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February 26, 2016

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Residents take issue with street ice Slick conditions can linger despite warm temperatures

By Alex DeWind adewind@coloradocommunitymedia.com Peggy Brennan, 69, fetched a tool that removes shingles and joined her neighbors outside to crush up ice dams the week of Feb. 15.

One resident had a sledgehammer — another had an ice pick.

“We were out there for hours and hours,” she said. “The ice can be 5 to 6 inches thick.”

Brennan, a resident of University Place, northwest of County Line Road and University Boulevard in Centennial, feels like her neighborhood’s ice and snow accumulation doesn’t matter to local officials, she said.

She lives on a side street that is not regulated by the city’s Snow and Ice Control Plan, which includes specific guidelines on snow removal after a storm.

Without proper drainage or shade, the snow turns into “ice glaciers,” Brennan said.

Brennan has yet to file a complaint with the city but said her homeowners association, Advanced Property Management, has called the Citizen

Centennial residents have voiced concerns about the amount of snow and ice in the University Place neighborhood, northwest of County Line Road and University Boulevard.

Photo by Alex DeWind Response Line.

Travis Greiman, the city’s public works director, confirmed that University Place was one of the many neighborhoods that called in to report residential ice.

“We had a series of larger storms followed by cold temperatures this year, which has increased residential ice in

many areas,” he said. “Conditions kept ice around longer than they probably would in a more typical Colorado winter.”

The last snowfall in Brennan’s neighborhood had been Feb. 2. By two weeks later, despite temperatures that had reached into the 60s, the ice mounds were still present.

On the rise 11.1%

Local market experiences surge in median home prices Home prices have been climbing in the metro area for the past year.

According to the real estate website Zillow.com, home values in Denver have risen 15.2 percent in the last 12-month period. Many communities in western Arapahoe County have kept pace with this growth.

Source: Douglas Elbert Realtor Association derarealtors.com

Littleton Median sale price Jan. 2016

$379,000 Median sale price Jan. 2015

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Brennan is concerned about pedestrian safety and said she sees neighbors, old and young, slip and fall. She’s also concerned with the economic impact as neighbors are relocating, she said.

“We old homeowners have chiseled away at our annual glaciers whenever snow flies. Most of us are old and done,” she wrote in an email.

She hasn’t sought help from younger neighbors or contracted an outside service because she said ice removal is a service she pays taxes for.

The city council, city manager and the director of public works maintain Centennial’s snow-removal policy. City Manager John Danielson is responsible for the plan implementation, Centennial City Council then approves the plan, and Greiman edits the plan accordingly.

The city will “maintain its priority roadways, which consist of major and minor arterial streets, access for emergency services, major collector streets, school zone and business access and special treatment locations on residential streets,” according to the plan.

The city doesn’t maintain residential streets unless residents call the City Citizen Response Center at 303-325-8000.

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12.3%

Centennial Median sale price Jan. 2016

$387,500 Median sale price Jan. 2015

Librarian of the year: Executive director of the Arapahoe Library District honored in national publication. See Page 2

$345,000

$341,000

Englewood Median sale price Jan. 2016

$319,500 Median sale price Jan. 2015

Blazing a path: Trail running breeds balance and strength, while providing peace of mind and smiles for miles. See Page 10

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On the ice: Elite players pursue careers, opportunities through the club route. See Page 21

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February 26, 2016

Publication honors Arapahoe library chief Journal spotlights Davies for achievements, vision

By Sonya Ellingboe sellingboe@coloradocommunitymedia.com In early January, at a Boston professional meeting, the Arapahoe Library District’s executive director, Nicolle Ingui Davies, was named Library Journal’s Librarian of the Year — the first Colorado librarian to receive this honor.

“It’s a humbling award,” Davies said on Feb. 17, “breathtaking to me. Success reflects the staff’s daily work.”

The Library Journal story about Davies cites her abilities in staff development as she sought to change the district, which includes eight libraries, from “nice” to “essential” in terms of the way members of the community use the library. A rebranding platform contained four parts: 1. Deliver “very important patron” experiences.

2. Surprise and delight.

3. Make every experience matter.

4. Strive for simplicity.

The Arapahoe Library District was recently able to get a mill levy increase passed that increased the budget to $30 million. The district’s board of directors is appointed by the Arapahoe County commissioners.

“I am most impressed with Nicolle’s ability to develop and articulate an inspiring vision of the library and to use that focus, relentlessly, to ensure that the organization meets its strategic objectives,” said Dorothy Hargrove, director of library services in Englewood, in her letter of nomination. “Few library leaders are able to meet both of these challenges with equal skill. When Davies stepped into the role of executive director (in 2012), she quickly put together a top notch leadership team and together they created an exciting, forward-thinking strategic plan.”

Davies was previously a television news producer, which led to a position as communications director with the district 12 years ago.

“Now I see the library as a more effective medium. What inspires me is that the public library is one of the few places of equality left in our country. When you enter a public library, in theory at least, everybody is treated equally … I don’t think you can find that in many places in 2015,” she is quoted as saying in the Library Journal article.

The Arapahoe libraries have become community centers with access to new technologies, such as a 3D printer, GoPro cameras, Oculus Rift Virtual Reality headsets, Google Glass … While the average household may not be able to have these items at home, patrons can try them out at the library, with some expert help. The staff also takes this equipment out on “road shows” to community businesses, professional or social organizations and museums.

The physical spaces also demand attention. Koelbel Library

Nicolle Davies, executive director of the Arapahoe Library District, was named Library Journal’s Librarian of the Year at a January national convention in Boston.

Davies grew up in Littleton, with Bemis as her neighborhood library.

She is the first Colorado librarian to win this honor.

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has seen some remodeling recently. “We were able to turn 1,000 square feet of space back to the public,” Davies said, due to less inhouse processing. The children’s space is now more user-friendly, with different spaces for different ages.

Attention will be turned to the two easternmost libraries in Deer Trail and Byers, one of which is a modular unit, and Smoky Hill Library needs some changes, she said.

“Our service area is 280,000 and there are patrons from Douglas County, Denver, Littleton, Aurora. We circulate about 4.7 million items a year and count about 1.9 million in foot traffic — which will continue to grow. We are always out telling our story,” she said.

There is a branch at the Arapahoe County jail, in cooperation with the sheriff’s department, and two bookmobiles: One goes to retirement communities where people can’t get out to the library easily and the other to low-income areas.

“Did you know the Arapahoe Library District started as a bookmobile in 1966?” Davies asked.

She grew up in Littleton, where Bemis was her childhood library, and attended Heritage High School. “I love the area,” she said. She cites her husband and three children as a source of strength while she devotes her days to delivering the very best customer service possible.

NEWS IN A HURRY Walk for mental health Join the National Alliance for Mental Illness Arapahoe/Douglas Counties for its annual walk for mental-health awareness at Centennial Center Park, 13050 E. Peakview Ave., on May 21 at 10 a.m.

Register to walk with NAMI or create your own fundraising team. For more information or to register, email Donna Parisi at donnaparisi@comcast.net or visit www. namiadco.org.

Be a VolunTeen Teens are invited to try something new this year while gaining work experience and community service hours. South Suburban Parks and Recreation District’s VolunTeen Program has a limited number of positions for youths ages 12 to 15 in the areas of recreation, golf, art, performing arts, child care, nature and outdoor programs.

VolunTeens work throughout the district under close supervision by a staff member at facilities like the golf courses, Colorado Journey Mini Golf, sports and nature camps and more.

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LPS high-schoolers recognized The Future Business Leaders of America held its district conference at Johnson & Wales University on Feb. 12.

FBLA emphasizes post-secondary readiness for students interested in business or business education, while developing valuable leadership skills. Students from all three of the Littleton Public Schools high schools participated.

Arapahoe High School had 114 students attend the district conference, and 78 received medals. Heritage High School had 30 students attend, and 13 received medals. Littleton High School had 20 students in attendance and 13 received medals, seven of which were for first place. All medal recipients are eligible to attend the state FBLA conference in Vail, April 14-16.

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February 26, 2016

Bill highlights organic labels for marijuana Democrat sponsors measure to set meaningful standards

By Kristen Wyatt Associated Press Marijuana has attracted many labels in its time. Colorado lawmakers have begun debating whether the state should give the drug one more often associated with purple carrots than purple haze — certified organic.

Colorado has started work on becoming the first state to regulate organic labels in its pot industry, with other legal weed states watching to see whether they too should step in to help consumers wondering what’s on their weed. Organic standards are regulated federally, and pot remains illegal at the federal level, meaning there’s nothing stopping commercial pot growers from calling their wares organic.

“Consumers have a right to know what they’re putting in their body,” said Colorado state Rep. Jonathan Singer, a Longmont Democrat sponsoring the bill to create the state-sanctioned labels. The bill was scheduled to have its first hearing Feb. 19

in the state House Public Health Care and Human Services Committee. The measure doesn’t specify what growers would have to do to get the certification; it instead directs the state’s agricultural department to get a third party to draft the regulations.

The bill also doesn’t say which pesticides would be off-limits for organic growers.

Consumer confusion over organic marijuana peaked in Colorado earlier this year, when Denver health authorities seized thousands of marijuana plants from growers suspected of using off-limits chemicals on their plants.

Most of the plants were ultimately released, but some were sold with names that suggested the products were natural or organic.

“That misleads people,” said Larisa Bolivar, head of the Cannabis Consumers Coalition. “We don’t want to wait for someone to get sick. You need to know that when something says organic, it’s organic.”

Colorado is likely just the first state to tighten the rules for advertising marijuana products as organic, said Chris Lindsey, legislative analyst for the pro-legalization Marijuana Policy Project.

“This is not exactly a movement, but it’s not too much of a stretch to say we’re

headed that way,” he said.

The only other pot state to even mention organic certification is California, which last year adopted a regulation requiring organic certification for marijuana products by 2020, if permitted under federal law.

So far federal authorities that have weighed in on state marijuana experiments haven’t mentioned accurate labeling standards, though a 2013 memo from the Department of Justice warned states that federal authorities want “strong and effective” regulations.

Colorado’s marijuana industry generally supports a state-level organic labeling bill.

“It’s something that we need,” said Meg Sanders, CEO of Mindful, a company that grows marijuana and produces marijuana concentrates. “Because of the federal illegality, to have a state standard would be incredibly helpful.”

Some pot producers are taking issue, though, with the fact that the industry would have to pay for the privilege of having regulators check to see if their plants are organic. Some organic marijuana producers said the cost burden would hurt small organic growers in the so-called “craft cannabis” niche.

“I would be proud to advertise that our cannabis is organic,” said Julie Berliner, CEO of Sweet Grass Kitchen, which makes marijuana-infused sweets. “My concern lies with the cost of this certification.”

A nonpartisan analysis prepared for lawmakers predicted that only about 5 percent of Colorado’s pot growers would apply for the certification, roughly the same percentage as food producers.

The analysis gave no estimate of how much pot growers would be charged for the certification, or what the organic labels might look like.

Still, just the prospect of one day having easy-to-understand organic labels for marijuana has consumer advocates cheering. States that allow commercial pot sales do require labels listing chemicals used on the plants, but they can be difficult to decipher.

A trustworthy symbol would be better, said Teri Robnett, head of the Cannabis Patients Alliance.

“That’s important to a lot of patients,” she said. “This is one reason some prefer marijuana rather than pharmaceuticals, because they want something organic.

This will help patients know when that’s the case.”

Large office project breaks ground near I-25

Greenwood Village Mayor Ron Rakowsky addresses those assembled for the Granite Place at Village Center groundbreaking event Feb. 17. Seated, from left, are Stephanie Lawrence of Granite Properties; Marshall Burton of Confluent Development; and Buz Koelbel of Koelbel and Co. Courtesy photo

Staff report Ground has broken on a 300,000-square-foot office development near I-25 and Arapahoe Road in Greenwood Village.

Granite Place at Village Center is being developed by Granite Properties, a Texasbased real estate developer with an office in Denver, and Denver-based developer Confluent Development.

Granite Place, 6165 South Willow Drive, is within walking distance of the Arapahoe at Village Center light rail station.

Phase one of its development will include a 10-story office building with an adjacent parking garage with room for roughly 1,000 vehicles.

Granite Properties will own and manage the project, which broke ground Feb. 17 during a ceremony that included Greenwood Village Mayor Ron Rakowsky.

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February 26, 2016

Tax-limit fight could shape future growth TABOR forces decisions that may bring reckoning

By James Anderson Associated Press By 2030, Colorado’s population will grow from 5 million to 7 million people, thanks in part to a strong and diverse economy, the state’s famed Rocky Mountain quality of life, and its constitutionally mandated low taxes.

And because of those voter-sanctioned tax limits, this fast-growing state could someday fall victim to its own success.

The contradiction is most evident when the rubber hits Colorado’s aging and underfunded roads. The state’s Democratic governor, John Hickenlooper, is trying to find ways to squeeze more revenue for roads from the budget, while Republicans don’t want to tamper with the fabled 1992 constitutional amendment known as TABOR that keeps a tight limit on those taxes.

That’s sparking a battle over the size of government in a perennial battleground state just as the presidential election gets into full swing.

“The budget battle here plays to people everywhere who don’t want politicians to decide for them the easiest way to get more revenue,” said Michael Fields, director of Americans for Prosperity Colorado, which has urged GOP

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for residents,” said Greiman.

“Every call is logged and tracked,” he said, “and our Citizen Responders follow up with each caller on the progress of their request.”

lawmakers to sign a pledge to defend TABOR. Liberals think that’s a recipe for disaster, especially in a growing state.

“What we have to stop doing is pitting necessary priorities like roads against other necessary priorities like schools and colleges,” said Tim Hoover, spokesman for the Colorado Fiscal Institute, which favors dismantling the amendment. “TABOR forces us to do that.”

So far the low-tax crowd is winning.

Even Hickenlooper acknowledges there isn’t a popular appetite to raise taxes, and his hopes of changing the classification of an arcane fee in the budget to free up revenue are opposed by Republicans who vow it won’t make it out of the state Senate, which they control.

“Voters are so angry at all forms of government and will vote it down,” Hickenlooper said recently of reclassifying the fee, which raised $750 million last year, in order to keep the budget from reaching a level that will trigger tax refunds under TABOR. Republicans say the real problem is growing Medicaid spending. Colorado, which expanded the program under the Affordable Care Act, is spending about $2.5 billion on the health care plan for the needy. For critical road projects, GOP leaders proposed issuing $3.5 billion in bonds. The governor says there’s no revenue to pay back the debt from bonds.

Under TABOR, voters must approve

any state and local tax hike. Democrats are still stung by a resounding defeat of a 2013 ballot initiative to raise $1 billion for schools.

But inspiring hope for some, residents in conservative Colorado Springs did approve a local sales tax hike to pay $250 million for road repairs.

Ballot initiative possible The Colorado Contractors Association, whose members employ more than 40,000 people, has been sampling the public mood about ways to pay for roads, which it and other business chambers around the state say is a top voter concern. It’s preparing a list of options for state government and, possibly, for voters on the November ballot.

“People are starting to realize it’s more than a pocketbook issue,” said Tony Milo, the association’s executive director. “They’re willing to pay more as long as there are guarantees on spending and that it guarantees safety and mobility.”

All agree Colorado’s highway system, basically laid out in the 1950s, needs to be modernized.

Winter skiers and summer holiday campers can spend hours inching along steep mountain inclines at 11,000 feet, creating a sea of red lights on Interstate 70, Colorado’s gateway to the Rockies.

Commute times from Denver to Fort Collins to the north, or to Colorado

Springs to the south, can be double the usual 80-minute drives along Interstate 25.

In swaths of northern and southern Colorado, two-lane rural roads built in the Depression era are deteriorating under the load of agricultural tractortrailers and oil and natural gas tankers.

The state Department of Transportation has a budget of $1.4 billion a year largely devoted to maintenance. It says it needs $46 billion in the next 25 years to accommodate growth but faces a $25 billion shortfall under current spending rules.

But Colorado voters haven’t increased the 22-cent-per-gallon state gasoline tax in more than 20 years, and politicians are reluctant to ask. It and the federal gas tax provide more than half CDOT’s revenue.

This year, CDOT could get another $200 million that’s available only in years when statewide personal income growth increases by 5 percent or more.

But a bipartisan budget committee warned that amount can drop or disappear if state revenues in coming months prompt bigger tax refunds under TABOR. The panel called for guaranteed fixed installments.

“There are a million factors and political interests at work that have us paralyzed, and we’re all looking for alternatives,” said Colorado Springs Republican Sen. Kent Lambert, chairman of the Joint Budget Committee.

The response line will send someone to inspect the location to determine if it warrants ice cutting, according to Allison Wittern, the city’s public information manager.

The city considers the weather forecast and the location of the ice. If the ice blocks a gutter or a fire lane, it’s put on the list to be removed by an Arctic Shark, a mechanical piece of equipment that hooks up to snow plow to break up the

ice.

Residents aren’t required to break up ice. Still, Wittern advises homeowners to shovel snow onto their lawns instead of sidewalks to avoid the accumulation of ice.

