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Coors Western Art Exhibit and Sale

BY LISA J. SHULTZ

Coors Brewing Company and the National Western Stock Show united to begin the Coors Western Art Exhibit and Sale in 1993. Each year, one piece of art is selected for the National Western Permanent Collection. Over the years, the show has become of the nation’s most recognized Western art exhibits.

A Red-Carpet Reception, and opening gala for the Coors Western Art Exhibit and Sale was held Tuesday January 4.

The social group, Young Guns of the National Western Stock Show, promotes art, philanthropy, Western culture, and networking for young professionals.

Painting by Laurie Kersey Photo by Lisa J. Shultz

The Young Guns and Coors Western Art combine to support the National Western Scholarship Trust, which helps 100 students each year as they study

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agriculture, rural medicine, and veterinary sciences. Art sales will benefit this scholarship trust. More information about the trust can be found here: https:// nationalwestern.com/educationalsupport/.

The art exhibit can only be viewed during the 16-day National Western Stock Show.

The art gallery is open 9am to 9pm Friday and Saturday, 9am to 8pm Sunday thru Thursday. The art gallery is located on the 3rd level of the Expo Hall at the National Western Complex, 4655 Humboldt St., Denver, Colorado. There is no extra fee to get into the art gallery, but there is a grounds admission charge for the Stock Show which is different every day. For ticket prices, go to www.nationalwestern.com.

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BY FREDA MIKLIN GOVERNMENTAL REPORTER

The most memorable statement from the panel of four state legislative leaders who spoke to live and virtual constituents of Denver South, the South Metro Denver Chamber of Commerce and the City of Lone Tree at the 2022 Legislative Kickoff Breakfast at the Lone Tree Arts Center on January 7 came from Arapahoe County Democratic Senator and Majority Whip Jeff Bridges. He said, “Of all the bills that passed in the legislature last year, 95% were bipartisan.” In a state where both houses of the legislature and the governor’s office are controlled by one party, the Democrats, that message was prodigious.

The other legislators on the panel, all Republicans, HD44 Rep. Kim Ransom, HD43 Rep. Kevin Van Winkle, and HD39 Rep. Mark Baisley did not disagree with Bridges that the 2022 legislative session would be a relatively normal one, although the legislature has at least $3 billion in federal relief money that they can still allocate as part of their $40 billion budget. It is also an election year, which tends to tamp down some of the more extreme ideas that come from legislators, each of whom is entitled to introduce five bills during the session.

The new map of the state prepared by the Independent Legislative Redistricting Commission and approved by the

Republican Rep. Mark Baisley represents HD39 that includes Douglas and Teller Counties.

Democratic Sen. Jeff Bridges represents SD26 in Arapahoe County and is the Majority Whip.

Republican Rep. Kim Ransom represents HD44 in Douglas County and is a member of the Joint Budget Committee.

Republican Rep. Kevin Van Winkle represents HD43 in Douglas County.

South Metro Denver Chamber president and CEO Jeff Keener was a sponsor of the forum.

Photo by Freda Miklin

Lone Tree Mayor Jackie Millet welcomed the audience and introduced the panel.

GREENWOOD VILLAGE

SPEAKER SERIES SERIES 1: COLORADO HISTORY

ALL TALKS BEGIN AT 6PM

Join us for the new Greenwood Village Speaker Series. The series is meant to educate, engage and entertain the Village community. Our first series will focus on Colorado History. All talks are free and open to the public. No registration necessary.

January 10: An Evening with John Fielder and Jeri NorgrenGreenwood Village City Hall 6060 S Quebec Street Colorado’s Highest: The History of Naming the 14,000-Foot Peaks: A new book about how all 58 mountains were named and who first climbed them.

Weld County: 4,000 Square Miles of Grandeur, Greatness & Yesterdays: A new book about the Colorado prairie and our 3rd largest county. Book sale and signing of these 2 books and all of John Fielder’s Colorado books and 2022 calendars before and after the show!

January 13: First Families of Colorado - Presented by Treasure Box Tours at Koelbel Library 5955 S. Holly St. Centennial, CO The hallways they walked still stand in many corners of the city and their stories echo through Denver’s history. They are the families that made Denver great. The Byers, the Evans, the Cheesmans, the Tabors, the Moffats, the Boettchers and many others had a vision for what a lonely outpost on the high plains could become. Though some might argue with their methods and their morals, they left indelible marks.

We’ll hear some of the legacies they left behind. Some of them might surprise you.

January 18: In Search of the Owl Book Talk with Jean Sidinger - at Koelbel Library 5955 S. Holly St. Centennial, CO In her compelling memoir In Search of the Owl, Jean turns her keen eye on herself and on the world outside, sharing the initial desperation of loss, the aching void created by her father’s death...and the eventual acceptance that follows. Nature provides solace as well as guidance and inspiration as she makes her way from season to season, seeking answers to the mystery of life and death.

January 19: Bad Boys and Bawdy Women of Colorado - Presented by Treasure Box Tours- Koelbel Library 5955 S. Holly St. Centennial, CO. Denver’s earliest tales were almost never written by gentlemen, and polite company didn’t even discuss those kinds of ladies. Fortunately, Denver History Tours is not a polite company, at least not this time around. Rope burn and lead poisoning helped Denver fill its coffers and its coffins. The shady ladies and killer cowboys are gone, so let’s dig into their stories in safety!

For more information, visit www.greenwoodvillage.com/culturalarts

Colorado Supreme Court on November 15, 2021 will form the basis of the November 8, 2022 elections. Baisley said he anticipates that the legislature will be “more balanced” after November 2022. Although the state House is not expected to change its Democratic majority this year because Democrats currently hold 41 of the 65 seats, the state senate is considered by many to be in play at least partly due to redistricting.

If Republicans pick up three senate seats, they will hold the majority. Both Baisley and Van Winkle are expected to leave their house seats and run for the state senate in 2022.

Questioning began with Lone Tree Mayor Jackie Millet asking the panelists, “J.J. Ament, president of the Metro Denver Chamber of Commerce, has said that Colorado has fallen from the 11th to the 29th best state to do business, due to public policy. What will you do to improve our state’s standing as a place to

Photo by Freda Miklin

do business?”

Sen. Bridges said, “The reason we lose business headquarters’ to places like Utah is our poor transportation system.

New fees passed last year will allow us to invest more in our roads.” He added, “People with great education move here. The education system for our kids isn’t what it once was. I will work on that too.”

Rep. Baisley, an aerospace engineer, said, “C.U. is a big quantum physics research center. Companies in Broomfield are commercializing that data.

It will change how the big cloud computer companies process data.” Baisley also shared that the U.S. Cyber Command is moving to the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs from its current location in Texas.

Rep. Ransom expressed concern about what she sees as a pattern of increased fees in our state in lieu of increased taxes, Continued on page 12

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Serving up the best education I have two college degrees, two professional certificates, and I’ve worked in my field for nearly thirty years. Yet I still believe the best education I ever received were the years I spent in my teens and early twenties working in a restaurant.

The restaurant world is a job experience and an education quite unlike any other. There’s a special fraternity among workers who know the intensity of a dinner rush, the frenzied choreography of cooking on the line, the subtle ballet of taking orders and delivering dishes, the ordered chaos of clearing and resetting tables. And the camaraderie of a restaurant crew tends to create a tight bond, especially because the required hours often infringe upon the social lives of the workers. Still, I wouldn’t exchange the hours I spent peddling pasta for anything. Life on the restaurant floor taught me as much as any class.

Restaurant jobs are, of course, part of the service industry, and the term server is now synonymous with waiter and waitress. Waiting on people is still the essence of service, which means restaurant work requires an inner calm that can test the patience of anyone. Yet, it can also be quite rewarding.

In the classic comedy Arthur, the title character played by Dudley Moore tells his date, “Aren’t waiters wonderful?

You ask them for things and they bring them... It’s the same principle as Santa Claus.” There is a unique pleasure in providing customers with a pleasant dining experience, and we learn a lot about life and ourselves when we do it.

Much of what students learn during the course of a K-12 education is actually quite arbitrary, even trivial, and not necessarily applicable to what we call real life. In fact, the answer to the age-old question of students, “When am I ever going to use this?” is likely, “Never.” Education is not a utilitarian practice of job training skills. However, the soft skills that come from attending school are indispensable to living a successful life. Organization, time management, communication, collaboration, and personal responsibility are not generally listed in any syllabus or curriculum guide. Yet they are as integral to education as books, and those skills are the essence of the service industry as well.

Many educators, researchers, and employers agree that the EQ is more important than the IQ in predicting success. That term EQ refers to the “emotional quotient,” as opposed to the standard but somewhat ambiguous IQ as a measure of intelligence. There are many highly intelligent people who never quite achieve the success commensurate with their test scores.

Other highly successful people who lack academic credentials often achieve because of quali-

ties developed in the workplace rather than the classroom. My Dad was fond of saying, “there are many people who are far smarter than I am, but you won’t find anyone who works harder.” The spirit of hard work has a special meaning for people who can calmly weather a Saturday night dinner rush. Business writer Daniel Pink has written extensively about the value of the non-academic skills necessary to success.

Whether it’s The Power of Regret or the importance of Drive, the soft skills of service work can be uniquely relevant to success.

Over many years in education across numerous school systems, I always notice and appreciate what I like to call the “wink-and-a-smile kids.”

They might not be the best stu-

dents from a purely academic standpoint. However, they are the kids who improve a class simply by being there. These are the people I would want on

my team, regardless of the task and often in exclusion of any academic qualification like test scores, GPA, or even a diploma.

These are the people who could sell me a car or a steak dinner just based on character and hard work.

Working a restaurant floor

truly can be the best education.

I’d even go as far as saying everyone should work in a restaurant at some point, if for no other reason than to develop a sense of respect for the jobs and empathy for the people who do them. Restaurants are so pervasive in our experience that it’s hard not to believe we could even paraphrase the classic essay from Robert Fulghum about kindergarten and instead say, “All I really need to know about how to live I learned while working in a restaurant.”

Michael P. Mazenko is a writer, educator, & school administrator in Greenwood Village. He blogs at A Teacher’s View and can be found on Twitter @mmazenko. You can email him at mmazenko @gmail.com

Over many years in education across numerous school systems, I always notice and appreciate what I like to call the “wink-anda-smile kids.”They might not be the best students from a purely academic standpoint. However, they are the kids who improve a class simply by being there. These are the people I would want on my team, regardless of the task and often in exclusion of any academic qualification like test scores, GPA, or even a diploma. These are the people who could sell me a car or a steak dinner just based on character and hard work.

