Sentinel Colorado 5.26.2022

Mayor Coffman cooks up another gaucherie trying to French fry his political enemies

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urora Mayor Mike Coffman has officially become the political equivalent of the asparagus peeler.Like Coffman, the asparagus peeler is one of those things that mysteriously turns up one day, taking up important space, isn’t very useful and keeps coming back no matter how many times you thought you’d gotten rid of it.

Coffman proved that point this week when he got on the Googles to meantweet about those damnable progressives on the city council going not just to France on a tax-paid junket, but to Paris.

“Council Members (sic) Juan Marcano and Crystal Murillo just returned from a trip to Paris that will be paid for by the taxpayers of Aurora,” Coffman said in one of his frequent pic-to-tweets, uploading a picture of his rant to avoid that tricky thread thing. “For Aurora city council members to be attending a conference, in Paris of all places, is an insult to the hardworking taxpayers of this city. This morning, I will be putting in a request to City Manager Jim Twombly for a complete breakdown of their expenses.”

But wait. There’s more.

Not only is Mayor Karen shocked, shocked and dismayed by his two political nemeses on city council taking an airplane to Paris for the annual International Making Cities Livable conference, but he insists it was a “vacation,” and has demanded to speak to the city manager.

Well, to be factual, the conference wasn’t in Paris, it was in the Thornton of Paris, Le Plessis-Robinson. It used to be a sort of sketchy outlier of Paris that’s now become kind of famous after being reinvented into a cool, diverse place where people can actually walk and bike to places they want to go to without having to take a taxi to get to a bus station to take you to the nearest Metro stop to get to Paris. It’s that “livable” city thing that Aurora has hungered for long before Coffman came along.

But then being factual has never been Coffman’s thing. Attention-grabbing stunts? That’s so Mike.

Not so long ago, just over a year, Mayor Mike infamously and eternally became “Homeless Mike,” while saddling up with a Denver TV reporter in a scheme to pretend to be a homeless vet for a week, mugging for B-roll video and an exclusive interview after. Looking like he did when he started his escapade, Coffman on camera awarded himself a seven-day doctorate in homeless-ology, determining that homeless people “want” to be homeless, mostly because it allows them to be free-wheeling drug addicts.

Mayor Mike parlayed his dissertation into an Aurora homeless-camping-ban law, which is turning out to be about as practical as an asparagus peeler, as his critics on city council pointed out. In another grab for the headlines, Coffman worked to outlaw incivility on the city council, saying he’s never seen such rudeness among elected officials. It was unclear whether he had in mind the time he didn’t know he was on camera

as a congressman and called President Barack Obama un-American, or yesterday when he called Murillo and Marcano vacation-grubbing tax cheats.

There’s been more than a few peeler moments in Coffman’s long, long career as a politician in the state House, the state Senate, the state treasury, the state state department, congress and now Aurora’s city hall.

But after decades of flying all over the country and the world on the dimes and dollars of taxpayers and lobbyists, Coffman has drawn the line at flying out of the country on official government business from now on.

Well, maybe just France.

Indignant over flying to France on city business, he had no such concerns last year when he flew to El Salvador for about $2,500 — approaching the same $3,500 amount he’s having a meltdown peddling for his enemy’s Franco file.

City lawmakers here get hefty travel budgets every year and decide themselves how to spend them. For decades, they’ve balanced the always dubious optics of traveling for government business with the benefit of the destination.

When 9News reporter Kelly Reinke pressed the mayor yesterday for a reality check in this yet another made-for-TV Coffman controversy, he defended his international trip.

“Coffman says it’s tradition for the mayor to go to El Salvador because many people in Aurora are from there,” Renike reported.

Tradition?

Sentinel journalists have extensively reported on the El Salvadoran community in the Aurora region. Among the many, often heartbreaking conversations we’ve had with people here trapped in the Republican-inflicted immigration crisis, I don’t recall anyone wishing Coffman would visit their homeland, which has been decimated by crime, gangs, corruption and natural disasters. It’s like wishing for an asparagus peeler.

I do recall, however, a real-live homeless vet, whom Coffman recently tried to exploit against city staffers who questioned his Aurora boot-a-homelesscamper scheme. That vet did insist to Coffman’s public chagrin that Coffman absolutely go somewhere, but it’s far, far

south of San Salvador.

Coffman had no comment at all for Channel 9 News reporters back in 2013 when an investigation revealed that he and his then-wife were put up in a fivestar hotel in Israel during a lobbyist-paid junket. The investigation revealed Coffman accepted a whopping $35,158.35 in travel graft, including to China, for “education” by organizations that lobby Congress each year for billions of dollars. “Coffman’s office did not respond to several phone calls seeking comment or statements about his travel,” 9News reporters said then.

Mad as hell now, however, Coffman says people using government money for international junkets is an abomination.

“I will also be putting forward, for a vote, a proposal that will prohibit Aurora city council members from ever again using tax dollars to pay for a trip to an international conference,” Coffman huffed.

“It’s time for Council Members Marcano and Murillo to understand that we work for the taxpayers of this city and that they don’t work for us. Next time they want to take a European vacation, they can pay for it themselves.”

This from an elected representative whose only job description as Aurora’s $80,000-a-year mayor is to run the weekly meetings for a couple of hours. And if you’ve tuned in that chaos lately, you’ve probably wanted your money back.

Coffman’s new rant puts the city in an awkward position. While the mayor finds spending tax dollars on junkets detestable, Aurora and Colorado have made a more than $300 million-investment of your tax dollars into the Gaylord of the Rockies resort and hotel in Aurora, which has a rack rate of better than $400 a night. It’s sole purpose is to make a handsome living by luring national and international tax dollars, and any dollars, to come camp out on their lazy river during an endless catalog of junkets and conferences — and bring the family.

Most embarrassing, Coffman makes Aurora look like we’re a city full of jaundiced hillbillies.

“It’s OK if fellers from here wanna spend tax dollars in El Salvador or Leadville or Warshington — like a herd of Republican pro-business types from Aurora recently did, many on your dime — or anywhere ‘ceptin’ to go gawking at the Eiffel Tower with those uppity Frenchies in France.”

Whether any elected official or government employee should travel anywhere in the age of Zoom meetings is worthy of debate. But picking out this among endless junkets Coffman and every other government type has been on is just ripe political brie.

Coffman seems determined to “en faire tout un fromage,” make a whole cheese in yet another TV and talk-radio distraction.

Isn’t there some asparagus that needs peeling?

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Stop it, of course it’s the guns that lead to massacres and rampant gun violence

Nothing matters today for dozens of parents, friends and families of the children and staff massacred or terrorized Tuesday at their school in Uvalde, Texas.

Soaring gas prices, Trump’s Big Lie, COVID-19 infection rates don’t matter today. Mattering least of all are the meaningless, hollow and cruel offerings of “thoughts and prayers” from political leaders who tout their five-star rating from the National Rifle Association for working to undermine gun-control laws that might have saved lives in Uvalde, and all over the nation.

The Uvalde victims of this week’s gun massacre join the millions and millions of other parents and children terrorized every day by the thought of being inside the next school, the next classroom chosen by a shooter with a gun on mission to kill.

Nothing matters today for the families who suffered similar aching losses that have previously struck Aurora, Littleton, Boulder, Highlands Ranch, Bailey and Arapahoe County.

Each time someone guns down people in a store, a school, a theater or even a town square, past victims and families are terrorized again, along with the rest of us.

These past surviving massacre victims and their families remember back to the “thoughts and prayers” they, too, received from people like Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and GOP Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and a long, list of sordid fellow Republicans and Democrats alike who offered nothing else to stem the plague of gun violence in the nation.

Instead, the nation has for years been awash in political leaders who gaslight the nation by insisting that it’s not the guns.

Only liars and fools hold onto that trembling thread of nonsense.

Of course it’s the guns.

It’s the guns, the lack of mental health care, the lack of education, the poverty and our national obsession with violence. But more than anything, the easy access and promotion of handguns, assault rifles, tactical gear and more are what have led to the shooting of more than 117,000 Americans each year and become the leading cause of death among children and teens in the country.

Facts compiled by Brady United from the Centers for Disease Control reveal just how much it is the guns in this country:

Every day, 321 people are shot in the United States. Among those:

• 111 people die from their gunshot wounds

• 210 survive gunshot injuries

• 95 are intentionally shot by someone else and survive

• 42 are murdered

• 65 die from gun suicide

• 10 survive their suicide attempt

• 1 is killed unintentionally

• 90 are shot unintentionally and survive

It’s the guns that are killing us from an industry that makes billions promoting a misguided rewriting of history, implying that founding fathers of the nation somehow supported our right to murder each other by the tens of thousands each year.

All of the survivors of gun violence, and the friends and families of those who were slaughtered, do not care about the deceitful and irrelevant excuses offered by craven political leaders who care only about gaining power, remaining in power by appeasing the minority of Americans who believe guns are not a problem and the gun industries that prop up these soulless “leaders.”

The only thing preventing the nation from escaping endless shootings and massacres is signaling that those who refuse to act against the gun industry to protect Americans will be removed at the ballot box from power.

It means people who normally sit out the trouble it takes to vote or who shrug their shoulders when confronted with pro-gun-industry propaganda and lies can no longer stand on the sidelines.

Few things are as certain in this world as the absolute guarantee that if a majority of American voters push back against elected leaders refusing to budge on gun control, gun control will come swiftly and widely.

But until those who refuse to succumb to our national fate as withering victims of gun massacres and violence become the majority on Election Day, the gun industry, their lobbyists, their bullies and their lackeys will continue to offer thoughts and prayers to the tens of thousands of shooting victims they do nothing for each year.

JOHN MICEK, CONTRIBUTING COLUMNIST

Abortion wedge could change GOP

Even if you’ve only been casually following the fiery debate over abortion rights in the days since a leaked U.S. Supreme Court draft opinion eviscerating Roe v. Wade became public, you are likely well aware that there are deeply entrenched opinions among those who support and oppose abortion rights.

You also are probably aware that party primaries up and down the ballot, along with this November’s general election, have taken on an even greater importance as a result.

That’s because the party that ends up controlling state legislatures and Congress, along with governor’s mansions across the country, will have a major say on the future of abortion rights across the state and the nation.

But let’s take the spotlight off the partisans for a moment, and shine it on that small bloc of swing voters, the persuadable and independent voters, who don’t always get the attention, but nonetheless can determine election results with the power of their ballots.

The end of Roe, or a substantial reshaping of abortion rights by the nation’s highest court, could help Democrats motivate their own voters and lure persuadable, pro-abortion rights Republicans to their side of the ledger, according to a new analysis by the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics and the Project Home Fire data analytics project.

Number-crunchers talked to roughly 1,000 supporters of President Joe Biden and 1,000 supporters of former President Donald Trump voters before news of the draft opinion became public on May 2, which, like most things in our politics, feels like a lifetime ago.

Scoring respondents on a 100-point scale, based on the depth of their feeling, researchers asked Republican, Democratic and independent respondents: 1. How concerned they were about women losing access to safe and legal abortion services, and 2. Whether they believed abortion should be legal.

The responses among Republicans and Democrats were about what you would have expected of them, researchers found. Independent respondents, however, were more likely to land on the pro-abortion rights side of both questions, researchers noted.

Researchers also found that there were “a fair number of Republicans, Democrats, and independents who are somewhat in the middle on these questions (those who picked numbers ranging from 26 to 75 for both questions).

When it came to the question about whether a respondent was concerned about women’s access to safe and legal abortion services, “collectively, about 37 percent of all respondents landed in this category, including roughly equal numbers of Republicans (36 percent), Democrats (35 percent), and independents (39 percent),” they continued.

Those voters likely are “the kinds of people who may be persuadable either way on the topic of abortion,” the analysis found.

Meanwhile, preventing women from losing access to safe and legal abortion services “emerges as one of the stronger issues for motivating Democratic base and swing voters to get to the polls in 2022 and potentially persuading Republican-leaning voters near the Democratic vs. Republican dividing line to shift their voting intentions to the other side from their present leanings,” the analysis found.

Even so, data suggests that, overall, abortion is still a more powerful tool to motivate Democrats than it is in swinging persuadable Republicans, analysts cautioned.

But, and this a big but, “these voters present as open to maintaining a woman’s right to choose on abortion and the idea that America should be doing more to ensure this, not less.”

Whether that’s enough to trump bigger issues such as the economy and inflation or improve the field for Democrats in a year expected to favor Republicans was not immediately clear, the analysts wrote.

But it does mean that Democrats will have to do something that they’re demonstrably awful at doing, and that’s laser-focusing their messaging in the run-up to the November general election. Stranger things have been known to happen. Not many. But some.

An award-winning political journalist, John L. Micek is Editor-in-Chief of The Pennsylvania Capital-Star in Harrisburg, Pa. Email him at jmicek@penncapital-star. com and follow him on Twitter @ByJohnLMicek.

Dwindling resources

AURORA MENTAL HEALTH CENTER TO DISCONTINUE DAY TREATMENT PROGRAMS FOR YOUTH

The Aurora Mental Health Center will be discontinuing its regional Hampden Youth Campus programs at the end of the school year, adding additional strain to the already stretchedthin resources for pediatric mental health, local educators say.

Tony Poole, assistant superintendent of special populations for Cherry Creek, said the announcement of Hampden’s closure came as a blow to the district.

“It was a definite shock for us,” he said.

AMHC leaders said that the programs became increasingly financially unviable due to changes in how behavioral health programs receive funding from the state, and are part and parcel of what mental healthcare providers have said is a convoluted and inefficient system.

In an April letter to area school districts, AMHC special education director Kelli Perez said that AMHC had decided to halt the three-day treatment programs offered at the campus “after careful consideration of current operating challenges, including increasing acuity of students, diminishing referrals and enrollments, and decreasing financial viability.”

The programs offered at the campus include Metro Children’s Center, which serves kids in

grades kindergarten through eighth grade, and Hampden Academy, which serves youth in eighth through 12th grades. A third program, Intercept Day Treatment, was not in operation this year because the health center was not able to hire enough teachers to staff it, the letter said.

AMHC spokesperson Lori MacKenzie told The Sentinel in an email that Intercept Outpatient Services, a program for children and youth with co-occurring behavioral health and intellectual/developmental disabilities will continue uninterrupted.

Chief Clinical Officer Kirsten Anderson said that there have been decreasing referrals to the program over the past few years. At the same time, the severity of problems individual students are experiencing has increased, she said. That means that to properly staff the program more employees are needed, which is hard for the center to do because it is losing significant amounts of money.

“Last year this program lost over $300,000, which made it very difficult to be able to hire enough staff to work with the level of acuity that we were seeing in the students,” Anderson said.

The program is required to predict how many students it thinks it will serve during the school year, and is funded based on that number, she said. For the past school year it estimated it would serve 26 students across all grade levels

but only received 18, which put it in a bad financial position.

In the letter, Perez said that the health center is “saddened” by the decision and is working to help transition students currently in the programs so they do not fall through the cracks.

“This decision was not made without a lot of analysis and consideration of the landscape both current and moving forward with changes due to the Behavioral Health Administration,” Perez said.

The Behavioral Health Administration is a new state agency set to launch in July that will oversee the state’s network of mental health care providers. An investigation from the Colorado News Collaborative published in Sentinel Colorado in December detailed a series of failures in the state’s mental health safety net, including a lack of oversight of the state’s 17 community mental health centers and serious workforce shortages.

CEO Kelly Phillips-Henry said that the decision wasn’t spurred by future changes to the BHA but to changes the state made about three years ago. Previously, it was much easier for the organization to “float” costs across programs that could not pay for themselves. Now, it is largely operating on a fee-for-service model that makes it very difficult to cover programs that come in

The programs at the Hampden Youth Campus will be discontinued at the end of the 2021-22 school year.

BY CARINA JULIG, Staff Writer

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EDUCATION APS will pursue Blueprint

In a  raucous school board meeting that went past midnight last week, the Aurora Public Schools board voted to reverse a previous decision and stay the course with Blueprint APS, angering parents at two schools targeted for closure.

The vote will shutter Sable and Paris elementary schools in northwest Aurora and is part of a larger plan to create a magnet school in the area. The decision reverses a previous vote two months ago that hinged on a desire to keep the schools open.

The 4-3 vote prompted fury from audience members, many of whom stormed out of the meeting immediately after the motion carried, leveling accusations at board members.

“This is a joke,” Sable Elementary School family liaison Liliana Saffron said. “You’re letting these people manipulate you. You are failing the community.”

Several people asked whether board members would be the ones to go to Sable and Paris on Wednesday to tell students their schools would be closing.

“Go apologize to those kids and those teachers that you’re throwing to the side,” one woman said.

Launched in 2017, Blueprint APS is the district’s process to manage declining enrollment on the western side of the district.

In December, Superintendent Rico Munn recommended that for Region 1 of the district, Sable and Paris elementary schools be closed after the 2022-2023 school year and a magnet school focused on health open on the campus of North Middle School along with a P-TECH program, a six-year program beginning in ninth grade that allows students to graduate with a high school diploma and a college associate’s degree.

The recommendation was met by heavy opposition from Sable community members, who said that the closure would destabilize their neighborhood and contribute to gentrification. When the decision came to a vote in March, the board voted 4-3 to reject the recommendation. Under the board’s policies, Munn was then charged with returning to the board at its May meeting with a series of frameworks for how the board could go forward with the Blueprint process and keep some schools open.

At the meeting, Munn presented the board with three options that they had been briefed about before during a special meeting in April: staying the course with Blueprint, either with the previous recommendations or with new criteria for how schools are considered for closure, instituting a six-month pause or abandoning Blueprint APS altogether. None of the options excluded the possibility of schools needing to be closed at some point.

The board listened to about two hours of public comment on Tuesday, the bulk of which was from Sable and Paris community members opposing school closures. Speak-

ers questioned the district’s given reasons for the closures and asked the board members to honor their initial vote.

Munn said that the public comment at meetings spoke to the level of passion and commitment people felt for their neighborhood schools. However, he said that it was “difficult to envision any path forward that does not involve this level of difficult conversation.”

Several board members expressed frustration with the three options they were given. Nichelle Ortiz said she didn’t feel like the options responded to the concerns the board members had raised.

“We’re obviously going in circles at this point,” she said.

Vicki Reinhard said that she felt similarly and still did not understand why the board’s vote at its March meeting was not binding.

As in previous meetings, board members did not appear to understand why they had to create new criteria if they wanted new recommendations or why they could not vote on decisions to close schools or create new magnet schools individually. Munn emphasized that under the current governance structure he is in charge of following board policies, and cannot unilaterally close schools under any framework.

Board member Tramaine Duncan asked why Blueprint had only begun to face significant pushback from board members and the Aurora Education Association, which Munn said was involved with Blueprint’s implementation but currently has declined to take part in discussions with him.

A representative from AEA, which has been heavily involved in the effort to keep Sable and Paris open, could not immediately be reached for comment.

“From 2019 to 2021 where was the dislike for the Blueprint process from the board members that are against it now?” he asked.

Reinhard, Ortiz and Stephanie Mason said that the pandemic changed things since students have already experienced so much destabilization over the past several years and that previous Blueprint votes were also split.

Ortiz made a motion to abandon Blueprint, and Mason seconded. Reinhard voted in favor of the motion, board members Debbie Gerkin, Tramaine Duncan, Michael Carter and Anne Keke voted against it and the motion failed.

Keke said that if they voted to abandon Blueprint they would be following in the footsteps of Denver Public Schools, which is currently undergoing a long process of reversing track on decisions made in the past about how to manage schools.

After the vote failed, Gerkin introduced a motion to stay the course with Blueprint APS as it had been previously presented to the district. The motion passed, with Gerkin, Carter, Keke and Duncan voting in favor and Mason, Ortiz and Reinhard voting against. The vote was the same as the March vote with the exception of Duncan, who in March had voted to reject Munn’s

recommendation.

At a community rally on Saturday, Duncan told The Sentinel that he did not support closing Sable and Paris but that he was not aware of a better plan than Blueprint APS for how to respond to declining enrollment.

“The hard truth is that we’re going to have to close schools, it’s just how we go about it that is important to me and important to the community,” he said.

The outcry regarding the initial recommendation made it clear to him that the board needs to do better in engaging the community and making sure they understand the process, he said.

The board took a short break after the vote, at which point audience members in the overflow room entered the conference room to ask for clarity about what the vote meant for school closures.

“No matter what was decided, schools will eventually close,” Gerkin said. Gerkin said she was sorry for how upsetting the vote was while people asked her when the last time she had been to Sable was.

After the break, the board moved onto other agenda items while Sable and Paris supporters gathered in the lobby to regroup.

“We’re not done talking,” one woman said.

— CARINA JULIG, Sentinel Staff Writer

POLICE

3 people shot in Aurora apartment complex

A dispute May 22 in the parking lot of a central Aurora apartment complex led to the shooting of three people, seriously injuring all of them, police said.

The shootings occurred in the parking lot of Park Place at Expo Apartments, 10623 E. Exposition Ave., and were reported by police on Twitter at about 1:15 p.m. Sunday.

Police did not release any identifying information about the victims, what let to the shootings or who the shooting suspect or suspects were.

Police said medics transported one of the victims to a nearby hospital, and the other two found their own way before police arrived.

“All have serious injuries but (are) expected to survive,” police said in a social media post. “Circumstances leading up to the shooting are still being determined. Suspect descriptions are still being obtained.”

Anyone with information is asked to contact Metro Denver Crime Stoppers at 720-913-7867. Tipsters can remain anonymous and still be eligible for a reward of up to $2,000, police said.

— SENTINEL STAFF

Man wounded by gunfire

Few details were released after a man was shot in or near a south-central Aurora convenience store late May 21.

Police said only in a social media post that a man was shot at 2220. S. Peoria St. at about 11:30 p.m. The address is a 7-Eleven store.

“The victim was transported to the hospital with serious injuries,” police stated.

Police said there was no suspect information.

An Aurora man was shot dead earlier Saturday and a boy was injured during a shooting at what police said was a party somewhere in or near an office complex less than a mile south of the 7-Eleven shooting.

Police were called there to investigate the shooting at about 3:30 a.m. Saturday at 2993 S. Peoria St., which is a small office complex, The Peoria Professional Building, at Peoria and East Cornell Avenue.

Callers said the shooting occurred at a party at that address.

“Upon arrival, officers located an adult male suffering from an apparent gunshot wound,” police said in a statement. “This male was pronounced deceased at the scene. Officers located a second victim, a juvenile male with an apparent gunshot wound, this male was transported to a local hospital with nonlife threatening injuries.”

Anyone with information about either shooting is asked to contact Metro Denver Crime Stoppers at 720-913-7867.

— SENTINEL STAFF

COURTS

3 nominated for vacancy

Three Aurora residents have been nominated for a judgeship vacancy on the Arapahoe County Court following the retirement of judge Anne M. Ollada.

The 18th Judicial District Nominating Commission has selected Christine M. Apostoli, LaQunya L. Baker, and Michael J. Carter as final nominees, according to the district.

Gov. Jared Polis has 15 days from May 18 to appoint one of them to the vacancy.

Apostoli is currently a magistrate judge in the 18th Judicial District.

Baker is a criminal defense litigator and a visiting professor at Denver University’s Sturm College of Law. She previously served as a public defender in Jefferson County.

Carter is a criminal defense attorney at The Carter Law Group in Aurora, and is currently serving as a board of education director in Aurora Public Schools.

— CARINA JULIG, Sentinel Staff Writer

Appeals court weighs filming officers

U.S. government lawyers last week asked the appeals court overseeing four western and two midwestern states to recognize that the First Amendment guarantee of free speech gives people the right to film police as they do their work in public — a decision that would allow officers to be sued if they interfere with bystanders trying to record them.

Six of the nation’s 12 appeals courts have recognized that right but the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals has not and justices heard arguments in the case of a YouTube journalist and blogger who claimed

that a suburban Denver officer blocked him from recording a 2019 traffic stop.

Natasha Babazadeh, an attorney for the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, urged a threejudge panel from the court to rule that filming police is a constitutional right and said there has been an increase in the number of lawsuits filed against police by people saying they could not record them in public. The appeals court has over Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado, Wyoming, New Mexico and Utah and the parts of Yellowstone National Park that lie in Idaho and Montana.

“This issue is timely and would give guidance to district courts,” Babazadeh said.

The First Amendment issue intersects with the controversial legal doctrine called “qualified immunity,” which shields police officers from misconduct lawsuits unless their actions violate clearly established laws. If the appeals court decides people have a right to record police, police departments and officers who work in the court’s region would be put on notice that they could be sued for violating that right.

In the Colorado lawsuit, Abade Irizarry said he was filming a police traffic stop in the city of Lakewood when he claimed Officer Ahmed Yehia stood in front of the camera to block Irizarry from recording. The officer was on foot shined a flashlight into Irizarry’s camera and the camera of another blogger. Then Yehia left the two, got into his cruiser and sped the cruiser toward the two bloggers, the lawsuit said. The cruiser swerved before reaching the bloggers and they were not hit, according to the lawsuit.

The case was heard in federal court in Denver, where a magistrate judge sided with lawyers for Yehia and dismissed it last year, agreeing with Yehia’s lawyers, who contended the right to record police was not clearly established by the time of the incident in 2019.

Irizarry appealed and U.S. government lawyers joined the case to support the public’s right to record police.

Alex Dorotik, the lawyer for Yehia and the city of Lakewood, said in court documents that the appeals court panel should uphold the lower court ruling.

Pointing out that Yehia allegedly drove towards Irizarry, appeals court Judge Carolyn McHugh said officers can be held liable for actions which are so egregious that all officers should should know that they violate people’s rights.

Dorotik told the appeals court panel that the motivation for why Yehia drove toward Irizarry would have to be considered but later acknowledged that it would be fair to infer it was motivated by Irizarry’s efforts to film the traffic stop.

The Justice Department lawyers did not take a position on whether Yehia should be granted qualified immunity.

But they said the appeals court can rule on the constitutional question of whether people have the

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at a loss year after year, she said.

“Year over year, for at least four years, we have taken a significant loss on this service line, and it’s getting harder to be able to do that in the way we are now paid,” Phillips-Henry said.

AMHC officials also said that the Cherry Creek School District’s plan to open its own day treatment facility was a factor in the closure. The district is one of the largest referrers to the day treatment program, “and with them taking day treatment in-house that would decrease our referrals even more than what we’ve seen recently,” Anderson said.

With the way it is now funded, Phillips-Henry said that AMHC has to prioritize the services it offers and educational programs have never been its primary area of expertise. With CCSD opening its own facility, it made the decision to put its resources into other programs that have a higher level of community demand.

The closure came as a disappointment to Cherry Creek, however.

Poole said that on average, about 3 to 10 district students are in one of the Hampden programs at any given time. With how few local resources there are for young people with mental health issues, the closure of any one program is a challenge.

Nine years ago, Poole said the district had 77 placement options for kids with mental health needs. With Hampden’s closure, there are now fewer than 30.

“It’s bad,” he said.

In response to the shortage, Cherry Creek has plans to build its own $15 million mental health day treatment facility that it will operate in partnership with a local health provider. AMHC is one of the providers that responded to an RFP the district put out, a decision is pending.

Depending on the severity of needs, the facility will be able to serve 60 to 100 students at a time, Poole said. However, it will not be operational for at least several years.

The neighboring Aurora Public Schools district also has partnerships with AMHC. APS spokes-

person Corey Christiansen said the district is always concerned when community services are cut.

“We are proud of our partnership with Aurora Mental Health in getting services into our schools which helps to provide services to our youth during the academic day,” he said in an email.

The dearth of mental health resources for children and youth has been a topic of concern throughout the pandemic, with Children’s Hospital Colorado declaring a “state of emergency” for pediatric mental health last year.

Heidi Baskfield, the hospital’s vice president of population health and advocacy, said that since 2007, the state has lost 2,000 beds for youth mental health treatment.

“The central biggest challenge is that there has been a consistent pattern of closing facilities serving youth with mental health needs without a clear plan for how additional capacity gets built somewhere else,” she said.

Many of those facilities closed because they couldn’t make their business model work with the low rates of reimbursement they received from Medicaid and other providers, Baskfield said. She applauded the state for helping increase reimbursement rates, but said that it needs to be more proactive about finding capacity in other places when mental health facilities close.

Meanwhile, the hospital is continuing to see a record number of pediatric mental health patients.

“We have nothing that would indicate it is going to slow down anytime soon,” she said.

Anderson said that AMHC is still committed to serving youth and will be enhancing the services it offers to young people who need more than just outpatient therapy, including piloting a program to get patients who are coming out of the hospital into treatment much quicker than they are currently.

“It does not mean that we want to shirk our responsibility in any way of providing clinical care to this population of students, where necessary,” Phillips-Henry said. “We very much remain at the table as the clinical expert. What we just no longer can sustain is the running of the school.”

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Styles and his brother both played football at Gateway High School after moving to the area from Florida nearly a decade ago, according to Sentinel Colorado reporting from the time.

On March 18, 2022, he pleaded guilty to second-degree murder.

This week, he was sentenced to 32 years in prison and five years of probation.

Boles previously pleaded guilty to robbery and aggravated menacing, and was sentenced to 19 years in prison.

— SENTINEL STAFF

Montessori charter school seeks outside approval after APS signals already low enrollment would hinder success

A Montessori charter school that wants to set up a series of “micro schools” in Aurora is seeking approval through the Charter School Institute of Colorado instead of the local school district.

The Aurora Public Schools board of education voted at its meeting last week to allow the institute to consider the school without taking its own vote to approve or deny authorizing the charter after the district concluded the school’s plans to set up shop in Aurora would be unlikely to succeed.

The application comes as the district struggles with low enrollment and made the controversial decision at its Tuesday board meeting to close several schools that are under-enrolled.

At the meeting, the board renewed its existing charter school contracts with AXL Academy and Global Village Academy for two years and Lotus School for Excel-

lence and Vega Collegiate Academy for five years as part of the consent agenda. It also considered the application of Wildflower Montessori, the only new charter school application the district received as part of this year’s application cycle.

Wildflower is connected to the Wildflower Foundation, a nonprofit that supports a network of Montessori schools in 13 states and Puerto Rico. The school’s application said it wanted to establish a network of seven micro-schools in northwest and southeast Aurora beginning in 2023, located around the CU Anschutz Medical Campus and Buckley Space Force Base. Altogether, the schools would serve about 230 students in preschool through sixth grade.

During public comment, parents in favor of the school said that this would give local families an accessible option for Montessori education.

“This type of education is typically only available in a private school setting and unobtainable for a family like mine,” said Chris Herter, who has three young children and said that private school is not financially feasible for him and his wife.

Others have said that opening charter schools, particularly those billed as having small class sizes, at the same time as the district is closing some schools due to low enrollment is hypocritical.

“Every time the district approves a charter they are contributing to declining enrollment,” Sable Elementary teacher Leslie Burton said at a May 14 rally.

An evaluation by the district ruled it was “unlikely” that Wildflower Montessori’s plans could be successfully implemented in Aurora. In a presentation to the school board, APS’ executive director of the Office of Autonomous Schools Jeff Park said that the school had been unable to demonstrate communi-

ty need for more K-6 education in the region, which has experienced some of the steepest enrollment declines in the district.

Additionally, Park said that the school had been unable to clearly explain to the district how its funding model would be sustainable. Much of the school’s funding would come from a separate early childhood education program that parents would have to pay for. Along with creating equity concerns about whether paying preschool families would be more likely to receive a spot in the K-6 school, it did not take into consideration the universal preschool program that Colorado is in the process of implementing.

Wildflower had initially applied to be chartered with APS but in advance of the May board meeting asked the district to release it from consideration and to allow it to pursue being chartered through the Colorado Charter School Institute instead. After hearing a presentation from Wildflower’s leadership team, the board voted 5-2 to grant its request, with board members Michael Carter and Vicki Reinhard voting no.

Prior to the meeting several board members had raised concerns about the charter school charging tuition for preschool, but there was little discussion during the actual meeting and board members did not give a reason for their votes.

Board member Anne Keke offered to recuse herself from the vote because she is on the board of another Wildflower Foundation school, Flame Lily, but APS’ legal counsel Brandon Eyre said that since the two schools are separate legal entities that was not necessary. (Keke is no longer a member of the board, which is inactive, and told The Sentinel that the list of board members on Flame Lily’s website is out-of-date.)

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The Charter School Institute was established in 2004 and authorizes charter schools across the state. A spokesperson said that Wildflower’s application to the institute will be due in July and its board will make a decision in October. If the application is approved, Wildflower will be able to establish schools in the same locations it proposed to APS, but without any connection to or involvement from the district.

The board had the option to vote to reject Wildflower’s application without releasing it to the CSI, but charter schools that are rejected by districts also have the option to appeal to the state Board of Education, which can overturn the decision.

— CARINA JULIG, Sentinel Staff Writer

Aurora pools ready to reopen for the summer, despite dearth of lifeguards, heat

Aurora’s six public outdoor pools will offer residents a place to beat the heat starting May 28.

All Aurora needs is some heat, which weather predictors say is coming, and maybe some more lifeguards.

Due to the ongoing nationwide shortage of qualified lifeguards, hours will be limited compared to previous years, according to a city press release. The same release notes that Parklane Pool has been renovated and will reopen with new features such as locker rooms, showers and a splash pad.

Outdoor pools and their hours of operation include:

Aqua Vista Pool — open Mondays and Wednesdays from noon to 6 p.m. for open swimming.

Del Mar Pool — open Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 10

a.m. to noon for swim lessons and from noon to 6 p.m. for open swimming; also open on weekends from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. for open swimming.

Meadow Hills Pool — open Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10 a.m. to noon for swim lessons and from noon to 6 p.m. for open swimming; also open Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. for open swimming.

Parklane Pool — open Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from noon to 6 p.m. for open swimming; also open Sundays from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. for open swimming.

Pheasant Run Pool — open Mondays from noon to 6 p.m. for open swimming.

Village Green Pool — open Thursdays from noon to 6 p.m. for open swimming.

Indoor pools will also remain open:

Beck Recreation Center — open weekdays from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. for lap swimming, fitness classes and hot tub use.

Central Recreation Center — open weekdays from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. for lap swimming, river walk and hot tub use; also open on weekends from noon to 6 p.m. for open lap swimming, open swimming, river walk, slide, wave pool and hot tub use.

Moorhead Recreation Center — open weekdays from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. for lap swimming and river walk.

Utah Pool — open weekdays from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. for lap swimming.

City spraygrounds at Great Plains Park and Red-Tailed Hawk Park will also be open daily from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. between Memorial Day and Labor Day.

Current pool schedules and other up-to-date information are available at AuroraGov.org/Pools.

— MAX LEVY, Sentinel Staff Writer

Preps

ABOVE: Athletes and coaches on the Grandview boys track & fleld team stand on the medal podium after the program captured its second consecutive Class 5A state championship on May 23, 2022, at Jefferson County Stadium. The Wolves earned 96 points to finish ahead of challengers from Cherokee Trail (69) and Valor Christian

John Reyes has his Grandview team open every practice with a victory lap, so they know what to do when they win.

For two years in a row, the Wolves have gotten to show off what they practice at the end of the Class 5A state track & field meet.

TRACK & FIELD

Grandview navigated the challenges of the weather and some spirited efforts by some other teams on its way to a second consecutive state championship and one more celebratory jaunt around the track at Jefferson County Stadium.

Senior Malique Singleton’s runner-up finish in the 300 meter hurdles late in the day put the Wolves in position and the results of the 1,600 meter run ensured that neither Cherokee Trail or Valor Christian would have enough points to catch them.

Massed behind the fence near the finish line to watch the conclusion of that race, Grandview athletes erupted at the conclusion and thrust Reyes onto their shoulders in celebration. It was a somewhat confusing moment for others in the stadium who didn’t know that the title had just been sealed, but it was special inside the program.

Trophy town

With a large number of returning athletes from last year’s team, the Wolves were favorites from the start of the season to the end and let nothing derail them in their repeat quest, all while having a very good time doing it.

BY COURTNEY OAKES Sports Editor

“This is the closest group I’ve ever coached,” Reyes said. “It’s a bunch of kids that had never done track. I think only one boy on our entire team had done it prior to Grandview, so for me, the mathematical odds of having that much talent on this team are through the roof.

“I realize how special and lucky we are. I’ve realized that for awhile and it will probably never happen again. It’s a great group and I’m going to miss the heck out of them. I don’t know if I can really sum it all up.”

The Wolves were loaded for bear and for the second year in a row were able to close the championship with a massive performance on the final day of the meet.

“That was not planned,” Reyes said. “We knew with the points what needed to happen, so we gathered to watch that and after they clinched it, that’s what happened.”

The Wolves were especially good in the sprint events and it loaded them up with points.

Besides scoring two runners in both the 100 and 200 meters, Grandview got state championships in the 4x200 and 4x100 meter relay events from the same group of seniors Charlie Dick and Evan Johnson and juniors David Maldonado and Luke Trinrud.

The 4x100 team — which was honored for setting the Colorado all-classification record in the event at the Centennial League Championship meet —put the finishing touches on the meet by winning the state title.

And they had a blast.

“It was the most fun we’ve ever had, there’s no feeling like it,” Johnson said. “Going to practice every day, seeing my favorite kids and my favorite coaches. It’s the best, there’s nothing like it.”

Cherokee Trail finished second on both the boys and girls side, which was as much as veteran coach Chris Faust could ask for from his group.

He knew Grandview and Cherry Creek were the boys and girls favorites, respectively, but he knew it would be hard for others to beat them.

“There’s a big difference in coming into a meet and hoping to get first and finishing second and knowing second is what you are going for,” Faust said. “Something could have happened to one of those teams, but Cherry Creek is clearly the best girls team and Grandview is the best boys team, so we were going in trying to beat everybody else.”

That’s exactly what the Cougars did, as they outlasted Fort Collins on the girls side and Valor Christian on the boys side to earn runner-up status.

Both margins were slim, as the girls finished just 2.5 points in front of the Lambkins with an effort aided by the 100 meter dash state championship of junior Symone Allen.

The Cherokee Trail 4x400 meter relay team of senior Ciaran Hyslop, junior Reuben Holness, sophomore Kahari Wilbon and freshman Peyton Sommers needed only to get sixth place or better to move the Cougars past Valor Christian and went the extra mile by winning the state title. Holness and fellow juniors Beck Gutjahr, Evan Armstrong and Logan McGowan won the 4x800 relay as well.

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BELOW: Natalie Rue, top, and her teammates on the Cherokee Trail girls track team celebrate the Cougars’ second-place finish in the Class 5A girls state track meet. Photos by Courtney Oakes/Sentinel Colorado

PREPS

City puts on a show on the track with nine Class 5A state championships

Over three weather-interrupted days at Jefferson County Stadium, Aurora boys and girls came away with a combined nine individual event championships, all of which came in track events, five of them in relays.

Here’s a look at Aurora’s state championship-winning performances May 19-22:

Cherokee Trail boys win sweet 4x800 relay

The memory of watching last season’s 5A boys 4x800 meter relay state championship spurred this season’s Cherokee Trail team of juniors Reuben Holness, Beck Gutjahr, Evan Armstrong and Logan McGowan on to the title.

Mountain Vista denied them a year ago, but the Cougars were the aggressors from start to finish this time. Holnees got them off to a strong start as he has all season, while Gutjahr and Armstrong maintained — if not stretched out the advantage — and McGowan put a little extra into his first lap to send a message to the rest of the field that

Cherokee Trail would not be caught this time.

Rocky Mountain was the Cougars’ closest persuer for most of the race until Mountain Vista — which came out with a different order than Cherokee Trail expected — surged on the final lap to come in a distant second.

Cherokee Trail finished with a time of 7 minutes, 52.07 seconds.

Eaglecrest girls rule the 4x200 meter relay

One of the most exceptional stories from the entire meet came from the Eaglecrest girls group of seniors Haley Esser and Favour Akpokiere, junior Bianca Gleim and freshman Jaylynn Wilson.

While Wilson arrived with the program with extensive youth track experience, the other three were in other athletic pursuits leading up to this season.

Coach Chris Carhart — in his first season with the program — managed to pull Esser and Akpokiere from the school’s girls soccer team and Gleim from its spirit squad and over the course of the season helped transform them into one of the state’s biggest threats on the track.

The foursome had the top times in the state in both the 4x100 and 4x200 relays coming into the state meet and they took that all the way to the end in the 4x200, which came at the end of a second day of competition that came a day later than expected due to a snowstorm that forced a postponement.

Akpokiere led off, handed

to Gleim, who gave off to Wilson and Esser finished off the state championship run in a time of 1 minute, 40.66 seconds, which was well in front of the runner-up team from Cherokee Trail, which crossed the finish line in 1:42.22.

Grandview boys take home the 4x200 meter title

Temperatures dropped on the end of the second day of comeptition at Jefferson County Stadium — which still had

some snowbanks on the field — but the Grandview boys heated things up in the 4x200 relay.

The Wolves had easily the fastest time in prelims on the opening day of the meet — which had been held in hot conditions — but the cold only added a half second onto their championship-winning time.

The team of seniors Charlie Dick and Evan Johnson and juniors Luke Trinrud and David Maldonado — with Maldonado

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sophomore Gabriella Cunningham to reach the finsh line.

Belibi raised her arms in celebration after she crossed the finish line in 14.29 seconds (just .04 slower than her prelim time), with Cunningham next in 14.64. It was a cathartic victory for Belibi in the carryover from the previous year, as well as from the first day of the state meet, when she came up short in her attempt to defend her 2021 state championship in the long jump when she was surpassed by Fort Collins’ Brooke Naughton.

Adams celebrates return by winning 100 meter state title

Injuries are part of the reality of running track & field, which Cherokee Trail junior Symone Adams knows about all too well.

Adams tore her meniscus last May and faced a long road to recovery, which came on the heels of losing her freshman season completely due to the coronavirus pandemic.

running the anchor leg — finished in 1 minute, 26.75 seconds, which was well in front of runner-up Fountain-Fort Carson, whicih crossed in 1:28.09.

The 4x200 state championship provided a surge of momentum for the Wolves going into the final day of the meet.

Belibi earns her first state title in the 100 hurdles

Regis Jesuit’s Fabiola Belibi remembers the sting of a close defeat in the 5A girls 100 meter hurdles in 2021, when she lost by 0.18 of a second to former Overland standout Zeaniah Wedgeworth.

The Harvard-bound Belibi would not be denied this time as she started off a successful final day of her prep track career by holding off Grandview

Not only did she recover, but Adams would lead the sprint rankings in the state for much of the season and she didn’t let up once she got her chance to run at the state championship meet.

Adams qualified for the finals with the third-fastest prelim time of 12.31 seconds (behind Monarch’s Julia Pattison and Ralston Valley’s Casia Provencal, but she ran 0.13 of a second faster in the final on her way to the state title.

Adams’ 12.18 bested Pattison (12.22), Rock Canyon’s Sophia McHenry (12.26), Valor Christian’s Peyton Holmes (12.32) and Mountain Vista’s Rachel Bair (12.32) in a very

tight finish.

Above: Cherokee Trail’s Logan McGowan raises his arm in celebration as he brings home the win in the Class 5A boys 4x800 meter relay on May

Left: From left, the team of Favour Akpokiere, Bianca Gleim, Jaylynn Wilson and Haley Esser won the Class 5A girls 4x200 meter relay on May 21.

right: Cherokee Trail’s Symone Adams smiles from atop the medal podium after winning the Class 5A girls 100 meter dash on May 22 at Jefferson County Stadium. (Photos by Courtney Oakes/Sentinel Colorado)

Esser grabs individual glory in the 200 meter dash

Eaglecrest senior Haley Esser got the pleasure of experiencing both individual and team glory at her one and only state championship meet.

She anchored the Raptors’ title-winning 4x200 meter relay on the second day of the meet, then on the final day proved she was the state’s fastest in the 200 meters. Esser clocked the second-fastest prelims time of 24.50 (which was behind only Monarch’s Julia Pattison, who ran 24.43).

Running side-by-side with Pattison and 100 meter state champion Symone Adams of Cherokee Trail, Esser leaned across the finish line in 24.73 to get in front of Pattison (24.86) and Adams (24.87).

Esser, who played basketball in the winter and played girls soccer simultaneously with track in the spring, bolstered her running resume enough to garner a Division I scholarship offer form the University of Wyoming.

Belibi doubles up in 300 meter hurdles

Regis Jesuit’s Fabiola Belibi earned the title queen of the hurdles as she followed up her win in the 100 meter hurdles with the 5A crown in the 300 event.

Belibi finished as the runner-up in the 300 hurdles at the 2021 meet, but just like in the 100, she managed to move up to the top spot on the medal podium this time around.

With a time of 43.27 seconds, Belibi crossed the finish line ahead of Chatfield’s Amelia Hubbell (43.89) and Grandview’s Gabriella Cunningham (44.57), who was the runner-up in the 100 hurdles.

State record-holding Grandview 4x100 relay team wins state championship

The end of the season proved to be epic for the Grandview boys 4x100 meter relay team, which set the all-classification state record in the event and followed it up with a state title.

The weather and taxing of a full meet kept the team of seniors Evan Johnson and Charlie Dick and juniors Luke Trinrud and David Maldonado from taking a crack at setting the record, but they already owned the mark with the time of 40.59 seconds they ran in the prelims of the Centennial League Championship meet on May 12 at Mullen High School.

The Wolves basically raced themselves in both the prelims and finals at the state meet, executing handoffs to near perfection and finishing nearly a second clear of runner-up Cherokee Trail with Johnson bringing home the title as the anchor leg. Grandview already had the team championship sewed up, allowing the group to run a “relaxed” race to the state title.

Cherokee Trail boys finish with

4x400 crown

Cherokee Trail coach Chris Faust loves the 4x400 meter relay and the stakes it often carries with it as the last championship final of the three-day meet.

The Cougars had something riding on the result this season as they needed a sixth-place or better finish in order to move past Valor Christian from third into second in the 5A team standings behind Grandview, which had already sewed up the state championship.

The group of senior Ciaran Hyslop, junior Reuben Holness, sophomore Kahari Wilbon and freshman Peyton Sommers were not planning to settle, however.

Hyslop got the Cougars off to a strong start against their chief rivals, Cherry Creek, while Wilbon held the advantage and

got the baton to Holness, who capped an outstanding meet (in which he won two championships) by turning it over to Sommers in prime shape.

Sommers kept his challenger from Cherry Creek on his hip the entire way to deliver the state championship for the Cougars in a time of 3 minutes, 17.49 seconds. The Cougars won the fast heat of an event that had prelims eliminated due to time constraints from the weather delays of the meet.

Podium regulars

There were a number of Aurora athletes who made several trips to the medal podium and all of them had different journeys to get there.

Hinkley senior Courtney Wilborn had waited an awfully long time for it to happen. She was a state qualifier as a fresh-

man in 2019 and finished 16th in the prelims of her only event, the 200 meter dash. Wilborn lost her sophomore year as everyone else did to the coronavirus pandemic and she was not able to compete as a junior.

But Wilborn made the most of her final season and made it onto the podium in all three of her individual events. She finished sixth in the 100 meter hurdles and eighth in both the 100 and 300 hurdles.

“Even though I didn’t get on the top, it was a blessed experience to get on the podium and three times, at that,” Wilborn said. “It took a lot of grit and determination to make it back up here. I think I was just really motivated by my team and my coaches. It was just a lot of hard work.”

Wilborn said she was most excited by the result in the 100

hurdles given that she has only been hurdling for a year. She also has a chance to continue competing in college and is deciding between Alabama State and UNLV.

Vista PEAK’s Kendall McCoy also made the medal podium three times and did so with three strong performances that came within the span of a couple of hours. Grandview sophomore Gabriella

Cunningham finished in the top three in two hurdles events and made the podium a total of three times in all.

Top: Regis Jesuit’s Fabiola Belibi clears the final hurdle on her way to winning the Class 5A girls 300 meter hurdles championship on May 22. Left: Grandview’s David Maldonado points after crossing the finish line to win the Class 5A boys 4x200 meter relay on May 21. Above: David Maldonado and Luke Trinrud, back row, Charlie Dick and Evan Johnson pose with certificates showing their 4x100 Colorado state record May 22. (Photos by Courtney Oakes/Sentinel Colorado)

All the way to the finish

Aurora boys and girls athletes put on a show over three days at the Class 5A and 4A state track & field championships at Jefferson County Stadium in performances that filled them with pride and emotion and turned into a parade up the medal podium.

Above left: Grandview senior Malique Singleton lets out a yell after his runner-up finish in the Class 5A boys 300 meter hurdles on May 22, which was one of the final strokes needed by the Wolves to secure the Class 5A state team championship. Top right: Hinkley’s Courtney Wilborn returned to the 5A state meet for the first time since 2019, when she was a freshman, and earned three spots on the medal podium. Above right: Regis Jesuit’s Fabiola Belibi smiles as she holds her medal for winning the Class 5A girls 100 meter hurdles May 22 with Grandview’s Gabriella Cunningham, right, in second. Left: The Cherokee Trail boys 4x400 meter relay team, from left, Peyton Sommers, Reuben Holness, Kahari Wilbon and Ciaran Hyslop pose after winning the event to wrap up the state meet May 22. (Photos by Courtney Oakes/Sentinel Colorado)

Preps

GIRLS SOCCER

Grandview takes on Broomfield for 5A title

Naomi Clark’s penchant for scoring game-winning goals this season for the Grandview girls soccer team is becoming legend.

The junior striker put an end to a 99-minute scoreless deadlock that stretched late into the night May 19 at the University of Denver when her goal gave the fourth-seeded Wolves a 1-0 double-overtime victory over top-seeded Valor Christian and a spot in the May 25 Class 5A state championship game.

Clark ran onto a through ball from senior Meg Gonzalez and got there before the Eagles’ onrushing goalkeeper and finished into an empty net for her seventh game-winning goal of the season and second consecutive in the postseason. Coach Brian Wood’s Grandview team avenged a 1-0 loss to Valor Christian in the regular season.

The Wolves head to Dick’s Sporting Goods Park for the 5A state championship game at 8 p.m. May 25, where they will face second-seeded and defending state champion Broomfield, which knocked off No. 6 Columbine 2-1 in overtime in the other semifinal. Results were unavailable at press time, but visit sentinelcolorado. com/preps for a recap.

Grandview and Broomfield have combined to win the past three 5A state championships, five of the last six and have seven combined all-time titles between them. The Wolves won head-to-head championship matchups with the Eagles in 2018 (1-0 in overtime) and 2015 (2-0).

To get to the final, Grandview needed stellar defensive player in the semifinal against undefeated Valor Christian, which had a lot of possession, but was unable to solve Grandview star senior keeper Jordan Nytes. Senior Taylor Gentry and a veteran backline blocked a number of shots and snuffed out a number of chances as the Eagles attempted to center the ball from the wings.

After a brief stoppage late in the first overtime when the lights at DU’s Ciber Field turned off automatically. When the second extra period began, it took just over four minutes until Clark came through yet again as Gonzalez sent a ball forward up the left wing and Clark eluded keeper Jaidin Kinch and scored.

BOYS LACROSSE

Regis Jesuit falls in 5A semifinal heartbreaker

Fletcher Sullivan earned space and had the goalie beat as the final seconds elapsed May 23 at Peter Barton Stadium. The Regis Jesuit junior launched a low shot that, if it found its mark, would have given the Raiders new life by sending their Class 5A boys lacrosse semifinal with Mountain Vista into overtime.

But the goalpost had other ideas, as it barred Sullivan’s shot from going in with an audible clang that brought

a heartbreaking end to Regis Jesuit’s season in a 9-8 loss to the fifth-seeded Golden Eagles, who advanced to the state championship game for the second season in a row.

Sullivan finished with four goals, while senior Logan White added two and junior Mattie Cain and senior Charlie Denlinger also scored for coach Jim Soran’s Raiders, who finished 15-3. Both Colorado losses for Regis Jesuit came to the teams that will play for the state championship at 7:30 p.m. Friday in Mountain Vista as well as No. 6 Arapahoe, which defeated No. 7 Poudre School District.

In the May 18 quarterfinals, Regis Jesuit became the only one of the top four seeds to survive with an 11-9 win over No. 8 Kent Denver. The Sun Devils had the Raiders on the rope, but White scored three of his game-high five goals in the fourth quarter and Sullivan (who had four goals) dominated the final minutes in the faceoff circle.

BASEBALL Cougars, Raiders make Championship Series

Aurora teams were shut out of last season’s Class 5A Baseball Championship Series, but not so this season as Regis Jesuit and

Cherokee Trail earned their way into the double-elimination tournament.

The top-seeded Raiders and 10th-seeded Cougars took vastly different routes, but ended up together in the Championship Series, which begins with games May 27-28 and concludes June 3-4. Games will be played at All-City Stadium in Denver and All-Star Park in Lakewood.

Regis Jesuit — which opens at 9 a.m. May 27 at All-City Stadium against No. 8 Douglas County — won the Region 1 championship on its home field May 22. Coach Matt Darr’s Raiders topped No. 32 Bear Creek 8-3 in the opener, then shut out No. 16 Horizon 4-0 to advance.

Cherokee Trail played May 23 in a regional hosted by Pueblo West and prevailed in two close games to get back to the Championship Series, where it played in 2019, prior to the coronavirus pandemic. Coach Jon DiGiorgio’s Cougars got an outstanding effort from ace Tyler Wilcox in the opener (as he struck out nine and allowed just one run over seven innings), which they won 2-1 over Dakota Ridge. Brett Barber had two hits, two stolen bases and scored both runs for Cherokee Trail.

The Cougars had to rally for a wild 16-10 win over Pueblo West with

the Championship Series berth on the line. Braeden Reichert homered and drove in five runs, Bowen Tabola also homered and Thomas Munch had the go-ahead RBI in a seven-run rally for Cherokee Trail in the top of the seventh inning.

Grandview nearly made it an Aurora trio in the Championship Series, but the 15th-seeded Wolves had a lead slip away in a 5-4 loss to No. 2 Legacy in the Region 8 championship game May 23. Coach Scott Henry’s team scored four runs in the first inning, but couldn’t add another and the Lightning rallied to victory. Kohl Rullo and Austin Yi drove in two runs apiece for Grandview, which defeated Arvada West 11-3 in the opener.

No. 27 Eaglecrest got a yeoman’s effort from starting pitcher Brayden McCullough against No. 6 Vista Ridge, but yielded a run in the eighth inning in a 2-1 loss in the first round.

GIRLS GOLF

Twelve locals qualify for 5A state tournament

Eaglecrest junior Savanna Becker became the 12th Aurora area girls golfer to qualify for the upcoming Class 5A state tournament with her performance May 24 at the South-

ern Regional tournament at Aurora’s Meadow Hills G.C.

Becker shot an 84 to finish fourth and claim an individual spot in the May 31-June 1 state tournament at The Olde Course at Loveland, which will also include players from Cherokee Trail, Grandview, Regis Jesuit and Smoky Hill. The Cougars, Wolves and Raiders all advanced three or four players out of regional play May 23, while Smoky Hill’s only player — Caroline Gardland — made it individually.

Cherokee Trail won the Northern Region tournament to secure an automatic state berth for the team of Bead Boonta, Kaleigh Babineaux, Haylee Clark and Devin Gilbreath.

Caitlin Neumann, Georgia Meysman-Sharpe and Ella Denslow give Regis Jesuit a three-player team as they all qualified individually from the Northern Region tournament.

Grandview has two repeat state qualifiers in Caroline Ryan and Courtney Ladymon, who were part of a trio of qualifiers from the Western Region tournament. Ryan posted the highest individual finish of any Aurora golfer as she finished in a three-way tie for second place.

Gardland is a state qualifier after the lone Buffalo finished in a tie for 12th place in the Central Region.

Top left: Naomi Clark (2) had the game-winning goal on an assist from Meg Gonzalez (5) and Jordan Nytes (1) made eight saves as the Grandview girls soccer team beat Valor Christian 1-0 in the Class 5A girls soccer semifinals May 19. Top right: Eaglecrest’s Savanna Becker finished fourth at the Southern Regional May 24 to qualify for the 5A girls state golf tournament. Above left: Regis Jesuit’s Jamie Rosenzweig, right, reacts after the Raiders fell to Mountain Vista 9-8 in a 5A boys lacrosse state semifinal May 23. Above right: Thomas Munch, left, and the Cherokee Trail baseball team made it to the 5A Championship Series, which opens May 27. (Photos by Courtney Oakes/Sentinel Colorado)

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It’s all not just good, but the best

So the best thing about TheSentinel’s Best of Aurora 2022 conferrals is that so much wonderful is so close to home.

If you’re thinking you have to drive or fly far, far away for the creamiest and poignant French feta cheese, you’re wrong. The stuff that dreams are made of are just down Parker Road near Yale Avenue at the Arash grocery store.

Just around the corner is green chili at Sam’s No. 3 so good it’ll cause the socks to be removed from your lower extremities.

There are hundreds of places in Aurora that are not only the best you can find nearby, but anywhere as well.

If there’s a slow-roasted chicken better than Juan’s Super Pollo across the street from the Anschutz Medical Complex, you need to tell us about it.

After weeks of soliciting first Best of Aurora nominations from about 2,500 Sentinel Colorado readers across almost 200 categories, more than 5,000 more of you narrowed down the list to finalists and another 5,000 readers

picked 2022 winners.

This week we celebrate Aurora’s best. Read and peruse what makes living here so good and what draws so many to A-Town.

It’s clear Aurora has a lot to boast about.

When it comes to bringing the people, the languages, the cultures and the foods of the world all right here, there’s no place like Aurora.

Luscious Ethiopian injera and some of the most incredible, exotic things ever to wrap it around are right here. African goat soup. Russian chocolates. Polish sour cream and sausages. Moroccan pastilla. Indian potato curry. Korean pork dumplings. Cuban tostones. You get the idea.

And the best doesn’t stop at what’s for dinner. Top local athletes, banks and credit unions, services, shops, the place to get the perfect garden flowers or find bargains for kids clothing are right here.

Did we miss something or did Sentinel readers get it wrong? Look for next year’s effort to even the score.

CANNABIS

Best Dispensary for a Newbie Colorado Harvest 11002 E. Yale Ave. 720-535-9489 coloradoharvestcompany.com

Best Loyalty Rewards Program Lightshade 16821 E. Iliff Aurora 720-575-6702 lightshade.com

Best Dispensary for a Connoisseur Medicine Man 1901 S. Havana St. 303-923-3825 medicineman.com

Best Head Shop Myxed Up Creations 1718 S. Chambers Rd. 303-695-9500 https://myxedup.com/

Best CBD Store Rocky Road Aurora 1712 S. Chambers Rd. (720) 741-2501 https://rockyroad.com/

Best Dispensary Terrapin 11091 E. Mississippi Ave. 303-954-8402 terrapincarestation.com

Best Place to Park When you Go to the Airport DIA Park 25200 E. 68th Ave. 303 288-7275 info@parkdia.com

Best High School Mascot Eaglecrest High School 5100 S. Picadilly St. 720-886-1000 cherrycreekschools.org

Best Preps Marching Band Eaglecrest High School 5100 S. Picadilly St.

Best Preps Athlete, Male Evan Johnson, Grandview HS

Football/Track & Field

Best Public Middle School Fox Ridge 26301 E. Arapahoe Rd. 720-886-4400 cherrycreekschools.org

Best Hotel for an Intown Escape Gaylord 6700 N. Gaylords Rockies Blvd. 720-452-6910 marriott.com

Best Hotel for Out of Town Guests Hyatt House 12230 E. Colfax Ave. 303-364-1468 hyatt.com

Best Prep Sports Coach, Male John Reyes, Grandview HS Track and Field 20500 E Araphoe ave cherrycreekschools.org

Sentinel notebook on 2022 Best of Aurora

Read on for the results from voting readers. Here are some notes from staffers at the Sentinel on the streets regularly and reporting observations and a few additions.

Sentinel Staff Writers

– Best place to park at King Soopers at Parker Road and Peoria Street

Nothing like extra caffeine, road construction, wretched traffic and a windy day to make your trip to the grocery store as enjoyable as possible. You pull into the parking lot only to be surrounded by a herd of lost people pushing buggies, cars filled with drivers trying to text and back up all at the same time and the line for gas taking up what little car space is left. To make your day just a bit better, drive into the north driveway. Keep going until you almost run into the ramen shop. Go straight up that row and for some reason, people forget that you can practically drive to the front door of King Soopers, and with all the empty pick-up-only parking slots, you’re in. You’re out, and there’s a buggy corral right there. You’re welcome.

– Best Local TV Weather Forecaster: Mike Nelson, The Denver Channel 7

From wind shear to the drought is here and what about that climate change, one person in Colorado has for years provided not just what you need to know to manage the snow on your windshield, but maintain the calm in the storm. When Mike offers up the forecast, he wraps it up in a soft, comfortable feeling of everything is going to be OK. If someone has bad news to pass your way, readers agree that Mike Nelson is the guy you want giving it to you.

— Best Place to Meet for Coffee: Jubilee Roasting Co.

Over the past two years, many of us have sorely missed meeting up at Aurora’s coffee houses, and among the best has to be at Jubilee Roasting Co. Between the vanilla lattes and general vibe, it’s a good place to get comfortable and talk about Aurora happenings, work gossip or catch up with an old friend. Find a table at the 1452 Kenton Street location in north Aurora and we’ll bet you’ll see a familiar face there, too.

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CITY LIFE

Best Preschool Aurora Public Schools 15701 E. First Ave. #109 303-367-3060 aurorak12.org

Best Preps Athlete, Female Blythe Cayko, Eaglecrest HS Wrestling, Track

Best Public High School Cherokee Trail 25901 E. Arapahoe Rd. 720-886-1900 cherrycreekschools.org

Best Prep Sports Coach, Female Lisa Sparrow, Overland HS Gymnastics 12400 E. Jewell Ave. 720-747-3883 cherrycreekschools.org

Best Private School Regis Jesuit High School 6300 S. Lewiston Way 303-269-8000 regisjesuit.com

Best Local Attraction Stanley Marketplace 2501 Dallas St. 720-990-6743 stanleymarketplace.com

Best Public Elementary School Sunrise 4050 S. Genoa Way 720-886-2900 cherrycreekschools.org

EATING OUT

Best Fried Chicken

Angry Chicken 1930 S. Havanna St. #13 angrychickenco.com

Best Place to Impress Out of Town Guests

Annette 2501 Dallas St. ste 108 720-710-9975 annetescratchtotable.com

Best Romantic Restaurant

Annette 2501 Dallas St. ste 108 720-710-9975 annettescratchtotable.com

Best Pierogi Baba and Pops 9945 E. Colfax Ave. 720-4767183 babaandpops.com

Best Farm to Table Restaurant

Bettola Bistro 10253 E. Iliff Ave 303-750-1580 www.bettolabistro.com

Best Iced Tea Black Bear Diner 14100 E Iliff Ave, 720-616-1768 blackbeardiner.com

Best Burger Bookmakers 25791 E. Smoky Hill Rd. #50 303-353-8298 bookmarkersbarandgrill.com

Best Middle Eastern Cafe Paprika 13160 E Mississippi Ave, 303-755-4150

Best Chicken Sandwich Chick-Fil-A 14210 E. Alameda Ave. 303-366-0779 chick-fil-a.com

Best for Healthy Eating Coco Loco 2353 S. Havanna St. D-14 303-284-2959 cocolococolorado.com

Best Hot Dogs Costco 1471 S. Havana St. 303-750-2116 costco.com

Best Bakery Daniels of Paris 12253 E. Iliff Ave. 303-751-6084

Best Burrito Casa Vallarta 4002 S. Parker Rd. 303-617-4957 casavallartafamilymexicanrestaurant.com

Best Brunch Denver Biscuit Company 3237 E. Colfax Ave. 303-777-7900 denbisco.com

Best Biscuit Denver Biscuit Company 3237 E. Colfax Ave. 303-777-7900 denbisco.com

Best Pizza Dion’s 15150 E. 104th ave 720-836-5282 dions.com

Best Breakfast Doug’s Diner 15444 E. Orchard Rd. 720-870-6228 dougsdiner.com

Best Chinese Dumplings East China 15510 E. Centretech Parkway 303-363-6689 eastchinaaurora.com

Best TexMex EL TEQUILENO 2790 S. Havanna St. x1 720-784-1260 tequilasmexrest.com

Best Steak El Zarandiao 15109 E Colfax Ave. 720-500-3139

Best Chef Enrique Socarras Bettola Bistro 10253 E Iliff Ave. Aurora 303-750-1580 bettolabistro.com

Best French Fries Five Guys Multiple locations 303-371-0314 fiveguys.com

Best Japanese Fontana Sushi 19741 E. Smoky Hill Road. 303-680-8080 fontanacuisine.com

Best Wings Golden Flame 18757 E Hampden Ave 303-690-1171 gfhwings.com

Best Gyros Gyroz 13698 E iliff Ave 720-748-7650 zmenu.com/gyroz-aurora

Best Ribs Hog Heaven 10797 E Mississippi Ave Aurora 80012 720-808-4083

Best Juice / Smoothies Jamba Juice 14151 E. Cedar Ave. 303-343-9090 jamba.com

Best Barbecue Jim and Nicks 24153 E. Prospect Ave 720-274-5300 jimnnicks.com

Best Rotisserie Chicken Juan’s Super Pollo 1593 Peoria St. 303-367-2738 juanssuperpollocolorado.com

Best Ramen Katsu Ramen 1930 S. Havana St. 303-751-2222 ramendenver.com

Best Noodle House Katsu Ramen 1930 S. Havana St. 303-751-2222 ramendenver.com

Best Place to Eat Alone Katsu Ramen 1930 S. Havana St. 303-751-2222 ramendenver.com

Best Vietnamese Kim Ba Vietnamese Cuisine 12201 E. Mississippi Ave. 303-745-1637

Best Boba Kim Ba Vietnamese Cuisine 12201 E. Mississippi Ave. 720-592-0969 kungfutea.com

Best ColoMex La Cueva 9742 E. Colfax 303-367-1422 lacuevacolfax.com

Best Tamales La Cueva 9742 E. Colfax 303-367-1422 lacuevacolfax.com

Best Mexican Bakery La Luna 4132 S. Parker Rd. 720-751-9037

Best Torta Las Tortugas 712 Peoria ave. 303-367-1123 foodbooking.com

Best Veggieburger Lazy Dog 24110 S. State Ave. 719-372-5724 lazydogrestaurants.com

Best Coffee Legends 13690 E. Iliff Ave. 303-671-0560 legendsofaurora.com

Best Tacos Los Carboncitos 15210 E. 6th Ave. 303-364-2606 loscarboncitoscolorado.com

Best Central American Food Maria Empanada 1298 S. Broadway 303-934-2221 mariaempanada.com

Best Vegetarian / Vegan Masalaa Restaurant 3140 S Parker Rd #7, Aurora, CO 80014 303-755-6272 masalaausa.com

Best Russian Masha and the Bear 12101 E. Iliff Ave. 720-209-4748

Best Dim Sum Mason’s Dumpling Shot 9655 E. Montview Blvd. 303-600-8998 masonsdumplingshop.com

Best Restaurant for Takeout Monsoon 24107 E. Commons Ave. 303-627-5444 www.monsoonsouthlands.com

Best Paleteria Neveria Las Mariposas 9509 E. Colfax Ave. 720-858-7127

Best Ethiopian Nile Ethiopian 1951 S. Havanna St. 720-858-7127

Best Italian Nonna’s 11877 E. Arapahoe Rd. 303-790-9999 www.nonnasitalianrestaurantonarapahoe.com

Best Jewish NY Bagel Deli 7105 E. Hampton Ave. 303-759-4741 nydelinews.com

Best Caterer Panera Bread 13100 E. Colfax Ave. 303-731-8300 panerabread.com

Best Papusas Papusas Paradise 15462 E. Hampden Ave. 303-862-8652

Best Chinese Paradise Cafe 6180 S. Gun Club Rd. 11 720-876-1808

Best Thai Pearl of Siam 18660 E. Hampden Ave. 303-617-7408 pearlofsiam.net

Best Pho Pho 75 13736 E. Qunicy Ave. 303-699-7777 places.singleplatform.com

Best Chicken Fingers Raising Cane’s 14241E. Alameda Ave. 303-364-8836 raisingcanes.com

Best Real Mexican Real de Minas 11101 E. Colfax Ave. 303-367-1504 places.singleplatform.com

Best Deli Rosenberg’s at Stanley 2501 Dallas St 303-955-0466

Best Bagels Rosenberg’s Bagels 2501 Dallas St 303-955-0466 rosenbergsbagels.com/ stanley/

Best Wait Staff Rosie’s Diner 14061 E. Iliff Ave 303-752-3663 rosiesdiner.com

Best Milkshake Rosie’s Diner 14061 E. Iliff Ave 303-752-3663 rosiesdiner.com

Best Green Chili Sams No 3 2580 S Havanna st. 303-751-0347 samsno3.com

Best Mexican Breakfast Sams No 3 2580 S Havanna st. 303-751-0347 samsno3.com

Best Diner Sams No 3 2580 S Havanna st. 303-751-0347 samsno3.com

Best Breakfast Burrito Santiago’s 10400 E 6th ave 303-343-7040 eatatsantiagos.com

Best Guacamole Senor Ric’s 13200 E. Mississippi ave 303-750-9000 senorrics.net

Best Korean Seoul Barbecue 2080 S. Havana st 303-632-7576 seoulkoreanbbq.com

Best Korean BBQ Seoul BBQ 2080 S. Havana st 303-632-7576 seoulkoreanbbq.com

Best Frozen Yogurt Snowl

1930 S. Havannast #5-6 720-542-9902 snowlcafe.com

Best Indian Star of India 3102 S. Parker rd. 303-755-1921 starofindiadenver.com

Best Sushi Sushi Den 1487 S. Pearl st 303-777-0826 sushiden.net

Best Ice Cream Sweet Cow 2501 N. Stanley Market 303-484-1573 https://www.sweetcowicecream.com/stanley/

Best Cheesesteak Taste of Philly 18121-b E. Hampden Ave. 303-699-2080 tasteofphilly.biz

Best Banh Mi Taste of Saigon 14200 E. Alemenda ave nothing places.singleplatform.com

Best Kid-Friendly Restaurant Texas Roadhouse 14200 e Iliff Ave. 303-745-3838 texasroadhouse.com

Best Greek The Athenian 15350 E. Iliff ave. 720-449-0224 theathenianrestaurant.com

Best Donuts The Donut House 360 S. Chambers Rd 303-632-7832 thedonuthouse.com

Best Seafood The Juicy 2727 S. Parker Rd 720-808-3138 thejuicyseafoodusaco.com

Best Cajun Soul The Lost Cajun 6105 S. Main St Unit F 303-627-5747 thelostcajun.com

Best Outdoor Dining The Rock 22934 E. Smoky Hill Rd 303-690-7934 rockrestaurantandbar.com

Best Nachos The Rock 22934 E. Smoky Hill Rd 303-690-7934 rockrestaurantandbar.com

— Best Ice Cream: Sweet Cow at the Stanley Marketplace

Nothing says summer like ice cream, and nothing delivers quite like Sweet Cow at Stanley Marketplace. There are plenty of popular homemade outlets across the metro area but Sweet Cow is unique — and eclectic. Their ice cream is handcrafted and fresh every day, with a rotating cast of flavors that keep you on your toes and ensures that nobody ever gets bored. From the simple (ozo coffee, dutch chocolate), to the unique (California fig, Bailey’s Irish cream) to the “what even is that” (E.T. phone home — crunchy peanut butter with Reese’s, apparently) the flavorboard is sure to offer something for everyone no matter when you show up (including the dairy free — there’s always one or two delectable sorbets and vegan ice creams). Our only complaint is how long the line can stretch at Stanley, but hey, that just goes to show that it’s popular.

— Best Place to Sneak Off to on WFH Days: Nick’s Garden Center

We’’re not ashamed to admit that we’ve taken a few work calls while perusing the aisles of Nick’s Garden Center. In the early days of the pandemic it was one of the few places we felt safe visiting. When all the bad news felt a bit too much, we’d promise ourselves a new jade plant or planter of petunias for the patio from the nursery at 2001 South Chambers Road. Even today, if it’s a slow day while we’re working from the home office, we won’t shy away from a mid-day jaunt to Nick’s. Pop in the AirPods, go off-camera and load up your cart as you digest another meeting that should have been an email.

— Best Food Truck: What Would Cheesus Do

If there’s one thing we love around here, it’s puns. That alone would make What Would Cheesus Do a frontrunner in the race to best food truck, but it’s actually the impressive menu that sets this cafe on wheels apart from the rest. Grilled cheese dippers and a cup of tomato soup go fast, so make sure you’re at the head of the line. Otherwise you can’t go wrong with the Forsaken Bacon: Sharp cheddar, honey ham, bacon, apple butter and a wildflower honey drizzle. Yum.

— Best Place to Take In World Class Art: Fulginiti Pavilion at the Center for Bioethics and Humanities

You might not think that Aurora is a big art town, and for the most part, you’d be right. But one of the region’s best kept secrets is that the Fulginiti Pavilion at the Center for Bioethics and Humanities on the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus brings in some heavy hitters. In 2017, you could find works by Monet, Rodin, Degas and Picasso on exhibit. Currently, a photo exhibit of portraits of older LGBTQ+ women is on display. The pavilion is still only accessible to students and staff of the campus because of COVID-19 restrictions, but definitely worth keeping on the radar once it’s open to the general public again.

— Best Non-Human Power Couple: George and Gracie

Aurora’s reputation for welcoming new arrivals has yet to win over George and Gracie — two migratory Canada geese who returned recently to their seasonal nest in a planter outside of the Aurora Municipal Center. The birds are notoriously territorial and protective of their young, which at one point forced the city to put out a sign warning visitors away from Gracie and her goslings. According to Mayor Mike Coffman, George and Gracie have been nesting in the same planter for at least five years, and their return signals the arrival of spring to city workers. Geese are also known to mate for life, meaning their flightless cohabitants at City Hall can look forward to many more years of terror from the two lovebirds.

— Best pastries: House of Bread

House of Bread on 2020 S. Parker Road is just a few short minutes down the road from The Sentinel’s office, which is an extreme source of temptation for your caffeine-addicted correspondent. Even in a city with such a rich diversity of ethnic food as Aurora, this Armenian coffee shop is unique. Straight from the Caucasus to our hearts (and stomachs), House of Bread serves up a daily array of delicious fresh pastries and desserts, from croissants and cakes to Armenian specialties like Uzbek puffs (pastries stuffed with steak and onions) and perashki (deep-fried bread with a variety of fillings). It also offers up more substantial food on a made-to-order basis, including kabob plates and khachapuri — a baked bread boat containing a delicious combo of cheese and eggs. Bread to-go and European candy and drinks that you aren’t likely to find at your local grocery store are also on offer for those interested in trying something new or wanting to feel like they’re on a foreign vacation after the last several years. Though after you’ve eaten here, you might never want to leave Aurora.

— Best place to learn something new for free: Aurora Public Library

In our consumption-powered society, there are few places you can go to spend time without any expectation that you have to spend money. Public libraries are one of the few places bucking that trend, and while in the past they might have been considered just somewhere to sit quietly and read, the Aurora Public Library offers so much more. Its six branches are host to all sorts of programs and activities, from summer reading programs, book clubs, author visits, a seed library for all the gardeners out there and even a craft brews tour (where do I sign up?). APL is also hosting plenty of virtual activities for those who are homebound or still at high-risk for the coronavirus. In fact, online events have proved so popular that it caused program attendance to increase by 185% last year, according to APL. So be sure to stop by the library in person or virtually sometime in the next few months — you’re almost guaranteed to find something that’s up your alley.

— Best Aurora City Council Guest: Blu, the Shelter Dog

Blu met council members in April, when her handlers from the Aurora Animal Shelter presented her as an example of a friendly pup available for adoption. According to shelter reps and a councilor who posted about the dog on social media, Blu was riding in the back of a truck in 2021 when she fell out onto the road. She was then dragged behind the vehicle, causing injuries and scarring across much of her body. But the rescue dog greeted lawmakers with a wagging tail and winning smile at her council debut, trotting behind the dais to say “hello” to the group. Her story has a happy ending — a city spokesman said Monday that Blu has been adopted. For her resilience and for bringing some joy to the weekly knife fight that is Aurora’s City Council, Blu deserves a spot among The Sentinel’s “Best Of”s. She already earned a spot in our hearts.

— Best Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office Rookie: Zeke Jones

Zeke was sworn in as the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office’s newest therapy-dog-in-training at the end of April. He joined the ranks of the Jones family around the same time, taking the name of deputy Travis Jones’ childhood pet, who also worked as a narcotics dog in the Aurora Police Department. The black Labrador puppy’s current assignment is at Newton Middle School, supporting students with special needs as well as those suffering from anxiety and depression. Travis Jones said in April that Zeke had already made friends with his kids. “They play together and act like siblings,” he said. “It was the same way with the first Zeke.”

— Best Place to Shop Sustainably: My Best Friend’s Closet

There is something thrilling about a good thrift find, and those are more common than not at My Best Friend’s Closet, located in the Southlands mall in southeastern Aurora. The Colorado chain is similar to Plato’s Closet – you can sell gently used clothing and accessories for cash or credit in the store. The best part is that you’ll find brands you’d likely pay full price for, and that little extra boost of shopping serotonin is the best kind.

— Best Addictive Snack: Annette’s Popcorn

There is no shortage of good snacks in Aurora, but perhaps the most unlikely contender that’ll keep you coming back for more is the popcorn at Annette, the brainchild of James Beard Award-winner Caroline Glover at Stanley Marketplace. The House Popcorn is simple: garlic, onion and nutritional yeast. “There’s no way that could be the BEST snack,” you might say. But Glover elevates a classic in such a simple way. It’s just great. Add a few orders to your burger dinner and bring them home for movie night. That’s the way to do it.

— Best Policy Proposal for Beating the Summer Heat: Free the Ice Cream Trucks

The sweet music of ice cream trucks could return to the streets of Aurora as soon as this summer in light of a proposal by Councilmember Dustin Zvonek to roll back a decades-old ban on the vehicles. Since 1957, treat trucks have been outlawed in Aurora — an ordinance at the time mentioned a citizen petition as well as the danger caused by children darting into traffic. But Zvonek and others say it’s time to pry the ice cream scooper out of the hands of overzealous regulators and make Aurora a place where enterprising drivers can again dispense cool treats on warm summer days. The proposal has already earned an early thumbs up from the president of the Aurora Chamber of Commerce. And the Arapahoe County libertarians! ›› See Notebook, B8

— Best Place to Donate a Bike: Second Chance Bicycle Shop

Ernie Clark began his nonprofit bicycle rehab out of a one-car garage; today, Second Chance Bikes boasts that it has given away tens of thousands of bicycles to young children, veterans and the homeless. The bike shop was in the news earlier this year, once it became clear that it would be displaced by the redevelopment of the East Bank Shopping Center. Ernie says he’s still looking for a permanent home for the nonprofit — they need to find a spot by October to pull off their yearly annual of bikes around Christmas. For the time being, you can find Ernie at 4122 S. Parker Road. Bring your old ride by, or, if you have time, help him and his volunteer crew fix up some bikes for kids and others in need. He says they’re always looking for help.

— Best Preps Marching Band: Eaglecrest High School

Quality music programs abound around Aurora, but Eaglecrest rises to forefront when it comes to the energy created by its band, especially during football games. The fields at Legacy Stadium or Stutler Bowl get filled with marching Raptors with festooned outfits, playing joyfully and with precision. Basketball games at the Nest get loud with the band filling half of the stands and taking center stage at key moments, while the band has occasionally appeared on the hill above school’s the softball and baseball fields to add to the ambience of competition. All that in addition to multiple concerts and performances.

— Best Preps Athlete, Boy — Evan Johnson, Grandview High School, football/track & field:

If you came out to a Grandview football game or a track meet this season, if you blinked, you might have missed Johnson. Electric speed helped him lead Grandview in receiving (averaging nearly 20 yards per catch) and his kick returning prowess helped the Wolves — who made it to the Class 5A semifinals — field one of the state’s most dangerous special teams units. Johnson (who is headed to Colorado State-Pueblo) was a key part of Grandview’s 5A state championship on the track in 2021 and he was just as important as the Wolves repeated this season. He anchored the state championship-winning 4x100 meter relay team, which set the Colorado state record in the event in the prelims of the Centennial League Championship meet, where he also set Grandview’s school record in the 100 meter dash.

— Best Prep Sports Coach, Man: John Reyes, Grandview High School Track & Field

Reyes’ track record (pun intended) at Grandview is impossible to argue with, as he has guided both the boys and girls teams to at least one state championship in the past six years and has done so by largely molding together a group of athletes with little to no experience in track and field coming into high school. Reyes’ boys teams have won back-to-back Class 5A state championships in commanding fashion, while he also led the Grandview girls team to a title in 2017 that saw the Wolves rack up a stunning 120 points in the process. Beloved by his athletes, Reyes stands out in an area that is loaded with quality coaches.

— Best Prep Sports Coach, Woman: Lisa Sparrow, Overland High School Gymnastics

Gymnasts at Aurora high schools have only one program in the area to compete for — which is based at Overland High School — and it is one that so many want to be a part of, largely because of the presence of Sparrow and assistant coach Alan Herron. Sparrow used to serve as Herron’s assistant, but the two flipped roles several seasons ago for a program that has long held the status of one of the state’s powerhouses. Overland is one of the most successful programs in Colorado history terms of winning state championships and it picked up its sixth title in 2021 with one of its most commanding performances, as it had the winners of four of the five individual events (allaround, floor exercise, balance beam, uneven bars and vault) besides winning the team title.

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Best Menudo Victorias Mexican Resturant 1650 Tower Rd 303-363-4131 places.singleplatform.com

Best Waffles Waffle House 12880 E. Mississippi ave. 303-696-1566 wafflehouse.com

Best Poke Wanna Poke 16748 E. Smoky hill rd 303-693-0998 places.singleplatform.com

Best Food Truck What Would Cheesus Do Varies 303-733-7000

Best Romantic Night Wine Experience 6240 South Main st. L114 303-690-1025 wineexperiencecafe.com

Best Queso Yolanda’s 9612 E Arapahoe Rd. 303-792-2664 yolandatacos.com

Best Desserts Yum Yum Cake & Pastries 2680 S.Havanna st. 303-353-8266 yumyumcakehouse.com

FOODIES

Best Croissant Daniels of Paris 12253 E. Iliff ave. 303-751-6084

Best Carniceria El Rancho 15401 E Mississippi ave. 303-751-6053

Best Vegan Store Everest 848 illinois ave. ste 104 630-907-7661

Best European Market Helga’s 14197 E Exposition Ave. 303-344-5488 helgasdeli.com

Best Asian Market H Mart 2751 S Parker rd 303-745-4592 myhmart.com

Best Big Grocery Store King Soopers Various Locations 303-343-0064 kingsoopers.com

Best Health Food Store Natural Grocers 3440 S Tower rd. 303-680-2344 naturalgrocers.com

Best Seafood Store Ocean Pacific 12303 E. Mississippi Ave. 720-858-8818 pacificoceanmarket.com

Best Place to Buy Spices Savory Spice Shop 6235 S. Main St. #107 303-680-2117 savoryspiceshop.com

Best Crossfit Crossfit Crush 4530 S Reservoir Road Ste F 720-765-5221 crossfitcrush.net

Best Cooking Party Schools Aurora Rec Center 15151 E Alameda Pkwy 303-326-8700 auroragov.org

FITNESS

Best Gym for Starters Crossfit Crush 4530 S Reservoir Road Ste F 720-765-5221 crossfitcrush.net

HEALTH

Best Dermatologist

Anne Hansen

Advanced Dermatology 1390 S. Potomac st124 303-368-8611 aobraces.com

Best Pharmacy CVS Pharmacy in Target on Quincy 16910 E Qunincy Ave. 303-680-3284 cvs.com

Best Orthodontist Advanced Orthodontics 6020 S. Gun Club rd E-1 303-699-7700 aobraces.com

Best Hospital Children’s Hospital Colorado 12123 E 16th Ave. 720-777-1234 childrenscolorado.org

Best Assisted Living Center Garden Plaza at Aurora 14221 e Evans Ave 303-750-0820 centurypa.com/

Best Dentist Ginther Family Dentistry 6240 S.Main st. #200 303-693-2288 gintherfamilydentistry.com

Best Eye Doctor Highline 24200 E. Smoky Hill rd 720-870-2828 highlinevisioncenter.com

Best Urgent Care On Point Urgent Care on Smoky Hill Road 24300 E Smokey Hill Rd. 303-330-0410 rockymountainurgentcare.com

Best General Practitioner Stephanie Stevens 5657 S himalyaa St #100 303-693-1404 advancedpediatricassociates.com

›› See BEST OF AURORA, B9

Best Happy Hour Lazy Dog 24110 E. State ave 719-372-5724 lazydogrestaurants.com

Best Sports Bar

Legends of Aurora 13690 E Iliff ave. 303-671-0560 legendsofaurora.com

Best Bar with Live Music

The Stampede 2430 S. Havanna st. 303696-7686 www.stampedeclub.net

IMBIBE

Best Margarita

Casa Vallarta

4002 S. Parker rd. 303-617-4957 asavallartafamilymexicanrestaurant.com

Best Liquor Store Chambers Discount Wine & Liquors 15260 E. Iliff ave 303-751-6935 chamberswineandliquor.com

Best Colorado Craft Beer

Launchpad Brewery 884 S. Buckley rd 303-745-4599 launchpadbrewery.com

HOME AND GARDEN

Best Garden Store / Nursery Nick’s Garden Center 2001 S Chambers Rd 303-696-6657 nicksgardencenter.com

LOOKING GOOD

Best Hair Stylist

Deb Fairbanks 6908 S Biloxi Ct 303-284-9258

Best Tattoo Artist

Larry Foussat Havana Street 303-369-5025 havanastreettattoo.com

Best Hair Salon

Sola Salon Studios 13923 E. Exposition ave. www.solasalonstudios.com

PETS

Best Dog Run / Dog Park Cherry Creek State Park 4201 S. Parker Rd 303-690-1166 cpw.state.co.us

Best Pet Supply Store Chuck and Don’s 6380 S. Parker rd. ste 107 303-577-1198 chuckanddons.com

Best Kennel / Boarding Dugan’s Dog House 6830 S. Liverpool St. 720-902-7240 dugansdoghouse.com

Best Pet-Friendly Bar Lazy Dog Restaurant 24110 E State Ave 719-372-5724 lazydogrestaurants.com

Best Pet Groomer Pretty Paws Pet Grooming 15300 E Smoky Hill rd 303-699-3906 ttypawspetgromers.com

Best Veterinarian / Vet Clinic - Cats

Tallgrass Animal Hospital 21699 E. Qunicy Ave #j 720-420-9922

tallgrassanimalhospital.com

Best Veterinarian / Vet Clinic - Dogs

Tallgrass Animal Hospital 21699 E Qunicy Ave unit J 720-420-9922

tallgrassanimalhospital.com

NEWS AND MEDIA

Best Local TV Station Channel 31

Best Local TV Anchor Mark Koebrich

Best Local TV Weather Forecaster Mike Nelson

›› See BEST OF AURORA, B11

Best Local Radio

Personality

Rick Crandall

SERVICES AND PROFESSIONALS

Best Electrician Amp Electric 303-963-6711

RECREATION AND LEISURE

Best Fishing Hole Aurora Reservoir 5800 S Powhaton rd

Best Shooting Range Family Shooting Center and Cherry Creek State Park 4201 S. Parker rd 303-680-5401 familyshootingcenter.com

Best Golf Course Murphy Creek 1700 S Old Tom Morris Rd 303-739-1560 golfaurora.com

Best Local Hiking Trail Quincy Reservior

Best Credit Union Bellco 14302 E. Cedar Ave. Unit D 800-235-5261 bellco.org

Best Painting Company Certa Pro 3164 Wheeling Way #103 303-751-0866 certapro.com

Best Retirement / Independent Living Facility Cherry Creek Retirement 14555 E. Hampden Ave. 303-693-0200 cherrycreekretirement.com

Best Auto Service / Repair Christian Brothers 14755 E Arapahoe rd 720-789-8352 cbac.com

Best Heating & Air Conditioning Company Colorado Discount 303-566-1090 calldenverhvac.com

Best Car Wash Dutch Car Wash 4301 S Parker Rd 720-243-3300 dutchcarwash.com

Best Lawyer / Law Firm Criminal and DUI Eduardo Ferszt 1010 S. Jolilet st #21 303-696-9155 edfersztlaw.com

Best Roofing Company Ethos Roofing 720-464-3687 ethosroofing.com

Best Mortgage Company FirstBank 2300 S Havana St 303-337-2000 efirstbank.com

Best Bank FirstBank 2300 S Havana St 303-337-2000 efirstbank.com

Best Moving Company GrassRoots Moving 50 S, Havanna St 720-933-6842 grassrootsmovingllc.net

Best Place to Get An Oil Change Grease Monkey 1790 s Buckley rd 303-369-5823 greasemonkeyauto.com

Best Mortuary Services Horan & McConaty 1091 S Colorado Blvd 303-757-1238 horancares.com

Best Home Improvement Contractor JR Remodeling Ltd. 720-450-2077

Best Insurance Company Meghan Bowen State Farm 3131 S Vaughn Way 720.216.5553 www.meghanbowensf.com

Best Dry Cleaner Parker Cleaners 3108 S Parker rd 303-755-6484

Best Florist Blossom Flower Delivery (877) 414-7903 blossomflowerdelivery.com

Best Plumbing Services Pipe It Up 18121 E. Hampden Ave 720-361-0200 pipeitup.com

Best Day Care Center Primrose School of Tallgrass 21537 E Qunincy Ave 303-699-8001 primeroseschools.com

SHOPPING

Best Used Bookstore 2nd & Charles 6606 S Parker rd 303400-2948 2ndandcharles.com

Best Hardware Store Ace Hardware at Buckley & Iliff 17190 E Iliff Ave 303-745-7177 acehardware.com

Best Furniture Store American Furniture Warehouse 1700 S Abilene st 303-368-8555 afw.com

Best Used Donation Store ARC Parker Road 3106 S Parker rd C-1 303-283-0337 arcthrift.com

›› See BEST OF AURORA, B12

— Best Preps Athlete, Girl: Blythe Cayko, Eaglecrest High School, wrestling/track & field

The people have chosen well, as Cayko is a multi-sport standout who finished her season in both girls wrestling and track & field on the medal podium at the state tournament. Cayko was simply dominant in the girls wrestling season with a 32-0 record with all 32 wins coming via pin, the last of which won her the 185-pound state championship in the first girls wrestling state tournament held at Ball Arena. Cayko also was one of Aurora’s best throwers during the track season and earned ninth place in the girls shot put at the Class 5A state meet.

— Best High School Mascot:

Eaglecrest High School, yup, and eagle

Best Tire Store

Discount Tire, Iliff & Buckley 16710 E iliff Ave 303-695-6035 discounttire.com

Best Ski Shop

Epic Mountain Gear 2650 S. Havana St. 303-377-1734 epicmountaingear.com

Best Jewelry Store Jared 235 S Abilene st 303-364-0800 www.jared.com

Best Children’s Clothing Store Just Between Friends Consignment 25690 E Quincy rd 720-277-9091 aurora.jbfsale.com

Best Men’s Clothing Store K&G Fashion Superstore 13940 E Mississippi 303-369-1015 kgstores.com

Best Women’s Clothing Store Mainstream Boutique 6224 Progress Ln 303-841-5866 mainstreamboutiqueaurora.com

Best Craft Store Michaels pl. 80 Abliene st 303-343-7049 michaels.com

Best Auto Dealer (New) Stevinson Toyota 4440s. Havanna st 855-902-2145 www.stevinsontoyotaeast.com

Best Bookstore Tattered Cover 2501 dallas st ste 144 720-420-5437 www.tatteredcover.com

Best Auto Dealer (Used) Tynans Pre-owned Superstore 2150 S Havnna st 720-717-7070 tynanspreowned.com

ARTS AND CULTURE

Best Local Cinema AMC Dine-in Southlands 23955 E Plaza ave 303-627-5430 amctheatres.com

Best Local Theater Company Aurora Fox 9900 E Colfax ave 303-739-1970 aurorafoxartscenter.org

Best Art Gallery Downtown Aurora Visual Arts 1405 Florence st 303-367-5868 davarts.org

Nothing against any of the students who dress up in costumes and try to whip their classmates into a frenzy, but nothing does that like the live mascot that is brought to various Eaglecrest school events. Through a partnership with nonprofit HawkQuest, Eaglecrest — which has the nickname of the Raptors — gets the inspiring appearance of a Bald Eagle at graduations, pep-rallies and sometimes at dances.

The Magazine

REVIEW: ‘THE HOLLY’ DOCUMENTARY DELIVERS A RIVETING LOOK AT METRO POLICE, GANG VIOLENCE AND POLITICS

Gang violence in the metro area and beyond has long been a problem, and reporter Julian Rubinstein delivers a much needed long-look, this time on the screen.

Last year, Rubinstein shone light on the convoluted politics of anti-gang activism in the metro area with his book “The Holly: Five Bullets, One Gun and the Struggle to Save an American Neighborhood.” He’s following it up this year with a documentary of the same name, which is set to debut at the Mountainfilm Festival in Telluride over Memorial Day weekend.

Rubinstein spent eight years working on the book and documentary, and his meticulous attention to detail is a much-needed corrective to the drive-by style that coverage of violence often receives. The issues he delves into — gun violence, gang activity, underinvestment in Black communities — are more relevant now than ever for Aurora and people across the Denver metro area and once the film has made the festival circuit it deserves to have a wide release.

Taking much of the same narrative arc of the book in visual form, “The Holly” follows former Blood member turned racial justice and anti-gang activist Terrance Roberts as he founds an anti-gang initiative and fights to redevelop historic Holly Square in northeast Denver, and then as he fights a criminal charge for shooting a gang member at his own peace rally at the Holly in 2013.

Roberts has always maintained that he acted in self-defense, and much of the film’s action takes place as he is out on bond awaiting trial. The camera follows Rubinstein as he attempts to make

sense of Roberts’ most explosive claim about what caused the shooting: that active gang members recruited into the Denver Police Department’s anti-gang efforts put a target on his back.

What Rubinstein unearths raises a lot of questions about DPD’s work to curb gang violence. Some of the people extolled as reformed gang members are described by others as active participants in the violence they’re supposedly quelling. As shooting deaths in the metro area skyrocketed during the pandemic — fueled in part by gang activity — it’s an allegation worth taking seriously. And if police initiatives to stop gang violence aren’t effective, as Roberts argues, then it’s especially troubling that they’re being used to sideline grassroots efforts.

The same qualities that make Roberts such a charismatic activist make him a stellar documentary subject, and he grants the filmmakers a generous degree of access to his life. Roberts’ friends and fellow activists such as Jason McBride also provide valuable context to the film.

“I always thought that was a real credit to him, that he opened up his life to allow others a window into a world that we don’t often get to see that closely,” Rubinstein said of Roberts at an advanced screening of the documentary at the Sie FilmCenter.

Roberts was not paid to appear in the film and did not have editorial control over the book or the documentary, Rubinstein said. Though he’s the central character, the film doesn’t shy away from scrutinizing him at times.

“I investigated Terrance as much as I investigated anyone else in the movie, if not him more,” Rubinstein said.

Roberts’ larger-than-life presence ap-

pears to be a family trait. Some of the most compelling moments in the film involve watching Roberts interact with his father, pastor George Roberts, who died from COVID-19 last year at age 65. Roberts became a minister after getting clean from drug addiction and spending time in jail, and was a revered community presence in northeast Denver. The film is dedicated to his memory.

One of the strengths of Rubinstein’s book was the way it delved into the past to illustrate the historical forces that fueled gang activity. The film makes excellent use of archival footage and TV news coverage to tell its story, something Rubinstein said drew him to the documentary format in the first place. It also uses footage that Roberts and his outreach workers filmed themselves of his activist work.

One of the most moving segments of the film is footage of Roberts speaking to three young men, who tell him they would rather work than be in gang life but that they have limited opportunities. As two of the teens perform a rap for the camera, viewers are told they both later died in shootings.

Much of the film focuses around political intrigue, but it’s those sequences that remind the audience what drives Roberts’ work and what’s at stake if efforts to curb gang violence are hijacked by political opportunism. “The Holly” makes a compelling case that Denver power brokers capitalized off of Roberts’ successes without doing much to help, and were then quick to turn their backs when things went south.

The film only lightly touches on Roberts’ life post-trial, which has not been dull: he was heavily involved in the

2020 protests demanding justice for the deaths of George Floyd and Elijah McClain, and along with five other people was given criminal charges for protesting outside a police station in Aurora in July 2020. After initially being accused of inciting a riot, the following year new District Attorney Brian Mason dropped all charges in connection to the incident because he did not believe prosecutors could win a conviction.

Now, Roberts is running for mayor of Denver. With current mayor Michael Hancock (who does not come across as compelling in “The Holly”) term-limited, Roberts is competing against a crowded field of hopefuls.

With everything he’s already been through, it’s easy to wonder why Roberts is voluntarily choosing to get into what’s almost certain to be another messy political battle, but it’s hard not to admire his commitment to his convictions. Near the end of the film, one of Roberts’ friends describes him as “riding a tiger:” Once you get on, you can never get off. In his case, that appears to be both a blessing and a curse.

“The Holly: Five Bullets, One Gun and the Struggle to Save an American Neighborhood.”

Directed by Julian Rubinstein, Produced by Donnie L. Betts, Dia Sokol Savage, Sarah Dowland, Julian Rubinstein.

Executive Producers: Tony Hardmon, Lana Garland and Adam Mckay. Release information was unavailable at press time. More at thehollyfilm.com

Gerald Wright, right and Julian Rubinstein during filming. PHOTO SUPPLIED

BY CARINA JULIG, Staff Writer

Mosaic of Cultures: Aurora’s Mexican Community

Blackademics presented by The Vintage Theatre

scene & herd

“Colorado Remembers” Memorial Day Weekend Event

Open 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday; 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on weekends. The exhibit is expected to be up until April 2023 15051 E. Alameda Pkwy. Free. Visit auroragov. org or call 303-739-6660 for more information.

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.

May 20 through June 19 - Fri/ Sat at 7:30 p.m.; Sundays at 2:30 p.m. $20 - 34. Call 303-856-7830 for more information or visit vintagetheatre.org. The Vintage Theatre is located at 1468 Dayton St., Aurora 80010

Saturday, May 28 beginning at 8 a.m. kicking off a day of activities to honor Colorado’s fallen veterans. Located at Aurora’s Springhill Park at 756 Telluride Street. For more information, visit www.coloradofreedommemorial.com.

Memorial Day was originally called “Decoration Day” in the years following the American Civil War. By the late 1800s, many states observed the holiday, memorializing those who served and died in the military. Aurora — with its vibrant veteran community and own military installation — is an easy place to honor veterans this Memorial Day weekend. The Colorado Freedom Memorial celebrates its ninth anniversary with its annual Colorado Remembers event. On Saturday, May 28, wake up early for an 8 a.m. pancake breakfast at the memorial. There will be a ceremony at 10 a.m. with a keynote address from Lt. Gen Richard Clark, who is the superintendent of the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs. Afterward, get a close-up of various military vehicles on display and wander around the memorial. For more information visit the memorial online at www.coloradofreedommemorial. com. The day’s events are open and free to the public.

One doesn’t have to look far for Aurora’s vibrant roots. One in five people here are foregin born and according to the latest census, more than 20% of residents have family origins in Mexico. That brings the city great food, dance, art, and, especially, pride — all of which will be on display at the Aurora History Museum for the next year. For the exhibit, museum staff conducted outreach in both English and Spanish to gather input about Mexican culture in Aurora. “The people of Mexican descent who call Aurora home come from all walks of life and have their own individual stories of immigration or a long family history that predates Colorado statehood,” museum director T. Scott Williams says. Over the next year various Latino artists will display their work at the museum, and on June 9, the community can gather at the exhibit for an opening reception. This showcase attempts to capture the stories of people who make Colorado’s third largest city a mosaic of cultures. Entrance to the museum is always free.

Southlands Wine Walk

In “Blackademics,” two Black female scholars arrive for a dinner reservation at a trendy cafe, but in this hilarious play written by Idris Goodwin their celebration takes a turn. First they debate and then battle “figuratively and literally… for a seat at the table.” Goodwin is an award-winning playwright and Colorado local, serving as the director of The Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado College. He’s the first Black man to hold the position in the center’s 100 year history. Director Betty Hart at the Vintage has assembled a cast that includes: Chelsea Frye as Rachelle, Tobi Compton as Ann and Stephanie Saltis as Georgia. The one-hour play, no intermissions, begins May 20 with showings until June 19 every Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

The Art of Banksy

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.

Let

Us Know Your scene & herd

June 2 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tickets are $15 in advance or $25 day of the event, if not sold out. Must be 21+ to attend. 6155 South Main Street Town Square Aurora, CO 80016

There are few joys in life like strolling through shops with a glass of wine in hand. Unfortunately, those opportunities don’t happen every day — actually, maybe that’s a good thing. On June 2, though, you can be living your hashtag best life at southeastern Aurora’s Southlands mall for the annual wine walk. A $15 ticket gets you a cute little wine glass that you fill up at each stop along the walk. In between pours, make sure your wallet is handy. Local and major chain shops alike will be open for business. This writer doesn’t stand a chance in Sephora with more than a sip of Sauvy B. For tickets, visit www. shopsouthlands.com .

Now through June 12. Open daily, closed Tuesdays. Showings begin at 2 p.m. each afternoon. Tickets, $35, on sale now. Showing at the Denver Sports Castle: 1000 North Broadway, Denver, CO 80203. www. banksyexhibit.com.

Anonymous artist Banksy’s opinion is that art should disturb the comfortable and comfort the disturbed. Whatever side of that view you find yourself on, prepare to feel something inside “The Art of Banksy,” which showcases $35 million worth of Banksy art in one place — the largest exhibit ever assembled. Among the more than 100 pieces on exhibit are some of Banksy’s most recognizable, such as “Girl and Balloon” — which sold for $1.4 million in 2018 and then immediately went through a shredder as art connoisseurs watched in horror — “Flower Thrower” and “Rude Copper.” However, it’s the lesser-known masterpieces by the world’s top political artists that really make this exhibit shine. Tickets are on sale at www.banksyexhibit. com now until June 12.

Because the people must know

COMBINED NOTICE -

PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103

FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0060-2022

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

Deed of Trust:

On February 25, 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)

KALEY HUGHES

Original Beneficiary(ies)

MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR MIDWEST EQUITY MORTGAGE, LLC, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt

COLORADO HOUSING AND FINANCE

AUTHORITY

Date of Deed of Trust

June 06, 2019

County of Recording

Arapahoe

Recording Date of Deed of Trust

June 06, 2019

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

D9053676

Original Principal Amount

$160,047.00

Outstanding Principal Balance

$159,850.21

Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

CONDOMINIUM UNIT NO. 302, BUILDING NO. 16, SPINNAKER RUN CONDOMINIUMS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DECLARATION RECORDED ON FEBRUARY 1, 1980, IN BOOK 3164 AT PAGE 592, AND CONDOMINIUM MAP RECORDED ON FEBRUARY 1, 1980, AT RECEPTION NO. 1937675 OF THE ARAPAHOE COUNTY RECORDS, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO.

APN #: 197336222142

Also known by street and number as: 12512 E CORNELL AVENUE #302, 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, 06/29/2022, 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 5/5/2022

Last Publication 6/2/2022

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: 02/25/2022

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 # 20-023943

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. 0062-2022

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

On March 1, 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)

Wauneta Louise Vann

Original Beneficiary(ies)

Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Beneficiary, as nominee for Stearns Lending, LLC, its successors and assigns

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt Lakeview Loan Servicing, LLC

Date of Deed of Trust

November 20, 2015

November 25, 2015

Trust

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

D5135571

Original Principal Amount

$234,179.00

Outstanding Principal Balance

$210,455.84

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 30, BLOCK 6, STONE RIDGE PARK SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 9, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 18805 E. Utah Cir, 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, 06/29/2022, 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 5/5/2022

Last Publication 6/2/2022

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: 03/01/2022

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

By: /s/ Susan Sandstrom, Public Trustee

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

Amanda Ferguson #44893

Heather Deere #28597

Toni M. Owan #30580

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

Attorney File # CO10384

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. 0070-2022

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

On March 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) Andrei Bindasov AND Vladimir Bindasov Original Beneficiary(ies)

MORTGAGE

AND ASSIGNS

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION

Date of Deed of Trust

May 20, 2019

County of Recording Arapahoe

Recording Date of Deed of Trust

May 23, 2019

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

D9048346

Original Principal Amount

$309,294.00

Outstanding Principal Balance

$305,572.85 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 UNIT 204, CONDOMINIUM BUILDING 3, WHITESTONE LOFTS & HOMES, ACCORDING TO THE CONDOMINIUM MAP THEREOF, RECORDED ON OCTOBER 09, 2018, AT RECEPTION NO. D8099873 IN THE RECORDS OF THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK AND RECORDER ARAPAHOE COUNTY COLORADO, AND AS DEFINED AND DECRIBED IN THE DECLARATION OF COVENANTS, CONDITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS OF WHITESTONE LOFTS & HOMES ASSOCIATION, INC. RECORDED ON JANUARY 16, 2018, AT RECEPTION NO. D8004902 IN SAID RECORDS TOGETHER WITH THE EXCLUSIVE RIGHT TO USE GARAGE SPACE NO. D2, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO Also known by street and number as: 14916 East Hampden Avenue, # 204, 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, 07/06/2022, 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 5/12/2022

Last Publication 6/9/2022

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: 03/04/2022

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:

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 # 22-026419

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. 0076-2022

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

On March 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)

J. Oliver Original Beneficiary(ies) Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems,

Inc., as nominee for Cherry Creek Mortgage Co., Inc.

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt

Community Loan Servicing, LLC, a Delaware Limited Liability Company Date of Deed of Trust December 15, 2016 County of Recording Arapahoe

Recording Date of Deed of Trust

December 16, 2016

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

D6145531

Original Principal Amount $165,579.00

Outstanding Principal Balance $155,611.22

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 Legal Description Attached Hereto and Incorporated by Reference Herein EXHIBIT A LOT 1, BLOCK 1, HEATHER GARDENS FILING NO. 3, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, COLORADO, TO WIT: PARCEL 1: AN UNDIVIDED 1/144TH INTEREST IN AND TO SAID LOT, SUBJECT TO EASEMENTS OF RECORD INCLUDING SUCH EASEMENTS AS MAY BE SET OUT IN THE DECLARATION OF CONDOMINIUM OF HEATHER GARDENS AS FILED OF RECORD EXCLUDING ANY INTEREST IN THE BUILDINGS AND EQUIPMENT SITUATE ON SAID LOT AND BLOCK ABOVE DESCRIBED IN WHICH APARTMENT AND TOWNHOUSE UNITS ARE SITUATE EXPECT THE INTEREST IN THE APARTMENT BUILDING AND EQUIPMENT HEREIN CONVEYED.

PARCEL 2: ALL OF THAT SPACE WHICH LIES BETWEEN THE CEILING AND THE FLOOR, AND THE WALLS OF THE APARTMENT AT 13635 EAST BATES AVENUE, APT. 112 (FOR CONVENIENT REFERENCE NUMBERED AS UNIT 25042 IN BUILDING NO. 201) NOW OR HEREAFTER CONSTRUCTED ON SAID LOT, SAID BUILDING BEING LOCATED SUBSTANTIALLY AS SHOWN ON THE AREA PLAT PLAN FILED FOR RECORD IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK AND RECORDER OF THE COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, COLORADO, RECORDED FEBRUARY 9, 1973 UNDER RECEPTION NO. 1339813. PARCEL 3: AN UNDIVIDED 1/48TH INTEREST IN AND TO THE BUILDING AND EQUIPMENT THEREIN INSTALLED AND APPURTENANT THERETO WITHIN THE ABOVE DESCRIBED SPACE OR AREA IS LOCATED, TOGETHER WITH:

(1) THE EXCLUSIVE RIGHT TO USE THE PATIOS AND BALCONIES, AIR CONDITIONERS, OR OTHER APPLIANCES WHICH PROJECT THE SPACE OF AREA ABOVE DESCRIBED AND CONTIGUOUS THERETO.

(2) A RIGHT OF WAY IN COMMON WITH OTHERS, FOR INGRESS AND EGRESS TO AND FROM THE PROPERTY ABOVE DESCRIBED.

(3) THE RIGHT TO USE STAIRS, HALLS, PASSAGE WAYS AND OTHER COMMON AREAS IN THE BUILDING IN PARCEL 2 ABOVE IN COMMON WITH OWNERS OF SUCH BUILDING, INCLUDING THEIR AGENTS, SERVANTS, EMPLOYEES AND INVITEES.

(4) THE RIGHT TO USE COMMON AREAS IN SAID LOT IN COMMON WITH OTHER OWNERS OF SPACE OR AREAS IN BUILDINGS NOW OR HEREAFTER CONSTRUCTED IN SAID LOT, EXCEPT THE USE OF THE COMMON AREAS LOCATED IN BUILDINGS OTHER THAN THAT DESCRIBED IN parcel 2 ABOVE, INCLUDING THEIR AGENTS, SERVANTS, EMPLOYEES AND INVITEES.

(5) THE EXCLUSIVE RIGHT TO USE AND OCCUPY PARKING STALL NO. 29 IN PARKING LOT NO. P-1 LOCATED SUBSTANTIALLY AS SHOWN ON THE RECORDED AREA PLAT PLAN FILE OF RECORD IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK AND RECORDER OF ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO SHOWING THE LOCATION OF THE ABOVE STALL. Also known by street and number as: 13635 E Bates Ave Apt 112, 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, 07/13/2022, 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 5/19/2022

Last Publication 6/16/2022

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: 03/11/2022

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:

Britney D. Beall-Eder #34935

Jonathan A. Goodman, Esq. #15015

Karen J. Radakovich, Esq. #11649

Frascona Joiner Goodman and Greenstein

PC 4750 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder, CO 80305-5500 (303) 494-3000

Attorney File # 7192-14730

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. 0077-2022

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

On March 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)

Scott Jenkins

Original Beneficiary(ies)

Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Beneficiary, as nominee for First Mortgage Corporation, a California Corporation, D/B/A FMC Mortgage Company, its successors and assigns

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt

Freedom Mortgage Corporation

Date of Deed of Trust

November 20, 2012

County of Recording

Arapahoe

Recording Date of Deed of Trust

December 05, 2012

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

D2140425

Original Principal Amount

$170,449.00

Outstanding Principal Balance

$144,195.91

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 35, Block 3, Fox Hill, Filing One, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado. Also known by street and number as: 20020 East Wagontrail Drive, Centennial, CO 80015. THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.

OF SALE

NOTICE

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, 07/13/2022, 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 5/19/2022

Last Publication 6/16/2022 Name

CITY OF AURORA, COLORADO Ordinance 2022-25

FOR AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AURORA, COLORADO, AMENDING CHAPTER 102, SECTIONS 137, 138, 140 AND 323 OF THE CITY CODE TO CLARIFY RETIREMENT PLAN ELIGIBLITY FOR THE GENERAL EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT PLAN AND THE MONEY PURCHASE PLAN FOR EXECUTIVE PERSONNEL

Ordinance 2022-25 was finally passed at the May 23, 2022, regular meeting of the City Council and will take effect on July 09, 2022. The full text of the ordinance is available for public inspection and acquisition in the City Clerk’s Office, 15151 E. Alameda Parkway, Suite 1400, Aurora, Colorado, and on the city’s website at: https://www. auroragov.org/cms/One.aspx?portalId=16

242704&pageId=16452111

/s/ Kadee Rodriguez City Clerk

Publication: May 26, 2022

Sentinel CITY OF AURORA, COLORADO Ordinance 2022-26

FOR AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AURORA, COLORADO, AMENDING SECTION

2-672 OF THE CITY CODE PERTAINING TO AUTHORITY TO AWARD CONTRACTS BY REMOVING IN ITS ENTIRETY SUBSECTION (C) REQUIRING COUNCIL AUTHORIZATION OF REQUESTED PROCUREMENTS FROM ENUMERATED PROGRAMS

Ordinance 2022-26 was finally passed at the May 23, 2022, regular meeting of the City Council and will take effect on July 09, 2022. The full text of the ordinance is available for public inspection and acquisition in the City Clerk’s Office, 15151 E. Alameda Parkway, Suite 1400, Aurora, Colorado, and on the city’s website at: https://www. auroragov.org/cms/One.aspx?portalId=16 242704&pageId=16452111

/s/ Kadee Rodriguez City Clerk

Publication: May 26, 2022

Sentinel CITY OF AURORA, COLORADO

Ordinance 2022-27

A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AURORA, COLORADO, AMENDING THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN PLACETYPE MAP FROM THE CITY CORRIDOR PLACETYPE TO THE EMERGING NEIGHBORHOOD PLACETYPE FOR APPROXIMATELY 115 ACRES IN THE SKYDANCE MASTER PLAN (SKYDANCE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT)

Ordinance 2022-27, which was introduced on May 23, 2022, will be presented for final passage at the June 06, 2022, regular meeting of the City Council. The full text of the ordinance is available for public inspection and acquisition in the City Clerk’s Office, 15151 E. Alameda Parkway, Suite 1400, Aurora, Colorado, and on the city’s website at: https://www.auroragov.org/cms/One.aspx ?portalId=16242704&pageId=16452111

/s/ Kadee Rodriguez City Clerk

Publication: May 26, 2022 Sentinel

CITY OF AURORA, COLORADO Ordinance 2022-28

PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AURORA, COLORADO, REZONING A PARCEL OF LAND MEASURING 56.8 ACRES MORE OR LESS LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF POWHATON ROAD AND ONE-HALF MILE SOUTH OF COLFAX AVENUE FROM MEDIUM-DENSITY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT (R-2) AND MIXED-USE CORRIDOR DISTRICT (MU-C) TO MIXED-USE AIRPORT DISTRICT (MUA) AND AMENDING THE ZONING MAP ACCORDINGLY (JAMASO ZONING MAP AMENDMENT)

Ordinance 2022-28, which was introduced on May 23, 2022, will be presented for final passage at the June 06, 2022, regular meeting of the City Council. The full text of the ordinance is available for public inspection and acquisition in the City Clerk’s Office, 15151 E. Alameda Parkway, Suite 1400, Aurora, Colorado, and on the city’s website at: https://www.auroragov.org/cms/One.aspx

?portalId=16242704&pageId=16452111

/s/ Kadee Rodriguez City Clerk

Publication: May 26, 2022

Sentinel

CITY OF AURORA, COLORADO Ordinance 2022-29

FOR AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AURORA, COLORADO, AMENDING SECTION 5072 OF THE CITY CODE PERTAINING TO THE TERMS OF MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGES

Ordinance 2022-29, which was introduced on May 23, 2022, will be presented for final passage at the June 06, 2022, regular meeting of the City Council. The full text of the ordinance is available for public inspection and acquisition in the City Clerk’s Office, 15151 E. Alameda Parkway, Suite 1400, Aurora, Colorado, and on the city’s website at: https://www.auroragov.org/cms/One.aspx

?portalId=16242704&pageId=16452111

/s/ Kadee Rodriguez City Clerk

Publication: May 26, 2022

Sentinel

CITY OF AURORA, COLORADO Ordinance 2022-30

FOR AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE USE OF LEASE-PURCHASE FINANCING TO ACQUIRE CERTAIN EQUIPMENT DURING THE 2022 FISCAL YEAR PURSUANT TO THE TERMS OF AN EQUIPMENT LEASEPURCHASE AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN THE AURORA CAPITAL LEASING CORPORATION, AS LESSOR, AND THE CITY OF AURORA, COLORADO, AS LESSEE; AUTHORIZING OFFICIALS OF THE CITY TO TAKE ALL ACTION NECESSARY TO CARRY OUT THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY; AND OTHER RELATED MATTERS

Ordinance 2022-30, which was introduced on May 23, 2022, will be presented for final passage at the June 06, 2022, regular meeting of the City Council. The full text of the ordinance is available for public inspection and acquisition in the City Clerk’s Office, 15151 E. Alameda Parkway, Suite 1400, Aurora, Colorado, and on the city’s website at: https://www.auroragov.org/cms/One.aspx

?portalId=16242704&pageId=16452111

/s/ Kadee Rodriguez City Clerk

Publication: May 26, 2022

Sentinel NOTICE OF FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT AND NOTICE OF INTENT TO REQUEST RELEASE OF FUNDS

May 26, 2022

City of Aurora Community Development Division 15151 E. Alameda Pkwy Aurora, CO. 80017 303-739-7921

This notice shall satisfy two separate but related procedural requirements for activities to be undertaken by the City of Aurora Community Development Div.

REQUEST FOR RELEASE OF FUNDS

On or about June 13, 2022 the City of Aurora will submit a request to HUD for the release of HOME funds under the HOME Investment Act , as amended. This undertaking will be for the Housing Authority of the City of Aurora’s Peoria Crossing II multi-family housing development and has requested up to $650,000 in HOME funding for Peoria Crossing II which will be located on the vacant half of the north east corner of 3002 Peoria St., Aurora, CO. 80010. The Housing Authority of the City of Aurora’s Peoria Crossing II Project will be phase II of Peoria Crossing and will add an additional 72 units to the existing 82 units that were completed in the first phase. The additional units will help address the city of Aurora’s affordable housing needs as addressed in the City’s Consolidated Plan.

The activities proposed have required an Environmental Assessment under HUD regulations at 24 CFR Part 58 from National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) requirements. An Environmental Review Record (ERR) that documents the environmental determinations for this project is on file at City of Aurora, Community Development Division, 15151 E. Alameda Pkwy, Aurora, Colorado, and may be examined or copied weekdays 8 A.M to 5 P.M.

FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT

The City of Aurora has determined that the project will have no significant impact on the human environment. Therefore, an Environmental Impact Statement under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) is not required. Additional project information is contained in the Environmental Review Record (ERR) on file at City of Aurora, Community Development Division, 15151 E. Alameda Pkwy, Aurora, CO. and may be examined or copied weekdays 8 A.M to 5 P.M.

PUBLIC COMMENTS

Any individual, group, or agency may submit written comments on the ERR to Alicia Montoya, City of Aurora, Community Development Division, 15151 E. Alameda, Aurora, Colorado, 80012; or amontoya@ auroragov.org. For questions and additional information please contact Alicia

Montoya at the above address or call 303739-7900. All comments received by June 12, 2022 will be considered by the City of Aurora prior to authorizing submission of a request for release of funds. Comments should specify which Notice they are addressing.

ENVIRONMENTAL CERTIFICATION

The City of Aurora certifies to HUD that Alicia Montoya in his capacity as Community Development Division Manager consents to accept the jurisdiction of the Federal Courts if an action is brought to enforce responsibilities in relation to the environmental review process and that these responsibilities have been satisfied. HUD’s State’s approval of the certification satisfies its responsibilities under NEPA and related laws and authorities and allows the name of grant recipient to use Program funds.

OBJECTIONS TO RELEASE OF FUNDS

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

Alicia Montoya, Community Development Division Manager

Publication: May 26, 2022

Sentinel

NOTICE OF FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT AND NOTICE OF INTENT TO REQUEST RELEASE OF FUNDS

May 26, 2022

City of Aurora Community Development Division 15151 E. Alameda Pkwy Aurora, CO. 80017 303-739-7921

This notice shall satisfy two separate but related procedural requirements for activities to be undertaken by the City of Aurora Community Development Div.

REQUEST FOR RELEASE OF FUNDS

On or about June 13, 2022 the City of Aurora will submit a request to HUD for the release of ESG-CV funds under the Emergency Solutions Grant-CV , as amended. This undertaking will be for Restoration Christian Ministries has requested up to $350,000 in ESG-CV funding for the Pallet Shelters and Safe Outdoor Spaces Project located at 15660 E 6th Ave, Aurora, CO. 80011. Restoration Christian Ministries will be adding a concrete slab to the east of their main building. The concrete slab will provide up to 50 emergency shelters for individuals experiencing homelessness and is intended to be secure and safe. Power will be provided via electrical wiring within the concrete slab.

The activities proposed have required an Environmental Assessment under HUD regulations at 24 CFR Part 58 from National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) requirements. An Environmental Review Record (ERR) that documents the environmental determinations for this project is on file at City of Aurora, Community Development Division, 15151 E. Alameda Pkwy, Aurora, Colorado, and may be examined or copied weekdays 8 A.M to 5 P.M.

FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT

The City of Aurora has determined that the project will have no significant impact on the human environment. Therefore, an Environmental Impact Statement under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) is not required. Additional project information is contained in the Environmental Review Record (ERR) on file at City of Aurora, Community Development Division, 15151 E. Alameda Pkwy, Aurora, CO. and may be examined or copied weekdays 8 A.M to 5 P.M.

PUBLIC COMMENTS

Any individual, group, or agency may submit written comments on the ERR to Alicia Montoya, City of Aurora, Community Development Division, 15151 E. Alameda, Aurora, Colorado, 80012; or amontoya@ auroragov.org. For questions and additional information please contact Alicia Montoya at the above address or call 303739-7900. All comments received by June 12, 2022 will be considered by the City of Aurora prior to authorizing submission of a request for release of funds. Comments should specify which Notice they are addressing.

ENVIRONMENTAL CERTIFICATION

The City of Aurora certifies to HUD that Alicia Montoya in his capacity as Community Development Division Manager consents to accept the jurisdiction of the Federal Courts if an action is brought to enforce responsibilities in relation to the environmental review process and that these responsibilities have been satisfied. HUD’s State’s approval of the certification satisfies its responsibilities under NEPA and related laws and authorities and allows the name of grant recipient to use Program funds.

OBJECTIONS TO RELEASE OF FUNDS

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

Alicia Montoya, Community Development Division Manager

Publication: May 26, 2022

As required by the Colorado Liquor Code, as amended, notice is hereby given that an application for a Hotel-Restaurant Liquor License has been received by the Local Licensing Authority for the granting of a license to sell at retail, malt, vinous and spiritous liquors for consumption on the premises only. Tasty Colorado, Inc. dba Tasty Pot for a location at 6330 South Parker Road, Aurora, CO 80016 filed the application on March 15, 2022. The Corporate Officers reside in Colorado.

A Public Hearing to consider the application has been scheduled to be held virtually before the Local Licensing Authority on June 28, 2022 at 9:45 a.m. via Webex from the Aurora Municipal Center, 15151 East Alameda Parkway, 5th Floor, Tax and Licensing Office, Aurora, CO 80012.

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 May 29, 2022 and must be returned by 12:00 noon on June 16, 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 staff up to and including the date of the public hearing.

Kellye Chatman Senior Licensing Officer 303-739-7282

Publication: May 26, 2022 Sentinel

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

Case Number(s): 1982-2015-00

Applicant: Modern Design Construction

Application Name: E 38th Avenue & Helena Street

You are hereby notified that a public hearing will be held on Wednesday, June 8, 2022, starting at 6:00 p.m. at the regular meeting of the Planning Commission of the City of Aurora, Colorado. THIS MEETING WILL BE A VIRTUAL MEETING, PLEASE GO TO THE CITY OF AURORA WEBSITE (AURORAGOV.ORG) FOR INSTRUCTIONS ON PARTICIPATION. The hearing will consider a request for approval for a Zoning Map Amendment to rezone 5.0 acres, more or less, from R-R (Rural-Residential) to I-1 (Business/Tech District), for future development.

Site Location: Southeast Corner of E 38th Avenue and Helena Street

Site Size: 5.0 acres

At said meeting any person in interest may appear and be heard on the requested approval.

/s/ Kadee Rodriguez City Clerk

Publication: May 26, 2022 Sentinel

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

Case Number(s): 2000-2041-02

Applicant: GB Capital, LLC

Application Name: Aurora One - Zoning

Map Amendment

You are hereby notified that a public hearing will be held on June 06, 2022, starting at 6:30 p.m. at the regular meeting of the City Council of the Aurora Municipal Center, first floor, located at 15151 E. Alameda Parkway, Aurora Colorado. This will be a “hybrid” meeting with both in-person and virtual attendance options. Please go to the City of Aurora website (auroragov.org) for instructions on participation. PUBLIC HEARING AND INTRODUCTION OF AN ORDINANCE FOR A ZONING MAP AMENDMENT TO REZONE 15.4 ACRES, MORE OR LESS, FROM AD (AIRPORT DISTRICT) TO MU-R (MIXED USE-REGIONAL).

Site Location: Along Stephen D Hogan Parkway west of Valdai Street

Site Size: 15.4 acres

At said meeting any person in interest may appear and be heard on the requested approval.

/s/ Kadee Rodriguez City Clerk

Publication: May 26, 2022

Sentinel

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

Case Number(s): 2021-4028-00

Applicant: Wood Partners

Application Name: ALTA Addison

Multi-Family - Appeal

You are hereby notified that a public hearing will be held on June 6, 2022, starting at 6:30 p.m. at the regular meeting of the City Council of the Aurora Municipal Center, first floor, located at 15151 E. Alameda Parkway, Aurora Colorado. This will be a “hybrid” meeting with both in-person and virtual attendance options. Please go to the City of Aurora website (auroragov.org) for instructions on participation. PUBLIC HEARING FOR AN APPEAL, BY AN ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNER, OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION’S DECISION TO APPROVE A SITE PLAN FOR THE CONSTUCTION OF SIX, THREE-STORY MULTI-FAMILY BUILDINGS WITH CLUBHOUSE AND ADJUSTMENTS TO STREET FRONTAGE AND LANDSCAPE BUFFER REQUIREMENTS, AND TO NOT BUILD A SOUND WALL ALONG THE E-470 FRONTAGE.

Site Location: Approximately 1,500 feet north of the intersection of S Addison Court and S Aurora Parkway

Site Size: 9.10 acres

At said meeting any person in interest may appear and be heard on the requested approval.

/s/ Kadee Rodriguez City Clerk

Publication: May 26, 2022 Sentinel

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

Case Number(s): 2021-6057-00

Applicant: QuikTrip Corporation

Application Name: Station 60 - Appeal

You are hereby notified that a public hearing will be held on June 6, 2022, starting at 6:30 p.m. at the regular meeting of the City Council of the Aurora Municipal Center, first floor, located at 15151 E. Alameda Parkway, Aurora Colorado. This will be a “hybrid” meeting with both in-person and virtual attendance options. Please go to the City of Aurora website (auroragov.org) for instructions on participation. PUBLIC HEARING FOR AN APPEAL, BY AN ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNER, OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION’S DECISION TO APPROVE AN INFRASTRUCTURE SITE PLAN FOR PRIVATE DRIVES AND DETENTION PONDS WITHIN THE STATION 60 DEVELOPMENT.

Site Location: Northwest Corner of East Colfax and Airport Boulevard

Site Size: 24.097 acres

At said meeting any person in interest may appear and be heard on the requested approval.

/s/ Kadee Rodriguez City Clerk

Publication: May 26, 2022 Sentinel

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Public Notices

PUBLIC NOTICE OF PETITION FOR CHANGE OF NAME OF AN ADULT ARAPAHOE COUNTY COURT, COLORADO Case No. 22C100258

PUBLIC NOTICE is given on April 29, 2022, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an Adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

The Petition requests that the name of Samuel Dean Elliott be changed to Samuel Dean Colwell.

/s/ Clerk of Court/ Deputy Clerk

First Publication: May 19, 2022

Final Publication: June 2, 2022

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT IN THE FOLLOWING ACTIONS FILED IN THIS COURT UNDER THE “UNIFORM DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE” AND “UNIFORM CHILD CUSTODY JURISDICTION” ACTS, due diligence has been used to obtain personal service within the State of Colorado and further efforts would be to no avail: therefore, publication has been ordered:

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2021DR01523 Luz Elena Munoz Castro v Jesus Armando Guerrero Alfaro Dissolution

2021DR31092 Candida Jackelyn Funez Alvarenga v Aldo Xavier Euceda Gonzales Dissolution

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Shana Kloek CLERK OF THE COURT 7325 S. POTOMAC ST. CENTENNIAL, CO 80112

Publication: May 26, 2022