Cases coming out of the cold, thanks to DNA
BY BELEN WARD
One case that is always at the top of the mind for Weld County cold case Detective Byron Kastilahn is that of Nicole Silvers, a Longmont teen who disappeared 11 years ago in April.
Silvers’ sister had dropped her o at her Longmont home at 3 a.m. on April 9, 2014, and that’s the last time she was seen.
A roommate checked on her two days later and found all of her belongings gone. A missing juvenile report was made three days after that and local police, including Weld County, talked to her friends and family.
Nothing suspicious has ever turned up, and Kastilahn said that bothers him.
“ is case doesn’t make any sense,” said Kastilahn. “Like most cases, it could be drug-related, or a spouse did it. I can’t
prove it. is one could be an abduction, or maybe she ran away, and then something happened.
“It’s a strange one. In this case, I’d like to nd out what happened,” he said.
Kastilahn, who joined Weld County’s cold case unit in 2020, has many cases just like Silvers. But this year, he has had some remarkable successes using DNA testing to solve four long-standing, complex cases – one dating back to 1973.
In June 2024, Weld County announced they had identi ed a man found in a eld in Greeley on Valentine’s Day 2000. An autopsy of the human remains found no evidence of foul play, according to ofcials. Deputies labeled the man John Doe 2000, and the case went cold until 2023. at’s when DNA tests came back and were later con rmed to identify him as Christopher Scott Case, who had been missing since 1998.
In November, they used DNA to unravel what had happened to Kay Day. She had been murdered in 1979, found strangled in the back of her Datsun hatchback with the belt from her own coat. Investigators focused on her husband Chuck Day but could never settle the case.
What happened to Kay Day – and to Chuck, as it turned out – would remain a mystery until 2021.
A DNA test from the autopsy’s sexual assault kit turned up a match on the national DNA database belonging to James Herman Dye in Wichita, Kans. Dye had a history of sexual assaults and was a student at Aims Community College in 1979 who had attended classes in the building where Kay Day worked.
When confronted by Kastilahn and the FBI, Dye confessed.
Colorado’s school wish list for 2025
Boosts to reading, reduced truancy on Board of Educations New Year agenda
BY MELANIE ASMAR CHALKBEAT
Slashing chronic absenteeism rates, boosting third grade reading scores, and ensuring high school graduates earn college credit or work experience alongside their diplomas are among the Colorado Department of Education’s new strategic goals. e department has set ve “wildly important goals” it aims to achieve over the next several years. Other state agencies, including the Colorado Department of Early Childhood Education, are setting similar goals. Together, they represent some of the state’s biggest public policy priorities. Education Commissioner Susana Córdova said her department’s goals are meant to address some of the 880,000-student system’s thorniest challenges.
“Schools continue to face pandemic-related challenges including poor attendance, teacher shortages, and learning loss,” she told the Colorado State Board of Education last month.
Here’s a look at three of the department’s goals and the state’s progress toward meeting them.
Detective Byron Kastilahn with the Weld County Sheri ’s O ce cold case unit. PHOTO BY BELEN WARD
Weld detective helping families uncover what happened to loved ones
Aims o ers a virtual tour of 3D concrete printing
College is promoting class
begins in February
BY BELEN WARD
BWARD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Aims Community College is inviting prospective students to a virtual free information session on 3D concrete printing in the construction industry this week, according to a press release on December 19.
Aims and Alquist 3D have partnered to revolutionize sustainable construc-
tion methods. Prospective students will learn about innovative, cost-e ective processes for building homes and infrastructure that would help make housing more a ordable across the nation.
e virtual session is set to begin at 4 p.m. on Jan. 7. To register for the information session or learn about training opportunities, visit aims.co/3d-concrete-printing.
Enrollment begins on Jan. 13 to introduce the 3D Concrete Printing online course, with another cohort starting on Feb. 3. e classes are in-person labs with hands-on learning and will be offered this spring; in 2025, Aims will announce its scheduled lab dates.
Fort Luptons holiday brightest shine
The family at 549 Twilight Ct. took home 1st place residential.
Judges toured the city Dec. 19 to pick winners
BY BELEN WARD BWARD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
e Fort Lupton Chamber of Commerce released the winners for its annual Holiday Lighting Contest on Dec. 20. e community lit up their houses with holiday lights and decorations to be the best in show.
e winners each received a prize.
e family at 549 Twilight Ct. took home rst place residential with reindeer sparking on their lawn.
e family on 1125 Birch Ave. won 2nd place residential with a colorful, sparking whimsical scene of candy canes,
snowmen, reindeer, presents, and Santa on a motorcycle.
e family that lives at 875 Fulton Ave. won third place residential with a giant Santa, an illuminated Christmas tree, reindeer and a garage draped with Christmas scenes.
e Fort Lupton Chamber of Commerce toured the city in person Dec. 19, to judge and vote on the dazzling homes and businesses. United Power sponsored the contest.
In the Business category, the City of Fort Lupton won rst place for its City Hall decorations. Coyote Creek Golf Course won second place for its display.
Police seek gas thieves
Pair suspected of puncturing, draining gas tanks
BY BELEN WARD BWARD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
e Fort Lupton Police Department is asking for help from the community to identify a man allegedly stealing gas from vehicles by puncturing gas tanks.
Police describe the suspect as a white or Hispanic male in his 30s, 5 foot 5 inches tall accompanied by a short, white female. e duo have damaged at least three vehicles, police said in a Dec. 17 press release.
According to police, the suspects are
driving a white Chevy Silverado with dark-tinted windows and a blue blanket covering a toolbox in the truck bed. Also, when the Fort Lupton police released the photos of the truck, it appeared to have a ctitious Colorado temporary permit number 6859258.
e truck has been spotted in Fort Lupton, Westminster, and ornton. According to o cials, during one of the gas thefts, the male suspect claimed to carry a gun. e police warned that they could be armed, and instructed witnesses not to approach the suspects but to call 911 if spotted.
If anyone has information or video footage to help identify the suspects is asked to contact Corporal J. Goddard at 720-466-6140.
A student taking an Alquist 3-D printing class at Aims Community College. AIMS FILE PHOTO
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NAR’s 2024 Survey of Buyers and Sellers Provides Some Interesting Insights on the Market
Every year the National Association of Realtors (NAR) publishes a “Profile of Buyers and Sellers” which contains some useful data and insights on the real estate market.
The 2024 survey was just released and contains some interesting trends which I’ll summarize here.
The image at right is an example. In the posting of this week’s ad at http://RealEstateToday.substack.com you’ll find the full highlights of the report on the following topics:
Characteristics of home buyers
Breakdown of homes purchased
Use of real estate professionals
The home search process
How homes are being financed
The experience of home sellers
Use of listing agents by sellers
For Sale by Owner statistics and trends
Here’s just one of those highlight pages, to give you an idea the detail provided. This is the one about FSBOs (for sale by owner):
Here are some of the key take-aways from the other chapters;
Characteristics of Home Buyers: The median age of home buyers surged in 2024 over the prior year — 56 vs. 49. The median age for first-time buyers jumped from 35 to 38, and for repeat buyers jumped from 58 to 61. 73% of buyers had no children under 18 in the home, and 17% bought a multi-generational home. First-time home buyers constituted 24% of home sales, down from 32% in 2023. This was the lowest percentage since NAR started doing these surveys in 1981.
Characteristics of Homes Purchased: 15% of buyers purchased new homes from a builder. Among those who purchased existing
homes, the typical home was built in 1994, compared to homes built in the 1980s in two prior surveys. The typical home was 1,900 square feet, with 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. The median distance of the new home from the previous home was 20 miles, compared to 50 miles in 2022. (That was the height of Covid, spurred by remote work.) PreCovid, the median distance was typically 15 miles. 16% of 2024 buyers purchased in an urban area or central city, the highest such percentage since 2014, spurred perhaps by the end of some work-at-home arrangements. Proximity to the home buyer’s job was important to 34% of buyers, down from 52% in 2014. The top consideration this year was the quality of the neighborhood (59%), followed by proximity to friends and family (45%).
Home Buyers & Real Estate Professionals:
88% of home buyers used the services of a real estate agent. Looking at buyers of existing homes, that percentage rose to 92%. Only 63% of new home buyers were represented by an agent. 80% of first-time buyers said that their agent’s assistance in understanding the home buying process was “invaluable.”
40% of all buyers and 51% of first-time buyers found their agent through a referral from their friends, family or personal network. Most buyers only interviewed one agent — it was 71% for repeat buyers.
Although 88% of buyers said they would use their agent again or recommend him/her to others, only 21% of buyers actually used the same agent they had used before. Of those who purchased in 2024, 61% have already recommended their agent to others.
The Home Search Process: 43% of buyers said they started the process by looking at homes on the internet, with 21% first contacting an agent. 69% of buyers searched for homes on their mobile or tablet devices.
Open houses were deemed “very useful” by 23% of buyers. About 40% said they valued photos and detailed listing information, while 31% appreciated floor plans. The typical buyer spent 10 weeks house hunting and saw a median of 7 homes, 2 of them online only. 51% found the home they bought through their own online searching. 55% said that finding the right home was the most difficult part of the process.
59% of buyers said they were “very satisfied” with their home buying experience, and another 33% were “somewhat satisfied.”
Financing the Home Purchase: 91% of first-time buyers and 69% of repeat buyers financed their home purchase with a loan. These percentages were down from 92% and 81% respectively from last year. The overall percentage was 74%, meaning that 26% of all home buyers paid cash — an all-time high.
The median down payment was 9% for first-time buyers and 23% for repeat buyers, That’s the highest down payment percentage for first-time buyers since 1997 and the highest for repeat buyers since 2003. 25% of the first-time buyers used a gift or loan from a
relative to finance their down payment, but savings was the biggest source at 69%.
In 2009, 55% of first-time buyers used an FHA loan, but that has dropped to 29% now that there are many conventional loan offerings requiring minimal down payments and no mortgage insurance premium. In 2024, 52% of first-time buyers took out a conventional loan.
Home Sellers and Their Selling Experience:
The median age of home sellers in 2024 was 63 — the highest ever recorded. 69% of the sellers were married couples, the first increase in this statistic in four years. Of all the homes sold in 2024, 77% did not have any children
under 18 living in the house -- empty nesters! 66% moved within the same state, 16% within the same region. (Note: These are national statistics.) Roughly one-third bought a bigger house, one-third bought the same size house and one-third bought a smaller house. 52% bought a newer home, with the rest split equally between the same age or older home.
The single most common reason for moving (23%) was to be closer to friends and family. The median number of years that a seller owned their home was 10 years, a big drop from 6 years in 2000 to 2008.
Median time on market in 2024 was three weeks, up from two weeks in 2023.
68% of sellers were “very satisfied” with the selling process. 22% were “somewhat satisfied.”
Home Selling & Real Estate Professionals: 90% of sellers hired a listing agent, up from 89% in 2023. Only 6% were FSBO (for sale by owner), a record low percentage. Of those sellers who did not know the buyer, 95% used a real estate agent. Two-thirds of sellers used an agent who was referred to them or that they had used before. 81% interviewed only the one agent they hired. 71% of sellers who bought within 10 miles of their home used the same agent for both transactions. The most important criteria in selecting the listing agent were the agent’s reputation (35%) and the agent’s honesty (21%). 58% of sellers offered open houses.
Again, the full reports of each of the above sections can be found on our blog, http:// RealEstateToday.substack.com
Is a Reverse Mortgage the Best Option for You?
If the idea of not paying principal and interest for the rest of your life and possibly drawing a lump sum from your home’s equity to help you with taxes and insurance, sounds like something you’d like to explore, let me tell you about “reverse mortgages.” They are officially known as Home Equity Conversion Mortgages (HECM). They can be used to purchase a home or to refinance your current home.
Many seniors are in a situation where they have substantial equity in their home but don’t have quite the amount of income they need to live on day-to-day or month-tomonth. If you are still paying on your mortgage, a HECM allows you to reduce that monthly expense by the amount of your principal and interest payment. That alone may be enough to improve your monthly cash flow, but you can also draw on your surplus equity to have additional money for living expenses or discretionary expenditures such as travel.
If downsizing is in your plans, the HECM can also be used to purchase a home that better fits your senior lifestyle.
Here’s the nitty gritty. You have to be 62 or older to qualify for a HECM. The amount of down payment or equity you need to have is based on your age and life expectancy, because the lender wants to know that you’ll outlive the equity which is going to be used up by not paying principal and interest until you die.
That down payment requirement (or equity requirement if you are refinancing into a HECM) ranges from 45% to 70%. A HECM
loan is FHA insured, which covers the possibility that you live longer than expected and drain all your equity by not paying those monthly principal and interest payments. When you die or move out, the home can be sold, and the FHA insurance means that the proceeds of the sale don’t need to cover the mortgage payoff.
If you’re married, only one of you needs to be over 62, and if the qualifying senior dies, the surviving spouse can remain in the house until he or she dies, even if that means the equity is exhausted.
You retain title to the house, just like with a conventional mortgage. You can sell at any time and pay off the loan balance with your proceeds at closing.
Because it’s an FHA loan, the closing costs of the HECM loan are greater than for a conventional loan, but, depending on your cash flow situation, it may be worth it.
Eligible property types include 1-4 unit properties, so long as you live in one of the units. It can include FHA-approved condos and townhomes, and properties that are titled in a living trust.
If you’re purchasing a home with a HECM, the seller can provide a concession for up to 6% of the purchase price to cover those higher closing costs.
If you’re not a senior but have parents who own their own home but are struggling with monthly expenses, you might want to explore with them the benefits of a reverse mortgage.
Our in-house lender, Wendy Renee, is an expert on this product. Give her a call at 303868-1903 to get your questions answered.
COLD CASES
“I was glad to see the DNA evidence identi ed the real suspect and cleared Chuck Day’s name,” said Kastilahn at the time. “It gives me hope that our other cold cases may receive similar breakthroughs needed to deliver the answers and the justice the victim’s families so rightfully deserve.” en in December, the department announced a break in one of their coldest cases, a young girl who had been found along the St. Vrain River west of Platteville in 1973. DNA results identify those remains as belonging to Roxanne Leadbeater, a 15-year-old girl who had disappeared in 1972 from Los Angeles.
Kastilahn said the department is still investigating the circumstances of her death.
“It makes me feel great when I do solve these cases,” Kastilahn said.
A third route
Kastilahn was born in Pueblo, raised in Southeastern Kansas, and returned to Colorado when he was 19. After high school, he became interested in joining the FBI.
“To be an FBI agent, you need a degree in either law or accounting, and neither interested me,” Kastilahn said.
“But there’s a third route you can go, where you can go to college and get any degree and then become a police o cer or some law enforcement career. If I did that for a few years, and then with the degree and the experience in police work, you can become an FBI agent,” Kastilahn said. “So that was my plan.”
Kastilahn attended Colorado State University and earned a degree in social
sciences with a criminal justice interdisciplinary degree, then started a job as a student o cer at Colorado State University.
“My rst job in the 1990s was with the Brighton police department. As a police o cer, I like this quite a bit. I enjoyed working in patrol much more than I thought I would, but I thought it was just a means to an end,” he said.
But Kastilahn learned that the work he was doing as a police o cer was much the same as what FBI agents do, just closer to where he wanted to be.
“It’s more local,” he said, “I’d be sent to Washington, D.C., and Quantico and then get assigned to Vermont or somewhere. I liked living in Colorado, so it made sense to stay in law enforcement here. I’ve always been in Northern Colorado.”
Kastilahn said he had admired the Weld County Sheri ’s O ce.
“I’d interacted with several deputies and detectives on cases, and I found the Weld County Sheri ’s O ce very professional and well-organized. ey do excellent work. So I wanted to be part of that,” Kastilahn said.
Into the cold
Kastilahn said he’s been working for the Weld County Sheri ’s O ce since 2019. He became a regular detective in 2020 for about two months and then became the cold case detective in March 2020.
“ e sheri wanted to have a cold case detective at the o ce, which they didn’t have, and he wanted to do it for a long time,” Kastilahn said. “When the position came up, I said I’d like to try that.”
What interested Kastilahn about the cold cases was that each was something di erent. “I had specialized in computer crime for a while. I have done a lot of property crimes, such as fraud, thefts, signi cant thefts, and other cases,” Kastilahn
said. “I also investigated crimes with people from child sex assault to homicide, but a cold case was something I never even had an opportunity to look at.”
Matching DNA
Kastilahn’s success has depended upon DNA testing. Samples from crime scenes are submitted to the national combined DNA information system, or CODIS.
“If you have DNA from a scene, you can send it to a lab, and they’ll see if it matches somebody with a felony record. With CODIS, if you were convicted of a felony, they would have to provide DNA swabs and have your DNA in the system that is nationwide,” Kastilahn said.
According to o cials, by the 1990s, the genetic ngerprinting of molecular structures of victims and suspects was used in criminal investigations worldwide. Today, RFLP-based DNA analysis is being replaced with newer genetic identi cation techniques.
Kastilahn said that law enforcement has solved more cases with DNA, but there are still plenty to sort through. Since Kastilahn started in 2020, they have had a backlog of 40 cases in Weld County alone.
Keeping cases open
Some cases need ongoing investigation, Kastilahn said. Some of those are homicides. e instances that lack information are kept active just in case further information or evidence is found.
For example, Kastilahn said he’s looked more deeply into some tra c accidents. Although there may be other suspicious facts surrounding the accident, all the evidence demonstrates that’s all it was.
In one case, a woman su ering from a terminal disease fell down a set of stairs in 1986. She was injured and died from the fall, but the case remained under investigation.
“ at case stayed open because there was a history of domestic violence,” Kastilahn said. “You know, the husband says he was out shing, but let’s keep it open just in case. He had an alibi. He had a friend with them.” at said, Kastilahn is a fan of keeping tabs on it.
“I think it’s a good idea to keep the case open until you can guarantee it should be closed because it’s unfounded.”
Visit the cold cases that are open and being investigated at https://www.weldsheri .com/Community/Cold-CaseFiles.
If you have any information regarding these cold cases, don’t hesitate to contact Detective Kastilahn at (970) 400-2827 or email him at bkastilahn@weld.gov.
Weld County Sheri ’s o ce Cold Case detectives have identified a set of remains found along the St. Vrain River in 1973 as those of Roxanne Leadbeater, a Los Angeles teen who disappeared in 1972. FILE PHOTO
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We need interstate highways for electricity
Interstate highways have transformed Colorado and America altogether.
People growing up in the 1950s rarely had fresh fruit or vegetables in winter. Now, broccoli beheaded yesterday in a eld near Yuma, Ariz., can be on a store shelf in metro Denver within a day or two. Much of that journey will be on an interstate highway.
High-voltage transmission lines are our four-lane highways of electricity. ey worked well enough when giant coal plants provided most of our electricity. Now, as Colorado and other states strive to replace fossil fuels with renewables, new connections must be built to knit us together across broader areas.
A federal agency this week delivered cause for cautious optimism. e Department of Energy has picked three transmission corridors among 10 national candidates for advanced work. One of them, the Southwestern Grid Connector Corridor, would begin in southeast Colorado near Lamar, and work south into New Mexico and then somewhat west.
e 2021 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law authorized the Secretary of Energy to designate any geographic area as a national interest electric transmission corridor. e energy department has found that the absence of transmission harms consumers. With more transmission, we can share low-cost renewable generation across broader areas. We need an electric grid larger than one weather system
and covering more than one-time zone.
During the special season of appreciation and gratitude marked by anksgiving’s thankfulness and Christmas’s hope, peace, love and joy, many of us re ect on the gifts we exchange with loved ones. But what if we embraced a di erent gift that costs nothing but holds immeasurable value? What if we gave the gift of encouragement?
Imagine receiving a call from someone you trust, love, and respect. ey call to tell you how much you mean to them, to express their admiration and appreciation for your presence in their lives, and to thank you for your love, advice, and support. Picture how that would feel. Even now, just reading these words, you may feel a warm glow, joy and a rmation.
e existing transmission network is akin to our highways of 50 to 60 years ago. We have transmission, but it’s as if Interstate 70 stopped at the state line. In fact, transmission lines do.
Colorado is in the Western electrical grid of 10 states and some adjoining areas. is grid, however, is better understood as a collection of 34 di erent islands connected by narrow causeways.
“A cautious hurrah,” said Mark Gabriel, the CEO of United Power when I asked his reaction. e Brighton-based electrical cooperative supplies 113,000 members from the foothills to Weld County’s oil and gas elds, including many new industrial centers along I-76.
“Anything that promotes additional transmission is a good thing,” said Gabriel. “However, the challenge remains in actually getting something constructed in a reasonable period of time to make a di erence.”
Gabriel pointed out that more than $40 billion in transmission projects have been announced. “Only a fraction are actually being built.”
Permitting has been the bane of many transmission projects. For example, it
took 18 years before the TransWest Express Transmission project that will ferry wind-generated electricity from southern Wyoming to Utah and West Coast markets nally broke ground in 2023. It nicks the corner of northwest Colorado.
A bill being negotiated in Congress would ease federal permitting requirements to allow more rapid creation of transmission lines. Other provisions of the Energy Permitting Reform Act of 2024 would also bene t oil and gas extraction.
Tri-State Generation and Transmission, the wholesale provider for 17 of Colorado’s 22 electrical cooperatives, pointed to the need for streamlined permitting in its reaction to the transmission line in southeastern Colorado.
Transmission doesn’t come cheap. And just as interstate highways have their unsavory aspects — my companion and I can routinely hear I-70 roaring a mile away — transmission lines have their downsides. Who wants one in their backyard?
Some want to believe nuclear energy will solve all of our problems. e Pueblo City Council, while saying nice things about nuclear, intends to scrap a goal of 100% renewables by 2035. Maybe nuclear will be an answer, but recent projects have had eye-bulging costs. Natural gas has problems, too, as was evident in Winter Storm Uri of February 2021 when costs soared.
Chris Hansen, as a state legislator from
Gift of encouragement is timeless treasure
all consciously choose to be builders, using our words to encourage and uplift those around us?
Now ip the scenario. Imagine being the one to make that call, to reach out to a friend, family member, or colleague with a heartfelt message of encouragement. Envision their reaction and the connection that becomes strengthened. at same warm glow you imagined feeling. You might experience it intensely when encouraging when receiving it. Our world has experienced division fueled by contentious debates and heated arguments for years. Families and friendships have been strained, sometimes broken, over di erences of opinion or perspective. In such an environment, words can become weapons used to criticize, dismiss, or tear down. But words can also build. ey can inspire, uplift and heal. ey are the tools of either demolition or construction. We have the power to choose. In this season that emphasizes love and joy, what if we
Giving the gift of encouragement is not always easy. It requires courage, sincerity and a foundation of kindness and grace. It asks us to set aside ego, bitterness or judgment and o er words a rming and strengthening others. Encouragement is powerful because it meets people where they are. It acknowledges their struggles, celebrates their victories, and reassures them of their value. Whether someone is pursuing a dream, overcoming a challenge or simply navigating the complexities of daily life, encouragement can provide the boost they need to keep going.
It’s easy to criticize or dismiss others. But o ering genuine encouragement takes e ort and a sincere heart. It requires us to step into a construction zone, rolling our sleeves to build others up rather than tearing them down.
Encouraging doesn’t have to be complicated or grand. Small, thoughtful gestures can have a profound impact. Here are a few ideas:
Reach out to someone and express gratitude for their presence in your life. Tell them how much they mean to you and why you admire them for their creativity or courage. A handwritten letter or card can be a treasure someone has kept for years. Take the time to articulate your appreciation and encouragement.
If someone is pursuing a goal or facing a challenge, acknowledge their e ort and cheer them on. Sometimes, simply listening and being there for someone is the most tremendous encouragement you can o er.
Encouragement is not a one-time gift; it has a ripple e ect. When we lift others, they are often inspired to do the same for someone else. A single word of encouragement can create a chain reaction, spreading positivity far beyond its initial source.
As we re ect on the spirit of this season, let us remember that encouragement embodies the essence of hope, peace, love and joy. It strengthens relationships, heals wounds and brings light into the darkest corners of our lives.
So, this year, alongside the physical gifts we may exchange, let’s give the gift of encouragement. It costs nothing but can change everything. Let’s use our words to build, lift and inspire. As we o er this gift to others, we may nd that it is also the greatest gift we give ourselves.
May this season be one of connection, kindness and encouragement. I would love to hear your encourager story at gotonorton@gmail.com. Remember that we all have something to give one another, the gift of our true feelings, making it a better-than-good life.
Michael Norton is an author, a personal and professional coach, consultant, trainer, encourager and motivator of individuals and businesses, working with organizations and associations across multiple industries.
Denver, sponsored key legislation to push transmission planning in Colorado. Now in Durango as CEO of La Plata Electric, he has started working on guiding his electrical cooperative to 97% emission-free electricity in the next decade. Transmission, he says, will be crucial. e capacity of existing transmission lines can be expanded by reconductoring and other technology. But we all together need to be better connected east and west, north and south.
One crucial question, says Hansen, is whether Denver-based Chris Wright, the choice of Donald Trump to be secretary of energy, will support continued transmission planning. His Colorado-based career has been in oil and gas. Wright sees renewables as a distant solution.
Southeastern Colorado brims with renewable energy potential. Baca County has Colorado’s best wind, according to a 2017 study by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. It also has strong solar. at’s why corn grows so well there — assuming it has water. e water of the Ogallala Aquifer won’t last, but the solar and wind almost certainly will. What it lacks now is a farm-to-market transmission highway.
Allen Best publishes Big Pivots. If you’re interested in the transitions in energy and water provoked by climate change, check it out at bigpivots.com.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
CD8 spending was wasted
Re the December 19 Northglenn ornton Sentinel article, “Final price tag of race in CD8: $40 million.”
I shake my head resignedly. We have thousands in our communities who are homeless, hungry, lacking in health care, despairing; yet we spend $40 million to buy a House of Representatives election. e waste is even more tragic when considering the millions for advertising that deserved to immediately go into the trash (or otherwise be ignored) since what is demonstrated by two-party winner-takeall political advertising is that neither candidate deserves to represent us.
But such is the state of our political system until we acknowledge that the in uence of money in our elections is contrary to the values of our democracy, and until we institute reforms, such as Ranked Choice Voting, to shine light into the pitfall of what poorly equates to elections by the people.
Kirk Sarell, Northglenn
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BIG PIVOTS
Allen Best WINNING
Reduce chronic absenteeism
Goal: Cut chronic absenteeism to 15% of K-12 students by the 2027-28 school year.
Progress: In the 2023-24 school year, 27.7% of students were chronically absent.
A student is considered chronically absent if they miss 10% or more of the school days in a school year, or approximately 18 days. Chronic absenteeism is a problem because students who miss a lot of school can fall behind academically and nd it hard to catch up.
“If they’re not there, I don’t care how great your instruction is, how great your building is, how many programs you have,” State Board of Education member Lisa Escárcega said at a meeting this week while discussing the goals. “If they’re not there, they can’t learn.”
Chronic absenteeism has always been an issue, but it was made worse by the pandemic. Schools across the country have struggled to improve student attendance in the years since. While some are seeing success, absenteeism rates largely remain higher than they were before COVID. at’s true in Colorado. e state’s chronic absenteeism rate hit a high of 35.5% in the 2021-22 school year. It was a huge jump from before the pandemic, when the rate ranged from 18% to 24%.
Colorado is one of several states that have signed on to an ambitious pledge to cut chronic absenteeism by half over a ve-year period. e department’s goal of
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a 15% chronic absenteeism rate would be a big improvement on the pre-pandemic rate.
e department has already launched a statewide campaign called “Every School Day Matters!” According to the website, more than 30 districts and schools have signed on. e department hopes 80% of Colorado’s 178 districts will agree to participate by next October.
e department also aims to increase training for educators and grow the number of visitors to a website with guidance and resources for school sta on how to foster a sense of student well-being and belonging in their schools — an element that students say is important.
Increase third grade reading scores
Goal: 60% of third graders will meet or exceed state expectations in literacy by 2028.
Progress: In 2024, 42% of third graders met that bar on the state literacy test.
State Board of Education members emphasized the importance of helping students early.
“I’ve heard teachers say, ‘Don’t worry about your kid. ey’ll get it later on. It’ll come to them,’” said board member Angelika Schroeder. “Folks, it doesn’t come to a lot of kids.”
Colorado has never come close to 60% of third graders meeting or exceeding expectations in literacy since it rolled out the CMAS tests in 2015. Córdova called this goal “very ambitious.”
To get there, the department plans to o er more training to educators and ensure more school districts are using what it calls “high quality instructional materials.”
e department also plans to redesign its awards to “celebrate schools with
dents at Colorado’s community colleges.
But most dual-enrolled students leave high school with only a few college credits. e department wants to drastically increase that number.
O cials also want to increase the number of students earning non-degree credentials that would allow them to work in high-demand elds, such as health care or early childhood education.
And they want to boost the number of students participating in apprenticeships, on-the-job training, internships, and other work-based learning experiences.
Colorado has a host of programs meant to accomplish these goals. But the system is fragmented and confusing, with di erent programs overseen by di erent departments. e programs also have differing amounts of funding from the state and buy-in from school districts.
ird grade is considered a key year for reading. Some studies have shown that students who can’t read pro ciently by third grade are less likely to graduate from high school.
Colorado tests students in grades 3-11 in reading, writing, and math each spring. e tests for third graders are called Colorado Measures of Academic Success, or CMAS.
Student test scores plummeted during the pandemic and are now climbing back up. Colorado’s third grade reading scores were actually slightly higher in 2024 than they were in 2019 before the pandemic. But state o cials say the state still has work to do.
Goal: 100% of the Class of 2029 will have earned 12 college credits, a non-degree credential, or participated in a workbased learning opportunity.
Progress: e state doesn’t currently track this metric in this way.
Colorado has for several years been focused on a concept called the “big blur,” which refers to blurring the line between high school and students’ next steps. At its simplest, it’s an attempt to better prepare high school graduates for college or the workforce.
Dual enrollment programs, which allow students to take college-level classes in high school, have become wildly popular. Dual-enrolled high school students now account for nearly half of the stu-
A new report commissioned by state lawmakers includes recommendations for improvements, some of which may be taken up by policymakers in the upcoming legislative session.
e department also wants to increase the number of school districts participating in training sessions about postsecondary workforce readiness and the number that are including postsecondary workforce readiness strategies in their required improvement plans.
Melanie Asmar is the bureau chief for Chalkbeat Colorado. Contact Melanie at masmar@chalkbeat.org. Reprinted with permission from Chalkbeat, a nonpro t news site covering educational change in public schools. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters.
Experts give insight on how to stick to your New Year’s resolutions
BY NINA JOSS NJOSS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Afew years ago, Randi Smith received an Italian accordion as a gift from her husband.
For years, it had been her goal to learn how to play the instrument. She planned to start learning once she retired, but her husband encouraged her to start before that.
But, despite resolving each new year to become an accordion player, Smith still hasn’t learned to play.
“I set myself up, because my goal to learn to play the accordion — it wasn’t speci c enough, and it certainly wasn’t attainable enough,” she said. “Whatever I did have in my mind was a fantasy rather than an achievable, measurable, stepwise map towards progress. It was just like, ‘I’m gonna learn how to play the accordion this year!’”
Smith, a professor of psychological sciences at the Metropolitan State University of Denver, said her story is a common one. Research shows that people tend not to stick to
their New Year’s resolutions beyond a few weeks, with some articles stating the failure rate is as high as 80% by February. rough her research and her work as a licensed psychologist and a licensed clinical social worker, Smith has seen that many people do not achieve their goals for a variety of common reasons. Whether people are making New Year’s resolutions or setting goals at another time of year, there are tips everyone can keep in mind when aiming to build new habits.
One strategy, Smith said, is to set realistic and measurable goals. Unlike her goal to learn to play the accordion, she said good goals should be speci c, measurable, achievable, relevant and time-bound. Many experts refer to these goals by the acronym “SMART.”
For learning to play the accordion, a smart goal could be to play 20 minutes per day, ve days per week and master the song “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” by February, Smith said.
A man scrolls on his phone in his bed at night. SHUTTERSTOCK
TOP LEFT: An accordion, gifted to Randi Smith by her husband. COURTESY OF RANDI SMITH
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“It’s speci c,” she said. “I think it’s achievable. It’s time-bound because it just gives me one month to get that far. And, I can certainly measure it and see whether I’ve been able to do that.”
Smith said it can also be helpful to write goals down. Putting goals on paper encourages the goal-setter to think about how to make the objective more structured, and also helps a person track their progress. It’s critical, however, to make sure that you aren’t too hard on yourself if you falter, Smith said. She said one roadblock to reaching a goal is “developing this all-ornothing thinking around it.”
“As soon as there’s something that is not counted as success toward the goal, the person feels like, ‘I’m a failure, I blew it — better try again next year,’” she said. “Obviously, that’s not good, and that’s why so many resolutions fail within the rst couple weeks or couple months.”
Smith said many people think they need to be hard on themselves in order to keep themselves accountable, but that strategy can actually back re.
“Sadly, the inner-drill-sergeant approach doesn’t really work, because then failure seems so total,” she said. “ e truth of the matter is — and it’s born out in the research, and I certainly see it in my own psychotherapy practice — that you’re actually creating more space for success if (you choose) to be more exible and kind to yourself.”
Cindy Morris, a clinical psychologist, said there are also things to keep in mind when deciding which habits to build for yourself. She is the clinical director of the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus’ Behavioral Health and Wellness Program, where her team trains organizations around the country to help them help patients and clients change their behaviors.
Speci cally, her program trains healthcare organizations, mental health organizations and community and public health groups to help their clients live nicotine-free, practice self-care and improve sleep habits, nutrition, physical activity and more.
Morris said self-awareness is the most important step to changing behavior. First, she said it’s important to re ect on your emotions, especially when you feel guilty or bad about something you have done or continue to do.
“It’s important to listen to it and see what the emotion is telling you,” she said. “Is it,‘I feel bad because I have a rule in my mind, a thought, a belief that tells me this is bad to do?’ or is it that it actually isn’t right for me? Once you get a sense of what’s going on — what is it that you want or don’t want — then you can focus more on the behavior.”
When a person decides they want to change a behavior or build a healthy habit, Morris said, it’s helpful to re ect on the triggers or cues that lead to the behavior they’re trying to change, what their current routine is and what the reward is.
“As people are aware of this kind of habit loop, then they can choose a new, di erent behavior, or di erent habit that they want to practice, and then they can replace the routine,” she said.
For example, if a person nds themself going to sleep late because they always stay up scrolling on their phone, they might recognize that this happens in the lull in the evening after they nish cleaning up from dinner, Morris said. ey might try to replace their mindless phone use at that time of night with reading a novel or taking a relaxing bath — something that can still let them get the reward of turning their brain o for a little bit before they go to sleep, without keeping them awake all night.
Morris said practice is an important part of habitbuilding.
“It’s not like anyone does anything like, say, plays a sport or something (and) the rst time you do it, you’re
“It just feels good to not only be thinking about yourself but to have other people in mind and wonder how they’re doing on what they wanted to be accountable towards.”
incredible and you’re going to the Olympics,” she said. “It’s incremental. And so, we want to be gentle with ourselves.”
Morris and Smith both said having social support is a helpful environment when you are practicing new habits.
“( ere’s) good empirical support for having social support when we’re working on a new goal,” Smith said. “If my goal is to lose 30 pounds in 2025, having a partner who is engaging with me — maybe somebody I meet with to have some regular exercise, or joining a support group to improve my nutrition and master my overeating... We know those things are helpful.”
For Lakewood resident Ty Preizler, having social support is helpful when working towards goals. at’s why he started the Denver Healthy Habits Accountability Group, a community for people to come together to support each other in building new habits.
“I nd that I’m I’m way more motivated when I know that there’s going to be a group of people in a few weeks that I’m going to sit there and talk with about this,” he said. “Just having that companionship makes it a lot easier to stick to to the habits that we want.”
His group, which he launched in October, generally meets once a month. ey discuss their goals and sometimes do guided meditations or journaling sessions to re ect. With a variety of ages and backgrounds, the group members are working towards goals related to tness, nutrition and nding purpose in life.
Learn more about the group at https://www.meetup. com/denver-healthy-habits-accountability-group/.
So far, Preizler said his favorite part of the group has been getting the chance to help people, hearing their challenges and nding a community of people who understand and encourage self-improvement.
“It just feels good to not only be thinking about yourself but to have other people in mind and wonder how they’re doing on what they wanted to be accountable towards,” he said. “It just feels good.”
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Ty Preizler, Lakewood resident
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Nominations for 2025 Youth Awards open
Awards honors young people who strove against long odds
BY BELEN WARD BWARD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
e City of Brighton is seeking nominations from the community for the 2025 Adams County Mayors and Commissioners Youth Award.
According to o cials, the award selects youth who have had signi cant accomplishments, beat the odds, and been motivating, supportive, and inspirational role models to their peers. is annual program honors young people from grades 6 to 12 and up to 20 who overcame personal tragedy, misfortune, or hardship and created positive di erences for themselves and others, whether in school, with friends, or with family. ese kinds of nominations will be chosen.
ree local 27J students were recognized as Adams County Mayors and Commissioners Youth Awards winners in the
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Riverdale Ridge hosts internship clearinghouse
27J School District is hosting an Internship Fair from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Jan. 13 Riverdale Ridge High School, 13380 Yosemite St. in ornton.
Juniors and Seniors from Brighton High School, Prairie View High School and Riverdale Ridge High School will have the opportunity to interview with 50 di erent companies/organizations in Adams County. For more information, email kgarcia1@sd27j.net or call (720) 685-1861.
2023-2024 nominations were Dixie Carson, Brighton High School, Kolton Johnson, Brighton High School, and LaiLoni Line-Parker, Bromley East Charter School.
According to o cials, the program also sets the stage for businesses, the community, and civic
Historical Society seeks craft show help e Adams County Historical Society & Museum is looking for volunteers to help with various activities including our craft shows. For more information contact Denise @ 303-659-7103.
Nominations needed for 2025
Adams County Mayors and Commissioners Youth Awards
If you’d like to nominate a student for the ACMCYA, please complete the online nomination form. e deadline to submit nominations is Jan. 31, 2025, but please nominate as soon as possible.
If you have questions, please contact Abby Martinez at the City of Brighton O ce of Youth Services, at 303-655-2186 or agmartinez@brightonco.gov.
Brighton accepting 2025 Creative Community Grants proposals
Each year, the City of Brighton awards grants to support activities that strengthen economic development, fund special events, assist cultural arts programs, and promote tourism, lodging and related activities that inspire people to spend money and time in Brighton. ese grants are funded by the City’s Lodging Tax, a tax charged on short-term lodging within the City.
leaders to support young people in the community, honor them, and give them support and recognition so that they can defeat those life challenges and achieve success.
Complete the online nomination form to nominate a student for the Adams County Mayors and Commissioners award. e deadline to submit nominations is Jan. 31, 2025, but please nominate as soon as possible. If you have questions, contact Abby Martinez at the City of Brighton O ce of Youth Services at 303-655-2186 or agmartinez@ brightonco.gov.
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Are you interested in learning more about working for local government? Adams County currently has paid internships available.
Opportunities include a cook ($16.48/hour) and classroom aide ($15.62/hour) for Head Start, an IT intern ($17/hour) for the Sheri ’s O ce, and a Healthy Farmers Market intern ($17/ hour).
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e path along the east side of the park will be closed in sections and the skate park, Disc golf course, playground and all shelters will be closed. Sports programming will be relocated to other parks during the work.
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Adams County commissioners and the mayors of municipalities in the county are asking for nominations for the 2025 Adams County Mayors and Commissioners Youth Awards. is award focuses on youth who have triumphed over great odds and serve as inspiration and role models for their peers. is program recognizes young people in grades 6-12 (up to 20 years old) who have overcome personal adversity to create a positive change in their own lives or for those around them. If you know of an individual who has had this impact on others but is not in a school setting, those nominations will also be accepted.
Organizations with projects attracting new visitors and business to the community are encouraged to apply online.
e deadline to apply is Dec. 29. Applications will be reviewed monthly by the City’s review committee. e committee will determine which applications will be awarded and the award amount.
ese opportunities are available through the Workforce & Business Center. ose interested should work with their Business Center case manager or call 720.523.6898 to get established with a case manager.
Benedict Park renovations ongoing
Renovations at Benedict Park at 1855 Southern St. are underway, resulting in limited public access to sections of the park through June 2025.
e construction project will add a variety of amenities and upgrades, including two new playgrounds, a new irrigation system, a skate park expansion, new shelters, new lighting, supplemental landscaping, and a walking trail on the east end of the park.
Commuting Solutions will host a breakfast discussion with Metro North legislators and municipal o cials Jan. 7 in the Glenn Miller Ballroom on the University of Colorado-Boulder Campus. Commuting Solutions is a nonpro t community group based in Louisville that focuses on transportation alternatives, like rail, bicycling and ride-sharing. It’s made up of businesses and government o cials from the northern Metro Denver area, especially those along the Interstate 36 corridor. is will be the 16th legislative breakfast the group has hosted.
e 2025 edition of the breakfast will discuss the areas where transportation issues and climate intersect. Topics that are expected to be discussed include Innovations in transit-oriented communities, rail development and funding and e orts to expand statewide transit.
Projects must be completed by November 30, 2025 and endof-year reports must be given to the City by December 31, 2025. Unused funding may only be carried forward into future years with prior approval from the City. Grant funds are contingent on the approval of the City’s annual budget and completion of all required contracts, agreements, and follow-up reporting on the
e parking lot along Southern Street will be closed but access to drive through it is permitted. Portions of the parking lot adjacent to the splash pad at the northwest
e breakfast is scheduled from 7:45-9:45 a.m. Jan. 7 in the University Memorial Center on the CU campus. Tickets are $100 for Commuting Solutions group members, and $135 for nonmembers. For more information and to register, go to https:// commutingsolutions.org/ event/16th-legislative-breakfast/ on the group’s website.
Students from 27J winners of the Adams County Mayors and Commissioners Youth Awards 2023-2024 nominations, left to right Dixie Carson, Brighton High School, Kolton Johnson, Brighton High School, and LaiLoni Line-Parker, Bromley East Charter School. COURTESY OF ADAMS COUNTY
Winter can play havoc with health
BY SUZIE GLASSMAN SGLASSMAN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
When snow blankets the streets around the Denver metro area, it’s not just roads that become treacherous — your heart might be at risk too. e combination of cold temperatures, reduced physical activity and sudden strenuous tasks can create a “perfect recipe” for heart attacks, according to Dr. Akhil Reddy, an interventional and structural cardiologist with HCA HealthONE in Denver.
Many might assume the cold itself is the problem, but Reddy clari ed that it’s not so much the temperature as it is the activity people undertake in the cold. “ e more common scenario is people shoveling snow and exerting themselves and having an active myocardial infarction, or heart attack,” he explained.
According to the AHA, intense physical e ort combined with cold temperatures forces the heart to work overtime. Blood vessels constrict in the cold, causing blood pressure to rise.
When paired with the sudden cardiovascular demand of activities like shoveling snow, this can trigger heart attacks, especially in people with pre-existing risk factors like high blood pressure, high cholesterol or diabetes.
Physical exertion in cold weather can be deceptively dangerous
Shoveling snow may look like a mundane household task, but research shows it’s a workout that rivals intense cardio.
“Shoveling a little snow o your sidewalk may not seem like hard work,” said Barry Franklin, the lead author of the American Heart Association’s 2020 scienti c statement regarding exercise-related acute cardiovascular events. “However, the strain of heavy snow shoveling may be as or even more demanding on the heart than taking a treadmill stress test, according to research we’ve conducted.”
“ e movements of snow shoveling are very taxing and demanding on your body and can cause signi cant increases in your heart rate and blood pressure,” Franklin told the AHA. “Combined with the fact that the exposure to cold air can constrict blood vessels throughout the body, you’re asking your heart to do a lot more work in conditions that are diminishing the heart’s ability to function at its best.”
According to Reddy, the danger lies in the sudden increase in demand on the cardiovascular system, particularly for people who are not regularly active. e heart, especially one that hasn’t been consistently active, is not ready for sud-
Cold weather brings heart risks
den, intense exertion.
“When it’s cold outside, you’re more sedentary,” Reddy said. “You just don’t have the ability to understand your own limitations. It’s like asking a Toyota Camry to race on a NASCAR track. You’re not going to do well,” he said.
Reddy emphasized that even those who don’t have symptoms of heart disease should consider getting a stress test before starting new, intense physical activities.
“If you haven’t exercised in a while, that’s a reason to see a doctor and ask, ‘Is my heart OK to do this?’” he said.
The role of hypothermia in heart health
While heart attacks from exertion are the most common winter concern, Reddy also discussed the dangers of hypothermia, which occurs when the body’s core temperature drops.
He explained that prolonged exposure to cold weather, particularly if someone is wet or underdressed, can lead to dangerous changes in heart rhythm.
“Hypothermia can lead to bradyarrhythmias, a condition where the heart beats too slowly,” he said. “You can end up passing out or having a cardiac arrest.”
How to recognize the warning signs of a heart attack
Recognizing heart attack symptoms early can mean the di erence between life and death. Reddy noted that while most people know to watch for chest pain or tingling in the left arm, symptoms for women and people with diabetes can be more subtle.
Reddy stressed that symptoms that appear during physical exertion — rather than at rest — should not be ignored.
“Peak exercise bringing about any sort of symptom, to me, is an ominous sign,” he said. “ is can include shortness of breath, nausea, vomiting or abdominal pain. If you’re noticing activities you normally do without symptoms are now causing shortness of breath or other symptoms, that’s your red ag to seek care.”
e AHA agrees, noting that women often experience heart attack symptoms di erently than men. Instead of classic chest pain, women may feel fatigue, nausea, or back and jaw pain. People with diabetes may also have “silent” heart attacks without obvious chest pain.
Reddy highlighted the importance of listening to your body during exercise.
“If you’re shoveling snow and you feel o , that’s not the time to push through,” he said.
6 ways to protect your heart this winter
With cold weather here for the next few months, you can take proactive steps to safeguard your heart health. Here’s advice from Reddy and the AHA on how to stay safe:
1. Stay active year-round: e best way to avoid cold-weather heart strain is to maintain regular physical activity throughout the year. “Try to be active at home, like going up and down stairs, doing jumping jacks or using an indoor bike,” Reddy suggested. Keeping the heart conditioned prevents it from being “shocked” by sudden, intense activity like snow shoveling.
2. Get a stress test before new exercise: If you plan to start a new activity like running, CrossFit or even shoveling snow, consider a stress test. is step is particularly important for people with risk factors like high blood pressure, diabetes or a family history of heart disease.
3. Dress warmly to avoid hypothermia: Protect yourself from extreme cold by wearing layered clothing, gloves and hats. e AHA emphasizes that keeping your head and extremities covered prevents heat loss. Stay dry if you’re planning outdoor activities since wet clothing increases the risk of hypothermia.
4. Know your limits when shoveling snow: Break up snow shoveling into smaller sessions, and don’t be afraid to ask for help. e AHA recommends using a smaller shovel to avoid lifting heavy loads of snow, which reduces strain on the heart. Take frequent breaks and stay hydrated.
5. Schedule annual health checkups: “If you’re over 40, you should be getting yearly checkups,” Reddy advised. A physical exam can detect heart murmurs, a potential sign of valve disease and identify other cardiac risk factors. If a doctor hears a murmur, they may recommend an echocardiogram or further testing.
6. Recognize heart attack symptoms: Watch for classic heart attack signs, but don’t overlook subtle symptoms like nausea, lightheadedness or back pain. Women may experience heart attacks di erently from men. If symptoms occur during physical exertion — even if they seem mild — seek medical attention immediately.
A Golden resident clears their front walkway during a recent snowstorm. FILE PHOTO
Colorado cyclist returns from 5-year trip around the globe
Ted Eliason details circumnavigating the world on his bicycle
BY JOHN RENFROW JRENFROW@COLORADOCOMNMUNITYMEDIA.COM
After over ve years pedaling across 56 countries spanning ve continents, Ted Eliason is back in time for the holidays and enjoying the creature comforts of his Westminster home.
On Dec. 14, Eliason, 57, turned the nal corner of his neighborhood bordering Westminster and Arvada on his Surly bike to return at last to his wife, Kendra, and the welcome sight of his friends, family and food he’d missed for a half-decade.
It only took 51,164 miles and 1,379 days.
Eliason had always planned to climb the Himalayas. To prepare for this bucket-list goal, he moved to Colorado in 1999 with the idea of using the Front Range as a training ground for tackling the tallest peaks in the world. He and Kendra had lived a life together of rock climbing, ice climbing, mountain climbing and all sorts of mountaineering adventures (including summiting all of Colorado’s 14ers), from the Rockies to the Alps to the Andes and in Canada.
But one day a mountaineering accident broke Eliason’s foot. To help in his recovery, he took up cycling, but could never have guessed the places it would take him.
“I had started watching people on Instagram doing this kind of cycling, and realized the money that I would spend on one guided peak in the Himalayas was enough to fund me for about three years on a bicycle instead,” Eliason said. “And so I sort of changed my lifetime goal at the last minute. Instead of taking three months with a 50% chance of success at one mountain, how about we take three years and try to go through 50 countries around the world in one trip? And so I was at a point in my life where I decided, if I’m ever going to take a shot at this, this is when I need to do it.”
Part I: Hitting the open road … and quick roadblocks
After weeks of planning and plotting, he set out on his expedition in 2019, pulling his loaded-up bike out of his garage to trek across the country to Newfoundland, stopping during nights to set up camp and nd at ground for his tent. In the beginning, it was easy to overthink, and to overdo just about everything, he said.
“Absolutely there were a lot of doubts,” Eliason said. “I started by over-planning, over-gearing, over-spending. And it’s funny. e longer that I’ve been doing this, the more my executive function has
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thinking about, ‘OK, where do I have to be tomorrow? Where am I going to eat, sleep, you know, what can I a ord?’ And over time, I just got better at it.”
He rode his momentum down to Providence, Rhode Island, where he’d y across the pond to start his European stint. After landing in Dublin, Eliason powered up to Scotland before turning south for Brindisi, Italy, to wind around the Alps to the east.
A ferry took him to Greece, where he biked east through Croatia to the Danube River.
Following the ancient waterway from Serbia to Bulgaria, Eliason quickly learned that this trip wouldn’t be possible in just three years. e COVID-19 pandemic would halt his journey and the world over.
“I missed the Turkish border from Bulgaria by a day,” Eliason said. “ I got to Bulgaria, and then basically the whole country just locked down. Which, you know, if you’re going to get stuck, Bulgaria is a good place. It’s the least expensive country in the EU. I had a very comfortable one-bedroom apartment on the Black Sea. I wound up staying there for three months waiting
for the Turkish border to open, which it never did.”
Discouraged and antsy, Eliason reluctantly made for the So a International Airport, ashing his passport to guards through highway checkpoints and nally being let through.
Getting home was an expensive roadblock in his journey, costing him both his nances and his time.
Upon his return, Eliason quickly discovered (unsurprisingly) that he wasn’t satis ed sitting around waiting for the Earth to reopen. Before he knew it, he was back on the bike.
“When I got home, I wasn’t ready to stop,” he said. “My wife suggested I bike out to Oregon and see my brother, and I had always wanted to do the West Coast bicycle route down Highway 1. My COVID loop was up to Glacier, over to the U.S.-Canada border, down the West Coast to Tijuana. And back at that point, I was in California spending $8 on a box of Triscuits, and just was like, this is not the priority for spending. So I went home, and I kind of rotted for a year and a half and waited.”
Ted Eliason poses in front of a sign depicting the longest road through Australia. He biked from Perth to Sydney on his journey.
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The map above details Ted Eliason’s final stretch from South America back to Colorado. It also details his trip during COVID-19 to Oregon and down the West Coast.
Part II: Getting back in the saddle
By April of 2022, Eliason nally felt borders had opened enough to pick back up where he left o . But this time, Kendra was coming along, if only for a bit.
e adventurers went back to Greece for Round Two. ey enjoyed parts of Greece and Turkey together for two weeks before Kendra returned to the U.S. and sent him o for Central Asia. A bus took her to the airport in Istanbul.
As for Eliason, he made it into Turkey this time and followed a path across Georgia and Central Asia to the Chinese border.
Rather than go through China, which was still closed due to the pandemic, he traveled to Almaty, Kazakhstan, to y rst to Dehli, India, before connecting to Leh, one of the northernmost points of India and a key historical trade point also known for stunning views and cultural signi cance.
After enjoying a week of backpacking in the area, Eliason continued his journey down the west coast of India around the peninsula to Chennai on the eastern side. Kendra ew to meet him again in Bangkok in January 2023.
All the way from Bangkok to Nha Trang, Vietnam, the two cycled across Cambodia together for ve weeks. It was an experience the two will relish forever and was the favorite stint of the long journey for both riders.
“South Asia was freaking amazing. I would go back,” Kendra said. “ ere’s not many places I would say I would go back. e riding was so amazing. ere’s always a huge shoulder (to bike on), and they’re all on two wheels. You’d see families of six on one motorcycle. It was so crazy exhilarating to go through South Vietnam. e tra c was just insane. We had kids chasing us and cheering us on (and) little kids racing us on bicycles. It was like a bicycle culture.”
From there, Kendra went home while Eliason looped up through Vietnam solo to the Chinese border before wrapping around Laos to get to ailand. He moved south through Malaysia before hopping over to Indonesia to bike from Java to Bali, concluding the Asian stint of his journey.
Another ight took him to Australia, where he’d trek across the outback from Perth all the way to Sydney before taking to New Zealand. While this portion of his trip was undoubtedly beautiful, Eliason said Australia and New Zealand, much like the U.S., can be di cult to navigate. “ e U.S. and Canada together, as well as Australia and New Zealand, are geared around cars, and how you travel through them is just very di erent from how you travel in the rest of the world,” Eliason said. “ e rest of the world is, in general, much easier. I mean, there are towns everywhere, there’s food everywhere (and) it’s more a ordable.” ere would be long stretches of highway between cities or towns that would make him push harder to reach a food source, or often camp for the night and survive on what he already had on his person.
After ve weeks in New Zealand, it was time to go back to the Americas.
Part III: Back to the Americas
Landing in Santiago, Chile, the nal stretch up South America back to Colorado was underway. But rst, he’d loop down the Carretera Austral highway to Ushuaia, Argentina, dubbed the “end of
the world” at the southernmost point of South America on the Tierra del Fuego archipelago.
Most of 2023 had passed since Eliason had seen Kendra. But she decided to y south for the winter in December to explore ve South American countries with him.
ey met in Calafate to cycle through Argentina, Uruguay, Rio Grande Do Sol Brazil, Paraguay and nally Bolivia to La Paz where she ew home again ve months after she’d arrived.
us began the last leg of his transcontinental journey. It began with Peru, which Eliason said was the beginning of his travel burnout.
“Peru was absolutely the most di cult for me,” Eliason said. “ e Himalayas are easier because the roads are like the Front Range — like (here). In Peru, they are not. ey are up and over repeatedly. So you’re doing 3,000-meter climbs, which can take two days, and then going down and doing it again. It’s very safe.
e people are very nice. e dogs are a bit aggressive. But getting through the Peruvian Andes for me was just really, really grueling.”
He continued up through Ecuador and Colombia before taking a sailboat to Panama. Central America took him through Nicaragua, Honduras and Guatemala before he broke through to Mexico.
e American Southwest was beckoning, and Eliason was anxious to chase it. He longed for his wife, his bed and some Taco Bell.
He nally broke through to Arizona, riding the desert up to Utah and cutting across to Colorado. Just a week from home, a snowstorm would hit Colorado, delaying his nal homecoming. He camped in Parker before making his way to Denver, stopping at the REI at Con uence Park downtown.
Local cyclists and friends joined him there to make the nal stretch back to his Westminster garage. Eliason was welcomed home with a party, a makeshift “ nish line” to break through, and lots of food he’d been missing.
After six sets of tires, countless ats, seven broken chains, eight sets of brake pads, over 20 spokes, four rim/wheel repairs, ve pairs of pedals, 3½ saddles and over 10 ights, he pulled into the garage he’d embarked from ve years ago.
Dismounting from his trusty Surly Disc Trucker, he fell into the arms of his wife while friends and family cheered, ready to celebrate his return. It was sunny and 50 degrees, and for the rst time, Eliason didn’t have to set up camp or worry about what tomorrow’s road would bring.
“ ere’s far, far less to fear about most countries in the world than I ever expected,” Eliason said, re ecting on a lifechanging journey. “ e vast majority of countries will greet a foreign traveler on a bicycle, even an American traveler, like a long-lost relative. I mean, people are just generally good, curious, kind, hospitable people.”
For more photos and to experience Eliason’s journey mile by mile, visit @ bikingthebluemarble on Instagram, and stay tuned for his experience in his own words in a forthcoming book he plans to begin soon.
THERE’S MORE ONLINE!
See more photos at https://coloradocommunitymedia.com/2024/12/17/ colorado-cyclist-returns-from-5-year-triparound-the-globe/ and read answers to four more questions we asked Ted Eliason.
Pictured is a campsite Ted Eliason from Colorado set up along Peru’s grueling highway through the Andes mountains.
Ted and Kendra Eliason pose for a photo as they cross into Brazil.
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/s/ GREGORY MILLS, Mayor
ATTEST: /s/ NATALIE HOEL, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM: /s/ YASMINA GIBBONS, Deputy City Attorney
A COMPLETE COPY OF THE ORDINANCE IS AVAILABLE FOR
Petition and to set a public hearing in regard to such petition.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Brighton, Colorado, as follows:
Section 1. The City Council hereby finds that the Petition, attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference as EXHIBIT C, substantially complies with the applicable requirements of C.R.S. § 31-12-107.
Section 2. The City Council of the City of Brighton, Colorado will hold a public hearing for the purpose of determining if the proposed annexation complies with Colorado Revised Statutes, Sections 31-12-104 and 31-12-105, as amended, at the following time, date, and place:
Tuesday, January 21, 2025, 6:00 p.m. City Council Chambers 500 South 4th Avenue Brighton, Colorado 80601
Any person may appear at such hearing and present evidence relative to the proposed annexation.
Section 3. Upon completion of the hearing, the City Council of the City of Brighton, Colorado shall set forth, by resolution, its findings of fact and its conclusion based thereon with reference to the eligibility of the proposed annexation, whether the statutory requirements of the proposed annexation have been met, and whether an election for the annexation is required.
Section 4. This Resolution is effective as of the date of its adoption.
RESOLVED this 3rd day of December 2024.
CITY OF BRIGHTON, COLORADO
By: /s./Gregory Mills, Mayor
ATTEST: By: /s./Natalie Hoel, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM: By: /s./Yasmina Gibbons, Deputy City Attorney
NO. 2462 INTRODUCED BY: Padilla
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BRIGHTON, COLORADO, APPROVING AN AMENDMENT TO CERTAIN ARTICLES OF THE LAND
/s/ GREGORY MILLS, Mayor
ATTEST: /s/ NATALIE HOEL, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM /s/ YASMINA GIBBONS, Deputy City Attorney
A COMPLETE COPY OF THE ORDINANCE IS AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK DURING NORMAL BUSINESS HOURS AND ON THE CITY OF BRIGHTON WEBSITE.
Legal Notice No. BSB3554
First Publication: January 2, 2025
Last Publication: January 2, 2025 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade Public Notice
RESOLUTION NO. 2024-93
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF BRIGHTON, COLORADO FINDING
SUBSTANTIAL COMPLIANCE OF AN ANNEXATION PETITION, AND SETTING A PUBLIC HEARING FOR JANUARY 21, 2025, TO DETERMINE IF THE APPROXIMATELY 2.859 ACRE PARCEL, TO BE KNOWN AS THE PETERS PROPERTY ANNEXATION, COMPLIES WITH STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS FOR SUCH ANNEXATION.
WHEREAS, pursuant to the laws of the State of Colorado, a Petition for Annexation to the City of Brighton (the “Petition”), was presented to the City of Brighton; and
WHEREAS, the Petition requests the annexation of approximately 2.859 acres of contiguous unincorporated territory, situated, lying, and being in the County of Adams, State of Colorado, as more particularly described in EXHIBIT A, attached and shown in EXHIBIT B, attached, hereto (the “Property”), into the City of Brighton; and
WHEREAS, William E. Peters (the “Applicant”), submitted the Petition, attached hereto as EXHIBIT C; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Brighton, Colorado, has reviewed the Petition and has determined that the Petition is in substantial compliance with the applicable laws of the State of Colorado and with the City of Brighton’s requirements for a Petition; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to adopt, by resolution, its findings in regard to such
Principal Meridian, City of Brighton, County of Adams, State of Colorado
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN to all interested persons that they shall appear at the public meeting and show cause in writing why such Petition should not be granted.
BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF BRIGHTON CROSSING METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 7
By: WHITE BEAR ANKELE TANAKA & WALDRON
Attorneys at Law
General Counsel to the District
Legal Notice No. BSB3559
First Publication: January 2, 2025
Last Publication: January 2, 2025
Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade Public Notice
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON INCLUSION
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to all interested persons that a Petition for Inclusion of Property (the “Petition”) has been or is expected to be filed with the Board of Directors of Brighton Crossing Metropolitan District No. 4, City of Brighton, Adams County, Colorado (the “District”). The Petition requests that the property described below be included into the District. The Petition shall be heard at a public meeting on Tuesday, January 7, 2025 at 5:00 p.m., via Microsoft Zoom, at the following link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84768884140?pwd=u84ZbfaS6QKco1sw2l1appycfak8HT.1 Passcode:530209; Webinar ID: 847 6888 4140 Telephone: 1-719-359-4580 or 1-669-900-9128
The name and address of the Petitioner and a description of the property to be included are as follows:
Name of Petitioner: Brookfield Residential (Colorado) LLC
Address of Petitioner:
EXHIBIT A Legal Description
Approximately 2.859 acres of property located in the Southwest Quarter of Section 10, Township 1 South, Range 66 West of the Sixth Principal Meridian, County of Adams, State of Colorado.
[A full legal description may be obtained in the Community Development Office during normal business hours.]
EXHIBIT B Annexation Map
[Annexation Map may be obtained in the Community Development Office during normal business hours.]
EXHIBIT C Annexation Petition
[Annexation Petition may be obtained in the Community Development Office during normal business hours.]
Legal Notice No. BSB3529
First Publication: December 19, 2024
Last Publication: January 9, 2025
Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade Metropolitan
Districts
Public Notice
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON EXCLUSION OF PROPERTY
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to all interested persons that a Petition for Exclusion of Property (the “Petition”) has been or is expected to be filed with the Board of Directors of Brighton Crossing Metropolitan District No. 7, City of Brighton, Adams County, Colorado (the “District”). The Petition requests that the property described below be excluded from the District. The Petition shall be heard at a public meeting on Tuesday, January 7, 2025 at 5:00 p.m., via Microsoft Zoom, at the following link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84768884140?pwd=u84ZbfaS6QKco1sw2l1appycfak8HT.1 Passcode:530209; Webinar ID: 847 6888 4140 Telephone: 1-719-359-4580 or 1-669-900-9128
The name and address of the Petitioner and a description of the property to be excluded are as follows:
Name of Petitioner: Brookfield Residential (Colorado) LLC Address of Petitioner: 6465 S. Greenwood Plaza Boulevard, Suite 700
General
6465 S. Greenwood Plaza Boulevard, Suite 700 Centennial, Colorado 80111
General Description of Property: A Portion of the Southeast Quarter of Section 2, Township 1 South, Range 66 West of the Sixth Principal Meridian, City of Brighton, County of Adams, State of Colorado
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN to all interested persons that they shall appear at the public meeting and show cause in writing why such Petition should not be granted.
BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF BRIGHTON CROSSING METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 4
By: WHITE BEAR ANKELE TANAKA & WALDRON
Attorneys at Law
General Counsel to the District
Legal Notice No. BSB3560
First Publication: January 2, 2025
Last Publication: January 2, 2025
Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade Public Notice
NOTICE OF VACANCY ON THE BOARDS OF DIRECTORS OF PARKLAND METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOS. 1-3
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, and particularly to the electors of the Parkland Metropolitan District Nos. 1-3 (the each a “District”), City of Brighton, Adams County, Colorado.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to Section 32-1-808, C.R.S., that one or more vacancies currently exist on the Boards of Directors of the Districts. Any qualified, eligible elector of the Districts interested in serving on the Boards of Directors for the Districts should file a Letter of Interest with the Boards by 5:00 p.m., on January 12, 2025.
Letters of Interest should be sent to Parkland Metropolitan District Nos. 1-3, c/o WHITE BEAR ANKELE TANAKA & WALDRON, 2154 E. Commons Ave., Suite 2000, Centennial, CO 80122.
PARKLAND METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOS. 1-3
By: /s/ WHITE BEAR ANKELE TANAKA & WALDRON
Attorneys at Law
Legal Notice No. BSB3548
First Publication: January 2, 2025
Last Publication: January 2, 2025
Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade Summons and Sheriff Sale
Public Notice
DISTRICT COURT, Adams COUNTY, STATE OF COLORADO
CIVIL ACTION NO. 2024CV030194
DIVISION NO. W
INITIAL COMBINED NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE OF REAL PROPERTY AND RIGHT TO CURE AND REDEEM
Plaintiff, Riverdale Farm Homeowners’ Association v.
Defendants, FRANSISCO ANTONIO ESPINOZA CHAVERO et al
Regarding: Lot 5, Block 5, Riverdale Farm Residential 2nd Filing, County of Adams, State of Colorado.
Also known as: 8430 Madison Way, Thornton, CO 80229
TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS,
Please take notice:
You and each of you are hereby notified that a Sheriff’s Sale of the referenced property is to be conducted by the Civil Division of the Sheriff’s Office of Adams County, Colorado at 9:00 A.M., on the 30th day of January 2025, at 1100 Judicial Center Drive, Brighton, CO 80601: phone number 303-655-3272. At which sale, the above-described real property and improvements thereon will be sold to the highest bidder. Plaintiff makes no warranty relating to title, possession, or quiet enjoyment in and to said real property in connection with this sale.
**BIDDERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE CASH OR CERTIFIED FUNDS SUFFICIENT TO COVER THEIR HIGHEST BID AT TIME OF SALE. **
Further, for the purpose of paying off, curing default or redemption, as provided by statute, intent must be directed to or conducted at the above address of the Civil Division of the Sheriff’s Department of Adams County, Colorado. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
First Publication: December 5, 2024
Last Publication: January 2, 2025
Published In: Brighton Standard Blade
NOTICE OF RIGHT TO CURE AND RIGHT TO REDEEM
RE: Sheriff’s Sale of Real Property pursuant to Order and Decree of Foreclosure and C.R.S. 38-38-101 et seq.
This is to advise you that a Sheriff sale proceeding has been commenced through the office of the undersigned Sheriff pursuant to a Court Order and Decree dated August 15, 2024, and C.R.S. 38-38-101 et seq., by Riverdale Farm Homeowners’ Association, the current holder of a lien recorded on July 31, 2023 at Rec. No. 2023000043594, in the records of the Clerk and Recorder of the County of Adams, State of Colorado. The judicial foreclosure is based on a default under the Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions of Riverdale Farms Subdivision, recorded on August 12, 2010 at Reception No. B592466 in the records of the Clerk and Recorder of the County of Adams, State of Colorado. The Declaration and notices, as recorded, establish a lien for the benefit of Riverdale Farm Homeowners’ Association, WHICH LIEN BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AND IMPROVEMENTS.
You may have an interest in the real property being affected or have certain rights or suffer certain liabilities or loss of your interest in the subject property as a result of said foreclosure. You may have the right to redeem the real property, or you may have the right to cure a default under the instrument being foreclosed. Any Notice of Intent to Cure must be filed no later than fifteen (15) calendar days prior to the date of the foreclosure sale. A notice of intent to cure filed pursuant to section 3838-104 shall be filed with the officer at least fifteen (15) calendar days prior to the first scheduled sale date or any date to which the sale is continued.
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.
A notice of intent to redeem filed pursuant to section 38-38-302 shall be filed with the officer no later than eight (8) business days after the sale.
In this regard, you may desire and are advised to consult with your own private attorney.
IF THE BORROWER BELIEVES THAT A LENDER OR SERVICER HAS VIOLATED THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT IN SECTION 38-38103.1 OR THE PROHIBITION ON DUAL TRACKING IN SECTION 38-38-103.2, THE BORROWER MAY FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE COLORADO ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE FEDERAL CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BURAU (CFBP), OR BOTH. THE FILING OF A COMPLAINT WILL NOT
STOP THE FORECLOSUE PROCESS.
Colorado Attorney General 1300 Broadway, 10th Floor Denver, Colorado 80203 (800) 222-4444
www.coloradoattorneygeneral.gov
Federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau P.O. Box 4503 Iowa City, Iowa 52244 (855) 411-2372 www.consumerfinance.gov
Further, you are advised that the parties liable thereon, the owner of the property described above, or those with an interest in the subject property, may take appropriate and timely action under Colorado statutes, certain sections of which are attached hereto.
In order to be entitled to take advantage of any rights provided for under Colorado law, you must strictly comply and adhere to the provisions of the law. Further, you are advised that the attached Colorado statutes merely set forth the applicable portions of Colorado statutory law relating to curative and redemption rights; therefore, you should read and review all the applicable statutes and laws in order to determine the requisite procedures and provisions which control your rights in the subject property.
DATED in Colorado this 7th day of November 2024.
Sheriff of Adams County, Colorado By: Kathy Grosshans Deputy Sheriff
ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF: ORTEN CAVANAGH HOLMES & HUNT, LLC 1445 Market Street, Suite 350 Denver, CO 80202
Statutes attached: §§38-37-108, 38-38-103, 38-38-104, 38-38-301, 38-38-304, 38-38-305, and 38-38-306, C.R.S., as amended.
Legal Notice No. BSB3519
First Publication: December 5, 2024
Last Publication: January 2, 2025
Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade Public Notice
DISTRICT COURT, ADAMS COUNTY, COLORADO Court Address: 1100 Judicial Center Dr., Brighton, CO 80601
Plaintiff: EASTLAKE ESTATES HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC., a Colorado non-profit corporation
Defendants: JACQUELYN KOSINSKI; COLORADO HOUSING & FINANCE AUTHORITY; DECKER & JONES, P.C.; CAPITAL ONE, N.A.; ALEX VILLAGRAN, AS PUBLIC TRUSTEE AND TREASURER FOR ADAMS COUNTY; UNKNOWN TENANT(S) IN POSSESSION
Case Number: 2024CV030916
Attorneys for Plaintiff: WINZENBURG, LEFF, PURVIS & PAYNE, LLP
Wendy E. Weigler #28419 Address: 350 Indiana Street, Suite 450 Golden, CO 80401 Phone Number: (303) 863-1870
SHERIFF’S COMBINED NOTICE OF SALE AND RIGHT TO CURE AND REDEEM
Under a Judgment and Decree of Foreclosure entered on September 17, 2024, in the abovecaptioned action, I am ordered to sell certain real property as follows: Original Lienee Jacquelyn Kosinski Original Lienor Eastlake Estates Homeowners Association, Inc. Current Holder of the evidence of debt Eastlake Estates Homeowners Association, Inc.
Date of Lien being foreclosed February 25, 2022
Date of Recording of Lien being foreclosed March 17, 2022 County of Recording Adams Recording Information
Original Principal Balance of the secured indebtedness $1,011.35 Outstanding Principal Balance of the
THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED. A NOTICE OF INTENT TO REDEEM FILED PURSUANT TO §38-38-302, C.R.S., SHALL BE FILED WITH THE OFFICER NO LATER THAN EIGHT (8) BUSINESS DAYS AFTER THE SALE, EXCEPT THAT, IF THE PERSON IS DEEMED AN ALTERNATE LIENOR PURSUANT TO §38-38-305.5, C.R.S. AND THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED IS A UNIT ASSOCIATION LIEN, THE ALTERNATE LIENOR HAS THIRTY (30) DAYS TO FILE THE NOTICE WITH THE OFFICER OF THE ALTERNATE LIENOR’S INTENT TO REDEEM. IF THE BORROWER BELIEVES THAT A LENDER OR SERVICER HAS VIOLATED THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT IN C.R.S. 38-38-103.1 OR THE PROHIBITION ON DUAL TRACKING IN C.R.S. 38-38-103.2, THE BORROWER MAY FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE COLORADO ATTORNEY GENERAL AT THE COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF LAW, RALPH L. CARR JUDICIAL BUILDING, 1300 BROADWAY, 10TH FLOOR, DENVER, CO 80203, 720-508-6000; THE CFPB, HTTP://WWW. CONSUMERFINANCE.GOV/COMPLAINT/; CFPB,
the said real property described above, and all interest of said Grantor and the heirs and assigns of said Grantor, for the purpose of paying the judgment amount entered herein, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. Bidders are required to have cash or certified
IF THE BORROWER BELIEVES THAT A LENDER OR SERVICER HAS VIOLATED THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT IN C.R.S. 38-38103.1 OR THE PROHIBITION ON DUAL TRACKING IN C.R.S. 38-38-103.2, THE BORROWER MAY FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE COLORADO ATTORNEY GENERAL AT THE COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF LAW, RALPH L. CARR JUDICIAL BUILDING, 1300 BROADWAY, 10TH FLOOR, DENVER, CO 80203, 720-508-6000; THE CFPB, HTTP:// WWW.CONSUMERFINANCE.GOV/COMPLAINT/; CFPB, PO BOX 2900, CLINTON IA 52733-2900 (855) 411-2372 OR BOTH, BUT THE FILING OF A COMPLAINT WILL NOT STOP THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS.
The name, address and telephone number of each of the attorneys representing the holder of the evidence of the debt is as follows:
Wendy E. Weigler, Esq. Winzenburg, Leff, Purvis & Payne, LLP 350 Indiana Street, Suite 450 Golden, CO 80401 303-863-1870
THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED MAY BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.
Date: November 14, 2024.
By: Sarah Tedesco Adams County Sheriff Adams County, Colorado
Statutes attached: §§38-37-108, 38-38-103, 38-38-104, 38-38-301, 38-38-302, 38-38304, 38-38-305, and 38-38-306, C.R.S., as amended.
Legal Notice No. BSB3507 First Publication: January 2, 2025 Last Publication: January 30, 2025 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade
OF STOCKHOLDERS
Notice is hereby given that the annual meeting of the stockholders of the Fulton Irrigating Ditch Company will be held at METRO WATER RECOVERY, NORTHERN TREATMENT PLANT in the Visitors Center, located at 51 Baseline Road, Brighton, Colorado (northwest corner of East 168th Avenue and Highway 85), on MONDAY, JANUARY 27, 2025, at 1:30 o’clock in the afternoon for the election of five directors and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting.
It is important that a quorum be present. It is important that you be present or give your proxy to someone who will be present, or you may designate one of the present board members to vote your stock. The present board members are: David Petrocco, Sr., Scott Olsen, Tricia Williams, Robert T. Sakata, and Marv Falconburg. Mail your proxy to the Secretary at 25 South Fourth Avenue, Brighton, Colorado 80601. If you are not present, your representative will vote your stock. If you are present, you may revoke the proxy and vote your own stock.
It is important that a majority of all the stock; namely 3,600 shares, be present in person or by proxy.
