Not many state champs for Aurora preps in the fall, but so much was significant as sports returned to full normalcy
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Iam going to change your life in the next 869 words. It’s starts with this touchstone: Thanksgiving dinner sucks.
It doesn’t have to. Despite what people in NYC think, Colorado is the nouveau nexus of the foodie world. Now of course New Yorkers will spit up their dishwater-coffee when you say that. New York, however, is a city that gets all noisy about how to pronounce “How-stun” Street, retelling it like your great-uncle works into untold conversations the time he rode an elevator with Kay Ballard. New Yorkers brag about commuting in underground cattle-cars that reek of urine. They think Sam Adams makes the best beer on the planet. It’s best to humor them, lest they all move here.
But we know better. Colorado knows that things like tomatoes, peppers and peaches love heat and sun. They hate humidity, rainy summers and smog. Cattle and sheep that eat grass, without having to wander all over Texas to find some, produce a far superior steak and roast than cows force-fed corn and hormones in a muddy pen full of dung.
When it comes to adding skill to better ingredients, chefs in Colorado have broken away from a food world focused on theatrics because they’ve grown bored with flavor and texture. And that brings us back to Thanksgiving dinner, which sucks.
Let’s start with the main course: Turkey. Anything that is “better” when you soak it in saltwater, cover it in bacon, drown it in butter, baste it with broth and cram it full of herbs, just in hopes of having it taste less bland, dry and tough than the sponge it really is, does not deserve the starring role in your annual, “Night Before Christmas Shopping Eve” soirée.
Most historians agree that earlier Thanksgiving dinners were dominated by venison, corn and goose. Turkey came later because it was a plentiful, cheap bird that lived in the wild in most parts of the country. But that familiar fowl is no more like the Volkswagon sized bowling balls in you grocer’s freezer than a tea-cup poodle is to a wolf.
You have to do creepy things to modern turkeys in your kitchen sink that would get you arrested in some states. The only thing that can cook a behemoth like that — and keep your family from missing out on Black Friday cheap-flat-screen-TV fights at Wal-Mart because they were indisposed by a wee bit of stubborn entrail bacteria — is heat and time.
And what makes farm-raised turkeys taste like carpeting? Heat and time. There you have it.
But even if you get a reasonably sized bird and deep-fry it, or even if you sort of like dry, tasteless, chewy meat, the rest of the dinner is equally a disaster.
Green bean casserole? Please don’t
inflict this on people. If your friends say they love it, they’re lying. Green beans are almost interesting when they’re picked very young and immediately blanched for just seconds and teased with a little butter and salt. But canned or frozen so that what little flavor they once had is then masked with canned soups, salt, sour cream, salt, those nasty, greasy fried onion things, salt, nuts, canned chow mein noodles (a felonious assault on your palate all by itself) salt, breadcrumbs and a little more salt? That’s not food, dude. Your family eats it to mop the taste of the floury, internal-organ gravy out of their mouths.
That brings me to this repeat offender: Jell-O salad. Any kind. All kinds. Gelatin is the meanest thing science ever did to humans. It is not the product of chefs and cooks, but the invention of a generation, an industry and a mentality that brought us DDT, Pine-Sol and the Atom Bomb.
Granted, in the most-skilled kitchens and with the greatest care, gelatin can be transmuted into the rare delectable aspic, panatone or souffle. But in the hands of your sister or cousin, armed with fat-free Cool Whip — whatever the hell that is — Miracle Whip, stale pecans, mercilessly canned peaches and pineapple that never did anything to anybody, cottage cheese, colored marshmallows, various boxes of instant pudding, and the most galling element of all, shredded carrots, well, let’s just say courts have stood in the way of punishments that aren’t so cruel.
To be fair, a couple of things that traditionally make it to the Thanksgiving table are worthy of the occasion: mashed potatoes and pumpkin pie. Even my brother, who loves Vienna sausages on saltine crackers and pre-
fers Totino’s pizza over the best pies in Denver, cannot ruin mashed potatoes.
I’m not talking about anything that comes from a box, can, tube or plastic container. Just russets or reds, boiled and befriended by some butter, salt, pepper and milk, make the whole world and Thanksgiving dinner a better place. If you’re talented and understand just how much horseradish, roasted garlic or even basil keeps from becoming a nuisance, then all the better.
And for dessert, winter squash made into a sweet custard resting in a buttery crust is an autumn natural, that day or any other.
And that’s where I’m going to change your life. The solution to all of Thanksgiving dinner’s woes are revealed in the answer to these two easy questions: If Thanksgiving dinner is so fabulous, why is it we only suffer through it once a year? And on your birthday, on your anniversary, at graduation, on the night of your wedding, when your best friends in the whole world come over, is this what you would choose to eat?
I didn’t think so.
So do yourself, your friends and your family a huge favor. Order tamales today. Call the butcher to get that prime rib. Eat those steaks you miss from this summer. Have pork tenderloin roasted in rosemary, pears and balsamic vinegar. Have a pancake dinner. Anything but that repugnant bird.
Unless of course you really like it, and then you’re probably from New York City.
And off to shop for the stuff to make my famous cranberry-salsa-anise-andmelted-ice-cream relish, I’m outta here. Follow @EditorDavePerry on Twitter and Facebook or reach him at 303-750-7555 or at dperry@SentinelColorado.com
State Rep. Leslie Herod precisely summed up state and national cankers that resulted in five people being murdered and dozens more injured Sunday because of spite for who they are — and were.
“We must stop driving the hate-filled rhetoric that gives license to the dehumanization of our community,” said Leslie Herod, a Denver Democratic state lawmaker and mayoral candidate. Herod attended high school in Colorado Springs and is the first openly gay, Black woman elected to the State House. “Such hate combined with laws that make access to firearms far too easy have only one result. I wish I could say it was unbelievable, but that is not the case. Instead it is all too predictable.”
Herod is right.
Americans here and across the nation use religion to cloak their bigotry and disdain for people who are gay, lesbian, transgender and bisexual.
Even worse are those who blanket their bigotry and hatred in patriotism.
It’s not just morally obscene, it’s deadly.
Ostracizing, bullying and abusing LGTBQ people isn’t novel in the history of bigotry. Nearly everyone who isn’t Christian, white and Protestant has been subjected to gruesome generations of abuse. Many still are.
But while laws and public sentiment have for generations sought to at least root out systemic and legalized bigotry, that’s not been the case for gay or trans Americans.
Large segments of America believe that our institutionalized protection from a state religion is a defense and justification for their bigotry and hatred toward LGTBQ citizens.
Political leaders like Congressperson Lauren Boebert garishly wield their homophobia and antipathy for trans Americans as self-righteous tyrants.
In 2021, Boebert praised Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ success at signing the so-called “don’t say gay” law in that state, prohibiting LGTBQ issues from being discussed in public schools.
“When we take back the House, Florida’s education system is the model for the nation. We’re going to save our nation from the ‘woke’ curse on education,” she said in a tweet, according to a Sentinel story about the recent mass murder at Club Q in Colorado Springs.
She and others use “woke” as a bludgeon against Americans who demand not just tolerance for all races and sexual identities, but acceptance.
Horrifically, Boebert has regularly accused LGTBQ people and liberals of “grooming” children to become gay, being especially critical of popular drag-queen reading events at local libraries.
“Take your children to CHURCH, not drag bars,” she tweeted during a flash rant this past summer.
Also this summer, after learning about a Western Slope drag queen “inclusivity” reading event, “Sending a message to all the drag queens out there: stay away from the children in Colorado’s Third District!”
Taunts and similar abuse from right-wing politicians, and TV and radio personalities, normalize and legitimize for some the abuse and even the murder of LGTBQ people by making them less than non-LGTBQ people, and often even less than human. Bigotry, legitimized by some political and religious leaders, and even the courts, created a perfect environment for Sunday’s gruesome murders, coupled with an obsession with guns. It’s an obsession shared often among those who struggle with LGTBQ bigotry.
Just like racist bigots found comfort in the courts to prevent Black Americans and other people of color from renting hotel rooms, dining in restaurants and even buying a home, some state laws and errant courts allow this anti-gay bigotry to thrive as a test against religion.
State and federal lawmakers must shore up legislation ensuring equal rights are equally applied to LGTBQ Americans, and that gun control laws — and enforcement — pull back access to firearms by people who are clearly a danger to themselves and others.
And all of us must call out the bigotry and spite propagated by Boebert and those like her.
Colorado’s first trans state lawmaker had this sound advice for Boebert after she tweeted on Sunday “thoughts and prayers” and her shock about the Club Q shooting.
“Thanks for the ‘thoughts and prayers’ but that does nothing to offset the damage that you directly did to incite these kinds of attacks on the LGBTQ+ community,” state Rep. Brianna Titone tweeted in response. “You spreading tropes and insults contributed to the hatred for us. There’s blood on your hands.”
Boebert, and several like her, were recently re-elected to their state or federal positions. It will be imperative for constituents and the media to hold them accountable for their dangerous charges and actions.
Please pardon me, but I am always overcome by mawkish sentimentality at this time of year.
I cannot contain my gratitude. I am thankful for a paycheck and sunsets and modern plumbing and mobility and rainbows and warm clothing and good friends and conjunctions and…
I am thankful that I can do anything you can do better, I can do anything better than you – except get $%&# show tunes out of my head.
I am thankful for eight-month tick-and-flea collars, because the traumatic monthly sprayings do not promote ideal master/pet relations. (“Believe me, if I had opposable thumbs, I would light the sack on fire myself, buddy!”)
I am thankful that I don’t often get into embarrassing public conversations where I mispronounce misleadingly spelled names (“Erdogan,” “Ghosn,” “Ghislaine,” etc.) that I have encountered only in print. I am thankful that my parents gave me a good, old-fashioned, easy-to-pronounce, meat-and-potatoes name. Although, admittedly, I got a lot of ribbing in school when the teacher called “Ribeye Russet Tyree.”
Speaking of school, I am thankful that I went through the educational system in an unenlightened time when being the “teacher’s pet” didn’t include neutering.
I am thankful that when someone sneezes, I can still wish them a heartfelt “gesundheit,” without being required by law to add “press 2 if you wish to hear ‘gesundheit’ in Spanish.”
I am thankful that I am savvy enough not to leap at extended warranties. Okay, obviously, I got the one on “temporary insanity,” but that’s it.
I am thankful that I have survived this long without being remotely proficient at tying knots. (“There! That boat’s not going anywhere – unless it gets repossessed to pay for all the duct tape.”)
I am thankful that only God can make a tree, because one made by committee/focus group would be a disaster. (“Bark? Bark? Are we trying to get confused with a kennel? I’m going to go out on a limb here and say…oh, wait, that reminds me, limbs are so last year…”)
I am thankful that I can usually purchase my size 14 shoes without clerks wagering on how many clowns will cram back into the car.
I am thankful that I get a percentage of the gate when my good gut bacteria and bad gut bacteria have a mixed martial arts showdown.
I am thankful for Google Earth, because when I was watching “Bewitched” as a tyke, my recurring thought was always, “Forget jetpacks! I hope someday everyone in the world will get to be Gladys Kravitz!”
I am thankful that I have somehow resisted the siren call of cryptocurrency. Granted, the Sirens in Greek mythology had a call more melodic than “Hey, doofus, over there – wanna get rich quick?”
I am thankful that humans don’t hibernate, because “The best part of waking up is Folgers in your barrel” just doesn’t have the same ring to it.
I am thankful for the thoughts and prayers of friends and acquaintances, even in an era when thoughts and prayers are not in high regard. (“Just heard that you’re laid up with a bad back. Well, we’re going to pass some emergency legislation banning bad backs. Perhaps you’d like to contribute…”)
Mostly, I’m thankful I can keep in touch with my valued readers via Twitter (@TyreeDanny) and Truth Social (@tyreetyrades). Don’t be a stranger. Especially not some enchanted evening…Aaarrrggghhh!
If Boebert, others won’t cease deadly gay-hate rhetoric, we must all at least dispute it
DANNY TYREE, CONTRIBUTING COLUMNISTDanny Tyree welcomes email responses at tyreetyrades@aol.com and visits to his Facebook fan page “Tyree’s Tyrades.”
City of Aurora staff announced last week former Miami police chief Art Acevedo has been tapped to lead Aurora’s Police Department on an interim basis while scouting a permanent replacement for former chief Vanessa Wilson continues after one failed search.
Acevedo replaces another interim chief: Dan Oates, who served as chief between 2004 and 2015, and was chosen to temporarily lead the department after former chief Wilson was fired earlier this year. Oates’ contract was scheduled to expire at the end of November.
“I cannot wait to strap on that gun belt and put on that badge, because believe it or not, the best days of American policing are today,” Acevedo said during a news conference Nov. 15. “This is not a broken department. This is a department like every department: a work in progress.”
The 35-year law enforcement veteran has led police departments in Austin, Houston and, most recently, Miami. During that time, he’s cultivated a reputation of helping troubled agencies while demonstrating an
openness to reform and a willingness to engage with critics.
He’s also been criticized in his previous roles for mingling with InfoWars podcast host Alex Jones, who was recently ordered to pay $1.44 billion for promoting false conspiracy theories about the Sandy Hook school massacre, and posing with a prominent member of the Proud Boys, a right-wing extremist group, at a protest in Miami. Acevedo told a local television station he didn’t know who the man was.
Oates called Acevedo an “extraordinary leader” and a “good friend” last week, saying that he reached out to Acevedo and enticed him to Aurora after the city’s first attempt to find a permanent replacement for Wilson ended in failure last month.
“I’ve talked to him any number of times over the years about challenges I was facing to get his advice,” Oates said. “He’s very highly thought of among the fraternity of police chiefs who run larger organizations in the country.”
Acevedo received a bachelor’s degree with honors in public administration from the University of La Verne in California and
began his law enforcement career in 1986 with California Highway Patrol, where he worked for 21 years. He also served as president of the Major Cities Chiefs Association and is a lifetime member of the International Association of Chiefs of Police.
Acevedo was fired from his job in Miami after six months and sued his former employer in January, after he accused city officials of meddling in police business and internal affairs investigations. He also butted heads with the police union in that city over his support of police reform.
According to reporting by the Associated Press, Acevedo made waves immediately upon entering the department, demoting four majors and firing two high-level officials — a married couple — for lying about a crash involving a city vehicle.
While he was introduced by Miami’s mayor as “America’s best chief,” city officials said after firing him that he was “not the right fit for this organization.” Acevedo has since sued Miami, saying he was retaliated against.
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dozen amendments forward Monday, including proposals to soften the “work-first” language in the plan, offer specific criteria for measuring the plan’s efficacy, and commit to specific strategies.
Council members voted to pass amendments replacing instances of the phrase “self-sufficiency” with “self-reliance” and adding as a strategy rapid rehousing for “low-acuity individuals and families.”
After debating six of the amendments, Councilmember Danielle Jurinsky and Coffman moved to end debate on each of the remaining amendments, all of which failed.
Jurinsky accused Marcano of creating a “hostage situation” by delaying the rest of the agenda until his amendments were considered.
Marcano in turn said his fellow council members were “abusing” the motion to end debate, saying it showed that “folks are not willing or able to defend their stances and don’t have the patience to craft thoughtful policy, and that’s really a shame.”
Jurinsky replied that the “real abuse” was Marcano accusing others of wrongdoing, while Marcano was attending the meeting remotely, which he was permitted to do under council rules.
“Before you go accusing somebody of abuse, show up in person and say it to our face next time,” Jurinsky said
Marcano said he was recovering from a surgery, and that he wasn’t “afraid to tell you what I think to your face.” He then winked at Jurinsky, who challenged him to “do that in person, too.”
Aurora’s City Council has made addressing homelessness a major priority this year, with conservatives rolling out bills such as the city’s new urban camping ban meant to cut down on the phenomenon of people setting up tents and temporary shelters in public. At the same time, the number of shelter beds has lagged behind the projected size of Aurora’s homeless population.
Coffman presented his plan after City Council members visited Houston and San Antonio, Texas, to study those cities’ responses to homelessness. The mayor and others have described the plan as “work-first” because homeless clients will be expected to participate in programs such as job training and substance abuse treatment to access greater levels of help.
Coffman said emergency shelter will still be offered to citizens with minimal restrictions. A nonprofit organization will be expected to operate a central facility where the city would co-locate services as much as possible.
Councilmember Francoise Bergan walked back an addition she previously proposed that would have limited the use of general fund dollars on the campus, reflecting the fact that the details of funding
for the campus have not been finalized.
Other elements of the plan include:
- Quantifying the city’s success at addressing homelessness based on the number of clients who have achieved self-reliance.
- Offering employment services, emergency support and case management for the homeless.
- Developing a public communication strategy to educate the public about how the city’s program works and how members of the public can offer support.
- Secure money from the county, state and federal governments to build the central facility.
Council members voted 7-3 to pass the mayor’s plan, with Alison Coombs, Marcano and Crystal Murillo voting in opposition. Because the plan was a resolution, it will not require a second vote.
— MAX LEVY, Sentinel Staff Writer
Mount Evans renamed
A Colorado state panel recommended Thursday that Mount Evans, a prominent peak near Denver, be renamed Mount Blue Sky at the request of the Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes.