ARAPAHOE COUNTY C NVERSATIONS Tri-County mask mandates extended through January This week, Tri-County and other metro area health departments announced that the current public health orders requiring masks in indoor spaces and in schools will remain in effect through January.

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Leave politics at the city limits Newspapers seem to be gaining in strength as we enter 2022. Many Colorado newspapers have been sold with strong demand. Swift newspapers, that has had great success in ski towns with The Vail Trail and Aspen Times, sold with all of their Colorado newspapers to Ogden Newspapers located in Wheeling, West Virginia. Swift newspapers, family owned, headquartered in Carson City, Nevada, hired good management and ran excellent newspapers.

The new owners are a successful newspaper family located back in West Virginia who own a conglomerate of newspapers across America worth a reported $1.1 billion and are owners of the Pittsburgh Pirate baseball team.

Colorado Community Media sold to The Colorado Sun digital newspaper folks who have a challenge to replace local owners Jerry and Anne Healey to produce 28 publications in Denver and suburban areas.

I’m reminded of my good friend and newspaper colleague Garrett Ray who was the edi-

I’m a lifelong Bronco fan through the good times and bad times.

We’re going through a bad time right now and Sunday’s loss was a heartbreaker for fans. It is interesting to note that the spread on the game was 10 1/2 points so fans betting on Denver won the money but lost the game.

When Vic Fangio came on board I thought it was a poor choice. Today, I think he did a pretty good job. The Broncos had the top-rated Chiefs defeated Sunday and a fluke play lost the game. I also think the

tor and publisher of The Littleton Independent for a dozen years. Ray was tutored in the business by publisher Houstoun Waring who was tutored

by Ed Bemis, all three veteran newspaper icons. The library in Littleton carries Bemis’s name.

Bemis spearheaded the publication of the delinquent property tax list by counties back in the 1930s, that developing the legal process for counties to foreclose on delinquent taxpayers after publishing the properties over a three-year period. The measure had a two-fold purpose; first to alert property owners that their lands or homes might be seized, especially important for property owners who owned land and had moved away, but still owned property in the taxing entity. The second purpose was to collect necessary taxes to fund the schools and governmental services. Most people don’t want their names published in the delinquent tax list, especially those in rural Colorado communities.

Garrett ultimately left the

offensive coordinator should be fired for kicking the field goal on a fourth down on the seven-yard line. Even if the Broncos didn’t score they would have had the Chiefs pinned down and if the defense could hold them, we might have scored again. Fangio’s specialty has been defense and they have been playing well. The offense has been the challenge and I was cheering for QB Lock on Sunday as he played the best game of his career here in Denver. The Broncos may keep him as the backup quarterback or maybe give him the start-

newspaper world and became a stellar journalism professor at Colorado State University.

I was able to hire some of his graduates who raved about his knowledge and skill as a professor. Garrett passed away several years ago. We enjoyed socializing with Garrett and wife Nina at many press conventions.

Houstoun Waring passed away a number of years ago. I went to his retirement party at Jose’s restaurant in downtown Littleton decades ago. He was noted for his stylish hat that was resting on the coffee table as he greeted his many neighbors and friends.

I met Ed Bemis at a Colorado Press Convention escorted

by Waring at the Brown Palace in the 1960s as a rookie new publisher from Craig. Those were the days with fiery Gene Cervi preaching to us to make our newspapers stand for something and to be courageous and independent.

Cervi later that year came to Craig and we had dinner together in the famed Cosgriff hotel that housed artist Delano original oil paintings located in the historic hotel lobby, paintings worth a small fortune

ing job. He seems to be able to release passes faster and run well with the ball.

Bridgewater, who was a fan favorite with a great attitude, appears to be too fragile going forward.

Money and salary caps have a great deal to do with pro-sports. Major decisions will be made to bring Aaron Rogers or Russell Wilson to Denver; expensive, and only a short time fix for these aging football greats. It worked with Manning; can it work again?

Will possible new owners spend the money to obtain a veteran football star?

This may be the year that

today in museums.

Many memories of newspaper history as we march into 2022 waging war against the ongoing pandemic that medical science must still defeat.

The Marshall fire is shocking. Mother Nature is all powerful and especially when assisted by people who can be careless with high winds and fires. It is heartwarming to see the fellow citizens rushing to assist the disaster victims. It will take years to unwind the damage and rebuild the homes.

God Bless the Salvation Army and The Red Cross, and all loyal volunteers.

It would make sense to call in the Army Corp of Engineers with the equipment and personnel to clean up the area quickly.

Homebuilders like Buz Koebel can rebuild quality homes if the lots are cleared for quality new developments.

American ingenuity is unsurpassed when turned loose and we’ve all been challenged in our lives as citizens of this great country. If we can leave politics at the city limits, the work will be done.

Let’s help each other and all get back to work in 2022.

the Broncos say “goodbye” to the Bowlen family that have mentored and nurtured the Bronco team to three Super Bowls and made them a world class team in Denver.

Fangio had the team rolling for the last game of the year; a good coach would have had them rolling for the first game. The Broncos did however win the first three games. What happened?

I love the Broncos; Sunday’s game was wonderful until the fluke fumble at the end of the game.

It is hard to win at anything with just plain bad luck. ***

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GUEST COLUMN

Moving on All good things come to

an end. And just around the corner is another exciting adventure!

9 hours before I retired as a City Councilwoman, I was offered an opportunity to, once again, make a difference.

For some time now, I have been very disillusioned with our media points and the various places where we get information with a myriad of different opinions.

Who to believe? So much fear and negativity. Are we having fun yet? Let’s change this up. Let’s have a conversation and share stories.

Stories that are informative, intriguing, breathtaking and entertaining. Join me on my new adventure as I write a weekly column for The Villager!

Last weekend, the City of Centennial retired another Councilwoman and welcomed a “new kid on the block,” ready and anxious to serve. Robyn Carnes will be an asset to the team, vivacious and eager to learn, assimilate and make a difference in our community. She represents the youthful perspective that is so desperately needed in this aging population. I never thought I would ever admit that “I can see myself in sweet Robyn’s eyes of myself long ago.” Welcome Robyn to the team!

Now a few words from the retiree…

As I reflect back on the last 8 years as a city councilwoman, I am grateful for the small part I have had in the “birthing” of our city.

I am grateful for the learning curve and how much I have learned about city issues: roads, transportation, trails, neighborhoods, community development, broadband initiatives and economic development… and most recently…exploring affordable and attainable housing. I don’t know if I’ve made a difference – you always hope that maybe

The Greenwood Village City Council election is now over and I am quite certain that most everyone is happy about that. This was the most dishonest and distasteful City election that I have witnessed in the 32 years we have lived here and I hope we never experience it again. While most Council elections are spirited, none have sunk to a level of lies and false claims as this one.

There was an unprecedented involvement from an outside Political Action Committee (PAC) organized

by Meg Froelich, a Colorado state legislator and partially funded by out-of-state donors.

Her specific purpose was to flip the majority of Council so they would support the state’s legislative agenda. Meg was publicly vocal in opposing the Council’s referendum to provide our police force with financial indemnity after the legislature stripped it away.

The PAC, called “Future Forward Colorado” supported

you have…maybe a little. I am grateful that I have been given the opportunity to try.

Let’s have a conversation.

There is so much good happening right now. Centennial is moving on and so am I. Kathy Turley is a former City Councilwoman and Mayor Pro Tem of the City of Centennial

I delivered my farewell comments

OP-ED - A PAC’s involvement in the Greenwood Village election

BY DAVE BULLOCK GREENWOOD VILLAGE CITY COUNCILMEMBER

Kathy Turley & Robyn Carnes

seven candidates in all four districts of the City. They sent multiple smear campaign mailers against every incumbent full of deceitful claims and outright falsehoods.

Their candidates were 0 for 7; they lost every race.

The results of the election confirmed that the residents of this community did not accept the PAC’s dishonest and unethical attacks and of their attempt to change the values of Greenwood Village.

The core issue in all this was the Council’s unwavering support of our police force.

The state legislature has passed some laws and have tried to pass others that would make our state a more dangerous place to live. A simple Google search will reveal that violent crime has risen significantly in cities where local elected officials have either called to defund the police or have removed much of their authority to enforce the law.

Many police forces operating under elected officials that will not stand behind them are experiencing significant personnel shortages and they

cannot find enough qualified officers to fill those positions.

Our neighboring city Aurora has 200 openings on their police force and Minneapolis, a city where their Council has called to defund the police, has over 400 openings.

Conversely, Greenwood Village has a full police force with a steady stream of qualified applicants. Many of those officer applicants have said that the reason they want to work in our community is because of the public support from our Council.

The Bible says, “by their fruits, ye shall know them.”

What that means is look at the results and you will know if something is good or bad or if it works or does not. Greenwood Village continues to be one of the safest places to live and work in the state while other cities are experiencing a rise in violent crime. What we are doing is working.

The results of our election overwhelmingly confirms that the people of our Village agree with and support our positions. As a state legislator who is supposed to represent the people of Greenwood Village, Meg Froelich should listen more to the will of the people and vote accordingly.

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Western States College of Construction is an exciting new trade school

BY FREDA MIKLIN GOVERNMENTAL REPORTER

Opened in November, the Western States College of Construction (WSCC), located at 1391 Speer Blvd in Denver, “is committed to supporting our industry by providing quality educational and training opportunities at our eight education centers. WSCC’s affiliated apprenticeship programs provide the opportunity to build an exceptional and fulfilling professional career in our industry. Our students earn excellent salaries while learning and practicing construction or service under the leadership of highly motivated construction professionals and mentors.”

WSSC is open to students who are at least 18 years old, have a high school diploma or GED Completion Certificate and hold a valid driver’s license. It offers programs in electrical, HVAC/R service, pipefitting, plumbing, sheet metal, at locations in Denver, Colorado Springs, and Grand Junction which are apprenticeship-based and approved by the U.S. Department of Labor. They include instructional coursework necessary for state licensure requirements.

WSSC is not a degree-granting institution. There is no tuition charge and materials cost from zero to $850, depending on the field of study. Salaries earned during apprenticeship range from $35,000/year to $81,120/year and go up to as high as $114,000 after completion of training. Most programs are five years WSCC’s placement rate ranges from 96% to 100%, depending on the field of study.

In a recent panel discussion at the Common Sense

Institute (CSI), Dave Davia, CSI board member and CEO of the Rocky Mountain Mechanical Contractors Association, talked about the WSSC, where he is also a board member. Davia said, “It’s no secret that in the 1980’s and 1990’s, shop class, wood class, automotive…were taken out of our K-12 (education) system, so the visibility to the trades was diminished. The only way that someone would learn about the possibility of a career path in the trades was

to have an uncle or aunt or somebody in the profession.

