Law enforcement probes ‘dinnertime burglaries’ around Arapahoe County
BY NINA JOSS NJOSS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Local law enforcement agencies in Arapahoe County are investigating a string of at least nine burglaries that took place at high-value, single-family homes during the hours that people normally eat dinner.
e burglaries, which have been coined “dinnertime burglaries,” are similar to a slew of other crimes that have happened across the country in the past year or so, o cials say.
“ ere seems to be a very distinctive pattern in the way these burglaries are
being committed,” said Arapahoe County Sheri ’s O ce Sergeant Brett Cohn at a press conference. “ ey’re targeting multi-million dollar homes. Every one of these homes also backs up to a green belt (or) an open area … When they go in the house, the way they’re committing their crimes within the residence is also very distinctive.”
e burglaries took place at homes in Cherry Hills Village, Columbine Valley, Littleton and unincorporated Arapahoe County between Feb. 2 and Oct. 18 of this year, according to a press release from the sheri ’s o ce. Investigators say the nine thefts total almost $1 million in stolen goods. In these cases, the suspects entered through the back of the residence, Cohn said. According to the press release, the suspects smashed exterior glass win-
dows and entered the houses wearing masks, hoodies, gloves and sometimes a backpack. As far as o cials can tell, the suspects have not been armed with weapons.
e majority of the burglaries occurred on Fridays between 5 and 8 p.m., the press release said. Cherry Hills Village Detective Jeremy Gunther said the thieves tended to steal cash, expensive handbags and jewelry.
In common burglaries, suspects usually park close to the target property for a quick getaway, Cohn said. In this string of burglaries, however, o cials have not seen vehicles near the houses on cameras. ey believe the suspects are getting dropped o farther away and approaching the houses by foot, from the back.
Results for state races in Arapahoe County revealed
BY ELISABETH SLAY AND NINA JOSS
Voters in Arapahoe County had many decisions to make for the Nov. 5 elections, including who will represent them in the state Legislature. Here is a roundup of who will be assuming seats in the state House and Senate.
Democrat Rep. Meg Froelich to keep her House District 3 seat
Uno cial results for the State House District 3 race show Democrat Rep. Meg Froelich will continue to represent Englewood, Sheridan and other surrounding cities at the state Capitol.
Froelich, the incumbent representative for House District 3 — which consists of Sheridan, Englewood, Cherry 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. She said she is looking forward to serving her last term.
“Colorado voters have returned the Democratic Majority to the State House and I’m excited to begin my last term in January,” Froelich said. “Our diversity is our strength. ank you to the residents of Sheridan, Englewood, Cherry Hills and Denver for supporting our e orts to make Colorado more equitable and affordable.”
During her time in HD 3, Froelich has expressed passion for safety against gun violence 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 e ciency, 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.”
Additionally, in support of working families, Froelich said she has carried three wage theft bills, championed equal pay measures and increased K-12 funding.
Arapahoe County Sheri Tyler Brown, left, and Sgt. Brett Cohn speak to journalists at a press conference on Oct. 31.
PHOTO BY NINA JOSS
Littleton weighs plan to allow multiple housing types in single-family areas
Disagreement arises over what constitutes city’s character
BY NINA JOSS NJOSS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
A proposed change to the City of Littleton’s land use code would allow duplexes and multiplexes in all residential areas, including those that are now primarily zoned for single-family homes.
e proposal, which is intended to expand “missing middle” housing options in Littleton, drew both criticism and support from city council members during a recent joint study session with the planning commission.
“ e reason we call it missing middle — the reason it’s missing — is because all of these forms (of housing) have been made illegal in most of the places in our cities and our neighboring cities,” planning commission member Patrick Santana said at the meeting. “What we’re working on today is really about getting that delegalization lifted so that this missing part of our housing stock can blossom again.”
To engage with the community on the topic of “missing middle” housing, city planning sta conducted a community survey. From qualitative survey responses from 150 respondents, the sta members concluded that most respondents were “supportive of seeing more housing type options for neighborhoods besides single-family detached houses,” senior planner Zareen Tasneem said.
e National Association of Home Builders de nes “missing middle” housing as “all the housing unit types that fall between detached single-family homes and large, apartment-style multifamily buildings.”
“Missing middle housing can provide additional units in a manner that ts existing communities’ structure, known as ‘gentle density,’ while assisting in providing units for a wide variety of price points,” the association says.
e housing types involved in the proposed code changes in Littleton are mainly duplexes, cottage court commu-
nities, multiplexes and three-to-four-unit townhomes.
According to the proposed code changes, a duplex is de ned as a building structure that includes two dwelling units, Tasneem said. A cottage court community is de ned by the city as a cluster of homes around a central open space.
A townhome is a building with three or more units that has the front and back exposed, Tasneem said. A multiplex is a building that has three or four units, has at least one door facing the front and does not meet the de nition of townhome, she said.
In the proposed code changes, city sta recommends allowing duplexes and multiplexes in areas zoned as “acreage residential” and “large lot residential,” Tasneem said. Both of these zonings currently primarily allow single-family detached homes, with limited agricultural, civic and institutional uses.
Originally, sta proposed to allow cottage court communities in these areas, but the recommendation was changed to multiplexes instead after feedback from the city council, Tasneem said.
e recommended code changes also allow more of a variety of structures in “medium lot residential” and “small lot residential areas.” Medium lot residential areas, which now allow single-family homes and cottage court communities, would also allow duplexes, multiplexes and three-to-four-unit townhomes under the new code. Small lot residential areas, which now allow single-family homes, cottage court communities and duplexes when approved by a public hearing, would also allow multiplexes and threeto-four-unit townhomes.
Tasneem said some properties in the city that are governed by planned development zoning regulations would still only allow single-family detached homes. e proposed changes also include adjustments to regulations surrounding accessory dwelling units to bring the city’s code in line with new state laws. e sta also recommended relaxing permitting processes, parking requirements, minimum site areas and other elements of building middle housing types.
At-Large Councilmember Pam Grove said she was concerned that allowing “missing middle” housing types in more areas would negatively impact the character of Littleton.
“I’m not against housing diversity,” she said. “I’m not against duplexes and multiplexes — it’s just in the right area, in the right place that corresponds to the character of that community. at’s why people live here and want to be here. ey don’t want this hodgepodge of things, and I think we’re moving in that direction.”
District 2 Councilmember Robert Reichardt said he was also concerned about changing the character of residential neighborhoods too much.
“I’m very, very uncomfortable with … duplexes on all of the di erent residential lots,” he said. “Our job … is to give more housing options, but our other job is to preserve the character of the city and prepare for change, balancing change and character. is, ultimately, is a suburban city full of single-family houses on small, medium and large lots.”
District 1 Councilmember Pat Driscoll said he was concerned about not only the structures, but other results that he is worried would come from building more housing in residential areas.
“It’s more than just the home,” he said. “It’s the parking. It’s the added volume to the streets, and to the schools and to everything.”
“It’s an added tax base, too,” responded planning commission member Erin Roethlisberger, referencing the fact that sales tax from mail orders is a large source of revenue for the city.
Several members of the planning commission and the city council pushed back against the argument about character, saying that single-family homes do not necessarily add to the city’s character more than duplexes, townhomes, multiplexes and cottage court communities do.
“I don’t think our community character is single-family homes,” said At-Large City Councilmember Gretchen Rydin, who was recently elected to the state legislature and will be sworn in in January. “I don’t have a problem with these changes
because I think it supports trying to get more diversity, and that’s what I want to see. I don’t want us to be preserved in the 1950s. I don’t think that’s truly what our community is.”
Mayor Kyle Schlachter and planning commission member Patrick Santana said that middle housing options often look just like single-family homes.
“I invite both Robert and Pam over to my neighborhood — I want you to nd the multiplex that’s in my neighborhood,” Schlachter said. “I think you won’t be able to nd it.”
He added that many large, new houses look very di erent from historical houses in Littleton.
“In my neighborhood, we have houses that were built in the 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s and 70s — (they) all look wildly di erent,” he said. “You can’t say ‘that’s what a single-family home looks like.’”
Santana said the goal of the proposal is to “ nd ways to get more opportunities for people to build housing for di erent kinds of homes on these lots.”
District 4 Councilmember Andrea Peters said allowing more types of housing might actually bring more quality to the housing stock in Littleton.
“I think part of the point of this whole conversation is to open it up so people can build something more interesting and more quality,” she said. “What we get the most pushback on is when it’s going to be 10,000 more people on the corner — and that’s a lot of tra c, and that’s a lot of infrastructure. is is very gentle. If we open it up, we can have smaller builders do more interesting things.”
She said the city council could have a conversation about creating design guidelines in the city to alleviate the concerns about new structures ruining the aesthetic of neighborhoods.
e planning commission will have a public hearing on the topic at its Nov. 18 meeting at 6:30 p.m.
ere will also be a public hearing at the Jan. 7 city council meeting, which starts at 6:30 p.m. at meeting will be Rydin’s last meeting as a city councilmember before she assumes her new role in the state legislature.
The City of Littleton building on West Berry Avenue houses municipal o ces. Some city o cials are urging a change that would allow duplexes and multiplexes in all residential areas.
PHOTO BY NINA JOSS
Reflections on Writing & Publishing My 1,000th ‘Real Estate Today’ Column
Because journalism was my first profession, writing a column about real estate seemed an obvious way to make myself known when I entered the real estate industry in 2003. The first column I published as a paid advertisement was on July 30, 2003, and I estimate that I have published at least 1,000 columns since then — 52 columns per year for most of the last 21 years. And every one was written by me, on a new topic each week.
have never written a column which embarrassed me due to something I wrote. (I still show each column to my wife, Rita, and to my broker associates before sending it for publication.)
From the beginning, I saw this column as “my own continuing education program,” because I had to study each topic before I could write knowledgeably about it. At first, that meant showing the first draft to my managing broker at Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage, to make sure I had my facts right. Even now, I will often send a first draft to another broker who has expertise I don’t in the topic I chose to write about that week.
You can see the topics of those columns going back to July 2003 at www.JimSmithColumns.com
The links on those original columns don’t all work, but you can at least see the headlines.
As a result, I can honestly say that I
I don’t know of any real estate agents anywhere in the country who have taken this approach to promoting themselves, but that may be due to the fact that the vast majority of people in any profession other than the writing professions have trouble expressing themselves in writing — and it’s a big commitment of time. If I weren’t writing this column, I’d probably have to spend hours every day or week prospecting — making cold calls or knocking on doors soliciting sellers and buyers. I might have been one of those agents who bombards you, the typi-
We Learned Firsthand About Vacant Land Scams
The Colorado Association of Realtors (CAR) issued a warning last month about scammers trying to sell vacant land that they don’t own in Douglas County, adding that it may be happening in other counties.
One of our broker associates found himself caught up in just such a scam even before that alert was issued. Here is how the scam unfolded and was discovered, so that the property owner and buyer were not victimized.
Via our website, we received an inquiry about listing a parcel of land in Coal Creek Canyon, so I referred the lead to a broker associate who lives nearby. He quickly got a signed listing for the property at $100,000, and I advertised the parcel in that week’s ad. He put a for-sale sign on the parcel and a neighbor quickly snapped it up, going under contract for it below full price.
The scammer said he was in a cancer isolation ward and didn’t have an ID with him. He needed to close quickly so he could pay his medical expenses.
The folks at First Integrity Title, which received the contract for processing, got suspicious because of no ID and sent a FedEx letter to the real owner of the property at his home in Maryland. The owner immediately called our broker associate, incensed that his property was being sold without his knowledge or involvement.
If the title company had not taken that action, it is possible that the transaction might have gone to closing based on forged IDs from the scammer, and the proceeds of the sale would have been wired according to the scammer’s directions.
The sale would ultimately have been voided, but the buyer would have lost his money. The seller would not have suffered loss.
In its October alert, CAR provided some guidance on how to recognize a vacant land scam in the making:
“In these cases, the scammer tries to list vacant land with no mortgage. He wants to sell it at below market prices for a quick sale. The scammer makes it clear there can be no in person communications, and that all communications are to be done by text or email. The scammer tells the real estate agent one of several stories about why he is out of town. He insists on a remote, no-contact closing, typically using a “local” notary of his choosing. He will not accept a local notary selected by the title company.
“The scammer has presented fraudulent driver’s licenses and fraudulent passports as identification. He uses spoofed phone numbers and untraceable email addresses.”
No such scam should be successful so long as the title company does what First Integrity Title did, which was to contact the registered owner of the land to verify the transaction.
In listing any property for sale, it’s a good practice for the listing agent to have the title company run an “ownership and encumbrance” report, which identifies the owner. Then, using an app called Forewarn, which is only available to licensed real estate agents, we can find the phone number(s) of the registered owner and call them to verify that they are indeed who is talking to us.
BTW, once the seller knew we were not scamming him and had foiled the scam attempt, he said he might list his land with us!
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cal homeowner, with letters and postcards saying, “I have a buyer for your home” — which may or may not be the truth. I much prefer to spend those hours being of service to the general public, studying every aspect of real estate that I can think of where I myself would like to know more, and then sharing it with you. When I ran for political office in 1981, I did exactly the same thing. Before announcing my candidacy I spent several months investigating every aspect of municipal government, speaking to civil servants in each agency and learning everything I could about policing, criminal justice and corrections as well as welfare, housing and economic development. When I announced my campaign, I released a 16-page tabloid spelling out my program for “saving” my city. I referred to it as “the power of the well-printed word.” It helped that I owned a typesetting business at the time, so I knew how to make what I printed look professional.
That effort wasn’t as successful, however, because I was running against seasoned politicians with political clubhouses behind them, not competing with fellow professionals, most of whom had a lot more experience than me but couldn’t demonstrate that experience or knowledge as well as a seasoned journalist like myself.
