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Public works chief talks about the road ahead Q&A with Rory Hale BY JODI HORNER SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA

Garret Strain, son of owner Shawn Strain, talks about some of the items on sale at Barnwood Vintage at 166 Main St. in Elizabeth. The shop carries antiques but features vintage and rustic items the Strains have collected over the years. PHOTOS BY TOM MUNDS

An array of classic merchandise

Barnwood Vintage, a store offering vintage and rustic items for sale or rent, is at 166 Main St. in Elizabeth.

Elizabeth store filled with items gathered during owner’s years of collecting BY TOM MUNDS TMUNDS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Rory Hale began working as the Elbert County public works director in August. He brought with him 25 years of experience in municipal and county governments, including time in Kansas as an environmental sanitarian and as a director in public works for several cities and towns, most recently for Silt, Colorado. Hale is a Denver native. He and his wife live in Parker and have four children and five Hale grandchildren. When he has free time, he likes to spend it with his family. He recently agreed to a Q&A session with the Elbert County News.

Shawn Strain admits being bitten by the collecting bug at an early age, and about two years ago decided to open Barnwood Vintage at 166 Main St. in Elizabeth to offer items from his collection to new owners. “I grew up with my grandparents and I went with my grandfather who liked to poke around at antique shops, garage sales and auctions where he bought items to add to his collection,” he said. “I guess that is when I decided to start a collection of my own and I am still collecting.

How does your role as a county public works director differ from that of a city or town’s public works director, and how are they similar? Staffing and the day-to-day operations are very similar, but the level of responsibility in a county government is on a much larger scale. There are other types of infrastructure that one is responsible for when working for a municipality: water,

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Regulators approve first digital pill to track patients System can keep tabs on doses, but hasn’t been proven to improve compliance

marketing in 2012. The FDA said in a statement Nov. 13 that the digitally-enhanced medication “works by sending a message from the pill’s sensor to a wearable patch.” “Being able to track ingestion of medications prescribed for illness may be useful for some patients,’’ Dr. Mitchell Mathis of the FDA said in statement. “The FDA supports the development and use of new technology in prescription drugs and is committed to working with companies to understand how this technology might benefit patients and prescribers.’’ Abilify MyCite was developed by Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co. and the

sensor was created by Proteus Digital Health. Greenlighting the new digital version, however, came with some caveats. While the system can track doses, it hasn’t been shown to improve patient compliance, the FDA said. “Abilify MyCite should not be used to track drug ingestion in ‘real-time’ or during an emergency,’” the statement said, “because detection may be delayed or may not occur.” Patients can track their dosage on their smartphone and allow their doctors or caregivers to access the information through a website. In a statement issued last May at the

time the FDA accepted submission of product for review, the companies said “with the patient’s consent, this information could be shared with their healthcare professional team and selected family and friends, with the goal of allowing physicians to be more informed in making treatment decisions that are specific to the patient’s needs.” The companies said the sensor “activates when it reaches stomach fluids and communicates with the patch.” The FDA said digital Abilify is approved for the treatment of schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and as an add-on treatment for depression in adults.

Elizabeth Library Book Sale: gently used books for children and adults for sale in the book sale room at the Elizabeth Library. Stocked by Friends of the Elizabeth Library. All donations from book sales benefit the Elizabeth Library.

Holiday Carriage Rides: 3:30-8:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 24, Saturday, Nov. 25, and Sunday, Nov. 26 at Discovery Park in downtown Parker. Reservations required. Go to http://co-parker.civicplus.com/1723/ Holiday-Carriage-Rides.

Practice Your English: 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 25 at the Parker Library, 20105 E. Mainstreet. Lively, informal conversation on everyday topics for intermediate to advanced English learners. Ages 17-plus. Registration is required at 303-791-7323 or DCL.org.

Turkey Day 5K Fun Run/Walk: 8 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 23 at the Parker Recreation Center, 17301 E. Lincoln Ave., Parker. Go to http://parkerrec.com/1167/Turkey-Day-5KFun-RunWalk

Lighting of the Lights: Saturday, Nov. 25. Enjoy crafts and games starting at 4 p.m. at the Kiowa Lions Club Hall, 336 Comanche St. ECCO will have a customer appreciation sale. At 6:30 p.m., Mayor Gabriel Cheatham and Santa will light up Town Hall. Afterward, move to Patty Ann’s Café for pictures with Santa; bring your camera. The café will provide snacks and warm drinks.

Lifetree Café: 5-6 p.m. Monday Nov. 27 (Religious Freedom: Standing For What You Believe) at DAZBOG, 202 Wilcox St., Castle Rock. Call 303-814-0142. Go to LifetreeCafe. com.

Outback Express: public transit service provided by the East Central Council of Local Governments; 24-hour notice appreciated. Call Kay Campbell, 719- 5414275, or 800-825-0208 for reservations. Go to http://outbackexpress.tripod.com. December schedule: Monday, Dec 4, Simla and Matheson to Colorado Springs; Tuesday, Dec. 5: Kiowa, Elizabeth and Elbert to Parker or Colorado Springs; Tuesday, Dec. 12: Elizabeth to Colorado Springs or Parker; Thursday, Dec. 14: Good Samaritan Nursing Home residents; Monday, Dec. 18, Simla and Matheson to Colorado Springs; Tuesday, Dec. 19: Kiowa, Elizabeth and Elbert to Parker or Colorado Springs; Thursday, Dec. 28: Simla and Matheson to Limon.

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Mayor’s Holiday Lighting: 5:30-7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 24 in O’Brien Park, Parker. Go to http://www.parkeronline.org/172/MayorsHoliday-Lighting.

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Christmas for Kids: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Dec. 16 at the Elbert County Fairgrounds, Ag Building, 75 Ute, Kiowa. Shopping open to families in need in Elbert County. Must submit application by 4 p.m. Dec. 8 to shop for toys; applications available at the Elizabeth Fire Station, the ECCO Thrift Store in Kiowa; and at the Elbert County Sheriff’s Office. To donation new toys, drop boxes provided by EC Riders are available around the county.

Festival of Trees: 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Dec. 2 at Cimarron Middle School, 12130 Canterberry Parkway, Parker. Tickets available now. Go to https://sites.google.com/a/ dcsdk12.org/cimarron-middle-school/ for tickets and other information.

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but has a 19-inch cord. “We don’t need a testing lab to know Fidget spinners, a plastic Wonder that’s a strangulation and entangleWoman battle sword and a remote-con- ment hazard,’’ she said. trolled Spider-Man drone are among With consumers increasingly doing the toys topping a consumer safety their holiday shopping online, it’s group’s annual list of worst toys for more important than ever to have the the holidays. most current information about the World Against Toys Causing Harm, safety of a toy online, Siff said. or WATCH, unveiled the top 10 list For example, Hallmark’s DisneyNov. 14 at a Boston children’s hospital. themed “Itty Bittys’’ plush stacking The nonprofit organization has been toy for babies was recalled over the releasing the lists for more than four summer due to fabric pieces that decades to inform consumers about posed a choking hazard. But the toy potential toy hazards. still is readily available online because The Toy Association, an industry many web sales — particularly contrade group, dismissed the list as sumer-to-consumer and secondhand “needlessly frightening’’ to parents transactions — are rarely monitored because all toys sold in the U.S. meet for recalls, Siff noted. “rigorous’’ safety standards. It also Among the other toys that made this criticized the organization for not test- year’s list is Nerf ’s “Zombie Strike’’ ing the toys it focuses on. crossbow, which the organization says National toy safety standards are poses the risk of eye and face injuries ``inadequate,’’ as can been seen by because it uses a pressurized, pull the high number of recalls each year, back lever to shoot soft projectiles. WATCH President Joan Siff said. Razor’s “Heel Wheels’’ are strapped The nonprofit says there have been onto children’s shoes to turn them at least 15 recalls representing nearly into improvised roller skates but pose 2 million units of dangerous toys a burn risk because they include “real since last December. sparking action.’’ Siff stressed the toys named each And “Slackline’’ is a tightrope-like year have common hazards that the device by Brand 44 meant to be angroup sees year after year. She pointed chored between two trees that WATCH LTAC10075_CCM_11.17.17.pdf 11/16/2017 AM can lead to severe injury and to the “Pull Along Pony’’ by 1Tolo Toys10:28:28says that’s marketed for children over age 1 death. ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Brauchler drops governor bid, jumps into attorney general race District attorney moves to replace Cynthia Coffman STAFF REPORT

