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Colorado College Hockey Forward Zaccharya Wisdom is trying to honor his mother’s sacrifices
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KKTV) –
Colorado College head coach Kris Mayotte has done a good job of changing the culture of CC Hockey. He has brought in a ton of difference makers, including Zaccharya Wisdom from Toronto. The freshman has scored ten goals this season, but for Zacch, it’s about honoring the sacrifices his mom has made off the ice.
“I was in shock of how far I’ve come, growing up in West End (of Toronto), with not much to the name,” said Wisdom.
Zaccharya Wisdom has come a long way. The Canadian doesn’t believe in excuses–he says he got that from his mom Mairri Wisdom, who had to work multiple jobs to keep his family afloat.
“She had lots of sleepless nights. Lots of nights where, like, she wouldn’t eat because me and my brother had to eat,” Wisdom said. “It’s hard to put into words how much she means to me because there’s nothing in this world I can do to pay her back for what she did for me and my brother and that’s what helps me perform every night is that love for her, and that want to make her proud.”
He says her sacrifices are now his “why”: working as hard as he can to give his mom the life they never had.
“It’s kind of like a sub mentality. My mom, watching her go to four different jobs every night, every day and barely being able to see her, like, I knew what she was doing. And she was out there working her butt off and… and for me to come out here and do what I love to do, and not work my butt off… It’s just, it doesn’t make sense to me, and that’s why I do it,” Wisdom said.
That mentality and perspective has worked. Wisdom has been a big part of CC’s run back into national prominence. And the freshman has only gotten better, each and every game.
“I came in here with a lot of raw skill, and I think I’ve just been able to refine it and kind of mold it to like a college level, and be able to play with the best in the college hockey,” said Wisdom.
So far this season, Mairri has been a good luck charm for CC Hockey. She was in attendance for her son’s four-goal game against no. 2 North Dakota.
“She being able to witness something like that. It’s… it’s hard to put into words, but I mean every time she’s here, something good happens. The first time she was here, I scored my first college goal, so she’s got to get down more often,” Wisdom said.
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Colorado authorities shut down low-income housing developer
The Colorado Division of Securities is pursuing legal action against a man whom it claims deceived investors and used the ownership of federally supported low-income housing projects to line his own pockets.
Securities Commissioner Tung Chan announced its civil court filings against Michael Dale Graham, 68, on Nov. 12.
Chan’s office filed civil fraud charges against Graham, and also asked for a temporary restraining order and freezing of Graham’s assets and his companies’. A Denver district court judge immediately granted both. Since then, two court dates to review the those orders have canceled; a third is scheduled for mid-January.
Graham operates Sebastian Partners LLC, Sebastiane Partners LLC, and Gravitas Qualified Opportunity Zone Fund I LLC (“GQOZF”), all of which were controlled by Graham during his “elaborate real estate investment scheme,” as described by the securities office in a case document.
The filing states Graham collected more than $1.1 million from eight investors to purchase three adjacent homes in Aurora. The Denver-based Gravitas fund and its investors purportedly qualified for the federal Qualified Opportunity Zone (QOZ) program with the homes. Qualified Opportunity Zones were created by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act passed by Congress in 2017. The zones encouraged growth in low-income communities by offering tax benefits to investors, namely reductions in capital gains taxes on developed properties.
Graham formed Gravitas in early 2019 and purchased the three homes located in the 21000 block of E. 60th Avenue two years later. He quickly sold one of them with notifying investors, according to the case document. While managing the other two, Graham and Gravitas transferred the fund’s assets and never operated within QOZ guidelines to the benefit of its investors or the community, according to the state.
Gravitas also transferred the titles for the two properties to Graham privately. As their owner, Graham obtained undocumented loans from friends totaling almost $600,000. The two loans used the two properties as security.
Gravitas investors were never informed of the two loans, according to the case document. Also, Gravitas never sent its investors year-end tax reports, the securities office alleges.
Graham used the proceeds of the loans for personal use. No specific details were provided about those uses.
“Effectively, Graham used Gravitas as his personal piggy bank,” as stated in the case document, “claiming both funds and properties as his own. Graham never told investors about the risks associated with transferring title to himself. On September 1, 2023, he sent a letter to investors, stating that the properties ‘we own’ are doing well and generating growth due to record-breaking home appreciation. But Gravitas no longer owned the properties.
“Gravitas no longer had assets at all.”
Furthermore, the securities office said Graham failed to notify investors of recent court orders against him in Colorado and California. In total, Graham was ordered to pay more than $1 million in damages related to previous real estate projects.
Graham’s most recent residence is in Reno, Nev., according to an online search of public records. He evidently has previously lived in Santa Monica, Calif., and Greenwood Village.
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Colorado Springs police search for missing 20-year-old
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KKTV) – Police are searching for a missing at-risk adult.
They said 20-year-old Brandon Hugney was last seen Saturday night, around 7 p.m., at the Walmart on Platte avenue.
They shared a picture of Hugney, describing him as a 6′ man last seen wearing black-framed glasses with red trim, a grey fleece, blue pajama pants and black and white slippers.
Police said he likely isn’t properly dressed for the weather and was last seen heading west behind Walmart.
If you know where he is or see him, call police at (719) 444-7000.
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