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Annie Ayers knew just what to do about people in trouble when things are the worst

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nnie Ayers actually knew the answer to the question she often asked as she quietly went about the exhausting business of making thousands of lives a little or a lot better.Annie, a steadfast paragon of offering a hand to myriad people who have stumbled or fallen in a harsh world, would often end her account of some calamity inflicted on a client she was helping with a refrain she would sing with a sigh.

“Yeah. But what are you gonna do?”

She mostly knew what to do, and she’d do it.

Annie died last week at 65 after suffering a stroke in January. Aurora will miss her mirth and might.

Raised in Denver, Aurora has been her home and her passion for almost all of her adult life.

Even if you didn’t know Annie, you might have come across some of the work she did for decades as a social worker, a crisis center administrator or a mental health provider. Her work was people.

DAVE PERRY Editor

Annie was intensely respectful of the thousands of those she worked with who had no home, no money, no grip on reality and no way to make any of that change.

At the same time, she was sublimely irreverent. Sometimes shocking to those who don’t work in police departments, emergency rooms, crisis centers and newsrooms, it’s an infectious quality shared by people working in the trenches of horror and despair.

Her drollery was delivered with her measured Denver drawl, a part of Colorado that’s disappearing as fast as our once famous friendliness and penchant for instant camaraderie.

I knew Annie before I knew her. I worked with her husband, Jim Ayers, in a west side newsroom. He was a desk editor. Jim was a proud young dad who shared Annie’s penchant for parody.

During an office Christmas desk-decorating contest, Jim created Barbie’s Holiday House of Ill-repute at his workstation, complete with flashing lights and his daughter’s Barbies, in various spurious predicaments, all inside a copy paper box fashioned into a motel. Jim pointed out the inspirations provided by Annie, his wife.

I liked her even more when I met her as a reporter covering all that makes Aurora weird and wonderful.

Along the way of pounding out a few million words about people who desperately needed to escape an abusive spouse or stop selling sex for meth or just find peace from relentless delusion, I met a cadre of people who do something about all those horrors, rather than just talk about doing something.

Because Aurora, like so many large cities, has long had a history of more people in desperate situations than ways to help them, I kept coming across people like Annie, Di Utesch, Cindy Bohl and Margee Cannon.

Di was a powerhouse at what was then the Gateway Battered Women’s Shelter. She got stuff done, and thousands of wom-

Annie Ayers Photo by the family of Annie Ayers

en were saved from a lifetime of terror because of it. Cindy was a publicist for Aurora “Prez,” a hospital later swallowed by corporate stuff. She became much of the voice and face of Aurora Mental Health Center and was a staunch proponent of getting help for people who had no way out of their situations. Margee was a neighborhood liaison for the city, a relentless do-gooder and an irreverent complement to Annie’s free flowing sarcasm.

Somehow, all of us created The Mini-Miracle Project. It involved offering Sentinel readers the chance to pony up some money to make small-ish, doable things happen for someone in need. It was like a low-end Make-A-Wish meets GoFundMe, long before there was an internet. Annie was a driving force.

Once a month, the group would meet to vet requests that came from local service groups and agencies. I would write up the “cases” and publish them. People would send in money, and problems got solved.

Annie, who was then an administrator at the Comitis Crisis Center, at the time the only crisis program in the city and much of the region, was a fountain of people with solvable problems.

Annie’s cases weren’t people she’d just heard about. She knew everyone she presented to us that needed car tires that had gone flat. The car had a mom and kids living in it, and mom couldn’t get to work with flat tires.

Annie would enthrall us with stories about a man who had his upper dentures stolen in a Denver shelter while he slept. Without new teeth, he had no chance of getting a job in a hardware store, the only work he knew.

Annie mixed her verbal musing about who snatched the man’s choppers and what sadistic things they probably did with them with a profound and emotional sympathy for the man, who was the victim of a world he had no power over.

Without teeth and the ability to get work, he was at Comitis when they had space and on the street when they didn’t.

“It’s awful,” Annie would say, just like she did about so many people stuck on a problem most of us would just complain about, solve and move past.

“Yeah. But what are you gonna do?”

Annie’s rhetorical refrain, used to punctuate another episode in the endless epic of people in trouble, wasn’t rhetoric.

“But what are you gonna do?”

She knew.

Annie did something for everyone she could. She worked phones, retrieved answers, got rides to hospitals, food stamp offices and enrolled both kids and adults in schools, training and housing programs.

Her entire professional life was a cycle of sighing, “yeah, but what are you gonna do,” and then doing what needed to be done.

Annie was an inspiration to me and so many others, who by example, could snicker about tragedy to disarm it and then provide just enough advice, bus tokens, meal vouchers and solid answers to move people to a place where they had a chance to keep moving forward.

Annie taught me that you can’t solve every problem for people, but without a whole lot of effort, you can solve one or two. And sometimes, a lot of times, that’s enough to get someone to start moving out of their quagmire.

Because of Annie, I don’t even hesitate when I can give a stranger a ride or hand over my lunch money to someone with an “anything helps” sign at a stoplight. I’ll stand in line at the DMV when I can to help get someone a state ID, because there’s no way forward without one. None.

For years now, I’ve listened to herds of community leaders in Aurora, Denver and at the state and Washington capitols pitch, vote for and against what they think will solve our endless problems.

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5-point Aurora crime plan is a good start for the region

Lawmakers from across the Aurora region have every reason to rally behind an Aurora City Council proposal to address a dire hike in crime — especially shootings among teenagers.

Aurora councilmembers Dustin Zvonek and Danielle Jurinsky are proposing a five-point plan to push the rising crime needle in the other direction.

Most of the suggestions in the plan are tried-and-true efforts that provably make the city, and the region, a safer place to live, work and play.

Here’s what they’re suggesting and the entire city council is pondering now:

• Ensure that Aurora’s police department is fully staffed, expertly trained and provided the resources they need to protect themselves and the public.

• Ensure that changes in law enforcement policies, procedures and dedication of resources is data driven. This is a crucial touchstone not just for police, but all city functions and programs.

• Rebuild the Aurora Gang Reduction Impact Program. Only good things can come from focusing city police and other resources on the complicated and dangerous issue of youth violence. While this is just one of a host of current and possible city and regional efforts to address youth violence, it will be important to ensure an “umbrella” effort provides for commitment and to reduce duplication.

• Expand Aurora Police Crisis Response Teams. These projects are showing success here and across the country. They vary, but essentially the idea is to ensure mental health professionals respond to calls involving people experiencing a mental health crisis, either with or without uniformed officers. The program in Aurora and others are begging for closer review to ensure the units are used effectively and safely for both the public and the responding agents.

• Implement an Aurora homeless camping ban. We disagree here that this is an effective way of reducing either the crisis of homelessness in the city or the problems it causes not only for the people without homes, but the community. For decades, in the Aurora-Denver region and across the country, camping bans have proven to be a costly, ineffective way to solve the complicated problem of homelessness or any real or perceived harm to the rest of the community. The evidence is irrefutable that these bans do nothing but shuffle homeless campers from one site to the next. New, pending Aurora legislation, dubbed a camping ban, simply recodifies past failures in addressing the problem. There’s hope, however, that language leveraging demand for new and increased shelter and services for people experiencing homelessness will benefit everyone by helping to get this dire and vulnerable population into shelters and ultimately, into permanent housing. But it’s naive or misguided to believe that having police sweep encampments will have any meaningful or lasting effect.

While the rest of these goals are important and well-grounded ideas, this is by no means a complete formula for improving public safety.

There are a few caveats that must become touchstones as city lawmakers and leaders move ahead.

More than anything, no one here, or anywhere, has a solid understanding of what’s driving an increase in crime, and especially violent crime.

Both Zvonek and Jurinsky erroneously and unwisely try to make Aurora’s crime crisis a political, partisan issue. It’s not, and real crime experts repeatedly point that out.Republicans here and across the nation are trying to tie nascent jail, bail and sentencing reforms to increased crime. To date, there is no compelling evidence linking programs that reduce bail or decrease jail time for non-violent offenses to increases in crime.

National and undisputed statistics reveal that states and cities that have adopted such reforms have shown increases in all kinds of crime just like those that have shunned such reforms and brag to be “tough on crime.”

Anyone who tells you differently is mistaken or dishonest.

The highest violent crime spikes in the nation have occurred in South Dakota, Montana and Kentucky, which saw astounding 60 percent hikes or higher in murder rates. While violent crime rates have risen sharply in Colorado, Denver, Aurora and Colorado Springs, they’ve also skyrocketed in places like Nevada, Arkansas, Wisconsin, Ohio and Kansas.

What experts in crime and behavior know for certain is that no one knows for certain what’s causing the crisis.

But experts do know what contributes to it: substance abuse, the pandemic, economic flux, gun proliferation, public safety staffing shortages, mental health crises, and a community and nation under multiple pressures.

Just as importantly, Aurora lawmakers must understand this is not just a problem in Aurora, but one that is indifferent to municipal or political boundaries.

Crime and homelessness are metroplex problems. Successfully reducing crime and homelessness demands cooperation and coordination among area governments, including the cities, the counties, the state, the schools and the federal government.

Local history has repeatedly shown that when local governments don’t work together to solve these problems, they work against each other.

For decades, Aurora and Denver police have pushed problems with drugs, prostitution, homelessness and theft back and forth across city boundaries during increased and targeted operations.

Aurora-regional leaders and elected officials should adopt most of these proposals, and ensure that data used to drive “data-driven” policies comes from credible non-political sources.

And Denver and Aurora elected officials, from the two cities and the state legislature, should create a way to work together on addressing both crime and homelessness, creating a way for other local cities and counties to join the effort.

This plan is an excellent place for Aurora to start, but it’s only a start.

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Slashing red tape could help mental health care access

Editor: Almost every time I pick up a newspaper, magazine or watch programs on TV there are countless references to the lack of access to mental health services and shortage of mental health providers in Colorado and nationwide.

Right now I am witnessing the irony of this very important observation. I know someone who is committed to be part of the solution by studying to be a psychiatric nurse practitioner.

A psychiatric nurse practitioner is board certified to provide mental health services to individuals and families in a variety of settings to include therapy and medication management. In some states, they can practice independently, most are part of a behavioral health team headed by a psychiatrist MD.

There are surprising barriers to obtaining the number of quality clinical hours required for graduation. Some learning institutions have preceptorship agreements with clinics, hospitals and private practitioners but many others do not. Students are on their own after investing a great deal of time and money.

One major barrier is finding a preceptor specifically for behavioral health. Other specialties don’t seem to have as many issues. A preceptor is a teacher/coach who is licensed and experienced in the applicable specialized field of study. They supervise and assign learning opportunities to the student as they gain experience through hands on practice. Typically, the student is already a registered nurse who has chosen to pursue a master’s degree specializing in their field of interest. This particular student is a registered nurse who works in a behavioral health care facility at a local hospital.

First, they reached out to the Colorado Community Health Network, the primary health care safety net in Colorado. In many instances, there were no preceptor programs set up in their behavioral health departments. It was baffling, considering there is a critical shortage of mental health providers and very few individuals that want to enter this field. A well–trained student could alleviate some of that, by performing basic functions such as initial intake and free up the provider for more advanced functions.

That same student could be an asset to seek employment at the facility upon graduation.

Ultimately, they resorted to paying a hefty fee to an agency to find a preceptor who also must be paid.

The agency did find one, in Nebraska. So in addition, there will be expenses for transportation, hotel and meals. It doesn’t make sense. Some students don’t graduate on time because they have not completed their required clinical hours and others change their minds and decide to pursue other specialties that are more supported. That is a future resource loss.

In a way, it is understandable. Bureaucracy, red tape, lack of information, lack of interest, lack of support and the amount of paperwork involved for preceptors and facilities qualified to host a student are a huge factor.

These are issues that can and should be remedied so we can keep our valuable mental health resources in our state.

—Denise Lopez-Rodriguez, via letters@sentinelcolorado.com

Mental health care a necessity for veterans

Editor: Veteran suicide is an increasing issue in our country today. Our veterans return from combat situations stressed, confused, and often unable to cope with daily life. These are men and women who have put their lives on the line for our lives, for our freedoms, for our rights and privileges. When an organization comes along, such as Colorado based WarriorNOW, that provides the help and hope needed for veterans, it is our responsibility to come alongside and lend our support.

At the March meeting of the Toll Gate Creek Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, we were privileged to host Brian and Malinda Johnson, founders of WarriorNOW, an organization established for the purpose of offer peer-topeer services to mentally wounded warriors. This innovative service has found ways to support, treat, and enhance the lives of veterans. The presentation by Brian Johnson was inspiring and engaging, and I would encourage anyone seeking a program presentation for their own organization to contact Mr. Johnson at www.WarriorNOW.org.

The Annual End Veteran Suicide Gala will be held at the Wings Over the Rockies on April 1. Wings Over the Rockies is a unique Aurora museum that is well worth a visit for any reason, and combining that with an opportunity to support our veterans deserves the attention and attendance of your readers.

—Vicki Jo Edwards-Moore, via letters@sentinelcolorado.com

Short-term shelter

AURORA LEANS TOWARD TURNING CITY DAY CENTER INTO YEAR-ROUND SHELTER AS HOMELESS CAMPING BAN SOLIDIFIES

As a homeless camping ban inches closer to becoming law, Aurora lawmakers this week signaled support for sheltering the city’s homeless at the Aurora Day Resource Center year-round.

The center near Montview Boulevard and Wheeling Street in northwest Aurora can currently accommodate up to 75 people during a weather emergency.

According to homelessness programs manager Lana Dalton, who addressed the council during their Monday study session, setting up 24/7 sheltering at the center would cost $750,000 initially and $1.35 million on an ongoing annual basis.

Council members were presented with five options for short-term shelter — Mayor Mike Coffman said he thought that investing in the center made the most sense given the resources and staff that are present already.

“Food services are there, everything is there. We’re going to have to add services to augment that, but it’s all there,” Coffman said. “So my suggestion would be to start with that and then revisit it, because that’s going to be the quickest thing to stand up.”

Dalton estimated it would take about one to two months to prepare for the expanded sheltering.

Laying the foundation for Monday’s discussion was a proposed ban on unauthorized camp-

ing that the city council is scheduled to vote on for the third and, possibly, last time March 28.

City Council proponents of the ban say it would prompt the city to be more aggressive about breaking up homeless encampments, which could push more people into shelters and services. The city would only be able to sweep an encampment if there was adequate shelter space to serve all of the campers.

Critics of the ban on city council say many or most of the homeless people ousted for camping in public spaces won’t seek out the city-run shelters and instead will just move their camp to a new public site, creating a cycle of sweeps making already difficult lives more onerous for homeless people.

The city can’t begin to expel campers, according to the tentatively approved ban, unless there is space in shelters, and the number of people in Aurora without homes is key.

Dalton told Councilmember Angela Lawson that the 2021 survey of the city’s homeless residents undertaken on behalf of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development reported 594 people.

Depending on weather conditions, the city may have fewer than half as many shelter beds available, which has fueled opposition to the camping ban on the grounds that it would be unenforceable as long as shelter space is full.

Dalton said the tents and Pallet shelters maintained by the city were filled to capacity Mon-

day night.

Other options for short-term shelter considered by the council included vouchers for rooms at hotels or motels, more heated tents and Pallet shelters, and temporarily leasing a warehouse.

Council members split on Coffman’s suggestion for the group to look into opening the Aurora Day Resource Center year-round before pursuing any of the other options, with Alison Coombs, Juan Marcano, Ruben Medina and Crystal Murillo voicing opposition.

Because it was not opposed by the majority of the council, the item was scheduled to move forward out of the study session.

Coombs, Marcano and Murillo both said they wanted to see the city invest more in shelter that included non-congregate options such as Pallet shelters and motel vouchers.

“My concern with congregate shelter is that it’s going to be a lot less attractive to a lot of folks,” Marcano said. “We’ve already heard mention of people with pets who refuse service at congregate shelters because of that reason, and I’m also concerned about putting large portions of our unhoused community in the same spot.”

Staffers said it would cost $76.71 to shelter one person for one night under the 24/7 sheltering model at the Aurora Day Resource Center.

The $1.35 million estimated cost per year includes $600,000 for overnight security, $600,000 for case management staff, $65,000 for food and $85,000 for utilities and supplies.

Mayor Mike Coffman’s proposal to ban urban camping in Aurora will be voted on a third time, March 28. With that in mind, members of the city council showed their support in turning the Aurora Day Resource Center into a year-round shelter.

