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It’s amazing that it’s not so amazing that Aurora is celebrating its sixth annual Aurora Pride fest this weekend.
Six years ago, I joined a lot of Aurora in wonderment as the first Aurora Pride rolled out on the very steps of city hall.
The celebration was one of welcoming the thousands of family members, friends and neighbors who no longer had to feel less than anyone in the city.
While a recent resurgence in homophobia and general hatred toward all kinds of minority communities has been unsettling and aggravating, a future of inclusion for all LGTBQ+ people is as reversible women getting the vote.
Unlike so many others, I was fortunate in growing up in an era of general wonderment and having friends who were outright wonders.
My best pal in high school, Mike, taught me back in the 1970s how seriously dangerous being gay was. He was a famously smart and irksome guy who one day told me I had to be the most oblivious person on the planet to not know that he was gay, before he outright told me.
He laid it all out for me one day in a hospital emergency room while he was explaining that his dad had given him a black eye, swollen completely shut, a gashed lip and a cracked rib — because his father had discovered Mike was gay.
He later said he’d long learned to live with gay slurs, but having the crap beat out of him hurt in a lot of ways he wanted no part of.
He eventually left home, afraid for his life. He took his stunning wit, generosity, practical jokes and intelligence to California, where he traded it for struggling against a life on the streets.
I still miss him. He taught me everything about his humanity and mine.
Not long after high-school, I started losing friends to AIDS, one of the sickest episodes of cruelty in human history. I stood by and watched as friends became deathly ill and died. Often, their own families had long abandoned them.
I’ve been blown away, right along with my gay and lesbian friends, when they would complain about losing apartments, jobs, family, car loans, even restaurant reservations because of their sexuality.
A few years ago, when I heard about the possibility of an actual Aurora Pride event, I met Jerry Cunningham.
At the time, Jerry ran one of the country’s oldest gay-oriented publications, Out Front Magazine in Denver.
The name, he said, tells the story. Born in the 1960s, it launched the war for equality by pushing the idea of gay pride into America, instead of begging for mercy with a gay apology. The magazine has long been associated with the endless march for equality and exploration of what gay culture was and would become.
After decades of work, the bulk of America finally began to move past treating LGTBQ people as a disability or an off-color joke. America fumbled with the idea of acceptance.
Not everywhere, of course. Each year, state lawmakers still deal with absurd proposals and problems, such as having to outlaw quackery like anti-gay “conversion therapy.”
Just a few weeks ago, the Supreme Court OK’d gay hate disguised as free-speech, allowing homophobes to act on their disdain by insisting that their religion tells them two guys kissing is yucky and the artistry involved in throwing together a Wix wedding website makes it all a horrible free speech conundrum.
As a nation, we’re not there yet. But in Aurora, as a community, we’re closer to where we should be because of people like Cunningham, and Zander Oklar, the current guru producing the big Pride show at the Aurora Reservoir park this weekend.
It’s a fun, family oriented event, free with a ticket. You can get yours at AuroraPride.com.
Six years ago, when we were all wide-eyed and blinking at the reality that Aurora was going to hold its very own Pride event, Cunningham said the meaning was so profound for him because Out Front was no longer the voice of an underground society simply seeking the right to exist and make a claim to human rights. It’s now, truly, out front, where it belongs.
He’s moved on from being publisher of the still-thriving magazine. He wrangled the regional gay rodeo event just a few weeks ago at the Arapahoe County Fairgrounds.
Five years later, Aurora Pride has truly evolved. It isn’t about acceptance, it’s about inclusion.
Our LGBT community doesn’t have to be anything other than moms, dads, doctors, skiers, pilots, writers, business owners, daughters, students and shoppers.
I would have loved to see Mike loving all this, but I’ll just have to love it for him.
Few things resonate with almost every American like this maxim: No one is above the law. Not even the president.
Nothing illustrates that critical principle better than the indictment of Donald Trump for the Jan. 6 insurrection and attempt to undermine the election.
The 45-page felony indictment is absent the bluster and spin that pundits across the political spectrum have wielded as the months have gone by after Trump persistently and systematically worked to thwart the will of American voters and make himself the winner of the 2020 presidential election.
His defense, since his deceits were first outed, is tried and true across generations and across the world: Play the victim.
Trump has for most of his adult life publicly turned the tables on dozens and dozens of accusers in attempts to undermine the legitimacy of accusations against him.
He’s used the tactic successfully for years in his business and personal relationships, often even avoiding even the appearance of reckoning.
Whether you heartily and eagerly agree with news reports of this latest criminal indictment against Trump, or whether you skeptically wonder about how politicized the investigation and grand jury indictment might be: Read the indictment for yourself.
The document doesn’t stray from the actual deeds Trump committed, directed, demanded and even admitted to.
For months, the media has faithfully documented Trump’s energetic and disastrous attempts to work with others and even try to force others to join his campaign to undo the 2020 election.
What the indictment offers is a sober, solid and well-documented explanation of much of what’s already known. Trump purposely and knowingly violated several laws in hopes of circumventing statute, the Constitution and even reality.
The grand jury found, after exhaustive investigation and testimony, that Trump conspired to obstruct the election process in a purposeful and systematic way.
That’s not only immoral, it’s illegal.
Almost every American who watched television or read a newspaper since the 2020 Election was witness to Trump methodically working to undermine confidence, and then the election itself.
“The purpose of the conspiracy was to overturn the legitimate results of the 2020 presidential election by using knowingly false claims of election fraud to obstruct the federal government function by which those results are collected, counted, and certified,” according to the indictment.
In simple terms, Trump lost the election and refused to accept the decision of American voters and tried to change the results in his favor.
Trump failed. Trump got caught. Trump must face the consequences for having broken the law, just like any other American would have to do.
He has every opportunity to reach out to his fans and supporters and continue to milk them for their meager salaries and savings to amass the biggest and best legal defense he can obtain.
And that legal team — which, as reported this week, has already cost his supporters more than $40 million just this year — will have every opportunity to persuade a court of Trump’s peers that these four counts of felony charges are without merit.
Until then, all Americans get to act as jurors in determining for themselves whether the evidence offered in the indictment is convincing of what we have for more than two years seen and heard for ourselves.
Read the indictment at ow.ly/fxi950PquE5 and reach your own conclusion as to whether Trump, like everyone one of us, is not above the law.
Iam writing to express my concerns about the proposal to change our city of Aurora’s government structure from a city manager system to a strong mayor-run government. While I understand that this change may seem appealing on the surface, I strongly believe that it would be detrimental to our city for several reasons.
Firstly, the city manager structure is designed to ensure professional management and impartial decision-making. Under this system, a city manager, who is typically appointed based on their qualifications and experience, oversees the day-to-day operations of the city. This allows for a more efficient and effective administration, as decisions are made based on expertise rather than politics. In contrast, a strong mayor-run government may lead to a more politicized decision-making process, where decisions are driven by personal agendas or electoral considerations rather than the best interests of the city.
Secondly, the city manager structure provides stability and continuity in governance. City managers are often hired for longer terms, providing them with the opportunity to implement long-term plans and strategies for the city’s development. This stability is crucial for attracting investments, fostering economic growth, and ensuring consistency in policies and programs. On the other hand, a strong mayor system may result in frequent turnover and instability in leadership, which could deter potential investors and disrupt ongoing initiatives.
Additionally, the city manager structure encourages collaboration and consensus-building among elected officials. In this system, the mayor and city council work together with the city manager to make decisions and set priorities for the city. This collaborative approach ensures that multiple perspectives are considered and prevents an excessive concentration of power in the hands of a single individual. By contrast, a strong mayor system often centralizes power in the hands of the mayor, potentially leading to a lack of checks and balances and diminishing the voices of other elected officials
and community members.
Lastly, changing the city government structure would require significant time, effort, and financial resources. The process of transitioning to a strong mayor-run government would involve rewriting city charters, amending ordinances, and potentially holding a referendum or special elections. These resources could be better allocated to address pressing issues and meet the needs of our community.
In conclusion, I strongly believe that changing our city government structure from a city manager system to a strong mayor-run government would be a mistake. The city manager structure ensures professional management, stability, collaboration, and continuity, all of which are essential for the well-being and progress of our city. I urge you to carefully consider the potential consequences before making any decisions on this matter. It’s NOT Aurora.
ritics of an effort by Mayor Mike Coffman and others to increase the power wielded by Aurora’s mayor began picking over petitions July 28 submitted in June to put the matter before voters.
The team spent hours around a table in the Aurora City Clerk’s Office, digitally copying hundreds of pages of signatures submitted by members of the public agreeing to support the proposed charter amendment.
It was the first step in an effort to find invalid signatures or examples of non-compliance among the 424 petition packets that deputy city clerk Cecilia Zapata said were submitted by the amendment’s sponsors.
“I’m relatively confident that next week we’ll get an indication of whether we have a substantive problem with them submitting the requisite number of valid signatures or if there are petitions that have been mishandled,” said Charlie Richardson, a former Aurora City Council member and former city attorney, who hired the team.
Most of the language of the amendment pertains to eliminating the position of city manager and folding that person’s authority over city staffers into the position of mayor, who would also be able to veto city council legislation.
Other parts of the proposal would add an at-large council member and reduce term limits for mayors and council members from three four-year terms to two, among other changes.
While supporters of so-called “strong-mayor” governments generally argue that folding the responsibilities of a city manager and mayor into a single position encourages leaner, more efficient city governments, a bipartisan group of lawmakers has been vocal in its opposition to the proposal, describing it as a power grab by Mayor Mike Coffman.
COn July 25, Aurora’s city clerk declared that the sponsors of the amendment had submitted 12,198 signatures from registered voters in favor of the change — 181 signatures more than the minimum needed for the item to make the November ballot.
If opponents can chip away at that surplus by finding signatures that should be thrown out before the end of the 20-day protest period, they may be able to block the item from coming before voters this fall.
Cameron Pollard, who led the team, said they would be looking for “minor discrepancies” like damaged pages or similar handwriting on multiple entries that could indicate a single person trying to pass themselves off as multiple people.
For comparison, Zapata said the clerk’s process of verifying signatures focused on checking dates and whether the names and addresses of signatories matched information in the Colorado Secretary of State’s database of registered Aurora voters.
Sponsors of the proposal have for the most part remained silent, ignoring and refusing to answer questions. Tyler Sandberg, who presented himself as a spokesperson for the group behind the proposal earlier this year, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Coffman broke his silence on the proposal earlier last week, saying in a statement that he supported it, while describing it first of all as a term-limit item.
“I believe, prospectively, that the residents of Aurora would be better served by reducing the term limits for our city’s elected officials to eight years instead of twelve,” he said.
“I also believe that the city of Aurora has dramatically changed, and it’s time for our structure of government to change with it. Aurora is no longer a sleepy suburb but it’s now the 51st largest city in the United States with the urban challenges of race, poverty and crime that are better
suited for a mayor/council form of government where the mayor, who is directly accountable to the people, is responsible for the operations of the government to include everything from the conduct of our police officers to providing the leadership necessary to achieve an aspirational vision for our city.”
Two individuals named as petition representatives in filings with the city clerk’s office have told the news media that Coffman initially approached them about getting involved in the campaign, and numerous other signs point to Coffman playing a leading role in the proposal.
When asked what his involvement has been in the campaign, Coffman replied that he had “been involved from the start, and I will continue to be involved.”
“I first became involved in discussing the issue with community leaders in Aurora, Denver and Colorado Springs,” he said in a statement. “I’ve contributed financially, and that will be on the upcoming finance report that is due on Aug. 5th. Mostly involved in talking to community leaders and helping to develop a campaign plan.”
Voters who believe their signatures were solicited improperly have until 5 p.m. Aug. 14 to submit a written protest to the clerk’s office.
A copy of any protest will be sent to the petition representatives, and a hearing will be scheduled between 10 and 20 days after the protest is mailed. Hearings will be open to the public, and the clerk will make her decision no later than 10 days after the end of the hearing, according to city clerk officials.
The city said in its press release that the “burden of proof is on the protestants to prove that the petition is insufficient.”
A protest form is available at auroragov.org/2023Elections and can be emailed to Aurora.Elections@auroragov. org or else mailed physically or dropped off in person at the City Clerk’s Office, 1st Floor, 15151 E. Alameda Parkway.
Aurora’s mayor accused his council colleagues of being beholden to developers after the group expressed a lack of enthusiasm for paying to create an economic development plan.
The group previously talked in-
February, where Aurora City Council members failed to reach consensus on what the city needed to do, if anything, to redirect the work of its economic development partners.
Right now, economic development in Aurora is led by a handful of independent organizations such as the Aurora Economic Development Council, Aurora Chamber of Commerce and Visit Aurora as well as departments inside the city. The process is also guided by planning documents such as Aurora Places, the city’s 2018 comprehensive plan.
While Mayor Mike Coffman argued in February that the city needed to articulate its goals for economic development more clearly to be able to attract better-paying jobs, city lawmakers suggested the council talk with its partner organizations first or rejected the idea that the city lacked a cohesive vision.
On July 31, the mayor brought forward a proposal to pay for the development of a citywide plan. There was no cost estimate for the proposal, but interim city manager Jason Batchelor estimated outside proposals would cost about $150,000.
“I think it’s so important for the city council to have a vision, an economic vision, of where the city needs to go,” Coffman said. “This is our responsibility. It cannot be outsourced.”