The Colorado Geographic Naming Advisory Board voted unanimously for the change. Colorado Gov. Jared Polis will weigh in on the recommendation before a final decision by the U.S. Board on Geo-
graphic Names. Thursday’s vote comes as part of national efforts to address a history of colonialism and oppression against Native Americans and other people of color after protests in 2020 called for racial justice reform.
The proposed name change recognizes the Arapaho were known as the Blue Sky People, while the Cheyenne hold an annual renewal-of-life ceremony called Blue Sky.
The 14,264-foot (4,348-meter) peak southwest of Denver is named after John Evans, Colorado’s second territorial governor. Evans resigned after an 1864 U.S. cavalry massacre of more than 200 Arapaho and Cheyenne people — most of them women, children and the elderly — at Sand Creek in what is now southeastern Colorado.
Fred Mosqueda, a member of the Southern Arapaho tribe and a Sand Creek descendant, said during Thursday night’s meeting that when he first realized Mount Blue Sky was a possible alternative, it “hit me like a bolt of lightning. It was the perfect name.”
“I was asked once, ‘Why are you so mean to the name Evans?’” he recalled. “And I told them, ‘Give me one reason to be nice or to say something good. Show me one thing that Evans has done that I as Arapaho can celebrate.’ And they could not.”
Mosqueda, who has been actively involved in Mount Evans’ renaming process, said Evans was in the perfect position as territorial gover-
nor to give the tribes a reservation, but “instead he went the genocide route.”
Polis, a Democrat, revived the state’s 15-member geographic naming panel in July 2020 to make recommendations for his review before they are forwarded to the federal group.
Last year, the federal panel approved renaming another Colorado peak after a Cheyenne woman who facilitated relations between white settlers and Native American tribes in the early 19th century.
Mestaa’ hehe Mountain, pronounced “mess-taw-HAY,” honors and bears the name of an influential translator, also known as Owl Woman, who mediated between Native Americans and white traders and soldiers in what is now southern Colorado.
The mountain 30 miles (48 kilometers) west of Denver had been known as Squaw Mountain. Its renaming came after U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, the nation’s first Native American cabinet official, formally declared “squaw” a derogatory term and announced steps to remove it from federal government use and rename other derogatory place names.
Squaw, which is derived from the Algonquin language, may once have simply meant “woman.” But over generations, the word changed into a misogynist and racist term to disparage Indigenous women.
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Aurorans interested in shaping how their city conducts outreach to residents can apply now to fill one of five openings on the new Civic Engagement Commission.
Any Aurora resident who is registered to vote can apply for a threeyear term, which begins in February. The commission launched this year, and Aurora City Council members appointed the group’s first five members in January — David Corbari, Debi Hunter Holen, Kelli Kelly, Sean Moore and Ama Hapke Rosen.
“As a member of this commission, residents will work with Aurora elected officials and city staff to provide recommendations to the city on developing and implementing a broad range of civic engagement programs,” a city news release says.
“There will be opportunities to create initiatives to support and partner with both community-based organizations in their civic engagement efforts and help implement citywide civic engagement programs, including a Civic Engagement Academy.”
The commission is envisioned to have 15 members when fully staffed, with the next round of five commissioners being appointed in 2023 and a final round of five receiving appointments in 2024, to ensure terms are staggered.
Members will be expected to attend monthly meetings set by the group. Meetings are currently remote due to the COVID-19 pandemic but may switch to in-person.
Applications are being accepted online at AuroraGov.org/Boards, and residents with questions may contact Tristen Sheptock at 303739-7635 or tsheptoc@auroragov. org.
— MAX LEVY, Sentinel Staff Writer
Following calls for more options for virtual participation, the Cherry Creek school board has begun posting audio recordings of its meetings online.
Board President Kelly Bates announced the change at Monday’s school board meeting, which she said was in response to requests during public comment. Audio recordings of meetings will be posted on the district’s website the day after each meeting, she said.
The district has now posted recordings of its September, October and November meetings from the current school year on its website.
The district moved its board meetings online at the beginning of the pandemic through the 20202021 school year, but at the start of the 2021-2022 school year moved back to in-person only with the exception of one meeting that was
moved online due to a potential threat.
During the pandemic, board members met without an audience in the district’s administration building. Once in-person meetings resumed, they returned to the practice of holding meetings at a different district school year month.
During public comment this school year, speakers have repeatedly asked the school board to consider having a livestream option to increase transparency and make the meetings more accessible for people who would have a hard time showing up in person.
Cherry Creek is one of few school boards in the metro area that does not livestream its meetings or post recordings of them after the fact. Aurora Public Schools livestreams its meetings through YouTube and posts recordings for the following 90 days. Denver Public Schools, JeffCo and Douglas County have virtual options as well.
District spokesperson Lauren Snell said that the district has not decided how long meetings will be available for yet and wants to see how many people listen to them. Holding meetings at schools instead of a district office makes livestreaming a challenge, she said.
“Currently, the district is going to monitor the interest of the audio recordings,” Snell said in an email. “Since our board meetings are held at different schools in the district each month it provides an invaluable opportunity for board members and district staff to engage in-person with school communities across the district and hear firsthand from students, parents, and community members however it makes it difficult to be able to live stream the meetings.”
At last week’s meeting, several people who spoke at public comment continued to advocate for a livestream. Maureen Welch, the parent of a special needs student in the district, thanked the board for deciding to post audio recordings but said that it was only a half measure.
“We are the last school district in digital transparency,” she said. “Every other school district livestreams videos of their meetings and has them on demand.”
— CARINA JULIG, Sentinel Staff WriterAurora’s City Council could vote soon to take the responsibility of hiring police and firefighters out of the hands of the independent Civil Service Commission, instead giving the responsibility back to city agencies.
Representatives of the Civil Service Commission say the group opposes the plan.
The commission serves a controversial role in the hiring and discipline of police officers and firefighters — currently, the five-person citizen commission must sign off on
the hiring of new recruits and may grant appeals of discipline imposed by supervisors in the police and fire departments.
Advocates for police reform have accused the commission of standing up for bad cops, particularly after the group’s decision in 2018 to reinstate a police officer who was fired for making racist remarks about Black people.
Some of those same advocates now say the commission has begun to shed its negative reputation following a push to diversify the group’s membership and a pattern of upholding discipline imposed by the police chief.
The commission was also targeted for reforms in the consent decree agreement between the City of Aurora and the Colorado Attorney General’s Office. Under the terms of the agreement, the commission will make as much of the disciplinary process public as possible and change the hiring process so new recruits meet with their hiring agency sooner.
Commission members say two police officers or firefighters sit in on all interviews of new recruits currently, along with a citizen.
On Thursday, Councilmember Dustin Zvonek unveiled a resolution that would shift the responsibility of hiring entry-level employees from the commission to the city’s Human Resources Department “to ensure Aurora Fire Rescue and Aurora Police will have the final decision on which applicants are hired.”
“We have to make this change. It’s not an option,” Zvonek said during a City Council policy committee meeting. “For those of us on the elected side who care and are very concerned about the number of hires and the number of people that are attending our academies, there will be more accountability, as this will now go through the city manager structure.”
The consent decree orders that
the hiring process be modified so that “Aurora Police and Aurora Fire Rescue, with coordination and assistance from the Aurora Human Resources Department, will assume a much more active role in the hiring of candidates from the eligibility lists prepared by the Commission and have the final say on which candidates are hired.”
It further acknowledges that the change will require changes to the commission’s rules, and that the city manager and Human Resources Department should work with the commission on those changes, with the consent decree monitor reviewing the changes to make sure they are consistent with the goals of the decree.
Pete Schulte, an attorney for the city, said Thursday that the commission was established early in the city’s history to combat the possibility of political corruption and assumed its current role in hiring and firing firefighters and police in the early 2000s.
Aurora’s city charter defines the responsibilities of the commission, including the “examination and certification of all applicants to positions in the Civil Service.”
Schulte argued that rolling back the commission’s authority over hiring wouldn’t take a charter change and said the group’s assumption of new responsibilities over hiring didn’t require the charter to be rewritten either.
Zvonek said an applicant would still have the option to appeal to the Civil Service Commission if their application is rejected, and the commission would still be responsible for looking into candidates’ backgrounds and administering tests.
None of the members of the policy committee objected to the item, which is slated to move forward to a study session with the entire City Council.
Harold Johnson, who chairs the Civil Service Commission, later said
he and other commissioners have serious concerns about whether the city would be violating the charter by rolling back the commission’s powers.
Johnson also said he was worried about the resolution’s sponsors trying to fast-track the item through the policymaking process without receiving public input.
“They just want to push this through,” he said. “The commission very much has concerns about it and whether or not it violates the city charter. … I’m of the belief that absolute power corrupts absolutely. I think the checks and balances help.”
Johnson and Commissioner Barb Cleland also pushed back on the idea that new police and fire recruits don’t have the chance to meet with agency representatives prior to hiring, saying that two police officers or two firefighters sit in on all interviews, along with a citizen.
“I can’t think of a time when we weren’t all in agreement,” Johnson said.
Cleland said she believed the authors of the consent decree did not fully understand the interview process employed by the commission.
“No one has followed through to see exactly what we do and how we do it,” she said. “I think we do a pretty good job. We’re trying to get police and firefighters to work in the city, understanding that we’re changing how we do police and fire.”
Johnson said a public meeting was planned for Nov. 17 at city hall to discuss the proposal, but the staff administrator of the commission, Matt Cain, later wrote in an email that Johnson had called off the meeting, “cit(ing) a desire for allowing the Commission more time to allow for any updates on the draft Resolution that Council may discuss in a future Study Session.”
— MAX LEVY, Sentinel Staff WriterWhen Cristina Lopez moved to Aurora from Oklahoma in 2013, rent for her one-bedroom apartment was $800 a month. The price was slightly steeper than most apartments in Oklahoma at the time but still felt affordable for Lopez.
Nine years later, her rent has nearly doubled and she is unable to work due to health issues. Without a high, steady income, paying rent each month feels impossible.
Though the cost keeps rising, Lopez — who lives near the Town Center at Aurora — said her apartment’s shoddy condition remains, with old appliances, cracks in walls and no new amenities.
“It’s so hard for us to keep up,” Lopez said.
Aurora — which is Colorado’s third-largest city — is also the state’s most diverse. The city touts 160 different languages spoken in its schools, rows of ethnic restaurants lining its streets and safe haven nonprofits welcoming immigrants from around the world into town.
“Northwest Aurora is so beautiful in so many ways. It has been the most diverse region in the whole entire state and probably the whole entire Mountain West,” said Mateos Alvarez, executive director of the Dayton Street Labor Center. “A lot of immigrants and refugees have left their home country and this is kind of their gateway into this country.”
But over the last several years, as housing
prices across the Denver metro area have soared, Alvarez said many who make Aurora the multicultural hub it has long been are struggling to continue to afford their home.
“You have people, decades later, going through the same process of being displaced, just like they were displaced from their home country,” Alvarez said. “It’s heartbreaking.”
Northwest Aurora and the East Colfax corridor blending Denver and Aurora were once more affordable parts of the city, which is what allowed so many immigrants to find their first home in America in the area.
But residents and advocates said the days of an affordable Aurora are gone, as more people seek Colorado as a home and increasing rent prices in Denver push people out of that city, which then pushes those who have called East Colfax and Northwest Aurora home for years out of their communities.
“I think you see the ways that Aurora is becoming less and less welcoming for the people that traditionally have always lived there,” said Bruno Tapia, a community organizer who grew up in Aurora and now lives in Denver. “What I’ve seen is that it’s just getting harder and harder for the people who have traditionally been in Aurora to stay here.”
A Zillow search of zip codes around the East Colfax and Fitzsimons areas shows studios renting for more than $1,000 per month and homes listed at $300,000 to $500,000. Many who have called those areas home for decades say those prices are simply out of their budget, particularly as grocery and gas costs continue to rise alongside housing prices.
“To kind of boil it down, the rising cost of rent is truly exceeding the amount of income that the majority of folks that we are aware of living in this area can afford,” said Emily Goodman, housing assistance campaign manager at the East Colfax Community Collective. “We’ve seen a massive rise in gentrification coming in.”
Goodman and others said Aurora’s wages have not kept up with its rising costs. While Denver’s minimum wage is now $15.87, Aurora’s is $12.56, which is the state-mandated minimum wage.
“I don’t understand why the workers here are making less when housing is starting to cost the same,” said Karla Chavez, a community justice organizer and lifelong-Aurora resident. “There are a lot of people here who think their voices aren’t being heard or can’t be heard.”
Chavez and other Aurora organizers recently surveyed 400 city residents — found at food banks, back-to-school nights and community events — to find their largest concerns with a changing community. Respondents ranked their biggest struggles as a lack of access to high-paying jobs and an inability to afford housing.
“There used to be generations of families living in these same homes, and those families are no longer there, and that raises the question of why,” Chavez said. “It sucks, because there are places that were childhood memories that aren’t here anymore.”
Sentinel File Photo: Signage advertising new homes for sale litter 56th Avenue in east Aurora. Photo by PHILIP B. POSTON/ Sentinel ColoradoThose who’ve witnessed Aurora’s gentrification firsthand point to several culprits: newer, nicer houses and apartment complexes costing more and raising rent prices for other housing options nearby; Aurora becoming a more attractive city for residents; and inflating housing costs across the country that are not necessarily unique to Aurora.
Ruben Medina, an Aurora City Council member who has lived in town for 32 years, said he noticed the largest changes when the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus and the Central Park neighborhoods were built.
Central Park — which is filled with upscale dining and shopping — was once composed of mainly lower-income housing stretching south into Colfax and the Lowry neighborhood, and east into Fitzsimons and North Aurora.
But after the hospital was built and Central Park became a more expensive neighborhood, Medina said gentrification plagued the Northwest Aurora and Northeast Denver corridor, squeezing out the traditional character of the once-diverse, affordable neighborhood.
“You lose a lot of immigrants and refugees who are trying to make a stake in this country and they can’t keep it running,” Medina said. “You’re losing the soul of our community.”
Medina felt the rest of the Denver area has always looked down on Northwest Aurora as a crime-ridden, corrupt part of town. While Medina said he recognizes crime is a valid concern for those in the area, most of the crime is a result of poverty and lack of support.
“Everyone envisioned North Aurora as this corrupt place and this place that was kind of neglected,” Medina said. “The people there see the ‘haves,’ and the ‘have nots.’ They’re surrounded by the people who have when they have nothing.”
Many activists and residents in the area point to newer housing developments as the driving force behind gentrification and displacement. In October, community organizers protested the construction of 44 condos on the corner of Yosemite Street and E. 14th Ave. with a starting price tag of $600,000 and no affordable units. Aurora Planning and Zoning commission approved the project’s development, despite strong outcry from many in the community.
Organizers who planned the protest said they did so because they are worried the new units will follow what they say is a pattern in their neighborhoods: new housing units pop up and cost much more money than older buildings near-
by. Then, before residents know it, landlords in older buildings begin charging more to keep up with the expensive buildings nearby, despite residents living in older, often worse-off units.
“These kinds of upscale developments that are popping up in Aurora are bringing along the process of displacement and gentrification,” Tapia said. “Gentrification and displacement are a product of a housing system that is undemocratic for the people who live in the neighborhoods and communities.”
But the idea that new housing always leads to gentrification is a bit misleading, some housing advocates said.
“The problem is a lack of housing,” said David Pardo, an advocate for abundant housing with
Denver, an organization that advocates for denser housing and better public transit. “If we don’t have enough housing, houses are going to cost more in every neighborhood, whether it’s Washington Park or Cherry Creek or East Colfax.”
Pardo said tearing down old buildings to replace them with new ones can lead to small price increases for houses in the immediate area, but more housing units to offset demand would still put a large dent in the issue.
“If you have 100 apples and you have 200 people who want them, the richest 100 people are going to get them,” Pardo said. “If you have 100 apples and 80 people want them, everybody gets an apple and the richest people might have an extra apple.”
Denver has ordinances requiring affordable units in any new apartment complex with 10 or more units. Developers building projects with more affordable units are also pushed to the front of the line for project approval from the city, which incentivizes affordable units and is supposed to ease the city’s housing crisis.
Aurora, however, has no such rule, which Pardo said restricts the city from becoming more affordable. Aurora also has more restrictions on building dense housing, leaving most residents with few options besides single-family homes.
“You can’t build affordable units if you’re building market rate, but if there are incentives to build affordable units, you get affordable units,” Pardo said. “If the zoning allows for significantly more density, they can bring down the cost per square foot and build more affordable units, but the reality is they’re building what they can build on that site.”
Alison Coombs, an Aurora City Council member, said the city is far behind where it should be in protecting affordable housing for those who need it.
“We could build newer, nicer neighborhoods with a commitment to limiting or eliminating displacement,” Coombs said. “If that were what’s happening, then I think people would be much less bothered and much less upset and
it would be less of a threat.”
Unfortunately, Coombs said, new-but-affordable neighborhoods are not a reality for most in Aurora, which is what had led to skepticism toward new housing.