We need 50,000 more workers in construction by 2028…We have ten training centers we work with and we are turning those into college campuses…”

He explained that laborers who perform services like installing furnaces or hot water heaters are credentialed by the Department of Labor and that after getting over 9,700 hours of training at WSCC at a nominal cost, “You graduate with a $75,000-per-year job.

Nowhere else does that exist.”

Dr. Mostafa Khattab, president of WSCC, served as a professor and department head at Colorado State University from 2007 to 2019. He is currently listed on CSU’s website as Professor Emeritus, Construction Management. fmiklin.villager@gmail. com

Mortgage Solutions Financial announces plans to aquire First American State Bank Will become 11th largest bank in Colorado and be known as MSF Bank

Mortgage Solutions of Colorado, LLC d/b/a Mortgage Solutions Financial and First American Bancorp announced Jan. 5 that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement whereby Mortgage Solutions Financial will acquire First American State Bank.

Mortgage Solutions Financial will be the surviving entity and will change its name to MSF Bank.

First American State Bank will continue doing business under that name in its Greenwood Village location. The merger is subject to approval by federal and state regulators and by the shareholders of First American Bancorp, First American State Bank’s parent company.

Headquartered in Colorado Springs, Mortgage Solutions Financial is a national mortgage lender with nearly 60 branches operating in over 45 states with approximately 600 employees. It consistently ranks among the top five independent mortgage lenders in the United States for VA loan production—a fitting accolade for a company founded by Air Force veteran Roy Clennan.

“I’ve worked in the mortgage industry since 1992 and am excited by the prospect of acquiring a bank charter.

Becoming a bank will help

us expand financial product offerings to our borrowers,” says Clennan.

First American State Bank was founded in 1995 by Jay Davidson. It is a single location Colorado banking corporation with $260 million in assets.

“We’ve worked hard to build First American State Bank on a solid foundation of talented employees and valued clients. This partnership with Mortgage Solutions Financial represents an ex-

cial’s current President, Rob Clennan, who will become MSF Bank’s Executive Vice President, Mortgage Division.

The commercial loan division of MSF Bank will remain at First American State Bank’s Greenwood Village branch and will be managed by David Korn, who has been with First American State Bank since 2008.

Terms of the transaction have not been announced.

First American Bancorp shareholders will receive

citing new chapter for all of us, made possible by the hard work and dedication of the entire First American State Bank team,” says Davidson.

After the Merger is complete, MSF Bank would have assets of approximately $750 million, which would make it the 11th largest community bank in Colorado based on asset size.

First American State Bank’s current President and COO, Scott Yeoman, will serve as MSF Bank’s Chief Executive Officer. He has extensive experience in the banking industry in assisting high-performance teams and focused banking business strategies.

Following the Merger, MSF Bank will continue to operate its residential mortgage division in Colorado Springs under the direction of Mortgage Solutions Finan-

more information regarding the proposed transaction and the forthcoming special shareholders meeting in the near future.

In connection with the transaction, Otteson Shapiro LLP served as legal counsel to Mortgage Solutions Financial.

Piper Sandler & Co. served as financial advisor and Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP served as legal counsel to First American State Bank and First American Bancorp.

Forward Looking Statements

Certain statements contained in this press release that are not statements of historical fact constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 that are subject to risks and uncertainties and are made pursuant to the safe harbor

provisions of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. These forward-looking statements are typically identified by the use in the statements of words such as “aim”, “anticipate”, “estimate” or “expect” and similar words and phrases indicating that the statement addresses some future result, occurrence, plan or objective. The forward-looking statements that Mortgage Solutions Financial makes are based on our current expectations and assumptions regarding Mortgage Solutions Financial’s business, the economy, and other future conditions. Because forwardlooking statements relate to future results and occurrences, they are subject to inherent uncertainties and risks that are difficult to predict. Many possible events or factors could affect Mortgage Solutions Financial’s future financial results and performance and could cause those results or performance to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements. Such risks and uncertainties include, among others: the possibility that the anticipated benefits of the Merger are not realized when expected or at all, includ-

ing as a result of the impact of, or problems arising from, the integration of the two companies or as a result of the strength of the economy and competitive factors in the areas where First American State Bank and Mortgage Solutions Financial do business, the possibility that the Merger may be more expensive to complete than anticipated, including as a result of unexpected factors or events, diversion of management’s attention from ongoing business operations and opportunities, potential adverse reactions or changes to business or employee relationships, including those resulting from the completion of the Merger and Mortgage Solutions Financial’s ability to complete the integration of First American State Bank successfully. Mortgage Solutions Financial disclaims any obligation to update such factors or to publicly announce the results of any revisions to any of the forward-looking statements included herein to reflect future events or developments.

For additional information about the merger or Mortgage Solutions Financial, contact Bobbie Collins at bobbie. collins@mortgagesolutions.net.

For information about First American State Bank, contact Jay Davidson at jdavidson@ fasbank.com.

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GV won’t consider trash service for Landmark Towers residents

BY FREDA MIKLIN GOVERNMENTAL REPORTER

Last fall, before the city council election, over 150 of the residents of the 278-unit Landmark Towers in Greenwood Village signed a petition to the GV City Council asking that they be provided the same trash and recycling services that other homeowners, including townhomes and other condos receive, compliments of their city government. Anne Ingebretsen, who along with Dave Kerber, represents the district in which the Landmark Towers are located, told residents she saw their point and would bring the issue to the council early in 2022.

On January 3, at the first study session of the first city council meeting of 2022, Ingebretsen had the subject placed on the agenda.

Garrett Graybeal, management analyst in GV’s public works department, told the council that the city’s new trash contractor said it would cost $30,000/year to add the 278 units in the two Landmark Towers to the city’s contract. By comparison, he noted that the city spends $20,000/year to service the Hermitage condominiums that have half as many units. Hermitage has been receiving these services since 1996. Graybeal told the council that the estimated cost of adding the last two remaining condo developments in the city that were also presently not receiving trash service was $20,000/ year for each.

For the city’s 1,950 rental apartments in seven different developments, Graybeal told the council he estimated it would cost $190,000/year to provide trash and recycling services. Since it was city policy to not provide this service to apartment buildings from the time the program was instituted 26 years ago, no apartments in GV have ever gotten it and there was no indication that owners of any of the apartment buildings had asked for it. The request for that cost estimate came from the city council.

After Graybeal completed his presentation, the first question came from Mayor Lantz, who wanted to know what the cost of providing the service was compared to the amount of GV property tax Landmark residents paid.

After the city’s finance director provided that information, Council Member Dave Bullock said to the mayor, “I don’t think we can make any decisions based on how much property tax contribution there is to the city because…As we all know, 96% of our revenue comes from commercial-related taxes…so everybody who lives in the city is a net beneficiary of our commercial -related taxes.” He continued, “Mr. Mayor, you and I had this conversation earlier today and I posed the question to you, why have these units been excluded?... To me, it’s not a tax issue.

It’s a fairness and equity issue.”

Ingebretsen said, “I’ve never been comfortable with the notion of different levels of services for different citizens,” noting that it creates “a feeling of inequity.”

She continued, looking at Landmark residents who came to the meeting, “If I were sitting where you’re sitting, I’d feel the same way.” Ingebretsen said she supported providing the service to the Landmark and the only other two remaining condominium developments in GV that were not receiving it.

Council Member Paul Wiesner, newly elected in November, said he didn’t feel that the Landmark fit “the original philosophy” of the city’s trash program.

Councilmember Donna Johnston joined the conversation with, “I agree with what everyone has said but…can we afford it? We don’t know how the city will grow…So there’s a lot of factors in this that we haven’t even broached on.”

Councilmember Libby Barnacle added, “And I would second that…Can we afford it?” Councilmember Judy Hilton agreed that affordability, not equity, was the issue.

Although it has not released any official financial data for the full year, four months ago GV projected that it would have a $6.7 million surplus for 2021 and its 2022 budget, included in the city’s January 2022 newsletter, has a projected surplus of an additional $1.1 million.

Ingebretsen clarified that she “would not support adding the apartments to our trash service,” noting that Landmark residents pay city property taxes, while apartment residents do not, and including apartments would “not be consistent with what our policies have been in the city, so I would not advocate for that.”

Bullock agreed that there’s a difference between rented apartments and owned condominiums.

He also pointed out that the cost of including all condos in the city would be around $70,000, noting that, “When we talk about affordability, we have a $55 million revenue budget, we have $15 million in capital improvements, we have a lot of places we can find $70,000. I don’t think that the financial argument is a valid one.”

Wiesner said he agreed with Bullock that the issue was not one of finances but that he believed that “using equity as a criteria is a dangerous, bad path to go down.”

Next to last to join the discussion was Dave Kerber, the other city council member who represents The Landmark. It was his opinion that, “If we do this for the condos that you’d have to do it for the apartments.”

The other new city council member, Tom Stahl, a real estate professional, explained that condos and apartments should not be treated the same, pointing out that reduced expenses in a condominium development would result in reduced HOA dues to unit owners because they pay the actual operating expenses of their buildings.

Conversely, apartment rental prices are determined by what the market will bear, so the owners of the buildings, not the residents of apartments in GV would benefit if the city provided the service to

apartment buildings.

At that point, Ingebretsen asked the council to only consider providing trash service to condos and drop apartments from the discussion. Mayor Lantz asked for a show of hands as to whether the council wanted to proceed with the discussion on that basis.

Councilmembers Kerber, Johnston, Barnacle, Hilton and Wiesner made it clear that they did not want to continue to even talk about the subject anymore. Mayor Lantz declared that the discussion to consider adding Landmark to the city’s trash and recycling services contract was finished since five out of eight members of the city council did not wish to consider it further.

Landmark residents who had come to the meeting, anticipating that the issue would at least be discussed further at a later date, appeared stunned. When the regular city council meeting started a few minutes later, Tom Lee, a 20-year resident of the Landmark and Executive Managing Director of Newmark Grubb Knight Frank commercial real estate development and management services company, addressed the council.

Pointing to the important role that Landmark residents have had for local businesses, especially during the pandemic, Lee said, “I would argue that in the last 22 months, without the 500 people who live at the Landmark, a lot of those restaurants would have gone out of business,” adding, “The average value of a residence at the Landmark is over $1 million…

We’re huge contributors to the commercial base as owners and residents. I hope you would seriously consider that. As to what is going to happen to GV commercially, that’s an area that I am an expert in. That’s what I do. I think Greenwood Village is going to be just fine. It has very solid institutions that can weather the storm we’re going through. The tax base coming from the commercial property owners has never been stronger.”