My training in journalism came from writing and editing my prep school and college newspapers but most especially from winning a summer internship in 1968 at The Washington Post I really love the practice of real estate and the reputation I have built with my readers. I love getting emails and phone calls asking my advice or reacting to something I have written. And when you call me about selling or buying a home, I love to know that the call was based on the trust and reputation I have built over two decades (or less) from my writings. Often, when I go on a listing appointment, I find that the seller has a folder containing clippings of my columns. I love to tell the story of one listing presen-
tation where the seller mentioned a particular issue of concern to them. “I wrote about that a few years ago,” I said, whereupon the seller opened a manila folder in which that old column was on the top of the pile.
My first year in this business, I attended a retreat hosted by one of the preeminent real estate coaches. Following that event, I hired that coach’s firm briefly, but the focus was on memorizing scripts and “time blocking” several hours per days for cold-calling. I couldn’t do it.
It just wasn’t my style. I have never memorized a script and never made a cold call — in fact, never prospected at all. This column is what made that approach possible. The hours I could spend prospecting are so much better spent writing and publishing this column.
At first I wrote monthly, then biweekly, and within a couple years I was able to write this column every week. At first I bought a page in a little Golden newspaper because I couldn’t afford the Golden Transcript. When the Denver Post introduced the regionalized “YourHub” section, I jumped on it, limited to the Jefferson County editions.
Then came the Golden Transcript and three other Jeffco papers. When over 20 metro area weeklies were combined under the non-profit ownership of Colorado Community Media, I expanded to include my ad in all of them. That was after I had already expanded to be in all the local editions of YourHub.
A couple months ago, I signed a contract with the Denver Gazette, a digitalonly newspaper with a large readership. And, of course, I am also online, with over 1,300 email subscribers to our blog at http://RealEstateToday.substack.com
For me as a journalist, there is no greater pleasure and satisfaction than what I get from having my writings broadcast so thoroughly around this metro area that I call home. Thank you for letting me take this week off from writing about another real estate topic to share my story with you.
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Voters elect Arapahoe County commissioners, new district attorney
BY NINA JOSS NJOSS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
In Arapahoe County, voters chose a new district attorney and several county commissioners on their ballots last week.
18th Judicial District Attorney
Democrat Amy Padden won the race against Republican Carol Chambers for the 18th Judicial District Attorney seat. Padden will take the seat of John Kellner, who currently serves as the 18th judicial district attorney, but Padden’s region will be smaller due to redistricting. e 18th Judicial District, which today is comprised of Arapahoe, Douglas, Elbert and Lincoln Counties, will soon only include Arapahoe County when a district split previously determined by the state legislature goes into e ect in 2025. Voters in Douglas, Elbert and Lincoln counties voted for a district attorney for the new 23rd Judicial District in this election.
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Froelich said during her next and nal term, she will continue to address other issues including climate change — “particularly improvements to the transportation sector.” She also wants to address protections for the “most vulnerable, especially people with disabilities.” Neal, of Sheridan, said she is proud of
Padden maintained a steady lead over Chambers throughout election night and into the next morning. Chambers, who served as the 18th Judicial District Attorney from 2004 to 2012, called Padden in the morning on Nov. 6 to concede the race.
“I am grateful for, and humbled by, the trust the citizens of the county have placed in me,” Padden said in a statement. “I will make sure every member of our diverse Arapahoe County community, whether they are a victim, a witness or an individual accused of a crime, is heard and protected by our courts.”
Padden has nearly 20 years of experience in public service, including roles in the U.S. Attorney’s O ce, the Colorado Attorney General’s O ce and the 5th and 11th Judicial District Attorneys’ Ofces. She said she will focus on strengthening the county’s diversion programs, starting a conviction integrity review unit and nding better ways to address mental health and substance abuse problems in the criminal justice system.
the work done during her campaign.
“We ran a powerful campaign — serving 120,000 ads seen by over 70,000 people and knocking on 9,000 doors across the district,” Froelich said. “We did the best of any state representative candidate with Denver County, and my news for everyone is, we’re just getting started.”
Littleton City Councilmember Gretchen Rydin to take seat in the Colorado Capitol Democrat Gretchen Rydin has declared victory in her race against Republican Je
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Voters in county commissioner districts 1, 3 and 5 also voted for new leaders.
Incumbent Democrat Carrie WarrenGully is set to serve another term as District 1 Arapahoe County Commissioner. On the morning of Nov. 6, her Republican opponent, Tyler Linnebur, conceded.
“I am lled with gratitude for those who entrusted me with the privilege to continue as commissioner for District 1,” she said. “No matter what, we cannot stop believing in our ability to overcome obstacles and the strength and tenacity of the American people.”
Libertarian opponent Joshua Lallement received less than 5% of the votes, according to uno cial results.
Warren-Gully, who was elected in 2020, said she will focus on housing attainability, mental health, small businesses and workforce development as she continues her service in the seat.
Arapahoe County’s District 1 includes the cities of Sheridan, Bow Mar, Columbine Valley, Englewood, Littleton, Cherry
Patty for the House District 38 seat. e seat, which represents residents of Littleton, Columbine Valley and portions of Centennial and unincorporated Jefferson County, is currently held by Rep. David Ortiz. After serving two terms, Ortiz decided not to seek reelection.
“I’m thrilled to get to represent us,” Rydin said. “ ere’s so much to learn and I’m going in with a humble mindset. I just want to learn as much as I can from everybody who’s there.”
Rydin currently serves as an at-large city council member in Littleton, which means she represents the whole city. She assumed her seat in 2021 and served as Mayor Pro Tem for the rst two years of her term.
Hills Village, western Centennial and parts of unincorporated northern Arapahoe County.
e ve-member Board of County Commissioners serves as the legislative, governing and administrative body for the county. Commissioners are elected to serve four-year terms.
In District 5, which includes northern portions of the City of Aurora and unincorporated Arapahoe County, Democrat Rhonda Fields ran against Libertarian Eliseo Gonzalez. Fields held a lead of about 50 percentage points during election night and into the morning.
In the race for District 3, Republican incumbent Je Baker ran against Democratic opponent Scott Brown. District 3 includes portions of Centennial, Aurora and Bennett, Deer Trail and unincorporated eastern Arapahoe County. is race was too close to call as of press time for the Nov. 14 print version of this paper. Visit https://tinyurl.com/CCMArapahoeCountyCommissioners to see our online story on this race for the latest results.
didate Bennett Rutledge also ran for the seat, but did not raise any money in his campaign, according to state lings.
Carnes said she hopes Kolker will “work hard for all the people, not just one party.” 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. As he continues in the seat, he said he will focus on public school funding, mental and behavioral health care and protecting workers’ rights.
In her new seat in the state legislature, she said she will focus on mental health and addiction services, housing and small businesses.
Patty is an attorney and a businessman with experience working for state representatives. He focused his campaign on limited government, crime and public safety and a ordability.
Chris Kolker declares victory in Colorado Senate District 16 race
Democratic incumbent Sen. Chris Kolker has declared victory in the race against Republican Robyn Carnes to represent Colorado Senate District 16.
Kolker will continue to represent most of Littleton, Columbine Valley, part of Centennial and portions of unincorporated Je erson County.
“It’s a bright spot here, to be able to do this and continue to work for the people of this district and the state,” Kolker said.
“I’ve received a lot of congratulatory comments from friends and constituents who are looking forward to me continuing to work for their bene t in mental health and public education (and to) continue to be that steady voice for people in the State Senate.”
Carnes said that, considering the fact that she was running against an incumbent who had signi cantly more money coming into his campaign than she did, she was thrilled with how her numbers performed.
“ ere’s so much to be gained by just running,” she said. “Sometimes, it takes a loss for a win to happen down the road.”
Kolker raised about $245,000 in his campaign and Carnes raised about $110,000, according to state lings. Write-in can-
Carnes, who was elected to serve on Centennial City Council in 2021, campaigned as a moderate, pushing for “purple” solutions to state issues. She focused her campaign on housing, high costs of living, economic development and public safety.
Je Bridges to keep Senate District 26 seat
After weeks of campaigning, uno cial results for the State Senate District 26 race show Democratic candidate Je Bridges defeated his opponents Republican candidate Bob Lane and Unity Party candidate Meredith Ryan in the Nov. 5 Senate District 26 race.
“I’m grateful for the support of such a diverse group of Coloradans, from Sheridan to Denver to Cherry Hills Village,” Bridges said. “I look forward to continuing my work to make sure Colorado is a ordable for all Coloradans.”
Bridges, of Greenwood Village, is the incumbent representative for Senate District 26 — which consists of Cherry Hills Village, Englewood, Greenwood Village, Sheridan, Columbine Valley, most of Littleton and a small part of western Aurora — assumed o ce in 2019 after being appointed to ll the seat after it was vacated. He previously served in the House District 3 seat.
During his time as senator, Bridges said he hears a lot about housing a ordability across the state.
Additionally, coming from a family of teachers, Bridges is passionate about education and assisted in fully funding education in Colorado.
During his next term Bridges said he plans to protect funding to strengthen the workforce and families amid the budget shortfall next year due to TABOR.
“As Legislator of the Year for the Economic Development Council of Colorado, I’ve worked across party lines to simplify
Voters likely approve eliminating TABOR revenue cap in Arapahoe County
BY NINA JOSS
A ballot measure that would allow Arapahoe County to retain more property taxes from its residents will likely pass, according to uno cial election results.
e proposal is what’s known as a “de-Brucing” measure, a legal adjustment of a local government’s relationship with revenue limits set by the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights, or TABOR. e
measure will eliminate the revenue cap set by TABOR, allowing the county to keep up to an additional $72 million per year from property taxes.
roughout election night and into the next afternoon, votes to approve the measure maintained a steady 50 percentage point lead over votes opposing it.
“What I love about 1A is it is a resounding voice that says, ‘essential services matter for our
community,’” said Carrie Warren-Gully, who currently serves as the chair of the Arapahoe County commissioners. “We’ve got to take care of our roads and bridges. We’ve got to feel safe in our community and support our law enforcement.”
In Colorado, more than 50 of the state’s 64 counties have passed similar measures to eliminate TABOR revenue caps, including historically conservative Douglas and El Paso counties.
For months, the county has been sounding the alarm bells on a budgetary crisis that could prompt cuts to some essential services. e county hopes the additional revenue retained through the measure will help it avert or reduce cuts.
Without additional revenue, the county would have looked at up to $35 million in cuts next year, including up to $12 million from the sheri ’s o ce, up to $3.7 million from public works
and up to $4.7 million from community resources, public health and human services.
With the measure’s passage, the county will be able to collect and retain $15.821 per $1,000 of assessed property value, which would be about $44 per month on a home valued at $500,000. However, the county would still need to bring tax measures to voters regarding mill levy increases and sales taxes, county attorney Ron Carl said.
the tax code, bring good-paying jobs to our state, and incentivize employee ownership so workers can share in the prosperity of the companies they help build,” Bridges said.
Chad Cli ord looks to take House District 37
Early results for the race between incumbent Democrat Chad Cli ord and write-in candidate Kevin Biehl indicate that Cli ord will represent Centennial and its surrounding communities again.
Cli ord was selected to be the district’s representative by a vacancy committee days before the 2024 Legislative Session began.
He is dedicated to advancing progressive politics that prioritize community-oriented policing, fair and just policing practices and investing in comprehensive training programs, Cli ord said during an interview for a previous story.
According to the Arapahoe County Clerk and Recorder’s Ofce, the Secretary of State’s website is not programmed to display write-in candidate results, though the votes are tabulated at the same time as the other candidates’ votes. erefore, the exact number of votes that Biehl received were not available by press time.
See our online story at https:// coloradocommunitymedia.com/ centennial/ for the latest results on this race.
Reporter Haley Lena contibuted to this story.
Arapahoe County released many results during the Nov. 5 election including several state House and Senate races.
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Englewood parks bond vote was squeaker
BY ELISABETH SLAY ESLAY@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Englewood voters were narrowly approving the city’s parks bond in election results available at press time.
In results released the day after the Nov. 5 election, the bond was leading by a little over 2 percentage points, 51% to 49%, with 6,544 votes in favor and 6,246 opposed.
“ e parks GO bond would take e ect in January or February 2025, pending completion of certain issuance procedures that our nance department needs to address,” said city spokesperson Chris Harguth.
e bond asks citizens if the city’s debt should be increased by about $41.5 million, “with a maximum repayment cost of up to $72 million, and shall city taxes be increased up to $4 million annually for the purpose of improving, repairing, equipping and upgrading the city’s parks and recreation facilities and areas to include, based on available funds.”
Changes would be made to Barde Park, Belleview Park, Clarkson-Amherst Park, Cushing Park, Miller Field, Northwest Greenbelt, Rotolo Park, Emerson Park, Englewood Recreation Center and Pirates Cove, along with new recreational facilities and irrigation upgrades.
On its website, the city states that the annual cost of the bond is about $27.70 per $100,000 of a home’s value. For example, for a $500,000 home, the cost
would be $138.50. Additionally, the annual cost of the bond for a commercial property owner is $95 per $100,000 of a commercial property’s value, so a $500,000 commercial property’s annual cost would be $475.
Bond details ere are 12 projects included in the bond:
Barde Park, which is estimated to cost $700,000, will include a bridge removal, ADA compliances for walkways, park benches, new shade trees and a small nature play area.
Belleview Park, which is estimated to cost about $9 million, will include a renovated tennis court, ball eld lighting, train and farm improvements, ADA compliances and the replacement of deteriorating steps.
Clarkson/Amherst Park, which is estimated to cost about $400,000, will include a new park sign, community garden, park benches and a small nature play area.
Cushing Park, which is estimated to cost about $600,000, will include a fenced o -leash dog area, wood chip surfacing, solar lighting, replacement of playground, boulders, benches, dog bag dispensers and trash cans.
Miller Field/Park, which is estimated to cost nearly $7 million, will include a community play area, the preservation of the Miller Field gate, main entry/
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Englewood voters approve two questions that will change the city’s charter
New processes will go into e ect immediately
BY ELISABETH SLAY ESLAY@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Two citizen initiative questions regarding direct mayoral election and seat vacancy replacement procedures were approved by voters during the Nov. 5 election.
in Englewood.
e question asked voters to amend the Englewood city charter’s sections 19 and 24 “requiring the mayor to be elected by the voters, beginning with the general municipal election in November 2025, thereby replacing the third at-large council position expiring in 2025.”
