Dispute in Belmar Park
BY SUZIE GLASSMAN SGLASSMAN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Belmar Owner LLC and Kairoi Properties LLC, developers of a planned 412-unit luxury apartment building at Belmar Park, are suing the City of Lakewood. e developers claim the city’s new parkland dedication requirements are illegal, making its planned housing projects impossible.
e lawsuit, led on Dec. 20 in Je erson County District Court, challenges a citizen-led ordinance that nearly doubles parkland requirements for residential developments and eliminates the option to pay a fee instead of dedicating land.
Putting the brakes on speeding
Wheat Ridge to launch automated cameras in 2025
BY SUZIE GLASSMAN SGLASSMAN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Automated speed cameras will soon be a xture on Wheat Ridge streets as the city prepares to roll out new tra c enforcement technology in early 2025. According to police department spokesperson Alex Rose, the system is designed to address rising concerns about excessive speeding.
It will feature three cameras across the city to improve road safety and free up police o cers for other tasks like building positive relationships with the community.
“ is is about keeping our roads safer for everyone who calls Wheat Ridge home,” Rose said. “ anks to advances in new technology, the department believes it can address these issues more e ectively in 2025.” e department said it has been collecting speed data for years and will install cameras where it sees “consistent and excessive speeding.” Plans are to install the following:
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prior to the e ective date of the new ordinance,” the complaint states.
e developers argue that the ordinance violates a new state law requiring local governments in transit-oriented communities, including Lakewood, to provide developers with alternatives if parkland requirements exceed those of their properties. is classi cation is relevant because, under state housing initiatives aimed at increasing a ordable housing availability, transit-oriented communities are expected to support increased housing density near public transportation.
A sudden shift in policy
able to meet large parkland requirements, the complaint states.
In 2021, Lakewood’s Director of Community Resources assured the developer that the fee-in-lieu option applied to their project.
“Sta will accept ‘improvements in-lieu’ greater than or equal to the required feein-lieu calculation,” the complaint states, con rming that physical parkland dedication would not be required.
C-U zoning district,” the developers contend.
e city’s new ordinance, which took e ect on Dec. 7, requires Belmar to dedicate 6.47 acres of parkland for their “West Property” development, even though the property is only 5.25 acres.
Similarly, the complaint states that the “East Property” would need to dedicate more land than its total size of 3.7 acres.
• A xed camera along W. 32nd Avenue near Wheat Ridge High School.
• A trailer-mounted camera will rotate locations every few weeks.
• A mobile camera that combines radar with photo capabilities will also rotate locations.
State law requires clear signage at each location to alert drivers.
According to Rose, for 30 days after the initial launch, drivers exceeding the speed limit will receive warnings. After the grace period, speeders will receive $40 nes by mail.
“ is case is a challenge to a citizen-led initiative recently enacted by the Lakewood City Council that... retroactively applies the new law to development applications submitted and under review
For years, Lakewood’s Municipal Code allowed developers to pay a fee instead of dedicating land for parks. is “fee-in-lieu” policy was standard practice, o ering exibility for projects un-
Relying on these assurances, Kairoi purchased properties at 777 South Yarrow St. and 777 South Wadsworth Blvd., investing millions of dollars in planning and design. However, the developers argue the new ordinance invalidates these commitments and imposes severe requirements they can’t meet.
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“It will be impossible to construct the development — or virtually any development that meets the aims of the M-
City Council divided Several council members raised legal concerns about the ordinance before its adoption. According to earlier reporting, because the citizen’s petition met the threshold required to propose new legislation or challenge existing ordinances, the council could only approve it as written or refer it to a special election and let voters decide.
“A portion of that money will go to the company that helps the department maintain the cameras, while the rest will go to the City of Wheat Ridge’s general fund,” Rose said. “Because the money goes to the general fund, it can be used to improve a number of city services, including parks, bike paths and sidewalks citywide.”
A Wheat Ridge Police o cer will review each tra c violation before mailing citations. For egregious speeding cases, Rose said the police department retains the discretion to pursue charges using traditional enforcement methods.
The proposed development would add 400 apartment units next to Belmar Park. COURTESY CITY OF LAKEWOOD
FRIDGID FUN
Evergreen’s annual lake plunge returns to kick o the new year
BY TIM WEIGHART
New year’s day at Evergreen Lake this year had the perfect weather to bundle up and celebrate the holiday on the lake: blue skies, a vibrant sun and just a bit of chill in the air. However, for roughly 400 people from across the state, bundling up was only a temporary luxury as they prepared to jump into the ice-cold water.
e annual Evergreen Lake Plunge is a longstanding tradition run by the nonpro t Active4All to raise money for its INSPIRE program, which aims to provide inclusive recreational activities to kids with disabilities. Last year’s plunge hosted a record number of jumpers who collectively raised over $40,000 dollars for INSPIRE.
John DuRussell, president of Active4All, said INSPIRE hopes to use donated funds to build an ADA accessible playground and work on a skate park and amphitheater.
While a few bold souls have been taking the yearly plunge since long before Active4All started running the event, many more experienced the grueling waters for the rst time in 2025.
“ is is just one of the rst challenges we’ll overcome this year,” said rst-timeplunger Jeremy Salter from Strasburg. Jeremy and his daughter wore matching Bluey shirts as they jumped, getting in on the trend of wearing matching outts or costumes when jumping into the lake.
Other attendees wore onesies portraying animals or ctional characters, including Emily and Leo from Parker, who dressed as Mike and Sully from Monsters Inc., and Rosalie from Denver, another rst-timer, who dressed as a shark.
“I just really love sharks, and I gured a shark might be a good thing to get into chilly water with,” Rosalie said, laughing. “ is seems crazy, but also like a really fresh way to start the new year.”
Second-time plunger PJ Holtz from Evergreen was also looking for a fresh start through the plunge.
“It was a little warmer last year,” Holtz said, bouncing up and down to stay warm in his singlet and shorts. “I do triathlons, and this is the start of my March tri season — my rst open water swim of the year.”
Regardless of whether you do the plunge once or do it annually, it’s guaranteed to leave an impact, something
that DuRussell knows all too well thanks to his friend and long-time plunger Paul Regan pressuring him into it six years ago. “I only did it one time, and it was ve degrees and windy,” DuRussell recalled. “I told Paul that I wasn’t going to do it again, and he told me ‘You either do it again, or you run it!’ So I said, ‘Okay, I’ll run it.’” And the event has been a yearly staple for DuRussell and Active4All ever since.
As the event began, plungers stored their towels and belongings in plastic crates before lining up behind the jump-o point. e rectangular hole cut out of the ice had a ladder on the opposite end, meaning everyone had to swim about ten meters across the dark water before they could get refuge from the brutal cold.
Regardless of their con dence or their nerves, most plungers looked shocked and ready to get back on land as soon as they hit the water.
Exposing so many people to such cold water would be impossible without the supervision and safety practices implemented by the Evergreen Fire/Rescue squad, ensuring that everyone got in and out of the water safely.
“It’s always exciting to see so many people join, and to see their facial expressions,” said Doug Matheny, a volunteer captain who has overseen the event for nine straight years. “ e department’s here to help out the community, make sure it’s safe, and get the ice ready for them.”
e Fire/Rescue squad is always on standby to keep the ladder out of the pool steady, watch out for each person currently in the pool, and stay ready to jump in to help out anyone who is too shocked by the cold water to swim out on their own.
“We’ve pulled a lot of people out. Once you get them out, they’re ne, but the shock in that cold water can get you in the moment,” Matheny said.
Even though more and more people from across the Denver metro have come up to the lake in recent years, the Evergreen Lake Plunge still feels like a vibrant celebration of the local community. e sponsors, rescue team and the skate park company where the plunge is located are all locally based and dedicated to helping Evergreen be the fun and welcoming town that it is. Cheers to everyone who makes the plunge possible, and for many more plunges in the years to come.
Emily and Leo from Parker took the plunge in matching ‘Monsters, Inc.’ onesies.
PJ Holtz from Evergreen took on his first open swim of the year in his Colorado-branded triathlete gear.
Rosalie from Denver, dressed as a shark, braced herself for a cold swim.
Evergreen Skate Park, the company that manages the rinks on Evergreen Lake, set up a tent to sell cocoa to frigid plungers.
PHOTOS BY TIM WEIGHART
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Statistics Confirm That the Seller’s Market Evaporated by the End of 2024
Now that 2024 has ended, we can see quite clearly that the seller’s market created during the Covid pandemic is now a thing of the past. December was a particularly slow month in a year that saw a great increase in the number of active listings, but little or no corresponding increase in sales, plus some other negative metrics, as shown in the charts at right.
As always, I derive these statistics from REcolorado, the Denver MLS, within a 25-mile radius of downtown Denver instead of using the multicounty “metro Denver” stats reported by the Denver Metro Association of Realtors.
that there were now more homebuyers than homes for sale, which fostered competition and drove home prices to unforeseen levels.
From the start of the pandemic in March 2020 until the Federal Reserve began hiking rates in March 2022, home prices grew 37%, per Case-Shiller.
The most obvious indicator of a slowing market is how many listings expire without selling, and that number reached nearly 3,000 in December, about triple the figures for the first two Decembers of the pandemic, 2020 and 2021.
“In late 2022, home sales activity came to an abrupt halt when mortgage rates climbed from about 3% to above 7% in a matter of months. Buyers are still facing higher mortgage rates than they've seen in recent memory – on top of that, home prices are still staying stubbornly high after the pandemic housing boom. For many, especially first-time homebuyers who lack tappable equity, monthly mortgage payments have become too expensive at these new interest rates.
The ratio of closed price to listing price is another key indicator of a seller’s market. It peaked at 106.1% in April 2022, but has been as low as 92.0% since then.
The median sold price has leveled off but is still higher this December than all previous Decembers. It’s just that sellers are still overpricing their homes when they first put them on the market, producing that lower ratio.
The median time on market stayed well below 10 days throughout the pandemic, but has risen steadily since the fall of 2022 and is at its highest level in recent history now — 39 days. The average days on market is at 56 days. This compares to 30 days and 47 days respectively a year ago.
A big factor in the real estate market is always the cost of mortgage loans. At right is a graphic from USNews that charts the impact of interest rates on home prices from 1987 to present. Here’s that website’s interpretation of the chart:
“The housing market is in a mortgage rate stalemate: Homebuyers are priced out, and homeowners are reluctant to sell and trade in their low mortgage rates.”
So what should we expect in 2025?
Whenever there’s a market slowdown, it produces pent-up demand later on. And I foresee that pent-up demand expressing itself this month and this year in a more balanced market. The big increase is inventory shows that sellers are accepting that interest rates
“With mortgage rates at 3% or even lower, more homebuyers could afford to enter the market in the early 2020s. Home sales activity picked up, but housing inventory was insufficient to keep up with demand. Decades of housing underproduction in the U.S. meant
will stay at present levels, so they are no longer waiting for them to go down before sacrificing their current low interest rate loan to purchase a replacement home. Likewise, I see buyers accepting current interest rates as the “new normal” and getting off the fence.
Open House at 2-BR Condo in Downtown Golden
New App Adds Neighborhood Politics to Criteria
Nearly one-quarter of Americans say local and national politics highly influence their decision about where to live, according to a recent survey from Realtor.com. In some age groups, that percentage is even higher.
“With both local and national politicians making decisions that impact daily life, both socially and fiscally, it makes sense that many would prefer to live in areas where the politics align with their own beliefs,” according to Danielle Hale, Realtor.com’s chief economist.
Many of the respondents to a Realtor.com survey said their political views do not align with those of their neighbors, and 17% have considered moving for that reason.
That percentage was 28% for the millennial generation, who are also the most likely –at 33% - to report that their decisions about where to live are highly influenced by national politics. Among Gen Z respondents, 25% say politics influence their decisions, and among Gen X, it’s 21%. Only 16% of baby boomers felt that way.
Now a company called Oyssey has entered the home search business with an app that includes all the usual criteria plus neighbor-
hood politics — even block-by-block. Calling Oyssey an “app” minimizes the company’s intention, which is to replace Zillow as the go-to real estate search engine by providing more information about listings — including neighborhood politics. Currently, the app is sold to individual real estate brokers who can invite individual buyers to access it. It’s strictly a buyer’s tool, and brokers will still be using their current MLS for listing homes for sale. The idea is that Oyssey would replace buyer tools, such as email alerts, built into the MLS, and that the buyer agency agreements now required by the NAR settlement would be built into its functionality.
Ultimately, the company wants to partner with the nation’s MLSs to have their app be an included feature of that MLS instead of something brokers need to purchase on the side.
The app was introduced last month in south Florida and some New York cities, but should be available elsewhere, including Colorado, by the end of March 2025.
I am the first Colorado broker to have signed up for it when it comes to our market.
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Several of the eight council members who voted to approve the initiative stated they did so only to avoid the cost of a special election and to let the courts decide its legality.
“Because this citizen initiative will face signi cant legal challenges for numerous reasons, I believe it would have been wasteful to spend anywhere from $175,000 to $350,000 of taxpayer’s funds on a special election when the outcome will ultimately end up being decided in court,” Lakewood Mayor Wendy Strom said.
During the city council meeting, representatives from advocacy groups Archway Communities and e Neighborhood Development Collaborative also criticized the ordinance, arguing that it will worsen Colorado’s housing shortage.
According to the lawsuit, the state already lacks 65,000 to 90,000 housing units, and the new restrictions make it nearly impossible to close the gap.
Activists slam city’s tactics
e ordinance, spearheaded by Save Open Space Lakewood, sought to prevent developers from bypassing land dedication requirements.
“When elected o cials fail to respond to the public’s wishes, the people have no other avenue than to exercise our constitutional right to direct democracy and the ballot box,” said Cathy Kentner, a Jeffco school teacher and one of the leading voices behind the initiative in a press release.
Activists collected more than 6,400 signatures to bring the measure forward, far exceeding the 5,862 required.
“Most city council reps took the position
(at the Nov. 4 City Council meeting) that the ordinance, as written, would be ruled illegal if a legal challenge were raised before a judge,” wrote Lakewood resident Steve Farthing in an email circulated among activists. “ ey actually discussed that adopting the ordinance and then inviting the city to be sued would be a prudent course of action!”
Farthing also criticized the city’s decision not to send the measure to voters.
“Don’t forget how much some councilors talked about not allowing the Lakewood voters to weigh in on this ordinance due to the cost of a mail ballot election, but they are perfectly OK with the cost of litigation which could be more than an election,” he said.
Kentner said she is con dent that the ordinance’s requirements will stand up in court.
A clash of priorities
e developers claim in the lawsuit they have “a vested right” to have their projects evaluated under the laws in e ect when they submitted their original applications, not under the stricter rules imposed retroactively.
ey further argue that Lakewood’s actions undermine years of investment and planning.
“Belmar and Kairoi would not have proceeded with the purchase of the West Property, or the advancement of the East Property if the city had not made the express written commitments to accept a fee (or improvements) in lieu of parkland dedication.”
e lawsuit seeks declaratory and injunctive relief to void the ordinance and allow the developers to proceed under the prior code.
ey’re also requesting compensation for the costs incurred due to the ordinance.
Colorado feels brunt of crisis in home insurance
Ice, fire, ‘wildly di erentcmarket’ come together to squeeze owners
BY ISHAN THAKORE CPR NEWS
A homeowners insurance crisis fueled by escalating natural disasters has arrived in the Centennial State.
Home insurance now costs $818 more per year on average compared to 2020, and Colorado now has the fourth-highest insurance premiums nationwide, according to a July research paper by Benjamin Keys and Philip Mulder. In places like Philips County, home insurance is now 55% more costly than just four years ago, the data show.
Even ling a single claim can now be a permanent scarlet letter, agents and insurance o cials say.
“ ere is a real risk right now that insurance companies will not renew you if you le a claim,” said Michael Conway, Colorado’s insurance commissioner, during an October insurance town hall.
“Does it make sense for people to be non-renewed if they led one claim in 20 years?”
Places like Grand County have seen insurance nonrenewals increase by around 77% in 2023 compared to 2018, according to new data from the U.S. Senate Budget Committee.
