Sentinel Colorado 1.20.2022

WHEN THE CLOCK STRIKES DOOM

The Marshall Wildfire revealed new dangers for metro dwellers, prompting cities like Aurora to rethink old responses

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Sentinel editorial board says Legislature scheme surrounding Trump’s Big Lie is no joke

If your social life is a drag, learn to do it right. Drag school at the Stanley can get you fitted for fame

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Workers at Aurora’s 10 King Soopers stores joined thousands of union members across the Denver metroplex in a strike

Regis Jesuit in the dogma house over abortion rights censorship

If you’re wondering how a nation like our’s ever got to the point that educated people believe in highly uneducated things, you can look to Aurora’s Regis Jesuit High School to help understand how we got here.

The private high school in southeast Aurora came under fire last week from inside and out after they retracted an entire student-produced magazine and fired two journalism teachers that administrators saw as somehow responsible for publication of a student-authored essay about abortion rights.

Regis is a Jesuit high school, and it’s been an educational icon in the region for more than a century.

If you’re like a lot of people, you’re probably peeling off a loud, “well, no duh,” when hearing about a Catholic private school slamming the book on students espousing the need and wisdom of respecting a woman’s right to choose an abortion.

The Catholic Church has never been shy in its staunch insistence that humans are beings from the moment of conception and shalt not be aborted under any circumstances.

But Regis Jesuit is not a Catholic Church. It’s not just another Catholic school, either.

DAVE PERRY Editor

It’s a Jesuit school, inspired by Spaniard Ignatius of Loyola almost 500 years ago. Creating The Society of Jesus, generations have polished the image of the society of priests and followers who are devout scholars and proponents of philanthropy.

While many church-run schools, including Catholic parochial schools, have suffered from reputations of the church prejudicing academics, Jesuit schools have long touted their independent devotion to scholarship. The well-served philosophy is, do the research, weigh the data, think critically, discuss openly and form a conclusion. Those are the tenets of modern education and science.

It’s a big reason why a Catholic school can command better than $20,000 a year in tuition for a high-school education.

Regis has taken the Jesuit mission as far as it can, marketing their pursuit as the cure for what ails the planet these days: polarizing disengagement.

“Recognizing that divisive rhetoric permeates nearly every interaction around the social and cultural issues of the day, we engage our community of students, teachers and families in dialogue about how to move the conversation away from an ‘either/or’ mentality to developing a productive, nuanced understanding of our complex and increasingly interconnected world,” Regis Jesuit brags on its website.

It clearly does not practice what it preaches.

In December, the student journalism department published its quarterly literary and news magazine, Elevate. It’s a glossy, well-done endeavor, filled with stories about the same kind of things that make headlines across the nation. In the back, students opine about the issues of the day.

In the Winter 2021 issue, one student took on the perennial controversy of abortion rights and wrongs. The

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QUID HAS HEARD the pathos will be at perihelion as news gets around that Quid is not only still undead, but Quid is back. Yes, Quid lives, much to the chagrin of government types, oafs and our dear intelligent readers. Thanks to the miracles of modern medicine, fine Colorado whiskey and some extra space in this lamentable rag, your humble affiant writes again.

author hit the usual high points: the science of human biology, the misogyny, reality and the law.

It probably would have gone relatively unnoticed had a letter from the school not suddenly appeared in the email box of parents a few days later, apologizing for the essay and announcing that the entire edition was being retracted, even though it had already been distributed.

If that sounds like a serious overreaction by a scholarly clan that prides itself on promoting “dialogue about how to move the conversation away from an ‘either/or’ mentality to developing a productive, nuanced understanding of our complex and increasingly interconnected world,” the overreaction got much worse.

Not only did the school — under the approving nod and prod of the local archdiocese — censor the essay, it fired two journalism teachers who were on the clock when the essay was published. That happened even though the published school guidelines insist staff remain hands-off student opinions.

In an appeal to parents, school officials apologized for what they saw as a failure — not to seize the opportunity to have a scholarly debate about abortion rights, but for failing to ensure students would never feel the need to express an opinion so contrary to that of Catholic dogma.

No one there bothered to think through the shrill hypocrisy of an institution that freely wields the same Constitutional amendment that guarantees nearly carte blanc for just about anything calling itself a religion, and in the same clause guarantees a free press and speech.

The school immediately opened itself to the flood of criticism about where the school draws the line between such dogma and the truth. Not so long ago, Darwinism, The Big Bang Theory and the very biology of life were influenced by Church officials, a practice the Jesuit Schools forbid and capitalized on.

For a very long time, Jesuits have prided themselves, rightfully, on discussing the awkward and the uncomfortable in a grail to reveal the truth about our world, no matter how inconvenient that might be, or to whom.

The clear message sent by a long-standing program that seeks to bring civil dialogue to a world fractured from disinformation and propaganda about global warming, immigration, vaccines, fraudulent voter fraud, guns, racism and, right now, abortion, is that some people’s opinions are just more equal than others.

It eats at the school’s credibility by begging the question just what do they teach in biology classes? Science, or sanctioned science?

Silencing open discussion is what leads people in enlightened nations to believe vaccines can make magnets out of their foreheads to stick metal spoons to.

Regis Jesuit officials aren’t alone in abandoning the sacred principles of seeking the truth and having an honest and open discussion about it, they’re just the latest institution to resort to such intolerance.

It further erodes a world filled with nuance, exchanging it for a place where people shun people they disagree with rather than debate them in an effort to further the cause of understanding, and more importantly, the truth. Follow @EditorDavePerry on Twitter and Facebook or reach him at 303-750-7555 or dperry@SentinelColorado.com

QUIDNUNC

Quidnunc, whose name comes from the Latin “what now,” is out and about as often as possible to bring you news overheard in elevators, rest rooms and spied in various e-mail boxes.

AND SO, QUID HAS HEARD, that although A-Town and this sadsack state desperately needs a Congresspersona Lauren Boebert Tweet Revenge Award, there is no need to search for the premier winner of that lamentable distinction. Dear readers, we have a D’ohbert winner, and it is Gregg Bergan. “Who” query all but Councilperson Francoise Bergan, cringing along with the words here? That’s right. The first-spouse of the Honorable Lawmaker in Southeast A-Town rips it up many, many times a day on Twitter, giving even Colorado’s own Queen of Mien a run for top-tweeted foul balls. Monsieur Bergan appeared to lay low until late, and now spends much of his 128-character treatises lamenting a lack of followers, save for Quid. Often the savvy ad exec offers Boebertian commentary that perhaps even she would leave un-posted, such as these chef-d’œuvre: “I feel like if I had boobs I’d have a lot more followers. But that is a line I will not cross.”

Really? With so many lines crossed on this account, why stop at something so pedestrian?

Then there’s this Boebertonian jewel: “Are there zoos in Africa?” Allow your faithful hack to chime in in advance of what was certain to be a future tweet: Yes, they do have zoos, and books and electricity. See: Google.

But showing that winky winky slam-one-slam all to the mat mentality, this plum appeared to be ripe recently: “A television network rejected one of my commercials because they said the Amish might be insulted by it. When they saw it on TV. Let that sink in.” Sink appears to be the key word.

AND THAT’S ALL THE NEWS THAT FITS.

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Cattle are held in a pen during the first week of The National Western Stock Show, which made its return after canceling last year’s annual event due to the ongoing pandemic. The Stock Show is open through Jan. 23, boasting rodeos, horse shows, and family events. The show includes the Miniature Zebu show, the Coors Western Art gallery, NW Nursery of baby animals presented by Murdoch’s, Petting Farm presented by King Soopers, and more.

In response to our story about Regis teacher firings and censorship.. Opinion pieces are just that, opinions. It has nothing to do with the schools’ or churches teachings and beliefs. I would think encouraging young people to voice their opinions would be part of the education package. I don’t care who you are or what your beliefs are, everyone has a right to their opinion. Punishing these students in anyway, teaches that their first amendment rights are not taken seriously. How discouraging and disappointing.

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GOP state House ‘Big Lie’ tirade was warped and menacing

Not even a week into the new session of the Colorado Legislature, and the 2022 term has unravelled into a grave and dangerous heap of far-right extremist deceit and delusion.

House Speaker Alec Garnett was succinct and accurate after a bevy of loose-cannon Republicans began pitching lurid and ludicrous amendments to a bill touting the need for Congress to take up voter-rights legislation.

“Holy moly,” said Garnett, a Denver moderate Democrat during the House floor fracas. At times, his voice rose with alarm, and rightfully so. “We cannot remain silent. Listen up. This is serious. You’re under threat.”

This is serious.

The morning started on the House floor, like many do during the 180-days of lawmaking, with the group of lawmakers running through highlights of the day and “resolutions.” For the most part, House resolutions are toothless statements about people and issues, often a chance for the general assembly to offer attention, props or kudos to do-gooders, issues and industries.

Democrats, who run the state House with a comfortable margin, offered a resolution backing the efforts in the U.S. Senate to push through a voter-rights bill. The controversial effort is backlash from relentless lying from Donald Trump and his allies about non-existent 2020 Election irregularities and fraud that, conspirators say, wrongly led to the election of President Joe Biden. While lying and delusion were hardly new problems for Trump and his dutiful lackeys, the corruption swept across several Republican states, which reacted with dangerous anti-voter-rights laws. Some laws actually would allow Republican dominated states and counties to overturn legitimate election results at will and without valid proof.

Arguments against a federal fix as a remedy to Trump’s lies, and his allies’ amoral legislation are valid. Current drafts of the federal bill are far reaching, and could be overreaching. Republicans or Democrats in the Colorado state House have defensible reasons to give pause to voting for Tuesday’s resolution supporting the Senate bill.

That’s not what happened. A majority of the Republicans in the House dog-piled on the bill, offering what in other times would be eye-rolling partisan high jinks as political commentary.

As many as 15 GOP House representatives voted for a hostile amendment to the bill that supported Trump’s Big Lie about non-existent election fraud and would throw support behind discredited Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters. Peters admittedly used her power to provide outside, adversarial access to sensitive voting machine components. Peters is under investigation by the FBI and others for allegations of perpetrating what’s tantamount to undermining Colorado elections. Colorado judges have removed her from conducting any election duties as clerk.

Radical GOP lawmakers also backed an amendment to the voting-rights resolution that recommends outright ending electronic voting systems in Colorado, a hallmark of Colorado voting accuracy, ease and equal access. The notion is part of the common quackery among Republican conspirators submerged in Trump’s election plots.

These lawmakers went even further. As many as 16 Republicans in the House supported a failed amendment lauding fellow GOP State Rep. Ron Hanks and the rioters and insurrectionists who seized the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 in a failed effort to undermine the legitimate votes of millions of Americans and use corrupted election law to illegally install Donald Trump as president. Hanks admittedly was part of the rally with Trump before the siege, and he has regularly parroted Trump’s false narrative and lies.

“They were such nice people, Mr. Speaker,” Hanks, a Fremont County Republican said Tuesday. He’s running for the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Democrat Michael Bennet. “These people did nothing wrong. They were afraid for their country.”

The danger here is obvious when a majority of Republican elected officials in the House lavish praise on a dubious peer who says a thwarted effort to violently overthrow the U.S. government was carried out by “nice people” who “did nothing wrong.”

So who, elected to positions of power in the state House, goes beyond the pale of partisan politics and perpetuates dangerous lies, delusion and collusion with corrupt people working to undermine free and fair elections?

Here’s the list of colluders: From Arapahoe and Weld counties, representing the far reaches of the Aurora region, Rod Bockenfeld. From Douglas County, Mark Baisley, Patrick Neville and Kevin Van Winkle. From Colorado Springs, Andres Pico, Shane Sandridge, and Dave Williams. Also, Marc Catlin, Montrose, Richard Holtorf, Akron, Stephanie Luck, Penrose, Rod Pelton, Cheyenne Wells, Janice Rich, Grand Junction, Matt Soper, Delta, Tonya Van Beber, Eaton, Perry Will, New Castle and Dan Woog, Erie.

Not all House Republicans are on board the train wreck to Delusionland.

Even Republican House Minority Leader Hugh McKean, who has tried more to change the subject rather than solidly call out the cancer eating away at the GOP, admitted that those Republicans perpetuating Trump’s Big Lie is creating a schism in the nation.

“We’ve got to get to where we have an election, we accept the results and we move on,” McKean said.

He fell short of condemning the dangerous deceptions and instead asked his caucus to just leave it out of House legislative discussions.

Those are the words of someone seeking to retain power, not lead people away from a real and present danger.

These are not partisan melodramas. These are warped and treacherous schemes to allow a minority of Colorado residents to undermine the most important facet of American democracy, free, fair and valid elections.

The 16 Republicans who carried out Tuesday’s ruse must either rethink their allegiances and obligations or step aside so principled representatives can get the people’s work done.

DICK POLMAN, CONTRIBUTING COLUMNIST

NPR showed how to interview a lying tyrant

Journalists have been debating how to most effectively cover a defeated ex-president who lies as he breathes and aspires to restore his reign by any means necessary.

Donald Trump has an iron grip on his cultish party, so it’d be a dereliction of duty to ignore him – and the existential threat he represents. But by indulging him in an interview, does that not give him more oxygen?

I’m happy to report that Steve Inskeep at NPR found a way Monday to thread the needle. The solution is to over prepare, give the listeners and the readers as much context as possible, and push back in real time whenever the liar lies.

For instance:

TRUMP (still obsessing about the 2020 election): You look at the findings. You look at the number of votes…Look at Philadelphia. Is it true that there were far more votes than there were voters?

INSKEEP: It is not true that there were far more votes than voters.

Inskeep gave Trump air time to recycle his lie that he actually won Arizona but that it was stolen by voter fraud. But instead of letting the lie stand unchallenged, NPR checked in with Arizona’s Republican election officials – who recently conducted a ballot review and reaffirmed Joe Biden’s statewide win. The posted NPR story says this: Republican officials in Maricopa County (the most populous and pivotal county) debunked the characterizations of Trump and his allies in a 93-page rebuttal issued last week. “The people who have spent the last year proclaiming our free and fair elections are rigged are lying or delusional,” said Bill Gates, the GOP chair of the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors.

At another point in the interview – which NPR had sought for the last six years – Inskeep reminded Trump that he lost all of his post-election court cases. This exchange was revealing:

INSKEEP: Let me read you some short quotes. The first is by one of the judges – one of the 10 judges you appointed – who ruled on this. And there were many judges, but 10 who you appointed. Brett Ludwig, U.S. District Court in Wisconsin, who was nominated by you in 2020. He’s on the bench and he says, quote, “This court allowed the plaintiff the chance to make his case, and he has lost on the merits.” Another quote, Kory Langhofer, your own campaign attorney in Arizona, Nov. 12, 2020, quote, “We are not alleg-

ing fraud in this lawsuit. We are not alleging anyone stealing the election.”

TRUMP: When you look at Langhofer, I disagree with him as an attorney. I did not think he was a good attorney to hire. I don’t know what his game is…

He maligned one of his own lawyers, and didn’t even bother to address the fact that 10 of his own judicial appointees had ruled against him in case after case (including his Hail Mary in Pennsylvania). All told, NPR accurately observed: “Repeatedly in the interview, Trump presses his party to adhere to his point of view and false claims… That’s a typical strategy among purveyors of disinformation and misinformation.”

And this was a fun exchange, Trump being unable to fathom how Biden won without drawing huge crowds in the midst of a pandemic:

TRUMP: How come Biden couldn’t attract 20 people for a crowd? How come when he went to speak in different locations, nobody came to watch, but all of a sudden, he got 80 million votes? Nobody believes that, Steve. Nobody believes that.

