Skyline Chorus of Denver, Colorado, under the direction of Vickie Maybury, is celebrating its 62nd anniversary this year and placed Seconnd out of 500 choruses worldwide at Sweet Adelines International Competition in Phoenix in 2022.

Skyline is comprised of 140 women of all ages that sing together in the spirit of connection, community and outreach.

IF YOU GO:

March 26, 7p.m.

Assumption Greek Orthodox Centennial Room 4610 E. Alameda skylinechorus.net/storefront

Cirque Italia:

Paranormal Cirque in Aurora

Do you love thrilling, wicked, sexy, or even dangerous things? Paranormal Cirque will expose you to a unique creation of combined theatre, circus, and cabaret with a new European style flare. Cirque Italia is now presenting a brand-new show for a mature audience!

This innovative horror story features different shades of sexy and an incomparable storyline - the only thing you can be sure of during this unique experience is that you will not know what to expect.

IF YOU GO:

Paranormal Cirque in Aurora

Tickets: Starting at $10 March 28 through March 31, evening and night performances

Age restricted: Under 18 requires accompanying by parent or guardian. The show has adult language and material.

Call 941-704-8572 for promo codes

At the Town Center at Aurora mall parking lot, 14200 E Alameda Ave. black.cirqueitalia.com

Message in a Bottle

Message In A Bottle is a spectacular new dance-theater show from triple-Olivier Award nominee, Kate Prince, inspired by and set to the iconic hits of 17-time Grammy Award-winning artist Sting, including Every Breath You Take, Roxanne, Walking On The Moon and more. With a mix of exhilarating dance styles, high-energy footwork and breathtaking athleticism, Message In A Bottle tells a unifying and uplifting story of humanity and hope. The peaceful village of Bebko is alive with joyous celebrations. Suddenly, under attack, everything changes forever. Three siblings, Leto, Mati and Tana, must embark on perilous journeys in order to survive. Message In A Bottle is the latest masterpiece from the ground-breaking choreographer behind several West End hits including Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, and features the astonishing talents of dance storytelling powerhouse, ZooNation: The Kate Prince Company.

IF YOU GO: Show times vary through March 31

Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812

Electropop tunes meet a scandalous slice of War and Peace in this musical extravaganza. Meet Natasha, a young woman who arrives in Moscow longing for her fiance; and Pierre, a man caught in an existential crisis who tries to save her shattered reputation.

Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 was nominated for 12 Tony Awards when it premiered in 2012. Expect to find the Black Box Theatre transformed into a raucous Russian dinner club with cabaret tables, immersive seating, and an unforgettable theatrical and musical experience.

IF YOU GO:

Various show days through March 31 at 7:30pm Arvada Center 6901 Wadsworth Blvd buff.ly/3HXCe37

Denver Center for the Performing Arts 1101 13th St denvercenter.org/tickets-events/ message-in-a-bottle 303-893-4000

BITTERSWEET CHARITY

Aurora police union fund has raised millions since 2016, most of it going to the telemarketing firm that collected it

BY MAX LEVY, Sentinel Staff Writer

For Aurorans who get a call asking them to support the charitable work of the city’s unionized cops, opening their hearts and checkbooks is often an easy decision to make.

But donors are likely unaware that the vast majority of contributions solicited by phone for the Aurora Police Association Charitable Foundation don’t benefit the charity’s Shop-witha-Cop events, scholarship fund or other community service programs.

Instead, the money is pocketed by an Arizona telemarketing firm — Outreach Marketing, LLC — which since 2016 has kept more than $2.08 million in donations with the foundation’s express permission out of about $2.86 million raised, according to state and federal financial filings reviewed by the Sentinel.

The APACF’s current contract with Outreach Marketing lets the telemarketer keep as much as 72 cents of every dollar pledged over the phone by community members. In past years, Outreach Marketing was allowed to keep up to 75 cents of every dollar raised.

Nonprofit finance experts described the contract as allowing the telemarketer to take advantage of the foundation’s donors.

“This isn’t a case of a big, mean fundraising company exploiting a poor charity,” wrote Laurie Styron, executive director of the nationally-active nonprofit accountability group CharityWatch. “It’s a case of an irresponsible board of directors agreeing to contract terms that they know are a bad deal for donors, for the cause and for the charity they are responsible for governing.”

Dean Barta — founder of Denver-based accounting firm Barta Business Group, whose clients include small businesses and nonprofits — also described Outreach Marketing’s cut of donations as “exorbitant.”

He said he wouldn’t recommend any of his clients accept a deal where a telemarketer kept around three-quarters of donations.

“I question the leadership,” Barta said. “I question the board of directors.”

The foundation, its board, its accountant and Outreach Marketing did not respond to phone calls, emails and messages that included questions about the relationship between the foundation and the telemarketer, which has been documented inconsistently in public records.

The foundation’s office appeared to be closed the afternoon of March 18 when a Sentinel reporter knocked on the door.

Two months after foundation president Tony Cancino was first contacted by the Sentinel, when he was informed March 18 that an article about the APACF’s fundraising practices would run in the March 21 edition of the newspaper, Cancino acknowledged the questions in a text message but said he “may not get back to you for a bit.”

When Cancino called a Sentinel reporter the following evening, he was apologetic, saying he had “butt-dialed” their phone and did not want to answer questions.

The reporter continued to ask about the relationship between the telemarketer and the charity, and Cancino said the board had not looked into changing how it approaches fundraising or contracting with a company that takes a smaller percentage of donations.

“We have a good relationship with Outreach,” Cancino said. “If somebody has a different plan than we do, and that’s the way they work it, that’s the way they work it.”

He refused to answer when asked if he had concerns about Outreach Marketing keeping roughly three-quarters of donations raised, saying the topic was “APA Charitable Foundation business, and that’s just the way it’s got to stay.”

He also refused to say whether donors are proactively in-

formed of the amount of money kept by Outreach Marketing. As to whether any board member or representative of the foundation had received financial compensation or in-kind benefits in connection with the contract, Cancino again said he had no comment.

“I won’t comment on anything else concerning the foundation and how it works,” he said. “I’m just going to hang up, and then you just go ahead write your story. And then we’ll read it. And then we’ll decide if we’re going to answer any questions after we read it.”

Cancino eventually hung up.

Additionally, records submitted to the state and federal governments contain numerous inconsistencies that obscure the percentage of donors’ money being whisked away to cover overhead costs, including the cut of telephone donations taken by Outreach Marketing.

Every year, the IRS requires charities to submit a document known as a Form 990 that provides a high-level breakdown of income and expenses, giving potential donors a glimpse into the inner workings of an organization.

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Charities that hand over enough money for professional fundraising are also expected to

complete the first part of an attached form called a Schedule G, which requires them to disclose certain information about their relationships with fundraisers.

One common measure of a charity’s efficiency is the ratio of money spent on charitable programs to the total dollar amount of expenses reported — all data that the 990 is designed to capture.

Charities like the APACF are required to report a professional fundraiser’s cut of donations in specific places in the 990 and the Schedule G, which ensures this expense and other fundraising expenses can be isolated and contrasted with program expenses.

However, it is unclear whether the foundation has reported the funds handed over to Outreach Marketing in its federal filings at all since 2017, when the foundation last completed a Schedule G and entered information on the expense line in the 990 reflecting a fundraiser’s cut of donations.

Outreach Marketing, meanwhile, has continued to report the amounts of donations raised and kept in fundraising campaign reports submitted to the Colorado Secretary of State’s Office.

Because those documents do not include other financial information about the charity, and

because it is not clear whether or how the relationship between the APACF and Outreach Marketing is being documented in the foundation’s 990s, the ratio of the foundation’s spending on programs to its total expenses is difficult to calculate.

Some years, the police charity reported just a few thousand dollars in total fundraising expenses, despite Outreach Marketing saying it had kept hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of donations.

Kevin Doyle, senior director of accountability and finance for watchdog group Charity Navigator, reviewed the foundation’s most recent 990 and said he couldn’t tell whether the foundation had reported the telemarketer’s cut of donations anywhere in the form.

“But you’re seeing that additional disclosure on the state form that says that there is (a) professional fundraising consultant,” Doyle said. “It’s hard for me to really make much more of a conclusion than that.”

He said that, if a charity failed to report this information in its 990s or categorized those expenses as directly related to programs, potential donors could be given a misleading picture of how efficient the charity truly is.

Charity Navigator encourages donors to look for nonprofits that report 70% or more of total expenses going toward charitable programs. In its most recent 990, the foundation reported $518,058 in expenditures for 2022, claiming that $506,690, about 98% of total expenses, went directly to the foundation’s programs.

The foundation declared just $5,373 in fundraising expenses that year, with no expenses reported on the line dedicated to donations kept by a fundraiser.

The time periods covered by the 990s and the campaign reports don’t coincide exactly — while a 990 spans a given calendar year, the campaign report for that year starts between four and 24 days after Jan. 1 and ends as many days after Dec. 31.

Extrapolating from the time periods covered in the 2021 and 2022 campaign reports, the telemarketer raked in roughly $377,745 in commissions on donations during the 2022 calendar year.

If this figure was not reported at all in the foundation’s 990, roughly 57% of the foundation’s expenses would have gone toward program services rather than the 98% claimed.

If the telemarketer’s cut was claimed incorrectly as a program expense, actual program spending would have made up just 25% of total expenses.

Styron wrote that the discrepancies between the APACF’s 2021 federal and state filings suggest the foundation could be passing fundraising costs off as program expenses, making it seem as though a greater per-

centage of donations have been going toward the charity’s mission rather than an out-of-state marketing firm.

“I highly suspect that the charity did not allocate its expenses correctly,” Styron wrote.

Police with a purpose

The Aurora Police Association Charitable Foundation was established as the community service wing of the Aurora Police Association union in 2015, receiving 501(c)(3) nonprofit status in 2016.

Since then, it has sponsored multiple community programs in Aurora, including Shop-witha-Cop — an ongoing event series that pairs police officers with children from low-income families, whom officers take shopping for clothing, school supplies and holiday gifts.

The foundation has also operated a scholarship program for the children of Aurora Police Association officers and raised money to share with the families of officers who fall sick or are injured or killed

“The Aurora Police Association is an organization that is dedicated to serving those who protect,” the foundation’s website reads. “With that philosophy (in) mind, we believe we can make a difference in our community as well.”

In December 2016, the foundation entered into its contract with Outreach Marketing, which let the telemarketer keep up to 75% of donations raised from donors reached by phone between Jan. 1, 2017, and Jan. 1, 2019.

That percentage was scheduled to decrease by 1% every two years until the contract’s end in December 2024, by which time Outreach Marketing would be allowed to keep no more than 72% of donations raised.

Fundraising campaign reports filed with the Colorado Secretary of State’s Office indicate Outreach Marketing raised $2,855,824 on the foundation’s behalf between Jan. 5, 2017, and Jan. 24, 2023, of which it kept $2,087,511 for itself. The telemarketer must report the results of last year’s campaign by April 23.

A limited liability company affiliated with Outreach Marketing, PFR Promotions, also held onto $341,833 out of $476,971 that it raised for the foundation in 2016, according to that year’s Schedule G.

Experts and regulators say the phenomenon of telemarketers keeping most of the charita-

ble donations they solicit isn’t the norm but also isn’t unprecedented.

In its 2022 “Pennies for Charity” report, the New York Attorney General’s Office said telemarketers retained 50% or more of donations in about 158 of the 401 fundraising-by-phone campaigns operated in the state in 2021. Marketplace also reported in October that U.S. telemarketing firms keep about 2030% of donations on average, though they acknowledged that figure “hides huge disparities.”

However, many professional organizations say paying fundraisers a percentage of all donations raised, even in cases where their commission is less than 50%, is necessarily unethical.

The National Council of Nonprofits and the Association of Fundraising Professionals have both come out against compensating fundraisers via commissions on donations, with the association writing in 2016 that “percentage-based compensation can encourage abuses, imperils the integrity of the voluntary sector, and undermines the very philanthropic values on which the voluntary sector is based.”

Aurora’s other police union, Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 49, does not operate an associated charitable foundation. Aurora Fire Rescue members govern the Firefighters of Aurora Benevolent Fund, but the treasurer of that fund, Kyle Dulude, said the fund relies on deductions from firefighters’ paychecks and annual fundraising events rather than a telemarketer.

