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Aurora lawmakers play ruff with new Denver mayor over cop brutality case

Time for city hall to remind everyone that Aurora is actually still just a very big little town.

The mayor of this big-little town, Mike Coffman, has decided to bark at Denver’s new mayor, Mike Johnston, apparently to let him know Aurora is here.

Bark. Bark. Bark.

Coffman persuaded just barely enough city lawmakers Monday night to join him at yapping at the city downstream from us, just as Johnston was being sworn in as the new top dog of our permanent neighbor.

Bark. Bark. Bark.

All that yapping should have been for Denver’s last mayor, Michael Hancock, whose claim to fame turned out to be a taxpayer-funded gloss-u-mentary about His Truly’s 12 years of keeping the mayor’s seat warm and the throngs of homeless people there cold.

Also on Hancock’s watch, thousands of people descended on Denver’s Capitol Hill to protest the murder of George Floyd in the summer of 2020.

Denver Police rushed to the seemingly endless scenes of protest, some of them brutalizing protesters and breaking the law, rather than upholding it. And alongside some of those Denver cops, were Aurora cops, there to help.

See, Aurora and Denver have long had a pact between them for when stuff gets real in either city. It’s called a “mutual aid” agreement. If an entire block of houses or a giant building catches fire in Denver, overwhelming their fire department, Aurora firefighters will roll in and help, if asked.

When the throngs of protesters headed for the state Capitol in the “summer of violence” in 2020, Aurora cops were called there to lend a hand, and, it appears, tear gas and who knows what else.

It’s the “what else” that has racked up, so far, $14 million in police brutality court-awards against Denver Police, and it’s unclear how much is blamed on Aurora cops.

As part of these mutual aid agreements, each city agrees to pay the other side for expenses incurred while being a good neighbor, and each side handles the insurance and indemnity expenses.

Back in the day, police would either refrain from beating and injuring people, or their victims wouldn’t complain about it.

That was then. This is now.

For some reason, which only the now-defunct Hancock administration might explain, Denver decided it didn’t want to pay for all or part of the brutality claims that included Aurora cops.

Can you imagine?

Coffman couldn’t. So he persuaded just enough conservatives on the city council, five of them, to “suspend” the mutual aid agreement with Denver until they pay up. The matter has already gone to court, with Aurora filing a “friendly” pay-up lawsuit against Denver.

A few months ago, that was all cool with everyone when the two cities agreed to let a district court sort it out, which it has yet to do.

Most likely, the court will rule in Aurora’s favor. The agreement both cities have long worked under is clear, the

city getting the assistance is responsible for everything happening in their city, under their control.

Whatever possessed the Hancock administration to jump the shark on the past is as much a mystery of what it did for 12 years over there. It’s just as much a mystery as to why Coffman decided to honor Hancock with a very surprising gushy public commendation just as the clock ticked out on the Hancock administration.

Councilmember Curtis Gardner said Monday that Coffman’s scheme was essentially Aurora giving Denver “the finger,” and it apparently needed to happen just as we’re setting up the tone of our relationship with Denver’s new mayor on his first day on the job.

Bark. Bark. Bark.

No worries, Coffman says, about what could happen if the tables were turned, as they have in the past.

When thousands and thousands of people poured onto Interstate 225 in the summer of 2020 to protest Aurora’s very own Black Lives Matter debacle after the killing of Elijah McClain, Denver sent cops here to help keep what peace there was to keep.

The public safety relationship between the two cities has been long and strong, until now.

Rather than settling our differences in meetings and the courts, Coffman has decided to go the old-fashioned way, like how Congress operates: Pick up your toys and go home.

Bark. Bark. Bark.

If you’re thinking there’s some kind of suspenseful ending here, that, suddenly, Denver is going to cave before the court rules, maybe, but probably not. In the real world, not the world inside Aurora City Council chambers, Denver has nothing to lose now that Aurora has played its public hand of judgment and wrath.

Bark. Bark. Bark.

The case is pretty solid. There was an agreement, and Denver has clearly violated it. Hancock took a bad gamble, which is part of the real Hancock legacy.

What Coffman and five others in Aurora don’t seem to get is that the very crux of Denver’s bad bet and argument is one that needs to be discussed and solved in public.

What do we, and they, do when police violate the law, rather than uphold it?

If Aurora has another wave of public and violent protests this summer, like it very much did two years ago, and Denver — or Lakewood or anyone — sends cops to help out, and they end up brutalizing or even killing people while they’re providing “aid,” should Aurora taxpayers foot the bill?

Under our current agreement, yup.

If all this sounds like we need cool heads and thoughtful analysis and some serious discussion, I agree.

Barking isn’t talking, and neither are these dangerous threats.

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Tear gas fills the air after Denver Police fired canisters during a protest outside the State Capitol over the death of George Floyd, in this file photograph taken on Saturday, May 30, 2020, in Denver. Aurora has sued Denver because that agency will not accept liability for brutality lawsuits stemming from mutual aid at the event provided by Aurora.

Photo by PHILIP B. POSTON/Sentinel Colorado

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Our national shame continues 11 years after Aurora theater shooting

Eleven years after James Holmes opened fire inside an Aurora movie theater — changing everything in Aurora — the only change outside of the city is the stunning increase in mass shootings.

The nation’s gun-death crisis is undeniable.

It isn’t that the United States is incapable of ending not just rampant mass murders, but the leading cause of childhood death among Americans: gun violence. We have refused to limit the power and abundance of American firearms. We permit virtually anyone older than 18, not yet old enough to drink beer, to obtain weapons designed for use in war or policing, engineered to efficiently and rapidly kill other human beings.

Colorado, long a leader in gun-control, has stepped up again this year to strengthen its so-called Red Flag Law and raise the minimum age of gun purchases to 21.

This year, finally, state lawmakers made it easier to bring lawsuits against the makers of guns the same way states can sue cigarette makers and prescription drug makers for their greedy incompetence. Critics of the measure say such laws unfairly target the makers of “innocuous” substances that only harm people when abused. The “guns-don’t-kill-people-do” bumper sticker mentality is what’s driven the nation to ghastly levels of gun violence. People with guns murder and wound other people with guns thousands upon thousands of times each year. Without human intervention, the guns truly are innocuous.

Congress and state governments have even refused to require gun owners to prove their ability to safely wield and store a weapon so deadly it can kill dozens or even hundreds of people in minutes, yet we require extensive licenses to drive a car and even cut hair.

We refuse to limit how many semi-automatic firearms a gunman can own, yet we limit cats to five per household.

Polling consistently shows that two-thirds of all Americans want stricter gun control laws, including meaningful universal background checks.

A stunning one-third of all Americans now believe all handguns should be banned, except for those used by police, more than one poll show, including polls maintained by Gallup.

More than 80% of gun owners believe all gun purchases in the United States should be subject to background checks, steady polling reveals. And almost 60% of Americans say the need for reducing gun violence by implementing gun controls outweighs the need to ensure gun rights.

With so much overwhelming need and desire to control guns and gun deaths, it’s appalling that 11 years have passed since the Aurora theater shooting and such little meaningful progress has been made.

Guns are an approximately $28 billion-a-year industry, several sources estimate. Gun-rights groups outspend gun-control groups 6 to 1 in lobbying members of Congress and state lawmakers, by as much as $16 million in 2021.

It’s not just money. Gun-rights play heavily into partisan primary races. For Republicans, that means that the most conservative voters often call the shots in primary races, ensuring gunrights interests are backed by acquiescent winning candidates.

In efforts to stay elected in swing congressional and legislative districts, many Democrats shy away from gun-control issues to keep their positions.

Despite the consistent and growing desire for gun control, elected leaders in Congress won’t deliver it, and voters won’t make them.

Eleven years have now gone by after the Aurora theater shooting and Sandy Hook elementary school cataclysm.

That has been long enough to prove, without a doubt, mass shootings and rampant gun violence will continue for the next decade, unless voters choose legislative and congressional candidates who will make gun control happen instead of rationalizing why it won’t.

JOE GUZZARDI, CONTRIBUTING COLUMNIST

All-star baseball games striking out

There was a time when the Major League Baseball All-Star Game was a special event.

Fans were eager to see the superstars of the National League and American League compete on one field in one special game. But interleague play, which began in 1997, put the kibosh on that.

Here’s Philadelphia Phillies’ outfielder Ron Gant’s reaction, shared by many, to interleague play: “To match the Phillies and Orioles in the regular season is to store your milk in the cupboard. The game is curdling. It has already curdled! What once was a special pastime is now a soulless contrivance….”

Interleague baseball killed the All-Star Game, and the commissioner’s office buried it with pointless add-ons like the Futures Game, the Home Run Derby and poor taste’s nadir, the Red Carpet Show. None of the gimmicks that segue into the game help viewership which has been in freefall for years. The 2022 Midsummer Classic drew an all-time low of 7.5 million viewers. During the 1990s, the television audience routinely exceeded 20 million.

Fans disappointed in Commissioner Rob Manfred’s heavy-handedness in altering how the traditional game had been played for decades – the universal designated hitter and the ghost runner in extra innings are two glaring examples – should brace themselves. Within the next few years, Manfred, determined to drive a stake into traditional baseball’s heart, envisions a complete MLB overhaul.

The San Francisco Giants and Los Angeles Dodgers would no longer be in the same division. Ditto the Boston Red Sox and the Baltimore Orioles. Manfred’s scheme is dependent on the Oakland A’s moving to Las Vegas and Tampa Bay building a new stadium. Once those two steps are completed, Charlotte and Nashville will be awarded new franchises. They’ll be uncompetitive for years.

As Manfred sees baseball, revenue is everything, and the game’s rich history is inconsequential. The average team’s value is $2.1 billion; the New York Yankees’ value tops the list at $6 billion.

To appreciate lost history, turn the calendar back to 1946 when a baseball-starved nation welcomed back World War II heroes, many of them future Hall of Famers, who would play in Fenway Park’s All-Star Game, the site of the canceled 1945 tilt. The National League’s squad included Johnny Mize, Stan Musial, Enos Slaughter and Pee Wee Reese. On the American League roster were the DiMaggio brothers – Joe and Dom – Bob Feller and Ted Williams.

All 35,000 eyes were on Williams, a Marine Corp Naval Aviator. Fans wondered if “The Kid,” Williams’ preferred nickname, could pick up where he left off in 1942, his last year before his active service began. Williams went four for four in that All-Star Game, and became the first player to drive in five runs in a single game as the American League dominated, 12-0.

The Kid’s two home runs, two singles and a walk accounted for 10 total bases, a still-standing All-Star Game record. One of Ted’s blasts came off of the Pittsburgh Pirates’ Rip Sewell’s eephus pitch, a soft, parabolic lob that soared 30 feet off the ground before it floated back to earth. Sewell’s pitch and Ted’s homer provided the fans with comic relief during the rout.

Out in Ted’s hometown of San Diego, his mother May and her Union Street neighbors listened to Mel Allen call the game. When asked how she felt about her son becoming the first player to drive in five runs in an All-Star Game, the devoted Salvation Army volunteer said: “All my prayers were answered. The game was perfectly marvelous…Ted’s a wonderful boy.”

May’s prayers, however, didn’t prevent 1946 from ending on a sour note for the Red Sox and Ted. In the World Series, the St. Louis Cardinals bested the Sox 4-3, and in his only World Series appearance held The Kid to a measly .200 batting average.

A humiliated, humbled Williams looked back on the World Series as the lowest point in his otherwise glorious career.

Joe Guzzardi is a Society for American Baseball Research and Internet Baseball Writers’ Association member. Contact him at guzzjoe@yahoo.com.

State clears county social services

ARAPAHOE COUNTY DEFENDS CHILD PROTECTION SERVICE AFTER AURORA LAWMAKER CALLS STATE REVIEW, ‘WHITEWASHING’

Agroup of families who allege they were wronged by the Arapahoe County Department of Human Services pushed back on a report clearing the county of systemic misconduct July 17, calling it a “whitewashing.”

“Where’s the follow-up? Where’s the action plan? Where’s the steps for improvement?,” asked Elliot Singer, an attorney representing the group that is pursuing class-action litigation against the county.

“Of course these people want civil damages. Of course they want their day in court. But I think, if you talk to them, you would find out that what they want more than anything is accountability, justice and a promise that what they went through will never happen to anyone again.”

Singer and Aurora City Councilmember Danielle Jurinsky led the news conference July 17, which was called after the release of the report the previous week in which state investigators said charges against former social worker Robin Niceta of making false allegations of child abuse against Jurinsky did not reflect more wide-ranging failures.

Investigators said they had found

“no pervasive agencywide practice issues that indicate systemic lapses to protect children or serve families” after evaluating work done by the county and interviewing county employees.

“We never take lightly the critical role our human services employees play in protecting children and vulnerable adults,” said Carrie Warren-Gully, chairperson of the Arapahoe County Board of County Commissioners, in a statement.

“We’re grateful to the Colorado Department of Human Services for the professional, thorough and sensitive review of our intake systems and we are gratified in the knowledge that the system works and continues to improve every day.”

The review was undertaken after Niceta was accused of calling the county in January 2022 to fraudulently claim that Jurinsky had sexually molested her own son. Jurinsky had criticized Niceta’s girlfriend at the time, then-Aurora police Chief Vanessa Wilson, a few days earlier on a talk radio show.

Jurinsky was investigated by the county as a result of the allegation, which was not substantiated, and the call was eventually traced back to Niceta.

Niceta subsequently resigned

from her job with the Arapahoe County Department of Human Services and was charged with retaliation against an elected official, a sixth-degree felony, and making a false report of child abuse as a mandatory reporter, a second-degree misdemeanor.

Jurinsky responded by suing Niceta for defamation — a $3 million default judgment was entered against Niceta in December — and launching a class action lawsuit against the county, saying Niceta’s behavior reflected deeper problems within the county agency.

Niceta’s criminal case is ongoing. Niceta has most recently been the center of controversy over whether she falsified medical records in legal proceedings, purporting to have a brain tumor. Her trial is slated for August.

Niceta’s actions while employed by the county and the resulting scrutiny led the county to invite an investigation by the Colorado Department of Human Services. In September, the state released the summary of an audit that identified several concerns with Niceta’s work for the department, including a lack of documentation.

The state also hired a group of consultants to scrutinize how the

county handles child abuse tips. The 63-page report produced by the consultants covers their findings and recommendations in several areas, including training, supervision, workload and how quickly caseworkers follow up on tips.

The authors rejected the suggestion that the county has systematically failed at protecting children and highlighted changes made to the Child and Adult Protection Services Division in the past 18 months, including the rollout of a new strategic planning process incorporating employee and family input.

They said the state found “no evidence of systemic concerns of falsification of contacts” and added that “ACDHS is actively working to address identified intake challenges through supervisory strategies aligned with the best practice literature.”

Jurinsky said she did not trust the report and said investigators’ conclusions did not satisfactorily address the earlier audit and the fact that a caseworker was fired for falsifying notes, one of five people fired recently for various reasons, according to the report.

Councilperson Danielle Jurinsky addresses the press during a conference, to discuss the recent report released, concerning the behavior of several employees for the Arapahoe County Department of Human Services.

BY MAX LEVY, Sentinel Colorado Staff

Writer

Aurora marks 11th anniversary of theater shooting with vigil, 5K and memorial events

The 7/20 Memorial Foundation is commemorating the 11th anniversary of the Aurora theater shooting

with a variety of events, some new, some becoming a tradition.

The events will take place at the Water-wise Garden, southeast of the Aurora Municipal Center, 15151 E. Alameda Parkway.

The annual near-midnight vigil remembrance was held near midnight July 19 with a candlelight procession at the entrance of the Aurora Water-wise Garden.

Commemorative events continue on July 22, with the foundation hosting their annual Reflection Garden on Tap fundraiser and a 5K run.

Zack Golditch, a former NFL player and current South Metro Firefighter — and a survivor of the Aurora shooting — will organize the second annual The Hero’s Journey 5K Run/Walk. The event will start at 8 a.m., with D.J. Sinna-G from

Mix 100 radio set to kick off the proceedings. Proceeds from the event will fund the Zack Golditch Opportunity Scholarship for an Aurora Public Schools student.

A community gathering is scheduled for after the race, at 9:30 a.m., featuring wellness booths dedicated to various ways of healing trauma. The booths will showcase mental health resources, art, and a variety of non-profit organizations.

From 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., local breweries will provide beer tasting.

The event’s live entertainment includes local band Brushfire, playing from 11 a.m. to noon. Following them, the home-grown Harlotts, from Rangeview High School, will take the stage from 12:30 p.m. to 1:45 p.m.

Additionally, 22 chalk artists will be drawing live in the memorial garden throughout the community event. They will focus on the theme, “Be the Light.”

Participants can register for the 5K at the event website. The festival is free for all, while wristbands for the beer tasting can be purchased for a $25 donation online or for $30 at the event. All proceeds from the event will go toward furthering the values of the 7/20 Memorial Foundation.

Registration for the 5K is at https://runsignup.com/Race/CO/ Aurora/TheHeroes5K

Wristbands for the beer tasting are available at https://www.7-20memorial.org/21-beer-wristband

Donations for the foundation can be made at https://www.7-20memorial.org/donate

— Sentinel Staff Writers

Aurora lawmakers vote

5-4 to suspend Denver pact to aid cops in emergencies

Aurora’s City Council narrowly agreed July 17, to suspend the city’s mutual aid agreement with Denver police, vowing to turn away select requests for manpower from Aurora’s neighbor.

The decision came after the Denver Police Department asked for Aurora’s help managing the protests that followed the death of George Floyd in 2020 near the Colorado Capitol in Denver. Aurora police officers have been named in at least four lawsuits brought by people who say they were mistreated by cops while protesting in downtown Denver.

But Aurora officials said July 17 that Denver has so far refused to foot the bill for their legal costs, despite the fact that the Aurora officers would have been “subject to the direction and control” of Denver’s police chief at the time under Colorado law.

