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Douglas County, Colorado • Volume 11, Issue 32
County prepares for Election Day 34,000 ballots already sent in amid forecast of high turnout By Ryan Boldrey
rboldrey@ourcoloradonews.com As of Oct. 25, more than 34,000 ballots had already been returned in Douglas County for the 2013 election that will decide four school-board seats and help determine the outcome of two state ballot measures. According to the county’s clerk and recorder, Jack Arrowsmith, that number accounts for just under 18 percent of the approximately 193,000 ballots that have been
mailed out. That said, Arrowsmith predicts that this year’s turnout could easily be over 50 percent and very possibly closer to 60 percent. School board elections in 2009 and 2011 brought out 27.4 percent and 48 percent of registered voters, respectively. “One can never tell what voter turnout is going to be,” Arrowsmith said. “But I would predict that we are going to have a much higher turnout than we did in 2011.” For those who still need to register, mail registration closed Oct. 15 and online registration closed Oct. 28, but people can register in person at any of the five service centers throughout the county —
regardless of where they live — right up until 7 p.m. Nov. 5 when polls close. Weekday hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at all five centers, as well as 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nov. 2 and 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Election Day. Registration is open to all new Colorado residents who have lived in the state since Oct. 15. Inactive voters who did not receive a ballot must update their voter registration in order to participate. According to Arrowsmith, residential addresses will be verified on site at time of registration, making accompanying ballots immediately valid. Voters can expect to see early election results at www.
douglasvotes.com by 7:30 p.m. Nov. 5 and they will be updated every 90 minutes throughout the night, he said. For more information, please visit www. douglasvotes.com.
VOTING SERVICE AND POLLING CENTER LOCATIONS Castle Rock: Douglas County Elections Office, 125 Stephanie Place Highlands Ranch: Sheriff Substation, 9250 Zotos Drive Lone Tree: Park
Meadows Center, 9350 Heritage Hills Circle Parker: Town Hall, 20120 E. Main Street Parker: The Wildlife Experience, 10035 S. Peoria Street
Sculpture to be sold at auction ‘Global Warming’ piece will benefit school art funds By Virginia Grantier
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ment in the body” that horses can sense. She said when a rider tries breathing techniques - such as exhaling twice as long as inhaling, it often calms a horse so quickly, it’s like “you’ve flipped a switch.” Riders learn subtleties of their horses’ movements and behaviors — big and little things. For example, Chapparo told students that when a horse is licking its lips, it’s processing what’s happening, or what’s being asked of it. When the horse finishes processing, it predictably will give a little sigh, as if to say “I know what you want me to do,” she said. Often people with no yoga experience or horse experience and no horse — school horses are available — take the class. Workshop participant Jo Knize, a physical therapist and longtime yoga practitioner, says the horse and saddle is a great stabilizer of the pelvis for yoga movements.
Along with the football autographed by Peyton Manning and other items to be auctioned at a Nov. 1 event to raise money for student art programs in Douglas County, there will be this: the sculpture removed this summer from Castle Rock Town Hall after Mayor Paul Donahue expressed concerns it could be politically contentious. Because of the controversy surrounding it, and because of the high quality of the $800 bronze — an 8-inch-high piece resembling a melting earth — there’s buzz that it could sell for a significantly higher price at the upcoming masquerade ball at the Cielo at Castle Pines events center. The event is being put on by Stars for Douglas County, a nonprofit organization that supports visual arts in public schools. “I’ve had several people in town tell me they’re interesting in purchasing the piece,” said former Castle Rock Mayor Randy Reed, who was one of several people who urged the current mayor and council to reconsider the piece’s removal — to no avail. “Some people extremely like the art — and there are some people that are interested in having it because of the mayor’s attempt to censor art,” Reed said. The sculpture is currently in the care of Alison Stewart, art coordinator for the Stars program. She remembers the piece well because when it was bought by the Castle Rock Public Art Commission, she was the commission’s chair. Stewart said she thinks the town council’s decision to remove it was “darn silly.” The commission members bought it because “it was a really, really nicely done piece.” “It never occurred to any one of us that there might be political connotations,” she
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Yoga instructor Danny Chapparo, standing, of Castle Rock, directs students at her recent equine yoga workshop in a southeast Douglas County arena at Two Hawks Ranch. Photo by Virginia Grantier
Equestrian yoga not such a stretch Animals’ feedback helps reinforce techniques By Virginia Grantier
vgrantier@ourcoloradonews.com At the start of a recent yoga class, some were restless, their hooves trying to take them somewhere else, but near the end of class, heads were dropping low and some seemed to be sleeping. This even though there was thunder — a storm building not far from the outdoor arena in southeast Douglas County. That’s typical, says Daniela “Danny” Chapparo, 43, an equestrian and yoga teacher and owner of Ashva Yoga studio in Castle Rock, who in addition to other classes offers equestrian yoga workshops. She said the classes are mainly for the horses’ riders, who exercise on the horses and sometimes off, attempting yoga positions while near or leaning against the horse. The yoga and breathing exercises POSTAL ADDRESS
help a rider become more flexible and balanced on the horse, and also noticeably calm the horses. Chapparo said the horse is a great teacher. “Horses live in an emotional environment. It wants to flee if it senses danger,” she said. The horses mirror the emotion sensed from the riders and help the riders become aware of their emotional state — something they wouldn’t get by sitting on a mat. “It’s a whole different awareness,” Chapparo said. The riders also work with the horses, doing such things as picking up the front hooves and pulling the horses’ front legs out in a lateral stretch. “Horses like it when we try to understand and connect with them. It’s a gift to them,” Chapparo said. Chapparo, who gives talks to various groups, such as at the February National Convention of Competitive Trail Riders, said “breathing is a subtle energy move-
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free “Little Library” in a weatherproof wooden box — which is based on the take-a-book-return-a-book concept of community-sharing of books. The mayor, city council, city staff and library staff will attend — and residents are invited. Castle Pines recently bought the land. Douglas County Libraries will build, own and operate the building, expected to open in 2016.
A craft fair featuring crafters and artisans from around the state — and which benefits the Castle Rock Senior Center and Douglas-Elbert Task Force’s food bank — will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nov. 2 at the Douglas County Events Center at the Douglas County Fairgrounds, 500 Fairgrounds Road, Castle Rock. There will be wood, glass and jewelry items, candles, pottery, packaged foods, a bake sale, concessions, quilt raffle, silent auction and so on. Admission is free, but canned food donations for the food bank would be appreciated. For more information, call 303-6889498.
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Starlighting ceremony Nov. 17
Castle Pines and Douglas County Libraries will host a community event from 10 to 11 a.m. Nov. 2 next to 7437 Village Square, on land bought recently for the city’s first permanent library. Attendees will celebrate the new library location and the event will feature the installation of a temporary and
This year’s “Lighting of the Star” event, dating back in Castle Rock to 1935, will take place in downtown Castle Rock from 2 to 7 p.m. on Nov. 17. The actual lighting of the star on top of Castle Rock and the fireworks show will happen about 5:30 p.m. Other activities include the grand opening of the downtown ice skating rink in the 500 block of Perry Street; carriage and trolley rides; Santa and Santa’s workshop; and a chili dinner from 5 to 7 p.m. at the downtown fire station on Perry Street. For a complete schedule, go to www. castlerock.org.
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Ayla Lantz, 11, of Castle Rock, attended the Castle Rock Recreation Center’s Oct. 26 Spooktacular event in her “evil doll” costume creation. Photo by Virginia Grantier
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Canine catchers. Dozens of dogs and their people came from all over to take part in flying-disc games. Page 20
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DISTRICT B Barbra Chase Very much and I find it ironic that this current board promotes the idea of ‘school choice’, yet limits the choices of our high school students by forcing high schools onto a schedule that reduces the amount of instructional time and last year prevented many students from taking a full schedule. These students have only one chance at a high school education and many of them are finding it difficult to get into the college of their choice due to the loss of academic rigor in our schools. Jim Geddes - No response DISTRICT D Julie A Keim Yes. The loss of 10 hours of instruction per high school class concerns me greatly, as it negatively impacts all students. High school budgets were cut to the point that more funds stay with District administration, than come down to our classrooms. Principals have been forced to eliminate rigorous class choices and many students now attend school part-time. These losses caused 10 students to graduate as juniors last year, at my son’s high school alone. We must restore adequate funding to DCSD schools before one more student loses the opportunity to be educated to the best of their ability. Judi Reynolds Given the improving test scores, there is no current data that shows that the loss of instructional time decreases student achievement. However, given that the change has been in place only one year, I plan to closely monitor the high school TCAP and ACT scores for any sign of decreased achievement. DISTRICT E Douglas Benevento (incumbent) -No responseBill Hodges Very much so...our students are not able to compete in the workforce or in college/university admittance due to a lack of rigor. DISTRICT G Meghann Silverthorn (incumbent) I believe the quality of instruction is of greater importance than the quantity of it. The result of the change in high school schedule was to lower class sizes and to provide additional options for kids. When the opportunity was offered to principals to extend the school day to bring instructional minutes up to previous levels, not one chose to do so. Everyone from educational experts to colleges and universities agrees that academic rigor is what matters. Ronda Scholting I’ve talked to dozens of high school parents who are very concerned about the lack of choice their children have in Douglas County high schools, coupled with the drop in graduation requirements and how both impact their child’s ability to succeed. They don’t believe a Douglas County diploma means as much as it used to.
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County unveils preliminary budget Nearly $242 million in expenditures anticipated By Ryan Boldrey
rboldrey@ourcoloradonews. com The 2014 Douglas County preliminary budget shows no increases in taxes or fees and an anticipated revenue stream that falls $5 million short of anticipated expenditures — a difference that will be accounted for out of the county’s reserves. This year’s expenditures, currently anticipated to be $241.8 million, are highlighted by $51 million slated for public safety, $43.7 million on capital improvements and infrastructure, $32.8 million on health and human services and $29.2 million on public works. The four categories account for 65 percent of all expenditures. Specific big-ticket items are led by the $13.4 million planned to be spent on concrete and asphalt projects, as well as other aging infrastructure maintenance, most of which will occur in Highlands Ranch, said county budget manager Martha Marshall. Other items of note include $3 million in match funding for the C-470 expansion project; $2.3 million for the U.S. 85 connector project near Titan Road; $2
2014 proposed county expenditures • $13.4 million: Contracted maintenance concrete/ asphalt • $3 million: Match funding to C-470 Corridor Coalition • $2.3 million: Roxborough/US 85 connector
• $2 million: Final phase of justice center expansion • $1.3 million: Lone Tree Light Rail Partnership • $1 million: EastWest Regional Trail Extension • $350,000: Front Range Corridor Trail
million for the final phase of the justice center expansion project; $1.3 million for the Lone Tree Light Rail partnership with RTD and the City of Lone Tree to help complete the southeast extension and fund three new stations; and $1 million for the East-West Regional Trail Extension, a multiagency and jurisdiction project that plans to construct the final eight miles of trail to connect Lone Tree and Parker. The bulk of the anticipated $236.8 million in revenue will come from property taxes, $104.5 million; sales and use tax, $47.7 million; intergovernmental business, $35.6 million; and services, $32.1 million, according to finance director Andrew Copeland. “(The commissioners) made it clear that the budget should reflect fiscal conservatism and that it shouldn’t include raising or growing government, raising taxes or fees and that we should
The 2014 Douglas County preliminary budget was presented Oct. 22. Courtesy graphic try to be efficient, effective and stay focused on being good stewards of other people’s monies, but also make sure what we do spend is furthering the board’s goals on behalf of the community in a manner that actually helps solve problems,” said Douglas County manager Doug DeBord. “The budget that we are talking about reflects many of those values.” Keeping with the spirit of fis-
cal conservatism, there are no plans to add any full-time, county-funded positions at this time, DeBord added. Instead the county will invest in technology, look at using temporary help as needed and contract out larger projects to take advantage of some of the expertise that exists in the private sector. The preliminary budget was presented to the commission-
ers Oct. 22 and will now be discussed at three separate meetings between the county’s finance staff and the board prior to Nov. 25. The budget, as it stands now, does not include any previously budgeted items that will be reappropriated for 2014. Those items will be included in the final proposed budget, which will be ready for adoption Dec. 10. The preliminary budget may be viewed at www.douglas.co.us.
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Kids’ fidgeting normal, necessary Movement researcher calls for dramatic change in classrooms By Jane Reuter
jreuter@ourcoloradonews.com Physical movement is crucial to learning, and schools need to adapt classroom furniture and teaching styles around that concept, according to Dieter Breithecker. Breithecker, director of the Federal Institute for Posture and Mobilisation Support in Germany, talked about his research and beliefs at Northridge Elementary Oct. 24. The movement-oriented educational style is a dramatic change in philosophy from that of traditional education, which encourages children to be still and listen, typically while seated in rigid chairs at individual desks. “Fidgeting is not naughty, it’s necessary,” Breithecker said. “Movement shapes the brain and sharpens your mind.” He advocates for furniture that allows children to rock, stand at high desks and even lie on the floor. Northridge already is on board with Breithecker’s concept. This fall, it replaced the traditional chairs in its computer lab and mobile classrooms with flexible, ergonomic chairs. “Our principal really believes in this — that kids need to move,” Northridge School Accountability Committee member Kristen Kidd said. “We couldn’t afford to buy for the whole school. So we’re looking for grants to replace the rest of our furniture.” To illustrate his points, Breithecker didn’t allow parents to sit 10.25 in. throughout his hourlong talk, but ordered them to stand, move and
Dieter Breithecker, top right, leads parents in a motion exercise at Northridge Elementary during his Oct. 24 talk on the link between movement and learning in children. Photo by Jane Reuter think about the resulting mental responses. Breithecker’s research shows movement — particularly in the first 12 years of life — helps establish vital connections in the brain. It also helps regulate blood sugar and oxygen levels, and contributes to a child’s overall well-being. Movements some characterize as “fidgeting,” are “intuitive, spontaneous physical actions” that enhance mental and emotional engagement, Breithecker said. Sitting still has the opposite effect, he said, making concentration more difficult. “The traditional classroom is one of the worst possible places for
human complexity,” he said. “It’s not only the furniture, it’s teaching methods. We have to say goodbye to all those old paradigms.” It’s a shift many Douglas County teachers already are making, one in tune with a districtwide emphasis on collaborative learning. Breithecker said teachercentered learning is boring and restrictive for activity-oriented children. He advocates for teaching methods that urge students to move, and a classroom setup that gives children a range of physical options. “We have to accept every student in the classroom as an individual,” he said. “Some need more
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movement, some need less movement. While Breithecker believes movement has played a vital role in human evolution, both children and adults have become increasingly less physical over time. “A century ago, people were walking around an average of 10 miles a day,” he said. “Today, an office worker walks one-half mile a day.” It’s a trend he hopes to reverse with the youngest generation. “The complex human system — the intricate balance of body, mind and soul — is not designed to sit still,” he wrote in his paper “Bodies in Motion.”
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The front door of the new U.S. Bank building is the first thing taking shape on the lot at 852 Maleta Lane in Castle Rock. Construction is on schedule and the building should be done in March, a bank representative said. Photo by Virginia Grantier
U.S. Bank building stand-alone branch Castle Rock site is east of I-25 By Virginia Grantier
vgrantier@ourcoloradonews.com U.S. Bank doesn’t have a traditional brick-and-mortar building in the long stretch between its Parker and Colorado Springs branches — but in March, if all goes as planned, it will. Construction in Castle Rock of a $2.75 million one-story bank — which will look pretty much like all U.S. Banks, the bank’s prototype, according to the architect — is on schedule and expected to be done in time for a March 31 opening. “We’ve adapted it slightly to the Castle Rock location … (to meet) some of the color requirements of the area,” by adding a light-stone look,
said Jeanne Fielding, project architect with Denver-based Zeiler-Pennock Inc. The 3,200-square-foot full-service bank will be located on a 1.9-acre lot at 852 Maleta Lane next to the Fowl Line Sports Grill and on the northwest corner of Founders Parkway and Allen Street. Kareina Westlund, U.S. Bank’s senior vice president for the Rocky Mountain Region, said the bank has a strategic process, called “hub and spoke,” which means having a brickand-mortar-branch surrounded by in-store banks. Currently in Castle Rock, U.S. Bank has three in-store banks in grocery stores, and one in-store branch in Castle Pines. Westlund said the company wanted to add a building in the area that looks like a “regular bank” where a client can sit down at a desk and get services.
She said the company spent a couple years looking for the right site, and had considered constructing a bank west of Interstate 25 near McDonald’s and the Outlets at Castle Rock, but decided on the present east-of-I-25 site based on people’s shopping patterns. Being near grocery stores, which tend to draw more trips per week, was a big plus for the Maleta Lane site, she said. Westlund said the bank will have at least seven people working there to serve business and personal banking customers. Westlund said the plan is to have a formal grand opening a week after the March 31 “soft” grand opening. “The city of Castle Rock has been very gracious and very easy to work with, unlike some other cities,” said Westlund, who added there was one nightmare city in particular, but declined to name it.
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Pilot injured in crash of small plane
Aircraft comes down in Castle Rock neighborhood By Virginia Grantier
vgrantier@ourcoloradonews.com A woman with non-life-threatening injuries crawled out of her plane and then to a nearby house in Castle Rock the night of Oct. 28 after her single-engine plane crashed, said Castle Rock Fire Chief Art Morales. Morales said the pilot had planned to land at Front Range Airport in Adams County, but because of icing problems radioed to Centennial Airport and was on her way to land there when she hit power lines. The single-engine plane fell between the lines, dropping about 150 feet into a gully — which was about
A single-engine plane, shown the morning of Oct. 29, was being piloted by a woman flying solo when it hit power lines on the night of Oct. 28 and crashed in a Castle Rock neighborhood. The plane came to rest in a gully just west of Crowfoot Valley Road and south of Sapphire Pointe Road, near homes in the Sapphire Pointe subdivision. Photo by Ryan Boldrey
Lone Tree police volunteers to issue citations Team to tag handicapped space violators by holiday season By Jane Reuter
jreuter@ourcoloradonews.com Lone Tree’s police department volunteers soon will add a new job to their list of responsibilities. The city council recently approved an ordinance authorizing them to issue citation to handicapped parking violators. Police Chief Jeff Streeter said it’s an efficient way to handle an exasperating problem, one he became familiar with while
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working for the Lakewood Police Department. “People that violate those handicapped zones have a big impact on those who are desperately in need of that kind of parking,” he said. “We need to keep those handicapped spots open for those that truly need them.” The city’s police volunteers assist with a variety of duties, including recordkeeping, the citizens’ police academy and coyote management. About nine of them are authorized to support patrol officers; those individuals will be issuing parking citations. Streeter plans a training session, with
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be the responsibility of paid staff. Parking tickets can be an emotionally charged exchange, and I am also reticent to have a volunteer in such a situation.” “I have confidence in our staff and our chief; I’m willing to give it a try,” Mayor Jim Gunning said. “If we never did anything new, we’d always be stuck.” Streeter doesn’t anticipate any problems. “Our volunteers are capable,” he said. “I don’t see risk. Certainly that’s what we’re training for and going to mitigate.” The fine for a handicapped parking violation is $110, and includes a $10 service fee.
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the goal of starting the service in time for the holiday shopping season. Volunteers will be limited to the city’s retail areas, including Park Meadows shopping center and the Entertainment District. Volunteers wear a “soft” uniform of khaki pants, a white shirt and green jacket with the word “volunteer.” Councilmembers supported the proposal, though some said they’re concerned about potential conflicts between volunteers and violators. “Philosophically, I struggle with empowering one citizen to cite another citizen,” Kim Monson said. “Citations should
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100 feet from the nearest home in the in the 1600 block of Aquamarine Court in the Sapphire Pointe subdivision. Morales said police and fire personnel were able to find the plane and pilot quickly and transported her to a nearby trauma center within 45 minutes of the crash. Authorities received the first call at 7:01 p.m. Residents in the area were reporting seeing a flash of light, said Karen McGrath, Castle Rock spokeswoman. The resident of the nearest home went outside after seeing a flash of light, went back to get her coat, got a flashlight and was able to see the plane, McGrath said. No injuries on the ground were reported. McGrath said the cause of the crash is under investigation.
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Candidate alleges campaign violation Complaint says school district resources help preferred slate By Jane Reuter
jreuter@ourcoloradonews.com A Douglas County School Board candidate is accusing the district of violating the state’s Fair Campaign Practices Act, an allegation the board’s vice president said is frivolous and unfounded. Julie Keim’s Oct. 17 complaint alleges the Douglas County School District used district resources to support its preferred candidates. In addition to the complaint, she also submitted to the Colorado Secretary of State documentation that she says supports her claims. Keim is among four candidates who believe major change is needed in the district. She is running against Judi Reynolds, who supports the current school board.
“This is a patently frivolous political stunt masquerading as a complaint,” school board vice president Kevin Larsen said. Keim alleges the school district is not providing all candidates with the same information, and says district resources are helping supporters of pro-board candidates — Reynolds, Jim Geddes and incumbents Doug Benvento and Meghann Silverthorn — with campaign materials and advertisements. In early October, Keim requested copies of emails exchanged between the district’s cabinet-level staff, school board members, Douglas County Educational Foundation board members and the alleged supporters — including Americans for Prosperity, the Independence Institute and campaign contributors Alex Cranberg and Ralph Nagel, among others. DCSD legal counsel Rob Ross emailed Keim on Oct. 14 that a search found more than 13,000 emails, including the approx-
imately 46 individuals and organizations she listed. “The enormous volume of emails between DCSD cabinet-level personnel and political groups that are supporting the current school board race is evidence of a violation of the (Fair Campaign Practices Act),” she wrote in her complaint. Ross wrote that the number “does not represent `political’ communications between the individuals or groups named,” only matches to Keim’s search parameters. Keim so far has received 101 of the 13,000 emails. “I think they’re trying to delay so nothing can be exposed before the election,” Keim said. Larsen said staff’s response has been timely, and that Keim is abusing district resources. “Ms. Keim expects district staff to spend their days as her personal research team rather than having them focus on the business of educating our more than
65,000 students,” he wrote. “This is inexcusably aggressive behavior by a candidate attacking the personnel of the district, and parent and community volunteers. If this candidate has an issue with the great direction Douglas County School District is headed, she can attack me and the rest of the board.” Ross said time is needed for district employees to review each email and ensure it doesn’t include legally protected information. He estimated it would require a minimum of 54 hours and a total cost to Keim $1,060. Keim said she plans to pay the bill with personal, non-campaign funds. “I won’t back down,” she said. “I want them to be open and honest and truly transparent about what is going on with all these organizations. It’s concerning to me so many people who are not local have such a voice in our future. As a parent and community member, I am disgusted at what’s happened to our school district.”
Top law firms tackle campaign complaints Attorneys represent school district, fundraising arm By Jane Reuter
jreuter@ourcoloradonews.com Two high-powered law firms are representing the Douglas County School District and its fundraising arm in separate allegations of improper campaign-related activity in the contentious school-board race. The Douglas County Educational Foundation has retained Holland and Hart to represent it in parent Susan Arnold’s complaint filed Oct. 14 with the Internal Revenue Service. The complaint alleges political
campaigning and deceptive and improper fundraising practices by the foundation, the district’s nonprofit fundraising arm. An attorney with Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck indicated Oct. 25 that he will represent DCSD in school board candidate Julie Keim’s recent complaint of alleged campaign and political finance violations. “The fact that they’ve lawyered up on both sides is interesting,” said Keim, one of four candidates challenging the direction of the current school board. “They’re using district resources to defend themselves against a complaint that they’re using district resources. It’s a little vicious cycle, isn’t it?” School board vice president Kevin Lars-
en said the decision to hire outside legal counsel is logical. “Any time a legal complaint is filed against the school district we will employ reasonable measures to protect ourselves,” he said. “(Keim’s) meritless claims will ultimately have little to show other than the loss of district time and resources.” Holland and Hart, whose 440 attorneys in 15 Rocky Mountain-area offices specialize in business and corporate law, is helping defend the foundation against “vicious attacks,” according to Cinamon Watson, DCEF interim executive director and the district’s community relations officer. District spokespeople did not respond to questions from Colorado Community
Media about when the firms had been hired and their rate of compensation. Holland and Hart “has reviewed compliance and given DCEF a clean bill of health,” Watson wrote in an email. “Individuals involved in the board of education elections have attacked everything from outstanding achievement results to raising dollars for the annual school supply drive,” Watson wrote. “After filing a frivolous IRS complaint against the Douglas County Educational Foundation, they are now complaining about the fact that we have an attorney to defend ourselves from these vicious attacks. Firms continues on Page 8
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Three moose seen wandering in area One bull may have been killed near Castle Rock By Virginia Grantier
vgrantier@ourcoloradonews.com A larger bull moose being trailed by a smaller bull moose in the Castle Rock area may have been hit and killed in the last two weeks by a vehicle, but that hasn’t been confirmed yet, said Dave Hause, ranger/land manager for Douglas County Open Space. The smaller bull now has been spotted alone, he said Oct. 28. Hause said those two bulls are thought to be different animals than the single moose spotted first in Elizabeth recently and then near Parker on Oct. 28. The pair of bulls was first seen about three weeks ago near the Plum Creek Parkway exit from Interstate 25, near the east frontage road — and later were seen near Larkspur and the Greenland areas, Hause said. Hause saw the on-the-move pair a
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“These attacks have cost the foundation time and money and taken away from the great work DCEF does for our schools, students, and teachers.” Arnold, parent Stefania Scott and former DCEF chairman Bob Kaser’s concerns about the foundation are multi-pronged, but center around the
few days after that, near State Highway 83 and Hodgens Road, in extreme southern Douglas County. Then a few days after that, the smaller bull moose was spotted alone south of Castle Rock eating willows in the creek at the Columbine Open Space, near the east I-25 frontage road. Jennifer Churchill, public relations officer for the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Northeast Region, said that since moose were reintroduced to Colorado in the late 1970s near Walden, the population has expanded “all along the Continental Divide.” At the end of 2012 the estimated number was 2,100 moose. “Our herd is doing really well in Colorado,” Hause said. He said the moose found in this area are searching for new territory. Also, this time of year, the bulls are in rut and competing for females and are even more feisty. “They don’t want anything in their way,” said Hause, who added that a fence doesn’t stop them. He has seen them jump wire fences and three-rail wooden fences.