Other fundraising opportunities created by the Aurora Police Association Charitable Foundation have included golf tournaments and a donation portal on the foundation’s website.

The income received by the foundation through Outreach Marketing’s fundraising campaigns also appears to have been classified under different revenue categories in the foundation’s Form 990 over the years. Because it’s unclear whether the foundation is reporting net proceeds to avoid reporting fundraising fees, which is not allowed under IRS rules, it’s hard to say what portion of the foundation’s revenue actually comes from its contract with the telemarketer.

Aurora isn’t the first city where a skewed fundraising deal between Outreach Marketing and a local police organization has faced scrutiny. For more than a decade, law enforcement groups in Arizona, Kansas and Texas have faced blowback

when the public was made aware of their willingness to hand donations over to Outreach Marketing and PFR Promotions.

In November 2014, the San AntonioExpress-News dug into the relationship between the Deputy Sheriff’s Association of Bexar County and PFR Promotions, which deputies authorized to keep two-thirds of all proceeds raised for a local Shopwith-a-Sheriff campaign.

Telemarketers told the newspaper that their pitch included falsely claiming that all of the money raised would go to benefit children in the foster care system.

The newspaper also reported that another Texas charity, the El Paso Municipal Police Officers’ Association, parted ways with PFR Promotions over its handling of the association’s Shop-with-a-Cop events.

According to the San AntonioExpress-News, a post on the association’s website that is no longer available said the company “was not up to the association’s standards.” The president of that association told the newspaper that the group wanted to move away from using a third-party firm to solicit donations.

PFR Promotions was named in the Aurora Police Association Charitable Foundation’s early 990s as its professional fundraising partner at the same time that Outreach Marketing was reporting fundraising on behalf of the foundation to the state.

The two LLCs also shared a business address at the time, and information published by the Arizona Corporation Commission indicates they employ some of the same key personnel.

A month after the San-AntonioExpressNews published its findings, in December 2014, the Police Officers of Scottsdale Association’s decision to let PFR Promotions keep two-thirds of donations raised for that city’s Shop-with-a-Cop campaign was exposed by public radio station KJZZ.

The Police Officers of Scottsdale Association subsequently terminated its contract with the telemarketer, and the president of the association stepped down amidst the controversy.

While the former president said his resignation was unrelated to the revelation of the fundraising agreement, his successor told KJZZ that the former president had instructed PFR Promotions to stop making calls for donations on the association’s behalf around the time he left.

The two telemarketing entities have continued to raise

money, mostly for themselves, despite these and other controversies.

Just last year, Kansas City broadcaster KMBC began investigating the Overland Park Police Officers Foundation’s relationship with Outreach Marketing, which had been permitted to keep about three-quarters of donations raised, while a criminal probe of that charity’s former board for various allegations of mismanagement was underway.

KMBC interviewed a former Outreach Marketing employee who shared a script that he said was given to telemarketers raising money on behalf of a police charity in Las Cruces, New Mexico.

In the script, Outreach Marketing telemarketers were told to say that “all the money raised” for a Shop-with-a-Cop event in that city would be spent on needy children. A document filed with the New Mexico Attorney General’s Office indicates the telemarketer kept 70% of proceeds.

Under New Mexico and Colorado law, when an employee of a professional fundraising firm calls a prospective donor, they don’t have to proactively mention the percentages of a donor’s contribution that would go to charity and to the firm, but they also can’t misrepresent that information and must disclose it if asked.

The Aurora Police Association Charitable Foundation and Outreach Marketing did not respond to emails inquiring whether and how the percentage of donations kept by the telemarketer is communicated to donors. As of March 19, the foundation’s website did not include any information about the percentage of donations kept by Outreach Marketing.

KMBC sources questioned whether an inappropriate relationship existed between the charity’s board and Outreach Marketing that could have swayed the board to do business with the telemarketer under the terms of their contract.

An investigative report released after Kansas prosecutors decided not to charge the local police charity’s former board touched on the charity board’s engagement with Outreach Marketing and mentioned how those board members traveled to a golf tournament paid for by the telemarketer, which the local district attorney said was nonetheless “related to the operation of the Foundation and consistent with maintaining and strengthening business ties with

partners.”

Styron said she was “suspicious” that APACF did not report paying a single officer or key employee.

“While many members of the donating public think that a charity that pays no salaries is better than one that doesn’t, in my years of watchdog work, I have found the opposite to be true,” she wrote in an email. “In some cases, people associated with a charity might be getting paid another way, such as by having an affiliation with the for-profit fundraiser.”

Because the charity’s board consists of Aurora police officers, who are required by policy to report other ongoing employment to the city in writing, the Sentinel submitted records requests for any such documents submitted by current and former board members.

While the police department turned over documents describing various security jobs held by those officers that could have required them to use their police authority, the City of Aurora declined to release the records in its possession pertaining to other kinds of outside employment.

A city attorney said the documents were “arguably not public records,” but that, even if they were, they were protected under a section of the Colorado Open Records Act prohibiting the release of personnel files.

The foundation’s Form 990s indicate that the foundation has also not enforced its conflict-of-interest policy for board members or required its board to submit annual conflict-of-interest disclosures since 2019.

Styron said lopsided agreements like the foundation’s contract with Outreach Marketing aren’t unheard of, especially among smaller charities. However, she argued this fact did not absolve the board of responsibility for handing the majority of money donated by people contacted by the telemarketer over to that firm.

“If a donor was told by the fundraiser at the point of solicitation, ‘Hey, $74 of your $100 donation is going directly into my company’s pockets before the charity gets anything,’ the vast, vast majority of donors would refuse to give,” she wrote.

“Being small is not a blank check to spend an unlimited amount of donations on overhead costs instead of the programs donors are intending to support.”

When asked what a charity of the foundation’s size could do to raise money while maximizing the impact of donations, Doyle said attracting more donors to the foundation’s website and exploring email marketing could potentially reduce overhead costs associated with fundraising.

Barta said similar nonprofits have also found success by creating matching-funds challenges and working with rep-

utable event planning firms to host industry conferences. He said charities should strive when fundraising to “foster a deeper connection with (the) nonprofit’s mission and donors.”

“Deeper connection can result in deeper donations,” he said.

Not all in the details

At the moment, inconsistencies in the Aurora Police Association Charitable Foundation’s state and federal filings make it hard to say how much of an impact donors are actually having by giving to the charity.

In its federal filings, the foundation provides limited information about the amount of money spent on specific programs.

Among the list of questions that the foundation, Cancino and third-party accountant Tim Byers did not respond to were inquiries about which specific programs the foundation operated each year between 2016 and 2023 and how much of the foundation’s income, including donations, actually went toward programs.

Since the charity last reported the amount of money raised and kept by its fundraiser in its 2017 Form 990 and Schedule G, the only source of information about the amount of money raised and kept by Outreach Marketing for the past several years is the telemarketer’s own fundraising campaign reports filed with the Colorado Secretary of State’s Office.

Despite the difference of four to 24 days in the time periods covered by the campaign reports and 990s, recent filings indicate the foundation has not been rolling the fundraiser’s cut of donations reported in one year’s campaign report into a subsequent year’s 990 fundraising expenses.

For example, the sum of the fundraising expenses reported in the 990s for 2021 and 2022 was $9,823, which is still a mere fraction of the fundraiser’s $382,050 share of donations collected during the 365-day period that began Jan. 25, 2021.

It is not uncommon for the

amount of donations that Outreach Marketing has reported keeping in its campaign reports to dwarf the total amount of fundraising expenses recorded in the foundation’s 990s, which would include other expenses besides the commission taken by a fundraiser.

In 2018, the campaign report mostly coinciding with that year states Outreach Marketing kept $390,604 in donations, while the foundation reported just $27,064 in fundraising expenses.

Like other charities, the foundation is also expected to submit an annual financial statement to the Colorado Secretary of State’s Office, which instructs nonprofits to enter information from their 990s into many of the fields.

But some of the foundation’s statements are inconsistent with its 990s, and in some years, financial information appears to have simply been copied and pasted from the previous year’s statement.

For example, in 2017 and 2021, the revenue and expense information included in the foundation’s statement doesn’t match up with the corresponding year’s 990 but is identical or within a few dollars of the information reported in the previous year’s statement and 990.

The statement purporting to cover the entirety of 2017 also appears to have been submitted to the state in the middle of 2017.

And, just as the charity’s recent 990s lack information about the cut of donations taken by Outreach Marketing, a space for “outside professional fundraiser fees” in the state financial reports has reflected a value of $0 from 2019 onward — this field in the 2017 and 2018 statements is identical to the field in the 2016 statement, suggesting it, too, may have been duplicated.

In its instructions to charities for completing these reports, the Colorado Secretary of State’s Office says “most or all” of the total amount of outside professional fundraiser fees would re-

flect the line in the Form 990 where the foundation neglected to report the percentage of donations kept by Outreach Marketing.

When asked specifically about the discrepancies in the 2017 statement, Kailee Stiles, a spokesperson for the office, wrote in a January email that the office was “researching why the 2017 report by the Aurora Police Association Charitable Foundation was filed in our system the way it was.”

“Because this matter may come before the department, we cannot comment on specifics,” she said. “If any person believes a (charity’s) rule has been violated, they may file a formal complaint with the Secretary of State’s Office.”

Office spokesperson Jack Todd said the office does not audit charities nor nonprofit organizations but may require a charity to file an audited financial statement as part of an investigation. The APACF’s financial statements were last audited by an independent accountant in 2019, according to information included in the organization’s Form 990s.

When asked whether the IRS has audited or is auditing the charity, IRS spokesman Anthony Burke said the agency can’t disclose whether or not it is investigating any organization. Stiles also said the Colorado Secretary of State’s Office couldn’t comment on investigations “that are, or may come, in front of our office.”

Todd said that an organization incorrectly reporting the cut of donations kept by a fundraiser and inflating its efficiency as a result would be “a case of filing inaccurate information under oath” and that the information should be included in both the 990 and state filings.

As for Tim Byers and Byers Accountancy Corporation, which have filed the foundation’s three most recent 990s on the nonprofit’s behalf, beginning with the 2019 form, Styron said accountants use the information given to them by charities to fill out a 990.

She also said that the act of filing doesn’t necessarily guarantee that the info has been audited according to national standards or that the accountant complied with nationally-accepted accounting guidelines or IRS reporting rules.

The foundation has stated in every Form 990 filed since its establishment that its governing board reviews and signs off on the form before it is submitted to the IRS.

Regardless of why the foundation failed to report the details of its relationship with Outreach Marketing in its Schedule G forms and 990s, Styron said the effect is that a full picture of the foundation’s finances is not available to the public.

“If it is the case that the charity is paying exorbitant amounts of money to a for-profit fundraising company, then one possible reason to omit Schedule G is to make that fact less obvious,” she wrote.

“It could be anything from an oversight, to a lack of competent staff, to an outside accountant who doesn’t understand the reporting rules, to a deliberate effort to conceal unflattering information.”

The foundation’s eight-year contract with Outreach Marketing is scheduled to expire Dec. 31.

INSIDE COVER: A banner lists off sponsors for a 2018 Shop-with-a-Cop event in Aurora sponsored by the Aurora Police Association Foundation. The annual event allows Aurora children and their parents to get back-to-school clothes and supplies.

ABOVE: Aurora Police officers and Arapahoe County Sheriff deputies pose for a photo during a 2018 Shop-with-aCop event in Aurora. The annual event allows Aurora children and their parents to get back-to-school clothes and supplies.

Cover Illustration By ROBERT SAUSAMAN/ SENTINEL COLORADO

PHOTO FROM AURORA POLICE ASSOCIATION FACEBOOK PAGE

PHOTO FROM AURORA POLICE ASSOCIATION FACEBOOK PAGE

Preps

Another banner Buffalo

DANIEL YI, SMOKY HILL’S 14TH WINNER OF HOYT BRAWNER AWARD, HAS ENTERED A ‘CLASS BY HIMSELF’

Daniel Yi has already put his name in many places on the walls inside the Smoky Hill High School swimming pool, but further space needs to be cleared.

The Buffaloes’ star — holder of multiple boys program records, both individual and relay — became the latest winner of the prestigious Hoyt Brawner Award, which is given annually to the state’s top senior swimmer/scholar/citizen.

