Sixty35 news magazine - Feb. 9, 2023 Vol 1. No. 5

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Clarification: In our Feb. 2 story “District Divided,” about Manitou Springs School District 14, we reported that Cheyenne Mountain School District 12 had a 44 percent staff turnover rate between the 2020-21 and 2021-22 school years, as reported by the Colorado Department of Education.

D12’s rate was unusually high that year because The Vanguard School, a charter, moved out of the district and into Harrison School District 2, D12 Superintendent Dr. David Peak says in an email to Sixty35. The move led to a decrease of about 100 employees in the district, and skewed CDE’s numbers, he says. CDE does not make note of or account for these types of changes in its published data.

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ON THE COVER

Let It Bleed, the 10th American studio album by the Rolling Stones, was released in November 1969 in the United States, where it reached No. 3. While the title track has been described as “simple” and “tied together by Jagger's juvenile drug and sex references,” the album also includes the career-defining "You Can't Always Get What You Want."

BILLS WOULD GET TOUGH ON AUTO THEFT, HELP FARM LABOR

Bills recently introduced in the Colorado General Assembly would get tougher on auto theft and try to help develop the farm workforce.

Sen. Bob Gardner, R-Colorado Springs, was among those backing Senate Bill 23-097, bipartisan legislation aimed at reducing auto theft. Colorado tops the nation in number of vehicles stolen, according to media reports. In a release, Republican lawmakers noted that 41,225 vehicles were stolen in Colorado in 2022, a 10 percent rise over 2021. Existing laws classify auto theft by the value of the vehicle; the higher the value, the more serious the crime. SB23097 would make all auto thefts equal under the law.

House Bill 23-1094 would modify the Agricultural Workforce Development Program to provide additional incentives that would lead to lengthening paid internships to one year, from six months, for interns who seek hands-on training and experience in pursuing a career in agriculture.

House Bill 23-1072 would change the legal definition of “civil defense worker” so those assisting in the local response to disaster emergencies can be paid for their work.

All these bills enjoy bipartisan support. — PZ

TEACHERS’ UNION’S GRIM OUTLOOK

Low pay and heavy workloads are the main reasons educators are leaving their jobs, according to the Colorado Education Association’s 2023 State of Education report released last month. Sixty-three percent of educators said “adequate pay and benefits” would make them feel most valued and respected, according to the report, which includes results from surveys of a portion of CEA’s 39,000 members. But Colorado ranked 49th out of 51 U.S. states and territories for teacher pay in 2022, the National Education Association reported. Compared to college-educated people in other fields, Colorado’s teachers make 35.9 percent less, says the report, citing the Economic Policy Institute.

In an effort to combat the educator shortage, lawmakers are working on a bill to make it easier for out-of-state teachers to get licensed in Colorado and another that would expand state financial aid and loan forgiveness eligibility. — GAJ

PIKES PEAK INTERNATIONAL HILL CLIMB ENTERS SECOND CENTURY

Organizers of the 101st annual Broadmoor Pikes Peak International Hill Climb issued a variety of announcements this week as they kicked off a second century of competitions.

The 2023 Race to the Clouds event will host a field of over 70 drivers — including 19 rookies — competing for six division prizes. Competitors will utilize a variety of vehicles for the 156-turn, 12.42-mile ascent to the summit of Pikes Peak.

Artistically inclined? PPIHC is seeking entries for the 2023 event’s poster, focusing on the theme “Our 2nd Century – The Climb Continues.” Independent of age, expertise or profession, artists are invited to submit their work for consideration by March 31. Winners will be announced on April 14 and cash prizes will be awarded to the overall winner, chosen by committee, and the People’s Choice Award winner, as determined by fans. This year’s Race to the Clouds hill climb takes place on June 25. For tickets or more information, visit ppihc.org. — NR

OUTDOOR REC GRANTS OFFERED

The Colorado Outdoor Recreation Industry Office (OREC) will provide grants of up to $100,000 to cover hiring and staff retention for outdoor recreation industry businesses and nonprofits that can demonstrate economic impacts from the COVID pandemic.

The office, which is part of the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade, created the Outdoor Recreation Industry Impact Fund that will provide $1.8 million in American Rescue Plan Act funds to support payroll needs in the industry.

The new grant program responds to the fact that the outdoor recreation industry “is a huge economic driver in Colorado and an important source of jobs for Coloradans,” OREC Director Conor Hall says. Grant applications must be submitted by Feb. 28. Learn more at oedit.colorado.gov. — JD

news magazine Executive Editor Bryan Grossman and members of the League of Women Voters of the Pikes Peak Region. Those interviews can be found on podcasts at sixty35media.org.

About 295,000 Coloradans would have student debt canceled if the Biden administration’s student loan forgiveness program is enacted. About two-thirds of the 471,000 Colorado residents who applied for loan forgiveness have been approved, according to a White House report released Jan. 27. Biden’s plan calls for forgiveness of up to $20,000 per borrower with incomes less than $125,000. A Republican challenge to the plan will come before the U.S. Supreme Court, which is expected to make a decision soon.

The Cultural Office of the Pikes Peak Region is seeking its next executive director. Andy Vick, who had served as ED since 2014, resigned in December 2022. Angela Seals, longtime deputy director of the arts organization, has been the interim director since then. More information: culturaloffice.org/cultural-office-executivedirector-search.

UCCS launched two new partnerships with Pueblo Community College last week — one creating a precollege support center for Pueblo middle and high schoolers, and another establishing a new degree pathway for engineering students between the two institutions. It’s particularly aimed at helping diverse, first-generation and military connected students from the Pueblo community. More info can be found at pcssc.uccs.edu/pueblo-recruitment.

“I am proud of the exceptional professionalism the NORAD and USNORTHCOM team displayed throughout this operation, and the dedication they bring every day to defending our homelands.”

Skewed SEARCH?

ACADEMY SCHOOL DIStrict 20’s superintendent search survey — intended to be used as a tool for the Board of Education to narrow down what the D20 community wants in a new leader — was slammed with thousands of identical submissions that were solicited by groups with political aims, says Walt Cooper, D20’s search consultant. The district, which enrolls the most kids of any in the Colorado Springs area, has been struggling with “culture war” issues like book challenges, religious references from board directors and antiLGBTQ rhetoric since the election of a conservative-majority school board in November 2021.

Now it seems that those politics have infused the district’s stakeholder engagement process as it searches for a new leader, after Superintendent Tom Gregory announced in October that he’d retire at the end of the year. Cooper, a consultant for the national executive search firm McPherson & Jacobson,

tells Sixty35 there were “thousands” of canned responses to an open, online stakeholder survey set up to get community feedback about board-set criteria for superintendent candidates.

“I’ve never experienced this in any other stakeholder feedback solicitation, and I’m really not sure what they hoped to accomplish,” says Cooper, who conducted the search last year for Colorado Springs School District 11’s superintendent and was a longtime superintendent in Cheyenne Mountain School District 12.

PARENTS FIRST CALLED ATTENtion to the fact that the Church For All Nations Culture Impact Team, which has taken on the Christian Right’s education issues in the Springs, sent an email newsletter to congregants with a survey link, encouraging them to fill it out and share with “like-minded D20 residents.”

According to the email shared with Sixty35, a “cheat sheet” had been created “for those who may not be well-informed of the issues and aspirations we have of

BY GRETA ANDERSON JOHNS gajohns@sixty35media.org

the next superintendent” by Advocates for D20 Kids, a group that promotes “parental rights” or parents’ control of what’s taught in public education.

Moms for Liberty – El Paso County, a multi-district group of conservative parents who have pushed for the removal of LGBTQ-inclusive library books from schools, posted a similar message to Facebook, with word-for-word responses they suggested people input. The post says the responses were developed by Advocates for D20 Kids.

(Brian Moody, chair of Advocates for D20 Kids, tells Sixty35 that the group did not directly coordinate with either the CIT or M4L on the prepared answers. He says the answers were shared indirectly with those organizations.)

woke stakeholders are getting in the way of D20 focusing on academic excellence. Their tactics are divisive, personal, not grounded in facts, disrespectful, and are becoming more explosive.”

But the “vast majority” of the thousands of canned responses to the survey, Cooper says, were solicited by Rob Rogers, parent of a D20 high schooler who’s also a leader of the El Paso County Democratic Party and calls himself a resistance activist.

He sent out his own ask to his more than 18,600 TikTok followers — requesting viewers list “Church For All Nations” and “Moms for Liberty” as the “most significant challenges or issues” the next D20 superintendent would face. The TikTok had more than 145,400 views by Feb. 2 (the survey closed Jan. 31.)

“It isn’t right for religious leaders to have so much seemingly unchecked influence over such an important position for a school district,” Rogers tells Sixty35

response: “The union and progressive/

One of the stakeholder survey questions asks respondents to list “the three most significant challenges or issues” the next D20 superintendent should be prepared to address. The Advocates for D20 Kids “cheat sheet” suggests this response: “The union and progressive/

The result was 4,287 total responses to the survey by its close, with 61 percent of respondents self-identifying as parents, 10 percent as students, 15 percent as staff, 8 percent as non-parent patrons and 6 percent as “Other,” according to Cooper. And he’s not too worried about the flurry of canned submissions.

respondents self-identifying as parents, Cooper says he’s able to weed out

Cooper says he’s able to weed out responses that are obvious duplicates using IP addresses (while considering multiples may come from one family) and the solicited responses “were relatively easy to identify and eliminate,” he says.

Rogers says he doesn’t feel bad about using the tactic, especially after learning how the district would be using the survey. He says he walked away from one of the district’s stakeholder town hall meetings on Jan. 18 feeling like the survey and community input process overall was “pointless” and “performative.”

IT WAS ALSO CLEAR TO ROGERS from some of the survey’s questions that the board already has particular aims for superintendent candidates.

and the solicited responses “were relausing the tactic, especially after learning from some of the survey’s questions that superintendent candidates. asks stakeholders to rank their level of

For example, the survey’s second page asks stakeholders to rank their level of agreement with a list of pre-set “desired

As D20 starts its superintendent search, politically driven respondents infiltrate its stakeholder survey

They’re interested in one segment of the community’s concerns.

— Rob

Rogers

Courtesy D20

leadership characteristics” for a superintendent. The list, which mirrors the selection criteria on D20’s job posting, includes “prioritizes academic growth and achievement above all else” and “ensures distracting agendas are kept out of the classroom,” which Rogers believes come straight from conservative parents and board members.

“I think that’s why so many parents have the impression that [board directors] don’t really care” about the opinions of D20 stakeholders, he says. “They’re interested in one segment of the community’s concerns.”

When asked what was meant by the “distracting agendas” criterion, Board President Tom LaValley told Sixty35 it applied to political agendas on all sides.

“Whether it’s right-wing agenda, leftwing agenda, it doesn’t belong in the classroom,” he says. “We don’t want agenda-driven education, we want excellence-driven education.”

As Cooper explains it to Sixty35, the survey responses will not be tallied for a majority vote by the community on what they most want to see in a superintendent — “it was designed ultimately to be a litmus test” for how in line the board’s criteria are with stakeholders, and to be used as the board wishes, he says.

“Maybe folks had an unrealistic expectation of what we were asking for,” he says.

The parents’ criticism “may have been based in a desire that the criteria for selection ... would’ve been done by broad-based public input on a survey,” he says. “And that’s just not feasible.”

Cooper emphasizes that the primary purpose of the survey is to identify district-wide trends. Those will be compiled into a report with comments he’s heard

from the four community town halls in January and meetings he held with other district groups. The report will be posted to D20’s website, says Chief Communications Officer Allison Cortez.

Moody, for his part, has confidence that the board will select the best leader for the job — Advocates for D20 Kids supports the conservative-majority board.

“The reality is that the decision on the superintendent, the criteria for superintendent, who amongst the finalists gets picked, indirectly, that decision was made two years ago at the November election of our board,” Moody says.

COOPER WAS OPTIMISTIC THAT when the stakeholder feedback is neatly compiled, commonalities would emerge. That’s what he typically finds during superintendent search processes, and he’s seeing glimmers of it in D20, he says.

“Because of some recent upheaval … there’s this thought that there are widely differing opinions about every single thing that happens,” he says. “But when it comes right down to it, it’s focused on student needs, great teachers and community support.”

One thing Cooper says he’s heard repeatedly is the community wants a superintendent with an education background or experience in the classroom.

LaValley says the board is leaning very heavily toward that.

“There has been zero discussion about hiring anybody who doesn’t have education experience,” LaValley says. “We are not a failing district; we are a high-performing district. We don’t need to reinvent the wheel in District 20.”

There were 20 applications for the superintendent job as of Jan. 31, he says.

A teacher leads a class at D20’s Pioneer Elementary School.

Courtesy D20

TRACKS Making

CSPD shifts toward SUVs after Dodge discontinues the Charger police package

BY PAM ZUBECK | pzubeck@sixty35media.org

IN COMING YEARS, IF COLORADO SPRINGS

residents notice more SUVs being piloted by Springs Police officers, it’s not their imagination.

That’s because Colorado Springs Police Department is converting to SUVs from the Dodge sedans used as police cruisers for decades.

The switch stems chiefly from the fact that Dodge no longer manufactures the Dodge Charger with the police package, and no other automakers sell a police package sedan, says CSPD’s Senior Public Communications Supervisor Robert Tornabene.

“There is not necessarily an intent to change to SUVs,” Tornabene notes via email. “Purchasing the [Chevy] Tahoes is just part of our continual fleet management, replacing old cars with new ones. Since the Charger was no longer being produced, it was determined the Tahoe was our next best option to accommodate all the officers gear and seat two officers comfortably.”

But he also notes that SUVs provide “increased visibility,” because the driver sits higher than in a cruiser, and they offer more space inside. Lastly, not all of the department’s Chargers have all-wheel drive, whereas all the SUVs will.

“In our current climate, having AWD vehicles is certainly beneficial,” Tornabene says.

But the change isn’t happening just here. A website called motor1.com reported last July that law enforcement agencies, like consumers, are moving toward SUVs and trucks, which have become dominant as patrol vehicles across the nation.

All that said, the SUVs — the Chevrolet Tahoe as chosen by CSPD — carry not only a higher price tag to begin with, but also cost more to outfit with law enforcement equipment such as lights and sirens and other mechanical devices, as well as cost more for fuel.

FOR

DECADES, LAW ENFORCEMENT MOSTLY

relied on sedans, such as Ford’s Crown Victoria or the Dodge Charger, for patrol.

But law enforcement agencies are increasingly turning to SUVs, reports Police1.com, a site dedicated to police issues.

In a 2019 article, the site noted the main reason for the shift is room and cargo space, according to David “Doc” Halliday, a former commander of the Michigan State Police Precision Driving Unit and the Vehicle Test Team, who also served on the Ford Police Advisory Board and the General Motors Law Enforcement Product Council. Decades ago, officers were equipped with a radio, first aid kit and flares, he said, but since then the equipment requirements have grown to include computers and other support gear.

Tornabene, with CSPD, notes officers carry full-size ballistic shields and WMD [weapons of mass destruction] equipment, including personal protective gear and nuclear, chemical and biological masks, along with weapons.

If two officers must ride together, such as for training purposes, a sedan lacks space for all the gear they need to have with them at all times, he says.

In deciding which make and model to go with, Tornabene says, cargo capacity became a big factor, with the Ford Police Interceptor being eliminated because it’s smaller than the Dodge Durango and Chevy Tahoe.

The Tahoe, though, has more room, and the seats were designed to accommodate a patrol officer’s duty belt, “which typically causes heavy wear and tear and eventually seats must be replaced.”

Police1.com also noted the same SUV used for a K9 unit can be used by a crime scene investigator with specialized equipment, and in some cases a supervisor SUV has been rigged to serve as a mini command center.

[H]aving AWD vehicles is certainly beneficial.

— Robert Tornabene, CSPD

REPLACEMENT WON’T HAPPEN OVERNIGHT.

Tornabene says the department bought 55 Tahoes last year and plans to buy 41 this year.

“How many vehicles we purchase each year is dependent upon the budget authorized each year by the City,” he says. “Once the budget is approved, we begin determining how many cars we can replace. We chose which cars to replace based on a variety of factors including age, mileage, and annual maintenance costs. We work with the City Fleet Department to help prioritize our replacement list.”

But, not surprisingly, he adds, “We have more cars to replace than we do budget.”

As of Jan. 30, CSPD had 335 “active” Chargers of various ages and mileage readings, most of them assigned to patrol.

The department had 213 SUVs of various makes, models and ages that are used by patrol and other divisions, he says.

“These numbers change depending on the delivery of new vehicles or whether a vehicle must be taken out of service for a variety of reasons,” he says. “We are still waiting for the final 15 Tahoes to arrive that were purchased in 2022.”

Tornabene says a complete conversion will depend

on annual budgets, and he adds that “if manufacturers start to produce a new police vehicle that we determine is more viable, we could switch to purchasing something different than the Tahoe.

“We are constantly looking at the marketplace and determining what will meet our department’s needs,” he says.

The SUVs bring higher purchase costs — $44,971 for a 2023 Tahoe versus $29,116 for a 2021 Charger — and higher police package costs — $28,417 for the Tahoe versus $15,316 for the Charger. That makes for a difference in the total cost of $28,956 per unit, according to figures CSPD provided.

As for fuel, a Charger gets about 18 miles to the gallon, so the 18,000 miles a year it’s driven by an officer costs from $3,000 (at $3 per gallon) to $4,000 (at $4 per gallon).

The 2023 Tahoes can go 16 miles per gallon, making their comparable fuel cost range from $3,375 to $4,500 per year.

When police vehicles have run their course, they’re sold, though a few have been donated to other departments “under certain circumstances,” Tornabene says.

“In some cases, old patrol cars go to the training academy for use during a few classes until another batch of new cars comes in,” he adds. “We try to keep the best of the old cars cycling through the academy before final disposition.”

COLORADO STATE PATROL IS ALSO MAKING the change.

CSP said on its website in mid-2021 that the agency “in its continued pursuit of keeping the public and Troopers safe on our roadways is slowly phasing out the familiar silver and black Dodge Charger and taking on a new look. The Dodge Durango is set to replace the Dodge Charger fleet over a five-year transition period, becoming the next vehicle platform for the CSP.”

Lt. Colonel Barry Bratt cited reasons similar to CSPD’s, but also noted the rear hatch on an SUV provides a larger surface for reflective graphics to reduce crashes when troopers are stopped on roadways.

The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office reports it has 109 vehicles dedicated to patrol/law enforcement operations, 51 of which are SUVs.

“Sheriff [Joe] Roybal does intend to transition this portion of the fleet entirely to SUVs with a few specialty vehicle exceptions over the next few years,” spokesperson Deb Mynatt says in an email. “SUVs have proven to be more capable, reliable and versatile for law enforcement deployment. This is especially true in a county as geographically diverse as ours with unique weather events as well.”

Bryan Oller

Springs residents can expect to see more police officers driving SUVs.

BACK IN THE GROOVE

Vinyl records turn tables on CDs and streaming

BY JEANNE DAVANT | jdavant@sixty35media.org

AMONG THE THOUSANDS OF VINYL record albums in his personal collection, Adam Leech has at least 18 copies of The Beatles’ “White Album.”

“I can’t let go of any of them,” says Leech, owner of The Leechpit Records and Vintage. “I’ve got a U.K. pressing, I’ve got a white vinyl pressing. I’ve got bootlegs from South America. I’ve got ones with really cool weird serial numbers. I’ve got one that’s mislabeled, where the labels are on the wrong sides.

“I don’t need this many. There’s only one or two I’ve ever listened to, but I can’t let go of any of them. It’s like picking between your kids,” he says.

There are lots of collectors like Leech who wouldn’t think of selling their precious vinyl and regularly browse Colorado Springs’ record stores and thrift shops to find treasures.

“A well-cared-for record will last a lifetime,” he says. “Records I bought for $2 as a teenager when I worked at Tunes Downtown, now they’re literally hundreds of dollars. I can listen to them anytime. It’s like a best friend, a therapist, a time machine.”

But it’s not just older nostalgia seekers who are buying records. A growing number of the customers browsing the bins at The Leechpit and other local record stores belong to younger generations, from teens to millennials.

“We get a lot of multi-generational groups where the dad and kids and grandparents are all talking about music together,” Leech says. They’ve driven double-digit growth in the store’s vinyl sales since 2020.

Record numbers

Yes, vinyl is cool again.

According to the Record Industry Association of America, 17 million vinyl albums were sold in the United States in the first six months of 2021, nearly doubling sales in the same period of 2020 and generating $467 million in retail sales.

And for all of 2021, U.S. sales of vinyl albums exceeded sales of CDs for the first time in 30 years.

Last year, vinyl records outsold CDs for the second straight year, and vinyl sales — 43.46 million albums — increased for the 17th consecutive year. What’s more, vinyl sales constituted 43.4 percent of album purchases across all formats — including digital and physical — in 2022, according to Luminate, which collects and analyzes data about the entertainment industry.

One major factor driving that growth is that popular artists like Taylor Swift, Harry Styles, Olivia Rodrigo, and Tyler, the Creator have embraced vinyl.

Swift’s album Midnights was the top-selling vinyl album of 2022 in the United States, with nearly 945,000 copies moved.

Styles’ Harry’s House set a record the week of May 22 for vinyl sales in a single week, selling more than

146,000 copies the first weekend it was out.

The list of best-sellers for the year includes both new releases and vintage vinyl like Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours, Michael Jackson’s Thriller and The Beatles’ Abbey Road

Everybody get together

“Although we tend to think of vinyl buyers as a particular tribe, there are more of them than most people realize — 17.6 million in the U.S.,” TheVinylDistrict. com stated in a May 27, 2022 post. “Much of the audience that is driving vinyl sales to new peaks consists of fans who are experiencing LPs as their first and only physical format.”

All this is music to the ears of local record shop owners and managers.

Leechpit employee Jeremy Bennett, owner Adam Leech and his wife Heather and son Johnny hold their favorite albums.

Bryan Oller

Top 10 vinyl

In Colorado Springs, you can buy vinyl at bigbox stores such as Target and big chains like EntertainMART — but many folks prefer to patronize five locally owned stores where record sales constitute more than half of their business.

“There’s an amazing record community — the people that come in here and other shops,” says Bryan Ostrow, owner with his brother Sean of What’s Left Records at 829 N. Circle Drive. (Disclosure: Ostrow writes the “Reverb” column for Sixty35.)

The record community comes together a couple of times a year at the Colorado Springs Record Show.

Founded in 2019 by record enthusiast Chris Davis, the show attracts hundreds of collectors. The next event takes place from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. April 1 at the Masonic Center, 1150 Panorama Drive. Admission is $3, unless you get there between 9 and 10 a.m., when you’ll pay $10 for early bird admission and first pick of the thousands of albums and cassettes and other merchandise.

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Déjà vu

What’s behind the popularity of vinyl?

Although some acoustic engineers disagree, record enthusiasts generally say that albums, if they’re in excellent condition, lend a warmth and depth to music that you don’t get with compressed digital formats like streaming.

He’s talking about the tangible experience of playing a record.

“What I love about it is being able to listen to the record as intended from the first song to the last, pulling out the liner notes, having that big piece of cover art, taking the effort to flip to the other side and really caring about the record,” Ostrow says. And then there’s the value.

1. Taylor Swift, Midnights (945,000)

2. Harry Styles, Harry’s House (480,000)

3. Olivia Rodrigo, Sour (263,000)

4. Kendrick Lamar, good kid, m.A.A.d city (254,000)

5. Fleetwood Mac, Rumours (243,000)

6. Tyler, the Creator, Call Me If You Get Lost (211,000)

7. Taylor Swift, Folklore (174,000)

8. Tyler, the Creator, Igor (172,000)

9. Michael Jackson, Thriller (168,000)

10. The Beatles, Abbey Road (160,000)

Source: Luminate, for the tracking period Dec. 31, 2021, through Dec. 29, 2022. Reported at Billboard.com, Jan. 11, 2023

“But really,” Leech says, “it’s a matter of personal preference. Digital is amazing and sounds great as well.” For discophiles, other factors are just as important. With other formats, “you can hear the music, but you can’t hold the music unless you have the record,” says Tim Atherton, owner of Earth Pig Music at 1953 W. Uintah St.

“We’re selling [Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young’s] Déjà vu for $24.98,” says Matt Gehrung, who’s been a buyer at Independent Records & Video for 25 years. “But an original pressing in fantastic shape could easily fetch $150 to $200. We had a copy of the Tool album Undertow, which has been out of print since it came out in the early 1990s. That goes for an average of about $2,000. We paid a good chunk of change to get it from the seller, and we sold ours for $1,300.”

Listen to the music

Founded in 1978 by Orville and Lewis Lambert, Independent has hung on through thick and thin since it opened. The company’s flagship store on Platte Avenue moved to 195 N. Academy Blvd. in December 2021.

Vinyl has been 50 percent or more of sales for 15 years, Gehrung says. Independent also sells CDs, cassettes, DVDs, Blu-ray and “record store standard fare,” including buttons, posters, stickers, incense and a fullservice smoke shop.

Vintage album prices are determined by market value and condition; used records usually come to stores through collectors who are downsizing or estates. New albums sell for $30 to $50, which is frustrating for record vendors.

“When the Big Three — Sony, Warner’s and Universal — started to realize they were moving a lot of units, they jacked the prices,” he says.

That may be what’s causing record sales to slip a bit recently, along with a slight resurgence in CDs, Gehrung says.

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It’s like a best friend, a therapist, a time machine.