The next day, The Villager reached out to Dave Kerber and Anne Ingebretsen, since they represent the residents of the Landmark Towers. Kerber told us that although he voted to discontinue any discussion whatsoever about adding Landmark residents to the city’s trash and recycling contract, which staff estimated would cost $30,000/year, he would have supported giving the free service to all GV residents who live in condos, apartments and any other multi-family dwellings, which staff estimated would cost $275,000/year.

We asked Kerber if Landmark homeowners were being treated inconsistently with other GV homeowners. He said that Landmark was different because it uses dumpsters instead of individual trash bins. We pointed out that there was testimony last year that the Hermitage condominiums uses dumpsters and the city has been paying for those to be emptied, currently four times each week, since 1996. Kerber said that the Hermitage was an anomaly and asked if we thought the city should withdraw the service from those residents. fmiklin.villager@gmail.com

Goodbye 2021 and all its challenges!!

THE COVID EPIDEMIC HAD STRANGE AND UNIQUE CHALLENGES FOR ALL OF US AND FOR THE REAL ESTATE INDUSTRY IN PARTICULAR. ON THE POSITIVE SIDE: The values of our homes appreciated at an unheard-of pace, especially those that had updated floors, kitchens, and bathrooms.

But demand outstripped supply, even for those homes that had not kept up with design standards.

ON THE NEGATIVE SIDE: The ability to make a smooth, easy transition to a larger or smaller home within our highly desirable community was severely diminished by a historic lack of inventory, something I have not experienced in the 45 years that I have been at the top of the real estate profession in Colorado.

WHAT DO I EXPECT IN 2022: t influx of out of I expect a continued state buyers to escape escalating taxes and social upheaval in other states (although taxes and fees passed in the last session of the legislature make us far less competitive than states like Florida, Texas, and Arizona). As long as inventory stays low, prices and the costs to live in our homes will continue to rise including taxes, energy costs and the costs of services.

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2021 Villager Year-End Review Andrew Graham, former board chair of the South Metro Denver Chamber of Commerce, was sworn in as a new member of the Littleton Public School Board of Education by Arapahoe County Court Judge Kelly A. LaFave.

Graham was elected secretary of the new board.

Angela Christensen, small business owner and community volunteer, was elected to serve on the Littleton Public Schools Board of Education in November after having served in that position by appointment since March 16.

Christensen was elected vice-president of the new board.

Eleanor Khatirs, 6, who attends Cottonwood Creek Elementary School, enjoyed tossing the rings on the blow-up reindeer’s antlers.

Centennial City Council Member Kathy Turley composed and sang a song, accompanying herself on guitar, at her last city council meeting after serving eight years. She was term limited.

Some more of the lit-up features of the GV annual holiday event.

Pictured, left to right, are Karen Fisher, outgoing president of the Cherry Creek School Board, and current school board members Anne Egan, board treasurer, Kelly Bates, new board president, Janice McDonald, vice-president and Kristin Allan, assistant secretary-treasurer.

Not pictured, Angela Garland, board secretary.

This is just one of the lit-up features of the GV annual holiday event.

Current GV Mayor George Lantz, Former Mayor Nancy Sharpe and Former Mayor Ron Rakowsky.

Outgoing Cherry Creek School District Board of Education President Karen Fisher was surrounded by the current and past superintendents of the school district. From left to right, Harry Bull, Mary Chesley, Karen Fisher, Chris Smith, and Scott Siegfried.

Photo by Freda Miklin

All the lights made the evening bright.

The 2021 to 2023 GV City Council: Sitting (left to right) : Judy Hilton, Mayor George Lantz, Dave Kerber and Libby Barnacle.

Standing (left to right) Tom Stahl, Donna Johnston, Paul Wiesner, Dave Bullock and Anne Ingebretsen

Joan Anderssen, Arapahoe Community College 30-year tenured faculty member in economics and finance, was sworn in as a new member of the Littleton Public School Board of Education by Arapahoe County Court Judge Kelly A. LaFave. Anderssen was elected assistant secretary of the new board.

Kristin Allan, newly elected member of the Cherry Creek School Board, was sworn in by outgoing board president Karen Fisher. Allan was elected assistant secretary-treasurer of the new board.

Newly reelected Cherry Creek School Board member Kelly Bates is sworn in for her second term by outgoing president Karen Fisher. Bates was elected president of the new board.

On December 8, CHV Police Chief Michelle Tovrea presented Commander Patrick Weathers with an award for his 40 years of service to CHVPD Commander Patrick Weathers.

Commander Weathers is the longest-serving employee of the city.

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Affordable and Convenient Tax Prep

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Celebrating Our 10-Year Anniversary

harles Trautman, Enrolled Agent, and owner/founder of The Tax Shop in Lone Tree, proudly announces the firm’s 10-year anniversary, providing income tax preparation and related services for individuals and small businesses. Charles’ mother, Chloe Trautman, established The Tax Shop in Champaign, Illinois, in 1969 and Charles brought the business to Colorado in 2011.

After graduating from Bradley University, Trautman moved to Colorado to work in real estate. “I’ve been a RE/MAX broker associate for 40 years, and it’s been an honor to have helped so many clients with their real estate needs.” I constantly tap my real estate experience while preparing tax returns. Trautman prepared income taxes as a teenager and often traveled back to Champaign during his real estate career to help during the peak tax season.

“We are a locally owned tax practice, not a national brand with an expensive advertising budget, so we have less administration, advertising, and overhead

Expanded Tax Credits

Child Tax Credit Earned Income Credit Child Care Tax Credit tax clients before the IRS, handling collection and/or audit matters. I work occasionally with tax attorneys on more perilous tax situations. And we prepare lots of “catch-up” tax returns for customers who have unfiled tax returns.

Trautman has fond memories of his mother, Chloe Trautman, 1970 Chloe, insisting that the best advertising was sat- Charles (Teenager at Tax isfied customers referring Shop in Champaign, IL) expanded: Child Tax Credit, Child Care their friends and family.

Tax Credit, and Earned Income Credit.

“She was right. Do good work and the There are also major changes to tax forms, business will follow, and it has. We’ve and altogether new forms. There are lots thrived through the COVID pandemic,” says Trautman. My mother passed away of reasons, ie tax credits, for young families and low income to come see us soon in 2017 but I know she is still

“We are locally owned tax practice, not a national brand with a massive expensive advertising budget, so we have less administration, advertising, and overhead expenses; we pass these cost savings on to our customers.”

Charles Trautman, 2021

expenses; we pass these cost savings on to our customers.

Our clients’ tax situations range from simple to complex,” says Trautman. Our job is to prepare accurate tax returns and to make sure clients pay no more than their proper amount by using tax law and all potential tax credits.

As an Enrolled Agent, I also represent

- Charles Trautman Owner/Founder

rooting for me.”

At the Tax Shop, Trautman and his staff are excited and prepared for the 2022 tax season. New customers are welcome and invited to stop by (walk-in) anytime to learn more about their services.

What to watch for this year!

There have been several substantial tax law changes in 2020 and 2021, including

as they have their tax documents.

The Tax Shop’s address is 9233 Park Meadows Dr., Suite 202, Lone Tree, CO 80124. Office hours: 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Monday through Thursday, and 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Friday and Saturday.

Walk-in customers are welcome. For more information, call 303-734-1040, or go to www.taxshop.tax.

January 13, 2022 • THE VILLAGER | PAGE 11

How to get your affairs in order SAVVYSENIOR

Dear Savvy Senior, I would like to get my personal, legal and financial information organized so my kids will know what’s going on when I’m no longer around.

Can you offer any tips on the best way to do this?

Unorganized Emma

down and create various lists of important information and instructions of how you want certain things handled when you die or if you become incapacitated. Here’s a checklist of areas you need to focus on.

BY JIM MILLER

Dear Emma, Organizing your important papers and getting your personal and financial affairs in order is a smart idea and wonderful gift to your loved ones.

Here are some tips to get you started.

Get Organized

The first step in getting your affairs in order is to gather up all your important personal, financial and legal information so you can arrange it in a format that will benefit you now, and your loved ones later.

Then you’ll need to sit

ABOU

THE LAW

BY DONALD PETERSON Dear Readers, New Year’s resolution: I WILL QUIT STALLING AND MAKE MY WILL. Some admirable New Year’s resolutions include: improve self, enjoy life more, get fit, manage debt, more family time, quit smoking, help others, lose weight, get a better job and save money.

One commendable New Year’s resolution is to stop procrastinating in having your estate plan documents prepared, but, unfortunately, many people never take action. You know you should have a Will and other estate plan documents, but you keep stalling. No one likes to think about dying or about someone else raising their children. But without an estate plan in place, you risk dying “intestate” – without a Will that could guide your loved ones, avoid family feuds and potentially save your family thousands of dollars.

Putting a basic estate plan in place is not as complicated or expensive as many people fear. It is the attorney who does the work and will guide you in identifying the questions you need to answer so a

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Contacts: Make a master list of names and phone numbers of close friends, doctors, and professional advisers such as your lawyer, accountant, broker and insurance agent.

Medical information: Include a list of medications you take, along with any allergies and illnesses.

Personal documents: Include such items as your birth certificate, Social Security card, marriage license, military discharge papers, etc.

Secured places: List all the places you keep under lock and key such as safe deposit boxes, safe combination,

plan can be developed. Over the course of our lifetimes, we accumulate tangible assets, such as vehicles, homes, retirement accounts and furniture that have a physical form. If we are lucky, we have gained some other intangible assets like wisdom, perspective, patience, integrity, a strong reputation, and more.

As we age, it’s important to consider what life might be like for those we leave behind.

Of course we want to leave memories of love, appreciation, and solid values, but we need to be mindful of how we will leave behind the physical assets collected over our lifetimes. The important questions to ask are “How can we best do that?” and “Is there a way to make it easier for those who will inherit from us?”

What is an Estate?

An estate is a person’s net worth in the eyes of the law. It typically refers to what is left in your name and in your possession after you die. That can mean your home, autos, boats,

security alarms, etc.

Digital assets: Make a list of all your digital assets, including everything from social media accounts to online banking accounts to home utilities that you manage online. It should include usernames and passwords.

Use Rutgers Digital Assets Inventory Worksheet (njaes. rutgers.edu/money/pdfs/digital-assets-worksheet.pdf) as a guide.

Pets: If you have a pet, give instructions for the care of the animal.

End of life: Indicate your wishes for organ and tissue donation and write out your funeral instructions. If you’ve made pre-arrangements with a funeral home include a copy of agreement, their contact information and whether you’ve prepaid or not.