Mayor Mike Coffman said Denver is already on the hook for $14 million stemming from those lawsuits and suggested that suspending the mutual aid agreement would

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give Aurora “leverage” when negotiating with its neighbor.

“As a matter of principle, you have to agree with me that it is not wise to send our officers in when Denver is not willing to defend them,” he said. “We could get stuck with the same thing all over again.”

While interim police Chief Art Acevedo and Pete Schulte from the City Attorney’s Office said the move was not expected to impact day-today cooperation between Denver and Aurora police, Councilmember Curtis Gardner said Denver cops would see it as “essentially a big middle finger to Denver.”

Such mutual aid agreements are common among local fire and police departments, allowing towns and districts to draw from neighboring resources during large or complicated emergencies.

Councilmember Alison Coombs said trying to pressure Denver into indemnifying Aurora officers by suspending the mutual aid agreement, which Coffman said was his goal, would only make it harder to partner with them moving forward.

“Leadership and collaboration with our neighbors shouldn’t be about leverage,” Coombs said. “It should be about communication, and if we feel that we need to exercise leverage over them to come to an agreement, I think the agreement we’re going to come to is going to be an impoverished one.”

According to Coffman, Denver’s former mayor, Michael Hancock, told Aurora officials that he wanted to settle the dispute over the indemnification of Aurora police in court.

Coffman said he had not talked about the problem with Denver’s new mayor, Mike Johnston, which prompted Gardner to suggest that the proposal be tabled to give Coffman the chance to negotiate with the new administration.

Juan Marcano and Francoise Bergan indicated they would support postponing the vote, but Bergan relented after Schulte said there could be a hypothetical future situation where Aurora officers answered a mutual aid call from Denver regardless of whether they were indemnified.

“We would be putting our officers in the very precarious situation of having to not be indemnified,” Bergan said. “With some hesitancy, I think I will support this.”

The council voted 5-4 to suspend the agreement, with Coombs, Gardner, Marcano and Ruben Medina opposed. Angela Lawson was absent from the July 17 meeting.

After the vote, an Aurora Police Department spokesperson sent a statement attributed to Acevedo in which the chief reaffirmed the agency’s commitment to working with Denver outside of the context of mutual aid.

“We have a longstanding, close working relationship with the Denver Police Department and diligently work with their leadership team and officers to keep our communities safe every day,” Acevedo said.

“That relationship will not change. In the rare instances of large-scale events that lead to for-

mal requests for large-scale mutual aid responses from Aurora officers, we will continue to assess each of them on an individual, case-by-case basis.”

— MAX LEVY, Sentinel staff writer

Amid ‘strong mayor’ ballot initiative, Aurora lawmakers give 1st OK to bill making it a crime to deceive petition signers

The Aurora City Council took the first step July 10 toward cracking down on deceptive petition-drive practices, allowing a bill to move forward that criminalizes dishonesty from signature gatherers.

The bill is a clear swipe at the current campaign to empower Aurora’s mayor by asking voters to change the city’s charter. That ballot initiative is requiring canvassers to go out into the community and collect signatures from Aurora voters.

While the majority of the “strong mayor” amendment language has to do with restructuring the city’s government around the mayor, multiple people who interacted with canvassers said they downplayed that part of the item, instead highlighting on only a few lines that modify term limits.

The city clerk’s office has yet to announce whether the amendment has drawn enough signatures to make the November ballot. City spokesman Ryan Luby said the final section of the petition was submitted June 26, and that the clerk has 30 days to complete the initial verification process.

Councilmember Curtis Gardner emerged as an outspoken critic of the campaign, which representatives of the petition have said was organized behind the scenes by Aurora’s current mayor, Mike Coffman. Coffman has refused to comment on his involvement.

On July 17, it was Gardner who brought forward the proposal that would make it explicitly illegal to mislead someone into signing a petition like the one circulated by supporters of the strong-mayor item.

“Recently, in our city, we had a group collecting signatures for a possible ballot item that in my opinion, and I think in the opinion of many others, was using deceptive practices and omissions,” Gardner said. “It’s unfortunate that I think we have to tell people they can’t deceive residents in Aurora when collecting signatures, but here we are.”

Any signatures found to have been gathered under false pretenses would be invalidated and not counted toward the total needed for an item to make the ballot, according to the proposal.

Assistant City Attorney Jack Bajorek told the council that an investigation would be initiated by police if a member of the public complained, and that the people responsible for spreading inaccurate information may receive a municipal court summons. The charge would be a misdemeanor.

No council member opposed the item moving forward from the July 17 study session. Earlier this year, suspicion and concern over the campaign became a rare point of unity for council progressives and conservatives, most of whom banded together to oppose the amendment at a news conference, which Coffman did not attend.

Council members Alison Coombs and Juan Marcano both said they thought the bill needed to hold the employers of canvassers responsible as well, since they are responsible for training.

“My concern is that the folks that are gathering the signatures ar-

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en’t always well-informed,” Coombs said. “My concern would be that the individual signature gatherers, rather than the people who are hiring them, and informing them, (and) training them on what to present to the public are the ones who are going to be tried in court.”

She and Councilmember Crystal Murillo also expressed concern over language included in the amendment text shown to people who signed the petition that summarized the item. The text described the measure primarily as addressing term limits before it mentioned the changes to the structure of Aurora’s government.

City Clerk Kadee Rodriguez said the item summary was written by the sponsors of the item and approved by her office and the city attorney’s office. Bajorek said the city is limited in terms of how much it can edit summary language submitted by sponsors, as long as the summary describes the item in its entirety.

“There’s nothing that allows Kadee or the city attorney to use their own judgment as to what is the most important thing or the overarching purpose of the proposal,” he said.

Gardner said he would also be bringing forward an item limiting proposed charter amendments to a single subject, which could help prevent similar controversies over item summaries in the future.

The proposal will have to be vot-

ed on twice before it can become law.

— Max Levy, Sentinel Staff Writer

Cherry Creek project draws students away from danger — with attention

As concerns rose across the metro last year about a spike in youth violence, officials in the Cherry Creek School District brainstormed ways they could help students who were at-risk.

In partnership with a number of local organizations, the district organized a six-week summer program for youth who could be drawn to trouble with attendance, studying or even violence, dubbed the Summer Leadership Academy.

This summer, 41 new and returning students convened for the second year of the program, which ran for four weeks in June. Jasper Armstrong, a partner in Cherry Creek’s department of Equity, Culture and Community Engagement and the manager of the academy said that he believes the program has been successful in keeping students in school and out of trouble.

“I think we’re getting some receipts that the medicine is working in their lives,” he told the Sentinel

Of the 25 participants from the first year, one was expelled and two were withdrawn for attendance issues, he said. Several others moved

away from the district, but about 20 returned to participate in this year’s academy along with a new cohort of students.

The students who participated last year seemed extra engaged this year, he said, and worked to hold each other accountable.

“This summer was special because I think it went a little deeper,” he said.

The program worked to teach students life skills, and brought in different community groups including the Aurora NAACP, the Greater Metro Denver Ministerial Alliance and Make a Chess Move. As with last year, Compound of Compassion created a “safe zone” for students on Fridays that included games and a DJ. Students also worked on a collaborative art project that they presented at the end of the program.

Students who might benefit from the program were referred to Armstrong’s team from principals from across the district, and then invited to participate. Those who completed the program received a .5 credit in Social Studies and a .5 credit in English.

At the end of each academy, the students presented a capstone project where they discussed ways that the community could help support young people. They delivered the presentation to members of the Cherry Creek school board, local law enforcement leaders and other prominent community members.

“They issued a mighty challenge to us as an adult community,” Arm-

strong said of the presentation.

Some of the things students brought up this year included the need for more mental health resources, a desire for more activities and athletics that are affordable for students and the importance of being listened to by adults, he said.

After last year’s academy, Armstrong said students voiced a desire for more support during the school year to continue the work they began during the summer. The district worked to create a class at Overland and Smoky Hill high schools for the students that ran for the second semester of the past school year.

The class gave students the opportunity to focus on credit recovery and communicate with teachers about their academic trajectory and attendance, and to focus on skills such as time management, communication, organization and goal-setting.

The class will continue again this school year, Armstrong said, though the district is still in process of determining what exactly it will look like.

He said he was grateful for how many people across the district came together to make the class and the academy work, including Superintendent Chris Smith and former Assistant Superintendent of Equity, Culture and Community Engagement Michael Giles, who left the district this month to become superintendent of Aurora Public Schools.

“I have an incredible amount of gratitude for the opportunity to hold

space for (the students) in this way at what is really a critical time for youth in our city,” he said.

Armstrong was honored for his work in creating the academy earlier this year by the Colorado Black Caucus of School Board Directors. He was nominated by Cherry Creek school board director Janice McDonald.

State Sen. Rhonda Fields, D-Aurora, was one of the invitees to the capstone presentation, and spoke highly of the program.

Fields and her daughter, Maisha Fields, have both been heavily involved in local anti-violence initiatives.

“I think it’s a great approach and strategy to keep kids on a pathway that protects their well-being and keeps them out of situations that could be prone to violence,” she said.

It was clear that Armstrong and the rest of his team had been able to uplift the participants so they could see “their own potential and their promise,” she said.

She echoed statements from Armstrong and Smith about the importance of making sure the students knew that there were adults in their community who were invested in their success.

“When you’re dealing with kids at risk, you have to have people who care about them,” Fields said.

— CARINA JUILIG, Sentinel Staff Writer

CATCH GARDEN PESTS AND DISEASES EARLY BY KEEPING A CLOSE EYE ON YOUR PLANTS

BY JESSICA DAMIANO, Associated Press

Every morning, I head outside, coffee in hand, and usually in my pajamas, to check on my plants.

“Who’s thirsty? Who needs a trim?” I ask, tending to their needs as I move from bed to bed.

Most days, the visit reveals pleasant changes, like the first Madame Julia Correvon clematis flower of the season or the emergence of a green, lumpy Voyager tomato that wasn’t there the day before. But sometimes, horror strikes.

As I assessed the Domingo, Voyager and RW Cephei tomatoes growing in my Earth Boxes one day last week, I noticed small, dark dots on their stems. Hoping they were soil specks, I zoomed in on them with my phone’s camera and discovered three different species of aphids feasting on them. I couldn’t see their piercing, sucking mouthparts, but I knew they were embedded in the vulnerable tissue of the 3-foot-tall plants I’d lovingly started from seed in March.

When combatting garden pests and diseases, it’s important to act quickly. Left unchecked, they can quickly escalate, resulting in decreased vigor, diminished flower and fruit production, or even complete decimation.

My course of action always begins with the most benign treatment possible, and I only escalate if necessary. Even then, I have

my limits, as I’d rather sacrifice a flower or vegetable plant than use harsh chemicals.

In the case of my tomatoes, since I’d caught the aphids early, I was able to rinse them off with a hose, rubbing the stubborn ones off with my fingers under a moderate stream of water. They haven’t returned, but I look for them every day, just in case.

Had the invasion been severe or the water-and-rubbing method ineffective, I would have applied a spray of Neem, which kills aphids by smothering. The organic oil, derived from the seeds of the Neem tree, is safe to use on edibles and is nontoxic to people, pets and birds. Still, it should be applied after dusk when beneficial insects are less active.

That same day, I found adult scarlet lily beetles on my Asiatic lilies. They’d never shown their faces in my garden before, so, frankly, I was offended. The red insects feed on the leaves, stems, buds and flowers of all true lilies and fritillaries.

In their larval stage, which I missed in spring, they cover themselves in excrement. As you might imagine, that renders them unappetizing to predators. The coating also serves as a shield to protect them from pesticides, making it difficult to eradicate them. It’s a cool defense mechanism —but also, eww!

Because I didn’t notice the small poop-coated, ravenous larvae earlier in the season, they completely destroyed some

of my plants, which stood stripped, brown and shriveled at the back of the bed. To prevent more carnage, I had to remove the adults that populated the remainder of my lilies, so I tapped them off the stems into a bucket of soap- and vinegar-laced water.

On my way back into the house, I stopped to check the rhododendron by the front door, which was attacked by azalea bark scale last summer. Sure enough, the white, fuzzy insects had made a comeback. Some of the foliage was infested, so I trimmed it off. But because most of the leaves hosted just a few of the pests, I was able to eliminate them by dabbing each with a cotton swab that I’d dipped in rubbing alcohol.

Had I not noticed until all the leaves were covered in scale, the alcohol method would have become impractical—or impossible—to carry out. In that case, the sap-suckers’ feeding could have led to yellowing, wilting, stunting and, in severe cases, death of the plant.

My early interventions slowed or stopped infestations that could have been fatal. The same would have held true for diseases, many of which also respond better to early treatments.

Take blossom end rot, a disorder of tomatoes, peppers, eggplants and squash caused by insufficient calcium, often the result of irregular watering practices or drought stress. The first symptom is a wa-

ter-soaked spot on or near the blossom-end (bottom) of the fruit. As the spot grows, the affected area sinks and turns brown or black.

Catch it early, and you can save your crop by drenching the entire plant with a calcium spray, which almost immediately corrects the deficiency. Most of the time, new fruit produced after treatment is healthy. If it isn’t, a second dose should do the trick.

Monitoring ornamentals like lilacs, roses, asters, phlox, bee balm, peonies and black-eyed Susans, and crops like melons, pumpkins, squash, eggplant, tomatoes, peppers and artichokes for the presence of a dusty white leaf coating will give you a leg up on a fungal infection called powdery mildew. The disease can result in plant weakening, stunting and leaf drop if it escapes your attention.

Early treatment with a spray made by mixing three tablespoons each of baking soda and light horticultural oil into a gallon of water can stop spores from spreading throughout the plant or to others nearby. Neem oil is another early-treatment option that provides a similar benefit.

The best cure is prevention, and the best way to keep your plants healthy is with frequent search-and-destroy missions. They don’t require much effort, and if you’re anything like me, you don’t even have to get dressed.

This July 5, 2023, image provided by Jessica Damiano shows a scarlet lily beetle on an Asiatic lily stem on Long Island, N.Y. Caught early, the pests can be controlled by knocking them off plants into a container holding water, vinegar and dish soap. Jessica Damiano via AP

scene & herd

Aurora Public Schools Back to School Kickoff at Town Center of Aurora

Arapahoe County Fair at the Arapahoe County Fairgrounds

Colorado Dragon Boat Festival at Sloan’s Lake Park

10th Annual Cheesman Park Arts Festival at Cheesman Park

10:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Aug. 5 at 14200 E. Alameda Ave. Aurora, CO 80012. Visit http://alturl.com/6338u for more information.

Aurora Public Schools is returning to the Town Center of Aurora for it’s 15th annual back to school event for the 2023-2024 school year. A plethora of free swag, including backpacks and school supplies will be available for families with students that attend schools within the APS district.

School staff will also be in attendance to meet and get to know before the school year starts, so the students can get familiar with who will be providing them the priceless knowledge throughout the school year.

Free Day at the Denver Art Museum

4 p.m. to midnight, July 27 and July 28, 11:00 a.m. to midnight, July 29 and 11:00 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. July 30. 25690 E. Quincy Ave. Aurora, CO 80016. For more information, visit www.arapahoecounty fair.com.

The quintessential summer activity is just around the corner. Can you taste the funnel cakes? The Arapahoe County Fair is rolling into town in less a week and we think a reminder is necessary, just so you can go ahead and pencil the weekend onto your calendar.

Mutton Bustin, a plethora of rides and live entertainment. The public competitions are plentiful as well — baking, food preservation and candy, fine art, metalwork art, fiber arts such as quilt making and knitting, woodworking and the list goes on.

Y’all already know you are going to go, so you may as well plan on it now. The Mutton Bustin’ is free to watch, per usual, but entry for the kiddos is $15. The live entertainment is included with admission, and there will be plenty to eat.

Tickets are already on sale at $25 for general admission. Children under 36” get in for free.

Double Feature and Campout at Stanley Marketplace

10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. July 22 and 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. July 23 1700 N. Sheridan Blvd. Denver, CO 80212. Visit https://www.cdbf.org/ for more information.

The Dragon Boat Festival returns for another year to Sloan’s Lake Park to celebrate Colorado’s rich AANHPI heritage. It’s the Year of the Water Rabbit in Chinese Culture. The park will be packed to the perimeter with great food, an Asian marketplace, countless entertainers and thousands of members from the AANHPI community to celebrate their cultural heritage.

The event saw more than 170,000 attendees last year. More than 40 dragon boat racing teams, 25-plus food vendors and more than 60 marketplace vendors will be at the park to make sure that there is something for everyone in attendance.

The event is free to attend, so there’s very little reason not to find yourself there.

Second Chance Bike Shop Open House at Second Chance Bike Shop

9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. July 22 and July 23 1599 E. 8th Ave. Denver, CO 80206. Visit dashevents.com/ productions/cheesman/ for more information.

The Cheesman Park Arts Festival returns for its 10th year, offering eager art buyers and, more likely, those wishing to catch a glimpse of aesthetically pleasing pieces of work during a weekend of simple culture.

More than 150 artists and craftsmen from across the country will be displaying their own masterpieces with varying price-points intended to cater to all. To add to the experience, there will be live entertainment and a bevy of food vendors to keep you nourished while you meander through the booths of these curated works of art.

6th Annual Denver Tattoo Arts Festival and Colorado Convention Center

Beginning at 3:00 p.m. July 28 through 10:00 p.m. July 30 along the South Broadway Corridor. Visit https://www.undergroundmusicshowcase.com/ for more information.

Denver’s longest running music festival returns to South Broadway. For more than 20 years, UMS has been treating Denver’s music scene to a terrific weekend filled with big names and small and this years festy is no different.

More than 150 bands will be performing on main stages and in venues along the South Broadway corridor, including nationally touring acts such as Crumb, Jamila Woods and Emmit Fenn.