Both will e ect changes to Englewood’s city charter and go into e ect immediately.
Results posted at about 2 p.m. on Nov. 6 show that ballot question 301 — a charter amendment to allow voters to directly elect the mayor — passed with 9,628 votes or 82.06%; and question 302, which concerns lling council seat vacancies, passed with 7,752 votes or 67.71%.
Additionally, question 302 asked voters to amend the city charter section 28 “requiring a supermajority vote of no less than 75% of the remaining council members for the appointment of a vacated position, and if a vote cannot be reached within 30 days, and the vacancy occurs greater than six months from any general municipal election, such vacancy shall be referred to a special election for the respective unexpired term, otherwise the position will be held vacant until the next general municipal election.”
Now that it’s approved, the vacancy question supermajority requirement would mean ve of the six remaining members would need to agree on an appointment.
Matt Crabtree, one of many residents who spearheaded the citizen initiatives, said he and other supporters of the questions were excited to see such a large voter turnout.
“We’re happy to see the support and it will be a great thing for voter rights in Englewood,” Crabtree said. “It’s historic.”
Regarding question 301, Crabtree said this is the rst time in more than 70 years that direct mayoral voting will take place
e charter amendments come after the initiatives almost caused Englewood’s parks bond question to not make the ballot due to a section of Englewood’s city charter, which didn’t allow tax questions to appear on the ballot with regular
Close race on marijuana tax hike in Littleton
BY NINA JOSS NJOSS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
In Littleton, voters had to decide on a ballot measure proposing a new sales tax on marijuana products. If approved, the recreational marijuana special retail sales tax would rise from 3% to 7%. is increase would bring the total sales tax on marijuana to 12.25% after other sales taxes are factored in. e city expects the tax to bring in up to $646,000 more in revenue per year if voters decide to approve the measure.
O cials would put this money towards mental health crisis response, proactive safety programs and prevention services related to the city’s work with the Tri-Cities Homelessness Action Plan, Assistant City Manager Kathleen Osher said. Results on the ballot measure, called 3B, were too close to call as of press time for the Nov. 14 print version of this paper. Visit https://coloradocommunitymedia. com/2024/11/05/littleton-marijuanasales-tax-ballot-measure-3b/ to see our online story on this race for the latest results.
Two citizen initiative questions regarding direct mayoral election and seat vacancy replacement procedures were approved during the Nov. 5 election.
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drop-o , native planting, splash pad, angled parking, multiuse elds, enhanced crossing, group picnic pavilion and restrooms.
Northwest Greenbelt, which is estimated to cost $940,000, will include educational signs, nature planting, picnic table on a pad, shrub planting to screen the parking lot, picnic shelter, new shade trees, ush toilet and an
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ADA-compliant concrete path.
Rotolo Park, which is estimated to cost $755,000, will include concrete drainage pan, native planting, paved area between existing 4-foot-wide walk and curb, connected path to South Jason Street curb, connected path to West Stanford Drive, ush toilet, relocated park sign and enhanced crossing to Southwest Greenbelt.
Emerson Park, which is estimated to cost $600,000, will include widening sidewalks, picnic shelter, trees for screening and a play area.
Englewood Recreation Center, which is estimated to cost upwards of $7 million, will include a pickleball court, updated locker rooms, improved landscaping, spa and new pool decking.
Pirates Cove, which is estimated to cost $6.3 million, will include lounge and play pool, removal of large pool, and replacement of inner-tube slides.
Additionally, it will get a new irrigation system, which is estimated to cost $3 million, and drought-tolerant plants estimated to cost $500,000.
However, that ordinance was ruled unconstitutional by a judge in an August lawsuit led by City Clerk Stephanie Carlile against the city itself. e judge’s ruling cleared the way for both of the citizen initiated questions — 301 and 302 — and the city’s park bond question to appear on the ballot.
e situation that led to the city clerk suing the city arose after a group of residents took action to get the two citizen initiated questions added to the November ballot. e city believed that,
due to a charter provision that general-obligation bond questions could not run alongside other ballot questions, the parks bond was at risk of being kept o the November ballot.
To remedy the issue, the city
clerk initiated a declaratory judgment action against the city “to interpret city charter’s conict with TABOR, and thereby obtain court direction on ballot certi cation,” City Attorney Tamara Niles said.
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Families play in Big Dry Creek in Englewood’s Belleview Park in July 2024. As of press time, vote totals showed an Englewood parks bond leading, which would result in $41.5 million in changes to the city’s parks and recreation facilities, with a repayment cost of around $72 million.
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Voters lean toward approving Cherry Creek bond and mill levy questions
Package included a $9 million mill levy increase and a $950 million bond issue
BY CASSANDRA BALLARD SENTINEL COLORADO
Early returns show that both Cherry Creek mill levy and bond issue have passed with comfortable margins.
e Cherry Creek School District mill levy and bond package could invest in safety, innovation, teacher pay and building maintenance, proponents say.
“If you don’t pass bonds for a long time, you have to cut your classrooms in order to accomplish that,” said Scott Smith, chief nancial and operating o cer for Cherry Creek School District.
Voters were given two questions on the Nov. 5 ballot.
e package included a $9 million mill levy increase and a $950 million bond issue, which would cost residents less than $15 monthly for the average home in Arapahoe County, valued at $500,000. is translates to charging homeowners less than $3 monthly for every $100,000 property value, according to o cials.
In Colorado, voter-approved mill-levy increases, or overrides, raise property taxes for school district operating expenses. Voter-approved bond issues raise property taxes for capital improvement expenses only.
e projects will include increased school security, expanding the Cherry Creek Innovation Campus, increasing teacher salaries, student mental health support and addressing maintenance needs on aging campuses.
“We have about 8 million square feet of space, and it costs us roughly $40 million a year to maintain that,” Smith said.
e package is a sum the school district put together through extensive planning and input from community members, according to the Director of Strategic Communications and External A airs for Cherry Creek School District, Ashley Verville.
Although property taxes in the district and across the state increased, the schools do not necessarily receive those additional funds.
“When local property taxes go up, school districts get more money from their local voters,” Verville said. “We’re getting more from our local taxpayers, but the state’s contribution goes down. So it’s just that mix that changes. But our bot-
expansion of services and programs provided to students, revenues have not kept pace with expenses.
“A lot of people in our district don’t realize we educate as many students in Aurora as Aurora Public Schools does,” Smith said. “Aurora is a key, if not the largest, community that we serve in Cherry Creek.”
Cherry Creek is Colorado’s fourth largest school district, with 52,409 students. Although Cherry Creek is located in Centennial, Arapahoe County, Greenwood Village and Aurora, Cherry Creek Schools comprise much of Aurora.
What the bond and mill levy will pay for Safety and Security: is includes hiring more trained security personnel and installing safety enhancements like ballistic window lm. It will also cover replacing outdated security cameras and improving school access control systems. Innovation in Education: expanding the Cherry Creek Innovation Campus, which o ers students hands-on training in high-demand career elds. e expansion will allow the innovation campus to accommodate 70% more students and develop or expand 10 additional career pathways.
e campus is a big success, with programs lling up immediately. With expansion, many students can take advan-
Smith said times have changed since students chose between college and the trades. Now, they can get a head start in schooling for their careers in high school.
“ ese are very real careers that we’re able to help our kids access,” Smith said Teacher salaries: e funding will support maintaining competitive salaries and teacher bene ts, ensuring that Cherry Creek schools remain competitive in recruiting and retaining teaching talent, o cials said.
Healthy, Innovative Learning Environments: A portion of the bond will be dedicated to replacing aging and deteriorating school buildings on three of the district’s oldest campuses: Laredo/Smoky Hill, Prairie/Overland, and the Cherry Creek K-12 campus.
“We are replacing buildings that have reached the end of their useful life, but making sure that we keep and honor the history and tradition that has existed in all of these facilities,” Smith said.
Student Health and Wellbeing: e package includes additional funds for student mental health and well-being resources.
Major Maintenance Projects: Due to budget reductions during the COVID-19 pandemic, the district faces more than $300 million in deferred maintenance needs. is bond issue would help address critical repairs and maintenance
across the district, ensuring that buildings and infrastructure are safe, functional
Since Colorado’s School Finance Act does not fund facilities or capital projects under the 1994 School Finance Act, districts must ask voters for additional funds. School districts must rely on bond measures and mill levies to raise funds to maintain and improve their facilities and programs.
A mill levy override supplements a school district’s operating budget, covering salaries, sta ng, technology, supplies, transportation and utilities. It is funded through local property taxes and requires voter approval.
A recent change to the School Finance Act allowed Cherry Creek School District’s mill levy override limit to increase from 25% to 30% of its total program, Verville said.
A capital construction bond funds school district capital expenses, such as building and renovating schools, updating systems (heating, roofs, wiring), safety projects and larger technology purchases. Bonds are funded through local property taxes and require voter approval. Cherry Creek School District, with a strong credit rating, can issue tax-exempt bonds at low interest rates to cover these long-term costs, according to o cials.
is story was originally published by the Aurora Sentinel. Used with permission. For more, visit sentinelcolorado.com.
Federal judges clear Colorado 21-and-older gun law
10th Circuit judges end temporary injunction
BY JOHN INGOLD THE COLORADO SUN
A Colorado law passed last year requiring people to be at least 21 years old before they purchase a rearm — and prohibiting dealers from selling to anyone under 21 — can go into e ect, a panel of federal appellate judges has ruled. e ruling from the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals dissolves a temporary hold that a federal district court judge placed on the law in August 2023. But the ruling doesn’t end the legal challenge to the law. Instead, it sends the case back to the lower court for the much more detailed arguments that will ultimately decide whether the law can stand.
e law was challenged by Rocky Mountain Gun Owners, a gun-rights advocacy group, as well as two people who said the law blocked them from buying a rearm to protect themselves. One of those plainti s has since turned 21.
ey argued that the law violates their Second Amendment rights. But the appeals court panel concluded that argument isn’t clear-cut enough to be entitled to a temporary injunction against the law.
“ e best reading is that (the law) is presumptively lawful because the aged-based condition or quali cation on the conduct it proscribes falls outside the scope of the plain text of the Second Amendment,” the judges found in their opinion.
In another section, the judges added: “It seems evident that the necessity of some minimum age requirement is widely accepted — after all, no one is reasonably arguing that 8-year-olds should be allowed to purchase guns.”
e case involves a law passed in 2023,Senate Bill 169. e law changes the minimum age to purchase a rearm to 21 from 18 in Colorado. Supporters argue that the law is meant to reduce youth suicides, accidental shootings and gun violence.
Purchasers under the age of 21 as well as unlicensed rearm sellers could face a class-2 misdemeanor for violating the law. Licensed rearms dealers who break the law face a class 1 misdemeanor. e law ultimately changes the status quo only when it comes to ri es and shotguns because federal law already bans the purchase of handguns by people under 21. e law does not ban the possession of guns by those under 21, nor does it prohibit people under 21 from acquiring rearms via gifts or inheritance. It also contains exemptions for military and law enforcement members.
Tuesday’s ruling marks a relatively minor procedural step in the long arc of the case. But it also showcases how complicated and hotly contested federal rearm jurisprudence has become in the wake of Supreme Court decisions bolstering gun rights and requiring gun laws to be consistent with the nation’s historical tradition of rearms regulation.
In August 2023, when Chief U.S. District Judge Philip A. Brimmer temporarily blocked the law in a 44-page order, he concluded “the individual plainti s have shown a likelihood of success on the merits.” Finding such a likelihood is needed for a judge to issue an injunction.
In appealing that order, attorneys for the state led over 1,000 pages of briefs and appendices, including four expert afdavits — three of them from historians and another from a neuroscientist. Eighteen states and the District of Columbia led friend-of-the-court briefs in support of the Colorado law, while eight other organizations led their own friend-of-thecourt briefs arguing various positions.
e appeals court ruling, written by U.S. Circuit Judge Richard E.N. Federico, with the support of judges Carolyn Baldwin McHugh and Michael R. Murphy, stretches to 61 pages. A concurrence by McHugh — arguing that one particular issue should have been analyzed during the second step of a process laid out in a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision instead of during the rst step — is another 30 pages. An appendix laying out the history of various state gun laws tacks on another seven pages.
All three judges on the 10th Circuit panel were appointed by Democratic presidents, while Brimmer was appointed by a Republican.
In the end, the appellate judges concluded that the legal issues in the case aren’t as clear as Brimmer saw them.
“Laws imposing conditions and qualications on the sale and purchase of arms do not implicate the plain text of the Second Amendment,” Federico wrote in the ruling.
In a post on X, Rocky Mountain Gun Owners said the 10th Circuit judges “recharacterized this law into a mere commercial regulation instead of a constitutional right infringement.”
“ is is a very temporary setback, and we look forward to ghting back against this outrageous ruling,” the organization wrote. “ is law very clearly violates both the Second Amendment and the Supreme Court’s precedents, and we look forward to ultimately striking it o the books.”
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Scientists want your help to digitize historic data on bees
BY RACHEL COHEN
MOUNTAIN WEST NEWS BUREAU
Within aisles of cabinets at the University of Colorado Boulder’s Museum of Natural History collections are rows upon rows of wooden display boxes with glass tops. Each box holds dozens to hundreds of bee specimens.
Leafcutter bees with blades on their teeth. Round-bodied Western bumblebees. Metallic green sweat bees.
Details about each specimen, like the species name, who found it, where and when, are pinned down under each bee. Put together, it’s a treasure trove of data about the crucial pollinators. e problem is that it’s analog, on tiny slips of paper, sometimes handwritten in cursive.
Now, scientists are pushing to get that information out of the museum cabinets and onto computers. at’s because there’s currently a lack of information about populations of many bee species.
“If we get that data, and we can rebuild those distributions, we can look for how they’re changing over time which could inform something so basic as whether or not we should be concerned that they’re declining,” said Adrian Carper, an entomology curator at the museum.
To digitize their bee collections, researchers at 13 institutions, including CU Boulder, the University of Nevada,
Reno, and Arizona State University, formed the “Big Bee Bonanza.”
Volunteer citizen scientists can visit an online platform calledNotes from Nature, which gives visitors specimens to transcribe. In dropdown menus and text boxes, the platform asks you to write down the words on labels next to zoomed-in images of bees.
For example, the note by one mining bee says it was collected near Carbondale, Colo., in 1982. When you’re done with one bee, Notes from Nature prompts you to enter data for another one, like a computer game.
“I nd myself having to set alarms because I can’t ever stop doing this —- it’s so much fun,” said Virginia Scott, the collections manager.
e team at CU Boulder is hoping to get notes from 50,000 bee specimens transcribed by 2025.
“Participating in this project is one of the biggest ways you can help in bee conservation because it gets that data to the conservationists who need it,” Carver said.
e Mountain West News Bureau is a collaboration between Wyoming Public Media, Nevada Public Radio, Boise State Public Radio in Idaho, KUNR in Nevada, KUNC in Colorado and KANW in New Mexico.
Englewood seeks snow volunteers
BY ELISABETH SLAY ESLAY@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
With winter fast approaching, Englewood’s Neighborhood Resources Program is seeking volunteers for its Snow Buddies, a program that assists those who need it with snow removal.
Madeline Hinkfuss, neighborhood engagement program manager for the City of Englewood, said residents who can’t physically shovel their sidewalk, a ord shoveling services, or don’t have nearby or assistance can utilize the Snow Buddies program.
“Snow Buddy volunteers are expected to shovel their snow buddy’s path from the sidewalk to their front door, and the public sidewalk in front of their property, within 24 hours of a snowfall from Nov. 15 to April 1,” Hinkfuss said.
In addition to “fostering neighborly support and connection during the winter months,” Hinkfuss said the program also provides safe access to residents throughout the city.
“For volunteers, the program o ers a meaningful way to make a di erence directly in their neighborhood,” Hinkfuss said. “Our goal is to pair buddies within a mile of each other, so many times, a snow buddy volunteer is ful lling a need for their nearby neighbor.”
Over the last three years, Hinkfuss said more and more snow buddies have been paired together.
“ e program launched in 2021, and 23 snow buddies-in-need were paired with a snow buddy volunteer,” Hinkfuss said. “Last year, more than 45 snow buddiesin-need were paired with a snow buddy volunteer.”
e program has consistently grown over the last three years and this year, the program hopes to reach even more residents in-need.
“We always have more residents inneed than we have volunteers, so each additional volunteer allows us to help more people,” Hinkfuss said. Hinkfuss said any Englewood resident or people from a neighboring city, as well as young people, are encouraged to sign up for the program.
Going forward, Hinkfuss said she hopes the program will continue to grow and provide this need to those in the community.
“ is program ful lls a need for the community by building connections, improving safety and accessibility and the more residents that participate the greater the impact for the community,” Hinkfuss said.
“I also hope the program continues to bring neighbors together and helps to foster connection to those that feel isolated during the winter months,” Hinkfuss added
For more information or to sign up visit englewoodco.gov/snowbuddies or call 303-762-2300.
Cloned black-footed ferret gives birth for first time ever
Landmark in Colorado-based reintroduction e orts
BY MICHAEL
A black-footed ferret cloned from DNA of a ferret that lived in the 1980s has birthed two healthy kits, the rst successful live births from a cloned endangered species and another win for a federal ferret recovery program based in northern Colorado.
Antonia, cloned fromfrozen material from long-dead Willa, is helping raise her now 3-month-old kits as part of an e ort to expand the gene pool of ferrets being reintroduced in Colorado and other states. While thousands of conventionally bred ferrets have been dropped into prairie dog colonies in Western states, they all descend from just seven of theanimals captured in Wyoming in the 1980s. Antonia’s descendants have three times the genetic diversity of any other living ferrets derived from the original seven
The Englewood Snow Buddies program is looking for volunteers to help those who can’t shovel their driveways and sidewalks from Nov. 15 to April 1. FILE PHOTO
A bee visits a group of late-summer flowers Aug. 29 outside Colorado School of Mines’ Volk Gymnasium.
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Chronic absenteeism rates di er sharply across metro-area school districts
BY SUZIE GLASSMAN SGLASSMAN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Around 1 in 4 Colorado students miss critical time in the classroom, according to data from the Colorado Department of Education. Chronic absenteeism, dened as missing more than 10% of school days or around 18 days per year, puts students at greater risk for academic failure, poverty and dropping out of high school, according to Attendance Works, an organization working to reduce chronic absenteeism.
A newly-mandated reporting system required by a 2022 law reveals the issue isn’t just about the number of absences. Rather, it’s about who is missing: students from low-income families, students of color, multilingual learners and those with special needs are the most a ected, facing barriers that go beyond the classroom and into systemic issues like poverty, housing instability and lack of transportation.
At 27.7%, the statewide chronic absenteeism has been dropping since it peaked at 35.5% during the 2021-2022 school year. Yet, rates vary widely across districts and demographics show how some districts struggle with absences far more than others.
“In our statewide data, we see race and ethnicity gaps, but we also see gaps in multilingual learners, students with disabilities and homeless students who qualify for homeless services,” said Johann Liljengren, director of the dropout prevention and student re-engagement o ce in the Colorado Department of Education.
Colorado has committed to cutting chronic absenteeism by 50% over five years, leading district leaders to consider new ways to engage families in attendance.
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Overcoming life’s obstacles and objections
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uccess often hinges on our ability to identify and overcome obstacles and objections in life and business. e line between the two can sometimes be blurred for many of us. However, understanding the di erence is essential to overcoming barriers in selling and achieving goals. When discussing objections, we’re usually focused on external resistance: reasons someone might say “no” to a product, service, or idea. Obstacles, on the other hand, are often deeperrooted barriers that stand in the way of progress. ough they may appear di erently, addressing them usually demands similar skills, like empathy, creativity, and a relentless drive to nd solutions.
Take sales, for example. Salespeople regularly encounter both objections and obstacles.
An objection might sound like, “ e price is too high,” “We’re happy with our current vendor,” or “ e timing isn’t right.” ese are the immediate, surface-level reasons a prospect might hesitate. ey’re often rooted in issues like cost concerns, lack of perceived urgency, or trust de cits. Objections can feel like brick walls, but they tell a salesperson where to provide more value, build trust, or reframe the conversation.
Obstacles, in contrast, are often the unseen structural challenges that prevent a decision altogether. Budget limitations, a team’s inability to reach consensus, or organizational overload can all be obstacles. A buying committee that struggles to agree on priorities, a customer overloaded with competing projects, or the realities of an uncertain economic climate are all obstacles that can stall or derail even the most compelling o er.
At their core, objections and obstacles share common roots: no want, no time, no money, no need, and no trust. If prospects don’t honestly want the product or service, they’ll inevitably voice objections. If time or budget is scarce, the organization may not see a way to address the need. And overcoming objections becomes nearly impossible when trust is missing, whether in the product, the salesperson, or the company. Consider a family discussion over a major decision, like where to go on vacation, buying a new car, or even contemplating a move. Just as in sales, these conversations often come back to the same core reasons for resistance: no want, no time, no budget, no need, and no trust. A lack of alignment or perceived need can create an obstacle, while objections around cost or timing can hold things up. It’s the same in our careers or personal lives. e obstacles we face can often be attributed to not truly wanting something enough, lacking resources, or feeling uncertain.
When we encounter obstacles in our lives, whether physical, mental, or spiritual, the same approach applies. We must ask ourselves: “What’s standing in my way?” And, more importantly, “Why am I allowing it to?” Overcoming these internal obstacles often requires the same determination that a salesperson uses to address objections. It involves identifying the root of resistance, determining what help we need, and committing to tackle these roadblocks with discipline and purpose.
Sometimes, the obstacles we face are self-imposed, born from a fear of failure, or unwilling to let go of comfort. Other times, they’re rooted in external circumstances beyond our control. In either case, overcoming them requires a willingness to act and an openness to seeking help.
Similarly, some obstacles may not be real limitations but a test of our commitment. Are we truly serious about our goals? Do we need to negotiate with ourselves to nd the discipline and courage to overcome what holds us back?
Whether overcoming objections or obstacles, the goal remains to remove what stands in the way of success, growth, and ful llment. By cultivating resilience, seeking support, and staying dedicated to our purpose, we clear the path toward becoming the best versions of ourselves.
What are the biggest obstacles holding you back? I would love to hear your story at gotonorton@gmail.com, and when we can identify what they are and develop a solid plan to overcome them, it really will be a better than good life.
Clean energy support brightens future of Colorado
CMichael 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.
olorado is helping lead in the clean energy space, especially as the state ranks seventh nationally in the share of clean power percentages. It takes investment and community commitment, especially in our rural parts of Colorado, to help us reach our goals. As part of USDA Rural Development, we are deeply committed to supporting our rural partners and ensuring that communities across Colorado have access to the resources they need to thrive.
Five Colorado electrical cooperatives across the state plan to get there with the support of federal grants to make the transition to a clean energy economy with Tri-State’s $2.5 billion award recently announced on Oct. 25. e ve statewide Colorado coops include CORE Electric Cooperative, Poudre Valley Rural Electric Association, Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, United Power and Yampa Valley Electric Association.
ese historic investments in renewable energy are a testament to the commitment to our communities. By fostering clean energy solutions through the New ERA program, we are not only creating sustainable economic opportunities but also en-
suring that our rural areas remain resilient and forward looking. Together with our local partners, we are building a stronger, greener future for generations to come.
Wind and solar providing over one-third of Colorado’s electricity is helping us make signi cant strides in the clean energy sector. e state’s clean energy capacity, currently at approximately 7,000 MW, is set to grow signi cantly by 2030. Current capacity is enough to power 2.5 million homes.
Clean energy in Colorado has grown by way of nearly $14 billion of capital investment with utilityscale solar, storage and wind projects and a robust manufacturing sector. Colorado’s 12 operating clean energy manufacturing facilities have created jobs throughout the state, helping increase the number of Coloradans working in the utility-scale sector to more than 15,750. ese utility-scale clean energy jobs span from development and operations to manufacturing and construction roles. Let’s keep supporting this important work to build up local economies and strengthen our state as we create smart, sustainable cities. Investing in Colorado with these resources is a solid step forward as we keep leading the way.
is guest column was written by Crestina M. Martinez, the Denver-based Colorado state director for U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development.
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Depot Art Gallery holiday boutique
e annual Holiday Boutique at the Depot Art Gallery in Littleton is open through Dec. 29.
Forty-four talented local artisans created unique hand-crafted gifts, large and small. e boutique includes jewelry, cards, cut glass decorations, ornaments, 2-D art and more.
e Depot Art Gallery is located at 2069 W. Powers Ave. and is open from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. from Tuesday to Sunday.
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Highlands Ranch put on Veterans Day celebration
Highlands Ranch honored veterans at the Veterans Day Celebration on Nov. 11 at the Douglas County Libraries location in Highlands Ranch.
is annual celebration has included patriotic music from the Highlands Ranch Concert Band, a color guard and special readings about Veterans Day.
e guest speaker was to be Lee Frame, a Highlands Ranch resident and 30-year U.S. Navy veteran who served as the commanding o cer of the nuclear powered missile submarine U.S.S. Casimir Pulaski, according to a Highlands Ranch Metro District news release.
Guests were encouraged to arrive early and visit the Highlands Ranch Veterans Monument located outside of the library prior to the event.
A focal point of the monument is a special tribute memorial to three special hometown heroes whose names are etched in stone: Sta Sgt. Christopher Falkel, Sgt. Jon Stiles and Cpl. Max Donahue.
Colorado Railroad Museum’s new exhibit highlights women’s contributions to railroad industry
e Golden-area museum recently opened “Hidden from History: A Century of Women in Railroading,” highlighting women’s work in and for the railroad industry from the 1870s to the 1970s.
e exhibit, which is in the sublevel of the main depot/ticket o ce building, will be open through August 2025.
People from all walks of life helped plan, construct and operate the railroads from the early days of locomotives until now.
Although not every job was historically available to every person due to discrimination or other factors, the Colorado Railroad Museum is working to ensure the Mexican-American traqueros, the Black railroad workers and other communities are remembered.
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February 27, 1949 - October 26, 2024
e family of Glenda Gail Kissell is grieving the loss of its leader and its glue, who passed away peacefully on Saturday, October 26th. A resident of Denver and its suburbs for every one of her 75 years, Glenda’s greatest joy was sharing time with the people she loved and she loved them all unconditionally. Born to Aaron Joseph Kissell and Betty Lou Green Kissell on February 27, 1949, Glenda was married twice and she had two children, Justin Travis Conway and Elizabeth Nicole Young, and four grandchildren: Evie, Jacob, Joseph and Tyson. Her second marriage brought with it two stepchildren, Chris Miller and Karin Miller, and two more grandchildren: Helen and Jaiden. Glenda is also survived by two sisters and a healthy crew of nieces and nephews. All of us were blessed by her talent for teaching
and her devotion to bringing the best out of each young person she met. Glenda taught English for nearly 40 years at Goddard Middle School and then at Littleton High School, during which she earned a masters degree and brought the mysteries of literature to light for thousands of students. She loved the beauty of Depression-era glassware, lling her home with books and objects that brought her joy and eventually hosting booths at local antiques markets. A celebration of her life will be held between 10:00am and 1:00pm on Friday, November 8th at VFW Post 9644 located at 2680 W. Hampden Ave., Sheridan, CO 80110. In lieu of owers, the family requests that donations instead be directed in her memory to the Lewy Body Dementia Association (www.lbda.org/donate).
Glenda Gail Kissell
National trend impacting area fire agencies, blood supply, food pantries, senior services
BY JANE REUTER JREUTER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
When Evergreen Fire/Rescue welcomed its rst six paid re ghters last month, it was hailed as progress for the district’s residents, with the anticipation of faster response times from sta ed re stations. But it was also a sharp turn away from a long-standing tradition: e all-volunteer model it had used for 76 years.
While the area’s aging population, climate change and life in a place ranked in the top 10 nationally for catastrophic wild re were factors in the hiring decision, the decline in volunteerism also played into it.
It’s a trend impacting organizations of all kinds. Volunteering in the United States is at an all-time low, according to IVolunteer International, even as the need for most of the services such agencies supply is increasing. e fallout is far from minor, ranging from such potentially critical issues as delays in re agency response times to a shortage in the national blood supply.
On a societal level, experts say it may be a symptom of, or a factor in, increasing social isolation and political division.
“Volunteers meet critical community needs, and volunteering has the power to heal our societies by creating empathy and equity,” said Jennifer Siranelo, CEO of Points of Light, an international nonpro t dedicated to volunteerism. “It’s imperative that we work together to reverse the downward trend in volunteering.”
While the pandemic exacerbated the issue, it was not the cause. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the volunteer rate in the United States has been steadily declining for more than a decade.
Charitable giving is also down in the U.S., a fact attributed to economic uncertainty, stock market volatility and an increase in smaller and single-parent families.
Volunteering has historically been led by college graduates, married people and parents. But today’s younger generations are strained not just for time but money, and are more likely to not only work several jobs but share housing to make ends meet, according to the Center for the Study of the Individual and Society. at leaves them with little discretionary time.
e issue has hit the re service hard. e number of volunteer re ghters has declined for the last three decades, hitting a record low in 2020, according to the National Fire Protection Association. During that same time period, the U.S. population — and demands for emergency services —grew. Among smaller re districts, the average age of a volunteer re ghter is going up, with fewer younger people throwing their hats into the volunteer ring.
Not long ago, Evergreen Fire/Rescue Chief Mike Weege said EFR turned prospective volunteers away.
“We’d get roughly 30 applying and have (volunteer re ghter) academies of 25,” he said. “Eight to 10 years ago, we start-
Volunteers meet critical community needs, and volunteering has the power to heal our societies by creating empathy and equity.”
Jennifer Siranelo, CEO of Points of Light
ed getting far fewer people who could commit the time to do it. Our academies would only be six people, and we had to combine them with Genesee, Foothills and Indian Hills ( re districts).
“Today, both parents working is the norm, and people are working longer hours,” he continued. “I think people’s lives are far too busy for the amount of time and motivation it takes to volunteer for a dangerous activity.”
Nearby Elk Creek Fire is facing the same challenges, which Chief Jacob Ware attributes in part to the foothills’ shifting population.
“ e demographics have changed a lot here,” he said. “Historically, volunteer re departments were made up a lot of blue-collar, often self-employed people — people who had the ability to break away from their jobs in the middle of the day to answer a re call.”
With the escalating cost of housing in the mountains, fewer of those people can a ord to live in Conifer. And those that do are pressed for time.
“You have to hustle to live in the mountains,” Ware said. “Between work, family and everything else, the time you have to volunteer is dwindling.”
Vitalant, which has 10 Colorado blood donation centers and is the primary blood provider for over 95% of Colorado’s hospitals, is seeing far fewer donors than in the past. Vitalant declared an emergency blood shortage in 2024, and it’s not the rst time the nonpro t blood services provider has done so.
“Overall, the number of people donating with Vitalant has dropped about 20% since before the pandemic, while patients’ needs remain strong,” said Brooke Way, Vitalant’s communications manager. “If there’s a shortage and we don’t have the available blood, that’s when hospitals and doctors have to make those impossible choices of whether to postpone a surgery that’s been scheduled, so a trauma (victim) can get that unit. at’s what we try to avoid.”
It’s left local and national organizations scrambling for solutions, and pondering creative new ideas to revitalize volunteering.
“We’ve tried everything under the sun to recruit new volunteers; we just had another meeting about it,” said Kevin Andrezejewski, executive director of BGOLDN, which runs a food pantry and other community food programs. “ ere’s been a huge shift in the demographic here. e younger population doesn’t either have the time or interest in volunteering.”
OPPOSITE PAGE: Volunteer firefighters from Evergreen and Elk Creek fire departments climb onto the roof of a house on fire earlier this year.
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LEFT: Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado work on trail maintenance on Ouray’s Perimeter Trail in September 2023.
PHOTO BY SUE DANIELS PHOTOGRAPHY
RIGHT: Centennial resident Joseph Lothringer recently donated his 70th gallon of blood at Vitalant’s Parker donation center.
“It’s an act of gratitude,” he said. “Emotionally, it’s a very satisfying feeling.”
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VOLUNTEERS
at’s particularly challenging because the need for BGOLDN’s programs is growing. Demand for its home delivery program, available to people who need supplies from the food pantry but don’t have transportation, has doubled in the last 18 months. But BGOLDN doesn’t have enough drivers to bring food to those homes or pick up food donations from area grocery stores.
“We have more volunteer shifts to ll,” Andrezejewski said. “We don’t want to decrease the number of families we support, and we could grow the program. But with the shortage of volunteers, we have to hold back on expanding it too much.”
A Little Help provides services to seniors throughout the metro area, northern Colorado and Grand Junction that can make the di erence between individuals moving to assisted living or staying in their homes. During the pandemic, the Denver-based nonpro t saw a surge in volunteers. But as life returned to normal, that help faded away.
“A lot of our open requests from seniors are going unful lled,” said Jake Dresden, A Little Help’s metro Denver director. “Rides to the doctor, the bank, the grocery store, tech support requests, companionship requests … we’re not at a healthy level of volunteers to meet those.
“We always feel the sweet spot for us is at least 2-to-1 volunteers to older adult members. And we are not at that number,” Dresden continued. “ e last six months, we’ve been running 2-to-1 members to volunteers. at’s not a recipe for success.”
Not only do seniors often physically need help with such chores and tasks, volunteer assistance can make a critical nancial di erence for them.
“ e big broad piece is helping them stay in their homes,” Dresden said. “A lot of our members are living on very xed incomes. e thought of paying a landscaping crew to rake leaves, or getting an Uber to go to the doctor, that’s money they don’t have budgeted.”
Because Colorado is a popular state for retirees, Dresden doesn’t see the demand for services easing.
A Little Help sends a weekly email to its volunteers and has made volunteering as exible as possible. Volunteers choose the task they want to do and when they’d like to do it. Still, the list of un lled requests hasn’t grown shorter.
“We’re trying all sorts of di erent methodologies to bring new volunteers on, but we’re having to start waiting lists for certain areas and services,” Dresden said.
Solutions
e problem is clear, but solutions are less so. Yet, people across the country are working to nd them, and with good reason.
Volunteering is good for us, on an individual and larger societal level. Research shows links between volunteering and improved physical health, cognitive function, elevated mood, increased social interactions, decreased loneliness and even increased mortality, according to the Stanford Center on Longevity. On a more global scale, volunteerism contributes to social cohesion, community well-being and the economy. e Generosity Commission, made up of experts across the philanthropic sec-
tor, is dedicated to increasing civic participation. It’s spent the last three years studying the country’s decline in charitable giving and volunteering and mapping a plan to reverse it.
ose include getting public gures to talk about how they bene t from giving and volunteering, reaching out to younger generations and reinforcing the role of businesses in encouraging employee giving. IVolunteer International suggests o ering virtual volunteering options like tutoring, nonpro t tech support or online advocacy as a way to match volunteering opportunities with the shift to remote work and lifestyles.
Evergreen Fire/Rescue is redesigning its volunteer program, using a system of points and small-dollar rewards that allows volunteers exibility in how and when they respond.
“We need to meet people where they are, to allow people to do what they can do versus forcing them to t into our box,” Weege said. “If you want to just do wildland ( res), if you want to just do EMS, there’s a place for you here. So you don’t have to do all the training. We’ve brought in quite a few people by doing that.”
Denver-based Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado, which builds trails and improves habitat statewide, said it’s changed its o erings to try to meet its volunteers’ abilities.
“We’re getting more one-o (volunteer stints) than people who’ll come out multiple times a year now,” said VOC’s marketing manager Kim Gagnon. “So we’re trying to broaden the type of work we offer folks. Some people can volunteer on a fourteener with no problem. And some people feel that reward from a threehour harvest in a garden in downtown Denver. ese are interesting trends, and
we’re just trying to problem-solve as we go.”
Vitalant has o ered donor giveaways like the chance to win $5,000 prepaid gift cards, and more recently a $5,000 Halloween jackpot. As the shift to remote work has decreased donations from business blood drives, Vitalant’s now encouraging schools to host blood drives. ose who volunteer regularly see the bene ts clearly.
Conifer resident Peyton omas, who launched the nonpro t Speakers for Africa to help Ugandan schoolchildren, said the work not only broadens his perspective about other cultures, but gives him a fresh outlook on his own life.
“When I start complaining about Wi-Fi speed or my food taking too long to get to me, I think, ‘I need to go back to Uganda and regroup,’ because they know what is real,” he said. “Life is a help-others program. I’m convinced getting outside of ourselves sand helping others is what we’re supposed to do.”
Joseph Lothringer recently donated his 70th gallon of blood at Vitalant’s Parker donation center. He’s enjoyed a lifetime of good health and said donating is a way to share some of that with those who haven’t been as lucky.
“It’s an act of gratitude,” said the 68-year-old Centennial resident. “I won the physiological lottery. I think of people that are ghting for their lives against cancer. To give them a shot of platelets, to use my health to help people that didn’t win the lottery, that’s the least I can do. Emotionally, it’s a very satisfying feeling.” It took Lothringer 40 years of regular donations to reach 70 gallons, and he’s not done yet.
“Absolutely, I’m going to keep doing it,” he said. “My goal now is 100 gallons.”
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Officials from the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office and the Cherry Hills Village Police Department said they have been speaking with law enforcement agencies in Arizona, California, South Dakota, Delaware, Ohio, New York and Florida that have noticed similar burglaries in their areas.
In Scottsdale, Arizona, several suspects arrested had come to the United States on travel visas and used fraudulent identification cards, according to reporting by 12News KPNX in Phoenix. The majority of the suspects identified in that investigation came from Chile, the article says.
In Florida, officials arrested several Colombian individuals in August on the belief that they were responsible for nine “highend residential burglaries.”
‘It’s not one’s nationality, it’s not one’s ethnicity, it’s not one’s color of skin. It is the evidence that is generated through really productive police work and sophisticated investigative processes.’
Jason Lyons, Cherry Hills Village police chief
but that distinctive pattern just matches.”
When asked if he was concerned about bringing up the potential connection to South America because of rhetoric about Latin American criminals in Aurora, Arapahoe County Sheriff Tyler Brown said he was.
led the departments to believe the crimes are related around the country. Only tangible evidence will make it possible for them to conclude who committed the burglaries.
afraid to let officials know if something seems suspicious.
“If you see something, say something,” Brown said. “We would much rather have the info and have it be nothing than not have the information and then be responding to one of these particular burglaries.”
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Arapahoe County law enforcement officials believe the burglaries happening in Arapahoe County could be related to similar crimes across the country, perhaps as subsets of an “organized enterprise” of individuals from South America. They said this theory is based on the fact that the crimes are similar — not any specific evidence from the Arapahoe County cases.
“In (arrests in other states), it just happens to be people from South America,” Gunther said. “We don’t know if ours are that,
“We’ve seen how that gets blown out of proportion on a daily basis, whether it is saying there’s nothing happening at all (or) that we are being overtaken by weapon-wielding (masses) of people from other nations,” he said. “That’s not happening here in Arapahoe County.”
He said the sheriff’s office and other local law enforcement agencies are working diligently to address crime and victimization inside of their communities.
Cherry Hills Village Police Chief Jason Lyons said the day of the week, time of the day, method of entry, the types of homes being targeted and other dynamics of the crimes are what
“The evidence is what drives us in different directions,” he said. “It’s not one’s nationality, it’s not one’s ethnicity, it’s not one’s color of skin. It is the evidence that is generated through really productive police work and sophisticated investigative processes.”
To keep themselves and their properties safe, the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office recommends that residents set alarms and leave lights on or use automatic timers to make their homes look occupied when they leave. Officials also recommend installing shatter-proof window tinting and cameras.
More importantly, they said to keep an eye out for things that may seem out of place in the neighborhood and to not be
Lyons said the law enforcement agencies are doing what they can to mitigate risk, but they need the community to be “force multipliers.”
“Regardless of the price tag associated with one’s home, one burglary is one too many, and it’s violating,” Lyons said. “We need our our neighbors to to be vigilant and looking out for their neighbors and not just themselves.”
Investigators are urging residents to call 911 if they see an in-progress crime or use the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office’s non-emergency number of (303) 795-4711 to report suspicious activity.
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BY HALEY LENA HLENA@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
It could be a normal mustache, a handlebar, pencil or horseshoe. Whatever the style, many men take part in growing a mustache for the monthlong campaign, Movember, as a symbol representing the importance of men’s health and reducing the stigma of seeking help.
“In many ways, men represent an underserved minority in plain sight,” said Dr. Jeff Morrison, a physician at Highlands Ranch UCHealth Hospital. “That’s why I’m so passionate about Movember and drawing awareness to men’s health.”
Morrison is a men’s health specialist and urologist at UCHealth. For years, he has helped men become more comfortable with seeking medical help, and has been an advocate for Movember.
Two campaigns in November raise awareness for men’s health – No Shave November and Movember — but they are different. No Shave November encourages participants to raise money to be donated toward a charity of their choice. Movember is an organization that focuses on funding projects that are centered around men’s health and suicide prevention.
is the third-leading cause of cancer-related deaths in men in the U.S., and diagnosis rates have been increasing in those younger than 55.
While not as common as other cancers, testicular cancer affects about one in every 250 males, developing in young and middle-aged men.
As a male fertility care and men’s sexual health physician, Morrison said some sexual dysfunction issues that some men experience could be big, independent factors for developing something more serious, like cardiovascular diseases.