Colorado homeowners are also scrambling to stave o cancellation notices and keep their mortgages.
of Regulatory Agencies, the company offered them an extension to complete their mitigation, allowing them to hold onto their insurance for the time-being. e couple’s Allstate agent did not return a request for comment about their policy, and Allstate’s corporate o ce did not answer questions about cancelling homeowner policies before mitigation work is complete.
Fire and ice — and climate change
Colorado is facing both insurance affordability and availability challenges, which means that carriers are issuing fewer home insurance policies in certain areas, while policies now cost more per year on average.
“Our market in Colorado is wildly different than what it was at the end of 2022,” Conway said during a July insurance town hall with residents struggling with insurance availability.
In March 2023, the state released an industry report, which showed that small and medium-sized insurance carriers were issuing fewer policies. But the top ve insurers – Allstate, State Farm, Liberty Mutual, USAA and American Family — were picking up the slack. at has now changed.
Colorado “has seen some of those top ve insurers start to write fewer policies. And we do have little pockets of availability concerns popping up,” Conway said. Areas that are now seeing insurers pull back include corners of Je erson County, like Evergreen, and the Boulder and Colorado Springs foothills.
In October, Trevor Donahue and Trish Krajniak bought their mountain dream home in Nederland and moved from Littleton with their children. e couple bought homeowners insurance from Allstate — the only major carrier that would insure them. ey needed insurance to close on the home and for their mortgage; Donahue was surprised by how cheap the rate seemed.
An Allstate agent told them there was “nothing incredibly serious” to x after their home inspection, according to an email shared with CPR News.
A few weeks after closing, an insurance cancellation letter arrived from Allstate. Initially, the company gave them until Jan. 11, 2025, to conduct extensive wildre and hail mitigation on their property, or risk losing their insurance, defaulting on their mortgage and losing their home.
“None of it was outlandishly unreasonable, what they were asking,” said Donahue. “ e biggest problem is that they gave us a 60-day deadline from when we closed. We’re covered in snow, there’s ice on the roof, and they’re making no exceptions for an extension whatsoever.”
Colorado lawmakers will debut two major bills to rein in home insurance. e state will also begin selling insurance plans to homeowners who are no longer o ered insurance in the private market, likely in the rst few months of 2025.
For Donahue and Krajniak, having an “insurer of last resort” can’t come fast enough.
“We have a gun held to our head right now,” Krajniak said. “I have no guarantee if we complete all of these steps, and spend the several thousand dollars, that [Allstate] will actually continue to insure us.”
In mid-December, after the couple led a complaint with Colorado’s Department
While availability issues are primarily driven by wild re risk, insurance unaffordability is being driven primarily by hail damage.
“Hail is by far the biggest driver of losses in most years for the homeowners insurance market,” Conway said. “In 2023, [hail reports] went up dramatically over the previous highest year … both in the overarching number of events, but also in the severity of those events, too.” Conway estimates that 55% to 70% of home insurance premiums on average in the state are driven by hail.
Colorado recorded nearly $2 billion in overall losses from a single hailstorm that pelted the Denver metro area in May. Brief and violent hailstorms can cause hefty damages to roofs and cars, and occur several times a year. Since 1980, the number and severity of all types of billion-dollar disasters have dramatically increased in the state.
Third-party modeling and reinsurance add to woes
Insurers rely on “reinsurance” — basically insurance for insurance companies — to help companies o oad some of their risk. Reinsurance costs have roughly doubled since 2017, which is partly driven by higher rebuilding costs after catastrophes and high interest rates, Keys said during a July town hall.
“A lot of these challenges for insurance companies will continue, and that they’ll be passing these costs on in the primary market to homeowners,” he said.
Insurance companies also rely on analytical models to map out risky areas. An insurance carrier is more likely to ratchet up rates, or call it quits altogether, in high risk areas.
Dirty Dogs Roadhouse in Golden hosts holiday potluck
Regulars and newcomers enjoy food and camaraderie on Christmas Day
BY JANE REUTER JREUTER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
e stockings were hung by the motorcycle with care at Dirty Dogs Roadhouse on Christmas Day, with patrons in Santa caps snuggled up to the bar. A string of holiday bulbs twinkled over the bar, and a green-and-red Harley Davidson light illuminated the pool table, covered for the day to carry out its seasonal role as a holiday bu et table.
Christmas Day at Golden’s most famous biker bar is a day for community. Each anksgiving and Christmas, the bar hosts a potluck as a thank you to its customers and the broader community. is Christmas, Dirty Dogs sta provided ham, turkey, potatoes and rolls, and customers brought the rest. A steady stream of patrons carrying pies, homemade bread, deviled eggs and other food owed through the doors, lling the table with their contributions. A steaming tray of cray sh added an unexpected nautical touch to the celebration.
e event drew regulars and some newcomers to share a meal and enjoy camaraderie.
“I can’t pass up a home-cooked meal and the nice people,” said Denver’s Rich Wilson, a regular visitor who typically rides his motorcycle to Dirty Dogs.
“I’m here because it’s Dirty Dogs, and it’s Christmas,” said Texan Jaime Limas,
a 10-year visitor to the bar who bakes bread and made rosemary garlic butter for the potluck. “ ey always do a good job here on the holidays; they do it for us that don’t have families around.”
Golden’s Dan Walstad, enjoying a rare day o from his seasonal job playing Scrooge and Santa on the Georgetown Loop Railroad, said he came “to get out of the house.”
“ ere aren’t too many places open to-
day,” he said.
Denver resident Jo Deringer and her friend Keith Gurney of Golden decided on Dirty Dogs for Christmas a few days before the holiday.
“One of us asked the other, ‘What are you doing for Christmas?’” Deringer said.
“We both said nothing. I said, ‘You want to do nothing together?’ So we’re doing nothing together.”
Rob and Brenda LaNite frequently eat
lunch at Dirty Dogs, where Rob once regularly rode his motorcycle. It seemed a natural choice for Christmas Day.
“We like the atmosphere,” Brenda LaNite said. “It’s just a nice place.”
Mark Miklos and Rob Tompkins opened Dirty Dogs in October 2017. e bar has an indoor and outdoor stage and regularly hosts live music.
Miklos and Tompkins opened a second Dirty Dogs Roadhouse in Sturgis, SD in 2018.
While Dirty Dogs is a regular stop for many area bikers, the owners pride themselves on o ering a family- and dog-friendly atmosphere.
Rich Wilson of Denver, left, and Jaime Limas of Texas, both regular patrons at Dirty Dog Saloon, enjoy Christmas Day dinner at the Golden establishment.
PHOTOS BY JANE REUTER
Golden resident Dan Walstad, who plays Scrooge on the Georgetown Loop Railroad, stopped by Dirty Dogs for Christmas lunch.
Expert tips for Colorado winter driving
Preparation, driving techniques are key elements of staying safe
BY ELISABETH SLAY ESLAY@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
With colder temperatures comes snow blanketing the streets, and roads can get slippery and dangerous for Colorado drivers — new and native to the state.
Experts say it’s important to be prepared for the di cult task of driving in the winter, and Colorado AAA o ers a few tips that can help keep drivers safe when traveling in the harsh winter climate.
“ e rst sustained major weather event is always a useful reminder to Coloradans — regardless of whether you grew up here or if you’re new to town — to brush up on winter driving fundamentals. Slow down, don’t tailgate and don’t slam on the gas or brakes,” said Skyler McKinley, regional director of public affairs.
Prepare the vehicle
Colorado AAA urges drivers to ensure their vehicles are ready for winter. is includes checking the battery and electrical systems, testing all uid levels — such as antifreeze, transmission uid, brake uid and engine oil — and making sure all lights are functioning properly. Additionally, drivers should inspect their tires, brakes, windshields and windshield wipers and windshield wiper uid.
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or getting stuck in tra c during a closure, can help themselves.
“Keep an emergency kit in your car with tire chains, abrasive material such as sand or kitty litter, a small shovel, ashlight with extra batteries, ice scraper, rags or paper towels, ares or other
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“Wheat Ridge is a smaller community impacted by major roadways and highways,” Rose said. “As the city becomes more of a cut-through community, the demand for tra c enforcement exceeds what our current resources can meet.”
e department emphasized that automated enforcement will help address these challenges.
“ e implementation of this system will address complaints in a more comprehensive manner and provide stronger feelings of safety within our community,” supporting documents for the ordinance state.
Before moving forward, the city said it had studied similar programs in Denver, Aurora, Boulder and Morrison.
gish starts in warmer weather,” McKinley said.
Driving on icy roads
When navigating icy roads, Colorado AAA urges drivers to slow down and exercise caution when accelerating, turn-
ing or braking. Each action should be
“Adjust your speed to the road conditions and leave yourself ample room to stop. Allow at least three times more space than usual between you and the car in front of you,” the company advises
Tailgating should be avoided, and c ahead of them. It’s also important to avoid unnecessary lane changes and be particularly cautious on bridges and
ed areas of the roadway and on bridges and overpasses that freeze rst and melt last,” McKinley said. “Although the road leading up to a bridge may be ne, the bridge itself could be a sheet of ice.”
For more information and tips, visit https://www.nhtsa.gov/winter-drivingtips.
Morrison’s speed camera flashes red to let a driver know they’re over the speed limit. Wheat Ridge will install a similar speed camera in early 2025. PHOTO BY JANE REUTER
Driving in the snow can be scary if drivers don’t take precautions.
PHOTO BY ELISABETH SLAY
Je erson County woman sentenced for Medicaid and unemployment fraud
BY SUZIE GLASSMAN SGLASSMAN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Danielle Martinez, 32, a Je erson County woman, was sentenced to 10 years’ probation and 100 hours of community service for defrauding Colorado’s Medicaid and unemployment insurance systems in early December, according to Attorney General Phil Weiser. A Je erson County District Court judge also ordered Martinez to pay the state $69,864 in restitution. In October, Martinez pleaded guilty to felony theft and Medicaid fraud.
From 2019 to 2023, Martinez engaged in a complex scheme to defraud multiple state programs, Weiser said in a press release. She reported providing home health care aid to her mother four to seven hours a day, seven days a week, while simultaneously ling unemployment bene ts with the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment during 2020 and 2021, the felony complaint states. However, investigators discovered she was rarely near her mother’s home. An analysis of cell phone data revealed Martinez was only in the vicinity about twice a month, directly contradicting her claims of daily caregiving.
At the same time, Martinez was earning wages from another job while collecting unemployment payments, e ectively doubledipping from public assistance programs. e fraudulent unemployment claims triggered an investigation by the Colorado Unemployment Fraud Task Force and the Colorado Attorney General’s O ce, which uncovered the full scope of her activities.
“Medicaid and unemployment insurance are critical lifelines. ose who defraud these systems to make a quick buck are victimizing Coloradans who lean on these important programs,” Weiser said. “ is sentence is yet another example of how we are holding accountable those who defraud taxpayers.”
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e Colorado Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, which Weiser said played a pivotal role in
e court documents detail additional charges Martinez faced, including cybercrime and ling false tax returns. Martinez was also charged with attempting to in uence a public servant, a Class 4 felony, for her alleged e orts to deceive o cials to sustain her fraudulent schemes.
the investigation, receives 75% of its funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under a $3,858,544 Federal 2025 grant. Colorado funded the remaining 25%. Weiser encourages Coloradans who know of or suspect false Medicaid claims, unemployment insurance fraud, or other scams are encouraged to le a complaint with his o ce.
Je co man sentenced to maximum term for desecration of Crown Hill Cemetery
BY SUZIE GLASSMAN SGLASSMAN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
John Wayne Belknap, 47, of Je erson County, was sentenced in late December to three years in the Colorado Department of Corrections for his role in vandalizing a mausoleum at Crown Hill Cemetery and stealing human remains.
e Je erson County Sheri ’s O ce described the sentencing in a social media post as an emotional conclusion to a case that profoundly impacted the local community.
e charges stemmed from an incident in October 2023, when deputies responded to a report of severe damage at the Wheat Ridge cemetery. According to the Sheri ’s O ce, “On October 11, 2023, we were called to Crown Hill Cemetery for a heartbreaking report: severe damage to a mausoleum, a crypt vandalized, and a body stolen from its nal resting place.”
Investigators quickly linked Belknap to the crime, arresting him just weeks after discovering the vandalism. He later pled guilty to charges of abuse of a corpse, criminal mischief and theft.
e court also considered time served
for additional misdemeanor charges when issuing the three-year sentence.
“ is unthinkable crime left our community in shock, but it also set into motion a commitment to justice,” a sheri ’s o ce spokesperson said in the social media post.
According to earlier reporting, investigators believed that Belknap entered the cemetery in the middle of the night and forced his way into the mausoleum and crypt. en, he pried open the casket to remove the remains.
e sheri ’s o ce stated in the post that “thanks to the relentless e orts of our JCSO Investigator, our Crime Scene Analyst and two Je erson County Deputy District Attorneys, the victim’s remains were returned to Crown Hill Cemetery and restored to their crypt with the dignity they deserve.”
e sheri ’s o ce described the sentencing as “an emotional day of justice.”
“ is case reminds us of why we do what we do: to bring peace, accountability, and resolution in the face of tragedy,” the sheri ’s o ce noted, praising the team’s dedication to pursuing justice. “Justice served. Closure achieved. is is
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So long to the shop atop the mountain
Customers, concessionaires bid farewell to gift shop at the Bu alo Bill Museum amid indefinite closure
BY CORINNE WESTEMAN CWESTEMAN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Over the decades, the gift shop and café at the Bu alo Bill Museum & Gravesite has been a haven for tourists and locals alike.
It was a quiet spot to relax and re ect, to sip co ee or hot chocolate while enjoying the views of Denver and the nearby foothills. It was a welcome relief for those who desperately needed some food or indoor bathrooms. It was also a fun spot to grab souvenirs so visitors could fondly remember their trip to Lookout Mountain.
It was, ultimately, a place of memories — good and bad, big and small, signicant and eeting.
Now, that haven is closed inde nitely.
e Pahaska Tepee building, which housed the gift shop and café, closed at end of day Dec. 31. It was built in 1921 and has been run by the same family of concessionaires since 1956.
Denver Mountain Parks, which owns the site, plans to assess Pahaska Tepee’s condition and explore future programming opportunities for it.
Denver Parks & Recreation o cials have not said what those opportunities might be or when the building will reopen, whether on an interim basis or a permanent one, but encouraged people to check its website for updates.
In the meantime, the museum and gravesite will remain open with its usual hours.
Bill Carle and his nephew Dustin Day said their family has been running the Bu alo Bill Museum gift shop for ve generations, since Carle’s grandma answered Denver Mountain Parks’ request for proposals in 1956.
By 2024, their family members had met about 80,000 people a year from all over the world. As Carle said, he and his family are leaving Lookout Mountain “with great memories but a bad feeling.”
Carle and Day said their family — the H.W. Stewart Company — wanted to continue its partnership with Denver Mountain Parks. However, the agency decided not to renew the agreement into 2025. Day said the family would’ve been open to “an opportunity to adapt, overcome or step aside,” but there “wasn’t even a
conversation” as Denver Mountain Parks seemed to make the decision unilaterally.
Now, Day and Carle said, they felt like they were letting the locals and the tourists down. ey expected Dec. 31 was going to be a di cult and busy day, with Carle adding, “I’ve had a wonderful life on Lookout Mountain. … It’s hard to leave.”
A place of memories
e H.W. Stewart Company has been concessionaires at major Colorado sites since 1893, when it started operations atop Pike’s Peak. After that, it served as concessionaires for several public sites like Echo Lake Lodge, as well as private operations in Grand Lake and Estes Park.
For decades, Carle and Day said, Lookout Mountain served as a central location for family gatherings like Easter egg hunts and anksgiving dinners.
Carle, who’s lived on-site at Pahaska Tepee for 30 years, recalled several happy memories there, as well as stressful ones like shoveling several feet snow o the roof during the historic 2003 storm.
However, he and his family members weren’t the only ones who had fond memories of Pahaska Tepee.
ornton couple Josh Martinez and Makayla Arellano sat in the café Dec. 30, drinking hot chocolate and enjoying the views. ey said they were recreating what they did on the second-ever date two years ago.
e two have returned to the museum and gift shop several times to reconnect, saying it had become a special place for them and brought back that feeling from when they rst started dating.
Arellano added how the sta members have been so sweet every time they’ve visited, and Martinez said the gift shop and café had a “homey and welcoming” feel, like a grandparent’s house.
Plus, they said, it has the best hot chocolate.
Golden sisters Margot Plummer and Mary Meyers said they’ve been visiting the museum and gift shop every few years since 1948. ey’ve enjoyed the views and things they’ve bought there over the decades.
Plummer recalled one friend who loved the bison chili the café served so much, she made frequent trips up the mountain to eat it.
While plenty of longtime fans stopped by Dec. 30 to bid Pahaska Tepee farewell, others were newcomers.
Savanna Newland had traveled from Florida to visit relatives, and they made a trip up Lookout Mountain together. Newland had found some honey to buy, saying the gift shop “seems so cute” and was
sad to hear it was closing. Likewise, Arvada’s Jon Dunkle was in the café, drinking co ee and enjoying the view.
He said he was killing time while carshopping, and decided to nally visit the Bu alo Bill Museum & Gravesite after hearing about it for so many years. He didn’t realize the gift shop was closing, but bought himself a half-priced hat for the summer.
He said of visiting the site: “We’re lucky to live in a spot where you can still nd new stu .”
What’s next?
Starting Jan. 1, Denver Parks & Recreation would be evaluating Pahaska Tepee. e 104-year-old building requires a thorough conditions assessment, spokesperson Holly Batchelder stated via email Dec. 30, as Denver o cials also evaluate “operational changes that reduce pressure on (the building’s) mechanical systems.”
She continued: “ e closure will facilitate historic preservation e orts and exploration of future programming opportunities that celebrate the diverse heritage associated with Bu alo Bill’s Wild West. Interim uses within the Pahaska Tepee building and surrounding site may be implemented depending on the condition and limitations of the space.”
As Lookout Mountain was the H.W. Stewart Company’s last concessionaire agreement, Carle and Day said they and their family members’ sole focus would be their private shops in Grand Lake and Estes Park.
Carle and Day were both frustrated Denver o cials were closing Pahaska Tepee with no formative plan for its future. ey were worried it would end up like Echo Lake Lodge, where their family also had a concessionaire agreement that Denver Mountain Parks ended in October 2022.
Since then, the lodge has been closed. In April 2024, Denver Mountain Parks told CBS News Colorado it initially planned to reopen the lodge by 2026 — its 100th anniversary — but wasn’t sure how feasible that would be.
Carle and Day described how, when facilities like that close, it’s di cult to reopen them and retake that spot in people’s consciousness. As they summarized: “Out of sight, out of mind.”
Whatever the future holds for Pahaska Tepee, or the Bu alo Bill Museum & Gravesite in general, Carle and Day thanked everyone they’ve met from Golden, Denver and beyond — whether they were visitors or employees.
“It’s been a treat,” Day said. Carle added: “ is is what we do. … is is the greatest business you can be in.”
On Dec. 30, concessionaires Dustin Day, left, and Bill Carle mark their family’s second-to-last day operating the Bu alo Bill Museum gift shop atop Lookout Mountain. Several generations of their family have run the shop since Carle’s grandma first won the bid to do so in 1956.
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State tries new public health campaign about cannabis
E ort is part of drive looking at e ects of high-THC marijuana
BY JOHN INGOLD THE COLORADO SUN
In more than a decade since Colorado voters legalized recreational marijuana for adults, state o cials have come up with a ton of ideas for delivering cannabis-cautious public health messages to the public.
ey tried stoner humor. ey tried high-concept art installations. ey tried … hoedown music?
e results have been decidedly mixed. But now state-funded researchers have launched a new campaign, backed by what they hope will be two secret ingredients: mountains of science and hours spent around the state listening.
e campaign is called e Tea on THC, and its roots stretch back to 2021, when the Colorado legislature tasked the Colorado School of Public Health with studying the e ects of high-potency cannabis. e rst phase of that process — a lengthy review of hundreds of studies on the subject — produced a 2023 report that summarized the ndings to that point. A complex data dashboard continues to add new studies to the analysis.
e Tea on THC represents the second phase of this research project: Turning the data into e ective public health messages. e campaign especially focuses on messages that caution about potential negative mental health consequences from using high-THC marijuana.
“ is campaign lays out what we know
Trish Krajniak and Trevor Donahue outside the home they recently bought Nederland. After closing on the home, they suddenly had their home insurance cancelled on them, and at first had until January to conduct extensive mitigation on their property. They were just granted a reprieve by Allstate, but they worry about their insurance being cancelled in the future. Trish is holding Declan, 3, and Trevor holds Arlo, 1.
and what we don’t to help the public make the best-informed decisions possible,” Dr. Jonathan Samet, the former dean of the Colorado School of Public Health, who worked on the project, said this month during a campaign kick-o event. “Importantly, it encourages people to talk to each other openly and re-
spectfully about cannabis use.”
What science says about high-THC cannabis
Samet’s acknowledgment of the unknowns is appropriate because there is still much to be learned.
It’s been barely a decade since Colorado’s rst recreational pot shops opened
— the rst in the country. Since then, the cannabis industry both locally and nationally has undergone rapid transformation, developing and introducing both higher-potency marijuana buds but also concentrates and edible products that, combined, now make up nearly half of the market.
is kind of accelerated evolution makes it di cult for careful, time-consuming science to catch up — especially because the federal prohibition of marijuana meant that, until recently, a lot of research pot came from a single source notorious for producing low-quality cannabis.
“Today’s marketplace, the science lags what’s in it,” Samet said.
When the School of Public Health released the report on its ndings last year, researchers concluded there was at best only limited evidence to support many of the potential e ects of consuming high-THC cannabis, either good or bad. at includes questions like whether high-THC cannabis helps with pain or sleep or whether it worsens intellectual functioning.
Increased risk of psychosis e area of concern with the strongest evidence had to do with mental health. Researchers concluded there is moderate evidence that frequent use of highTHC cannabis can lead to worse mental health and psychosis, especially among those who are already at-risk.
Studies subsequently added to the analysis strengthened that concern, said Greg Tung, one of the School of Public Health researchers who worked on the review.
CAMPAIGN, P16
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VOICES
IA positive outlook for the new year
t’s no secret that the world has seen its fair share of chaos and confusion in recent times. With constant upheaval, many of us have become conditioned to approach life with a sense of cynicism, keeping our guard up as a natural self-defense mechanism. It’s an understandable response when life throws curveballs, it’s easier to expect the worst and shield ourselves from disappointment.
But what if we chose a di erent approach?
Imagine if, instead of defaulting to skepticism or negativity, we intentionally shifted our initial reactions to focus on the positive. What if we looked for potential and opportunity rather than questioning, challenging, or seeking out aws? is isn’t about ignoring reality or pretending problems don’t exist. It’s about approaching life with trust, abundance, and optimism.
The glass is always refillable
WINNING
cause it reminds us that our outlook isn’t static. We can choose how we see the world and, more importantly, how we respond to it.
Choosing to see the glass as re llable requires vulnerability. It asks us to trust again, even when past experiences have left us burned. It means embracing a mindset of abundance, where we believe that goodness and opportunity are notnite resources but are available to us if we’re willing to look for them.
exhaustion from adapting to constant ux.
But what if we approached these situations di erently? What if, instead of immediately looking for what’s wrong, we asked, “What’s possible?” is shift in perspective opens the door to creativity, collaboration, and innovation. It helps us see potential solutions rather than dwelling on the problems.
The courage to be vulnerable
Your inner strength is always there, even if you can’t see it
IWORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT
We’ve all heard the debate: Is the glass half full or half empty? Some argue that it’s neither, it’s simply re llable. is perspective is powerful be-
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
From scarcity to opportunity e shift from negativity to positivity starts with reframing how we perceive change and challenges. Too often, new products, services, or initiatives are met with harsh criticism, not because they lack merit but because the people evaluating them have experienced change fatigue. e skepticism isn’t rooted in the o ering itself but in an emotional
Changing our outlook requires courage. Positivity is not about naivete, it’s about being brave enough to hope, trust, and believe in the possibility of good outcomes. It means lowering our defenses and embracing the idea that not every change or new idea will hurt us. is vulnerability doesn’t make us weak; it makes us resilient. When we choose to trust, we free ourselves from the fear and scarcity that cloud our judgment and limit our potential. Positivity doesn’t guarantee success but fosters the environment needed to grow, learn, and thrive.
SEE NORTON, P11
Let’s preserve Dolores River Canyon by designating it a national monument
As a mom, I spend a lot of time thinking about what kind of world I’m leaving for my kids — what they’ll inherit, experience, and learn to cherish. We drove through and stopped to admire the beautiful Dolores River Canyon earlier this year and that’s why I’m deeply concerned about the future of the canyon.
e Dolores is more than a beautiful place. Its towering cli s, clear waters, and rich ecosystems are a natural classroom for our kids, a place where they can explore, connect, and understand the importance of protecting the wild spaces we still have. But this special place is at risk. Without permanent protections, mining, drilling, and unregulated development could forever scar the land and harm the wildlife that depends on it.
I want my children to stand by the Dolores River the way I have, feeling awe at its beauty and peace in its quiet. I want them to see the eagles soaring overhead and to learn
the stories this canyon has held for centuries. But if we don’t act now, those opportunities may disappear.
Designating the Dolores River Canyon as a national monument is a chance to protect this place for future generations. It would ensure thoughtful, balanced management of the land — safeguarding its waters, ecosystems, and history while still allowing families like mine to hike, camp, sh and explore its trails.
As parents, we teach our kids to care for the things they love. Now it’s up to us to set that example. Protecting the Dolores River Canyon is about honoring our responsibility to care for the natural world and leaving something better behind for the next generation.
I urge President Biden to act now to preserve the Dolores River Canyon as a national monument. e time to protect this place is running out, and we owe it to our children and grandchildren to ensure they can experience its magic just as we have.
Lisa Konrad, Littleton
recently had the opportunity to drive to Colorado Springs from Denver. As I started down I-25 I was struck by the absolute beauty of the day. e sky was a rich crisp blue dabbed with trails of white telling the story of planes that had recently passed, and clouds, not pu y, more two-dimensional white ink blots that stood alone creating little shapes. In addition to the beautiful sky, I had a perfect view of Pikes Peak. e 14,000-foot mountain was covered in snow and against the blue and white background of the sky, it appeared utterly majestic.
is view of Pikes Peak graced my travels south as I passed Castle Rock and continued along. When I started up Monument Hill, I lost sight of Pikes Peak. It made sense that this would happen. Even though I was traveling closer to the mountain, the 7,300-foot altitude of Monument Hill naturally blocked the view. When I got to the top of Monument Hill, I began looking around trying to reorient myself to see Pikes Peak. I could not nd it. No matter how focused I was on nding the snowy behemoth, I could not nd it. It took several minutes before I could see little parts of the Peak again.
As ridiculous as it sounds, I panicked a bit when I could not nd Pikes Peak. As I drove along looking out my front and side window trying to nd the mountain, I kept thinking, “I know it’s there, why can’t I see it?” As any of you who have traveled that road know, eventually, I passed the mountains that kept it from my view, and once again could see Pikes Peak. ere was both relief and a feeling of ridiculousness surrounding me locating the mountain. I knew Pikes Peak was always there, but not being able to see it while being so close to it was… unsettling.
On the way back to Denver I was re ecting on that experience, and it struck me that my moment of panic was not ridiculous but very human. ere are times when I am searching for my inner personal strength to navigate a dicult time and I lose sight of it, just like I lost sight of Pikes Peak. I can in my heart know that the strength is there, but I just cannot nd it. Losing sight of that strength generates fear for me. It makes me question my ability to navigate my days. at feeling leaves me o -kilter. My guess is that you have also had that experience.
I believe when we nd ourselves searching for our inner strength, we need things to keep us connected to the memory of our power. at reminder might be a diary or a list of milestones, it might be a picture, or even a letter — anything that reminds our core that we have an indomitable strength inside us available to help us take another step. Reminders allow us to persevere even when we cannot see or feel that power. I never really doubted that Pikes Peak was there, I knew it had to be there, Mountains do not disappear! Your strength, your mountain, is the same way. is may be a week when you are struggling to nd your endurance. Don’t waver in knowing that it is there, it is as strong, as dominating as ever. It just might be out of view for a moment. Find a reminder of your strength and
Jim Roome
Authorities investigating death of fired Je erson County Schools executive
BY SUZIE GLASSMAN SGLASSMAN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
e Washington County Sheri ’s Ofce in Maryland is conducting a death investigation involving former Je erson County Schools Chief of Sta David Weiss, 47, of Morrison, Colorado.
A Je erson County Sheri ’s O ce spokesperson con rmed that JSCO was noti ed of Weiss’ death on Jan. 1 and that the sheri ’s o ce is investigating Weiss regarding possession of child pornography materials.
e o ce con rmed that it will continue the investigation despite Weiss’ death and that no further information will be released until it is concluded.
Weiss was abruptly terminated from his role with the Je erson County School District on Dec. 19 following a school board meeting.
e school district did not disclose the reasons for Weiss’s dismissal, citing an ongoing criminal investigation and law enforcement guidance. In a statement, the district said, “At the direction of Jefferson County Sheri ’s Department, we cannot share any further details at this time due to their open investigation.”
In an email sent to families and sta after learning of Weiss’ death, Je erson County Public Schools Superintendent Tracey Dorland and school board president Mary Parker addressed the situa-
NORTON
A resolution for the new year
As we enter this new year, let’s set a simple yet powerful goal: to adopt a positive outlook. is isn’t about pretending everything is perfect; it’s about choosing to see the good, even in imperfect circumstances.
Here are a few ways to start: Pause before reacting: When faced with change or challenges, take a moment to look for the potential before responding. Ask yourself, “What’s the opportunity here?”
Celebrate wins, big and small: Acknowledge progress, even if it’s incremental. Positivity grows when we focus on achievements rather than shortcomings. Practice gratitude: Regularly re ect on what you’re thankful for. Gratitude shifts our focus away from scarcity and toward abundance.
Encourage others: Be a voice of support for those around you. Positivity is contagious, and encouraging others helps cre-
tion, emphasizing their commitment to student safety.
“We want to assure you that the safety of all children, especially our Je co students, is our top priority, and we will continue to fully support the JCSO in their ongoing investigation,” Dorland and Parker said.
“We have a zero-tolerance policy for any employee behavior that threatens the health and safety of our students, and we use and regularly update cybersecurity software and rewalls that prevent sta and students from accessing inappropriate or harmful material on Je co networks and devices. We believe that as it pertains to the investigation, the district’s network was not used,” the statement continued.
e district acknowledged the emotional toll of the situation and encouraged the community to seek support if needed.
“ is situation is unsettling and challenging for all of us, especially as we await the outcome of the investigation,” the statement said. “If you or your loved one needs support during this time, you can access resources through Je erson Center for Mental Health, Hazel Health, and the Colorado Crisis Services.”
Maryland authorities have released no additional details about the circumstances of Weiss’s death. e investigation remains ongoing.
ate a culture of optimism.
Finding the good in the world
Choosing positivity doesn’t mean ignoring the bad; it means not letting it dene us. It’s about recognizing the goodness, opportunities, and potential that coexist with the challenges. Focusing on the good makes us more likely to nd solutions, build stronger connections, and live a more ful lling life.
As you enter this new year, challenge yourself to see the glass not as half empty or half full but as endlessly re llable. Look for the good, embrace opportunities, and trust in the possibility of positive outcomes. I would love to hear your story at gotonorton@gmail.com and when we live a life viewed through the lens of positivity, it is a life lled with potential, a resolution worth keeping, and one that will make it a better-than-good life.
Michael Norton is an author, a personal and professional coach, consultant, trainer, encourager and motivator of individuals and businesses, working with organizations and associations across multiple industries.
keep going. Continuing to move forward will bring you to a spot where you can experience the full power and strength that is within you. You have got this.
I hope that you will nd inspiration in my words and share those words of encouragement with those who need it. ank you to all who have shared stories with me so far, I love hearing from you
as you nd helpful morsels in these columns and nd ways to encourage those around you. I can be contacted at jim. roome@gmail.com.
Jim Roome lives in Arvada with his wife Beth. He spent 34 years in public education. Lessons learned from the one two punch of being diagnosed with MS shortly before his best friend was diagnosed with terminal cancer led him into a new pursuit as a freelance writer and speaker. He uses his life experiences and love of stories to inspire, educate and encourage local, national and international audiences.
