Sentinel Colorado 6.1.2023

SPRING SCREAMING

Lots to yell about for Aurora prep athletes in spring season

QUID HAS HEARD that the Gaylord Rockies hotelopolis is searching for a marketing shtick to counter a string of events that really don’t say, “I wish I was at the Gaylord.” Not long before Christmas, rescuers raced to the gimongous hotelasaurus on the plains after several guests became sickened by a carbon monoxide leak at the hotel. Just as that problem left the local public consciousness, a massive ventilation unit fell from the ceiling and into the massive swimming pool, injuring several guests and horrifying onlookers. This weekend, the string of “oh no” continued as an argument in one of the massive parking lots at the massive hotel broke out in gunfire, resulting in one person sporting a gunshot wound to the leg. Other than more time between disasters, Quid is unsure what the best hotel marketing strategy should be.

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

“Making memories” seems too risky for your faithful affiant, seeing how some memories Gaylord patrons might want to get past. Same with “The perfect getaway,” with “get away” being the troublesome phrase. Time will tell, but Quid suggests that if you’re staying there and you come across two twin girls dressed alike in the hallway, leave the light on.

AND QUID HAS HEARD the Twitter bird as the messenger of mass disinformation continues to worry and depress everyone who sees mayhem in all directions Elon Musk advances. It seems that just a short time ago, real politicians said they feared a flood of impostor Twitter accounts could bring down the Republic with the end of earned-not-paid blue check marks by making Twitter users think crazy lies were the new truths that once former dependable political voices blabbed about in 280 characters. Some Twits have talked about a reverse strategy where regular devotees of disinformation have their accounts impostored and plaster the Twitterverse with anti-disinformation missives, making people think that dependable election deniers deny deniers like Donald Trump. That would create a rush of Twitter having to deny denial-deniers and probably overwhelming demand for the return of MySpace and flip phones.

And that’s all the news that fits.

Don’t let snarling bigots rein in the parade toward LGTBQ progress

The problem with snarling yappy dogs is that they also tend to bite.

Aurora and all of the nation faces a similar dilemma with trying to ignore the snarling toadies and trucklers of Donald Trump and other assorted haters of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer Americans.

If you’re thinking that the entire nation is sliding back toward the dark days of homophobia and widespread open hatred, consider this:

As many as 72% of Americans now fully support gay marriage.

They sure do.

Similarly, about two-thirds of Americans support the right for transgender citizens to serve in U.S. armed services.

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And amid all the big-headline hype over Budweiser and Target stores caving into snarling gay-bashers, and states like Florida and Montana cranking out unnerving laws that are uncomfortably close to the kind of horrors that oozed into Germany in the 1930s, there’s good news. There sure is.

“To me, this is a sign that we’re winning,” Derek Mize, a gay attorney who lives in an Atlanta suburb with his husband and two children told the Associated Press this week. “I think that these people moaning about our visibility are the last breaths of a dying prejudice.”

Had the nation never actually elected Donald Trump president, and should he not be headed simultaneously toward prison and the 2024 GOP presidential nomination at the same time, I’d feel more confident, like Mize.

Lots of scholars agree that before the Holocaust, German Jews became widespread targets of hatred, and legislation, as magnets for misplaced or free-range angst.

The senseless attacks then are eerily similar to hate-speech and legislation now directed at American transgender people, gays, lesbians and those who perform drag.

Colorado Congresswoman Lauren Boebert has been tabbed by LGBTQNation.com as the third most prolific generator of LGTBQ hate speech in the nation, behind only GOP Georgia Congressperson Marjorie Taylor Greene and GOP Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.

Greene infamously hate-tweets frequent gems like this: “Anyone who opposes anti-grooming laws like the one in Florida is pro-child predator. Stop sexualizing children.”

Boebert lowers the bar further on homophobic threats.

“Sending a message to all the drag queens out there: stay away from the children in Colorado’s Third District!” Boebert tweeted last year.

“When we take back the House, Florida’s education system is the model for the nation,” Boebert tweeted just weeks before she narrowly eked out a win in the state’s deep-red 3rd Congressional District. “We’re going to save our nation from the ‘woke’ curse on education.”

The transphobia and homophobia have snowballed since then.

About 500 bills attacking LGTBQ people or rights have been launched in state legislatures in 2023, according to the Associated Press.

“At least 18 states have enacted laws restricting or banning gender-affirming care for transgender minors,” the AP writes.

Colorado has become a safe haven for trans people seeking treatment and dignity, with Colorado state lawmakers legislating the rights of trans and gay residents and visitors.

That’s in contrast to appalling attacks on LGTBQ people by Florida conservative lawmakers and DeSantis, as well as the shameless attacks carried out by Montana conservative lawmakers against a Montana transgender state representative and drag performers across the state. All this hasn’t been overlooked by LGTBQ advocates as Pride Month begins in June.

“We are forced to think differently about how we handle security at our events and whether or not we can post our staff’s names and emails on our website,” said Janson Wu, executive director of GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders, a nonprofit legal rights organization based in Boston.

Montana’s governor signed a ludicrous law attempting to ban drag performances that doesn’t even pretend to yield to constitutional rights or even common sense.

The law tries to prohibit drag shows by banning from schools or public libraries performers who behave in a “flamboyant” manner or wear “glamorous” costumes or a lot of make-up.

I guess this means no Montana school visits from Colorado’s arm-flinging, effervescent Congressperson Bobert, Florida’s These-White-GoGoBoots-Were-Made-For-Talkin’ Gov. DeSantis and New York’s most famous angry orange-make-up faced Donald Trump.

Colorado Politics veteran reporter Ernest Luning nailed it when he pointed out in a flip tweet last week that Montana had inadvertently banned, “beauty pageants, team mascots, motivational speakers, square dancing, award shows, biblical passion plays, and pretty much every comedy, drama and musical theater show on the books.”

From places like Aurora, Denver and most of Colorado, it’s difficult not to see people like Boebert, DeSantis and too many political leaders in southern states as annoying yapping dogs that apparently were never properly socialized.

My fear, however, is they’ll bite someone before their owner-voters can do something about them.

Already, Target stores and Budweiser beer have shriveled from these grisly alpha dogs. Fortunately for people like me, Walmart has a large Pride shwag section right up front, and Colorado has endless beers that make avoiding a Bud Light the easiest boycott in the country.

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Jan. 6 convictions are an opportunity to stem terrorism

The line between free speech and terrorism was made clear last week when justice was served against Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes, sentenced to 18 years in prison for his part in the Jan. 6 insurrection.

Rhodes now joins a growing list of more than 500 driven and impromptu terrorists who stormed the U.S. Capitol in a clear effort to disrupt and prevent the transfer of presidential power away from Donald Trump.

The trial against Rhodes, and dozens of other convicts, has dispelled disinformation and outright lies perpetrated by Trump and the subversives themselves that this was merely a protest, and that those charged in the attack on Congress and the Capitol are actually “political prisoners.”

They admittedly share Trump’s lies and rhetoric about the events that led up to the invasion of the Capitol, the intent of Trump and many of the attackers and the egregious and constant banter about a so-called “witch hunt.”

Prosecutors were clearly able to prove that Rhodes and others were able to pull off the Capitol attack. They did it by strategically planning for the invasion and provoking thousands of like-minded Trump loyalists to come to Washington on Jan. 6. They were then instrumental in inciting the mob into attacking the Capitol in an effort to prevent Biden from becoming president.

“Messages, recordings and other evidence presented at trial show Rhodes and his followers growing increasingly enraged after the 2020 election at the prospect of a Biden presidency, which they viewed as a threat to the country and their way of life. In an encrypted chat two days after the election, Rhodes told his followers to prepare their ‘mind, body, spirit’ for ‘civil war,’” according to AP reports of court proceedings.

Rhodes’ defense attorneys argued that it was just rhetoric, and that the Justice Department should instead focus on “real” criminals in the case.

“If you want to put a face on (Jan. 6), you put it on Trump, right-wing media, politicians, all the people who spun that narrative,” Rhodes’ attorney told the court.

We agree.

The Department of Justice absolutely should bring a case against Trump for his indisputable role in manipulating his acolytes and supporters into finding a way to turn himself into the nation’s first dictator.

Trump, too, is burdened by his clear terrorist plans and actions, hiding behind false victimhood and claims of free speech.

Both Republicans and Democrats alike must do more to draw attention to the convictions and sentences meted out for the hundreds of Jan. 6 brazen acts of terrorism meant to destroy our American democracy.

Democrats and Republicans must take these convictions and push back against the lies from Trump and apologists like Colorado GOP Rep. Ken Buck, who described Rhodes and terrorists merely as “knuckleheads” who got out of line.

These are not political charges, they’re criminal indictments.

“You are not a political prisoner, Mr. Rhodes,” the judge said at the sentencing. He’s a convict who was blocked from carrying out a terrorist plot to upend the transfer of presidential power away from the man American voters overwhelmingly rejected, for the sole purpose of perpetuating the deceits and damage Trump hoped to inflict on the nation.

Coloradans shouldn’t be forced to pay for government lobbiests

The 2023 legislative session ended nearly a month ago, but Colorado’s left-leaning advocates for affordable housing are still smarting over a bitter defeat.

SB 213, the governor claimed, would provide “more housing options for every Colorado budget and every community, [and] drive down costs that are pricing Coloradans out of our homes and out of our neighborhoods.” Boulder Mayor Aaron Brockett, the Southwest Energy Efficiency Project, Colorado Education Association, and Sierra Club were among the bill’s many supporters.

Leading the opposition to SB 213 was neither a gutsy grassroots crusade nor a billionaire political player. It was government itself -- specifically, towns, cities, and counties. The executive director of the Colorado Municipal League called the legislation “breathtaking overreach.” A coalition of nearly 30 mayors from metro Denver announced its resistance. Pitkin County sent its manager to the capitol to express commissioners’ hostility. Lone Tree, a small city in Douglas County, thundered that the bill would silence “the voices of our residents,” and disregard “prior decisions made by the voters, by taking away the right to be heard at public hearings on zoning matters.”

Who paid for all that pressure? You did.

Local and state governments employ three tools to affect the policymaking process. First, in-house personnel and resources -- e.g., officials testify during hearings, conduct press conferences, issue media releases, write op-eds, and post on Facebook and Twitter. Second, even the smallest of government entities often find that hiring a professional influencer, or an entire lobbying firm, can yield major legislative “wins,” such as the securing of special appropriations. Finally, “membership” organizations tap tax revenue to “speak” for cities, counties, government educators and administrators, law-enforcement professionals, etc.

Whatever form it takes, taxpayer-financed lobbying is wrong, because it makes citizens fund “messaging” they may oppose. As the U.S. Supreme Court ruled, in a 2018 decision, when government compels speech, “individuals are coerced into betraying their convictions,” and forcing “free and independent individuals to endorse ideas they find objectionable is always demeaning.”

The Southwest Public Policy Institute recently pub-

lished a paper on intragovernmental advocacy in the eight states of the American Southwest. We found that Colorado is no different than Oklahoma or New Mexico or California: taxpayer-funded lobbying is commonplace. Battles over school choice, corporate welfare, criminal justice, environmental regulations, and many other matters of importance to everyday life are heavily swayed by public-sector entities.

It’s true that the movement to stop this misuse of tax dollars is associated with the right. But our research reveals that the left should be concerned as well. As the smackdown over SB 213 demonstrates, government is capable of deploying its considerable resources against the “progressive” agenda.

What can be done? Texas offers a national model for prohibiting taxpayer-funded lobbying. There, statutes forbid “a state agency” from using “appropriated money” to “employ, as a regular full-time or part-time or contract employee, a person who is required … to register as a lobbyist.” In addition, “membership dues to an organization that pays part or all of the salary of a person who is required … to register as a lobbyist” are forbidden. And state agencies cannot “attempt to influence the passage or defeat of a legislative measure,” although use of “resources to provide public information or to provide information responsive to a request” is, understandably, permissible. Sadly, efforts to apply the law to local governments have been unsuccessful. (The campaign is opposed, unsurprisingly, by the County and District Clerks’ Association of Texas, Texas Association of School Administrators, Texas Association of County Auditors, and Texas Municipal League.)

In Colorado and throughout the American Southwest, it’s time for good-government activists worried about the subversion of democracy via “dark money” to join conservatives and libertarians to put an end to taxpayer-funded lobbying. No matter what the issue, no matter what the bill, no matter what the ordinance, no matter what the regulation, intergovernmental advocacy is compelled speech, and as such, a violation of the First Amendment.

D. Dowd Muska is vice president of research at the Southwest Public Policy Institute, an organization dedicated to improving the quality of life in the American Southwest by formulating, promoting, and defending sound public policy.

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MAN TASED, HELD AT GUNPOINT IN 2021 SUES AURORA POLICE

Aman who was held at gunpoint, tackled to the ground and tased by Aurora police in 2021 is suing officers for what he says is an example of the department using excessive force against unarmed Black residents.

In May 2021, Preston Nunn was pulled over after police say he drove too close to an officer conducting a traffic stop. Body-worn camera footage published by the Aurora Police Department shows officer Gabriel Nestor approaching Nunn’s window and asking for his driver’s license and registration.

After Nunn hands Nestor his registration, he reaches into his pocket, where the complaint filed in the 17th Judicial District says Nunn kept his wallet and license. Nestor responds by aiming his gun at Nunn, yelling at Nunn to “stop digging.”

“Why are you digging in your pants like that? Put your f—–g hands on your face!,” Nestor says. Nunn and his female passenger comply and put their hands on their faces. Nestor uses his radio to request additional officers. Nunn’s passenger points out to Nestor that the officer had asked Nunn for his wallet.

“And then he started digging in his pants,” Nestor replies.

As more officers arrive, Nunn gets out of his car. Nunn’s lawsuit states that, at that moment, he was “terrified at the sight of more squad cars, Officer Nestor’s drawn firearm and at the sight of his frightened female passenger.”

Officers aim their handguns at Nunn. Nunn yells that he has his driver’s license. An officer identified in the lawsuit as Cody Goetz charges at Nunn and tackles him to the ground.

Nunn yells repeatedly that he has his license and registration as multiple officers pin him on the ground. The officer identified as Goetz applies a chokehold to Nunn, a technique outlawed in 2020. Nestor tases Nunn twice

while he is being held on the ground.

“I have my license and registration!,” Nunn yells. “I have everything! You all have no right!”

After officers finish struggling with Nunn, he asks if his nose was bleeding. Nestor tells him that medics are coming and that Nunn is bleeding from a cut on his head as well.

“Why did you bang my head to the ground like that? Why did you do that?,” Nunn asks.

“You about got shot, bud,” Nestor says.

“You should have shot me, then,” Nunn says.

“I know,” Nestor replies. “I’m glad I didn’t.”