“Get out there right when the storm is over,” she said.

The city has visited University Park neighborhood and inspected the ice. A combination of warm weather and neigh-

bors’ efforts helped decrease the amount of ice, according to Wittern.

Greiman said “the residents even spent some time removing and chipping away at the ice that was there.”

“The city will likely not take any action,” Wittern said.

She added that the city received an additional complaint so the neighborhood has been added to the list again for inspection.

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February 26, 2016

Reaping the benefits of dance

Dancing provides physical, mental and social wellness

By Christy Steadman csteadman@coloradocommunitymedia.com

Jack Baker of Littleton is getting ready to go on a Caribbean cruise with about 60 other Coloradans from across the state. They have at least one thing in common — they’re all square dancers.

“We’re going for fun,” Baker said, “but we’ll be getting a lot of exercise while we cruise.”

There will be an opportunity to dance at least three times a day while at sea, he said.

But it’s not just the physical activity that Baker enjoys about square dancing.

For him, the social interaction is just as important for his well-being.

Baker lost his wife about five years ago to Alzheimer’s. He found himself spending a lot of time alone, watching TV or reading magazines, he said.

Then he found square dancing. . “It’s been a very, very good experience,” Baker said. “You join a club, and you automatically have 60 to 100 new friends.”

Whether the casual hobbyist or avid pro, there are a lot of health benefits associated with dance. Dancing can provide a fun way for a person to engage in physical activity and exercise. It keeps the brain active through learning, and memorizing, new dance steps or movements. Dancing can provide an uplifting way to relieve stress, and the interaction with a welcoming community of fellow dancers can do wonders for a person’s social well-being.

Square dancing There’s a bonding that occurs among square dancers, said Debra Fawcett, president of the Rocky Tops Square Dance Club.

“We share this common interest,” she said. “It’s getting together because we love to dance.”

Square dancing has evolved since the settlers brought it over from Europe, Fawcett said. It has always been multigenerational, but nowadays, music-wise, it’s all inclusive.

The dance entails eight people, in four couples, dancing collaboratively and following the cuer’s calls to music.

It’s a great way to stay active, Fawcett said.

“You’re constantly moving in square dancing,” she said. And “different tempos offer people opportunities to dance at different paces of speed.”

Square dancing is not necessarily rigorous, she said, but it can be an “allencompassing workout.”

“You have to stay focused,” Fawcett said.

Not only is a person physically exercising their body, they are also watching the other dancers and listening to the calls while moving to the beat of the music.

But, Fawcett said, square dancing is so much fun. People love it, she added.

Dance is a fun way for people to stay active — both physically and mentally. Pictured are square dancers at Clements Community Center in Lakewood on Feb. 4 for a dance hosted by Rocky Tops Square Dance Club. Photo by Christy Steadman About 50 people gathered at Clements Community Center in Lakewood on Feb. 4 for a dance hosted by Rocky Tops Square Dance Club. The dancers represented nine clubs in the Denver-metro area. Here are some of the reasons they dance: “You meet really wonderful people,” said Karen Atkinson of Westminster. Atkinson has been square dancing for more than 50 years. “I love dancing. It doesn’t really matter what kind.”

“It’s a community,” said Lynette McElveen of Englewood. “We travel all around to dance with each club at their home base.”

“It’s kind of like a chess board for the caller,” “You hardly know that you’re exercising,” Fawcett said, “because you’re having fun dancing.”

Polka Dancing the polka, said Leo Gross, president of the Colorado chapter of the Polka Lovers Klub of America, “is good for one’s physical health and mental health.”

It’s a good way to release stress, he said, great exercise and a fun, social activity.

All ages can enjoy dancing the polka, in part because it’s easy to learn, Gross said. He added he can teach a person basic polka steps in about five minutes. It is a 1-2-3 step, and includes skips and hops.

“The polka is very bouncy,” Gross said.

“It gets the blood flowing.”

A person gets a lot of physical exercise when dancing the polka. Gross once used a pedometer at one of the club’s Sunday dances in Golden, and tracked 27,000 steps in four hours. And because the

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said cuer Mitchell Thompson, immediately adding that chess might not be the best analogy. “It’s a lot of fun. You mix everyone up, then you try to get them back to the same spot again.”

“The main reason is because it makes me smile,” said Lilette Bagwin of Aurora.

“You’re running around, but you’re having so much fun that you don’t even know you’re exercising.”

“Square dancing is very much alive,” said Dan Hughes of Conifer. “You can dance at any club in the world, and the calls will always be in English, no matter where you are.” And, “the nicest people you will ever meet are square dancers — that’s a universal fact.” polka gets a person’s blood and oxygen circulating to the brain, Gross said, it potentially can help with preventing Alzheimer’s.

But going out dancing is great for a person’s social well-being and it’s “more fun than going to the gym.”

“It’s a stimulant, and an outing,” Gross said.

Gross urges more people — especially younger generations — to learn the polka. It is a fun style of dance, and people enjoy dancing to the live music, he said.

“Polka is happy music,” Gross said.

“When people try it out, they have a great time.”

Line dancing About 20 years ago, a study came out that suggests line dancing can lower a person’s risk of getting Alzheimer’s or dementia by 76 percent, said line dance instructor Judy Yamakishi.

“They have to stay sharp,” Yamakishi said. “It’s just so good for your mind.”

Yamakishi, of Westminster, has been teaching line dancing for 23 years. Her classes take place 15 times a week at 11 senior centers and assisted living residences in the Denver-metro area.

Mentally, line dancing helps because the dancer is always learning new moves.

An experienced line dancer will never get bored, Yamakishi said, but a novice line dancer will never have to feel intimidated because there are “all sorts of different levels” in line dancing.

Each dance can have a number of different steps, Yamakishi said. Steps include using the arms, legs and hips.

“Your whole body is moving — it’s almost aerobic,” she said. But “it’s not work because it’s so enjoyable.”

Besides getting the heart rate going, line dancing is great for managing weight, Yamakishi said. She lost 50 pounds through the years she has been line dancing, she added.

Although Yamakishi’s classes consist mostly of senior-aged people, she would recommend line dancing as a form of exercise for any age.

And there’s not a shortage of places where people can go to line dance, she said.

“All over the world, people like to line dance,” Yamakishi said. “It’s amazing how big line dancing is.”

Contra dancing “No matter what kind of dancing you’re doing, you’re moving and getting the blood flowing,” said Patricia Danscen, co-coordinator of the Westminster Grange Hall community contra dance, put on by the nonprofit organization, Colorado Friends Of Old Time Music And Dance.

All dance can help maintain physical fitness, and keep dancers active yearround Danscen said.

Contra dancing, in particular, Danscen said, allows a person to be very aerobic, but also the ability to dance at their own pace. It’s fun, and easy for all ages and experiences.

Another big health benefit of contra dancing is that it “lifts your spirit,” Danscen said. It can potentially be very stress-relieving — “the music itself is therapeutic.”

Music can include anything from old-time fiddle to Celtic to New Englandstyle, she said. But the most uplifting part of contra dancing is that it’s a community dance.

Historically, people would congregate at grange halls to bring a community together, Danscen said. “It was a social gathering as well as a dance.”

Different formations are utilized in the dance, such as dancing with a group in a circle or square. The contra formation is two lines facing each other, “and you dance with everybody throughout the dance.”

“When you’ve got live, toe-tapping, energetic music, you can’t help but move to it,” Danscen said. “It’s hard to sit still, and everybody is smiling.”

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February 26, 2016

Truck collides with house in Englewood

Homeowners were not injured in incident at Stanford and Delaware

By Kyle Harding kharding@coloradocommunitymedia.com Pat Wolan and his girlfriend, Kim Guscott, were watching a movie in the living room of their house in Englewood the afternoon of Feb. 21 when a pickup crashed into a spare bedroom at the front of the house.

“If anybody had been in that bedroom, they’d have been dead,” Wolan said. “Period.”

The house sits on the corner of West Stanford Avenue and South Delaware Street. Wolan said a motorist and witness to the collision told him the older

model Chevrolet pickup was headed west on Stanford at about 40 mph before blowing through the stop sign at the intersection and swerving to avoid the other driver, who was driving south on Delaware and had no stop sign.

The driver and a passenger in the truck were taken to the hospital, Wolan said.

He said that he has spent the past five years remodeling the house, which Guscott owns, and that he doesn’t have an estimate yet of how much damage was done.

An Englewood Police Department spokesman was not available for comment by press time, so it was not immediately known what charges the driver of the truck could face.

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A pickup slammed into this house at the corner of West Stanford Avenue and South Delaware Street in Englewood the afternoon of Feb. 21. Photo

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February 26, 2016

Blood-boosters may help tiny preemies Drugs show promise in boosting brain development, IQ by age 4

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Two blood-building drugs injected soon after birth may give tiny preemies a lasting long-term edge, boosting brain development and IQ by age 4, a firstof-its-kind study found.

The study was small but the implications are big if larger, longer studies prove the drugs help even the playing field for these at-risk children, the researchers and other experts say.

Babies who got the medicine scored much better by age 4 on measures of intelligence, language and memory than preemies who didn’t get it. The medicine group’s scores on an important behavior measure were just as good as a control group of 4-year-olds born on time at a normal weight.

The results are “super exciting,” said Dr. Robin Ohls, the lead author and a pediatrics professor at the University of New Mexico. She said it’s the first

evidence of long-term benefits of the drugs when compared to no blood-boosting treatment.

Even though the treated youngsters didn’t do as well as the normal-weight group on most measures, their scores were impressive and suggest greater brain development than the other preemies, Ohls said.

They scored about 12 points higher on average on IQ tests than the untreated kids but about 10 points lower than the normal-weight group. On tests measuring memory and impulsive behavior, the treated kids fared as well as those born at normal weight.

Here’s how those differences would show up in a preschool setting: The untreated group would be the kids who struggle a little in class, while those who got

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Survival of extremely tiny preemies has improved dramatically in the past 50 years, but treatment for medical problems and developmental delays linked with prematurity has not kept pace, Schreiber said. He was not involved in the study.

He said larger studies including more diverse patient populations are needed to determine if the drugs can help a broader range of preemies.

The study involved 53 children, most white or Hispanic, born more than a month premature and weighing less than 3 pounds at hospitals in New Mexico, Utah and Colorado. Two dozen normal-weight children were also included.

Results were published Feb. 15 in the medical journal Pediatrics.

Shortly after birth, the preemies were randomly assigned to receive injections of either erythropoeitin (EPO) three times weekly; darbepoetin once a week for several weeks; or no treatment. The drugs build red blood cells and are approved to treat anemia caused by cancer treatment or resulting from other conditions.

Preemies lack the ability to make new red blood cells and often need frequent blood transfusions to replace blood taken for lab tests. The drugs are now sometimes used to try to reduce their need for transfusions, in doses similar to the ones studied.

The drugs can increase endurance by boosting oxygen levels in the blood, and have been implicated in some sports doping scandals.

Dr. Sandra Juul, a University of Washington pediatrics professor, is leading a larger multicenter study of both drugs in preemies and said it’s too soon to recommend the medicines for treating developmental delays.

Still, since almost half of infants born extremely early have significant developmental problems, any treatment that could improve their lives “is incredibly important,” Juul said.

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Look for the good, then share it Imagine for a moment that someone very close to you, maybe a family member or friend, called you and during your conversation they said something like, “Do you know my favorite thing about you is that you are always smiling, always optimistic, and you just make my day every time we talk or meet.”

Now it can be anything, right? Someone’s favorite thing about you could be your listening skills, your patience, your kindness, your confidence, your ability to stay calm, your quiet strength, or any number of other things.

How would you feel? I’ll bet most of us would feel pretty darn good, and whatever trait or characteristic they pointed out would probably become a focal point for us for the rest of the day or maybe even the week. And if something we do consistently day in and day out is recognized by someone else or perhaps many others, it just means that our transparency around that trait or characteristic is just a part of who we are and is in alignment with our core values. It’s real.

Have you ever received such a compliment? Better yet, have you ever given such a compliment? You know the old saying, “It is better to give than to receive.” Well it’s not just about giving of money or material gifts, it is also about how we give and receive sincere compliments. Sincere compliments are not to be mistaken for manipulative flattery;

LETTER TO THE EDITOR Writer on point about Arapahoe tragedy It is gratifying to read Jack Ballard’s concise, logical and perceptive remarks concerning the onesided and slanted coverage of the Arapahoe High School shooting tragedy. While our fullest sympathy goes out to all those affected, we have been anxious that little or no positive or clarifying recognition has been presented of the overall dedicated and consistent contributions of the school, its faculty and administration, the district stability and long-standing insistence on excellence in all efforts.

As the spouse of a dedicated AHS teacher (25 years full-time, 10 more active substituting, a currently continuing volunteer-coaching of the speech team), I am proud of our almost-40 year association with an outstanding educational forum and appreciate that someone like Dr. Ballard has finally spoken up for the district, the school, its traditional values and contributions to the community.

I hope people can move on from the slanted and judgmental denigration of a wonderful institution, recognize the tragedy as the isolated act of a troubled teen and not a pervasive and detrimental failure. Thanks to Dr. Ballard for speaking out.

Jerry Summers Centennial

sincere compliments come from the heart with no expectation of receiving anything in return.

The other day I had an opportunity to ski with a friend and colleague who was in from New York. We skied with his wife and their friend Doug and Michael Norton his son James who are locals. We had an inWINNING credible “blue sky” day, WORDS and one of my favorite parts of the day was the way that Doug couldn’t seem to stop smiling. He had a big wide smile on his face all day, while we skied, while we ate, and while we talked. So as we were traversing back to our starting point at the end of the day and cruising along a catwalk, I said to Doug, “My favorite thing about skiing with you today was your smile.” His happiness and joy were contagious as we all had just an incredible ski day.

Too often we get caught up with the things we hate, or things about people we dislike.

Or we get focused and caught up in what other people are doing that really get under our skin. And when those traits become the focal point of our attention, we simply miss

the opportunity to see the amazing gifts and talents that others have and that they could bring to our relationships if we would only look for our favorite things about them instead of only those things that irk us.

I encourage you to try it, make an effort to create a positive habit by looking for the good and pointing out your favorite things about your friends and family members to them. And as you share the good things you are seeing in each one of them, watch as they own those traits and repeat those behaviors, actions, and attitudes. And don’t be shocked when they turn around at a later time and let you know what their very favorite thing is about you through a sincere compliment and sincere appreciation.

Who knows, maybe your favorite thing is that this column is almost over. But maybe, just maybe, there is something in here that resonates with you as you are someone who already does this. Or maybe it makes sense and it has provided you with something to think about and practice. Either way, I would love to hear all about it at gotonorton@ gmail.com. And when we find and share our favorite things about situations and people, it really will be a better than good week.

Michael Norton is a resident of Castle Rock, the former president of the Zig Ziglar Corporation, a strategic consultant and a business and personal coach.

Cutting through the murk of college loans When most parents are asked what they would like to be able to provide for their children, a great education is at the top of the list. A college education is seen as the golden ticket to making sure our children have a fair shot at earning a Morgan Carroll good-paying job, finding affordable housing, GUEST and saving enough for retirement.

COLUMN Unfortunately, too many students are graduating from college saddled with debt, often due to varying interest rates or fees from their private lender that jacked up the cost of their education.

Taking out a private loan has become just another financial obstacle later on in life; another bill families have to pick between when deciding what bills they can afford that month, with seemingly no end in sight.

In fact, Americans currently hold over $1 trillion in student loan debt, ultimately holding back their earnings and a chance at success. I’m one of those Americans still

paying off my student loan debt.

I worked my way through college with multiple jobs, studied hard for my classes, and played by the rules that said if you work hard and earn a degree, you can achieve your own American Dream. I’ve been fortunate in my career, which makes my obligation to give those in the middle class who saw the private lending system work against them, the same opportunities I had after I graduated.

That’s why I’m introducing the Know Before You Owe Act, Senate Bill 16-043, in the Colorado Senate, which would make sure students have the information they need to make the very best decisions on how to pay for their education. My legislation will crack down on private, for-profit lenders and require them to disclose the true cost of student loans to consumers before borrowing, as well as provide them information on lower-cost federal loans they can take advantage of before moving to a private lender.

Private lenders offer loans with higher interest rates that are harder to pay off than federal loans, and are chock full of various fees that add significant costs onto an already

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Scientists explain world from within their own

Craig Marshall Smith

QUIET DESPERATION

What a relief.

Today’s headline was not about the Broncos.

The front page story was about as far from the National Football League as it gets.

And I didn’t understand a word of it.

Unfortunately it’s probably too late.

I think it was too late when I was in high school. I came to the fork in the road, and I took it.

Art and science can meet from time to time, but it’s rare.

I have accepted my ignorance in science and in mathematics.

I try to shield myself from expos-

ing it by excusing myself and asking, “Uh, where’s the men’s room?”

If someone starts a conversation about Einstein or Tesla, I bail.

Today’s article was about Einstein.

“Scientists’ discovery proves Einstein’s theory 100 years later.”