BY SUZIE GLASSMAN SGLASSMAN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
new kind of social scene is quietly brewing in the Denver metro area, one that’s less about the buzz of alcohol and more about the calm of connection. Across the city’s vibrant neighborhoods, kava bars are emerging as popular alternatives to traditional bar scenes.
O ering a range of holistic, non-alcoholic beverages, calming atmospheres and a focus on plant-based medicinal drinks, these venues are rede ning what it means to “go out” in Denver’s metro area.
Once a niche concept relegated to tropical destinations like south Florida, where they are widely popular, kava bars are now nding their place in Colorado’s social landscape.
Rooted in the ancient South Paci c tradition of drinking kava for relaxation and social bonding, these bars have become gathering spaces for those seeking refuge from alcohol-infused spaces.
Central to this experience is the tradition of saying
“Bula” before drinking kava. Derived from Fijian culture, “Bula” is more than just a toast. It’s a wish for good health, happiness and a long life.
Many kava bars also o er wellness-centric community spaces, often featuring activities like yoga, meditation sessions and social events, link bingo or trivia, providing new ways for people to connect without the haze of alcohol.
e appeal of alcohol-free spaces is clear. As health consciousness grows, particularly among millennials and Gen Z, so does the demand for spaces that promote relaxation, self-care and authentic connection.
For some, it’s about living a “sober curious” lifestyle; for others, it’s a preference for experiences that prioritize well-being over intoxication. Whatever the reason, the rise of these venues signals a shift in the social habits of Denver area residents, o ering fresh options for those looking to unwind without the side e ects of a hangover.
The Karma House — Lakewood’s spiritual hub
Just past the entrance of the Karma House in Lake-
wood sits several cozy couches ahead of a long bar busy with patrons sipping kava, herbal teas or plantbased beverages like kratom or other adaptogenic drinks believed to help the body resist stress. e space is warm, friendly and packed with the sounds of social chatter, even in the middle of the afternoon.
With a “zero tolerance” policy for alcohol and illegal substances, e Karma House identi es as a welcoming alcohol-free space vs. a sober bar. is distinction re ects its focus on o ering natural, mood-altering beverages like kava and kratom, which, according to research, promote relaxation, focus and pain relief.
“It’s de nitely not a sober bar,” said Deonna Lupola, who is one of the Karma House’s three owners, adding that their goal is to maintain a safe, transparent space for patrons seeking a calm, mindful, alcohol-free experience.
“A lot of people that come here are in recovery. ey’re looking for an alternative place to hang out and get the bar atmosphere without the booze,” she said.
Kava is a plant-based drink made from the roots of the Piper methysticum plant, which is native to the South Pacific islands. SHUTTERSTOCK
CONNECTION
“I’ve been coming here since 2021, and it’s become a vital part of my support system,” said Tanner O’Leary, a frequent patron who is six years sober. “ e community here is like no other. Everyone’s looking out for each other. It’s a place where I’ve found real connections and friendships.”
Operating as a nonpro t, Lupola said the Karma House uses revenue from its beverage sales to support community events, wellness programming and fundraising initiatives. It hosts daily activities like yoga, Reiki and cultural workshops.
Lupola said the owners also prioritize harm reduction and education, o ering patrons guidance on the safe use of plant-based substances. Its “Harm Reduction Hive” teaches customers how to identify and navigate risky situations, empowering them to make informed choices.
Patrons can also attend “Self-Care Sundays” and
TOP PHOTO: Patrons at That’s Kava in Englewood enjoy a relaxed hangout where they can socialize, work or play games.
BOTTOM: “Bula” (pronounced boo-lah) is a Fijian word meaning “life” or “to live” and is often used as a toast, similar to “cheers” in Western cultures. PHOTOS BY SUZIE
other wellness events o ering practical tools for daily life.
“ e idea is that you have the best tools to succeed each and every day, no matter what obstacles come your way,” Lupola said.
That’s Kava — Englewood’s plant-based social scene
e atmosphere at at’s Kava in Englewood reects its open-minded philosophy. With a tropical motif re ective of kava bars popular in Florida, its brightly painted walls invoke a party vibe meant to welcome people who might initially come in looking for a “regular bar” experience but are curious enough to stay.
Owner Ryan Gieski is quick to state that his place isn’t as recovery-focused as others.
“I don’t care what you do on the weekends, as long as you’re chill when you walk in,” Gieski said. is philosophy ensures that everyone, from those in recovery to those just seeking a new experience, feels at ease in the space.
at’s Kava is designed to be a true social space, not just a beverage counter. As one visitor explained,
“ is place feels like a social hangout. You might see bingo or trivia once a week, but most nights, it’s just a space to chill, work on a laptop or have a conversation.”
Gieski’s place emphasizes conscious consumption, focusing on education and transparency. Sta are well-versed in the properties of kava, kratom and other botanicals, and they actively educate customers on how to make informed decisions.
New patrons are often walked through the di erent types of beverages and their e ects.
“I’m big on education,” Gieski said. “Our bartenders go through days of training to ensure they understand the products they’re serving and how to best help serve our customers.”
e beverage menu is larger than most, featuring not just traditional kava and kratom but also teas and kratom alternatives like velvet bean. Gieski believes the range of o erings showcases the di erent properties of each drink while accommodating diverse preferences.
He is proud that customers can try unique blends incorporating natural spices like turmeric, ginger and black pepper for added health bene ts and improved taste. Gieski also regularly tests his products to ensure they’re free from contamination.
“We tested all commercially available kava in the market and 78% of it came back contaminated,” he said. As a result, he continues to test all of the products he buys and urges consumers to buy from only reputable sources.
at’s Kava isn’t a nonpro t, but Gieski said he doesn’t take a paycheck, and customers regularly raise money for friends and community members in need.
Why are kava bars becoming the new social haven?
Gieski and Lupola believe their establishments o er a sense of community and connection that can be hard to nd in traditional bars.
When Lupola quit drinking, she discovered how much she disliked being around people who were. “ en I found Kava bars,” she said. “And I stopped wanting to go out and party. It was a natural transition.”
Gieski said while there are around seven or eight kava bars in the Denver area, he expects that number to grow exponentially in the coming years.
What’s driving this shift? According to a 2022 report by the Food Institute, the rise of non-alcoholic alternatives re ects broader social trends around reducing alcohol intake and cites improving mental health as the main reason adults are limiting their consumption.
With their focus on mindful consumption and meaningful interactions, kava bars o er a clear solution for those wanting to socialize without the booze.
e market shows no sign of slowing down, either. e global demand for kava root extract is expected to grow from $1.4 billion in 2023 to $4.6 billion by 2031, according to market research. Analysts attribute part of the increased interest to a greater concentration on mental health and wellbeing.
So, whether you’re raising a cup of kava, served in a traditional coconut shell, with old friends or sharing stories with new ones, many say there’s no better way to end the night than with a communal wish for well-being.
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Kava is a plant-based drink made from the roots of the Piper methysticum plant, which is native to the South Paci c islands. Traditionally consumed in ceremonial and social gatherings, kava holds signi cant cultural importance in places like Fiji, Vanuatu and Tonga. e drink has a long history of being used to promote relaxation, ease anxiety and foster social bonding.
e active compounds in kava, known as kavalactones, are responsible for its calming e ects. Unlike alcohol, which impairs cognitive function, kava induces a state of relaxation and mental clarity without a ecting alertness. is unique e ect makes it an appealing choice for those seeking a mindful way to relax or socialize. Kava is legal in Colorado and is not classi ed as a controlled substance at the federal or state level, but you must be 21 or older to consume it.
Kava doesn’t come without risks. According to the Cleveland Clinic, kava works similarly to alcohol and some anxiety and Parkinson’s medications, and it can be dangerous to combine them. Some components of kava are also known to be toxic to the liver.
Talk to a healthcare provider before trying kava or any other plant-based medicinal drink.
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Hank & Barbie Alderfer: A story of building community and lasting love
Evergreen family helped preserve and create many of the area’s most beloved assets
BY JANE REUTER JREUTER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Hank Alderfer remembers well the moment he rst saw his future wife Barbie. She was astride a horse at his parent’s Bu alo Park Road ranch in 1978, helping a mutual friend round up some wayward horses.
“I was immediately smitten,” said Hank, now 77, recalling their meeting in the living room of their Pine home. at meeting began what Barbie says was a life of adventure, characterized by family, social and community events, and Hank’s civic, ranching and construction work.
Alderfer, then already a known name in the foothills because of Hank’s ranching parents EJ and Arleta, became a permanent thread in the fabric of Evergreen through Hank and Barbie Alderfer’s dedication to the land and their community. Hank’s list of civic accomplishments runs long and helped shape the Evergreen people know and love today for its emphasis on open spaces, recreation and community. In the earlier years of their marriage, Barbie said she refused to take her husband away from his voluntary community work, asking only that he reserve Saturdays for the family.
“He had a passion for helping make society mentally and spiritually healthier,” she said. “It was not about building up the
Alderfer name, but the community.”
“We were raising a family and a community,” Hank agreed.
Hank’s contributions are known throughout the area.
“I describe him as a, a rancher, a builder, a sawyer, a community leader, a husband and father,” said longtime EPRD board member Peter Eggers. “For me, he leaves an incredible legacy in Evergreen of community involvement and making this a better place to live.”
In the mid-‘80s, Hank arranged the sale of his family’s property — now part of the larger Alderfer/ ree Sisters Park — to Je erson County Open Space, ensuring it would remain undeveloped and open for public access. Additionally, he was a critical behind-the-scenes negotiator in crafting deals that created many of the area’s other beloved open spaces and parks, including Blair Ranch — which adjoined the Alderfer homestead and is now part of Alderfer/ ree Sisters — Elk Meadows, Hiwan Heritage Park and Conifer’s Meyer Ranch.
Hank is a founding member of the Mountain Area Land Trust. He helped form the Evergreen Recreation Association, a precursor to today’s Evergreen Park & Recreation District — on whose board he served for 18 years. rough those organizations, he helped build a trail around Lake Evergreen and create a local trails map. Many of those trails have since been built.
As a former sawmill operator and owner of Range Design and Construction, Hank did education presentations for the Colorado State Forest Service that contributed to forest management practices.
In 2007, his work was recognized by the
county, which inducted him into the Jefferson County Hall of Fame.
While his contributions have forever enhanced life in Evergreen, Hank’s own life took an unexpected detour in 2001 when he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. e degenerative brain disorder a ects muscle control, balance and movement. Its causes are not known, but scientists believe it’s due to a combination of genetic and environmental factors, according to the Parkinson’s Foundation.
e Alderfers speculate Hank’s case may have been triggered by exposure to a toxic herbicide called Paraquat, which he “used it liberally” in the mid-‘70s while spraying trees and logs infested with pine beetles, Barbie said. Paraquat’s manufacturer is facing legal action over alleged links between the chemical and Parkinson’s disease.
After more than two decades with the disease, Hank leans on his wife’s arm for balance when he walks. He speaks softly, and while sometimes relying on Barbie to ll in gaps, relays memories of work and play in Evergreen and the people he knows and cherishes.
He recalls the number of people in his high school graduating class (65), the fox and mink ranching his family and others in the area once did, overnight horseback rides with the Bu alo Bill Saddle Club and early ice skating on Evergreen Lake with an outhouse serving as the restroom.
Barbie, naturally upbeat and herself a cancer survivor, describes Parkinson’s as “a house guest that won’t go home.”
“It was kind of ne to live with for about the rst 10 years,” she said. “ e last 13 years, it’s been a real pain. It’s worn out its welcome. ere are better days and more di cult days. We concentrate on the things we are able to do, rather than focusing too much on the de cit.”
e positive things on which they focus include their community. In 2016, Hank and Barbie Alderfer published a series of local history columns that once ran in the Canyon Courier as a book called “Yesteryear.”
e book takes readers on a trip back through time in time, from indigenous tribes, Spanish explorers and early pioneers to the development of Evergreen as a resort retreat and a home base for city commuters.
It’s that familiarity with the community, Barbie said, that helped Hank in his volunteer and business dealings.
“Hank could build consensus,” she said.
“When they were working on the idea of a lake house, there was four or ve groups that didn’t necessarily talk to each other. Hank would gure out what those people’s needs were and knit that together so things could get done for the bene t of the community. It became a group vision.”
Hank says he learned that spirit of community from his parents.
“Oh yes, I’m proud,” he said. “ e history our family started with has been more than a lifetime, with mom and dad being the start.”
Hank and Barbie do not know precisely what the future holds. While Parkinson’s is a chronic condition, its progression is di cult to predict. ey have help from their son Nathan, who lives with them, and a home health care agency.
But whatever is coming, they will face it together; for while their story is one of building community and helping preserve the area’s beauty for others to enjoy, it is ultimately a love story.
Barbie recounts as though it were yesterday the moment in 1978 when Hank drove her to a ridge overlooking the family ranch.
“He said, ‘I’d like to share all this with you,’” Barbie said. “Oh my stars! I had some deciding to do.”
While she took more than a year to do so, Barbie decided ‘yes’ and has never looked back.
“I couldn’t imagine living without him,” she said. “I was so lucky to pick this man. You don’t marry a man for his stu . You marry him for his insides, for his character, his kindness. He has a very good heart and a great character. What an adventure
we’ve had.”
Barbie and Hank Alderfer pose in the living room of their Pine home.
COURTESY OF BARBIE ALDERFER
The barn at Alderfer ranch was once the scene of barn dances and many other parties. It is now owned by the Evergreen Park and Recreation District. COURTESY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY OPEN SPACE
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Given this evidence — even if it is still somewhat murky — the research team decided it needed to move forward with a public health campaign focused on educating teens, as well as pregnant women and new mothers, on the risks of using high-THC cannabis.
“We’re not here for a de nitive answer just yet, but doing nothing isn’t an option,” Cathy Bradley, the School of Public Health’s current dean, said. “We have to inform. We have to use the best evidence we have and go forward.”
But, as Colorado’s history with cannabis PSAs shows, deciding how to do them is
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In 2014, shortly after the rst recreational cannabis shops opened in Colorado, state o cials tried their hand at a public health messaging campaign aimed at encouraging responsible use of the drug. ey went with stoner humor. In commercials showing befuddled cannabis users trying to light grills not connected to propane or trying to watch televisions they had neglected to secure to the wall, the state sought a new way to talk to the public about the potential harms of a newly legal substance. ( e campaign speci cally tried to prevent drugged driving.) But the ads were criticized for being condescending.
Next came a high-concept messaging campaign targeted at teens that featured human-scale rat cages installed across Denver as a way of warning about the dangers of marijuana use for a developing brain. (Campaign name: Don’t be a lab rat.) ose were promptly vandalized and ridiculed — so much so that at least one city balked at installing one.
that both individual property owners are doing, that communities are doing, we’ve got a signi cant problem in our market,” Conway told CPR News.
He was more blunt to homeowners.
“ ird-party companies are doing a terrible job of building mitigation into their models,” he said during a separate October town hall. “And it really pisses me o . And it should really piss you o too.”
Looking for a fix
Conway expects lawmakers to introduce two bills during this upcoming legislative session to x the market. One, sponsored by Rep. Kyle Brown (D-Boulder) and Rep. Brianna Titone (D-Je erson), would nudge models to better account for mitigation performed at the homeowner, community and state level. e bill would also allow homeowners to
en came another 180 — a campaign featuring hoedown music where listeners were told cannabis PSAs by a guy speaking in a folksy, rhyming twang. ( at one may have actually worked.)
Colorado’s struggles are hardly unique. Public health campaigns around drugs are notoriously di cult to do well. Done poorly, they can back re.
All of this is to say that the team from the School of Public Health had its work cut out for it in designing an ad campaign that people would actually take seriously.
Enter: A Denver health care consulting rm and a former Denver Bronco.
‘Not another hot take’
Brandon Lloyd played 11 seasons as a wide receiver in the National Football League, including parts of three seasons in Denver, during one of which he led the league in receiving yards.
During much of his career, he said he used cannabis to cope with the stress and pressures of playing in the spotlight. His cannabis use continued into his postplaying career, when the loss of that fame led to new emotional challenges.
appeal their wild re risk score so they can get credit for mitigation work they’ve done, and release more information to homeowners about insurance discounts.
Another bill would set up two major programs in the state. One would help homeowners install hail resistant roofs so they can qualify for insurance discounts. Eventually, Conway hopes the program will drive down hail claims and make insurance more a ordable statewide. e second program would set up a state reinsurance fund in order to o set wild re insurance costs embedded in premiums.
“If [insurance companies] want to be part of that reinsurance program, they’re going to have to o er coverage in the highest wild re areas of the state,” Conway said. e bill would also require a “loss-ratio” for insurance companies, so that they spend a certain percentage of each dollar they earn paying out claims. Conway said the requirement could help balance out the models, and make sure insurers don’t o oad all of their risk, in the form of higher bills, onto homeowners.
Lloyd said he stopped using cannabis about four years ago as he embraced a life lled with vigorous exercise, connection with friends and self care.
“All those tropes about marijuana not being addictive were just so false,” Lloyd says in a video recorded for e Tea on THC campaign. “ e high-concentration marijuana was incredibly addictive.”
Lloyd’s story shows one way that the campaign approaches its messaging — in addition to claims backed by studies, the campaign also wants to use personal experiences to drive home the concerns around high-THC cannabis. e campaign also features videos of teens talking about their experiences with marijuana, as well as a mother whose son died by suicide after developing psychosis.
“It’s not another hot take on the cannabis industry,” Lloyd said at the campaign kick-o event. “We are actually a group of individuals who are sharing our stories, and we know that we’re not alone.” 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.
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‘It just feels like a money grab’
When Donahue and Krajniak received their cancellation notice, they said Allstate o ered to help them nd other insurance on the “excess market.” But Allstate, and a broker the couple found through the state, could not nd another option, they said.
State law requires insurance companies to give 60 days notice before cancelling a home policy. e couple feels that Allstate insured them for the minimum time before cancelling – and incentivized them to purchase auto insurance – even as other insurers declined coverage upfront.
“It just feels like a money grab,” Krajniak said.
Allstate’s corporate o ce did not answer questions about cancelling homeowner policies o ered as part of a policy bundle.
“A loss-ratio requirement will really spread the risk back, so that the insurance companies are carrying part of that risk,” Conway said.
With their deadline extension, the couple no longer have to spend Krajniak’s vacation time raking pine needles buried beneath feet of snow. But they worry about whether they’ll be able to secure insurance in the future, even after they complete mitigation work. Risk seems everywhere –their house in Littleton was technically in a oodplain and required ood insurance.
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Still, Conway estimates that tens of thousands of homeowners and businesses are
“ ere’s massive relief that we don’t have this looming deadline,” Krajniak said. “But I am very concerned if Allstate decides to drop us in the future, we’re in the same place. It’s scary.”
is story is from CPR News, a nonprofit public broadcaster serving Colorado. Used by permission. For more, and to support Colorado Public Radio, visit cpr.org.
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Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) 2023030650
Original Principal Amount
$577,500.00
Outstanding Principal Balance $551,325.00
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 20, EVERGREEN MEADOWS WESTUNIT 2, COUNTY OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF COLORADO.
Purported common address: 8367 South Warhawk Way, Conifer, CO 80433.
THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.
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THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.
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DATE: 10/17/2024
Jerry DiTullio, Public Trustee in and for the County of Jefferson, State of Colorado
By: Lyndsay Smith, Deputy, for Public Trustee
The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:
Tyler S. Gurnee #50250 Baker Law Group LLC 8301 E. Prentice Ave., Suite 405, Greenwood Village, CO 80111 (303) 862-4564
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FORECLOSURE SALE NO. J2400337
To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:
On October 31, 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 Jefferson records.
Recording Date of Deed of Trust March 31, 2009
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Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay installments of principal and interest, together with other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the Deed of Trust and other violations of the terms thereof.
THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.
LOT 25, BLOCK 16, FAR HORIZONS FILING NO. 1, COUNTY OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF COLORADO.
**Loan Modification Agreement recorded August 23, 2023, Reception No. 2023052156, in the records of Jefferson County, Colorado.
Purported common address: 8391 Chase Way, Arvada, CO 80003.
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 2 p.m. on Thursday, 02/27/2025 via remote, web-based auction service, 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. https://liveauctions.govease.com/
First Publication: 1/9/2025
Last Publication: 2/6/2025
Name of Publication: Golden Transcript
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: 10/31/2024
Jerry DiTullio, Public Trustee in and for the County of Jefferson, State of Colorado
By: Barbara Lyons, Deputy, for Public Trustee
The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:
Neal K Dunning #10181
Brown Dunning Walker Fein Drusch PC 7995 E. Prentice Avenue, Suite 101E, Greenwood Village, CO 80111 (303) 329-3363 Attorney File # 3085-183
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. J2400337
First Publication: 1/9/2025
Last Publication: 2/6/2025
Name of Publication: Golden Transcript
COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103
FORECLOSURE SALE NO. J2400342
To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:
On November 7, 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 Jefferson records.
Original Grantor(s) Sean M. Hedgecock Original Beneficiary(ies) Mortgage Electronic Registration
Funding Trust 2023-NQM3
Date of Deed of Trust May 28, 2021
County of Recording Jefferson
Recording Date of Deed of Trust June 07, 2021
Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.)
2021085588
Original Principal Amount
$330,000.00
Outstanding Principal Balance
$316,004.07
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 480, Except the South 4.00 Feet Thereof; the West 50.00 Feet of Lot 457 and the South 1/2 of the East 1/2 of Lot 457, Kittredge, Amended Map, County of Jefferson, State of Colorado
Purported common address: 3400 Avenue E, Kittredge, CO 80457.
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 2 p.m. on Thursday, 02/27/2025 via remote, web-based auction service, 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. https://liveauctions.govease.com/
First Publication: 1/9/2025
Last Publication: 2/6/2025
Name of Publication: Golden Transcript
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: 11/07/2024
Jerry DiTullio, Public Trustee in and for the County of Jefferson, State of Colorado By: Christine Thompson, Deputy, for Public Trustee
The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:
Amanda Ferguson #44893
Halliday Watkins & Mann, P.C.
355 Union Blvd., Suite 250, Lakewood, CO 80228 (303) 274-0155
Attorney File # CO23850
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. J2400342
First Publication: 1/9/2025
Last Publication: 2/6/2025
Name of Publication: Golden Transcript COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103
FORECLOSURE SALE NO. J2400317
To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:
On October 17, 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 Jefferson records.
Original Grantor(s)
Mitch Sandoval
Original Beneficiary(ies)
Bank of America, N.A.
Current Holder of Evidence of Debt
Bank of America, N.A.
Date of Deed of Trust
September 03, 2010
County of Recording Jefferson
Recording Date of Deed of Trust
September 10, 2010
Recording Information
Book/Page No.)
(Reception No. and/or
2010079285
Original Principal Amount
$115,500.00
Outstanding Principal Balance
$80,074.51
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.
LOTS 93, 94 AND 95, BLOCK 3, DANIELS GARDENS, COUNTY OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF COLORADO.
Purported common address: 11635 W Security Ave, Lakewood, CO 80401-4429.
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 2 p.m. on Thursday, 02/13/2025 via remote, web-based auction service, 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. https://liveauctions.govease.com/
First Publication: 12/19/2024
Last Publication: 1/16/2025
Name of Publication: Golden Transcript
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: 10/17/2024
Jerry DiTullio, Public Trustee in and for the County of Jefferson, State of Colorado By: Barbara Lyons, Deputy, for Public Trustee
The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Ilene Dell'Acqua #31755
McCarthy & Holthus, LLP
7700 E. Arapahoe Road, Suite 230, Centennial, CO 80112 (877) 369-6122
Attorney File # CO-24-997999-LL
The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.
©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015
Legal Notice NO. J2400317
First Publication: 12/19/2024
Last Publication: 1/16/2025
Name of Publication: Golden Transcript COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103
FORECLOSURE SALE NO. J2400343
To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:
On November 7, 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 Jefferson records.
Original Grantor(s)
Shawn D. Phillips
Original Beneficiary(ies)
Robert McGaw and James McGaw
Current Holder of Evidence of Debt
CAA Ventures, LLC
Date of Deed of Trust
August 30, 2012
County of Recording Jefferson
Recording Date of Deed of Trust
September 05, 2012
Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) 2012094210**
Original Principal Amount $240,000.00
Outstanding Principal Balance $146,260.00
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
PUBLIC NOTICES
the
Date of Deed of Trust
Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) 2020014359
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 27, BLOCK 25, FAR HORIZONS - FILING NO. 1, COUNTY OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF COLORADO.
Purported common address: 8168 Benton Way, Arvada, CO 80003.
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 2 p.m. on Thursday, 02/13/2025 via remote, web-based auction service, 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. https://liveauctions. govease.com/
First Publication: 12/19/2024
Last Publication: 1/16/2025
Name of Publication: Golden Transcript 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: 10/24/2024
Jerry DiTullio, Public Trustee in and for the County of Jefferson, State of Colorado
By: Barbara Lyons, Deputy, for 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 Janeway Law Firm, P.C. 9540 Maroon Circle, Suite 320, Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 706-9990
Attorney File # 22-027051
The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for
part
First Publication: 1/9/25
Last Publication: 2/6/25
Name of Publication: Golden Transcript
Date: 12/23/24
Jerry DiTullio, Public Trustee in and for the County of Jefferson, State of Colorado By: Barbara Lyons, Deputy, for Public Trustee
©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 9/2012
Legal Notice NO. J2400197
First Publication: 1/9/25
Last Publication: 2/6/25
Name of Publication: Golden Transcript
COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103
FORECLOSURE SALE NO. J2400332
To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:
On October 24, 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 Jefferson records.
Original Grantor(s)
Dennis Trujillo
Original Beneficiary(ies)
First Franklin Financial Corp.,
sub. of Nat. City Bank of Indiana
Current Holder of Evidence of Debt
Global Loan Servicing, Inc.
Date of Deed of Trust
February 23, 2004
County of Recording Jefferson
Recording Date of Deed of Trust
March 02, 2004
Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) F1974745
Original Principal Amount
$43,000.00
Outstanding Principal Balance
$23,343.53
Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the Deed of Trust and other violatins thereof
THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.
Lot 21, Block 4, The Highlands Subdivision Filing No. 2, County of Jefferson, State of Colorado.
Purported common address: 7511 Marshall Street, Arvada, CO 80003.
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 2 p.m. on Thursday, 02/13/2025 via remote, web-based auction service, 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. https://liveauctions. govease.com/
First Publication: 12/19/2024
Last Publication: 1/16/2025 Name of Publication: Golden Transcript
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: 10/24/2024 Jerry DiTullio, Public Trustee in and for the County of Jefferson, State of Colorado By: Lyndsay Smith, Deputy, for Public Trustee
The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:
Britney Beall-Eder, Esq #34935 Frascona, Joiner, Goodman and Greenstein, P.C. 4750 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder, CO 80305-5575 (303) 494-3000 Attorney File # 7238-70
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. J2400332 First Publication: 12/19/2024 Last Publication: 1/16/2025 Name of Publication: Golden Transcript
COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103
FORECLOSURE SALE NO. J2400345
To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described
Deed of Trust:
On November 7, 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 Jefferson records.
Original Grantor(s) Linda Mae Martinez
Original Beneficiary(ies) MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR HIGHTECHLENDING INC., ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS
Current Holder of Evidence of Debt
LONGBRIDGE FINANCIAL, LLC
Date of Deed of Trust
January 05, 2022
County of Recording
Jefferson
Recording Date of Deed of Trust
January 26, 2022
Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.)
2022011604
Original Principal Amount
$847,500.00
Outstanding Principal Balance
$317,850.00
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: This is a Home Equity Conversion Deed of Trust or other Reverse Mortgage. Borrower has died and the property is not the principal residence of any surviving Borrower, Resulting in the loan being due and payable.
THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.
THE LAND DESCRIBED HEREIN IS SITUATED IN THE STATE OF COLORADO, COUNTY OF JEFFERSON, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
LOT 10, BLOCK 2, SWANSON HEIGHTS
SUBDIVISION, PER PLAT RECORDED IN BOOK 44, PAGE 8.
A.P.N.: 39-012-17-022
Purported common address: 6260 W 69Th Place, Arvada, CO 80003. 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 2 p.m. on Thursday, 02/27/2025 via remote, web-based auction service, 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. https://liveauctions. govease.com/
First Publication: 1/9/2025
Last Publication: 2/6/2025
Name of Publication: Golden Transcript
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: 11/07/2024
Jerry DiTullio, Public Trustee in and for the County of Jefferson, State of Colorado By: Lyndsay Smith, Deputy, for Public Trustee
The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:
N. April Winecki #34861 Janeway Law Firm, P.C. 9540 Maroon Circle, Suite 320, Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 706-9990
Attorney File # 24-033268
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. J2400345
First Publication: 1/9/2025
Last Publication: 2/6/2025
Name of Publication: Golden Transcript
COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. J2400321
To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:
On October 17, 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 Jefferson records.
Original
August 19, 2022
County of Recording Jefferson
Recording Date of Deed of Trust August 23, 2022
Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) 2022080406
Original Principal Amount
$662,774.00
Outstanding Principal Balance $647,227.78
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.
The South 15 feet of Lot 14, and the North 45 feet of Lot 13, Glenamay Subdivision, County of Jefferson, State of Colorado.
Purported common address: 2545 Pierce Street, Lakewood, CO 80214.
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 2 p.m. on Thursday, 02/13/2025 via remote, web-based auction service, 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. https://liveauctions. govease.com/
First Publication: 12/19/2024
Last Publication: 1/16/2025
Name of Publication: Golden Transcript
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: 10/17/2024
Jerry DiTullio, Public Trustee in and for the County of Jefferson, State of Colorado By: Christine Thompson, Deputy, for Public Trustee
The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:
Amanda Ferguson #44893
Halliday Watkins & Mann, P.C.
355 Union Blvd., Suite 250, Lakewood, CO 80228 (303) 274-0155
Attorney File # CO23761
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. J2400321
First Publication: 12/19/2024
Last Publication: 1/16/2025
Name of Publication: Golden Transcript
COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103
FORECLOSURE SALE NO. J2400318
To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:
On October 17, 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 Jefferson records.
Original Grantor(s)
Thomas C. Saffell
Original Beneficiary(ies) Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
Current Holder of Evidence of Debt
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, as Trustee for the benefit of the Seasoned Credit Risk Transfer Trust, Series 2018-1
Date of Deed of Trust
July 22, 2005
County of Recording
Jefferson
Recording Date of Deed of Trust
August 04, 2005
Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.)
2005060273
Original Principal Amount
$225,900.00
Outstanding Principal Balance
$178,434.16
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 9, BLOCK 8, LEAWOOD FILING NO. 1, COUNTY OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF COLORADO.
Purported common address: 6620 South Newland Circle, 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 2 p.m. on Thursday, 02/13/2025 via remote, web-based auction service, 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. https://liveauctions. govease.com/
First Publication: 12/19/2024
Last Publication: 1/16/2025
Name of Publication: Golden Transcript
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: 10/17/2024 Jerry DiTullio, Public Trustee in and for the County of Jefferson, State of Colorado By: Christine Thompson, Deputy, for Public Trustee
The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:
Ilene Dell'Acqua #31755
McCarthy & Holthus, LLP 7700 E. Arapahoe Road, Suite 230, Centennial, CO 80112 (877) 369-6122
Attorney File # CO-24-997686-LL
The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.
©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015
Legal Notice NO. J2400318
First Publication: 12/19/2024
Last Publication: 1/16/2025
Name of Publication: Golden Transcript
COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103
FORECLOSURE SALE NO. J2400319
To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:
On October 17, 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 Jefferson records.
Original Grantor(s) Valerie A Stoneking
Original Beneficiary(ies)
Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for American Financing Corporation, Its Successors and Assigns Current Holder of Evidence of Debt
CMG Mortgage, Inc.
Date of Deed of Trust
February 12, 2022
County of Recording Jefferson
Recording Date of Deed of Trust February 23, 2022
Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) 2022019887
Original Principal Amount
$355,000.00
Outstanding Principal Balance
$341,695.68
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.
THE LAND REFERRED TO HEREIN IS SITUATE IN JEFFERSON COUNTY, STATE OF COLORADO AND IS DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: LOT 102, BLOCK 1, CAMBRIDGE PARK (AMENDED), RECORDED NOVEMBER 18, 1996 AT RECEPTION NO. F0331176, TOGETHER WITH A RIGHT OF INGRESS AND EGRESS OVER AND UPON THE PRIVATE STREET SHOWN AS TRACT A ON THE PLAT OF CAMBRIDGE PARK (AMENDED), COUNTY OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF COLORADO.
Purported common address: 4081 Miller Way, Wheat Ridge, CO 80033-4153. THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.
NOTICE OF SALE
PUBLIC NOTICES
https://liveauctions. govease.com/
First Publication: 1/9/2025
Last Publication: 2/6/2025
Name of Publication: Golden Transcript
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: 11/07/2024
Jerry DiTullio, Public Trustee in and for the County of Jefferson, State of Colorado By: Lyndsay Smith, Deputy, for Public Trustee
The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:
Ilene Dell'Acqua #31755
McCarthy & Holthus, LLP 7700 E. Arapahoe Road, Suite 230, Centennial, CO 80112 (877) 369-6122 Attorney File # CO-24-997923-LL
The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.
©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015
Legal Notice NO. J2400339
First Publication: 1/9/2025
Last Publication: 2/6/2025
Name of Publication: Golden Transcript COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. J2400323
To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:
On October 17, 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 Jefferson records.
Original Grantor(s)
Lisa M. Hunt
Original Beneficiary(ies)
Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Carnegie Mortgage LLC, A New Jersey Limited Liability Compay, Its Successors and Assigns Current Holder of Evidence of Debt
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
Date of Deed of Trust
January 14, 2011 County of Recording Jefferson
Recording Date of Deed of Trust January 21, 2011 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) 2011007629
Original Principal Amount
$154,969.00 Outstanding Principal Balance
$117,558.67
MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.
THE LAND DESCRIBED HEREIN IS SITUATED IN THE STATE OF COLORADO, COUNTY OF JEFFERSON, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
CONDOMINIUM COMPRISED OF THE FOLLOWING: CONDOMINIUM UNIT 202 IN CONDOMINIUM BUILDING 2, REDSTONE RIDGE CONDOMINIUMS, ACCORDING TO THE CONDOMINIUM MAP THEREOF, RECORDED ON NOVEMBER 21, 2001, AT RECEPTION NO. F1363878, IN THE RECORDS OF THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK AND RECORDER OF THE COUNTY OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF COLORADO, AND CONDOMINIUM MAP REDSTONE RIDGE CONDOMINIUMS PHASE 5 AMENDMENT, RECORDED NOVEMBER 29, 2001 AT RECEPTION NO. F1369914 AND AS DEFINED AND DESCRIBED IN THE CONDOMINIUM DECLARATION FOR REDSTONE RIDGE CONDOMINIUMS, RECORDED ON JULY 11, 2001, AT RECEPTION NO. F1272265, IN SAID RECORDS. TOGETHER WITH THE EXCLUSIVE USE OF CARPORT/GARAGE SPACE NO. 268 AND 269, AS DESIGNATED ON THE RECORDED CONDOMINIUM PLAT AS A LIMITED COMMON ELEMENT, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS AND PROVISIONS OF THE DECLARATION OF COVENANTS, CONDITIONS, AND RESTRICTIONS FOR REDSTONE RIDGE CONDOMINIUMS, COUNTY OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF COLORADO.
Purported common address: 8456 S Hoyt Way, Unit # 202, Littleton, CO 80128-6702. THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED
the indebtedness is:
Ilene Dell'Acqua #31755
McCarthy & Holthus, LLP
7700 E. Arapahoe Road, Suite 230, Centennial, CO 80112 (877) 369-6122
Attorney File # CO-24-999314-LL
The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.
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Legal Notice NO. J2400323
First Publication: 12/19/2024
Last Publication: 1/16/2025
Name of Publication: Golden Transcript
COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103
FORECLOSURE SALE NO. J2400331
To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:
On October 24, 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 Jefferson records.
Original Grantor(s)
Clinton Scott
Original Beneficiary(ies)
Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Beneficiary, as nominee for Parkside Lending, LLC, its successors and assigns
Current Holder of Evidence of Debt
Freedom Mortgage Corporation
Date of Deed of Trust
July 14, 2017
County of Recording
Jefferson
Recording Date of Deed of Trust
July 17, 2017
Recording Information
(Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.)
2017073108**
Original Principal Amount
$493,000.00
Outstanding Principal Balance
$472,903.52
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:
Borrower's 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.
ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.
If applicable, a description of any changes to the deed of trust described in the notice of election and demand pursuant to affidavit as allowed by statutes: **The legal description was corrected by a Scrivener''s Affidavit recorded September 25, 2024 at Reception No. 2024056693, in the records of the Jefferson County clerk and recorder, State of Colorado.
NOTICE OF SALE
The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.
THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 2 p.m. on Thursday, 02/13/2025 via remote, web-based auction service, 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. https://liveauctions. govease.com/
First Publication: 12/19/2024
Last Publication: 1/16/2025
Name of Publication: Golden Transcript
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: 10/24/2024
Jerry DiTullio, Public Trustee in and for the County of Jefferson, State of Colorado
By: Barbara Lyons, Deputy, for Public Trustee
The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:
Amanda Ferguson #44893
Halliday Watkins & Mann, P.C.
355 Union Blvd., Suite 250, Lakewood, CO 80228 (303) 274-0155
Attorney File # CO11781
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.
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FERSON, STATE OF COLORADO.
Purported common address: 1300 GOLDEN CIRCLE #206, GOLDEN, CO 80401.
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 2 p.m. on Thursday, 02/13/2025 via remote, web-based auction service, 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. https://liveauctions. govease.com/
First Publication: 12/19/2024
Last Publication: 1/16/2025
Name of Publication: Golden Transcript
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: 10/17/2024
Jerry DiTullio, Public Trustee in and for the County of Jefferson, State of Colorado By: Barbara Lyons, Deputy, for Public Trustee
The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:
Carly Imbrogno #59553 Barrett Frappier & Weisserman, LLP 1391 Speer Boulevard, Suite 700, Denver, CO 80204 (303) 350-3711 Attorney File # 00000010269744
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.
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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, HARRIMAN PARK SOUTH, AMENDMENT 1, COUNTY OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF COLORADO
Purported common address: 4631 South Tabor Way, Morrison, CO 80465. 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 2 p.m. on Thursday, 02/13/2025 via remote, web-based auction service, 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. https://liveauctions. govease.com/
First Publication: 12/19/2024
Last Publication: 1/16/2025
Name of Publication: Golden Transcript
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: 10/17/2024
Jerry DiTullio, Public Trustee in and for the County of Jefferson, State of Colorado By: Barbara Lyons, Deputy, for Public Trustee
The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of
A PARCEL OF GROUND IN THE NORTHWEST ONE-QUARTER OF THE SOUTHWEST ONE-QUARTER OF SECTION 8, TOWNSHIP 6 SOUTH, RANGE 70 WEST OF THE SIXTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE NORTHWEST ONE-QUARTER OF THE SOUTHWEST ONE-QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 8, THENCE S01 DEG. 26 MIN. 58 SEC. W ALONG THE WEST LINE OF THE NORTHWEST ONE-QUARTER OF THE SOUTHWEST ONE-QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 8, A DISTANCE OF 1060.34 FEET TO THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING, THENCE DEPARTING THE WEST LINE OF THE NORTHWEST ONE-QUARTER OF THE SOUTHWEST ONE-QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 8, S88 DEG. 33 MIN. 02 SEC. E A DISTANCE OF 481.34 FEET TO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF A PARCEL OF GROUND AS DESCRIBED BY DEED RECORDED IN THE JEFFERSON COUNTY RECORDS IN BOOK 586 AT PAGE 243; THENCE S79 DEG. 49 MIN. 00 SEC. E ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID PARCEL, A DISTANCE OF 352.79 FEET TO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SAID PARCEL; THENCE N10 DEG. 11 MIN. 00
SEC. E ALONG THE EAST LINE OF SAID PARCEL A DISTANCE OF 81.37 FEET TO A POINT, SAID POINT BEING ON THE EAST LINE OF THAT PARCEL DESCRIBED IN BOOK 586 AT PAGE 243, OF THE JEFFERSON COUNTY RECORDS AND ALSO BEING THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF A PARCEL OF GROUND AS DESCRIBED BY DEED RECORDED IN JEFFERSON COUNTY RECORDS IN BOOK 756 AT PAGE 36; THENCE S89 DEG. 32 MIN. 19 SEC. E ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID PARCEL A DISTANCE OF 451.17 FEET TO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SAID PARCEL, ALSO BEING A POINT ON THE EAST LINE OF THE NORTHWEST ONE-QUARTER OF THE SOUTHWEST ONE-QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 8; THENCE S03 DEG. 25 MIN. 38 SEC. E ALONG SAID EAST LINE TO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE NORTHWEST ONE-QUARTER OF THE SOUTHWEST ONE-QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 8, A DISTANCE OF 259.82 FEET; THENCE N89 DEG. 43 MIN. 55 SEC. W ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF THE NORTHWEST ONE-QUARTER OF THE SOUTHWEST ONE-QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 8, A DISTANCE OF 1315.86 FEET TO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE NORTHWEST ONE-QUARTER OF THE SOUTHWEST ONE-QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 8; THENCE N01 DEG. 26 MIN. 58 SEC. E ALONG THE WEST LINE OF THE NORTHWEST ONE-QUARTER OF THE SOUTHWEST ONE-QUARTER OF SECTION 8, A DISTANCE OF 251.37 FEET TO THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING.
**The legal description was corrected by a Scrivener''s Affidavit recorded September 25, 2024 at Reception No. 2024056693, in the records of the Jefferson County clerk and recorder, State of Colorado.
Purported common address: 10144 S Turkey Creek Rd, Morrison, CO 80465.
THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY
Revised 1/2015
Legal Notice NO. J2400331
First Publication: 12/19/2024
Last Publication: 1/16/2025
Name of Publication: Golden Transcript COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103
FORECLOSURE SALE NO. J2400320
To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:
On October 17, 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 Jefferson records.
Original Grantor(s)
JAMEY L BURNETT
Original Beneficiary(ies) LONG BEACH MORTGAGE COMPANY
Current Holder of Evidence of Debt Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for GSAMP Trust 2006-S3, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-S3
Date of Deed of Trust
December 01, 2005
County of Recording
Jefferson
Recording Date of Deed of Trust
December 08, 2005
Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) 2005125233
Original Principal Amount
$25,000.00
Outstanding Principal Balance
$16,910.78
Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust and other violations of the terms thereof
THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.
CONDOMINIUM NO. 206, BUILDING NO. 1, GOLDEN RIDGE CONDOMINIUMS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DECLARATION RECORDED ON NOVEMBER 13, 1979 AT RECEPTION NO. 79103020, FIRST SUPPLEMENT TO DECLARATION RECORDED ON JULY 17, 1980 AT RECEPTION NO. 80052183, FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE FIRST SUPPLEMENT TO DECLARATION RECORDED JULY 29, 1980 AT RECEPTION NO. 80054935, AND SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE FIRST SUPPLEMENT TO DECLARATION RECORDED ON AUGUST 14, 1980 AT RECEPTION NO. 80059888, THE CONDOMINIUM MAP RECORDED ON NOVEMBER 13, 1979 AT RECEPTION NO. 79103021, AND THE FIRST SUPPLEMENT TO THE CONDOMINIUM MAP RECORDED ON JULY 17, 1980 AT RECEPTION NO. 80052184 OF THE JEFFERSON COUNTY RECORDS, TOGETHER WITH THE EXCLUSIVE RIGHT TO USE THE FOLLOWING COMMON ELEMENTS: PARKING SPACE(S) 355 AND 321, COUNTY OF JEF-
Legal Notice NO. J2400320
First Publication: 12/19/2024
Last Publication: 1/16/2025
Name of Publication: Golden Transcript
COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103
FORECLOSURE SALE NO. J2400344
To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:
On November 7, 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 Jefferson records.
Original Grantor(s) Garrett M. McMurtry
Original Beneficiary(ies) Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as beneficiary, as nominee for Megastar Financial Corp.
Current Holder of Evidence of Debt Lakeview Loan Servicing, LLC
Date of Deed of Trust May 31, 2013
County of Recording Jefferson
Recording Date of Deed of Trust June 14, 2013
Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) 2013071940
Original Principal Amount
$123,717.00
Outstanding Principal Balance
$89,952.01
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.
CONDOMINIUM UNIT NO. 232, BUILDING NO.59, ARBOR GREEN TOWNHOMES, ACCORDING TO THE CONDOMINIUM MAP THEREOF, RECORDED SEPTEMBER 10, 1975 IN BOOK 6 AT PAGE 34 AND AMENDMENT OF A PORTION OF LAKE ARBOR TOWNHOUSES, ACCORDING TO THE CONDOMINIUM MAP THEREOF RECORDED JUNE 8, 1972 IB 2 AT PAGE 42, AND AS DEFINED AND DESCRIBED IN THE CONDOMINIUM DECLARATION OF ARBOR GREEN TOWNHOMES RECORDED DECEMBER 4, 1972 IN BOOK 2452 AT PAGE 125, COUNTY OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF COLORADO.
Purported common address: 8717 Chase Drive #232, Arvada, CO 80003. THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.
NOTICE OF SALE
PUBLIC NOTICES
Randall S. Miller & Associates, P.C.
216 16th Street, Suite 1210, Denver, CO 80202 (720) 259-6710 Attorney File # 23CO00584-2
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. J2400340
First Publication: 1/9/2025
Last Publication: 2/6/2025
Name of Publication: Golden Transcript
COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. J2400316
To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:
On October 17, 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 Jefferson records.
Original Grantor(s) Patricia Armstrong Original Beneficiary(ies) Credit Union of Colorado Current Holder of Evidence of Debt Credit Union of Colorado Date of Deed of Trust
October 14, 2020
County of Recording Jefferson
Recording Date of Deed of Trust October 19, 2020
Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) 2020136226
Original Principal Amount
$185,000.00
Outstanding Principal Balance
$181,413.65
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: The failure to make installment payments of principal, interest, taxes and/or insurance as provided for in the Deed of Trust and Credit Agreement.
THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.
LOT 440, ALTA VISTA ADDITION, COUNTY OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF COLORADO.
Purported common address: 6162 Field Street, Arvada, CO 80004. 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.
ACCORDING TO THE CONDOMINIUM MAP RECORDED APRIL 21, 1978 IN BOOK 9 AT PAGE 11 AND AT RECEPTION NO. 78035313 AND CONDOMINIUM DECLARATION FOR NEWLAND PARK TOWNHOMES RECORDED APRIL 3, 1978 AT RECEPTION NO. 78028984, AND AMENDMENT TO CONDOMINIUM DECLARATION RECORDED FEBRUARY 25, 1980 AT RECEPTION NO. 80014114, COUNTY OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF COLORADO.
Purported common address: 6550 W 14th Ave 1, Lakewood, CO 80214.
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 2 p.m. on Thursday, 02/27/2025 via remote, web-based auction service, 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. https://liveauctions. govease.com/
First Publication: 1/9/2025 Last Publication: 2/6/2025 Name of Publication: Golden Transcript
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: 11/07/2024 Jerry DiTullio, Public Trustee in and for the
scribed below to be recorded in the County of Jefferson records.
Original Grantor(s)
Dael J. Finch
Original Beneficiary(ies)
Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Beneficiary, as nominee for Universal Lending Corporation, its successors and assigns
Current Holder of Evidence of Debt
Freedom Mortgage Corporation
Date of Deed of Trust
November 19, 2015
County of Recording Jefferson
Recording Date of Deed of Trust
November 23, 2015
Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.)
2015125010
Original Principal Amount
$256,272.00
Outstanding Principal Balance
$212,125.18
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 16, WESTVIEW ACRES, COUNTY OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF COLORADO.
Purported common address:
7740 Westview Drive, Lakewood, CO 80214. 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 2 p.m. on Thursday, 02/13/2025 via remote, web-based auction service, 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. https://liveauctions. govease.com/
First Publication: 12/19/2024
Last Publication: 1/16/2025
Name of Publication: Golden Transcript
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: 10/24/2024
THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 2 p.m. on Thursday, 02/13/2025 via remote, web-based auction service, 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. https://liveauctions. govease.com/
First Publication: 12/19/2024
Last Publication: 1/16/2025
Name of Publication: Golden Transcript
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: 10/17/2024
Jerry DiTullio, Public Trustee in and for the County of Jefferson, State of Colorado By: Christine Thompson, Deputy, for Public Trustee
The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:
Iman Tehrani #44076
Holst & Tehrani, LLP 514 Kimbark Street, P.O. Box 298, Longmont, CO 80502-0298 (303) 772-6666
Attorney File # CU of CO - Armstrong
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. J2400316
First Publication: 12/19/2024
Last Publication: 1/16/2025 Name of Publication: Golden Transcript
COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. J2400333
To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:
On October 24, 2024, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust de-
deed of trust have been violated as follows: Borrower’s 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 359, LAMAR HEIGHTS FILING NO. 4, COUNTY OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF COLORADO.
Purported common address: 6608 EATON STREET, ARVADA, CO 80003.
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 2 p.m. on Thursday, 02/27/2025 via remote, web-based auction service, 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. https://liveauctions. govease.com/
First Publication: 1/9/2025
Last Publication: 2/6/2025
Name of Publication: Golden Transcript
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: 11/07/2024
Jerry DiTullio, Public Trustee in and for the County of Jefferson, State of Colorado By: Christine Thompson, Deputy, for Public Trustee
The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:
David R. Doughty #40042
Janeway Law Firm, P.C. 9540 Maroon Circle, Suite 320, Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 706-9990
Attorney File # 19-021995
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.
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Revised 1/2015
Legal Notice NO. J2400341
First Publication: 1/9/2025
Jerry DiTullio, Public Trustee in and for the County of Jefferson, State of Colorado
By: Barbara Lyons, Deputy, for Public Trustee
The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:
Heather L. Deere #28597
Halliday Watkins & Mann, P.C.
355 Union Blvd., Suite 250, Lakewood, CO 80228 (303) 274-0155
Attorney File # CO21732
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. J2400333
First Publication: 12/19/2024
Last Publication: 1/16/2025
Name of Publication: Golden Transcript
COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103
FORECLOSURE SALE NO. J2400341
To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:
On November 7, 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 Jefferson records.
Original Grantor(s)
CASSANDRA M. RODRIGUEZ
Original Beneficiary(ies)
MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION
SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR GUILD
MORTGAGE COMPANY, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS
Current Holder of Evidence of Debt
COLORADO HOUSING AND FINANCE AUTHORITY
Date of Deed of Trust
April 28, 2011
County of Recording
Jefferson
Recording Date of Deed of Trust
May 02, 2011
Recording Information
(Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.)
2011043093 Original Principal Amount
$139,618.00 Outstanding Principal Balance
$96,979.79
Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the
THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 2 p.m. on Thursday, 02/27/2025 via remote, web-based auction service, 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. https://liveauctions. govease.com/
First Publication: 1/9/2025
Last Publication: 2/6/2025
Name of Publication: Golden Transcript
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: 10/31/2024
Jerry DiTullio, Public Trustee in and for the County of Jefferson, State of Colorado By: Barbara Lyons, Deputy, for Public Trustee
The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:
Trevor G. Bartel #40449
Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP 1601 19th Street, Suite 1000, Denver, CO 80202 (303) 623-9000
Attorney File # 307913-00081
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. J2400336
First Publication: 1/9/2025
Last Publication: 2/6/2025
Name of Publication: Golden Transcriptv COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. J2400322
To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:
On October 17, 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 Jefferson records.
Original Grantor(s) JANET LEE PAIGE
Original Beneficiary(ies) OPTION ONE MORTGAGE CORPORATION
Current Holder of Evidence of Debt
DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, as Trustee for Carrington Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2005-OPT2, Asset Backed Pass-Through Certificates Series 2005-OPT2
Date of Deed of Trust
February 18, 2005
County of Recording Jefferson
Last Publication: 2/6/2025
Name of Publication: Golden Transcript COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103
FORECLOSURE SALE NO. J2400336
To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:
On October 31, 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 Jefferson records.
Original Grantor(s)
Paul R. Yaft
Original Beneficiary(ies)
FirstBank
Current Holder of Evidence of Debt
FirstBank Date of Deed of Trust
February 17, 2016
County of Recording
Jefferson
Recording Date of Deed of Trust February 25, 2016
Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) 2016017718
Original Principal Amount
$790,400.00
Outstanding Principal Balance
$678,623.13
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 by the Deed of Trust, and other violations of the Note and Deed of Trust.
THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.
LOT 24, CONIFER MOUNTAIN - UNIT 5, COUNTY OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF COLORADO.
Purported common address: 10835 Beas Drive, Conifer, CO 80433
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
Recording Date of Deed of Trust March 03, 2005
Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) F2180399
Original Principal Amount
$91,200.00
Outstanding Principal Balance
$69,203.03
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: Borrower’s 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.
CONDOMINIUM UNIT NO. 104, BUILDING NO. E, WELLINGTON CONDOMINIUMS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DECLARATION RECORDED OCTOBER 22, 1979, AT RECEPTION NO. 79096420, AS AMENDED BY SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE CONDOMINIUM DECLARATION FOR WELLINGTON CONDOMINIUMS AND RATIFICATION OF AMENDED PLAT RECORDED ON JANUARY 25, 1980 AT RECEPTION NO. 80006752 AND THE AMENDED CONDOMINIUM MAP RECORDED ON JANUARY 25, 1980, AT RECEPTION NO. 80006753, OF THE JEFFERSON COUNTY RECORDS TOGETHER WITH THE EXCLUSIVE RIGHT TO USE THE FOLLOWING LIMITED COMMON ELEMENTS; PARKING SPACE 75 AND 76, COUNTY OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF COLORADO.
Purported common address: 381 S AMES ST #E104, LAKEWOOD, CO 80226-3623.
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
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tion.
The project will be bid on one bid schedule; GMWSD 2025 DIRP #3 which consists of site projects 1S, 2S, 3S and 4S.
Copies of the Bidding Documents may be found at www.bidnetdirect.com or requested from the Green Mountain Water and Sanitation District, District Manager. No payment required. Reproductions are prohibited. No pre-bid conference is scheduled; however, interested Bidders are encouraged to familiarize themselves with the area where the work will be performed.
Bids may not be withdrawn for a period of forty-five (45) days after the time fixed for bid closing.
The Owner reserves the right to reject any and all Bids, to waive any errors or irregularities, and to require statements or evidence of Bidders qualifications including financial statements.
The Owner also reserves the right to extend the Bidding period by Addendum if it appears in its interest to do so.
All questions shall be sent by email to Gary Stanhope at gstanhope@rgengineers.com prior to 5:00 pm January 17, 2025.
Legal Notice No. Jeff 1083
First Publication: January 9, 2025
Last Publication: January 23, 2025
Publisher: Golden Transcript
Summons and Sheriff Sale
Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, JEFFERSON COUNTY, COLORADO 100 Jefferson County Parkway Golden, CO 80401 720-772-2500
Plaintiff: PETER L. EADES
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such claim.
CITY OF GOLDEN
WORKS DEPARTMENT
/s/ Joseph Lammers, Public Works Civil Engineer
Notice No. Jeff 1065
Publication: January 2, 2025
Publication: January 9, 2025
Golden Transcript Public Notice Notice is hereby given that final settlement will be made on or after January 27, 2025, to the following contractor: Fransen Pittman Construction, for completing the Remodeling construction of the Evergreen Library performed at Evergreen Library, 5000 Co Rd 73, Evergreen, CO 80439. Any person or firm that furnished labor or materials, or
v. Defendants: ACEE BCEE, a WYOMING CORPORATION; JACQUELINE AYMAMI; ELEVATIONS CREDIT UNION; ALL UNKNOWN PERSONS WHO CLAIM UNDER OR THROUGH THE NAMED DEFENDANTS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE SUCCESSORS, HEIRS, DIVISEES, CREDITORS AND SHAREHOLDERS OF ANY NAMED DEFENDANT, and ALL UNKNOWN PERSONS WHO CLAIM ANY INTEREST IN THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS ACTION
Attorneys for Plaintiffs: Zachary A. Grey, Atty. Reg. 49269 Frascona, Joiner, Goodman and Greenstein P.C. 4750 Table Mesa Drive Boulder, CO 80305 Telephone: 303-494-3000
Facsimile: 303-494-6309
Email: zac@frascona.com
Case Number: 2024CV031541 Division: 12
SERVICE BY PUBLICATION TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANT(S):
You are hereby summoned and required to appear and defend against the claims of the complaint filed with the court in this action, by filing with the clerk of this court an answer or other response. You are required to file your answer or other response within 21 or 35 days, as applicable, after the service of this summons upon you. Service of this summons shall be complete on the day of the last publication. A copy of the complaint may be obtained from the clerk of the court.
If you fail to file your answer or other response to the complaint in writing within 21 or 35 days, as applicable, after the date of the last publication, judgment by default may be rendered against you by the court for the relief demanded in the complaint without further notice.
Dated: December 10, 2024
Frascona, Joiner, Goodman and Greenstein, P.C. /s/Zachary A. Grey Attorney for Plaintiff
Legal Notice No. 419506
First Publication: December 19, 2024
Last Publication: January 16, 2025 Publisher: Golden Transcript
Public Notice
DISTRICT COURT, COUNTY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY STATE OF COLORADO Court Address: 100 Jefferson County Parkway, Golden, CO 80401 Phone: (720) 772-2500
Plaintiff: PAULA J. MORROW
v. Defendants: THE ESTATE, HEIRS and DEVISEES OF EDWARD T. ZADRA; THE ESTATE, HEIRS and DEVISEES OF PEARL L. ZADRA; THE ESTATE, HEIRS and DEVISEES OF WILLIAM J. POWERS; THE ESTATE, HEIRS and DEVISEES OF THOMAS E. POWERS; THE ESTATE, HEIRS and DEVISEES OF RACHEL L. ADAMS; THE ESTATE, HEIRS and DEVISEES OF JOHN W. ADAMS a/k/a JOHN WARREN ADAMS; LORRAINE E. LEAVITT, PHILIP SAINZ, BONNIE SAINZ, PHILLEO ENTERPRISES, LLC; THOMAS L LIX REVOCABLE LIVING TRUST; 80212
PROPERTIES; GERALD DITULLIO, in his capacity as Public Trustee of Jefferson County, Colorado; SCOT KERSGAARD in his capacity as the Assessor of Jefferson County, Colorado; and All Unknown Persons Who Claim any Interest in the Subject Matter of this Action.
Attorneys for Plaintiff: VAN REMORTELL LLC, Fred Van Remortel, Atty No. 39668
Address: 2570 W. Main St. Suite 200, Littleton, CO 80120
Phone: (303) 484-9919
Email: f.vanremortel@fvrlaw.com
Case No.: 2024CV31703 Div.: 1
SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS:
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to appear and defend against the claims of the Complaint filed with the Court in this action, by filing with the Clerk of this Court an answer or other response. You are required to file your answer or other response within thirty-five (35) days after service of this Summons upon you. Service of this Summons will be complete on the day of the last publication. A copy of the Complaint may be obtained from the clerk of the Court.
If you fail to file your answer or other response to the Complaint in writing within thirty-five (35) days after the date of the last publication, judgment by default may be rendered against you by the Court for the relief demanded in the Complaint, without any further notice.
This is an action to quiet the title of the Plaintiff, Paula J. Morrow in and to the real property situated in Denver County, Colorado more particularly described as follows:
THAT PART OF THE NW¼ NE¼ NE¼, SECTION 25, TOWNSHIP 3 SOUTH, RANGE 69 WEST DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: THE SOUTH 50 FEET OF THE EAST 160 FEET OF THE NORTH 365 FEET OF THE WEST 179.2 FEET OF THE EAST 1142 FEET OF THE NE¼, SECTION 25, TOWNSHIP 3 SOUTH, RANGE 69 WEST EXCEPT THE EAST 35 FEET THEREOF, AND EXCEPT RIGHTS OF WAY EXISTING OF RECORD.
Also known as 3765 Chase Street, Wheat Ridge, Colorado 80212
Dated: December 4, 2024
By: /s/ Fred Van Remortel, No. 39668
Legal Notice No. Jeff 1086
First Publication: January 9, 2025
Last Publication: February 6, 2025
Publisher: Golden Transcript
Misc. Private Legals
Public Notice
IN THE DISTRICT COURT, COUNTY OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF COLORADO Case Number: 24CV245 Division: 15
LEGAL NOTICE TO KARI TORNOW
Notice is hereby given that Plaintiff, Adam Combs, has filed a legal action against Defendant, Kari Tornow, in the District Court of Jefferson County regarding property rights involving the property located at 16634 Co Rd 126, Pine, CO 80470. You are required to respond to this action within the time frame prescribed by law. Failure to respond may result in a default judgment being entered against you. A copy of the legal documents can be obtained at the District Court of Jefferson County, 100 Jefferson County Parkway, Golden, CO 80401.
Dated: January 9, 2025
Signed: Adam Combs
Legal Notice No. Jeff 1069
First Publication: January 9, 2025
Last Publication: February 6, 2025
Publisher: Golden Transcript
Public Notice IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF JEFFERSON COUNTY, COLORADO, 100 Jefferson County Parkway, Golden, CO 80401
Petitioners: Frank and Onique Warner, c/o Carolyn Pelloux, 899 Logan St., Denver, CO 80202
Respondent: Ethan Oller
NOTICE OF SERVICE BY PUBLICATION
To the person named above as Respondent: The Jefferson County District Court has issued a Summons and Case Management Order in case number 2024DR31301 to appear for an Initial Status Conference on December 13, 2024. If you do not respond to the Court within ten days of receiving a copy of this NOTICE, your failure may result in judgment against you. A copy of the Petition for Allocation of Parental Responsibilities can be obtained from the Jefferson County District Court clerk of court. You have the option to respond by filing your Response to the Petition for Allocation of Parental Responsibilities with the clerk of court. You must send a copy of your Response to Petitioners at the address listed above.
NOTICE TO THE PERSON SERVED: You are served on behalf of Petitioners Frank and Onique Warner according to the Jefferson County District Court Order of December 3, 2024.
Legal Notice No. 419486
First Publication: December 19, 2024
Last Publication: January 16, 2025
Publisher: Jeffco Transcript Public Notice
KNOWN INTERESTED PARTY NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR A PUBLIC AUCTION OF A CERTIFICATE OF OPTION FOR TREASURER'S DEED Tax Lien Certificate No. 180655
Schedule/Account No. 300129747
of Record in or to the said Premises and To Whom It May Concern, and more especially to: LINDA L. CLARK 10961 OTIS ST BROOMFIELD, CO 80020
OCCUPANT/RESIDENT/RENTER 10961 OTIS ST BROOMFIELD, CO 80020 CITY OF WESTMINSTER 4800 w. 92ND A VE WESTMINSTER, CO 80031
You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 14TH day of OCTOBER, 2019 the then Treasurer of the County of JEFFERSON, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to FIG CO19 LLC, Assigner of BUFF ALO PLAINS 22 LLC the following described real estate situate in the County of JEFFERSON, State of Colorado, to wit: LOT 23, BLOCK 30, SHERIDAN GREEN SUBDIVISION, AKA: 10961 OTIS ST, That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent 2018 taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2018. That said real estate was taxed in the name of LINDA L. CLARK, the statutory period ofredemption expired OCTOBER 14, 2022, that the same has not been redeemed; Said property may be redeemed at any time prior to the actual PublicAuction. That said BUFF ALO PLAINS 22 LLC (LAWFUL HOLDER) on the 6TH day of NOVEMBER, 2024 has made request upon the Treasurer of said County by presenting an Application for a Public Auction of a Certificate of Option for Treasurer's Deed pursuant to C.R.S. 39-11.5-10 I for initiation of the process for a deed to said real estate; Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible Auction date (unless the Auction is continued) at 10:00 a.m. Mountain Time, on TUESDAY
APRIL 29, 2025, at, www.zeusaction.com,I will sell at Public Auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Lawful Holder, Lawful Holders' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Application for a Public Auction ofa Certificate of Option for Treasurer's Deed, plus fees, expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. You may track the Public Auction date on the Treasurer's website:www.jeffco.us/treasurer
WITNESS my hand and seal this 19th Day of December, 2024
Jerry DiTullio
Jefferson County Treasurer
Legal Notice No. Jeff 1060
First Publication JANUARY 2, 2025
Final Publication: JANUARY 16, 2025
Publisher: Golden Transcript Public Notice
NOTICE OF DEFAULT AND FORECLOSURE SALE
WHEREAS, on November 21, 2003, a certain Deed of Trust was executed by Grantor(s), Jack S. Baxter and Millie M. Baxter in favor of, Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, Inc. and the Public Trustee of Jefferson County, Colorado as Trustee, and was recorded on December 5, 2003, at Reception Number F1919820 in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of the County of Jefferson, Colorado; and
WHEREAS, the Deed of Trust was insured by the United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (the Secretary) pursuant to the National Housing Act for the Purpose of providing single family housing; and
WHEREAS, the beneficial interest of the Deed of Trust is now owned by the Secretary, pursuant to an assignment recorded on April 11, 2011 at Reception Number 011036196 in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of the County of Jefferson Colorado.
WHEREAS, a default has been made in the covenants and conditions of the Deed of Trust in that Paragraph 9 (a) (i) has been violated; and
WHEREAS, the entire amount delinquent is $389,722.18 as of February 3, 2025; and WHEREAS, by the virtue of this default, the Secretary has declared the entire amount of the indebtedness secured by the Deed of Trust to be immediately due and payable; NOW THEREFORE, pursuant to the powers vested in my be the Single Family Mortgage Foreclosure Act of 1994, 12 U.S.C. 3751 et seq., by 24 CFR part 27, subpart B, and by the Secretary's designation of me as Foreclosure Commission, recorded on December 19, 2017 at Reception No. 2017129817 in the Jefferson County Clerk and Recorder's Office, notice is hereby given that on February 3, 2025 at 10:00 a.m local time, all real and personal property at or used in connection with the following described premises (“Property”) will be sold at the public auction to the highest bidder. THAT PART OF LOT 135, MARY N. WILLIAMS ESTATE ADDITION TO THE TOWN OF EVERGREEN, DESCRIBED AS FOL-
LOWS: COMMENCING AT THE EASTERLY
CORNER OF SAID LOT 135; THENCE N 40
DEG. W, 60.3 FEET; THENCE N 75 DEG. 52 MIN. W, 30.3 FEET; THENCE S 24 DEG. W, 15.8 FEET; THENCE S 73 DEG. 15 MIN. W, 5-3/4 FEET; THENCE S 6 DEG. 30 MIN. E, 55.05 FEET TO THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF SAID LOT; THENCE N 77 DEG. E, 75 FEET TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING, COUNTY OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF COLORADO.
Commonly known as 28304 Kinnikinick Road, Evergreen, CO 80439
The sale will be held on the front steps of the Jefferson County Administration and Courts Building located at 100 Jefferson County Parkway, Golden, CO 80401.
The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development will bid the lesser amount of the loan balance, or the appraised value obtained by the Secretary prior to sale.
prorated share of any real estate taxes that have been paid by the Secretary to the date of the foreclosure sale.
When making their bids, all bidders except the Secretary must submit a deposit totaling 10% of the Secretary's bid in the form of certified funds or a cashier's check made out to the Secretary of HUD. A deposit need not accompany each oral bid. If the successful bid is oral, a deposit of 10% of the Secretary's bid must be presented before the bidding has closed. The deposit is nonrefundable. The remainder of the purchase price must be delivered within 30 days of the sale or at such other time as the Secretary may determine for good cause shown, time being of the essence. This amount, like the bid deposits, must be delivered in the form of certified funds or a cashier's check. If the Secretary is the highest bidder, he need not pay the bid amount in cash. The successful bidder will pay all conveying fees, all real estate and other taxes that are due on or after the delivery date of the remainder of the payment and all other costs associated with the transfer of title. At the conclusion of the sale, the deposits of the unsuccessful bidders will be returned to them.
The Secretary may grant an extension of time within which to deliver the remainder of the payment. All extensions will be for 15-day increments for a fee of $500.00, paid in advance. The extension fee shall be paid in the form of certified funds or a cashier's check made payable to the Secretary of HUD. If the higher bidder closes the sale prior to the expiration of any extension period, the unused portion of the extension fee shall be applied toward the amount due.
If the high bidder is unable to close the sale within the required period, or within any extensions of time granted by the Secretary, the high bidder may be required to forfeit the cash deposit, or at the election of the Foreclosure Commissioner after consultation with the HUD representative, will be liable to HUD for any costs incurred as a result of such failure.
The Commissioner may, at the direction of the HUD representative, offer the property to the second highest bidder for an amount equal to the highest price offered by that bidder.
There is no right of redemption, or right of possession based upon a right of redemption, in the mortgagor or others subsequent to a foreclosure completed pursuant to the Act. Therefore, the Foreclosure Commissioner will issue a Deed to the purchaser(s) upon receipt of the entire purchase price in accordance with the terms of the sale as provided herein, HUD does not guarantee that the property will be vacant.
The scheduled foreclosure sale shall be cancelled or adjourned if it is established, by documented written application of the mortgagor to the Foreclosure Commissioner no less than three (3) days before the date of sale, or otherwise, that the default or defaults upon which the foreclosure is based did not exist a the time of service of this Notice of Default and Foreclosure Sale, or all amounts due under the mortgage agreement are tendered to the Foreclosure Commissioner, in the form of certified funds or a cashier's check payable to the Secretary of HUD, before the public auction of the property is completed.
The amount that must be paid if the mortgage is to be reinstated prior to the scheduled sale is $389,722.18 as of February 3, 2025; plus all other amounts that would be due under the mortgage agreement if payments under the deed of trust had not been accelerated, advertising costs and postage expenses incurred in giving notice, mileage by the most reasonable road distance for posing notices and for the Foreclosure Commissioner's attendance at the sale, reasonable and customary costs incurred for title and lien record searches, the necessary out of pocket costs incurred by the Foreclosure Commissioner, and all other costs incurred in connection with the foreclosure prior to reinstatement.
Tender of payment by certified funds or cashier's check or application for cancellation of the foreclosure sale shall be submitted to the address of the Foreclosure Commissioner provided below.
Dated: December 26, 2024
Deanne R. Stodden
Foreclosure Commissioner 1550 Wewatta Street, Suite 710 Denver, CO 80202 Telephone: (303) 623-4806
Email: foreclosure@messner.com
Legal Notice No. Jeff 1073
First Publication: January 9, 2025
Last Publication: January 23, 2025
Publisher: Jeffco Transcript Public Notice
KNOWN INTERESTED PARTY NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR A PUBLIC AUCTION OF A CERTIFICATE OF OPTION FOR TREASURER'S DEED Tax Lien Certificate No. 190257
Schedule/Account No. 300047724
Treasurer's Deed No. 2023-033
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 an Interest or Title of Record in or to the said Premises and To Whom It May Concern, and more especially to: NORMA SMOTHERMAN JO DELL SMOTHERMAN 27 GORSKI ST BUFFALO, NY 14206
You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 9TH
Interest or Title
There will be no proration of taxes, rents or other income or liabilities, except that the purchaser will pay, at or before closing, his
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Estate of John Walter Huemoeller II, aka John W. Huemoeller, aka John Huemoeller, Deceased Case Number: 2024PR31416
or to the
Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before April 26, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Hayley M. Lambourn
Hayley M. Lambourn, #43766
Attorney to the Personal Representative 5251 DTC Parkway, Suite 825 Greenwood Village, CO 80111
Legal Notice No. 419532
First Publication: December 26, 2024
Last Publication: January 9, 2025 Publisher: Jeffco Transcript Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Thomas Lee Weaver, AKA Thomas L Weaver, AKA Thomas Weaver, Deceased Case Number 2024PR031354
All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado or on or before May 9, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Elizabeth A. Snodgrass
Personal Representative 2649 S. Flower Court Lakewood, CO 80227
Legal Notice No. Jeff 1085
First Publication: January 9, 2025
Last Publication: January 23, 2025
Publisher: Golden Transcript Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of JAMES WILLIAM BAILEY III, AKA Jim Bailey, Deceased Case Number: 2024PR031432
All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before May 2, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Jamie A. Bailey, Personal Representative P.O. Box 420 Grand Lake, CO 80447
Legal Notice No. Jeff 1055
First Publication: January 2, 2025
Last Publication: January 16, 2025
Publisher: Golden Transcript Public Notice
N OTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of Lawrence George Seid, a/k/a Lawrence G. Seid, a/k/a Larry George Seid, a/k/a Larry G. Seid, a/k/a Larry Seid, Deceased Case Number: 2024PR31373
All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before May 2, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Patrick R Thiessen
Attorney for Personal Representative
Mark Seid
Frie Arndt Danborn & Thiessen, P.C. 7400 Wadsworth Blvd., Suite 150 Arvada, CO 80003
Legal Notice No. Jeff 1071
First Publication: January 2, 2025
Last Publication: January 16, 2025 Publisher: Golden Transcript Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of Shirley R. Schmitt, a/k/a Shirley Rose Schmitt, a/k/a Shirley Schmitt, Deceased Case Number: 2024 PR 031409
All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before 04/28/2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Patricia Lynn Heller
Personal Representative
8896 W. Prentice Avenue Littleton, CO 80123
Legal Notice No. 419526
First Publication: December 26, 2024
Last Publication: January 9, 2025 Publisher: Golden Transcript PUBLIC NOTICE
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of Richard Vernon Semroska, a/k/a Richard V. Semroska, a/k/a Richard Semroska, Deceased Case Number: 2024PR31414
All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before May 9, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Keith A. Bernhardt
Personal Representative 1962 S Xenon Street
Lakewood, Colorado 80228
Legal Notice No. Jeff 1074
First Publication: January 9, 2025
Last Publication: January 23 2025
Publisher: Jeffco Transcript Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of Ralph Delbert Cundiff Sr., aka Ralph D. Cundiff Sr., aka Ralph Cundiff Sr., aka Ralph Delbert Cundiff, aka Ralph D. Cundiff, aka Ralph Cundiff, Deceased Case Number: 2024PR31368
All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before Monday, April 28, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Barry L. Cundiff
Co-Personal Representative 10308 E. 147th Avenue
Brighton, Colorado 80602
Ralph D. Cundiff, Jr.
Co-Personal Representative 15050 Clinton Street Brighton, Colorado 80602
Legal Notice No. 419527
First Publication: December 26, 2024
Last Publication: January 9, 2025
Publisher: Golden Transcript Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of Daniel Robert Griest, Deceased Case Number: 24PR30976
All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before May 9, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Ray Rowhuff, Personal Representative 138 Village Road Andover, KS 80206
Legal Notice No. Jeff900
First Publication: January 9, 2025
Last Publication: January 23, 2025
Publisher: Golden Transcript
PUBLIC NOTICE
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of Christina Hako Armstrong, Deceased Case Number: 2024PR629
All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before May 9, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Darren Armstrong
Personal Representative 3119 Ames Street Wheat Ridge, CO 80214
Legal Notice No. Jeff 1072
First Publication: January 9, 2025
Last Publication: January 23 2025
Publisher: Golden Transcript
Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of Lucy M. Sandoval, Deceased Case Number: 24PR31469
All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before May 9, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
John Picon, Personal Representative
c/o Brian C. Marsiglia, Esq. Marsiglia Law LLC 7887 E. Belleview Ave., Ste. 1100 Denver, CO 80111
Legal Notice No. Jeff 1071
First Publication: January 9, 2025
Last Publication: January 23, 2025
Publisher: Jeffco Transcript Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of Vickie Lorayne Campbell, a.k.a. Vickie L. Campbell, a.k.a. Vickie Campbell, a.k.a. Vicki Campbell, Deceased Case Number: 2024PR31422
All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of JEFFERSON County, Colorado on or before May 2, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Jon Campbell, Personal Representative 104 Ivy Ln. Clinton, TN 37716
Legal Notice No. JEFF 1050
First Publication: January 2, 2025
Last Publication: January 16, 2025
Publisher: Jeffco Transcript PUBLIC NOTICE
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of Stuart Allen King, Deceased Case Number: 2024PR646
All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before May 2, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Jennifer Herrick
Personal Representative 32863 Upper Bear Creek Road Evergreen, Colorado 80439
Legal Notice No. Jeff 1057
First Publication: January 2, 2025
Last Publication: January 16, 2025
Publisher: Golden Transcript Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of FREDERICK EDWARD CRISWELL, a/k/a FREDERICK E. CRISWELL, a/k/a FREDERICK CRISWELLl, Deceased Case Number: 2024PR031395
All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before May 2, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Barron Von Criswell
Personal Representative c/o RBS Law LLC, 5610 Ward Road, Suite 300 Arvada, CO 80002
Legal Notice No. Jeff 1066
First Publication: January 2, 2025
Last Publication: January 16, 2025
Publisher: Jeffco Transcript Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of Adam Dean Bearup, a/k/a Adam D. Bearup, a/k/a Adam Bearup, Deceased Case Number: 2024PR031232
All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before May 2, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Lindsay A. Bearup
Personal Representative 2037 Crestvue Circle Golden, CO 80401
Legal Notice No. Jeff 1054
First Publication: January 2, 2025
Last Publication: January 16, 2025
Publisher: Golden Transcript Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of Paul Wesley Schubitzke, a/k/a Paul W. Schubitzke, and Paul Schubitzke, Deceased Case Number: 2024PR31394
All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before May 2, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Carolyn Moller Duncan, Atty. No. 33766
Attorney for Personal Representative Duncan Legal, PC 6436 S. Racine Circle, Suite 227 Centennial, Colorado 80111
Legal Notice No. Jeff 1056
First Publication: January 2, 2025
Last Publication: January 16, 2025
Publisher: Golden Transcript Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of KERRY M. REPOLA, ALSO KNOWN AS KERRY MICHAEL REPOLA, AND KERRY REPOLA, Deceased Case Number: 2024 PR 641
All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the DISTRICT COURT OF JEFFERSON COUNTY, COLORADO, on or before May 14, 2025 or the claims may be forever barred.
Katherine L. Repola
Personal Representative
7122 S. Robb Street Littleton, CO 80127
Legal Notice No. Jeff 1084
First Publication: January 9, 2025
Last Publication: January 23, 2025
Publisher: Golden Transcript Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of PATRICIA F. GATTON, a/k/a, PATRICIA FRANCES GAGNON GATTON, Deceased Case Number: 2024PR31415
All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to District Court of Jefferson County on or before May 21, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Wendy L. DeHaan
Personal Representative
4020 S. Delaware Street Englewood, CO 80110
Legal Notice No. 419537
First Publication: December 26, 2024
Last Publication: January 9, 2025
Publisher: Golden Transcript
Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of Carl Kingsley, a/k/a Carl Oliver Kingsley, Deceased Case Number: 24PR31308 Division 11
All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before June 1, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Robert T. Cosgrove, Atty. Reg. #12217
Burns, Wall and Mueller, P.C.
303 E. 17th Avenue, Suite 920
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone:(303) 830-7000
Email: rcosgrove@bwsm.com
Legal Notice No. 419528
First Publication: December 26, 2024
Last Publication: January 9, 2025 Publisher: Golden Transcript PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Shelley Maree Ekstrom, aka Shelley Ekstrom, aka Shelley M. Ekstrom, Deceased Case
that the name of Tanya Maria Katherine Chichester be changed to Tanya Maria Herron Fauvet Case No.: 24 C 1805
/s/ Stephanie Kemprowski Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk
Legal Notice No. Jeff 1076
First Publication: January 9, 2025 Last Publication: January 9, 2025 Publisher: Golden Transcript Children Services
(Adoption/Guardian/Other)
Public Notice
JAMES M. BUCHANAN, P.C, L.L.O. Mediator and Attorney at Law 503 W. 6th Street, Suite 300 Papillion, NE 68046 (402) 881-0123/ www.jbuchananlaw.com TO: DILLON STEPHEN GALLEGOS, natural father of S. K. Hanes-Gallegos, minor child.
YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED as the alleged natural father identified by the natural mother of S. K. Hanes-Gallegos, born September 8, 2020, in Littleton, Colorado. The biological mother is seeking a finding that you have abandoned the child, and that the biological mother intends to place said child for adoption by the child’s step-father. Said abandonment hearing
