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Sports complex, skate park

approved in Idaho Springs after advocacy by youth

When Ben Shay was growing up, there was a small skate park open in Idaho Springs. Still, it didn’t meet the demand of the mountain skateboarding community. at park has since closed, but the

push for access to skateboarding has strengthened.

After years of advocacy by area skate enthusiasts, the Idaho Springs City Council on June 26 unanimously approved the master plan that will guide the redesign of the eastern eld at the Idaho Springs Sports Complex and bring a skate park to the community.

“ e numbers show that there’s a huge group of people who would use the park there,” Shay said in the meeting. “ e park plan as a whole just creates so much access for families.”

Shay, the youth involvement coordinator for Clear Creek County’s

e new nameplate, or “ ag” of the Clear Creek Courant has been chosen! At the beginning of June, we gave readers the opportunity to vote on the Courant’s new look, and what you see at the top of your paper is the design that received the most votes. is ag will appear at the top of the Clear Creek Courant each week going forward. ank you to everyone who voted! After Colorado Community Media changed our nameplates, we received many messages from people who were concerned that we had abandoned the historical feel of the Courant and had become just another cog in a corporate machine. ese concerns were heard and taken seriously by me, CCM publisher Linda Shapley and our design team, which is why we came up with four new plate designs that incorporate the community’s history. Option #3, the win-

Idaho Springs receives $2.4 million grant toward transportation hub

Idaho Springs has received a $2.4 million federal grant that will be used for planning and designing a downtown transportation and mobility hub meant to improve safety and accessibility and address tra c impacts in the city.

“It’s the best news we ever could have hoped for,” Idaho Springs Mayor Chuck Harmon said.

Among other things, the project includes a roundabout at Exit 240 of Interstate 70, a multilevel parkings structure, and pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure, including a connection to the Clear Creek Greenway.

It will also include Idaho Springs’ Miner Street redevelopment project, formally set forth in late 2021 when the city approved a downtown plan to guide improvements for the next 15 to 20 years. e plan is also heavily in uenced by takeaways from the Miner Street Marketplace, a pedestrian mall enacted during the pandemic to support economic recovery in the city.

While o cials say the project is vital for Idaho Springs, it will impact much of the state, given Idaho Springs’ location along Interstate 70, a major thoroughfare.

“ is will be a really important

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amenity for the citizens of Colorado,” Harmon said. “ is is actually a good way to lessen the emissions from I-70 since we’re going to promote electric-vehicle charging and public transportation.”

e grant funding is available through the Department of Transportation’s Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) discretionary grant program, which invests in road, rail, transit and port projects across the country, according to a news release.

e November 2021 bipartisan infrastructure law increased funding for these grants.

Earlier this year, Rep. Joe Neguse wrote a letter to U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg in support of the project and the city’s grant pursuit.

“ is project would also address historic impacts related to the construction of Interstate 70 in the city,” Neguse wrote in the letter. “ e new roundabout will ease driver deceleration as they exit the high-speed interstate and enter the low-speed residential and commercial areas of downtown Idaho Springs as well as improving access to the city’s historic commercial district.”

Harmon said the grant would have been far less likely without support from the Colorado Department of Transportation and backing from

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o cials such as Neguse, Gov. Jared Polis, and Sens. Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper.

e support is overwhelming, Harmon said.

“My hat’s o to sta in Idaho Springs. ey really worked hard,” he added.

Idaho Springs City Administrator Andrew Marsh previously said he

expected the project to cost around $40 million with the transportation upgrades and water and sewer work included in that estimate. is RAISE grant will help o set some of that cost, and the city has applied for a separate RAISE grant to assist with the construction costs, Harmon noted. It hopes to begin construction in about two years.

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SKATE PARK

Mountain Youth Network, works to ll the gaps for youth in the community. Part of that work has included hosting skate trips for young people who enjoy skateboarding but have few places to do it.

According to the recently approved plan, the eastern Shelly Field will be recon gured to include a skate park, playground, stage, tennis and pickleball courts, concession stands, bathrooms, additional parking and more. e western Quinn Field will be upgraded but largely remain the same.

Recent re nements to the master plan include an enlarged 18,000 square-foot skate park, increased exible lawn space to allow for two youth soccer elds, a relocated playground closer to the pedestrian plaza, realigned southern access road to allow for an additional soccer eld and added pedestrianscale lighting – lighting directed toward to sidewalks and positioned lower than the roadways.

A pump track has been removed from the plan with the intention of looking for a separate location in the area. Additionally, the city is considering where it could share space to locate a half-court basket-

ball court.

e redesign project is expected to cost around $5 million. e Clear Creek Metropolitan Recreation District has identi ed potential funding sources, including grants from Great Outdoors Colorado

and e Skatepark Project, formerly the Tony Hawk Foundation. Further, the district is considering coordinating promotional events at downtown businesses and roundup fundraisers at Safeway.

On June 26, Idaho Springs City

Hall was full of young people, eagerly awaiting the council’s decision. It didn’t go unnoticed.

Many were part of the Skate Board, a group of skateboard enthusiasts that’s been instrumental in championing the project by holding skateboarding demonstrations along Miner Street and organizing a GoFundMe fundraiser and a petition with more than 1,000 signatures.

“ is is really exceptional,” Mayor Chuck Harmon said in the meeting. “It’s impressive to see this many people this interested in a topic that I know council cares very much

“Don’t ever think that your presence doesn’t matter, because it absolutely does. We’re all people just like you, and we want the city to have amenities that we would love or we would have loved when we were kids,” Harmon added.  e council approved the plan quickly with little discussion.

Once the crowd realized the plan to bring a skate park to Idaho Springs was o cially set in motion, there were high ves and cheers in excitement.

“We did it!” some members of the Skate Board exclaimed. ey moved outside of City Hall, where the group posed for a celebratory photo with skateboards in tow.

Performing arts center planned in Idaho Springs’ Building 103

Editor’s note: is is the second of two stories about the tenants planned in Building 103 in addition to the Clear Creek School District’s new elementary school. is week’s story pro les the performing arts center on the fourth oor of the building. A story that ran on June 22 pro led the planned early childhood education center that will be located on the south end of the building.