LEGAL DOCUMENTS

Will, trust and estate plan: Include the original copy of your will and other estate planning documents farms, ranches, equipment, bank accounts, personal property, art-work, collections, land and any smaller assets you have in your name. It could also include any receivable accounts, rights, patent revenue and licenses you might have on file, loan balances if someone owes you, or even your social media accounts.

If you have provided loans to adult children, their repayment obligation is part of your estate. Any outstanding work or business revenue, such as stock options, future bonuses and profit distributions, are also part of your estate.

If you have the foresight to make a Will, you will have created a document during your lifetime that sets out instructions on how to divide your estate. In addition, you will have peace of mind regarding the documents needed to protect yourself and your family after passing. A Will allows you to appoint a Personal Representative, to handle your affairs after your death.

It is important to consult with

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you’ve made.

Financial power of attorney: This document names someone you trust to handle money matters if you’re incapacitated.

Advance health care directives: This includes a living will and medical power of attorney, which spell out your wishes regarding your end-of-life medical treatment when you can no longer make decisions for yourself.

FINANCIAL RECORDS

Financial accounts: Make a list of all your bank accounts, brokerage and mutual fund accounts, and any other financial assets you have.

Debts and liabilities: Make a list of any loans, leases or debts you have – mortgages owed, car loans, student loans, medical bills, credit card debts. Also, make a list of all credit and charge cards, including the card numbers and contact information.

Company benefits: List any retirement plans, pensions or health benefits from your current or former employer including the contact informaestate planning professionals, including an attorney and an accountant, to help you set up the right planning mechanisms and avoid tax-related surprises.

What are the four key medical/estate plan documents you need now?

Many of my clients have asked what are the critical documents needed, particularly in view of the COVID-19 pandemic. Simply being married does not give you the legal right to gain access to your spouse’s medical records or make medical decisions on your spouse’s behalf, even in an emergency. To avoid this problem and to help others care for you and to achieve your overall estate planning goals, the following documents create an effective medical/estate plan package: 1. Healthcare Power of Attorney; 2. General Financial Power of Attorney; 3. Advanced Directive for Medical/Surgical Treatment (“Living Will”); and 4. Will (or a Will with a Trust).

Careful medical/estate planning should include preparation and signing of these documents, to accomplish your goals and protect you, both during your lifetime, and at the time of passing. The Power of Attorney documents allow you to designate those agents whom you authorize to help you on your behalf during your lifetime, and the Will/Trust documents allow you to nominate others to help with your estate after your passing, as well as to

tion of the benefits administrator.

Insurance: List the insurance policies you have (life, long-term care, home, auto, Medicare, Medigap, prescription drug, etc.) including the policy numbers, agents, and phone numbers.

Property: List real estate, vehicles and other properties you own, rent or lease and include documents such as deeds, titles, and loan or lease agreements.

Taxes: Include the location of your tax records and your tax preparer’s contact information.

Keep all your organized information and files together in one convenient location, ideally in a fireproof filing cabinet or safe in your home.

Also be sure to review and update it every year, and don’t forget to tell your kids where they can find it.

If you need help, get a copy of “Get It Together: Organize Your Records So Your Family Won’t Have To” at Nolo.com for $17.50 for the downloadable versions, or $20 for a printed copy. identify the beneficiaries and the distributions to them, to accomplish your estate planning goals.

Selected information in this column has been taken with permission by Continuing Legal Education in Colorado, Inc., from the Colorado Senior Law Handbook, 2020 Edition (Chapter 34: Simplify Your Life: How to Manage Your Estate and Life--and Benefit You and Your Heirs, Marianne Blackwell, J.D.), which is a copyrighted publication and may be accessed and downloaded for free at: www.cobar.org/For-the-Public/Senior-Law-Handbook.

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What Clients Say About Our Clinical Nutrition – Part 2 of 2!

Part 2 of “What Our Clients Say About Clinical Nutrition!” is to continue sharing a brief A-Z overview of the scope of my Clinical Nutrition Testing and Therapeutic Services. By sharing what our clients say, you can see that, for all ages from head to feet, Clinical Nutrition provides safe and effective therapy for your health concerns, even those that may seem hopeless or that you have suffered with for decades.

ABOUT THE A-Z OVERVIEWS IN PART 1 AND 2: 1) Whatever letter the A-Z overview ends with in Part 2 of this article, I will start with the same or next consecutive letter to continue providing A-Z accounts of “What Our Clients Say!” as they appear in future articles.

2) With over 40 years of providing successful Clinical Nutrition Testing and Therapy (since 1981), each of these clients in the A-Z overview represents from hundreds to thousands of clients

with similar reports.

3) The clients’ physicians diagnosed the conditions listed in the A-Z overview and the clients improvement came from clinical nutrition testing that identified the therapeutic nutrients their body required to heal itself, which were then dispensed to each client. This is why Clinical Nutrition does not (nor does it need to) treat medical conditions, disorders or diseases.

4) Regarding some of the overviews in Part 1 and 2…I have taken the liberty of paraphrasing or summarizing what my clients actually shared with me, verbally and/or in writing, in order to keep their reports and/or my case histories brief.

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BLOOD PRESSURE (HIGH), BONE DENSITY (POOR) AND HYPO-THYROID: Beatrice (82y) attained her health goals of normal blood pressure, healthy thyroid function and even passed her Bone Density Test, which she was not sure she could do at 82.

BONE SPURS: Three months after starting their Clinical Nutrition Therapy, bone spurs dissolved on Terry’s neck (71y), Esther’s left heel (43y), and June’s right heel (48y).

BREASTS (CYSTS / TUMORS): Carol (57y), after having one breast removed due to cancer, she was determined to save the other one; and she did, through our Clinical Nutrition Testing & Therapeutic Services.

Her comment to me was, “I wish I had found you first.”

CALCIFICATION (BREAST): Registered Nurse Sally (58y) was medically-diagnosed with breast calcification.

Three months after starting her Clinical Nutrition Therapy, no calcified breast tissue was present.

CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME: Bill (69y) was quite satisfied with the improvement he experienced in his wrists, within just a few weeks after starting Clinical Nutrition Therapy.

CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE (COPD): Roy (54y) had COPD with frequent bouts of Bronchitis and Pneumonia. Not only did Roy’s lung function improve after decades of smoking, he was not hospitalized even once throughout his Clinical Nutrition Therapy, though he had been hospitalized 17 times in the two (2) years prior to contacting me, when using medicine alone.

Roy is a perfect example of what I shared in my article, “Drug Side Effects – Cause and Prevention Part 2 of 2” (Villager, 12/23/21, P11), when I wrote… “whatever the reason for taking drugs, whether shortor long-term, your best health results will occur when you combine Clinical Nutrition Therapy with your Drug Therapy, rather than using drugs alone.” This applies to both prescribed and over-the-counter drugs.

Hubert (62y) also had COPD

with frequent bouts of Bronchitis and Pneumonia. He said he had ‘tried many different therapies before, but nothing helped him improve his lung function, until he contacted me for our Clinical Nutrition Testing and Therapeutic Services.’

For a copy of the above-referenced article, “Drug Side Effects – Cause and Prevention, Parts 1 and 2” you may refer to their past issues or Email: Villager@ AdvancedClinicalNutrition.com.

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Panoramic views, elevator, theatre. Rare opportunity! $1,250,000 SOLD. o CHERRY CREEK CONTEMPORARY PERFECTION ON MADISON Main floor master, Walk out basement, vaulted ceilings, light and bright, total frontage of a duplex. $1,295,000 SOLD. o COMING CHERRY HILLS VILLAGE - UNDER $3 MILLION o CENTENNIAL RANCH - Ranch in Centennial, backing to park and trails.

Completely updated. $600,000 SOLD. UNDER CONTRACT AND SOLD o 4081 CHESTNUT, THE PRESERVE Exceptional quality and styling. Bedroom on main

floor. European ambiance. $2,895,000 SOLD. o CHERRY HILLS PERFECTION: 5000 S ALBION ST. Exquisite walkout ranch backing to the Highline Canal. Superb attention to detail, spacious, flowing floorplan. $2,995,000 SOLD. o PINE VALLEY ESTATES: 8533 MONMOUTH PLACE Exceptional tri-level. Hardwood floors, designer baths, extraordinary landscaping and outdoor kitchen. $650,000 SOLD. o 10955 E CRESTLINE PLACE, THE HILLS AT CHERRY CREEK. Fabulous 2 story, 3100 square ft, 2 story stone fireplace in living room, new kitchen and baths, hardwood floors. $950,000 SOLD.

o THE PINNACLE IN CASTLE PINES NORTH: MAIN FLOOR MASTER AND THEATRE, SOARING RUSTIC BEAMED CEILINGS, PHENOMENAL WATERFALLS. EXCEPTIONAL QUALITY. $1,500,000.

SOLD. o 5055 S. HOLLY CHERRY HILLS VILLAGE Best Buy. $2,350,000. With $100,000 allowance for additional garages. SOLD. o RANCH NO MAINTENANCE VILLA IN THE MEADOWS AT CASTLE ROCK - $515,000 SOLD. o 467 ADAMS ST. CHERRY CREEK NORTH - $2,195,000 SOLD. o THE PRESERVE Exceptional executive home. $3,000,000. SOLD. o THE PRESERVE ON OPEN SPACE. 4810 PERRY PARKWAY $1,750,000. SOLD. o SUNDANCE HILLS. BEAUTIFUL REMODEL $785,000 SOLD. o OBSERVATORY PARK $2,000,000 SOLD. o 37 CHARLOU IN CHERRY HILLS - $1,700,000 SOLD. o 5816 S. VILLAGE WAY - $2,560,000 SOLD. o 19 S. FRANKLIN CIRCLE - $3,550,000 SOLD. o ONE OF A KIND ARCHITECTURAL MASTERPIECE.RANCH LIVING GREENWOOD VILLAGE $1,680,000 SOLD. o 5775 S FOREST ST, THE PRESERVE. $1,739,000 SOLD. o LANDMARK 11TH FLOOR PENTHOUSE $1,040,000 SOLD. CHECK OUT MY INDIVIDUAL HOMESITES at www.DenverRealEstate.com E-mail me at emarks@DenverRealEstate.com

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which would require voter approval due to TABOR. She also noted that, “We are in debt to the federal government $1 billion.”

Ransom referred to the pending increase in unemployment insurance premiums due to the deficit in that fund, but she said that, “Gov. Polis says he’s going to suspend” that increase. Rep. Van Winkle said he agreed with Ransom.