He said moose are extremely unpredictable, regardless of the season, and if someone spots one, a safe viewing distance is no closer than 150 yards. He said even if far away, don’t approach. If a moose lifts his or her head from eating and sees something approaching, it can “set off their instinct,” he said. Hause said when a deer attacks, their hooves are like meat cleavers and do a lot of damage. When moose attack, “moose are just like locomotives — even the smaller ones are extremely powerful. They have very long legs, extremely powerful legs, and big heads with that huge rack on top of it,” he said. “They’ll first run over you and then use those massive antlers to do a lot of damage,” he said. Being seen near willows in a creek would be typical. Willow is what they eat, Hause said. And in that environment, under the cover of willows, they can be close by, invisible to people, and so can be on top of someone “before they know it.”
Douglas County School District’s late September acknowledgment that it used DCEF donations to pay consultants. Those consultants — including former U.S. Secretary of Education Bill Bennett and the American Enterprise Institute’s Rick Hess — indicated support for the district’s education reforms through published papers and a public appearance in September. Kaser said the foundation’s failure to turn over meeting minutes and other information underscores those concerns. “The only reason there are percep-
tions, or misperceptions, about the activities of the DCEF is due to the lack of transparency,” he said. “I challenge them to replace these with the facts and full disclosure.” Keim’s Oct. 17 complaint alleges the school district is not providing all candidates with the same information, and that its resources are helping a host of individuals and organizations actively support pro-board candidates — Judi Reynolds, Jim Geddes and incumbents Doug Benevento and Meghann Silverthorn — with campaign materials and advertisements.
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Decreased graduation requirements at issue Budget-induced cut among changes drawing debate By Jane Reuter
jreuter@ourcoloradonews.com Changes to the district’s high school graduation requirements have prompted finger-pointing among candidates for the Douglas County School Board — part of a broader discussion about recent policy changes and their impact on local teens. Citing budgetary constraints, the school board decreased graduation requirements by 1.5 credits in early 2009. Board president John Carson and board member Justin Williams were the only two current members who voted on that decision, which cut a credit of social studies and one-half credit of speech from the requirements. “The recession was really kicking in then,” Carson said. “Nobody wants to make cuts like that, but we took a big reduction in per-pupil funding in those years.”
Despite the reducsaid. “But they graduation requirements tion from 25.5 to 24 haven’t made in other school districts credits, DCSD’s graduany proposal to ation requirements rechange it since Adams 12: 23 credits Denver: 24 credits main among the highest they’ve been on Boulder Valley: 22 credits Jefferson County: 23 in the metro area. the board the last Cherry Creek: 22 credits Lewis-Palmer: 25 credits The decrease took four years.” effect with the 2012-13 Benevento academic year, at the said Hodges is same time as the contrying to mislead troversial block schedule. the public. Neither of the incumbent candidates — “He said this board did it, and in fact it Meghann Silverthorn and Doug Benevento happened when he was in senior leader— were on the board when it voted to lower ship of the school district,” he said. “If he’s graduation requirements. so concerned about this, why in fact can he Challenger candidates cite the change not enunciate any steps he took (to object as an area of concern. to the reduction)”? Candidate Bill Hodges, who was the disHodges said he was not consulted and trict’s assistant superintendent of human had no influence on the board’s decision, resources in 2009, said during an Oct. 9 but would like to see the requirements debate at Mountain Vista High School that stepped back up. the current board lowered graduation re“I think we have to put our high school quirements. Hodges said he later learned students on a level playing field in terms of the decision came under the previous course options they can take and rigor, beboard. cause they’re at a disadvantage now,” said “I did not know that; I misspoke,” he Hodges, who is challenging Benevento for
his seat. Benevento said increased graduation rates, ninth- and 10th-grade state test scores, and record numbers of high school students in Advanced Placement classes show the students are doing well. Hodges said the increase in graduation rates is no surprise given the reduction in required credits, adding, “It’s more than just cutting grad requirements, it’s cutting this whole schedule.” The change to the block schedule cut about 10 hours of instruction time from each class. That adds up to 240 hours — the equivalent of six work weeks — throughout students’ high school years. Outgoing board president John Carson said he’s never before heard objection to the reduction in credits. “What I find particularly interesting is in the four years since they were lowered, the issue has never come up — until it became a political issue in this campaign,” he said. “If people in the community want to start a movement to raise them back up, the board of education would look at that.”
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A last remaining prairie dog from an exterminated colony sits in a vacant field northeast of Mainstreet and Twenty Mile Road. Photo by Chris Michlewicz
Workers watch over surviving prairie dog Some residents angry about mystery gassing By Chris Michlewicz
cmichlewicz@ourcoloradonews.com Employees at businesses neighboring an exterminated prairie dog village have become protective of a lone survivor. Parker residents continue to talk about the apparent gassing of the now-barren colony, which encompassed at least half a dozen properties on the northeast corner of Mainstreet and Twenty Mile Road. There are no development plans for the land, a point that has some questioning why the extermination took place. A handful of residents have reported seeing workers spraying and filling in holes at the site, but did not notice the name of the company hired for the job. One RE/ MAX employee says she even confronted one of the men, who confirmed that they were there to exterminate. Less than a week later, dozens of small white crosses were put on the burrows. The only prairie dog left sits silently each day on his burrow near an access road to a retail building at Twenty Mile Road and Stage Run, just west of the AMC Twenty Mile 10 movie theater. He doesn’t chirp because there are no other prairie dogs with whom to converse, said Rick Wilson, a real estate agent for RE/MAX. “He’s out there all day long. It’s some-
thing that just goes to your core,” Wilson said. “He stands there looking around, like he’s the last person on Earth after Armageddon.” Cheryl Baker, an Elizabeth resident who works in Parker, says when she saw the exterminators, she tried contacting those who might be able to stop it. “I called the Prairie Dog Coalition, I called the Parker Police Department, I called the Humane Society, but by then it was too late,” she said. Jerry Sturgess, who is part of a holding company that owns one of the parcels, says he still has not found out who authorized the extermination. He visited the site and discovered “signs consistent with gassing” and marks from dual rear wheels, but says “nobody is owning up to it.” “It’s not a cheap thing to do,” Sturgess said. “Someone dropped a chunk of change, and you would think they would be trying to get something from the other owners.” Sturgess says he is more bothered by the fact that someone conducted activities on his land without permission than by the deaths of the prairie dogs. He points out that the colony would have eventually been wiped out to make way for development, but says at this point, there is “nobody beating on the door” to purchase the land. There are several upset people who want the person who hired the exterminators to “fess up,” Baker said.
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Some helmet designers need heads examined I was asked recently to identify the best, worst, and least inspired football helmets. It will be a snap and a pleasure. The worst ever — let’s start with the bad ones — were the early John Elway-era Broncos helmets. I thought a middle school student had won a horse-drawing contest. A rearing bronco was located in a decent block “D.” The horse was snorting. As a classic Dan Aykroyd character, “Bad Cinema” host Leonard Pinth-Garnell, said, “Astonishingly ill-chosen.” But someone came along, looked at a Ford Mustang logo, and came up with the current helmet graphic. Not very creative, but it is a lot better than Flicka was. A close second was the Miami Dolphins helmet pre-2013. It showed a dolphin wearing a helmet. No chinstrap. The dolphin was leaping in front of, not through, an orange hoop. “Stunningly bad.” The Washington Redskins, currently and justifiably being scolded for their nickname, once had a helmet with a single feather up the back, starting at the base. The current helmet emblem is almost as bad. Oregon has a different look every week. Against Washington State they wore Pepto Bismol-pink helmets. If worn every week,
they would be the worst ever. “Monumentally ill-advised.” The cardinal on Louisville’s helmet has teeth. “Stunningly bad.” Tennessee has the worst helmet logo in the NFL. I don’t know how to explain it. A spiky “T” in a circle with three red stars. Spewing from the upper left are what? Powder blue and red flames? Powder blue and red are b-a-d together. The agency that came up with all of this should be avoided. Miami of Ohio. I don’t have the vocabulary. Look it up. “Couldn’t be worse.” Honorable Mention: Akron, Maryland, New York Jets. The Best Ever? University of Michigan. Go Blue. The helmets are iconic, and recognizable around the world. M. Pibul-
Commitment is the key to building will power “Stay strong!” “You can do it!” “Don’t give in!” “Keep the faith!” “Stay the course!” Many times when we begin the pursuit of a worthy goal such as losing weight, stopping smoking, saving money for a specific reason, or getting into shape we very quickly come to the crossroads of temptation and will power. It’s at this intersection where we find ourselves face to face with the desires that drive us toward our “wants” and where our resolve to adhere to our goal or plan becomes tested. And that’s when we have the proverbial angel on our right shoulder and the devil on our left shoulder. The angel is encouraging us to stay strong, reminding us that we can do it and not to give in. And then that little devil on the opposite side pushes us and nudges us and whispers in our ear that, “Its OK, one doughnut won’t hurt, go ahead take a bite, you can start again tomorrow!” Will power is easy for some and much harder for others. Typically people with strong will power are very goals oriented and results driven. When they set their sights on a target, there is not much that they will let stand in their way once they commit themselves and begin their quest towards that goal.
However, there are many more of us who struggle with will power. The thoughts or ideas of pursuing a worthwhile goal come easily enough as we really do want to make a change or difference in our health, in a struggling relationship, or in attempting to quit a bad habit. And sometimes we want these things so badly we jump in eagerly towards the “fix” that we blow right by the planning and expectations phase and forget how important it is to set realistic milestones where we can measure our success along the way. Commitment is a big word when it comes to will power. And in order to be committed and dedicated to that which we are pursuing, we have to be able to Norton continues on Page 11
question of the week
When do you start holiday shopping? With the holidays approaching fast, Colorado Community Media went to The Parker Shoppes in Parker to ask: When do you start your holiday shopping?
“I start as early as I can. The problem is, I hide the presents and don’t find them until March. My husband waits until Christmas Eve.” — Janeen Lebkuecher, Parker
“Usually in the middle of October, so there is not so much stress as it gets closer to Christmas.” — Nancy Browning, Castle Pines
“I feel like I usually start December 23rd. It’s just procrastinating. I don’t enjoy holiday shopping. I put if off and make it even worse.” — Mike Matthews, Denver
“I try to shop every day throughout the year … you find the most interesting and eclectic things if you don’t have a list you’re trying to satisfy.” — Louise Sparks, Denver
songkrimpud of Bangkok, Thailand, said, “Wolvereenies,” when he was shown a photo of the helmet. The University of Delaware swiped the design, but that’s OK because no one knows where Delaware is. Next to the Carolinas, I think. The old Los Angeles Rams helmets, yellow-gold on dark blue, were exceptional. The origin of the ram horn design is a good story. “In 1948, halfback Fred Gehrke painted horns on the Rams’ helmets, making the first modern helmet emblem in pro football.” Cleveland didn’t get the memo. The Browns are the only team in the NFL with nothing on their helmets, other than a stripe. Pittsburgh has a logo on only one side — which is a good trivia question. The Seattle Seahawks have a great helmet logo. It reads from a distance, and it is an effective truncation. Compare it to the “busy” Washington State image, which tries to be both a roaring cougar and the school’s abbreviation. In other words, is it a floor wax or a dessert topping? For some reason, many of the schools that have the most impressive history, have helmets that are completely uninspired
— starting with Penn State. They look like scout team helmets. Poor Penn State. It’s more like State Pen these days. The “Ns” on Nebraska’s helmets were purchased at a Lincoln hardware store. Oklahoma experimented with an italic “OU” for a while, but they have gone back to dullsville. Still, the interlocking “OU” is better than that “N.” Some schools are using new matte helmets. Notre Dame’s will blind you. Maybe that’s the plan. The least of the least? Alabama, currently ranked number one. Each helmet is different, and do you know why? Each player’s number is on his helmet. Louisiana State has “LSU” on its helmets. I guess they’ve never heard of kerning, which is “the process of adjusting the spacing between characters.” Beneath “LSU” is an impossible-to-read tiger head, so LSU makes it in two of my categories: worst and least inspired. Pinth-Garnell said, “There, now, that wasn’t so good, was it?” Craig Marshall Smith is an artist, educator and Highlands Ranch resident. He can be reached at craigmarshallsmith@comcast.net
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“What a sad state of affairs we have come to in Washington, D.C.” So says Rep. Cory Gardner in his Oct. 1 press release on the government shutdown. What an incredibly hypocritical statement from someone who is a big part of the problem. Mr. Gardner doesn’t like “Obamacare,” and he has demonstrated he is willing to go to any lengths to stop it — shut down the government; put 800,000 people out of work; risk the credit rating of the United States government; and send the economy into a tailspin. Mr. Gardner must have cut class when they taught the Constitution he is sworn to uphold. “Obamacare” is the law of the land, passed by both houses of Congress, signed by the president, and tested in the Supreme Court with the conservative chief justice casting the deciding vote. Amendment XIV of the Constitution says “the public debt of the United States ... shall not be questioned.” Perhaps Mr. Gardner believes his mission puts him above his constitutional responsibilities. The break in the congressional logjam began when Sen. Susan Collins (Republican, Maine) spoke in the Senate. She and the other 19 female senators who form the “Women’s Caucus” put together a bipartisan proposal that led to the Reid/McConnell agreement, subsequently approved all around. A CNN poll released on Oct. 21 says 86 percent of us disapprove of the job Congress is doing. The women have demon-
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If DCSD lost its top tier ranking during the 2009-10 academic year, then the current board, elected in November 2009, must have inherited a deteriorating academic environment. But, that’s using anti-board logic. Jim Erlinger Parker
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Breast cancer awareness is healthy, needed We need to find a cure. Currently I have three friends in the early stages of either diagnosis or treatment of breast cancer. Others I know are heroic survivors who have battled it bravely, and when I was a hospice chaplain I encountered those who reached the end of life after their initial diagnosis was breast cancer. All cancers are bad. They cause suffering and the treatment is expensive. My 27-year-old niece has recently been diagnosed with ovarian cancer. It is frightening but thankfully she was diagnosed early. My son’s testicular cancer shocked our family — he just ran a marathon to celebrate five years cancer-free and a strong recovery. We are rejoicing. My basal skin cancer that is near my eye is a concern, even though it is not life-threatening. And my wife grieves the loss of her mother who passed from this life to the next over 25 years ago. There are so many people affected by a large variety of cancers, and I have included friends and family today because it seems that no family or circle of friends remains untouched by cancer. There has been a great amount of progress in medical care and treatment, but we need to find a cure for cancer. It needs to
be eradicated, like polio nearly was when Jonas Salk developed the safe and effective vaccine. I’m old enough to remember kids and adults with braces on their legs from paralytic polio. I also remember the Sunday afternoon when my family went to the elementary school to take a drop of medicine on a sugar cube that in five years reduced from 25,000 per year to single digits. We hardly ever hear about it anymore and we need that kind of cure for cancer, so the day comes when people remember it, but few are experiencing it. Quick research at the breast cancer awareness websites revealed to me a lot of worthy organizations fighting the disease. But I did not see any organized religious or spiritual efforts to pray for a cure. I am going to pray more and maybe someone who
reads this column will accept the challenge to launch the ministry that prays for the cure for breast cancer or all cancers. Of course, there are many who pray for healing and churches all over our town have lists of prayer requests filled with people fighting breast cancer and other cancers. Prayer addresses the spiritual and emotional needs of the patient and family, in addition to the physical illness of the sick, plus it connects with the Divine who promises a healing beyond this life with a new body, where there is no more sickness or sorrow, tears or pain. But in addition to that, the faith community should pray for a cure — that a doctor, scientist or even a student in a lab at a university hospital will miraculously discover the cause that can be prevented, or a medicine that reverses the tumor without side effects or a lifestyle that guarantees a cancer-free life. Maybe the element we are waiting for in the chemistry for a cure is a nationwide movement of prayer for a cure. Breast cancer attacks a woman at her most feminine and nurturing part of her body. It impacts her health and sense of beauty and worth. Scripture contains a name for God that reveals how much He
understands and cares about this particular cancer. In the original languages of Scripture, the nature and personality of God is explained with the names that He inspired the writers to use to identify Him. One name was El Shaddai. In our Bibles when we see the name translated into Most High or Almighty it usually is referring to this name and the nurturing part of God. The description of God’s caring nature is “tender as the breast of a nursing mother.” He calls his children to come and receive the care, intimacy and nourishment that comes directly from a nurturing God eager to care for his needy, crying and hungry child. Many in our community do not understand this part of God’s nature. It is as if the nurturing and caring part of God has been diseased and removed from our culture. Perhaps we can experience a double cure as we reach out to God, first to care for us with tenderness and love and then to provide a cure for breast cancer, because, for both, we need to find a cure. Dan Hettinger is the founder of The Jakin Group, a ministry of encouragement. You can email him at dan@welcometothebig leagues.org.
THINGS TO DO OCT. 31 BLOOD DRIVE. Kiwanis Club of Castle Rock will host a blood drive for Children’s Hospital Colorado on Oct. 31. To schedule a time to give blood, visit www.kiwanisatcastlerok.org. The club meets at 7 a.m. Thursdays (except holidays) at Village Inn, 207 Wolfensberger Road, Castle Rock. THROUGH OCTOBER STARS ON display. The hand-painted metal sculptural stars
that were displayed around Castle Rock last year will return this year with seven new large-scale offerings. The stars, which will be designed and painted by Colorado artists, will be on display from early September through October. Four stars are semi-permanently on display in Castle Rock, one outside the Philip S. Miller library and three at Festival Park. Find the locations of the metal stars at https://www.facebook.com/ StarsForCastleRock or visit www.stars4douglascounty.org for more information.
NOV. 1 STARS GALA. The Stars 4 Douglas County fundraising gala returns from 7-11 p.m. Nov. 1 at the Cielo in Castle Pines, starting with the Italian-themed masquerade ball and wrapping up with a live and silent auction featuring such items as the signature hand-painted metal stars, a football signed by Peyton Manning and a guitar signed by Paul McCartney. Those attending will be delighted with new additions to the evening, as well as returning favorites such as emcee Sam Adams of the Comedy Works. Those interested in the auction items including stars signed by members of the Colorado Rapids, Nuggets, and Broncos can preview them online. Visitors will
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have a plan, see what victory or success looks like, and manage our expectations along the way. It’s like the person who is not in very good physical condition and wakes up one day and decides they will begin working out immediately that morning. Instead of going in with a plan that starts slowly and builds their muscle strength and endurance up, they rush right in and do as much as possible on day one. I applaud the initiative, but then day two happens and the person wakes up so sore and in so much pain that they can’t go back to the gym for days. Days turn into weeks, weeks turn into months, and you know the rest of the story. Will power is one of those terms that is easy to say, sounds good, and even feels good when we say it. It is so easy for others to use as a statement of hope and encouragement. But at the end of the day, will power is a very personal thing. We have to want to make the changes in our lives more than any other person. We sure do appreciate their love, support, concern, and encouragement, however as the old saying goes, “If it’s to be, it’s up to me!” To strengthen our will power or resolve for the achievement of our goals we must
also see this year’s beautiful hand-painted star sculptures for sale. For tickets or other information, go to www.stars4douglascounty.com.
NOV. 1 CASTLE PROGRAM. The Cherokee Ranch & Castle Foundation presents Buckstein Lite, from 6:30-9:30 p.m. Nov. 1 in the Castle Great Hall. Buckstein is a house-rockin’, toe-tappin’, genre-twisting country band that has been known to convert anyone into a country music lover. All-inclusive reservations include a castle mini-tour, cash bar, supper buffet and performance. Visit www.cherokeeranch.org for more details. NOV. 2, 9, 16, 23 CERT. THE Douglas County Sheriff ’s Office offers community emergency response training from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Nov. 2, 9, 16, 23, at the Douglas County Government Miller Building, 100 Third St., Castle Rock. The CERT class is designed to teach volunteers how to help in any emergency situation, man-made or natural. CERT also teaches volunteers what their roles are in an emergency situation and how to be prepared at all times. To register, call 303-660-7589 or email cabbott@ dcsheriff.net. The class is free and you must register for the entire course. Refreshments will be served.
NOV. 4, Nov. 18, Nov. 25 HAVE A LAFF. In the LAFF (Libraries are For Fun) book club, kids ages 8-12 will read “The Best (Worst) School Year Ever” by Barbara Robinson, and do related activities. The club meets at 4:30 p.m. Nov. 4, Nov. 18 and Nov. 25 at the Philip S. Miller Library, 100 S. Wilcox St., Castle Rock. To register, call 303-7917323 or visit DouglasCountyLibraries.org. NOV. 7 CHOCOLATE THERAPY. The Cherokee Ranch & Castle Foundation presents The Chocolate Therapist from 7-9 p.m. Nov. 7 in the Castle Great Hall. Experience international chocolates and wines. Your educational experience will include pairing instructions, discussion on single origin chocolates, how to
cleanse the palate, how chocolate is made from bean to bar and how to eat chocolate properly. All this will be covered, plus much more.
NOV. 7 WINE AND music. Castle Country Assisted Living hosts an afternoon of wine and music at each of its three houses on Nov. 7. Local pianist Lisa Arons will perorm at 3 p.m. at Victoria House, 19600 Victorian Drive, Parker; at 1 p.m. at Valley House, 255 S. Valley Drive, Castle Rock; and at 3 p.m. at Cantril House, 221 Cantril St., Castle Rock. Arons teaches piano and cello in Castle Rock. She won the DPS Symphony Concero competition when she was 18. For information, or to RSVP, call 303-4825552.
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NOV. 3 BLOOD DRIVE. Faith Lutheran Church community blood drive is from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Nov. 3 inside Bonfils’ mobile bus at 303 N. Ridge Road, Castle Rock. For information or to schedule an appointment, contact the Bonfils’ Appointment Center at 303-363-2300 or visit www.bonfils.org.
first make sure we understand the “why” behind the goal, that it is in alignment with our truest beliefs and values, that we can commit to the actions necessary, that we have a support team, family member, friend, or coach that can help us when needed, and that we define what success looks like along the way. And that last one may very well be the most important. Too often we get caught in the trap of wanting to achieve our goal without putting in the effort or hard work necessary to complete it or see it through, expecting immediate success or change. Will power is the ability to say “no” to the things we know that can detract us from our goals or mission, and saying “yes” to the things that are harder but lead to the results we desire. Zig Ziglar used to remind me all the time that, “We don’t pay the price for success, we enjoy the benefits of our hard work.” How are you doing when it comes to will power? Are you paying the price or enjoying the benefits? I would love to hear all about it at gotonorton@gmail.com and when we learn how to manage our will power, it really will be a better than good week. Michael Norton, a resident of Highlands Ranch, is the former president of the Zig Ziglar organization and CEO and founder of www.candogo.com
Cary Sloan
Oct 1, 1961 - Oct 19, 2013
Cary Sloan, 52, of Castle Rock, went to his eternal rest on Saturday, October 19, 2013 after suffering a long battle with ALS. Cary was a proud second generation Castle Rock native. He was a 29 year veteran of the Colorado Springs Fire Department. He was a Driver Engineer for most of his career. He is survived by his wife Janet (Russo), his children, Cody, Charlea, Samantha and Tony, his grandchildren, Christian and Taylor, his mother, Juanita (Garcilaso) and Phillip Hansen, his father Chuck Sloan and step mother Cheriene Nowick, his brother Curt and sister Joan. He has 9 nieces and nephews. He is preceded in death by his sister Kelley Ann (Sloan) and brother in law, Tony Politza and father in law Michael Russo. Cary will be remembered as a loving and devoted husband, father, son, brother, nephew, grandfather, cousin and friend to so many. Services were held at St. Francis of Assisi Roman Catholic Church. Please Visit www.castlerockfuneralandcremation.com for more information.