Yi received the award in the midst of the annual Coaches Invitational meet March 16 at the Veterans’ Memorial Aquatic Center, and it fulfilled one of many visions he’s had for his final season of prep swimming.

BY COURTNEY OAKES Sports Editor

“Every day at practice when I look up at the banners at the Smoky Hill pool, I always think of having my name up there,” Yi said. “To finally have my name up there (with this award), I feel so encouraged. I just want to go out and swim the best that I can for my team and for my coach.”

Yi has unquestionably done just that since he got to Smoky Hill as a freshman for the 2021 season.

The Buffaloes were 18th at the 2019 Class 5A state meet and, after the 2020 season was lost due to the coronavirus pandemic, shot up to 13th in 2021 as Yi made it to four championship finals at the state meet (two in relays and two individually).

Smoky Hill climbed to sixth in 2022 with help from Yi’s three championship finals appearances (plus a consolation final in the 200 yard individual medley) and moved up again to fifth last season with four more championship finals showings from Yi, who was the 5A runner-up in the 100 yard breaststroke.

In nearly three decades as coach at Smoky Hill, Scott Cohen has had a long lineage of Hoyt Brawner Award winners — 14 in all, seven boys and seven girls since 1998 — but in his nomination letter said Yi (a three-time team MVP, mutiple-time NISCA All-American and now holder of seven program records) stands alone historically.

“Where we were before Daniel and where are now, a big reason is him,” Cohen said. “I’ve had a lot of winners, but he is as deserving as any one of them, ever. He and (2010 graduate) Caroline Piehl are in a class by themselves. I’m super happy for Daniel. It means more than winning an event (at state). We can put that up on the wall and keep it there forever or as long as I am around.”

Yi — who signed to swim at the University of Utah along with current Smoky Hill teammate Jake Baker — has several weeks left to accomplish more.

He came into the season as holder of Smoky Hill’s boys program record in the 200 IM (1 minute, 51.19 seconds) and 100 breaststroke (54.86 seconds), while he was on three relays teams (200 medley, 200 freestyle and 400 freestyle) that hold program marks.

Two more became Yi’s on the same day he won the Hoyt Brawner award. In the Coaches Invitational prelims of the 50 freestyle, his time of 21.22 seconds vaulted him past the 21.37 of Alex Kohlman, and his split of 46.20 leading off the 400 freestyle relay set a team mark. The previous best was Shelby Clark’s 46.27 in 1999.

“I’m really hyped about what’s next,” Yi said. “I’ve been looking up at that state record board, and I also want to get up there.”

Most in jeopardy is the 100 breaststroke state mark of 53.73 set by Chatfield’s Joshua Corn, who did it last season as he finished just in front of Yi (who swam 54.86) to win the 5A state title.

Yi is a team captain for a potential-filled Smoky Hill team that finished third among 5A teams (behind twotime state champion Regis Jesuit and powerhouse Cherry Creek) at the Coaches Invitational and aims for a similar state result.

“Daniel is one of the best teammates I’ve ever had, and he’s like the most deserving guy I can think of to win it,”

junior Ian Noffsinger said. “He’s what an athlete should be: a friend, a student and then the sport comes last. It’s really cool to see somebody I’ve had the pleasure of knowing for three years win that award.”

Yi’s love of swimming extends beyond his own competition, as he has served as an assistant for Cohen with the Pine Creek Heat neighborhood swim team, which features kids 4 to 10. It’s definitely a role he doesn’t take lightly in terms of building swimming for the future.

ABOVE: Smoky Hill senior Daniel Yi poses with the plaque he received as winner of the Hoyt Brawner Award at the Dick Rush Coaches Invitational boys swim meet March 16 at the Veterans’ Memorial Aquatic Center. BELOW: In the water, Yi helped Smoky Hill to third place among Class 5A teams. Photos by Courtney Oakes/Aurora Sentinel

“I’m a part of a lot of summer leagues and club teams, so I get a lot of attention from little kids,” Yi said. “I try to set as good of an example as possible for them.”

A 3.7-plus Grade Point Average and very active role in Smoky Hill’s student government — with an emphasis on the school’s successful Wish Week program — rounds out Yi’s resume that earned him recognition from the state’s coaches. He joins Tylen Phillips (2018), Devin Bellamy (2016), Kohlman (2015), Kevin Ellis (2005), Clark (2000) and Mike Koss (1998) as male Hoyt Brawner winners from the Smoky Hill program. Aurora’s other Hoyt Brawner finalist was Cherokee Trail’s Josh Woren. A four-year varsity letterman for the Cougars, Woren has a 4.68 weight GPA, ranks 11th in his class academically and is headed to Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to swim and play water polo.

Preps

BOYS SWIMMING

Regis Jesuit wins 5A Coaches Invite, leads three top-four teams

The annual Dick Rush Coaches Invitational is early enough in the boys swim season where not a lot can be drawn from the results, especially with a mix of teams from multiple classifications and some incomplete lineups.

That being said, any meets are welcomed in a slow start of competition in the spring season.

With only a couple of dual meets under their belts, Aurora teams fared well in competition March 16 at the Veterans’ Memorial Aquatic Center, as locals claimed three of the top four spots (and four of the top nine) in the Class 5A standings.

Leading the way was coach Nick Frasersmith’s Regis Jesuit team, which won two relay events and accrued 874 points to finish in front of rival Cherry Creek, which had 727.5. The two-time defending 5A state champion Raiders were joined in the top four of the large school division by Smoky Hill, which piled up 613.5 points for third — and featured the Hoyt Brawner Award winner in senior Daniel Yi (see story, page 14) — along with Cherokee Trail, which was fourth with 464. Grandview finished with 278 points to take ninth.

The diving portion of the meet — which saw 28 teams earn points — got canceled March 15 due to the conditions from the large snowstorm that hit the state, but swimming went on as scheduled with morning prelims and afternoon finals.

Regis Jesuit had particular success in the relay events and won the meet’s bookend races, the 200 yard medley relay to start and the 400 freestyle relay to finish. Senior Hennig Colsman and sophomore Nolan Kohl were part of both relay victories, while senior Owen Mulligan and junior Hugh Boris were part of the medley victory and senior Chief Greene-Cockriel and junior Reid Magner rounded out the 400 freestyle relay team.

In between, Boris finished as the 100 breaststroke runner-up and was third in the 200 IM, while Greene-Cockriel and Magner had a pair of top-five finishes, and Colsman and Mulligan were in the top-six in two individual events. Kohl was the 100 backstroke runner-up, and freshman Nathaniel Spencer claimed fourth in the 500 freestyle among numerous highlights for the Raiders.

Smoky Hill’s event victory came in the 500 yard freestyle from junior Ian Noffsinger, who surged late to take the race with a time of 4 minutes, 42.89 seconds. Noffsinger also placed third in the 200 freestyle and joined seniors Yi and Jake Baker with two top-five finishes, while seniors Landon Brewer and Patrick Adams made two championship finals individually.The Buffaloes — who had nearly their entire team in the competition — were fifth in two relays and eighth in the other.

Cherokee Trail had an event champion as well in junior Bronson Smothers, who captured the 50 freestyle with a time of 20.98 seconds. Smothers was second in the 100 freestyle and the Cougars had an event runner-up in sophomore Tyson Walker in the 200 individual medley. Smothers, Walker plus senior Hugh Mullen and junior Jacob Mueller were a second behind Regis Jesuit in second place in the 400 freestyle relay.

Grandview had a runner-up finish in the 100 freestyle from senior Evan Higgins (who was also fifth in the 100 backstroke), while junior Oliver Schimberg — a 5A state champion last year — swam off events and finished seventh in the 50 freestyle. The Wolves were top-eight in two relays, while they missed out on points in the 200 freestyle relay due to a DQ.

Overland accrued 14 points on the performance of Alex Czyzowicz, who made the second consolation event in a pair of events.

SPORTSWOMEN OF COLORADO

Aurora athletes honored at 50th Sportswomen of Colorado gathering

The annual Sportswomen of Colorado awards ceremony took place March 17 at the Hyatt Regency Denver Tech Center and some local athletes were among a slew of honorees in a variety of categories. It was the organization’s 50th award ceremony.

The high school girls basketball player of the year for 2023 was Grandview’s Sienna Betts, who led her team to the Class 6A state championship and received Colorado Gatorade Player of the Year honors as a sophomore.

The racquetball player of the year for 2023 was Regis Jesuit grad Erika Manilla, a professional who earned the No. 1 ranking in the country in the U.S. Racquetball Association.

Former Smoky Hill soccer coach Lorne Donaldson was honored for his contributions to sport. He helped developed a number of members of the U.S. women’s soccer team with his Real Colorado club program among a variety of coaching roles.

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Three Aurora seniors in CCGS All-State Game

The Colorado Coaches of Girls’ Sports (CCGS) brought its slate of All-State girls basketball games for top seniors from across the state to Grandview High School March 17.

Twenty players were selected to play in the Class 5A/6A game and three of them were from Aurora area programs in Regis Jesuit’s Hana Belibi, Rangeview’s D’Ajha Horton and Vista PEAK Prep’s Mackenzie Horton.

The Blue Team included Belibi, the leading scorer for coach Jordan Kasemodel’s team — which finished as the runner-up in 6A — as she aver-

ABOVE: Overland’s Alex Czyzowicz reacts after his performance in the 100 yard breaststroke at the Coaches Invitational March 16. ABOVE LEFT: Regis Jesuit’s Hugh Boris takes a breath during the championship final of the 100 yard breaststroke at the Coaches Invitational boys swim meet March 16. Boris helped the Raiders win the meet. BELOW LEFT: Smoky Hill’s Ian Noffsinger

aged 17.5 points per game. The Harvard-bound frontcourt player also averaged 8.5 rebounds per contest on her way to Continental League Player of the Year honors.

Horton earned a spot on the AllCity (6A) first team as a leader for Rangeview in its first season under head coach Tony Speights. She averaged a team-high 13.5 points as well as 6.7 rebounds, which ranked her second on the Raiders.

Griffin was one of three Vista PEAK Prep players to be honored on the All-City (4A/5A) first team, as she contributed 7.3 points per contest plus a variety of intangibles for coach Howard Payne’s Bison, who won their league championship.

WEEK PAST

The week past in Aurora prep sports

MONDAY, MARCH 18: Despite two RBI from Noah Brown and a 2-for-3 day from Tavish Dey, the Eaglecrest baseball team dropped a 7-6 road game at Pueblo West. ...The Cherokee Trail baseball team dropped both games on the first day of its Arizona tournament. Braedan Reichert homered and drove in a pair of runs, as did Luca Slavato, in a 9-5 loss to Centennial (Arizona), which was followed by a 6-0 loss to Sunrise Mountain (Arizona) in which Brody Ceyrolles had the Cougars’ only hit.

