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High Line Canal Conservancy announces Chief Operating Officer Tracy Young will bring her experience in community planning, natural resource protection and community engagement
says Josh Tenneson, Great Outdoors Colorado Deputy Director and High Line Canal Conservancy Board Secretary. As High Line Canal Conservancy COO, Tracy will help guide implementation of the community-driven Plan for the High Line Canal and strategic planning to advance the Canal’s transition. In addition, Tracy will oversee all internal operations to further the Conservancy’s mission and impact. “As the Conservancy grows in its leadership role with the Canal Collaborative, a regional partnership with local agencies and governments, Denver Water and philanthropic partners committed to protecting and enhancing the Canal, we are thrilled to have Tracy’s expertise. Her management background and passion will elevate our team’s ability to support the planning, design and construction of millions of dollars of improvements ensuring the Canal is enhanced as a vital 71 mile regional greenway connecting millions of people to natural open space, “ says Harriet Crittenden LaMair, High Line Canal Conservancy Executive Director.
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The High Line Canal Conservancy announced Tracy Young has been named Chief perating fficer, effective March 21, 2022. Tracy is a proven professional and talented manager with leadership in local and regional community planning, natural resource protection and inclusive community engagement. She will support the nonprofit’s expanding role to improve and protect the 71-mile High Line Canal. Tracy joined the Conservancy as a Founding Board member in 2014. She served as a member of the Executive Committee and was Board Secretary in 2020 and 2021. Tracy has experience as a landscape architect and planner working to improve the quality of life for people in diverse communities. For the last 16 years of her 30-year career, she has served as the Planning, Design and Con-
ONE GREAT CAUSE. struction Manager for Aurora Parks, Recreation and Open Space. In this role, Tracy guided a staff of professional landscape architects, planners, GIS specialists, project managers and construction inspectors, who together have brought hundreds of acres of parks and open space lands to the city. “Tracy embodies everything anyone could ever ask for in a public servant and leader. She exhibits incredible vision, judgment and strategic thinking. She has always remained committed to making the community that she lives and works in a better place,”
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SUPPORT ARTS 303-942-1386 AND EDUCATION www.goldenspikeroofing.com THIS MAY AT Mortgage tip of the week Denver Center for the Performing Arts relaxes Passive income is one of your many tools to get to financial freedom, THE DCPA. but how can you start? With new programs that came back last year, COVID vaccination and mask requirements you can buy an investment home with as little as 15% down and you don’t even have to qualify for the payment. Investment properties are a great way to get passive income (income earned without having to work the 9 to 5 grind). Here are some details: • Non-QM loans are back and I am DSCR (aka cash flow loans) closing loans for people. We just have to make sure the rent payment will cover at least 110% of your mortgage payment. • Where do I get 15% down you ask? Some people pulled cash out or a Home Equity Line of Credit from their current property. Others used cash on hand. For some people it made sense to pull from lower performing stocks. Where do you find these properties? • Step 1 is to call me at 720-974-8400 so I can get the details to you and set you up for success. • Step 2 is for me to get you with a realtor that knows how to find the properties where the rent covers your payment (hint-there are a ridiculous amount of these properties out there).
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Policy will be adjusted beginning Monday, March 28, 2022
to show proof of vaccination (adults) or wear masks during class (child/teen). Also, face coverings will be optional, and we ask our guests to respect individuals who choose to wear masks as a precaution. In the fall, the four resident
cies, starting now and into the spring, each company will relax this policy at a time that aligns with their patron, programming, and contractual needs. The DCPA has chosen to adjust the policy between Hamilton and Tootsie to provide a common experience and consistent messaging to patrons attending each show. The DCPA would like to thank its patrons, visiting artists, students, volunteers and team members who have complied with the COVID policy. Patrons are encouraged to continue to make responsible decisions about their health and ask individuals who feel unwell to stay home and contact the box office at tickets@dcpa.org or denvercenter.org to discuss their ticketing options.
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As of March 28, 2022, the Denver Center for the Performing Arts will end its COVID vaccination and mask policy for all indoor seated theatrical performances. This decision has been made in response to low positivity levels and with guidance from local, state and federal officials. The DC A will continually monitor CDC, state and local health requirements and make adjustments as necessary. Individual touring productions may have their own health and safety requirements. Additionally, DCPA Education students no longer need
companies that perform in downtown’s Arts Complex — Colorado Ballet, Colorado Symphony, Denver Center for the Performing Arts and Opera Colorado — issued a joint COVID-19 policy requiring vaccinations and masks at all indoor ticketed events. In light of new guidance from local, state, and federal agen-
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Arts & business connection As you know, Centennial has launched a Centennial Arts and Cultural Foundation to promote and support an art and cultural presence in the city. While in the “birthing” stages of the endeavor and in my research, I have been enlightened with the concept “An Arts and Business Connection.”
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Arapahoe County Board update on the health department creation process
Since this past fall, the Arapahoe County Board of Commissioners has been executing the complex process of creating a single-county public health department. This became necessary after Adams and Douglas counties exited our 55-year partnership with the Tri-County Health Department in 2021. By state law, all Colorado counties must operate a public health department, and the Tri-County Health Department will continue to provide all public health services to Arapahoe County residents until a replacement is established, by no later than January 1, 2023. Our primary objective is to protect the health and safety of our residents, especially for our most vulnerable populations, including children and older adults. Our new health department will sustain our communities’ health and wellbeing, with a particular focus on the tremendous diversity we have across the County. The new department will be datacentric and evidence based and will consider holistic and long-term financial implications for the County while striving for excellence and innovation in all the services we deliver. The Otowi Group, a locally based consultant with extensive public health expertise, is helping guide us through this process, which has required the Board to meet frequently and collaborate with all stakeholders, including our residents. The Board is also examining public health models across Colorado and in other states to determine the best ways to meet our residents’ needs, set priorities, and minimize disruptions during the transition. The Board will share our conceptual recommendations at a public study session on Tuesday, March 29 and host a virtual town hall on the evening of Wednesday, March 30. These events will provide the latest updates on the process and give attendees the opportunity to ask questions and offer feedback. More information about these meetings and our entire process is available at arapahoegov.com/ health. We’ll continue sharing new details as they become available, and by the time we’re ready to unveil our plans in full later this year, all stakeholders’ considerations will have been weighed and appropriately prioritized. The ultimate decisions about our future public health operations will address the fiscal impact of providing these services while focusing on the best interests of the County’s overall health and safety. Arapahoe County Board of Commissioners: Carrie Warren-Gully Nancy Sharpe Jeff Baker Nancy Jackson Bill Holen
The city of Aurora Chamber of Commerce has taken the lead in this endeavor. For 50 years the Aurora’s Business and Art Committee have married the arts and business community into an economic development success. “Your business power tool… The Arts” has become the mantra of the
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After our president pushed for a ban on oil and gas development in our country, oil and natural gas prices naturally started to rise. This increase in energy costs has caused more inflation, driving up the cost of gasoline and utility bills. It has also affected food prices because of the increased costs of harvesting and
Chamber of Commerce and business leaders. Some of the major projects over the years are: Arts on Havana Street, Arts and the Military and Colfax Canvas Mural Event. The impact art has on business begins with connecting their story, brand and goals to visual ideas and concepts. Some examples around the city are the Blue Bear at the Convention Center, the blue horse at the airport entrance, blue trees in downtown Den-
ver around the theater district and the sculpture at Craig Hospital. Not only is the business community committed to the value of the arts, several years ago, the Colorado tax payers passed a Scientific and Cultural Financing District tax, SCFD, where one penny on every $10 purchase goes to support the arts and culture in Metro Denver. According to City Planners, Public Art in spaces creates identity, encourages economic development and makes for a stronger community. The Centennial Arts and
Cultural oundation’s first initiative will be creating an artistic medium at the Arapahoe Bridge project currently under construction. The Foundation’s mission is to celebrate, inspire and connect Art & culture in Centennial. According to the city leaders, connecting Arts and Business have a tremendous impact on the City’s future economic development. Kturley.villager@gmail. com Kathy Turley is a former City Councilwoman and Mayor ProTem of the City of Centennial
transporting food to grocery stores. These inflationary costs have especially hurt lower income families, who struggle to pay these higher costs. With this inflation now starting to spiral out of control, let’s see what our president has done to combat the problem he helped create. First, he begged Russia and other countries to increase oil production. When that didn’t work, he tried to blame U.S. oil companies for price gouging. With the
public not falling for that canard and the price of oil continuing to go up because of the treacherous Ukraine invasion, our president is now begging VENEZUELA to increase oil production. This is unbelievable! Instead of encouraging U.S. oil and gas companies to increase production, the Biden regime is now begging the murderous Maduro dictatorship to send us more oil. Any thinking person must ask why our president is constantly asking our
enemies to increase oil production while he attempts to ban increased oil and gas production in our own country? Thank goodness we have an election coming up in November. Let’s hope Americans realize the inflation peril that Biden and his party have put us in. After all, who needs leadership that follows policies which hurt the most vulnerable of our citizens. Charles Newton Highlands Ranch
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Wednesday, March 30 @ 6:30 p.m. | Call-in number 1-855-436-3656 Join us to learn more about how Arapahoe County is approaching the formation of a single-county health department. Visit www.arapahoegov.com/townhall for more details or to live stream the event. We want to hear from you Arapahoe County is examining how best to serve the public health needs of residents and businesses. To make that happen, the County is seeking resident input that will help us prioritize the services offered by the health department. Look for weekly surveys—available each Friday—and provide your input. Visit arapahoegov.com/health
March 15 is Social Worker Appreciation Day Thank you to all the social workers for your compassion, dedication and commitment to serving our children, families and adults. Interested in exploring a fulfilling career that serves your community? Visit arapahoegov.com/ caseworkers.