While other council members said they wanted to see Coffman and the city take other steps before investing money in a study — Francoise Bergan and Danielle Jurinsky asked why the city couldn’t host a meeting with partner organizations — Coffman said he had known his proposal would fail but wanted to force a vote anyway.
sion by a 7-4 vote — with Coombs, Juan Marcano, Ruben Medina and Murillo opposed — after a motion to appoint former Aurora police officer Paul Poole was rejected, with the same four voting in favor.
• Voted unanimously to make it illegal for people circulating an initiative or referendum petition to lie to members of the public while soliciting their signatures and also allow those who signed to withdraw their signatures after the fact without participating in a protest hearing.
• Voted to create a pathway for SWAT medics, retired law enforcement personnel and others to be certified as reserve police officers, with Murillo casting the only “no” vote.
— MAX LEVY, Sentinel Colorado Staff WriterAurora lawmakers have given tentative approval for a pathway for paramedics attached to the police department’s SWAT team to become “reserve police officers,” which would provide them with training and some of the same legal protections available to full-time officers.
about the city’s economic development strategy at a workshop in
“It’s going to fail. And it’s going to fail because of the outside pressures on the city council,” the mayor said to fellow lawmakers. “There will be a vote. You will be held accountable.”
He told councilmember Crystal Murillo that the “outside pressures” included developers who weren’t acting in the long-term economic interests of the city but refused to clarify what specific developers he was talking about.
Councilmembers also criticized Coffman for the lack of specificity in his plan, questioning why he hadn’t done more to flesh it out and collaborate with others on council since February.
“There was a conversation that you were going to exercise the leadership to work with your council to get the votes, and you didn’t do that,” Councilmember Alison Coombs said. “That’s why you continue to not have six votes, because you didn’t do the work.”
Coffman ultimately agreed to table the item for two weeks, so that a cost estimate could be created, and so other council members could have the chance to provide input.
Also on July 31, the city council:
• Voted unanimously on first reading to place an item on the November ballot that would ask voters to strip gendered language from Aurora’s home-rule charter.
• Appointed Patricia Stephens to the Aurora Civil Service Commis-
Pete Schulte of the City Attorney’s Office said SWAT medics have been known to carry concealed weapons on missions, and that the creation of the reserve officer position would result in those medics being trained and afforded the same protection from civil lawsuits as fulltime police officers.
“If they’re on the SWAT team, and they’re armed, and they get into a use-of-force incident, I want to be able to protect the firefighters … and protect the city as well,” Schulte said.
He said applicants to become reserve officers would go through a hiring and background investigation process similar to the process undergone by lateral police recruits. Candidates will be expected to complete a training lasting about six weeks before they could receive their certification from the Peace Officer Standards and Training Board.
Councilmember Danielle Jurinsky brought the proposal forward, saying it had been requested by police.
When asked by Councilmember Juan Marcano how the city would hold a reserve officer accountable for an allegation of violating someone’s civil rights, Schulte said the department hopes to carefully screen candidates and would treat a reserve officer who “goes crazy” the same as any other officer.
City spokesman Ryan Luby later wrote that either AFR or APD would investigate a reserve officer for misconduct depending on whether they were acting in their capacity as a paramedic or a reserve officer at the time.
Schulte said reserve officers
generally only have the authority of a full-time officer when they’re acting under the supervision of a fulltime officer and according to department policy.
Interim police chief Art Acevedo described the system as a “best practice” and said he supported offering the reserve role to SWAT medics.
“This is a model that’s worked across the country,” he said.
— MAX LEVY, Sentinel Colorado Staff WriterCOPS AND COURTS
Police said a 15-year-old boy found his own way to a local hospital early July 29 after being shot and injured.
The hospital notified police about 2:30 a.m. of a “walk-in gunshot wound” at the emergency department.
The “15-year-old self-transported with a gunshot wound to his foot,” police said.
Police said an investigation is underway. No other details were released.
— Sentinel Staff Writers
What began early July 30 as a traffic crash investigation in central Aurora turned out to be a shooting scene, according to Aurora police.
Officers were called to East Sixth Avenue near Chambers Road at about 3 a.m. to investigate a car crash.
“Once on scene, it was discovered a male driver was unconscious and had sustained a gunshot wound,” police said in a social media post. “The man was taken to the hospital in critical condition.”
Both directions of Sixth Avenue were close between East Centertech Parkway and Chambers Road so police could investigate.
No other details were released.
— Sentinel Staff Writers
A man who called dispatchers early July 29 morning to report being shot in or near Del Mar Park in Aurora ended up being medically treated by police outside a local hospital, police said in a social media post.
At about 1 a.m., police said an unidentified man called Aurora dispatchers to say he’d been shot at about 12:45 a.m. while in the 12000 block of East Sixth Avenue, police said in a tweet. Police later said the shooting was somewhere in Del Mar Park.
Later in the morning, police said in an update that the man indicated to dispatchers he was making his
own way to the hospital after being shot.
“When officers arrived at the hospital, they found the man on the opposite side of the entrance and provided life-saving actions until medical professionals arrived,” police said in a tweet. “He was taken to the emergency room and…was still in stable condition as of this morning.”
Police did not name the hospital.
Police later said they had discovered where in the park the shooting took place, but that they had no information about a shooting suspect.
A second, apparently unrelated walk-in shooting case at the same hospital occurred at about the same time, police said.
— Sentinel Staff Writers
An unknown person drove a wounded 16-year-old boy, using the boy’s pick-up truck, dropped him off at a local hospital and then left the scene, police said.
Hospital emergency workers called dispatchers at about 1 a.m. July 30, to report that a “walk-in gunshot wound” was receiving treatment at the hospital.
The boy later told police he had been shot while somewhere in the 13100 block of East 16th Avenue in northwest Aurora.
The boy “was taken to the hospital by an unknown person in the victim’s pickup,” police said in a tweet. “The driver left after dropping the victim off at the hospital.”
“The victim is expected to survive,” police said.
The boy’s pickup truck was later found in Denver and is being inspected by crime scene investigators.
“The exact location of the shooting has not yet been determined,” police said. “The investigation is ongoing.”
A second, apparently unrelated hospital walk-in shooting occurred at about the same time, at the same hospital, police said.
— Sentinel Staff Writers
Police say a shooting early July 28 in north Aurora appears to be a drive-by shooting.
One unidentified man was shot and injured and an undisclosed time who somewhere on the 6200 block of Dunkirk Court, according to a tweet posted about 4:30 a.m. by Aurora police.
“One man has been taken to the hospital for treatment of a gunshot wound to the shoulder,” police said. “He is expected to survive.”
Police said an investigation is underway.
— Sentinel Staff Writers
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Twenty-two attorneys general urged a federal court July 26, to reject a proposed $10.3 billion settlement over contamination of U.S. public drinking water systems with potentially dangerous chemicals,
saying it lets manufacturer 3M Co. off too easily.
Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser is among those rejecting the settlement. PFAS contamination has been documented on Buckley Air Force Base in Aurora, and extensively stemming from Peterson Air Force Base.
”Coloradans now suffer degraded water quality and public health injuries on account of the actions of 3M and other companies who manufactured and marketed PFAS,” Weiser said in a statement. “By taking action today, we are standing up for our citizens and fighting for an adequate and appropriate resolution of the ongoing litigation.”
The deal announced in June doesn’t give individual water suppliers enough time to determine how much money they would get and whether it would cover their costs of removing the compounds known collectively as PFAS, said the officials with 19 states, Washington, D.C., and two territories. In some cases the agreement could shift liability from the company to providers, they said.
“While I appreciate the effort that went into it, the proposed settlement in its current form does not adequately account for the pernicious damage that 3M has done in so many of our communities,” said California Attorney General Rob
Bonta, leader of the multistate coalition.
3M spokesman Sean Lynch said the agreement “will benefit U.S.based public water systems nationwide that provide drinking water to a vast majority of Americans” without further litigation.
“It is not unusual for there to be objections regarding significant settlement agreements,” Lynch said. “We will continue to work cooperatively to address questions about the terms of the resolution.”
The company, based in St. Paul, Minnesota, manufactures per- and polyfluorinated substances — a broad class of chemicals used in nonstick, water- and grease-resistant products such as clothing and cookware, as well as some firefighting foams.
Described as “forever chemicals” because they don’t degrade naturally in the environment, PFAS have been linked to a variety of health problems, including liver and immune-system damage and some cancers.
3M has said it plans to stop making them by the end of 2025.
Some 300 communities have sued 3M and other companies over water pollution from the compounds. A number of states, airports, firefighter training facilities and private well owners also have pending cases.
They have been consolidated in U.S. District Court in Charleston, South Carolina, where the proposed settlement was filed last month.
Although the company put its value at $10.3 billion, an attorney for the water providers said it could reach as high as $12.5 billion, depending on how many detect PFAS during testing the Environmental Protection Agency has ordered over the next three years.
The law firm representing the water providers did not immediately respond July 26, to messages seeking comment.
EPA in March proposed strict limits on two common types, PFOA and PFOS, and said it wanted to regulate four others.
In addition to California, states urging Judge Richard Gergel to reject the deal included Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont and Wisconsin. Also opposed were Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the Northern Mariana Islands.
In a court filing, the attorneys general said it would force nearly all public water providers nationwide to participate unless they withdraw individually — even those that haven’t filed suits or tested for PFAS.
“Troublingly, they would have to make their opt-out decisions without knowing how much they would actually receive and, in many cases, before knowing the extent of contamination in their water supplies and the cost of remediating it,” the officials said in a statement.
A provision in the proposed deal would shift liability from 3M
to water suppliers that don’t opt out, the statement said. That could enable the company to seek compensation from providers if sued over cancer or other illnesses in PFAS-affected communities, it said.
“As such, the proposed settlement is worth far less than the advertised $10.5 billion to $12.5 billion,” the attorneys general said.
The attorneys general did not take a position on a separate $1.18 billion deal to resolve PFAS complaints against DuPont de Nemours Inc. and spinoffs Chemours Co. and Corteva Inc.
— JOHN FLESHER AP Environmental WriterA former King Soopers Aurora distribution center employee was sentenced last week to life in prison after being convicted of murdering a supervisor in October 2021 to cover up a payroll scheme.
Dressed entirely in black, Michael Poydras, 32, ambushed his victim, Ryan Dillard, as Dillard was driving near the northeast Aurora center, according to a news release from the 17th Judicial District Attorney’s Office. Dillard was shot several times and declared dead after being taken to a local hospital.
Investigators later found that Poydras was being paid by King Soopers despite no longer working there and said Dillard was targeted in an effort to preserve the scheme.
Poydras was found guilty of first-degree murder after a twoweek jury trial that ended July 21.
An Adams County District Court Judge on July 27, sentenced Poydras to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.
“This was a cold and calculated murder, committed in broad daylight for all to see,” 17th Judicial District Attorney Brian Mason said in a news release. “I’m grateful to the Aurora Police Department for their investigation and my team at the DA’s Office for securing justice in this heinous case.”
Chief Deputy District Attorney Alex Baker and senior Deputy District Attorney Danny Paulson led the prosecution of this case.
Poydras’ co-defendant, Jerrelle Smith, faces charges of first-degree murder, racketeering and theft, according to DA’s office spokesman Chris Hopper. A bond hearing for Smith was scheduled to take place last week.
— Sentinel Staff Writers
Biden has decided to keep Space Command in Colorado, rejecting move to Alabama
President Joe Biden has decided to keep U.S. Space Command headquarters in Colorado, over-
turning a last-ditch decision by the Trump administration to move it to Alabama and ending months of politically fueled debate, according to senior U.S. officials.
The officials said Biden was convinced by the head of Space Command, Gen. James Dickinson, who argued that moving his headquarters now would jeopardize military readiness. Dickinson’s view, however, was in contrast to Air Force leadership, who studied the issue at length and determined that relocating to Huntsville, Alabama, was the right move.
Biden’s decision resulted in a rare moment of Colorado bipartisan agreement.
Colorado Springs Congressperson Doug Lamborn lauded the decision, focusing on the argument against Trump’s decision that Colorado Springs, and elsewhere in Colorado, already had the infrastructure in place to support the Space Command system.
“Colorado Springs has always been the legitimate home of U.S. Space Command’s headquarters, and I am delighted that today’s decision validates this fact,” Lamborn said. “I commend the Biden Administration for prioritizing national security above political interests and keeping USSPACECOM in its rightful home at Peterson Air Force Base.
Lamborn pointed out that Aurora, too, benefits from Biden’s decision.
“Colorado is also home to the National Reconnaissance Office’s (NRO) Aerospace Data Facility-Colorado (ADF-C) at Buckley Space Force Base in Aurora,” Lamborn said in a statement. “These unparalleled missions, and existing infrastructure, make Colorado the nexus of national security space operations for the Intelligence Community and the Department of Defense.”
Most of the Colorado congressional delegation, including Republican Ken Buck, and state Democrats agreed.
“The Biden administration’s decision is in the best interest of our country and our national security, and will ensure Colorado remains home to Space Command for years to come,” said Rep. Joe Neguse, D-Boulder.
The president, they said, believes that keeping the command in Colorado Springs would avoid a disruption in readiness that the move would cause, particularly as the U.S. races to compete with China in space. And they said Biden firmly believes that maintaining stability will help the military be better able to respond in space over the next decade. Those factors, they said, outweighed what the president believed would be any minor benefits of moving to Alabama.
“Politics should never get in the way of national security,” said Rep. Jason Crow, D-Aurora. “The move to keep US Space Command in Colorado is strategic and in the best interest of military readiness and a strong national defense. Colorado is home to over a third of all space-related National Guardsmen
and their families. Our highly skilled workforce, battle-tested operations, and secure infrastructure is the ideal home for US Space Command and space-related operations.”
Gov. Jared Polis said the decision to keep headquarters in Colorado was a boost to future space and military industries across the state.
“This is great news for Colorado and our national security — keeping U.S. Space Command in Colorado Springs is an exciting outcome for our state, military families, jobs, and businesses,” Polis said.
Biden’s decision is sure to enrage Alabama lawmakers and fuel accusations that abortion politics played a role in the choice. The location debate has become entangled in the ongoing battle between Alabama Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville and the Defense Department over the move to provide travel for troops seeking reproductive health care. Tuberville opposed the policy is blocking hundreds of military promotions in protest.
The U.S. officials said the abortion issue had no effect at all on Biden’s decision. And they said the president fully expected there would be different views on the matter within the Defense Department.
Formally created in August 2019, the command was temporarily based in Colorado, and Air Force and Space Force leaders initially recommended it stay there. In the final days of his presidency Donald Trump decided it should be based in Huntsville.
The change triggered a number of reviews.
Proponents of keeping the command in Colorado have argued that moving it to Huntsville and creating a new headquarters would set back its progress at a time it needs to move quickly to be positioned to match China’s military space rise. And Colorado Springs is also home to the Air Force Academy, which now graduates Space Force guardians, and more than 24 military space missions, including three Space Force bases.
Officials also argued that any new headquarters in Alabama would not be completed until sometime after 2030, forcing a lengthy transition.
Huntsville, however, scored higher than Colorado Springs in a Government Accountability Office assessment of potential locations and has long been a home to some of earliest missiles used in the nation’s space programs, including the Saturn V rocket. It is home to the Army’s Space and Missile Defense Command.
According to officials, Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall, who ordered his own review of the matter, leaned toward Huntsville, while Dickinson was staunchly in favor of staying put. The officials said Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin presented both options to Biden.
The decision was good news for Colorado lawmakers.
“For two and a half years we’ve known any objective analysis of this
basing decision would reach the same conclusion we did, that Peterson Space Force Base is the best home for Space Command,” Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colo., said in a statement. “Most importantly, this decision firmly rejects the idea that politics — instead of national security — should determine basing decisions central to our national security.”
Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo., said the decision “restores integrity to the Pentagon’s basing process and sends a strong message that national security and the readiness of our Armed Forces drive our military decisions.”
— The Associated Press
The Arapahoe County Fair rolled into east Aurora for another year with rides, livestock, food, fund and the always popular Mutton Bustin’ to keep the eager fair goers entertained.
No doubt kids were flailed into the air and hurled into the dirt as they held on for dear life on the backs of unsuspecting sheep. Other attractions featured canine acrobatics, tractor pulls, agricultural exhibits, midway games, and fair food, offering enough calories to get a human through a whole week. The four-day event hosted 26,000 people throughout the long weekend, as they braved the summer sun in exchange for experiencing the annual pastime.
The typical quiet of summer around the Regis Jesuit High School campus has been replaced with a cacophony of heavy machinery.
In one of the larger summers of construction since the school moved from its original home in Denver in 1990, the dust will settle on a lot of change in facilities for academics and athletics.
Both will be fully replaced, but won’t be ready for the start of the fall season, as the vast amount of rainfall in the late spring and early summer hindered construction.
In the interim, football, boys soccer and field hockey teams all will have to cram onto Laber Field, the school’s other turf facility, and spend the first few weeks playing at other venues.
The most striking difference when classes begin on Aug. 16 — aside from a roundabout on Lewiston Way installed by the City of Aurora — is the progress on the Science & Innovation Center, a 65,000-square foot facility that will be the entrance to the campus on its west edge and is scheduled to fully open for the second semester of the school year.
BY COURTNEY OAKES Sports EditorBut the changes athletically are significant as well and more are in the offing according to Todd Schuler, who begins his second year as athletic director after he arrived from North Carolina.
“Investment in facility is a show of commitment to programming and we’re seeing that on the academic and cocurricular side, so I’m excited for our students,” he told the Sentinel. “There’s a lot of gratitude on my part to our Board of Trustees and school leadership for making these investments.”
Lou Kellogg Stadium — the school’s highest-traffic area during fall and spring seasons — has undergone a complete makeover, save for the long-standing press box on its east edge and the scoreboard at the north end. The turf field that is used for football, soccer, field hockey and lacrosse has been ripped up as well as the entire track surface.
The football team’s first two games (against parochial school rival Valor Christian Aug. 26 and against Washington’s Kennedy Catholic Sept. 2) will be home games, but they will be played at EchoPark Stadium in Parker. The grand unveiling of the work is set for a Sept. 22 showdown with three-time defending Class 5A state champion Cherry Creek. It’ll be a bit of a wait until then, but Schuler believes it will be well worth it.
“There’s going to be a bit of sacrifice on the front end with practice times moving and not having the stadium available for the start, but this is necessary for safety and for the long term,” he said. “There’s really some exciting enhancements coming for our student athletes and coaches, so I’m excited for them.”
The gymnasium floor in the Girls Division — the building that housed the original Boys Division — had been resurfaced many times in the past, but a complete rebuild became necessary. Everything was removed down to the concrete and will be completely rebuilt with a floor that will match the one in the Boys Division, while small bleachers along the west wall have been removed.
While the work in the stadium and gymnasium will be done at the start or in the early stages of the school year, breaking ground on the school’s new tennis courts will take place some-
time in the fall behind the campus to the east. The school’s original courts were demolished to make room for the Science and Innovation Center and the boys and girls tennis teams will continue to play home matches at Colorado Athletic Club-Inverness until work is completed.
Aside from the facilities, there will be plenty of differences athletically for Regis Jesuit right off the bat.
Over the summer, head girls basketball coach Jordan Kasemodel was hired to join the athletic department as associate athletic director. Two new sports — though one of them old — will take place at Regis Jesuit in the fall with the return of softball and the advent of girls flag football.
Softball players at Regis Jesuit had to play at other schools last year due to low numbers — and a few signed to play in college in Brooke Carey and Kendall Kersey — but a good-sized group of freshmen will help get the program back on the field. It will have a distinctly baseball connection as Tyler Robbins, who has worked in the past on the staff of head baseball coach Matt Darr, will coach, with Darr helping out.
Flag football — still in the pilot stage as it moves toward possible sanctioning from the Colorado High School Activities Association — is now available for all schools that can field a team after only a few schools districts were able to participate the first time. The Regis Jesuit flag football team will be headed by Ben Danecki, who was last year’s freshman football coach.
Rodney Padilla knew a change was coming, so he took it upon himself to get the ball rolling.
The Hinkley High School athletic director anticipated that the school would be making the move to change its mascot — originally Thunderbirds, amythical bird found in a variety of Native American legends and folklore — due to the bill passed by Colorado lawmakers in 2021 that banned Native American mascots across the state.
OAKES/SENTINEL COLORADOBut it did also call for some physical changes to the school’s athletic facilities.
DISTRICT NEWSHinkley — Aurora’s second-oldest high school that opened its doors in 1963 — was able to use the mascot through the end of the school year that ended in May, but going forward faces potential fines if use continues.
A large, striking mural of a Thunderbird that adorned the wall on the south end of the school’s gymnasium had to be painted over and now is home to one of two new digital scoreboards — something Padilla is very much looking forward to using in the upcoming athletic year — as well as a number of banners that highlight some of the school’s athletic accomplishments of the past.
BY COURTNEY OAKES Sports Editor
So because mascots play a most prominent role when it comes to athletics at a school, Padilla — who also serves as the school’s boys wrestling coach — set about going through the campus with a fine-toothed comb to find any references to the old mascot, from big ones to small ones. That meant covering things like stickers or banners in many places all over the hallways.
Fortunately, the new mascot, Thunder — which was the winner in an online survey voted on by community members last December by Aurora Public Schools (besting bluejays, heroes, pilots, and talon (the name of an Air Force jet) — required the minimum amount of change.
The school could still keep its color scheme of cadet blue and silver and no image was needed given that Thunder is a sound and not a thing, so it mostly required a new logo.
Some pay tribute to state championship teams — Hinkley is the lone Aurora high school to boast state championships in football, boys basketball and baseball — while others recognize talents such as Joel Steed (a football player who went on to play for the Pittsburgh Steelers) and Brian Fisher (a baseball player who saw time in the Major Leagues).
Those are part of the push Padilla has made in his time as athletic director to reacquaint the community with the prominent place Hinkley had in the local prep sports world for many years until a variety of new schools began to open in the area that began to pull talented athletes to other
Additionally, Padilla moved preemptively to
the mascot off uniforms,
The boys golf season teed off July 31, as the first of the large slate of fall prep sports season began.
From Wellshire Golf Club in Denver out to Murphy Creek Golf Course, Aurora programs began to form teams and get in preparation for regular season play, which arrives shortly.
The first tournaments involving Aurora teams are slated for Aug. 7, as several city programs will be part of the Cherry Creek Invitational scheduled to be played at Broken Tee G.C., while there is also the City League Invitational at Kennedy G.C.
Eaglecrest finished fifth at last season’s Class 5A state tournament and brings back half of its four state players in Greg White — an All-Aurora first team performer who tied for eighth place in the 5A standings — along with Noah Bennett.
Other qualifiers for last season’s state tournament expected back are Cherokee Trail’s Brayden Forte and Christopher O’Donnell, Regis Jesuit’s Roland Thornton and Grandview’s Michael Rosman.
Thornton was part of the Regis Jesuit tryouts that began at Wellshire G.C. on July 31, where junior Sam Walker had the low round with a 67. Junior Anthony Lore shot 69, sophomore Brady Davis 71 and junior Will Kellogg 73. Those four made up the last of nine groups to tee off Aug. 1 at Meadow Hills G.C. in the second round of tryouts.
Cherokee Trail and Grandview held tryouts at Saddle Rock G.C., while Eaglecrest and Vista PEAK used Murphy Creek and Smoky Hill switched between Meadow Hills and Saddle Rock G.C.
The regular season runs into the second week of September, with regional tournaments scheduled for Sept. 18-23. This season’s 5A state tournament is set for Oct. 2-3 at Collindale G.C. in Fort Collins.
Though classes have not quite started yet — Aug. 8 for Aurora Public Schools, Aug. 14 for Cherry Creek Schools and Aug. 16 for Regis Jesuit High School — fall prep sports athletes will be in action Aug. 7.
Boys golf began the previous week, but football, girls volleyball, boys soccer, softball, cross country, boys tennis, field hockey, gymnastics and Unified Bowling can begin practice with scrimmages and regular season competition to start soon after. Softball and boys tennis can hold scrimmages or regular season contests on Aug. 10, followed by all the rest (save football) on Aug. 17. The first football games can be played Aug. 24.
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The football fields at Cherokee Trail High School teemed with hundreds of youth players from the Spartans Youth Club July 25-27.
As has become an annual tradition, players and coaches from several city programs — Cherokee Trail, Eaglecrest, Grandview, Overland, Regis Jesuit and Smoky Hill high schools — turned out to run players on teams in first through eighth grades through drills and give them tips as they prepare for the upcoming season.
The camp began with work in helmets only on the first day, graduated to helmets and shoulder pads on the second day and finished with full pads and some scrimmage-like conditions inside Legacy Stadium and on the fields surrounding.
Head coaches from Cherokee Trail (Justin Jajczyk), Eaglecrest
(Mike Schmitt), Regis Jesuit (Danny Filleman) and Smoky Hill (Brandon Alconcel) all were involved in conducting drills along with some skill players as well as a bevy of lineman in addition to regular Spartans coaches.
For a photo gallery of the final day of the Spartan Camp, visit courtneyoakes.smugmug.com
TOP: Grandview High School running back Donovan Vernon, right, oversees a drill for ballcarriers during the Spartan Youth Club football camp on July 27 at Cherokee Trail High School ABOVE LEFT AND ABOVE RIGHT: Players from Cherokee Trail and Regis Jesuit football programs run through drills and give tips to Spartan players LEFT: Sam Walker watches his tee shot off Hole No. 1 at Meadow Hills G.C. Aug. 1 during the second round of tryouts for the Regis Jesuit boys golf team. (Photos by Courtney Oakes/Sentinel Colorado)
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BLAST FROM THE PAST
Sentinel
Sentinel Colorado has launched a new preps feature called Blast
From the Past via several social media channels, which began on July 28.
In honor of the upcoming fall sports season, the series features a single image per day that takes a look back at an individual or team in the past decade-plus in Aurora prep sports. Follow @aurorasports on Twitter and Sentinel Prep Sports on Instagram or friend Aurora Prep Sentinel on Facebook to view images.
As Aurora and Denver neared triple-digit temperatures, Ben Gallegos sat shirtless on his porch swatting flies off his legs and spritzing himself with a misting fan to try to get through the heat.
Gallegos, like many in the nation’s poorest neighborhoods, doesn’t have air conditioning. The 68-year-old covers his windows with mattress foam to insulate against the heat and sleeps in the concrete basement.
He knows high temperatures can cause heat stroke and death, and his lung condition makes him more susceptible. But the retired bricklayer — who survives on about $1,000 a month, largely from Social Security — says air conditioning is out of reach.
“Take me about 12 years to save up for something like that,” he said. “If it’s hard to breathe, I’ll get down to emergency.”
As climate change fans hotter and longer heat waves, breaking record temperatures across the U.S. and leaving dozens dead, the poorest Americans suffer the hottest days with the fewest defenses. Air conditioning, once a luxury, is now a matter of survival.
Monsoon rains rolling in this week have brought with them a respite from the scorching heat, but weather experts are predicting the cool will be short lived, and triple digit highs and better will be back as early as next week. The summer, they point out, is only half over.
That means those who’ve suffered through weeks of stifling heat can expect more to come, and with it, serious risks.
“To explain it fairly simply: Heat kills,” said Kristie Ebi, a University of Washington professor who researches heat and health. “Once the heat wave starts, mortality starts in about 24 hours.”
Local physicians said humidity and high temperatures work together to create conditions where people start presenting to the emergency room with health problems.
While metro Denver air tends to be dry, Genevieve Hillis, an emergency medicine physician at UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital, said doctors have been treating patients with heat exhaustion, heat stroke and even burns from touching the hot metal exteriors of cars.
ABOVE: Trees dot the working class neighborhood of Globeville in Denver, July 24, 2023. Temperatures are hotter in America’s low-income neighborhoods like the Denver suburb of Globeville, where many residents are low-income and people of color living in stretches of concrete that hold heat like a cast-iron skillet. Comparatively, in wealthy neighborhoods such as Country Club, mansions pocket a sea of vegetation which cools the area. AP Photo/Brittany Peterson
ON THE COVER: Lucy Molina sits in her living room in Commerce City, Colo., on Tuesday, July 25, 2023. Without central air conditioning, the single mother’s home in one of the Denver metro’s poorest areas has reached 107 degrees Fahrenheit (41.7 Celsius), she said. America’s poorest residents and people of color are far more likely to face grueling heat without air conditioning to keep their body temperatures down, according to a Boston University analysis of 115 U.S. cities.
AP Photo/Thomas Peipert
As Phoenix weathered its 27th consecutive day above 110 degrees last week, the nine who died indoors didn’t have functioning air conditioning, or it was turned off. Last year, all 86 heat-related deaths indoors were in uncooled environments.
“There have been a lot of heat-related injuries that we’ve seen in the emergency department,” she said. “Usually in the spring, we have a gradual increase in heat. And so folks have a chance to get acclimated. This year, the change in weather was pretty abrupt.”
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She and Eric Hill, an ER physician and director of emergency medical services at the Medical Center of Aurora, said older adults, young children and homeless people are particularly susceptible to heat-related injuries.
“If you’re outdoors a lot, or if you’re homeless, or you don’t have access to air conditioning, you’re more likely to not be able to cool yourself off as effectively,” Hill said. “Even if you know you’re hot, you may have a harder time getting yourself cooled down.”
MIle High Behavioral Healthcare. CEO Bob Dorshimer agreed that the Aurora region’s homeless population is especially vulnerable by being unable to escape the heat.
Besides the physical dangers the excessive heat imposes, “it can exacerbate underlying health conditions and increase the risk of mental health issues,” Dorshimer said in a statement to peers.
He said Mile High offers not just time in cooling centers, but a way to get there as well.
Outreach workers “also provide medical assistance as needed to those that are affected by the heat.,” Dorshimer said.
It’s the poorest and people of color, from Kansas City to Aurora, to Detroit to New York City and beyond, who are far more likely to face grueling heat without air conditioning, according to a Boston University analysis of 115 U.S. metros.
“The temperature differences ... between lower-income neighborhoods, neighborhoods of color and their wealthier, whiter counterparts
have pretty severe consequences,” said Cate Mingoya-LaFortune of Groundwork USA, an environmental justice organization. “There are these really big consequences like death. ... But there’s also ambient misery.”
Some have window units that can offer respite, but “in the dead of heat, it don’t do nothing,” said Melody Clark, who stopped Friday to get food at a nonprofit in Kansas City, Kansas, as temperatures soared to 101, and high humidity there made it feel like 109.
When the central air conditioning at her rental house went on the fritz, her landlord installed a window unit. But it doesn’t do much during the day.
So the 45-year-old wets her hair, cooks outside on a propane grill and keeps the lights off indoors. She’s taken the bus to the library to cool off. At night she flips the box unit on, hauling her bed into the room where it’s located to sleep.
As far as her two teenagers, she said: “They aren’t little bitty. We aren’t dying in the heat. ... They don’t complain.”
While billions in federal funding have been allocated to subsidize utility costs and the installation of cooling systems, experts say they often only support a fraction of the most vulnerable families and some still require prohibitive upfront costs. Installing a centralized heat pump system for heating and cooling can easily reach $25,000.
President Joe Biden announced steps on Thursday to defend against extreme heat, highlighting the ex-
Lucy Molina stands in her front yard in Commerce City, Colo., on Tuesday, July 25, 2023. Without central air conditioning, the single mother’s home in one of the Denver metro’s poorest areas has reached 107 degrees Fahrenheit (41.7 Celsius), she said. America’s poorest residents and people of color are far more likely to face grueling heat without air conditioning to keep their body temperatures down, according to a Boston University analysis of 115 U.S. cities. AP
pansion of the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, which funnels money through states to help poorer households pay utility bills.
While the program is critical, said Michelle Graff, who studies the subsidy at Cleveland State University, only about 16% of the nation’s eligible population is actually reached. Nearly half of states don’t offer the federal dollars for summer cooling.
“So people are engaging in coping mechanisms, like they’re turning on their air conditioners later and leaving their homes hotter,” Graff said.
While frigid temperatures and high heating bills birthed the term “heat or eat,” she said, “we can now transition to AC or eat, where people are going to have to make difficult decisions.”
The City of Aurora has opened
cooling centers at public libraries on especially hot summer days, providing water and shade, but the city does not offer utility assistance to help people pay for air conditioning in their homes.
Arapahoe County spokesman Anders Nelson said the county partners with Energy Outreach Colorado from May through October to help residents pay past-due electric, gas and water bills.
He said the county’s health department also shares information about how to keep cool both indoors and outdoors, and offers cold water, cooling towels and information about cooling stations and other places to beat the heat when doing outreach with the county’s homeless population.
As temperatures rise, so does the cost of cooling. And temperatures are already hotter in America’s low-income neighborhoods, like Gallegos’ Denver suburb of Globeville, where people live along stretches of asphalt and concrete that hold heat like a cast-iron skillet.
Surface temperatures there can be roughly 8 degrees hotter than in Denver’s wealthier neighborhoods, where a sea of vegetation cools the area, according to the environmental advocacy group American Forests.
This disparity plays out nationwide. Researchers at the University of San Diego analyzed 1,056 counties and in over 70%, the poorest areas and those with higher Black, Hispanic and Asian populations were significantly hotter.
About one in 10 U.S. households
has no air conditioning, a disparity compounded for marginalized groups, according to a study by the Brookings Institution. Less than 4% of Detroit’s white households don’t have air conditioning; it’s 15% for Black households.
At noon on Friday, Katrice Sullivan sat on the porch of her rented house on Detroit’s west side. It was hot and muggy but even steamier inside the house. Even if she had air conditioning, Sullivan said she’d choose her moments to run it to keep her electricity bill down.
The 37-year-old factory worker pours water on her head, freezes towels to put around her neck, and sits in her car with the air conditioner on. “Some people here spend every dollar for food, so air conditioning is something they can’t afford,” she said.
Shannon Lewis, 38, lived in her Detroit home for nearly 20 years without air conditioning. Lewis’s bedroom was the only place with a window unit, so she’d squeeze her teenager, 8-year-old and 3-year-oldtwins into her queen-size bed to sleep, eat meals and watch television.
“So it was like cool in one room and a heat stroke in another,” Lewis said. For the first time, Lewis now has air conditioning through a local nonprofit, she said. “We don’t have to sleep or eat in the same room, we are able to come out, sit at the dining room table, eat like a family.”
After at least 54 died during a 2021 heat wave, mostly elderly people without air conditioning, in the Portland area, Oregon passed a law
prohibiting landlords from placing blanket bans on air conditioning units. By and large, however, states don’t have laws requiring landlords to provide cooling.
In the federal Inflation Reduction Act, billions were set aside for tax credits and rebates to help families install energy-efficient cooling systems, but some of those are yet to be available. For people like Gallegos, who doesn’t pay taxes, the available credits are worthless.
The law also offers rebates, the kind of state and federal point-ofsale discounts that Amanda Morian has looked into for her 640-squarefoot home.
Morian, who has a 13-week-old baby susceptible to hot weather, is desperate to keep her house in Denver’s Globeville suburb cool. She bought thermal curtains, ceiling fans and runs a window unit. At night she tries to do skin-to-skin touch to regulate the baby’s body temperature. When the back door opens in the afternoon, she said, the indoor temperature jumps a degree.
“All of those are just to take the edge off, it’s not enough to actually make it cool. It’s enough to keep us from dying,” she said.
She got estimates from four different companies for installing a cooling system, but every project was between $20,000 and $25,000, she said. Even with subsidies she can’t afford it.
“I’m finding that you have to afford the project in the first place and then it’s like having a bonus coupon to take $5,000 off of the sticker price,” she said.
Lucy Molina, a single mom in Commerce City, one of Denver’s poorest areas, said her home has reached 107 degrees without air conditioning. Nearby, Molina’s two teenage children slurped popsicles to cool off, lingering in front of the open freezer.
For Molina, who bustled around her kitchen on a recent day when temperatures reached 99 degrees outdoors, it’s hard to see any path to a cooling respite.
“We’re just too poor,” she said.
Hill and Hillis suggested spending as much time as possible in shady, ventilated areas during heat waves and remembering to compensate for sweating by starting to drink water ahead of time.
“For folks who don’t have access to air conditioning, if there’s a rec center, or a library, or somewhere they can go with air conditioning, I would do that,” Hillis said.
“Do your grocery shopping at 11 in the morning, and take your time, because grocery stores are air conditioned. And remember that any air movement helps. Even if all you have is a fan, it’s better than no air movement at all.”
Hill also recommended that people wear lightweight, breathable clothing and suggested wetting down a shirt or towel to help cool off.
“You want to be able to dispense the heat in any way you can,” he said.
Before Buckley launched planes as an Air Force Base, before shoppers could exit to the Aurora Mall from I-225, or before E-470 was even a thing, Kevin Hougen led the Aurora Chamber of Commerce.
Hougen has led the chamber as president with a passion for small business in Aurora since 1999. He will pass the reins to Naomi Colwell on Sept. 1.
Hougen started in 1996 as the vice president of sales for the chamber. Before that, he worked at Frontier Airlines and at an insurance agency. After that, he ran a moving and storage business for 12 years.
“That has helped me really reflect on the challenges of small businesses,” Hougen said.
It inspired him to help other business owners in the growing Aurora community.
The mission of the chamber and Hougen has remained unchanged during his tenure.
He enthusiastically explained that to make this difference, the chamber upholds the three c’s; being a catalyst for businesses, a convener to bring people together and a champion for the community.
Hougen built a network of connections within the Aurora community and the chambers of other communities.
“We really are a region of economic development and chambers that work really well together,” Hougen said.
How Hougen has maintained those relationships and implemented decades of advocacy has changed as much as the world’s
technology.
“Thirty years ago, if I would have asked someone, ‘do you have a mouse?’,’’ Hougen said, “people would say, ‘You mean a mouse in my house?’”
With shifting technology came changes in communication. Hougen described how the chamber adjusted styles as technologies evolved. Once limited to faxes, mail and eventually email, the chamber’s communication strategy now aims to reach every member using a variety of platforms. The chamber has print publications, email newsletters and social media to capture each audience member.
But advocating for the needs of businesses has only been part of the chamber’s mission.
Hougen and his team addressed communitywide needs in Aurora, initiating projects to prepare for the future amid the community’s growth.
One of those projects was shoring up commitment to Aurora’s share of the metro Denver light rail. Voters agreed to fund “Fastracks” in 2004, and the chamber was a staunch proponent of the plan.
The need for mass transit and how that would impact the economy naturally aligned with Hougen’s chamber.
Likewise, other iconic projects cemented the chamber’s mission and the city’s future.
Those include, establishing Buckley first as an Air Force base, and now as a Space Force Base; procuring funding commitments for E-470’s Aurora section in the 1990s; and working to persuade the state to help fund a badly needed I-225 interchange at Alameda, critical to the viability of what
was then the Aurora Mall, now the Town Center of Aurora.
Hougen didn’t accomplish all this alone. He said success came from having “put together a dedicated, working team.”
Many of the chamber’s staff started as involved members of the chamber.
“I’d say about 99% of our employees have been members of the chamber before we hired them, and they believed in our mission,” Hougen said. He created a team who believed in the organization’s values.
“Under Kevin’s leadership, we were probably one of the most stable chambers in the state of Colorado, maybe the western United States,” Colwell said. “He’s left a great legacy in regards to us being successful.”
Colwell has worked at the chamber since 1999. She was a member of the chamber when she worked with the finance company AVCO. Colwell served as the marketing and events director until 2017, when she left to become president of the Brighton Chamber of Commerce.
In 2019 she returned to Aurora to lead the Aurora Police Foundation, created after the 2012 Aurora theater shooting to support Aurora police officers.
By 2021 she became the chamber’s finance director. She has been serving as the interim president since Hougen’s leave was announced on July 1.
Colwell said Hougen leads according to his staff’s strengths. She said Hougen worked with her talent for event planning and encouraged her to attend the Western Association of Chamber Executives training; an organization that offers professional development.
After completing the three-year training, Colwell accepted the position of president of the Brighton Chamber of Commerce in 2017. The position held its challenges, and Colwell values the experience for showing her different aspects of leading a chamber.
“I think that that actually helped me a lot,” Colwell said. “So that I could see some of the different elements that when I worked for Kevin before, I did not get to see.”
Her time at the Brighton chamber prepared her for her upcoming role as president of the Aurora Chamber of Commerce, she said.
Over the next month, Hougen will work with Colwell to prepare her for the transition as interim chamber president. The chamber board is considering who will assume the permanent role.
Colwell has her own goals for the future of the chamber. She recognizes that many people may not know who the chamber is or what they do. During her tenure as president, she would like to help educate the community on the role of the organization.
As Hougen reflects on his departure from the chamber, he said he’s confident the team and the organization is “in a good, strong position.”
Colwell said the chamber’s “goal is always to help people be successful.” Hougen worked to fulfill this mission by building relationships, pioneering projects and adjusting to a changing economy. Colwell hopes to uphold these pillars while contributing to the growth and success of the chamber.
Technology is designed to make life easier and more efficient. People can autopay their bills, order food and download movies right on their phones or tablets. They can even ask a virtual assistant to do it all for them.
But performing these daily tasks requires continuous learning, as operating systems and apps are routinely updated and new ones created. This can be challenging – and stressful – for older adults, who struggle to keep up with the changes as they begin to lose the cognitive skills needed for new learning.
Broadly defined, executive function skills are those that allow people to learn, plan and manage everyday tasks. A key component of executive function is working memory – the ability to hold on to new information so the brain can work with it while performing or learning a task. Studies show working memory declines with age, though how much varies among individuals.
When working memory declines, “clearly it is more difficult to learn new things,” said Dr. Vladimir Hachinski, a distinguished university professor in the department of clinical neurological sciences at the University of Western Ontario in Canada.
“Decision-making also is slowed,” he said. “Reaction time decreases and people cannot
think as well.”
That may be due to the loss of “alerting,” a cognitive function that prepares the brain to receive new information, said João Veríssimo, an assistant professor at the University of Lisbon in Portugal. Veríssimo was lead author on a 2021 study published in the journal Nature Human Behaviour that found some types of cognitive function were more susceptible to age-related decline than others.
Alerting was most susceptible to decline, Veríssimo and his colleagues found. “Older adults take longer to respond to cues,” he said.
With so much new information continuously coming at them, it also makes it more difficult for older adults to evaluate what’s legitimate, Hachinski said. “It makes them more susceptible to scams.”
Hachinski said one of the best things people can do to prevent the loss of executive function skills is to maintain good blood pressure control.
Hypertension, or high blood pressure, is a strong risk factor for dementia. Studies show it’s even more strongly associated with the loss of executive function than memory. Black people, who experience more severe hypertension and at an earlier age than their white peers, are twice as likely as white people to experience cognitive decline as they age, research suggests.
Higher levels of education can also help to protect against cognitive decline, Veríssimo said. A 2018 study he co-authored found men had steeper declines in working memory than women as they got older, and the more education the women had, the greater their working memory.
“If you already have more years of schooling, you will have less decline in working memory,” he said.
Once lost, there’s no evidence working memory can be regained, said Michael Ullman, a professor in the department of neuroscience at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. But the 2021 study he co-authored with Veríssimo found other aspects of executive function that may help with learning may be improved, such as the ability to block out distractions, at least until a person reaches their 70s.
“The areas for which we found improvement are those susceptible to practice,” Veríssimo said. “These are things that we get better at by doing them more often.”
For example, he said, learning a foreign language and staying socially engaged have been shown to help preserve cognitive function.
“Since the evidence so far suggests that some aspects of executive function can improve through experience, and others can’t, it makes sense to focus on those that can,” Ullman said.
President Joe Biden
last week rolled out a new set of initiatives to reduce health care costs: a crackdown on what he called “junk” insurance plans that play consumers as ‘suckers,’ new guidance to prevent surprise medical bills and an effort to reduce medical debt tied to credit cards.
Biden is building on previous initiatives to limit health care costs, with the Department of Health and Human Services releasing new estimates showing 18.7 million older adults and other Medicare beneficiaries will save an estimated $400 per year in prescription drug costs in 2025 because of the president placing a cap on out-of-pocket spending as part of last year’s Inflation Reduction Act.
Gearing up for his 2024 reelection campaign as inflation remains a dominant concern for voters, the Democratic president has
emphasized his policies to help families manage their expenses, as well as a spate of government incentives to encourage private sector development of electric vehicles, clean energy and advanced computer chips.
Republican lawmakers have criticized Biden’s policies by saying they have spurred higher prices that hurt the well-being of families.
Biden said his administration was taking aim at what he called “junk” insurance plans, such as short-term policies that can deny basic coverage as people transition between employers and still need temporary health care coverage.
The new proposed rules aims to close loopholes that allow insurers to offer products that can discriminate based on pre-existing conditions and market to consumers coverage that provides little or no coverage.
“In America, it sounds corny, but fairness is something we kind of expect,” Biden said. “And I don’t know anybody who likes to be viewed as having been played for a sucker.”
Biden invited Cory Dowd to tell his story at the White House event to spotlight the initiative. Dowd in 2019 purchased a high-deductible health care plan when he returned stateside after serving in the Peace Corps in Ghana but before he started graduate school and was able to get on a student health plan. He thought the plan would protect him in the case of a medical emergency.
But just weeks before he started school, he had to have emergency surgery to remove his appendix. Months later, the hospital called him to tell him his insurer
would only cover a small portion of his bill and that he would have to pay more than $37,000 out of pocket.
“For me, there was both a financial and emotional cost,” said Dowd, who added that the insurer relented after news coverage about his situation. “I’ve always considered myself a very responsible person. But this really took a toll on my self-esteem and my identity.”
Biden also announced new guidance on medical billing stemming from 2020’s No Surprises Act. The guidance would limit the ability of insurers that contract with hospitals to claim provided care was not in network and have customers pay more money. Health plans also would need to disclose facility fees that are
increasingly charged to patients and can surface as an unexpected cost in a medical bill.
“Folks, that’s not health insurance,” Biden said. “That’s a scam. It has to end.”
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and Treasury Department also are seeking information on third-party credit cards and loans that are specifically used to pay for health care. The higher costs and interest charges can discourage people in need of treatment from seeking care.
The president in his remarks also highlighted previous efforts to reduce health care costs, including a plan allowing Medicare to negotiate lower prices for prescription drugs and a $35 monthly price cap on insulin for people in Medicare Part B.
Chef Andrea Murdoch is busy in the kitchen of the Same Café in Denver — a pay-what-youcan restaurant run entirely by volunteers. She commonly uses the kitchen space when she needs an extra oven or two.
“Everything is a combination of Russian roulette and a Rubik’s cube in kitchens,” she said to a volunteer chef, laughing.
As volunteers take out pans and rip off pieces of parchment paper to cover them, a sweet smell wafts from the ovens. Murdoch is baking her famous light blue sugar cookies for an Indigenous Comic-Con event later that week.
“They look good, and they smell good too!” said one volunteer chef.
“And it supports Indigenous economies!” Murdoch yelled back.
But Murdoch — one of the Indigenous chefs that’s part of a new wave of Indigenous cuisine in Colorado and other parts of the Mountain West — doesn’t make cookies like other chefs. Instead of using flour, she’s utilizing Ute Mountain Ute cornmeal found in Southwest Colorado.
“Blue cornmeal is something that’s very specific to the Four Corners region of the U.S.,” she said. “You will not find this easily out on the West Coast, out on the East Coast.”
And this isn’t the first time she’s used unique ingredients in her cooking to support and highlight Indigenous food sources.
“I sourced locally and Indigenously to support those economies,” she said. “Kroger doesn’t need my money.”
Murdoch’s story is quite the journey, born out of the connection to her culture. She was born an orphan in Caracas, Venezuela, near the Andes Mountains. She was adopted shortly after and came to the United States. She grew up cooking with her family and soon went to culinary school in New York.
Despite the various places she cooked and traveled, she has always been impacted by the women of Oneida Nation — only a few hours from Milwaukee. They shared their creation story with her as well as how to make their version of cornbread.
“It unlocked something in me where I just felt at home,” Murdoch said. “...Having that kind of cultural experience and mindset, that felt like a reconnection.”
Soon after, Murdoch wanted to expand Four Directions Cuisine — her food business — and create South American cuisine. Through her research, the Andinan chef found the ingredients that were representative of the culture were pre-colonial. That refers to any food that existed in America before colonizers arrived, like rabbit or bison.
“I was tapping in more and more to my ancestry, whether I knew it or not,” Murdoch said.
She wanted to “go back to her origins” in her cooking and support Indigenous communities. Her ingredients come from Indigenous or local farmers, like Miller Farms and Strohauer Farms. She chooses ingredients within the state as much as possible and does what her ancestors did — live off the land.
“[I] utilize what is there,” she said. “We didn’t have this, ‘Oh yeah, just ship it from wherever you are.’”
She also taught herself how to forage on her own for ingredients. She shared how she will take her dog and go out by herself as her “quiet time”, looking for flowers or spruce tips for her dishes.
“I especially love it when it’s raining and I’m out there foraging because I’ll talk specifically to Illapa, our weather god, because that rain is a gift that is going to help our crops,” she said. “It’s going to help the land, it helps all the things. It’s part of the system that makes everything go round.”
She will frequently talk to the gods and her ancestors while she cooks. Murdoch lays out all the ingredients in front of her and just starts cooking, tapping into what she calls her “sixth sense.”
“I don’t always approach cooking and creating menus the way most chefs approach it,” she said. “There’s an element of listening to the ingredients and understanding how you’re going to honor them best.”
While she doesn’t own a brick-and-mortar restaurant yet, she cooks for various events through Four Directions Cuisine — anything from a mirco-wedding, to cooking classes to a small chef’s table. She loves serving smaller groups because there’s more room for “whimsy.”
“[I’ll] say, ‘Hey, if it’s OK with everybody, I have these pickled spruce tips that I think go really, really nicely on top of your elk meat taco,” she said. “And everybody just kind of looks around like, ‘Yeah, we’re game.’ And then that becomes a garnish and it also becomes a conversation piece and I get to talk to them about how I went foraging [and how] the buds are only out there for a limited time before they do fully sprout.”
Murdoch said it’s rewarding to watch Indigenous people reconnect to their ancestral
foods — as well as watching people try new ingredients for the first time.
“To see that satisfaction on their face, I’m just like, ‘Yes, yes,’” she said. “That’s what knowledge exchange and cultural exchange in particular is all about.”
She hopes those who eat her food take away the deeper knowledge of where it comes from and its ties to culture.
“The way I look at food is respect,” she said. “It goes back to the Indigenous culture that plants aren’t just plants, they are plant relatives.”
This type of Indigenous cooking has grown in popularity, with many restaurants opening since the pandemic in big cities such as Minneapolis and Seattle. Some Indigenous chefs are also expanding in the world of cookbooks. And, for the second year in a row, an Indigenous chef won a James Beard award. The James Beard is almost like the Oscars for cooking.
Murdoch said Indigenous creatives like these have always existed, but they were in limited spaces. She’s excited to finally see their work in the spotlight.
“If you had told me five years ago that this is what the Indigenous food landscape was going to look like in this country, that we were going to have more restaurants being open, that people were going to say yes and greenlight Indigenous based projects, I probably would have looked at you with so much skepticism,” she said.
But it wasn’t always this way, and in some
10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Aug. 19 at 3095 S. Peoria St. Unit B, Aurora, CO 80014. Visit http://alturl.com/ qbeu4 for more information.
Need to shed a few pounds? Maybe you’re just one of those folk that likes to live healthy, whatever that means. Whatever the case may be, we’ve all got different motivators for exercise, masochistic or not, and A Bit Twisted Brewpub is hosting an hour-long bootcamp to help sweat those pesky calories away.
Clothing boutiques, dog treat bakers, candle makers and more will be set up Aug. 20, in the hangar of our favorite east metro marketplace.
If you happen to have a bit of craftiness that you want to offer and sell through participating, you can find the contact info in the link provided above.
tional $10. A complete sewing kit is not necessary to bring, but a pair of scissors never hurts.
The class is for adults only as well, so leave the kiddies at home for this one. We all know it’s a great Colorado pastime to bring minors to breweries, so you’ll need to resist that urge.
8:30 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. Aug. 4 at 2620 16th St., Denver, CO 80211. Visit http://alturl.com/7gwkn for more information.
Little Man Ice Cream has partnered up with Denver Film to bring a monthly screening of fine cinema on the Little Man Plaza. Enjoy yourself a cone of cream while you hang outside and enjoy a good flick.
5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Aug. 5 at 7711 E. Academy Blvd. Denver, CO 80230. Visit https://wingsmuseum. org/events/hops/ for more information.
One of Denver’s more unique beer festivals returns to Wings Over the Rockies, Aug. 5. What makes this more unique than the others you may ask. Well, this one is in the hangar of the air and space museum, which means, as you imbibe you get to meander through the giant aircraft which are littered throughout.
Nineteen local breweries will be offering unlimited pours of their barley pops. The Shadow Ridge Rockers will be cranking out the tunes as you partake in the various food stations catered by Catering by Design. And if you somehow get tired of getting an up close and personal view of the aircraft, there will also be vintage cars to ogle over. Just mind your suds and don’t spill any on them.
The class is $15 and includes discounted barley pops for that much needed post-workout beer. Fun fact, they host this class every third Saturday of the month. For your own benefit, longevity and health, we suggest you consider becoming a regular. Exercise is good for everyone. The same applies for craft beer.
12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Aug. 13 at 2801 Tower Road, Aurora, CO 80011. Visit http://alturl.com/j6pj2 for more information.
4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Aug.