I could have “excused” myself, simply by turning the page, or feeding the dog.

But I decided to soldier on, knowing I was lost to begin with.

“It was just a tiny, almost imperceptible ‘chirp,’ but it simultaneously opened humanity’s ears to the music of the cosmos and proved Albert Einstein right again.”

I think the Associated Press writer

was trying to provide the reader with a poetic introduction before getting to the gist.

The gist was inaccessible to a sod like me.

But I tried.

“Scientists announced that they have finally detected gravitational waves, the ripples in the fabric of space and time that Einstein predicted.”

The article said, “The news exhilarated astronomers and physicists.”

I wonder how many astronomers and physicists were among the million-plus who celebrated the local Smith continues on Page 9

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Markets test patience Investors are not happy. But according to the volatility index, they are not panicked either. This could be the most orderly correction we have ever seen.

The markets seem to drift based on whatever news Patricia Kummer blows in. One day it is China, the FINANCIAL next oil. SomeSTRATEGIES times it is Europe or the dollar. Last week it was earnings. Regardless of how we got here, the end result is the same … losses in every equity category.

This feels like 2011 all over again. However, most investors when polled did not recall the economic turmoil in that year, or the 18 percent correction in the equities market which all started with Greece.

Maybe investors thought a country the size of Georgia could not impact us significantly, but the contagion that spread around the world affected every country.

Luckily it was not very long-lived.

Since that downturn, we have not experienced any significant pullbacks until last August when we had a very brief 12 percent decline that was over in a few weeks.

Now we are seeing much more volatility based on concerns from analysts around the world.

Some think this is the payback for over five years of easy money. We shook our heads in 2011 when Greece could not cut expenses, reduce pensions or pay their debts. Now we are not thrilled with the idea of doing the same in this country. Our largest pension, Social Security, is not giving a cost of living increase this year. This coupled with declining investment income will put many retirees on a reduced budget.

The quantitative easing (QE) provided by the Federal Reserve Board allowed us to get out of recession in 2009 and fueled the stock market to over a 200 percent return during the following five years. Now that QE has been removed, stocks are being repriced based on current economic conditions.

The next most common concern

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At a time when too many Coloradans feel like the system has been rigged

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football squad recently.

My own choices are somewhere in between.

You couldn’t have paid me to celebrate the Broncos in public.

You couldn’t pay me enough to explain why the scientists are so happy.

There is a diagram that goes along with the article. It’s titled “Detecting Gravitational Waves.”

Huh? I said that art and science rarely meet.

Years ago, I had a solo exhibition at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder.

It was long before artists simply applied for exhibition opportunities online.

(If you are an artist and you are interested in local, regional and national exhibition opportunities, go to CaFÉ, which is a Web-based service for artists.)

I drove a carload of framed drawings to NCAR in the morning, stayed around town all day, and then picked up the pictures in the late afternoon after they had been juried.

I was accepted. The exhibition came later.

among the Wall Street gurus is that the economy’s growth rate is a paltry 2 percent. Business and consumer spending should take up the slack when QE ends, but with years of no wage increases, consumer spending is down. Business spending is also lower as the last three quarters of earnings showed declines.

Commodities, in particular oil prices, have been blamed for most of the negative days on the stock market. However, this could be a result of the rising dollar, declining demand in China, and higher inventories.

China’s slowdown has had significant impact on Europe and emerging markets.

It was just a matter of time that the credit crisis in the U.S. in 2008 and in Europe in 2011 made its way to the far corners of the globe. The increase in interest rates here at home was like rubbing salt in the wound. This caused the Chinese government to devalue the yuan to offset our rising dollar.

There are plenty of reasons for market declines. However, there are plenty of positive factors that will pull investors back in when the price is right. This includes a falling unemployment rate, nationally to 4.9 percent and in Colorado to 4.2 percent.

This is considered full employment. Jeremy Siegel stated in his recent commentary that it is difficult to have a recession when everyone is working.

More good news is that there may be little reason for another interest rate hike in the next few months. This should allow for more borrowing, including Wall Street mergers and acquisitions while rates remain low and stable. This should also help fuel growth at the right price.

Jerry Webman, chief economist for OppenheimerFunds, will provide detailed commentary on market conditions and the election impact at our March workshop.

Patricia Kummer has been an independent certified financial planner for 29 years and is president of Kummer Financial Strategies Inc., a registered investment advisor in Highlands Ranch. Kummer Financial is a six-year 5280 Top Advisor. Please visit www.kummerfinancial.com for more information or call the economic hotline at 303-683-5800. Any material discussed is meant for informational purposes only and not a substitute for individual advice.

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Political Noon Hour, a weekly event that allows the residents of Centennial to connect and communicate with Mayor Cathy Noon, is from noon to 1 p.m. every Wednesday at the Civic Center building located at 13133 E. Arapahoe Road.

Arapahoe County Republican Breakfast Club meets the first Wednesday of each month at Maggiano’s DTC, 7401 S. Clinton St., Englewood. Breakfast buffet opens at 6:45 a.m. and program lasts from 7:15-8:30 a.m. Contact Myron Spanier, 303-877-2940; Mort Marks, 303-770-6147; Nathan Chambers, 303-8040121; or Cliff Dodge, 303-909-7104.

Professional AAUW, American Association of University Women, Littleton-South Metro Branch, invites graduates who hold an associate or higher degree from an accredited institution to participate in activities that advance equity for women and girls through advocacy, education, philanthropy and research. Meetings are usually the second Monday of each month, September through May, at Southglenn Library, Vine and University in Centennial. Social time at 6:30 p.m. is followed by a short business meeting and informative programs. Contact membership chair Barb Pyle at barbpyle@ yahoo.com.

Arapahoe Sales Professionals meets Thursdays for a business breakfast, business speaker and business networking. Meetings are at 7:30 a.m. at The Egg & I, 2630 W. Belleview (Santa Fe and Belleview). Meeting fee includes breakfast. Contact Jody Aiton, 303-808-8223.

BNI Connections (www.thebniconnections. com) invites business owners to attend its meeting held each Tuesday, 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. at the Lone Tree Recreation Center, 10249 Ridgegate Circle. There is no charge to attend a meeting as a guest. Please visit www.thebniconnections.com or contact Jack Rafferty, 303-414-2363 or jrafferty@hmbrown.com.

Centennial Trusted Leads is a professional referral organization that meets for breakfast at The Egg & I, 6890 S. University, Centennial, the first and third Thursdays at 7:45 a.m. Call 303-972-4164 or visit www.trustedleads.com Dry Creek Sertoma is a women’s social and service organization that meets at 7:10 a.m. the first and third Wednesday of the month at Toast Restaurant in downtown Littleton. For information see our page on Facebook or email JEDougan@aol.com.

The League of Women Voters of Arapahoe County has two meetings per month. No unit meetings are in June through August, but the two unit meetings per month will begin again in September on second Monday evenings and second Thursday mornings. Call 303-7982939.

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Nonpracticing and Part Time Nurses Association meets from 12:30-2:30 p.m. on the third Wednesday of each month at the Southglenn Library, 6972 S. Vine St., Centennial. All nurses are invited to attend for medical presentations. Contact: Barbara Karford, 303-794-0354.

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against their success, this idea will help remove the smoke and mirrors from the student loan process, and give power back to Coloradans to make the very best financial choices when going after that golden ticket of a higher education.

Democrat Morgan Carroll is the state senator for District 29, which includes Aurora and eastern Arapahoe County, and a candidate for the 6th Congressional District seat in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Those were the days when I applied for everything, which I don’t do now.

I think I applied partly because I had seen NCAR in Woody Allen’s “Sleeper.”

It was all very oblique to an art gallery or an art museum.

I took a shirt pocket protector with me, just in case I started to get the odd glance.

Everyone was very welcoming, but I knew in my heart that they could see right through me.

They had the home field advantage.

The article continued: “Some physicists said the finding is as big a deal as the 2012 discovery of the sub-atomic Higgs boson, known as the ‘God particle.’

Some said this is bigger.”

If I knew what that meant, what would I do with the knowledge? I would have to keep it to myself.

Or turn it into a somewhat dull and academic column perhaps.

On the other hand, if I knew what it meant, it would further swell my ego.

I co-exist with some brilliant men and women, who are out of this world.

Rather, they are out of my world.

Craig Marshall Smith is an artist, educator and Highlands Ranch resident. He can be reached at craigmarshallsmith@comcast.net.

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February 26, 2016

Trail running has become one of the fastest-growing sports in the nation, according to president and CEO of Human Potential Running Series, John LaCroix. Ambassadors of the sport include, from left, Lakewood’s Laurie Nakauchi, a longtime trail runner and multiple 100-mile trail racer, and Arvada’s Jennifer Forker, past president of the Colorado Masters Running/Racewalking Association. Nakauchi and Forker were joined Feb. 11 on the Morrison Slide Trail at Red Rocks Park by north metro editor and reporter Jeremy Johnson, and Lakewood resident and longtime runner Greg Wobbema. Photos by Kurt Hardester

Trail runners defy convention Whatever the road to redemption looks like, one thing’s for certain: It is not paved

RUN ALONG WITH US: A LOOK AT SOME REGIONAL RUNNING CLUBS

By Jeremy Johnson jjohnson@coloradocommunitymedia.com It’s late afternoon along the Morrison Slide Trail at the north end of Red Rocks Park and the sun is starting to disappear behind the foothills to the west.

A beautiful February day by most standards, it’s perhaps a little bleaker than normal for the Front Range, with the setting sun slightly obscured by monochromatic clouds to create a steely backdrop not quite as memorable as some of the more impressive, Bronco-esque blueand-orange twilights Coloradans have come to enjoy so regularly.

To top it off, the trails are a little sloppy, a combination of mud, snow and — in some of the shadiest places along the trail — ice. Conditions are fair; they could be better.

Not that it really matters. Snow, sleet, rain or ice, there’s just no such thing as a bad day for a trail runner. Except, maybe, those days when they don’t get to run.

Running for a reason That’s not to say trail runners don’t have good days at home or the office, too.

But Eastlake’s John LaCroix, president and CEO of Human Potential Running Series and a seasoned ultra runner — the name given to trail runners who compete in long-distance races that go beyond mere marathons — suspects most trail runners run because they have to.

“First, I think people just like long days in the mountains,” LaCroix said. “And you don’t even have to be in the mountains, just on the trail, because it’s hard to be in a bad mood on the trail. It’s hard to be angry there, and so I think it’s about the peace of it all.”

That meditation in motion, that inner peace, is a common theme in a sport where pure focus and concentration is vital. Go too deep in your own thoughts and you could find yourself at the bottom of a ravine or face flat in some rocky

Colorado Masters Running/Racewalking Association The CMRA is a nonprofit, all-volunteer organization promoting running, racewalking and overall fitness by regularly sponsoring distance running-related activities including races, fun runs, training sessions and social events. Membership and activities are open to people of all ages, abilities and levels of fitness, with awards oriented toward athletes age 35 and older.

Laurie Nakauchi, with a host of 100-mile races as part of her running repertoire, is also author of the blog “Guts, Gams and Grit,” espousing the values of trail and ultra running.

Here, Nakauchi mounts the early, steep climb of the Morrison Slide Trail Feb. 11 at Red Rocks Park. juts. But done just right, trail running can “clear the mind and tire (the) body,” said Shaun Schafer, a Thornton resident and associate chair of the Department of Journalism at Metropolitan State University of Denver.

“I find that being exhausted at the end of the day is liberating and relaxing,” he added. “Running takes me there.”

Similarly, Ben Bergstrand, of Denver, a teacher for Aurora Public Schools, enjoys that famous “runner’s high” and the relief that comes with it.

“Mentally, running provides stress relief, a break from the day or the week,” he said, adding that he also finds himself planning lessons or finding solutions to personal and professional problems when running.

Physical health matters, too.

Successful amateur bowler Greg Wobbema chose trail running as a preventive measure against the middle-age physique embodied by so many of his colleagues at the lanes.

“I started running one morning when I

woke up and decided I didn’t want to ever have any weight or flexibility issues,” said the gangly and quick-footed Lakewood resident. “Most of my bowling friends were starting to get out of shape and heavy, and I wasn’t going to be like that.”

What’s more, Wobbema said trail running improves leg strength, balance and flexibility, helping him stay competitive on the ball-and-pin circuit.

As for LaCroix, he believes, for many, running is an answer to an endless, nagging question, a solution to something, to everything. To him, it’s the best available cure for his severe depression.

“But maybe it’s an alcohol addiction or a drug addiction — whatever it is, (trail runners) are trying to replace bad habits with better habits,” he said. “What I’ve learned is that just about everybody in this sport is dealing with something. And if it makes us kind of sound like a bunch of whack jobs, well, I guess we are.”

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For more information find it on Facebook or go to www.comastersrun.org.

Denver Trail Runners Denver Trail Runners is a free group for people who like running trails in the Denver area. DTR holds group runs every Thursday evening and Sunday morning, year round, mostly in the foothills west of Denver. Everyone is welcome to join, fast or slow, young or old, local or visitor, and no sign-ups are necessary. Run info is posted online at www.denvertrailrunners.com, and on its Facebook page.

Human Potential Running Series The Human Potential Running Series is a celebration of grass roots, lowfrills ultra and trail running. Events range from the unofficial group run to the official race, ranging in distances from half-marathon to 100 miles.

Events are designed, specifically, to challenge each participant physically and/or mentally while celebrating the history of ultra running. Find out more online at www.humanpotentialrunning.com, or on the Front Range Ultra Runners Facebook page.

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Drums beat their way to Lone Tree GuGu Drums, a 20-member drum ensemble from Shanghai, China, will appear at 7 p.m.

March Sonya Ellingboe 12 on the Main SONYA’S Stage SAMPLER at Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St., Lone Tree, with athletic, musical and dramatic drum work. They will tell stories and play instruments as small as finger cymbals and as large as massive standing drums, stage battles between the ox and the tiger, and give a new picture of percussion. Box office: 720-509-1000, lonetreeartscenter.org.

Parker Symphony “The Parker Symphony Orchestra Goes to the Movies,” set for 7:30 p.m. Feb. 26, will feature musical highlights from Oscar-winning films at the PACE Center, 20000 Pikes Peak Ave., Parker. Tickets: 303-805-

required. The Chorale, directed

by Brian Leatherman, with accompanist Cindy Runkel, is a new national affiliate of Encore Creativity for Older Adults. (A similar group has started in Highlands Ranch.) Information: Nikki Crouse, nikkic@ssprd.org, 303-730-4609.

GuGu Drums, a percussion group from Shanghai, China, will perform at Lone Tree Arts Center at 7 p.m. on March 12. It’s their first appearance at LTAC. Courtesy photo 6800, parkerarts.org.

Diamond, not rough Super Diamond, the Neil Diamond tribute, performs at 7:30 p.m. March 12 at the PACE Center, 20000 Pikes Peak Ave., Parker. Hear classics such as “Sweet Caroline,” “Forever in Blue Jeans,” “Cracklin’ Rosie” and more. Tickets: 303-8056800, parkerarts.org.

Guild members show, sell art Members of the longtime Paint Box Guild will exhibit art-

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A state of mind Call a trail runner a “whack job” and the response will likely be a positive one.

A large part of what drives an ultra runner might be the sheer audacity of it all, the idea of doing something that many people find cruel, pointless, masochistic or even downright derelict. After all, who really enjoys running until ragged, over rugged, jagged terrain that’s waiting to tear at elbows and knees and leave the challenger weak and dizzy from peak to valley and back again?

People like Laurie Nakauchi, that’s who. An ultra-running trail veteran with a host of 100-mile races as part of her expansive running repertoire, Nakauchi thinks of trail running as less a hobby and more a way of life.

“It’s a part of who I am,” she said.

The stylish Nakauchi embraces much about trail running that appeals most to outsiders, like fearless fashion sense, fierce determination and the ability to grin and bear it when most people would break down and sob.

“I’m biased, but I’d say trail runners are more laid back,” she said. “I’d also say trail runners are heartier, sexier, tougher and overall more fun.

works March 1 through March 28 at Buck Recreation Center, 2004 W. Powers Ave., Littleton.

Media included are oil, watercolor, pastel, mixed media — all for sale.

A chance to sing South Suburban’s new Encore Chorale at Littleton’s Buck Community Center began Feb. 22 and runs through May 30, with a performance on June 4. Participants meet from 1 to 2:30 p.m. on Mondays at the Buck Center, 2004 W. Powers Ave., and there are no auditions

“Of course, the longer you run, the more this is true,” Nakauchi added, “which makes ultra runners the toughest, sexiest runners on the planet.”

In that way, there’s a certain “us and them” aspect to trail running, even compared to their road-running cousins.

“I started as a road runner and almost quit running,” LaCroix said. “A huge mass of people running for up to four hours at a time without so much as a ‘Hello’ or a friendly conversation — what a bore, and a shame.

“But trail running,” he added, “man, I felt like I had found my lost brothers and sisters.”

For Schafer, the magic of the trails trumps the sterility of the road, creating special bonds between people and with Mother Nature herself.