Ransom all pointed to the bipartisan policy of the Joint Budget Committee, where she is a member, to require all state departments to justify every component of their budget every year as an example of the care the legislature takes in spending taxpayer dollars.

Mayor Millet next brought up the issue of increased crime in our state.

Rep. Baisley’s explained his view of how crime should be addressed, saying, “If law enforcement pulls over my mother-in-law they should treat her with respect, but if they pull over the person who stole her car, I want them to lay down the law.”

Rep. Van Winkle said, “There are organized crime rings that recruit the homeless to steal for them in exchange for drugs.

Lawmakers are working on that problem.”

Sen. Bridges said that the first bill he plans to introduce in the 2022 legislative session is a $5 million program for behavioral health services to assist in the recruitment and retention of law enforcement officers.

Another question came from Denver South president and CEO Tom Brook, who told the legislators that companies seeking to relocate to Colorado have pointed to the lack of available housing for employees. He wanted to

Denver South CEO Tom Brook caught up with Charlie Kercheval, president of Alpine Bank DTC. Kercheval was on his way to a National Western Stock Show event.

know how the legislature plans to address that problem.

Sen. Bridges said, “We spent the summer looking at how to use $400 million in federal funds to address the housing problem.”

He said that $150 million was planned to be used for grants for workforce housing for people like nurses, teachers and firefighters, but, Bridges added, “There will be strings attached” to the money.

Those “strings” could be making changes to municipal zoning codes to allow for workforce housing to be built.

Mayor Millet joined the discussion. She cited a recently completed workforce housing project in her city that she felt was very important, saying, “People need to be careful when they talk about workforce housing. Educate yourself. This will add to everyone’s quality of life.”

Attending this important event live and representing their jurisdictions were a significant number of city council members, all of whom happened to be female-from Lone Tree, Wynne Shaw;

Listening to the panelists was Darryl Jones, Senior Vice President of Coventry Development, the company behind the RidgeGate masterplanned mixed-use community in Lone Tree. Jones is a former Greenwood Village City Councilmember.

Photo by Freda Miklin

Paying close attention to the legislative update report were Centennial City Councilmembers Christine Sweetland and Robyn Carnes.

Photo by Freda Miklin

from Centennial, Candace Moon, Christine Sweetland, Robyn Carnes and Mayor Stephanie Piko; from Greenwood Village, Donna Johnston. Also in attendance and listening carefully was 18th Judicial District DA John Kellner. fmiklin.villager@gmail.com

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Villagers Shine at The Academy The “Village” has always been an active, social community. We’ve watched our friends and neighbors raise families, raise money, and donate time to worthy causes. They have impressive careers. They play tennis, bridge, golf and pile on to a legendary ski bus at the crack of dawn on wintery Wednesday mornings. They travel. They read. They seize the day!

So, when The Academy for Lifelong Learning was founded in 2003 it came as no surprise that Villagers embraced the opportunity to continue learning and enriching their lives.

Just as the musical Hamilton was a hit, the course Hamilton: The Man & the Musical was a blockbuster. When COVID shut down courses in 2020, over 250 people were registered, having heard about the course from friends.

It begins again this spring on February 8, and you’ll “want to be in the room where it happens!”

Still navigating the challenges of the pandemic, the spring 2022 semester includes some courses on Zoom and some are in person, with proof of vaccination and boosters required.

Masks are encouraged but not required.

The spring semester’s subjects range from history (Hamilton, WWI, and the Cold War) to the art of Japanese woodblock prints, mysteries, and campus novels. Some lighter topics include birding, bicycles, and the High Line Canal. The broad selection of topics offers something for everyone.

For example, want to sit back, enjoy films, and then discuss them with other movie buffs? There are two great offerings: Classic Films Viewed & Critiqued, and Women in Film: Actors, Directors, Producers & More.

Have you ever wondered how laws, institutions, and political positions are Founders Sally and Jim Kneser created? You may be surprised in a developed their vision for The course titled Gods & Governments: The Academy in 2003, when it started with Source & Limits of Law & Power with 30 members. Since then, it has grown Professor David Eller who receives 5.0 “The Academy is the place to be if to over 1000 participants in a semester ratings from his students. you love learning just for the love and needed to change venues several of learning,” says Villager Jerry Kopelman. “No papers, no exams. Just times to accommodate the increased Looking for a one-time lecture rather a buffet of tantalizing topics to explore numbers. Courses currently meet at with others who share your interests.” Calvary Baptist Church at Monaco and than a course? Check out Hamilton, Jefferson & the Constitution.

Hampden.

Seven current and former Villagers “Follow your lifelong passions and are sharing their knowledge as course Over two hundred participants registered for courses in the first three discover brand new ones at The leaders this semester: Academy. This could be page one of • Susan Blake-Smith, Hamilton: The days of registration. A few of the many the best chapter in your life!” advises Village residents registered are Joan Man & the Musical Academy Board President Brad and David Zapiler, Richard Sanders, Whittlesey.

• Corinne Brown, Understanding the Melanie and Tom Michaels, Lisa Crypto-Judaic Experience Adams, Morris McDonald, Sharon and Justin Roth, Andy Love, and Bev Robin.

• Jim Kneser, The Dilemma of 2/2 FREE Sneak Peak for fully According to long-time Villager Immigration: 2022 Edition vaccinated adults featuring Michelle Stern and her husband • Roberta Klein with Karyl Meyer, two short lectures Women in the Bible: Powerful or Michael, “The Academy attracts strong course leaders and smart people. I can Powerless?

• If you send in your proof see why they call it an athletic club for of vaccination (Vax@ • Dr. Mary Schaeffer Conroy, your mind!”

AcademyLL.org), a name professor emerita, Late badge with its Imperial Russia & Early Soviet “I met interesting people through an “I’m Vaccinated” sticker Russia: Lessons for America Academy class, the group decided will be available Today to continue gathering monthly, and • Otherwise, show us we’ve become very close friends,” says • Mitra Verma, Watercolor Doodling your proof and receive a Villager Carl Polhemus. “Thank you, • Sally Kneser, Bridge: Planning the temporary badge Academy, for bringing us together!”

Play of a Trump Contract • No RSVP needed • 10:00 Doors open • 10:30 Lectures by Dr. Mary Schaeffer Conroy, Lessons Fully vaccinated adults are invited to register for American from the 1917 for onsite courses, and everyone is welcome Russian Revolution and in the Zoom courses, even your brother Susan Blake-Smith, Hamilton: The Man & the Musical from Boston or friend in Frisco. To register: • 11:30 Gather flyers about the AcademyLL.org. Questions: 303-770-0786. over 40 spring courses

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Many years ago The Villager captured Rollin Barnard, First Vice President and Pat Grant, President and CEO of the National Western Stock Show Association at a Media party prior to the opening of the Stock Show. Barnard was the recipient of the “Citizen of the West Award” in 1994.

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COUNTY TREASURER NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE AT TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED To Every Person in Actual Possession or Occupancy of the hereinafter Described Land, Lot or Premises, and to the Person in Whose Name the same was Taxed or Specially Assessed, and to all Persons having an Interest or Title of Record in or to the said Premises and To Whom It May Concern, and more especially to CYNTHIA L LARSON, SOUTHPARK HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, LITTLETON DELINQUENT STORM AND SEWER You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 2nd day of November, 2017, A.D., the then County Treasurer of the County of Arapahoe, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to CAPITAL INVESTMENTS CO13 LLC, the following described real estate situate in the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado, to-wit: LOT 162 SOUTHPARK SUB 9TH FLG aka 2880 W LONG CIR D and said County Treasurer issued a Certificate of Purchase therefore to FIG CAPITAL INVESTMENTS CO13 LLC; Whereas, the said FIG CAPITAL INVESTMENTS CO13 LLC did, on the 29th day of November 2021 duly assigned the certificate of the sale of the tax lien on the property as aforesaid, and all its rights, title, and interest in said property, to BUFFALO PLAINS 22, LLC. That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent general taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2016; That said real estate was taxed or specially assessed in the name(s) of CYNTHIA L LARSON for said year 2016; That said BUFFALO PLAINS 22, LLC, on the 29th day of November, 2021, the present holder of said Certificate, who has made request upon the Treasurer of said County for a deed to said real estate; That a Treasurer’s Deed will be issued for said real estate to the said BUFFALO PLAINS 22, LLC, on or about the 11th day of May, 2022, A.D., unless the same has been redeemed.

Said property may be redeemed from said sale at any time prior to the actual execution of said Treasurer’s Deed.

Witness my hand this 3rd day of January, 2022, A.D. Sue Sandstrom Treasurer Arapahoe County

or Premises, and to the Person in Whose Name the same was Taxed or Specially Assessed, and to all Persons having an Interest or Title of Record in or to the said Premises and To Whom It May Concern, and more especially to HUIJIE CHEN AND RUGONG PANG, TALLYN’S REACH MASTER ASSOCIATION, INC., XIQIN DOU You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 7th day of November, 2017, A.D., the then County Treasurer of the County of Arapahoe, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to FIG CAPITAL INVESTMENTS CO13 LLC, the following described real estate situate in the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado, to-wit: LOT 27 BLK 3 TALLYN’S REACH SUB 14TH FLG aka 25381 E OTTAWA DR and said County Treasurer issued a Certificate of Purchase therefore to FIG CAPITAL INVESTMENTS CO13 LLC; Whereas, the said FIG CAPITAL INVESTMENTS CO13 LLC did, on the 29th day of November 2021 duly assigned the certificate of the sale of the tax lien on the property as aforesaid, and all its rights, title, and interest in said property, to BUFFALO PLAINS 22, LLC. That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent general taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2016; That said real estate was taxed or specially assessed in the name(s) of HUIJIE CHEN AND RUGONG PANG for said year 2016; That said BUFFALO PLAINS 22, LLC, on the 29th day of November, 2021, the present holder of said Certificate, who has made request upon the Treasurer of said County for a deed to said real estate; That a Treasurer’s Deed will be issued for said real estate to the said BUFFALO PLAINS 22, LLC, on or about the 11th day of May, 2022, A.D., unless the same has been redeemed.

Said property may be redeemed from said sale at any time prior to the actual execution of said Treasurer’s Deed.

Witness my hand this 3rd day of January, 2022, A.D. Sue Sandstrom Treasurer Arapahoe County Published in The Villager First Publication: January 6, 2022 Last Publication: January 20, 2022 Legal # 10567 ___________________________

ARAPAHOE COUNTY ARAPAHOE COUNTY COLORADO PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT AND NOTICE OF INTENT TO REQUEST RELEASE OF FUNDS

Published in The Villager First Publication: January 6, 2022 Last Publication: January 20, 2022 Legal # 10566 ___________________________ NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE AT TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED

Date of Publication: January 13, 2022 Arapahoe County: Housing and Community Development Services 1690 W. Littleton Blvd., Suite 300 Littleton, CO 80120

To Every Person in Actual Possession or Occupancy of the hereinafter Described Land, Lot

These notices shall satisfy two separate but related procedural requirements for activities to be

undertaken by Arapahoe County Housing and Community Development Services Division.