Citing the bowing out of state Attorney General Cynthia Coffman from the race to keep her seat, Republican George Brauchler announced his switch from the 2018 race for governor to vie for the attorney general spot. Brauchler, district attorney for the 18th Judicial District, has positioned himself, so far, as the only conserva-

tive in the race to replace Coffman, a Republican, in the November 2018 election. “Progressives on the other side of the political aisle had spent many months raising mounBrauchler tains of cash to capture the position that plays such a vital role in protecting our state and way of life,” Brauchler said in an emailed statement. Brauchler presently faces five opponents, all Democrats, according to filings with the Colorado Secretary

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of State’s Office: Michael Dougherty, the assistant district attorney for the 1st Judicial District, which includes Jefferson and Gilpin counties; Brad Levin, an attorney in Denver; Amy Padden, former assistant Colorado attorney general and former executive assistant United States attorney for the District of Colorado; state Rep. Joe Salazar, a civil rights attorney from Thornton; and Philip Weiser, former deputy assistant attorney general in the Obama administration. Referencing concern from friends, supporters and members of the business community about the possibility of a progressive, activist attorney general, Brauchler said the office is “a powerful position that must not fall into the hands of someone who would use it to advance extreme ideological positions, to legislate through litigation or to pick winners and losers in our economy.” Brauchler’s Nov. 13 annoucement came less than a week after Coffman announced her bid for governor Nov. 8. Brauchler was elected district attorney in 2012 and re-elected after running unopposed in 2016. The 18th

Judicial District encompasses Arapahoe, Douglas, Elbert and Lincoln counties. He gained nationwide recognition for prosecuting the case against Aurora theater shooter James Holmes, calling the case “the biggest trial in the history of the state.” Brauchler has lived in Colorado for 45 years, currently residing in Parker with his wife and four children. He attended the University of Colorado, Boulder, and later graduated from the University of Colorado School of Law. He is a colonel in the Colorado Army National Guard. Brauchler on April 5 had announced his candidacy for governor. He said Gov. John Hickenlooper has showed a “lack of real leadership at the state level.” Brauchler said he wants tougher sentences for violent criminals. During his run for governor, Brauchler said he would push for stronger minimum sentences for DUI and homicide offenders. Coffman enters a gubernatorial race that has more than 20 candidates seeking to replace John Hickenlooper, a term-limited Democrat.

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CLUBS AA If you want to drink, that’s your business. If you want to stop, that’s ours. More than 1,000 AA meetings are offered in the area every week. To find a meeting near you, call 303-322-4440, or go to www.daccaa.org. Affordable Colleges Online has created a guidebook to help women find and secure financial aid. The guide includes a collection of scholarships for women, including due dates and award amounts; insight into the financial aid application process; and other funding opportunities, such as industryspecific scholarships and funding for special groups. The guide is available online at http://www.affordablecollegesonline.org/ womens-guide-paying-for-college/. Camping Singles is a group of Colorado single adults who enjoy camping, fishing, hiking, swimming, biking, sightseeing, photography, the camaraderie of others, and starry nights around the camp fire. We usually camp in designated forest service or state park campgrounds within 2 to 5 hours of Denver. We welcome all single adults. Our membership ranges from the 40s to 60-plus. We usually meet at 7 p.m. the first Tuesday of the month. Contact campingsingles@gmail.com Castle Rock Bridge Club plays a friendly, ACBL-sanctioned duplicate game at 1 p.m. every Monday and Wednesday at Plum Creek Golf Club, 331 Players Club Drive, Castle Rock. For assistance in finding a bridge partner, call Georgiana Butler at 303-8108504. Go to www.castlerockbridge.com. Chess: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturdays at the Simla Library. All skill levels and ages welcome. Call 719-541-2573.

Douglas-Elbert County Music Teachers’ Association meets at 9 a.m. every first Thursday at Parker Bible Church, between Jordan and Chambers on Main Street. All area music teachers are welcome. Call Lucie Washburn, 303-814-3479. Elbert County Sheriff’s Posse is a nonprofit volunteer organization that is part of the Elbert County Sheriff’s Office. As volunteers we support the Elbert County Sheriff ’s Office, all law enforcement in our county, and the community at large. For more information or a membership application, go to http://www.elbertcountysheriff.com/posse. html, or contact Dave Peontek at 303-6465456. Elbert Game Night: 5 p.m. Tuesdays at the Elbert Library. Board and card games for all ages. Call 303-648-3533 or go to pplibraries.org. Elizabeth American Legion Post 82, a veterans association supporting veterans, their families, their survivors and the community, meets the first Tuesday of each month at the Legion Post Hall at South Banner Street and Elm Street in Elizabeth. Social hour begins at 5:30 p.m., and the regular business meeting begins at 6:30 p.m. All veterans are invited to attend these meetings to learn of their eligibility for membership in the National American Legion Organization. Elizabeth Food Bank, 381 S. Banner in Elizabeth (next door to Elizabeth Presbyterian Church) needs to let the public know that we are available to help anyone who needs food. Hours are Friday 12:30-3 p.m. and Saturdays from 9-11:30 a.m. Other times by appointment.

Game Night: 4 p.m. Mondays at the Kiowa Library; call 303-621-2111. 5 p.m. Wednesdays at the Elbert Library; call 303-6483533. Enjoy board, card, and video games for all ages. Kiowa Creek Food Pantry is a distribution site for the State of Colorado TEFAP food program. Food is distributed monthly to low income individuals/families that qualify. We also distribute low income senior food boxes for the state; those 60 and older may qualify for a monthly supplement. If you are in need of food assistance or know someone who is, we may be able to qualify you for one of these programs. Call the food pantry at 303-621-2376, or come by from 8:30 a.m. to noon Tuesdays; we are in the Fellowship Hall at 231 Cheyenne St., Kiowa. Knitting Group: 2 p.m. Tuesdays at the Kiowa Library. Knit and chat. All skill levels welcome. Call 303-621-2111 or go to pplibraries.org. Lawyers at the Library, a free legal clinic for parties who have no attorney, will be offered from 6-9 p.m. the second Tuesday of every month at the Elizabeth Library, 651 W. Beverly St. Volunteer attorneys will answer questions, help fill out forms and explain the process and procedure for the areas of family law, civil litigation, criminal defense, property law, probate law, collections, appeals, landlord-tenant law and civil protection orders. Walk-ins are welcome. Everyone will be helped on a first-come, first-served basis. LEGO Master Brickster: 3:45 p.m. Thursdays at the Kiowa Library. Call 303-621-2111 or go to pplibraries.org.