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said about the piece, which was created by a New Mexico sculptor and is called “Global Warming.” The piece was one of several small bronzes the commission — which is funded by a private company, individuals and an annual allocation from the Philip S. Miller Trust Fund — had bought and placed throughout town. The decision to remove the sculpture happened at the Aug. 6 council meeting after Donahue told the council he noticed the statue and it occurred to him that “it really doesn’t make sense for the Town of Castle Rock to be financing pieces of art that could advocate a certain political position.” The consensus of the town council was to have Councilmember Clark Hammelman, the council’s art-commission liaison, discuss the issue with the commission at its Aug. 8 meeting. Hattie Reed, current commission chair and Randy Reed’s wife, said that at the Aug. 8 meeting, Hammelman was asked if it would make a difference to remove the “Global Warming” plaque so that the thennameless sculpture could remain, and he indicated it wouldn’t. The commission then decided to remove the sculpture and donate it to the STARS organization. After its removal, people expressing
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“Yoga has made a huge difference in my life,” Knize said at the workshop. “I’m not a horsewoman … haven’t been on a horse in 20 years.” She said recently “the equestrian yoga event was a surprisingly exhilarating occurrence for me.” Chapparo, 43, grew up in Germany, where her parents had an appliance store, and spent time on her grandparents’ farm. She was an equestrian, studying jumping and dressage.
October 31, 2013 concerns addressed the council at its August and September meetings, including KC Neel, owner of Castle Rock Bike & Ski, who asked council, “Do you really think we’re going to have artists come to a town that censors art?” Writer and local actor Denis Gessing presented a petition signed by about 80 artists and patrons at September’s Castle Rock Artfest that asked town council to leave the sculpture in place. And Randy Reed — who told Colorado Community Media he is hoping Castle Rock can someday have an arts district similar to Marfa, Texas, which is two hours from an airport but has people flocking to it for its artists and art galleries — told the council he didn’t think this was the image the town wanted to project. And he asked them to return the sculpture to town hall. A couple councilmembers would later contact him to say they supported returning it, but he didn’t hear from them again, he said. Hattie Reed said the commission learned from this experience — “to be more conscientious in decision-making in placing art and removing art. Both.” Next time, if this happens, she said the commission may not make such a quick decision — but will have the issue presented to them and then wait until the following month’s meeting to make a decision. In the future, “We may go back to town council and look for a compromise.” In the meantime, some people may be looking for and bidding on a sculpture at the Stars event, which will take place at
7 p.m. Nov. 1 at the Cielo at Castle Pines, an events center at 485 W. Happy Canyon Drive. Stewart said proceeds from last year’s event resulted in three $1,000 college scholarships and five $1,000 grants given to visu-
al art departments at three Douglas County schools. For information about tickets, which also will be available at the door, go to www. stars4castlerock.com/masquerade-gala2013/.
However, she dreamed of coming to America, enamored by the Western closeto-nature lifestyle, the freedom, the open prairie. When she was 14, she remembers going to a bank and exchanging marks to get one “cool” U.S. dollar to carry in her wallet. After college, she had bachelor’s degrees in math and computer science and in 1995 was able to participate in an exchange program and get a software-engineering position with a Highlands Ranch company. She would later buy a horse, Abraham, who would change her career. In 2003, he bucked her off onto hard ground, and she sustained a lower-back fracture. During months of rehabilitation, she took yoga for pain relief and to avoid sur-
gery. She said yoga completely changed her body and she spent about six years studying yoga and getting certified to teach. Eventually, she realized how the techniques helped her horsemanship and her horse. She would notice a shift in the horse’s energy when she did breathing techniques. “He was calmer, more in sync with me,” she said. She had friends riding with her try it, and it worked for them, and because of that and other benefits, she started developing the equine program. She thinks she owes so much to Abraham, for teaching her patience and much more. Without the fall, she wouldn’t have found yoga, she said.
Jo Knize, a physical therapist and longtime yoga practitioner, tries equine yoga for the first time. She called it an “exhilarating experience.” Photo by Virginia Grantier
This 8-inch-high bronze that the Castle Rock Public Art Commission bought in 2012 was removed from town hall amid controversy. Now the piece could raise money for school art programs. Courtesy photo
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Healing touch applied to animals Holistic approach aids horses, dogs, more By Ryan Boldrey
rboldrey@ourcoloradonews.com In 20 years, Carol Komitor has taught close to 5,000 students, and between all of them, touched hundreds of thousands of animals — literally. Komitor, a Highlands Ranch resident, founded Healing Touch for Animals in 1996, combining a background in veterinary medicine with her passion for holistic healing. “I thought I was going to go the avenue of massage,” she said, “but it turned out to be more energy-based.” Komitor, who at the time had 13 years of background as a veterinary technician, was introduced to holistic healing through a workshop, and was far from sold at first. Once she started participating in some of the exercises, however, she began to experience the energy flowing directly through her. “It was a tactile experience,” she said. “I started to explore whatever I could get my hands on. I then spent half a day at Tattered Cover (in Denver) and bought several books on what energy healing was all about.” After becoming certified as a massage therapist and as an instructor, her careers began to slowly intertwine, and the next thing she knew she was helping to heal animals, horses, dogs, and cats mostly — mixed in with the occasional zoo or farm animal — and using a holistic approach to assist with animals afflicted with cancer and other ailments from scar tissue to broken bones. After a breakthrough with a show horse that had been left for dead, she knew she was on the right path. “Animals have an energy field that is 10 times greater than humans,” she said. “I can see it. And opposed to the human field which is made up of layers, an animal’s
Highlands Ranch resident Carol Komitor founded Healing Touch for Animals in 1996 and her teachings and care have touched more than 5,000 humans and 100,000 animals since. Courtesy photo by Rick Giase field is just one layer that is made up more of pixels.” Understanding that humans and animals are alike in that when either has a balanced, clear and open energy system they possesses their own inherent ability to assist in healing is the underlying key, she said. That holistic work should not be performed independently of conventional medicine, is another major piece she’s adamant about. “We don’t have the ability to do surgery
or perform diagnostics,” she said. “But we have the ability to assist the animals in a part of natural healing.” The author of five instruction manuals that go along with her teachings, half of Komitor’s students are taught through distance learning while the rest meet up for conference-like sessions throughout the Netherlands, Germany, the U.S. and Canada. For those who opt for the distance learning, Komitor or one of her six instructors will work one-on-one with the student to help enable them to work with their ani-
mals. “It’s unbelievable,” said Drea Robertson, who has worked at Healing Touch for 11 years. “It started as this rippling effect and has turned into a much bigger wave.” Komitor still works one-on-one with animals in person, but spends much of her time these days traveling the world instructing others on her methods. For more information, please e-mail info@healingtouchforanimals.com, call 303-470-6572 or visit www.healingtouch foranimals.com.
County distributes funds to support arts SCFD money is given to broad range of groups By Ryan Boldrey
rboldrey@ourcoloradonews.com Douglas County commissioners distributed $567,190 worth of SCFD grant funds to 48 area nonprofit organizations that support arts and culture throughout the county. Following approval by the commissioners, the 2013-14 Tier III Douglas County Scientific and Cultural Facilities District funds were presented Oct. 22 to 13 countybased organizations, as well as 35 others from within the district that have a direct impact on citizens of Douglas County. “These funds support cultural facilities whose primary purpose is to enlighten and entertain the public through the production, presentation, exhibition, advancement and preservation of art, music, theater, dance, zoology, botany, natural history, and cultural history,” said Dan Dertz, supervisor of public outreach for Douglas County. “All grants awarded will directly benefit the citizens of Douglas County.” The funds are distributed through a three-tiered system by participating jurisdictions in seven metro counties: Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas (with the exception of Castle Rock and Larkspur) and Jefferson. Distribution of total funds are collected from one-tenth of 1 percent of retail sales and use tax in those areas and then 13.5 percent of the collected money is distributed to scientific and cultural organizations which meet the necessary requirements. This year 253 select organizations
throughout the metro area received a total of $6.3 million in funding. Between 1989 and 2012, SCFD distributed more than $756 million to more than 500 organizations, Dertz said. “You don’t have to go back very many years, and think about where we were regarding the facilities (and) programs,” said Douglas County Commissioner Jill Repella, praising the program and thanking all involved with it. “We have made a ginormous leap in bringing more cultural and scientific programs into the county.” There will be a half-hour social followed by an informative session on the role of the SCFD from 4:30-6 p.m. at the PACE Center, 20000 Pikes Peak Ave. in Parker. For more information, please contact Michael Schlut at 303-805-3367 or visit www.cast3.org.
douglas county 2013-14 scfd recipients • Cherokee Ranch and Castle Foundation: $80,000 • Christian Youth Theatre Denver, Highlands Ranch: $21,000 • HawkQuest, Parker: $10,000 • Highlands Ranch Concert Band: $7,500 • Highlands Ranch Cultural Affairs Association: $80,000 • Lamb Spring Archaeological Preserve: $4,000
• Lone Tree Arts Commission: $80,000 • Lone Tree Symphony Orchestra: $8,000 • Parker Arts Council: $10,000 • Parker Cultural and Scientific Commission: $80,000 • Roxborough Arts Council: $6,500 • St. Andrew Society of Colorado, Highlands Ranch: $3,000 • South Suburban Community Orchestra, Parker: $8,500
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Chemical weapons await destruction Pueblo facility far behind initial schedule By Kristin Jones
I-News at Rocky Mountain PBS On the high plains of Pueblo’s eastern edge, fields of concrete bunkers arrayed like a vast cemetery hold most of the remaining stockpile of the nation’s chemical weapons. The earth-covered “igloos” with their reinforced concrete headwalls contain 2,611 tons of mustard agent in mortar rounds and artillery shells. Slated for destruction since at least 1985, the munitions are old, leaky and expensive to protect. The process of dismantling them is 29 years behind schedule and $33.8 billion over budget, according to Defense Department documents and historians. Half a world away, the Organization for Prohibition of Chemical Weapons is seeking to take apart Syria’s estimated 1,000ton stash of poison agent in just eight months. The group was recently awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for its work, which proceeds amid a raging civil war. The depot here in Pueblo shows how difficult the job can be, even absent the chaos of war. Stymied by technical barriers, concerned neighbors and increasingly complex environmental regulations, the U.S. effort to get rid of its own weapons of mass destruction has consistently fallen short of projections. Ronald Reagan was president when Congress first directed the Army to eliminate its stockpile of 31,500 tons of mustard agent, sarin and VX developed by the U.S. military for use in war. At that time, the Army thought the job would be done by 1994 and cost $1.7 billion, according to the Henry L. Stimson Center, a Washington, D.C.-based research institute. By the time of the 1997 Chemical Weapons Convention — an international treaty under which the U.S. and other nations agreed to destroy their stockpiles — estimates had shifted. But the U.S. still expected to destroy its arsenal by a 2007 deadline. The convention held out the possibility of a five-year extension. That deadline slipped by last year. In the latest Defense Department projection, the remaining 10 percent of the stockpile won’t be destroyed until 2023, at a total cost of $35.5 billion.
Assumptions `off base’
The initial estimates were “optimistic,” says Greg Mahall, a spokesman for the Army department responsible for destroying most of the stockpile to date. “As we got more and more into the reality of it, we found that some of the assumptions were off base.” Among these assumptions were that the toxic agents would remain inert as they were dismantled. “Some of the mustard projectiles champagned when we opened them — spit out and went like a champagne bottle,” says Mahall. Walls and equipment in
The sun rises at the Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant, in this September 2011 file photo showing the evaporator and crystallizer that make up part of the Brine Reduction System, which will recycle up to 85 percent of the water used in the agent neutralization process back through the system for reuse. Photo by Department of Defense the destruction plants were contaminated with the toxic blister agent, creating more cleanup work. At the same time, environmental groups and neighbors of storage sites like Pueblo Chemical Depot presented hurdles to the Army’s plan to incinerate the material. Ross Vincent, a retired chemical engineer, moved to Pueblo with his wife in 1988 thinking that they had arrived in an “environmental nirvana.” When the couple found out at a chamber of commerce meeting that the Army was planning to burn chemical weapons nearby, says Vincent, “My wife and I looked at each other and went, `Uhhh.’” Now 71 and the chair of the local chapter of the Sierra Club, Vincent says he has spent the last quarter-century pushing the Pentagon to seek faster, safer, and more efficient ways to destroy the toxic weapons. “When I got into this, I didn’t know it was going to be a lifestyle choice,” he says. In 1996, in response to public pressure, Congress directed the Army to seek alternatives to incineration. The result of that effort is a plan to use processes of neutralization — diluting the chemicals with water before treating them — to eliminate the stockpile in Pueblo by 2019. A similar plan is in place for the 523 tons of chemical material, including weaponized sarin, held at Kentucky’s Blue Grass Army Depot, by 2023.
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its proposed launch in 2015. Even with the technological advances of recent decades, however, the process of neutralizing toxic agents can be especially complicated when they have been built into projectiles and mortars. “Every once in a while the munitions leak,” explains Charles Sprague, spokesman for the Pueblo Chemical Depot. “We usually find the leaking munitions after a good low-pressure storm comes through.” Sensors detect the leaks inside the igloos, and chemical operations crews are sent in with protective equipment to find the culprit, Sprague says. The problem munitions are then packed into other material and put into a separate igloo. These overpacked and leaky munitions can’t be neutralized in the prescribed way, so the current plan is to explode them in mobile detonation chambers. For decades before American environmental regulations came into play in the early 1970s, some weapons were simply buried. A 1996 Army report identified 96 possible chemical weapons burial spots in 38 states. The likely burial sites included Rocky Mountain Arsenal, an area east of Commerce City that once housed facilities for the manufacture of nerve and blister agent. The 27-square-mile area is now undergoing cleanup as a Superfund site, and has been named a wildlife refuge. Or the munitions were simply tossed into the ocean. The acronym for this method, says Army spokesman Mahall, was CHASE — Cut Holes and Sink ‘Em.
Sarin in Syria
A sarin attack that killed hundreds of
people in the suburbs of Damascus, Syria, on Aug. 21 brought a fresh reminder of the horrors these weapons can bring. Faced with the haunting images of the victims of this attack, few would suggest it’s not worth destroying Syria’s stockpile of poison agent. The differences between the two countries’ chemical weapons stockpiles are stark, says Defense Department spokeswoman Jennifer Elzea. The U.S. stockpile was much older, and largely weaponized — put into munitions. “It’s not a very good comparison,” Elzea says. “It was done very slowly and deliberately in the U.S.” Back in Pueblo, Vincent wonders how an arsenal like Syria’s could be destroyed safely in less than a year. He says he’s satisfied that the current proposal for destroying the remaining stockpile in Colorado has come a long way toward eliminating risks and pollutants, though he adds, “None of us is very pleased with the idea of blowing up chemical weapons in the neighborhood.” Many of Vincent’s neighbors, meanwhile, have grown tired of the debates over the chemical weapons stockpile next door, says Irene Kornelly, who chairs the Colorado Citizens Advisory Commission, a watchdog group for the Pueblo Chemical Depot. “There are also a lot of people who don’t care one way or another,” says Kornelly. “At this point, it’s like, just get it done.” I-News is the public service journalism arm of Rocky Mountain PBS. To read more, go to inewsnetwork.org. Contact Kristin Jones at kristinjones@rmpbs.org.
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Lone Tree Golf Club undergoing changes New hospitality arm aims for improved operations By Jane Reuter
jreuter@ourcoloradonews.com The Lone Tree Golf Club and Hotel is teeing up for some significant changes. Course owner South Suburban Parks and Recreation District has added a hospitality department, and its main focus is Lone Tree’s public golf facility. The change comes two years after several exasperated Lone Tree residents suggested the city secede from South Suburban, citing problems with the golf course and other district-managed city facilities. Under the direction of hospitality director Jay Dikeman, the large, 1980s-era clubhouse around which the city developed has gotten a thorough scrubbing. New carpet is planned for its 15 hotel rooms, interviews are under way for a highly skilled chef, and construction starts next month on an outdoor wedding site. “The setting is of course absolutely stunning,” Dikeman said, “and the space here is very wonderful. The demographic around the physical building, if we provide a good enough product, is certainly strong enough to support us. We just have to come up with a concept, and make it good enough for everybody to want to be here.” Dikeman’s responsibilities and the hospitality department’s territory extends beyond Lone Tree to include South Suburban’s other restaurants, including The Club restaurant at Centennial’s South Suburban Golf Course, the Avalanche Grill at Centennial’s Family Sports Center and the Centennial Grill at the Littleton Golf and Tennis Club. “The goal is to improve our operation, both in terms of service and revenue,” South Suburban executive director Dave Lorenz said. “All the restaurants are under one roof, so we have consistency. When you go to the South Suburban Golf Course restaurant or Avalanche Grill, you’ll get the same hamburger, French fries and service in terms of quality.” Lorenz considered recommendations made in 2012 by both frustrated residents and city officials to turn clubhouse operations over to a private management company. “We could never agree on what we wanted or what they were willing to provide,” he said of those negotiations. “So I recommended to the board we hire our
Jake Dikeman, head of South Suburban’s newly created hospitality department, sits in front of the Lone Tree Golf Clubhouse main floor fireplace. Photo by Jane Reuter own hospitality director.” Dikeman’s hospitality industry experience began in 1976, including employment at well-reputed, full-service chains like the Hilton, Marriott and Radisson hotels. In Lone Tree, he aims to capitalize on its already established wedding services with construction of an outdoor wedding venue, including a garden, pergola and small stage. Plans call for opening the area in 2014. “We really want to make our product different from other products around,” he said. “The wedding garden will be beautiful and a differentiator from other golf courses and hotels in the community that will make (the clubhouse) even more popular for weddings.” A sound barrier also is planned on the clubhouse’s main level to block noise from the ground-level Out of Bounds Grill. A permanent awning over the north deck, and a new lighting system in the banquet areas, also are planned. The selection process for a new chef is nearly complete. “One of the requirements is they have to be very high end,” Dikeman said. “They’ll be based here, but also will work with the other facilities. “Right now, the demand for the grill area is low in the evenings. We’re absolutely going to cater to the golfers, but also focus on how to build that evening business.”
HAUNTED HAPPENINGS
An unidentified “accident victim” volunteered to give people waiting to enter the Castle Rock Fire Department’s annual haunted house a somewhat evil-friendly greeting through a gap in the fence Oct. 25. Photo by Virginia Grantier
Grant supports fitness for law enforcement Courses to be taught in Highlands Ranch By Ryan Boldrey
rboldrey@ourcoloradonews.com With help from a $10,000 grant from AT&T of Colorado, the Highlands Ranch Law Enforcement Training Foundation will be improving the fitness of officers from multiple agencies throughout the state, including the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office. A great deal of the money will go to the Law Fit Program to fund the training of instructors from the 64 state, federal and local agencies that make up the foundation. The nationally used program is designed to teach how to screen applicant peace officers as well as to help keep veterans in better physical and mental condition. The program was developed in 1989 by George Mason University professor of health David L. Bever in response to a growing concern for the high number of disabling injuries suffered by law enforcement in Virginia. Since its inception, according to the Law Fit website, those involved with the program have reported both a reduction in injuries and workers’ compensation claims as well as an increase in officer fitness levels. “Unless law enforcement agencies are
willing to place sufficient emphasis on developing and maintaining fitness levels which allow their personnel to perform effectively in high-stress situations, they will be faced with ongoing disability claims from officers in less-than-optimal condition who are injured in the line of duty,” the site states. The program puts together a number of fitness goals and tests for participating officers that help to build strength, endurance and increase flexibility. “Without the grant, the agency would have had to pay to host or send instructors to a Law Fit class,” said Sgt. Ron Hanavan, Douglas County Sheriff’s Office spokesman. “Tuition will be free to any of the 64 participating agencies that are members of the HRLETF.” In addition to two Law Fit courses that will be hosted at dates to be determined at the Highlands Ranch facility off Santa Fe Drive, Hanavan said money will be used to buy new workout equipment and improve the outdoor obstacle course that is on site. Founding HRLETF board member and former Douglas County Sheriff Steve Zotos will manage the grant. Current foundation board members include Douglas County Sheriff David A. Weaver, Undersheriff Tony Spurlock and Bureau Chief Holly Kluth. For more information, please visit www. lawfit.org or www.hrletf.org.
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Saturday, November 2, 2013 9a.m. to 4p.m. Douglas County Events Center (Fairgrounds in Castle Rock)
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jsmith@ourcoloradonews.com Dozens of doggies from around the country converged on Clement Park over the Oct. 26-27 weekend for the Final UFO Major, hosted for the first time by Colorado Disc Dogs. They competed in levels from simple toss and catch all the way up to freestyle, where the pooches and their people perform choreographed routines, showing off their signature moves. In honor of Halloween, there was even a doggie costume contest and trick-or-treating among sponsoring vendors. Colorado Disc Dogs was founded in 1994 and welcomes new members, even hosting a training event every spring. “It is one of the biggest and most successful disc dog clubs in the world,” according to the UFO website. “Teams from the club are always in the top of the standings at every event they participate in, judges from the club are highly sought for their experience and skills, and club events are heavily attended all year long.”
For a suit-and-tie CEO of the Denver Center for the Performing Arts, Daniel Ritchie makes a handsome woman. And he proved just how fetching he can be in a blingy ball gown during “Theatre Threads,” a costume department fashion show featuring models from the DCPA’s financial and emotional support group. As an unadvertised final entry in the fashion show, Ritchie shuffled to the microphone where 9News entertainment editor Kirk Montgomery was lending emcee duties. Much to the delight of the lunching crowd, Ritchie sported a Texas-sized blond wig, full makeup, false eyelashes, figurehugging bedazzled gown, feather stole, full-length black gloves and black patent open-toe heels. In a twisted way, he looked hot! Ritchie was promoting “The Legend of Georgia McBride,” which plays in the Ricketson Theatre from Jan. 10 to Feb. 23. “We didn’t have costumes yet so we hired a professional drag queen, and he worked with Dan on the outfit,” said Alexandra Griesmer, public relations and promotions manager for the Denver Center Theatre Company. “(Ritchie) was such a great sport — didn’t take much convincing!” Ritchie said his gender-bender experience lent him more empathy toward females. “I learned that high heels are risky,” Ritchie said while Montgomery, dressed as one of the Three Musketeers, doubled over in laughter. “I was surprised to learn what you do every day. My respect is even higher (for women).” The play is about a straight young man who unexpectedly takes a dip into the world of drag, Ritchie said. “I didn’t know much about being a woman, so I thought I should learn firsthand.” Denver Center Alliance’s Theatre Threads is a tribute to the talent and passion of the models and backstage stars, Denver Center Theatre Company’s costume department. Proceeds support the Arts in Education program, which allows more than 50,000 students the opportunity to experience live theater this academic year.
The incredible shrinking anchor Jeff Hill and his dog Enzo were in the Halloween spirit as they practiced Oct. 25 at Clement Park for the Colorado Disc Dog championships. The pair traveled all the way from their home in California to compete.
Have you seen 9News entertainment anchor Kirk Montgomery lately? Rather, have you seen what’s left of him? His cheeks are no longer “cherubbed,” and his torso is oh so trim. I caught his act last week, and couldn’t help asking Montgomery the secret to his slimmed-down success. “I downloaded a free app (My Plate from www.livestrong.com) and I’ve been counting calories,” he told me. “I input the good the bad and the ugly — and just getting into the habit of doing that was an eye-opener. I’ve tried to stay around 1,500 (calories consumed) a day. Some days are lower, some higher, but I’ve lost weight before — the goal this time is to keep it off.”