REQUEST FOR RELEASE OF FUNDS (RROF) On, or about, Monday, January 31, 2022 Arapahoe County will submit a request to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for the release of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds under Title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (PL 93383), as amended, to undertake the following project: SMHO: Powers and Elati: Arapahoe County will contribute $400,000 in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds to Powers and Elati for the development costs including, but not limited to, Architecture and Engineering and Water and Sewer tap fees at 5599 S Elati St, Littleton, CO 80120, which will be used to develop 51 new units of affordable housing. The new affordable housing development will be for seniors, all unit will be one-bedroom, 510 square feet units in a two-story elevator building. All units will be made available to seniors at 60% or below the County Area Median Income.

FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT Arapahoe County has determined that the project will have no significant impact on the human environment. Therefore, an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) is not required. An Environmental Review Record (ERR) that documents the environmental determinations for this project is on file at Arapahoe County Housing and Community Development Services Division located at 1690 W. Littleton Blvd., Littleton, CO 80120 and may be examined or copied during weekdays 8 A.M. to 4:30 P.M. PUBLIC COMMENTS Any individual, group, or agency may submit comments on the ERR to Arapahoe County Housing and Community Development Services, 1690 W. Littleton Blvd., Suite 300, Littleton, CO 80120, or jfink@arapahoegov.com, or (303) 738-8040. All comments received

by Monday, January 31, 2022 will be considered by Arapahoe County prior to authorizing submission of a request for a release of funds.

Comments should specify which Notice they are addressing.

RELEASE OF FUNDS Arapahoe County certifies to HUD that the Arapahoe County Community Resources Director (acting under the authorization of the Board of County Commissioners) consents to accept the jurisdiction of the Federal Courts if an action is brought to enforce responsibilities in relation to the environmental review process and that these responsibilities have been satisfied.

HUD’s approval of the certification satisfies its responsibilities under NEPA and related laws and authorities, and allows Arapahoe County to use Program funds.

OBJECTIONS TO RELEASE OF FUNDS HUD will accept objections to its release of funds and Arapahoe County’s certification for a period of fifteen days following the anticipated submission date or its actual receipt of the request (whichever is later) only if they are on one of the following bases: (a) the certification was not executed by the Certifying Officer of Arapahoe County; (b) Arapahoe County has omitted a step or failed to make a decision or finding required by

HUD regulations at 24 CFR Part 58; (c) the grant recipient has committed funds or incurred costs not authorized by 24 CFR Part 58 before approval of a release of funds by HUD; or (d) another Federal agency acting pursuant to 40 CFR Part 1504 has submitted a written finding that the project is unsatisfactory from the standpoint of environmental quality.

Objections must be prepared and submitted in accordance with the required procedures (24 CFR Part 58, Sec. 58.76) and shall be addressed to U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD), Region VIII at 1670 Broadway Street, Denver, CO 80202.

Potential objectors should contact HUD to verify the actual last day of the objection period.

Katherine Smith, Community Resources Director (Certifying Officer, acting under the authorization of the Board of County Commissioners) Published in The Villager Published: January 13, 2022 Legal # 10568 ___________________________

COURTS DISTRICT COURT ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO Arapahoe County Dist. Ct. Clerk 7325 S. Potomac St. Englewood, CO 80112 The People of the State of Colorado In the interest of: Quintin Don Brown, a child born 3-4-20 Upon the Petition of: Jordan Daniel Titoni and Lindsay Michel Bryant Titoni, Petitioners and concerning Anessa Crystal Nicole Brown and all potential birthfathers, Respondent Ron J. Robinson, Attorney for Plaintiffs 1155 Kelly Johnson Blvd., Suite 111 Colorado Springs, CO 80920 Phone: (719) 330-6677 Fax:(719) 265-9298 E-mail ron@ronrobinsonlaw.com Atty. Re2. # 1203 Case Number: 2021 JA 130 Div.:22. Ctrm.: NOTICE OF ADOPTION PROCEEDING AND SUMMONS TO RESPOND PURSUANT TO §19-5105(5), C.R.S. To the above named Respondent(s): You are hereby notified that a Petition for Adoption has been filed and if you wish to respond to the Petition, you must file your Response with the clerk of this Court within 35 days after this Notice is served on you.

Your response must be accompanied by the applicable filing fee of$158.00.

Your failure to file a Response, or to appear, within 35 days after service, and, in the case of an alleged father, your failure to file a claim of paternity under Article 4 of Title 19, C.R.S., within 35 days after service, if a claim has not previously been filed, may likely result in termination of your parental or your alleged parental rights to the minor child.

The Petition for Custodial and Designated Adoption, Petition

to Terminate the Parent-Child Legal Relationship and Affidavit of Abandonment or Non Support are filed in the court file in the above described action.

Date: 12-8-21 Clerk of Clerk/Deputy Clerk/Attorney Published in The Villager First Publication: December 16, 2021 Last Publication: January 13, 2022 Legal # 10544 ___________________________

CHERRY HILLS VILLAGE CITY OF CHERRY HILLS VILLAGE ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE ORDINANCE 1, SERIES 2022 A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CHERRY HILLS VILLAGE DECLARING THE ORGANIZATION OF THE CHERRY HILLS VILLAGE SOUTHMOOR CIRCLE AND HUDSON PARKWAY GENERAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT Copies of the Ordinances are on file at the office of the City Clerk and may be inspected during regular business hours.

Published in The Villager Published: January 13, 2022 Legal # 10569 ___________________________

SPECIAL DISTRICTS 00100 CHERRY CREEK VALLEY WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT ILIFF AVENUE AND DAYTON WAY EMERGENCY DENVER WATER INTERCONNECT ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS 1.Confidential Proposals for construction of the Iliff Avenue and Dayton Way Emergency Denver Water Interconnect will be received by the Cherry Creek Valley Water and Sanitation District, 2325 S. Wabash Street, Denver, Colorado 80231, on or before 1:00 p.m., Friday, February 4, 2022 at which time the proposals will be opened.

A summary of results will be distributed to plan holders shortly thereafter. Any proposal received after the above specified time will be immediately returned to the Bidder unopened.

The site of the work is within the Cherry Creek Valley Water and Sanitation District.

The work generally consists of: •Installation of a new 18’L x 8’W x 6’H precast concrete meter vault with 12-inch water meter, check valve, 12-inch bypass, and related components and accessories as shown on the Drawings.

•Installation of associated 12-inch water mains, valves, and connections to existing pipelines as shown.

•Associated site demolition and restoration work as shown.

2.The Contract Documents, containing the detailed Drawings and Specifications for the construction work, together with the proposed construction Contract, may be

seen at the office of Merrick & Co., 2480 W. 26th Avenue, Unit B225, Denver, Colorado, 80211. PDF copies thereof may be obtained from Merrick & Company at no cost by e-mailing a request to plansrequest@merrick.com.

3.Bid security in the amount of 5 percent, unqualified, of the total Proposal price, will be required with each Proposal. Character and disposition of such bid security are stated in “Instructions to Bidders” of the Contract Documents. Included with the Contract Documents is a Bid Bond form to be used by Bidders not submitting a cashier’s check or a certified check.

4.Further information will be found in “Instructions to Bidders” of the Contract Documents. Each Bidder will be assumed to be familiar with all Contract Documents, including all Drawings and Specifications.

Cherry Creek Valley Water and Sanitation District

By John Warford Manager Published in The Villager First Publication: January 13, 2022 Last Publication: January 20, 2022 Legal # 10570 ___________________________

MISCELLANOUS INVITATION FOR BID GATE 1 DRIVEWAY IMPROVEMENTS CENTENNIAL AIRPORT ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO Sealed bids for Gate 1 Driveway Improvements, at Centennial Airport, Englewood, Colorado, will be received by the Arapahoe County Public Airport Authority, 7565 South Peoria Street, Englewood, Colorado 80112, until 10:00 a.m., local time, on January 26, 2022, and then opened, read aloud and canvassed.

The work involved includes improvements to Gate 1 driveway.

Major work items include removal of failed concrete panels, over excavation of over saturated material to depth of 12 inches, replacement with flow fill followed by 6 inches of hot mix asphalt pavement.

A complete set of Plans and Bidding Requirements and Contract Documents may be obtained on or after January 5, 2022 via email to Molly.McGuire@jacobs.com.

Each bid must be accompanied by a Certified Check or Cashier’s Check in the amount of not less than five percent (5%) of the total bid, made payable to the Arapahoe County Public Airport Authority, or by Bid Bond in like amount executed by a Surety Company.

All bidders are advised that the right is reserved by the Sponsor to waive any informality in, or to reject any or all bids.

Any questions must be submitted to Molly McGuire, JACOBS, via email to Molly.McGuire@jacobs. com. Questions are due by 10:00 a.m., January 19, 2022. Questions received after this time will not be accepted.

Published in The Villager First Publication: January 13, 2022 Last Publication: January 20, 2022 Legal # 10565 ___________________________

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WHAT’S HAPPENING

NEWMAN CENTER AT UNIVERSITY OF DENVER PRESENTS Jan.14 & 15, Dance Theatre of Harlem; Feb. 19 & 20, The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis. Tickets: Call 303-871-7720 or newmancenter presents.com Ask about other concerts.

SOUTH METRO DENVER CHAMBER ECONOMIC FORECAST BREAKFAST Jan. 28, 7-9 a.m. Marriott South at Park Meadows. Plated breakfast will be served. Tickets: visit best chamber. com/efb or call 303-795-0142 or email info@bestchamber.com Moderator, Kevin Pitts, Publisher of Denver Business Journal. Panelists, Henry Sobanet, CFO- Colorado State University; Elizabeth Gamer, State Demographer - CO Dept. of Local Affairs and Tuhin Halder, VP of Finance & Business Operations for Comcast Mountain West Region. Member Ticket: $75; Non-Member Ticket: $85 also Tables and Table Sponsors for sale.

COLORADO COWBOY POETRY GATHERING Jan. 15-16. An all-star cast and award-winning cowboy poets & musicians from all over the world. Info: email@coloradocowboy gathering.org NEWMAN CENTER PRESENTS JOEY ALEXANDER Feb. 2, 7:30 p.m. June Swaner Gates Concert Hall. Joey is a pianist-composer currently at work in Jazz. He is the youngest musician ever nominated for a Grammy Award in a jazz category. Info: newmancenterpresents.com SPINOSAURUS: LOST GIANT OF THE CRETACEOUS WITH NIZAR IBRAHIM Feb. 9, 7:30 p.m. Presented by the Robert & Judi Newman Center for the Performing Arts at the Univ. of Denver with National Geographic Live at the June Swaner Gates Concert Hall. Tickets on sale at newmancenterpresents. com or phone 303-871-7720.

TESORO CULTURAL CENTER FREE LECTURES Jan. 8. “The San Luis Valley: History at a Cultural Crossroad” by Dr. Charles Nicholas Saenz. Sat., 1:30 p.m. at Buck Rec Center, 2004 W Powers Ave.,

Littleton. Jan. 9 at 2:00 p.m. at The Tattered Cover, 2526 E. Colfax Ave., Denver. Jan. 9, 6 p.m. Dinner Lecture at The Fort, 19192 Hwy 8, Morrison.

For registration: call 303-347-5999 and for dinner/ lecture call 303-8391671.

TESORO CULTURAL CENTER FREE LECTURES Jan. 22, “Boom & Bust Colorado: From the 1859 Gold Rush to the 2020 Pandemic” by Tom Noel. Jan. 22, 4:00 p.m. at Lone Tree Hub, 8827 Lone Tree Pkwy, Lone Tree; Jan. 23, 2:00 p.m., The Tattered Cover, 2526 E Colfax Ave., Denver and Jan. 23, 6 p.m. Dinner Lecture at The Fort, 19192 Hwy 8, Morrison. For registration: call 303347-5999 and for dinner/lecure call 303-839.1671.

GREENWOOD VILLAGE SPEAKER SERIES JAN. 18, 6 p.m., “ In Search of the Owl Book Talk with Jean Sidinger. Her about seeking answers to the mystery of life and death. Koelbel Library, 5955 S. Holly St., Centennial. JAN. 19, 6 p.m., “Bad Boys and Bawdy Women of Colo.” presented by Treasure Box Tours. The shady ladies & killer cowboys are gone, so hear their stories.

ENGLEWOOD CHAMBER FRIDAY COFFEE NETWORK JAN. 21, 8-9:00 a.m. City Center Dental Group, 800 Englewood Pkwy, Suite A-201. Free event.

ENGLEWOOD CHAMBER THOUGHT CO-OP JAN. 27, 8-9:00 a.m. Become informed of what is happening in the business community. Speaker, John Voboril - Long Range Planner - City of Englewood. Member: Free; Non-member: $10.

ACADEMY OF LIFELONG LEARNING JAN. 19, 10 a.m., Free event. “Classic Films Viewed & Critiqued, and Women in Film: actors, directors, producers & more. Must be fully vaccinated. Send an image of your card to Vax@AcademyLL.org. Calvary Baptist Church, Monaco & Hampden.

SOUTH METRO DENVER CHAMBER KICKOFF TO HEALTH! JAN. 14, 4-5:00 p.m. Join the Health & Wellness & Women in Business Groups for the “Kickoff to Health” event at MJ Fit, 6858 S Yosemite St., Centennial. This is a 45 minute “workout session: with a 15 min. information session on how to identify the “right” workout routine.

Register by calling 303-795-0142 or email info@bestchamber.com WOMEN IN BUSINESS COFFEE CONNECT JAN. 19, 8:30-10 a.m. at Courtyard by Marriott Denver South/Park Meadows Mall.

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JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER ORCHESTRA WITH WYNTON MARSALIS FEB. 19, 7:30 p.m. and FEB. 20, 2 p.m. at the June Gates Concert Hall at the Newman Center - Univ. of Denver. Tickets: newmancenterpresents.com or phone 303-8717720.

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Ed Perlmutter won’t run forColorado re-election in November Congressional District 7 (Final Approved Plan)

BY FREDA MIKLIN GOVERNMENTAL REPORTER

After serving 16 years representing Colorado’s seventh congressional district, U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter announced on January 10 that he would not run for re-election for a ninth term this November. Just two months ago, he had announced he would be a candidate for re-election.

Perlmutter’s statement said, “I’ve never shied away from a challenge but it’s time for me to move on and explore other opportunities.

There comes a time when you pass the torch to the next generation of leaders. I am deeply gratified that our bench in the 7th District is deep and fortunately we have a strong group of leaders who are ready and able to take up that torch.”

The map of the seventh congressional district was changed by the independent redistricting commission last year to include areas south and west of its previous boundaries. It is now comprised of parts of Jefferson, Park, Lake, Chaffee, Teller, Custer and Fremont Counties. Perlmutter was still considered to be favored for re-election but by a smaller margin than he has enjoyed throughout his years in the Congress.

Two Republicans so far have expressed interest in running for CD7. They are Erik Aadland, and Laurel Imer. Kyle Faust filed to run as a Democrat in June but The Villager could find no current records that indicate he is still

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Before being elected to the U.S. Congress in 2006, U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter served two terms in the state senate.

He also announced a run for Colorado governor in 2017 but dropped out after current Gov. Jared Polis entered the race.

an active candidate. On January 11, State Sen. Brittany Pettersen, who represents SD22 in Jefferson County and serves as chair of the Finance Committee and vice-chair of the Transportation & Energy committee, announced that she will enter the race. Pettersen previously served in the state House.

Republican leaders, locally and nationally, said in response to Perlmutter’s announcement that he was leaving because he didn’t believe he could win re-election. fmiklin.villager@gmail.com This is the new map of Colorado Congressional District Seven.

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Former State Rep. Cole Wist leaves the Republican Party

BY FREDA MIKLIN GOVERNMENTAL REPORTER

When he served as assistant Colorado State House Minority Leader in 2017 and 2018, many viewed Cole Wist as one of the Republican Party’s rising stars.

When he was appointed to the ethics panel, he was referred to as “an honest, principled man with integrity,” by the state senate president, a member of the opposite party.

Then Rep. Wist agreed to be a sponsor of the Red Flag bill that allows law enforcement to take away weapons from people who a court has deemed to be a threat to themselves or others.

Although the bill was supported

Cole Wist represented Colorado House District 37 in the state legislature from January 2016 to December 2018.

by George Brauchler, then the 18th Judicial District Attorney,

Lessons from the Albatross The United States has the largest number of children being raised in single parent households. In some communities, 64% of children are unlikely to experience a healthy marriage or relationship in their own homes. For some the word “family” connects them with neglect or trauma. Father absence is a huge challenge. Since healthy families are essential to healthy communities, this is a national conversation that needs to happen.

The following key components of healthy relationships and family formation can be gleaned from the albatross.

BEING SELECTIVE: The albatross is selective about choosing

a lifetime mate. The male works hard to build a nest to attract the female.

Courtship rituals often take years, working to get everything right. Courtship for the albatross can be a long process.

TRANSLATION FOR YOUTH: Youth shouldn’t waste their time and energy on just anyone. Critical courtship and dating skills for humans include an understanding of secure attachment styles and the importance of refraining from sexual activity in preparation for marriage. New studies highlight that the multiple sexual partners prior to committed love and marriage contribute to emotional hurt, separation and

who prosecuted the Aurora theatre murder case, as well as Tony Spurlock, Douglas County Sheriff, both strong supporters of the Second Amendment, Wist’s position didn’t sit well with some of our state’s most ardent gun rights advocates and they worked to unseat him in the next election. They succeeded. In doing so, they helped elect the state’s most ardent anti-gun activist, Rep. Tom Sullivan. Sullivan left a 30-year career with the U.S. Postal Service where he was a union member to run for the legislature after his 27-year-old son was killed in the 2012 Aurora theatre shooting. In 2019, after Sullivan was seated, the Red Flag law passed. Since being

elected to replace Wist in 2018, Sullivan has been re-elected to the legislature and announced plans to run for the state senate in 2022.

On January 4, more than two years after he lost his race for re-election, Wist tweeted, “It’s been one year since Jan. 6, 2021. All downhill from there.

Election lies, vaccine misinformation, making it harder to vote, excusing Jan. 6 thuggery, conspiracy theories galore. I tried. I encouraged reason. I urged a pivot from Trump. I failed. I’m out. #Unaffiliated” That action got him an appearance on an evening cable TV news/entertainment show on January 5, where he told the host that he had voted for Pres-

ident Trump in 2016 because, he said, “I believed he would change and rise to the occasion and be the leader of our country and then we saw that he divided our country and appealed to the worst of us. Charlottesville was the breaking point for me.” Wist said that he supported President Biden in 2020 because, “I was raised in a family where we do the right thing and tell the truth.

The Republican party used to tell the truth and unfortunately we no longer do that, so it was time for me to make a pivot.”

Wist made it clear that he was now unaffiliated with any party and had no intention of becoming a Democrat. fmiklin.villager@gmail.com

divorce.

DYNAMIC SOARING: Albatross fly farther than all other birds because they use dynamic soaring.

This strategy fosters efficiency without losing energy-they don’t even have to flap their enormous wings. They utilize forward momentum, allowing them to gain altitude to fly extraordinary distances.

TRANSLATION FOR YOUTH: For youth from every economic and social background, the Success Sequence provides altitude and forward momentum by empowering them to follow specific steps to reduce risk, giving them a 97 percent chance of avoiding poverty. Dynamic soaring for youth allows them to reach the benchmarks of graduating from school, getting a full-time job and marrying before having children.

TIME AND TALKING EQUALS TRUST: Selective albatross courtship ritual, strategies that are practiced over time, build strong, lifetime bonds. Albatrosses look for a mate to share the work of raising their young and to take turns with parenting chores. Albatross parents are dedicated, loyal, and devoted to nurturing the next generation through provision of food and security to protect the precious egg that they must nurture to young adulthood.

TRANSLATION FOR YOUTH: The Success Sequence helps youth slow down and make wise choices. It helps prepare them to be selective when choosing a partner, thus reaching the final benchmark of marriage before having children. When adolescents take personal responsibility for their lives, they share in the belief

that most of their time during adolescence should focus on meeting individual and academic goals and on identifying and developing sparks of passion based on individual strengths.

Why is marriage not talked about as a future life goal? I was in one high school last year and the principal told me his students did not want to marry. I asked him how he knew that, and he said he just knew. When I suggested we go ask them, he became agitated. Let’s not make assumptions about what young people want.

Let’s ask them. Having a lifetime partner who is dedicated to your health and well-being is a human need. Let’s pay attention to the Albatross. We might learn something about attachment and legacy. joneen@myrelationshipcenter.org