— Adam Leech

Tim Atherton, owner of Earth Pig Music, inspects newly arrived records.

Bryan Oller

“But vinyl hasn’t hit the glass ceiling yet,” he says.

Earth Pig has been in business for 31 years, but the last handful of years have been the most profitable, Atherton says.

“The only thing that’s changed is that we carry a lot of the newer stuff,” he says. “The kids now are looking for vinyl, which has made me have to change.

“I love that kids are back into vinyl,” he says. “And it’s not just newer bands. They’ll buy a Taylor Swift and they’ll buy a Fleetwood Mac.”

Record sales account for at least 60 percent of the store’s revenue, he says.

“We have a lot of regulars. We have people in their 20s saying their parents brought them in and now they’re buying records.”

You’ve got a friend

Bryan and Sean Ostrow founded What’s left Records in August 2020. “We were a product of the pandemic,” Bryan Ostrow says. “We’re musicians and show promoters and bartenders for shows that we book. When everything shut down, we decided to invest our unemployment money and stimulus in opening up this store so that people could still have music in a safe way, while they couldn’t be going out to shows.”

The store was named after a zine and later a record label Ostrow produced.

“We wanted to open a store that we would want to shop at,” he says. The store specializes in punk, metal, hip-hop and indie rock bands but carries a variety of vinyl music, including releases by local bands, as well as jewelry and art made by local artists.

Vinyl accounts for about 60 percent of their sales as well.

Ostrow, who knows many collectors and music enthusiasts through his work booking shows, performing and running Flux Capacitor, the former DIY event venue, says a community coalesced around What’s Left Records.

“At first we thought it was just going to be our friends, but now we have the whole record community here,” he says. “We’ve expanded two times — knocked out a couple of walls since we started in just a little corner.”

Record store owners support each other, he says. Other owners send him customers looking for punk and metal, and he refers people to other shops if he doesn’t have what they want.

Getting laid off from his job at Independent in March 2022 was the impetus Shawn Mayo needed to start Tiger Records, the newest member of the vinyl community.

Mayo and his long-time friend Drew Morton, who had the same dream, acquired a large record collection and have augmented it from garage and estate sales.

“We also have a selection of new vinyl, but many more pre-owned,” Mayo says.

The store, at 1625 W. Uintah St., has been exceeding their expectations since it opened in December 2022, thanks to the record community.

They spend a lot of time educating customers about vinyl and turntables.

“When they leave here, we want them to be part of the movement,” Morton says.

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PLAYING FIELD Level

Investing in inclusive culture pays off for businesses

BY JEANNE DAVANT | jdavant@sixty35media.org

BLACK HISTORY MONTH, WHICH started Feb. 1, is a good time to take a look at the diversity, equity and inclusion environment at your business, HR experts say.

Many businesses have declared they’re inclusive organizations in order to appeal to younger generations of workers who want that kind of environment, but often these initiatives are largely cosmetic and don’t create lasting inclusion, says Amri Johnson, founder and CEO of business consulting firm Inclusion Wins and author of Reconstructing Inclusion: Making DEI Accessible, Actionable, and Sustainable.

“It’s one thing to embrace the DEI trends of the day or proclaim your commitment to ‘belonging,’ but it’s another to really invest in your employees and make inclusion normative,” Johnson says.

An inclusive culture pays dividends beyond attracting Millennial and Gen Z employees, says Valorie Waldon, director of integrated human capital services at Employers Council.

“Research has shown that organizations that embrace diversity — people from different backgrounds, different cultures, different experiences, different socioeconomic backgrounds — perform better in terms of financial performance and oftentimes in terms of market share, and they’re more innovative,” Waldon says.

She cites a 2020 report by management consulting firm McKinsey & Co., based on data

from 1,000 companies in 15 countries, which found diversity winners that adopt systematic, business-led DEI policies outperform their less diverse peers on profitability.

For example, companies whose executive staff consists of more than 30 percent women outperformed companies with fewer women executives by 48 percent, the report found. And companies that were in the top quartile in terms of ethnic and cultural diversity outperformed those in the fourth quartile by 36 percent.

Nevertheless, the report states, in companies in the United States and the United Kingdom that were part of the study’s data set, women composed only 20 percent of their executive teams in 2019, and more than a third of the companies had no female executives.

The same year, ethnic and minority representation on executive teams stood at only 13 percent.

It’s up to business leaders to set the standard for diversity, equity and inclusion, says Reanna Werner, chief problem solver at consulting firm HR Branches.

“You have to lead by example,” Werner says. “Our team members emulate who we are, and how we act — not what we say, but how we act.”

What does DEI mean?

Diversity, equity and inclusion go beyond the minimum standards spelled out in Title VII of the federal Civil Rights Act and the Colorado

Anti-Discrimination Act, says George Russo, director of the Colorado regional offices of Employers Council.

Those are the statutes that create protected classes — employers cannot discriminate in hiring or terms and conditions of employment based on race, religion, sex, color, national origin, sexual orientation or gender identity.

“The minimum is essentially, don’t discriminate,” Russo says. “DEI is looking at it from a different perspective.”

Diversity is probably the easiest of the DEI trilogy to understand, Werner says.

“It means inviting all walks of life, all cultures, all backgrounds, all experiences to the table, and appreciating and celebrating different experiences and backgrounds and cultures,” she says.

When she discusses equity, Werner says, she uses this example: “I picture a tall person and a short person trying to look over a fence. It’s easier for the tall person; the shorter person can’t see over the fence because they don’t have the tools, so they’re not on equal ground. When we provide a structure to put that shorter person on an equal or level playing ground so they can look over the fence, that’s equity.

“It’s about providing everybody the opportunity to see over the fence and giving them the tools to do so, because we’re all built differently.”

Diversity and equity without inclusion is tokenism, she says.

That could happen, for example, if you bring a woman and a Black man to the table for a meeting but no one asks for their input or acknowledges them if they do try to contribute to the discussion.

“When you provide an inclusive environment, that’s when diversity and equity actually bloom and blossom into something real,” Werner says.

Some organizations have added a B, for belonging, to the DEI acronym, Waldon says. “Do people feel welcome? Do they feel a part? Another piece of inclusion is, are people given the information they need to do their job? Are they able to create those professional relationships at work that augment their ability to be successful within the organization?”

It’s up to leaders to make sure managers are trained to create that kind of environment, she says.

Creating inclusive culture

It takes work to create a culture of diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging, Waldon says.

“It starts with a manager setting that out as an intention,” she says. “You have to know where people stand now. Do we have an environment where people feel that they can be fully themselves and participate and be authentic and share their ideas and thoughts?”

Creating that environment begins with finding out who doesn’t feel included and what they think needs to change, she says. That could be done by an anonymous survey and a focus group follow-up, one-on-one conversations or bringing in a consultant to help take the temperature and create a strategy.

“We need to focus on positive strengths,” he says. “We don’t improve by tracking toward negatives.”

Maintaining inclusion

Inclusion is an ongoing journey that depends on staying curious, learning from mistakes and continuously moving in the right direction, Johnson says.

It doesn’t happen overnight, but if your inclusion efforts have stalled, you can take some small steps to get back on track, he says:

Stop the blame game by changing the language.

True inclusion welcomes all stakeholders. “All humans need inclusion, and that encompasses those who have not been historically excluded,” Johnson says. “If you hear ‘us and them’ language, that’s a red flag. Urge people to replace it with ‘we.’ It may seem like a small thing, but language is powerful.”

Reassure employees that no one needs to hide or downplay their identity.

Johnson’s approach emphasizes what unifies people rather than what divides us. “What people need to realize is that we can have our affinities AND choose humanity,” he says. “They are not in conflict or competition. We can all thrive across our differences.”

Normalize social tensions.

Tensions are necessary and normal whenever there are differences in a group of people. But they can be viewed as opportunities to grow and create something extraordinary together.

— Reanna Werner

“Employers are one thing,” Werner says. “But I think it’s important for employers to acknowledge that it doesn’t stop there. It’s who you do business with — do your vendors bring a diverse perspective? Do your customers bring a diverse perspective? Do your advisers bring a diverse perspective?

“Here at HR Branches, we’re a small team, and we’re white women. But we surround ourselves with a very diverse community, some of whom are likeminded and some are very differentminded. During times of decision and contemplation, I’m usually going to the individuals who have a very different perspective than I do to give me a wellrounded perspective.”

Johnson says he encourages people to look at the organization’s “positive core” — the mindset, attitudes, behaviors and rituals that people demonstrate when they are feeling positive about the organization and which drive the organization in the right direction.

“Calling out the elephant in the room can be a huge relief,” he says. “The danger comes only when leaders don’t know how to navigate the tensions and complexities that come from those differences.”

Scrap the jargon.

Terms like transphobia, unearned privilege and antiracism are off-putting and have been politically weaponized, Johnson says.

“Use simple words, create common vocabulary, and keep concepts brief and easy to understand,” he says. “People will be eager to jump in and participate when they know what you’re talking about.”

Keep coming back to the important question: Is what we are doing accessible, actionable and sustainable? “Make sure you do something every day to create the conditions for your people to do their best work and to thrive,” he says.

“Sometimes you have to have really difficult conversations, but do so with care and make sure people feel safe and build trust. Do those things regularly, and you’ll see yourself having success.”

You have to lead by example.

BUSINESS BRIEFS

PIKERIDE FOUNDER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR RESIGNS

Jolie NeSmith, PikeRide’s first employee and founding executive director, has resigned to become executive director of Rocky Mountain Field Institute.

PikeRide is a local, nonprofit electric bike share. It was launched in 2018 under the Downtown Partnership with a fleet of pedal bikes and transitioned to a fully electric-assist bike fleet in 2019. In January 2020, PikeRide converted to its own 501(c)(3) status “with the mission of elevating our community with a fun, healthy, planet friendly and cost-effective way to get around,” according to a news release.

“The board of directors applauds Jolie’s accomplishments and is committed to supporting her in this next phase of her professional career, the release said. “It’s with mixed emotions that we say goodbye to Jolie,” board chair, Carrie Simison said in the release. “When you think of PikeRide, she’s always been there, whether it be talking to the public, leading an e-bike tour or wrenching on a bike. She’s done everything at this organization and really created it from the ground up.”

NeSmith has agreed to join the PikeRide “transition team” while the organization looks for its next director.

“The board is dedicated to finding the next leader who will build on the incredible momentum generated by our founding executive director,” the release said. “This person will continue to drive growth and demonstrate passion for building community, micro-mobility and Colorado Springs; a leader who will be responsible for the fulfillment of PikeRide’s mission, vision and values.” Visit pikeride.org for the full job description and application instructions.

MANITOU SPRINGS LAUNCHES FIRST-EVER CITIZENS ACADEMY

At the first ever Manitou Springs’ Citizens Academy, you’ll get answers to questions like how does Manitou Springs’ government work? What are all the functions of Manitou Springs city government? Where does our water come from? How does it get here and where does it go? How is the city budget created? Who fixes the potholes? When do my streets get plowed? What can I do to get involved?

“The Manitou Springs Citizens Academy is a free opportunity for community members to get beneath the surface of their local government, and learn hands-

on what exactly the City of Manitou Springs does,” John Graham, mayor of Manitou Springs, said in a news release. “In each class, City staff and/or elected officials will provide an in-depth look at various functions of our local government, and how it works. This won’t only be big presentations, there will be facility tours, interactive activities, and face to face time with department directors.”

Twenty spots are available in the first Citizens Academy; applications will be accepted through 11:59 p.m., March 1. Applications will be processed on a first come, first served basis, but applicants living within Manitou Springs City limits will receive priority.

After submitting an application, expect to hear from the city via email no later than March 8. For more information and to view the schedule, visit: bit.ly/ MSCitizensAcademy.

SENIOR CENTER SITE LOCATION, TIMELINE ANNOUNCED

The city of Colorado Springs recently announced the location for its new senior center. The center will be built adjacent to the current center’s building at the intersection of Caramillo Street and Hancock Avenue in the northeast corner of the Golf Acres property. Construction is expected to begin in August 2023 and last 18-24 months.

“We’re excited for this next step and grateful for everyone who weighed in to help us select this site,” says Ryan Trujillo, the city’s deputy chief of staff. “The Senior Center is a valuable community asset, and the new building will be a safer and more accommodating facility that intentionally promotes and supports active living. We thank current patrons in advance for their understanding and flexibility regarding modified programming options during construction.

The location was selected from four options all within the Golf Acres site and is based on feedback from current patrons, service providers, community members, and other stakeholders. The new site will maximize the available space for parking, improve traffic flow and accessibility, and add more functional outdoor space.

The current center, which served in that capacity for nearly 50 years after first being a grocery store — along with all city-owned buildings on the Golf Acres property — will be demolished as to make way for the new center, according to a news release. The YMCA of the Pikes Peak Region, which operates the senior center, is finalizing a plan to

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provide services to its patrons at other locations until the new facility opens. Recognizing the disruption this project will have on current Golf Acres tenant businesses and their customers, the City is providing relocation support to these tenants. Currently, the city does not plan to develop additional buildings on the Golf Acres property.

The center’s renovation is funded by $8 million from the American Rescue Plan Act. The new center will be approximately 23,000 square feet, up from the existing 17,100-square-foot location.

SPRINGS UTILITIES NAMES TWO CEO FINALISTS

Colorado Springs Utilities’ board announced Jan. 31 that two internal candidates have been named finalists for the CEO position, vacated by the resignation of Aram Benyamin last fall. The finalists are Lisa Barbato, chief system planning and projects officer, and Travas Deal, acting CEO and COO.

After a national search, the board is set to choose the CEO on Feb. 22.

Utilities provided this information about the two finalists:

Barbato has served as Colorado Springs Utilities’ Chief System Planning & Projects Officer since March 2022, where she’s responsible for aligning a four-utility service engineering division while leveraging best practices around resource and infrastructure planning, design services and execution of projects.

She joined Colorado Springs Utilities in 1998 as a water and wastewater infrastructure project engineer. In 25 years at the organization, she has held management positions in both the water and energy side of operations. In 2010, she became the Wastewater Resources

Recovery Facility manager. In 2017, she was named the general manager of the Distribution, Collection and Treatment Department, responsible for the maintenance and operation of the wastewater collection system, the water resource recovery facilities and the maintenance of the water distribution system.

In 2019, she was named the general manager of Energy Supply, overseeing generating facilities, fuel acquisition and the Martin Drake Power Plant’s closing process. Barbato has a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from Creighton University, a Master of Science in Civil Engineering from the University of Nebraska and holds a Professional Engineering license.

Deal was appointed acting CEO for Springs Utilities on Dec. 1, 2022. He was named COO in April 2020. He is responsible for the safe and reliable operations of the utility’s four services — electric, natural gas, water and wastewater.

He joined Utilities in 2017 as field services manager. In 2018 he transitioned to the Energy Services Division, serving in a district manager role then two general manager positions, leading significant process improvements for the utility.

Deal served as a U.S. Marine for a decade before a successful career in transportation — first in rail-based freight transportation and later at Toyota Motor Manufacturing Indiana. He joined Duke Energy in 2008, working at Gibson Generating Station, the largest coal generating plant in the United States at 3,250 megawatts.

During his tenure at Duke, he held various management roles in operations and maintenance, including operations excellence manager.

Deal holds a Bachelor of Science in Organizational Management from Oakland City University.

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DAN LECLERC Promoted to CFO Ent Credit Union

TED COLLAS New Board of Health President El Paso County Board of Health

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Pikes Peak Workforce Center reported that as of December 2022, Colorado’s unemployment rate (3.3 percent) was below the national average of 3.7 percent. El Paso County has nearly 24,000 open positions but only around 13,000 potential applicants.

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Feb. 23 – Chambers of Commerce

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March 9 – Hotels

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1 Employers Council 6005 Delmonico Drive, #250, Colorado Springs80919 719-667-0677;employerscouncil.org

2 Pikes Peak Workforce Center 1675 Garden of the Gods Road, Colorado Springs80907 719-667-3700;ppwfc.org

3 Madwoman Marketing Strategies 4890 Pyramid Mountain Road, Cascade80809 719-649-3987;madwomanms.com

4 HR Branches 523C S. Cascade Ave., Colorado Springs80903 719-244-9640;hrbranches.com

5 SCORE Southern Colorado 13395 Voyager Parkway, #130-PMB 353, Colorado Springs 80921 719-249-1711;southerncolorado.score.org

Market Information, Analytical Research, Workforce Development Board, Sector Partnerships, Apprenticeship Consultation, Hiring Events, Job Fairs, Skills-Based Hiring.

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Mentoring/Consulting for New, Small and Medium sized businesses, including entrepreneurs just starting their journey.

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Chief People Grower;ReannaWerner, Chief Problem Solver

Chapter Chair; PatLoch, Marketing Chair

NR Meeting the Challenge 3630 Sinton Road, #103, Colorado Springs80907 719-444-0252;mtcaccessibility.com

NR Convergent PerformanceLLC 7150 Campus Drive, #275, Colorado Springs80920 719-481-0530;convergentperformance.com

NR Cipoletti Consulting 415 N. Tejon St., #212, Colorado Springs80903 719-337-9676;cipoletticonsulting.com

NR Peak Seven Consulting 121 E. Vermijo Ave., Colorado Springs80903 719-210-2141;peaksevenconsulting.com

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President NR Empowered Margins 2605 W. Colorado Ave., #219, Colorado Springs80904 719-581-2221;empoweredmargins.com

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Beautiful updated 2100 sq. ft. 4 bed, 2 bath rancher in great neighborhood near military bases, shopping, & dining. Main level master & laundry. Stainless steel appliances. Huge family room/rec room with projector & screen. 2-car garage. New interior paint. All appliances stay including washer & dryer. Move-in ready. Large backyard with garden. Landscaped front yard. MLS# 4610432

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Emerging Strategies to Help Employers Build More Innovative Health Benefit Packages

By Dr. Donna O’Shea, Chief Medical Officer of Population Health, UnitedHealthcare

While encouraging a healthier workforce has long been a priority for many employers, several recent trends have sparked a renewed emphasis for some organizations.

A competitive labor market, high inflation, and the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic have many employers focusing on offering more innovative benefit packages. The goal is to help attract and retain team members, spur productivity, and reduce the incidence of preventable medical events and costly chronic conditions.

It’s time well spent, according to studies that show a healthier workforce may help improve productivity and bolster a company’s bottom line.

While many employees are now using their 2023 health benefits, employers in Colorado are already making plan decisions for 2024 and beyond. Here are five emerging health benefit strategies employers can consider:

Reward Employees for Wellness Activities.

Most U.S. employers offer well-being programs, and some include financial incentives for meeting certain health targets, such as reaching a daily steps goal or maintaining a healthy body mass index. To make these initiatives more appealing and engaging, some employers are incentivizing a growing number of healthy activities, including filling out a health survey, selecting a primary care physician, getting a biometric screening, meeting certain movement goals, or tracking sleeping. Plus, instead of virtual coins or rewards that can only be used to help pay for medical care, some programs are starting to enable enrollees to annually earn gift cards worth hundreds of dollars annually — and spend them in any way.

Expand Access to New Types of Virtual Care.

Nearly 90% of Americans surveyed said they want to continue using virtual care for non-urgent health needs, while 76% of employers grew their virtual care offerings in response to the pandemic. Virtual care, also called telehealth, has expanded from treating urgent care issues, such as allergies, rashes, or seasonal flu, to now providing access to other types of care, including primary, specialty and behavioral. Company and human resources leaders should continue to assess and refine virtual care options currently available to employees through their health plan, local care providers, or other virtual service providers. Leaders can also look to add emerging virtual care resources such as those for physical therapy, dermatology, and women’s health.

Help Address Social Determinants.

A recent survey of large employers found nearly 80% already have or plan to take steps to help address social determinants of health, such as access to affordable housing, nutritious food, and reliable transportation. Research shows that social determinants of health – more so than what happens in the doctor’s office – may influence up to 80% of a person’s health. That’s why some employers are using predictive analytics to proactively identify employees who may be dealing with social issues,

and then connect them with low- or no-cost community resources, which may help them save on utility and internet bills, childcare costs, and even home repairs.

Add a Plan with Upfront Pricing.

Some health plans are doing away with deductibles and instead giving employees first-dollar coverage, coupled with access to upfront pricing information before they schedule medical appointments. In doing so, these plans may help remove financial barriers to care and encourage people to select quality, cost-efficient health care providers and facilities. In many instances, employers are offering a traditional health plan alongside one of these newer options, which may help reduce the total cost of care for employers and lower out-of-pocket costs for employees.

Evaluate Coverage Options for Intermittent Workers.

More than 59 million Americans are part of the “intermittent workforce,” meaning they are not employed in traditional full-time roles. The intermittent workforce includes part-time and seasonal hourly W-2 employees and full- and part-time W-2-contingent contractors employed by staffing firms. To help recruit and retain these workers in a competitive job market, employers can now provide access to health benefit options by adding limited medical plans. When compared to traditional medical benefits, these plans can offer lower monthly premiums and the elimination of deductibles and copayments for virtual visits. It’s worth noting, while these plans are designed to help provide important access to medical care at more affordable prices, coverage restrictions will apply to some medical services.

Employers are in a unique position to help improve the health of employees. By considering these emerging health benefit trends, employers may help support the well-being of employees now and in the future.

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REPORT CARD

Manitou Springs issues its annual list of accomplishments

BY RHONDA VAN PELT | rvanpelt@sixty35media.org

THE CITY OF MANITOU SPRINGS HAS released its 2022 annual report, and the 13-page document provides an enlightening look at local government’s inner workings. This is the third year the city has issued such a report card.

Just as he did for the 2020 and 2021 reports, Manitou Springs Mayor John Graham kicks it off by encouraging the community to play its part in maintaining the city’s good quality of life.

Finance leads the report. The city’s total expenditures added up to approximately $25.4 million in 2022, about $23 million in 2021 and approximately $18 million in 2020. (Information about the 2023 budget is at bit.ly/ MS2023Budget.)

After 2022’s cautious spending (Manitou was waiting to see if Colorado Springs voters would approve recreation al marijuana) will the city be able to loosen its belt in 2023?

“Last year, we took very deliberate steps to harden the budget against the possible loss of the marijuana tax,” Graham says. “We have a very long wish list.”

City Council will convene for a daylong work session Feb. 11 to consider allocations to projects.

“With the lessened worries about revenue, this will still be challenging,” Graham says, “but I hope we can make tangible progress.”

Some of the report’s more eye-opening con tent comes from Manitou Springs Police Depart ment statistics. MSPD made 838 arrests last year, compared with 574 in 2021 and just 273 in 2020.

Chief Bill Otto doesn’t want to make assumptions based on those numbers.

“It would be unfair to state that this resembles an increase in crime, as our police department has been fully staffed [in 2022] for the first time in many years,” Otto says. “Additionally, during COVID-19, policing was more reactive than proactive.”

In 2022, MSPD received 10,763 calls for service, compared with 11,826 in 2021 and 7,656 in 2020. Officers spent 587 hours walking downtown last year, 534 in 2021 and 536 in 2020.

The 2021 and 2022 reports include the percentage of MSPD officers who have taken crisis intervention training. That’s intended to polish their skills at responding more broadly and professionally and, often, more compassionately to people’s needs, Graham wrote in his introduction.

Was democracy saved?

By Ken Burrows

Elections have consequences, goes the venerable saying. Many said the 2022 midterms were putting democracy itself on the line. There was a widespread feeling, especially after the January 6th insurrection, that democracy is not guaranteed as we might have long thought was the case. When the Democrats held onto the Senate and the Republican red wave sputtered, there was something of a collective sigh of relief.

But is our democracy actually secure? Historical perspective makes the question worth asking. Consider the following past vs. present circumstances and the possible near-future fate of democracy.

In the 1930s, Nazis in Germany used book burnings to help enforce their opposition to any reading that did not conform to their political ideology. In

2022 in the U.S., the American Library Association documented more than 1,600 books targeted for banning and nearly 700 attempts to ban or restrict library resources. The reason behind these actions: Would-be banners disagreed with the books’ social or cultural content. Their solution was censorship.

In 1850 under the Fugitive Slave Law, ordinary citizens could be called upon to aid capture of escaped slaves, with financial incentives offered. Anyone aiding an escaping slave faced fines and imprisonment. In Cold War times, the interior security forces of East Germany’s communist government (known as the Stasi) utilized citizen informants to spy on and report on families, friends and neighbors, creating a terrorizing surveillance state.

In 2022 Texas offers vigilante bounties to anyone, anywhere who reports on a fellow citizen aiding or obtaining abortion services. Providers of such services admit to feeling terrorized, fearful of committing even an

inadvertent offense. Other states are using the Texas law as a model. School teachers are being similarly threatened with sanctions if fellow citizens report them for teaching about bona-fide but “uncomfortable” or “sensitive” issues in our history and culture.

Years ago and again in 2021 when they returned to power in Afghanistan, Taliban militant Islamists wielded their extremist interpretation of religion to justify quashing the freedoms and rights of women. In Iran, “morality police” similarly subjugate women’s rights based on religious extremism. In 2022, governors in more than two-dozen states in America are denying women reproductive freedoms and rights while often pointing directly to conservative religious beliefs to justify it.

In the 1700s James Madison said the Constitution, which he primarily drafted, “forbids everything like an establishment of a national religion.” His contemporary and political colleague Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of Independence,

called for a “wall of separation” between church and state. A 2022 poll conducted by Politico found that 78% of Americans who identify as evangelical or born-again Christians said they would approve the U.S. officially declaring itself a Christian nation. Close to two-thirds of one major political party agreed with them. Meanwhile one of that party’s congressional candidates told an applauding audience that in America the church should “direct” the U.S. government.

Are we troubled that today’s antidemocratic maneuvers are ominously similar to liberty-destroying methods and practices of the past? Do we pause at all when our elected officials mirror practices that present-day theocratic regimes are using? Will Christian nationalism and authoritarianism still appeal to too many? Are democracy, and our founding principles, secure?

Despite the sigh of relief many felt after the 2022 midterms, these questions are unfortunately still worth asking.

— GEORGE SANTAYANA

learn from history

We have a very long wish list.

— John Graham

Rhonda Van Pelt

In 2022, 75 percent of MSPD personnel — 12 out of 16 — had that training, Otto says. In 2021, it was 77 percent; it wasn’t noted in the 2020 report.

“Given that turnover or any number of things can get in the way, it is our goal to have 100 percent compliance with crisis intervention training by the end of the year,” Otto says.

Looking at Manitou Springs Fire Department statistics, paid and volunteer firefighters responded to 1,073 calls for service and extinguished 22 fires last year. Four of those were structure fires, Chief John Forsett says.

The department’s response time increased slightly, from 5 minutes, 27 seconds in 2021 to 5:47 in 2022. Forsett isn’t concerned, though. He says it’s normal to have small year-to-year fluctuations due to factors including equipment changes, the distance driven, procedural changes and the time firefighters spend putting on personal protective equipment.

Monitoring and comparing response times helps identify changes and trends that should be addressed, Forsett says. Fire department personnel completed a combined 4,025 hours of training in 2022; 6,003 in 2021; and 3,566 in 2020.

In 2022, 274 fire hydrants were flushed, tested and maintained, compared with 144 in 2021 and 173 in 2020.

MSFD’s long-awaited training facility, which is included in the report’s list of ongoing projects, is slowly taking shape in the foothills northwest of the city.

“We are currently in the foundation construction phase and are finding it difficult to prepare the earth for form-setting, due to frozen ground preventing even mechanical efforts,” Forsett says.

“As soon as the ground warms up enough to allow completion of the excavation, the constructor will begin foundation work, which should take approximately four weeks.”

After the foundation is completed, building construction is expected to take about three weeks, he says. Find more information at tinyurl.com/ MSfiretraining.

Forsett also reports that the city’s new ambulance and paramedic team will rev up on Feb. 12.

Another ongoing project covered in the report: the Hiawatha Gardens building. Dole Grebenik, city engineer and interim Public Works superintendent, says work was paused while the city negotiated the purchase of the Chase Bank building, 484 Manitou Ave., next to the historic structure.

“With the acquisition almost complete, the project team has resumed efforts on developing design details, all while factoring in the new site and its new opportunities,” Grebenik says.

The full report is on the city website at tinyurl.com/p5w5aj4h.

Next week: A look at how Manitou Arts, Culture and Heritage funding impacted the community.

MARCH 21 - 5:30 - 7 P.M.

At-Large City Council Candidate Forum

Hybrid Event - In Person: TBD & LIVE (YouTube, StreamYard, Facebook)

BALLOTS MAILED: AROUND MARCH 10TH ELECTION DAY: APRIL 4, 2023

Rhonda Van Pelt

CITY OF MANITOU SPRINGS 2022 ANNUAL REPORT

Welcome to the City of Manitou Springs’ 2022 Annual Report. This will provide you with some insights into how public resources have been spent and focused. We have made solid advances in municipal operations and will continue to do so. The City is better positioned now to continue hammering away at problems and in re-investing in the quality of Manitou Springs.

In the coming year, I predict you will see a growing emphasis on sustainability, both environmental and financial. It is essential that we practice sound stewardship, and that we care for our resources. We must nurture nature, for the environment sustains us, physically and emotionally. We practice solid financial management, delivering good values, on time, transparently, to serve the most people for the longest time. Having quality city facilities, parks, and recreation opportunities does much to reflect our shared interests and needs, and this will also be fostered.

While local government is called upon to be many things to many people, public safety is undeniably fundamental. We can have great confidence in both our Fire and Police personnel. The danger of wildland fires will remain concerning, and we ask for your cooperation in mitigating hazards, practicing safety, and in being prepared.

In the last year, our police officers have demonstrated “community policing,” being willing and readily available to serve the public. Most of our officers have completed Crisis Intervention Training, polishing skills to respond more broadly, more professionally, and often more compassionately to peoples’ needs.

There is a critical factor in ensuring a good quality of life that reaches beyond the actual bounds of government, and that is the sense of community that you – our residents – bring first and foremost. Government will do its best to handle the business of streets and sewers, water, and public safety. But the essence of sustaining a high quality of life rests largely in the hands of everyone, for we must each share the practice of good citizenship, and good neighborliness.

Take care of the place we collectively call home.

On behalf of the City Council and city staff, I wish you a fulfilling and satisfying year in 2023. I hope that it will be productive, busy, and rewarding.

LEADERSHIP

We are a welcoming, accessible, and vibrant small community at the foot of Pikes Peak. We preserve and protect our heritage and natural beauty and are a renowned destination for arts, culture, recreation, life-long learning, and wellness.

— Plan Manitou (2017) CITY ADMINISTRATION

DENISE HOWELL | CITY ADMINISTRATOR ROY CHANEY | DEPUTY CITY ADMINISTRATOR

1,113

15,929

PROJECTS

In 2022, we have completed more projects than we can showcase here. Below are some of the finished and ongoing projects you should be aware of!

FINISHED PROJECTS

• Historical District Survey Plan

• Street Sweeping Program

• Staff Culture Survey

• Sandra Lane Drainage Repair

• Phone Tree Restructuring

• Duncan, Mesa, & Michigan Pavement Replacement (PPRTA Maintenance)

• Fields Park Tennis & Pickleball Court Resurfacing

• Diversity & Inclusion Training for Staff

• Canon Avenue Paving (PPRTA Maintenance)

• Uinta Paving (PPRTA Maintenance)

• Via Chula Vista Paving (PPRTA Maintenance)

• Neighborhood Chipping Program

• MAPS Project & Serpentine Roundabout (PPACG & PPRTA Capital Improvement)

• Land Use and Development Code Update

• Sewer System Acoustic Assessment

ONGOING PROJECTS

• Carnegie Library Remodel

• Website Redesign

• ADA Bathrooms at Fields Park

• Hiawatha Gardens Mobility Hub & Bathrooms (PPRTA Capital Improvement)

• Hiawatha Gardens Building Rehabilitation

• Soda Springs Park Phase II

• Creekwalk Trail Phase III (PPACG)

• Ruxton Corridor Infrastructure Improvements (PPACG)

• ADA Bathrooms at Wichita Lot

• Aquatics Center Feasibility Study

• Recreation Program Expansion

• Broadband Installation (PPACG)

• Fire Training Facility

• EV Charging Stations at Hiawatha Gardens

• ADA Bathrooms at the Pool & Fitness Center

• Bringing Emergency Transport In-House

• Hazard Mitigation Update

• Plan Manitou Update

• City Hall Remodel

2022 CITY COUNCIL

John Graham Mayor Nancy Fortuin Mayor Pro Tem / Ward 2

John Shada At Large

Julie Wolfe At Large

Judith Chandler At Large

Natalie Johnson Ward 1 Michelle Whetherhult Ward 3

FINANCIALS

MANITOU ARTS CULTURE AND HERITAGE TAX DOLLARS AT WORK

$480,138 OF MANITOU ARTS, CULTURE, AND HERITAGE FUNDS DISTRIBUTED

$323,154 OF FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS AND OPERATIONS COSTS FOR THE CARNEGIE BUILDING, MANITOU ART CENTER*, HERITAGE CENTER, MIRAMONT CASTLE, & HIAWATHA GARDENS

$156,984 IN MINI GRANTS AND COMPETITIVE GRANTS DISTRIBUTED

32 COMBINED TIER 2 GRANTS

8 MINI GRANTS

27 COMPETITIVE GRANTS

The Manitou Art Center is financially stable for the first time in over 25 years*

LOOKING BACK: 150 YEAR CELEBRATION

32,430 PARTICIPANTS IN MACH FUNDED EVENTS 3 MILLION

As we reflect on 2022 through the perspective of this annual report, we are reminded that is was a busy year in Manitou Springs. Most memorable was the fact that we celebrated our 150th year. Bouncing back from COVID, we caught our stride with unique, sometimes quirky, celebrations, ranging from seeing a man push a peanut up Pikes Peak with his nose to watching the Utes rededicate their traditional trail and the mineral springs. We live with art festivals and outdoor music, we are home to the nation’s oldest continuous marathon. We do a lot of things, some of them a bit odd, and all the more fun for it. Amid these many things, you residents remain quite a kaleidoscope of humanity. We are a vibrant, engaged community, and you make this a great and interesting place to live.

SUSTAINABILITY

163,000 PIECES OF PAPER SAVED ANNUALLY

The city uses 10+ softwares to reduce/ eliminate paper usage across departments

61,320 GALLONS OF WATER SAVED THANKS TO THE SHOWERHEAD EXCHANGE PROGRAM

10 FREE SPRINKLER EVALUATIONS PERFORMED FOR MANITOU SPRINGS RESIDENTS

100% OF CITY FACILITIES RAN ON RENEWABLE ENERGY (SOLAR & HYDROELECTRIC)

BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS

95% OF PARKING PAY STATIONS RAN ON SOLAR ENERGY

Historic Preservation Commission (HPC)

Doug Edmundson - Chair

Susan Presti - Vice Chair

Joy Porter - Commissioner

Ann Nichols - Commissioner

Tammila Wright - Commissioner

Bobby Jackson - Alternate

Commissioner

John Shada - City Council Liaison

Chelsea Stromberg - Staff Liaison

Housing Advisory Board (HAB)

Alison Gerbig - Chair

Alea German - Vice Chair

Abby Kosling - Board Member

Andy Wells - Board Member

Barbara Bunn - Alternate Member

Nancy Fortuin - City Council Liaison

Chelsea Stromberg - Staff Liaison

Manitou Arts Cultural and Heritage Board (MACH)

Neale Minch - Chair

Marcus Medina - Board Member

Nancy Wilson - Board Member

Ralph Routon - Board Member

Kinzey Watts - Board Member

Wren Almitra - Board Member

Jason Wells - Alternate Member

Michelle Whetherhult - City Council

Liaison

Rebecca Davis - Staff Liaison

Mobility and Parking Board (MAP)

Bill Koerner - Chair

Rolf Jacobson - Board Member

Karl Stang - Board Member

Corey Sutela - Board Member

Joy Porter - Board Member

Luke Harper Prince - Board Member

Bob Bodor - Board Member

Natalie Johnson - City Council Liaison

Roy Chaney - Staff Liaison

Kevin Stevenson - Staff Liaison

Open Space Advisory Committee (OSAC)

Shannon Solomon - Chair

Tim Beeson - Committee Member

Sheryl Cline - Committee Member

Nancy Wilson - Committee Member

Anthony Maltese - Committee Member

Andrea Sutela - Committee Member

Judy Carnick - Committee Member

Robin Kovatz - Alternate Member

Jeff Hinshaw - Alternate Member

Steve Bremner - Alternate Member

Judith Chandler - City Council Liaison

John Stark - Staff Liaison

Parks and Recreation Advisory Board (PARAB)

Danu Fatt - Chair

Tim Bresnahan - Vice Chair

Danielle Rogge - Board Member

Christina Grow - Board Member

Rebecca Wood - Board Member

Colin McAllister - Board Member

David Crawford - Board Member

Jenna Gallas - Alternate Member

Jan Johnson - Alternate Member

Michelle Whetherhult - City Council Liaison

Roy Chaney - Staff Liaison

John Stark - Staff Liaison

Planning Commission (CPC)

Alan Delwiche - Chair

Mike Casey - Vice Chair

Carey Storm - Commissioner

David Armstrong - Commissioner

Gloria Latimer - Commissioner

Justin Wilson - Commissioner

Whitney Lewis - Alternate Commissioner

Stephen Graybill - Alternate Commissioner

Julie Wolfe - City Council Liaison

Hannah Van Nimwegen-McGuireStaff Liaison

— Mayor John Graham

TRACEY PORTER

BY AMELIA ALLEN | news@sixty35media.org

TRACEY PORTER IS THE founder of Food Trucks Against Homelessness. She started the organization in 2021 with her wife, Marcy Langlois.

Why did you start Food Trucks Against Home lessness?

The COVID economic crisis inspired my wife and I to start talking to food trucks and help them out in the small business community. We were like, “Why don’t we take the food trucks to Westside Cares? And take care of our houseless neighbors?” So that’s what we did — and then it just blew up. It’s necessary, right? We have to help other humans, and our houseless neighbors need human connection on top of the food, on top of the clothing, on top of the shelter that’s necessary. I’ve always had a big heart for those that are underserved within our community and elsewhere, so that’s pretty much how it started. My wife and I have just done really well. I’ve always worked hard and obtained several properties so we have this residual income. [Marcy] has been a loan officer for 20 years. So it’s just that hard work to get us to a position where we’re financially secure, where we can then turn around and help others.

What does the community feel like at Westside Cares when you’re there on Mondays?

At first it was really interesting because the executive director said that not everybody’s gonna give you their name. Some people want ano nymity, just like housed people want anonymity. At first it was just handing out food. Today, I know names, I know peoples’ life sto ries, I know reasons why they ended up homeless. Now I have three volunteers. It’s really cool because I get the ability to interact with people, to create human connection — that’s the best thing ever. It’s not robotic anymore. People expect me. I just recently went to have an emergency appen dectomy and they were asking about me. People were checking in on me. I mean, we’re in a relationship now — which is absolutely beautiful.

How do you get the word out to vendors and people experiencing homelessness about services through Food Trucks Against Homelessness?

Because I partner with Westside Cares, it guarantees us at least serving 60 to 100 people. So they help to get the word out, and also social media — Facebook. How do I get food trucks to come? Same thing. On Facebook I ask them to give up their labor for free, and we will pay for the cost of food and supplies. Most of the time I pay minimally, or they donate. Then I can offer them a donation letter to help with their taxes.

What was it like to be in charge of Food Trucks Against Homelessness as it grew?

It was really exciting at first when it was growing, because I do everything. Real ly the hardest part is getting the food trucks and getting the money. I’m trying to find an easier way to get money coming through the door and in order to do that, I need to be a 501(c)(3). Or I have to change what I’m doing and program within somebody [else’s] non profit. My biggest challenge right now is not existing as a 501(c)(3) and maybe getting into the grant side of things. We’re actually in the midst of figuring out what we’re going to do with that. Either we’re going to become a 501(c)(3), or get involved internally with a nonprofit.

How do you fundraise?

Facebook is where I ask for money. Also constantly going out and doing social events. I’m an introvert by nature, but I love gatherings and stuff like that. I have a little bit of extrovert in me, so I just sign up for almost anything and everything around town. If I talk to one or two people then there goes the word, and hopefully in comes the money. But it’s really just that — social events and asking for money on Facebook. We have PayPal, Venmo, Cash App, and I have QR codes on my business cards that I leave everywhere. It’s just me putting out the word.

We’re in a relationship now — which is absolutely beautiful.”

ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT

MEDICINE Cold

Turmeric Indian eatery meets the moment with desired spice

BY MATTHEW SCHNIPER | mschniper@sixty35media.org

IHAVE A COLD. SINCE I CAN’T TASTE TO MY MAXIMUM POTENtial, I shouldn’t be out dining. But the work doesn’t stop. I have deadlines. When I’ve had to tough it out before, I’ve leaned on my dining companions’ input and been overly cautious with my judgments. It’s not an ideal situation and I try never to get stuck in it. Until, one recent night, gazing over my calendar of obligations, deadlines, I boldly ask myself “What if I just go with it?”

What if I used my cold as a springboard to eat something that I crave when stuffy, to clear my head? Something spicy enough that I childishly imagine the capsaicin as an anthropomorphic, muscular superhero in my gut, punching out the germs with really clever catchphrases.

Should I eat Thai, or Mexican? No, I’m in the mood for Indian food, and there’s a newly opened place named Turmeric on my lead list, unrelated to the Turmeric that closed some time ago in Florence. I learn it’s the effort of the Sharma family: brother, sister and parents, with a combined 40-plus years in the industry. They’ve occupied the former China Menu location off the north end of Powers Boulevard.

Because I have a cold, I phone in a to-go order. The online ordering system’s super easy and efficient with text updates and my food’s ready in 20 minutes. I zip it home before anything substantially cools.

Well, that’s not entirely true. I’ve absentmindedly ordered a pistachio kulfi for dessert, in my congestion-addled brain somehow thinking of knafeh, which is Middle Eastern spun pastry. Totally different thing than — wait for it — ice cream that’s doomed to melt on the drive. So yeah, I end my meal with a really delicious, rich, sweet cream shot (Hello cardamom! I taste you loud and clear) from a ramekin (not very big for $6) thinking, “damn, I bet this is great as ice cream.”

REST ASSURED, THIS REVIEW IS NOT OFF THE RAILS.

Everything was fine from there backward. Before I scorch my stomach lining as intended, I aim to get my taste buds going with the Kachumber a lightly pickled (vinegary) cucumber and red onion mix flavored with cilantro (don’t taste it) and chaat masala (a complex spice blend with welcome sour, tart notes). While the cucumber’s starkly itself in a cooling, snappy way, the red onion’s still somewhat raw and overly sharp in its quantity, really blasting the tongue, threatening to undermine the flavors to come. Instead of a starter, I’d treat this more like a relish to accent bites throughout the meal, which is how I utilized the mixed condiments I order: raita (cooling spiced yogurt), chutney (sappy, fruity sweetness) and achar (the very definition of a mouth hammer, puckeringly sour).

Before dabbling with those and my main order, I also eat some momo, potsticker-shaped steamed dumplings with a minced veggie core in need of little chewing as everything’s dough-soft, and served with a thick tomato-sesame dip that lends all personality to the dish with a bouquet of Indian spices.

Finally, to the spiciness I came for: I’ve ordered a plate of coconut curry with chicken, medium, because the online menu’s options go from mild to medium to spicy, and I have no idea if spicy will equate to Thai hot or not. So I’ve ordered the Eggplant Bharta spicy to compare the two.

Starting with the curry, I can say fans of butter chicken will dig it, and medium does not equate to weaksauce; I already start to smolder and get a warming sensation through my core. The tender chicken chunks swim in a creamy coconut milk sauce that tastes to me like it’s laced with an onion gravy; I think I also taste fenugreek seed, with a black pepper element too. Adding the mango chutney to it really enhances the flavors, accentuating the existing sweetness.

To the Eggplant Bharta, ordered spicy: You’re gonna want to keep the raita on

Matthew Schniper

hand for cooling, because this dish is straight fire. The

dish is straight fire. The tandoori-cooked eggplant gets served mashed rather than cut in segments, making for a paste consistency, flecked with peas and caramelized white onions. I taste faint garlic through the lingering burn. My lips almost hurt I power through the heat, relishing in exactly what I came for. For a brief moment, I can breathe out of both nostrils. Success. From what I could still taste loud and clear, Turmeric should not be reserved just for when you’re sick and need heat therapy. It’s a fine new Indian option far enough away from the others in town to serve a niche neighborhood-area audience if not a commuting crowd. The Sharma family should be proud.

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Art of the ARTWORK

Preparing a local gallery for First Friday is its own creative work

BY NICK RAVEN | nraven@sixty35media.org

FOR ART GALLERIES

across the Pikes Peak region, First Friday is the heralding bell for new art.

Across months of preparation, galleries deploy clever time management to work with artists to create and advertise new shows. In scheduled “down time” (the doors are closed but the pace never slows), curators take new artwork and arrange it for viewing. When First Friday comes, artists show up for their premiere to chat up their work, the boxed wine flows and live music plays for the crowd.

But every gallery has different spaces and traditions and staff with different philosophies about how to create new exhibits. Sixty35 met with a few curators as they prepared new First Friday exhibits to see what really goes into crafting those magical experiences.

For Irv Middlemist, First Friday is “definitely a big deal that gives each one of the artists an opportunity to come in and greet customers. Likewise, it gives the customers a chance to meet the actual artist and find out about their art.”

Middlemist is part of the Gallery113 co-op in Downtown Colorado Springs and currently in charge of their window display, which changes each month to feature a new artist. This month it’s the gallery’s own Matt Atkinson, an artist who creates intricately detailed paintings and drawings of nature, birds and Indigenous peoples. Atkinson picked out which pieces he wants displayed, and it’s up to Middlemist to present them.

Unlike other venues, Gallery113’s co-op structure means that each of the 17 participating artists decorates their own sections as they see fit. Those typically change gradually, rather than on a schedule. But it’s the pair of window displays under Middlemist’s management that require regular reimagining, to create striking first impressions for anyone passing by or coming inside.

“I explained it to some other people that it’s like putting a piece of art together,” he says. “You start with a background, which is the floor and the back, then you start putting in the real color. It’s really a lot of fun.”

A FEW

BLOCKS NORTH OF GAL-

lery113, Abigail Kreuser has grouped 178 new works of art by color on the expansive floors of the Kreuser Gallery for her fifth annual Gratitude Exhibit

“Typically, I do intake and outtake on Saturday morning and [with] nine out of 10 exhibits, I have it hung by the end of Saturday. Then I can sit with it for a little bit because sometimes I want to move things,” Kreuser says. “But with Gratitude, it usually takes me two days.”

For each new exhibition, the threechambered Kreuser Gallery changes dramatically. While the Gratitude exhibit features a large variety of works by invited artists, exhibits at Kreuser are usually a more conservative display of art with plenty of white space to draw viewers to the individual pieces. In the largest space, you’ll find hanging installations and larger pieces that serve as visual anchors.

Kreuser accepts all works at intake but offers no guarantee that they’ll all be displayed in the gallery. (Pieces that aren’t displayed are still available through the gallery website.) She also hangs everything herself, even if some artists typically prefer to do it themselves. She may also re-frame works to fit better with surrounding art. While some works will hang from the wall, others hang from a rail system that runs along the walls.

“I think these can hang 300 pounds,” she says, pointing to a rail segment.

“Sometimes [the art is] heavy and I’ll put them on two wires, but I’ve never had an issue.”

THE BRIDGE GALLERY IS A smaller, more intimate space sandwiched between a number of other tenants, including Chris Alvarez’s studio, Jana Bussanich’s Yellow Couch Creative and their Commons Gallery. For Marc Shereck’s exhibit Transect, which Sixty35 profiled last month, Bridge Gallery co-owner Michael Cellan explained what went into placing Shereck’s work, a process that took about five hours.

“When you take 50 pieces, they gotta

have some kind of cohesion. You just can’t put them up,” he says. Cellan points out that while laying out the full span of art, they created stylistic groups. “We try to hang things so that each piece enhances the next pieces instead of being isolated.”

For example, some of Shereck’s works featured gold frames. “The trouble with gold frames is they steal the eye. You have to dull them down,” Cellan says. He points out a gold-framed piece that they flanked with a pair of black figurines. “[They] take that gold and enhance it, but at the same time don’t make it glaring.” With each new exhibit, curators solve a whole new puzzle of unpredictable art meeting the confines of their venue for an explicitly subjective and beautiful result. “Each show we have is like making a piece of art,” Cel lan says. “It has to look right.”

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TO ANSWER THE OBVIOUS QUESTION, The Gilmour Project does not include David Gilmour, Jimmie Dale Gilmore or Gary Mark Gilmore. Instead, it’s a self-described “All-Star Band exploring the music of DAVID GILMOUR’s Pink Floyd.” (As opposed to, say, ROGER WATERS’ Pink Floyd, who will have to get their own tribute band.)

Like pretty much all all-star bands, The Gilmour Project’s members aren’t necessarily well-known stars, but they do have excellent pedigrees.

Kasim Sulton was the bassist in Todd Rundgren’s Utopia; drummer Prairie Prince co-founded The Tubes; Jeff Pevar has played guitar with artists ranging from Crosby, Stills & Nash to Ray Charles; keyboardist Scott Guberman and guitarist Mark Karan have both played with various Grateful Dead-related outfits.

The Gilmour Project’s current tour focuses primarily on Dark Side of the Moon — this is, after all, the 50th anniversary of an album that moved more than 45 million copies and countless hits of acid — as well as some of the more “Gilmour-centric” material from their other recordings.

Meanwhile, David Gilmour and Roger Waters’ fourdecade feud over which one’s Pink continues to get weirder.

“Hey, Hey, Rise Up,” a Pink Floyd “reunion” single featuring David Gilmour and drummer Nick Mason, has now raised more than £500,000 for Ukrainian relief efforts.

Roger Waters, meanwhile, has taken a different approach. In an open letter to Ukrainian First Lady Olena Zelenska, Waters blamed “extreme nationalists” in Ukraine for having “set your country on the path to this disastrous war,” after which he went around telling anyone who’d listen that he’d been put on a Ukrainian “kill list.”

All of which brings to mind a Joe Rogan interview last October, in which Waters spoke about original Pink Floyd frontman Syd Barrett’s mental health struggles: “If the guy who writes the songs in the band goes crazy, you’re fucked basically.” — Bill Forman

@ Paramount Theatre, Denver

GUIDE 2023

LIFT OFF

Colorado Springs Rocket Society gets kids hyped for STEM

BY AMELIA ALLEN

AS DOZENS OF STUDENTS AND PARENTS WAIT

in an open field by a middle school on a clear Saturday morning, “the air is electric,” says Colorado Springs Rocket Society President David Virga. They’ve gathered to launch model rockets, and anticipation runs high. The first flight of the day sees a small rocket exploding upward, then slowly parachuting down, with the crowd in “absolute bedlam.”

“It takes us probably a good 20 to 30 seconds for the crowd to calm down enough to where we can then move on to the second section of rockets,” says Virga. “That’s what energizes us doing this program for kids — to see that kind of enthusiasm. It’s inspiring them to go into more science- and technology-related career fields.”

sions are comprehensive — beginning with a “this is rocket science” introduction to the history and science of the field, then moving to assembling the actual rocket.

This is what Virga calls “cradle-to-grave support” in the rocket-building arena. He says they help answer questions like, “What even is a rocket, and how would I

to explore beyond the flight itself and consider why and how a rock-

Rocketry is more than just the launch; it’s a combination of math, physics and chemistry. On a launch day, COSROCS encourages kids to explore beyond the flight itself and consider why and how a rocket can function. Society members help explain what’s scientifically happening to the rockets as they’re propelled into the air.

begin to build one?” COSROCS covers all the bases with information on where to get rocket supplies, how to assemble them and launch them safely, as well as an introduction to scientific concepts like the law of acceleration, power, thrust and lift. The society has a 76-slide PowerPoint that’s used during educational sessions, which happen a

them safely, as well as an introduction to scientific concepts like the few times a month, Riegel says.

before,” says COSROCS member Steve Riegel. “So we’ll have people

“A lot of times kids that are showing up have never done rocketry before,” says COSROCS member Steve Riegel. “So we’ll have people all over the place, helping them prepare the rockets, get them set up to go to the launch pad.”

Launches through COSROCS are free for attendees, happening the fourth Saturday of each month at Challenger Middle School. The organization started back in 1988 with a mission to “support rocketry and rocket science education for all of Colorado Springs and surroundings,” says Virga.

Flying can be dangerous without experts around. “You’re playing with fire,” says Virga. COSROCS provides a safe environment for people to test out their own rocket kits.

The Rocket Society doesn’t have a formal educational program, but “we make ourselves available to any organization that wants to incorporate rocketry into their own curriculum,” says Virga. Families, Scout groups and clubs have sought COSROCS’ expertise. The rocketry ses-

porate rocketry into their own curriculum,” says Virga. Families, Scout

Riegel is the astronomy, chemistry and rocketry teacher at The Vanguard School, and his students are required to attend at least one COSROCS launch. “It’s not hard to get the students excited” about

Riegel is the astronomy, chemistry and rocketry teacher at The Vanguard School, and his students are required to attend at least one rocketry, he says.

also Challenge, a nationwide competition that “gives middle and high

lenges participants to build a rocket that carries a raw egg to an

He also gets his students involved in The American Rocketry Challenge, a nationwide competition that “gives middle and high school students the opportunity to design, build, and launch model rockets and hands-on experience solving engineering problems,” according to TARC’s website. The contest, established in 2003, challenges participants to build a rocket that carries a raw egg to an exact altitude and brings it down unbroken. Riegel mentors his students through the competition in teams of three to 10.

Students use simulator software called OpenRocket, which allows them to design all parts of their craft virtually. OpenRocket tells students how their rocket might fly based on the parts they chose in their virtual mock-up. “On a good year, 700, maybe over 800 teams around the nation will compete,” says Riegel. “We’ve had teams competing almost every year since

allows them to design all parts of their craft virtually. OpenRiegel. “We’ve had teams competing almost every year since the start.”

Riegel

$100,000 in prize money, with the winner getting a trip to Europe sponsored by the Aerospace Industries Association

Riegel has been to nationals three times with student groups he’s mentored. The top 10 TARC finishers split $100,000 in prize money, with the winner getting a trip to Europe sponsored by the Aerospace Industries Association to test their skills in international competition.

“The students that we have had in the program here, it’s

really exciting to watch them go on into engineering, computer science — lots of different technical fields,” says Riegel.

“Pun intended,” says Virga, “we have a blast.”

Learn more at cosrocs.org.

Rocket scientists

Blast off with family and friends.

Courtesy COSROCS

Courtesy COSROCS

Summer Camps

COMPILED BY AMELIA ALLEN

Kids in STEM

Pikes Peak Library District ppld.org | 719-531-6333

At PPLD’s makerspaces, kids and adults alike can use equipment ranging from 3D printers to button machines at the district’s Sand Creek Library, East Library, Library 21c and Manitou Springs Library/Manitou Art Center. Check ppld.org/kids for activities geared to ages 0-5, and click on “Programs” at ppld.org to find activities for teens and tweens.

Western Museum of Mining and Industry wmmi.org/education/stemcamps.html | 719-488-0880

If your kid likes rocks, chemistry or electricity, they’ll definitely like WMMI’s summer camp for third to fifth graders. The program features a new STEM topic every day, with guest speakers and activities catered toward each day’s theme. This year’s camps run June 19-23 and July 17-21, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 225 North Gate Blvd. Camps are $225 for members, $250 for non-members.

INSPIRE CREATIVITY

Challenger Learning Center

challengercolorado.org/whatwe-do/public/summer-camp. html | 719-598-9755

The Challenger Learning Center will be hosting summer camps for kids. Information about camps will be posted on Feb. 15 and registration opens March 1.

Pikes Peak Children’s Museum

pikespeakchildrensmuseum.org

719-357-7726

Interested in making rock slime or color-changing volcanoes? Every second Thursday of the month from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., the Pikes Peak Children’s Museum offers “Stories and STEAM” for children of all ages. The program consists of “two stories, an art project, and a science project that goes along with a particular theme,” says Spring Jones, “Stories and STEAM” Project Coordinator. Visitors must pay museum admission to attend the program: $5 for children 11 and up, $10 for 2 to 10-year-olds, and free for kids under 2 years old.

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FAC THEATRE SCHOOL

ages 5–18 | one and two-week workshops June–July

Offering innovative and comprehensive professional theatre training from award-winning instructors.

SUMMER DAY CAMPS AT LA FORET

ages 6–11 | five one-week sessions June–July

Experience a variety of artistic styles and techniques, including painting and printmaking. Explore your acting skills with theatre games, improvisation, and more.

Details & Registration: fac.coloradocollege.edu

Concrete Couch concretecouch.org/calendar.html

Concrete Couch offers summer programming for kids and kids at heart — like citizen science, trail maintenance, tree care, and arts and crafts! Check out the calendar for more information about specific programs, dates, times, and locations.

Bill Nye: It’s not magic, it’s SCIENCE! billnye.com

Want to bring STEM learning to your living room? Explore everything from the science of music to mammals, or delve into an athome science experiment with Bill Nye’s guidance.

42 Virtual Field Trips for Kids to Get Them Learning About

the World tinyurl.com/gh-virtual

“Kids can go from Ellis Island to Mars without leaving the couch,” writes Good Housekeeping’s Marisa LaScala. And she’s right.

Catamount Institute

catamountinstitute.org

719-471-0910

Colorado-ology, Rocky Mountain Highlights and the Front Range Playground are a few of the camps hosted by the Catamount Institute this summer. Week-long programming offered for children ages 5-16 will allow them to explore the state’s natural beauty, learn about its ecosystems, and challenge themselves. Programs are $395, except for “Extreme Education Excursions,” which is $575. Scholarships available.

Space Foundation Discovery Center discoverspace.org

719-576-8000

The Space Foundation offers “a gateway to education, information and collaboration for space exploration and space-inspired industries that drive the global space ecosystem,” and has educational events all summer. 4425 Arrowswest Drive.

Get Creative and Active!

Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum cspm.org/summercamps

719-385 5990

The Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum is offering two camps this year for students interested in museums and becoming a “steward of local history [to] help preserve the present and the past.” There’s “History Detectives” for fourth through sixth graders, June 19-23, and “Museum Discovery” for seventh and eighth graders, July 10-14. Summer camps run from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., and registration opens on Friday, Feb. 3.

Pikes Peak Artist Collective pikespeakartist.com

717-875-5200

The Pikes Peak Artist Collective will host summer kids camps in 2023. More information about the camps will be posted on their website in early March.

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UCCS RecKids recwellness.uccs.edu/campus-rec/ rec-kids/summer-camps

719-255-3429

Calling all young adrenaline junkies!

UCCS RecKids is hosting three camps for kids entering first through eighth grade with activities like rock climbing, swimming, hiking and paddleboarding. Campers will “have fun with other campers as well as the Campus Recreation Counselors as they experience and discover the world around them.” First through eighth graders are eligible for the “Mountain Lion Camp” and the “Splish ‘N Splash Swim Camp,” and third to eighth graders can participate in the “Outdoor Adventure Camp.” Camp dates and times coming soon, with pricing ranging from $300 to $350 based on membership status and sibling discounts available during registration.

Colorado Springs Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Services Youth Sports coloradosprings.gov/sports-office/ page/youth-sports

719-385-5981

Summer baseball, T-ball and softball is offered for pre-kindergarteners to high

school seniors through the Colorado Springs Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Services youth sports program. The “philosophy is to instill a positive attitude, sportsmanship, basic fundamentals, confidence, and high moral standards.” Practices start the week of May 8 and the season ends no later than July 14, with prices ranging from $70 to $75.

CityROCK climbcityrock.com | 719-634-9099

CityROCK climbing gym will offer single- to four-day summer rock climbing programs for kids 6 and up from June to August. Youth programs are “designed to teach [kids to] explore vertically while learning technical climbing skills.” Single-day classes are $65, four-day programs are $279, at 21 N. Nevada Ave.

Sky Zone Trampoline Park skyzone.com/coloradosprings/ programs/skycamp

719-354-2626

Sky Zone, at 1750 E. Woodmen Road, will be offering SkyCamp for kids this summer, with more information to be released later this spring.

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It is 1904... big ideas & even bigger laughs are flying at the Parisian bar “Lapin Agile.” Albert Einstein and Pablo Picasso meet for the first time, then spar with the regulars and each other about art, science, love, and the promises of the 20th century. This long-running Off-Broadway hit by comedy legend Steve Martin features an all-star local cast. Throw in some piano and lively Can Can tunes and what you’ll have is a wonderful evening of lively, enjoyable, intelligent theatre!

Soccer Buddies

coloradosoccerbuddies.com

719-330-9642

Colorado Soccer Buddies is offering one-week long summer camps for kids 4 to 12 years old. “Our high energy coaches will develop their soccer skills and their love for physical fitness.” Camps run from 9 a.m. to noon at a different local park each week.

Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado voc.org/youth-programs

303-715-1010

Get more involved with Colorado’s landscape through VOC! Every summer, VOC hosts youth projects to help Colorado kids learn more about their natural environment. Projects range from community gardening to habitat restoration to family camping. Information about upcoming projects should be posted in mid-February.

National Gallery of Art NGAkids ArtZone for iPad nga.gov/learn/kids-app.html

Cheyenne Mountain Zoo cmzoo.org | 719-633-9925

Kids ranging from pre-K to eighth grade are eligible for Cheyenne Mountain Zoo’s summer camp. There are full week camps and day camps where kids can “share the wonders of wildlife and wild places in fun and exciting ways.” Registration is open for members and opens to the general public on Feb. 9. Scholarships available.

SoccerHaus Sports Camps

soccerhauscs.com/camps/summer-camp | 719-761-7586

Children 5 to 13 years old can learn flag football, T-ball, basketball, soccer, kickball, dodgeball and other schoolyard games with SoccerHaus this summer. Camps run from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. June 1-July 29, with daily, weekly and monthly packages available.

Gripstone Climbing & Fitness

gripstonecs.com/camps-clubs 719-559-4747

Gripstone has day and week-long climbing camps for 4- to 17-year-olds with morning and afternoon sessions. “The day will consist of a group warm-up and stretching, followed by lots of climbing (children will get to boulder, use autobelays, and climb top rope routes), and varying activities such as crate stacking, traverse games, rope swings, obstacle courses and sit-down activities for when the children need to rest.” Morning sessions run from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and afternoon sessions run from noon to 3 p.m. $65 for a one morning or afternoon session, $300 for a week of half-day sessions. 6220 Tutt Blvd.

BLUE MOUNTAIN RANCH

Phone: (719) 748-3279

Website: bluemountainranch.com

7:30 THU FRI SAT 2PM SUN

FOR TICKETS & INFO

Learn about and create art with NGAkids. The child-friendly interface “has eight interactive activities inspired by works in the collection of the National Gallery of Art, plus a sketchbook for freehand drawing,” according to NGA’s website.

Millibo Art Theatre themat.org | 719-465-6321

Millibo Art Theatre is offering half-day and full-day camps this summer for youth of all ages. More information about summer programming will be posted in midFebruary.

Blue Mountain Ranch is a third generation owned and operated summer camp that is located just outside Florissant, CO. For the past 77 years BMR has been enriching the lives of children from across the country and globe. BMR is a residential coeducational camp for children ages 7-15 years old who are placed in cabins based on their age but will interact with campers of all ages throughout the day. Our campers gain independence and confidence through the ability to choose their daily activities. We encourage our campers to try as many activities as possible. With our emphasis being participation over competition we provide a welcoming environment for all children. Blue Mountain Rach is a fun safe place for kids to be kids and disconnect from technology and reconnect with childhood in the great Colorado outdoors. We are the camp you have been looking for!

SOCCER HAUS

Phone: (719) 761-7586

Website: soccerhauscs.com

Are you ready for some fun? This summer send your kids to Soccerhaus Sports camp. This is a full day, multi-sport camp that will give your kids a chance to learn the value of teamwork with kids their age! Camp is Monday - Friday from 9am-3pm with early morning drop off and late afternoon pick up options. Kids ages 5-13 will have a great time being active all summer long!

This collection of summer camp listings is paid for by advertisers. To be included in future camp listings, contact our sales team at sales@sixty35media.org.

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SAILING AWAY, AGAIN

BY L. KENT WOLGAMOTT

AFTER SPENDING A YEAR MOSTLY trapped inside his Tennessee home during the pandemic, Tommy Shaw needed to sharpen his guitar chops and do a little singing before Styx headed out on the road following the shutdown.

So, like thousands of aspiring guitarists, he was going to put on some music and play along.

But the recordings weren’t Styx albums. Rather, they were prepared for him and the other members of the long-running classic rock band by their longtime sound engineer.

“Our front-of-house guy is incredible,” Shaw says in a phone interview. “He records every single show. He put together some of his favorite performances, mixed it, and we put them out for people to listen to and have a live Styx show.

“I asked ‘Could you do one of those for me and take my parts out?’ He did it, and I’ve been playing along with it at home,” the guitarist/singer says.

Not included in those recordings, however, are songs from Crash of the Crown, the band’s latest album that was released in June 2021 and has added some fresh fuel for Styx, which headed back out on the road in January.

Recorded over the preceding year, Crash of the Crown is filled with songs that take on social and personal crises, but largely come to an optimistic end.

“There’s always something going on in the world,” says Shaw, the band’s primary songwriter. “We always try to look to see where there’s a light at the end of the tunnel. And there always is.”

Shaw says that two of the songs, “To Those” and “Our Wonderful Lives,” were written during the COVID lockdown. Everything else was written years before that.

“Sound the Alarm,” for example, was written in Las Vegas, where Styx was in residence with former Eagles guitarist Don Felder. The title cut came to be in a dressing room, where the band turned a Shaw idea into a song.

“Those are my favorite dressing rooms, where we’re all in one room,” he says. “Promoters and venue people think we all want this tiny dressing room for ourselves. More good stuff happens when you’re in a community dressing room.”

Musically, Crash of the Crown is an amalgam of styles, ranging from passages of prog and hammering hard rock to blasts of The Beatles — a mixture that lines up with the music that influenced Shaw when he was growing up in Alabama in the 1960s and early ’70s.

Styx’s staying power, Shaw says, is the band’s ability to go in different directions and have it all on one album.

“It could be progressive, it could be churchorganish,” he says. “It could be metal. It could be Americana. We love the art of that.”

That artful versatility extends into putting together a set list. There are songs, like “Lady,” “Come Sail Away,” “Blue Collar Man” and “Mr. Roboto,” that have to be in a Styx show. But ordering them and incorporating new songs is something of an art form, Shaw says.

“When you create a set list, you want it to build up, then have a little relief, then build up again,” he says. “It’s like in church, when they told you to stand up, sit down, stand up again. You want everybody to be engaged.”

Styx, which includes Shaw, guitarist James Young, keyboardist/singer Lawrence Gowan, drummer Todd Sucherman, bassist Ricky Phillips

and occasional concert guest star and original bassist Chuck Panozzo, has a deep catalog from which to pull songs to fill up a concert set.

STYX

Saturday, Feb. 25, 7:30 p.m.

Pikes Peak Center, 190 S. Cascade Ave. Check pikespeakcenter.com and resellers for ticket availability

Formed in 1972, the group built a sizable grassroots following — especially in the Midwest — before breaking through in a big way in 1977 with The Grand Illusion. Then like that signature album, Styx’s next three studio albums — Pieces of Eight (1978), Cornerstone (1979) and Paradise Theatre (1981) — also topped 2 million copies sold.

This peak period produced most of the band’s many hits (including “Come Sail Away,” “The Best of Times,” “Blue Collar Man,” “Babe” and “Too Much Time on My Hands”). But as the ’80s went on, the band’s momentum started to stall. They broke up twice in the ’80s and early ’90s and went through a series of personnel changes, the biggest of which was replacing original singer/ keyboardist/songwriter Dennis DeYoung in 1999 with Gowan.

The current band lineup, though, has stayed intact since 2003, and Styx has returned to being a strong draw on the concert circuit — although the pandemic created a rare large gap in Styx’s touring schedule.

The year-plus of COVID quarantine represents Shaw’s longest time off the road since the ’80s, when he took a break after the birth of his daughter.

“That was self-imposed,” he says. “It wasn’t something imposed on me, along with everybody else. I hope I never have to do it again.”

After a pandemic-induced vacation, Styx is back at it

Rick Diamond

REECE PARKER

BY

THY ART IS MURDER

TUCKED AWAY OFF EAST

Costilla Street, in between the purple King’s Chef castle and White Pie Pizzeria, lies BarK . It’s a delightful place where you can grab a fine cocktail and play some games, including pool, ping pong and more. When the weekends are upon us and the lights go down, the basement game room transforms into a fun, intimate Downtown music venue. They’ve been trying to grow beyond occasional shows and it’s been going well. Great acts such as Slim Cessna , Cheap Perfume and Theories have graced the stage and there are more to come!

Bar-K opened in 2016, and though they’ve put on a few gigs through the years, it’s always had a pop-up venue feel, which is not a bad thing at all. But many people wanted to see the place become a bona fide venue in town. One of those was Sponge Cake Guitarist Zane McClean

“I started booking at Bar-K in late summer of 2022,” says McClean. My band played our first show there and I told [owner Ken Binning] that we had to open a venue space in the basement and he said, ‘I’m thinking you’re right.’ That’s where it was born.”

“We hope to see it turn into a fullfledged venue, a place people are excited to come see shows on the weekend as well as a place people are excited to play at,” McClean says, adding, “Most importantly though, we just want to make a fun spot where people feel safe to be who they are and express themselves.”

Through the past year, the venue has made a few improvements. “We have a stage now, which is nice,” McClean says, adding they’ve fine-tuned the audio “so there’s a big improvement in sound.”

By helping with booking, he aims to make Bar-K a place that welcomes everyone and wants to take care of the bands and the community that supports the venue.

“The most important thing to us is community support. This includes having fundraisers and benefit shows, giving our bands 100 percent of the doors, and providing a safe space for others,” McClean says.

He adds that there have been a few shows over the past year that stuck out. “Some of our favorite shows so far have been Slim Cessna, our mini Punk Fest and our benefit show for the Club Q tragedy.”

But this isn’t just about the past, it’s about what’s to come as well, and there’s some particularly cool shows to get excited about.

“There will be a mini indie fest on March 18 with Charioteer, Cabin and others, as well as Timmy Cappello on June 9. You know, that sax player from The Lost Boys? We’re gettin’ him to play a set!”

But why wait? You can catch a killer punk rock ’n’ roll show at Bar-K this Saturday, Feb. 11, courtesy of Total Cult, Art Snow and Hellburner.

There’s a handful of other events going on this weekend, too. On Friday the 10th, catch the local psych rock of Stereo Ontario along with Funscreen and Same Dude at Vultures Barefoot Family Caravan will also be jamming down the house at Vultures on Saturday. Or you can head to Lulu’s on Saturday for the soulful stylings of Mike Clark and The Sugar Sounds

Though the weekend is over, don’t forget to come out to Vultures on Wednesday, Feb. 15, for an awesome midweek show with Viewfinder, Autumn Creatures, Midwife and Edith Pike. It will be an excellent evening of post rock, dark folk, indie rock and more.

BRYAN OSTROW | reverb@sixty35media.org

Annette Moon

Sponge Cake

MUSIC REVIEWS BY LORING WIRBEL

Philip Glass Ensemble, Newman Center for the Performing Arts , Denver, Feb. 9

The Charlatans U.K. and Ride, Ogden Theatre, Denver, Feb. 11

Dark Star Orchestra, Mission Ballroom, Denver, Feb. 11

Jerry Harrison & Adrian Belew’s Remain in Light Tour, Ogden Theatre, Denver, Feb. 16

Joe Pug , Lulu’s, Manitou Springs, Feb. 17

“A Ballad Through the Mud” with RZA and the Colorado Symphony, Boettcher Concert Hall, Denver, Feb. 17-18, 2023

Upcoming music events

Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band, Ball Arena, Denver, March 2

3OH!3, Mission Ballroom, Denver, March 3

Wax Tailor, Black Sheep, March 3

A Tribute to Harry Nilsson with Nathaniel Rateliff and the Colorado Symphony, Boettcher Concert Hall, Denver, March 3-4

Walter Salas-Humara, Lulu’s, Manitou, March 4

JD Souther, Soiled Dove Underground, Denver, March 5

Kula Shaker, Bluebird Theater, Denver, March 7

Toronto’s Fucked Up travels the same bipolar knife-edge as New Jersey’s Titus Andronicus: Both bands want to adhere to a pure punk ethos, yet both dabble in rock operas and similar complexities. Fucked Up offered a 2022 outtakes album from the pre-pandemic Do All You Can Do, but the real show-stopper is the new One Day (Matador). Lead singer Damian Abraham’s growls still define the band’s approach, but it’s obvious this is a highwater mark of an album.

Maybe it’s the precision of riffs traded by lead guitarist Mike Haliechuk and bassist Sandy Miranda, most evident in “I Think I Might Be Weird.” Maybe it’s the subtle use of stringed instruments and melodic percussion. In any event, Fucked Up’s decision to throttle back hyperbole has paradoxically led to a magnificent album.

ALSO NEW & NOTEWORTHY

Meg Baird, Furling (Drag City) – Baird, founder of Philadelphia’s Espers band, is on her fourth solo album, reliant on an ethereal voice hinting of Isobel Camp bell. In her newest release, such supporting instruments as vibraphone, keyboards and trap drum reinforce her acoustic guitar. The lush sound is most evident in “Cross Bay,” but the remaining tracks include haunt ingly beautiful works like “Unnamed Drives” and “The Saddest Verses.”

Sam Smith, Gloria (Capitol UK) –Smith’s earliest soul-ballad singles always had a sheen of plastic distracting from the delivery. The promise to feature more explicit queer politics in this fourth album raised hopes, though their definition of politics leaned to style and presenta tion more than lyrics. The recent day Night Live appearance was all about grandiosity, and the presence of Kim Petras and Sharon Stone couldn’t hide the emptiness of content. This album’s 13 tracks mostly follow this vacant approach, though “I’m Not Here to Make Friends” suggests greater potential.

Natalia Jimenez, Fillmore Auditorium, Denver, Feb. 18

Martin Sexton , Lulu’s, Manitou Springs, Feb. 19

Tove Lo, Ogden Theatre, Denver, Feb. 20

Our Planet Live in Concert, Pikes Peak Center, Feb. 21

Papa Roach and Falling in Reverse, Broadmoor World Arena, Feb. 22

Grieves, Black Sheep, Feb. 23

Peter Mulvey, Friends House Concert, Feb. 23

Stephen Pearcy, Wild Goose Saloon, Parker, Feb. 23

Tinsley Ellis, Stargazers, Feb. 24

Styx , Pikes Peak Center, Feb. 25

Iya Terra with Artikal Sound System and Kyle Smith, Black Sheep, Feb. 26

Christian McBride Band, Boulder Theater, Boulder, Feb. 26

Viagra Boys, Gothic Theatre, Englewood, Feb. 27

Stick Men featuring Tony Levin, TriLakes Center for the Arts, Palmer Lake, March 1

August Burns Red, Fillmore Auditorium, Denver, March 10

Hirie, Black Sheep, March 10

George Porter Jr. and Jon Cleary, Fox Theatre, Boulder, March 11

King Tuff, Larimer Lounge, Denver, March 11

Tanya Tucker, Pikes Peak Center, March 14

Ani DiFranco, Boulder Theater, Boulder, March 16

Big Gigantic with the Colorado Symphony, Boettcher Concert Hall, Denver, March 17

Jackie Greene, Ophelia’s Electric Soapbox, Denver, March 17-18

DevilDriver and Cradle of Filth, Sunshine Studios, March 18

Mac Saturn, Black Sheep, March 18

Skillet and Theory of a Dead Man , Mission Ballroom, Denver, March 19

Emily Nenni, Lulu’s, Manitou Springs, March 21

¿Téo?, Larimer Lounge, Denver, March 21

The Residents, Bluebird Theater, Denver, March 21

Tank & The Bangas, Bluebird Theater, Denver, March 22

Thumpasaurus, Cervantes’ Master Ogden Theatre, Denver,

Fox Theatre,

Beck and Phoenix will co-headline Red Rocks Amphitheatre on Aug. 15.

Space crew, cadets complete parachute training

PHOTOS BY BRYAN OLLER boller@sixty35media.org

THE SPACEX POLARIS DAWN space crew recently completed the basic freefall parachuting course at the Air Force Academy, working with 98th Flying Training Squadron staff and cadets of the Wings of Blue demonstration and competition teams.

Known as the AM-490, the training prepares students to make a solo, freestyle jump above the Academy’s Davis Airfield.

AM-490 is the only certified jump program in the world where students make their first freefall jump without assistance, the Academy’s website says. The training started in 1962 and nearly 800 Academy and ROTC cadets earn their jump wings each year. Cadets make five solo freefall jumps to complete the course.

“This is the best place in the world possible to train for it,” said Mission Commander Jared Isaacman.

Polaris Dawn is scheduled to launch in March. SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket will launch the Dragon capsule, conducting missions not seen in 50 years. The crew will also do a planned spacewalk in newly designed pressurized space suits. They will spend five days in orbit.

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THE BRIEFING

FORT CARSON STARTS PRESCRIBED BURNS

Prescribed burns to reduce wildland fire potential on Fort Carson training areas and the Piñon Canyon Maneuver Site started in late January will continue intermittently until April 15. The project is being led by the Directorates of Emergency Services and Public Works Conservation Branch.

The burns, which are set to be conducted only when weather conditions are favorable, will produce smoke visible along the Interstate 25 and Colorado Highway 115 corridors from the Springs to Pueblo, or along U.S. Highway 350 in Las Animas County.

Fort Carson officials warned in a press release that smoke from the burns can reduce visibility and have adverse health effects on those in its path. Those affected are referred to tinyurl.com/carson-smoke for Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment information on smoke-exposure symptoms and tips for staying safe. In the release, officials acknowledge the surrounding community may have concerns about air quality and the threat

Compiled by Bryan Grossman and Mary Jo Meade

of wildland fires. “[C]ommunity members are encouraged to call Fort Carson at 719-526-9849. We take every concern very seriously and strive to address each in a timely and thoughtful manner.”

I-25 MILITARY ACCESS PROJECT CONTINUES

Work continues on I-25 between South Academy Boulevard and Santa Fe Avenue (mile points 135-127) as part of Colorado Department of Transportation’s Military Access, Mobility & Safety Improvement Program. Traffic impacts include single-lane closures — some daytime, others at night — full closures and reduced speeds. You can check daily impacts at codot.gov/projects/militaryaccesssafetyimprovements.

According to the website, the project “will deliver more efficient and safer mobility along I-25, Colorado Highway 94, South Academy Boulevard, and Charter Oak Ranch Road, enabling economic stability and development. The delivery of MAMSIP will strengthen and enhance the redundancy of strategic movement between the nationally significant El Paso County military installations of

Fort Carson, Peterson Space Force Base, Cheyenne Mountain Space Force Station, and Schriever Space Force Base.”

Practically speaking, the project is designed to reduce crashes, injuries and fatalities; replace bridges that are beyond their useful life; and address the condition of minor bridges along the corridor to reduce ongoing maintenance requirements.

According to CDOT, work includes concrete surface treatment to provide an improved riding surface for the 7.5mile segment, widening the inside and outside shoulders to 12 feet, installation of median barriers the entire length of the corridor, widening four bridges and installing infrastructure to support transportation technologies, and lengthening the deceleration lane with Colorado Highway 16. Completed 2022 projects include:

• Permanent lighting installation

• Permanent guardrail and drainage installation on southbound I-25

• W idened shoulders and overlay in travel lanes on southbound I-25

• Permanent grading and stabilization

• S outhbound I-25 traffic switch from South Academy to Santa Fe Avenue

Work scheduled for February:

• Permanent drainage installation on southbound/northbound I-25

• Permanent concrete barrier installation

• Embankment on southbound and northbound I-25

• A sphalt paving

• Northbound I-25 traffic switch Santa Fe Avenue to Colorado Highway 16

• Overhead sign structures and permanent lighting installation

Traffic Impacts

• Working hours will generally be 7 a.m. to 9 p.m., Monday through Friday.

• Speed limit reduced to 55 mph with fines doubled through the construction zone.

• “ Slight traffic delays” are expected and “motorists are urged to use extra caution while traveling in the new traffic pattern.”

NORAD COMPLETES ARCTIC AIR OPERATION

The North American Aerospace Defense Command conducted Operation Noble Defender from Jan. 15 to 31 at sites in the Arctic and on the coasts of the United States and Canada. The

recurring joint air defense operation “demonstrates our capability to maintain mission readiness in various environments and to preserve capacity for follow-on operations,” according to a NORAD release.

“Our ability to operate in the Arctic is critical to our ability to defend our homelands,” said General Glen VanHerck, Commander, NORAD and U.S. Northern Command. “Operation Noble Defender successfully demonstrated our willing-

ness and capability to conduct operations above the Arctic Circle in even the harshest weather conditions, and proved a concept of integration with key Arctic partners to defend northern approaches to North America.”

Canadian and U.S. forces deployed to Thule Air Base in Greenland; Iqaluit Forward Operating Location in Nunavut, Canada; Canadian Forces Base 5 Wing Goose Bay in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada; and from Eielson Air Force Base in Alaska.

“The operation involved approximately 225 American and Canadian personnel supporting and operating four F-35s, three CF-18s, four KC-135s, one CC-150, one E-3, and one CH-149,” according to the release, which added it was, “the first time NORAD has deployed F-35s to Thule, Greenland, displaying the agility of capabilities in support of Arctic defense with support from the Kingdom of Denmark to allow air defense operations from this location.”

At the end of the operation, “fighters exercised an intercept of a U.S. Strategic Command B-52 representing a threat platform to demonstrate the command’s ability to conduct globally integrated layered defense. NORAD CF-18s escorted the U.S. bomber as it was transiting through northern Canada and the central United States.”

Royal Canadian Air Force personnel and a CF-18 Hornet during the March 2022 Noble Defender operation at Thule Air Force Base in Greenland.

Royal Canadian Air Force/Master Cpl. Steeve Picard

VOICE OF REASON

Changes at the helm DON’T ALTER SIXTY35 MISSION

JUST AS MANY OF YOU have adjusted your reading habits to give this newborn weekly publication a chance, Sixty35 has thrown in another surprise.

Not a new section or a philosophical wrinkle, but an unexpected leadership change. As readers learned last week, Amy Gillentine has resigned as publisher of Sixty35 Media to pursue new opportunities.

This admittedly is a sad development, for our company and on a personal level for those of us who have known and worked with Amy for years. Her first-rate reporting won all kinds of awards before she moved into management, transforming the Colorado Springs Business Journal, then the Colorado Springs Independent.

EDITORIAL BOARD: Bryan Grossman, Helen Lewis, Mary Jo Meade, Ralph Routon

That turned out to be a prelude to a huge challenge in 2022, as we turned the entire operation into a nonprofit and merged all of our products into a single ambitious publication.

Alas, leading any company through that much major change inevitably takes a toll. In this case, Amy decided of her own accord that the time had come to move on and find a new mountain to climb.

We wish her well, obviously, but we also realize it’s not an option to feel sorry for ourselves and cry in our beer. We’ve just started a new commitment, to keep our multifaceted brand of journalism alive in this publication, every week without fail for years to come. Now, though, we also have no choice but to re-validate one of our profession’s most deeply rooted truisms: No single person is bigger than the team. And the team is still working to create something new and special for our thousands of readers in the Pikes Peak region.

Sixty35 Media’s nonprofit board realized the next steps would be up to us, and we couldn’t move slowly. So the result, already in effect, is two interim co-publishers.

Ahriana Platten, a well-known presence in local entrepreneurial and spiritual circles, brings a remarkable expertise in operations, business development and consulting. She has led international development teams across the world on five continents. Devoted Indy readers surely remember her “In Good Faith” columns for nine years, 20132022. Behind the scenes, she’s been the company’s executive business consultant since 2007, actively supporting the merger process that led to Sixty35 Media, as well as becoming the board president, all of which makes her the best fit for overseeing

the business, advertising, marketing and fundraising.

Ralph Routon, whose outstanding journalism career has touched newspapers across this region since 1977, served as executive editor of the Independent, Business Journal and Pikes Peak Bulletin before retiring to an emeritus role in late 2017. He has remained close to the company, sharing his expertise, writing columns, filling in for editors and serving as secretary on Sixty35 Media’s volunteer board. He’ll now work with the editorial and design staffs as well as some aspects of distribution. He’ll also be a member of the editorial board.

Together, Ralph and Ahriana will work on a full plate of priorities to prepare the organization for hiring its next publisher, hopefully by midyear.

If all goes according to plan, readers won’t notice — but not because of what two people have done as interim co-publishers. It’ll be the direct, exceptional result of what the entire Sixty35 Media team has done and continues to do together, steering this ship toward its destination.

The board’s overarching task is to give that team the best chance to succeed, which means fulfilling our mission to deliver truth, build community and engage citizens.

We’re just five issues into the product of this odyssey. Sure, there inevitably will be more twists and turns. We’ll also need your support, and in days ahead we’ll be asking readers to consider options from subscriptions to active memberships, giving you a tangible ownership share in this venture.

The bottom line is actually simple. We are convinced this market needs our distinctive voice, not just now but for the long haul.

Full speed ahead.

We’re just five issues into the product of this odyssey.

THE OUTSIDER

By John Hazlehurst jhazlehurst@sixty35media.org

OUR CRIME CONUNDRUM

WHAT DO WE WANT MOST IN

our communities? Apart from transient individual needs (better weather, saner drivers, a way to stop the neighbor’s dog from barking in the middle of the night) most of us would put public safety at the top of the list. We worry about homeless encampments, about non-neighborhood people walking the streets and about unexplained noises (was that a gunshot?) in the night. When we go out for dinner, we make sure the doors are locked and the security systems are armed. We may wish we lived in a peaceful little 1950s town, where no one locked their doors and there were no menacing strangers, but we’re not delusional. We may have been the City of Sunshine, but we seem to have become a City of Murderers — WalletHub data ranked Colorado Springs 11th in per capita homicides for fourth quarter 2022.

Politicians understand this. Ask any of the 25 candidates running for mayor or City Council this spring about crime, and they all say the same thing: They’re against it! They’ll hire more cops, recruit more cops, pay them better and make really, really sure that we have more than enough superbly competent officers to make our community one of the safest in the land.

If this sounds familiar, it’s because Council/mayor candidates have been making the same empty promises for decades. As one who pleads guilty to making them

Mark Riesterer

in the 1990s, I’ve come to see such promises as part of an unvarying political ritual. Our 25 candidates should join together, hire a speechwriter, and issue a single anticrime speech. It’d make campaigning that much easier, and certainly instill fear in wannabe criminals!

Crime statistics are beloved of politicians, who claim credit when they decline and blame their predecessors when they rise. But we peasants don’t care much about statistics — we care about our own experience. Once you’ve been the victim of a crime, you never forget it. Fortunately, we’ve never been assaulted, but we won’t forget or forgive the burglars who broke into our house years ago and robbed us blind, as well as the car thieves who stole my wife Karen’s Toyota a few months later. The perps were never identified — they’re still out there laughing at us. We came to realize that there will never be enough cops to solve every crime, but I’m still pissed off.

Life goes on. Unless you can afford to live in a gated, guarded and blindingly boring rich person suburb, you’re at risk. So you follow Carl von Clausewitz’s first principle of warfare: Secure your base. I’m the neighbor with the barking dogs, the cameras, the double-locked doors, the 6-foot fences and the spook lights. And if the perimeter security fails, burglars beware — there might be another line of defense.

Still, it’s heartening to see that Gov. Jared Polis and the state legislature are on track to make auto theft a

felony, regardless of value. My beat-up 2002 Xterra has almost 200,000 miles on the odometer, but it’s still a reliable ride. It’s worth a lot less than $20K, so right now it can be stolen with virtual impunity — no jail time, just a misdemeanor and a meaningless slap on the wrist.

And violent crime? That’s both driven by — and prevented by — firearms. Armed would-be home intruders realize that many residents are armed, so armed robbery is a dangerous proposition. Conversely, the ubiquity and availability of firearms means that motivated murderers can easily get them. There are no solutions to this enduring dilemma. There will always be angry young men with guns.

Anyway, I’m glad that our candidates aren’t criminals and I’m sure that those unfortunate enough to be elected will do their best to make our city safer. Meanwhile, we might get another dog — bigger and meaner…

There will always be ANGRY YOUNG MEN WITH GUNS.

By Mike Littwin Courtesy The Colorado Sun

PLAYING TIT FOR TAT in the House

ONE DAY AFTER MEETING

with Speaker-for-now Kevin McCarthy, serial fabulist George Santos told yet another lie. Of course he did.

In a meeting with Republican House colleagues, Santos told them he was temporarily stepping aside from his two House committee assignments until, as McCarthy would later put it, Santos “can clear everything up.” Meanwhile, McCarthy added, anyone named to the committees in Santos’ place would be serving on a temporary basis.

The problem — well, the latest problem — for Santos is that temporary, in this case, actually means forever because the surest bet in American politics today is that Santos will never clear up anything, much less everything. The real question for Santos is how long he’ll remain in the House. According to the latest polling of his congressional district — New York’s 3rd — 78 percent said Santos should resign, including 71 percent of Republicans and 63 percent of those who say they voted for him last November.

McCarthy had named Santos to the least prominent committees he could think of — the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology and the Committee on Small Business — but there’s nowhere to hide Santos. I mean, someone even found pictures of Santos dressed in drag in Brazil. Many in the LGBTQ community could only laugh. As we know, falsely accusing those in drag shows of grooming children is the GOP’s latest bizarre contribution to the never-ending culture wars.

It’s hard to hide when you’re being investigated by federal prosecutors for possible campaign finance fraud and when it seems every news site in America is looking to uncover yet another Santos fabrication. A New York Times story revealed how Santos’ résumé was either embellished or, in most cases, entirely made up.

And at last count — and thanks to New York magazine for the rundown — we have Santos lying about where he went to high school, where (or if) he went to college, his religion, his identity, his mother’s death being tied to 9/11, his grandmother’s status as Holocaust survivor, where he got his money, whether he has any money, whether he founded a dog charity. And, come on, did he really swindle a homeless vet out of $3,000 in GoFundMe contributions raised to save the vet’s dog?

Do I have to go on? And on? And on?

BUT THE REAL LIE — A MORE typical political fiction — is why Santos actually stepped aside. Obviously, McCarthy made him do it, surely threatening to call a caucus vote to remove him if Santos refused.

But why?

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House Office of Photography

Pants on fire

FORMER PRESIDENT.

This is where it gets interesting. For one thing, after unilaterally kicking prominent Democrats Adam Schiff and Eric Swalwell off the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence last week, McCarthy defended the move by saying he wanted people of “genuine honesty and credibility” on the committee. As if, you know, he hadn’t appointed the honest and credible Santos to two committees.

Secondly, it was a promised bit of revenge for Democrats’ 2021 removal of not-so-prominent House Republicans Marjorie Taylor Greene and Paul Gosar from their committees. Of course, Greene and Gosar had made actual violent threats.

But here’s the real reason Santos had to go: McCarthy had promised to remove Democrat — and Lauren Boebert nemesis — Ilhan Omar from the House Foreign Affairs Committee for language that was seen by many as anti-Semitic and for which she has since apologized. Of course, Omar, the only Muslim in the House to wear a hijab and a member of good standing of The Squad, has long been a target of a certain recent former president, who once called the Minnesota Democrat “our secret weapon.”

McCarthy could fire House Intelligence Committee members on his own because it’s a select committee and the Speaker has that right, just as thenSpeaker Nancy Pelosi could refuse to seat several Republicans on the Jan. 6 select committee. But to remove Omar, McCarthy needed a vote of the entire House, which he got last Thursday when a GOP majority of 218 voted aye.

In the runup to the vote, Ken Buck had said he wasn’t interested in retaliatory politics, even telling Chuck Todd on Meet the Press that Republicans “should not engage in this tit for tat.”

Though Buck eventually voted to remove Omar anyway, he’d made an excellent point. And it’s one that McCarthy — who needed 15 rounds to be elected Speaker and who, as part of the bargain, agreed to place himself at permanent risk of losing his job — will have to face time and time again.

Mike Littwin’s column was produced for The Colorado Sun , a reader-supported news organization committed to covering the people, places and policies of Colorado. Learn more at coloradosun.com.

Ilhan Omar has long been a target OF A CERTAIN RECENT

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By Jim Hightower jimhightower.com

THE U.S. HOUSE OF CRAZIES

AN OLD POLITICAL SAYing notes that the only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to do nothing. However, given the proliferation of today’s goofball culture wars and fanatical right-wing phobias, that truism should be updated to say: Evil swarms when power-hungry leaders unleash the crazies.

and even fascism in from the fringe of politics — to sit in the seat of power.

AND THEN THERE’S GEORGE SANtos. After years of failing to unearth any proof that America’s elections are corrupted by flagrant cases of voter fraud, the GOP has now found a whopper!

Unfortunately for the party’s voter integrity police, though, what they’ve uncovered is not some nefarious Democratic plot, but a scheme of mass deception by one of their own Congress critters: George Santos. Last November, he effectively stole a New York City congressional seat.

Which brings us to the U.S. House of Representatives, now led by a run-of-themill corporate Republican, Kevin McCarthy. He’s always been a crassly ambitious political climber untethered to any moral principle larger than his own ego, so he’s not trusted, even by GOP lawmakers. Indeed, in an almost-comical public spectacle, it took four days and 15 rounds of voting in January before Kevin cut enough desperate deals to get the slimmest majority of his own Republican colleagues to make him speaker of the House.

To squeak out his win, though, he had to hand big chunks of his official power to a gaggle of extremist, far-rightwing legislators who are — in a word — BONKERS. Marjorie Taylor Greene, Paul Gosar and other members of the GOP’s Kooky Kaucus promote unhinged QAnon conspiracy theories, warn that Jews are firing lasers from outer space to start wildfires, lionize Vladimir Putin and Adolf Hitler, call for the execution of Democratic leaders, and insist that the government is staging school shootings as an excuse to outlaw guns.

OK, they’re nuts. And politics makes strange bedfellows. But McCarthy has not just climbed into bed with them, he’s snuggling up tightly, naming them to powerful committees, publicly legitimizing their screwballism, and intentionally bringing the evil of bigotry, intolerance,

How? By making himself up. Santos invented a fictional “George” that hid his criminal record and touted an amazing storybook past he never lived. No, he is not Jewish, his grandparents were not Holocaust survivors, he was not a volleyball star at a prestigious college he never even attended, he was not a renowned Wall Street banker (though he did help run a Florida Ponzi scheme), he was not a New York City real estate baron, and the mystery money that financed his campaign apparently came from nowhere.

Naturally, when Congress’ fraudbusting Republican leaders learned that this hyper-fraudster came from their own ranks, they promptly expelled him. Ha-ha-ha! Just kidding. Instead, Kevin McCarthy, the GOP’s unscrupulous congressional leader, has fully embraced this defrauder as an honorable member of his legislative team, sanctimoniously declaring: “The voters elected [Santos] to serve.” That makes Kevin even more dishonest than George. One, the people did not elect Santos, but voted for the caricature he concocted to fool them.

Two, McCarthy doesn’t give a damn about the integrity of elections — he’s only clinging to George because his own support in the House is so iffy that he needs Santos’ vote to save his own worthless political hide.

Santos is a pathetic congenital liar. But McCarthy is worse — a truly disgusting, self-serving political hack. And neither one should be in public office.

Santos is a pathetic congenital liar. BUT

and southwest photo art by “Hiking Bob” Falcone

All words to be constructed pertain to the topic to the right. To your advantage one word has already been traced. You must trace the three remaining words, using only the letters designated by the darkened circles. Words may begin and end from either column but each letter can only be used once.

Each puzzle has a difficulty rating (below). Four stars signify the highest degree of difficulty.

Given below are the point values for each word. Your words must correctly match these point values.

MINI SUDOKU X

SUDOKU X

on the ___ 50 “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” author 51 Broadcaster

52 Oktoberfest vessel

53 Place to wash up?

55 Son of, in Arabic surnames 56 “___, not ___!”

58 Approx. when planes take off

61 Circus barker?

62 “Not you, too!?”

1 Each row and each column must contain the numbers 1 through 4 (easy) or 1 through 6 (challenging) without repeating. 2 The numbers within the heavily outlined boxes, called cages, must combine using the given operation (in any order) to produce the target numbers in the top-left corners. 3

Find

63 Disappointing R.S.V.P.s 65 Over 100, say 66 Gives birth to

SERVICES

Free Will ASTROLOGY

AQUARIUS

(Jan. 20-Feb. 18): To get the most out of upcoming opportunities for intimacy, intensify your attunement to and reverence for your emotions. Why? As quick and clever as your mind can be, sometimes it neglects to thoroughly check in with your heart. And I want your heart to be wildly available when you get ripe chances to open up and deepen your alliances.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): “In love there are no vacations. Love has to be lived fully with its boredom and all that.” Author and filmmaker Marguerite Duras made that observation, and now I convey it to you — just in time for a phase of your astrological cycle when boredom and apathy could and should evolve into renewed interest and revitalized passion. But there is a caveat: If you want the interest and passion to rise and surge, you will have to face the boredom and apathy; you must accept them as genuine aspects of your relationship; you will have to cultivate an amused tolerance of them. Only then will they burst in full glory into renewed interest and revitalized passion.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): During my quest for advice that might be helpful to your love life, I plucked these words of wisdom from author Sam Kean: “Books about relationship talk about how to ‘get’ the love you need, how to ‘keep’ love, and so on. But the right question to ask is, ‘How do I become a more loving human being?’” In other words, Aries, here’s a prime way to enhance your love life: Be less focused on what others can give you and more focused on what you can give to others. Amazingly, that’s likely to bring you all the love you want.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You have the potential to become even more skilled at the arts of kissing and cuddling and boinking than you already are. How? Here are some possibilities. 1) Explore fun experiments that will transcend your reliable old approaches to kissing and cuddling and boinking. 2) Read books to open your mind. I like Margot Anand’s The New Art of Sexual Ecstasy. 3) Ask your partner(s) to teach you everything about what turns them on. 4) Invite your subconscious mind to give you dreams at night that involve kissing and cuddling and boinking. 5) Ask your lover(s) to laugh and play and joke as you kiss and cuddle and boink.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): You are an Italian wolf searching for food in the Apennine Mountains. You’re a red-crowned crane nesting in a wetland in the Eastern Hokkaido region of Japan. You’re an olive tree thriving in a salt marsh in southern France, and you’re a painted turtle basking in a pool of sunlight on a beach adjoining Lake Michigan. And much, much more. What I’m trying to tell you, Gemini, is that your capacity to empathize is extra strong right now. Your smart heart should be so curious and open that you will naturally feel

Study these words from psychologist Carl Jung: “We should not pretend to understand the world only by the intellect; we apprehend it just as much by feeling. Therefore, the judgment of the intellect is, at best, only the half of truth, and must, if it be honest, also come to an understanding of its inadequacy.”

an instinctual bond with many life forms, including a wide array of interesting humans. If you’re brave, you will allow your mind to expand to experience telepathic powers. You will have an unprecedented knack for connecting with simpatico souls.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): My Cancerian friend Juma says, “We have two choices at all times: creation or destruction. Love creates and everything else destroys.” Do you agree? She’s not just talking about romantic love, but rather love in all forms, from the urge to help a friend, to the longing to seek justice for the dispossessed, to the compassion we feel for our descendants. During the next three weeks, your assignment is to explore every nuance of love as you experiment with the following hypothesis: To create the most interesting and creative life for yourself, put love at the heart of everything you do.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): I hope you get ample chances to enjoy deep soul kisses in the coming weeks. Not just perfunctory lip-to-lip smooches and pecks on the cheeks, but full-on intimate sensual exchanges. Why do I recommend this? How could the planetary positions be interpreted to encourage a specific expression of romantic feeling? I’ll tell you, Leo: The heavenly omens suggest you will benefit from exploring the frontiers of wild affection. You need the extra sweet, intensely personal communion that comes best from the uninhibited mouth-to-mouth form of tender sharing. Here’s what Leo poet Diane di Prima said: “There are as many kinds of kisses as there are people on earth, as there are permutations and combinations of those people. No two people kiss alike — no two people fuck alike — but somehow the kiss is more personal, more individualized than the fuck.”

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Borrowing the words of poet Oriah from her book The Dance: Moving to the Deep Rhythms of Your Life, I’ve prepared a love note for you to use as your own this Valentine season. Feel free to give these words to the person whose destiny needs to be woven more closely together with yours. Oriah writes, “Don’t tell me how wonderful things will be someday. Show me you can risk being at peace with the way things are right now. Show me how you follow your deepest desires, spiraling down into the ache within the ache. Take me to the places on the earth that teach you how to dance, the places where you can risk letting the world break your heart.”

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Libran author Walter Lippman wrote, “The emotion of love is not self-sustaining; it endures only when lovers love many things together, and not merely each other.” That’s great advice for you during the coming months. I suggest that you and your allies — not just your romantic partners, but also your close companions — come up with collaborative projects that inspire you to love many things together. Have fun exploring and researching subjects that excite and awaken and enrich both of you.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Scorpio writer Paul Valéry wrote, “It would be impossible to love anyone or anything one knew completely. Love is directed towards what lies hidden in its object.” My challenge to you, Scorpio, is to test this hypothesis. Do what you can to gain more in-depth knowledge of the people and animals and things you love. Uncover at least some of what’s hidden. All the while, monitor yourself to determine how your research affects your affection and care. Contrary to what Valéry said, I’m guessing this will enhance and exalt your love.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): In his book Unapologetically You, motivational speaker Steve Maraboli writes, “I find the best way to love someone is not to change them, but instead, help them reveal the greatest version of themselves.” That’s always good advice, but I believe it should be your inspirational axiom in the coming weeks. More than ever, you now have the potential to forever transform your approach to relationships. You can shift away from wanting your allies to be different from what they are and make a strong push to love them just as they are.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): I analyzed the astrological omens. Then I scoured the internet, browsed through 22 books of love poetry, and summoned memories of my best experiences of intimacy. These exhaustive efforts inspired me to find the words of wisdom that are most important for you to hear right now. They are from poet Rainer Maria Rilke (translated by Stephen Mitchell): “For one human being to love another human being: that is perhaps the most difficult task that has been entrusted to us, the ultimate task, the final test and proof, the work for which all other work is merely preparation.”

HOMEWORK: Name one thing you could do to express your love more practically. Newsletter.FreeWillAstrology.com.

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Police report

A 31-year-old woman was charged with two counts of robbery and possession of a weapon (ahem) on Jan. 22 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, after a puzzling attempt to steal a pizza, the CBC reported. Around 3 a.m., she allegedly entered a crowded restaurant and demanded a pizza, brandishing a firecracker. She was denied the pie, so she lit the firework and ran off with a pizza. Outside the restaurant, she got into a cab, but the driver asked her to get out because she was being belligerent. When the driver stepped out of the car, she jumped into his seat and took off, dragging the 54-year-old several meters down the street. Officers caught up with the stolen cab and caught the pizza thief when she became stuck in a snowbank.

Bright idea

If you’re looking for a crafty project for 2023, the online shop Savor has you covered, Slate reported. For the low, low price of $46.95, you can put together your own “In Case I Go Missing” binder, which Savor says “makes it super easy for the true-crime obsessed to record their key stats for their loved ones.” Those facts include medical and financial information, fingerprints and lists of “hangout spots.” One woman said she added “a hair sample just in case they need it for DNA testing.” Elizabeth Jeglic, a professor at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, soothingly says, “The

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• Brittney Marie Reynolds, 35, entered St. Mary’s Cathedral in chilly Fargo, North Dakota, on Jan. 24 and was seen on security camera footage knocking over a potted plant, then approaching a large statue of Jesus on the wall, according to KMOV-TV. She ripped the statue from the wall and threw it to the floor, then headed back out — all while topless and shoeless, in temps under 20 degrees. Rev. Riley Durkin called police, who caught up with Reynolds as she bolted across the street. Officers noted that she wasn’t able to answer questions and appeared to be under the influence.

• Meanwhile, in willful disobedience of every mother’s “wear clean underwear” edict, Timothy O’Rourke of Danville, New Hampshire, crashed his car on Jan. 25 and ran from the scene, wearing nary a stitch of clothing. WHDH-TV reported that officers found O’Rourke “running behind Main Street homes wearing no clothes and coated in his own blood.” He was charged with DWI and resisting arrest, and presumably given some jail garb to wear.

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BY JEANNE DAVANT | jdavant@sixty35media.org

SO YOU THINK YOU’VE GOT TAX issues? Denver-based medical cannabis dispensary Standing Akimbo has been fighting the Internal Revenue Service for more than three years over allegations that it improperly claimed business deductions on its tax filings.

Standing Akimbo on Jan. 27 saw its bid to keep its business records out of the IRS’s hands rejected for the second time, MJBizDaily.com reported Jan. 31.

The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a 2020 decision by a district court that found the feds did not overstep their bounds or violate the company’s rights when they asked the Colorado Marijuana Enforcement Division to produce the company’s business records as part of an audit.

Under a provision of the federal tax code passed by Congress in the mid-1980s, marijuana businesses can’t take standard business deductions. The U.S. Tax Court in 2019 ruled that provision constitutional and stated that cannabis companies aren’t entitled to common business tax breaks.

An interesting side twist to the case: Standing Akimbo’s attorneys referenced an opinion by conservative Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas during their arguments to the 10th Circuit.

In a June 2021 opinion connected with a related case in which Standing Akimbo sought to challenge the tax code provision, Thomas wrote that the federal marijuana ban “may no longer be necessary or proper to support the federal government’s piecemeal approach.”

He called the government’s policy a “half-in, halfout regime that simultaneously tolerates and forbids local use of marijuana” and wrote that Standing Akimbo’s situation was a prime example of the government’s “mixed signals” on cannabis.

The Supreme Court, however, denied Standing Akimbo a hearing on the merits of its case, and the 10th Circuit said in its opinion that Thomas’ state -

ments couldn’t be used to block the IRS’s access to the dispensary’s records.

A FLORIDA REPUBLICAN IN THE U.S. HOUSE is attempting to change the legal situation that got Standing Akimbo in trouble.

Rep. Greg Steube on Jan. 27 reintroduced a bill that would reclassify marijuana from a Schedule I controlled substance to a Schedule III controlled substance.

Steube’s bill, HR 610, would benefit legal cannabis businesses that currently can’t claim normal business operations on their tax returns, according to a Jan. 31 report on MJBizDaily.com. It would also open up further possibilities for cannabis research.

Schedule I drugs are defined as those with no currently accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse. Schedule III drugs are defined as those with low to moderate potential for abuse or addiction.

Steube has introduced similar legislation twice before, in 2019 and 2021. Both times, the bills died because they did not receive a hearing in the Democratic-controlled House.

Steube also reintroduced HR 394, the Veterans Cannabis Use for Safe Heal ing Act. The bill would prohibit the VA from denying benefits to a veteran because of the use of medical marijuana in states where it is legal.

Steube is one of 100 Republicans who supported the SAFE Banking Act and is one of a growing number of House Repub licans who advocate

marijuana reform on the federal level, according to the MJBizDaily report.

The reclassification bill was referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. It will be up to House Speaker Kevin McCarthy how long it stays there.

Stoned + Toned

When Joel Stein, a writer for The Hollywood Reporter, heard from a friend that lifting weights while high on pot improved his form, he decided to put that claim to the test.

He contacted Morgan English, “the Jane Fonda of weed workouts,” who offers online smoke-andsweat classes for $9.99 a month through her business, Stoned + Toned, Stein reports in a Jan. 29 post on hollywoodreporter.com.

English agreed to a one-on-one session at Stein’s home, and when she arrived, she told him to stand on his yoga mat before he took his first hit of Super Lemon Haze.

“’If you smoke and you’re on the couch, you’re not going to want to get up and do a workout,’ she explained,” Stein writes.

Here’s what Stein says he learned while lifting light weights, planking and doing yoga moves:

e got thirsty, although he wasn’t sweating.

e was able to focus on using the exact right muscles.

He kept losing track of time, which made exercising less unpleasant.

“I stopped caring whether I was working out or not working out,” he writes.

The story first appeared in the Jan. 27 issue of The Hollywood Reporter.

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COMBINED NOTICEPUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE

SALE NO. EPC202200515

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On August 23, 2022, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of El Paso records.

Original Grantor(s):

RYAN D. MILLER and STEPHANIE D. MILLER

Original Beneficiary(ies):

ENT CREDIT UNION

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt:

ENT CREDIT UNION

Date of Deed of Trust:

September 01, 2017

County of Recording: El Paso

Recording Date of Deed of Trust:

September 01, 2017

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

217106029

Original Principal Amount:

$314,925.00

Outstanding Principal Balance:

$293,072.03

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 NORTH HALF OF THE SOUTH HALF OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 25, TOWNSHIP 15 SOUTH, RANGE 61 WEST OF THE 6TH P.M., COUNTY OF EL PASO, STATE OF COLORADO AND THE SOUTH HALF OF THE SOUTH HALF OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 25, TOWNSHIP 15 SOUTH, RANGE 61 WEST OF THE 6TH P.M., COUNTY OF EL PASO, STATE OF COLORADO

Also known by street and number as: 7940 EDISON ROAD, YODER, CO 80864.

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

NOTICE OF SALE

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby

Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 on Wednesday, 04/05/2023, at via remote, web-based auction service, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 2/9/2023

Last Publication: 3/9/2023

Name of Publication: Sixty35 Media, LLC

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

DATE: 08/23/2022

Mark Lowderman, Public Trustee in and for the County of El Paso, State of Colorado

By: Mark Lowderman, Treasurer and

Public Trustee

The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

Peter M Susemihl #494

Susemihl, McDermott & Downie, P.C.

660 Southpointe Court, Suite 210 Colorado Springs, CO 80906 (719) 579-6500

Attorney File # ENT/Miller

The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.

©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015

COMBINED NOTICEPUBLICATION

CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE

SALE NO. EPC202200651

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:

On November 8, 2022, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of El Paso records.

Original Grantor(s):

SHEILA A HUFFMAN

Original Beneficiary(ies):

MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC.

ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR ADVANCE MORTGAGE & INVESTMENT COMPANY LLC

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt:

AMERIHOME MORTGAGE COMPANY, LLC

Date of Deed of Trust:

May 18, 2019 County of Recording: El Paso

Recording Date of Deed of Trust:

June 11, 2019

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

219063942

Original Principal Amount: $186,000.00

Outstanding Principal Balance: $180,632.04

Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)

(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust and other violations of the terms thereof THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

LOT 2 IN BLOCK 3 IN SUNRISE RIDGE SUBDIVISION FILING NO.4, EL PASO COUNTY, COLORADO

Also known by street and number as: 7535 SILVERDALE ST, COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 80911.

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

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 on Wednesday, 03/08/2023, at via remote, web-based auction service, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real

property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 1/12/2023

Last Publication: 2/9/2023

Name of Publication:

Sixty35 Media, LLC

IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; DATE: 11/08/2022

Mark Lowderman, Public Trustee in and for the County of El Paso, State of Colorado

By: Mark Lowderman, Treasurer and Public Trustee

The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

Anna Johnston #51978

Barrett Frappier & Weisserman, LLP

1391 Speer Boulevard, Suite 700 Denver, CO 80204 (303) 350-3711

Attorney File # 00000009647660

The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.

©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015

COMBINED NOTICEPUBLICATION

CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. EPC202200652

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:

On November 8, 2022, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of El Paso records.

Original Grantor(s):

Cross Creek 3, LLC

Original Beneficiary(ies):

Indicate Capital Fund 1, LLC

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt:

Indicate Capital Fund 1, LLC

Date of Deed of Trust:

December 15, 2021

County of Recording: El Paso

Recording Date of Deed of Trust:

December 16, 2021

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

221228991

Original Principal Amount: $760,350.00

Outstanding Principal Balance: $760,350.00

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

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

LOT 56, CUCHARES RANCH FILING NO.6, COUNTY OF EL PASO, STATE OF COLORADO.

Also known by street and number as: 3533 Saguaro Circle, Colorado Springs, CO 80925.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF

THE DEED OF TRUST. NOTICE OF SALE

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 on Wednesday, 03/08/2023, at via remote, web-based auction service, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 1/12/2023

Last Publication: 2/9/2023

Name of Publication:

Sixty35 Media, LLC

IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; DATE: 11/08/2022

Mark Lowderman, Public Trustee in and for the County of El Paso, State of Colorado

Lowderman

Mark

been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

LOT 4, BLOCK 3, EASTLAKE SUBDIVISION, FILING NO. 1, IN THE CITY OF COLORADO SPRINGS COUNTY OF EL PASO, STATE OF COLORADO.

APN #: 64212-07-009

Also known by street and number as: 613 MANITOBA DRIVE, COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 80910. 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

CO.

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: FOOTHILLS LAND AND LOAN CO.

Date of Deed of Trust:

August 25, 2000

County of Recording: El Paso

Recording Date of Deed of Trust:

November 16, 2000

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

200138759

Original Principal Amount:

$44,000.00

Outstanding Principal Balance:

$43,455.64

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

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

LOT 9 INDIAN VILLAGE FILING #2

El Paso County Colorado

Also known by street and number as: .

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

By:

, Treasurer and Public Trustee

The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

Robert T. Cosgrove #12217

Burns, Wall and Mueller, P.C. 303 East 17th Avenue, Suite 800 Denver, CO 80203-1299 (303) 830-7000

Attorney File # Cross Creek

The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.

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COMBINED NOTICEPUBLICATION

CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE

SALE NO. EPC202200654

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On November 8, 2022, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of El Paso records.

Original Grantor(s):

WENDY A. OLANDER

Original Beneficiary(ies):

MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR HOMEBRIDGE FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC., ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt:

CARRINGTON MORTGAGE SERVICES, LLC

Date of Deed of Trust:

September 23, 2019

County of Recording: El Paso

Recording Date of Deed of Trust:

September 25, 2019

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

219117027

Original Principal Amount: $204,250.00

Outstanding Principal Balance: $193,701.07

Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have

Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 on Wednesday, 03/08/2023, at via remote, web-based auction service, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 1/12/2023

Last Publication: 2/9/2023

Name of Publication: Sixty35 Media, LLC

IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; DATE: 11/08/2022

Mark Lowderman, Public Trustee in and for the County of El Paso, State of Colorado

By: Mark Lowderman, Treasurer and Public Trustee

The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

Alison L. Berry #34531

JANEWAY LAW FIRM, P.C. 9800 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 400 Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 706-9990

Attorney File # 22-028596

The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.

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COMBINED NOTICEPUBLICATION

CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. EPC202200655

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On November 8, 2022, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of El Paso records.

Original Grantor(s):

PAULINE LENARD and CHRISTOPHER LENARD

Original Beneficiary(ies):

FOOTHILLS LAND AND LOAN

NOTICE OF SALE

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby

Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 on Wednesday, 03/08/2023, at via remote, web-based auction service, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 1/12/2023

Last Publication: 2/9/2023

Name of Publication: Sixty35 Media, LLC

IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; DATE: 11/08/2022

Mark Lowderman, Public Trustee in and for the County of El Paso, State of Colorado

By: Mark Lowderman, Treasurer and Public Trustee

The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

Douglas J Kwitek #23268

BUXMAN KWITEK & SHIRLEY, P.C.

601 N Main Street, Suite 200 Pueblo, CO 81003

(719) 544-5081

Attorney File # Lenard

The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.

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02 DEGREES 01 MINUTES 32 SECONDS EAST, 1993.80 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE CONTINUING ALONG EAST LINE SOUTH 02 DEGREES

01 MINUTES 32 SECONDS EAST, 654.63 FEET TO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SAID NORTHEAST QUARTER; THENCE ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID NORTHEAST QUARTER SOUTH

89 DEGREES 28 MINUTES 55 SECONDS WEST, 2630.95 FEET TO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SAID NORTHEAST QUARTER; THENCE ALONG SAID WEST LINE NORTH 02 DEGREES 06 MINUTES 53 SECONDS WEST, 643.62 FEET; THENCE NORTH

89 DEGREES 14 MINUTES 29 SECONDS EAST, 2631.68 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. Also known by street and number as: 70 S Calhan Highway, Yoder, CO 80864.

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

NOTICE OF SALE

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby

Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 on Wednesday, 03/15/2023, at via remote, web-based auction service, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 1/19/2023

Last Publication: 2/16/2023

Name of Publication: Sixty35 Media, LLC

IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; DATE: 11/15/2022

Mark Lowderman, Public Trustee in and for the County of El Paso, State of Colorado

By: Mark Lowderman, Treasurer and Public Trustee

The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

Amanda Ferguson #44893

Halliday, Watkins & Mann, P.C. 355 Union Blvd., Suite 250 Lakewood, CO 80228 (303) 274-0155

Attorney File # CO11966

The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.

©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015

COMBINED NOTICEPUBLICATION

CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE

SALE NO. EPC202200664

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On November 15, 2022, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust

described below to be recorded in the County of El Paso records.

Original Grantor(s):

GLENDA M HERRICK

Original Beneficiary(ies):

Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for GREENPOINT MORTGAGE FUNDING, INC., its successors and assigns

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt:

U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its individual capacity but solely as owner trustee for RCF 2 Acquisition Trust c/o U.S. Bank Trust National Association

Date of Deed of Trust:

March 06, 2001

County of Recording: El Paso

Recording Date of Deed of Trust:

April 04, 2001

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

201040828

Original Principal Amount:

$107,000.00

Outstanding Principal Balance:

$74,110.48

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

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

LOT 73, HOMESTEAD SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 2, EL PASO COUNTY, COLORADO, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK U-2 AT PAGE 42, AND AS AMENDED BY ENGINEER’S STATEMENT RECORDED APRIL 4, 1972 IN BOOK 2479 AT PAGE 273.

Also known by street and number as: 4945 WAGON MASTER DRIVE, COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 80917.

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

NOTICE OF SALE

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby

Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 on Wednesday, 03/15/2023, at via remote, web-based auction service, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 1/19/2023

Last Publication: 2/16/2023

Name of Publication:

Sixty35 Media, LLC

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

DATE: 11/15/2022

Mark Lowderman, Public Trustee in and for the County of El Paso, State of Colorado

By: Mark Lowderman, Treasurer and Public Trustee

The name, address, business

telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

N. April Winecki #34861

JANEWAY LAW FIRM, P.C. 9800 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 400 Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 706-9990

Attorney File # 22-027692

The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.

©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015

COMBINED NOTICEPUBLICATION

CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. EPC202200665

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On November 15, 2022, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of El Paso records.

Original Grantor(s):

VADEENA FOUST

Original Beneficiary(ies):

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt:

Mortgage Assets Management, LLC

Date of Deed of Trust: March 17, 2011

County of Recording: El Paso

Recording Date of Deed of Trust: March 25, 2011

Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.): 211029866

Original Principal Amount: $198,000.00

Outstanding Principal Balance: $116,835.33

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 occupy the property as mortgagor’s primary residence as required under said Deed of Trust and the Evidence of Debt secured thereby THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

LOT 6, BRANT HOLLOW TOWNHOMES SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 3, COUNTY OF EL PASO, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 623 Hailey Glenn View, Colorado Springs, CO 80916.

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

NOTICE OF SALE

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby

Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 on Wednesday, 03/15/2023, at via remote, web-based auction service, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 1/19/2023

Last Publication: 2/16/2023

Sixty35 Media, LLC

IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; DATE: 11/15/2022

Mark Lowderman, Public Trustee in and for the County of El Paso, State of Colorado

has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby

Name of Publication:

By:

Mark Lowderman

, Treasurer and Public Trustee

The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

Ilene Dell’Acqua #31755

McCarthy & Holthus, LLP

7700 E. Arapahoe Road, Suite 230 Centennial, CO 80112 (877) 369-6122

Attorney File # CO-22-947869-LL

The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.

©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015

COMBINED NOTICEPUBLICATION

CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. EPC202200666

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On November 15, 2022, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of El Paso records.

Original Grantor(s):

ALYSSA MATTSON and ANTONIO M GONZALES

Original Beneficiary(ies):

Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for SECURITYNATIONAL MORTGAGE COMPANY, its successors and assigns

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt:

COLORADO HOUSING AND FINANCE AUTHORITY

Date of Deed of Trust:

June 04, 2018

County of Recording: El Paso

Recording Date of Deed of Trust:

June 06, 2018

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

218064602

Original Principal Amount: $242,500.00

Outstanding Principal Balance: $229,756.50

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

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

LOT 5, BLOCK 4, PIKES PEAK PARK SUBDIVISION NO. 8, COUNTY OF EL PASO, STATE OF COLORADO.

APN #: 6427207009

Also known by street and number as: 1635 SHASTA DR, COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 80910.

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,

Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 on Wednesday, 03/15/2023, at via remote, web-based auction service, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 1/19/2023

Last Publication: 2/16/2023

Name of Publication: Sixty35 Media, LLC

IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; DATE: 11/15/2022

Mark Lowderman, Public Trustee in and for the County of El Paso, State of Colorado

By: Mark Lowderman, Treasurer and Public Trustee

The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

Alison L. Berry #34531

JANEWAY LAW FIRM, P.C. 9800 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 400 Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 706-9990

Attorney File # 22-028780

The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.

©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015

COMBINED NOTICEPUBLICATION

CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE

SALE NO. EPC202200667

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:

On November 22, 2022, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of El Paso records.

Original Grantor(s):

SPENCER D. REAGAN

Original Beneficiary(ies):

Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. acting solely as nominee for QUICK LOANS INC.

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt:

ROCKET MORTGAGE, LLC

F/K/A QUICKEN LOANS, LLC

F/K/A QUICKEN LOANS INC.

Date of Deed of Trust:

February 21, 2020

County of Recording: El Paso

Recording Date of Deed of Trust:

February 27, 2020

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

220027979

Original Principal Amount:

$242,500.00

Outstanding Principal Balance:

$236,133.12

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

ALL THE REAL PROPERTY TOGETHER WITH IMPROVEMENTS, IF ANY, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN THE COUNTY EL PASO, AND STATE OF COLORADO, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:

LOT 27, BLOCK 4, PARK HILL SUBDIVISION NO. 3, COUNTY OF EL PASO, STATE OF COLORADO

Also known by street and number as: 3311 E PIKES PEAK AVE, COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 80909-6534.

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

NOTICE OF SALE

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby

Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 on Wednesday, 03/22/2023, at via remote, web-based auction service, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 1/26/2023

Last Publication: 2/23/2023

Name of Publication: Sixty35 Media, LLC

IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; DATE: 11/22/2022

Mark Lowderman, Public Trustee in and for the County of El Paso, State of Colorado

By: Mark Lowderman, Treasurer and Public Trustee

The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

Anna Johnston #51978

Barrett Frappier & Weisserman, LLP

1391 Speer Boulevard, Suite 700 Denver, CO 80204 (303) 350-3711

Attorney File # 00000009644030

The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.

©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015

COMBINED NOTICEPUBLICATION

CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. EPC202200668

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On November 22, 2022, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of El Paso records.

Original Grantor(s):

JOHN SCHAD and MEGAN SCHAD

Original Beneficiary(ies):

Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., solely as nominee

for MORTGAGE SOLUTIONS OF COLORADO, LLC

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt:

Servis One, Inc. d/b/a BSI

Financial Services

Date of Deed of Trust:

May 22, 2019

County of Recording: El Paso

Recording Date of Deed of Trust:

June 05, 2019

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

219061720

Original Principal Amount:

$235,121.00

Outstanding Principal Balance:

$228,485.96

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

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

LOT 1, BLOCK 1, SIMMELINK I, COUNTY OF EL PASO, STATE OF COLORADO

Also known by street and number as: 3210 Simmelink Loop, Colorado Springs, CO 80916.

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

NOTICE OF SALE

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby

Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 on Wednesday, 03/22/2023, at via remote, web-based auction service, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 1/26/2023

Last Publication: 2/23/2023

Name of Publication:

Sixty35 Media, LLC

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

DATE: 11/22/2022

Mark Lowderman, Public Trustee in and for the County of El Paso, State of Colorado

By: Mark Lowderman, Treasurer

Public Trustee

and

The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

Jeremiah B. Hayes #34002

Taherzadeh, PLLC

15851 N. Dallas Parkway, Ste 410 Addison, TX 75001

(469) 729-6800

Attorney File # schad

The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.

©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015

COMBINED NOTICEPUBLICATION

CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE

SALE NO. EPC202200670

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On November 22, 2022, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of El Paso records.

Original Grantor(s):

WALTER DUNCAN and JENNIFER DUNCAN

Original Beneficiary(ies):

Mortgage Electronic Regisration Systems, Inc. as nominee for MORTGAGE INVESTORS CORPORATION, its successors and asigns

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt:

FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION

Date of Deed of Trust:

July 14, 2011

County of Recording: El Paso

Recording Date of Deed of Trust:

July 22, 2011

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

211070544

Original Principal Amount:

$149,291.00

Outstanding Principal Balance:

$109,516.22

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

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

LOT 1, THE RESIDENCE AT STRATMOOR TOWNHOMES, COUNTY OF EL PASO, STATE OF COLORADO.

APN #: 6510205029

Also known by street and number as: 3103 CLIVEDEN HEIGHTS, COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 80906.

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

NOTICE OF SALE

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby

Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 on Wednesday, 03/22/2023, at via remote, web-based auction service, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 1/26/2023

Last Publication: 2/23/2023

Name of Publication:

Sixty35 Media, LLC

IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; DATE: 11/22/2022

Mark Lowderman, Public Trustee in and for the County of El Paso, State of Colorado

By: Mark Lowderman, Treasurer and Public Trustee

The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

N. April Winecki #34861

JANEWAY LAW FIRM, P.C.

9800 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 400 Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 706-9990

Attorney File # 22-027991

The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.

©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015

COMBINED NOTICEPUBLICATION

CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE

SALE NO. EPC202200671

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:

On November 29, 2022, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of El Paso records.

Original Grantor(s):

ERIC S. KOERPERICH

Original Beneficiary(ies):

Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. (“MERS”) as nominee for CHERRY CREEK MORTGAGE CO., Inc Its Successors and Assigns

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt:

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.

Date of Deed of Trust:

March 06, 2012

County of Recording: El Paso

Recording Date of Deed of Trust:

March 07, 2012

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

212025720

Original Principal Amount: $150,160.00

Outstanding Principal Balance: $117,484.58

Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the Deed of Trust and other violations thereof THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

LOT 73 IN CIMARRONEASTRIDGE, FILING NO. 1, EL PASO COUNTY, COLORADO.

Also known by street and number as: 1630 Yakima Drive, Colorado Springs, CO 80915.

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

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 on Wednesday, 03/22/2023, at via remote, web-based auction service, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and

other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 1/26/2023

Last Publication: 2/23/2023

Name of Publication: Sixty35 Media, LLC

IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; DATE: 11/29/2022

Mark Lowderman, Public Trustee in and for the County of El Paso, State of Colorado

By: Mark Lowderman, Treasurer and Public Trustee

The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

Ilene Dell’Acqua #31755 McCarthy & Holthus, LLP

7700 E. Arapahoe Road, Suite 230

Centennial, CO 80112 (877) 369-6122

Attorney File # CO-22-946571-LL

The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.

©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015

COMBINED NOTICEPUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. EPC202200677

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:

On November 22, 2022, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of El Paso records.

Original Grantor(s):

LYLE R. SHEPHERD AND TAMMIE A. SHEPHERD

Original Beneficiary(ies): ARGENT MORTGAGE COMPANY, LLC

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt:

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Trustee , for Park Place Securities, Inc. Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2004-WCW2

Date of Deed of Trust:

August 19, 2004

County of Recording: El Paso

Recording Date of Deed of Trust:

September 09, 2004

Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.): 204152928

Original Principal Amount: $96,300.00

Outstanding Principal Balance: $65,114.88

Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust and other violations of the terms thereof THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

SEE ATTACHED LEGAL DESCRIPTION

LEGAL DESCRIPTION

CONDOMINIUM UNIT 4, BUILDING C, FIREFLY CONDOMINIUMS, ACCORDING TO THE CONDOMINIUM MAP THEREOF FILED FOR RECORDED IN THE RECORDS OF THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK AND RECORDER OF EL PASO COUNTY, COLORADO,

ON OCTOBER 4, 1984 IN CONDOMINIUM PLAT BOOK 4 AT PAGE 16, AND SUPPLEMENT RECORDED SEPTEMBER 13, 1985 IN PLAT BOOK 4 AT PAGE 78, AND AS DEFINED AND DESCRIBED IN THE CONDOMINIUM DECLARATION FOR FIREFLY CONDOMINIUM RECORDED ON OCTOBER 4, 1984 IN BOOK 3925 AT PAGE 298 IN SAID RECORDS, AND SUPPLEMENT THERETO. COUNTY OF EL PASO, STATE OF COLORADO

Also known by street and number as: 1358 FIREFLY CIR, COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 80916. THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.

NOTICE OF SALE

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby

Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 on Wednesday, 03/22/2023, at via remote, web-based auction service, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 1/26/2023

Last Publication: 2/23/2023

Name of Publication: Sixty35 Media, LLC

IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; DATE: 11/22/2022

Mark Lowderman, Public Trustee in and for the County of El Paso, State of Colorado

By: Mark Lowderman, Treasurer and Public Trustee

The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

Anna Johnston #51978

Barrett Frappier & Weisserman, LLP

1391 Speer Boulevard, Suite 700 Denver, CO 80204 (303) 350-3711

Attorney File # 00000009553785

The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.

©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015

COMBINED NOTICEPUBLICATION

CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE

SALE NO. EPC202200672

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:

On November 22, 2022, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of El Paso records.

Original Grantor(s):

ANDREW SPURLIN

Original Beneficiary(ies):

Mortgage Electronic Registration

Systems, Inc., as beneficiary, as nominee for MORTGAGE

RESEARCH CENTER, LLC DBA

VETERANS UNITED HOME LOANS

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt:

PennyMac Loan Services, LLC

Date of Deed of Trust:

November 19, 2020

County of Recording: El Paso

Recording Date of Deed of Trust:

November 20, 2020

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

220189674

Original Principal Amount:

$240,000.00

Outstanding Principal Balance:

$232,414.50

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

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

See Attached Exhibit A - legal description

EPC202200672

EXHIBIT “A”

LEGAL DESCRIPTION

That portion of Lot 1, Block 3, Security, Colorado Addition No.2, County of El Paso, State of Colorado, described as follows:

Beginning at the most Southerly corner of said Lot 1, thence Northwesterly on the Southwesterly line of said Lot 1, a distance of 101.25 feet; thence on a curve to the right, having a radius of 26.31 feet, an arc distance of 52.04 feet, thence on tangent on the Northerly line of said Lot 1, a distance of 44.68 feet; thence Southeasterly 103.92 feet, more or less, to a point on the Southeasterly line of said Lot 1 which is 60 feet Northeasterly from the point of beginning; thence Southwesterly on said Southeasterly line, 60 feet to the point of beginning.

Also known by street and number as: 123 Hayes Dr, Colorado Springs, CO 80911.

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

NOTICE OF SALE

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby

Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 on Wednesday, 03/22/2023, at via remote, web-based auction service, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 1/26/2023

Last Publication: 2/23/2023

Name of Publication:

Sixty35 Media, LLC

IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; DATE: 11/22/2022

Mark Lowderman, Public Trustee in and for the County of El Paso, State of Colorado

By: Mark Lowderman, Treasurer

Public Trustee

and

The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

Scott D. Toebben #19011

Randall S. Miller & Associates PC 216 16th Street, Suite 1210 Denver, CO 80202 (720) 259-6710

Attorney File # 22CO00312-1

The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.

©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015

COMBINED NOTICEPUBLICATION

CRS §38-38-103

FORECLOSURE

SALE NO. EPC202200673

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On November 22, 2022, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of El Paso records.

Original Grantor(s):

Coleen Van Ackeren AND Ron Van Ackeren

Original Beneficiary(ies):

MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR GMAC MORTGAGE CORPORATION, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt:

U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION , not in its individual capacity but solely as owner trustee for RCF 2 Acquisition Trust c/o U.S. Bank Trust National Association

Date of Deed of Trust:

September 21, 2004

County of Recording: El Paso

Recording Date of Deed of Trust:

September 23, 2004

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

204160468

Original Principal Amount:

$300,000.00

Outstanding Principal Balance:

$216,795.83

Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)

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

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

LOT 2 IN THE ESTATES AT MIDDLE CREEK FILING NO. 1, COUNTY OF EL PASO, STATE OF COLORADO.

Also known by street and number as: 1322 Oakmont Dr, Colorado Springs, CO 80921.

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

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby

Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 on Wednesday, 03/22/2023, at via remote, web-based auction

service, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 1/26/2023

Last Publication: 2/23/2023

Name of Publication: Sixty35 Media, LLC

IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; DATE: 11/22/2022

Mark Lowderman, Public Trustee in and for the County of El Paso, State of Colorado

By: Mark Lowderman, Treasurer and Public Trustee

The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

David R. Doughty #40042

JANEWAY LAW FIRM, P.C.

9800 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 400 Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 706-9990

Attorney File # 22-027615

The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.

©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015

COMBINED NOTICEPUBLICATION

CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. EPC202200674

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:

On November 22, 2022, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of El Paso records.

Original Grantor(s):

Kyle A. Ramsey

Original Beneficiary(ies):

MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR MORTGAGE SOLUTIONS OF COLORADO, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt:

CARRINGTON MORTGAGE SERVICES, LLC

Date of Deed of Trust:

March 11, 2008

County of Recording: El Paso

Recording Date of Deed of Trust:

March 12, 2008

Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.): 208029358

Original Principal Amount:

$247,713.00

Outstanding Principal Balance:

$174,419.32

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

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

LOT 34, TUSCANY RIDGE AT MESA VILLAGE FILING NO. 1, IN THE CITY OF FOUNTAIN,

COUNTY OF EL PASO, STATE OF COLORADO.

PARCEL IDENTIFICATION

NUMBER: 55324-12-017

PURSUANT TO AFFIDAVIT OF SCRIVENER’S ERROR RECORDED ON 11/8/2022 AT RECEPTION NO. 222139416 TO CORRECT LEGAL DESCRIPTION.

Also known by street and number as: 7447 Willow Pines Place, Fountain, CO 80817.

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

NOTICE OF SALE

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby

Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 on Wednesday, 03/22/2023, at via remote, web-based auction service, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 1/26/2023

Last Publication: 2/23/2023

Name of Publication:

Pikes Peak Bulletin

IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; DATE: 11/22/2022

Mark Lowderman, Public Trustee in and for the County of El Paso, State of Colorado

GUILD MORTGAGE COMPANY

LLC

Date of Deed of Trust:

October 31, 2017

County of Recording: El Paso

Recording Date of Deed of Trust:

November 01, 2017

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

217132800

Original Principal Amount:

$262,014.00

Outstanding Principal Balance:

$264,831.74

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

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

LOT 2, BLOCK 8, COUNTRY CROSSING AT THE POINTE SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 1, IN THE CITY OF FOUNTAIN, COUNTY OF EL PASO, STATE OF COLORADO.

Also known by street and number as: 6823 Kasson Drive, Fountain, CO 80817.

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.

COMBINED NOTICEPUBLICATION

CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE

SALE NO. EPC202200676

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On November 22, 2022, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of El Paso records.

Original Grantor(s):

SONNY HALL and DIAUNTHA BELL

Original Beneficiary(ies):

Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Beneficiary, as nominee for MORTGAGE

SOLUTIONS OF COLORADO, LLC, its successors and assigns

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt:

Mortgage Solutions of Colorado, LLC, D.B.A Mortgage Solutions

Financial

Date of Deed of Trust:

June 19, 2020

County of Recording: El Paso

Recording Date of Deed of Trust:

June 22, 2020

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

220086879

Original Principal Amount:

$391,759.00

Outstanding Principal Balance: $295,371.01

CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED;

DATE: 11/22/2022

Mark Lowderman, Public Trustee in and for the County of El Paso, State of Colorado

By: Mark

Lowderman

, Treasurer and Public Trustee

The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

Amanda Ferguson #44893 Halliday, Watkins & Mann, P.C. 355 Union Blvd., Suite 250 Lakewood, CO 80228 (303) 274-0155

Attorney File # CO21038

The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.

©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015

COMBINED NOTICEPUBLICATION

CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE

SALE NO. EPC202200678

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On November 22, 2022, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of El Paso records.

Original Grantor(s):

LEANNE E HENDRICKS

Original Beneficiary(ies):

MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR CHERRY CREEK MORTGAGE CO., INC.

By:

Mark

Lowderman

, Treasurer and Public Trustee

The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

N. April Winecki #34861

JANEWAY LAW FIRM, P.C.

9800 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 400 Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 706-9990

Attorney File # 22-028633

The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.

©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015

COMBINED NOTICEPUBLICATION

CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. EPC202200675

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:

On November 22, 2022, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of El Paso records.

Original Grantor(s):

REGINALD JONES

Original Beneficiary(ies):

Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for GUILD MORTGAGE COMPANY, a California Corporation, Its Successors and Assigns

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt:

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 on Wednesday, 03/22/2023, at via remote, web-based auction service, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 1/26/2023

Last Publication: 2/23/2023

Name of Publication: Sixty35 Media, LLC

IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; DATE: 11/22/2022

Mark Lowderman, Public Trustee in and for the County of El Paso, State of Colorado

By: Mark Lowderman, Treasurer and Public Trustee

The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

Ilene Dell’Acqua #31755

McCarthy & Holthus, LLP

7700 E. Arapahoe Road, Suite 230 Centennial, CO 80112 (877) 369-6122

Attorney File # CO-22-947425-LL

The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.

©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015

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 Property is all of the property encumbered by said Deed of Trust and is described as: LOT 147, LORSON RANCH EAST FILING NO. 2, COUNTY OF EL PASO, STATE OF COLORADO **This loan has been modified through a Loan Modification Agreement dated 12/9/2021.

Also known by street and number as: 6128 Shavers Dr, Colorado Springs, CO 80925.

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

NOTICE OF SALE

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby

Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 on Wednesday, 03/22/2023, at via remote, web-based auction service, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 1/26/2023

Last Publication: 2/23/2023

Name of Publication: Sixty35 Media, LLC

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

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt:

PENNYMAC LOAN SERVICES, LLC

Date of Deed of Trust:

March 22, 2017

County of Recording: El Paso

Recording Date of Deed of Trust: March 24, 2017

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

217033582

Original Principal Amount:

$254,117.00

Outstanding Principal Balance:

$226,396.23

Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust and other violations of the terms thereof THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. LOT 68, SCENIC VIEW AT PAINT BRUSH HILLS, COUNTY OF EL PASO, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 11310 SCENIC BRUSH DR, PEYTON, CO 80831.

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

NOTICE OF SALE

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby

Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 on Wednesday, 03/22/2023, at via remote, web-based auction service, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said

PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.

NOTICE OF SALE

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby

Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 on Wednesday, 03/22/2023, at via remote, web-based auction service, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 1/26/2023

Last Publication: 2/23/2023

Name of Publication:

Sixty35 Media, LLC

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

DATE: 11/22/2022

Mark Lowderman, Public Trustee in and for the County of El Paso, State of Colorado

By: Mark Lowderman, Treasurer and Public Trustee

The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

Anna Johnston #51978

Barrett Frappier & Weisserman, LLP

1391 Speer Boulevard, Suite 700 Denver, CO 80204 (303) 350-3711

Attorney File # 00000009650755

The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.

©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015

COMBINED NOTICEPUBLICATION

CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE

SALE NO. EPC202200687

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:

On November 22, 2022, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of El Paso records.

Original Grantor(s):

HEATHER R. BUCKLEY

Original Beneficiary(ies):

Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Beneficiary, as nominee for CORNERSTONE HOME LENDING, INC., its successors and assigns

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt:

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

Date of Deed of Trust:

September 18, 2013

County of Recording: El Paso

Recording Date of Deed of Trust:

September 18, 2013

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

213118842

Original Principal Amount:

$117,826.00

Outstanding Principal Balance:

$103,062.72

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

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

LOT 14, BLOCK 1, SOUTHBOROUGH SUBDIVISION NO.9, EL PASO COUNTY, COLORADO

**This loan has been modified through a Modification Agreement recorded 2/3/2022 at Reception No. 222016368 in the records of the El Paso county clerk and recorder, Colorado.

Also known by street and number as: 4480 Joyce Place, Colorado Springs, CO 80916.

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

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby

Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 on Wednesday, 03/22/2023, at via remote, web-based auction service, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 1/26/2023

Last Publication: 2/23/2023

Name of Publication: Sixty35 Media, LLC IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; DATE: 11/22/2022

Mark Lowderman, Public Trustee in and for the County of El Paso, State of Colorado

the County of El Paso records.

Original Grantor(s): WILLIAM L. LAURELL

Original Beneficiary(ies): MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR LOANDEPOT. COM, LLC

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: LOANDEPOT.COM, LLC

Date of Deed of Trust:

November 12, 2020 County of Recording: El Paso

Recording Date of Deed of Trust:

November 17, 2020

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

220186987

Original Principal Amount:

$256,006.00

Outstanding Principal Balance:

$248,221.76

Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust and other violations of the terms thereof THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

LOT 2, EXCEPT THE SOUTHERLY 5 FEET THEREOF AS MEASURED AT RIGHT ANGLES TO AND PARALLEL WITH THE SOUTHERLY LOT LINE THEREOF, AND THE SOUTHERLY 5 FEET OF LOT 1, AS MEASURED AT RIGHT ANGLES TO AND PARALLEL WITH THE SOUTHERLY LOT LINE THEREOF, BLOCK 5, CENTURY HEIGHTS ADDITION NO. 4, TO THE CITY OF COLORADO SPRINGS, COUNTY OF EL PASO, STATE OF COLORADO.

Also known by street and number as: 2031 N. CIRCLE DR., COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 80909. 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.

attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

Anna Johnston #51978

Barrett Frappier & Weisserman, LLP

1391 Speer Boulevard, Suite 700 Denver, CO 80204 (303) 350-3711

Attorney File # 00000009634957

The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.

©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015

COMBINED NOTICEPUBLICATION

CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. EPC202200690

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On November 29, 2022, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of El Paso records.

Original Grantor(s):

BRIAN R. KING AND KRYSTAL D. KING

Original Beneficiary(ies): MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR FIRST MORTGAGE COMPANY LLC

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt:

NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE, LLC

Date of Deed of Trust:

December 31, 2009

County of Recording: El Paso

Recording Date of Deed of Trust:

January 20, 2010

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

210005093

Original Principal Amount:

$234,945.00

Outstanding Principal Balance:

$198,955.31

First Publication: 2/2/2023

Last Publication: 3/2/2023

Name of Publication:

Sixty35 Media, LLC

IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; DATE: 11/29/2022

Mark Lowderman, Public Trustee in and for the County of El Paso, State of Colorado

By: Mark Lowderman, Treasurer and Public Trustee

The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

Anna Johnston #51978

Barrett Frappier & Weisserman, LLP

1391 Speer Boulevard, Suite 700 Denver, CO 80204 (303) 350-3711

Attorney File # 00000009661869

The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.

©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015

COMBINED NOTICEPUBLICATION

CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. EPC202200691

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:

On November 29, 2022, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of El Paso records.

Original Grantor(s):

David McTague and Nicole Lewis-McTague d/b/a Colorado Revitalized Homes, LLC, a Colorado Limited Liability Company

PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.

NOTICE OF SALE

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby

Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 on Wednesday, 03/29/2023, at via remote, web-based auction service, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 2/2/2023

Last Publication: 3/2/2023

Name of Publication: Sixty35 Media, LLC

IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; DATE: 11/29/2022

Mark Lowderman, Public Trustee in and for the County of El Paso, State of Colorado

By: Mark Lowderman, Treasurer and Public Trustee

The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Mark D. Francis #27885

MARK D. FRANCIS

1880 Office Club Pointe, Suite 1000 Colorado Springs, CO 80920 (719) 265-6900

Attorney File # McTague-yoder

Mark Lowderman, Treasurer and Public Trustee

By:

The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

Amanda Ferguson #44893

Halliday, Watkins & Mann, P.C. 355 Union Blvd., Suite 250 Lakewood, CO 80228 (303) 274-0155

Attorney File # CO21048

The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.

©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015

COMBINED NOTICEPUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. EPC202200688

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:

On November 29, 2022, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 on Wednesday, 03/29/2023, at via remote, web-based auction service, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 2/2/2023

Last Publication: 3/2/2023

Name of Publication:

Sixty35 Media, LLC

IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; DATE: 11/29/2022

Mark Lowderman, Public Trustee in and for the County of El Paso, State of Colorado

By: Mark Lowderman, Treasurer and Public Trustee

The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the

Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust and other violations of the terms thereof THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

LOT 13, NORTHCREST FILING NO. 2, PHASE 3, COUNTY OF EL PASO, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 3050 FRAZIER LANE, COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 80922. THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.

NOTICE OF SALE

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 on Wednesday, 03/29/2023, at via remote, web-based auction service, 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.

Original Beneficiary(ies):

CATHIA BELL

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt:

CATHIA BELL

Date of Deed of Trust:

April 14, 2022

County of Recording: El Paso

Recording Date of Deed of Trust:

April 18, 2022

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

222053577

Original Principal Amount:

$385,000.00

Outstanding Principal Balance:

$411,950.00

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

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

TR IN NW4 SEC 27-13-61 DECS

AS FOLS: COM AT W4 COR OF SD SEC 27, TH N 00<12’29” W COINCIDENT WITH W LN OF SD

SEC 27 1755.30 FT FOR POB, TH CONT N 00<12’29” W 584.80 FT, N 88<45’44” E 2607.92 FT TO N-S

C/L OF SD SEC 27, S 00<08’33”

E ON SD N-S

C/L OF SD SEC

27 584.82 FT, TH S 88<45’44” W

2607.25 FT TO W LN OF SD SEC

27 & POB

Also known by street and number as: 4455 N Yoder Road, Yoder, CO 80864.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE

The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.

©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015

COMBINED NOTICEPUBLICATION

CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. EPC202200693

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On November 29, 2022, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of El Paso records.

Original Grantor(s): Jonathan A. Hunter

Original Beneficiary(ies):

Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Beneficiary, as nominee for Apple Mortgage Corp, its successors and assigns

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt:

Onslow Bay Financial LLC

Date of Deed of Trust:

July 30, 2015

County of Recording: El Paso

Recording Date of Deed of Trust:

July 30, 2015

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

215082066

Original Principal Amount: $157,140.00

Outstanding Principal Balance: $137,834.61

Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4) (i), you are hereby notified that the

COMBINED NOTICEPUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE

SALE NO. EPC202200699

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On November 29, 2022, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of El Paso records.

Original Grantor(s):

TERRENCE L. THOMAS

Original Beneficiary(ies): MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR GOLDWATER BANK, N.A., ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS

Current Holder of Evidence of

Debt:

WESTSTAR MORTGAGE CORPORATION

Date of Deed of Trust:

September 02, 2015

County of Recording: El Paso

Recording Date of Deed of Trust:

September 03, 2015

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

215096959

Original Principal Amount:

$153,750.00

Outstanding Principal Balance:

$141,903.02

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

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

LOT 17, IN BROOKHAVEN FILING NO. 1, IN THE CITY OF COLORADO SPRINGS, EL PASO COUNTY, COLORADO, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK X-3 AT PAGE 7, AND AS AMENDED BY SURVEYORS STATEMENT RECORDED APRIL 3, 1985 IN BOOK 3990 AT PAGE 1444.

APN #: 7411101031

Also known by street and number as: 825 COLUMBINE AVENUE, COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 80904. THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.

NOTICE OF SALE

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby

Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 on Wednesday, 03/29/2023, at via remote, web-based auction service, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 2/2/2023

Last Publication: 3/2/2023

Name of Publication:

Sixty35 Media, LLC

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

CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED;

DATE: 11/29/2022

Mark Lowderman, Public Trustee in and for the County of El Paso, State of Colorado

By: Mark Lowderman, Treasurer

and Public Trustee

The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

Alison L. Berry #34531

JANEWAY LAW FIRM, P.C.

9800 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 400 Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 706-9990

Attorney File # 22-028556

The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.

©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015

COMBINED NOTICEPUBLICATION

CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE

SALE NO. EPC202200701

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:

On December 6, 2022, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of El Paso records.

Original Grantor(s):

James R. Tanner

Original Beneficiary(ies):

Ent Federal Credit Union

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt:

Ent Federal Credit Union Date of Deed of Trust:

March 03, 2016

County of Recording: El Paso

Recording Date of Deed of Trust: March 08, 2016

Recording Information (Reception

and/or Book/Page No.):

216023343

Original Principal Amount: $120,000.00

Outstanding Principal Balance:

$117,353.84

Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)

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

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

Lot 262, the Homestead Subdivision Filing Number 1, in the City of Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado

Also known by street and number as: 4255 Oro Blanco Drive, Colorado Springs, CO 80917.

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

NOTICE OF SALE

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby

Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 on Wednesday, 04/05/2023, at via remote, web-based auction service, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured

by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 2/9/2023

Last Publication: 3/9/2023

Name of Publication: Sixty35 Media, LLC

IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; DATE: 12/06/2022

Mark Lowderman, Public Trustee in and for the County of El Paso, State of Colorado

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.

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.

COMBINED NOTICEPUBLICATION

CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE

SALE NO. EPC202200704

CONDOMINIUM UNIT 7, BUILDING 1, MONTCLAIR CONDOMINIUMS PHASE 1, ACCORDING TO THE CONDOMINIUM DECLARATION

By: Mark

Lowderman

, Treasurer and Public Trustee

The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

Peter M Susemihl #494

Susemihl, McDermott & Downie, P.C. 660 Southpointe Court, Suite 210 Colorado Springs, CO 80906 (719) 579-6500

Attorney File # Tanner

The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.

©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015

COMBINED NOTICEPUBLICATION

CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. EPC202200702

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:

On December 6, 2022, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of El Paso records.

Original Grantor(s):

Clorel Pierre-Louis

Original Beneficiary(ies):

Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as beneficiary, as nominee for Home Point Financial Corporation, its successors and assigns

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt:

Freedom Mortgage Corporation

Date of Deed of Trust:

June 23, 2021

County of Recording: El Paso

Recording Date of Deed of Trust:

June 24, 2021

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

221122675

Original Principal Amount: $474,160.00

Outstanding Principal Balance: $474,160.00

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

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

Lot 11 in Block 4, Village Seven, Filing Number 2, in the City of Colorado Springs, County of El Paso, State of Colorado.

Also known by street and number as: 2829 East Serendipity circle, Colorado Springs, CO 80917-3534.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 on Wednesday, 04/05/2023, at via remote, web-based auction service, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 2/9/2023

Last Publication: 3/9/2023

Name of Publication:

Sixty35 Media, LLC

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

DATE: 12/06/2022

Mark Lowderman, Public Trustee in and for the County of El Paso, State of Colorado

Lowderman

Mark

THEREOF FILED FOR RECORD IN THE RECORDS OF THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK AND RECORDER OF EL PASO COUNTY, COLORADO ON DECEMBER 17, 1984 IN BOOK 3950 AT PAGE 772, AND AS DEFINED AND DESCRIBED IN THE CONDOMINIUM MAP FOR MONTCLAIR CONDOMINIUMS PHASE 1, RECORDED DECEMBER 17, 1984 IN CONDOMINIUM PLAT BOOK 4 AT PAGE 23 IN SAID RECORDS, AND ALL AMENDMENTS THERETO, COUNTY OF EL PASO, STATE OF COLORADO

**The unpaid principal balance includes principal and interest payments deferred pursuant to a Payment Deferral Agreement

Also known by street and number as: 2776 Montague Dr, Colorado Springs, CO 80920.