Lakewood gets new nod LEFT: AJ Brown of Littleton and his dog Maverick, one of the smallest dogs in the Final UFO Major competition, practice Oct. 25 for the Colorado Disc Dog championships. RIGHT: Miley shows her handler, Tammy Ormiston, how much she loves her sport as they warm up Oct. 25 at Clement Park.
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‘This is Colorado’ returns to ACC Show features wide range of paintings By Sonya Ellingboe
sellingboe@ourcoloradonews.com Eighty paintings by Colorado’s fine artists fill the Colorado Gallery of the Arts at Arapahoe Community College, in the annual “This is Colorado” exhibit, sponsored for many years by the local Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County. It has appeared at numerous venues previously, but not in this handsome gallery, a natural location for it. The show, which runs through Nov. 15, was juried by artist Phyllis Vandehaar, former chair of the art department at Arapahoe High School and popular local teacher at Roxborough State Park and elsewhere. “If art isn’t challenging, enlightening and enjoyable, something is wrong,” she said. She gave a written comment to each artist whose work was accepted in the show. Paintings in the show vary from traditional oils to abstract acrylics to several mixed media fabric collages, which verge on sculptural — although the show features only two-dimensional works. Veteran painter/teacher Robert Gray of Highlands Ranch won the Best of Show award for his large romantic watercolor, “Rainbow Sky,” which depicts a mountain lake at a magic moment when a rainbow fills the sky and is reflected in the water. Located just inside the gallery entrance to the right, it shows great skill with a difficult medium in the careful interplay of color and light and dark. Gray once maintained a studio in downtown Littleton (on Alamo) and has been teaching at Tri-Lakes Center for the Arts in Palmer Lake recently, as well as HFAG and other workshops. First place was awarded to Lee Wasilik of Littleton, also an experienced painter, for his “Rocky Mountain Sunday,” a cozy scene of congregants gathered in front of a white traditional wooden church. The painterly technique in this acrylic work stands out. MK, Marykay Moore Jacobus’ jovial “Women — All That Jazz” won second place. Jacobus, current HFAG president, has worked tirelessly to keep this significant statewide exhibit going for a number of years, aided, of course by numerous guild members. She deserves community recognition. Third place winner was Diane Edwards’ cheerful “Poppies on the Front Range,” a
ABOVE: “Women—All That Jazz” by MK, Marykay Jacobus of Centennial, won second place in the “This is Colorado” show at ACC. RIGHT: “Rainbow Sky,” a watercolor by Robert Gray of Highlands Ranch, is awarded “Best of Show” in the “This is Colorado” exhibit, running through Nov.1 5. Courtesy photos by Dustin Ellingboe drift of red poppies, with mountains in the distance. The ACC Gallery Director Award, selected by Trish Sangelo, went to Janet Ford for “In the Colorado Moment.” Merit awards were given to Linda Metcalf for her abstract “All That Jazz”; to longtime member Orrel Schooler for “Ancient Homes”; to Kristine Orr for “Outer Reaches”; to Nancy Raskin for a pastel, “The Forest.” Gallery hours: Mondays through Fridays noon to 8, according to the student who was staffing it. For information about the Heritage Fine Arts Guild programs and prospective membership, contact MK Jacobus, mkstudio@comcast.net, 303-741-5875.
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St. Luke’s teens help after flood in Boulder Group does mission work at sister church By Ryan Boldrey
rboldrey@ourcoloradonews.com Scott Pelletier, director of youth ministry at Boulder’s Mountain View United Methodist Church, has been leading mission trips all over the world for more than 20 years. He never thought he would see the day when he would be on the receiving end of such work, though. But after his church flooded a month ago, the calls for help started pouring in, and crews from Kansas, Missouri and Highlands Ranch have already made their way to Boulder to do whatever they can to help get things back to normal. “It’s quite remarkable to be wearing the other pair of shoes,” Pelletier said. “I’m just so grateful. It’s been absolutely amazing. The amount of work that has to be done is just so overwhelming. These groups have all truly been Godsends.” The lower level of the church was completely flooded due to an overflowing sewer, and the ground floor found itself in similar shape after the heavy rains were too much for the windows to sustain, causing numerous offices and Sunday-school rooms to flood. Pelletier expects it will be at least four months before things return to normal. And while many Douglas County School District students headed out of town over fall break, a total of 32 students, parents
and church members from St. Luke’s United Methodist in Highlands Ranch instead made their way to Boulder to help clean and paint the offices and Sunday-school rooms and prep the basement for tile work. “A lot of the water level was so high that it messed up all of the electrical work and a lot of the plumbing,” said Dave Laurvick, director of youth and young adult ministries at St. Luke’s. “Their youth group had also just been gifted a pool table, an air hockey table and a pingpong table and all that was ruined. But that was nothing compared to the 20-plus years of photographs from all the mission work they had done being lost. “You could just feel the pain, the emotional loss, and truly realize that this was just a microcosm of what so many people are going through up there. It was just astounding to see all of the devastation.” The silver lining, Laurvick said, was seeing the students from St. Luke’s reach out to the Boulder teens as they dove in without hesitation and did whatever they could to help out, while doing the best they could to put a smile on a few faces. One of those local teens who headed up was Mountain Vista sophomore Hannah Smith, who was accompanied by her brother Grant and their father. “I just really wanted to do something about it to help out,” she said, after a day that included moving furniture and paperwork out of 10 rooms. “I enjoy community service and it was good to be able to reach out. Some of the people had their homes damaged as well, including their pastor. I wanted to make a difference.”
Members of the St. Luke’s United Methodist youth group from Highlands Ranch spent part of their fall break this past week helping with flood repairs at the Mountain View United Methodist Church in Boulder. Courtesy photo
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jreuter@ourcoloradonews.com Lone Tree’s Paul Squyer recently had a different kind of class reunion. Forty-nine years after losing his class ring in a Wisconsin lake, it is back on Squyer’s hand. A little less shiny than in 1964, but overall in good condition. The ring, a gift from his sister, was only a week old when Squyer took a swim in northwestern Wisconsin’s Perch Lake near his hometown of New Richmond. When the high school senior emerged from the lake, the ring was missing. “I looked in the water, but we’d been swimming there quite a while and I couldn’t find it,” Squyer said. Worse than losing the ring was telling his sister, he remembers. Soon after, Squyer joined the military and left Wisconsin, never to return. Forty-nine years later, on an early October day, scuba diver Ken Johnson’s metal detector alerted him to a find at the bottom of Perch Lake. The Wisconsin man routinely searches the lake for artifacts, and while it wasn’t the first ring he’d found, this was the first that offered clues to its past. The initials “NRHS” matched that of nearby New Richmond High School. The year “1964” and initials “P.S.” gave Johnson points from which to start his detective work. “I went to the high school and sat down with the yearbook,” Johnson said. “But nobody in (the class of ) ‘64 had those initials.” That’s because Squyer spent his senior
Paul Squyer holds his senior class ring, which he lost in a Wisconsin lake 49 years ago. Photo by Jane Reuter year at a high school in a neighboring community. Unwilling to give up, Johnson kept searching and found Squyer’s name in the 1962 yearbook. His was the only name that matched the initials on the ring. “After finding the name in the ‘62 book, I just did an Internet search,” Johnson said. “He came up on Facebook, and listed his hometown as New Richmond, Wis. That was the final clue.” Squyer said he initially thought Johnson’s phone call about the found ring was a joke. “I was really surprised,” he said. “I did call my sister and tell her. She said, `I guess, after 49 years, I won’t be mad at you anymore.’” Johnson said returning the ring to its original owner was well worth his time. “I thought it was kinda fun,” he said. “I could have taken it down to the guy who buys gold and sold it to him, I suppose. But usually these rings mean something to people.” Squyer plans to have the ring cleaned and resized to accommodate his nowlarger hands. “I’ll have to wear it a few days even though I didn’t wear it much when I had first had it,” he said.
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The extraordinary 16-year-old Pakistani student, Malala Yousafzai, has captured the imagination of millions worldwide, after an assassination attempt on Oct. 9, 2012, when she was shot in the head and neck. Following expert medical care in Great Britain, she has continued to advocate for education for girls, spoken at the UN on her 16th birthday, been featured on the Cover of Time magazine as one of “The Most Influential People in the World” and been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. The winner of Pakistan’s first National Youth Peace if you go Prize, who continues to advocate for The “Poems for Maworldwide access lala” event at Arapahoe to education, has Community College, been honored by 5900 S. Santa Fe Drive, an anthology, “PoLittleton, will be held ems for Malala,” from 6 to 8 p.m. Nov. 8 published by Futuin the Colorado Gallery reCycle Press. Poof the Arts in the Annex ets from throughat the east side of the out the world have campus. A donation of contributed to it, $5 for the Malala Fund including Kathis suggested. Light ryn Winograd and refreshments will be Chris Ransick of served. For informaArapahoe Comtion, contact Winograd, munity College in kathryn.winograd@ Littleton. arapahoe.edu, 303-797ACC’s Writers 5815. Studio will host a “Poems for Malala” evening from 6 to 8 p.m. on Nov. 8 in the Colorado Gallery of the Arts. Poet and anthology editor Joseph Hutchison will open the program and describe how the anthology came about. He, Winograd and others will read from the anthology, which includes poems by such well-known writers as Linda Hogan, Jane Hirshfield and Ellen Bass. A suggested $5 donation from audi-
ence members will go to the Malala Fund, as will proceeds from book sales. (Order from Amazon.) Winograd said she was reeling from the death of Jessica Ridgeway in Wheat Ridge when Malala was shot and her poem, “etymology of girl,” reflects her concern. It concludes: “malala: all-honey or grief-stricken, and you, dear dead girl of the grass. Fetching it to me with full hands, God beholds blossoms, pearls, inner sea fold of petal, flower flesh — what else did men name you centuries centuries” A representative of the Denver-based not-for-profit, Woman’s Development Association, will talk about its work in Lahore, Pakistan, with indigent, illiterate women. A video will be played of a talk by member Josna Azim, who comes from a region near Malala’s. She is leaving Nov. 1, so her talk was recorded and her son, Asher Azim, will introduce it Area high school poets have been invited to contribute work and read at the event, Winograd said.
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Pottery sale is place for any clay, shape or form Platters, pitchers, plates, pots, mugs, casserole dishes, vases, bowls, butter dishes, goblets and more … It’s time for the annual Colorado Potters Guild show and sale, to be held Nov. 7, 8 and 9 at First Plymouth Congregational Church, 3601 S. Colorado Blvd., south of Hampden Avenue in Cherry Hills Village. Members work through the year in a historic former Denver dairy and hold two annual sales for the community. Each artist has a distinctive style, so a visitor to the sale can see a broad spectrum of techniques, shapes and glazes. Hours: 4 to 8 p.m. Nov. 7; 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Nov. 8; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Nov. 9.
Not `once upon a time’
The Parker Writers Group will welcome published authors Anne MacFarlane, Michelle Major and Lana Williams in an interactive workshop called “Opening Your Story With Power” from 2 to 4 p.m. Nov. 10. The group meets in Meeting Room A at the Parker Library, 10851 S. Crossroads Drive, Parker. All are welcome, no registration necessary. Explore tips on creating characters and a vivid setting as well as the openers. Bring a page with the first 120 words if you wish.
Rail tales
Dick Kreck will talk about the building of the Union Pacific Railroad and the wild towns and wicked characters involved, as described in his new book, “Hell on Wheels.” He will appear at 7 p.m. Nov. 12 at Bemis Library, 6014 S. Datura St., Littleton. Kreck is retired from the Denver Post after 38 years as an editor and columnist and has written five other books. Copies will be on sale. 303-795-3961.
`Books, Bites and Brews’
Douglas County Libraries hosts “Books, Bites and Brews” from 4 to 9 p.m. Nov. 9 at Cielo at Castle Pines, 485 W. Happy Canyon Road, Castle Rock. The event includes: tastes and demos from locally written cookbooks, local chefs, beverage sampling from local breweries, cookbooks on sale and, for a $30 ticket, one can choose between two sessions: Amy Stewart (“The Drunken Botanist”) will discuss “The Botany of the Margarita;; or attend a beer and food pairing from Cicerone Sarah Johnson of Mandalay Bay. Reserve space at douglascountylibraries.org.
`Carmina Burana’
The Arapahoe Philharmonic, conducted by Devin Patrick Hughes, will be joined by the Cherry Creek Chorale in a performance of Carl Orff’s “Carmina Burana.” The concert is at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 8 at Mission Hills Church, 620 SouthPark Drive, Littleton. Soloists: Teresa Castillo, soprano; Brian Leatherman, tenor; Steven Taylor, bass. Tickets:$25/$20/ $5. Information or tickets: www.arapahoe-phil.org, 303-781-1892.
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in its inaugural ranking released Oct. 25, according to the City of Lakewood’s weekly e-newsletter. “The list was created in partnership with the Martin Prosperity Institute, the world’s leading think tank on the role of location, place and city-regions in global economic prosperity. The list was produced after studying U.S. cities and factors that make them the best places to live, work and play.” Factors in the Top 100 ranking included good schools, hospitals, amenities, affordability and the economy.
Boffo boutiques
A Line Boutique in Greenwood Village’s Landmark development, Perch in Vail and Max in Cherry Creek North were named Lucky Magazine’s favorite stores in Colo-
the Denver Art Museum, featuring three separate exhibits: “Court to Café: Three Centuries of French Masterworks from the Wadsworth Atheneum”; “Nature as Muse: Impressionist Landscapes from the Frederick C. Hamilton Collection”; and “Drawing Room: An Intimate Look at French Drawings from the Esmond Bradley Martin Collection.” A special exhibition ticket will give access to all three plus the rest of the museum. denverartmuseum.org, 720913-0130. (More on this next week.)
Denver Arts Week
Denver Arts Week runs from Nov. 1 to 9 all over the metro area. Google for listings. Of particular note: Saturday Night at the Museums on Nov. 2: Free admission from 5 to 10 p.m. to many of the area’s museums, including: Denver Art Museum, ByersEvans House, Denver Museum of Nature and Science, Kirkland Museum, Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, and locally, Littleton Museum and Museum Outdoor Arts. A shuttle will carry visitors between the downtown Denver locations.
`Wine to Fresh Water’
Lyn and Craig Chambers of Centennial will host a sale of their art to benefit Freshwater Malawi, an international nonprofit that provides clean water and sanitation to the poor arid nation of Malawi, Africa. “Wine to Fresh Water” will be held at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 9 at the Studios at Overland Crossing, 2201 S. Delaware St., Denver. (Wine tasting, appetizers, entertainment, water art.) Tickets: $50, register at freshwaterintl.org.
Shop, eat, help
Christmas at Our House 2013 is open for visitors Nov. 7-10 at the beautifully decorated Bosworth House, headquarters of the Denver Assistance League, 1400 Josephine St., Denver. There will be boutiques for shopping and in the evening, food, beverages, music and more shopping. Shopping only: $5; tickets to events range from $30 to $60. For information and tickets: denverassistanceleague.org, 303-322-5205.
Frog and Toad
“A Year With Frog and Toad,” based on the favorite book by Lobel, will be presented for families by Christian Youth Theatre at the Parker Mainstreet Center, 19650 E. Mainstreet, Parker. Performances: 10:30 a.m. Friday, Nov. 1 for students and seniors; 7 p.m. Nov. 1 and 2; 2 p.m. Nov. 2; 3 p.m. Nov. 3. Information and tickets: cytdenver.org.
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Rocker Joe Cocker (who’s lived in Colorado for 20 years) dining at The Oceanaire Seafood Room on Oct. 23. My spy tells me that Cocker, who recently returned from a summer-long 46-city European tour, enjoyed fish and chips English style. Penny Parker’s “Mile High Life” column gives insights into the best events, restaurants, businesses, parties and people throughout the metro area. Parker also writes for Blacktie-Colorado.com. You can subscribe and read her columns (Monday, Wednesday and Friday) at www.pennyparker.blacktie-colorado.com. She can be reached at penny@blacktie-llc.com or at 303-619-5209.
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Public Trustees PUBLIC NOTICE Castle Rock NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2013-0539 To Whom It May Concern: On 8/14/2013 the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County. Original Grantor: MAHER F ASFAR AND PATRICIA A ASFAR Original Beneficiary: WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: WELLS FARGO BANK, NA Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 9/26/2007 Recording Date of DOT: 10/16/2007 Reception No. of DOT: 2007081189 DOT Recorded in Douglas County. Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $60,000.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $54,209.78 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 of the terms thereof. 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. Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 7. BLOCK 2. CASTLEWOOD RANCH SUBDIVISION-FILING NO. 1. PARCEL 7, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 6329 Middleton Ave, Castle Rock, CO 80104 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 Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, December 4, 2013, at the Public Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will 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. First Publication: 10/10/2013 Last Publication: 11/7/2013 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 8/14/2013 GEORGE J KENNEDY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: MONICA L KADRMAS, ESQ. Colorado Registration #: 34904 1199 BANNOCK STREET , DENVER, COLORADO 80204 Phone #: (303) 813-1177 Fax #: (303) 813-1107 Attorney File #: 9108.00090 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No. 2013-0539 First Publication: 10/10/2013 Last Publication: 11/7/2013 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE RENOTICED AND REPUBLISHED PURSUANT TO CRS 38-38-109(2)(b)(II) Castle Rock NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2010-0160 To Whom It May Concern: On 8/9/2013 the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County. Original Grantor: CHRIS G BRUNO AND PEGGY BRUNO Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR GREENPOINT MORTGAGE FUNDING, INC. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: GMAC MORTGAGE, LLC Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 2/28/2006 Recording Date of DOT: 3/7/2006 Reception No. of DOT: 2006018955*** DOT Recorded in Douglas County. Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $408,800.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $447,912.01 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.*** LOAN MODIFICATION AGREEMENT SIGNED BY CHRIS G BRUNO ON JUNE 8, 2009. 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. Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 64, BLOCK 2, MAHER RANCH - FILING NO. 1, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 7087 Sapphire Pointe Blvd, Castle Rock, CO 80108 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 Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, November 27, 2013, at the Public Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will 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. First Publication: 10/3/2013 Last Publication: 10/31/2013 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 8/9/2013 GEORGE J KENNEDY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee
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 Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, November 27, 2013, at the Public Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will 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. First Publication: 10/3/2013 Last Publication: 10/31/2013 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 8/9/2013 GEORGE J KENNEDY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: CRISTEL D SHEPHERD Colorado Registration #: 39351 999 18TH STREET SUITE 2201, DENVER, COLORADO 80202 Phone #: (303) 865-1400 Fax #: (303) 865-1410 Attorney File #: 10-00436 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/
Public Trustees
Legal Notice No.: 2010-0160 First Publication: 10/3/2013 Last Publication: 10/31/2013 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Castle Rock NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2013-0515 To Whom It May Concern: On 8/5/2013 the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County. Original Grantor: DAVID A TWEED AND SARAH A TWEED Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR MARKET STREET MORTGAGE CORPORATION Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE OF THE INDYMAC INDX MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2005-AR25, MORTGAGE PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-AR25 UNDER THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT DATED OCTOBER 1, 2005 Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 7/25/2005 Recording Date of DOT: 8/4/2005 Reception No. of DOT: 2005072969 DOT Recorded in Douglas County. Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $277,000.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $286,349.33 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 of the terms thereof. 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. Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 6, BLOCK 2, CASTLE PINES NORTH FILING NO. 2, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 7463 Berkeley Circle, Castle Rock, CO 80108 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 Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, November 27, 2013, at the Public Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will 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. First Publication: 10/3/2013 Last Publication: 10/31/2013 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 8/6/2013 GEORGE J KENNEDY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: JENNIFER H TRACHTE Colorado Registration #: 40391 1199 BANNOCK STREET , DENVER, COLORADO 80204 Phone #: (303) 813-1177 Fax #: (303) 813-1107 Attorney File #: 3500.01762 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No.: 2013-0515 First Publication: 10/3/2013 Last Publication: 10/31/2013 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Castle Rock NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2013-0521 To Whom It May Concern: On 8/8/2013 the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County. Original Grantor: MICHAEL T. GULLATTE Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR INTEGRITY MORTGAGE AND FINANCIAL, INC. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: OCWEN LOAN SERVICING, LLC Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 2/6/2008 Recording Date of DOT: 2/19/2008 Reception No. of DOT: 2008011025 DOT Recorded in Douglas County. Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $202,086.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $196,522.02 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 of the terms thereof. 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. Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 5, BLOCK 5, VILLAGES AT CASTLE ROCK FOUNDERS VILLAGE FILING NO. 2, ACCORDING TO THE RECORDED PLAT THEREOF, COUNTY OF
to be recorded in Douglas County. Original Grantor: MICHAEL T. GULLATTE Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR INTEGRITY MORTGAGE AND FINANCIAL, INC. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: OCWEN LOAN SERVICING, LLC Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 2/6/2008 Recording Date of DOT: 2/19/2008 Reception No. of DOT: 2008011025 DOT Recorded in Douglas County. Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $202,086.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $196,522.02 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 of the terms thereof. 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. Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 5, BLOCK 5, VILLAGES AT CASTLE ROCK FOUNDERS VILLAGE FILING NO. 2, ACCORDING TO THE RECORDED PLAT THEREOF, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 654 Howe Circle, Castle Rock, CO 80104 The Deed of Trust was modified by a document recorded in Douglas County on 5/2/2013, Reception number 2013036292. Reason modified and any other modifications: Legal Description.
Public Trustees
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 Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, November 27, 2013, at the Public Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will 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. First Publication: 10/3/2013 Last Publication: 10/31/2013 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 8/12/2013 GEORGE J KENNEDY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: ALISON L BERRY Colorado Registration #: 34531 999 18TH STREET SUITE 2201, DENVER, COLORADO 80202 Phone #: (303) 865-1400 Fax #: (303) 865-1410 Attorney File #: 13-03062 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No.: 2013-0521 First Publication: 10/3/2013 Last Publication: 10/31/2013 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Castle Rock NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2013-0525 To Whom It May Concern: On 8/9/2013 the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County. Original Grantor: JESSICA A. MONTOYA PALMER Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR RESIDENTIAL LENDING LLC Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: WELLS FARGO BANK, NA Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 1/23/2009 Recording Date of DOT: 2/3/2009 Reception No. of DOT: 2009006773 DOT Recorded in Douglas County. Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $234,262.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $218,949.29 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 of the terms thereof. 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. Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 18, BLOCK 9, FOUNDERS VILLAGE FILING NO. 3, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 5253 Essex Avenue, Castle Rock, CO 80104 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 Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, November 27, 2013, at the Public Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will 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. First Publication: 10/3/2013 Last Publication: 10/31/2013 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 8/12/2013 GEORGE J KENNEDY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: MONICA L KADRMAS, ESQ. Colorado Registration #: 34904 1199 BANNOCK STREET , DENVER, COLORADO 80204 Phone #: (303) 813-1177 Fax #: (303) 813-1107 Attorney File #: 9105.06028 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No.: 2013-0525 First Publication: 10/3/2013 Last Publication: 10/31/2013 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Castle Rock NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2013-0529 To Whom It May Concern: On 8/12/2013 the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County. Original Grantor: ERIC D HALL AND JERRIE L. HALL Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS,
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PUBLIC NOTICE Castle Rock NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2013-0529 To Whom It May Concern: On 8/12/2013 the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County. Original Grantor: ERIC D HALL AND JERRIE L. HALL Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR CH MORTGAGE COMPANY I, LTD., DBA MELODY MORTGAGE Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 9/27/2002 Recording Date of DOT: 10/2/2002 Reception No. of DOT: 2002101254 DOT Recorded in Douglas County. Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $232,638.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $324,776.09 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 of the terms thereof. 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. Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 12, BLOCK 1, CASTLEWOOD RANCH SUBDIVISION - FILING NO. 1PARCEL 3, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 4805 Eckert Street, Castle Rock, CO 80104
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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 Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, December 4, 2013, at the Public Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will 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. First Publication: 10/10/2013 Last Publication: 11/7/2013 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 8/12/2013 GEORGE J KENNEDY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: JENNIFER TRACHTE Colorado Registration #: 40391 1199 BANNOCK STREET , DENVER, COLORADO 80204 Phone #: (303) 813-1177 Fax #: (303) 813-1107 Attorney File #: 9105.06038 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No.: 2013-0529 First Publication: 10/10/2013 Last Publication: 11/7/2013 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Castle Rock NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2013-0530 To Whom It May Concern: On 8/12/2013 the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County. Original Grantor: ANA LUCIA MARROQUIN Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR NEW CENTURY MORTGAGE CORPORATION Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. AS TRUSTEE FOR CARRINGTON MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST, SERIES 2006-NC5 ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 10/10/2006 Recording Date of DOT: 10/19/2006 Reception No. of DOT: 2006090083 DOT Recorded in Douglas County. Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $213,300.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $241,385.82 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: the failure to timely make payments as required under the Deed of Trust. 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. Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 4, BLOCK 9, FOUNDERS VILLAGE FILING NO. 18, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 855 Fairhaven St, Castle Rock, CO 80104 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 Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, December 4, 2013, at the Public Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will 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. First Publication: 10/10/2013 Last Publication: 11/7/2013 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 8/12/2013 GEORGE J KENNEDY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: JENNIFER K CRUSETURNER Colorado Registration #: 44452 9800 S. MERIDIAN BLVD. SUITE 400, ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO 80112 Phone #: (303) 706-9990
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 Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, December 4, 2013, at the Public Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will 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. First Publication: 10/10/2013 Last Publication: 11/7/2013 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 8/12/2013 GEORGE J KENNEDY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: JENNIFER K CRUSETURNER Colorado Registration #: 44452 9800 S. MERIDIAN BLVD. SUITE 400, ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO 80112 Phone #: (303) 706-9990 Fax #: Attorney File #: 30591 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/
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Legal Notice No.: 2013-0530 First Publication: 10/10/2013 Last Publication: 11/7/2013 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Larkspur NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2013-0534 To Whom It May Concern: On 8/13/2013 the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County. Original Grantor: THERESA GAVAGAN Original Beneficiary: AMERICAN BANK OF COMMERCE Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: AMERICAN BANK OF COMMERCE Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 4/17/2008 Recording Date of DOT: 4/28/2008 Reception No. of DOT: 2008029459 DOT Recorded in Douglas County. Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $540,000.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $508,682.48 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: (1) failure to pay when due the entire unpaid balance of the Evidence of Debt, and (2) Borrower/Grantor's failure to pay real property taxes and assessments amounts when due as required by the terms of the Deed of Trust. 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. Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 8, HIDDEN OAKS AT BEAR DANCE EXEMPTION, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO Which has the address of: 6270 Elk View Road, Larkspur, CO 80118 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 Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, December 4, 2013, at the Public Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will 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. First Publication: 10/10/2013 Last Publication: 11/7/2013 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 8/14/2013 GEORGE J KENNEDY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: SCOTT MIDGLEY Colorado Registration #: 11443 1201 COURT STREET , PUEBLO, COLORADO 81003 Phone #: (719) 543-9100 Fax #: Attorney File #: GAVAGAN *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No.: 2013-0534 First Publication: 10/10/2013 Last Publication: 11/7/2013 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Castle Rock NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2013-0543 To Whom It May Concern: On 8/15/2013 the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County. Original Grantor: SHAWN K. BAIRD Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR COLORADO CAPITAL BANK Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: CITIMORTGAGE, INC. Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 3/23/2009 Recording Date of DOT: 4/2/2009 Reception No. of DOT: 2009023236 DOT Recorded in Douglas County. Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $389,729.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $387,368.68 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 of the terms thereof. 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. Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 4, BLOCK 1, CRYSTAL VALLEY RANCH FILING NO. 3, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 3945 Eagle Tail Lane, Castle Rock, CO 80104 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 Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, December 4, 2013, at the Public Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will 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
the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust and other violations of the terms thereof. THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust. Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 4, BLOCK 1, CRYSTAL VALLEY RANCH FILING NO. 3, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 3945 Eagle Tail Lane, Castle Rock, CO 80104
October 31, 2013
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 Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, December 4, 2013, at the Public Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will 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. First Publication: 10/10/2013 Last Publication: 11/7/2013 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 8/19/2013 GEORGE J KENNEDY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: CYNTHIA LOWERY-GRABER Colorado Registration #: 34145 999 18TH STREET SUITE 2201, DENVER, COLORADO 80202 Phone #: (303) 865-1400 Fax #: (303) 865-1410 Attorney File #: 13-05231 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/
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Legal Notice No.: 2013-0543 First Publication: 10/10/2013 Last Publication: 11/7/2013 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Castle Rock NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2013-0545 To Whom It May Concern: On 8/15/2013 the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County. Original Grantor: MICHAEL T MARTINEZ AND TABITHA M MARTINEZ Original Beneficiary: PREFERRED MORTGAGE GROUP, INC Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: EMC MORTGAGE LLC Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 11/24/2004 Recording Date of DOT: 12/6/2004 Reception No. of DOT: 2004123676 DOT Recorded in Douglas County. Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $221,200.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $177,204.98 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 AND DEBT SECURED BY THE DEED OF TRUST AND OTHER VIOLATIONS OF THE TERMS THEREOF. 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. Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 8, BLOCK 11, THE MEADOWS FILING NO.11-PARCEL 3, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 3473 Chaffee Way, Castle Rock, CO 80109 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 Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, December 4, 2013, at the Public Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will 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. First Publication: 10/10/2013 Last Publication: 11/7/2013 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 8/19/2013 GEORGE J KENNEDY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: NEAL J. VALORZ Colorado Registration #: 42496 333 W. COLFAX AVENUE SUITE 450, DENVER, COLORADO 48302 Phone #: (720) 259-8626 Fax #: Attorney File #: 13CO00037-1 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No.: 2013-0545 First Publication: 10/10/2013 Last Publication: 11/7/2013 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Castle Rock NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2013-0548 To Whom It May Concern: On 8/16/2013 the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County. Original Grantor: BRENT J. HARTMAN AND JILL M. HARTMAN Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR GMAC MORTGAGE, LLC F/K/A GMAC MORTGAGE CORPORATION Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR RESIDENTIAL FUNDING MORTGAGE SECURITIES 1, INC., MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-SA3 Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 3/2/2007 Recording Date of DOT: 3/27/2007 Reception No. of DOT: 2007024652 DOT Recorded in Douglas County. Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $562,700.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $562,700.00 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 principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust and other violations of the terms thereof.
Recording Date of DOT: 3/27/2007 Reception No. of DOT: 2007024652 DOT Recorded in Douglas County. Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $562,700.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $562,700.00 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 principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust and other violations of the terms thereof. THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust. Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 4, BLOCK 1, GLEN OAKS, FILING NO. 2, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 861 Shady Oak Lane, Castle Rock, CO 80104
October 31, 2013
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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 Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, December 4, 2013, at the Public Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will 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. First Publication: 10/10/2013 Last Publication: 11/7/2013 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 8/19/2013 GEORGE J KENNEDY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: CYNTHIA LOWERY-GRABER Colorado Registration #: 34145 999 18TH STREET SUITE 2201, DENVER, COLORADO 80202 Phone #: (303) 865-1400 Fax #: (303) 865-1410 Attorney File #: 13-05034 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No.: 2013-0548 First Publication: 10/10/2013 Last Publication: 11/7/2013 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Castle Rock NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2013-0551 To Whom It May Concern: On 8/20/2013 the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County. Original Grantor: JAMES L WAYNE AND DORIS E. WAYNE Original Beneficiary: PNC MORTGAGE, A DIVISION OF PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 12/22/2011 Recording Date of DOT: 12/30/2011 Reception No. of DOT: 2011083174 DOT Recorded in Douglas County. Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $227,210.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $223,193.71 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 of the terms thereof. 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. Legal Description of Real Property: ALL THAT CERTAIN PARCEL OF LAND SITUATED IN THE CITY OF CASTLE ROCK, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO, BEING KNOWN AND DESIGNATED AS FOLLOWS: Lot 2 Block 5, OAK RIDGE II, FILING NO. 1, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 122 Dawson Dr, Castle Rock, CO 80104-2151 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 Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, December 11, 2013, at the Public Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will 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. First Publication: 10/17/2013 Last Publication: 11/14/2013 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 8/22/2013 GEORGE J KENNEDY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: LISA CANCANON Colorado Registration #: 42043 1199 BANNOCK STREET , DENVER, COLORADO 80204 Phone #: (303) 813-1177 Fax #: (303) 813-1107 Attorney File #: 7575.00365 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No.: 2013-0551 First Publication: 10/17/2013 Last Publication: 11/14/2013 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Castle Rock NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2013-0552 To Whom It May Concern: On 8/20/2013 the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County. Original Grantor: RANDALL GENE ANDERSON Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR FIRST MAGNUS FINANCIAL CORPORATION, AN ARIZONA CORPORATION Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 10/25/2004 Recording Date of DOT: 11/3/2004 Reception No. of DOT: 2004112797 DOT Recorded in Douglas County. Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $172,893.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the
DERSON Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR FIRST MAGNUS FINANCIAL CORPORATION, AN ARIZONA CORPORATION Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 10/25/2004 Recording Date of DOT: 11/3/2004 Reception No. of DOT: 2004112797 DOT Recorded in Douglas County. Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $172,893.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $152,657.77 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 of the terms thereof. 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. Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 4, BLOCK 6, CASTLENORTH FILING NO.6, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 952 Oakwood Drive, Castle Rock, CO 80104
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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 Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, December 11, 2013, at the Public Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will 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. First Publication: 10/17/2013 Last Publication: 11/14/2013 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 8/22/2013 GEORGE J KENNEDY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: CYNTHIA LOWERY-GRABER Colorado Registration #: 34145 999 18TH STREET SUITE 2201, DENVER, COLORADO 80202 Phone #: (303) 865-1400 Fax #: (303) 865-1410 Attorney File #: 13-04584 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No.: 2013-0552 First Publication: 10/17/2013 Last Publication: 11/14/2013 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Castle Rock NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2013-0555 To Whom It May Concern: On 8/21/2013 the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County. Original Grantor: COLIN BUECHLER AND CONNIE HOLDEN Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR SECURITY ATLANTIC MORTGAGE CO, INC. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: WELLS FARGO BANK, NA Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 11/19/2009 Recording Date of DOT: 12/7/2009 Reception No. of DOT: 2009092173 DOT Recorded in Douglas County. Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $359,177.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $341,069.91 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: 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 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. Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 40, BLOCK 21, THE MEADOWS FILING NO. 16, PARCELS 1,2,3 & 4, 3RD AMENDMENT, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 2031 Candleglow Street, Castle Rock, CO 80109 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 Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, December 11, 2013, at the Public Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will 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. First Publication: 10/17/2013 Last Publication: 11/14/2013 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 8/22/2013 GEORGE J KENNEDY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: JENNIFER H TRACHTE Colorado Registration #: 40391 1199 BANNOCK STREET , DENVER, COLORADO 80204 Phone #: (303) 813-1177 Fax #: (303) 813-1107 Attorney File #: 9105.06007 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No.: 2013-0555 First Publication: 10/17/2013 Last Publication: 11/14/2013 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Castle Rock NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2013-0557 To Whom It May Concern: On 8/22/2013 the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County. Original Grantor: MICHAEL B MANTOOTH Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR NEW HORIZONS MORTGAGE CO., L.L.C. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: CITIMORTGAGE, INC.
To Whom It May Concern: On 8/22/2013 the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County. Original Grantor: MICHAEL B MANTOOTH Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR NEW HORIZONS MORTGAGE CO., L.L.C. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: CITIMORTGAGE, INC. Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 4/16/2003 Recording Date of DOT: 4/18/2003 Reception No. of DOT: 2003054687 DOT Recorded in Douglas County. Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $229,500.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $199,016.13 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 of the terms thereof. 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. Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 35, BLOCK 6, FOUNDERS VILLAGE FILING NO. 6, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO Which has the address of: 460 Dunhill St, Castle Rock, CO 80104
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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 Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, December 11, 2013, at the Public Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will 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. First Publication: 10/17/2013 Last Publication: 11/14/2013 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 8/23/2013 GEORGE J KENNEDY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: JENNIFER H TRACHTE Colorado Registration #: 40391 1199 BANNOCK STREET , DENVER, COLORADO 80204 Phone #: (303) 813-1177 Fax #: (303) 813-1107 Attorney File #: 1175.15056 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No.: 2013-0557 First Publication: 10/17/2013 Last Publication: 11/14/2013 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Castle Rock NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2013-0563 To Whom It May Concern: On 8/23/2013 the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County. Original Grantor: COLBY L SORENSEN AND JENNIFER R COOPER Original Beneficiary: WELLS FARGO HOME MORTGAGE, INC. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 7/9/2003 Recording Date of DOT: 7/25/2003 Reception No. of DOT: 2003111210 DOT Recorded in Douglas County. Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $338,700.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $283,682.08 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 of the terms thereof. 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. Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 8, BLOCK 1, THE MEADOWS FILING NO.11, PARCEL 6 COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 3895 Sunchase Drive, Castle Rock, CO 80104 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 Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, December 11, 2013, at the Public Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will 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. First Publication: 10/17/2013 Last Publication: 11/14/2013 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 8/23/2013 GEORGE J KENNEDY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: CYNTHIA LOWERY-GRABER Colorado Registration #: 34145 999 18TH STREET SUITE 2201, DENVER, COLORADO 80202 Phone #: (303) 865-1400 Fax #: (303) 865-1410 Attorney File #: 13-05944 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No.: 2013-0563 First Publication: 10/17/2013 Last Publication: 11/14/2013 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Larkspur NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2013-0565 To Whom It May Concern: On 8/27/2013 the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County. Original Grantor: ROGER BUTERBAUGH AND MARGARET L. BUTERBAUGH Original Beneficiary: INDYMAC BANK, F.S.B. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST
25 To Whom It May Concern: On 8/27/2013 the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County. Original Grantor: ROGER BUTERBAUGH AND MARGARET L. BUTERBAUGH Original Beneficiary: INDYMAC BANK, F.S.B. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE OF THE INDYMAC INDX MORTGAGE TRUST 2007AR15, MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-AR15 UNDER THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT DATED JUNE 1, 2007 Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 8/30/2006 Recording Date of DOT: 9/5/2006 Reception No. of DOT: 2006076324 DOT Recorded in Douglas County. Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $400,000.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $398,432.07 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 of the terms thereof. 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. Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 25, BLOCK 2, PERRY PARK FILING NO. 9, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO Which has the address of: 5198 Country Club Drive, Larkspur, CO 80118
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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 Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, December 18, 2013, at the Public Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will 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. First Publication: 10/24/2013 Last Publication: 11/21/2013 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 8/28/2013 GEORGE J KENNEDY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: MONICA L KADRMAS, ESQ. Colorado Registration #: 34904 1199 BANNOCK STREET , DENVER, COLORADO 80204 Phone #: (303) 813-1177 Fax #: (303) 813-1107 Attorney File #: 3500.01764 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No.: 2013-0565 First Publication: 10/24/2013 Last Publication: 11/21/2013 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Castle Rock NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2013-0566 To Whom It May Concern: On 8/27/2013 the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County. Original Grantor: MICHAEL J. HAMILTON AND KIMBERLY K. HAMILTON Original Beneficiary: PREMIER MORTGAGE GROUP, LLC Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 8/21/2002 Recording Date of DOT: 9/3/2002 Reception No. of DOT: 2002089166 DOT Recorded in Douglas County. Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $237,761.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $197,936.65 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. Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 14, BLOCK 8, FOUNDERS VILLAGE FILING NO.3, CITY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 5181 Devon Ave., Castle Rock, CO 80104 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 Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, December 18, 2013, at the Public Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will 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. First Publication: 10/24/2013 Last Publication: 11/21/2013 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 8/28/2013 GEORGE J KENNEDY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: TONI DALE Colorado Registration #: 30580 355 UNION BOULEVARD SUITE 250, LAKEWOOD, COLORADO 80228 Phone #: (303) 274-0155 Fax #: (303) 274-0159 Attorney File #: 13-920-25057 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No.: 2013-0566 First Publication: 10/24/2013 Last Publication: 11/21/2013 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Castle Rock NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2013-0570 To Whom It May Concern: On 8/28/2013 the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County. Original Grantor: ERICA L KRAUSE AND JONATHAN D. KRAUSE Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELEC-
The News-Press 25 To Whom It May Concern: On 8/28/2013 the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County. Original Grantor: ERICA L KRAUSE AND JONATHAN D. KRAUSE Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR CAPITAL PACIFIC HOME LOANS, L.P., A TEXAS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF CWALT ALTERNATIVE LOAN TRUST 2005-J9, MORTGAGE PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-J9 Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 5/27/2005 Recording Date of DOT: 6/7/2005 Reception No. of DOT: 2005051079 DOT Recorded in Douglas County. Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $301,400.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $301,400.00 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 principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust and other violations of the terms thereof. THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust. Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 24, BLOCK 7, THE MEADOWS FILING NO. 12, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 4335 Prairie Rose Circle, Castle Rock, CO 80104
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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 Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, December 18, 2013, at the Public Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will 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. First Publication: 10/24/2013 Last Publication: 11/21/2013 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 8/29/2013 GEORGE J KENNEDY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: WAYNE E VADEN Colorado Registration #: 21026 PO BOX 18997 , DENVER, COLORADO 80218 Phone #: (303) 377-2933 Fax #: (303) 377-2934 Attorney File #: 13-081-05265 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No.: 2013-0570 First Publication: 10/24/2013 Last Publication: 11/21/2013 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Castle Rock NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2013-0571 To Whom It May Concern: On 8/28/2013 the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County. Original Grantor: SHANNON BERG Original Beneficiary: MARGARET F. MILLER Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: MARGARET F. MILLER Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 3/28/2008 Recording Date of DOT: 4/22/2008 Reception No. of DOT: 2008028365 DOT Recorded in Douglas County. Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $205,000.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $190,486.03 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 of the terms thereof. 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. Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 89, BLOCK 1, METZLER RANCH FILING NO.1, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 732 Quarterhorse Trail , Castle Rock, CO 80104 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 Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, December 18, 2013, at the Public Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will 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. First Publication: 10/24/2013 Last Publication: 11/21/2013 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 8/29/2013 GEORGE J KENNEDY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: BRITNEY BEALL-EDER Colorado Registration #: 34935 999 18TH STREET SUITE 2201, DENVER, COLORADO 80202 Phone #: (303) 865-1400 Fax #: (303) 865-1410 Attorney File #: 11-05354 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No.: 2013-0571 First Publication: 10/24/2013 Last Publication: 11/21/2013 Publisher: Douglas County News Press
Misc. Private Legals Public Notice DOUGLAS COUNTY DISTRICT COURT 4000 Justice Way Castle Rock, CO Douglas County, CO 80109 THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO In the Interest of: RUTH BLAKLEY, DOB: 7/5/1996 A Child, And concerning: ELIZABETH ANN BLAKLEY, Mother, And MIGUEL EDWARD MAYZES, Father, And LINDA BLAKLEY, Maternal Grandmother Respondents. Counsel for Douglas County Department of Human Services John Thirkell 4400 Castleton Ct. Castle Rock, CO 80109 303-663-7726 303-688-5894 (fax) jthirkel@douglas.co.us Case Number: 13JV123 * Division 2 DEPENDENCY SUMMONS This Summons is initiated pursuant to Rules 2.2 and 4.2 of the Colorado Rules of Juvenile Procedure, Rule 4 of the Colorado Rules of Civil Procedure, and Section 19-3-503, C.R.S. 2013. TO MIGUEL EDWARD MAYZES: You are hereby notified that a petition has been filed which alleges that the abovenamed children are dependent or neglected based upon the factual allegations and legal definitions of dependency or neglect set forth in the Dependency and Neglect Petition, a copy of which is served simultaneously with this Dependency Summons and additional copies of which may be obtained at the office of John Thirkell, at the above address. A Return of Service and Advisement Hearing has been set for November 18, 2013 at 3:30 p.m. in Division 2, Douglas County District Court, 4000 Justice Way, Castle Rock, Colorado, 80109. Your presence before this court is required to defend against the claims in this petition. IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR, THE COURT WILL PROCEED IN YOUR ABSENCE, WITHOUT FURTHER NOTICE, TO CONDUCT AN ADJUDICATORY HEARING AND MAY ENTER A JUDGMENT BY DEFAULT THEREBY ADJUDICATING YOUR CHILDREN AS DEPENDENT OR NEGLECTED CHILDREN. You have the right to request a trial by jury at the adjudicatory stage of this petition. You also have the right to legal representation at every stage of the proceedings by counsel of your own choosing, or if you are without sufficient financial means and meet the indigency guidelines established by the Colorado Supreme Court, appointment of counsel by the Court at state expense. Termination of your parent-child legal relationship to free your child for adoption is a possible remedy in this proceeding. If that remedy is pursued, you are entitled to a hearing before a Judge. You also have the right, if you are indigent, to have the Court appoint, at no expense to you, one expert witness of your own choosing at any hearing on the termination of your parent-child relationship. If you are a minor, you have the right to the appointment of a Guardian ad litem to represent your best interests. You have the right to have this matter heard by a district court judge rather than by the magistrate. You may waive that right, and in doing so, you will be bound by the findings and recommendations of the magistrate, subject to review as provided by section 19-1-108(5.5), C.R.S. 2013, and subsequently, to the right of appeal as provided by Colorado Appellate Rule 3.4. Rule 4.2 of the Colorado Rules of Juvenile Procedure provides for the following advisement about dependency and neglect cases: (a) At the first appearance before the court, the respondent(s) shall be fully advised by the court as to all rights and the possible consequences of a finding that a child is dependent or neglected. The court shall make certain that the respondent(s) understand the following: (1) The nature of the allegations contained in the petition; (2) As a party to the proceeding, the right to counsel; (3) That if the respondent(s) is a parent, guardian, or legal custodian, and is indigent, the respondent may be assigned counsel as provided by law. (4) The right to a trial by jury; (5) That any admission to the petition must be voluntary; (6) The general dispositional alternatives available to the court if the petition is sustained, as set forth in Section 19-3-508, C.R.S.; (7) That termination of the parent-child legal relationship is a possible remedy which is available if the petition is sustained; (8) That if a motion to terminate the parent-child legal relationship is filed, the court will set a separate hearing at which the allegations of the motion must be proven by clear and convincing evidence; (9) That termination of the parent-child legal relationship means that the subject child would be available for adoption; (10) That any party has the right to appeal any final decision made by the court; and (11) That if the petition is admitted, the court is not bound by any promises or representations made by anyone about dispositional alternatives selected by the court. (b) The respondent(s), after being advised, shall admit or deny the allegations of the petition. (c) If a respondent(s) admits the allegations in the petition, the court may accept the admission after making the following finding: (1) That the respondent(s) understand his or her rights, the allegations contained in the petition, and the effect of the admission; (2) That the admission is voluntary. (d) Notwithstanding any provision of this Rule to the contrary, the court may advise a non-appearing respondent(s) pursuant to this Rule in writing and may accept a written admission to the petition if the respondent has affirmed under oath that the respondent(s) understands the advisement and the consequences of the admission, and if, based upon such sworn statement, the court is able to make the findings set forth in part (c) of this Rule. This summons is being initiated by the Douglas County Department of Human Services through its counsel. Dated: October 22, 2013 John Thirkell, #13865 Assistant Douglas County Attorney Legal Notice No.: 924321 First Publication: October 31, 2013 Last Publication: October 31, 2013 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press
26 The News-Press Misc. Private Legals Public Notice District Court, Douglas County, Colorado Court Address: 4000 Justice Way Castle Rock, CO 80109 THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO In the interest of: Briana Fittje, D.O.B. 07/01/2001 and Brooklyn Fittje, D.O.B. 06/03/2006 and Concerning Jennifer Nicole Fittje, Mother, Jason Michael Bernstein, Father of Briana, and Jeffrey Matthew Rayfield, Father of Brooklyn, Respondents, Counsel for Douglas County Department of Human Services John Thirkell 4400 Castleton Ct. Castle Rock, CO 80109 303-663-7726 303-688-5894 (fax) jthirkel@douglas.co.us Case Number: 12JV158 * Division 2 DEPENDENCY SUMMONS This Summons is initiated pursuant to Rules 2.2 and 4.2 of the Colorado Rules of Juvenile Procedure, Rule 4 of the Colorado Rules of Civil Procedure, and Section 19-3-503, C.R.S. 2013. TO JEFFREY MATTHEW RAYFIELD: You are hereby notified that a petition has been filed which alleges that the abovenamed children are dependent or neglected based upon the factual allegations and legal definitions of dependency or neglect set forth in the Dependency and Neglect Petition, a copy of which is served simultaneously with this Dependency Summons and additional copies of which may be obtained at the office of John Thirkell, at the above address. A Return of Service and Advisement Hearing has been set for November 18, 2013 at 10:30 a.m. in Division 2, Douglas County District Court, 4000 Justice Way, Castle Rock, Colorado, 80109. Your presence before this court is required to defend against the claims in this petition. IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR, THE COURT WILL PROCEED IN YOUR ABSENCE, WITHOUT FURTHER NOTICE, TO CONDUCT AN ADJUDICATORY HEARING AND MAY ENTER A JUDGMENT BY DEFAULT THEREBY ADJUDICATING YOUR CHILDREN AS DEPENDENT OR NEGLECTED CHILDREN. You have the right to request a trial by jury at the adjudicatory stage of this petition. You also have the right to legal representation at every stage of the proceedings by counsel of your own choosing, or if you are without sufficient financial means and meet the indigency guidelines established by the Colorado Supreme Court, appointment of counsel by the Court at state expense. Termination of your parent-child legal relationship to free your child for adoption is a possible remedy in this proceeding. If that remedy is pursued, you are entitled to a hearing before a Judge. You also have the right, if you are indigent, to have the Court appoint, at no expense to you, one expert witness of your own choosing at any hearing on the termination of your parent-child relationship. If you are a minor, you have the right to the appointment of a Guardian ad litem to represent your best interests. You have the right to have this matter heard by a district court judge rather than by the magistrate. You may waive that right, and in doing so, you will be bound by the findings and recommendations of the magistrate, subject to review as provided by section 19-1-108(5.5), C.R.S. 2013, and subsequently, to the right of appeal as provided by Colorado Appellate Rule 3.4. Rule 4.2 of the Colorado Rules of Juvenile Procedure provides for the following advisement about dependency and neglect cases: (a) At the first appearance before the court, the respondent(s) shall be fully advised by the court as to all rights and the Public Notice possible consequences of a finding that a child is dependent or neglected. 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OF OF THE after being ad(b) DIRECTORS The respondent(s), ANTELOPE HEIGHTS vised, shall admit or deny the allegations METROPOLITAN DISTRICT of the petition. (c) If a respondent(s) admits the allega/s/ Chuck District Manager tions in theReid, petition, the court may accept the admission after making the following Legal Notice No.: 924336 finding: First Publication: October 31, 2013 (1) That the respondent(s) understand his Last Publication: 31, 2013 or her rights, theOctober allegations contained in Publisher: Douglas County the petition, and the effectNews-Press of the admission; Public Notice (2) That the admission is voluntary. (d) Notwithstanding any provision of this OF REQUEST FOR advise Rule toNOTICE the contrary, the court may PROPOSAL FOR pursuant a non-appearing respondent(s) STONEGATE VILLAGE to this Rule in writing and may accept a writtenMETROPOLITAN admission to the DISTRICT petition if the respondent has affirmed under oath that the NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN the respondent(s) understands thethat adviseStonegate Village Metropolitan ment and the consequences of theDistrict admis(District) isbased accepting proposals and sion, and if, upon such sworn statequotesthe from qualified forthe District ment, court is able firms to make findGeneral Manager including Utility ings set forth in part (c) of this Rule.Services Billing and Related Customer Service Support. Proposals and quotes This summons is being initiated by the will be considered for both services as a Douglas County Department of Human package. through Currently, these services are Services its counsel. provided under a contract with Mulhern MRE, Inc. (“MMRE”). MMRE has stated Dated: October 22, 2013 that theyThirkell will not be submitting a Proposal. s//John John Thirkell, #13865 The District provides potable water serAssistant Douglas County Attorney vice, and wastewater collection and treatment services, including distribution of I, JEFFREY MATTHEW RAYFIELD, freely treated wastewater effluent for irrigation of and voluntarily waive the right to be perDistrict open space wellSummons as open space sonally served withasthis by a within the boundaries of LPMD. The DisSheriff’s Deputy or Process Server in ortrict to also Disder bemaintains sensitiveand to manages the need the to pre-
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You have the right to have this matter heard by a district court judge rather than by the magistrate. You may waive that right, and in doing so, you will be bound by the findings and recommendations of the magistrate, subject to review as provided by section 19-1-108(5.5), C.R.S. 2013, and subsequently, to the right of appeal as provided by Colorado Appellate Rule 3.4.
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Rule 4.2 of the Colorado Rules of Juvenile Procedure provides for the following advisement about dependency and neglect cases: (a) At the first appearance before the court, the respondent(s) shall be fully advised by the court as to all rights and the possible consequences of a finding that a child is dependent or neglected. The court shall make certain that the respondent(s) understand the following: (1) The nature of the allegations contained in the petition; (2) As a party to the proceeding, the right to counsel; (3) That if the respondent(s) is a parent, guardian, or legal custodian, and is indigent, the respondent may be assigned counsel as provided by law. (4) The right to a trial by jury; (5) That any admission to the petition must be voluntary; (6) The general dispositional alternatives available to the court if the petition is sustained, as set forth in Section 19-3-508, C.R.S.; (7) That termination of the parent-child legal relationship is a possible remedy which is available if the petition is sustained; (8) That if a motion to terminate the parent-child legal relationship is filed, the court will set a separate hearing at which the allegations of the motion must be proven by clear and convincing evidence; (9) That termination of the parent-child legal relationship means that the subject child would be available for adoption; (10) That any party has the right to appeal any final decision made by the court; and (11) That if the petition is admitted, the court is not bound by any promises or representations made by anyone about dispositional alternatives selected by the court. (b) The respondent(s), after being advised, shall admit or deny the allegations of the petition. (c) If a respondent(s) admits the allegations in the petition, the court may accept the admission after making the following finding: (1) That the respondent(s) understand his or her rights, the allegations contained in the petition, and the effect of the admission; (2) That the admission is voluntary. (d) Notwithstanding any provision of this Rule to the contrary, the court may advise a non-appearing respondent(s) pursuant to this Rule in writing and may accept a written admission to the petition if the respondent has affirmed under oath that the respondent(s) understands the advisement and the consequences of the admission, and if, based upon such sworn statement, the court is able to make the findings set forth in part (c) of this Rule. This summons is being initiated by the Douglas County Department of Human Services through its counsel. Dated: October 22, 2013 s//John Thirkell John Thirkell, #13865 Assistant Douglas County Attorney I, JEFFREY MATTHEW RAYFIELD, freely and voluntarily waive the right to be personally served with this Summons by a Sheriff’s Deputy or Process Server in order to be sensitive to the need to preserve government resources and taxpayer funds and agree to appear at the time and place indicated to testify. Date: Jeffrey Matthew Rayfield Legal Notice No.: 924334 First Publication: October 31, 2013 Last Publication: October 31, 2013 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press
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Public Notice DOUGLAS COUNTY DISTRICT COURT 4000 Justice Way Castle Rock, CO Douglas County, CO 80109
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THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO In the Interest of: ALIA SCHOTTEN (a.k.a. ALEAH SCHOTTEN) D.O.B. 04/28/1999, A Child, And concerning: TONYA KREY, Mother of ALEAH, And MARK SCHOTTEN, Father of ALEAH, Respondents, And TIFFANY ALEXANDRIA SCHOTTEN, Stepmother, Special Respondent. Attorney for Department: John Thirkell 4400 Castleton Ct. Castle Rock, CO 80109 (303) 663-77269 FAX 303- 688-5844 Atty. Reg. #: 13865 E-mail: jthirkel@douglas.co.us CASE NUMBER: 13JV122: DIVISION 2 DEPENDENCY SUMMONS This Summons is initiated pursuant to Rules 2.2 and 4.2 of the Colorado Rules of Juvenile Procedure, Rule 4 of the Colorado Rules of Civil Procedure, and Section 19-3-503, C.R.S. 2013. TO TONYA KREY: You are hereby notified that a petition has been filed which alleges that the above-named child is dependent or neglected based upon the factual allegations and legal definitions of dependency or neglect set forth in the Dependency and Neglect Petition, a copy of which is served simultaneously with this Dependency Summons and additional copies of which may be obtained at the office of John Thirkell, at the above address. A Return of Service and Advisement Hearing has been set for November 18, 2013 at 9:00 a.m. in Division 2, Douglas County District Court, 4000 Justice Way, Castle Rock, Colorado, 80109. Your presence before this court is required to defend against the claims in this petition. IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR, THE COURT WILL PROCEED IN YOUR ABSENCE, WITHOUT FURTHER NOTICE, TO CONDUCT AN ADJUDICATORY HEARING AND MAY ENTER A JUDGMENT BY DEFAULT THEREBY ADJUPublicCHILDREN Notice DICATING YOUR AS DEPENDENT OR NEGLECTED CHILDREN. NOTICE OF REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL FORa trial by jury You have the right to request STONEGATE VILLAGE at the adjudicatory stage of this petition. METROPOLITAN You also have the right toDISTRICT legal representation at every stage of the proceedings by NOTICE HEREBY GIVEN or that the counsel ofISyour own choosing, if you Stonegate Village Metropolitan District are without sufficient financial means and (District) is accepting proposals and meet the indigency guidelines established quotes from qualified firms for appointDistrict by the Colorado Supreme Court, General Manager Utility ment of counsel by including the Court at state Serexvices Billing and Related Customer pense. Termination of your parent-child Service Support.toProposals quotes legal relationship free your and children for will be considered for remedy both services a adoption is a possible in this as propackage. If Currently, these services you are ceeding. that remedy is pursued, provided under contract with aMulhern are entitled to a ahearing before Judge. MRE,also Inc.have (“MMRE”). MMRE has You the right, if you arestated indithat they will not submitting a Proposal. gent, to have thebe Court appoint, at no expense to you, one expert witness of your The District provides potable on water own choosing at any hearing the sertervice, and of wastewater collection and treatmination your parent-child relationship. ment including distribution If you services, are a minor, you have the right of to treated wastewater effluent for irrigation the appointment of a Guardian ad litem of to District open space well as open space represent your best as interests. within the boundaries of LPMD. The District DisYou also havemaintains the rightand to manages have thisthe matter trict space court throughout the comheardopen by a district judge rather than munity, as well as the pools, by the magistrate. Youswimming may waive that activities community playright, and and in doing so, you centers, will be bound grounds and parks. The District is govby the findings and recommendations of erned by an elected Boardtoofreview Directors the magistrate, subject as and has no staff. Rather, serprovided by employees section 19-1-108(5.5), C.R.S. vices and are subsequently, provided through series of 2013, to thearight of apcontracts coordinated under theAppellate General peal as provided by Colorado District Management agreement. Rule 3.4.
Submittal A Return Procedures of Service and and Schedule Advisement Proposalhas Schedule Hearing been set for November 18, Release RFP: October 28, 2013 2013 at 9:00 a.m. in Division 2, Douglas Statement of Interest RFPJustice Way, County District Court,and 4000 Clarifications November 8,2013 Castle Rock, Due: Colorado, 80109. Issue Clarifications to RFP: November 15, 2013 Your presence before this court is reProposals Due: December 6, claims 2013 in this quired to defend against the Proposer (week of): December petition. IFInterviews YOU FAIL TO APPEAR, THE 9, 2013 COURT WILL PROCEED IN YOUR ABRecommended Proposer: December SENCE, WITHOUT FURTHER NOTICE, 13,2013 TO CONDUCT AN ADJUDICATORY Contract Negotiations of):ADecemHEARING AND MAY (week ENTER JUDGber 16, BY 2013 MENT DEFAULT THEREBY ADJUContract Award: December 20, 2013 DICATING YOUR CHILDREN AS DEContract Start: 1, 2014CHILDREN. PENDENT ORJanuary NEGLECTED
Submittal and Schedule Rule 4.2 ofProcedures the Colorado Rules of JuvenProposal Schedule ile Procedure provides for the following Release RFP: October 28, 2013 and negadvisement about dependency Statement lect cases:of Interest and RFP Clarifications Due: November 8,2013 Issue to RFP: November 15, (a) AtClarifications the first appearance before the 2013 the respondent(s) shall be fully adcourt, Proposals Due: December 2013 and the vised by the court as to all6,rights Proposer Interviews (week December possible consequences of aof): finding that a 9, 2013 child is dependent or neglected. The court Recommended Proposer: December shall make certain that the respondent(s) 13,2013 understand the following: Contract Negotiations of): Decem(1) The nature of the(week allegations conber 16, in 2013 tained the petition; Contract Award: 20, 2013 (2) As a party toDecember the proceeding, the right Contract Start: January 1, 2014 to counsel; (3) That if the respondent(s) is a parent, The District the rightand to terminguardian, or reserves legal custodian, is indiate thisthe procurement at assigned any time, gent, respondentprocess may be to reject any or all proposals, or to waive counsel as provided by law. irregularities when the best interest of (4) The right to a trialinby jury; the District. The District will not be liable (5) That any admission to the petition to anybe Proposer for costs associated with must voluntary; responding to thisdispositional RFP, for thealternatives Proposer’s (6) The general participation in any oral presentation(s) or available to the court if the petition is susinterview(s), nor for any costs associated tained, as set forth in Section 19-3-508, with subsequent contract negotiations. C.R.S.; TheThat District reserves of thethe right to modify (7) termination parent-child this as necessitated condilegalschedule relationship is a possiblebyremedy tions. is available if the petition is suswhich tained; Contact: M.terminate Chambersthe par(8) That Mr. if a Mitchell motion to Mulhern MRE, ent-child legalInc. relationship is filed, the 2 Inverness East, Suite 200 at which court will setDrive a separate hearing Englewood, Colorado 80112 the allegations of the motion must be 303-649by -9857 proven clear(office) and convincing evidence; 303-414-0671 (fax) (9) That termination of the parent-child mitch@mulhernmre.com legal relationship means that the subject child would be available for adoption; Statement of Interest andthe Clarifications (10) That any party has right to apA Statement Interestmade along by with repeal any finalofdecision theany court; lated questions or clarifications should be and received Chambers no later than (11) Thatbyif Mitch the petition is admitted, the 4:00 (MDT) 8, or 2013. court pm is not boundon by November any promises repSuch submittal maybybeanyone made via standresentations made about disard mail service, facsimile (303-414positional alternatives selected by the 0671), court. or e-mail (with questions as an attached in MS Wordafter format). (b) The file respondent(s), being Readsponses to admit questions received will be vised, shall or deny the allegations made November 15, 2013 to each firm of the by petition. submitting a Statementadmits of Interest. (c) If a respondent(s) the allegations in the petition, the court may accept Proposal Due Date and Number of Copthe admission after making the following ies finding: Proposals and quotes are due no later (1) That the respondent(s) understand his than pm on December 6, or her4:00 rights, the(MDT) allegations contained in 2013. The and submittal should the petition, the effect of theinclude admisseven sion; (7) copies of the proposal and quote. (2) That the admission is voluntary. (d) Notwithstanding any provision of this BY OF THE the BOARD RuleORDER to the contrary, courtOF may advise DIRECTORS OF THE STONEGATE a non-appearing respondent(s) pursuant VILLAGE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT to this Rule in writing and may accept a /s/ Mitchell M. Chambers, written admission to the petition if the reDistrict spondentManager has affirmed under oath that the respondent(s) understands the adviseLegal Notice 924331 ment and theNo.: consequences of the admisFirst October 31, 2013 sion, Publication: and if, based upon such sworn stateLast October 2013the findment,Publication: the court is able to31, make Publisher: Douglas County ings set forth in part (c) ofNews-Press this Rule.
The the right to terminYou District have thereserves right to request a trial by jury ate thisadjudicatory procurementstage process at any time, at the of this petition. to reject all right proposals, to waive You also any haveorthe to legalorrepresentirregularities when in the best interest of ation at every stage of the proceedings by the District. The own District will not or be ifliable counsel of your choosing, you to any Proposer for costs associated with are without sufficient financial means and responding to this RFP, for theestablished Proposer’s meet the indigency guidelines participation in any oral presentation(s) or by the Colorado Supreme Court, appointinterview(s), nor by forthe anyCourt costsatassociated ment of counsel state exwith subsequent contract pense. Termination of yournegotiations. parent-child The District reserves theyour rightchildren to modify legal relationship to free for this schedule as necessitated condiadoption is a possible remedy inby this protions. ceeding. If that remedy is pursued, you are entitled to a hearing before a Judge. Contact: Mitchell M. Chambers You alsoMr. have the right, if you are indiMulhern MRE,the Inc.Court appoint, at no exgent, to have 2 Inverness Drive East, Suite 200 of your pense to you, one expert witness Englewood, Colorado own choosing at any 80112 hearing on the ter303-649 -9857 (office) mination of your parent-child relationship. 303-414-0671 (fax) you have the right to If you are a minor, mitch@mulhernmre.com the appointment of a Guardian ad litem to represent your best interests. Statement of Interest and Clarifications A Statement of right Interest reYou have the to along have with this any matter lated or clarifications should be heardquestions by a district court judge rather than received by Mitch Chambers no later than by the magistrate. You may waive that 4:00 pm onso, November 8, bound 2013. right, and (MDT) in doing you will be
Public Notice This summons is being initiated by the Douglas County Department of Human NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Services through its counsel. BEFORE THE CASTLE PINES PLANNING Dated: October 24, COMMISSION 2013 AND#13865 CITY COUNCIL John Thirkell, Assistant Douglas County Attorney A public hearing will be held before the CastleNotice PinesNo.: Planning Legal 924344Commission on November 21, 2013 at 6:00 pm in the First Publication: October 31, 2013 Castle Pines North Community Last Publication: October 31, 2013 Center, 7404 Yorkshire Drive, Castle Pines, CO Publisher: Douglas County News-Press 80108; AND a separate public hearing will be held before City Council on December 10, 2013 at 6:00 p.m. or as soon thereafter as reasonably possible in the Castle Pines North Community Center, 7404 Yorkshire Drive, Castle Pines, CO 80108 for a Major Amendment to the Castle Pines Town Center Planned Development, Case No. ZR10-001. The proposed amendment requests to modify the Planned Development by adding 155 single family residential units and reducing the mixed use/commercial development by 199,135 square feet. The reallocation will allow for a total number 475
Public Notice DOUGLAS COUNTY DISTRICT COURT 4000 Justice Way Castle Rock, CO Douglas County, CO 80109 THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO In the Interest of: ALIA SCHOTTEN (a.k.a. ALEAH SCHOTTEN) D.O.B. 04/28/1999, A Child, Public Notice And concerning: TONYA KREY, Mother of ALEAH, And NOTICE OF REQUEST MARK SCHOTTEN, Father of FOR ALEAH, PROPOSAL FOR Respondents, And STONEGATE VILLAGE TIFFANY ALEXANDRIA SCHOTTEN, METROPOLITAN DISTRICT Stepmother, Special Respondent.
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NOTICEfor ISDepartment: HEREBY GIVEN that the Attorney Stonegate John ThirkellVillage Metropolitan District (District) is accepting proposals and 4400 Castleton Ct. quotesRock, fromCO qualified Castle 80109 firms for District General Manager including Utility Ser(303) 663-77269 vices Billing and Related Customer FAX 303688-5844 Service Support. Proposals and quotes Atty. Reg. #: 13865 will be considered for both services as a E-mail: jthirkel@douglas.co.us package. Currently, these services are provided under a13JV122: contract DIVISION with Mulhern CASE NUMBER: 2 MRE, Inc. (“MMRE”). MMRE has stated that they will notSUMMONS be submitting a Proposal. DEPENDENCY This Summons is initiated pursuant to The District provides potable waterRules serRules 2.2 and 4.2 of the Colorado vice, and wastewater of Juvenile Procedure,collection Rule 4 ofand thetreatColment services, including distribution of orado Rules of Civil Procedure, and Sectreated wastewater effluent tion 19-3-503, C.R.S. 2013.for irrigation of District open space as well as open space within the boundaries of LPMD. The notiDisTO TONYA KREY: You are hereby trict that also amaintains andbeen manages the Disfied petition has filed which altrict open space throughoutchild the iscomleges that the above-named demunity, as well as the swimming pools, pendent or neglected based upon the facactivities and community centers, of playtual allegations and legal definitions degrounds parks. The District is govpendencyand or neglect set forth in the Deerned by an of Directors pendency andelected NeglectBoard Petition, a copy of and has no employees staff. Rather, which is served simultaneously with serthis vices are provided through series of Dependency Summons andaadditional contracts coordinated the at General copies of which may beunder obtained the ofDistrict Management fice of John Thirkell, atagreement. the above address.
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(a) At the first appearance before the court, the respondent(s) shall be fully advised by the court as to all rights and the possible consequences of a finding that a child is dependent or neglected. The court shall make certain that the respondent(s) understand the following: (1) The nature of the allegations contained in the petition; (2) As a party to the proceeding, the right to counsel; (3) That if the respondent(s) is a parent, guardian, or legal custodian, and is indigent, the respondent may be assigned counsel as provided by law. (4) The right to a trial by jury; (5) That any admission to the petition must be voluntary; (6) The general dispositional alternatives available to the court if the petition is sustained, as set forth in Section 19-3-508, C.R.S.; (7) That termination of the parent-child legal relationship is a possible remedy which is available if the petition is sustained; (8) That if a motion to terminate the parent-child legal relationship is filed, the court will set a separate hearing at which the allegations of the motion must be proven by clear and convincing evidence; (9) That termination of the parent-child legal relationship means that the subject child would be available for adoption; (10) That any party has the right to appeal any final decision made by the court; and (11) That if the petition is admitted, the court is not bound by any promises or representations made by anyone about dispositional alternatives selected by the court. (b) The respondent(s), after being advised, shall admit or deny the allegations of the petition. (c) If a respondent(s) admits the allegations in the petition, the court may accept the admission after making the following finding: (1) That the respondent(s) understand his or her rights, the allegations contained in the petition, and the effect of the admission; (2) That the admission is voluntary. (d) Notwithstanding any provision of this Rule to the contrary, the court may advise a non-appearing respondent(s) pursuant to this Rule in writing and may accept a written admission to the petition if the respondent has affirmed under oath that the respondent(s) understands the advisement and the consequences of the admission, and if, based upon such sworn statement, the court is able to make the findings set forth in part (c) of this Rule.
Said Ordinance establishes the Mill Levy for general property taxes for the Town of Castle Rock for 2013 (collection in 2014) at the rate of 1.703 mills. Said Ordinance also certifies an additional mill levy of 3.000 mills for properties within the Castle Rock Downtown Development Authority.
This summons is being initiated by the Douglas County Department of Human Services through its counsel.
A public hearing will be held on November 18, 2013, at 7:00 p.m. before the Douglas County Planning Commission and on December 17, 2013, at 2:30 p.m. before the Douglas County Board of County Commissioners, in the Commissioners’ Hearing Room, 100 Third Street, Castle Rock, CO, to consider a major amendment to the Highlands Ranch Planned Development and a waiver to some of the major amendment noticing requirements. The proposed amendment is to Section XV, Signs, subsection D., Nonresidential Area Signs to include provisions that specifically allow window signs. For more information call Douglas County Planning Services at 303-660-7460. File No./Name: DR2013-001/Highlands Ranch Planned Development 68th Amendment
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Dated: October 24, 2013 John Thirkell, #13865 Assistant Douglas County Attorney Legal Notice No.: 924344 First Publication: October 31, 2013 Last Publication: October 31, 2013 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press
Government Legals Public Notice NOTICE OF PROPOSED ORDINANCE Pursuant of Section 7-3 of the Town of Castle Rock Home Rule Charter, notice is hereby given that the Town Council will consider adoption of the following named and described ordinance during its meeting on November 5, 2013, at 6:00 P.M. at the Town of Castle Rock, Town Hall, 100 North Wilcox, Castle Rock, CO 80104 Title of Proposed Ordinance: An Ordinance Levying General Property Taxes For The Year 2013, For 2014 Collection, For The Town Of Castle Rock, And The Castle Rock Downtown Development Authority Subject Matter Summary: Said Ordinance establishes the Mill Levy for general property taxes for the Town of Castle Rock for 2013 (collection in 2014) at the rate of 1.703 mills. Said Ordinance also certifies an additional mill levy of 3.000 mills for properties within the Castle Rock Downtown Development Authority. The entire text of the proposed ordinance is available for public inspection at the office of the Town Clerk, 100 North Wilcox, Castle Rock, Colorado 80104 during norPublic Notice 8:00 a.m. and mal working hours between 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, excludNOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ing holidays. BEFORE THE CASTLE PINES PLANNING COMMISSION Legal Notice No.: 924306 AND CITY COUNCIL First Publication: October 31, 2013 Last Publication: October 31, 2013 A public hearing be held before the Publisher: Douglaswill County News-Press Castle Pines Planning Commission on November 21, 2013 at 6:00 pm in the Castle Pines North Community Center, 7404 Yorkshire Drive, Castle Pines, CO 80108; AND a separate public hearing will be held before City Council on December 10, 2013 at 6:00 p.m. or as soon thereafter as reasonably possible in the Castle Pines North Community Center, 7404 Yorkshire Drive, Castle Pines, CO 80108 for a Major Amendment to the Castle Pines Town Center Planned Development, Case No. ZR10-001. The proposed amendment requests to modify the Planned Development by adding 155 single family residential units and reducing the mixed use/commercial development by 199,135 square feet. The reallocation will allow for a total number 475 single family residential units, 200 multifamily residential units and 500,865 square feet of mixed use development within the Castle Pines Town Center Planned Development. The subject property constitutes approximately 354 acres of land and is located approximately 450 feet due west from the intersection of Interstate 25 and Happy Canyon Road. For more information call Castle Pines Community Development Department: 303705-0200. File No./Name: ZR13001/Castle Pines Town Center Planned Development—1st Amendment
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Legal Notice No.: 924341 First Publication: October 31, 2013 Last Publication: October 31, 2013 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press
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The entire text of the proposed ordinance is available for public inspection at the office of the Town Clerk, 100 North Wilcox, Castle Rock, Colorado 80104 during normal working hours between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding holidays. Legal Notice No.: 924306 First Publication: October 31, 2013 Last Publication: October 31, 2013 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice NOTICE OF PROPOSED ORDINANCE Pursuant of Section 7-3 of the Town of Castle Rock Home Rule Charter, notice is hereby given that the Town Council will consider adoption of the following named and described ordinance during its meeting on November 5 2013, at 6:00 P.M. at the Town of Castle Rock, Town Hall, 100 North Wilcox, Castle Rock, CO 80104 Title of Proposed Ordinance: An Ordinance Approving a Six Month Extension of the Castle Television Franchise Agreement with Comcast of Colorado X, LLC, expiring June 30, 2014 Subject Matter Summary: Said Ordinance extends the Town’s current Franchise Agreement with Comcast Cable in order to allow staff and Comcast to finalize negotiations on a renewed Franchise Agreement during the first half of 2014. The entire text of the proposed ordinance is available for public inspection at the office of the Town Clerk, 100 North Wilcox, Castle Rock, Colorado 80104 during normal working hours between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding holidays. Legal Notice No.: 924307 First Publication: October 31, 2013 Last Publication: October 31, 2013 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS
Legal Notice No.: 924314 First Publication: October 31, 2013 Last Publication: October 31, 2013 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS A public hearing will be held on November 18, 2013 at 7:00 p.m. before the Douglas County Planning Commission and on December 17, 2013, at 2:30 p.m. before the Douglas County Board of County Commissioners, in the Commissioners Hearing Room, 100 Third Street, Castle Rock, CO. The hearings are for proposed amendments to the Douglas County Zoning Resolution related to signage and lighting, and affect the following Sections: Section 29, Sign Standards Section 30, Lighting Standards Public Notice Section 36, Definitions NOTICE OF FINAL PAYMENT For more specific information, call Michael Cairy, Zoning Compliance Manager, Notice hereby Planning given that at 10am on Douglasis County Services DiviNovember 18, 2013, Castle Pines North sion at 303-660-7460 regarding file Metropolitan District will make final settle#DR2011-011. ment with GARNEY CONSTRUCTION, in connection with payment for all serLegal Notice No.: 924315 vices rendered, materials furnished, and First Publication: October 31, 2013 for all labor performed and for the folLast Publication: Octoberin31, 2013 lowing project – District Interconnect Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Pipeline, Douglas County, Colorado.
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1. Any person, co-partnership, association or corporation who has an unpaid claim against the said project for or on account of the furnishing of labor, materials, team hire, sustenance, provisions, provender or other supplies used or consumed by such contractor or his subcontractors in or about the performance of said work, may at any time up to and including said time of such final settlement file a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid on account of such claims. 2. All such claims shall be filed with Castle Pines North Metropolitan District, c/o Pinnacle Consulting Group, Inc, 1627 East 18th Street, Loveland, CO 80538, on or before the above-mentioned time and date of final settlement. 3. Failure on the part of a creditor to file such statement prior to such final settlement will relieve Castle Pines North Metropolitan District from any and all liability for such claim. BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS CASTLE PINES NORTH METROPOLITAN DISTRICT By: /s/ Jason B. Woolard Project Manager Legal Notice No.: 924342 First Publication: October 31, 2013 Last Publication: November 7, 2013 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press PUBLIC NOTICE
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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Crystal Crossing Metropolitan District of Douglas County, Colorado, will make final payment at the office of the District’s Accountant, 8005 S. Chester, Suite 150, Centennial, CO 80112, at 10:00 am, on Monday, November 11, 2013, to: Bailey Traffic Control Services, Inc. 8201 E. 123rd Avenue Brighton, CO 80602
Notice is hereby given that at 10am on November 18, 2013, Castle Pines North Metropolitan District will make final settlement with GARNEY CONSTRUCTION, in connection with payment for all services rendered, materials furnished, and for all labor performed in and for the following project – District Interconnect Pipeline, Douglas County, Colorado.
sioners Hearing Room, 100 Third Street, Castle Rock, CO. The hearings are for proposed amendments to the Douglas County Zoning Resolution related to signage and lighting, and affect the following Sections:
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For more specific information, call Michael Cairy, Zoning Compliance Manager, Douglas County Planning Services Division at 303-660-7460 regarding file #DR2011-011. Legal Notice No.: 924315 First Publication: October 31, 2013 Last Publication: October 31, 2013 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice NOTICE OF PROPOSED ORDINANCE Pursuant of Section 7-3 of the Town of Castle Rock Home Rule Charter, notice is hereby given that the Town Council will consider adoption of the following named and described ordinance during its meeting on November 5, 2013, at 6:00 P.M. at the Town of Castle Rock, Town Hall, 100 North Wilcox, Castle Rock, CO 80104 Title of Proposed Ordinance: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 3.16.030, 4.04.150, AND CHAPTERS 13.04, 13.12, 13.15 AND 13.30 OF THE CASTLE ROCK MUNICIPAL CODE BY ADJUSTING THE MONTHLY UTILITY BILLING RATES, THE RENEWABLE WATER RESOURCE FEE, AND THE WATER AND WASTEWATER SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT FEES AND STORMWATER DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEES Subject Matter Summary: This Ordinance adjusts the amounts of the 2014-18 monthly utility billing rates, renewable water resource fee, water and wastewater system development fees and stormwater development impact fee. All changes are scheduled to take effect January 1, 2014 The entire text of the proposed ordinance is available for public inspection at the office of the Town Clerk, 100 North Wilcox, Castle Rock, Colorado 80104 during normal working hours between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding holidays. Legal Notice No.: 924316 First Publication: October 31, 2013 Last Publication: October 31, 2013 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice NOTICE OF ADOPTED ORDINANCE Pursuant to Section 7-3 of the Town of Castle Rock Home Rule Charter, notice is hereby given that the Town Council did adopt the following named and described Ordinance during its Regular meeting on October 22, 2013, which commenced at 6:00 P.M. at the Castle Rock Town Council Chambers, 100 N. Wilcox St., Castle Rock, CO 80104 Title of Proposed Ordinance: Ordinance No. 2013-31 An Ordinance Approving An Easement Agreement Between the town of Castle Rock and Intermountain Rural Electric Association; and Providing for Its Emergency Adoption on First and Final Reading Subject Matter Summary: The proposed Ordinance authorizes the dedication of an easement to Intermountain Rural Electric Association across a Town owned open space tract within Liberty Village. The easement is needed for the construction of an underground electric feeder tie that will connect two substations and provided from improved service in this area. Emergency adoption is requested to accommodate rapid growth within the subdivision with additional electrical redundancy to provide additional service options to the area. PUBLIC NOTICE Legal Notice No.: 924317 NOTICE OFOctober FINAL PAYMENT First Publication: 31, 2013 Last Publication: October 31, 2013 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Crystal Crossing Metropolitan District of Douglas County, Colorado, will make final payment at the office of the District’s Accountant, 8005 S. Chester, Suite 150, Centennial, CO 80112, at 10:00 am, on Monday, November 11, 2013, to: Bailey Traffic Control Services, Inc. 8201 E. 123rd Avenue Brighton, CO 80602
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for all work done by said Contractor for the Heckendorf Ranch Filing No. 2, Bridge Approach, all of said work being within or near the boundaries of Crystal Crossing Metropolitan District, Douglas County, State of Colorado. Any person, co-partnership, association of persons, company, or corporation that has furnished labor, materials, provisions, team hire, sustenance provender or other supplies used or consumed by such Contract or its Subcontractors or Suppliers at any time up to and including the time of final settlement for the work contracted to be done, is required to file a written verified statement of the amount due and unpaid on account of such claim with Crystal Crossing Metropolitan District, Attention: Angela Elliott, 191 University Blvd. #358, Denver, Colorado 80206 with a copy to Matthew Dalton, Spencer Fane & Grimshaw, LLP, 1700 Lincoln Street, Ste. 3800, Denver, CO 80203 at or before the time and date herein above shown. Failure on the part of the claimant to file such written verified statement of claim prior to such final settlement will release Crystal Crossing Metropolitan District, its Board, officers, agents, and employees of and from any and all liability for such claim. BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS Crystal Crossing Metropolitan District By: /s/ Angela Elliott Secretary LEGAL NOTICE NO: 924273 FIRST PUBLICATION: October 24, 2013 SECOND PUBLICATION: October 31, 2013 PUBLISHER: Douglas County News Press
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1. Any person, co-partnership, association or corporation who has an unpaid claim against the said project for or on account of the furnishing of labor, materials, team hire, sustenance, provisions, provender or other supplies used or consumed by such contractor or his subcontractors in or about the performance of said work, may at any time up to and including said time of such final settlement file a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid on account of such claims. 2. All such claims shall be filed with Castle Pines North Metropolitan District, c/o Pinnacle Consulting Group, Inc, 1627 East 18th Street, Loveland, CO 80538, on or before the above-mentioned time and date of final settlement.
for all work done by said Contractor for the Heckendorf Ranch Filing No. 2, Bridge Approach, all of said work being within or near the boundaries of Crystal Crossing Metropolitan District, Douglas County, State of Colorado.
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Tuskegee Airman stops by medical school 94-year-old speaks at event honoring military By Chris Michlewicz
cmichlewicz@ourcoloradonews.com It’s not every day that living history walks through the door. That’s just what happened to Rocky Vista University School of Osteopathic Medicine in Parker on Oct. 18 when Col. Charles E. McGee, one of the original Tuskegee Airmen, stopped by to speak to medical students serving in the military. It was a packed house at the school’s Annual Military Appreciation Reception, which celebrates and honors future military physicians with a presentation in the auditorium. The reception also pays tribute to those who came before, and a long line of medical professionals in the military, including Phil Volpe, the Task Force Ranger Surgeon during the Black Hawk Down incident in 1993, were given the schools Fighting Prairie Dog Award. But the night belonged to McGee, whose speech about overcoming adversity to achieve one’s goals had the room hanging on his every word. The 94-year-old, who appeared alongside his son and grandson on stage, joined the Tuskegee Airmen in 1942 at the height of World War II. The group was part of a program to test the skills of African-American pilots who to that point had not been allowed to join the Army Air Forces. McGee more than proved his worth, flying 409 fighter combat missions in
Jamie Ann Romero will portray the stray dog that comes between Kate and Greg in A.R. Gurney’s play, “Sylvia,” running Nov. 7-17 at Lone Tree Arts Center. Courtesy photo
Play gives one paws ‘Sylvia’ spotlights effect of dog on married pair
Alongside his son, Ron, and grandson, Charles, Tuskegee Airman Retired Col. Charles McGee, left, takes in applause from Rocky Vista University students. McGee stopped by to talk about persistence in the face of adversity. Photo by Chris Michlewicz World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War without losing a bomber. His aircraft of choice was the P-51 Mustang and he spent more than 30 years in the U.S. Air Force. Despite civil rights struggles, McGee
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was “determined to serve his country,” and the country owes his generation a tremendous amount of gratitude, said McGee’s daughter, Dierdre. “Your generation is the beneficiary of this rich heritage,” she told the students.
Food is focus at Littleton Museum talk Pierre Wolfe is longtime chef, media personality By Sonya Ellingboe
sellingboe@ourcoloradonews.com Pierre Wolfe, Denver area chef and media personality for more than half a century (including an early Littleton stint), will share memories and stories at 7 p.m. Nov. 6 at the Littleton Museum in a free program. The event is sponsored by the museum, Historic Littleton Inc. and Friends of the Littleton Library/Museum. Wolfe was born in Berlin of Alsatian descent Wolfe and moved to Colorado in 1950 after serving with the Allied forces in North Africa and the Middle East as a 16-year-old. His first Denver job was at the Brown Palace. In 1952, he became chef at the Patio Lamaze Restaurant at Belleview and Santa Fe Drive in Littleton. (Renamed The Patio
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Notice is hereby given that a proposed budget has been submitted to the Town Council of the Town of Castle Rock, Colorado for the year 2014. A copy of such budget is available for inspection by the public on the Town’s website at www.crgov.com or at Town Hall, 100 N. Wilcox St., Castle Rock, Colorado during normal business hours of 8:00 A.M. until 5:00 P.M. Monday through Friday, excluding holidays. Any registered elector of the Town of Castle Rock has the right, and is encouraged, to examine the proposed budget and to register any objections or comments at said public hearings, or at any time prior to the final adoption of the 2014 budget. Public Hearings will be held at 6:00 P.M., or as close thereafter as possible, on November 5, and December 3, 2013 during the Regular Meeting of the Castle Rock Town Council in the Council Chambers, 100 N. Wilcox St., Castle Rock. At said hearing the Town Council will receive oral and written comments on the budget. Title of Proposed Ordinance: AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE 2014 BUDGET FOR THE TOWN OF CASTLE ROCK, COLORADO Subject Matter Summary: The proposed Ordinance adopted the Budget for the Town of Castle Rock for the year 2014 as listed below:
in 1953.) 40 years in the restaurant business in The restaurant offered a high-end Denver, including The Normandy and menu: steak Diana, frog legs, Chateau- Tante Louise after the Quorum. He retired briand, Parisian chicken, bananas Fos- in 2000 and has published two books and ter, Cherries Jubilee — many items were kept a radio show going since then, as he served, or at least flamed, at tableside, and his wife traveled. (He has served as a bit of showmanship he took with him guest chef on cruise liners en route.) when he moved to the Quorum, near the He has broadcast his radio shows from Capitol in Denver in 1960. around the world since he Well-known guests were began in 1956 in Denver. if you go found at the Patio frequently, He currently has a nationand a highlight was a press ally syndicated Sunday afterdinner for Gen. Dwight Eisennoon show, where he hosts Chef, media personalhower on June 25, 1952, when guest experts from food and ity and author Pierre he was campaigning for presitravel fields. Wolfe will speak at the dent. Press secretary James Wolfe published his first Littleton Museum, 6028 Hagerty was the planner. Wolfe book, “Tastefully Yours,” in S. Gallup St., Littleton, discussed his military service 2002 (out of print, but availat 7 p.m. Nov. 6. Admisin North Africa with the genable at Bemis Library). It is sion is free. 303-795eral. a history of Denver restau3950. The dinner menu was printrants, with menus, gossip ed by the Littleton Indepenand critiques and some recident on 4½-inch wide satin pes. He acknowledged many ribbon. Wolfe treasures a sample signed friends who were sources for his extensive by Dwight and Mamie Doud Eisenhower. material — and said “if the recipes don’t In 1956, Wolfe met his wife-to-be, Jean work, call them, not me!” Brown, with whom he has traveled widely His latest book, “The Tall Fellows,” is a — the equivalent of four circles around novel that grew out of his war experiencthe globe, he says. He logged more than es. (Copies will be available.)
Budget Summary
General Fund $37,040,550 Economic Development Fund 4,709,286 Transportation Fund 21,289,261 Conservation Trust Fund 768,482 Philip S. Miller Trust Fund 296,000 Public Art Fund 25,000 Police Forfeiture Fund 50,000 Parks & Recreation Capital Fund 3,416,121 Municipal Facilities Capital Fund 836,113 Fire Capital Fund 2,039,476 Police Capital Fund 216,473 Transportation Capital Fund 68,810,261 General Long Term Planning Fund 1,065,021 Water Fund 24,537,428 Water Resources Fund 19,916,582 Stormwater Fund 5,581,234 Wastewater Fund 12,638,413 Golf Fund 2,724,560 Community Center Fund 5,723,041 Development Services Fund 3,908,308 Employee Benefits Fund 6,292,864 Fleet Services Fund 3,270,545 TOTAL $225,155,019 The entire text of the proposed ordinance is available for public inspection at the office of the Town Clerk, 100 North Wilcox, Castle Rock, Colorado 80104 during normal working hours between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding holidays. Legal Notice No.: 924308 First Publication: October 31, 2013 Last Publication: November 28, 2013 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Earl Frank Reaksecker, aka Earl F. Reaksecker, and Earl Reaksecker, Deceased Case Number: 2013 PR 30117
NOTICE CONCERNING PROPOSED BUDGET UPPER CHERRY CREEK WATER ASSOCIATION
All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Co-Personal Representatives or to the District Court of Douglas County, Colorado, located at 4000 Justice Way, Suite 2009, Castle Rock, Colorado 80109, on or before February 24, 2014 or the claims may be forever barred. Rick Reaksecker Co-Personal Representative P.O. Box 318 Sedalia, Colorado 80135 Robin Badertscher Co-Personal Representative 3731 E. Mallard Street Highlands Ranch, Colorado 80126 Legal Notice No: 924285 First Publication: October 24, 2013 Last Publication: November 7, 2013 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press _________________________________
NOTICE is hereby given that a proposed budget was submitted to the Board of Directors of the Upper Cherry Creek Water Association on October 15, 2013 for the ensuing year of 2014; that a copy of such proposed budget has been filed in the business office of the Association at 2 Inverness Drive East, Suite 200, Englewood, Colorado, where the same is open for public inspection; and that such proposed budget will be considered at a public hearing of the Board of Directors of the Association to be held at the offices of the Arapahoe County Water and Wastewater Authority, 13031 East Caley Ave., Englewood, CO 80111 on Tuesday, December 10, 2013 at 3:00 p.m. Any elector within the Association may, at any time prior to the final adoption of the budget, inspect the budget and file or register any objections thereto. BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE UPPER CHERRY CREEK WATER ASSOCIATION /s/ Nichol Bussey, District Manager Legal Notice No.: 924346 First Publication: October 31, 2013 Last Publication: October 31, 2013 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press _______________________
sellingboe@ourcoloradonews.com A.R. Gurney’s hit comedy “Sylvia” takes us to the New York apartment of emptynesters Greg and Kate after Greg brings home a stray dog he has found in a nearby park. Director Randal Myler, who helmed the well-received “Hank Williams: Lost Highways” last season at Lone Tree Arts Center, returns to direct “Sylvia,” which he did with success seven years ago for Denver Center Theatre Company. “Sylvia” plays at LTAC Nov. 7 to 17. Kate, played by the skilled Kim Staunton, is loving the freedom of the Manhattan nest she’s dreamed about and enjoying a recharged career as a scholar. She is decidedly not in favor of a pet, but Greg, played by Jonathan C. Kaplan, is experiencing a midlife crisis and really bonds with the feisty Sylvia, played by actress Jamie Ann Romero. Conflict continues, aided and abetted by the fourth cast member, who plays three distinct characters. Veteran Denver Center Theatre Company actor Randy Moore appears as a man in the park who advises Greg; a woman friend of Kate who comes to visit and an androgynous psychologist the couple visits for marital counseling. All call for great comic skill, and Moore played the part(s) really well seven years ago. “Sylvia” plays at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 7, 13, 14; 8 p.m. Nov. 8, 9, 15, 16; 2 p.m. Nov. 13, 14 and at a special senior matinee ($25) on Nov. 7. Tickets start at $28, lonetreeartscenter.org, 720-509-1000. Note: rated PG, language not suitable for little people. Sylvia speaks her mind.
Government Legals Public Notice NOTICE OF PROPOSED 2014 BUDGET OF STONEGATE VILLAGE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a proposed budget was submitted to the Board of Directors of the Stonegate Village Metropolitan District on October 15, 2012 for the ensuing year 2014; that a copy of such proposed budget has been filed in the office of the District located at Mulhern MRE, Inc., 2 Inverness Drive East, Suite 200, Englewood, Colorado, where same is open for public inspection; and that such proposed budget will be considered at a meeting of the Board of Directors of the District to be held at the Stonegate Community Center, 10326 Stonegate Parkway, Parker, CO 80134 on November 20, 2013 at 5:00 p.m. Any elector within the District may, at any time prior to the final adoption of the 2014 budget, inspect the budgets and file or register any objections thereto. This meeting is open to the public. BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE STONEGATE VILLAGE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT /s/ Mitchell M. Chambers, District Manager Legal Notice No.: 924347 First Publication: October 31, 2013 Last Publication: October 31, 2013 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press
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clubs in your community Editor’s notE: To add or update your club listing, email calendar@ourcoloradonews.com, attn: News-Press.
baCkgammon Club meets at 7 p.m. the first and third Wednesday of the month at Forever Yours Studio, 504 N. Perry, Castle Rock. Call Terry Johnson at 303-814-0140.
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Castle RoCk bridge Club plays a friendly ACBL-sanctioned duplicate game at 1 p.m. every Monday and Wednesday. For more information, a schedule of games and lessons, or directions to the Lowell Ranch 4H location at 2330 South I-25 East Frontage Road, go the website at castlerockbridge.com. For assistance in finding a bridge partner, call Georgiana Butler at 303-810-8504. Visit www.castlerockbridge.com.
Douglas County Democrats executive
committee meets at 7 p.m. every first Tuesday at various sites. Contact Ralph Jollensten at 303-663-1286 or e-mail ralphw@ comcast.net. Social discussion meetings are in Highlands Ranch, Castle Rock, Parker and Lone Tree. Visit douglasdemocrats.org and click on calendar for more information.
Douglas County Republican Party meets
on second Saturday each month. Visit www.dcgop.org or call 303-730-0100.
Douglas County young Republicans
meets the last Monday of the month. Call Brett Olkowski at 303-257-5275 or e-mail brettnbrew@aol.com for more information.
libeRtaRian bRunCh is at 1 p.m. every first
Sunday. Call Larry Hamilton at 720-220-2759.
libeRtaRian PaRty of Douglas County business meeting meets from 6:30-8 p.m. every second Friday at the community room in the Castle Rock Safeway. Call Larry Hamilton at 720-220-2759 or visit www.freedouglas.org.
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ameRiCan business Women’s associa-
tion top of the Rockies Chapter of Douglas County meets every third Tuesday. New members are welcome. Call Bev Phillips at 303-841-2080 or visit www. abwa.org.
the aauW (american association of
university Women) advances equity for women and girls through advocacy, education, and research. The Douglas County Branch presents scholarships via an annual application process to two or three Douglas County women who are enrolled in college. At the recommendation of their teachers, the DC Branch also gives a cash award to three or four senior girls planning to go to college. Meetings are at 6:30 p.m. the third Wednesday of each month, usually at the Philip S. Miller Library in Castle Rock. Program details can be found at aauwdouglascountyco.org. For more information contact Dianne Bailey at 303-805-2380 or bailey.nyce@pcisys.net.
bni CastlE Rock Business Leaders chapter meets from 7:30-9 a.m. Wednesdays at the Castle Rock Recreation Center, 2301 Woodlands Blvd. Call 303-993-9973 with any questions or visit www.BNIColorado.com. Castle RoCk Writers invites fellow writers to join us for the sharing of ideas and manuscripts from 7-8:45 p.m. the third and fourth Thursdays at the Philip S. Miller Library. For information and to learn about our other activities, contact Alice at 303-521-8615 or Jean at 720-373-8966. Castle RoCk Writers Workshop group meets from 7-9 p.m. the third Thursday of each month at the Philip S. Miller Library in Castle Rock. The group does not meet in November or December. For information, call Alice at 303521-8615 or Tania at 850-259-8642. Douglas-elbeRt County music teach-
ers’ association meets at 9 a.m. every first Thursday at Parker Bible Church, between Jordan and Chambers on Main Street. All area music teachers are welcome. Call Lucie Washburn, 303-814-3479.
littleton letiP meets from 7:16-8:31 a.m. Tuesdays for breakfast at Luciles, 2852 W. Bowles Ave., to exchange qualified business leads. For information, call Bob Hier at 303-660-6426 or e-mail hierb@yahoo.com.
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biCyCle Douglas County is a bicycle advocacy group working to promote safe and fun cycling in Douglas County through education, awareness and collaboration. Our vision is Douglas County will become one of the safest places to ride a bicycle for transportation and recreation. We utilize monthly e-news to share information about planning efforts, improvements, and opportunities for volunteers. Contact Judy at 303-470-8431 or info@bicycledouglascounty.org. Visit www.bicycledouglascounty.org.
Castle RoCk local history museum is open from noon to 5 p.m. Wednesdays through Fridays and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays. Located at 420 Elbert St. Call 303-8143164 or e-mail crmuseum@comcast.net and visit www. castlerockmuseum.org Castle RoCk historical society presents a historical presentation on the second Thursday of each month at the Philip S. Miller Library, 100 S. Wilcox St., Castle Rock. Refreshments are served at 6:30 p.m. and the presentation is at 7 p.m. The society also offers walking and biking tours at 10:30 a.m. on the fourth Saturday of each month. Meet at the Courtyard by Siena. Free bike rentals offered at castlerockfreecycle. com. Tours are free. Visit castlerockhistoricalsociety.org Castle RoCk orchestra is a fun, stress-free community orchestra open to all adults. Rehearsals are Sundays from 2-4 p.m. at First United Methodist Church of Castle Rock, 1200 South St. Visit castlerockorchestra.org or call 303-4080980. Requesting more string players. Castle RoCk Quilt Club meets from 6:30-8:30
p.m. the first Tuesday of each month at The Canyon Community Church, 4825 N. Crowfoot Valley Road, Castle Rock. All persons interested in quilting are encouraged to attend. Visit www. crqc.org for more information. You can also call 303-663-9317 if you have any questions.
Castle Pines table tennis Club is a group of men playing competitive table tennis in a member’s basement. We play every two weeks on a weekday evening for two hours and typically play doubles so more members can participate. Very informal, no dues. If interested, contact Joe at crsooner@ comcast.net. CyCle Club meets at 9 a.m. Saturdays in the parking lot of Southeast Christian Church. Tour the streets of Parker, Elizabeth and Castle Rock. Call John at 720-842-5520. CheRokee RanCh and Castle Founda-
tion offers photography hikes, afternoon tea times, naturalist talks and castle tours. The castle also can be rented for special events. Call 303-688-5555 ext. 11 during business hours.
DulCimeR Club and acoustic slow Jam of Castle Rock meets at 2 p.m. on the fourth Sunday of every month at the Philip S. Miller Library. Beginners will play during the first hour. Some dulcimers to loan. Music/tab provided. No fees/just fun. Contact Jesse at 303-688-9199 or jesse5551@msn.com. the gReateR Castle Rock art guild is open to all, and meetings are the second Wednesday of every month at 314 Wilcox St., Castle Rock. Workshops and classes are available to members and non-members of all ages and skill levels. Visit www.gcrag.com for information. the high Prairie bee Club invites anyone inter-
ested in keeping or encouraging honey bees to join our new group. The High Prairie Bee Club will meet the first Wednesday of every month from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the South Metro Fire Station No. 43 on North Pinery Parkway. All levels of interest and bee-keeping experience are welcome. For details e-mail wldbilh4u@yahoo.com
liteRaRy FiCtion book Club. Looking for a break from reading best sellers and escapist plots? Flex your reading muscle by discussing contemporary, prize winning (Pulitzer, Booker, National Book Award) fiction with likeminded bookworms. The club meets at 7 p.m. on the third Wednesday of each month at the Philip S. Miller Library in Castle Rock. For further information, contact Jane Smith at 303-688-7712 or send an email to jsmith@dclibraries.org. meaDoWs laDies golf league invites new members for the 2012 golf season. Join the Meadows Ladies Golf 9-hole League this spring and have a scheduled time
to play through the summer with our friendly, fun loving group of ladies. All ability levels welcome. We play on Tuesday mornings at the Meadows Golf Course located off Simms Street in Littleton. Early tee times are available for working women and later times for others. Membership is $80 per year for new members, which includes the Golf Handicap and Information Network fees. Contact Linda Swain at 303-798-4424, or l.swain00@gmail.com or Sherry Assmus at 303-972-4201, slbassmus@aol.com for information.
PRayeR shaWl group of Castle Rock meets at
various times. Contact Sandy at sandyt3388@aol.com for information on upcoming meetings.
Women’s CRisis and Family outreach Center groups offer help for people affected by domestic violence. Call 303-688-8484
Castle RoCk toastmasters international meets at 7 a.m. Thursdays in the Chevrolet Building at Medved Autoplex, 1404 S. Wilcox St. in Castle Rock. Call 303-814-6713.
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the aaRP Douglas County Chapter meets at 12:30 p.m. on the second Thursday of each month at the Castle Rock Senior Center, 2323 N. Woodlands Blvd.
aWana Club at Creekside bible Church meets from 4-5:30 p.m. Sundays at 2180 S. I-25, Castle Rock. Call 303-688-3745. aWana Club at sedalia elementary meets at 7 p.m. Wednesdays at Sedalia Elementary for kindergarten to sixth grade. Call Phil Smith at 303-688-9638. beta sigma Phi, Preceptor gamma theta Chapter, meets at 7 p.m. the second and fourth Mondays in members’ homes. Contact Sandy Pearl at 720-851-0482 for info. bReakFast Club singles 50 plus meets for breakfast at 8:30 a.m. the third Saturday each month at Bear Dance Country Club, 6630 Bear Dance Road, Larkspur. Make reservations or find information by calling 303-814-8428. Leave a name and number and you will receive a call back. Castle RoCk bridge Club. There is a new location for the CRBC. We play an ACBL Sanctioned duplicate game every Monday, 1 p.m. and Tuesday at 1 p.m. at the old Duke’s Steak House building at 960 S. I-25. The Monday game is an “open” game. The Tuesday game is a “49er” game. Anyone new to duplicate or have fewer than 50 masterpoints are encouraged to join us on Tuesdays. For information on either the Monday or Tuesday games, a schedule of lessons, and directions to the club, go to www.castlerockbridge.com. Call Marge McDonald, 303-688-9032 or Anne Munday at 303-6889973 with any questions. Castle RoCk Chess Club meets every Monday from 6-9 p.m.at the Philip S. Miller library in Castle Rock. All ages and skill levels welcome. Castle RoCk Civitan Club meets at noon the first and third Tuesdays at Castle Rock Senior Center. Call Phyllis Tumey at 303-688-5610. Castle RoCk Colorado genealogical society presents a genealogy-related educational program the third Saturday of each month at the Philip S. Miller Library, 100 S. Wilcox St., Castle Rock. The society also offers a weekly, open genealogy forum from 10 a.m. to noon Mondays at the library, as well as other monthly programs. Visit crcgs.org for calendar of events and more information. Castle RoCk Duplicate bridge. Castle Rock Bridge plays an ACBL sanctioned duplicate game every Monday and Tuesday at 1 p.m. Preceding the Monday game there is a one hour lesson beginning at 11:45 a.m., and an extended lesson beginning at 10 a.m. on the fourth Monday of every month. The Monday game is an open game. The Tuesday game is an invitational game during which no two Life Masters can be partners. On the second Tuesday of each month there is a Swiss Teams game during which no team can have over 1,200 total master points. There will be an exception to the Tuesday game only in April, May, and the first week of June, 2012. On those Tuesdays we will start at 2:45 p.m., and be out
Civil aiR Patrol Douglas Cadet squadron meets at 7 p.m. every Monday at New Hope Presbyterian Church, 3737 New Hope Way, Castle Rock. Cadets may join at 12-18 years of age. Civil Air Patrol is the offical auxiliary of the US Air Force. Its volunteer membership includes both Senior members (adults) as well as cadets who are trained to play a leading role in search and rescue, aerospace education and disaster relief for America. For more information contact Unit Commander, Lt John Motley at 303-688-3930 or email: jmot161@gmail.com. Community bible study of Castle Rock, an inter-denominational Bible Study, meets at Heritage Evangelical Free Church, 55 N. Heritage Blvd., in Founders Village. every Wednesday from 9:15-11:15 a.m. We are on summer break now but the season begins Sept. 4. We will be studying the books of Mark, James and 1st John. We offer a children’s program from nursery through home schooled high school students. Contact Julie at 818-601-1752 or prayonnon@ yahoo.com. CentRal ColoRaDo Quarter horse association meets every first Thursday. For meeting site and times, call Jim Olson at 303-841-6034 or e-mail jnolson@ global.net. Civil aiR Patrol, Douglas Composite squadron, cadets and senior members meet from 7-9 p.m. Mondays at New Hope Presbyterian Church in Castle Rock. Call Roberta Richardson at 303-841-9004 or Erin Anderson at 719-683-9387. Columbine genealogiCal and historical society meets every second and third Tuesdays from January to May and again from September through November. Call Don Elliott at 303-841-3712. DaughteRs oF the american Revolution Piney Creek chapter meets at 7 p.m. every second Tuesday from September to May. Call Carol Rohwedder at 303-805-9983 or Paula Lasky at 303-690-5168 Douglas County 4-h Club Red tail mountaineers meets first Wednesday each month at 7 p.m. Call 303-791-0474. the Douglas County garden Club meets from 1-3 p.m. the first Tuesday of each month primarily at the Philip S. Miller Library in Castle Rock. Meetings include speakers on a variety of horticulture topics for all levels of gardening interest and knowledge. Visitors welcome. For date and meeting location changes, and additional club information, go to www.douglascountygardenclub.org or call Cindy at 303-625-3085. Douglas masoniC lodge no. 153 a.F and a.m. meets at 7:30 p.m. every first and third Thursday. Call 303-688-4131 or 303-688-3382. DulCimeR Club and acoustic slow Jam meeting at Miller Library. All skill levels. Times to be decided. Basic instruction for beginners the first half hour. Some dulcimers to loan. Music/tab provided. No fees; just fun. Fiddle, mandolin, guitar welcome. Contact Jesse at 303-688-9199 or jesse5551@msn.com
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Mark Welle, of Castle Rock, was named to the spring 2013 dean’s list at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Stephani Sonka, of Castle Rock, received the TLC for FLC Scholarship in the amount of $1,000 for the 201314 academic year at Fort Lewis College. Sonka’s major is psychology. Rebecca Story, of Larkspur, a biomedical sciences major at Northern Arizona University, successfully completed the Edge Leadership Experience in August. The Edge Leadership Experience is an opportunity for first-year incoming students to learn and practice leadership skills.
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Event to highlight STEM for girls For-profit group to host event in Highlands Ranch By Ryan Boldrey
rboldrey@ourcoloradonews.com Launched earlier this year, STEM Ventures has already reached over 500 middle and high school students in the Denver metro area, working to get them excited about careers in science, technology, engineering and math. The for-profit organization has plans on doubling that reach Nov. 2 as it hosts an event at Ranch View Middle School in Highlands Ranch, designed specifically to excite young girls about career fields in which women are extremely under-represented. “A lot of research at the federal level says that kids aren’t going into STEM careers because they never get exposed to what they are,” said Cindy Williams, director of STEM Ventures and former vice president for Newmont Mining Corp. “What we are doing with STEM Ventures is offering experiential learning opportunities to give kids that exposure and give them the chance to have that eureka moment where their eyes open wide and their future opens to something they otherwise might not have gotten into.” Part of that eye-opening has occurred on trips such as a recent one to the University of Wyoming’s pathology lab, where 55 students from around the metro area got to get hands-on and really begin to under-
stand how to apply what they are learning in science class. Plans in the future, Williams said, call for about 25 trips per year to universities as well as campuses of industry leaders as the program expands. On the morning of Nov. 2, from 9 a.m. until noon, the focus will be tailored specifically for young girls in the hopes that they can be part of the generation that can buck a trend that has translated to only 25 percent of STEM jobs in America being held by females, despite females making up nearly half the U.S. workforce. “What we want to do is get girls excited about changing the world, and show them how women have already changed the world by things they see and touch every day,” Williams said. “And we want to make it fun. There will be free prizes and giveaways, and plenty of hands-on opportunities for them to get involved with science.” In addition, there will be a diverse panel of speakers at the event including Williams, United Launch Alliance engineer Tinesha Ross, Douglas County School District Superintendent Elizabeth Fagen and University of Colorado Ph.D. student Josephine Kilde, who has helped to drive STEM efforts in her native Kenya. Tables cost $50 for eight guests and individual seats cost $10 for adults and $5 for students. For more information or to register for “STEM Women and our Daughters Changing the World,” please visit www. STEMVentures.org. Ranch View Middle School is located at 1731 Wildcat Reserve Parkway in Highlands Ranch.
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STEM Venture participants Justina Tidaback, left, and Laissa Torres get hands-on experience in the pathology lab at the University of Wyoming. Tidaback is an eighth-grader at Mountain Ridge Middle School in Highlands Ranch and Torres is an eighth-grader at North Middle School in Aurora. Courtesy photo
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Douglas County running back JP Rubino (36) breaks through a big hole made by lineman Christian Gonzalez (69) and Nick Viola (53) on Oct. 24. Rubino rushed for 125 yards in a 22-20 victory against host Chaparral. Photo by Paul DiSalvo
Teams ready for post-season play Valor Christian looks for fifth consecutive state championship Staff report Watching Valor Christian’s football team march through the state playoffs has become an annual event. The Eagles have won four consecutive state titles, including their first in Class 5A last season. Valor, the state’s top-ranked
team but second in the wild-card standings used to determine the 32-team Class 5A playoff field, is the No. 2 seed behind unbeaten Fairview. The Eagles (8-1) will start their quest for more hardware Nov. 1, hosting a 7 p.m. first-round game against No. 31 Eaglecrest. Valor, an independent team with no league affiliation, opened the season by splitting two games against formable out-of-state opponents. In the past seven games against Colorado opposition, the Eagles have outscored the opposition 34736. Christian McCaffrey headlines the Val-
or offense that is averaging 44.4 points a game. The senior has rushed for 1,007 yards and is averaging 12.28 yards per carry. He has caught 18 passes for 358 yards or 19.9 yards per catch and is averaging 176.6 allpurpose yards per game. Linebacker Justin Falls is the leader with 58 total tackles on a defensive unit that has notched 11 sacks and 11 pass interceptions. Other area teams advancing to the Class 5A playoffs include No. 3 Cherry Creek, No. 5 ThunderRidge, No. 16 Douglas County, No. 17 Legend, No. 18 Arapahoe, No. 22
Heritage and No. 32 Mountain Vista. All the following first-round games will be played Nov. 1.: Cherry Creek (8-1) will entertain No. 30 Lakewood (3-6) at 7 p.m. No. 28 Castle View (4-5) goes to Shea Stadium for a 7 p.m. contest against ThunderRidge (8-1). Arapahoe (6-3) plays at Ralston Valley (6-3) at 4 p.m. No. 17 Legend (6-3) plays No. 16 Douglas County (6-3) at Douglas County Stadium at 7 p.m. Heritage (5-4), the No. 22 seed, will be at No. 11 Mountain Range (81) at 7 p.m. No. 32 Mountain Vista (3-6) has the task of playing top-seeded Fairview (80) at Boulder’s Recht Field at 7 p.m.
Castle View’s victory wraps up playoff berth Sabercats notch league win over Titans in football By Jim Benton
jbenton @ourcoloradonews.com It was hard to tell which team was priming for the state playoffs in the Oct. 25 Pioneer League game between Castle View and Legend. As it turned out, both teams made the Class 5A playoff field, but it took Castle View’s 42-20 victory over Legend for the Sabercats to claim a spot on the postseason bracket. Castle View was 34th in the wild-card standings used to determine the 32 playoff teams and needed a win to have a chance to move up. The Sabercats (4-5) climbed to 28th after the upset and will challenge No. 5 seed
ThunderRidge (8-1) in a first round matchup Nov. 1 at Shea Stadium. “We needed that game,” said Castle View coach Ryan Hollingshead of the 22-point triumph over Legend. “It worked out pretty good for us.” Legend was playing for a share of the Pioneer League title, but the loss not only cost the Titans a co-championship but also the opportunity to host a first-round playoff game. The top 16 teams in the wild-card standings host opening-round games. Legend was 14th before the Castle View game but slipped to 17th after the loss. Legend (6-3) will play No. 16 Douglas County (6-3) Nov. 1 at Douglas County Stadium. Castle View was the better team in the tuneup contest against Legend, which was played at Douglas County Stadium. The Sabercats grabbed a 35-14 halftime lead and rushed for 304 yards that includ-
ed 207 in the first quarter. Legend turned the ball over four times and failed to convert on fourth down three times. “We came out with an attitude that we were just going to be physical,” explained Hollingshead. “We’ve played them pretty physical every year and we had that confidence. We cut down on mistakes. For the previous two weeks we just shot ourselves in the foot. “We always knew were we underachieving. In the back of kids’ heads when you are losing close games, they know they are still there and they are still hungry.” Castle View was coming off setbacks to Fountain-Fort Carson and Heritage by a total of nine points. The Sabercats scored 28 unanswered points to break a 7-7 tie and made sure they would not lose another close game. “The last two games were close but we lost them in the end,” said senior Kaleb Geiger. “Everyone was clicking on all cyl-
inders.” Geiger, a linebacker who started doubling as a fullback two weeks ago, rushed for 129 yards on eight carries and scored a touchdown. He also had a team-high six tackles, intercepted a pass and recovered a fumble. “I just recently became a fullback,” said Geiger. “They give me the ball and I just run. My main position is a will backer.” Senior Elias Jackson ran for 98 yards on 16 carries and scored three touchdowns. “Those two kids were not our starting running backs two weeks ago,” pointed out Hollingshead. “Elias Jackson is coming off an injury and Kaleb Geiger is new to running back but he’s one of the toughest kids on the team.” Legend quarterback Peyton Remy, the league passing yardage leader, completed 24 of 43 passes for 376 yards and three touchdowns. He also was intercepted twice.
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Vista gains second straight title Boys repeat as Class 5A cross country champions
CLASS 5A STATE CROSS COUNTRY RESULTS Team standings: Mountain Vista 110, Fort Collins 179, Arapahoe 203, Heritage 212, Cherry Creek 235, Chaparral 249, Monarch 263, Boulder 269, Smoky Hill 277, Pomona 282, Rock Canyon 310, Rocky Mountain 321, Rampart 331, Grandview 402, Pine Creek 406, Thornton 407, Poudre 412, Fairview 414, Denver East 417, Fossil Ridge 445, Cherokee Trail 460, Dakota Ridge 460, ThunderRidge 484, Mountain Range 488, Fruita-Monument 568.
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Special to Colorado Community Media Mountain Vista knew the pressure would be on throughout the season after having won the Class 5A boys state cross country title a year ago. Yet it was that pressure that, more than anything, seemed to lift the Golden Eagles to their second title. Senior Connor Weaver led the way for Mountain Vista with his third-place finish in the individual competition behind Denver East’s explosive Cerake Beberkidane, and he turned in a close effort behind runner-up Zachary Alhamra of Pine Creek. Beberkidane was clocked in a course record 15 minutes, 48.2 seconds over the challenging mountainous course at the Norris-Penrose Event Center in Colorado Springs. Alhamra ran 16:29.0 with Weaver coming through with a 16:34.5. That third-place finish helped key a secondstraight state championship for Mountain Vista, coached by Jonathan Dalby. The Golden Eagles tallied 110 points and were followed by Fort Collins (179) and Arapahoe (203). “Back-to-back is cool and it’s something I will remember all my life,” Weaver said. “I hoped for second individually, but I’m not disappointed in third. I’m thrilled with the results for myself and our team and thrilled we won. After losing four seniors from last year’s team there were some doubts. But we put in a lot of hard work and we won.” Andrew Walton, a senior, finished 21st with a time of 17:13.8 for the next highest finish for Mountain Vista.
The Mountain Vista boys cross country team holds up their first-place trophy at the state meet Oct. 26 at the NorrisPenrose Event Center in Colorado Springs. Photo by Kate Ferraro Junior Tyler Matzke was 25th (17:16.8) and senior Blake Graff, 26th (17:16.9) to round out the scoring for the Golden Eagles. “Overall this season we worked hard and we were able to focus,” said Walton, who would like to attend Brigham Young University as does Weaver. “We just wanted to do the right things every day and we felt confident. I wanted to do better individually and it was not one of my better races. At the end of the hill I thought I might have more energy, but at the bottom I just didn’t seem to have a lot of energy left. “It was always questionable that we would be able to repeat, but we knew we had the chance if we stayed focused,” Walton said. “It was a fine ending to a fine year for all of us. Now, it’s get ready for track in the spring.” Dalby felt from the beginning his squad had a chance to repeat. But, he was cautious. “We knew we had to go out,” Dalby said. “Arapahoe, Heritage and Fort Collins all looked good coming into state, too. I felt the kids had the chance to win, but they knew they had a target
on their backs. We’ve been unbeaten all season and this was a great way to close out. “The boys just ran well on the whole,” Dalby said. “It was a great run for Connor, but also for all the boys. The course is tough, but it turned out to be a special day for the kids. I was just excited for them. We’ll be heading to Arizona for the Nike Regional competition in Phoenix, Ariz., in a couple of weeks.” Geberkindane, who placed third last season in state, was really never in trouble. “I just wanted to get in the low 16 minutes, but was able to push hard,” Geberkindane said. “I took the lead about 300 yards into the race and was able to extend. I wanted to get first or second last year, but didn’t as my brother Ashi was the champion. He’s now at Harvard. I trained hard and really wanted to win to continue the family tradition.” Alhamra, a junior, and Weaver ran close throughout the race. It was on the final stretch that he was able to prevail for second. “I really didn’t feel any pressure to win and it’s an
honor to finish second,” Alhamra said. “Cerake is such a strong runner and it was going to be challenge from the start just to stay close to him. That last half-mile was tough against Connor. But I was able to pull it out.” One can say that Arapahoe finished third in the team competition in “the Nick of time.” The Warriors were helped along by three runners named Nick, and by Chris Retzlaff, Steven Goldy and Louis Hood. The Nicks are seniors Nick Petersen (31st, 17:19.1) and Nick Moore (48th, 17:30.1) and sophomore Nick Maddalone (44th, 17:28.1). “It was good with stiff competition,” Petersen said. “That hill was tough. After we calmed down it went well. We’re all close and that certainly was a key to our success. Third, not bad, today.” “We all came out with grit and, of course, to try and run our hardest,” Maddalone said. “We all challenge each other, too, and that’s a key for us. It was a good day. Mountain Vista’s tough, but we knew what to expect.” Added Moore, “I was our
Prep sports Scoreboard CASTLE VIEW HIGH SCHOOL Football Castle View 42, Legend 20 Senior Elias Jackson scored three touchdowns for Castle View to help his team to a 42-20 victory over Legend. Most of Castle View’s points came in the first half as the team scored 21 points in the first quarter and 14 in the second. Seniors Trevor Smeeton and Kaleb Geiger also scored touchdowns.
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Douglas County 22, Chaparral 20 Douglas County scored one rushing touchdown and one receiving touchdown in route to a 22-20 victory over Chaparral. Senior Trey Smith scored for Douglas County and also senior Pastorius Zach.
ROCK CANYON HIGH SCHOOL Boys Soccer Rock Canyon 1, Doherty 0 Senior Josh Kracke scored the lone goal in a 1-0 victory over Doherty i n the first round of the boys soccer playoffs, keeping Rock Canyon undefeated. Rock Canyon moves on to play Arapahoe. If they win, they play either Heritage or Mountain Vista.
UPCOMING GAMES Football FRIDAY 7 p.m. - Castle View vs. ThunderRidge @ Shea Stadium 7 p.m. - Douglas County vs. Legend @ Douglas County Stadium
Boys Soccer WEDNESDAY 7 p.m. - Rock Canyon vs. Arapahoe @ Shea Stadium SATURDAY TBA - Rock Canyon vs. Heritage or Mountain Vista (if necessary)
second year to be here and we started kind of cautious. We just wanted to make sure we were up with the leaders and to try and stay in striking distance.” Cherry Creek’s Noah Westfall, a senior, finished ninth with a time of 16:50.1, the highest for the Bruins, who finished fifth as a
Top 10 individuals: 1. Cerake Beberkidane, Denver East, 15:48.2. 2. Zachary Alhamra, Pine Creek, 16:29.0. 3. Connor Weaver, Mountain Vista, 16:34.5. 4. Joshua Joseph, Thornton, 16:40.4. 5. Sean Paiz, Thornton, 16:46.5. 6. Blake Yount, Smoky Hill, 16:47.9. 7. Ben Dingman, Rampart, 16:48.4. 8. Dom Compoz, Chaparral, 16:49.0. 9. Noah Westfall, Cherry Creek, 16:50.1. 10. Paul Miller, Poudre, 16:54.6.
team. “I’m happy to run on this course,” Westfall said. “It’s hard, but one that I felt I could do well on. I wanted to stay consistent. The uphill is difficult, but we all face it. My teammates were very supportive. We wanted to run with confidence and I think we did.”
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