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The Governor experienced the Daniels Fund JA Dream Accelerator, an interactive and responsive career exploration program that inspires high school students to develop a plan to pursue a meaningful career and future. With the JA Dream Accelerator, students realize their strengths and interests and how they align

Governor Polis experienced the Daniels Fund JA Dream Accelerator, an interactive and responsive career exploration program that inspires high school students to develop a plan to pursue a meaningful career and future

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Colorado Governor Jared Polis experiencing the “Picture Your Strengths” simulation at the Daniels Fund JA Dream Accelerator.

Colorado Governor Jared Polis and JA-Rocky Mountain President & CEO Robin Wise at the Daniels Fund JA Dream Accelerator.

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Knee pain? Start running

I’ve never understood or agreed with people who don’t run because it “hurts the knees.” Or worse, they don’t run anymore because being a runner in high school and college “ruined their knees.” If running hurts your knees, it’s likely you’re just doing it wrong.

And, if a person has bad knees, which like resulted from running incorrectly for most of their life, then the best thing they can do for their knees might be to start running.

The “heel strike” is the primary cause of pain for people whose knees hurt while running. When people run, their heels should not really hit the ground at all, except as a secondary impact. Runners, true runners, run on the balls of their feet, and it’s the quads, hamstrings, and calf muscles that absorb the shock. Thus, the knee is not the target of force in running. Knees have very little to do with running form – or, at least knees should have very little to do with it. And, these days there is an ever-growing body of research that supports the idea that running is actually good for your knees.

Gretchen Reynolds, a health columnist for the New York Times and Washington Post, has spotlighted the research that speculates running not only won’t ruin your knees but is actually good for them. In fact, results even propose the idea that running may prompt cartilage self repair. In reviewing several studies of the impact running has on knees, she writes “running likely also fortifies and bulks up the cartilage, the rubbery tissue that cushions the ends of bones. The findings raise the beguiling possibility that, instead of harming knees, running might fortify them and help to stave off knee arthritis.”

When I was shoe shopping recently, I noticed the common trend in shoe design that features thick cushioned soles in shoes. In recent years, however, elite running has steered away from that trend, and pure runners have gravitated toward shoes with less obvious structure and a style that mimics the foot in its natural form. With that shift toward minimalism came the rise of the barefoot running craze.

This movement was greatly influenced by Chris McDougal’s excellent sociological work Born to Run, which spotlights the emergence of barefoot-running “shoes” like the Vibram Five Fingers.

While running barefoot seems counterintuitive on concrete roads or rocky trails, it’s actually better form. The key is to run, as if sprinting – or as McDougal says, “like you would if you had to chase a toddler into the street while in bare feet.” Basically, natu-

ral runners land on the balls of their feet, not the heels. The heel strike – and the potential damage from wear and tear of impact – results from the more padded shoes of the past thirty years that allowed runners to land on their heels.

That’s not what a runner should do. And, in fact, for many years the running shoe companies contributed to the problem.

Nike is undoubtedly the running shoe behemoth, and it has been since the 1970s when Phil Knight hooked up with the running coaches at

the University of Oregon and Stanford and began peddling more structurally padded shoes. The effect was the launch of a new industry and fitness craze, as jogging entered the lexicon. As the shoe industry developed, the style became focused on bigger shoes with more cushion and added support.

In fact, that extra support is unnatural and might have actually weakened knees and ankles, contributing to injuries rather than preventing them. While many running shoes feature thick soles to allegedly absorb impact, Nike saw the trend toward barefoot running ten years ago, and in 2013 came out with the Nike Flyknit, a “barefoot-style” shoe made of a single piece of fabric. Nike was actually late to the game with their shoes.

Companies like Merrel, Newton, and Adidas have offered

shoes with minimal cushion for years.

Certainly, there is no specific shoe for someone who wants to revert to less structure and more natural barefoot-style running. In fact, anyone in nearly any shoe can “run barefoot while wearing shoes.” In reality, barefoot running is all about the gait and not really at all about the shoes. So, for people with New Year’s resolutions to get healthier, there’s no reason bad knees should keep them out of the running game.

But run a 5K instead of a marathon. And that’s a whole other story.

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

“Running likely fortifies and bulks up the cartilage, the rubbery tissue that cushions the ends of bones.

The findings raise the beguiling possibility that, instead of harming knees, running might fortify them and help to stave off knee arthritis.”

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I’m a newspaper reader, write short stoalways have been. Living ries, I loved the on that far N.W. Colorado class and wrote ranch I loved to read the some “duzy” local newspaper that was short stories that delivered by the rural carrier were published once a week. In high school in the Prism I started watching the used BY BOB SWEENEY literary student car ads, knowing that I really magazine. Meeting more of the needed to get a car to drive to literary students, a half-dozen town and to school. My first colleagues and myself, decided car was a 1951 Ford six-cylin- to start a student humor magader sedan. zine patterned after The Picker, Enrolling in Colorado a very successful humor magA&M in 1955 to become a azine published by depraved veterinarian, as a freshman, engineering students at the I read the daily Fort Collins Colorado School of Mines.

Coloradoan and the student The bold engineers crafted a Collegian newspaper. Somerather naughty, but clever view times I would write a letter to of campus life with cartoons the editor. and jokes. Four of us organized Pre-vet school wasn’t that a magazine staff with an editor, hard, but after my freshman writers, and a cartoonist. I was year I changed majors. I had assigned to sell advertising. I doctored animals, pulled had no idea how to accomplish calves, nursed lambs with a the task but volunteered for the milk bottle, rubbed liniment assignment. on horses, and decided that if I went to work calling on I wanted a career in medicine, Ft. Collins merchants near I would rather become a medthe campus. Low and behold, ical doctor and take care of in several week I sold sevpeople. My interests had shift- eral thousand dollars of ads, ed to writing and journalism. enough to pay for the printing As a senior I took a creative the first edition of the new writing class where we had to Ramshorn off -campus mag-

azine. Our devious editor and cohorts featured a coed swimsuit centerfold, cartoons, and jokes. The magazine was a huge success, and we produced several more editions before we all graduated. I still have several editions somewhere among my college history books that I cherish.

After the first magazine appeared, we were called to the newly named Colorado State University dean of student’s office by Dr. Bates who cautioned us on content. He was cordial, but firm, in his lecture.

It was my first encounter with “freedom of press” issue and censorship. It was the beginning of my long publishing career.

As I headed off to military service and my friends departed to their careers, we relinquished the magazine to some interested under classmen who never had the inspiration, guts, or talent to continue the publication. The Colorado School of Mines Picker carried on for years, present history unknown, but presently have a great football team.

The printed word is a pow-

erful sword for entertainment, politics, business, religion, social events, obituaries, and sports, to name some of the virtues of ink on paper. The printed word will never die.

I still race out to my driveway every morning to pick up the Denver Post that arrives at irregular intervals, but always welcome. My weekly newspapers come on different days, subject to the volume of mail sorted by the mail carriers.

Be thankful that any newspaper, located anywhere, is a work of dedication and perseverance by the owners and staff. Since the days of Ben Franklin, newspapers have been the backbone of American public information, served in many ways, styles, and objectivity.

Thank you for being a newspaper reader and hopefully a subscriber. Smile when your newspaper arrives, it is part of our American heritage, culture, and freedom of the press. Dean Bates might be pleased.

There aren’t many of us left.

The economy is doing fine, trust me, I work for the government

Listening to federal economists and the president, whose job evaluations are based on a growing economy, the economy is not embroiled in a recession.

They quote arcane figures and ratios like GDP, CPI, Jobless Claims, etc.

And they use these numbers to hide facts that are painfully obvious to all: our economic situation is dire.

Every citizen feels the pain of spending more dollars for every product or service they purchase.

The cost of filling your car with gas takes at least 50% more dollars than it did three years ago. Same, or worse, with groceries to feed your family. It is obvious and painful that citizens have to expend more dollars for the same product or service.

That is the definition of inflation. So no matter what the federal economists say about CPI, we are feeling the pain of a dollar that buys less than it did before. Devaluation of the dollar is the cause of price inflation.

Inflation, dollar devaluation, wouldn’t matter if our income went up at the same rate. But income, our salaries, have not kept pace. They can’t if your employer’s business is to remain viable. Ergo, we spend more dollars for every essential, but our income remains stagnant.

We are being squeezed.

Consider the dichotomy between what we hear on the news and know in our purse. It benefits the government employee to paint a rosy picture of the economy because the government’s actions caused the pain of inflation we feel. Their actions devalued the dollar’s buying power: The past three presidents allowed the Federal Reserve and Treasury Department to print $8 Trillion US Dollars. In and of itself, that printing devalues every other dollar in circulation. That devalues the dollars purchasing power and leads to price inflation.

That was terrible in itself, but they did so much worse.

In order to print all those US Dollars, the government (Federal Reserve) issued federal debt, Treasury Bonds. That debt repayment falls on every citizen, not the government. So, federal action devalued every dollar we own, and then our government put all of us into debt. Citizens get to pay this debt off with dollars that are worth less due to inflation. It gets worse.

The Federal Reserve printed those US Dollars so that Congress and the President could spend them on government programs like welfare, entitlements, covid relief, the military and infrastructure. Some federal

expenditures are worthy, most are not. Some government programs work, most do not.

Regardless, every citizen working in the private economy for non-government businesses, has suffered tremendously so that our government could spend money they don’t have by putting every citizen into debt, unto perpetuity. Thereby increasing the size, scope and power of government over us.

Economic analyst Peter St Onge puts it succinctly: To put a fine point on it: “Essentially, [GDP is measuring] the pace at which we’re going Soviet, replacing private wealth with government waste.” In his interpretation of the data, we are destroying wealth at the fastest rate since 2008.

The point I’m trying to make is that despite what these government minions tell us, we know that our situation is getting worse. Further, it is patently obvious that the entity entrusted to protect the citizens interests, our federal government, is not doing so; in fact, government spending and encroachment are harming us terribly. Worse, they are enslaving our children and grandchildren to serfdom by their central-control antics.

We all know something is wrong. But do you know that the same people who created our Constitutional Republic, anticipated these events? Further,

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they provided the answers in three profound documents: The Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.

The solution is that we citizens demand adherence to these documents by all elected and employed government workers.

This is the meaning of a representative government, a republic. The citizen is responsible for his own freedom. No politician will take on a reduction in federal spending by himself. He will only when forced to do so by his constituents. Us. Our objective is simple, reduce the power of the central government by restricting their spending and our debt, reducing regulatory control (Chevron Deference) and understanding the complexities of our Constitution.

Our efforts today plant the seeds of the tree of freedom for our grandchildren. We may not sit beneath that tree in our lifetime, but we can be certain that our progeny will. Plant the seed.

Jay Davidson is founder and CEO of a commercial bank.

He is a student of the Austrian School of Economics and a dedicated capitalist. He believes there is a direct connection between individual rights and responsibility, our Constitution, capitalism, and the intent of our Creator.

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Reverend Martin Niemoller “In Germany, the Nazis first came for the communists and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a communist. Then they came for the Jews and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Jew. Then they came for the trade unionists and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a trade unionist. Then they came for the Catholics and I didn’t speak up because I was a Protestant. Then they came for me and by that time there was no one left to speak for me!”

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TURKMENISTAN Visiting the World’s Strangest Country

Arguably the strangest country in the world is one which most have not heard of. I speak of Turkmenistan, a landlocked country in Central Asia. It is bordered by Uzbekistan to the north, Afghanistan to the east, Iran to the south, and the Caspian Sea to the west.

I traveled there recently with my son on his quest to visit every country in the world, now about 80 percent of the way there. We arrived via Istanbul to Ashgabat, the capitol city of Turkmenistan.

A difficult to obtain visa is necessary to visit, one of the reasons why Turkmenistan only sees 20-30 foreign tourists a day. Once part of the Soviet Union, it is now an independent country ruled by a charismatic dictator, in a cult-of-personality manner.

As in any dictatorship, rules are strict and harshly enforced.

There is no free internet, specifically no news or social media available to residents or visitors. Surprisingly one could do Google searches and access Wikipedia where ironically, I could easily read about human rights abuses in Turkmenistan.

Most residents access the web via ever changing VPNs and many of the younger residents are active on social media. Where there’s a will,

there’s a way. country, we saw Ashgabat is few mosques and a cross between did not hear the traNorth Korea and ditional five times Las Vegas, with a day call to prayer beautiful, clean common in Istanbul and wide roador Dubai. ways, adorned Horses are with ornate streetrevered by the curlights. Buildings rent ruling family, are made of father Gurbanguly marble, white and IN THE EYES OF BRIAN Berdymukhamedov shining in the high Bio Retinal specialist, writer, (say that ten times desert, a climate Greenwood Village resident fast) and now his similar to Denver. email: joonbug@mac.com son Serdar. Many Ornate monuments adorn statues and monuments feature the city, celebrating political horses. Photos or paintings of leaders and anniversaries of the president on a horse are independence from the USSR. commonplace.

They boast the world’s largest By law, we were required to indoor ferris wheel, which we have a tour guide, a young man, rode, completely alone. ethnic Russian, who didn’t say Alone was a common much but gave us a great tour. theme as we saw few people We stayed in a Soviet-like hoin the city, parks, or around the tel, simple but we wondered if Vegas-like marble apartment it was bugged (likely not). buildings housing government A highlight was my son and workers, much of the populaI getting a haircut at a local tion. barber shop, a fun way to expeBy law, all cars must be rience local culture. white or silver, and must be The next day, our guide’s faclean. This is quite the change ther and a friend drove us four from filthy cars driving around hours north through the desert, Denver, especially after recent passing roaming camels, to the snow. famous Darvaza gas crater. 50 Women wear colorful but modest traditional long dresses years ago, Soviet engineers were drilling for oil over a but none of the face coverings sinkhole which collapsed under seen in other Muslim counthem.

Natural gas was leaking tries. Despite being a Muslim through the ground.

The engineers lit the gas to burn off and keep it from polluting the surrounding air.

They tried to put out the multiple flames, all without success.

50 years later the gas pit is still burning and is a popular and fascinating tourist attraction.

We spent the night in a traditional desert yurt about a quarter mile from the gas crater. The eerie flames burning in the crater led to its nickname of “gates of hell”. Natural gas is where the country gets its wealth, on display in Ashgabat, the city of gold and marble.

The people were all very nice and seemed to be living relatively normal lives, despite the country’s reputation as a ruthless dictatorship. We were treated well and had no safety concerns, more than I can say visiting downtown Denver.

If you want to visit a strange and eccentric country far off the beaten path, give Turkmenistan a try. We thoroughly enjoyed the experience and are grateful for the opportunity to visit.

Photos by Brian Joondeph

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Disaster Preparedness topic of luncheon for CCRW

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herry Creek Republican Women (CCRW) welcomed Arapahoe County Deputy Sheriff Michael McKnight for a session on disaster preparedness. After Deputy McKnight addressed topics of types of disaster in Colorado, planning for the family, types of survival kits and 12 steps to getting prepared, the audience clamored for the printed guides and materials from the Arapahoe County Emergency Management Unit. McKnight has been with the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office for 12 years, serving on the Special Operations Responses Team and a member of the Wildland Fire Team working directly with the Office of Emergency Management.

ABOVE: CCRW President Dorothy Gotlieb, speaker Arapahoe County Deputy Sheriff Michael McKnight, Andrea Hyatt ABOVE, RIGHT: Lisa Fertman and Jewell Hargrave were promoting CCRW’s fundraiser luncheon “Puttin’ on the Glitz” slated for Tuesday, March 12 RIGHT: Mary Lawritson, Barb Simmons, Kathleen Chandler

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Keynote Dick Wadhams attracts candidates to DCRW meeting

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he Wadhams family in Colorado dates back many, many decades and Dick Wadhams has been in politics for 50 years beginning with Republican leadership positions when he was just 19. He has had great success in helping candidates win – including former Colorado Governor Bill Owens and South Dakota

Senator John Thune. Local candidates and multiple candidates vying to represent Colorado’s District 4 being vacated by Rep. Ken Buck as well as members and guests of Douglas County Republican Women (DCRW) were eager to learn from his wisdom and hear the topic of his presentation – Insight into the Republican Party.

LEFT: DCRW President Deborah Mulvey and speaker Republican political consultant Dick Wadhams ABOVE: Colorado District 4 candidate Lauren Boebert and Colorado GOP National Committee Woman Vera Ortegon

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DCRW Immediate Past President Barbara Piper, Phil Kelly and U.S. House Colorado District 4 candidate Deborah Flora whose home club is DCRW

Lone Tree Mayor Pro Tem who is running for mayor – Wynne Shaw with Lynn Pender and Susan Stiff

Candidates for Colorado District 4 Chris Phelen and Mike Lynch bookend T. Murray and Janet Gilliland

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Daniels Fund Junior Achievement accelerating dreams

Continued from Page 1

with a variety of careers, are motivated by stories from emerging entrepreneurs and Colorado visionaries, and explore how their financial goals coincide with career and lifestyle choices. The JA Dream Accelerator has already proven to be effective in its first year of operation, as 100% of educators taking the post-survey say they would recommend JA after having their students experience the program.

“Giving students the opportunity to learn about financial basics puts them on a strong path to success.

I was excited to tour the Junior Achievement Dream Accelerator and see how the program is preparing high school students to succeed in Colorado’s economy,” Governor Polis said.

Governor Polis has been an advocate for financial literacy during his time in office. He proclaimed October 2023 as Economic Education Month in the state of Colorado, saying, “Economic Education Month serves as an opportunity to celebrate the efforts of our educators, students, and community partners who are committed to advancing economic education and ensuring that Colorado remains a beacon of innovation and entrepreneurship.”

JA’s mission is to inspire and prepare young people to succeed in a global econ-

omy, with programming focused on three pillars: entrepreneurship, financial literacy, and work readiness.

The JA Free Enterprise Center, which has been hosting students during the 2023/24 school year, does this through its two onsite programs; the JA Dream Accelerator and Robert and Judi Newman Finance Park, presented

by Transamerica. At JA Finance Park, students build a foundation for making intelligent and lifelong personal finance decisions through a hands-on, realistic simulation experience.

When not in use by JA, spaces within the JA Free Enterprise Center are available for community use and event rentals, including conference rooms, a large terrace overlooking the Rocky Mountains, and a hospitality lounge with capacity for groups of up to 250 people. All proceeds from event rentals go directly to support JA’s programs.

For more information on the Daniels Fund JA Dream Accelerator, visit https:// www.JARockyMountain. org/dream-accelerator/.

For more information on the JA Free Enterprise Center, visit https://www.JA RockyMountain.org/letsbuild-the-future/.

“Giving students the opportunity to learn about financial basics puts them on a strong path to success. I was excited to tour the Junior Achievement Dream Accelerator and see how the program is preparing high school students to succeed in Colorado’s economy.”

– Governor Polis

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BY FREDA MIKLIN I am passionate about government and giving our readers straightforward information that will help them make informed choices when they vote. I am also a licensed C.P.A. and former

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Update on Colorado congressional races

BY FREDA MIKLIN

Congressional District 3

We previously reported that Grand Junction attorney Jeff Hurd is the leading Republican for the GOP nomination to replace current U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert, who is not running for re-election to her current seat, and that Hurd’s most recognizable challenger is former state Rep. Ron Hanks, considered far right and a longtime supporter of former President Trump.

In addition to the nearly 40 endorsements he has amassed from current and former elected officials, Hurd recently picked up two more from former Colorado CD3 U.S. Reps. Scott McInnis and Scott Tipton.

To the list of other declared candidates for the GOP nomination for CD3 we wrote about earlier, Russ Andrews, David Karpas, and Curtis McCrackin, also recently announced as running are: Austin O’Connell – English teacher at Glenwood Springs High School, former sales executive Stephen Varela – Member of the Colorado State Board of Education representing CD3 appointed in January 2023 to replace Joyce Rankin, who resigned. He is a military veteran and Pueblo native who holds a master’s degree in social work from the University of Southern California Brandon Wilkinson – Truck driver and co-founder of America First P.A.C.T.

Congressional District 4

Since our last report, one additional candidate has entered the race for the GOP nomination for CD4, Peter Yu, a senior mortgage loan officer who was an early candidate for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in 2022 that was won by Joe O’Dea, who lost to two-term U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet D-Colorado in the general election.

Announced CD4 candidate House Minority Leader Mike Lynch R-Wellington ran into a significant bump in the road on his quest for the GOP nomination when multiple news outlets, including the Denver Gazette, reported on January 17 that he was stopped by the Colorado State Patrol in 2022 and arrested on suspicion of drunken driving and being in possession of a gun while intoxicated. Body camera video we saw showed him reaching for a gun in his pocket as the police officer was reaching toward him to remove a knife that was in sight.

It was clear that Lynch’s action was not threatening, though illadvised, with respect to the gun— that he was just trying to tell the

Health insurance expert and U.S. Air Force veteran in health service management, Joe Andujo has declared for the GOP nomination in CD8.

Continued from page 8 State Board of Education member Stephen Varela is a new candidate for CD3.

Peter Yu is a new entrant to the race for the GOP nomination for CD4. He was a candidate for the Republican nod for U.S. Senate in 2022.

U.S. Army veteran Joshua Griffin has declared as a candidate for CD5

U.S. Rep. Yadira Caraveo D-CD8

Republican Weld County Commissioner Scott James is a candidate for the nomination for CD8.

State Rep. Gabe Evans R-Adams and Weld Counties is a candidate for the nod for CD8.

he was sentenced to 15 months of probation and community service.

In an interview on 9News on January 19, he said, “I was realistic that this would come out some day and I would face it like I’m doing right now and that’s what leaders do.”

House members tried to hold a “no confidence” vote on Lynch on January 22 and again on January 23. Also, on January 23, state GOP Chair Dave Williams appeared at the state House, where he conferred with members, then told a reporter, “The right thing for Mike Lynch to do is to resign his post as minority leader. This is the position of the party and of me, personally. Personally, I think he’s disqualified himself from serving in public office, but the voters are gonna, I believe, handle that.”

On January 24, Lynch resigned his position as House Minority Leader.

Another GOP candidate for the nomination for CD4, state Rep. Richard Holtorf, drew negative attention recently when he rose to speak against an abortion rights resolution put forth by Democrats on January 19, and shared that, earlier in his life, he impregnated two different women, one of whom had an abortion and one of whom gave the child up for adoption. Regarding the woman who terminated her pregnancy, he said,

“I had to respect her rights because she said she didn’t want to keep her baby; but I respected her rights and actually gave her money to help her through her important critical time so she could live her best life.” A local news outlet quoted Holtorf as having previously referred to supporters of abortion as, “Godless heathens.”

On January 25, the Republican Women of Weld County and the Lincoln Club of Colorado sponsored a 90-minute debate featuring nine out of 10 of the GOP candidates for CD4. It was moderated by 9News’ Kelly Maher, Colorado Politics’ Ernest Luning, radio personality and former district attorney George Brauchler, and the Colorado Sun’s Jesse Paul.

A straw poll of those who attended taken afterward had Logan County Commissioner Jerry Sonenberg in the lead, followed by state Rep. Mike Lynch, then radio personality Deborah Flora.

Only 117 people, or two-thirds of those who attended, filled out ballots, and Sonenberg’s high total was 22, leaving open the question of whether the results had more to do with how many supporters candidates had in the room when the debate started than how they objectively performed.

CD4 candidate House Minority Leader Mike Lynch...was stopped by the Colorado State Patrol in 2022 and arrested on suspicion of drunken driving and being in possession of a gun while intoxicated…

Lynch pleaded guilty to lesser charges of being under the influence and prohibited use of a weapon in December 2022, for which he was sentenced to 15 months of probation and community service. On January 24, Lynch resigned his position as House Minority Leader. officer he had it.

Lynch pleaded guilty to lesser charges of being under the influence and prohibited use of a weapon in December 2022, for which

Continued on page 9

Congressional District 5

On January 5, Joshua Griffin of Fountain, former college football player, U.S. Army combat veteran, and small business owner announced he is a candidate for CD5. He wants to fix a system in which, “60% of us believe that no matter how hard we work, we will never be able to escape the grasp of living paycheck to paycheck.”

Other announced candidates for the seat, from which current U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn is retiring, are GOP Chair Dave Williams, radio personality and former congressional staffer Jeff Crank, and state Sen. Bob Gardner, a lawyer and military veteran.

Highly regarded Assistant House Minority Leader Rose Pugliese took steps to run for the nomination for CD5 but reportedly ultimately decided against it and will remain in her state House seat representing El Paso County. On January 25, Pugliese was elected new House Minority Leader.

Former state Rep. Janak Joshi is a late entrant to the CD8 Republican race.

Congressional District 8

In CD8, which was new to our state and had its first election in 2022, the number of active Democratic voters, 26%, combined with the number of active Republican voters, 23%, equals the number who are unaffiliated, 49%, explaining why the district is considered a toss-up, in election parlance.

That was borne out by the results of the first CD8 election in November 2022. U.S. Rep. Yadira Caraveo D-CD8, a pediatrician and former state House representative, was elected over her Republican opponent, State Sen. Barb Kirkmeyer, by 1,632 votes out of 227,122 cast for both candidates, a difference of 0.7%.

Caraveo has no primary opposition in her race for re-election in November, but four Republicans have stepped up to compete for their party’s nomination to challenge her, Gabe Evans, Scott James, Joe Andujo, and Janak Joshi.

A military veteran and former police officer, first-term state Rep. Gabe

In CD8, which was new to our state and had its first election in 2022, the number of active Democratic voters, 26%, combined with the number of active Republican voters, 23%, equals the number who are unaffiliated, 49%, explaining why the district is considered a toss-up, in election parlance.

Evans R-Adams and Weld Counties, says that, “Colorado is at a breaking point because Caravejo and the radical Democrats changed the laws, put police officers at risk, and let the criminals go free…on purpose,” because, “It’s what liberals do.” His website says he is the grandson of Mexican immigrants.

Evans is endorsed by current and former elected officials including state Rep. Anthony Hartsook, former state House Speaker Frank McNulty, the mayors of Brighton, Federal Heights, and Gilchrest, along with U.S. Senator Tom Cotton (R-Ark) and U.S. Reps.

Tony Gonzales (R-Tex), Mario DiazBalart (R-Fla), Jack Bergman (R-Mich), John James (R-Mich), August Pfluger (R-Tex), and Brian Mast. (R-Fla).

Weld County Commissioner Scott James of LaSalle, former radio personality and mayor of Johnstown is running because, “I’m just a guy who puts his faith in Jesus and lets Him lead me…

We live under an increasingly totalitarian state that wants to disrupt our families and dictate how we live our lives…

We see evidence every day of a twotiered justice system that gives special treatment to its friends while persecuting its opponents…We see parents excluded from their children’s lives in our education system… I’m just a guy who has been given a gift to communicate and a calling to serve.”

James is endorsed by former U.S. Senator Hank Brown, fellow Weld County Commissioners Mike Freeman and Kevin Ross, nine other local county commissioners and ten local mayors from cities including Greeley, Fort Lupton, Kersey, Evans, and LaSalle.

Joe Andujo is a veteran of the U.S. Air Force in health services management and holds a B.S. in health administration from the University of Phoenix and a master of health administration degree. He is a licensed provider of health insurance options and products with a “lifelong commitment to learning, unwavering service to his country, and resolute determination to impact lives.” His website says he is committed to empowering students, ensuring the vitality and success of our agriculture industry, energy independence, and the security of our southern border.

Former state Rep. Janak Joshi is a late addition to the race for the GOP nomination for CD8, declaring his candidacy for the job on January 26. Joshi, a retired physician, represented HD14El Paso County in the general assembly from 2011 to 2013 and, after redistricting, HD16-El Paso County from 2013 to 2017. He left the legislature after losing a primary battle in November 2016 to former Rep. Larry Liston.

The congressional district primary in Colorado will be held on June 25.

Advance Colorado gets tax increase limit on the ballot in 2024

BY FREDA MIKLIN

Advance Colorado, led by Michael Fields, provided a significant portion of the energy and the resources that led to the defeat of Proposition HH on November 7, 2023. That led to the special session of the Colorado general assembly later that month that passed an emergency measure to limit the amount of the tax increase residents will see when they get their tax bills any day now.

While he was leading the battle against Prop. HH, Fields and Advance Colorado were out gathering signatures on petitions for what they called Initiative 50, an amendment to the state Constitution which would limit the amount of property tax revenue that could be retained to 4% more than the amount collected in the previous year. Voters in affected jurisdictions would have the option to override that limitation with a vote, but the language requires that the vote be statewide.

The announcement by the Secretary of State that sufficient signatures had been submitted to get this issue on the ballot in 2024 went largely unnoticed because it came in early

Michael Fields is a conservative activist.

Photo by Freda Miklin

October 2023, in the throes of the upcoming November 7 election.

While virtually all voters are happy to see their taxes limited, this measure is tricky, because, it limits the total amount of property tax that can be collected statewide, but the state itself doesn’t levy or collect property taxes. Property taxes are local taxes levied by all of Colorado’s

cities, counties, fire districts, water and sewer districts, public school districts, library districts, metro business and residential districts, and many others, collected by our state’s 64 county treasurers and distributed to all the levying entities.

In a guest column in the Denver Post, Scott Wasserman, president of the Bell Policy Center, said that Initiative 50, “has all the hallmarks of bad policy. It’s impractical, arbitrary, would be fixed in the Constitution, and it’s counting on sticker-shocked voters to pass. It’s precisely what our elected leaders need to steer clear of and what we need to defeat in 2024,” adding, “It would have a devastating impact on the way local communities and the state funds the services we count on. If passed, anytime the state’s property tax revenue goes above 4%, the entire state must hold a vote on whether any one of the thousands of districts across the state can keep its own revenue.”

Wasserman continued, “Twentysix times in the last 40 years, Colorado’s total property tax revenue has been over that 4% cap. We’d be having statewide votes nearly every

assessment cycle and if voters choose to bar local districts from keeping their own revenues in any given year, the effects on local communities and our state budget will be disastrous.”

Based in Denver, Bell Policy Center’s mission is, through research and advocacy, to, “ensure economic mobility for every Coloradan,” by “providing policymakers…with reliable resources to create a practical policy agenda that raises the economic floor, builds a diverse and thriving middle class, and sparks innovative ideas to prepare us for the future.”

Advance Colorado issued a statement on October 6, 2023, after the Secretary of State certified the question for the 2024 ballot, stating that, “It remains clear that Coloradans across this state want real property tax reform.” After pointing out that Prop. HH was not the right answer, it continued, “Initiative 50 gives citizens a real solution to property tax increases permanently without taking any additional money out of their pockets or giving government a blank check.” fmiklin.villager@gmail.com

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Arlene Olvey celebrates her 101th birthday

Arlene Olvey turned 101 on January 25! Arlene’s good friends celebrated her remarkable life with a “101 Dalmatians” party given by volunteers at La Cache (consignment/donation shop that supports the Colorado Children’s Hospital.)

Arlene volunteered weekly at La Cache for over 40 years and is the favored helper among the regular customers.

Not many people attain that kind of longevity.

Arlene contributes her lon-

gevity to good genes, hard work plus lots of experience.

When interviewed by

The Villager about her remarkable life, she attributed it to the many changes she experienced from growing up on a Colorado ranch to 44 years of volunteer work for Children’s Hospital. Arlene grew up on a Colorado ranch with her four siblings. They rode to school on horseback until the 8th grade, when they stayed in town for

school, returning home for weekends.

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Black History Month’s unsung star: ‘Coach Rob’ Black History Month begins today, so I want to take a few minutes to acquaint you with someone who should be among the great Americans recognized for their achievements despite racial prejudice but, in his case, will otherwise be overlooked (yet again).

I’m referring to Eddie Robinson, who coached the Grambling Tigers football team for 57 years, beginning in 1941.

During Black History Month, as you may know, historic figures are memorialized in various ways, including brief video tributes.

Each year, I shake my head in disbelief that Eddie Robinson isn’t among them.

Beginning a few months before the Pearl Harbor attack, the man they affectionately called Coach Rob led the football team at Grambling (which began as Louisiana Negro and Normal Institute) for 57 years—through decades of Jim Crow discrimination and the tumultuous Civil Rights Movement.

Across six decades, his teams won 408 games; during that time Grambling played in 28 states and Japan.

And more than 200 of Robinson’s players had the opportunity to play pro football.

But, as a former Louisiana state legislator who had played for Robinson declared at the memorial service for Eddie after his death in 1997 said: “That’s not his legacy.

It’s the thousands of young men who went to Grambling with no hope of having a life in the NFL. “His legacy is the thousands of men who are good fathers and good husbands, good businessmen, good employees and community leaders.”

I never met Eddie Robinson. It was his passing, in fact, that led to me writing his biography, which was published in 2010.

As I learned more and more about him, I became convinced that he truly was a great American. Today, I’d say he’s the kind of leader our divided nation sorely needs now.

Doug Williams told me: “I used to say to him, ‘Coach, you’re the most Americanized man I know,’ because he always preached America.”

Williams, you may painfully recall, torched the Broncos in their 42-10 loss to Washington in Super Bowl XXII. He was Robinson’s quarterback at Grambling from 1974 through 1977.

“He waved that American flag more than anybody, and you knew a guy his age had to have gone through some tough times early on in life.”

Among the lines Robinson said repeatedly to his players: America is the greatest country in the world . . .

The best way to enjoy life in America is to first be an Amer-

ican, and I don’t think you have to be white to do so . . .

And, The best way to change attitudes is to prove them wrong by doing it, whatever IT is . . .

Robinson was a mystery to me in one regard. Despite his incredibly high profile in The South, he never used it to lead his players, or any other students, in a protest march, sit-in or demonstration of any kind, or to encourage them to participate on their own.

His alternative was: “Change is coming. Be ready when it arrives.”

Coach Rob, as he was known, emphasized getting an education—to the extreme of waking up his players by ringing a cowbell as he walked the halls of their dorm and escorting them to class if they didn’t show him that they were going to attend or be there on time.

And he stressed the importance of regular church attendance by having assistant coaches meet his players after services to hand out weekly subsistence allowances. Noshow, no cash.

The late John Lewis, who was at the forefront of the Civil Rights Movement and served in Congress for 34 years until his death at 80, told me no one ever asked Eddie to join the campaign in a more public way or complained that he was not doing enough.

“He must be looked upon as one individual who made a major contribution to the cause of racial equality in America,” Lewis said.

Charlie Joiner, one of four players Eddie coached to make the Pro Football Hall of Fame, said: “He believed in being a good citizen, because he was one.”

When Eddie died, The Associated Press gathered reactions from dozens of prominent sports figures. One of them was retired Jackson State football coach W.C. Gorden, one of Robinson’s biggest rivals.

“To me,” Gorden said, “he was the Martin Luther King of football.”

Seems like that epitaph should be enough to make Eddie Robinson a prominent part of Black History Month.

Denny Dressman is a veteran of 43 years in the newspaper business, including 25 at the Rocky Mountain News, where he began as executive sports editor. He is the author of 16 books, nine of them sportsrelated. You can write to Denny at dennydressman@ comcast.net.

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COURTS DISTRICT COURT COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE STATE OF COLORADO 7325 S. Potomac Street Centennial, Colorado 80112 PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO Petitioner, In the Interest of: BABY GIRL CAMPBELL, Children, and concerning, REBECCA CAMPBELL AND JOHN DOE, Respondents.

Erinn Walz, Reg. #43200 Assistant County Attorney Attorney for Petitioner 14980 East Alameda Drive Aurora, CO 80012 Tel: (303) 636-1821 Fax: (303) 636-1889 Case No: 23JV331 Division: 22 NOTICE OF ADJUDICATORY HEARING AND DEFAULT JUDGMENT SET FOR FEBRUARY 20, 2024, AT 12:00 P.M. IN DIV. 22 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the above captioned matter has been set for a ADJUDICATORY HEARING AND DEFAULT JUDGMENT for Respondent Mother, Rebecca Campbell, and Respondent Father, John Doe on February 20, 2024, at the hour of 12:00 p.m., in Division 22, at the Arapahoe County Justice Center, 7325 South Potomac Street, Centennial, Colorado 80112.

The Arapahoe County District Court is holding hearings via Cisco WebEx Meetings to allow for audiovisual and/or audio participation.

Participants may use any computer, tablet or smart phone equipped with a camera and microphone for audiovisual participation. Parties should use the following link: • https://judicial.webex. com/meet/D18-ARAP-Div22 • Enter your name and email address (so we know who you are). You will then be in the virtual courtroom.

• Select your audio setting. If the audio on your computer or tablet does not work, please use the alternate audio option of calling in to the number below.

• If you do not have a device that will support a video connection, you may still participate by audio only by calling 720-650-7664. When prompted enter Access code: 2594 887 9073 then press #, # (no attendee ID is needed).

YOU ARE FURTHER COMMANDED to appear before the Court at said time and place, either in person or by phone. If you elect

to appear in person, you must be at the Courthouse a half hour before the hearing is scheduled to begin.

Dated this 22nd day of January 2024.

Erinn Walz, Reg. #43200 Assistant County Attorney Attorney for Petitioner Published in The Villager Published: February 1, 2024 Legal # 11452 ___________________________ DISTRICT COURT COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE STATE OF COLORADO 7325 S. Potomac Street Centennial, Colorado 80112 PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO, Petitioner, IN THE INTEREST OF JOURDYN DEMYERS, Child, And concerning AMY DEMYERS and LUKE DEMYERS (Deceased) Respondents.

Linda Arnold, Reg. No. 16764 Office of the Arapahoe County Attorney Attorney for the People Arapahoe County Department of Human Services 14980 East Alameda Drive, Aurora, CO 80012 Tel: 303-636-1882 Fax: 303-636-1889 Case No: 23JV363 Division: 23 \ NOTICE OF ADJUDICATORY COURT TRIAL AND DEFAULT JUDGMENT REGARDING RESPONDENT AMY DEMYERS PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the above captioned matter has been set for an ADJUDICATORY COURT TRIAL AND DEFAULT JUDGMENT REGARDING RESPONDENT AMY DEMYERS on March 8, 2024, at 10:30 a.m.

(MST) in Division 23 of the Arapahoe District Court. ** The Arapahoe County District Court is holding hearings via Cisco WebEx Meetings to allow for audiovisual and/or audio participation.

Participants may use any computer, tablet or smart phone equipped with a camera and microphone for audiovisual participation. Parties should use the following link: • https://judicial.webex. com/meet/D18-ARAP-Div23 • Enter your name and email address (so we know who you are). You will then be in the virtual courtroom.

• Select your audio setting. If the audio on your computer or tablet does not work, please use the alternate audio option of calling in to the number below.

If you do not have a device that will support a video connection, you may still participate by audio only by calling 720-650-7664 and enter access code 2598 320 5548 (followed by #, #).

In the event you fail to appear for said hearing at the date and time indicated, the Petitioner will request that the Court enter a default judgment against you and adjudicate the child dependent and neglected in accordance with the Colorado Children’s Code.

Linda Arnold, Esq., 16764 Assistant County Attorney Published in The Villager Published: February 1, 2024 Legal # 11453 ___________________________ DISTRICT COURT COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO 7325 S. Potomac Street Centennial, Colorado 80112 (303) 649-6355 PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO, Petitioner, IN THE INTEREST OF: ARACELIA WRIGHT-DAVIS, KALIAH WEBSTER, AND KAYLAN DAVIS, Child, and concerning EDNA JONES, KAYLAN DAVIS, AND CASHMERE WEBSTER Respondents.

Sarah Simchowitz, Reg. #44890 Attorney for the Petitioner 14980 E. Alameda Dr. Aurora, CO 80012 (720) 800-5788 Case No: 23JV207 Division: 22 NOTICE OF ADJUDICATORY HEARING AND DEFAULT JUDGEMENT CONCERNING RESPONDENT MOTHER EDNA JONES To The Respondents: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that an Adjudicatory Hearing regarding Respondent Mother, EDNA JONES, has been set for February 1, 2024 at 8:30 a.m. (MST) in Division 22, at the Arapahoe County District Court, 7305 South Potomac Street, Centennial, Colorado 80112. You have the right to be represented by an attorney during these proceedings; if you cannot afford an attorney, one will be appointed to represent you. In the event you fail to appear for said hearing at the date and time indicated, the Petitioner will request that the Court enter a default judgment against you and adjudicate the child dependent and neglected in accordance with the Colorado Children’s Code.

YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that the People of the State of Colorado may request the Court enter an order finding that you are the legal parent of the above named child, entering an order requiring you to pay reasonable and necessary support pursuant to §19-4-116(6), on a monthly basis on a monthly basis commencing immediately for the support of the child(ren), entering a judgment for child support debt pursuant to §1414-104, C.R.S., medical support, and to grant such further relief as the Court deems proper.

YOU ARE ADVISED that you have the right to be represented by counsel at every stage of these proceedings. In accordance with C.R.S. §19-4-105.5, you also may have the right to request genetic testing. A request for genetic test shall not prejudice the requesting party in matters concerning allocation of parental responsibilities. If genetic tests are not obtained prior to the legal establishment of paternity and submitted into evidence prior to the entry of the final order establishing paternity, the genetic tests may not be allowed into evidence at a later date.

The Arapahoe County District Court is holding hearings via Cisco WebEx Meetings to allow for audiovisual and/or audio participation.

Participants may use any computer, tablet or smart phone equipped with a camera and microphone for audiovisual participation. Parties should use the following link: • https://judicial.webex. com/meet/D18-ARAP-Div22 • Enter your name and email address (so we know who you are). You will then be in the virtual courtroom.

• Select your audio setting. If the audio on your computer or tablet does not work, please use the alternate audio option of calling in to the number below.

• If you do not have a device that will support a video connection, you may still participate by audio only by calling 720650-7664. When prompted enter Access code: 927 2594 887 9073 then press #, # (no attendee ID is needed).

YOU ARE FURTHER COMMANDED to appear before the Court at said time and place, either in person or by phone. If you elect to appear in person, you must be at the Courthouse a half hour before the hearing is scheduled to begin.

Date: January 26, 2024 Sarah Simchowitz, Esq. #44890 Assistant County Attorney Attorney for Petitioner 14980 E. Alameda Dr., Aurora, CO 80012 Phone: (720) 800-5788 Email: SSimchowitz@arapahoegov.com Published in The Villager

Published: February 1, 2024 Legal # 11454 ___________________________ DISTRICT COURT COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO 7325 S. Potomac Street Centennial, Colorado 80112 (303) 645-6600 PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO Petitioner, In the Interest of: ARLETHIA QUEVADO Child, and concerning, KAMI RAMIREZ QUEVADO, JOHN DOE AND JAYLAN MALEEK LEWIS AKA DANIEL BLACKSHEARE Respondents.

Sarah Simchowitz, Reg. #44890 Attorney for the Petitioner 14980 E. Alameda Dr. Aurora, CO 80012 (303) 636-1821 Case No: 23JV30210 Division: 22 AMENDED NOTICE OF ADJUDICATORY HEARING AND DEFAULT JUDGEMENT CONCERNING RESPONDENT FATHER JAYLAN MALEEK LEWIS To The Respondents: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that an Adjudicatory Hearing regarding Respondent Jaylan Maleek Lewis has been set for February 26, 2024 at 9:00 a..m (MST) in Division 22, at the Arapahoe County District Court, 7305 South Potomac Street, Centennial, Colorado 80112. You have the right to be represented by an attorney during these proceedings; if you cannot afford an attorney, one will be appointed to represent you. In the event you fail to appear for said hearing at the date and time indicated, the Petitioner will request that the Court enter a default judgment against you and adjudicate the child dependent and neglected in accordance with the Colorado Children’s Code.

YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that the People of the State of Colorado may request the Court enter an order finding that you are the legal parent of the above named child, entering an order requiring you to pay reasonable and necessary support pursuant to §19-4-116(6), on a monthly basis on a monthly basis commencing immediately for the support of the child, entering a judgment for child support debt pursuant to §14-14104, C.R.S., medical support, and to grant such further relief as the Court deems proper.

YOU ARE ADVISED that you have the right to be represented by counsel at every stage of these proceedings. In accordance with C.R.S. §19-4-105.5, you also may have the right to request genetic testing. A request for genetic test shall not prejudice the requesting party in matters concerning allocation of parental responsibilities. If genetic tests are not obtained prior to the legal establishment of paternity and submitted into evidence prior to the entry of the final order establishing paternity, the genetic tests may not be allowed into evidence at a later date.

The Arapahoe County District Court is holding hearings via Cisco WebEx Meetings to allow for audiovisual and/or audio participation.

Participants may use any computer, tablet or smart phone equipped with a camera and microphone for audiovisual participation. Parties should use the following link: • https://judicial.webex. com/meet/D18-ARAP-Div22 • Enter your name and email address (so we know who you are). You will then be in the virtual courtroom.

• Select your audio setting. If the audio on your computer or tablet does not work, please use the alternate audio option of calling in to the number below.

• If you do not have a device that will support a video connection, you may still participate by audio only by calling 720650-7664. When prompted enter Access code: 927 2594 887 9073 then press #, # (no attendee ID is needed).

YOU ARE FURTHER COMMANDED to appear before the Court at said time and place, either in person or by phone. If you elect to appear in person, you must be at the Courthouse a half hour before the hearing is scheduled to begin.

Date: January 26, 2024 Published in The Villager Published: February 1, 2024 Legal # 11455 ___________________________

NAME CHANGE ARAPAHOE County, Colorado 1790 W LITTLETON BLVD LITTLETON, CO, 80120 PUBLIC NOTICE OF PETITION FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case Number: 24 CI 00022 Petitioner: ESTER JOY EKBERG Public Notice is given on ESTER JOY EKBERG is requested to be changed to GRIER SYMPHONY RHODES. Date: 1/11/2024

By Clerk of Court/Deputy Clerk Published in The Villager First Publication: February 1, 2024 Last Publication: February 15, 2024 Legal # 11459

SPECIAL DISTRICTS CASTLEWOOD WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT 2024 Sanitary Sewer CIPP Rehabilitation Project The Castlewood Water and Sanitation District (the “Owner”) is accepting sealed bids for the 2024 Sanitary Sewer CIPP Rehabilitation Project (the “Project”). Sealed bids will be received until the hour of 10 A.M. local time on February 26, 2024 by the District Engineer (Merrick & Company), at 5970 Greenwood Plaza Boulevard, Greenwood Village, CO 80111. At that time, bids received will be opened.

The Project will include rehabilitation work for existing 8-inch and 10-inch sewer pipe including approximately:

• 1886 LF of UV CIPP including all manhole reconnections, service reconnections and reinstatements and any required excavations.

The work shall include all bypass pumping, erosion and traffic control and other related improvements and appurtenances. This Project is located within the Castlewood Water and Sanitation District, located within the City of Greenwood Village, Colorado.

Copies of the Bidding Documents may be requested from the Castlewood Water & Sanitation District at the email of the District Engineer, Wade. wheatlake@merrick.com, beginning February 1, 2024. No payment required. Reproductions are prohibited. No pre-bid conference is scheduled; however, interested Bidders are encouraged to familiarize themselves with the area where the work will be performed.

Bids may not be withdrawn for a period of sixty (60) calendar days after the Bid date and time. The Owner reserves the right to reject any and all Bids, to waive any errors or irregularities, and to require statements or evidence of Bidders’ qualifications including financial statements. The Owner also reserves the right to extend the Bidding period by Addendum if it appears in its interest to do so.

For further information, please contact Wade Wheatlake at Merrick & Company at 303-751-0741.

Published in The Villager First Publication: February 1, 2024 Last Publication: February 15, 2024 Legal # 11456

___________________________ NOTICE FOR BIDS Cherry Creek Vista Park and Recreation District The Cherry Creek Vista Park and Recreation District hereby invites landscape contractors to provide bids for landscape and irrigation improvements to the existing Sunset Park, located at 5700 South Kenton Court, Englewood, CO 80111. The project includes construction of landscaping, existing tennis court resurfacing, asphalt parking lot resurfacing, a new irrigation system and related facilities. Drawings will be made available electronically Wednesday, February 7th, 2024, please email Joanna Waldenmyer at jwaldenmyer@rootpartnership.com to receive a copy of the bid package.

Bids will be received until 12:00 p.m., Friday, March 8, 2024. Bids will be accepted by the Landscape Architect via electronic file to Joanna Waldenmyer at jwaldenmyer@rootpartnership.com, or if submitting by paper to the District office, 1100 W. Littleton Blvd. #101, Littleton, CO, 80120, please call 303-482-1002 to ensure someone is present for delivery. Bids will not be publicly opened and read; however, a bid tabulation will be emailed to — Continued to next page —

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SPECIAL DISTRICTS all participating bidders within ten (10) working days after the date of the Notice of Award for this Project.

A pre-bid meeting will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, February 26, 2024, at the Site Parking Lot at Sunset Park, 5700 South Kenton Court, Englewood, CO 80111. Attendance at the pre-bid meeting is strongly recommended for all bidders but is not mandatory. Please email Joanna Waldenmyer at jwaldenmyer@rootpartnership.com if you plan to attend this meeting. In case the meeting is rescheduled due to inclement weather, you may be notified.

Questions regarding the project are to be submitted in writing to jwaldenmyer@rootpartnership.com by Wednesday, February 28, 2024 at 12:00 p.m. Responses will be provided to all bidders by end of day Friday, March 1st, 2024.

Published in The Villager Published: February 1, 2024 Legal # 11457 ___________________________ GOLDSMITH GULCH SANITATION DISTRICT 8390 East Crescent Parkway, Suite 300 Greenwood Village, CO 80111 Phone 303-779-4525 Fax 303-773-2050 INVITATION TO BID Notice is hereby given that Goldsmith Gulch Sanitation District will ac-

cept sealed bid proposals for the Chenango Lift Station Improvements project. The project is located within the City of Greenwood Village, Colorado and includes, but is not limited to: Furnish and install approximately 1,100 linear feet of 4-inch PVC force main using open cut excavation, one (1) cleanout manhole with plug valve, one (1) vault with cleanout, plug valve, and combination air valve, one (1) bypass connection in existing manhole, abandon existing 4-inch CIP force main in place and remove CIP force main as necessary to install new pipe, remove and replace two (2) submersible sewer pumps and mechanical piping in the wet well and meter vault, remove and replace electrical and instrumentation equipment. Project also includes removal of existing generator at Cherry Creek School campus and installation of new generator supplied by Owner.

A mandatory pre-bid conference with a site walk after will be held at 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, February 21, 2024 at 8390 E. Crescent Pkwy., Suite 300, Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111. Representatives of the Owner and Engineer will be present to discuss the Project.

Sealed Competitive Bids will be accepted until 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, March 6, 2024, at 8390 E. Crescent Pkwy., Suite 300, Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111. An abstract of the amounts of the base Bids and alternates (if any) will be made available to the Bidders after the Bids have been opened. Proposals shall be submitted in a sealed envelope marked “GOLDSMITH GULCH SANITATION DISTRICT: CHENANGO LIFT STATION IMPROVEMENTS”. Bids may not be withdrawn for a period of sixty

(60) days after said closing time.

Bid packages will be available electronically starting on February 5, 2024 at www.questcdn.com under Login for a minimal charge. The user will be directed to enter a project code of 8791536. Contact QuestCDN.com at 952-233-1632 or info@questcdn.com for assistance in membership registration and downloading this digital project information.

Bid security in the form of a Bid Bond, Cashier’s Check or Certified Check, payable to Goldsmith Gulch Sanitation District in the amount equal to ten (10%) percent of the total amount of the Bid, to be retained by the District, will be required until a contract is executed. If the successful Bidder should fail to enter into a contract with the District, his check or bid bond will be held as liquidated damages, in which event the Contract may then be awarded to the next lowest qualified bidder.

The Owner reserves the right to reject any and all proposals, to waive any informalities or irregularities therein, and to accept the proposal that in the opinion of the Owner is in the best interest of Goldsmith Gulch Sanitation District.

Published in The Villager First Publication: February 1, 2024 Last Publication: February 8, 2024 Legal # 11458 ___________________________

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