“I think we all appreciate other runners that much more because we know we are all competing against ourselves, against each other and against Mother Nature,” he said.

“There are more challenges to trail running, especially on single-track trails, and the camaraderie in a group of runners only increases when trails are involved.”

Reflective of life LaCroix said he believed rock climbing was not so long ago among the fastest-growing sports in the nation and the state, “but I’m pretty cer-

Gardeners meet “Beautiful Gardens for All Seasons” is the subject for Jeromy M. Montano of Designs by Sundown landscaping firm in Littleton when he addresses the Littleton Garden Club on March 2. The group meets on the first Wednesday of the month at 6:30 p.m. (refreshments at 6 p.m.) at the LPS Educational Services Center lunchroom, 5776 S. Crocker St., Littleton (enter on the south side). Plan your garden so there will be flowers from spring through fall and attractive plant forms in winter as well. Montano will also give an update from Colorado State Extension Service. Information: Liz Wuest, president: famwuest4@gmail.com.

Coming to CVA A panel of three Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonists will discuss the art of cartooning at 6 p.m. March 2 at Metro State

tain trail running has taken that over.”

“It’s a completely different culture, where ‘competition’ takes a back seat to simply being communal,” added the New Hampshire native, who started his Human Potential Race Series for that very reason — to bring the community aspect back to trail running, so that everybody is “challenging yourself and accomplishing great things together.”

And accomplishing great things doesn’t require a grand investment. In fact, Nakauchi attributes the popularity of the sport to its everyman (and woman) quality.

“Anyone can do it because it doesn’t take a lot of coordination or special equipment,” Nakauchi said. “You don’t need a lot of money and you can do it anywhere, anytime. It can be a solitary sport great for clearing your mind and relaxing, or a very social sport.”

In the end, there’s no real way to establish one, definitive reason for why trail runners do what they do.

Ultimately, it’s most likely a combination of things, much like the same trail over and over and over again can provide a completely new experience every time. Throw in some inclement weather, and trail running can create absolute singular experiences likely never to be duplicated.

“Trails are reflective of life,” Schafer said. “Even when you think you know what you are doing, there will be a surprise.”

University’s Center for Visual Art, 965 Santa Fe Drive, Denver.

The discussion will include professor Arthur N. Gilbert, owner of the “Under the Guillotine” collection of historical cartoons

by James Gillray, exhibited at the CVA. Pulitzer winners Mike Keefe, Jim Borgman and Signe Wilkinson will share ideas. Admission is free. This collection is exhibited through March 19.

On March 16, there is a visiting artist talk with Deb Sokolow at 5 p.m. Works by Sokolow as well as those by Molly Crabtree and Chris Dacre, also contemporary cartoonists, are hung in the gallery as contrast.

Student artists The 2016 Congressional Art Competition is open for high school students in Congressional District 6, according to Congressman Mike Coffman’s local office at 3300 S. Parker Road, Suite 305, Aurora. The first-place winner gets a free trip to Washington to exhibit his or her art and will be eligible for a partial scholarship to Savannah College of Art and Design.

The artwork will be exhibited at Outnumbered Gallery, 5654 S. Prince St., Littleton. For submission guidelines: Coffman.house. gov/services/art-competition.

Challenges like weather and rocky terrain are no problem for trail runners, who find comfort in the most uncomfortable situations. Here, ultrarunning veteran Laurie Nakauchi leads a pack of runners Feb. 11 through Red Rocks Park, including former Colorado Master Running/Racewalking Association president Jennifer Forker, longtime Lakewood trail runner and photographer Kurt Hardester, and Greg Wobbema, also of Lakewood, an amateur bowler who uses trail running to help develop coordination and improve leg strength.

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British silliness offers fun evening of theater Play by Richard Bean is set in England in 1963

Luke Allen Terry plays the comical Brit Francis Henshall, who tries to juggle two jobs, a love of food and a prospective girlfriend in the farce “One Man, Two Guvnors” at Vintage Theatre.

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By Sonya Ellingboe sellingboe@coloradocommunitymedia.com “One Man, Two Guvnors” by British playwright Richard Bean promises farce, mistaken identities, physical comedy and serious silliness. Set in 1963 Brighton, England, it’s focused on one klutzy Francis Henshall (Luke Terry).

Dressed in unmatched plaids, stretched over an ample belly, he is busy day and night, trying to keep hunger at bay as he holds down two jobs, with two bosses — “guvnors” — and tries to fit in some one-on-one time with the curvaceous Dolly (Jean Schuman).

He needs to keep the two guvnors apart while doing errands for both, mixing up their mail and messages — and meals.

The picture is confused by a woman, Rachel Crabbe (Molly Killoran), one of the guvnors, posing as her twin brother, Roscoe — who was recently killed

by Stanley Stubbers (Scott Hogg), the other guvnor.

Roscoe was romantically interested in Pauline Clench, encouraged by her small-time mobster father, Charlie “the Duck” Clench — but Pauline is greatly attracted to overblown actor Alan Dangle, who is influenced by his dad, Harry Dangle (Wade Livingston) and given to reciting soliloquies at any time, any place.

These characters, plus a shuffling octogenarian waiter, Alfie (Eddie Schumacher) and a few others are constantly on the move, slamming doors, falling down stairs and just missing connections, all carefully staged by director Linda Suttle, who said she called in fight choreographer Seth Maisel, from Town Hall’s staff, to show people how to clash without getting hurt.

The play, a great hit in London and New York, is based on the classic Ital-

ian commedia dell’arte “Servant of Two Masters” by Carlo Goldoni.

This cast is in general comfortable in their roles and I’d expect that comfort level to increase as the play runs through March 26 at Aurora’s Vintage Theatre. Many of those lines are hilarious An amusing touch is the way the cast dances to background music as actors change the sets — even that necessary activity is funny. Background music — Beatles and more from the 1960s — was a good fit and there is a final song from the cast, directed by Eric Weinstein.

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IF YOU GO “One Man, Two Guvnors,” a collaboration between Spotlight Theatre and Vintage Theatre Productions, plays through March 26 at Vintage Theatre, 1468 Dayton St., Aurora. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays; 2:30 p.m. Sundays and Saturday, March 26.

Tickets: $24-$30, vintagetheatre.com, 303-856-7830. filled couple of hours, spend them with Francis Henshall and acquaintances near Brighton Beach.

Director finds escape in world of theater

By Sonya Ellingboe sellingboe@coloradocommunitymedia.com Linda Suttle of Littleton, director of “One Man, Two Guvnors,” is an experienced actress and director who works as a victims’ advocate for the Littleton Police Department by day, helping people to cope with acts of violence and tragedy, leadSuttle ing them to an understanding of the criminal justice system.

Theater gives her a release from the day’s tensions — especially when it involves material that is “so funny.”

“Richard Bean’s play is very British, very smart, very slapstick,” she said. “It was a huge hit in London and New York.”

She’s enjoyed the related music by the Beatles and others and said music director Eric Weinstein made the track and taught all the actors to sing one big final number.

“Some had done musical comedy — and others, not so much. They are the funniest people in town,” she said.

What’s next for her in theater? Nothing coming up at the moment, but: “It’s the passion of my life — I’m always looking for the next one.”

Suttle grew up in Littleton, attended Arapahoe High School, Arapahoe Community College and Metropolitan State University, and has worked for the Littleton Police Department for 29 years.

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Art student Tanya McCann finishes her Pop Art painting “Look Out. I’ve got My Big Boy Pants On!” for a critique in Jennifer Jeannelle’s advanced art class. Photo by Peggy Dietz

Art engages students ahead of exhibition March exhibit will take place at Depot Art Gallery in Littleton

Jeannelle also had questions and constructive comments for each.

There was so much conversation generated that the group had to postpone consideration of videos some had created as a medium of

By Sonya Ellingboe sellingboe@coloradocommunitymedia. choice.

Emma Olsen displayed two pages com of an illustrated book she is finishing. She has 10 pages completed Students in Jennifer Jeannelle’s and described the book as “fractured advanced art class at Littleton High fairy tales for children,” dealing with School gathered in the big, paintserious topics: how different genders splashed art room after lunch on are supposed to look, Feb. 16 for a critique body image, media… of their current projAlso concerned with ect, which was to be IF YOU GO gender identification, completed and ready to Tanya McCann exdisplay and discuss by The student exhibit pressed her ideas with that day. (Some barely at the Depot Art a comic-book heroine had the paint dry.) The Gallery, 2069 woman — except she’s assignment was to W. Powers Ave., shaving! Her title is “Look investigate something or Littleton, will run Out. I’ve Got My Big Boy someone and respond from March 3-12, Pants On!” Talk was of in their own style and with a reception powerful female images, medium — and/or they on March 12 from comics — and the incluwere to do a project of 3 to 5 p.m. Gallery sion of humor. hours: 10 a.m. to their own choice.

“Multiple layers of 5 p.m. Tuesdays There were some meaning” Jeannelle through Saturdays; similar themes among observed about El11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on these bright, engaged lie Ingram’s hanging Sundays. 303-795young artists — socisculpture/mobile, with 0781. ety’s conflicts, gender its triangular basic inequality, personal disform, words and other covery, encompassing attachments, including philosophical concepts. a pair of gilded scissors. “It is about And some individual focal points: what we look for as humans — what interest in nature — or dragons and I’m looking for in myself,” she said. monsters, for example. Students There was disagreement between talked about each other’s ideas as other students about whether the they’d portrayed them, reacting and words were needed or not. asking questions.

Teacher at Littleton High exhibits work frequently Littleton High School art teacher Jennifer Jeannelle works in ceramics sculpture and mixed media, making connections between art and science. She uses a variety of natural and synthetic materials and her work “explores the transcendence of time …”

She exhibits regularly and at present has a very large, floorto-ceiling work included in the Arvada Center’s “Art of the State” show called “The Foundation Upon Which.” It is a giant paper map with ink drawing and a criss-cross web of threads as directional lines, fixed in place with map pins.

Her website says: “My work becomes a way to represent the struggle for biotic survival and to question why some ecosystems perpetuate life on this planet.”

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Graphic novel takes reader back in time Historical characters play roles in mystery

By Sonya Ellingboe sellingboe@coloradocommunitymedia.com A Smithsonian graphic novel series for middle-grade kids starts with “The Wrong Wrights,” published Feb. 23. The premise is to set a group of smart kids in a visit to one of the Smithsonian museums. A mystery develops and the bright-eyed, young, budding geeks are able to resolve it.

In “The Wrong Wrights,” the visit is to the usually amazing Air and Space Museum, which is especially familiar to fifth-grader Eric Silbert, who knows a lot about many of the planes on exhibit there. Also in the diverse group is Josephine Turcios, whose special interest is reptiles and Dominique Fallon. A fourth-grader, Ajay Ninan, is the final winner.

As the kids arrive, they feel queasy suddenly and then realize the famous planes are missing — replaced by a bunch of dirigibles.

They are met by a guide, outfitted with Smithsonian bracelets (Smithsonian Archive Interface Facilitators) and ZZZAP! They are transported to another time — a century ago in

CURTAIN TIME On Lakewood stage “Getting Out” by Marsha Norman plays March 4 to April 3 at the Edge Theater, 1560 Teller St., Lakewood. Directed by Rick Yaconis. Performances: 8 p.m.

Fridays and Saturdays; 6 p.m.

Sundays (no show March 13); 8 p.m. Monday, March 21. Tickets: theedgetheater.com, 303-2320363.

Athena winner “Ghosts of Us,” the Athena Festival Winner from last year, is

Battery Park, New York City: Oct. 4, 1909, for the Hudson-Fulton Celebration, when Wilbur Wright is to demonstrate flying the plane he and his brother built. (The plane that is usually exhibited in the Air and Space Museum.)

Also there is Glenn Curtiss (who turns out to be a fake) in another new plane that crashes into the river. (Something evil is afoot!) He is rescued by Tom Baldwin in a dirigible — which Eric knows is not what happened that day.

Detective work by the young quartet ensues, with encounters with other characters of that time a century ago, including the Wrights’ sister, Katherine, who had a great deal to do with their successful work on a plane that would fly.

The graphic story, produced by experienced artists and writers, will carry kids through an adventure that teaches a bit of history in an appealing way. The eventual plan is to introduce young readers to others of the Smithsonian museums with comparable adventures.

“The Wrong Wrights” is a large paperback with bright cover and black and white illustrations. It should appeal to curious 8- to 12year olds and is priced at $10.95.

given a full production at the Byron Theatre/Newman Center at the University of Denver, 2344 E. Iliff Ave., Denver. Performances: 8 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays; 2 p.m.

Sundays (no show March 27), 8 p.m. Monday, March 28. Tickets: athenaprojectfestival.org.

Prequel “Peter and the Starcatcher” plays March 4 to May 14 at BDT Stage, 5501 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder. A musical prequel to the Peter Pan story. Performances: Wednesdays through Sundays. Call for tickets and schedule, 303-449-6000, or look

online: bdtstage.com.

American classic comedy “The Man Who Came to Dinner” by Kauffman and Hart plays through March 20 at Town Hall Arts Center, 2450 W. Main St., Littleton. Directed by Bob Wells. Performances: 7:30 p.m.

Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays; 2 p.m. Sundays and Saturday, March 5; 6:30 p.m. March 13.

303-794-2787, ext. 5; townhallartscenter.org.

Musical in Aurora “Heathers: The Musical” by Laurence O’Keefe and Kevin

“The Wrong Wrights” is a new graphic novel for middle-grade readers. It’s the first in a series focusing on individual Smithsonian museums; the Air and Space Museum in this example. Courtesy image

Murphy plays Feb. 26 through March 20 at the Aurora Fox, 9900 E. Colfax Ave., Denver. Directed

by Keith Rabin Jr., with choreography by Reace Daniel. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays; 2:30 p.m.

Sundays. Tickets: $28/adult, $26/senior, $20/student; ignitetheatre.com, 866-811-4111.

For young theater lovers “Art Dog,” based on the children’s book by Thatcher Hurd, is a professionally staged production in the Elaine Wolf Theatre at the Mizel Arts and Culture Center, 350 S. Dahlia St.,

Denver, from March 11 through May 6. Presented by the excellent Denver Children’s Theatre, directed by Steve Wilson, with musical direction by Donna Debreceni. School performances at 10 a.m. most Tuesdays to Fridays; public performances Sundays at 1 p.m. Tickets: School group performances: $8 with two adults free; public performances: $10/children; $12 adults and seniors. 303-3166360, maccjcc.org. (Theatrical workshops are available after the school shows.) Recommended for ages preschool to 10 years old.

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PRINCESSES GATHER AT CASTLE

Above: Allison Mahoney picks out sweet treats at the buffet during the Princess Tea Party held Saturday, Feb. 20, at Cherokee Ranch and Castle. Right: Princess Anna, from Disney’s “Frozen,” sings for young girls at the Saturday afternoon tea party.

Princess Elsa talks to tea party attendants at Cherokee Ranch and Castle. Photos by Shanna Fortier

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Lone Tree plastic surgeon Dr. Stephen Weber is traveling to Kenya to perform probono operations and deliver shoes for those in need.

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Why Kenya?

This is my first mission trip with Kenya Relief, which is a group out of Michigan.

I’ve been doing mission work for about eight years now. We travel typically to either Latin America or East Africa once per year and spend a couple of weeks there doing pro-bono surgery for kids and adults.

What will you do there?

The main goal is really cleft lip and palate repair. They have been in Kenya, in the areas near Nairobi, recruiting patients for the last six to eight weeks for the mission. We will be heading there on March 17, and operating probably four to five days. We will work about 15-18 hours a day, just trying to get as much done as possible.

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How can people help?

The other thing we do is we try to take shoes and socks and those sorts of things for the kids and the adults. We try and contribute as much as we can to the Kenyan people while we are there. If people have used sneakers or comfortable shoes that are in decent condition, I’m going to be taking at least a full suitcase of shoes with me. If people can drop off shoes or anything like that to support the mission, that would be awesome. We’re not looking for cash donations or anything like that.

It’s a self-funded trip. We pay our own way, but shoes are the main things we can use. We will have a collection bin in the waiting room here at the office.

What drew you to this work?

I always thought it was a really worthwhile endeavor. I took a mission trip to Peru as a resident, and it was really interesting the effect it had on me. I knew the value of the work and the gravity of the work, but at the end of our trip we had a lot of the families of the kids we operated on come to a big dinner and it was really powerful to see not only how thankful they were, but how desperate they were.

It was a really emotional time. It solidified the fact that I wanted to do this on a regular basis. That’s my goal for the next couple decades: to try and give back at least a couple weeks a year where people need care.

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February 26, 2016

Literary contest offers cash awards College extends submission deadline until March 13

By Sonya Ellingboe sellingboe@coloradocommunitymedia.com Each year, the active Writers Studio at Arapahoe Community College sponsors a literary contest, with firstplace winners in poetry, fiction and nonfiction eligible for cash awards, publication in the Progenitor literary magazine and the opportunity to read at the annual Literary Festival on April 23 in the Half Moon at ACC. The deadline for submissions is extended to March 13 and the contest is open to all Colorado residents, including ACC students and employees.