...The Gateway baseball team fell to

Greeley West 11-1. ...Dash Deavers had the lone hit for the Smoky Hill basebal team in a 16-0 road loss at Fort Collins. ...SATURDAY, MARCH 16: The Vista PEAK Prep baseball team played a road doubleheader in Fort Lupton and split a pair of contests. In a 12-6 win over Elizabeth, Brian Herrera scattered six hits over five innings and struck out six, while driving in two runs himself. Connor Angelini and Travis Montgomery had three RBI apiece. Domenic Montoya plated a pair of runs in the Bison’s 11-7 loss to Fort Morgan. ...FRIDAY, MARCH 15 & THURSDAY, MARCH 14: All prep sports were wiped out due to a snowstorm that shut down Cherry Creek Schools and Regis Jesuit High School, while Aurora Public Schools was on spring break.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13: Samantha Maroni scored the lone goal of the second half to lift the Grandview girls soccer team to a 2-1 home win over Valor Christian. Lindsay George also scored, while Isabelle Rogers picked up an assist and Jaslin Roybal made two saves. ...The Cherokee Trail boys swim team earned a 117.5-57.5 Centennial League dual win at Arapahoe with wins in 10 events. Jacob Mueller Hugh Mullen and Tyson Walker posted two wins apiece, and Ian Madigan took one for the Cougars, who swept the relay events as well. ...The Smoky Hill boys swim team

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reacts to winning the 500 yard freestyle at the Coaches Invitational March 16. BELOW: Cherokee Trail’s Bronson Smothers cools down after he won the 50 yard freestyle at the Coaches Invitational. (Photos by Courtney Oakes/Aurora Sentinel)

›› PREPS, from 15

topped Mullen 126-56 in a Centennial League dual that saw the Buffaloes take eight events. Jake Baker, Sam Baker, Kyle Brushaber, Daniel Yi and diver Brayden Smith earned wins for Smoky Hill, which also claimed all three relays. ...The Cherokee Trail boys lacrosse team held off Monarch for a 13-12 victory. ...The Rangeview boys lacrosse team entered the fourth quarter tied with Durango, but dropped a 12-8 road contest. ...The Cherokee Trail girls lacrosse team played in a drenching rain and defeated St. Mary’s Academy 18-3 in a game delayed by lightning and eventually called early. Kyla Bieker had five goals and four assists, while Aubrey Benton and Lorelei Gearity added four goals apiece for the Cougars. ...Riding 17 kills from Nick Safray, 13 from Alejandro Garcia and 11 from Connor Deickman, the Grandview boys volleyball team downed Castle View 24-26, 2519, 25-20, 27-25. Devan Hall added 44 assists for the Wolves. ...The Vista PEAK Prep boys volleyball team fell to Ponderosa, who prevailed 25-20, 20-25, 17-25, 25-20, 15-8, despite efforts from the Bison’s Tristan Rowley (11 kills, five aces) and Kaiyan Ivey (32 assists, 12 digs). ...Chaparall defeated the Overland boys volleyball team 25-16, 25-18, 25-18. ...The Grandview girls golf team finished third in the opening Centennial League tournament held at Springhill G.C. Caroline Ryan had the lowest score among locals with a 5-over-par 75 to put her in fourth place. ...TUESDAY, MARCH

12: The Grandview baseball team earned a 9-8 road win at Columbine as it scored eight runs in its final three at-bats and held off the Rebels. Three of Grandview’s seven hits were home runs — from Easton Flores, Cameron Kennedy and Tony Crow — while Flores drove in three runs and Crow and Collin May knocked in a pair. Ben Crandall picked up the win, while Kyle Cacciavillani pitched the final 2/3 of an inning for the save. ...Noah Brown had five hits in six at-bats with four runs score to help the Eaglecrest baseball team to a 17-1 win over Highlands Ranch. Brayden Stufft and Leandro Jimenez had three RBI apiece for the Raptors, who got 4 1/3 scoreless innings from winning starter Cosme Vera Scott Dewey struck out 12 hitters over five innings, but the Overland baseball team fell to Mountain Range 3-2. ...Maddyn Walker

scored two goals, while Isabelle Cruces Alcala and Daniella Iaquinta also scored for the Cherokee Trail girls soccer team in a 4-0 road win at Prairie View. ...Praise Apokiere had half of the goals for the Eaglecrest girls soccer team in a 4-2 victory over Horizon at Legacy Stadium. Dominique Nicholson and Noel Pulley also accounted for goals for the Raptors. ...The Smoky Hill girls soccer team got two goals and an assist apiece from Alicia Lopez and Brooke Roth on its way to a 6-0 road win at Vista PEAK Prep in a local matchup. Elyse Bailey and Lauren Nesbitt each scored goals and recorded assists as well for the Buffs.

...The Overland girls soccer team scored in the second half to forge a 1-1 tie with visiting Northglenn. ...The Grandview boys swim team fell to 130.5-55.5 in a Centennial League home dual meet. Oliver Schimberg

earned victories in the 100 yard butterfly and 100 backstroke for the Wolves.

...Goalie Jackson Large made 11 saves and also scored a goal for the Regis Jesuit boys lacrosse team in an 11-8 home win over Kent Denver. Jamie Rosenzweig led the Raiders with four goals, while Dylan Kummer and Matthew Tartell added two apiece. Aubrey Benton racked up six goals, while Lorelei Gearity had four to go with three assists and Abby Vanzant had eight assists for the Cherokee Trail girls lacrosse team in a 21-2 victory over Dakota Ridge. ...The Vista PEAK Prep boys volleyball team had a trio of players in double digits in kills — Tristan Rowley with 15, Liam Jungheim with 13 and Benjamin Allred with 11 — while Kaiyan Ivey had 47 assists and six service aces in a 20-25, 18-25, 25-20, 25-22, 15-10 win at Cherry Creek. ...Sef Musani contributed

16 kills and Brady Jenkins added 10, while Gabe Sullivan recorded 31 assists and 18 digs for the Regis Jesuit boys volleyball team in a 25-22, 2025, 25-21, 25-23 road win at Overland Ahmed Diallo countered for the Trailblazers with 14 kills. ...The Eaglecrest boys volleyball team swept past Castle View 25-22, 26-24, 25-20 as Jackson Shaw came through with 10 kills and 13 digs, and Dillan Ancheta had six kills and 12 assists. ...The Regis Jesuit girls tennis team defeated Heritage 6-1 in a Continental League dual match that saw the Raiders go 3-0 in three-set matches and win all matches but at No. 2 singles. ...The Regis Jesuit girls golf team finished ninth in the opening Continental League tournament of the season held at Aurora Hills G.C. Natalie Furgason shot 90 to finish one stroke in front of Emily Gott (91) for team best for the Raiders.

ABOVE: As rain falls steadily, Cherokee Trail’s Lorelei Gearity winds up for a shot during the first half of the Cougars’ 18-3 girls lacrosse win at St. Mary’s Academy March 13.

RIGHT: Teddy Rogala, left, wins a faceoff during the Regis Jesuit boys lacrosse team’s 11-8 win over Kent Denver March 12. Photos by Courtney Oakes/Aurora Sentinel

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Lauren Elizabeth Warfield

Original Beneficiary(ies)

Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for First Centennial Mortgage Corporation, Its Successors and Assigns

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt

NewRez LLC d/b/a Shellpoint Mortgage

Servicing Date of Deed of Trust

December 05, 2016

County of Recording

Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust

December 22, 2016

Recording Information (Reception No. and/ or Book/Page No.) D6149128

Original Principal Amount $190,000.00

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

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

of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication 3/7/2024

Last Publication 4/4/2024

Name of Publication Sentinel Colorado 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: 12/29/2023

Michael Westerberg, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado

By: /s/ Michael Westerberg, 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

N. April Winecki #34861

David R. Doughty #40042

Nicholas H. Santarelli #46592

Lynn M. Janeway #15592

Janeway Law Firm, P.C. 9540 Maroon Circle, Suite 320, Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 706-9990

Attorney File # 23-031459

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 05/01/2024, at The East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication 3/7/2024

Last Publication 4/4/2024

Name of Publication Sentinel Colorado

IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO

A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE

A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY

THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE

MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED;

DATE: 01/02/2024

Michael Westerberg, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado

By: /s/ Michael Westerberg, Public Trustee

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

Erin Croke #46557

Steven Bellanti #48306

Holly Shilliday #24423

Ilene Dell’Acqua #31755

McCarthy & Holthus LLP 7700 E Arapahoe Road, Suite 230, Centennial, CO 80112 (877) 369-6122

Attorney File # CO-23-971820-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

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 05/08/2024, at The East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’

Outstanding Principal Balance $195,818.77 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. SEE ATTACHED EXHIBIT A EXHIBIT “A” BUILDING 4, UNIT 107, CEDAR COVE II CONDOMINIUMS FILING NO. 2, ACCORDING TO THE CONDOMINIUM MAP RECORDED JANUARY 11, 1996 IN PLAT BOOK 125 AT PAGES 83-91 AND THE THIRD SUPPLEMENT TO THE CON-

DOMINIUM MAP OF CEDAR COVE II CONDOMINIUMS RECORDED JULY 16, 1999 IN PLAT BOOK 164 AT PAGES 1112 OF THE REAL PROPERTY RECORDS OF ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO, AND THE CONDOMINIUM DECLARATION DATED JANUARY 30, 1996 AND RECORDED JANUARY 30, 1996 UNDER RECEPTION NO. A6011418, AND FIRST AMENDMENT TO CONDOMINIUM DECLARATION RECORDED MARCH 26, 1996, UNDER RECEPTION NO. A6036294 AND SECOND AMENDMENT TO CONDOMINIUM DECLARATION RECORDED JULY 10, 1996, UNDER RECEPTION NO. A6087987 AND FOURTH SUPPLEMENTAL RECORDED JULY 16, 1999 AT RECEPTION NO. A9115874, AND ANY AND ALL AMENDMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTS RECORDED IN THE REAL PROPERTY RECORDS OF ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Purported common address: 12211 E Tennessee Dr Unit 107, Aurora, CO 80012.

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

The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust. THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 05/08/2024, at The East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication 3/14/2024

Last Publication 4/11/2024

PennyMac Loan Services, LLC

Date of Deed of Trust August 06, 2015

County of Recording

Arapahoe

Recording Date of Deed of Trust August 12, 2015

Recording Information (Reception No. and/ or Book/Page No.)

D5090575

Original Principal Amount $279,837.00

Outstanding Principal Balance $273,604.45

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 of the terms thereof

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

LOT 4, BLOCK 2, WINDSOR PARK SUB-

DIVISION FILING NO. 2, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO.

Purported common address: 240 S Revere Street, Aurora, CO 80012.

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

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 05/08/2024, at The East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication 3/14/2024

Last Publication 4/11/2024

Name of Publication Sentinel Colo-

rado

IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF

of Arapahoe County, Colorado, and as defined and described in Condominium Declaration for Sable Cove Condominiums recorded September 15, 1982 in Book 3698 at Page 273 in said records and the Statement of Annexation of Additional land recorded May 9, 1983 in Book 3857 at Page 534 of the aforesaid records, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado Purported common address: 909 South Dawson Way #2, Aurora, CO 80012.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY

ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.

NOTICE OF SALE

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 05/08/2024, at The East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication 3/14/2024

Last Publication 4/11/2024

Name of Publication Sentinel Colorado IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE

A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE

MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED;

DATE: 01/09/2024

Michael Westerberg, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado

By: /s/ Michael Westerberg, Public Trustee

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

Alexis R. Abercrombie #56722

Scott D. Toebben #19011

Aricyn J. Dall #51467

David W Drake #43315

Randall S. Miller & Associates PC 216 16th Street, Suite 1210, Denver, CO 80202 (720) 259-6710

Attorney File # 23CO00366-1

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 NOTICEPUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103

FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0011-2024

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

On January 9, 2024, the undersigned

Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

Original Grantor(s)

Ivet Orantes and Raul Retana Ramirez

Original Beneficiary(ies)

Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc, as beneficiary, as nominee for United Wholesale Mortgage, LLC

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt United Wholesale Mortgage, LLC

Date of Deed of Trust

September 20, 2022

County of Recording

Arapahoe

Recording Date of Deed of Trust

September 22, 2022

Recording Information (Reception No. and/ or Book/Page No.)

E2097158 Book: n/a Page:

Original Principal Amount $588,225.00

Outstanding Principal Balance $584,667.29

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 4, Tollgate Crossing Filing No. 1, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado.

Purported common address: 4767 S Elk Way, Aurora, CO 80016.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY

ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.

NOTICE OF SALE

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 05/08/2024, at The East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication 3/14/2024

Last Publication 4/11/2024

Name of Publication Sentinel Colorado

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

DATE: 01/09/2024

Michael Westerberg, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado

By: /s/ Michael Westerberg, Public Trustee

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

Alexis R. Abercrombie #56722

Scott D. Toebben #19011

Aricyn J. Dall #51467

David W Drake #43315

Randall S. Miller & Associates PC 216 16th Street, Suite 1210, Denver, CO 80202 (720) 259-6710

Attorney File # 23CO00377-1

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 NOTICEPUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103

FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0013-2024

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

On January 9, 2024, the undersigned

Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

Original Grantor(s)

KAREN KELLY

Original Beneficiary(ies)

SOOPER CREDIT UNION

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt

SOOPER CREDIT UNION

Date of Deed of Trust

Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt

by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

LOT 3, BLOCK 8, PARK VIEW ESTATES, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO.

Purported common address: 436 SCRANTON ST, AURORA, CO 80011.