INSKEEP: If you’ll forgive me, maybe because the election was about you.

The interview was scheduled to last 15 minutes. But at the nine-minute mark, when Inskeep started to bring up the Capitol insurrection, Trump hung up. Inskeep exclaimed, “Whoa whoa whoa, I have one more question!” Alas, his guest had cut and run to the MAGA cocoon.

Granted, the MAGA crowd doesn’t listen to NPR or read its website. But journalists who have a laudable bias for facts have no rational choice but to do their jobs.

As veteran Washington reporter Barton Gellman said recently, “What we’re for as journalists is truth. And what we’re for as journalists is democracy. We are unambiguously in favor of our democratic system and of allowing the people to choose their own leaders. And the conundrum is that right now we have a political party that is bowing to authoritarian forces, that is systematically lying about the political process, about the election process itself.”

The only way forward – as Inskeep demonstrated – is to hold those forces accountable.

Dick Polman, a veteran national political columnist based in Philadelphia and a Writer in Residence at the University of Pennsylvania, writes at DickPolman.net. Email him at dickpolman7@gmail.com

On strike

AURORA KING SOOPERS WORKERS SAY LOW WAGES, BENEFITS CONTRIBUTE TO UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICES

Workers at Aurora’s 10 King Soopers stores joined thousands of union members across the Denver metroplex in a strike against what the union says are unfair labor practices.

BY CARINA JULIG AND MAX LEVY, Staff Writers

The strike began at 5 a.m. on Jan. 12 at more than 60 stores in the Denver metro area. Outside the King Soopers on South Peoria Street in Aurora, union members picketed in front of the store with signs asking passerbys not to patronize King Soopers during the strike.

“Our original offer on the table was $148 million in wage increases. We raised that to $170 million this morning, which is the largest wage increase in the history of King Soopers and City Market,” Joe Kelley, president of King Soopers and City Market said Jan. 11. Union President Kim Cordova said King Soopers has not provided information it needs on items including wages, pensions and health care to evaluate the proposal. It also included unacceptable provisions, including restricting workers’ ability to work overtime, she said.

Kroger alleges the survey is misleading.

“The implication by the Economic Roundtable that The Kroger Family of Companies does not care about the wellbeing of our associates and their families is patently untrue,” vice president Tim Massa said in a statement.

Aurora resident Barbara Preskorn began working for King Soopers seven years ago after retiring from teaching.

Union employees of King Soopers store 139, located at Aurora Plaza, continue their strike against what the union is describing as unfair labor practices. the strike began at 5:00 a.m. on January 12, and is taking place at 60 King Soopers across the metro area, 10 being in Aurora.

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“We as workers, we’re not asking for anything crazy,” King Soopers clerk Andres Becerril told the Sentinel last week. “I’m hoping we get a contract that ends up making this place a place worth working at.”

King Soopers and City Market are both owned by Kroger Co., the nation’s largest traditional grocery store chain.

Members of the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 allege unfair labor practices by King Soopers. King Soopers has accused the union of the same thing.

The day before the strike, the union rejected a contract offer that included $170 million for wage increases and health care benefits and bonuses ranging from $2,000 to $4,000 for ratifying the contract, The Denver Post reported.

A survey of 10,287 Kroger employees in Colorado, California and Washington published by Economic Roundtable this week found that nearly two-thirds of employees reported not making enough to pay for basic expenses, with 44% of that group saying they are unable to pay rent and 39% saying they can’t afford groceries.

More than a third of all employees say they fear eviction. The survey also found that about 14% of the employees surveyed were homeless at the time of responding or had been homeless in the previous year. For 86% of workers, Kroger was said to be their sole employer.

And the survey says seniority affords little security, with 8-9% of respondents who had worked for the company for more than five years reporting they had been homeless at some point in the past year.

“I got the job after retiring so I could pay my rent,” Preskorn told the Sentinel while striking outside the Parker King Soopers on Jan. 18. “With the increased cost of living, we have poverty and we are trying to get that corrected.”

Departments are deteriorating as a result of potential new hires going to competing stores instead of King Soopers, due to the higher starting salaries elsewhere, she said. Wages are such an issue that the store she works at has a food bank for the 139 employees to use.

Becerril is a front end supervisor at the King Soopers on Mississippi Avenue in Aurora. He’s worked for the company for over 12 years at stores across the Denver metro area.

He came to the Aurora store from a Denver location in March 2020, hoping it might be a bit less hectic. Two weeks later, the pandemic arrived in full force and grocery stores became some of the only places people could gather.

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“It went from being a semi slow store to making money hand over fist,” he said.

Grocery store employees were dubbed essential frontline workers, and hailed as heroes by their employers and a grateful public. Becerril received “hero pay” for about six weeks during the start of the pandemic, which he said was the only time in the past two years he’s felt like he’s had a liveable wage.

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But as time went on, he said it felt like the company began to take health measures less and less seriously. One of his biggest concerns right now is how short-staffed the store is. Workers aren’t able to take time away from their other tasks to clean when the maintenance person is gone, which could lead to unsanitary and potentially dangerous conditions.

“Most of the things we’re asking for in terms of safety are all preventative,” he said.

In March 2021, a gunman entered a Boulder King Soopers and killed 10 people, including three employees and a maintenance worker. Afterwards, Becerril’s store removed 15-second timers from emergency exits and put signs in the bathrooms pointing to the exits. He appreciated the changes, but said he was frustrat-

ed the company didn’t have more measures in place beforehand.

“People either have to get hurt or die for policies to get changed, and they’re usually policies that we asked to get changed,” he said.

According to UFCW Local 7, over 95% of its members voted in favor of the strike. Becerril is proud that the union is taking a stand.

“Hopefully this is something that can change the way people are treated in the workplace,” he said.

On social media, state representative Iman Jodeh, D-Aurora, shared her support for the strike and asked people not to cross the picket line.

Grocery store employees

“are one of the groups of people that have really felt the effects of COVID in a different way than the rest of us,” Jodeh told the Sentinel Several Aurora city council members and Congressman Jason Crow also voiced their support.

“Our frontline workers deserve more than a thanks — they deserve a living wage and fair labor practices by their employers,” Crow said in a tweet.

A woman listed as the media contact for King Soopers on the Kroger website did not return phone messages from the Sentinel. In a statement released Wednesday, the company called the union’s decision to strike

“reckless and self-serving.”

“Local 7 is putting politics before people and preventing us from putting more money in our associates’ pockets,” Kelley, president of King Soopers and City Market, in the statement. “Creating more disruption for our associates, their families and Coloradans rather than negotiating for a peaceful resolution is irresponsible and undemocratic.”

The union is in negotiations with Kroger, but so far the parties have failed to reach an agreement. The strike is currently scheduled to last three weeks, with employees at Colorado Springs locations joining in later in the month. Kroger has said King Soopers and City Market stores will remain open throughout.

The affected King Soopers locations in Aurora are:

15250 E Mississippi Ave

655 Peoria St

19711 E Smoky Hill Rd

17000 E Iliff Ave

15109 E Colfax Ave

4271 S Buckley Rd

6412 S Parker Rd

18221 East Hampden Ave

3050S Peoria St

1155 S Havana St

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Grants of up to $5,000 for neighborhood cleanups, community signage, food pantries and other projects will be available soon through a City of Aurora program opening Jan. 26.

First approved in 2015, the city’s Neighborhood Improvement Grant program is meant to help “improve a neighborhood’s physical condition, enhance pride and identity, increase neighborhood communication, and bring new assets to the neighborhood that foster gathering and positive experiences,” according to a news release.

The projects also must be within city limits, provide “an identifiable benefit to the neighborhood,” have a set timeline and involve at least three households.

This year, $60,000 out of the city’s general fund has been earmarked for grants, available to individuals as well as community groups.

People interested in applying will first be asked to attend one of three virtual meetings being held on Jan. 26 at 6 p.m., Feb. 2 at noon and Feb. 3 at 6 p.m.

Links for the meetings will be posted online at AuroraGov.org/ NeighborhoodGrants. Applicants should also meet with their city community engagement coordinator before applying no later than 5 p.m. on April 22.

Residents can look up their community engagement coordinator by visiting AuroraGov.org/PropertyInfo and searching their address. All projects must be completed by Oct. 31.

Applications for mini-grants to fund neighborhood activities like block parties, cleanups, festivals and tournaments, as well as printing of promotional posters and fliers are also open now and available at AuroraGov.org/NeighborhoodGrants.

— MAX LEVY, Staff Writer

Commission OK’s East Bank apartments

Site plans for a controversial apartment complex in southwest Aurora earned the unanimous approval of the city’s Planning and Zoning Commission on Wednesday, in a virtual hearing punctuated by outbursts from some of the project’s opponents.

The 311-unit apartment building would replace a section of a partially-vacant commercial center in the East Bank Shopping Center, northeast of Parker Road and Quincy Avenue.

Project sponsors sold the redevelopment as a second wind for the struggling retail spot, which once housed a 24 Hour Fitness, Colorado Fabrics and other stores that have since closed.

“The only way to support the existing retail here is to bring in more residential,” argued Marcus Pachner of the Pachner Company, who presented alongside project sponsors on Wednesday. “This is a residential anchor that will support it.”

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pany is leading the redevelopment alongside property owner Kimco Realty.

Opponents of the project were allowed by the commission to make their own 10-minute presentation.

Neighbor Bill VanSickle detailed numerous objections to the development, including its potential impact on traffic; the 610-foot length of the proposed building, which he called “monolithic” and which required a variance from code of about 410 feet; and the displacement of existing business, in particular Pet Palace.

VanSickle said the pet store had been a staple in the shopping center for more than 28 years. It was not clear Wednesday what plans the store has for relocating. While he said neighbors agreed the commercial center needed to be redeveloped, VanSickle said the proposed apartments were not a good fit.

“We agree that Kimco and Evergreen have the right to develop this property,” he said. “We don’t take issue with that. However, we feel it’s not the right way to develop East Bank.”

Pachner insisted the impact on traffic would be manageable, with trips generated by the apartment complex making up only 0.93% of the traffic on Parker and 0.57% of trips on Quincy by full buildout in 2024, according to a traffic study.

He also said an early version of the plan that would have closed the northeast access to South Atchison Way without indicating any replacement access was abandoned in favor of a plan that includes an improved access along the east side of the property, just south of East Oxford Place on the maps presented.

Diana Rael of planning firm Norris Design said Kimco “has committed to continuing to work with retailers to relocate them within the project and to generate viable solutions to allow them to continue to serve in the adjacent, surrounding local community.”

Another presenter on behalf of the project, Carolynne White, said the 610-foot-long proposed apartment building is actually shorter than the 950-foot-long commercial building that partially overlaps its current footprint.

Wednesday’s public hearing on the project followed several meetings with neighbors and businesses, as well as the submission of more than 300 written comments to the city along with a petition against the project that collected around 539 signatures, city planner Ariana Muca said.

A mixture of opponents and supporters among the public spoke for more than an hour and a half on Wednesday. Many, like Geri Santos-Rach, said they lived near the shopping center and were personally invested in what happened with the property.

“One of the things that I want people to understand is that Kimco’s proposal hasn’t balanced the needs of the new community with the old community,” she said, mentioning increased vehicle and foot traffic around the property and

Looking Ahead 2022

Upcoming dates:

• Wednesday, Feb. 2: Nancy N. Sharpe, District 2

• Thursday, Feb. 3: Nancy Jackson, District 4

• Wednesday, Feb. 9: Jeff Baker, District 3

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heavier use of surrounding parks as particular concerns.

Another neighbor, Daniel Smafield, spoke up in favor of the apartments, saying he wanted to see more affordable rentals in the area.

“I want future residents of Aurora like myself to also be able to afford to live in this neighborhood and not be priced out,” he said. “I do think that there are more important things in our community than my view or my property value. I believe all of us here in Aurora have a moral obligation in every neighborhood to do what we can to increase housing supply.”

After the comments, the commission discussed the public’s concerns with the applicant. They were periodically interrupted by meeting attendees who unmuted

themselves to criticize both groups, prompting commissioner Bob Gaiser to say the commenters were “not helping your case by blasting out like that.”

Vice-chair Melvin Bush noted after the commission’s unanimous vote to approve the plan that opponents still have the opportunity to appeal the decision to the Aurora City Council.

— MAX LEVY, Staff Writer

EDUCATION

Graduation rates up in Cherry Creek, down in APS

The Cherry Creek School District

reached a record high graduation rate of 90.7% in 2021, according to 2020-2021 graduation data the Colorado Department of Education released Tuesday.

The district bucked a statewide trend, which found that Colorado’s four-year graduation rate decreased slightly for the first time in a decade. Statewide, 81.7% of the class of 2021 graduated last spring, compared to 81.9% in the class of 2020.

Cherry Creek’s graduation rate went up nearly 2 percentage points from 88.6% of eligible students in the spring of 2020, putting it at a record high.

“I am so proud of our students and what they have been able to accomplish during their time with Cherry Creek Schools,” Superin-

tendent Chris Smith said in a news release. “This graduation rate is a testament to the hard work, determination and resilience of our students, as well as their teachers and families, amid a disruptive global pandemic.”

In neighboring Aurora Public Schools, the graduation rate dipped slightly. In 2021, 76.2% of seniors graduated, compared to 79% in 2020. The 2020 graduation rate was exactly the same as in 2019, however, and just below its 2018 rate, according to state education department data.

Although the statewide dip may be statistically insignificant, it represents the first time in 10 years that Colorado’s annual graduation rate didn’t increase.

“We know how tough it was for everyone last school year due to the challenges brought on by the pandemic with schools going to remote learning and others offering hybrid models,” said Katy Anthes, Colorado’s education commissioner, in a released statement. “It is a relief that the graduation rate is nearly the same as it was the previous year. With the state’s dropout rate also nearly unchanged, it is a concrete display of the dedication and determination of Colorado’s students, parents and teachers, especially during these tough times.”

However, racial disparities increased in the past year with students of color seeing drops in their graduation rates where white students didn’t. Students identified as Indigenous or Hispanic posted the largest drops among racial groups in graduation rates this year. Black students also showed a drop.

Districts with large portions of students from low-income families also posted drops in their rate compared with last year. In the metro area, Sheridan, Englewood, and Westminster school districts had some of the largest drops, despite all having posted increases in 2020.

Statewide, the rate of students completing high school in five, six, or seven years, has continued to increase. A total of 9.7% of the Class of 2021, or about 6,614 students, remain enrolled and could still finish high school in their fifth, sixth, or seventh year.

Chalkbeat Colorado contributed to this report.

— CARINA JULIG, Staff Writer

2 new APS magnet schools — named after African-American trailblazers

Registration for Aurora’s two new magnet schools focused on arts and entrepreneurship is now open.

The magnet schools are slated to open this fall as part of Aurora Public Schools’ “Blueprint APS” plan. Students from across the district along with those not currently in APS can apply through Feb. 11 to be part of the inaugural classes.

Blueprint APS is the district’s multi-year plan for managing its school buildings in response to changing enrollment trends. As part of the plan, APS will turn seven cam-

puses into magnet schools focused on different specializations.

The Clara Brown Entrepreneurial Academy will open on the site of Wheeling Elementary and serve K-8 students, focusing on entrepreneurship and innovation. In the 20222023 school year it will open for kindergarten through third grade, and add a grade each year after that.

The Charles Burrell Visual and Performing Arts Campus will provide education in the arts to K-12 students on the site of Peoria Elementary School and Aurora Central High School. It will begin with kindergarten through third grade, sixth grade and ninth grade.