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When I was in junior high student in Craig I became interested in Napoleon Bonaparte and checked out an enormous book on his life from the local library. I would recommend reading this history book for any person, young or old. At that time, I lived on a rural cattle ranch, 30 miles from the nearest town with a kerosene lamp for reading at night. In the late1940s we had no electric power, and television was not invented yet. My father had a battery-powered radio where we listened to the KOA livestock report at noon. The large red radio battery was ordered from Montgomery Wards in Denver and was not to be used for any other purpose except a Joe Lewis prize fight or the world series, my dad’s few pleasures in life. Back to the life and times of Napoleon Bonaparte; I remember an early story in the book about Napoleon’s first successful con uest in his brilliant and tragic military career that ended at Waterloo, Belgium in 1814. Napoleon, born in 1769,
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was of slight stature, 5’6,” and at an early age, he and his friends were bullied by older and larger male students. Apparently, his hometown of Ajaccio, France was on a lake or seashore with a sandy beach. He and his allies buried rocks and clubs under the sand and then proceeded to taunt the bullies who chased them on to the seashore, whereupon Napoleon and his first little army whipped the bullies with their clubs and rocks. That was his first militant excursion of what became the Napoleonic Wars that lasted 20 years and enhanced the French empire and placed Napoleon on the throne twice. While he won his first battle, he lost his last one at Waterloo to The Duke of Wellington in a massive battle, was captured and exiled to the island of Elbe. Years later, he died at St. Helena in 1821. The Waterloo battle came after a disastrous invasion of the Russian empire in 1812 followed by his Waterloo disaster in 1814. I recall history of Napo-
leon because it seems to parallel the career of Vladimir Putin who is presently destroying his checkered career of rising to vast power only to meet his Waterloo. He is destroying his world reputation and what will be left of the current Russian empire when this con ict ends badly for him. While his regime-controlled Russian media paints a different picture of his invasion, the truth will eventually prevail as the body bags of dead Russian soldiers arrive back in their homeland. With the surprising social media news owing out of Ukraine, surely Russian citizens have access to the Internet and more transparent media outlets in the West and the East. The truth will ultimately prevail, but the end of this nightmare is of grave concern to the free world. Putin will to have his Waterloo and will destroy Russia along with his disastrous Ukrainian invasion. He may, in time, win the battles but will lose the war as he destroys a prosperous democratic-oriented Slavic state with deep Russian roots. He and Russia will live in
infamy for decades for the death and destruction he has caused. The chain of events are changing from day to day, and as of this writing the war moves past day 17. He is starting to bomb the western regions where urgently needed supplies are owing in from the US and NATO allies. The Baltic states have been wonderful in their support of the millions of refugees pouring out of Ukraine. Ukrainian people have shown their superb bravery and heroism in defending their young nation from Putin’s attempted greedy and bloody grasp for more power and the fantasy of restoring the old communist regime of the USSR. Napoleon had his Waterloo, and Putin will have his, destroyed by his misguided invasion of Ukraine. The Chinese should be paying close attention to the world reaction to this aggression and the high cost of invading a neighbor. Napoleon knew how to treat bullies, and the krainian fighters are waging a heroic fight against a bullying regime.
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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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Junior Achievement Free Enterprise Center breaks ground in GV BY FREDA MIKLIN GOVERNMENTAL REPORTER
A sunny winter afternoon on March 11 was the setting for over 75 business leaders and supporters of Junior Achievement (JA) Rocky Mountain to gather for the groundbreaking of the JA Free Enterprise Center at 6500 Greenwood Plaza Blvd. in Greenwood Village. Junior Achievement is a worldwide non-profit educational organization whose purpose
to implement JA programming.” Founded in 1919 by Theodore Vail, president of AT&T, Horace Moses, president of Strathmore Paper Company, and Senator Murray Crane of Massachusetts, “Junior Achievement is committed to an inclusive culture that celebrates diversity (and) is dedicated to providing a positive, enriching learning experience free of bias that promotes greater economic opportunity.” JA “welcomes K– 12 students, volunteers, educators, staff, and other partners and stakeholders,
acknowledged the support of many others, including philanthropists Bob and Judi Newman, The Daniels und, Con uence Companies’ Tim and Lisa Walsh, The Anschutz Foundation, Cleve Wortham and FirstBank, homebuilder Buz and Sheri Koelbel, NexGen’s Charlie and Judy McNeil, Norm Franke and Alpine Bank, and Land Title’s John and Ginny Freyer for making the project possible. Wise also thanked retired Plante Moran Partner Bob and Sharla Hottman, the Fullenwider family, the
about financial literacy, entrepreneurship, work readiness and the value of free enterprise. Where we are standing is going to be the Free Enterprise Center, which will bring the embodiment of all the values and the teachings that JA brings to future leaders, future entrepreneurs up and down the front range.” He added, “JA worldwide, which covers 115 countries around the world, has been nominated for a Nobel Prize…so not only do we know that what we do is important, the world knows it’s
Robin Wise, president and CEO of Junior Achievement Rocky Mountain for three decades, welcomed over 75 people to the groundbreaking of Junior Achievement’s Free Enterprise Center on March 11.
Photo by Freda Miklin
Celebrating the groundbreaking of Junior Achievement’s Free Enterprise Center were (left to right) NexGen’s Charlie McNeil and Judy McNeil, from AMG National Trust Bank, Co-Founder and Chairman of the Board Earl Wright, Corporate Development Officer Tim Murray (in the background), and President and CEO Sheryl Bollinger; Colorado Bankers Association CEO Don Childears and Former JA Board Member and current Economic Literacy Board Member Linda Childears. Photo by Freda Miklin
Enjoying the reception at AMG National Trust Bank were JA Board Member Rahul Magan, South Metro Denver Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Jeff Keener, and Charles Schwab Senior Vice President Kent Clark.
is “to inspire and prepare young people to succeed in a global economy,” by providing “inschool and off-site experiential programs to students from kindergarten through 12th grade, delivered by corporate and community volunteers, who provide a real-world perspective in the areas of career readiness, financial literacy, and entrepreneurship. There is no cost for schools
Photo by Susan Lanam
regardless of race, religion, age, gender, gender identity, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, or any other legally protected characteristic.” Robin Wise, who has been president and CEO of JA Rocky Mountain for 30 years, welcomed the large crowd and thanked John Madden for making it possible for the organization to acquire the site. She also
AMG National Trust Bank co-founder and Chairman Earl Wright congratulated Robin Wise, president and CEO of JA Rocky Mountain at a reception hosted at the bank following the groundbreaking.
Boettcher Foundation and G E Johnson, and, for their programmatic support, Charles Schwab, Toyota, and Oakwood Homes. Matt McConnell, JA Rocky Mountain board chair, quoted Nelson Mandela, former president of South Africa, who said, “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” He continued, “Junior Achievement is
Photo by Susan Lanam
important.” McConnell talked about the genesis of the Free Enterprise Center, which came from the JA board of directors as they sought to find a way to increase the impact of the organization’s work. From the inception of the project, the board provided immeasurable financial, legal and professional support to the process. Kevin Kelley of Husch Black-
well, immediate past chair of JA Rocky Mountain and recipient of the JA USA Gold Leadership Award, who McConnell described with the words, “The amount of work he and his firm did—we’re not standing here today if not for Kevin,” talked about the history of the project, which was conceived in 2019. He said, “There were needs more urgent than the Free Enterprise Center in 2020, so we put our fundraising efforts on hold (during the pandemic).” The board dug deep to get the effort going again by their own generous donations and by selling JA’s downtown property, which raised $5 million. Said Kelley about the Free Enterprise Center, “We’re not done yet. We’re not going to be done until we have kids walking through the doors of the Free Enterprise Center and walking out sharing the same sense of hope that we have for them… with tools and the confidence to say, I am not shackled by my current situation, I have the confidence to be what I want to be, do what I want to do with the life I want to live. And that’s all kids, not just some kids, in particular the kids who can’t get the tools that JA delivers anywhere else…For the kids, this is a pathway to a better life.” Following the groundbreaking, Earl Wright and AMG National Trust Bank, just a short block away from the site of what will be the JA Free Enterprise Center, hosted a reception in its honor. www.jacolorado.org fmiklin.villager@gmail.com
Junior Achievement board members and local leaders heaved the first shovels of dirt for the JA Free Enterprise Center in Greenwood Village Photo by Freda Miklin
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t is said that the three-leaf clover (shamrock), unofficial ower of Ireland, overwhelmingly outnumbers the clover with four leaves. There is only one lucky fourleaf clover for every 10,000 three-leaf clovers. Maybe Charlie Mc eil was born under a four-leaf clover with his pride of Ireland. We know Charlie and Judy Mc eil as successful in business, deeply involved in the community and philanthropists - generously sharing their talent and luck Charles (Charlie) S. Mceil was born in Greeley, Colorado on ebruary 28, 1949 and is the first born of Waldo Seward and Marjorie Schmidt McNeil. He is the fourth generation descendant to live in Colorado. Charlie has enthusiastically shared his Irish roots and the fascinating history of his Mc eil clan. His ancestors sailed on a ship called the Catherine from Ballycastle, Ireland on Sunday, July 17, 17 7. n board were nine ancestors
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Judy and Charlie McNeil in front of the Blarney Castle in 2009, famous for housing the Blarney Stone which Charlie actually kissed while hanging upside down
Charles McNeil (Archibald’s brother and his wife. Archibald McNeil, Sr. and his wife, his son Archibald Jr., with his wife and baby boy,
a second son Alexander, and a third son Adam. The ship encountered severe weather conditions, crashed into Sable Island, broke in pieces
and sank. f the 202 passengers, 101 drowned including Charles and his wife, Archibald, Sr. and his wife, and the baby boy. Accounts of
the shipwreck of Catherine were widely publicized because of the wealth of gold, silver and some entire estates accompanying the passengers. The remaining 100 plus made it ashore including Archibald Mc eil, Jr. n the third day after wrecking, the master, mate and seven others sailed to Canso and the residents of Canso then mounted a successful rescue operation. The remaining Mc eil Clan made their way to Boston and after a couple of years helped settle the town of Litchfield, Connecticut. The evolutionary War Continued on page 7
Beautiful Emerald Isle - Ireland – Charlie is of direct Irish lineage descending from Ballycastle on the northern tip of Ireland next to the “Giant Causeways”
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Linda McNeil and her brother Charlie McNeil at the grave site of Archibald McNeil, Jr., one of several McNeil descendants buried in Litchfield, Connecticut
Photos courtesy of the McNeil Family
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with Britain broke out in 1772 and Archibald, Jr. became a Captain under the command of George Washington. Archibald Jr. and Alexander (his brother) were also soldiers in the Revolutionary Army, but brother Adam was called a “Tory” and didn’t want to fight so instead moved to Canada. After the war, the McNeil family lived peaceably in Litchfield and helped establish the town through its strength and leadership. Charlie is a descendant of Archibald, Jr. and he had a son, Isaac McNeil, who is also buried in Litchfield. He then had a son, Charles McNeil, born on February 16, 1774 in Litchfield but moved to Marcy, New York, near tica, and is buried there. He then had a son, Miller McNeil, who is also buried in Marcy, Oneida County, New York. Miller then had a son,
Henry Sweet Mc eil, who eventually moved to Preston, Iowa and is buried there. Henry had a son, William Henry Mc eil, who eventually moved to Laporte, Colorado and is buried in Berthoud, Colorado. William had a son, Waldo Charles McNeil, and he is buried next to his parents in Berthoud, Colorado. He had a son, Waldo Seward McNeil, which is Charlie’s father - buried in Greeley. Charlie and his wife Judy have admittedly had the “Luck o’ the Irish” – celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary this past year and celebrating a wonderful family - three children and ten grandchildren, making their children and grandchildren fifth and si th generation Coloradoans. Charlie is proud of his Irish roots and that of the past nine generations of McNeils who have helped build this great country of America.