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

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 05/08/2024, at The East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication 3/14/2024

Last Publication 4/11/2024 Name of Publication Sentinel Colorado IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO

MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; DATE: 01/09/2024

Michael Westerberg, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado

By: /s/ Michael Westerberg, Public Trustee

The name, address,

To

the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication 3/21/2024

Last Publication 4/18/2024

Name of Publication Sentinel Colo-

rado

IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO

A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE

A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY

THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE

MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED;

DATE: 01/12/2024

Michael Westerberg, Public Trustee in and for the

County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado

By: /s/ Michael Westerberg, Public Trustee

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

Jessica J. Groen #40660

Sandra J. Nettleton #42411

Marcello G. Rojas #46396

Susan Hendrick #33196

Nigel G Tibbles #43177

THE SAYER LAW GROUP, P.C. 3600

South Beeler Street, Suite 330, Denver, CO 80237 (303) 353-2965

Attorney File # CO230145

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. 0019-2024

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

On January 12, 2024, the undersigned

Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

Original Grantor(s)

Chris Bombard and Autrey Hummel

Original Beneficiary(ies)

Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Beneficiary, as nominee for Broker Solutions, Inc. dba New American Funding, its successors and assigns

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt New American Funding, LLC fka Broker Solutions, Inc., d/b/a New American Funding Date of Deed of Trust

February 10, 2017 County of Recording Arapahoe

Recording Date of Deed of Trust

February 16, 2017

Recording Information (Reception No. and/ or Book/Page No.)

D7019024

Original Principal Amount $309,500.00

Outstanding Principal Balance $273,737.13 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 make timely payments as required under the Evidence of Debt and Deed of Trust.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

LOT 5, BLOCK 4, BOX ELDER CREEK RANCHES, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO Purported common address: 1226 South Musk Ox Drive, Bennett, CO 80102.

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

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 05/15/2024, at The East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

Halliday,

Attorney File # CO10008

The

1/2015

FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0020-2024

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

On January 12, 2024, the undersigned

Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

Original Grantor(s)

Jolanda Sinon

Original Beneficiary(ies)

Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. acting solely as nominee for American

Financing Corporation

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt

Fifth Third Bank, N.A.

Date of Deed of Trust October 16, 2021

County of Recording

Arapahoe

Recording Date of Deed of Trust October 27, 2021

Recording Information (Reception No. and/ or Book/Page No.)

E1164246

Original Principal Amount $388,000.00

Outstanding Principal Balance $382,788.62

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: Jolanda Sinon failed 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. Such failure constitutes a breach under the Note and Deed of Trust triggering the power of sale by the Public Trustee.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

Lot 39, Block 2, Meadowood Filing No. 2, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado. Purported common address: 2814 S. Jasper St, Aurora, CO 80013.

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

NOTICE OF SALE

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 05/15/2024, at The East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication 3/21/2024

Last Publication 4/18/2024

Name of Publication Sentinel Colorado

IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; DATE: 01/12/2024

Michael Westerberg, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: /s/ Michael Westerberg, Public Trustee

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

Jessica J. Groen #40660

Sandra J. Nettleton #42411

Marcello G. Rojas #46396

Susan

The

April 19, 2022

County of Recording

Arapahoe

Recording Date of Deed of Trust

May 02, 2022

Recording Information (Reception No. and/ or Book/Page No.)

E2048499

Original Principal Amount $75,000.00

Outstanding

Pursuant

Outstanding

Purported

address: 16622 E ASBURY AVE, AURORA, CO 80013-1203.

OF SALE

The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust. THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 05/15/2024, at The East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said

VILLA SUBDIVISION”),,,COUNTY OF

Purported

address: 924 S. JAMAICA ST,, AURORA, CO 80012. THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. NOTICE OF SALE

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 04/17/2024, at The East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication 2/22/2024

Last Publication 3/21/2024

Name of Publication Sentinel Colorado

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: 12/15/2023

Michael Westerberg, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado

By: /s/ Michael Westerberg, Public Trustee

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

Alexis R. Abercrombie #56722

Scott D. Toebben #19011

Aricyn J. Dall #51467

David W Drake #43315

Randall S. Miller & Associates PC 216 16th Street, Suite 1210, Denver, CO 80202 (720) 259-6710

Attorney File # 23CO00266-1

First Publication 3/21/2024

TO CURE BY

THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE

MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED;

DATE: 01/12/2024

Michael Westerberg, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado

By: /s/ Michael Westerberg, 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

Joseph D. DeGiorgio #45557

Carly Imbrogno #59533

Randall M. Chin #31149

David W. Drake #43315

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 NOTICEPUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103

FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0543-2023

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

On December 19, 2023, the undersigned

Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

Original Grantor(s)

Aldo R. Castillo

Original Beneficiary(ies)

KeyBank National Association

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt

KeyBank, N.A.

Date of Deed of Trust

November 21, 2018

County of Recording

Arapahoe

Recording Date of Deed of Trust December 05, 2018

Recording Information (Reception No. and/ or Book/Page No.)

D8119142

Original Principal Amount $120,000.00

Outstanding Principal Balance $89,102.36

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 make timely payments as required under the Evidence of Debt and Deed of Trust.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

LOT 6, BLOCK 1, ALTON PARK FILING NO. 1, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO.

Purported common address: 1223 S Akron Way, Denver, CO 80247.

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

NOTICE OF SALE

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 04/17/2024, at The East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication 2/22/2024

Last Publication 3/21/2024

A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY

THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE

MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED;

DATE: 12/19/2023

Michael Westerberg, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado

By: /s/ Michael Westerberg, Public Trustee

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

Amanda Ferguson #44893

Heather Deere #28597

Toni M. Owan #30580

Halliday, Watkins & Mann, PC 355 Union Blvd., Ste. 250, Lakewood, CO 80228 (303) 274-0155

Attorney File # CO11820

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 NOTICEPUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103

FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0544-2023

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

On December 19, 2023, the undersigned

Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

Original Grantor(s)

Luis Alfredo Jimenez

Original Beneficiary(ies)

MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC., ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt COLORADO HOUSING AND FINANCE AUTHORITY

Date of Deed of Trust September 30, 2022

County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust October 07, 2022 Recording Information (Reception No. and/ or Book/Page No.)

E2101438

Original Principal Amount $441,849.00

Outstanding Principal Balance $437,712.52 Pursuant

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

LOT 27, BLOCK 3, SEVEN HILLS SUBDIVISION, FILING NO 6, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO

APN #: 1975-34-1-31-036 Purported

address: 19667 E Dartmouth Ave, Aurora, CO 80013.

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

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 04/17/2024, at The East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and

COMBINED NOTICE -

PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103

FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0545-2023

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

On December 19, 2023, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

Original Grantor(s)

CHRISTOPHER HENRY DRAYTON, JR.

Original Beneficiary(ies) MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. ACTING SOLELY

AS NOMINEE FOR AMERICAN FINANCING CORPORATION

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt M&T BANK

Date of Deed of Trust

May 25, 2021

County of Recording

Arapahoe

Recording Date of Deed of Trust

June 04, 2021

Recording Information (Reception No. and/ or Book/Page No.)

E1089967

Original Principal Amount $332,661.00

Outstanding Principal Balance $317,794.56

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 12, BLOCK 2, MILL RUN SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 2, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Purported common address: 4040 SOUTH RIFLE WAY, AURORA, CO 80013-3240.

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

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 04/17/2024, at The East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication 2/22/2024

Last Publication 3/21/2024

Name of Publication Sentinel Colorado 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: 12/19/2023

Michael Westerberg, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado

By: /s/ Michael Westerberg, 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

Joseph D. DeGiorgio #45557

Carly Imbrogno #59533

Randall M. Chin #31149

David W. Drake #43315

Ryan Bourgeois #51088

Barrett, Frappier & Weisserman, LLP 1391 Speer Boulevard, Suite 700, Denver, CO 80204 (303) 350-3711

Attorney File # 00000009984048

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 NOTICEPUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103

FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0550-2023

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

On December 29, 2023, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to

Outstanding Principal Balance

$650,966.79

Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the

of

for in the evidence of debt

by the Deed of Trust and other violations thereof

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

LOT 15, BLOCK 1, WOODGATE SUB-

DIVISION FILING NO. 8, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO.

Purported common address: 4992 South Elkhart Court, Aurora, CO 80015.

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

NOTICE OF SALE

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 05/01/2024, at The East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication 3/7/2024

Last Publication 4/4/2024

Name of Publication Sentinel Colorado

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: 12/29/2023

Michael Westerberg, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado

By: /s/ Michael Westerberg, Public Trustee

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

Erin Croke #46557

Steven Bellanti #48306

Holly Shilliday #24423

Ilene Dell’Acqua #31755 McCarthy & Holthus LLP 7700 E Arapahoe Road, Suite 230, Centennial, CO 80112 (877) 369-6122

Attorney File # CO-23-971136-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. 0552-2023

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

On December 29, 2023, the undersigned

Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

Original Grantor(s)

Mariah A. Pippins

Name of Publication

LOT

SALE

Colo-

DEED OF TRUST.

If applicable, a description of any changes to the deed of trust described in the notice of election and demand pursuant to affidavit as allowed by statutes: **The Deed of Trust legal description was corrected by an Affidavit of Correction recorded on 12/15/2023 at Reception No. E3083590 , in the records of Arapahoe County, State of Colorado.

C.R.S.§ 38-35-109(5) LEGAL DESCRIP-

TION HAS BEEN CORRECTED BY SCRIVENER’S AFFIDAVIT RECORDED 12/15/2023 AT RECEPTION NO. E3083590 IN THE RECORDS OF ARAPAHOE COUNTY. NOTICE OF SALE

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 05/01/2024, at The East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication 3/7/2024

Last Publication 4/4/2024 Name of Publication Sentinel Colorado 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: 12/29/2023

Michael Westerberg, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado

By: /s/ Michael Westerberg, Public Trustee

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

Amanda Ferguson #44893

Heather Deere #28597

Toni M. Owan #30580

Halliday, Watkins & Mann, PC 355 Union Blvd., Ste. 250, Lakewood, CO 80228 (303) 274-0155

Attorney File # CO22354

The

COMBINED NOTICE -

SALE NO. 0556-2023

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following de-

Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

Original Grantor(s)

Eric Romain AND Senaida Wilkins

Original Beneficiary(ies)

MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR FINANCE OF AMERICA MORTGAGE, LLC, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt COLORADO HOUSING AND FINANCE

AUTHORITY

Date of Deed of Trust June 28, 2018

Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication 3/7/2024

Last Publication 4/4/2024

Name of Publication Sentinel Colo-

rado

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: 12/29/2023

Michael Westerberg, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado

By: /s/ Michael Westerberg, 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

N. April Winecki #34861

David R. Doughty #40042

Nicholas H. Santarelli #46592

Lynn M. Janeway #15592

Janeway Law Firm, P.C. 9540 Maroon Circle, Suite 320, Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 706-9990

Attorney File # 23-030040

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 NOTICEPUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103

FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0557-2023

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

On December 29, 2023, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

Original Grantor(s)

Julie Caldera Bershas 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 May 09, 2017

County of Recording Arapahoe

Recording Date of Deed of Trust June 13, 2017

Recording Information (Reception No. and/ or Book/Page No.)

D7066376 June 14, 2017

Re-Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.)

D7066500

Re-Recording Date of Deed of Trust

Original Principal Amount $383,426.00

Outstanding Principal Balance $387,369.54

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 72, BLOCK 4, MISSION VIEJO, FILING NO. 1, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO.

Purported common address: 3665 SOUTH JASPER STREET, AURORA, CO 80013.