Legal Notice No. BSB3557
First Publication: January 2, 2025 Last Publication: January 2, 2025 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade
Public Notice
Notice is hereby given that the personal property described below will be sold to the highest bidder on January 10, 2025 at or after 10:00AM, at Southwest Mobile Storage, 9595 Brighton Rd. Henderson, CO 80640 Phn: 866.503.0668
Property of: WESTERN LANDSCAPE SUPPLY Last known address: 855 E 68TH AVE DENVER,CO 80229 Property in Unit: 20-111886-9 Misc. Campbell Hausfeld Air Compressor; Generac GP6500 Portable Generator; 2.5 Gal. Jug Blue Def Diesel Exhaust Fluid x 2; Apprx. 35 Rolls of Landscaping Cloth
Legal Notice No. BSB3549
First Publication: December 26, 2024
Last Publication: January 2, 2025 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade
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Gordon A Rain Personal Representative 779 Emerald St, Lochbuie CO 80603
Legal Notice No. BSB3547
First Publication: December 26, 2024
Last Publication: January 9, 2025
Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of Byron William Smith, a/k/a Byron W. Smith a/k/a Byron Smith, Deceased Case Number: 2024PR30860
All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to District Court of Adams County, Colorado or on or before May 2, 2025, or the claims may be
barred.
Susan Reichert Smith
Personal Representative 9528 E. 112th Pl. Henderson, CO 80640
Legal Notice No. BSB 3133
First Publication: January 2, 2025
Last Publication: January 16, 2025
Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade PUBLIC NOTICE
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of Jerry Tobin, a/k/a Jerry M. Tobin, a/k/a Jerry Miller Tobin, Deceased Case Number: 2024 PR 30817
All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Adams County, Colorado on or before April 19, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Casey L. Williams, #39117
Attorney for Martin T.J. Rowe, Personal Representative 203 Telluride Street, #400 Brighton, CO 80601
Legal Notice No. BSB3531
First Publication: December 19, 2024
Last Publication: January 2, 2025
Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade PUBLIC NOTICE
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of Raymond Lee McCrillis aka Raymond L. McCrillis aka Raymond McCrillis, Deceased Case Number: 2024 PR 30856
All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Adams County, Colorado on or before April 25, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Beverly Davis McCrillis, Personal Representative Attorney for Personal Representative: Ashlee E. Dunham (54798) Frie, Arndt, Danborn & Thiessen P.C. 7400 Wadsworth Blvd., Suite 201 Arvada, Colorado 80003 303/420-1234
Legal Notice No. BSB3530
First Publication: December 19, 2024
Last Publication: January 2, 2025 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade Children Services
(Adoption/Guardian/Other)
Alana Percy Clerk of the District Court Legal Notice No.
Fort Lupton Press Legals
Metropolitan Districts
Public Notice
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
NOTICE is hereby given pursuant to Section 32-1-204(1), C.R.S., that on Tuesday, January 21, 2025, at 6:00 P.M., or as soon as possible thereafter, a public hearing will be conducted. The hearing will be conducted at the Fort Lupton City Hall, 130 South McKinley Avenue, Fort Lupton, Colorado, or at such other time and place as this hearing may be continued.
A public hearing will be heard upon the application on file with the Fort Lupton City Council, by the Petitioners for the proposed Coyote Creek Metropolitan District (the “District”), for the formation of a metropolitan district. The affected property is generally located south of 9th Street and west of College Avenue in Fort Lupton, in Weld County, Colorado.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that, pursuant to Sections 32-1-203(3.5) and 32-1-204(1.5), C.R.S., the owner of real property within the proposed District may file a request with the City Council, requesting that such real property be excluded from the proposed District. Such request may be filed any time after the Service Plan is filed with the City Council, but no later than ten (10) days before the day fixed for the hearing on said Service Plan.
Reason:Formation of a Title 32
Special District Project Name:Coyote Creek
Metropolitan District
Date of Application: October 31, 2024
Type of District:Metropolitan
Legal Notice No. FLP1184
First Publication: January 2, 2025
Last Publication: January 2, 2025
Publisher: Fort Lupton Press
Public Notice
Notice of Public Hearing on Petition for Inclusion of Real Property into Recreation District
Frederick, Colorado - PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that at 6:30 PM on January 15, 2025 the Board of Directors of the CARBON VALLEY PARKS AND RECREATION DISTRICT will hold a public hearing to consider a Petition of Inclusion by Johnson Farms, LLP to be included into the Carbon Valley Parks and Recreation District’s boundaries with the following legal description of real property: LEGAL DESCRIPTION –
JOHNSON FAMRS/SPINDLE HILL ENERGY
MINOR SUBIVISION, OUTLOT 1. 142.91
ACRES MORE OR LESS. PART OF THE SOUTH HALF OF SECTION 33, AND THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 32, TOWNSHIP 2 NORTH, RANGE 67 WEST OF THE PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, COUNTY OF WELD, STATE OF COLORADO
Copies of the Petition and the legal description of the property is subject to the above-mentioned inclusion may be obtained from Bryan Hostetler, 151 Grant Avenue, Firestone, Colorado, 80520.
The public hearing will be held at the Carbon Valley Parks and Recreation District Community Center located at 151 Grant Avenue, Firestone, CO, 80520, January 15, 2024 at 6:30 PM. Questions prior to the public meeting should be directed to Bryan Hostetler, Deputy Director, (303) 833-3660 Ext. 104.
following legal description of real property: LEGAL DESCRIPTION –A PARCEL OF LAND BEING A PART OF THE EAST ONE-HALF OF THE SOUTHWEST ONE-QUARTER OF SECTION 32, TOWNSHIP 2 NORTH, RANGE 67 WEST OF THE SIXTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, TOWN OF FREDERICK, COUNTY OF WELD, STATE OF COLORADO DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE SOUTHWEST ONE-QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 32; THENCE S00°39’26”W ALONG THE EAST LINE OF SAID SOUTHWEST ONE-QUARTER, A DISTANCE OF 2534.86 FEET TO THE NORTH RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF COLORADO STATE HIGHWAY NO. 52 AS DESCRIBED DESCRIBED IN BOOK 1592 AT PAGE 15, WELD COUNTY RECORDS; THENCE S89°51’21”W ALONG SAID NORTH RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE, A DISTANCE OF 1.47 FEET TO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SAVANNAH SUBDIVISION REPLAT A AS RECORDED IN RECEPTION NO. 3450819, WELD COUNTY RECORDS; THENCE N00°41’18”W ALONG THE EAST LINE OF SAID SAVANNAH SUBDIVISION REPLAT A, A DISTANCE OF 2534.75 FEET TO THE NORTH LINE OF SAID SOUTHWEST ONE-QUARTER, THENCE N89°52’56”E ALONG SAID NORTH LINE, DISTANCE OF 61.00 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING
Copies of the Petition and the legal description of the property is subject to the above-mentioned inclusion may be obtained from Bryan Hostetler, 151 Grant Avenue, Firestone, Colorado, 80520.
The public hearing will be held at the Carbon Valley Parks and Recreation District Community Center located at 151 Grant Avenue, Firestone, CO, 80520, January 15, 2024 at 6:30 PM. Questions prior to the public meeting should be directed to Bryan Hostetler, Deputy Director, (303) 833-3660 Ext. 104.
All interested persons, municipalities or counties that may be able to provide service to the real property, shall appear at the public hearing and show cause, in writing, why the Board of Directors of the Carbon Valley Parks and Recreation District should/should not adopt a final resolution and order approving the inclusion of the above-identified real property. The Board of Directors may continue the public hearing to a subsequent meeting. The failure of any person within the Carbon Valley Parks and Recreation District to file a written objection shall be taken as an assent on his or her part to the inclusion of the property.
Dean Rummel, Executive Director Carbon Valley Parks and Recreation District
For more information or to view Petitions for Inclusion, please contact Bryan Hostetler at bhostetler@cvprd.com.
Legal Notice No. FLP1182
First Publication: January 2, 2025
Last Publication: January 2, 2025 Publisher: Fort Lupton Press
City of Fort Lupton
Public Notice
CITY OF FORT LUPTON NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
Notice is hereby given that a public hearing has been scheduled for Thursday, January 23, 2025 at 6:00 P.M. with the Fort Lupton Planning Commission to consider proposed amendments to Chapter 16 – Development Code of the Fort Lupton Municipal Code. A copy of the proposed amendments is available for public inspection at City Hall during regular business hours for fifteen (15) days prior to the public hearings on such amendments, and may also be reviewed on the City website at www.fortluptonco.gov.
Phillips, Zachary Flynn
You are hereby notified that a verified petition has been filed in the above named Court in which it is represented to the Court that said child are alleged to be dependent and neglected; for the
All interested persons, municipalities or counties that may be able to provide service to the real property, shall appear at the public hearing and show cause, in writing, why the Board of Directors of the Carbon Valley Parks and Recreation District should/should not adopt a final resolution and order approving the inclusion of the above-identified real property. The Board of Directors may continue the public hearing to a subsequent meeting. The failure of any person within the Carbon Valley Parks and Recreation District to file a written objection shall be taken as an assent on his or her part to the inclusion of the property.
Dean Rummel, Executive Director Carbon Valley Parks and Recreation District
For more information or to view Petitions for Inclusion, please contact Bryan Hostetler at bhostetler@cvprd.com.
Legal Notice No. FLP1181
First Publication: January 2, 2025
Last Publication: January 2, 2025
Publisher: Fort Lupton Press Public Notice
for hearing on the 22nd day of January, 2025 at the hour of 9:30 a.m. You are hereby notified to be and appear, at said time, before this Court located at the Adams County Justice Center, 1100 Judicial Center Drive, Brighton, CO 80601. Witness my hand and seal of said Court this 23rd day of December, 2024.
Notice of Public Hearing on Petition for Inclusion of Real Property into Recreation District Frederick, Colorado - PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that at 6:30 PM on January 15, 2025 the Board of Directors of the CARBON VALLEY PARKS AND RECREATION DISTRICT will hold a public hearing to consider a Petition of Inclusion by Columbine Heights, LLC to be included into the Carbon Valley Parks and Recreation District’s boundaries with the
The public hearing shall be held at the Fort Lupton City Hall, 130 South McKinley Avenue in Fort Lupton, Colorado, or at such other time or place in the event this hearing is adjourned. In the event that City Hall is closed to the public at the time of the hearings, the public hearings will be held remotely, accessible to the public by phone and internet. Information on how to attend the hearings will be provided in the agenda posted on the City’s website, www.fortluptonco.gov. For additional information, please contact the Fort Lupton Planning Department at 720-928-4003.
Legal Notice No. FLP1185
First Publication: January 2, 2025
Last Publication: January 2, 2025 Publisher: Fort Lupton Press
Misc. Private Legals
L.G. Everist, Incorporated has filed an application amendment to their Reclamation Permit with the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board under the provisions of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Act for the extraction of construction materials. The mine is known as the Fort Lupton Sand and Gravel Mine (permit # M-1999-120) and is located in parts of Sections 19, 30 & 31, T-2-N, R-66-W and parts of Sections 25 & 36, T-2-N, R-67-W, 6th Principal Meridian, Weld County, Colorado.
The date