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“I miss him,” she said.

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Joe Lee, who had known him for about two years, said Walton was determined to get sober and was on the way to getting his life back on track before he died.

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“He was a good man,” Rogers said. “He’d give you the shirt off his back.”

A member of Aurora’s homeless community, Walton died on the streets of Aurora in early March at age 47. The cause of his death has

Lee said Walton was proud of his roots in Texas but considered Aurora his home. He remembered Walton as a happy person, but one who would not stand for people being aggressive in the shelter or mistreating others, particularly women or children. Many people at the memorial remarked on his deep faith and his protective nature, even toward shelter employees.

“Even as staff I know he would have taken a bullet for me,” said Valerie Quintrell, a peer specialist with Mile High Behavioral Health.

Jessica Starcher had known Walton for 10 years, starting from when she was a branch manager of a labor company before she was homeless and he was one of her favorite employees. She remembered him for the sunglasses he always wore, his faith (“on Jesus” was a frequent refrain of his) and his riotous sense of humor.

“He could make you laugh at the drop of a hat,” she said.

Rev. Doug Friesema, pastor at Aurora First Presbyterian Church, spoke briefly and read a passage from Phillippians before inviting people to share their memories of Walton.

Friesama said he did not know Walton well but that he would often be helping out at the Colfax Community Network, which shares space with the church. It was clear he was someone who meant a lot to people in the community, he said.

Mayor Mike Coffman and city councilmembers Ruben Medina and Angela Lawson were present as well. The council voted 6-5 on March 14, to move forward with a ban on unauthorized camping within the city that Coffman introduced. It will be put to a final vote later this month.

Coffman disputed that the ban could make it harder for homeless people to access resources, saying that he thought it was important that people come to shelters instead of being isolated outside.

Advocates have said that the city does not have enough permanent shelter for all its homeless population. Coffman said that the city is exploring its options, but that one potential possibility is tearing down the building the day resource center is currently housed in, a renovated former gym for the Aurora Police Department, and building a new 24/7 facility on the site.

Walton had strong ties to the ARDC, which he was present at on and off for the past five years.

“He left a mark on us,” said Tamika Nuamah, a staff member.

Nuamah said she met Walton on the very first day the center opened in 2017. He told her that he was going to be out of homelessness in the next 90 days

He didn’t make it. But she said he was instrumental in helping build

A slim majority of Aurora City Council members on Monday granted the mayor, currently Mike Coffman, the power to stop what he determines to be “attacks of a personal nature” during group debate.

Coffman sponsored the proposal, which he said was meant to keep policy debates from devolving into “name-calling” and “personal attacks.”

“I just think that we have some of the lowest standards,” Coffman said. “It’s incredible. And let me tell you, the productivity by some of the members who are the most aggressive is not very good. And so I think it would make this council a lot more collegial.”

The decision came after Councilmember Juan Marcano clashed with Coffman and Councilmember Francoise Bergan over Marcano’s claim that supporters of a ban on unauthorized camping sponsored by Coffman had acted dishonestly.

When Marcano asked Coffman on Monday whether calling other council members “unproductive” was a personal attack, the mayor said he thought it would have been if he mentioned Marcano by name.

Marcano and other progressives said they were worried the rule would be used by Coffman and members of the conservative majority to silence criticism and prevent lawmakers from calling out misinformation.

“This does nothing to actually increase the collegiality of the body as a whole,” Alison Coombs said, pointing out that council members’ speech outside of meetings wasn’t regulated. “I applaud the idea that we should be more collegial, but I don’t think this accomplishes that goal.”

“How would you feel about this if the gavel were in somebody else’s hands?” Marcano asked the group.

Regardless, the council passed Coffman’s proposal 6-5, with the mayor breaking the tie in favor, and Councilmember Angela Lawson joining Coombs, Marcano, Ruben Medina and Crystal Murillo in opposition.

Lawson at one point said she was concerned about council members’ tone of voice or facial expressions being used to disqualify statements as personal attacks.

“It doesn’t speak to tone at all; it speaks to personal attacks,” Coffman said of the rule. “You can have a fairly aggressive debate without name-calling.”

The rule change specifies that the mayor’s role is to “stop and redirect the discussion as needed” when one council member engages in “attacks of a personal nature” against another during a council meeting.

When asked what the penalty could be for council members violating the rule, city spokesman Ryan Luby said in an email that “under the Council Rules of Order and Procedure, the only disciplinary action ›› See METRO, 7

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available to the Council is censure.”

Other rule changes approved by council on Monday included new limits on open public comment and a proposal by councilman Dustin Zvonek to give members the ability to require city staffers to get a member to sponsor a resolution or ordinance before it is discussed by the group.

— MAX LEVY, Staff Writer

COPS

Overland volunteer arrested

A man who was a spectator and occasional volunteer at Overland High School basketball games is facing child exploitation charges for allegedly soliciting nude photos of underage girls in exchange for money.

Darnell Ward, 44, was arrested March 9 in Phoenix, Ariz. on charges related to child exploitation and sexual assault, according to an Aurora Police Department news release.

He was extradited to Colorado and will be prosecuted in the 18th Judicial District, where he is facing two counts of sexual exploitation of a child, a class 4 felony and two counts of obscenity to a minor, a class 6 felony.

According to an arrest affidavit, a man went to the Aurora Police Department in August after finding phone messages between Ward and his teenage daughter. The affidavit said that Ward had given the girl money through the mobile payment service Cash App for things like a new car battery and the fees for AP tests in exchange for nude photos.

When interviewed by police, the teenager said that Ward had reached out to her unsolicitedly and gradually began asking her for photos, while offering to give her money for expenses. She said most of the photos she sent him were found off the internet, though some were of her, the affidavit said. She also said that one time she joined a video call with him and he was exposing himself.

The teenager said she knew of another teenage girl Ward was doing the same thing with, the affidavit said.

Police interviewed another victim who said that she had known Ward since she was in fifth or sixth grade, and he would sometimes give her money for birthdays or the holidays, the affidavit said. When she was in 11th grade he began asking her to FaceTime him and to send him naked photos, and in return he would give her money. She told investigators his requests made her uncomfortable.

“She deleted his contacts because he texted her constantly and it got ‘weird,’” the affidavit said.

Police also spoke to a third person who had a very similar series of interactions with Ward but was 18 at the time, the affidavit said. She told investigators that Ward came across as “weird” and “too nice,” and at one point claimed he was dying and had checked into a hospital.

According to sections of the affidavit that are heavily redacted, Ward

is the parent of a high school student at a local school district.

“The investigation determined that Ward occasionally was a parent spectator at Overland High School girls’ basketball games and would help record scores for the game,” the APD release said. “However, he was not an official volunteer. It is believed Ward also has helped with sporting events in the Denver Metro area schools. Based on Ward’s history and past allegations, investigators believe there are additional victims who have been victimized by Ward and have not yet reported it.”

Ward was initially contacted by police in August. He admitted to contact with the first victim but said that he had not contacted any other underage girls, the affidavit said. He spoke with police again in February and said that he did not remember the other victims “but that he believed their statements to be true.”

“Ward advised that he was not in the ‘right frame of mind’ when he made the decisions that he did and he stated again that he was not a predator who sought to have sex with children,” the affidavit said.

Investigators filed a search warrant for several phones belonging to ward. One phone contained several of the nude photos described by the first victim, the affidavit said.

Investigators believe Ward was given some type of advance warning about the case because several days before police first contacted him he had made searches on his phone including “Colorado first time offense for child pornography” and “how long does someone have to register as a sex offender,” the affidavit said. Police also found searches for pornography including the term “young” and “high school.”

Ward is currently an inmate in the Arapahoe County Jail on a $50,000 bond, according to online records. He is scheduled to appear in court on April 15.

Additional victims who wish to report to the police can call police dispatch at 303-627-3100. Anyone with information about the case is encouraged to call Internet Crimes Against Children at 303-739-6711.

— CARINA JULIG, Staff Writer

Ex-vet regulator accused of animal cruelty

A former member of the board that regulates Colorado’s veterinarians faces animal cruelty allegations after authorities said pet birds were found living in bad conditions in her suburban Denver home.

Ellen Kessler, 72, was issued a summons to appear in court May 23 to answer to 13 misdemeanor counts of animal cruelty after a visitor tipped off authorities earlier this month, Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Karlyn Tilley said Tuesday.

A woman who answered the phone at Kessler’s home said she had no comment.

According to the sheriff’s office, animal control officers found the birds living in Kessler’s basement with water and food but no sunlight

and their cages and the floors were covered in seed, dirt and feces. Flies and many mice, dead and alive, were also found, Tilley said.

Kessler agreed to have the birds taken to a veterinarian but one of the 13 birds was dead and another died at the veterinarian’s office, Tilley said. The other birds were suffering various health problems.

Kessler, an animal rights activist, was appointed to the board to represent the public by Democratic Gov. Jared Polis but resigned earlier this year after making critical comments about ranchers and the livestock industry.

— THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Man struck, killed on Colfax

A motorist who struck and killed a pedestrian on East Colfax Friday night was also struck and killed by another car after he pulled over to render aid to the man he had just hit, police said.

Police said that an unidentified man was crossing East Colfax Avenue at Uvalda Street, outside of a crosswalk, at about 7:50 p.m. when the first collision occurred. A man driving west in  a Mitsubishi sedan struck the man in the street and immediately pulled over to offer aid.

As the unidentified man was getting out of his car, he, too, was struck by a motorist in a Mercury SUV, also

driving west on Colfax.

The driver of the Mercury pulled over and remained on the scene, police said.

The man first struck was pronounced dead on the scene by rescuers. The man driving the Mitsubishi was rushed to a nearby hospital and died there from injuries sustained after being hit.

“Investigators do not believe that speed or alcohol were contributing factors for either driver,” police said.

Both of the men killed during the crashes will be identified later by Adams County coroner officials.

“We ask anyone who may have witnessed this crash or has

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Anne Marie Ayers

A phenomenal spirit, Annie took her last Harley ride on March 12, 2022. We hope that Heaven is ready for her love of fireworks and loud bikes.

Annie was 65.

Anne Marie Ayers was the first of six children of Tom and Jean McCallin. She is survived by her husband, Jim Ayers, her daughter Katy Ayers (Curtis Arbuckle), her son Chris Ayers (Michelle Gebhart), her grandson James Arbuckle Ayers, her sisters, Nancy McCallin (Clark Hine), Julia McCallin (Kevin Strotz), her brothers Andy McCallin and Tom McCallin, her faithful four-legged companions, Morrison and Shocker, her brothers and sisters in-law, numerous nieces, and a nephew. The light of her life was her grandson, James. She was predeceased by her parents and her sister/partner in crime, Rose.

Annie was born and raised in Denver before making her home in Aurora. She loved motorcycles. This love started early in her life when she and Rose saved their money to buy a motorized mini-bike. They terrorized the neighborhood doing flips and wheelies in the vacant lots surrounding Southmoor Park. This early love of motorbikes presaged her infatuation with Harley Davidson motorcycles, again, saving her money to buy a Harley as an adult.

Anne was also a legend for her amazing Fourth of July Firework displays, which were enjoyed (and, once, heavily fined) throughout her neighborhood for decades.

Annie was a compassionate, caring person; always helping anyone who needed it. She spent the majority of her career with the Comitis Crisis Center, Inc. At the time, it was Aurora’s only youth shelter; and one of few shelters in the metro area for the unhoused. Anne helped ensure Comitis was utilized and funded as an integral part of the city and state’s social services network.

During her tenure at Comitis, there were no snow days and no sick days. This strong sense of duty to others continued throughout her career as she worked as the Executive Director for the Juvenile Assessment Center in Arapahoe County; Metro Community Provider Network/STRIDE; and finally with the Aurora Mental Health Center where she worked as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker therapist with AuMHC’s Center for Life Skills. Her colleagues remember her as a positive radiant person who was the cornerstone of inspiration for the team. They relished her friendliness, kindness, and humor. She was the true embodiment of grit. Even serious rheumatoid arthritis and the debilitating pain it produced did not deter her from her mission –to help others help themselves.

Ask around and everyone will tell you that Annie was one of the nicest people you could ever meet. She couldn’t go anywhere without someone recognizing her and saying hello. People often note her strong spirit and positive attitude. Annie had a big heart, beautiful smile, contagious laugh, and deeply cared for others. She was genuinely interested in everyone’s story and experience.

Her reach and impact are impossible to quantify.

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dash-camera footage of the crash, and has not yet spoken to police, to contact the Aurora Police Traffic Section,” police said.

— SENTINEL STAFF

Man shot in central Aurora

Police said a man his 40s has been shot March 16 while in the area of East Alameda Parkway and East Ohio Avenue in Aurora.

The man was taken to a nearby hospital. His condition is unknown. The shooting was reported by police at about 4:45 p.m.

“No suspect has been identified, and no arrests have been made,” police said in a tweet.

No other details were released.

— SENTINEL STAFF

Threat cancels All-Star game

The annual Sentinel A-Town All-Star Boys and Girls Basketball Games won’t be played Monday night at Overland High School as scheduled after school officials canceled the event, citing a potential risk of violence.

“In collaboration with law enforcement, and out of an abundance of caution, Monday’s A-Town AllStar Games will not be hosted at our facilities,” Cherry Creek Schools said Sunday in a statement to The Sentinel.

Recent events in Aurora and the metro area involving teenagers and shootings have created an uneasy environment locally, according to Cherry Creek Schools officials.

After being made aware of a social media post alluding to the AllStar games, it became apparent to school officials that the event could not be held with the assurance of safety of players and spectators, school officials said.

On Sunday, a spokesperson said there was no specific threat regarding the school nor the A-Town All-Stars annual event. On Monday

however, district spokesperson Abbe Smith clarified and said Cherry Creek Schools was alerted to a potential threat on social media.

“We have received information from law enforcement regarding a possible social media threat specifically targeting either the All-Stars game or the venue,” Smith said in the email. “We made the decision not to host the event out of an abundance of caution and after consultation with law enforcement.”

The decision to cancel the game was ultimately made by the district, according to an Aurora Police Department spokesperson.

“Due to recent incidents of youth violence in the metro area, the Aurora Police Department was planning to increase our presence at the A-Town All-Stars Game Monday evening,” Agent Matthew Wells-Longshore said in a statement. “In our conversations with Cherry Creek School Staff, the Aurora Police Department was confident with the additional security measures and left the final decision to cancel the event in the hands of school officials.”

The police department declined to discuss the nature of the information shared with the district, but all threats made regarding schools are taken seriously and investigated, Wells-Longshore said.

The Sentinel Colorado All-Stars boys and girls basketball games involve include athletes and coaches from the region, but it is not a school-sponsored event.

“We’re deeply disappointed for the athletes, the coaches and the fans who turn out for what is truly an all-star performance by some of the top girls and boys basketball talent in the region,” said Sentinel Editor and Publisher Dave Perry. “But we understand and appreciated a heightened concern for the safety of everyone.”

Cherry Creek officials said that because of a spate of “gang-related violence along the Front Range and social media threats” the potential

for risk is elevated in the region.

“The safety of our students and staff, as well as our entire community, is always our highest priority,” officials said in the statement “Anyone with information about potentially dangerous behavior is encouraged to contact police or Safe2Tell.”

Smith said that the cancellation should not make district families feel unsafe to attend or participate in sporting events, and that “this was a concern about a specific event on a specific date and location.”

District officials did not say if the concern was connected to the March 11 shooting death of a 16-year-old Overland High School student in the Heather Ridge neighborhood of Aurora adjacent to the campus.

No new information is available about the case, which is under investigation by Aurora Police, Wells-Longshore said in an email.

Smith said that the district is in contact with multiple law enforcement agencies regarding investigations into gang violence in the metro area.

Individual profiles for all of the 40 boys and girls basketball selections — which include at least one player from each of Aurora’s largest 11 schools (Aurora Central, Cherokee Trail, Eaglecrest, Gateway, Grandview, Hinkley, Overland, Rangeview, Regis Jesuit, Smoky Hill and Vista PEAK) — are available at ATownAllStars.com.

The annual event returned in 2021 after missing 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic. This year’s game may be rescheduled.

“Cherry Creek Schools would be willing to host this event or a similar event at a later date and we have reached out to The Sentinel to begin those conversations,” Smith said.

Perry said Sentinel Sports Editor Courtney Oakes, students and coaches from across the region will assess the possibility of a new date for the event.

— COURTNEY OAKES & CARINA JULIG, Staff Writers

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Camp is for college prep, too

Some summer camps are for unwinding, getting outdoors, playing sports or music, or doing crafts. And then there are those that offer kids — most of them heading into junior or senior year of high school — intensive study sessions focused on upping SAT scores, working on college applications and essays, getting help navigating the admissions process and, in some cases, experiencing a taste of college life.

“Our goal is to give them tools for success, and access to high-level instruction and materials that they may not otherwise have access to,” says Nermin Fraser, di-

rector of admissions at the Berkeley, California-based Education Unlimited.

The organization runs college admission prep camps on the campuses of the University of California at Berkeley, UCLA, Yale and Georgetown. Kids stay in dorms and eat in the campus cafeteria.

The camps are a lot of work (sometimes accompanied by a little play), and aren’t for everyone, administrators say.

Kids who are struggling academically might not be a good fit.

“Kids should have an A or B average and be academically motivated. The nice thing about it is that there are no grades. Some kids work super hard and seek out extra work. Other kids may not be there yet in terms of their mindset. They can benefit from the process in either case,” says Fraser, a former high school principal.

“Because we work in small groups with personalized attention, we are able to help kids make incremental growth from wherever they are starting,’’ she says.

Most students in the program are rising juniors, getting ready to take SAT and ACT exams. Rising seniors tend to focus on college applications and essays.

While the focus is on academics, Fraser says campers also go on field trips and tours of local college campuses.

Command Education runs college-prep summer programs in New York and Los Angeles. They cater mainly to kids entering senior year.

“A lot of students tend to procrastinate during the school year, when there isn’t a lot of time to focus on college essays and applications anyway,” says Christopher Rim, who runs the program.

“We structure the camp so that they’re working independently. But it’s easier to focus on working on the essay because they are surrounded by other kids who are working, too. We have them from 10 to 5. They submit their essay before they go to sleep. It’s looked at at night, and in the morning they get it back and start on it again,” Rim says.

“It’s an intense camp, and is really for students ready to put in

the hard work,” he says.

If that sounds like a grueling way to spend part of the summer, Rim says the camps sell out quickly.

The hard work put in during the summer makes the college application process less stressful in the long run, he says, since students can enter senior year with application and essay completed.

The camps tend to have hefty price tags, though.

Education Unlimited’s summer camps range from around $3,000 for a 7-day college admissions camp to $8,000 for a 21-day version. Command Education’s offerings cost an eye-popping $20,000 for a weeklong camp, including counseling before and after camp to help navigate the college admissions process.

Many camps offer discounts or, in some cases, full scholarships for qualified students in need.

Nevertheless, for-profit college-prep camps give wealthier kids a leg up, says Rick Mayfield, director of learning and achievement at the San Luis Coastal Unified School District in San Luis Obispo, California.

“A low-income family would not consider something like this, even at a discounted rate,’’ he says.

He said high schools must try hard to provide such support themselves to students.

“What we have tried to create in schools are resources that kids and families can tap into to help them with the process that do not cost money,’’ he says. “There are adults that can show how to go about the application process, help with letter writing, and applying for scholarship funding. The playing field is anything but leveled and it is an uphill battle for those of lower socio-economic status.’’

Rim notes that because wealthier communities tend to have better schools, the entire process is unfair from the start of a student’s education. But he says colleges tend to set aside a certain number of places for qualified students in need, as well as for international students, so wealthy U.S. applicants are competing with each other for slots, not with those with fewer resources or those from overseas.

For the perfect camp care package, remember: Less is more

For parents of campers heading to sleepaway camp, spring can mean a whole lot of shopping, finding duffel bags, labeling clothes, packing, and then they’re off! And then it’s time to think about popping a little something in the mail so your camper can have the thrill of receiving a care package.

But what to send? How much and how often?

Moderation is the word to keep in mind, warns Amy Broadbridge, director of Camp Deerhorn in Rhinelander, Wisconsin. Her camp has tried to deemphasize care packages in recent years.

“Because honestly, care packages at camp have kind of gotten out of control. Parents feel pressure to send multiple care packages and they have to all be awesome,” she says. Camp Deerhorn asks parents to send only one care package per summer. The idea is to emphasize the camper’s independence and focus on the camp experience itself.

So hold back on the frequency, and think about the following guidelines:

IN ALL LIKELIHOOD, NO FOOD

This is a pretty universal rule among camps, for some very good reasons. Broadbridge explains, “We have life-threatening allergies, and woodland creatures who love to come into cabins to hunt for food.” Her camp’s ban on food in care packages includes all candy and gum, but not all parents (or grandparents) stick to the rules. Camp staff looks for candy in tricky places.

If your camp does allow food care packages, it will likely have strict guidelines, which you should follow closely.

(no EarPods!).

Lauren Bayne of Austin, Texas, loves sending care packages to her two boys, now 10 and 13, and remembers receiving great packages from her mother. She says she has gone overboard in the past and is paring her shipments back.

“Campers love getting anything during mail delivery, so you can keep it small and novel and they’ll be just as excited,” she says.

One of her go-to gifts is to get cardstock prints made of a good group photo of the cabin campers (usually posted by the camp online for parents). She sends a stack with her son’s contact information on it for him to share with friends and collect their info.

ACTIVITIES FOR DOWNTIME

For quieter moments, when your camper might need to recharge and have some alone time, Broadbridge suggests puzzles like Rubik’s cubes, books, comics, and markers, pens and paper. Baumfeld adds: a camp journal, small plush animals, collapsible water bottle, yo-yo, a slinky, a small fan.

Bayne sends puzzle books to her kids: Sudoku, crosswords, word searches and so on.

PRACTICAL GIFTS

Should you forget an essential when packing for camp, it will be more than welcome in the mail! Your campers may not ask for a rain poncho or a flashlight, but when it gets rainy or they have to do something at night, they will be happy to have them. My kids always ended up with one sock at the end of their camp stay, and a sixpack of fresh socks mid-session was greeted with more enthusiasm than you might think.

If your kid is working on something particular at camp, think about sending something to support their hobby: new guitar strings, a magic trick, or a can of fresh tennis balls, for instance.

WHAT NOT TO SEND

GROUP GIFTS

Broadbridge recommends sending items that kids can play with friends and cabinmates, such as Frisbees and other outdoor games, Mad Libs, joke books and playing cards.

Isaac Baumfeld, camp director of French Woods Festival of the Performing Arts in Hancock, New York, suggests pick-up sticks, a small chess set and hacky sacks.

If you are thinking of sending the whole cabin a gift, make sure you know how many kids are in it (send one extra, just in case!). Ideas for group gifts include fun sunglasses, flashlights, glow sticks or necklaces, or funny socks. The gifts should be cute and fun but not show-offy or expensive

Broadbridge says her “No’s” include anything that creates division among campers or makes a mess. Things like silly string, water balloons, squirt guns, sling shots, pranks or gags “will all cause problems more than they will create fun,” she says. And no silly putty or slime either. “Once that gets on clothes and fleece blankets, it’s over.”

CARE PACKAGE WEBSITES

Many companies provide readymade care packages. They include: Sealed with a Kiss , The Wrinkled Egg , Mirth in a Box, Everything Summer Camp and Oriental Trading Company. But remember, less is more. Camp is a wonderful and often formative experience, and it shouldn’t be cluttered with too much outside stuff.

As Broadbridge says, “The gift is camp itself, and that’s what we try to focus on.”

Which camp? Choose a day camp that fits your child, not everybody else’s

Time to Relax

Kids are off to summer camp

Kids spend hours having fun at day camp, their summer schedules brimming with swimming, boating and aiming for that bull’seye. Through all the laughs and memory-making, though, they’re also getting something else: a boost to their social development.

“Because there is so much social interaction, you see an acceleration of kids’ friendship skills, conflict resolution skills, empathy and other social skills,” says Christopher Thurber , a clinical psychologist and longtime camp employee and leadership adviser.

“Day camp is great because your child becomes their best self there,” he says.

With thousands of day camps in the United States ready to welcome your child, how do you find the right one?

Think about your own child, and don’t necessarily choose the camp where everyone else is sending their kids, says Jill Tipograph, the founder/director of EverythingSummer.com, a New York-based independent educational consultancy that helps families find summer programs for children K-12.

“You need to really think about who your child is, and what you would like them to gain out of a day camp experience,” she says.

“Finding the right camp for your child, no matter what age they are and what type it is, is all about fit,” Tipograph says. “Your child has to be some place where you think they’re going to flourish and where you feel they’re safe.”

Some factors to consider and steps to take before choosing a camp:

TRADITIONAL VS. SPECIALTY

Talk to your children about what activities or skills interest them. While traditional day camps offer a range of activities like arts and crafts, sports and swimming, specialty camps let kids immerse themselves in one activity, like baking or soccer or surfing or painting or woodworking.

Tipograph recommends younger children start with traditional camp for a few years, and then perhaps try a specialty camp in middle school if they are developing an interest.

Because day camps are often offered in one-week sessions, it’s easy to mix and match programs to offer a variety of summer experiences, Thurber notes.

“One week of specialization in anything, even for a 5-year-old, is

not overdoing it,” says Thurber, who cautions against an entire summer at one specialty camp.

CAMP LEADERSHIP

Talking with the camp director is key to assessing the quality of the program.

“It is essential that parents ask the director, ‘How long have you been the director? Who was director before you? How long were they the director? Where does your staff come from? How do you hire them? How do you train them and what’s the average tenure of your staff?’” Thurber says. “The shorter those numbers are, the less likely it’s a high-quality program.”

Parents and prospective campers should meet the director if possible, Tipograph advises.

“The camp director plays a pivotal role,” she says. “Are they seen? Are they more in the background? If you don’t relate to the camp director, then you’re typically not going to necessarily relate to the staff because their personality, disposition, their beliefs, their philosophy usually trickle down into the kind of staff that they hire.”

Both experts recommend checking to see if camps are accredited by the American Camp Association . The association has accredited approximately 1,300 day camps in all 50 states; it estimates there are 5,600 day camps throughout the country. There are many camps without accreditation that are high-quality, Thurber says, but parents need to do more research.

THE NITTY GRITTY

Tipograph says parents should consider: How long is the camp day, how structured is the day, how far is the camp from home and what are the transportation options? Is the camp sunny, wooded or hilly? Is there care before and after the regular camp day if needed, how does the camp handle rest time and meals, and does it fit your budget?

What’s the range of activities, what kind of indoor and outdoor facilities are there, and how are rainy days handled? Specialty camps don’t necessarily group kids by age, Tipograph says, so think about what it would be like if your child was the oldest or youngest.

START EARLY

During the off-season, many camps have open houses or events where you can get a sense of the place and meet the staff. If not, now is the time to research camps and enroll before sessions fill up.

You can find camps by ZIP code by searching the American Camp Association’s database or MySummerCamps.com . Camps are also run by churches and synagogues, scouting groups, municipalities and organizations like the YMCA and Boys & Girls Club. And of course there’s word of mouth. “It’s wonderful if a program is vetted by a grown-up or set of parents you trust,” Thurber says.

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In a community where people from around the globe come together, local educators and activists are leveraging the planet’s universal language to bring immigrants into the fold: soccer.

STORY BY CARINA JULIG, SentinelStaff Writer

Aurora schools and local programs created to help immigrants from everywhere find their way in the United States say the “world’s game” makes a natural link from far away places, such as Afghanistan, to the Aurora metroplex.

More than a game, some immigrant assistance volunteers are using soccer as a touchstone to help immigrant and refugee kids find a sense of belonging.

Soccer “provides a sense of familiarity and a connection to home that a lot of newcomers don’t find in many other places in their new communities,” said Casey Thomas, the Colorado director of Soccer Without Borders.

Soccer Without Borders operates in four U.S. states as well as Nicaragua and Uganda. It has had a presence in Greeley since 2012, and in fall 2019 launched a program in partnership with Aurora Public Schools.

Despite operating for only six months before the pandemic began, the program has been immensely popular in Aurora and has continued to grow, organizers say. As the city has received an influx of evacuees from Afghanistan since this past fall, program and district employees hope they can help new arrivals find a sense of connection.

In Greeley, the group worked mainly with refugee youth, Thomas said. Since Northern Colorado has fewer resources for immigrants than the metro area, particularly ones that are

free, the program filled an important gap in the region. But because metro Denver is the largest refugee resettlement area in the state, the group wanted to open up a branch there as well.

Thomas and the rest of her staff started a monthslong search for the right location, speaking to community leaders and people who worked locally with immigrants and refugees. The nonprofit’s main goals were to make sure that they were filling a need and not duplicating any existing services.

They were drawn to Aurora Public Schools in part due to a community needs assessment from Children’s Hospital Colorado, which helped fund SWB’s launch in the metro. The group found that there was a gap in the availability of physical activity programs for students, particularly at the middle school level.

Soccer Without Borders ultimately chose to partner with APS’ ACTION Zone, a group of five northwest Aurora schools that have a strong focus on community engagement.

The majority of refugee students at APS attend ACTION Zone schools, Thomas said.

Kate Garvin, director of family advocacy and community engagement at APS, said that the district had heard about SWB’s work in Greeley and thought that the organization was a natural partner to the ACTION Zone’s work.

The nonprofit initially started working with middle school students at Aurora West K-8, and then expanded in 2021 to working with high school girls at Aurora Central High School. In the summer months it also provides programming to elementary students.

“It’s a place where they can go and be understood and seen,” Garvin said of Soccer Without Borders.

Activists say that kids transplanted here from around the world as immigrants and refugees get comfortable when they mix soccer with their new lives

Staff work with kids on and off the field

The ACTION Zone works with almost 100 community partners, including 25 that provide specific services to refugees, who at times have made up as much as 20% of a school’s student body, Garvin said. What makes Soccer Without Borders unique is that they have trained staff who work inside the school with new students, not just on the field.

SWB staff go through intensive training on working with refugee populations, Thomas said, and partner closely with APS counselors, English language teachers and other support staff to provide tutoring and identify students who could benefit from the program. Even so, she said that the strongest promoters of the program are the kids themselves.

“The word of month among kids is really our strongest pathway for referral,” Thomas said.

Along with helping students develop confidence and feel connected to their school community, a main focus of Soccer Without Borders is helping students learn English. For immigrant students, particularly those in middle and high school, becoming proficient in English is crucial for being able to keep up academically.

“One of our rules at Soccer Without Borders is we practice English because it’s the only language we all have in common,” Thomas said. “We really try and leverage the safe space and sense of community to advance

English language development.”

It appears to be working. According to a 2017 reporting project from NPR, only 67% of English language learners graduated from high school, compared to the national average graduation rate of 82%. For Soccer Without Borders program participants, the graduation rate is 95%, Thomas said.

The nonprofit also tries to help students financially by recruiting them to work as coaches in the summer program it conducts for elementary school students and by giving them opportunities to work part time for the organization while in college. It does not currently have any full-time staff who are program graduates, but Thomas said that hiring staff who are from refugee backgrounds themselves is a top priority.

The program had to scale back once the pandemic arrived, and it spent much of the previous school year having coaches meet with kids over Zoom to provide tutoring and emotional support, and outside in small groups. This school year they still have limits on the number of students allowed to participate at a time but are back to practicing full-time.

The skills the program provides, particularly social-emotional development and in-person interaction with peers, appear more needed than ever.

“It’s really clear the kids had a really hard time through the 18 months of mostly virtual schooling,” Thomas said. That is why the organization prioritized coming back in person.

“There’s nothing that can compare to in-person connection and so-

cial support,” she said.

Mia Golin, an Aurora coach mentor with SWB, heard about the program from a friend after a stint in the Peace Corps. She had been playing soccer all her life, and thought it sounded like the perfect opportunity to combine her passion for working with kids with her love of sports.

“You don’t have to be able to speak the same language as someone to play soccer with them,” Golin said, which makes it a great focal point for kids from many cultures.

She started working with the organization in 2020, which she said was challenging due to the pandemic but gave her the opportunity to form deeper connections with individual students and their families.

Helping students readjust to in-person learning this school year was difficult at first, but after several months back they started to settle in, she said. It’s rewarding working with the students, many of whom can’t afford the fees to participate in traditional extracurriculars, and watching them become more confident and outgoing over time.

“We get responses from teachers, a lot of, ‘Oh, we’re seeing these incredible changes,’” Golin said, and that once-reticent students start talking about how excited they are to go to class.

Unbeknownst to Soccer Without Borders at the time, the in-person return was just in advance of a new wave of refugee students coming to the Aurora area, as thousands of people were evacuated from Afghanistan last fall after the Taliban takeover.

The Afghan students who have

arrived so far have met with a warm welcome from SWB program staff and other student athletes. Golin remembered one of the earliest arrivals from Afghanistan, a middle school boy.

He spoke very little English but was a good soccer player and other students “immediately roped him in,” she said. “Now we see the kids giving him high fives in the hallway and asking him to be on their teams.”

The program is helping him to pick up English quickly and “giving him that space for him to have fun, too,” she said.

On the cover: Bangaly, Maroon shirt, is in 7th grade and brand new to the United States. He has been playing with Soccers Without Borders everyday since he got here.

Photo by Al Milligan Images Inside Cover: Chrispin, yellow shirt, has been playing with Soccer Without Borders for two years.

Photo by Al Milligan Images

Above: Hanane Ghiwane, the school liason at the African Community Center, poses for a portrait, March 22, at the ACC offices in Denver.

Portrait by PHILIP B. POSTON/ Sentinel Colorado

As the immigrant population grows, so does the need

About 2,000 Afghan refugees have been resettled in Colorado since last fall, about 90% of whom are living in the Denver metro area, according to state officials.

“While most all of the evacuees have arrived in Colorado, not all of them are settled in permanent housing yet and the process is still ongoing,” Colorado Department of Human Services spokesperson Jordan Johnson said in an email. “As such, we don’t have an exact number of evacuees who have settled in the Aurora area, but Aurora has been, and continues to be, a welcoming place for Afghans.”

The total number of refugees allowed to be resettled in the U.S. each year dropped to historic lows during the Trump administration, with a cap of only 15,000 in 2020. (The Biden Administration raised the cap to 125,000 in October for the next fiscal year, though immigration advocates have said that the dismantling of infrastructure in the federal government during the previous administration will make it impossible to process that many people.)

After such low numbers for so many years, local refugee resettlement workers say the influx of people from Afghanistan has been stressful but exciting.

“We had such a low number over the past couple of years, so it’s really exciting to see new families and the welcome that other students are providing,” said Thomas.

“It’s definitely been a challenge with the sheer numbers of evacuees that arrived in such a short amount of time,” said Maria Farrier, who works as a development manager at the African Community Center, one of the three agencies that resettles refugees in Colorado.

Within a two-month period last fall, Farrier said that the ACC had resettled more people than it had in the past two fiscal years combined. Since October, it has worked with a total of almost 450 individual evacuees. About 110 Afghan evacuees have resettled in Aurora, but she expects that number to increase slightly as more people make their way into permanent housing.

The ACC had to make a lot of internal adjustments to be able to process so many people, Farrier said, but it also received a huge influx of support from the community. The center made over 50 matches to its “first friends” program, which pairs a local family with a newly arrived refugee individual or family. For a minimum of six months, the families meet at least once a week to help the newcomers improve their English skills and get settled in the community.

The ACC also started a community co-sponsorship program at the end of 2021. The program allows larger organizations, such as faith communities, businesses or clubs, to sponsor a family. The organization is responsible for raising $3,000 for the family, helping them furnish their new home and connecting with them for at least nine months after they arrive.

“The fact that we’ve had those programs in place has really made it so

we’ve been able to resettle this crazy number of people,” Farrier said.

For young people who arrive in Colorado with their families, enrolling in school and getting acclimated is the most important step in helping them be successful. Hanane Ghiwane works as a school liaison at the ACC, where she helps newly arrived families register their children in school districts across the metro area.

Ghiwane makes sure that families have school supplies and helps coordinate between families and districts if they need help filling out paperwork or getting their children connected to services. Due in large part to the recent arrivals from Afghanistan, she currently has a caseload of 147 new students.

Some of the districts are easier for her to work with than others, she said. She commended APS and DPS specifically for being proactive in helping newly arrived students feel welcome and being willing to work with her. The significant diversity in both districts is a boon.

At APS, “when I take a kid from Afghanistan they will have two or three kids from Afghanistan in the same grade and they will introduce them, so they feel like they aren’t alone,” she said.

Some other districts are harder because they’re unwilling to talk to anyone except a child’s parents, even when they don’t speak any English.

“They make it so hard for me to advocate for the kids,” she said.

Getting adjusted to life in a new country, and a new school, is generally easiest for the youngest children and becomes more difficult for adolescents.

“The older they get, it gets harder for me,” Ghiwane said.

Teenagers who have to go straight into high school without knowing any English are at a particular disadvantage, she said, and she tries to work with schools to make sure they get the support they need to stay on track to graduate.

She also works to bridge cultural differences. Families from Afghanistan and other Muslim countries are always eager to make sure their children aren’t served pork at school. Many families come from countries where there is little knowledge about conditions such as ADHD.

It’s about finding a house in addition to making a home

Across the metro area, housing is another challenge. She can’t enroll students in school until they’re in permanent housing. Sometimes families are placed in temporary housing when they first arrive, so she has to wait.

The city itself is also trying to make newly arrived refugees’ transitions smoother.

Community outreach coordinator Minsoo Song said the city is working with Arapahoe Libraries to coordinate a “welcome” event for recent immigrants from Afghanistan and is compiling a list of available housing to provide to refugee families.

Kevin Vargas, chair of Aurora’s Immigrant and Refugee Commission, said commissioners are reaching out to recent refugees through nonprofits — providing meals through organizations like the Village Exchange Center — and schools — offering English classes at Aurora Community College and legal help through the University of Colorado.

“We’re just trying to be a support system for them, really,” he said and described the central role that immigrants and refugees play in a community as diverse as Aurora, especially as small business owners and entrepreneurs.

“Having these Afghans come into this new society and this new place, it’s important for us to invest in them so later on we can also benefit from them.”

Ricardo Gambetta-Alvarado of Aurora’s Office of International and Immigrant Affairs said the local influx of migrants from Afghanistan began around the time of the Taliban takeover.

In late 2021, the office was invited to participate in a state task force for Afghan refugee resettlement and started producing guides to local resources printed in Dari and Pashto — the two official languages of Afghanistan.

The guides address everything from business licensing, to law enforcement, to libraries and includes information about nonprofits offering health care, English classes and other services.

While the office doesn’t know how many families the Pashto and Dari guides had reached, Ricardo Gambetta-Alvarado said aid organizations and the state told them they were used widely among Afghans who decided to settle in Aurora.

“Everything we’re doing is with the goal that everyone will be integrated into the economic, social and political life of the city,” Gambetta-Alvarado said. “This new wave of refugees, they’re going to make big contributions to our city.”

Above: Coats, scarves and toys line the walls of the lobby of the African Community Center offices in Denver. The ACC holds clothing and toy drives for the community members they serve..

Photo by PHILIP B. POSTON/ Sentinel Colorado

Review: “Hurricane Diane”

AURORA FOX ARTS CENTER’S LATEST SHOW BRINGS THE THUNDER

BY CARINA JULIG, Staff Writer

“Hurricane Diane” — a tale about Earth’s ecological destiny — was selected as part of the lineup for the Aurora Fox Arts Center’s 37th season long before the state’s latest bout with the effects of climate change.

The Marshall Fire swept through Boulder County in the very last days of 2021, burning down over 1,000 homes in Louisville and Superior and claiming two lives. Colorado is no stranger to fatal and costly natural disasters, particularly fires and floods.

But the fire, which took place in the dead of winter, left many people stunned. Its victims are now faced with a painful choice: rebuild, potentially at significant expense, in a place that could experience fire danger again in the future? Or uproot their families and go somewhere new?

It’s a struggle familiar to the characters in the play, who near the beginning are reminiscing about a massive storm that tore through their New Jersey suburb. The experience bonded them as neighbors as they huddled together in a reinforced basement, but left plenty of damage in its wake. And now, another storm is on the horizon.

“Hurricane Diane,” which opened this past weekend and runs through April 10, combines the familiar and the fantastical to tackle the subject of climate change. The main character, Diane, is actually Dionysus, the Greek god of nature and fertility. Posing as a lesbian permaculture gardener, Diane is on a mission to create a brand new cult following and restore the earth

to its former glory. But first, she’ll have to convince a group of New Jersey housewives to get on board.

Janae Burris, who also performed in the Fox’s previous play “Dontrell, Who Kissed the Sea,” plays the role with humor and charm, winning the audience over in just the first few minutes. Impressively, Burris is performing while pregnant, and will also be delivering a one-woman comedy special at the Fox on April 16 called “Long Overdue” just days before she’s scheduled to deliver her actual baby (tickets will be on sale soon).

The other four actresses are just as charismatic in their roles as the eccentric residents of a New Jersey cul-de-sac. Sweetheart Beth (Shannan Steele) is letting her lawn run wild as she struggles to deal with the fallout of her husband leaving her. Pam (Karen Slack) is a no-nonsense Italian-American with a love for animal print that could rival the Greeks. Renee (Chelsea Frye) is a bisexual nature lover who’s butting heads with her boss at the HGTV magazine. And Carol (Emma Messenger) is in an unhappy marriage but unwilling to acknowledge that she wants more from her life (except a beautiful front yard).

Diane attempts to win over the women (and get them to let her turn their prim suburban lawns into permaculture paradises) one-by-one as they grapple with minutiae of their own lives. Things come to a head as another hurricane comes bearing down on the New Jersey coast.

The play is written by Madeleine George, the spouse of Lisa Kron, the widely acclaimed writer of the “Fun Home” musi-

cal. George has plenty of accolades in her own right — her play “The (curious case of the) Watson Intelligence” was a finalist for the 2014 Pulitzer Prize in Drama, and in 2016 she received a prestigious Whiting Award. She’s also written for the Hulu original “Only Murders in the Building,” a sendup of the true crime genre starring Steve Martin and Selena Gomez.

“Hurricane Diane” premeried in 2017 at the Two River Theater in New Jersey, and had an off-Broadway debut in New York City in 2019. This is its Colorado premiere. In a director’s note, director and executive producer Helen R. Murray said that the play’s feminine core and environmental themes drew her to it.

“It seems fitting to me that Madeleine George uses the power of Greek myth to tackle the obliteration of our environment,” she wrote. “But this play is much more than a tome to recycling or a missive to ‘leave no trace.’ ‘Hurricane Diane’ takes on the entire apathy, and sometimes antipathy, that humans have for our natural world. In the play’s embrace of these four desperate housewives, and in giving such a voice to their privilege, Madeleine George magnifies how completely out of touch they (and, unfortunately, we) are when it comes to the kind of environmental revolution needed in order to save our planet.”

The Fox has been punching above its weight this season. It would be understandable if it chose to stick to familiar fare in an attempt to entice theatergoers back during an uncertain time for live performances, but instead it launched an ambitious run of mostly lesser-known shows with quirky concepts (all child actors, a pageant about

Scientology) and diverse themes featuring Black and LGBTQ main characters. It’s a testament to the commitment Fox has to serving its audience, and Aurora is the better for it. There’s no need to drive to Denver to get high-quality theater (though the DCPA is putting out a great run as well).

The play, which has a runtime of a little over 90 minutes, includes explicit language and some sexual content. In this reviewer’s opinion it would be appropriate for mature teenagers (though possibly not the kind of thing most people would want to watch with their parents). As per local public health guidelines masks are recommended but not required, and the concession stand is once again open.

The only main complaint is the ending, which leaves a little to be desired. It ends on somewhat of an abrupt note that leaves the watcher wondering how the rest of these characters’ stories are going to play out. But in this case, art imitates life. The story of how we confront climate change as a society is still unfolding. It’s up to us to choose what happens next.

If you go:

• Runs through April 10, Thursdays-Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m.

• Approximate 90 minute runtime, no intermission

• Content advisory: adult language, discussions of a sexual nature

• Adult tickets $28-$40, $20 for seniors 60+, military and students

• Purchase online at aurorafoxartscenter.org or by calling 303-739-1970

• Masks recommended but not required.

A scene from Hurrican Diane which is currently showing at the Aurora Fox Arts Center. The play runs through April 10.

Photo by Marco and Adriane Robinson

2022 Westerra Credit Union Aurora Plunge and 5k

scene & herd

“Hurricane Diane” by Madeleine George

Saturday April 2. Registration starts at 9:30 a.m. Plunge at 11:30 a.m. 5800 S. Powhaton Road, Aurora, CO 80016. Visit www.specialolympicsco.org/event/auroraplunge/ for more information and registration details.

Clyfford Still, Art and the Young Mind

Skyward: Breakthrough in Flight at Wings Over the Rockies

Open through June 19, exhibit included in the price of admission. 7711 E. Academy Blvd. Denver, CO 80230. Monday-Saturday: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Sunday: 12 p.m. - 5 p.m. Visit www.wingsmuseum.org for more information.

“Hurricane Diane” at the Aurora Fox Arts Center 9900 E. Colfax Ave. Showtimes March 18-April 10 Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. Tickets start at $28 for adults and can be purchased at aurorafoxartscenter. org.

The Aurora Fox Arts Center is back with its fourth show of the season. Diane is “a permaculture gardener dripping with butch charm” who’s hiding a tiny secret: she’s actually Dionysus, the Greek god of wine, fertility, festivity and theatre. On a mission to return earth to its natural state, she sets up shop in suburban New Jersey and draws the curiosity of the local housewives. With a description like that, who could resist? The play debuted in 2017 and has been performed in New Jersey, New York and San Diego before making landfall in Aurora. With a run time of just 90 minutes, this “comedy with a twist” will have you holding onto your seat from start to finish. The Fox is partnering with Denver Urban Gardens on this performance; enter the promo cord DUG20 at checkout for discounted tickets.

‘Tis the season! The season to run a 5k for charity and then submerge yourself in Aurora Reservoir, which is undoubtedly the coldest it’s been all year. But! It’s for a very good cause! And, there are tons of spiritual gurus who vouch for the power of an icy dip. Whatever your motivation, this event is one you won’t want to miss. The Special Olympics Colorado is once again hosting a Polar Plunge in Aurora on April 2. The fundraising minimum to plunge is $75 (students and Special Olympics athletes are $50), $35 to run or $110 (or $85) to do both. To learn more about Polar Plunge and to register, visit the organization’s website. This year, the organization aims to raise $500,000 statewide to provide critical funding for more than 15,000 Special Olympics Colorado athletes and bring awareness to those with intellectual disabilities.

Selfie@Stanley

March 11 — Aug. 7 Clyfford Still Museum 1250 Bannock St., Denver Wednesday-Sunday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. tickets $10 adults and free for children 17 and under, purchase online at clyffordstillmuseum.org

Have you ever wondered what an art exhibit designed by young children would look like? Through August, the Clyfford Still museum is bringing this unique idea to life in an exhibit that was “co-created” with children across the Front Range. Clyfford Still was a leading figure in the abstract expressionist movement, and the Denver museum that houses a large collection of his work is carrying on his iconoclastic legacy with this exhibition, which is part of an initiative to welcome children into the museum. The first four galleries will feature Still’s work, with paintings hung at a low eye-level specifically for young viewers. The rest will display artwork that children from six months to eight years old from Fort Collins, Denver, Lafayette and Boulder helped curate. According to the museum website, these local children “selected and arranged their favorite artworks; shared their perspectives for the gallery and audio content; and helped design interactive activities.” Really puts a new spin on the jab that modern art is so abstract that “a child could do it.”

In the span of one lifetime, mankind went from having no instances of significant flight to landing on the moon. It’s the kind of innovation that makes anything feel possible, and it’s all on display at Wings Over the Rockies through June 19. “Skyward: Breakthrough in Flight” examines all of the major milestones that have gotten us to where we are today: simultaneously curious about commercial flights to the final frontier and also wondering how Frontier could possibly give us less leg room. From the very beginning through today and what’s next for flight, you won’t want to miss the stories and artifacts collected by curators at Wings. The exhibit is on through the beginning of the summer.

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

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

Latin Dance Classes at Stanley Marketplace

Every Monday evening at 7 p.m. and Saturday morning at 10 a.m. $6 per person. 2501 North Dallas St., Aurora, CO 80010.

Attention! There’s an easier way to get a good workout in Aurora these days, and it comes with halfpriced beer afterward. No, we’re not talking about a long walk to the neighborhood liquor store (but you do you). We’re talking about Latin dance instructor Carmen Duran’s two classes per week at Aurora’s Stanley Marketplace. It’s a great option for those needing a spicier workout, something socially distanced and, most importantly, interesting and fun. Make it your weekly self-care treat or bring a friend. Heck, bring your Hinge date. With half-priced beers at Cheluna after, it’s bound to be a good time. For more information visit www.stanleymarketplace.com.

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Right: Cherokee Trail senior Derek Glenn Jr., left, earned his way into a Class 5A boys wrestling state championship match for a third straight season and finished as the runner-up at 120 pounds. He is one of three Cougars on the 2021-22 Sentinel Colorado All-Aurora Boys Wrestling Team.

Below: Eaglecrest junior Dorian Ervin made the most of his first trip to the Class 5A boys state wrestling tournament by making the final at 106 pounds, which snapped the program’s 16year drought. His runner-up finish earned him a spot on the All-Aurora Boys Wrestling Team.

The first season without at least one Aurora boys state wrestling champion in quite some time didn’t diminish an outstanding season on the mats.

Thirty-eight city wrestlers earned a chance to compete at Ball Arena — where the state tournament returned after the coronavirus pandemic forced it to Pueblo last year — and 10 of them ended up on the medal podium at the conclusion of the three-day spectacle.

BOYS WRESTLING ALL-AURORA

Those 10 top-six placers, which represent five different Aurora programs, make up the majority of the 2021-22 SentinelColoradoAll-Aurora Boys Wrestling Team, which is primarily based on state results.

thew Buck and Derek Glenn Jr. and freshman Chance Matthews.

Glenn Jr. made a state championship match for the third straight season, but lost for the second straight time after becoming the Cougars’ first-ever state champion back in 2020. Glenn Jr. finished 44-5 and as the 120-pound runner-up with a 7-2 loss to Ponderosa’s Jacob Myers.

Buck, son of Cherokee Trail coach Jeff Buck, made a miraculous run to the 160-pound state title match after he finished fourth in his region the previous week to set up a tough state road. Buck lost to Ponderosa’s Murphy Menke in the final, but went 38-14 in his final prep season. Matthews (42-12) split six matches in his state debut and placed sixth at 113 pounds.

Eaglecrest also had a fantastic season that saw one of its wrestlers earn his way into the state final for the first time in 16 seasons.

Mat marvels

Centennial League champion Grandview leads the way with five All-Aurora performers in seniors Gabriel Lasley (138 pounds), Sonny Quintana (145), Andrew Sarro (152) and Josh Allen (17o) along with junior Maxwell Kibbee (195), which helped coach Ryan Budd’s Wolves to a city-best fifth-place team finish.

BY COURTNEY OAKES Sports Editor

Quintana, Allen and Kibbee earned top-six places at their respective weights, led by the third place from Kibbee, who went 5-1 at state and 40-7 on the season. Quintana earned his second career state place by taking fourth and finished 35-8, while Allen claimed fourth in his one and only state tournament and finished 28-12.

Lasley and Sarro (who was a regional champion) both finished 1-2 at the state tournament and were 21-11 and 33-11, respectively, for the season.

Cherokee Trail took a program record and citybest 11 wrestlers to the state tournament and three of them earned All-Aurora honors in seniors Mat-

Junior Dorian Ervin’s first trip to the state tournament ended in the 106-pound title match, where he lost to Chaparral’s Declan Strait to finish a sparkling 45-7.

Senior Mike Witt fills the All-Aurora heavyweight position after a 1-2 performance at state to cap a 44-10 season, while the Raptors’ third representative is senior Aaron Frimpong, who fills a 132-pound spot that was the only weight that Aurora did not have a state qualifier.

Regis Jesuit has a pair of All-Aurora performers who each performed well in their first chances to wrestle at the state tournament. Freshman Garrett Reece’s debut season saw him finish 38-11, which included a 4-2 performance at state that ended with a fourth-place result at 126 pounds. Junior Dirk Morley’s rapid improvement between seasons saw him finish in fourth place at 220 pounds after a 34-13 season.

Rangeview’s Greg Brooks entered the state tournament undefeated at 182 pounds and suffered two losses — both by two-point decisions — to finish 29-2 and in fourth place.

2021-22 Sentinel Colorado All-Aurora Boys Wrestling Team

106 pounds: Dorian Ervin, jr., Eaglecrest

113 pounds: Chance Matthews, fr., Cherokee Trail

120 pounds: Derek Glenn Jr., sr., Cherokee Trail

126 pounds: Garrett Reece, fr., Regis Jesuit

132 pounds: Aaron Frimpong, sr., Eaglecrest

138 pounds: Gabriel Lasley, sr., Grandview

145 pounds: Sonny Quintana, sr., Grandview

152 pounds: Andrew Sarro, sr., Grandview

160 pounds: Matthew Buck, sr., Cherokee Trail

170 pounds: Josh Allen, sr., Grandview

182 pounds: Greg Brooks, jr., Rangeview

195 pounds: Maxwell Kibbee, jr., Grandview

220 pounds: Dirk Morley, jr., Regis Jesuit

285 pounds: Mike Witt, sr., Eaglecrest

For full 2021-22 All-Aurora boys wrestling team, please visit sentinelcolorado.com/preps

PHOTOS BY COURTNEY OAKES/SENTINEL COLORADO

Girls wrestlers got to share the stage with the boys for the first time at Ball Arena this season and Aurora’s contingent helped make it a spectacular debut.

Three of Aurora’s girls wrestling programs — Eaglecrest, Vista PEAK and newcomer Overland — earned representation on the 2021-22 SentinelColoradoAll-Aurora Girls Wrestling Team, which is based primarily on results from the state tournament.

Eaglecrest — a co-op of wrestlers from several schools in the Cherry Creek Schools system — had a total of seven state qualifiers and six of them earned All-Aurora spots, including another state placer in senior Savannah Smith, who ended up in sixth place at 111 pounds. Smith tied for the most matches of any Aurora state qualifier (six) and won three of them by fall to finish the season 25-11.

The Raptors’ All-Aurora contingent also includes junior Kaiya Winbush (Cherokee Trail) at 136 pounds and sophomore Gianna Falise (Grandview) at 147 pounds. Each won a match at state and finished 16-12 and 25-11, respectively.

Dazzling debut

Leading the way among the city group is the first wrestler from a girls program to win a state championship in the sport when it was in the pilot stages or in two years of sanctioning and that is Eaglecrest junior Blythe Cayko, the 185-pound state winner.

BY COURTNEY OAKES Sports Editor

Cayko placed fifth as a freshman when the final state tournament of the pilot stage took place at Thornton High School and she moved up to third last season when the first sanctioned state tournament took place in Pueblo, due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Extensive offseason work combined with the work of a variety of Eaglecrest coaches helped put Cayko in position for the dominating season she had in 2021-22. She finished the season 32-0 to join four others — Loveland’s Morgan Johnson (105), Pomona’s Persaeus Gomez and Desza Munson (118 & 147) and Jefferson’s Alina Antillon (136) — as undefeated state winners.

On top of that, all 32 of Cayko’s wins came via pin, including the one that clinched her state championship. She rolled over in a scramble with Calhan’s Taylor Knox — the 2021 state champion — and earned the win by fall to put the finishing touch on a season that also saw her earn All-American status as winner of the first Reno Tournament of Champions and also earn Centennial League Wrestler of the Year honors.

Junior Caici Mitchell (118, 11-15) and senior Katrina Cervantes (127, 25-14) were state qualifiers who each lost their two state matches for Eaglecrest, while sophomore Chasey Karabell takes the All-Aurora slot at 100 pounds despite not qualifying for state. She placed sixth at regionals and finished 16-9.

Vista PEAK had two All-Aurora performers in senior Samiah Andrews (215 pounds) and junior Leilani Camaal (161).

Andrews qualified for state last year in the smaller field and she tied with Smith for the most mat time at Ball Arena this time as she wrestled six matches and went 4-2 to place fifth in her weight class. All four of Andrews’ wins — part of a 14-12 season — came by fall.

Camaal, who played football in the fall, finished 1-2 at state with both losses coming to the girls who placed fourth and sixth in her weight class. She was 19-13 for the season.

Overland had its own wrestling team for the first time season thanks to a push by senior Katelynn Czerpak and junior Vianca Mendoza, who both had wrestled with the Eaglecrest program previously.

Both won matches at the state tournament get the Trailblazers on the scoreboard and Czerpak went even further by winning three of her five matches to give the program its first state placer when she took fourth at 105 pounds.She won her first two matches by fall to reach the semifinals and guarantee a podium spot.

Left: Eaglecrest junior Blythe Cayko has her arm raised after winning the 185-pound title match at the girls state wrestling tournament at Ball Arena. Cayko finished an undefeated season with her 32nd win by fall and leads a contingent of seven Eaglecrest wrestlers on the 2021-22 Sentinel Colorado All-Aurora Girls Wrestling Team.

Below: Vista PEAK senior Samiah Andrews had her arm raised four times in six matches at the state wrestling tournament as she placed fifth at 215 pounds and earned a spot on the All-Aurora girls wrestling team.

2021-22 Sentinel Colorado All-Aurora Girls Wrestling Team

100 pounds: Chasey Karabell, soph., Eaglecrest

105 pounds: Katelynn Czerpak, sr., Overland

111 pounds: Savannah Smith, sr., Eaglecrest

118 pounds: Caici Mitchell, jr., Eaglecrest

127 pounds: Katrina Cervantes, sr., Eaglecrest

136 pounds: Kaiya Winbush, jr., Eaglecrest

147 pounds: Gianna Falise, soph., Eaglecrest

161 pounds: Leilani Camaal, jr., Vista PEAK

185 pounds: Blythe Cayko, jr., Eaglecrest*

215 pounds: Samiah Andrews, sr., Vista PEAK

* — State champion

For full 2021-22 All-Aurora girls wrestling team, please visit sentinelcolorado.com/preps

GIRLS WRESTLING ALL-AURORA

PHOTOS BY COURTNEY OAKES/SENTINEL COLORADO

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BOYS SWIMMING

City teams excel at Dick Rush Invitational

It’s still early in the boys swimming season, but Aurora teams were in pretty good form March 18-19 at the Dick Rush Coaches Invitational at the Veterans’ Memorial Aquatic Center. The meet was held for the first time since 2019 as it was lost in 2020 when the coronavirus pandemic canceled the entire spring sports season and also caused a shortened season in 2021.

Aurora teams — the majority of which were still shorthanded due to spring break as well as swimmers preparing for an upcoming club sectional meet — won eight of the 12 events and took four of the top six team spots as Regis Jesuit finished as the runner-up, with Smoky Hill third, Cherokee Trail fourth and Grandview sixth. With only a diver entered, the Aurora Public Schools’ co-op team finished 24th.

Coach Nick Frasersmith’s Raiders claimed victory in half of the 12 events and without any entered divers scored 539 points to finish only behind Cherry Creek (592.5).

Regis Jesuit swept the three relay events (all of which included Hawkins Wendt), while Wendt (50 yard freestyle), Gio Aguirre (100 yard freestyle) and Luke Dinges (100 yard butterfly) also won individually. Aguirre anchored victories in both the 200 and 400 freestyle relays, while Dinges swam on the 200 medley and 400 freestyle and Mack Dugan and Jacob Sykora each swam on two winning relays.

Patrick Adams dropped more than four seconds from his prelim time to win the 500 freestyle for coach Scott Cohen’s Smoky Hill team, which finished third with 387 points. Tucker Meeks triumphed in the 200 freestyle to pace coach Kipp Meeks’ Cherokee Trail group to 232 and fourth. Coach Dan Berve’s Grandview team finished in the top four in all three relays, topped by a runner-up result in the 400 freestyle.

WEEK PAST

The week past in Aurora prep sports

TUESDAY, MARCH 22: Starting pitcher Tyler Wilcox allowed just three hits and an unearned run in six innings and the Cherokee Trail baseball team had enough offense to top Eaglecrest 8-1 in a Centennial League contest played at Coors Field in Denver. Thomas Munch hit an inside-the-park home run and drove in three runs and Bowen Tabola plated a pair for the Cougars, who improved to 4-0. Anthony Hernandez knocked in the lone run for Eaglecrest. ...The Overland baseball team opened its home schedule with a come-frombehind 4-3 win against Vista PEAK

...The Aurora Central and Gateway girls soccer teams played to a 1-1 tie after two overtimes ...MONDAY, MARCH 21: The Cherokee Trail girls lacrosse team opened its season with a 16-15 road loss at Northfield. Lana Howell scored four goals to lead the way, while Kyla Bieker and Abigail Vanzant both had two goals and three assists. ...The Gateway boys volleyball team played its first-ever match against a visiting Vista PEAK team that had one under its belt and the Bison outlasted the Olys 25-14, 20-25, 27-25, 19-25, 15-10. Reese Kloberdanz paced Vista PEAK with six kills and eight blocks, while Erosh Rai had 11 kills for Gateway. ...Carlos Garcia

had six kills and a pair of aces as the Hinkley boys volleyball team topped Aurora West College Prep 25-18, 2520, 25-14. ...Garret Foster’s seven kills led the way for the Overland boys volleyball team, which dropped a 2520, 25-16, 25-15 road match at ThunderRidge. ...SATURDAY, MARCH 19: The Rangeview Raider Invitational track & field meet at Aurora Public Schools Stadium saw local teams take advantage of good conditions to put up some significant results. Cherokee Trail won both the boys and girls team titles and took first in a combined 11 events. On the girls side, Symone Adams and Kaeli Powe were winners of a pair of individual events to help the Cougars stay in front of Eaglecrest, which managed second place with wins in three relay events. Distance wins by Hunter Strand and Brendan McClure helped the Cherokee Trail boys stay in front of Rangeview, which had a two-event winner in Leland Smith Vista PEAK took third in the girls standings behind a hurdles sweep from Kendall McCoy and a sweep of the throws from Alyssa Johnson and Mikenzie Jones Nick Barber had three hits and scored three times and the Cherokee Trail baseball team scored a season-high 14 runs in a 14-4 win at Fort Collins. Logan Reid earned the win. ...Travis Montgomery had the lone RBI for the Vista PEAK baseball team in a 5-1 loss at Grand Junc-

tion. ...FRIDAY, MARCH 18: Connor Geiss went 3-for-4 and drove in a run, but the Overland baseball team fell 10-3 at Grand Junction Central. Brian Herrera drove in three runs in the Vista PEAK baseball team’s 16-6 loss at Palisade. ...THURSDAY, MARCH 17: John Clinton racked up 14 kills, Caden Cole dished out 22 assists and both were part of a group of five players with three service aces as the Cherokee Trail boys volleyball team swept Rock Canyon 25-7, 2510, 25-13. ...The Smoky Hill baseball team blanked Aztec, New Mexico, 5-0 on the road. ...WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16: The Regis Jesuit boys lacrosse team finished 1-1 on a trip to California after a 10-9 overtime loss to Corona Del Mar. Fletcher Sullivan and Logan White had three goals apiece. ...The Grandview boys lacrosse team fell to Colorado Academy 14-7.

WEEK AHEAD

The week ahead in Aurora prep sports

THURSDAY, MARCH 24: A significant day on the girls soccer pitch includes seven teams in action and two head-to-head contests, highlighted by a 5 p.m. home game for Regis Jesuit against Grandview, while Vista PEAK plays Eaglecrest at 8 p.m. at Legacy Stadium. ...Aurora Central, Eaglecrest, Hinkley and Smoky Hill

head to the Denver South Invitational track & field meet, which has an 11 a.m. start. ...Grandview plays host to Cherokee Trail at 6:30 p.m. in boys volleyball, while Eaglecrest is home at the same time to Cherry Creek FRIDAY, MARCH 25: First pitch for a big early season baseball meeting is set for 4:15 p.m. at Regis Jesuit with Cherry Creek visiting, while at the same time, Cherokee Trail plays host to Rock Canyon in a playoff rematch. ...A large slate of boys lacrosse includes Regis Jesuit’s 6 p.m. home game against Kent Denver. ...The Eaglecrest and Smoky Hill girls tennis teams each play host to a tournament, which lasts two days. ...SATURDAY, MARCH 26: Grandview and Regis Jesuit head to the Broomfield Shootout Track Meet beginning at 8:30 a.m., while Rangeview and Vista PEAK compete in Fort Collins at the same time. ...MONDAY, MARCH 28: In a rescheduled game, the Grandview boys lacrosse team visits Regis Jesuit at 6 p.m. ...The Regis Jesuit girls golf team has a Continental League tournament at Lone Tree G.C. at 8:30 a.m. ...TUESDAY, MARCH 29: Smoky Hill visits Grandview at 5 p.m. in boys swimming.

Top: Cherokee Trail’s Nick Barber slides into third base in the Cougars’ win at Coors Field March 22. Left: Regis Jesuit’s Hawkins Wendt, right, fist bumps Smoky Hill’s Daniel Xi after they finished first and second in the 50 yard freestyle at the Dick Rush Coaches Invite March 19. Above: Symone Adams heads to the finish line to win the 200 meters at the Rangeview Raider Invitational March 19. Photos by Courtney Oakes/Srntinel Colorado

Because the people must know

COMBINED NOTICEPUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103

FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0005-2022

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

On January 7, 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)

SHIRLEY S. RELIFORD, RAVEN RELIFORD Original Beneficiary(ies) MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR FIDELITY MORTGAGE OF NY A DIVISION OF DELTA FUNDING CORPORATION Current Holder of Evidence of Debt

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY IN ITS CAPACITY AS INDENTURE TRUSTEE OF CIM TRUST 2021-

NR1 Date of Deed of Trust

February 24, 2006 County of Recording

Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust

March 20, 2006

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

B6042963

Original Principal Amount

$205,000.00

Outstanding Principal Balance

$172,706.33

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

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

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

LOT 2, BLOCK 2, SETTLERS VILLAGE, SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 3, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 15184 EAST WALSH DRIVE, AURORA, CO 80012.

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

NOTICE OF SALE

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 05/11/2022, at The East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication 3/17/2022

Last Publication 4/14/2022

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: 01/07/2022

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:

Anna Johnston #51978

Ryan Bourgeois #51088

Joseph D. DeGiorgio #45557

Randall Chin #31149

Barrett, Frappier & Weisserman, LLP 1391

Speer Boulevard, Suite 700, Denver, CO 80204 (303) 350-3711

Attorney File # 00000009321571

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. 0100-2021

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

On December 17, 2021, the undersigned

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

Original Grantor(s)

JERRY GOMEZ

Original Beneficiary(ies)

MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR NEW AMERICAN FUNDING, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt

BANKUNITED N.A.

Date of Deed of Trust

December 05, 2009

County of Recording

Arapahoe

Recording Date of Deed of Trust

December 15, 2009

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

B9134926

Original Principal Amount

$159,890.00

Outstanding Principal Balance

$121,091.46

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 33, BLOCK 30, MEADOWOOD FIL-

ING NO. 3, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO

Also known by street and number as:

3352 SOUTH OURAY WAY, AURORA, CO 80013. 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, 04/20/2022, at The East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication 2/24/2022

Last Publication 3/24/2022

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: 12/17/2021

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

By: /s/ Susan Sandstrom, Public Trustee

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

Alison L Berry #34531

Nicholas H. Santarelli #46592

David R. Doughty #40042

Lynn M. Janeway #15592

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

Attorney File # 16-012730

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. 0211-2020

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

On December 15, 2020, 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)

BEZH SERVICES LLC

Original Beneficiary(ies)

COST FUND 1, LLC

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt

COST FUND 1, LLC Date of Deed of Trust

August 16, 2019

County of Recording

Arapahoe

Recording Date of Deed of Trust

August 28, 2019

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

D9088209

Original Principal Amount

$115,200.00

Outstanding Principal Balance

$115,200.00

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.

CONDOMINIUM UNIT NO. 264, CLUB VALENCIA CONDOMINIUMS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DECLARATION RECORDED DECEMBER 21, 1979 IN BOOK 3135, PAGE 443, AND CONDOMINIUM MAP RECORDED ON DECEMBER 12, 1979 IN BOOK 42, PAGE 74, OF THE ARAPAHOE COUNTY RECORDS, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 1306 S PARKER RD, #264, 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, 04/14/2021, 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 2/18/2021

Last Publication 3/18/2021

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: 12/15/2020

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:

Robert T. Cosgrove #12217

Burns, Wall and Mueller, P.C. 303 East 17th Avenue, Suite 800, Denver, CO 80203-1299 (303) 830-7000

Attorney File # 1306 S PARKER 264

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

PREPSCOVERAGE

COMBINED NOTICEPUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103

FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0002-2022

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

On January 4, 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)

Karen L Hillion

Original Beneficiary(ies)

TCF National Bank, a national banking association

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt

U.S. Bank Trust National Association, as Trustee of CVF III Mortgage Loan Trust II

Date of Deed of Trust

April 18, 2003

County of Recording

Arapahoe

Recording Date of Deed of Trust

April 23, 2003

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

B3086238

Original Principal Amount

$34,440.00

Outstanding Principal Balance

$32,918.44

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 29, BLOCK 4, AURORA HIGHLANDS SUBDIVISION FIRST FILING, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 1144 S TRUCKEE 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, 05/04/2022, at The East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication 3/10/2022

Last Publication 4/7/2022

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: 01/04/2022

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:

Erin Croke #46557

Steven Bellanti #48306

Holly Shilliday #24423

Ilene Dell’Acqua #31755 McCarthy & Holthus LLP 7700 E Arapahoe Road, Suite 230, Centennial, CO 80112 (877) 369-6122

Attorney File # CO-21-894772-LL

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

©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado

Revised 1/2015

COMBINED NOTICE -

PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103

FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0008-2022

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

On January 11, 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) Antolin Ballesteros Original Beneficiary(ies) MORTGAGE

CESSORS AND ASSIGNS

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt

MIDFIRST BANK

Date of Deed of Trust

June 16, 2008

County of Recording

Arapahoe

Recording Date of Deed of Trust

June 18, 2008

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

B8070183

Original Principal Amount

$64,488.00

Outstanding Principal Balance

$40,797.46

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 EXHIBIT A CONDOMINIUM UNIT 189, BUILDING 32, DISCOVERY AT SMOKY HILL CONDOMINIUMS PHASE VII, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SUBJECT TO THE DECLARATION OF COVENANTS, CONDITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS OF DISCOVERY AT SMOKY HILL CONDOMINIUMS, RECORDED AT THE CLERK AND RECORDER OFFICE, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, AND MAP RECORDED ON AUGUST 31, 1982, IN BOOK 58, AT PAGE 14, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, COLORADO RECORDS. SAID CONDOMINIUM UNIT IS FURTHER DESCRIBED AND DEPICTED ON THE MAP FOR DISCOVERY AT SMOKY HILL CONDOMINIUM, PHASE VII, AND RECORDED MAY 9, 1983 IN BOOK 64 AT PAGES 1-8, AND DECLARATION OF COVENANTS, CONDITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS RECORDED NOVEMBER 24, 1982 IN BOOK 3741 AT PAGE 471, AND ANY AND ALL AMENDMENTS THERETO, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 16996 E Piedmont Dr Unit C, Aurora, CO 80015-5513. 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, 05/11/2022, at The East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication 3/17/2022

Last Publication 4/14/2022

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: 01/11/2022

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

Nicholas H. Santarelli #46592

David R. Doughty #40042

Lynn M. Janeway #15592

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

Attorney File # 21-026181

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. 0103-2021

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

Deed of Trust:

On December 21, 2021, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

Original Grantor(s)

BRIAN E. CHRISTOPHERSON

Original Beneficiary(ies)

MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS BENEFICIARY, AS NOMINEE FOR CHERRY CREEK MORTGAGE CO., INC., ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt

LOANCARE, LLC

Date of Deed of Trust

November 13, 2008

County of Recording

Arapahoe

Recording Date of Deed of Trust

November 14, 2008

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

B8126850

Original Principal Amount

$259,920.00

Outstanding Principal Balance

$208,982.86

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

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

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

LOT 3, BLOCK 3, EAST ILIFF MEADOWS SUBDIVISION, FILING NO. 3, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO

Also known by street and number as:

12196 E. LASALLE PLACE, 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, 04/20/2022, at The East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication 2/24/2022

Last Publication 3/24/2022

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: 12/21/2021

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

By: /s/ Susan Sandstrom, Public Trustee

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

Amanda Ferguson #44893

Heather Deere #28597

Toni M. Owan #30580 Halliday, Watkins & Mann, PC 355 Union Blvd., Ste. 250, Lakewood, CO 80228 (303) 274-0155

Attorney File # CO11214

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

©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado

Revised 1/2015

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

PUBLIC TRUSTEE SALE NO. 0032-2021

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

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

RACHEL M. SULLIVAN

Address of Record Owner as evidenced on the recorded instrument evidencing the owner’s interest 14896 EAST 2ND AVENUE #105, AURORA, CO 80011

Recording Date of Deed of Trust

June 29, 2006

Recording Information

B6095550

Recording Date of Notice of Election and Demand June 15, 2021

Recording Information of Notice of Election

and Demand

E1095297

Legal Description of Property

PLEASE SEE ATTACHED LEGAL DESCRIPTION

LEGAL DESCRIPTION

CONDOMINIUM UNIT NO. 105H, BUILDING H, RED SKY CONDOMINIUMS, ACCORDING TO THE CONDOMINIUM MAP FILED OF RECORD ON JANUARY 11, 1979 IN PLAT BOOK 36 AT PAGE 86, AND SUPPLEMENTS THERETO AND AS DEFINED IN THE DECLARATION OF CONDOMINIUM OF RED SKY RECORDED JANUARY 11, 1979, IN BOOK 2918 AT PAGE 601, RECORDS OF ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO TOGETHER WITH THE EXCLUSIVE RIGHT TO USE PARKING SPACE(S) AND OR CARPORT NO(S). 105H, AND TOGETHER WITH THE EXCLUSIVE RIGHT TO USE STORAGE SPACE 105S IN BUILDING H, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO Street Address of Property 14896 EAST 2ND AVENUE #105, AURORA, CO 80011

NOTICE OF UNCLAIMED OVERBID FUNDS

I sold at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on 12/8/21, at The East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, to the highest and best bidder for cash, the real property described above. An overbid was realized from the sale and the funds must be claimed by the owner or other persons entitled thereto within six months from the date of sale. THE STATE OF COLORADO REQUIRES US TO NO-

TIFY YOU THAT YOUR PROPERTY MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO THE CUSTODY OF THE STATE TREASURER IF YOU DO NOT CONTACT US BEFORE 1/31/2022 as part of the “Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act”, pursuant to Colorado law.

First Publication 3/10/22

Last Publication 4/7/22

Name of Publication Sentinel

Date: 2/4/22

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

By: /s/ Susan Sandstrom, Public Trustee

©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado

Revised 9/2012

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

PUBLIC TRUSTEE SALE NO. 0060-2021

To: Obligor/Grantor(s) on the evidence of debt and/or Deed of Trust or other person entitled. You are advised that there are overbid funds due you. This Notice is given with regard to the following described

Deed of Trust:

Name of Obligor/Grantor(s) on the evidence of debt and/or Deed of Trust

James Ovalle

Address of Obligor/Grantor(s) on the evidence of deb and/or Deed of Trust 13500 E Cornell Avenue# 409, Aurora, CO 80014

Recording Date of Deed of Trust March 18, 2020

Recording Information E0033418

Legal Description of Property Attached as Exhibit ‘A’ Street Address of Property 13500 E Cornell Avenue# 409, Aurora, CO 80014

NOTICE OF UNCLAIMED OVERBID FUNDS

I sold at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on 1/5/22, at The East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, to the highest and best bidder for cash, the real property described above. An overbid was realized from the sale and the funds must be claimed by the Obligor/Grantor(s) on the evidence of debt and/or Deed of Trust or other persons entitled thereto within six months from the date of sale. THE STATE OF COLORADO REQUIRES US TO NO-

TIFY YOU THAT YOUR PROPERTY MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO THE CUSTODY OF THE STATE TREASURER IF YOU DO NOT CONTACT US BEFORE 7/5/2022 as part of the “Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act”, pursuant to Colorado law. First Publication 3/24/22 Last Publication 4/21/22 Name of Publication Sentinel

Date: 3/4/22 Susan Sandstrom, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado

By: /s/ Susan Sandstrom, Public Trustee ©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 9/2012

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

As required by the Colorado Liquor Code, as amended, notice is hereby given that an application for a Hotel and Restaurant Liquor License has been received by the Local Licensing Authority for the granting of a license to sell fermented, vinous and spiritous liquors by the drink for Consumption On Premises Only. The application was filed on March 7th, 2022, by Mariscos Los 3 Rios, LLC dba Mariscos Los 3 Rios for a location at 921 South Havana Street, Aurora, CO 80012. The member lives in Colorado.

A Public Hearing to consider the application has been scheduled to be held before the Local Licensing Authority on April 26th, 2022 at 9:00 a.m. via virtual meeting. Contact Lisa Keith at 303-739-7568 for meeting information.

Provided either the applicant or protestant(s) desire to use petitions to prove the needs of the neighborhood, and the desires of the inhabitants, the petitions may not be circulated before March 24th, 2022 and must be returned by 12:00 noon on April 14th, 2022 for review and verification by the City of Aurora Liquor Licensing staff.

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

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

Publication: March 24, 2022

Sentinel

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT A PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE HELD ON APRIL 11, 2022, STARTING AT 6:30 P.M. AT THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AURORA, COLORADO TO FIND AND DETERMINE WHETHER A CERTAIN PARCEL OF LAND LOCATED IN THE WEST HALF OF SECTION 30, TOWNSHIP 3 SOUTH, RANGE 65 WEST, AND THE EAST HALF OF SECTION 25, TOWNSHIP 3 SOUTH, RANGE 66 WEST OF THE SIXTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, COUNTY OF ADAMS, STATE OF COLORADO, MEETS THE APPLICABLE REQUIREMENTS OF COLORADO CONSTITUTION ARTICLE 2, SECTION 30 AND C.R.S. §§ 31-12-104 AND 31-12-105, AND IS CONSIDERED ELIGIBLE FOR ANNEXATION. THE HEARING WILL BE HELD UPON THE ATTACHED RESOLUTION IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS IN THE AURORA MUNICIPAL CENTER LOCATED AT 15151 E. ALAMEDA PARKWAY, AURORA, COLORADO 80012 OR VIRTUALLY (PLEASE GO TO THE CITY OF AURORA WEBSITE AT AURORAGOV.ORG FOR INSTRUCTIONS ON PARTICIPATION).

AT SAID MEETING ANY PERSON IN INTEREST MAY APPEAR AND BE HEARD ON THE REQUESTED APPROVAL.

RESOLUTION NO. R2022

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AURORA, COLORADO, FINDING A PETITION FOR ANNEXATION OF A CERTAIN PARCEL OF LAND LOCATED IN THE WEST HALF OF SECTION 30, TOWNSHIP 3 SOUTH, RANGE 65 WEST, AND THE EAST HALF OF SECTION 25, TOWNSHIP 3 SOUTH, RANGE 66 WEST OF THE SIXTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, COUNTY OF ADAMS, STATE OF COLORADO, TO BE IN SUBSTANTIAL COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 3112-107(1), C.R.S., AND GIVING NOTICE OF A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED ANNEXATION (Aurora Highlands Hospital Annexation) 6.097 ACRES.

WHEREAS, a petition for annexation of a certain parcels of land, described herein in Exhibit A attached hereto, has been filed with the City Clerk of the City of Aurora, Colorado (the “City”); and

WHEREAS, the petition has been referred to the City Council of the City for a determination of substantial compliance with requirements of Section 31-12-107(1), C.R.S.; and

WHEREAS, the City Council has been advised by staff, and has taken official notice of all maps, records, and other information and materials on file with the City regarding said petition.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AURORA, COLORADO THAT:

Section 1. The petition for annexation of certain land more particularly described in Exhibit A, attached hereto and incorporated herein, is hereby determined to be in substantial compliance with Section 31-12107(1), C.R.S.

Section 2. The City Council shall hold a public hearing on the proposed annexation on April 11, 2022, at 6:30 p.m., in the City Council Chambers, Aurora Municipal Center, 15151 East Alameda Parkway, Aurora, Colorado, or, if the hearing is not held in person, then by such telephonic or electronic means accessed as described on the City’s website Auroragov.org, to determine if the proposed annexation complies with Sections 31-12-104 and 31-12-105, C.R.S., or such parts thereof as may be required to establish eligibility for annexation.

Section 3. The City Clerk is hereby directed to publish this Resolution and a Notice of Public Hearing once each week for four consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the area proposed to be annexed.

RESOLVED AND PASSED this day of . 2022.