There are a limited number of tickets remaining, so be sure to check out their website and scoop them up if you are interested in taking part in this music-filled weekend.

Two22 Brew 5K at Two22 Brew

5:00 p.m. July 29 to 10:00 a.m. July 30 at 2501 Dallas St. Aurora, CO 80010. Visit https://stanleymarketplace.com/events/stanley-campout/ for more information.

Stanley Marketplace has really put together a fun event here. They are hosting a camping night where they will be showing both Top Gun films and inviting the attendees to spend the night under the stars in the field just west of the marketplace.

The original will begin at 8:15 p.m. the evening of July 29, followed by an intermission and ghost stories with Top Gun: Maverick starting at 11 p.m.

10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. July 22 and July 23 6920 S. Jordan Road Suite L, Centennial, CO 80112. Visit http://alturl.com/zyz6n for more information.

Second Chance Bike Shop is hosting an open house at their new location in Centennial. They are a non-profit organization that offers bikes for very cheap or even free to the underprivileged that could use modes of transportation the most.

The open house will be playing host to live music, food and drinks, a bevy of activities, and of course, bikes!

10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Aug. 6 at 4550 S. Reservoir Rd. Aurora, CO 80015. Visit http://alturl.com/qjfg6 for more information.

MJuly 30, from 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. 100 W. 14th Ave. Denver, CO 80204. Visit www.denverartmuseum.org for more information.

The time has come once again for the monthly free day at The Denver Art Museum. As is tradition, there are a bevy of exhibitions showing that are captivating, to say the least.

Per usual, guests will have access to the permanent exhibits, but this month y’all can check out “Desert Rider,” “Islands Beyond Blue,” “Arts of Africa Gallery” and “Her Brush” which is a collection of works from Japanese women artists.

Tickets can be reserved ahead of time or picked up once you arrive.

This is the inaugural event for this free experience, to which kids and well-behaved dogs are welcome to attend. They ask that you note how late the evening will run, and keep that in consideration when thinking about bringing them along.

Swing on through and show your support for this business that has done, and continues to do, so much to help our community.

3:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. July 21 through July 23 at 700 14th St. Denver, CO 80202. Visit http://alturl. com/gtcae for more information.

Got ink? If so, this arts festival may be calling your name. Villain Arts is bringing the Tattoo Arts Festival back to Denver for a sixth year, and there is a quite the lineup of famous tattoo artists ready to show off their skills by using your body as their canvas.

There’s a pretty solid schedule of entertainment as well including James Maltman, a Ringling Brothers juggling star from Atlanta as well as the sideshow couple, Captain and Maybelle. There is really something for everyone that enjoys the bizarre, should getting inked up not be your thing.

They call these short races fun runs, but to this hack those two words do not belong side by side. Be that as it may, many folks do enjoy running, and when ya throw in local craft brews, it can make for a pretty good time.

The race starts and ends at Two22’s taproom and you are welcome to participate in any fashion of movement that you please. Finish the race and upon crossing that final line, you will be trated to a free beer from Two22.

Preps

Right: Left-handed pitcher Harry Gustin — who went to Aurora’s Smoky Hill High School before spending two seasons at the University of Hawaii— got selected in the 18th round of the Major League Baseball Draft by the San Diego Padres July 11. (Photo by Andy Clayton-King/Associated Press)

Middle: Kya Guikema was one of three Academic All-Americans for the Grandview girls swim team for the 2022-23 season. The Wolves also earned a Gold Scholar Award from the National Interscholastic Swim Coaches Association. (Photo by Courtney Oakes/Sentinel Colorado)

Below: Former Eaglecrest basketball star Colbey Ross (44) averaged 12.2 points and five assists per game for the Utah Jazz in NBA Summer League play in Las Vegas. (

Photo by Rick Bowmer/ Associated Press)

Although he didn’t get to wear the Smoky Hill uniform much during four starcrossed high school years, Harry Gustin has blossomed as a baseball player since he departed Aurora.

Injuries coupled with the coronavirus pandemic wiped out nearly all of Gustin’s time at the prep level with the Buffaloes, but he still managed to catch the eye of the University of Hawaii, which gave him the chance he needed.

FAUST HONORED AS BOYS STATE TRACK COACH OF THE YEAR BY USTFCCCA

The U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association honored its top boys and girls track coaches in each state in a list released July 11 and Cherokee Trail’s Chris Faust earned the honor on the boys side.

Faust guided the Cougars to a third all-time state championship for the boys (he also has two with the school’s girls program) when they outdistanced the field in May at Jeffco Stadium.

The 6-foot, 160-pound left-handed pitcher has made the most of it and parlayed two strong seasons at the Division I level into a chance to play professional baseball. Gustin, 21, was taken by San Diego July 11 in the 18th round of the Major League Draft.

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HAPPENINGS

The Padres used the 551st overall pick on Gustin, who had an outstanding sophomore year at Hawaii, during which he finished with a 5-3 record, a 3.14 ERA and a team-high 79 strikeouts in 77 1/3 innings of work. For his career, Gustin was 5-6 with a 3.90 ERA and 90 strikeouts in 94 2/3 innings.

BY COURTNEY OAKES Sports Editor

At Smoky Hill, Gustin appeared in two games as a freshman in 2018, as he totaled 2 2/3 innings in games against Rangeview and Westminster. He finished 1-0 with an 10.50 ERA. A hip injury that required surgery claimed his entire sophomore year, then the spring season got canceled in 2020 due to COVID-19. Gustin then had arm trouble that required surgery and forced him to miss his senior season.

A showcase tournament allowed Hawaii to get a look at Gustin, which led to his chance to pitch for the Rainbow Warriors. He was a rare Division I baseball signee for Smoky Hill, which subsequently had Dylan McKee and Preston Cooper both sign with Northern Colorado. McKee is now at DIII Webster.

A committee of experts from across the country picked the state winners, which included Faust and Alamosa girls coach Jennifer McQuitty for Colorado.

ROSS, UTAH JAZZ FINISH 4-1 IN NBA SUMMER LEAGUE

Former Eaglecrest High School basketball star Colbey Ross saw plenty of action for the Utah Jazz during their time in Las Vegas in the NBA 2k24 Summer League. Ross saved his best game for the last one, as he started and tallied 20 points (which included three 3-pointers), dished out six assists and had six rebounds in Utah’s 115-101 semifinal loss to the Houston Rockets. Ross played in all five games for the Jazz (4-1), started three of them. He averaged 12.2 points and 5 assists per contest.

GRANDVIEW GIRLS EARN NISCA GOLD SCHOLAR TEAM AWARD WITH

3.807 GPA

The Grandview girls swim team — which had its highest finish at the Class 5A state meet since 2007 — also received a Gold Scholar award from the National Interscholastic Swim Coaches Association for the 2022-23 season. Coach Karen Ammon’s Wolves — who had three NISCA Academic All-American seniors in Paige Dailey, Kya Guikema and Megan Doubrava — and a cumulative Grade Point Average of 3.807 which ranked 50th in the country of programs witih 12 or more members who applied.

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Hog Wars comes back strong

Eaglecrest earns program’s second straight Hog Wars championship Eaglecrest’s “Hogs” continue to feast.

The Raptors furthered their tradition of linemen excellence July 12 at the annual Hog Wars strength and teamwork competition, which returned to Rangeview High School after a year hiatus.

Eaglecrest brought two teams to the competition that included other Aurora squads from the host Raiders, Vista PEAK and Smoky Hill along with newcomer Pomona and coach

BY COURTNEY OAKES Sports Editor

Mike Schmitt’s groups finished first and third when the results of seven events were tabulated.

On a sun-drenched day, teams contested the event’s traditional farmer’s carry, log press, sled push, truck push and tug-o-war — in addition to bench press and medicine ball toss added by Rangeview coach Chris Dixon — and the Raptors’ group of seniors Kael Weatherby, Caden Harry and Tyler Tipton, juniors T’Mar Walter and Brandon Replogle and sophomore Parker Hocker prevailed.

“We take a lot of pride in the weight room and being big, strong and powerful,” said Eaglecrest offensive line coach Seth Replogle.

“We know you win football games in the trenches. Winning this is not really the end game, but it’s definitely a reward for all the hard work we’ve put in for the past year.”

The Raptors won their first Hog Wars title in 2021 (when the event came back after it was lost to the coronavirus pandemic the previous year) and are the first twotime champions in the event other than Rangeview, which has won 11 times since it debuted Hog Wars in 2005 under longtime coach Dave Gonzales.

Gateway (2011), Overland (2012), Cherokee Trail (2013) and Vista PEAK (2019) also have won one Hog Wars title.

Weatherby — a 6-foot-4, 297-pound offensive lineman who recently committed to the University of South Dakota — also competed in the event in 2021 and loves it.

As much as it demonstrates the gains made in the weight room, Hog Wars is a foreshadowing of what those in the trenches can expect when times get tough during Friday Night Lights.

“After this, I know that every single guy that was on my team, I can rely on them and I don’t have to worry about them when the game is on the line,” Weatherby said. Eaglecrest’s second team also held up the tradition, as it finished third.

In between the Raptors’ two teams came Rangeview’s top team, which got a big boost from the performance of junior Brandon Jones Jr., but couldn’t quite earn the trophy back for the program.

Dixon — who is about to enter his second season as head coach — believes his line group, which has a healthy mix of seniors and juniors, will be a major factor come the start of the season.

Getting back the trophy will have to wait, however.

“We got a tracker on the trophy, so we expect to get it back next year,” Dixon said with a smile. “This is only temporary.”

Newcomer finished fourth, ahead of coach DaVaughn Thornton Sr.’s Vista PEAK team, coach Brandon Alconcel’s Smoky Hill group in sixth and Rangeview’s No. 2 team seventh.

TOP: Eaglecrest’s Parker Hocker completes a rep of the log press at Hog Wars on July 12 at Rangeview High School.

ABOVE LEFT: Vista PEAK’s Nathan Hunholz prepares to begin his leg of the monster truck tire flip relay ABOVE: Rangeview’s Brandon Jones Jr. begins a log press rep ABOVE RIGHT: Smoky Hill’s Lee Scott works on the monster truck tire BOTTOM RIGHT: From left, T’Mar Walter, Caden Harry, Kael Weatherby, Tyler Tipton, Parker Hocker and Brandon Replogle pose with the Hog Wars championship trophy. (Photos by Courtney Oakes/Sentinel Colorado)

ABOVE: Joseph Campbell of Eaglecrest’s second team takes his turn during the farmer’s carry at Hog Wars July 12l RIGHT: Eaglecrest’s T’Mar Walter takes a breath as he performs the log press MIDDLE LEFT: Vista PEAK’s Cahlel Barthlow locks out an attempt in the lop press MIDDLE RIGHT: Eaglecrest’s Brandon Replogle celebrates after his team won the tug-o-war competition BELOW LEFT (TOP): Smoky Hill’s Bailey Bujanda begins the sled push. BELOW LEFT (BOTTOM): Eaglecrest’s Caden Harry, left, Kael Weatherby, center, and Tyler Tipton get set for tug-o-war. BELOW CENTER: Vista PEAK’s Jalen Payne works his way forward during the medicine ball toss. BOTTOM RIGHT: Rangeview players compete in the 23,000-pound truck push. (Photos by Courtney Oakes/Sentinel Colorado)

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Close Up

Globe trotters

An estimated 1000 market goers filed into the parking lot of Sam’s No. 3 on Havana Street the evening of July 15 to shop, drink and eat at the Havana Street Night Market.

The summer time monthly bazaar gives an opportunity for community members to be introduced to, and celebrate, the cultural diversity that Aurora proudly boasts, with nearly 40 vendors and small businesses offering their product and ethnic fare.

Live music was on tap, as shoppers meandered through the booths that sat in the diner’s parking lot, which played host to the event for the first time of the year.

If you missed the Night Market this last weekend, the next night market is slated for Aug. 12, and will again be located in the parking lot of Sam’s No. 3.

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COPS AND COURTS

Aurora man accused of shooting teen car-thief suspects charged with murder

An Aurora man accused of chasing down two suspected teenage car thieves and shooting them, killing one, faces murder charges, according to Aurora police and the Adams County District Attorney’s Office.

Orest Schur, 27, was arrested July 6 and faces a charge of first-degree murder and attempted first-degree murder in connection with the July 5 shooting.

The shooting began at about 11:30 pm. July 5 when Schur heard the car alarm from his Hyundai Elantra going off in front of his home on the 19400 block of East 59th Avenue, according to police reports.

Schur said he saw two people “dressed in all black” trying to break into his car and confronted them.

“The two people sped away in another suspected stolen vehicle,” police spokesperson Joe Moylan said in a statement. “Schur, who was armed, got into his Hyundai and followed the other vehicle until it crashed a short distance away.”

There, Schur fired “several shots” at the suspected car thieves, hitting both of them.

One shooting victim was rushed to a nearby hospital by rescuers, where he died from his gunshot wounds, police said.

The other boy “self-transported” to the hospital and is expected to survive. That boy is 13, police said. The slain boy was also a teenager, but he was not yet identified.

Schur’s next hearing is scheduled for Sept 22, at the Adams County District Court.

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 Writers

Suspect arrested after fatal stabbing in north Aurora

Police have arrested a man in connection with a fatal stabbing outside of an apartment complex following an argument in north Aurora on July 13.

Aurora police were called to the scene of the stabbing at about 9:30 p.m. Thursday, according to a news release. Investigators believe the suspect — Nurendy Ropon, 22 — got into an argument with the 34-year-old victim before drawing a knife and stabbing him in the neck.

The victim was taken to a local hospital where he died from his injuries. His name will be released by the Adams County Coroner’s Office.

Ropon was still armed with a knife when police found him a short distance from the crime scene. He was taken into custody without incident. Alton Street between East

16th and 17th avenues was closed for several hours during the investigation.

Police ask that anyone with information about the crime who hasn’t spoken with investigators contact Metro Denver Crime Stoppers at 720-913-7867.

— MAX LEVY, Sentinel staff writer

Cherry Creek schools bus assistant faces charges of sexually assaulting student in January

A former Cherry Creek School District bus assistant was arrested after being accused of inappropriately touching at least one student and putting tape over a bus surveillance camera.

Wayne Lee Smith, 77, is facing charges of sexual assault on a child in a position of trust, a class 3 felony and first-degree criminal tampering, a class 2 misdemeanor.

According to an arrest affidavit, the district launched an investigation after a mechanic noticed that black tape had been placed over the camera on one of the buses. After examining videos from the bus, the district found that “concerning incidents” had been recorded on the bus on the morning and afternoon of Jan. 12.

After the recordings were discovered, Smith was immediately fired by the district and escorted from the building, the affidavit said.

The video from the morning appeared to show Smith sitting next to and groping a 12-year-old female student while she was using his cell phone. The video from the afternoon of the same day showed Smith approaching the camera while alone on the bus and placing a piece of tape over the lens, the affidavit said.

Smith was originally a bus driver but was taken off driving duty and allowed to continue as a bus assistant, a Cherry Creek administrator told police. The affidavit did not say why Smith was taken off driving duty.

He had been employed by the district since January 2019, according to a letter from Cherry Creek Schools.

Bus assistants are classified by Cherry Creek as paraprofessionals and work with bus drivers to maintain order on district school buses and provide support to students, particularly those who have disabilities or other special needs.

When asked by a district administrator why he had covered up the camera, Smith said he had heard rumors from bus drivers that they were being accused of mismanaging children.

“Smith said that he covered the camera to protect himself from being wrongfully accused,” the affidavit said.

The bus driver on Smith’s route told police that Smith had said he taped the camera because he was reaching for the gas card, and that “he had a feeling that Smith would not be honest.”

The driver said he never saw Smith touch anyone inappropriately, but that he was occupied by driving the bus at the time.

Another video uncovered by the district showed Smith rubbing the leg of a five-year-old student. It was not clear from the recording whether the student had been touched inappropriately, and the student’s parents declined to allow her to be interviewed by trained professionals.

A further set of videos from Jan. 25 also showed Smith covering up cameras on the bus.

Smith was arrested July 6 by Greenwood Village police officers. As required by law, the school district sent out a message to families that had students on Smith’s route notifying them of the arrest the following day.

“Wayne Smith was terminated from his employment with CCSD on February 2, 2023, immediately after allegations of his misconduct surfaced,” the message said. “The district notified the Greenwood Village Police Department (GVPD) of the allegations and has been working

with them throughout their investigation. In accordance with mandatory parental notification laws, this communication is being shared with families of all students who rode the bus with Wayne Smith going back to his start date back in 2019.”

“As you know, the safety and security of our students and staff is our highest priority,” the message said.

Smith is scheduled to appear in Arapahoe County District Court for a hearing on Aug. 2.

— CARINA JUILIG, Sentinel Staff Writer

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PICTURE THIS: BUSTED

Aurora cops bring back photo-radar vehicles in an effort to slow stream of speeding drivers

BY MAX LEVY, Sentinel Staff Writer

Aurora has begun rolling out a trio of radar-equipped vehicles that will allow police to ticket speeding drivers mostly automatically at a time when traffic fatalities are up across the state and nation.

The vehicles use lasers and cameras mounted on the front and rear to catch speeding drivers in the act — up to three vehicles at the same time, according to Lieutenant Carrigan Bennett of the Aurora Police Department. Bennett showed off one such van outside of Utah Park on Monday.

Unlike traditional speed-limit enforcement, where a sworn police officer parks and waits for speeding drivers, speeding tickets produced by the Photo Speed Enforcement pilot program will be generated automatically when a vehicle is traveling 11 miles per hour or more above the posted speed limit, reviewed and then mailed to suspects.

Fines are capped at $40 per ticket or $80 in school zones, with proceeds going to cover the cost of the program and fund traffic calming projects. When drivers are caught traveling more than 25 miles per hour over the speed limit, Bennigan said

police officers will follow up with the suspect face-to-face.