The 2016 judges are Lorna Dee Cervantes, poetry; Steven Harvey, nonfiction; and Laura Pritchett, fiction.

Categories: • Fiction and nonfiction — original unpublished manuscripts, not to exceed 20 pages typed, 12-point font, double-spaced. One manuscript per entry fee.

• Poetry — up to three original, unpublished poems per entry fee.

Include titles on the manuscript, but your name must not appear on the manuscript. Submission form is online at www.accwritersstudio. submittable.com/submit. All submissions must be done through this page.

A $12 entry fee is required for each submission; $8 for registered ACC students. Payment will be made electronically through Submittable with a small fee for the credit card transaction.

Fill out a cover letter including Colorado residency status, and ACC student status if applicable. Give your

IF YOU GO

International Women’s Day celebrated

The Half Moon is on the Ground Floor (west end) of the Arapahoe Community College Main Campus at 5901 S. Santa Fe Drive, Littleton.

Arapahoe Community College Writers Studio will present “Women Write the Rockies and Beyond: A Celebration of International Women’s Day” in the Half Moon at ACC’s Main Campus in Littleton from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. on March 10.

A “Meet the Writers” hors d’oeuvres reception and silent auction fundraiser will precede the reading, starting at 5:30 p.m. Readings begin at 6:30 p.m. and will feature Elizabeth Hyde, Sheryl Luna, Rita Brady Kiefer, Marilyn Krysl and Teow Lim Goh, who will read and discuss their work.

Stories vary from the “writing walls” of Chinese immigrants detained at Angel Island to warscapes, healers and caregivers, tenderness and poverty at the borderlines, spiritualty and survivors of domestic violence and the “rocky canyons” of the heart.

Suggested donations — $8, students; $12, advance; and $15, at the door — will benefit the ACC Writers Studio Scholarship Fund and will be matched up to $1,000. For information, contact Kathryn Winograd: kathryn.winograd@arapahoe.edu or 303-797-5815.

full name, email address and titles of your entries. (Submissions will not be accepted if emailed to Writers Studio, nor if snail-mailed.)

Literary Festival The annual ACC Literary Festival with workshops and readings will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on April 23 in the Half Moon at ACC. The festival judges will be featured as well as journalist Joel Warner and young adult novelist Rebecca Taylor. There will be a special presentation on publishing with Juliet Hubbell.

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Elbert County is hiring a Building Inspector.

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This is the cover for “Maha Shivaratri,” author Lalitha Chittoor’s book for children about this Indian festival, which will be celebrated at area Hindu temples on March 7.

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Indian tradition explored in new e-book Arvada resident wanted way to share celebration with daughter

By Sonya Ellingboe sellingboe@coloradocommunitymedia.com Lalitha Chittoor grew up in a very traditional family in India and wanted a book to teach her 4-year-old daughter about Indian festivals. When she was unable to locate one, she decided to write a series and has just published the second one on e-book, available from Amazon.

She lives with her husband and two children in Arvada.

Maha Shivaratri will be celebrated in India, across the U.S. and all over the world on March 7, she said, including at two Hindu temples in Centennial and another in Castle Rock.

She explains the holiday: “Lord Shiva is the Hindu god of destruction. Lord Brahma and Lord Vishnu are the creator and protector gods, respectively. On this day, devotees commemorate the marriage of Lord Shiva and Parvati, the mother goddess.

Hindus spend the day fasting and offering prayers in a night-long vigil. Maha means great/important, and Shiva means auspicious one, and Ratri means night.”

The book also references Carl Sagan, world-renowned astronomer from Cornell University, various dance forms of India, and ancient Shiva temples located internationally.

The festival will be celebrated in three south area Hindu Temples: • Hindu Temple and Cultural Center of the Rockies, 7201 S. Potomac St., Centennial • Shri Shirdi SaiBaba Temple of Rockies, 10250 E. Easter Ave., Centennial • S V Temple of Colorado, 1495 Ridge Road, Castle Rock She has also written the first book in the proposed series, “Makar Sankranti/Pongal,” about another widely celebrated festival. The pictures bring out the diversity in India, the author said.

Both are available as e-books from Amazon.

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February 26, 2016

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THINGS TO DO TOP 5

THEATER/SHOWS

Broadway Musical Douglas County High School presents “Mary Poppins: The Broadway Musical,” at 7 p.m. Thursday to Saturday, Feb. 25-27; Poppins and The Princess Tea is presented at 1 p.m. with the show starting at 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 27. Tickets available at www.SeatYourSelf.biz/dchs.

‘Into the Woods’ Production The Wesley Players hit the stage with an epic fairytale about wishes, family, and the choices we make. “Into the Woods” follows a baker and his wife who wish to have a child; Cinderella who wishes to attend the King’s Festival; Jack who wishes his cow would give milk; and a witch’s curse. Show is Friday, March 4, through Sunday, March 6, at St. Luke’s United Methodist Church, 8817 S. Broadway, Highlands Ranch. Proceeds will benefit the Women’s Crisis and Family Outreach Center and Guatemala missions.

Tickets are available at www.stlukeshr.com or at the door.

Estate Planning Workshops Estate planning is a complex area of law, with countless rules that can change from year to year. Staying on top of the latest changes is crucial to protect your money and your family. A free workshop will examine five simple estate planning strategies to keep your money in your family. RSVP required; call 720-440-2774. Sessions are offered from 12:30-2 p.m. Monday, Feb. 29, at the James H. LaRue Library, 9292 Ridgeline Blvd., Highlands Ranch; 6-7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 23, at the Philip S. Miller Library, 100 S. Wilcox St., Castle Rock; 6-7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 29, at the Lone Tree Library, 8827 Lone Tree Parkway, Lone Tree.

Healing Our Youth: Get Educated!

A free panel presentation and mental health resource fair designed to help parents and educators become informed about youth mental health and wellness will be presented from 6-9 p.m. Tuesday, March 1, at Arapahoe Community College, 5900 S. Santa Fe Drive, Littleton. Registration is requested; go to www.healingouryouth.org.

Healing Our Youth: Get Educated! is open to parents, teachers, youth worker and anyone who is interested in helping improve the mental wellness of youth. Panel includes the former president of NAMI Arapahoe/ Douglas Counties, a certified addictions counselor who will discuss teen substance abuse and the effects on a developing brain, and a licensed professional counselor who will discuss how to identify unhealthy adolescent behaviors. Contact info@healingouryouth.org.

Castle View Presents ‘Mother Hicks’ Castle View High School presents “Mother Hicks,” the story about three outsiders living in rural Southern Illinois during the Great Depression: A girl with so little she doesn’t even have a name, a deaf boy and an eccentric recluse who is suspected of being a witch. Told through sign language and poetry, this play recounts the difficult journey we all make in life. Show is at 7 p.m.

Wednesday, March 2, to Saturday, March 5, with a 1 p.m. matinee Saturday, March 5.

Go to www.seatyourself.biz/castleview for tickets and information.

‘The Man Who Came to Dinner’ Town Hall Arts Center, 2450 W. Main St., Littleton, presents “Violet” through Sunday, March 20. Celebrated theatre critic Sheridan Whiteside is in the midst of a cross-country lecturing tour when he slips on ice, breaking his leg and is forced to stay a bit longer at the home of his host family, ultimately taking over the house with his demands and visiting Broadway luminary friends. Rich with witty tongue-twisting dialogue and sharp zingers, The Man Who Came to Dinner is simply one of the funniest scripts of all time. Tickets available at the box office, 303-794-2787, ext. 5, or online at www.TownHallArtsCenter.org.

MUSIC/CONCERTS

Social Salsa Dance Sampler If you feel like you have two left feet, this class is for you.

Learn about popular salsa dances including the cha-cha, salsa, merengue and bachata. Class includes four hours of instructions - from 6-8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 26, at Adventures in Dance, 1500 W. Littleton Blvd., Littleton. Go to www. adventuresindance.com for information and to register.

Parker Symphony Orchestra Goes to the Movies Imagine your favorite films without their music. Would they have the same impact if their masterful compositions were left out? The Parker Symphony Orchestra invites you to experience cinematic musical magic as they perform highlights from Oscar-Winning films. Show time is 7:30 p.m.

Friday, Feb. 26, at the PACE Center, 20000 Pikes Peak Ave., Parker. For tickets and information, go to www.ParkerArt.org or call 303-805-6800.

Ballet Ariel Winter Concert Ballet Ariel dances a heartwarming triple bill in its winter concert featuring the ballet “Paquita,” “Peter and the Wolf” and a new contemporary ballet “Miranda” at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 27, and at 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 28, at the Cleo Parker Robinson Theatre, 119 Park Avenue West, Denver. Tickets are available at www.balletariel.org or by calling 303-945-4388.

Tiny Tots Concert Inside the Orchestra presents Tiny Tots concerts from 9:30-10:15 a.m. and 10:45-11:30 a.m. Monday, Feb. 29, at The Wildlife Experience, 10035 S. Peoria St., Parker. Program is designed for children 6 and younger. Children discover what it is to be inside the orchestra. They are seated on the floor and surrounded by professional musicians. For tickets, go to http://insidetheorchestra.org/tiny-tots-events/.

Lenten Recital Series Welcome the Lenten season with music and lunch each Wednesday at St. Andrew United Methodist Church, 9203 S. University Blvd., Highlands Ranch. Recitals begin at 12:10 p.m. and are free and open to the public with a suggested donation of $4 for a light lunch. Contact Mark Zwilling at 303 794-2683 or mzwilling@gostandrew.com. Recital schedule: March 2, Dr. Cindy Lindeen-Martin, concert organist; March 9, St. Andrew Sisters, vocal ensemble; and March 16, Ellen Shamas-Brandt, concert pianist.

Learn About Techno-Musicality The Douglas Elbert Music Teachers Association will meet at 9 a.m. Thursday, March 3, at Parker Bible Church. Following the business meeting will be guest speaker Sara McDaniel, speaking on technomusicality. Any music teacher is invited to attend at 4391 Mainstreet, Parker. Call Ann Riggs at 303-841-2976.

Retirement Planning Workshops Seniors outliving their savings or pension or social security is a hot topic in Colorado, which has one of the fastest growing populations of people aged 65 or older. These issues and more are addressed at free Lunch and Learn seminars, “Aging and Long Term Care: How Am I Going to Pay For It?” at Koelbel Library, 5955 Holly St., Centennial. Lunch is catered by Panera Bread.

Seminars are from 10:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Monday, March 7, Tuesday, March 15, and Tuesday, March 29, and from 9:30-11:30 a.m. Tuesday, April 5. Reservations can be made by calling 303-468-2820.

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Highlands Ranch Encore Chorale The winter/spring session of the Highlands Ranch Encore Chorale is underway. Rehearsals are offered from 10:30 a.m. to noon Fridays through May 13 at the Recreation Center at Southridge, 4800 McArthur Ranch Road, Highlands Ranch. The chorale is a non-auditioned community chorus that is open to anyone ages 55 and older, with or without choral experience.

Email Brian@5280plus-encore.org or Cindy@5280plus-encore.org. To register call 303-471-8818 and reference Activity Number 157806.

ART/CRAFTS

Juried Art Show Local artists’ works are featured in the Greater Castle Rock Art Guild’s 11th annual “Romancing the Arts” juried art show, which runs to Saturday, March 5, at the Philip S. Miller Library, 100 S. Wilcox St., Castle Rock. Information at 303-791-7323 or www.DouglasCountyLibraries.org.

‘Lasting Impressions’ Exhibit Town Hall Arts Center presents “Lasting Impressions,” an art exhibition featuring work by Kathy Crammer, Bronwen Jones, Kathleen Lanzoni and Charlotte Strauss. The exhibit runs through Wednesday, March 30, in the Stanton Art Gallery inside Town Hall Arts Center. Go to www.townhallartscenter.org/stanton-art-gallery/.

Weekly Painting Sessions The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County invites member and nonmember artists to participate in Paint Day, the guild’s weekly group painting sessions. Artists bring their own media and supplies; Paint Day runs from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursdays in the lower level of Ascension Lutheran Church, 1701 W. Caley Ave. in Littleton. Contact Bob Yackel, 303-794-2722 or yackelrobert@gmail.com.

Drop-in Classes Drop in and learn a craft, home improvement skill or what to read next at Saturday Surprise, at 10 a.m. every Saturday at the Philip S. Miller Library, 100 S. Wilcox St., Castle Rock. No registration is required; information at 303-791-7323 or DouglasCountyLibraries.org.

EVENTS

Italian Masquerade Dance Party Join us for a night of fall DJ ballroom, Latin, salsa, swing and tango dance.

The Italian masquerade ballroom dance party with Holly Collins is from 8-9:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 26, at Adventures in Dance, 1500 W. Littleton Blvd., Littleton. Go to www.adventuresindance.com for information and to register.

Special Needs Sweetheart Dance Highlands Ranch Community Association’s therapeutic recreation program plans a night of fun, food, prizes and dancing for ages 16 and older. The special needs sweetheart dance is from 7-9 p.m. Friday, Feb. 26, at the Recreation Center at Southridge, Wildcat Auditorium. Contact 303-4717043, or go to www.hrcaonline.org/tr.

Vietnam This spring and summer marks 50 years since U.S. soldiers began fighting a ground war in Vietnam. Half a century later, Vietnam is a very different country with a rapidly growing economy and relatively friendly relations with the United States. Join Active Minds from 10-11 a.m. Friday, Feb. 26, as we take a look back at the evolution of Vietnam today. We will cover the history as well as Vietnam’s current and future role in the region. This event is sponsored by Olinger Mortuaries & Cemeteries and takes place at Malley Senior Center, 3380 S. Lincoln St., Englewood. Call 303-762-2660 to RSVP. Day with an Olympian Anita Nall Richesson, Olympic gold, silver and bronze medalist, international swimming hall-of-fame member and former world record holder, presents Day with an Olympian, a day for teenage athletes ages 13-18.

Program runs from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 28 at the Parker Recreation Center, 17301 Lincoln Ave., Parker. Lunch is provided. Go to www. morethanmedals.us for information and to register.

Genealogist Presentation Do you wonder what your ancestors looked like? Some of us have the good fortune to possess a collection of family photos. Others, even luckier, have names to go with them. But often we are left to our imagination. Well, wonder no longer. Join the Highlands Ranch Genealogical Society at 7 p.m., Tuesday, March 1 at the James H. LaRue Library, 9292 Ridgeline Blvd., Highlands Ranch, for professional genealogist Andy Likins’s presentation of “Locating Images of Ancestors: Putting a Face with That Name,” and learn how to find images of your ancestors by thinking “outside the box!”

Tax Help Colorado Qualifying Colorado families that need help preparing and filing their tax returns can get help from Tax Help Colorado, which offers help at Arapahoe Community College, 5900 S. Santa Fe Drive, Littleton. Services are offered to Colorado taxpayers whose annual household income was less than $53,000 in 2015. Next session is offered from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday, March 4 in Room A1540, the first floor of the Annex building. No appointment needed; find out what to bring at www.bit.ly/1Q6jhLz. Arc Annual Meeting The Arc Arapahoe & Douglas Counties will have its annual meeting and review of chapter activities from 4-7 p.m. Saturday, March 5, at its office at 6538 S. Racine Circle, Centennial. Dinner will be served as we recognize our volunteers and talk about future programing for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Event is free and open to the community. Learn more about our mission and advocacy efforts as a chapter.

RSVP to pam@arc-ad.org or call 303-220-9228.

Lenten Fish Fry The Knights of Columbus will have a fish fry every Friday night through March 18. Food is served from 4-6:30 p.m. Fried fish, baked fish or nuggets with coleslaw, fried or baked potato, mac and cheese, and dinner rolls are on the menu. Beverage choices include iced tea, lemonade and coffee. Cost for dinner is $5 for ages 5-12; $10 for 12 and older; $29 for the family; free for children younger than 5. Homemade desserts cost from 50 cents to $1.

Takeout and drive-thru are available. Dinner is available in Brownstein Hall at Ave Maria Church, Parker.

Saturday Golf Club Broken Tee is now forming its women’s 18-hole Saturday Golf Club. The women play on Saturday mornings in accordance with USGA rules. Play will begin Saturday, April 2. Club is good for Monday to Friday working women. Contact btwsgc@aol.com.

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Tuesday Morning Women’s Golf League The Englewood Women’s Golf Association is accepting applications for the 2016 season. The women play Tuesday mornings at Broken Tee Englewood golf course. Contact the membership chair for information, ewga18@gmail.com.