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

NOTICE OF SALE

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 05/01/2024, at The East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

Alison L Berry #34531

N. April Winecki #34861

David R. Doughty #40042

Nicholas H. Santarelli #46592

Lynn M. Janeway #15592

Janeway Law Firm, P.C. 9540 Maroon Circle, Suite 320, Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 706-9990

Attorney File # 18-017762

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. 0125-2023

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 KEVIN TREESH

Address of Obligor/Grantor(s) on the evidence of debt and/or Deed of Trust

6214 S IDER WAY, AURORA, CO 80016

Recording Date of Deed of Trust September 14, 2020

Recording Information E0121127

Legal Description of Property

LOT 19, BLOCK 4, WHEATLANDS SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 3, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO

Street Address of Property 6214 S IDER WAY, AURORA, CO 80016

NOTICE OF UNCLAIMED OVERBID FUNDS

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

Last Publication 4/18/24

Date: 3/7/24

To:

described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 05/01/2024, at The East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said

First Publication 3/7/2024

Last Publication 4/4/2024

Name of Publication Sentinel Colorado

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: 12/29/2023

Michael Westerberg, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado

By: /s/ Michael Westerberg, Public Trustee

The name, address, business telephone

Trust:

Name of Obligor/Grantor(s) on the evi-

dence of debt and/or Deed of Trust

COURTNEY Y. HUNTINGTON

Address of Obligor/Grantor(s) on the evidence of debt and/or Deed of Trust

10811 E JEWELL AVE, AURORA, CO

80012

Recording Date of Deed of Trust September 10, 2020

Recording Information

E0119118

Legal Description of Property

LOT 2, BLOCK 1, JEWELL TERRACE

SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 1, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO.

Street Address of Property 10811 E JEWELL AVE, AURORA, CO 80012

NOTICE OF UNCLAIMED OVERBID FUNDS

I sold at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on 11/1/23, at The East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, 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 5/1/2024 as part of the “Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act”, pursuant to Colorado law.

First Publication 2/29/24

Last Publication 3/28/24

Name of Publication Sentinel Colorado Date: 2/13/24

Michael Westerberg, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado

By: /s/ Michael Westerberg, Public Trustee ©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado

Revised 9/2012

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***END OF PUBLIC AUCTION REPORT***

First Publication: March 14, 2024

Final Publication: March 28, 2024

Sentinel

AVISO DE CONCLUSIÓN DE IMPACTO

SIGNIFICATIVO Y AVISO DE INTENCIÓN DE SOLICITAR LIBERACIÓN DE FONDOS

21 de marzo de 2024

División de Desarrollo Comunitario de la Ciudad de Aurora 15151 E. Alameda Pkwy Aurora, CO.80012 303-739-7921

Estos avisos deberán satisfacer dos requisitos de procedimiento separados pero relacionados para las actividades que se realizarán en nombre de la RE o del beneficiario de la subvención.

SOLICITUD DE LIBERACIÓN DE FONDOS

El 8 de abril de 2024o alrededor de esa fecha, la ciudad de Aurora presentará una solicitud al HUD para la liberación de los fondos HOME ARP bajo el Programa de Asociación de Inversión HOME, según enmendado. Esta empresa será para Restoration Christian Ministries y solicitaron fondos de la Ley del Plan de Rescate Estadounidense (ARPA) de la ciudad de Aurora. Además, también recibieron dólares de Fondos para Proyectos Comunitarios (CPF) de HUD. La propiedad está ubicada en 15660 E. 6th Avenue, el solicitante ha presentado una solicitud para obtener fondos ARPA para ayudar financieramente con la nueva construcción de la propiedad. El patrocinador ya es propietario del sitio del proyecto, pero lo arrendará a la sociedad de crédito fiscal para viviendas de bajos ingresos durante 99 años. El proyecto incluye el desarrollo previo, el diseño y la construcción de 179 unidades de vivienda asequible en tres edificios. El diseño aún se encuentra en su fase esquemática, pero el tamaño actual es 167,150 pies cuadrados de espacio residencial, 43,068 pies cuadrados de circulación, 9,879 pies cuadrados de espacio para servicios, 6,866 pies cuadrados de espacio de almacenamiento, 29,000 pies cuadrados de espacio de patio y 73,476 de estacionamiento. Dado que el proyecto incluye la construcción de viviendas asequibles, se realizarán actividades de perturbación del terreno, incluida la excavación de cimientos y servicios públicos subterráneos, junto con la nivelación del sitio. El costo total de este proyecto se estima en hasta $30.000.000. La ciudad de Aurora contribuirá con $1,000,000 en fondos ARPA y habrá $3,000,000 en fondos CPF de HUD. LEY DEL PLAN DE RESCATE AMERICANO DE 2021 (ARPA), la autoridad legal para financiar la ley es H.R. 1319, una ley para establecer la reconciliación de conformidad con el título II de S. Con. Res. 5 Subvenciones de la Iniciativa de Desarrollo Económico y Financiamiento de Proyectos Comunitarios (CPF) en virtud de la Ley de Asignaciones Consolidadas del Año Fiscal 2023 (P.L. 117-328)

HALLAZGO DE NO IMPACTO SIGNIFI-

CATIVO

La ciudad de Aurora ha determinado que el proyecto no tendrá un impacto significativo en el medio ambiente humano. Por lo tanto, no se requiere una Declaración de Impacto Ambiental según la Ley de Política Ambiental Nacional de 1969 (NEPA). Información adicional del proyecto está contenida en el Registro de Revisión Ambiental (ERR) archivado en el Centro Municipal de la Ciudad de Aurora ubicado en 15151 E. Alameda Pkwy y puede examinarse o copiarse de lunes a viernes de 8 a. m. a 5 p. m.

COMENTARIOS PÚBLICOS

Cualquier individuo, grupo o agencia puede enviar comentarios por escrito sobre la ERR a Sarah Carroll City of Aurora, Community Development Division, 15151 E. Alameda, Aurora, Colorado, 80012; o scarrol@auroragov.org. Si tiene preguntas e información adicional, comuníquese con Sarah Carroll en la dirección anterior o llame al 303-739-7900. Todos los comentarios recibidos antes del 7 de abril de 2024 serán considerados por la Ciudad de Aurora antes de autorizar la presentación de una solicitud de liberación de fondos. Los comentarios deben especificar a qué Aviso se dirigen.

CERTIFICACIÓN AMBIENTAL

La Ciudad de Aurora certifica a HUD que Sarah Carroll, en su calidad de Supervisora de Vivienda y Desarrollo Comunitario, consiente en aceptar la jurisdicción de los Tribunales Federales si se inicia una acción para hacer cumplir las responsabilidades en relación con el proceso de revisión ambiental y que estas responsabilidades han sido satisfechas. . La aprobación de la certificación por parte del estado de HUD satisface sus responsabilidades según la NEPA y las leyes y autoridades relacionadas y permite que el nombre del beneficiario de la subvención utilice los fondos del programa.

OBJECIONES A LA LIBERACIÓN DE

FONDOS

HUD aceptará objeciones a su liberación de fondos y a la certificación de la Ciudad de Aurora por un período de quince días después de la fecha de presentación anticipada o de la recepción real de la solicitud (lo que ocurra más tarde) solo si se basan en una de las siguientes bases: ( a) la certificación no fue ejecutada por el Oficial Certificador de la Ciudad de Aurora; (b) la Ciudad de Aurora ha omitido un paso o no ha tomado una decisión o hallazgo requerido por las regulaciones del HUD en 24 CFR parte 58; (c) el beneficiario de la subvención u otros participantes en el proceso de desarrollo han comprometido fondos, incurrido en costos o realizado actividades no autorizadas por 24 CFR Parte 58 antes de la aprobación de una liberación de fondos por parte de HUD; o (d) otra agencia federal que actúa de conformidad con 40 CFR Parte 1504 ha presentado una conclusión por escrito de que el proyecto es insatisfactorio desde el punto de vista de la calidad ambiental. Las objeciones deben prepararse y enviarse por correo electrónico de acuerdo con los procedimientos requeridos (24 CFR Parte 58, Sec. 58.76) y deben dirigirse a Noemi Ghirghi, Directora de la Región VIII del CPD, en CPD_COVID-19OEE-DEN@hud. gov. Los posibles objetores deben comunicarse con CPD_COVID-19OEE-DEN@ hud.gov para verificar el último día real del período de objeción.

Sarah Carroll, Supervisora de Vivienda y

Publication: March 21, 2024

courtyard space, and 73,476 of parking.

Since the project includes the construction of affordable housing, there will be grounddisturbing activities including excavation for foundations and underground utilities along with the grading of the site. The total cost of this project is estimated to be up to $30,000,000. The City of Aurora will contribute $1,000,000 in ARPA funds and there will be $3,000,000 in CPF funding from HUD.

AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT OF 2021 (ARPA) funding legal authority is H.R. 1319 an Act To provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5

Economic Development Initiative-Community Project Funding (CPF) grants under the Fiscal Year 2023 Consolidated Appropriations Act (P.L. 117-328)

FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT

The City of Aurora has determined that the project will have no significant impact on the human environment. Therefore, an Environmental Impact Statement under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) is not required. Additional project information is contained in the Environmental Review Record (ERR) on file at the City of Aurora’s Municipal Center located at 15151 E. Alameda Pkwy and may be examined or copied weekdays 8 A.M to 5 P.M.

PUBLIC COMMENTS

Any individual, group, or agency may submit written comments on the ERR to Sarah Carroll City of Aurora, Community Development Division, 15151 E. Alameda, Aurora, Colorado, 80012; or scarrol@auroragov.org. For questions and additional information please contact Sarah Carroll at the above address or call 303-739-7900.

All comments received by April 7, 2024 will be considered by the City of Aurora prior to authorizing submission of a request for release of funds. Comments should specify which Notice they are addressing.

ENVIRONMENTAL CERTIFICATION

The City of Aurora certifies to HUD that Sarah Carroll in her capacity as Housing and Community Development Supervisor consents to accept the jurisdiction of the Federal Courts if an action is brought to enforce responsibilities in relation to the environmental review process and that these responsibilities have been satisfied.

HUD’s State’s approval of the certification satisfies its responsibilities under NEPA and related laws and authorities and allows the name of grant recipient to use Program funds.

OBJECTIONS TO RELEASE OF FUNDS

HUD will accept objections to its release of funds and the City of Aurora certification for a period of fifteen days following the anticipated submission date or its actual receipt of the request (whichever is later) only if they are on one of the following bases: (a) the certification was not executed by the Certifying Officer of the City of Aurora; (b) the City of Aurora has omitted a step or failed to make a decision or finding required by HUD regulations at 24 CFR part 58; (c) the grant recipient or other participants in the development process have committed funds, incurred costs or undertaken activities not authorized by 24 CFR Part 58 before approval of a release of funds by HUD; or (d) another Federal agency acting pursuant to 40 CFR Part 1504 has submitted a written finding that the project is unsatisfactory from the standpoint of environmental quality. Objections must be prepared and submitted via email in accordance with the required procedures (24 CFR Part 58, Sec. 58.76) and shall be addressed to Noemi Ghirghi, CPD Region VIII Director, at CPD_COVID19OEE-DEN@hud.gov. Potential objectors should contact CPD_COVID-19OEEDEN@hud.gov to verify the actual last day of the objection period.

Sarah Carroll, Housing and Community Development Supervisor

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

As required by the Colorado Liquor Code, as amended, notice is hereby given that an application for a Hotel & Restaurant Liquor License has been received by the Local Licensing Authority for the granting of a license to sell fermented malt, vinous and spiritous liquors by the drink on premise. The application was filed on March 11th, 2024, by Nana’s Dumplings and Noodles Inc dba Nana’s Dim Sum & Dumplings for a location at 2495 South Havana Street, Unit F, Aurora, CO 80014. The corporate officers live in Colorado.

A Public Hearing to consider the application has been scheduled to be held before the Local Licensing Authority on April 23rd, 2024 22 at 9:00 a.m. The hearing will be held virtually. Please contact Lisa Keith at 303-739-7568 or lkeith@auroragov.org for meeting information.

Provided either the applicant or protestant(s) desire to use petitions to prove the needs of the neighborhood, and the desires of the inhabitants, the petitions may not be circulated before March 21st, 2024, and must be returned by 12:00 noon on April 13th, 2024 for review and verification by the City of Aurora Liquor Licensing staff.

Information as to the application, procedures, or remonstrances, may be handled with the Liquor Licensing Office up to and including the date of the public hearing.