17 at 7070 E. Lowry Blvd., Denver, CO 80230. Visit http://alturl. com/7s3w9 for more information.
Tis the season for outdoor markets, and Denver Beer Co. has been hosting a monthly bazaar its Lowry location all summer.
The night will begin promptly at 8:30 with some cartoons and then the film will begin at 8:45. This month Turning Red is on the schedule and Back To The Future will be the film of choice for Sept. 1. Really a pleasant summertime evening, if you ask the old souls of this newsroom.
1:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Aug. 20 at 2501 Dallas St., Aurora, CO 80010. Visit http://alturl.com/fufn6 for more information.
We’ve got a pop up shop, people.
The Hangar at Stanley Marketplace is playing host to an opportunity to host local small businesses sell their wares, goods and tasty snacks.
Calling all wannabe tailors and seamstresses. Dry Dock Brewing is playing host to Marma Designs and Sewing School, which will be teaching a fundamentals sewing class, where attendees will learn the basic setup of the traditional sewing machine, teach you how to sew a small bag and go through any troubleshooting issues that may arise throughout.
The cost of the class is $50, but that includes all materials, and if you don’t have a sewing machine and want to see if the trade piques any interest, machines will be offered to rent during the class for an addi-
The final one of the season is Aug. 17 and the event is free to attend. They’ll be offering happy hour pricing during the first hour, BOGO coupons when you register and bottomless Aperol Spritzes for $20 during the first hour as well.
After you catch a nice buzz, meander through the booths of the 60-plus local vendors who will be offering their goods, as well as sampling street food from the food trucks that will be stationed outside. Oh, did we mention live music? No? Live music.
4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Aug. 19 at 101 14th Ave. Denver, CO 80204. Visit http://alturl.com/f5fp3 for more information.
Westword’s 6th annual celebration of all things taco is slated for later this month, returning to Civic Center Park in Denver.
The event will feature longtime favorites and newcomers to the taco scene, as it were, giving guests an opportunity to sample their favorites.
More than 40 restaurants will be offering unlimited bites of their best dishes, surely to fill you up. Unlimited beverages are also included in the $50 ticket price. There will be live music as well as Lucha Libre wrestling. This is definitely not one to miss! This is however a 21 and up event, so make sure you are toting your identification with you, otherwise you’ll not be getting in.
7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. Aug. 25 at 1800 Wazee St., Denver, CO 80202. Visit https://www.coloradowinewalk.com/ for more information.
Would you like some grapes?
What if they are in liquid form, and a bit boozy? We thought so. The Colorado Wine Walk is back and with it is coming 12 of Colorado’s best wineries from the city to the Western Slope, all coming together to share their favorite wines for sampling, and, of course, for purchase.
The tickets start at $50 and includes unlimited samples, a commemorative wine glass, discounted bottle prices and the opportunity to chat it up with the wine makers themselves.
There is also a pre-fixe dinner the night before, which you can get the details of in the link provided above.
8:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Aug. 5 at 2300 Steele St. 80205. Visit https://denverzoo.org/events/teddy-bear-clinic/ for more information.
This sounds like a fun one for the kiddos. In partnership with Children’s Hospital Colorado, Denver Zoo is hosting their 8th annual Teddy Bear Clinic.
There will be interactive stations setup throughout the zoo where volunteers and medical staff will offer “medical” checkups and procedures for the young ones favorite stuffed animals, while teaching about healthy habits.
Guests will also be provided a chance to learn about the treatment and care that specialists and veterinarians provide to the diverse animals that inhabit the zoo.
COMBINED NOTICE -
PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103
FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0197-2023
To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:
On May 5, 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)
Roy Hansen
Original Beneficiary(ies)
HOMEWARD RESIDENTIAL INC
Current Holder of Evidence of Debt
PHH MORTGAGE CORPORATION
Date of Deed of Trust
June 28, 2017
County of Recording
Arapahoe
Recording Date of Deed of Trust
June 30, 2017
Recording Information (Reception No. and/ or Book/Page No.)
D7073518
Original Principal Amount
$250,799.00
Outstanding Principal Balance
$226,400.43
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
LOT 2, BLOCK 1, HEATHER GARDENS FILING NO. 15, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO.
PARCEL I:
AN UNDIVIDED 1/144TH INTEREST IN AND TO SAID LOT, SUBJECT TO EASEMENTS OF RECORD, INCLUDING SUCH EASEMENT AS MAY BE SENT OUT IN THE DECLARATION CONDOMINIUM OF HEATHER GARDENS AS FILED OF RECORD, EXCLUDING ANY INTEREST IN THE BUILDINGS AND EQUIPMENT SITUATE ON SAID LOT AND BLOCK ABOVE DESCRIBED IN WHICH APARTMENT AND TOWNHOUSE UNITS ARE SITUATE EXCEPT THE INTEREST IN THE APARTMENT BUILDING AND EQUIPMENT HEREIN CONVEYED.
PARCEL II:
ALL OF THAT SPACE OR AREA WHICH
LIES BETWEEN THE CEILING AND THE FLOOR, AND THE WALLS OF THE APARTMENT AT 14001 E. MARINA DR. #510 (FOR CONVENIENT REFERENCE, NUMBERED AS UNIT NO. 26628, IN BUILDING NO. 224), NOW OR HEREAFTER CONSTRUCTED ON SAID LOT, SAID BUILDING BEING LOCATED SUBSTANTIALLY AS SHOWN ON THE AREA PLAT PLAN THEREOF, FILED FOR RECORD IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK AND RECORDER OF THE COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO, FIRST SUPPLEMENT RECORDED JUNE 24, 1980 UNDER RECEPTION NO. 1975927.
PARCEL III:
AN UNDIVIDED 1/72ND INTEREST IN AND TO THE BUILDING, EQUIPMENT THEREIN INSTALLED AND APPURTENANT THERETO WITHIN WHICH THE ABOVE DESCRIBED SPACE OR AREA IS LOCATED.
TOGETHER WITH:
(1) THE EXCLUSIVE RIGHT TO USE THE PATIOS AND BALCONIES, AIR CONDITIONERS OR OTHER APPLIANCES WHICH PROJECT BEYOND THE SPACE OR AREA ABOVE DISCRIBED AND CONTIGUOUS THERETO.
(2) A RIGHT OF WAY, IN COMMON WITH OTHERS, FOR INGRESS AND EGRESS TO AND FROM THE PROPERTY ABOVE DESCRIBED.
(3) THE RIGHT TO USE 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 ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO,
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 NOTICEPUBLICATION 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
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-23-957481-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 NOTICE -
PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103
FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0183-2023
To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:
On April 28, 2023, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.
Original Grantor(s)
Jeffrey W. Lombardi
Original Beneficiary(ies)
Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as beneficiary, as nominee for RBC Mortgage Company, an Illinois Corporation, its successors and assigns
Current Holder of Evidence of Debt NewRez LLC d/b/a Shellpoint Mortgage
Servicing
Date of Deed of Trust
November 22, 2002
County of Recording
Arapahoe
Recording Date of Deed of Trust
December 17, 2002
Recording Information (Reception No. and/ or Book/Page No.)
B2241852
Original Principal Amount
$177,493.00
Outstanding Principal Balance
$100,049.82
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 9, BLOCK 1, MISSION VIEJO SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 9, AMENDED, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO.
Also known by street and number as: 3613 South Lewiston Street, Aurora,, CO 80013. THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.
NOTICE OF SALE
The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.
THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 08/30/2023, 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 7/6/2023
Last Publication 8/3/2023
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: 04/28/2023
Michael Westerberg, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado
By: /s/ Michael Westerberg, Public Trustee
The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:
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 # CO21622
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. 0188-2023
To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:
On April 28, 2023, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.
Original Grantor(s)
David J. Goodman
Original Beneficiary(ies)
MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR CITYWIDE HOME LOANS, A UTAH CORPORATION, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS
Current Holder of Evidence of Debt
FEDERAL HOME LOAN MORTGAGE CORPORATION , as Trustee for the benefit of the Freddie Mac Seasoned Loans
Structured Transaction Trust, Series 2021-
1 Date of Deed of Trust
April 29, 2016
County of Recording
Arapahoe
Recording Date of Deed of Trust
May 04, 2016
Recording Information (Reception No. and/ or Book/Page No.)
D6046110
Original Principal Amount
$340,000.00
Outstanding Principal Balance
$299,045.45
Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.
THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. LOT 19, BLOCK 7, WILLOW TRACE SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 3, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO.
APN #: 2073-11-2-07-019
Also known by street and number as: 4579
S. Jebel Ct., 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, 08/30/2023, 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.
The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:
Alison L Berry #34531
N. April Winecki #34861
David R. Doughty #40042
Nicholas H. Santarelli #46592
Lynn M. Janeway #15592
Janeway Law Firm, P.C. 9800 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 400, Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 706-9990
Attorney File # 23-029503
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. 0190-2023
To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:
On April 28, 2023, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.
Original Grantor(s)
Richard K. Richard, II
Original Beneficiary(ies)
WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK, FA
Current Holder of Evidence of Debt
MCLP Asset Company, Inc.
Date of Deed of Trust
August 30, 2002
County of Recording
Arapahoe
Recording Date of Deed of Trust
September 05, 2002
Recording Information (Reception No. and/ or Book/Page No.)
B2164410
Original Principal Amount
$201,275.00
Outstanding Principal Balance
$124,690.81
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 14, BLOCK 5, KELLY CREEK SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 2, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO.
Also known by street and number as: 3279 South Biscay 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, 08/30/2023, 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 7/6/2023
Last Publication 8/3/2023
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: 04/28/2023
Michael Westerberg, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado
By: /s/ Michael Westerberg, Public Trustee
The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:
Alison L Berry #34531
N. April Winecki #34861
David R. Doughty #40042
Nicholas H. Santarelli #46592
Lynn M. Janeway #15592
Janeway Law Firm, P.C. 9800 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 400, Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 706-9990
Attorney File # 23-029674
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. 0195-2023
To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:
On May 5, 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) PHUONG SMITH
Original Beneficiary(ies) CALICO INVESTORS, LLC
Current Holder of Evidence of Debt CALICO INVESTORS, LLC
Date of Deed of Trust
April 08, 2016
County of Recording Arapahoe
Recording Date of Deed of Trust
April 11, 2016
Recording Information (Reception No. and/ or Book/Page No.)
D6036044
Original Principal Amount
$265,000.00
Outstanding Principal Balance
$265,000.00
Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.
THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE
A FIRST LIEN.
LOT 7 & THE E 1/2 OF TRACT E ADJ SD LOT 7 ON THE W BLK6 SUMMER VALLEY SUB 3RD FLG
Also known by street and number as: 18260 E. HAMPDEN PLACE, 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, 09/06/2023, 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:
Brian T. Ray #34914
Christopher J. Conant #40269
Robert W Hatch II #16888
Hatch Ray Olsen Conant LLC 730 Seventeenth Street, Suite 200, Denver, CO 80202 (303) 298-1800
Attorney File # 18260 E HAMPDEN
PLACE
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. 0198-2023
To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:
On May 5, 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)
Antonio Gutierrez Lara
Original Beneficiary(ies)
MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR UNIVERSAL LENDING CORPORATION, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS
Current Holder of Evidence of Debt COLORADO HOUSING AND FINANCE
AUTHORITY
Date of Deed of Trust
April 30, 2020
County of Recording
Arapahoe
Recording Date of Deed of Trust
May 01, 2020
Recording Information (Reception No. and/ or Book/Page No.)
E0052076
Original Principal Amount
$309,294.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $294,666.49 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are
hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.
THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.
LOT 15, BLOCK 14, BURNS AURORA, SECOND FILING, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 796 Kenton Street, Aurora, CO 80010.
THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.
NOTICE OF SALE
The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.
THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given 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 # 23-029843
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. 0200-2023
To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:
On May 5, 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)
Caroline Uko AND Idotenyin Etuk
Original Beneficiary(ies)
MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR MOVEMENT MORTGAGE, LLC, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS
Current Holder of Evidence of Debt
COLORADO HOUSING AND FINANCE
AUTHORITY
Date of Deed of Trust
January 22, 2021
County of Recording
Arapahoe
Recording Date of Deed of Trust
January 26, 2021
Recording Information (Reception No. and/ or Book/Page No.)
E1013195
Original Principal Amount $304,286.00
Outstanding Principal Balance $293,269.21
Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows:
Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.
THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. LOT 123, BLOCK 2, OLDE TOWNE SUBDIVISION, FILING NO. 2, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 10 S Nome Street, F, Aurora, CO 80012. THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. NOTICE OF SALE
The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.
THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 09/06/2023, at The East Hearing
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 # 23-029836
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. 0201-2023
To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:
On May 9, 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)
Robert E. Hawkins, Jr. AND Jamie Mae
Leavitt
Original Beneficiary(ies)
Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Beneficiary, as nominee for Freedom Mortgage Corporation, its successors and assigns
Current Holder of Evidence of Debt
Freedom Mortgage Corporation
Date of Deed of Trust
December 16, 2020
County of Recording
Arapahoe
Recording Date of Deed of Trust
December 28, 2020
Recording Information (Reception No. and/ or Book/Page No.)
E0182397**
Original Principal Amount
$476,836.00
Outstanding Principal Balance $461,954.90
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.
