Thursday, July 31, 2008

Commissioners name Evans as
interim treasurer

By James Robinson

Staff Writer

During a special meeting of the Board of County Commissioners Tuesday, the board unanimously named Deputy Treasurer Kelly Evans (R) interim treasurer until voters choose a new county treasurer in the 2008 general election.

“Kelly is the best candidate to provide continuity and stability until the electorate has a chance to speak in the November election,” said Archuleta County Commissioner Bob Moomaw.

Evans’ appointment comes following the resignation of Archuleta County Treasurer Lois Baker who leaves the office today. Baker tendered her resignation before Archuleta County Judge Jim Denvir July 2 as part of a no contest plea to misdemeanor charges she violated state laws while serving as one of the county’s key financial managers.

Evans said she was pleased with the appointment.

“I’m really happy they did it. I want the position. I enjoy challenges and I appreciate their confidence,” Evans said.

Evans has served 10 years in the Archuleta County Treasurer’s Office. Beyond her tenure in the courthouse, Evans has served five years as budget officer for the Aspen Springs Metro District and worked for 10 years as a key manager for Fairfield’s (now Wyndham) timeshare operation. While with Fairfield, Evans said she managed the front office and reservations operations and was charged with writing her department’s annual budget.

Although Evans was slated to take office Aug. 1, Colorado law mandates that county treasurers be bonded before they take office. Thus, Evans will officially take office on the date her bond is approved.

Once in office, Evans will serve until January 2009, when a new treasurer — picked by the electorate in the November general election — takes the post.

According to Colorado law, the board of county commissioners can appoint an interim treasurer to serve until the next election — in this case, the general election in November. However, it is up to the electorate to choose Baker’s successor who will serve the remainder of the former treasurer’s term ending in 2010.

Following discussions between the Colorado Secretary of State’s Office, Ryan Call, legal counsel for the Colorado Republican Party, Archuleta County Clerk June Madrid, Archuleta County Attorney Teresa Williams, the Board of County Commissioners and county staff, it was determined that both major political parties will have an opportunity to nominate a candidate to the general election ballot. In addition, unaffiliated candidates seeking the treasurer’s office will also have access to the general election ballot through the petition process.

Archuleta County Republican Party Chair David Bohl said the party is seeking treasurer candidates for the general election ballot nomination.

According to a Republican party press release, applicants must be a registered Republican and a resident of Archuleta County for more than one year prior to holding office.

Bohl said the party will pick their nominee through a resume gathering and interview process, and Evans said she has thrown her hat into the ring and hopes for the party’s nomination.

“I’ve already applied with the Republican vacancy committee,” Evans said.

According to Rich Goebel, the local Democratic party’s first vice-chair, they are zeroing in on a candidate, although are not yet ready to release that candidate’s name.



PAWSD Stevens project on track

By Chuck McGuire

Staff Writer

While the Pagosa Area Water and Sanitation District grapples with community concerns over future raw water storage and related fees, its Stevens Reservoir expansion is underway and on track for an October completion.

Stevens Reservoir is located at the end of Paws Court (off Stevens Lake Road) near the old Humane Society site. Until drained for expansion last year, it held a maximum of 624 acre-feet of water, but once augmentation is complete — hopefully by the end of October — its capacity will nearly triple to approximately 1,844 acre-feet.

The reservoir enlargement is the second of two project phases intended to streamline the district’s raw water delivery system and increase storage capacity. The fall 2005 completion of the Dutton Ditch Pipeline (first phase) has greatly enhanced raw water collection and the filling of both Lake Hatcher and Stevens Reservoir.

As the second phase, the Stevens enlargement began early this spring, even as land purchase and easement negotiations continued with neighboring property owners and developers, Thomas and Margie Smith.

Back in the early and middle 1990s, the Smiths purchased lands adjacent to the existing reservoir with hope of eventually subdividing them into smaller residential parcels.

Meanwhile, in order to increase water availability to its customers, the district continued the process of developing plans to expand the reservoir. Following years of studies, engineering design and surveys, the district realized the need to exchange parcels with the Smiths, while obtaining an easement on another and releasing a blanket easement on yet another.

While the district also executed land purchases from other nearby property owners, mediating the Smith transactions proved to be the most time-consuming. In fact, as negotiations stalled for a time, the district eventually initiated the beginning stages of eminent domain. Before that process advanced very far, however, attorneys for both sides reached an equitable solution.

According to the agreement, the district has purchased a portion of the Smith property under fee title, while conveying a parcel of its own to the Smiths. In further consideration to the district, the Smiths have granted an inundation easement across another of their parcels, which could feasibly be inundated by the reservoir during high water conditions. Because another Smith parcel encumbered by a blanket easement held by the district was no longer necessary to complete the project, it was released.

Engineers and surveyors representing each side collaborated on boundary locations for both the fee and easement areas, based on the district’s permits and preliminary design for the project, and practical considerations of future land uses and road relocation by the Smiths.

The net monetary compensation from the district to the Smiths was $425,000, and the transactions closed July 3.

During a Wednesday phone interview regarding the current status of the reservoir expansion, PAWSD Project Manager Gregg Mayo said, “Workers have moved quite a bit of (earthen) material from the east side of the project to the existing dam site.

“They’re now putting in concrete foundations for the spillway and building toe drains along the bottom of the dam. Rip-rap is in place for both sides of the dam and a private fence will be moved by the end of next week.”

Mayo said the reservoir, when refilled, would be approximately 28 feet deep at the dam and, barring any serious weather delays, should be finished and ready to fill by winter. Depending on this year’s snowpack, he added, it could be filled in a single season.

Weeminuche Construction Authority of Towaoc, Colo. is the general contractor performing the work. John Seigrist is overseeing the project and Kim Gaasch is the project superintendent.



County votes ‘no confidence’

By James Robinson

Staff Writer

The Dry Gulch Reservoir project took another hit Tuesday, when the Archuleta County Board of County Commissioners cast a unanimous no-confidence vote on the local water district’s long-term reservoir plans.

Although the resolution, which passed unanimously, carries no legislative weight, it clearly defines the board’s comfort zone and level of support relative to the Pagosa Area Water and Sanitation District’s (PAWSD) plans.

“The Board of County Commissioners is concerned that total available capital in the community would not support the 35,000 acre-foot reservoir currently proposed ... the Board of County Commissioners supports a 12,500 acre-foot reservoir as sufficient to meet the needs of the community ...”

Karen Wessels, PAWSD board chair, urged the commissioners to reconsider passing the resolution.

“I think being fixed on the 12,500 acre-foot reservoir is premature and inappropriate. We need another 10 years of data to appropriately size the reservoir,” Wessels said.

PAWSD board member Bob Huff also addressed the board, and said passing the resolution could undermine or inhibit the board’s effort to procure funding in the future.

“This resolution becomes an official document and it has the potential to cause mischief. Let’s not give rocks to people that want to throw stones at us,” Huff said.

According to PAWSD and San Juan Water Conservancy District documents — Dry Gulch is a joint district project — the reservoir is slated for construction on a 680-acre parcel about three miles east of Pagosa Springs. The plans include an in-stream diversion in the San Juan River, a pump station, treatment facility and a pipeline to move the water to the reservoir site. The reservoir itself is slated to hold between 12,500 and 35,000 acre feet of water, and the scope, scale and cost of the larger reservoir has drawn commissioner concern.

“There is finite amount of money in this community to do projects, and it needs to be divided up equally,” said Archuleta County Commissioner Bob Moomaw.

Archuleta County Commissioner Ronnie Zaday struck a similar chord.

“There is finite amount of cash in the community. What I’m saying is, we don’t have the resources, or capital, to do that (a 35,000 acre-foot reservoir),” said Zaday.

In past reservoir discussions, Moomaw said he had little confidence in the studies and growth projections the districts were using to make their Dry Gulch case, and added that the project, if built to the maximum size, could bankrupt the community.

“To be quite honest, we cannot afford a 35,000 acre-feet lake without sucking all the capital out of this county,” Moomaw said.

Archuleta County Commissioner Robin Schiro took issue with the word “capital” in the resolution, and advocated the inclusion of “public” before the word “capital” to provide clarification.

PAWSD board members have asserted that the ultimate size of Dry Gulch will be based on available funding and district need near construction time — currently estimated at about 2018. However, Moomaw and Zaday said they were responding to constituent concerns that the water district intended to shoot for the moon, and a close inspection of project-related documents may illuminate the grounds for their concern.

According to Colorado State Supreme Court Documents, PAWSD water engineer Steve Harris said, “This recommending 35,000 acre feet for the water rights application was, to me, a no- brainer, cause you go to the site capacity and you do your darndest to get that amount built.”

In addition, Wessels and Huff acknowledged the district’s water resource fee was predicated on a 35,000 acre-foot reservoir. And loan documentation with the Colorado Water Conservation Board for Dry Gulch land acquisition says, “The Dry Gulch Reservoir Project will provide a firm raw water supply and a safety supply margin to meet the water needs within the Districts through the year 2100. Based on current growth projection, a 35,000 AF (acre-foot) reservoir and associated diversion facilities are required to accomplish this goal.”

But Huff denied the district’s intent to build a 35,000 acre foot reservoir.

“To say ‘Come hell or high water we’ll build a 35,000 acre foot reservoir’ just isn’t true,” Huff said.

Huff then outlined three points in the district’s reservoir plans. First, Huff said the district was committed to obtaining a reservoir site, which they have completed. Second, the district will build a Dry Gulch pump station, to replace existing aging infrastructure. And third, “At some point in the future,” they’ll build a reservoir. In addition, Huff said PAWSD has hired an engineering firm that will “recalculate all the numbers,” including population estimates and estimates of demand before the reservoir is built.

But the commissioners remained unconvinced and would not back down from the 12,500 acre foot cap stated in the resolution.

“Give us some real numbers, and we’ll change the size,” Zaday said.



COUNTY

Town, county discuss tax issue for November ballot

By Jim McQuiggin

Staff Writer

Balmy summer days and monsoon rains might make November seem distant, but for county commissioners and town council members, when looking forward to this fall’s ballot, there’s no time like the present.

At a joint work session held in council chambers last Thursday, the commissioners and town council members considered two tax initiatives for the November 2008 ballot, moving on one initiative, and holding off on the other until at least next year (if at all).

The first initiative was not a consideration of a new tax but of reauthorizing an existing countywide sales tax increase originally approved by voters in 1994 and extended in 2001. With the imminent Dec. 31, 2009, expiration of the shared 2 percent sales tax, voters will have to decide whether or not to reauthorize that tax. Should voters approve the reauthorization, the 2-percent sales tax would simply continue as it stands (including the 50/50 split shared between town and county) until 2016, at which time another reauthorization would be necessary.

Since the initiative is a reauthorization of an already existing tax, and not a tax hike (nor would it establish any new tax), the ballot initiative would be immune to requirements in the Taxpayers Bill of Rights (TABOR).

Pagosa Springs would probably survive a reauthorization rejection relatively unscathed. Section 16.3.8 of the Home Rule Charter allows for the continued collection of a sales tax in the event of the termination of a previously instituted tax, irrespective of TABOR restrictions. The county would not fare as well. Without similar protections afforded by home rule, the county would face a certain impediment to its revenue stream and its ability to provide services to its residents. The county’s share of the 2 percent tax goes to its Road Capital Improvement Fund.

Considering a Sept. 5 deadline for the inclusion of all November ballot items, the exigent circumstances regarding reauthorization did not escape representatives from either the town or the county.

“There’s no question that we want to renew it,” said town council member Darrel Cotton, “the question is the time frame.”

County commissioner Bob Moomaw agreed, “It would be irresponsible if we don’t renew this.”

Both boards were in nearly complete accord with the idea that not only should the reauthorization proposal go forward in November, but that educating town and county residents regarding the existing sales tax and its reauthorization would be just as important.

With just over a month to qualify the reauthorization initiative for the November ballot, and just over three months to educate voters as to the merits of the initiative, both town and county officials agreed there is no time to waste and pledged to work together towards a common goal much in the same way they have cooperated in sharing the tax revenue.

The second tax initiative, although no less well-received by town and county board members, did not fare as well and will not likely go before the voters until at least the fall of 2009.

Suggested by Terry Smith (of Terry’s Ace Hardware) at the economic forum in mid-July, the “material use tax” would levy a tax on construction materials purchased outside Archuleta County, with the intention of supporting local construction materials vendors.

Members from both boards agreed on multiple merits of the tax. As a punitive measure, it would help provide a level playing field for local businesses forced to compete with out of county businesses able to sell construction materials at a lower cost. As a revenue gathering measure, it would increase tax revenues by either levying a tax on materials purchased outside the county or through increased sales tax revenues due to more money being spent within the county. Both boards saw the initiative standing a good chance of being approved by the voters.

According to Cotton, “Everyone will vote for a tax that they don’t have to pay.”

Although there was unanimous agreement regarding the merits of the tax, there was no agreement on what that tax would entail: How would it be assessed? What would define “construction materials”? Who would deal with the mountain of paperwork such a tax would no doubt necessitate? Once collected, how would that revenue be earmarked or spent?

Members of both boards agreed that, even if all the details were hammered out on a materials use tax, the issue could potentially throw a monkey wrench into the process of passing the reauthorization of the combined county and town sales tax extension.

With the two tax issues summarily dispatched in their own ways, the boards looked at the issue of the town paving Brookhill Road (although it is a county road). Like the second tax initiative, it was an issue deemed by both boards to warrant more study and was thus tabled for later discussion.

Town council will meet at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 5, at Town Hall and will consider finalization of its intention to put the sales tax reauthorization on the November ballot. The board of county commissioners will meet Tuesday, Aug. 19 at 1:30 p.m. in the county commissioners’ meeting room and deal with the same issue.

TOWN

River restoration project could be dead in the water

By Jim McQuiggin

Staff Writer

Despite ample amounts of available hot air, the quickly fading San Juan River restoration project in downtown Pagosa Springs received no resuscitation at last Thursday’s town council work session.

With fingers pointed a number of ways — and toward a number of people — no single direction was indicated, no single culprit held culpable but, most importantly, no indication given that anything would be done to complete the project any time soon.

Council member Mark Weiler started the discussion by reporting a conversation he’d had with Ken Jacobsen, chief of the West Colorado Branch of the Army Corps of Engineers (ACOE), stating that Jacobsen had expressed some frustration in the Corps’ dealings with the Pagosa Springs project. Further, Weiler reported that Jacobsen was firm and unequivocal in his warning to the Town of Pagosa Springs regarding the need to work to fulfill conditions of ACOE permits.

Although Jacobsen acknowledged he had spoken with Weiler, he would not confirm the content of the conversation, nor would he confirm specifics regarding the permits for the river restoration project. Jacobsen did say it was his understanding that none of the conditions for the permits granted by the ACOE for the river restoration had been met, but deferred further comments to Kara Hellige (ACOE project manager for Pagosa Springs). As of press time, Hellige could not be reached for comment.

Gary Lacy and Shane Sigle, representatives for Recreation Engineering and Planning (REP), the contractors responsible for developing the rafting and fishing structures for the restoration project, took the brunt of some heated questions directed at them by council. The main source of frustration appears to arise from the fact that no one — not town staff, town council, nor the REP representatives — appear to know what went wrong with the project. Dots that should be connected don’t appear to exist; documents that might indicate where such dots are located are chimerical at best, imaginary at worst.

Another source of frustration, especially for council members Angela Atkinson and Stan Holt, is that four years after its inception, the river restoration is no closer to completion than it was at the beginning.

Expressing that frustration, Atkinson said, “The question I will ask next Tuesday (at the next council meeting) is what happened with council on this? We had a vision, council supported that vision, and now it appears that council is abandoning that vision.” Atkinson added, “If this project is dead, we need to say it’s dead and explain ourselves to the public.”

Still, Atkinson holds out hope the project will eventually move forward and become a showcase for water sports events downtown. “It has such a great potential for a multiuse water park,” Atkinson said, “If we can determine how strongly we hold to this vision, we can make this happen.”

Further discussion on the river restoration project will be held at the next town council meeting, at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 5, at Town Hall.


Town enforces junk ordinance, reminds property owners

The Town of Pagosa Springs reminds all property owners of its continued commitment to the betterment of the community through enforcement of the municipal nuisance ordinance.

In accord with the recent proclamation “Pick Up Pagosa,” signed by Mayor Ross Aragon on June 2, 2008, the town will continue its enforcement of the town’s current nuisance (junk) ordinance.

In general, the following is considered a violation of this ordinance: “The accumulation of all litter, weeds, trash, junk, vehicles, refuse, rubbish or garbage on public or private property or in the alleys in the rear or the sidewalk and parking areas to the curb line in front thereof. This does not include garbage or waste material properly deposited in containers for removal as provided by Town regulations, nor does it include junk that is properly stored by the owner or occupant in a storage space suitable for that purpose and not exposed to public view.”

Town officials express their appreciation of the continued efforts of residents who have voluntarily maintained personal properties and have worked to make Pagosa Springs aesthetically beautiful.

Property owners the town identifies as being in violation of this ordinance will be sent notices for compliance during the week of Aug. 4.

Questions may be directed to the Town of Pagosa Springs Code Enforcement Officer at 264-4151, Ext. 225.

Council addresses questions, concerns with Blue Sky annexation proposal

By Jim McQuiggin

Staff Writer

At a work session Thursday, July 24, the Pagosa Springs Town Council followed up on the land use plan that had been presented by Blue Sky Ranch (BSR) representatives July 17 at council’s mid-month meeting.

Since the presentation of that initial plan, town staff (with direction by the town’s attorney Bob Cole) along with council members had developed a number of questions and concerns for BSR representatives.

Council member Stan Holt asked BSR representatives Nancy Lauro and Carl Valldejuli the question most area residents would likely want to ask: Why does Blue Sky want to be annexed by Pagosa Springs? What advantage is there in annexation if Blue Sky is seeking a (Title 32) Special Metro District status?

Responding to Holt’s questions, Lauro replied that BSR’s “Blur between an urban and rural project works better with the town than it does with the county.”

Valldejuli of BSR was more candid in his response: “(A special district) is a matter of functionality, we have to develop our own water district due to the PAWS moratorium,” he said, then added, “The town is better run than the county, frankly.”

Among the concerns presented to BSR by staff and council:

• Establishing “intermediate performance requirements” if extending 25-year vested rights on the project;

• Asking BSR to clarify language pertaining to the request for special district status;

• Having BSR submit sketch plans and preliminary plans separately, per Land Use and Development Codes (LUDC);

• Setting a deadline for annexation which would be more in line with LUDC requirements;

• Requiring BSR to pay all fees associated with paying a contract planner hired by the town to handle the annexation process;

• Setting up agreements on how impact fees and real estate transfer fees would be handled;

• Addressing the need for affordable housing and finding “an amicable solution to mitigate workforce housing issues related to the development of this project.”

In dealing with the litany of concerns presented to BSR, Lauro and Valldejuli appeared confident that BSR would find appropriate solutions or at least provide staff and council with adequate answers.

Lauro and Valldejuli did express some potential issues BSR might have with the conditions presented to them at the work session.

For example, Valldejuli pointed out a conflict in the requirements of a sketch and preliminary plan as spelled out in the town’s charter and its LUDC. Lauro stated that some BSR’s financial backers might have issues with how real estate transfer fees would be allocated once collected.

However, the general consensus between council and the BSR representatives was that neither party was unwilling to meet the other in working toward development of a pre-annexation agreement that would satisfy all parties.

Council will meet at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 5, at Town Hall to consider approval of the BSR pre-annexation agreement.

INSIDE

Fund established for Burkesmith family

The recent death of Dylan Burkesmith, a young Pagosan, has prompted friends of the family to establish a fund for donations. 

Anyone interested in helping the Smith-Burkesmith family can make a donation at Citizens Bank of Pagosa Springs.  Please give the bank tellers the account number: 957613.  Checks should be written to “Margaret Burkesmith.” 

Clinic art project information corrected

A caption run with a photo in the July 24 SUN of a piece of sculpture located at the Pagosa Family Medicine Clinic incorrectly identified the establishment as a non-profit organization. The clinic is a for-profit enterprise. The clinic is soliciting artwork, but cannot offer tax-incentives for donations. For information about the project, contact Beth Mazzola at btmazzola@gmail.com.


Primary election dates and facts

By James Robinson

Staff Writer

With the ballot set and the August primary election fast approaching, there are a number of ways voters can cast their ballot and a number of key dates voters should mark on their calendars.

Party primary

The State of Colorado holds a “party primary,” therefore there will be two ballots: a Democratic ballot and a Republican ballot. No presidential candidates will be on the primary ballots. The presidential race will be voted on during the general election held in November.

Voting in the commissioner’s race

Voters will be able to vote for District 1 and District 2 county commissioner candidates regardless of which commissioner district the voter lives in. There is one caveat however. Because Colorado uses a party primary system, the voter’s party affiliation will dictate their ballot choices. For example, Republican voters will vote only for Republican candidates, while Democrats will vote only for Democratic candidates.

Unaffiliated candidates

In order to participate in the primary election, unaffiliated voters may affiliate with a party at the clerk’s office any time before the primary election, or at the polling place on primary election day. After the primary, unaffiliated voters who affiliated with a party for purposes of participation, may choose to return to their unaffiliated status simply by re-registering with the clerk.