The program is meant to discourage speeding and reduce crashes while requiring minimal officer involvement at a time when the department is short-staffed.

“Our staffing numbers are limited. Our traffic stats continue to get worse. We have more crashes, and every crash takes an officer away from being able to do proactive work like speed enforcement,” Bennigan said.

“So this is kind of a force multiplier for us. And it means that we can take our officers who would otherwise be doing residential neighborhood enforcement and maximize their time on the main arterials and highways and things like that.”

Aurora police wrote in a news release that 50 people died in traffic crashes in Aurora last year out of a total of nearly 5,000 crashes reported. The number of deaths resulting from traffic crashes has increased 32% since 2019, in part reflecting a rise in dangerous driving behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety.

Police also cited state and national crash data indicating that the number of annual crash deaths has increased by 28% in Colorado and 18% across the country

Aurora Police Department has launched a photo speed enforcement pilot program increase safety on Aurora roadways for all travelers. The pilot program will last 13 months.

Photos by PHILIP B. POSTON/Sentinel Colorado

since 2019.

The country also saw a 16-year peak in traffic fatalities in 2021 with minimal improvement in 2022. U.S. transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg has referred to the elevated rate of traffic fatalities as a “national crisis.”

“Traffic fatalities have been on the rise in Colorado and throughout the country, and speeding is a major contributing factor,” interim police chief Art Acevedo said in a statement.

“We recognize as a department that something must be done. The photo enforcement program is another important tool that we will utilize in our mission to keep our residents and the traveling public safe.”

A majority of Aurora’s City Council voted last July to authorize the 13-month pilot program with technology vendor Conduent. The decision came after voters opted to end the city’s red-light camera program in 2018, which resulted in downstream cuts to youth violence funding and other program budgets.

Bennigan said the city spent the past year meeting with the vendor and getting the equipment and staff in place to launch the program.

Until Aug. 14, the vehicles will stick with generating warnings. After that, speeding drivers will start receiving tickets in the mail. Vehicles will be parked

near schools, outside of parks and in residential areas where the speed limit is 35 miles per hour or less, the city said in a news release.

The vehicles will be labeled, and signs will be set up to alert drivers to the existence of the enforcement zones. Police will choose where to park the vehicles based on traffic data, safety risks and public input. Officers will track ticket data to see if the number of violations falls

A technician will be stationed inside each van while it is operational, Bennigan said. He said tickets will be reviewed before they are sent by an employee of the vendor as well as an Aurora police employee who has been trained in the use of the equipment inside the vehicles.

“Every violation is reviewed by a human to make sure that the photo was clear, that the violation looks valid, that we have a good picture of the driver, a good picture of the license plate and a good description of the vehicle,” Bennigan said.

He stressed that the goal of the program is not to write tickets but instead change driving behaviors so that fewer people drive dangerously around homes, parks and schools.

“I wish we didn’t need this program, but going the speed limit is going to be the biggest thing that’s going to reduce our number of crashes and save lives,” he said.

TOP: Lt. Carrigan Bennett is the Traffic section commander for the Aurora Police Department. APD has launched a photo speed enforcement pilot program increase safety on Aurora roadways for all travelers. The pilot program will last 13 months.

Photo by PHILIP B. POSTON/Sentinel Colorado

AURORA FIRE AND UCHEALTH PARTNER TO TRAIN THE NEXT GENERATION OF PARAMEDICS

Aurora firefighters are sharpening their life-saving medical skills through a first-ofits-kind partnership with UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital, practicing emergency care under the supervision of hospital staffers.

Part of becoming a firefighter is learning how to provide care in a medical emergency. Once they’ve become certified as emergency medical technicians, historically, Aurora firefighters have been expected to go on to earn their paramedic certification.

Firefighters who achieve this level of certification are permitted to use an arsenal of specialized equipment, medicines and procedures to save lives. On Thursday, a cohort that included several Aurora Fire Rescue firefighters drilled some of those advanced skills in a classroom at the Anschutz hospital.

Using anatomically-accurate dummies, firefighters took turns wrapping tourniquets around limbs and attaching breathing devices such as bag-valve masks. Many paramedic programs aren’t tailored to the demanding schedules of firefighters, unlike the Medical Education on the Delivery of Innovative Care program, which was set up so firefighters can attend on their off days. It’s also unique for being run out of a teaching hospital and medical school.

Bryan Guzman, a firefighter with Aurora Fire Rescue for the past five years, said firefighters wanting to take their medical skills to the next level have been challenged in the past by the conflicting demands of work and school.

As he practiced strapping a mask onto a dummy, he said he wanted to become a paramedic to continue his journey in firefighting that he began as a volunteer in Idaho.

“On top of being a firefighter, I wanted that extra level of care that I can provide to the community that I work for. And so the department offered to send us into this program, and I was like, ‘Yeah, absolutely I want to go, let’s get this knocked out,’” he said. “This is also a hospital that we transport to a lot, so we’re familiar with this organization, and they’re familiar with us.”

One of the most important skills learned by paramedic students is how to help patients who can’t breathe for themselves, using tools such as breathing tubes, which must be carefully guided down a person’s throat.

Jena Ferguson, a first responder for more than 30 years and UCHealth’s director of prehospital education, described

intubation as a “low-volume, high-acuity skill,” meaning a paramedic in the field may rarely have to perform the procedure, but when they do, it may be a matter of life and death.

For this reason, Ferguson said students are expected to practice intubation and other life-support tasks repeatedly, so they can provide care confidently while under pressure.

“We want them to be able to focus on the patient so that everything else that might be happening in the background fades away,” she said. “You’re only on scene for about 10 minutes, and there’s a lot to do in those 10 minutes.”

UCHealth’s MEDIC program was created in concert with Aurora Fire Rescue and the first class was designed with the schedules of firefighters in mind. Aurora pays for firefighters to receive the certification; in exchange, they hope to maintain an ample pool of skilled paramedics.

Firefighters in Aurora work 24-hour shifts, spending one full day on the job followed by two days off. The arrangement can be an obstacle to education for firefighters, who have to juggle their floating work days with regular classes.

“You’re working every third day, which if you look at a calendar is just a trainwreck,” said Aurora Fire Rescue commander Mark Hays. “We’ve sent people from our department just about everywhere to go to para-

medic school.”

In cases where firefighters went to school on days when they would otherwise work, Hays said the agency also had to pay other firefighters to fill in. Eventually, the agency’s medical director reached out to staff at the University of Colorado Hospital, and about a year and a half ago, a group met to talk about setting up a paramedic school.

Marc Scherschel, UCHealth’s senior director of prehospital care, said the hospital saw an opportunity to expand its influence in the Aurora community and that MEDIC is the first program to have been designed in close cooperation with a public safety agency like Aurora fire.

“We always knew we had the ingredients to build something really kind of spectacular in the prehospital realm,” he said. “This is where we work and live, and the more we can do well in the community, the better off we all are.”

This spring, the first cohort of students, including Aurora Fire Rescue firefighters and Falck Rocky Mountain ambulance personnel, began their journey toward becoming paramedics. The cohort is scheduled to complete their training in early 2024.

The curriculum includes a combination of reading, lectures, hands-on practice and shadowing medical staffers at Anschutz. Scherschel said the experience in a hospital setting helps give paramedics a sense of

how doctors continue care and what their decision-making process is like once a patient is handed off.

Hays said the firefighters in the program share the same work and rest days to simplify scheduling, with classes falling on the second rest day. He praised the program for appealing to students with different learning styles and focusing on making students better medical practitioners rather than just making sure they’re able to pass an exam.

“They have an internationally-recognized medical school. And so, like when they’re teaching cardiology, they wanted to have cardiologists teaching it, not just other paramedics,” Hays said. “They want to bring in the resources from across the region to really be able to build this educational platform and teach people as best as possible.”

A second class is planned to start in September. While this class won’t be structured around the schedule of AFR paramedics, Scherschel said the hospital hopes to continue partnering with local public safety agencies and modifying the uniquely flexible program to meet the needs of students.

“The partnership with Aurora fire is really important to us. And that program is moving forward very well. But the other side of it is it’s not just an Aurora fire program,” he said. “Tailoring it to Aurora was certainly the catalyst to get us started. However, that’s just the beginning.”

Clinical Coordinator Desi Harris, left, gives a high five to Aurora fireman Ibrahim Frawan after Frawan successfully intubated a dummy during a MEDIC class, July 6 at UC Health on the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus.

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BY MAX LEVY, Sentinel Colorado Staff Writer

EDITOR’S NOTE — This story includes discussion of suicide. If you or someone you know needs help, please call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 800-273-8255.

ONLINE, ‘UNALIVE’ MEANS DEATH OR SUICIDE. EXPERTS SAY IT MIGHT HELP KIDS DISCUSS THOSE THINGS

BY JEFF MCMILLAN, Associated Press

When Emily Litman was in middle school, kids whose parents grounded them would blithely lament: “I just want to die.” Now she’s a middle school teacher in New Jersey, and when her students’ phones and TikTok access are taken away, their outloud whining has a 21st-century digital twist: “I feel so unalive.”

Litman, 46, teaches English as a second language to students in Jersey City. Her students don’t use — and perhaps have never even heard — English words like “suicide.” But they know “unalive.”

“These are kids who’ve had to learn English and are now learning TikToklish,” Litman says.

“Unalive” refers to death by suicide or homicide. It can function as adjective or verb and joins similar phrasing — like “mascara,” to mean sexual assault — coined by social media users as a workaround to fool algorithms on sites and apps that censor posts containing discussion of explicit or violent content.

Language has always evolved. New words have always popped up. Teenagers have often led the way. But the internet and online life pave the way for it to happen more quickly.

In this case, words created within a digital setting to evade rules are now jumping the fences from virtual spaces into real ones and permeating spoken language, especially

among young people. Beyond being interesting linguistic footnotes, the terms suggest ways that kids can safely discuss and understand serious matters while using a vocabulary that science — and the adults in their lives — might see as too casual or dangerously naive.

But don’t get too worried, experts say. Such a shift is known as a “lexical innovation,” says Andrea Beltrama, a linguistics researcher at the University of Pennsylvania. He and others say that while it might be jarring for non-TikTokkers to hear suicide and sexual assault discussed so euphemistically, it doesn’t necessarily remove the seriousness from the conversation.

“Whoever says ‘unalive’ intends to communicate something about suicide, and knows that, and assumes that whoever is on the other end will be able to retrieve that intention,” Beltrama says.

Suicide is the second leading cause of death among people ages 10-24, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and suicide rates for that age group increased more than 50% from 2000-2021.

Using “unalive” could actually make for more meaningful discussions among youths — giving them a sense of community and trust they couldn’t have with adults who use the words “suicide” or “kill.” Beltrama draws a parallel between “unalive” and how a saying like “Let’s go Brandon” has become a way to

express disdain for President Joe Biden without using the profane phrase that it’s code for.

Like “Let’s go Brandon” — which arose from a sports broadcaster’s on-air mistranslation of a vulgar crowd chant about Biden at a NASCAR race — “unalive” took on, well, a life of its own. Political conservatives chummily co-opted “Let’s go Brandon,” and TikTokkers did the same with “unalive.”

“’Unalive’ is not only successful, but also seems to be creating almost this kind of solidarity or affiliation between groups of people who share this ability of decoding what ‘Let’s go Brandon’ means,” he says.

Dr. Steven Adelsheim, a Stanford University psychiatry professor and the director of the Stanford Center for Youth Mental Health and Wellbeing, also advises against overreaction.

“Young people are pretty savvy,” Adelsheim says. “I think people understand what they’re doing when they’re using ‘unalive’ as a flip descriptor.”

Amber Samuels, a 30-year-old therapist in Washington, D.C., who has used “unalive” in her own social accounts, says that she has heard clients use it and similar euphemisms in speech. To her, “it doesn’t feel abnormal or unusual.”

“I think when we avoid using specific language to talk about suicide and sexual assault,

AP Illustration/Peter Hamlin

New drug to protect babies and toddlers from RSV gets FDA approval ahead of cold season

BY MATTHEW PERRONE, Associated Press

WU.S. officials on Monday approved the first long-acting drug to protect babies and toddlers against a respiratory virus that sends tens of thousands of American children to the hospital each year.

RSV is a cold-like nuisance for most healthy people, but it can be life-threatening in the very young and the elderly.

The Food and Drug Administration approved the injection for infants and children up to 2 years old who face increased risk of severe RSV.

“Today’s approval addresses the great need for products to help reduce the impact of RSV disease on children, families and the health care system” said FDA’s Dr. John Farley in a statement.

Last year, a surge in RSV cases flooded U.S. hospitals with wheezing children. There are no vaccines for babies yet, though Pfizer and other companies are working on them.

AstraZeneca’s drug, to be sold under the brand name Beyfortus, is a laboratory-made version of an

antibody that helps the immune system fight off RSV. Under the FDA approval, babies — including preterm infants — can receive a single injection to protect against their first season of RSV, which typically lasts about five months.

Children up to age 2 can receive another dose to protect them during their second season facing the virus.

Beyfortus, which will be marketed in the U.S. by Sanofi, is already approved in Canada, Europe and the U.K. Sanofi did not immediately announce the U.S. price of the treatment.

FDA officials approved the drug based on three studies showing Beyfortus reduced the risk of RSV infection between 70% and 75% among infants and children 2 and younger.

Advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will meet early next month to recommend exactly who should get the drug.

A similar antibody drug won FDA approval more than 20 years

ago, but it’s only recommended for high-risk babies and requires monthly injections. Pediatricians say the drug is underutilized and they expect the longer-lasting effect of AstraZeneca’s shot to improve uptake.

In the U.S., about 58,000 children younger than 5 are hospitalized for RSV each year and several hundred die.

After decades of setbacks for RSV research, drugmakers have made big strides this year, launching the first vaccines against the virus. In May, the FDA approved two RSV vaccines for older adults from GlaxoSmithKline and Pfizer. In August, the FDA is expected to make a decision on approving Pfizer’s vaccine for pregnant women, with the aim of passing along protection to their newborns.

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This illustration provided by AstraZeneca depicts packaging for their medication Beyfortus. U.S. officials have approved a new long-acting drug to protect babies and toddlers against a respiratory virus that causes thousands of hospitalizations each year. The Food and Drug Administration on Monday, July 17, 2023 approved the injection for infants and children up to 2 years old. AstraZeneca via AP

Seeking to curb racial bias in medicine, Doris Duke Fund awards $10 million to health groups

BY KAY DERVISHI, Associated Press

The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation is awarding more than $10 million to five health organizations to reconsider the use of race in medical algorithms, which research shows can lead to potentially dangerous results for patients of color.

Physicians have used medical assessment tools and algorithms since the 1970s to help make decisions about patient care. These tools look at multiple factors including, unbeknownst to most patients, race. Recent studies have found that some algorithms that consider race lead to biased assessments and the denial of treatment options.

For example, one study found that a kidney-function calculator adjusted measurements for Black patients in a way that made them more likely to be ineligible to get on a kidney transplant list. Another calculator used to determine whether it was healthy for pregnant women to deliver vaginally if they had ever had a C-section underestimated the odds for Black and Hispanic women.

The Doris Duke Foundation’s grants come amid a reckoning within the medical profession about racial bias in clinical algorithms and a broader push in philanthropy to promote equity in medical research.

“The inequities of the pandemic and the murder of George Floyd really served as catalyst to change things,” says Nwamaka Eneanya, a nephrologist and assistant professor at the Uni-

versity of Pennsylvania, who is not receiving funding from the foundation.

David Jones, a professor at Harvard Medical School, who also isn’t a grantee, says that limited attention was paid to the algorithms until about 2016, when medical students questioned the use of race in clinical calculations. Students organized and advocated for hospitals to cease using some calculations. As a result, some hospitals such as Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Zuckerberg San Francisco General stopped using calculators that include a patient’s race.

Sindy Escobar Alvarez, program director for medical research at the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, says the new effort came about because of that advocacy and because limited research has been done on the design and impact of “raceaware” algorithms.

Four national medical organizations and one New York City-based coalition will receive grants ranging from $1.36 million to $3.4 million to identify, update, and provide guidelines on medical algorithms that use race and to research how the tools work in hospitals.

• The American Academy of Pediatrics will test a revised algorithm for assessing the risk of urinary-tract infections among patients at a children’s hospital. The academy will also gather experts to evaluate other algorithms and update its guidelines.

• The American Heart Asso-

ciation will bring together members to identify and prioritize algorithms that use race in cardiovascular medicine and will award $1.2 million toward research into those algorithms.

• The American Society of Hematology will explore how people of African or Middle Eastern ancestry are told incorrectly they have unhealthy levels of neutrophils, a type of white blood cell. The organization aims to work with at least 10 hospital systems to evaluate those cells more accurately and to research the impact of medications on people with low counts of neutrophils.

• The Coalition to End Racism in Clinical Algorithms, housed under New York City’s health department, will help local safety-net hospitals such as the Maimonides Medical Center and One Brooklyn Health implement plans to replace medical algorithms with alternatives that aren’t adjusted by race.

• The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will bring together a group of experts to evaluate the use of race and ethnicity in biomedical research. It aims to publish a report in October 2024 with recommendations for using racial and ethnic categories in research.

Several grantees have already begun to change and update their guidelines. The American Academy of Pediatrics removed a calculation in 2021 that found Black children faced lower risks of urinary-tract infections than

white children.

“Race is not a biologic proxy,” says Joseph Wright, the incoming chief health equity officer for the academy. “Race is a social construct and has no place being embedded in a clinical guideline like this.”

Changing current algorithms will not be without challenge. Some medical-society members oppose removing race in clinical equations, Eneanya says, and it can be difficult to get physicians and researchers to adopt alternatives. Just one-third of laboratories stopped using one equation for kidney disease following new recommendations, according to a survey released last year.