HEALTH

South Metro Community Blood Drives A number of community blood drives are planned in the South Metro area. For information or to schedule an appointment, contact the Bonfils Appointment Center at 303-363-2300, unless otherwise noted. Go to www.bonfils. org. Upcoming blood drives are: Saturday, Feb. 27, 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., Philip S. Miller Library, 100 S. Wilcox St., Castle Rock; Sunday, Feb. 28, 8 a.m. to noon, St. Louis Parish, 3310 S. Sherman St., Englewood; Monday, Feb. 29, 1-6:30 p.m., Kiwanis of Columbine, Columbine United Church, 6375 S. Platte Canyon Road, Littleton (Bill Pfeifer, 303-683-3399); Tuesday, March 1, 10-11:40 a.m. and 1-3:30 p.m., Baxter Englewood, 9540 S. Maroon Circle Suite 400, Englewood; Thursday, March 3, 9:30-11:40 a.m. and 1-3:30 p.m., Town of Parker, 20120 E. Mainstreet, Parker (Diane Lewis, 303-841-2332); Friday, March 4, 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., PACE Center, 20000 Pikes Peak Ave., Parker.

SilverSneakers Fitness, Silver&Fit The Arapahoe Community College fitness center offers the SilverSneakers Fitness and Silver&Fit programs for seniors in the south metro Denver area. For more information about health and fitness options at ACC, call 303-797-5850.

EDUCATION

Monthly Adult Lecture Series The Parker Cultural and Scientific Commission sponsors talks on topics that impact Colorado and Douglas County residents.

The intent of these talks is to increase the understanding of how science and technology address issues facing the community. RSVP required; call the PACE Center box office at 303-805-6800. All lectures begin at 6:30 p.m. and are free and open to the public. Thursday, March 3, Human Viruses and Vaccines: Who wins the race? Guest speaker is Dr. Sonia Flores, professor of medicine, University of Colorado Denver.

Viruses are small bags of RNA or DNA surrounded by a protein shell. Viruses are responsible for many serious, often deadly, diseases including AIDS, Ebola hemorrhagic fever, hepatitis, the flu and chicken pox. How can viruses cause so much trouble? What makes us so vulnerable to them, and what makes them spread? Lecture will focus on the biology of known human viruses and how they have evolved to escape our own defenses, and will conclude with a discussion of how vaccines trigger an immune response that will recognize the virus as a threat and neutralize it before it can cause disease.

English Practice Practice your English gives mixed-level English language learners an opportunity to practice speaking English. Adults from all levels and language backgrounds are welcome at 10:30 a.m. Saturdays at the Parker Library, 10851 S. Crossroads Drive, and at the James H. LaRue Library, 9292 Ridgeline Blvd., Highlands Ranch. No registration is required; information at 303-791-7323 or DouglasCountyLibraries.org.

GED Prep Classes Students ages 17 and older may attend GED prep classes at 6 p.m. Tuesdays at the Philip S. Miller Library, 100 S. Wilcox St., Castle Rock, and 6 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays at the Parker Library, 10851 S. Crossroads Drive, Parker. Registration is required at 303-791-7323 or DouglasCountyLibraries.org.

Continuing Education Program Metropolitan State College of Denver offers a continuing education program for adults. Most classes are from 6-8 p.m.

Wednesdays, for two to four weeks, and cost varies. Most take place at the Student Success Building on the Auraria Campus, with other classes taking place at the South Campus (I-25 and Orchard) and the Center For Visual Arts on Santa Fe Drive.

For list of classes, go to www.msudenver.edu/learnon or call 303-556-3657. Application not required. More information on Facebook www.Facebook.com/msudenverlearnoninitiative.

Editor’s note: Calendar submissions must be received by noon Wednesday for publication the following week. Send listings to calendar@coloradocommunitymedia.com. No attachments, please. Listings are free and run on a spaceavailable basis.

February 26, 2016

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BROADMOOR ESTATE SALE Property of the Late Donald Toncray Feb. 25, 26 & 27th, Thurs, Fri & Sat 9:30-5:30

Items from this FINE ESTATE include: 1923 Single Signed Baseball by Christy Mathewson, Ladies 7 ½ carat diamond & platinum ring, Solid Gold PATEK PHILLIPE men’s wristwatch, Art Deco diamond bracelet, Gold Railroad pocket watch, Antique Candy Store Cash Register, Old wind- up toys, vintage Kilburg Geochron world clock, boxed Lionel trains, WILSON HURLEY original art, Native American art, Santana & Adam pot, vintage 14k Hamilton men’s wristwatch, 1900’s jewelry, costume jewelry, 19th c. painted English tea bins/tins, Eclectic Book selection, Exceptional Victorian walnut furniture, Lady’s Spinet Desk, Modernist shelf unit, Chinoiserie commode, Amer. Coins, Elaborate carved coral figure, fine antique Chinese bronzes, large blanc de chine foo dog, Chinese carved ivory warriors on horseback, Ornately carved screen with silk embroidery, carved Jade birds; Antique quilts, Queen bed set, Van Briggle, Sterling, 1581 Luther Bible, 1772 Jewish History in German, Gorgeous Chandelier, Beautiful Gong, Fancy vintage turquoise Bolos, Venetian dessert set, Table lamp pairs, end tables, Imari porcelain dishes, Exotic Hawaiian bird feather fan, Bone leather recliners, formal DR set, Highboy, Patio furniture, MOBO tin litho toy scooter, large Simpich collection.

Additionally, lots of fun miscellany!!

LOCATED at 76 S. Sierra Madre St, Suites F & H in downtown Colorado Springs, 80903 directly behind the Antler’s Hotel. NOTE: Owing to HOA and parking restrictions at the Toncray residence, this sale was relocated. Plenty of free parking in the historic Old Depot.

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MERCHANDISE

DOES ANYONE KNOW THIS MAN?

My name is Sherry and I live in Tennessee. I am reaching out to the people of Colorado for help in finding my dearest friend, STEVEN (STEVE) EARL PERMENTER. He is 5”11, has brown eyes and dark brown hair. He was last seen wearing a full beard. Birth date:11-17-1960. The pictures attached are older photos. Steve is 55 years old now. His last known whereabouts were in the Brighton and Westminster areas of Colorado between April and July of 2015. Steve deserves to know that he is not alone in this world and that there is someone that loves him unconditionally. Any information will be greatly appreciated. Please text or call 931-305-3959. I work during the day so leave a message if no answer and I will return your call.

Steve, I know you said this would happen. It’s been a long time coming. You also said to make sure that I found you because you didn’t want to miss it. It’s been a long journey but I have found you in Colorado; just don’t know exactly where. I need some help. Please contact me! Forever yours.

Love, Sherry

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LOCAL

A challenging hockey option Cherry Creek’s Joseph Whitmore skates down the ice during the Bruins’ 9-2 win over Palmer on Jan. 2. Instead of playing high school hockey, many of today’s players choose the club route.

Photo by Jim Benton

GLOSSARY OF TERMS Junior Hockey For players between the ages of 16 and 21. In Canada the highest level is Major Junior, and in the United States top level is Tier I. Major Junior: Overseen by the Canadian Hockey League, which places a cap of three 20-year-old players per team.

Once a player participates in one game he is no longer eligible to play NCAA hockey.

Players receive stipends; some CHL players have already signed contracts with National Hockey League teams so the NCAA considers the CHL a pro league. Junior A is one level below Major Junior in Canada.

There are also Junior B, C and D depending on the skill level of a player.

Tier I: The United States Hockey League is the only Tier I league in the U.S. and gives players the chance to play at an NCAA school before the NHL. All equipment is provided by the teams including billet housing. However, pro drafting is less for Tier I players than those in Major Junior.

Many elite players seek club attention in order to advance

By Jim Benton jbenton@coloradocommunitymedia.com

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ewer than 400 boys played high school hockey in Colorado during the 2002-03 season. More than 600 did during the 2014-15 campaign.

Although high school hockey is enjoying a rise in popularity in the state, a major challenge remains: Many elite players are missing from the ice when schools face off.

Colorado’s best high school-age players often opt to play on Tier I club hockey teams instead of for their schools in order to draw attention so they can advance to Major Junior and college hockey.

“It’s great to play for your local school and all that, but only a few areas have big-time high school hockey where people choose that over Tier I, like Minnesota,” said former University of Denver player Angelo Ricci, who is director of hockey operations and an Under-16 national coach for the Colorado Thunderbirds club team based in Littleton. “In order to play junior hockey, you have to gain exposure, and you usually gain exposure, at least now, by playing Tier I. I don’t see too many scouts at high school games in Colorado.”

Baker Shore, a 16-year-old student at Kent Denver, and Colby Bukes, a 17-yearold who attends Arapahoe High, play on Ricci’s Tier I team. Neither considered playing high school hockey.

“Tier I is just more competitive,” said Bukes. “It’s a little more skilled and talented than high school hockey. I feel like in Colorado, college and the next-level scouts like Tier I or club level hockey.”

Tier I travel and commitments do not allow time to also play high school hockey, Ricci said. Tier I play could cost families between $14,000 and $20,000, depending on travel, so players need to be dedicated.

Both Shore, who has three older brothers who have played at the University of

Tier II: The only Tier II circuit in the U.S. is the North American Hockey League. This league provides another option to Major Junior but the skill level of the players is less than Tier I or Major Junior.

Tier III: Many Tier III players who compete in seven USA hockey leagues are seeking to improve their skill levels to advance to Tier II or Tier I or possibly go to Division III colleges.

HOW COLORADO STACKS UP Hockey is a high school-sanctioned sport in 17 states and Washington, D.C. Below is a look at the number of boys in the nation who played high school hockey during the 2014-15 season: Massachusetts — 7,431 Minnesota — 5,776 New Jersey — 3.935

Mountain Vista’s Tanner Gillis takes a shot in a January game against Doherty. Photo by Jim Benton

Michigan — 3,448 New York — 3,238 Wisconsin — 2,770

STATE HOCKEY PLAYOFF PAIRINGS The following are the first-round games scheduled for Feb. 26 in the state high school hockey playoffs: • Heritage vs. Monarch, 2 p.m., Boulder Valley Ice, Boulder • Doherty vs. Dakota Ridge, 4:20 p.m., Boulder Valley Ice, Boulder • Valor Christian vs. Ralston Valley, 2 p.m., Big Bear South, Denver • Denver East vs. Resurrection Christian, 2:45 p.m.,

Denver, and Bukes say the higher level of competition and exposure are the chief reasons for choosing Tier I hockey.

“There is a little more involved as far as

Ohio — 2,293

Big Bear North, Denver • Regis Jesuit vs. Cheyenne Mountain, 5:45 p.m., Family Sports Center, Centennial

Connecticut — 1,444 Maine — 1,121 New Hampshire — 1,054

• Lewis Palmer vs. Steamboat Springs, 8 p.m., Family Sports Center, Centennial

Rhode Island — 797

• Aspen vs. Mountain Vista, 6:20 p.m., South Suburban Ice Arena, Centennial

Alaska — 581

• Cherry Creek vs. Liberty, 7:45 p.m., South Suburban Arena, Centennial

California — 327

the on-line development in Tier I, the office strength and conditioning, and Hockey continues on Page 22

Colorado — 644 North Dakota — 552 Vermont — 325 Washington, D.C. — 127 Maryland — 12 Source: National Federation of State High School Associations

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February 26, 2016

Local wrestlers share disappointments Valenzuela finishes sixth, Finesilver twins each place second at state

By Jim Benton jbenton@coloradocommunitymedia.com Aron Pino Valenzuela, a 220-pound Littleton senior, came into the Class 4A Colorado state wrestling championships at the Pepsi Center with high hopes.

He left disappointed.

Valenzuela carried a 29-0 record into the three-day tournament and started off in impressive fashion with pins over Discovery Canyon’s Kendall Carter and Jacob Mihelich of Pueblo West to stretch his winning streak to 31.

However, he lost his next three matches and wound up in sixth place.

He dropped a 10-8 decision to Wide-

How They Finished Results from the Colorado State High School wrestling championships, held Feb. 18-20 at the Pepsi Center in Denver.

Class 5A Team scores: Pomona 139.5, Poudre 106.5, Ponderosa 95.5, Pine Creek 95, Legacy 86, Adams City 68, Grand Junction 64.5, Grandview 63, Chaparral 54.5, Cherokee Trail 52, Castle View 50, Fruita 48, Cherry Creek 45, Broomfield 44, Mountain Vista 35, Thornton 35, Legend 34, Grand Junction Central 32, Monarch 31, Mountain Range 31, Arvada West 30, Lakewood 30, Brighton 29, Denver East 25, Loveland 24, Douglas County 21.5, Centaurus 21, Prairie View 20, Palmer 19.5, Hinkley 16.5, Greeley West 16, Doherty 14, Coronado 12, Ralston Valley 10, Smoky Hill 10, ThunderRidge 10, Aurora Central 9, Heritage 9, Horizon 7, Rocky Mountain 7, Eaglecrest 6, Fort Collins 5, Gateway 5, Regis Jesuit 4, Arapahoe 3, Overland 3, Rangeview 3, Chatfield 2, Northlgenn 2, Lincoln 1.

106 pounds: Championship - Malik Heinselman (Castle View) pinned Rudy Sanchez (Adams City), 3:06; Third place Colton Yapoujian (Pomona) dec. Mosha Schwartz (Ponderosa), 4-3; Fifth place - Devan Cogil (Legacy) dec. Ben Rhoton (Hinkley), 4-1.

113 pounds: Championship - Fabian Gutierrez (Adams City) pinned Louis Romero (Mountain Range), 2:57; Third place - Cody Fatzinger (Arvada West) pinned Fabian Santillan (Grandview), 3:17; Fifth place - Brandon Tyson (Broom-

Hockey Continued from Page 21

obviously you are traveling around to play the top teams in the country and play in front of premier, college or whatever scouts,” said Derek Robinson director of hockey operations for the Rocky Mountain Roughriders, based in Westminster.

“It’s really the development and exposure piece that is really the difference,” added Robinson, who is a former high school coach at Colorado Academy and Mullen. “High School hockey is a great alternative for those players who want to enjoy the game and compete for their high school in front of their friends.”

Exploring options Some players double up and play at the Tier II club level and high school hockey despite seasons that coincide.

Mountain Vista senior Tanner Gillis is one of those athletes.

“It’s not too bad because my Vista coach talks with my club coach and kind of work out all the conflicts, but I know for other guys, it is kind of a struggle,” said Gillis, who plays for a club team based in the Littleton Hockey Association. “It feels good to be a part of your school and play for your school. Usually the practices are spread out, but obviously it is tough on the body. I prefer

field’s Kris Davis and fell 7-1 to Dominick Fini of Mesa Ridge in a wrestle back. Eduardo Rojas of Greeley Central pinned Valenzuela in 2:03 of the fifthplace match.

“I should have gone harder,” said Valenzuela, who was fourth in last season’s state meet. “I should have worked harder. I wasn’t really prepared.”

Cherry Creek’s twin brothers Josh and Matt Finesilver were more prepared, but also left disappointed after losing in Class 5A championship matches.

Pomona’s Theorius Robison beat Josh Finesilver 9-5 in the 126-pound title match that ended with Robison running around the mat, which drew two stalling penalties. Pomona also lost a point for its team total for Robison’s unsportsmanlike conduct after the match.

Matt Finesilver, the defending

field) dec. Justin Pacheco (Pomona), 1-0.

120 pounds: Championship - Jordan Martinez (Pine Creek) dec. Hunter Matney (Pondersoa), 3-1; Third place - Dylan Martinez (Grand Junction) dec.

Job Greenwood (Poudre), 7-2; Fifth place - Tomas Gutierrez (Pomona) dec. Collin Metzgar (Doherty), 17-1.

126 pounds: Championship - Theorius Robison (Pomona) dec. Josh Finesilver (Cherry Creek), 9-5; Third place - Owen Lamb (Poudre) dec. Parker Benekas (Ponderosa), 7-1. Fifth place - Teigan Thomas-Trujillo (Mountain Vista) forfeit over Jackson Huffman (Horizon).

132 pounds: Championship - Jacob Greenwood (Poudre) dec. Cole Polluconi (Monarch), 15-4; Third place - Riley Garner-Orr (Grand Junction Central) dec.

Wendell Berry (Thornton), 3-0; Fifth place - Adam Aguilar (Legend) dec. Daniel Van Hoose (Fruita), 6-4.

138 pounds: Championship - Ryan Deakin (Legacy) dec. David Kavanagh (Denver East), 7-0; Third place - Dre-Son Scruggs (Palmer) dec. Tanner Patterson (Grandview), 8-3; Fifth place - Dylan Wood (Ralston Valley) dec. Antonio Deaguero (Adams City), 3-1.

145 pounds: Championship - Gabriel Dinette (Lakewood) ultimate tiebreaker Jason Romero (Pomona), 2-1; Third place - Bradley Lehmann (Prairie View) dec.

Jayden Woodruff (Ponderosa), 7-0; Fifth place - Zack Martinez (Mountain Range) dec. Caden Feenstra (Monarch), 7-1.

152 pounds: Championship - Josiah Rider (Grand Junction) dec. Matt Finesilver (Cherry Creek), 5-3; Third place - Diego Calderon (Poudre) def. Adrian Kois (Thornton), 2-0; Fifth place - Cam-

club hockey because it is a little more competitive and highly intense.”

Eric Wilson is a senior captain of the Standley Lake team. He has played club hockey but is strictly a high school player this season.

“I figured it would be a good experience and fun to play my last year of high school,” Wilson said. “I feel the level of play has increased over the past few years... it’s a good league to play in. It is fun to play high school because it’s a little bit bigger stage compared to just club.”

Another option exists for players who want more ice action but don’t want to choose between club and high school or don’t want to play both. The Colorado Prep Hockey League, backed by USA Hockey, has 20 teams and plays a fall schedule that doesn’t overlap with CHSAA’s winter season. The CPHL is attracting players who used to play Tier II hockey.

Heritage High School coach and CPHL president Jeremy Sims said the game is trending toward more players choosing the option of playing in the fall league and then for their high school teams. All but the very best players will go that route, he believes.

“You’ll have your Tier 1 top-level kids and high school for everybody else,” he said.

What’s next?

Bert Borgmann, Colorado High

“

I should have gone harder. I should have worked harder. I wasn’t really prepared.”

Aron Pino Valenzuela, Littleton wrestler

132-pound state champion, lost 5-3 to Grand Junction’s Josiah Rider in the 152-pound finals.

Finesilver said he had trouble getting into a rhythm because the match was stopped several times because of Rider’s bloody nose.

“Our conditioning is great, and I obviously wanted to use that to my advantage,” said Finesilver. “But hey, that’s what happens in a wrestling match.”

Both Finesilvers are seniors and will head to Duke to join older twin brothers Mitch and Zach, who wrestle for the Blue Devils.

Pomona captured the 5A team title with 139.5 points. Cherry Creek was 13th with 45 points. Heritage finished with nine points, and Littleton had 12 points in the 4A team standings.

Heritage senior Jared Todd was sixth in the 160-pound bracket.

den Roach (Chaparral) dec. Jack Armijo (Adams City), 2-0.

160 pounds: Championship - Peter Isais (Pine Creek) sudden victory Tate Samuelson (Castle View), 3-1; Third place - Aaron Trygstad (Chaparral) dec. Nolan Krone (Pomona), 1-0; Fifth place - EJ Barrera (Grand Junction Central) pinned Jared Todd (Heritage), 3:18.

170 pounds: Championship - Dawson Cranmer (Chaparral) dec. Cameron Gonzalez (Pomona), 3-1; Third place - Seth Bogulski (Cherokee Trail) dec.

Seth Latham (Grand Junction), 9-5; Fifth place - Garrett McCullar (Poudre) pinned Josh Cordova, 1:11.182 pounds: Championship - Garrett Niel (Pine Creek) dec.

Donnie Negus (Douglas County), 6-5; Third place - Uriah Vigil (Pomona) dec.

Zeke Silva (Cherokee Trail), 3-1; Fifth place - Matt Hebel (Legacy) dec. Matthew Dunkelman (Loveland), 3-2.

195 pounds: Championship - Trenton Schultz (Mountain Vista) dec. Nolan Funk (Legacy), 8-3; Third place - Zach Gomez (Arvada West) dec. Kacin Nowlin (Pine Creek), 7-4; Fifth place - Jared Seely (Fruita) dec. Ian Helwick (Brighton), 3-2.

220 pounds: Championship - Cohl Schultz (Ponderosa) pinned Max Gonzales (Cherokee Trail), 1:59; Third place - Kyle Stewart (Legend) dec. Charles Dunkelman (Loveland), 2-1; Fifth place Noah Dohm (Broomfield) pinned Tanner Aitken (Brighton), 1:35.

285 pounds: Championship - Clayton Voytilla (Fruita) dec. Forrest Lalaguna (Centaurus) 3-1; Third place - Joshua Vigil-Harrison (Grandview) pinned Mason Watt (Broomfield), 2:48; Fifth place Donovan Roker (Greeley West) pinned Tui

Faamausili (Legacy) 0:53.

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Class 4A Results for team champion and area teams and individuals Team scores: Pueblo County 203.5, Alameda 24, Valor Christian 20, Littleton 12, Golden 11, Wheat Ridge 8.

170 pounds: Third place - Fabian Estrada (Alameda) pinned Wyatt Harwood (Battle Mountain), 1:42; Fifth place - Chase Daniels (Golden) pinned Jayson Davis (Pueblo County) 4:25.

220 pounds: Fifth place - Eduardo Rojas (Greely Central) pinned Aron Pino Valenzuela (Littleton), 2:03.

285 pounds: Fifth place - Dillon Reinkensmeyer (Valor Christian) pinned Devon Mraovich (Pueblo County), 0:54.

Class 3A Results for team champion and area teams and individuals Team scores: Valley 144, Sheridan 45, Jefferson 38, Holy Family 20.5, Faith Christian 16.5.

120 pounds: Fifth place - Koletan Hafey (Faith Christian) dec. Clay Yarnell (Olathe), 3-2.

126 pounds: Championship - Kyle Cisneros (Jefferson) dec. Jeremy Ashton (Mead), 10-5.

170 pounds: Championship - Macoy Flanagan (Valley) dec. Kolsen Welham (Holy Family), 8-5.

182 pounds: Third place - Colton Ingram (Eaton) dec. Aaron Apodaca (Sheridan), 5-1.

220 pounds: Championship - Ricky Ayala (Sheridan) dec. Marcus Garia (Dolores Huerta), 3-2

Whether you are a kid in Minnesota, Massachusetts or Colorado, even if you’re a top-notch player, the next step after high school is to play a year of junior hockey. But without a doubt, high school hockey in this state is going to continue to grow, continue to develop its depth and develop great young players.”

School Activities Association assistant commissioner, said for many players, there is an appeal to the high school game that club teams can’t match.

“A lot of the draw for high school hockey is people are coming out to watch and kids are representing a school and not just a club,” he said. “That’s a drawing card for kids because they like to play in front of their friends and peers. I feel like we’re going to see one, two or three teams added each of the next three or four years.”

In the early 1990s, only 14 teams played high school hockey in Colorado.

Today, there are 30 CHSAA-sanctioned varsity squads. Most of those are co-op teams that draw players from other schools within the district.

The momentum is building, and Castle View joined the CHSAA ranks this

George Gwozdecky, Valor Christian hockey coach

season. Next year three more teams will be added, though none are from the Denver metro area. Some teams sponsored by high schools even have junior varsity teams.

With this growth, some say Colorado is on its way to establishing itself as a high school hockey hotbed.

“That will happen without a doubt,” said George Gwozdecky, Valor Christian’s coach and former coach of the powerful University of Denver hockey team from 1994-2013. “Whether you are a kid in Minnesota, Massachusetts or Colorado, even if you’re a top-notch player, the next step after high school is to play a year of junior hockey. But without a doubt, high school hockey in this state is going to continue to grow, continue to develop its depth and develop great young players.”

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February 26, 2016

SPORTS ROUNDUP CHERRY CREEK BRUINS GIRLS BASKETBALL Cherry Creek 67, Smokey Hill 32 The Bruins improved to 17-6 on the season with the Feb. 19 home win.

Key performers: No individual statistics were reported for this game.

Cherry Creek 53, Arapahoe 40 The Bruins improved to 16-6 on the sea-

son with the Feb.17 home win.

Key performers: No individual statistics were reported for this game.

BOYS BASKETBALL Cherry Creek 57, Smokey Hill 43 The Bruins improved to 14-9 on the season with the Feb. 19 road win.

Key performers: Will Halfon scored 31 points. Patrick O’Neil scored 11 points.

Cherry Creek 49, Arapahoe 48 The Bruins improved to 13-9 on the season with the Feb. 17 road win.

Key performers: Will Halfon

BOYS BASKETBALL Heritage 71, Douglas County 68 The Eagles improved to 6-16 on the season with the Feb.16 road win.

Key performers: Jack Peck scored 32 points and grabbed 10 rebounds. John

Carlson scored 17 points.

ICE HOCKEY Heritage 6, Air Academy 1 The Eagles improved to 9-10 on the season with the Feb. 20 home win.

Key performers: No individual statistics were reported for this game.

Heritage 3, Lewis-Palmer 1 The Eagles improved to 8-10 on the season with the Feb. 18 road win.

Key performers: No individual statistics were reported for this game.

GIRLS BASKETBALL Littleton 50, Arvada 15 The Lions improved to 8-15 on the season with the Feb.19 home win.

Key performers: Rebekah Sandstrom scored eight points. Sarah Payson scored six points and grabbed two rebounds.

BOYS BASKETBALL Standley Lake 65, Littleton 54 The Lions fell to 2-21 on the season with the Feb. 19 road loss.

Key performers: Sam Kail scored 22 points. David Bieber scored 18 points and grabbed four rebounds.

Standley Lake 50, Littleton 44 The Lions fell to 7-15 on the season with the Feb. 17 home loss.

Key performers: Rebekah Sandstrom scored 14 points. Maddie Fuchs scored 10 points.

Littleton 87, Arvada 42 The Lions improved 2-20 on the season with the Feb. 16 home win.

Key performers: David Bieber scored 20 points and grabbed 12 rebounds. Ethen Vasquez scored 16 points.

ENGLEWOOD PIRATES

ARAPAHOE WARRIORS GIRLS BASKETBALL Arapahoe 40, Cherokee Trail 38 The Warriors improved to 13-10 on the season with the Feb. 19 home win.

Key performers: Macy Ziegler scored 19 points. Jordyn Vega scored eight points.

Cherry Creek 53, Arapahoe 40 The Warriors fell to 12-10 on the season with the Feb. 17 road win.

Key performers: Macy Ziegler scored 14 points. Katie Crowley scored six points.

ICE HOCKEY Cherry Creek 3, Mountain Vista 2 The Bruins improved to 15-4 on the season with the Feb. 20 home win.

Key performers: No individual statistics were reported for this game.

LITTLETON LIONS

HERITAGE EAGLES GIRLS BASKETBALL Heritage 59, Douglas County 34 The Eagles improved to 9-14 on the season with the Feb. 16 home win.

Key performers: Haily Cechini scored 20 points. Amy Caran scored 13 points.

scored 15 points. Dimitri Stanley scored 10 points.

BOYS BASKETBALL Cherokee Trail 65, Arapahoe 53 The Warriors fell to 11-12 on the season with the Feb. 19 road loss.

Key performers: Kyle Lukasiewicz scored 18 points. Ryan King scored 14 points.

GIRLS BASKETBALL Englewood 35, Alameda 26 The Pirates improved to 8-15 on the season with the Feb. 19 road win.

Key performers: Tairaius Lucas scored 13 points and grabbed 20 rebounds.

Cherry Creek 49, Arapahoe 48 The Warriors fell to 11-11 on the season with the Feb. 17 home loss.

Key performers: Kyle Lukasiewicz scored 16 points. James Walsh scored seven points.

Fort Morgan 42, Englewood 36 The Pirates fell to 7-15 on the season with the Feb. 18 home loss.

Key performers: Tairaius Lucas scored 14 points and grabbed 11 rebounds. Jenna Korinek scored 10 points.

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BOYS BASKETBALL Englewood 76, Alameda 55 The Pirates improved to 4-19 on the season with the Feb. 19 home win.

Key performers: Cecil Ondack scored 18 points. Izaiah Kovach scored 12 points.

Fort Morgan 91, Englewood 54 The Pirates fell to 3-19 on the season with the Feb. 18 road loss.

Key performers: Cecil Ondack scored 20 points. Angelo Garcia scored 14 points.

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Brothers win at state wrestling

Cohl Schultz and his older brother Trenton won state wrestling championships Feb. 20 at the Pepsi Center in Denver — but not for the same school.

Cohl is the freshman 220-pound state champion at Ponderosa, while Trenton, a 195-pound junior, wrestles for Mountain Vista.

When their parents divorced, Trenton transferred from Regis Jesuit, where his father, Rick, was Jim Benton a former wrestling coach. His OVERTIME mother, Jessica, had custody at the time but both boys now live with their dad and stepmother, Christy.

“Regis wasn’t a very good fit,” Trenton said. “Mountain Vista didn’t have the history, but they were a young team with a young head coach (Adam Bittler) and an experienced assistant (Brian Velarde). It added up right with the best chemistry I could find.

“I still see my brother every night, we hang out and do homework together and watch TV. We just don’t work out together and (we) go to different schools. It was great to see my dad that happy after I won and see my mom that happy.”

Trenton was Mountain Vista’s first state champion.

Cohl’s individual title was the 39th won by a Ponderosa Benton continues on Page 26

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Boys Brackets in four quadrants were announced Feb. 21, and ThunderRidge was top seeded in the Chauncey Billups region. Legend was third seeded in the Bill Weimar quadrant, and Rock Canyon third in the Ray C. Ball pairings. Creek was a fourth seed in the Billups bracket.

Second-round games are scheduled for Feb. 27 with Sweet 16 games set to be played March 2. All early round games will be played at the schools with the highest seed. Great 8 games will be staged at the Denver Coliseum March 5. Semifinal contests and the championship game will be played March 11 and 12 at the Coors Events Center.

Area teams that qualified for first-round 5A games were Highlands Ranch, Mountain Vista, Westminster, Lakewood, Arapahoe, Legacy, Heritage, Douglas County, Ralston Valley, Castle View, Arvada West and Chaparral.

Valor Christian gained the top seed in the Mark Randall quadrant in the 32-team Class 4A boys bracket. The Eagles will be at home to play Glenwood Springs Feb. 26.

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Highlands Ranch and Lakewood gained two of the top four seeds in the Class 5A girls state basketball brackets.

Girls Highlands Ranch is top seeded in the Sharon Welch quadrant and drew a bye for the Feb. 23 first round. The Falcons will play the winner of the Arvada West-Fort Collins game Feb. 26.

Lakewood is the No. 1 seed in the Alice Barron quadrant and also earned a first-round bye. The Tigers will face the winner of the Palmer-Rock Canyon game on Feb. 26.

Ralston Valley, Horizon and ThunderRidge also drew first-round byes as No. 2 seeds. Cherry Creek was a third seed and won’t have to play until the second round of the 48-team brackets.

Games through the Sweet 16 will be played at the schools. Great 8 contests will be played at the Denver Coliseum March 4. Girls semifinals are set for March 10 at the Coors Events Center with the title game scheduled for March 12.

In the 32-team Class 4A pairings, defending state champion Valor Christian was top seeded in the Tracy Hill bracket and will host No. 8 Fort Morgan in a firstround contest Feb. 26.

Golden will travel to Palisade, Elizabeth plays at Montrose, Pueblo West is at D’Evelyn, Standley Lake faces top seed Sand Creek, Green Mountain is at Mullen, and Silver Creek visits Holy Family in other Feb. 26 firstround games.

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a.m. to noon covers bidding boxes, hand records, losing trick count, conventions, rules of duplicate bridge and more. Cost is $1.50 for South Suburban Park and Recreation District residents; $1.75 for nonresidents. Reservations required. Call Sue at 303-641-3534.

Panorama China Painters This is a hand-painted china club. If you have ever painted china or want to learn more about it, come visit the club. For more information, call Leota at 303-791-9283. Club meets from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. every third Thursday at Castlewood Library, 6739 S. Uinta St. Centennial.

Salty Dog Sailing Club If you love to sail or want to try, if you don’t have a boat, if you have a boat but don’t sail enough because you cannot find a crew, the Salty Dog Sailing Club is for you. The club meets

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SilverSneakers Fitness, Silver&Fit at ACC The Arapahoe Community College fitness center offers the SilverSneakers Fitness and Silver&Fit programs for seniors in the south metro Denver area. For more information about health and fitness options at ACC, call 303-797-5850.

Social The Columbine Genealogical and Historical Society meets at Lutheran Church of the Holy Spirit, 6400 S. University Blvd., Centennial. Program meetings are the second Tuesday of each month, except in June, July, August and December. Genealogy workshop programs and early-bird meetings are the third Tuesday of each month, except in June, July, August and December. Visit www.ColumbineGenealogy.com or contact Joyce B. Lohse, CGHS compete in each of the four disciplines during the regular season.

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wrestler, and the Mustangs’ tradition was a drawing card.

“Youth stuff way back when, and I grew up with Ponderosa,” said Cohl. “I always looked up to everything they did as a team, all the state titles. My brother and I live in the same house and we’re best friends.”

State ski championships in Aspen Natalie Platil is a junior at Horizon and skis for the Evergreen team that will be competing in the state high school championships Feb. 25 and 26 at Aspen.

Platil is one of the few metro-area athletes to compete in skiing, which is dominated by mountain schools. She competes in all four alpine and nordic disciplines.

She drives to Boulder after school between Monday and Thursday, then takes the van to Evergreen practices at Eldora. Ski meets are usually on Friday and Saturday.

Platil’s sights are set on winning the female Skimeister award in which skiers

Fiddler on the boards Highlands Ranch’s Jack Fiddler might be one of the state’s undiscovered gems.

“If I had 20 Jacks in my basketball program, life would be a lot easier,” said Falcons coach Mike Gibbs. “I’ll tell you, his motor is nonstop.

“Jack is a good player and more importantly an amazing young man with a strong work ethic on and off the court. I will do all I can do humanly possible to help Jack to continue playing basketball beyond high school. If someone picks him up, they will find a diamond in the rough.”