“The economic growth is disparate in terms of who actually gets the increases in their wealth and their income,” Coombs said. “If people are not getting a share of that prosperity, then they’re not going to be in our city anymore, and our city won’t be the city that we have been and that we currently are.”
Brendan Greene, executive director of the East Colfax Community Collective, said combatting gentrification in East Denver and West Aurora has to be a community-wide conversation, with those most impacted at the forefront of discussion.
“These are essential community members that are helping to make our cities run, and we need to see a lot more urgency from our policymakers to understand that this is a crisis,” Greene said.
“We don’t need soft policy moves
on their part, we need aggressive policy interventions to correct the market and make sure that lower-income levels can afford to live here.”
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Aurora Public Schools and the Community College of Aurora sent out messages encouraging students to take advantage of mental health resources if they are struggling in the aftermath of the shooting that killed five and injured over two dozen at an LGBTQ club in Colorado Springs early Nov. 20.
The attack is the latest in the spate of mass shootings that Colorado has endured, including a shooting at a Boulder King Soopers last year that killed 10 and the Aurora theater shooting 10 years ago that claimed 12 lives. In 2015, Colorado Springs saw its first mass shooting when a man ambushed a Planned Parenthood and shot three people dead and injured nine. As news of the attack at Club Q rolled in early Sunday morning, it provoked a fresh round of grief and anger among the state’s residents.
The news was particularly painful for the state’s LGBTQ community, many of whom had expressed concern at an increase in anti-gay and anti-transgender rhetoric from the political right during the midterm elections.
“The shooting at Club Q is a symptom of the hate that we as LGBTQ people still face. I’m heartbroken,” said Aurora City Councilmember Alison Coombs in a tweet Sunday.
In a message posted to the district’s website, APS Superintendent Rico Munn said that “it is
difficult to process that our state is now dealing with another horrific mass shooting.”
“This loss is heartbreaking and we know that many of you and your student(s) may be struggling with news of this attack,” he said. “The police investigation is just starting so we do not yet know the motive, but we know this is a community often attacked because of hate and that this event, regardless of motive, will cause pain and hurt. As we all struggle with emotions stemming from this event, please know that Aurora Public Schools is here to support our students, staff and families.”
He encouraged students to take advantage of the district’s mental health resources and provided links to several LGBTQ-specific resources, including The Trevor Project.
“As a community, we all must reach out during challenging times like these and support each other,” Munn said. “Please know that we support you and will continue to care for you.”
The Community College of Aurora also published a statement encouraging students and staff to use the college’s mental health and counseling resources if they are struggling.
“Today the Community College of Aurora mourns with members of the LGBTQIA+ community,” the statement said. “Last night, an armed gunman entered Club Q in Colorado Springs, killing 5 and critically injuring eighteen. While information is still forthcoming, we can
however, recognize this as yet another senseless killing driven by hate.”
Elected officials in the Aurora area reacted to the shooting Sunday on social media, expressing sympathy for the victims as well as frustration that yet another mass shooting had taken place in Colorado. Incoming interim Aurora police chief Art Acevedo described the shooting as “heartbreaking” and encouraged residents to report suspicious behavior to the police.
“We must commit to combating gun violence and hate in every form in a thoughtful and comprehensive manner,” he said. “Praying for all.”
The department’s bias-motivated crime detective can be reached at 303.627.3100 or by email at stophate@auroragov.org.
On Twitter, city Councilmember Danielle Jurinsky questioned why the suspect had not been incarcerated prior to the shooting.
“I’d like to know why the Colorado Justice system continues to fail us,” Jurinsky said in a tweet, along with a photo of a news release from the 2021 incident. “1 year ago this guy was booked into the El Paso County Jail for 2 counts of felony menacing and 3 counts of 1st degree kidnapping. Why was this guy roaming free last night and not behind bars??”
According to reporting from the Associated Press and other outlets, in June of 2021 the shooter allegedly threatened his mother with a homemade bomb, prompting an evacuation of
Bouquets of flowers sit on a corner near the site of a mass shooting at a gay bar Monday, Nov. 21, 2022, in Colorado Springs. Club Q on its Facebook page thanked the “quick reactions of heroic customers that subdued the gunman and ended this hate attack.” AP Photo/ David Zalubowski›› SHIFT CHANGE, from 5 the surrounding houses while a bomb squad arrived. Despite that, the AP said there was no record of prosecutors moving forward with any of the charges he was arrested on.
A later report indicates the shooting suspect avoided Colorado’s so-called “red flag law,” intended to remove guns from criminals and others considered dangerous.
Aurora politician Tom Sullivan, whose son Alex was killed in the Aurora theater shooting and who sponsored the state’s 2019 red flag law, told the AP the incident should have been a wakeup call.
“We need heroes beforehand — parents, co-workers, friends who are seeing someone go down this path,” Sullivan told the AP. “This should have alerted them, put him on their radar.”
A number of commemorations are planned across the region, including a candlelight vigil at Denver’s LGBTQ nightclub Tracks at 7 p.m. on Monday. The state has activated the Colorado Healing Fund in response to the shooting, where individuals can donate online to support the victims’ shortand long-term support.
Other Aurora-area comment:
Congressman Jason Crow: Horrific situation in Colorado Springs. I’m thinking of all victims & their families, & will continue monitoring the situation. These attacks must stop. My heart is with our LGBTQ+ community as we all reel from this violence.
State Sen. Rhonda Fields: Last night’s attack on Club Q in Colorado Springs was a senseless attack on a safe space for the LGBTQ+ community. My thoughts go out to the victims and their families. On Transgender Day of Remembrance, we must root out all forms of transphobia and homophobia hatred. No community should ever have to endure horrific acts of violence. We must end gun violence in Colorado for All!!
StateRep.ImanJodeh: These shootings are not senseless, these are calculated acts by people who’s purpose is to intentionally inflict violence. If we don’t find air-tight gun violence prevention policies, I’m afraid we are continuing to give permission for these massacres to keep happening.
State Rep. Mandy Lindsay: I woke up to the devastating news out of Colorado Springs, that five people were killed and 18 injured in yet another mass shooting — this one targeting the LGBTQ community. I am heartbroken and furious. It is the hate speech. And it is the guns.
AuroraMayorMikeCoffman: Late last night, there was a terrible tragedy in Colorado Springs. A mass shooting occurred in an LGBTQ-friendly night club where a lone gunman got inside of the Q
Club and started indiscriminately shooting. So far, it has been reported that five were killed and dozens were injured. The city council and I approved of sending a letter of support to go out to Colorado Springs and APD Chief Dan Oates has reached out to his counterpart in Colorado Springs to see if there is any specific assistance that we can provide.
Aurora City Councilmember Curtis Gardner: Our society shouldn’t tolerate a hate-driven attack on the LGBTQ community. We should be better; too many in power encourage attacks like this by treating others with hate rather than love. NO ONE should be targeted for who they love, the color of their skin or any other reason.
Aurora City Councilmember Danielle Jurinsky: Devastating news out of Colorado Springs this morning. My thoughts are with the victims and my prayers are for peace.
Aurora City Councilmember Dustin Zvonek: Heartbreaking news of more senseless violence. Sending thoughts and prayers to all who have been impacted.
AuroraPoliceDepartment:We are sending love & support to the LGBTQ+ Community, CSPPIO & CO Springs. We wont tolerate crimes that are perpetrated against someone b/c of their sexual orientation or gender identity. Please continue to be vigilant & report suspicious or bias-motivated activity immediately.
Incoming interim Aurora police chief Art Acevedo: The LGBTQIA+ community is all of our community and it includes family members, friends, neighbors, coworkers, and every segment of society. Please know that we stand with you today, tomorrow and always. Please report suspicious activity or threats to the police, #safertogether.
Arapahoe County Commissioner-elect Jessica Campbell-Swanson: Attacking marginalized communities with hate and violence is pointless. It has not and will not achieve its goal. It is a cowardly, ignorant act that results in the tragic death and injury of innocent people for nothing.
CCA president Mordecai Brownlee: This morning, our institution mourns for the lives taken and the individuals impacted by last night’s horrific shooting; hatred has no place in our communities and certainly not at the Community College of Aurora. Our diversity and commitment to inclusion and belonging is what makes us stronger.
Bob Dorshimer, CEO of Mile High Behavioral Health: I am frankly shocked and saddened to wake up yet again to horrible news and more traumatic news of a hateful act of violence against the Rainbow Community I’m a proud member of. No community should ever have to endure this horrible act of violence. The Mile High Behavioral Healthcare Community is deeply saddened by this senseless act and stands in solidarity with our Colorado Springs
But Acevedo praised the elected leadership of the City of Aurora, saying he believed the City Council was united in its desire to create a safer city.
“Where other cities are defunding police, I am really excited about coming to a city where they understand that good policing requires an investment,” he said.
Wilson, Aurora’s previous permanent police chief, was fired after months of criticism by newly-elected conservative City Council members that she had alienated rank-and-file police officers and didn’t do enough to address rising crime. Twombly, the city manager, criticized Wilson’s leadership and management abilities generally but said he did not believe she was to blame for crime.
In September, Wilson and her attorney notified the city in September they intend to file a lawsuit over the termination, which Wilson alleges was done illegally.
On the topic of the city’s agreement with the state attorney general’s office to implement a long list of public safety reforms, Acevedo said he viewed the situation as an opportunity to ensure officers are adequately equipped and trained to do their jobs well. He
said consent decrees such as Aurora’s often result in more resources being provided to police.
Acevedo also said he believed police can and should focus on both fighting crime and building a strong relationship with the public.
While he described himself as “pro-labor,” he said police unions harmed the profession when they “defended the indefensible,” and expressed interest in creating a clear matrix of discipline that would focus on retraining police officers rather than just punishing them.
“Even in the most tragic situations, the officers are not making mistakes of the heart. They’re making mistakes of the mind,” he said.
Oates will return to his family in Florida once Acevedo arrives and transitions into the role in early December, according to a city news release.
“Since being here, (Oates) has lent stability and a steady hand within the department, with his years of experience and his knowledge,” City Manager Jim Twombly said at the press conference Tuesday. “He’s also been a leader within the department, and has reached out to the community to
continue the building of trust that we need to do.”
Twombly also said in the release that Acevedo would help the city in its search for a permanent chief, which he said would continue into 2023. He called Acevedo a “fixture in the national law enforcement community for years” who “has been vocal about needed and measured improvements in policing and public safety across the country.”
“We are honored that he reached out to us, eager to assist us with the ongoing public safety changes we have been implementing,” Twombly said in the release.
When asked whether he was interested in the permanent chief’s job, Acevedo did not answer directly, but said he hoped to build on the work done by Oates.
Unlike the city’s employment agreement with Oates, which barred the former chief from seeking the permanent role, Acevedo’s contract would not prohibit him from sticking around. He is slated to earn the equivalent of about $240,375 per year as interim chief.
“My commitment is six to 12 months,” Acevedo said. “We’ll see what happens.”
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On The Cover: The Grandview boys tennis team was transformed by the arrival of No. 1 singles star Eduard Tsaturyan, right, who helped the Wolves reach new heights in the 2022 fall season.
Above: Eduard Tsaturyan captured the Class 5A No. 1 singles state championship in his first and only season with the Grandview boys tennis team. Tsaturyan had the lone state championship victory among Aurora’s fall prep sports teams.
by Courtney Oakes/ Sentinel Colorado
The sounds of crunching leaves and fall prep sports season have come to an end, with preps shifting indoors for the winter season of competition.
Fall prep sports in Aurora and around Colorado had to jump through all sorts of hoops to happen last year during the spectre of the coronavirus pandemic, but returned to a sense of normalcy this year.
That’s not to say everything was the same from pre-pandemic days as there were new possibilities, new formats and new perspectives — most well-received — while the action on the football, boys soccer and field hockey fields, golf and cross country courses, gymnastics floors and volleyball courts looked remarkably like it did before sports had its brakes applied for safety’s sake.
It was certainly not Aurora’s most lucrative fall in terms of championships as only one gold medal came home — which came from the boys tennis season as Grandview’s Eduard Tsaturyan won the coveted No. 1 singles state championship — but plenty of other hardware was earned and the storylines in sports ran deep. The impact and success of any athletic season cannot be measured simply with the end result of a championship or not.
For the first time in many years, no city football teams will be practicing over the Thanksgiving break — a right reserved only for the final four teams left in contention for state titles — however that doesn’t tell the tale of a fascinating season on the gridiron that included a lot of change in addition to the abnormally early end.
Championship contenders from Aurora emerged in field hockey and boys soccer — though both came home with runner-up prizes — but the respective runs of those teams were notable for a variety of reasons.
All-time results were achieved on the golf course for one local school with more than three decades of history, a city softball team finished completely on the better end of the spectrum of results from the previous season and cross country remained strong locally although a raised level of competition at the state meet might not reflect that accurately.
The city’s lone gymnastics team finished the season with its best event performance and its best team score and so much more happened in a quick sprint of a season that started before school began in the summer and ended just as teams enter the holiday season prior to start of the new season in a short time.
PhotosBoys tennis proved to be one of the most successful pursuits for Aurora in the fall, as it yielded the only state championship, while Aurora programs also were in the vanguard of a newly-formatted season.
That state title came from senior Eduard Tsaturyan, who completely transformed Grandview’s tennis program in his one and only season during which he claimed the Class 5A No. 1 singles crown.
Born in America, but trained in Russia, Tsaturyan joined a Wolves program that had long been competitive, but generally finished in the middle of the Centennial League standings and sparked the program to the best season in school history. Grandview qualified nearly its entire team for the state — missing out at only one singles position — and showed it belonged.
Tsaturyan first raised some eyebrows when he rolled past Cherry Creek’s Aram Izmirian — the 2021 5A No. 1 singles state champion — in Centennial League play, which happened to be the first victory at any position for longtime coach Jeff Ryan over Cherry Creek. Tsaturyan won the rematch as well in the state title match at City Park, though he had to rally from a set deficit to win the program’s first-ever state title.
Joining Tsaturyan with medals for the Wolves were the No. 3 doubles team of seniors Mark Yan and Caleb Hodges, who finished third.
Additionally, Grandview and Regis Jesuit both qualified for the new Class 5A team state championship tournament that debuted this season. The Raiders made it to the semifinals, while the Wolves lost in the second round. Regis Jesuit had a state finalist individually as well in No. 3 singles player Brady Jenkins, who finished as the state runner-up.
The Regis Jesuit field hockey team had yet another outstanding season, but Colorado Academy kept it from being perfect.
The Raiders had won back-to-back state championships as it took the 2020 title for a season that was played in the spring of 2021 instead of the previous fall due to the coronavirus pandemic ( as the sport as a whole made the choice to play then) and then earned another just a few months later that was the cherry on top of an undefeated season.
Coach Spencer Wagner’s team made it six games into the new season 5-0-1 to extend an unbeaten streak to 32 games stretching back to March 31, 2021, but that came to an end with a 2-1 loss to Colorado Academy Sept. 17. The Mustangs won again 2-0 when the teams met in the regular season final and a third matchup arrived Nov. 2 at Stutler Bowl with the state title on the line.
Regis Jesuit made it into the championship game for a fifth straight season as a goal from senior Emily Bradac stood up in a 1-0 win over Kent Denver in the semifinals, while Colorado Academy survived an overtime game with Arapahoe to get there.
The Mustangs made it a clean sweep with a 2-0 victory at Stutler Bowl to deny the Raiders a three-peat.
Regis Jesuit’s performance wasn’t the only noteable achievement for Aurora in field hockey, despite the fact the city has only three total programs.
Smoky Hill made some noise as well after Lisa Griffiths came on as head coach. The Buffaloes had a 75-game winless streak that stretched back near six full calendar years going into a Sept. 6 contest against Poudre School District at Stutler Bowl. A goal by sophomore Darian Smith held up to give Smoky Hill its first win since Oct. 8, 2016.
The Buffaloes didn’t stop there, however, as they won two more games — including a victory over Grandview — and made it into a postseason play-in game against St, Mary’s Academy, which they dropped 5-2 to end a very positive season.
Despite many obstacles, the Lotus School For Excellence continues to build a quality boys soccer program
Above: The Lotus School For Excellence boys soccer team finished as the Class 2A runner-up for the second straight season, which was the top result among Aurora boys soccer teams this fall. Right: The Eaglecrest boys golf team, from left to right, Gregory White, Andrew White, Preston Unrein and Noah Bennett made history by giving the school its first four-player team at the state tournament. Below: The Grandview girls volleyball team fell just short of a third straight trip to the Class 5A state title match. Photos by Courtney Oakes/Sentinel Colorado
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that has grown into one of the best in Class 2A over the last two seasons.
The Meteors finished as the 2A runners-up in 2021 when they were hit hard by COVID-19 quarantines in the week leading up to the title game and were without several of its top players for the contest. Coach Bennett Pang’s team earned its way back to Switchbacks Weidner Field this season despite significant turnover in the roster and changes in the composition of the classification that saw several 3A teams drop down.
Lotus took their best swing Nov. 12 as it went ahead early on a goal by senior Abeneazer Getachew, who also scored the goal that turned out to be the game-winner in the Meteors’ win over Bishop Machebeuf in the semifinals. That lead would disappear in a short span in the second half, however, as Vail Mountain tallied twice and went on to 2-1 victory.