Fifth generation McNeil firstborn – Waldo Charles McNeil
Four generations of McNeil firstborns
Sable Island - The McNeil ancestors sailed on a ship named the “Catherine” from Ballycastle in 1737 that ran into a reef of sand called Sable Island (just off the coastal city of Halifax in Nova Scotia, Canada) where hundreds of ships had wrecked since 1583
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Heidi Ganahl, Greg Lopez and Danielle Neuschwanger shine at Republican Gubernatorial Forum! Of the 16 or more who filed to run for Colorado’s next governor, DCRW and CCRW set the threshold at $25,000 minimum funds raised to be eligible for this forum
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wo strong Republican women’s clubs in Colorado – Douglas County Republican Women (DCRW) and Cherry Creek Republican Women (CCRW) joined forces to present a sold-out Governor Candidates Forum at The Hub in Lone Tree. Hon. Bill Cadman (former president of the Colorado State Senate and Jon Caldara, president of Independence Institute
were the perfect moderators – contributing levity to a serious debate amongst the candidates. Each candidate was well prepared to answer a myriad of questions without hesitation and state his or her own ualifications and missions to crowd applause. Interestingly, each is an entrepreneur and each would favor an endorsement by former President Donald Trump. Ganahl is the only current Republican elected to and holding a statewide office CU (her alma mater) RegentAt-Large. She was raised in Monument, is a resident of Lone Tree and also founded a nonprofit Moms ight Back. This is the second
run for Greg Lopez, a former mayor of Parker (at age 27 as a Democrat), former CEO of the Denver Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and former director of the Colorado ffice of the Small Business Administration. Neuschwanger is a rancher, Realtor and native Coloradan. She is from Elbert, holds a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice and has been endorsed by Lt. General Michael Flynn. Cadman began the questioning with: “How will you beat Polis, not each other?” Lopez, who has been campaigning for a year, said the Republican opponent must know what it means to govern. He described himself as a leader who is a servant.” We must take the Democrat
and unaffiliated vote from Polis and give the power back to the people. This election is about making Colorado, Colorado again. We can win back our home!” Neuschwanger describes herself as a cattle rancher and native Coloradan who is tired of career elitist politicians. “I don’t like what’s going on in America,” she said. “We are failing as a business model. Who is going to stand up to stop this? I will! My mission is to take back Colorado.” Ganahl described herself as being on the frontlines. “I’m a mom on a mission to crack down on crime, respect rural Colorado, make Colorado affordable and fund the students, not the system.” She further explained that she trusted Coloradans to make good decisions, that she was
a warrior for free speech, protection of the unborn, a fiscal hawk and protector of TABOR.
Caldara posed the possibility that winning the race for governor might come down to money. Heidi Ganahl talked about the importance of building a great team and mentioned that she has brought in part of the Glenn Youngkin team because of his successful campaign for governor in Virginia. “I know how to fundraise. To build a movement!” Greg Lopez answered: “If you can’t outspend, you have to out work.” He reminded the audience that he was former head of the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and a man of the people. “Let’s be real, it’s not
Greg Lopez and his wife Lisa
Republican gubernatorial candidates Heidi Ganahl, Greg Lopez and Danielle Neuschwanger alternate answering questions at the forum
With applause and response after the forum - the general consensus of the audience – “We have great candidates!”
“America is at a critical crossroads. The Progressive Left has been sewing seeds of sin. There’s a storm coming – we will see a Red Wave in Colorado. All of you must stay engaged!” – Danielle Neuschwanger Heidi Ganahl with her husband Jason and daughter Tori
Moderators – Independence Institute’s Jon Caldara and Hon. Bill Cadman
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BE INFORMED about money, it’s about strategy,” said Danielle Neuschwanger. She expressed that support for her was a better ROI. “I’m the top polling candidate right now.” How will you message on crime and safety? “We don’t feel that the governor cares about us,” said Lopez. “As a former mayor, I understand how to build a safer community.” Neuschwanger talked about the attack on law enforcement, the funding of law enforcement and building relationships with law enforcement. “They took away school resource officer funds and gave it to the marijuana industry.” Ganahl is also in favor of school resource officers in addition to firing the parole board that is trying to empty
Vote with confidence the prisons and roll back the personal recognizant bonds.
The press is forgiving of the governor. What about the cheerleading of a sympathetic press? Neuschwanger feels that is historical going back to WWII. Candidates need a better narrative to respond – “the measure of a man in time of crisis…” Ganahl feels the press is just another challenge and that we need to go around it and make being a Republican fun again, meeting people where they are and building a brand. “Conservative media has been good to us.” “For three years, I‘ve been building a word of mouth campaign with Latinos, blacks and unions. I am the voice in those communities and they will come to me. There is a voice out there,”
answered Lopez.
There are serious concerns about K-12 education, labor unions and underachievement in grade levels. How do we change? Ganahl, the mom on a mission, said: “Education is the key to The American Dream. We have to fi it fund the student, not the school. It starts in kindergarten with transparency and giving the power back to the parents.” “We already lost higher education,” said Lopez. He feels the education system has been converting to indoctrination and not educating on how to be successful in life.”Parents are starting to wake up.” “We throw blanket dollars in a broken system. There are no mile markers for success. We need to completely change the school districts,”
said Neuschwanger. Ganahl added: “The elephant in the room is mental health issues for kids,” Neuschwanger added comments about CRT.
Did Donald Trump win the election? Would you ask Trump to endorse you? Lopez talked about the rules being changed and the goal post moved. “In Colorado, voter registration needs to be cleaned up,” he said. “Yes, I will seek his endorsement. He is a strong leader.” Neuschwanger said she believed he was president in the last two elections and will be in 2024. “I would love his support.” She mentioned:”perception is everything” and “treason by Griswold.” Ganahl said she would accept a Trump endorsement.”How do we restore confidence Mobilize
Other memorable moments: About the way to reach voters, Danielle Neuschwanger said: “The largest amount of voters are Millennials and Gen . We need to get their vote to our party. We need to get them engaged. We need a blend of old and new communication – a hybrid.” About Transportation Senate Bill 260 – “This is an attack on the poor and rural residents,” said Greg Lopez. “How ‘bout we buy back 470 and get rid of tolls In general, he commented: “I talk about the future of Colorado.” About the upcoming election – “We have to kick Griswold and Polis. I can lead our beautiful state forward. The only thing I will demand is freedom,” said Heidi Ganahl.
Barbara Piper (president) and Evie Ashmore (president) of the hosting Douglas County Republican Women and Cherry Creek Republican Women
ABOVE: Danielle Neuschwanger and husband Jarid RIGHT: Roger Hudson who is running for HD 39 visits with Jeanette NewVille
“In the last 48 years, Colorado elected one Republican governor. We need to listen and connect. I went to Democrat forums. I will represent those who vote for me and don’t vote for me. I’ve been told I don’t look like a Republican. We must go to places where we may not be liked. I care about you and your dream. That’s what it takes!” - Greg Lopez “We can win! We will win! I’m so excited to be on the front lines. This is going to be an incredible year for us. I have the right team and the right message. I trust you to make the right decisions. I will follow the Constitution and Amendments 1 & 2 and take big, bold steps. I’m running to turn this state around. – A new day for Colorado!” - Heidi Ganahl
RIGHT: Jill Cullis, Lynne and Bo Cottrell, Tony David
LEFT: Boo Dixon and Karen DeLeo
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The ins and outs of running for election in Colorado in 2022
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BY FREDA MIKLIN GOVERNMENTAL REPORTER
lections in our state are governed by Colorado Revised Statutes Title One Elections. Article Four of Title One includes the highly detailed process by which candidates for all county, district, statewide and national offices, who run with an R or a D after their name, can get on the ballot. On March 19, the Democrats and the Republicans will hold their county assemblies, at which the parties will choose candidates for county offices who will appear on their party’s primary ballots, along with candidates who successfully petition onto those ballots (more later about that). Primary ballots will be mailed to registered voters of each of the two parties, along with all unaffiliated voters, during the week of June 6 and are due back by June 28. naffiliated voters in the state have been permitted to vote in
Primary ballots will be mailed to registered voters of each of the two parties, along with all unaffiliated voters, during the week of June 6 and are due back by June 28. Unaffiliated voters in the state have been permitted to vote in one, but not both, of the major party primaries since 2018.
one, but not both, of the major party primaries since 2018. During the county assemblies for each of the parties,
delegates will break into individual district groups in the county for which there is more than one candidate. For example, Republican Arapahoe County assembly delegates who are residents of county commissioner district two will meet together to consider the two candidates from their party for that position. Democratic Arapahoe County assembly delegates who are residents of commissioner district four will get together to consider the two candidates from their party for that position. In both cases, each candidate will get the opportunity to address the group from their district, after which a vote will be taken. To win a spot on the June primary ballot, a candidate must get at least 30% of the votes cast by the group from that district. Any candidate who does not garner that total is eliminated from running for the position. Delegates to attend the next levels of assembly for each party are selected at and from county assembly delegates. Then the same process is
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The big prize awarded at county assembly is being selected as a candidate to the state assembly. The state assemblies of the two major political parties, which will occur on April 9, are where candidates for statewide offices, including, in 2022, governor, attorney general, state treasurer, secretary of state and United States Senator, will earn a position on the primary ballot by garnering at least 30% of the votes cast by state assembly delegates.
repeated in subsequent higher-level assemblies. At the congressional district assemblies, which will be held after the county assemblies but before the state assembly, candidates earn the right to appear on their party’s primary ballot by getting at least 30% of the votes cast for congressional district representatives to Congress, the State Board of Education, and the C.U. Board of Regents. The big prize awarded at county assembly is being selected as a candidate to the state assembly. The state assemblies of the two major political parties, which will occur on April 9, are where candidates for statewide offices, including, in 2022, governor, attorney general, state treasurer, secretary of state and United States Senator, will earn a position on the primary ballot by garnering at least 30% of the votes cast by state assembly delegates.
State law allows any candidate for office in Colorado who wants to get on their party’s primary ballot without taking a chance of failing to garner at least 30% of the votes of county, district, or state assembly delegates, to petition their way onto the ballot. It is a cumbersome process that can be very expensive and has a number of pitfalls. Of course, the candidate must verify that a person who signs his or her petition is a member of the party. There is also a rule that a party member can only sign one petition for a particular office. If a candidate for the new U.S. Congressional District 8, for example, (the Republicans and Democrats each currently have four candidates who have received approval of their petition format from the Secretary of State) gets the signature of an in-district party member on his or her petition, that candidate has no way of knowing whether that signer has already signed or will subsequently sign another petition. nly the first signature of that party member that is submitted to the Secretary of State on a candidate’s petition will be counted. All candidates for all offices throughout the state who are seeking to get onto their party’s primary ballot must submit their petitions to the Secretary of State by March 15. That office then reviews the signatures on the petitions and issues a determination of sufficiency or non-sufficiency. As of March 11, the last date the data was updated, there were 64 net five withdrew before they submitted petitions) candidates for all offices throughout the state who had received approval of their petition forms from the Secretary of State to gather signatures to get on the primary ballot. Of that total, only nine had already submitted their petitions ahead of the March 15 deadline. Three of the nine had been deemed to have a sufficient number of valid signatures, two had been deemed to have not turned in a sufficient number of valid signatures, and the petitions of four candidates were still being reviewed. The 55 remaining candidates for offices from U.S. Senator down to State House were apparently not being turned in until the deadline or very close to it.
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The number of valid party-member signatures needed to get on the primary ballot using the petition process varies by office being sought. Candidates for .S. Senate and governor must collect at least 12,000 valid signatures of party members from every area of the state. A candidate for Attorney General, Secretary of State, or State Treasurer must gather at least 8,000 votes from around the state. Candidates for .S. House need at least 10% of the number of people who voted in the last primary election, or, if there was no primary, the last general election (which will be a much larger number . State senate and house candidates need 30% of the number of votes cast in the last primary for the office they are seeking. If there was no primary, they need 30% of the number of votes in the last general
The number of valid partymember signatures needed to get on the primary ballot using the petition process varies by office being sought. Candidates for U.S. Senate and governor must collect at least 12,000 valid signatures of party members from every area of the state.
Republican Erik Aadland fails to qualify for CD7 primary by petition BY FREDA MIKLIN GOVERNMENTAL REPORTER
When Republican military veteran and oil and natural gas industry project manager Erik Aadland came on the scene last year, he told people he hoped to run for the nited States Senate against incumbent Democratic Senator Michael Bennet in ovember 2022. In December, after .S. ep. Ed erlmutter announced he would not seek re-election, Aadland, after taking into account the new redistricted CD7, announced he would seek that seat instead, thereby avoiding a crowded field for the epublican nomination for .S. Senate. There are currently at least seven candidates, and possibly eight, seeking that nomination. Under Colorado law, a person seeking to run in either the Democratic or Republican primary for a seat in the Congress can get there one of two ways. The candidate must collect and submit 1,500 valid signatures on petitions from registered voters in his or her congressional district, or, get at least 30% of the votes cast at their party’s congressional district assembly, which, in the case of Republicans in CD7, will be held on April 8, the day before both parties’ state assemblies. Aadland chose to try to get on the ballot via the petition route and submitted 1,97 signatures from CD7 epublican voters to the Secretary of State’s office on ebruary 22. n March 14, the day before the deadline for submitting petitions, Aadland was advised by
Erik Aadland hopes to run for retiring CD7 Rep. Ed Perlmutter’s seat in November.
the Secretary of State’s office that 519 of the signatures he submitted had been rejected, leaving him 46 votes shy of the 1,500 that were required to get on the ballot. Although he could have challenged the finding by the Secretary of State’s office in court, Aadland instead chose to pivot and seek a spot on the Republican primary ballot via the assembly route. He said, I will be participating in the Congressional District assembly on April 8th. I have always been a grassroots candidate. This is my opportunity to seal my approval with the delegates and show that I am the candidate best equipped to win this congressional seat. In addition to Aadland, epublicans Carl Andersen, Brad Dempsey, Michael Famolare and Tim Reichert have also announced that they will try to get on the Republican primary ballot for CD7 via the petition route. As of this writing, Andersen and Reichert have submitted their petitions, but the Secretary of State has not issued a determination of sufficiency or insufficiency. amolare and
election, capped at 1,000. The race that many people are watching most closely is the Republican primary for .S. Senate. There are nine candidates who have raised their hands for the nomination to try to unseat incumbent Democratic .S. Senator Michael Bennet. Bennet has a nominal challenger for the Democratic nomination but he is expected to win it handily. f the nine epublican candidates, only two have indicated they will try to get on the primary ballot by petition. That leaves seven candidates each trying to garner at least 30% of the vote of Republican state assembly delegates on April 9 in Colorado Springs. Simple math tells us that the maximum number who can accomplish that is three and that result would be unusual based on the history of the process. Dempsey still have a few hours to get their petitions turned in. Trump supporter and administrative assistant Laurel Imer is also a candidate for the Republican nomination for CD7 and has been endorsed by State ep. Dave Williams and former .S. ep. Tom Tancredo. She also plans to try to get at least 30% of the votes cast at the CD7 assembly on April 8. Imer ran against Democrat Monica Duran for state House district 24 in 2020 and was defeated 64 to 6 . According to his website, Erik Aadland was born into an Army family as the son of Major General et Anders and Sandra Aadland. Moving over 21 times, Erik graduated from High School in Heidelberg, Germany, then went on to attend the nited States Military Academy at West oint, . Graduating in 2002 not long after 9 11, Erik was commissioned an Army officer and went on to serve with combat tours in Ira and Afghanistan, during which he received two Bronze Stars one for valor . Aadland left the Army as a Captain in 2011 to pursue a career in the il and atural Gas industry, which culminated as a Project Manager managing the onshore construction of the Leviathan roject in Dor, Israel. After leaving his company in 2020, Erik finished his Master’s degree from acifica Graduate Institute in Depth sychology and chose to dedicate himself to the political arena. n the Democratic side, state Senator Brittany ettersen is expected to win the nomination of her party for CD7. She has been endorsed by outgoing ep. erlmutter. fmiklin.villager@gmail.com
As of this writing, there are some races that appear to be effectively set for ovember. or State Attorney General, it appears that Republican John Kellner will challenge incumbent Democrat hil Weiser. Incumbent State Treasurer Democrat Dave Young will likely face epublican Lang Sias. In Arapahoe County, epublican John C. Lamb will challenge incumbent Democratic County Clerk Joan Lopez, epublican Kevin Edling will challenge incumbent Democratic Sheriff Tyler Brown, Republican obert Andrews will challenge incumbent Democratic Assessor . . aiser, and Democrat Michael Wester-
berg will face Republican Marsha Berzins for County Treasurer, where there is no incumbent. House District 7, which includes Greenwood Village after redistricting, and where there is also no incumbent, will apparently be a race between Democrat Ruby Dickson and epublican aul Archer. House District 8, which includes a large part of Centennial, looks like it will be a race between Democratic incumbent David rtiz and newcomer Republican Jaylen Mos uiera. Stay tuned. Much is yet to unfold. fmiklin.villager@gmail. com
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The Villager supports local high school journalism!
WHAT IS THE USJ:
The Union Street Journal, USJ for short, is Cherry Creek High School’s student news magazine. Written and produced entirely by Creek students, the USJ covers school news, shares the stories of Creek, and strives to report on events with honesty and transparency. Since it was founded in 1974, the younger sibling of Creek’s previous “Bruins’ Doin’s,” the USJ has offered a voice to countless students.
WHY DO YOU FEEL A SCHOOL NEWSPAPER WITHOUT “ADMINISTRATION” CENSORSHIP IS IMPORTANT?: Freedom of the Press is one of the pillars of not only our government, but also our way of life. Without a free press, a society cannot access uncensored news. This is not to say that the media is not biased, because it certainly is, but it’s the opportunity in general to print news without prior review that is important. The USJ is not censored by any of Creek’s administration, which is something that we are very thankful for, as this is not necessarily the case in other public schools. In the past we have published various articles concerning mental health, race, and other controversial topics. Our priority, excluding opinions stories, is not to convince someone of a certain way of thinking, but rather to provide our readers with true facts and unbiased reporting so that they can make their own informed decisions. We hope that by providing this opportunity, our readers will have a better chance at forming fact based opinions and thoughts.
PLEASE SHARE YOUR BACKGROUND AND PASSION FOR WRITING: Raegan Knobbe ‘23: My background is mainly in sports reporting, specifically focused on sports news and feature pieces. I joined the USJ my sophomore year after being recruited by my ninth grade English teacher, who is also the advisor to the USJ, Seth Fine. I entered as a staff writer, became the Sports Editor by the time our first issue came out, and was then promoted to Editorin-Chief, alongside Carly Philpott, my junior year. I also took over the USJ social media accounts and focused on growing the following, which I have accomplished with almost a 500% increase in our following from 2020. I placed top ten in the nation for Sports Story of the Year from the National Scholastic Press Association for my article called Sneakerheads about sneaker culture within the Creek basketball team, and society as a whole, I also received five other awards from the Colorado Student Media Association for various articles. Now, as a junior, I co-manage a staff of around 30 people, a number that is
growing immensely every year. I love what I do at the USJ because, aside from my love of writing, I have begun so many friendships with people I might never have met otherwise, and I have attended a variety of events such as multiple State Championships, Choir Concerts, Musicals, Creek administration meetings, and more. Talking to people and immersing yourself in the lives of others is the heart of journalism, and I am proud to say that I am the Co-Editor-in-Chief of this wonderful newsmagazine! Carly Philpott ‘23: I have specific passion in political and scientific reporting, which has taken me everywhere from election to wildfire coverage. Leaving middle school, I felt energized about English, thanks to an incredible 8th grade English teacher, and sought out opportunities to pursue writing at Creek. I joined journalism as a freshman and spent nearly every afternoon in the old USJ office. I was a staff writer originally, but was named Copy Editor for my second issue on staff. As a sophomore, I was News Editor, and I worked closely with the Editors-in-Chief to create more spaces for reporting on local and global issues, not just what was happening at Creek. At the end of the school year, I was awarded with the Colorado Student Media Association Reporter of the Year award for my work during the 2020-2021 school year. I was then promoted to Editor-in-Chief with Raegan Knobbe for my junior and senior years. As a junior so far, my reporting has taken me to the Marshall Fire, state marching band competitions, school board meetings, and more. My hope moving forward is that our staff can continue to tell stories in our communities and be a trusted source of information. I believe students have more power in their voices than most people give them credit for, and Raegan and I, along with every single editor and writer in our staff this year, have done our best to bring every facet of our community into light. I love the USJ because it gives me the power of my voice, and it has offered a sense of community that cannot be matched. I can’t wait to see what comes next for our program and our students!
WHAT IS YOUR ROLE AS COEDITORS? HOW DO YOU DECIDE WHICH ARTICLES TO PUBLISH?
As Co-Editors, we manage every facet of the program you could think of. We run every social media platform, our website, and our print magazine. We also have a hand in training our writers on how to conduct interviews, develop angles, and write articles. Obviously, we don’t make up the entire editorial board, and we owe much of the USJ’s success to our various section editors, our design editor, and our advisor. We decide which articles to publish based on a number of factors, such as: timeliness, relevancy,
and proximity to Creek. Our print issues only have so many pages, which is why we save our biggest articles for print, but also publish many wonderful articles on our website. Many of our web articles have received awards from SNO, which is the platform that most student publications across the country use for their websites.
WHERE DO YOU SEE NEWSPAPERS ROLES AMONGST SOCIAL MEDIA FOR YOUR GENERATION NOW AND IN THE FUTURE?
Most of our generation gets their news from social media. Some teenagers sit down and watch the news on TV, but many do not. This is why it is extremely important for news publications to effectively communicate news via social media. If future generations continue on the same trajectory we are on now, more and more print media will become digitized. As people make the switch to receiving their news digitally, the USJ has improved our presence on social media. We streamlined the look of our Instagram (@ creekusj) and website, striving for clarity and cleanliness, so people can receive their news easily. Everything that gets published on our website is also published on our social media, along with other events that the USJ attends such as club fairs and informational nights for Creek students and our feeder middle and elementary schools.
WHAT SUPPORT DOES THE UNION STREET JOURNAL NEED TO CONTINUE TO THRIVE?
Above all, we ask that you continue to read our print issues, visit our website, and follow us on social media. Countless hours of work go into everything we do, and we are proud to stand behind a nationally recognized publication. As we strive to win the most prestigious award given to student journalists by the National Scholastic Press Association, called the Pacemaker, we will take all of the support we can get. As part of a plan to be innovative and also to fundraise, we started a subscription service last year, in which we mail our issue that is published once a quarter to subscribers in not only Colorado, but also New York, California, Virginia, and a handful of other places. All of the money that we receive goes to support our publication. Costs for printing are skyrocketing with every printing company and paper mill that closes, making it harder every year for us to print enough issues to give to students. Part of the money is also used to aid our staff members with costs as we also hope to attend national journalism conferences held in cities across the country every year, which offer our staff members opportunities to learn from experts in the field and network with other schools.
UNION STREET JOURNAL STAFF Editors-in-Chief: Raegan Knobbe Carly Philpott
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Broncos need the next Manning, not another Hadl
Denver’s acquisition of Russell Wilson became official with the start of the 2022-2 ational Football League season at 2 p.m. Mountain Time, March 16. This means Broncos fans can begin planning their Super Bowl L II parties or their trips to Arizona for the big game ne t ebruary. Or does it? Contrary to the rampant optimism and e citement that borders on delirium in these parts, I advise restraint and caution. Yes, Russell Wilson is a ninetime ro Bowl uarterback who led Seattle to two Super Bowls one ending in victory over the Broncos and holds the L record most wins by a uarterback in his first nine seasons 98 . At , he’s three years younger than eyton Manning was when he moved to Denver in 2012. But there are other caveats to consider: Wilson, who has never received even one vote for the L Most aluable layer Award, has endured 478 sacks in 174 games. Manning, by 2012 already a fourtime M , had been sacked only 256 times in 227 games. A scrambler, Wilson also has 929 rushes so far in his career, while Manning, who rarely ran unless his life depended on it, had only 69 carries in about 0 percent more games by the timehe joined the Broncos. Altogether, that’s a lot more hits while possessing the ball.
And so, the Broncos must hope that Wilson Stays healthy, and that his finger injury which kept him from playing for the first time last season, is not the beginning of a physical decline; and Sustains his high level of play into his second decade in the L, as Manning did. or sure, I hope he does. The Broncos do seem to have many of the pieces that make up a championship team a group of above-average receivers, a stud running back in the making, a talented secondary and a strong linebacking corps. Maybe they’re a uarterback away. But I’m concerned about the price the Broncos paid firstround draft choices this year and ne t, second-round picks both years, and two starters tight end oah ant, himself a former first-round pick who caught a career-high 68 balls in 2021, and Shelby Harris, the anchor of the defensive line whose specialty is batting down passes at the line of scrimmage. Throw in uarterback Drew Lock, who admittedly was not likely to ever be Denver’s starter again but did have the prospect of a fresh start with a new head coach and offensive coordinator, and you have one of the biggest packages in the history of L trades. If this doesn’t work, General Manager George aton has mortgaged the future for disappointment.
These mega-deals, in which one team lands a superstar while the other harvests a trove of valuable assets, often benefit the team getting the haul more than the team ac uiring the star. Too often, one player is not as good in the long run as the five, si or more he was deemed to be worth. There are numerous e amples. ne of the worst was John Hadl from the ams to the ackers in 1974 for Green Bay’s top five draft choices over two years. It caused Dan Devine to uit and move to otre Dame, and left the ack reeling in mediocrity until Brett avre came to Green Bay via trade with Atlanta almost two decades later. Another was the surreal icky Williams draft-positioning deal in 1999 between ew rleans and Washington. It was memorialized prophetically with an ES The Magazine cover showing Williams and Saints coach Mike Ditka as bride and groom with the title or Better r Worse. In that one, Ditka gave Washington eight draft choices to move up to the fifth pick in the first round so he could grab Williams, a star running back at Te as. After starting with three victories, Hadl lost 1 of his last 17 games for Green Bay. Williams was traded to Miami after three seasons, and Ditka was fired after going -1 in Williams’ rookie season. In 201 Sports Illustrated ranked the Williams deal the second-worst L trade of all time, behind only Minnesota’s infamous trade for Herschel Walker. In Green Bay, the Hadl debacle
ranks just behind Walker. In the Walker deal, Minnesota ac uired what the ikings thought was the last piece to a Super Bowl winner, along with four mid-to-low draft choices. In e change, Dallas received what ultimately amounted to eight draft choices three first-rounders, three second-rounders, one third and one si th. Walker helped Minnesota reach the playoffs in ’89 but not the Super Bowl. He left for hiladelphia in free agency two years later, after seasons of 6-10 and 8-8. Jimmy Johnson, meanwhile, utilized his stockpile of draft choices to ac uire many of the key players on the Cowboys’ three Super Bowl champions in
the decade of the 1990s. All that said, to borrow a piece of baseball wisdom ou can’t hit a home run if you don’t swing for the fences. nly time will tell if ete Carroll Company can turn their Wilson bounty into a championship nucleus. We’ll know pretty uickly if ussell Wilson is the ne t eyton Manning, or another John Hadl. 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 13 books, seven of them sports-related. You can write to Denny at denny dressman@comcast.net.
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There are several good charitable options to help you dispose of real estate that you no longer wish to own. Creating a Charitable Remainder Trust (CRT), engaging in a bargain sale arrangement, or simply gifting real estate might provide you with a better after-gift income or tax situation. Rental properties can be transferred into a CRT to allow the sale of the properties within the CRT with advantageous capital gains tax treatment and then have the proceeds reinvested in income-producing assets to provide a life-long income steam. Low-basis, low-dividend-paying securities can also be transferred into a CRT, with a sale of these shares creating proceeds that can be used to purchase better yielding assets, even creating tax-free income, if desired. A bargain sale transaction is another creative way to repurpose an asset allowing part gift, part sale to charity. A bargain sale takes place when a donor sells a property (usually one that is appreciated, ideally mortgage-free) to a charitable organization and receives less than the fair market value in return. The amount that is less than fair market value is considered a charitable donation and the amount received by the donor is the amount used for taxable gain
purposes. The donor benefits from the bypass of taxable gain on the gift portion and receives a charitable deduction on the gift portion. The donor could receive cash outright on the sale portion of the transaction, take an installment note in return to create term income, or the charity could use the gift portion to create a Charitable Gift Annuity (CGA) that pays the donor a life income. Thus, there are many creative ways to structure charitable giving that can result in an income stream to a donor and provide advantageous tax savings. Consulting with your advisors, in collaboration with the charity of your choice, could be a beneficial e ercise. 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;
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This aerial photograph shows the outline of the location of the new Mont Blanc subdivision at 5800 E. Belleview Avenue.
One Cherry Lane New four-home development approved in Greenwood Village BY FREDA MIKLIN GOVERNMENTAL REPORTER
On February 28, the Greenwood Village City Council approved the Mont Blanc Estates Subdivision, a four-home planned unit development at 5800 East Belleview Avenue. The 4.73-acre property, which currently comprises the east end of the parking lot of Greenwood Community Church located on the southeast corner of Belleview Avenue and Holly Street, was downzoned by the city council from 2.5-acre residential to 1.0-acre-PUD residential with a minimum lot size of 30,000 square feet (one acre = 44,000 square feet), on a motion made by Mayor Pro Tem Dave Kerber, seconded by Council Member Anne Ingebretsen, the city council representatives for the area. They noted that the property was adjacent to the new, under-construction West Village, a 10-home subdivision that was previously downzoned by city council to R1.0-PUD. A new street, Jasmine Way, to be accessed from Belleview Avenue, is planned for the Mont Blanc subdivision. Residents of the new subdivision will also be able to enter and exit their neighborhood via the curb cut entry for Greenwood Community Church on South Holly Street just across from the dropoff and parking entrances for West Middle School. Visitors to Greenwood Community Church will also be able to access the church parking lot from the new Jasmine Way. Testimony during the hearing revealed that representatives of
the new subdivision had entered into an informal agreement with neighbors from West Village, just east of the subject property, to limit the height of new trees in the subdivision to the same height as is allowed for the homes, 28 feet, so as to preserve the western mountain view corridors from the homes in West Village. Paul Bryant, representing the developer of Mont Blanc, explained that they had agreed to the tree height requirement to be neighborly to the residents of West Village. GV’s planning and zoning commission, who heard the case before it came to the council, recommended to the city council that the development be approved with the agreed-upon 28-foot tree height limit. When Ingebretsen asked Bryant how the tree height limit could be enforced, he explained that it could be done by requiring that trees be deciduous and of a species that would not grow beyond 28 feet at maturity. Nevertheless, Ingebretsen and Kerber both said they did not support the tree height limit and that it should be eliminated. Council Members Dave Bullock and Judith Hilton agreed, despite testimony from Doug Griffes, a longtime resident of Greenwood Hills whose existing home was made part of West Village, asking that it be retained for the preservation of view corridors, a longtime value cited in the city’s land development code. Mr. Griffes said that, “The developers of West Village, Renaissance Homes, and us, (have) met with the church over many years and during the process of this proposal, we have
been speaking with the people that have been developing this proposal… On behalf of some of the people who aren’t here tonight, the main concern the future residents of West Village have always had has been the view looking west. That was one of the main attributes of those properties before it was developed. We’ve been speaking very honestly and openly about those issues and those concerns… The proponents of the project have been very receptive. We’ve had a good working relationship...” Griffes asked the council to consider that the 28-foot tree height limit serves to “select the species of trees that are there,” adding, “Having a grove of evergreens is a lot different than having a collection of trees that are deciduous and really match the neighborhood.” Despite Mr. Griffes’ testimony, the GV city council then voted unanimously to approve the Mont Blanc Subdivision with any and all mention of a limit on tree heights removed. In explaining his support for this development, Kerber said that although “Greenwood Hills is very, very strong about downzoning its lots,” the downzoning for this subdivision was consistent with the area. He added, “We’ve had all other kinds of proposals. People wanted to put things there like office buildings, assisted living facilities and patio homes…” but this proposal fits best in the neighborhood. Developer’s representatives said they expect the homes in the Mont Blanc subdivision to have up to 6,500 square feet of living space. fmiklin.villager@gmail.com
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This is the rendering of the Mont Blanc subdivision, when it is completed, that was provided to the GV city council before it gave its approval.
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COURTS DISTRICT COURT COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE STATE OF COLORADO 7325 South Potomac Street Centennial, Colorado 80112 (303) 649-6355 Telephone PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO, Petitioner, In the Interest of: JOSEPH BURRIS Children, And concerning: ANIEYA BURRIS and JOSEPH ROSS Respondents. Heather L. Tomka, Esq. #50963 Assistant County Attorney Attorney for the People 14980 East Alameda Drive Aurora, CO 80012 Tel: 303.636.1895 Case No: 21JV251 Division: 22 NOTICE OF ADJUDICATORY HEARING AND DEFAULT JUDGMENT
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PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that an Adjudicatory Hearing and Default Judgement regarding Respondent Father, JOSEPH ROSS is set for April 11, 2022 at 10:00 A.M. in Division 22 at the Arapahoe County District Court, 7325 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, the People of the State of Colorado, 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. Date: March 7, 2022 Heather L. Tomka, Esq. #50963 Assistant County Attorney Attorney for the People 14980 East Alameda Drive Aurora, CO 80012 Tel: 303.636.1895 Published in The Villager Published: March 17, 2022 Legal # 10680 ___________________________ DISTRICT COURT COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE
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 C J POWER, INA GROUP LLC, BRYANT DANIEL SMITH You and each of you are hereby notified that on the st da of November, 2018, A.D., the then County Treasurer of the County of Arapahoe, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to C.O.T.A. RESOURCES, INC., the following described real estate situate in the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado, to-wit: 1/176 INT IN M/R IN E 1/2 OF E 1/2 & NW 1/4 OF NE 1/4 & E 1/2 OF NW 1/4 & NE 1/4 OF SW 1/4 6-5-62 (MINERAL RIGHTS ONLY) and said County Treasurer issued a ertificate of urchase therefore to C.O.T.A. RESOURCES, INC.; That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent general taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2017; That said real estate was taxed or specially assessed in the name(s) of C J POWER for said year 2017; That said C.O.T.A. RESOURCES, INC., on the 21st day of December, 2021, the present holder of said ertificate, who has made re uest 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 C.O.T.A. RESOURCES, INC., on or about the 20th day of July, 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 12th day of March, 2022, A.D. Sue Sandstrom Treasurer Arapahoe County Published in The Villager First Publication: March 17, 2022 Last Publication: March 31, 2022 Legal # 10678
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___________________________ 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 C J POWER, INA GROUP LLC, RUC, LLC You and each of you are hereby notified that on the st da of November, 2018, A.D., the then County Treasurer of the County of Arapahoe, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to C.O.T.A. RESOURCES, INC., the following described real estate situate in the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado, to-wit: 1/88 INT IN M/R IN SE 1/4 SEC 34-5-62 (MINERAL RIGHTS ONLY) and said County Treasurer issued a ertificate of urchase therefore to C.O.T.A. RESOURCES, INC.; That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent general taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2017; That said real estate was taxed or specially assessed in the name(s) of C J POWER for said year 2017; That said C.O.T.A. RESOURCES, INC., on the 21st day of December, 2021, the present holder of said ertificate, who has made re uest 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 C.O.T.A. RESOURCES, INC., on or about the 20th day of July, 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 12th day of March, 2022, A.D. Sue Sandstrom Treasurer Arapahoe County Published in The Villager Published: March 17, 2022 Legal # 10679 ___________________________
STATE OF COLORADO 7325 S. Potomac Street Centennial, Colorado 80112 PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO In the Interest of: AMELIA SHAVER, Child, and concerning CHRISTINA SHAPIRO and MICHAEL “MIKE” SHAVER, Respondents. Kristi Erickson, Reg. #50739 Assistant County Attorney 14980 East Alameda Drive Aurora, CO 80012 Tel: 303-752-8989 Fax: (303) 636-1889 NOTICE OF ADJUDICATORY HEARING AND DEFAULT JUDGMENT SCHEDULED FOR MARCH 24, 2022 AT 4:45 PM IN DIV. 14 Case No: 22JV7 Division: 22 To The Respondents: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that an Adjudicatory Hearing regarding CHRISTINA SHAPIRO and MICHAEL “MIKE” SHAVER is set for March 24, 2022, at the hour of 4:45 p.m., in Division 14, at the Arapahoe County District Court, 7325 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 the 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 the event that you fail to appear and/ or participate in this case the Petitioner will request that the Court terminate your parental rights as to the above named child, in accordance with the Colorado Children’s Code. Due to COVID 19, 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/bonnie.mclean • 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: 925 850 797 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/ WebEx. If you elect to appear in person, you must be at the Courthouse a half hour before the hearing is scheduled to begin. Date. 03/08/2022
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and concerning CHRISTINA SHAPIRO and MICHAEL “MIKE” SHAVER, Respondents. Kristi Erickson, Reg. #50739 Assistant County Attorney 14980 East Alameda Drive Aurora, CO 80012 Tel: 303-752-8989 Fax: (303) 636-1889 NOTICE OF ADJUDICATORY HEARING AND DEFAULT JUDGMENT SCHEDULED FOR MARCH 24, 2022 AT 4:45 PM IN DIV. 14 Case No: 22JV7 Division: 22 To The Respondents: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that an Adjudicatory Hearing regarding CHRISTINA SHAPIRO and MICHAEL “MIKE” SHAVER is set for March 24, 2022, at the hour of 4:45 p.m., in Division 14, at the Arapahoe County District Court, 7325 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 the 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 the event that you fail to appear and/ or participate in this case the Petitioner will request that the Court terminate your parental rights as to the above named child, in accordance with the Colorado Children’s Code. Due to COVID 19, 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/bonnie.mclean • 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: 925 850 797 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/ WebEx. If you elect to appear in person, you must be at the Courthouse a half hour before the hearing is scheduled to begin.
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KARLA MARTINEZ-TORRES, GRISEL BLANCO-TORRES AND MICHAEL BLANCO-TORRES Children, and concerning, KARLA TORRES-ARREOLA, JIME MARTINEZ AND MANUEL BLANCO ESTRADA, Respondents. Linda Arnold, Reg. No. 16764 Office of the ra ahoe ount 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 larnold@arapahoegov.com NOTICE OF CONTESTED DISPOSITIONAL HEARING REGARDING RESPONDENT MOTHER KARLA TORRESARREOLA Case No: 21JV546 Division: 23 To The Respondents: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that an Adjudicatory Court Trial and Default Judgment regarding JIME MARTINEZ is set for April 1, 2022 at the hour of 10:00 a.m. in Division 23, at the Arapahoe County District Court, 7305 South Potomac Street, Centennial, Colorado 80112. 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(ren), dependent and neglected in accordance with the Colorado Children’s Code. Due to COVID 19, 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/ beth.dumler •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 code 926 041 808 #. /s/ Linda Arnold Linda Arnold, Reg. No. 16764 Senior Assistant County Attorney 14980 East Alameda Drive Aurora, CO 80012 (303) 636-1883 Published in The Villager Published: March 17, 2022 Legal # 10683 ___________________________
NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Esperanza M. Reed, Deceased Case Number 22PR30148 All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to District Court of Arapahoe, County, Colorado on or before July 5, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred. Edwin M. Endita 16722 E. Kentucky Ave. Aurora, CO 80017 Published in The Villager First Publication: March 3, 2022 Last Publication: March 17, 2022 Legal # 10662 ___________________________ NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Bernard J Hogan, Deceased Case Number 2022 PR 77 All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before July 31, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred. Anne M Olguin Personal Representative 18994 E Berry Dr Aurora, CO 80015 Published in The Villager First Publication: March 10, 2022 Last Publication: March 24, 2022 Legal # 10676 ___________________________
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MISCELLANOUS DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY Proposed Flood Hazard Determinations for the City of Greenwood Village, Arapahoe County, Colorado, Case No. 21-08-0598P. The Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency E solicits technical information or comments on ro osed flood hazard determinations for the Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM), and where applicable, the Flood Insurance Study (FIS) report for your communit hese flood ha ard determinations ma include the addition or modification of Base lood Elevations, base flood de ths, S ecial lood a ard rea boundaries or one designations, or the regulator floodwa he and, if a licable, the S re ort have been revised to reflect these flood ha ard determinations through issuance of a etter of a Revision (LOMR), in accordance with Title 44, Part 65 of the Code of ederal egulations hese determinations are the basis for the flood lain management measures that your community is required to adopt or show evidence of having in effect to ualif or remain ualified for artici ation in the National Flood Insurance Program. For more information on the ro osed flood ha ard determinations and information on the statutor 90-day period provided for appeals, please visit FEMA’s website at https:// www floodma s fema gov fhm B E Status bfe main as , or call the FEMA Mapping and Insurance eXchange (FMIX) toll free at 1-877-FEMA MAP (1-877-336-2627). Published in The Villager First Publication: March 10, 2022 Last Publication: March 17, 2022 Legal # 10677
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SPECIAL DISTRICTS NOTICE AS TO AMENDED 2021 BUDGET NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an amended budget has been submitted to the ARAPAHOE LAKE PUBLIC PARK DISTRICT, for the fiscal ear co of such amended budget has been filed in the office of Seter & Vander Wall, P.C., 7400 E. Orchard Road, Suite 3300, Greenwood Village, Colorado, where same is open for public inspection. Such amended budget will be considered at a special meeting of the Arapahoe Lake Public Park District to be held at 6:00 p.m. on Monday, March 21, 2022. The meeting will be held via Zoom videoconferencing. Any interested elector within the Arapahoe Lake Public Park District may inspect the amended budget and file or register an ob ections at an time rior to the final ado tion of the amended budget To access meeting, visit www.zoom.us, click the Join the Meeting link, and type in the following Meeting ID and Passcode: Dial in Number: 1-669-900-9128 Meeting ID: 892 6493 6482 Passcode: 510114 BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS: ARAPAHOE LAKE PUBLIC PARK DISTRICT By: /s/ SETER & VANDER WALL, P.C. Attorneys for the District Published in The Villager Published: March 17, 2022 Legal # 10684 ___________________________ NOTICE OF OPEN MEETING FOR HEARING ON PETITION FOR INCLUSION OF ADDITIONAL REAL PROPERTY WITHIN THE BENNETT FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT 7 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to all interested persons that a Petition for nclusion of additional real ro ert has been filed with the Board of Directors of the Bennett Fire Protection District 7. The Board of Directors has fi ed the th da of arch, , at the hour of m , at th Street, Bennett, Colorado, as the date, time and place of an open meeting at which such Petition shall be heard. The name and address of the Petitioner is: Colorado State Board of Land Commissioners 1127 Sherman Street Denver, CO 80203 The property to be included into the District is generally described as follows: Portions of the following townships: Township 4 South, Range 64 West, Township 4 South Range 65 West, Township 5 South, Range 64 West, and Township 5 South, Range 65 West of the 6th Principal Meridian, Arapahoe County, Colorado All interested parties may appear at such hearing to show cause in writing why such Petition should not be granted. BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE BENNETT FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT 7. BENNETT FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT 7 By: /s/ Steven P. Dambroski Secretary Published in The Villager Published: March 17, 2022 Legal # 10685 ___________________________ NOTICE OF CANCELATION OF ELECTION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Castlewood Water and Sanitation District, Arapahoe County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election, there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 3, 2022 is hereby canceled pursuant to section 1-5-208(1.5), C.R.S. The following candidates are hereby declared elected: Thomas Ethington ................1 Year Term ...............................May 2023 William Sievers .....................1 Year Term ...............................May 2023 Allan P. Stone .......................3 Year Term ...............................May 2025 Jeffrey Bull............................3 Year Term ...............................May 2025 /s/ Sue Blair Designated Election Official Contact Person for the District: Sue Blair, Designated Election Official Community Resource Services 7995 E. Prentice Avenue, Suite 103E Greenwood Village, CO 80111 303.381.4960 (voice) 303. 381.4961 (fax) sblair@crsofcolorado.com Published in The Villager Published: March 17, 2022 Legal # 10686 ___________________________ NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR SPECIAL DISTRICT ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL 1-13.5-513(1) and (6), C.R.S. CENTENNIAL 360 METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Centennial 360 Metropolitan District, Arapahoe County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third (63rd) day before the election, there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 5, 2020, is hereby canceled pursuant to Section 1-13.5-513(1) and (6), C.R.S. The following candidates were declared elected by acclamation: Vacant...................................May 2023 Term Gary Rohr .............................May 2025 Term James O’Malley ....................May 2025 Term Vacant...................................May 2025 Term CENTENNIAL 360 METROPOLITAN DISTRICT /s/ Stacie L. Pacheco Stacie acheco, Designated Election Official Contact Person for the District: Alan D. Pogue, Esq. ICENOGLE SEAVER POGUE, P.C. 4725 South Monaco Street, Suite 360 Denver, Colorado 80237 Telephone: 303-292-9100 Published in The Villager Published: March 17, 2022 Legal # 10687 ___________________________ NOTICE OF CANCELATION OF ELECTION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Chapparal Metropolitan District, Arapahoe County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election, there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be writein candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 3, 2022 is hereby canceled pursuant to section 1-5-208(1.5), C.R.S. The following candidates are hereby declared elected:
Jamie DeBrosse ...................3 Year Term .......................Until May 2025 Michelle Bates ......................3 Year Term .......................Until May 2025 /s/ Sue Blair Designated Election Official Contact Person for the District: Sue Blair, Designated Election Official Community Resource Services 7995 E. Prentice Avenue, Suite 103E Greenwood Village, CO 80111 303.381.4960 (voice) 303. 381.4961 (fax) sblair@crsofcolorado.com Published in The Villager Published: March 17, 2022 Legal # 10688 ___________________________ NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL FOR THE CHERRY CREEK VILLAGE WATER DISTRICT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Cherry Creek Village Water District, Arapahoe County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third (63rd) day before the election there were not more candidates for Director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 3, 2022, is hereby cancelled. The following candidates are declared elected: Cynthia Dormer ....................Three-Year Term Eric Montag ..........................Three-Year Term CHERRY CREEK VILLAGE WATER DISTRICT By: /s/ Crystal Schott Designated Election Official Published in The Villager Published: March 17, 2022 Legal # 10689 ___________________________ NOTICE OF CANCELATION OF ELECTION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the East Cherry Creek Valley Water and Sanitation District, Arapahoe County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election, there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 3, 2022 is hereby canceled pursuant to section 1-5-208(1.5), C.R.S. The following candidates are hereby declared elected: Ernest Peter Elzi...................3 Year Term .......................Until May 2025 Monica Holland.....................3 Year Term .......................Until May 2025 Martin Hill..............................3 Year Term .......................Until May 2025 /s/ Sue Blair Designated Election Official Contact Person for the District: Sue Blair, Designated Election Official Community Resource Services 7995 E. Prentice Avenue, Suite 103E Greenwood Village, CO 80111 303.381.4960 (voice) 303. 381.4961 (fax) sblair@crsofcolorado.com
Sue Blair, Designated Election Official Community Resource Services 7995 E. Prentice Avenue, Suite 103E Greenwood Village, CO 80111 303.381.4960 (voice) 303. 381.4961 (fax) sblair@crsofcolorado.com Published in The Villager Published: March 17, 2022 Legal # 10692 ___________________________ NOTICE OF CANCELATION OF ELECTION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Copperleaf Metropolitan District No. 6, Arapahoe County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election, there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 3, 2022 is hereby canceled pursuant to section 1-5-208(1.5), C.R.S. The following candidates are hereby declared elected: Daniel Frank ........................3 Year Term ........................Until May 2025 Robert Purnell Manlove Jr. 3 Year Term ........................Until May 2025 /s/ Sue Blair Designated Election Official Contact Person for the District: Sue Blair, Designated Election Official Community Resource Services 7995 E. Prentice Avenue, Suite 103E Greenwood Village, CO 80111 303.381.4960 (voice) 303. 381.4961 (fax) sblair@crsofcolorado.com Published in The Villager Published: March 17, 2022 Legal # 10693 ___________________________ NOTICE OF CANCELATION OF ELECTION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the East Cherry Creek Valley Water and Sanitation District, Arapahoe County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election, there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 3, 2022 is hereby canceled pursuant to section 1-5-208(1.5), C.R.S. The following candidates are hereby declared elected: Ernest Peter Elzi...................3 Year Term .......................Until May 2025 Monica Holland.....................3 Year Term .......................Until May 2025 Martin Hill..............................3 Year Term .......................Until May 2025 /s/ Sue Blair Designated Election Official Contact Person for the District: Sue Blair, Designated Election Official Community Resource Services 7995 E. Prentice Avenue, Suite 103E Greenwood Village, CO 80111 303.381.4960 (voice) 303. 381.4961 (fax) sblair@crsofcolorado.com
Published in The Villager Published: March 17, 2022 Legal # 10694 ___________________________ NOTICE OF CANCELATION OF ELECTION
Published in The Villager Published: March 17, 2022 Legal # 10694 ___________________________ NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Copperleaf Metropolitan District No. 2, Arapahoe County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election, there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 3, 2022 is hereby canceled pursuant to section 1-5-208(1.5), C.R.S.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the East Virginia Village Metropolitan District, Arapahoe County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 3, 2022, is hereby canceled pursuant to Section 1-13.5-513, C.R.S.
The following candidates are hereby declared elected:
The following candidates are declared elected: Jeremy Bayens........... until the second regular election ..... (May 6, 2025)
Michael R. Rohde................3 Year Term ........................Until May 2025 VACANCY ...........................3 Year Term ........................Until May 2025 /s/ Sue Blair Designated Election Official Contact Person for the District: Sue Blair, Designated Election Official Community Resource Services 7995 E. Prentice Avenue, Suite 103E Greenwood Village, CO 80111 303.381.4960 (voice) 303. 381.4961 (fax) sblair@crsofcolorado.com Published in The Villager Published: March 17, 2022 Legal # 10690 ___________________________ NOTICE OF CANCELATION OF ELECTION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Copperleaf Metropolitan District No. 3, Arapahoe County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election, there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 3, 2022 is hereby canceled pursuant to section 1-5-208(1.5), C.R.S. The following candidates are hereby declared elected: Daniel Frank .........................3 Year Term .......................Until May 2025 VACANCY ...........................3 Year Term .......................Until May 2025 /s/ Sue Blair Designated Election Official Contact Person for the District: Sue Blair, Designated Election Official Community Resource Services 7995 E. Prentice Avenue, Suite 103E Greenwood Village, CO 80111 303.381.4960 (voice) 303. 381.4961 (fax) sblair@crsofcolorado.com Published in The Villager Published: March 17, 2022 Legal # 10691 ___________________________ NOTICE OF CANCELATION OF ELECTION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Copperleaf Metropolitan District No. 4, Arapahoe County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election, there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 3, 2022 is hereby canceled pursuant to section 1-5-208(1.5), C.R.S. The following candidates are hereby declared elected: Daniel Frank .........................3 Year Term .......................Until May 2025 Tracy Brooks ........................3 Year Term .......................Until May 2025 /s/ Sue Blair Designated Election Official Contact Person for the District:
Brian Mulqueen .......... until the second regular election ..... (May 6, 2025) DATED: March 9, 2022 /s/ Jennifer S. Henry Designated Election Official for the East Virginia Village Metropolitan District c/o McGeady Becher P.C. 450 E. 17th Avenue, Suite 400 Denver, Colorado 80203-1254 Phone: 303-592-4380 Published in The Villager Published: March 17, 2022 Legal # 10695 ___________________________ NOTICE OF CANCELATION OF ELECTION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Havana Water and Sanitation District, Arapahoe County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election, there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 3, 2022 is hereby canceled pursuant to section 1-5-208(1.5), C.R.S. The following candidates are hereby declared elected: David A. Mohrhaus ...............3 Year Term ......................Until May 2025 Steven Hellman ....................3 Year Term .......................Until May 2025 Timothy Duggan ...................3 Year Term .......................Until May 2025 Bernard Gehris .....................3 Year Term ......................Until May 2025 Blake Hodges .......................1 Year Term .......................Until May 2023 /s/ Sue Blair Designated Election Official Contact Person for the District: Sue Blair, Designated Election Official Community Resource Services 7995 E. Prentice Avenue, Suite 103E Greenwood Village, CO 80111 303.381.4960 (voice) 303. 381.4961 (fax) sblair@crsofcolorado.com Published in The Villager Published: March 17, 2022 Legal # 10696 ___________________________ NOTICE OF CANCELATION OF ELECTION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Highland Park Metropolitan District, Arapahoe County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election, there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be writein candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 3, 2022 is hereby canceled pursuant to section 1-5-208(1.5), C.R.S. The following candidates are hereby declared elected: Michael Law..........................3 Year Term .......................Until May 2025 Sara Kosted..........................3 Year Term .......................Until May 2025 /s/ Sue Blair
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The drawbacks of being an oligarch BY DOROTHY ROSBY
I’ve heard so much about oligarchs lately that I couldn’t help wondering if it might be a good career move for me. Before I made the switch though, I thought I should find out more, so I went to my go-to for career advice, my good friend Google. That’s where I learned that Russian oligarchs wield a bit of political power along with busy day jobs of making, spending and laundering money. Sadly, I’m not ualified for the position seeing as I’m not Russian—or a billionaire. But based on my research, I don’t think it would be that great anyway. And that’s not just sour vodka talking. There are a lot of things about the job I wouldn’t care for, not the least of which would be hanging out with a cer-
tain self-centered, bad-tempered Russian president. Also, I’m not cut out for managing people and I’d need employees if I were an oligarch— pilots to y my airplanes, crews for my yachts, a commander for my personal submarine, groundskeepers to mow my golf courses, handsome pool boys to clean my swimming pools and, of course, housekeepers to keep all my mansions clean. There’s no way I’m doing that myself. Then I’d need a payroll department to pay all those employees and managers to order them around when I’m not there. The next thing you know I’d be holding staff meetings and hiring and firing employees all the time. I’d be so busy I wouldn’t have time to enjoy my tennis courts when my friends came
—Continued from previous page— Designated Election Official Contact Person for the District: Sue Blair, Designated Election Official Community Resource Services 7995 E. Prentice Avenue, Suite 103E Greenwood Village, CO 80111 303.381.4960 (voice) 303. 381.4961 (fax) sblair@crsofcolorado.com Published in The Villager Published: March 17, 2022 Legal # 10697 ___________________________ NOTICE OF CANCELATION OF ELECTION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Hillcrest Water and Sanitation District, Arapahoe County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election, there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 3, 2022 is hereby canceled pursuant to section 1-5-208(1.5), C.R.S. The following candidates are hereby declared elected: Neil V. Pepper.......................1 Year Term .......................Until May 2023 /s/ Sue Blair Designated Election Official
over. That would be a shame because I’m sure if I became an oligarch, I’d have more friends. Probably more relatives too. Not only would they always be asking if they could stay on my private island or take one of my Ferraris for a drive, they’d expect better gifts from me than I give now. Plus when we’d all go out to lunch and the server asked if we were all on one check, everyone would look at me expectantly. Sure, I’d be able to afford anything on the menu but I’d never again enjoy the simple pleasure of having someone else buy me lunch. Another drawback is that instead of trying to keep up with the Joneses, I’d be trying to keep up with Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos and Warren Buffet. Right now, Alexei Mordashov is the
richest Russian oligarch, with Vladimir Putin, whom you may have heard of, coming in a close second. But I was shocked to learn that while Mordashov is the richest oligarch, he’s not the richest person in the world and not by a long shot. Elon Musk has a whopping 223 billion compared to Mordashov’s measly 29 billion. I bet a lot of people see Mordashov way down there on the list of billionaires and feel bad for him. No one likes being pitied. I suppose it’s possible he and the other oligarchs are richer than we think. One of the skills of a successful oligarch is knowing how to hide money from people who have the gall to think you might owe them some of it. Apparently there are lots of ways to do this besides the one we all think of first putting it in your mattress. If
___________________________ NOTICE OF CANCELATION OF ELECTION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Liberty Hill Metropolitan District, Arapahoe County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election, there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be writein candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 3, 2022 is hereby canceled pursuant to section 1-5-208(1.5), C.R.S. The following candidates are hereby declared elected: Heather LeMay .....................3 Year Term .......................Until May 2025 Julie M. Tombari ...................3 Year Term .......................Until May 2025 Sheldon McDonnell ..............3 Year Term .......................Until May 2025 /s/ Sue Blair Designated Election Official Contact Person for the District: Sue Blair, Designated Election Official Community Resource Services 7995 E. Prentice Avenue, Suite 103E Greenwood Village, CO 80111 303.381.4960 (voice) 303. 381.4961 (fax) sblair@crsofcolorado.com Published in The Villager Published: March 17, 2022 Legal # 10699 ___________________________ NOTICE OF CANCELATION OF ELECTION
Contact Person for the District: Sue Blair, Designated Election Official Community Resource Services 7995 E. Prentice Avenue, Suite 103E Greenwood Village, CO 80111 303.381.4960 (voice) 303. 381.4961 (fax) sblair@crsofcolorado.com
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Mansfield Heights Water and Sanitation District, Arapahoe County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election, there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 3, 2022 is hereby canceled pursuant to section 1-5-208(1.5), C.R.S.
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Graham Hollis.......................1 Year Term .......................Until May 2023 Richard Fullerton ..................3 Year Term .......................Until May 2025
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Liberty Hill Metropolitan District, Arapahoe County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election, there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be writein candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 3, 2022 is hereby canceled pursuant to section 1-5-208(1.5), C.R.S. The following candidates are hereby declared elected: Heather LeMay .....................3 Year Term .......................Until May 2025 Julie M. Tombari ...................3 Year Term .......................Until May 2025 Sheldon McDonnell ..............3 Year Term .......................Until May 2025 /s/ Sue Blair Designated Election Official Contact Person for the District: Sue Blair, Designated Election Official Community Resource Services 7995 E. Prentice Avenue, Suite 103E Greenwood Village, CO 80111 303.381.4960 (voice) 303. 381.4961 (fax) sblair@crsofcolorado.com Published in The Villager Published: March 17, 2022 Legal # 10699
The following candidates are hereby declared elected:
/s/ Sue Blair Designated Election Official Contact Person for the District: Sue Blair, Designated Election Official Community Resource Services 7995 E. Prentice Avenue, Suite 103E Greenwood Village, CO 80111 303.381.4960 (voice) 303. 381.4961 (fax) sblair@crsofcolorado.com Published in The Villager Published: March 17, 2022 Legal # 10700 ___________________________ NOTICE OF CANCELATION OF ELECTION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Marvella Metropolitan District Arapahoe County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election, there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be writein candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 3, 2022 is hereby canceled pursuant to section 1-5-208(1.5), C.R.S. The following candidates are hereby declared elected: Ian Roth ................................3 Year Term .......................Until May 2025 Tahlia Naumburg Sayers .....3 Year Term .......................Until May 2025 Jacob Beniflah ......................3 Year Term .......................Until May 2025 /s/ Sue Blair Designated Election Official Contact Person for the District: Sue Blair, Designated Election Official Community Resource Services 7995 E. Prentice Avenue, Suite 103E Greenwood Village, CO 80111 303.381.4960 (voice) 303. 381.4961 (fax) sblair@crsofcolorado.com Published in The Villager Published: March 17, 2022 Legal # 10701 ___________________________ NOTICE OF CANCELATION OF ELECTION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Murphy Creek Metropolitan District, Arapahoe County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election, there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be writein candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 3, 2022 is hereby canceled pursuant to section 1-5-208(1.5), C.R.S. The following candidates are hereby declared elected: Matthew E. West ..................3 Year Term ......................Until May 2025 Doug Schriner.......................1 Year Term .......................Until May 2023 Gary E. Olson .......................1 Year Term .......................Until May 2023 Richard Berge.......................1 Year Term .......................Until May 2023
you’re a billionaire, that takes a lot of mattresses. So oligarchs are forced to find other creative ways to hide their wealth, including money laundering, which is not what you’d think forgetting to empty your pockets before you throw your pants in the washer. You can see how hiding money is hard work even if you only have 29 billion dollars to hide. lus there’s political in uencing, management duties and yacht shopping to be done. Being an oligarch is a demanding job, but I’m sure any oligarch would tell you it’s also very rewarding—at least financially. Dorothy Rosby is the author of three books of humorous essays including Alexa’s a Spy and Other Things to Be Ticked off About, Humorous Essays on the Hassles of Our Time. Contact drosby@rushmore.com.
/s/ Sue Blair Designated Election Official Contact Person for the District: Sue Blair, Designated Election Official Community Resource Services 7995 E. Prentice Avenue, Suite 103E Greenwood Village, CO 80111 303.381.4960 (voice) 303. 381.4961 (fax) sblair@crsofcolorado.com Published in The Villager Published: March 17, 2022 Legal # 10702 ___________________________ NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL FOR THE DEER TRAIL RURAL FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Deer Trail Rural Fire Protection District, Arapahoe, Adams and Elbert Counties, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third (63rd) day before the election there were not more candidates for Director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 3, 2022, is hereby cancelled. The following candidates are declared elected: Phillip Donovan.....................3-year term Randy Eldringhoff .................3-year term Vacancy ................................3-year term Vacancy ................................1-year term DEER TRAIL RURAL FIRE PROTECITON DISTRICT By: /s/ Peggy Rupp Designated Election Official Published in The Villager Published: March 17, 2022 Legal # 10703 ___________________________ NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Riverwalk Metropolitan District Nos. 1, 2 and 3, Arapahoe County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 3, 2022, is hereby canceled pursuant to Section 1-13.5-513, C.R.S. The following candidates are declared elected: Bradford Colling............ until the next regular election ..... (May 2, 2023) ................................. Leonard Martinez.......... until the next regular election ..... (May 2, 2023) ................................. Robert Salazar.............. until the next regular election ..... (May 2, 2023) ................................. Michael Francone ......... until the second regular election (May 6, 2025) ................................. Isiah Salazar................. until the second regular election (May 6, 2025) DATED: March 7, 2022 /s/ Catherine V. Will Designated Election Official for the Riverwalk Metropolitan District Nos. 1, 2 and 3 c/o McGeady Becher P.C. 450 E. 17th Avenue, Suite 400 Denver, Colorado 80203-1254 Phone: 303-592-4380 Published in The Villager Published: March 17, 2022 Legal # 10704 ___________________________ NOTICE OF CANCELATION OF ELECTION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Suburban Metropolitan District, Arapahoe County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election, there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be writein candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 3, 2022 is hereby canceled pursuant to section 1-5-208(1.5), C.R.S. The following candidates are hereby declared elected: Mark A. Argo .........................3 Year Term ......................Until May 2025 Irene Bindrich .......................3 Year Term ....................... Unti May 2025 /s/ Sue Blair Designated Election Official Contact Person for the District: Sue Blair, Designated Election Official Community Resource Services 7995 E. Prentice Avenue, Suite 103E Greenwood Village, CO 80111 303.381.4960 (voice) 303. 381.4961 (fax) sblair@crsofcolorado.com Published in The Villager Published: March 17, 2022 Legal # 10705 ___________________________
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The Mordecai family gathered for the dedication of the new Mordecai Children’s Garden at The Denver Botanic Gardens in 2011. The children’s garden was made possible by a grant Janet’s family foundation supported, by herself, and her late husband Daniel Mordecai. Opening in 2011 the new garden had 75,000 visitors in nine months. Children are offered the opportunity to splash in a steam, dig in the dirt, catch insects, play with pine cones and tree stumps, and build forts. A Junior Gardeners program was designed where children could plant and maintain a season-long
gardening experience. This information is from the files of The Villager 11 years ago. The Villager received word that Janet Mordecai, 79, died March 9, 2022, 50 feet from the nurse’s station at The Denver Hospice named in her honor. Janet received her bachelor’s degree in Nursing from the University of Colorado. She attended Englewood High School. Janet leaves behind her sister Rita Conley, her sons, Adam Mordecai (Heather) and Ryan Mordecai (Alison Mendenhall), her step-daughters, Julie
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PAGE 24 | THE VILLAGER • March 17, 2022
Greenwood Village resident Orlando “Lindy” Scialla celebrates 95 years
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BY LISA J. SHULTZ
rlando “Lindy” Scialla, of Greenwood Village, was born March 17, 1927, to Italian immigrants, Rosa Scialla and Anneillo Scialla in Amsterdam, N.Y. He was the fifth of seven children. Lindy learned to play drums, and in 1937 at age ten, joined his brother’s band, Oswaldo on the accordion and Neil on clarinet. They mostly played at Ferraro’s Supper Club in Patterson, NJ. During World War II, Lindy joined the Marines at the age of seventeen in 1944. He was in the infantry and was sent to Guam and Okinawa.
After the war, he was in China from 1945-1947, where he traveled and continued drumming in the 1st Marine Division Band to Marine and Red Cross audiences. After discharge from the Marines in 1948, Lindy came back to the United States and decided to stop in Denver, Colorado to see a war buddy, Ed Whitfield. He met Ed’s sister, Margaret Whitfield, whom he would marry and share seventy years of his life. The couple were four months shy of their 70th wedding anniversary when Margaret died in April 2020. They had four children together. In 1958, Lindy and Margaret bought land where the
Denver Tech Center is currently situated. Lindy began building their house at 5120 S. Ulster St., which was surrounded by nothing but fields filled with jack rabbits, foxes, pheasants, and coyotes. Belleview was a dirt road, and the Valley Highway, now called I-25, was two lanes. The home was a magical place for their children Paul, Dianne, Mike, and Nancy to grow up and have adventures. Development came to the area in 1968 when George Wallace bought the property to begin construction of DTC. The house Lindy built was put on a large truck and moved east across the fields to Boston St. where Lindy
resides to this day. Lindy worked in construction for over fifty years building some well-known and loved buildings in the front range. His projects included: Cinderella City, Cherry Creek High School, Belleview Elementary School, Writer’s Manor and Park Central to name a few. He also continued playing drums in various bands in many Denver locations. He played with Queen City Jazz Band, Dave Lavitt and The Blue Notes, and Bill Murray Band. At 95, Lindy is currently the band leader and drum player for the band Memories. Memories plays big band music and has been togeth-
er for fifteen years. Current members are Lindy on drums, Mark Hooper for vocals and keyboard, Karen Osborn for vocals and bass, Clif Cookson on electric guitar, and Richard Mull on Saxaphone. Greatly missed are Hal Rerrick, piano, and Antonio Corona on accordion, who passed, in the last few months. To celebrate Orlando “Lindy” Scialla’s 95th birthday, he and his band played at Gallo’s Supper Club on South Broadway, which was a special occasion and a remarkable achievement. Lindy concluded his birthday speech by telling family and friends to “stick around so you can come see me play on my 96th birthday.”