Mail-In Ballots

There are three ways voters can obtain a mail-in ballot. First, voters can call the Archuleta County Clerk’s Election Office at (970) 264-8331 and request a mail-in ballot application over the phone. As a second option, voters can send a written mail-in ballot request to the clerk’s election office.

The address is: Archuleta County Clerk and Recorder, P.O. Box 2589, Pagosa Springs, CO 81147. Voters sending a written request must include their full name, physical address, party affiliation, the last four numbers of their social security number and their date of birth. The request must be signed and dated.

Third, voters can pick up a mail in ballot at the elections office downstairs at the Archuleta County Courthouse in downtown Pagosa Springs. Mail-in ballots will be available Aug. 4, 2008. The last day to pick up a mail-in ballot is Aug. 8. Voters have until Aug. 5, 2008 to request that a mail-in ballot be mailed to them.

Key dates

Aug. 4 to Aug. 8, 2008.

Early voting in the clerk’s election office, downstairs in the Archuleta County Courthouse.

The precincts for both mail-in (formerly absentee) and early voting will be the County Elections Office, located downstairs in the Archuleta County Courthouse. Mail-in (absentee) ballots may be picked up or applied for, and also returned there.

Voters may also drop off mail-in ballots at the County Clerk’s Office. Early voting will be held in the election’s office, downstairs in the courthouse from Aug. 4, 2008 through 4 p.m. Aug. 8, 2008. Office hours are 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Aug. 12, 2008.

Primary election day. The polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Because the presidential primary occurs during the caucus process in Colorado, voters will not see a choice for presidential candidates on the Archuleta County primary ballot. Voters will cast their ballot for the next president during the general election, Nov. 4 2008.

Archuleta County will utilize vote centers for the primary election. (See locations below.)

The primary ballot

The following are the office nominations that will be voted on at the Aug. 12, 2008, primary election. Ballot entries that do not include a contested race are not listed here, though they will appear on the official primary ballot.

• Federal offices.

No contested primaries.

• State offices.

State Board of Education — Congressional District 3:

Democratic — Jill L. Brake.

Republican — Marcia Neal.

State Representative District 59

Democratic — no candidates.

Republican — Ellen Roberts.

District Attorney Sixth Judicial District.

Democratic — David Duncan, Todd Risberg.

Republican — Russell Wasley.

• County Offices.

County commissioner District 1.

Democratic — Ron Chacey.

Republican — Eugene (Gene) Crabtree, John A. Ranson, Robin Schiro.

County Commissioner District 2.

Democratic — Clifford Lucero.

Republican — Raymond Eugene Keyawa.

Vote centers

Instead of voting by precinct, Archuleta County will use three vote centers. All voters have the option to vote at any one of the three vote centers listed below.

• Archuleta County Commissioners’ Meeting Room, 449 San Juan Street, Pagosa Springs, CO 81147.

• Pagosa Springs Community Center, 451 Hot Springs Blvd., Pagosa Springs, CO 81147.

• Restoration Fellowship Church, 264 Village Drive, (behind the west side City Market) Pagosa Springs, CO 81147.

Questions raised about Schiro campaign information

By James Robinson

Staff Writer

Commissioner Robin Schiro’s alleged use of push-polling campaign tactics was called into question during a League of Women Voters forum last week, and now a full-page campaign advertisement appearing in the July 24 edition of The SUN has raised hackles again.

“When I saw the ad, I knew her claim that she had contributed her entire salary back for those months was not true. Therefore, in my mind, the award was entirely discredited because it showed the Republican organization that gave Robin the award did not check their facts,” said Pagosa resident Nan Rowe.

During the league forum, Rowe questioned the Republican District 1 commissioner candidates Gene Crabtree, John Ranson and Schiro about a recent push poll style telephone survey, and Schiro admitted to hiring the firm, although said she did not know what a push poll was and denied any knowledge of the questions the surveyors would ask.

“I did not know what they (the push poll firm) would say, who they were, or what they were doing,” Schiro said, responding to Rowe during the forum.

Crabtree, Ranson and incumbent Schiro contend for the Dist. 1 seat on the Aug. 12 primary ballot.

A push poll is campaign tactic that masquerades as a telephone-based public opinion poll, in which the caller — who supports or is paid by a particular candidate — asks leading questions which offer negative information about a rival candidate. The American Association of Political Consultants (AAPC) has condemned the practice.

“We believe that push polls are wrong. No responsible political consultant should use push polls,” said Angela McMillen, executive director of the Washington D.C. based firm.

The tell-tale sign of a push poll, McMillen said, lies with the number of people surveyed. A bona fide poll, she said, uses a statistically derived representative sample based on the number of registered voters in a given area, while a push poll seeks to contact as much of the electorate as possible.

Schiro was unable to be reached for comment by press time to determine how many citizens the polling firm she hired was directed to contact.

With allegations of push-polling out in the public eye, Rowe said it appears last week’s ad was another example of the commissioner’s bent toward unethical campaign tactics.

“They (the Republican party) want to elevate their fellow Republicans for campaign or reelection purposes,” Rowe said. “They obviously don’t know much about Robin Schiro.”

And it appears, some of Rowe’s assertions are correct.

According to the ad, “Not only has she (Schiro) given her time and talents to help resolve the issues confronting her Commission, she voluntarily returned her entire salary from April through December, 2007, back to the County.”

Archuleta County financial records however, say otherwise.

Between April and September 2007, Schiro returned $11,619 of her salary. Net pay for April to December 2007 was $23,239, while gross pay for the same period was $32,087.

Archuleta County Commissioner Bob Moomaw also forfeited his salary between April 2007 and January 2008, although he took a slightly different approach.

“There is not a good mechanism to give back paychecks. I didn’t cash my checks. I just waited until we knew we had enough money to get through the year,” Moomaw said.

Archuleta County Commissioner Ronnie Zaday said she did not turn in expenses, and paid out of pocket for travel and mileage costs.

The payroll contribution assertion found in Schiro’s ad is part of a larger statement issued by the National Conference of Republican County Officials (NCRCO) and delivered by its award committee chair Ray Valdes during the award ceremony. However, a review of the entire statement, indicates Schiro’s ad omits a key line from the statement.

According to documents provided by NCRCO, the statement also says, “She was the first Republican woman to be elected a County Commissioner in her County.”

County election records however, say otherwise.

In 2005, Schiro and Archuleta County Commissioner Ronnie Zaday, also a Republican, took office in January 2005 following the 2004 election. During the 2004 primary, Zaday ran unopposed, thus making her a shoe-in for the commissioners seat in the general election.

When asked whether the award committee was aware of the erroneous information, Valdes responded via e-mail.

Valdes wrote: “Background research is not required of the Awards Chairman or any of the judges, because that responsibility lies with those individuals presenting letters of recommendation. In Mrs. Schiro’s case, letters were received from the two immediate past presidents of NCRCO ... My script for the awards presentation for Mrs. Schiro came completely from the letters of recommendation and not from any personal knowledge.”

A review of the nomination letters — written by NCRCO President Carol Holden, a county commissioner from New Hampshire, and Glen Whitley, a county commissioner from Tarrant County Texas — indicates the letters bear a striking resemblance. In fact, introductory text and the closing paragraphs are identical, and it appears the entire letters are the same. However, the second page of Holden’s letter was omitted in an e-mail transmission to The SUN, thus, it cannot be determined if the letters are identical in their entirety.

Whitley’s letter lauds Schiro’s participation in regional and national Republican events and her participation with national and regional National Association of Counties (NACo) conferences. (NCRCO is a closely linked to NACo.)

In an e-mail to Valdes, SUN staff asked whether he, the nominators or the award panel were aware of the following issues linked to the commissioner’s tenure in Archuleta County, and whether the information would have changed their granting of the award:

• erroneous salary forfeiture information.

• erroneous assertions regarding first woman Republican commissioner.

• NACo attendance leading to a number of absences during the commissioner’s tenure, including one key date during the county crisis (May 8, 2007) and other key commissioner meetings, including one in the spring of 2005 for adoption of county zoning and a new land use code which Schiro touted as “an important topic that will affect all of Archuleta County for years and perhaps generations to come.”

• two recall efforts mounted against her — one in 2005 and a second in 2007.

• approval of the 2007 budget which was rife with multimillion dollar errors and written to overspend by $3.73 million; and taxpayers dollars spent on mediation to help Schiro and her fellow board members, commissioners Mamie Lynch and Ronnie Zaday get along.

Neither Valdes nor Holden responded to the inquiry.

Whitley did not return a call made to his cellular phone.

Holden, in a telephone interview Monday, said Schiro met the award granting criteria found in the NCRCO bylaws, however this appears to be a stretch as well.

According to NCRCO’s bylaws award winners must: a) be a current and prior year paid dues member in good standing of NCRCO; b) attended at least one prior NCRCO meeting or reception; c) submit an award application package; and d) submit letters of endorsement, one of which must come from the official’s home state.

Neither Whitley nor Holden serve in Colorado.

Holden said the NCRCO is a caucus of NACo and has a national membership of between 400 and 600 people. Annual dues are $20.

“If there are serious inaccuracies in any of the documentation, that would be most regrettable,” Valdes wrote. “If the errors where (sic) of such an egregious nature as to question the information given to the judges for their consideration and on which they based their selection of the annual winner, that unprecedented condition would need to go before the NCRCO Board of Directors for review.”

Schiro was unable to be reached for comment by press time.



DA primary candidates define their differences

By Sarah O. Smith

Staff Writer

As part of The SUN’s ongoing primary election coverage, we recently asked Democratic District Attorney candidates Todd Risberg and David Duncan to define their differences in their own words, for those who were not at the League of women Voters candidate forum July 22.

David Duncan

According to Duncan, he has prosecuted nearly 1,000 felony cases, while Risberg has prosecuted only two.

“I’ve prosecuted a wider variety of felony crimes than he has,” said Duncan.

Duncan said he supports drug courts, and that the drug court he works with in San Juan County is very stringent.

“They must earn their way into and through the program,” he said.

He also said that while the 6th judicial district sees 600 cases each year, his office in San Juan County, N.M., sees 4,700 cases, and employs only five more attorneys.

Duncan said Risberg’s claim that “we’re sending the wrong people to jail” does not ring true in his book. As a matter of semantics, “The DA doesn’t send anyone to prison,” said Duncan. “Our role is to prepare and present a case in court against the defendant’s attorney ... in preparing the case, we have the dual role of protecting the innocent.”

Duncan also said he does not agree with Risberg when he makes distinctions between drug users and drug dealers. Drug users, said Duncan, are as guilty as the dealers since they pay money to fund them, and “consistently protect them.

“Some are redistributing, selling to fund their own drug habits. When they resell or redistribute, it doesn’t matter to them who is buying the drugs.”

Duncan also said that he disagrees with Risberg’s talks about mediation programs between victims and the perpetrators.

“Most convicted felons would be happy to do that, but most victims don’t want to sit and listen to the perpetrator lie,” he said. “I disagree that mediation has any restorative role.”

Todd Risberg

Risberg said he has been working in the district for “an awfully long time” and has familiarity with the problems plaguing the area.

“I’ve worked in this district for ten years,” he said. “(Duncan) has been down in Farmington for six. I think there are a lot of differences between our approach to doing the job.”

According to Risberg, Duncan stated at the Durango candidate forum that there is no difference between drug dealers and drug users.

“I don’t think that’s true,” he said. “We need to treat our drug users. The dealers are the ones bringing poison into this community. I think lumping them together is wrong on a lot of different levels. That’s the DA’s job, to make that distinction.

Risberg said he supports restorative justice forums, and that he believes “we need to try something different, something new.

“We need to start doing what works: drug courts, DUI courts, diversion programs. We need to actively solve problems rather than putting a Band-aid on things.”

Seeking out alternative sentencing options and diversions, said Risberg, will allow more time for focusing on the larger cases.

“We focus on those cases, we put away the people who need to be put away, we do some good for the people in our community,” he said.

For more information regarding each candidate’s stance on issues, visit www.duncanforda.org and www.risbergforda.com.

The primary election will be held Aug. 12.

Former county sheriff Kerry Lancing fatally injured in Arizona collision

A former Archuleta County Sherrif, Kerry Lancing, 59, died early Sunday morning from injuries suffered when a vehicle struck his motorcycle on a highway north of Kingman, Ariz.

Lancing began his law enforcement career in Archuleta County as a sheriff’s deputy in 1978. He rose to the rank of undersheriff in 1982.

In 1988, Lancing was named interim sheriff upon the resignation of Sheriff Bill Davis. Lancing then ran unopposed as a Republican in the November 1988 general election, winning the right to serve out the remainder of Davis’ term.

A loss in the Republican primary election in 1990 led to Lancing’s resignation, effective Aug. 31, 1990.

Lancing moved to the Las Vegas, Nev., area where he worked in hotel and casino security.

According to information received by Archuleta County Undersheriff John Weiss, Lancing and a companion, Ken Seddon, were northbound from Kingman, Ariz. approximately 20 miles from that city at 3 a.m. Sunday, attempting to complete a motorcycle trip and return home to Henderson, Nev. Weiss reported that Seddon indicated a vehicle, traveling at excessive speed, struck Lancing’s motorcycle from the rear.


PAWSD sets open house, seeks plan comment

By Sheila Berger

Special to The SUN

With a grant from the Colorado Water Conservation Board, the Pagosa Area Water and Sanitation District (PAWSD) has updated its Water Conservation Plan.

The draft plan will be released for public review and comment on Aug. 5. Comments will be accepted until Oct. 7.

The plan will be available at the following locations: PAWSD administrative offices, Pagosa Lakes Property Owners Assoc. offices, Ruby Sisson Library, Archuleta County administrative offices, and Town Hall. It may also be viewed or downloaded from the PAWSD Web site at www.pawsd.org.

In addition, PAWSD will host a Water Conservation Open House Aug. 13 from 5-7 p.m. at its offices. Copies of the plan will be available, as well as water conservation materials.

Water conservation education is a large part of the PAWSD mission. Conservation practices delay the need to upgrade, replace and expand existing infrastructure. The Water Conservation Plan will provide a guiding document for the PAWSD Board of Directors as the 2040 Capital Improvement Plan and associated needs for enlarged treatment facilities and storage capacity are annually reassessed.

For more information or to submit comments: e-mail, mail, phone, fax or visit the PAWSD offices at 100 Lyn Avenue, P.O. Drawer 4610, Pagosa Springs, CO 81157, (970) 731-2691, (970) 731-2693 (fax), or info@pawsd.org.

Pagosa Mountain Hospital has professional interpreter

By Kathi DeClark

Special to The SUN

Martha Suarez has contracted as a professional English-Spanish Interpreter for the Pagosa Mountain Hospital.

Suarez recently completed a week-long training at the Western State College of Colorado for Medical Interpreting. This was a five-day, 40-hour-a-week class. She is a member of the Colorado Translators Association and the Colorado Association of Professional Interpreters. Martha has been a trained Legal Interpreter and has added this to her list of accomplishments.

The hospital and the Hospital Foundation chose to send her to this training class. “Investing in our employees and our affiliated professionals is very important to us,” said Brad Conchennet, Pagosa Mountain Hospital CEO.

There are specific rules, procedures and guidelines to follow for medical interpretation.

1. You can be a conduit between speakers, and only repeat what each one says.

2. You can be a clarifier, often working with different levels of expertise and elaborate on what each party is expressing.

3. You can be a cultural broker; sharing and explaining cultural differences that may affect the medical care given.

4. You can be an advocate, helping to navigate our medical healthcare system.

“The interpreter is transparent,” Suarez said. “We don’t give advice; we only clarify. I am looking forward to going to a two-day class on coaching and coordinating.”

“We at the Pagosa Mountain Hospital can be proud of having supported such an accomplishment,” said Foundation President Bud Brasher.

PCC Southwest Campus seeks Pagosa instructors

The Southwest Campus of Pueblo Community College is seeking Pagosa Springs-area residents who are interested in teaching courses for the college at the Archuleta County Education Center during the upcoming fall semester.

Qualifications include having a master’s degree (or having completed at least 18 graduate-level credits) and wanting to make a positive difference in the community.

The Southwest Campus would like to offer prerequisite courses for health professions programs or transferring into other two- or four-year degree programs.

Those interested and qualified to serve as instructors are urged to contact Lisa Barrett, Southwest Campus Coordinator of Student Services, by phone at 247-2929, Ext. 7213, or via e-mail at lisa.barrett@pueblocc.edu.

The mission of the Archuleta County Education Center is to foster responsible citizenship through programs of literacy, education, vocation and life skills. Its services currently include adult education, alternative high school, after-school enrichment and tutoring programs, and community education.

Founded in 1933, Pueblo Community College is a premier teaching institution focused on providing academic and service excellence to help its students acquire the 21st century skills needed to better their lives. An educational and technological leader, PCC fosters economic development and utilizes strong partnerships in the communities it serves through its Pueblo, Fremont and Southwest campuses.

Businesses persevere during Lewis Street project

By Jim McQuiggin

Staff Writer

Businesses on Lewis Street are keen to let local residents know that, despite the street closure between 4th and 5th streets, doors are open and it’s business as usual, with only noise and dust to interfere with daily traffic.

Town construction manager Torry Hessman said that access to businesses can be made from the rear alleyways. Hessman hastened to add that drivers using the alleys need to remember that the normal traffic laws apply and to respect the one-way directional signs. Further, drivers using the alley way between Lewis and Pagosa street need to exercise additional caution when merging with traffic on San Juan Street since there is only a right turn allowed at that intersection.

While construction proceeds with hooking up storm drains on Lewis Street with drains on San Juan Street, access to the Adobe building and 5th Street will be restricted and, at times, closed. Hessman recommends alternate routes during that portion of the construction in order to ease the flow of traffic.

However, Hessman reports that access to the Adobe parking lot will be facilitated by creating limited one-way traffic flow to entrances and exits so that the parking lot will not be totally shut down at any one time. Drivers are advised to watch for signs to indicate which entrances and exits are to be used.

Hessman thanked the residents of Pagosa Springs for their continued patience and cooperation during the construction of Lewis Street and reminded everyone that keeping a good attitude during the construction will go a long way toward easing the inconvenience felt by locals and visitors alike.

CUMC concert tonight at Harman Park

By Larry Baisdon

Special to The SUN

The second in a series of three benefit concerts will be held tonight at Harman Park, under the white tent. The concerts are being held to raise funds for acoustics and a sound system for the Methodist Church sanctuary.

The theme of the concert will be patriotic, and the selections will be a mixture of patriotic and sacred music. We will feature the Quodlibet Handbell Choir and the Chancel Choir from CUMC, as well as soloists and ensembles from neighboring congregations. The highlight of the concert will be a congregational singing of sacred and patriotic songs.

This program promises to be an inspirational musical experience. There is no charge for the concert, but donations will be greatly appreciated.

There will be a reception following the concer, with refreshments.

CUMC cancels major construction project

By Ben Bagwell

Staff Writer

The Community United Methodist Church congregation voted Sunday to not go forward with plans to build a new sanctuary.

Earlier this year they had decided to replace the 39-year-old sanctuary between August and April of next year.

The church’s building committee had been working with Houston Construction of Pueblo and Architectural Innovations of Wichita, Kan.

The church began planning the construction project two years ago. “But the cost of materials and getting materials to Pagosa Springs kept rising,” said Ernie Karger, building committee chairman.

Increased pledges were secured from church members in January and the pledges plus cash collected was more than $600,000 when the decision was made to cancel the project on Sunday.

“When we saw the total expected costs on July 23, the committee decided to recommend to the people that we not go forward,” Karger said.

The Rev. Don Ford, pastor, said the church would still have to borrow $700,000 after the new cost estimates were received, and the original idea was to not borrow money.

“We came up with a budget based on cash on-hand, and pledges. We wanted to stay within budget. We had three options,” Ford said. “One option was to phase bills. Another option was to reduce the scope of the project. The third option was to upgrade the project; so we decided to end the idea of going forward,” the pastor said.

Karger said, “Cost estimates had changed since January and the committee will meet to decide on limiting the project to safety concerns. We will take care of structural deficiencies in the roof. We don’t want the roof to collapse on people. We won’t have to deal with asbestos since we won’t demolish the old building.”

Mixed bag in district CSAP scores, more data pending

By Sarah O. Smith

Staff Writer

Archuleta County School District 50 Joint saw some bounding gains and some dismal drops in proficiency levels in state Colorado Student Assessment Program (CSAP) test results released Tuesday, prompting district officials to reassess teaching and classroom strategies.

“There are areas in our CSAP we feel good about, there are areas we feel disappointed about,” said Bill Esterbrook, assistant superintendent.

The CSAP is an annual test given to students in grades three through 10, and measures proficiency levels in reading, writing, math and science. The scores, released by the Colorado Department of Education (CDE), measure improvements and declines from year to year.

According to Esterbrook, however, not all data released by the state is useful when tracking and examining student progress. For example, he said, solely focusing on how a specific grade does from year to year can be misleading. The CDE plans to release more specific data for each district on Aug. 15.

“It’s not very helpful data,” said Esterbrook. “Important, but not helpful.”