It was the best result for a team from Aurora on the pitch, followed by Cherokee Trail’s run in the 5A playoffs. Coach Mark Hill’s Cougars capped off an outstanding season with playoff wins over Chatfield and Rampart, but ran into a buzzsaw in Denver East, which won a 5-0 contest between the teams in a quarterfinal contest Nov. 5 at Englewood High School. Cherokee Trail finished 13-5 and matched the deepest postseason push for the program in the 5A playoffs.
Denver East also knocked out Grandview — the 2021 season champion — in the first round, which also saw close losses for city qualifiers Overland (which broke a long postseason drought), Rangeview and Regis Jesuit.
The Grandview girls volleyball team came into the 2022 season coming off appearances in the Class 5A state championship match in each of the past two seasons, when the state tournament had shifted to the World Arena in Colorado Springs.
The tournament returned to the Denver Coliseum — its home prior to the coronavirus pandemic — and coach Rob Graham’s Wolves made a serious push to earn a third straight chance to win a state title. Grandview defeated Denver South and Rampart on the opening day (launching an epic rally to win the last three sets from the Rams), but got stopped by eventual state champion Valor Christian in winners bracket play.
The Wolves bounced back to earn their way into the semifinals, but were stopped by Rock Canyon in a lengthy match that included a set won by the Jaguars that went to 35-33 (a traditional set is the first to 25 points). Grandview, which expects to return a significant core of players that have played a great deal of high-level matches, won the Centennial League Challenge at the end of the regular season and finished the season 22-8.
Aurora’s other 5A state tournament qualifier was Cherokee Trail, which earned its way there for the first time since 2019. Coach Harry Hendon’s senior-heavy Cougars played a lot of volleyball over just two matches, but fell to both Centennial League rival Cherry Creek as well as Fossil Ridge to have its season end. Cherokee Trail dropped 10 matches on the season and all but one came to teams that remained alive going into the final day of the three-day state tournament.
Vista PEAK took a big step forward by qualifying for the regional postseason, as did Eaglecrest.
The Eaglecrest boys golf program reached new heights during the 2022 season, which saw the Raptors qualify four players for the Class 5A state tournament for the first time in the school’s 32-year history.
With Andrew White — a state qualifier as an individual in 2019, 2020 and 2021 — at the forefront, coach Stan Adams’ Eaglecrest team had a strong foundation, while the arrival of White’s freshman brother, Gregory, plus the significant improvements of senior Preston Unrein and junior Noah Bennett brought it all together.
The Raptors flourished in regional play, where they finished as the runner-up to qualify automatically as a team. In a very competitive two-day tournament at City Park G.C. in Denver, Eaglecrest more than held its own and finished tied with Cherry Creek for top honors among Centennial League teams in fifth place. Gregory White shot 1-under-par in the final round to earn a share
of eighth place individually in his state debut. He was joined by Bennett and Andrew White in the top 40. Regis Jesuit played better on the second day, but finished 15th in the final standings.
The Grandview softball team’s 2022 season made 2021 look like a distant memory.
The Wolves finished with a sub-.500 record and didn’t have the chance for any type of postseason play, but things were remarkably different this time around. Coach Liz Carter’s team caught fire after some close losses against some of the state’s elite teams and nearly made it through the entire Centennial League schedule unscathed, suffering only one loss to rival Cherokee Trail.
The Wolves — fueled by the outstanding play of several underclassmen around two key seniors in pitcher Makayla Valle and infielder Carmela Tejada — went on to win their regional and qualify for the program’s first
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trip to the state tournaments since 2015. Grandview kept its hot play going with a victory in the opening round at the Aurora Sports Park before it ran into a hot Douglas County team that topped it 10-5 to end the Wolves’ season at 19-8.
Cherokee Trail has become a state tournament regular and got back there again with an impressive regional performance, but coach Caley Mitchell’s Cougars — who also had a core of underclassmen — lost a 10-inning marathon to Ponderosa in the opening round.
It was quite a different season on the football field for Aurora in 2022, with new conference alignment, the turnover of more than half of the head coaches of city programs and an increased Class 5A playoff bracket that went to 24 teams.
When it was all said and done, it was still light on postseason qualification for the city as only Cherokee Trail, Eaglecrest, Grandview and Regis Jesuit made it into the postseason bracket.
The Cougars (a very young team in its first season with Justin Jajczyk as head coach) fell out in the opening round, as did the Raptors, who were back in the playoffs with a nice resurgence following an atypical 1-9 season in 2021 as Mike Schmitt returned as head coach after a lengthy absence.
Coach Tom Doherty’s Wolves (who capped their regular season with a massive win over No. 1 Cherry Creek) and coach Danny Filleman’s Raiders each got passage to the second round with top eight seeds and both were victorious in their first postseason contests, but both were stopped in the quarterfinals (see story in Preps, page 21).
Aurora remains in the search for its first state football champion since Grandview won the title in 2007.
The Cherokee Trail boys cross country team had the look for a state championship contender for the whole regular season, but it turned out that many more teams than expected were able to make the same claim.
The Cougars had nearly their entire team back from last season’s third-place squad, but when all runners had crossed the finish line at the Norris Penrose Events Center in Colorado Springs, they ended up with five teams in front of them in a tightly packed race for the title.
Aurora programs again were held off the top 10 individual medal podium with Cherokee Trail’s Hunter Strand registering the top finish with a 15th-place performance, while Brady Smith took 20th.
Grandview and Regis Jesuit also qualified for state as teams and don’t lose many seniors going forward. The Raiders got a strong performance from David Flaig, who finished in 19th place.
The Overland gymnastics team saved its best for last at this season’s Class 5A state meet and that was good enough for a tie for fourth place in the final team standings in competition at Thornton High School.
The Trailblazers — a mix of athletes from several city schools — lost some key performers from last season and had a smaller than usual group, but still held their own with the state’s best despite an inauspicious start to the team competition on the vault. Overland got better with each event and wowed on the floor exercise with four gymnasts in the top 10 to finish strong.
Junior Kyla Burke earned fifth-place in the all-around competition and some young gymnasts got a chance to compete on the big stage to set themselves up for next season for coach Lisa Sparrow’s Trailblazers. Burke was among a handful
Top: The Cherokee Trail boys cross country team won the Centennial League and Class 5A Region 1 championships, but found the going tough at the top of the leaderboard at the Class 5A state cross country meet, where the Cougars — who were third in 2021 — finished in sixth place. Above left: Carmela Tejada, center, and Ashley Miller celebrate the Grandview softball team’s Class 5A regional championship and the berth in the state tournament that came with it. The Wolves won the Centennial League title and earned the program’s first trip to the state tournament since 2015. Above right: Kyla Burke earned fifth place in the all-around competition for the Overland gymnastics team at the Class 5A state meet. Left: Zach Henning, left, and Liam Szarka share a hug after the Grandview football team defeated No. 1 Cherry Creek in its regular season finale. The Wolves got a bye and then advanced to the quarterfinals before it lost to Pine Creek. (Photos by Courtney Oakes/Sentinel Colorado)
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of gymnasts that earned their way into the individual event finals and sophomore Ryann Walline earned a medal for a seventh place finish.
The Cherokee Trail and Regis Jesuit girls cross country teams went head to head in the final two weeks of the season at both regionals and the Class 5A state meet and both squads — though not in contention for state championships — had the advantage on each other in the final two races.
The Raiders were the top performer in the regional meet as they grabbed second place and the Cougars were fourth, while their order got flipped when the 5A state race concluded at the Norris Penrose Events Center, as the Cougars edged the Raiders by 10 points for 16th place.
Senior Mckenna Mazeski couldn’t replicate her seventh-place finish from the previous season, but she still led city competitors with a 21st-place finish. Grace Kirkpatrick, Grandview’s only state qualifier as the Wolves just missed out on team qualifying at the regional meet, finished 32nd.
BY KATIE WORKMAN, Associated Press
In some parts of the country, especially the South, sweet potatoes make regular appearances at the end of the meal. Yet for many of us elsewhere it’s a surprise to encounter them in dessert form. But they are called sweet potatoes for a reason. A comforting, pretty and very simple sweet potato pie makes a nice alternative to the more traditional pumpkin pie for Thanksgiving. Food writer Katie Workman thinks refrigerated, storebought crusts are one of the best inventions ever to make pie-making easier. But if you have a pie crust recipe you like, please feel free to use it here. Workman does like making homemade whipped cream.
In some areas of the country, especially the South, sweet potatoes make regular appearances at the end of the meal, yet for many of us elsewhere, it’s a surprise to encounter them in dessert form.
But they are called sweet potatoes for a reason!
This comforting, pretty and very simple pie makes a nice alternative to the more traditional pumpkin pie for Thanksgiving.
It’s made even easier if you take the shortcut of using a refrigerated crust — one of the best inventions ever, in this casual pie maker’s opinion. But if you have a pie crust recipe you like, please feel free to use it here.
And while I tout the marvels of refrigerated pie crust, I should also mention that homemade whipped cream is simple to make, and few things delight more than a hefty billow of sweet whipped cream on a pie.
Although their names are sometimes used interchangeably, there are differences between a sweet potato and a yam. Yams are from a different botanical family, and are generally larger, starchier and drier than sweet potatoes. Save yams for the savory dishes.
The best sweet potatoes are the small to medium ones, which are sweet and creamy. Larger ones tend to be starchier. They should be firm and free of bruises or breaks, and their skin should be smooth.
Sweet potatoes are an excellent source of the antioxidant beta carotene (choose ones with darker skins for more of it), and also contain high levels of Vitamin C and potassium.
Making the filling of this pie is simple, once you bake and mash the sweet potatoes.
Oh and if you are lucky to have any leftovers, be sure to tuck a piece in a secret spot in the fridge – I can’t think of a better post-Thanksgiving breakfast.
Serves 8
3 medium sweet potatoes, about 1 1/2 pounds
1 refrigerated pie crust for a 9-inch pie
3 large eggs
Grated zest of 1 orange cup sugar
½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
½ teaspoon ground ginger
½ teaspoon salt
1 cup heavy cream
Sweetened Whipped Cream to serve
Preheat the oven to 350° F. Prick the sweet potatoes in several places with a fork, and bake them right on the rack for 1 1/2 hours, until very soft. Leave the oven on. Remove and cool the potatoes until they are just slightly warm, then peel the skins off, and puree in a food processor or blender, or pass them through a ricer, and place in a large bowl. You should have about 1 ¼ to 1 ½ cups puree.
Unroll the prepared pie crust and fit it into a 9-inch pie plate. Attractively crimp the edges of the crust. (Or if you’ve purchased a pre-made pie crust already in the pan, skip this step).
For the filling, in a large bowl, whisk together the eggs and orange zest. Whisk in the pureed sweet potatoes, and then add the sugar, cinnamon, ginger and salt, and whisk into the sweet potato mixture until blended. Slowly whisk in the cream until well combined. Pour the filling into the prepared pie crust.
Bake the pie for about 50 to 60 minutes, until the filling is set. You can test this by inserting a sharp knife near the center; when it comes out clean, the pie is done. The pie will be a bit puffed up when it comes out of the oven, and then sink slightly as it cools.
Cool the pie completely on a wire rack. You can serve immediately, or cover and refrigerate for up to 2 days.
Oh, and while the pie is cooling, whip that cream!
Serve the pie sliced, with whipped cream if desired.
Begins Nov. 15 - Dec. 15. 2501
Dallas St. Aurora, CO 80010. Vist https://stanleymarketplace.com/ events/canstruction-at-stanley-marketplac/ for more information.
We’ve got a neat one here, folks. Canstruction Colorado is back at Stanley Marketplace for another holiday season. As we know, food donations pick-up this time of year, and We Don’t Waste adds a team building, fun little twist to the joy one can get from helping others with this annual event. Canstruction is a city-wide competition in which teams take donated canned goods and build sculptures with them, to be on display throughout the Stanley Marketplace through mid-December. “Build Day” is Nov. 15, and teams of designers will be able to put their visions into physical form. Once the competition ends, We Don’t Waste will take the donated canned goods and distribute them throughout the community. Guests are highly encouraged to stroll through the halls of the Northside marketplace and check out these creative works of art.
Nov. 18 - Jan. 1 6700 N Gaylord Rockies Blvd, Aurora, CO 80019. Visit christmasatgaylordrockies.marriott. com for more information.
If you’ve been to Christmas at Gaylord in the past, then you know they go all out when it comes to their interactive displays. This year is no different, and this hack could argue it is their finest yet. A Charlie Brown Christmas is the theme and Gaylord is coming in hot with ice sculptures. In the vein of their previous ICE! Show, you can expect towering sculptures shaped like our favorite Charles Schultz characters from various scenes of the cartoon.
It won’t stop there though. Throughout the grounds of the hotel, you can take in the more than 3 million lights, ride bumper cars on an ice rink or grab a S’mores kit and get to roasting.
Whatever you choose, be it one or all, you can be assured that you won’t be starved for activity if you head out to Gaylord for the festivities.
Oct. 21-Jan. 29 with ticketing times varying. 2501 Dallas St. Aurora, CO 80010. Visit www.thelumecolorado.com for more information.
The Immersive Art experience is returning to Aurora for a second year with the work of another renowned artist, Salvador Dalí. The Dalí Alive exhibit will provide the fullest extent of immersive experiences of large displays of classic works through projecting animated canvases on the walls and floors of the gallery created inside of The Hangar.
Beyond that, you will be able to hear the voice of the master himself through a specially produced Lobster Phone, plus experience a variety of aromas and a specially curated soundtrack both sure to tickle all of your senses, giving the guest what is referred to as a 360-degree experience.
Ticket prices vary depending on dates, with certain price breaks for mid-week visits, groups and families.
Gallery opens Nov. 10, but view and bid on wreaths until Dec. 9. 15051 East Alameda Parkway. Free to view.
Need a boost of holiday serotonin but can’t bring yourself to drag out the Christmas tree just yet? Solution: Wander the Aurora Museum Foundation’s 23rd annual Festival of Wreaths, which launched Nov. 10. If something really catches your eye, make a bid. All proceeds from the auction will go back into exhibits and educational programs provided by the museum and Aurora historic sites. The gallery of wreaths is on display until Dec. 9, so you’ll have plenty of time to show off a piece of Aurora history for the last few weeks of the season.
Dec. 4 700 14th St, Denver, CO 80202. Visit www.axs.com/series/14893/public-art-tours-tickets for more information.
Y’all know that slightly oversized blue bear that can be seen hanging out around 14th Avenue and Stout Street? He happens to be a part of some of the more creative public artworks that are spread throughout Denver. It may be a tad overwhelming trying to figure out the most efficient way to tour the city’s public art works, but we’ve found a solution. Kicking off Denver Arts Week is a Public Arts Tour that meets just below the aforementioned blue bruin. The next tour is Dec. 4. Tickets cost $5 per person and free for children under 10.
Dec. 1 through 24 with showtimes varying depending on performance date. 9995 E Colfax Ave, Aurora, CO 80010. Visit rattlebrain.vbotickets. com/events for more information.
Running for 20 years now, Santa’s Big Red Sack has become a mainstay in the canon of holiday events in the metro area. Described as a non-stop sketch comedy experience, it is full of music and technology, offbeat wit and memorable characters. You’ll likely burst at the seams as these players take your run-of-the-mill traditions of the holiday season and transform them into an amalgam of all things silly. After two decades, you can be confident in the gut-busting entertainment that’s lined up for 24 days at The People’s Building in Aurora. General Admission tickets are available for $15.
Nov. 11 - Feb. 26 with hours varying based on the day. 6155 S Main St, Aurora, CO 80016. Visit www. shopsouthlands.com for more information.
Opening scene… A Charlie Brown Christmas. Now, replace yourself with the ever so graceful Snoopy and glide your way around The Pond, the skating rink located in the town square of Southlands Mall. It’s the quintessential holiday activity, so you’re going to want to do yourself a favor and check the schedule so you can head out east and show your best Kristi Yamaguchi impersonation. Times and admission prices vary.
There will be no Thanksgiving practices for Aurora prep football teams this year, as both the city’s teams that had that possibility fell a win shy of the honor.
Fourth-seeded Grandview and seventh-seeded Regis Jesuit both were knocked out in the quarterfinal round of the Class 5A state playoffs, leaving No. 1 Cherry Creek, No. 2 Valor Christian, No. 3 Ralston Valley and No. 5 Pine Creek to decide this season’s winner.
BY COURTNEY OAKES Sports Editor
The Wolves were the higher seeded team going into a Nov. 19 matchup against Pine Creek at Legacy Stadium, but they were at a disadvantage in the wake of a second round victory that saw more than half of its offense get injured.
Coach Tom Doherty’s Grandview team played without junior dual-threat quarterback Liam Szarka, who was one of the injured players, but still took the lead in the early going against Pine Creek as backup Cole Swanson guided the Wolves down the field on their opening drive.
A field goal by junior Kyle Chavez put Grandview in the lead, but Grandview found the going much tougher the rest of the way and never added to that early lead as the Eagles — in their first season in the 5A playoffs after a dominant time at the 4A level — scored 17 straight points to end the first half and added another touchdown in the second half for a 24-3 victory.
Pine Creek moved on to a semifinal matchup against top-seeded and three-time defending state champion Cherry Creek, which suffered its
only loss in Colorado to Grandview in the regular season. The Wolves — who had been in the hunt for a fourth trip to the semifinals in the past five seasons — finished the season 9-3.
Pine Creek attacked Grandview with a physical running game and had a quality drive late in the opening quarter that ended with a missed field goal, but got a new set of downs due to a personal foul penalty. The Eagles got into the end zone on a short touchdown run by Jonathan Coar in the opening seconds of the second quarter.
An errant snap on a punt attempt and then a short punt later in the quarter led to 10 straight points for Pine Creek, which converted those short fields into a 1-yard touchdown run by Mason Miller as well as Coar’s 42-yard field goal.
A promising drive ended in the third quarter with an interception that started the Eagles’ last scoring drive. Grandview finished with just 164 yards of total offense.
The Regis Jesuit football team got its most thrilling victory of the 2022 season in the opener in overtime at Valor Christian.
The Raiders suffered one of their toughest defeats on the same field a few months later in a 45-28 loss to the Eagles Nov. 18 in a 5A state football quarterfinal matchup.
Coach Danny Filleman’s Regis Jesuit team — coming off a 63-point effort in a second round win over Fossil Ridge — had an impressive offensive performance, but four turnovers and an inability to stop second-seeded Valor Christian’s multiple-look offense in key situations spelled
an end for Regis Jesuit in the quarterfinals for a fourth consecutive season.
This one hurt more with a whopping 28 seniors on the roster, including quarterback Exander Carroll, who followed up a seven-touchdown performance in the previous game with rushing and passing touchdowns.
Senior Josiah Harris got Regis Jesuit off to a strong start with 45-yard interception return for a touchdown in the opening quarter, but consecutive fumbles allowed Valor Christian (10-2) — which moves on to play No. 3 Ralston Valley — to pull even and then score 10 straight points to open the second quarter to take a lead it would never relinquish.
Junior running back Anthony Medina had a big game as a rusher and receiver and scored a touchdown on a tough run that got the Raiders within three points in the second quarter. The same margin held at halftime (24-21) after Carroll got into the end zone from two yards out.
Valor Christian scored the only touchdown of the third quarter to build a double-digit lead and Regis Jesuit made a late attempt at a rally when Carroll dropped a strike from 35 yards out into the hands of senior Dylan McCollough, who leaped over a defender to make the catch.
The Eagles ran off much of the remaining time with a lengthy drive that forced the Raiders to call all of their remaining time outs and ended in another touchdown.
Regis Jesuit remains stymied by the quarterfinal round, which has stopped its postseason push in every season since 2018. The Raiders’ last victory in the quarterfinals came in 2016 when it went on to lose to Pomona in the semifinals.
COMBINED NOTICEPUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103
FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0488-2022
To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:
On September 16, 2022, 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)
Zachary Vaught
Original Beneficiary(ies)
MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR UNIVERSAL LENDING CORPORATION, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS
Current Holder of Evidence of Debt COLORADO HOUSING AND FINANCE
AUTHORITY
Date of Deed of Trust
July 27, 2020 County of Recording
Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust
August 03, 2020
Recording Information (Reception No. and/ or Book/Page No.)
E0097586
Original Principal Amount
$201,286.00
Outstanding Principal Balance
$198,275.78
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.
THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.
SEE ATTACHED LEGAL DESCRIPTION
Legal Description
CONDOMINIUM UNIT NO. B, BUILDING NO. 40, EMBARCADERO IN WILLOWRIDGE CONDOMINIUMS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DECLARATION RECORDED ON JULY 14, 1982 IN BOOK 3661 AT PAGE 145, SECOND SUPPLEMENT TO THE DECLARATIONS RECORDED ON DECEMBER 14, 1982 IN BOOK 3755 AT PAGE 224, THE CONDOMINIUM MAP RECORDED ON JULY 14, 1982 IN BOOK 57 AT PAGE 40 AND THE SECOND SUPPLEMENT TO THE CONDOMINIUM MAP RECORDED ON DECEMBER 14, 1982 UNDER RECEPTION NO. 2229235, OF THE ARAPAHOE COUNTY RECORDS, TOGETHER WITH THE EXCLUSIVE RIGHT TO USE THE FOLLOWING LIMITED COMMON ELEMENTS: GARAGE SPACE NUMBER B40; COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO.
Also known by street and number as: 12594 E PACIFIC CIR UNIT B, Aurora, CO 80014.
THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.
NOTICE OF SALE
The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.
THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 01/18/2023, 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 Publication11/24/2022
Last Publication12/22/2022
Name of PublicationSentinel
IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE
A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED;
DATE: 09/16/2022
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
N. April Norton #34861
David R. Doughty #40042
Nicholas H. Santarelli #46592
Lynn M. Janeway #15592
Janeway Law Firm, P.C. 9800 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 400, Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 706-9990
Attorney File # 22-027475
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. 0466-2022
To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described
Deed of Trust:
On September 2, 2022, 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)
SAPPHIRE FALLS
Original Beneficiary(ies)
MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR CROSSCOUNTRY MORTGAGE, INC., ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS
Current Holder of Evidence of Debt
COLORADO HOUSING AND FINANCE
AUTHORITY
Date of Deed of Trust
September 13, 2018
County of Recording
Arapahoe
Recording Date of Deed of Trust
September 17, 2018
Recording Information (Reception No. and/ or Book/Page No.)
D8091793
Original Principal Amount
$323,040.00
Outstanding Principal Balance
$308,126.28
Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Borrower’’s failure to make timely payments as required under the Evidence of Debt and Deed of Trust.
THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.
LOT 29, BLOCK 7, AURORA HIGHLANDS
SUBDIVISION - FILING NO. 1, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO.
APN #: 1975-21-2-04-003
Also known by street and number as: 1578 S SALIDA WAY, AURORA, CO 80017.
THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.
NOTICE OF SALE
The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.
THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 01/04/2023, 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 Publication11/10/2022
Last Publication12/8/2022
Name of PublicationSentinel IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED;
DATE: 09/02/2022
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
N. April Norton #34861
David R. Doughty #40042
Nicholas H. Santarelli #46592
Lynn M. Janeway #15592
Janeway Law Firm, P.C. 9800 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 400, Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 706-9990
Attorney File # 19-021799
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. 0467-2022
To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:
On September 2, 2022, 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)
Miriam A. Cruz Torres
Original Beneficiary(ies)
MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR SOUTHWEST FUNDING, LP., ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS
Current Holder of Evidence of Debt COLORADO HOUSING AND FINANCE
AUTHORITY
Date of Deed of Trust
September 30, 2019
County of Recording
Arapahoe
Recording Date of Deed of Trust
October 03, 2019
Recording Information (Reception No. and/ or Book/Page No.)
D9105068
Original Principal Amount
$366,300.00
Outstanding Principal Balance
$351,236.17
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 38, BLOCK 1, MURPHY CREEKFILING NO. 14, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO.
Also known by street and number as: 1213 S Coolidge Circle, 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, 01/04/2023, 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 Publication11/10/2022
Last Publication12/8/2022
Name of PublicationSentinel IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED;
DATE: 09/02/2022
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
N. April Norton #34861
David R. Doughty #40042
Nicholas H. Santarelli #46592
Lynn M. Janeway #15592 Janeway Law Firm, P.C. 9800 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 400, Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 706-9990
Attorney File # 22-028263
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. 0468-2022
To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described
Deed of Trust:
On September 9, 2022, 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)
JOHNNY GONZALES
Original Beneficiary(ies)
TOM VAN ERP AS TRUSTEE FOR V.R.M.
PENSION PLAN TRUST-02
Current Holder of Evidence of Debt
TOM VAN ERP AS TRUSTEE FOR V.R.M.
PENSION PLAN TRUST-02
Date of Deed of Trust
March 01, 2022
County of Recording
Arapahoe
Recording Date of Deed of Trust
March 10, 2022
Recording Information (Reception No. and/ or Book/Page No.)
E2027474
Original Principal Amount
$500,000.00
Outstanding Principal Balance
$500,000.00
Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.
THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE
A FIRST LIEN. LOT 15, BLOCK 49, HOFFMAN TOWN SIXTH FILING, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 716 REVERE ST, AURORA, CO 80011.
THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.
NOTICE OF SALE
The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.
THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 01/11/2023, 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 Publication11/17/2022
Last Publication12/15/2022
Name of PublicationSentinel IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE
A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED;
DATE: 09/09/2022
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:
Jamie G. Siler #31284
Joseph A. Murr #14427
Kimberly L Martinez #40351
Murr Siler & Accomazzo, P.C. 410 17th St, #2400, Denver, CO 80202 (303) 534-2277
Attorney File # 7234.026
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
SALE NO. 0469-2022
FORECLOSURE
To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:
On September 9, 2022, 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)
METROPOLIS REALTY, LLC
Original Beneficiary(ies)
TOM VAN ERP AS TRUSTEE FOR V.R.M. PENSION PLAN TRUST-02
Current Holder of Evidence of Debt
TOM VAN ERP AS TRUSTEE FOR V.R.M. PENSION PLAN TRUST-02
Date of Deed of Trust
March 01, 2022
County of Recording
Arapahoe
Recording Date of Deed of Trust
March 10, 2022
Recording Information (Reception No. and/ or Book/Page No.) E2027472
Original Principal Amount $500,000.00
Outstanding Principal Balance $500,000.00
Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.
THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. TRACT 4, ARCADIAN ACRES, FOURTH FILING, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO.
Also known by street and number as: 16720 E. EASTER AVE., 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 current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.
THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 01/11/2023, 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 Publication11/17/2022
Last Publication12/15/2022
Name of PublicationSentinel IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED;
DATE: 09/09/2022
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:
Jamie G. Siler #31284
Joseph A. Murr #14427
Kimberly L Martinez #40351
Murr Siler & Accomazzo, P.C. 410 17th St, #2400, Denver, CO 80202 (303) 534-2277
Attorney File # 7234.025
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
vided 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 7, Block 5, East Quincy Highlands Subdivision Filing No. 7, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado.
Also known by street and number as: 22392 E Jarvis Place, 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, 01/18/2023, at The East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.
First Publication 11/24/2022
Last Publication 12/22/2022
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: 09/20/2022
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 # CO10172
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. 0496-2022
To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:
On September 20, 2022, 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)
Paul Hethcock
Original Beneficiary(ies)
MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR CASTLE & COOKE MORTGAGE, LLC, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS
Current Holder of Evidence of Debt
SPECIALIZED LOAN SERVICING LLC
Date of Deed of Trust
April 16, 2019
County of Recording
Arapahoe
Recording Date of Deed of Trust
April 22, 2019
Recording Information (Reception No. and/ or Book/Page No.)
D9035519
Original Principal Amount
$96,000.00
Outstanding Principal Balance
$90,898.21
Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows:
Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.
THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.
CONDOMINIUM UNIT NO. 342, CLUB
VALENTIA CONDOMINIUM, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DECLARATION RECORDED DECEMBER 12, 1979 IN BOOK
3135 AT PAGE 443, AND CONDOMINIUM MAP RECORDED ON DECEMBER 12, 1979 IN BOOK 42 AT PAGE 74, OF ARAPAHOE COUNTY RECORDS, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO
Also known by street and number as: 1304 S Parker Road #342, Denver, CO 80231.
THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. NOTICE OF SALE
The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.
THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 01/18/2023, at The East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said
real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.
First Publication 11/24/2022
Last Publication 12/22/2022
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: 09/20/2022
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
N. April Norton #34861
David R. Doughty #40042
Nicholas H. Santarelli #46592
Lynn M. Janeway #15592
Janeway Law Firm, P.C. 9800 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 400, Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 706-9990
Attorney File # 22-028290
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
AVISO DE HALLAZGO DE IMPACTO
SIGNIFICANTE Y AVISO DE INTEN-
CIÓN DE SOLICITUD DE LIBERACIÓN DE FONDOS
24 de noviembre de 2022 Ciudad de la División de Desarrollo de la Comunidad de Aurora 15151 E. Alameda Pkwy Aurora, CO. 80012 303-739-7921
Este aviso deberá cumplir dos requisitos de procedimiento diferentes, pero relacionados a las actividades a realizar por la Ciudad de Aurora desarrollo División Comunidad.
SOLICITUD DE LIBERACIÓN DE FONDOS
El 12 de diciembre de 2022 o aproximadamente, 10 de octubre de 2022 la Ciudad de Aurora presentará una solicitud a HUD para la liberación de fondos de HOME bajo el Programa de Ley de Inversión en el Hogar (HOME), según enmendado, . La Asociación de Desarrollo de Vivienda Comunitaria ha solicitado hasta $500,000 y hasta $300,000 en fondos home para el Proyecto de Apartamentos Jewell ubicado en 10150 E. Colorado Ave., Aurora, CO. 80010. El combinado $800,000 en estos fondos se utilizarán para el desarrollo de 81 unidades multifamiliares que proporcionarán viviendas asequibles para los futuros residentes de Aurora.
Las actividades propuestas han requerido una Evaluación Ambiental 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 la Ciudad de Aurora, División de Desarrollo de la Comunidad, 15151 E. Alameda Pkwy, Aurora, Colorado, y puede ser examinado o copiado durante la semana 8 A.M a 5 P.M.
Hallazgo de impacto no significativo
La Ciudad de Aurora ha determinado que el proyecto no tendrá un impacto significativo sobre el medio ambiente humano. Por lo tanto, no se requiere una Declaración de Impacto Ambiental bajo la Ley Nacional de Política Ambiental de 1969 (NEPA). información adicional del proyecto está contenida en el Registro de Revisión Ambiental (ERR) en los archivos de la ciudad de Aurora, División de Desarrollo de la Comunidad,15151 E. Alameda Pkwy, Aurora, Colorado, y puede ser examinado o copiado lunes a viernes de 8 a 17:00
COMENTARIOS DEL PÚBLICO
Cualquier individuo, grupo o entidad podrán hacer observaciones por escrito sobre la ERR a la Alicia Montoya, Ciudad de Aurora, División de Desarrollo de la Comunidad, 15151 E. Alameda Pkwy, Aurora, Colorado, 80012; o amontoya@auroragov. org. Para preguntas e información adicional, por favor póngase en contacto con Alicia Montoya en la dirección arriba o llame al 303-739-7900. Todos los comentarios recibidos 11 de diciembre de 2022 serán considerados por la Ciudad de Aurora antes de autorizar la presentación de una solicitud de liberación de fondos. Los comentarios deben especificar qué Observe que se dirigen.
CERTIFICACIÓN AMBIENTAL La Ciudad de Aurora certifica a HUD que Alicia Montoya en su calidad de consentimientos al gerente de desarrollo comunitario para aceptar la jurisdicción de los tribunales federales si se interpone una acción para hacer cumplir las responsabilidades en relación con el proceso de revisión ambiental y que estas responsabilidades han sido satisfechas. La aprobación del Estado de HUD de la certificación satisface sus responsabilidades bajo NEPA y
leyes y autoridades relacionadas y permite que el nombre del beneficiario de la subvención a utilizar fondos del programa.
OBJECIONES A liberación de fondos HUD aceptará objeciones a la liberación de fondos y la Ciudad de Aurora certificación por un período de quince días siguientes a la fecha de presentación anticipada o su recepción efectiva de la solicitud (la que sea posterior) sólo si están en una de las siguientes bases: ( a) la certificación no fue ejecutada por el Ministro de Fe de la Ciudad de Aurora; (B) la Ciudad de Aurora ha omitido un paso o dejado de tomar una decisión o determinación requerida por las regulaciones de HUD en 24 CFR parte 58; (C) el beneficiario de la subvención o de otros participantes en el proceso de desarrollo tienen fondos comprometidos, los costes incurridos o actividades llevadas a cabo no autorizadas por el 24 CFR Parte 58 antes de la aprobación de un libramiento de fondos por HUD; o (d) otra agencia federal actuando de conformidad con 40 CFR Parte 1504 ha presentado un escrito al constatar que el proyecto no es satisfactoria desde el punto de vista de la calidad ambiental. Las objeciones deben prepararse y enviarse por correo electrónico de acuerdo con los procedimientos requeridos (24 CFR Parte 58, Sec. 58.76) y deben dirigirse a Noemi Ghirghi, Directora de CPD Región VIII, a CPD_COVID-19OEE-DEN@hud.gov. Los posibles objetores deben comunicarse con CPD_COVID-19OEE-DEN@hud.gov para verificar el último día real del período de objeción.
Alicia Montoya, Gerente de la División de Desarrollo de la Comunidad
Publication: November 24, 2022
Sentinel
NOTICE OF FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT AND NOTICE OF INTENT TO REQUEST RELEASE OF FUNDS
November 24, 2022
City of Aurora Community Development Division 15151 E. Alameda Pkwy Aurora, CO. 80017 303-739-7921
This notice shall satisfy two separate but related procedural requirements for activities to be undertaken by the City of Aurora Community Development Div.
REQUEST FOR RELEASE OF FUNDS
On or about December 12, 2022 the City of Aurora will submit a request to HUD for the release of HOME funds under the HOME Investment Partnership Program, as amended. This undertaking will be for Community Housing Development Association requested up to $500,000 in HOME funding and now is requesting up to an additional $300,000 in HOME funds for the Jewell Apartment Project located at 10150 E. Colorado Ave., Aurora, CO. 80010. The combined $800,000 in HOME funds will be used for the development of 81 multifamily units which will provide affordable housing for future Aurora residents.
The activities proposed have required an Environmental Assessment 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 City of Aurora, Community Development Division, 15151 E. Alameda Pkwy, Aurora, Colorado, and may be examined or copied weekdays 8 A.M to 5 P.M.
FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT
The City of Aurora has determined that the project will have no significant impact on the human environment. Therefore, an Environmental Impact Statement under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) is not required. Additional project information is contained in the Environmental Review Record (ERR) on file at City of Aurora, Community Development Division, 15151 E. Alameda Pkwy, Aurora, CO. and may be examined or copied weekdays 8 A.M to 5 P.M.
PUBLIC COMMENTS
Any individual, group, or agency may submit written comments on the ERR to Alicia Montoya, City of Aurora, Community Development Division, 15151 E. Alameda, Aurora, Colorado, 80012; or amontoya@ auroragov.org. For questions and additional information please contact Alicia Montoya at the above address or call 303-7397900. All comments received by December 11, 2022 will be considered by the City of Aurora prior to authorizing submission of a request for release of funds. Comments should specify which Notice they are addressing.
The City of Aurora certifies to HUD that Rodney Milton in his capacity as Community Development Division Manager 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 State’s approval of the certification satisfies its responsibilities under NEPA and related laws and authorities and allows the name of grant recipient to use Program funds.
FUNDS HUD will accept objections to its release of funds 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 via email in accordance with the required procedures (24 CFR Part 58, Sec. 58.76) and shall be addressed to Noemi Ghirghi, CPD Region VIII Director, at CPD_COVID19OEE-DEN@hud.gov. Potential objectors should contact CPD_COVID-19OEEDEN@hud.gov to verify the actual last day of the objection period.
Alicia Montoya, Community Development Division Manager
Note: The fifteen or eighteen-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. The Responsible Entity may choose to allow a longer comment period. 24 CFR Part 58 requires, at Section 58.46, “Time delays for exceptional circumstances,” a 30-day comment period for controversial or unique projects or those similar to projects normally requiring the preparation of an Environmental Impact Statement. 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, whichever is later.
Publication: November 24, 2022 Sentinel
BEFORE THE COLORADO OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION NOTICE AND APPLICATION FOR HEARING DOCKET NO. 221100293
TO ALL INTERESTED PARTIES AND TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: Pursuant to Rule 523.d., the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission Staff has applied to the Commission for an Order Finding Violation against Becca Oil LLC (Operator No. 10156), to adjudicate allegations in the Notice of Alleged Violation No. 403174366.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to: 1) the general jurisdiction of the Oil and Gas Conservation Commission of the State of Colorado under § 34-60-105, C.R.S.; 2) specific powers granted pursuant to § 34-60-106, C.R.S.; 3) the Colorado Administrative Procedures Act at § 24-4105, C.R.S.; and 4) the Commission’s Series 500 Rules at 2 C.C.R. 404-1, that the Commission has scheduled this matter for hearing before a COGCC Hearing Officer at the following date, time, and location (subject to change):
Date: January 18, 2023
Time: 9:00 a.m.
Place: Virtually or Colorado Oil & Gas Conservation Commission 1120 Lincoln Street, Suite 801 Denver, CO 80203
The Notice and documents related to this matter can be found on our “Hearing eFiling System Document Search” page here https://oitco.hylandcloud.com/DNRCOGPublicAccess/index.html. Select “Search for Docket Related Documents” from the pull-down menu, use the above “Docket Number”, and select “Search”.
Publication: November 24, 2022
Sentinel BEFORE THE COLORADO OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COM-
MISSION
NOTICE AND APPLICATION FOR
HEARING DOCKET NO. 221100296
TO ALL INTERESTED PARTIES AND TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: Pursuant to Rule 523.d., the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission Staff has applied to the Commission for an Order Finding Violation against Fahey Oil & Gas (Operator No. 28780), to adjudicate allegations in the Notice of Alleged Violation No. 403174597.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to: 1) the general jurisdiction of the Oil and Gas Conservation Commission of the State of Colorado under § 34-60-105, C.R.S.; 2) specific powers granted pursuant to § 34-60-106, C.R.S.; 3) the Colorado Administrative Procedures Act at § 24-4105, C.R.S.; and 4) the Commission’s Series 500 Rules at 2 C.C.R. 404-1, that the Commission has scheduled this matter for hearing before a COGCC Hearing Officer at the following date, time, and location
(subject to change):
Date: January 18, 2023
Time: 9:00 a.m.
Place: Virtually or Colorado Oil & Gas Conservation Commission 1120 Lincoln Street, Suite 801 Denver, CO 80203
The Notice and documents related to this matter can be found on our “Hearing eFiling System Document Search” page here https://oitco.hylandcloud.com/DNRCOGPublicAccess/index.html. Select “Search for Docket Related Documents” from the pull-down menu, use the above “Docket Number”, and select “Search”.
Publication: November 24, 2022 Sentinel
AND PROPOSED 2023 BUDGET
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to all interested parties that the necessity has arisen to amend the Columbia Metropolitan District (the “District) 2022 Budget and that a proposed 2023 Budget has been submitted to the Board of Directors of the District; and that copies of the proposed Amended 2022 Budget and 2023 Budget have been filed at the District’s offices, 141 Union Boulevard, Suite 150, Lakewood, Colorado, where the same are open for public inspection; and that adoption of Resolutions Amending the 2022 Budget and Adopting the 2023 Budget will be considered at a public hearing of the Board of Directors of the District to be held on Monday, November 28, 2022 at 6:30 P.M. This District Board meeting will be held by Zoom.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81624002794
?pwd=cHVJVUVKUkhUZlRlYXFFMGZ2S
WJDUT09
Dial In: 1-719-359-4580
Meeting ID: 816 2400 2794
Passcode: 321589
Any elector within the District may, at any time prior to the final adoption of the Resolutions to Amend the 2022 Budget and Adopt the 2023 Budget, inspect and file or register any objections thereto.
COLUMBIA
METROPOLITAN DISTRICT
By /s/Steve Beck SecretaryPublication: November 24, 2022 Sentinel DISTRICT COURT, ADAMS COUNTY, COLORADO
SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION
Case Number: 22CV31345
Division: A Courtroom: 506
Plaintiff: ROGGEN FARMERS ELEVATOR ASSOCIATION
v. Defendants: JORGE MARTINEZ
TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANT:
You are hereby summoned and required to appear and defend against the claims of the verified complaint filed with the court in this action, by filing with the clerk of this court an answer or other response. You are required to file your answer or other response within 35 days after the service of this summons upon you. Service of this summons shall be complete on the day of the last publication. A copy of the verified complaint may be obtained from the clerk of court.
If you fail to file your answer or other response to the verified complaint in writing within 35 days after the date of the last publication, judgment by default may be rendered against you by the court for the relief demanded in the complaint without further notice.
This is an action by the plaintiff to retake possession of three Quality Steel 500-gallon propane tanks bearing serial numbers #W00160247, #W00159668, and #W00160249, currently located in Adams County, Colorado.
Dated: November 17, 2022
/s/ Francis L. Kailey Attorney for Plaintiff 822 7th Street, Suite 760 Greeley, CO 80631
Telephone: 970-352-3161
Email: fkailey@witwerlaw.com
First Publication: November 24, 2022
Final Publication: December 22, 2022 Sentinel
Case Number: 22CV31345
Division: A Courtroom: 506
Plaintiff: ROGGEN FARMERS ELEVATOR ASSOCIATION
v. Defendant: JORGE MARTINEZ
THIS MATTER comes before the Court on the Plaintiff’s Verified Complaint in Replevin, and the Court, having considered and being fully apprised of the matter:
ORDERS that the Defendant shall show cause, if any, why the personal property described in the Verified Complaint should not be taken from the Defendant and delivered into the possession of the Plaintiff;
ORDERS that the hearing on this matter shall be held on January 9, 2023, at 8:30 a.m. in Division A, in Adams County via Webex. Webex instructions below.
For Joining the Virtual Courtroom
(1) Join via Web (from a cell phone or a computer)
➢ To join the Webex hearing go to: https:// judicial.webex.com/meet/mark.warner
(2) Join via Phone
➢ Participant calls in:
• Dial: 720-650-7664
• Enter access code: 921 748 942
ORDERS that pending the hearing on this matter, the Defendant shall not sell, use, or dispose of any property described in the Verified Complaint, except to return such property to the Plaintiff; ADVISES the Defendant:
1. You may file an affidavit on your behalf with the Court and may appear and present testimony on your behalf at the time of the hearing.
2. You may, at or prior to the hearing, file with the Court a written response to stay the delivery of the personal property described in the Complaint.
3. If you fail to appear at the hearing or fail to file a written response, Plaintiff may apply to the Court for an Order requiring the Sheriff to take immediate possession of the personal property described in the Complaint and deliver such property to the Plaintiff.
4. If the hearing date set in this Order to Show Cause and the appearance date on the Summons are different dates, you must appear both times.
FURTHER ORDERS that a copy of this Order, together with a copy of the Verified Complaint shall be served personally upon the Defendant.
By the Court, November 15, 2022.
/s/ Judge Mark Warner
First Publication: November 24, 2022
Final Publication: December 22, 2022
Sentinel DISTRICT COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO
NOTICE OF APPEARANCE Case No. CV000141 Division: 14/34
In the Matter of:
Engel, Rhiannon
You are hereby notified that the above captioned case has been set for HEARING. You are required to appear at 7325 S. Potomac St., Centennial, CO 80112 on December 21, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. in Division 14/34.
https://judicial.webex.com/meet/D18ARAP-Div34
And the phone +1-720-650-7664 Access code: 2594 408 0614 then press #, # (no attendee ID is needed)
Date of Motion: October 26, 2022
INVITATION TO BID
TAH Filing 19 – 32nd Ave.
JHL Constructors, on behalf of the Aerotropolis Area Coordinating District (AACMD), a quasi-municipal corporation and political subdivision of the State of Colorado, notifies all qualified persons/ companies that proposals will be received for contracting work and services in connection with Filing 19 – 32nd Ave. at The Aurora Highlands in Aurora, CO. Scope of work under this Request for Proposal includes Surveying, 3rd Party Testing, Street Lighting, Erosion Control, Asphalt Paving, Site Concrete, Signage & Striping, and Wet Utilities. Electronic submission of proposals must be submitted and received by JHL at AuroraHighlandsInfo@jhlconstructors. com on or before 2:00 p.m. MST on December 9th, 2022.
Instruction to Respondent documents may be obtained from the CMaR Contractor, JHL Constructors, Inc. on or after Thursday November 17th, 2022. Please contact AuroraHighlandsInfo@jhlconstructors.com for access to the Instruction to Respondent documents. Upon inquiry from interested parties, RFQ documents will be made available electronically through BuildingConnected only. JHL Constructors will accept proposals from respondents that represent best capabilities to perform contracting services. JHL reserves the right to waive irregularities in any proposals. Performance and Payment bonds and proper insurance coverage will be required.
First Publication: November 17, 2022
Final Publication: November 24, 2022
Sentinel
NOTICE AS TO PROPOSED 2023 BUDGET AND HEARING
CENTRAL ADAMS COUNTY WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a proposed budget has been submitted to the CENTRAL ADAMS COUNTY WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT for the ensuing year of 2023. A copy of such proposed budget has been filed in the office of CliftonLarsonAllen LLP, 8390 East Crescent Parkway, Suite 300, Greenwood Village, Colorado, where same is open for public inspection. Such proposed budget will be considered at a hearing at the regular meeting of the Central Adams County Water and Sanitation District to be held at 1:00 P.M., on Tuesday, December 6, 2022. The meeting will be held via video conference at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89163 878283?pwd=ZY3NFRpWE50WVNZZz09 and via telephone conference at Dial-In:
1-253-215-8782, Meeting ID: 891 6387
8283, Passcode: 944218. Any interested elector within the Central Adams County Water and Sanitation District may inspect the proposed budget and file or register any objections at any time prior to the final adoption of the 2023 budget.
BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS: CENTRAL ADAMS COUNTY WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT
By: /s/ ICENOGLE | SEAVER | POGUE A Professional Corporation
Publication: November 24, 2022
Sentinel
NOTICE AS TO PROPOSED 2023 BUDGET AND HEARING
EAST CHERRY CREEK VALLEY WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT
NOTICE AS TO PROPOSED 2023 BUDGET AND HEARING GREEN VALLEY RANCH EAST METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 6
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a proposed budget has been submitted to the GREEN VALLEY RANCH EAST METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 6 for the ensuing year of 2023. A copy of such proposed budget has been filed in the office of CliftonLarsonAllen LLP, 8390 East Crescent Parkway, Suite 300, Greenwood Village, Colorado, where same is open for public inspection. Such proposed budget will be considered at a hearing at the regular meeting of the Green Valley Ranch East Metropolitan District No. 6 to be held at 1:00 P.M., on Tuesday, December 6, 2022. The meeting will be held via video conference at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89163
878283?=ZFJVUXFzNzAyT0Y3NFRpWE
50WVNZZz09 and via telephone conference at Dial-In: 1-253-215-8782, Meeting ID: 891 6387 8283, Passcode: 944218. Any interested elector within the Green Valley Ranch East Metropolitan District No. 6 may inspect the proposed budget and file or register any objections at any time prior to the final adoption of the 2023 budget.
BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS: GREEN VALLEY RANCH EAST METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 6
By: /s/ ICENOGLE | SEAVER | POGUE
A Professional Corporation
Publication: November 24, 2022
Sentinel
NOTICE AS TO PROPOSED 2023 BUDGET AND HEARING GREEN VALLEY RANCH EAST METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 7
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a proposed budget has been submitted to the GREEN VALLEY RANCH EAST METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 7 for the ensuing year of 2023. A copy of such proposed budget has been filed in the office of CliftonLarsonAllen LLP, 8390 East Crescent Parkway, Suite 300, Greenwood Village, Colorado, where same is open for public inspection. Such proposed budget will be considered at a hearing at the regular meeting of the Green Valley Ranch East Metropolitan District No. 7 to be held at 1:00 P.M., on Tuesday, December 6, 2022. The meeting will be held via video conference at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89163 878283?=ZFJVUXFzNzAyT0Y3NFRpWE 50WVNZZz09 and via telephone conference at Dial-In: 1-253-215-8782, Meeting ID: 891 6387 8283, Passcode: 944218. Any interested elector within the Green Valley Ranch East Metropolitan District No. 7 may inspect the proposed budget and file or register any objections at any time prior to the final adoption of the 2023 budget.
BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS: GREEN VALLEY RANCH EAST METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 7
By: /s/ ICENOGLE | SEAVER | POGUE
A Professional Corporation
Publication: November 24, 2022
Sentinel
NOTICE AS TO PROPOSED 2023 BUDGET AND HEARING GREEN VALLEY RANCH EAST METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 8
NOTICE AS TO PROPOSED 2023 BUDGET AND HEARING
SECOND CREEK RANCH METROPOLITAN DISTRICT
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a proposed budget has been submitted to the SECOND CREEK RANCH METROPOLITAN DISTRICT for the ensuing year of 2023. A copy of such proposed budget has been filed in the office of CliftonLarsonAllen LLP, 8390 East Crescent Parkway, Suite 300, Greenwood Village, Colorado, where same is open for public inspection. Such proposed budget will be considered at a hearing at the regular meeting of the Second Creek Ranch Metropolitan District to be held at 1:00 P.M., on Tuesday, December 6, 2022. The meeting will be held via video conference at https://us02web. zoom.us/j/89163878283?pwd=ZFJVUXFz NzAyT0Y3NFRpWE50 and via telephone conference at Dial-In: 1-253-215-8782, Meeting ID: 891 6387 8283, Passcode: 944218. Any interested elector within the Second Creek Ranch Metropolitan District may inspect the proposed budget and file or register any objections at any time prior to the final adoption of the 2023 budget.
BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS: SECOND CREEK RANCH METROPOLITAN DISTRICT
By: /s/ ICENOGLE | SEAVER | POGUE
A Professional Corporation
Publication: November 24, 2022
Sentinel
NOTICE AS TO PROPOSED AMENDED 2022 BUDGET AND HEARING SECOND CREEK RANCH METROPOLITAN DISTRICT
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a proposed amended budget will be submitted to the SECOND CREEK RANCH METROPOLITAN DISTRICT for the year of 2022. A copy of such proposed amended budget has been filed in the office of CliftonLarsonAllen LLP, 8390 East Crescent Parkway, Suite 300, Greenwood Village, Colorado, where same is open for public inspection. Such proposed amended budget will be considered at a hearing at the regular meeting of the Second Creek Ranch Metropolitan District to be held at 1:00 PM., on Tuesday December 6, 2022. The meeting will be held via video conference at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8916
3878283?pwd=ZFJVUXFzNzAyT0Y3NF
RpWE50WVNZZz09 and via telephone conference at Dial-In: 1-253-215-8782, Meeting ID: 891 6387 8283, Passcode: 944218. Any interested elector within Second Creek Ranch Metropolitan District may inspect the proposed amended budget and file or register any objections at any time prior to the final adoption of the amended 2022 budget.
BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
SECOND CREEK RANCH METROPOLITAN DISTRICT
By: /s/ ICENOGLE | SEAVER | POGUE
A Professional Corporation
Publication: November 24, 2022
Sentinel
NOTICE CONCERNING PROPOSED BUDGET OF LIVERPOOL METROPOLITAN DISTRICT
and Recreation District, County of Arapahoe, Colorado for calendar year 2023. A copy of said proposed Budget is available for public inspection between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. at The Trails Recreation Center, 16799 East Lake Avenue, Centennial, Colorado 80016.
NOTICE IS ALSO GIVEN to all interested parties that the necessity has arisen to amend the District’s 2022 Budget; that a copy of the proposed Amended 2022 Budget is on file at The Trails Recreation Center, 16799 East Lake Avenue, Centennial, Colorado 80016, where the same is available for inspection by the public Monday through Friday during normal business hours, (i.e., 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.).
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the Board of Directors of the Arapahoe Park and Recreation District will consider the adoption of the proposed 2023 Budget and amended 2022 Budget at a public hearing to be conducted during a regular meeting of the Board of Directors to be held at The Trails Recreation Center, Gold Rush Room, 16799 East Lake Avenue, Centennial, Colorado 80016 on December 13, 2022 at 3:00 p.m.
Any interested elector of the Arapahoe Park and Recreation District may inspect the proposed 2023 Budget and the proposed 2022 Budget Amendment and file or register any objections or comments thereto at any time prior to the final adoption of the Budgets.
Dated this 17th day of November, 2022.
ARAPAHOE PARK AND RECREATION DISTRICT
By: /s/ Delos Searle
Publication: November 24, 2022
Sentinel
NOTICE OF FINAL PAYMENT
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the AEROTROPOLIS AREA COORDINATING METROPOLITAN DISTRICT of Adams County, Colorado, will make final payment on or after December 5, 2022, to:
BrightView Landscape Development, Inc. 8888 Motsenbocker Road Parker, CO 80134
for all work done by said Contractor for the Aerotropolis Area Coordinating Metropolitan District, THE AURORA HIGHLANDS LANDSCAPE, HARDSCAPE AND MONUMENTATION, all of said work being within or near the boundaries of Aerotropolis Area Coordinating Metropolitan District, in the City of Aurora, State of Colorado.
/s/ NDH for Shana Kloek, Clerk/Clerk of Court
First Publication: November 17, 2022
Final Publication: December 1, 2022
Sentinel
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a proposed budget has been submitted to the EAST CHERRY CREEK VALLEY WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT for the ensuing year of 2023. A copy of such proposed budget has been filed in the office of CliftonLarsonAllen LLP, 8390 East Crescent Parkway, Suite 300, Greenwood Village, Colorado, where same is open for public inspection. Such proposed budget will be considered at a hearing at the regular meeting of the East Cherry Creek Valley Water and Sanitation District to be held at 3:00 P.M., on Thursday, December 8, 2022. The meeting will be held at 6201 South Gun Club Road, Aurora, Colorado 80016; via video conference at https://zoom. us/j/92749070084; and via telephone conference at Dial-In: 1-253-215-8782, Meeting ID: 927 4907 0084. Any interested elector within the East Cherry Creek Valley Water and Sanitation District may inspect the proposed budget and file or register any objections at any time prior to the final adoption of the 2023 budget.
BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS: EAST CHERRY CREEK
VALLEYWATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT
By: /s/ ICENOGLE |
SEAVER | POGUEA Professional Corporation
Publication: November 24, 2022
Sentinel
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a proposed budget has been submitted to the GREEN VALLEY RANCH EAST METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 8 for the ensuing year of 2023. A copy of such proposed budget has been filed in the office of CliftonLarsonAllen LLP, 8390 East Crescent Parkway, Suite 300, Greenwood Village, Colorado, where same is open for public inspection. Such proposed budget will be considered at a hearing at the regular meeting of the Green Valley Ranch East Metropolitan District No. 8 to be held at 1:00 P.M., on Tuesday, December 6, 2022. The meeting will be held via video conference at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89163
878283?=ZFJVUXFzNzAyT0Y3NFRpWE 50WVNZZz09 and via telephone conference at Dial-In: 1-253-215-8782, Meeting ID: 891 6387 8283, Passcode: 944218. Any interested elector within the Green Valley Ranch East Metropolitan District No. 8 may inspect the proposed budget and file or register any objections at any time prior to the final adoption of the 2023 budget.
BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS: GREEN VALLEY RANCH EAST METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 8
By: /s/ ICENOGLE | SEAVER | POGUE
A Professional Corporation
Publication: November 24, 2022
Sentinel
NOTICE is hereby given that a proposed budget has been submitted to the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Liverpool Metropolitan District (the “District”) for the ensuing year of 2023; that a copy of such proposed budget has been filed in the office of the District at CliftonLarsonAllen at 8390 E. Crescent Pkwy, Suite 300, Greenwood Village, CO 80111, Colorado, where the same is open for public inspection; and that such proposed budget will be considered at a public hearing of the Board to be held on November 28, 2022 at 5:00 p.m. This public hearing will be held via video conference at the below link on Any elector within the District may, at any time prior to the final adoption of the budget, inspect the budget and file or register any objections thereto.
https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetupjoin/19%3ameeting_MDYyMzdmOWUtYzQxYy00MWVjLTkxYzgtZDdiODMxNTdjY zQ0%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22 Tid%22%3a%224aaa468e-93ba-4ee3ab9f- 6a247aa3ade0%22%2c%22Oid% 22%3a%229bf4c29b-a9c8-46b4-a6c0c1ed7cba4824%22%7d Call: 720-547-5281; Conference ID: 573 334 237#
Any person, co-partnership, association of persons, company, or corporation that has furnished labor, materials, provisions, team hire, sustenance provender or other supplies used or consumed by such Contractor or its Subcontractors or Suppliers in or about the performance of the work contracted to be done and whose claim therefore has not been paid by the Contractor or its Subcontractors or Suppliers at any time up to and including the time of final settlement for the work contracted to be done, is required to file a written verified statement of the amount due and unpaid on account of such claim with Aerotropolis Area Coordinating Metropolitan District, Attention: Denise Denslow, 8390 East Crescent Parkway, Suite 300,Greenwood Village, CO 80111 with a copy to McGeady Becher P.C., 450 E. 17th Avenue, Suite 400, Denver, CO 80203-1254 at or before the time and date hereinabove shown. Failure on the part of any claimant to file such written verified statement of claim prior to such final settlement will release AEROTROPOLIS AREA COORDINATING METROPOLITAN DISTRICT, its Board, officers, agents, and employees of and from any and all liability for such claim.
BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS Aerotropolis Area Coordinating Metropolitan District
First Publication: November 17, 2022
Final Publication: November 24, 2022
Sentinel
NOTICE OF FINAL PAYMENT
On or after December 1, 2022, THE CHERRY CREEK SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 5 of ARAPAHOE COUNTY, STATE OF COLORADO, will make final payment to GE JOHNSON SPECIAL PROJECTS, LLC as the general contractor for the renovation project at VILLAGE EAST ELEMENTARY, located at 1433 s Oakland Street, Aurora, Colorado, 80012. All claims relating to this contract must be filed with David Henderson, Deputy Chief of Operations, Cherry Creek School District No. 5, 9301 E Union Avenue, Greenwood Village, Colorado, 80111 before December 1, 2022.
Board of Education Cherry Creek School District No. 5 County of Arapahoe State of Colorado
First Publication: November 17, 2022
Final Publication: November 24, 2022
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Park
NOTICE OF FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT AND NOTICE OF INTENT TO REQUEST
RELEASE OF FUNDS
Colorado Department of Local Affairs
1313 Sherman Street, Room 521, Denver, CO 80203
303-864-7720
Bret.Hillberry@state.co.us
These notices shall satisfy two separate but related procedural requirements for activities to be undertaken by the Colorado Department of Local Affairs.
REQUEST FOR THE RELEASE OF FUNDS
On or about December 12, 2022 the Colorado Department of Local Affairs will submit a request to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development on behalf of the Aurora Housing Authority for the release of HOME funds, under Title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act, to undertake the following project:
Project Title: Peoria Crossing II Multi-Family Housing Development
Project: The project consists of the construction of 72 affordable rental apartments on approximately two acres of land in the Morris Heights neighborhood in Aurora.
Peoria Crossing Phase II will include 20 one-bedroom/one-bath; 16 two-bedroom/ one-bath; 18 two-bedroom/two-bath and 18 three-bedroom/2-bath apartments. The development is on an arterial street in a mixed residential and commercial neighborhood. The two phases will share one point of access to the east of the property, exiting to Quari Street. It has excellent visibility and very good access to shopping, services, employment and public transportation. It is 0.4 miles from an RTD light rail station, making it a transit-oriented development. There will be ample surface parking, on-site management and maintenance; an exercise room, flex space community room/media room for the residents, bike storage, a playground area, and numerous outdoor benches and tables for residents to enjoy.
Location: 3002 Peoria street, Aurora CO 80010
Estimated Cost: Roughly $1,950,000 in HOME funds with total project costs of roughly $35,000,000
FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT
The Colorado Department of Local Affairs has determined that the project will have no significant impact on the human environment. An Environmental Impact Statement under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), therefore, is not required. Additional project information is contained in the Environmental Review Record (ERR). Due to staff working remotely, the ERR will be made available to the public for review electronically via email. Please submit your request to DOLA at bret.hillberry@state.co.us or by phone weekdays 8 A.M. to 5 P.M. at 303864-7730.
PUBLIC COMMENTS
Any individual, group, or agency may submit written comments on the ERR to the Colorado Department of Local Affairs. All comments received by December 9, 2022 will be considered by the Colorado Department of Local Affairs prior to authorizing submission of a request for release of funds. Comments should specify which Notice they are addressing.
ENVIRONMENTAL CERTIFICATION
The Colorado Department of Local Affairs certifies to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development that Bret Hillberry in his capacity as Certifying Officer 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. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s approval of the certification satisfies its responsibilities under NEPA and related laws and authorities, and allows the Aurora Housing Authority to use Program funds.
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development will accept objections to its release of funds and the Colorado Department of Local Affairs’ certification for a period of 15 days following the anticipated submission date or its actual receipt of the request (whichever is later) only if they are made on one of the following bases: (a) the certification was not executed by the Certifying Officer of the Colorado Department of Local Affairs; (b) the Colorado Department of Local Affairs has omitted a step or failed to make a decision or finding required by U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development 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 the approval of a release of funds by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development; 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 via email in accordance with the required
procedures (24 CFR Part 58, Sec. 58.76) and shall be addressed to Noemi Ghirghi, CPD Region VIII Director, at CPD_COVID19OEE-DEN@hud.gov. Potential objectors should contact CPD_COVID-19OEEDEN@hud.gov to verify the actual last day of the objection period.
Bret Hillberry, Certifying Officer
Publication: November 24, 2022
Sentinel NOTICE OF HEARING BY PUBLICATION INTERESTED PERSONS AND OWNERS BY DESCENT OR SUCCESSION
PURSUANT TO § 15-12-1303, C.R.S.
Case Number: 2020PR30341
In the Matter of the Estate of: NORMAN E. LEAVITT; Deceased.
To all interested persons and owners by descent or succession:
Richard Dale Leavitt, Paula Lynn Dietrich, and Gina Sue Martin
Petition has been filed alleging that the above Decedent died leaving the following property:
Titled Ownership:
Estate of Norman E. Leavitt
Description of Property (ONLY IF KNOWN, petitioner may include fractional or percentage ownership):
100% of Decedent Estate of Norman E. Leavitt
Location of Property: Arapahoe County District Court probate Case 2020PR30341
The hearing on the petition will be held at the following time and location or at a later date to which the hearing may be continued:
Date: January 12, 2023
Time: 8:00 a.m.
Address: 7325 S. Potomac St., Centennial, CO 80112 Courtroom or Division: 12
This is a hearing without appearance; attendance is not required or expected.
Note:
You must answer the petition on or before the hearing date and time specified above. Within the time required for answering the petition, all objections to the petition must be in writing, filed with the court and served on the petitioner and any required filing fee must be paid.
The hearing shall be limited to the petition, the objections timely filed and the parties answering the petition in a timely manner. If the petition is not answered and no objections are filed, the court may enter a decree without a hearing.
Marco D. Chayet, #29815, 18th Judicial District Public Administrator
Jennifer R. Oviatt, 18th Judicial District Deputy Public Administrator Chayet & Danzo, LLC 650 S. Cherry St., Ste. 710, Denver, CO 80246
P.O. Box 460749, Denver, CO 80246
Phone Number: (303) 355-8520
Fax Number: (303) 355-8501
E-mail: PublicAdministrator@ColoradoElderLaw.com
First Publication: November 24, 2022
Final Publication: December 8, 2022 Sentinel NOTICE OF HEARING BY PUBLICATION PURSUANT TO § 15-10-401, C.R.S. Case No: 2022PR31158 In the Interest of:
Passion Brianna Blea-Young, Minor.
To: Paul Martinez
Last Known Address, if any for Paul Martinez: Unknown.
A hearing on Petition For Appointment of Guardian for Minor and Petition For Appointment of a Conservator for Minor for appointment of a guardian and conservator for the minor child, Passion Brianna BleaYoung will be held at the following time and location or at a later date to which the hearing may be continued:
Date: December 14, 2022
Time: 3:00 p.m.
Courtroom or Division: 12 (Virtual Courtroom)
Address: 7325 S. Potomac St., Centennial, CO 80112
The Court has authorized virtual appearances for this guardianship hearing. The Court’s virtual courtroom may be accessed as follows:
Meeting Link: https://judicial.webex.com/ meet/D18-ARAP-Div12
Meeting Number: 2598 388 7751 # Joining via Phone: Call +1-720-650-7664
Access code: 2598 388 7751 then press # #
The hearing will take approximately 1 hour.
Barbara Elaine Young
1596 S. Norfolk Street Aurora, CO 80017
Attorney for Petitioner: Kacie Lynn Mulhern, Atty. Reg. #47739 ROCKY MOUNTAIN CHILDREN’S LAW
CENTER 1325 S. Colorado Blvd., Suite 701, Denver, Colorado 80222 T: (303) 692 – 1165 F: (303) 302 - 2890
E: kmulhern@childlawcenter.org
First Publication: November 10, 2022
Final Publication: November 24, 2022 Sentinel
NOTICE OF HEARING BY PUBLICATION
PURSUANT TO § 15-10-401, C.R.S. Case No. 2022PR519
In the Interests of: Aislynn Anaya
To: Joseph Smith
Last Known Address, if any: no known address
A hearing on Guardianship for Minor (title of pleading) for (brief description of relief requested) Appointment of Guardianship for the above-named minor will be held at the following time and location or at a later date to which the hearing may be continued:
Date: Tuesday October 18, 2022
Time: 18:30 MDT Courtroom or Division: 12
Address: 7325 S. Potomac Street Centennial, CO 80112
The hearing will take approximately 1 hour. Shirleen and Leana Anaya 15110 E Stanford Drive Aurora, CO. 80015
First Publication: November 24, 2022
Final Publication: December 8, 2022 Sentinel
NOTICE OF HEARING BY PUBLICATION
PURSUANT TO § 15-10-401, C.R.S. Case Number: 2022PR31159
In the Interest of: Juan Carlos Romero-Blea, Minor.
To: Mario Romero and Unknown Father
Last Known Address, if any for Juan Romero: Mexico. Last Known Address, if any for Unknown Father: Unknown.
A hearing on Petition For Appointment of Guardian for Minor for appointment of a guardian for the minor child, Juan Carlos Romero-Blea will be held at the following time and location or at a later date to which the hearing may be continued:
Date: December 14, 2022 Time: 3:00 p.m. Courtroom or Division: 12 (Virtual Courtroom) Address: 7325 S. Potomac St., Centennial, CO 80112
The Court has authorized virtual appearances for this guardianship hearing. The Court’s virtual courtroom may be accessed as follows:
Meeting Link: https://judicial.webex.com/ meet/D18-ARAP-Div12
Meeting Number: 2598 388 7751 # Joining via Phone: Call +1-720-650-7664
Access code: 2598 388 7751 then press # #
The hearing will take approximately 1 hour.
Barbara Elaine Young 1596 S. Norfolk Street Aurora, CO 80017
Attorney for Petitioner:
Kacie Lynn Mulhern, Atty. Reg. #47739 ROCKY MOUNTAIN CHILDREN’S LAW
CENTER
1325 S. Colorado Blvd., Suite 701, Denver, Colorado 80222
T: (303) 692 – 1165
F: (303) 302 - 2890
E: kmulhern@childlawcenter.org
First Publication: November 10, 2022
Final Publication: November 24, 2022 Sentinel
NOTICE OF HEARING C.R.P.P. 24 BY PUBLICATION PURSUANT TO § 15-10-401, C.R.S.
Case No. 2022PR31203
In the Matter of the Estate of: Pedro Miguel Martinez-Diaz
To: PEDRO JAVIER MARTINEZ
Last Known Address, if any: N/A
A hearing on Petition of Adjudication of Intestacy and formal Appointment of Personal Representative for the Probate Estate of Pedro Miguel Martinez-Diaz (aka Pedro Miguel Martinez Diaz) and any court orders or findings related thereto. This is a hearing pursuant to C.R.P.P. 24 (attendance at the hearing is not required nor expected) will be held at the following time and location or at a later date to which the hearing may be continued:
Date: December 9th, 2022
Time: 8:00AM Courtroom or Division:12
Address:7325 S. Potomac St. Centennial, CO 80112
***** IMPORTANT NOTICE*****
Any interested person wishing to object to the requested action set forth in the attached motion/petition and proposed order must file a written objection with the court on or before the hearing and must furnish a copy of the objection to the person requesting the court order. JDF 722 (Objection form) is available on the Colorado Judicial Branch website (www.courts.state. co.us). If no objection is filed, the court may take action on the motion/petition without further notice or hearing. If any objection is filed, the objecting party must, within 14 days after filing the objection, contact the court to set the objection for an appearance hearing. Failure to timely set the objection for an appearance hearing as required will result in further action as the court deems appropriate.
The Law Firm of Starzynski Van Der Jagt PC 200 S. Wilcox St. #206 Castle Rock, CO 80104 Ph:920-214-8501 Dagna Van Der Jagt, Esq #37704
First Publication: November 10, 2022
Final Publication: November 24, 2022
Sentinel
NOTICE OF HEARING ON PROPOSED 2022 AND 2023 BUDGETS
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the proposed budgets for the year of 2022 and ensuing year of 2023 has been submitted to the Eastern Hills Metropolitan District Nos. 21-23 (collectively, the “Districts”). Such proposed budgets will be considered at a meeting and public hearing of the Boards of Directors of the Districts to be held at 9:00 a.m. on Monday, December 12, 2022 via telephone and videoconference. Information regarding public participation by videoconference will be available at least 24 hours prior to the meeting and public hearing by contacting Becky Johnson by email at bjohnson@spencerfane.com or by telephone at 303-839-3885.
A copy of the proposed 2022 and 2023 budgets are available for public inspection at the offices of Spencer Fane LLP. Contact Becky Johnson at bjohnson@ spencerfane.com to review budgets. Any interested elector within the Districts may, at any time prior to final adoption of the 2022 and 2023 budgets file or register any objections thereto.
EASTERN HILLS METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOS. 21-23
By: /s/ Russell W. Dykstra, District Attorney
Publication: November 24, 2022
Sentinel
NOTICE OF HEARING ON PROPOSED 2023 BUDGET AND 2022 BUDGET AMENDMENT
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the proposed budget for the ensuing year of 2023 has been submitted to the Eastern Adams County Metropolitan District (“District”). Such proposed budget will be considered at a meeting and public hearing of the Board of Directors of the District to be held at 1:30 P.M. on December 2, 2022 at 100 Saint Paul Street, Denver, CO.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that an amendment to the 2022 budget of the District may also be considered at the abovereferenced meeting and public hearing of the Board of Directors of the District. A copy of the proposed 2023 budget and the amended 2022 budget, if required, are available for public inspection at 100 Saint Paul Street, Suite 300, Denver, Colorado. Any interested elector within the District may, at any time prior to final adoption of the 2023 budget and the amended 2022 budget, if required, file or register any objections thereto.
EASTERN ADAMS COUNTY METROPOLITAN DISTRICT
By:
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the proposed budgets for the ensuing year of 2023 have been submitted to the Colfax Sable Metropolitan District and the Citadel on Colfax Business Improvement District (collectively, the “Districts”). Such proposed budgets will be considered at a meeting and public hearing of the Boards of Directors of the Districts to be held at 11:00 a.m. on November 28, 2022 via telephone and videoconference. To attend and participate by telephone, dial 720-5475281 and enter passcode 421 916 491# Information regarding public participation by videoconference will be available at least 24 hours prior to the meeting and public hearing by contacting Ashley Heidt by email at ashley.heidt@claconnect.com or by telephone at 303-779- 5710.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that an amendment to the 2022 budgets of the Districts may also be considered at the above-referenced meeting and public hearing of the Boards of Directors of the Districts. A copy of the proposed 2023 budgets and the amended 2022 budgets, if required, are available for public inspection at the offices of CliftonLarsonAllen, LLP. Any interested elector within the Districts may, at any time prior to final adoption of the 2023 budgets and the amended 2022 budgets, if required, file or register any objections thereto.
COLFAX SABLE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT AND CITADEL ON COLFAX BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT
By: /s/ Alan Westfall, President
Publication: November 24, 2022
Sentinel
NOTICE OF HEARING TO RESPONDENT (ADULT OR MINOR) Case No. 22PR030889
In the Interest of:
Diosmar Otoniel Barahona Sierra
Minor
Petitioner: Ivis Gamabiel Barahona Castillo
And Respondents: Onyeda Carolina Sierra And Jose Otoniel Barahona Castillo
To respondent:
A hearing on the following petition will be held at the following date, time, and via WEBEX.
Date:January 4, 2023
Time: 10:30 a.m. Courtroom or Division: 12
WEBEX INFORMATION:
Judge Bradley Virtual Courtroom Meeting Number (access code): 925 265 231 https://judicial.webex.com/meet/amanda. bradley
Join by phone Tap to call in from a mobile device (attendees only) +1-415-655-0001 US Toll
+1-720-650-7664 United States Toll (Denver) Access code: 925 265 231
*** IMPORTANT NOTICE TO ADULT RESPONDENTS***
The outcome of this proceeding may limit or completely take away your right to make decisions about your personal affairs or your financial affairs or both. You must appear in person unless excused by the court. The petitioner is required to make reasonable efforts to help you attend the hearing.
You have the right to be represented by an attorney of your choice at your own expense. If you cannot afford an attorney, one may be appointed for you at State expense. You may request a professional evaluation of your condition. You have the right to present evidence and subpoena witnesses and documents; examine witnesses, including any court-appointed physician, psychologist, or other qualified individual providing evaluations, and the court visitor; and to otherwise participate in the hearing. You may ask that the hearing be held in a manner that reasonably accommodates you. You have the right to request that the hearing be closed, but the hearing may not be closed if you object.
***IMPORTANT NOTICE TO MINOR RESPONDENTS***
Until the court has confirmed an appointee under § 15-14-202, C.R.S., a minor who is the subject of an appointment by a parent or guardian and who has attained twelve years of age has the right to consent or refuse to consent to an appointment of a guardian.
Lisa A. Guerra, Esq.
Reg. #.:41583
/s/ Mike Serra, Board SecretaryPublication: November 24, 2022 Sentinel
3576 S. Norfolk Way Aurora, CO 80013
Phone: 559-400-3667
Email: eldertinarichardson61@gmail.com
2. Information about the ward/protected person:
Allah Richardson
3576 S. Norfolk Way Aurora, CO 80013
Type of Residence: Private
3. The petitioner requests that Colorado accept this guardianship for the following reasons: For the continuing health, safety, supervision, and support of the minor children to continue by their grandmother in the state of Colorado as Ordered by the State of California.
4. The petitioner must provide this petition and a Notice of Hearing Without Appearance(JDF 712) to persons entitled to notice. (§15-14-.5-302(2), C.R.S.)
5. The interested persons given notice are as follows:
Damisha Richardson, Mother David Massey, Father Unknown Father, Father
To all interested persons:
A hearing without appearance on Petition Requesting Colorado to Accept Guardian- ship/Conservatorship from Sending State is set at the following date, time, and lo- cation:
Date: December 15, 2022
Time: 8:30 a.m.
Address: Division 12
Arapahoe County District Court
7325 S. Potomac St. Centennial, CO 80112
IMPORTANT NOTICE
Any interested person wishing to object to the requested action set forth in the attached motion/petition and proposed order must file a written objection with the court on or before the hearing and must furnish a copy of the objection to the person requesting the court order. JDF 722 (Objection form) is available on the Colorado Judicial Branch website (www.courts.state. co.us). If no objection is filed, the court may take action on the motion/petition without further notice or hearing. If any objection is filed, the objecting party must, within 14 days after filing the objection, contact the court to set the objection for an ap- pearance hearing. Failure to timely set the objection for an appearance hearing as required will result in further action as the court deems appropriate.
ATTORNEY FOR PETITIONER: THOMAS LAW GROUP, P.C.
/s/ Sergei B Thomas, #20002 1401 Lawrence Street, Suite 1600 Denver, CO 80202
Telephone: (303) 293-1941
Fax: (720)643-1117
E-Mail: sergei.thomas@thomasfamilylawcounsel.com
First Publication: November 3, 2022
Final Publication: December 1, 2022
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PUBLIC NOTICE OF PETITION FOR CHANGE OF NAME OF AN ADULT ADAMS COUNTY COURT, COLORADO Case No. 22C44595
PUBLIC NOTICE is given on October 14, 2022, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an Adult has been filed with the Adams County Court.
The Petition requests that the name of Edward Alton Murphy be changed to Edward Alton Gilbreath.
First Publication: November 10, 2022
Final Publication: November 24, 2022
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PUBLIC NOTICE OF CONTRACTOR’S
FINAL SETTLEMENT
C.R.S. 38-26-107, notice is hereby given that on/or after the 8 day of December, 2022 final settlement with Jordy & Company , will be made by the Joint District No. 28J of the Counties of Adams and Arapahoe (Aurora Public Schools) for and on account of the General Construction Contract for Pickens Tech. Barbershop, BID #3172-22 and that any person, co-partnership, association, company, or corporation who has an unpaid claim against any of the contractors for or on account of the furnishing of labor, materials, team hire, sustenance, provisions, provender, or other supplies used or consumed by such contractors, or any of their subcontractors, in or about the performance of said work may file at any time up to and including said time of such final settlement on/or after, December 8, 2022, a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid on account of such claim with the Board of Education of said school district at the office of:
Pursuant to 1973
PUBLIC NOTICE OF PETITION FOR CHANGE OF NAME OF A MINOR ARAPAHOE COUNTY COURT, COLORADO
Case No. 22CV141
PUBLIC NOTICE is given on August 31, 2022, that a Petition for a Change of Name of a Minor has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.
The Petition requests that the name of Niklaus Pantelis Engel Fafalios be changed to Niklaus Martinez.
/s/ Judge
First Publication:November 17, 2022
Final Publication: December 1, 2022
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PUBLIC NOTICE OF PETITION FOR CHANGE OF NAME OF AN ADULT ARAPAHOE COUNTY COURT, COLORADO Case No. 22CV238
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Southlands Metropolitan District No. 1, Arapahoe County, Colorado (hereinafter called the “District”) will make a final payment at the office of Special District Management Services, Inc., 141 Union Boulevard, Suite 150, in Lakewood, Colorado, on or after 3:00 p.m., on Monday, December 12, 2022, to:
Keesen Landscape Management, Inc.
STATE OF WISCONSIN, CIRCUIT COURT, LINCOLN COUNTY ORDER TO APPEAR AND SHOW CAUSE
Case No. 22-FA-38
In re the Marriage of: AMANDA MICHELLE. BOYD, Petitioner, -andRICHARD MYRON BOYD, III, Respondent.
Support Services Aurora Public Schools 15701 E. 1st Avenue Aurora, CO 80011
Failure on the part of a claimant to file such statements prior to such final settlement will relieve said school district from all and any liability for such claimant’s claim.
JOINT DISTRICT NO. 28J OF THE COUNTIES OF ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE STATE OF COLORADO
First Publication: November 3, 2022
Final Publication: November 24, 2022
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PUBLIC NOTICE OF CONTRACTOR’S
FINAL SETTLEMENT
PUBLIC NOTICE is given on October 26, 2022, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an Adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.
The Petition requests that the name of JOBADIAH SINCLAIR WEEKS be changed to Jobadiah Sinclair Weeks.
/s/ Judge
First Publication: November 10, 2022
Final Publication: November 24, 2022
Sentinel REQUEST TO PUBLISH TO NOTICE TO NON-CUSTODIAL PARENT OF CHANGE OF MINOR’S NAME AND PUBLICATION ORDER Case No. 2022C100662
TO: RICHARD MYRON BOYD, III 15402 E EVANS AVE APT. 207 AURORA CO 80013
TAKE NOTICE you are hereby ordered to appear and show cause before the Court, the Honorable Bonnie Wachsmuth, in her courtroom, Lincoln County Courthouse, 1110 E. Main St., Merrill, Lincoln County, Wisconsin, on December 1, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. CST, then and there or as soon thereafter as counsel may be heard, why divorce should not be granted and ordered by the Court:
1. Establishing a Final Order with sole legal custody of the minor child to the Petitioner, Amanda M. Boyd.
2. Granting primary placement of the minor child to the Petitioner, Amanda M. Boyd.
3. Denying any periods of placement between the Respondent, Richard M. Boyd, II, and the minor child at this time pursuant to Wis. Stats. §767.451(4).
4. For entry of an Order establishing child support for the minor child pursuant to Wis. Stats. §767.511
Pursuant to 1973
C.R.S. 38-26-107, notice is hereby given that on/or after the 8 day of December, 2022 final settlement with Mark Young Construction , will be made by the Joint District No. 28J of the Counties of Adams and Arapahoe (Aurora Public Schools) for and on account of the General Construction Contract for Virginia Court Whole Bldg Remodel & Additions, BID # 3045-20 and that any person, copartnership, association, company, or corporation who has an unpaid claim against any of the contractors for or on account of the furnishing of labor, materials, team hire, sustenance, provisions, provender, or other supplies used or consumed by such contractors, or any of their subcontractors, in or about the performance of said work may file at any time up to and including said time of such final settlement on/or after, December 8, 2022 a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid on account of such claim with the Board of Education of said school district at the office of:
Support Services
Aurora Public Schools
15701 E. 1st Avenue Aurora, CO 80011
Failure on the part of a claimant to file such statements prior to such final settlement will relieve said school district from all and any liability for such claimant’s claim.
JOINT DISTRICT NO. 28J OF THE COUNTIES OF ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE STATE OF COLORADO
First Publication: November 3, 2022
Final Publication: November 24, 2022
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In the Matter of the Petition of: Parent/Petitioner: Aleisha McLennan for Minor Child: Jayden Avery Hampton McLennan to change the Child’s Name to: Jayden Avery McLennan
1. The last known address of the non-custodial parent was: unknown
2. The non-custodial parent no longer lives at that address.
3. Reasonable effort was made to contact the non-custodial parent by certified mail at the last known address as follows: Jayden’s biological father and I dated for a very short time and I have not had any contact with him since Jayden was 6 months old. I never had an address for him.
4. The certified letter has been returned marked delivered. The return envelope is attached. It is requested that the Court permit notice by publication on the non-custodial parent.
/s/ Aleisha McLennan, Parent/Petitioner
Dated: October 5, 2022
/s/ Judge
First Publication: November 17, 2022
Final Publication: December 1, 2022 Sentinel
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3355 S. Umatilla Ave. Englewood, CO 80111 for all work which has been substantially completed by said Contractor for the Median Renovation Project for the Southlands Metropolitan District No. 1. Any person, co-partnership, association of persons, company, or corporation that has furnished labor, materials, provisions, team hire, sustenance provender, or other supplies used or consumed by such Contractor or its Subcontractors or Suppliers in or about the performance of the work contracted to be done and whose claim therefore has not been paid by the Contractor or its Subcontractors or Suppliers at any time up to and including the time of final settlement for the work contracted to be done, is required to file a written verified statement of the amount due and unpaid on account of such claim with the District, Attention: Ann E. Finn, 141 Union Boulevard, Suite 150, Lakewood, Colorado, 80228-1898 with a copy to Clint Waldron, Esq., White Bear Ankele Tanaka & Waldron P.C., 2154 E. Commons Avenue, Suite 2000, Centennial, CO 80122, at or before the time and date hereinabove shown. Failure on the part of any claimant to file such written verified statement of claim prior to such final settlement will release the District, its Board, officers, agents, and employees of and from any and all liability for such claim.
BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS SOUTHLANDS METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO.1
By: /s/Joyce Rocha SecretaryFirst Publication: November 24, 2022
Final Publication: December 1, 2022 Sentinel
5. For a determination of tax exemption, division of assets, division of debts, and maintenance, all as may be just and appropriate.
6. For such other and further relief as is just and appropriate based upon the circumstances presented herein pursuant to Chapter 767 of the Wisconsin Statutes. Failure by the party named above to appear may result in the Court entering default judgment and granting the relief sought by the Petitioner, Amanda M. Boyd. BY THE COURT.
First Publication: November 10, 2022
Final Publication: November 24, 2022 Sentinel