Mystery Book Club meets at 9:30 a.m. the first Saturday of each month at the Simla Public Library. The group enjoys talking about a variety of mystery authors and titles. We also periodically host a Colorado author during our meetings. Everyone may join us, and registration is not required. Visit the Simla Branch of the Elbert County Library District at 504 Washington Avenue, call 719-541-2573, or email farabe@elbertcountylibrary.org. Outback Express: public transit service provided by the East Central Council of Local Governments. 24-hour notice appreciated. Call Kay Campbell, 719- 541-4275, or 800825-0208 for reservations. Go to http:// outbackexpress.tripod.com.

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wastewater, irrigation and parks maintenance, which we typically aren’t responsible for at the county level. The most common denominator is the road system. Why did you choose to go into public works? Honestly, it chose me. I began my career working in the environmental field, but then found that the public works field was a better fit.

What do you see as the biggest challenges Elbert County is facing today on which you can help impact? The growth Elbert County is experiencing and road maintenance. We need to make sure we have good responsible development and developers doing business in Elbert County and that development pays for itself without burdening our taxpayers. Growth is coming, and we need to make sure the county is guiding the development process down the correct path and ensure that any impact to our citizens is a positive one. Roads — as a companion to the West aElbert County Transportation Master Plan, we recently completed the Elbert County Roadway Pavement Rehabilitation Cost Analysis, which gives us the ability to begin developing and implementing a five-year Capital Improvement Plan, (CIP), which will address all the paved roads in the county. The county has never had a CIP, and without this “roadmap” it makes it

pieces together and lead them in the right direction. It really is all about teamwork. I’m just privileged to be the quarterback.

‘It really is all about teamwork. I’m just privileged to be the quarterback.’ Rory Hale, Director, Elbert County Public Works

difficult, at best, to plan or budget for road improvements and maintenance. In 2018, we will begin working on a countywide gravel road assessment and rehabilitation plan. When completed, all three of these documents will be combined as one document that covers the entire county. We’ll then have the ability plan, budget, and explore alternative ways of funding these improvement projects. Once the CIP has been completed, we will present it to the (board of county commissioners) for adoption, along with the annual Road & Bridge budget. The Road & Bridge staff is already working on alternative materials and methods of maintaining our county gravel roads. Over the next year, our citizens should see a marked improvement over the types of materials used and the quality of the road maintenance. We’ve restructured the R&B department, put the right people in the right positions and provided the leadership they need to do their jobs efficiently and correctly. As far as my impact, it’s all about be-

ing at the right place at the right time. All the pieces were here when I took this position. We have a great staff. People that care about what they do and care for the citizens of this county. I’m just blessed to be in a position where I can use my experience to bring the right

What aspect(s) of this role do you enjoy the most? I really do enjoy all the people I work with, and I enjoy being in a position where I can be a part of positive change. I enjoy the fact that I am in a position where I can use my experience, lead good people, and give them the tools and support they need to do the jobs that our taxpayers expect of us. I also enjoy being in a position where I’m able provide our commissioners with the information they need so they’re able to make wellinformed decisions.

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Way down under a lot of wrapping, the core of Christmas is still there

f you are full of kringle and nog, I don’t want to bring my wet blanket into it very far, even though it’s tempting. The Christmas QUIET season once lasted a DESPERATION week or two. Then a month. Now it’s two months. (And if you watch home shopping channels, it’s six months.) Christmas music in November is wrong. I can avoid it in my home. I can’t avoid it in stores. Craig Marshall Everyone in America does not celebrate Smith Christmas. Everyone in America who celebrates Christmas does not celebrate it in the same way. Moneymakers aren’t interested in the illusion of rationality. However, I was delighted to hear that Black Friday is losing its mojo.

I am happy for the employees, mostly, who have had to work at odd hours just to serve ravenous appetites for deep discounts on must-have electronics and peeing dolls. Beneath my gruff exterior is a gruff interior. Beneath my gruff interior is a soft spot for memories, and a wistfulness about some things that have been diminished through the manipulations of others — to an extreme. I am old enough to know that’s how we do things around here. Some weddings, for example. The national average for a wedding day in 2016 was $35,329, according to Fortune magazine. The typical cost to have a justice of the peace marry you is $50 to $100. I may have told this story before. Aging leads to redundancy. But it’s the best Christmas memory I have. We drove Santa Claus home in a Buick. My father sold Buicks in Uniontown, Penn., in the early 1950s.

There was a Christmas parade. I wish I had photographs. I am sure it was simple and sweet and half Frank Capra and half Diane Arbus. I rode up front in a convertible, next to my father, and Santa was in the back seat. He waved at everyone, and threw candies. He hit one kid in the forehead. When the time came, Santa said, “Please take me home.” My father said, “OK, Ed, uh, Santa.” Santa lived a couple of blocks from us. I wish I had kept a journal. This would have been my entry that night. “I had the time of my life tonight. There I was, in a Buick Skylark with Santa. He looked like he had lost some weight. Maybe the holiday stress. He smelled a little funny too. I can’t put my finger on it, but it might have been Maker’s Mark.” Much later in life, when I was reevaluating Natalie Wood’s life and death — among other things, I drank my way through Decembers.

The month had turned into an inexplicable monster, no longer enjoyable. I drowned out the sounds of it. Wood (born Natalia Nikolaevna Zakharenka) was 8 when she costarred in “Miracle on 34th Street.” Precocious and a Christmas curmudgeon, until, well, watch it for yourself. Wood was 31 when she made “Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice,” a very different kind of film than “Miracle on 34th Street.” Twelve years later, Wood died, and the cause is still in question. Her life went from Santa’s knee to a Catalina Island boat trip, and in between the waters were choppy, like they are for most of us. Do you want to know a secret? Every December, I watch one of those two films. Guess. Craig Marshall Smith is an artist, educator and Highlands Ranch resident. He can be reached at craigmarshallsmith@comcast.net.

Happy Thanksgetting — getting back what we give out

hanksgetting? Sounds like one of those made-up holidays, doesn’t it? We all know there is no such holiday as Thanksgetting — well maybe not technically, but quite possibly a twist on the tradiWINNING tional holiday of WORDS Thanksgiving. On Thanksgiving we typically share our gratitude for all we have been blessed with over the past year. We give thanks for the people in our lives, especially those sitting around the dining-room table Michael Norton with us. We show our appreciation for all of the opportunities we have been given and we cherish the days leading up to Thanksgiving just as much as the holiday itself. The attitude of gratitude is something I have written about quite a bit over the years as I have been told that gratitude is one of the healthiest of all human emotions. When we exhibit

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gratitude for the people in our lives and for the gifts we have been blessed with, we usually continue to experience greater relationships, and some say that we may have even more to be grateful for. Zig Ziglar’s most famous quote is this, “You can have everything in life that you want, just as long as you help enough other people get what they want.” You see, here is where we turn gratitude upside down. Not only are we grateful for all that we do receive, but this gives us the opportunity to experience gratitude by helping others. I mean really, how awesome does it feel when we help someone else out, donate time, give charitably and cheerfully to a great cause? It feels fantastic, doesn’t it? I am sure that we have all experienced some form of Thanksgiving holiday where we sit around with our family and share all the things we are grateful for. We hear things like, “I am grateful for my family.” Or, “I am grateful for my job.” Maybe we hear things like being grateful for the meal being served, or some people

may express appreciation for the time off and watching football or movies on Thanksgiving. When we stop and think about it, we really do have so much to be thankful for beyond the brief examples given here. Now what if our answers were slightly different? “I am so grateful that I had a chance to help a person stranded on the roadside with a flat tire.” “I sure do appreciate being asked to help serve meals at the homeless shelter.” “I am feeling blessed that my business trip was canceled so I could help out more around the office, at home, and at church this week.” What we get back from giving out is almost always so much more powerful to us personally and professionally when it comes to the feeling and attitude of gratitude. The best part about this, and as the people who are constantly giving out can share with us, is that they never do any of it with any expectation of receiving anything in return. They never say, “I am helping out here because I know I will need help one day myself.” That never happens. People

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who give from the heart, those who give charitably and cheerfully, know full well that the gift of gratitude that they experience simply comes from the doing and the giving. And when Thanksgetting rolls around each year, these folks already know what they are grateful for, the chance to receive that feeling and sense of appreciation and accomplishment for doing what comes very naturally. So how about you? Are you celebrating Thanksgiving or Thanksgetting? Because as Zig said, “You really can have everything in life you want, just as long as you help enough other people get what they want.” I would love to hear all of your Thanksgiving or Thanksgetting stories at gotonorton@gmail.com. And when we remember it really is all about the other people in our lives and all of the blessings we receive when we do give back, it absolutely will be a better than good week. Michael Norton is a resident of Castle Rock, the former president of the Zig Ziglar Corporation, a strategic consultant and a business and personal coach.

