Sentinel Colorado 3.23.2023

AIMING AT GUN VIOLENCE

State lawmakers offer opposing paths to fewer shootings, deaths and suicides

The price of open records in Colorado too often keeps them closed to the public

Inquiring minds may want to know all they can about the workings of the government, but the journalists who reveal what goes on have to pay — a lot.

Colorado boasts an invaluable tool against government corruption and public disinformation: The Colorado Open Records Act.

Essentially, it says that the public owns all government records, and, with few exceptions, those records must be disclosed upon request.

Based on the principle of the federal Freedom of Information Act, the invaluable CORA tool is responsible for thousands of media stories and investigations exposing awkward, dangerous and even illegal feats by the entire range of Colorado governments and government officials.

The Sentinel, like dozens of media outlets across the state, have depended on the law to make important facts public and piece information together stashed in government file cabinets and hard drives.

Several recent Sentinel stories and investigations into controversial incidents inside the Aurora Police Department would have gone unreported or been incomplete without the capability of a CORA request to ferret out information and details not made public.

A vast trove of critical stories uncovered by diligent media across Colorado — about malfeasance among foster child systems, social service agencies, school districts — would never have been possible if not for the mighty CORA law.

But the information gleaned for the public’s benefit through CORA requests comes with a price, too often, an unbearable one.

Colorado governments are allowed to charge as much as about $34 an hour to retrieve records for reporters, or anyone who asks for them.

For just relatively minor requests related to a few recent stories, the Sentinel paid nearly $1,000 for records needed to help shed light on a variety of issues the community has regularly deemed compelling.

The costs are often prohibitive.

Colorado Sun reporter Jesse Paul reportedly snarked to fellow Sun journalists last year when a CORA request he made for a story about inmate deaths and injuries generated an estimate of $245,000, according to a recent story by AP writer Jesse Bedayn about CORA costs and an effort to mitigate them for news media.

The push and pull over the power of journalists to compel information, and the reality that it takes some government employee real time to provide it, has been an issue since the law was created in 1969.

Governments across the state have consistently and successfully convinced legislators that providing public information isn’t a core service of government, and at least part of the “costs” of searching for, reading, re-

dacting and emailing records should be borne by the requester, often journalists.

But not always.

By design, anyone can use the CORA law to demand public records, and they do.

The act is notoriously used for political purposes to glean information used in an almost Spy-vs-Spy circus to cause embarrassment or discomfort among competing politicians or forces.

The law is also regularly used for outright business purposes, often uncovering all kinds of commercial leads kept by government agencies for unrelated purposes.

The feeling among most government officials and legislators — themselves sometimes stung by CORA demands of their own email — outed by political foes, is to charge them in an effort to discourage them. As a matter of fairness, journalists get charged and discouraged along the way.

So, for decades, the media and governments across the state have grumbled and groused at each other.

Now, some state lawmakers, sympathetic to the plight of news media, already under increasing economic difficulties, are proposing CORA “discounts” for reporters.

Essentially, legitimate reporters working for legitimate media get half off the costs of record searches.

The very large problem is deciding what constitutes legitimate, state recognized, news gathering and news gatherers? Lots of political organs present themselves as journalism but are clearly partisans or simply wielding a political agenda. Are they, however, not journalists, too?

The thorny question of what constitutes “real” journalism practiced by “real” journalists becomes dangerous, especially when the information gate-

keepers get to judge their questioners.

A better solution is to impose the $15-an-hour cap for everyone who asks, except for those who seek information for clearly commercial purposes.

In addition, certain records should be provided at no charge. Emails of elected and appointed officials, expense records and electronic court records should all be borne by the government as part of their responsibilities that taxpayers are already paying for. The very basics of accountability should always be included in the costs of the government doing business.

For the most part in Aurora, it is. The Sentinel regularly requests and receives, at no charge, police reports and all kinds of basic information from the city, schools, counties and other governments to ensure our factual reporting.

But we, too, are deeply burdened and limited in our reporting because of the costs governments want to charge us just to find out what you need to know.

While state lawmakers have yet to officially offer a bill to change the CORA law, it’s likely coming this session.

If it allows the government to officially decide who practices real journalism and who doesn’t, you can probably count us out of supporting it.

If it reduces the cost for everyone who looks for information inside the government to provide accountability and transparency, regardless of the agenda, I’m in.

But just ignoring this growing problem makes winners out of those who seek to discourage transparency by overcharging for it.

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DAVE PERRY Editor

A light shines over the state Capitol in Denver, and within, too, as some state lawmakers seek to ensure open records stay open to the media under the Colorado Open Records Act. (Sentinel File Photo)

Editorials Sentinel

Aurora can’t police or cajole our way out of gun violence

There’s not much new when it comes to finding ways to influence human behavior.

For the most part, appealing to people’s sense of fear and greed continues to be the leading options in all kinds of transactions, including Aurora law enforcement.

Aurora police and leaders of the city’s Youth Violence Prevention Program are working together under a new program in an effort to stop kids and young adults headed to the abyss.

While the two city agencies may be frightening city officials into backing the idea, successfully selling it to youths deep into lawlessness is yet to be seen.

Standing Against Violence Everyday, SAVE, apparently adopts the eons-old theory that people are motivated most by fear, and some by greed.

You don’t have to be a stock market salesperson or marketing guru to understand that one size of this strategy by no means fits all.

For generations, the government has issued fearful warnings about the effects of “your brain on drugs,” the fear of being horribly injured by not wearing a motorcycle helmet or the fear of languishing in prison for decades for robbing someone at gunpoint — or worse.

Despite those efforts, not only is illicit drug use prevalent, the very real threat of being killed using street drugs laced with a lethal amount of fentanyl doesn’t slow America’s appetite for rolling the dice. It’s the same story for limiting endless other harmful behaviors from smoking, to eating too much animal fat to harboring a gun.

The data is consistent and unequivocal. You are almost twice as likely to be shot to death if you live in a house with a handgun than someone who lives in a house without a gun. Studied repeatedly, that fact was emphasized last year in an Annals of Internal Medicine study of 600,0000 households in California. Despite all this, city officials believe that they can change the behavior of Aurora’s “most violent, prolific offenders” by threatening them with swift and serious justice and at the same time offering them access to social-service-like programs.

First off, we can all hope that Aurora’s “most violent, prolific offenders” are in prison. While some conservatives blame courts for being too lenient, the people who are actually the “most violent, prolific offenders” are indeed incarcerated.

While an increasing number of Aurora metroplex residents are afraid of those exhibiting lawless behavior — simply driving on highways, or encountering someone with a gun — it’s not the “most violent, prolific offenders” we need to fear most. It’s the growing number of everyday kids and young adults who see arming themselves as a normal, acceptable way of life.

The sheer flood of firearms into the public mainstream makes gun violence little more than a numbers game, with people living among the highly armed increasingly losing the odds of being unaffected by gun violence.

Just last week, state Sen. Rhonda Fields — a leading proponent of gun control — appealed to the Aurora City Council to do something about rampant gun violence after a stray shot shattered a window in her central Aurora home.

Unless Aurora police have evidence to the contrary, the more than 200 people shot in Aurora last year were not shot by a dozen or so of the “most violent” among us.

It’s unclear just what Fields and others think police can do to stop the shooting. Former Police Chief Vanessa Wilson had the best advice for Aurora after nearly back-to-back school shootings in the fall of 2021.

She appealed to parents and others to stop their kids and young adults from arming themselves and shooting at each other. She insisted they know what is in their kids’ rooms, their cars and where their children are at all times.

“We can’t police ourselves out of this,” Wilson said.

She was right. While offering young adults an “off ramp” from a life of crime by directing them to social services certainly makes sense, food stamps after-school programs aren’t enough. These wayward people need serious counseling, possibly drug addiction treatment and without a doubt earnest and effective education and job training, not just job assistance.

But more importantly, all of these things need to be the focus of the community from daycare to college, not just people on probation.

Gov. Jared Polis’ press for free preschool and kindergarten are good first steps. But Aurora and Colorado must do much more to ensure children are deeply supported as they move through public schools, even and especially when their parents cannot provide the support children need.

Waiting until children become the most violent among us to provide threats or services in hopes of steering them away from prison will not solve the problem, and history has shown repeatedly, it never did.

The region’s gun violence quagmire is far beyond the ability of police to stop. Meaningful gun control laws, gun buybacks, gun accountability and a huge increase in programs that give kids and young adults an on-ramp to a more meaningful, rewarding life before they require an off-ramp from a life of violence should be the goal of the city, the community and the state.

YOUR LETTERS

As a pediatrician, proposed agerestriction gun law makes sense

EDITOR: As a Children’s Hospital Colorado pediatrician and epidemiologist, I research the impact firearm injuries have on children and families.

From 2018 to 2021, fatal and non-fatal firearm injuries increased in Colorado children ages 0-19, averaging almost one injury every day. Sadly, the firearm mortality rate in Colorado children averages more than one death per week.

In Colorado, the common denominator to the epidemics (unintentional, suicide, homicide) of firearm injury and death in children is access to firearms and the increasing numbers of firearm purchases and transfers in the state. Colorado’s political leaders should understand this root cause behind gun violence and do something that will save lives.

Existing federal law already requires a person

to be 21 to purchase a handgun. Senate Bill 23-169 would prioritize gun violence prevention by aligning the age of purchase and possession of a long gun such as a rifle or shotgun from 18 to 21. Additional measures to assure safe storage of existing firearms will also be important.

The human brain is still developing during adolescence such that youth are at elevated risk of engaging in impulsive behaviors involving themselves and others. This law could help protect a vulnerable group from this epidemic of firearm-related accidents, homicide and suicide.

Senate Bill 23-169 is a tool to reduce mortality and injury among young people, and I applaud the sponsors, Senator Jessie Danielson and Senator Kyle Mullica for their leadership. I encourage Colorado’s legislature to swiftly pass Senate Bill 23169 to protect Colorado children.

— James Todd, MD, Children’s Hospital Colorado

Carrots and sticks against crime

AURORA PITCHING VIOLENT YOUTHS PERKS, SERVICES TO GIVE UP CRIME — GRAVE JUSTICE IF THEY DON’T

BY MAX LEVY, Sentinel Colorado Staff Writer

Anew Aurora program seeks to redirect young violent offenders by connecting them with social services and warning them about the certainty of criminal penalties.

“We take our most violent, prolific offenders, bring them in as a community and let them know that we’re done with the violence, we’re done with the path that they’re on, and we want to offer them an off-ramp,” said Joseph DeHerrera, manager of the city’s Youth Violence Prevention Program.

DeHerrera and Aurora Police Department officials described the joint program for youths between ages 15 and 25 to City Council members on March 6, presenting it as a tested way of curbing violence in the city.

“We want to, obviously, reduce homicides, non-fatal shootings, group violence and recidivism, and build community trust through our transparency and partnership with, not only law enforcement but all of our partner agencies within the community as well,” DeHerrera said.

The Standing Against Violence Everyday program, SAVE, will single out between 20 and 25 teenagers and young adults with prior criminal convictions who police suspect of continued involvement in violent crime.

“What we’re hoping to do, when they don’t have that extensive of a criminal history, is get them on the right track,” interim Police Chief Art Acevedo told the council on March 6. “Those kinds of strategies work a lot better on the younger people, so they don’t graduate into a life of crime.”

City spokesman Ryan Luby said the listed individuals would be selected based on

“lengthy, violent criminal histories and high rates of recidivism,” and that some may be on probation or parole.

Mark Hildebrand, chief of APD’s Investigations Divisions, told the city council that police wouldn’t choose an individual for the program if they had probable cause to arrest that person for a violent crime.

He said that, by targeting people who are either involved in crime indirectly or who are involved in ways that police can’t prove, police hope to discourage groups from committing crime.

“It’s not giving people who are committing violent crimes an out,” he said.

“They’re still going to be prosecuted. But there are several individuals who we believe may be involved in robberies, but we can’t prove it, and we’re not going to be able to prosecute them in court, so this is an alternative, potentially, to that.”

After being informed of their selection in a meeting that could involve family members, community leaders, police and others, offenders will have the option of accepting services or turning down the offers. The overture comes with the understanding that case filing will be expedited in future cases and prosecutors won’t be encouraged to downgrade charges or request less severe sentences.

Aurora police said during a policy committee meeting in January that similar programs in other cities have offered chosen individuals employment help, substance abuse and mental health treatment, anger management classes, life coaching and other services. Specifics of the Aurora program have yet to be determined.

The strategy of fighting crime by singling out offenders, promising “certain, swift and severe” punishment for future crimes and simultaneously offering social

services is known as “focused deterrence,” according to city documents explaining the program.

Other cities such as Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, Dallas and Oakland have all implemented focused deterrence programs and have reported some successes in reducing violent crime.

Criticism of the focused deterrence model often focuses on a lack of transparency with regard to how lists are compiled, the phenomenon of innocent people getting caught in the criminal justice dragnet and difficulties faced by program participants who are no longer involved in crime and want their names taken off the list.

Joe Moylan, a spokesman for the Aurora Police Department, said that only people with past criminal convictions suspected of being the city’s “most prolific and violent offenders” will be targeted by the program. He said police have not decided yet whether the list will be published.

While police say the program will involve mapping out the social networks of people involved in the program, Moylan said police will not monitor individuals just because they know a listed person. When asked how police will map the social networks of listed people, he said that was a “crime analyst specialization” and that one or more employees were being hired for that task.

He said unique exit criteria would be established for each listed person and wrote in an email that “(s)uccess will be defined on a case-by-case basis.”

Taylor Pendergrass, advocacy director for the American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado, mentioned how Aurora police are currently being monitored under a consent decree and how past attempts to monitor suspected gang members in Denver and Aurora led to “people being tracked in a

way that presumes they’re guilty before they’re innocent.”

He said existing research does not support the suggestion that people change their behavior when threatened with tougher prosecution and prison sentences if they continue to be involved in crime.

“Most of the research also shows it’s not the size of the consequence that matters,” Pendergrass said. “I think ultimately, that can be counterproductive to the goal of the program, which is reducing violence.”

Local anti-gang activist Jason McBride said he supported the program and had agreed to be involved, but said he wanted to see Aurora offer more employment opportunities for youths involved in violence as well as support for their families.

“I’m encouraged,” he said. “Aurora has been so disappointing the last couple of years. But maybe with this program, we can start to build relationships out there and lower some of the things that are going on out there.”

DeHerrera told the council that the program will not be run solely by law enforcement, with elected officials and others invited to participate on the program’s governing board and work groups. He said those entities would be created in the coming weeks.

Council members were generally supportive of the program. Councilmember Crystal Murillo said she was interested to see what impact it would have, even though she said she wasn’t aware of long-term data supporting the focused deterrence model.

“It’s not yet at the point yet where there’s so much data out there that we can say that this is, in fact, an evidence-based practice,” she said. “I’m open to exploring and seeing how this might possibly impact Aurora.”

Three people were shot during school hours in the parking lot of Hinkley High School, Nov. 19, 2021.

File photo by Philip B. Poston/ Sentinel Colorado

BAR NONE Dearth of Aurora cop recruits prompts city to advance, hire applicants who test poorly

By BRIAN HOWEY, Sentinel Colorado Investigative Lab Reporter in Residence

In its attempts to hire more police officers, Aurora is settling for candidates who scored poorly on their entrance exams.

The Sentinel’s analysis of the police applicant review process found that, since 2019, the Aurora Civil Service Commission voted to hire at least three Aurora Police Department officers who earned Ds on their overall entrance exam scores and another 17 officers who scored either a D or a C.

The commission has also considered at least 14 prospective officers who scored as low as 57.5 percent on their entrance exams — the academic equivalent of an F — eligible to advance through the application process, city records show. Though none of those candidates were ultimately hired, the commission’s vetting practices have alarmed some experts.

“That’s really scraping the bottom of the barrel,” said Wayne Cascio, an industrial psychologist and economist at the University of Colorado Denver, who pioneered the test-scoring system used by the department today. “They’re barely qualified to be able to get approved… You’re really handcuffing the department in so many ways.”

These low-scoring recruits comprise a significant portion of the tiny percentage of police recruits who are ultimately offered jobs.

Prospective officers’ individual scores are not public record under Colorado law, and the commission only produced records showing the overall score range for applicants, making it difficult to determine the specific scores of the 17 officers who got either a D or a C on their overall exam scores.

The low test scores come to light as the city struggles to comply with a consent decree that, among other requirements, mandates the 748-officer department improve the quality and diversity of its officers.

Aurora voters established the civil service commission in 1967 to ensure fair hiring and disciplinary practices at the police and fire departments. The typically five-person board, which currently has four members, is appointed by the city council.

Since late 2021, the commission has invited police department officials to vote on whether to hire specific applicants for police positions.

Last year, Aurora entered into a consent decree after an investigation by the Colorado Attorney General’s Office found the department had engaged in racially discriminatory policing practices, used inadequate use of force policies and was overwhelmingly white and male despite policing a racially diverse city.

The consent decree requires some of the commission’s responsibilities, including the final say on who is hired, be given to or shared with the department. Police brass said the commission’s low testing standards are one of many reasons why police need more control over the hiring process.

“I find it very concerning, and I think that the good men and women of the Aurora Police Department would share that concern,” Aurora Police Chief Art Acevedo said about the Sentinel’s findings. “I’d rather do more with less. I’d rather do more with quality individuals than to scrape any barrel.”

Former Civil Service Commissioner Jim Weeks echoed other commissioners in acknowledging that overlooking low test scores could allow “minimally qualified” applicants to become officers. But those commissioners say they’re responsible for filling police

academies from a shallow applicant pool provided by department recruiters.

“We don’t [recruit], but we get blamed like we do,” Commission Chair Desmond McNeal said, adding that recent excessive force cases and other controversies have likely kept some qualified and diverse candidates from applying.

“The reputation of this agency is probably what’s harming it right now,” he said.

Lowered standards

Applicants’ overall exam scores are calculated by averaging candidates’ scores on a multiple-choice video test and a personal assessment.

The personal assessment measures applicants’ work attitudes, integrity, biases, commitment to equality and how they would use force, test creators say. The video exam tests candidates’ judgment, and aptitude for public relations and teamwork by presenting applicants with hypothetical law enforcement situations and asking how they would respond.

Several applicants who recently took the test say one question presented a scenario in which a man attempts to stab a woman in front of responding officers. Applicants had just seconds to decide whether the officers shoot the man in order to protect the woman. The exam also tests candidates’ report-writing skills.

Other large Colorado cities have higher standards for prospective officers to advance in the application process. Ft. Collins and Lakewood police departments use a different entrance exam and require a minimum score of 70% to qualify for consideration. The minimum score on Colorado Springs Police Department’s applicant exam is 69%.

Denver’s Civil Service Commission, which uses the same testing company as Aurora and calculates overall exam scores similarly, does not allow applicants who scored below 65% on their overall exam score to become officers.

Aurora’s commission does not have a minimum overall exam score, McNeal said.

Using the testing company’s formula for determining overall exam scores, the Sentinel found that Aurora officers have been allowed to advance in the application process with scores as low as 57.5% — nearly 10% lower than Denver’s overall minimum score.

McNeal confirmed the Sentinel’s calculation.

In October 2021, the commission lowered the minimum score for the video exam from 65% to 63% after the National Testing Network, the company that developed the test, recommended the commission do so.

Company representatives did not respond to requests for comment about the test.

With the department under scrutiny because of the consent decree, experts said, the city is putting itself at risk of hiring sub-par officers by allowing such low-scoring candidates to patrol the city’s streets.

“It doesn’t make any sense at all,” said Rick Myers, a retired police chief who has worked at departments in Colorado and other states, and former president of the Major Cities Chiefs Association. “Given the history of conflict and inappropriate conduct with arrestees or members of the public that some of the officers in Aurora have been held accountable for, why would you accept people with a low performance in those critical areas?”

All 20 Aurora officers who may have scored poorly on their exams since 2019 currently interact directly with the public on patrol, department records show. Department officials and outside experts agreed candidates who score a C or better are not a concern.

Minimally qualified officers

Entrance exams aren’t a catch-all filter for unqualified candidates, policing experts said. Chris Magnus, a former police chief and senior advisor at New York University’s Policing Project, stressed the importance of psychological exams, background checks and oral interviews in determining whether an officer is qualified. Aurora’s Civil Service Commission uses all of these vetting processes for police candidates. Still, Magnus said, the entrance exams are an important early indicator of basic competence.

“I would not feel comfortable as a chief being expected to bring candidates on board, even for further evaluation, that had clearly failed an initial test,” Magnus said. “You’ve gotta have a cutoff.”

City records show only three applicants from 2017 and 2018 whose names match officers on the department roster and scored between a D and a C on their final exam scores. But in 2019 and 2020, Aurora’s recruiting pool began to shrink and the commission began considering lower-scoring applicants for department positions in order to fill Aurora’s police academies, current and former commissioners said.

While commissioners said they were generally aware the commission had begun allowing lower-scoring candidates to advance, they said they never reviewed test scores when voting whether to hire officers. This is because commissioners use a blinded application review process that anonymizes applications to reduce bias in the hiring process, McNeal said, and seeing test scores could negatively influence commissioners’ decisions.

“We don’t know anything about their score at this

point,” McNeal said, adding that commission administrators conducted test score reviews, not commissioners. “I have no idea who that person is until I interview them.”

The commission’s administrators compile prospective employment lists of candidates who scored high enough on the exam to continue the application process, McNeal said, adding that, until now, he thought he and his fellow commissioners only reviewed applicants from the “top-tiers” of exam scores.

“Why are we using a test if basically you can fail it and we still move forward?,” he asked. “It seems weird.”

Commission administrators said they are barred from speaking on behalf of the commission and declined to comment for this story.

Court-ordered diversity

Aurora’s 2022 consent decree followed a long history of scandalous incidents between the department and the public that made national headlines after the fatal stop of Elijah McClain by Aurora police officers in 2019.

Jeff Schlanger, founder of IntegrAssure, the company contracted by the city to monitor compliance with the consent decree, said his company is reviewing the city’s police hiring process, including the entrance exam.

“I have concerns about the test itself, and whether or not the testing is appropriate,” Schlanger said. “We need to make sure that, in fact, the exam is predictive of how one will do on the job as a police officer.”

Schlanger said he’s interested in analyzing the correlation between exam scores and candidate performance.

Requirements of the consent decree include improvements to the department’s transparency and accountability measures, revamping the city’s police recruitment and hiring processes, and increasing the number of nonwhite and women officers on the force.

Recent studies have found that Black, Hispanic and women officers are less likely to use force on civilians while on patrol — especially in predominantly non-white neighborhoods — with only minor reductions in violent crime arrests.

A study published in Science found that Black officers used force 32% less frequently and stopped 39% fewer Black civilians than their white counterparts. Most of those differences, the study found, related to discretionary stops and responses to minor violations.

While there are notable exceptions to these findings, including the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols by five Black Memphis police officers earlier this year, experts and reform advocates have long stressed the importance of diversifying police departments as a way to help establish and maintain trust between non-white communities and police.

After a U.S. Department of Justice investigation in 2009 found the Aurora Civil Service Commission’s hiring practices discriminated against Black and women police and fire applicants, the commission adopted a video-based entrance exam paired with a system of grouping test scores, called banding. Video exams imitate the visual learning style officers experience on the job, while banding treats statistically similar exam scores as equal.

In the early 1990s, the San Francisco Fire Department contracted Wayne Cascio, the industrial psychologist, and his colleagues to implement a new testing system for its candidates after Black and women applicants sued the department for its racially biased and sexist hiring practices.

By using the video test and banding, the fire department significantly increased its share of Black and women firefighters, Cascio said. Subsequent studies have found banding reduces racial and gender disparities historically found in standardized testing outcomes, especially among Black and women applicants.

Despite its use of this system, Aurora’s attempts to diversify its police force continue to lag. The proportion of Black officers on the force has barely changed since 2009, when the U.S. Department of Justice reported that Black officers made up just 4.1 percent of the department’s sworn staff.

According to a September demographic report, 4.2 percent of sworn department employees are Black, despite Black residents comprising 16.6 percent of the city’s population. Less than 11% of sworn officers are women.

Potential recruits participate in various fitness tests, similar to those administered during new recruit training, March 15 at the City of Aurora Public Safety Training Center.

Photos by PHILIP B. POSTON/Sentinel Colorado

A recent IntegrAssure report on the city’s civil service commission hiring practices found poor communication between the department and the commission about recruitment and hiring outcomes. According to the report, neither agency collects enough data on recruitment results or why candidates drop out of the application process or quit the police academy.

The report recommended numerous changes to the city’s civil service hiring practices, including consistent follow-up with police applicants, data collection on candidate drop-outs, and reassessment of minimum requirements for police and fire recruits.

On March 13, the Aurora City Council voted 9-1 to give responsibility for overseeing background checks of police and firefighter candidates to the city’s Department of Human Resources, cutting some of the commission’s oversight over the hiring process.

In December, the civil service commission relaxed some of the automatic disqualifiers in its officer hiring process, including allowing applicants who report recent drug use, certain honesty and integrity issues and deferred DUI judgments on their applications.

Policing experts and local stakeholders believe addressing inherent biases in previous disqualifiers could make jobs more accessible to people of color, who have historically experienced disproportionate exposure to the criminal justice system.

A history of recruitment woes

Aurora’s recruitment struggles date back nearly 20 years.

In 2007, former Chief Dan Oates appointed Sgt. Paul Poole to head the department’s recruitment efforts. Poole, who is Black, said he was reluctant to take the position because he had been unimpressed with the department’s ability to recruit people of color and women.

“There just didn’t appear to be the financial commitment to improve the recruiting at that time,” Poole said in an interview.

But under his direction, Poole said, the team began implementing more aggressive recruitment strategies, visiting church groups with predominantly non-white congregations and LGBTQ+ events, competing with corporations at career fairs and announcing at out-ofstate recruitment events that the department wanted people of color and women to apply.

Meanwhile, Poole said, he persuaded his supervisors to fund his new initiatives, even as the 2008 recession forced many departments to scale back recruitment efforts.

Poole said he was transferred to patrol in 2009 after his recruiting tactics irked a supervisor. That year, the department cut recruitment funding in half, the U.S. De-

partment of Justice investigation found. Poole said many of his team’s recruiting initiatives were scuttled after he left.

Even when the department is flush with applicants, only a tiny fraction of police candidates pass the application process. Last year, less than three percent of applicants were offered jobs, civil service commission hiring data show. More than 72 percent of candidates were disqualified for issues that included recent drug use, DUI convictions and failing background checks. Another quarter of applicants left partway through the process.

Due to the lack of follow-up and data collection related to applicant attrition, neither the commission nor the department knows why so many candidates drop out of the application process, and the department’s applicant pools have continued to shrink.

The commission received more than 1,500 applications for entry-level police officer positions in 2017, commission records show. Though its applicant pool briefly ballooned in 2021, the department drew only 1,018 applicants last year. Commissioners said this made it difficult to fill police academies at all, much less with a diverse candidate pool.

“That’s a recruitment problem,” McNeal said. “When you bring that to the commission, you’re blaming us for something that we don’t do.”

The commission did not hire any Black officers in 2019, city data shows, compared to three multi-racial officers, eight Hispanic officers and 20 white officers. In 2021, the commission hired four Black officers, five Hispanic officers,10 multiracial officers and 41 white officers. The city does not report what races multi-racial officers identify as.

Of the three current and upcoming police academy classes, seven cadets are Black, one is Asian, one is multiracial and eight are white, a department representative said. Five officers chose not to share their demographic information. About 18 percent of cadets are women, and one cadet did not disclose their gender.

In its January report, IntegrAssure found that Aurora had fallen behind on two mandates of the consent decree related to recruitment and hiring, including that the city transform its hiring practices to create a more diverse workforce at the police and fire departments.

IntegrAssure also noted shortcomings regarding mandates that were on-track to meet the deadlines of the consent decree. One requires the department develop a written outreach plan for contacting community leaders and stakeholders in order to diversify recruitment and find qualified new officers that are “committed to community-oriented policing.”

“There has not been significant progress” on this mandate, the monitor found, because the department

was focused on a national recruitment campaign and out-of-state recruiting trips. The monitor expects a completed recruitment plan in time for the next report in April, the report said.

If the monitor or the court determine the department hasn’t complied with the requirements of the decree, the decree could be extended. Other cities under similar consent decrees, such as Oakland, Calif., have spent decades struggling to comply with requirements.

The department has also begun funneling more resources into luring officers from other departments, Acevedo said, a strategy that has become increasingly popular as police agencies struggle to hire civilians. Last year, the city spent at least $56,000 to send recruiters to New York City, Albuquerque and Atlanta to coax officers at those police departments to leave for Aurora.

Fifteen NYPD officers have applied for police jobs in Aurora, a department spokesperson said. Three of those officers were hired, and four more are in the background check process for an upcoming academy class.

The department received one application from an Atlanta officer. It has not received any applications from its trip to Albuquerque. A department representative said recruitment is a “long game,” and recruiters don’t expect immediate results from these trips.

“The whole country struggles with recruiting,” Cmdr. Sam McGhee of the department’s professional standards bureau said. “You gotta be competitive today.”

The pandemic and shifting attitudes toward policing have added extra challenges for recruiters, experts and department representatives said. Recruiters were unable to host in-person events for much of the the pandemic, and increased scrutiny of policing nationwide has made becoming a police officer a less desirable career path for some.

The department is at a competitive disadvantage compared to other police agencies, Acevedeo said, because Aurora doesn’t have defined retirement benefits for officers. These conditions have created a “perfect storm” of recruiting challenges, he said.

Aurora PD’s reputation is also a factor.

Multiple high-profile incidents, including racist comments made by officers toward Black residents, controversial detainments and uses of force against Black children and fatal police shootings have dominated headlines in recent years. Recruiters sometimes have to grapple with this notoriety when speaking to potential recruits, McGhee said.

“We want to be very pragmatic about that and own up to and cop to the issues that we’re facing,” McGhee said. “It serves nobody to water that down or sidestep those issues.”

McGhee’s team is reinventing its recruitment strategies, he said, by visiting military bases and colleges and planning more out-of-state recruitment trips. The department has also committed to hiring more women, with the goal of achieving a 30% female workforce by 2030, joining a national “30X30” initiative.

According to a recent press release, the department plans to include more women in recruiting ads and at public events, highlight the achievements of women officers, and recruit at events geared toward women.

After listing his plans to revamp the department’s recruiting strategy, Acevedo pushed back against assertions by commissioners and experts that the commission’s lowered standards are related to the department’s recruitment efforts.

“You can’t criticize us for who we put in the assessment stream,” he said. “We don’t have a magic eight ball to say, ‘Hi, are you gonna be a D?

City of Aurora Public Safety Training Center.

POLICE: Aurora dentist accused of poisoning wife used cyanide, was having an affair, business problems

pressed since he asked for a divorce in December even though neither of the couple’s children said anything about suicide attempts, according to the arrest affidavit.

Redfearn also told investigators that Craig was on the verge of bankruptcy and had been having problems in his marriage, according to the document. Angela Craig’s sister, Toni Kofoed, told police that Craig had drugged his wife about five years ago with an unknown drug because he said he planned to kill himself and did not want her to be able to save him.

Kofoed believes that incident is what Craig referenced in a series of texts between Angela and James Craig about her symptoms after she first fell ill on March 6. According to the arrest affidavit, James Craig wrote: “Given our history I know that must be triggering. Just for the record, I didn’t drug you. I am super worried though.”

150 non-fatal shootings and close to 40 murders involving a gun last year, according to police. Shootings have become a frequent topic of discussion at council meetings since 2020, as rates of gun violence have crept upward.

Fields said Monday that officers and schools should have the resources needed to be able to prevent crime. She later said she would like to see Aurora police make greater use of license plate readers and consider introducing gunfire detection technology like Denver’s ShotSpotter system.

“I’m personally hearing gunfire too often,” she said. “And so that would be one thing I would like for the city to do is to invest in that kind of technology.”

Councilmember Dustin Zvonek, who chairs the council’s public safety policy committee, said Tuesday that a technology similar to ShotSpotter was being considered for Aurora and that a vendor would present at the next committee meeting. The committee discussed the possibility of rolling out ShotSpotter in Aurora last year.

Fields also mentioned the importance of making sure public schools are fully staffed and said council members should be more willing to acknowledge and prioritize the problem of gun violence.

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Police believe a Colorado dentist laced his wife’s pre-workout protein shakes with arsenic and cyanide, eventually killing his spouse so he could be with a woman he was having an affair with, according to court documents.

James Craig, 45, was arrested on suspicion of first-degree murder Sunday, shortly after his wife died after being taken off life support during her third trip to the hospital this month. According to court records, he is being represented by the public defender’s office, which does not comment on cases.

Craig is scheduled to appear in court Thursday to learn whether prosecutors have decided to file charges against him.

As Angela Craig languished in the hospital, with doctors unable to figure out what was wrong with her, police in the Denver suburb of Aurora allege her husband was meeting with a fellow dentist who flew in for visits with him. Police began investigating Craig after his dental practice partner and friend, Ryan Redfearn, told a nurse that Craig had ordered potassium cyanide even though they did not need it for their work, according to an arrest warrant laying out evidence gathered by investigators.

After allegedly Googling questions like, “Is Arsenic Detectable in Autopsy?” investigators believe Craig put arsenic in one of the protein shakes he routinely made for his wife for their workouts on March 6 and then, after she survived, he ordered a rush shipment of potassium cyanide that he told the supplier was needed for a surgery. Craig had asked an office manager not to open that package but another employee did, leading to its discovery and eventual disclosure to authorities, the document said.

The delivery of a third substance he is accused of ordering, Oleandrin, was intercepted by authorities after they began investigating him, the document said. Oleandrin is a poisonous substance found in leaves of the oleander plant.

Craig told Redfearn that he ordered the potassium cyanide for his wife and told a social worker that she had been suicidal and de-

Last week, two days before Angela was declared brain dead, the woman police say he was having an affair with wrote Craig an email expressing sympathy about what he was going through, according to the document. However, she said she did not think it was right for her to mix in with those who had gathered to mourn Angela because she did not want to “conceal what I feel for you.”

Police said anyone with information about the case can call Metro Denver Crime Stoppers at 720-9137867. Tipsters can remain anonymous and still be eligible for a reward of up to $2,000, police said.

— MAX LEVY, Sentinel Colorado Staff Writer

State Sen. Fields asks Aurora lawmakers to act on gun violence after stray bullet shatters home window

After a bullet smashed her living room window last month, state Sen. Rhonda Fields paid a surprise visit to the Aurora City Council’s March 13 meeting to urge members to do more about gun violence.

“My window was shattered. My feeling of security of being safe at home has been shattered,” she said Monday. “I don’t feel safe in my own home. And I’m quite sure I’m not the only one who feels this way.”

Aurora police spokesman Matthew Wells-Longshore later wrote in an email that police dug part of the bullet out of a wall in Fields’ home last week and stored it as evidence.

He said police believe the bullet strayed from the scene of a Feb. 20 road rage shooting, which occurred in the 1100 block of Sable Boulevard. Fields lives in the Chambers Heights neighborhood of Aurora, nearby the location of the shooting.

While no one in Fields’ home was hurt, the bullet struck a china cabinet, and Fields said a wall had to be further damaged to remove the projectile. She said she wasn’t home when the shooting happened and contacted police after she returned and realized what had taken place.

Aurora experienced more than

control bills that would raise the age for buying firearms and make it easier for victims of violence to sue gun manufacturers. She said she is also sponsoring bills that would crack down on “ghost guns” and restrict access to assault weapons.

While Fields said she trusted the police to investigate the incident, she mentioned how she has faced threats of violence in the past and found the shooting at her home “unsettling.”

— MAX LEVY, Sentinel Colorado Staff Writer

APS board interviewing 6 unidentified candidates for superintendent

Six unidentified candidates out of 28 total applicants will be interviewed by the Aurora Public Schools board in its search for a new superintendent.

“I felt like we presented a very strong slate,” said Mike Richie, vice president of HYA, the firm that APS is working with to conduct the search.

The hiring application for the role closed on Friday, and Tuesday evening the board met in closed session to be presented with a list of the six strongest candidates. The board members were also able to view the full list of candidates online through HYA’s hiring portal.

The candidates were grouped into three tiers, Richie said, with the top tier moving forward for consideration. He said the criteria was based off of the candidate profile that HYA presented to the board last week, which was based on feedback gathered from a series of focus groups and interviews the firm

conducted with community members in February.

The profile said that people wanted the new superintendent to have a background in public schools, a proven track record with diversity, experience in a large school district, among other traits.

“In Aurora’s situation it was loud and clear, they really wanted an educator,” Richie said. “The theme was they really wanted someone from an educational background.”

Richie said that 30 people in total applied but one person dropped out of the running after accepting another job and one person’s application was not considered because it was submitted after the deadline. He said he could not share any demographic information about the candidates at this time.

The six candidates will be interviewed by the board in closed session March 26 and March 27. The finalists will be publicly announced at a special board meeting on March 28.

In an earlier interview, Richie said HYA aims to have three public finalists but occasionally also has two or four. The firm recently completed a search for a superintendent in Littleton Public Schools that named two finalists.

— CARINA JULIG, Sentinel Colorado Staff Writer

CAPITOL VIRTUOSO: Aurora’s best Day ever honored by state lawmakers

APS band director Jimmy Day was honored March 14 at the State Capitol as Colorado’s 2023 Teacher of the Year.

Day, the band director and instrumental music teacher at East Middle School, was recognized last week by Aurora Senator Rhonda

Fields during a session for the Colorado Senate. He was given a standing ovation by legislators and received a signed proclamation from Senate President Steve Fenberg.

“We are so inspired by your dedication in educating our students, your passion for helping young musicians develop their instrumental skills and your commitment to instill in them confidence and demonstrate life skills,” Fields said.

Day was joined at the capitol by his family, East Middle principal Jacquelyn Brown and APS school board member Nichelle Ortiz and her two sons.

Day was one of seven finalists for the annual honor, and APS’ first teacher of the year since 2012. He was named teacher of the year in a surprise ceremony at his school in October.

A native of Detroit, Day has been with APS since 2017 and has been a teacher for 14 years. He was drawn to teaching through his love of music, and was praised by the Colorado Department of Education for his work rebuilding several band programs.

— CARINA JULIG, Sentinel Colorado Staff Writer

BEYOND AURORA

Colorado proposal would cut public records costs for media

As Colorado’s fall neared in 2021, reporter Jesse Paul wanted to peek behind the curtain of state prisons, submitting a request for a swath of documents regarding inmate deaths, injuries and staff violations — public records made available to ensure government transparency.

But then the bill arrived, and Paul, a reporter at The Colorado Sun, shot off a cheeky email to his editors: “You guys cool if I drop $245,000 on this?”

In a concession many journalists know well, Paul gutted his admittedly large request, leaving most of those government documents shrouded from the public’s sight. Those types of financial barriers are partly why Colorado state lawmakers are considering legislation that would give the news media privileges when requesting public records, including lower fees and stricter deadlines for records custodians to produce documents.

But the draft legislation kicked off a hullaballoo on Twitter, with some concerned that favoring news media was unfair, while others found the mere idea of politicians defining who is and who isn’t a journalist unsettling.

Most states do not differentiate between the general public and media organizations, and the Colorado draft bill’s definition of the news media would effectively exclude news startups in their first year of operation — raising their public records costs.

The proposal comes as some states push in the opposite direction. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is seeking an agenda that may limit access to public records and lawmakers across the country are trying to shield the disclosure of personal information for elected officials and public employees.

The Colorado proposal has yet to be introduced, and could change as the final kinks get worked out, said Democratic state Sen. Chris Hansen, the bill’s sponsor. Hansen, in defense of the definition, said burgeoning news groups would still be able to submit requests and the temporary higher cost wouldn’t be a “significant burden.”

Broadly, the proposal is considered a step in the right direction by media groups. It would require stricter retention of government email records, charge news media half the cost billed to the general public — roughly capped at $15.00 for every hour spent producing the records — and ensure certain reports from investigations into sexual harassment by elected officials be publicly available.

To Jeff Roberts, executive director of the Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition and who has helped draft the bill, said the proposal isn’t perfect but will make a dent in the problem. A more robust solution, he said, would be better funding for governments to respond to records requests.

The cost of Paul’s quarter-million-dollar request still probably wouldn’t be addressed by this bill, Roberts noted. Those documents likely fall under a separate category for criminal records, and Roberts is still on a mission to address prohibitive costs.

“There doesn’t seem to be political will to just reduce the cost for everyone,” said Roberts.

Larry Ryckman, editor of The Colorado Sun, said that while he had misgivings about politicians defin-

ing what qualifies as news media, he was generally pleased with any expansion of public records access.

“A healthy democracy depends on a free press, that we will ask questions, that we will dig in, and that we will verify facts,” Ryckman said, “and we cannot hold government and government agencies and officials accountable without access to documents.”

— JESSE BEDAYN Associated

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US tribes get Golden bison as they seek to restore bond with animal

Dozens of bison from a mountain park outside Denver were transferred Wednesday to several tribes from across the Great Plains, in the latest example of Native Americans reclaiming stewardship over animals their ancestors lived alongside for millennia.

Following ceremonial drumming and singing and an acknowledgement of the tribes that once occupied the surrounding landscape, the bison were loaded onto trucks for relocation to tribal lands.

About a half-dozen of the animals from Colorado will form the nucleus of a new herd for the Yuchi people south of Tulsa, Oklahoma, said Richard Grounds with the Yuchi Language Project.

The herd will be expanded over time, to reestablish a spiritual and physical bond broken two centuries ago when bison were nearly wiped out and the Yuchi were forced from their homeland, Grounds said.

He compared the burly animals’ return to reviving the Yuchi’s language — and said both language and bison were inseparable from the land. Bison were “the original caretakers” of that land, he said.

“We’ve lost that connection to the buffalo, that physical connection, as part of the colonial assault,” Grounds said. “So we’re saying, we Yuchi people are still here and the buffalo are still here and it’s important to reconnect and restore those relationships with the land, with the animals and the plants.”

The transfers also included 17 bison to the Northern Arapaho Tribe and 12 to the Eastern Shoshone Tribe — both of Wyoming — and one animal to the Tall Bull Memorial Council, which has members from various tribes, city officials said.

Wednesday’s transfer came two weeks after U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland issued a bison conservation order meant to further expand the number of large herds on Native American lands. Haaland also announced $25 million to build new herds, transfer more bison from federal to tribal lands and forge new bison management agreements with tribes, officials said.

American bison, also known as buffalo, have bounced back from near-extinction in the 1880s but

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Practice for real

Black plumes of smoke cut through the piercing blue sky as Aurora Fire Rescue and Aurora Police Department recruits went through final practice scenarios of real-time crises, March 17 at the City of Aurora Public Safety Training Center.

25 Aurora Fire and 11 Aurora Police recruits put a cap on their final day with their respective academies by rushing into burning buildings, extinguishing car fires, tending to auto/ped victims and a litany of other scenarios likely to be encountered on the job.

The families of the recruits were invited for a catered dinner and to spectate as their loved ones put their newly learned chops to practice in the field

Photo essay by Phillip B. Poston Sentinel Colorado Photo Editor

Weed it and weep

ITCHING TO START SPRING GARDEN CLEANUP? NOT SO FAST!

BY JESSICA DAMIANO, Associated Press

When the blare of the year’s first leaf blower awakened me one morning last week, I realized spring cleanup had commenced — no matter that March could still roar like a lion here in my Long Island, New York, neighborhood.

It stands to reason that professional landscapers cannot logistically clear all of their clients’ properties at the same time — the right time — so they start early. That’s good for them but bad for our gardens.

In mine, I forgo the fall cleanup, opting instead to allow leaf litter, ornamental grasses and spent perennials to remain standing to serve as shelter for pollinators and other insects over winter. Those insects are still hibernating, and removing the debris before they resume their life cycles would mean removing them from my garden.

That would result in less food for birds and fewer flowers and tomatoes for me.

The jury is out among experts on the exact timing, but there is consensus around waiting until temperatures are consistently above 50 degrees, which is when dormant insects “wake up.” Some define “consistently” as a minimum of five days. I typically wait until after seven

consecutive 50-degree-plus nights have passed.

Even then, it’s advisable to relocate plant matter to a corner of the yard for another week or so before removing it from your property, just in case any sleepyheads hit the snooze button.

Like clockwork, premature cleaning will be followed by premature mulching. Applying mulch makes the garden look tidy, but remember that soil and plants are not furniture. They’re part of a living ecosystem. Mulching before the soil has warmed sufficiently will trap in the cold and slow the reawakening of perennial, shrub and tree roots. That inhibits plant growth.

And if the soil is wet, early applications can encourage mold, mildew and fungal diseases.

Mulch is an important component of a healthy garden. It retains soil moisture, suppresses weeds and helps keep soil temperatures even. But timing is crucial. Wait until it’s safe to plant annuals and warm-season vegetables in your region before applying mulch. For me, that means holding off until the end of May.

Likewise, resist the urge to fertilize the lawn until mid to late spring, after it has emerged from dormancy and begins active growth. Doing so earlier is illegal in some municipalities and won’t help the grass anyway. In fact, it can hurt.

Lawns that are fertilized in early spring cannot properly make use of those applied nutrients. They may start growing when they should be spending their energy on root development, which is what sustains turfgrasses and helps them survive summer droughts. That premature growth is often discolored and results in yellow spots in the lawn.

Excess fertilizer that cannot be used by a dormant or partially dormant lawn threatens the environment and groundwater as it leaches through the soil. And since it doesn’t benefit the lawn, it’s also a waste of money.

Cleaning up tulips and daffodils is another exercise in patience. After any spring bulb has bloomed, its leaves continue to produce energy for the following year’s show. Go ahead and remove stems if you’d like, but don’t clear away foliage until it has turned yellow and withered.

Finally, something you really can do now: If you’re itching to get your hands dirty, it’s a good time to repot houseplants. Move them into the next-size pot — no more than 2 inches wider than their current container — and give them a dose of fertilizer as the season’s longer daylengths stimulate them to resume active growth.

A gardener clears away autumn leaves at a home in Sacramento, Calif., on Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2021. Wait to remove leaves and stalks until spring temperatures have become consistently warmer, since they provide shelter for beneficial insects over the winter.

AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli

Rockies Opening Day Pre-Game Party at Denver Beer Co.

scene & herd

2023 Fly Fishing Film Tour at The Oriental Theater

April 6 at 11:00 a.m. 1695 Platte St. Denver, CO 80202. Visit https:// bit.ly/40kpiLH for more information.

Baseball is back! So is the expectation of a consistently sub-par performance from our ragtag Rockies and their beleaguered ownership.

Colorado Dinosaurs at Garden of the Gods

Cherry Blossom Festival at Jade Mountain Brewery & Teahouse

April 1 from 2:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. 4233 S. Buckley Rd. Aurora, CO 80013. Visit https://bit.ly/3SRhkHq for more information.

March 25 from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. 1805 N. 30th St. Colorado Springs, CO 80904. Visit https:// bit.ly/3JR7e6I for more information.

April 5 at 7:30. 4335 W. 44th Ave. Denver, CO 80212. Visit https://bit. ly/3FDK7Kt for more information.

You’re soooo Colorado, aren’t you? Prove it. Show up to the 17th Fly Fishing Film Tour on April 5 and flex your knowledge upon a few possible unwitting attendees. Afterall, fly fishing is a pretty big Colorado personality, right? But, even if you are able to somehow manage to enjoy the sport without talking about how it is your everything, this should be a good time.

You can be rest assured the film tour is in good hands as the Fly Fishing Film Tour is the first and largest fly fishing film event of its kind. The film will feature beautiful locations, from Patagonia, to Mexico, Australia and the Deep South. There will be a bevy of giveaways throughout the event too.

That said, we can still get together and commiserate over some pretty good craft beer, right? Denver Beer Co. is kind enough to invite all of us that are a glutton for punishment as we ring in the new season of America’s favorite pastime. Y’all know that misery loves company, so let’s all get together and toast to hoping for the best but expecting borderline mediocrity as we begin another 162 game season.

All C’s Fan Expo Spring 2023 at Arapahoe County Fairgrounds

It’s no secret that dinosaurs were prevalent here in our great state — what with Dinosaur, CO being a place and all. This one is for the kiddos, but parents should be able to get some value here too. If nothing else, the children learn a bit and that serves everyone.

Each week Garden of the Gods either explores a different dinosaur that likely trounced through the red rock littered landscape, or Park Interpreter Jennifer will teach about the history of fossil hunting.

There will also be activities or crafts centered around the days discussion. Tickets are $5 and are sold on a first come, first served basis.

Colorado Pint Day 2023

Spring is just around the bend! Those late snowy months always seem to slow time. But the springtime couldn’t stay away forever. And in celebration of the season change, Jade Mountain Brewery & Teahouse is back again with their annual Cherry Blossom Festival. The stated goal is to outdo their previous year’s party and according to their FB posting, they seem to have accomplished this.

There are at least a dozen vendors slated, boasting a smorgasbord of food, drink and other goods. There will also be some beer releases, some of which look pretty incredible to this low-level hop head. The Chestnut Vanilla Stout has certainly piqued interest, as does the Cherry Mochi Rice Ale. That sounds very drinkable indeed.

You don’t want to miss this one, and since it’s in a few weeks, there is plenty of time to plan accordingly.

March 14 through July 9 during normal museum hours. 15051 E. Alameda Pkwy. Aurora, CO 80014. Visit www.AuroraMuseum.org for more information.

This could be an exciting one, provided you care about Aurora’s history. Hopefully that’s the case, and if not we strongly encourage you to learn a bit more about the city in which you reside, such as this chestnut — Eisenhower considered Lowry Air Force base to be his summer White House from 1953 through 1955, increasing the base’s prestige to an executive level, if you will. That one’s on us.

Lowry Air Force Base played pivotal roles for the growth of Aurora and the surrounding areas, as well as playing a vital role in the country’s defense providing logistics, training and intelligence support.

The exhibit will feature photographs, documents and an extensive timeline displaying the chronology of the airfield turned Air Force Base and how it brought jobs, homes and people to the then burgeoning community we know today.

April 7 through April 9. 3:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. that Friday and 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. 25690 E. Quincy Ave. Aurora, CO 80016. Visit www.allcscollectibles.com for more information.

Calling all collectors of comics, gaming and sports cards, local art, anime and everything else that is related to the aforementioned. Presented by Aurora Rise, All C’s is back with their bi-annual Fan Expo, and it will be the biggest for them to date — with it being at the fairgrounds for the first time in the shows almost seven years of existence.

They will be taking over 25,000 sq. ft. of space, to be packed to the brim with vendors and artists covering the gamut of geekdom. And this hack gives that descriptor lightly, also being a collector of certain things nerdy.

There will be voice actors and comic book artists will also be in attendance should you fancy an autograph. Admission is free and the event is being dubbed as family friendly.

April 12, all-day at participating breweries. Visit https://coloradobeer.org/colorado-pint-day/ for more information.

To say that Colorado has a lot of craft breweries would be putting it lightly. In 2022 it was reported that there were 423 open breweries in the state, with just 40 of them being second locations.

In light of that, Colorado Pint Day is something that does and should exist. More than 200 breweries are participating across the state, 10 of which are in Aurora.

Hop heads flock annually to participating breweries to purchase the limited edition glassware, with $1 of each purchase going to the organizers, Colorado Brewers Guild.

This years pint glass is objectively cool and is well worth the price. Plus, a beer comes in it, when you purchase the glass. We’re having a hard time finding a downside here.

You can find a complete list of all the breweries at https://coloradobeer.org/colorado-pint-day/.

AIMING AT GUN VIOLENCE

State lawmakers offer opposing paths to fewer shootings, deaths and suicides

BY CARINA JULIG AND MAX LEVY, Sentinel Colorado Staff Writers

From students to senators, victims of Aurora’s gun violence crisis hail from all corners of the city, and the frequency of shootings is spurring stricter gun laws promoted by Aurora’s Democratic state lawmakers.

More than 200 people were shot in Aurora last year, and most murders investigated by Aurora police involved a firearm, according to the city’s police department. The phenomenon of shootings has grown steadily worse since 2020, not only in Aurora but also across the state and nation.

At the same time, state and local lawmakers have split along partisan lines on the question of how to address the problem, with conservatives calling for easing gun control and imposing stricter criminal penalties. Progressives are focusing on social services and, at least in the legislature, increasing gun control by limiting the public’s access to firearms.

Second Amendment advocates have responded by characterizing the

Democrat-backed bills as an attack on the public’s right to bear arms and as a distraction from other problems facing Coloradoans, such as inflation and struggling schools.

“The Republicans who make up the House minority caucus come from every corner of our state and are also concerned about gun violence,” House Minority Leader Mike Lynch said in a Feb. 23 statement.

“We must care about addressing the issue of gun crimes while also recognizing the utmost importance of protecting and honoring the liberties outlined in our founding documents.”

Shootings have garnered attention in part because of how they tend to involve and impact young people. The number of U.S. children under 18 who killed someone with a firearm jumped from 836 in 2019 to 1,150 in 2020, and today more people ages 1 to 19 die by gun violence than by any other cause, according to Kaiser Health News.

In New York City, the number of young people who killed someone with a gun has more than doubled, rising from 48 juvenile offenders in 2019 to 124 in 2022, according to data from the city’s police depart-

ment. At the UChicago Medicine trauma center, the number of gunshot wounds in children under 16 has doubled in the past six years, one doctor told KHN.

Earlier this month, hundreds of students from Denver’s East High School skipped school to march to the Capitol and demand the Colorado General Assembly act on gun violence after their 16-year-old classmate, Luis Garcia, was shot to death.

Aurora police have also reported that up to half of the city’s violent crime may be associated with gang activity. But the city is also no stranger to mass shootings that have nothing to do with organized crime. In 2012, a lone gunman opened fire in an Aurora movie theater, killing a dozen people and injuring dozens more with a semiautomatic rifle, shotgun and pistol.

That attack prompted Democratic state Sen. Tom Sullivan, whose son Alex Sullivan was killed in the shooting, to become an outspoken advocate for gun control. Tom Sullivan was first elected to the state House of Representatives in 2018 and as of January now serves in the state Senate.

Sullivan, who said that he “could not have gotten elected” in 2013, credited Coloradans’ desire to curb gun violence for the majorities that the Democrats now enjoy in both chambers of the state legislature.

“It’s because Coloradans know gun violence prevention is something they want taken care of and something they want the Democrats to do, and that’s what we’re doing,” he said.

Sullivan joins Aurora Democratic Rep. Mike Weissman and others in sponsoring a bill that would expand the scope of the state’s “red flag” law. It’s one of a handful of pieces of major legislation aimed at curbing gun violence this session. Other bills would restrict sales of assault weapons, open the door for lawsuits against gun manufacturers and raise the minimum age for buying guns to 21.

The Sentinel spoke with Aurora lawmakers and others to better understand the limits of gun control legislation and how elected officials are hoping to prevent shootings.

Prohibiting assault weapon sales

State Sen. Rhonda Fields received a grim reminder of Aurora’s ongoing struggles last month when a stray bullet smashed through her living room window and struck a wall in her home.

Police believe the senator wasn’t targeted, tracing the bullet to a road rage shooting that took place on nearby Sable Boulevard. But the incident wasn’t the senator’s first brush with violence. In 2005, her son, Javad, was shot to death, along with his fiance, in retaliation for agreeing to testify at a murder trial.

Javad’s death ultimately pushed Fields into politics, and a regular legislative focus of Fields’ has been crime victims and victims of violence.

This year, the senator and Denver Democratic state House Rep. Elisabeth Epps are sponsoring a bill, which Fields referred to as the “Mass Shooting Prevention Act,” that would end the sale of certain rifles and pistols classified as “assault weapons,” along with rapid-fire trigger activators.

“These are the kinds of weapons that have rapid fire, and typically that means you’re trying to hit multiple targets or people in a short amount of time, and you can do a lot of damage,” Fields said. “These weapons and these bullets, when they do hit the human body and flesh, they do tremendous damage that’s hard to repair.”

The sale and transfer of rifles capable of firing .50 Browning Machine Gun ammunition would be prohibited under the act, as would semi-automatic rifles that take a detachable magazine and have one or more features such as a pistol grip, barrel shroud, threaded barrel, folding stock or flash suppressor.

Some of those same features on a semi-automatic pistol that takes a magazine or a shotgun with a revolving cylinders would also make those guns illegal to sell or transfer.

Not all mass shooters use high-powered rifles or extended magazines to commit acts of violence. The perpetrator of the 2007 Virginia Tech shooting, for example, wielded two pistols equipped with standard-sized magazines, yet managed to kill 32 people.

While Weissman acknowledged that “there’s no one bill that is going to do everything at once to keep innocent people from getting killed,” he said the types of weapons that would fall under the proposed assault weapons ban are specifically engineered to injure and kill people.

“We do see these weapons used, unfortunately, in a lot of mass shootings,” he said. “Just about any firearm can be lethal; the lethality of these kinds of weapons is quite high, though.”

The bill was introduced in the House and assigned to the Judiciary Committee on March 3.

Expanding Colorado’s ‘red flag’ law

Weissman joins Sullivan in sponsoring a bill that would allow doctors, mental health care professionals, licensed educators, school counselors and district attorneys to petition a court to prohibit someone from owning guns if that person is suspected to be a risk to themself or others.

The only people capable of requesting one of these extreme risk protection orders currently are family members, roommates and law enforcement officers.

Colorado’s law came under scrutiny last year following the

Club Q shooting in Colorado Springs. The suspect in that shooting had been arrested previously for threatening to blow up his mother’s home with a homemade bomb, but neither the suspect’s family nor law enforcement petitioned the court in El Paso County to restrict the suspect’s access to guns.

A report by Kaiser Health News indicated that El Paso County was the least likely to accept an initial court petition of any Colorado county where more than three cases had been filed.

Senate President Steve Fenberg, one of the bill’s prime sponsors, said that expansion of the existing red flag law had been in discussion for several years but that the Club Q shooting had increased the urgency of bringing something to the table.

“As we’ve seen, in some areas in the state local law enforcement is not willing to file a red flag position to a court because they ideologically oppose it. Instead of thinking of ways to penalize or force something on law enforcement, we want to make sure that folks have alternative options if that is the case.”

Weissman said that, by expanding the pool of people who are able to ask the court to grant an extreme risk protection order, legislators hope to catch more potential shooters before they’re able to carry out an act of violence.

“We think that, regardless of where you live in Colorado, you should have the same right to feel protected by our gun violence prevention laws,” he said.

“We’ve realized that there are other folks in our state who may, in the course of their work, intersect with folks who are on the cusp of a mental health crisis. And part of what this bill seeks to do is empower those people to come forward in the name of public safety, to file a petition.”

Fields also said that giving more people the power to file petitions would close the “loophole” of reluctant sheriff’s offices declining to use the law to take away the guns of people who pose a legitimate threat.

“It’s not done randomly. A judge has to determine the merits of the whole scenario to decide that gun should be removed. I think it’s a good safety measure,” she said. “If we would have had all the right measures in place and they were followed, we might have been able to save some lives in Colorado Springs.”

Second Amendment advocates were more skeptical. Nikki Goeser — executive director of the Crime Prevention Research Center, a nonprofit research group with ties to gun rights activists — spoke against the bill at a Senate committee meeting March 8, describing it as unconstitutional and a violation of due process.

She also said the laws may make it less likely for gun owners to open up about mental health problems. Goeser described how, 13 years ago, she witnessed her husband being shot to death by a man who was stalking her and how she suffered from depression and anxiety following the attack.

“My stalker carried a gun illegally,” she said. “I had concerns for my safety. These are all normal human reactions to something that is horrific. … If my guns were taken away from me with no hearing, no opportunity to speak with mental health experts first, my basic human right of self-defense being stripped away from me would be trauma on top of trauma.”

The bill would also require the state to spend money on a campaign to educate the public about using the law. It passed the Senate on March 13 and was introduced in the House the next day.

ABOVE: AR-15 style rifle is displayed at the Firing-Line indoor range and gun shop, in Aurora. Some state lawmakers want to limit sales of certain types of firearms, saying they’re favorites of criminals. Critics say the vast number of owners are law-abiding and protected under the Second Amendment. The debate over this and other gun control measures rages at the state Capitol as gun violence in Aurora and across the metroplex increases.

INSIDE COVER: Nic Grzecka, right, co-owner of Club Q, is consoled by a supporter of the gay bar after a 25-foot historic pride flag was displayed on the exterior of city hall to mark the weekend mass shooting Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2022, in Colorado Springs, Colo.

RIGHT: Democratic presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg speaks about gun control to a small audience of victims of gun violence, during a De, 5 visit to Aurora, CO.

File Photo by PHILIP B. POSTON/ Sentinel Colorado

ON THE COVER: Julie Park fires a round during a FASTER Colorado Training for Armed School Personnel, June 21 at the Flatrock Regional Training Center.

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nated with the Columbine attack, and school districts across the Front Range shut down while the search for Pais was ongoing out of fears that she had traveled to the state to attempt a copycat attack.

“In Florida, (Pais) wouldn’t have had the ability to buy a firearm because in Florida after the Parkland shooting a very red state, a very gun happy state, passed a law to raise the minimum age of all purchase of firearms to 21,” Sullivan said.

Fields brought up how past mass shooters — like the perpetrators of the shootings in Columbine and Uvalde — were minors and suggested the change would help prevent shootings.

Suing the firearms industry

Lawmakers spoke too of wanting to give survivors of shootings another way of obtaining justice by lifting state-level restrictions on lawsuits against firearm businesses.

State law currently limits such lawsuits to situations involving defective guns or ammunition. The change would allow civil lawsuits against firearm companies if they violate “industry standards of responsible conduct.”

Companies in the firearm business will be required to develop standards that include preventing sales to straw buyers, traffickers, anyone who is not legally allowed to own a firearm and anyone who the business has “reasonable cause” to believe is likely to use it unlawfully or to harm themself.

A business may also be held liable for marketing to minors or advertising in a way that promotes converting legal firearms into illegal firearms. The statute of limitations for lawsuits under the bill would be five years.

The bill also states that just because a third party chose to break the law while using a firearm or related product doesn’t mean the manufacturer can’t be sued for failing to act responsibly, as defined by the bill.

The federal Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act still protects gun manufacturers and dealers from liability stemming from crimes people commit with their products.

“We have a quite old law on the books in Colorado that gives pretty extraordinary immunity to one particular class of businesses that is not enjoyed by most other companies providing any other service or selling any other items,” Weissman said.

“The bill seeks to eliminate that and the bill instead seeks to provide some legal duties consistent with federal law, in the hopes that companies in the firearms industry will comply

with those and keep Coloradans safer.”

Taylor Rhodes, executive director of Rocky Mountain Gun Owners, questioned the impact that the bill would have at a Colorado Senate committee meeting March 8, saying it would only serve to scare arms manufacturers and dealers out of selling firearms to responsible adults.

He likened suing a gun manufacturer after a shooting to suing a car manufacturer after a driver used their vehicle to target pedestrians.

“It simply makes no sense,” Rhodes warned. “Law-abiding Coloradoans have the right to access firearms, and this bill will severely limit that right.”

Weissman and Fields both brought up the case of Sandy and Lonnie Phillips, whose daughter, Jessica Ghawi, was killed in the Aurora movie theater shooting.

After the incident, the Phillips family tried to sue the companies that sold ammunition to the shooter, but when the case was dismissed, state law required the couple to pay the defendants more than $200,000 in legal fees, bankrupting the two. The new bill would repeal the section of state law which forced the couple into bankruptcy.

“I’m thinking about the Phillips family, and how they ended up having to sell their home,” Fields said. “I think it’s time that Colorado should repeal that law and make it necessary to protect victims in the future.”

Also, in spite of federal law, the son of one woman killed during the Boulder supermarket shooting in 2021 recently announced he is suing gun-maker Sturm, Ruger & Co. over its “reckless” and “immoral” marketing of the AR-556 pistol used in the massacre.

Investigators have not disclosed a possible motive for the shooting but said the suspect passed a background check to legally buy a Ruger AR-556 pistol six days before the incident.

In a similar lawsuit, gun-mak-

er Remington settled with relatives of Sandy Hook school shooting victims for $73 million.

The families of nine victims, as well as a survivor, sued Remington, alleging the company targeted at-risk males in advertising and product placement in violent video games. One of Remington’s ads featured the Bushmaster rifle against a plain backdrop and the phrase: “Consider Your Man Card Reissued.”

The lawsuit against Sturm, Ruger & Co. claims the company’s marketing materials included similar phrases such as “Anything else would be un-American.”

“We believe they marketed it in a way that was meant to appeal to the militarization of young individuals, glorified lone shooters and, especially in the wake of the Sandy Hook shooting, we think they had a moral responsibility to do better,” plaintiff Nathaniel Getz told the Associated Press.

The bill passed the Senate on March 13 and was introduced in the House the next day.

Raising the minimum age to 21

Another Senate bill would make it illegal for anyone younger than 21 to possess a firearm outside of the context of classes, hunting, target shooting, competitions and serving in the military or in law enforcement.

Currently, there are no agebased restrictions on people between the ages of 18 and 20 buying a gun in Colorado. Anyone who is at least 18 years old when the bill is enacted would be grandfathered in.

A minor violating the law will be charged with a class 2 misdemeanor the first time and a class 5 felony the second and subsequent times. Illegally providing a gun to a minor is a class 4 felony.

Sullivan said that discussion of raising the minimum age began after the April 2019 incident where Florida teenager Sol Pais committed suicide after traveling to Colorado and buying a gun. Pais was reportedly fasci-

“At some point, you have to think about the development and the maturity of handling and using a gun in the appropriate way,” Fields said. “I think that’s another way to save lives is by putting this age limit on it.”

Dr. Maya Haasz, a pediatric emergency medicine physician at Children’s Hospital Colorado who researches firearm injuries, said that she thinks the bill to raise the legal age for gun ownership would be an important step in helping to reduce gun injuries and death in young people.

According to a 2022 study from the hospital, from 2018 to 2021 firearm injuries have increased in Coloradans ages zero to 19, and are now the leading cause of death for children above newborn age.

A main component of Haasz’s work is limiting access to firearms for youth who are at risk of suicide. Suicide is usually a very impulsive act, especially attempts made by adolescents, she said.

“Having access to a very lethal means will increase your risk of completing suicide and dying by suicide,” she said. The majority of people who survive a suicide attempt and go on to receive treatment do not go on to die by suicide, Haasz said. But having access to a firearm dramatically reduces the chance of surviving that attempt.

The hospital supported the safe storage law that Colorado passed in 2021, and Haasz said she thinks raising the age limit would be another important step.

“I don’t think there’s any single law that is going to solve the problem of firearm injuries in children but I think it’s an important part of a comprehensive package to help decrease access and decrease firearm injuries in kids,” she said.

Rhodes, meanwhile, argued that the law change would deny young mothers and other young adults the ability to defend themselves and would violate the protections afforded by the Second Amendment.

“A firearm in the hand of a trained individual proves to be the great equalizer, no matter age, size or sex,” he said. “We

have a lawsuit drafted on this bill. If you do decide to pass it, we will sue.”

The Senate passed the bill on March 13, and it was introduced in the House the following day.

Closer to becoming law

Though legislators expressed excitement about making progress on gun control measures, they also acknowledged that there’s no one bill that will be able to put an end to gun deaths.

“It’s not one law that’s going to dramatically reduce gun violence is of itself, it really has to be a matrix of policies that work with each other to create safer communities,” Fenberg said. He acknowledged that curbing gun violence will take work from both politicians and law enforcement.

“In a lot of ways it’s about easy access to firearms but it’s also about bigger picture things that need to happen, like additional help for those who are suffering from mental illness or who are involved in crime,” he said. I think law enforcement does need additional tools. They’ve told us that and that’s something that we’re having conversations with them about.”

Despite pushback from some corners, Fenberg said that the opposition to this slate of bills has not been as intense as it was in previous years that the state legislature attempted to pass gun control measures, such as in 2013 when people drove around the capitol honking their horns.

“We have not seen the opposition be as loud or as aggressive as we have in the past,” he said. “And I think in some ways that is a recognition of where our state is and our country is. You’re always going to have gun activists who oppose everything we do but I think the vast majority of Coloradans support these policies and want them in place.”

While Fields expressed optimism about the ability of the four bills to mitigate gun violence along with an upcoming bill of hers dealing with ghost guns, she also warned that the state would not be able to “legislate its way out of this problem.”

She said halting gun violence would be a community-wide effort, mentioning the responsibility of citizens to lock up their guns and report crimes to the police as well as the responsibility of the city to take care of its most vulnerable residents, dissuading them from crime.

“I believe laws like what we’re passing in the statehouse will help, but it’s bigger than that,” Fields said. “I shouldn’t be getting accustomed to hearing gunshots, like I live in Chicago or Baltimore. And I want to be safe in my home.”

— The Associated Press and Kaiser Health News contributed tothisreport.

Preps

Right: Eagelcrest junior Adonias Cantu went from junior varsity to varsity and all the way to the 106-pound state championship match, which earned him a spot on the 2022-23 Sentinel Colorado All-Aurora Boys Wrestling Team.

Middle: Grandview senior

Max Kibbee led a stacked weight class in Aurora (190 pounds) and he finished as the Class 5A runner-up.

Below: Regis Jesuit sophomore Garrett Reece earned his second state place in as many varsity season as he took second in 5A at 132 pounds and secured an All-Aurora spot.

It was a rare season in which Aurora came away without a boys or girls state wrestling championship, but it was still an outstanding season on the mats around town in the 2022-23 season.

The accomplishments of the city’s top talents are reflected on the Sentinel Colorado All-Aurora Boys and Girls Wrestling Teams, which are primarily the result of state, regional or regular season performance in the case of a weight class without a state qualifier.

ALL-AURORA WRESTLING

Though there was no state champion, the city was well represented on the final night with a combined seven finalists and double-digit placers.

state title last season. Everhart won a match on the consolation side of the bracket before another loss ended his season at 31-10. He made the All-Centennial League first team.

120 pounds: Ethan Diaz, jr., Eaglecrest — The Centennial League’s first team performer in his weight class, Diaz finished the season on the medal podium in the fifth-place position. He won his first two matches and lost a two-point decision in the semifinals and then another twopoint loss in the consolation bracket put him fifth with a final record of 35-8.

Mat marvels

126 pounds: Alijah Gabaldon, soph., Eaglecrest — Gabaldon, a transfer, was a big addition to the Eaglecrest lineup when he joined midseason. He qualified for state and lost by two points in the match that could have sent him into the medal round. Gabaldon was 26-6 on the season.

FIVE PROGRAMS REPRESENTED ON ALLAURORA BOYS WRESTLING TEAM

Eaglecrest junior Adonias Cantu, Regis Jesuit sophomore Garrett Reece, Grandview senior Max Kibbee and Vista PEAK senior Ezekiel Taylor all reached championship matches and led the way among 11 boys to finish in the top six at their respective weights.

Here’s a look at the top boys in each weight class for the season:

BY COURTNEY OAKES Staff Writer

106 pounds: Adonias Cantu, jr., Eaglecrest — The junior went from junior varsity last season to wrestling for the state championship, which just got away from him in a 7-5 loss to Pomona’s Zaidyn Quinonez. Cantu finished the season 399 and was selectedas the lower weight Newcomer of the Year for the Centennial League.

113 pounds: Jay Everhart, jr., Cherokee Trail — Everhart got back to the 5A state tournament and finished 1-2, starting with an opening round loss to Chaparral’s Declan Strait, who won a

132 pounds: Garrett Reece, soph., Regis Jesuit — Reece finished on the medal podium for the second time in as many trips to state, but he was a few steps higher this year with a runnerup finish. He cruised through the first three rounds to make the final, where he lost by fall to Ponderosa’s Jacob Myers to finish 43-4.

138 pounds: Jonathan Montes Gonzales, fr., Grandview — The only freshman on the All-Aurora team, Montes Gonzales was the AllCentennial League first teamer at his weight and finished 2-3 at the state tournament. His three losses at state to the champion, fourth-place and fifth-place finishers as he ended 36-10.

144 pounds: David McCurdy, soph., Grandview — In the only weight class in which Aurora didn’t have a state qualifier in 5A or 4A, McCurdy won three matches at 5A Region 3 and placed sixth to finish a season in which he was 20-12.

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150 pounds: Ryan Curran, jr., Regis Jesuit — Of Aurora’s three state qualifiers at the weight, Curran was the only one to win at match, as he took a victory on the consolation side of the bracket. He was stopped in the second round of consolations to finish 26-15.

157 pounds: Thayne Lundy, jr., Eaglecrest — The AllCentennial League first teamer in his weight class, Lundy qualified for state and won his first match before he lost to eventual state champion Daniel Long of Adams City in the quarterfinals. He lost in the consolation first round to finish the season 38-12.

165 pounds: Charlie Herting, soph., Grandview — An injury sidelined Herting in the postseason last year, but he made the most of his first state trip by placing third in his weight class. Herting’s only state loss came in the semifinals to runner-up Dante Hutchings of Pomona and the All-Centennial League first teamer was 42-9.

175 pounds: Ellis Williams, sr., Cherokee Trail — Williams was a returning state qualifier who broke through to get onto the medal podium with a fourth-place finish. He went the long way after losing in the quarterfinals, but finished 4-2 at state to compete a 34-12 season.

190 pounds: Max Kibbee, sr. Grandview — The most loaded weight class in Aurora saw two finalists in Kibbee in 5A and Ezekiel Taylor of Vista PEAK in 4A, along with fourth-place 5A finisher Greg Brooks of Rangeview. Kibbee defeated both of the other placers — including Brooks in the semifinals — and made the finals before he lost by fall to Legacy’s Quinn Funk. The All-Centennial League first teamer finished 35-6.

215 pounds: Oscar Valdez, sr., Vista PEAK — Valdez dedicated himself to improvement in the offseason and he had a fantastic campaign where he was ranked in the top two in 4A for the majority of the season. He finished in fourth place at the state tournament with a 3-2 showing that made him 36-9.

285 pounds: Dirk Morley, sr., Regis Jesuit — Morley had designs on making it to the 5A state championship match and he was ranked in the top two for most of the season, but his title bid was derailed with a loss in the quarterfinals. He bounced back with four wins on the consolation side of the bracket to finish in third place at the end of a 44-7 season.

RAPTORS TAKE MAJORITY OF ALL-AURORA GIRLS SPOTS

Eaglecrest grabbed the majroity of the spots on the All-Aurora girls team, but all three of the four Aurora programs represented at state had one finalist apiece (Eaglecrest’s Blythe Cayko, Regis Jesuit’s Alexis Segura and Vista PEAK’s Leilani Caamal) and all four had at least one top-six placer.

Here’s a look at the top girls in each weight class for the season:

100 pounds: Chasey Karabell, jr., Eaglecrest — The AllCentennial League first team performer finished 34-13 and made the state tournament for the first time. She won her first match before she lost to eventual state champion Katey Valdez of Doherty.

105 pounds: Milar Little, jr., Eaglecrest — There was no state qualifier for Aurora in the weight class, but Little was the All-Centennial League first team selection at the position. She plcaed fifth at regionals and was 19-19.

110 pounds: Arianna Sanchez, fr., Eaglecrest — In her first varsity season, Sanchez earned All-Centennial League first team honors and qualified for state, where she finished 0-2 to complete a 26-19 season.

115 pounds: Amelia Bacon, fr., Vista PEAK — Bacon (whose twin brother, Ian, made the 4A boys state tournament) not only made it to Ball Arena, she won two of her four matches. Bacon’s last loss — which made her 26-13 — kept her out of the placing round.

120 pounds: Vianca Mendoza, sr., Overland — Mendoza had an outstanding season that ended with her first finish on the medal podium at the state tournament as she finished fifth. Mendoza, voted the Centennial League’s Outstanding Wrestler in the Lower Weights, went 4-2 at state and finished 39-12.

125 pounds: Alexis Segura, jr., Regis Jesuit — Segura made the state final in 2020 as a freshman and got back as a

Regis Jesuit junior Alexis Segura holds up her runner-up medal after she lost in the 125-pound state championship match at Ball Arena. Sanchez made the finals for the second time in three seasons and grabs her team’s only spot on the All-Aurora Girls Wrestling Team. ABOVE: Vista PEAK senior Leilani Caamal finished her final season with a state championship match appearance at 155 pounds and she is one of three Bison on the All-Aurora team BELOW LEFT: Eaglecrest senior Blythe Cayko cruised to a second straight state championship match before she suffered a loss to rival Taylor Knox of Calhan on the ultimate tiebreaker. She is one of eight Raptors to make the All-Aurora team.

who was a sixth-place finisher at regionals who was 15-15 on the season. She made the AllCentennial League first team.

145 pounds: Rachel Allred, jr., Vista PEAK — Allred earned a spot onto the medal podium in her first trip to the state tournament and she finished in sixth place. She went 3-3 at state — including a two-point loss in the fifth-place match — to finish 28-17.

155 pounds: Leilani Caamal, sr., Vista PEAK — One of Aurora’s most seasoned state veteran was Caamal, who cruised all the way to the state title match. She dropped a 5-1 decision to Discovery Canyon’s Victoria Guinard in the title match to cap a 36-5 season.

junior after missing state last season due to injury. Segura (who finished 28-4) posted three quality wins to reach the final, where she was stopped by Mesa Ridge’s Isabella Cross, who she had defeated in the regular season.

130 pounds: Madison Patterson, jr., Eaglecrest — Patterson finished an even 19-19 on the season after she qualified for state and suffered two losses to wrestlers who placed in the top six. She made the AllCentennial League first team.

135 pounds: Dureti Abdulkadir, fr., Overland — Another weight in which Aurora had no state qualifiers, but Abdulkadir was the AllCentennial League first team selection at the weight, where she finished 10-8 overall.

140 pounds: Karmella Gordon, fr., Eaglecrest — A third weight class in which Aurora was not represnted at state was topped by Gordon,

170 pounds: Diora Moore, fr., Eaglecrest — A memorable debut season for Moore ended in the state tournament, where she finished 1-2. Moore won a regional championship with a pin of eventual state champion Nevaeh Garcia of Platte Valley and she finished 19-8 overall.

190 pounds: Blythe Cayko, sr., Eaglecrest — Cayko (a state champion as a junior) dominated her way through the season and arrived at a state championship match rematch with Taylor Knox. The two wrestlers split two previous matches, but Knox earned the win in the ultimate tiebreaker this time. Cayko finished the season 25-2 and was the Centennial League’s Outstanding Wrestler in the Upper Weights.

235 pounds: Emma Roberts, fr., Eaglecrest — Roberts was the All-Centennial League first team selection in her weight class after a season in which she went 24-17. She lost both of her state tournament matches by fall.

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Photo by Courtney Oakes/Sentinel Colorado)

A-Town All-Star Girls Basketball Game on March 18 at Eaglecrest High School. ABOVE: From left to right, back row, Overland’s Destiny Moore, Cherokee Trail’s Damara Allen, Overland’s Seilani Relford, Rangeview’s Jennesse Byrd, Cherokee Trail’s Delainey Miller, Gateway’s Aaliyah Taylor and Regis Jesuit’s Coryn Watts, and front row, Vista PEAK’s Amirah Pena (11), Rangeview’s Danielle Washington (10) and Vista PEAK’s Mackenzie Griffin (25) pose March 18 after its 65-53 win. LEFT: Eaglecrest’s Joshua Ray, top, middle row, from left to right, Regis Jesuit’s Joe Dorais, Overland’s Hamzah Mursal, Gateway’s Maximus Matthews and Cherokee Trail’s Keean Lloyd and front row, from left to right, Aurora Central’s Chris Perkins, Regis Jesuit’s Damarius Taylor, Vista PEAK Prep’s Gabe Britton and Regis Jesuit’s TaRea Fulcher of Team East pose after a 131-112 win in the A-Town All-Star Boys Basketball Game March 18 at Eaglecrest. BELOW: Back row, from left to right, Grandview’s Colin Bilotta, Gateway’s Josh Arce, Hinkley’s Jesse Frimpong, Grandview’s UK Onyenwere, Smoky Hill’s Kai McGrew, Rangeview’s DeMarco Duncan, Vista PEAK Prep’s Alante Monroe-Elazier and Smoky Hill’s Rickey Mitchell and front row, Rangeview’s Royce Edwards (0) of Team West post March. (Photos by Courtney Oakes/Sentinel Colorado). FULL PHOTO GALLERIES CAN BE FOUND AT COURTNEYOAKES.SMUGMUG.COM

Preps

A-TOWN ALL-STARS

Team West rallies past Team East 65-63 in A-Town girls contest

The A-Town All-Star girls basketball game went down to the wire March 18 at Eaglecrest High School and Team West held on for a 65-63 win over Team East at The Next.

In the contest that featured 20 of the top talents from around Aurora, Team West (coached by Vista PEAK Prep’s Howard Payne) surged during a pivotal time in the second half and went ahead late on consecutive layups by Overland junior Destiny Moore to get the best of Team East, which had a five-point lead at halftime.

Rangeview junior Jennesse Byrd knocked down three 3-pointers and finished with a game-high 13 points for Team West, which had one other double-digit in scorer in Cherokee Trail junior Damara Allen (10), while Moore finished close behind with eight points, same as Rangeview junior Danielle Washington.

Grandview sophomore Sienna Betts — fresh off leading the Wolves to the Class 6A state championship — scored seven of her nine points in the opening portion of the second half to give Team East a double-digit lead at one point, while Eaglecrest senior Anjolene Ramiro finished with 10 points in her last game on her home court.

Cherokee Trail junior Alana Biosse matched Betts with nine points and Grandview senior Sydnie McClain added eight for Team East, which was coached by Smoky Hill’s staff.

A-TOWN ALL-STARS

Three-ball lifts Team East over Team West in A-Town boys contest

The outside shooting prowess of Team East overcame the interior dominance of Team West March 18 in the A-Town All-Star boys basketball game at Eaglecrest High School.

While Team West owned the advantage in monster dunks — plus an array of scoring methods from Smoky Hill senior star Rickey Mitchell — Team East knocked down 17 3-pointers in all and scored a total of 75 points in the second half to win 131-112.

After a see-saw opening half in the contest that brought together 19 of the top talents from across Aurora from the recently completed season, the game was tied early in the 2nd half, but coach Brandon Brown’s Team East found the range

Seven players from Team East had at least one 3-pointer and two of them came from Gateway junior Maximus Matthews, who finished atop the scoring ledger for his squad with 20 points, which was one more than Regis Jesuit junior Damarius Taylor.

Rangeview junior Mareon Chapman knocked down four 3-pointers and finished with 18, while Regis Jesuit senior TaRea Fulcher and Vista PEAK senior Gabe Britton added 15 apiece

TOP: From left to right, Eaglecrest’s Anjolene Ramiro and Shyann Farbes, Cherokee Trail’s Madeline Gibbs, Smoky Hill’s Yamoni Perez, Rangeview’s D’Ajha Horton, Cherokee Trail’s Alana Biossa, Grandview’s Sydnie McClain and Sienna Betts and Aurora Central’s Jamea Johnson-Gonzalez and Shaya Kelley pose after the

and Aurora Central junior Christopher Perkins and Eaglecrest senior Joshua Ray each finished with 14 points.

Mitchell — who finished second in Class 6A in scoring during the regular season — cruised to game-high honors with 30 points, which came in a variety of ways. He had two of Team West’s six 3-pointers, but also had an array of dunks, including two that came when he passed the ball between his legs and off the backboard to himself.

Joining Mitchell in double figures for coach Marcus Shelton’s Team West were Vista PEAK junior Alante Monroe-Elazier with 21, Grandview senior UK Onyenwere with 15 and Smoky Hill freshman Kai McGrew with 14.

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Nia McKenzie, Ashlyn Stapleton picked for CCGS All-State Games

The annual Colorado Coaches of Girls Sports (CCGS) All-State girls basketball games and festivities took place March 17-18 at Grandview High School and it involved a pair of standouts from Aurora area programs.

Nia McKenzie of Eaglecrest and Vista PEAK’s Ashlyn Stapleton each were among the selections for the Class 5A/6A contest. Both were also selected to the A-Town All-Star Game, but were unable to participate.

WEEK PAST

The week past in Aurora prep sports

MONDAY, MARCH 20: Vista

PEAK Prep’s Sophia Capua earned a second-place finish in the initial City League girls golf tournament of the season, which was played at Denver’s Overland Park G.C. Capua made her lone birdie on her 16th hole and it helped her finish with at a plus-10 82, three strokes off the lead. Teammate Ryan Hackett shot 106 to tie for 10th. German Villalobos threw a four-hitter with 12 strikeouts in the Aurora Central baseball team’s 6-1 win over Kennedy. Villalobos joined Jose Gomez, Alfredo Gonzales and Edgar Alejos Torres with runs driven in for the Trojans. ...The Eaglecrest baseball team rolled to a 17-3 road win at Doherty that saw the Raptors put up two innings of seven runs. Brayden

Stufft had four hits and drove in three runs, while Connor Brennan knocked in four runs and scored three times for Eaglecrest. ...Dash Deavers had four hits, while Isaiah Seppelt doubled twice and drove in five runs to back winning pitcher Julian Garza as the Smoky Hill baseball team got up big early and then held on for a 13-8 victory over the Far Northeast Warriors.

SATURDAY, MARCH 18: The Cherokee Trail boys track team racked up 162 points to handily top a field of 17 scoring teams at the Rangeview Invitational at Aurora Public Schools Stadium. The Cougars won three relays (sprint medley plus 4x100 and 4x200 meters) as well as individual victories from Kahari Wilbon (200 meters), Reuben Holness (800 meters) and Beck Gutjahr (1,600 meters). The Overland boys finished third behind a sweep in the throws from Jarrius Ward and a first in the

triple jump from Zumari Stivers, while sixth-place Smoky Hill had an individual winning in Richjarion Hines (100 meters) and also claimed the 4x400 relay. ...The Cherokee Trail girls track team amassed 163.5 points and Rangeview finished second with 87 at the Rangeview Invitational at APS Stadium. Kaeli Powe won the 100 meter hurdles and long jump for the Cougars, while Symone Adams (100 meters), Ka’Moyyah Allen (400 meters), Mckenna Mazeski (800 meters), Sydnie Bernard (pole vault) and Raziah Hyslop (discus & shot put) were also event winners. The runner-up Raiders took the sprint medley relay, while fifth-place Smoky Hill got individual victories from Kiyah Enoch (300 meter hurdles) and Desiree Young in the high jump, plus wins in the 4x100 and 4x400 relays. ...The Cherokee Trail boys volleyball team went head-tohead with defending state champion and top-ranked Discovery Canyon and fell in four sets as the Thunder prevailed 21-25, 25-14, 25-13, 25-22. John Clinton racked up 18 kills for the Cougars and Rocky Xiao had nine, while David Weiss racked up 24 assists. ...Nick Martensen scattered three hits over five innings of work and the Grandview baseball team backed him with plenty of offense in a 17-4 win over Boulder. Collin May, Tony Crow and Chase Chapman drove in two runs apiece for the Wolves, who had 13 hits. ...The Smoky Hill baseball team pushed across 11 runs in the opening inning and defeated George Washington 13-1. ...Abel Salinas logged five innings and allowed three runs to help the Vista PEAK baseball team to an 8-4 win over Skyview. Steven Reaux, Conner

Angelini and Travis Montgomery all knocked in runs for the Bison. ...The Eaglecrest boys track team finished two points behind Cheyenne Central for the top spot at the Murray Kula Invitational hosted by Windsor High School. The Raptors claimed the 4x100 meter relay title. Eaglecrest’s girls team finished fifth. ...Despite five goals from Talei Ricketson, the Eaglecrest girls lacrosse team fell to Liberty 13-9. ... FRIDAY, MARCH 17: In a non-league meeting of Centennial League baseball teams, Cherokee Trail earned a 6-4 victory over Eaglecrest at Coors Field. Bowen Tabola had two RBI early and Braeden Reichart, Brody Ceyrolles, Colton Gray and Tommy Munch also drove in runs for Cherokee Trail and Munch earned the win with three solid innings.

Brayden Stufft and Kayden Johnson drove in runs for Eaglecrest. ...Sebastian Heredia drove in the only run for the Rangeview baseball team in a 10-1 loss to Eagle Valley. ...The Smoky Hill baseball team wrapped up the Scorpion Invitational in New Mexico with a 12-5 loss to Pueblo West. ...The Grandview boys lacrosse team tallied at least four goals in all four quarters on its way to a 21-10 victory over ThunderRidge. ...The Cherokee Trail girls lacrosse team fell 17-13 to Arapahoe in a high-scoring contest that saw Aubrey Benton tallied seven goals for the Cougars. Lorelei Gearity had two goals and two assists and Sophia Liley made 10 saves for Cherokee Trail. ...Haley Howard and Talei Ricketson scored goals, but the Eaglecrest girls lacrosse team dropped a 12-2 contest against Horizon.

THURSDAY, MARCH 16: The Grandview boys swim team visited Cherry Creek for a Centennial League

LEFT: Cherokee Trail catcher Bowen Tabola, right, holds up the ball after making a late tag in the Cougars’ 6-4 win over Eaglecrest March 17 at Coors Field ABOVE: Eaglecrest’s Kayden Johnson lays out and just misses a catch in the seventh inning of the Raptors’ loss at Coors Field BELOW

LEFT: Grandview’s Oliver Schimberg takes a breath on his way to a runner-up finish in the 100 yard butterfly in the Wolves’ boys swimming dual at Cherry Creek March 16 BELOW RIGHT: Vista PEAK’s Sophia Capua chips onto the green on Hole No. 1 at Overland Park G.C. during the City League girls golf tournament March 20.

dual meet that the Bruins took 186-97. The Wolves claimed first place in four events as Matthew Scicchitano took the 200 yard individual medley, while William Schimberg took the 100 freestyle, Erik Gustaffson the 500 freestyle and Oliver Schimberg the 100 backstroke. ...The Cherokee Trail boys swim team fell to Arapahoe 107-63 in a Centennial League home dual meet. The Cougars got first-place finishes from Bronson Smothers (100 yard butterfly), Tyson Walker (100 freestyle), Ian Madigan (500 freestyle), Hugh Mullen (100 backstroke) and the 400 freestyle relay team of Mullen, Smothers, Walker and Colton Markum). ...The Cherokee Trail boys volleyball team swept past visiting Regis Groff 25-18, 25-23, 25-23 behind a 12-kill, four-ace effort from John Clinton David Weiss and Christopher Xiao dished out 19 and 16 assists, respectively. ...The Overland boys volleyball team dropped a 25-23, 25-22, 22-25, 27-25 contest to D’Evelyn. Garrett Foster notched 13 kills, Yassine Chibane had 11 digs and Adrian Cabalo 28 assists for the Trailblazers. ...WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15:

The Cherokee Trail boys lacrosse team outscored Monarch 8-4 in the final quarters on its way to an 11-10 victory. Nate Gilmore scored four goals, while Sam Burnette had two goals and three assists for the Cougars, who got six saves from Ryan Hubbard. ...The Regis Jesuit boys lacrosse team edged Corona Del Mar 6-5 in a game played in California. Haley Kenna and Sage Sorrells scored four goals and seven members of the Cherokee Trail girls lacrosse team scored multiple goals in the Cougars’ 20-2 win over St. Mary’s Academy. ...The Eaglecrest baseball

team topped Vista PEAK 8-1 as Brayden Stufft drove in a pair of runs and Braylen Bell and John Rossi had multiple hits. ...The Overland boys volleyball team swept George Washington 25-13, 25-19, 25-14 with the helped of three or more kills from seven players, while Adrian Cabalo had 18 assists. ...

TUESDAY, MARCH 14:

The Cherokee Trail girls golf team claimed the title of the DPS Invitational played at City Park G.C. as the Cougars finished two shots in front of Erie atop a field of 16 teams. Bead Boonta and Kaleigh Babineaux shot 2-under-par 70 and 1-under 71, respectively, to finish in second and third place for the Cougars, while Eaglecrest’s Savanna Becker shot 75 to place fifth. Elyse Bailey, Gracie Dennis, Seraiah Howard, Brooke Roth and Jaslyn Sanders all scored goals as the Smoky Hill girls soccer team topped Vista PEAK Prep 5-2. ...Torie Turner tallied three goals and the Cherokee Trail girls soccer team rolled past Prairie View 7-0. ...Annika and Micala Boex had a goal apiece for the Eaglecrest girls soccer team in a 2-0 victory over Horizon. ...The Cherokee Trail baseball team downed Brophy Prep (7-5) and Notre Dame Prep (6-1) in back-to-back games in Arizona. Carter Wilcox and Aidan Medina each picked up wins, while Tommy Munch had five hits and two RBI combined. Bowen Tabola hit a grand slam against Brophy Prep. ...Chase Dahir struck out seven hitters and allowed two hits over four innings to help the Grandview baseball team to an 8-1 win over Columbine. Chase Chapman and Spenser Smock had multiple hits, while Chapman, Tanner Pachorek, Kyler Vaughn and Wyatt Walters all drove in runs.

(Photo by Courtney Oakes/Sentinel Colorado)

Because the people must know

COMBINED NOTICEPUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103

FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0613-2022

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

On December 16, 2022, the undersigned

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

Original Grantor(s)

ANN E. HEINTZ AND JESSE WEILAND

AND RICHARD A. HEINTZ AND SARAH

E. WEILAND

Original Beneficiary(ies)

UNIVERSAL LENDING CORPORATION

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt

MIDFIRST BANK

Date of Deed of Trust

August 28, 2002

County of Recording

Arapahoe

Recording Date of Deed of Trust

September 03, 2002

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

B2162536

Original Principal Amount

$181,888.00

Outstanding Principal Balance

$132,888.38

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 6, BLOCK 4, LAKEVIEW TERRACE SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 1, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO.

Also known by street and number as: 4562 South Quintero Street, 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, 04/19/2023, 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 2/23/2023

Last Publication 3/23/2023

Name of Publication Sentinel

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: 12/16/2022

Susan Sandstrom, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado

By: /s/ Susan Sandstrom, 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. 9800 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 400, Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 706-9990

Attorney File # 22-028929

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. 0001-2023

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

On January 3, 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. (“MERS”) as nominee for American Financing Corporation., Its Successors and

Assigns

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt

AmeriHome Mortgage Company, LLC

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

$326,765.82

Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows:

Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the Deed of Trust and other violations thereof

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE

A FIRST LIEN. LOT 12, BLOCK 2, MILL RUN SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 2, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 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, 05/03/2023, 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 3/9/2023

Last Publication 4/6/2023

Name of Publication Sentinel 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: 01/03/2023

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-22-950446-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 NOTICEPUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103

FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0002-2023

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

On January 3, 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)

GEORGE BILLINGS JR AND RAVEN

BILLINGS

Original Beneficiary(ies)

MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRA-

TION SYSTEMS, INC., AS BENEFICIARY, AS NOMINEE FOR OCWEN LOAN SERVICING LLC, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt

WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, AS TRUSTEE OF WAMPUS

LOAN TRUST

Outstanding Principal Balance

$237,159.86

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

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE

A FIRST LIEN.

LOT 15, BLOCK 11, LYN KNOLL - FIRST FILLING, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO.

Also known by street and number as:

12792 E 2ND AVE., 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, 05/03/2023, 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 3/9/2023

Last Publication 4/6/2023

Name of Publication Sentinel

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: 01/03/2023

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:

Jennifer C. Rogers #34682

IDEA Law Group 4100 E. Mississippi Ave., Ste. 420, Denver, CO 80246 (187) 73532146

Attorney File # 48063213

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. 0010-2023

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

On January 6, 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)

David Mcintosh

Original Beneficiary(ies)

MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR COMMERCE HOME MORTGAGE, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt

SPECIALIZED LOAN SERVICING LLC

Date of Deed of Trust

November 09, 2018

County of Recording

Arapahoe

Recording Date of Deed of Trust

November 13, 2018

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

D8111591

Original Principal Amount $337,250.00

Outstanding Principal Balance $330,891.59

Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows:

Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. LOT 11, BLOCK 3, CHAMBERS HEIGHTS, FIFTH FILING, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO.

APN #: 1975-06-1-09-010

Also known by street and number as: 1210 Dearborn Street, Aurora, CO 80011-6945.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN

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, 05/10/2023, 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 3/16/2023

Last Publication 4/13/2023

Name of Publication Sentinel

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: 01/06/2023

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. 9800 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 400, Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 706-9990

Attorney File # 22-029019

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. 0011-2023

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

On January 10, 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)

MARC BELO

Original Beneficiary(ies)

MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR ENGLEWOOD MORTGAGE COMPANY, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt

CITIMORTGAGE, INC.

Date of Deed of Trust

April 29, 2005 County of Recording

Arapahoe

Recording Date of Deed of Trust

May 11, 2005

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

B5068121

Original Principal Amount

$188,977.00

Outstanding Principal Balance

$187,027.75

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

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. LOT 13, BLOCK 2, SUMMER VALLEY SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 6, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO Also known by street and number as: 4034 SOUTH QUINTERO WAY, 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, 05/10/2023, 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 3/16/2023

Last Publication 4/13/2023

Name of Publication Sentinel 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: 01/10/2023

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. 9800 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 400, Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 706-9990

Attorney File # 14-005019

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. 0012-2023

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

On January 10, 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)

Anita A James AND Wayne M James

Original Beneficiary(ies)

H&R BLOCK MORTGAGE CORPORA-

TION

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt

DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, as Trustee for Soundview

Home Loan Trust 2005-OPT1, AssetBacked Certificates, Series 2005-OPT1

Date of Deed of Trust

March 10, 2005

County of Recording Arapahoe

Recording Date of Deed of Trust

April 29, 2005

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

B5061489

Original Principal Amount $161,500.00

Outstanding Principal Balance $82,163.20

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.

THE NORTH 26 FEET OF LOT 10, AND THE SOUTH 43 FEET OF LOT 9, BLOCK 1, GAMBLE ADDITION, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 754 Fulton Street, Aurora, CO 80010-3914.

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, 05/10/2023, 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 3/16/2023

Last Publication 4/13/2023

Name of Publication Sentinel

COMBINED NOTICEPUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103

FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0020-2023

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

On January 13, 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)

HUDSON ALEXANDER HALEY

Original Beneficiary(ies)

MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS BENEFICIARY, AS NOMINEE FOR NOVA FINANCIAL & INVESTMENT CORPORATION

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS LEGAL TITLE TRUSTEE FOR RMTP TRUST, SERIES 2021 BKMTT-V

Date of Deed of Trust

July 13, 2018

County of Recording

Arapahoe

Recording Date of Deed of Trust

July 16, 2018

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

D8069336

Original Principal Amount

$444,190.00

Outstanding Principal Balance

$474,217.58

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

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

LOT 17, BLOCK 11, CROSS CREEK SUBDIVISION FILING NO.2, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO.

Also known by street and number as: 453 N DE GAULLE COURT, AURORA, CO 80018.

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, 05/17/2023, 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 3/23/2023

Last Publication 4/20/2023

Name of Publication Sentinel 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: 01/13/2023

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

David W Drake #43315

Scott D. Toebben #19011

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

Attorney File # 22CO00240-1

The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.

©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado

Revised 1/2015

COMBINED NOTICE -

PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103

FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0021-2023

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

On January 13, 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)

Aretha Y. Savaloja

Original Beneficiary(ies)

Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as beneficiary, as nominee for PennyMac Loan Services, LLC

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt PennyMac Loan Services, LLC

Date of Deed of Trust September 09, 2019

D9098009 Book: N/A Page:

Original Principal Amount

$345,950.00

Outstanding Principal Balance

$279,245.96

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 177, Smoky Hill 400 filing No. 11, except that portion conveyed in the deed recorded June 10, 1982 in Book 3640 at Page 146, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado. Also known by street and number as: 5199 S Yampa Cir, Centennial, 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, 05/17/2023, 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 3/23/2023

Last Publication 4/20/2023

Name of Publication Sentinel

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: 01/13/2023

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

David W Drake #43315

Scott D. Toebben #19011

Randall S. Miller & Associates PC 216 16th Street, Suite 1210, Denver, CO 80202

(720) 259-6710

Attorney File # 22CO00051-2

The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.

©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado

Revised 1/2015

COMBINED NOTICE -

PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103

FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0022-2023

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

On January 13, 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)

David Wilson

Original Beneficiary(ies)

MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR CELEBRITY HOME LOANS, LLC., ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt

COLORADO HOUSING AND FINANCE

AUTHORITY

Date of Deed of Trust

June 14, 2022

County of Recording

Arapahoe

Recording Date of Deed of Trust

June 16, 2022

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

E2066240

Original Principal Amount

$427,121.00

Outstanding Principal Balance

$427,121.00

Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows:

Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof. THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. LOT 6, BLOCK 2, HOFFMAN TOWN, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 1230 Peoria Street, Aurora, CO 80010.

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

said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 05/17/2023, 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 3/23/2023

Last Publication 4/20/2023

Name of Publication Sentinel 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: 01/13/2023

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. 9800 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 400, Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 706-9990 Attorney File # 22-029090

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. 0025-2023

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

On January 17, 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)

Nicole A. Young

Original Beneficiary(ies)

NEW CENTURY MORTGAGE CORPORATION

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt

DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST

COMPANY, as Trustee for New Century

Home Equity Loan Trust, Series 2005-B, Asset Backed Pass-Through Certificates

Date of Deed of Trust

July 25, 2005

County of Recording Arapahoe

Recording Date of Deed of Trust

August 03, 2005

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

B5114262

Original Principal Amount

$160,000.00

Outstanding Principal Balance

$188,848.95

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 24, BLOCK 1, AURORA HIGHLANDS FILING NO. 2, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. PARCEL ID NUMBER: 1975-28-2-01-026

Also known by street and number as: 17409 E Asbury Circle, 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, 05/17/2023, 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.

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. 9800 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 400, Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 706-9990

Attorney File # 20-024680

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. 0615-2022

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

On December 16, 2022, the undersigned

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

Original Grantor(s)

SHAWN PAVLOVICH

Original Beneficiary(ies)

MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR STEARNS LENDING, INC.

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.

Date of Deed of Trust

April 22, 2010

County of Recording

Arapahoe

Recording Date of Deed of Trust

May 11, 2010

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

D0044277

Original Principal Amount $196,377.00

Outstanding Principal Balance

$153,103.51

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 58, BLOCK 6, AURORA HIGHLANDS SUBDIVISION, FILING NO. 1, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO.

Also known by street and number as:

17889 EAST LOUISIANA AVENUE, AURORA, CO 80017.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE 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: C.R.S.§ 38-35109(5) LEGAL DESCRIPTION HAS BEEN CORRECTED BY SCRIVENER’S AFFIDAVIT RECORDED 8/21/18 AT RECEPTION NO. D8083125 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, 04/19/2023, 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 2/23/2023

Last Publication 3/23/2023

Name of Publication Sentinel

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: 12/16/2022

Susan Sandstrom, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado

By: /s/ Susan Sandstrom, 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

Ryan Bourgeois #51088

Joseph D. DeGiorgio #45557

Randall M. Chin #31149

Barrett, Frappier & Weisserman, LLP 1391

Speer Boulevard, Suite 700, Denver, CO 80204 (303) 350-3711

Attorney File # 00000009676602

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. 0616-2022

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

On December 20, 2022, the undersigned

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

Original Grantor(s)

HAROLD WEEKS AND Jeffrey James Holliday Original Beneficiary(ies)

MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR INTERCONTINENTAL CAPITAL GROUP, INC., ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt

THE MONEY SOURCE INC.

Date of Deed of Trust

March 26, 2020

County of Recording

Arapahoe

Recording Date of Deed of Trust

April 02, 2020

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

E0040015

Original Principal Amount

$354,640.00

Outstanding Principal Balance

$294,254.53

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

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. LOT 3, BLOCK 3, VILLAGE EAST UNIT 2, SEVENTH FILING COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. PARCEL ID: 1973-23-3-20-003

Also known by street and number as: 1675 S Lansing Ct, 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, 04/19/2023, 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 2/23/2023

Last Publication 3/23/2023

Name of Publication Sentinel

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: 12/20/2022

Susan Sandstrom, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado

By: /s/ Susan Sandstrom, 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. 9800 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 400, Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 706-9990

Attorney File # 22-028922

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. 0617-2022

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

On December 20, 2022, the undersigned

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

Original Grantor(s)

TIMOTHY W SPITZ AND LESLYE SPITZ

Original Beneficiary(ies)

MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR

DHI MORTGAGE COMPANY LTD.

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt

NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC

Date of Deed of Trust

April 30, 2020

County of Recording

Arapahoe

Recording Date of Deed of Trust

May 01, 2020

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

E0052195

Original Principal Amount

$459,985.00

Outstanding Principal Balance

$446,294.16

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 17, BLOCK 2, HARMONY SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 4, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO.

Also known by street and number as: 26853 E ARCHER AVE, AURORA, CO 80018.

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, 04/19/2023, 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 2/23/2023

Last Publication 3/23/2023

Name of Publication Sentinel

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: 12/20/2022

Susan Sandstrom, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado

By:/s/ Susan Sandstrom, 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

Ryan Bourgeois #51088

Joseph D. DeGiorgio #45557

Randall M. Chin #31149

Barrett, Frappier & Weisserman, LLP 1391

Speer Boulevard, Suite 700, Denver, CO 80204 (303) 350-3711

Attorney File # 00000009564998

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. 0619-2022

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

On December 27, 2022, the undersigned

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

Original Grantor(s)

JEFFREY F KUSCHKE

Original Beneficiary(ies)

MOTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS BENEFICIARY, AS NOMINEE FOR UNIVERSAL AMERICAN MORTGAGE COMPANY, LLC, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt

U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE OF LSF9

MASTER PARTICIPATION TRUST

Date of Deed of Trust

July 18, 2003

County of Recording

Arapahoe

Recording Date of Deed of Trust

September 17, 2003

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

B3207381

Original Principal Amount

$311,600.00

Outstanding Principal Balance

$172,492.55

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 26, TALLYN’S REACH SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 2, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 7116 FLAT ROCK COURT, 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, 04/26/2023, 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 3/2/2023

Last Publication 3/30/2023 Name of Publication Sentinel 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: 12/27/2022

Susan Sandstrom, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado

By: /s/ Susan Sandstrom, Public Trustee

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

Jennifer C. Rogers #34682 IDEA Law Group 4100 E. Mississippi Ave., Ste. 420, Denver, CO 80246 (187) 73532146

Attorney File # 48061698

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. 0620-2022

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

On December 30, 2022, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

Original Grantor(s) Pamela Zampella AND Steven E Pragana

Original Beneficiary(ies)

MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR FAIRWAY INDEPENDANT MORTGAGE CORPORATION, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt COLORADO HOUSING AND FINANCE

AUTHORITY

Date of Deed of Trust

May 03, 2021

County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust May 05, 2021

Recording Information (Reception No. and/ or Book/Page No.) E1074285

Original Principal Amount $258,088.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $255,525.31

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

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

LOT 1, A VACATION AND REPLAT OF TRACT C, BIJOU CREEK, ACCORDING TO THE MAP RECORDED OCTOBER 19, 2020 AT RECEPTION NO. E0141656, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 245 S 4Th Court, Deer Trail, CO 80105. 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, 05/03/2023, 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.

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. 9800 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 400, Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 706-9990

Attorney File # 22-029055

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. 0623-2022

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

On December 30, 2022, the undersigned

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

Original Grantor(s)

Joseph Coon and Maria Teresa Conde Coon

Original Beneficiary(ies)

Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Beneficiary, as nominee for Amerifirst Financial, Inc., its successors and assigns

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt

Lakeview Loan Servicing, LLC

Date of Deed of Trust

September 09, 2021

County of Recording

Arapahoe

Recording Date of Deed of Trust

September 13, 2021

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

E1142193

Original Principal Amount

$299,475.00

Outstanding Principal Balance

$307,723.00

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

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

ATTACHED AS EXHIBIT “A” EXHIBIT A

Unit 101, Building 15, Aurora at Cross Creek Condominiums, according to the Condominium Map thereof, recorded on October 12, 2005 at Reception No. 5153458, in the Records of the Office of the Clerk and Recorder of Arapahoe County, Colorado, and as defined and described in the Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions of Aurora at Cross Creek Condominiums, recorded on June 17, 2005 at Reception No. B5089614, in said Records. Together with the exclusive right to use the Limited Common Element Garage Bay 101. County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado. Also known by street and number as: 23346 East 5th Place Unit 101, Aurora, CO 80018.

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, 05/03/2023, 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 3/9/2023

Last Publication 4/6/2023

Name of Publication Sentinel

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: 12/30/2022

Susan Sandstrom, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado

By: /s/ Susan Sandstrom, 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 # CO21094

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. 0624-2022

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

On December 30, 2022, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

Original Grantor(s)

L. JEAN MORALES

Original Beneficiary(ies) MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR CHERRY CREEK MORTGAGE CO., INC., ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt

MORTGAGE ASSETS MANAGEMENT, LLC

Date of Deed of Trust

August 30, 2013 County of Recording

Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust

September 06, 2013

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

D3112476

Original Principal Amount

$303,000.00

Outstanding Principal Balance

$204,892.55 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

LOT 4, BLOCK 6, MISSION VIEJO SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 11, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 4018 S. MISSION PARKWAY, 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, 05/03/2023, 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

Last

4/6/2023 Name of

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: 12/30/2022

Susan Sandstrom, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado

By: /s/ Susan Sandstrom, 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-22-949998-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

March 23, 2023

April 6, 2023

Unclaimed, confiscated, and recovered property will be auctioned to the highest and best bidder at 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday, April 5, 2023 at 7500 York Street, Denver, Colorado.

These items may be inspected at 7500 York Street, Denver, Colorado, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. the day before the sale, then between 8:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m. on the day of the auction. A complete list of all items will be available for review in the City Clerk’s Office, 15151 E. Alameda Parkway, Room 1400 (1st floor), Aurora, Colorado.

21-35346 238418-1 Dewalt Reciprocating Saw 21-36646 239011-43 Ender 3D

Printer

21-27825 232669-1 Reciprocating Saw

21-27825 232669-2 Lantern

21-27825 232669- 3 Wrench

21-27825 232669-4 Bolt Cutter

21-27825 232669-6 Light

21-27825 232669-10 Husky Tool Backpack

21-36411 239906-2 Milwaukee Sawzall

21-36299 241579-4 Motorcycle Saddlebags

21-39437 241549-1 Ring Security Smart Lights

21-39437 241549-2 Ring Security Lighting

Transformer

21-39437 244533-2 Bow w/Case and Ar-

21-39437 244533-3 Arrows (11)

21-39437 244533-4 Hog It Spot Hog Bow

GPS w/Cords and Mount

14-363298949-38 Garmin GPS w/Cords and Mount

14-363298949-39 Go Pro Camcorder

14-363298949-40 Beats Wireless Headphones in Box

14-363298949-41 Headphones in Case

14-363298949-42 Garmin GPS w/Mount and Charger

14-363298949-43 Garmin GPS

14-363298949-44 Beats Headphones in Small Case

14-363298949-45 Beats Headphones in Small Case

14-363298949-46 TomTom GPS w/Charger

16-24533508-11 Collector’s Sports Cards

(3)

21-44643251590-9 Roberts Saw

21-44643251590-10 Makita Worm Drive

Saw

21-44643251590-11 Wagner Tool _

21-44643251590-12 Rigid Finish Stapler

w/Bag

21-44643251590-13 Porter Cable ¼ Nar-

row Crown Stapler

21-44643251590-14 Powernail 20 GA

Power Tacker

21-44643251590-15 Traxx Carpet Stapler

21-44643251590-16 Carpet Stapler

21-44643251590-1718V Ryobi Circular

Saw w/Battery

21-44643251590-1818V Ryobi Circular

Saw w/Battery

21-44643251590-19 Ryobi Class 2 18V

Battery Charger

21-44643251590-20 Ryobi Class 2 18V

Battery Charger

2 Boxes of Misc. Hand Tools

18-12217128889-1 Diamond Replica Earring

20-13312190239-7 Silver Necklace w/

Multi colored Gems

21-1729214715-6 Quartz Watch

21-1729214715-7 Apple Watch

18-17691112895-32 Gold Ring w/Clear

Stone

21-1640214653-1 Gold Ring w/Possible

Diamond

21-22786229128-18 Black Shaarms Wrist

Watch

21-22786229128-242 Silver Colored

Necklaces

15-4717931038-1 Necklace

15-4717931038-2 Bracelet

20-40761209614-1 Black Apple Watch (no

strap)

20-46191213805-1 Clears Stones/Possible Diamonds

21-11992222024-27 Invicta Angel Watch

21-11992222024-28 Michael Kors Watch

w/Clear Stones on Rim

21-11992222024-29 Single Stud Earring

w/Clear Stone

21-11992222024-34 Gold Colored Chain

16-1268647268-3 Hennessy Watch w/ Black Leather Band

17-2489280785-6 Silver Colored Ring w/

Clear Stones

17-4432591057-1 Brown Imitation Leather

Watch

17-4658992511-3 Black Colored Earrings

19-48128179532-11 Metal Watch

20-296181650-1 Silver Chain w/Jesus

Pendant

20-296181650-2 Flat Gold Necklace

20-296181650-3 Broken Bracelet

20-296181650-45 Stud Earrings w/Crystal

Gem

20-296181650-5 Coach Ring

20-296181650-6 Flower Ring

20-296181650-7 Men’s Wedding Band

20-296181650-8 Broken Piece of Jewelry

19-48308188390-93 Wrist Watches

19-48308188390-103 Wrist Watches

19-48308188390-111 Wrist Watch

20-13461190409-1 Silver Colored Ring w/ Clear Stones

20-32304203855-1 Silver Colored Ring

21-8042219212-19 Earring

21-8042219212-20 Bracelet

21-8042219212-21 Ring

21-8042219212-22 Ring

21-35445238009-2 Black Apple 3 Watch

18-267198207-3

1 Silver Colored Chain (broken)

18-6276100581-8 Gold Chain w/Grim

Reaper Medallion

13-2365132365Z-16 Thin Chain

13-2365132365Z-17 Religious Yellow Metal

13-2365132365Z-18 Religious Silver Color Necklace w/Cross

13-2365132365Z-19 Big Face Watch w/ Silver & Yellow Metal

13-2365132365Z-28 Stud Earrings Yellow & Silver

13-2365132365Z-29 Silver Colored Bracelet

19-6398150175-73 Watches

20-1821182710-1 Size 3 Silver Colored Ring w/Stone

20-9043187390-3 Men’s Watch (broken glass face)

20-18953194473-1 Silver Colored Earring

w/Purple Stones

20-28025201074-6 White Metal Ring

20-28025201074-7 White Metal Necklace

14-422023222-18 Michael Kors Watch

16-47233782-3CE Rohs Smart Watch

15-73898940-6 Gold Colored Rope Chain

15-73898940-7 Gold Colored Chain w/ Cross

15-73898940-8 Gold Colored Rope Chain

15-1072710670-8 Silver Colored Men’s Watch

13-426061342606Z-21 Watch

14-165971416597-62 Watch

14-176121417612-4 Class Ring

14-2096142096-8

20-29135201812-11 Women’s Chrome and Yellow Faced Watch

20-29135201812-12 Women’s Plastic Watch

20-29135201812-13 Gold Ladies Watch

20-29135201812-14 Watch Face

20-29135201812-15 Seiko Watch Face

20-29135201812-16 Bulova Watch

20-29135201812-17 Women’s Fossil Watch

20-29135201812-18 Women’s Geneva Watch

20-29135201812-19 Women’s Plastic Bolun Watch

20-29135201812-20 Women’s Plastic Accutime Watch

20-29135201812-21 Women’s Guess Watch w/Leather Band

11-7010117010-29 Bill Fossil Watch

11-7010117010-30 Relic Watch

11-7010117010-31 NY&C Watch

11-7010117010-36 Women’s Watch

17-923770806-1 Diamond Bracelet

17-923770806-2 Gold Necklace

17-923770806-3 Silver Metal Watch

15-4717931038-18 Russian Coin

15-4753431415-1 Foreign Money Pesos

15-4753431415-2 Foreign Money Bahamas One Dollar

15-4753431415-3 Foreign Money Canadian 2

15-4753431415-4 Foreign Money Canadian 2

15-52348169-10 One 50 Pesos Bill

16-2509348926-4 Foreign Currency

21-11992222024-25 Misc. Foreign Cur-

AVISO DE CANCELACIÓN DE LA ELECCIÓN REGULAR POR PARTE DEL FUNCIONARIO ELECTORAL DESIGNADO

POR MEDIO DEL PRESENTE DOCUMENTO el HM Distrito Metropolitano Número 1 del Condado de Adams, Colorado, notifica que al cierre del horario del sexagésimo tercer día antes de la elección no había más candidatos para director que los puestos a ser ocupados, lo cual incluye a los candidatos que están presentando declaraciones juradas de intención para ser candidatos de denominación directa; por consiguiente, la elección a celebrarse el 2 de mayo de 2023, queda por medio del presente cancelada, de conformidad con la Sección 1-13.5-513, C.R.S. Los siguientes candidatos son declarados electos:

Henry Rickey Wells hasta la segunda elección regular (Mayo 4, 2027)

Ferdinand Belz III hasta la segunda elección regular (Mayo 4, 2027)

FECHADO EL: 28 febrero de 2023 /s/ Jessie Stamper Funcionario electoral designado para el HM Distrito Metropolitano Número 1 c/o McGeady Becher P.C. 450 E. 17th Avenue, Suite 400 Denver, Colorado 80203-1254

Teléfono:303-592-4380

Publication: March 23, 2023 Sentinel

11-460401146040-18 Earrings

11-460401146040-19 Rosary Necklace

11-460401146040-20 Rosary Necklace

11-460401146040-21 Hooked Earrings

w/3 Bangles

11-460401146040-22 Necklace Charm

11-460401146040-23 Bracelet w/Clear

Stones

11-460401146040-24 Necklace

11-460401146040-25 Hair Clip Bow w/ Clear Stones

11-460401146040-26 Christmas Santa Earring

11-460401146040-27 Ring w/White Stone

11-460401146040-28 Hair Clip

11-460401146040-29 Earring w/Clear

Stones

11-460401146040-30 Charm

11-460401146040-31 Pink Hair Rubber

11-460401146040-32 Silver Charm

11-463441146344-13 Pair of Earrings

11-471741147174-16 Costume Feather

11-471741147174-17 Clear Stone Earrings 11-471741147174-18 Black Costume Earrings

11-471741147174-19 Yellow Color Earring

11-471741147174-20 Double Ring

16-4140259010-7 White Timex Watch 16-4140259010-8

rency Coins

21-12103222097-62 Mexican Bills

21-13003222729-192 Canadian Coins & Chuck E Cheese Token

21-31929237597-418 Foreign Coins

21-34589237438-1 Misc. Foreign Cur-

rency

21-3686216146-62 Japanese Yen Coins &

1 Mexican Coin

21-6969218465-26 Assorted Mexican Pesos

21-7081218516-310 Soviet Coins in Bag

21-7081218516-48 Soviet Kopeck Coins in Case

21-7081218516-55 Silver Soviet Kopeck Coins in Case

21-7081218516-611 Soviet Animal Coins in Case

18-9784180858-2Foreign Money

20-1190182308-4 Mexican Coin

20-879182062-74 Ecuador Coins & 1 Australian Coin

11-108631110863-12 Chinese Bank Note

11-431501143150-16 Foreign Coin

14-6837146837-15 Pesos

20-2303183074-12 Russian Bill

10-449931044993Z-16 Canadian $2 Coin

Terms of the sale will be cash, certified check, Visa, American Express, or Mastercard at the conclusion of the sale. The successful bidder will be required to remove all items after the close of the sale. All sales are final WITH NO WARRANTY. Any and all bids can be rejected at the discretion of the City of Aurora.

/s/ Kadee Rodriguez, City Clerk

First Publication: March 16, 2023

Final Publication: March 30, 2023

Sentinel

AVISO DE CANCELACIÓN DE LA ELECCIÓN REGULAR POR PARTE DEL FUNCIONARIO ELECTORAL DESIGNADO

AVISO DE CANCELACIÓN DE LA ELECCIÓN REGULAR POR PARTE DEL FUNCIONARIO ELECTORAL DESIGNADO

POR MEDIO DEL PRESENTE DOCUMENTO el HM Distrito Metropolitano Número 2 del Condado de Adams, Colorado, notifica que al cierre del horario del sexagésimo tercer día antes de la elección no había más candidatos para director que los puestos a ser ocupados, lo cual incluye a los candidatos que están presentando declaraciones juradas de intención para ser candidatos de denominación directa; por consiguiente, la elección a celebrarse el 2 de mayo de 2023, queda por medio del presente cancelada, de conformidad con la Sección 1-13.5-513, C.R.S. Los siguientes candidatos son declarados electos:

Henry Rickey Wells hasta la segunda elección regular (Mayo 4, 2027) Ferdinand Belz III hasta la segunda elección regular (Mayo 4, 2027)

FECHADO EL: 28 febrero de 2023

/s/ Jessie Stamper

Funcionario electoral designado para el HM Distrito Metropolitano Número 2 c/o McGeady Becher P.C. 450 E. 17th Avenue, Suite 400 Denver, Colorado 80203-1254 Teléfono:303-592-4380

Publication: March 23, 2023 Sentinel

AVISO DE CANCELACIÓN DE LA ELECCIÓN REGULAR POR PARTE DEL FUNCIONARIO ELECTORAL DESIGNADO

15-3902726466-21 Walt Disney Silverware

15-4757835651-6 Corded Milwaukee

Sawzall

15-4757836647-31 Corded Dewalt Swazall

21-25635231198-1 Milwaukee Cut Off Tool

21-25635231198-2 Milwaukee LED Light

Stick

21-25635231198-3 Milwaukee Impact

Wrench

21-25635231198-4 Dewalt Oscillating

Multi Tool

21-25635231198-5 Dewalt Reciprocating

Saw

21-25635231198-6 Small Power Inverter

21-25635231198-7 Wagner Heat Gun

21-25635231198-8 Craftsman Drill

21-44410246907-1 Dewalt Toolbag

21-44410246907-6 Misc. Hand Tools

21-44410247506-6 Dewalt Disc Sander

21-44410247506-8 Makita Reciprocating

Saw

21-44410247506-11 Dewalt Cordless

Wrench

10-398761039876Z-2 Lug Nuts

21-28015239036-1 Bose Sound Bar

21-47161249461-22 Purses

21-47161249461-3 Bosch Drill Set in Box

21-44643251590-1 Crain Carpet Stretcher

21-44643251590-2 Husky Assorted Hand

Tolls and Case

21-44643251590- 3 Duralast Ratchet Set

21-44643251590-4 Redmax Hedge Trim-

mer

21-44643251590-5 6ft Fiberglass Ladder

21-44643251590-6 Demolition Hammer

21-44643251590-7 Milwaukee Rotary Tool

21-44643251590-8 Milwaukee Rotary Cut Off Tool

20-28025201074-8 White Metal Bracelet

20-38973208375-6 Silver Watch

20-46622213440-2 Watch

21-1283214306-1 Gold in Color Ring

21-6969218465-19 Nixon Watch

21-7472219446-1 White Metal Ring w/ White Stone

21-7472219446-2 Necklace w/Clock Pen-

dant

21-13762223243-4R ing without Gems

21-13762223243-6 Ring w/Gems

21-28212233646-1 Silver/Gold Dragon Ring w/Jade Green Stone

16-2320747974-1 Necklace

16-2178352441-34 Watch White A12813

16-2178352441-35 Watch Invicta Provider

16-4254860334-11 Silver Necklace

16-4380760737-38 Cross Shaped Pen-

dant

16-4380760737-39 Necklace

16-4380760737-40 Pair of Silver Earrings

17-2420679314-11 Gold False Teeth

17-3847787787-47 Necklace

17-3935288197-9 Yellow Metal Ring

17-3935288197-10 Porcelain Type Ring

15-2920120695-4 Rings (2)

15-2920120695-5 Earrings

21-37666239888-20 Geneva Watch

21-37666239888-21 Black Watch

14-207411420741-1 Yellow Bracelet

14-213671421367-23 Medallion-Swords of Justice

14-213671421367-24 Ankle Bracelet

14-213671421367-25 Earring

14-412042860-2 Black String Bracelet

14-412042860-3 Gray Watch w/Clear

Stones in Parklane Box

14-422023222-16 Ring- 101st Airborne

14-422023222-17 Gold Ring

Metal Bracelet

05-442240544224Z-6 Metal Link Bracelet

05-442240544224Z-7 Metal Bracelet

05-442240544224Z-8 Black Rubber Bracelet

05-442240544224Z-9 Earrings

05-442240544224Z-101 Earring

05-442240544224Z-11 Silver Ring

05-442240544224Z-12 Multi Colored

Beaded Necklace

05-442240544224Z-13 Ring Purple Stone

05-442240544224Z-14 Bracelet/Thread

POR MEDIO DEL PRESENTE DOCUMENTO el Ash Meadows Distrito Metropolitano del Condado de Adams, Colorado, notifica que al cierre del horario del sexagésimo tercer día antes de la elección no había más candidatos para director que los puestos a ser ocupados, lo cual incluye a los candidatos que están presentando declaraciones juradas de intención para ser candidatos de denominación directa; por consiguiente, la elección a celebrarse el 2 de mayo de 2023, queda por medio del presente cancelada, de conformidad con la Sección 1-13.5-513, C.R.S.

Los siguientes candidatos son declarados

electos:

Kodi Patterson hasta la segunda elección regular (Mayo 4, 2027)

Andrea Saldana hasta la segunda elección regular (Mayo 4, 2027)

Joy Vigil hasta la próxima elección regular (Mayo 6, 2025)

Vacante hasta la próxima elección regular (Mayo 6, 2025)

FECHADO EL: 28 de febrero de 2023

/s/ Lisa Jacoby

Funcionario electoral designado para el Ash Meadows Distrito Metropolitano c/o McGeady Becher P.C.

450 E. 17th Avenue, Suite 400 Denver, Colorado 80203-1254

Teléfono:303-592-4380

Publication: March 23, 2023

POR MEDIO DEL PRESENTE DOCUMENTO el HM Distrito Metropolitano Número 4 del Condado de Adams, Colorado, notifica que al cierre del horario del sexagésimo tercer día antes de la elección no había más candidatos para director que los puestos a ser ocupados, lo cual incluye a los candidatos que están presentando declaraciones juradas de intención para ser candidatos de denominación directa; por consiguiente, la elección a celebrarse el 2 de mayo de 2023, queda por medio del presente cancelada, de conformidad con la Sección 1-13.5-513, C.R.S.

Los siguientes candidatos son declarados electos:

Henry Rickey Wells hasta la segunda elección regular (Mayo 4, 2027)

Ferdinand Belz III hasta la segunda elección regular (Mayo 4, 2027)

FECHADO EL: 28 febrero de 2023

/s/ Jessie Stamper Funcionario electoral designado para el HM Distrito Metropolitano Número 4 c/o McGeady Becher P.C. 450 E. 17th Avenue, Suite 400

Denver, Colorado 80203-1254

Teléfono:303-592-4380

Publication: March 23, 2023 Sentinel

AVISO DE CANCELACIÓN DE LA ELECCIÓN REGULAR POR PARTE DEL FUNCIONARIO ELECTORAL DESIGNADO

POR MEDIO DEL PRESENTE DOCU-

MENTO el HM Distrito Metropolitano

Número 5 del Condado de Adams, Colorado, notifica que al cierre del horario del sexagésimo tercer día antes de la elección no había más candidatos para director que los puestos a ser ocupados, lo cual incluye a los candidatos que están presentando declaraciones juradas de intención para ser candidatos de denominación directa; por consiguiente, la elección a celebrarse el 2 de mayo de 2023, queda por medio del presente cancelada, de conformidad con la Sección 1-13.5-513, C.R.S.

Los siguientes candidatos son declarados electos:

Henry Rickey Wells hasta la segunda elección regular (Mayo 4, 2027)

Ferdinand Belz III hasta la segunda elección regular (Mayo 4, 2027)

FECHADO EL: 28 febrero de 2023

/s/ Jessie Stamper

Funcionario electoral designado para el HM Distrito Metropolitano Número 5 c/o McGeady Becher P.C.

450 E. 17th Avenue, Suite 400 Denver, Colorado 80203-1254

Teléfono:303-592-4380

Publication: March 23, 2023

Sentinel

AVISO DE CANCELACIÓN DE LA ELECCIÓN REGULAR POR PARTE DEL FUNCIONARIO ELECTORAL DESIGNADO

POR MEDIO DEL PRESENTE DOCU-

MENTO el HM Distrito Metropolitano

Número 6 del Condado de Adams, Colorado, notifica que al cierre del horario del sexagésimo tercer día antes de la elección no había más candidatos para director que los puestos a ser ocupados, lo cual incluye a los candidatos que están presentando declaraciones juradas de intención para ser candidatos de denominación directa; por consiguiente, la elección a celebrarse el 2 de mayo de 2023, queda por medio del presente cancelada, de conformidad con la Sección 1-13.5-513, C.R.S.

Los siguientes candidatos son declarados

electos:

Henry Rickey Wells hasta la segunda elección regular (Mayo 4, 2027)

Ferdinand Belz III hasta la segunda elección regular (Mayo 4, 2027)

FECHADO EL: 28 febrero de 2023

/s/ Jessie Stamper

Funcionario electoral designado para el HM Distrito Metropolitano Número 6 c/o McGeady Becher P.C.

450 E. 17th Avenue, Suite 400 Denver, Colorado 80203-1254

Teléfono:303-592-4380

Publication: March 23, 2023

Sentinel

AVISO DE CANCELACIÓN DE LA ELECCIÓN REGULAR POR PARTE DEL FUNCIONARIO ELECTORAL DESIGNADO

POR MEDIO DEL PRESENTE DOCU-

MENTO el HM Distrito Metropolitano

Número 7 del Condado de Adams, Colorado, notifica que al cierre del horario del sexagésimo tercer día antes de la elección no había más candidatos para director que los puestos a ser ocupados, lo cual incluye a los candidatos que están presentando declaraciones juradas de intención para ser candidatos de denominación directa; por consiguiente, la elección a celebrarse el 2 de mayo de 2023, queda por medio del presente cancelada, de conformidad con la Sección 1-13.5-513, C.R.S.

Los siguientes candidatos son declarados

electos:

Henry Rickey Wells hasta la segunda elección regular (Mayo 4, 2027)

Ferdinand Belz III hasta la segunda elección regular (Mayo 4, 2027)

FECHADO EL: 28 febrero de 2023

/s/ Jessie Stamper

Funcionario electoral designado para el HM Distrito Metropolitano Número 7 c/o McGeady Becher P.C.

450 E. 17th Avenue, Suite 400 Denver, Colorado 80203-1254

Teléfono:303-592-4380

Publication: March 23, 2023

Sentinel

AVISO DE CANCELACIÓN DE LA ELECCIÓN REGULAR POR PARTE DEL FUNCIONARIO ELECTORAL DESIGNADO

POR MEDIO DEL PRESENTE DOCUMENTO el HM Distrito Metropolitano

Número 8 del Condado de Adams, Colorado, notifica que al cierre del horario del sexagésimo tercer día antes de la elección no había más candidatos para director que los puestos a ser ocupados, lo cual incluye a los candidatos que están presentando declaraciones juradas de intención para ser candidatos de denominación directa; por consiguiente, la elección a celebrarse el 2 de mayo de 2023, queda por medio del presente cancelada, de conformidad con la Sección 1-13.5-513, C.R.S. Los siguientes candidatos son declarados electos: Henry Rickey Wells hasta la segunda elección regular (Mayo 4, 2027) Ferdinand Belz III hasta la segunda elección regular (Mayo 4, 2027)

FECHADO EL: 28 febrero de 2023 /s/ Jessie StamperFuncionario electoral designado para el HM Distrito Metropolitano Número 8 c/o McGeady Becher P.C. 450 E. 17th Avenue, Suite 400 Denver, Colorado 80203-1254 Teléfono:303-592-4380

Publication: March 23, 2023

Sentinel

AVISO DE CANCELACIÓN DE LA ELECCIÓN REGULAR POR PARTE DEL FUNCIONARIO ELECTORAL DESIGNADO

POR MEDIO DEL PRESENTE DOCUMENTO el HM Distrito Metropolitano Número 9 del Condado de Adams, Colorado, notifica que al cierre del horario del sexagésimo tercer día antes de la elección no había más candidatos para director que los puestos a ser ocupados, lo cual incluye a los candidatos que están presentando declaraciones juradas de intención para ser candidatos de denominación directa; por consiguiente, la elección a celebrarse el 2 de mayo de 2023, queda por medio del presente cancelada, de conformidad con la Sección 1-13.5-513, C.R.S.

Los siguientes candidatos son declarados

electos:

Henry Rickey Wells hasta la segunda elección regular (Mayo 4, 2027)

Ferdinand Belz III hasta la segunda elección regular (Mayo 4, 2027)

FECHADO EL: 28 febrero de 2023

/s/ Jessie Stamper Funcionario electoral designado para el HM Distrito Metropolitano Número 9 c/o McGeady Becher P.C. 450 E. 17th Avenue, Suite 400 Denver, Colorado 80203-1254 Teléfono:303-592-4380

Publication: March 23, 2023

Sentinel

AVISO DE ELECCIÓN DE LUGAR DE VOTACIÓN PARA DISTRITO Nº 8 DE PROTECCIÓN CONTRA INCENDIOS DE STRASBURG § 1-13.5-502, C.R.S.

A QUIEN PUEDA INTERESAR y en particular a los electores del Distrito Nº 8 de Protección contra Incendios de Strasburg (“Distrito”) de los condados de Adams y Arapahoe, Colorado.

SE NOTIFICA POR LA PRESENTE que se celebrará una elección ordinaria del Distrito el martes 2 de mayo de 2023, durante las horas de 7:00 a.m. y 7:00 p.m. La Junta Directiva del Distrito ha designado el siguiente lugar de votación:

Strasburg Community Center Legion Hall 56423 Westview Avenue Strasburg, CO 80136

En dicha elección, los electores elegibles del Distrito votarán por Directores para servir los siguientes períodos en la Junta Directiva del Distrito.

Los nombres de las personas nominadas para Director para servir un término de cuatro años (2023-2027) son:

Rachel Shuck

Mike Donnellon

Clint Price

Jake MacDonald

SE NOTIFICA ADEMÁS que un elector elegible de dicho distrito a los efectos de dicha elección es una persona que está inscrita para votar de conformidad con el “Código Electoral Uniforme de Colorado de 1992”; y que sea residente del Distrito, o quien, o cuyo cónyuge o pareja de unión civil, sea propietario de bienes muebles o inmuebles gravables dentro del Distrito, ya sea que dicha persona resida o no dentro del Distrito, o una persona que esté obligada a pagar impuestos en virtud de un contrato de compra de bienes gravables dentro del Distrito será considerada propietaria de bienes gravables a los fines de

calificar como elector elegible.

SE NOTIFICA ADEMÁS que las solicitudes de papeletas de votación en ausencia pueden obtenerse en la oficina del Funcionario Electoral Designado, c/o Spencer Fane LLP en 1700 Lincoln Street, Suite 2000, Denver, Colorado 80203, número de teléfono: (303) 839-3800, entre las 9:00 a.m. y las 5:00 p.m., hasta la hora de cierre de operaciones del martes inmediatamente anterior a la elección ordinaria (25 de abril de 2023).

DISTRITO N° 8 DE PROTECCIÓN CONTRA INCENDIOS DE STRASBURG

By /s/ Brenden Desmond Funcionario Electoral Designado

Publication: March 23, 2023

Sentinel BEFORE THE COLORADO

GROUND WATER COMMISSION DETERMINATIONS OF WATER RIGHT

KIOWA-BIJOU DESIGNATED GROUNDWATER BASIN AND NORTH KIOWA BIJOU GROUND WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT- ARAPAHOE COUNTY

TAKE NOTICE that pursuant to section 3790-107(7), C.R.S., and the Designated Basin Rules, 2 CCR 410-1, Amber Lynn Craig has applied for determinations of rights to allocations of designated groundwater from the Arapahoe aquifer underlying 41.18 acres generally described as a portion of the S1/2 and a portion of the SW1/4 of the NE1/4 of Section 33, Township 4 South, Range 62 West, of the 6th P.M. The applicant claims ownership of this land and control of the groundwater in this aquifer underlying this property. The groundwater from this allocation is proposed to be used on the described property and a 35.96 acre property generally described as a portion of the S1/2 of the NE1/4 of Section 33, Township 4 South, Range 62 West, of the 6th P.M. owned by the Applicant, which is the subject of the Determination of Water Right no. 3538-BD. The ground water will be used for the following beneficial uses: domestic, livestock, agricultural, irrigation, recreational water features, wildlife and replacement.

In accordance with section 37-90-107(7), the Colorado Ground Water Commission shall allocate groundwater from the above aquifers based on ownership of the overlying land. A preliminary evaluation of the application finds the volume of water available for allocation from the aquifer underlying the above-described property to be 1,018 for the Arapahoe aquifer. The amount in the Arapahoe aquifer represents a reduction in the volume of water available for allocation due to the existence of a small capacity wells, permit nos. 329291 and 329008, withdrawing water from beneath the described property. This amount is subject to final evaluation, and subsequent to issuance of the determinations, adjustment to conform to the actual local aquifer characteristics.

In accordance with section 37-90-107(7) (a), well permits issued pursuant to subsection 107(7) shall allow withdrawals on the basis of an aquifer life of one hundred years.

In accordance with Rule 5.3.6 of the Designated Basin Rules preliminary evaluation of the application finds the replacement water requirement status for the aquifers underlying the above-described property to be not-nontributary (4% replacement) for the Arapahoe aquifer.

Upon Commission approval of determinations of rights to the allocations, well permits for wells to withdraw the allocations shall be available upon application, subject to the conditions of each determination, the Designated Basin Rules, and approval by the Commission. Such wells must be completed in the aquifer for which the right was allocated and must be located on the 41.18 acres of above described property.

Any person wishing to object to the approval of these determinations of rights to allocations must do so in writing, briefly stating the nature of the objection, the name of the applicant, a general description of the property, and the specific aquifers that are the subject of the objection. The objection, including a required $10 fee per application being objected to, must be received by the Colorado Ground Water Commission by close of business April 29, 2023. Objections should be sent via email to DWRpermitsonline@state.co.us, upon which the objector will be emailed an invoice for paying the fee online. If the objector is unable to provide the objection via email please contact 303-866-3581.

First Publication: March 23, 2023

Final Publication: March 30, 2023 Sentinel CANCELLATION OF ELECTION AND DECLARATION DEEMING CANDIDATES ELECTED FOR Eastpark70 Metropolitan District

The Designated Election Official of the Eastpark70 Metropolitan District has been duly authorized by the Board of Directors to cancel and declare candidates elected if, at the close of business on the sixtythird (63rd) day before the election, there are not more candidates than offices to be

filled at the election to be conducted on May 2, 2023; and

As of the close of business on March 1, 2023, there were not more candidates for Director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates.

Pursuant to Section 1-13.5-513(1), C.R.S., the Designated Election Official hereby cancels the regular election to be conducted on May 2, 2023.

THE ELECTION IS CANCELED AND THE FOLLOWING CANDIDATES ARE DECLARED ELECTED FOR THE FOLLOWING TERMS: Vacant, 2-Year Term Lisa Crew, 4-Year Term Carter Love, 4-Year Term Nathan Miles, 4-Year Term

DATED this 1st day of March, 2023.

/s/ Steve Beck

Designated Election Official

Contact Person for District: Steve Beck

Telephone Number of District: 303-987-0835

Address of District: 141 Union Boulevard, Suite 150 Lakewood, Colorado 80228

CANCELACIÓN DE ELECCIONES Y DECLARACIÓN DE CONSIDERACIÓN DE LOS CANDIDATOS ELEGIDOS PARA

Eastpark70 Metropolitan District

El Funcionario Electoral Designado del Eastpark70 Metropolitan District ha sido debidamente autorizado por la Junta Directiva para cancelar y declarar candidatos electos si, al cierre de actividades del sexagésimo tercer (63) día antes de la elección, no hay más candidatos que cargos por cubrir. llenarse en la elección que se llevará a cabo el 2 de mayo de 2023; y

Al cierre de operaciones del 1 de marzo de 2023, no había más candidatos para Director que cargos por cubrir, incluidos los candidatos que presentaron declaraciones juradas de intención de ser candidatos por escrito.

De conformidad con la Sección 1-13.5513(1), C.R.S., el Oficial Electoral Designado cancela por la presente la elección regular que se llevará a cabo el 2 de mayo de 2023.

SE ANULA LA ELECCIÓN Y SE DECLARAN ELEGIDOS LOS SIGUIENTES CANDIDATOS PARA LOS SIGUIENTES TÉRMINOS:

Vacante, Término de dos años Lisa Crew, Término de cuatro años Carter Love, Término de cuatro años Nathan Miles, Término de cuatro años FECHADO este 1st día de marzo de 2023.

/s/ Steve Beck Oficial Electoral Designado Número de teléfono del distrito: 303-987-0835

Dirección del Distrito: 141 Union Boulevard, Suite 150 Lakewood, Colorado 80228

Publication: March 23, 2023

Sentinel

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION AND CERTIFIED STATEMENT OF RESULTS

§1-13.5-513(6), 32-1-104, 1-11-103(3)

C.R.S.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Columbia Metropolitan District, Arapahoe County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election, there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 2, 2023 is hereby canceled pursuant to section 1-13.5-513(6) C.R.S.

The following candidates are declared elected for the following terms of office:

Vacant Second Regular Election, May 2027 Vacant Second Regular Election, May 2027

/s/ Steve Beck (Designated Election Official)

Contact erson for the District: Steve Beck

Telephone Number of the District:

303-987-0835

Address of the District: 141 Union Boulevard, Suite 150, Lakewood, CO 80228

District Facsimile Number: 303-987-2032 District Email: sbeck@sdmsi.com

Publication: March 23, 2023 Sentinel

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION AND CERTIFIED STATEMENT OF RESULTS

§1-13.5-513(6), 32-1-104, 1-11-103(3)

C.R.S.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Harvest Crossing Metropolitan District No. 3, Arapahoe County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election, there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 2, 2023 is hereby canceled pursuant to section 1-13.5-513(6) C.R.S.

The following candidates are declared elected for the following terms of office:

Vacant Second Regular Election, May 2027

Vacant Second Regular Election, May 2027

/s/ Steve Beck (Designated Election Official)

Contact Person for the District: Steve Beck

Telephone Number of the District: 303-987-0835

Address of the District: 141 Union Boulevard, Suite 150, Lakewood, CO 80228

District Facsimile Number: 303-987-2032

District Email: sbeck@sdmsi.com

Publication: March 23, 2023

Invitation to Bid

TAH Main St. Phase 1 Landscaping

JHL Constructors, on behalf of the Aerotropolis Area Coordinating Metropolitan District (AACMD), a quasi-municipal corporation and political subdivision of the State of Colorado, notifies all qualified persons/companies that proposals will be received for contracting work and services in connection with Main St. Phase 1 Landscaping at The Aurora Highlands in Aurora, CO. Scope of work under this Request for Proposal includes Surveying, Irrigation and Landscaping. Electronic submission of proposals must be submitted and received by JHL at AuroraHighlandsInfo@ jhlconstructors.com on or before 2:00 p.m. MST on March 30th, 2023.

Instruction to Respondent documents may be obtained from the CMaR Contractor, JHL Constructors, Inc. on or after Thursday March 16th, 2023. Please contact AuroraHighlandsInfo@jhlconstructors.com for access to the Instruction to Respondent documents. Upon inquiry from interested parties, RFQ documents will be made available electronically through BuildingConnected only. JHL Constructors will accept proposals from respondents that represent best capabilities to perform contracting services. JHL reserves the right to waive irregularities in any proposals. Performance and Payment bonds and proper insurance coverage will be required.

Sentinel NOTICE OF CANCELLATION AND CERTIFIED STATEMENT OF RESULTS

§1-13.5-513(6), 32-1-104, 1-11-103(3) C.R.S.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Harvest Crossing Metropolitan District No. 1, Arapahoe County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election, there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 2, 2023 is hereby canceled pursuant to section 1-13.5-513(6) C.R.S.

The following candidates are declared elected for the following terms of office:

Vacant Next Regular Election, May 2025

Vacant Next Regular Election, May 2025

Marc Cooper Second Regular Election, May 2027 Daniel Frank Second Regular Election, May 2027

/s/ Steve Beck (Designated Election Official)

Contact Person for the District: Steve Beck

Telephone Number of the District: 303-987-0835

Address of the District: 141 Union Boulevard, Suite 150, Lakewood, CO 80228

District Facsimile Number: 303-987-2032

District Email: sbeck@sdmsi.com

Publication: March 23, 2023 Sentinel

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Sky Ranch Metropolitan District No. 7, Arapahoe County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 2, 2023, is hereby canceled pursuant to Section 1-13.5-513, C.R.S.

The following candidates are declared

elected:

Paul Joseph Knopinski until the second regular election (May 4, 2027)

Scott Lehman until the second regular election (May 4, 2027)

DATED: February 28, 2023

/s/ Jessie Stamper

Designated Election Official for the Sky Ranch Metropolitan District No. 7 c/o McGeady Becher P.C.

450 E. 17th Avenue, Suite 400 Denver, Colorado 80203-1254

Phone: 303-592-4380

Publication: March 23, 2023

Sentinel

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Sky Ranch Metropolitan District No. 8, Arapahoe County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 2, 2023, is hereby canceled pursuant to Section 1-13.5-513, C.R.S.

The following candidates are declared elected:

Paul Joseph Knopinski until the second regular election (May 4, 2027)

Scott Lehman until the second regular election (May 4, 2027)

DATED: February 28, 2023

/s/ Jessie Stamper

Designated Election Official for the Sky Ranch Metropolitan District No. 8 c/o McGeady Becher P.C.

450 E. 17th Avenue, Suite 400 Denver, Colorado 80203-1254

Phone: 303-592-4380

Publication: March 23, 2023

Sentinel NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the HM Metropolitan District No. 1, Arapahoe County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 2, 2023, is hereby canceled pursuant to Section 1-13.5-513, C.R.S.

The following candidates are declared elected:

Henry Rickey Wells until the second regular election (May 4, 2027)

Ferdinand Belz III until the second regular election (May 4, 2027)

DATED: February 28, 2023

/s/ Jessie Stamper

Designated Election Official for the HM Metropolitan District No. 1 c/o McGeady Becher P.C.

450 E. 17th Avenue, Suite 400 Denver, Colorado 80203-1254

Phone: 303-592-4380

Publication: March 23, 2023

Sentinel

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the HM Metropolitan District No. 4, Arapahoe County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 2, 2023, is hereby canceled pursuant to Section 1-13.5-513, C.R.S.

The following candidates are declared elected: Henry Ricket Wells until the second regular election

(May 4, 2027) Ferdinand Belz III until the second regular election (May 4, 2027)

DATED: February 28, 2023

/s/ Jessie Stamper

Designated Election Official for the HM Metropolitan District No. 4 c/o McGeady Becher P.C. 450 E. 17th Avenue, Suite 400 Denver, Colorado 80203-1254

Phone: 303-592-4380

Publication: March 23, 2023

Sentinel

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the HM Metropolitan District No. 5, Arapahoe County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 2, 2023, is hereby canceled pursuant to Section 1-13.5-513, C.R.S.

The following candidates are declared elected:

Henry Rickey Wells until the second regular election (May 4, 2027) Ferdinand Belz III until the second regular election (May 4, 2027)

DATED: February 28, 2023

/s/ Jessie Stamper Designated Election Official for the HM Metropolitan District No. 5 c/o McGeady Becher P.C. 450 E. 17th Avenue, Suite 400 Denver, Colorado 80203-1254

Phone: 303-592-4380

Publication: March 23, 2023

Sentinel

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the HM Metropolitan District No. 6, Arapahoe County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 2, 2023, is hereby canceled pursuant to Section 1-13.5-513, C.R.S.

The following candidates are declared elected:

Henry Rickey Wells until the second regular election (May 4, 2027)

Ferdinand Belz III until the second regular election (May 4, 2027)

DATED: February 28, 2023

/s/ Jessie Stamper

Designated Election Official for the HM Metropolitan District No. 6 c/o McGeady Becher P.C. 450 E. 17th Avenue, Suite 400 Denver, Colorado 80203-1254 Phone: 303-592-4380

Publication: March 23, 2023 Sentinel

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the HM Metropolitan District No. 7, Arapahoe County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 2, 2023, is hereby canceled pursuant to Section 1-13.5-513, C.R.S.

The following candidates are declared elected: Henry Rickey Wells until the second regular election (May 4, 2027)

Ferdinand Belz III until the second regular election (May 4, 2027)

DATED: February 28, 2023

/s/ Jessie Stamper Designated Election Official for the HM Metropolitan District No. 7

c/o McGeady Becher P.C. 450 E. 17th Avenue, Suite 400 Denver, Colorado 80203-1254

Phone: 303-592-4380

Publication: March 23, 2023 Sentinel

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the HM Metropolitan District No. 8, Arapahoe County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 2, 2023, is hereby canceled pursuant to Section 1-13.5-513, C.R.S.

The following candidates are declared elected:

Henry Rickey Wells until the second regular election (May 4, 2027)

Ferdinand Belz III until the second regular election (May 4, 2027)

DATED: February 28, 2023

/s/ Jessie Stamper Designated Election Official for the HM Metropolitan District No. 8 c/o McGeady Becher P.C. 450 E. 17th Avenue, Suite 400 Denver, Colorado 80203-1254 Phone: 303-592-4380

Publication: March 23, 2023

Sentinel

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the HM Metropolitan District No. 9, Arapahoe County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 2, 2023, is hereby canceled pursuant to Section 1-13.5-513, C.R.S.

The following candidates are declared elected: Henry Rickey Wells until the second regular election (May 4, 2027)

Ferdinand Belz III until the second regular election (May 4, 2027)

DATED: February 28, 2023

/s/ Jessie Stamper Designated Election Official for the HM Metropolitan District No. 9 c/o McGeady Becher P.C. 450 E. 17th Avenue, Suite 400 Denver, Colorado 80203-1254

Phone: 303-592-4380

Publication: March 23, 2023

Sentinel

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL §§ 1-11-103(3), 1-13.5-513, C.R.S.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Pioneer Hills Metropolitan District, Arapahoe County, Colorado, that at or after the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election to be conducted on May 2, 2023, there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election was canceled pursuant to Section 1-13.5513, C.R.S., and the following candidates were declared elected by acclamation:

Rosalynn Feagins Four (4) year term

VACANT Four (4) year term

Victor Villarreal Two (2) year term

By: /s/ Alexandra L. Moore

Designated Election Official Pioneer Hills Metropolitan District

Publication: March 23, 2023

Sentinel

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the HM Metropolitan District No. 2, Arapahoe County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 2, 2023, is hereby canceled pursuant to Section 1-13.5-513, C.R.S.

The following candidates are declared elected:

Henry Rickey Wells until the second regular election (May 4, 2027)

Ferdinand Belz III until the second regular election (May 4, 2027)

DATED: February 28, 2023

/s/ Jessie Stamper Designated Election Official for the HM Metropolitan District No. 2

c/o McGeady Becher P.C. 450 E. 17th Avenue, Suite 400 Denver, Colorado 80203-1254

Phone: 303-592-4380

Publication: March 23, 2023

Sentinel

NOTICE OF CONTRACTORS SETTLEMENT

Notice is hereby given that on April 3, 2023, Eastern Adams County Metropolitan District, Aurora, Colorado will make final settlement with Charles Sargeant Irrigation, Inc. (“Contractor” herein) for all materials, labor, supplies, and construction services rendered by Contractor for the for Arapahoe Well No. 6. Any persons having properly filed claims for labor, materials, team hire, sustenance, provisions, provender or other supplies, rental machinery, tools, or equipment furnished to the Contractor specifically for this project should present the same to Mr. Mike Serra III, Eastern Adams County Metropolitan District, 100 Saint Paul Street, Suite 300, Denver, Colorado 80206 prior to March 24, 2023. Failure to timely file will relieve Eastern Adams County Metropolitan District from any duty to withhold funds for such claim.

Eastern Adams County Metropolitan District Mike Serra, III, District Manager (303) 371 9000

First Publication: March 16, 2023

Final Publication: March 23, 2023

Sentinel

NOTICE OF HEARING ON PETITION FOR ORGANIZATION

PURSUANT TO § 32-1-304, C.R.S. CIELO COLORADO METROPOLITAN DISTRICT Case No. 2023CV030302

PETITIONER: CIELO COLORADO METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

Pursuant to an Order of the District Court in and for Adams County, Colorado (the “District Court”) on the 9th day of March, 2023, notice is hereby given that there was filed in the District Court on the 1st day of March, 2023, a Petition for Organization (the “Petition”) of the Cielo Colorado Metropolitan District (the “District”), pursuant to and in accordance with the provisions of §§ 32-1-301, et seq., C.R.S.

The purposes of the proposed District are as follows: To provide a part or all of various public improvements necessary and appropriate for the use and benefit of all anticipated inhabitants and taxpayers of the District and to provide all services set forth in § 32-1-1004, C.R.S., subject to the limitations set forth in the Service Plan. The boundaries of the proposed District and a general description of the land contained within those boundaries are as follows: approximately 158 acres of vacant land located south of 48th Avenue, north of E. Colfax Avenue, and in between N. Manila Road and Imboden Road in Aurora, Colorado.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that, pursuant to § 32-1-304, C.R.S., by an Order of the District Court, a public hearing on the Petition (the “Hearing”) has been set for the hour of 8:30 a.m. in Division C, in the Adams County District Court on April 12, 2023 via WebEx.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that, anytime after the filing of the Petition of the proposed District, but no later than ten (10) days before the Hearing, the owner of any real property within the proposed District may file a petition with the District Court stating reasons why said property should not be included therein and requesting that said real property be excluded therefrom.

WHITE BEAR ANKELE TANAKA & WALDRON

Attorneys at Law /s/ Jennifer Gruber Tanaka

Jennifer Gruber Tanaka, Esq., #32056

Audrey G. Johnson, Esq., #52605 ATTORNEYS FOR THE PETITIONER

Publication: March 23, 2023

Sentinel

NOTICE TO CREDITORS BY PUBLICATION

PURSUANT TO §15-12-801, C.R.S.

Case No. 2023PR30036

Estate of Mary L. West aka Mary Lacey West, 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 23, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Barry M. West

Personal Representative

Attorney for Personal Representative

Michelle R. Smith

Atty Reg #: 34014

4 W. Dry Creek Circle, Ste. 100 Littleton, CO 80120

Phone: 303-996-4336

First Publication: March 23, 2023

Final Publication: April 4, 2023

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Case No. 2023PR30212

Estate of Samuel Warren DeGraw aka Samuel W. DeGraw aka Samuel DeGraw aka Samuel Degraw, 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 24, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Christina L. Brough Personal Representative 45 Knoll Lane Brownsburg, IN 46112

Attorney for Personal Representative

Charles J. Connell

Atty Reg. #: 10035 1035 37th Ave Court Greeley, CO 80634

Phone: 970-353-2507

First Publication: March 9, 2023

Final Publication: March 23, 2023

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Case No. 2023PR30250

Estate of Milton Crane, 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 23, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Hazel Crane c/o 3i Law LLC 2000 S. Colorado Blvd., Tower 1, Ste., 10000 Denver, CO 80222

Phone: 303-245-2100

First Publication: March 23, 2023

Final Publication: April 6, 2023

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Case No. 2023PR30152

Estate of Gary Alan Agron aka Gary A. Agron aka Gary Agron, Deceased.

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to District Court, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado on or before July 17, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Adam J. Agron, Personal Representative of the Estate of Gary Alan Agron 410 Seventeenth Street, Suite 2200 Denver, CO 80202

Jeremy P. Cohen, Esq., Atty. Reg. #:15942

Attorney for Personal Representative Burns, Figa & Will, P.C. 6400 S. Fiddlers Green Circle, Ste. 1000 Greenwood Village, CO 80111

Phone: (303) 796-2626

E-mail: jcohen@bfwlaw.com

First Publication: March 16, 2023

Final Publication: March 30, 2023

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Case No. 2023PR30178

Estate of Allen Lee Grider, Senior, Deceased.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE

Security Self Storage, in accordance with C.R.S. 38-21.5-103, hereby gives Notice Of Sale, to wit: On APRIL 6, 2023 at 2 P.M. at 2025 S Holly, Denver, CO 80222 will conduct a sale on Lockerfox.com prior to the sale date for each storage space in its entirety to the highest bidder for cash, of the contents of the following units to satisfy a landlord’s lien, Seller reserves the right to refuse any bid and to withdraw any property from sale, The public is invited to bid on said units.

Shawn Marquand: tools, totes, sofa, air compressor, ladder, misc. Kacie Garcia: TV, compressor, monitors, grinder, luggage, misc. Tyler Grimm: truck topper, pressure washer, miter saw, sound mixer, cooler. Deannia Blea: tools, trunk, tires, TV, ladder, luggage, boxes, misc. Lesley McConnell: rocking chair, mannequin, monitors, totes, luggage, boxes, misc. Allan Aguilar: golf clubs, chair, misc. Sacha Franich: framed art, mirrors, misc.

First Publication: March 16, 2023

Final Publication: March 23, 2023

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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 July 17, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Attorney for Personal Representative Anna L. Burr, Esq. Atty Reg #: 42205 2851 S. Parker Rd., Ste. 972

Aurora, CO 80014

Phone: 720-500-2076

First Publication: March 16, 2023

Final Publication: March 30, 2023

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