For example, Morrision said if a man suffered from impotence, they have a 44% increased risk of being diagnosed with cardiovascular disease and about a 60% increased risk of having a heart
Although common, Morrison added that men’s fertility and dysfunction issues can also have “devastating psychological ramifications for both the patient and their partner.”
“Those are big motivators that bring men into the doctor,” said Morrison. “That gives me a chance to meet these guys, look at their needs that brought them in and try to usher them into the healthcare system and be stewards of their health.”
Men can often be reluctant to seek medical care, especially preventative care, said Morrison.
“I think we all know many men in our lives who just don’t go to the doctor,” he added.
Having been guilty of it himself at times, Morrison believes there are several reasons why a lot of men don’t go to the doctor. It might be because of their busy work and family schedules or simply procrastination, he said. But it might also be that they don’t know who to go to when a problem arises.
Morrision said he sees barriers for men to get into the healthcare system. However, it is crucial for men — especially those who are age 40 and up — to stay on top of their health by having routine wellness appointments and screenings, Morrison said.
If you are struggling with suicidal thoughts, depression, loneliness, a family crisis, substance misuse, and/or concerns for family or friends, you can call or text Colorado Crisis Services for help. Colorado Crisis Services provides free and confidential support from trained professionals, available 24/7/365. Call 844-493-8255 or text TALK to 38255.
“How can we work to kind of make it a little easier for these guys to get in, and be the catalysts that get these guys the help that they need,” said Morrison.
One way has been offering telehealth visits. But Morrison also wants to continue to educate men about risk factors.
Knowing the risk factors
Research over the last couple of decades indicates that wom-
‘I think we all know many men in our lives who just don’t go to the doctor.’
Je Morrison,
Physician at Highlands Ranch UCHealth Hospital
en live longer than men. More recently, research by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and UC San Francisco found that the difference between how long men and women live increased in the U.S.
Movember focuses on the importance of getting screened for chronic conditions such as prostate, testicular and colorectal cancer.
“Chronic, serious health conditions — they’re very preva-
lent,” said Morrison.
According to the American Cancer Society, other than skin cancer, prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men in the U.S. While it generally grows slowly, about one in eight men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in their lifetime. Additionally, it is more likely to develop in men at an average age of 67.
Another common cancer in men is colorectal cancer. It
Movember also aims to spread awareness of how serious mental health issues are among men.
According to Suicide Awareness Voices of Education, which retrieves national statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, suicide is the 11th leading cause of death in the U.S., and rates are about four times higher in men than women.
Whatever the issue may be, Morrison is passionate about opening up conversations about men’s health.
“When something unexpected happens, it’s all the more reason why it’s important to just try to make it more accessible and break down these barriers to help men get in to see a healthcare provider,” said Morrison. “And to reduce the stigma of mental health issues that so many suffer from.”
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that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.
THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.
LOT 11, BLOCK 3, WALNUT HILLS FILING NO. 1, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO.
A.P.N.: 2075-28-2-02-012 Purported common address: 6895 South Ulster Circle, Centennial, CO 80112.
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, 01/08/2025, 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: 11/14/2024
Last Publication: 12/12/2024
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: 09/10/2024
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 # 24-033032
The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.
©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015
Legal Notice NO. 0410-2024
First Publication: 11/14/2024
Last Publication: 12/12/2024
Name of Publication: Littleton Independent COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103
FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0408-2024
To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:
On September 6, 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) STEPHAN SERAFIN AKA STEPHAN ANTHONY SERAFIN AND ALISSAH SERAFIN AKA ALISSAH LENAE SERAFIN
Original Beneficiary(ies) MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR UNITED WHOLESALE MORTGAGE, LLC
Current Holder of Evidence of Debt
LAKEVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC
Date of Deed of Trust
April 08, 2022
County of Recording Arapahoe
Recording Date of Deed of
Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you
PUBLIC NOTICES
The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.
©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015
0368-2024 EXHIBIT A CONDOMINIUM UNIT 2812, THE STEEPLECHASE III CONDOMINIUMS TOGETHER WITH GARAGE NO. L, ACCORDING TO THE CONDOMINIUM MAP THEREOF RECORDED ON SEPTEMBER 25, 1997, AT RECEPTION NO. A71020771 IN THE RECORDS OF THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK AND RECORDER OF THE COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE COLORADO, AND AS DEFINED AND DESCRIBED IN THE CONDOMINIUM DECLARATION FOR THE STEEPLECHASE III CONDOMINIUMS, RECORDED ON MAY 28, 1997 AT RECEPTION NO. A7062094, IN SAID RECORDS, FIRST AMENDMENT RECORDED JUNE 10, 1997 AT RECEPTION NO. A7068621, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO.
Which currently has the street address of 2812 W Centennial Dr #L, Littleton, Colorado 80123. Legal Notice NO. 0368-2024
First Publication: 10/24/2024
Last Publication: 11/21/2024
Name of Publication: Littleton Independent COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0396-2024
To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:
On August 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)
Harold R. Thyfault and Maureen R. Thyfault
Original Beneficiary(ies)
Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Beneficiary, as nominee for U.S. Bank N.A., its succesors and assigns
Current Holder of Evidence of Debt
U.S. Bank National Association Date of Deed of Trust May 23, 2012
County of Recording Arapahoe
Recording Date of Deed of Trust September 25, 2012
Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) D2108480
Original Principal Amount
$135,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance
$100,891.66
of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to
SEE "EXHIBIT A" ATTACHED HERETO Purported common address: 2812 W Centennial Dr #L, Littleton, CO 80123.
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, 12/18/2024, 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: 10/24/2024
Last Publication: 11/21/2024
Name of Publication: Littleton Independent IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE,
DATE: 08/23/2024 Michael Westerberg, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado
By:
Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to make timely payments as required under the Evidence of Debt and Deed of Trust THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.
LOT FOURTEEN (14), BLOCK NINE (9), NOB HILL FIRST FILING AMENDED, ACCORDING TO THE RECORDED PLAT THEREOF, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO.
Purported common address: 4127 E Davies Pl, Centennial, CO 80122. 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, 12/18/2024, 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 : 10/24/2024
Last Publication: 11/21/2024
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: 08/30/2024
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:
Attorney File # CO23438
The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.
©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado
Revised 1/2015
:Legal Notice NO. 0396-2024
First Publication: 10/24/2024
Last Publication: 11/21/2024
Name of Publication: Littleton Independent
COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103
FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0361-2024
To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:
On August 20, 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) Haroon Ihsan Sulehria
Original Beneficiary(ies)
Capital Fund I, LLC ISAOA, An Arizona Limited Liability Company
Current Holder of Evidence of Debt
Capital Fund REIT, LLC
Date of Deed of Trust
June 21, 2023
County of Recording
Arapahoe
Recording Date of Deed of Trust
June 23, 2023
Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.)
E3042301
Original Principal Amount
$4,900,000.00
Outstanding Principal Balance
$4,900,000.00
Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are
hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.
THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.
LOT 1, BLOCK 2, CHERRY HILLS FARM
SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 4, COUNTY ARAPAHOE, STATE OF ,,COLORADO.
Purported common address: 4936 S Fillmore Court, Cherry Hills Village, 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, 12/18/2024, 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: 10/24/2024
Last Publication : 11/21/2024
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: 08/20/2024
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:
Alexis R. Abercrombie #56722
Scott D. Toebben #19011
Aricyn J. Dall #51467 David W Drake #43315
Randall S. Miller & Associates PC 216 16th Street, Suite 1210, Denver, CO 80202 (720) 259-6710
Attorney File # 24CO00196-1
The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.
©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015
Legal Notice NO. 0361-2024
First Publication: 10/24/2024
Last Publication: 11/21/2024
Name of Publication: Littleton Independent
COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103
FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0386-2024
To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:
On August 27, 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)
John Patrick Dolan and Demargo Lynette Krupa and Spenser Nicholas Wallace Ladd
Original Beneficiary(ies)
Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as beneficiary, as nominee for Fairway
Independent Mortgage Corporation
Current Holder of Evidence of Debt U.S. Bank National Association, not in its individual capacity but solely as trustee for RMTP Trust, Series 2021 Cottage-TT-V Date of Deed of Trust
December 21, 2018
County of Recording Arapahoe
Recording Date of Deed of Trust
December 26, 2018
Recording Information
(Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.)
D8125357 Book: N/A Page:
Original Principal Amount
$412,087.00
Outstanding Principal Balance
$451,370.36
Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to 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 16, BLOCK 1, RIDGEVIEW HILLS
NORTH, SECOND FILING, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO.
Purported common address: 4344 E Peakview Cir., 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, 12/18/2024, 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: 10/24/2024
Last Publication: 11/21/2024
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: 08/27/2024
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:
Alexis R. Abercrombie #56722
Scott D. Toebben #19011
Aricyn J. Dall #51467
David W Drake #43315
Randall S. Miller & Associates PC 216 16th Street, Suite 1210, Denver, CO 80202 (720) 259-6710
Attorney File # 24CO00359-1
The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.
©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015
Legal Notice NO. 0386-2024
First Publication: 10/24/2024
Last Publication: 11/21/2024
Name of Publication: Littleton Independent City and County
Public Notice ARAPAHOE COUNTY NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING CASE NO LR24-001, FOUR SQUARE MILE SUB-AREA
PROPOSAL: Galloway & Company, Inc., have applied to amend the Four Square Mile Sub-Area Plan to change the land use designation of one parcel from “Community” to “Convenience Commercial”. The parcel, which is currently vacant, is located on the southwest corner of E. Mississippi Avenue and S. Valentia Street in unincorporated Arapahoe County and identified as PIN 033154576 and AIN 1973-21-1-00-045. The parcel is owned by Malireddy and Syama Reddy, 1280 S. Parker Road, Denver, CO 80231. This change to the
Sub-Area Plan would not affect the parcel’s current zoning.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that on December 3, 2024, the Arapahoe County Planning Commission will hold a Public Hearing at 6:30 P.M., or as soon as possible thereafter at 6954 S. Lima St., Arapahoe Room, Centennial, CO; at which all interested persons will be given an opportunity to be heard concerning the above-described case number, a proposed Arapahoe County Comprehensive Plan Amendment for the Four Square Mile Sub-Area Plan. 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 (appointments recommended) or 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. 540028 First Publication: November 14, 2024 Last Publication: November 14, 2024 Publisher: Englewood Herald Littleton Independent and the Centennial Citizen Public Notice
NOTICE OF HEARING
NOTICE is hereby given of a public hearing before the Board of Trustees (the “Board”) for the Town of Bow Mar, Colorado (the “Town”) at 7:00pm on November 18, 2024, at the Columbine Valley Town Hall located at 2 Middlefield Road, Columbine Valley, CO 80123 for the purpose of considering the adoption by reference of the Colorado Model Electric Ready and Solar Ready Code published by the State of Colorado Energy Office located at 1600 Broadway, Suite 1960, Denver, CO 80202 (the “Electric and Solar Ready Code”). The purpose of the Electric and Solar Ready Code is to provide regulations concerning the construction of new buildings in a manner where solar photovoltaic or solar thermal systems and electric vehicle charging infrastructure may be readily installed and building systems may be readily electrified as required by state law. The ordinance adopting the Electric and Solar Ready Code additionally makes amendments to the Electric and Solar Ready Code to conform with the unique requirements and characteristics of the Town.
Copies of the Electric and Solar Ready Code, along with the deletions and amendments proposed, are on file at the office of the Town Clerk, located at 7995 East Prentice Avenue, Suite 103E, Greenwood Village, CO 80111 and may be inspected during regular business hours. A digital copy of the adopting ordinance is additionally available on the Town’s website.
Following the hearing, the Board will consider passage of the ordinance adopting the Electric and Solar Ready Code. This notice given and published by the order of the Board.
Legal Notice No. 539949
First Publication: November 7, 2024
Last Publication: November 14, 2024
Publisher: Littleton Independent
Public Notice
PUBLIC NOTICE
CITY OF CENTENNIAL NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Monday, November 4, 2024, the Centennial City Council passed on second and final reading
ORDINANCE NO. 2024-O-15
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CENTENNIAL, COLORADO, ADOPTING BY REFERENCE THE 2024 VERSION OF THE CITY OF CENTENNIAL ROADWAY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS MANUAL, AND AMENDING
SECTIONS 11-8-10 AND 11-8-30, AND CHAPTER 12 OF THE CENTENNIAL MUNICIPAL CODE (LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE)
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. 540023
First Publication: November 14, 2024
Last Publication: November 14, 2024
Publisher: Littleton Independent and the Centennial Citizen
Public Notice
CITY OF SHERIDAN NOTICE OF ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE
On the 28th day of October, 2024 the City Council of the City of Sheridan, Colorado, approved on first reading the following Ordinance: ORDINANCE NO. 8 SERIES OF 2024
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SHERIDAN
The parcels are owned by Rippey Commercial Investors, LLC, 7800 E. Union Avenue, Unit 420, Denver, CO 80237. This change to the 2018 Comprehensive Plan will not change the current zoning designation of the three parcels.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that on December 3, 2024, the Arapahoe County Planning Commission will hold a Public Hearing at 6:30 P.M., or as soon as possible thereafter at 6954 S. Lima St., Arapahoe Room, Centennial, CO; at which all interested persons will be given an opportunity to be heard concerning the above-described case number, a proposed amendment of the Arapahoe County Comprehensive Plan. 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 (appointments recommended) or by calling 720-874-6650 or by emailing planning@arapahoegov.com during regular business hours (8:00
PUBLIC NOTICES
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 Cherry Creek Project Water Authority ("Authority"). Such proposed budget will be considered at a meeting and public hearing of the Board of Directors of the Authority to be held at 9:00 a.m. on November 20, 2024 via MS Teams. To attend and participate by telephone, dial 323-488-2290 and enter passcode 629 133 059#.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that an amendment to the 2024 budget of the Authority may also be considered at the above-referenced meeting and public hearing of the Board of Directors of the Authority. A copy of the proposed 2025 budget and the amended 2024 budget, if required, are available for public inspection at the offices of Mulhern MRE, Inc.,188 Inverness Drive West, Suite 150, Englewood Colorado. Any interested elector within the Authority 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.
CHERRY CREEK PROJECT WATER AUTHORITY
By: /s/ Luis Tovar, President
Legal Notice No. 540013
First Publication: November 14, 2024
Last Publication: November 14, 2024
Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice
DOVE VALLEY METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOTICE CONCERNING 2024 BUDGET AMENDMENT AND PROPOSED 2025 BUDGET
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to all interested parties that the necessity has arisen to amend the Dove Valley Metropolitan District 2024 Budget and that a proposed 2025 Budget has been submitted to the Board of Directors of the Dove Valley Metropolitan District; and that copies of the proposed Amended 2024 Budget and 2025 Budget have been filed at the District's offices, 141 Union Boulevard, Suite 150, Lakewood, Colorado, where the same are open for public inspection; and that adoption of Resolutions Amending the 2024 Budget and Adopting the 2025 Budget will be considered at a public hearing of the Board of Directors of the District to be held on Monday, November 18, 2024, at 1:00 P.M. This District Board meeting will be held via Zoom.
Zoom information: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/5469119353?pwd=SmtlcHJETFhCQUZEcVBBOGZVU3Fqdz09 Meeting ID: 546 911 9353 Passcode: 912873
Dial In: 1-719-359-4580
Any elector within the District may, at any time prior to the final adoption of the Resolutions to Amend the 2024 Budget and Adopt the 2025 Budget, inspect and file or register any objections thereto.
DOVE VALLEY METROPOLITAN DISTRICT
By: /s/ David Solin, Secretary
Legal Notice No. 540025
First Publication: November 14, 2024
Last Publication: November 14, 2024
Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE AS TO PROPOSED 2025 BUDGET AND HEARING COLUMBINE WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a proposed budget has been submitted to the COLUMBINE WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT (the “District”) for the ensuing year of 2025. A copy of such proposed budget has been filed in the office of the Columbine Water and Sanitation District, 8739 West Coal Mine Avenue, Littleton, Colorado, where the same is open for public inspection. Such proposed budget will be considered at a hearing at the meeting of the District to be held at 3:00 P.M., on Wednesday, December 4, 2024.
The location and additional information regarding the meeting will be available on the meeting notice posted on the District’s website at https://columbinewsd.colorado.gov/ at least 24-hours in advance of the meeting.
Any interested elector within the District may inspect the proposed budget and file or register any objections at any time prior to the final adoption of the 2025 budget.
BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE DISTRICT:
By: /s/ ICENOGLE | SEAVER | POGUE A
The Arapahoe County Water and Wastewater Authority (ACWWA) plans to accept the above titled project as substantially completed and ready for Final Settlement by Glacier Construction Corporation, Inc. as of October 22, 2024.
In accordance with the Contract Documents, the Arapahoe County Water and Wastewater Authority (ACWWA) may withhold a portion of the remaining payment to be made to Glacier Construction Corporation, Inc., as necessary, to protect the Arapahoe County Water and Wastewater Authority (ACWWA) from loss on account of claims filed, and failure of Glacier Construction Corporation, Inc. to make payments properly to subcontractors or suppliers.
Project subcontractors and suppliers of Glacier Construction Corporation, Inc. are hereby notified that unresolved outstanding claims must be certified and forwarded to:
Kevin McBrien, PE
Senior Project Manager
ACWWA
13031 East Caley Ave Centennial, CO 80111
As soon as possible, but no later than November 29, 2024.
Legal Notice No. 540011
First Publication:: November 14, 2024
Final Publication: November 28, 2024 Newspaper: Littleton Independent Not consecutive publications
Public Notice
NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT SECOND AMENDMENT TO CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT (PAVEMENT PRESERVATION PROGRAM)
Project No. 22-04-02
Notice is hereby given, pursuant to Section 38-26-107, C.R.S., that the City of Centennial, Colorado (the “City”) will make final payment at the hour of 10:00 a.m. on November 27, 2024 (the “Final Settlement Date”) to the following contractor:
A-1 Chipseal Company
2505 E. 74th Avenue Denver, CO 80229
(hereinafter, the “Contractor”) for and on account of all work completed by the Contractor on City Project No. 22-04-02, 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. 540024
First Publication: November 14, 2024
Last Publication: November 14, 2024
Publisher: Littleton Independent and the Centennial Citizen
Public Notice
NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT
ITB #1-24-2
Centennial Academy of Fine Arts Roof Replacement Project
Notice is hereby given that Littleton Public Schools in the county of Arapahoe will on December 5, 2024 pay retainage and make final settlement with Arapahoe Roofing and Sheet Metal for services related to the roof replacement project at Centennial Academy of Fine Arts. 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 December 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 December 5, 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: November 14, 2024
Legal Notice No. 540026 First Publication: November 14, 2024 Last Publication: November 28, 2024
for CMGC Services related to the renovation of the LPS District Stadium. 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 December 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 December 5, 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: November 14, 2024
Legal Notice No. 540021
First Publication: November 14, 2024
Last Publication: November 28, 2024
Publisher: Littleton Independent
Not consecutive publications
Public Notice
NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to § 3826-107, C.R.S., that on Monday, December 2, 2024, final settlement New West Paving. will be made by the Town of Bow Mar for the “2024 Roadway Improvements” subject to satisfactory final inspection and acceptance of said facilities by the Town. The project consisted of paving various roads within the Town. Any person, co-partnership, association of persons, company or corporation that has furnished labor, materials, team hire, sustenance, provisions, provender, or other supplies used or consumed by such contractor or his or her subcontractor in or about the performance of the work contracted to be done or that supplies, laborers, 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, at any time up to and including the time of final settlement for the work contracted to be done, may file a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid on such claim with the Town of Bow Mar, c/o, Ms. Sue Blair, Town Clerk, Community Resource Services of Colorado, 7995 East Prentice Avenue, Suite 103E, Greenwood Village, CO 80111. Failure to file such verified statement or claim prior to final settlement will release the Town and its employees and agents from any and all liability for such claim and for making final payment to said contractor.
Town of Bow Mar
Legal Notice No. 54000
First Publication: November 14, 2024
Last Publication: November 21, 2024
Publisher: LIttleton Independent Public Notice
NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT BID PACKAGE # 05 Little Raven ES Kitchen Serving Line CMGC Services
Notice is hereby given that Littleton Public Schools in the county of Arapahoe will on December 17, 2024 pay retainage and make final settlement with Gerald H. Phipps DBA GH Phipps Construction, Co. for BID PACKAGE #05 –Little Raven ES Kitchen Serving Line CMGC 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 December 17, 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 December 17, 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: November 14, 2024
Legal Notice No. 540029
First Publication: November 14, 2024
Last Publication: December 5, 2024
Publisher: Littleton Independent Not consecutive
TRUSTEE
Regarding: LOT 13, BLOCK 48, THE CONSERVATORY SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 1, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO.
Also known and numbered as: 3081 S Jericho Way, Aurora, CO 80013 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 9th day of January 2025, 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 8th day of October, 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. 539875
First Publication: November 14, 2024
Last Publication: December 12, 2024
Published In: Littleton Independent 750 W. Hampden Ave., Suite 225 Englewood, Colorado, 80110 Public Notice
COUNTY COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO Court Address: 1790 West Littleton Blvd. Littleton, CO 80120 303/645-6600
Case No.: 2013C310688 Div.:A2
Autovest, L.L.C., Plaintiff Vs. SAMUEL A. NAZARYAN, 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, SAMUEL A. NAZARYAN, 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 he has, why the Judgment heretofore entered in this matter on July 1, 2013, revived December 5, 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, July 1, 2013, revived December 5, 2018 NOW THEREFORE
IT IS ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED, that Plaintiff, Autovest, L.L.C., shall have and take of defendant, SAMUEL A. NAZARYAN Judgment in the instant matter on this date with like force and effect as on the date the Judgment was entered heretofore on July 1, 2013, revived December 5, 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. 539933
First Publication: October 24, 2024
Last Publication: November 21, 2024 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice
DISTRICT COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, STATE OF COLORADO
Case No.: 2024CV030759 Division: 202
COMBINED NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL PROPERTY
Plaintiff: HIGHLAND VIEW HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC., a Colorado nonprofit organization
v. Defendants: MACKENZIE A. LEONARD; NEWREZ LLC D/B/A SHELLPOINT MORTGAGE SERVICING; ARAPAHOE COUNTY PUBLIC TRUSTEE
and
and make final settlement with James R. Howell & Co., Inc.
THE CONSERVATORY
ASSOCIATION, INC., a Colorado nonprofit corporation v. Defendants: JONATHAN BREEDEN; PLANET HOME LENDING, LLC; SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; BANKERS INSURANCE COMPANY; CREDIT SYSTEMS INC; SPRING OAKS CAPITAL SPV, LLC; EVERBRIGHT, LLC; CITY OF AURORA NEIGHBORHOOD SUPPORT DIVISION; ARAPAHOE COUNTY PUBLIC
Regarding: Lot 38, Highland View, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado.
Also known and numbered as: 2554 E Nichols Cir, Centennial, CO 80122 TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS, Please take notice:
You
PUBLIC NOTICES
Legal Notice No. 539956
First Publication: October 31, 2024
Last Publication: November 14, 2024
Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Paul H. Dragul, Deceased Case Number: 2024PR031055
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 March 7, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Gary Dragul, Personal Representative c/o Opfer | Campbell | Beck, P.C. 19751 East Mainstreet, Suite 215 Parker, CO 80138
Legal Notice No. 539979
First Publication: November 7, 2024
Last Publication: November 21, 2024 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Daniel Leonard Larson, Deceased Case Number: 2024PR488
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 March 6, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Eileen P. Larson, Personal Representative 6800 South Steele Street Centennial, CO 80122
Legal Notice No. 539953
First Publication: October 31, 2024
Last Publication: November 14, 2024
Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Lewis Rutledge Murray Jr., also known as Lewis R. Murray, Jr.., Deceased Case Number 24PR31032
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 March 7, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Leigh C. Murray, Personal Representative 8076 S Vine Way Centennial, Colorado 80122
Legal Notice No. 539977
First Publication: November 7, 2024
Last Publication: November 21, 2024 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of JOHN C. NEWBOLD, also known as JOHN CUNNINGHAME NEWBOLD and JOHN NEWBOLD, Deceased Case Number 2024PR31065
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, County, Colorado on or before March 14, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
P.C.
1120 Lincoln Street, Suite 1100 Denver, Colorado 80203
Legal Notice No. 539968
First Publication: October 31, 2024
Last Publication: November 14, 2024 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Ann Marie Dozoretz, a/k/a Ann M. Dozoretz, a/k/a Ann Dozoretz, Deceased.
Peter J. Newbold Personal Representative 1513 E. Fremont Circle South Centennial, CO 80122
Legal Notice No. 540004
First Publication: November 14, 2024
Last Publication: November 28, 2024 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Tammy Sue Tribioli, aka Tammy Tribioli, Deceased Case Number: 2024PR30995
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 March 1, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Brian Tribioli , Personal Representative c/o Kokish & Goldmanis, P.C. 316 Wilcox Street Castle Rock, CO 80104
Legal Notice No. 539938
First Publication: October 31, 2024
Last Publication: November 14, 2024 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Mary A. Acker, aka Mary Agnes Acker, aka Mary Acker, Deceased Case Number: 2024PR30915
All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the co-personal representatives or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before March 1, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Robbin L. Rivera, Co-Personal Representative 925 NE Emily Lane Lees Summit, Missouri 64086
Aaron A. Acker, Co-Personal Representative 2057 E. Otero Lane
Centennial, Colorado 80122
Legal Notice No. 539946
First Publication: October 31, 2024
Last Publication: November 14, 2024
Publisher: Englewood Herald
PUBLIC NOTICE
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of John Francis Holthaus Jr, a/k/a John F. Holthaus Jr a/k/a John Holthaus Jr a/k/a John Holthaus, Deceased Case Number:2024PR031066
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 March 1, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Karen Gacioch, Personal Representative 11917 Singing Winds Street Parker, CO 80138
Legal Notice No. 539942
First Publication: October 31, 2024
Last Publication: November 14, 2024
Publisher: Littleton Independent
Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of Robert Stockwell, a/k/a Robert E. Stockwell, a/k/a Robert Earl Stockwell, Deceased Case Number: 2024PR31038
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 March 7, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Sue Gerken, Personal Representative 3754 S. Quince Street Denver, CO 80237
Legal Notice No. 539981
First Publication: November 7, 2024
Last Publication: November 21, 2024
Publisher: Englewood Herald Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of Gordon Lee Huntingdale, a/k/a Gordon L. Huntingdale, a/k/a Gordon Huntingdale, Deceased Case Number : 24PR 31086
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 March 1, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
David Vogt, Personal Representative 5697 S. Washington Street Littleton, CO 80211
Legal Notice No. 539947
First Publication: October 31, 2024
Last Publication: November 14, 2024
Publisher: Englewood Herald Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of Howard Lloyd Cummings, a/k/a Howard L. Cummings, Deceased Case Number: 2024PR031090
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 March 14, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Mark Kevin Miller
Personal Representative 24422 East Frost Drive Aurora, CO 80016
Legal Notice No. 540015
First Publication: November 14, 2024 Last Publication: November 28, 2024
Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of James Henry Hannasch, Deceased Case Number 2024PR96
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 March 7, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Baysore & Christian Fiduciary Services, LLC, Personal Representative 7000 E. Belleview Ave., Suite 150 Greenwood Village, CO 80111
Legal Notice No. 539996
First Publication: November 7, 2024
Last Publication: November 21, 2024
Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of Irene Holthaus, Deceased Case Number: 2024PR031064
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 March 1, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Karen Gacioch, Personal Representative 11917 Singing Winds Street Parker, CO 80138
Legal Notice No. 539941
First Publication: October 31, 2024
Last Publication: November 14, 2024
Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of Kerrie K. McLean, a/k/a Kerrie Kathleen McLean, a/k/a Kerrie McLean, Deceased Case Number: 2024PR31106
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 March 17, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Taylor L. Burns, Personal Representative 14942 Bluestem St. Sterling, CO 80751
Legal Notice No. 539984
First Publication: November 7, 2024
Last Publication: November 21, 2024
Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of ANGELA DE CORDOBA, aka ANGELA A. DE CORDOBA, aka ANGELA ANTOINETTE DE CORDOBA, Deceased Case Number 2024PR031119
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 Court, County, Colorado on or before March 7, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Joseph A. de Cordoba aka Joe de Cordoba
Personal Representative c/o Solem, Woodward & McKinley P.C.
750 W. Hampden Ave, Suite 505 Englewood, Colorado 80110
Legal Notice No. 539972
First Publication: November 7, 2024
Last Publication: November 21, 2024
Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of Michael J. Henderson, Sr., Deceased Case Number 2024PR30835
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 March 1st, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Michael J. Henderson, Jr.,
Personal Representative c/o Daniel R. Klein 8310 S. Valley Highway, Suite 300 Englewood, Colorado 80112
Legal Notice No. 539944
First Publication: October 31, 2024
Last Publication: November 14, 2024
Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of MATTHEW JAMES HARPER, a/k/a MATTHEW J. HARPER, a/k/a MATTHEW HARPER, a/k/a MATT JAMES HARPER, a/ka/ MATT J. HARPER, and a/k/a MATT HARPER, Deceased Case Number: 2024 PR 31154
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 March 14, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Personal Representative: Anne Harper c/o Megan Meyers Holland & Hart LLP 555 17th Street, Ste. 3200 Denver, Colorado 80202
Legal Notice No. 540005
First Publication: November 14, 2024
Last Publication: November 28, 2024
Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of ELIZABETH J. MCBRIDE, also known as ELIZABETH MCBRIDE, Deceased Case Number: 2024 PR 30996
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 March 10, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Cathy Murphy, Personal Representative 9837 Greenview Circle Lone Tree, CO 80124
Legal Notice No. 539978
First Publication: November 7, 2024
Last Publication: November 21, 2024
Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of ELFRIEDE H. SMITH, a/k/a ELFI H. SMITH, a/k/a ELFRIEDE HELMI SMITH, a/k/a ELFI SMITH, a/k/a ELFI NELSON, a/k/a ELFI BRODERSEN, Deceased Case Number: 2024PR31089
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 March 3, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Kari A. Filson, Personal Representative 1502 N. 27th Street Boise, ID 83702
Legal Notice No. 539958
First Publication: October 31, 2024
Last Publication: November 14, 2024
Publisher: Englewood Herald Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of Sheila Christensen Savage, a/k/a Sheila C. Savage, a/k/a Sheila Savage, Deceased Case Number: 2024PR31101
All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the co-personal representatives or to the District Court of Arapahoe, County, Colorado on or before March 7, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Michael W. Savage, Co-Personal Representative 10942 SE Valley View Terrace Happy Valley, OR 97086
Jennifer Grothe, Co-Personal Representative 9771 Eagle River Street Littleton, CO 80125
Legal Notice No. 539975
First Publication: November 7, 2024
Last Publication: November 21, 2024
Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of LENAIRE JEAN BOTTING WRIGHT, a/k/a LENAIRE WRIGHT, a/k/a LENAIRE B. WRIGHT, Deceased Case Number: 2024PR31072
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 March 7, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Jeffry S. Wright, Personal Representative 983 South Corona Street Denver, Colorado 80209
Legal Notice No. 539982
First Publication: November 7, 2024
Last Publication: November 21, 2024
Publisher: Englewood Herald
Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Susan Margaret Buck, A/K/A Susan Margaret Hunt, A/K/A Susan M. Storhaug, A/K/A Susan M. Buck, A/K/A Susan M. Hunt, Deceased Case Number: 2024PR31092
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 March 7, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Michael David Storhaug Personal Representative 4135 Lions Paw Street Address Castle Rock, CO 80104
Legal Notice No. 539988
First Publication: November 7, 2024 Last Publication: November 21, 2024 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Charlene Lynn Wren, Deceased Case Number: 2024PR31082
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 March 1, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Karen Lee Pearce, Personal Representative 10155 W. Iowa Ave Lakewood, CO 80232
Legal Notice No. 539939
First Publication: October 31, 2024
Last Publication: November 14, 2024
Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of JAMES A. AYERS, also known as JAMES ALAN AYERS, and JAMES AYERS, Deceased Case Number: 2024PR31083
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 March 1, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Kathleen Anne Ayers
Personal Representative 20821 E. Hamilton Avenue Aurora, CO 80013
Legal Notice No. 539943
First Publication: October 31, 2024 Last Publication: November 14, 2024 Publisher: Littleton Independent Name
SCHOOLS
Acknowledging a dire need to address the issue, Colorado’s education leaders joined with 13 other states in a commitment to cut chronic absenteeism by 50% over ve years. Among metro-area districts, Denver, Douglas, Englewood and Je erson County have joined the state’s challenge.
Data reveals disparities across districts and demographics
While all groups of students experience some level of chronic absenteeism, those districts whose minority and low-income students make up a larger portion of the total population have rates far higher than the state average.
In Adams 14, where the absenteeism rate is close to 50%, nearly nine out of 10 students qualify for free or reduced lunch, meaning their family’s income falls below the federal poverty threshold.
Similar trends hold true for Adams 12 and Denver Public Schools, whose absenteeism rates also far exceed the state average. In Adams 12, 47% of their students experience economic hardship. In Denver, it’s 65%.
At around 25%, Cherry Creek, Je co and Elizabeth school districts have lower absenteeism rates than the state average. ey also have fewer percentages of non-white and low-income students than the state as a whole.
FERRETS
parents. An expanded genetic stock could help the highly endangered species — researchers believe only a few hundred reintroduced ferrets survive in North America — speed up recovery from ongoing sylvatic plague and canine distemper. Black-footed ferrets were also decimated by development and farming expansion wiping out prairie dogs, which make up 90% of a ferret’s diet.
Paul Marinari, senior curator at the Smithsonian National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute in Virginia, said the births are a “major milestone” and will help endangered species partners “continue their innovative and inspirational e orts to save this species.” e cloning program is overseen by the
Douglas County has the lowest chronic absenteeism rate, but the district also has the lowest percentage of minority and low-income students at 32% and 18%, respectively.
Understanding the causes e reasons behind chronic absenteeism are complex and often deeply rooted in students’ broader social and economic conditions. Carl Felton, a policy analyst with EdTrust, emphasized that poverty remains one of the strongest predictors of chronic absenteeism, with low-income students two to three times more likely to miss school consistently.
“ ese are high-need populations,” Felton explained, adding that for many of these students, absenteeism re ects obstacles like unstable housing, limited access to transportation and lack of healthcare e COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated these challenges. For many students, school closures meant the loss of a stable environment, access to meals and vital social interaction. As schools reopened, disengagement became a barrier for students accustomed to an extended absence from formal learning.
Felton noted that this break in routine and support made it di cult for students to readjust to school life.
Liljengren agreed.
“For some students, school was a place where they felt supported and cared for. After a year or more away, they’ve struggled to return to that structure,” he said.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s National Black-footed Ferret Recovery Program in Wellington. Two of the three ferrets cloned so far from Willa’s DNA live at the Colorado facility.
Antonia is at the Smithsonian facility in Front Royal, Virginia. She mated with a conventionally bred 3-year-old male ferret, Urchin. One of Antonia’s new kits died just after birth. e others, one male and one female, are healthy and will stay with Antonia at the Virginia facility, with no plans for wild release.
Another cloned ferret, Noreen, is also a potential mom in the cloningbreeding program. e original cloned ferret,Elizabeth Ann, is in Colorado, but does not have healthyuterine hornsthat would allow for breeding. Elizabeth Ann is healthy, the wildlife service has said previously, and her condition did not appear to be attributed to the cloning process.
PUBLIC NOTICES
Legal Notice No. 539959
First Publication: October 31, 2024
Last Publication: November 14, 2024 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE
Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name
Public notice is given on October 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 Julie Marie Lopez be changed to Julie Marie Malone Case No.: 24C100943
By: Kim Boswell
Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk
Legal Notice No. 539937
First Publication: October 31, 2024
Last Publication: November 14, 2024
Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE
Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name
Public notice is given on October 29, 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 Skyler Hammond be changed to Sky Penelope Combs Case No.: 24C101015
By:
Kim Boswell Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk
Legal Notice No. 540014
First Publication: November 14, 2024
Last Publication: November 28, 2024 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name
Public notice is given on October 14, 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 Ryan Neil Stinnett be changed to Ryan Neil Jarrett Case No.: 24C100967
By: SP Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk
Legal Notice No. 539954
First Publication: October 31, 2024
Last Publication: November 14, 2024
Publisher: Littleton Independent
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Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name
Public notice is given on October 15, 2024, that a Petition for a Change of Name of a minor child has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.
Finding solutions
When it comes to nding a solution, Liljengren and Felton agree that understanding the unique challenges and barriers these speci c student populations face is crucial to developing targeted strategies to improve attendance.
While there is no one-size- ts-all answer, Felton emphasized it’s crucial to start by engaging families.
“All these folks have di erent stories and varying needs, which is why we promote family engagement as one of the top priorities and strategies to address chronic absenteeism,” Felton said. “We can make a lot of assumptions and throw money at programs shown to be e ective through evidence-based data, but we may end up spending money on a program when what we really need is a school bus or to hire a person to conduct home visits.”
He also said that research has shown punitive measures, like truancy court or anything that puts more of a burden on families, break trust with school leaders and make families and students less likely to engage and work on solving the problem.
By shifting away from punitive discipline measures and towards restorative approaches, Felton explained schools can build stronger relationships with students and families, address underlying issues and keep students engaged in the learning process.
Liljengren said the state is focused on providing resources to districts, families
Black-footed ferrets were thought extinct for years before a dog dropped a recently-deceased ferret on a home doorstep in Wyoming in 1981. Scientists fanned out to nd the elusive remaining colony, and about 24 ferrets considered to be the last in the world. Eighteen of those survived to enter a captive reproduction program set up at the Wellington facility, which also has 40 acres of open space to “train” kits for the wild.
Of those 18, seven ferrets eventually reproduced in captivity. Willa died before producing, but was among those with DNA preserved at the San Diego Zoo; adding her genetic material back into the ferret pool could signal great progress.
“So by doing this, we’ve actually added an eight founder,” said Tina Jackson, black-footed ferret recovery coordinator for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, in an April interview. “And in some ways that may not sound like a lot, but in this
and community partners through its “Every School Day Matters” attendance campaign.
e goal is for schools and communities to work together in a holistic, family-centered way to address the complex, multifaceted factors contributing to chronic absenteeism, especially for the most vulnerable student populations.
District leaders also recognize their role in ensuring kids want to attend school.
“When kids are excited about what they’re learning, they go to school, so part of it is connecting and saying, ‘how do we make the educational experience really engaging, fun, exciting and relevant to them,’” said Kim LeBlanc-Esparza, deputy superintendent of Je co Public Schools. She said it’s also about personalizing the school experience for each student.
“If kids know we miss them, they’re less likely to opt out. Building those personal relationships with kids and having adults who genuinely care about them makes a signi cant di erence,” LeBlanc-Esparza said.
e data shows Je co’s strategies are working. e district went from a chronic absenteeism rate of 37.8% in 2021-2022 to 25.3% in 2023-2024.
Felton acknowledged Colorado’s progress and noted that no amount of improvement is insigni cant.
“Even a 1% decrease or reduction in chronic absenteeism adds up to 100 or more students,” he said.
genetic world, that is huge.”
In September, Colorado wildlife ocials were enthusiastic about reportsof at least two healthy litters of wild-born black-footed ferrets at May Ranch in southeastern Colorado. More than 50 of the endangered ferrets bred in captivity in Wellington havebeen reintroduced at May Ranchnear Lamar in the past few years, but survival is tricky, and spotting the elusive nocturnal critters once released has been an extra challenge.
Systematic state surveys of ferret release sites including May Ranch, employing everything from night spotlights to pet-chip readers, have this year produced proof of surviving released ferrets and new ospring.
is story was printed through a news sharing agreement with e Colorado Sun, a journalist-owned nonpro t based in Denver that covers the state.
The petition requests that the name of Zeni Nubian Gee-Patterson be changed to Zeni Nubian Gee-Williams Case No.: 24CV292
By: Elana Johnson
Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk
Legal Notice No. 540007
First Publication: November 14, 2024
Last Publication: November 28, 2024
Publisher: Littleton Independent
PUBLIC NOTICE
Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name
Public notice is given on October x, 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 Hailey Nicole Queen be changed to Nicole Queen Case No.: 24C101016
Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk
Legal Notice No. 540012
First Publication: November 14, 2024
Last Publication: November 28, 2024
Publisher: Littleton Independent
PUBLIC NOTICE
Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name
Public notice is given on October 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 FNU Nurhidayati a/k/a (No name given) Nurhidayati a/k/a Nurhidayati, a/k/a Ida Nurhidayati be changed to Ida Nurhidayati Case No.: 24C48659
By: Kim Boswell Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk
Legal Notice No. 539989
First Publication: November 7, 2024
Last Publication: November 21, 2024
Publisher: Littleton Independent
Public Notice
PUBLIC NOTICE OF PETITION FOR CHANGE OF NAME
Public Notice is given on October 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 Joshua Ryan Sadler-Andreas be changed to Joshua Ryan Sadler CASE NUMBER: 2024C47457
By: SP Clerk of Court/Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No.539940
(Adoption/Guardian/Other)
Notice Juvenile Court, Arapahoe County, Colorado 7325 S. Potomac St. Centennial, CO 80112
In the matter of: Diego Armando Solis-Ivanez Name of Person seeking to adopt) For the Adoption of a Child
Attorney for Petitioner: Yuridia Bazan, #51371 Yuri Bazan Law Firm, LLC 6595
