Judge Richard H. Hart announces retirement

Commission sets date to select nominees

The Fifth Judicial District Nominating Commission will meet on Friday, March 3, 2006, to select nominees for appointment by the Governor to the office of district judge for the Fifth Judicial District (Clear Creek, Eagle, Lake and Summit counties). The vacancy will be created by the retirement of the Honorable Richard H. Hart. The vacancy will occur as of April1, 2006.

To be eligible for appointment to fill the vacancy, the applicant must be a qualified elector of the Fifth Judicial District and must have been admitted to the practice of law in Colorado for five years. The annual salary for this position is $110,255. The initial term of office of a district judge is a provisional term of two years; thereafter, the incumbent district judge, if approved by the voters, has a term of six years.

Application forms are available from the office of the ex-officio chair of the Nominating Commission, Justice Gregory J. Hobbs, Jr., 2 East 14th Ave., Denver, Colo. 80203; and the office of the district administrator, Christine Yuhas, 501 N. Park Ave., Breckenridge, Colo. 80424. Applications are also available on the court's home page at www.courts.state.co.us/exec/media/vacancy.htm.

The original and seven copies of the application must be filed with the ex-officio chair no later than 5:00 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2006. Late applications will not be considered. Any person wishing to suggest a candidate to fill the vacancy may do so by letter to be submitted to any member of the nominating commission, with a copy to the ex-officio chair, no later than Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2006.

Applications will be kept confidential, except that the nominating commission shall disclose the names, work addresses, and work telephone numbers of those nominees submitted to the Governor. The members of the nominating commission for the Fifth Judicial District are: Timothy Berry, Leadville; Donald Brown, Breckenridge; Heather Lemon, Vail; Mary Ann Miller, Leadville; Katalin Spangler, Edwards; and Peggy Stokstad, Evergreen.

Editor's Note: Contact information for the nominating commission members

• Timothy Howard Berry, P.O. Box 1686, Leadville, CO 80461
• Donald Wayne Brown, 1035 Boreas Pass Road, P.O. Box 1795, Breckenridge, CO 80424
• Heather Lemon, P.O. Box 1715, Vail, CO 81658
• Mary Ann Miller, 111 West 3rd St., Leadville, CO 80461
• Katalin Spangler, P.O. Box 4639, Edwards, CO 81632
• Peggy Stokstad, 74 Antler Way, Evergreen, CO 80439