ATTACHED EXHIBIT “A”
EXHIBIT A
A TRACT OF LAND LOCATED IN THE SOUTH HALF OF SECTION 35, TOWNSHIP 4 SOUTH, RANGE 63 WEST OF THE 6TH P.M., (ALSO BEING KNOWN AS TRACT 13), COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO, BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT A POINT ON THE EASTERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF KIOWABENNETT ROAD, SAID POINT BEARS S00°19`56” E A DISTANCE OF 2,925.06 FEET FROM THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF SAID SECTION 35; THENCE N89°35`31”E A DISTANCE OF 2,620.47 FEET; THENCE S00°24`36”W PARALLEL WITH AND 20.00 FEET EASTERLY OF THE EAST LINE OF SAID NORTHWEST QUARTER A DISTANCE OF 586.43 FEET; THENCE S89°37`17”W A DISTANCE OF 2,620.63 FEET TO SAID EASTERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF KIOWA-BENNETT ROAD; THENCE N00°25`37”E ALONG SAID EASTERLY RIGHT-OFWAY LINE, PARALLEL WITH AND 40.00 FEET EASTERLY OF THE WEST LINE OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER A DISTANCE OF 585.00 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 3188 S County Rd, 137, Bennett, CO 80102. 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: **The legal description was corrected by an Affidavit of Correction recorded 11/08/2022 at Reception No. E2110211 in the records of the Arapahoe County Clerk and Recorder, State of Colorado.
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: 05/09/2023
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 # CO11593
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. 0203-2023
To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:
On May 9, 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)
GLORIA B. PACHECO
Original Beneficiary(ies)
MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR AMERICAN PACIFIC MORTGAGE CORPORATION
Current Holder of Evidence of Debt
ONSLOW BAY FINANCIAL LLC
Date of Deed of Trust
October 06, 2020
County of Recording
Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust
October 19, 2020
Recording Information (Reception No. and/ or Book/Page No.)
E0141990
Original Principal Amount
$260,500.00
Outstanding Principal Balance
$251,634.87
Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust and other violations of the terms thereof THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. LOT 4, BLOCK 2, HALLCRAFT’S VILLAGE EAST-FIRST FILING, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 12147 EAST HAWAII DRIVE, AURORA, CO 80012. THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.
NOTICE OF SALE
The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.
THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 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: 05/09/2023
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 # 00000009747064
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. 0204-2023
To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:
On May 9, 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) CECILIA ESCALANTE HIDALGO AND ROGELIO LEON-AGUILAR
Original Beneficiary(ies)
MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR ACADEMY MORTGAGE CORPORATION
Current Holder of Evidence of Debt
U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS OWNER TRUSTEE FOR RCF 2 ACQUISITION TRUST
Date of Deed of Trust
May 11, 2018
County of Recording
Arapahoe
Recording Date of Deed of Trust
May 14, 2018
Recording Information (Reception No. and/ or Book/Page No.)
D8046856
Original Principal Amount
$356,250.00
Outstanding Principal Balance
$356,726.20
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 17, BLOCK 8, AURORA HIGHLANDS SUBDVISION FILING NO. 1, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 1646 S QUINTERO WAY, AURORA, CO 80017. THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.
NOTICE OF SALE
The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.
THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 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: 05/09/2023
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 # 00000009713660
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. 0227-2023
To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:
On May 19, 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)
Jose L. Martinez Jimenez
Original Beneficiary(ies)
MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR CALIBER HOME LOANS, INC., ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS
Current Holder of Evidence of Debt
COLORADO HOUSING AND FINANCE
AUTHORITY
Date of Deed of Trust
November 27, 2019
County of Recording
Arapahoe
Recording Date of Deed of Trust
December 03, 2019
Recording Information (Reception No. and/ or Book/Page No.)
D9131886
Original Principal Amount
$454,613.00
Outstanding Principal Balance
$431,318.61
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 7, BLOCK 11, ADONEA SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 2, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO
Also known by street and number as: 91 S Newbern Way, Aurora, CO 80018-1726.
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, 09/20/2023, 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 7/27/2023
Last Publication 8/24/2023
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: 05/19/2023
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 # 22-026635
The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.
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Revised 1/2015
COMBINED NOTICE -
PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103
FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0229-2023
To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:
On May 19, 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)
Kari A. Flores
Original Beneficiary(ies)
Service Mortgage Corporation
Current Holder of Evidence of Debt Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
Date of Deed of Trust
September 06, 2002
County of Recording
Arapahoe
Recording Date of Deed of Trust
September 12, 2002
Recording Information (Reception No. and/ or Book/Page No.)
B2169811
Original Principal Amount
$164,430.00
Outstanding Principal Balance $91,861.82
Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows:
Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the Deed of Trust and other violations thereof
THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.
LOT 4, BLOCK 10, SEVEN LAKES SUBDIVISION, FILING NO. 5, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 3215 South Danube Street, Aurora, CO 80013.
THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.
NOTICE OF SALE
The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.
THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 09/20/2023, 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 7/27/2023
Last Publication 8/24/2023
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: 05/19/2023
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-23-958824-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.
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Revised 1/2015
COMBINED NOTICEPUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0232-2023
To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:
On May 19, 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) MICHELE M. CORREA AND TIMOTHY CORREA
Original Beneficiary(ies)
MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR Top Flite Financial, Inc., ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS
Current Holder of Evidence of Debt
MORTGAGE SOLUTIONS OF COLO-
RADO, LLC, D.B.A MORTGAGE SOLUTIONS FINANCIAL
Date of Deed of Trust
February 25, 2021
County of Recording Arapahoe
Recording Date of Deed of Trust
March 11, 2021
Recording Information (Reception No. and/ or Book/Page No.) E1041425
Original Principal Amount $305,250.00
Outstanding Principal Balance $299,138.49
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 65, SMOKY HILL 400 FILING NO. 6, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. APN: 2073-16-1-18-014
Also known by street and number as: 5451 S VENTURA CT, Centennial, CO 80015.
THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 09/20/2023, 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 7/27/2023
Last Publication 8/24/2023
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: 05/19/2023
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 # 23-029922
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. 0233-2023
To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:
On May 23, 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)
Jonathan Breeden
Original Beneficiary(ies)
Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., As Beneficiary, As Nominee for American Financing Corporation, its successors and assigns
Current Holder of Evidence of Debt
Planet Home Lending, LLC
Date of Deed of Trust
July 20, 2021
County of Recording
Arapahoe
Recording Date of Deed of Trust
July 26, 2021
Recording Information (Reception No. and/ or Book/Page No.)
E1116916
Original Principal Amount
$559,675.00
Outstanding Principal Balance
$551,654.65 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 make timely payments required under said Deed of Trust and the Evidence of Debt secured thereb THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.
LOT 13, BLOCK 48, THE CONSERVATORY SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 1, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 3081 S. Jericho 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, 09/20/2023, 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
number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:
DEANNE R. STODDEN #33214
MESSNER REEVES LLP 1550 WEWATTA STREET, SUITE 710, DENVER, CO 80202 (303) 623-1800
Attorney File # 11070.0004
The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.
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Revised 1/2015 COMBINED NOTICE -
PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103
FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0234-2023
To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:
On May 23, 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)
Gary M. Gomez and Ann M. Gomez
Original Beneficiary(ies)
Westerra Credit Union
Current Holder of Evidence of Debt
Westerra Credit Union
Date of Deed of Trust
November 19, 2015
County of Recording
Arapahoe
Recording Date of Deed of Trust
November 25, 2015
Recording Information (Reception No. and/ or Book/Page No.)
D5135864
Original Principal Amount
$212,000.00
Outstanding Principal Balance
$181,354.44
Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay installments of principal and interest, together with 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 18, BLOCK 7, BEACON POINT SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 1, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 6401 S. Millbrook Way, 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, 09/20/2023, 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 7/27/2023
Last Publication 8/24/2023 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: 05/23/2023
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:
DAVID C WALKER #36551
NEAL K. DUNNING #10181
DOUGLAS W BROWN #10429
DREW P FEIN #48950
BROWN DUNNING WALKER FEIN DRUSCH PC 7995 E. PRENTICE AVE., SUITE 101-E, GREENWOOD VILLAGE, CO 80111 (303) 329-3363
Attorney File # 3085-174
The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.
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Revised 1/2015
COMBINED NOTICEPUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103
0235-2023
FORECLOSURE SALE NO.
To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:
On May 23, 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)
Adam Neta
Original Beneficiary(ies)
MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR Plum Creek Funding, Inc., ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS
Current Holder of Evidence of Debt CARRINGTON MORTGAGE SERVICES,
LLC
Date of Deed of Trust
July 31, 2020 County of Recording
Arapahoe
Recording Date of Deed of Trust
August 03, 2020
Recording Information (Reception No. and/ or Book/Page No.)
E0097726
August 18, 2020
Re-Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.)
E0106365
Re-Recording Date of Deed of Trust
Original Principal Amount $407,500.00
Outstanding Principal Balance $383,294.87
Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.
THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. LOT 69, BLOCK 1, BEACON POINT SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 4, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 6757 S Old Hammer Ct, 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, 09/20/2023, 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 7/27/2023
Last Publication 8/24/2023
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: 05/23/2023
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 # 23-029934
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
to the deed of trust described in the notice of election and demand pursuant to affidavit as allowed by statutes: C.R.S.§
38-35-109(5) LEGAL DESCRIPTION HAS BEEN CORRECTED BY SCRIVENER’S AFFIDAVIT RECORDED 08/21/2018 AT RECEPTION NO. D8083157 IN THE RECORDS OF ARAPAHOE COUNTY.
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, 09/27/2023, 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 8/3/2023
Last Publication 8/31/2023
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: 05/30/2023
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 # 22-026207
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
CITY OF AURORA, COLORADO Ordinance 2023-27
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 was finally passed at the July 31, 2023, regular meeting of the City Council and will take effect on September 02, 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_no-
tices/. /s/ Kadee Rodriguez City Clerk
Publication: August 3, 2023
Sentinel CITY OF AURORA, COLORADO Ordinance 2023-29
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 was finally passed at the July 31, 2023, regular meeting of the City Council and will take effect on September 02, 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/. /s/ Kadee Rodriguez City Clerk
Publication: August 3, 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 was finally passed at the July 31, 2023, regular meeting of the City Council and will take effect on September 02, 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/.
/s/ Kadee Rodriguez City Clerk
Publication: August 3, 2023
Sentinel CITY OF AURORA, COLORADO Ordinance 2023-32
FOR AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AURORA, COLORADO, AMENDING SECTIONS
54-133 AND 54-151 OF THE CITY CODE PERTAINING TO UNLAWFUL ACTS
Ordinance 2023-32, which was re-introduced on July 31, 2023, will be presented for final passage at the August 14, 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/.
/s/ Kadee Rodriguez City Clerk
Publication: August 3, 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 was finally passed at the July 31, 2023, regular meeting of the City Council and will take effect on September 02, 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/.
/s/ Kadee Rodriguez City Clerk
Publication: August 3, 2023 Sentinel
CITY OF AURORA, COLORADO Ordinance 2023-34
A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AURORA, COLORADO, REZONING A PARCEL OF LAND MEASURING 31.28 ACRES, MORE OR LESS, LOCATED WITHIN SUBAREA
C, ALONG STEPHEN D HOGAN PARKWAY AND WEST OF PICADILLY ROAD, CITY OF AURORA, COUNTY OF ADAMS, STATE OF COLORADO FROM MIXEDUSE REGIONAL DISTRICT (MU-R) TO MIXED-USE CORRIDOR DISTRICT (MUC) AND AMENDING THE ZONING MAP ACCORDINGLY (EAGLE RIDGE ZONING MAP AMENDMENT)
Ordinance 2023-34, which was re-introduced on July 31, 2023, will be presented for final passage at the August 14, 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/.
/s/ Kadee Rodriguez City Clerk
Publication: August 3, 2023
Sentinel
As required by the Colorado Liquor Code, as amended, notice is hereby given that an application for a Lodging and Entertainment 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 April 12th, 2023, by La Victoria Healing Kitchen, LLC dba La Victoria Healing Kitchen for a location at 1427 Elmira Street, Aurora, CO 80010. The corporate officer lives in Colorado.
A Public Hearing to consider the application has been scheduled to be held before the Local Licensing Authority on September 6th, 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 3rd, 2023, and must be returned by 12:00 noon on August 28th, 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: August 3, 2023 Sentinel
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
Case Number(s): 1997-2023-05
Applicant: Majestic Realty Co
Application Name: Tower Crossings South - Zoning Map Amendment
You are hereby notified that a public hearing will be held on August 14, 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 ORDINANCE AND PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE APPROVAL OF A ZONING MAP AMENDMENT TO REZONE 22.0 ACRES, MORE OR LESS, FROM I-1 (BUSINESS/ TECH) TO MU-C (MIXED USE-CORRIDOR) TO ALLOW FOR A HOTEL AND RETAIL. This meeting also has a virtual attendance option. Please visit the City website, at auroragov.org for instructions on virtual attendance.
Site Location: Southeast Corner of Tower Road and E 32nd Parkway Site Size: 22.0 acres
At said meeting any person in interest may appear and be heard on the requested approval.
/s/ Kadee Rodriguez City Clerk
Publication: August 3, 2023 Sentinel
BEFORE THE ENERGY AND CARBON MANAGEMENT COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF COLORADO CAUSE NO. 535 DOCKET NO. 221200361
TYPE: OIL & GAS DEVELOPMENT PLAN NOTICE OF HEARING
IN THE MATTER OF THE PROMULGATION AND ESTABLISHMENT OF FIELD RULES TO GOVERN OPERATIONS FOR THE NIOBRARA FORMATION, DJ HORIZONTAL NIOBRARA FIELD, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO
Crestone Peak Resources Operating LLC (Operator No. 10633) (“Crestone” or “Applicant”) filed an Application with the Commission for an order to establish an Oil & Gas Development Plan (“OGDP”) on the lands identified below. Generally, an Oil & Gas Development Plan is the process whereby an applicant obtains approval to develop oil or gas resources at one or more oil and gas locations by drilling a specific number of wells. Importantly, an OGDP is not a pooling application.