Rather than this approach, he said, it is more effective and helpful to compare scores on a longitudinal scale, which means following the same group of students from year to year and examining their growth and/or declines.

For example, longitudinal data following 2007’s third-graders to their 2008 fourth-grade year shows no difference in scores in reading, a .6 percent decline in writing, and a 4.9 percent increase in math scores.

In the intermediate school, scores from 2007 to 2008 generally remained steady, with a few small gains, and an impressive 11.9 percent increase in students scoring proficient or higher in fifth-grade writing.

Yet, at the junior high level, this growth seemingly tapers off, with declines nearly across the board, including a 11.4 decrease in grade-seven reading and a 17.8 percent decline in grade-seven math.

These declines continue for ninth- and 10th-graders: for example, 58.7 percent of ninth-graders in 2007 scored proficient or above in math. Yet in 2008 as tenth-graders, that percentage dropped to 32.6 percent, a 26.1 percent difference, and a decline Esterbrook calls “dismal.”

The improvements at the elementary and intermediate levels and the declines at the junior high and high school levels, said Esterbrook, are proof that achievement plans and classroom techniques called “best practices” implemented at the lower grade levels are working.

“We’ve seen some highly disappointing results in (grades seven through 10),” said Esterbrook, “and we know how to fix it. We can’t take any more time in implementing the practices that are alive and doing well in K-6.

“If there is an area where best practices are not embedded, that is a leadership problem — the school board, the superintendent, the assistant superintendent and the principals. It’s the responsibility of the leadership to make sure that happens.”

Esterbrook said that some of these practices are already in place at the seven-12 grade levels, but need to be emphasized more.

“It’s not to say teaching at the higher level is poor. But now that we have proof of how this works, we need to take that information and increase best practices, and make sure seven-twelve benefits,” said Esterbrook. “Would you want to keep doing the same thing if there was no growth?” asked Esterbrook. “Regardless of (a student’s proficiency level), they must grow.”

Esterbrook cited a quote that states that “the student achievement gap is merely the effect of a larger and more debilitating chasm: the educator achievement gap. We must erase the distance between the type of educators we are and be the type of educators they need us to be.”

Additionally, comparing Archuleta County’s scores to the state average scores reveals a mixed bag across the board. In the reading category, Archuleta County students generally scored higher than the state average; for example, 81 percent of fourth-graders scored proficient or higher, compared to the state average of 66 percent. In grades 5, 7, and 10 students scored slightly lower than the state average, and only 54 percent of ninth grade students scored proficient or higher, compared to the state average of 66 percent.

The writing scores hovered at just about level with the state scores, with a jump of 64 percent at the fourth grade, compared to 52 percent state average, and 69 percent at the eighth grade, compared to a 53 percent state average. However, the ninth and tenth grades scored lower than the state average, with just 35 percent of ninth graders ranked at proficient or higher, compared to 49 percent at the state level.

Math scores compared to the state average scores varied across the board; third and fourth grades scored above state average, while fifth and sixth scored below. A large gap at the eighth-grade level — 69 percent proficient or above compared to 53 percent state average — was followed by a decline in the ninth- and tenth-grade levels, with 35 percent of ninth-graders scoring proficient or above compared to the state’s average of 49 percent.

The science scores stayed above state average, with a huge leap of 68 percent at the eighth-grade level, compared to 46 percent statewide.

“You certainly want to be above the state average,” said Esterbrook, “and if you’re not, you need to ask questions.”

Esterbrook said he plans to present the more in-depth data that will be released by the state to the school board at the Sept. 9 meeting. Implementation of the achievement plans and best practices will also be discussed at the future meetings.


Volunteers provide valuable services at hospital

By Nancy Grovhoug and Beverly Chester

Special to The SUN

Pagosa Mountain Hospital has received many inquiries about a volunteer program.

The hospital is now ready to accept volunteers. The program at Pagosa Mountain Hospital provides opportunities for people to share their time in a meaningful and rewarding way.

Volunteers assist the staff in order to enhance and support the hospital’s commitment to quality patient care. In many cases, volunteers serve as a personal and human element in an often high-tech environment, to add a personal dimension to patient and family visits. The staff can more easily attend to the medical care when the volunteers assist them with these essential tasks.

Volunteers serve as the ambassadors/liaisons between the hospital and the community. This program allows volunteers to assist the staff in nearly every department.

Some of the opportunities available include transporting patients within the hospital, greeting and directing visitors from the front desk, answering phones, assisting with clerical duties and providing information to clients in the waiting rooms.

As the hospital expands, so will the needs.

All applications are processed and reviewed prior to the volunteers taking following steps:

• Attending an orientation session.

• Completing a TB test and health screening.

• Attending a new volunteer general training session.

• Receiving on–the-job training in a particular volunteer position.

The volunteer auxiliary has applications available at the Pagosa Mountain Hospital information desk.

Medical classes offered for professional development

The Southwest Campus of Pueblo Community College is offering two one-credit online hybrid courses during the upcoming fall semester as professional development opportunities. Hybrid classes are defined as being basically online courses with minor instructor interaction, making them accessible over a wide regional area of southwest Colorado.

The first class will be “Medical Terminology,” and it will begin Aug. 25 and run through Oct. 18.The second class is “Dietary Nutrition I,” and it will take place from Oct. 20 to Dec. 13. The cost is under $175 for both classes. Prerequisites are recommended for allied health programs.

For information or to register for one or both classes, call the Southwest Campus Durango center at (970) 247-2929.

Renowned scientist Morgan Sparks was Pagosa native

Morgan Sparks, Pagosa Springs native and a renowned scientist and inventor, died May 3 at his daughter’s home in Fullerton, Calif. He was 91.

Born in 1916 in Pagosa Springs, and raised in Texas, Sparks received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in chemistry at Rice University before earning his Ph.D. in physical chemistry from the University of Illinois in 1943.

That same year, he began a long tenure at Bell Telephone Laboratories in Murray Hill, N.J., working on batteries for naval torpedoes in its Electrochemical Research Department.

In 1948, he joined the new Semiconductor Research Group just as it was about to announce the invention of the first transistor. It was as part of that group that Sparks made his signal contributions to the development of the transistor.

The first transistor was a rickety contraption that was almost impossible to mass-produce. Bell Labs researcher William Shockley conceived of the “junction transistor” — a three-layer sandwich of semiconductor materials such as silicon and germanium — that would be much more reliable and easier to manufacture than the first transistors developed at the Labs.

It would take three years of research advances in materials science by Sparks, Gordon Teal and other Bell Labs researchers before the conception could finally be actualized. Sparks fabricated a crude prototype of this junction transistor in 1949, proving that Shockley’s ideas were indeed correct.

Working closely with Teal in early 1951, Sparks figured out how to inject impurities into the molten material from which the crystals were being made, establishing the interfaces or “junctions” between adjacent semiconductor layers required in Shockley’s design. Bell Labs announced the resulting device, the “microwatt junction transistor” to great fanfare on July 4, 1951.

Several months later Sparks wrote an article on the new device, “The Junction Transistor,” which appeared in Scientific American. Junction transistors soon began displacing vacuum tubes in such electronic devices as hearing aids and portable radios — the transistor radios that a postwar generation grew to love. By the decade’s end, transistors had become a staple element of electronic computers.

With the early 1960s, emergence of the integrated circuit, or microchip, their populations began to burgeon almost without limit. According to Gordon Moore, a cofounder of Intel Corp. and author of the famed Moore’s Law, “We make more transistors every year than the number of printed characters in all the newspapers, magazines, books, photocopies and computer printouts.”

During the 1950s, 1960s, and early 1970s, Sparks rose through several management positions at Bell Labs and the Western Electric Company, the manufacturing arm of the parent company AT&T.

Sparks went to Albuquerque, N.M., from Bell Labs in 1972 to serve as director of Sandia National Labs.

Jack Howard, who served as Morgan’s executive VP from 1973 to 1981, recalled the many dimensions of the man: “Morgan Sparks was good at most anything he tried. The transistor won Nobel prizes for three physicists at Bell Labs but it wouldn’t have worked without the epitaxial layer Morgan cooked up for them. At Sandia he quickly became abreast of the weapons business; Sandians know the great job he did while he was here.”

Sandia President and Labs Director Tom Hunter recalls the Morgan Sparks era as a pivotal one for Sandia. “Morgan was president when I was a young staff member at Sandia. He set the framework for Sandia to become a multiprogram Lab. He was widely recognized for his ability to engage the Lab in many new areas that proved to be important for our future. He made a tremendous impression on all of us. I spent some time with him at the Nevada Test Site in the early ’70s and will always remember how this renowned researcher from Bell Labs so quickly and thoroughly immersed himself in every aspect of our weapons work.”

After he retired, Sparks accepted an appointment to the Robert O. Anderson School of Management at the University of New Mexico where he served as dean from 1981 to 1984. Until 2007 he was president of High Desert Investment Corporation, the developers of the High Desert and Mariposa communities.

Information in this article reprinted courtesy Sandia Lab News.

Nursing Mothers: Going for the Gold

By Maryam Khahili

San Juan Basin Health Department

Special to The SUN

One of our major roles at San Juan Basin Health’s WIC (Women, Infants and Children) program is ensuring that moms and especially their babies get the proper nutrition for a healthy start in life.

Breast-feeding is the most vital component. Over the past month, several clients have indicated that they’ve had to stop or reduce breastfeeding due to unavailability of a facility for them to express milk at their place of employment.

At that time, we supplied the women with a letter to their employers outlining the importance of breast-feeding and benefits to the employer.

Thanks to two new Colorado state laws that took effect July 7, 2008, breastfeeding moms now have more support.

The Colorado Workplace Accommodations for Nursing Mothers Act establishes a standard for an employer to:

• Provide reasonable unpaid break time, or allow employee to use paid break and/or mealtime to express breast milk for her nursing child for up to two years after the child’s birth.

• Make reasonable efforts to provide a nursing mother with a private location in close proximity to her work area (other than a toilet stall) in which to express milk.

• Not discriminate against women for expressing milk in the workplace.

Many employers already support nursing mothers. Benefits for employers include decreased health care costs, improved employee productivity and morale, as well as greater loyalty and staff retention. It’s important to keep in mind that a room for a nursing mother doesn’t need to be anything fancy. A room as small as 4 by 5 feet with a chair, small table, and outlet is sufficient to be able to pump milk during breaks and lunch. The Colorado Breastfeeding Task Force gives awards to supportive employers. To nominate your employer or for more information, visit wwwcoloradobreastfeedingtaskforce.org.

The second law states: “A mother may breastfeed in any place she has the right to be.”

Colorado gets a gold medal for supporting nursing mothers. In solidarity with the 2008 Olympics, this year’s World Breastfeeding Week (Aug. 1-7) theme is “Mother Support: Going for the Gold.” It emphasizes the gold standard of breastfeeding and the golden opportunity all mothers have to provide the best to their infants from the very first moments of their life.

Breastfeeding benefits infants in terms of nutrition and bonding with their mother. It’s easier to digest and decreases the risks of ear infections, allergies, asthma, lung infections, GI problems, diabetes, cancer, and childhood obesity. Breastfeeding also benefits the mother in helping her return to pre-pregnancy weight sooner, reduces the risk of bone fractures, and pre-menopausal breast and ovarian cancer later in life.

To achieve this gold standard of exclusive breastfeeding for six months and continuation of breast milk in combination with foods for at least one year or longer, mothers need to be educated about breastfeeding practices. They also need support from their health care providers, partners, families, employers and the public.

For support or assistance in Pagosa Springs, call 264-2409, Ext. 22.


Bighorn program seeks participants

By Alicia Haywood

Special to The SUN

The Bighorn Leadership Development Program is a unique, non-partisan leadership program that offers its participants an opportunity to become involved in the issues that face Colorado.

Over a period of four long weekends, Bighorn Fellows consider the responsibility of public service, develop public policy development skills, and learn the ins and outs of politics and government so that they can make a difference in their local community and the state.

Course dates and locations:

• Sept.5-7 Cheyenne Mountain Resort in Colorado Springs.

• Oct. 3-5 Great Divide Lodge in Breckenridge.

• Nov. 7-9 Cheyenne Mountain Resort.

• Dec. 5-7 Cheyenne Mountain. Resort.

The Bighorn Leadership Development Program is housed at Colorado State University under the Vice-Provost in the Office of Outreach and Strategic Partnerships. Participants pay a $350 fee and agree to commit to attend all twelve days of the course. The full cost of the tuition is being subsidized by the generosity of The Colorado Trust.

Visit the Web site for more information on the program: http://outreach.colostate.edu/bighorn/.

TROOPER'S TIPS

Welcome to Colorful Colorado

By Trooper Doug Wiersma

Colorado State Patrol

Special to The SUN

Have you recently moved to Colorado from another state?

If so, there are some things you need to know about your driver’s license and registration. You may still use your previous state’s driver’s license and registration here but only until such time as you become a resident of this state.

Colorado considers you a resident if you own or operate a business here, or if you’ve resided here continuously for 90 days, or if you’re gainfully employed here. Once you meet any of these criteria, you’re considered a resident and are required to obtain both a Colorado driver’s license, and a Colorado registration within 30 days.

If you’re a resident, continuing to use an out-of-state license and/or registration is illegal, and will likely result in a ticket if you’re stopped.

The Colorado State Patrol welcomes new residents, and we ask for your cooperation in keeping both you and your vehicle legal.

Museum displays handy products of the past

By Ann Oldham

Special to The PREVIEW

“After the meal is over comes the washing of dishes, and the cleaning of greasy, dirty pots and pans. The preparation of the meal is usually a pleasure, the clearing up, disagreeable.”

For our pioneer settlers, cleaning was definitely a much harder chore than it is today. Some assistance was available in the form of cleaning products. One such product that is on display at the San Juan Historical Society Museum is Gold Dust Washing Powder.

A 1910 advertisement in “Home Helps, A Pure Food Cook Book” reads, “Why not ‘let the Gold Dust Twins do your work?’ GOLD DUST WASHING POWDER is the quickest dish-washer ever invented. It is a vegetable-oil soap ground in to a smooth, golden powder, which dissolves instantly in any kind of water, cuts dirt and grease like magic, and does the big end of the work without your assistance. GOLD DUST is also unequaled for cleaning woodwork, scrubbing floors, cleaning refrigerators, bathroom fixtures, oilcloths, silverware, and for washing clothes. GOLD DUST makes everything it touches clean and sweet, and does it so quickly and well that, once you have used it, you would as soon try to bake without flour as keep house without GOLD DUST. At all grocers’ — Look for the twins on the package.”

The N.K. Fairbanks Company located in Chicago, Illinois made this product.

Apparently using children in advertisement this year was very popular. The N.K. Fairbanks Company was also the maker of the “Fairy Soap.” A child was used in the advertisement for this product. The oval bar of soap cost 5 cents.

The San Juan Historical Society has a general store display and a kitchen display. The artifacts in these displays will make one appreciate the ease of shopping, meal preparation and that dreaded clearing up that we have conveniences for today.

The museum is located at the corner of U.S. 160 and 1st Street. Admission charge is $3 for adults and $1 for children. The museum is open Tuesday through Saturday from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m.

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COMBINED NOTICE OF SALE AND RIGHT TO CURE OR REDEEM

To Whom it may concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:

Public Trustee’s Foreclosure Sale No. 59-2008 was commenced on 6-3-08 in the office of the undersigned Public Trustee relating to the Deed of Trust described below:

Ryan Clark and April Clark Original Grantor(s)

Argent Mortgage Company, LLC Original Beneficiary

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November 15, 2006 Date of Deed of Trust

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November 27, 2006 Recording Date of Deed of Trust:

At Reception No. 20611394 Recording Information Receipt No. and/or Book No. and Page No.

$166,600.00 Original Principal Balance

$165,520.02 Outstanding Principal Balance

Pursuant to C.R.S. § 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 DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.

LOT 551, PAGOSA VISTA, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF FILED FOR RECORD SEPTEMBER 13, 1971 AS RECEPTION NO. 74884

COUNTY OF ARCHULETA, STATE OF COLORADO

WHICH HAS THE ADDRESS OF 116 Port Avenue Pagosa Springs, CO 81147

NOTICE OF SALE

The current Holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Herby Given that I will at public action at 10:00 a.m. on September 25, 2008, at at the front door of the Archuleta County Public Trustee’s Office, 449 San Juan Street, Pagosa Springs, Colorado, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorney’s fees, the expenses of sale, and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

NOTICE OF RIGHTS

YOU MAY HAVE AN INTEREST IN THE REAL PROPERTY BEING FORECLOSED, OR HAVE CERTAIN RIGHTS OR SUFFER CERTAIN LIABILITIES PURSUANT TO COLORADO STATUTES AS A RESULT OF SAID FORECLOSURE. YOU MAY HAVE THE RIGHT TO REDEEM SAID REAL PROPERTY OR YOU MAY HAVE THE RIGHT TO CURE A DEFAULT UNDER THE DEED OF TRUST BEING FORECLOSED. A COPY OF SAID STATUTES, AS SUCH STATUTES ARE PRESENTLY CONSTITUTED, WHICH MAY AFFECT YOUR RIGHTS, IS ATTACHED TO THIS NOTICE. HOWEVER, YOUR RIGHTS MAY BE DETERMINED BY PREVIOUS STATUTES.

A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE FILED PURSUANT TO C.R.S. 38-38-104 SHALL BE FILED WITH THE PUBLIC TRUSTEE AT LEAST FIFTEEN (15) CALENDAR DAYS PRIOR TO THE FIRST SCHEDULED SALE DATE OR ANY DATE TO WHICH THE SALE IS CONTINUED.

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

DATE: 6-3-08

/s/ Lois Baker

Public Trustee of Archuleta County, State of Colorado

/s/ Vicky Rudock, Deputy

By: Lois Baker, Public Trustee

The name, address and telephone number of the attorneys representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

Caren Jacobs Castle #11790

Deanne R. Stodden #33214

Elizabeth S. Marcus #16092

Barbara A. Bader #10394

Jennifer C. Rogers #34682

Britney Beall-Eder #34935

P.C. Wolf #34797

Katharine E. Fisher #39230

Lauren R. Smith #39316

Jeremy D. Peck #36588

Castle Meinhold & Stawiarski, LLC, 999 18th Street, Suite 2201, Denver, CO 80202, (303) 865-1400

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.

Published July 31, August 7, 14, 21 and 28, 2008 in The Pagosa Springs SUN.

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COMBINED NOTICE OF SALE AND RIGHT TO CURE OR REDEEM

To Whom it may concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:

Public Trustee’s Foreclosure Sale No. 60-2008 was commenced on 6-3-08 in the office of the undersigned Public Trustee relating to the Deed of Trust described below:

Duane Breman and Amanda Breman Original Grantor(s)

Option One Mortgage Corporation Original Beneficiary

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Trustee for the Certificateholders of Soundview Home Loan Trust 2007-OPT5, Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2007-OPT5 Current Holder of Evidence of Debt

June 8, 2007 Date of Deed of Trust

Archuleta County of Recording

June 26, 2007 Recording Date of Deed of Trust:

At Reception No. 20705644 Recording Information Receipt No. and/or Book No. and Page No.

$729,000.00 Original Principal Balance

$728,222.57 Outstanding Principal Balance

Pursuant to C.R.S. § 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 DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.

SEE EXHIBIT A ATTACHED HERETO AND INCORPORATED HEREIN BY REFERENCE

Exhibit “A”

The land referred to in this Commitment is described as follows:

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

THE EAST HALF OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER (E 1/2 NE 1/4 NW 1/4) OF SECTION 8, TOWNSHIP 34 NORTH, RANGE 1 WEST, N.M.P.M., ARCHULETA COUNTY, COLORADO, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS. TO-WIT: BEGINNING AT THE NORTH QUARTER CORNER OF SAID SECTION 8, THENCE SOUTH 1320.00 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 89 DEGREES 52’30” WEST 657.61 FEET; THENCE NORTH 1316.36 FEET; THENCE NORTH 89 DEGREES 43’ EAST 657.45 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING.

Parcel/Tax I.D. # 588708200002

Commonly known as: 4821 F Highway 84, Pagosa Springs, CO 81147

WHICH HAS THE ADDRESS OF 4821 F Highway 84 Pagosa Springs, CO 81147

NOTICE OF SALE

The current Holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Herby Given that I will at public action at 10:00 a.m. on September 25, 2008, at at the front door of the Archuleta County Public Trustee’s Office, 449 San Juan Street, Pagosa Springs, Colorado, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorney’s fees, the expenses of sale, and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

NOTICE OF RIGHTS

YOU MAY HAVE AN INTEREST IN THE REAL PROPERTY BEING FORECLOSED, OR HAVE CERTAIN RIGHTS OR SUFFER CERTAIN LIABILITIES PURSUANT TO COLORADO STATUTES AS A RESULT OF SAID FORECLOSURE. YOU MAY HAVE THE RIGHT TO REDEEM SAID REAL PROPERTY OR YOU MAY HAVE THE RIGHT TO CURE A DEFAULT UNDER THE DEED OF TRUST BEING FORECLOSED. A COPY OF SAID STATUTES, AS SUCH STATUTES ARE PRESENTLY CONSTITUTED, WHICH MAY AFFECT YOUR RIGHTS, IS ATTACHED TO THIS NOTICE. HOWEVER, YOUR RIGHTS MAY BE DETERMINED BY PREVIOUS STATUTES.