Some opposition comes from people who believe that including race in algorithms may improve care for patients of color, says Jones from Harvard Medical School, or who are reluctant to change algorithms without

further research. But he says that race was included in many algorithms without research proving their efficacy in the first place and that better measures may exist.

“If you think race matters because of ancestry, then we should replace race with measures of ancestry,” he says. “If you think race matters because it’s a proxy for experiences of racism, then we should figure out a way to measure experiences of racism.”

Jones says philanthropy can play a major role in supporting efforts to find better alternatives to algorithms that include race.

Says Lauren Merz, a hematology fellow at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute/Mass General Brigham: “Being able to have a grant will allow this to take off. I think we’re going to be able to do in two years what would normally take more like 10.”

we risk contributing to a culture of silence and shame surrounding these topics,” Samuels says. “In the case of social media, though, it’s the avoidance of using the actual, uncensored word that allows awareness and conversations to even be possible.”

Lily Haeberle, 18, a senior at Indiana’s New Palestine High School, says she recently heard a classmate jokingly refer to “re-aliving” oneself after dying. It could be helpful, she says, to reserve words like “unalive” for such flippant references.

“I think they have sort of developed these alternative words as a means of still being able to joke about those types of things without it coming across in such a harsh way,” Haeberle says.

It follows that a vanguard of youth culture — video gaming, in which characters are killed right and left and defeated players often cry, “I’m dead!” — has incor-

porated the term. Gamer forums and chat rooms are rife with references to “unaliving” characters only to have them “respawned,” or resurrected.

Dictionary.com — the hipper alternative to major English-language dictionaries that so far do not appear to address “unalive” in this sense — uses this example in its definition: “The point of the game is to unalive all enemies before losing your last life token.”

Kids have always had their own slang, but today’s adolescents are digital natives constantly barraged with information. Litman has mixed feelings about whether referring to suicide with “unalive” might help or hurt, but she’s encouraged that kids are at least talking about it. Particularly, she says, if perceiving suicide as “unaliving” might make a struggling youth more likely to ask for help.

“They’re much more comfortable with these topics,” she says, “than I would have been at their age.”

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass

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

On April 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.

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On April 18, 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)

Thongchai Sorawet

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MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR PARAMOUNT RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE GROUP, INC., ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS

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Arapahoe

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E1187458

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$442,014.38

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THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 08/16/2023, 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.

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Roy Hansen

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HOMEWARD RESIDENTIAL INC

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

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

(5) THE EXCLUSIVE RIGHT TO USE AND OCCUPY PARKING STALL NO. 64 IN PARKING LOT NO. 224, LOCATED SUBSTANTIALLY AS SHOWN ON THE PROPOSED AREA PLAT PLAN FILED OF RECORD IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK AND RECORDER OF ARAPA-

HOE COUNTY, COLORADO, SHOWING

THE LOCATION OF THE ABOVE NUMBERED STALL.

A.P.N. : 1975-31-2-15-058

Also known by street and number as: 14001 E. Marina Dr 510, Aurora, CO 80014.

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

NOTICE OF SALE

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 09/06/2023, 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 7/13/2023

Last Publication 8/10/2023

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: 05/05/2023

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. 9540 Maroon Circle, Suite 320, Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 706-9990

Attorney File # 23-029504

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. 0216-2023

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

On May 12, 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)

Zachariah C Abdelbaki and Nicole Abdelbaki

Original Beneficiary(ies)

Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for Cherry Creek

Mortgage CO., Inc., Its Successors and Assigns Current Holder of Evidence of Debt

US Bank Trust National Association, Not In Its Individual Capacity But Solely As Owner Trustee For VRMTG Asset Trust

Date of Deed of Trust

October 17, 2018

County of Recording

Arapahoe

Recording Date of Deed of Trust

October 23, 2018

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

D8104722

Original Principal Amount

$265,000.00

Outstanding Principal Balance

$268,867.90

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. LOT 1, BLOCK 6, MESA FILING NO. 1, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 3553 South Jebel Cir, Aurora, CO 80013. THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.

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, 09/13/2023, 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 7/20/2023

Last Publication 8/17/2023

Name of Publication Sentinel Colorado

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: 05/12/2023

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-23-957481-LL

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

©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado

Revised 1/2015

COMBINED NOTICEPUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0168-2023

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

On April 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)

Anthony Valenca

Original Beneficiary(ies)

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

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt COLORADO HOUSING AND FINANCE

AUTHORITY

Date of Deed of Trust

December 24, 2019

County of Recording

Arapahoe

Recording Date of Deed of Trust

December 30, 2019

Recording Information (Reception No. and/ or Book/Page No.) D9143445

Original Principal Amount $282,965.00

Outstanding Principal Balance $267,686.75 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

THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED CONDOMINIUM UNIT SITUATE IN LOTS 1, 2 AND 3, BLOCK 1, HEATHERRIDGE SOUTH SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 5, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO TO-WIT:

AN UNDIVIDED AIR SPACE UNIT WHICH IS CONTAINED WITHIN THE WALLS, BASEMENT OR BASE FLOOR, ROOF, WINDOWS AND DOORS REFERENCED AS UNIT 20383 IN BUILDING N0.143, NOW OR HEREAFTER CONSTRUCTED ON SAID LOT, SAID CONDOMINIUM UNIT BEING LOCATED SUBSTANTIALLY AS SHOWN ON THE “CONDOMINIUM MAP” FILED OF RECORD IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK AND RECORDER OF THE COUNTY, INCLUDING ALL FIXTURES AND IMPROVEMENTS CONTAINED THEREIN, TOGETHER WITH AN UNDIVIDED 1/116TH INTEREST IN AND TO THE GENERAL COMMON ELEMENTS AS DEFINED IN THE DECLARATION OF CONDOMINIUM OF FAIRWAY

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 # CO21723

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

©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado

Revised 1/2015

COMBINED NOTICEPUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103

FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0211-2023

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

On May 12, 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)

CANDACE HILL

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

August 04, 2011

County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust

August 09, 2011

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

D1075946

Original Principal Amount $130,505.00

Outstanding Principal Balance

$115,142.84

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

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

LOT 422, BLOCK 1, SUMMIT PARK SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 2, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO.

Also known by street and number as: 4139 SOUTH EVANSTON CIRCLE #F, AURORA, CO 80014.

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

NOTICE OF SALE

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 09/13/2023, 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 7/20/2023

Last Publication 8/17/2023

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: 05/12/2023

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. 9540 Maroon Circle, Suite 320, Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 706-9990

Attorney File # 19-022546

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. 0212-2023

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

On May 12, 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) Adrian H Neal

Original Beneficiary(ies)

Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as beneficiary, as nominee for Marketplace Home Mortgage, LLC

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt

PennyMac Loan Services, LLC

Date of Deed of Trust

June 30, 2016 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust

July 01, 2016

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

D6070265 Book: n/a Page:

Original Principal Amount

$216,930.00

Outstanding Principal Balance

$239,525.28

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.

SEE ATTACHED EXHIBIT A Legal Description

Parcel A: Condominium Unit 204, Building No. 10, The Homestead at Saddle Rock East Phase 7, according to the Condominium Map recorded September 22, 2006 at Reception No. B6136586 and as defined and described in the Declaration for The Homestead at Saddle Rock East, recorded December 18, 2001 under Reception No. B1218549 and First Amendment

recorded August 15, 2002 at Reception No. B2148722 and Second Amendment recorded March 5, 2003 at Reception No.

B3048577 and Third Amendment

Recorded May 27, 2003 at Reception No.

B3113067 and Fourth Amendment recorded August 6, 2003 at Reception No.

B3171167 and Fifth Amendment recorded February 14, 2006 at Reception No. B6019733 and Sixth Amendment recorded September 22, 2006 at Reception No. B6136587 in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Arapahoe County, Colorado. County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado.

Parcel B: Garage Unit G9-B, The Homestead at Saddle Rock East Phase 7, according to the Condominium Map recorded September 22, 2006 at Reception No. B6136586 and as defined and described in the Declaration for The Homestead at Saddle Rock East, recorded December 18, 2001 under Reception No. B1218549 and First Amendment recorded August 15, 2002 at Reception No. B2148722 and Second Amendment recorded March 5, 2003 at Reception No. B3048577 and Third

Amendment

Recorded May 27, 2003 at Reception No. B3113067 and Fourth Amendment recorded August 6, 2003 at Reception No. B3171167 and Fifth Amendment recorded February 14, 2006 at Reception No. B6019733 and Sixth Amendment recorded September 22, 2006 at Reception No. B6136587 in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Arapahoe County, Colorado. County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado. Also known by street and number as: 22560 E Ontario Dr Unit 204, Aurora, CO 80016. THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.

NOTICE OF SALE

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 09/13/2023, 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 7/20/2023

Last Publication 8/17/2023

number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

Alexis R. Abercrombie #56722

Scott D. Toebben #19011

Aricyn J. Dall #51467

David W Drake #43315

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

Attorney File # 19CO00296-3

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. 0213-2023

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

On May 12, 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)

URSALA L. PAYNE

Original Beneficiary(ies)

MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR FAIRWAY INDEPENDENT MORTGAGE CORPORATION

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt LAKEVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC

Date of Deed of Trust

January 24, 2020

County of Recording

Arapahoe

Recording Date of Deed of Trust

January 29, 2020 Recording Information (Reception No. and/ or Book/Page No.)

E0012705

Original Principal Amount

$362,905.00

Outstanding Principal Balance

$374,129.24

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 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 of the terms thereof

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

LOT 11, SMOKY HILL 400 FILING NO. 11A, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO.

Also known by street and number as: 5254 SOUTH ZENO WAY, CENTENNIAL, CO 80015.

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

NOTICE OF SALE

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 09/13/2023, 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 7/20/2023

Last Publication 8/17/2023

Name of Publication Sentinel Colorado 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: 05/12/2023

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

Randall M. Chin #31149

David W. Drake #43315

Ryan Bourgeois #51088

Joseph D. DeGiorgio #45557 Barrett, Frappier & Weisserman, LLP 1391 Speer Boulevard, Suite 700, Denver, CO 80204 (303) 350-3711

Attorney File # 00000009791641

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. 0214-2023

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

On May 12, 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)

BRANDON CANNON

Original Beneficiary(ies)

MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR CHERRY CREEK

MORTGAGE CO., INC.

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt

PENNYMAC LOAN SERVICES, LLC

Date of Deed of Trust

December 31, 2015

County of Recording

Arapahoe

Recording Date of Deed of Trust

January 05, 2016

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

D6000613

Original Principal Amount

$240,562.00

Outstanding Principal Balance

$213,722.22

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

Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust and other violations of the terms thereof THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

LOT 2, BLOCK 2, BRIARWOOD SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 2, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO.

Also known by street and number as:

17633 E CORNELL DR, 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, 09/13/2023, 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 7/20/2023

Last Publication 8/17/2023

Name of Publication Sentinel Colorado

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: 05/12/2023

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

Randall M. Chin #31149

David W. Drake #43315

Ryan Bourgeois #51088

Joseph D. DeGiorgio #45557

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

Attorney File # 00000009794223

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. 0215-2023

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

On May 12, 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)

Daniel Scott Penney AND Janice E Burdick

Original Beneficiary(ies)

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

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt

E0167225

Original Principal Amount

$368,207.00

Outstanding Principal Balance

$353,567.97

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, MEADOWOOD FILING NO. 5, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO.

APN #: 197531102015

Also known by street and number as: 15297 E Columbia Dr, Aurora, CO 80014. THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. NOTICE OF SALE

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 09/13/2023, 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 7/20/2023

Last Publication 8/17/2023

Name of Publication Sentinel Colorado 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: 05/12/2023

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. 9540 Maroon Circle, Suite 320, Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 706-9990

Attorney File # 23-029921

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. 0217-2023

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

On May 12, 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)

Alice Velarde and Jose A. Velarde

Original Beneficiary(ies)

Financial Freedom Senior Funding Corporation, a Subsidiary of IndyMac Bank, F.S.B.

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, not in its individual capacity but solely in its capacity as Owner Trustee for Cascade

Funding Mortgage Trust HB5

Date of Deed of Trust

September 02, 2004

County of Recording

Arapahoe

Recording Date of Deed of Trust

September 29, 2004

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

B4171868

Original Principal Amount

$195,000.00

Outstanding Principal Balance

$169,713.65

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 property charges, including but not limited to property taxes and/or hazard insurance, as required under said Deed of Trust and the Evidence of Debt secured thereby THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

LOT 81, HALLCRAFTS VILLAGE EAST TOWNHOUSES FILING NO. 1, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 12624 East Kansas Place, Aurora, CO 80012. 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: Per Affidavit Pursuant to § 38-35-109(5) C.R.S. dated 4/18/2023 and recorded in the Arapahoe County Clerk and Recorder’s Office on 4/18/2022, at Reception No. E3025594.;

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, 09/13/2023, 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 7/20/2023

Last Publication 8/17/2023

Name of Publication Sentinel Colo-

rado

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: 05/12/2023

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-23-952559-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. 0218-2023

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

On May 12, 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)

Matthew Vanderslice

Original Beneficiary(ies)

Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as beneficiary, as nominee for Reliance First Capital, LLC

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt

Reliance First Capital, LLC

Date of Deed of Trust

July 01, 2021

County of Recording

Arapahoe

Recording Date of Deed of Trust

July 08, 2021

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

E1108217 Book: n/a Page:

Original Principal Amount

$296,000.00

Outstanding Principal Balance

$291,573.37

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.

LOT 36, BLOCK 3, STONE RIDGE PARK SUBDIVIION FILING NO. 10, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 18893 E Mexico Dr, 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, 09/13/2023, 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.

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: 05/12/2023

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:

Alexis R. Abercrombie #56722

Scott D. Toebben #19011

Aricyn J. Dall #51467

David W Drake #43315

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

Attorney File # 23CO00130-1

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

©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado

Revised 1/2015

COMBINED NOTICE -

PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103

FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0220-2023

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

On May 16, 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)

ZACHARY A BALGE AND CAROLINA A BALGE

Original Beneficiary(ies)

MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS BENEFICIARY, AS NOMINEE FOR NBKC BANK, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt

FLAGSTAR BANK NA

Date of Deed of Trust

July 23, 2020 County of Recording

Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust

July 29, 2020

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

E0095258

Original Principal Amount $265,000.00

Outstanding Principal Balance $249,988.47

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 18, BLOCK 14, SADDLE ROCK RIDGE FILING NO. 3, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO.

Also known by street and number as: 5909

S VALDAI WAY, 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, 09/13/2023, 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 7/20/2023

Last Publication 8/17/2023

Name of Publication Sentinel Colorado

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: 05/16/2023 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:

Jennifer C. Rogers #34682 IDEA Law Group 4100 E. Mississippi Ave., Ste. 420, Denver, CO 80246 (187) 73532146

Attorney File # 48075910

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

is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:

On May 16, 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)

Erica D Dixon AND Jafari A Kitwana

Original Beneficiary(ies)

MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR FAIRWAY INDEPENDENT MORTGAGE CORPORATION, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt COLORADO HOUSING AND FINANCE

AUTHORITY

Date of Deed of Trust

April 28, 2020 County of Recording Arapahoe

Recording Date of Deed of Trust

May 01, 2020

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

E0052498

Original Principal Amount

$356,425.00

Outstanding Principal Balance

$348,504.16

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 24, BLOCK 6, LYN KNOLL - THIRD FILING, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. PARCEL ID NUMBER: 197312116024

Also known by street and number as: 387 Vaughn St, Aurora, CO 80011. THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.

NOTICE OF SALE

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 09/13/2023, 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 7/20/2023

Last Publication 8/17/2023

Name of Publication Sentinel Colo-

rado

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: 05/16/2023

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. 9540 Maroon Circle, Suite 320, Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 706-9990

Attorney File # 23-029935

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 - AMENDEDPUBLICATION CRS §38-38-109(1)(b)

FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0292-2019

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

On March 24, 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)

CHRISTOPHER A PURVIS AND TRICIA

R PURVIS

Original Beneficiary(ies)

MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR MORTGAGE RESEARCH CENTER, LLC DBA VETERANS UNITED HOME LOANS.

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt

U.S. Bank National Association, not in its individual capacity but solely as trustee for RMTP Trust, Series 2021 Cottage-TT-V

Date of Deed of Trust

June 20, 2016

County of Recording

Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust June 27, 2016 Recording Information (Reception No. and/

or Book/Page No.)

D6067388

Original Principal Amount

$297,680.00 Outstanding Principal Balance

$283,810.78

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

LOT 6, BLOCK 8, SUMMER VALLEY SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 7, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 3723 S WALDEN WAY, AURORA, CO 80013. THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.

NOTICE OF SALE

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 08/09/2023, the date to which the sale has been continued pursuant to C.R.S. 38-38-109(1)(b), 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.

Amended First Publication 6/22/2023

Amended Last Publication 7/20/2023

Name of Publication Sentinel Colorado

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: 6/14/2023

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:

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 # CO10926

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

The City of Aurora expects to receive approximately $4,095,792 in federal grants for the 2023: Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program ($2,624,202), HOME Investment Partnerships (HOME) Program ($1,241,225) and Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) Program ($230,365).

The City of Aurora Housing and Community Services Department will begin the planning and development process for the 2023 CDBG/HOME/ESG Consolidated Program Year. Funding will be prioritized for the benefit of primarily the low-to-moderate-income population within the City of Aurora. Each project will produce outcomes that provide an impact to the community’s needs as outlined in the 2020-2024 Five-Year Consolidated Plan.

Priority funding areas include (priority funding areas subject to change based upon public input gathered during the ongoing Needs Assessment Survey):

Rehabilitate degrading infrastructure to improve mobility and reduce hazardous conditions for Aurora residents;

Develop and maintain an adequate supply of safe, sanitary and decent housing that are affordable and accessible to residents within low-income guidelines by utilizing CDBG and HOME funds to assist with housing rehabilitation efforts;

Reduce homelessness by providing supportive services through local shelters and non-profit agencies;

Strengthen neighborhoods by investing in public service activities benefiting the community including those with special needs; and

Ensure fair housing choice opportunities to all residents of Aurora.

In the interest of public safety during the current COVID-19 pandemic, the Application Workshop PowerPoint became available on the City of Aurora Community Development Webpage at https://www.auroragov.org/residents/community_development on July 12, 2023. All non-profits, subrecipients, City Departments and other organizations interested in funding should refer to the HUD Consolidated Plan Budget PowerPoint for an overview of the programs. Should you have any questions or if you do not have internet access, please contact our office at (303) 739-7900 or comdev@auroragov.org.

A virtual public meeting will be held via Microsoft TEAMS by the City of Aurora Housing and Community Services Department and the Citizens Advisory Committee on Housing and Community Development on August 8, 2023, at 6:30 PM to go over any questions related to the HUD Consolidated Plan Budget. The Microsoft TEAMS link was posted on July 7, 2023, at the City of Aurora webpage at https://www.auroragov. org/residents/community_development. All interested parties are invited to participate. Additionally, the draft plan was posted on July 12th and will remain posted until August 15th, 2023, in which public comments will be accepted. The can be viewed at: https://www.auroragov.org/cms/One.asp x?portalId=16242704&pageId=16565651

In compliance with the American Disabilities Act, individuals needing special accommodations (including auxiliary communicative aids and services) should notify the Community Development Division at (303) 739-7900. For hearing or speech-impaired residents, please call 7-1-1 for the Colorado Relay Number. Citizens’ inquiries and comments may be directed to:

City of Aurora Community Development Division

15151 E. Alameda Parkway Suite 4500 Aurora, CO 8112

Sarah A. Carroll Housing and Community Development Supervisor (303) 739-7601 or (303) 739-7900 sacarrol@auroragov.org

Para obtener más información sobre estos programas, puede contactar al Departmento de Vivienda y Servicios Comunitarios al (303) 739-7900. También, untraductor en Español estará presente durante la audiencia pública a petición de por lo menos 72 horas antes.

Publication: July 20, 2023

Sentinel CITY OF AURORA, COLORADO Ordinance 2023-24

CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AURORA, COLORADO, REZONING A PARCEL OF LAND MEASURING 910 ACRES, MORE OR LESS, LOCATED BETWEEN PARKER ROAD AND E-470, CITY OF AURORA, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO TO ADJUST THE BOUDNARIES OF LOW-DENSITY RESIDENTIAL ZONE DISTRICT (R-1) AND MEDIUM-DENSITY RESIDENTIAL ZONE DISTRICT (R-2) AND AMENDING THE ZONING MAP ACCORDINGLY (PRAIRIE POINT NO. 1 ZONING MAP AMENDMENT)

Ordinance 2023-24 was finally passed at the July 17, 2023, regular meeting of the City Council and will take effect on August 19, 2023. The full text of the ordinance is available for public inspection and acquisition in the City Clerk’s Office, 15151 E. Alameda Parkway, Suite 1400, Aurora, Colorado, and on the city’s website at: https:// www.auroragov.org/city_hall/public_records/legal_notices/ordinance_notices/.

Kadee Rodriguez City Clerk

Publication: July 20, 2023

Sentinel

CITY OF AURORA, COLORADO Ordinance 2023-25

CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AURORA, COLORADO, REZONING

A PARCEL OF LAND MEASURING 2.72 ACRES, MORE OR LESS, LOCATED AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF SABLE BOULEVARD AND E. 21ST AVENUE, CITY OF AURORA, COUNTY OF ADAMS, STATE OF COLORADO FROM RURAL RESIDENTIAL ZONE DISTRICT (R-R) TO MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL ZONE DISTRICT (R-2) AND AMENDING THE ZONING MAP ACCORDINGLY (WESTLAKE VISTA ZONING MAP AMENDMENT)

Ordinance 2023-25 was finally passed at the July 17, 2023, regular meeting of the City Council and will take effect on August 19, 2023. The full text of the ordinance is available for public inspection and acquisition in the City Clerk’s Office, 15151 E. Alameda Parkway, Suite 1400, Aurora, Colorado, and on the city’s website at: https:// www.auroragov.org/city_hall/public_records/legal_notices/ordinance_notices/.

Kadee Rodriguez City Clerk

Publication: July 20, 2023

Sentinel CITY OF AURORA, COLORADO Ordinance 2023-26

CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AURORA, COLORADO, REZONING A PARCEL OF LAND MEASURING 2.537 ACRES MORE OR LESS AT 3001 N AIRPORT BLVD FROM MIXED USE CORRIDOR DISTRICT (MU-C) TO BUSINESS/ TECH DISTRICT (I-1) AND AMENDING

THE ZONING MAP ACCORDINGLY (8641 MURPHY AT 32ND AND AIRPORT ZONING MAP AMENDMENT)

Ordinance 2023-26 was finally passed at the July 17, 2023, regular meeting of the City Council and will take effect on August 19, 2023. The full text of the ordinance is available for public inspection and acquisition in the City Clerk’s Office, 15151 E. Alameda Parkway, Suite 1400, Aurora, Colorado, and on the city’s website at: https:// www.auroragov.org/city_hall/public_records/legal_notices/ordinance_notices/.

Kadee Rodriguez City Clerk

Publication: July 20, 2023

Sentinel CITY OF AURORA, COLORADO Ordinance 2023-27

A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AURORA, COLORADO, ZONING A PARCEL OF LAND MEASURING 20 ACRES MORE OR LESS NEAR THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF EAST SPUR LANE AND PINE DRIVE TO LOW DENSITY SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ZONE DISTRICT AND AMENDING THE ZONING MAP ACCORDINGLY (THE OVERLOOK AT KINGS POINT SOUTH ZONING MAP AMENDMENT)

Ordinance 2023-27, which was introduced on July 17, 2023, will be presented for final passage at the July 31, 2023, regular meeting of the City Council. The full text of the ordinance is available for public inspection and acquisition in the City Clerk’s Office, 15151 E. Alameda Parkway, Suite 1400, Aurora, Colorado, and on the city’s website at: https://www.auroragov.org/city_hall/public_records/legal_notices/ordinance_notices/.

Kadee Rodriguez City Clerk

Publication: July 20, 2023 Sentinel CITY OF AURORA, COLORADO Ordinance 2023-28

A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AURORA, COLORADO, ADDING SECTION 4.12.1 AND A CORRESPONDING DEFINITION, TO CHAPTER 146 OF THE CITY CODE PERTAINING TO THE HUMANE TREATMENT AND RELOCATION OF PRAIRIE DOGS AND THE PROTECTION OF ENDANGERED WILDLIFE SUCH AS THE BLACK-FOOTED FERRET AND WESTERN BURROWING OWL Ordinance 2023-28, which was introduced on July 17, 2023, will be presented for final passage at the July 31, 2023, regular meeting of the City Council. The full text of the ordinance is available for public inspection and acquisition in the City Clerk’s Office, 15151 E. Alameda Parkway, Suite 1400, Aurora, Colorado, and on the city’s website at: https://www.auroragov.org/city_hall/public_records/legal_notices/ordinance_notices/.

Kadee Rodriguez City Clerk

Publication: July 20, 2023

CITY OF AURORA, COLORADO Ordinance 2023-29

A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AURORA, COLORADO, AMENDING CHAPTER 146 OF THE CITY CODE OF THE CITY OF AURORA, COLORADO, AS IT RELATES TO THE USE OF TURF AND ORNAMENTAL WATER FEATURES

Ordinance 2023-29, which was introduced on July 17, 2023, will be presented for final passage at the July 31, 2023, regular meeting of the City Council. The full text of the ordinance is available for public inspection and acquisition in the City Clerk’s Office, 15151 E. Alameda Parkway, Suite 1400, Aurora, Colorado, and on the city’s website at: https://www.auroragov.org/city_hall/public_records/legal_notices/ordinance_notices/.

Kadee Rodriguez City Clerk

Publication: July 20, 2023

Sentinel CITY OF AURORA, COLORADO Ordinance 2023-30

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

138-61, 138-62, 138-63, 138 66 AND 13867 OF THE CITY CODE PERTAINING TO THE CITIZENS WATER ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND RENAMING IT THE CITIZENS WATER ADVISORY COMMISSION Ordinance 2023-30, which was introduced on July 17, 2023, will be presented for final passage at the July 31, 2023, regular meeting of the City Council. The full text of the ordinance is available for public inspection and acquisition in the City Clerk’s Office, 15151 E. Alameda Parkway, Suite 1400, Aurora, Colorado, and on the city’s website at: https://www.auroragov.org/city_hall/public_records/legal_notices/ordinance_notices/.

Kadee Rodriguez City Clerk

Publication: July 20, 2023

Sentinel CITY OF AURORA, COLORADO Ordinance 2023-31

FOR AN ORDINANCE SUBMITTING TO A VOTE OF THE REGISTERED ELECTORS OF THE CITY OF AURORA, COLORADO, AT THE REGULAR MUNICIPAL ELECTION OF NOVEMBER 7, 2023, PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO ARTICLES 2-2, 3-10, 3-14(4), 3-14(5), 3-14(7), 3-15(1), 3-15(3), 3-15(4), 3-16(6), 3-16(8) (a), 3-16(8)(j), 3-16(8)(j)(a), 3-17(2), 3-17(3), 5-2, 5-9, 6-5, 7-4(e), 7-4(f), 8-2, 10-1, 10-5, 10-8, 11-3, 14-9 & 15-9 OF THE CITY CHARTER CONCERNING NON-SUBSTANTIVE UPDATES TO THE CITY CHARTER TO RENDER GENDER SPECIFIC PRONOUNS AS NON-GENDER SPECIFIC NOUNS INCLUSIVE OF ALL PERSONS OR AS THE EXPRESSION “THAT PERSON”, SPECIFICALLY CHANGING THE WORD “CHAIRMAN” TO “CHAIRPERSON”, THE WORD “HIS” TO “THAT PERSON’S” OR A NOUN, THE EXPRESSION “HIS OR HER” TO “THAT PERSON” OR A NOUN, THE EXPRESSION “HE OR SHE” TO “THAT PERSON” OR A NOUN, THE WORD “HE” TO “THAT PERSON”, AND AMENDING ARTICLE 5-9 TO INCORPORATE DIRECTION THAT UNIFORM CODES ADOPTED BY THE CITY FOR INCLUSION IN THE CITY CODE SHALL FIRST BE AMENDED TO USE INCLUSIVE, NON-GENDER SPECIFIC PRONOUNS OR NOUNS Ordinance 2023-31, which was introduced on July 17, 2023, will be presented for final passage at the July 31, 2023, regular meeting of the City Council. The full text of the ordinance is available for public inspection and acquisition in the City Clerk’s Office, 15151 E. Alameda Parkway, Suite 1400, Aurora, Colorado, and on the city’s website at: https://www.auroragov.org/city_hall/public_records/legal_notices/ordinance_notices/.

Kadee Rodriguez City Clerk

Publication: July 20, 2023 Sentinel

CITY OF AURORA, COLORADO Ordinance 2023-32

FOR AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AURORA, COLORADO, AMENDING SECTION 54133 OF THE CITY CODE PERTAINING TO UNLAWFUL ACTS

Ordinance 2023-32, which was introduced on July 17, 2023, will be presented for final passage at the July 31, 2023, regular meeting of the City Council. The full text of the ordinance is available for public inspection and acquisition in the City Clerk’s Office, 15151 E. Alameda Parkway, Suite 1400, Aurora, Colorado, and on the city’s website at: https://www.auroragov.org/city_hall/public_records/legal_notices/ordinance_notices/.

Kadee Rodriguez City Clerk

Publication: July 20, 2023 Sentinel CITY OF AURORA, COLORADO Ordinance 2023-33

CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE

ANNEXING A PARCEL OF LAND LOCATED IN THE SOUTH ONE-HALF OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 2, TOWNSHIP 6 SOUTH, RANGE 66 WEST OF THE SIXTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO (Overlook at Kings Point South) 19.937 ACRES

Ordinance 2023-33, which was introduced on July 17, 2023, will be presented for final passage at the July 31, 2023, regular meeting of the City Council. The full text of the ordinance is available for public inspection and acquisition in the City Clerk’s Office, 15151 E. Alameda Parkway, Suite 1400, Aurora, Colorado, and on the city’s website at: https://www.auroragov.org/city_hall/public_records/legal_notices/ordinance_notices/.

Kadee Rodriguez City Clerk

Publication: July 20, 2023

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ciudad de aurora AVISO DE AUDIENCIA PÚBLICA

Programas de HUD Programa Año 2023

Período de comentario de 30 días DEPARTAMENTO DE VIVIENDA Y SERVICIOS COMUNITARIOS

PROGRAMA AÑO 2023 PLAN DE ACCIÓN ANUAL PROCESO DE PLANIFICACIÓN SIN

FINES DE LUCRO/SUBRECIPIENTE

Período de comentarios de 30 días

La Ciudad de Aurora espera recibir aproximadamente $4,095,792 en subvenciones federales para el 2023: Programa de Subvención en Bloque para el Desarrollo Comunitario (CDBG) ($2,624,202), Programa de Asociaciones de Inversión HOME (HOME) ($1,241,225) y Programa de Subvención para Soluciones de Emergencia (ESG) ($230,365).

El Departamento de Vivienda y Servicios Comunitarios de la Ciudad de Aurora comenzará el proceso de planificación y desarrollo para el año del programa consolidado CDBG/HOME/ESG 2023. Se priorizará la financiación para el beneficio principalmente de la población de ingresos bajos a moderados dentro de la Ciudad de Aurora. Cada proyecto producirá resultados que impactarán las necesidades de la comunidad como se describe en el Plan Consolidado de Cinco Años 2020-2024.

Las áreas de financiación prioritarias incluyen (áreas de financiación prioritarias sujetas a cambios en función de los comentarios del público recopilados durante la Encuesta de evaluación de necesidades en curso):

• Rehabilitar la infraestructura degradada para mejorar la movilidad y reducir las condiciones peligrosas para los residentes de Aurora;

• Desarrollar y mantener un suministro adecuado de viviendas seguras, higiénicas y decentes que sean asequibles y accesibles para los residentes dentro de las pautas de bajos ingresos utilizando los fondos de CDBG y HOME para ayudar con los esfuerzos de rehabilitación de viviendas;

• Reducir la falta de vivienda brindando servicios de apoyo a través de refugios locales y agencias sin fines de lucro;

• Fortalecer los vecindarios invirtiendo en actividades de servicio público que beneficien a la comunidad, incluidos aquellos con necesidades especiales; y

• Garantizar oportunidades de elección de vivienda justa para todos los residentes de Aurora.

En interés de la seguridad pública durante la actual pandemia de COVID-19, el PowerPoint del taller de aplicación estuvo disponible en la página web de desarrollo comunitario de la ciudad de Aurora en https:// www.auroragov.org/residents/community_ development el 12 de julio de 2023. Todos los no -las ganancias, los subreceptores, los departamentos de la ciudad y otras organizaciones interesadas en la financiación deben consultar el PowerPoint del presupuesto del plan consolidado de HUD

para obtener una descripción general de los programas. Si tiene alguna pregunta o si no tiene acceso a Internet, comuníquese con nuestra oficina al (303) 739-7900 o comdev@auroragov.org.

El Departamento de Vivienda y Servicios Comunitarios de la Ciudad de Aurora y el Comité Asesor de Ciudadanos sobre Vivienda y Desarrollo Comunitario llevarán a cabo una reunión pública virtual a través de Microsoft TEAMS el 8 de agosto de 2023 a las 6:30 p. m. para repasar cualquier pregunta relacionada con el HUD. Presupuesto Plan Consolidado. El enlace de Microsoft TEAMS se publicó el 7 de julio de 2023 en la página web de la ciudad de Aurora en https://www.auroragov. org/residents/community_development. Todos los interesados están invitados a participar. Además, el borrador del plan se publicó el 12 de julio y permanecerá publicado hasta el 15 de agosto de 2023, en el cual se aceptarán comentarios públicos. Se puede ver en:

https://www.auroragov.org/cms/One.asp

x?portalId=16242704&pageId=16565651

De conformidad con la Ley de Discapacidades Estadounidenses, las personas que necesitan adaptaciones especiales (incluidos servicios y ayudas comunicativas auxiliares) deben notificar a la División de Desarrollo Comunitario al (303) 739-7900. Para los residentes con problemas de audición o del habla, llame al 7-1-1 para obtener el número de retransmisión de Colorado. Las consultas y comentarios de los ciudadanos pueden dirigirse a:

ciudad de aurora División de Desarrollo Comunitario 15151 E. Alameda Parkway

Paquete 4500 Aurora, CO 8112

Sara Carroll Supervisor de Vivienda y Desarrollo Comunitario (303) 739-7601 o (303) 739-7900 sacarrol@auroragov.org

Para obtener más información sobre estos programas, puede comunicarse con el Departamento de Vivienda y Servicios Comunitarios al (303) 739-7900. También, untraductor in English estará presente durante la audiencia pública a petición de lo menos 72 horas antes.

Publication: July 20, 2023 Sentinel

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

As required by the Colorado Liquor Code, as amended, notice is hereby given that an application for a Hotel & Restaurant Liquor License has been received by the Local Licensing Authority for the granting of a license to sell fermented malt, vinous and spiritous liquors by the drink on premise. The application was filed on November 15th, 2022, by Aurora Senior Housing, LLC dba St. Andrew’s Village for a location at 13801 East Yale Avenue, Aurora, CO 80014. The corporate officers live in Florida.

A Public Hearing to consider the application has been scheduled to be held before the Local Licensing Authority on August 22nd, 2023 at 9:00 a.m. The hearing will be held virtually. Please contact Lisa Keith at 303-739-7568 or lkeith@auroragov.org for meeting information.

Provided either the applicant or protestant(s) desire to use petitions to prove the needs of the neighborhood, and the desires of the inhabitants, the petitions may not be circulated before August 22nd, 2023, and must be returned by 12:00 noon on August 10th, 2023 for review and verification by the City of Aurora Liquor Licensing staff.

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

Lisa Keith Licensing Officer 303-739-7568

Publication: July 20, 2023 Sentinel

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

Case Number(s): 2023‑2001‑00

Applicant: Equity Ventures Commercial Inc

Application Name: Eagle Ridge ‑ Zoning

Map Amendment

You are hereby notified that a public hear ing will be held on July 31, 2023, starting at 6:30 p.m. at the regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Aurora, Colorado. The meeting will be held in the Council Chambers in the Aurora Municipal Center located at 15151 E. Alameda Parkway, Aurora. INTRODUCTION OF AN ORDI NANCE AND PUBLIC HEARING FOR APPROVAL OF A ZONING MAP AMEND MENT TO REZONE 31.0 ACRES, MORE OR LESS, FROM A MIX OF MU R (MIXED USE REGIONAL TO MU C (MIXED USE CORRIDOR). This meeting also has a virtual attendance option. Please visit the City website, at auroragov.org for instruc tions on virtual attendance.

Site Location: Southwest Corner of Ste phen D Hogan Parkway and Picadilly Road

Site Size: 31.0 acres

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

/s/ Kadee Rodriguez City Clerk

Publication: July 20, 2023

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

Case Number(s): DA 2217 00

Applicant: Axis Exploration, LLC

Application Name: Resolution of the City Council of the city of Aurora, Colorado, ex pressing the Aurora City Council’s support of revisions to Exhibits A and D of the Axis Exploration LLC Operator Agreement

You are hereby notified that a public hear ing will be held on Monday, July 31, 2023, starting at 6:30 p.m. at the regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Aurora, Colorado. The hearing will consider the City Council’s potential approval of revi sions to Exhibits A and D (Well Sites and New Wells) of the Operator Agreement with Axis Exploration, LLC to reduce sur face disturbance in the City, reduce over all number of wells, and better protect the public health, safety, welfare, environment, and wildlife resources.

Site location: Sections 8 and 9, T3S, R65W, and Sections 1 and 12, T3S, R66W Site size: (varies from site to site).

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

/s/ Kadee Rodriguez City Clerk

Publication: July 20, 2023

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**AFFIDAVIT REGARDING DUE DILIGENCE AND PROOF OF PUBLICATION

PURSUANT TO §15-10-401(3), C.R.S.

Case No. D32023PR261

Division 12

In the Interests of: Felicia C. Martinez

The following persons having been given Notice by publication of the hearing on Au gust 2, 2023 at 11 a.m. virtually, because the addresses or identities of such persons are not known and cannot be ascertained despite diligent efforts as identified below:

Felicia C. Martinez

Last Known Address: 2549 E. Lake Pl., Au rora, CO 80016

Effort to Identify and Locate: Fliers, Noti fied Police, Missing Persons Filed, Face book Page was created, CBI Missing Per sons List

First Publication: July 13, 2023

Final Publication: July 27, 2023

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ORDER FOR INFORMAL PROBATE OF WILL AND INFORMAL APPOINTMENT OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE

Case No. 2023PR280

In the Matter of the Estate of: Betty Jo Whisler, Deceased.

Upon consideration of the Application for Informal Probate of Will and Informal Ap pointment of Personal Representative filed by Lane Nice, on May 31, 2023.

THE REGISTRAR FINDS, DETERMINES, AND ORDERS:

1. The applicant is an interested person and has filed a complete and verified ap plication.

2. The decedent died on April 30, 2022 and 120 hours have elapsed since the dece dent’s death. If the decedent is not a resi dent of Colorado, 30 days have elapsed since the the decedent’s death, or the personal representative appointed at the decedent’s domicile or residence is the ap plicant. ( §15 12 307, C.R.S.)

3. The decedent was domiciled or resided in the City of Aurora County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado.

4. Venue is proper in this county.

5. The application was filed within the time period permitted by law.

6. The decedent left a will dated October 8, 2021. The of all codicils are Not Applicable. The and any codicils are referred to as the will. The original will, electronic will executed in compliance with §15 11 1305, C.R.S., and/or e-filed copy of the duly ex ecuted, unrevoked will is in the registrar’s possession. There are no known prior wills which have not been expressly revoked by a later instrument. The will is admitted to informal probate.

7. The following person is qualified to serve and is appointed as personal representa

tive:

Name: Lane Nice

The nominee is 21 years of age or older.

Street Address: 24276 E. Powers Ave.

City: Aurora

State: Colorado

Zip Code: 80016

Phone: 720 467 2583

Email: lanern58@gmail.com

8. Letters Tesamentary will be issued.

Dated: May 31, 2023 /s/ Registrar

First Publication: July 13, 2023

Final Publication: July 27, 2023

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BEFORE THE COLORADO GROUND WATER COMMISSION DETERMINATIONS OF WATER RIGHT

KIOWA-BIJOU DESIGNATED GROUND-

WATER BASIN AND NORTH KIOWA BI-

JOU GROUND WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT- ARAPAHOE COUNTY

TAKE NOTICE that pursuant to section 37 90 107(7), C.R.S., and the Designated Basin Rules, 2 CCR 410 1, Kurtis Katte has applied for determinations of rights to allocations of designated groundwater from the Laramie Fox Hills, Arapahoe and Denver aquifers underlying 39.93 acres generally described as the E 1/2 of the E 1/2 of the NW 1/4 of Section 12, Town ship 5 South, Range 63 West of the 6th P.M. The applicant claims ownership of this land and control of the groundwater in these aquifers underlying this property. The groundwater from these allocations is proposed to be used on the described property for the following beneficial uses: agricultural (composting) and commercial.

In accordance with section 37 90 107(7), the Colorado Ground Water Commis sion shall allocate groundwater from the above aquifers based on ownership of the overlying land. A preliminary evaluation of the application finds the volume of water available for allocation from the aquifers underlying the above described prop erty to be 809 acre feet for the Laramie Fox Hills aquifer; 1,190 acre feet for the Arapahoe aquifer; 712 acre feet for the not nontributary (4% replacement) portion of the Denver aquifer and 714 acre feet for the not nontributary (actual impact re placement) portion of the Denver aquifer. These amounts are subject to final evalu ation, and subsequent to issuance of the determinations, adjustment to conform to the actual local aquifer characteristics.

In accordance with section 37 90 107(7) (a), well permits issued pursuant to sub section 107(7) shall allow withdrawals on the basis of an aquifer life of one hundred years.

In accordance with Rule 5.3.6 of the Des ignated Basin Rules preliminary evaluation of the application finds the replacement water requirement status for the aquifers underlying the above described property to be nontributary for the Laramie Fox Hills aquifer, nontributary for the Arapahoe aqui fer, not nontributary (4% replacement) for a 19.93 acre portion of the overlying land for the Denver aquifer and not nontributary (actual impact replacement) for a 20 acre portion of the overlying land for the Denver aquifer.

Upon Commission approval of determina tions of rights to the allocations, well per mits for wells to withdraw the allocations shall be available upon application, subject to the conditions of each determination, the Designated Basin Rules, and approval by the Commission. Such wells must be completed in the aquifer for which the right was allocated and must be located on the 39.93 acres of above described property. Well permits for wells to withdraw not nontributary (actual impact replace ment) groundwater from the Denver aqui fer would also be subject to the conditions of a replacement plan to be approved by the Commission.

Any person wishing to object to the approv al of these determinations of rights to allo cations must do so in writing, briefly stating the nature of the objection, the name of the applicant, a general description of the property, and the specific aquifers that are the subject of the objection. The objection, including a required $10 fee per application being objected to, must be received by the Colorado Ground Water Commission by close of business August 26, 2023. Objec tions should be sent via email to DWRper mitsonline@state.co.us, upon which the objector will be emailed an invoice for pay ing the fee online. If the objector is unable to provide the objection via email please contact 303 866 3581.

First Publication: July 20, 2023

Final Publication: July 27, 2023

COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT

HAZARDOUS MATERIALS AND WASTE MANAGEMENT DIVISION

PUBLIC NOTICE

Notification of Issuance of Emergency Per mit Permit No. CO 23 07 03 01 for Treatment of Hazardous Waste under the Colorado Hazardous Waste Act

Name of Permittee: Arapahoe County

Bomb Squad

Location of Treatment: ATRI Bomb Range 36001 East Quincy Ave. Watkins, CO 80137

The Arapahoe County Bomb Squad has been authorized to treat by detonation one homemade improvised explosive device (IED).

Detonation of the waste is a safe manage ment method for this waste. This emer gency permit expired immediately after treatment was completed.

Publication: July 20, 2023

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HAZARDOUS MATERIALS AND WASTE MANAGEMENT DIVISION

PUBLIC NOTICE

Notification of Issuance of Emergency Per mit Permit No. CO 23 06 28 01 for Treatment of Hazardous Waste under the Colorado Hazardous Waste Act

Name of Permittee: Arapahoe County

Bomb Squad Location of Treatment: Arapahoe County Bomb Range 36001 East Quincy Ave. Watkins, CO 80137

The Arapahoe County Bomb Squad has been authorized to treat by detonation one homemade improvised explosive device (IED). Detonation of the waste is a safe manage ment method for this waste. This emer gency permit expired immediately after treatment was completed.

Publication: July 20, 2023

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY

Proposed Flood Hazard Determinations for the City of Aurora and Unincorporated Ar eas of Adams County, Colorado, Case No. 22 08 0618P. The Department of Home land Security’s Federal Emergency Man agement Agency (FEMA) solicits technical information or comments on proposed flood hazard determinations for the Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM), and where applicable, the Flood Insurance Study (FIS) report for your community. These flood hazard determinations may include the addition or modification of Base Flood Elevations, base flood depths, Special Flood Hazard Area boundaries or zone designations, or the regulatory floodway. The FIRM and, if applicable, the FIS report have been revised to reflect these flood hazard determinations through issuance of a Letter of Map Revision (LOMR), in ac cordance with Title 44, Part 65 of the Code of Federal Regulations. These determina tions are the basis for the floodplain man agement measures that your community is required to adopt or show evidence of hav ing in effect to qualify or remain qualified for participation in the National Flood Insur ance Program. For more information on the proposed flood hazard determinations and information on the statutory 90 day period provided for appeals, please visit FEMA’s website at https://www.floodmaps. fema.gov/fhm/BFE_Status/bfe_main.asp , or call the FEMA Mapping and Insurance eXchange (FMIX) toll free at 1 877 FEMA MAP (1 877 336 2627).

First Publication: July 20, 2023

Final Publication: July 27, 2023

Sentinel INVITATION TO BID

The Aurora High Point at DIA Metro District (hereinafter called the “Owner”) will receive sealed Bids for the Picadilly Water & No Name Sanitary Boring Project (the “Proj ect”) at 18591 E 64th Ave, Denver CO, 80249 until 10:30 am. August 10th, 2023. At such time, Bids received will be publicly opened and read aloud.

A description of the Work to be performed is: Install underground utilities to include 12” water and 12” sanitary. Boring under existing E470. Erosion control, Connec tions to existing and site restoration.

Bid packages will be available for pickup after 10:00 am. on July 17th, 2023. Send request for bid documents to Ken McGill at Ken@silverbluffcompanies.com. Include company name, contact name, and con tact information.

Bids shall be made on the forms furnished by the Owner and shall be enclosed in a sealed envelope and endorsed with the name of the Bidder. A Bid Bond in an amount equal to ten percent (10%) of the total Bid amount will be required. The Bid Bond will be retained by Owner as liquidat ed damages should the Successful Bidder fail to enter into a Contract with the Owner in accordance with the Bid. Bidders must

supply a list of Subcontractors providing $10,000 or more in labor and/or materials to the Project.

Attention is called to the fact that Bidders offer to assume the obligations and liabili ties imposed by the Contract Documents. The Successful Bidder for the Project will be required to furnish a Performance Bond and a Labor and Materials Payment Bond in the full amount of the Contract Price, in conformity with the requirements of the Contract Documents.

Bidders are hereby advised that the Owner reserves the right to not award a Contract until sixty (60) days from the date of the opening of Bids, and Bidders expressly agree to keep their Bids open for the sixty (60) day time period. Owner reserves the right to reject any and all Bids, to waive any informality, technicality or irregularity in any Bid, to disregard all non conforming, non responsive, conditional or alternate Bids, to negotiate contract terms with the Successful Bidder, to require statements or evidence of Bidders’ qualifications, includ ing financial statements, and to accept the proposal that is in the opinion of the Owner in its best interest. Owner also reserves the right to extend the Bidding period by Ad dendum if it appears in its interest to do so.

Any questions concerning this bid shall be directed in writing to: Ken McGill at Ken@ silverbluffcompanies.com no later than Au gust 4th, 2023.

Publication: July 20, 2023

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INVITATION TO BID

The Aurora High Point at DIA Metro District (hereinafter called the “Owner”) will receive sealed Bids for the 65th Ave and Picadilly Road Project (the “Project”) at 18591 E 64th Ave, Denver CO, 80249 until 11:00 am. August 10th, 2023. At such time, Bids received will be publicly opened and read aloud.

A description of the Work to be performed is: Infrastructure construction of roads to include installation of sanitary, storm, and water utilities Bid packages will be avail able for pickup after 10:00 am. on July 17th, 2023. Send request for bid docu ments to Randy Ficklin II at Randy@sil verbluffcompanies.com. Include company name, contact name, and contact informa tion.

Bids shall be made on the forms furnished by the Owner and shall be enclosed in a sealed envelope and endorsed with the name of the Bidder. A Bid Bond in an amount equal to ten percent (10%) of the total Bid amount will be required. The Bid Bond will be retained by Owner as liquidat ed damages should the Successful Bidder fail to enter into a Contract with the Owner in accordance with the Bid. Bidders must supply a list of Subcontractors providing $10,000 or more in labor and/or materials to the Project.

Attention is called to the fact that Bidders offer to assume the obligations and liabili ties imposed by the Contract Documents. The Successful Bidder for the Project will be required to furnish a Performance Bond and a Labor and Materials Payment Bond in the full amount of the Contract Price, in conformity with the requirements of the Contract Documents.

Bidders are hereby advised that the Owner reserves the right to not award a Contract until sixty (60) days from the date of the opening of Bids, and Bidders expressly agree to keep their Bids open for the sixty (60) day time period. Owner reserves the right to reject any and all Bids, to waive any informality, technicality or irregularity in any Bid, to disregard all non conforming, non responsive, conditional or alternate Bids, to negotiate contract terms with the Successful Bidder, to require statements or evidence of Bidders’ qualifications, includ ing financial statements, and to accept the proposal that is in the opinion of the Owner in its best interest. Owner also reserves the right to extend the Bidding period by Ad dendum if it appears in its interest to do so.

Any questions concerning this bid shall be directed in writing to: Randy Ficklin II at Randy@silverbluffcompanies.com no later than 4:30pm on August 4th, 2023.

Publication: July 20, 2023

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NOTICE OF CONTINUED HEARING AND FILING OF PETITION FOR DISSOLUTION OF SOUTHSHORE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 1

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that there was filed with the District Court in and for Arapahoe County, Colorado, a Petition for Dissolution of the Southshore Metro politan District No. 1 (the “District”) along with relevant documents.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the Court set a hearing on the question of dis solution, which hearing was opened on the 7th day of July, 2023, at 11:30 a.m., at the Arapahoe County Justice Center, 7325 South Potomac Street, Centennial, CO 80112.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the hearing on the question of dissolution

opened on the 7th day of July, 2023 at 11:30 a.m., was continued to the 2nd day of August, 2023, at 8:30 a.m., at the Arapa hoe County Justice Center, 7325 South Potomac Street, Centennial, CO 80112.

The purpose of the Court hearing shall be to consider the sufficiency of the Petition for Dissolution.

The District no longer provides services to the residents and property within its boundaries. The Petition for Dissolution provides that the District has no financial obligations or outstanding bonds, and that any remaining funds after payment of all costs associated with the dissolution and final administration of the District shall be transferred to the Southshore Metropolitan District No. 2.

In accordance with the procedures set forth in Part 7, Article 1, Title 32, C.R.S., any interested party may appear and be heard on the sufficiency of the Petition for Dissolution and the adequacy of the ap plicable financial and service provisions therein.

BY ORDER OF BY THE ARAPAHOE COUNTY DISTRICT COURT

Publication: July 20, 2023

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON AMENDED AND RESTATED SERVICE PLAN IN RE AURORA CROSSROADS METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOS. 1-2, CITY OF AURORA, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, pursu ant to § 32 1 204(1), C.R.S., and Sec. 122 32 of the Aurora Code of Ordinances (the “Aurora Code”), an Amended and Restat ed Service Plan (the “Service Plan”) for the Aurora Crossroads Metropolitan District Nos. 1-2 (the “Districts”) has been filed with the City of Aurora, Office of Development Assistance. The Service Plan is available for public inspection by contacting Jen nifer Gruber Tanaka, Esq. of the Offices of White Bear Ankele Tanaka & Waldron, 2154 E. Commons Avenue, Suite 2000, Centennial, Colorado 80122, by phone at (303) 858 1800, or by email at jtanaka@ wbapc.com.

A public hearing on the Service Plan will be held by the Aurora City Council (the “City Council”) on August 14, 2023, in person at the Aurora Municipal Center, 15151 E. Al ameda Parkway, Aurora, Colorado 80012 at 6:30 p.m., or as soon thereafter as the City Council may hear such matter (the “Public Hearing”). It will also be possible to attend the Public Hearing via telecon ference with advanced posting of call in and log in information on the City’s web site (https://www.auroragov.org/city_hall/ mayor___city_council).

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

In accordance with Sec. 122 34(e) of the Aurora Code, any person owning real property within the boundaries of the Dis tricts may request that such property be excluded from the Districts, prior to the ap proval of the Service Plan, by submitting such request to City Council no later than ten (10) days prior to the Public Hearing. The Districts are generally located in the City of Aurora, bounded by Interstate High way 70 on the North, North Gun Club Road on the West, and East 6th Avenue on the South containing approximately 210 acres.

BY ORDER OF THE AURORA CITY COUNCIL

Publication: July 20, 2023

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON CONSOLIDATED AMENDED AND RESTATED SERVICE PLAN IN RE AURORA CROSSROADS METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOS. 1-2, ASPEN BUSINESS PARK METROPOLITAN DISTRICT AND CROSSROADS EAST METROPOLITAN DISTRICT, CITY OF AURORA, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, pursu ant to § 32 1 204(1), C.R.S., and Sec. 122 32 of the Aurora Code of Ordinances (the “Aurora Code”), a Consolidated Amended and Restated Service Plan (the “Service Plan”) for the Aurora Crossroads Metro politan District Nos. 1 2, Aspen Business Park Metropolitan District, and Crossroads East Metropolitan District (collectively, the “Districts”) has been filed with the City of Aurora, Office of Development Assistance. The Service Plan is available for public inspection by contacting Jennifer Gruber Tanaka, Esq. of the Offices of White Bear Ankele Tanaka & Waldron, 2154 E. Com

mons Avenue, Suite 2000, Centennial, Colorado 80122, by phone at (303) 8581800, or by email at jtanaka@wbapc.com.

A public hearing on the Service Plan will be held by the Aurora City Council (the “City Council”) on August 14, 2023, in-person at the Aurora Municipal Center, 15151 E. Alameda Parkway, Aurora, Colorado 80012 at 6:30 p.m., or as soon thereafter as the City Council may hear such matter (the “Public Hearing”). It will also be possible to attend the Public Hearing via teleconference with advanced posting of call-in and log-in information on the City’s website (https://www.auroragov.org/city_hall/ mayor___city_council).

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

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

The Districts are generally located in the City of Aurora, bounded by Interstate Highway 70 on the North, Colorado E470 to the West, and Airline Road to the South containing approximately 440 acres.

BY ORDER OF THE AURORA CITY COUNCIL

Publication: July 20, 2023

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON SERVICE PLAN IN RE THE ORGANIZATION OF FIRST CREEK POWHATON METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOS. 1-12, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, pursuant to § 32-1-204(1), C.R.S., a Consolidated Service Plan (the “Service Plan”) for the proposed First Creek Powhaton Metropolitan District Nos. 1-12 (collectively, the “District”) has been filed with the City of Aurora, Office of Development Assistance, and is available for public inspection at the offices of White Bear Ankele Tanaka & Waldron, at 2154 E. Commons Ave., Suite 2000, Centennial, CO 80122 or by calling 303-858-1800.

A public hearing on the Service Plan will be held by the City Council of the City of Aurora (the “City Council”) on August 14, 2023, at 6:30 p.m., at the Aurora Municipal Center, 15151 E. Alameda Parkway and via teleconference, or as soon thereafter as the City Council may hear such matter. The public may attend or participate virtually by following the call-in and log-in information on the City’s website (https:// www.auroragov.org/city_hall/mayor_city_ council).

The purpose of the hearing is to consider the Service Plan and to form a basis for adopting a resolution approving, conditionally approving or disapproving the Service Plan.

A general description of the land contained within the boundaries of the proposed District is as follows: approximately 981 acres of vacant land located, south of E. 26th Avenue, north of E. 6th Avenue, and in between N. Monaghan Road and Gun Club Road in Aurora, Colorado.

Pursuant to § 32-1-203(3.5), C.R.S., any person owning property in the proposed District may request that such property be excluded from the District by submitting such request to the City Council no later than ten days prior to the public hearing.

BY ORDER OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AURORA

Publication: July 20, 2023

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING:

INTERESTED CITIZENS ARE INVITED TO ATTEND A PUBLIC HEARING TO PROVIDE THE PUBLIC WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT ON THE PROPOSED ACTIVITIES TO BE SUPPORTED WITH EDWARD BYRNE MEMORIAL JUSTICE ASSISTANCE GRANT FUNDS FROM THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. A PUBLIC HEARING IS REQUIRED PRIOR TO THE OBLIGATION AND EXPENDITURE OF ANY OF THE GRANT FUNDS RECEIVED, TOTALING $332,795. THIS IS A JOINT GRANT APPLICATION BETWEEN THE ARAPAHOE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE AND THE AURORA POLICE DEPARTMENT.

THE HEARING WILL BE CONDUCTED ON THURSDAY, JULY 27, 2023, BEGINNING AT 4 P.M AT AURORA MUNICIPAL CENTER (15151 E ALAMEDA PKWY AURORA, CO 80012) IN THE FLETCHER ROOM. TO EXPRESS INTEREST IN ATTENDING OR FOR QUESTIONS PLEASE CONTACT TIM SHERBONDY AT TSHERBON@AURORAGOV.ORG.

Publication: July 20, 2023

Sentinel STATE OF COLORADO, ARAPAHOE COUNTY NOTICE OF INTENT TO CHANGE NAMES FLAT ROCK METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOS. 1-4, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, pursuant to § 32-1-207(3)(b), C.R.S., the Boards of Directors of Flat Rock Metropolitan District Nos. 1-4 (the “Districts”), intend to change the names of each District, respectively, from Flat Rock Metropolitan District Nos. 1-4 to Foundry Metropolitan District Nos. 1-4.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that, pursuant to and in accordance with § 32-1207(3), C.R.S., any action to enjoin such activity must be brought within forty-five (45) days from publication of this notice on July 20, 2023. Thus, the deadline for any such action is September 4, 2023.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Boards of Directors of Flat Rock Metropolitan District Nos. 1-4, Arapahoe County, Colorado, has authorized this notice to be given.

(prevailing Mountain Time) on Monday, July 31, 2023. The Claim Form must be received by the Receiver by this date and time, and may be submitted via e-mail, U.S. Mail or overnight delivery such that the completed Claim Form arrives on or before the bar date, at the following: Cordes & Company, LLC Attn: Thomas Plumb 5299 DTC Boulevard, Suite 600 Greenwood Village, CO 80111 E-mail: tplumb@cordesco.com

The Court approved Claim Form for submitting claims against TCHD or the Receivership Estate is available and may be obtained by contacting the Receiver at tplumb@cordesco.com.

YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED THAT ANY AND ALL OTHER PENDING SUITS OR PROCEEDINGS AGAINST TCHD OR THE RECEIVERSHIP ESTATE HAVE BEEN STAYED, AND YOU ARE PROHIBITED UNDER THE ORDER APPOINTING RECEIVER FROM PROCEEDING WITH OR COMMENCING ANY SUIT OR PROCEEDING IN ANOTHER FORUM WITHOUT THE RECEIVER’S PRIOR WRITTEN PERMISSION OR LEAVE OF THIS COURT. SUBMISSION OF A CLAIM FORM IN THIS MATTER IS YOUR FINAL OPPORTUNITY TO ASSERT A CLAIM AGAINST TCHD OR THE RECEIVERSHIP ESTATE.

First Publication: July 6, 2023

Final Publication: July 27, 2023

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PURSUANT TO §15-12-801, C.R.S.

Case No. 2023PR309

Estate of Marlene M. Wyant aka Marlene Mae Wyant aka Marlene B. Wyant aka Marlene Wyant aka Marlene Mae Baumgart aka Marlene M. Baumgart aka Marlene Baumgart, Deceased.

All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado, on or before November 9, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Pamela S. Alvarado

Personal Representative 15180 E. Walsh Place Aurora, CO 80012

First Publication: July 13, 2023

Final Publication: July 27, 2023

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS BY PUBLICATION

PURSUANT TO §15-12-801, C.R.S.

Case No. 2023PR264

Estate of Ray Fred Earley, Deceased.

All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado, on or before October 13, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Beverly J. Earley

Personal Representative

8330 E. Quincy Ave., F-305 Denver, CO 80237

First Publication: July 20, 2023

Final Publication: August 3, 2023

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS BY PUBLICATION

PURSUANT TO §15-12-801, C.R.S.

Case No. 2023PR30698

Estate of Jack W. Gibson aka Jack William Gibson aka Jack Gibson, Deceased.

All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado, on or before November 13, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Adrianne E. Johnson

Personal Representative

18101 Peregrines Perch Place, Unit 106 Lutz, FL 33558

Aurora, CO 80017

Attorney for Personal Reprensetative

David M. Kirch, Esq.

Atty Reg #: 5259

Emily L. Bowman

Atty Reg #: 47166

Kirch Rounds Bowman & Deffenbaugh, PC

Marketplace Tower II 3025 S. Parker Road, Ste. 820

Aurora, CO 80014

Phone: 303-671-7726

First Publication: July 20, 2023

Final Publication: August 3, 2023 Sentinel

NOTICE TO CREDITORS BY PUBLICATION

PURSUANT TO §15-12-801, C.R.S. Case No. 2023PR327

Estate of Alice Aiwon Sun aka Alice A. Sun aka Alice Sun, Deceased.

All persons having claims against the above-named are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado, on or before November 27, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

John H. Sun Personal Representative 3399 Albion Street Denver, CO 80222

Alan M. Agee Atty. Reg. #18444

Attorney for Personal Representative 512 S. 8th St. Colorado Springs, CO 80905 Phone: 719-473-1515

First Publication: July 20, 2023

Final Publication: August 3, 2023 Sentinel

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PURSUANT TO §15-12-801, C.R.S.

Estate of Peter Newman, Deceased. All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado, on or before November 13, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Patrick Newman Personal Representative 8275 E 11th Ave P.O. Box 202052 Denver, CO 80220-9998

First Publication: July 13, 2023

Final Publication: July 27, 2023 Sentinel

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PURSUANT TO §15-12-801, C.R.S.

By: WHITE BEAR ANKELE TANAKA & WALDRON Attorneys

2015 FORD TRANSIT VAN

at Law

General Counsel to the District

Publication: July 20, 2023

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NOTICE OF INTENT TO CHANGE NAMES PARKLANDS VILLAGE 2 METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOS. 1-4, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, pursuant to § 32-1-207(3)(b), C.R.S., the Boards of Directors of Parklands Village 2 Metropolitan District Nos. 1-4 (the “Districts”), intend to change the names of each District, respectively, from Parklands Village 2 Metropolitan District Nos. 1-4 to Foundry Metropolitan District Nos. 5-8.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that, pursuant to and in accordance with § 32-1207(3), C.R.S., any action to enjoin such activity must be brought within forty-five (45) days from publication of this notice on July 20, 2023. Thus, the deadline for any such action is September 4, 2023.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Boards of Directors of Parklands Village 2 Metropolitan District Nos. 1-4, Arapahoe County, Colorado, has authorized this notice to be given.

By: WHITE BEAR ANKELE TANAKA & WALDRON Attorneys at Law General Counsel to the District

Publication: July 20, 2023

Sentinel Tri-County Health Department v. Adams County, Colorado, et al., Dist. Ct. Arapahoe Cty, Colorado, Case No. 2022-CV-031492

NOTICE OF BAR DATE AND PROCEDURE FOR FILING CLAIMS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Receiver Cordes & Company, LLC (“Receiver”), in its capacity as the duly Court appointed receiver for Tri-County Health Department (“TCHD”), has established a procedure for asserting claims against TCHD or the receivership estate of Tri-County Health Department (“Receivership Estate”).

THE DEADLINE FOR FILING CLAIMS WITH THE RECEIVER IS JULY 31, 2023

If you have a claim against TCHD or the Receivership Estate, you must submit a separate Claim Form for each such claim to the Receiver, no later than 5:00 p.m.

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PUBLIC NOTICE OF PETITION FOR CHANGE OF NAME OF AN ADULT ARAPAHOE COUNTY COURT, COLORADO Case No. 2023C39792

PUBLIC NOTICE is given on July 7, 2023, that a Petition was en- tered for a Change of Name of an Adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

The Petition entered that the name of Ekta

Amit Gade be changed to Ekta Hemant Patel.

/s/ Clerk of Court/ Deputy Clerk

First Publication: July 20, 2023

Final Publication: August 3, 2023

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PURSUANT TO §15-12-801, C.R.S. Case No. 2023PR30760

Estate of Michael E. Lindholm aka Mike Lindholm, Deceased. All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before November 20, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Mary Francine Dolif

Personal Representative 3075 S. Emerson Way Englewood, CO 80113

Attorneys for Personal Representative

R. Parker Semler, No. 20985

Andrew Oh-Willeke, No. 27722

James L. French, No. 44503 Semler & Associates, P.C.

1756 Gilpin Street Denver, Colorado 80218 Phone: 303-839-1680

First Publication: July 13, 2023

Final Publication: July 27, 2023

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Attorney for Personal Representative Thomas J. Wolf, Esq. Ireland Stapleton Pryor & Pascoe, PC 1660 Lincoln St., Ste. 3000 Denver, CO 80264

Phone: 303-623-2700

First Publication: July 13, 2023

Final Publication: July 27, 2023

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PURSUANT TO §15-12-801, C.R.S.

Case No. 2023PR30752

Estate of Shelly Lynn Hollingsworth, Deceased. All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado, on or before November 13, 2023 or the claims may be forever barred.

Chad R. Hollingsworth

Personal Representative

Attorney for Personal Representative

Krista Beauchamp, Atty Reg #: 47615

Law Office of Alexandra White, P.C.

12625 E. Euclid Dr. Centennial, CO

Phone: 303-500-1221

First Publication: July 13, 2023

Final Publication: July 27, 2023

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PURSUANT TO §15-12-801, C.R.S.

Case No. 2023PR30766

Estate of Lina K. Koepke, Deceased.

All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado, on or before November 13, 2023 or the claims may be forever barred.

Carol A. Marx

Personal Representative

Attorney for Personal Representative

Krista Beauchamp, Atty Reg #: 47615 Law Office of Alexandra White, P.C. 12625 E. Euclid Dr. Centennial, CO Phone: 303-500-1221

First Publication: July 13, 2023

Final Publication: July 27, 2023

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PURSUANT TO §15-12-801, C.R.S.

Case No. 2023PR30791

Estate of Richard Dee Kuratli aka Richard D. Kuratli aka Richard Kuratli aka Dick Kuratli, Deceased.

All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado, on or before November 20, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Robert T. Jayme

Personal Representative 1231 S. Uravan St.

Estate of Tanya J. Frick, Deceased. All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado, on or before November 15, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Deborah S. Trafton Personal Representative 14623 W. Morning Star Trail Surprise, AZ 85374

First Publication: July 20, 2023

Final Publication: August 3, 2023 Sentinel

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PURSUANT TO §15-12-801, C.R.S. Case No. 2023PR30771

Estate of Herbert R. Lord aka Herbert Richard Lord aka Herbert Lord, Deceased. All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado, on or before November 20, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

David Lord Personal Representative 1005 Russell Road Alexandria, VA 22301 Attorney for Personal Representative Russell W. Kemp, Esq. Atty Reg #: 30158 Ireland Stapleton Pryor & Pascoe, PC 1660 Lincoln St., Ste. 3000 Denver, CO 80264

Phone: 303-623-2700

First Publication: July 20, 2023

Final Publication: August 3, 2023

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PUBLIC NOTICE OF ORDER FOR CHANGE OF NAME OF AN ADULT ARAPAHOE COUNTY COURT, COLORADO Case No. 2023CV31071

PUBLIC NOTICE is given on June 5, 2023, that an Order was entered for a Change of Name of an Adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

The Order entered that the name of Roberto Gutierrez be changed to Roberto Bustillos Montoya.

/s/ Ben L. Leutwyler, III District Court Judge

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“They wrote this glowing review and said there’s nothing to see here,” Jurinsky said. “They’re proud of themselves that they only have two liars.”

On July 17, she and other representatives of the class-action lawsuit against Arapahoe County gathered outside of the county building in central Aurora and challenged the thoroughness and independence of the report.

Singer said the lawsuit includes 40 people, not including other individuals and families that are suing the department separately. He also said the report came as a surprise on July 14, and that investigators had not talked with the families who are a part of the lawsuit to understand their concerns.

Jurinsky said the scope of wrongdoing by Niceta and possibly the other caseworker who had been fired could include hundreds or thousands of tainted cases that she said the county failed to adequately review.

She questioned why the county had not released more information about the individual fired for falsifying notes. A county spokesman did not immediately respond to a request from the Sentinelfor more information as well as an invitation to comment.

“It’s absolutely a whitewash,” she said. “I absolutely believe this is a systemic issue

that spawns way farther than Arapahoe County. In fact, I think it’s probably national. … I do believe that there are good people who do good work. But I think that they’re probably overrun, and all it takes is a couple bad apples to ruin it for everyone and start tearing families apart.”

Anders Nelson, a spokesman for Arapahoe County, said it was up to the district attorney to share more information about the employee who falsified notes, since criminal proceedings have been initiated against them. He also said Niceta was included in the total of five employees who the report said were fired.

“Arapahoe County stands behind the results of the third-party independent investigation into its human services processes,” he said.

“As a result of the 2022 investigation into former caseworker Robin Niceta, the Colorado Department of Human Services determined a wider and deeper investigation was needed and the third-party review was initiated. That investigation determined there are no systemic issues with the department.”

The county has filed a motion to dismiss the class-action case, and both parties are waiting for a ruling on that motion. Suzanne Taheri, another lawyer working on behalf of the group, said the group was also asking a state legislature working committee to audit the county.

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