This Notice was sent to you because the Applicant believes you may: 1) be an Owner of oil and/or gas (“mineral”) interests to be developed by the proposed OGDP; 2) own, reside, or operate a first responder agency on property within 2,000 feet of a working pad surface included in the OGDP; or 3) be otherwise entitled to notice pursuant to Commission Rule 303.e.(1).
APPLICATION LANDS
Surface Lands
Chico/Watkins South Oil and Gas Location
(New Oil and Gas Location- 9 new wells)
Township 4 South, Range 64 West, 6th
P.M.
Section 30: 15.04 acres in the NW½SW¼
Watkins 30-5-5H Oil and Gas Location
(Existing, Amended Oil and Gas Location2 new wells)
Township 4 South, Range 64 West, 6th
P.M.
Section 30: 10.43 acres in the SW¼NW¼
Mineral Development
Drilling and Spacing Unit No. 1 (“Chico
Unit” or “DSU No. 1):
Township 4 South, Range 65 West, 6th
P.M.
Section 25: All
Section 26: All
Drilling and Spacing Unit No. 2 (“Watkins
Unit” or “DSU No. 2):
Township 4 South, Range 64 West, 6th
P.M.
Section 29: All
Section 30: All
DATE, TIME, AND LOCATION OF HEARING
(Subject to change)
A Commission hearing on the abovereferenced docket number is currently scheduled for the following date, time, and location:
Date: September 27, 2023
Time: 9:00 a.m.
Place: Energy and Carbon Management Commission
The Chancery Building 1120 Lincoln Street, Suite 801 Denver, CO 80203
Parties to this hearing will be notified if this date, time, or place changes. For the most up-to-date information regarding the Commission’s hearing schedule, please visit https://ecmc.state.co.us/#/home, click on “Commission Hearings,” and click on “Preliminary Agendas.”
PUBLIC COMMENT
Any party may file a public comment for the review of Commission Staff related to the above-described OGDP. All public comments will be included in the administrative record for the OGDP proceeding. Parties wishing to file a public comment on the above-described OGDP may follow the instructions at https://ecmc.state. co.us/documents/sb19181/Guidance/ Mission_Change_Guidance/Info%20 Sheet_303.e.(2).D%20Public%20Comment_20210309.pdf, or may use the eFiling system outlined below.
PETITIONS DEADLINE FOR PETITIONS BY AFFECT-
ED PERSONS: August 28, 2023
Any interested party who wishes to participate formally in this matter must file a written petition with the Commission no later than the deadline provided above. Please see Commission Rule 507 at https://ecmc. state.co.us/#/home, under “Regulation,” then select “Rules.” Please note that, under Commission Rule 510.l, the deadline for petitions may only be continued for good cause, even if the hearing is continued beyond the date that is stated above. Pursuant to Commission Rule 507, if you do not file a proper petition, the Hearing Officer will not know that you wish to formally participate in this matter and the date and time of the hearing may change without additional notice to you. Parties wishing to file a petition must register online at https://oitco.hylandcloud.com/DNRCOGExternalAccess/Account/Login.aspx and select “Request Access to Site.” Please refer to our “eFiling Users Guidebook” at https://ecmc.state.co.us/documents/reg/ Hearings/External_Efiling_System_Handbook_December_2021_Final.pdf for more information.
Any Affected Person who files a petition must be able to participate in a prehearing conference during the week of August 28, 2023, if a prehearing conference is requested by the Applicant or by any person who has filed a petition.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
For more information, you may review the Application, which was sent to you with this Notice. You may also contact the Applicant at the phone number or email address listed below.
In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if any party requires special accommodations as a result of a disability for this hearing, please contact Margaret Humecki at Cogcc.Hearings_Unit@state. co.us, prior to the hearing and arrangements will be made.
ENERGY AND CARBON MANAGEMENT COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF COLORADO
By /s/ Mimi C. Larsen, Commission Secretary
Dated: July 19, 2023
Applicant Crestone Peak Resources Operating LLC c/o Jamie L. Jost Kelsey H. Wasylenky Jost Energy Law, P.C. 3511 Ringsby Court, Unit 103 Denver, CO 80216 720-446-5620 jjost@jostenergylaw.com kwasylenky@jostenergylaw.com
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NOTICE OF BOARD OF DIRECTOR VACANCY
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, and particularly to the electors of the AURORA HIGH POINT AT DIA METROPOLITAN DISTRICT, Adams County, Colorado.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to § 32-1-808, C.R.S., that the Aurora High Point at DIA Metropolitan District is accepting Letters of Interest from qualified electors to fill a vacancy or vacancies on the Board of Directors to serve until the next regular special district election in May, 2025.
Letters of Interest should be sent to Aurora High Point at DIA Metropolitan District, c/o Elizabeth A. Dauer, Esq., Seter & Vander Wall, P.C., 7400 East Orchard Road, Suite 3300, Greenwood Village, Colorado, 80111.
Letters of Interest must be received by August 13, 2023 in order to be considered.
AURORA HIGH POINT AT DIA METROPOLITAN DISTRICT
By: /s/ Michele M. Barrasso, ParalegalPublication: August 3, 2023
Sentinel
NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE
Security Self Storage, in accordance with C.R.S. 38-21.5-103, hereby gives Notice Of Sale, to wit: On AUGUST 17, 2023 at 2 P.M. at 2078 S Pontiac Way, Denver, CO 80224 will conduct a sale on Lockerfox. com prior to the sale date for each storage space in its entirety to the highest bidder for cash, of the contents of the following units to satisfy a landlord’s lien, Seller reserves the right to refuse any bid and to withdraw any property from sale, The public is invited to bid on said units.
Bryant Adams: boots, camping chair, DVD’s, misc. Amber Rich: totes, camping chairs, luggage, boxes, garden tools, misc. Jedidiah Denham: futon, dresser, sofa, heater, misc. Dakota Sands: grill, animal cage, totes, bags, beds, misc. Mark Davis: boxes, chairs, totes, misc. Dakota Sands: boxes, furniture, misc. Bernard Katz: furniture, boxes, misc. Leah Jones: kids car, snowboard, totes, misc. Nasario Guzman: saw, tools, TV, tires, luggage, misc. David Karam: juke box, space heater, AC units, furniture, mini fridge, tools, misc. Nasario Guzman: air compressor, shop vac, tools, bike, pain sprayer, misc. Yessi Zorrilla: drum set, bags, skateboard, misc. Rafi Fernando: clothing racks, totes, tables, ski’s, rolling basket, misc. Katelynn Blaze: hand dolly, furniture, totes, misc.
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE
Security Self Storage, in accordance with C.R.S. 38-21.5-103, hereby gives Notice of Sale, to wit: On AUGUST 17, 2023 at 2 P.M. at 9150 Pierce St., Westminster, CO 80021 will conduct a sale on Lockerfox. com prior to the sale date for each storage space in its entirety to the highest bidder for cash, of the contents of the following units to satisfy a landlord’s lien. Seller reserves the right to refuse any bid and to withdraw any property from sale. The public is invited to bid on said units.
Joseph Taylor: bags, boxes, misc. Kerissa Rice: guitar, scale, boxes, totes. Kelly Hinkle: bikes, bags, boxes, wagon, misc. Jeramie Gerhardt: file cabinet, shelving, tools, totes, car door, misc. Ashley Preston: totes, luggage, clothing, boxes. Maranna Raelee Durkee: totes, boxes, speakers, shelves, vacuum. Daniel Aguilar: bikes tools, toolbox, trailer, generator, motor bike, misc. Kerissa Rice: bed, mattresses, misc. Casey Maurat: sectional sofa. LaCrisha Kingsley: boxes, totes, shelves, dresser, monitor, bags, trampoline, misc.
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE
Security Self Storage, in accordance with C.R.S. 38-21.5-103, hereby gives Notice Of Sale, to wit: On AUGUST 17, 2023 at 2 P.M. at 9750 W. JEWELL AVE. LAKEWOOD, CO 80232 will conduct a sale on Lockerfox.com prior to the sale date for each storage space in its entirety to the highest bidder for cash, of the contents of the following units to satisfy a landlord’s lien, Seller reserves the right to refuse any bid and to withdraw any property from sale, The public is invited to bid on said units.
Jose Trevino: hand dolly, toolbox, bike, mattress, clothes, totes, misc. Power Up Services/Eric Gallegos: dolly, chain saw, totes, shop vac, toolbox. Jacob Jaramillo: clothes, chairs, totes. Donna Romero: AC unit, furniture, boxes, totes, mattresses, misc. Caitlyn Giron: TV, sofa, misc. Shea Torrez: totes, misc.
First Publication: July 27, 2023
Final Publication: August 3, 2023
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cases, it is still invisible to the public. Many people can’t name even one Native restaurant, and Google often lumps the restaurant category “Native American” with “Indian” or other ethnic restaurants.
“Even pho, Thai cuisine, like, I can find those restaurants a hundredfold be-
fore I find an Indigenous cuisine based restaurant,” Murdoch said. “And we live on the continent of North America.”
Many other Indigenous chefs feel this way. Sean Sherman, the head chef of Owamni in Minnesota and winner of multiple James Beard awards, said many people draw a big question mark when it comes to identifying Indigenous dishes.
“We should really be focused on what’s the true food of North America,” he said. “And you can’t understand North American food unless you bring the Indigenous perspective into it.”
He spoke in a TEDTalk about how the absence of Native restaurants has to do with history. Bison were killed at alarming rates. Indian boarding schools and forced assimilation stripped them of their culture. And pushing Indigenous people onto resource-poor reservations without any land rights put them in a systemic trap.
“We just went through a really traumatic time in history where we haven’t had time to heal yet, let alone evolve,” he said. “... The more you dig into it, the more inequality you see and the more racist structures that you can see that are still built into the system.”
Sherman is hopeful about the Indigenous food producers, chefs and food trucks that are coming onto the scene, but he said there’s room for more — as well as more room for understanding.
“There’s just a lot of work to do and there’s a lot of minds to change. But we’re doing it through something very positive, which is food.”
That’s exactly what Murdoch wants to highlight. The work she does for Four Directions Cuisine is not just catering — she’s hosted fundraising dinners to bring awareness to Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives, with proceeds going to the National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center. She also wrote a book on Indian boarding school trauma, with a percentage of the sales going to the National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition.
“Yes, I’m a chef, but I’m using that platform to bring awareness to cultural issues,” she said.
One recent event Murdoch helped with was Denver EATSS, or the Epicurean Award To Support Scholars event, in June. Hosted by the American Indian College Fund, it raises tens of millions of dollars each year for
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students to attend one of the 35 tribal colleges and universities in the nation, including schools in Arizona and New Mexico in the Mountain West.
“Having access to college experience is a universal challenge, but it’s more so I think, in Indigenous communities where there’s a lot less access to economic resources, there’s a lot less physical access to places to go to college,” said Cheryl Crazy Bull, a Sicangu Lakota and Rosebud Sioux woman, and the College Fund’s CEO. “We find if we remove those barriers, then we increase Native student participation.”
The dinner portion of the event sheds light on some common foods that were pre-colonial and how Indigenous people have used these foods for centuries.
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The Indigenous chefs prepared a variety of dishes. Murdoch made a swirl cake using ingredients like popped amaranth, strawberry sauce, edible flowers and the same cornmeal from her sugar cookies. Chef Bradley Dry of the Cherokee Nation in Oklahoma made a Hen of the Woods Mushroom soup with roasted blue cornmeal and onions.
Denver in 1989 for the Indigenous community. About 20 years later, Jacobs and his co-founding partner, Matt Chandra, opened Tocabe’s first location. His goal with the restaurant was to make Native cuisine accessible and show others what Native people contribute to the culinary scene.
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“[It’s] my homage to my family, because … I grew up foraging mushrooms with my family,” Dry said. “This is kind of a mixture of everything I ate as a kid in a soup form.”
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The main food for the event was catered by Tocabe American Indian Eatery in Denver. Ben Jacobs, the eatery’s co-founder and a member of the Osage Nation, did variations on traditional dishes, like blue corn mush, Osage Hominy relish, and Three Sisters.
“We call that a ‘Three Sisters, One Bite’ because all three sisters — corn, beans and squash — are all in one bite,” he said, pointing to the dish on the table. “We have a blue corn chip, white bean purée, butternut squash, New Mexican red chili, amaranth, microgreens, smoke, and salt.”
Jacobs shared how his love for cooking was inspired by his parents who opened up a small Native restaurant in
“[We] wanted to create something that wasn’t just always for a community event,” he said. “We wanted to create that for our people, for our community, but also as a way to share identity and culture and who we are and where we’re going.”
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Since then, one of Tocabe’s brick-andmortar locations has shut down and reconverted into a Native ingredient fulfillment center that plans to distribute meals to tribal communities. Jacobs said since the beginning, his work has always been about supporting the community — not a profit margin.
“The point is being able to provide people with food that’s meaningful and not worry about, at the end of the day, mak[ing] money,” he added. “We’re here to make impact.”
Murdoch wants to do the same. She hopes that by cooking at events like this, she can uplift the cuisine and causes of her community while inviting others into the discovery.