A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE FILED PURSUANT TO C.R.S. 38-38-104 SHALL BE FILED WITH THE PUBLIC TRUSTEE AT LEAST FIFTEEN (15) CALENDAR DAYS PRIOR TO THE FIRST SCHEDULED SALE DATE OR ANY DATE TO WHICH THE SALE IS CONTINUED.

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

DATE: 6-3-08

/s/ Lois Baker

Public Trustee of Archuleta County, State of Colorado

/s/ Vicky Rudock, Deputy

By: Lois Baker, Public Trustee

The name, address and telephone number of the attorneys representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

Caren Jacobs Castle #11790

Deanne R. Stodden #33214

Elizabeth S. Marcus #16092

Barbara A. Bader #10394

Jennifer C. Rogers #34682

Britney Beall-Eder #34935

P.C. Wolf #34797

Katharine E. Fisher #39230

Lauren R. Smith #39316

Jeremy D. Peck #36588

Castle Meinhold & Stawiarski, LLC, 999 18th Street, Suite 2201, Denver, CO 80202, (303) 865-1400

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.

Published July 31, August 7, 14, 21 and 28, 2008 in The Pagosa Springs SUN.

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COMBINED NOTICE OF SALE AND RIGHT TO CURE OR REDEEM

To Whom it may concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:

Public Trustee’s Foreclosure Sale No. 61-2008 was commenced on 6-3-08 in the office of the undersigned Public Trustee relating to the Deed of Trust described below:

Breanna J. Kirsop Original Grantor(s)

Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Homecomings Financial Network Inc. Original Beneficiary

GMAC Mortgage, LLC Current Holder of Evidence of Debt

November 22, 2005 Date of Deed of Trust

Archuleta County of Recording

November 29, 2005 Recording Date of Deed of Trust:

At Reception No. 20512717 Recording Information Receipt No. and/or Book No. and Page No.

$108,800.00 Original Principal Balance

$106,716.44 Outstanding Principal Balance

Pursuant to C.R.S. § 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 DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.

LOT 14, BLOCK 21, LAKE PAGOSA PARK, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF FILED MARCH 13, 1970, AS RECEPTION NOS. 72998 THRU 73013, IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK AND RECORDER, ARCHULETA COUNTY, COLORADO.

WHICH HAS THE ADDRESS OF 42 West Radiant Court Pagosa Springs, CO 81147

NOTICE OF SALE

The current Holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Herby Given that I will at public action at 10:00 a.m. on September 25, 2008, at at the front door of the Archuleta County Public Trustee’s Office, 449 San Juan Street,Pagosa Springs, Colorado, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorney’s fees, the expenses of sale, and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

NOTICE OF RIGHTS

YOU MAY HAVE AN INTEREST IN THE REAL PROPERTY BEING FORECLOSED, OR HAVE CERTAIN RIGHTS OR SUFFER CERTAIN LIABILITIES PURSUANT TO COLORADO STATUTES AS A RESULT OF SAID FORECLOSURE. YOU MAY HAVE THE RIGHT TO REDEEM SAID REAL PROPERTY OR YOU MAY HAVE THE RIGHT TO CURE A DEFAULT UNDER THE DEED OF TRUST BEING FORECLOSED. A COPY OF SAID STATUTES, AS SUCH STATUTES ARE PRESENTLY CONSTITUTED, WHICH MAY AFFECT YOUR RIGHTS, IS ATTACHED TO THIS NOTICE. HOWEVER, YOUR RIGHTS MAY BE DETERMINED BY PREVIOUS STATUTES.

A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE FILED PURSUANT TO C.R.S. 38-38-104 SHALL BE FILED WITH THE PUBLIC TRUSTEE AT LEAST FIFTEEN (15) CALENDAR DAYS PRIOR TO THE FIRST SCHEDULED SALE DATE OR ANY DATE TO WHICH THE SALE IS CONTINUED.

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

DATE: 6-3-08

/s/ Lois Baker

Public Trustee of Archuleta County, State of Colorado

/s/ Vicky Rudock, Deputy

By: Lois Baker, Public Trustee

The name, address and telephone number of the attorneys representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

Caren Jacobs Castle #11790

Deanne R. Stodden #33214

Elizabeth S. Marcus #16092

Barbara A. Bader #10394

Jennifer C. Rogers #34682

Britney Beall-Eder #34935

P.C. Wolf #34797

Katharine E. Fisher #39230

Lauren R. Smith #39316

Jeremy D. Peck #36588

Castle Meinhold & Stawiarski, LLC, 999 18th Street, Suite 2201, Denver, CO 80202, (303) 865-1400

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.

Published July 31, August 7, 14, 21 and 28, 2008 in The Pagosa Springs SUN.

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Invitation for Bids: Snow Removal for the Archuleta County Airport, Stevens Field, Pagosa Springs, CO. The Archuleta County Board of County Commissioners invites qualified firms to submit bids for snow removal services for the upcoming three winter seasons. Sealed bids (marked “BIDS FOR SNOW REMOVAL”) will be accepted by the Finance Department, 449 San Juan Street, Pagosa Springs, CO 81147 until August 15, 2008 at 12:00pm. For full bid announcement, please contact Ron Nieweg, Contracts and Procurement Officer at (970) 264-8555, or rnieweg@archuletacounty.org or view on-line at www.archuletacounty.org.

Published July 31 and August 7, 2008 in The Pagosa Springs SUN.

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A Planned Unit Development (P.U.D.) consisting of approximately 16.59 acres in Pines & Ponderosa Fairways, located in Section 16, Township 35 North, Range 2 West, N.M.P.M. Otherwise known as Parcel # 569916300117. The nearest cross street is Aspen Village Drive and Hwy. 160 West. Anyone who wishes to comment should contact the Archuleta County Planning Department, P.O. Box 1507, Pagosa Springs, Co. 81147, (970)-731-3877 or Project Planner Cindy Schultz (cschultz@archuletacounty.org) prior to consideration of this P.U.D. by the Archuleta Planning Commission on 8-13-08 to be determined at 6:00 pm in the County Courthouse or attend the public meeting and be heard.

Sincerely,

The Ault Companies

Published July 31 and August 7, 2008 in The Pagosa Springs SUN.

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NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to the General Public that Piedra Automotive is applying for title and will sell to the general public the following vehicle:

VIN: JF1BV6326NH604697

YEAR/MAKE/MODEL: 1993 SUBARU LEGACY

REGISTERED OWNER: NO RECORD FOUND

TOW/STORAGE OPERATOR: Piedra Automotive

505 CR 500/POB 5756

Pagosa Springs, Co 81147

(970) 731-3335.

Published July 31, 2008 in The Pagosa Springs SUN.

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The Pagosa Lakes Property Owners Association is seeking bids for the construction of a Park area near Lake Pagosa. Project to include a gravel parking area, picnic pads, walkways and a covered picnic gazebo. Please call Larry Lynch at Association Office, 731-5635 ext. 25.

Published July 31, 2008 in The Pagosa Springs SUN.

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NOTICE OF SALE

Sunetha Property Management will be having a sale for storage units (#1 & #23) at High County Mini Storage, 55 Rainbow, Pagosa Springs, Colorado on Saturday, August 23, 2008, at 9:00 a.m.

Misc. items include upright freezer, golf clubs, Christmas items, snow chains, some old power tools.

Published July 31 and August 7, 2008 in The Pagosa Springs SUN.

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PUBLIC HEARING

The Town Council for the Town of Pagosa Springs will be holding a public hearing for a hotel and restaurant liquor license application for The Quaking Aspen Café and Gallery LLC dba The Quaking Aspen Café and Gallery, located at 456 Pagosa Street. The public hearing will be held on Tuesday August 5, 2008 at 5:00 p.m. in the Town Hall Council Chambers. All people wishing to comment should be present at that meeting or have written comments in the office of the Town Clerk no later than 12:00 p.m. on August 4, 2008.

Published July 31, 2008 in The Pagosa Springs SUN.

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PRIMARY ELECTION NOTICE

FOR ARCHULETA COUNTY, COLORADO

To the Electors of Archuleta County, Colorado, in accordance with the provisions of Colorado Revised Statutes, Section 1-5-202, a Colorado Election will be held in several precincts in the State, on Tuesday, the 12th day of August, 2008. The Election will be held in the lawful polling places designated for each precinct and the polls will be open from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Archuleta County will be utilizing Vote Centers for the Primary Election.

The precincts for both Mail-In (formerly Absentee) and Early voting will be the County Elections Office downstairs in the Courthouse. Mail-In (Absentee) Ballots may be picked up or applied for and also returned there. You may also drop off Mail-In Ballots at the County Clerk’s Office. Early Voting will be held in the Election’s Office, downstairs in the Courthouse from August 4, 2008 through 4:00 p.m. August 8, 2008. Office hours are 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday.

The following are the office nominations that will be voted on at the August 12, 2008 Primary Election.

Note: There will be two ballots, a Democratic ballot and a Republican ballot. Republican candidates will be listed on the Republican Ballot and the Democratic candidates will be listed on the Democratic Ballot. No Presidential candidates will be on our Primary Ballots. The Presidential Race will be voted on during the General Election held in November.

FEDERAL OFFICES

UNITED STATES SENATOR

(Vote for One) (Vote for One)

(01) Mark Udall (01) Bob Schaffer

(Democratic) (Republican)

REPRESENTATIVE TO THE 111TH UNITED STATES CONGRESS – DISTRICT 3

(Vote for One) (Vote for One)

(01) John T. Salazar (01) Wayne Wolf

(Democratic) (Republican)

STATE OFFICES

STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION – CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 3

(Vote for One) (Vote for One)

(01) Jill L. Brake (01) Marcia Neal

(Democratic) (Republican)

STATE REPRESENTATIVE – DISTRICT 59

(Vote for One) (Vote for One)

There are no candidates for this office. (01) Ellen Roberts

(Democratic) (Republican)

DISTRICT ATTORNEY – 6TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT

(Vote for One) (Vote for One)

(01) Todd Risberg (01) Russell Wasley

(Democratic) (Republican)

(02) David Duncan

(Democratic)

COUNTY OFFICES

COUNTY COMMISSIONER – DISTRICT 1

(Vote for One) (Vote for One)

(01) Ron Chacey (01) Eugene (Gene) Crabtree

(Democratic) (Republican)

(02) John A. Ranson

(Republican)

(03) Robin Schiro

(Republican)

COUNTY COMMISSIONER – DISTRICT 2

(Vote for One) (Vote for One)

(01) Raymond P. Finney (01) Raymond Eugene Keyawa

(Withdrew Candidacy) (Republican)

(02) Clifford A. Lucero

(Democratic)

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VOTE CENTERS

Instead of individual Precincts, we will have 3 Vote Centers. All voters have the option to vote at any one of the three Vote Centers. They are as follows:

1. Archuleta County Commissioners’ Meeting Room

449 San Juan Street

Pagosa Springs, CO 81147

2. Pagosa Springs Community Center

451 Hot Springs Blvd.

Pagosa Springs, CO 81147

3. Restoration Fellowship Church

264 Village Drive (Behind the west City Market)

Pagosa Springs, CO 81147

Published July 31, 2008 in The Pagosa Springs SUN.

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INVITATION TO BID

STATION NO. 07 – CHROMO AREA

Sealed bids will be received by Pagosa Fire Protection District, 191 North Pagosa Blvd., Pagosa Springs, Colorado, until Friday, August 22, 2008, at 5:00 p.m. Bids received after this time will not be accepted and will be returned unopened.

All bids that have been duly received will be opened publicly and read aloud at 10:00 a.m. Monday, August 25, 2008, at Station #1’s Training Room located at 191 North Pagosa Blvd., Pagosa Springs, Colorado. All interested parties are invited to attend. The Owner reserves the right to reject any and all bids and to waive irregularities or informalities in any bid.

The work to be performed generally includes:

Construction of a 4-bay, 2 story station approximately 3000 square feet in size with the 2nd story being approximately 1600 square feet and located at 1495 County Road 382 in the Chromo area

Bids shall be submitted on a lump sum basis with a requirement to bid alternate additions for installation of an electrical thermal storage system, foundation and flat work, septic system and 2nd floor finish work (sheetrock, painting and trim). The award may be on the basis of the base bid or of the alternate bid.

Copies of the Drawings, Specifications and other Contract Documents for use in preparing Bids may be obtained after July 30 electronically (if e-mail address is provided) after July 30. Hard copies are also available upon paying $45.00 for each set of Contract Documents. Payment is to be made to District whose mailing address is: 191 North Pagosa Blvd., Pagosa Springs, CO 81147. All payments made for Drawings, Specifications, and other Contract Documents are nonrefundable.

Copies of the Drawings and Project Specifications are also on file and may be examined at the Owner’s address during normal working hours after July 31, 2008.

Each Bidder shall file with his Bid a cashier’s check, or a Bid Bond, in accordance with the Instructions to Bidders.

The Bidder to whom a Contract is awarded will be required to furnish a Performance, Payment and Warranty Bond guaranteeing faithful performance.

No Bids may be withdrawn within a period of sixty (60) days after the date Bids are opened.

A mandatory Prebid Conference and Site Visit will be held at PFPD Station #1, 191 North Pagosa Blvd., Pagosa Springs, Colorado, on Monday, August 11, 2008, at 10:00 a.m.

Bids will be considered only from Bidders who have attended the Prebid Conference and Site Visit. Bids from Bidders not indicated in the District’s records to have been in attendance at the Prebid Conference and Site Visit will be returned unopened.

OWNER

By: /s/ Diane C. Bower

Assistant Chief – Administration

Pagosa Fire Protection District

Published July 31 and August 7, 2008 in The Pagosa Springs SUN.

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PUBLIC NOTICE

The Town of Pagosa Springs Town Council will hold a public hearing to review a request to complete a minor subdivision on Lot 9, Block 48, Townsite of Pagosa Springs. The subject property is approximately 0.17 acres and located at 367 South 8th Street. The Public Hearing is scheduled for 5:00 p.m. on August 5, 2008, to be held at Town Hall at 551 Hot Springs Boulevard. Anyone wishing to comment should contact the Town Planning Department or attend the public hearing and be heard.

Published July 31, 2008 in The Pagosa Springs SUN.

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PUBLIC NOTICE

The Town of Pagosa Springs Town Council will hold a public hearing to review a request to replat a portion of Mesa Heights Subdivision consisting of Lots 1-7, Block 4; Lots 18-21, Block 1; and a portion of the previously platted Mesa Drive right-of-way. The Public Hearing is scheduled for 5:00 p.m. on August 5, 2008, to be held at Town Hall at 551 Hot Springs Boulevard. Anyone wishing to comment should contact the Town Planning Department or attend the public hearing and be heard.

Published July 31, 2008 in The Pagosa Springs SUN.

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NOTICE OF HEARING ON PETITION FOR INCLUSION OF ADDITIONAL REAL PROPERTY WITHIN THE TOWN OF PAGOSA SPRINGS SANITATION GENERAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to all interested persons that a Petition for Inclusion of additional real property into the boundaries of the Town of Pagosa Springs Sanitation General Improvement District (“District”) has been filed with the Board of Directors of the District. A public hearing on the Petition shall be held in the Town Hall Council Chambers, the 5th day of August 2008, at the hour of 5:00 p.m., at 551 Hot Springs Boulevard, Pagosa Springs, Colorado.

The names of the Petitioners are:

William & Peggy Laverty

The properties requested to be included into the District are described as follows:

Ordinance No. 03, Series 2008 in its entirety including Laverty legal description is available at the Town Clerks office upon request.

All interested parties may appear at such hearing to show cause why such Petition should not be granted.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE TOWN OF PAGOSA SPRINGS SANITATION GENERAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT.

Published July 17, 24 and 31, 2008 in The Pagosa Springs SUN.

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A variance from section 3.1.4 of the Archuleta County Land Use Regulations regarding the front setback for one lot located on approximately 9 acres is proposed on a portion of Lot 47, Pagosa Meadows 2 Subdivision. The property is located at 207 Peace Place, Pagosa Springs, CO; approximately 1 mile from the intersection of Big Sky Place and Meadows Drive.

Comments regarding this proposal may be submitted to the Archuleta County Planning Department, P.O. Box 1507, Pagosa Springs, CO 81147-1507, telephone: (970) 731-3877 prior to the public hearing by the Board of County Commissioners on August 5, 2008, at 1:30 p.m. in the County Courthouse. If you prefer, you may attend the public hearing and be heard.

Published July 24 and 31, 2008 in The Pagosa Springs SUN.

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A variance from section 3.1.4 of the Archuleta County Land Use Regulations regarding the side setback for one lot located on approximately 7.5 acres is proposed in a portion of Township 32N, Range 6W, Section 24. The property is located at 966 County Road 977, Arboles, CO; across from CR 977 and Country Meadows Place.

Comments regarding this proposal may be submitted to the Archuleta County Planning Department, P.O. Box 1507, Pagosa Springs, CO 81147-1507, telephone: (970) 731-3877 prior to the public hearing by the Board of County Commissioners on August 5, 2008, at 1:30 p.m. in the County Courthouse. If you prefer, you may attend the public hearing and be heard.

Published July 24 and 31, 2008 in The Pagosa Springs SUN.

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NEWSPAPER ADVERTISEMENT ANNOUNCING LIEN SALE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that unless all rents and fees are paid by July 19, 2008, the belongings of Jan E. Smith, 578 Lakeside Drive, Pagosa Springs, CO 81147 consisting of household items, tools and plumbing supplies which are currently stored at A-Affordable Storage, Unit 10, 4640 West Highway 160, Unit B, Pagosa Springs CO 81147 will be sold at this location at 1 pm on August 1, 2008 for cash only by high bid. All interested parties should call 970/731-2188.

Published July 24 and 31, 2008 in The Pagosa Springs SUN.

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District Court, County of ARCHULETA

State of Colorado

Court Address: P.O. Box 148

449 San Juan Street

Pagosa Springs, CO 81147

Plaintiff(s):

Elk Run Property Owners Association, Inc.

v.

Defendant(s):

(1) Myron Malmberg a/k/a Myron L. Malmberg

(2) Unknowns: All Unknown Spouses Of Any Party

Hereto, And All Other Persons Living Or Dead

Whose Names Are Unknown, Who Claim Any

Interest in The Subject Real Estate

Philip M. Kleinsmith

Kleinsmith & Associates, P.C.

6035 Erin Park Drive, Suite 203

Colorado Springs, CO 80918

Phone: (719) 593-1970

Fax: (719) 593-2193

Email: klein@frii.com

Bar #: 1063

Case Number _____

Div.______

Summons

TO EACH DEFENDANT NAMED ABOVE:

A lawsuit has been started against you in the above entitled court by the above named Plaintiff or Plaintiffs. Plaintiff’s claims are stated in a written Complaint and Petition for Money Judgment for HOA Assessments and Foreclosure Thereof (Complaint), a copy of which is served upon you with this Summons, if service hereof is by a method of personal service. If service hereof is by publication, a copy of the Complaint is available from the Court Clerk and/or the Plaintiff’s attorney whose addresses and phone numbers are indicated above.

In order to defend against this lawsuit, you must respond to the Complaint by stating your defense(s) in writing and by filing same with the Clerk of the Court (by mail, if you wish) and mailing a copy to the Plaintiff’s attorney. Your written response must in certain instances state any related claim(s) which you may have against any other party hereto or you may be barred from making such claim(s) in any other lawsuit. If you do not respond in writing, a default judgment may be entered against you without notice. A default judgment is one where the Plaintiff may be entitled to what they ask for because you have not responded.

Your written response must be filed (by mail, if you wish) with the Clerk of the Court and mailed to Plaintiff’s attorney within thirty (30) days after the date you are personally served with this Summons by a method of personal service or within thirty (30) days of the last publication of this Summons, if it is published. If you wish to seek the advice of an attorney, you should do so promptly so that your written response, if any, may be served on time.

This lawsuit requests a money judgment, the foreclosure of a Homeowners Assessment Lien against and quieting title to the following Real Estate and all improvements thereto:

Real Estate:

Common Description: Unit Week Number 23, Unit Number 7101, Building Number 1, Elk Run Townhouses, Archuleta County, Colorado.

Legal Description: Unit Week Number 23, Unit Number 7101, Building Number 1 in “ELK RUN TOWNHOUSES”, according to and as located on the recorded Map recorded thereof filed for record June 26, 1986 as Reception No. 140480, and in accordance with and as limited and defined by the Declaration of Protective Covenants and Interval Ownership recorded June 26, 1986 as Reception No. 140481, First Amendment thereto recorded August 13, 1986 under Reception No. 141512 and Second Amendment recorded December 1, 1987 as Reception No. 151976, Archuleta County, Colorado.

In this lawsuit, the Plaintiff alleges that the following Defendants have personal liability on the subject Mortgage or Deed of Trust and Note and the requested money judgment: Myron Malmberg a/k/a Myron L. Malmberg.

Dated: May 21, 2008.

Kleinsmith & Associates, P.C.

Attorney for Plaintiff

By /s/ Philip M. Kleinsmith

Philip M. Kleinsmith, #1063 THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.

REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS WILL BE PROVIDED IN ACCORD WITH THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT.

Published July 24, 31, August 7, 14 and 21, 2008 in The Pagosa Springs SUN.

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District Court, County of ARCHULETA

State of Colorado

Court Address: P.O. Box 148

449 San Juan Street

Pagosa Springs, CO 81147

Plaintiff(s):

Village Pointe Property Owners Association, Inc.

v.

Defendant(s):

(1) Sandra Hullum

(2) Michael Hullum

(3) Unknowns: All Unknown Spouses Of Any Party

Hereto, And All Other Persons Living Or Dead

Whose Names Are Unknown, Who Claim Any

Interest in The Subject Real Estate

Philip M. Kleinsmith

Kleinsmith & Associates, P.C.

6035 Erin Park Drive, Suite 203

Colorado Springs, CO 80918

Phone: (719) 593-1970

Fax: (719) 593-2193

Email: klein@frii.com

Bar #: 1063

Case Number ____

Div.______

Amended Summons

TO EACH DEFENDANT NAMED ABOVE:

A lawsuit has been started against you in the above entitled court by the above named Plaintiff or Plaintiffs. Plaintiff’s claims are stated in a written Complaint and Petition for Money Judgment for HOA Assessments and Foreclosure Thereof (Complaint), a copy of which is served upon you with this Summons, if service hereof is by a method of personal service. If service hereof is by publication, a copy of the Complaint is available from the Court Clerk and/or the Plaintiff’s attorney whose addresses and phone numbers are indicated above.

In order to defend against this lawsuit, you must respond to the Complaint by stating your defense(s) in writing and by filing same with the Clerk of the Court (by mail, if you wish) and mailing a copy to the Plaintiff’s attorney. Your written response must in certain instances state any related claim(s) which you may have against any other party hereto or you may be barred from making such claim(s) in any other lawsuit. If you do not respond in writing, a default judgment may be entered against you without notice. A default judgment is one where the Plaintiff may be entitled to what they ask for because you have not responded.

Your written response must be filed (by mail, if you wish) with the Clerk of the Court and mailed to Plaintiff’s attorney within thirty (30) days after the date you are personally served with this Summons by a method of personal service or within thirty (30) days of the last publication of this Summons, if it is published. If you wish to seek the advice of an attorney, you should do so promptly so that your written response, if any, may be served on time.

This lawsuit requests a money judgment, the foreclosure of a Homeowners Assessment Lien against and quieting title to the following Real Estate and all improvements thereto:

Common Description: Unit Week Number 02, Condominium Unit Number 7508, Building Number 02, in Phase I of Village Pointe Condominiums, Archuleta County, Colorado.

Legal Description: Unit Week Number 02, Condominium Unit Number 7508, Building Number 02, in Phase I of Village Pointe Condominiums, according to and as located on the recorded Map recorded under Reception No. 168713 and the Declaration of Condominium and Interval Ownership of Village Pointe Condominiums recorded under Reception No. 160495, and amendments and supplements thereto, in the Office of the County Clerk, Archuleta County, Colorado.

In this lawsuit, the Plaintiff alleges that the following Defendants have personal liability on the subject Mortgage or Deed of Trust and Note and the requested money judgment: Sandra Hullum and Michael Hullum.

Dated: March 6, 2008.

Kleinsmith & Associates, P.C.

Attorney for Plaintiff

By /s/ Philip M. Kleinsmith

Philip M. Kleinsmith, #1063 THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.

REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS WILL BE PROVIDED IN ACCORD WITH THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT.

Published July 24, 31, August 7, 14 and 21, 2008 in The Pagosa Springs SUN.

_______________________

District Court, County of ARCHULETA

State of Colorado

Court Address: P.O. Box 148

449 San Juan Street

Pagosa Springs, CO 81147

Plaintiff(s):

Elk Run Property Owners Association, Inc.

v.

Defendant(s):

(1) Karl Jeffery Petrie

(2) Mickie K. Petrie

(3) Unknowns: All Unknown Spouses Of Any Party

Hereto, And All Other Persons Living Or Dead

Whose Names Are Unknown, Who Claim Any

Interest in The Subject Real Estate

Philip M. Kleinsmith

Kleinsmith & Associates, P.C.

6035 Erin Park Drive, Suite 203

Colorado Springs, CO 80918

Phone: (719) 593-1970

Fax: (719) 593-2193

Email: klein@frii.com

Bar #: 1063

Case Number 08CV73

Div.______

NOTICES OF:

(1) LEVY AND RECORDING;

(2) RIGHT TO CLAIM EXEMPTION;

(3) RIGHT TO CURE AND/OR REDEEM;

(4) ELECTION OF SALE;

(5) SALE; AND

(6) GOVERNMENTAL CLAIMS YOU ARE NOTIFIED THAT:

All words and phrases which have the first letters thereof capitalized are defined on the attached Identifying Data of Legal Documents Upon Which foreclosure Is Based. The undersigned attorney certifies that to the best of his knowledge, the Judgment Debtor(s) and Current Owner(s) names and addresses are correct.

This proceeding for a Sheriff’s Sale (See Sheriff’s Identifying No. on attached Identifying Data, etc.) has been commenced in the office of the Sheriff of this County to foreclose the lien of the Mortgage, Deed of Trust and/or Judgment.

1. LEVY AND RECORDING: Judgment has been entered and a Writ of Execution has been issued by the above Court to the undersigned Sheriff to levy upon the Real Estate to be Sold, which is owed or was formerly owned by the Judgment Debtor(s), and to which the lien of the Lien Documents attached. Pursuant thereto, the undersigned Sheriff has levied upon or will levy upon the Real Estate to be Sold by recording these Notices in the appropriate real estate records.

2. RIGHT TO CLAIM EXEMPTION AND/OR ENJOIN: Within ten (10) days of the date of service hereof of the Judgment Debtor(s) and Current Owner(s), any one or more of them has a right to file with the Clerk of the above Court a written claim of exemption in the above case, which he, she or it may have by the laws of this State. At any time before this sale, Judgment Debtor(s), Current Owner(s), and other Interested Parties may have a right to enjoin this sale, if permitted by law. Failure to pursue these rights may be deemed a waiver thereof. The filing of a frivolous, groundless or vexatious lawsuit may result in attorney’s fees being assessed against you.

3. CURE AND/OR REDEMPTION RIGHTS: Pursuant to the laws of this State, you may have an interest in the Real Estate to be sold or have certain rights or suffer certain liabilities as a result of this Sheriff’s sale. You may have the right to cure a default under the judgment, or you may have a right to redeem the Real Estate to be Sold. A copy of said statutes, as such statutes are presently constituted, is attached to the copies hereof which are recorded, mailed and served.

The lien of the Lien Documents may not be a first lien.

A Notice of Intent to Cure filed pursuant to CRS 38-38-104 shall be filed with the Sheriff at least 15 calendar days prior to the first scheduled sale date or any date to which the sale is continued.

A Notice of Intent to Redeem filed pursuant to Section 38-38-302 shall be filed with the Sheriff no later than 8 business days after the sale.

4. ELECTION TO SELL: The Holder of the Judgment intends to have the Real Estate to be Sold by the undersigned Sheriff to partially or fully pay the lien of the Lien Documents. The effect of said sale will be to deprive all persons who claim an interest in the Real Estate of any right thereto, except as provided by law.

5. SALE: The Real Estate to be Sold, will be sold at public auction without warranties or guarantees at the following date, time and place:

Date of Sale: October 22, 2008

Place of Sale: Archuleta County

Sheriff’s Office, 449 San Juan Street, Pagosa Springs, CO

Time of Sale: 10:00 a.m. Sale No. 2008-25

6. GOVERNMENTAL CLAIMS: To the copies of these Notices which are recorded, mailed, and served, there are attached copies of the written recorded claim of any governmental agency against the Real Estate and the independent notices which the law requires to be mailed to any such governmental agency to terminate their rights to the Real Estate.

Kleinsmith & Associates, P.C.

Attorney for Holder of Judgment

Colorado Attorney Registration No. 1063

6035 Erin Park Dr., Ste. 203

Colorado Springs, CO 80918

1-800-842-8417 or (719) 593-1970

By /s/ Philip M. Kleinsmith

Dated: July 14, 2008.

Sheriff of the Above County

/s/ Peter L. Gonzales

Address: 449 San Juan Street

Pagosa Springs, CO 81147

Identifying Data of Legal Documents1 Upon Which Foreclosure is Based

Type of Sale (Trustee, Sheriff, Special Master) and That Person’s Identifying No., (if applicable: Sheriff’s Sale - 2008-25

Type of Documents Being Foreclosed (Mortgage, Deed of Trust2, Judgment or Other Lien Instrument): Judgment

Default(s) Causing Foreclosure: Failure to Pay Judgment

Projected Amounts Owed As of Foreclosure Sale Date: Principal: $3,170.50, Interest: $563.04, Costs (estimated): $2,500.00, Attorneys Fees (estimated): $875.00, Total (estimated): $7,108.54

Real Estate3 to be Sold: Common Description: Unit Week Number 17, Unit Number 7110, Building Number 03, Elk Run Townhouses, Archuleta County, Colorado.

Assessor’s Tax Parcel No.: Unknown

Legal Description: Unit Week Number 17, Unit Number 7110, Building Number 03 in “ELK RUN TOWNHOUSES”, according to and as located on the recorded Map recorded thereof filed for record June 26, 1986 as Reception No. 140480, and in accordance with and as limited and defined by the Declaration of Protective Covenants and Interval Ownership recorded June 26, 1986 as Reception No. 140481, First Amendment thereto recorded August 13, 1986 under Reception No. 141512 and Second Amendment recorded December 1, 1987 as Reception No. 151976, Archuleta County, Colorado.

Lien Documents: That is the Identifying Data of Legal Documents1 Being Foreclosed Per Real Estate Records of County Stated in Legal Description:

Mortgage or Deed of Trust: Dated: N/A

Judgment: Dated: 6/11/2008 Case No.: 2008CV73 Court: Archuleta County District Court

Transcript of Judgment: Dated: N/A

Writ of Execution: Dated: 6/24/2008

Other Lien Instrument: Dated: N/A

Recording Date: N/A

Recording Data: N/A

Original Principal Amount: $3,170.50

Original Trustee: N/A

Original Holder4 of Lien Documents: Name: Elk Run Property Owners Assoc., Inc. Address: c/o Foreclosure Management Company, 10975 El Monte, Suite 220, Overland Park, KS 66211

Present Holder of Lien Documents: Name: Elk Run Property Owners Assoc., Inc., Address: c/o Foreclosure Management Company, 10975 El Monte, Suite 220, Overland Park, KS 66211

Original Liable Parties5 on Lien Documents: Name(s): Karl Jeffery Petrie & Mickie K. Petrie Address: 2130 N. Rough Creek Ct., Granbury, TX 76048 and 3351 Lipan Hwy, Granbury, TX 76048

Judgment Debtor(s): Name(s): N/A - In Rem Only Address: N/A

Current Owner(s) of Real Estate: Name(s): Karl Jeffery Petrie & Mickie K. Petrie, Address: 2130 N. Rough Creek Ct., Granbury, TX 76048 and 3351 Lipan Hwy, Granbury, TX 76048

1Mortgage, Deed of Trust, Judgment, or other Lien Instrument.

2Sometimes called “Trust Indenture”.

3Sometimes called “Mortgaged Property”, “Trust Property”, or “Property”.

4Sometimes called “Mortgagee”, “Beneficiary”, “Judgment Creditor”, or “Creditor”.

5Sometimes called “Mortgagors”, “Grantors”, “Judgment Debtors”, or “Debtors”.

Published July 24, 31, August 7, 14 and 21, 2008 in The Pagosa Springs SUN.

_______________________

District Court, County of ARCHULETA

State of Colorado

Court Address: P.O. Box 148

449 San Juan Street

Pagosa Springs, CO 81147

Plaintiff(s):

Masters Place Condominiums Property Owners Association, Inc.

v.

Defendant(s):

(1) Estate of Paul L. Lewis

(2) Unknowns: All Unknown Spouses Of Any Party

Hereto, And All Other Persons Living Or Dead

Whose Names Are Unknown, Who Claim Any

Interest in The Subject Real Estate

Philip M. Kleinsmith

Kleinsmith & Associates, P.C.

6035 Erin Park Drive, Suite 203

Colorado Springs, CO 80918

Phone: (719) 593-1970

Fax: (719) 593-2193

Email: klein@frii.com

Bar #: 1063

Case Number 08CV70

Div.______

NOTICES OF:

(1) LEVY AND RECORDING;

(2) RIGHT TO CLAIM EXEMPTION;

(3) RIGHT TO CURE AND/OR REDEEM;

(4) ELECTION OF SALE;

(5) SALE; AND

(6) GOVERNMENTAL CLAIMS YOU ARE NOTIFIED THAT:

All words and phrases which have the first letters thereof capitalized are defined on the attached Identifying Data of Legal Documents Upon Which foreclosure Is Based. The undersigned attorney certifies that to the best of his knowledge, the Judgment Debtor(s) and Current Owner(s) names and addresses are correct.

This proceeding for a Sheriff’s Sale (See Sheriff’s Identifying No. on attached Identifying Data, etc.) has been commenced in the office of the Sheriff of this County to foreclose the lien of the Mortgage, Deed of Trust and/or Judgment.

1. LEVY AND RECORDING: Judgment has been entered and a Writ of Execution has been issued by the above Court to the undersigned Sheriff to levy upon the Real Estate to be Sold, which is owed or was formerly owned by the Judgment Debtor(s), and to which the lien of the Lien Documents attached. Pursuant thereto, the undersigned Sheriff has levied upon or will levy upon the Real Estate to be Sold by recording these Notices in the appropriate real estate records.

2. RIGHT TO CLAIM EXEMPTION AND/OR ENJOIN: Within ten (10) days of the date of service hereof of the Judgment Debtor(s) and Current Owner(s), any one or more of them has a right to file with the Clerk of the above Court a written claim of exemption in the above case, which he, she or it may have by the laws of this State. At any time before this sale, Judgment Debtor(s), Current Owner(s), and other Interested Parties may have a right to enjoin this sale, if permitted by law. Failure to pursue these rights may be deemed a waiver thereof. The filing of a frivolous, groundless or vexatious lawsuit may result in attorney’s fees being assessed against you.

3. CURE AND/OR REDEMPTION RIGHTS: Pursuant to the laws of this State, you may have an interest in the Real Estate to be sold or have certain rights or suffer certain liabilities as a result of this Sheriff’s sale. You may have the right to cure a default under the judgment, or you may have a right to redeem the Real Estate to be Sold. A copy of said statutes, as such statutes are presently constituted, is attached to the copies hereof which are recorded, mailed and served.

The lien of the Lien Documents may not be a first lien.

A Notice of Intent to Cure filed pursuant to CRS 38-38-104 shall be filed with the Sheriff at least 15 calendar days prior to the first scheduled sale date or any date to which the sale is continued.

A Notice of Intent to Redeem filed pursuant to Section 38-38-302 shall be filed with the Sheriff no later than 8 business days after the sale.

4. ELECTION TO SELL: The Holder of the Judgment intends to have the Real Estate to be Sold by the undersigned Sheriff to partially or fully pay the lien of the Lien Documents. The effect of said sale will be to deprive all persons who claim an interest in the Real Estate of any right thereto, except as provided by law.

5. SALE: The Real Estate to be Sold, will be sold at public auction without warranties or guarantees at the following date, time and place:

Date of Sale: October 22, 2008

Place of Sale: Archuleta County

Sheriff’s Office, 449 San Juan Street, Pagosa Springs, CO

Time of Sale: 10:00 a.m.

Sale No. 2008-23

6. GOVERNMENTAL CLAIMS: To the copies of these Notices which are recorded, mailed, and served, there are attached copies of the written recorded claim of any governmental agency against the Real Estate and the independent notices which the law requires to be mailed to any such governmental agency to terminate their rights to the Real Estate.

Kleinsmith & Associates, P.C.

Attorney for Holder of Judgment

Colorado Attorney Registration No. 1063

6035 Erin Park Dr., Ste. 203

Colorado Springs, CO 80918

1-800-842-8417 or (719) 593-1970

By /s/ Philip M. Kleinsmith

Dated: July 14, 2008.

Sheriff of the Above County

/s/ Peter L. Gonzales

Address: 449 San Juan Street

Pagosa Springs, CO 81147

Identifying Data of Legal Documents1 Upon Which Foreclosure is Based

Type of Sale (Trustee, Sheriff, Special Master) and That Person’s Identifying No., (if applicable: Sheriff’s Sale - 2008-23

Type of Documents Being Foreclosed (Mortgage, Deed of Trust2, Judgment or Other Lien Instrument): Judgment

Default(s) Causing Foreclosure: Failure to Pay Judgment

Projected Amounts Owed As of Foreclosure Sale Date: Principal: $4,218.00, Interest: $696.80, Costs (estimated): $2,500.00, Attorneys Fees (estimated): $875.00, Total (estimated): $8,289.80

Real Estate3 to be Sold: Common Description: Unit Week Number 04, Condominium Unit Number 7311, Building Number 02 of Masters Place Condominiums Phase I, Archuleta County, Colorado.

Assessor’s Tax Parcel No.: Unknown

Legal Description: Unit Week Numbers 04, Condominium Unit Number 7311, Building Number 02 of Masters Place Condominiums Phase I, according to the Condominium Map recorded under Reception Number 161539, and the Declaration for Masters Place Condominiums recorded under Reception Number 0161911, and amendments and supplements thereto in the Office of the County Clerk and Recorder in and for Archuleta County, Colorado.

Lien Documents: That is the Identifying Data of Legal Documents1 Being Foreclosed Per Real Estate Records of County Stated in Legal Description:

Mortgage or Deed of Trust: Dated: N/A

Judgment: Dated: 5/19/2008 Case No.: 2008CV70 Court: Archuleta County District Court

Transcript of Judgment: Dated: N/A

Writ of Execution: Dated: 6/23/2008

Other Lien Instrument: Dated: N/A

Recording Date: N/A

Recording Data: N/A

Original Principal Amount: $4,218.00

Original Trustee : N/A

Original Holder4 of Lien Documents: Name: Masters Place Condominiums Property Owners Association, Inc. Address: c/o Foreclosure Management Company, 10975 El Monte, Suite 220, Overland Park, KS 66211

Present Holder of Lien Documents: Name: Masters Place Condominiums Property Owners Association, Inc. Address: c/o Foreclosure Management Company, 10975 El Monte, Suite 220, Overland Park, KS 66211

Original Liable Parties5 on Lien Documents: Name(s): Paul L. Lewis Address: 11400 S. Indian Meridian, Newalla, OK 74857

Judgment Debtor(s): Name(s): N/A - In Rem Only Address: N/A

Current Owner(s) of Real Estate: Name(s): Estate of Paul L. Lewis Address: c/o Melissa K. Mast, P.R., 11400 S. Indian Meridian, Newalla, OK 74857

1Mortgage, Deed of Trust, Judgment, or other Lien Instrument.

2Sometimes called “Trust Indenture”.

3Sometimes called “Mortgaged Property”, “Trust Property”, or “Property”.

4Sometimes called “Mortgagee”, “Beneficiary”, “Judgment Creditor”, or “Creditor”.

5Sometimes called “Mortgagors”, “Grantors”, “Judgment Debtors”, or “Debtors”.

Published July 24, 31, August 7, 14 and 21, 2008 in The Pagosa Springs SUN.

_______________________

District Court, County of ARCHULETA

State of Colorado

Court Address: P.O. Box 148

449 San Juan Street

Pagosa Springs, CO 81147

Plaintiff(s):

Ptarmigan Property Owners Association, Inc.

v.

Defendant(s):

(1) Duvall Truelsen

(2) Deanna E. Truelsen

(3) Unknowns: All Unknown Spouses Of Any Party

Hereto, And All Other Persons Living Or Dead

Whose Names Are Unknown, Who Claim Any

Interest in The Subject Real Estate

Philip M. Kleinsmith

Kleinsmith & Associates, P.C.

6035 Erin Park Drive, Suite 203

Colorado Springs, CO 80918

Phone: (719) 593-1970

Fax: (719) 593-2193

Email: klein@frii.com

Bar #: 1063

Case Number 08CV59

Div.______

NOTICES OF:

(1) LEVY AND RECORDING;

(2) RIGHT TO CLAIM EXEMPTION;

(3) RIGHT TO CURE AND/OR REDEEM;

(4) ELECTION OF SALE;

(5) SALE; AND

(6) GOVERNMENTAL CLAIMS YOU ARE NOTIFIED THAT:

All words and phrases which have the first letters thereof capitalized are defined on the attached Identifying Data of Legal Documents Upon Which foreclosure Is Based. The undersigned attorney certifies that to the best of his knowledge, the Judgment Debtor(s) and Current Owner(s) names and addresses are correct.

This proceeding for a Sheriff’s Sale (See Sheriff’s Identifying No. on attached Identifying Data, etc.) has been commenced in the office of the Sheriff of this County to foreclose the lien of the Mortgage, Deed of Trust and/or Judgment.