Both schools are named after African-American trailblazers in Colorado, and were selected from community surveys before being formally approved by the board of education in the fall.

— CARINA JULIG, Staff Writer

APS plans Blueprint forums

Aurora Public Schools has scheduled two information sessions for the end of January and the beginning of February to discuss the next steps in its Blueprint APS plan.

Blueprint APS is the district’s multi-year plan for managing its school buildings in response to changing enrollment trends. As part of the plan, some schools with low enrollment will be closed and seven campuses will be turned into specialized magnet schools that students located anywhere in the district can apply to attend.

As the next stage of its plan, APS announced in December that it plans to repurpose Paris and Sable elementary schools, which would close in June 2023. It will also build a health-focused innovation center on the campus of North Middle School.

The Sable Elementary decision caught the community by surprise, as it was not on the initial list of schools being considered for closure. At a December school board meeting, many teachers and families showed up to protest the decision.

The final vote on the plan will be taken at the board’s February meeting. Before then, the district is holding two information sessions to go into more detail about the proposals.

The first is scheduled for Wednesday, Jan. 26 at 5:30 p.m. over Zoom.

The second is Thursday, Feb. 3 at 5:30 p.m. in the auditorium of North Middle School. The meeting may be changed to virtual depending on the health situation at the time.

—

CARINA JULIG, Staff Writer

Regis Jesuit students protest retracted essay

A group of students from Regis Jesuit High School protested outside school Friday morning and held a walkout in response to the firing of the student magazine’s two faculty advisers.

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The two advisers were fired over a pro-choice opinion piece that was published in the winter edition of the student-run magazine, Elevate.

The administration said that it is in the process of reevaluating how the magazine is run to prevent similar incidents in the future.

Senior Samuel Opherman was outside the school on Friday morning with about 15 other students, holding a sign asking “Do you respect our dignity?”

He said he decided to protest to show support for the teachers and advocate for student voices. Regis Jesuit has created a “culture of fear” with the firing, he said.

“We don’t feel like the administration respects us,” Opherman said.

“Silence is not education!”

“What happened to open growth?”

“Our silence is so loud” read other signs that students held as they stood outside, wrapped in blankets and coats against the snow. Drivers passing by honked in support.

The protest was held during a student Mass. Students told the Sentinel they had been warned by the administration that they would receive a three-hour disciplinary punishment if they walked out of the service.

“We respect our students’ decision to use this form of protest to express their frustrations,” Regis Jesuit spokesperson Charisse Broderick King said in an email. “Exercising this right does come with responsibilities, and students who participated may be subject to consequences as outlined in the Student Handbook regarding unexcused absences.”

Controversy has been brewing at the private Catholic school in Aurora since the beginning of the spring semester, when students found out that the two advisers, who were also journalism and foreign language teachers, were fired due to the publication of the editorial, which was submitted by a student and advocated pro-choice views on abortion.

The magazine’s editorial policy stated that the student editorial board had final say over what was published and that faculty and administrators were not allowed to have prior review over the publication.

In a December letter announcing the retraction of the winter magazine, the school’s principal and president said that the school is “taking steps now to consider the magazine’s editorial process to ensure its compatibility with and responsibility in representing the mission of Regis Jesuit.”

The student magazine is currently being run by the school’s one remaining faculty adviser, who was previously in charge of student TV news. Elevate staff have been told they are not allowed to comment publicly on the situation.

Maria Lynch, one of the fired advisers, provided documents to the Sentinel detailing a back-andforth with the administration over whether or not she was fired with-

out cause. Lynch said she has been advised by legal counsel that the school violated the terms of her employment agreement by firing her. The school has said it does not comment on personnel matters.

On Friday, president David Card and principal Jimmy Tricco sent a letter to Regis Jesuit families addressing the situation.

“No students have been sanctioned in any way in relation to the publication of the article itself,” the letter said. “Nor were our decisions influenced by any external pressure, including that of the archdiocese. When it relates to personnel conversations and decisions, unfortunately, there are contextual pieces that we are unable to share in this current situation, and we are sorry we cannot offer more clarity in this regard.”

The letter also said that this is a “painful time” for the Regis Jesuit community and that the school remains “committed to balancing Jesuit education’s call to question everything with ensuring a deep and meaningful understanding of Catholic beliefs.”

For more on this story visit www. sentinelcolorado.com

— CARINA JULIG, Staff Writer

POLICE

Impaired driving fatalities increased in 2021

New data from the Colorado Department of Transportation shows traffic fatalities involving an impaired driver increased 16% in 2021.

“All impaired driving deaths in 2021 could have — and should have — been avoided,” Col. Matthew Packard, Chief of the Colorado State Patrol, said in a Friday news release, ahead of a long holiday weekend of high enforcement. “The new year is a chance to reset your own beliefs and behaviors around driving: buckle up, put down distractions and always drive sober. Stop the excuses, you’re not driving alone out there.”

There were a total of 672 deaths on Colorado roadways last year, 246 of them involved an impaired driver, about 37%. Last month, there were 36 roadway fatalities across the state and nearly half involved an impaired driver.

In 2019, there were 164 fatalities where the driver had a blood alcohol concentration of more than .08. That was down about 15% from the previous year.

Adams County had 25 fatalities involving an impaired driver in 2021, the most in the state. Denver had 34 and Jefferson County had 21. El Paso County data is not yet available.

— KARA MASON, Staff Writer

Police officer strikes man in road

A Salt Lake City man lying in a southeast Aurora street Monday night was struck and killed by an Aurora police cruiser, according to Colorado State Patrol investigators.

CSP officials said the unidentified Aurora police officer, 37, was

Regis Jesuit High School senior Samuel Opherman, left, protests with other students in front the Catholic high school in Aurora Jan. 14, 2022. PHOTO BY PHILIP B. POSTON/Sentinel Colorado

driving his police Ford SUV east on East Quincy Avenue near Nucla Street at about 11:25 p.m. when he struck a man lying in the eastbound lanes of the street.

The officer “was not responding to a call for service at the time,” police said in a statement. “The officer advised he had hit a pedestrian and requested medical assistance to the location.”

The man was declared dead at the scene.

Preliminary investigation revealed the man was wearing dark clothes and was prostrate in the street when he was struck.

“The pedestrian had been earlier observed to be highly intoxicated in a nearby store prior to the crash,” CSP officials said.

The man’s identity was not released pending notification of relatives.

“The APD vehicle has been taken for inspection, and the case remains under investigation,” according to CSP Trooper Joshua Lewis. “No charges have been filed.”

Because an Aurora officer was involved in the death, the case is being investigated by Colorado State Patrol.

— SENTINEL STAFF

Man dead after collapsing, dragged by bus

A man experienced a “medical issue” before collapsing, falling under a Regional Transportation District bus and dying in north Aurora Wednesday morning, according to police.

Aurora police said they responded to a crash near East Colfax Ave. and North Havana Street around 6:30 a.m. where responding officers discovered a man in the roadway.

“This man was suffering from apparent traumatic injuries and was pronounced deceased on scene,” police said in a blog post later in the day.

Witnesses said they believed the man may have been struck by a RTD bus. Footage from nearby surveillance cameras confirmed that

the man had exited the rear doors of the bus, experienced a medical issue and collapsed.

“The bus, after passengers were done exiting and entering the bus, pulls away from the stop not knowing that the man was underneath,” police said. “The bus continued their route and was later tracked to Union Station. Officers responded to Union Station to contact the driver and bus and later found evidence linking the bus to the tragic incident.”

Police said they don’t believe the bus driver was under influence of drugs or alcohol, but the driver did volunteer a blood draw “to rule out any impairments.”

The man has not yet been identified by the Arapahoe County Coroner’s Office.

Any witnesses who saw the crash or has dash-camera footage is encouraged to contact the Aurora Police Traffic Section by calling 303-739-6000.

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School at the Stanley makes drag fashion a teachable moment

BY MAGGIE DONAHUE Denverite

Charles Fleming was 18 when they first tried drag on a dare. A friend paid Fleming $20 to show up in drag to a club they frequented. Fleming put together an outfit.

While there, they bumped into a drag queen they’d had gotten to know during their previous visits to the club.

“She brought me onstage, ripped me a new one, told me never to drag again,” Fleming said. “And I had to prove her wrong. And I did.”

Most drag performers learn the art of drag from drag families — found families typically led by an elder drag “mother” who teaches, advises and mentors younger drag kings and queens.

“Drag has always been passed down. Word of mouth kind of thing,” Fleming said.

You pick up the knowledge over time from people who came before you and from just trying on different wigs, Fleming said, but it can take a while for all of the skills involved — hair, makeup, costume, performance — to click.

Fleming met their drag mom that same year and found a community to support them and teach them the ways of drag.

“It’s so important to have people who support and accept you and just love you for you,” Fleming said. “There’s a lot of people who would fear things and just not do things because of the fear. So it’s very important to have that support of a family.”

Now a professional drag queen who performs in Denver under the name Diamond Starr, Fleming is one of the instructors in a new drag course for teens and tweens at Stanley Marketplace. The curriculum includes one-off workshops for skills like wig stacking, professional drag queen makeup and performance technique. There’s also a fourweek course called The Lewk, where students learn practical sewing and fashion techniques to build and execute a signature drag look. The course ends with a final performance, during which students show off their looks and practice their routines.

But more than being a place to learn sewing and design skills, Drag Teen-Tween Fashion is a course that allows young people to learn different ideas and try out forms of expression in a safe, nurturing environment.

“I’ve had so many people tell me I’m not good enough for this or good enough for that,” Fleming said. “I hate that feeling of not being accepted or being embarrassed like that. I don’t want any of the children, or teens, tweens, to ever feel like that.”

The program is one of the educational courses offered by Factory Five Five, an art collective at Stanley Marketplace that offers adult and youth classes in film, theatre and, more recently, fashion.

“We added the fashion component partially because we were already doing it,” said Factory Five Five owner Skye Barker Maa.

She said film and theatre students often build every element of their productions from scratch, including their own costumes.

“Part of what I realized was that there was just a real need for some flexible options for students who wanted to learn how to sew and wanted to learn costume design, maybe fashion design,” Barker Maa said.

The collective’s new fashion tract, Factory Fashion, provides courses like sewing and fashion design, as well as a daytime workspace for designers that at night turns into a pop-up event space with a full bar. Factory Fashion also offers summer camps and other youth programming like the drag class.

“We have this next generation of students coming up in an industry that really has been skipping generations,” Barker Maa said. “My mother did not know how to sew or crochet or do any of those spectacular crafty things. But my grandmother could do everything. And part of what we’re trying to do with this program is make sure that these arts aren’t lost and that we’re making it accessible and fun for students.”

The youth classes are designed to teach sewing and design in a way that appeals to a younger generation by catering to their interests. For example, Factory Fashion offers a class where students can learn to make costumes from the musical “Hamilton.” The drag program was also inspired by some of the things in which other Factory Five Five programs students showed interest.

“We already have a ton of kiddos who are LGBTQ, who are out, who are exploring style and fashion,” Barker Maa said. “And that was part of it. I was watching our students and as they were trying to teach themselves how to apply their makeup, how to handle wigs.”

In designing the drag program, Factory Five Five met with local drag performers to ask what they thought should be included in the curriculum.

“We started by saying, what skills do you wish you would have learned, and what did you struggle with?” Barker Maa said. “Is it hard to bedazzle a jacket? Is it hard to stack that wig up into a bouffant ’60s ‘do?”

Meanwhile, Fleming became familiar with Factory Five Five after reading an article about the different programs it offered. Fleming said it struck them that the collective offered so many different art forms under one roof.

“Drag is an intersection of many different art forms, be it dance, be it theater, be it fashion – any kind of art form, basically,” Fleming said. Drag performers typically come up with a look and lip sync to a song onstage. They have to choose a song to represent their persona. They have to design their hair and makeup and costume. “You’re directing yourself, you’re choreographing yourself. It’s all a bunch of things all rolled up into one.”

Fleming reached out to Factory Five

Five, and learned they were thinking about offering drag classes. Soon, Fleming was brought on as an instructor, alongside local designer Darlene C. Ritz.

“I find it so amazing,” Fleming said. “These opportunities for these tweens, teens, didn’t exist when I was young.”

As part of the curriculum, Fleming made a packet of drag tips and tricks they’d learned over the years and handed a copy to each student. The packet also includes workbook pages to help the students plan their looks out on paper, like body outlines so they can design costumes on the page, and face outlines so they can design their makeup.

Fleming also made sure to include, on the first page of the packet, a list of mental health resources and local LGBTQ+ organizations.

“I want to make sure that these kids know that it’s not just about onstage. It’s also about being yourself and being OK to have a place to be yourself,” Fleming said. “I want to make sure they have those resources, first and foremost.”

Fleming also makes a point of getting one-on-one time with each of the students. When students are busy working on their looks, Fleming walks around the room, checking in on each of them and giving tips.

“I try to make sure that each student gets a little bit of individual attention so they feel supported,” Fleming said. Drag family is family, they explained. It’s important to Fleming that the students get that supportive family feeling.

The program offers young people a way to explore their interests in drag under the guidance of supportive adults.

“We’re really lucky in Denver that we are more progressive than not,” Barker Maa said. “But at the same time, when you’re a 12-, 13-year-old student, and you suddenly want to look like someone else

or be someone else or explore your own personal fashion in other ways, that can be hard.”

Many LQBTQ+ youth don’t necessarily have the support of their biological families. It makes having the support of drag families, or other caring adults in their lives, even more important.

“Unfortunately, there’s still a lot of bigotry in this world, and there’s still a lot of kids who are disowned and hurt,” Fleming said. “Having a safe space to be yourself is just so important.”

For example, Fleming said, the program can be a platform for students to explore their gender identities.

“I was asking each of them individually what made them interested in this. A lot of them said that it was their gender identity. They want to learn more about that aspect of drag,” Fleming said. “That made such sense to me because, if I had a class like this when I was younger, I would have been able to accept my non binary status. When I was younger, there was no word for non binary. So I always felt left out with other drag queens.”

Drag, as an art form that encompasses so many different artistic elements, can also be a method for young people to confront or process some of the challenges they’re facing in their lives. Being a teen or tween can be a confusing or emotional time. Drag allows performers to express what they’re feeling through the songs they choose, through their choreography, through their choices in costume and makeup.

“It’s not just about the makeup. It’s not just about the face, or the hair or the costume,” Fleming said. “It’s a good outlet or expression when you’re angry or hurt. It’s almost impossible to talk about drag without talking about emotion.”

Charlie Fleming, AKA Diamond Starr, teaches wig preparedness at their Drag Teen-Tween Fashion class in Stanley Marketplace’s Factory Fashion. Jan. 13. Denverite

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New disaster threats still depend on old ways to alert, rescue Aurora residents and businesses

BY MAX LEVY, Staff Writer

Two-hundred-and-five pages into Aurora’s latest hazard mitigation plan, the authors slip in a stark warning about the risk of future wildfires.

“If a severe fire event occurred,” they write, “then a potential mass casualty incident could occur as well as millions of dollars in residential structures and infrastructure could be damaged and/or destroyed.”

Around 12,500 Aurorans are reportedly exposed to a moderate or high risk of wildfire, with the less densely developed eastern part of the city facing the greatest threat.

Fire can be tougher to contain and quickly grow out of control in undeveloped open space. City spokesman Michael Brannen said the city encompasses at least 8,000 acres, or 12.5 square miles, of vacant land. Dry, windy conditions can also help turn brush-filled lots into tinderboxes — both drought and severe wind were described as threats in the hazard plan, with drought in particular said to be exacerbated by the realities of climate change.