Crist Whitney, a lawyer representing Nunn, said Nunn was arrested that night on suspicion of obstruction, resisting arrest, failure to obey a lawful order, failure to yield right of way to an emergency vehicle and possession of an open container of alcohol.

However, Nunn said Adams County prosecutors never filed charges, and a search of Colorado court records indicates Nunn was never formally charged.

Aurora police declined to comment on the lawsuit, which was filed May 15, exactly two years after the traffic stop that Nunn says left him physically and emotionally traumatized. He said he thinks about his encounter with police every day and that he still has a scar on the top of his head from where it struck the concrete when Goetz tackled him.

“I look in the mirror, and that just brings back just what happened to me every day,” Nunn said. “What happened to me is just not OK. I just don’t want that to happen to anyone else as well.”

He said he was not aware of Aurora police imposing any discipline on the officers involved in the incident. The Sentinel has requested internal affairs records and other documents from the Aurora Police Department and is awaiting a response.

Whitney put the stop in the context of the Colorado Attorney General’s Office’s investigation of the department, which in 2021 concluded that Aurora police were disproportionately using force against people of color.

The investigation led to the adoption of the consent decree that the department is currently operating under, which in part mandates reforms meant to break patterns of biased policing.

“Officers in the Denver metro area, they’ve been very quick to pull their weapon on Black men when it’s not at all warranted,” Whitney said. “There’s no question that had Mr. Nunn been an older white man, this would not have occurred.”

A firm tasked with monitoring Aurora’s compliance with the consent decree also questioned Nestor’s handling of the stop as well as the department’s handling of Nestor in a report last fall.

According to the report, the department’s Force Review Board found that Nestor made a legal traffic stop and used his bodyworn camera appropriately but “could have been more professional” and “more in control of himself.” The board also recommended that Nestor receive train-

ing on the use of stun guns and investigating driving under the influence.

But the firm monitoring Aurora’s compliance questioned why the board didn’t weigh Nestor’s “unsatisfactory” performance in

enough when evaluating officer conduct.

Nunn’s complaint accuses Goetz and Nestor of violating Nunn’s rights described in Colorado’s constitution to be free from excessive force and accuses all of

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another use-of-force incident a month earlier along with an incident in October 2020 when Nestor was reprimanded for causing a “serious traffic crash.”

“The fact that this situation unnecessarily evolved into one that came perilously close to an officer involved shooting did not consume the Board,” the monitor wrote.

The firm also pointed out that the Force Review Board did not consider the possible consequences of Nunn being tackled by an officer while multiple officers were pointing their guns at him, and said the board was not critical

the officers present of failing to intervene when excessive force was used, along with unlawful seizure, denial of equal protections and malicious prosecution.

Nunn is seeking an amount of money in damages that will be determined at trial. Whitney said Nunn was right to be fearful of Aurora police when they pulled him over two years ago.

“There’s no reason that officer Nestor should have pointed his gun at Mr. Nunn when he was just asking for a license,” he said. “At that point, Mr. Nunn had every right to be terrified.”

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question that had Mr. Nunn been an older white man, this would not have occurred.”

Screen grabs from an APD body worn camera during the arrest of Preston Nunn. Sentinel Screen Grab

BY MAX LEVY, Sentinel Colorado Staff Writer

Aurora schools offering students free summer meals

The school year may be over, but Aurora families who relied on free and reduced lunch provided at school still have a number of options this summer.

Both Aurora Public Schools and the Cherry Creek School District start their summer meal programs next week, which offer free breakfast and lunch to school-aged children and youth.

APS Nutrition Services is offering free breakfast and lunch to anyone 18 and under at 30 locations around the city from May 30 through Aug. 5. Lunch will also be provided at five additional district schools June 5 through 30.

Cherry Creek’s Summer Food Service Program runs Monday-Friday June 5 through July 27 from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at six district schools: Canyon Creek Elementary School, Eastridge Community Elementary School, Independence Elementary School, Red Hawk Ridge Elementary School, Sunrise Elementary School and Village East Elementary School.

Meals are available to anyone 18 and under, according to the district.

Cherry Creek is also once again partnering with APS to offer meals

at two outdoor sites this summer. From 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. meals will be offered at Utah Park and Mission Viejo Park.

Food insecurity, especially among families with children, has been a frequent topic of discussion in Colorado since the beginning of the pandemic. This school year the districts returned to requiring families to fill out applications to receive free and reduced lunch after the U.S. Department of Agriculture ended an expanded school lunch program created during the pandemic.

At the time, district officials said the need had decreased from the height of the pandemic when APS became the largest provider of free meals in Aurora, but that the need was still there.

More recently, Colorado food bank operators said that rising costs due to inflation and the end of expanded food stamp allotments at the end of February were causing them to brace for an increase in people seeking assistance.

“With this additional benefit ending we’re going to see quite a bit more need in our community,” chief marketing officer at Food Bank of the Rockies Aditi Desai told the Sentinel in March.

This coming school year, both APS and Cherry Creek will be participating in a new state program to offer free school meals to all students. The initiative will be funded with a tax measure that was approved by

voters in last fall’s election. The full list of locations for summer meals and more details are available at nutrition.aurorak12.org and cherrycreekschools.org.

A number of other organizations also provide various forms of food assistance. A list of local food banks is available on the Arapahoe County government website, and families can search for summer meals by going to kidsfoodfinder.org or texting ‘food’ or ‘comida’ to 304-304.

— CARINA JUILIG, Sentinel Staff Writer

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POLICE: 2 teen girls, man 20, injured after fight turns into shooting in Aurora

Two teenage girls and a 20-yearold man all found their own way to a nearby hospital after being shot and injured May 29 while in northwest Aurora, police said.

“What started out as a physical fight turned into” a shooting, police said May 29.

The shooting occurred at about 4:30 p.m. in the vicinity of East 12th Avenue and Nome Street.

Two girls, ages 17 and 19, and a 20-year-old man, all took themselves to a nearby hospital for treat-

ment of gunshot wounds.

“At this time, all three are in stable condition,” police said in a tweet May 29.

Police said anyone with information can call 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 shot, wounded after argument Monday in Gaylord Rockies parking lot

Police say some kind of quarrel May 29 in the parking lot of the Gaylord Rockies Hotel led to a shooting that left one man injured.

“An altercation between two men led up to the victim being shot in the leg,” police said in a tweet about 1:30 p.m. “The unknown suspect left the property prior to police arrival.”

No other details were released. The hotel is at 6700 Gaylord Rockies Blvd. in northeast Aurora.

Police said anyone with information can call 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

Police say Denver man

is the shooter in May 1 Aurora road rage murder

Police say weeks of investigation led them to a Denver man responsible for a May 1 shooting death that was the result a road-rage incident in northwest Aurora.

Aurora police are asking prosecutors to charge Arturo Moreno Torres, 28, with first-degree murder in connection with the shooting.

Police were called to a local hospital at about noon May 1 after reports that a man arrived at the emergency room suffering multiple gunshot wounds. The 28-year-old unidentifed man was rushed to surgery but died from his injuries, police said earlier.

Investigators connected the fatal shooting with a call for shots fired earlier in that day in the area of 13100 block of East 13th Place in the Hoffman Heights neighborhood.

“The scene was located early (May 2) and multiple shell casings were recovered,” police said in an earlier statement.

Police said the slain man’s car had “several” bullet holes.

“Through their investigation, detectives learned that this began as a road rage incident, and that the victim was not known to Arturo,” Aurora Police spokesperson Joe Moylan said in a statement Saturday. The Aurora police DART unit made the

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arrest Friday night.

Bond and booking information was not immediately available.

Police said anyone with information can call 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

Denver man arrested after alleged fatal hitand-run in north Aurora

A Denver man was arrested May 25 after he allegedly crashed his car into a cyclist and fled the scene, resulting in the cyclist’s death.

Officers responded to the crash near East Colfax Avenue and North Joliet Street at about 11 p.m. and found a 56-year-old man lying in the road with serious injuries, according to a news release. The man died at the scene.

Police also learned that the crash involved a black 2020 Nissan Altima, which was located in the 13600 block of East Colfax shortly after 3 a.m. along with the driver, Jose Moya, 21.

The car showed damage consistent with striking a bicycle, and Moya admitted to being involved in a crash. He was arrested on charges of vehicular homicide and leaving the scene of a crash involving death.

East Colfax was closed in both directions between north Joliet and Kingston streets for almost four hours. The roadway reopened at 3 a.m.

The victim will be identified by the Arapahoe County Coroner’s Office once his family is notified. According to police, the man’s death was the city’s 26th traffic-related fatality this year.

— Sentinel Staff

2 wounded during shooting in west Aurora

Two unidentified people were shot and wounded May 23 near a west Aurora discount store, according to police.

Officers were called to the scene of a shooting near the Family Dollar Store, 465 Havana St., police said at about 11 p.m. Tuesday.

“Two people were found off site, suffering from non-life threatening gunshot wounds,” police said in a tweet. “They are believed to be involved in the shooting.”

Both shooting victims were rushed to a nearby hospital and expected to survive.

“Investigators are checking evidence and will be looking into any witness accounts or leads to a suspect,” police said.

— Sentinel Staff

Man expected to survive shooting in northwest Aurora

Police say an unidentified man shot May 23 in northwest Aurora is expected to survive.

“There is no suspect information at this time,” police said in a tweet. The shooting occurred some-

where in the 1700 block of Iola Street at about 1:20 p.m. police said.

The man “has been taken to the hospital with serious injuries,” police said.

Police searched the area for evidence and said that the motive for the shooting was unknown.

Police said anyone with information can call 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

4-car Aurora crash injures 3; man accused of weapons violation, eluding cops

A southeast Aurora intersection was closed May 29 after a four-car crash sent three people to local hospitals and one man was eventually accused of assault and menacing with a deadly weapon, police said.

Police did not report what prompted the crash at Smoky Hill Road and South Versailles Street early Monday afternoon.

At about 1 p.m. police reported that officers had closed part of the intersection.

“Expect delays if traveling in the area,” police said in a tweet. “Roadway will be closed until vehicles can be towed from the scene.”

About two hours later, police said, “an adult male was arrested and taken to jail for attempted first-degree assault, menacing with a deadly weapon, and vehicle eluding.”

The man’s identity and connection to the crash wasn’t provided.

— Sentinel Staff

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Colorado embraces broad law requiring patient consent for pelvic exams while sedated

Colorado medical providers will need to get patients’ prior consent before medical students can perform pelvic exams on them while they are unconscious for a procedure under a bill signed into law Thursday.

In signing off on the law in her capacity as acting governor, Lt. Gov. Dianne Primavera put Colorado with at least 20 other states that have consent laws on the books. But Colorado’s goes far beyond other states’ because it requires that the medical students be named ahead of time and meet the patient — a step one bioethicist is concerned might impede students’ chances to learn.

Proponents of the law, which had bipartisan support, say every aspect protects patients from feeling violated and, in certain cases, retraumatized after surviving sexual assault. They hope it will set the standard for states that have weaker consent laws or none at all.

“Learning of a non-consensual intimate exam is traumatic, forcing patients to relive some of the worst moments of their life. We’re putting an end to this unethical practice,” Democratic state Rep. Lorena Garcia, who co-sponsored the bill, said in a statement.

The goal is to ensure that a patient is fully aware of, and agrees to, having students replicate breast, pelvic, prostate or rectal exams that can involve the insertion of fingers or devices inside someone’s vagina or anus.

It’s difficult to quantify how often students perform such exams without informed consent, in part

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because patients might never know that they were practiced on and students might be afraid to raise concerns to their superiors.

Typically, patients fill out a number of forms giving broad consent for procedures that might be medically necessary while they are sedated, including for students to participate in their care.

For such procedures to take place under Colorado’s new law, patients would have to sign a consent form that explains what will happen and will include the names of any students who might take part.

Kayte Spector-Bagdady, a clinical ethicist who co-authored a 2019 recommendation by the Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics, worried that determining which students can and cannot be involved prior to the procedure could limit learning opportunities.

Schedules, especially in a hospital setting, can change rapidly, Spector-Bagdady argued. If the named students aren’t available, the Colorado law wouldn’t allow others to step in and learn. Those educational opportunities are critical for future doctors to be proficient in treating women, she said.

Elizabeth Newman, public policy director at the Colorado Coalition Against Sexual Assault who supports the law, said naming the students and having them meet the patient are integral components of

complete, informed consent and ensure that students learn the rules governing the consent process.

There are certain caveats, including that licensed practitioners can perform exams in emergency situations in which getting consent ahead of time isn’t possible. The law includes whistleblower protections for medical students, and doctors and hospitals could face liability if they violate the consent rules.

Those who have opposed the bills and laws across the U.S. say they’re examples of government unnecessarily meddling in patient and provider trust, and that guidance should come from medical associations.

Bedayn is a corps member for the Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative. Report for America is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues.

quez-Farmer would likely die within days without her monthly $300 vial of insulin.

At best, a Colorado panel of medical and pharmacy experts seeking to cut the costs of expensive drugs will be able to help only one of them.

Starting this summer, the state’s Prescription Drug Affordability Board will choose up to 18 high-cost drugs for review over the next three years to determine if the medications are unaffordable and whether to cap what health plans and consumers pay for them.

But with hundreds of expensive drugs to choose from, the board members face tough decisions about who will get help now and who will have to wait.

Pricing. “You immediately get into how utterly complex our drug supply chain is, how opaque it is, how many different prices there are,” she said.

Maryland was the first state to establish a drug affordability board in 2019, but funding challenges and the pandemic have slowed its progress. Colorado passed a bill creating its board in 2021 and has already moved ahead of Maryland in the process. Washington followed in 2022 but is still in its early phases of implementation.

Maine, New Hampshire, Ohio, and Oregon have also established boards, but they lack the power to limit drug payments. And at the federal level, the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 included a provision requiring the Health and Human Services secretary to negotiate prices with drug companies for a small number of the most costly medications covered by Medicare.

first list of hundreds of drugs eligible for review, mostly because they each cost more than $30,000 for a course of treatment. Next month, they’ll release a dashboard ranking those drugs according to the board’s priorities. The dashboard can also be used to examine which drugs have the highest price tags, which have had the largest increases in price, and which the state spends the most on. That would allow the board to begin affordability reviews this summer and set payment limits for the first four to eight drugs sometime in 2024. But board members will first have to set their priorities, and those could change from year to year.

“Maybe one year we focus on the impact to the system, and another year we focus on out-of-pocket costs, and one year we focus on a lifesaving drug that has smaller utilization,” said Lila Cummings, director of the Colorado board.

— JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/ Report for

America

Catherine Reitzel’s multiple sclerosis medication costs nearly $100,000 a year. Kris Garcia relies on a drug for a blood-clotting disorder that runs $10,000 for a three-day supply. And Mariana Mar-

Do they tackle drugs with extremely high costs taken by only a handful of patients, or drugs with merely very high costs taken by a larger group? Should they consider only out-of-pocket costs paid by consumers, such as for insulin, whose copays Colorado caps at $50 a month, or the total cost of the drug to the health system? Will they weigh only drug prices, or will they try to right social wrongs with their choices?

And what does “affordable” even mean?

“That question alone is a lot harder to answer than it might seem at face value,” said Jennifer Reck, project director for the National Academy for State Health Policy’s Center for State Prescription Drug

It’s taken years for the Colorado and Maryland board members to create all the rules and regulations to govern their work before getting to the point of looking at specific drugs.

“It’s just a long, tortuous government process to get things up and running,” said Gerard Anderson, a professor of health policy and management at Johns Hopkins University, and a member of Maryland’s board. “You basically have to dot every ‘i’ and cross every ‘t’ in order not to get sued.”

On May 12, Colorado released its

Such approaches could pit one group of patients against others looking for cost relief. But Cummings said not all groups are eager to see payment limits.

“Some of them said, ‘We want the board to focus on our drugs,’ and others said, ‘Please leave us alone,’” she said.

That reluctance likely reflects the close ties that some patient groups have with the manufacturers of their medications, including receiving funding from the drug-

A Colorado panel is deciding whose meds are more affordable, and whose aren’t

makers.

“We have seen cases in public hearings — it seems counterintuitive or surprising — where a patient group, instead of being thrilled that they might have access to the drugs at a lower price, instead are arguing against upper payment limits,” Reck said. “But in most cases, there’s a pretty clear financial connection to drug manufacturers.”

Maryland has also received input from patient groups as it finalizes its regulations.

“So far it has not been, ‘Pick me! Pick me! Pick me!’” Anderson said. But that could change once the Maryland board begins its affordability reviews this fall.

The drug that Garcia, 47, of Denver, takes did not make the board’s list. Diagnosed with four bleeding disorders, including von Willebrand disease, he needs the medication

Humate-P, made by CSL Behring, to replace one of the clotting factors missing in his blood. This winter, driving home from his job at the airport, Garcia hit a patch of black ice, spun out, and careened into a concrete barrier at 75 mph. He needed the expensive medication every day for the first five days after the accident, and then every other day for a full month.

“It’s not like I can just sit there and say no to this medication, because my bleeds get so bad,” he said.

According to Perry Jowsey, executive director of the National Hemophilia Foundation’s Colorado chapter, about 300 to 400 individuals are being treated for von Willebrand disease in Colorado. That’s far fewer than the roughly 10,000 Coloradans with MS or the 74,000 who manage their diabetes with insulin.

“In my shoes, I would target what would help the most people,” Garcia said. “You have to find a balance, especially starting out. You’re not going to be able to help everyone.”

The Colorado and Maryland boards will rely on data from state databases that show how much various public and private health plans pay for drugs. That data, however, doesn’t capture what uninsured patients pay, and it doesn’t give any insight into how much manufacturers pay for research and development.

“The goal is not to stifle innovation,” Anderson said. “But we can’t get any public data, so we have to ask the pharmaceutical industry, and they’re not required to give us the data.”

The boards want to ensure that patients like Reitzel still have access to new and better therapies. Reitzel, 38, of Highlands Ranch, was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2008 and has switched medications several times seeking one whose side effects she could tolerate. “They’re all terrible in their own special way,” she said.

In 2021, she began taking a relatively new drug from Biogen and Alkermes called Vumerity, which was included on Colorado’s list of eligible drugs. But the cost of a three-month supply was nearly

$24,000, including a copay of more than $7,000. Biogen provides up to $20,000 in annual copay assistance through a debit card she can use at the pharmacy. But now her health plan no longer credits those payments toward her deductible. It makes it almost impossible for her to meet the $25,000 out-of-pocket maximum under her plan.

“Primarily for this reason, I am no longer taking any medication,” Reitzel said, “and have to only hope my disease does not progress.”

Colorado legislators passed a bill to require health plans to count copay assistance programs toward patients’ deductibles for drugs with no generic equivalents, but that provision does not take effect until 2025.

Just a couple of years ago, insulin may have been a higher priority for drug affordability boards, but now it’s not so clear. Both Colorado and Maryland have established insulin copay caps that provide pocketbook relief, at least for patients with coverage. And manufacturers are making their own moves to lower insulin prices. That could prompt the boards to bypass insulin and concentrate their limited resources on other high-cost drugs.

Copay caps do not lower the actual cost of insulin but instead spread it among members of the health plan through higher premiums. The Colorado copay caps don’t help new state residents and initially did not help those without insurance, either. Both of those hurdles would have applied to Marquez-Farmer when she moved from California to Colorado Springs a couple of years ago.

“I got married to my husband during covid because I didn’t have insurance,” she said. “I loved him, and it all worked out, but a big reason for me to marry him was because I would not be able to afford insulin.”

Marquez-Farmer, 34, said that

while insulin may not be the most expensive drug on the market, many Coloradans, particularly those from marginalized communities who have higher rates of diabetes, struggle to afford it.

“I’m not saying the other medicines are not important, because obviously they are,” she said. “The reality is there’s more people who are being affected by not being able to afford their insulin and a lot of people who are dying because of them rationing insulin.”

Andrew York, executive director of the Maryland board, said the payment limits should be viewed as a last resort, a tool that can be used when other cost-control measures

haven’t worked.

“The goal is for folks to never be able to say that they can’t afford their insulin. And I think we may get there soon enough just because of how much is happening in that space,” he said. “So if that’s the case, then maybe boards don’t need to use the upper payment limit tool.”

At least one form of insulin was included on Colorado’s list of drugs eligible for review, but not the most commonly taken brand-name insulins. That precludes the Colorado board from addressing insulin costs more broadly.

The pharmaceutical industry has pushed back against the con-

cept of payment limits, warning that drugmakers could pull out of states that set payment limits.

“The boards are acutely aware of this discussion point. The interest and the purpose of these boards is to increase access to the drugs, not decrease it,” York said. “But there’s kind of this game theory element of: How will manufacturers react?”

Reck discounted the notion that a payment limit would prompt a manufacturer to abandon a profitable market.

“Unfortunately, it’s kind of a scary message and it can be impactful on patients,” she said.

— MARKIAN HAWRYLUK Kaiser Health News

Close Up

Remembering in Aurora

More than 100 people turned out to the Colorado Freedom Memorial the morning of May 27 to help celebrate the tenth anniversary of the memorial.

The memorial itself was the first built to honor all US fallen service members from all wars, donning the more than 6,000 names of Coloradans killed or missing in action.

The U.S. Air Force Drill Team came from Washington D.C. and offered guests to a drill performance.

Attendees were given a free pancake breakfast, perused a selection of military vehicles and a bald eagle, courtesy of Hawk Quest — all while the Beverly Belles harmonized through jaunty tunes from the 1940’s.

Close-up by Philip B. Poston, Sentinel Colorado Photo Editor

Health care workers are seen from an overpass at Mount Sinai Hospital, Tuesday, March 16, 2021, in New York. The COVID-19 public health emergency that started in January 2020 ended on May 11, 2023. When that happened, several Medicare rules and waivers that went into effect during the pandemic came to an end — and it may catch Medicare patients by surprise.

HOW THE END OF THE COVID HEALTH EMERGENCY AFFECTS MEDICARE

BY KATE ASHFORD, The Associated Press

The COVID-19 public health emergency that started in January 2020 ended on May 11, 2023. When that happened, several Medicare rules and waivers that went into effect during the pandemic came to an end — and it may catch Medicare patients by surprise. Many of the changes were made to accommodate the conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic — when hospitals were mobbed, people were encouraged not to leave their homes and patients found themselves getting medical care in unusual places. From COVID-19 test costs to qualifying for a skilled nursing facility stay, here are a few things Medicare beneficiaries can expect from their benefits post-pandemic.

The COVID-19 public health emergency that started in January 2020 ended on May 11. When that happened, several Medicare rules and waivers that went into effect during the pandemic came to an end — and it may catch Medicare patients by surprise.

Many of the changes were made to accommodate the conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic — when hospitals were mobbed, people were encouraged not to leave their homes and patients found themselves getting medical care in unusual places. Some changes — like increased use of telehealth — are sticking around for the near future.

Here are a few things Medicare beneficiaries can expect from their benefits post-pandemic.

COVID-19 TESTING, TREATMENTS AND VACCINES

During the public health emergency, or PHE, Medicare and Medicare Advantage covered up to eight at-home COVID tests per month, COVID-19 testing-related services and antiviral treatments like Paxlovid.

You’ll now pay out of pocket for at-home COVID-19 tests, although some Medicare Advantage plans may continue to cover them. COVID-19 vaccines will be covered

under preventive care. COVID-19 antiviral treatments, such as Paxlovid, will also continue to be covered, but you may owe a copay or coinsurance for other pharmaceutical treatments for COVID-19, according to KFF, a health policy nonprofit.

TELEHEALTH

During the PHE, Medicare covered telehealth services for all Medicare beneficiaries, regardless of location or equipment. This allowed patients to access care from their homes at a time when going to a medical provider felt risky. Telehealth coverage has been extended through the end of 2024, with the exception of telehealth being delivered under Medicare’s hospice benefit.

“That is a significant change that will carry through 2024,” says Diane Omdahl, president and cofounder of 65 Incorporated, a site that provides Medicare guidance. “Maybe they’ll find out the benefit of it and they’ll extend it again.”

SKILLED NURSING FACILITY STAYS

Pre-pandemic, Medicare patients were required to have a three-day inpatient hospitalization stay before Medicare would cover a subsequent stay at a skilled nursing facility. This requirement was waived during the PHE, but it’s back in effect.

This waiver created flexibility during the pandemic for hospitals that may not have had space for patients due to a high number of COVID-19 cases. The return of this rule creates a challenge for patients with Original Medicare, as three-day hospitalizations are rarer than they were when Medicare was signed into law in 1965.

“Years ago, everything was done in the hospital,” Omdahl says. Now, many more procedures are treated on an outpatient basis, she says.

Members of Medicare Advantage plans may have a leg up in this area, as some Advantage plans don’t require a three-day stay to qualify for skilled nursing facility care. But many plans require prior authorization.

(Any covered skilled nursing facility stay that started on May 11 or before will continue to be covered for as long as a beneficiary has benefit days available and meets care criteria.)

MEDICATION

During the PHE, Medicare Part D prescription drug plans (including Medicare Advantage plans with drug coverage) were required to provide up to a 90-day supply of covered drugs if patients requested it. With the end of the PHE, this is no longer the case.

Part D plans were also required to relax their “refilltoo-soon” limits — safety measures that keep patients from filling prescriptions too soon after receiving their previous medication.

These rules allowed people to make fewer trips to the pharmacy during the pandemic, but it’s back to business as usual for Part D prescription drug plan members.

OUT-OF-NETWORK SERVICES

During the PHE, if Medicare Advantage members received care at out-of-network facilities due to the COVID-19 emergency, plans were required to cover their care at in-network rates. This requirement will end 30 days after the end of the COVID-19 PHE — which is June 10 — unless there’s another national emergency or state disaster declaration affecting the service area.

In other words, if you have a Medicare Advantage plan, you’ll want to start using your in-network providers again, if you haven’t already.

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AMERICA AGED RAPIDLY IN THE LAST DECADE AS BABY BOOMERS GREW OLDER AND BIRTHS DROPPED

tor told me it’s good for 4 1/2 more years,” Lebman said. “So I have to live at least that amount.”

People reaching age 100 benefited from a century of vaccines and antibiotic developments, improvements in surgery and better treatment of diseases, said Thomas Perls, a professor of medicine at Boston University.

“Many more people who have the genetic makeup and environmental exposures that increase one’s chances of getting to 100, but who would have otherwise died of what are now readily reversible problems, are able to fulfill their survival destiny,” Perls said.

the youngest state, with a median age of 31.3, a function of having one of the nation’s highest birthrates. The District of Columbia’s median age of 33.9 was a close second due to the large number of young, working-age adults commonly found in urban areas. North Dakota was the only state where the median age declined, from 37 to 35.8, as an influx of young workers arrived to work in a booming energy sector.

America got older, faster during the decade ended in 2020. New census figures released Thursday show the share of U.S. residents age 65 or older ballooned by more than a third from 2010 through 2020, while the share of children declined, particularly those under age 5. Aging was propelled by the two largest cohorts in the U.S.: more baby boomers turning 65 or older and millennials moving into their 20s and 30s. Also, fewer children were born between 2010 and 2020. The most recent census was the first since the U.S. Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage in 2015. Samesex households made up 1.7% of households that included couples. The nation’s median age is 38.8.

The United States grew older, faster, last decade.

The share of residents 65 or older grew by more than a third from 2010 to 2020 and at the fastest rate of any decade in 130 years, while the share of children declined, according to new figures from the most recent census.

The declining percentage of children under age 5 was partic-

ularly noteworthy in the figures from the 2020 head count released Thursday. Combined, the trends mean the median age in the U.S. jumped from 37.2 to 38.8 over the decade.

America’s two largest age groups propelled the changes: more baby boomers turning 65 or older and millennials who became adults or pushed further into their 20s and early 30s. Also, fewer children were born between 2010 and 2020, according to numbers from the once-a-decade head count of every U.S. resident. The decline stems from women delaying having babies until later in life, in many cases to focus on education and careers, according to experts, who noted that birth rates never recovered following the Great Recession of 2007-2009.

“In the short run, the crisis of work-family balance, the lack of affordable child care, stresses associated with health care, housing, and employment stability, all put a damper on birth rates by increasing uncertainty and making it harder to decide to have and raise children,” said Philip Cohen, a sociologist at the University of

Maryland.

There are important social and economic consequences to an aging population, including the ability of working-age adults to support older people through Social Security and Medicare contributions. The Census Bureau calculates a dependency ratio, defined as the number of children plus the number of seniors per 100 working-age people. While the dependency ratio decreased for children from 2010 to 2020, it increased for seniors by 6.8 people.

At the top end of the age spectrum, the number of people over 100 increased by half, from more than 53,000 people to more than 80,000. The share of men living into old age also jumped. Buddy Lebman, a 98-year-old in the St. Louis area, said the key to longevity is good genes and staying active. He plays bridge twice a week, leads a discussion on current events at his retirement community, and is still involved with his synagogue and a school he helped found. Up until five years ago, he went on regular bicycle rides.