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On December 6, 2022, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of El Paso records.

Original Grantor(s):

Jody C. Wier

Original Beneficiary(ies):

MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR FIRST MORTGAGE COMPANY LLC, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt:

Seneca Mortgage Servicing LLC

Date of Deed of Trust:

September 19, 2012

County of Recording: El Paso

Recording Date of Deed of Trust:

October 03, 2012

Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.): 212116021

Original Principal Amount:

$121,000.00

Outstanding Principal Balance:

$94,043.06

, Treasurer and Public Trustee

By:

The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

Amanda Ferguson #44893

Halliday, Watkins & Mann, P.C.

355 Union Blvd., Suite 250 Lakewood, CO 80228

(303) 274-0155

Attorney File # CO21082

The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.

©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015

COMBINED NOTICEPUBLICATION

CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE

SALE NO. EPC202200703

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On December 6, 2022, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of El Paso records.

Original Grantor(s):

Spencer Earl Hiatt

Original Beneficiary(ies):

Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Beneficiary, as nominee for Marketplace Home Mortgage, L.L.C., its successors and assigns

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt:

The Money Source Inc.

Date of Deed of Trust:

July 30, 2018

County of Recording: El Paso

Recording Date of Deed of Trust:

August 01, 2018

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

218088581**

Original Principal Amount:

$138,067.00

Outstanding Principal Balance:

$142,489.03

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

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

NOTICE OF SALE

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 on Wednesday, 04/05/2023, at via remote, web-based auction service, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 2/9/2023

Last Publication: 3/9/2023

Name of Publication: Sixty35 Media, LLC

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

DATE: 12/06/2022

Mark Lowderman, Public Trustee in and for the County of El Paso, State of Colorado

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

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

LOT 10, BLOCK 5, PIKES PEAK PARK SUBDIVISION NO. 30, IN THE CITY OF COLORADO SPRINGS, COUNTY OF EL PASO, STATE OF COLORADO.

Also known by street and number as: 4440 Gatewood Drive, Colorado Springs, CO 80916.

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.

By: Mark

Lowderman

, Treasurer and Public Trustee

The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

Heather Deere #28597

Halliday, Watkins & Mann, P.C. 355 Union Blvd., Suite 250 Lakewood, CO 80228 (303) 274-0155

Attorney File # CO12110

The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.

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THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 on Wednesday, 04/05/2023, at via remote, web-based auction service, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 2/9/2023

Last Publication: 3/9/2023

Name of Publication:

Sixty35 Media, LLC

IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; DATE: 12/06/2022

Mark Lowderman, Public Trustee in and for the County of El Paso, State of Colorado

By: Mark Lowderman, Treasurer

and Public Trustee

The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

N. April Winecki #34861

JANEWAY LAW FIRM, P.C.

9800 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 400 Englewood, CO 80112

(303) 706-9990

Attorney File # 22-028476

The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.

©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015

COMBINED NOTICEPUBLICATION

CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE

SALE NO. EPC202200705

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:

On December 6, 2022, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of El Paso records.

Original Grantor(s):

Jason Bowen

Original Beneficiary(ies):

ENT CREDIT UNION

Current Holder of Evidence of

Debt:

ENT CREDIT UNION

Date of Deed of Trust:

December 10, 2020

County of Recording: El Paso

Recording Date of Deed of Trust:

December 11, 2020

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

220202610

Original Principal Amount:

$269,037.00

Outstanding Principal Balance:

$261,693.25

Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)

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

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

LOT 28, BLOCK 6, SECURITY, COLORADO, ADDITION NO. 12, COUNTY OF EL PASO, STATE OF COLORADO.

APN #: 6511203018

Also known by street and number as: 2578 Chimayo Drive, Colorado Springs, CO 80911.

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

NOTICE OF SALE

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby

Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 on Wednesday, 04/05/2023, at via remote, web-based auction service, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 2/9/2023

Last Publication: 3/9/2023

Name of Publication: Sixty35 Media, LLC

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

DATE: 12/06/2022

Mark Lowderman, Public Trustee in and for the County of El Paso, State of Colorado

By: Mark Lowderman, Treasurer

and Public Trustee

The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

Alison L. Berry #34531

JANEWAY LAW FIRM, P.C. 9800 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 400 Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 706-9990

Attorney File # 22-028876

The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.

©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015

COMBINED NOTICEPUBLICATION

CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE

SALE NO. EPC202200706

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:

On December 6, 2022, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of El Paso records.

Original Grantor(s):

Craftsman Homes and Interiors, LLC, a Colorado limited liability company

Original Beneficiary(ies):

Hawker Family Rentals LLLP, a Colorado limited liability limited partnership

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt:

Hawker Family Rentals LLLP, a Colorado limited liability limited partnership

Date of Deed of Trust:

July 10, 2020

County of Recording: El Paso Recording Date of Deed of Trust:

July 10, 2020

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

220099120

Original Principal Amount: $170,000.00

Outstanding Principal Balance: $526,353.33

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: default in payment required by the Deed of Trust and breaches of other monetary or non-monetary covenants therein.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. LOT 40 KINGS DEER HIGHLANDS SUB FIL NO 6 PLAT 10783

Also known by street and number as: 2259 White Cliff, Monument, CO 80132.

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

NOTICE OF SALE

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

and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 on Wednesday, 04/05/2023, at via remote, web-based auction service, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 2/9/2023

Last Publication: 3/9/2023

Name of Publication:

Sixty35 Media, LLC

IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; DATE: 12/06/2022

Mark Lowderman, Public Trustee in and for the County of El Paso, State of Colorado

By: Mark Lowderman, Treasurer

and Public Trustee

The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

Mark D. Francis #27885

MARK D. FRANCIS

1880 Office Club Pointe, Suite 140 Colorado Springs, CO 80920 (719) 265-6900

Attorney File # Craftsman Homes

The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.

©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015

COMBINED NOTICEPUBLICATION

CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. EPC202200707

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:

On December 6, 2022, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of El Paso records.

Original Grantor(s):

Gabriel Bryant

Original Beneficiary(ies):

FIRST HORIZON HOME LOAN CORPORATION

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt:

COLORADO HOUSING AND FINANCE AUTHORITY

Date of Deed of Trust:

May 20, 2005

County of Recording: El Paso

Recording Date of Deed of Trust: May 31, 2005

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

205078915

Original Principal Amount: $197,121.00

Outstanding Principal Balance: $124,076.09

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

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

LOT 26, IN PRONGHORN

GLEN, IN THE COUNTY OF EL PASO, STATE OF COLORADO ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED NOVEMBER 6, 2003 UNDER RECEPTION NO. 203262466.

PARCEL ID NUMBER: 5329106-043

Also known by street and number as: 7467 KLIPSPRINGER DRIVE, COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 80922.

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

NOTICE OF SALE

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 on Wednesday, 04/05/2023, at via remote, web-based auction service, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 2/9/2023

Last Publication: 3/9/2023

Name of Publication: Sixty35 Media, LLC

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

DATE: 12/06/2022

Mark Lowderman, Public Trustee in and for the County of El Paso, State of Colorado

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt:

FREEDOM MORTGAGE

CORPORATION

Date of Deed of Trust:

December 23, 2014

County of Recording: El Paso

Recording Date of Deed of Trust:

January 02, 2015

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

215000030

Original Principal Amount:

$187,100.00

Outstanding Principal Balance: $163,009.53

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

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

LOT 7, BLOCK 2, GREENBRIAR PARK SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 1, COUNTY OF EL PASO, STATE OF COLORADO.

APN #: 63104-02-015

Also known by street and number as: 6640 Mont Arbor Drive, Colorado Springs, CO 80918.

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.

COMBINED NOTICEPUBLICATION

CRS §38-38-103

FORECLOSURE

SALE NO. EPC202200711

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On December 6, 2022, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of El Paso records.

Original Grantor(s):

Willie L. Ates

Original Beneficiary(ies):

Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for Guild Mortgage Company, a California Corporation, Its Successors and Assigns

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt:

Guild Mortgage Company LLC

Date of Deed of Trust:

December 20, 2011

County of Recording: El Paso

Recording Date of Deed of Trust:

December 20, 2011

Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.): 211126495

Original Principal Amount:

$176,000.00

Outstanding Principal Balance:

$139,196.31

Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the Deed of Trust and other violations thereof THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

LOT 20 IN BLOCK 2 IN PIKES PEAK PARK SUBDIVISION NO. 9, IN THE CITY OF COLORADO SPRINGS, EL PASO COUNTY, COLORADO.

By: Mark Lowderman

, Treasurer and Public Trustee

The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

Alison L. Berry #34531

JANEWAY LAW FIRM, P.C. 9800 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 400 Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 706-9990

Attorney File # 14-005681

The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.

©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015

COMBINED NOTICEPUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. EPC202200708

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:

On December 6, 2022, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of El Paso records.

Original Grantor(s):

Henry Tyrone Yates AND Michelle

S. Yates

Original Beneficiary(ies): MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC.

AS NOMINEE FOR AMERICAN FINANCIAL NETWORK, INC., ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 on Wednesday, 04/05/2023, at via remote, web-based auction service, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 2/9/2023

Last Publication: 3/9/2023

Name of Publication: Sixty35 Media, LLC

IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; DATE: 12/06/2022

Mark Lowderman, Public Trustee in and for the County of El Paso, State of Colorado

By: Mark Lowderman, Treasurer

and Public Trustee

The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

Alison L. Berry #34531

JANEWAY LAW FIRM, P.C. 9800 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 400 Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 706-9990

Attorney File # 22-028862

The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.

©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015

Also known by street and number as: 1716 Kodiak Drive, Colorado Springs, CO 80910. THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.

NOTICE OF SALE

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby

Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 on Wednesday, 04/05/2023, at via remote, web-based auction service, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 2/9/2023

Last Publication: 3/9/2023

Name of Publication: Sixty35 Media, LLC

IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; DATE: 12/06/2022

Mark Lowderman, Public Trustee in and for the County of El Paso, State of Colorado

By: Mark Lowderman, Treasurer and Public Trustee

The name, address, business

telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

Ilene Dell’Acqua #31755

McCarthy & Holthus, LLP

7700 E. Arapahoe Road, Suite 230 Centennial, CO 80112

(877) 369-6122

Attorney File # CO-22-948883-LL

The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.

©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015

COMBINED NOTICEPUBLICATION

CRS §38-38-103

FORECLOSURE

SALE NO. EPC202200712

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:

On December 6, 2022, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of El Paso records.

Original Grantor(s):

Laura L. Kearney AND William B.

Kearney

Original Beneficiary(ies):

PREMIER MORTGAGE GROUP, LLC

Current Holder of Evidence of

Debt:

CARRINGTON MORTGAGE SERVICES, LLC

Date of Deed of Trust:

January 03, 2001

County of Recording: El Paso

Recording Date of Deed of Trust:

January 05, 2001

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

201002037

Original Principal Amount:

$127,991.00

Outstanding Principal Balance:

$106,185.84

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

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

LOT 21, IN BLOCK 20, WIDEFIELD HOMES NO. 8, EL PASO COUNTY, COLORADO, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED INPLAT BOOK D-2 AT PAGE 71, COUNTY OF EL PASO, STATE OF COLORADO.

Also known by street and number as: 158 Ithaca Street, Colo. Springs, CO 80911.

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

NOTICE OF SALE

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby

Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 on Wednesday, 04/05/2023, at via remote, web-based auction service, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured

by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 2/9/2023

Last Publication: 3/9/2023

Name of Publication: Sixty35 Media, LLC

IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; DATE: 12/06/2022

Mark Lowderman, Public Trustee in and for the County of El Paso, State of Colorado

By: Mark Lowderman, Treasurer and Public Trustee

The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

Alison L. Berry #34531

JANEWAY LAW FIRM, P.C.

9800 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 400 Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 706-9990

Attorney File # 22-028877

The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.

©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015

COMBINED NOTICEPUBLICATION

CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. EPC202200713

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On December 6, 2022, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of El Paso records.

Original Grantor(s):

Julie M Chavez AND Salomon E Chavez

Original Beneficiary(ies):

MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR ACADEMY MORTGAGE CORPORATION, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt:

COLORADO HOUSING AND FINANCE AUTHORITY

Date of Deed of Trust:

June 29, 2021

County of Recording: El Paso

Recording Date of Deed of Trust:

June 29, 2021

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

221125796

Original Principal Amount:

$294,566.00

Outstanding Principal Balance:

$289,150.18

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

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

LOT 23, BLOCK 7, STRATTON MEADOWS SUBDIVISION NO. 2, COUNTY OF EL PASO, STATE OF COLORADO.

APN #: 64301-17-003

Also known by street and number as: 603 Brookshire Ave, Colorado Springs, CO 80905.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE

PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.

NOTICE OF SALE

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby

Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 on Wednesday, 04/05/2023, at via remote, web-based auction service, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 2/9/2023

Last Publication: 3/9/2023

Name of Publication:

Sixty35 Media, LLC

IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; DATE: 12/06/2022

Mark Lowderman, Public Trustee in and for the County of El Paso, State of Colorado

been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

LOT 79, CHAPEL HEIGHTS FILING NO. 1, IN THE CITY OF COLORADO SPRINGS, COUNTY OF EL PASO, STATE OF COLORADO.

Also known by street and number as: 974 Cana Grv, Colorado Springs, CO 80916.

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

SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt:

COLORADO HOUSING AND FINANCE AUTHORITY

Date of Deed of Trust:

August 31, 2020

County of Recording: El Paso

Recording Date of Deed of Trust:

September 02, 2020

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

220135356

Original Principal Amount: $297,511.00

Outstanding Principal Balance: $286,958.38

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

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

LOT 113, COUNTRYSIDE

COMBINED NOTICE -

PUBLICATION

CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE

SALE NO. EPC202200716

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On December 6, 2022, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of El Paso records.

Original Grantor(s):

Marcy Wilmore

Original Beneficiary(ies):

MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR AMERICAN FINANCIAL NETWORK, INC., ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt:

COLORADO HOUSING AND FINANCE AUTHORITY

Date of Deed of Trust:

February 18, 2022

County of Recording: El Paso

Recording Date of Deed of Trust:

SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 8, COUNTY OF EL PASO, STATE OF COLORADO.

APN #: 56093-20-010

Also known by street and number as: 1058 Clogger Lane, Fountain, CO 80817.

By:

Mark Lowderman

, Treasurer and Public Trustee

The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

N. April Winecki #34861

JANEWAY LAW FIRM, P.C.

9800 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 400 Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 706-9990

Attorney File # 22-028870

The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.

©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015

COMBINED NOTICEPUBLICATION

CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. EPC202200714

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:

On December 6, 2022, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of El Paso records.

Original Grantor(s):

Joshua Brown

Original Beneficiary(ies):

MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR Cherry Creek Mortgage, LLC, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt:

PLANET HOME LENDING, LLC

Date of Deed of Trust:

December 23, 2021

County of Recording: El Paso

Recording Date of Deed of Trust:

December 27, 2021

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

221233228

Original Principal Amount: $354,520.00

Outstanding Principal Balance: $352,326.71

Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have

Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 on Wednesday, 04/05/2023, at via remote, web-based auction service, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 2/9/2023

Last Publication: 3/9/2023

Name of Publication:

Sixty35 Media, LLC

IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; DATE: 12/06/2022

Mark Lowderman, Public Trustee in and for the County of El Paso, State of Colorado

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

February 22, 2022

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

222026011

Original Principal Amount:

$456,577.00

Outstanding Principal Balance:

$454,552.59

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

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

LOT 27, THE METROPOLITAN CLUB, COUNTY OF EL PASO, STATE OF COLORADO.

Also known by street and number as: 13134 Devils Thumb Place, Peyton, CO 80831.

By: Mark

Lowderman

, Treasurer and Public Trustee

The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

Alison L. Berry #34531

JANEWAY LAW FIRM, P.C. 9800 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 400 Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 706-9990

Attorney File # 22-028647

The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.

©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015

COMBINED NOTICEPUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. EPC202200715

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:

On December 6, 2022, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of El Paso records.

Original Grantor(s):

Charles D. Decluette

Original Beneficiary(ies):

MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC.

AS NOMINEE FOR BROKER SOLUTIONS, INC.DBA NEW AMERICAN FUNDING, ITS

Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 on Wednesday, 04/05/2023, at via remote, web-based auction service, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 2/9/2023

Last Publication: 3/9/2023

Name of Publication: Sixty35 Media, LLC

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

DATE: 12/06/2022

Mark Lowderman, Public Trustee in and for the County of El Paso, State of Colorado

Lowderman

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

, Treasurer and Public Trustee

By: Mark

The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

Alison L. Berry #34531

JANEWAY LAW FIRM, P.C. 9800 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 400 Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 706-9990

Attorney File # 22-028812

The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.

©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015

Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 on Wednesday, 04/05/2023, at via remote, web-based auction service, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 2/9/2023

Last Publication: 3/9/2023

Name of Publication:

Sixty35 Media, LLC

IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; DATE: 12/06/2022

Mark Lowderman, Public Trustee in and for the County of El Paso, State of Colorado

By: Mark Lowderman, Treasurer

and Public Trustee

The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

Alison L. Berry #34531

JANEWAY LAW FIRM, P.C.

9800 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 400 Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 706-9990

Attorney File # 22-028892

The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.

©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015

COMBINED NOTICEPUBLICATION

CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE

SALE NO. EPC202200717

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:

On December 6, 2022, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of El Paso records.

Original Grantor(s):

Susan M Williams

Original Beneficiary(ies):

MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR FAIRWAY INDEPENDENT MORTGAGE CORPORATION, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt:

WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.

Date of Deed of Trust:

December 11, 2017

County of Recording: El Paso

Recording Date of Deed of Trust:

December 11, 2017

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

217149456

Original Principal Amount:

$182,400.00

Outstanding Principal Balance:

$167,169.35

Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)

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

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

LOT 10 IN BLOCK 3, IN PIKES

PEAK PARK SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 15, IN THE CITY OF COLORADO SPRINGS, COUNTY OF EL PASO, STATE OF COLORADO.

PARCEL ID NUMBER: 6427317-108

Also known by street and number as: 2107 Kensing Circle, Colorado Springs, CO 80910.

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

NOTICE OF SALE

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby

Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 on Wednesday, 04/05/2023, at via remote, web-based auction service, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real

property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 2/9/2023

Last Publication: 3/9/2023

Name of Publication:

Sixty35 Media, LLC

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

DATE: 12/06/2022

Mark Lowderman, Public Trustee in and for the County of El Paso, State of Colorado

number as: 20670 Via Duran Point, Fountain, CO 80817. 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.

THE 6TH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, EXCEPTING THEREFROM THE WESTERLY 30 FEET FOR CURTIS ROAD, IN EL PASO COUNTY, COLORADO. “LAND”, AS DEFINED IN SCHEDULE A, HEREIN, SHALL NOT INCLUDE ANY MOBILE HOME, HOUSE TRAILER OR VEHICLE INTENDED FOR HABITATION, WHICH MAY BE SITUATE ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.

Street Address of Property: 1185 Curtis Road, Colorado Springs, CO 80930

Name of Obligor/Grantor(s) on the evidence of debt and/or Deed of Trust:

SHERRIE LYNN SCHAEFER, VIRGINIA D RATLIFF AND ROBERT B. RATLIFF

Address of Obligor/Grantor(s) on the evidence of debt and/or Deed of Trust:

8002 FERNCLIFF DRIVE, COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 80920

Recording Date of Deed of Trust:

April 05, 2007

PUBLIC NOTICE

January 30, 2023

The City of Manitou Springs has the following Board, Commission, and Committee vacancies:

• Historic Preservation Commission

(Two regular and two alternate members)

4-year terms

1st Wednesday each month @ 6:00 pm

By: Mark

Lowderman

, Treasurer and Public Trustee

The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

Alison L. Berry #34531

JANEWAY LAW FIRM, P.C. 9800 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 400 Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 706-9990

Attorney File # 22-028916

The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.

©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015

COMBINED NOTICEPUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. EPC202200719

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:

On December 6, 2022, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of El Paso records.

Original Grantor(s):

Larry Simkins Jr and Angel Titus

Original Beneficiary(ies):

Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Beneficiary, as nominee for Mortgage Solutions of Colorado, LLC, its successors and assigns

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: Servis One, Inc. DBA BSI

Financial Services

Date of Deed of Trust:

November 09, 2018

County of Recording: El Paso

Recording Date of Deed of Trust:

November 13, 2018

Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.): 218131626

Original Principal Amount:

$257,500.00

Outstanding Principal Balance:

$255,312.81

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

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

Lot 31, Villa Casitas Filing No.

3, County of El Paso, State of Colorado.

Also known by street and

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 on Wednesday, 04/05/2023, at via remote, web-based auction service, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 2/9/2023

Last Publication: 3/9/2023

Name of Publication:

Sixty35 Media, LLC

IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; DATE: 12/06/2022

Mark Lowderman, Public Trustee in and for the County of El Paso, State of Colorado

By: Mark Lowderman, Treasurer and Public Trustee

The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

Amanda Ferguson #44893

Halliday, Watkins & Mann, P.C. 355 Union Blvd., Suite 250 Lakewood, CO 80228 (303) 274-0155

Attorney File # CO-20421

The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.

©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015

NOTICE OF UNCLAIMED OVERBID FUNDS

CRS 38-38-111(2.5b)(3a,b,d)(5) PUBLIC TRUSTEE SALE NO. EPC202200089

To: Obligor/Grantor(s) on the evidence of debt and/or Deed of Trust or other person entitled. You are advised that there are overbid funds due you. This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:

Name of Obligor/Grantor(s) on the evidence of debt and/or Deed of Trust:

WILLIAM T DAVIS

Address of Obligor/Grantor(s) on the evidence of debt and/or Deed of Trust:

1185 Curtis Road, Colorado Springs, CO 80930

Recording Date of Deed of Trust:

November 02, 1998

Recording Information: 098158567

Legal Description of Property: THE NORTH ONE-HALF OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 10, TOWNSHIP 14 SOUTH, RANGE 64 WEST OF

NOTICE OF UNCLAIMED OVERBID FUNDS

I sold at public auction, at 10:00 on 11/16/22, at via remote, web-based auction service, to the highest and best bidder for cash, the real property described above. An overbid was realized from the sale and the funds must be claimed by the Obligor/ Grantor(s) on the evidence of debt and/or Deed of Trust or other persons entitled thereto within six months from the date of sale. THE STATE OF COLORADO REQUIRES US TO NOTIFY YOU THAT YOUR PROPERTY MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO THE CUSTODY OF THE STATE TREASURER IF YOU DO NOT CONTACT US BEFORE 5/16/2023 as part of the “Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act”, pursuant to Colorado law.

First Publication: 2/2/23

Last Publication: 3/2/23

Name of Publication: Sixty35 Media, LLC

Date: 1/24/23

Chuck Broerman, Public Trustee in and for the County of El Paso, State of Colorado

By: Chuck Broerman, Treasurer and Public Trustee

©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 9/2012

NOTICE OF UNCLAIMED OVERBID FUNDS

CRS 38-38-111(2.5b)(3a,b,d)(5)

PUBLIC TRUSTEE SALE NO. EPC202200423

To: Obligor/Grantor(s) on the evidence of debt and/or Deed of Trust or other person entitled. You are advised that there are overbid funds due you. This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:

Recording Information: 207046192

Legal Description of Property:

LOT 6 IN FAIRFAX AT BRIARGATE FILING NO. 9A, IN THE CITY OF COLORADO SPRINGS, EL PASO COUNTY, COLORADO.

Street Address of Property: 8002 FERNCLIFF DRIVE, COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 80920

NOTICE OF UNCLAIMED OVERBID FUNDS

I sold at public auction, at 10:00 on 11/9/22, at via remote, web-based auction service, to the highest and best bidder for cash, the real property described above. An overbid was realized from the sale and the funds must be claimed by the Obligor/ Grantor(s) on the evidence of debt and/or Deed of Trust or other persons entitled thereto within six months from the date of sale. THE STATE OF COLORADO REQUIRES US TO NOTIFY YOU THAT YOUR PROPERTY MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO THE CUSTODY OF THE STATE TREASURER IF YOU DO NOT CONTACT US BEFORE 5/9/2023 as part of the “Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act”, pursuant to Colorado law.

First Publication: 1/26/23

Last Publication: 2/23/23

Name of Publication: Sixty35 Media, LLC

Date: 1/19/23

Chuck Broerman, Public Trustee in and for the County of El Paso, State of Colorado

By: Chuck Broerman, Treasurer and Public Trustee

©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 9/2012

• Housing Advisory Board (Three regular and two alternate members)

4-year terms

3rd Wednesday each month @ 6:00 pm

• Open Space Advisory Committee (NO Vacancies)

4-year terms

4th Monday each month @ 6:00 pm

• Park and Recreation Advisory Board

(Two alternate members)

4-year terms

1st Monday each month @ 6:00 pm

• Planning Commission (NO Vacancies)

4-year terms

2nd Wednesday each month @ 6:00 pm

• Mobility and Parking Board (Three alternate members)

4-year terms

4th Tuesday each month @ 6:00 pm

• Manitou Arts, Culture, and Heritage Board (One regular and Two alternate members)

4-year terms

4th Thursday of each month @ 6:00 pm

To apply, submit an Application, Letter of Interest, and Resume or Statement of Qualifications to the City Clerk, 606 Manitou Avenue, Manitou Springs, CO 80829 / cityclerk@manitouspringsco.gov

Published: February 9, 2023

Published in Sixty35 Media, LLC