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Inside Cover: South Metro Firefighters continue to extinguish a brush fire that was started at Jewell and E-470, the morning of March 5, 2018.

Above: According to a hazard mitigation plan put forth by the city, just to the east of the Murphy Creek Neighborhood, on both sides of Jewell Avenue, is seen as an area that is in high risk for grassland fires which could produce a disaster similar to that in Superior.

In light of all of this, how significant is the threat of wildfires?

“Low,” according to a consultant that worked on the mitigation plan, factoring in the possible geographic extent of a fire, the severity of past fires and the likelihood of future fires.

“That analysis, it comes back to us from the consultant,” explained Matt Chapman, emergency manager for the City of Aurora. “I would say that any of those natural hazards in there have the potential to be very consequential.”

Completed in August, the plan was not prepared with the benefit of hindsight concerning recent fires in Boulder County. Aurora’s City Council reviewed the document just days after a fire tore through housing developments near Superior and Louisville, leaving at least one body in its wake and burning more than 1,000 residential structures.

“I don’t know if it’s re-evaluation necessarily, but to me it’s an affirmation of why we continue to do this with our risk assessments,” Chapman said when asked whether the plan would be reworked in the short term with the Boulder County fires in mind.

The plan is also inconsistent when describing how likely a wildfire is to happen in the future, with some parts placing the threat in the category of “likely” and other parts classing it as “highly likely.”

The city later clarified that the fire threat should have been categorized as “likely” throughout the plan, but because the definitions of those categories are also not consistent, it’s unclear what the probability of a wildfire happening in the near future was calculated to be.

When asked how the city would reconcile the warning about a mass casualty incident and the recent Boulder County fires with the determination that the significance of the threat posed by wildfires is “low,” Chapman said that they would have to “take another look.”

“I think we have a pretty good analysis, other than taking another look at where we’re ranking that in light of (the Marshall Fire),” he said.

One week after the fire, while Chapman

said the hazard plan and the city’s other emergency plans are considered “living documents” and are updated regularly, he said it was too soon to say what the city’s plans were for incorporating information about the Marshall Fire into its other planning documents.

But experts are urging cities across the Front Range to reconsider their disaster planning, including how they analyze threats and communicate them to residents, as fire season in Colorado and around the world drags on longer each year. The plan states fire seasons have lengthened by 18.7% around the world between 1979 and 2013.

Scrambling to stay ahead of the windwhipped Marshall Fire, first responders pounded on doors, posted alerts on social media and sent evacuation orders and warnings to residents’ phones and email addresses using their Everbridge communication software.

“Our goal is to use all channels as quickly as we can,” Chapman said of the city’s strategy for communicating with residents in an emergency, when minutes and seconds can be precious. “We want to utilize all methods of communication.”

Chapman described multiple warning systems in use by the city. CodeRED, a technology suite produced by IT firm OnSolve, replaced Everbridge a year-and-a-half ago as the software used to push information about severe weather, evacuations and more to Aurora residents’ landlines, cellphones, emails and teletype machines used by the deaf and hard of hearing.

In the event of wildfire threatening a developed area, Chapman said first responders would also go door-to-door, share information via social media and that the city is outfitted with a network of all-hazard sirens.

The city could also target all cellphones within a geographic area by asking Arapahoe County or the state to activate the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Integrated Public Alert and Warning System. Chapman said the city is finalizing its application to FEMA to be able to use the system on its own.

But Aurora’s hazard mitigation plan also identifies weaknesses in the city’s communication capabilities.

“Having so many tools can make it challenging to keep up with them all and ensure they are working properly,” the plan says. Regarding CodeRED, the plan says the software “can be used for public warning but consistent messaging is still a challenge with that particular system,” and Chapman said city staff are still working on transitioning over the message templates once used with Everbridge.

While useful during fires, CodeRED and the other resources like the city’s network of 50-plus warning sirens could be used during other hypothetical emergencies, such as flooding or a hazardous materials spill. The hazard mitigation plan notes Aurora’s sirens, which warn residents to shelter indoors, require an upgrade and are not being installed in new developments, though Chapman said the necessary land is being set aside.

The city did not respond when asked how many empty pads of land have been set aside by builders for sirens that have yet to be installed.

Brannen said “there are currently no plans to build or add to the existing network of sirens,” but that the “Office of Emergency Management continues to evaluate the coverage for current warning sirens and the effectiveness of systems like this” and is “evaluating other technologies in addition to the warning siren system for our community to ensure redundancies.”

As the climate continues to change and grow warmer, the risk of flooding and extreme weather events grows too. Many of the same communication resources and strategies that the city would deploy during a wildfire could come into play in the event of other disasters, along with unique approaches to evacuation and rescue.

The Sentinel reached out to city officials, reviewed the city’s 300-plus-page hazard mitigation plan and spoke with disaster experts to better understand how seriously the city is taking the wildfire threat, and how it might notify residents when the next significant wildfire is sparked.

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And old community risk gets riskier

Between 2016 and 2020, Aurora Fire Rescue reportedly responded to 770 fires, 239 of which could be characterized as wildfires. One-hundred-and-sixty-six of those started in brush or grass. Ten were said to have caused an injury or significant property damage.

If a grass fire were to threaten a developed area, Chapman said an incident commander on the ground would likely be the one to communicate the need for evacuations to staff at the city’s dispatch center.

Dispatchers would be given an idea of the endangered area and the parameters for an evacuation, and information could be relayed using CodeRED; IPAWS; social media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook and Nextdoor; and, if needed, police and firefighters moving door to door and using the public announcement systems on their vehicles to broadcast warnings to a neighborhood.

At the same time, the city’s dispatch center may be challenged by an influx of 911 calls from residents reporting the fire or seeking information. If the number of calls exceeds the number of available lines, Brannen said calls would be rolled over to Arapahoe County, then Adams County and finally to other jurisdictions.

He said the more people sign up for alerts through CodeRED, the less risk there will be of callers overwhelming the cellular infrastructure that delivers those messages. Sign-up information is available at AuroraGov.org/AlertAurora. OnSolve also offers an app for Android and Apple phones.

A fire could also threaten infrastructure such as cellular towers and utility poles. Brannen said the city is prepared with communication equipment and generators if power fails, and additional equipment can be ordered and brought in by cell carriers. Amateur radio operators may also be deployed and communication plans with neighboring counties and the state implemented.

Asked about evacuation routes, Chapman said the city doesn’t have a dedicated wildfire evacuation plan, but roadways have already been sorted based on the traffic volume they can accommodate as part of the city’s snow and ice plan.

Brannen said the city has the ability to reach nearly 118,000 residences and 4,800 businesses through its CodeRED system, which can also be used to forward emergency messages to landlines even if residents haven’t signed up to receive notifications.

Members of the public can opt to receive the CodeRED alerts in English, Spanish, Chinese or Korean, and Brannen said the city “is currently working with CodeRED’s parent company to expand language options.” Translations are handled automatically through the program, Brannen said.

Brannen said 10 Aurora911 employees are bilingual Spanish speakers who have been trained in the use of standardized Spanish-language scripts to help screen callers. He said the dispatch center also uses translation services offered by Voiance to “quickly bridge any language barrier between a caller and a 911 professional.”

The city did not answer when asked how long it typically takes for messages and calls to be translated when external

services are used.

Roughly one-third of Aurorans speak a primary language other than English at home, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2019 American Community Survey. Aurora Public Schools reports its students hail from more than 130 countries and speak more than 160 languages.

Maps in the city’s hazard mitigation plan also show people deemed more vulnerable because of language differences and socioeconomic status tend to live in the northwest area of the city, where wildfires have been sparked more frequently, though the risk was classified as lower.

Eric Ishiwata, a professor of ethnic studies at Colorado State University whose research includes how immigrant communities have been reached during the COVID-19 pandemic, said communities of non-English speakers tend to receive information about local events through a handful of trusted community messengers.

“If there’s one silver lining to the pandemic, it’s that we’ve had an opportunity to engage with more community members with limited English proficiency,” Ishiwata said. “Consistently what we’ve

heard is they’re receiving info primarily through social media networks, people who they know already. That’s the fastest way to mobilize communications to respond to situations.”

While he said he saw “strong efforts” to communicate with those community members in the wake of the Marshall Fire in Boulder County, he also saw that local governments weren’t sure who they could use as conduits to reach non-English speakers.

He suggested cities start by reaching out to nonprofits, liaisons with the school districts and promotoras, members of the Spanish-speaking community who are often female and who help connect others with health care info and resources.

“During the public health crisis, agencies tried to connect with these moms and grandmothers and provide them with a little bit of health information,” he said. “These are the exact same people who we’d want to enroll. … You have such a wealth of talent of multilingual Aurora residents already.”

Aurora and its Office of International and Immigrant Affairs translated public health information into at least 10 lan-

guages and mobilized its volunteer force of “natural helpers” to relay info back to immigrant communities during the pandemic.

“The city is well-connected to reach out any time to residents who do not speak English as a primary language,” Brannen said, mentioning that the city maintains a database of more than 2,500 community members, in addition to its natural helpers, who it could contact in the event of an emergency to help pass along messages to all residents.

Susana Guardado — a program manager in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion with CSU Extension — said it was critical that Aurora have a network of translation and interpretation resources in place before disaster strikes.

“These people are taxpayers, too, and these are government services that are going out,” she said.

“The more this groundwork can be laid when we’re not in an emergency, the better,” Ishiwata added. “It can have really deadly consequences, or really far-reaching consequences otherwise.”

A map showing the areas of Aurora that are at highest risk of fire. Sentinel Colorado screen grab

Above: According to a hazard mitigation plan put forth by the city, just to the east of the Murphy Creek Neighborhood, on both sides of Jewell Avenue, is seen as an area that is in high risk for grassland fires which could produce a disaster similar to that in Superior.

Photos by PHILIP B. POSTON/ Sentinel Colorado

–Decreasing the risk and increasing the rescue

Every year, Brannen said the city identifies where development borders open space and establishes fuel breaks — clearings in vegetation that could obstruct the spread of fire.

The city encourages residents to mitigate light fuels around their own property as well by clearing roofs, decks and gutters of pine needles and raking flammable debris at least 5 feet away from foundations; keeping weeds and grass mowed to a height of 4 inches or less; removing vegetation that hangs over roofs and chimneys; getting rid of slash from thinning trees and shrubs; and keeping firewood and propane tanks at least 30 feet from homes.

When asked whether the city would ever consider requiring Aurorans to clear brush around their property, Brannen said that staffers would “need to discuss this prospect with city leaders in greater detail.”

Included under the “action plan” section of the updated hazard mitigation plan is a community wildfire protection plan that Brannen said is being built by Aurora Fire Rescue and is expected to be written and reviewed this spring.

He said the plan will “further clarify citywide wildland/urban interface mitigation, response and protection in our city” and detail how AFR responds to brush fires. Currently, the city has no dedicated

wildfire protection or mitigation plan.

At the Aurora City Council’s Jan. 3 meeting, Chapman told council members that a presentation on wildland firefighting taking the Marshall Fire into account was planned for February.

Hussam Mahmoud, a professor in CSU’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering whose research includes the topic of wildfire risk, said communities must expand their analyses of fire risk to consider things such as the spacing and physical orientation of buildings, what those buildings are made of, wind patterns and how integrated development is with wildland environments.

That information could be used to guide future development and create maps of fire danger that are more sophisticated than those which focus more on fuels.

“That way, if I tell you if the fire starts here, and this is how long it would take to burn the community, and this is what the burn scar would look like, we can establish much better strategies for saving people,” he said.

While concrete, bricks and wood treated with retardant are more fire-resistant than other building materials, Mahmoud said the high winds present during the Marshall Fire carried embers which could have entered structures and started fires regardless.

“Would it be better to have these materials? Definitely. Is it the only solution? No,” Mahmoud said.

Aurora uses analysis done by the Colorado State Forest Service to figure out which areas are most threatened by wildfires, which takes into account factors such as fuels as well as housing density in the wildland-urban interface.

While the devastation of the Marshall Fire is fresh in the minds of Front Range residents, city staffers stressed that the planning process hasn’t stopped with the completion of the hazard mitigation plan.

Chapman said the fire service has regular conversations with the city’s Public Works and Parks, Recreation and Open Space departments about disaster planning.

“We have many plans for first response, and they’re living documents. We run (emergency operations center) training once a month and focus on different aspects of response. There’s really a lot of work being done on a daily basis,” he said. “The message that we like to send is this is a constant daily thing for us.”

“Every single community in the country, now that we’re expanding tremendously in wildland areas, every community should take wildfire risk seriously,” Mahmoud said. “Even if there hasn’t been something like this in 50 or 100 years, you must take it seriously.”

Beauty of the Birdwing

‘Fireflies’ light up the Vintage

scene & herd

Selfie@Stanley

Now through April 17. Tickets $20 for individuals, $18 a piece for groups of 12 people and more. Book tickets now at selfieatstanley.com. Must show proof of COVID-19 vaccination. 2501 North Dallas Street, Aurora, CO 80010.

Few online tasks get the serotonin flowing like switching out your profile picture. Racking up the likes and the comments elicits true heart-eyes emoji feels. Thanks to a new installation at Stanley Marketplace in north Aurora, you could have a new headshot to post every week for the next six months! The Selfie@Stanley art pop-up features more than 25 “unique and unexpected” backdrops. From a donut wall to backdrops from well-known places, you’re sure to find something that fits your Insta aesthetic. The only real rules here are to bring a fully-charged phone and vaccination proof. The rest is up to you, you influencer. Tickets for groups more than 12 people are $18 a piece and individual tickets are $20 for an hour of shooting in the pop-up. For a full-fledged selfie party, you can even rent the venue. More information at www.selfieatstanley.com.

January 22 11 a.m to 4 p.m. Tickets $50 for 50 minutes and three cases of beer. Brewery located at 2801 Tower Road, Aurora CO 80011. 21+ https://bit.ly/3fuPXjR

National Beer Can Day provides a unique opportunity for de-stressing, and we do not mean the obvious cracking open of cold ones. No, these times are far too taxing. Our friends at Dry Dock Brewing Co. know that, so they’ve invited us all for a “can bash” on Jan. 22. It works like this: You pay $50 for 50 minutes on the brewery’s driving range. Wear your best golf attire (or actually don’t, it’s gonna be messy) and get ready to let out some frustration on low-fill cans of beer. Whack, whack, whack. Dry Dock is providing each ticket with three cases of beer ready for tee time. That should be enough to at least cover the first few weeks of 2022. If that’s not enough, $15 will get you another case. This event is 21+.

Winterfest at Gaylord Rockies

Open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. every day. Jan. 7-31. Members get free admission, non-member tickets range from 9.50 to $14.50. 6252 West 104th Ave., Westminster, CO 80020. www.butterflies.org

Think about the biggest butterfly you’ve ever seen. Now think bigger. Bigger. There you go. That’s the kind of butterfly on display at the Butterfly Pavilion in Westminster. The Common Green Birdwing butterfly gets its name because its wingspan can be up to one foot in length — bigger than most birds you probably see on a daily basis. They’re often found in southeast Asia and Australia (of course), but you don’t have to get on a plane to find one. A short trek to the Pavillion’s conservatory will get you close enough. Staff say the butterflies, which are often poached in their native lands, have been in their chrysalis form for nearly a month at the pavilion, and now they are ready to spread their magnificent, brightly-colored wings. Check them out now until the end of the month.

Ice Skating at The Pond Ice Rink at Southlands Mall

Now through Feb. 20, 2020 Ticket information can be found at www. shopsouthlands.com/eventprograms/thepond

At the Vintage Theatre’s Bond-Trimble stage through Feb 13. Shows on most Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and some weekend matinees at 2:30. Tickets are $20$34

Call 303-856-7830 or order online at www.vintagetheatre.org

A regional premier rom-com at the Vintage Theatre promises to light up the issue of big changes walking into the dusk of life, “Fireflies,” running through Feb. 13.

Adapted from the novel “Eleanor and Able” by Annette Sanford, the show features the ultimately respected and respectable retired teacher Eleanor Bannister, set in her ways in rural Texas. Her ways and her life get turned upside down when a drifter in town begins to fix her leaky roof, and ultimately her complicated house of cards. Directed by regional veteran Bernie Cardell, the show stars Deborah Persoff and Verl Hite.

Playwright Matthew Barber said, “Our willingness to open ourselves to change later in life may be just as strong as when we were young, but that willingness is now up against an equally strong pull to not let go of what we had, even if what we had is now only a memory.”

NOTE: Proof of COVID-19 vaccination is required to enter the theater building. Proof a negative test is not accepted. Patrons must wear masks inside the building, the theater and throughout the performance.

Open Jan. 8 through Feb. 27. Hours and dates vary. 6700 North Gaylord Rockies Boulevard, Aurora, CO 80019 www.gaylordhotels.com

for reservations and rates

The holidays are over, but winter is just beginning and that’s something to celebrate. Do it with a much-needed staycation at Aurora’s own great hideaway on the plains. Gaylord Rockies Resort — far, far from the state’s greatest slopes — isn’t missing out on any winter sports. You’ll find snow tubing, ice skating and ice bumper cars. Other weekly events now through February include campfires and s’mores, scavenger hunts, games at the resort’s massive pool areas and more. For those of us who need a little R&R, the Relâche Spa is getting in on all the winter activities too. A seasonal Circadian Eucalyptus Facia promises to enhance the immune system. Of course, it’s no replacement for masking and vaccinations during this time, but a little added bonus couldn’t hurt.

Few things scream winter activity more than ice skating. The opening scene of A Charlie Brown Christmas taught us that. Luckily, Southlands Mall has again opened their ice skating rink The Pond for another year of lacing up the skates and moving throngs of others as one unit, counter-clockwise. And even with the unseasonably warm weather, the fine people of Southlands Mall have found a way to bring this tried and true tradition to life once again. Given the social distancing protocols resulting from the ongoing pandemic, reservations need to be made this year and tickets can be purchased well in advance through the website above. As well as taking social distancing into account, due to the Tri-County Health mandates, masks are required inside the skate rental building. But that small requirement shouldn’t hinder the fun times you are sure to have on the ice. So, after you return that ugly sweater you are sure to get this holiday season, make sure you take some laps around The Pond.

Preps

Awin, any win is something to be valued for every Aurora boys basketball team, especially as the season reaches the home stretch.

No victory of 2021-22 might have been as important — at least internally — as the one Hinkley picked up Jan. 14 over rival Aurora Central.

The Thunderbirds had tasted victory just once in their previous 11 games, lost four times by four or fewer points and had plenty of adversity off the court to handle, yet a 66-50 win had an indescribable feeling.

said Davis, who was a member of Newland’s coaching staff. “I’m just so glad that those guys who feel some exhilaration from this win.”

Psychologically, the victory also helped the Thunderbirds on their way to creating the muscle memory of coming through in clutch situations, which is especially important given that they are about to enter EMAC play.

Wins of value

“We really needed that,” Hinkley coach Wondame Davis said. “We had to have this one and play our best and we needed to have it for multiple reasons.

BY COURTNEY OAKES Sports Editor

Firstly, because it is our cross-town rival and secondly because it has been a really adversity-filled season for us.”

Much of the adversity came off the court for multiple players who were part of the football team in the fall because of the death of coach T.C. Newland, who passed away before winter break after a lengthy stay in the hospital.

That trauma magnifies emotions and so it was with tremendous joy that Davis got to see his players walk off the court with an extra bounce in their steps.

“I’ve got several of those guys who also played football and so it’s been hard for them,”

That hadn’t been the case previously, as Hinkley lost its last three games going into winter break by a combined nine points with a 51-48 loss to Lakewood, a 58-56 defeat courtesy of Mountain Range and a 71-67 loss to Palmer.

After coming through for a three-point win over Pomona in the return from break, the Thunderbirds lost by four to Castle View.

But against Aurora Central, Hinkley — led by senior Dayvon Vaughns, who had 17 points — came through each time the Trojans challenged.

“Sometimes when you lose all those close games, you can sort of create that culture of we’re in this moment and we do these things that cause us to lose it,” Davis said. “It was important to see us come through this one against a really tough Central team.”

As always, Hinkley had the game with Aurora Central circled on the calendar and

“One of our goals is always to beat Central and when it came down to it, we worked hard and finished, so this means a lot to us,” Vaughns said.

Aurora Central coach Marcus Shelton

lamented his team falling into too big of an early hole and then not getting any stops on the defensive end when they really needed them.

The Trojans were led by Brian Weatherford with 20 points and Cai’Reis Curby had 12, but they missed the scoring from Khafre Garrett-Mills, who played five games for the team, but then abruptly moved out of state.

Regis Jesuit picked up a big win of its own on the same night, as the Raiders — ranked fifth in Class 5A — outlasted sixth-ranked Rock Canyon 60-58. The Raiders took a big step in the Continental League win with the victory, but then got knocked down a few days later with a 20-point home loss against Mountain Vista Jan. 18.

Ranked No. 7, Smoky Hill — which very nearly knocked off undefeated ThunderRidge before falling in overtime in a game before winter break — stumbled with a 67-65 road loss at Cherry Creek Jan. 15. The Buffaloes (8-5) trailed the unranked Bruins by double digits at one point and rallied all the way to tie before yielding the go-ahead basket in the closing seconds.

Eaglecrest holds the No. 10 spot in the 5A rankings with the help of a three-game winning streak during which the Raptors had to come through in the clutch against two Centennial League rivals. Eaglecrest (9-4) used a 27-point fourth quarter to explode past Cherokee Trail Jan. 13 and then needed a late layup from Jayden Washington to edge Grandview by two.

Charging hard is Rangeview, which is just outside the 5A rankings after three straight close victories. The Raiders knocked off fourthranked Chaparral by a point on the road, rallied from double digits to beat Valor Christian and edged Ralston Valley to get to 9-4.

ABOVE: HInkley’s Dayvon Vaughns, right, drives past Aurora Central’s Trevon Simmons-Adams during the Thunderbirds’ cathartic 66-50 boys basketball win Jan. 14. Courtney Oakes/Sentinel Colorado

Preps

Raider ready: Chris Dixon works at Columbia Middle School, so he is well acquainted with the Rangeview High School community. He has been hired as the school’s new head football coach.

Photo courtesy Chris Dixon

FOOTBALL Rangeview hires Chris Dixon as head coach

Chris Dixon didn’t have plans to be the head football coach at just any high school.

But when the job opened up at Rangeview — which Dixon was very familiar with given his work as a student liasion at nearby Columbia Middle School — it immediately caught his eye.

Soon, it became a reality for Dixon, who has been hired to take the job according to Rangeview administration. The 40-year-old fills the position vacated by Mike Holmes, who stepped down in November after less than a calendar year, which included two football seasons due to the coronavirus pandemic.

“It’s still surreal to me, I’m really excited,” Dixon told the Sentinel Jan. 14. “I haven’t slept in a couple of days. I’ve been approached (about head coaching jobs) several times, but the Rangeview job was the perfect fit and I had that itch. I read the news (of Holmes’ departure), saw the job posting and it was one job with my ties to the community.

“I’m a Raider and I plan to be there and provide stability.”

Stability is something the Rangeview position hasn’t had of late for a variety of reasons.

After Dave Gonzales was dismissed in 2014 after 12 successful seasons (during which he led the Raiders to a 68-54 record), the program has seen three coaches — Justin Hoffman, Brandon Alconcel and Holmes — while Dixon will be the third in a four-season span.

“I don’t think it’s good for these kids to have three coaches in four years,” said Dixon, who follows Holmes, who had a 6-10 record between the spring and fall seasons before stepping down to spend more time with his family.

While Dixon hasn’t been a head coach before, he has been on staff with both Eaglecrest and Overland locally — and also lists Bear Creek as a coaching stop — and is very familiar with the area. His work at Columbia has made him familiar with much of the talent current in the Rangeview program as well some that is on the way.

“Chris has been a key member

of the Rangeview and Aurora Football Community for some time,” Rangeview athletic director Shawn Palmer said in a statement to the Sentinel. “We are excited to enter a new era of leadership for Rangeview Football as Chris becomes our new Head Football Coach.”

Dixon becomes the third hire among Aurora programs ahead of the 2022 season, as he joined Mike Schmitt — who returned to Eaglecrest after coaching in Pennsylvania — and Justin Jajczyk, who was promoted from assistant to head coach at Cherokee Trail to replace Joe Johnson, who stepped down after the season. Hinkley will also have a new coach once it begins the process to replace the late T.C. Newland.

BOYS WRESTLING

Eaglecrest wins its Armando Rodriguez Memorial tournament

Eaglecrest handled out a slew of medals to placers at the annual Armando Rodriguez Memorial boys wrestling tournament, and a huge number of them stayed home.

The Raptors racked up 18 top-

eight placers and accumulated 226 points to finish well in front of Fort Lupton (162) atop a field off 22 teams that also included Overland.

Dominic Archuleta at 170 pounds and heavyweight Mike Witt took the top prizes for Eaglecrest by winning their respective weights, while Ethan Diaz (113) and Keegan Beckford (120) finished as runner-ups. The Raptors also went 5-1 in third-place matches with Dorian Ervin (106), Adonias Cantu (113), Gabe Rangel (152), Hunter Baird (182) and Gordon Marcel (195) victorious.

Overland finished 22nd with its lone place coming from Dominic Pacheco, who finished seventh at 106.

GIRLS SWIMMING Cougars 3rd, Thomas sets school mark at Smoky Hill Invitational

The Smoky Hill Invitational bounced back to pre-pandemic form Jan. 14-15 and it allowed for some significant performances for Aurora teams.

Only three teams competed in the annual invitational last season due to affects of the coronavirus

ABOVE: Eaglecrest’s Ethan Diaz, left, and Adonias Cantu faced each other in the 113-pound semifinals of the Armando Rodriguez Memorial boys wrestling tournament Jan. 15. LEFT: Senior Skylar Brgoch won the 100 yard butterfly to help the Cherokee Trail girls swim team to third place at the Smoky Hill Invitational Jan. 15.

RIGHT: Senior Ny’Era West poses with a ball she was given to commemorate her passing the 1,000-point career mark before the Rangeview girls basketball team’s game Jan. 15.

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pandemic, but jumped to 12 teams from multiple classifications who combined for some big swims.

Among the three local teams in the field, Cherokee Trail racked up 697.5 points to finish third behind winner Columbine (890) and runner-up Cherry Creek (853). The Cougars had a pair of event champions in sophomore Emme Metzmaker (200 yard freestyle) and senior Skylar Brgoch (100 yard butterfly), while all three relays were top four.

Host Smoky Hill finished in fifth place in the team standings highlighted by an outstanding day by senior Annelise Thomas, who captured the Buffaloes’ only win as she cruised to victory in the 200 yard individual medley. More significantly, Thomas broke a 30-year-old team record in the 100 butterfly, in which the University of the Pacific commitment finished second behind Brgoch.

Thomas swam a time of 58.93 seconds in the morning prelims, but touched the wall in the finals in 57.34, which bettered the 57.46 established in 1992 by Kerri Hale. Hale went on to swim at the University of Michigan and made it to the U.S. Olympic Trials in 1996.

GIRLS BASKETBALL West honored for 1,000 points with Rangeview

Senior Ny’Era West was honored before the Rangeview girls basketball team’s game against Rocky Mountain Jan. 15 for crossing the 1,000-point mark for her career.

A four-year varsity player for coach La Monte Weddle’s Raiders, West — a versatile 5-foot-7 guard — passed the milestone prior to winter break, despite the truncated season played in 2020-21 due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Weddle and Rangeview principal Lisa Grosz — an alum who is one of the school’s most decorated girls basketball players presented West and her family with commemorative balls.

West is the third current active girls player among Aurora programs who has surpassed the 1,000-point mark for her career. She joined the Grandview senior duo of Lauren Betts — who accomplished the feat last season as a junior — and Marya Hudgins, who passed the milestone earlier this season.

Preps

PREPS, from 17

WEEK PAST

The week past in Aurora prep sports

TUESDAY, JAN. 18: The Smoky Hill girls basketball team picked up its ninth win of the season by holding off a late charge from Westminster in a 48-43 victory. Yamoni Perez had the go-ahead basket late in the fourth period as part of her team-high 13 points, Madison Stangle added 12 and Jazlyn Lindsay and Jasmine McNeal added seven each. ... The Regis Jesuit boys basketball team dropped an 81-61 Continental League contest to visiting Mountain Vista despite 21 points from TaRea Fulcher plus Kyle Sandler’s 17 (plus 10 rebounds). ...The Vista PEAK boys and girls wrestling teams both rallied from early deficits to finish off a sweep at Overland. The Bison girls were down 18-0 after three matches, but won three straight and received the clinching win and one more from forfeits. ...MONDAY, JAN. 17: A very light day due to the holiday honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. saw the Vista PEAK girls basketball team travel to Doherty and fall 70-58 in non-league play. ...The Regis Jesuit girls basketball team finished up a three-game set at the Classic In the Country Challenge in Berlin, Ohio, with a 50-49 victory over Laurel (Ohio), aided by 18 points from Coryn Watts and 11 from Savitri Jackson, plus a double-double (10 points, 11 rebounds) from Hana Belibi SATURDAY, JAN. 15: Despite 24 points from Rickey Mitchell and 22 from Brayden Maldonado, the Smoky Hill boys basketball team dropped a 67-65 Centennial League contest at Cherry Creek. ...Mostapaha Elmoutaouakkil tallied 17 points and assisted on Jayden Washington’s deciding basket as the Eaglecrest boys basketball team edged Grandview 40-38. ...The Grandview boys wrestling team finished third among 19 scoring teams at the Arvada West Invitational behind six placers, including runners-up Sonny Quintana (145 pounds), Charlie Herting (160), Talen Rice (182), Maxwell Kibbee (195) and Angelo Falise (285). ...The Cherokee Trail boys wrestling team tied for 21st out of 68 teams from multiple states in Utah at the Rockwell Rumble. Derek Glenn Jr. finished 3rd at 120 pounds and Chance Matthews claimed 6th at 113. ...FRIDAY, JAN. 14: The Regis Jesuit boys basketball team prevailed over Rock Canyon battle of ranked Continental League teams as the Raiders emerged with a 60-58 home win. TaRea Fulcher scored 21 points, Kyle Sandler 19 and Archer VanSickle 11. ...Dayvon Vaughns tallied 17 points, Xander Smith 13 and Malietoa Fifita 11 to lead the Hinkley boys basketball team to a rousing 66-50 home win over Aurora Central, which got 20 points from Brian Weatherford and 12 from Cai’Reis

Curby Robbie Dembeck scored the lone goal as the Regis Jesuit ice hockey team topped Resurrection

ABOVE: Aurora Central’s Cai’Reis Curby soars for a dunk during the fourth quarter of the Trojans’ boys basketball loss at Hinkley Jan. 14. TOP RIGHT: Regis Jesuit’s Archer VanSickle (1) and Kyle Sandler (24) rise to stop Rock Canyon’s Brody Rardin on a drive during the Raiders’ 60-58 win Jan. 14. MIDDLE RIGHT: Vista PEAK’s Leilani Camaal settles in on her way to winning the 161-pound match in the Bison’s girls wrestling dual win at Overland Jan. 18. BOTTOM RIGHT: Cherokee Trail’s Damara Allen, right, and Kylie Bruning (4) converge on Eaglecrest’s Nia McKenzie in the Cougars’ 37-29 win Jan. 13.

PHOTOS BY COURTNEY OAKES/SENTINEL COLORADO

Christian 1-0 in a Foundation Game.

...The Eaglecrest boys and girls wrestling teams swept Vista PEAK with wins of 69-9 and 51-9, respectively. ...

THURSDAY, JAN. 13: An intense Centennial League boys wrestling dual between Eaglecrest and Grandview tipped early in the favor of the Raptors before the Wolves won the last seven matches for a 47-24 win.

Damara Allen poured in 20 points and Sierra Culbreath added 14 as the Cherokee Trail girls basketball team knocked off Eaglecrest 37-29.

Laci Roffle led the Raptors with 14 points. ...Marya Hudgins (16), Lauren Betts (14) and Sienna Betts (13)

scored in double figures as the Grandview girls basketball team topped rival Cherry Creek 54-34. ...The Rangeview boys basketball team rallied from a double-digit second half deficit for a 76-74 win over Valor Christian with five players reaching double figures, led by Malik Frazier with 24 points. ...WEDNESDAY, JAN. 12: The Aurora Central boys wrestling team topped Skyview 42-38 as Daniel Bartley (126), Emmanuel Martinez (132), Van Nawl (152) and Manuel Millan (195 pounds) won by fall. ...Breanna Jefferson had a career-high 37 points as the Vista PEAK girls basketball team topped Denver South 75-68.

WEEK AHEAD

The week ahead in Aurora prep sports

THURSDAY, JAN. 20: Nearly every Aurora girls swim team is in action with Aurora Central and Rangeview at home to multiple visitors and Smoky Hill playing host to Cherokee Trail FRIDAY, JAN. 21: The Grandview girls basketball team opens a two-game tournament in Minnesota against DeSoto (Texas) at 5 p.m. in a game set to be carried on ESPN. ...The Grandview boys wrestling team begins two days of competition at the grueling Top Of The Rockies

tournament hosted by Centaurus H.S. Overland visits Smoky Hill at 7 p.m. in a Centennial League boys basketball contest to keep an eye on. ...The Regis Jesuit and Cherry Creek ice hockey teams square off at 5:40 p.m. at Family Sports Center in the Raiders’ annual Teddy Bear Toss event. ...The Regis Jesuit boys basketball team plays at Chaparral at 7 p.m. ...TUESDAY, JAN. 25: The Grandview and Cherokee Trail girls swim teams meet at 5 p.m. in the Cougars’ pool.

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 26:The Vista PEAK girls wrestling team is set for a triangular home meet beginningn at 6 p.m.

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THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. NOTICE OF SALE

The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 02/16/2022, at The East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication 12/23/2021

Last Publication 1/20/2022

Name of Publication Sentinel

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: 10/19/2021

Susan Sandstrom, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado

By: /s/ Susan Sandstrom, Public Trustee

The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

Jennifer C. Rogers #34682

IDEA Law Group 4100 E. Mississippi Ave., Ste. 420, Denver, CO 80246 (187) 73532146ext.

Attorney File # 48017924

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

COMBINED NOTICEPUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103

FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0079-2021

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described

Deed of Trust:

On October 15, 2021, the undersigned

Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

Original Grantor(s)

Kenneth L Broadhurst

Original Beneficiary(ies)

Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as beneficiary, as nominee for American Brokers Conduit, its successors and assigns

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt

Wilmington Trust, NA, successor trustee

to Citibank, N.A., as Trustee, f/b/o the registered holders of Structured Asset Mortgage Investments II Trust 2007- AR7, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2007-AR7

Date of Deed of Trust

July 07, 2007

County of Recording

Arapahoe

Recording Date of Deed of Trust

August 17, 2007

Recording Information (Reception No. and/ or Book/Page No.)

D7106621

Original Principal Amount

$650,000.00

Outstanding Principal Balance

$744,584.05

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 2, PINEY CREEK RANCHES, FILING NO. 1, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO.

Also known by street and number as: 6659 South Piney Creek Circle,, Centennial,, CO 80016. THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. NOTICE OF SALE

The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 02/16/2022, at The East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication 12/23/2021

Last Publication 1/20/2022

Name of Publication Sentinel

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: 10/15/2021

Susan Sandstrom, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado

By: /s/ Susan Sandstrom, Public Trustee

The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

Amanda Ferguson #44893

Heather Deere #28597

Toni M. Owan #30580

Halliday, Watkins & Mann, PC 355 Union Blvd., Ste. 250, Lakewood, CO 80228 (303) 274-0155

Attorney File # CO11102

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 COMBINED NOTICEPUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103

FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0080-2021

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described

Deed of Trust:

On October 15, 2021, the undersigned

Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

Original Grantor(s)

Joshua E Bigelow and Dawn Marie Peter-

$456,577.00

Outstanding Principal Balance

$455,372.25

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 3, BLOCK 8, CROSS CREEK SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 2, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 520 N Flat Rock Cir, Aurora, CO 80018.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.

NOTICE OF SALE

The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 02/16/2022, at The East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication 12/23/2021

Last Publication 1/20/2022

Name of Publication Sentinel

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: 10/15/2021

Susan Sandstrom, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado

By: /s/ Susan Sandstrom, 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 W Drake #43315

Scott D. Toebben #19011

Randall S. Miller & Associates PC 216 16th Street, Suite 1210, Denver, CO 80202 (720) 259-6710

Attorney File # 20CO00071-1

The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.

©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado

Revised 1/2015

COMBINED NOTICE -

PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0083-2021

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:

On October 26, 2021, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

Original Grantor(s)

D’Alan Ramey Original Beneficiary(ies)

Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as beneficiary, as nominee for Waterstone Mortgage Corporation, its successors and assigns

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt

ServiceMac, LLC

Date of Deed of Trust

December 22, 2016

County of Recording

Arapahoe

Recording Date of Deed of Trust

December 28, 2016

Recording Information (Reception No. and/ or Book/Page No.)

D6151508

Original Principal Amount

$177,741.00

Outstanding Principal Balance

$164,329.78

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 thereof.

MAY NOT BE

ACCORDANCE WITH AND SUBJECT TO THE CONDOMINIUM DECLARATION OF COVENANTS, CONDITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS OF CENTURY CITY CONDOMINIUMS RECORDED MARCH 28, 2007 AT RECEPTION NO. B7038766 AND THE CONDOMINIUM MAP RECORDED MARCH 28. 2007 AT RECEPTION NO. B7038765 AND RE-RECORDED APRIL 23, 2007 AT RECEPTION NO. B7051004 IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK AND RECORDER OF ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 14321 E Tennessee Ave, Unit 302,, Aurora, CO 80012.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.

NOTICE OF SALE

The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 02/23/2022, at The East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication 12/30/2021

Last Publication 1/27/2022

Name of Publication Sentinel

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: 10/26/2021

Susan Sandstrom, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado

By: /s/ Susan Sandstrom, Public Trustee

The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

Amanda Ferguson #44893

Heather Deere #28597

Toni M. Owan #30580

Halliday, Watkins & Mann, PC 355 Union Blvd., Ste. 250, Lakewood, CO 80228 (303) 274-0155

Attorney File # CO11161

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

COMBINED NOTICE -

PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103

FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0087-2021

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:

On November 2, 2021, the undersigned

Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

Original Grantor(s)

Fred Runyan, III AND Linda S. Runyan

Original Beneficiary(ies)

MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR AMERICAN ADVISORS GROUP, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt

AMERICAN ADVISORS GROUP

Date of Deed of Trust

June 13, 2017

County of Recording

Arapahoe

Recording Date of Deed of Trust

June 20, 2017

Recording Information (Reception No. and/ or Book/Page No.)

D7068604

Original Principal Amount

$442,500.00

Outstanding Principal Balance

$146,030.94

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:

Also known by street and number as: 5645

S Odessa Street, Centennial, CO 80015.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.

NOTICE OF SALE

The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 03/02/2022, at The East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication 1/6/2022

Last Publication 2/3/2022

Name of Publication Sentinel

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: 11/02/2021

Susan Sandstrom, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado

By: /s/ Susan Sandstrom, 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

Nicholas H. Santarelli #46592

David R. Doughty #40042

Lynn M. Janeway #15592

Janeway Law Firm, P.C. 9800 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 400, Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 706-9990

Attorney File # 21-025858

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

COMBINED NOTICE -

PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103

FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0090-2021

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described

Deed of Trust:

On November 16, 2021, the undersigned

Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

Original Grantor(s)

Linda M Still and Matthew E Still

Original Beneficiary(ies)

Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for InstaMortgage.com

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt

NewRez LLC, F/K/A New Penn Financial, LLC, D/B/A Shellpoint Mortgage Servicing

Date of Deed of Trust

January 17, 2008

County of Recording

Arapahoe

Recording Date of Deed of Trust

January 31, 2008

Recording Information (Reception No. and/ or Book/Page No.)

B8012464

Original Principal Amount $314,500.00

Outstanding Principal Balance $288,743.05

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 26, BLOCK 2, DOVE HILL, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 5457 S Buchanan Court, Aurora, CO 80016.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.

NOTICE OF SALE

THE

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 current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 03/16/2022, at The East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the high-

est and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication 1/20/2022

Last Publication 2/17/2022

Name of Publication Sentinel

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: 11/16/2021

Susan Sandstrom, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado

By: /s/ Susan Sandstrom, Public Trustee

The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

Erin Croke #46557

Steven Bellanti #48306

Holly Shilliday #24423

Ilene Dell’Acqua #31755

McCarthy & Holthus LLP 7700 E Arapahoe Road, Suite 230, Centennial, CO 80112 (877) 369-6122

Attorney File # CO-21-893996-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

COMBINED NOTICEPUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0091-2021

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described

Deed of Trust:

On November 16, 2021, the undersigned

Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

Original Grantor(s)

Kil Ja Stephenson AND Michael C Stephenson

Original Beneficiary(ies)

MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR LIVE WELL FINANCIAL, INC., ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt

REVERSE MORTGAGE FUNDING LLC

Date of Deed of Trust

February 28, 2017

County of Recording

Arapahoe

Recording Date of Deed of Trust

March 09, 2017

Recording Information (Reception No. and/ or Book/Page No.)

D7027244

Original Principal Amount

$379,500.00

Outstanding Principal Balance

$122,919.30

Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows:

Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

LOT 1, BLOCK 41, AURORA HILLS, FILING NO. 4, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO.

Also known by street and number as:

12628 E Alaska Ave, Aurora, CO 80012.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.

NOTICE OF SALE

The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 03/16/2022, at The East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication 1/20/2022

Last Publication 2/17/2022

Name of Publication Sentinel

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: 11/16/2021

Susan Sandstrom, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado

By: /s/ Susan Sandstrom, 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

Nicholas H. Santarelli #46592

David R. Doughty #40042

Lynn M. Janeway #15592

Janeway Law Firm, P.C. 9800 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 400, Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 706-9990

Attorney File # 21-025872

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

NOTICE OF UNCLAIMED OVERBID FUNDS CRS 38-38-111(2.5b)(3a,b,d)(5)

PUBLIC TRUSTEE SALE NO. 0144-2020

To: Record Owner of the property as of the recording of the Notice of Election and Demand or other person entitled. You are advised that there are overbid funds due you. This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust and Notice of Election and Demand:

Name of Record Owner as evidenced on the Notice of Election and Demand or other person entitled Howard Friedman

Address of Record Owner as evidenced on the recorded instrument evidencing the owner’s interest 2575 South Syracuse Way #M-106, Denver, CO 80231

Recording Date of Deed of Trust

April 09, 2015

Recording Information D5034631

Recording Date of Notice of Election and Demand

March 13, 2020

Recording Information of Notice of Election and Demand

E0031583

Legal Description of Property SEE ATTACHED EXHIBIT A EXHIBIT A

CONDOMINIUM UNIT 106, CONDOMINIUM BUILDING M, HUNTER’S RUN CONDOMINIUMS, ACCORDING TO THE CONDOMINIUM MAP THEREOF, RECORDED DECEMBER 27, 1984 IN BOOK

81 AT PAGE 36 IN THE RECORDS OF THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK AND RECORDER OF THE COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, COLORADO, AND AS DEFINED AND DESCRIBED IN THE CONDOMINIUM DECLARATION FOR HUNTER’S RUN CONDOMINIUMS RECORDED ON JULY 5, 1984 IN BOOK 4201 AT PAGE 472 IN SAID RECORDS AND SECOND

ANNEXATION RECORDED DECEMBER

27, 1984 IN BOOK 4336 AT PAGE 365, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO.

Street Address of Property 2575 South Syracuse Way #M-106, Denver, CO 80231

NOTICE OF UNCLAIMED OVERBID FUNDS

I sold at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on 10/6/21, at The East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, to the highest and best bidder for cash, the real property described above. An overbid was realized from the sale and the funds must be claimed by the owner or other persons entitled thereto within six months from the date of sale. THE STATE OF COLORADO REQUIRES US TO NOTIFY YOU THAT YOUR PROPERTY MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO THE CUSTODY OF THE STATE TREASURER IF YOU DO NOT CONTACT US BEFORE 12/6/2021 as part of the “Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act”, pursuant to Colorado law.

Date: 12/3/21

Susan Sandstrom, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado

By: /s/ Susan Sandstrom, Public Trustee

©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado

Revised 9/2012 AVISO DE INTENCIÓN DE SOLICITAR LA LIBERACIÓN DE FONDOS

PARA PROYECTOS Y PROGRAMAS ESCALONADOS

Fecha de publicación: 20 de enero de 2022

División de Desarrollo Comunitario de la Ciudad de Aurora

15151 E. Alameda Pkwy Aurora, CO. 80012 (303) 739-7921

A partir del 7 de febrero de 2022, la Ciudad de Aurora presentará una solicitud a la Oficina del Programa de HUD para la liberación de los fondos de Subvenciones de Desarrollo en Bloque de la comunidad según 24 CFR 58.35 (a) (3) (i) del nombre de la Vivienda. y la Ley de Desarrollo Comunitario de 1974 y el Programa de Asociación de Inversión en Vivienda bajo el Título de la Ley Nacional de Vivienda Asequible de Cranston González (NAHA), según enmendada, para emprender el siguiente proyecto Reparación de Emergencia, Programa de Reparación de Vivienda Menor, Préstamo de Reparación de Vivienda, Operaciones de Servicio Público / Rehabilitación.

Título del programa / proyecto de revisión general de nivel 1: Programa de viviendas unifamiliares plurianuales de la ciudad de Aurora para los años 2021, 2022 y 2023.

Propósito: La reparación de emergencia está financiada con fondos de CDBG y se utiliza para la reparación de emergencia de sistemas vitales, es decir, calderas, calentadores de agua y líneas de alcantarillado. Programa de reparación de viviendas menores, es decir, sistemas

internos del hogar, sistemas principales del Programa de reparación de viviendas, incluidas mejoras externas y operaciones / rehabilitación de servicios públicos.

Ubicación: estos programas estarán disponibles en toda la ciudad.

Descripción del proyecto / programa: Los programas unifamiliares de la ciudad de Aurora se diseñaron y crearon para ayudar a frenar la plaga, fomentar la buena salud, mitigar los peligros tanto dentro como fuera del hogar y aumentar la accesibilidad del hogar para quienes viven con discapacidades.

Las revisiones específicas del sitio de Nivel 2 se completarán para aquellas leyes y autoridades que no se abordan en la revisión amplia de Nivel 1 para cada dirección bajo este programa cuando se conozcan las direcciones.

Nivel de citación de revisión ambiental: El programa de rehabilitación unifamiliar es un SUJETO de exclusión categórica y está sujeto a 24 CFR 58.35 (a) (3) (i).

Revisión específica del sitio de Nivel 2: Las revisiones específicas del sitio cubrirán las siguientes leyes y autoridades que no se abordan en la revisión amplia de Nivel 1: Preservación histórica (Ley Nacional de Preservación Histórica de 1966, secciones 106 y 11O; 36 CFR Parte 800)

Reducción de ruido (24 CFR parte 51, Subparte B)

Material peligroso (24 CFR parte 51, Subparte C)

Zonas despejadas de la pista del aeropuerto (24 CFR 51, Subparte D)

Seguro contra inundaciones (Ley de protección contra desastres por inundaciones de 1973 y Ley de reforma del seguro nacional contra inundaciones de 1994 [42 USC 4001-4128 y 42 USC 5154a];

Manejo de llanuras aluviales (Orden Ejecutiva 11988, en particular sección 2 (a); 24 CFR Parte 55); Contaminación y sustancias tóxicas (24 CFR 50.3 (i) (2)); Medidas / Condiciones / Permisos de Mitigación (si los hubiera).

1. Conservación histórica: Si una propiedad tiene más de 50 años o se encuentra dentro de un distrito histórico, se consultará a la Oficina Estatal de Preservación Histórica (SHPO) sobre cómo proceder.

2. Reducción de ruido: Si la propiedad está en un área de ruido peligroso (65+ decibelios), el proyecto deberá implementar mitigación de ruido para la propiedad.

3. Material peligroso: Si hay instalaciones de desechos peligrosos cerca de la propiedad y se determina que son peligrosas para el área, es decir, violaciones de la EPA, entonces la contaminación debe ser remediada o el sitio será rechazado.

4. Zonas despejadas de la pista del aeropuerto: Si alguna de las propiedades que participan en el programa Missing Middle Aurora está ubicada en una Zona de Potencial de Accidentes de Aeropuerto, se notificará al propietario del riesgo potencial de la ubicación de la propiedad.

5. Gestión / seguro contra inundaciones: Se llevará a cabo una revisión específica del sitio de cada estructura después de la identificación de proyectos reales para asegurar que no se realice ningún trabajo en una llanura de inundación de 100 años o una vía de inundación identificada por los Mapas de Tasas de Seguro contra Inundaciones (FIRM) emitidos por FEMA. Los fondos de CDBG no se utilizarán para la rehabilitación de estructuras ubicadas en un Área Especial de Riesgo de Inundaciones (SFHA).

6. Contaminación y sustancias tóxicas Las revisiones específicas del sitio utilizarán el programa de mapeo de la EPA NEPAssist, junto con inspecciones visuales para identificar cualquier problema de contaminación. Si los problemas de contaminación son En la actualidad, la ciudad determinará si el proyecto puede cumplirse o si el proyecto no puede continuar.

Costo total estimado del proyecto: Se estima que la financiación tendrá una duración de 3 años, con el desglose de costos de; 2021 por un monto de $ 1,500,000, 2022 por un monto de $ 1,500,000 y 2023 por un monto de $ 1,500,000 por un costo total de aproximadamente $ 4,500,000 en Financiamiento CDBG.

La actividad / actividades propuestas están categóricamente excluidas bajo las regulaciones de HUD en 24 CFR Parte 58 de los requisitos de la Ley de Política Ambiental Nacional (NEPA). Un Registro de Revisión Ambiental (ERR) que documenta las determinaciones ambientales para este proyecto está archivado en 15151 E. Alameda Pkwy Aurora, CO. 80012 y puede ser examinado o copiado de lunes a viernes

de 8 a. M. A 5 p. M. o si la revisión se completó en HEROS en https://www.hudexchange.info/programs/environmentalreview/environmental-review-records/.

COMENTARIOS PUBLICOS

Cualquier individuo, grupo o agencia puede enviar comentarios por escrito sobre el ERR a Barbara Abbotts City of Aurora Community Development Division 15151 E. Alameda Pkwy Aurora, CO. 80012 o babbotts@auroragov.org. dirección o llame al 303-739-7900. Todos los comentarios recibidos antes del 6 de febrero de 2022 serán considerados por la Ciudad de Aurora antes de autorizar la presentación de una solicitud de liberación de fondos.

CERTIFICACION AMBIENTAL La Ciudad de Aurora certifica al HUD que Barbara Abbotts, Oficial de Certificación, en su calidad de Gerente Interina de Desarrollo Comunitario consiente en aceptar la jurisdicción de los Tribunales Federales si se entabla una acción para hacer cumplir las responsabilidades en relación con el proceso de revisión ambiental y que estas responsabilidades han quedado satisfechos. La aprobación de la certificación por parte de HUD satisface sus responsabilidades según la NEPA y las leyes y autoridades relacionadas y permite que la Ciudad de Aurora utilice los fondos del programa de HUD.

OBJECIONES A LA LIBERACIÓN DE FONDOS HUD aceptará objeciones a su liberación de fondos y la certificación de la Ciudad de Aurora por un período de quince días después de la fecha de presentación anticipada o su recepción real de la solicitud (lo que sea posterior) solo si se basan en una de las siguientes bases: ( a) la certificación no fue ejecutada por el Oficial Certificador de la Ciudad de Aurora; (b) la Ciudad de Aurora ha omitido un paso o no ha tomado una decisión o hallazgo requerido por las regulaciones de HUD en 24 CFR parte 58;

(c) el beneficiario de la subvención u otros participantes en el proceso de desarrollo han comprometido fondos, incurrido en costos o realizado actividades no autorizadas por 24 CFR Parte 58 antes de la aprobación de una liberación de fondos por parte de HUD; o (d) otra agencia federal que actúa de conformidad con el 40 CFR Parte 1504 ha presentado una conclusión por escrito de que el proyecto no es satisfactorio desde el punto de vista de la calidad ambiental. Las objeciones deben prepararse y presentarse de acuerdo con los procedimientos requeridos (24 CFR Parte 58, Sec. 58.76) y deben dirigirse a Katy Burke, Directora de Planificación y Desarrollo Comunitario de CPD, Región VIII Departamento de Vivienda y Desarrollo Urbano de EE. UU. 1670 Broadway, 24th Floor Denver, CO 80202, también se pueden enviar objeciones por correo electrónico a CPD_COVID-19OEE-DEN@hud.gov. Los posibles objetores deben comunicarse con CPD_COVID-19OEE-DEN@hud.govHUD para verificar el último día real del período de objeción.

Barbara Abbotts, Gerente interina de la División de Desarrollo Comunitario

Nota: Los períodos de comentarios públicos de siete o diez días son los períodos mínimos requeridos por la regulación antes de la presentación de una Solicitud de Liberación de Fondos y Certificación (formulario HUD-7015.15 a HUD / Estado. La Entidad Responsable puede optar por permitir una Período de comentarios. El período de objeción de quince días es un requisito legal. El período de objeción sigue a la fecha de presentación especificada en el Aviso o la fecha real de recepción por parte de HUD / Estado, lo que sea posterior.

Publication: January 20, 2022 Sentinel NOTICE OF INTENT TO REQUEST RELEASE OF FUNDS FOR TIERED PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS

Date of Publication: January 20, 2022 City of Aurora Community Development Division 15151 E. Alameda Pkwy Aurora, CO. 80012 (303) 739-7921

On or after February 7, 2022 the City of Aurora will submit a request to the HUD Program Office for the release of both the community Block Development Grants funds under 24 CFR 58.35(a)(3)(i) of the name of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 and the Home Investment Partnership Program under Title of the Cranston Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act ( NAHA) , as amended, to undertake the following project Emergency Repair, Minor Home Repair Program, Home Repair Loan, Public Service Operations/ Rehab.

Tier 1 Broad Review Project/Program Title: The City of Aurora’s Multiyear Single-Family Program for years 2021, 2022, and 2023.

Purpose: Emergency repair is funded by CDBG funds and is used for the emergency repair of vital systems i.e. furnace, water heater, and sewer lines. Minor Home Repair Program i.e. internal systems to the home, Home Repair Program major systems including external improvements, and

Public Service Operations/ Rehab.

Location: These programs will be available city wide.

Project/Program Description: The City of Aurora’s Single-Family Programs were designed and created to help curb blight, encourage good health, mitigate hazards both in and outside of the home, and increase the accessibility of the home for those living with disability.

Tier 2 site specific reviews will be completed for those laws and authorities not addressed in the tier 1 broad review for each address under this program when addresses become known.

Level of Environmental Review Citation: The Single-Family Rehabilitation program is a Categorical Exclusion SUBJECT to, and falls under 24 CFR 58.35(a)(3)(i).

Tier 2 Site Specific Review: The site-specific reviews will cover the following laws and authorities not addressed in the Tier 1 broad review:

Historic Preservation (National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, sections 106 and 11O; 36 CFR Part 800)

Noise Abatement (24 CFR part 51, Subpart B)

Hazardous Material (24 CFR part 51, Subpart C)

Airport Runway Clear Zones (24 CFR 51, Subpart D)

Flood Insurance (Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 and National Flood Insurance Reform Act of 1994 [42 USC 4001-4128 and 42 USC 5154a];

Floodplain Management (Executive Order 11988, particular section 2(a); 24 CFR Part 55);

Contamination and Toxic Substances (24 CFR 50.3(i)(2));

Mitigation Measures/Conditions/Permits (if any).

1. Historic Preservation: If a property is over 50 years old or is within a historic district the State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) will be consulted as how to proceed.

2. Noise Abatement: If the property is in a hazardous noise area (65+ Decibels) the project will need to implement noise mitigation for the property.

3. Hazardous Material: If any Hazardous Waste facilities are near the property and are determined to be hazardous to the area i.e. EPA violations, then the contamination must be remediated, or the site will be rejected.

4. Airport Runway Clear Zones: If any of the properties participating in the Missing Middle Aurora program are located in an Airport Accident Potential Zone, then the owner will be notified of the potential risk of the property’s location.

5. Flood Insurance/Management: A site-specific review of each structure will be undertaken upon identification of actual projects to assure that no work will be done in a 100 year floodplain or floodway identified by FEMA-issued Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs). CDBG funds will not be used for rehab of structure located in a Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA).

6. Contamination and Toxic Substances Site specific reviews will utilize the EPA mapping program NEPAssist, along with visual inspections to identify any contamination issues. If contamination issues are present, the city will determine if the project can be made compliant or if the project cannot proceed.

Estimated Total Project Cost: It is estimated that funding will run the course of 3 years, with the cost breakdown of; 2021 in the amount of $1,500,000, 2022 in the amount of $1,500,000, and 2023 in the amount of $1,500,000 for a total cost of approximately $4,500,000 in CDBG Funding. The activity/activities proposed are categorically excluded under HUD regulations at 24 CFR Part 58 from National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) requirements. An Environmental Review Record (ERR) that documents the environmental determinations for this project is on file at 15151 E. Alameda Pkwy Aurora, CO. 80012 and may be examined or copied weekdays 8A.M to _5P.M. or if the review was completed in HEROS at https://www. hudexchange.info/programs/environmental-review/environmental-review-records/.

PUBLIC COMMENTS

Any individual, group, or agency may submit written comments on the ERR to Barbara Abbotts City of Aurora Community Development Division 15151 E. Alameda Pkwy Aurora, CO. 80012 or babbotts@ auroragov.org for any additional information please contact Barbara Abbotts at the above address or call 303-739-7900. All comments received by February 6, 2022 will be considered by the City of Aurora prior to authorizing submission of a request for release of funds.

ENVIRONMENTAL CERTIFICATION

The City of Aurora certifies to HUD that Barbara Abbotts, Certifying Officer, in her capacity as Community Development Manager Interim consents to accept the jurisdiction of the Federal Courts if an action is brought to enforce responsibilities in relation to the environmental review process and that these responsibilities have been satisfied. HUD’s approval of the certification satisfies its responsibilities under NEPA and related laws and authorities and allows the City of Aurora to use HUD program funds.

OBJECTIONS TO RELEASE OF FUNDS

HUD will accept objections to its release of fund and the City of Aurora certification for a period of fifteen days following the anticipated submission date or its actual receipt of the request (whichever is later) only if they are on one of the following bases: (a) the certification was not executed by the Certifying Officer of the City of Aurora; (b) the City of Aurora has omitted a step or failed to make a decision or finding required by HUD regulations at 24 CFR part 58; (c) the grant recipient or other participants in the development process have committed funds, incurred costs or undertaken activities not authorized by 24 CFR Part 58 before approval of a release of funds by HUD; or (d) another Federal agency acting pursuant to 40 CFR Part 1504 has submitted a written finding that the project is unsatisfactory from the standpoint of environmental quality. Objections must be prepared and submitted in accordance with the required procedures (24 CFR Part 58, Sec. 58.76) and shall be addressed to Katy Burke, CPD Director Community Planning & Development, Region VIII U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development 1670 Broadway, 24th Floor Denver, CO 80202, also objections can be emailed CPD_COVID-19OEEDEN@hud.gov. Potential objectors should contact CPD_COVID-19OEE-DEN@hud. govHUD to verify the actual last day of the objection period.

Barbara Abbotts, Community Development Division Manager Interim

Note: The seven or ten-day public comment periods are the minimum time periods required by regulation prior to submission of a Request for Release of funds and Certification (form HUD-7015.15 to HUD/ State. The Responsible Entity may choose to allow a longer comment period. The fifteen-day objection period is a statutory requirement. The objection period follows the submission date specified in the Notice or the actual date of receipt by HUD/State, whichever is later.

Publication: January 20, 2022

Sentinel

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

As required by the Colorado Liquor Code, as amended, notice is hereby given that an application for a Retail Liquor Store Liquor License has been received by the Local Licensing Authority for the granting of a license to sell, at retail, malt, vinous and spiritous liquors for consumption off the premise only. The application was filed on December 6th, 2021, by Parkside Specialty Wine & Spirits LLC dba Parkside Specialty Wine & Spirits for a location at 14565 East Alameda Avenue, Unit # A, Aurora, CO 80012. The members reside in Colorado.

A Public Hearing to consider the application has been scheduled to be held before the Local Licensing Authority on February 22nd, 2022 at 9:00 a.m. The meeting will be held virtually. Please contact Lisa Keith at 303-739-7568 for information regarding the meeting.

Provided either the applicant or protestant(s) desire to use petitions to prove the needs of the neighborhood, and the desires of the inhabitants, the petitions may not be circulated before January 20th, 2022, and must be returned by 12:00 noon on February 10th, 2022 for review and verification by the City of Aurora Liquor Licensing staff.

Information as to the application, procedures, or remonstrances, may be handled with the Liquor Licensing Office up to and including the date of the public hearing.

/s/ Lisa Keith Licensing Officer 303-739-7568

Publication: January 20, 2022

Sentinel

ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO

ORDER FOR PUBLICATION AND MAILING

Case No. 2021JA173

IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION OF:

Brandon Pham FOR THE ADOPTION OF A CHILD

The Court having considered the Motion and Affidavit of the Petitioner(s), is satisfied that the Petitioner(s) has/have used due diligence to obtain personal service on the Respndent(s) at any address available; and that such efforts have failed or efforts to obatin same would have been to no avail, that the Respondent(s) cannot be found for personal service, and that the address of the Respondent(s) remain(s)

unknown.

Therefore, the Motion is granted.

The Court orders that the Petitioner(s) shall complete service by publication in a newspaper published in this county or as otherwise specified by the Court. Such publication shall be made as follows:

Date: 12/9/2021 /s/ Judge

First Publication: December 23, 2021

Final Publication: January 27, 2022

Sentinel NOTICE OF HEARING BY PUBLICATION

PURSUANT TO §15-10-401, C.R.S Case No. 21PR31400

In the Interest of: JOSIAH G. HOLMES RASMUSSEN.

TO: Khadejah M. Holmes

Last Known Address, if any: 1031 Arlington Ave. SW, Billings, MT 59101

A hearing on Petition for Appointment of a Guardian - Minor for Seeking formal appointment as legal guardians for a minor child will be held at the following time and location or at a later date to which the hearing may be continued:

Date: March 2, 2022

Time: 10:30 a.m. Courtroom or Division: 12 via Webex

Address: 7325 S. Potomac St., Centennial, CO 80112

The hearing will take approximately 30 minutes.

June F. Bourrillion, Esq. 7550 W. Yale Ave., Ste. B202 Denver, CO 80227

Phone: 303-331-3456

First Publication: January 13, 2022

Final Publication: January 27, 2022 Sentinel

NOTICE OF INTENT TO DESTROY RECORDS

at North Aurora-King-Swenson Chiropractics, 2499 Peoria St., Aurora, CO 80010. We will be destroying medical records on 4/30/22 for the years through December 31, 2014. To request a copy of your records, please call 303-341-5353 on or before April 30, 2022.

First Publication: January 13, 2022

Final Publication: February 3, 2022 Sentinel

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING IN RE A SERVICE PLAN FOR THE GRAND AVE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT, CITY OF AURORA, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that there has been filed with the City of Aurora, Colorado (the “City”) a service plan (the “Service Plan”) for the proposed Grand Ave Metropolitan District (the “District”). A map of the District along with a copy of the proposed Service Plan are on file with the City of Aurora, 15151 East Alameda Parkway, Aurora, Colorado 80012; and are available for public inspection.

NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that the Aurora City Council (the “City Council”) will hold a public hearing at 6:30 pm, or as soon as possible thereafter, on Monday, February 14, 2022, at Aurora Municipal Center, 15151 East Alameda Parkway, Aurora, Colorado 80012, can be seen live at AuroraTV.org, or can call in at 1-855-695-3475 and press *3 to provide public comment, to review the Service Plan and to form a basis for a resolution approving, disapproving or conditionally approving such Service Plan (the “Public Hearing”). The City Council may, in its own discretion, continue the hearing to a subsequent meeting.

The District will initially consist of approximately 3.81 acres of undeveloped land within Arapahoe County generally located east of North Yosemite Street, west of North Alton Street, south of East 15th Avenue and north of East 12th Avenue.

The proposed District is being organized as a metropolitan district to finance the construction of certain public improvements for the project known as Grand Ave. The District shall have the authority to impose mill levies for repayment of debt and for administrative, operation and maintenance purposes. For debt service, the maximum mill levy that may be imposed by the District upon taxable property within the District’s boundaries shall not exceed 50 mills; however, this maximum shall not apply when the total amount of debt is equal to or less than 50% of the District’s assessed valuation. If the method of calculating assessed valuation is changed by law, the maximum mill levy may be increased or decreased to reflect such changes.

Any person owning property within the boundaries of the proposed District may request that such property be excluded from the District, prior to approval of the

Service Plan, by submitting such request to the City Council no later than 10 days prior to the Public Hearing.

NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that all protests and objections must be submitted in writing to the City Council at or prior to the Public Hearing or any continuation or postponement thereof in order to be considered, and that all protests and objections to the Service Plan shall be deemed waived unless presented at the time and in the manner specified above.

Publication: January 20, 2022

Sentinel

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

ON PROPOSED SERVICE PLAN ASPEN BUSINESS PARK METROPOLITAN DISTRICT CITY OF AURORA, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, pursuant to Section 32-1-204(1), C.R.S., and Sec. 122-32 of the Aurora Code of Ordinances (the “Aurora Code”), a Proposed Service Plan (the “Proposed Service Plan”) for Aspen Business Park Metropolitan District (the “District”) has been filed with the City of Aurora, Office of Development Assistance. The Proposed Service Plan is available for public inspection by contacting Blair M. Dickhoner, Esq. of the Offices of White Bear Ankele Tanaka & Waldron, 2154 E. Commons Avenue, Suite 2000, Centennial, Colorado 80122, by phone at (303) 858-1800, or by email at bdickhoner@wbapc.com. A public hearing on the Proposed Service Plan will be held by the Aurora City Council (the “City Council”) on February 14, 2022, at 6:30 p.m., or as soon thereafter as the City Council may hear such matter (the “Public Hearing”). Due to the ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic, the public hearing will be held via teleconference with advanced posting of call-in and log-in information on the City’s website (https://www.auroragov.org/ city_hall/mayor_city_council). Depending on public health guidelines at the time, it may be possible to attend the public hearing in-person at the Aurora Municipal Center, 15151 E. Alameda Parkway, Aurora, Colorado 80012. If this in-person option is available, it will be publicly stated on the City’s website.

The purpose of the Public Hearing is to consider the Proposed Service Plan and form a basis for adopting a resolution approving, conditionally approving, or disapproving the Proposed Service Plan. The maximum property tax mill levy to be imposed for debt service within the District shall be fifty (50) mills. This mill levy may be adjusted if there are changes in the method of calculating assessed valuation or any constitutionally mandated tax credit, cut or abatement.

In accordance with Sec. 122-34(e) of the Aurora Code, any person owning real property within the boundaries of the District may request that such property be excluded from the District, prior to the approval of the Proposed Service Plan, by submitting such request to City Council no later than ten (10) days prior to the Public Hearing.

The District is generally located south of E. Jewell Avenue, in between CO E-470 to the west and South Gun Club Road to the east in the City of Aurora, Colorado. The District currently consists of undeveloped land. The District will be a Title 32 metropolitan district. The District will be organized to facilitate the development of commercial property.

NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that all protests and objections must be submitted in writing to the City Council at or prior to the Public Hearing or any continuation or postponement thereof in order to be considered, and that all protests and objections to the Proposed Service Plan shall be deemed waived unless presented, in accordance with Sec. 122-32 of the Aurora Code, at the time and in the manner specified above.

BY ORDER OF THE AURORA CITY COUNCIL

Publication: January 20, 2022

Sentinel

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

NOTICE is hereby given pursuant to Section 32-1-204(1), C.R.S., that on February 14, 2022, at 6:30 p.m., or as soon as possible thereafter, a public hearing will be conducted or at such other time and place as this hearing may be continued. The hearing will be held at the City of Aurora, 15151 E. Alameda Parkway, Aurora, Colorado or via teleconference. Members of the public who wish to participate may dial 855-695-3475 and press *3 to speak with an operator. For more information, please consult the City Council’s website: (https:// www.auroragov.org/cms/One.aspx?portalI d=16242704&pageId=16506621).

A public hearing will be heard upon the application on file with the Aurora City Council, by BOWIP Metropolitan District Nos. 1 and 2 (the “Districts”), for the purpose of forming a basis for adopting an Ordinance approving, disapproving, or conditionally approving the First Amendments to Service Plans for the Districts. The

proposed First Amendments to Service Plans are on file with the City of Aurora, Office of Development Assistance, 15151 E. Alameda Parkway, Suite 5200, Aurora, CO 80012 (303-739-7323). Copies of the proposed First Amendments to Service Plans may also be inspected between the hours of 8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. at the offices of McGeady Becher P.C, 450 E. 17th Avenue, Suite 400, Denver, CO 80203 (303-592-4380). The affected property is approximately 25 acres located generally southeast of Pena Boulevard and Highway E-470, City of Aurora, Adams County, Colorado.

NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that all protests and objections must be submitted in writing to the Aurora City Council at or prior to the hearing or any continuance or postponement thereof in order to be considered, and that any protests and objections to the First Amendments to the Service Plans of the Districts, as proposed, shall be deemed to be waived unless presented at the time and in the manner as specified above.

Reason: First Amendments to Service

Plans

Project Name: BOWIP Metropolitan District Nos. 1 and 2

Date of Application: January 7, 2022

Maximum Mill Levy – Debt: 50.000 mills; unlimited (subject to Districts’ debt to assessed ratio)

Maximum Debt Mill Levy Imposition Term

(residential): 40 years

Type of Districts: Metropolitan

Publication: January 20, 2022

Sentinel NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

NOTICE is hereby given pursuant to Section 32-1-204(1), C.R.S., that on February 14, 2022, at 6:30 p.m., or as soon as possible thereafter, a public hearing will be conducted or at such other time and place as this hearing may be continued. The hearing will be held at the City of Aurora, 15151 E. Alameda Parkway, Aurora, Colorado or via teleconference. Members of the public who wish to participate may dial 855-695-3475 and press *3 to speak with an operator. For more information, please consult the City Council’s website: (https:// www.auroragov.org/cms/One.aspx?portalI d=16242704&pageId=16506621).

A public hearing will be heard upon the applications on file with the Aurora City Council, by Sagebrush Farm Metropolitan District Nos. 1 and 2 (hereinafter referred to collectively as the “Districts”), for the purpose of forming a basis for adopting Resolution(s) approving, disapproving, or conditionally approving the First Amended and Restated Service Plans for the Districts. The proposed First Amended and Restated Service Plans are on file with the City of Aurora, Office of Development Assistance, 15151 E. Alameda Parkway, Suite 5200, Aurora, CO 80012 (303739-7323). Copies of the proposed First Amended and Restated Service Plans may also be inspected between the hours of 8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. at the offices of McGeady Becher P.C, 450 E. 17th Avenue, Suite 400, Denver, CO 80203 (303-5924380). The aggregate affected property is four (4) acres, more or less, located south of E. 56th Avenue, west of Powhaton Road, north of E. 48th Avenue and east of E-470, in the City of Aurora, Adams County, Colorado.

NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that all protests and objections must be submitted in writing to the Aurora City Council at or prior to the hearing or any continuance or postponement thereof in order to be considered, and that any protests and objections to the First Amended and Restated Service Plans of the Districts, as proposed, shall be deemed to be waived unless presented at the time and in the manner as specified above.

Reason: First Amended and Restated Service Plans

Project Name: Sagebrush Farm Metropolitan District Nos. 1 and 2

Date of Application: January 11, 2022

Maximum Mill Levy – Debt: 50.000 mills (subject to statutory adjustment), becoming unlimited based on debt-to-assessed value ratio

Maximum Mill Levy – Regional Improvements: 5.000 mills

Maximum Debt Mill Levy Imposition Term (residential): 40 years

Type of Districts: Metropolitan

Publication: January 20, 2022

Sentinel NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

NOTICE is hereby given pursuant to Section 32-1-204(1), C.R.S., that on February 14, 2022 at 6:30 p.m., or as soon as possible thereafter, a public hearing will be conducted, or at such other time and place as this hearing may be continued. The hearing will be held at the City of Aurora, 15151 E. Alameda Parkway, Aurora, Colorado or via teleconference. Members of the public who wish to participate may dial 855-695-3475 and press *3 to speak with an operator. For more information, please consult the City Council’s website: (https:// www.auroragov.org/cms/One.aspx?portalI d=16242704&pageId=16506621).

A public hearing will be heard upon the applications on file with the Aurora City Council, by the Petitioners for the proposed Sagebrush Farm Metropolitan District Nos. 3, 4, 5 and 6 (hereinafter referred to collectively as the “Districts”), for the purpose of forming a basis for adopting Resolution(s) approving, disapproving, or conditionally approving the Service Plans for the proposed Districts. The proposed Service Plans are on file with the City of Aurora, Office of Development Assistance, 15151 E. Alameda Parkway, Suite 5200, Aurora, CO 80012 (303-739-7323). Copies of the proposed Service Plans (including maps of the Districts and preliminary plans) may also be inspected between the hours of 8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. at the offices of McGeady Becher P.C, 450 E. 17th Avenue, Suite 400, Denver, CO 80203 (303-5924380). The aggregate affected property is four (4) acres, more or less, located: south of E. 56th Avenue, west of Powhaton Road, north of E. 48th Avenue and east of E-470, in the City of Aurora, Adams County, Colorado.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that pursuant to Sections 32-1-203(3.5) and 32-1204(1.5), C.R.S., an owner of real property within the proposed Districts may file a request with the Aurora City Council, requesting that such real property be excluded from the proposed Districts. Such request may be filed any time after the Service Plans are filed with the Aurora City Council, but no later than ten (10) days before the day fixed for the hearing on said Service Plans.

NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that all protests and objections must be submitted in writing to the Aurora City Council at or prior to the hearing or any continuance or postponement thereof in order to be considered, and that any protests and objections to the Districts, as proposed, shall be deemed to be waived unless presented at the time and in the manner as specified above.

Reason: Formation of Title 32 Special Districts

Project Name: Sagebrush Farm Metropolitan District Nos. 3, 4, 5 and 6

Date of Application: January 11, 2022

Maximum Mill Levy – Debt: 50.000 mills (subject to statutory adjustment), becoming unlimited based on debt-to-assessed value ratio

Maximum Mill Levy – Regional Improvements: 5.000 mills

Maximum Debt Mill Levy Imposition Term (residential): 40 years

Type of District: Metropolitan

Publication: January 20, 2022 Sentinel

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

NOTICE is hereby given pursuant to Section 32-1-204(1), C.R.S., that on February 14, 2022, at 6:30 p.m., or as soon as possible thereafter, a public hearing will be conducted or at such other time and place as this hearing may be continued. The hearing will be held at the City of Aurora, 15151 E. Alameda Parkway, Aurora, Colorado or via teleconference. Members of the public who wish to participate may dial 855-695-3475 and press *3 to speak with an operator. For more information, please consult the City Council’s website: (https:// www.auroragov.org/cms/One.aspx?portalI d=16242704&pageId=16506621).

A public hearing will be heard upon the application on file with the Aurora City Council, by Aerotropolis Area Coordinating Metropolitan District (the “District”), for the purpose of forming a basis for adopting an Ordinance approving, disapproving, or conditionally approving the Second Amended and Restated Service Plan for the District. The proposed Second Amended and Restated Service Plan is on file with the City of Aurora, Office of Development Assistance, 15151 E. Alameda Parkway, Suite 5200, Aurora, CO 80012 (303-739-7323). A copy of the proposed Second Amended and Restated Service Plan may also be inspected between the hours of 8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. at the offices of McGeady Becher P.C, 450 E. 17th Avenue, Suite 400, Denver, CO 80203 (303-592-4380). The affected property is one (1) acre, more or less, located: south of 48th Avenue, west of Powhaton Road, north of 26th Avenue and east of E-470, in the City of Aurora, Adams County, Colorado.

NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that all protests and objections must be submitted in writing to the Aurora City Council at or prior to the hearing or any continuance or postponement thereof in order to be considered, and that any protests and objections to the Amended and Restated Service Plan of the District, as proposed, shall be deemed to be waived unless presented at the time and in the manner as specified above.

Reason: Amended and Restated Service Plan

Project Name: Aerotropolis Area Coordinating Metropolitan District

Date of Application: January 12, 2022

Maximum Mill Levy – Debt: 50.000 mills (subject to statutory adjustment), becoming unlimited based on debt-to-assessed value ratio

Maximum Mill Levy – Regional Improvements: 5.000 mills

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