Lisa Keith Licensing Officer 303-739-7568

Publication: March 21, 2024 Sentinel

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT A PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE HELD ON APRIL 8, 2024, STARTING AT 6:30 P.M. AT THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AURORA, COLORADO TO FIND AND DETERMINE WHETHER A CERTAIN PARCEL OF LAND LOCATED IN THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 2 AND THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 11, TOWNSHIP 4 SOUTH, RANGE 66 WEST OF THE SIXTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO MEETS THE APPLICABLE REQUIREMENTS OF COLORADO CONSTITUTION ARTICLE 2, SECTION 30 AND C.R.S. §§ 31-12-104 AND 31-12-105, AND IS CONSIDERED ELIGIBLE FOR ANNEXATION. THE HEARING WILL BE HELD UPON THE ATTACHED RESOLUTION IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS IN THE AURORA MUNICIPAL CENTER LOCATED AT 15151 E. ALAMEDA PARKWAY, AURORA, COLORADO 80012 OR VIRTUALLY (PLEASE GO TO THE CITY OF AURORA WEBSITE AT AURORAGOV.ORG FOR INSTRUCTIONS ON PARTICIPATION).

AT SAID MEETING ANY PERSON IN INTEREST MAY APPEAR AND BE HEARD ON THE REQUESTED APPROVAL. /s/ Kadee Rodriguez City Clerk RESOLUTION NO. R2024-13 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AURORA, COLORADO, FINDING A PETITION FOR ANNEXATION OF A CERTAIN PARCEL OF LAND LOCATED IN THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 2 AND THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 11, TOWNSHIP 4 SOUTH, RANGE 66 WEST OF THE SIXTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO, TO BE IN

RESOLVED AND PASSED this day of 2024.

MIKE COFFMAN, Mayor

ATTEST:

KADEE RODRIGUEZ, City Clerk

APPROVED AS TO FORM: BRIAN J. RULLA, Assistant City Attorney

Exhibit A

(Legal description of property to be annexed) A PARCEL OF LAND IN THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 2 AND THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 11, TOWNSHIP 4 SOUTH, RANGE 66 WEST OF THE SIXTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO, BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS

COMMENCING AT CENTER-SOUTH SIX-

TEENTH (1/16) CORNER OF SECTION 2 AND CONSIDERING THE WEST LINE OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 2 TO BEAR NORTH 00°29’15” WEST, WITH ALL BEARINGS CONTAINED HEREIN RELATIVE THERETO;

THENCE SOUTH 00°29’15” EAST ALONG SAID WEST LINE A DISTANCE OF 1.79

FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING;

THENCE NORTH 89°40’49” EAST A DISTANCE OF 1,321.85 FEET TO THE EAST LINE OF SAID SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 2;

THENCE SOUTH 00°28’58” EAST ALONG SAID EAST LINE A DISTANCE OF 1,232.57 FEET;

THENCE NORTH 89°43’27” EAST A DISTANCE OF 46.00 FEET;

THENCE SOUTH 00°28’58” EAST A DISTANCE OF 56.00 FEET TO A POINT ON THE NORTHERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY OF EAST SIXTH AVENUE;

THENCE SOUTH 00°16’33” EAST A DISTANCE OF 60.00 FEET TO A POINT ON THE SOUTHERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY OF SAID EAST SIXTH AVENUE;

THENCE SOUTH 89°43’27” WEST

ALONG SAID SOUTHERLY RIGHT-OFWAY LINE A DISTANCE OF 1367.43 FEET

TO THE WEST LINE OF SAID NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 11;

THENCE NORTH 00°39’43” WEST

ALONG SAID WEST LINE A DISTANCE OF 30.00 FEET TO THE SOUTH QUARTER CORNER OF SECTION 2;

THENCE NORTH 00°29’15” WEST

ALONG SAID WEST LINE OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 2 A DISTANCE OF 1,317.55 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING.

SAID PARCEL CONTAINS AN AREA OF 1,787,180 SQUARE FEET, OR 41.028 ACRES, MORE OR LESS.

First Publication: March 7, 2024

Final Publication: March 28, 2024 Sentinel

AURORA HIGH POINT AT DIA METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOTICE OF FINAL PAYMENT

Final Publication: March 14, 2024

Final

DISTRICT COURT, COUNTY OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF COLORADO

DISTRICT COURT CIVIL (CV) SUMMONS Case No. 2023CV031642 Div./Ctrm. 1

Plaintiff:

PAUL RAFORD, individually; v. LONESTAR CONSTRUCTION & DESIGN LLC, a Colorado limited liability company; LONE HUSKY CUSTOMS, LLC d/b/a

LONESTAR CONSTRUCTION + DESIGN, a Colorado limited liability company; David Welch, individually.

Defendants THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO TO THE FOLLOWING NAMED

DEFENDANTS:

DAVID WELCH; LONESTAR CONSTRUCTION & DESIGN, LLC; LONE HUSKY CUSTOMS, LLC d/b/a LONESTAR CONSTRUCTION + DESIGN

You are summoned and required to file with the clerk of this court an answer or other response to the complaint filed with the court. You are required to file your answer or other response within thirty-five (35) days after the service of this summons upon you. Service of this summons shall be complete on the day of the last publication. A copy of the complaint may be obtained from the clerk of the court. If you fail to file your answer or other response to the complaint in writing within thirty-five (35) days after the date of the last publication, judgment by default may be rendered against you by the court for the relief demanded in the complaint without further notice. This is an action for Civil Theft and Breach of Contract.

THIS SUMMONS IS ISSUED

PURSUANT TO RULE 4(g)(2), C.R.C.P.

ROBINSON & HENRY, P.C.

By: Peter L. Towsky, #55556

Boyd A. Rolfson, #40035 1805 Shea Center Drive, #180 Highlands Ranch, CO 80129

P: 303-688-0944

F: 303-470-0620 peter@robinsonandhenry.com

boyd@robinsonandhenry.com

Attorneys for Plaintiff

First Publication: February 29, 2024

Final Publication: March 28, 2024 Sentinel

The Colorado Forward Party will hold a

Candidate Nominating Assembly on April 6, 2024, starting at 3:00 pm. Anyone may attend. Only Registered Forward Party Members who have signed the Forward Party Affiliation Pledge in advance will be authorized to vote. To learn more, go to coloradoforwardparty.com or write to info@coloradoforwardparty.com.

Publication: March 21, 2024 Sentinel

80012 303-739-7921

These

REQUEST FOR

On or about April 8, 2024

Publication: March 21, 2024 Sentinel

obtain ARPA funds to financially assist with the new construction of the property. The sponsor already has ownership of the project site but will ground lease it to the low-income housing tax credit partnership for 99 years. The project includes the predevelopment, design, and construction of 179 units of affordable housing over three buildings. The design is still in its schematic phase, but the current size is 167,150 SF of residential SF, 43,068 of circulation SF, 9,879 of amenity space SF, 6,866 of storage space SF, 29,000 SF of

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Aurora High Point at DIA Metropolitan District of Adams County, Colorado, will make final payment in the offices of CliftonLarsonAllen, LLP, 8390 E. Crescent Parkway, #500, Greenwood Village, CO 80111 in the amount of $153,403.06,

at North Aurora-King-Swenson Chiropractics, 2499 Peoria St., Aurora, CO 80010. Due to storage problems, we will be destroying medical records on 6/1/24 for the years through December 31, 2016. To request a copy of your records, please call 303-3415353 on or before June 1, 2024.

First Publication: February 29, 2024

Final Publication: March 21, 2024 Sentinel

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING FOR AURORA WATER LEAD SERVICE LINE REPLACEMENT PROGRAM

Remote Access: Proceedings can be accessed remotely through a link on EngageAurora.org/LeadReplacementProgram, which also includes more information about the program.

A public hearing will be conducted for informing residents and soliciting public input, written or oral, regarding the Aurora Water Lead Service Line Replacement Program Project Needs Assessment (PNA). The PNA is a report detailing the project as proposed, including project necessity, alternatives, and components.

The PNA also describes how the project is being funded. The report is being submitted to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) to qualify Aurora Water for a State Revolving Fund Loan.

The proposed U.S Environmental Protection Agency’s Lead and Copper Rule Improvements (LCRI) requires most public water systems to replace lead service lines within their service areas over the next decade. Several alternatives were considered to address this upcoming requirement and the preferred alternative was selected based on cost efficiency, regulatory compliance, and overall feasibility. The preferred alternative involves replacing lead service lines on both the city and customer side at no cost to its customers from the existing water main and meter pit to the home in compliance with LCRI requirements and state guidance. Aurora Water proposes to replace lead service lines in two phases. Phase 1 will begin in fall 2024 and will replace lead service lines in Ward 1 and Ward 3 which include the areas of the city with the highest likelihood of having lead service lines due to building age. Phase 2 will include lead service line replacements in the remainder of the service area outside of Wards 1 and 3. Phase 2 replacements are estimated to begin in fall 2025 and continue until all known lead is replaced in the system. Aurora is committed to the full replacement of lead service lines in the most efficient and responsible manner and the preferred alternative allows for continued regulatory compliance while addressing issues pertaining to aging infrastructure and potential public health risks.

The total estimated cost of the preferred alternative is $32,054,715. Water rates are not anticipated to increase due to the Lead Service Line Replacement Program. No construction concerns are anticipated at this time because the preferred alternative would replace existing infrastructure and would only impact previously developed areas. Environmental and State Historic Preservation Office evaluations are ongoing for the preferred alternative but impacts from project implementation are expected to be minimal and result in a categorical exclusion determination from CDPHE.

Copies of the PNA are available for public review prior to the Public Hearing at the following location:

Moorhead Recreation Center 2390 Havana St.

The point of contact for Aurora Water is: Sherry Scaggiari Environmental Services Manager leadreplacement@auroragov.org (720) 859-4411

Publication: March 21, 2024 Sentinel

In the General Court of Justice, District Court Division File No. 22-CVD7188 Ricardo Oliver and Dana Oliver, Lanise Redwine and Justin Mphahlele, Defendants

TO: JUSTIN MPHAHLELE

TAKE NOTICE that a pleading seeking relief against you has been filed in the aboveentitled action. The nature of the re- lief being sought is as follows:

Plaintiffs are seeking permanent custody for non-parents from Defendants.

YOU ARE REQUIRED to make defense to such pleading not later than April 23, 2024, which is 40 days from the first publication of this notice.

UPON YOUR FAILURE TO DO SO the party seeking service against you will apply to the court for the relief sought.

This, the 23rd day of February, 2023.

SMITH DEBNAM NARRON DRAKE SAINTSING & MYERS, LLP

BY: Michael Denning (NCSB No. 36715) Attorneys for Plaintiffs P.O. Box 176010 Raleigh, NC 27619-6010 March 7,14,21,2024.

First Publication: March 7, 2024

Final Publication: March 21, 2024 Sentinel

PUBLIC NOTICE

DESTRUCTION OF MEDICAL RECORDS

HCA-HealthONE LLC will destroy inactive medical records and radiology films for treatments delivered prior to 6/18/2012 for persons 28 years or older as of 6/18/2012 on April 22, 2024 for the following:

HCA-HealthONE LLC d/b/a The Medical Center of Aurora (South Campus) 1501 South Potomac Street, Aurora, Colorado 80012, HCA-HealthONE LLC d/b/a The Medical Center of Aurora (North Campus) 700 Potomac Street, Aurora, Colorado 80011 and HCA-HealthONE LLC d/b/a

Centennial Medical Plaza 14200 East Arapahoe, Englewood, Colorado 80112. The following names have been used for the facilities now listed as HCA-HealthONE LLC d/b/a The Medical Center of Aurora and HCA-HealthONE LLC d/b/a Centennial Medical Plaza and will be included in the destruction:

Aurora Regional Medical Center

Columbia Aurora Regional Medical Center

Columbia Medical Center of Aurora Humana Hospital Aurora Aurora Community Hospital Aurora Presbyterian Hospital

Presbyterian Hospital

HealthONE Aurora Presbyterian Hospital

Columbia/HealthONE Aurora Presbyterian Hospital

Columbia Aurora Presbyterian Hospital

Presbyterian/St. Luke’s Health Care Systems Presbyterian/St. Luke’s Aurora Presbyterian Hospital Presbyterian/St. Luke’s Presbyterian Aurora Hospital

Columbia/ HealthONE The Medical Center of Aurora

AMI

Centennial Medical Plaza

Centennial Healthcare Plaza

Columbia/Centennial Healthcare Plaza

Presbyterian/St. Luke’s/Centennial Healthcare Plaza

Inquiries concerning medical records or radiology films should be directed before April 15, 2024 to:

The Medical Center of Aurora Health Information Management 303-695-2928.

First Publication: March 14, 2024

Final Publication: March 21, 2024 Sentinel

DESTRUCTION OF MEDICAL RECORDS

HCA-HealthONE LLC will destroy inactive medical records and radiology films for treatments delivered prior to 4/2/2012 for persons 28 years or older as of 4/2/2012 on April 22, 2024 for the following:

Spalding Rehabilitation L.L.C. d/b/a Spalding Rehabilitation Hospital 900 Potomac St., Aurora, CO 80011. The following names have been used for the facilities listed as Spalding Rehabilitation Hospital d/b/a Spalding Rehabilitation LLC at Presbyterian/St Luke 1719 E. 19th Ave., Denver, CO 80218 and Spalding Rehabilitation LLC at Rose Medical Center, 4567 E. 9th Ave., Denver, CO 80220 and will be included in the destruction:

The Protestant Episcopal Church Homes, Inc. Spalding Rehabilitation Hospital Aurora Rehabilitation Hospital, Inc. Rocky Mountain Rehabilitation Institute, Inc.

Swedish Medical Center (Spalding Rehabilitation) – Aurora Campus (Opened 01/01/1996; Closed 9/30/96)

Center for Spine Rehabilitation (Closed 12/31/1991)

Spalding Rehabilitation at Longmont United Medical Center (Closed Inpatient 12/31/96; Closed Outpatient 1/31/00)

Spalding Rehabilitation at Lutheran Medical Hospital (Closed December 31, 1998)

Spalding Rehabilitation at Bear Creek Nursing Center (Opened 1/12/99; Closed 2/28/2002)

Inquiries concerning medical records or radiology films should be directed before April 15, 2024 to:

Spalding Rehabilitation Health Information Management 303-695-2928.

First Publication: March 14, 2024

Final Publication: March 21, 2024

Sentinel

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Publication: March 21, 2024

Sentinel NOTICE TO CREDITORS BY PUBLICATION

PURSUANT TO §15-12-801, C.R.S.

Case No. 2022PR31313

Estate of Karen Marcia Morris, Deceased.

All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado, on or before September 9, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Gabriele Morris

Personal Representative 7394 View Pointe Circle Wellington, CO 80549

Attorney for Personal Representative

Erin L. Connor

Atty Reg #: 32030

Stephanie Cotton-Maceta

Atty Reg #: 40661

Sutherland & Connor 1315 Oakridge Dr., Ste. 120

Fort Collins, CO 80525

Phone: 970-224-9779

First Publication: March 21, 2024

Final Publication: April 4, 2024 Sentinel

NOTICE TO CREDITORS BY PUBLICATION

PURSUANT TO §15-12-801, C.R.S.

Case No. 2023PR31244

Estate of Robert Vincent Pippen, Deceased.

All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado, on or before July 12, 2024, or the claims may be forever barred.

Anna Burr, Esq.

Atty Reg #: 42205

Law Office of Anna L. Burr, LLC 2851 S. Parker Rd., Ste. 230 Aurora, CO 80014

Phone: 720-500-2076

First Publication: March 7, 2024

Final Publication: March 21, 2024 Sentinel

NOTICE TO CREDITORS BY PUBLICATION

PURSUANT TO §15-12-801, C.R.S.

Case No. 2023PR384

Estate of John Paul Wakefield, Deceased.

All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Adams County, Colorado, on or before November 22, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Pauline Hoekstra

Personal Representative 10179 Green Court, Unit C Westminster, CO 80031

First Publication: March 7, 2024

Final Publication: March 21, 2024 Sentinel

NOTICE TO CREDITORS BY PUBLICATION

PURSUANT TO §15-12-801, C.R.S.

Case No. 2023PR505

Estate of James Lester Dye aka Jim Dye, Deceased.

All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado, on or before July 10, 2024, or the claims may be forever barred. Michael K. Dye

Personal Representative 2288 E. Eastman Ave. Englewood, CO 80113

Attorney for Personal Representative

William C. Wildberger II

Atty Reg #: 3299

326 Jackson St. Denver, CO 80206

Phone: 303-638-5506

First Publication: March 7, 2024

Final Publication: March 21, 2024 Sentinel

NOTICE TO CREDITORS BY PUBLICATION

PURSUANT TO §15-12-801, C.R.S.

Case No. 2023PR595

Estate of Shirley Fuller Kelley aka Shirley

F. Kelley aka Shirley Fuller, aka Shirley Mae Fuller aka Shirley Kelley aka Shirley Kelly aka Shirley Mae Keeley aka Shirley

Mae Keefe Kelley aka Shirley Keefe Kelley aka Shirley M. Olsen Kelley aka Shirley Olsen aka Shirley Fuller Olsen aka Shirley

F. Olsen, Deceased.

All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado, on or before July 15, 2024, or the claims may be forever barred. Maegan Winegar

Personal Representative 24600 County Road 61 Elbert, CO 80106

First Publication: March 14, 2024

Final Publication: March 28, 2024 Sentinel

NOTICE TO CREDITORS BY PUBLICATION

PURSUANT TO §15-12-801, C.R.S.

Case No. 2024PR008

Estate of Italia P. Vinnola aka Italia Piera Vinnola aka Italia Vinnola, Deceased. All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Adams County, Colorado, on or before November 29, 2024, or the claims may be forever barred.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS BY PUBLICATION

PURSUANT TO §15-12-801, C.R.S.

Case No. 2024PR30157

Estate of Eleanor Christine Seidel, Deceased.

All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado, on or before July 8, 2024, or the claims may be forever barred.

Lori J. Gerlach

Personal Representative 5004 S. Bug Way Aurora, CO 80016

Attorney for Personal Representative

Jennifer E. Jespersen, Esq.

Atty Reg #: 36295 8039 S. Oneida Court

Centennial, CO 80112

Phone: 720-841-7771

First Publication: March 7, 2024

Final Publication: March 21, 2024

Sentinel

NOTICE TO CREDITORS BY PUBLICATION

PURSUANT TO §15-12-801, C.R.S.

Case No. 2024PR30223

Estate of Maurice Edward Brown aka Maurice E. Brown aka Maurice Brown, Deceased.

All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado, on or before July 7, 2024, or the claims may be forever barred.

Ruth Shepard

Personal Representative

c/o Baker Law Group, LLC 8301 E. Prentice Ave., Suite 405 Greenwood Village CO 80111

First Publication: March 7, 2024

Final Publication: March 21, 2024

Sentinel

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

BY PUBLICATION

PURSUANT TO §15-12-801, C.R.S.

Case No. 2024PR30224

Estate of David Henry Friedman aka David H. Friedman, Deceased.

All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado, on or before July 21, 2024, or the claims may be forever barred.

Michelle R. Friedman

Personal Representative 4651 Preserve Parkway North Greenwood Village, CO 80121

Attorney for Personal Representative

Erin R. Kaplan, Esq.

Atty Reg #: 31612 Greenspoon Marder LLP

1144 15th St., Ste. 2700

Denver, CO 80202

Phone: 303-741-1111

First Publication: March 21, 2024

Final Publication: April 4, 2024

Sentinel

NOTICE TO CREDITORS BY PUBLICATION

PURSUANT TO §15-12-801, C.R.S.

Case No. 2024PR30233

Estate of Robert James Bryant aka Robert J. Bryant aka Robert Bryant, Deceased.

All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado, on or before July 14, 2024, or the claims may be forever barred.

Robin Conte-Bryant

Personal Representative c/o 3i Law, LLC 2000 S. Colorado Blvd. Tower 1, Suite 10000 Denver, CO 80222

Phone: 303-245-2100

First Publication: March 7, 2024

Final Publication: March 28, 2024 Sentinel

NOTICE TO CREDITORS BY PUBLICATION

PURSUANT TO §15-12-801, C.R.S.

Case No. 2024PR30244

Estate of Shelly Elma Odegard, Deceased.

Gabriella A. Cordova

Personal Representative 21481 Randolph Place Denver, CO 80249

First Publication: March 14, 2024

Final Publication: March 28, 2024 Sentinel

All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, on or before July 21, 2024, or the claims may be forever barred.

Ronald Gordon Odegard, Jr.

Personal Representative c/o Arie R. Mielkus, Esq. 744 Horizon Court, # 300 Grand Junction, CO 81506

First Publication: March 21, 2024

Final Publication: April 4, 2024

Sentinel

NOTICE TO CREDITORS BY PUBLICATION

PURSUANT TO §15-12-801, C.R.S.

Estate of James Milton Liscomb, Deceased.

All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado, on or before September 6, 2024, or the claims may be forever barred. Heather Smith

Personal Representative

4074 S. Odessa St. Aurora, CO 80013

First Publication: March 14, 2024

Final Publication: March 28, 2024 Sentinel

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to reverse the decree.”

To date, Aurora and the police department continue to abide by the agreement and pursue agreed upon reforms.

“Shortly thereafter, Councilperson Sundberg echoed the comments by Jurinsky in a meeting with Chief Wilson,” according to the lawsuit. “He also made veiled references to Chief Wilson’s membership in the LGBTQ+ community and told her he didn’t want Aurora ‘turning into San Francisco.’”

Wilson has talked publicly about being a lesbian.

The lawsuit refers to a past controversy involving Sundberg, who, prior to being elected to city council, “filmed himself imitating Mexicans, Arab Muslims, South Asians, and members of other ethnic groups as online advertisements for a bar he owned.

“The videos showed Sundberg dressed in stereotypical garb, speaking in exaggerated and offensive accents and broken English, mocking Arab dietary practices, and making racist jokes about anatomical stereotypes regarding Black men.”

After the Sentinel and other media exposed the videos, Sundberg publicly apologized — in late 2022, after Wilson was fired — saying, “For anyone I offend, I apologize and will learn from it. He said they were not intended to racist or insulting, but humorous.

Meanwhile, a campaign made public for Wilson’s ouster increased, according to the lawsuit.

During a Jan. 27, 2022 interview on a conservative talk radio show, Jurinsky demanded that Chief Wilson and Deputy Chief Parker be fired.

“We remove the chief immediate-

ly, and with her take out the trash of the deputy chief of police, Darin Parker,” Jurinsky told former conservative talk-show host Steffan Tubbs on KNUS radio.

“She’s trash… If you want to quote something, ‘Chief Vanessa Wilson is trash.’” Jurinsky said. “Change is coming.”

Later that day, Jurinsky made similar comments in a tweet and on Facebook adding, “#FireTheChief, “according to the lawsuit.

“The Police Chief needs to leave Aurora immediately! I will be doing weekly interviews on multiple shows until the Chief is gone and our department is liberated. … ‘You are not safe’ and I will only get louder. #FireTheChief.”

The lawsuit claims that Jurinsky began attending private police briefings, slandering Wilson and “promising to remove her from office.”

The lawsuit alleges that Jurninsky’s comments and behavior violated city law prohibiting council members from interfering with city employees, outside of the city manager and city attorney.

The issue resulted in former Councilmember Juan Marcano insisting Jurinsky be censured by the city council for her threats about firing Wilson.

The censure discussion was held in a closed meeting, resulting in a majority of city council opposing the move, according to previous Sentinel reporting. The city council executive session and a vote to halt the censure proceeding against Jurinsky was held illegally, according to a Colorado Court of Appeals decision in December.

The City of Aurora was sued by the Sentinel, which alleged the meeting was held illegally and as well as a secret vote to decide not to pursue censure. The City of Aurora has appealed the decision to the Colorado Supreme Court.

The lawsuit claims that Wilson was regularly assailed by council critics and that Jurinsky, Sundberg and Zvonek pressured Twombly to fire Wilson.

Twombly said publicly that the decision was his alone. The lawsuit does not cite details or evidence of the allegations.

While the lawsuit says Wilson was told by Twombly that she was being fired for “prioritize(ing) community involvement,” city spokesman Ryan Luby previously pointed to a news release from April in which Twombly said it was “clear that Chief Wilson has prioritized community involvement” but that “the police chief also needs to effectively manage the operations of the department, effectively engage with staff, build morale, and validate employee feedback.”

Wilson is asking for an unspecified amount of back pay, lost wages, attorney fees and compensation for stress and loss of opportunity caused by the firing.

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