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immigrated from Ireland in 1865, marrying Mary Frawley who arrived from Ireland to work I love history and in Meeker for a local feel we can definitely banker and entrepreneur. learn from the past.

They were both Irish History tends to repeat

BY BOB SWEENEY Catholics and were itself. Newspapers PUBLISHER married in the Meeker across America have Methodist Church in 1887; the been recording history as it only church in the early pioneer happened from the early days ranching community.

Their of Benjamin Franklin. Newswedding writeup appeared in the papers arrived in droves when pages of the local newspaper. gold was discovered in Cripple Creek, Black Hawk and Central The community was still reeling from the infamous Meeker MasCity. The Weekly Register Call in Central City and Black Hawk sacre that occurred in September 1879 when Nathan Meeker is the oldest continuous Colowas killed by Ute Indians at his rado newspaper started in 1862 following gold being discovered government Indian Agency. The Meeker Herald began publishing in Gregory Gulch in 1859. In in 1885 and added the name a very short time, there were 25,000 gold seekers living in the The Meeker Herald-Times when merging with the Rangely Times Central City area and adjacent in later years, creating only one Nevadaville located 1.3 miles northwest of Central City; a his- newspaper in Rio Blanco County, a beautiful river valley where toric ghost town today but still Teddy Roosevelt visited on big housing a successful Masonic game hunts on the White River.

Lodge, a handful of residents, I subscribe to the newspaper to and a few standing stone buildings and a historical jail cell. The follow news about old friends old buildings reek of history. It is in the community and historic a great place to visit and see the letters written by agent Meeker old mine tailings and structures. struggling in operating the lone Indian Agency.

There are many historic “Looking Back” is printed newspapers still being published weekly in The Weekly Regisacross Colorado, like the Silverton Standard Miner and The ter-Call as a recap of the early day mining history in now GilLeadville Herald-Democrat. pin County that was part of the Many of the oldest newspapers Kansas Territory until Colorawere started where gold was do’s statehood in 1876. sought and discovered. The The latest edition of The 1880s-time frame includes my Meeker Herald-Times has a family history with my grandfather Patrick Sweeney, who fascinating story written by Ed

How Colorado Escaped Becoming Texas

Peck, a historian of some note, who writes a regular column for the newspaper. I found his column very intriguing about how portions of Western Colorado could have been part of Texas.

In a nutshell, Ed describes how the Republic of Texas began declaring independence from Mexico proclaiming a huge boundary of land taking in all of New Mexico and a large portion of Western Colorado stretching to California. Spanish priests, in a small expedition in 1776, passed through the Rio Grande all the way to the White River and into now Utah, proclaiming any land that they walked on for the Spanish Crown.

In 1821 the Mexican revolution ousted Spain but didn’t change the boundary lines on a map. In 1836 The Republic of Texas drew new imaginary lines on the map. Texas soon realized that they didn’t have enough muscle or military to defend the new lands or the Mexican border. The Mexican government wanted to reconquer the lost lands and sent cavalry attacking American troops on April 25, 1845. The U.S. responded with a total invasion of central Mexico by land and sea. General Winfield Scott landed his troops in Veracruz and marched to Mexico City and laid siege.

There is an American cemetery in Mexico City containing 759 brave American soldiers lost in the fight. Mexico then signed a treaty proclaiming the Rio Grande as the new border and

The concept of individual Protecting Individual Rights freedom stands in direct and This article provides an exploration of America’s shift to collectivism and central control. The ascendancy of what we call the Left.

Its mechanism for control is a powerful Administrative State and thereby a powerful President.

The method by which Collectivism gains control is through slow and steady increases in a bureaucratic state. Incrementally increasing its control through a thousand destructive decisions.

Politicians in both parties are guilty.

Characteristic of that bureaucratic state is expanding federal regulations and, to feed the beast, massive spending. That spending may benefit a few, but it is extracted from the many.

Those who espouse Collectivism always focus on the benefit their spending brings to a few deserving people. But never do

the Collectivists explain that their generosity comes as crushing taxation and smothering debt on those who pay taxes, from those who work. No government program generates income nor profits. Every dollar it spends is taken.

Wherever the news media or a politician talks about their generosity and charitable nature, always remember, their goodness is paid by you.

The opposite of collectivism is individuality which requires freedom from excessive government. Notably, our Declaration of Independence and Constitution envision and enshrine just such a limited government.

These individual freedoms gave rise to Capitalism, an economic state that recognizes the inalienable right of the individual to possession of property, and freedom to make personal choices.

eternal opposition to Collectivism. One can take responsibility for his actions, and thereby earn his freedom or one can give up, acquiesce to an overbearing government and give up his individuality, his freedom.

Being an individual, taking responsibility for one’s actions is not easy. It requires eternal vigilance. It demands active resistance to tame the beast of government control. It requires awareness.

It is our nature, engrained into our DNA, to be an individual.

Just about every one of us descended from grandparents who choose the most difficult path: to come to this country of their own free will. They came for opportunity to gain their birthright, namely freedom.

Why then, do we willingly give up our individual freedom to an overpowering government?

A Constitutional Republic is a fragile thing and requires eternal vigilance by all citizens, to remain coherent and functioning.

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accepting Texas as U.S. territory selling off the lands north of the Rio Grande to the U.S. The treaty was signed Feb. 2. 1848.

Ironically, gold was discovered at Sutter’s Mill in California on Jan. 24, 1846, just days before the land was sold. The net gain to the U.S. was 525,000 square miles of land and enough gold to impress Europe. Eleven years later gold was discovered in Gregory Gulch (Central City) in the Kansas Territory before Colorado became a state. Many of these 49ers eventually ended up in Colorado mining camps during the gold boom. Indians lost their lands as American settlers poured into the acquired lands with the Homestead Act passed in the 1880s and the discovery of gold in the West.

My thanks to Ed Peck for his history appearing in one of my favorite newspapers, The Meeker Herald-Times. Fascinating mining history appears each week in Gilpin County’s historic Weekly Register-Call under “Looking Back” from pioneer newspaper binderies preserved by the Mayor of Black Hawk, David Spellman.

FOOTNOTE; Nathan Meeker was overseeing horse shoeing for the postal service at the White River Indian Agency in August of 1879, only a few weeks before the uprising occurred resulting in his death and one of the last Indian conflicts in Colorado history. The Ute Indians in the area were re-located to a reservation in Utah.

Consider: we give tremendous, but limited power to all elected officials, especially a President. That power can easily corrupt human nature. It is beholden upon individuals to constantly monitor and speak out against any abuse by any person in government. Especially the ones we elected.

While I agree with a lot of things the current president is doing, specifically reducing government bureaucracy, regulation and spending, we must remain honest and vigilant in our assessment of these actions. It is in the best interest of our children and grandchildren that we hold the concept of limited government above our attachment to any elected official.

Jay Davidson is founder and CEO of a commercial bank.

He is a student of the Austrian School of Economics and a dedicated capitalist. He believes there is a direct connection between individual right and responsibility, our Constitution, capitalism, and the intent of our Creator.

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“In Germany, the Nazis first came for the communists and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a communist. Then they came for the Jews and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Jew. Then they came for the trade unionists and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a trade unionist. Then they came for the Catholics and I didn’t speak up because I was a Protestant. Then they came for me and by that time there was no one left to speak for me!”

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Cherished treasure LaFawn Biddle celebrates 100 years of fabulous!

Daughters host elegant Birthday Party at Cherry Hills Country Club with abundant love for Texas-born precious jewel, the widow of wildcatter Wayne “Dusty” Biddle – philanthropist, founder, leader and crusader who has a passion for children, education, healthcare and so much more!