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Vintage and rustic items from the past cover the shelves, floor and walls at Barnwood Vintage. Barnwood Vintage, a shop that sells and rents items from years past, is located at 166 Main St. in Elizabeth.

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“The only thing that has changed is I have opened the store to offer some of my collection for sale.” The vast and diverse array of merchandise covers the walls, fills shelves and occupies most of the floor space of Barnwood Vintage. A spinning wheel stands on the floor along with a ship’s wheel. The walls are covered with pictures, and just inside the door a kerosene lamp stands on a shelf just a couple feet from a wall-mounted crank telephone. “We have a lot of different items in the shop. There are some traditional antiques but the majority of what is on display is from my collection of vintage and rustic items like a World War II uniform and a turn-of-the-century saw,” Strain said. “The items in the store are less than a quarter of my collection. For example, I don’t have any room to display the rustic farm implements and I am able to display only a few of the rustic tools I have collected.” Strain was born in Grand Junction but grew up in Littleton. He graduated from Littleton High School in 1989. He has lived in the Elizabeth area for the last 11 years. “I had a career as a financial crimes investigator but decided it was time to pursue a new course,” he said. “I started my new career a few years ago when the opportunity to open my own shop presented itself.”

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One unique aspect of Barnwood Vistage is the option to rent vintage items. “We offer the option to rent items for events like themed parties or plays. The prop rental is sort of a side portion of the business,” he said. “I plan to promote the rental option a bit more because it would be a service to potential customers, and I think it could open our store to a new people.” He said he sees the business growing as more potential customers find his store and his services through the internet. “I am there in the shop most days. A

great benefit of being in the shop is all the fun I have meeting the people who come in to check us out,” he said. “It is impossible to call this work when you have so much fun doing it.” Strain said another aspect of the business is providing decoration for businesses. He said he is working on supplying the wall displays for Bernie’s Kitchen, a recently opened restaurant in Elizabeth. “I guess I passed the collecting bug on to my son Garrett,” he said. “He runs the shop if I am not available. He loves the business. He already knows how to pick up something and selling

it for a profit.” Garrett smiled and said he likes working in the shop. “It is fun and I learn a lot about the business by helping Dad by running the store when he can’t be here,” the Elizabeth High School student said. “Some customers are looking for specific items and others are just checking out what we have here in the store. For some reason the glass items seem to be among the most often purchased items.” Barnwood Vintage is open from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.

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Group aims to boost Coloradans’ mental health Colorado routinely make tshe list as one of the physically healthiest states in the union, but a new effort by the organization Mental Health Colorado strives to make Colorado the mentally healthiest state too. The group’s president, former Colorado state Rep. Andrew Romanoff, said the new data dashboard that just launched on the group’s website offers Coloradans a chance to see where they stand in terms of mental health and substance abuse disorders. “Previously you would have had to go to several dozen sources to get all this information,” said Romanoff. The dashboard — available at www. mentalhealthcolorado.org/dashboard/ — presents information including suicide rates and prevention, mental health issues, opioid overdose rates and even barriers to care. The information is sortable by county, and links to the source documents. The results are middling. Colorado continues to rank below average for psychiatric beds per captia, and has a persistently higher rate of drug and alcohol addiction, along with a higher suicide rate. “We’re also below the national average for funding on treatment,” Romanoff said. Mental Health Colorado’s intent in putting out the dashboard is to reduce the stigma and increase public awareness of mental health disorders, including substance abuse disorders like those caused by the opiate epidemic. A second goal, according to Romanoff, is to hopefully “accelerate a solution” by inspiring and empowering the public, mental health organizations and government at all levels into action. Last week Eagle County voters

passed a marijuana tax measure by a nearly 3-1 margin, generating $1.2 million in new mental health funding. “We’re trying to show that if you treat mental illness you can save lives,” said Romanoff. In a press statement, Mental Health Colorado Research Director, Dr. Sarah Davidon said, “Our data dashboard will assess mental health and substance use issues facing children, adolescents, and adults in Colorado to inform policy decisions.” The group estimates more than one million Coloradans experience a mental health or substance use disorder each year. Fewer than half get treatment. Romanoff says the cause of improving mental health is personal for him. A cousin committed suicide on New Years Day in 2015 after struggling with mental illness. “She hid those symptoms really well, even from us,” Romanoff said. “If she had any other condition, a bump, a lump, she wouldn’t have hid it from us, and we wouldn’t have hesitated to get her care.” The dashboard is not without its limitations. Romanoff acknowledges that some of the studies used to compile the data are not done annually, and some rely on self reporting. Overall, he said the size of Colorado’s mental health needs are probably only conservatively reflected in the dashboard figures. Beyond the data, the website includes a tab for individuals looking for ways to connect to local officials to advocate for change, and also a tab for people to share their personal stories of struggling with mental health — both things that Romanoff says the group hopes will spark real change for the better.

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Plaintiff: SPRING VALLEY RANCH MASTER ASSOCIATION, INC., a Colorado non-profit corporation

Public Notices Defendant: SPRING VALLEY HOMES, LLC, Delinquent June 1, 2016; TODD MAYNES; RICK PETTITT, Elbert County Public Trustee

Attorneys for Plaintiff: Name: Alcock Law Group, PC Tammy M. Alcock, Esq. Address: 19751 E. Mainstreet, Suite 210 Parker, CO 80138 Phone No.: (303) 993-5400 Atty. Reg. #: 39816 Tammy@Alcocklawgroup.com Case Number: 2017CV30054

Misc. Private Legals Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, ELBERT COUNTY, COLORADO Court Address: 751 Ute Ave. Kiowa, CO 80117 Plaintiff: SPRING VALLEY RANCH MASTER ASSOCIATION, INC., a Colorado non-profit corporation

Defendant: SPRING VALLEY HOMES, LLC, Delinquent June 1, 2016; TODD MAYNES; RICK PETTITT, Elbert County Public Trustee Attorneys for Plaintiff: Name: Alcock Law Group, PC Tammy M. Alcock, Esq. Address: 19751 E. Mainstreet, Suite 210 Parker, CO 80138 Phone No.: (303) 993-5400 Atty. Reg. #: 39816 Tammy@Alcocklawgroup.com CASE NUMBER: 2017CV30053 SUMMONS TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANT: TODD MAYNES

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to file with the Clerk of this Court an answer or other response to the attached Complaint. If service of the Summons and Complaint was made upon you within the State of Colorado, you are required to file your answer or other response within 21 days after such service upon you. If service of the Summons and Complaint was made upon you outside of the State of Colorado, you are required to file your answer or other response within 35 days after such service upon you. Your answer or counterclaim must be accompanied with the applicable filing fee. If you fail to file your answer or other response to the Complaint in writing within the applicable time period, the Court may enter judgment by default against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint without further notice. Dated: September 6, 2017 Clerk of Court/Clerk Address of Plaintiff Alcock Law Group, PC 19751 Mainstreet, Suite 210 Parker, CO 80138 (303) 993-5400