Fiddler, a 6-foot-4 senior, led the Continental League in rebounding during the regular season and was third among Class 5A players with 11.1 a game. He scored 11.4 points per game.

Munro to coach lacrosse at Mountain Vista Jamie Munro, the CEO and founder of 3d lacrosse, will be the Mountain Vista boys lacrosse coach this spring.

Munro takes over for Jake Herman, who died Jan. 18.

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The Breakfast Club for singles ages 50 and older meets from 8:30-11 a.m. the second Saturday of every month at Valley Country Club, 14601 Country Club Drive, Centennial. The club is a group created to provide fun activities and new friendships. Go to www.tbc50plus.org or call the hotline at 303-7943332 and leave a message; someone will call back.

New members always welcome.

Columbine Chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution meets at 1 p.m. the second Saturday of each month from August to May, at Lutheran Church of the Holy Spirit, Community Room, 6400 S. University Blvd., Centennial. Any woman ages 18 and older who can prove lineal descent from a Patriot of the American Revolution is eligible for membership in the DAR. If you are interested in attending, or for more information, contact Krispin at Krispin_L_Andersen@Q. com or Jewel Wellborn, regent, columbineregent@ gmail.com. Or call 303-881-0810.

Munro was head coach at Vista in 2013 and was an assistant for Herman the past two seasons. He has also been an assistant at Colorado College and Yale, and was the University of Denver’s head coach from 1999-2009.

The Big House awaits McCaffrey Valor Christian junior quarterback Dylan McCaffrey, the 2015 Colorado Community Media Offensive Player of the Year, has verbally committed to play football for the University of Michigan as part of coach Jim Harbaugh’s 2017 recruiting class, according to the Detroit Free Press.

McCaffrey, whose older brother Max played at Duke and whose other older brother, Christian, was The Associated Press Player of the Year last season at Stanford, passed for 2,800 yards and 27 touchdowns during the 2015 season. He ran for 592 yards and 13 touchdowns and also caught three passes, two of which were for touchdowns.

He opted for the opportunity to play at Michigan Stadium — which has capacity for more than 100,000 fans and is nicknamed The Big House — despite reported offers from schools such as LSU, UCLA,

Daughters of the American Revolution, Mount Rosa Chapter typically meets at 1 p.m. every first Monday of the month at Koelbel Library, 5955 S. Holly St. in Centennial. Call Gina Moore at 303779-8762 for information or visit www.mountrosa. coloradodar.org/.

Daughters of the British Empire is a national organization with a philanthropic purpose. For almost a century, DBE has been a common bond for women of British heritage living in the United States.

DBE is open to women who are citizens or residents of the United States who are of British Commonwealth birth or ancestry or who are married to men of British Commonwealth birth or ancestry. Nationally and locally, members contribute significantly to the good of their community and to the support of a retirement home established by DBE. There are six chapters in Colorado, including chapters in Littleton, Englewood, Centennial, Evergreen and Boulder County. Call Chris at 303-683-6154 or Olive at 303-347-1311, or visit www.dbecolorado.org and use the contact form available.

Colorado, Colorado State, Arizona State, Nebraska, Penn State and others.

In another verbal commitment, Arvada West’s 7-foot center Dallas Walton confirmed to BuffZone that he will play basketball next season at the University of Colorado.

Third start for Pugh Mallory Pugh, the 17-year-old senior at Mountain Vista, started for the third straight game in the U.S. women’s 2-0 soccer victory over Canada Feb. 21 in the final game of the CONCACAF Women’s Olympic Qualifying tournament in Houston.

Pugh had an assist in the win as the United States earned a berth in the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Both the U.S. and Canada had secured Olympic spots with semifinal victories.

Jim Benton is a sports writer for Colorado Community Media. He has been covering sports in the Denver area since 1968. He can be reached at jbenton@coloradocommunitymedia.com or at 303-566-4083.

Salomess Stars Salome FOR RELEASE WEEK OF FEB. 22, 2016 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Time is on your side in the early part of the week. But anything left undone by midweek will need to be put into rush mode. The weekend offers choices for you and someone special.

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Use it as a first step to a bigger opportunity.

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AQUARIUS (January 20 to February 18) Big challenge coming up? Uncross those fingers and believe that you’re going to do well. And keep in mind that so many people have faith in your ability to succeed.

PISCES (February 19 to March 20) Testing the waters is a good way of learning about an opportunity before plunging right in. Ask more questions and be alert to any attempts to avoid giving complete answers.

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IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE

BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED;

Public Notices DATE: 12/30/2015 Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee

Public Trustees COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0850-2015 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On December 30, 2015, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

Original Grantor(s) LINDI LYONS PRUTCH Original Beneficiary(ies) CITIMORTGAGE, INC Current Holder of Evidence of Debt CITIMORTGAGE, INC Date of Deed of Trust May 28, 2003 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust June 18, 2003 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) B3130318 Original Principal Amount $322,700.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $286,347.73 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. LOT 7, BLOCK 1, FOXRIDGE FIRST FILING, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 7960 SOUTH POPLAR WAY, CENTENNIAL, CO 80112.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 04/20/2016, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 2/25/2016 Last Publication: 3/24/2016 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE

BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; IF THE BORROWER BELIEVES THAT A LENDER OR SERVICER HAS VIOLATED THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT IN SECTION 38-38-103.1 OR THE PROHIBITION ON DUAL TRACKING IN SECTION 38-38-103.2, THE BORROWER MAY FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE COLORADO ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE FEDERAL CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU (CFPB), OR BOTH. THE FILING OF A COMPLAINT WILL NOT STOP THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS. Colorado Attorney General 1300 Broadway, 10th Floor Denver, Colorado 80203 (800) 222-4444 www.coloradoattorneygeneral.gov Federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau P.O. Box 4503 Iowa City, Iowa 52244 (855) 411-2372 www.consumerfinance.gov DATE: 12/30/2015 Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

Holly L. Decker #32647 Toni M. Owan #30580 Jolene Guignet #46144 Medved Dale Decker & Deere, LLC 355 Union Blvd., Suite 250, Lakewood, CO 80228 (303) 274-0155 Attorney File # 15-049-28922 The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015 Legal Notice NO.: 0850-2015 First Publication: 2/25/2016 Last Publication: 3/24/2016 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent

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

Public Trustees

Holly L. Decker #32647 Toni M. Owan #30580 Jolene Guignet #46144 Medved Dale Decker & Deere, LLC 355 Union Blvd., Suite 250, Lakewood, CO 80228 (303) 274-0155 Attorney File # 15-049-28922 The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015

IF THE BORROWER BELIEVES THAT A LENDER OR SERVICER HAS VIOLATED THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT IN SECTION 38-38-103.1 OR THE PROHIBITION ON DUAL TRACKING IN SECTION 38-38-103.2, THE BORROWER MAY FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE COLORADO ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE FEDERAL CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU (CFPB), OR BOTH. THE FILING OF A COMPLAINT WILL NOT STOP THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS.

Public Trustees

Colorado Attorney General 1300 Broadway, 10th Floor Denver, Colorado 80203 (800) 222-4444 www.coloradoattorneygeneral.gov Federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau P.O. Box 4503 Iowa City, Iowa 52244 (855) 411-2372 www.consumerfinance.gov

Legal Notice NO.: 0850-2015 First Publication: 2/25/2016 Last Publication: 3/24/2016 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent

DATE: 12/15/2015 Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee

COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0807-2015

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

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On December 15, 2015, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

Original Grantor(s) Michael S. McMahon Original Beneficiary(ies) Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for Countrywide Bank, FSB Current Holder of Evidence of Debt BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. Date of Deed of Trust December 19, 2008 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust December 24, 2008 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) B8138839 Original Principal Amount $82,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $75,116.07 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. LOT 91, BLOCK 1, HIGHLAND VIEW ACCORDING TO THE CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION RECORDED OCTOBER 13, 1983 IN BOOK 3992 AT PAGE 516, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 8013 S Columbine Ct, Centennial, CO 80122.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 04/06/2016, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 2/11/2016 Last Publication: 3/10/2016 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent

Holly Shilliday #24423 Joan Olson #28078 Erin Robson #46557 Courtney Wright #45482 Jennifer Cruseturner #44452 Jennifer Rogers #34682 McCarthy & Holthus LLP 7700 E Arapahoe Road, Suite 230, Centennial, CO 80112 (877) 369-6122 Attorney File # CO-15-693036-JS The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015 Legal Notice NO.: 0807-2015 First Publication: 2/11/2016 Last Publication: 3/10/2016 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0818-2015

Notices

RENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. NOTICE OF SALE

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 04/06/2016, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

Public Trustees

First Publication: 2/11/2016 Last Publication: 3/10/2016 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE

BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; IF THE BORROWER BELIEVES THAT A LENDER OR SERVICER HAS VIOLATED THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT IN SECTION 38-38-103.1 OR THE PROHIBITION ON DUAL TRACKING IN SECTION 38-38-103.2, THE BORROWER MAY FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE COLORADO ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE FEDERAL CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU (CFPB), OR BOTH. THE FILING OF A COMPLAINT WILL NOT STOP THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS. Colorado Attorney General 1300 Broadway, 10th Floor Denver, Colorado 80203 (800) 222-4444 www.coloradoattorneygeneral.gov Federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau P.O. Box 4503 Iowa City, Iowa 52244 (855) 411-2372 www.consumerfinance.gov DATE: 12/16/2015 Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

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

Holly L. Decker #32647 Toni M. Owan #30580 Jolene Guignet #46144

On December 16, 2015, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

Medved Dale Decker & Deere, LLC 355 Union Blvd., Suite 250, Lakewood, CO 80228 (303) 274-0155

Original Grantor(s) MICHELE M. ROBINSON Original Beneficiary(ies) THE D.W. PERRY CORPORATION Current Holder of Evidence of Debt FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION ("FANNIE MAE"), A CORPORATION ORGANIZED AND EXISTING UNDER THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Date of Deed of Trust December 21, 2006 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust January 08, 2007 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) B7003455 Original Principal Amount $176,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $168,647.19 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. LOT 4, BLOCK 22, CENTENNIAL ESTATES SECOND FILING, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 5054 SOUTH OSCEOLA STREET, LITTLETON, CO 80123.

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

Attorney File # 15-914-28883 The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015 Legal Notice NO.: 0818-2015 First Publication: 2/11/2016 Last Publication: 3/10/2016 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0827-2015 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On December 22, 2015, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

Original Grantor(s) JERRY REYES and JEANINE REYES Original Beneficiary(ies) MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR GUARANTY TRUST COMPANY, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS Current Holder of Evidence of Debt WELLS FARGO BANK, NA Date of Deed of Trust June 09, 2011 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust July 08, 2011 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) D1064335 Original Principal Amount $209,070.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $192,999.73

$209,070.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $192,999.73

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

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

On December 29, 2015, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

Original Grantor(s) Katherine Eve Karlin THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE Original Beneficiary(ies) To advertise your publicWells notices A FIRST LIEN. Fargocall Bank,303-566-4100 N.A. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt LOT 4, BLOCK 23, BROADMOOR-FIFTH Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. FILING, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, Date of Deed of Trust STATE OF COLORADO. February 24, 2011 County of Recording Also known by street and number as: Arapahoe 5945 S BANNOCK ST, LITTLETON, CO Recording Date of Deed of Trust 80120.

March 02, 2011 Recording Information (Reception No. THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN and/or Book/Page No.) IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURD1021178 RENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN Original Principal Amount OF THE DEED OF TRUST. $150,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance NOTICE OF SALE $138,921.01

Public Trustees

Public Trustees

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

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 04/13/2016, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 2/18/2016 Last Publication: 3/17/2016 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

LOT 27, SOUTHBRIDGE SUBDIVISION, FILING NO. 7, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO

Also known by street and number as: 519 W Jamison Circle, Littleton, CO 80120.

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

IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE

BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED;

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

IF THE BORROWER BELIEVES THAT A LENDER OR SERVICER HAS VIOLATED THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT IN SECTION 38-38-103.1 OR THE PROHIBITION ON DUAL TRACKING IN SECTION 38-38-103.2, THE BORROWER MAY FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE COLORADO ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE FEDERAL CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU (CFPB), OR BOTH. THE FILING OF A COMPLAINT WILL NOT STOP THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 04/20/2016, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

Colorado Attorney General 1300 Broadway, 10th Floor Denver, Colorado 80203 (800) 222-4444 www.coloradoattorneygeneral.gov Federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau P.O. Box 4503 Iowa City, Iowa 52244 (855) 411-2372 www.consumerfinance.gov DATE: 12/22/2015 Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Lynn M. Janeway #15592 Elizabeth S. Marcus #16092 Kelly Murdock #46915 David R. Doughty #40042 Alison L Berry #34531 Sheila J Finn #36637 Eve M. Grina #43658 Nicholas H. Santarelli #46592 Janeway Law Firm PC 9800 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 400, Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 706-9990 Attorney File # 15-009572 The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.

First Publication: 2/25/2016 Last Publication: 3/24/2016 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent

IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE

BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED;

IF THE BORROWER BELIEVES THAT A LENDER OR SERVICER HAS VIOLATED THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT IN SECTION 38-38-103.1 OR THE PROHIBITION ON DUAL TRACKING IN SECTION 38-38-103.2, THE BORROWER MAY FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE COLORADO ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE FEDERAL CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU (CFPB), OR BOTH. THE FILING OF A COMPLAINT WILL NOT STOP THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS. Colorado Attorney General 1300 Broadway, 10th Floor Denver, Colorado 80203 (800) 222-4444 www.coloradoattorneygeneral.gov Federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau P.O. Box 4503 Iowa City, Iowa 52244 (855) 411-2372 www.consumerfinance.gov

©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015

DATE: 12/29/2015 Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee

Legal Notice NO.: 0827-2015 First Publication: 2/18/2016 Last Publication: 3/17/2016 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent

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

COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0847-2015 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:

Holly Shilliday #24423 Joan Olson #28078 Erin Robson #46557 Courtney Wright #45482 Jennifer Cruseturner #44452 Jennifer Rogers #34682

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IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE

BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED;

IF THE BORROWER BELIEVES THAT A LENDER OR SERVICER HAS VIOLATED THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT IN SECTION 38-38-103.1 OR THE PROHIBITION ON DUAL TRACKING IN SECTION 38-38-103.2, THE BORROWER MAY FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE COLORADO ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE FEDERAL CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU (CFPB), OR BOTH. THE FILING OF A COMPLAINT WILL NOT STOP THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS. Colorado Attorney General 1300 Broadway, 10th Floor Denver, Colorado 80203 (800) 222-4444 www.coloradoattorneygeneral.gov Federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau P.O. Box 4503 Iowa City, Iowa 52244 (855) 411-2372 www.consumerfinance.gov

DATE: 12/15/2015 Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee

NOTICE OF SALE

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 04/06/2016, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 2/11/2016 Last Publication: 3/10/2016 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent

IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE

BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED;

IF THE BORROWER BELIEVES THAT A LENDER OR SERVICER HAS VIOLATED THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT IN SECTION 38-38-103.1 OR THE PROHIBITION ON DUAL TRACKING IN SECTION 38-38-103.2, THE BORROWER MAY FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE COLORADO ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE FEDERAL CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU (CFPB), OR BOTH. THE FILING OF A COMPLAINT WILL NOT STOP THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS.

Facts do not cease to exist b because they are re ignored. ignored.

The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Holly Shilliday #24423 Joan Olson #28078 Erin Robson #46557 Courtney Wright #45482 Jennifer Cruseturner #44452 Jennifer Rogers #34682 McCarthy & Holthus LLP 7700 E Arapahoe Road, Suite 230, Centennial, CO 80112 (877) 369-6122 Attorney File # CO-15-693036-JS

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

- Aldous Huxley

Colorado Attorney General 1300 Broadway, 10th Floor Denver, Colorado 80203 (800) 222-4444 www.coloradoattorneygeneral.gov Federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau P.O. Box 4503 Iowa City, Iowa 52244

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

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

LOT 4, BLOCK 23, BROADMOOR-FIFTH FILING, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO.

Also known by street and number as: 5945 S BANNOCK ST, LITTLETON, CO 80120.

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

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 04/13/2016, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

On December 29, 2015, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

Original Grantor(s) Katherine Eve Karlin Original Beneficiary(ies) Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Date of Deed of Trust February 24, 2011 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust March 02, 2011 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) D1021178 Original Principal Amount $150,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $138,921.01

McCarthy & Holthus LLP 7700 E Arapahoe Road, Suite 230, Centennial, CO 80112 (877) 369-6122 Attorney File # CO-15-696607-JS

The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015

Legal Notice NO.: 0847-2015 First Publication: 2/25/2016 Last Publication: 3/24/2016 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent

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

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NOTICE OF SALE

First Publication: 2/18/2016 Last Publication: 3/17/2016 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent

IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE

BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED;

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

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

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