Imagine an arts center in Idaho Springs that will provide opportunities for adults and children to get involved in performing arts and bring a professional theater group to the city in the summer.

at’s the vision of the Clear Creek Center for Arts and Education, the organization planning to rent the top oor of Building 103, the current name for the former Clear Creek Middle School.

Scott Lubinski, who is spearheading the e ort, is enthusiastic about the possibilities for the space, which already has a theater, a band room and a choir room plus small instructional rooms. Since the building has been closed for about 20 years, there’s a lot of remodeling that needs to take place.

To help the organization reach its goals, Colorado Creative Industries

has awarded the group a $1.5 million Community Revitalization Grant. According to the award, a thriving arts district that the organization will create will economically diversify Idaho Springs, and it will bring “major economic progress to the region.”

Lubinski hopes the center will be open in December 2024, and he expects it to be a popular gathering place for children and adults alike.

Building 103 has a total of 86,000 square feet, and the school district is putting a new elementary school in about 60,000 square feet of the building to replace Carlson Elementary. In 2021, voters approved a $33 million bond, with about $25 million going to build the new elementary school.

An early childhood education center will take up about 6,000 square feet, and the arts center will have about 20,000 square feet.

Bond money is being used for asbestos abatement for the entire building, but it cannot be used to build out space for other organizations, according to the terms of the bond.

From the beginning, Lubinski said, the goal has been three pronged: education focused to build classes alongside what the elementary school o ers; community access for community theater, choirs or other groups; and a professional theater

company to perform in the summers.

e space is being designed so each component has multiple uses.

Lubinski foresees a 280-seat professional theater in the middle of the space that could be used by community groups during the school year and a professional group that would bring people o of Interstate 70 in the summer to see a show and frequent local businesses.

He wants to build a smaller theater for students where they can explore performing, lighting and sets, and he hopes to add a professional recording studio, saying recording studios outside of large cities are popular

with recording artists.

He plans a smaller theater that could be used for small groups or as a small concert hall.

Once the fourth oor has been remodeled, Lubinski hopes to put an addition on the building or add a small building nearby for a workshop that would o er a place to build sets, design and sew costumes, and more.

Lubinski said the center now has a board of directors working to support this vision.

“ e board is motivated to help us move forward and be a viable entity, he said.

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Interim or permanent superintendent?

The Clear Creek school board will define parameters for its search

e Clear Creek school board will begin a whirlwind schedule to try to nd a new superintendent by the time the school year starts on Aug. 16.

e rst step, which took place at a special board meeting on June 27, was to hire McPherson & Jacobson to guide the district through the search. e district will spend no more than $10,650 for the service.

e second step was to meet on July 5 to decide whether to hire a one-year interim or a permanent superintendent. Whether an interim or permanent superintendent, the board was to have discussed the salary range for the hire and the criteria to be used to narrow the search.

e Clear Creek Courant will provide coverage of the July 5 meeting online at clearcreekcourant.com and in the July 13 print issue.

Superintendent Karen Quanbeck has announced that she will be leaving this fall. She will become the vice president of statewide partnerships for the Colorado Education Initiative, an organization the district has been working with as it has transformed its education model for students at all grade levels.

Quanbeck was hired in June 2019, and the search, which was facilitated by McPherson & Jacobson, took about 10 weeks. Quanbeck has said her new position is exible, so she will be available to help during the transition to a new superintendent.

“ is is not a turnaround,” board President Sandi Schuessler said at

the June 27 meeting. “It’s a transition.”

Board member Kelly Flenniken added that it was important to get a superintendent who will be the right t for the district.

“( e school district has) been moving in a new direction, and the school board sets the vision,” Flenniken said. “It’s important the community knows it was at the board’s direction, not the superintendent’s.”

More about the search

Just like the search four years ago, the new search will include stakeholder meetings to nd out what parents, sta and the community want from a new superintendent.

Norman Ridder, owner of McPherson & Jacobson, told the board he

hoped to have resumes from potential candidates by the end of July, the initial interviews within about a week after that, and then the school board along with other stakeholders would interview the top candidates before the school board makes a hire.

Walt Cooper with McPherson & Jacobson said the search was very exible.

“Traditionally, a superintendent search starts in the fall with hiring in early spring,” Cooper said, but a permanent superintendent search, especially with Clear Creek School District’s reputation for implementing innovative learning models, would net solid candidates.

An interim superintendent search also would garner strong candidates,

he added.

Ridder said traditionally, school districts get more applicants for interim superintendents than permanent ones because retired superintendents want a one-year position, and some would consider moving to Colorado for a year.

“We don’t want you to feel like you are super pressured and hemmed into a one-size- ts-all scenario,” Cooper said.

Schuessler said Quanbeck has reached out to a retired principal who might provide a good interim solution and to Chris Gould, the current Clear Creek High School/ Middle School principal, who could step into the role for a year.

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Mount Evans Hill Climb: e Bob Cook Memorial Mount Evans Hill Climb, sponsored by Team Evergreen, will be July 8. rough the proceeds of the Bob Cook Memorial Hill Climb, Team Evergreen has donated $3 million to local nonpro ts including Bicycle Colorado, Colorado Mountain Bike Association, Special Olympics, Boy Scouts and more. For more information and to register, visit www.bicyclerace.com.

Adopt-a-Highway Cleanup Days in Empire: Friends of Clear Creek will host Adopt-a-Highway Cleanup Days in Empire from 8-10 a.m. on Saturdays, July 15, Aug. 19 and Sept. 16. Meet at the Empire Visitors Center, and the group will clean up a half mile of Empire’s two-mile stretch along Highway 40.

private homes, historic museums and a private Victorian-style garden. Pick up tickets starting at 8 a.m. at Strousse Park, and homes open at 10 a.m. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit www.eventbrite.com/e/painted-ladies-andvictorian-secrets-home-tour-tickets.

White Water Music Series: e White Water Music Series, sponsored by the Clear Creek Metropolitan Recreation District, will be Fridays at the Idaho Springs Sports & Events Center. Concerts will be from 5:30-8 p.m. Moonstone Quill will perform on July 7, 2nd Time Around on July 14 and Tonewood Stringband on July 21. For more information, visit www.clearcreekrecreation.com.

Camp Comfort Weekend Camps: Mount Evans Home Health Care & Hospice’s Camp Comfort for children 6-12 who have lost a loved one will be July 7-9 at the Rocky Mountain Village Easter Seals Camp, 2644 Alvarado Road, Empire. Cost is free for all children thanks to donors, but a $25 deposit is required per child to hold their spot. Visit campcomfort. org for more information and to

Paddle & Brew: Cabin Creek Brewing is hosting Paddle & Brew from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Tuesdays, July 11, 25, Aug. 8 and 23 at Georgetown Lake. Registration fee is $15 an paddle board rentals are $10.

Free legal clinic: A free legal clinic will be from 2-5 p.m. ursday, July 13, at both the John Tomay Library in Georgetown and the Idaho Springs Library. Volunteer attorneys will answer questions and explain the process and procedure for all civil issues, including family law, property law, probate law, collections, appeals, landlord-tenant law, small claims, veterans issues, and civil protection orders. Call your local library to be added to the sign-up sheet. Idaho Springs Library 303567-2020 or Georgetown Library 303-569-2620.

Georgetown Plein Air Event: e sixth annual Georgetown Plein Air art event will be July 28-29 in downtown Georgetown. e event includes a Quick Draw in historic downtown. e exhibit and sale will run through Aug. 13. Artists can register at www.eventbrite.com/e/ plein-air-2023-artist-registrationtickets-466470875947.

Painted Ladies and Victorian Secrets Historic Home Tour: Georgetown’s historic home tour will be July 29 and includes a tour of eight

e Clear Creek High School alumni reunion: e Clear Creek High School alumni reunion will be Saturday, July 29, at the Idaho Springs Elks Club. For more information, visit clearcreekhsalumni. org.

Rapidgrass Bluegrass Festival:

e Rapidgrass Bluegrass Festival will be Aug. 4-5 at the Shelly/Quinn ball elds in Idaho Springs. Friday night is free, though a limited number of tickets are available. Earlybird tickets for Saturday’s event are $25 until June 1. For more information, visit rapidgrassfestival.com.

Georgetown to Idaho Springs

Half-Marathon: e 45th annual Georgetown to Idaho Springs HalfMarathon will be Aug. 12, hosted by the Clear Creek Booster Club that supports high school and middle school students. Register at www. gtishalf.com.

Devil on the Divide 2023: e

Devil on the Divide 2023 50K and 22K will be Sept. 9, both reaching altitudes of 13,000 feet. Prior ultrarunning experience is required. For more information and to register, visit devilonthedivideultra.com/ sign-up.html.

ONGOING

Summer Fun at the Rock House:   e Clear Creek Rock House is o ering Summer Fun at the Rock House for sixth through 12th graders from 6-8 p.m. Wednesdays. Dinner is provided. Some of the activities include paddle boarding, boating and use of our full activity court for badminton, basketball, volleyball and more. All activities are free. For more information, call Cheryl Holmberg at 303-519-0144.

Mountain Jams: Mountain Jams concerts start at 2 p.m. on Saturdays through Sept. 16 at Library State Park in Georgetown. is year’s acts, sponsored by Georgetown Cultural Arts and Georgetown Heritage Center, include a mix of jazz, bluegrass, rock, folk and country. Artists include local favorites and internationally recognized touring artists. For a complete lineup and additional details, visit www.eventbrite.com/cc/eorgetownmountain-jams.

Blue Spruce Habitat volunteers needed: Blue Spruce Habitat for Humanity is looking for volunteers. A variety of opportunities and exible schedules are available on new construction sites as well as for exterior minor home repairs. No previous construction experience needed. Contact volunteer@bluesprucehabitat.org for information.

Walk-in vaccine clinics: Walk-in vaccine clinics for adults and children needing u and other vaccines are available from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Wednesdays at the Clear Creek Health and Wellness Center, 1969 Miner St., Idaho Springs. No appoint-

ments required for the vaccines, though you can pre-register by calling 303-670-7528.

Resilience1220 counseling: Young people 12 to 20 can get free counseling through an Evergreen-based organization called Resilience1220. Comprised of licensed therapists, Resilience1220 serves individuals and groups in the foothills including Clear Creek County. ey also facilitate school and community groups to build life skills in wellness and resilience among youth. For more information or to schedule a counseling session, visit R1220.org, email Resilience1220@gmail.com or call 720-282-1164.

Dental clinics: Cleanings, X-rays, dentures, tooth extractions and more. Most insurances are accepted including Medicaid. Sliding scale/low-cost options are also available. No appointment necessary. is is a mobile dentist that comes once a month. Call program manager Lauralee at 720205-4449 for questions.

Clear Creek Rotary 2000 meetings: Clear Creek Rotary 2000 meets at 7:30 a.m. Wednesdays at Marion’s of the Rockies. 2805 Colorado Blvd., Idaho Springs. For more information, email loe er806@comcast.net.

Support after suicide loss: Heartbeat and Resilience1220 o er Support After Suicide Loss from 5:30-7 p.m. the fourth ursday of the month for ages 14 and older. Join inperson or online. Suggest donation is $15. For location, visit R1220.org.

Storytime with Miss Honeybun: Storytime with Miss Honeybun is at 11:15 a.m. Tuesdays at the Idaho Springs Public Library and at 11:15 a.m. ursdays at the John Tomay Memorial Library in Georgetown.

Sensitive Collection: Resilience1220 o ers a monthly workshop for highly sensitive people to help them live healthy and empowered lives from 3:30-4:30 p.m. the third Wednesday of the month via Zoom. Visit R1220.org for more information.

Sometimes we just have to laugh at ourselves, right? Or is it that sometimes we just have to laugh with ourselves?

I am not laughing at you; I am laughing with you kind of thinking as we look in the mirror. My laughing at myself moment came the other day while I was traveling. I had boarded my ight and was checking my email on my phone before we took o . As I tried loading my email app, it took about 8 seconds. And in those 8 seconds I became frustrated and thought why is this taking so long? Cue the laughing at myself.

Each year as technology advances our need for speed seems to advance with it. We want information and we want it now. We not only want it now, but we also expect the information to be fed to us before we even have to think about it, we train the technology to understand what we like and want before we ever even have to search for it, we simply turn on our device and lo and behold there it is waiting for us to consume it.

In a recent meeting with a partner,

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Life and death

Moving at a snail’s pace

WINNING WORDS

they were discussing how their technology could serve up information in real time, measuring response times in milliseconds. Again, we have become a culture that has a need for speed, instant gratication.

As I came across a snail the other day, I watched it move slowly across the pavement. And I found myself fascinated by the slow and deliberate pace of the snail. I know it is a snail and snails aren’t equipped to move any faster, so they have to settle for the slow pace at which they move. It took the snail ve minute or so to cross the pavement and move into the grass. Just ve minutes, which for us could now feel like an eternity. So in that moment I re ected on my own need for speed. Although I can’t slow down advancements in technology that are designed to speed things up, nor can I or should

e death of Mr. Glass by the hands of local law enforcement appears tragic. But what isn’t clear is the state of our law enforcement leading up to it. Having the daily responsibility of life and death takes its toll on even the best of professionals.

A career of thousands of correct life-saving decisions can be destroyed by one mistake. While, not o ered as an excuse, I state, disasters are commonly reconstructed by their many accumulating components and not by one act. I am very certain this was not a training de cit.

Recently, politics has been systematically destroying law enforcement.

e huge rise in crimes is only part of the outcome. Our commissioners, as a result of disastrous, long-term nancial controls, have stripped the sheri ’s o ce budget to below safety levels, leaving the sheri ’s o ce badly understa ed and with exiting quality support personnel. With the nation’s politically inspired attacks on law enforcement, o cer morale and recruitment are at all-time lows. Of all the professionals one might think of, law enforcement requires the “best of the best” at all physical and mental levels,

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ner that you see on the top of today’s paper, incorporates elements from both the new and old design, which I see as a symbol of our motivation

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I worry about others and their need for speed, I can decide when it’s time to slow things down for myself. Can my walks along the shoreline be a little slower so I can appreciate the sounds of the waves lapping against the sand, taking in the salt air, and maybe nding a unique shell or piece of sea glass? Can my hikes in the mountains be slowed down just a bit so I can take in the wild owers, watch the streams rushing down the mountainside, or look out at the amazing vistas from the openings through the trees?

We are de nitely a society on the go. We want the speed limits to be higher, our ights to get us to our destination faster. We want our meals delivered to our homes or tables in unreasonably fast times. We expect the elevator to show up as soon as we press the button. It’s the pace of the race these days that we are trying to keep up with and the pace is getting quicker and quicker each day.

I thought about the snail again. And as I did, I was reminded that moving at a snail’s pace is okay

sometimes. I enjoy a slow brewing pot of co ee as it lls the kitchen with that beautiful co ee aroma. I love reading and spending time slowly letting the story develop and not racing to nish the book. I nd it so much more meaningful to pray slowly as it connects me at a deeper level to those I am praying for and to my faith. And when I can slow down enough before rushing out of the house to write notes to my family and leave them around the house, it makes everyone feel so loved and appreciated.

Is it time to slow down a bit for you? Are you running a race that just gets faster and faster all the time? I would love to hear your story at gotonorton@gmail.com, and when we can move at a snail’s pace sometimes, it really will be a better than good life.

Michael Norton is an author, a personal and professional coach, consultant, trainer, encourager and motivator of individuals and businesses, working with organizations and associations across multiple industries.

yet what’s happening is producing far less than that and burning out the few good ones left. In many states, o cers won’t even show up at crimes by orders or the fear of the public or unwarranted legal attacks for any of their actions.

I’ve personally known Sheri Albers, a multigenerational resident, for many years now and he has demonstrated nothing less than his love and professional care for this county and its citizens, and his steadfast devotion to the best he can give us all. He has successfully worked very hard at improving his o ce, before these forced cost cuts. So the question is this, how can we the people demand perfection from our fellow humans? e decisions that o cers make every day can cost a life... or save one.

e best of training and employment conditions can improve the odds toward the latter, but still not guarantee it. As I mentioned before, our county is in grave danger. We are at the precipice of a collapse as the quiet few that hold this community together are about to burn out. Rick and Joni might be next. Our best are leaving us and I cannot blame them.

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Colorado taxpayers should see hefty refund checks

received TABOR refund checks of $750 or $1,500 to account for surplus collected in the 2021-22 scal year, which ended June 30, 2022.

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June 19, 1928 - May 25, 2023

On May 25, 2023, Edith Elaine Hartong (Elaine), almost 95, went peacefully home to be with the Lord in Heaven. She had been living at Alta Vita Assisted Living in Longmont, Colorado. She was preceded in death by her husband of 62 years, William Richard Hartong (Bill).

Elaine was born on June 19,1928 in Laramie, Wyoming to Raymond Uel Cooper and Edith Clara Swanson. As a child, she and moved with her parents to Tulsa, Oklahoma. She later attended e University of Colorado in Boulder, CO, where she earned a degree in Journalism. Elaine served as a Residence Hall assistant, received honors, and was named “Miss Responsibility”, as one of the top senior women at CU Boulder. ere she met Bill on Easter morning on the way to a Sunrise Service on Flagsta Mountain in Boulder. Bill and Elaine were married in 1951. ey moved to Prairie Village and later to Leawood, suburbs of Kansas City. Bill, who had received degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Business at CU Boulder, worked in management at the Kansas City Procter and Gamble Plant for 31 years. ey had two children, Toby Joseph and Ellen Claire.

Colorado taxpayers will be sent even larger refund checks next year than expected after state tax revenues nished the scal year much higher than budget analysts for the legislature and in the governor’s ofce predicted.

e state may now have to refund nearly $1 billion more than originally expected, nonpartisan Legislative Council Sta and the governor’s Ofce of State Planning and Budgeting told state lawmakers in June, increasing refund checks by hundreds of dollars per person.

Exactly how large those Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights refund checks will be remains in ux, in part because the number will be determined by whether voters pass Proposition HH in November, a 10-year property tax relief plan from Democrats in the General Assembly and Gov. Jared Polis.

e legislature passed a bill in the nal three days of its 2023 lawmaking term, which ended May 8, that would make the refund check amounts the same for everyone if voters pass Proposition HH. ey were originally expected to be about $650 for single lers and roughly $1,300 for joint lers, but could now be roughly $850 for single lers and $1,700 for joint lers.

Last year, Colorado taxpayers

If Proposition HH fails, the refund checks would be tied to income levels. Under the default refund system — called the six-tier sales tax refund mechanism — people who make more money get bigger refund checks based on which of six income tiers they fall into.

People in the lowest tier, who make up to $50,000 a year, were expected to receive refund checks of $454 for single lers or $908 for joint lers. For those in the highest tier, who make $279,001 or more, the checks were expected to be $1,434 for single lers and $2,688 for joint lers.

e improved economic outlook would mean larger refunds for people in every tier, though people in the top tier would bene t most.  People in the lowest tier would now receive refund checks of $587 for single lers or $1,174 for joint lers. For those in the highest tier, the checks would now be $1,854 for single lers and $3,708 for joint lers.

e refund amounts are determined by how much money the state government collects above the TABOR cap on government growth and spending. e cap is calculated by annual growth in population and in ation.

Colorado taxpayers will get their refund checks next year after they le their taxes.  Nonpartisan

Elaine was an incredible wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and friend as she raised her children. She had much joy and love and cared deeply for others. She loved the Lord and looked to Him for guidance and would live by His example. Elaine was a member of Village Presbyterian Church (Prairie Village, KS) and later Georgetown Presbyterian Church (Georgetown, CO), having served as a deacon at both churches. She was active in church activities and Sunday School as well as teaching children about God’s Love in an inner-city church in Kansas City, KS. Elaine was president of the Parent Teacher Association and was involved in leadership in Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts. She lovingly supported Toby and Ellen with swimming, piano, voice and tennis lessons, as well as school and church activities they were involved in. She was always there to cheer the family on and would volunteer to help others whenever she could. She even helped in the hospital when Toby was in Medical School and Ellen was in Nursing School. She would always lend a listening ear and give positive encouragement. God blessed Elaine with a “green thumb”. She loved gardening and designing beautiful backyard gardens. She was also a member of Leawood Garden Club. Elaine and Bill loved to travel and would take many trips with their family. Whether it was camping expeditions to beautiful places like the National Parks and Canada, or visiting amazing countries in the world, they always enjoyed learning about and seeing God’s creations. Some of their favorite destinations included Colorado, Yellowstone, Alaska, Hawaii, Germany, Ireland, Sweden and South Africa.

Elaine always loved Georgetown, Colorado. Her grandparents, who emigrated from Sweden in the 1800’s, lived there. Her grandfather was a silver miner and her mother was raised there. Elaine spent many summers with her grandparents there as a child. When she lived in the Kansas City area, she and Bill made it possible for their children to enjoy Georgetown in the summers, who would come to love it as well. When Bill retired, Elaine and Bill moved to Georgetown, where they built a wonderful Victorian style home. Elaine was very involved with the community and town. She taught Sunday School in Georgetown Presbyterian Church as well as a “Friday School” where school children who might not attend Sunday School would come to the church after school to learn about God’s love and values. She helped develop the “Friends of the Library” sale of used books to the community. Bill helped build the Georgetown Library Children’s Wing and the patio is dedicated to Elaine’s mother. Elaine was involved in a book club and worked in a bookstore there for part of the time. She was also involved in the League of Women Voters. She loved to hike and would do so most days. She was always welcoming to anyone she would meet, starting conversations and o ering words of encouragement. Elaine and Bill lovingly welcomed people into their home, usually with something to eat, a cup of tea and memorable conversations. ey loved to drive and take picnics high into the mountains with their children, grandchildren and any guests who would visit.

After living in Georgetown, Elaine moved to Alta Vita Assisted Living in Longmont, CO. She encouraged and blessed the sta and residents there. All were impressed with her continued style and sense of fashion. God blessed Elaine with the Alta Vita sta who helped provide her with loving care for three and a half years. We express our sincere thanks to them. We are also thankful to Bristol Hospice who helped care for Elaine during her last few days.

Elaine is preceded in death by her parents and husband. She is survived by son Toby Joseph Hartong, daughter-in-law, Joni, daughter Ellen Claire (Hartong) Stokes and son-in-law Dennis. She was also blessed with grandchildren Holly (Hartong) ill, (husband Steven), Heidi Hartong and Heather Hartong, Chris Stokes, (wife Heidi), Cheryl Stokes and Amy Stokes. She also had seven great-grandchildren (Tanner, Tucker, Trevor, Tensley, and Tyler ill and Claire and Grace Bartles).

A family memorial service will be held later this summer.

We will miss her greatly and are so blessed to have been part of her beautiful life and legacy. As she loved to say, “God Bless Us, Every One.”

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Good news on revenues means more money coming back to residents

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e governor’s O ce of State Planning and Budgeting now expects the TABOR cap to be exceeded in the current scal year by $3.527 billion — an increase of about $870 million over what they projected in March.

Greg Sobetski, the chief economist for Legislative Council Sta , called the increases a “signi cant upward revision.”

Both LCS and OSPB said betterthan-expected corporate income tax revenue was a large driver of the improvements.

e updates were presented to the legislature’s Joint Budget Committee, which received its quarterly economic and tax revenue forecasts from LCS and OSPB. While the end of the scal year is fast approaching, it will be months before the state knows exactly how much money it collected over the TABOR cap.

Legislative Council Sta and the governor’s O ce of State Planning and Budgeting forecasts state government to collect tax revenue in excess of the TABOR cap through at least the 2024-25 scal year, which ends June 30, 2025.

Emily Dohrman, an economist with Legislative Council Sta , said the risk of recession has also decreased.

“ e economy is still showing positive growth, but slower growth than what we saw through most of 2022,” she told the JBC. “Our forecast is anticipating that growth will continue to slow through the end of 2023 but then return to a more moderate pace of growth in 2024 and 2025.”

She said there’s still a risk of an economic downturn, but that risk is lower than it was in March.

Polis touted the forecasts presented to the JBC. He said Colorado’s economy remains strong and that it’s evidence the state “continues to be the best place to live, work and do

business.”

e next quarterly tax revenue and economic forecasts will be presented to the JBC in September. e panel in November will begin drafting the state’s 2024-25 scal year budget, which takes e ect on July 1, 2024.

e full legislature will vote on the spending plan after it reconvenes in January.

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Researchers see a future for psychedelic therapy

Fort Collins study looks at potential uses of LSD

Interest in the possible mental health bene ts of psychedelics is growing as experiments to better understand these substances are moving ahead.

In Fort Collins, researchers at the Wholeness Center are examining the potential therapeutic use of LSD and, in particular, how — and at what dosage — it may impact people with generalized anxiety disorder.

After a lengthy screening process, study participants go to the Wholeness Center for a 12 hour day with two therapists. ey are unaware of what they will be swallowing: a placebo or various amounts of LSD.

“Particularly through the second hour or the third hour, people are in a very di erent frame of mind,” Dr. Scott Shannon, one of the principal study investigators, said of the people who get LSD instead of the placebo. “ e trees may be breathing, the couch may be moving. And some people will nd this incredibly curious. Other people may be a little intimidated.”

e two therapists are there to reassure participants and calm them

down. e experimental sessions taking place in Fort Collins are part of a larger study at 20 sites across the country funded by MindMed, a New York-based biotech company. e company plans to announce topline data from the clinical trials later this year.

“I tell people it’s like, if we’re living our life every day at street level then psychedelics are kind of like going up into a hot air balloon, or maybe even in a satellite, and you’re looking at your life in a very di erent way, and insights come,” Shannon said. “ ey can be scary sometimes. ey can be terrifying.” is experiment on LSD and anxiety is part of a much larger push to understand how various psychedelics can be used to treat mental health conditions. e e ort involves support from corporations, universities and nonpro ts. Earlier this year, the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus announced an upcoming clinical trial to test whether psilocybin can help with treatment-resistant depression. Past research e orts have indicated that psilocybin—also called magic mushrooms—can ease anxiety, particularly for cancer patients.

“We have some suggestion that psychedelics can be helpful for anxiety, and this is a study to try to test that,” Shannon said. this quote was

a little long and wordy, I think it can be shortened. e rest has already been explained outside of the quote.

Much of this research has been on hold for decades. After widespread use in the 1960s, the federal government classi ed psychedelics as Schedule 1 drugs, meaning they lack an accepted medical use and have a high potential for abuse.

“It really shut down research in this country for a long, long time. And it’s now just restarting,” Shannon explained.

Eventually, researchers began requesting licenses from the federal government to study some psychedelics. After encouraging results,

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How to take up running, from starting out to marathons

Roxane Geisler started running in high school as a new challenge — somebody told her she should run cross country.

“I didn’t even know how to run a mile,” said Geisler, who is now president of the Highlands Ranch Running Club.

Getting into running “just gradually happened for me,” said Geisler, who is 54. “Suddenly, I was like, ‘Oh, I really do enjoy it, and I love getting out and seeing the views.’”

For people who are inexperienced at running but want to improve, it’s key not to be intimidated, Geisler said.

“A lot of people think, ‘Oh, I can’t join the running club because I’m not a real runner.’ And that’s totally silly,” Geisler said. “If you run, you’re a runner.”

Ryan Marker, an assistant professor who teaches exercise physiology at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora, said it’s important for beginners to start slow.

“Setting appropriate expectations, I think, is really important,” Geisler said. “So if someone’s never run before, you’re not going to get o the couch and do a marathon.”

But with the right plan, even beginners can work their way up to a marathon within months. (Here’s a tip: You don’t have to run the whole thing.)

Here’s some advice on how to start running or take your training to the next level.

Part of the group

One thing that can help you get into running: nding a group of runners to keep you moving.

When Geisler moved to Highlands Ranch in 2003, she noted how many people were out running by themselves.

She learned about the Highlands Ranch Race Series, and part of the idea behind starting her running club was to get some runners to train together.

“It makes running so much easier, training so much easier, when you have people to train with,” Geisler said.

And the people she’s met through her club “were a tremendous in uence on me — just people who really push themselves and try to get the best out of themselves,” said Geisler, who has run marathons.

e club provides a communal atmosphere:

LONG RUN

Runners don’t just work out but also make connections in her group. “De nitely lots of friendships have formed, and even a few people have met their spouses,” Geisler said.

Starting out

For beginners who are getting over the initial hump of starting to run, it’s important not to bite o more than you can chew, said Marker, who works in the department of physical medicine and rehabilitation at the CU Anschutz Medical Campus.

“If you’re just starting, even running for a mile, say — or even less than that — is meaningful,” Marker said.

Another strategy, he said, is to remember you don’t have to run consistently for a whole workout.

“Run for ve minutes and walk for two,” Marker said as an example of setting planned walk intervals. at method “can help people build up their initial capacity.”

For runners ages 35 and up, Geisler said starting slow can help, like working toward a goal of “I’m going to run this whole mile without walking,” she said. “And then go from there.” Also important: making sure you have the right running shoes for you. Geisler recommends getting a shoe tting at a specialty running store like Runners Roost.

“You can really get injuries if you don’t have the right footwear,” Geisler said.

Mental game

“Running is a mental sport” is a cliché for a reason — getting your mind used to running is a big part of the battle.

Di erent strategies can help you tackle the mental aspect of running, according to Marker.

“One very accessible one is goal setting … maybe you’re someone that really thrives on, you know, competition, getting a personal best,” Marker said. For those people, always having an appropriate race that you’re training for can help.

For others, distraction works well, so nd a good music playlist or podcast or audiobooks, Marker suggested.

Or opt for using running as a headclearing experience.

“I can almost do a mindfulness type of thing in running,” Marker said, adding: “Especially if you’re trail running, it can make you stop thinking of other things.”

Gearing up for a marathon

For those who aim to run a marathon — about 26 miles or 42 kilometers — it’s a good idea to schedule an initial training plan of at least six months, Marker said.

For inexperienced runners, there’s “not a small chance that you may get injured in that time, so you want to incorporate some bu er room,” Marker said. at’s partly so if you do develop an injury, you can adjust your training instead of trying to push through the pain and making it worse.

Expecting a long training period can help you eld interruptions that

may pop up.

“Life happens,” Marker said, adding that if you have a busy week at work, for instance, and are not able to stick with your training plan, there’s no need to feel that you’ve failed and have to stop.

In terms of distance, “you want to get in at least one longer run a week,” Marker said.

Expect to run three to four days per week at minimum and six days per week at most.

at’s because runners need to incorporate rest periods to avoid overtraining problems, Marker said, adding that it’s important to give your body time to adapt.

It may surprise you to hear that you shouldn’t be about to keel over throughout your run when training for a marathon.

“It’s not a bad idea to keep most of your training at moderate intensity,” said Marker, who referenced “the talk test.”

at’s “the idea that you’re doing moderate intensity exercise if you’re able to relatively easily carry on a conversation (while) you do that exercise,” Marker said.

If it gets so hard to breathe that you can’t say more than a few words without pausing for breath, that would be higher-than-moderate intensity.

In “the marathon, you’re going to be going at a relatively steady pace for a long period of time,” Marker said, adding it’s a good idea for your training to re ect that pace.

Yes, runners walk

You could call it running or “com-

pleting” a marathon.

“ ere’s no shame if you incorporate walking into a marathon,” Marker said.

“When you get to the elites, they’re running the entire time, and they’re running a pace that people, even me, couldn’t keep up even a 10th of the distance,” said Marker, who has done a couple marathons and one ultramarathon. (An ultramarathon is anything longer than a marathon, he said. e one he did was 50 miles.)

For walking, the biggest tip is making sure it’s planned, Marker said.

“ e moment you start walking because you’re tired,” that can be “game over,” he said.

He added: “You want to have more ‘on’ than ‘o ’ — not ending up with a 50/50 split” of time spent running and walking.

Fuel on the way

Something else you might not know: People training for marathons eat while on the run. at could be energy gels or bars, Marker said.

“I’d say if your long runs are starting to get longer than an hour, that might be a good time to gauge how you’re feeling,” Marker said, adding it could help to start bringing food with you.

Hit the gym

Strength training — not just running — can be key to pushing your running further, as it can help with injury prevention.

“If someone has the time and they’re able to incorporate strength training into their routine,” Marker said, “it can de nitely help them.”

Tapping teens to connect youth in mental distress with support

One in ve teens in the U.S. will experience a mental health challenge before they turn 18, but 64% of them won’t seek help.

A new training program is turning to teens to get their peers connected to the resources they need to turn things around.

Betsy Molgano, program director for Mental Health First Aid Colorado, said young people are in a unique position to identify warning signs. Maybe someone they know has been withdrawing from friends, or they used to enjoy soccer and now they aren’t showing up for practice.

“You’re not diagnosing this person, you’re just kind of noticing a change in behavior or appearance,” Molgano explained. “ e training is supposed to help kids feel more comfortable to approach someone and to be like ‘I’ve noticed that there is a change in your typical behav-

ior. Do you want to talk about it? Is everything OK?’”

According to the 2021 Healthy Kids Colorado Survey, nearly 40% of high school students said they experienced symptoms of depression in the last year, and 17% said they had seriously considered suicide. Suicide is the third leading cause of death for kids aged 15 to 19.

Maranda Miller, mental health rst aid coordinator at Centennial Mental Health Center, said Colorado has taken steps to help young people, including o ering free mental health therapy for all youth through a legislatively funded program called I Matter. She encouraged all school districts, even those with tight training budgets, to explore local training opportunities at mentalhealthrstaid.org.

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the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has allowed some of this work to move ahead more quickly by granting “breakthrough therapy” status to certain substances.

Luke Niforatos, the CEO of Protect Our Kids, a group that ghts for more restrictive drug policies and recently opposed Colorado’s ballot measure to decriminalize magic mushrooms, believes in the importance of following the FDA’s process.

“I think the concern that I have is, we’re seeing a lot of kind of breath-

less rhetoric around the...miracle drug potential of psychedelics,” Luke Niforatos, the CEO of Protect Our Kids, a group that ghts for more restrictive drug policies and recently opposed Colorado’s ballot measure to decriminalize magic mushrooms, said.

Niforatos points to the risks of other drugs like opioids and cannabis. In MindMed’s LSD trial in Fort Collins, some groups are excluded from participation: pregnant women and people with a history of psychosis. at’s because the risks of using psychedelics in these populations are not fully understood.

“ at’s not to say that these drugs don’t do what everyone’s really

excited about,” Niforatos said. “But what it does mean, though, is it’s still early.”

Research into a psychedelic called MDMA could be entering its nal phase before possible FDA approval.

Berra Yazar-Klosinski, the chief science o cer with the MAPS Public Bene t Corporation, said MDMA is further along in the process than other psychedelics thanks to a growing body of research on using it to treat mental health issues in conjunction with therapy.

She remembers looking over the results from a phase three clinical trial on using MDMA to treat PostTraumatic Stress Disorder, published in 2021 in the journal Nature

Medicine. 88% of the participants experienced a meaningful change in their symptoms. Around two-thirds no longer met the criteria for a PTSD diagnosis.

“Oh, my gosh. It was so exciting,” Yazar-Klosinski said of the results. Later this year, Yazar-Klosinski will be walking the FDA through the data as part of a larger request to approve MDMA-assisted therapy.

“It was such a huge surprise that everybody was just shocked and very happy for the PTSD patients and what this could mean for them,” Yazar-Klosinski said.

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ANEAN CHRISTENSEN Original Beneficiary(ies) BOKF, NA DBA COLORADO STATE BANK AND TRUST

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt BOKF, N.A.