1. LEVY AND RECORDING: Judgment has been entered and a Writ of Execution has been issued by the above Court to the undersigned Sheriff to levy upon the Real Estate to be Sold, which is owed or was formerly owned by the Judgment Debtor(s), and to which the lien of the Lien Documents attached. Pursuant thereto, the undersigned Sheriff has levied upon or will levy upon the Real Estate to be Sold by recording these Notices in the appropriate real estate records.

2. RIGHT TO CLAIM EXEMPTION AND/OR ENJOIN: Within ten (10) days of the date of service hereof of the Judgment Debtor(s) and Current Owner(s), any one or more of them has a right to file with the Clerk of the above Court a written claim of exemption in the above case, which he, she or it may have by the laws of this State. At any time before this sale, Judgment Debtor(s), Current Owner(s), and other Interested Parties may have a right to enjoin this sale, if permitted by law. Failure to pursue these rights may be deemed a waiver thereof. The filing of a frivolous, groundless or vexatious lawsuit may result in attorney’s fees being assessed against you.

3. CURE AND/OR REDEMPTION RIGHTS: Pursuant to the laws of this State, you may have an interest in the Real Estate to be sold or have certain rights or suffer certain liabilities as a result of this Sheriff’s sale. You may have the right to cure a default under the judgment, or you may have a right to redeem the Real Estate to be Sold. A copy of said statutes, as such statutes are presently constituted, is attached to the copies hereof which are recorded, mailed and served.

The lien of the Lien Documents may not be a first lien.

A Notice of Intent to Cure filed pursuant to CRS 38-38-104 shall be filed with the Sheriff at least 15 calendar days prior to the first scheduled sale date or any date to which the sale is continued.

A Notice of Intent to Redeem filed pursuant to Section 38-38-302 shall be filed with the Sheriff no later than 8 business days after the sale.

4. ELECTION TO SELL: The Holder of the Judgment intends to have the Real Estate to be Sold by the undersigned Sheriff to partially or fully pay the lien of the Lien Documents. The effect of said sale will be to deprive all persons who claim an interest in the Real Estate of any right thereto, except as provided by law.

5. SALE: The Real Estate to be Sold, will be sold at public auction without warranties or guarantees at the following date, time and place:

Date of Sale: October 22, 2008

Place of Sale: Archuleta County

Sheriff’s Office, 449 San Juan Street, Pagosa Springs, CO

Time of Sale: 10:00 a.m.

Sale No. 2008-22

6. GOVERNMENTAL CLAIMS: To the copies of these Notices which are recorded, mailed, and served, there are attached copies of the written recorded claim of any governmental agency against the Real Estate and the independent notices which the law requires to be mailed to any such governmental agency to terminate their rights to the Real Estate.

Kleinsmith & Associates, P.C.

Attorney for Holder of Judgment

Colorado Attorney Registration No. 1063

6035 Erin Park Dr., Ste. 203

Colorado Springs, CO 80918

1-800-842-8417 or (719) 593-1970

By /s/ Philip M. Kleinsmith

Dated: July 14, 2008.

Sheriff of the Above County

/s/ Peter L. Gonzales

Address: 449 San Juan Street

Pagosa Springs, CO 81147

Identifying Data of Legal Documents1 Upon Which Foreclosure is Based

Type of Sale (Trustee, Sheriff, Special Master) and That Person’s Identifying No., (if applicable: Sheriff’s Sale - 2008-22

Type of Documents Being Foreclosed (Mortgage, Deed of Trust2, Judgment or Other Lien Instrument): Judgment

Default(s) Causing Foreclosure: Failure to Pay Judgment

Projected Amounts Owed As of Foreclosure Sale Date: Principal: $3,980.00, Interest: $657.94, Costs (estimated): $2,500.00, Attorneys Fees (estimated): $875.00, Total (estimated): $8,012.94

Real Estate3 to be Sold: Common Description: Unit Week Number 15, Unit Number 7219, Building Number 10, Ptarmigan Townhouses Phase III, Archuleta County, Colorado.

Assessor’s Tax Parcel No.: Unknown

Legal Description: Unit Week Number 15, Unit Number 7219, Building Number 10, in Ptarmigan Townhouses Phase III, as recorded under Reception No. 156202, subject to Declaration of Individual and/or Interval Ownership for Ptarmigan Townhouses recorded under Reception No. 153557, and amendments and supplements thereto, in the Office of the County Clerk and Recorded in and for Archuleta County, Colorado.

Lien Documents: That is the Identifying Data of Legal Documents1 Being Foreclosed Per Real Estate Records of County Stated in Legal Description:

Mortgage or Deed of Trust: Dated: N/A

Judgment: Dated: 6/2/2008 Case No.: 2008CV59 Court: Archuleta County District Court

Transcript of Judgment: Dated: N/A

Writ of Execution: Dated: 6/20/2008

Other Lien Instrument: Dated: N/A

Recording Date: N/A

Recording Data: N/A

Original Principal Amount: $3,980.00

Original Trustee: N/A

Original Holder4 of Lien Documents: Name: Ptarmigan Property Owners Assoc., Inc. Address: c/o Foreclosure Management Company, 10975 El Monte, Suite 220, Overland Park, KS 66211

Present Holder of Lien Documents: Name: Ptarmigan Property Owners Assoc., Inc Address: c/o Foreclosure Management Company, 10975 El Monte, Suite 220, Overland Park, KS 66211

Original Liable Parties5on Lien Documents: Name(s): Duvall Truelsen and Deanna E. Truelsen Address: 206 Central Ave., Dolores, CO 81323

Judgment Debtor(s): Name(s): N/A - In Rem Only Address: N/A

Current Owner(s) of Real Estate: Name(s): Duvall Truelsen and Deanna E. Truelsen Address: 206 Central Ave., Dolores, CO 81323

1Mortgage, Deed of Trust, Judgment, or other Lien Instrument.

2Sometimes called “Trust Indenture”.

3Sometimes called “Mortgaged Property”, “Trust Property”, or “Property”.

4Sometimes called “Mortgagee”, “Beneficiary”, “Judgment Creditor”, or “Creditor”.

5Sometimes called “Mortgagors”, “Grantors”, “Judgment Debtors”, or “Debtors”.

Published July 24, 31, August 7, 14 and 21, 2008 in The Pagosa Springs SUN.

_______________________

District Court, County of ARCHULETA

State of Colorado

Court Address: P.O. Box 148

449 San Juan Street

Pagosa Springs, CO 81147

Plaintiff(s):

Ptarmigan Property Owners Association, Inc.

v.

Defendant(s):

(1) Lawrence J. Winburn

(2) Unknowns: All Unknown Spouses Of Any Party

Hereto, And All Other Persons Living Or Dead

Whose Names Are Unknown, Who Claim Any

Interest in The Subject Real Estate

Philip M. Kleinsmith

Kleinsmith & Associates, P.C.

6035 Erin Park Drive, Suite 203

Colorado Springs, CO 80918

Phone: (719) 593-1970

Fax: (719) 593-2193

Email: klein@frii.com

Bar #: 1063

Case Number 08CV58

Div.______

NOTICES OF:

(1) LEVY AND RECORDING;

(2) RIGHT TO CLAIM EXEMPTION;

(3) RIGHT TO CURE AND/OR REDEEM;

(4) ELECTION OF SALE;

(5) SALE; AND

(6) GOVERNMENTAL CLAIMS YOU ARE NOTIFIED THAT:

All words and phrases which have the first letters thereof capitalized are defined on the attached Identifying Data of Legal Documents Upon Which foreclosure Is Based. The undersigned attorney certifies that to the best of his knowledge, the Judgment Debtor(s) and Current Owner(s) names and addresses are correct.

This proceeding for a Sheriff’s Sale (See Sheriff’s Identifying No. on attached Identifying Data, etc.) has been commenced in the office of the Sheriff of this County to foreclose the lien of the Mortgage, Deed of Trust and/or Judgment.

1. LEVY AND RECORDING: Judgment has been entered and a Writ of Execution has been issued by the above Court to the undersigned Sheriff to levy upon the Real Estate to be Sold, which is owed or was formerly owned by the Judgment Debtor(s), and to which the lien of the Lien Documents attached. Pursuant thereto, the undersigned Sheriff has levied upon or will levy upon the Real Estate to be Sold by recording these Notices in the appropriate real estate records.

2. RIGHT TO CLAIM EXEMPTION AND/OR ENJOIN: Within ten (10) days of the date of service hereof of the Judgment Debtor(s) and Current Owner(s), any one or more of them has a right to file with the Clerk of the above Court a written claim of exemption in the above case, which he, she or it may have by the laws of this State. At any time before this sale, Judgment Debtor(s), Current Owner(s), and other Interested Parties may have a right to enjoin this sale, if permitted by law. Failure to pursue these rights may be deemed a waiver thereof. The filing of a frivolous, groundless or vexatious lawsuit may result in attorney’s fees being assessed against you.

3. CURE AND/OR REDEMPTION RIGHTS: Pursuant to the laws of this State, you may have an interest in the Real Estate to be sold or have certain rights or suffer certain liabilities as a result of this Sheriff’s sale. You may have the right to cure a default under the judgment, or you may have a right to redeem the Real Estate to be Sold. A copy of said statutes, as such statutes are presently constituted, is attached to the copies hereof which are recorded, mailed and served.

The lien of the Lien Documents may not be a first lien.

A Notice of Intent to Cure filed pursuant to CRS 38-38-104 shall be filed with the Sheriff at least 15 calendar days prior to the first scheduled sale date or any date to which the sale is continued.

A Notice of Intent to Redeem filed pursuant to Section 38-38-302 shall be filed with the Sheriff no later than 8 business days after the sale.

4. ELECTION TO SELL: The Holder of the Judgment intends to have the Real Estate to be Sold by the undersigned Sheriff to partially or fully pay the lien of the Lien Documents. The effect of said sale will be to deprive all persons who claim an interest in the Real Estate of any right thereto, except as provided by law.

5. SALE: The Real Estate to be Sold, will be sold at public auction without warranties or guarantees at the following date, time and place:

Date of Sale: October 22, 2008

Place of Sale: Archuleta County

Sheriff’s Office, 449 San Juan Street, Pagosa Springs, CO

Time of Sale: 10:00 a.m.

Sale No. 2008-21

6. GOVERNMENTAL CLAIMS: To the copies of these Notices which are recorded, mailed, and served, there are attached copies of the written recorded claim of any governmental agency against the Real Estate and the independent notices which the law requires to be mailed to any such governmental agency to terminate their rights to the Real Estate.

Kleinsmith & Associates, P.C.

Attorney for Holder of Judgment

Colorado Attorney Registration No. 1063

6035 Erin Park Dr., Ste. 203

Colorado Springs, CO 80918

1-800-842-8417 or (719) 593-1970

By /s/ Philip M. Kleinsmith

Dated: July 14, 2008.

Sheriff of the Above County

/s/ Peter L. Gonzales

Address: 449 San Juan Street

Pagosa Springs, CO 81147

Identifying Data of Legal Documents1 Upon Which Foreclosure is Based

Type of Sale (Trustee, Sheriff, Special Master) and That Person’s Identifying No., (if applicable: Sheriff’s Sale - 2008-21

Type of Documents Being Foreclosed (Mortgage, Deed of Trust2, Judgment or Other Lien Instrument): Judgment

Default(s) Causing Foreclosure: Failure to Pay Judgment

Projected Amounts Owed As of Foreclosure Sale Date: Principal: $3,980.00, Interest: $759.50, Costs

(estimated): $2,500.00, Attorneys Fees (estimated): $875.00, Total (estimated): $8,114.50

Real Estate3 to be Sold: Common Description: Unit Week Number 04, Unit Number 7203, Building Number 2, Ptarmigan Townhouses Phase I, Archuleta County, Colorado.

Assessor’s Tax Parcel No.: Unknown

Legal Description: Unit Week Number 04, Unit Number 7203, Building Number 2, in Ptarmigan Townhouses Phase I, as recorded under Reception No. 153256, subject to Declaration of Individual and/or Interval Ownership for Ptarmigan Townhouses recorded under Reception No. 153557, and amendments and supplements thereto, in the Office of the County Clerk and Recorded in and for Archuleta County, Colorado.

Lien Documents: That is the Identifying Data of Legal Documents1 Being Foreclosed Per Real Estate Records of County Stated in Legal Description:

Mortgage or Deed of Trust: Dated: N/A

Judgment: Dated: 6/4/2008 Case No.: 2008CV58 Court: Archuleta County District Court

Transcript of Judgment: Dated: N/A

Writ of Execution: Dated: 6/20/2008

Other Lien Instrument: Dated: N/A

Recording Date: N/A

Recording Data: N/A

Original Principal Amount: $3,980.00

Original Trustee: N/A

Original Holder of Lien Documents: Name: Ptarmigan Property Owners Assoc., Inc. Address: c/o Foreclosure Management Company, 10975 El Monte, Suite 220, Overland Park, KS 66211

Present Holder4 of Lien Documents: Name: Ptarmigan Property Owners Assoc., Inc Address: c/o Foreclosure Management Company, 10975 El Monte, Suite 220, Overland Park, KS 66211

Original Liable Parties5 on Lien Documents: Name(s): Lawrence J. Winburn Address: 1234 S. Fenway, Casper, WY 82601

Judgment Debtor(s): Name(s): N/A - In Rem Only Address: N/A

Current Owner(s) of Real Estate: Name(s): Lawrence J. Winburn Address: 1234 S. Fenway, Capser, WY 82601

1Mortgage, Deed of Trust, Judgment, or other Lien Instrument.

2Sometimes called “Trust Indenture”.

3Sometimes called “Mortgaged Property”, “Trust Property”, or “Property”.

4Sometimes called “Mortgagee”, “Beneficiary”, “Judgment Creditor”, or “Creditor”.

5Sometimes called “Mortgagors”, “Grantors”, “Judgment Debtors”, or “Debtors”.

Published July 24, 31, August 7, 14 and 21, 2008 in The Pagosa Springs SUN.

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District Court, County of ARCHULETA

State of Colorado

Court Address: P.O. Box 148

449 San Juan Street

Pagosa Springs, CO 81147

Plaintiff(s):

Village Pointe Property Owners Association, Inc.

v.

Defendant(s):

(1) German Zuniga

(2) Sara R. Zuniga

(3) Unknowns: All Unknown Spouses Of Any Party

Hereto, And All Other Persons Living Or Dead

Whose Names Are Unknown, Who Claim Any

Interest in The Subject Real Estate

Philip M. Kleinsmith

Kleinsmith & Associates, P.C.

6035 Erin Park Drive, Suite 203

Colorado Springs, CO 80918

Phone: (719) 593-1970

Fax: (719) 593-2193

Email: klein@frii.com

Bar #: 1063

Case Number 08CV69

Div.______

NOTICES OF:

(1) LEVY AND RECORDING;

(2) RIGHT TO CLAIM EXEMPTION;

(3) RIGHT TO CURE AND/OR REDEEM;

(4) ELECTION OF SALE;

(5) SALE; AND

(6) GOVERNMENTAL CLAIMS YOU ARE NOTIFIED THAT:

All words and phrases which have the first letters thereof capitalized are defined on the attached Identifying Data of Legal Documents Upon Which foreclosure Is Based. The undersigned attorney certifies that to the best of his knowledge, the Judgment Debtor(s) and Current Owner(s) names and addresses are correct.

This proceeding for a Sheriff’s Sale (See Sheriff’s Identifying No. on attached Identifying Data, etc.) has been commenced in the office of the Sheriff of this County to foreclose the lien of the Mortgage, Deed of Trust and/or Judgment.

1. LEVY AND RECORDING: Judgment has been entered and a Writ of Execution has been issued by the above Court to the undersigned Sheriff to levy upon the Real Estate to be Sold, which is owed or was formerly owned by the Judgment Debtor(s), and to which the lien of the Lien Documents attached. Pursuant thereto, the undersigned Sheriff has levied upon or will levy upon the Real Estate to be Sold by recording these Notices in the appropriate real estate records.

2. RIGHT TO CLAIM EXEMPTION AND/OR ENJOIN: Within ten (10) days of the date of service hereof of the Judgment Debtor(s) and Current Owner(s), any one or more of them has a right to file with the Clerk of the above Court a written claim of exemption in the above case, which he, she or it may have by the laws of this State. At any time before this sale, Judgment Debtor(s), Current Owner(s), and other Interested Parties may have a right to enjoin this sale, if permitted by law. Failure to pursue these rights may be deemed a waiver thereof. The filing of a frivolous, groundless or vexatious lawsuit may result in attorney’s fees being assessed against you.

3. CURE AND/OR REDEMPTION RIGHTS: Pursuant to the laws of this State, you may have an interest in the Real Estate to be sold or have certain rights or suffer certain liabilities as a result of this Sheriff’s sale. You may have the right to cure a default under the judgment, or you may have a right to redeem the Real Estate to be Sold. A copy of said statutes, as such statutes are presently constituted, is attached to the copies hereof which are recorded, mailed and served.

The lien of the Lien Documents may not be a first lien.

A Notice of Intent to Cure filed pursuant to CRS 38-38-104 shall be filed with the Sheriff at least 15 calendar days prior to the first scheduled sale date or any date to which the sale is continued.

A Notice of Intent to Redeem filed pursuant to Section 38-38-302 shall be filed with the Sheriff no later than 8 business days after the sale.

4. ELECTION TO SELL: The Holder of the Judgment intends to have the Real Estate to be Sold by the undersigned Sheriff to partially or fully pay the lien of the Lien Documents. The effect of said sale will be to deprive all persons who claim an interest in the Real Estate of any right thereto, except as provided by law.

5. SALE: The Real Estate to be Sold, will be sold at public auction without warranties or guarantees at the following date, time and place:

Date of Sale: October 22, 2008

Place of Sale: Archuleta County

Sheriff’s Office, 449 San Juan Street, Pagosa Springs, CO

Time of Sale: 10:00 a.m. Sale No. 2008-24

6. GOVERNMENTAL CLAIMS: To the copies of these Notices which are recorded, mailed, and served, there are attached copies of the written recorded claim of any governmental agency against the Real Estate and the independent notices which the law requires to be mailed to any such governmental agency to terminate their rights to the Real Estate.

Kleinsmith & Associates, P.C.

Attorney for Holder of Judgment

Colorado Attorney Registration No. 1063

6035 Erin Park Dr., Ste. 203

Colorado Springs, CO 80918

1-800-842-8417 or (719) 593-1970

By /s/ Philip M. Kleinsmith

Dated: July 14, 2008.

Sheriff of the Above County

/s/ Peter L. Gonzales

Address: 449 San Juan Street

Pagosa Springs, CO 81147

Identifying Data of Legal Documents1 Upon Which Foreclosure is Based

Type of Sale (Trustee, Sheriff, Special Master) and That Person’s Identifying No., (if applicable: Sheriff’s Sale - 2008-24

Type of Documents Being Foreclosed (Mortgage, Deed of Trust2, Judgment or Other Lien Instrument):

Judgment

Default(s) Causing Foreclosure: Failure to Pay Judgment

Projected Amounts Owed As of Foreclosure Sale Date: Principal: $2,911.00, Interest: $120.96, Costs (estimated): $2,500.00, Attorneys Fees (estimated): $875.00, Total (estimated): $6,406.96

Real Estate3 to be Sold: Common Description: Unit Week Number 19, Condominium Unit Number 7522, Building Number 5, in Phase III of Village Pointe Condominiums, Archuleta County, Colorado.

Assessor’s Tax Parcel No.: Unknown

Legal Description: Unit Week Number 19, Condominium Unit Number 7522, Building Number 5, in Phase III of Village Pointe Condominiums, according to and as located on the recorded map recorded under Reception No. 176324 and the Declaration of Condominium and Interval Ownership of Village Pointe Condominiums recorded under Reception No. 160495, and amendments and supplements thereto, in the Office of the County Clerk, Archuleta County, Colorado.

Lien Documents: That is the Identifying Data of Legal Documents1 Being Foreclosed Per Real Estate Records of County Stated in Legal Description:

Mortgage or Deed of Trust: Dated: N/A

Judgment: Dated: 5/19/2008 Case No.: 2008CV69 Court: Archuleta County District Court

Transcript of Judgment: Dated: N/A

Writ of Execution: Dated: 6/23/2008

Other Lien Instrument: Dated: N/A

Recording Date: N/A

Recording Data: N/A

Original Principal Amount: $2,911.00

Original Trustee: N/A

Original Holder4 of Lien Documents: Name: Village Pointe Property Owners Association, Inc. Address: c/o Foreclosure Management Company, 10975 El Monte, Suite 220, Overland Park, KS 66211

Present Holder of Lien Documents: Name: Village Pointe Property Owners Association, Inc. Address: c/o Foreclosure Management Company, 10975 El Monte, Suite 220, Overland Park, KS 66211

Original Liable Parties5 on Lien Documents: Name(s): German Zuniga and Sara Zuniga Address: 2313 Jarboe Street, Kansas City, MO 64108 and 10713 Cypress Avenue, Kansas City, MO 64137

Judgment Debtor(s): Name(s): N/A - In Rem Only Address: N/A

Current Owner(s) of Real Estate: Name(s): German Zuniga and Sara Zuniga Address: 2313 Jarboe Street, Kansas City, MO 64108 and 10713 Cypress Avenue, Kansas City, MO 64137

1Mortgage, Deed of Trust, Judgment, or other Lien Instrument.