“I just recently had my pacemaker checked out, and the doc-

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The Census Bureau released two earlier data sets from the 2020 census in 2021: state population figures used to decide how many congressional seats each state gets and redistricting numbers used to draw political districts. Thursday’s data release was delayed by almost two years because of pandemic-related difficulties gathering the information and efforts by the Census Bureau to implement a new, controversial privacy protection method that uses algorithms to add intentional errors to obscure the identity of any given respondent.

This was the first census since the U.S. Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage in 2015. The tally showed that more than half of U.S. households contained coupled partners or spouses who lived together, and samesex households made up 1.7% of those households. Since the census didn’t ask about sexual orientation, it didn’t capture LGBTQ+ people who are single or don’t live with a partner or spouse.

The median age varied widely by race and ethnicity. Non-Hispanic whites were the oldest cohort, with a median age of 44.5. Hispanics were the youngest, with a median age of 30; and a quarter of all children in the U.S. were Hispanic. Black Americans who weren’t Hispanic had a median age of 35.5. The number was for 37.2 for Asians.

Utah, home to the largest Mormon population in the U.S., was

Maine was the oldest state in the U.S., with a median age of 45.1, as more baby boomers aged out of the workforce. Puerto Rico had a median age in the same range, at 45.2, as an exodus of working-age adults left the island after a series of hurricanes and government mismanagement. Older adults in four states — Florida, Maine, Vermont and West Virginia — made up more than a fifth of those states’ populations.

Sumter County, Florida, home of the booming retirement community The Villages, had the highest median age among U.S. counties, at 68.5; while Utah County, home to Provo, Utah, and Brigham Young University, had the lowest at 25.9.

As one of the youngest baby boomers, Chris Stanley, 59, already lives in The Villages. She said her mission in later life is to let younger generations know they can change things despite perhaps not having the same economic opportunities she did.

“I want to impart the urgency that I feel,” she said. “They can make it better.”

While people 65 and older made up 16.8% of the 331 million residents in the U.S. in 2020, the share was still significantly lower than it was in countries like Japan, Italy and Greece, where the age cohort makes up between more than a fifth and more than a quarter of the population. However, their share of the U.S. population will continue to grow as baby boomers age.

“In the long run, immigration is the only way the United States is going to avoid population decline,” Cohen said.

Ann Sorrell, 78, left, and Marge Eide, 77, of Ann Arbor, a couple for 43 years, embrace after exchanging vows in Ann Arbor, Mich., following a ruling by the US Supreme Court that struck down bans on same sex marriage nation wide on June 26, 2015.

AP Photo/Paul Sancya

A LIFETIME OF RACISM MAKES ALZHEIMER’S MORE PREVALENT IN BLACK AMERICANS

own life and chase her dreams, where she was a successful chief program officer for an education service.

Then, seven years ago, Constance began her descent into dementia.

She started to forget simple things, like where her keys were. She lost her way coming home from work on a familiar route she traveled almost daily for 18 years. She got into a car accident.

The frequency of troubling incidents began to increase, worrying Jessica who was still hundreds of miles away in Texas.

They tried to use Post-it notes to remind Constance of daily tasks. Some of the colorful notes still line the walls of the family’s home.

For a woman who had grown accustomed to being so independent, it was hard for her to accept that she needed help.

attest to the struggles she’s had, as a Black caregiver, trying to ensure that her mother receives appropriate care.

In 2018, her mother started pointing at her stomach, repeatedly, trying to tell her daughter she was in pain. Jessica took her to her primary care physician, who is white and brushed the concerns aside.

“My mother couldn’t articulate that there was significant pain in the moment and the doctor of the practice basically said, ‘Oh, well, you know, sometimes they just come in and put on a show and it seems like she’s fine,’” Jessica said. “They asked, ‘Are you sure she’s in so much pain?’”

They sent her home without performing further diagnostic tests. But the pain persisted.

Constance Guthrie is not yet dead, but her daughter has begun to plan her funeral.

It will be, Jessica Guthrie says, in a Black-owned funeral home, with the songs of her ancestors. She envisions a celebration of her mother’s life, not a tragic recitation of her long decline.

As it should be. Constance has lived 74 years, many of them good, as a Black woman, a mother, educator and businesswoman.

But she will die of Alzheimer’s disease, a scourge of Black Americans that threatens to grow far worse in coming decades.

Black people are more likely to develop Alzheimer’s than white people in the United States. They are less likely to be correctly diagnosed, and their families often struggle to get treatment from a medical system filled with bias against them.

About 14% of Black people in America over the age of 65 have Alzheimer’s, compared with 10% of white people, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The disparity is likely even more, because many Black people aren’t correctly diagnosed.

And by 2060, cases are expected to increase fourfold among Black Americans.

While some risk factors may differ by race, the large disparities among racial groups can’t be explained just by genetics.

The problems start much earlier in life. Health conditions like heart disease and diabetes are known risk factors. Both are more common among Black populations, because of where they live in relation to polluting industries, lack of healthy food choices, and other factors. Depression,

high blood pressure, obesity and chronic stress can also raise the likelihood of developing Alzheimer’s. So can poverty.

Across the board, Black people don’t receive the same quality of health care throughout life as white people.

So they don’t get high quality treatment — or any treatment — for all those conditions that are risk factors. Then, at the end, they’re less likely to get medication to ease the symptoms of Alzheimer’s and dementia-related disorders.

And there’s the insidious impact of a life experiencing racism.

Racism is trauma that can lead to increased stress, which can in turn cause health problems like inflammation, which is a risk factor for cognitive decline, said Dr. Carl V. Hill, chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer of the Alzheimer’s Association.

“But because of this structural racism that creates poor access to health, medication, housing, those who experience racism and discrimination are not provided a pathway to lower their risk,” Hill said.

It is, he said, “a one-two punch.”

For Jessica, it has meant the final years of her mother’s life have been filled not with peace, but heartache and frustration, as she navigates doctors who don’t believe her when she says her mom is suffering. In the slow, plodding walk that is her mother’s final years, she has few health care partners.

“It has been pervasive across multiple doctors, emergency rooms and hospital doctors,” Jessica said. “Not being listened to, not believed, not given the full

treatment.”

“To be a caregiver of someone living with Alzheimer’s is that you watch your loved one die every day. I’ve been grieving my mom for seven years.”

The salon was called “Hair by Connie,” and for 18 years it was the place to go in Alexandria, Virginia, if you were a Black woman who wanted to look her best. Reigning over the shop was its owner, Constance Guthrie.

She traveled the world, attending hair shows. She opened her salon to fashion shows like the “Tall, Full and Sassy” event advertised in an old flyer she now keeps in a box of mementos. She donned dazzling, colorful and flamboyant outfits to match her larger-than-life personality.

In the 1990s, she made the difficult decision to move and close her beloved salon. She bought a home in Fredericksburg so her daughter could attend the best schools, and later became a paraprofessional in the local school district, which allowed her to have a schedule where she never missed oratorical contests or choir recitals.

She was always there for Jessica, who is her only child. They often stayed up into the wee hours of the night working on school projects together. Despite meager means, Jessica grew up surrounded by encouragement and love.

“My mother gave up everything to make sure that I had the greatest support, the greatest opportunities,” Jessica Guthrie recalled.

“We were like two peas in a pod.” Her mother’s hard work paid off. Jessica became a teacher and later moved to Dallas to build her

“She spent so long trying to hide it,” Jessica said. “Like, ‘Oh, I’m good, I’m fine. I just forgot.’ But you could tell that a lot of her anxiety and stress was because she was trying to cover this up from other people.”

She began to wander around her neighborhood. Jessica and nearby loved ones tried to bolt the door to prevent her from wandering.

A neurologist confirmed she was suffering early cognitive decline and that it was likely Alzheimer’s.

She was just 66 when she was diagnosed.

Soon after, Jessica made the tough decision to pack up and leave Dallas behind to care for her mother full time. She recently began working remotely again after taking an extended leave of absence to care for her mother.

Constance never had diabetes nor high blood pressure — which are common risk factors. She was fairly active and healthy, and would often walk around her neighborhood. But in 2015, Constance suffered a transient ischaemic attack, or a “mini stroke,” which is a brief disruption in the blood supply to part of the brain.

Jessica believes the mini stroke could have been caused in part by the heavy stress her mother endured at her job, where she worked for 18 years as a special education paraprofessional.

She also questions the role genetics played in her mother’s diagnosis. Her mother’s aunts are all living with the disease. Her mother’s brother, who was a doctor, has started to experience cognitive decline. ___ Lost in her own mind, Constance can no longer testify to the difficulties she endured — as a mother, a Black entrepreneur running a business on her own.

But her daughter, Jessica, can

Jessica took her mother to the emergency room the next day and a Black male doctor ordered the necessary imaging. She needed emergency surgery to correct a painful, protruding hernia.

Then there was the time she took her mother to the emergency room for intense leg pain. She had arthritis in her knee but Jessica suspected something more serious.

The doctor told her she likely just needed rehab for her bad knee. Jessica advocated for more testing and it turned out Constance had a blood clot in her leg.

“Racism is implicit and deeply rooted in the air that we breathe,” said Jessica, who has started an Instagram account to chronicle her experiences.

The problems Black people face getting medical care are pervasive. Black people living with serious illnesses get less help managing pain and other symptoms, and they have worse communication with doctors, according to the Center to Advance Palliative Care.

Studies show they are less likely to receive dementia-related medication that can help ease symptoms like hallucinations and depression that make the disease particularly terrifying for families.

Among non-white caregivers, half or more say they have faced discrimination when navigating health care settings for their care recipient. Their top concern: Because of their race, providers or staff do not listen to them.

And there are barriers to even being diagnosed properly. A recent study found that Black participants in Alzheimer’s disease research studies were 35% less likely to be diagnosed than white participants. Part of the problem is a lack of Black doctors. Just 1 in 3 of the nation’s physicians is Black, Indigenous, Hispanic or Asian. That lack of representation has

Jessica Guthrie adjusts the glasses of her mother, Constance, after waking her up in the morning, in Fredericksburg, Va., on Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022. Constance has lived 74 years, many of them good, as a Black woman, a mother, educator and businesswoman. But she will die of Alzheimer’s disease, a scourge of Black Americans that threatens to grow far worse in coming decades.

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PROMISE OF SPRING

Final prep sports season of 2022-23 school year comes to an end and spring provided an exclamation to a strong campaign

BY COURTNEY OAKES, Sports Editor

On The Cover: Cherokee Trail sophomore Peyton Sommers exploded onto the scene at the Class 5A state track meet with three gold medals and enough points to help the Cougars take home the Class 5A state team prize.

by Courtney Oakes/Sentinel Colorado

Above: A group of fantastic seniors made sure the Regis Jesuit boys swim team stayed on top this spring, even after multiple losses to Cherry Creek provide a psychological barrier to winning a second conescutive title for the Raiders.

Photo by Courtney Oakes/Sentinel Colorado

When the final out is made in the Class 5A Baseball Championship Series June 3, it will mark the official end to competition for prep sports for the 2022-23 athletic season.

Another outstanding spring that including a pair of team state championships — and potentially more if either Cherokee Trail or Regis Jesuit can finish on top in baseball — along with a good assortment of individual success.

Spring athletes were the only ones that lost their full season in 2020 when the coronavirus pandemic wiped out competition just after practices and tryouts wrapped up, which means this is the final time those who were freshman then (and seniors now) got a chance to compete.

Seniors like that helped push the Regis Jesuit boys swim team to its second straight Class 5A state championship and accounted for a pair of individual state titles to boot. Senior Truman Inglis picked up a state championship in the 50 yard freestyle, while he teamed with fellow seniors Hawkins Wendt, Carter Anderson and Ronan Krauss to take the 200 freestyle relay.

Seniors (Bianca Gleim, Kiara Garcia and Maya Walters) made up three-fourths of the Eaglec-

rest girls’ 4x200 meter relay team that won a second straight state championship, while McKenzie Droughns ran on the Grandview girls 4x100 meter relay winner and Jaylon Moore ran a leg on the Cherokee Trail boys’ 4x200 meter title winner, while Rangeview senior Micah Dobson capped his prep career with a 5A state crown in the boys triple jump.

But as much as the spring was a triumphant exit for a number of Aurora seniors, it also marked a bit of a changing of the guard as a slew of athletes rose to the forefront and laid the foundation for future success.

Grandview junior Gabriella Cunningham set herself up for a huge senior year with a two championship performance at the 5A girls track meet — improving on runner-up finishes from the year before — while Cherokee Trail sophomore Peyton Sommers, who was one of the athletes in all classifications that created a buzz at the state track meet as he took home gold medals in three of the four events he competed in and added a second place as well.

Sophomore Oliver Schimberg won a rare state championship for the Grandview boys swim program — only the second all-time — and a number of other young athletes served notice for future springs.

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Cherokee Trail boys track team built for run at another 5A state title

The Cherokee Trail boys track team had its eyes on 2023 after the way that 2022 ended, as the Cougars knew that with some development they had a chance to be the team that rose to the top after rival Grandview won backto-back titles in 2021 and 2022.

Throughout the season, it was apparent that Cherokee Trail was made of championship stuff, as coach Chris Faust’s team finished on top of nearly every meet it entered during the regular season minus those in which it had a split squad.

The Cougars won the Centennial League Championship meet — which often features many of the top contenders at the state meet — and whetted their appetite for the final meet with the performance of senior Beck Gutjahr, junior Kahari Wilbon and sophomores Kaelan Kombo and Peyton Sommers in the 4x400 meter relay.

The foursome would not run together at the state meet because of Sommers’ heavy individual program, but their last race together was a doozy. They clocked a time of 3 minutes, 13.02 seconds, to comfortably best the previous Colorado all-classification time of 3:14.73 run by the Rangeview team of Jordan Medina, Tyler Bloyer, Khalil Selers and Steffen Johnson in 2012.

Faust challenged his team to be the best team in the state one more time at the state meet and that’s just what the Cougars did, as they overcame a disappointing second place in the 4x800 meter relay (which included a dropped baton on the final exchange) to put themselves in position for a strong finish in their strongest events.

From there, it was a lot of heavy lifting from Sommers, who earned the first of his 38 total points in the meet as the anchor leg of a winning 4x200 meter relay team that also included Kombo, Wilbon and senior Jaylon Moore.

The Cougars’ time of 1 minute, 25.65 seconds, was Colorado’s best regardless of classification.

On the final day of the meet, Sommers couldn’t bring home the 100 meter dash title — which went to Vista Ridge senior star Brandon Hills by an eyelash, though Sommer’s time of 10.50 run at the Centennial League meet finished the season as Colorado’s all-classification best — but he grabbed championships in the 200 and 400 meters in times only Mead star Tavon Underwood surpassed.

Cherokee Trail’s 4x100 meter relay team’s season-best performance turned in by Moore, fellow seniors Kalib Davis and Benjamin Reichert and sophomore Marquis Jamison secured the points Faust’s team would need to finish the meet without pressure.