Date of Deed of Trust October 23, 2018 County of Recording Clear Creek

Recording Date of Deed of Trust

October 24, 2018

Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) 289623

Book: 956 Page: 641

Original Principal Amount

$433,994.00

Outstanding Principal Balance

$404,415.03

Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

THE LOMBARD STREET LODE MINING CLAIM, U.S. MINERAL SURVEY NO. 11405 DESCRIBED IN UNITED STATES PATENT RECORDED IN BOOK 345 AT PAGE129, INCLUDING THOSE PORTIONS IN CONFLICT WITH THE BULL LODE, U.S. MINERAL SURVEY NO. 11405 AND THE ELM LODE, U.S. MINERAL SURVEY NO 11405, EXCLUDING THAT PORTION IN CONFLICT WITH THE SEDGEWICK LODE, U.S. MINERAL SURVEY NO. 11405, AS SET FORTH AND

CONVEYED IN DEED RECORDED IN BOOK 377 AT PAGE157, COUNTY OF CLEAR CREEK, STATE OF COLORADO. WHICH CURRENTLY HAS THE ADDRESS OF 1575 YORK GULCH ROAD, IDAHO SPRINGS, COLORADO 80452

Also known by street and number as: 1575 YORK GULCH RD, IDAHO SPRINGS, CO 80452.

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

NOTICE OF SALE

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 11:00 A.M. on Thursday, 08/31/2023, at The Clear Creek County Public Trustee’s Office, 405 Argentine Street, Georgetown, Colorado, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication7/6/2023

Last Publication8/3/2023

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Carol Lee, Public Trustee in and for the County of Clear Creek, State of Colorado

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Telephone: (303) 623-2700

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E-mail: twolf@irelandstapleton.com

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SHERIFF’S COMBINED NOTICE OF SALE AND RIGHTS TO CURE AND REDEEM

Under an Order Granting Motion for Entries of Default, Entry of Judgment, and Decree of Foreclosure entered on May 12, 2023, in the above entitled action, I am ordered to sell certain real property, as follows:

Owner of Record Kevin Buckley Judgment Creditor Hennessy International, Inc.

Date of Judgment

August 21, 2019

Date of Recording of Lis Pendens November 30, 2022

County of Recording for Lis Pendens Clear Creek County, Colorado

Recording Information for Lis Pendens Reception No. 308048

Original Amount of Judgment entered August 21, 2019

$77,792.50

Description of Property to be Foreclosed (Street Address: 245 Fall River Road,

Idaho Springs, Colorado 80452)

LOT 5, DE LINDE’S FALL RIVER ESTATES, FIRST FILING, COUNTY OF CLEAR CREEK, STATE OF COLORADO.

THE PROPERTY TO BE SOLD AND DESCRIBED

HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED.

THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT INCLUDE A FIRST LIEN.

NOTICE OF SALE

THEREFORE, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that I will, at 10:00 a.m., on Wednesday, August 16, 2023, in the Office of the Clear Creek County Sheriff, 405 Argentine Street, Georgetown, Colorado, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property described above, and all interest of said Grantor and the heirs and assigns of said Grantor therein, for the purpose of paying the judgment amount entered herein, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: June 22, 2023

Last Publication: July 20, 2023

Name of Publication: Clear Creek Courant

NOTICE OF RIGHTS

YOU MAY HAVE AN INTEREST IN THE REAL PROPERTY BEING FORE¬CLOSED, OR HAVE CERTAIN RIGHTS OR SUFFER CERTAIN LIABILITIES PURSUANT TO COLORADO STATUTES AS A RESULT OF SAID FORECLOSURE.

YOU MAY HAVE THE RIGHT TO REDEEM SAID

REAL PROPERTY OR YOU MAY HAVE THE RIGHT TO CURE A DEFAULT UNDER THE DEED OF TRUST BEING FORE¬CLOSED. A COPY OF THE STATUTES WHICH MAY AFFECT YOUR RIGHTS ARE ATTACHED HERETO.

A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE PURSUANT TO §38-38-104, C.R.S., SHALL BE FILED WITH THE SHERIFF AT LEAST FIFTEEN (15) CALENDAR DAYS PRIOR TO THE FIRST SCHEDULED SALE

DATE OR ANY DATE TO WHICH THE SALE IS CONTINUED.

IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED.

A NOTICE OF INTENT TO REDEEM FILED PURSUANT TO §38-38-302, C.R.S., SHALL BE FILED WITH THE SHERIFF NO LATER THAN EIGHT (8) BUSINESS DAYS AFTER THE SALE.

The name, address and telephone number of each

of the attorneys repre¬senting the holder of the evidence of debt are as follows: Thomas J. Wolf, Atty. Reg. No. 12577 Sarah H. Abbott, Atty. Reg. No. 41852 Ireland Stapleton Pryor & Pascoe, P.C. 1660 Lincoln Street, #3000, Denver, Colorado 80264 303-623-2700.

THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED MAY BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.

This Sheriff’s Notice of Sale is signed this 8th day of June, 2023.

/s/Rick Albers Rick Albers, Sheriff Clear Creek County, Colorado

Statutes: sections 38-37-108, 38-38-103, 38-38104, 38-38-301, 38-38-302, 38-38-304, 38-38-305, and 38-38-306, C.R.S., as amended.

Legal Notice No. CCC647

First Publication: June 22, 2023

Last Publication: July 20, 2023

Publisher: Clear Creek Courant

Notice to Creditors

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of ANNA PAULETTE DINA ROBESON a/k/a ANNA PAULETTE ROBESON a/k/a ANNA P. ROBESON, Deceased Case Number: 2023 PR 30017

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Clear Creek County, Colorado on or before October 23, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Paolette Anne Spurlock, Personal Representative c/o Hanna M. Warren, Attorney 3790 South Broadway Englewood, Colorado 80113

Legal Notice No. CCC645

First Publication: June 22, 2023

Last Publication: July 6, 2023

Publisher: Clear Creek Courant ### Clear Creek Courant July 6, 2023