2Sometimes called “Trust Indenture”.

3Sometimes called “Mortgaged Property”, “Trust Property”, or “Property”.

4Sometimes called “Mortgagee”, “Beneficiary”, “Judgment Creditor”, or “Creditor”.

5Sometimes called “Mortgagors”, “Grantors”, “Judgment Debtors”, or “Debtors”.

Published July 24, 31, August 7, 14 and 21, 2008 in The Pagosa Springs SUN.

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County Court

Archuleta County, Colorado

Court address:

P.O. Box 148

Pagosa Springs, CO 81147

Case No. 08CV167

PUBLIC NOTICE OF PETITION

FOR CHANGE OF NAME

Public Notice is given on July 11, 2008, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an Adult has been filed with the Archuleta Court.

The Petition requests that the name of Jenni Ann Webb be changed to Jenni Ann Shearston.

/s/ Debbie Tully

Clerk of Court

Published July 17, 24 and 31, 2008 in The Pagosa Springs SUN.

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The Pagosa Springs Sanitation General Improvement District will hold a public hearing to review a resolution for the implementation of a rate increase for the third and fourth quarters of 2008. The resolution contemplates a monthly service charges increase from $22.50 to $30.00 and a Plant Investment Fee increase from $3,750 to $4,400. The public hearing is scheduled for 5:00 p.m. on August 5, 2008, to be held at Town Hall following the Town Council meeting at 551 Hot Springs Boulevard. Anyone wishing to comment should mail written comments to Tamra Allen, Interim Town Manager, 551 Hot Springs Boulevard, Pagosa Springs, CO 81147 or attend the public hearing and be heard.

Published July 17, 24 and 31, 2008 in The Pagosa Springs SUN.

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COMBINED NOTICE OF SALE AND RIGHT TO CURE OR REDEEM

To Whom it may concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:

Public Trustee’s Foreclosure Sale No. 58-2008 was commenced on 5-22-08 in the office of the undersigned Public Trustee relating to the Deed of Trust described below:

Mark A. Arnold and Kimberly K. Arnold Original Grantor(s)

Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Chapel Funding, LLC Original Beneficiary

HSBC Bank USA, N.A., as Trustee on behalf of ACE Securities Corp. Home Equity Loan Trust and for the registered holders of ACE Securities Corp. Home Equity Loan Trust 2007-HE1 Asset Backed Pass-Through Certificates Current Holder of Evidence of Debt

August 25, 2006 Date of Deed of Trust

Archuleta County of Recording

August 30, 2006 Recording Date of Deed of Trust:

At Reception No. 20608326 Recording Information Receipt No. and/or Book No. and Page No.

$172,800.00 Original Principal Balance

$172,446.50 Outstanding Principal Balance

Pursuant to C.R.S. § 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 DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.

UNIT 1, BUILDING ONE, NORTH COVE CONDOMINIUMS, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF FILED FOR RECORD AUGUST 22, 2000 AS RECEPTION NO. 20008136.

WHICH HAS THE ADDRESS OF 78 Aspenglow Boulevard #1 Pagosa Springs, CO 81147

NOTICE OF SALE

The current Holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Herby Given that I will at public action at 10:00 a.m. on September 11, 2008, at at the front door of the Archuleta County Public Trustee’s Office, 449 San Juan Street, P O Box 790, Pagosa Springs, Colorado, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorney’s fees, the expenses of sale, and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

NOTICE OF RIGHTS

YOU MAY HAVE AN INTEREST IN THE REAL PROPERTY BEING FORECLOSED, OR HAVE CERTAIN RIGHTS OR SUFFER CERTAIN LIABILITIES PURSUANT TO COLORADO STATUTES AS A RESULT OF SAID FORECLOSURE. YOU MAY HAVE THE RIGHT TO REDEEM SAID REAL PROPERTY OR YOU MAY HAVE THE RIGHT TO CURE A DEFAULT UNDER THE DEED OF TRUST BEING FORECLOSED. A COPY OF SAID STATUTES, AS SUCH STATUTES ARE PRESENTLY CONSTITUTED, WHICH MAY AFFECT YOUR RIGHTS, IS ATTACHED TO THIS NOTICE. HOWEVER, YOUR RIGHTS MAY BE DETERMINED BY PREVIOUS STATUTES.

A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE FILED PURSUANT TO C.R.S. 38-38-104 SHALL BE FILED WITH THE PUBLIC TRUSTEE AT LEAST FIFTEEN (15) CALENDAR DAYS PRIOR TO THE FIRST SCHEDULED SALE DATE OR ANY DATE TO WHICH THE SALE IS CONTINUED.

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

DATE: 5-22-08

Public Trustee of Archuleta County, State of Colorado

/s/ Lois Baker by Vicky Rudock, Deputy

By: Lois Baker, Public Trustee

The name, address and telephone number of the attorneys representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

David A. Shore. Reg. No. 19973

Scott D. Toebben, Reg. No. 19011

Martin H. Shore, Reg. No. 1800

Hellerstein and Shore, P.C., 5347 S. Valentia Way, Suite 100, Greenwood Village, CO 80111, (303) 573-1080

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.

Published July 17, 24, 31, August 7 and 14, 2008 in The Pagosa Springs SUN.

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COMBINED NOTICE ARCHULETA COUNTY PUBLIC TRUSTEE

SALE NO. 55-2008

This Notice concerns the Deed of Trust (“Trust Deed”) described as follows:

Grantor: Bonnie M Phillips

Original Beneficiary: Centennial Savings Bank, FSB

Current Owner of the Evidence of Debt: Vectra Bank

Date of Deed of Trust: February 16, 1996

Recording Date of Deed of Trust: February 16, 1996

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $56,500.00

Outstanding Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt as of the date hereof: $47,027.88

County of Recording: Archuleta

Book and Page No. or Reception No. of Recorded Deed of Trust: as Reception No. 1996001071

Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 467 IN LAKE FOREST ESTATES, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF FILED FOR RECORD JUNE 4, 1973 AS RECEPTION NO. 77869. Also known as: 11 Dragoon Court, Pagosa Springs, CO 81147, Now Known As: 1145 Lake Forest Circle, Pagosa Springs, CO 81147

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

THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST TO BE FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

YOU ARE NOTIFIED AS FOLLOWS:

The Holder of the debt secured by the Deed of Trust declares a violation of the covenants of said Deed of Trust for reasons including, but not limited to, the failure to make payments as provided for in the Deed of Trust and Negotiable Instrument.

The Holder of the Debt secured by the Deed of Trust has filed a written Notice of Election and Demand for sale with the undersigned Public Trustee under the terms of the Deed of Trust.

A notice of Intent to Cure filed pursuant to Colorado Revised Statutes 38-38-104 shall be filed with the undersigned at least 15 calendar days prior to the first schedule sale date or any date to which the sale is continued.

A notice of Intent to Redeem pursuant to Colorado Revised Statutes 38-38-302 shall be filed with the undersigned no later than 8 business days after the sale.

The name, address and telephone number of each attorney (if any) representing the Holder of the Debt is as follows:

Robert J. Aronowitz, Esq.Reg. No. 5673

Joel T. Mecklenburg, Esq. Reg. No. 36291

Stacey L. Aronowitz, Esq. Reg. No. 36290

Joan Olson, Esq. Reg. No. 28078

Marcy L. McDermott, Esq. Reg. No. 38030

Aronowitz & Ford, LLP

1199 Bannock Street

Denver, Colorado 80204

(303) 813-1177

NOTICE OF SALE

The undersigned will on September 11, 2008, at 10:00 a.m., at Archuleta County Courthouse, 449 San Juan St., Pagosa Springs, CO 81147, sell the Property at public auction to the highest bidder who has submitted bid funds to the undersigned as specified by C.R.S. 38-38-1-6(7) to pay the Debt and certain other sums, all as provided by applicable law and the Deed of Trust.

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

DATED: May 14, 2008

/s/ Lois Baker

Public Trustee of Archuleta County, Colorado

Lois Baker

Public Trustee of Archuleta County

By: /s/ Vicky Rudock

Deputy Public Trustee

Published July 17, 24, 31, August 7 and 14, 2008 in The Pagosa Springs SUN.

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COMBINED NOTICE OF SALE AND NOTICE OF RIGHTS TO CURE OR REDEEM

Public Trustee No. 57-2008

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

On 05-22-08, 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 Archuleta records.

Original Grantor ANGELA B BAUER AND ANDREAS BAUER

Original Beneficiary WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK, FA

Current Beneficiary LASALLE BANK NA AS TRUSTEE FOR WAMU MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 2007-HY06 TRUST

Date of Deed of Trust 3/29/2007

Recording Date of Deed of Trust 4/3/2007

Recorded in Archuleta County Reception No. 20702776

Original Principal Amount $590,000.00

Outstanding Balance $590,000.00

Pursuant to C.R.S. §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 monthly installments due Note Holder.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

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

LOT 11, OAK HILL RANCHES, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF FILED FOR RECORD SEPTEMBER 13, 2000 AS RECEPTION NO. 20008801.

which has the address of: 1562 Ranchland Dr Pagosa Springs, CO 81147

NOTICE OF SALE

The current owner of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Herby Given that I will, at 10:00 a.m. in the forenoon of September 11, 2008, At the Archuleta County Public Trustee’s Office, 449 San Juan Street, Pagosa Springs, Colorado, sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of 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 deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

NOTICE OF RIGHTS

YOU MAY HAVE AN INTEREST IN THE REAL PROPERTY BEING FORECLOSED, OR HAVE CERTAIN RIGHTS OR SUFFER CERTAIN LIABILITIES PURSUANT TO COLORADO STATUTES AS A RESULT OF SAID FORECLOSURE. YOU MAY HAVE THE RIGHT TO REDEEM SAID REAL PROPERTY OR YOU MAY HAVE THE RIGHT TO CURE A DEFAULT UNDER THE DEED OF TRUST BEING FORECLOSED. A COPY OF SAID STATUES, AS SUCH STATUTES ARE PRESENTLY CONSTITUTED, WHICH MAY AFFECT YOUR RIGHTS, IS ATTACHED TO ALL MAILED COPIES OF THIS NOTICE. HOWEVER, YOUR RIGHTS MAY BE DETERMINED BY PREVIOUS STATUTES.

• A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE FILED PURSUANT TO C.R.S. 38-38-104 SHALL BE FILED WITH THE PUBLIC TRUSTEE AT LEAST FIFTEEN (15) CALENDAR DAYS PRIOR TO THE FIRST SCHEDULED SALE DATE OR ANY DATE TO WHICH THE SALE IS CONTINUED.

• A NOTICE OF INTENT TO REDEEM FILED PURSUANT TO C.R.S. 38-38-302 SHALL BE FILED WITH THE PUBLIC TRUSTEE NO LATER THAN EIGHT (8) BUSINESS DAYS FOLLOWING THE SALE.

Dated: 5-22-08

LOIS BAKER

Archuleta COUNTY PUBLIC TRUSTEE

By: /s/ Vicky Rudock, Deputy

Attorney:

Law Office of Michael P. Medved, P.C. Attorney Registration No. 14669

355 Union Blvd., Suite 302, Lakewood, CO 80228

Phone: (303) 274-0155 Fax: (303) 274-0159

Attorney file #915-09392

Published July 17, 24, 31, August 7 and 14, 2008 in The Pagosa Springs SUN.

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District Court, Archuleta County, State of Colorado

Court Address: PO Box 148, 449 San Juan St.

Pagosa Springs, CO 81147

EAGLE’S LOFT PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC.

Plaintiffs,

vs.

YSLETA L. LEISSNER, THE ESTATE YSLETA L. LEISSNER, THE PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF YSLETA LEISSNER, BRIAN JEFFREY BRYANT AND KIRBY BRYANT KANAREK AS THE HEIRS AND DEVISEES OF THE ESTATE OF YSLETA L. LEISSNER and All unknown Persons Who Claim Any Interest in the Subject Matter of this Action.

Defendant.

Case Number: 08 CV 114

Attorney for Plaintiffs:

Larry W. Holthus

PO Box 1737

Pagosa Springs, CO 81147

Phone Number: (970) 264-4196

FAX Number: (970) 264-4197

Atty. Reg. #: 10535

SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS:

You are hereby summoned and required to appear and defend against the claims of the Complaint filed with the Court in this action, by filing with the Clerk of this Court, an Answer or other response. You are required to file your Answer or other response within thirty (30) days after the date of the last publication. A copy of the Complaint may be obtained from the Clerk of the Court.

If you fail to file your Answer or other response to the Complaint in writing within thirty (30) days after the date of the last publication, judgment by default may be rendered against you by the Court for the relief demanded in the Complaint without further notice.

This is an action to quiet title to:

Unit Number 21 Building Number 21, Unit Week Number 52, in ‘EAGLE’S LOFT - Phase Three, as Reception No. 130203 and in accordance with and as limited and defined by the Declaration of Individual and/or Interval Ownership, recorded under Reception Number 117700 in Book 200 at Page 834 et seq and amendments and supplements thereto in the Office of the County Clerk and Recorder in and for Archuleta County, Colorado.

Dated this 10th day of July, 2008.

/s/ Larry W. Holthus

Larry W. Holthus

Published July 17, 24, 31, August 7 and 14, 2008 in The Pagosa Springs SUN.

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DISTRICT COURT, ARCHULETA COUNTY, COLORADO

Court Address:

449 San Juan Street

Pagosa Springs, CO 81147

(970) 264-5932

RTM HOLDINGS, LLC AND CHARLES KALISH,

Plaintiffs

v.

STANCIE L. JONES, DOROTHY-NOLL JONES, THE ESTATE OF DOROTHY-NOLL JONES AND ANY AND ALL HEIRS AND DEVISEES OF DOROTHY-NOLL JONES, PAGOSA LAKES PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION, PAGOSA AREA WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT, WYNDHAM VACATION RESORTS, INC., formerly known as FAIRFIELD RESORTS, INC. and all unknown persons who claim any interest in the subject matter of this action,

Defendants.

Case Number: 08 CV 21

Attorney for Plaintiff:

Lisa D. Toy

8 Heather Place

Pagosa Springs, CO 81147

Phone Number: (970) 731-8280

FAX Number: (970) 731-8281

Atty. Reg. #: 33886

SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO TO THE DEFENDANTS NAMED ABOVE:

You are hereby summoned and required to file with the clerk of this court an answer or other response to the claims of the complaint filed with the Court in this action within thirty (30) days after the service of this summons upon you. Service of this summons shall be complete on the day of the last publication. A copy of the complaint may be obtained from the clerk of the court.

If you fail to file your answer or other response to the complaint in writing within the applicable time period, judgment by default may be entered against you by the Court for the relief demanded in the complaint, without any further notice to you.

This is an action to quiet the title to:

Lot 281, Lake Forest Estates, according to the plat thereof filed June 4, 1973, as Reception No. 77869, in the office of the Clerk and Recorder, Archuleta County, Colorado.

DATED this 7th day of July, 2008.

/s/ Lisa D. Toy

Lisa D. Toy, #33886

8 Heather Place

Pagosa Springs, CO 81147

(970) 731-8280

Published July 17, 24, 31, August 7 and 14, 2008 in The Pagosa Springs SUN.

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COMBINED NOTICE OF SALE AND RIGHT TO CURE OR REDEEM

To Whom it may concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:

Public Trustee’s Foreclosure Sale No. 51-2008 was commenced on 5-8-08 in the office of the undersigned Public Trustee relating to the Deed of Trust described below:

Sabine E Baeckman-Elge Original Grantor(s)

Bankers Express Mortgage, Inc. Original Beneficiary

Bank of New York as Trustee for the Certificateholders of CWABS Asset-Backed Notes Trust 2007-SDI Current Holder of Evidence of Debt

March 29, 2007 Date of Deed of Trust

Archuleta County of Recording

April 4, 2007 Recording Date of Deed of Trust:

At Reception No. 20702822 Recording Information Receipt No. and/or Book No. and Page No.

$245,000.00 Original Principal Balance

$245,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance

Pursuant to C.R.S. § 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 DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.

LOT 996 IN TWINCREEK VILLAGE, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF FILED FOR RECORD NOVEMBER 5, 1973 AS RECEPTION NO. 78739. A.P.N.: 569907111039

WHICH HAS THE ADDRESS OF 21 Pueblo Court Pagosa Springs, CO 81147

NOTICE OF SALE

The current Holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Herby Given that I will at public action at 10:00 a.m. on September 4, 2008, at Office of the Archuleta County Public Trustee, Archuleta County Courthouse, Pagosa Springs, Colorado, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale, and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

NOTICE OF RIGHTS

YOU MAY HAVE AN INTEREST IN THE REAL PROPERTY BEING FORECLOSED, OR HAVE CERTAIN RIGHTS OR SUFFER CERTAIN LIABILITIES PURSUANT TO COLORADO STATUTES AS A RESULT OF SAID FORECLOSURE. YOU MAY HAVE THE RIGHT TO REDEEM SAID REAL PROPERTY OR YOU MAY HAVE THE RIGHT TO CURE A DEFAULT UNDER THE DEED OF TRUST BEING FORECLOSED. A COPY OF SAID STATUTES, AS SUCH STATUTES ARE PRESENTLY CONSTITUTED, WHICH MAY AFFECT YOUR RIGHTS, IS ATTACHED TO THIS NOTICE. HOWEVER, YOUR RIGHTS MAY BE DETERMINED BY PREVIOUS STATUTES.

A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE FILED PURSUANT TO C.R.S. 38-38-104 SHALL BE FILED WITH THE PUBLIC TRUSTEE AT LEAST FIFTEEN (15) CALENDAR DAYS PRIOR TO THE FIRST SCHEDULED SALE DATE OR ANY DATE TO WHICH THE SALE IS CONTINUED.

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

DATE: May 8, 2008

/s/ Lois Baker

Public Trustee of Archuleta County, State of Colorado

/s/ Vicky Rudock, Deputy

By: Lois Baker, Public Trustee

The name, address and telephone number of the attorneys representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

Robert J. Hopp #26818

Wayne E. Vaden #21026

Will R. Arant, III #36864

Matt P. Ruhland #36940

Robert J. Hopp & Associates, LLC, PO Box 8689, Denver, CO 80201, (303) 788-9600

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.

Published July 10, 17, 24, 31 and August 7, 2008 in The Pagosa Springs SUN.

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COMBINED NOTICE OF SALE, RIGHT TO CURE, AND RIGHT TO REDEEM

PUBLIC TRUSTEE FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 52-2008

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

On May 13, 2008, 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 Archuleta, Colorado records.

Original Grantors: DOUGLAS A. DRANE AKA DOUGLAS DRANE AND BARBARA E. DRANE AKA BARBARA DRANE

Original Beneficiary: WELLS FARGO BANK WEST, N.A.

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust: WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO WELLS FARGO BANK WEST, N.A.

Date of Deed of Trust: FEBRUARY 28, 2001

Recording Date of Deed of Trust: MARCH 15, 2001

County of Recording ARCHULETA

Deed of Trust Recording Information: Reception No. 20102424

Original Principal Balance of Debt $135,000.00

Principal Balance of Debt on date oF this Notice (exclusive of interest and other charges) $55,684.69

Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101(4)(i), you are notified that the covenants of the Deed of Trust have been violated as follows: The failure to pay monthly payments for the months of December, 2007 to and including this month and future payments under the Deed of Trust and the Evidence of Debt secured thereby.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

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

Lots 6 and 7, Block 14, Aspen Springs Subdivision No. 1, according to the amended plat thereof filed March 22, 1971, as Reception No. 74229, in the office of the Clerk and Recorder, Archuleta County, Colorado

together with all existing or subsequently erected or affixed buildings, improvements and fixtures; all easements, rights of way, and appurtenances; all water, water rights and ditch rights (including stock in utilities with ditch or irrigation rights); and all other rights, royalties, and profits relating to the real property including without limitation all minerals, oil, gas, geothermal and similar matters,

WHICH HAS THE ADDRESS OF 440 PETITT’S CIRCLE, PAGOSA SPRINGS, CO 81147

NOTICE OF SALE

The current Holder of the Evidence of debt secured by the Deed of Trust described here has filed Notice of Election and Demand for Sale as provided by law in said Deed of Trust.

Therefore, Notice is Hereby Given that I will at 10:00 A.M. on September 4, 2008 at the door of the Archuleta County Public Trustee’s Office, 449 San Juan Street, Pagosa Springs, CO 81147 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 attorney fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law..

NOTICE OF RIGHTS

YOU MAY HAVE AN INTEREST IN THE REAL PROPERTY BEING FORECLOSED, OR HAVE CERTAIN RIGHTS OR SUFFER CERTAIN LIABILITIES PURSUANT TO COLORADO STATUTES AS A RESULT OF SAID FORECLOSURE. YOU MAY HAVE THE RIGHT TO REDEEM SAID REAL PROPERTY OR YOU MAY HAVE THE RIGHT TO CURE A DEFAULT UNDER THE DEED OF TRUST BEING FORECLOSED. A COPY OF SAID STATUTES, AS SUCH STATUTES ARE PRESENTLY CONSTITUTED, WHICH MAY AFFECT YOUR RIGHTS, IS ATTACHED TO ALL MAILED COPIES OF THIS NOTICE. HOWEVER, YOUR RIGHTS MAY BE DETERMINED BY PREVIOUS STATUTES.