1. This Summons is issued pursuant to Rule 4, C.R.C.P., as amended. A copy of the Complaint must be served with this Summons. This form should not be used where service by publication is desired. 2. WARNING: A valid summons may be issued by a lawyer and it need not contain a court case number, the signature of a court officer, or a court seal. The plaintiff has 14 days from the date this summons was served on you to file the case with the court. You are responsible for contacting the court to find out whether the case has been filed and obtain the case number. If the plaintiff files the case within this time, then you must respond as explained in this summons. If the plaintiff files more than 14 days after the date the summons was served on you, the case may be dismissed upon motion and you may be entitled to seek attorney’s fees from the plaintiff. 3. TO THE CLERK: If the summons is issued by the clerk of the court, the signature block for the clerk or deputy should be provided by stamp, or typewriter, in the space to the left of the attorney’s name. Legal Notice No.: 23812 First Publication: October 26, 2017 Last Publication: November 23, 2017 Publisher: The Elbert County News Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, ELBERT COUNTY, COLORADO Court Address: 751 Ute Ave. Kiowa, CO 80117 Plaintiff: SPRING VALLEY RANCH MASTER ASSOCIATION, INC., a Colorado non-profit corporation

Defendant: SPRING VALLEY HOMES, LLC, Delinquent June 1, 2016; TODD MAYNES; RICK PETTITT, Elbert County Public Trustee Attorneys for Plaintiff: Name: Alcock Law Group, PC Tammy M. Alcock, Esq. Address: 19751 E. Mainstreet, Suite 210 Parker, CO 80138 Phone No.: (303) 993-5400 Atty. Reg. #: 39816 Tammy@Alcocklawgroup.com Case Number: 2017CV30054 SUMMONS TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANT: TODD MAYNES

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to file with the Clerk of this Court an answer or

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TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANT: TODD MAYNES YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to file with the Clerk of this Court an answer or other response to the attached Complaint. If service of the Summons and Complaint was made upon you within the State of Colorado, you are required to file your answer or other response within 21 days after such service upon you. If service of the Summons and Complaint was made upon you outside of the State of Colorado, you are required to file your answer or other response within 35 days after such service upon you. Your answer or counterclaim must be accompanied with the applicable filing fee.

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upon you within the State of Colorado, you are required to file your answer or other response within 21 days after such service upon you. If service of the Summons and Complaint was made upon you outside of the State of Colorado, you are required to file your answer or other response within 35 days after such service upon you. Your answer or counterclaim must be accompanied with the applicable filing fee.

If you fail to file your answer or other response to the Complaint in writing within the applicable time period, the Court may enter judgment by default against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint without further notice. Dated: September 7, 2017 Clerk of Court/Clerk

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Address of Plaintiff Alcock Law Group, PC 19751 Mainstreet, Suite 210 Parker, CO 80138 (303) 993-5400

1. This Summons is issued pursuant to Rule 4, C.R.C.P., as amended. A copy of the Complaint must be served with this Summons. This form should not be used where service by publication is desired.

Dated: September 7, 2017 Clerk of Court/Clerk

Address of Plaintiff Alcock Law Group, PC 19751 Mainstreet, Suite 210 Parker, CO 80138 (303) 993-5400

3. TO THE CLERK: If the summons is issued by the clerk of the court, the signature block for the clerk or deputy should be provided by stamp, or typewriter, in the space to the left of the attorney’s name.

1. This Summons is issued pursuant to Rule 4, C.R.C.P., as amended. A copy of the Complaint must be served with this Summons. This form should not be used where service by publication is desired.

Legal Notice No.: 23815 First Publication: October 26, 2017 Last Publication: November 23, 2017 Publisher: The Elbert County News

2. WARNING: A valid summons may be issued by a lawyer and it need not contain a court case number, the signature of a court officer, or a court seal. The plaintiff has 14 days from the date this summons was served on you to file the case with the court. You are responsible for contacting the court to find out whether the case has been filed and obtain the case number. If the plaintiff files the case within this time, then you must respond as explained in this summons. If the plaintiff files more than 14 days after the date the summons was served on you, the case may be dismissed upon motion and you may be entitled to seek attorney’s fees from the plaintiff. 3. TO THE CLERK: If the summons is issued by the clerk of the court, the signature block for the clerk or deputy should be provided by stamp, or typewriter, in the space to the left of the attorney’s name. Legal Notice No.: 23813 First Publication: October 26, 2017 Last Publication: November 23, 2017 Publisher: The Elbert County News Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, ELBERT COUNTY, COLORADO Court Address: 751 Ute Ave. Kiowa, CO 80117 Plaintiff: SPRING VALLEY RANCH MASTER ASSOCIATION, INC., a Colorado non-profit corporation Defendant: SPRING VALLEY HOMES, LLC, Delinquent June 1, 2016; TODD MAYNES; RICK PETTITT, Elbert County Public Trustee Attorneys for Plaintiff: Name: Alcock Law Group, PC Tammy M. Alcock, Esq. Address: 19751 E. Mainstreet, Suite 210 Parker, CO 80138 Phone No.: (303) 993-5400 Atty. Reg. #: 39816 Tammy@Alcocklawgroup.com Case Number: 2017CV30054 SUMMONS TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANT: SPRING VALLEY HOMES, LLC, Delinquent June 1, 2016 YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to file with the Clerk of this Court an answer or other response to the attached Complaint. If service of the Summons and Complaint was made upon you within the State of Colorado, you are required to file your answer or other response within 21 days after such service upon you. If service of the Summons and Complaint was made upon you outside of the State of Colorado, you are required to file your answer or other response within 35 days after such service upon you. Your answer or counterclaim must be accompanied with the applicable filing fee.

Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, ELBERT COUNTY, COLORADO Court Address: 751 Ute Ave. Kiowa, CO 80117

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James B. Nutter & Company 4153 Broadway Kansas City, MO 64171-9936 Plaintiff, vs. Barbara Ann Pagryzinski a/k/a Barbara Anne Pagryzinski a/k/a Barbara Pagryzinski 6828 Quail Run Cir Kiowa, CO 80117-9028 John Doe Pagryzinski 6828 Quail Run Cir Kiowa, CO 80117-9028 Defendants. PUBLICATION SUMMONS Case No. 17-CV-000188 The Honorable William F. Kussel Jr. Case Code 30404 (Foreclosure of Mortgage) The amount claimed exceeds $10,000.00 THE STATE OF WISCONSIN

Defendant: SPRING VALLEY HOMES, LLC, Delinquent June 1, 2016; TODD MAYNES; RICK PETTITT, Elbert County Public Trustee

You are hereby notified that the plaintiff named above has filed a lawsuit or other legal action against you.

Within 40 days after November 23, 2017 you must respond with a written demand for a copy of the complaint. The demand must be sent or delivered to the court, whose address is 311 N. Main Street, Shawano, WI 54166-2145 and to Gray & Associates, L.L.P., plaintiff's attorney, whose address is 16345 West Glendale Drive, New Berlin, WI 53151-2841. You may have an attorney help or represent you.

SUMMONS TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANT: SPRING VALLEY HOMES, LLC, Delinquent June 1, 2016 YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to file with the Clerk of this Court an answer or other response to the attached Complaint. If service of the Summons and Complaint was made upon you within the State of Colorado, you are required to file your answer or other response within 21 days after such service upon you. If service of the Summons and Complaint was made upon you outside of the State of Colorado, you are required to file your answer or other response within 35 days after such service upon you. Your answer or counterclaim must be accompanied with the applicable filing fee. If you fail to file your answer or other response to the Complaint in writing within the applicable time period, the Court may enter judgment by default against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint without further notice. Dated: September 6, 2017 Clerk of Court/Clerk Address of Plaintiff Alcock Law Group, PC 19751 Mainstreet, Suite 210 Parker, CO 80138 (303) 993-5400 1. This Summons is issued pursuant to Rule 4, C.R.C.P., as amended. A copy of the Complaint must be served with this Summons. This form should not be used where service by publication is desired.

Dated: September 7, 2017 Clerk of Court/Clerk Address of Plaintiff Alcock Law Group, PC 19751 Mainstreet, Suite 210 Parker, CO 80138 (303) 993-5400

1. This Summons is issued pursuant to Rule 4,

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NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF PROPERTY 2. WARNING: A valid summons may be issued AT TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION by a lawyer and it need not contain a court case FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER'S DEED number, the signature of a court officer, or a court seal. The plaintiff has 14 days from the To Every Person in Actual Possession or date this summons was served on you to file the Occupancy of the hereinafter Described Land, case with the court. Lot or Premises, and to the Person in Whose You are responsible for contacting the court to Name the same was Taxed or Specially find out whether the case has been filed and obAssessed, and to all Persons having Interest of tain the case number. If the plaintiff files the Title of Record in or to the said Premises and To case within this time, then you must respond as Whom It May Concern, and more especially to: explained in this summons. If the plaintiff files more than 14 days after the date the summons ROSIE E PHILLIPS To advertise your public notices call 303-566-4100 was served on you, the case may be dismissed 3324 GLENDALE DR W upon motion and you may be entitled to seek atUNIVERSITY PL, WA 98466-2227 torney’s fees from the plaintiff. You and each of you are hereby notified that on 3. TO THE CLERK: If the summons is issued by the 18th day of November 2014, the then the clerk of the court, the signature block for the County Treasurer of Elbert County, in the State clerk or deputy should be provided by stamp, or of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to BRItypewriter, in the space to the left of the attorAN MCCULLISS the following described propney’s name. erty situate in the County of Elbert, State of Colorado, to-wit: Legal Notice No.: 23816 First Publication: October 26, 2017 Section: 11 Township: 10 Range: 61 NW4: 11 Last Publication: November 23, 2017 10 61 160 A 1/32 INTEREST 5.000 MRA SecPublisher: The Elbert County News tion: 2 Township: 10 Range: 61 E2NE4;S2NW4;E2SW4: 2 10 61 240 A 1/256 INTEREST .9375 MRA SE4 1/256 INTEREST PUBLIC NOTICE IN 160 ACRES TOTAL MRA .625 Subdivision: SEVERED MINERALS STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT Certificate Number: 2014-01888 SHAWANO COUNTY

Plaintiff: SPRING VALLEY RANCH MASTER ASSOCIATION, INC., a Colorado non-profit corporation

should not be used where service by publication is desired.

To each person named above as a defendant:

and said County Treasurer issued a certificate of purchase therefore to BRIAN MCCULLISS. That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent property (and special assessment) taxes assessed against said property for the year 2013; That said property was taxed or specially assessed in the name(s) of ROSIE E PHILLIPS for said year 2013;

That said BRIAN MCCULLISS on the 24th day of August 2017, the present holder of said certificate (who) has made request upon the Treasurer of said County for a deed to said property;

That a Treasurer's Deed will be issued for said property to BRIAN MCCULLISS on the 22nd day of February 2018, unless the same has been redeemed;

Said property may be redeemed from said sale at any time prior to the actual execution of said Treasurer's Deed.

This Notice of Purchase has also been published in Colorado Community Media on November 9, 2017, November 16, 2017 and November 23, 2017.

Witness my hand this 30th day of October 2017 Treasurer of Elbert County, Colorado Legal Notice No: 23836 First Publication : November 9, 2017 First Publication : November 23, 2017 Publisher: Elbert County News Public Notice NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF MINERAL RIGHTS AT TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER'S DEED

If you do not demand a copy of the complaint within 40 days, the court may grant judgment against you for the award of money or other legal action requested in the complaint, and you may lose your right to object to anything that is or may be incorrect in the complaint. A judgment may be enforced as provided by law. A judgment awarding money may become a lien against any real estate you own now or in the future, and may also be enforced by garnishment or seizure of property.

Dated this _____ day of November, 2017.

You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 18th day of November 2014, the then County Treasurer of Elbert County, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to MICHAEL JONES AND JOYCE JONES the following described mineral rights situate in the County of Elbert, State of Colorado, to-wit:

Gray & Associates, L.L.P. Attorneys for Plaintiff By: Ian J. Thomson State Bar No. 1076280 Case No. 17-CV-000188 16345 West Glendale Drive New Berlin, WI 53151-2841 (414) 224-1987 Gray & Associates, L.L.P. is attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. If you have previously received a discharge in a chapter 7 bankruptcy case, this communication should not be construed as an attempt to hold you personally liable for the debt. Legal Notice No.: 23855 First Publication: November 23, 2017 Last Publication: December 7, 2017 Publisher: Elbert County News Public Notice NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF PROPERTY AT TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER'S DEED To Every Person in Actual Possession or Occupancy of the hereinafter Described Land, Lot or Premises, and to the Person in Whose Name the same was Taxed or Specially Assessed, and to all Persons having Interest of Title of Record in or to the said Premises and To Whom It May Concern, and more especially to: ROSIE E PHILLIPS 3324 GLENDALE DR W UNIVERSITY PL, WA 98466-2227 You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 18th day of November 2014, the then County Treasurer of Elbert County, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to BRIAN MCCULLISS the following described property situate in the County of Elbert, State of Colorado, to-wit:

ROBERT L & DEBORAH J L MESSMORE 46950 BECKY CIR ELIZABETH, CO 80107-9515

Section: 12 Township: 6 Range: 64 PAR IN NE4 (35.57)Subdivision: SEVERED MINERALS, Subdivision: FOXWOOD ESTATES REZONE Lot: 1 Certificate Number: 2014-01862

and said County Treasurer issued a certificate of purchase therefore to MICHAEL JONES AND JOYCE JONES. That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent mineral rights (and special assessment) taxes assessed against said mineral rights for the year 2013; That said mineral rights was taxed or specially assessed in the name(s) of ROBERT L & DEBORAH J L MESSMORE for said year 2013;

That said MICHAEL JONES AND JOYC E JONES on the 14th day of August 2017, the present holder of said certificate (who) has made request upon the Treasurer of said County for a deed to said mineral rights;

That a Treasurer's Deed will be issued for said mineral rights to MICHAEL JONES AND JOYCE JONES on the 22nd day of February 2018, unless the same has been redeemed;

Said mineral rights may be redeemed from said sale at any time prior to the actual execution of said Treasurer's Deed.

This Notice of Purchase has also been published in Colorado Community Media on November 9, 2017, November 16, 2017 and November 23, 2017. Witness my hand this 30th day of October 2017 Treasurer of Elbert County, Colorado

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said Treasurer's Deed.

This Notice of Purchase has also been published in Colorado Community Media on November 9, 2017, November 16, 2017 and November 23, 2017.

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Witness my hand this 30th day of October 2017 Treasurer of Elbert County, Colorado Legal Notice No: 23838 First Publication : November 9, 2017 First Publication : November 23, 2017 Publisher: Elbert County News Public Notice NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF MINERAL RIGHTS AT TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER'S DEED

You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 18th day of November 2014, the then County Treasurer of Elbert County, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to KENLEY PARASCAND the following described mineral rights situate in the County of Elbert, State of Colorado, to-wit:

Section: 10 Township: 8 Range: 61 W2NW4SE4NW4-SW4 1/16 INTEREST 17.5 NET ACRES Section: 14 Township: 8 Range: 61 NE4-N2SE4 1/16 INTEREST 15 NET ACRES MINERAL RIGHTS Subdivision: SEVERED MINERALS Certificate Number: 2014-01855

and said County Treasurer issued a certificate of purchase therefore to KENLEY PARASCAND. That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent mineral rights (and special assessment) taxes assessed against said mineral rights for the year 2013; That said mineral rights was taxed or specially assessed in the name(s) of PAUL D KILLIN for said year 2013; That said KENLEY PARASCAND on the 14th day of August 2017, the present holder of said certificate (who) has made request upon the Treasurer of said County for a deed to said mineral rights; That a Treasurer's Deed will be issued for said mineral rights to KENLEY PARASCAND on the 22nd day of February 2018, unless the same has been redeemed;

Said mineral rights may be redeemed from said sale at any time prior to the actual execution of said Treasurer's Deed. This Notice of Purchase has also been published in Colorado Community Media on November 9, 2017, November 16, 2017 and November 23, 2017. Witness my hand this 30th day of October 2017 Treasurer of Elbert County, Colorado Legal Notice No: 23839 First Publication : November 9, 2017 First Publication : November 23, 2017 Publisher: Elbert County News Public Notice NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF MINERAL RIGHTS AT TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER'S DEED To Every Person in Actual Possession or Occupancy of the hereinafter Described Land, Lot or Premises, and to the Person in Whose Name the same was Taxed or Specially Assessed, and to all Persons having Interest of Title of Record in or to the said Premises and To Whom It May Concern, and more especially to: LON L RAMEY 15121 FULLER GRANDVIEW, MO 64030

Section: 11 Township: 10 Range: 61 NW4: 11 10 61 160 A 1/32 INTEREST 5 MRA Section: 2 Township: 10 Range: 61 E2NE4; S2NW4; E2SW4: 2 10 61 240 A 1/256 INTEREST .9375 MRA SE4: 2 10 61 160 A 1/256 INTEREST .625 MRA Subdivision: SEVERED MINERALS

Certificate Number: 2014-01887

and said County Treasurer issued a certificate of purchase therefore to BRIAN MCCULLISS. That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent mineral rights (and special assessment) taxes assessed against said mineral rights for the year 2013; That said mineral rights was taxed or specially assessed in the name(s) of LON L RAMEY for said year 2013; That said BRIAN MCCULLISS on the 24th day of August 2017, the present holder of said certificate (who) has made request upon the Treasurer of said County for a deed to said mineral

That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent mineral rights (and special assessment) taxes assessed against said mineral rights for the year 2013; That said mineral rights was taxed or specially assessed in the name(s) of LON L RAMEY for said year 2013;

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That said BRIAN MCCULLISS on the 24th day of August 2017, the present holder of said certificate (who) has made request upon the Treasurer of said County for a deed to said mineral rights; That a Treasurer's Deed will be issued for said mineral rights to BRIAN MCCULLISS on the 22nd day of February 2018, unless the same has been redeemed; Said mineral rights may be redeemed from said sale at any time prior to the actual execution of said Treasurer's Deed. This Notice of Purchase has also been published in Colorado Community Media on November 9, 2017, November 16, 2017 and November 23, 2017. Witness my hand this 31st day of October 2017 Treasurer of Elbert County, Colorado Legal Notice No: 23840 First Publication : November 9, 2017 First Publication : November 23, 2017 Publisher: Elbert County News Public Notice NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF MINERAL RIGHTS AT TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER'S DEED To Every Person in Actual Possession or Occupancy of the hereinafter Described Land, Lot or Premises, and to the Person in Whose Name the same was Taxed or Specially Assessed, and to all Persons having Interest of Title of Record in or to the said Premises and To Whom It May Concern, and more especially to: JACK WELLS CLARKE % CHUCK FARISH PO BOX 027 PEBBLE BEACH, CA 93953-0027 You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 18th day of November 2014, the then County Treasurer of Elbert County, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to BRIAN MCCULLISS the following described mineral rights situate in the County of Elbert, State of Colorado, to-wit: Section: 26 Township: 9 Range: 63 SW4 (160 ACRES 3/1536 INTEREST .32 MRA) Section: 27 Township: 9 Range: 63 SE4 (160 ACRES 3/1536 INTEREST .31 MRA) Section: 34 Township: 9 Range: 63 N2NE4(80 ACRES 3/1536 INTEREST .16 MRA) Section: 35 Township: 9 Range: 63 W2 (320 ACRES 3/1536 INTEREST .63 MRA) Section: 14 Township: 10 Range: 63 SE4SW4 (40 ACRES 3/1536 INTEREST .08 MRA) Section: 15 Township: 10 Range: 63 SW4, S2SE4 (240 ACRES 3/1536 INTEREST .47 MRA) Section: 22 Township: 10 Range: 63 ALL (640 ACRES 3/1536 INTEREST 1.25 MRA) Section: 23 Township: 10 Range: 63 SW4, E2NW4, E2 (560 ACRES 3/1536 INTEREST 1.09 MRA) Section: 24 Township: 10 Range: 63 ALL(640 ACRES 3/1536 INTEREST 1.25) Section: 19 Township: 10 Range: 62 E2W2 (160 ACRES 3/1536 INTEREST .31 NET ACRES MINERAL RIGHTS)Subdivision: SEVERED MINERALS

NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF MINERAL RIGHTS AT TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER'S DEED

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To Every Person in Actual Possession or Occupancy of the hereinafter Described Land, Lot or Premises, and to the Person in Whose Name the same was Taxed or Specially Assessed, and to all Persons having Interest of Title of Record in or to the said Premises and To Whom It May Concern, and more especially to: JACK WELLS CLARKE %CHUCK FARISH PO BOX 27 PEBBLE BEACH, CA 93953-0027 You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 18th day of November 2014, the then County Treasurer of Elbert County, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to HARMONY LAND AND CATTLE, LLC the following described mineral rights situate in the County of Elbert, State of Colorado, to-wit:

ment) taxes assessed against said mineral rights for the year 2013; That said mineral rights was taxed or specially assessed in the name(s) of JACK WELLS CLARKE for said year 2013;

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That said BRIAN MCCULLISS on the 23rd day of August 2017, the present holder of said certificate (who) has made request upon the Treasurer of said County for a deed to said mineral rights; That a Treasurer's Deed will be issued for said mineral rights to BRIAN MCCULLISS on the 28th day of February 2018, unless the same has been redeemed; Said mineral rights may be redeemed from said sale at any time prior to the actual execution of said Treasurer's Deed. This Notice of Purchase has also been published in Colorado Community Media on November 23, 2017, November 30, 2017 and December 7, 2017.

Section: 25 Township: 10 Range: 63 SE4NW4 25 10 63 320 ACRES 3/1536 INTEREST .62 NET ACRES ALL 27 10 63 640 ACRES 3/1536 INTEREST 1.25 NET ACRES ALL 26 10 63 640 ACRES 3/1536 INTEREST 1.25 NET ACRES E2-E2NW4-S2SW4 28 10 63 480 ACRES 3/1536 INTEREST .94 NET ACRES S2NE4SE4-10 A. IN E2SE4SE4 32 10 63 30 ACRES 3/1536 INTEREST .06 NET ACRES S2-N2NW4-SE4NW4-NE4: 33-10-63 600 ACRES 3/1536 INTEREST 1.17 NET ACRES ALL 34 10 63 640 ACRES 3/1536 INTEREST 1.25 NET ACRES ALL 35 10 63 640 ACRES 3/1536 INTEREST (EX COAL IN SE4SW4S2SE4-NE4SE4) 1.25 NET ACRES MINERAL RIGHTS Subdivision: SEVERED MINERALS

Witness my hand this 7th day of November 2017 Treasurer of Elbert County, Colorado

Certificate Number: TSC#2014-01856

and said County Treasurer issued a certificate of purchase therefore to HARMONY LAND AND CATTLE, LLC. That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent mineral rights (and special assessment) taxes assessed against said mineral rights for the year 2013; That said mineral rights was taxed or specially assessed in the name(s) of JACK WELLS CLARKE for said year 2013;

Legal Notice No: 23852 First Publication : November 23, 2017 First Publication : December 7, 2017 Publisher: Elbert County News Public Notice NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF MINERAL RIGHTS AT TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER'S DEED

That said HARMONY LAND AND CATTLE, LLC on the 21st day of August 2017, the present holder of said certificate (who) has made request upon the Treasurer of said County for a deed to said mineral rights; That a Treasurer's Deed will be issued for said mineral rights to HARMONY LAND AND CATTLE, LLC on the 28th day of February 2018, unless the same has been redeemed;

Section: 2 Township: 6 Range: 61 N2-N2S2SE4SE4 3/3072 INTEREST 0.60 NET ACRES MINERAL RIGHTS Subdivision: SEVERED MINERALS

Said mineral rights may be redeemed from said sale at any time prior to the actual execution of said Treasurer's Deed.

Certificate Number: 2014-01858

Witness my hand this 9th day of November 2017 Treasurer of Elbert County, Colorado Legal Notice No: 23851 First Publication : November 23, 2017 First Publication : December 7, 2017 Publisher: Elbert County News

Public Notice NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF MINERAL RIGHTS AT TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER'S DEED

That a Treasurer's Deed will be issued for said mineral rights to Plum Creek Water Reclamation Authority on the 28th day of February 2018, unless the same has been redeemed; Said mineral rights may be redeemed from said sale at any time prior to the actual execution of said Treasurer's Deed.

That said mineral rights was taxed or specially assessed in the name(s) of JACK WELLS CLARKE for said year 2013;

That said BRIAN MCCULLISS on the 23rd day of August 2017, the present holder of said certificate (who) has made request upon the Treasurer of said County for a deed to said mineral rights;

JACK WELLS CLARKE %CHUCK FARISH PO BOX 27 PEBBLE BEACH, CA 93953-0027

That a Treasurer's Deed will be issued for said mineral rights to BRIAN MCCULLISS on the 28th day of February 2018, unless the same has been redeemed; Said mineral rights may be redeemed from said sale at any time prior to the actual execution of said Treasurer's Deed. This Notice of Purchase has also been published in Colorado Community Media on November 23, 2017, November 30, 2017 and December 7, 2017. Witness my hand this 9th day of November 2017 Treasurer of Elbert County, Colorado Legal Notice No: 23850 First Publication : November 23, 2017 First Publication : December 7, 2017 Publisher: Elbert County News Public Notice NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF MINERAL RIGHTS AT TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER'S DEED To Every Person in Actual Possession or Occupancy of the hereinafter Described Land, Lot or Premises, and to the Person in Whose Name the same was Taxed or Specially Assessed, and to all Persons having Interest of Title of Record in or to the said Premises and To Whom It May Concern, and more especially to:

You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 18th day of November 2014, the then County Treasurer of Elbert County, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to BRIAN MCCULLISS the following described mineral rights situate in the County of Elbert, State of Colorado, to-wit: Section: 6 Township: 6 Range: 60 ALL 3/3072 INTEREST 0.69 NET ACRES Section: 8 Township: 6 Range: 60 ALL 3/3072 INTEREST 0.63 NET ACRES Section: 18 Township: 6 Range: 60 E2-E2W2 3/3072 INTEREST 0.47 NET ACRES Section: 12 Township: 6 Range: 61 ALL 3/3072 INTEREST 0.62 NET ACRES MINERAL RIGHTS Subdivision: SEVERED MINERALS Certificate Number: 2014-01882 and said County Treasurer issued a certificate of purchase therefore to BRIAN MCCULLISS. That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent mineral rights (and special assessment) taxes assessed against said mineral rights for the year 2013; That said mineral rights was taxed or specially assessed in the name(s) of JACK WELLS CLARKE for said year 2013; That said BRIAN MCCULLISS on the 23rd day of August 2017, the present holder of said certificate (who) has made request upon the Treasurer of said County for a deed to said mineral rights;

SPRING VALLEY METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOS. 1-3 By /s/ Lisa A. Johnson, Secretary Legal Notice No.: 63859 First Publication: November 23, 2017 Last Publication: November 23, 2017 Publisher: The Elbert County News

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and said County Treasurer issued a certificate of purchase therefore to Plum Creek Water Reclamation Authority.

That said Plum Creek Water Reclamation Authority on the 28th day of August 2017, the present holder of said certificate (who) has made request upon the Treasurer of said County for a deed to said mineral rights;

Certificate Number: 2014-01881

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Jack Wells Clarke %Chuck Farish P.O. Box 027 Pebble Beach, CA 93953-0027 You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 18th day of November 2014, the then County Treasurer of Elbert County, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to Plum Creek Water Reclamation Authority the following described mineral rights situate in the County of Elbert, State of Colorado, to-wit:

This Notice of Purchase has also been published in Colorado Community Media on November 23, 2017, November 30, 2017 and December 7, 2017.

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the proposed Amended 2017 Budgets and 2018 Budgets have been filed at the District's offices, 141 Union Boulevard, Suite 150, Lakewood, Colorado, where the same is open for public inspection; and that adoption of Resolutions Amending the 2017 Budgets and Adopting the 2018 Budgets will be considered at a public meeting of the Board of Directors of the Districts to be held at Parker Library, 20105 East Main Street Parker, Colorado, 80138, on Wednesday, November 29, 2017, at 4:00 P.M. Any elector within the District may, at any time prior to the final adoption of the Resolutions to Amend the 2017 Budgets and Adopt the 2018 Budgets, inspect and file or register any objections thereto.

This Notice of Purchase has also been published in Colorado Community Media on November 23, 2017, November 30, 2017 and December 7, 2017. Witness my hand this 9th day of November 2017 Treasurer of Elbert County, Colorado Legal Notice No: 23853 First Publication : November 23, 2017 First Publication : December 7, 2017 Publisher: Elbert County News

City and County Public Notice SPRING VALLEY METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOS. 1-3 NOTICE CONCERNING 2017 BUDGET AMENDMENT AND PROPOSED 2018 BUDGET NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to all interested parties that the necessity has arisen to amend the Spring Valley Metropolitan District Nos. 1-3 (“Districts”) 2017 Budgets and that proposed 2018 Budgets have been submitted to the Board of Directors of the Districts; and that copies of the proposed Amended 2017 Budgets and 2018 Budgets have been filed at the District's offices, 141 Union Boulevard, Suite 150, Lakewood, Colorado, where the same is open for public inspection; and that adoption of Resolutions Amending the 2017 Budgets and Adopting the 2018 Budgets will be considered at a public meeting of the Board of Directors of the Districts to be held at Parker Library, 20105 East Main Street Parker, Colorado, 80138, on Wednesday, November 29, 2017, at 4:00 P.M. Any elector within the District may, at any time prior to the final adoption of the Resolutions to

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