LaFawn with former Mayor of Cherry Hills Village Doug Tisdale who has been emcee at her birthday parties

FLEURISH

Photos by Scottie Iverson

Fabulous and radiant LaFawn Biddle surrounded by her daughters Belinda Biddle and Barbie Biddle Galoob who hosted the colossal celebration

Nancy Markham Bugbee, Marge Utne, Linda Holloway and her mom Peggy Shelton

Seated: Joan Dervpower, Greta Pollard Standing: Carolyn Wotein, Brenda Olson, Maria Logan, Barbara White

Jonathan and Gina Bach were greeted at the door

Michael Bader and his daughter Abbe with her hubby Chuck Kier INSET: Director of Zikr Dance Ensemble David Taylor handed a bouquet to ballerina Anaka Weiss-Jones to deliver to LaFawn after her surprise performance

Marla Gentry, LaRana Skalicky, Kim Robards and Dennie McCabe surround LaFawn

Gloria Higgins, Bruce and Barbie Galoob, Wayne Connell

Sister Lydia shares a hug as Dianne Bartlett looks on

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Central City Opera Guild hosts Festival Season Teaser at Wellshire Event Center

Sharing The Barber of Seville, The Knock and Once Upon a Mattress with the Season at Central City Opera House running June 28 – Aug. 3, 2025

Tenor Javier Abreu, mezzo-soprano Hilary Ginther and baritone Alex DeSocio perform a “teaser” from Once Upon a Mattress

Guild President Heidi Burose, CCO President and Guild Founder Barbara CEO Scott Finlay with husband Tom Duggan, Event Ferguson, CCO Artistic Chair Karen Ritz Photos by Scottie Iverson Director Alison Moritz

LEFT: Favorite pianist Jeremy Reger accompanied all the performances

CCO Board Co-chair Sonny and Pam Weigand with CCO Managing Director of External Affairs Adam Scurto

Katie and Taylor Grassby

“This season is a cavalcade of joy!”

– Artistic Director Alison Moritz Newell Grant, Erin Nichols

Pamela Adams, Angela Alexis and Marlene Siegel

Patricia Villegas, Susan Stiff, Howard Janzen, Pietro Simonetti and CCO Senior Director of Artistic Partnerships Meg Ozaki Graves

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The future of suburban development On February 24, BusinessDen hosted a panel of experts from the development community, including a local mayor, in a wide-ranging discussion at the Halcyon Hotel in Cherry Creek about suburban growth in metro Denver.

The panel consisted of Ryan Smith, president and chief operating officer of Oakwood Homes, Tyler Carlson, CEO and managing partner at Evergreen Devco, Peter Kudla, principal at Metropolitan Homes and K2 Residential Solutions, Mark Lacis, mayor of Superior and attorney at Ireland Stapleton, and Frank Gray, president and CEO of Castle Rock Economic Development Council.

Thomas Gounley, editor at BusinessDen covering commercial real estate and development, moderated.

Gray, who has led the Castle Rock EDC since 2009, was asked how Douglas became “the fastest growing county in Colorado.” He named the investment in infrastructure, including water, roads, and bridges, by Douglas County commissioners, as being key to attracting new businesses to the county.

Addressing growth across the metro area, Gray said, “There are folks who’ve said, we don’t want to see any more growth, or slow growth, or whatever words you want to use.

It’s happening, whether we like it or not. Even though Colorado’s inmigration is down, we’re still a net positive migrator of folks coming to Colorado,” adding, “It’s definitely slowing, but there is still a lot of lotbuying happening and we’re seeing a lot of developments that are priming themselves. The financial markets are keeping everybody a little bit at bay, but Douglas County still has lots of plans for continued growth.

There is a brand-new interchange in Castle Rock where 5,800 new homes are going in...We’re still seeing a lot of market activity in Castle Rock in Douglas County in general.

The moderator posed the question to the panel, “Who or what is making the decision on which direction the metro area grows? Is it homebuilders deciding to build a ton of homes? Is it elected officials steering growth scenarios? Is it water districts?”

Smith, who has been with Oakwood Homes since 2018 and has worked in the homebuilder sector for two decades, said, “I think each of those stakeholders has a say and an

government” to deliver “a project that’s economical for everybody involved.”

Gray agreed, pointing to “the balance between the regulatory environment and what the private sector is willing to do.” He talked about Ryan Smith Tyler Carlson the importance of Metro Districts, without which residents “wouldn’t have roads, wouldn’t have water,” something that is often difficult to communicate to people in residential developments.

Kudla, who has been developing in areas Peter Kudla Mayor Mark Lacis from Lowry to Inverness since the 1980s, said, “The surprise today is the difficulty with municipalities and with neighborhoods.”

He talked about situations where developers believed a city should “embrace a particular Frank Gray Thomas Gounley product or vision for influence in it. For us, the first quesmixed-use,” but it took far too many tion we answer is, where do the cuscity council meetings over far too tomers want to live…Then we work many years to get the project done. with cities to provide those soluHe continued, “To me, the surtions,” subject to water availability. prise is how difficult it has become, Carlson has been with Evergreen as opposed to how facilitative it since it opened its Denver office in should be. One of our biggest mis2007 as a retail developer. He helped sions here is to…motivate and the company expand into multieducate municipalities and neighborfamily and industrial development. hoods.”

He answered, “It’s the market, but Mayor Mark Lacis, who has it’s highly influenced by governserved on the Superior Town Counment. Cities either welcome comcil since 2016, led the recovery from mercial development with open arms the Dec. 30, 2021 Marshall Fire, in or they fight against it through their which Superior lost one of every regulations, especially our larger seven homes in the town. He did that mixed-use projects and shopping while overseeing the construction center projects. There’s not a single of new mixed-use developments, one of them we can do these days including in downtown Superior. without some type of public-private Pointing to the development of partnership (PPP) or Metro District. downtown Superior, Mayor Lacis Cities that are resistant or straight-up said, “In order to make something opposed to PPPs or Districts are not like that happen, on the governseeing development opportunities ment side of things, it needs to be a come to them….There’s quite a bit partnership. The residents love the of hubris on the government side idea of a downtown with restaurants, these days that tells the market what bars, and coffee shops, but they don’t they think needs to be built and necessarily understand the economhow it needs to be built and how ics of what it takes to make somebusinesses should be run. It’s not thing like that happen.” really received too well.” He talked He continued, “People are also about the challenge of “negotiating comfortable with the fact that they the friction between the market and already live here, and they say,

‘Colorado is full. We don’t need any additional housing.’ But we do.

People are coming whether we like it or not, and we need to be realistic about that. With our downtown Superior development, in addition to leveraging Metro Districts, we also used our urban renewal authority and entered into a cost-sharing agreement with the developer for tax increment financing… To make big projects happen that otherwise wouldn’t happen, if the market were just left to its own devices. I think it’s really important for government and the business community to work together to put big projects together that are really in the best interests of everybody. They don’t just happen organically without the collaboration that is possible if government and business work together.”

He talked about using that philosophy in recovering from the Marshall Fire, which was the worst natural disaster in Colorado’s history and the most expensive, noting 400 homes were lost in Superior and 1,100 homes were lost in total, including those in Louisville and unincorporated Boulder County. He shared that the recovery is going “twice as fast as the national average for disaster recoveries,” with 70% of those who lost their homes having rebuilt and moved back, and another 10% in the process of rebuilding.

The mayor described entering into an intergovernmental agreement with FEMA and Boulder County to clean up the debris after the fire, something FEMA does not normally do. As a result, it took only four months to complete the clean-up, a process that would have otherwise taken 12 to 18 months.

To help residents who had lost their homes, Superior rebated use tax and building permit fees, relaxed building code standards to those that were in place in 2018 “to allow people to save money on energy efficiency upgrades” that had been required under 2021 standards. They also relaxed zoning requirements and brought in extra staff to process building permits and even identified and brought builders to the area who were willing to rebuild there.

In looking at development, Kudla raised the topic of “aging in place,” an increasingly important issue because Coloradans are living longer. According to the Denver Post, 928,000 people in this state are over the age of 65 and that number will surge to 1,300,000 in ten years. Kudla said, “Aging in place is neglected

in Littleton, Englewood, Greenwood Village. These suburbs can’t see what the consumer needs. They’re so protective.”

Mayor Lacis added, “One of the jobs of local government is to be the chief communicators for the community and to sell what is in the best interests of the community. Part of that is recognizing what the housing stock is…A lot of people might like the idea of talking about affordable housing but they don’t want to actually make affordable housing happen. They talk about senior housing, but then they oppose those developments. People want their families to be able to live in the same area.

They want them to be able to age in place and have opportunities for the younger generation to live there, but it’s becoming cost prohibitive.

People are priced out. We (local government) need to be flexible. We need to allow these projects to move forward in a strategic and holistic way to grow. One of the obligations of local government is to sell that to the residents because it’s easy for the residents that are already living there to say, I already own my house. My kids go to these schools. We don’t need to have additional housing. We don’t need this community to grow because people don’t like things to change. But things are changing whether they like it or not. Change is going to happen. How we do it will impact that change and make sure that the change works for the community in the best way that it possibly can.”

To the question posed by the moderator of contrasting different municipalities, Carlson said, “It’s pretty dramatic. We’ve got 25 projects up and down the front range…

When cities roll up their sleeves and work with the private sector, recognizing the realities of the cost of development, you can accomplish a lot. One of the blessings we have in Colorado is that pretty much every public-private partnership tool is legally allowed in this state. We need to leverage those to get stuff done.”

He continued, “At the other end of the spectrum, there are cities in which projects happen, despite them. They take twice as long. The rents are more expensive and there’s an opportunity cost to these cities. You’re losing sales tax dollars.

You’re losing jobs. You’re increasing the cost of housing. It may be great for you but it’s not good for your kids.”

Candidates for statewide election in 2026 are lining up All Colorado’s top elected officials, governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, secretary of state, and state treasurer, are term-limited and cannot run for re-election in 2026. Even though the election for those positions is 20 months away, candidates for these open seats are lining up to make their plans known.

Governor On February 28, senior aides to Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, who has served in that role since 2009, told the Colorado Sun

that Bennet is “very, very seriously” considering running for governor next year. Sen. Bennet was first appointed to his current position by former Gov. Bill Ritter when thenU.S. Senator Ken Salazar resigned the post to take a cabinet position in the Obama administration. He was elected to the Senate in 2010 and re-elected in 2016 and 2022. Bennet’s current term ends in 2028. He is not required to step down to run for governor, so he could continue to serve as a senator while he runs for governor. If he is elected governor,

he would appoint his replacement to the Senate to serve the two remaining years of his term. If he runs and is not successful, he can return to the Senate to finish out his current term.

He could also run for re-election to the Senate in 2028, since there are no term limits for Members of Congress.

Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser, who, like Bennet, is a Democrat, announced he plans to run for governor on January 2. Other Democrats, including Secretary of State Jena Griswold and U.S. Rep.

Joe Neguse, have been rumored to be considering the race but none have announced officially.

On the Republican side of the ledger, State Rep. Scott Bottoms, a legislator from Colorado Springs in his second term, announced his intention to run for governor on January 19. He is considered extremely conservative and serves as lead pastor at the Church at Briargate. We were unable to find a website for his campaign, but, according to the Colorado Sun, “Bottoms encouraged his congregation not to talk to the media

about him, saying that most reporters are ‘snakes in the grass.’ He said he has amassed a national team to run his campaign.”

State Senator Mark Baisley of Woodland Park announced for the GOP nomination for governor on March 3. In a radio interview, he said he decided to run because, “I came from the business community in Colorado. We do not have a good business climate in Colorado with the single party rule from the oppoContinued on page 9

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site side right now. Oil and gas, high tech, the AI folks, and so on…They come to me frequently and say, can you fix this, can you prevent this new personnel management requirement that’s coming down the pike at us? They’re always trying to fight back the altruistic, utopian flavors that come out of the state capital all the time.” He continued, “I worked pretty had on getting the CHIPS Act approved for Colorado so we get our share of those semiconductor production monies. More recently, I led the charge, at Gov. Polis’ request, to get Colorado chosen as the tech hub for Quantum.”

Republican Teller County Sheriff Jason Mikesell filed an affidavit on March 12 declaring his intention to run for Colorado governor in 2026.

In his announcement, on March 14, Mikesell, who has spoken out for stricter enforcement of immigration laws, said, “We’ll be doing our darndest to keep going and moving forward and fighting for Colorado.

I think that’s the clear piece to this is you have to just step forward and keep fighting for Colorado.”

State Sen. Barbara Kirkmeyer, who, in 2022, barely lost the election to represent Colorado CD8 in Congress to former U.S. Rep. Yadira Caraveo in 2022, has been

mentioned as another potential Republican candidate, but she has not announced her intentions.

Attorney General Democratic Boulder District Attorney Michael Dougherty announced he is a 2026 candidate for Colorado Attorney General on February 25.

In an interview with Denver7, he said, “I decided to run because my family and I moved to Colorado to work for the Attorney General’s office. Then AG John Suthers hired me to head up a project to identify wrongful convictions in the State of Colorado.”

Secretary of State Amanda Gonzalez, Jefferson County Clerk and Recorder, announced she is a candidate for the Democratic nomination for Secretary of State in 2026. In declaring her candidacy on January 6, she said, “I’m excited for this. I’ve been working on voting rights for a very long time … This is something that I’m really passionate about, especially coming into another Trump administration. I know how important it is that we protect the right to vote. And so I’m excited to do it and be transparent about it.”

Others who have been mentioned as being interested in the position are former state Sen. Steve

Michael Bennet

Scott Bottoms

Mark Baisley

Jason Mikesell

Michael Dougherty

Amanda Gonzalez

Briana Titone

Jerry DiTullio

John Mikos

Fenberg and current state Sens.

Jeff Bridges and Jessie Danielson, according to Colorado Newsline, Colorado Politics and the Colorado Sun.

State Treasurer Arvada State Rep. Brianna Titone, a Democrat, announced on February 25 that she is a candidate for state treasurer in 2026. Titone,

47, is a former geologist and software developer who is in her fourth and final term as a state representative. She has been endorsed for treasurer by Senate President Pro Tem Dafna Michaelson Jenet and state Rep. Javier Mabrey.

Also hoping to secure the nomination for state treasurer in 2026 are Jefferson County Treasurer Jerry DiTullio and John Mikos, a resident of Monument. Both are Republicans.

Before being elected county treasurer, DiTullio held the positions of mayor, city council member, and treasurer of the City of Wheat Ridge.

His campaign website lists 54 separate endorsements. Among them are State Reps. Cecelia Espenoza, Monica Duran, Lisa Feret, Junie Joseph, Rebekah Stewart, Sheila Lieder, and State Sen. Lindsay Daugherty, DiTullio is also supported by the mayors of Arvada and Wheat Ridge, along with13 members of city councils in Wheat Ridge, Arvada, Lakewood, Edgewater, and Westminster.

John Mikos is a retired U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel who works as a management consultant.

His website lists an endorsement from Kent Jarnig, described as the founder and chair of a large independent veterans’ group.

The Villager will continue to report on candidates for 2026 as they announce.

Update on new restaurants coming to Greenwood Village

with a different concept than The Tavern.

The liquor license was renewed unconditionally by a unanimous vote.

Opening of the new GV OneFold is planned for April 5, pending completion of remodeling. Current locations of OneFold are in Denver’s Uptown neighborhood at 1420 E. 18th Avenue and near Union Station at 19th and Wewatta.

OneFold Breakfast and Coffee Also on March 3, Mark Nery, co-owner with his wife Teresa of OneFold Breakfast and Coffee, was granted a liquor license by Greenwood Village for their new 2,934-square-foot location at 5960 S. Holly Street in The King Soopers-anchored Orchards Shopping Center. OneFold will occupy the space that was formerly The Dusty Boot. The shopping center is owned

by Principal Life Insurance Company of Des Moines, Iowa.

Neighbors will be happy to see OneFold, especially after the unexpected closing of Panera’s at The Orchards on February 11.

Appearing in front of the city council, Mark Nery testified that many OneFold customers like to have a drink with their breakfast but usually only one. In response to a question about why he had chosen the GV location, he said it was because of the size of the space and the available parking. Mayor Pro Tem Dave Kerber asked Nery, “Since I live about a half a mile away…why should I come there instead of someplace else?” Nery answered, “It’s delicious. We make everything in house. It’s all made from scratch.” Council Member Ann Nelson commented that her daughter, who lives in Arvada, loves the restaurant.

OneFold has a diverse menu featuring American, Mexican, and Asian breakfast fare, lunch, and drink offerings, including Huevos Rancheros, Congee, and Chinese Roasted Duck Noodle Soup, along with Vietnamese and Japanese iced coffee and Cortada, Chagaccino, Matcha Latte, and Corpse Revival, an electrolyte blend, among its eclectic drink options. It is open daily until 3:00 p.m.

La Loma Nearly two years ago, on May 12, 2022, The Villager reported that La Loma Mexican Kitchen had received approval for a liquor license from the Greenwood Village City Council and expected to open in the former location of Il Fornaio at 8000 E. Belleview Avenue within a few months. We watched and waited, but there were few signs of life at the location, until recently, when construction activity finally picked up at the building and letters spelling the name, La Loma, were put up on the outside. Today, it looks like it is close to being ready to open.

A report on March 10 in BusinessDen explained the delay. A divorce between Renee and William Brinkerhoff, the owners of Brinkerhoff restaurant group that owns La Loma, was finalized in December, after “contentious litigation.” The publicly facing divorce documents included a judge’s “determination that William Brinkerhoff used ‘a series of concealed machinations’ to clandestinely eliminate his wife’s ownership stake in their Mexican restaurants, including La Loma and Sierra.”

The BusinessDen report includes some personal aspects of the divorce, including the involvement of the couple’s two sons in the dispute between their parents. More significantly, it states that Renee Brinkerhoff received the Greenwood Village restaurant under construction in the divorce, and that, “Through her attorney, she declined to be interviewed… about her plans for the three restaurants” that she was awarded, including the one in GV, so it is not clear who will be operating the local eatery. Residents are just hoping it will be open soon.

More than likely, it would be hard to find anyone in the DTC area who believes that Greenwood Village could not use more restaurants.

So, The Villager is always happy to share the news when we hear that new ones are coming, especially if they are replacing eateries that have closed.

Cherry Cricket Locals may be happy to hear that The Cherry Cricket hopes to reopen what was previously The Tavern at 5336 DTC Boulevard in Greenwood Village, although the co-CEO of the company that owns Cherry Cricket told the GV City Council at its March 3 meeting that he would not know for about 30 days whether his company will complete the acquisition because they were still doing their due diligence. The Tavern has been closed since mid-2020.

The discussion arose at a hearing GV held for the renewal of The Tavern’s liquor license that has been inactive for nearly five years.

At that hearing, Frank Schultz, current owner of The Tavern with his mother, Terry Papay, appeared with Lee Driscoll, Co-CEO of Breckenridge-Wynkoop, LLC, that owns Wynkoop Brewery at 1634 18th Street in downtown Denver, along with several other restaurants around the state, in addition to The Cherry Cricket. Cherry Cricket has been in business since 1945. Its flagship restaurant is at 2641 E. 2nd Avenue in Cherry Creek North. It also has locations in Littleton and Coors Field.

GV’s assistant city attorney, Shannon Chambers-Nelson, who had provided a copy of the buy-sell contract between The Tavern and Breckenridge-Wynkoop to council members, explained to the council that it is significantly easier to transfer a liquor license when one sells a business, than for the buyer to apply for a new license. In the case of The Tavern, Schultz applied to renew the liquor license on January 22, 2025,

shortly before it was set to expire on January 25, 2025. That action held the license in abeyance pending the hearing on March 3. Issues leading up to the hearing included a wellpublicized legal dispute between the mother and son owners of The Tavern and the fact that the property was listed for sale in April 2024, following the resolution of that dispute.

Chambers-Nelson told council, “At the end of last week, we received a contract that The Tavern is under contract to sell…and the (new) owner is here.”

When Council Member Anne Ingebretsen asked why the city would renew a liquor license for a party about to sell a business, thereby foregoing an opportunity to have the new owner come before it, Chambers-Nelson informed her that, in this situation, the new owner was present and was an established liquor license holder in several different locations in Colorado.

Council Member Ann Nelson offered, “In Pennsylvania, when you purchase a property that has a liquor license, you buy the liquor license when you buy the building. That’s not the case here.” She continued, “What was the benefit of this liquor license in the preceding years to 2020 to this community?”

After a few giggles from the dais, Chambers-Nelson responded, “That might be a good question for the licensee…They were open from, I believe, 2005 until 2020, so they were open and a member of the community for a significant period of time.”

To clarify the matter for council, City Clerk Susan Ortiz explained, “One of the benefits of transferring a liquor license is the new owner can apply for a temporary liquor permit (that) allows them to continue to operate under the old license until they get their new license…They do not have to go through a full-blown hearing…We look at exactly the same things…If there’s no derogatory information in the background

investigation…you (city council) have granted the city clerk’s office (the authority) to grant those transfers. This would allow the new business to start operating sooner,” adding, “It can take up to four months to get a new liquor license.”

Mayor ProTem Dave Kerber stated that he was in favor of assisting the transfer of the liquor license so that the business gets reopened sooner than later since it has been closed for five years. Council Member Tom Stahl agreed, pointing to the fact that the proposed owner was a well-known, established operator around the city.

Schultz introduced Driscoll as the person hoping to buy the property, noting transfer of the liquor license was an important prerequisite. Driscoll testified that he had known Schultz for 15 years and, regarding The Tavern in GV, “It’s a great building. It’s a great location. We’ve been interested in it for a long time…The property is in very good shape, but our concept is somewhat different, so it would be a significant cost in a conversion to a Cherry Cricket, which is much more of a food-oriented concept. We’re 72% food to alcohol. We really would like to do it but the significant hurdle is the cost of renovation.

We don’t know yet what it will be.”

He also confirmed that the ability to transfer the liquor license was a condition of the purchase, noting that his bank had agreed to finance the project, subject to the transfer.

He also told council that, as a 30year operator of businesses with liquor licenses, “Our record is pretty pristine.”

As the hearing ended, Schultz told the council that city staff had been “fantastic about working with me to get through the past five years” while The Tavern has been closed and that he very much appreciated it. He also told council that if, for any reason, the agreement with The Cherry Cricket fell through, he intended to reopen the restaurant

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R E MEMB E R 6 PR ESEN T S

A Bus Ride Through the Past: Former Parks and Rec Leader Revisits His Namesake Park for Birthday Celebration with Old and New friends

DENVER HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE Sunday, April 27, 2025, 2 - 4 PM BABI YAR PARK in DENVER 10451 E Yale Ave, Denver, CO 80231

Featuring the Testimonies of: Oscar “Osi” Sladek, whose family found different ways to evade the Nazi invasion of their homeland in Slovakia, including hiding in a cave in the Tarta Mountains when Osi was 9.

AND Asher Ben Basat, who as a child, remembers waiting to board a train at a station in Bulgaria but instead, was released to go home. That train was on its way to the extermination camp in Treblinka.

Also Featuring: Helen Ginsburg, the founder of the Babi Yar Park Foundation, whose meeting with President Jimmy Carter made it possible for her to establish the living Holocaust Memorial called Babi Yar Park.

Please join us in honoring all who have been impacted by the Holocaust and stand with us against the rise of Anti-Semitism that has become so prevalent in our time.

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For David Lorenz, a walk in the park will take on new meaning when he revisits a park named in his honor for a birthday bash with old and new friends. He will celebrate his 82nd birthday at 11:50 a.m., March 21 at the David Lorenz Regional Park, south field shelter at 4790 E. County Line Rd., Highlands Ranch. Special guests include former staff members who worked with Lorenz during his park career as well as his family.

Lorenz and his fellow residents at Highline Place Memory Care will embark on a bus tour of the many parks and golf courses he worked on during his 45-year career with South Suburban Parks and Recreation. The bus departs at 11 a.m. from Highline Place

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located at 6767 S. Broadway, Littleton. The celebratory ride will culminate with the birthday party for the former executive director at the shelter in the south field of the David Lorenz Regional Park.

“We don’t just celebrate the yearly milestones,” said Bobbie Rogers, life engagement director for Highline Place. “We consider the resident’s past life experiences and interests to shape each birthday gathering and make them special events for the entire community to enjoy. David is excited to revisit and share his life’s work with his friends.”

Highline Place is operated by Anthem Memory Care.

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In eyes of many, CSU still must prove itself Is Colorado State underestimated?

Or worse, disrespected?

That was my reaction after this year’s March Madness bracket was revealed on Sunday.

I was puzzled when, going into the Mountain West Conference Tournament’s championship game, most “experts” were saying CSU had to beat Boise State to get into the NCAA field of 68.

Even though CSU had beaten Boise twice, including an 83-73 defeat at Boise in the last game of the regular season, those who claim to know bracketology best were saying that CSU, not Utah State or San Diego State, was on the NCAA tournament bubble.

In short, the only way the Rams would get into March Madness would be to claim the automatic NCAA bid that went to the winner of the MWC postseason tournament.

Even though CSU had won two of three against Utah State and split with SDSU, it was win or go home!

So that’s what they did.

Yet late Sunday, despite finishing second in the Mountain West Conference in addition to winning the MWC tournament championship, the Rams were seeded 12th.

That’s higher than Utah State (a 10th seed) or San Diego State, one of the No.

11 seeds in a First Four play-in game. (Boise was among the first four out.)

Utah State finished third in the conference and lost two of three games against CSU. SDSU tied for fourth in the conference and split two games with the Rams.

Go figure.

New Mexico, which beat CSU twice in winning the regular-season title but didn’t make the conference tournament title game, also received a 10th seed.

I can understand that.

As a result of all this, Utah State will play UCLA (7) in the first round, while SDSU’s Aztecs will play Ole Miss (6)—if they beat mediocre North Carolina in one of the play-in games on Tuesday.

New Mexico faces Marquette, also a seventh seed.

CSU’s reward for winning the Mountain West tournament is fifth-seeded Memphis, winner of both the regular-season and tournament titles in the American Athletic Conference.

Ranked 16th nationally, the Tigers finished with a 29-5 overall record. They’re led by 6-footo-3 sophomore guard P.J. Haggerty, the American Athletic player of the year, who averages almost 22 points per game.

This suggests an intriguing match-up, with CSU’s Nique Clifford, also a guard but 6-6, who paces the Rams with averages of 19 points and 10 rebounds per game.

It should be a game worth watching for another reason.

Picked to finish seventh in the Mountain West in a preseason poll, CSU lived up to that lowly estimation at the outset, winning seven and losing six.

But their rout of Boise in the Mountain West title game gave the Rams an 18-3 record since New Year’s Eve. They’re one of the hottest teams in the NCAA field with nine wins in a row.

Memphis is on a run almost as good. The Tigers are 19-2 in the new year and have an eight-game winning streak.

Significantly, Memphis played the nonconference schedule rated fourth-best in the country and scored victories over five Madness teams: Missouri, UConn, Michigan State, Clemson and Mississippi.

That compensates for domination of a conference that didn’t produce any other March Madness participants.

Colorado State also played Ole Miss, and it would seem that results against this common opponent might suggest a likely outcome.

Ole Miss lost by 17 IN Memphis (87-70), but the Rebels beat Colorado State by 15 AT HOME (84-69).

Nevertheless, Memphis opened as a 2.5-point underdog to the higher-seeded Rams.

At least somebody recognizes they have a chance. * * * CSU will meet Memphis Friday in Seattle.

In Denver the day before, eight teams will participate in one of the seven other sub-Regionals. That schedule includes: Michigan (5) vs. UC San Diego (12) Texas A & M (4) vs. Yale (13) BYU (6) vs. Virginia Commonwealth (11) Wisconsin (3) vs. Montana (14)—in Denver by virtue of beating Northern Colorado 91-83 in the finals of the Big Sky Conference tournament a week earlier.

Similar to Colorado State faithful, Michigan fans might be scratching their heads over the seedings of Michigan and Wisconsin.

Michigan finished third in the Big Ten; Wisconsin fourth. Michigan won the conference tournament, beating Wisconsin in Sunday’s title game, 59-53.

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Kent Denver Sun Devils Back on Top

BY RYAN BOUBLIK CONTRIBUTING COLUMNIST

U

nder the lights of the Denver Coliseum, sporting a boisterous atmosphere, Kent Denver finally reclaimed the Boys’ Basketball 4A State Championship by beating their crosstown rival Colorado Academy.

The last time I set foot in the Denver Coliseum was almost exactly a year ago when Kent Den-

(Kent’s athletic trainer) that I thought I could play, they started laughing at me.”

Determined to compete, Clay said, “It took a lot of convincing. I showed them I could run and shoot. I also worked for a doctor’s note who approved me to play.”

Although Clay had played on the torn ACL in games prior to the championship, it didn’t make scoring points in finals any less sweet. “It was amazing,” he said, “at the end of the first quarter, I made a buzzer-beater.

The coaches were jumping around me, and hearing the

Gil Schayes

ver was defeated in the State Championship finals by Resurrection Chrisitan. Although finishing as the runner-up last year was quite an accomplishment, the Sun Devils were unsatisfied. Gil Schayes, a current senior said, “After the loss, the entire team came together with the goal of getting back to the championship and achieving a different result.”

In this game Kent jumped out to an early lead and never looked back. At halftime, the Devils led by 6, and when the final buzzer sounded, Kent was ahead by 17.

Final score: 71-54. Caleb Fay, a Kent junior, was the highest scorer of the game with 20 points. Throughout the season, Fay averaged 22.8 points per game (10th most in Colorado).

Senior Clay Tierney knocked down a pair of three-pointers, which, for him, is fairly routine. However, what isn’t routine is making three-pointers on a torn ACL. “I tore it two and half weeks before the championship,” said Clay.

“I thought my season was over, but I went to practice and started shooting around. I felt fine, so I kept shooting. After telling my parents and Jack Piermen

student section erupt was incredible!”

As some of you may know, I attend Kent Denver and am proud to call many seniors on the basketball team my classmates. Before Kent, I attended Colorado Academy where I still maintain great friendships “across enemy lines.” During halftime, I strayed from Kent’s

white-out student section into Colorado Academy’s sea of black. Not surprisingly, I wasn’t the only kid fraternizing with the so-called “enemy.” Although the two schools are rivals, many of us are close (apart from sports competitions).

Reflecting upon the victory, senior Elvis Lloyd remarked, “Winning the title is everything.

[I]t was the perfect way to end my senior season.” However, when I inquired how he felt after the game, Elvis went on to say, “One thing I quickly realized is that the feeling of winning goes away a lot quicker than the feeling of losing. Coach Schayes always makes sure we don’t get big heads. [He tells] us ‘it’s just basketball,’ and he’s right.” Beyond the players, another noteworthy storyline belongs to Coach Schayes. Joining Kent Denver as the Head Basketball Coach in 1993, Coach Schayes won his first state championship in 1997. Since then, Schayes has returned to the finals but has been unable to grasp victory (until now). “With this squad, I knew most of the players when they were in our middle school as 6th graders, or even younger than that! We did a lot of dancing, sing-

Elvis Lloyd

readers should know about Kent Denver’s 2024 Championship Team, he remarked, “Our team always says, ‘1-2-3 Family.’ [W]e held true to that from day one until the clock hit zero for the Championship win. This group now shares a bond and fellowship with the 30+ Kent Denver basketball teams that have Clay come before them.”

Tierney It’s poetic that Coach Schayes ended the Championship dry spell alongside his son Gil who said, “I have watched Kent basketball since I was four years old and have witnessed multiple state ing, laughing, crying, championship losses. I have screaming, and hugging in always wanted to be that one the locker room!” Coach team that could complete the Schayes exclaimed. job.”

When asked what else

Photos by Carol MacKay

4a state champs

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LEGALS

Because the public has a right to know 1st place - 2018

1st place - 2018, 2nd place - 2023

SPECIAL DISTRICTS NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION

BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL FOR THE DEER TRAIL RURAL FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Deer Trail Rural Fire Protection District, Arapahoe, Adams and Elbert Counties, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third (63rd) 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 6, 2025, is hereby cancelled.

The following candidates are declared elected: Phillip Donovan ..........4-year term John M. Jolly .............4-year term Vacancy .....................4-year term

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AVISO DE CANCELACIÓN DE ELECCIÓN REGULAR POR EL FUNCIONARIO ELECTORAL DESIGNADO PARA EL DEER TRAIL RURAL FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT POR ESTE MEDIO SE DA AVISO por parte del Deer Trail Rural Fire Protection District, Arapahoe, Adams and Elbert Counties, Colorado, que al cierre de operaciones del día sesenta y tres (63) antes de la elección no había más candidatos para Director que cargos por cubrir, incluidos candidatos que presentaron declaraciones juradas de intención de ser candidatos por escrito; por lo tanto, se cancela la elección a celebrarse el 6 de mayo de 2025.

Se declaran elegidos los siguientes candidatos:

DATED this 4th day of March, 2025.

DEER TRAIL RURAL FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT /s/ Kayla Hall Designated Election Official Published in The Villager Published: March 20, 2025

Phillip Donovan ..........Término de 4 años John M. Jolly .............Término de 4 años Vacante ......................Término de 4 años FECHADO este 4th día de marzo de 2025.

DEER TRAIL RURAL FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT

/s/ Kayla Hall Oficial Electoral Designado Published in The Villager Published: March 20, 2025 Legal # 11796 ___________________________ CENTENNIAL AIRPORT Part 150 Noise Compatibility Study Public Open House Wednesday, April 9, 2025, 4:30-6:30 p.m.

Greenwood Village Maintenance Facility – Mt. Elbert Room 10001 E. Costilla Ave., Greenwood Village, CO 80112 Centennial Airport will hold its second public open house for the 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 150 Noise Compatibility Study on Wednesday, April 9, 2025, beginning at 4:30 p.m. at the Greenwood Village Maintenance Facility – Mt. Elbert Room (2nd floor). The purpose of the meeting is to share the progress and work products of the Study completed since the first public meeting and gather input from the public.

The Study Team will share the FAA-approved forecasts and draft noise contours, the results of the land use analysis, and preliminary information on the range of potential alternatives in an open-house format. Anyone interested can stop by at their convenience between 4:30 and 6:30 p.m. to

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Case Number: 2024PR31309 All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before July 14, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.

Cindy H. Odum 5823 S. Nepal Street Centennial CO 80015 Published in The Villager First Publication: March 13, 2025 Last Publication: March 27, 2025 Legal # 11791 ___________________________

CATORY HEARING AND DISPOSITIONAL HEARING CONCERNING RONNIE JOHNSON PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a Default Adjudication Hearing and Dispositional Hearing regarding RONNIE JOHNSON is set on April 7, 2025 at 10:45 a.m. in Division 22 at the Arapahoe County District Court, 7325 South Potomac Street, Centennial, Colorado 80112.

You have the right to be represented by an attorney during these proceedings; if you cannot afford an attorney, one will be appointed to represent you. In the event you fail to appear for said hearing at the date and time indicated, the Petitioner, the People of the State of Colorado, will request that the Court enter a default judgment against you and adjudicate the child dependent and neglected and adopt the prepared treatment plan for you in accordance with the Colorado Children’s Code, or to determine that there is no appropriate treatment plan.

The Arapahoe County District Court is holding hearings via Cisco WebEx Meetings to allow for audiovisual and/or audio participation.

Participants may use any computer, tablet or smart phone equipped with a camera and microphone for audiovisual participation. Parties should use the following link: •https://judicial.webex.com/meet/ D18-ARAP-Div22 •Enter your name and email address (so we know who you are). You will then be in the virtual courtroom.

•Select your audio setting. If the audio on your computer or tablet does not work, please use the alternate audio option of calling in to the number below.

•If you do not have a device that will support a video connection, you may still participate by audio only by calling 720-650-7664.

When prompted enter Access code: 2594 408 0614 then press #, # (no attendee ID is needed).

If you elect to appear in person, you must be at the Courthouse a half hour before the hearing is scheduled to begin.

Date: February 18, 2025 Shannon Nichols, Esq. Assistant County Attorney Attorney for Petitioner 14980 E. Alameda Dr., Aurora, CO 80012 Phone: (303) 636-1895 Email: SNichols@arapahoegov. com Published in The Villager Published: March 20, 2025 Legal # 11795 ___________________________ DISTRICT COURT COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE STATE OF COLORADO 7325 S. Potomac Street Centennial, Colorado 80112 (303) 645-6600 PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

Petitioner, In the Interest of: YOLEINER YOEL HERNANDEZ CARICOTE, SUSEJHINER YONIEL HERNANDEZ CARICOTE AND CRISTHIAN SHIN HURTADO CARICOTE, Children, and concerning, GLADIS YOLEIDA CARICOTE TOVAR, JESUS MANUEL HERNANDEZ MATHEUS, AND VICTOR ALFREDO HURTADO CAICEDO, Respondents, and concerning Niurka Tovar, Special Respondent CASE NUMBER: 2024JV377 Jordan Lewis, Reg. #50198 Assistant County Attorney 14980 E. Alameda Drive Aurora, CO 80012 303-636-1883 (F) 303-636-1889 Case No: 24JV377 Division: 34 NOTICE OF ADJUDICATORY HEARING AND DEFAULT JUDGMENT REGARDING RESPONDENT FATHER, VICTOR ALFREDO HURTADO CAICEDO PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that an Adjudicatory Hearing and Default Judgement regarding RESPONDENT FATHER, VICTOR ALFREDO HURTADO CAICEDO, is set for April 23, 2025 at 8:30 a.m. in Division 34 at the Arapahoe County District Court, 7325 South Potomac Street, Centennial, Colorado 80112. You have the right to be represented by an attorney during these proceedings; if you cannot afford an attorney, one will be appointed to represent you.

In the event you fail to appear for said hearing at the date and time indicated, the Petitioner, the People of the State of Colorado, will request that the Court enter a default judgment against you and adjudicate the child dependent and neglected in accordance with the Colorado Children’s Code.

The Arapahoe County District Court is holding some hearings via Cisco WebEx Meetings to allow for audiovisual and/or audio participation. Participants may use any computer, tablet or smart phone equipped with a camera and microphone for audiovisual participation. Parties should use the following link: • .................................................... https://judicial.webex.com/meet/ D18-ARAP-Div34 • ....................................................

Enter your name and email address (so we know who you are).

You will then be in the virtual courtroom.

• ....................................................

Select your audio setting. If the audio on your computer or tablet does not work, please use the alternate audio option of calling in to the number below.

If you do not have a device that

will support a video connection, you may still participate by audio only by calling 720-650-7664.

When prompted enter Access code: 2594 408 0614 then press #, # (no attendee ID is needed).

Dated March 11, 2025.

Jordan Lewis, Esq. #50198 Assistant County Attorney Attorney for Petitioner 14980 E. Alameda Dr. Aurora, Co 80012 Published in The Villager Published: March 20, 2025 Legal # 11792 ___________________________ DISTRICT COURT COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE STATE OF COLORADO 7325 South Potomac Street Centennial, Colorado 80112 (303) 649-6355 Telephone PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO Petitioner, ......................................

In the Interest of: ...........................

YOLEINER YOEL HERNANDEZ CARICOTE, SUSEJHINER YONIEL HERNANDEZ CARICOTE AND CRISTHIAN SHIN HURTADO CARICOTE, Children, ....................................... and concerning, ............................

GLADIS YOLEIDA CARICOTE TOVAR, JESUS MANUEL HERNANDEZ MATHEUS, AND VICTOR ALFREDO HURTADO CAICEDO, Respondents, ............................... and concerning .............................

Niurka Tovar, Special Respondent Jordan Lewis, Esq., Reg. #50198 Assistant County Attorney Attorney for Petitioner 14980 East Alameda Drive Aurora, CO 80012 Tel: 303-636-1883 Fax: (303) 636-1889 Case No: Division: ......................

24JV377 NOTICE OF PARENTAGE HEARING CONCERNING CRISTHIAN SHIN HURTADO CARICOTE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the above captioned matter has been set for a Parentage Hearing Concerning Cristhian Shin Hurtado Caricote, on April 23, 2025 at 8:30 a.m.X, in Division 34, at the Arapahoe County Justice Center, 7325 South Potomac Street, Centennial, Colorado 80112.

YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that the People of the State of Colorado may request the Court

enter an order finding that you are the legal parent of the above named child(ren), entering an order requiring you to pay reasonable and necessary support pursuant to §19-4-116(6), on a monthly basis on a monthly basis commencing immediately for the support of the child(ren), entering a judgment for child support debt pursuant to §1414-104, C.R.S., medical support, and to grant such further relief as the Court deems proper.

The Arapahoe County District Court is holding hearings via Cisco WebEx Meetings to allow for audiovisual and/or audio participation.

Participants may use any computer, tablet or smart phone equipped with a camera and microphone for audiovisual participation. Parties should use the following link: • ....................................................

Webex: https://judicial.webex.com/ meet/D18-ARAP-Div34 • ....................................................

Enter your name and email address (so we know who you are).

You will then be in the virtual courtroom.

• ....................................................

Select your audio setting. If the audio on your computer or tablet does not work, please use the alternate audio option of calling in to the number below.

• ....................................................

If you do not have a device that will support a video connection, you may still participate by audio only by calling 720-650-7664. When prompted enter access code: 2594 408 0614 then press #, # (no attendee ID is needed).

Respectfully submitted on March 11, 2025.

Jordan Lewis, #50198 Assistant County Attorney Attorney for the Petitioner Published in The Villager Published: March 20, 2025 Legal # 11793 ___________________________ DISTRICT COURT COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO 7325 South Potomac Street Centennial, Colorado 80112 (303) 649-6355 Telephone PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO Petitioner, In the Interest of: AILANI INNETH MELENDEZ, ADAM ALEXANDER LIMA AND ANTHONY AZRIEL LIMA, Children, and concerning, SHELBY OLGA PINTO, ALBERTO MELENDEZ MORENO, BRIAN NAIRA RAMO, AND DIEGO ZOE LIMA-CORDERO, Respondents.

Erinn Walz, Esq. #43200 Assistant County Attorney Attorney for Petitioner 14980 East Alameda Drive Aurora, CO 80012 Tel: (303) 636-1821 / Fax: (303) 636-1889

Case No: 25JV38 Division: 22 NOTICE OF DEFAULT ADJUDICATORY AND DISPOSITIONAL HEARING CONCERNING RESPONDENTS ALBERTO MELENDEZ MORENO AND BRIAN NAIRA RAMO PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a Default Adjudication Hearing and Dispositional Hearing regarding ALBERTO MELENDEZ MORENO and BRIAN NAIRA RAMO is set on MARCH 31, 2025 at 3:15 p.m. in Division 22 at the Arapahoe County District Court, 7325 South Potomac Street, Centennial, Colorado 80112.

You have the right to be represented by an attorney during these proceedings; if you cannot afford an attorney, one will be appointed to represent you. In the event you fail to appear for said hearing at the date and time indicated, the Petitioner, the People of the State of Colorado, will request that the Court enter a default judgment against you and adjudicate the child dependent and neglected and adopt the prepared treatment plan for you in accordance with the Colorado Children’s Code, or to determine that there is no appropriate treatment plan.

The Arapahoe County District Court is holding hearings via Cisco WebEx Meetings to allow for audiovisual and/or audio participation.

Participants may use any computer, tablet or smart phone equipped with a camera and microphone for audiovisual participation. Parties should use the following link: •https://judicial.webex.com/meet/ D18-ARAP-Div22 •Enter your name and email address (so we know who you are). You will then be in the virtual courtroom.

•Select your audio setting. If the audio on your computer or tablet does not work, please use the alternate audio option of calling in to the number below.

•If you do not have a device that will support a video connection, you may still participate by audio only by calling 720-650-7664.

When prompted enter Access code: 2594 887 9073 then press #, # (no attendee ID is needed).

If you elect to appear in person, you must be at the Courthouse a half hour before the hearing is scheduled to begin.

Dated March 16, 2025.

Erinn Walz, Reg. #43200 Assistant County Attorney Attorney for Petitioner Published in The Villager Published: March 20, 2025 Legal # 11794 ___________________________

PAGE 14| THE VILLAGER • March 20, 2025 view display boards with Study information, speak one-on-one with members of the Study Team and Airport staff, and share their ideas, comments, and questions with the Study Team. There will be no formal presentation.

The Study is being conducted to identify and evaluate current and future noise effects associated with aircraft operations at Centennial Airport. The goal of the Study is to work with surrounding communities and stakeholders to reduce the number of people affected by aircraft noise.

Questions and comments can be submitted in-person during the meeting or online at: https://apa150noisestudy.com/contact/.

For additional information, please visit the Study website: https://apa150noisestudy.com/ Published in The Villager Published: March 20, 2025 Legal # 11797 ___________________________ ADVERTISEMENT 2025 SEAL COAT TAXILANE N AND REMARK PAVEMENT CENTENNIAL AIRPORT ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO Sealed bids for the 2025 Seal Coat Taxilane N and Remark Pavement project, at Centennial Airport, Englewood, Colorado, will be received by the Arapahoe County Public Airport Authority, 7565 South Peoria Street, Englewood, Colorado 80112, until 10:00 a.m., local time, on April 15, 2025, and then opened, read aloud and canvassed.

LEGALS VACANCY..................until the next regular election (May 4, 2027)

(Signature of Designated Election Official)

VACANCY..................until the second regular election (May 8, 2029)

Natalie M. Fleming .....

(DEO’s Printed Name)

VACANCY..................until the second regular election (May 8, 2029) DATED: March 5, 2025 /s/ CRAIG SORENSEN Designated Election Official for the Cherry Creek Corporate Center Metropolitan District c/o McGeady Becher Cortese Williams P.C. 450 E. 17th Avenue, Suite 400 Denver, CO 80203-1254 Phone: 303-592-4380 Published in The Villager Published: March 20, 2025 Legal # 11801 ___________________________ NOTICE OF CANCELLATION AND CERTIFIED STATEMENT OF RESULTS Commons at East Creek Metropolitan District Arapahoe County, Colorado

The project includes crack repair, asphalt pavement patching, rapid cure seal coat, and pavement remarking Taxilane N asphalt pavements.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Commons at East Creek 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 6, 2025 is hereby cancelled pursuant to Section 1-13.5-513, C.R.S.

A complete set of Plans and Bidding Requirements and Contract Documents may be obtained on or after March 20, 2025 on Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing System at https://www.bidnetdirect.com/colorado.

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

Each bid must be accompanied by a Certified Check or Cashier’s Check in the amount of not less than five percent (5%) of the total bid, made payable to the Arapahoe County Public Airport Authority, or by Bid Bond in like amount executed by a Surety Company.

The Bidder must supply all information required by the Bidding Requirements and Contract Documents. The Arapahoe County Public Airport Authority reserves the right to waive any informality in or to reject any or all portions of the various bid items or reject any and all bids and make the award deemed in the best interest of the Airport Authority. No proposal may be withdrawn for a period of 30 days from the opening thereof.

Any questions must be submitted to Chris Dodge, JACOBS, via email to Christopher.Dodge@jacobs.com. Questions are due by 10:00 a.m., April 8, 2025. Questions received after this time will not be accepted.

Published in The Villager Published: March 20, 2025 Legal # 11798 ___________________________ NOTICE OF CANCELATION OF ELECTION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Arapahoe Lake Public Park 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 6, 2025, is hereby canceled pursuant to section 1-13.5-513 (6), C.R.S. The following candidates are hereby declared elected to the Board of Directors of Arapahoe Lake Public Park District: Robert Malkin ............4-year term ..................May 2029 Jesse Rodgers ...........4-year term ..................May 2029 Michael R. Hager .......2-year term .................May 2027 /s/ Michele M. Barrasso Michele M. Barrasso, Designated Election Official Contact Person for the District: Colin B. Mielke, Esq. Address of the District: ...........

7400 East Orchard Rd., .........................................

Suite 3300 .........................................

Greenwood Village, CO 80111 Telephone Number of the District: (303) 770-2700 Email of the District Contact: cmielke@svwpc.com Published in The Villager Published: March 20, 2025 Legal # 11799 ___________________________ NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION

BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL §§ 1-11-103(3), 1-13.5-513, C.R.S. CENTENNIAL 360 METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Centennial 360 Metropolitan District, County of Arapahoe, Colorado, that at or after the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election to be conducted on May 6, 2025, 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 1-13.5-513, C.R.S. The following candidates were declared elected by acclamation: Gary Rohr ..................May 2029 (4) Year Term Johnathan Rohr .........May 2029 (4) Year Term Vacant ........................May 2027 (2) Year Term Vacant ........................May 2027 (2) Year Term CENTENNIAL 360 METROPOLITAN DISTRICT /s/ Stacie L. Pacheco Stacie L. Pacheco, Designated Election Official Contact Person for the District: Alan D. Pogue, Esq. ICENOGLE SEAVER POGUE, P.C. 4725 South Monaco Street, Suite 360 Denver, Colorado 80237 Telephone: 303-292-9100 Email: APogue@ISP-Law.com Published in The Villager Published: March 20, 2025 Legal # 11800 ___________________________ NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION

BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Cherry Creek Corporate Center Metropolitan District, City of Glendale, 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 6, 2025 is hereby canceled pursuant to Section 1-13.5-513, C.R.S. The following candidates are declared elected: George Turtle .............until the next regular election (May 4, 2027)

Name .........................Length of Term.............Term Expiration Vacancy .....................2 Years.........................May, 2027 Loralee Broer .............4 Years.........................May, 2029 Trenton Radford.........4 Years.........................May, 2029 Vacancy .....................4 Years.........................May, 2029 /s/ Natalie M. Fleming (Signature of Designated Election Official) Natalie M. Fleming .....

(DEO’s Printed Name) Contact Person for the District:

Jeffrey E. Erb, Esq.

Address of the District: ........... .........................................

8480 E. Orchard Road, Suite 3650 Greenwood Village, CO 80111

Telephone Number of the District: (303) 626-7125 District Email: .......................... jerb@erblawllc.com Published in The Villager Published: March 20, 2025 Legal # 11802 ___________________________ NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTIONS

BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Copperleaf Metropolitan District Nos. 1, 5, 7, 8 and 9, Arapahoe County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the elections 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 elections to be held on May 6, 2025 are hereby canceled pursuant to Section 1-13.5-513, C.R.S. The following candidates are declared elected for Copperleaf Metropolitan District Nos. 1 and 8: Daniel Frank ..............until the second regular election (May 8, 2029) Eric R. Miller ..............until the second regular election (May 8, 2029) The following candidates are declared elected for Copperleaf Metropolitan District No. 5: Daniel Frank ..............until the second regular election (May 8, 2029) Eric R. Miller ..............until the second regular election (May 8, 2029) Tracy L. Brooks..........until the next regular election (May 4, 2027) Brandon Rogoff..........until the next regular election (May 4, 2027) The following candidates are declared elected for Copperleaf Metropolitan District No. 7: Daniel Frank ..............until the second regular election (May 8, 2029) Eric R. Miller ..............until the second regular election (May 8, 2029) Tracy L. Brooks..........until the next regular election (May 4, 2027) The following candidates are declared elected for Copperleaf Metropolitan District No. 9: Daniel Frank ..............until the second regular election (May 8, 2029) Tracy L. Brooks..........until the second regular election (May 8, 2029) DATED: March 5, 2025 /s/ CRAIG SORENSEN Designated Election Official for the Copperleaf Metropolitan District Nos. 1, 5, 7 and 8 /s/ LISA JACOBY Designated Election Official for the Copperleaf Metropolitan District No. 9 c/o McGeady Becher Cortese Williams P.C. 450 E. 17th Avenue, Suite 400 Denver, CO 80203-1254 Phone: 303-592-4380 Published in The Villager Published: March 20, 2025 Legal # 11803 ___________________________ NOTICE OF CANCELLATION AND CERTIFIED STATEMENT OF RESULTS East Bend Metropolitan District Arapahoe County, Colorado NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the East Bend 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 writein candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 6, 2025 is hereby cancelled pursuant to Section 1-13.5-513, C.R.S. The following candidates are hereby declared elected by acclamation for the following terms of office: Name .........................Length of Term.............Term Expiration Nicole Manning ..........2 Years.........................May, 2027 Michelle Hart ..............2 Years.........................May, 2027 Vacancy .....................2 Years.........................May, 2027 Vacancy .....................4 Years.........................May, 2029 Vacancy .....................4 Years.........................May, 2029 /s/ Natalie M. Fleming

Contact Person for the District:

Jeffrey E. Erb, Esq.

Address of the District: ........... .........................................

8480 E. Orchard Road, Suite 3650 Greenwood Village, CO 80111

Telephone Number of the District:(303) 626-7125 District Email: ..........................

jerb@erblawllc.com

Published in The Villager Published: March 20, 2025 Legal # 11804 ___________________________ NOTICE OF CANCELLATION AND CERTIFIED STATEMENT OF RESULTS East Valley Metropolitan District Arapahoe County, Colorado NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the East Valley 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 writein candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 6, 2025 is hereby cancelled pursuant to Section 1-13.5-513, C.R.S. The following candidates are hereby declared elected by acclamation for the following terms of office: Name .........................Length of Term.............Term Expiration William Waller ............2 Years.........................May, 2027 James Siffring ............2 Years.........................May, 2027 Danelle Morgan .........4 Years.........................May, 2029 Trey Robbins .............4 Years.........................May, 2029 /s/ Natalie M. Fleming (Signature of Designated Election Official) Natalie M. Fleming .....

(DEO’s Printed Name) Contact Person for the District:

Jeffrey E. Erb, Esq.

Address of the District: ........... .........................................

8480 E. Orchard Road, Suite 3650 Greenwood Village, CO 80111

Telephone Number of the District: (303) 626-7125 District Email: .......................... jerb@erblawllc.com Published in The Villager Published: March 20, 2025 Legal # 11805 ___________________________ NOTICE OF CANCELLATION AND CERTIFIED STATEMENT OF RESULTS Highline Crossing Metropolitan District Arapahoe County, Colorado NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Highline Crossing 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 6, 2025 is hereby cancelled pursuant to Section 1-13.5-513, C.R.S. The following candidates are hereby declared elected by acclamation for the following terms of office: Name .........................Length of Term.............Term Expiration Vacancy .....................2 Years.........................May, 2027 Vacancy .....................2 Years.........................May, 2027 Brian O’Sullivan .........2 Years.........................May, 2027 Daniel Payotelis .........4 Years.........................May, 2029 Vacancy .....................4 Years.........................May, 2029 /s/ Natalie M. Fleming (Signature of Designated Election Official) Natalie M. Fleming .....

(DEO’s Printed Name) Contact Person for the District: Jeffrey E. Erb, Esq. Address of the District: ........... .........................................

8480 E. Orchard Road, Suite 3650 Greenwood Village, CO 80111

Telephone Number of the District: ..................(303) 626-7125 District Email: .......................... jerb@erblawllc.com Published in The Villager Published: March 20, 2025 Legal # 11806 ___________________________ 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 Iliff Avenue 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 writein candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 6, 2025 is hereby canceled pursuant to section 1-13.5-513(6) C.R.S. The following candidates are hereby declared elected: Brian Alpert ................4-Year Term ................until May, 2029 Sally Alpert .................4-Year Term ................until May, 2029 Scott Alpert ................ 4-Year Term ...............until May, 2029 Alexandra Alpert ........2-Year Term ................until May, 2027 /s/ Mandi Kirk .............

Mandi Kirk Designated Election Official Contact Person for the District: Telephone Number of the District: Address of the District: ........... ......................................... .........................................

District Email ...........................

Published in The Villager Published: March 20, 2025

Joan M. Fritsche, Esq. (720) 833-4223 3900 E. Mexico Avenue, Suite 300 Denver, CO 80210 contact@fritschelaw.com

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Surprisingly, fuel economy averaged 21 mpg overall, with some skillful driving, using the sport mode going up mountain highways but using the eco mode traveling downhill and in city driving.

There’s a “tow mode” for you ranchers, sportsmen, horse haulers and work crews, or just having a pow-

erful play toy with a suggested retail price of $62,442 that includes many desirable options, including the TRD Rally Package. This option

includes 18” alloy wheels with all-terrain tires and

tri-color decal grilles on front doors and tailgate. Special offroad suspension with Billstein shocks, skid plates,

mud guards and red TRD start button. Add a TRD leather wrapped heated

steering wheel and electronically controlled rear differential and multi-terrain crawl control. To enjoy the ride the driver’s seat has an 8-way power seat with lumbar control for long range drives and manual passenger 4/way seat adjustments.

The Tundra rates an overall five-star combined safety rating that includes a litany of safety features found on the latest cars and trucks. The truck has trailer brakes and trailer sway controls for towing. An 8”

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screen adjusts sounds and vehicle information that includes a 9-speaker Apple CarPlay and Android auto compatibility.

LED lights are all around and an aluminum reinforced composite truck bed and auto leveling adjustments.

The interior has 60/40 split fold-up rear seats with under seat storage compartments and a vertical power rear cab window. The Tundra has “Magnetic Gray’ metallic paint. For whatever multi-purpose this truck may serve, rest assured that it has the stamina for the task at hand. I’ll bet some Dallas cowboy players drive some Tundra trucks.

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