“We knew we could take care of business earlier than usual, so we told the 4x100 guys that with where we were standing, if they went out and beat Erie, we were guaranteed to win,” Faust said. “Not only did they do that, the guys ran the fastest they did all year and chased down some other teams. It was fantastic and they sealed the deal.”

Best of all, three of the four individual point scorers for Cherokee Trail — Sommers, Kombo (who had two topnine finishes) and junior Lavelle Kabeya-Kombo) should return along with the majority of all four relay teams, which should put the Cougars in position to possibly match Grandview with back-to-back titles.

“We’re going to be deep again, so we’ll be coming back and trying to defend that state title,” Wilbon said. “It’s up to God at this point, but this has been a great year.”

Regis Jesuit boys swim team goes back-to-back for 24th all-time title

Two losses to Cherry Creek in head-to-head competition might have discouraged some teams, but the senior-led Regis Jesuit boys swim team remained opti-

mistic going into the Class 5A state meet as it attempted to defend last season’s state title.

Without a single diver on the roster, the Raiders had already ceded big points to the Bruins after the 1-meter competition, but coach Nick Frasersmith’s team remained resolute. When it was over, a whopping total of 15 Regis Jesuit swimmers scored in at least one event and five made championship finals in two events to net the Raiders 10.5 more points than the Bruins. That landed Regis Jesuit its 24th all-time state championship in the pool.

The biggest boost to the points column came in the 50 yard freestyle, which saw three Regis Jesuit swimmers finish in the top six, including the champion in Inglis, who touched the wall in 20.79 seconds to the 20.91 of Legacy’s Tegan Barrier. It was a massive win for Inglis, who was unsure how he would perform this season and is geared up to switch to water polo in college.

Inglis joined fellow seniors Ronan Krauss, Hawkins Wendt, Carter Anderson and Harry Kerscher as scorers in two championship finals. Wendt, Anderson, Krauss and Inglis finished off an outstanding season of relay performances for Regis Jesuit with a state title in the 200 yard freestyle relay in a time of 1:23.47.

Another senior, Charlie Klein, joined Wendt, Krauss and Inglis in the last swim off the meet, a third-place result in the 400 freestyle relay that allowed the Raiders to keep Cherry Creek (which finished second in the event) at bay in the team standings.

Cunningham brings home three golds, helps Grandview to 2nd in 5A

Gabriella Cunningham took it to another level on the track and her performance at the Class 5A state meet ap›› See SPRING, 17

FAR LEFT: Cherokee Trail’s Kahari Wilbon, right, yells as he hugs teammate Peyton Sommers after the Cougars won the Class 5A boys 4x200 meter relay race May 19 at Jefferson County Stadium. LEFT: The Eaglecrest girls 4x200 meter relay team of, back row, Jaylynn Wilson, left and Maya Walters and front row, Kiara Garcia, left, and Bianca Gleim gave the Raptors a win in the event at the 5A state meet for a second straight season. TOP: Grandview junior Gabriella Cunningham, center, eases to the finish line for her third championship of the 5A girls state track meet as she added a 4x100 meter relay title to her championships in the 100 and 300 meter hurdles. ABOVE: Sophomore Oliver Schimberg, center, won the 100 yard backstroke for the Grandview boys team’s first state title since 2011. RIGHT: Senior Ayden Shaw played a huge role as the Eaglecrest boys volleyball team finished second in the state.

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pears to be the start of a dominant two-year run for the Grandview senior-to-be.

A total dedication to track after giving up hoops (she was a starter on the Wolves’ 5A girls basketball state championship-winning team in 2021-22) led to some impressive performances through the season for Cunningham, who shone brightly in the final meet.

The runner-up in the 100 and 300 hurdles to graduated Fabiola Belibi of Regis Jesuit in 2022, Cunningham made sure those events were hers this time around, at the expense of Vista PEAK’s Kendall McCoy, whose team moved up from 4A to 5A this season.

In the 100 hurdles, Cunningham ran a state-best time of 13.69 seconds in the 100 hurdles at the Stutler Twilight meet and was just slightly slower than that in the finals at state with a 13.78 to McCoy’s 14.48. Cunningham dropped the fastest time in Colorado regardless of classification in the 300 meter hurdles with a 42.71 with McCoy next at 43.34.

As the cherry on top of a meet that also saw her place fourth in the 100 meter dash, Cunningham anchored the relay team of senior McKenzie Droughns, junior Makiya Singleton and sophomore Leaiva Holliman to a gold medal in the 4x100 meter relay in the second-fastest performance of any team in the state (47.63 seconds) behind Mesa Ridge in 4A (47.21).

All that couldn’t quite get Grandview over the top in the championship hunt, however, as the result of the meet-closing 4x400 meter relay sealed the championship for Valor Christian and left the Wolves a close second with a lot to look forward to next season, though there will be a change at head coach with the retirement of John Reyes. Reyes leaves big shoes to fill for whoever takes over the program going forward.

Schimberg lands rare pool title for Grandview boys swim program

It’s been a quarter of a century since Grandview High School opened its doors and it has seen a slew of outstanding swimmers pass through in that time, but only one had ever made it to the top of the medal podium at the Class 5A boys state swim meet until this season.

That was John Martens way back in 2011, as the future University of Texas swimmer and U.S. Olympic Trials qualifier won the 200 yard freestyle as a senior to set the standard for the programs.

Oliver Schimberg is the newly-minted standard setter, however, as he brought home a state championship as just a sophomore. Bolstered by an incredible ability to swim 70 percent of the race underwater, Schimberg topped the field to win the 100 yard backstroke with a time of 48.87 seconds, which put him in front of Monarch’s Gavin Keogh, who finished in 48.98. Schimberg’s time bettered the 49.59 he swam to set the Cherry Creek pool record just a couple of weeks before the state meet and he did not swim it at the Centennial “A” League Championships.

Grandview coach Dan Berve knew that Schimberg was “going to make some noise at state” and that proved to be the case as in addition to the state championship, Schimberg finished third in the 100 butterfly.

His effort helped the Wolves better last season’s 10th place by coming in ninth with a good number of contributors set to return next season.

Several other significant golds & performances come at state track

The Eaglecrest girls track & field team has grown and evolved in the short time since Chris Carhart has

arrived as head coach and has particularly established itself in recent years in relay events.

The Raptors are especially good in the 4x200 meter relay as it has demonstrated with back-to-back 5A state championships in the event. Senior Bianca Gleim and sophomore Jaylynn Wilson were part of last season’s winning team and also this year’s group, which was rounded out by seniors Kiara Garcia and Maya Walters.

The championship-winning performance of 1 minute, 41.63 seconds, which Wilson brought to the finish line as the anchor was the fastest in 5A for the entire season and only a slight bit off the top time in the state regardless of classification (Mesa Ridge’s 1:41.21 to win 4A).

While Eaglecrest’s was a championship repeat, Rangeview senior Micah Dobson claimed his first in his final state meet and it took a big leap — no pun intended — for him to get it in the 5A boys triple jump.

Dobson didn’t even make the finals (top 10) in the event as a junior, but after total reconstruction of his jumping phases, he put together a great season that ended with a state title. Perhaps boosted by a small nap during a good-sized hiatus caused by lightning in the area, Dobson sliced through a slight headwind in the finals for a jump of 46 feet, 1 1/2 inches, that wasn’t his season’s best, but was plenty good enough to take the title.

Though they didn’t come back with golds, some young Aurora boys and girls athletes gave a show of what may be to come in the future. Sophomore Jarrius Ward — the star running back on Overland’s football team in the fall — finished as the 5A runner-up in the discus and shot put, while Cherokee Trail sophomore Kaeli Powe was the 5A girls triple jump runner-up after leading the state in it for much of the year and Grandview freshman Sasha Kennedy had two top-six finishes.

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Eaglecrest boys volley- ball team finishes as state runner-up

The team that brought home a trophy that might have not been expected to by many was the Eaglecrest boys volleyball team, which went on a magical run at the state tournament — again put on by Overland High School — and came up just short of a title.

Coach Chad Bond’s team had played well in spurts during the season and had a very memorable moment when three sets of brothers — Ayden and Jackson Shaw, Dennis and Dillan Ancheta and Andrew and Greg White — all started a set together during a match, but the Raptors had more in store for the end of the season.

A portent of good things came in the opening match when Eaglecrest downed a Cherokee Trail team it had lost to three times during the regular season. The Raptors never slowed and almost became only the second team on the season to defeat powerhouse Discovery Canyon, last season’s state champion. Eaglecrest lost that match in five, however, but rebounded to earn a rematch in the final with the Thunder, which finally put the pesky Raptors away with a 25-21, 16-25, 25-17, 25-18 victory.

Ayden Shaw shined especially brightly in the tournament with a whopping 87 kills over five matches.

Regis Jesuit girls lax team makes first final

The Regis Jesuit girls lacrosse program has strived to join the state’s annually elite group of programs and got there this season after some close calls in the past.

The Raiders took another step in the continuing evolution of the program by getting past the semifinal round that had tripped them up the previous two seasons — and beat rival Valor Christian to boot — to make the program’s first-ever final.

Like the previous seven state finalists, Regis Jesuit was unable to find a way to knock off juggernaut Colorado Academy, but made the Mustangs work hard for an 11-6 victory at Peter Barton Stadium. Coach Crysti Foote’s Raiders lose a slew of key contributors from this season’s senior class — including Emily Bradac, who had four goals in the final — but among the returning players are leading scorer Maddy Jokerst and Rayn Parker, who started in the goal as a freshman.

Regis Jesuit makes state team and individual tournaments; Vista PEAK frosh makes history

Regis Jesuit was the only Aurora team in the Class 5A ranks to not only qualify for the state team tournament — which made its debut just as it had for the boys in the fall — but to get anybody into the individual state tournament, which it did with all three singles players and all four doubles teams.

The Raiders won in the opening round of the state team tournament and then fell in a second round match to eventual champion Cherry Creek, with the only victory in a 6-1 dual loss coming from the No. 1 doubles team of senior Quinn Binaxas and junior Mary Clare Watts. That same duo made the furthest run into the individual state tournament, as they made it to the state championship match and won the opening set against a duo of Fairview before falling in three sets.

A momentum occassion happened in 4A

Top: The Regis Jesuit girls lacrosse team earned a chance to play for a state championship for the first time in program history when it defeated Valor Christian in the Class 5A semifinals to make the title game against Colorado Academy, which defeated the Raiders to earn its eighth consecutive state championship. Above left: Vista PEAK freshman No. 1 singles player Francesca Johnson earned the distinction as the girls program’s first qualifier for the state tournament when she qualified for the Class 4A tournament and she also snapped a drought for Aurora Public Schools that stretched back to 2011. Above right: Smoky Hill freshman Sophia Stiwich had an outstanding regular season as the only player in the lineup for the Buffs. Not only did she earn a spot in the Class 5A state tournament at Black Bear Golf Club, but Stiwich put herself in position for a run at the individual state title when the tournament concludes May 31. Photos by Courtney Oakes/ Sentinel Colorado

play for Vista PEAK, which had its first-ever state qualifier in freshman Francesca Johnson. Though she didn’t win a match in play at Pueblo City Park, Johnson’s mere presence was not only the first for her program, but she was the first state tennis qualifier for an Aurora Public Schools program since 2011, when Rangeview — coached by current Vista PEAK coach Simon Morwood — had the No. 3 doubles team of Christiana Dedi and Melissa Kolanek and the No. 4 doubles team of Hannah and Rachel Carnes made it to the 5A state tournament.

Smoky Hill’s Stiwitch in contention in 5A golf; Capua reps Bison in 4A

In her first season at Smoky Hill, Sophia Stiwich has made a big impression on the golf course.

The freshman played strong throughout the Centennial League season and she was on top of her game May 30 in the opening round of the Class 5A state meet at Black Bear Golf Club in Parker. Stiwich racked up eight birdies in her opening round and carded a 4-under-par 67 that left her just one shot off the pace set by Valor Christian’s Brenna Higgins.

Vista PEAK hadn’t had a state qualifier since before the coronavirus pandemic,

but freshman Sophia Capua changed that when she made the 4A tournament. A little over a year after she earned a trip to Augusta National Golf Club for the finals of the Drive, Chip & Putt competition, Capua was at Thorncreek Golf Club and sat in the top 10 after one round.

Visit sentinelcolorado.com/preps for updates on the conclusion of state meets.

Cherokee Trail, Regis Je- suit in baseball hunt

Half of the four teams remaining in the Class 5A Baseball Championship Series — which concludes June 2-3 — hail from Aurora, as both qualifiers for the eight-team field (Cherokee Trail and Regis Jesuit).

Because they both suffered a loss on the opening weekend of the double-elimination tournament, the 25th-seeded Cougars and third-seeded Raiders both ended up on the long route to a potential championship and will have to win four games over two days to take the title.

Only one of them will be able to have that distinction, however, as one of them will be eliminated when they play each other June 2 at All-Star Park.

Visit sentinelcolorado.com/preps for 5A Championship Series results and schedule.

Regis Jesuit stopped in 5A boys lax semifinals

The wait for another state championship will last a least another season for the Regis Jesuit boys lacrosse team, which came up short of earning a chance to play for the Class 5A state title.

Coach Jim Soran’s Raiders generated some postseason momentum with a win over previously undefeated Cherry Creek in the regular season finale and it carried them through a second round win over Cherokee Trail (Aurora’s only other playoff qualifier) and a quarterfinal against rival Kent Denver.

Valor Christian brought a halt to that momentum, however, and solved Regis Jesuit’s defense the way no other team had on the season in a 13-7 victory at Peter Barton Stadium at the University of Denver.

Early exit on the pitch

The Class 5A girls soccer state tournament sailed along through the final four rounds without any intervention from Aurora teams, which is atypical with Grandview’s recent success.

But the Wolves — who own six all-time state titles, including the 2022 crown — were ousted in the first round of the playoffs, as were the city’s other two qualifiers in Cherokee Trail and Regis Jesuit.

The Magazine

When you visit a nursery you might be seduced by the colorful, pre-planted annuals displayed in pots and baskets. They’re often thoughtfully planted by talented garden center workers. It’s a great option if you’re looking for instant gratification. Or you could create your own mixed

kets are often created by talented garden center workers, sometimes following recipes provided by the plants’ wholesale nursery growers. They’re a great option if you’re looking for instant gratification, which, if I’m being honest, I often am.

However, creating your own mixed container is an easy, fun and often money-sav-

FLOWER POWER

How to plant a container like the pros do

BY JESSICA DAMIANO, Associated Press

container for an easy, fun and often money-saving project. A few guidelines if you go that route. Plants that go into a container together should have the same basic watering and sun requirements. Make sure that when they grow to their full size they won’t crowd each other out. Put a hole in the bottom of the container for drainage. And use potting soil rather than denser garden soil.

Have you ever gone to the grocery store for, say, milk, and left with a cartful of impulse buys? Well, I visited a couple of nurseries last week in search of one specific plant and left with nearly everything except that plant, which both retailers had sold out.

As usual, I was seduced by the colorful, pre-planted annual containers on display, and hemmed and hawed about whether I should buy them or make my own.

I often do the latter, but sometimes can’t resist the allure of all that beautifully arranged eye candy.

Those thoughtfully planted pots and bas-

ing project that will reward you with flowers and pride all season long.

I’d love to tell you that you’re limited only by your own tastes and desires, but the truth is there are some killjoy considerations that need to be taken into account when selecting plants.

You’ll need to consider the mature sizes and aesthetic coordination of the plants you combine in a planter, and ensure they all have the same watering and sunlight requirements.

Choose a pot or window box that will accommodate plants when they’re fully grown, and make sure they have holes in the bottom for drainage. If not, poke or drill the holes.

Never use garden soil in containers. It’s heavy and too dense for young, tender roots to grow through. It also may contain weed seeds, or harbor fungal spores, bacteria or viral diseases that can kill plants.

Instead, use a prepared potting mix that’s formulated for the types of plants you’re growing. Or make your own by combining:

• One-third peat moss, coco coir or rice hulls (if using peat, add ¼ cup of garden

lime per 6 gallons to balance the pH of your final product)

• One-third compost

• One-third vermiculite (replace with perlite if planting succulents, cacti or other plants that require quick-draining soil)

• A slow-release, balanced fertilizer (read the label for dosages)

For lush, abundant container arrangements, the traditional recipe includes a cute, rhyming threesome of plant types: thrillers, fillers and spillers.

Thrillers are tall upright plants intended to draw the eye upward. Plant your thriller first, placing it in the center of the container.

Surround the thriller with fillers, which are shorter plants that will spread to fill in the space between the thriller and spillers. Spillers are vining plants that will cascade over the edge of the pot as they grow. Place them just inside the perimeter of the container.

If your potting mix doesn’t contain nutrients, apply a fast-release fertilizer right after planting.

Plants growing in containers will need more attention than their in-ground counterparts. That’s because plants growing in the garden can spread their roots far and wide to reach distant nutrient and water resources. Potted plants are limited by the contents of the container, so they’re entirely reliant on you.

Soil in containers dries out much more quickly than in the garden. Sometimes I water pots in the morning only to return to wilting, thirsty plants at night. Check them twice a day, especially during hot, dry spells. Follow fertilizer directions for potted plants; typically they recommend more frequent fertilizing than for beds and borders.

This photo provided by Jessica Damiano shows a professionally planted container on display at Hicks Nurseries in Old Westbury, NY.

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Southlands Sunset Market at Southlands Mall

scene & herd

Colfax Art JamsSecond Saturdays at the Aurora Cultural Arts District; Neon Garden

June 10 Beginning at 12:00 p.m. 9800 E. Colfax Ave. Aurora, CO 80010. Visit http://alturl.com/mw9jy for more information.

It’s Second Saturday, again. That social construct known as time does fly, doesn’t it?

The theme for June’s Second Saturday event with ACAD explores the many uses of neon colors in the arts. These hues have long been a staple in abstract art, dating back to the early 20th century. They are most associated with avant-garde and experimental themes of painting reflecting the spirit of the artist’s self-expression.

The work of local photographers will be showcased during this show as well as exploring the cultural roots of this impactful art form.

And feel free to come hungry as there will be plenty of local food trucks serving up a cultural smorgasbord of tasty bites.

Wednesdays from June 21 to July 19 from 4:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. 6155 S. Main St. Aurora, CO 80016. Visit http://alturl.com/kdhxa for more information.

No one would blame you if just reading the alliteration of this event has you chomping at the bit to head east for cool summer nights meandering through booths filled to the brim with goods and wares from local vendors. Beginning on June 21, you will be provided this relaxing opportunity, and every Wednesday for the next month.

As well as the local artisans and vendors, shoppers will be treated to street style entertainment as you give the wallet a break from supporting all of the makers and shakers offering their locally made product.

Denver Chalk Art Festival

June 10 from 10:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. and June 11 from 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. 1200 Bannock St, Denver, CO 80204. Visit http://alturl.com/ aogs8 for more information.

The two-day art festival is back for another year, highlighting more that 150 artists as they showcase their skills using the chalk medium. These temporary pieces always draw large crowds to the event and you should consider taking part.

To compliment the chalky masterpieces local music and culinary delights are also on tap.

Havana Street Global Market at the Havana Exchange Shopping Center

HearseCon 2023 at Stampede

Learn About our City at the Aurora Museum

June 10 from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. 2430 Havana St. Aurora, CO 80014. Visit http://alturl.com/z436z for more information.

June 3 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. 2802 S. Havana St. Aurora, CO 80014. Visit http://alturl.com/stqcf for more information.

Tis the season for outdoor markets and bazaars — cue the return of the second season of the monthly Havana Street Global Markets. This event plays host to the rich diversity that our city boasts so proudly. We are, as Vendors from all around the world offer tasty delicacies, complimented by a bevy of music and entertainment, including some new faces to the markets.

A new event, in a night market, will also take place this year promising to provide an even more electric atmosphere after the sun goes down.

Honest Journalism

Fancy the macabre do you? Is your interest piqued by the world of oddities? If so, Stampede is hosting an event tailored to you. In addition to the bevy of hearses that will be on display, there will also be a Morbid Curiosities Carnival, a collection of vendors selling spooky and odd wares and art. And what’s a convention without live music and food to add to the overload of entertainment that will surely greet you upon arrival. Tim Cappello will be preforming as well — he was the sax player in the Lost Boys. Y’all know the scene. “I Still Believe.”

Tuesday-Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturday-Sunday 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., free admission. 15051 E Alameda Pkwy, Aurora, CO 80012. Details and program tickets available at auroramuseum.org.

If your interests are stoked, consider checking this event out. Should be quite the scene.

A Visit to Elitch Gardens

There’s something for everyone this summer at the Aurora History Museum. The museum’s exhibit “A History of Lowry Air Force Base” about the city’s military roots is on display through July 2 and a new exhibit, “The Great Outdoors of Aurora” opened at the beginning of May and will run through April 2024. The museum is also hosting a number of programs throughout the summer, including Coal Creek School Days at the historic schoolhouse June through August, an Aurora history walk at the High Line Canal Trail June 10 and a “Legendary Ladies” performance June 17 bringing some notable women in Colorado history to life. #NoPayWallHere

Daily during normal hours of operation. 2000 Elitch Circle, Denver. Check online for visiting hours. Tickets prices vary (find them cheaper online). Visit elitchgardens.com for more information.

Whether you are a roller coaster aficionado, a fan of bumper cars or you just can’t resist those impossible-to-win carnival games, everyone can be 13 again for a few hours. For any longtime metro Denver resident, that means a trip to Elitch’s. The sprawling amusement park near Downtown Denver has long been a staple on the region’s summertime scene, from its days in northwest Denver to the past couple decades along the Platte River. And as an added bonus, if you prefer your thrills to include a little more H2O, Elitch’s water park is open from Saturday of Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day weekend, too. This year, there’s more entertainment with new family shows, Dive-In Movies, a free summer concert series and three fireworks shows.

Preps

Ayear later, the Cherokee Trail and Regis Jesuit baseball teams will meet again to determine which Aurora program’s season is over.

The 25th-seeded Cougars and third-seeded Raiders came face-to-face in last season’s Class 5A Championship Series on the elimination side of the bracket and that will be the case again they take the field at All-Star Park June 2 as the double-elimination tournament reaches its final weekend.

BASEBALL

The difference between this meeting and last (won by Cherokee Trail) is that it comes in the semifinals, but regardless it will end a season for one.

The Cougars and Raiders may deploy their aces — Logan Reid for Cherokee Trail and Hudson Alpert for Regis Jesuit — in the elimination game and then rely on every other available arm to get through the rest of the tournament.

Coach Jon DiGiorgio’s 25th-seeded Cherokee Trail team — which lost to Legacy by a run last season with a chance to face Broomfield for the state championship on the line — finished 2-1 in the opening weekend of this Championship Series and the tone was set by Reid in the May 26 opener.

Just three days after the junior left-hander had pitched a complete game to lead the Cougars to a regional upset win over No. 8 Legend, Reid battled for 5 2/3 innings in a 5-4 win over defending

Diamond déjà vu

BY COURTNEY OAKES Sports Editor

For the victor of the game scheduled for 10 a.m. June 2 at All-Star Park, it removes an obstacle that stands in the way of a run at another state championship (Cherokee Trail has two all-time with the last coming in 2016, while Regis Jesuit has three all-time and last won in 2019).

The winner must contend with No. 5 Rock Canyon in a 12:30 p.m. elimination contest, while No. 15 Valor Christian — which went 3-0 on the opening weekend — awaits the winner of that game at 10 a.m. June 3. A win by the Eagles in that game would end the tournament, but the teams would play again at 12:30 p.m. if Valor Christian loses.

The toughest part about the closing weekend for the teams that aren’t in Valor Christian’s position is having enough effective pitching to make it through four games in two days against quality opposition if either Cherokee Trail or Regis Jesuit is going to win a title.

state champion Broomfield. Sophomore Ethin Woltz got the last four outs to preserve the win.

“I think it lets everyone know what we’ve got,” Reid said after he improved to 4-2 overall with a 3.05 ERA. “There are definitely people out there doubting us. People told us we shouldn’t be here and that fired us up.”

Sophomore Carter Wilcox and senior Tommy Munch threw the second game for Cherokee Trail, a 7-2 loss to Rock Canyon, but both have proven they can be effective. Junior Keegan Eberly shook off the rust of three weeks without pitching to give several key innings of work in the Cougars’ 9-4 elimination win over Chaparral May 27.

Cherokee Trail’s offense is not the most explosive one among the four teams remaining as it scored 16 runs in three games (Valor Christian tallied 34, Regis Jesuit 25 and Rock Canyon 12), but the Cougars put up nine in their final game (courtesy of three, three-run rallies) and had many good at-bats.

Coach Matt Darr’s Regis Jesuit team was at its best with Alpert on the mound, as the freshman right-hander threw a complete-game two-hitter in a 9-1 win over Chaparral May 26. Alpert has been simply outstanding with a record of 7-0 and a 1.78 ERA. Senior left-hander Jack Carey has had an outstanding season, but lost for the first time since April 3 when he surrendered nine hits and eight runs in an 11-1 loss to Valor Christian May 27. Junior Liam Mosley also pitched against the Eagles, who scored in double digits against all three of their opponents on the opening weekend.

Sophomore Luke Reasbeck got pressed into a relief stint May 27 in Regis Jesuit’s elimination game against No. 13 Mountain Vista, but didn’t have to throw lights out over his 3 1/3 innings of work given the Raiders’ offensive prowess. A 12run third inning helped Regis Jesuit earn a 15-5 win in a game shortened by the 10-run mercy rule.

With help from that effort, Darr’s team had the second-most prolific offense in the opening weekend with an attack that was led by junior shortstop Andrew Bell. Bell homered twice in three games with a two-run shot against Chaparral and a grand slam against Moun-

tain Vista and finished with nine RBI between the three games. Bell and junior outfielder Brody Chyr (who drove in three runs on the weekend) had four hits apiece among the three games.

ABOVE: Junior shortstop Andrew Bell, second from left, hit two home runs and drove in a combined nine runs as the Regis Jesuit baseball team went

2-1 on the opening weekend of the Class 5A Baseball Championship Series May 26-27. The offense will need to continue to produce to help take the strain off the pitching staff if the Raiders are to win four games in two days June 2-3 and claim the program’s fourth all-time state title. BELOW: Junior Keegan Eberly, left, gave Cherokee Trail a needed lift in an elimination game win over Chaparral May 27. The Cougars would also have to win four games to take a state title. Photos by Courtney Oakes/Sentinel Colorado

Full Championship Series coverage at sentinelcolorado. com/preps

Preps

GIRLS GOLF

Fourteen Aurora players open Class 5A state tournament

Fourteen players from five Aurora programs earned their way into the Class 5A girls state golf tournament, which began on May 30 at Black Bear Golf Club in Parker.

Cherokee Trail (Kaleigh Babineaux, Bead Boonta, Haylee Clark and Sofia Johancen-Walt) and Grandview (Caroline Ryan, Courtney Ladymon, Allie Arritola and Kate Anderson) got in via automatic team berths at regionals, while Regis Jesuit got in all four of its players (Caitlin Neumann, Audrey Whitmore, Georgia Meysman-Sharpe and Paige Furgason) individually through regionals.

Smoky Hill’s Sophia Stiwich and Eaglecrest’s Savanna Becker also made state as individuals.

Stiwich made a big impression in her opening round May 30 as she battled with Valor Christian’s Brenna Higgins for the tournament lead. Stiwich made a birdie on Hole No. 10 to close the opening day — her eighth birdie of the round — and she finished with a 5-under-par 67 that left her one shot behind Higgins. Stiwich is in line Smoky Hill’s highest place at the girls state golf tournament since Amisha Singh finished 13th in the 2016 5A state tournament.

Aurora’s state contingent was largely veteran, as seniors Boonta, Ladymon, Neumann and Becker all made it for the third time (their 2020 season was lost due to the coronavirus pandemic), while Ryan, a junior, also made it for a third time. Babineaux, Clark, Arritola, Whitmore and Meysman-Sharpe all made it to state for a second time.

Babineaux — who was a regional champion — shot an 81, while Boonta carded an 82 in the opening round. Becker and Ryan — who played in Stiwich’s group to open — both finished with 85s. Ladymon checked in with an 89, while Clark finished at 90.

For complete first and second round results from the Class 5A girls state golf tournament, visit sentinelcolorado.com/preps. Follow @aurorasports on Twitter for live tournament updates.

GIRLS GOLF Vista PEAK’s Sophia Capua begins 4A state tournament

Freshman Sophia Capua hit the first tee shot for a Vista PEAK girls golfer at the Class 4A state tournament since 2019 when she opened her first state round May 30 at Thorncreek G.C.

Capua had a tough opening stretch to her first round, as she made the turn at plus-5, but she steadied herself on the back nine

to get back into the top 10 individually going into the final day.

Capua finished as the runner-up of the 4A Region 4 tournament at Bookcliff G.C. in Grand Junction to become the first Bison player to make state since Kylie Severin, Melissa Cooke and Marin Head made it in 2019. Severin holds the top finish in program history at state when she placed fifth in 2018.

Visit sentinelcolorado.com/ preps to follow Capua’s results for the 4A state tournament.

GIRLS BASKETBALL Rangeview hires Tony Speights as head coach

The Rangeview girls basketball program has a new addition on the bench with a proven track record, as the school has hired Tony Speights as its new head coach.

Speights a successful run in 16 years at Chaparral — which he led to the Great 8 round of the Class 5A

(now 6A) state playoffs six times and to the Final Four once — before he took off the 2022-23 season to watch his daughter play college basketball at Regis University.

When the job came open at Rangeview with the departure of La Monte Weddle — who took the Raiders to at least the Sweet 16 four straight seasons between 2019 and 2022 and to the Great 8 in 2021 — Speights decided to try to get back into coaching a year earlier than he had anticipated.

“I think they’ve had a pretty good run on the girls side and I don’t think they’ve quite gotten to where they want to be yet,” Speights said. “It’s a good opportunity with good athletes and a good opportunity to build there.”

Speights said he is friends with Weddle and has always heard good things about Rangeview players. He will lead the Raiders into a second season in the City League (formerly the Denver Prep League), where he will get to re-

ABOVE: Smoky Hill freshman Sophia Stiwich, left, collects her ball from the hole after she made a par putt on Hole No. 12 at Black Bear Golf Club during the opening round of the Class 5A girls state golf tournament May 30. Grandview’s Caroline Ryan, right, lines up her shot. LEFT: Cherokee Trail senior Bead Boonta stretches as she gets ready to make her opening tee shot of the Class 5A girls state golf tournament May 30. Boonta is a threetime state qualifier. RIGHT: Grandview senior Courtney Ladymon watches her tee shot on Hole No. 13 at Black Bear Golf Club during the opening round of the Class 5A girls state golf tournament May 30. (Photos by Courtney Oakes/ Sentinel Colorado)

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new a rivalry with Denver East coach Carl Mattei, who he used to go head-to-head with for years when Mattei was at Regis Jesuit.

In other Aurora girls basketball coaching news, Robert Dennis — a key assistant coach for the past two Class 5A state championship runs for Grandview — has been hired as Cherry Creek’s new head coach.

ALL-STATE GAMES

CHSCA to host annual All-State Games June

12-16 at CSU-Pueblo

The Colorado High School Coaches Association will play host to its annual All-State Games for top prep athletes that just completed their senior years on June 12-16 at Colorado State-Pueblo.

The organization’s 67th annual event will include competition in 10 sports (volleyball, football, softball, spirit, boys and girls basketball, wrestling, golf, plus boys and girls soccer), while athletes also get the chance to

stay on the college campus.

As usual, Aurora will be represented significantly in terms of athletes as well as coaches.

In boys basketball (which features four teams), Regis Jesuit’s TaRea Fulcher is on the Red Team, while the White Team will be coached by Grandview’s Mike Rogers. The girls wrestling contingent includes Vista PEAK teammates Leilani Caamal and Andrea Sanchez-Chacon along with Kaiya Winbush of Cherokee Trail (who wrestled on the Eaglecrest co-op team in the winter), while Eaglecrest’s LaDainian Gordon is scheduled to compete in boys wrestling and one of the coaches is the Raptors’ Javier Quintana. Fernando Alcantar-Barajas of Class 2A runner-up Lotus School For Excellence and Ryan Williams (part of Grandview’s 5A state championship-winning team in 2022) will play together on the Red Team in boys soccer, while Regis Jesuit’s Jake Irvine is among 14 selections in boys golf.

Because the people must know

COMBINED NOTICE -

PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103

FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0089-2023

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

On March 3, 2023, 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)

Tammi Traylor

Original Beneficiary(ies)

MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR CITIMORTGAGE, INC., ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt CITIMORTGAGE, INC.

Date of Deed of Trust

June 13, 2007

County of Recording

Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust

July 03, 2007

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

B7085004

Original Principal Amount

$188,832.00

Outstanding Principal Balance

$133,367.56

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 42, WILLOW TRACE SUBDIVISION, FILING NO. 6, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO.

Also known by street and number as: 4405 S Jebel Ln, Aurora, CO 80015.

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

NOTICE OF SALE

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 07/05/2023, at The East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication 5/11/2023

Last Publication 6/8/2023

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: 03/03/2023

Michael Westerberg, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado

By: /s/ Michael Westerberg, Public Trustee

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

Alison L Berry #34531

N. April Winecki #34861

David R. Doughty #40042

Nicholas H. Santarelli #46592

Lynn M. Janeway #15592

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

Attorney File # 23-029406

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

©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado

Revised 1/2015

COMBINED NOTICEPUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103

FORECLOSURE SALE

NO. 0100-2023

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

On March 7, 2023, 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) Emmanuel M. Assaf

Original Beneficiary(ies)

NEW CENTURY MORTGAGE CORPORATION

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE FOR MORGAN STANLEY ABS CAPITAL I INC. TRUST

2006-NC3

Date of Deed of Trust

December 29, 2005

County of Recording

Arapahoe

Recording Date of Deed of Trust

January 09, 2006

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

B6003164

Original Principal Amount

$64,350.00

Outstanding Principal Balance

$46,713.31

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

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

SEE ATTACHED LEGAL DESCRIPTION

Legal Description

Condominium Unit 114, Building No. 8826, Country Club Villas Condominium, Arapahoe County, Colorado as shown on the Condominium Map recorded in Book 45, Page 76, and subject to the Condominium

Declaration for Country Club Villas Condominium recorded in Book 3230 at Page 425, Arapahoe County Colorado Records, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado. PARCEL ID NUMBER: 197321411133

Also known by street and number as: 8826 East Florida Avenue Apt.114, Denver, CO 80247. 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, 07/05/2023, at The East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication 5/11/2023

Last Publication 6/8/2023

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: 03/07/2023

Michael Westerberg, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado

By: /s/ Michael Westerberg, Public Trustee

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

Alison L Berry #34531

N. April Winecki #34861

David R. Doughty #40042

Nicholas H. Santarelli #46592

Lynn M. Janeway #15592

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

Attorney File # 23-029474

The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information

©Public

COMBINED NOTICEPUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103

FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0078-2023

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

On February 28, 2023, 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)

Jenniffer Roderick

Original Beneficiary(ies)

MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR PEOPLES NATIONAL BANK., ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt

COLORADO HOUSING AND FINANCE

AUTHORITY

Date of Deed of Trust

December 21, 2016

County of Recording

Arapahoe

Recording Date of Deed of Trust

December 22, 2016

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

D6148748

Original Principal Amount

$181,649.00

Outstanding Principal Balance

$166,109.37

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

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

SEE ATTACHED LEGAL DESCRIPTION

Exhibit A

Condominium Unit 7, Building 2, Discovery at Smoky Hill Condominiums in accordance with and subject to the Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions of Discovery at Smoky Hill Condominiums, recorded at the Clerk and Recorder’s Office, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado, and Map recorded on August 31, 1982 in Book 58 at Page 14, County of Arapahoe, Colorado records, said Condominium Unit is further described and depicted on the Map for Discovery at Smoky Hill Condominiums, recorded November 24, 1982 in Book 59 at Pages 60-67, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado Also known by street and number as: 16956 E Piedmont Drive Unit F, Aurora, CO 80015.

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

NOTICE OF SALE

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 06/28/2023, at The East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication 5/4/2023

Last Publication 6/1/2023

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: 02/28/2023

Michael Westerberg, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado

By: /s/ Michael Westerberg, Public Trustee

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

Alison L Berry #34531

N. April Winecki #34861

David R. Doughty #40042

Nicholas H. Santarelli #46592

Lynn M. Janeway #15592

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

Attorney File # 22-026813

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.

COMBINED NOTICEPUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103

FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0079-2023

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

On February 28, 2023, 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) Michael Lucas

Original Beneficiary(ies) MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR GUILD MORTGAGE COMPANY, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt COLORADO HOUSING AND FINANCE

AUTHORITY

Date of Deed of Trust

July 15, 2020

County of Recording

Arapahoe

Recording Date of Deed of Trust

July 29, 2020

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

E0095679

Original Principal Amount

$272,964.00

Outstanding Principal Balance

$261,839.95

Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof. THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

SEE ATTACHED LEGAL DESCRIPTION

LEGAL DESCRIPTION

CONDOMINIUM UNIT NO. 702, BUILDING NO. G, THE FLATS AT FULTON COURT, AS DEFINED AND DESCRIBED IN THE CONDOMINIUM DECLARATION OF THE FLATS AT FULTON COURT, RECORDED ON MARCH 23, 2001 AT RECEPTION NUMBER B1042476, IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK AND RECORDER OF ARAPAHOE COUNTY, AND ANNEXATION RECORDED ON NOVEMBER 29, 2001 AT RECEPTION NUMBER B1204316, AND ACCORDING TO THE CONDOMINIUM MAP OF THE FLATS AT FULTON COURT, RECORDED ON NOVEMBER 29, 2001 AT RECEPTION NUMBER B 1204313, IN SAID RECORDS, TOGETHER WITH THE EXCLUSIVE RIGHT TO USE PARKING SPACE NO. 702, TOGETHER WITH THE EXCLUSIVE RIGHT TO USE GARAGE SPACE NO. G65, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 10010 East Gunnison Place #702, Aurora, CO 80247.

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, 06/28/2023, at The East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication 5/4/2023

Last Publication 6/1/2023

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: 02/28/2023

Michael Westerberg, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado

By: /s/ Michael Westerberg, Public Trustee

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

Alison L Berry #34531

N. April Winecki #34861

David R. Doughty #40042

Nicholas H. Santarelli #46592

Lynn M. Janeway #15592

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

Attorney File # 23-029368

The Attorney above is acting as a debt

collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.

©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado

Revised 1/2015

COMBINED NOTICEPUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103

FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0080-2023

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

On February 28, 2023, 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)

Tiffany Newton

Original Beneficiary(ies)

Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Caliber Home Loans, Inc., Its Successors and Assigns

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt

Caliber Home Loans, Inc.

Date of Deed of Trust

November 02, 2020

County of Recording

Arapahoe

Recording Date of Deed of Trust

November 13, 2020

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

E0157444

Original Principal Amount

$204,000.00

Outstanding Principal Balance

$193,395.68

Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the Deed of Trust and other violations thereof THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

CONDOMINIUM UNIT C, 18761 EAST WATER DRIVE, ROCK RIDGE CONDOMINIUMS, ACCORDING TO THE CONDOMINIUM MAP THEREOF, RECORDED ON JUNE 6, 2005 AT RECEPTION NO. B5081875 IN THE RECORDS OF THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK AND RECORDER OF THE COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, COLORADO, AND AS DEFINED AND DESCRIBED IN THE CONDOMINIUM DECLARATION FOR ROCK RIDGE CONDOMINIUMS, RECORDED ON SEPTEMBER 26, 2003 AT RECEPTION NO. B3213684, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO.

Also known by street and number as: 18761 E Water Dr Unit C, Aurora, CO 80013-6518.

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, 06/28/2023, at The East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication 5/4/2023

Last Publication 6/1/2023

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: 02/28/2023

Michael Westerberg,

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

By: /s/ Michael Westerberg, Public Trustee

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

Erin Croke #46557

Steven Bellanti #48306

Holly Shilliday #24423

Ilene Dell’Acqua #31755

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

Attorney File # CO-23-953612-LL

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

©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado

Revised 1/2015

COMBINED NOTICE -

PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103

FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0082-2023

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

On February 28, 2023, 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)

Erika Soto Vargas AND Jorge Gonzalez

Original Beneficiary(ies)

MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR CARRINGTON MORTGAGE SERVICES, LLC, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt

CARRINGTON MORTGAGE SERVICES,

LLC

Date of Deed of Trust

April 06, 2020

County of Recording

Arapahoe

Recording Date of Deed of Trust

April 14, 2020

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

E0044606

Original Principal Amount

$419,230.00

Outstanding Principal Balance

$400,577.87

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

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

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE

A FIRST LIEN.

LOT 1, BLOCK 5, BIJOU KNOLLS, ACCORDING TO THE RECORDED PLAT THEREOF AND ACCORDING TO THE CORRECTION PLAT RECORDED JUNE

29, 2004 UNDER RECEPTION NO. B4115747 AND ACCORDING TO THE REPLAT OF BIJOU KNOLLS CORRECTION PLAT RECORDED DECEMBER 2, 2014 UNDER RECEPTION NO. D4113040, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 709 S Pine St, Byers, CO 80103.

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, 06/28/2023, at The East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication 5/4/2023

Last Publication 6/1/2023

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: 02/28/2023

Michael Westerberg, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado

By: /s/ Michael Westerberg, Public Trustee

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

Alison L Berry #34531

N. April Winecki #34861

David R. Doughty #40042

Nicholas H. Santarelli #46592

Lynn M. Janeway #15592

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

Attorney File # 23-029330

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. 0087-2023

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

On March 3, 2023, 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)

Hannah E Obukohwo

Original Beneficiary(ies)

MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR CATALYST LENDING, INC., ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt COLORADO HOUSING AND FINANCE

AUTHORITY

Date of Deed of Trust

July 22, 2016

County of Recording

Arapahoe

Recording Date of Deed of Trust

August 25, 2016

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

D6094410

Original Principal Amount

$127,950.00

Outstanding Principal Balance

$108,751.45

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

Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof. THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. SEE ATTACHED LEGAL DESCRIPTION LEGAL DESCRIPTION

A FIRST LIEN. LOT 9, BLOCK 3, FOX HILL FILING NUMBER ONE, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO.

Also known by street and number as: 4832 SOUTH GENOA STREET, CENTENNIAL, CO 80015.

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

If applicable, a description of any changes to the deed of trust described in the notice of election and demand pursuant to affidavit as allowed by statutes: C.R.S.§ 38-35109(5) LEGAL DESCRIPTION HAS BEEN CORRECTED BY SCRIVENER’S AFFIDAVIT RECORDED 09/29/2021 AT RECEPTION NO. E1150341 IN THE RECORDS OF ARAPAHOE COUNTY. NOTICE OF SALE

that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 07/05/2023, at The East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication 5/11/2023

Last Publication 6/8/2023

Name of Publication Sentinel

IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO

A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE

attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

Adriana Collado-Hudak #56275

Stuart Knight #50076 Greenspoon Marder LLP 1401 Lawrence Street, Ste. 1900, Denver, CO 80202 (954) 491-1120

Attorney File # 23-000024/75152.0008

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

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Revised 1/2015

COMBINED NOTICEPUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103

FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0095-2023

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

UNIT

6, BUILDING 13, CHARLESTON PLACE CONDOMINIUMS, ACCORDING TO THE MAP THEREOF RECORDED IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK AND RECORDER OF ARAPAHOE COUNTY IN BOOK 34 AT PAGE 47 AND ACCORDING TO THE CONDOMINIUM DECLARATION OF COVENANTS, CONDITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS FOR CHARLESTON

PLACE RECORDED IN SUCH RECORDS

IN BOOK 2773 AT PAGE 196, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO Also known by street and number as: 14015 E Utah Circle, Aurora, CO 80012.

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

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 07/05/2023, at The East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication 5/11/2023

Last Publication 6/8/2023

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: 03/03/2023

Michael Westerberg, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado

By: /s/ Michael Westerberg, Public Trustee

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

Alison L Berry #34531

N. April Winecki #34861

David R. Doughty #40042

Nicholas H. Santarelli #46592

Lynn M. Janeway #15592

Janeway Law Firm, P.C. 9800 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 400, Englewood, CO 80112

(303) 706-9990

Attorney File # 23-029415

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. 0088-2023

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

On March 3, 2023, 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)

JULIE BISHOP

Original Beneficiary(ies)

MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR WR STARKEY MORTGAGE, L.L.P.

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt

Truman 2021 SC9 Title Trust Date of Deed of Trust

August 12, 2004

County of Recording

Arapahoe

Recording Date of Deed of Trust

August 17, 2004

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

B4146713

Original Principal Amount $136,000.00

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, 07/05/2023, at The East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication 5/11/2023

Last Publication 6/8/2023

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: 03/03/2023

Michael Westerberg, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado

By: /s/ Michael Westerberg, Public Trustee

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

Anna Johnston #51978

Ryan Bourgeois #51088

Joseph D. DeGiorgio #45557

Randall M. Chin #31149

Barrett, Frappier & Weisserman, LLP 1391 Speer Boulevard, Suite 700, Denver, CO 80204 (303) 350-3711

Attorney File # 00000009466327

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. 0090-2023

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

On March 3, 2023, 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)

Angel Rivas

Original Beneficiary(ies)

MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR AMERICAN PACIFIC MORTGAGE CORPORATION, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt COLORADO HOUSING AND FINANCE

AUTHORITY

Date of Deed of Trust

December 09, 2021

County of Recording

Arapahoe

Recording Date of Deed of Trust

December 14, 2021

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

E1188765

Original Principal Amount

$353,479.00

Outstanding Principal Balance

$348,982.90

Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof. THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. THE EAST 50 FEET OF LOT 9, AND THE WEST 10 FEET OF LOT 10, BLOCK 5, GAMBLE ADDITION, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. APN #: 1973-03-4-25-010

Also known by street and number as: 10470 East 7th Avenue, Aurora, CO 80010. 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

A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED;

DATE: 03/03/2023

Michael Westerberg, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado

By: /s/ Michael Westerberg, Public Trustee

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

Alison L Berry #34531

N. April Winecki #34861

David R. Doughty #40042

Nicholas H. Santarelli #46592

Lynn M. Janeway #15592

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

Attorney File # 23-029404

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. 0092-2023

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

On March 3, 2023, 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)

ANDRES BUSTOS, NAYELI-DIOSDADODIAZ DELEON AND MIGUEL BUSTOS

Original Beneficiary(ies)

NEST HOME LENDING, LLC

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt

CORNERSTONE HOME LENDING, A DIVISION OF CORNERSTONE CAPITAL

BANK, SSB

Date of Deed of Trust

June 23, 2021

County of Recording

Arapahoe

Recording Date of Deed of Trust

June 25, 2021

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

E1101511

Original Principal Amount $461,077.00

Outstanding Principal Balance $460,769.67

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 8, BLOCK 8, ADONEA SUBDIVISION FILING NO.7, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 26260 E 3RD PLACE, AURORA, CO 80018.

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

NOTICE OF SALE

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 07/05/2023, at The East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

On March 7, 2023, 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)

Citlalli G. Lopez Marquez AND Oscar A. Carrillo

Original Beneficiary(ies)

MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR CATALYST LENDING, INC., ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt COLORADO HOUSING AND FINANCE

AUTHORITY

Date of Deed of Trust

July 14, 2017

County of Recording

Arapahoe

Recording Date of Deed of Trust

July 18, 2017

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

D7080536

Original Principal Amount $314,204.00

Outstanding Principal Balance $286,961.28

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

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 10, BLOCK 3, KINGSBOROUGH SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 8, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. APN #: 197522209003

Also known by street and number as: 1242 South Argonne Circle, 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, 07/05/2023, at The East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication 5/11/2023

Last Publication 6/8/2023

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: 03/07/2023

Michael Westerberg, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado

By: /s/ Michael Westerberg, Public Trustee

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

Alison L Berry #34531

N. April Winecki #34861

David R. Doughty #40042

Nicholas H. Santarelli #46592

Lynn M. Janeway #15592

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

Attorney File # 23-029378

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

of the

COMBINED NOTICE -

PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103

FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0107-2023

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

On March 10, 2023, 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)

Cross Creek 3, LLC

Original Beneficiary(ies)

Boomerang Finance SUB-REIT LLC

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt

BFSR4, LLC

Date of Deed of Trust

June 01, 2022

County of Recording

Arapahoe

Recording Date of Deed of Trust

June 07, 2022

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

E2062151

Original Principal Amount

$388,350.00

Outstanding Principal Balance

$360,050.00

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

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

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE

A FIRST LIEN.

LOT 10, BLOCK 2, HAMPDEN HILLS AT AURORA SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 4, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO.

Also known by street and number as:

19070 E Mansfield Dr, Aurora, CO 80033.

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, 07/12/2023, at The East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication 5/18/2023

Last Publication 6/15/2023

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: 03/10/2023

Michael Westerberg, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado

By: /s/ Michael Westerberg, 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 # CO21022

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. 0108-2023

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

On March 10, 2023, 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)

Mitchell Paul Myers and Jodie Cathryn

Myers

Original Beneficiary(ies)

Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as beneficiary, as nominee for Nations

Direct Mortgage, LLC, its successors and

assigns

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt

Nations Direct Mortgage, LLC

Date of Deed of Trust

March 07, 2022

County of Recording Arapahoe

Recording Date of Deed of Trust

March 14, 2022

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

E2028731

Original Principal Amount

$585,000.00

Outstanding Principal Balance

$582,680.24

Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to make timely payments required under said Deed of Trust and the Evidence of Debt secured thereb

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE

A FIRST LIEN.

LOT 1, BLOCK 7, COUNTRY LANE SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 7, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO.

Also known by street and number as: 2380 South Waco Court, Aurora, CO 80013.

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

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 07/12/2023, at The East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication 5/18/2023

Last Publication 6/15/2023

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: 03/10/2023

Michael Westerberg, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado

By: /s/ Michael Westerberg, Public Trustee

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

DEANNE R. STODDEN #33214

MESSNER REEVES LLP 1550 WEWATTA STREET, SUITE 710, DENVER, CO 80202 (303) 623-1800 Attorney File # 8014.0151

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. 0111-2023

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

On March 14, 2023, 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)

Gail D Loos

Original Beneficiary(ies)

BELLCO CREDIT UNION Current Holder of Evidence of Debt

August 08, 2008

by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

LOT 13, BLOCK 4, PARK VIEW TERRACE, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 5466 S Kirk Cir, Aurora, CO 80015.

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

NOTICE OF SALE

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 07/12/2023, at The East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication 5/18/2023

Last Publication 6/15/2023

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: 03/14/2023

Michael Westerberg,

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

By: /s/ Michael Westerberg, Public Trustee

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

Alison L Berry #34531

N. April Winecki #34861

David R. Doughty #40042

Nicholas H. Santarelli #46592

Lynn M. Janeway #15592 Janeway Law Firm, P.C. 9800 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 400, Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 706-9990

Attorney File # 22-029141

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. 0112-2023

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

On March 14, 2023, 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)

Ross Navarro

Original Beneficiary(ies) MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR SYNERGY ONE LENDING, INC. DBA: RETIREMENT FUNDING SOLUTIONS, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt LONGBRIDGE FINANCIAL, LLC

Date of Deed of Trust

September 08, 2017 County of Recording

Arapahoe

Recording Date of Deed of Trust

September 14, 2017 Recording Information (Reception No. and/ or Book/Page No.)

D7104993

Original Principal Amount

$447,000.00

Outstanding Principal Balance $180,895.86 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

LOT 4, BLOCK 2, SUMMER VALLEY SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 6, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. APN: 2073-04-3-07-015

Also known by street and number as: 4025 S Richfield Street, Aurora, CO 80013.

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

NOTICE OF SALE

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 07/12/2023, at The East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the in-

debtedness 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 5/18/2023

Last Publication 6/15/2023

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: 03/14/2023

Michael Westerberg, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado

By: /s/ Michael Westerberg, Public Trustee

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

Alison L Berry #34531

N. April Winecki #34861

David R. Doughty #40042

Nicholas H. Santarelli #46592

Lynn M. Janeway #15592

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

Attorney File # 23-029448

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. 0114-2023

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

On March 14, 2023, 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)

James D. Agnew and Suzanne R. Agnew

Original Beneficiary(ies)

Bank One, N.A.

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt

JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association

Date of Deed of Trust

July 03, 2002

County of Recording

Arapahoe

Recording Date of Deed of Trust

July 16, 2002

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

B2129184

Original Principal Amount $56,000.00

Outstanding Principal Balance $16,600.00

Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: James D. Agnew and Suzanne R. Agnew failed 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. Such Failure constitutes a breach under the Note and Deed of Trust triggering the power of sale by the Public Trustee.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. CONDOMINIUM UNIT 1, BUILDING A MATTHEWS BANYAN HOLLOW CONDOMINIUMS FILING NO. 1, ACCORDING TO AND SUBJECT TO THE DECLARATION OF COVENANTS, CONDITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS FOR MATTHEWS BANYAN HOLLOW CONDOMINIUMS

RECORDED DECEMBER 5, 1983 IN BOOK 4033 AT PAGE 471 AND FIRST AMENDMENT THERETO RECORDED MAY 16, 1984 IN BOOK 4161 AT PAGE 296 AND ACCORDING TO THE MAP OF MATTHEWS BANYAN HOLLOW CONDOMINIUMS FILING NO. 1 RECORDED MAY 16, 1984 IN MAP BOOK 75 AT PAGES 1 TO 5, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO.

Also known by street and number as: 2277 S Buckley Rd, #202, Aurora, CO 80013.

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

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 07/12/2023, at The East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. First

and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado

By:

Michael Westerberg,

Public Trustee

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

Marcello G. Rojas #46396

Susan Hendrick #33196

Nigel G Tibbles #43177

Sandra J. Nettleton #42411

THE SAYER LAW GROUP, P.C. 3600

South Beeler Street, Suite 330, Denver, CO 80237 (303) 353-2965

Attorney File # CO220170

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. 0115-2023

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

On March 17, 2023, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

Original Grantor(s)

LINDA MAY JENKINS

Original Beneficiary(ies)

MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR UNIVERSAL LENDING CORPORATION, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt MORTGAGE ASSETS MANAGEMENT, LLC

Date of Deed of Trust

April 12, 2013

County of Recording

Arapahoe

Recording Date of Deed of Trust

March 17, 2014

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

D4021251

Original Principal Amount $270,000.00

Outstanding Principal Balance $215,426.03

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

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 19, BLOCK 11, LYN KNOLL, SECOND FILING, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO, THE PLAT OF WHICH IS RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 15, PAGE 77, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO.

Also known by street and number as: 12690 E. 2ND AVENUE, AURORA, CO 80011.

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

NOTICE OF SALE

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 07/19/2023, at The East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication 5/25/2023

Last Publication 6/22/2023

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: 03/17/2023

Michael Westerberg, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado

By: /s/ Michael Westerberg, Public Trustee

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

Erin Croke #46557

Steven Bellanti #48306

Holly Shilliday #24423

Ilene Dell’Acqua #31755

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

Attorney File # CO-23-951663-LL

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

©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado

Revised 1/2015

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All these things put an outsized burden on Black families providing care.

Through her Instagram, Jessica regularly hears from other Black caregivers, mostly women, who have eerily similar stories of not being heard, feeling isolated or being denied proper treatment.

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“I think that part of my journey would have looked significantly different if I were a middle-aged white person or a white male,” she said. “I would have been listened to the first time.” ___ Jessica has spent the past several months preparing for her mother’s imminent death, making sure every detail is perfect.

But in an unexpected twist, she learned in February that her mother would be discharged from home hospice care in early March. Medicare typically covers hospice care for those who are terminally ill, with a life expectancy of six months or less.

Although she remains in the last stage of Alzheimer’s disease, Constance has been deemed stable.

Both her appetite and water intake are great. Her skin is glowing. She still has glimmers of her sassy spirit.

On the surface, this is good news. Jessica’s relishing every extra day she has with her mother.

Still, the discharge feels like a slap in the face.

Several studies have found that Black patients, across various serious illness diagnoses, are less likely to be referred to hospice or use hospice.

Losing hospice services means Jessica will lose all equipment and supplies, including the hospital grade bed that her mother sleeps in, the lift she uses to get her out of bed and her wheelchair. She has lost the weekly nurse visits, vital checks, the social worker and the extra services that her mother loved — music and massage therapy.

Jessica is concerned about how she’ll handle the next medi-

cal emergency. She’ll have to rely on local hospitals that provided her mother with problematic care before.

“Everything’s gone and it feels like I’m back at square one again,” she said. “I feel like the system’s failed us and has failed so many other caregivers.”

It’s the latest, but maybe not the last, burden, and it’s taking its toll.

At 34, many of her friends are married, starting families, traveling and investing money for the future.

But she’s had to spend money on her mother’s care and largely put her life on hold.

“When you think about how I spent so long trying not to repeat this cycle of poverty, now I’m sitting in a place where I make a pretty good salary, and yet I’m not setting myself up for the future that I know that I should have,” she said.

Some days she mourns the life that could have been and everything she has had to sacrifice. She sees undeniable parallels between all that her mother sacrificed and what she now has given up. But she wouldn’t change a thing.

Her exhausting experience as a caregiver has added purpose to her life. She feels she is also helping other Black caregivers to be seen and heard.

For now, she is happy to spend time with the woman she calls “CG.”

Every morning after Constance wakes up, Jessica flips on the TV in her mother’s small room to the gospel music station. “Music brightens my mom. She would sing no matter if she was on key or not.”

Now, the daughter sings to her mother as she’s changing or feeding her. On a recent day Jessica tried making it through “Take My Hand, Precious Lord,” as she massaged her mother’s fingers, before her voice cracked and her shoulders bounced as she cried.

“You saying goodbye?” her mother mumbled.

Constance doesn’t sing or clap along anymore, but she lightly tapped her feet under her blanket. And she let out a low, steady hum.