*A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE FILED PURSUANT TO C.R.S. 38-38-104 SHALL BE FILED WITH THE PUBLIC TRUSTEE AT LEAST FIFTEEN (15) CALENDAR DAYS PRIOR TO THE FIRST SCHEDULED SALE DATE OR ANY DATE TO WHICH THE SALE IS CONTINUED.

*A NOTICE OF INTENT TO REDEEM FILED PURSUANT TO C.R.S. 38-38-302 SHALL BE FILED WITH THE PUBLIC TRUSTEE WITHIN EIGHT (8) BUSINESS DAYS FOLLOWING THE SALE.

DATE: May 13, 2008

LOIS BAKER

Public Trustee for the County of Archuleta, State of Colorado

By /s/ Vicky Rudock

(Deputy) Public Trustee

Name, address, telephone numbers, and bar registration number of the attorney representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

Tuck Young, (Colorado #2190) of Kettelkamp, Young & Kettelkamp, P.C.

201 West 8th Street #540

Pueblo, CO 81003

Phone: (719) 543-4321 Fax: (719) 546-0936

Published July 10, 17, 24, 31 and August 7, 2008 in The Pagosa Springs SUN.

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COMBINED NOTICE OF SALE AND RIGHT TO CURE OR REDEEM

To whom it may concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:

Public Trustee’s Foreclosure Sale No. 53-2008 was commenced on 5-13-08 in the office of the undersigned Public Trustee relating to the Deed of Trust described below:

Richard M. Maez Original Grantor(s)

Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, Inc. Original Beneficiary

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt

January 13, 2004 Date of Deed of Trust

Archuleta County of Recording

January 13, 2004 Recording Date of Deed of Trust:

At Reception No. 20400538 Recording Information Receipt No. and/or Book No. and Page No.

$88,558.00 Original Principal Balance

$83,824.52 Outstanding Principal Balance

Pursuant to C.R.S. § 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 DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.

THE LAND REFERRED TO IN THIS COMMITMENT IS LOCATED IN THE COUNTY OF ARCHULETA, STATE OF COLORADO, AND DESCRIBED AS: LOT 223, PAGOSA VISTA, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF, RECORDED SEPTEMBER 13, 1971 AS RECEPTION NO. 74884, IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK AND RECORDER, ARCHULETA COUNTY, COLORADO.

WHICH HAS THE ADDRESS OF 95 Surrey Drive Pagosa Springs, CO 81147

NOTICE OF SALE

The current Holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Herby Given that I will at public action at 10:00 a.m. on September 4, 2008, at at the front door of the Archuleta County Public Trustee’s Office, 449 San Juan Street, P O Box 790, Pagosa Springs, Colorado, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorney’s fees, the expenses of sale, and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

NOTICE OF RIGHTS

YOU MAY HAVE AN INTEREST IN THE REAL PROPERTY BEING FORECLOSED, OR HAVE CERTAIN RIGHTS OR SUFFER CERTAIN LIABILITIES PURSUANT TO COLORADO STATUTES AS A RESULT OF SAID FORECLOSURE. YOU MAY HAVE THE RIGHT TO REDEEM SAID REAL PROPERTY OR YOU MAY HAVE THE RIGHT TO CURE A DEFAULT UNDER THE DEED OF TRUST BEING FORECLOSED. A COPY OF SAID STATUTES, AS SUCH STATUTES ARE PRESENTLY CONSTITUTED, WHICH MAY AFFECT YOUR RIGHTS, IS ATTACHED TO THIS NOTICE. HOWEVER, YOUR RIGHTS MAY BE DETERMINED BY PREVIOUS STATUTES.

A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE FILED PURSUANT TO C.R.S. 38-38-104 SHALL BE FILED WITH THE PUBLIC TRUSTEE AT LEAST FIFTEEN (15) CALENDAR DAYS PRIOR TO THE FIRST SCHEDULED SALE DATE OR ANY DATE TO WHICH THE SALE IS CONTINUED.

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

DATE: 5-13-08

/s/ Lois Baker

Public Trustee of Archuleta County, State of Colorado

/s/ Vicky Rudock, Deputy

By: Lois Baker, Public Trustee

The name, address and telephone number of the attorneys representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

Caren Jacobs Castle #11790

Deanne R. Stodden #33214

Elizabeth S. Marcus #16092

Barbara A. Bader #10394

Jennifer C. Rogers #34682

Britney Beall-Eder #34935

P.C. Wolf #34797

Katharine E. Fisher #39230

Lauren R. Smith #39316

Jeremy D. Peck #36588

Castle Meinhold & Stawiarski, LLC, 999 18th Street, Suite 2201, Denver, CO 80202, (303) 865-1400

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.

Published July 10, 17, 24, 31 and August 7, 2008 in The Pagosa Springs SUN.

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COMBINED NOTICE ARCHULETA COUNTY PUBLIC TRUSTEE

SALE NO. 54-2008

This Notice concerns the Deed of Trust (“Trust Deed”) described as follows:

Grantor: Dale P. Caruthers and Pamela S. Caruthers

Original Beneficiary: Washington Mutual Bank, FA, a federal association

Current Owner of the Evidence of Debt: Washington Mutual Bank

Date of Deed of Trust: September 20, 2002

Recording Date of Deed of Trust: September 20, 2002

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $200,000.00

Outstanding Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt as of the date hereof: $186,191.74

County of Recording: Archuleta

Book and Page No. or Reception No. of Recorded Deed of Trust: as Reception No. 20208511

Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 55, PAGOSA MEADOWS UNIT THREE, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF FILED MAY 23, 1972, AS RECEPTION NO. 75834, IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK AND RECORDER, ARCHULETA COUNTY, COLORADO. Also known as: 146 East Sunbeam Court, Pagosa Springs, CO 81147

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

THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST TO BE FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

YOU ARE NOTIFIED AS FOLLOWS:

The Holder of the debt secured by the Deed of Trust declares a violation of the covenants of said Deed of Trust for reasons including, but not limited to, the failure to make payments as provided for in the Deed of Trust and Negotiable Instrument.

The Holder of the Debt secured by the Deed of Trust has filed a written Notice of Election and Demand for sale with the undersigned Public Trustee under the terms of the Deed of Trust.

A notice of Intent to Cure filed pursuant to Colorado Revised Statutes 38-38-104 shall be filed with the undersigned at least 15 calendar days prior to the first schedule sale date or any date to which the sale is continued.

A notice of Intent to Redeem pursuant to Colorado Revised Statutes 38-38-302 shall be filed with the undersigned no later than 8 business days after the sale.

The name, address and telephone number of each attorney (if any) representing the Holder of the Debt is as follows:

Robert J. Aronowitz, Esq.Reg. No. 5673

Joel T. Mecklenburg, Esq. Reg. No. 36291

Stacey L. Aronowitz, Esq. Reg. No. 36290

Joan Olson, Esq. Reg. No. 28078

Marcy L. McDermott, Esq./ Reg. No. 38030

Aronowitz & Ford, LLP

1199 Bannock Street

Denver, Colorado 80204

(303) 813-1177

NOTICE OF SALE

The undersigned will on September 4, 2008, at 10:00 a.m., at Archuleta County Courthouse, 449 San Juan St., Pagosa Springs, CO 81147, sell the Property at public auction to the highest bidder who has submitted bid funds to the undersigned as specified by C.R.S. 38-38-106(7) to pay the Debt and certain other sums, all as provided by applicable law and the Deed of Trust.

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

DATED: May 13, 2008

/s/ Lois Baker

Public Trustee of Archuleta County, Colorado

Lois Baker

Public Trustee of Archuleta County

By: /s/ Vicky Rudock

Deputy Public Trustee

Published July 10, 17, 24, 31 and August 7, 2008 in The Pagosa Springs SUN.

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NEWSPAPER ADVERTISEMENT

PUBLIC NOTICE

The Town of Pagosa Springs Town Council will hold a Public Hearing to review the Blue Sky Annexation (668 Highway 84) which includes an approximate 96 acre tract of property and six (6) right-of-way tracts, being more particularly described in Resolution 2008-14, a copy of which is available in the office of the Town Clerk. A request for zoning the properties known as the Blue Sky Annexation will also be heard. The Public Hearing is scheduled for 5:00 p.m. on August 5, 2008, to be held at Town Hall at 551 Hot Springs Boulevard. Anyone wishing to comment should contact the Town Planning Department or attend the public hearing and be heard.

Published July 10, 17, 24 and 31, 2008 in The Pagosa Springs SUN.

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DISTRICT COURT, ARCHULETA COUNTY, COLORADO

Court Address: Combined Court

449 San Juan Street

P.O. Box 148

Pagosa Springs, CO 81147

Phone Number: (970) 264-2400

Plaintiff(s):

WYNDHAM VACATION RESORTS, INC., f/k/a FAIRFIELD RESORTS, INC., f/k/a FAIRFIELD COMMUNITIES, INC., A DELAWARE CORPORATION

v.

Defendant(s):

LANNY B. KIRKWOOD, HARRY S. CLAYPOOL, JR., MARJORIE A. CLAYPOOL, STEVE R. ESPINOZA, ELAINE ESPINOZA, FELIX P. FLIS, DOLORES L. FLIS, DELANA HONAKER, STEVE PECK AND LYNN PECK, LYNDALL CALER, SERENA JO CALER, RIO GRANDE SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION, AS JUDGMENT HOLDER AGAINST LYNDALL CALER, CITIBANK (SOUTH DAKOTA) N.A., AS JUDGMENT HOLDER AGAINST LYNDALL CALER, AND AS JUDGMENT HOLDER AGAINST SERENA JO CALER, DISCOVER BANK, AS JUDGMENT HOLDER AGAINST LYNDALL CALER, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY - INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, AS LIEN HOLDER AGAINST LYNDALL B. CALER, JERRY J. JACOBS, SR., SANDRA R. JACOBS, CURTISS E. MARPLE, JR., MICHAELA MARPLE, AND DIANA M. SALAZAR

Submitting Attorney:

SHAND, NEWBOLD & CHAPMAN, P.C.

Keith Newbold

150 East 9th Street, Suite 400

P.O. Box 2790

Durango, CO 81302

Phone Number: (970) 247-3091

Fax Number: (970) 247-3100

E-Mail: knewbold@snc-law.com

Atty. Reg. No: 010629

Case Number: 2007-CV-172

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

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

This is to advise you that the above-captioned action is pending. A Judgment and Decree of Foreclosure has been entered in this action concerning Mortgages executed by the Defendants for the benefit of Wyndham Vacation Resorts, Inc., f/k/a Fairfield Resorts, Inc., f/n/a Fairfield Communities, Inc., said Mortgages being recorded as detailed below.

The real property, which is all of the property currently encumbered by the Mortgages described in said Judgment and Decree of Foreclosure, is situate in Archuleta County, Colorado, as recorded in the Office of the Clerk and Recorder of Archuleta County, Colorado, as detailed and described below.

The Defendants named below are the original grantors of the Mortgages and are in default pursuant to the terms of the Promissory Notes and the Mortgages being foreclosed. The Plaintiff named above is the judgment creditor in this action and the current owner of the evidence of debt (the judgment entered herein) secured by the property being sold; and as of April 17, 2008, the outstanding balance due and owning on such judgment is detailed below.

The name, address and telephone number of the attorneys representing the owner of the Mortgage being foreclosed is Keith Newbold; Shand, Newbold & Chapman, P.C., 150 East 9th Street, Suite 400, Durango, Colorado 81301; (970) 247-3091.

1. As to Defendant Lanny B. Kirkwood, the property is described as:

A 126,000/60,310,500 undivided fee simple absolute ownership interest in Units 1111, 1112, 1113, 1114, 1115, 1116, 1121, 1124, 1125 and 1126 in Building 11, as tenants in common with the other undivided interest owners of said building of Teal Landing Condominium, Phase One - As Built Building 11, as depicted on the Plat recorded as Reception No. 20102922, subject to Declaration of Condominium for Teal Landing Condominium recorded at Reception Number 20007580, First Amendment to Declaration of Condominium recorded as Reception No. 20009604, Second Amendment to Declaration recorded as Reception No. 20102923 and Third Amendment to Declaration recorded as Reception No. 20104161, all in the Office of the County Clerk and Recorder in and for Archuleta County, Colorado. The property described above is an ANNUAL ownership interest as described in the Declaration and such ownership interest has been allocated 126,000 points (as defined in the Declaration of Condominium for Teal Landing Condominium) for use by the Grantee in Each year.

with the Mortgage being dated April 14, 2001, and recorded on June 20, 2001 at Reception 20105268. The outstanding balance due and owning on such judgment is:

Original Principal: $11,732.50 Unpaid Principal: $9,034.53;

Interest at 15%: $5,873.68l Late Fees: $1,210.68;

Costs: $242.56; Attorneys Fees: $1,100.00

Judgment Total: $17,461.45

2. As to Defendants Lyndall Caler and Serena Jo Caler, the property is described as:

A 308,000/17,743,000 undivided fee simple absolute interest in Units 7877-7878 in Building 39, as tenants in common with the other undivided interest owners of said building of PEREGRINE TOWNHOUSES PHASE VIII, as depicted on the Plat recorded at Reception Number 20010666, subject to declaration of Protective Covenants and Interval Ownership for Peregrine Townhouses recorded at Reception Number 173556, Third Supplemental Declaration recorded March 13, 2000 as Reception No. 20002414 and any amendments and supplements thereto, all in the Office of the County Clerk and Recorder in and for Archuleta County, Colorado.

with the Mortgage being dated July 14, 2000, and recorded on January 10, 2001 at Reception 20100282. The outstanding balance due and owning on such judgment is:

Original Principal: $20,570.00 Unpaid Principal: $14,952.76;

Interest at 15%: $10,145.35 Late Fees: $2,387.12;

Costs: $510.12 Attorneys Fees: $1,100.00;

Judgment Total: $29,095.35

3. As to Defendants Felix P. Flis and Dolores L. Flis, the property is described as:

A 84,000/35,486,000 undivided fee simple absolute interest in Units 7813-7816 in Buildings 7 and 8, as tenants in common with the other undivided interest owners of said buildings of PEREGRINE TOWNHOUSES PHASE III, as depicted on the Plat recorded at Reception Number 173555, subject to Declaration of Protective Covenants and Interval Ownership for Peregrine Townhouses recorded at Reception Number 173556, and any amendments and supplements thereto, all in the Office of the County Clerk and Recorder in and for Archuleta County, Colorado.

with the Mortgage being dated June 10, 1997, and recorded on August 28, 1998 at Reception 98007279. The outstanding balance due and owning on such judgment is:

Original Principal: $6,715.00 Unpaid Principal: $2,089.17

Interest at 15%: $1,179.67 Late Fees: $410.75

Costs: $312.99 Attorneys Fees: $1,100.00

Judgment Total: $5,092.58

4. As to Defendants Steve Peck and Lynn Peck, the property is described as:

A 154,000/17,743,000 undivided fee simple absolute interest in Units 7881-7882 in Building 41, as tenants in common with the other undivided interest owners of said building of PEREGRINE TOWNHOUSES PHASE VIII, as depicted on the Plat recorded at Reception Number 20010666, subject to declaration of Protective Covenants and Interval Ownership for Peregrine Townhouses recorded at Reception Number 173556, Third Supplemental Declaration recorded March 13, 2000 as Reception No. 20002414 and any amendments and supplements thereto, all in the Office of the County Clerk and Recorder in and for Archuleta County, Colorado.

with the Mortgage being dated August 4, 2000, and recorded on November 5, 2001 at Reception 20109669. The outstanding balance due and owning on such judgment is:

Original Principal: $12,655.00 Unpaid Principal: $4,361.28;

Interest at 15%: $2,724.31 Late Fees: $202.49;

Costs: $328.96 Attorneys Fees: $1,100.00;

Judgment Total: $8,717.03

5. As to Defendants Jerry J. Jacobs, Sr. and Sandra R. Jacobs, the property is described as:

A 154,000/17,743,000 undivided fee simple absolute interest in Units 7843-7844 in Building 22, as tenants in common with the other undivided interest owners of said building of PEREGRINE TOWNHOUSES PHASE V, as depicted on the Plat recorded at Reception Number 99006555, subject to Declaration of Protective Covenants and Interval Ownership for Peregrine Townhouses recorded at Reception Number 173556, Second Supplemental Declaration recorded July 8, 1999 as Reception No. 99006556 and any amendments and supplements thereto, all in the Office of the County Clerk and Recorder in and for Archuleta County, Colorado.

with the Mortgage being dated January 28, 2000, and recorded on April 27, 2000 at Reception 20003834. The outstanding balance due and owning on such judgment is:

Original Principal: $13,410.00 Unpaid Principal: $9,894.89;

Interest at 15%: $7,921.33 Late Fees: $2,859.04;

Costs: $341.36 Attorneys Fees: $1,100.00;

Judgment Total: $22,116.62

6. As to Defendants Curtiss E. Marple, Jr. and Michaela Marple, the property is described as:

A 105,000/17,743,000 undivided fee simple absolute interest in Units 7845-7846 in Building 23, as tenants in common with the other undivided interest owners of said building of PEREGRINE TOWNHOUSES PHASE V, as depicted on the Plat recorded at Reception Number 99006555, subject to Declaration of Protective Covenants and Interval Ownership for Peregrine Townhouses recorded at Reception Number 173556, Second Supplemental Declaration recorded July 8, 1999 as Reception No. 99006556 and any amendments and supplements thereto, all in the Office of the County Clerk and Recorder in and for Archuleta County, Colorado.

with the Mortgage being dated May 22, 1999, and recorded on August 12, 1999 at Reception 99008192. The outstanding balance due and owning on such judgment is:

Original Principal: $9,520.00 Unpaid Principal: $5,015.04;

Interest at 15%: $2,905.98 Late Fees: $1,109.76;

Costs: $302.16 Attorneys Fees: $1,100.00;

Judgment Total: $10,432.94

NOTE: THE MORTGAGE BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

NOTICE OF SALE

I shall offer for public sale to the highest bidder, for cash, at public auction, all the right, title and interest of the Defendants in said property on Wednesday, August 27, 2008, at 10:00 A.M., at the Sheriff’s Office, 449 San Juan Street Pagosa Springs, Colorado.

NOTICE OF RIGHTS

Attached hereto are copies of certain Colorado statues that may vitally affect your property rights in relation to this proceeding. Said proceeding may result in the loss of property in which you have an interest and may create a personal debt against you. You may wish to seek the advice of your own private attorney concerning your rights in relation to this foreclosure proceeding.

A notice of intent to cure pursuant to §38-38-104, C.R.S., shall be filed with the officer at least fifteen calendar days prior to the first scheduled sale date or any date to which the sale is continued.

A notice of intention to redeem filed pursuant to §38-38-302, C.R.S., shall be filed with the officer no later than eight business days after the sale.

Intent to cure or redeem, as provided by the aforementioned laws, must be directed to or conducted at the Office of the Sheriff for Archuleta County, 449 San Juan Street, P.O. Box 638, Pagosa Springs, Colorado 81147.

DATED this 30th day of JUNE, 2008 at Pagosa Springs, Colorado.

/s/ Peter L. Gonzalez, Sheriff,

Peter L. Gonzalez

Archuleta County, Colorado

SALE DATE: WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27, 2008 AT 10:00 AM

BIDDERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE CASH OR CERTIFIED FUNDS TO COVER THEIR HIGHEST BID AT THE TIME OF SALE. CERTIFIED FUNDS ARE PAYABLE TO THE REGISTRY OF THE ARCHULETA COUNTY DISTRICT COURT.

Colorado Statutes attached: §38-37-108, §38-38-103, §38-38-104, §38-38-301, §38-38-304, §38-38-305, and §38-38-306, C.R.S., as amended.

Published July 10, 17, 24, 31 and August 7, 2008 in The Pagosa Springs SUN.

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COMBINED NOTICE ARCHULETA COUNTY PUBLIC TRUSTEE

SALE NO. 46-2008

This Notice concerns the Deed of Trust (“Trust Deed”) described as follows:

Grantor: Robert D Johnston II and Janice K Johnston

Original Beneficiary: Argent Mortgage Company, LLC

Current Owner of the Evidence of Debt: Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee, in trust for the registered holders of Argent Securities Inc., Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2005-W5

Date of Deed of Trust: October 27, 2005

Recording Date of Deed of Trust: November 02, 2005

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $288,600.00

Outstanding Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt as of the date hereof: $283,072.46

County of Recording: Archuleta

Book and Page No. or Reception No. of Recorded Deed of Trust: as Reception No. 20511754

Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 21, PARK MEADOWS SUBDIVISION, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF FILED JANUARY 26, 1999, AS RECEPTION NO. 9900472, IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK AND RECORDER, ARCHULETA COUNTY, COLORADO. Also known as: 411 Blue Heron Circle, Pagosa Springs, CO 81147

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

THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST TO BE FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

YOU ARE NOTIFIED AS FOLLOWS: