BY ELISABETH SLAY ESLAY@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Englewood police questioned a juvenile suspect they believe was behind a false bomb threat made to the Englewood Campus on Sept. 24. e questioning came merely a day after Englewood Schools and the Englewood Police Department hosted a town hall to address community concerns and questions regarding numerous false bomb threats made over the preceding several days.
“After our town hall last night, we began to receive Safe2Tell tips, emails and calls regarding an Instagram post that threatened our middle schools,” the district and police said in a joint statement. “ e post appeared, in some ways, to be similar in nature to the previous unfounded threats … e individual suspected by EPD of making the post has been identi ed and is currently being interviewed by police detectives.”
is marks the fourth bomb threat made to Englewood Campus – which houses Englewood High School, Englewood Middle School and the Englewood Leadership Academy – in the last two weeks.
Englewood Schools Superintendent Joanna Polzin and Deputy Police Chief Vance Fender address residents at a town hall on Sept. 23 following several days of false bomb threats made to Englewood Campus.
“I am unbelievably sad and I want to sincerely apologize that this continues to happen because we continue to expose our students, our sta and our families to ongoing emotional trauma when events like this occur,” Superintendent Joanna Polzin said at the Sept. 23 town hall.
e town hall came after parents,
students and educators were left in a state of confusion following a false bomb threat and a suspected gas leak on Sept. 17, which led to a chaotic evacuation and eventually the closure of the campus on Sept. 18.
Two candidates vie for the 18th
Judicial District Attorney seat
BY NINA JOSS NJOSS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Voters in the 18th Judicial District will select a new district attorney on Election Day.
A district attorney prosecutes criminal cases on behalf of the government. e district attorney typically decides whether to le charges under Colorado law. e 18th Judicial District, which was formerly composed of Arapahoe, Douglas, Elbert and Lincoln Counties, now only includes Arapahoe County as of a recent district split determined by the state legislature.
Current District Attorney John Kellner, whose term expires in 2025, is not seeking reelection.
Competing for his seat are Republican Carol Chambers and Democrat Amy Padden. Chambers served as the 18th Judicial District Attorney from 2004 to 2012, and Padden has experience in local, state and federal prosecution.
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Colorado violated EPA ozone limits 40 times in summer of 2024
More exceedances than in 8 of the past 10 years, regional air quality o cials say. They’re seeking more caps on oil and gas activity
BY MICHAEL BOOTH THE COLORADO SUN
e northern Front Range counties violated EPA ozone standards on 40 days of the 2024 summer air pollution season, Colorado o cials said Monday, and their new action recommendations call for more restrictions on oil and gas activity.
Monitors watching the nine Front Range counties in Colorado’s “nonattainment” area for toxic ozone recorded violations of the EPA’s 2008 cap of 75 parts per billion on 22 summer days, according to the Regional Air Quality Council. e monitors showed exceedances of the tighter 2015 EPA standard of 70 parts per billion on 18 days.
Together, the 40 violation days were higher than totals in eight of the past 10 summer seasons, RAQC said. Colorado must bring average ozone levels below both the 2008 and 2015 standards in the next few years, or face increasing restrictions from EPA sanctions. e northern Front Range counties have already been forced to use more expensive reformulated gasoline that has lower emissions, and Colorado Air Pollution Control o cials must now write permits for any business projected to exceed 25 tons of emissions a year, down from the previous threshold of 50 tons per year.
Some recent regulations have yet to fully impact high ozone levels and need a chance to work, said RAQC spokesperson David Sabados. But policymakers cannot rest on past actions, he added — new sets of rules are needed to reverse the rising ozone trend of the past few years.
“ ere’s more that needs to get done, and we can’t just rely on what’s already passed getting fully implemented. We need to be looking at other options as well,” Sabados said.
e rst two recommendations from
the RAQC’s season wrapup would demand new cuts from the Colorado oil and gas industry, one of the biggest in the nation. Ozone is created from a mix of volatile organic compounds from petroleum and other sources, nitrogen oxides from industrial and vehicle sources, and particulates like wild re smoke, all cooking under 90 degree-plus summer skies.
While the state oil and gas industry is subject to a number of new rules from recent years, more ozone could be taken out by requiring producers to recapture pollutants during so-called “blowdown” events where wellheads are cleared of methane and other residue, the RAQC report said. e industry should also be required to overhaul “antiquated” pneumatic equipment that vents pollutants to the atmosphere from well sites and pipeline gathering sites. ose emissions can be recaptured, RAQC says.
Another recommendation previously pushed by the EPA and which should be revisited by Colorado ocials includes cutting “indirect sources” of emissions, such as vehicle tra c
centered on growing warehouse operations, distribution centers and large entertainment or sports venues.
Smoke from wild res in Colorado and elsewhere in the West has also made the state problem worse in recent summers, Sabados said, but the monitors show that on most of the bad smoke days, ozone created by other controllable sources would still have put readings above the 70 or 75 ppb caps.
“Wild re smoke cannot be a scapegoat explanation,” the RAQC summary said.
Legislators are looking at new bills for the 2025 session to help cut ozone, and RAQC and the Air Quality Control Commission also have new potential policies and rules on their fall calendars, Sabados said.
“We thought it was important to send this out now,” he said. e violations are warnings of further crackdowns by the federal government, and of ongoing health problems in disproportionately impacted minority and lower-income communities, said Ean Tafoya, director of
Colorado GreenLatinos. Tafoya is in Washington, D.C., this week, and in a meeting with Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra noted the high co-pays for asthma- ghting medicine in communities with high illness rates.
“It’s very challenging for our community,” Tafoya said.
A spokesperson for American Petroleum Institute-Colorado said they could not o er new comments about potential regulations, but pointed to past statements that the industry is complying with a host of new emissions control rules imposed by the Air Quality Control Commission and the Energy and Carbon Management Commission. e trade group has also argued that because of recent regulation, the energy produced from Colorado comes with fewer emissions than that produced in other states. e RAQC’s “candor” in illustrating a bad 2024 ozone season is “refreshing,” said Jeremy Nichols of the nonpro t Center for Biological Diversity,
One of the most prevalent causes of poor air quality in Colorado is ground-level ozone.
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Visiting Other Countries This Year Gave Me New Insight on What’s Possible in Society
Tuesday evening Rita and I returned from completing our world tour. It took us from Los Angeles to Hawaii, French Polynesia, New Zealand, Australia, Malaysia, Vietnam, Singapore, Thailand, Sri Lanka, India, South Africa, Senegal, Morocco, Portugal, Spain, France, England, Sweden, Finland, Poland, Germany, Denmark, Norway, Iceland, Greenland, and Canada. From Montreal, we drove through northern New England at peak foliage, before flying home from Boston on Tuesday. In addition to daily lectures by distinguished diplomats and professors, we went on shore excursions in each port, learning how life differs from country to country.
Crime rates, especially gun violence, is so much lower everywhere we visited, because gun ownership is so rare compared to America, where there are more guns than people.
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In Copenhagen, over 50 percent of workers commute by bicycle, helped by winters which are milder than in Denver. Montreal, however, is recognized as the most bicycle-friendly city in the world, with more separated bike lanes than Amsterdam.
Being a Realtor, I naturally was interested in how people were housed, and, being committed as I am to sustainable living and saving the planet from the ravages of climate change, I paid attention to how sustainable their energy grid is, and how water and waste are handled. As a longtime owner of EVs, I also noted whether the places we visited were more or less on board with the shift to EVs than here at home.
Altogether, Rita and I were away for over five months, with a 3½-month break back in Colorado this summer. I posted my observations every day at http://wherearejimandrita.substack.com. We were most impressed with the Scandinavian countries — Sweden, Denmark and Norway. As I reported on my blog, every bus and truck in those countries is equipped with an breathalyzer interlock device. The vehicle will not start without the driver proving through that device that he has zero alcohol in his bloodstream. That’s right, not below a legal limit but zero. Passenger cars don’t have such a device, but the penalties for driving with even a low alcohol level are severe. The result is a huge decline in alcohol-related accidents and deaths over the past decades.
Here in America we have photo radar units which generate speeding and red light tickets for drivers, but the tickets do not result in points against your license. In Sweden the secondary roads have photo radar units every few miles, and if you are captured on camera going more than 15 kilometers per hour over the speed limit, your driver’s license can be suspended. (Fortunately, even the rural highways have bus service.) On my blog you’ll find a video showing one of these roadside radar units. Here’s a screenshot from it:
As far as we could tell, homelessness was not a significant problem anywhere we visited, unlike in America. In Sweden and Norway, most middle-class people live in the city but have a summer cottage, so statistically there is more than one home per family overall.
Single-family homes are much rarer in these other countries. Most people either rent or own an apartment in a multi-family structure. In Montreal we were shown the six-family homes constructed following World War II to house returning soldiers. In America, the post-war pattern was set by Levittown: subdivisions of one-story homes, typically with a garage, made possible, of course, by all the empty land here.
Levittown is also famous for not selling to black soldiers, which brings up another observation. In one of the lectures we attended about why Scandinavians regularly ranked as the happiest people in the world, it was pointed out that those countries have no history of serfdom or indentured servants, as one of the reasons. There’s less ingrained fear among populations.
Regarding EVs, there was a vast disparity in the adoption rate of electric vehicles from country to country. In Norway, effective Jan. 1 of this year, every taxicab had to be an EV, and in Bergen all city buses and most tourist buses are electric. In Montreal, the EV adoption rate is similar to here, but the trucks and buses are all diesel and the street noise level is unpleasantly high.
I encourage you to check out my blog for other insights.
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Join the self guided tour from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, October 5th for just $15 per adult or $25 per couple. Follow the maps in the guide book to see some fantastic homes, all at your own pace. Explore creative older home retrofits and exciting new homes. See how your neighbors are enjoying beautiful, comfortable and healthy homes that benefit their communities and take on the changing climate, all while saving significant money over time.
Get some great ideas for your home. The tour features post-Marshall-fire homes rebuilt with unique sustainable and energy efficient designs; a Washington Park 1920s Craftsman-style green remodel; a 1950s home with a ground-source heat pump, solar power, and xeriscaping; the latest energyefficient all-electric townhomes; an updated 1979 solar home; and more.
Learn about current government and utility incentives. Learn how to harness free energy with dependable solar power and battery systems that shield you from brownouts and blackouts while dodging expensive utility timeof-use rates. Discover the latest heat pump technology; passive solar strategies; induction cooking; effective insulation; electric lawncare equipment; accessory dwelling units; and state-of-the-art construction materials. After the tour, plan to attend the free Reception & Green Expo: 4:30 to 6:30pm at Jefferson Unitarian Church (JUC), 14350 W. 32nd Ave., Golden. Enjoy free appetizers, local beverages and live music. See renewable energy & sustainable living exhibits, a mobile container home unit, and electric bikes. From 3 to 5pm check out the electric cars in our annual EV roundup. Bring your questions. Talk to homeowners and gain from their experiences and advice. Talk to builders and suppliers and learn about the latest techniques, technologies and money saving incentives. You can purchase a ticket at www.NewEnergyColorado.org
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Englewood spent tax funds on campaign signs
City seeks return of yard signs that were given to parks bond supporters
BY ELISABETH SLAY ESLAY@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Englewood is in the process of retrieving yard signs that urge citizens to approve the city’s $41.5 million parks bond on the fall ballot after discovering that parks and recreation employees, acting without the knowledge of City Manager Shawn Lewis, spent more than $2,000 of taxpayer money on the signs. e $2,162.50 sign order was made on July 1, before it was known whether the bond would be on the ballot, and the signs were handed over for free to at least one unidenti ed private citizen on July 19, according to a presentation by Lewis at a Sept. 23 city council study session. e invoice was paid Aug. 1. e signs, which have been popping up around the city in recent weeks, say “YES TO PARKS & RECREATION / SUPPORT ENGLEWOOD’S
PARKS AND RECREATION BOND” and do not state who paid for them. e bond, with a repayment cost of $73 million through increased property taxes, would fund improvements at multiple Englewood parks.
City accommodated 20 people
“ e decision to spend approximately $2,000 on yard signs was made in response to growing community requests from (about 20) residents who expressed support for the parks bond well before the formal ballot language was nalized,” city spokesperson Chris Harguth said.
Harguth explained the signs were ordered when the bond measure was still under consideration and prior to the rst reading of the ballot titling, and asserted that all actions were in compliance with the Fair Campaign Practices Act or FCPA. However, the city has contracted with outside counsel for another opinion on whether the FCPA was violated.
At the Sept. 23 study session, many Englewood City Council members expressed concern about the purchase of the signs and questioned the decision.
District 4 Councilmember Steve Ward, who initially questioned the purchase of the signs, said that he didn’t believe the purchase of the signs was in compliance with the FCPA.
A sign, paid for by the city, says “Yes to Park and Recreation” and urges residents to support the department’s GO parks bond, which will be on the ballot Nov. 5. It stands in a yard along Huron Street in Englewood.
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SIGNS
“Even after we resolve the present situation, I think the policy needs to be that the city never produces anything that advocates for a yes or no vote, for or against a ballot issue or a candidate,” Ward said. “Anything that we produce has to meet the legal standard in a meaningful way of giving pros and cons. I don’t think there is any room for a gray area there, and in my opinion it doesn’t matter if it occurred before title setting or after title setting. is, in my opinion, gives the impression that there was an attempt made to circumvent the law.”
Erosion of public trust
Lewis agreed with Ward about the impropriety of spending taxpayer money on the yard signs, stating that the best way to prevent this in the future is to produce neutral informative material to voters. “ at expenditure did have the propensity to erode public trust,” Lewis said of the
sign purchase. “ e hint of impropriety and the not being above reproach and how we’ve approached this issue, that’s the most concerning thing about this to me,” Lewis said. “We want to make sure that we can restore public condence (and) explain at the least the what and the why.”
e city nancial portal also shows another general fund expenditure on Aug. 1 of $490 to Clearwater Direct Marketing Englewood for parksbond signs “for glass cabinets.” “ ese signs do not advocate for the passage of the bond measure,”
Harguth said. “ ey were strictly factual and directed people to a website landing page with additional and objective project information that includes both pros and cons for voting for or against the measure.”
During his presentation at the Sept. 23 study session, Lewis informed council members of the ndings of his investigation into the yard signs.
Lewis said less than three hours were spent by city communications sta in designing the yard signs. e city ordered and paid for 250 of the signs.
“Accordingly, sta has not asked for reimbursement of this minimal sta time expenditure,” Harguth said. “Since the signs were not part of a campaign when printed, there is (and) was no requirement to include a ‘paid for’ line on the signs.”
Signs appeared before committee filing e signs, which have been distributed to residents for the past few weeks, were being handed out by members of the issue committee Neighbors for Englewood Parks and Recreation. e committee was not formally created until its ling with the city on Sept. 18, after the signs were already appearing around the city.
e lone signatory of the issue committee, Bob Stephenson, said the group is actively retrieving the signs, including o private property, and hopes to have all 250 returned to the city over the course of about a week.
“For signs on private property, removal requires the occupant’s permission. e committee is tracking addresses where signs remain and will pass that information to the
city, which may follow up directly,” Harguth said.
Additionally, Stephenson said the committee is not planning on reimbursing the city for the yard signs.
“We will replace the signs, not use the ones (the city) bought,” Stephenson said. “ e person funding the new signs is Jim Woodward, a former mayor and council person ... We are looking into a GoFundMe to raise money.”
Harguth said there is not a requirement for the issue committee to reimburse the city, but the city did ask the group to do so on Sept. 20.
“Sta estimate that 20 or more residents spoke with Parks sta May through July at special events like Neighborhood Nights and speci cally requested yard signs to promote the bond,” Harguth said. “Parks leadership believed they were providing a service to these residents by producing the signs before the measure was placed on the ballot by city council. In retrospect, sta involved in production of the signs now understand that the signs, though legal, should not have been paid for with city resources.”
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ELECTION
Carol Chambers
Chambers said she retired after her last term but is running again for the seat because “somebody needed to run.”
“I knew that John Kellner was not going to run again,” she said. “Nobody else wanted to. It’s a bigtime, uphill race, and I think there needs to be a Republican name on the ballot, so I was willing to do it.”
Before entering her career in criminal justice, Chambers was a nurse, which she said piqued her interest in law.
She worked with a court of appeals judge and then did a stint in medical malpractice defense. She then joined the district attorney’s o ce in 1990, planning to return to private practice, but got “hooked on prosecution.” She moved up to become a chief in the ofce and then became the district attorney in 2004.
Chambers said her criminal justice philosophy starts with prevention.
“ ere are good ways to prevent crime and to make the public aware of what they need to be looking for to keep themselves safe,” she said.
She said her philosophy also includes recognizing di erent approaches for young people and rsttime o enders.
“We can do e ective interventions with them so that they get out of the criminal justice system and never return, which is a win-win for everybody,” she said.
She said it is also important to recognize and deal with “people who have demonstrated that they are career criminals and that that is their living.”
“We have to deal with them accordingly and protect the public from them,” she said.
as the 18th Judicial District Attorney, she faced disciplinary action from the Colorado Supreme Court. e hearing board concluded that she “engaged in conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice” when she contacted an attorney who had brought a lawsuit against one of her constituents and told him she was considering investigating him for engaging in coercive tactics, according to court documents.
In regards to this discipline, Chambers said she accepts the point the court was trying to make.
“ ey felt like prosecutors should not be intervening in ongoing cases,” she said. “ at would not always be true, but I understand in general what they were saying. So, I accept the instruction and I would not do that again.”
Chambers also drew criticism for a plan to pay bonuses to prosecutors who achieve a certain percentage of convictions at trial, which she says was never implemented. She said she would not support a plan like this in the future.
If elected, Chambers said one of her priorities would be fair and just administration of the law.
“ ere is still some racial disparity in outcomes in the criminal justice system that really lack a good explanation,” she said. “And so I think we are just at the cusp of being able to use (arti cial intelligence) in some creative ways to assess what that issue is about.”
She said she would like to look at case outcomes to compare case demographics and conditions to reduce disparities in how the law is applied.
She said she would also like to see the district pay jurors more.
For Chambers, community safety would also be a priority, which she said involves enforcing laws consistently and supporting the police.
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Chambers said she believes it is important to have a Republican on the ballot because she believes accountability is important for healthy communities.
“I’m not sure Democrats are on that same page,” she said. “ ere’s a real discussion that needs to be had about the extent of accountability, but I do think accountability is important and needs to be an option.”
In 2006, during Chambers’ rst term
“I think we need to hold police accountable as appropriate, but they do a hard job,” she said. “ ey risk their lives, and we need to be supportive of that.”
Chambers also wants to focus on victims’ rights, including continuing the district’s victim services.
“We will continue to make sure every victim is heard and respected and has their day in court,” she said.
Chambers said voters should vote for her because she will talk with peo-
ple most a ected by crime. In the past, she said, people in the government have spoken about what they think is best for the criminal justice system, but she wants to involve community voices.
“I think we need to get down to, even more, talking to church leaders, community organizers in that community, just sit down and talk with … the single mom raising a child,” she said. “What do they think? What would they like to see happen?”
She said putting people in jail makes the community safer in some ways, but there need to be some other, better solutions.
Amy Padden
Padden’s nearly 20 years in public service has included roles in the U.S. Attorney’s O ce, the Colorado Attorney General’s O ce and the 5th and 11th Judicial District Attorneys’ O ces.
At the Colorado Attorney General’s O ce, Padden prosecuted consumer fraud cases and helped rural district attorneys with serious felony cases such as homicides and arson.
She spent more than 10 years with the U.S. Attorney’s O ce, spending her last year as the third-in-command, overseeing all the prosecutors as well as the administrative division.
Prior to working in public service, Padden was a partner at Wheeler Trigg O’Donnell LLP, a law rm in Denver.
Padden said she thinks the primary job of a district attorney is to make the community safer.
“ at does involve prosecuting people who commit violent crimes and sending them to prison and getting long sentences for those individuals,” she said. “But, I also think it’s important to nd ways to reduce our crime rate.”
She said this involves di erentiating between violent o enders and rsttime, low-level and nonviolent o enders.
“Individuals who … are committing crimes of violence, hurting people in our communities — absolutely, I will be tough on those crimes,” she said. “But, we know that taking low-level o enders and locking them up — that
doesn’t work. It doesn’t enhance community safety.”
For these o enders, Padden wants to make it a priority to strengthen the county’s diversion programs. ese programs take o enders early on in the case, look into the root causes of their decision to commit a crime and o er rehabilitation to the o enders.
She said these programs are focused on rehabilitation but still hold o enders accountable.
“It’s not soft on crime to put someone into these programs because they have to do a lot of work,” she said, adding that it often includes treatment, therapy, meetings with diversion coordinators and maintaining employment. “If they don’t do any of those things, then we pull them out of diversion and then we prosecute them in court.”
e goal of the program is giving individuals the “tools to turn their lives around” and making the community safer, she said.
Padden said she helped start a diversion program in a di erent judicial district. ese programs have been known to reduce recidivism rates, which is the likelihood of someone to reo end, she said.
“Most of those people move on and they don’t commit another crime, and that actually reduces crime at the end of the day,” she said.
She said she wants to make the 18th Judicial District’s diversion program available to more o enders and available earlier in the criminal justice process.
She said another priority would be starting a conviction integrity review unit.
e district currently has a conviction review unit composed of volunteers that reviews cases for actual innocence, but Padden wants to see the program do more. She would like to sta it with full-time employees and expand its scope.
“ is is going to take some funding, so I’m probably not going to be able to do it right o the bat,” she said.
She wants the unit to not just look at cases of actual innocence, but also look at cases of disparate sentencing — for example, where race came into play, perhaps giving a person of color a longer sentence than a white person when other conditions were equal.
If elected, Padden said she would also prioritize nding better ways to address mental health and substance
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Join us Saturday, Oct. 5 from 9 a.m.–12 p.m. for a free educational event at the 17 Mile House Farm Park in Centennial and learn about the property’s dairy history (1880-1950). Visit the milking parlor in the barn, milk house, and butter churn display. The featured activity will be making and tasting your own butter! Registration is strongly encouraged at arapahoeco.gov/17milehouse.
Sen. Kolker, Carnes, Rutledge face o for state Senate District 16
BY NINA JOSS NJOSS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
In the election for the Colorado Senate District 16 seat, voters will decide on a legislator to represent most of Littleton, Columbine Valley, part of Centennial and portions of unincorporated Je erson County.
Democratic Sen. Chris Kolker, who currently represents District 16 in the Senate, is running against Republican Robyn Carnes, who was elected to serve on Centennial City Council in 2021. Libertarian Bennett Rutledge is running as a write-in candidate.
Kolker was elected to represent District 27 in 2020. Partway through his term, his district changed to District 16 due to redistricting following the 2020 U.S. Census.
Robyn Carnes
Carnes said she has a “strong foundation of community service in
the nonpartisan arena” after serving for almost three years on the Centennial City Council, representing District 1.
“As a mom and a wife and a working woman, I just knew that it was really important to be engaged politically and to decide to run for ofce,” she said. “I ran in a nonpartisan fashion, so I ran this purple campaign, which really was a gift, because … it’s not about partisan politics, it’s about the community.”
Carnes said she wants to serve in the state Senate to bring balance back to the Legislature, which is controlled by the Democratic Party.
“Unfortunately, on both sides, you see partisan politics that are really plaguing the state,” she said. “It’s deteriorating Colorado as we know it, and truthfully, we’re just politically unbalanced … We’re sort of being deprived of the very balance in dialogue that our (society) thrives on and that we need.”
She identi es herself as a “purple” Republican. She said the Republican Party has “gone o the rails in a lot of ways.”
“Yes, I have an R behind my name, but I’m a purple R, meaning I’m a moderate,” she said. “I’m scally very conservative, but socially, I’m going to be more moderate and more balanced.”
She believed she needed party backing for this race, but she said both parties are broken and she wants to bring balance and represent those who are fed up with both sides.
“No single party has all the an-
swers,” she said. “ ey want wellvetted, collaborative policies, and that is what I’m committed to.”
Carnes said her priorities, if elected to the seat, will be housing, high costs of living and economic development and public safety.
She said she wants voters to imagine the Democratic-majority state Legislature as a house-sitter who left the house in worse shape than the homeowner had left it.
“ e next time around — let’s just say, Nov. 5 — would you entrust that same person with that responsibility? Or would you try someone new — someone eager, willing and qualied to take on that very responsibility?” she asked. “I want to be that person.”
Carnes owns a meeting facilitation business and lives in Centennial with her husband and two sons.
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With eyes on the seat, Cli ord and Biehl fight for House District 37
BY HALEY LENA HLENA@COLORADOCOMMUNTIYMEDIA.COM
Chad Cli ord and Kevin Biehl are going head-to-head in the November election in a race that will determine who represents Centennial and its surrounding communities at the state Capitol.
Cli ord, the incumbent Democrat representative for House District 37, looks to his years in law enforcement and emergency management. Biehl, the una liated nominee, points to his experience in leading security operations and workforce development.
Cli ord was selected to be the district’s representative by a vacancy committee days before the 2024 Legislative Session began. Going into this
resentative of the people in my community,” said Cli ord. “I am their neighbor.”
In addition to being truthful and authentic, Biehl agrees the representative role is one that should reach everyone in the community, bringing diversity of opinion into e ect and nding consensus.
“Even if you disagree, nd a civil way forward and make sure that you’re hearing all those voices,” said Biehl.
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election season, Cli ord said accountability and good governance is his reason for running.
“My job, my title, who I am is a rep-
With multiple House Districts within Arapahoe County, each elects a representative. Each representative serves a two-year term, joining a total of 65 representatives at the Capitol. e current House breakdown is 46 Dem-
ocrats and 19 Republicans, according to the Colorado General Assembly.
Following the 2021 Colorado Supreme Court redistricting decision, House District 37 includes Centennial, parts of Greenwood Village and unincorporated Arapahoe County.
Cli ord, a government operation lead for the American Red Cross and lobbyist who served as a police o cer through the Colorado Rangers at the time, took on the new role after Ruby Dickson, the elected representative for the district, resigned in early 2024, citing a toxic political environment.
Prior to Cli ord, District 37 had been represented by Democrats for three terms.
Democratic incumbent Chad Cli ord, left, goes head-to-head with una liated Kevin Biehl in the race to represent HD 37 at the state Capitol. COURTESY PHOTOS
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Froelich, Neal go head-to-head in 2024 House District 3 race
BY ELISABETH SLAY ESLAY@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Meg Froelich and Mickey Neal are going head-to-head this November in a race that will determine whether Englewood will continue to be represented by a Democrat at the state Capitol.
Froelich, the incumbent representative for House District 3 – which consists of Sheridan, Englewood, Cherry
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Chris Kolker
Kolker said his passion for politics started when he was a high school social studies teacher in Iowa.
When teaching history and government, he taught students about their civic duties, the importance of political awareness and the value of understanding where people are coming from, he said.
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Hills Village, Centennial and part of Denver – assumed o ce in 2019 after former incumbent Democrat Je Bridges was selected to ll a vacancy in the Colorado Senate. Froelich was appointed to replace him.
After teaching, he transitioned to become a certi ed nancial planner and started a small nancial planning business, which gave him insight into economic challenges for families and small businesses.
“After I went into business, I wanted to give back,” he said. “I didn’t want to be the arm-
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abuse problems in the system.
“Oftentimes, the rst contact that someone with a mental health problem or substance abuse problem has with the government is through the criminal justice system,” she said.
While some of these areas of support can be addressed through diversion programs,
“For a few decades I have been recruiting, training and supporting women running for o ce,” Froelich said. “I have also been a community activist in support of public education, gun violence prevention and reproductive rights. When this seat became open I was encouraging a few women to take a serious look at it and it was politely suggested that I ‘step up and walk my talk.”’
chair quarterback. I wanted to use my experience, my knowledge, especially my education in government and my knowledge now being a business owner. What can I do without just complaining, but (to be) involved?”
He said he also saw an opportunity to be “the adult in the room” and wanted to bring respect into Colorado politics.
“I did not like — I did not like it then, and I do not like it now — the immaturity, the namecalling,” he said. “Let’s be citizen servants, right? Let’s get back to the Romanesque idea of doing what’s best without … dragging each other through the dirt.”
Kolker, who has served in the state Senate since 2021, said he is running to retain his seat so he can help and serve his community.
“I represent the common
Padden said she would want to support and advocate for mental health co-responder programs across the district. In these programs, mental health professionals respond to 911 calls alongside, or instead of, police o cers, depending on the situation.
“As a prosecutor, I’ve seen cases come across my desk where I was like, ‘Wow, the police showed up, and then unfortunately, things escalated. And if we had had a mental health professional here, I
Mickey Neal, of Sheridan, is the Republican candidate squaring o against Froelich.
“We require policies that protect vulnerable individuals from violence, reduce grocery costs and positively transform their daily lives,” Neal said. ere are multiple House districts within Arapahoe County. Each elected representative serves a two-year term, joining a total of 65 representatives at the Capitol. e current House breakdown is 46 Democrats and 19 Republicans, according to the Colorado General Assembly.
sense that they’re looking for, and I represent values that they’re looking for — be it transparency in our budget, transparency in how we govern,” he said.
If re-elected, Kolker said his top priorities will be maintaining and improving public school funding, strengthening mental and behavioral health care and protecting workers’ rights.
He believes in customer service and said he wants constituents to reach out to his o ce with any problems they may have. He said his o ce has resources and connections and can act on behalf of constituents to help them nd solutions.
“I am in this because I’m here to serve,” he said, adding that he especially wants to serve those who are struggling and haven’t felt represented in
don’t think anyone would have gone away in handcu s,’” she said.
Many law enforcement ofces across the district have co-responder programs, and Padden said she would want to ensure these programs are widespread and have proper training and adequate funding.
Padden said voters should choose her because she wants to think innovatively on ways to reduce crime.
“We’re not going to solely prosecute our way to a safer
the past. “To be honest, this is about democracy. is is about making sure that all people are represented.”
Kolker lives in Arapahoe County with his wife and two daughters.
Bennet Rutledge
Libertarian Bennett Rutledge is also running for the seat as a write-in candidate. Rutledge has served as the Treasurer of the Libertarian Party of Arapahoe County and ran for Centennial City Council in 2017. His campaign website says he will support the U.S. Constitution and does not believe in the initiation of force as a means of achieving political or social goals. He said he would work “to repeal unwise laws” and “upgrade other laws so they inspire cooperation rather than commanding obedience.”
community,” she said. “We also have to reduce crime and make sure that everybody in our community is treated fairly and with dignity — whether they’re a victim, whether they’re a witness or whether they’re a defendant.”
Overall, Padden said she is committed to community safety.
“I’m committed to … making sure that, at the end of four years, we can say our community is safer than it was when I started,” she said.
Looking at primary concerns
Investing in resources to enhance public safety is one of the main priorities for both candidates, including supporting mental health initiatives.
Cli ord told the Centennial Citizen that prior to being a state representative, he already had rapport with the directors of the Department of Public Safety and the Department of Homeland Security, which helped him have e cient communication, he said.
Two of Cli ord’s bills in the last session centered around criminal justice, one becoming law. e Repeal CBI Criminal Justice Record Sealing Fee eliminated the requirement for a defendant to pay the Colorado Bureau of Investigation to seal a record.
Cli ord is dedicated to advancing progressive politics that prioritize community-oriented policing, fair and just policing practices and investing in comprehensive training programs, he said. He added that he is also interested in what is being done in facilities.
He recently spent a day in a local prison intake facility speaking with inmates, speci cally looking at the programs available for inmates when they rst enter the prison system.
“What can we get them connected to, and how are we going to reduce recidivism?” said Cli ord. “What types of things (are there) that they can do
so they’re functioning members of society when they come out the other side.”
Similarly, Biehl said it’s about having good choices in front of them that can help steer people away from committing a crime. But people are not often presented with that choice, he added. erefore, Biehl aims to provide resources for formerly incarcerated and justice-involved citizens.
With experience working with former military and law enforcement o cers to respond to incidents and emergencies, Biehl added he will advocate for common-sense gun violence prevention legislation.
“I think there are ways to protect Second Amendment freedoms and the ability to own a rearm and be responsible, licensed and trained with that rearm,” said Biehl.
Another top priority for both candidates is a ordability for residents. While each wants to work on initiatives to create more a ordable housing options, such as dealing with defect laws, the candidates look to providing tax relief.
“What’s the pathway that’s going to help the journey of individuals and families in our communities so that they have something that’s sustainable for them?” said Biehl.
One way, according to Biehl, is to focus on the quality of jobs, whether it’s teacher pay or expanding tax credits and driving legislation that protects entrepreneurs and small business owners.
“By creating educational path-
ways, creating employment and entrepreneurship opportunities, those are things that come back to bene t the community in so many di erent ways,” said Biehl.
Biehl added there are people who can a ord certain levels of property tax while there are others who can’t. Similarly, Cli ord said the greatest relief should be given to the greatest number of people.
Cli ord also supports the idea that property taxes should be a local government issue.
Cli ord aims to learn more about why developers can’t build certain developments, and understand what it is about the housing inventory that is causing it to not be a ordable.
“Tax policy has to be equitable,” said Cli ord. “(And have) more of a bell curve so that we can accommodate more taxpayers, versus it just being a atline approach.”
Other areas of focus
By putting residents rst, both candidates want to ensure they are helping every person by supporting their fundamental rights, healthcare decisions and educational opportunities. But they also aim to support those affected by the Centennial Airport.
“Residents, especially (those) on the eastern side of House District 37 and surrounding Centennial Airport, often express concerns about the negative externalities of the airport,” said Biehl. “Especially noise pollution that adversely a ects their quality of life.”
Upon assuming his role as district
representative earlier this year, Clifford was made aware of the severity of the issue. He said he quickly understood the intense noise level after being invited to observe it at a resident’s home.
rough many discussions, Clifford said changes in pattern spacing for aircraft is what caused the biggest upset for the community. e spacing in and out of the airport was increased for the safety of the planes, said Clifford, but it now leads to more aircraft ying low over the houses.
“It’s easy to think that’s not a big deal until you stand in the driveway or go into one of the houses of some of these neighbors that are impacted by this,” said Cli ord.
Continuing to learn about the Federal Aviation Administration – and providing input on the Reduce Aviation Impacts on Communities bill – Cli ord said they have limited opportunity to make an impact as a state government because it’s largely a federal issue. However, Cli ord aims to incentivize the airport to be great neighbors.
Incentives are also how Biehl aims to go about the issue if elected. is includes the idea of implementing a local market for noise permits that would allow residents to sell noise permits to airline companies or private aircraft owners to o set some of the harm, as well as possibly work to build marginal relocation subsidies for residents as an option.
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CDOT releases seat belt study
Douglas County ranks in the top ve Colorado counties for seatbelt usage, according to the latest data from the Colorado Department of Transportation.
Produced annually, the State of Colorado Statewide Seat Belt Survey provides a detailed breakdown of seat belt usage across ve vehicle categories — cars, vans, SUVs, passenger trucks and commercial — in the 26 Colorado counties with the most crash-related fatalities.
e most recent survey results indicate usage rates have increased by 7% in the last 10 years. However, in 2024, the overall seat belt use remains at 88%, the same as last year.
In the last ve years, there has been a steady increase in the number of counties with a 90% seat belt usage rate or higher. In 2020, only six counties had use rates above 90%. In 2024, 15 counties scored above 90%. e ve counties with the highest usage rates are Eagle County (97.12%), Douglas County (96.9%), Grand County (96.51%), Fremont County (95.75%) and Park County (95.18%).