MIKE COFFMAN, Mayor

ATTEST: KADEE RODRIGUEZ, City Clerk

APPROVED

BRIAN J. RULLA, Assistant City Attorney Exhibit A (Legal description of property to be annexed)

A PARCEL OF LAND BEING A PORTION OF RESOLUTION ACCEPTING WARRANTY DEED RECORDED OCTOBER 27, 1983 IN BOOK 2804, AT PAGE 814, A PORTION OF RESOLUTION ACCEPTING WARRANTY DEED RECORDED OCTOBER 27, 1983 IN BOOK 2804, AT PAGE 817, A PORTION OF RESOLUTION ACCEPTING WARRANTY DEED RECORDED OCTOBER 27, 1983 IN BOOK 2804, AT PAGE 820, ALL THOSE CERTAIN PORTIONS OF SPECIAL WARRANTY DEED RECORDED DECEMBER 29, 2021 AT RECEPTION NO. 2021000150892, ALL IN THE OFFICIAL RECORDS OF THE CLERK AND RECORDER, COUNTY OF ADAMS, STATE OF COLORADO, LYING WITHIN THE WEST HALF OF SECTION 30, TOWNSHIP 3 SOUTH, RANGE 65 WEST, AND THE EAST HALF OF SECTION 25, TOWNSHIP 3 SOUTH, RANGE 66 WEST OF THE SIXTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, SAID COUNTY AND STATE, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:

BEGINNING AT THE NORTH SIXTEENTH CORNER OF SAID SECTIONS 25 AND 30, WHENCE THE WEST LINE OF THE SOUTH HALF OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 30 BEARS SOUTH 00°13’45” EAST, A DISTANCE OF 1,324.09 FEET;

THENCE ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID NORTH HALF OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 30, AND ALONG THE SOUTHERLY BOUNDARY OF ORDINANCE NO. 85-188 RECORDED IN BOOK 3132, AT PAGE 642, IN SAID OFFICIAL RECORDS, NORTH 89°23’15” EAST, A DISTANCE OF 72.24 FEET TO THE WESTERLY BOUNDARY OF ORDINANCE NO. 18-028 RECORDED AT RECEPTION NO. 2018000080162, AND THE BEGINNING OF A NON-TANGENT CURVE CONCAVE EASTERLY HAVING A RADIUS OF 2,221.84 FEET, THE RADIUS POINT OF SAID CURVE BEARS SOUTH 86°38’41” EAST;

THENCE ALONG THE BOUNDARIES OF SAID ORDINANCE NO. 18-028 THE FOL-

LOWING FIVE (5) COURSES:

SOUTHERLY ALONG SAID CURVE THROUGH A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 03°20’36”, AN ARC LENGTH OF 129.65 FEET;

NON-TANGENT TO SAID CURVE, SOUTH 00°00’02” EAST, A DISTANCE OF 194.12 FEET;

NORTH 89°59’58” WEST, A DISTANCE OF 97.14 FEET;

SOUTH 00°13’45” EAST, A DISTANCE OF 2,804.05 FEET;

NORTH 89°46’06” EAST, A DISTANCE OF 60.00 FEET TO THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF E-470 PARCEL NO. TK-104 AS DESCRIBED IN SPECIAL WARRANTY DEED RECORDED AUGUST 1, 1996, IN BOOK 4807, PAGE 545;

THENCE ALONG THE WESTERLY BOUNDARY OF SAID LAST DESCRIBED PARCEL NO. TK-104, SOUTH 00°13’45” EAST, A DISTANCE OF 175.57 FEET TO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SAID PARCEL NO. TK-104;

THENCE SOUTH 89°31’40” WEST, A DISTANCE OF 30.00 FEET TO THE WEST LINE OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 30;

THENCE ALONG SAID LAST DESCRIBED WEST LINE, SOUTH 00°13’45” EAST, A DISTANCE OF 15.41 FEET;

THENCE DEPARTING SAID LAST DESCRIBED WEST LINE, NORTH 89°37’52” EAST, A DISTANCE OF 40.00 FEET TO THE NORTHWEST CORNER WESTERLY BOUNDARY OF E-470 PARCEL NO. TK-103 AS DESCRIBED IN RULE AND ORDER RECORDED MAY 14, 1997, IN BOOK 5006, PAGE 30;

THENCE ALONG THE WESTERLY BOUNDARY OF SAID PARCEL TK-103, SOUTH 00°13’45” EAST, A DISTANCE OF 614.30 FEET TO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SAID PARCEL TK-103;

THENCE ALONG THE SOUTHERLY AND WESTERLY BOUNDARY OF SAID SPECIAL WARRANTY DEED RECORDED AT RECEPTION NO. 2021000150892 THE FOLLOWING FIVE (5) COURSES:

SOUTH 89°37’52” WEST, A DISTANCE OF 40.00 FEET TO THE WEST LINE OF THE SAID SOUTHWEST QUARTER; DEPARTING SAID WEST LINE, SOUTH 89°30’26” WEST, A DISTANCE OF 81.10 FEET;

NORTH 00°00’00” EAST, A DISTANCE OF 4,059.52 FEET;

NORTH 02°04’05” EAST, A DISTANCE OF 43.34 FEET TO THE BEGINNING OF A NON-TANGENT CURVE CONCAVE EASTERLY HAVING A RADIUS OF 1,679.00 FEET, THE RADIUS POINT OF SAID CURVE BEARS SOUTH 85°30’00”

EAST;

NORTHERLY ALONG SAID CURVE THROUGH A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 07°37’35”, AN ARC LENGTH OF 223.49 FEET TO THE WESTERLY BOUNDARY OF SAID ORDINANCE NO. 85-188;

THENCE ALONG SAID LAST DESCRIBED WESTERLY BOUNDARY, SOUTH 00°13’45” EAST, A DISTANCE OF 381.12 FEET;

THENCE NORTH 89°32’27” EAST, A DISTANCE OF 30.00 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING.

CONTAINING AN AREA OF 6.097 ACRES, (265,596 SQUARE FEET), MORE OR LESS.

/s/ Kadee Rodriguez City Clerk

First Publication: March 10, 2022

Final Publication: March 31, 2022

Sentinel

AVISO DE CANCELACIÓN DE LA ELECCIÓN REGULAR POR PARTE DEL FUNCIONARIO ELECTORAL DESIGNADO

POR MEDIO DEL PRESENTE DOCUMENTO el Distrito Metropolitano Coordi- nador del Área de Aerotrópolis del Condado de Adams, Colorado, notifica que al cierre del horario del sexagésimo tercer día antes de la elección no había más candidatos para director que los puestos a ser ocupados, lo cual incluye a los candidatos que están presentando declaraciones juradas de intención para ser candidatos de denominación directa; por consiguiente, la elección a celebrarse el tres de mayo de 2022, queda por medio del presente cancelada, de conformidad con la Sección 1-13.5-513, C.R.S.

Los siguientes candidatos son declarados electos:

Vacante hasta la próximo elección regular (Mayo 2, 2023)

Vacante hasta la próximo elección regular (Mayo 2, 2023)

Matthew Hopper hasta la segundo elección regular (Mayo 6, 2025)

Carla Ferreira hasta la segundo elección regular (Mayo 6, 2025)

Vacante hasta la segundo elección regular (Mayo 6, 2025)

FECHADO EL: 1 de marzo de 2022

/s/ Jennifer Pino Funcionario electoral designado para el Distrito Metropolitano Coordinador del Área de Aerotrópolis c/o McGeady Becher P.C. 450 E. 17th Avenue, Suite 400 Denver, Colorado 80203-1254 Teléfono:303-592-4380

Publication: March 24, 2022 Sentinel

AVISO DE CANCELACIÓN DE LA ELECCIÓN REGULAR POR PARTE DEL FUNCIONARIO ELECTORAL DESIGNADO

POR MEDIO DEL PRESENTE DOCUMENTO el Distrito Metropolitano de First Creek Ranch del Condado de Adams, Colorado, notifica que al cierre del horario del sexagésimo tercer día antes de la elección no había más candidatos para director que los puestos a ser ocupados, lo cual incluye a los candidatos que están presentando declaraciones juradas de intención para ser candidatos de denominación directa; por consiguiente, la elección a celebrarse el tres de mayo de 2022, queda por medio del presente cancelada, de conformidad con la Sección 1-13.5-513, C.R.S.

Los siguientes candidatos son declarados electos:

Vacante hasta la próximo elección regular (Mayo 2, 2023)

Matthew Hopper hasta la segundo elección regular (Mayo 6, 2025)

Carla Ferreira hasta la segundo elección regular (Mayo 6, 2025)

FECHADO EL: 1 de marzo de 2022 /s/ Jennifer Pino Funcionario electoral designado para el Distrito Metropolitano de First Creek Ranch c/o McGeady Becher P.C.

450 E. 17th Avenue, Suite 400 Denver, Colorado 80203-1254

Teléfono:303-592-4380

Publication: March 24, 2022

Sentinel AVISO DE CANCELACIÓN DE LA ELECCIÓNES REGULAR POR PARTE DEL FUNCIONARIO ELECTORAL DESIGNADO

POR MEDIO DEL PRESENTE DOCUMENTO el Distrito Metropolitano ATEC N° 1 y 2 del Condado de Adams, Colorado

notifica que al cierre del horario del sexagésimo tercer día antes de las elecciones no había más candidatos para director que los puestos a ser ocupados, lo cual incluye a los candidatos que están presentando declaraciones juradas de intención para ser candidatos de denominación directa; por consiguiente, las elecciónes a celebrarse el tres de mayo de 2022, queda por medio del presente cancelada, de conformidad con la Sección 1-13.5-513, C.R.S.

Los siguientes candidatos son declarados electos a la junta directiva de cada distrito:

Deanna Hopper hasta la próximo elección regular (Mayo 2, 2023)

Matthew Hopper hasta la segundo elección regular (Mayo 6, 2025)

Carla Ferreira hasta la segundo elección regular (Mayo 6, 2025)

Michael Sheldon hasta la segundo elección regular (Mayo 6, 2025)

FECHADO EL: 1 de marzo de 2022

/s/ Jennifer Pino Funcionario electoral designado para el Distrito Metropolitano ATEC N° 1 y 2 c/o McGeady Becher P.C. 450 E. 17th Avenue, Suite 400 Denver, Colorado 80203-1254

Teléfono:303-592-4380

Publication: March 24, 2022

Sentinel

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY

Proposed Flood Hazard Determinations for the City of Aurora, Arapahoe County, CO, and Case No. 21-08-0396P. The Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) solicits technical information or comments on proposed flood hazard determinations for the Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM), and where applicable, the Flood Insurance Study (FIS) report for your community. These flood hazard determinations may include the addition or modification of Base Flood Elevations, base flood depths, Special Flood Hazard Area boundaries or zone designations, or the regulatory floodway. The FIRM and, if applicable, the FIS report have been revised to reflect these flood hazard determinations through issuance of a Letter of Map Revision (LOMR), in accordance with Title 44, Part 65 of the Code of Federal Regulations. These determinations are the basis for the floodplain management measures that your community is required to adopt or show evidence of having in effect to qualify or remain qualified for participation in the National Flood Insurance Program. For more information on the proposed flood hazard determinations and information on the statutory 90-day period provided for appeals, please visit FEMA’s website at https://www.floodmaps. fema.gov/fhm/BFE_Status/bfe_main.asp , or call the FEMA Mapping and Insurance eXchange (FMIX) toll free at 1-877-FEMA MAP (1-877-336-2627).

First Publication: March 24, 2022

Final Publication: March 31, 2022

Sentinel

NOTICE AS TO AMENDMENTS OF 2022 BUDGETS SKY DANCE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOS. 1 AND 2 (FORMERLY KNOWN AS BOWIP METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOS. 1 AND 2) ADAMS COUNTY, COLORADO

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the necessity has arisen to amend the 2022 budgets of Sky Dance Metropolitan District Nos. 1 and 2 (the “Districts”). Copies of the proposed 2022 amended budgets are on file in the office of the Districts’ Accountant, Simmons & Wheeler, P.C., 304 Inverness Way South, Suite 490, Englewood, Colorado, where same are available for public inspection. Such proposed 2022 amended budgets will be considered at a special meeting to be held on March 29, 2022 at 3:00 p.m. at the offices of McGeady Becher P.C., 450 E. 17th Avenue, Suite 400, Denver, Colorado and via Zoom. Any interested elector within the Districts may, at any time prior to the final adoption of the 2022 amended budgets, inspect the 2022 amended budgets and file or register any objections thereto.

You can attend the meeting in any of the following ways:

1. To attend via Zoom, e-mail abryant@ specialdistrictlaw.com to obtain a link to the videoconference.

2. To attend via telephone, dial 1-346-2487799 and enter the following additional information:

a. Meeting ID: 961 8248 9025

b. Passcode: 545170

SKY DANCE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOS. 1 AND 2 /s/Megan Becher McGEADY BECHER P.C.

Attorneys for the Districts

Publication: March 24, 2022

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION AND CERTIFIED STATEMENT OF RESULTS

§1-13.5-513(6), 32-1-104, 1-11-103(3)

C.R.S.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Tallgrass Metropolitan District, Arapahoe County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election, there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 3, 2022 is hereby canceled pursuant to section 1-13.5-513(6) C.R.S.

The following candidates are hereby declared elected:

Chad Stowe3 year term until May, 2025

Kathleen Chandler 3 year term until May,

2025

Darin Belair 3 year term until May, 2025

Ruth Levin 1 year term until May, 2023

Contact Person for the District: Nikolas Wagner

Telephone Number of the District: 970-484-0101

Address of the District: 2619 Canton Court, Fort Collins, CO 80525

District Facsimile Number: 970-300-4682

District Email: tallgrass@ccgcolorado.com

Publication: March 24, 2022

Sentinel

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION AND CERTIFIED STATEMENT OF RESULTS

§1-13.5-513(6), 32-1-104, 1-11-103(3) C.R.S.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Aurora CentreTech Metropolitan District, Arapahoe County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election, there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 3, 2022 is hereby canceled pursuant to section 1-13.5513(6) C.R.S.

The following candidates are declared elected for the following terms of office:

Amber Carlson

Second Regular Election, May 2025

Tyler Carlson

Second Regular Election, May 2025

Erika Shorter

Second Regular Election, May 2025

Jeff Wikstrom

Next Regular Election, May 2023

Susan Wikstrom

Next Regular Election, May 2023

/s/David Solin (Designated Election Official)

Contact Person for the District: David Solin

Telephone Number of the District: 303-987-0835 Address of the District: 141 Union Boulevard, Suite 150, Lakewood, CO 80228

District Facsimile Number: 303-987-2032 District Email: dsolin@sdmi.com

Publication: March 24, 2022 Sentinel

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION AND CERTIFIED STATEMENT OF RESULTS

§1-13.5-513(6), 32-1-104, 1-11-103(3) C.R.S.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Belleview Place Metropolitan District, Arapahoe County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election, there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 3, 2022 is hereby canceled pursuant to section 1-13.5513(6) C.R.S.

The following candidates are declared elected for the following terms of office:

VACANT Next Regular Election, May 2023

Eric Dome Second Regular Election, May 2025

Brian Mulqueen Second Regular Election, May 2025

VACANT Second Regular Election, May 2025

/s/Peggy Ripko

(Designated Election Official)

Contact Person for the District:

Peggy Ripko

Telephone Number of the District: 303-987-0835

Address of the District: 141 Union Boulevard, Suite 150, Lakewood, CO 80228 District Facsimile Number: 303-987-2032 District Email: pripko@sdmsi.com

Publication: March 24, 2022

Sentinel

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION AND CERTIFIED STATEMENT OF RESULTS §1-13.5-513(6), 32-1-104, 1-11-103(3) C.R.S.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by The Commons at East Creek Metropolitan District, Arapahoe County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election, there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 3, 2022 is hereby canceled pursuant to section 1-13.5-513(6) C.R.S.

The following candidates are declared elected for the following terms of office:

Adam Young Second Regular Election, May 2025 Michelle Trujillo Second Regular Election, May 2025 Paul Yourick Second Regular Election, May 2025

/s/Peggy Ripko (Designated Election Official)

Contact Person for the District: Peggy Ripko

Telephone Number of the District: 303-987-0835

Address of the District: 141 Union Boulevard, Suite 150, Lakewood, CO 80228 District Facsimile Number: 303-987-2032 District Email: pripko@sdmsi.com

Publication: March 24, 2022 Sentinel

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION AND CERTIFIED STATEMENT OF RESULTS

§1-13.5-513(6), 32-1-104, 1-11-103(3) C.R.S.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the East Creek Metropolitan District No. 1, Arapahoe County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election, there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 3, 2022 is hereby canceled pursuant to section 1-13.5513(6) C.R.S.

The following candidates are declared elected for the following terms of office:

Cameron Nelson Next Regular Election, May 2023

VACANT Next Regular Election, May 2023

Greg Wright Second Regular Election, May

2025

Martin W. Corley Second Regular Election, May 2025 VACANT Second Regular Election, May 2025

/s/Peggy Ripko (Designated Election Official)

Contact Person for the District: Peggy Ripko

Telephone Number of the District: 303-987-0835 Address of the District: 141 Union Boulevard, Suite 150, Lakewood, CO 80228 District Facsimile Number: 303-987-2032 District Email: pripko@sdmsi.com

Publication: March 24, 2022

Sentinel

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION AND CERTIFIED STATEMENT OF RESULTS

§1-13.5-513(6), 32-1-104, 1-11-103(3)

C.R.S.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVENby the East Creek Metropolitan District No. 2, Arapahoe County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election, there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 3, 2022 is hereby canceled pursuant to section 1-13.5513(6) C.R.S.

The following candidates are declared elected for the following terms of office:

Paul Yourick Next Regular Election, May 2023

Thomas Gissen Second Regular Election, May 2025

Michelle Trujillo Second Regular Election, May 2025 Chelsey M. Green Second Regular Election, May 2025

/s/Peggy Ripko (Designated Election Official)

Contact Person for the District:

Peggy Ripko

Telephone Number of the District:

303-987-0835

Address of the District:

141 Union Boulevard, Suite 150, Lakewood, CO 80228

District Facsimile Number: 303-987-2032

District Email: pripko@sdmsi.com

Publication: March 24, 2022

Sentinel

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION AND CERTIFIED STATEMENT OF RESULTS

§1-13.5-513(6), 32-1-104, 1-11-103(3)

C.R.S.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Rangeview Metropolitan District, Arapahoe County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election, there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 3, 2022 is hereby canceled pursuant to section 1-13.5-513(6) C.R.S.

The following candidates are declared elected for the following terms of office:

Kevin McNeill

Next Regular Election, May 2023

Dirk Lashnits

Second Regular Election, May 2025

Mark Harding

Second Regular Election, May 2025

Scott Lehman

Second Regular Election, May 2025

/s/Peggy Ripko

(Designated Election Official)

Contact Person for the

Address of the District: 141 Union Boulevard, Suite 150, Lakewood, CO 80228

District Facsimile Number: 303-987-2032

District Email: pripko@sdmsi.com

Publication: March 24, 2022

Sentinel NOTICE OF CANCELLATION AND CERTIFIED STATEMENT OF RESULTS

§1-13.5-513(6), 32-1-104, 1-11-103(3) C.R.S.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the PrairieStar Metropolitan District No. 2, Larimer County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election, there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 3, 2022 is hereby canceled pursuant to section 1-13.5-513(6) C.R.S.

The following candidates are declared elected for the following terms of office:

Katie Murrey Second Regular Election, May 2025

Ryan St. Pierre Second Regular Election, May 2025 Scott Sarbaugh Second Regular Election, May 2025

/s/Matt Cohrs (Designated Election Official)

Contact Person for the District: Matt Cohrs

Telephone Number of the District: 303-987-0835

Address of the District: 141 Union Boulevard, Suite 150, Lakewood, CO 80228 District Facsimile Number: 303-987-2032

District Email: mcohrs@sdmsi.com

Publication: March 24, 2022

Sentinel

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Aerotropolis Area Coordinating Metropolitan District, Adams County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 3, 2022, is hereby canceled pursuant to Section 1-13.5-513, C.R.S.

The following candidates are declared elected:

Vacant until the next regular election (May 2, 2023)

Vacant until the next regular election (May 2, 2023)

Matthew Hopper until the second regular election (May 6, 2025)

Carla Ferreira until the second regular election (May 6, 2025)

Vacant until the second regular election (May 6, 2025)

Dated: March 1, 2022

/s/ Jennifer Pino Designated Election Official for the Aerotropolis Area Coordinating Metropolitan District c/o McGeady Becher P.C. 450 E. 17th Avenue, Suite 400 Denver, Colorado 80203-1254 Phone: 303-592-4380

Publication: March 24, 2022 Sentinel

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL § 1-13.5-513(6), C.R.S.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Pioneer Hills Metropolitan District, Arapahoe County, Colorado, that at or after the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election to be conducted on May 3, 2022, there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election was canceled pursuant to Section 1-13.5-513(6), C.R.S., and the following candidates were declared elected by acclamation:

Doug Houston Three (3) year term

Amy Trautman Three (3) year term

Vacant Three (3) year term

By: /s/ Megan M. Liesmaki Designated Election Official Pioneer Hills Metropolitan District

Publication: March 24, 2022 Sentinel

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL

§ 1-13.5-513(6), C.R.S.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by The Point Metropolitan District, Arapahoe County, Colorado, that at or after the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election to be conducted on May 3, 2022, there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election was canceled pursuant to Section 1-13.5-513(6), C.R.S., and the following candidates were declared elected by acclamation:

Keith L. Neale Three (3) year term

George L. Thorn Three (3) year term

Vacant One (1) year term

By: /s/ Megan M. Liesmaki

Designated Election Official

The Point Metropolitan District

Publication: March 24, 2022

Sentinel

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL

§ 1-13.5-513(6), C.R.S.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the White Buffalo Metropolitan District No. 1, Adams County, Colorado, that at or after the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election to be conducted on May 3, 2022, there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election was canceled pursuant to Section 1-13.5-513(6), C.R.S., and the following candidates were declared elected by acclamation:

Daniel Green Three (3) year term

Shannon Green Three (3) year term

Jeffrey O’Flahrity Three (3) year term

By: /s/

Megan M. Liesmaki

Designated Election Official

White Buffalo Metropolitan District No. 1

Publication: March 24, 2022

Sentinel

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL

§ 1-13.5-513(6), C.R.S.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the White Buffalo Metropolitan District No. 2, Adams County, Colorado, that at or after the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election to be conducted on May 3, 2022, there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election was canceled pursuant to Section 1-13.5-513(6), C.R.S., and the following candidates were declared elected by acclamation:

Daniel Green Three (3) year term

Shannon Green Three (3) year term

Jeffrey O’Flahrity Three (3) year term

By: /s/ Megan M. Liesmaki

Designated Election Official

White Buffalo Metropolitan District No. 2

Publication: March 24, 2022

Sentinel NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL

§ 1-13.5-513(6), C.R.S

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Central Adams County Water and Sanitation District, Adams County, Colorado, that at or after the close of business on the sixtythird day before the election to be conducted on May 3, 2022, there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election was canceled pursuant to Section 1-13.5-513(6), C.R.S., and the following candidates were declared elected by acclamation:

Christopher Lane Carlton Three (3) year term

Todd A. Johnson Three (3) year term

Aric Jones One (1) year term

By: /s/ Megan

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION

OFFICIAL

§ 1-13.5-513(6), C.R.S.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Second Creek Ranch Metropolitan District, Adams County, Colorado, that at or after the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election to be conducted on May 3, 2022, there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election was canceled pursuant to Section 1-13.5-513(6), C.R.S., and the following candidates were declared elected by acclamation:

Christopher Lane Carlton Three (3) year term

Todd A. Johnson Three (3) year term

Aric Jones One (1) year term

By: /s/ Megan M. Liesmaki

Designated Election Official Second Creek Ranch Metropolitan District

Publication: March 24, 2022

Sentinel

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL § 1-13.5-513(6), C.R.S.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Sterling Hills West Metropolitan District, Arapahoe County, Colorado, that at or after the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election to be conducted on May 3, 2022, there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election was canceled pursuant to Section 1-13.5-513(6), C.R.S., and the following candidates were declared elected by acclamation:

Michael T. Lenz Three (3) year term

Cynthia J. Matthews Three (3) year term

By: /s/ Megan M. Liesmaki

Designated Election Official Sterling Hills West Metropolitan District

Publication: March 24, 2022

Sentinel

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION

OFFICIAL § 1-13.5-513(6), C.R.S.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the White Buffalo Metropolitan District No. 3, Adams County, Colorado, that at or after the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election to be conducted on May 3, 2022, there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election was canceled pursuant to Section 1-13.5-513(6), C.R.S., and the following candidates were declared elected by acclamation:

Daniel Green Three (3) year term

Shannon Green Three (3) year term

Jeffrey O’Flahrity Three (3) year term

By: /s/ Megan M. Liesmaki Designated Election Official White Buffalo Metropolitan District No. 3

Publication: March 24, 2022

Sentinel

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION

OFFICIAL

CITADEL ON COLFAX BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Citadel on Colfax Business Improvement District of Arapahoe County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election, there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the regular election to be held on May 3, 2022, is hereby canceled pursuant to Section 1-13.5-513(6), C.R.S. The following candidates are hereby declared elected:

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL

COLFAX SABLE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Colfax Sable Metropolitan District of Arapahoe County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election, there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the regular election to be held on May 3, 2022, is hereby canceled pursuant to Section 1-13.5513(6), C.R.S. The following candidates are hereby declared elected:

Vacancy (2022-2023)

Vacancy (2022-2023)

Vacancy (2022-2025)

Vacancy (2022-2025)

Dated this 15th day of March 2022.

COLFAX SABLE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

By: /s/ Becky Johnson Designated Election Official

Publication: March 24, 2022

Sentinel

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the First Creek Ranch Metropolitan District, Adams County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 3, 2022, is hereby canceled pursuant to Section 1-13.5-513, C.R.S.

The following candidates are declared elected:

Vacant until the next regular election (May 2, 2023)

Matthew Hopper until the second regular election (May 6, 2025)

Carla Ferreira until the second regular election (May 6, 2025)

Dated: March 1, 2022

/s/ Jennifer Pino Designated Election Official for the First Creek Ranch Metropolitan District c/o McGeady Becher P.C. 450 E. 17th Avenue, Suite 400 Denver, Colorado 80203-1254 Phone: 303-592-4380

Publication: March 24, 2022 Sentinel

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Green Valley Aurora Metropolitan District No. 1, Adams County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 3, 2022, is hereby canceled pursuant to Section 1-13.5-513, C.R.S.

The following candidates are declared elected:

Vacant until the next regular election (May 2, 2023) Matthew Hopper until the second regular election (May 6, 2025) Carla Ferreira until the second regular election (May 6, 2025)

Dated: March 1, 2022

held on May 3, 2022, is hereby canceled. The following candidates are declared elected:

Brenda Lamer

3 Year Term

VACANT

3 Year Term

VACANT 3 Year Term

DATED this 1st day of March, 2022.

ACC METROPOLITAN DISTRICT David Solin Designated Election Official

AVISO DE CANCELACIÓN DE ELECCIÓN REGULAR POR EL FUNCIONARIO ELECTORAL DESIGNADO PARA EL ACC METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

POR ESTE MEDIO SE DA AVISO por parte del ACC Metropolitan District, Adams County, Colorado, que al cierre de operaciones del día sesenta y tres (63) antes de la elección no había más candidatos para Director que cargos por cubrir, incluidos candidatos que presentaron declaraciones juradas de intención de ser candidatos por escrito; por lo tanto, se cancela la elección a celebrarse el 3 de mayo de 2022.

Se declaran elegidos los siguientes candidatos:

Brenda Lamer Término de tres años [3]

VACANT Término de tres años [3]

VACANT Término de tres años [3]

FECHADO este 1st día de marzo de 2022.

ACC METROPOLITAN DISTRICT David Solin Oficial Electoral Designado

Publication: March 24, 2022

Sentinel

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL FOR THE EASTPARK70 METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Eastpark70 Metropolitan District, Adams County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third (63rd) day before the election there were not more candidates for Director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 3, 2022, is hereby canceled.

The following candidates are declared elected:

Tim Bertoch, 3 Year Term Brett Ellen, 3 Year Term Vacant, 1 Year Term

DATED this 8th day of March, 2022.

EASTPARK70

METROPOLITAN DISTRICT /s/ Ann Finn Designated Election Official AVISO DE CANCELACIÓN DE ELECCIÓN REGULAR POR EL FUNCIONARIO ELECTORAL DESIGNADO PARA EL EASTPARK70 METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

POR ESTE MEDIO SE DA AVISO por parte del Eastpark70 Metropolitan District, Adams County, Colorado, que al cierre de operaciones del día sesenta y tres (63) antes de la elección no había más candidatos para Director que cargos por cubrir, incluidos candidatos que presentaron declaraciones juradas de intención de ser candidatos por escrito; por lo tanto, se cancela la elección a celebrarse el 3 de mayo de 2022.

Se declaran elegidos los siguientes candidatos:

Director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 3, 2022, is hereby canceled.

The following candidates are declared elected:

Keiffer Garton, 3 Year Term

Tom Martin, 3 Year Term

Vacant, 3 Year Term

Vacant, 1 Year Term

Vacant, 1 Year Term

DATED this 8th day of March, 2022.

PARK 70 METROPOLITAN DISTRICT /s/ Ann Finn Designated Election Official

AVISO DE CANCELACIÓN DE ELECCIÓN REGULAR POR EL FUNCIONARIO ELECTORAL DESIGNADO PARA EL PARK 70 METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

POR ESTE MEDIO SE DA AVISO por parte del Park 70 Metropolitan District, Adams County, Colorado, que al cierre de operaciones del día sesenta y tres (63) antes de la elección no había más candidatos para Director que cargos por cubrir, incluidos candidatos que presentaron declaraciones juradas de intención de ser candidatos por escrito; por lo tanto, se cancela la elección a celebrarse el 3 de mayo de 2022.

Se declaran elegidos los siguientes candidatos:

Keiffer Garton, Término de tres años Tom Martin, Término de tres años

Vacant, Término de tres años

Vacant, Término de un año

Vacant, Término de un año

FECHADO este 8th día de marzo de 2022.

PARK 70 METROPOLITAN DISTRICT /s/ Ann Finn Oficial Electoral Designado

Publicado el: March 24, 2022

Sentinel

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL § 1-13.5-513(6), C.R.S.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Heather Gardens Metropolitan District, Arapahoe County, Colorado, that at or after the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election to be conducted on May 3, 2022, there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election was canceled pursuant to Section 1-13.5-513(6), C.R.S., and the following candidates were declared elected by acclamation:

Eloise Laubach Three (3) year term

Maria Mines One (1) year term

Vacant Three (3) year term

/s/ Evelyn Ybarra Designated Election Official Heather Gardens Metropolitan District

Publication: March 24, 2022

Sentinel

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL WATERSTONE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 1 §1-13.5-513, C.R.S.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Waterstone Metropolitan District No. 1, Arapahoe County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third (63rd) day before the election there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled at the election, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 3, 2022 is hereby cancelled pursuant to §113.5-513, C.R.S.

The following candidates for director are declared elected by acclamation:

M. Liesmaki

Designated Election Official Central Adams County Water and Sanitation District

Publication: March 24, 2022

Sentinel

Vacancy (2022-2023)

Vacancy (2022-2023)

Vacancy (2022-2025)

Vacancy (2022-2025)

Dated this 15th day of March 2022.

CITADEL ON COLFAX BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT By:

/s/ Jennifer Pino

Designated Election Official for the Green Valley Aurora Metropolitan District No. 1 c/o McGeady Becher P.C. 450 E. 17th Avenue, Suite 400 Denver, Colorado 80203-1254 Phone: 303-592-4380

Publication: March 24, 2022

Sentinel

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL FOR THE ACC METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the ACC Metropolitan District, Adams County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third (63rd) day before the election there were not more candidates for Director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be

Tim Bertoch, Término de tres años

Brett Ellen, Término de tres años Vacant, Término de un año

FECHADO este 8th día de marzo de 2022.

EASTPARK70

METROPOLITAN DISTRICT /s/ Ann Finn

Oficial Electoral Designado

Publication: March 24, 2022

Sentinel

Kent Pedersen 3-Year Term, Until May, 2025

John Cheney 3-Year Term, Until May, 2025

/s/ Dianne Miller Designated Election

Official Waterstone Metropolitan District No. 1

Publication: March 24, 2022

Sentinel

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Park 70 Metropolitan District, Adams County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third (63rd) day before the election there were not more candidates for

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