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Colorado law requires the driver and every front seat passenger of a motor vehicle, and the driver and every passenger in an autocycle equipped with a safety belt, to wear a seat belt whenever the vehicle is in operation on a street or highway.
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e National Community Survey is open to all Englewood residents until Oct. 9. e city wants to hear from its citizens to help chart strategic planning, set priorities and allocate resources to make impactful enhancements throughout the city. Results will be available later this fall. Fill out the survey at tinyurl.com/englewoodpoll.
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Englewood Schools makes strides in state testing, ratings
BY ELISABETH SLAY ESLAY@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Englewood Schools has made strides in the 2024 state testing and ratings.
With test scores for the Colorado Measures of Academic Success, or CMAS test, being released, Superintendent Joanna Polzin said the district is content with its much-improved school ratings.
“Our students are the leaders, thinkers and explorers of tomorrow – our sta believes in our students,” Polzin said. “I am very proud of having six schools rated Performance and know with continued hard work and focused priorities, it will be all
eight schools in the near future. Englewood Schools will continue to rise because of our sta and students’ hard work and dedication.”
According to the district, Clayton Elementary, Bishop Elementary, Charles Hay World School, Englewood Leadership Academy and Colorado’s Finest High School of Choice yet again earned the Performance rating from the Colorado Department of Education, which is the highest possible designation.
“Additionally, Cherrelyn Elementary has made remarkable progress, moving up to the Performance rating,” the district said. “Englewood
but also seems like state o cials “throwing up hands and saying they just can’t keep up.”
“From almost day one, Governor (Jared) Polis has urged swift and aggressive action to reduce ozone yet here we are still stuck in the same mess,” Nichols said. While air pollution monitors show oil and gas activity contributing to spiking ozone, the state Air Pollution Control Division keeps permitting more and more drilling sites, he said. e most high-pro le action in re-
cent months was a ban on summer use of gas-powered lawn equipment by parks departments and other large institutions, including mowers and leaf blowers. e small engines contribute a small but signi cant portion of the daily summer ozone mix.
“Unless and until we see legitimately bold action to reduce ozone, including at least a pause on oil and gas permitting, then I don’t think anyone living in the Denver Metro-North Front Range region can breathe easy,” Nichols said.
e nine-county nonattainment area includes Denver, Arapahoe, Douglas, Boulder, Adams, Broomeld, Je erson and Weld counties, and part of Larimer County.
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The threats
Just a week prior to Sept. 24 — while students were being locked down in one area and evacuated from another area of the Englewood Campus — there was confusion because the police noti ed the public of a bomb threat while the school district told parents that students were evacuated due to a gas smell.
Both Polzin and Englewood Deputy Police Chief Vance Fender explained at the town hall that there was a communication gap between the department and the district, as Polzin wasn’t aware that the police were posting the status of the situation on their Facebook page and the department didn’t talk with the district before posting their message.
“ at communication gap is on me, absolutely,” Polzin said. “I own that and I apologize for that. I was doing the best I could with the information I had at the time. Please know that.”
At the town hall, Polzin explained the situation, saying that within about a 20-minute time frame, the district was alerted to a threat of an explosive device in a band room on campus and a sta member reported a suspected gas smell in the band room shortly after the district was alerted about the bomb threat.
Polzin wrote in a Sept. 17 letter to parents that the district informed families of the “possible gas smell” and that students were being moved from the building.
“Two directives were given to ‘Lockdown’ due to the report of the explosive device and then ‘Evacuate’ due to the possible gas smell,” Polzin wrote. “After taking direction from the Englewood Police Department, we directed our sta to come out of lockdown and move students to the lower eld of Englewood High School while EPD and the re department checked the building.”
Polzin said when the rst bomb threats were made on Sept. 9 and Sept. 11, the police department and district were approving each other’s communication to the public.
“I know that now I need to be at the scene when something is occurring so that I am working side-by-side with EPD to ensure that we’re sending out communications that are clear as well as accurate, and they’re saying the same thing because we’re both on scene together,” Polzin said.
Fender said at the town hall that he was the one to make the call to inform the public of the bomb threat on the department’s Facebook page and going forward, he will do better to communicate with the district on public messages that aren’t time sensitive.
“If it is a public safety message that has to go out at the police department, we’re going to put that out,” Fender said. “ e other side of that is … if I do have time to clear that message with the superintendent, I will clear that with the superintendent.”
Community concerns
Following the third false threat, many residents expressed their frustration with the district at a Sept. 17
Board of Education meeting and on social media for its handling of communication and protocols.
Parents and students also voiced these concerns, frustrations and questions at the Sept. 23 town hall.
Englewood High School junior, Estie Vercande, said she hid in a closet with her friends for about an hour on Sept.17 and though she was with a sta member who did well following protocols and helping students remain calm, the situation was still scary.
“ ere was a whole bunch of anxiety. It was tense in that room because nobody knew what was going on,” Vercande said. “We kind of sat there waiting and waiting and getting all of this new information was a lot … At least we were all safe. ( e) stress kind of went down but it was still traumatizing to a lot of students.”
Overall, Vercande said it feels dicult not being able to prevent or stop these threats from taking place at any time.
“It is very very stressful,” she said. “It has a ected my learning, my social ability … Honestly, I’ve been angry. It’s kind of anger mixed with stress and anxiety because we can’t control the situation. It’s mostly just frustrating knowing that I and the people who are supposed to be keeping me safe can’t really do anything about this.”
Dan Vercande, Vercande’s father, said he agrees with his daughter that it’s hard not being in control. He also said he appreciates the district for taking ownership of its mistakes on Sept. 17 and canceling school the following day, but wishes educators
would’ve taken the mental e ects the events of that day had on students more into account.
Additionally, Dan Vercande said that adults don’t really understand what it’s like to be a student these days.
“I don’t think we as adults really understand what they’re going through,” Dan Vercande said. “None of this is their fault. ey never asked to be in this situation.”
Dan Vercande said he’s grateful to the district and police department for holding the town hall because “it had to be done.”
“I think it was good for Estie to hear the things that she heard,” Dan Vercande said. “I heard a lot of positives because they’re owning it and saying ‘we can do better’ and that’s very reassuring.”
Safe2Tell
It was determined that all false bomb threats made to the Englewood Campus came through Safe2Tell, a 24/7 anonymous reporting hotline for youth and schools in Colorado.
Many people at the town hall questioned the methods and uses of Safe2Tell.
Director of Safe2Tell, Stacey Jenkins, said the service is meant to be used as a tool for students statewide to report concerns regarding their safety.
“We have a very low percentage of false reports, looking at the August data report for this year,” Jenkins said. “Only 2.2% of our reports were closed out as false and that disposition or
closing out of the report comes from those who investigate the report, so they’re telling us what the outcome is and they’re telling us when a report is valid or when a report is unfounded or when a report is false.”
On its website, Safe2Tell states that only 2% of the overall reports are false. Mallory Boyce, communications specialist for the Attorney General’s O ce, said monthly reports are released showing the number of reports made to Safe2Tell.
“We do not have an event type for ‘Bomb reats’ speci cally, so typically, reporters categorize a bomb threat under ‘ reats’ or ‘Explosives,”’ Boyce said. “For the 2022-2023 school year, Safe2Tell received 44 reports for explosives and 1,062 reports for threats.”
Boyce said the monthly report for September will be available on Oct. 8.
ough false reports are generally rare, Jenkins said Safe2Tell has made improvements to its system.
“Some improvements we’ve made over the last couple of years are recommendations from our student ambassadors,” Jenkins said. “One of their recommendations was to be more proactive about engaging students that are making reports into a dialogue.”
In response to inquiries about getting rid of the program, Jenkins said similar to other reporting safety tools, such as 911, there’s likely to be a small amount of people who misuse Safe2Tell.
“I think it’s one of those situations where it’s very concerning that false reports exist, but we have to take a really broad look at the program and see the percentage of time that it’s doing good – and not do away with a program that’s such a high percentage of proper use and intervention,”
Jenkins said.
e district said it will continue to monitor Safe2Tell reports and provide more education and training on the service to parents and students.
Englewood Schools’ protocols and tools
In a Sept. 19 letter to parents, Polzin explained when responding to any potential threat, the district uses
the I Love You Guys Foundation tool, Standard Response Protocol or SRP, which is an action-based plan a lot of districts in the state use.
“ ere are ve speci c protocols that SRP uses: Hold, Secure, Lockdown, Evacuate and Shelter,” Polzin said in the letter. “All sta have been trained in SRP. Located on the walls in all classrooms and learning spaces are SRP posters that explain what each command means.”
Additionally, Polzin explained in the letter that to help students and sta both physically and psychologically during lockdown, the district uses a program called RedBag.
“We have RedBags in every secure area across our district, and each bag contains life-saving rst aid supplies, as well as a QR code to access a secure communication tool that can provide critical information to sta and students inside a classroom during a lockdown emergency,” Polzin said on Sept. 19. “All of our sta have been trained on how to use RedBag.”
Additionally, Polzin explained in the Sept. 19 letter that to communicate with parents, the district uses ParentSquare, a districtwide communication tool used to inform par-
ents of district happenings.
“On top of serving as a general communication tool, ParentSquare also serves as our emergency communications tool,” Polzin said. “When urgent messages need to go out to the community, we use ParentSquare. We strongly encourage families to download the ParentSquare app to mobile devices.”
Next steps
Going forward, Polzin hopes the “baseless and fraudulent threats stop.”
“My hope for our students and families is to continue to provide an extremely safe and healthy learning environment for students,” Polzin said. “We want to reassure our community that we truly care about the safety and security of all our students.”
Additionally, district o cials said they would provide better communication regarding drills, o er better training for students and sta in protocols such as RedBag, provide better education on the usage of Safe2Tell to parents and students, and provide better communication to the public in emergency situations.
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King Soopers gunman gets 10 life sentences
BY OLIVIA PRENTZEL THE COLORADO SUN
A judge sentenced Ahmad Alissa to 10 consecutive life sentences plus more than 1,300 years in prison Monday after a jury found him guilty of 10 counts of rst-degree murder and 45 other felony counts in the March 2021 attack at a Boulder King Soopers where he killed 10 people, including a police o cer.
District Attorney Michael Dougherty asked the judge to impose the maximum sentence, requesting the defendant be ordered to spend 1,334 years in state prison on top of the life sentences, after he was found guilty on all 55 felony counts he faced in the rampage, including 38 attempted murder charges.
“It’s just a number, but to me, that number means a lot about what he did and the violence and trauma he in icted upon so many people,” Dougherty said about the sentencing request.
Twentieth Judicial District Court Judge Ingrid Bakke imposed the sentence, capping a two-week trial. e jury deliberated for roughly six hours over two days.
As the judge read the guilty verdicts, Alissa, who was wearing a striped long-sleeve dress shirt and dark-framed glasses, talked with his attorneys, took notes and chewed on his ngernails. Some of his family members stood behind him, resting their heads on each other’s shoulders.
After the verdicts were read, the judge stepped out of the courtroom to talk with the jury before moving to sentencing, which began around 2:15 p.m. with victim impact statements from the family and friends of those killed or impacted by the shooting. ose lasted for more than two and a half hours.
Alissa, who has schizophrenia, pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity and his defense attorneys argued his delusions, including loud voices telling him to kill, prevented him from distinguishing right from wrong.
Before his sentencing, Alissa changed into a white-and-orange striped jail jumpsuit, and he appeared to exchange notes with one of his attorneys, showing no emotion, as victims’ families and friends shared memories of those lost in the
shooting.
Boulder police o cer Eric Talleywas among 10 people killed in the shooting. e others killed were Denny Stong, 20, Neven Stanisic, 23, Rikki Olds, 25, Tralona Bartkowiak, 49, Teri Leiker, 51, Suzanne Fountain, 59, Kevin Mahoney, 61, Lynn Murray, 62, and Jody Waters, 65 were also killed.
“My dad didn’t want to go. He had so much more life in him. I never could have imagined that he would have had to run for his life in the parking lot of King Soopers,” said Erika Mahoney, Kevin Mahoney’s daughter, who was six months pregnant when she learned her father was one of the 10 victims in the shooting.
She said she feared she would lose her baby amid her intense grief after learning her father was killed.
“Destroyed, gutted, heartbroken are words that don’t even begin to explain my emotions. I thought I was going to lose my baby,” Mahoney said.
She described the two-week trial as “brutal” but also “beautiful,” referring to the acts of heroism as people panicked and tried to help others escape the gun re.
“ ose stories will stick with me for the rest of my life,” Mahoney said. “I think of the woman who made my
dad laugh before his nal moments on Earth. She is my angel.”
Teri Leiker, who was one of three King Soopers employees killed in the shooting, had worked at the store as a clerk for 32 years, said her mother, Margie Whittingon.
Leiker was born with mild brain damage, which made it di cult for her to comprehend abstract concepts like time and money, her mother said, but it never stopped her from having a smile on her face “most of the time.”
“Teri’s accomplishments, overcoming mild cognitive issues, did not stop her from being happy, becoming a model citizen, owning her own condo and having many friends. Her issues certainly did not make her evil,” Whittington said. “ e shooter has not won. We will not live the way we would have if Teri was still with us, but we will go forward with our love for her and cherish the great happy memories we have of being with her for 51 years.”
Eric Talley’s mother, Judy, remembered the last phone call with her only son, minutes before he rushed into the supermarket as one of the rst police o cers on the scene.
Talley told his mom how he was looking forward to spring and com-
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plained about the banning of Dr. Seuss books in a local school, before he told her he was being dispatched. She told her son to be careful and he responded, “always.”
Another call came from one of her son’s seven children screaming, “Nana, daddy’s dead.”
“I beg you, your honor, to lock Ahmad Alissa up in prison for the rest of his life with no possibility for parole. Send this message to all the wannabe murderers out there that troll
the internet to see the consequences for those that have committed the acts that they’re thinking about doing,” Judy Talley said.
“Let them see that justice can still be served.”
Alissa nor his attorney declined to address the judge ahead of sentencing.
e verdicts and sentencing came after nearly two weeks of testimony from survivors of the March 22, 2021, attack who described what they saw and heard as they hid for cover or tried to escape the supermarket as the horror unfolded. Among the people who testi ed was a pharmacist who recountedhearing the gun-
man repeat “ is is fun, this is fun”as she hid from gun re.
e rst eight victims were killed within 69 seconds and all but one were shot multiple times, investigators found. Everyone who was shot died.
Testimony also came from Alissa’s parents and siblings, who said they watched his mental health deteriorate in the months before the shooting.
Prosecutors argued his actions were intentional and well researched, citing the gunman’s phone records that showed searches for most lethal ammunition and public targets to carry out a mass shooting.
Alissa, then 21, surrendered after he was shot in the leg by a police ofcer.
He was charged with 10 counts of murder, 38 counts of attempted murder and other o enses in the shooting, including felony possession of six high-capacity ammunition magazines that are banned in Colorado. Neither Alissa’s attorneys nor anyone else has disputed that Alissa was the gunman.
This story was printed through a news sharing agreement with The Colorado Sun, a journalist-owned nonprofit based in Denver that covers the state.
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In a world teeming with the latest gadgets, workout routines, and self-help books, it’s easy to get caught up in the constant search for the next best thing. We’ve all been there: buying a treadmill or other home gym equipment with the best intentions, only to watch it gradually transform from a daily exercise tool into an oversized clothes hanger. The enthusiasm wanes, the routine fades, and soon enough, we find ourselves considering a new piece of equipment or maybe even joining a gym. The thinking goes that perhaps a new environment, different equipment, or the presence of others working out will reignite that initial spark. But the problem isn’t the treadmill, the elliptical, or gym membership. We often overlook the resources we’ve already invested in, believing that a better solution exists. This mindset isn’t limited to fitness; it permeates various aspects of our lives. Consider the countless workout routines, apps, and nutritional supplements flooding the internet, all vying for our attention and promising results. It’s no wonder we get caught up in pursuing the next big thing, thinking that the key to success lies in some undiscovered method or equipment. Yet, in the rush to find something new, we often ignore what we already have at our disposal. The treadmill gathering dust in the corner of the room isn’t the problem; it’s the belief that something else will magically solve our issues without the need for sustained effort. This pattern can be seen in other areas as well. Take, for example, the bookshelf filled with unread books. How many of us have a collection of books on personal and professional development, some half-read, others untouched, yet continue to buy more? Each new book is purchased with the hope that it will provide the breakthrough we’ve been searching for, but too often, they end
up on the shelf, adding to the growing stack of unread material. This constant search for the new and shiny can distract us from leveraging our already invested resources. We convince ourselves that the next piece of gym equipment, book, or supplement will change everything. But the truth is, we often have everything we need right before us. The solution doesn’t lie in the latest gadget or the next bestseller but in our willingness to fully engage with what we already have.
Consider the person who invested in a home gym, outfitting a space with everything needed to stay fit. Initially, they might have been consistent, motivated by the novelty of the new equipment. But as time passed, the routine became monotonous, and the equipment started to collect dust. Instead of pushing through the plateau, they look for other options, such as a gym membership, new equipment, or perhaps the latest online workout program. The cycle continues, driven by the belief that something new will break the stagnation.
This principle applies beyond personal fitness and development. In our professional lives, we often look for the following tool, strategy, or resource to give us an edge, forgetting that we’ve already invested in our skills, networks, and knowledge. Instead of chasing the next trend, what if we doubled down on honing the skills we’ve already acquired, deepening our understanding, and making the most of the resources at our disposal?
Ultimately, the answer to achieving our goals isn’t in the next purchase or the latest trend. It’s in recognizing the value of what we already have and committing to making the most of it. By shifting our focus from acquiring new resources to fully utilizing those we’ve already invested in, we can unlock the potential waiting right before us. The treadmill, bookshelf, and professional tools are all there, ready to be leveraged. The
Volunteers power the Colorado Trail
TWRITERS ON THE RANGE
he Colorado Trail, an iconic 567-mile high-elevation trail that crosses the Rockies, owes its existence largely to Gudy Gaskill, a charismatic, six-foot-tall woman who could make tough things seem easy.
Marston
Gaskill not only carried out the vision of a state trail, beginning slowly in the late 1970s but also gave birth to it.
In 1972, she lobbied Congress, along with forester Bill Lucas, credited with the Colorado Trail idea, to change federal law so that volunteers could be allowed to build trails on public land.
Volunteerism was so potent an idea, that when, in 1984, writer Ed Quillen broke the story about Gaskill’s efforts to revive trail building that had foundered under the Colorado Mountain Trails Founda-
tion, people were energized to join her. Soon, thanks to fundraising, she had 350 volunteers coming each summer to join trail crews she often led herself.
She made creating the Colorado Trail seem like a privilege: You camped out in beautiful backcountry, ate great food, and found stamina you never knew you possessed.
In 1985, caught up in the story, my father, Ed Marston, then publisher of High Country News , volunteered my sister, Wendy, 15, and me, 13, for a week of trail building. That’s how we learned how to swing those axe-like tools called Pulaskis on the Molas Pass to Durango section.
Gaskill herself led our crew, setting out early with orange ribbon to mark the trail. She was efficient and tireless, and in just a few hours, older, urban and young volunteers became trail builders with blisters to prove it.
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MARSTON
It was exciting to work on a trail that unfurled along the rooftop of Colorado. Typical trails in those days led up mountains or over steep passes. The Colorado trail rejected peak-bagging and offered a moderate route of week-long, 70-mile sections, neither losing nor gaining elevation rapidly, though often charting a route above tree line.
I joined a trail crew to revisit my childhood adventure this summer, and from Aug. 7 to 11, Denver friend Jeff Miller and I worked to repair trail in Chaffee County’s Collegiate Peaks Wilderness.
In wilderness, if there’s a tree to fell, you use a handsaw. We needed to move big rocks, so two of us yoked ourselves together in nylon harnesses to do that. We divided labor this way: Men hauled big rocks, and women wielding rock hammers smashed the rocks into gravel. Trail work has changed a lot in 39 years. Back then we built water bars to stop erosion from runoff. Logs anchored into slopes sluiced water off trails but required annual maintenance. Now, water moves off trail through “grade reversals.” The trail swoops below grade, efficiently shunting water off the path, then swoops back up to level grade. Drains are large versions of grade reversals.
My fellow volunteers were largely thru-hikers, skilled backcountry voyageurs who spend their holidays hiking the trail from Denver to Durango in one go. Mark Stephenson, 26, from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania was one of the trail’s most ardent fans.
He arrived on the trail via Greyhound bus with $40 in his pocket, saying, “This is a place where money doesn’t matter.”
Thinking a reported two-and-ahalf-mile hike to camp would be easy, my friend and I arrived at the trailhead loaded up with both front and back packs. I confess to having done the shopping. My friend was optimistic: “I can carry anything two and a half miles.”
But our camp had moved six miles away and 2,700 feet uphill. We made it, slowly, and once at camp, we quickly became free-store proprietors. But there was another problem: I’d left my tent poles at home.
Crew leader Matt Smith, an engineer from Golden, easily came up with a fix: He used parachute cord to rig up the tent fly, then added a tarp to ward off the rain that soaked us every afternoon and night.
I don’t recall meeting thru-hikers in the mid-1980s, but today they seem to dominate hiking culture. I could only listen as the rest of the group talked about trails known by acronyms, including the famous AT—Appalachian Trail.
“You’re doing great work!” hikers told us as they passed by. Crew leader Smith offers this perspective today: “19,000 volunteer personhours go into trail improvement every year.”
We owe thanks to those original trail stalwarts—forester Bill Lucas, journalist Merrill Hastings and of course, Gudy Gaskill. Their vision created of one of the state’s wonders.
Dave Marston is the publisher of Writers on the Range, writersontherange. org, an independent nonprofit dedicated to spurring lively conversation about the West. He lives in Durango, Colorado.
challenge is our willingness to use them consistently and deliberately to create the desired results. So, the next time you feel the urge to buy that new equipment, book, or supplement, pause for a moment. Ask yourself if you’ve maximized your use of what you already have. Chances are, the key to your success
isn’t in something new but in fully committing to what’s already within reach. I would love to hear your story at gotonorton@gmail.com. When we tap into what’s right in front of us to pursue success at any level, it really will be 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.
Elfi H (Brodersen) Smith
September 20, 1938 - September 16, 2024
El Smith was born in 1938 in Flensburg, Germany to Carl and Dita Brodersen. Despite early memories of hunger and hardship in the war-torn region, she grew up joyfully with two siblings, Sophus and Karin. She graduated from Duborg-Skolen, a Danishminority high school in Flensburg, and worked as an au pair in England before becoming a travel agent at American Express in New York City. In 1965 she married John Nelson and moved to Colorado, raising her beloved daughters, Kari Filson and Lise Nelson, while also nding joy skiing and hiking the Rockies. Her lifelong passion for travel, languages and culture was inspired by Hans Christian Andersen’s words “To Travel is to Live.” She introduced many people to diverse global destinations over her ve-decade career - including 25 years
in her own Littleton-based travel agency. El maintained close ties to her Danish family, and seemed to know every Dane in a ve-state area. In 1991 she married the love of her life, Dwight Smith. ey spent 33 years traveling, doing community service, and adoring each other and their families. Apart from her daughters and husband,El leaves behind four grandsons, Oscar Filson, Felix Filson, Axel Schulz and Simon Nelson, and sons-in-law Andy Schulz and Duncan Filson (predeceased), and numerous step children, grandchildren, and even great grandchildren. El will be remembered as a positive, energetic, and determined woman who lit up any room she entered. She will be sorely missed. A celebration of life will be held in the coming weeks at Holy Trinity Church.
In Loving Memory
SMITH
BY MCKENNA HARFORD MHARFORD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Jace, a four-year-old terrier mix, could barely contain his excitement inside the shop of the Dumb Friends League shelter as his new family stocked up on supplies for him.
Denver residents Eliorah Abramowitz and Azi Hanssen said they came to the shelter looking for an older, but still energetic dog that would be as happy chilling on the couch as playing fetch at the park.
After meeting with a few dogs, Abramowitz and Hanssen said they were drawn to Jace.
“It was just a perfect match,” Abramowitz said.
Similarly for Sandra Brande and her daughter Ashley, who live in Centennial, they quickly fell in love with the wiggly Husky puppy Laika. e Brande family knew they wanted to adopt because they found their Husky Daisy at the shelter two years ago and have loved her presence in the family ever since.
“ ere are so many animals who need loving homes,” Sandra said as Laike squirmed in Ashley’s arms. “It’s so nice to have the liveliness in the house that a pet brings.” at sentiment was echoed by many new pet parents and sta at the Dumb Friends League, an animal shelter with locations in Denver, Castle Rock and Alamosa.
“It’s always hard to say who rescued who,” said volunteer Michelle Schneider, of Highlands Ranch. Jace and Laika are some of the hundreds of lucky pets to nd families through the Dumb Friends League during its month-long Clear the Shelter
campaign, which wrapped up on Sept. 10.
Alyssa Putzer, communications manager for the Dumb Friends League, said 1,161 animals were adopted during the Clear the Shelter count, surpassing the shelter’s original goal of adopting out 1,000 pets across its three locations.
Mary Sarah Fairweather, vice president of operations at the Dumb Friends League, said participating in the Clear the Shelter campaign helps the shelter not only nd homes for pets but also care for more animals.
“Clear the Shelters is an amazing opportunity to showcase the wonderful pets in our care,” she said. “With ongoing challenges like overcrowding in shelters, this event is an essential opportunity for our community to connect with animals that are ready to bring joy and companionship into their lives.”
Even with all of the adoptions in the last month, the Clear the Shelters campaign only accounts for a fraction of the adoptions that Dumb Friends League facilitates year-round. Last year, the shelters brought in over 20,500 animals and are on pace to serve a similar amount this year, Fairweather said.
Dogs, cats and small animals, like guinea pigs and bunnies, come to the shelter as surrenders or strays and 86% are rehomed.
“ ey come to us from the community, owners who can’t keep their pets, and as strays,” Fairweather said.
Most animals stay at the shelter for an average of 10-15 days, heading to new homes as soon as sta can help pair them with the right family. Fairweather said another bene t of the Clear the Shelters campaign is that it helps animals who have been at the shelter longer or require special care get adopted.
Fairweather said the adoption process is like dating with the goal being to nd the “perfect match.”
“It’s really a conversation-based process, so we want to get to know what the families are looking for and we share what each individual animal needs,” she said.
Richard Myers, of Denver, said he volunteers at the shelter because it’s like working in a “bubble of love.”
“ ere’s so much care for the patrons and for the animals,” Myers said. “One of the greatest joys of working here is having someone come in who looks sad, maybe they lost a pet a few months ago, and 45 minutes later, they’re going out the door with a pep in their step and the dog is looking like a newly caught marlin, jumping around so much.”
In order to encourage as many adoptions as possible, Fairweather said the shelter looks to reduce barriers to pet ownership like cost or lack of resources.
All of the dogs and cats that are adopted out are vaccinated and spayed or neutered. e Dumb Friends League also partners with some local veterinarians to waive the cost for the rst visit, as well as Fetch Pet Insurance to provide health care support for furry friends.
Another resource the shelter o ers is a free behavioral helpline to support pet parents through training or care adjustments.
“Our goal is to help pet owners keep their pets at home and out of the shelter,” Fairweather said. “We’re lucky to have such beautiful facilities with a team of volunteers and sta who take incredible care of (the animals), but it’s not a home.”
With the current overcrowding in shelters, Fairweather said it’s more important than ever to adopt animals instead of turning to a breeder.
“It gives pets in the shelter system a second chance,” she said. “Whether you’re looking for a little guinea pig or a giant couch potato dog, there’s somebody for everybody.”
Sandra and Ashley Brande, of Centennial, cuddle their new puppy Laika, which they adopted at the Dumb Friends League shelter. This is the second dog the Brande family has adopted from the shelter.
A mom and her son watch a litter of orange kittens up for adoption at the Dumb Friends League. The shelter served more than 20,500 animals last year.
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Denver residents Eliorah Abramowitz and Azi Hanssen love on Jace, their newly adopted dog. Abramowitz and Hanssen said shelter sta helped match them with the perfect pup.
Fall for these autumnal metro-area activities
ICOMING ATTRACTIONS
f you’re not a fan of autumn in Colorado, you just may not be doing it right. With the explosion of colors, cooler weather and range of new avors, it’s di cult not to argue that it’s the best time of year in the Centennial State. And now that we’re properly in fall, we can really immerse ourselves in all the autumnal treats. I’ve picked ve events from around the metro area that highlight the joys of the season.
Foothills Art Center offers range of exhibitions
Early October is a great time to satisfy your artistic appetite, with three shows on display at the Foothills Art Center’s Astor House , 822 12 St. in Golden: Ed Hansen, Joel Swanson: Orderings and Decomposing/Recomposing . Each show allows visitors to explore a di erent medium and thematic subject. e Hansen exhibit features realism in oil with western themes and runs through Sunday, Oct. 13. “Orderings” runs through Sunday, Nov. 3, and allows Swanson to use a diverse range of works to challenge the way people order information and how it impacts their perception of reality. And “Decomposing/ Recomposing” opens on Saturday, Oct. 5 and runs through Sunday, Feb. 2. It’s an exhibition by Gayle Gerson, Jean Hultkrans, and Kirsty Saalfrank, all of whom use found and original photography to create original compositions exploring the themes of
memory, value and time, according to provided information.
Find all the details at https://foothillsartcenter.org/.
Denver Bake Fest returns with topnotch treats
Who can say no to freshly baked bread? You won’t have to at the second annual Denver Bake Fest , held from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 5, at Rebel Bread , 675 S. Broadway in Denver.
Open to bakers of all backgrounds and ages, the festival and contest will feature a wide range of categories, including brownies, gluten-free cakes and whole grain savory treats. Competitors are aiming for awards like Best in Show and People’s Choice, but while they’re doing all the work, visitors can sample delicious baked goods of all kinds. ere will also be live music, co ee, baking demonstrations, games and kitchen tours. Funds from this year’s event will go to Culinary Hospitality Outreach and Wellness. For all the details, visit https://rebelbreadco.com/bakefest.
Learn about the Sand Creek Massacre from a di erent perspective e Sand Creek Massacre is one of the darkest entries in Colorado’s long history, but one that is important to remember. To that end, the Tesoro Cultural Center is presenting “Mochi’s War: e Tragedy of Sand Creek,” at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 5 at the Good Recreation Center, 8615 S. University Blvd. in Centennial, and at 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 6 at the Buck Recreation Center, 2004 W. Powers Ave. in Littleton. e “Mochi’s War” presentation is a lecture led by author Chris Enss about his book of the same name. e
book focuses on the repercussions of the Sand Creek Massacre from the perspective of a Cheyenne woman who survived the 1864 massacre. Tickets can be purchased at www. tesoroculturalcenter.org/tesoro-historic-lecture-series/.
Go on a Día de Muertos adventure in Northglenn
Día de Muertos is one of the most eagerly anticipated days in the fall calendar, and Northglenn is celebrating early withMexico Beyond Mariachi’s Sugar Skull! Día de Muertos Adventure.
Co-produced by Rhythm of the Arts with Mexico Beyond Mariachi, the bilingual/bicultural, familyfriendly musical uses traditional regional music and dance from Mexico to tell the story of 12-year-old Vita Flores and Sugar Skull, and their adventure to learn the real meaning of Día de Muertos.
Performances are at 1 and 4 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 6. at the Parsons eatre, 1 E. Memorial Parkway in Northglenn. Information and tickets can be found at NorthglennARTS.org.
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Clarke’s Concert of the Week — Michael Kiwanuka & Brittany Howard at Mission Ballroom
Never let anyone tell you that soul and R&B music isn’t as vibrant and alive as it was in its 1960s and 70s golden era. Today there are more musicians than ever taking the genre and exploring its limitless potential, and two of the best are Michael Kiwanuka and Brittany Howard. A British musician, Kiwanuka has made a name for himself over more than a decade of releases, which show a prodigious talent that can’t be con ned to traditional soul sounds. And Howard got her start in the great band Alabama Shakes, before moving on to solo releases that see her stretching her voice and pen.
e two are a truly inspired pairing and they’ll be coming to the Mission Ballroom, 4242 Wynkoop St. in Denver, at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 8. ey’ll be joined by the luminous Yasmin Williams For a night of masterful modern soul, get tickets at www.axs.com.
Clarke Reader is an arts and culture columnist. He can be reached at Clarke. Reader@hotmail.com.
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Candidate background
Froelich rst moved to Colorado in 1999 shortly after the Columbine shooting. Prior to entering politics, she was an educator, college professor and a historical documentary lmmaker.
“I served on Greenwood Village City Council for two terms while working in the nonpro t world and volunteering in the community,” Froelich said. “I have three children that are now adults who are also proud college graduates and alumni of Littleton Public Schools.”
lence and “the need for attainable housing with many transportation options.”
“I have been a leader on environmental policy – everything from air quality to pollinators to energy eciency, and sit on the (state’s) Energy and Environment Committee,” Froelich said. “I am chair of the Transportation, Housing and Local Government Committee and we have made terri c headway on increasing housing options for many income levels, reducing vehicle miles and funding multi-modal transportation.”
and enjoy a meal or visit our local businesses,” Forelich said. “We have transit assets, including several light rail stations, which I hope will be enhanced. Most of our towns have promoted pedestrian and bicycle safety and I hope we can make our roads even safer.”
Additionally, Froelich said Englewood, Sheridan and Denver are also part of an important initiative addressing homelessness.
Neal has lived in Colorado for four years and works as a physical therapist. e 30-year-old doesn’t identify as a career politician but “remains committed to advocating for (certain) principals.”
“As a physical therapist working predominantly with women who have endured trauma, their stories deeply impact me and highlight the broader needs across Colorado,” Neal said.
Froelich and Neal possess passion on a number of issues, including climate change, immigration, cost of living, reproductive health care and more.
“We enjoy an amazing natural beauty in Colorado and we need to make sure our communities are wonderful places to live and work and raise our families,” Forelich said. “So I focus on climate change policies that acknowledge the importance of creating community.”
She continued to express her passion for safety against gun vio-
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In support of working families, Froelich said she has carried three wage theft bills, championed equal pay measures, and increased K12 funding.
Neal’s main goal is “to return power to the citizens of Colorado by focusing on three main areas.” ese are the cost of living, illegal immigration and homelessness, Neal said.
If elected, Neal said she wants to reduce the cost of living – particularly in terms of grocery expenses – while enhancing state revenue to support local projects without signi cantly increasing property and income taxes. She would also address illegal immigration with “compassionate, yet pragmatic,” solutions that enhance community safety; and also “uphold our state’s hospitable values and (reform) our approach to homelessness by promoting rehabilitation programs that integrate homeless individuals into the community,” she said. Her other areas of focus would be implementing stricter trespass laws, and providing necessary medical intervention for those incarcerated.
The future
Going forward, Froelich said she hopes for the best for her district.
“I hope we increase and support the places where we can walk, bike
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is subject would be an area where he would welcome feedback.
“I would want to reach out to the right people to make sure that I’m taking all those diverse options,” Beihl said, adding the exibility to learn would serve his community well. “I can be beholden to a better way of
“I hope we nd stable housing for all and connect people who need it to mental and behavioral health services,” Froelich said. “I have held over 60 non-partisan town halls and hope that my constituents feel that they are heard. I welcome comments and feedback on any areas of concern.”
Neal said she believes residents in House District 3 “share more common ground than they think, often expressing frustrations with both political parties.”
“It is essential for us to recognize our shared goals and work collectively to improve the well-being of all community members,” Neal said. “It is crucial for the people of Colorado to feel heard and empowered. We do not need more career politicians driven by personal agendas. Instead, we need representatives who are genuinely connected to, and understand the needs of, our communities and that’s what I feel I bring to this race.”
Marla Fernandez is a write-in candidate and didn’t make it on the primary ballot. To vote for her, voters would have to write her name on the ballot. To learn more about Fernandez, visit https://marlafernandezforhd3.com/ press-media/.
Ballots for the Nov. 5 election will be mailed to residents beginning Oct. 11.
For more information on Neal, visit www.mickeyneal.com, and for more information on Froelich, visit www. froelichforcolorado.com.
doing things that maybe I haven’t discovered yet.”
As for Cli ord, he also isn’t afraid to have conversations across the aisle.
“I am very, very straightforward with people all the time,” said Clifford. “People don’t ever misunderstand where I stand on the issue.”
To learn more about their views on other topics, visit the candidates’ websites — Chad Cli ord at chadforcolorado.com and Kevin Biehl at kevin4ourcolorado.com.
Meg Froelich, left, and Mickey Neal are going head-to-head in the Nov. 5 election.
COURTESY PHOTOS
TESTING
Schools continue to offer big opportunities in a small, caring setting for every scholar with six schools rated at Performance.”
State scores reveal that the percentage of Bishop third graders meeting or exceeding benchmark on the English Language Arts assessment rose by 8% and the sixth graders at Cherrelyn outperformed the state average in English Language Arts by 13.1%.
“At Charles Hay World School, the overall school percentage of students at or above benchmark increased by 6.4% in English Language Arts and 7% in mathematics,” the district said.
Additionally, Clayton’s fourth grade math scores increased by 8 points, Englewood Middle School seventh graders’ math scores rose by 12 percentage points, 91% of seventh graders at Englewood Leadership Academy achieved or exceeded benchmark on the English Language Arts assessment.
“Englewood High School students’ performance on the PSAT 10 Evidence-Based Reading and Writing section improved significantly, with a median scaled score increase of 15 points,” the district said. “The median scaled score for students at Colorado’s Finest High School of Choice on the PSAT 9 rose by 16 points, demonstrating substantial growth.”
“We are excited to celebrate the outstanding accomplishments of our students and teachers in this
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year’s state testing,” said Becky Jones, learning and assessment coordinator for the school district. “The commitment and effort from both our educators and learners have resulted in remarkable progress.”
As the 2024-2025 school year continues, the district said it will continue to focus on two priorities to improve teacher instruction and student academic outcomes.
“Our priorities, or ‘Big Rocks,’ are: authentic student engagement and data-driven collaboration,” the district said. “These Big Rocks provide clarity on the work of the district and lay the groundwork for our continued momentum.”
Additionally, the district will create systemic professional de -
velopment and monitor two specific practices.
“The first practice is a strategy called academic monitoring, in which educators gather and respond to information about students’ progress toward proficiency in real time,” the district said.
The other strategy focuses on increasing instructional leaders’ capacity to provide real-time coaching that improves teacher practice and student learning.
“Our staff in Englewood Schools make a difference for our students,” Polzin said. “We pride ourselves on offering big opportunities in a small and caring setting for our scholars. Our educators engage students in meaningful ways and it shows in the classroom and on state assessments.”
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To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:
On July 2, 2024, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.
Original Grantor(s)
Joshua Charles Fleek
Original Beneficiary(ies)
Wayne L. Winkler and Toni Ann Winkler
Current Holder of Evidence of Debt
Wayne L. Winkler and Toni Ann Winkler
Date of Deed of Trust
April 27, 2018
County of Recording
Arapahoe
Recording Date of Deed of Trust
May 04, 2018
Recording Information
(Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.)
D8044033
Original Principal Amount
$370,000.00
Outstanding Principal Balance
$355,565.08
Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to make payments as required by the terms of the Promissory Note and Deed of Trust.
THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.
Lot 5, Block 3, Southbridge Filing No. 4, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado
Purported common address: 7902 South Windermere Circle, Littleton, CO 80120.
THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.
NOTICE OF SALE
The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.
THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 10/30/2024, at The East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.
First Publication: 9/5/2024
Last Publication: 10/3/2024
Name of Publication: Littleton Independent
IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LAT-
OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; DATE: 07/02/2024
Michael Westerberg, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Michael Westerberg, Public Trustee
The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:
Jamie G. Siler #31284
Joseph A. Murr #14427
Murr Siler & Accomazzo, P.C.
1999 Broadway, Suite 3100, Denver, CO 80202-4402 (303) 534-2277
Attorney File # 8162.005
The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.
Name of Publication: Littleton Independent COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION
CRS §38-38-103
FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0316-2024
To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:
On July 16, 2024, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.
Original Grantor(s)
Imogene Manuelito
Original Beneficiary(ies)
MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION
SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR FIRST CHOICE LOAN SERVICES, INC., ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS
Current Holder of Evidence of Debt
CARRINGTON MORTGAGE SERVICES, LLC
Date of Deed of Trust
May 09, 2013
County of Recording
Arapahoe
Recording Date of Deed of Trust
May 20, 2013
Recording Information
(Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.)
D3062857
Original Principal Amount
$270,414.00
Outstanding Principal Balance
$204,060.83
Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.
THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.
LOT 15, BLOCK 18, BROADWAY ESTATES, FILING NO. ONE, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO.
PARCEL ID NUMBER: 2077-23-3-29-012
Purported common address: 6673 SOUTH WASHINGTON STREET, Centennial, CO 80121.
THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY
ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.
NOTICE
OF SALE
The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.
THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 11/06/2024, at The East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.
First Publication: 9/12/2024
Last Publication: 10/10/2024
Name of Publication: Littleton Independent
IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED;
DATE: 07/16/2024
Michael Westerberg, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Michael Westerberg, Public Trustee
The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:
Alison L Berry #34531
N. April Winecki #34861
David R. Doughty #40042
Nicholas H. Santarelli #46592
Lynn M. Janeway #15592
Janeway Law Firm, P.C. 9540 Maroon Circle, Suite 320, Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 706-9990
Attorney File # 24-032619
The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.
COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0314-2024
To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:
On July 12, 2024, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.
Original Grantor(s)
Elois M. Rimpley
Original Beneficiary(ies)
Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, Inc., a California Corporation
Current Holder of Evidence of Debt
CAG National Fund III LLC
Date of Deed of Trust
December 02, 2002
County of Recording
Arapahoe
Recording Date of Deed of Trust
December 10, 2002
Recording Information
(Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.)
B2236452
Original Principal Amount
$231,000.00
Outstanding Principal Balance
$230,193.37
Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: You are notified as follows: the undersigned, on behalf of the Holder, gives notice and declares a violation of the covenants of said Deed of Trust including, but not limited to the death of the Borrower. The Holder elects to foreclose and demands that the Public Trustee give notice, publish for sale and sell said property to pay the debt and expenses of sale, all as provided by law and the terms of said Deed of Trust.
THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.
LOT 13, BLOCK 2, ROSE GARDENS SUBDIVISION ACCORDING TO THE AMENDED PLAT FILED OCTOBER 17, 1962 AT RECEPTION NO. R0830030, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO.
Purported common address: 4183 South Decatur Street, Englewood, CO 80110.
THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.
If applicable, a description of any changes to the deed of trust described in the notice of election and demand pursuant to affidavit as allowed by statutes: **The Deed of Trust legal description was corrected by an Affidavit of Correction recorded on 06/10/2024 at Reception No. E4036211, in the official records of Arapahoe County, State of Colorado.
NOTICE OF SALE
The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.
THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 11/06/2024, at The East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.
First Publication: 9/12/2024
Last Publication: 10/10/2024
Name of Publication: Littleton Independent
IF THE SALE
DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; DATE: 07/12/2024
Michael Westerberg, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Michael Westerberg, Public Trustee
The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Amanda Ferguson #44893
Heather Deere #28597
Toni M. Owan #30580
Halliday, Watkins & Mann, PC 355 Union Blvd., Ste. 250, Lakewood, CO 80228 (303) 274-0155
Attorney File # CO23250
The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.
Name of Publication: Littleton Independent COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0276-2024
To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:
On June 28, 2024, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.
Original Grantor(s)
PATRICIA J ORR
Original Beneficiary(ies)
MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR GREENPOINT MORTGAGE FUNDING, INC.
Current Holder of Evidence of Debt DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY as Trustee for MORGAN STANLEY MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2004-5AR, MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2004-5AR Date of Deed of Trust February 24, 2004
County of Recording Arapahoe
Recording Date of Deed of Trust April 15, 2004
Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) B4067632
Original Principal Amount
$250,000.00
Outstanding Principal Balance
$112,698.63
Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust and other violations of the terms thereof THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.
LOT 5, BLOCK 7, ABERDEEN VILLAGE, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO.
Purported common address: 6195 S LONGVIEW ST, LITTLETON, CO 80120.
THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.
NOTICE OF SALE
The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.
Public Notices
THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 10/30/2024, at The East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.
First Publication: 9/5/2024
Last Publication: 10/3/2024
Name of Publication: Littleton Independent
IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LAT-
ER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED;
DATE: 06/28/2024
Michael Westerberg, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado
By: Michael Westerberg, Public Trustee
The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:
Anna Johnston #51978
Joseph D. DeGiorgio #45557
Carly Imbrogno #59533
Randall M. Chin #31149
David W. Drake #43315
Ryan Bourgeois #51088
Barrett, Frappier & Weisserman, LLP
1391 Speer Boulevard, Suite 700, Denver, CO 80204 (303) 350-3711
Attorney File # 00000010172872
The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.
Name of Publication: Littleton Independent COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION
CRS §38-38-103
FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0288-2024
To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:
On July 2, 2024, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.
Original Grantor(s)
AmeriBuild Company
Original Beneficiary(ies)
Indicate Capital REIT, LLC
Current Holder of Evidence of Debt
Indicate Capital REIT, LLC
Date of Deed of Trust
October 06, 2022
County of Recording Arapahoe
Recording Date of Deed of Trust October 14, 2022
Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.)
E2103354
Original Principal Amount
$1,200,000.00
Outstanding Principal Balance
$831,265.06
Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due.
THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.
Lot 3, Block 16, EVANS PARK ESTATES, Ex-
cept the South 30 feet conveyed to the City of Englewood in Quit Claim Deed recorded March 24, 1964 in Book 1505 at Page 513, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado Purported common address: 2350 West Warren Avenue, Englewood, CO 80110.
THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTL
ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.
NOTICE OF SALE
The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.
THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 10/30/2024, at The East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.
First Publication: 9/5/2024
Last Publication : 10/3/2024
Name of Publication: Littleton Independent
IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED;
DATE: 07/02/2024
Michael Westerberg, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Michael Westerberg, Public Trustee
The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:
Robert T. Cosgrove #12217
Burns, Wall and Mueller, P.C. 303 East 17th Avenue, #920, Denver, CO 80203-1299 (303) 830-7000
Attorney File # 5159-63
The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.
To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:
On July 30, 2024, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.
Original Grantor(s)
William E Crotty, Jack Byron Nixon Jr; Original Beneficiary(ies)
Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. ("MERS") as nominee for Change Lending, LLC., Its Successors and Assigns
Current Holder of Evidence of Debt
Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, not in its individual capacity but solely as Trustee for CHNGE Mortgage Trust 2023-1
Date of Deed of Trust
December 15, 2022
County of Recording
Arapahoe
Recording Date of Deed of Trust
December 27, 2022
Recording Information
(Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.)
E2120556
Original Principal Amount
$700,000.00
Outstanding Principal Balance
$696,242.53
Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the Deed of Trust and other violations thereof
LOT 4, BLOCK 4, ARAPAHOE ACRES SUBDIVISION, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO.
Purported common address: 1420 E Cornell Ave, Englewood, CO 80113.
THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.
NOTICE OF SALE
The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.
THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 11/20/2024, at The East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.
First Publication: 9/26/2024
Last Publication: 10/24/2024
Name of Publication: Littleton Independent
IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED;
DATE: 07/30/2024
Michael Westerberg, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado
By: Michael Westerberg, Public Trustee
The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:
Erin Croke #46557
Steven Bellanti #48306
Holly Shilliday #24423
Ilene Dell'Acqua #31755
McCarthy & Holthus LLP
7700 E Arapahoe Road, Suite 230, Centennial, CO 80112 (877) 369-6122
Attorney File # CO-24-991280-LL
The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.
To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:
On July 2, 2024, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.
Original Grantor(s)
Heather L. Cooke
Original Beneficiary(ies)
CANVAS CREDIT UNION
Current Holder of Evidence of Debt
CANVAS CREDIT UNION
Date of Deed of Trust
November 25, 2019
County of Recording
Arapahoe
Recording Date of Deed of Trust
December 05, 2019
Recording Information
(Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.)
D9133436
Original Principal Amount
$44,000.00
Outstanding Principal Balance
$43,649.87
Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.
THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.
SEE ATTACHED LEGAL DESCRIPTION.
Purported common address: 1641 W Canal Cir #733, Littleton, CO 80120-4552.
THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.
NOTICE OF SALE
The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.
THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 10/30/2024, at The East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.
First Publication: 9/5/2024
Last Publication: 10/3/2024
Name of Publication: Littleton Independent
IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED;
DATE: 07/02/2024
Michael Westerberg, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Michael Westerberg, Public Trustee
The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:
Alison L Berry #34531 N. April Winecki #34861
David R. Doughty #40042
Nicholas H. Santarelli #46592
Lynn M. Janeway #15592 Janeway Law Firm, P.C. 9540 Maroon Circle, Suite 320, Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 706-9990 Attorney File # 24-032570
The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.
0289-2024 LEGAL DESCRIPTION BUILDING 7, UNIT 733, PINNACLE AT HIGHLINE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND SUBJECT TO THE DECLARATION FOR PINNACLE AT HIGHLINE RECORDED ON JULY 17, 2001 AT RECEPTION NO. B1115281, AND THE CONDOMINIUM MAP RECORDED ON JULY 17, 2001 AT RECEPTION NO. B1115282, IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK AND RECORDER OF THE COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO, AND GARAGE UNIT G 135 IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND SUBJECT TO THE DECLARATION FOR PINNACLE AT HIGHLINE RECORDED ON JULY 17, 2001 AT RECEPTION NO. B1115281, AND THE CONDOMINIUM MAP RECORDED ON JULY 17, 2001 AT RECEPTION NO. B1115282, IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK AND RECORDER OF THE COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO.
Legal Notice NO. 0289-2024
First Publication: 9/5/2024
Last Publication: 10/3/2024
Name of Publication: Littleton Independent COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0320-2024
To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:
On July 23, 2024, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.
Original Grantor(s)
Joseph B. Keenan and Ana Carolina Viana Keenan
Original Beneficiary(ies)
ZIONS BANCORPORATION, N.A.
DBA VECTRA BANK COLORADO
Current Holder of Evidence of Debt
ZIONS BANCORPORATION, N.A. DBA VECTRA BANK COLORADO Date of Deed of Trust
May 21, 2021
County of Recording
Arapahoe
Recording Date of Deed of Trust
May 28, 2021
Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) E1086622
Original Principal Amount
$363,000.00
Outstanding Principal Balance
$362,226.93
Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay installments of principal and interest, together with other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the Deed of Trust and other violations of the terms thereof.
THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.
LOT 12, BLOCK 6, CHERRY HILLS EAST - THIRD FILING, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO.
Purported common address: 4204 S Dahlia St, Englewood, CO 80113. THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.
NOTICE OF SALE
The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.
THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 11/20/2024, at The East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.
First Publication: 9/26/2024
Last Publication: 10/24/2024
Name of Publication: Littleton Independent
IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED;
DATE: 07/23/2024
Michael Westerberg, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Michael Westerberg, Public Trustee
The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:
David C. Walker #36551
Neal K. Dunning #10181
Douglas W. Brown #10429
Drew P. Fein #48950
Brown Dunning Walker Fein Drusch
PC 7995 E. Prentice Ave., Suite 101-E, Greenwood Village, CO 80111 (303) 329-3363
Attorney File # 3230-174
The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.
To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:
On July 2, 2024, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.
Original Grantor(s)
Larry Merritt, Kerilee Merritt
Original Beneficiary(ies)
Premier Members CU
Current Holder of Evidence of Debt
Premier Members CU
Date of Deed of Trust
December 20, 2022
County of Recording
Arapahoe
Recording Date of Deed of Trust
December 28, 2022
Recording Information
(Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.)
E2121076
Original Principal Amount
$99,999.99
Outstanding Principal Balance
$99,803.56
Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust and other violations of the terms thereof
THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.
LOT 4, BLOCK 4, KNOLLWOOD, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO.
Purported common address: 3156 W Radcliff Ave, Englewood, CO 80110-5263.
THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.
NOTICE OF SALE
The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.
THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 10/30/2024, at The East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.
First Publication: 9/5/2024
Last Publication : 10/3/2024
Name of Publication: Littleton Independent
IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED;
DATE: 07/02/2024
Michael Westerberg, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado
By: Michael Westerberg, Public Trustee
The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SHERIDAN, COLORADO
AMENDING CHAPTER 22 ARTICLE II BUSINESS AND OCCUPATIONAL LICENSE GENERALLY OF THE SHERIDAN MUNICIPAL CODE
WHEREAS, in accordance with SB22-032 a municipality cannot charge a fee for a business license to a retailer that has a state standard retail license, or makes retail sales in the municipality but does not have a physical presence in the municipality or only has an incidental physical presence within the municipality as such terms are defined by C.R.S. 39-26-802.9; and
WHEREAS, to comply with state statute it is thus necessary that the City amend its business license regulations set forth in Chapter 22 Article II of the Sheridan Municipal Code.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SHERIDAN, COLORADO, THAT:
Section 1. Section 22-33(d) Application fee of the Sheridan Municipal Code is amended to read as follows:
(d) Application fee. All applications except those specifically exempted as set forth in this article shall be accompanied by the full amount of the fee charged for such license. Such fee is nonrefundable.
Section 2. Section 22-34(c) License fees of the Sheridan Municipal Code is amended to read as follows:
(c) Nonprofit organizations with 501(c)(3) status in accordance with 26 U.S.C. Sec. 501(c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Service and those businesses with a state standard retail license or without a physical presence or only an incidental physical presence in the city as defined by C.R.S. 39-26802.9 are exempt from the annual license fee.
Section 3. If any article, section, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance is held to be unconstitutional or invalid for any reason, such decision shall not affect the validity or constitutionality of the remaining portions of this ordinance. The city council hereby declares that it would have passed this ordinance and each part or parts hereof irrespective of the fact that any one part or parts be declared unconstitutional or invalid.
Section 4. All other ordinances or portions thereof inconsistent or conflicting with this ordinance or any portion hereof are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency or conflict.
Section 5 The repeal or modification of any provision of the Sheridan Municipal Code by this ordinance shall not release, extinguish, alter, modify or change in whole or in part any penalty, forfeiture or liability, either civil or criminal, which shall have been incurred under such provision. Each provision shall be treated and held as still remaining in force for the purpose of sustaining any and all proper actions, suits, proceedings and prosecutions for enforcement of the penalty, forfeiture or liability, as well as for the purpose of sustaining any judgment, decree or order which can or may be rendered, entered or made in such actions, suits, proceedings or prosecutions.
Section 6. This ordinance is deemed necessary for the preservation of the public property, health, welfare, peace and safety.
Section 7. Violations of this ordinance shall be punishable in accordance with the provisions of Section 1-14 of the Sheridan Municipal Code.
PASSED AND APPROVED on first reading the 23rd day of September 2024, and ordered published.
PASSED AND APPROVED on second reading the 14th day of October 2024, and ordered published.
Tara Beiter-Fluhr, Mayor
ATTEST: Jenna DiRubbo, MMC, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM: Hayashi & Macsalka, LLC, City Attorney
Legal Notice No. 539654
First Publication: October 3, 2024
Last Publication: October 3, 2024
Publisher: Englewood Herald Public Notice
ARAPAHOE COUNTY NOTICE OF APPLICATION
CASE NO Q24-073, USS RAPTOR SOLAR / ADMINISTRATIVE USE BY SPECIAL REVIEW
– SMALL SOLAR SYSTEM FACILITY
PROPOSAL: United States Solar Corporation (“US Solar”) has applied for Administrative Use by Special Review with Arapahoe County for a Small Solar System Facility called USS Raptor Solar LLC (Case number Q24-073). This community solar garden will have a capacity of 5 MWac, enough to power roughly 1,200 homes per year. USS Raptor will interconnect to Xcel Energy infrastructure and will power homes, businesses, and public entities in Aurora. This project will be located on ~29 acres currently owned by the Lowry Environmental Trust northeast of where E Hampden Ave crosses E-470. This is one of six planned community solar gardens sited at this location, collectively referred to as the Lowry Projects.
USS Raptor will be comprised of solar panels mounted on single-axis trackers, which rotate from east to west as the sun moves through the sky to maximize solar production. The panels will be about 6 to 8 feet tall, depending on the tilt angle. The entire project area will be planted with a mix of low-water native grasses and pollinator-friendly habitat. No permanent structures or buildings are proposed. The Lowry projects will serve as a buffer between expanding residential development and the Lowry Landfill Superfund site and Denver Arapahoe Disposal Site.
More information about this proposal is available at the offices of the Arapahoe County Public Works and Development Department, Planning Division, 6924 S Lima St., Centennial CO 80112 (please call ahead to schedule an appointment if you plan to walk in), by calling 720-874-6650, or by emailing planning@arapahoegov.com during regular business hours (8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday) or the applicant, Haley Balentine, 303-409-4199, or haley.balentine@us-solar.com.
Legal Notice No. 539651
First Publication: October 3, 2024
Last Publication: October 3, 2024
Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice
ARAPAHOE COUNTY NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING CASE NO. LDC24-002, SIGN REGULATIONS / LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE TEXT AMENDMENT
PROPOSAL: This county-initiated project proposes amending the Land Development Code (LDC), specifically, Section 4-1-.5, Signs, Section 5-4.4, Planned Sign Program, and Chapter 7, Definitions. The proposed revisions allow for increased freestanding signage depending on the adjacent street frontage and the size of the parcel (s) and are intended to simplify the permitted number and size of fascia signs, remove special sign allowances for specific uses, update and include definitions for certain types of signs, and revise the process and clarify the regulations of the Planned Sign Program.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on October 22, 2024, at 9:30 A.M., or as soon thereafter as the calendar of the Arapahoe County Board of County Commission permits, a public hearing will be held; at which, all interested persons will
be given an opportunity to be heard concerning the above-described case, Case No. LDC24-002, Sign Regulations / Land Development Code Text Amendment. The public hearing will be held at 5334 S Prince St., East Hearing Room, Littleton CO 80120, with the option to participate remotely. The agenda will typically be posted by the Friday afternoon preceding the hearing and can be viewed on our website at https://arapahoe.legistar.com/Calendar. You can also listen to, or speak at, the meeting by calling 1-855-436-3656. To join the speaking queue, press *3 on the telephone keypad.
More information about this proposal is available at the offices of the Arapahoe County Public Works and Development Department, Planning Division, 6924 S Lima St., Centennial CO 80112 (please call ahead to schedule an appointment if you plan to walk-in), by calling 720-874-6650, or by emailing planning@arapahoegov.com during regular business hours (8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday).
Joan Lopez, Clerk to the Board
Legal Notice No. 539643
First Publication: October 3, 2024
Last Publication: October 3, 2024
Publisher: Englewood Herald Littleton Independent and the Centennial Citizen
Public Notice
ARAPAHOE COUNTY NOTICE OF APPLICATION CASE NO Q24-074, USS CALICO SOLAR / ADMINISTRATIVE USE BY SPECIAL REVIEW –SMALL SOLAR SYSTEM FACILITY
PROPOSAL: United States Solar Corporation (“US Solar”) has applied for Administrative Use by Special Review with Arapahoe County for a Small Solar System Facility called USS Calico Solar LLC (Case number Q24-074). This community solar garden will have a capacity of 5 MWac, enough to power roughly 1,200 homes per year. USS Raptor will interconnect to Xcel Energy infrastructure and will power homes, businesses, and public entities in Aurora. This project will be located on ~29 acres currently owned by the Lowry Environmental Trust northeast of where E Hampden Ave crosses E-470. This is one of six planned community solar gardens sited at this location, collectively referred to as the Lowry Projects.
USS Calico will be comprised of solar panels mounted on single-axis trackers, which rotate from east to west as the sun moves through the sky to maximize solar production. The panels will be about 6 to 8 feet tall, depending on the tilt angle. The entire project area will be planted with a mix of low-water native grasses and pollinator-friendly habitat. No permanent structures or buildings are proposed. The Lowry projects will serve as a buffer between expanding residential development and the Lowry Landfill Superfund site and Denver Arapahoe Disposal Site.
More information about this proposal is available at the offices of the Arapahoe County Public Works and Development Department, Planning Division, 6924 S Lima St., Centennial CO 80112 (please call ahead to schedule an appointment if you plan to walk in), by calling 720-874-6650, or by emailing planning@arapahoegov.com during regular business hours (8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday) or the applicant, Haley Balentine, 303-409-4199, or haley.balentine@us-solar.com.
Legal Notice: 539652
First Publication: October 3, 2024
Last Publication: October 3, 2024
Publisher: Littleton Independent
PUBLIC NOTICE
Safety-Kleen Systems, Inc. - Englewood
Colorado Hazardous Waste Draft Permit for Renewal September 30, 2024
Facility: Safety-Kleen Systems, Inc. 2801 South Tejon Street Englewood, CO 80110
EPA Identification Number: COD000716621 Permit Applicants: Safety-Kleen Systems, Inc.
The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Hazardous Materials and Waste Management Division (the Division), in
accordance with its authority under the Colorado Hazardous Waste Act, C.R.S. 25-15-301-313 and the associated regulations, has prepared a draft Hazardous Waste Permit. A final Permit would renew the existing waste management activities related to the Hazardous Waste Container and Tank Storage Units at the above address.
Safety-Kleen Systems, Inc. – Englewood offers a leasing service for petroleum-based hydrocarbon and aqueous-based solvents for parts washing equipment. Waste streams collected for storage at the facility consist of petroleum and aqueous spent solvents; dry cleaning filter cartridges, still bottom residue, and separator water; and photo imaging aqueous etching solution, aqueous used photo developer solution, and silver collection canisters; and paint waste.
The draft Permit will be available for public review and comment from September 30 through November 15, 2024
Submit written comments on the draft Permit to:
Clay Trumpolt, P.E.
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
Hazardous Materials and Waste Management Division 4300 Cherry Creek Drive South Denver, CO 80246-1530 (720) 703-3136
Email: clayton.trumpolt@state.co.us
For more information about the project, please call or write:
Venissa Ledesma, Community Involvement Specialist Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment 4300 Cherry Creek Drive South Denver, CO 80246 1530 (303) 692-3432, or Toll Free 1-888-569-1831
Email: venissa.ledesma@state.co.us
The public is obligated to raise issues and provide information during the public comment period in accordance with 6 CCR 1007-3, Section 100.509. FAILURE TO RAISE AN ISSUE OR PROVIDE INFORMATION DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD MAY PREVENT YOU FROM RAISING THAT ISSUE OR SUBMITTING SUCH INFORMATION IN AN APPEAL OF THE DEPARTMENT'S FINAL DECISION--6 CCR 1007-3, SECTION 100.506 (d)(vi). CDPHE will consider all written comments prior to making a final permit decision. Following the public comment period, the Division will issue a final permit decision and a response to comments in accordance with 6 CCR 1007-3, Sections 100.511-512.
The draft Permit documents are available for review on the Division website: https://cdphe.colorado.gov/hm/HMWMD-public-notices
Upon request, a hard copy of the draft Permit can be made available for review at the Division Records Center during normal business hours by contacting: 303-692-3331 or Toll Free 1-888-569-1831, ext. 3331
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment Hazardous Materials and Waste Management Division Records Center Room B215 4300 Cherry Creek Drive South, Denver, CO 80246-1530
The draft Permit is also available for review during normal business hours at the following location: Safety Kleen Systems, Inc. 2801 South Tejon Street Englewood, CO 80110 (303) 761-8614
Legal Notice No. 539660
First Publication: October 3, 2024
Last Publication: October 3, 2024
Publisher: Englewood Herald
PUBLIC NOTICE
CITY OF CENTENNIAL
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Tuesday, October 1st, 2024, the Centennial City Council passed on second and final reading
ORDINANCE NO. 2024-O-14
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CENTENNIAL, COLORADO AMENDING CHAPTER 12 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE (LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE) CON-
Public Notices
CERNING THE ADOPTION OF NEIGHBORHOOD INFILL RESIDENTIAL ZONE DISTRICTS
The full text of the ordinance is available for public inspection in the office of the City Clerk. The ordinance may be obtained by contacting the City Clerk, 303-754-3324. The full text of the ordinance is also available on the City’s web site, www.centennialcolorado.com.
By: Christina Lovelace, CMC
Interim City Clerk
Legal Notice No. 539656
First Publication: October 3, 2024
Last Publication: October 3, 2024
Publisher: Littleton Independent and the Centennial Citizen
Public Notice
CITY OF ENGLEWOOD NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
Notice is hereby given that a public hearing before the Englewood City Council will be held on October 21, 2024 at the hour of 7:00 p.m. in the Englewood Council Chambers, 1000 Englewood Parkway, Englewood, CO 80110.
Case #2024-001: Home Occupations and Natural Medicines. The issue to be heard before the Englewood City Council is to amend Table 2-1: Summary of Applications and Procedures, add Section 16-2-15 Special Exceptions for Home Occupations, amend Table 4-2: Permitted Uses, amend Section 16-4-3.B.9 Medical Marijuana, amend Section 16-4-4.C Home Occupation, amend Section 16-13-1.C.6 Marijuana Uses, and amend Section 16-13-2 Defined Terms to add Natural Medicine in Title 16 of the Englewood Municipal Code.
A copy of the proposed amendments may be reviewed in the Community Development Department. Anyone interested in this matter may be heard at the public hearing by calling 303.762.2430 or by emailing CityClerk@englewoodco.gov 24 hours prior to the public hearing for directions on providing public comment.
By Order of the City Englewood City Council
Stephanie Carlile, City Clerk
Legal Notice No. 539648
First Publication: October 3, 2024
Last Publication: October 3, 2024
Publisher: Englewood Herald
Metropolitan Districts
Public Notice
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Land Court Department Trial Court
Bristol, SS. CASE NO. 24 MISC 000513 (GHP)
Nicholas W. Anagnos and Paul N. Anagnos, Trustees of Nick’s Realty Trust v. National Mortgage Corporation
TO: any former stockholders, officers, creditors, and any other persons claiming any interest in National Mortgage Corporation, a defunct Colorado corporation, with a former principal place of business in Greenwood Village, in the State of Colorado, or their heirs, devises, legal representatives, successors or assigns.
You are hereby notified that a complaint has been filed by the above-named plaintiffs in which you are named as an interested party. This complaint concerns a certain parcel of land in Mansfield, Bristol County, and said Commonwealth being known as and numbered 17 Cottage Street (the “Property”). Plaintiffs allege that title to said Property is clouded by an improperly discharged mortgage given by prior owner James M. Prosser to B First Mortgage Company LP, dated February 24, 1995, and recorded on February 28, 1995 in the Bristol North County Registry of Deeds (the “Registry”), at Book 6288 Page 278, as affected by an assignment of mortgage to National Mortgage Corporation, dated February 24, 1995, and recorded in said Registry on February 28, 1995, at book 6288, page 287 (the “Undischarged Mortgage”). Plaintiffs allege that Michael P. Connor subsequently purchased the Property by virtue of a deed dated September 18, 1996 and recorded
on September 30, 1996 in said Registry at book 6899 page 1, wherein Michael P. Connor assumed responsibility for the payments then remaining due on the Undischarged Mortgage. Plaintiffs allege that Michael P. Connor subsequently refinanced the Property by giving a new mortgage to Option One Mortgage Corporation dated November 18, 1997, and recorded on November 24, 1997 in said Registry at book 7375 page 52. (the “Refinance Mortgage”). The plaintiffs allege that the proceeds of the Refinance Mortgage were used to pay off the Undischarged Mortgage in full, however the defendant failed to file the required discharge with the Registry. Plaintiffs seek a judgment discharging the Undischarged Mortgage and declaring that plaintiffs hold title to the Property free and clear of any claims of the defendants, and for any such relief as the Court may deem just and equitable.
This complaint may be examined at the Land Court, Boston, Massachusetts, or online at www. masscourts.org. Information on how to search Land Court dockets is available on the Land Court website: www.mass.gov/how-to/find-a-land-court-casedocket. A copy of said complaint may also be obtained from plaintiff's attorney.
If you intend to make any defense, you are hereby required to serve upon the plaintiff's attorney, Kurt F. Stuckel, Esq., whose address is 17 Grant Street, Stoneham, MA 02180, an answer to the complaint on or before the twelfth day of November, 2024, next, the return day, hereof, and a copy thereof must be filed in this court on or before said day.
If you fail to do so, judgment by default will be taken against you for relief demanded in the complaint. Unless otherwise provided by Rule 13(a), your answer must state as a counterclaim any claim which you may have against the plaintiff which arise out of the transaction or occurrence that is the subject matter of the plaintiffs' claim, or you will thereafter be barred from making such claim in any other action.
It is ORDERED that notice be given by publishing a copy of this notice once in the Englewood Herald of Arapahoe County, Colorado at least thirty days before the twelfth day of November, 2024.
Witness, Gordon H. Piper, Chief Justice of the Land Court, the eighteenth day of September, 2024.
Attest: /s/ Deborah J. Patterson
Deborah J. Patterson, Recorder
Legal Notice No. 539640
First Publication: October 3, 2024
Last Publication: October 3, 2024
Publisher: Englewood Herald
Metro Districts Budget Hearings
Public Notice
NOTICE OF HEARING ON PROPOSED 2025 BUDGET AND 2024 BUDGET AMENDMENT
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the proposed budget for the ensuing year of 2025 has been submitted to the Wild Plum Metropolitan District (the "District"). Such proposed budget will be considered at a meeting and public hearing of the Board of Directors of the District to be held on Tuesday, November 5, 2024 at 9:00 a.m., or as soon thereafter, in person at the Columbine Valley Town Hall, located at 2 Middlefield Road, Columbine Valley, CO 80123 and by telephone and videoconference. To attend and participate by telephone, dial (669) 254-5252 and enter passcode 304960. Information regarding public participation by videoconference will be available at least 24 hours prior to the meeting and public hearing online at www.wildplummetrodistrict.org.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that an amendment to the 2024 budget of the District may also be considered at the above-referenced meeting and public hearing of the Board of Directors of the District. A copy of the proposed 2025 budget and the amended 2024 budget, if required, are available for public inspection at the offices of Simmons & Wheeler, P.C., located at 304 Inverness Way South, Suite 490, Englewood, CO 80112 and by contacting Diane Wheeler by email: diane@simmonswheeler.com. Any interested elector within the District may, at any time prior to final adoption of the 2025 budget and the amended 2024 budget, if required, file or register any objections thereto.
WILD PLUM METROPOLITAN DISTRICT
By: /s/ John Cheney, President
Legal Notice No. 539630
First Publication: October 3, 2024
Last Publication: October 3, 2024
Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice
NOTICE OF HEARING ON PROPOSED 2025 BUDGET FOR LITTLETON VILLAGE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 1
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a proposed 2025 Budget (“Budget”) has been submitted to the Board of Directors of the LITTLETON VILLAGE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 1. A copy of such proposed Budget has been filed in the office of the District Manager at 8390 E. Crescent Parkway, Suite 300, Greenwood Village, CO 80111, where same is open for public inspection. Such proposed Budget will be considered at a regular meeting of the LITTLETON VILLAGE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 1, to be held on October 8, 2024 at 5:30 p.m. via MS Teams: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_NWFlODhhN2EtYWVkOS00ZDliLWJjNDUtNDhjNzNmMzRhMjJi%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%224aaa468e-93ba4ee3-ab9f-6a247aa3ade0%22%2c%22Oi d%22%3a%221f1b712c-e235-4dd5-b5c5d830e47350db%22%7d
Any interested electors within the LITTLETON VILLAGE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 1 may inspect the proposed Budget and file or register any objections at any time prior to the final adoption of the proposed Budget. BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS: LITTLETON VILLAGE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 1
By: /s/ ICENOGLE SEAVER POGUE, P.C.
Legal Notice No. 539658
First Publication: October 3, 2024
Last Publication: October 3, 2024
Publisher: Littleton Independent
Public Notice
NOTICE OF HEARING ON PROPOSED 2025 BUDGET FOR LITTLETON VILLAGE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 3
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a proposed 2025 Budget (“Budget”) has been submitted to the Board of Directors of the LITTLETON VILLAGE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 3. A copy of such proposed Budget has been filed in the office of the District Manager at 8390 E. Crescent Parkway, Suite 300, Greenwood Village, CO 80111, where same is open for public inspection. Such proposed Budget will be considered at a regular meeting of the LITTLETON VILLAGE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 3, to be held on October 8, 2024 at 5:30 p.m. via MS Teams:
Any interested electors within the LITTLETON VILLAGE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 3 may inspect the proposed Budget and file or register any objections at any time prior to the final adoption of the proposed Budget.
BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
LITTLETON VILLAGE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 3
By: /s/ ICENOGLE SEAVER POGUE, P.C.
Legal Notice No. 539659
First Publication: October 3, 2024
Last Publication: October 3, 2024
Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS ON PROPOSED 2025 BUDGET
AND AMENDMENT OF 2024 BUDGET
LITTLETON VILLAGE ' METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 2
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a proposed Budget has been submitted to the Board of Directors ("Board") of the Littleton Village Metropolitan District No. 2 ("District") for fiscal year 2025. A copy of the proposed 2025 Budget is available for inspection by the public at the office of the District’s accountant, 2801 Youngfield Street, Suite 370, Golden, Colorado. The District Board will consider the proposed 2025 Budget, and an Amended 2024 Budget, if necessary, at public hearings to be held during a regular meeting scheduled for 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, October 15, 2024 via Zoom. Meeting access information and the meeting agenda may be obtained from the District’s website: https://littletonvillagemd2.com
The Board may take action on the proposed 2025 Budget, and the proposed Amended 2024 Budget, if necessary, following the public hearings.
Any interested elector of the District may file or register any objections thereto with the Board during normal business hours prior to the final adoption of the proposed 2025 Budget and Amended 2024 Budget, if necessary.
LITTLETON VILLAGE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 2
By: /s/ Jim Bowlby, Jr.
President of the District Board
Legal Notice No. 539664
First Publication: October 3, 2024
Last Publication: October 3, 2024
Publisher: Littleton Independent
Bids and Settlements
Public Notice NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT BID PACKAGE #20
LITTLETON PREPARATORY
ADA RAMP GC SERVICES
Notice is hereby given that Littleton Public Schools in the county of Arapahoe will on November 05, 2024 pay retainage and make final settlement with Weber Industries for BID PACKAGE #20 Littleton Preparatory ADA Ramp GC Services Any person, co-partnership, association of persons, company or corporation that has furnished labor, material, team hire, sustenance, provisions, provender or other supplies used or consumed by the contractor identified above or any subcontractor thereof in or about the performance of the work contracted to be done or that has supplied rental machinery, tools, or equipment to the extent used in the prosecution of the work whose claim therefore has not been paid, by the contractor or subcontractor, must file a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid on account of such claim, which statement must be filed on November 5, 2024. Claims must be submitted to the Board of Education of Littleton Public Schools at the school district’s Property Management Department, 5776 S. Crocker Street, Littleton, CO. 80120 on November 05, 2024 Final Settlement will be made and verified claims must be timely filed with Littleton Public Schools. Failure on the part of the claimant to file such statement prior to or on the established date will relieve the School District from any and all liability for such claim,
Dated: October 03, 2024
Legal Notice No. 539639
First Publication: October 3, 2024
Last Publication: October 24, 2024
Publisher: Littleton Independent Not consecutive publications
Public Notice
NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT
ALTON WAY SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS
Project No. 24-04-01
Notice is hereby given, pursuant to Section 38-26107, C.R.S., that the City of Centennial, Colorado (the “City”) will make final payment at the hour of 10:00 a.m. on October 18, 2024 (the “Final Settlement Date”) to the following contractor:
E&M CONCRETE, LLC 615 E 77th Ave. Denver, CO 80229 (hereinafter, the “Contractor”) for and on account
of all work completed by the Contractor on City Project No. 24-04-01, including for purposes of this Notice of Final Settlement on (the “Project”).
1. Any person, co-partnership, association of persons, company or corporation that has an unpaid claim against the Project for and on account of the furnishing of labor, materials, or other supplies used or consumed by the Contractor or any subcontractor in or about the performance of said work, may at any time up to and including the Final Settlement Date, file a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid on account of such claim.
2. Any such claim(s) shall be filed with the City Clerk at 13133 East Arapahoe Road, Centennial, CO 80112 prior to the Final Settlement Date.
3. Failure on the part of any claimant to file such verified statement or claim prior to the Final Settlement Date will relieve the City from any and all liability for such claim.
Legal Notice No. 539655
First Publication: October 3, 2024
Last Publication: October 3, 2024
Publisher: Littleton Independent and the Centennial Citizen
Public Notice COUNTY COURT, A RAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO 1790
Case No.:2018C046816 Div.:A2
Autovest, L.L.C., Plaintiff Vs. ALYSSA LYNN WALKER, Defendant REVIVER BY PUBLICATION NOTICE TO DEFENDANT/JUDGMENT DEBTOR
THIS MATTER coming on before the Court upon the motion of the Plaintiff styled “Motion for Revivor of Judgment,” and the Court having read said motion and now being duly apprised in the premises, NOW THEREFORE
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED the Clerk of this Court shall, and is ordered and directed to, issue to Defendant, ALYSSA LYNN WALKER, the “Notice to Show Cause Pursuant to CRCP 354(h)” requiring said Defendant to show cause within 14 (fourteen) days from the service of such Notice, pursuant to CRCP 354(h), if any she has, why the Judgment heretofore entered in this matter on October 31, 2018 shall not be revived with like force and effect.
WHEREAS, Plaintiff has moved this Court pursuant to CRCP 354(h) to revive the Judgment entered in the instant matter on, October 31, 2018 NOW THEREFORE
IT IS ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED, that Plaintiff, Autovest, L.L.C., shall have and take of defendant, ALYSSA LYNN WALKER Judgment in the instant matter on this date with like force and effect as on the date the Judgment was entered heretofore on October 31, 2018.
Defendant shall show cause within fourteen (14) days from the service of this “Notice to Show Cause Pursuant to CRCP 354(h)”, if any the Defendant has, why the Judgment heretofore entered should not be revived with like force and effect.
Attorney for Plaintiff
Legal Notice No. 539591
First Publication: September 19, 2024
Last Publication: October 17, 2024
Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice
DISTRICT COURT, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, COLORADO
325 South Potomac Street, Centennial, CO 80112
Plaintiff: Coastal Community Bank vs. Defendants: Milan Chytil; MV Realty of Colorado, LLC; loanDepot.com, LLC; Lendr.online, LLC; The United States of America, acting by and through the Secretary of Housing and
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Urban Development; The Public Trustee of Arapahoe County, Colorado; Urus Funding, LLC; all unknown persons who may claim an interest in the subject matter of this action
Attorneys for Plaintiff: Amanda Ferguson, #44893
Heather L. Deere, #28597
Halliday, Watkins & Mann, P.C.
355 Union Blvd., Suite 250 Lakewood, CO 80228
Ph: 303-274-0155 Fx: 303-274-0159
E-mail: infoco@hwmlawfirm.com
File No: CO22500
Case Number: 2024CV31283 Division: 202
SUMMONS
To the Defendant named above: Urus Funding, LLC
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to file with the Clerk of this Court an answer or other response to the Amended Complaint filed in this action. You are required to file your answer or other response within 35 days after such service upon you. Your answer or counterclaim must be accompanied with the applicable filing fee. Service of this Summons shall be complete on the day of the last publication.
If you fail to file your answer or other response to the complaint in writing within the applicable time period, judgment by default may be entered against you by the court for the relief demanded in the Amended Complaint, without any further notice to you.
A copy of the Complaint may be obtained from the clerk of the court. This is a judicial foreclosure action regarding the property particularly described in the Amended Complaint. This Summons is issued pursuant to Rule 4 of the Colorado Rules of Civil Procedure.
Dated: September 19, 2024
By: Amanda Ferguson, #44893
Legal Notice No. 539653
First Publication: October 3, 2024
Last Publication: October 31, 2024
Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice
DISTRICT COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, STATE OF COLORADO Case No.: 2023CV032419 Division: 15
COMBINED NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE OF REAL PROPERTY
Plaintiff: FOXDALE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, INC., a Colorado nonprofit corporation v. Defendants: KRISTAN EMERICK; JP MORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.; ARAPAHOE COUNTY PUBLIC TRUSTEE
This is to advise you that a Sheriff sale proceeding has been commenced through the office of the undersigned Sheriff pursuant to an Order Granting Motion for Decree for Judicial Foreclosure dated May 24, 2024, and C.R.S. 38-38-101 et seq., by Foxdale Condominium Association, Inc., a Colorado nonprofit corporation, the current holder of a lien recorded on September 11, 2023 at Rec. No. E3062494, in the records of the Clerk and Recorder of the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado. The judicial foreclosure is based on a default under the Condominium Declaration of Foxdale Condominiums, recorded on August 4, 1981 at Reception No. 2092260 in the records of the Clerk and Recorder of the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado. The Declaration and notices, as recorded, establish a lien for the benefit of Foxdale Condominium Association, Inc., a Colorado nonprofit corporation, WHICH LIEN BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AND IMPROVEMENTS – against the property legally described as follows:
Condominium Unit 101, Building 12, Foxdale Condominiums, in accordance with the Declaration recorded on August 4, 1981 in Book 3461 at Page 495, and any and all amendments and supplements thereto, and Condominium Map recorded on August 4, 1981 in Book 52 at Page 26, of the Arapahoe County Records, and any and all amendments and supplements thereto, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado.
Also known and numbered as: 18494 E Kepner Pl, #101, Aurora, CO 80017
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 Unit of Sheriff's Office of Arapahoe County, Colorado at 10:00 A.M., on the 14th day of November 2024, at 13101 E. Broncos Pkwy, Centennial, CO 80112; phone number 720-874-3845. 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 THE MINIMUM BID AT TIME OF SALE. **
DATED in Colorado this 13th day of August, 2024.
Tyler S. Brown
Sheriff of Arapahoe County, Colorado
By: Sgt. Trent Steffa,Deputy Sheriff
ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF: ORTEN CAVANAGH HOLMES & HUNT, LLC 1445 Market Street, Suite 350 Denver, CO 80202
Legal Notice NO. 539507
First Publication: September 19, 2024
Last Publication: October 17, 2024
Published In: Littleton Independent 750 W. Hampden Ave., Suite 225 Englewood, Colorado, 80110
Public Notice
DISTRICT COURT, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO Case Number: 24CV030288
AMENDED COMBINED NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE
Plaintiff: Murphy Creek Master Association, Inc.
v. Defendants: Michael J. Carter, Johanna Carter, Sun Trust Mortgage Company, Inc., and Michael Westerberg, as Arapahoe County's Public Trustee
Regarding: Lot 5, Block 2, Murphy Creek Subdivision Filing No. 1, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado
Also known as: 1476 S Buchanan Circle, Aurora, CO 80018
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 Sheriff's Office of the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado at 10:00 A.M, on the 7th day of November, 2024 at the Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office Civil Unit located at 13101 East Broncos Parkway, Centennial, CO, 80112, phone number (720) 874-3845, at which sale, the above-described real property and improvements thereon will be sold to the highest bidder. This Amended Combined Notice of Sheriff Sale of Real Property and Right to Cure and Redeem is being resent to accommodate notification to all parties on the amended mailing list received August 12, 2024. 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 THE MINIMUM BID AT TIME OF SALE. **
PLEASE NOTE THAT THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. Judgment is in the amount of $10,470.01.
Attorney for Murphy Creek Master Association, Inc. WesternLaw Group LLC Gabriel Stefu, #34616 9351 Grant Street #120 Thornton, CO 80229 gstefu@westernlawgroup.com
Date: August 6, 2024
Tyler S. Brown, Sherriff County of Arapahoe, Colorado
Published In: Littleton Independent 750 W. Hampden Ave., Suite 225 Englewood, Colorado, 80110
Public Notice
DISTRICT COURT, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, COLORADO Case Number: 2023CV31515
COMBINED NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE OF REAL PROPERTY
KAPKO, INC., D/B/A DENVER SIGNS AND GRAPHICS, a Colorado corporation Plaintiff, v. 10800 EAST BETHANY DRIVE, LLC, a Colorado limited liability company, and RCL GENOMICS CLINICAL LABORATORIES, LLC, a Colorado limited liability company Defendants.
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 Unit of the Sheriff's Office of County of Arapahoe County, Colorado at 10:00 A.M., on the 21st day of November 2024, at 13101 E. Broncos Parkway, Centennial, CO 80112, phone number (720) 874-3845. 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. Please telephone (720) 874-3845 prior to the sale to ascertain the amount of this bid.
**BIDDERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE CASH OR CERTIFIED FUNDS SUFFICIENT TO COVER THE MINIMUM BID AT THE TIME OF SALE.**
PLEASE NOTE THAT THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. Judgment is in the amount of $9,553.98.
On January 26, 2024, the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado issued an Order, Judgment, and Decree of Foreclosure relating to the Real Property described below:
The Subject Real Property is located at 10800 East Bethany Drive, Aurora, Colorado 80014, and has a legal description of:
Lot 1, Block 1
Fountainhead Subdivision Filing No. 2, County of Arapahoe State of Colorado
THE NAME OF THE ORIGNIAL GRANTOR: Enable Properties, LLC
THE NAME OF THE ORIGINAL BENEFICIARY: 10800 East Bethany Drive, LLC THE NAME OF THE HOLDER OF THE EVIDENCE OF DEBT: Kapko Inc., d/b/a Denver Signs and Graphics
THE DATE OF THE DEED BEING FORECLOSED: May 2, 2017
THE RECORDING DATE, COUNTY, BOOK, AND PAGE OR RECEPTION NUMBER OF THE RECORDING: May 3, 2017 – Arapahoe County, Colorado Reception No. D7049813
THE AMOUNT OF THE ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL BALANCE: $2,217,000.00
The property described in the notice of election and demand is all of the property encumbered by the deed of trust being foreclosed
The foreclosure is on the basis of the Arapahoe County District Court’s Order, Judgment, and Decree of Foreclosure based upon a mechanic’s lien.
ATTORNEY INFORMATION:
Justin T. North, Esq., Bar Registration Number 56437
7350 E. Progress Place, #100, Greenwood Village, CO 80111
Date: August 20, 2024
Tyler S. Brown, Sherriff County of Arapahoe, Colorado
By: Sgt. Trent Steffa, Deputy Sheriff
Legal Notice NO. 539531
First Publication: September 26, 2024
Last Publication: October 24, 2024
Published In: Littleton Independent 750 W. Hampden Ave., Suite 225 Englewood, Colorado, 80110
Misc. Private Legals
Public Notice
District Court, Arapahoe County, State of Colorado Court Address: Arapahoe County Courthouse 7325 S. Potomac Street Centennial, Colorado 80112
In the Matter of the Determination of Heirs or Devisees or Both and of Interests in Property of:
Phebe E. Green, a/k/a Phebe Elizabeth Green, a/k/a Phoebe Elizabeth Green, Deceased; John R. Green, a/k/a John Russell Green, Deceased; Grace D. Hudson, a/k/a Grace Davidson Hudson, Deceased; Walter D. Hudson, a/k/a Walter Davidson Hudson, Deceased; and Natalie Goodale Arthur, f/k/a Natalie Goodale Hudson, Deceased
Attorney for the Petitioner: Marcus Behm 32375 County Road 13.5 Manzanola, Colorado 81058 Phone Number: (719) 543-4357
Attorney Registration Number: 39396 Case Number: 2024PR031036
NOTICE OF HEARING BY PUBLICATION TO INTERESTED PERSONS AND OWNERS BY DESCENT OR SUCCESSION PURSUANT TO § 15-12-1303, C.R.S.
To all interested persons and owners by descent or succession (List all names of interested persons and owners by descent or succession):
1. William and Natalie Aurthur Living Trust, dated June 15, 2000
2. Susan H. Montague
3. Linda N. Hudson
4. Diane H. Kasten
5. Janet H. Yung
6. David William Arthur
7. Roy Allen Arthur
8. Michael Edward Centoni
9. Steven Wayne Centoni
10. Argene Renee Finley
11. Jacqueline Kay Eck
12. Janet Sue McDowell
13. Bluebird Energy Partners, LLC
A petition has been filed alleging that the above decedent(s) died leaving a mineral interest in the following property (including legal description if real property):
Township 4 South, Range 64 West, of the 6th P.M. Section 18: NWSE Arapahoe County, Colorado
The hearing on the petition will be held at the following time and location or at a later date to which the hearing may be continued:
Date: November 27, 2024
Time: 8:00 A.M. Address: Arapahoe County Courthouse, 7325 S. Potomac Street, Centennial, Colorado 80112
The hearing will take approximately one day.
Note:
• You must answer the petition on or before the hearing date and time specified above.
• Within the time required for answering the petition, all objections to the petition must be in writing, filed with the court and served on the petitioner and any required filing fee must be paid.
• The hearing shall be limited to the petition, the objections timely filed and the parties answering the petition in a timely manner. If the petition is not answered and no objections are filed, the court may enter a decree without a hearing.
Date: September 20, 2024
S/ Shane Kaiser
Signature of Party Giving Notice
Legal Notice No. 539636
First Publication: October 3, 2024
Last Publication: October 17, 2024
Publisher: Englewood Herald
Notice to Creditors
Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of Joyce Ruth Scheffer, aka Joyce R. Scheffer, aka Joyce Scheffer, Deceased Case Number 2024PR30380
All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before February 3, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Shannara Quissell
Shannara Quissell #52547
Zalessky Law Group, LLC
Attorneys for Special Administrator, Darryl Blake Scheffer
Legal Notice No. 539646
First Publication: October 3, 2024
Last Publication: October 17, 2024
Publisher: Littleton Independent
Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of Karen Quinlan, a/k/a Karen G. Quinlan, a/k/a Karen Geck Quinlan, Deceased Case Number: 2024PR30982
All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before February 3, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Roy Quinlan, Personal Representative 7376 S. Bannock Drive Littleton, CO 80120
Legal Notice No. 539635
First Publication: October 3, 2024
Last Publication: October 17, 2024
Publisher: Englewood Herald
Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Terry Corn, Deceased Case Number: 2024PR000407
All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before Monday, January 27, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Dated September 12, 2024
CURTIS LAW FIRM, LLC /s/ Cory M. Curtis
Cory M. Curtis, #40549 10333 E Dry Creek Rd, Suite 210 Englewood, CO 80112 720-263-4600 Fax: 303-482-2180
Legal Notice No. 539612
First Publication: September 26, 2024
Last Publication: October 10, 2024
Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Eddie Mae Bedford, also known as Eddie Bedford, Deceased Case Number: 2024PR30990
All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before Monday, January 27, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Marzette M. Bedford-Billinghurst
Personal Representative
389 Governor's Drive
Kiawah Island, South Carolina 29455
Legal Notice No. 539625
First Publication: September 26, 2024
Last Publication: October 10, 2024
Publisher: Littleton Independent
Public Notice
Public Notices
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of David Lynn Francis, also known as David L. Francis, also known as David Francis, Deceased Case Number: 2024PR030981
All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before January 27, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Charles Lee Francis. Jr.
Personal Representative
701 Towne Center Drive Joppa, MD 21085
Legal Notice No. 539624
First Publication: September 26, 2024
Last Publication: October 10, 2024
Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of Sadie Marie Ryan, a.k.a. Sadie M. Ryan, a.k.a. Sadie Ryan, Deceased Case Number: 2024PR30873
All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of ARAPAHOE County, Colorado on or before January 19, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
John Timothy Ryan
Personal Representative 6151 S Logan Ct Centennial, Colorado, 80121
Legal Notice No. 539588
First Publication: September 19, 2024
Last Publication: October 3, 2024
Publisher: Littleton Independent
Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of RONDA J. WALTER, also known as RONDA JO WALTER and RONDA WALTER, Deceased Case Number: 2024PR30352
All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before January 19, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Joni Baumgart, Personal Representative 7008 S. Valdai Street Aurora, CO 80016
Legal Notice No. 539590
First Publication: September 19, 2024
Last Publication: October 3, 2024
Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of Frederick Harmon Brandenburg II, a/k/a Frederick H. Brandenburg, a/k/a Frederick Brandenburg, a/k/a Fred Brandenburg, a/k/a Rick Brandenburg, Deceased Case Number 2024PR30929
All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before Monday, January 27, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Kathryn Whitney Brandenburg
Personal Representative
2567 Hoyt Street Lakewood, CO 80215
Legal Notice No. 539620
First Publication: September 26, 2024
Last Publication: October 10, 2024
Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of David Rae Snyder, Deceased Case Number: 2024PR417
All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before Monday, January 27, 2024, or the claims may be
forever barred.
Karen Denise Smith
Personal Representative 5516 64th Street Kenosha WI 53142
Legal Notice No. 539613
First Publication: September 26, 2024
Last Publication: October 10, 2024
Publisher: Littleton Independent
Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of ALFRED CARROLL WRIGHT, a.k.a. ALFRED C. WRIGHT, a.k.a. FRED C. WRIGHT, a.k.a. FRED WRIGHT, Deceased
Case Number 2024 PR 31016, Division CLX
All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the Arapahoe County District Court, Centennial, Colorado, on or before February 3, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
SANDRA J. WRIGHT-ORTEGA
Personal Representative 5749 S. Andes Street Aurora, Colorado 80015
Telephone: 303-908-1453
Legal Notice No. 539662
First Publication: October 3, 2024
Last Publication: October 17, 2024
Publisher: Englewood Herald
Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of TIMOTHY H. KELLEY, a/k/a TIM KELLEY, Deceased Case Number: 2024PR30979
All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before February 3, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Christine A. Kelley, Personal Representative 260 E. Graves Ave Centennial, CO 80121
Bette Heller, P.C., Attorney at Law 19671 E. Euclid Drive Centennial, CO 80016 phone: 303-690-7092 fax: 303-690-0757 email: BetteHeller@comcast.net website: www.BetteHeller.com cell: 303-898-8962
Legal Notice No. 539638
First Publication: October 3, 2024
Last Publication: October 17, 2024
Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of Iva Jewell Unger, a/k/a Iva J. Unger, Deceased Case Number: 2024PR30824
All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado or before February 3, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Arlene J. Polk, Personal Representative 4225 S. Lipan Street Englewood, Colorado 80110
Legal Notice No. 539642
First Publication: October 3, 2024
Last Publication: October 17, 2024
Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of Michael J. Berger, a/k/a Michael Berger, a/k/a Michael Bergerhead, a/k/a Mike Bergerhead, a/k/a Michael J. Bergerhead, a/k/a Mike J. Bergerhead, a/k/a Michael Jay Bergerhead, a/k/a Mike Jay Bergerhead, a/k/a Mike Berger, a/k/a Mike J. Berger, a/k/a Michael Jay Berger, a/k/a Mike Jay Berger, Deceased Case Number 2024PR30926
All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before January 19, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
David S. Berger, Personal Representative 10650 SW 71 Avenue
Pinecrest, Florida 33156
Legal Notice No. 539596
First Publication: September 19, 2024
Last Publication: October 3, 2024
Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of Bryan Andrew Stansbury, a/k/a Bryan A. Stansbury, and Bryan Stansbury, Deceased Case Number: 2024PR30991
All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to: The District Court, Arapahoe County, Colorado 7325 S. Potomac St., #100, Centennial, CO 80112 on or before January 26, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Julianna Stansbury, Personal Representative
c/o Law Office of Byron K. Hammond, LLC 4500 Cherry Creek Drive South, Suite 960 Denver, CO 80246
Legal Notice No. 539619
First Publication: September 26, 2024
Last Publication: October 10, 2024
Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of Michael Christopher Bush, a/k/a Michael C. Bush, a/k/a Michael Bush, Deceased Case Number: 2024PR30902
All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before February 3, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Kristina Kell, Personal Representative 29500 Heathercliff Road, SPC 76 Malibu, CA 90265
Legal Notice No. 539644
First Publication: October 3, 2024
Last Publication: October 17, 2024
Publisher: Englewood Herald Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of Jerome W. Berryman, aka Jerome W. Berryman II, Deceased Case Number: 24PR30941
All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before January 19, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Jonathan F. Haskell
Jonathan F. Haskell, #42476
Attorney to the Personal Representative 5251 DTC Parkway, Suite 825 Greenwood Village, CO 80111
Legal Notice No. 539592
First Publication: September 19, 2024
Last Publication: October 3, 2024
Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of James Robert Hertzel, Sr., aka James R. Hertzel, Sr., aka James Hertzel, Sr., aka James Robert Hertzel, aka James R. Hertzel, aka James Hertzel, Deceased Case Number: 2024PR30972
All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before Monday, January 27, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Julie Doyle, Personal Representative
31 Locke Dr. Pittsford, NY 14534
Legal Notice No. 539616
First Publication: September 26, 2024
Last Publication: October 10, 2024
Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of Margaret B Bennett, Deceased Case Number: 24PR455
All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado, on or before January 19, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Teri Farrell-Bage, Personal Representative PO Box 7433, Loveland, CO 80537
Legal Notice No. 539609
First Publication: September 19, 2024
Last Publication: October 3, 2024
Publisher: Englewood Herald Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of Andrew Cary Bubb, aka Andrew C. Bubb, and Andrew Bubb, Deceased Case Number: 2024 PR 30714
All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative: Gregory Bubb, C/O Jo Lauren Seavy, Sullivan Green Seavy Jarvis LLC, 2036 E. 17th Avenue, Denver, CO 80206, or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado, 7325 Potomac Street, Centennial, CO 80112 on or before January 27, 2025 or the claims may be forever barred.
Gregory Bubb, Personal Representative C/O Jo Lauren Seavy, Attorney for Personal Representative Sullivan Green Seavy Jarvis LLC 2036 E. 17th Avenue Denver, CO 80206
Legal Notice No. 539611
First Publication: September 26, 2024
Last Publication: October 10, 2024
Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of MARYANN GAGE, aka MARY ANN GAGE, and as MARY A. GAGE, Deceased Case Number: 2024PR30918
All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before January 19, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Tammy M. Meade, Personal Representative 14985 E. Radcliff Dr. Aurora, CO 80015
Legal Notice No. 539589
First Publication: September 19, 2024
Last Publication: October 3, 2024 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of ELIZABETH MILLER SINCLAIR, A/K/A ELIZABETH M. SINCLAIR, A/K/A E. M. SINCLAIR, A/K/A ELIZABETH SINCLAIR, A/K/A ELIZABETH LOUISE SINCLAIR, Deceased Case Number: 2024 PR 30952
All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to Arapahoe County District Court, Colorado on or before January 20, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Thomas J. Sinclair, Personal Representative c/o Chayet & Danzo, LLC 650 S. Cherry Street, Suite 710 Denver, CO 80246
Legal Notice No. 539603
First Publication: September 19, 2024
Last Publication: October 3, 2024 Publisher: Littleton Independent
Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of JAMES ELDON DICK, aka JAMES E. DICK, aka JAMES DICK, Deceased Case Number: 2024 PR 30019
All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Count of Arapahoe County, Colorado, on or before November 30, 2024, or the claims may be forever barred.
NADYA VECCHIET-LAMBERT, ESQ. On behalf of Dan J. Halvorson, Personal Representative 6855 South Havana Street, Suite #370 Centennial, CO 80112 (303) 734-7131
Legal Notice No. 539633
First Publication: October 3, 2024
Last Publication: October 17, 2024
Publisher: Littleton Independent
Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of JAMES DAVID GROW, JR., aka JAMES D. GROW, JR. aka JAMES GROW, JR. aka JAMES GROW, Deceased Case Number: 2024PR30967
All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court, Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before January 19, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
/s/ NADYA VECCHIET-LAMBERT, ESQ. Attorney for Annamaria Grow, Personal Representative 6855 South Havana Street Suite 370 Centennial, CO 80112
Legal Notice No. 539597
First Publication: September 19, 2024 Last Publication: October 3, 2024
Publisher: Littleton Independent
Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Courtney David Wonderly, A/K/A Courtney D. Wonderly, A/K/A Courtney Wonderly, Deceased Case Number: 24PR30963
All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before January 19, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Judith Howard, Personal Representative 8440 Brambleridge Drive Castle Rock, CO 80108
Legal Notice No. 539608
First Publication: September 19, 2024
Last Publication: October 3, 2024 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Barbara J. Carlson, a/k/a Barbara Jean Carlson, a/k/a Barbara Carlson, Deceased Case Number: 2024PR31006
All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before February 3, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
David E. Carlson, Personal Representative 5838 S. Fulton Way Greenwood Village, CO 80111
Legal Notice No. 539647
First Publication: October 3, 2024
Last Publication: October 17, 2024 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of CHARLES ANTHONY RICCIO, JR., a.k.a. CHARLES A. RICCIO, JR., a.k.a. CHARLES RICCIO, JR., Deceased Case Number 2024 PR 30850, Division CLX
Public Notices
All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the the Arapahoe County District Court, Centennial, Colorado, on or before February 3, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
KRISTY CLEARFIELD RICCIO
Personal Representative
1515 S. Ogden Street Denver, Colorado 80210
Telephone: 303-501-2039
Legal Notice No. 539663
First Publication: October 3, 2024
Last Publication: October 17, 2024
Publisher: Englewood Herald Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of George Neill Stokes, a/k/a George N. Stokes, and George Stokes, Deceased Case Number: 2024 PR 31003
All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative, or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado, on or before February 3, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Mark E. Stokes, Personal Representative
c/o Poskus & Klein, P.C.
303 East 17th Avenue, Suite 900 Denver, Colorado 80203
Legal Notice No. 539666
First Publication: October 3, 2024
Last Publication: October 17, 2024
Publisher: Littleton Independent
Name Changes
PUBLIC NOTICE
Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name
Public notice is given on September 4, 2024, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.
The petition requests that the name of Jayden Elise Scruggs be changed to Jayden Elise Kovarik Case No.: 24C100848
By: Sarah Ingemansen
Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk
Legal Notice No. 539617
First Publication: September 19, 2024
Last Publication: October 3, 2024
Publisher: Littleton Independent
PUBLIC NOTICE
Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name
Public notice is given on September 11, 2024,
that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.
The petition requests that the name of Jose Manuel Ortiz be changed to Pepé Chicago Ortiz Case No.: 24C100882
By: Sarah Ingemansen
Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk
Legal Notice No. 539632
First Publication: October 3, 2024
Last Publication: October 17, 2024
Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE
Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name
Public notice is given on September 13, 2024, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.
The petition requests that the name of Norma Veronica Cardoza Vargas be changed to Veronica Cardoza Vargas Case No.: 24C100887
By: Kim Boswell Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk
Legal Notice No. 539645
First Publication: October 3, 2024
Last Publication: October 17, 2024
Publisher: Littleton Independent
PUBLIC NOTICE
Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name
Public notice is given on August 22, 2024, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.
The petition requests that the name of Corrine Sandra Kite be changed to Corinne Avyanna Nuncio Case No.: 24C100831
By: SP
Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk
Legal Notice No. 539665
First Publication: October 3, 2024
Last Publication: October 17, 2024
Publisher: Littleton Independent
PUBLIC NOTICE
Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name
Public notice is given on September 20, 2024, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.
The petition requests that the name of Taylor Cloy Reed be changed to Taylor Jade Kotecki Case No.: 24C46306
By: Sarah Ingemansen Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk
Legal Notice No. 539641
First Publication: October 3, 2024
Last Publication: October 17, 2024
Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE
Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name
Public notice is given on September 5, 2024, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.
The petition requests that the name of Aspen Danielle Decker be changed to Danielle A. Lyons Case No.: 24C100873
By: SP Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk
Legal Notice No. 539631
First Publication: October 3, 2024
Last Publication: October 17, 2024
Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE
Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name
Public notice is given on August 21, 2024, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.
The petition requests that the name of Taylor Eileen Jones be changed to Taylor West Kleeman Case No.: 24C100828
By: Sarah Ingemansen Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk
Legal Notice No. 539595
First Publication: September 19, 2024
Last Publication: October 3, 2024
Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE
Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name
Public notice is given on September 3, 2024, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.
The petition requests that the name of Khalid Zazai be changed to Adam Khalid Case No.: 24C100867
By: SP Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk
Legal Notice No. 539661
First Publication: October 3, 2024
Last Publication: October 17, 2024
Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE
Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name
Public notice is given on September 3, 2024, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.
The petition requests that the name of Atticus Abel De Jesus Rodarte be changed to Atticus Abel De Jesus Rotella Case No.: 24C100870
By: Sarah Ingemansen Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk
Legal Notice No. 539614
First Publication: September 19, 2024
Last Publication: October 3, 2024
Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice
Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name
Public notice is given on August 30, 2024, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.
The petition requests that the name of Shawna Renee Kanoholani-Hurt be changed to Leela Vinam Laniakea Case No.: 24C100861
By: Kim Boswell Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk
Legal Notice No. 539637
First Publication: October 3, 2024
Last Publication: October 17, 2024
Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE
Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name
Public notice is given on September 10, 2024, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.
The petition requests that the name of Karah Jan Royse be changed to Kara Victoria Royse Case No.: 24C100853
By: Kim Boswell Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk
Legal Notice No. 539657
First Publication: October 3, 2024
Last Publication: October 17, 2024
Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE
Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name
Public notice is given on July 19, 2024, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.
The petition requests that the name of Maria Isabela Lake be changed to Maria Isabela Lake-Zambrano Case No.: 24C100711
By: Kim Boswell
Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk
Legal Notice No. 539634
First Publication: October 3, 2024
Last Publication: October 17, 2024
Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE
Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name
Public notice is given on August 21, 2024, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.
The petition requests that the name of Kenneth Colon be changed to Kenneth Colón Reyes Case No.: 24C100814
By: Sarah Ingemansen
Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk
Legal Notice No. 539602
First Publication: September 19, 2024
Last Publication: October 3, 2024
Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE
Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name
Public notice is given on August 22, 2024, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.
The petition requests that the name of Taylor Elaine Ledbetter be changed to Alaska Heart Wolfe Case No.: 24C100571
By: Kim Boswell
Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk
Legal Notice No. 539587
First Publication: September 19, 2024 Last Publication: October 3, 2024
Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE
Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name
Public notice is given on August 27, 2024, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.
The petition requests that the name of Brittney Erin Fitzgerald be changed to Brittney Erin FitzSullivan Case No.: 24C100847
By: Kim Boswell
Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk
Legal Notice No. 539604
First Publication: September 19, 2024
Last Publication: October 3, 2024
Publisher: Littleton Independent
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